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Speaker 1: complete than the It's the opposite. Uh. The one question

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Speaker 1: no one has asked yet, and I'll do it because

433
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Speaker 1: we someone has to ask it. Yes, how are you doing?

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Speaker 1: Everyone has some people have asked this. It It hits

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Speaker 1: home for me, like not the pe scale thing like

436
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Speaker 1: Andrew Luck. He reached a point where he's willing to

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Speaker 1: do anything to keep the monster at bay. That's what

438
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Speaker 1: I think about Andrew Luck and what he's dealing with mentally, psychologically,

439
00:22:30,119 --> 00:22:33,119
Speaker 1: he's just he You're talking about a person who was

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Speaker 1: one of the toughest people to step foot on an

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Speaker 1: NFL field, and now that toughness has been sort of

442
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Speaker 1: usurped by. I don't want to have to do that again.

443
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Speaker 1: I'll do anything not to have to go through that

444
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Speaker 1: experience again. So it hit hunts it. It bothers me psychologically.

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00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:54,240
Speaker 1: You know who it doesn't bother. They asked Bill Belichick

446
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Speaker 1: about all this today. You know what he said about

447
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Speaker 1: Andrew Luck. He said he's a good player. I didn't

448
00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:02,760
Speaker 1: see that. I don't really follow them. Uh. The Patriots

449
00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:06,040
Speaker 1: actually sent out a clarification that was lost in translation

450
00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:10,000
Speaker 1: a little bit because on paper that was about is

451
00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:13,359
Speaker 1: unnecessary of a Bill Belichick esque comment as we needed

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Speaker 1: this morning. No, I think he was referring, No, we're

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Speaker 1: gonna let Bill slide on that one. You are, I mean,

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Speaker 1: it's it isn't It's gonna take a little bit for

455
00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:23,880
Speaker 1: them to get out of Jacoby Risett seemed pretty broken

456
00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:25,720
Speaker 1: up about a Reich seemed I mean this is someone

457
00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:29,160
Speaker 1: he told Prosette on Friday too. By the way, Yeah

458
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Speaker 1: they didn't find it. I didn't all find out that that,

459
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Speaker 1: like on the sideline during that game. Aaron Rodgers was angry.

460
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Speaker 1: He was on a radio show today. He didn't like

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Speaker 1: the way some people reacted. He didn't like. Oh, that's

462
00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:40,920
Speaker 1: one other thing I wanted to play? Can we play?

463
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Speaker 1: Ricky Um Luck was asked about getting boot off the

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Speaker 1: field at Lucas Oil Stadium after the news broke after

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Speaker 1: the preseason game. Yeah, I'd be lying if I didn't

466
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Speaker 1: say I heard the reaction. Yeah it hurt. I'll be honest,

467
00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:58,800
Speaker 1: Rap it hurt. That sucked, and I think, um, you

468
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Speaker 1: hear it in Luck's voice. It's such an emotional time

469
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Speaker 1: for him. It took him by surprise. And a lot

470
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Speaker 1: of people are piling on cults fans and I get

471
00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:08,000
Speaker 1: it wasn't a good look. You should not have been

472
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Speaker 1: booing your franchise player. He didn't double cross you or

473
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Speaker 1: anything like that, but that is it was a shocking,

474
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Speaker 1: shocking thing to happen. And as a fan of any

475
00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:21,200
Speaker 1: fan too, all of a sudden, have this guy who's

476
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Speaker 1: the center of your sports universe yanked out. I think

477
00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:27,359
Speaker 1: there's a lot of sometimes you don't express yourself the

478
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Speaker 1: right way. I don't think there was actual anger toward him,

479
00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:33,200
Speaker 1: but more just anger towards what what just happened? Are

480
00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:35,439
Speaker 1: super Bowl windows are? Are super Bowl dreams are out

481
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Speaker 1: the window? Are my favorite players gone? And I think

482
00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:41,320
Speaker 1: Luck caught heat from that more than actual. This guy's

483
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Speaker 1: a bum. I don't want to look at him. And

484
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Speaker 1: I mean I also think the experience of being home

485
00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:50,200
Speaker 1: and on your couch and processing information over Twitter, gathering information,

486
00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:53,399
Speaker 1: watching it slowly versus when you're in stadium it's the

487
00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:56,080
Speaker 1: fourth quarter. These guys have seven or eight beers in them.

488
00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:57,840
Speaker 1: You just find out this guy walking out the field

489
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Speaker 1: is it could be Before Luck spoke, there were a

490
00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:03,960
Speaker 1: lot of people that weren't as generous towards Luck. And

491
00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,440
Speaker 1: when he spoke, you got an understanding what was happening.

492
00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:09,159
Speaker 1: It sounded like he was just saying I'm out. But

493
00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:11,320
Speaker 1: then when you learn what his words, it's like, I

494
00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:13,600
Speaker 1: have a completely different feeling towards Andrew Luck. I got

495
00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,040
Speaker 1: some text from people that thought, what is this guy doing,

496
00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:19,320
Speaker 1: not plugged in journalist types, but just regular fans, Like,

497
00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:22,280
Speaker 1: it's ridiculous that anyone vood it's stupid. It's this kind

498
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Speaker 1: of it's this sort of obvious that enough with the

499
00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:29,680
Speaker 1: performative uh you know, tisk tisking to make yourself look good.

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Speaker 1: That part, to me is just as annoying, like well, no,

501
00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:35,320
Speaker 1: like everyone agrees that that is not what you would

502
00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:37,280
Speaker 1: want to see, and that's sad. But like, you don't

503
00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:40,840
Speaker 1: need four thousand people saying, hey, look at me. I'm

504
00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:42,960
Speaker 1: gonna say this is bad too. It's like that it's

505
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,520
Speaker 1: obvious all that we all know, we all agree, you

506
00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:47,439
Speaker 1: don't need to do make a good point. In general,

507
00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:50,199
Speaker 1: this Andrew Luck bombshell is one of the more performative

508
00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:54,040
Speaker 1: moments in Twitter history. Everyone had takes and that they

509
00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,320
Speaker 1: were all going it was all ratchet up to eleven.

510
00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:59,240
Speaker 1: Its weird anyway. You don't do it alone. You need

511
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Speaker 1: the courage of other people behind you in order to

512
00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:03,879
Speaker 1: do it. So it's weird to me, But it's also

513
00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:07,240
Speaker 1: we have this national obsession with football, and it's a

514
00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:10,560
Speaker 1: natural outgrowth, just as lux decision was a natural outgrowth.

515
00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,439
Speaker 1: When you are a fanatic when you have an obsession,

516
00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:16,600
Speaker 1: you do things like boo that don't make any logical sense.

517
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Speaker 1: All right, So we're gonna we're gonna get back to

518
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Speaker 1: this topic about the Colts and what Andrew lux retirement

519
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:26,160
Speaker 1: means uh to the rest of the A F c Um.

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00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:28,919
Speaker 1: But before we do that, there was other things that

521
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Speaker 1: happened in the NFL this weekend, believe it or not.

522
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Speaker 1: So it is week three of the preseason. We hit

523
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Speaker 1: several of the games on a Friday podcast. Why don't

524
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Speaker 1: we just swing around the room, uh for a few

525
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Speaker 1: minutes here and throw out some big takeaways. I'll start

526
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Speaker 1: off with one just because it connects. It connects with um,

527
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Speaker 1: the Houston Texans, who are now in a while. They

528
00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,040
Speaker 1: already were in a dog fight to win that division,

529
00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:55,639
Speaker 1: but it changed a lot with lux disappearance. Now the

530
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Speaker 1: Texans lose their starting running back Lamar Miller to what

531
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Speaker 1: is a torn a c l um. So he blows

532
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Speaker 1: out his knee on his first carry of a preseason

533
00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:08,359
Speaker 1: game and you see him carded off with the towel

534
00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:11,320
Speaker 1: over his head, and uh, you know, a lot of calls, Greg,

535
00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:13,720
Speaker 1: a lot of calls out there that the preseason needs

536
00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:16,359
Speaker 1: to be changed, and and I don't know if that's

537
00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:18,919
Speaker 1: necessarily the first thing that comes to a lot of

538
00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:21,080
Speaker 1: people's minds, but I think one thing with Miller, and

539
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Speaker 1: we're gonna get into the ramifications of it for the Texans,

540
00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:27,959
Speaker 1: but the one thing for me is the game is

541
00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:31,080
Speaker 1: so fast and the guys are so strong that I

542
00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:33,560
Speaker 1: do think they need to just lessen the number of

543
00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:36,240
Speaker 1: preseason games. This stuff is just gonna keep happening. The

544
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Speaker 1: players have changed. The schedule I think has to reflect

545
00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:42,160
Speaker 1: that at some point, hopefully after that CB A, yeah,

546
00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:45,800
Speaker 1: I agree, And yet I just think if players are

547
00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:49,159
Speaker 1: playing football, they're going to get hurt. So many players

548
00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:51,600
Speaker 1: are gonna get hurt Week one, maybe not more than

549
00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:53,760
Speaker 1: if they had played in the preseason, by a ton

550
00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:57,000
Speaker 1: of them, you know, Like so it's it's terrible when

551
00:27:57,040 --> 00:27:59,879
Speaker 1: that happens too. And and they'll probably reduce it to

552
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,320
Speaker 1: onto two to three games. This is one of those

553
00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:05,359
Speaker 1: injuries that you reduced. You take away a guy who

554
00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:07,600
Speaker 1: has played a million snaps and a million touches. And

555
00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:09,959
Speaker 1: yet I don't really feel any different about the Texans.

556
00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:13,040
Speaker 1: I think Duke Johnson is up for a one a

557
00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:16,520
Speaker 1: roll in a backfield and they probably need to go

558
00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:18,600
Speaker 1: find who there one B is they You know, they

559
00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,479
Speaker 1: have some rookies they like on draft on j I right,

560
00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:25,520
Speaker 1: we thought we we thought they did. Al Michael's reported

561
00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:29,760
Speaker 1: they did. Um Michaels did. He said on the Sunday

562
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Speaker 1: night telecasts where I got mine they signed a j H.

563
00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:35,199
Speaker 1: I didn't. I thought so too. It has not happened

564
00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:38,920
Speaker 1: yet he signed. Maybe maybe it would or maybe they

565
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,200
Speaker 1: will sign someone. But if it's someone like that, I

566
00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:43,960
Speaker 1: think that backfield will be fine. It's not where I'm

567
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Speaker 1: worried about. What I mean, what did they give up

568
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Speaker 1: to the Browns? Well so, I mean it was a

569
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Speaker 1: fourth that could max out of the third and it

570
00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:53,880
Speaker 1: sounds like but you know what, maybe they overpaid, but

571
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Speaker 1: it's worth every every dime or however you want to

572
00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:59,000
Speaker 1: say it, because where would they be if you didn't

573
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Speaker 1: have Duke Johnson O'Brien the general manager slash coach genius.

574
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:06,640
Speaker 1: Name a worst offensive line backfield combination in the Houston

575
00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:09,600
Speaker 1: Texas see. Yeah, but the backfield to me is is fine.

576
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Speaker 1: I think it can be average because they have a

577
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Speaker 1: third down back. I think Duke Johnson. I've always believed

578
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,040
Speaker 1: this has the ability to be a top That's what

579
00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:19,080
Speaker 1: every Browns didn't think he had that ability, right, But

580
00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:21,720
Speaker 1: the Dolphins didn't think Lamar Miller had that ability either,

581
00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:24,000
Speaker 1: and no one thought he was a three down back

582
00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:26,280
Speaker 1: before they got there. And I think he's a much better.

583
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Speaker 1: I think he's a much that show Dan did what

584
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Speaker 1: you believe I did. I did a Lamar Duke Johnson,

585
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Speaker 1: someone's got a win even more that he can be

586
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Speaker 1: a problem. Wow, that's right. Duke and Lamar both had

587
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Speaker 1: to Lamar Miller making the leaps and a Duke Johnson,

588
00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:47,480
Speaker 1: someone's gotta well, I'll stand by Lamar. He's flashed, but

589
00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:50,000
Speaker 1: he never really put it all together. That's that is

590
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,120
Speaker 1: what it is. They're bigger problem is that another former

591
00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:56,680
Speaker 1: brown Roderick Johnson, a fact round pick in two thousand seventeen,

592
00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:59,280
Speaker 1: is their starting left tackle, that their center looked terrible

593
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Speaker 1: when they came back to they had another injury on

594
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Speaker 1: their offensive, Like, I mean, that's their problem. West give

595
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Speaker 1: us a takeaway from Week three of the preseason. Well,

596
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,520
Speaker 1: it's I sort of looked at this like these teams

597
00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:11,480
Speaker 1: are flashing at me right now, and I feel much

598
00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:14,880
Speaker 1: better about them exiting August than I did entering August.

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00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:19,480
Speaker 1: The Pittsburgh Steelers, Minnesota Vikings, and Dallas Cowboys, even without

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Speaker 1: Zeke Elliott. I don't know why nobody's talking about Michael Gallup,

601
00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:27,080
Speaker 1: who looks like a transformed wide receiver. To me, he

602
00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:30,760
Speaker 1: looks phenomenal. The Vikings, Dalvin Cook looks like he's about

603
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:32,560
Speaker 1: to have a Pro bowl, al pro type of season.

604
00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:35,600
Speaker 1: That offense is perfect for him. And I love the

605
00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:38,880
Speaker 1: earth Smith pick. They just seemed very confident in the Steelers.

606
00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:42,800
Speaker 1: Everything they did this offseason seems to be working. Every

607
00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:45,160
Speaker 1: single thing seems to be working. Everyone they signed from

608
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Speaker 1: the CFL, the a A, f undrafted free agents, first rounders,

609
00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:53,160
Speaker 1: sixth rounders, guys they picked off like late way free agency.

610
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:55,360
Speaker 1: Everybody's playing well for them, some of their old some

611
00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:59,440
Speaker 1: of their old draft picks to like Cameron Party. I mean,

612
00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:01,200
Speaker 1: the one thing on the Vikings, let me ask you

613
00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:03,600
Speaker 1: this one, because I watched that game and I realized

614
00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:06,720
Speaker 1: it's you know, it's the preseason. But in Dalvin Cook

615
00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:10,719
Speaker 1: look fresh, you look great. Their first four drives seven yards,

616
00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:13,600
Speaker 1: two yards, negative two yards, fourteen yards. Kirk Cousins started

617
00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:16,040
Speaker 1: like three for fourteen. I know, I'm I'm not allowed

618
00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:19,800
Speaker 1: to ever be concerned until September, but whatever you want

619
00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:21,680
Speaker 1: just looked a little off to me though. I mean,

620
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Speaker 1: he's We've got what five years of Kirk Cousins, and

621
00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:28,520
Speaker 1: we tend to agree in them, but five years of

622
00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:31,720
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins is an up and down journey to really

623
00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:33,640
Speaker 1: for what it's birth of the preseason. He also looked

624
00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:35,600
Speaker 1: very sharp. I would say the same thing about first

625
00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:38,760
Speaker 1: two games, the same thing about Marcus Mariotta, Like why

626
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:41,280
Speaker 1: I would rather go back and study their regular season

627
00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:44,240
Speaker 1: tape than look at you. I'm not I'm not saying

628
00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:46,680
Speaker 1: based it off of one game, but like part of

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Speaker 1: it is also your offense being in sync. And if

630
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:51,840
Speaker 1: we love the Cowboys and certain players and everything, one

631
00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:53,880
Speaker 1: looking and sink it's like when a player looks bad,

632
00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:56,440
Speaker 1: does that have any meaning or no meaning? I mean,

633
00:31:56,480 --> 00:32:00,760
Speaker 1: I I put some Benell context in the quarterbacks, all

634
00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:04,800
Speaker 1: about what you wanna stand for and say matters, Like Mark,

635
00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:06,960
Speaker 1: how about you? I'll tell you something I do think matters.

636
00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:09,440
Speaker 1: Because we just talked about a player who's exiting the league.

637
00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:12,920
Speaker 1: And yes, the offensive line in Indianapolis was stellar last year.

638
00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:15,720
Speaker 1: But half the reason Andrew Luck got into the situation

639
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:18,320
Speaker 1: he was in was because an offensive line left him

640
00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:21,560
Speaker 1: brutalized over and over and was unfixed for way too

641
00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:24,720
Speaker 1: long due to the previous general manager. And I am

642
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:27,360
Speaker 1: very concerned in this game feels like seventy years ago.

643
00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:30,600
Speaker 1: But Friday night when I watched Baker Mayfield running for

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Speaker 1: his life and trying to do everything to bounce off rushers.

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00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:37,800
Speaker 1: Because Cleveland's left tackle, right guard, and right tackle should

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Speaker 1: not be starting for anyone right now, and they and

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Speaker 1: if you want to talk about all they've done this offseason,

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Speaker 1: I would say this, if you're if you're John Dorsey

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Speaker 1: and you want to put the cherry on top versus

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00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:51,000
Speaker 1: trying to fix tires two weeks from now on the

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Speaker 1: car that's broken down by the side of the road.

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Speaker 1: You have got to find a way. And it's an

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Speaker 1: impossible ask at this point to get one of these

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Speaker 1: to get it Trent Williams, to get someone in there,

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Speaker 1: because I would look at Greg Williams right now, who

656
00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:04,520
Speaker 1: gave up a ton of issue. He he gave up pressures,

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00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:06,800
Speaker 1: he gave up sacks, and that game he had two penalties.

658
00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:10,600
Speaker 1: Greg Robinson, Greg Robinson has always gotten these penalties. And

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Speaker 1: they have Eric Cush starting at right guard, and they

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Speaker 1: have got Chris Hubbard, old mother's son, we're starting at

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Speaker 1: right tackle. I don't like any of it. It is

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Speaker 1: it gives me a sense I know some Brown Spenser

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Speaker 1: saying it's gonna be fine, And you know what just

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00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:27,600
Speaker 1: turned me on on in September. I shouldn't even be

665
00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:30,160
Speaker 1: watching this stuff because apparently I'm too concerned about these things.

666
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:33,600
Speaker 1: But I have bad energy vibing off of that game.

667
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Speaker 1: The the biggest thing that could go wrong for the Browns.

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00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:38,920
Speaker 1: It's you could say about thirty one other teams, is

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Speaker 1: your star quarterback can't get hurt and if you can't

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00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:45,440
Speaker 1: protect him, and he plays swashbuckler, he's like a kid

671
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:47,840
Speaker 1: out there. Yeah, it's a playground to him, but no,

672
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:50,520
Speaker 1: but for real, like Mayfield is a guy, he's gonna

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Speaker 1: be running around, He's he's gonna always keep his eyes

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Speaker 1: up the field. He's always looking for the big play.

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Speaker 1: And it is a dangerous kind of scenario the way

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Speaker 1: he plays on the way that team blocks, so your

677
00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:04,800
Speaker 1: fear they had a flood of people not on the field,

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00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,400
Speaker 1: all the receivers, Nick Chubb wasn't there in a joke.

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Speaker 1: Who I get it, but that didn't change what I

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Speaker 1: saw line versus line. Well, you know, you don't even

681
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Speaker 1: need to watch the game to know that Dorsey is

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00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:16,920
Speaker 1: hugely disappointed with his worst draft pick that he's made

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Speaker 1: since he's been there. Austin Corbett, first pick of the

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Speaker 1: second round. You trade away Kevin Zeitler because you feel like,

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Speaker 1: here's one of my highest draft picks I've taken since

686
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Speaker 1: I got to Cleveland. Let's plug him in. People watching

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00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:30,680
Speaker 1: the team on a day to day basis said he

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00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:33,160
Speaker 1: wouldn't make the team if if they were just based

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00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:35,920
Speaker 1: on his like actual play, and he's now getting replaced

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00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:38,399
Speaker 1: by a journeyman. So that's one slot where they kind

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Speaker 1: of assumed he's gonna take over for Zeitler. And that's

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Speaker 1: one big trouble spot. Now, oh BN, I mean, do

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Speaker 1: you want to talk to Daniel Jones or was that

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Speaker 1: was that Friday or Thursday? We talked Daniel Jones on Thursday.

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Speaker 1: Good again, he still looks good, he still looks great.

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Speaker 1: I take nothing out of that case. Keenum is announced

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Speaker 1: the starter other than as a Dwayne Haskins fan that

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Speaker 1: I'm happy for it because they opened with the Eagles

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Speaker 1: and they have the Bears week three on Monday Night football,

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Speaker 1: and then they're thinking and I feel like, if you're

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Speaker 1: gonna throw Haskins out there, just wait till after that

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Speaker 1: Bears game. Totally with you on that. Will he be

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Speaker 1: ready when he gets in whenever he does? Made some

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Speaker 1: place to UM, I thought it was Jimmy Garoppolo. We've

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00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:26,120
Speaker 1: done a good job on this podcast. A lot of

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Speaker 1: people are have been pulling the sky is falling routine

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00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:32,319
Speaker 1: around Garoppolo and the five interceptions in practice and then

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Speaker 1: what he what he didn't do last week in the preseason,

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Speaker 1: which was thrown for a yard last Monday Night against

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Speaker 1: the Broncos. But don't put too much into it, but yes,

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Speaker 1: good he got back on track in Kansas City against

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs, and I will I will say this shout

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Speaker 1: out to the fans at Arrowhead Stadium. Uh, if you

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Speaker 1: guys watched the first couple of drives, that place is

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Speaker 1: going nuts. January. It was playoff happens. It was unbelievable.

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Speaker 1: Any know what. It couldn't be a better test again

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Speaker 1: for Jimmy g who had to sit with that. Uh

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00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:07,399
Speaker 1: for a week that horrible performance, and um, he ends

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00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:11,120
Speaker 1: up bouncing back, goes fo eight throws a touchdown, leads

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Speaker 1: a team on three scoring drives totally thirteen points. Uh

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Speaker 1: a gorgeous touch pass on the touchdown. Matt Brita. Who

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Speaker 1: I think he's gonna do a lot for them this year.

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Speaker 1: But you know, I just think in general, um expectations

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00:36:26,239 --> 00:36:29,200
Speaker 1: have changed so much from August August around this team.

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Speaker 1: This is a nice performance to remind you know, he's

726
00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:33,360
Speaker 1: not gonna fall off the earth. Is he gonna be

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Speaker 1: Tom Brady Part two? Maybe not? But I think the

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Speaker 1: Ninders are still in a pretty good spot at quarterback

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Speaker 1: unless these these games don't matter at all. Being told, no,

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Speaker 1: I mean I don't think that I took almost nothing

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Speaker 1: away from any of these weekends. I think that's a

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Speaker 1: good job. Upset about because no, I'm just I just

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Speaker 1: it's like, why are we watching something regular season games

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Speaker 1: without a quarterback that's different than Michael Gallup? But why

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Speaker 1: aren't we getting I think certain individual performances and just

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Speaker 1: how but look healthwise? You know, And I think I

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Speaker 1: get that I'm just a local quarterback or offensive play

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Speaker 1: is is tough. I think in the preseason and I'll

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Speaker 1: just throw one more quick one out there. Drew Brees

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Speaker 1: looked just like Drew Brees and his one series against

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Speaker 1: the Jets. Him and Michael Thomas. I think they're gonna

742
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Speaker 1: go ham again. I think every ball is Michael Thomas's.

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Speaker 1: He's gonna go get it. Yeah, He's He's a badass.

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Speaker 1: And I think the Saints, as much as there was

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Speaker 1: reason for concern down the stretch, I'm now on the

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Speaker 1: boat of you. Look up the stats, and Breeze will

747
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:32,680
Speaker 1: once again be breeze, and the and the bins are

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00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:35,480
Speaker 1: gonna be a briest thing I think has been weirdly

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Speaker 1: talked about. And I get I think Bill Barnold wrote

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00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:40,960
Speaker 1: a great piece in terms of like his potential decline,

751
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Speaker 1: but I do wonder if he had the You know,

752
00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:46,239
Speaker 1: sometimes we just overright the end of the season, because

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Speaker 1: the last time we saw I thought Drew Brees had

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Speaker 1: the best season of his career through thirteen weeks, and

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00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:53,120
Speaker 1: this is like an upper tier Hall of Famer. Through

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00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:55,640
Speaker 1: twelve weeks, I thought he was right there. I had him.

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00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:57,480
Speaker 1: I had an m v P watch and the QB Index.

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Speaker 1: I had him ahead of Patrick Mahomes through twelve weeks.

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00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:02,680
Speaker 1: So those twelve weeks count two. It was just last season,

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00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:04,799
Speaker 1: and so yeah, maybe it won't be that good, But

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00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:07,840
Speaker 1: don'tock like there wasn't legitimate concern he wasn't able to

762
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:10,160
Speaker 1: make throws he was making earlier in the year. Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: But I just don't think that's like a final answer.

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Speaker 1: It's a it's part of a larger texture that the

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Speaker 1: twelve weeks counted. The first twelve weeks counted to. Everybody,

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Speaker 1: also have something real quick before we move on. I

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00:38:19,719 --> 00:38:21,920
Speaker 1: one thing were that Jets game and this is on

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00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:25,200
Speaker 1: this is a Reugh issue. Is there was uh Damario

769
00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:28,319
Speaker 1: Davis hop scotched over like a Jets lineman and like

770
00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:30,400
Speaker 1: tapped Sam Donald to the ground and he did a

771
00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:35,480
Speaker 1: little stage role and they called it roughing the passer. Well, alright, okay, fair,

772
00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:38,400
Speaker 1: they're fair enough to an Then later in the game,

773
00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:42,560
Speaker 1: a defensive tackle comes out of nowhere and nails Donald

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Speaker 1: on the run from behind and and like buries him

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Speaker 1: into the ground. No call, terrible call. It's just like

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Speaker 1: I mean, the announcers pointing was like the New York

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00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:55,759
Speaker 1: announcers stand pointed this out. The Jets announcers pointed this

778
00:38:55,800 --> 00:39:00,239
Speaker 1: out massively inconsistent real quick. On the Bengals, we have

779
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,400
Speaker 1: pointed to their problems drafting in the first round. The

780
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Speaker 1: guy they drafted last year in the first round, Billy

781
00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:08,040
Speaker 1: Price got beaten out for the starting center job by

782
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Speaker 1: Trey Hopkins, a journeyman. Well not to mention their first

783
00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:13,919
Speaker 1: round that that is amazing, and their first round pick

784
00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:17,759
Speaker 1: from three years ago now John Ross got beat out

785
00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:21,400
Speaker 1: by undrafted free agent rookie Damian Willis, who is so

786
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:23,719
Speaker 1: under the radar and is now starting in the AJ

787
00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:27,239
Speaker 1: green spot and it's looked great, Um that he was

788
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:30,680
Speaker 1: on the team that was featured in Last Chance. You

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00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:32,799
Speaker 1: you know, I'm a big fan and like people trying

790
00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:34,719
Speaker 1: to say, like, oh, this is a you know what,

791
00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:37,200
Speaker 1: quite a success story. He was so under the radar.

792
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:39,480
Speaker 1: They never showed him in that season of Last Chance too.

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00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:41,520
Speaker 1: He was just like some guy in the background, and

794
00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:44,879
Speaker 1: now he's starting in the NFL. About that, Oh yeah,

795
00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:46,640
Speaker 1: by the way, I gotta take an l We had

796
00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:48,880
Speaker 1: this a lot of people hitting on me up on Twitter.

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00:39:49,719 --> 00:39:53,520
Speaker 1: We me and west had Um had a friendly just

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00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:57,640
Speaker 1: disagreement about Maurice Harris's potential production on the Patriots. He

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Speaker 1: was wave injured over the U weekend and I'm taking

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00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:04,040
Speaker 1: a big fat ill, but I mean, in your defense,

801
00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:07,399
Speaker 1: Josh Gordon kind of get let off the hook real

802
00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:11,319
Speaker 1: quick and real easy. Though. I think West was kind

803
00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:13,760
Speaker 1: of hitting on the Hey, buddy, you might be getting

804
00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:16,160
Speaker 1: a little over excited about the first three days of

805
00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:19,360
Speaker 1: NOD and padded practices. Uh. I think he had a

806
00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:20,719
Speaker 1: great he had a good point. I was a little

807
00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:22,719
Speaker 1: over excited about the start of the season and more

808
00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:25,600
Speaker 1: than I've watched him play. And you want your receivers

809
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:28,879
Speaker 1: to be able to make play. Um, all right, let's

810
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:32,480
Speaker 1: spin forward and uh yeah, everybody loves Succession. It's the

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Speaker 1: show on HBO. By the way, the best theme song

812
00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:40,200
Speaker 1: until one of the shows. You never fast forward the intrust.

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00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:43,440
Speaker 1: It's like great classical music meets hip hop. And now

814
00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:49,279
Speaker 1: listen to the drum pard this best part anyway, love it.

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Speaker 1: It's a show about power, who has it, who wants it?

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Speaker 1: Power that's real power, that's imagined. And let's talk about Succession.

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00:40:57,760 --> 00:41:00,560
Speaker 1: The plan in the a f C. Now that Andrew

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00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:05,400
Speaker 1: Luck has exited stage left, okay, Um, so let's go

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Speaker 1: around the Let's go around the room here. Let me start.

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Speaker 1: I'll start in the a f C South Okay, boys,

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Speaker 1: And you know, the old Zooster loves the Texans like

822
00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:15,920
Speaker 1: that's that's one of those things about the old Zouser.

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00:41:16,239 --> 00:41:19,680
Speaker 1: Everybody talks about that guy loves the Eastern Texas and

824
00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:22,719
Speaker 1: I kind of do. And but here's my point. So

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00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:24,920
Speaker 1: I thought the Texans are gonna win the division anyone

826
00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:30,040
Speaker 1: when there's a lot of you're saying the old ducer,

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Speaker 1: I thought it was really funny. I just imagine all

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Speaker 1: the people just talking amongst themselves like I loves tex

829
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,160
Speaker 1: say hear what the old user said again, he loves

830
00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:41,520
Speaker 1: dinner tables across the country discussing this anyway, I like

831
00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:44,200
Speaker 1: the Texans chances to win the division again this year.

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Speaker 1: And um, you know it, only my feelings are stronger.

833
00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:51,680
Speaker 1: Now here's my one thought. Now, Um, Michae Lombardi. Where

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Speaker 1: is Lombardi? Now? He's always bouncing around? What what? Who

835
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:56,520
Speaker 1: does he work for? I'm not aware at the moment.

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00:41:56,640 --> 00:41:59,120
Speaker 1: Anybody don't know. Is it the Ringer? No, No, it's not.

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Speaker 1: He's definitely regular for Brent Musburger's Vegas. Oh really, yes,

838
00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:08,400
Speaker 1: I see him doing Yeah, anyway, Uh, Lombardi put it

839
00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:10,799
Speaker 1: out there that Clowney a trade is imminent. It could

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00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:13,400
Speaker 1: happen in forty eight hours. Well as of this taping,

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00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:15,640
Speaker 1: that hasn't happened, and I think we're pushing up against

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00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:19,360
Speaker 1: that hour barrier. My my point is, if you're the

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00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:24,000
Speaker 1: Texans and you were thinking about trading Clowney, halt, halt, Okay,

844
00:42:24,239 --> 00:42:26,240
Speaker 1: keep the guy in the building unless you could spend

845
00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:29,400
Speaker 1: Clowney for someone that helps your team right now, and

846
00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:32,760
Speaker 1: that is perhaps offensive line help. But good luck finding

847
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:35,799
Speaker 1: that at this stage of the game. Put your best

848
00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:38,200
Speaker 1: team out there Week one, because the window just got

849
00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:40,920
Speaker 1: opened up a little bit more for you to make

850
00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:43,720
Speaker 1: a run. In twenty nineteen, Andrew Luck's not playing anymore.

851
00:42:44,120 --> 00:42:47,560
Speaker 1: Someone's talking because I think our insiders have all but

852
00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:50,120
Speaker 1: said they're they've been hearing similar things that this thing

853
00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:53,879
Speaker 1: could happen any minute. Interestingly, Lombardi believed that they were

854
00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:56,279
Speaker 1: looking for a wide receiver, which is just about the

855
00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:58,799
Speaker 1: last posits that blew my mind. Thought. Now I get it, like,

856
00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:01,080
Speaker 1: you shouldn't be trading Clowney anything for a running back.

857
00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:04,960
Speaker 1: It's like, no, you can figure out running back tackles

858
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:08,359
Speaker 1: A little different, Daniel Jeremie suggested Clowney for Tyreek Hill

859
00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:12,040
Speaker 1: just threw it out. There is a floated it mm hmm.

860
00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:16,920
Speaker 1: I mean their own wide receivers are talking about how

861
00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:19,600
Speaker 1: this wide receiver corps is so much deeper than it

862
00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:22,480
Speaker 1: was last year, and like the fringe wide receivers probably

863
00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:24,080
Speaker 1: don't have a chance to make it this year where

864
00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:25,600
Speaker 1: they whereas they would have made it last year. Are

865
00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:29,520
Speaker 1: they concerns about Fuller's knee or maybe something personal I

866
00:43:29,560 --> 00:43:33,440
Speaker 1: almost feel is popping up with Clowney and Texans. They

867
00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:36,160
Speaker 1: don't have They've kept it under the radar, but there's

868
00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:41,680
Speaker 1: been a couple of little articles where Clowney's work ethic

869
00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:44,960
Speaker 1: was questioned and that set off some alarms for me.

870
00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:48,279
Speaker 1: Isn't that magnified when you're when the coach becomes the

871
00:43:48,320 --> 00:43:51,000
Speaker 1: front office person too? There's no back and forth on

872
00:43:51,040 --> 00:43:54,520
Speaker 1: how to deal with that. Who else wants to throw something?

873
00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:56,600
Speaker 1: You know? The balance of power shifting in the a

874
00:43:56,719 --> 00:43:59,600
Speaker 1: f C by the moment, Greg well, how about the

875
00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:05,160
Speaker 1: six uh up the quarterback hierarchy of Jacoby Brissett of

876
00:44:05,239 --> 00:44:07,360
Speaker 1: making a steak? And I know that's not the balance

877
00:44:07,360 --> 00:44:09,680
Speaker 1: of power. I think the Colts. I'm going to pick

878
00:44:09,719 --> 00:44:12,520
Speaker 1: them to win the division too. I don't feel like

879
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:15,600
Speaker 1: they're an overwhelming favorite because are in your feelings we are.

880
00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:17,480
Speaker 1: I am a little bit kind of I want to Honestly,

881
00:44:17,520 --> 00:44:21,120
Speaker 1: I just watched Ballard. I wanted Ballard and right. I

882
00:44:21,160 --> 00:44:23,080
Speaker 1: watched that and I was like, I like, I want

883
00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:24,880
Speaker 1: to root for these guys, and I and I'm a

884
00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:27,440
Speaker 1: big Jacoby Brissette fan, so why not? And I do

885
00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:29,480
Speaker 1: think they have a lot of things on their in

886
00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:32,319
Speaker 1: their organization and their depth. Start to like and I

887
00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:35,960
Speaker 1: do like a guy in Jacoby Brissette is very close

888
00:44:36,040 --> 00:44:40,400
Speaker 1: to luck having the chance to make whatever he's going

889
00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:42,680
Speaker 1: to make out of his career. This is his chance.

890
00:44:42,800 --> 00:44:45,719
Speaker 1: This is his chance to climb the ladder. And whether

891
00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:48,200
Speaker 1: his future is with with with the Cults or not,

892
00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:51,520
Speaker 1: who knows, maybe Inela comes back someday or whatever. He's

893
00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:53,279
Speaker 1: going to be a free agent after this year. This

894
00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:55,960
Speaker 1: is a chance for him to kind of make his mark.

895
00:44:56,200 --> 00:44:58,799
Speaker 1: And I wrote after his first season, I remember in

896
00:44:58,840 --> 00:45:01,319
Speaker 1: the last you know QB Index round up of the year.

897
00:45:02,120 --> 00:45:04,360
Speaker 1: You know, we'll see what happens with Prosett's career. But

898
00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:06,320
Speaker 1: he's a guy that just looks like he's gonna be

899
00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:08,399
Speaker 1: in the league twelve to fourteen years. I just don't

900
00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:10,480
Speaker 1: know if that's gonna be as like a meaningful starter

901
00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:15,080
Speaker 1: or you know, as a as a backup fourth year.

902
00:45:15,200 --> 00:45:17,160
Speaker 1: And I think he's just gonna be one of those guys.

903
00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:19,480
Speaker 1: And now it's his chance to become like a you know,

904
00:45:19,840 --> 00:45:22,440
Speaker 1: above average starter. I think you can do it. What

905
00:45:22,560 --> 00:45:26,040
Speaker 1: worries me about the Texans, I would give slight advantage

906
00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:28,520
Speaker 1: to the Titans and Colts in this division. What worries

907
00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:30,920
Speaker 1: me about the Texans is I can look at three

908
00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:33,640
Speaker 1: or four areas of their team and say, among the

909
00:45:33,719 --> 00:45:38,399
Speaker 1: worst in the NFL. The offensive line, the backfield, the secondary.

910
00:45:39,680 --> 00:45:42,560
Speaker 1: These are all bad, bad positions for this team. And

911
00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:45,680
Speaker 1: they play last year the easiest schedule in the league.

912
00:45:45,719 --> 00:45:48,640
Speaker 1: This year the hardest schedule in the league. Um but

913
00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:50,520
Speaker 1: I I was starting to see the a f C

914
00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:56,680
Speaker 1: as Chief Steelers Patriots Colts before the luck news, and

915
00:45:56,760 --> 00:46:00,440
Speaker 1: now I see it as Chief Patriots Steelers, and then

916
00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:05,239
Speaker 1: it doesn't really matter who wins the South quickly dispensed, Yes,

917
00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:07,520
Speaker 1: that's what I see. I think they have I always

918
00:46:07,520 --> 00:46:09,399
Speaker 1: give any I mean, I give they have a chance

919
00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:11,480
Speaker 1: to make the Super Bowl with Brissette. Why not? I mean,

920
00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:16,160
Speaker 1: crazier things have happened super Bowl now, Nick Sure, Nick Fole,

921
00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:18,040
Speaker 1: I mean Joe Flacco on a super Bowl, Nick Foles

922
00:46:18,040 --> 00:46:19,840
Speaker 1: won a super Bowl. It's as they said, it's a

923
00:46:19,840 --> 00:46:21,320
Speaker 1: team game. A lot of things are gonna have to

924
00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:24,480
Speaker 1: come together as a team. I don't totally rule them out.

925
00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:26,760
Speaker 1: And if you're talking narratives, I mean, how how sweet

926
00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:28,960
Speaker 1: would it be for the Colts to go to like

927
00:46:29,040 --> 00:46:31,960
Speaker 1: Fox Borrow in the playoffs or whatever? From their vantage point? Hey,

928
00:46:32,280 --> 00:46:34,799
Speaker 1: Josh McDaniels, thanks for turning us down, Thanks for sending

929
00:46:34,880 --> 00:46:37,920
Speaker 1: us Jacoby Brissette, for Philip Dorsett, Thanks for beating our

930
00:46:37,960 --> 00:46:41,600
Speaker 1: brains in for about a decade. We're gonna take your crown. Well,

931
00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:44,000
Speaker 1: well let's see how that goes. I'm just saying that.

932
00:46:44,239 --> 00:46:47,239
Speaker 1: Be uh from their visage pointing delightful. How have things

933
00:46:47,360 --> 00:46:50,240
Speaker 1: change in the a f C? How have they changed?

934
00:46:50,880 --> 00:46:54,719
Speaker 1: Tell tell me of your thoughts? Well, yeah, I kind

935
00:46:54,719 --> 00:46:56,640
Speaker 1: of just did that. I don't see the a f

936
00:46:56,719 --> 00:46:59,959
Speaker 1: C South winner as a real rat wants to play

937
00:47:00,239 --> 00:47:04,239
Speaker 1: start um and I still see just like we entered

938
00:47:04,320 --> 00:47:07,960
Speaker 1: last year, Chief Steelers Patriots. Those were the three teams

939
00:47:08,040 --> 00:47:11,400
Speaker 1: entering two thousand eighteen that we thought were the class

940
00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:13,839
Speaker 1: of that conference. And I still think that's the case.

941
00:47:13,960 --> 00:47:15,759
Speaker 1: How about you, Cela, I think if you look at

942
00:47:15,800 --> 00:47:18,399
Speaker 1: the show in succession, you've got a lot of even

943
00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:19,960
Speaker 1: though they're all in a family, a lot of these

944
00:47:19,960 --> 00:47:23,840
Speaker 1: people are very close allies. They're each islands psychological islands,

945
00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:26,320
Speaker 1: trying to figure out where they stand as chess pieces,

946
00:47:26,360 --> 00:47:29,040
Speaker 1: and they're all battling each other. So from the started

947
00:47:29,080 --> 00:47:31,400
Speaker 1: with well, just because the way each of these teams

948
00:47:31,400 --> 00:47:33,680
Speaker 1: like are so you know Belichick saying he doesn't see

949
00:47:33,719 --> 00:47:36,080
Speaker 1: anything beyond the complex. And if you're if you're one

950
00:47:36,080 --> 00:47:39,160
Speaker 1: of these fringe e wild card teams, if you're the Bills,

951
00:47:39,560 --> 00:47:43,120
Speaker 1: the Jets, the Broncos, even you, and you want to

952
00:47:43,160 --> 00:47:46,960
Speaker 1: convince yourself that power has changed and there's a slot

953
00:47:47,040 --> 00:47:49,960
Speaker 1: opening up or at least becoming the door is opening

954
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:53,840
Speaker 1: for you. This was a positive development in the terms

955
00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:57,160
Speaker 1: of your chances this season. The one you know, these

956
00:47:57,160 --> 00:48:00,399
Speaker 1: shows also always thrive and they're entertaining because there must

957
00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:04,239
Speaker 1: be the person in the midst who is the ultra stooge. Uh,

958
00:48:04,280 --> 00:48:06,680
Speaker 1: you know, he thinks that he or she thinks that

959
00:48:06,719 --> 00:48:09,200
Speaker 1: they're going to rise to power, but the viewer can

960
00:48:09,200 --> 00:48:12,719
Speaker 1: tell that will not be the case. Yes, in this case,

961
00:48:12,760 --> 00:48:15,359
Speaker 1: I think the Tom character in Succession is probably being

962
00:48:15,719 --> 00:48:18,000
Speaker 1: sort of toyed with um and that to me would

963
00:48:18,040 --> 00:48:20,680
Speaker 1: be the Bengals. And you know, I don't mean to always,

964
00:48:21,239 --> 00:48:23,440
Speaker 1: but it is I feel like, well, you know what,

965
00:48:24,680 --> 00:48:26,640
Speaker 1: I just feel like they are while all these other

966
00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:31,200
Speaker 1: you were talking about. Succession is about high octane power

967
00:48:31,280 --> 00:48:34,879
Speaker 1: media conglomerates, while the Bengals are to me still very

968
00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:37,640
Speaker 1: content to run a little mop and mom and pop

969
00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:42,080
Speaker 1: corner store selling you know, Chinese noodles and four dollar wine,

970
00:48:42,080 --> 00:48:46,520
Speaker 1: and they are perfectly content. I'll tell you why. Because

971
00:48:46,800 --> 00:48:50,120
Speaker 1: we are talking about power, and we're talking about people

972
00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:52,799
Speaker 1: that are striving for power and doing everything they can

973
00:48:52,840 --> 00:48:55,279
Speaker 1: and stain up to date. And I see these other teams.

974
00:48:55,280 --> 00:48:57,719
Speaker 1: I see the Jets as a team that has advanced

975
00:48:57,719 --> 00:49:03,040
Speaker 1: themselves massively from season to this. Secession has happening seasons

976
00:49:03,160 --> 00:49:05,800
Speaker 1: the NFL happens in seasons the Jets are a totally

977
00:49:05,800 --> 00:49:09,480
Speaker 1: different character. In season two. The Bengals have not changed

978
00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:11,879
Speaker 1: at all. How many wins for the Bengals this year, Wait,

979
00:49:12,640 --> 00:49:16,120
Speaker 1: six or seven. What's that's generous? I think that's a

980
00:49:16,200 --> 00:49:19,240
Speaker 1: tough one six or seven in that but only because

981
00:49:19,440 --> 00:49:22,320
Speaker 1: I don't think that's six has changed though since Andrew

982
00:49:22,400 --> 00:49:25,400
Speaker 1: Luck retired. No, my point is that the stooge is

983
00:49:25,400 --> 00:49:27,880
Speaker 1: always the stooge. But you see why I'm surprised that

984
00:49:27,920 --> 00:49:31,000
Speaker 1: Bengals are catching fire here? What is the four dollar noodle?

985
00:49:31,120 --> 00:49:34,960
Speaker 1: The four dollar and they they're they're they're just paying rent,

986
00:49:34,960 --> 00:49:36,759
Speaker 1: doing it a year ago and they'll just pay rent again.

987
00:49:36,760 --> 00:49:39,839
Speaker 1: What I'm saying there are these fringe E A SC

988
00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:43,320
Speaker 1: teams that changed and are evolving. But I'm just panting

989
00:49:43,360 --> 00:49:45,520
Speaker 1: the camera over to the stooge that did not change

990
00:49:45,520 --> 00:49:47,719
Speaker 1: the season one. But I was with you, it's not

991
00:49:47,800 --> 00:49:50,040
Speaker 1: my central point the first half year point. I was

992
00:49:50,040 --> 00:49:52,480
Speaker 1: a cent and in in fact I was gonna mention it.

993
00:49:52,480 --> 00:49:55,600
Speaker 1: Teams like the Jets, Bills, Broncos, Titans, Bengals, your Browns,

994
00:49:55,640 --> 00:49:59,480
Speaker 1: perhaps whoever doesn't perhaps whoever doesn't win the division, uh

995
00:49:59,520 --> 00:50:01,440
Speaker 1: and the see nor so it could be the Steelers

996
00:50:01,440 --> 00:50:05,160
Speaker 1: of the Ravens. Right, I'm sorry the brown I have

997
00:50:05,400 --> 00:50:09,680
Speaker 1: expressed my concerns, but uh, it's my feelings. There probably

998
00:50:09,680 --> 00:50:11,840
Speaker 1: one playoff team coming out of the South now, whereas

999
00:50:11,880 --> 00:50:14,080
Speaker 1: I thought personally there would be two. So someone's going

1000
00:50:14,120 --> 00:50:17,000
Speaker 1: to benefit from that's call. And the a f C

1001
00:50:17,120 --> 00:50:20,240
Speaker 1: West has a very easy schedule on paper, partly because

1002
00:50:20,280 --> 00:50:22,680
Speaker 1: they get to play each other. When we're putting in

1003
00:50:22,719 --> 00:50:25,520
Speaker 1: our picks with our bosses, I'm putting in three from

1004
00:50:25,560 --> 00:50:28,200
Speaker 1: the North. I was doing that before. Now I had

1005
00:50:28,239 --> 00:50:31,760
Speaker 1: the Steelers, Ravens and Brown's all getting in, which happened

1006
00:50:31,760 --> 00:50:34,759
Speaker 1: what three years ago except it was the Bengals, and uh,

1007
00:50:34,800 --> 00:50:38,120
Speaker 1: I think luck being out makes that more likely. I

1008
00:50:38,160 --> 00:50:41,040
Speaker 1: need to watch this Succession. You've got to get in, dude,

1009
00:50:41,040 --> 00:50:44,400
Speaker 1: you'd love Succession. I mean it's it's got Brian Cox

1010
00:50:44,440 --> 00:50:46,960
Speaker 1: in it, who is one of my favorite sort of

1011
00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:50,600
Speaker 1: like character actors. You will like this. I mean the

1012
00:50:50,680 --> 00:50:54,760
Speaker 1: scene he has an adaptation where he where he yells

1013
00:50:54,800 --> 00:50:57,239
Speaker 1: at the crowd when someone asks like, well what if

1014
00:50:57,440 --> 00:50:59,719
Speaker 1: what about a screenplay that reflects like real life a

1015
00:50:59,719 --> 00:51:02,040
Speaker 1: little more? And he and he just like goes off

1016
00:51:02,080 --> 00:51:04,360
Speaker 1: on the guy is one of my favorite scenes. I

1017
00:51:04,400 --> 00:51:09,120
Speaker 1: love when when people act out scenes from movies. It's

1018
00:51:09,120 --> 00:51:13,800
Speaker 1: always it never fails. All right, before we say goodbye,

1019
00:51:13,840 --> 00:51:19,600
Speaker 1: there's someone else here. I believe there. He is the

1020
00:51:19,719 --> 00:51:25,680
Speaker 1: long time head honcho over on NFL Fantasy Way. Michael

1021
00:51:25,719 --> 00:51:30,200
Speaker 1: Fabiano uh is joining us. Uh, Mike, how are you?

1022
00:51:30,200 --> 00:51:33,120
Speaker 1: By the way, I'm good man, I'm feeling good. Feeling

1023
00:51:33,160 --> 00:51:36,120
Speaker 1: good both, uh, because fantasy football season is in full

1024
00:51:36,160 --> 00:51:38,440
Speaker 1: swing and our beloved Yankees just two took two or

1025
00:51:38,480 --> 00:51:41,480
Speaker 1: three from the Doyers. Yeah, we sent a little message

1026
00:51:41,480 --> 00:51:43,560
Speaker 1: there and I was very I was there. I was

1027
00:51:43,560 --> 00:51:47,800
Speaker 1: in attendance of stress on little um NFL Must NFL

1028
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Speaker 1: Fantasy Live podcast. By the way, a live show at

1029
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1030
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1031
00:51:55,800 --> 00:51:58,000
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1032
00:51:58,000 --> 00:52:00,759
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1033
00:52:00,880 --> 00:52:02,879
Speaker 1: How does it feel to be sitting in the Mark

1034
00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:06,280
Speaker 1: Sessler memorial chair where he was for the Fantasy Corner

1035
00:52:06,320 --> 00:52:09,000
Speaker 1: a week ago? Is that right? Yeah? You wouldn't know that.

1036
00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:12,080
Speaker 1: What did you do to deserve that? It's sort of

1037
00:52:12,080 --> 00:52:14,279
Speaker 1: more closely what I didn't do. I think that's how

1038
00:52:14,320 --> 00:52:17,120
Speaker 1: I got there to begin with, um fabs. What's going

1039
00:52:17,160 --> 00:52:19,640
Speaker 1: on on the Fantasy Way? Because you know, I gotta

1040
00:52:19,680 --> 00:52:23,280
Speaker 1: I gotta keep it real here, so my league of record.

1041
00:52:23,560 --> 00:52:27,320
Speaker 1: We've run it through NFL dot com uh for several years,

1042
00:52:27,440 --> 00:52:30,160
Speaker 1: and people are always burying on me because like, oh,

1043
00:52:30,200 --> 00:52:32,359
Speaker 1: come on, why isn't your fantasy client better? Why isn't

1044
00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:35,439
Speaker 1: the app better? Well, guess what things have changed, haven't that? Yeah?

1045
00:52:35,480 --> 00:52:38,880
Speaker 1: The app is all new. It's the best app we've had.

1046
00:52:38,960 --> 00:52:40,960
Speaker 1: Some people might say that's not saying much, but I

1047
00:52:40,960 --> 00:52:43,440
Speaker 1: can promise you right now the app is going to

1048
00:52:43,480 --> 00:52:46,440
Speaker 1: be one of, if not the best for fantasy football

1049
00:52:46,480 --> 00:52:49,719
Speaker 1: players in twenty nineteen and moving forward. There are some

1050
00:52:49,920 --> 00:52:52,640
Speaker 1: very cool features, some of which I can't even mention yet,

1051
00:52:53,719 --> 00:52:58,959
Speaker 1: but I can promise that people who are into, let's say,

1052
00:52:59,040 --> 00:53:04,440
Speaker 1: watching film will be very pleased it is. It is

1053
00:53:04,480 --> 00:53:09,239
Speaker 1: going to be kick ass. Sign up now downloaded, check

1054
00:53:09,280 --> 00:53:12,239
Speaker 1: it out. It's going to be very personalized. You may

1055
00:53:12,280 --> 00:53:15,000
Speaker 1: even see my ugly mug on there from time to time,

1056
00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:17,759
Speaker 1: so that that actually might be a reason for people

1057
00:53:17,800 --> 00:53:20,160
Speaker 1: not to download it. So forget I just said that,

1058
00:53:20,480 --> 00:53:23,480
Speaker 1: but check it out. It's it's a huge improvement, and

1059
00:53:23,480 --> 00:53:25,359
Speaker 1: we've had a lot of great people who have worked

1060
00:53:25,440 --> 00:53:27,400
Speaker 1: very hard. I think that's a response to the fans.

1061
00:53:27,400 --> 00:53:29,000
Speaker 1: People are like, what do you want out of your

1062
00:53:29,000 --> 00:53:31,480
Speaker 1: fantasy app? They're just like more head shots of fabs.

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Speaker 1: That's that is untrue. That has true. That's been a

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Speaker 1: prominent part of NFL dot com is fabs front and center.

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Speaker 1: New headshot this year, same one. Have you been talking

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Speaker 1: to Ben Liebenberg? Not? You know Benny Leaves, our director

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Speaker 1: of photography. He's very big on head shot. Did you

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Speaker 1: start with the NFL? I haven't. Oh man, this is

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Speaker 1: actually my twentieth year in the industry, and this is you.

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Speaker 1: This is my year with the NFL. Yeah, dude, it's

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Speaker 1: it's been. It's been a long fun ride. You know

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Speaker 1: that yardhouse used to be my old stomping grounds. I

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Speaker 1: used to live right across the street in temporary housing. Well,

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Speaker 1: why's the heat and spurs playoff? That means that. That

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Speaker 1: means that I'll see you and your lovely wife there later.

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Speaker 1: I can't speak for her, but I'm gonna I'll be there. Hey, listen,

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Speaker 1: I will say one thing because I don't get a

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Speaker 1: chance to be on this podcast very often, and that

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Speaker 1: that's not I'm not I'm not having I'm so proud

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Speaker 1: of you guys. For what you've done and what you've accomplished.

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Speaker 1: I've rooted for all four you and I'm so just

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Speaker 1: over the moon that you guys have become this big.

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Speaker 1: You're kicking ass taking names. I love seeing you on TV.

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Speaker 1: It makes me feel so good when people that I like,

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Speaker 1: who are genuinely good, hard working people who know their stuff, succeed,

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Speaker 1: And I couldn't be happier for you guys keeping up.

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Speaker 1: You know, we thank you. We Mark and I both

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Speaker 1: started here in two thousand ten. You're literally you and

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Speaker 1: maybe Rank are the only guys that we've been here

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Speaker 1: the whole time with nice of you to say you've

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Speaker 1: You've obviously done really well. I've I've seen you guys

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Speaker 1: grow and develop and you know, become more than just writers.

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Speaker 1: You're You're truly talent. And uh, every time I see

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Speaker 1: anything about you guys on Twitter, um, I try to

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Speaker 1: I try to retreat. I just I'm very I'm very

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Speaker 1: happy for you guys. I've gotten you a second appearance. Well,

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Speaker 1: that was the whole point of that whole Diet tribe

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Speaker 1: was to get on here again at some point before

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl. All right, there you, Mike, thank you so

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Speaker 1: much and yeah, Mikey, he's the big man at NFL Fantasy.

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Speaker 1: He's got and also got that expert League one with

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Speaker 1: Ricky Holliday Holiday. So so our our friend Erica here,

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Speaker 1: you know you um drafted Andrew Luck, didn't you? I did,

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Speaker 1: And I have t Y Hilton too, so I gotta yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm not So I'm not in League one because I

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Speaker 1: have two fifty other leagues and I'm like, I just

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Speaker 1: can't do another one. But I drafted four Candice Patton,

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Speaker 1: who plays the Flash and by the way, her team

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Speaker 1: is the odds on favorite to win. I'll connecting a

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Speaker 1: dang lose to a shadow fabs. That's an embarrassed one

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Speaker 1: of that she picked. He picked for her, but she's

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Speaker 1: gonna have to run the team or whatever. You can't.

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Speaker 1: You can't let expert come in there and win. Anyways,

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Speaker 1: you two in the league that in twelve dollars will

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Speaker 1: get you a beer in l a West. One of

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Speaker 1: the dudes picked Albert Wilson in the fourth round, and

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Speaker 1: so at this point I'm thinking, I'm thinking, oh man,

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Speaker 1: this is this is this is gonna be fun. This

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Speaker 1: is gonna be fun to do this draft. That guy

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Speaker 1: like fall off a bird and I don't know, I

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Speaker 1: don't even know who was the guy. Do you remember

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Speaker 1: who it was? It was the comedian? Yeah, should we

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Speaker 1: like out him? Like you're not to tune in and

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Speaker 1: find out Ricky Holiday. You can put the blame on

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Speaker 1: me for Andrew Luck. Yeah, I appreciate that that was.

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Speaker 1: And you have cream Hunt on your team too. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: we can, we can, we can up maybe a good

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Speaker 1: season for you. Yeah, all right? Rick Halliday taking a

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Speaker 1: lot of Halliday get buried in a big spot. Michael Fabiano,

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Speaker 1: He's senior fantasy analysts NFL Media. Follow him at Michael

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Speaker 1: Underscore Fabriano on Twitter and yes, if you are in

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Speaker 1: the area, he'll be at the yard House at Marina

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Speaker 1: del Rey tonight eight pm Live podcast, Thanks con by Mike.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's get out of here. Ricky Holiday, hold

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Speaker 1: back Wednesday, Stan handsOn signing about for a Quiet Storm,

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Speaker 1: the Mailman, the Old Boss, Ricky Holiday and Michael Fabriano

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Speaker 1: behind the glass to whims there e