1 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 1: What is up? Everyone? Three and out with John Middlecoff 2 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: Back at John mccollin Coward Podcast Network. Uh, coming at 3 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 1: you live again on Wednesday. Subscribe rate review on iTunes, 4 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: you can find it on on I Heart and find 5 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:23,119 Speaker 1: out anywhere you listen to your podcast. But I gotta 6 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:26,240 Speaker 1: start with this. I I waited this morning. I wanted 7 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 1: to watch the Sam Donald Pro Day on NFL Network. Uh, 8 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: it's I We'll talk a little bit about pro days, 9 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 1: I'm sure in the next several weeks leading up to 10 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: the draft. I've been to many pro days, and today 11 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,240 Speaker 1: was a really big day. I think Sam Donald is 12 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 1: the number one pick in the draft. Jimmy Haslum was 13 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 1: at the USC Pro Day. Uh, the huge huge Uh, 14 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 1: I see, I'm watching it actually kind of wrap up 15 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: right now. I see John Dorsey, Hugh Jackson in the back. 16 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: He's gonna be the first pick. But today was a 17 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 1: huge day for Sam Donald, and I think today probably 18 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 1: solidified himself as the number one pick. Because typically in California, 19 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 1: the weather, especially when you play at SC or U 20 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:16,319 Speaker 1: C l A or San Diego State, Hell, Stanford or 21 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,559 Speaker 1: cal You're gonna have pretty good weather in mid March 22 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:23,400 Speaker 1: when these programs host their pro day. Well, I know, 23 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: as when I scouted in Philadelphia sometimes it was difficult, 24 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:29,680 Speaker 1: especially when you're looking at quarterbacks because they never played 25 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:34,040 Speaker 1: in inclement weather situations. Maybe if you played in southern California, 26 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: and I saw this with with Derek Carr when he 27 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: was at Fresno State, you might go to a game 28 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:44,040 Speaker 1: or two throughout your career, whether you're playing at Nevada 29 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:46,680 Speaker 1: at Oregon, and it just may happen to be a 30 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: trenial downpour or maybe Colorado and it's snowing, but it's 31 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: not guaranteed. It's not like you know in the Big 32 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: Ten Conference when you go at Michigan, at Ohio State, 33 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 1: at Penn State late in October and the weather turns that. 34 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:03,559 Speaker 1: That's not what it's like out here on the West Coast, 35 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 1: especially in southern California. But that is what it's like. 36 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: If you're the Cleveland Browns, you have to beat the 37 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers, the Baltimore Ravens, and the Cincinnati Bengals. Well, 38 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 1: late in the winter in November and December, it gets cold, 39 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: it gets windy, it gets miserable. Today it rained in 40 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: southern California, that's I don't know if you've googled UH. 41 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 1: If you live in California, it doesn't rain often here 42 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: and especially once you get you know, probably below central California, 43 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 1: it is very very rare. It's called it's called this 44 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: thing we'd like to call a drought. We don't get 45 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 1: much water. So for John Dorsey, Jimmy Haslum, Hugh Jackson, 46 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 1: Pat Schrummer's there if for whatever reason he were to 47 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 1: fall the two UH. Today was a big day because 48 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 1: you got to see this player in a situation where 49 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: the ball's wet. There's always questions with hand size. I 50 00:02:57,520 --> 00:02:59,519 Speaker 1: saw this with Jared Goff a couple of years ago. 51 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 1: The differences with Jared Goff and and same with Derek Carr. 52 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: There is a level if you're a quarterback and you're 53 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 1: from California, and you grow up in California, then you 54 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: go to a California college, and then you're able to 55 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:18,800 Speaker 1: play professional football in California. You just don't see implement 56 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 1: inclement weather often and you get accustomed. I don't want 57 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:25,920 Speaker 1: to call you soft, but there is an element to 58 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 1: your game that you're not used to playing in fifteen degrees. 59 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 1: In twenty degrees in howling wins in freezing conditions. He 60 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: just Jared Goff the rest of his career is gonna 61 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: play the majority of his games eight a year in 62 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: Los Angeles. He's gonna get to play another one at 63 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: Levi Stadium in Santa Clara and Arizona. That's ten of 64 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 1: his sixteen games every year are gonna be in good 65 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 1: weather situations. It's Tom Brady who's born and raised, went 66 00:03:56,520 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 1: to Sarah High School in the Bay Area and up 67 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: going to Michigan and then has played his entire career 68 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: in New England. He is no longer he's accustomed to 69 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: bad weather. He has become a bad weather quarterback. That's 70 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 1: I don't even look at him like a California quarterback. 71 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger Miami of Ohio, then plays for the Pittsburgh 72 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:20,159 Speaker 1: Steelers for fifteen plus years. He gets accustomed now he was. 73 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 1: He's you know, from the Midwest. You get used to 74 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 1: just playing in that bad weather. It becomes part of 75 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 1: your game. It's a lot harder for California quarterbacks to 76 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:31,720 Speaker 1: play in that weather when they're not used to it. Now, 77 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: that doesn't mean you can't become accustomed to it. Look 78 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: at Aaron Rodgers from Chico, California, went to Cal has 79 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: obviously excelled in Green Bay, but I think it took 80 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:45,720 Speaker 1: him time. He was lucky enough to red shirt basically 81 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 1: for three years in the NFL and get accustomed and 82 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 1: get used to the cold. And I don't think if 83 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: if you were Jimmy Haslum, if you were Hugh Jackson, 84 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:57,840 Speaker 1: if you were John Dorsey, who's ultimately making the pick 85 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 1: today has to make you feel so much better. And 86 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 1: I know it's not it's not like it's ten degrees 87 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: and their sleep coming down. But I got to see 88 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:09,160 Speaker 1: Sam Donald throw in rain and a little wind with 89 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 1: receivers that aren't that good, And today helps me sleep 90 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: at night knowing that when that draft starts, to me, 91 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 1: it's a no brainer. Sam Donald's the pick. I know 92 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 1: that there's been a knock that he turns the balls 93 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 1: over too much. I'll be honest, I don't give a shit. 94 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: I've watched every snap he's had in college. I watch 95 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 1: every SC game and let me let me tell you 96 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 1: a couple of things that the way the NFL looks 97 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 1: at it, his head coach, Clay Clay Hilton, seems like 98 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:40,160 Speaker 1: a great guy, average average coach, his wide receiving crew 99 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:42,480 Speaker 1: this year. I don't know if he has an NFL 100 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 1: player that he was throwing too, like that matters that 101 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 1: that factors in for me. And I've talked to some 102 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 1: people in the NFL that just throw on a game 103 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 1: of him. If you watch him in a vacuum, you can. 104 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:55,159 Speaker 1: If you just throw on the cow game, you go. 105 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 1: You know, I don't really see it, and that's fair. 106 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 1: He has just gonna maybe pop off the screen on 107 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:06,039 Speaker 1: a given game. But if you have taken his in 108 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: his entire career, there is something special about this guy. 109 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 1: He has a He has a loopier release. I don't 110 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:15,920 Speaker 1: want to call it Tim Tebow because that would out 111 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: sounds terrible, but it is longer. But Daniel Jeremiah has 112 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:23,360 Speaker 1: been saying this from day onea on the NFL networking 113 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 1: texting with him, and Any's so right. You can have 114 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 1: a longer release if you get rid of the ball quickly, 115 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:34,359 Speaker 1: like his long release doesn't slow down the release of 116 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:38,840 Speaker 1: the football. Tim Tebow his long release, it took forever 117 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:40,920 Speaker 1: for the ball to get out of his hands. That's 118 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 1: not the case with Sam Donald. The ball, the ball 119 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:46,479 Speaker 1: gets out of Sam Donald's hands quickly. He's also a 120 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 1: big time athlete. He's also again I I don't like 121 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 1: using this the quote unquote it factor, but it exists. 122 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 1: Some people just have something special to their game. And 123 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 1: when you watch Sam Donald play with I think two 124 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:04,720 Speaker 1: of the definitely in two thousand seventeen, two thousand sixteen 125 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 1: team was better. But in two thousands seventeen, his USC 126 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 1: team was not good. His coach was average, and I 127 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 1: thought he he attempted and that's where I think a 128 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: lot of his interceptions came to carry the program. The 129 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 1: entire program was on his back. That's why as a 130 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 1: as a West Coast Football and Pac twelve homer, I'm 131 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: a little nervous that, you know, our our best team, 132 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 1: our best program in USC, how are they gonna do 133 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 1: next year without by far their best player. It's where 134 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 1: I was talking to some people the scouting combine. If 135 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 1: I was a Penn State fan, they've depended pretty heavily 136 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 1: on se Kwon Barkley these last couple of years, I'd 137 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 1: be a little nervous. Now they're a little more equipped. 138 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: James Franklin's did a better job recruiting and just as 139 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 1: a better coach than Clay Helton. But I'm telling you 140 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 1: I think Sam Donald. You know what I think he 141 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: is that I heard Mayok compare him to Tony Romo. 142 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 1: I don't know he's quite Tony Romo. If he's gonna 143 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 1: be quite as good as Tony Romo. Tony Romo is 144 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 1: pretty damn good in his prime. But I do think 145 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 1: in his physical attributes he's a little bit better of 146 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 1: a of a pure thrower than Alex Smith. But what 147 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 1: Alex has become in Kansas City, like a high level starter, 148 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 1: you know, from Starter eight to twelve somewhere in there. 149 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 1: I think Sam Donald can become that. And I think 150 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: he can do that in Cleveland, which no one has 151 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 1: ever been able to do, which is a which is 152 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 1: a huge task for any human, especially a twenty twenty 153 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 1: one year old college kid. But I think he's special. 154 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 1: And if you've taken in Sam Donald's entire career, which 155 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:41,839 Speaker 1: I have, uh, if if you know people in the program, 156 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:44,560 Speaker 1: which I do, and you find out about the guy 157 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,560 Speaker 1: I'm betting on him, I think he's gonna succeed. I 158 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 1: think he's gonna be a really good player in the NFL. 159 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 1: Is he an Andrew luck level prospect. No quarterbacks aren't. 160 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:01,960 Speaker 1: Marcus Mariotta wasn't. Carson Wentz wasn't. Jared Goff wasn't. A 161 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:05,079 Speaker 1: lot of quarterbacks are not. That's that's not a criticism 162 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 1: he has blemish is just like most prospects do it 163 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 1: in this draft. But I'm telling you, Cleveland, when they 164 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:15,200 Speaker 1: take them, and they will, it'll be one of the 165 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 1: best decisions the franchise has made in a long long time. 166 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:24,080 Speaker 1: Let's move up the road to U c. L A. 167 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 1: If you live in California, know you gotta hop on 168 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:31,079 Speaker 1: the four or five and let's talk about Josh Rosen. 169 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 1: There was a trade made. I guess it would have 170 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 1: been made on Saturday, so five or six days ago. 171 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 1: You know, I don't necessarily love it. No brainer for 172 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: the Colts. For the Jets. My biggest issue with going 173 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:47,439 Speaker 1: from six to three is you don't know exactly who's 174 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 1: gonna be there. It's one thing to go from six 175 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 1: to two, you know, in a two quarterback draft if 176 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 1: you love them both. I understand this is a four 177 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:58,720 Speaker 1: quarterback draft. The likelihood that they think they view three 178 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 1: quarterbacks as equal in the draft, to me, seems a 179 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 1: little unrealistic, but ultimately I get what they're trying to do. 180 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:09,920 Speaker 1: I just don't like making the trade this early, but 181 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 1: that's really kind of irrelevant because the trade has been made. 182 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:17,079 Speaker 1: I do think when you look at the way everything 183 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:21,720 Speaker 1: is potentially playing out, the Jets may end up being lucky. 184 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 1: And like I just said, I'm a huge Sam Donald guy. 185 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 1: I think he's gonna be an excellent player in this league. 186 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 1: I view him as like a better version of Alex Smith. 187 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:33,680 Speaker 1: You know, a quarterback that you know probably if he peaks, 188 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:36,959 Speaker 1: and I mean peaks, he'd be like five six seven 189 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 1: range in the NFL. I don't know if he'd ever 190 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 1: be an elite player, more than likely somewhere in the 191 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:45,320 Speaker 1: eight to twelve range. That's that's damn good. You can win. 192 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 1: Andy Reid has been going to the playoffs with Alex 193 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 1: Smith four the last five years. You know, everyone wants 194 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady. There's only so many of 195 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 1: those guys. Peyton Manning walking through that door for most 196 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:59,960 Speaker 1: most franchises. I will say this the most talented player 197 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 1: in this draft from the quarterback perspect of it, and 198 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 1: I I you could argue just overall player, but let's 199 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:10,200 Speaker 1: just just talk quarterbacks. Is Josh Rosen for me, and 200 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:12,839 Speaker 1: I don't really think it's that close. Just pure talent. 201 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 1: There's more to the quarterback than just ability though the 202 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:19,079 Speaker 1: mental capacity, personality that there's so much more than but 203 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 1: just in a vacuum. Josh Rosen for me is the 204 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 1: number one quarterback on my draft board, and I'm not 205 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:26,839 Speaker 1: really sure it's that close because he is the one 206 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:29,440 Speaker 1: guy of the group. I'm not a Josh Allen guy. 207 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:31,439 Speaker 1: I don't give a ship. If he can throw it 208 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 1: five hundred yards and throws it five hundred miles an hour, 209 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:37,959 Speaker 1: I just don't like him. I'm not buying it on that. 210 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 1: I I don't believe inaccurate quarterbacks just get to the 211 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 1: NFL just because they have a big time arm and 212 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 1: just become really accurate. So I'm out. Maybe I'll be 213 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 1: proven wrong, but I like my chances. History is on 214 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 1: my side, so I'll bet against that. Josh Rosen is 215 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 1: a pretty fascinating case because just pure talent. If he 216 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 1: was you know, had had never had any injury issues. 217 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:01,679 Speaker 1: I think he's had a show older concussion, he's had 218 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:05,599 Speaker 1: some he's had some question marks in his career was 219 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 1: staying healthy. And that's that's fair that that is a 220 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:12,760 Speaker 1: fair criticism or question mark on him, and that's a 221 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 1: big deal. At the next level, the only the best 222 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:19,080 Speaker 1: ability is availability. I think it's Herm Edwards once famously said, 223 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 1: but but it is true. You cannot help your team 224 00:12:21,679 --> 00:12:23,719 Speaker 1: in the training room. You know, you can't help the 225 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:26,680 Speaker 1: club in the tub. It's true he has to stay 226 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:29,319 Speaker 1: on the field. But if you're gonna draft him really high, 227 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 1: which he's gonna go high, you're betting on his ability 228 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:34,959 Speaker 1: to stay healthy. But from a talent standpoint, if somehow 229 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:38,559 Speaker 1: the Jets end up with Josh Rosen at three, that 230 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:41,600 Speaker 1: when it's all said and done, they may ended up 231 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 1: getting the best quarterback in the draft. And I also 232 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:46,880 Speaker 1: think they may have the guide that's most equipped to 233 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 1: handle what they're looking for. Because when when you're coming 234 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 1: to the New York Jets, we like to make fun 235 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 1: of them like the Cleveland Browns, but they're really not 236 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 1: like the Cleveland Browns. They are the second team in 237 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 1: their market and live in the Bay Area. I know 238 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 1: what it's like to be around a two team market 239 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 1: that the Raiders. There's a huge inferiority complex when you're 240 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:09,080 Speaker 1: the second team in your market to the big boy, 241 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 1: to the team that the majority of the fans in 242 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 1: that area root for, and for me, in the area 243 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 1: in which I live, it's it's the forty Niners. And 244 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:20,360 Speaker 1: sometimes your moves and the way you do things are 245 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:25,600 Speaker 1: based on just there's a there's a fundamental core belief 246 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:30,400 Speaker 1: that is interwoven from your owner to your fans. And 247 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:32,200 Speaker 1: maybe it's a little different with their Jets because Woody 248 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 1: Johnson has so much money, but that they know that 249 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:37,840 Speaker 1: they're not number they're not team number one in their 250 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:40,720 Speaker 1: own market. That affects the way you do things. And 251 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:42,600 Speaker 1: that's where I think they did get a little desperate 252 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 1: with this trade so early. But again, if they end 253 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:48,839 Speaker 1: up with Josh Rosen, he is the type guy that 254 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:50,960 Speaker 1: can change their franchise because what do you hear a 255 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:54,200 Speaker 1: lot about him? He's super arrogant. Well, if you're gonna 256 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:57,319 Speaker 1: take over the New York Jets in that market, uh, 257 00:13:57,360 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 1: I think you gotta be a little arrogant. He's also 258 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:03,360 Speaker 1: really smart that that plays in New York. I Being 259 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 1: smart works there. Here's the Here's the biggest key though, 260 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:09,959 Speaker 1: and I think in these big boy markets in the 261 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:15,120 Speaker 1: Bay Area, New York, Los Angeles, UH, Dallas, Texas. Like 262 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 1: the one thing that they they've seen a lot of 263 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 1: talent come through. If if you're fifty years old in 264 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 1: a major market, you've seen big time players over your life, 265 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: you know what it looks like. And the most important 266 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 1: attribute that Josh Rosen has he's a big time talent, 267 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 1: and I think people respect that and they'll give you 268 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 1: a chance because right away, New York Jets haven't had 269 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 1: a quarterback worth of damn since Chad Pettington and Chad 270 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 1: Pennington is not as talented as Josh Rosen. I got 271 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 1: news free. It's not even close. Does that mean Josh 272 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 1: Rosen is gonna be as good of a quarterback as 273 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 1: Chad Pennington? I don't know. But from a talent standpoint, again, 274 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 1: it is not close. Here's the other thing. Josh Rosen 275 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 1: is coming from a big time u c l A 276 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: is not s C like. It's the equivalent probably of 277 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:01,359 Speaker 1: the Jets and Giants. From a full ball program standpoint, 278 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 1: it's the second biggest program in the in the area 279 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 1: in Los Angeles, but it's still a pretty big deal. 280 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 1: He's been really famous now for several years, like really 281 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 1: really famous. So he has equipped when you look at 282 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:18,239 Speaker 1: Oklahoma Baker Mayfield and listen, I'm a Baker Mayfield guy. 283 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 1: But if I had to pick find the jets between 284 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield and Josh Rosen, to me, I'm not even hesitating. 285 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 1: I'm taking Josh Rosen. Baker Mayfield, small town guy, went 286 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 1: to Texas Tech that had a transferred Oklahoma. Now, Oklahoma 287 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 1: is a massive program, but Norman, Oklahoma is pretty insulated, 288 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 1: little area. And as we've seen, I don't want to 289 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 1: say Baker struggled with some stuff, but he's had some 290 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 1: some of the transitions from interviews at the Senior Bowl 291 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 1: and things you're hearing, you know, with some of his 292 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 1: interviews at the Combine, you know, it's like, welcome to 293 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 1: the real world, Baker. You're not You're not in you know, 294 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:54,280 Speaker 1: little rural Norman, Oklahoma anymore. I mean, this is this 295 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 1: is the National Football League now again, Josh Rosen has 296 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 1: played even though his conference hasn't been as good, and 297 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 1: he didn't even play on that good at teams at 298 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 1: U c l A. He's been in the big boy market. 299 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 1: Everyone's been watching every move he's made. In Los Angeles. 300 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 1: He's a talking point from radio stations to television to 301 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 1: you name it, and there is a pressure that he's 302 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: used to that I'm not sure, just just in terms 303 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 1: of being the face of a franchise that I think 304 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: he's a little more equipped day one. Now does that 305 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 1: mean big picture, long term he's gonna be able to 306 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 1: handle it. I don't know, but I think from day one, 307 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 1: going to New York, the firestorm that's gonna come, he's 308 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:39,400 Speaker 1: definitely more equipped. And then again, Josh Allen is on 309 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 1: a completely different level, coming from a tiny little program 310 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 1: in Wyoming that was not a blue chip, you know, 311 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:48,960 Speaker 1: recruit that really was a late bloomer that didn't produce. 312 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 1: The pressure that would be on him would be so 313 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:56,040 Speaker 1: amend He's never he can't even comprehend feeling anything close 314 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 1: to that. Can't even comprehend. Now, Baker has played in 315 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:01,960 Speaker 1: massive game, He's obviously been in the playoffs. I'm not 316 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 1: saying that he hasn't felt the pressure because obviously, playing 317 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:07,240 Speaker 1: at Oklahoma it's a it's a bigger deal than playing 318 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 1: at U c. L A. It's a it's a better 319 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 1: football program. That's not what I'm saying I'm just saying 320 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 1: every day living in l A. Is a lot different 321 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:17,880 Speaker 1: than Norman Oklahoma, and he's gonna be much more equipped 322 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:20,480 Speaker 1: when he goes to New York if he does. And 323 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:22,680 Speaker 1: also just from the simple fact he's just a more 324 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:26,800 Speaker 1: physically gifted player than Baker Mayfield. So if it goes 325 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:29,240 Speaker 1: down to those two players, which I do, think both 326 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 1: players will be on the board when the Jets draft. 327 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 1: So while I don't love the trade trading so far 328 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:37,680 Speaker 1: ahead of the draft not knowing who is gonna be there, 329 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:40,120 Speaker 1: I do think somehow it's just gonna break and they're 330 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 1: gonna get lucky enough for both these two guys are 331 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:44,360 Speaker 1: gonna be on the board. To me, it's a no brainer. 332 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:46,959 Speaker 1: You go with Josh Rosen. You go with the bigger, 333 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:50,639 Speaker 1: more talented player, the guy with more upside, and really 334 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 1: the guy that it's wired that might be just crazy enough, 335 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:58,680 Speaker 1: might be just smart enough to save your franchise. Let's 336 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:02,640 Speaker 1: get into Bill Belichick. The pro day circuits going around 337 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:06,520 Speaker 1: and I'm sure if you have a Twitter account, you've 338 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 1: seen constant videos of Belichick popping up as he always 339 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 1: does in the South circuit. You know, the Alabama's the Georgia's, 340 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:17,040 Speaker 1: the Tennessee's, the Florida States all that he doesn't basically 341 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:21,760 Speaker 1: every year. I'm actually watching a documentary. It's kind of 342 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 1: like a it's it's a series, but it's also a 343 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:27,719 Speaker 1: documentary on Hugh Hefner. And when you when you think 344 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 1: you after you think this old dude, especially if you're 345 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 1: you know, my relative close to my age. I'm thirty three, 346 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:35,920 Speaker 1: super old guys sleep with a bunch of young women. 347 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:40,679 Speaker 1: This documentary starts actually when he started Playboy back in 348 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:43,199 Speaker 1: the I think it was like nineteen fifty three or 349 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 1: nineteen fifty four. And the two things in this documentary 350 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 1: that are really fascinating was just what a genius Hugh 351 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:53,879 Speaker 1: Hefner was, how ahead of his time he was with branding, 352 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 1: with marketing, and how hard he worked. By basically the 353 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 1: mid sixties, they were an absolute American brand powerhouse. Uh. 354 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:07,679 Speaker 1: He was a multimillionaire, started from nothing, absolute grinder, I mean, 355 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 1: I mean worked seven on this magazine. Was all in, 356 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 1: had just constant ideas, was just so ahead of his 357 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:16,880 Speaker 1: time with the way he thought about not just business, 358 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:20,679 Speaker 1: not not just his brand, how seriously every detail mattered 359 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 1: to him. Uh. It's just it's a fascinating watch on 360 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:27,399 Speaker 1: Amazon Video. I highly recommend it. But it got it 361 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 1: got me thinking, just because Bill Belichick is constantly showing 362 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:34,359 Speaker 1: up in my my timeline, that just how ahead of 363 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:38,440 Speaker 1: the curve Bill Belichick is. He is not only smarter 364 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 1: than your head coach, but he outworks your head coach, 365 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:47,760 Speaker 1: and he's always thinking of things that help him come 366 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 1: the fall and when they play games, get an edge. 367 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:53,679 Speaker 1: He did this several years ago when the cb A 368 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 1: changed and he was able to realize there's not gonna 369 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:00,320 Speaker 1: be double days that the days of you know, the 370 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:04,160 Speaker 1: Junction Boys, Bear Bryant weeks weeks on end of double 371 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:07,880 Speaker 1: padded practices, no water breaks. Those were thinking in the past. 372 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 1: You're not even allowed to have double days anymore. So 373 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 1: what did he do? He went joint practices. He'd have 374 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 1: multiple joint practices with an opposing team during training camp. 375 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:20,359 Speaker 1: Clearly benefited him because he makes the a f C 376 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 1: Championship for the Super Bowl just about every year. Something 377 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 1: else I've noticed the last it feels like since that 378 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:31,639 Speaker 1: cb A change, he constantly goes on the circuit to 379 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 1: the south, the SEC, the a C C and a 380 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 1: southern little swing and he's his draft picks are basically 381 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:44,200 Speaker 1: thirty thirty one, thirty two every year. He is never 382 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:47,879 Speaker 1: drafting anywhere near the top ten, let alone in the teams, 383 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:51,400 Speaker 1: let alone in the high twenties. He's always drafting. He's 384 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 1: not necessarily going on this swing to see players that 385 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:59,240 Speaker 1: he's gonna draft. He is scouting because go back and 386 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: look at the draft the last ten years, a large 387 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 1: majority of players, not just even in the first round, 388 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 1: in the second round as well, are coming from the South, 389 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 1: the SEC smaller schools in the South, and the a 390 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 1: SEC schools like Miami, Florida State and Clemson. He's getting 391 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:16,680 Speaker 1: a field for them, a live look that he would 392 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 1: not get. He is getting a scouting advantage. So not 393 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:23,159 Speaker 1: only but here here's the other thing. I've been to 394 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:26,919 Speaker 1: a million Pro days. That's not a million, a larger, 395 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:31,399 Speaker 1: you know, hundred plus pro days in my life. And 396 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:35,600 Speaker 1: it takes talked about Sam Donald earlier. It takes Sam 397 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:39,320 Speaker 1: Donald like player to get a head coach to come in, 398 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 1: and typically that head coach is coming because they are 399 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:48,159 Speaker 1: watching that quarterback and Belichick. It doesn't take a player 400 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:52,120 Speaker 1: that he might end up drafting. It takes Bill Belichick 401 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:54,440 Speaker 1: getting there because he knows he might end up playing 402 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:57,479 Speaker 1: that quarterback. I don't think he's going there to scout 403 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:00,240 Speaker 1: what if I could trade up to get Bradley Chub. 404 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:03,120 Speaker 1: Now he knows there's a decent chance he may see 405 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:06,880 Speaker 1: Bradley Chubb in a game. I read a Al Davis 406 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 1: biography within the last six months. It was excellent, highly recommended, 407 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:15,159 Speaker 1: and it talked about al Davis had a philosophy that 408 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:19,199 Speaker 1: he would send his defensive coordinator to watch like the 409 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:24,200 Speaker 1: top five or six quarterbacks every year at their pro day. Obviously, 410 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 1: the majority of the time they were not going to 411 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 1: draft that player, and the defensive coordinator had nothing to do, 412 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 1: you know, whether they were going to draft that player 413 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:35,480 Speaker 1: or not. He was going to scout that quarterback because 414 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 1: he knew that maybe later they would play that quarterback 415 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 1: the next year, especially if there was a team in 416 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:43,440 Speaker 1: his division that might be drafting that quarterback, so he 417 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 1: might play him twice a year. That's what Belichick is 418 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:49,880 Speaker 1: doing to the rest of the NFL. So the rest 419 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:52,680 Speaker 1: of the NFL is, you know, at random pro days 420 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:56,400 Speaker 1: watching guys they might draft. Belichick is watching guys he's 421 00:22:56,400 --> 00:23:01,439 Speaker 1: gonna play. So top of that, he goes to it 422 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 1: basically a pro day every day for like four straight weeks. 423 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,439 Speaker 1: I would say most head coaches or even quote unquote 424 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 1: general managers may go to three or four Pro days. 425 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 1: I bet Belichick bangs out fifteen to twenty pro days 426 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:18,120 Speaker 1: every year at the most important schools. So he's seen 427 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:20,960 Speaker 1: these schools that are producing not just one first round. 428 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 1: He goes to Alabama, They're banging out four or five. 429 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 1: He's gonna play probably three of them next year, definitely 430 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 1: within the next couple of years. He is so ahead 431 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:34,560 Speaker 1: of the curve. And you're combining this just drive of 432 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:39,440 Speaker 1: work ethic. This is gonna sound crazy and and I 433 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:41,960 Speaker 1: might you might be able to prove me wrong. But 434 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 1: I thought about this a lot for the the last several days. 435 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:48,199 Speaker 1: I think there's a chance that Bill Belichick is the 436 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:53,119 Speaker 1: greatest employee employee. Now they're of obviously non player, because 437 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:55,920 Speaker 1: Michael Jordan's I put it right up there, the greatest 438 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:59,720 Speaker 1: employee non player, not just in the history of sports, 439 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 1: but in the history of America. Because I think when 440 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,640 Speaker 1: you think about most large companies, like Hugh Hefner, for example, 441 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:09,919 Speaker 1: he owned the company, he ran the company. So even a. 442 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: Warren Buffett, uh, Steve Jobs, and Jeff Basis. Those guys 443 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:17,840 Speaker 1: run or owned the company. Belichick does not own or 444 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:20,680 Speaker 1: I mean technically runs it. But Bob crafts in charge. 445 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 1: He is just an employee. I do think there's a chance, Again, 446 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 1: there are probably some examples that we can make a 447 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:32,440 Speaker 1: legit argument. He's the greatest employee, definitely most talented employee, 448 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:38,680 Speaker 1: non athlete and non like musician we've ever seen. He's 449 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 1: so much smarter than every other head coach, and in 450 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: a league that has so many guys that work so hard. 451 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:49,040 Speaker 1: I worked down the hall from Andy Reid. Andy had 452 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 1: the greatest work ethic I've ever witnessed in my entire life. 453 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,000 Speaker 1: I don't even know if there was a close second, 454 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:57,040 Speaker 1: just the ultimate grinder. If I had to pick one 455 00:24:57,080 --> 00:25:01,040 Speaker 1: guy to just outwork any person that I've ever met, 456 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 1: I don't know Bill Belichick. I would choose Andy Reid, 457 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:07,720 Speaker 1: and I wouldn't even hesitate. His just work ethic is relentless. 458 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:10,400 Speaker 1: It's like he doesn't even need sleep. He just goes 459 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,920 Speaker 1: and goes. That's what Bill Belichick is. But I mean, 460 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:16,960 Speaker 1: I really do think he doesn't sleep. But he's also 461 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 1: smarter A coach once told me about a player when 462 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:24,040 Speaker 1: I was in Philly we acquired. He said, he's the 463 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 1: worst combination in life and I and I do think 464 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:30,160 Speaker 1: this is so true, not just with players, but just 465 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:32,919 Speaker 1: really in any aspect of life. And he said the 466 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:36,720 Speaker 1: player was dumb and lazy. And the coach had a 467 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:39,360 Speaker 1: great point, He's like, you know what, you can overcome 468 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:43,440 Speaker 1: dumb as a player, as you know, and I think 469 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 1: in any aspect of life, I'm not that smart, to 470 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,399 Speaker 1: be honest with you, you can overcome dumb if you 471 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 1: work really hard and you just you just have a determination, 472 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 1: relentless attitude. You can overcome being not as quote unquote 473 00:25:56,520 --> 00:26:01,280 Speaker 1: intellectually book smart whatever. But it's pretty hard to become lazy. 474 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:04,440 Speaker 1: And I think, on the flip side, like the smartest 475 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:09,200 Speaker 1: people are not always the most successful successful people. But 476 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:13,760 Speaker 1: it is basically impossible to fail when you are smart, 477 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:17,840 Speaker 1: like Belichick clearly is, and your work ethnic is basically 478 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:20,359 Speaker 1: a tent out of ten. Not only will you not fail, 479 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 1: you will have based you know, I don't know if 480 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:26,680 Speaker 1: he can have any more success. He is running circles 481 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 1: around the league, He is doing things. He is doing 482 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 1: this the al Davis move. But he's the coach, you know, 483 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:37,359 Speaker 1: and he's I think one of the only coaches in 484 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:40,640 Speaker 1: NFL history that could literally he might be the only 485 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:43,960 Speaker 1: coach in NFL history that could coach every position from 486 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:48,399 Speaker 1: quarterback down to your kicker and punter. Can coach every position, 487 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:52,600 Speaker 1: knows every element, every teaching point of the position. I 488 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:55,920 Speaker 1: don't think we'll ever see it again in football. It's 489 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:59,280 Speaker 1: it's easier to find in basketball. In baseball, it's probably 490 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:01,000 Speaker 1: a little hit or miss. You know, you get guys 491 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,959 Speaker 1: that are more pitching oriented or hitting oriented. Belichick can 492 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:07,159 Speaker 1: coach everything from the quarterback to the right tackle, to 493 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:09,960 Speaker 1: the receiver, to the linebacker, to the punter, to the holder, 494 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 1: to the snapper, to the to the kickoff unit. He 495 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 1: knows it all and he's out working you. I think 496 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 1: every day on Twitter when you see Belichick at one 497 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:21,439 Speaker 1: of these Pro days, and today I saw him at 498 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 1: Georgia working out ro Kuan Smith. He's not gonna draft 499 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 1: ro Kwan Smith, but you know what, he might play 500 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:29,399 Speaker 1: the Raiders in the first round of the playoffs and 501 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 1: Roquan Smith might be their middle linebacker, and he's gonna 502 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:37,320 Speaker 1: have just even if it's just a two percent advantage 503 00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:39,000 Speaker 1: of that day that he spent with him at the 504 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 1: pro day. He was there, he didn't get the information 505 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:44,359 Speaker 1: from the scouts, he saw it live. That's an advantage 506 00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:46,480 Speaker 1: that he'll have that no one else will have. And 507 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:49,200 Speaker 1: he's getting these advantages every stop he gets on the 508 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 1: circuit that he goes on every year. I'm just I 509 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 1: feel as as a sports fan, it's just it's just greatness. 510 00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:01,400 Speaker 1: He is so freaking brilliant and I don't even think 511 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:07,560 Speaker 1: most people realize it. Let's send on this. Everything in 512 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:12,080 Speaker 1: life is cyclical. Same same with sports. Forty five minutes 513 00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:14,199 Speaker 1: down the road from my house, or three of the 514 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 1: most powerful companies in the world. One of them didn't 515 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:21,480 Speaker 1: even exist fifteen years ago on Facebook. The other didn't 516 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:24,959 Speaker 1: exist you know what twenty plus years ago in Google, 517 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:27,560 Speaker 1: and obviously Apple has been around for a while. But 518 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:30,359 Speaker 1: they dominate the world. I mean they combined, they have 519 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:34,640 Speaker 1: more money than God. They can steal employees from basically 520 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 1: any business all over the world at the drop of 521 00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:42,200 Speaker 1: a hat. There they basically run the world. Google, Apple, Facebook, 522 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:44,800 Speaker 1: Right or wrong that that won't be the case in 523 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:47,880 Speaker 1: ten years, things will change, but right now they are 524 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 1: on top, and they are a major reason that the 525 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 1: Bay Area these last five years is basically had one 526 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:56,400 Speaker 1: of the great economic runs in the history of the world. 527 00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:58,840 Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's pretty crazy. Trust me, I see 528 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:00,280 Speaker 1: it every day when I try to buy a twenty 529 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 1: dollars salad for lunch, but I didn't exercise. This week, 530 00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:08,240 Speaker 1: I wrote an article for The Athletic UH talking about 531 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:11,240 Speaker 1: the forty Niners and one of the sexier teams. It's 532 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:13,360 Speaker 1: gonna be basically for the next six months till the 533 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:16,040 Speaker 1: season starts, of a team that many people are gonna 534 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:19,080 Speaker 1: pick to potentially make the playoffs and maybe even win 535 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:22,520 Speaker 1: the division. And I kind of looked at where they 536 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:25,840 Speaker 1: stacked in the NFC, because in theory, go, oh, Jimmy Garoppolo, 537 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:31,240 Speaker 1: stud quarterback, Kyle Shanahan, stud head coach, they got a chance. 538 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 1: And then you started looking at it and you go, well, 539 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:37,560 Speaker 1: maybe they don't have had a good chance as you think, 540 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:42,240 Speaker 1: because the NFC right now, kind of like Silicon Valley, 541 00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:44,840 Speaker 1: is on a different level than the a f C. 542 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:48,280 Speaker 1: Beside Belichick and Brady, I don't even think there's an 543 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:50,360 Speaker 1: a f C t a f C team that would 544 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,800 Speaker 1: crack the top five in the NFC. I love the 545 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:56,120 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers, but I can't buy that defense. The Jacksonville 546 00:29:56,200 --> 00:30:01,000 Speaker 1: Jaguars unreal roster, Blake Borders their quarterback obviously. The Philadelphia 547 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:04,600 Speaker 1: Eagles just won the Super Bowl. Have two quarterbacks that 548 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:06,880 Speaker 1: you could win the Super Bowl with. The roster is 549 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:11,080 Speaker 1: absolutely loaded. Howie Roseman Doug Peterson turned out to be 550 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:16,080 Speaker 1: a dynamic combination. They're not going away. Most people would 551 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:19,520 Speaker 1: put Minnesota second, but I started thinking about it. The 552 00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:23,800 Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints have a better quarterback, have a very 553 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:26,680 Speaker 1: very deep roster, have a team now that looks very 554 00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:30,479 Speaker 1: good on defense, depending on where the Dominican Sue lands. 555 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,160 Speaker 1: As the recording of this podcast, he has not picked 556 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:34,880 Speaker 1: a team, but it looks like the Saints are heavily 557 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:38,480 Speaker 1: in the mix that I think the New Orleans the 558 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:41,520 Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints from for my money, might be my pick, 559 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:44,480 Speaker 1: might be my preseason pick to win the Super Bowl. Now, 560 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:46,680 Speaker 1: I couldn't put them with a straight face above the 561 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:50,200 Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles, but I got them number two at number three. 562 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:53,360 Speaker 1: Who this team might have the best roster in the league. 563 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:55,920 Speaker 1: They just added a quarterback. They paid eighty four million 564 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:59,280 Speaker 1: dollars every penny guaranteed to in Kirk Cousins, which was 565 00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:03,480 Speaker 1: an upgrade. Is the Minnesota Vikings and the l A 566 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:06,320 Speaker 1: Rams aren't even the next team, and they're a team 567 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:08,720 Speaker 1: that most people would produce to predict a win. Twelve 568 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:11,440 Speaker 1: plus games added to keep the leave trade for Marcus 569 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:14,120 Speaker 1: Peters have this young hot shot of a head coach. 570 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:18,120 Speaker 1: If Aaron Rodgers healthy, everyone, I'm not picking the l 571 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:20,480 Speaker 1: A Rams over the Green Bay Packers, like, do not 572 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:22,840 Speaker 1: sleep on the green Bay Packers. The Green Bay Packers 573 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:25,040 Speaker 1: did not make the playoffs in the NFC obviously because 574 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:28,640 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers collar bone shatter. But that's a pretty big 575 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:31,920 Speaker 1: curveball coming back then. Obviously, the Rams added a bunch 576 00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:34,400 Speaker 1: that they're gonna be really good. I got another team 577 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:38,000 Speaker 1: for you, and I think sometimes we kind of laugh 578 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:40,640 Speaker 1: at them because their owner is kind of crazy. Uh, 579 00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:44,840 Speaker 1: they feel dysfunctional, but they're kind of functional. The Dallas 580 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:48,280 Speaker 1: Cowboys last year went nine and seven. The best player 581 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:51,240 Speaker 1: on their team, let me repeat, the best player on 582 00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:55,640 Speaker 1: their team, most impactful player, Ezekiel Elliott, missed six games. 583 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,600 Speaker 1: If he hadn't been suspended, they would have easily made 584 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:01,560 Speaker 1: the playoffs. So you're talking about two teams, the Green 585 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:05,000 Speaker 1: Bay Packers, who you know, it's just a pure talent. 586 00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:08,360 Speaker 1: I'd say Tom Brady is the better, have the better career, 587 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:11,680 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers in a vacuum, is a better player, have 588 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:14,600 Speaker 1: the best quarterback in the NFL. They didn't make that. 589 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:17,040 Speaker 1: They didn't make the playoffs either. So you got both 590 00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:19,000 Speaker 1: those two teams that did not make the playoffs. They're 591 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:20,959 Speaker 1: gonna come back, Aaron Rodgers gonna be healthy and Ezekul 592 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,000 Speaker 1: Eliot's not gonna be suspended. Then you look at a 593 00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:25,480 Speaker 1: team like the Atlanta Falcons just a couple of years ago, 594 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:27,440 Speaker 1: bat Ryan won the m v P. Look at their 595 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:32,280 Speaker 1: roster from Julio Jones DeVante Freeman to on defense Dion Jones. 596 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:35,120 Speaker 1: They are really good. They're really talented. I don't love 597 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,600 Speaker 1: sark the play caller. He cost them a chance to 598 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:42,760 Speaker 1: basically uh play in the NFC Championship game with just 599 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:47,320 Speaker 1: a horrific, a horrific and all time terrible sequence of 600 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:49,600 Speaker 1: play calls in the red zone against the Eagles. That 601 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:52,760 Speaker 1: being said that, they overcame Steve Sarkisi and we're still 602 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:55,360 Speaker 1: in the second round of the NFL playoffs this year, 603 00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:58,520 Speaker 1: they got pelts on their wall. Now, they've never won 604 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:01,560 Speaker 1: a Super Bowl, but that team Ryan Julio Jones, they've 605 00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:04,000 Speaker 1: played in a lot of big games. I I'm at 606 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,520 Speaker 1: Team eight. I haven't even mentioned the forty Niners yet. 607 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:09,280 Speaker 1: I mean, Jimmy Garoppolo is one of the best quarterbacks 608 00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:11,360 Speaker 1: that we've ever seen. Sign a hundred thirty seven million 609 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:14,160 Speaker 1: dollar quarterback that's only started seven games, but he's a stud. 610 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:17,120 Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan might be the best offensive play caller in 611 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:19,680 Speaker 1: the league. Now, the difference with the forty Niners compared 612 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:22,120 Speaker 1: to all those teams I just listed. They don't have 613 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:25,000 Speaker 1: the town, they don't have the roster talent. But I 614 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:27,720 Speaker 1: think that the Niners can't with a straight face, cracked 615 00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:31,040 Speaker 1: the top seven. And honestly, I put the Carolina Panthers 616 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:34,800 Speaker 1: below them because Cam's an absolute roller coaster ride. Their 617 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:37,680 Speaker 1: best player, Luke Keiklely, at any moment can get a concussion. 618 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:40,360 Speaker 1: But say what you want, the Carolina Panthers went healthy 619 00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:42,560 Speaker 1: or a playoff level team. Ron Rivere has been to 620 00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:46,720 Speaker 1: the playoffs a bunch of times. Think how stacked this 621 00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:49,600 Speaker 1: conference is. I don't know if we've ever seen this 622 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:53,400 Speaker 1: conference this deep. You know, growing up the forty Niners, 623 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:56,200 Speaker 1: the Cowboys, and then Brett Farve came to the Green 624 00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:59,640 Speaker 1: Bay Packers and they got the NFC was really top heavy. 625 00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:01,600 Speaker 1: Uh A couple of years ago, when the Niners and 626 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:05,120 Speaker 1: Seahawks were rolling, you know, Denver in New England, it 627 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:09,120 Speaker 1: was clear Seattle in San Francisco. Their peak was just 628 00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:12,360 Speaker 1: better than than the Peyton Manning led Broncos and New England. 629 00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:15,560 Speaker 1: But the depth of the conference was not this. I 630 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,160 Speaker 1: did not even mention the Seattle Seahawks. Now, granted they've 631 00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:21,360 Speaker 1: gotten rid of a lot of their star players, but 632 00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:23,880 Speaker 1: they still have Russell Wilson, they still have Pete Carroll. 633 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:26,879 Speaker 1: You can they I love John Schneider. I think he's 634 00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:30,800 Speaker 1: a big time general manager. You can never just discount them. 635 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:34,920 Speaker 1: I don't know remember the the West a lot of 636 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:37,800 Speaker 1: the two thousand's, but three or four years ago, teams 637 00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:40,240 Speaker 1: that were basically like forty eight wins in the NBA 638 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:43,319 Speaker 1: did not make the playoffs. I think you're looking at 639 00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:45,560 Speaker 1: an NFC this year. Now. It's a little different because 640 00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:47,279 Speaker 1: a lot of teams played each other, so you're not 641 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:50,399 Speaker 1: gonna have like eight twelve win teams. It's it's impossible, 642 00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:54,080 Speaker 1: but I think you're gonna have several teams, like five 643 00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:58,080 Speaker 1: or six teams at nine or ten wins, just competing 644 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:00,440 Speaker 1: for that wild card and just be because you're a 645 00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:04,120 Speaker 1: nine win team. And you saw this the first time 646 00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:05,680 Speaker 1: the New York Giants won the Super Bowl. They went 647 00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:07,640 Speaker 1: nine and seven and they got to the playoffs. You're like, damn, 648 00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:10,520 Speaker 1: they they're a really good nine win team. You can 649 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:13,680 Speaker 1: get a nine win team in the NFC next year 650 00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:15,880 Speaker 1: that could win the whole thing. Now again, the Saints 651 00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:18,440 Speaker 1: are gonna be my pick unless a major injury happens 652 00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:20,560 Speaker 1: to Breeze, but I think they're gonna be my pick. 653 00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:23,920 Speaker 1: That being said, the Eagles are stacked, The Vikings are unreal. 654 00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:26,759 Speaker 1: The Packers are gonna have Rogers back. Zeke's gonna be 655 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:29,759 Speaker 1: there for the Cowboys, the l A Rams, They're gonna 656 00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:31,480 Speaker 1: have a lot of pressure on them, but their roster 657 00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:34,120 Speaker 1: is pretty damn good. The sexy pick is gonna be 658 00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:36,919 Speaker 1: the forty Niners and Jimmy and Kyle. Then you got 659 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:40,400 Speaker 1: Cam and Mattie Ice. Russell Wilson is not is still alive. 660 00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,600 Speaker 1: Last time I checked. The NFC is as good as 661 00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:45,920 Speaker 1: it gets and the cyclical It's not gonna last forever, 662 00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:48,680 Speaker 1: but I think we saw it last year, You're gonna 663 00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:51,640 Speaker 1: see it again this year and probably the following year. 664 00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:55,839 Speaker 1: This is gonna be as competitive of a conference as 665 00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:58,359 Speaker 1: I ever remember in my life of watching the National 666 00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:01,040 Speaker 1: Football League. And I can't wait. Well that'll do it 667 00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:03,839 Speaker 1: for another episode of Three and Out with John Middlecoff. 668 00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:06,719 Speaker 1: Thanks everyone for listening again. You can find us anywhere 669 00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:11,000 Speaker 1: you listen to podcasts, my Heart Radio, iTunes, if you 670 00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:14,080 Speaker 1: subscribe right and if you leave a review, just leave 671 00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:17,400 Speaker 1: a question in the review section. I will get to 672 00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:21,479 Speaker 1: it throughout, especially as we come any draft questions, any 673 00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:25,359 Speaker 1: free agency questions, to coaching question anything, uh, and we'll 674 00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:27,320 Speaker 1: talk about it leading up to the NFL Draft that 675 00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:30,920 Speaker 1: I actually is not that far away, just you know, 676 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:34,160 Speaker 1: like thirty five, thirty six days away. I can't wait. 677 00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:38,920 Speaker 1: Thanks again, Three and Out Podcast, Colin Coward Podcast Network. 678 00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:43,160 Speaker 1: This John Middlecoff enjoyed the day