1 00:00:04,428 --> 00:00:06,668 Speaker 1: Good Morning Football is the production of the NFL in 2 00:00:06,748 --> 00:00:10,228 Speaker 1: partnership with iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:10,748 --> 00:00:11,468 Speaker 2: Good Morning Fotball. 4 00:00:11,468 --> 00:00:13,708 Speaker 3: Everybody on a Tuesday second hour of the show, It's 5 00:00:13,708 --> 00:00:17,348 Speaker 3: August twenty sixth. Janiard ol Mantiteo Isaiah standback in Los Angeles. 6 00:00:17,428 --> 00:00:20,308 Speaker 2: Kyle Brandt is in New York. We covered the. 7 00:00:20,308 --> 00:00:22,428 Speaker 3: News at hand at the top of the first hour. 8 00:00:22,668 --> 00:00:25,308 Speaker 3: We also got to talk Cleveland Browns quarterback room and 9 00:00:25,348 --> 00:00:28,628 Speaker 3: also Kyle, someone in the NFL who breaks his own news, 10 00:00:28,708 --> 00:00:31,748 Speaker 3: both the signings of himself and the cutting of himself 11 00:00:31,788 --> 00:00:33,868 Speaker 3: with Kyle, with Ben the new chi Kyle our friend 12 00:00:33,908 --> 00:00:34,668 Speaker 3: of the show coming on. 13 00:00:35,948 --> 00:00:37,668 Speaker 1: I like that he likes airport beers. But I'm a 14 00:00:37,668 --> 00:00:42,148 Speaker 1: little blue right now, guys, so to speak. Tommy DeVito 15 00:00:42,188 --> 00:00:44,868 Speaker 1: has been released by the New York Giants. He's gone. 16 00:00:45,028 --> 00:00:47,908 Speaker 1: I officially reported they parted ways with him, and just 17 00:00:47,948 --> 00:00:50,788 Speaker 1: before we start the show, my request the New York Jets. 18 00:00:50,788 --> 00:00:52,388 Speaker 1: Could you get him on the roster? Could you get 19 00:00:52,428 --> 00:00:54,148 Speaker 1: him in the practice squad. I just feel like Tommy 20 00:00:54,188 --> 00:00:56,348 Speaker 1: DeVito should be in North Jersey no matter what. I 21 00:00:56,388 --> 00:00:59,108 Speaker 1: don't want to see Tommy DeVito in Arizona or Seattle. 22 00:00:59,388 --> 00:01:17,388 Speaker 4: Keep our boy home. Let's start the show. Good Football. 23 00:01:18,068 --> 00:01:23,228 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's right, GMFB, everybody, Jamie Mansi, Kyle and Isaiah, 24 00:01:23,468 --> 00:01:24,108 Speaker 3: Kyle Brandt. 25 00:01:24,108 --> 00:01:26,268 Speaker 2: That's so sad what you just mentioned. Not to talk 26 00:01:26,628 --> 00:01:27,628 Speaker 2: about Tommy DeVito. 27 00:01:27,708 --> 00:01:30,428 Speaker 1: Talk to us, Goose Well, it's been reported that the 28 00:01:30,468 --> 00:01:31,948 Speaker 1: Giants maybe as expected. 29 00:01:31,988 --> 00:01:32,428 Speaker 4: We know this. 30 00:01:32,508 --> 00:01:34,148 Speaker 1: We've talked a lot of giants and they got a 31 00:01:34,228 --> 00:01:36,588 Speaker 1: Russ and they got Dart and they got Jamis that 32 00:01:37,308 --> 00:01:39,788 Speaker 1: a lot of teams? Most teams. I'm not talking to anybody, 33 00:01:39,868 --> 00:01:43,068 Speaker 1: Navicy North. You don't keep four quarterbacks. Just like you 34 00:01:43,108 --> 00:01:45,308 Speaker 1: saw the Browns get rid of Kenny Pickett. I say 35 00:01:45,308 --> 00:01:47,908 Speaker 1: get rid of they traded him. Tommy DeVito has been 36 00:01:47,908 --> 00:01:50,348 Speaker 1: a fun run. It's the cutlets, it's the gesture that 37 00:01:50,388 --> 00:01:50,828 Speaker 1: we all. 38 00:01:50,828 --> 00:01:53,068 Speaker 4: Not really sure if we're supposed to do. But he 39 00:01:53,148 --> 00:01:54,308 Speaker 4: did it. He made it work. 40 00:01:55,108 --> 00:01:57,668 Speaker 1: Tommy DeVito was a guest on Good Morning Football a 41 00:01:57,708 --> 00:01:59,708 Speaker 1: few years back, coming into the draft. He and his 42 00:01:59,748 --> 00:02:03,548 Speaker 1: Asian Seaun Stillado came into the set a lot of cologne, 43 00:02:03,588 --> 00:02:06,588 Speaker 1: but also very nice people, and we weren't really sure 44 00:02:06,708 --> 00:02:07,148 Speaker 1: Tommy was. 45 00:02:07,148 --> 00:02:09,028 Speaker 4: Going to find a home in the league. He did. 46 00:02:09,188 --> 00:02:09,988 Speaker 4: He had a great run. 47 00:02:10,068 --> 00:02:11,788 Speaker 1: He played some good football, and I hope the run 48 00:02:11,828 --> 00:02:13,308 Speaker 1: continues with the New. 49 00:02:13,268 --> 00:02:15,228 Speaker 4: York Jets because I want to keep our boy home. Kyle. 50 00:02:15,268 --> 00:02:17,748 Speaker 3: The Tommy de Vito Shawn Solato appearance on GMFP was 51 00:02:17,748 --> 00:02:21,068 Speaker 3: on the rare Saturday edition of GMFP before the third 52 00:02:21,148 --> 00:02:23,148 Speaker 3: day of the NFL Draft that weekend, and we were 53 00:02:23,148 --> 00:02:25,308 Speaker 3: all bleary eyed working our sixth day on the show. 54 00:02:25,348 --> 00:02:26,988 Speaker 2: We were like, Tommy Vito, you're. 55 00:02:26,868 --> 00:02:29,268 Speaker 3: Kind of awesome, and Shohn Solotto, you are fascinating. The 56 00:02:29,348 --> 00:02:31,828 Speaker 3: same agent who was seen kissing the cheek of the 57 00:02:31,868 --> 00:02:34,668 Speaker 3: father of Tommy DeVito in the stands when he got 58 00:02:34,708 --> 00:02:35,548 Speaker 3: to start with the Giants. 59 00:02:35,548 --> 00:02:37,508 Speaker 2: So it's been a fun run a lease of the Giants. 60 00:02:37,508 --> 00:02:39,348 Speaker 3: But as Kyle said, maybe there's still a home in. 61 00:02:39,348 --> 00:02:41,828 Speaker 2: New York for the New Jersey grown quarterback. 62 00:02:42,068 --> 00:02:44,148 Speaker 4: Was it brute? I just didn't know what was the 63 00:02:44,228 --> 00:02:46,748 Speaker 4: since Kyle, it was everything. 64 00:02:47,068 --> 00:02:50,268 Speaker 1: It was a whole salad bar baby at every single one. 65 00:02:50,588 --> 00:02:52,428 Speaker 4: Would you like some of this? Yes, I'll just have 66 00:02:52,588 --> 00:02:55,228 Speaker 4: them all like a Swiss shower. Just hit me all 67 00:02:55,268 --> 00:02:55,588 Speaker 4: with him. 68 00:02:55,828 --> 00:02:59,148 Speaker 1: That rumor has it that studio is still you can 69 00:02:59,268 --> 00:03:01,748 Speaker 1: still pick up just a sense of it if it's 70 00:03:01,748 --> 00:03:03,388 Speaker 1: the right degree. I mean it was the most I've 71 00:03:03,428 --> 00:03:04,348 Speaker 1: ever smelled in my life. 72 00:03:04,628 --> 00:03:06,508 Speaker 4: You can see the picture, but you can smell it. 73 00:03:06,588 --> 00:03:11,948 Speaker 2: Yeah, you're like, what's album? All right? Moving on on 74 00:03:12,028 --> 00:03:13,908 Speaker 2: GMFB rap sheet. 75 00:03:13,948 --> 00:03:16,428 Speaker 3: Good morning to you, Ian Rabovard or NAFLE network insigner 76 00:03:16,468 --> 00:03:19,708 Speaker 3: with us this morning. Kyle made mention to it, please 77 00:03:20,188 --> 00:03:21,548 Speaker 3: go ahead and ripe sheet. I know you have a 78 00:03:21,588 --> 00:03:22,228 Speaker 3: thought about this. 79 00:03:22,988 --> 00:03:23,268 Speaker 5: Yeah. 80 00:03:23,348 --> 00:03:25,588 Speaker 6: The look the Tommy Davito release not a surprise. 81 00:03:25,668 --> 00:03:27,148 Speaker 7: Teams never keep four quarterbacks. 82 00:03:27,188 --> 00:03:30,708 Speaker 6: But to me, Tommy DeVito's legacy will always be this, 83 00:03:30,868 --> 00:03:33,508 Speaker 6: and it's not fair, but this is just what it is. 84 00:03:33,548 --> 00:03:35,868 Speaker 6: In the twenty twenty three season, he went on a 85 00:03:35,948 --> 00:03:39,508 Speaker 6: late heroic run and made his agent, Shaun Stillato, a 86 00:03:39,628 --> 00:03:42,748 Speaker 6: national something or other, and all it did was cost 87 00:03:42,748 --> 00:03:46,028 Speaker 6: the Giants the chance to draft Jade Daniels and Drake May. 88 00:03:46,628 --> 00:03:47,228 Speaker 2: Yeah, that was it. 89 00:03:47,588 --> 00:03:51,348 Speaker 6: So it's great, it's great Tommy DeVito had some nice moments. 90 00:03:51,628 --> 00:03:54,148 Speaker 6: But if you're a Giants fan and you're like, and look, 91 00:03:54,188 --> 00:03:56,308 Speaker 6: I think Jackson Dart has been really promising and maybe 92 00:03:56,308 --> 00:03:58,388 Speaker 6: he is QB one and then all is well. 93 00:03:59,148 --> 00:04:00,828 Speaker 7: But this Giants. 94 00:04:00,588 --> 00:04:02,828 Speaker 6: Organization would have been a lot better had Tommy DeVito 95 00:04:02,908 --> 00:04:04,308 Speaker 6: not won any of those games. 96 00:04:04,548 --> 00:04:05,748 Speaker 7: So anyway, he was cut today. 97 00:04:06,108 --> 00:04:07,668 Speaker 2: Okay, rap sheet, good to know. 98 00:04:07,988 --> 00:04:12,028 Speaker 3: I appreciate you speaking of that topic of stopping for quarterbacks. 99 00:04:12,508 --> 00:04:14,348 Speaker 2: What's going on with the Cleveland Browns. 100 00:04:14,788 --> 00:04:17,548 Speaker 6: Well, let's start first with the Cincinnati Bengals. Want to 101 00:04:17,548 --> 00:04:20,188 Speaker 6: talk about some of the news that happened over the 102 00:04:20,188 --> 00:04:22,308 Speaker 6: course of the last twenty four hours, including one you 103 00:04:22,308 --> 00:04:26,708 Speaker 6: guys hit on last hour. Trey Hendrickson and the Cincinnati Bengals. 104 00:04:27,188 --> 00:04:28,828 Speaker 7: His holding is now over one of the. 105 00:04:28,868 --> 00:04:33,748 Speaker 6: NFL's most high profile Holden's ends without a contract extension, 106 00:04:33,828 --> 00:04:36,228 Speaker 6: not a long term deal, nothing that will keep Hendrickson 107 00:04:36,628 --> 00:04:39,708 Speaker 6: in Bengals College for the next several years. Instead, it 108 00:04:39,788 --> 00:04:43,868 Speaker 6: is a one year, fourteen million dollar rates. It is 109 00:04:43,908 --> 00:04:47,028 Speaker 6: a solution that fixes things this year, puts the NFL 110 00:04:47,148 --> 00:04:50,068 Speaker 6: sack leader on the field for this Bengals defense. And 111 00:04:50,428 --> 00:04:52,788 Speaker 6: this year, yes, they can still franchise it and Fransis Tagle, 112 00:04:52,828 --> 00:04:54,948 Speaker 6: but most likely he'll be a free agent. The two 113 00:04:54,988 --> 00:04:58,428 Speaker 6: sides will move on. After an unbelievably strong relationship that 114 00:04:58,508 --> 00:05:01,628 Speaker 6: had some twists and turns in all sorts of ways. 115 00:05:01,628 --> 00:05:04,348 Speaker 7: He is going to play this season with a big rate. 116 00:05:04,908 --> 00:05:09,748 Speaker 6: Terry mcclaury, another hole high profile hold. It also ended yesterday. 117 00:05:09,828 --> 00:05:10,988 Speaker 6: He gets a three year. 118 00:05:10,868 --> 00:05:12,748 Speaker 7: Deal with up to ninety six million dollars. 119 00:05:12,788 --> 00:05:15,828 Speaker 6: That is a match value face value closer to thirty 120 00:05:15,868 --> 00:05:17,828 Speaker 6: million dollars you want to with DK metcep got at 121 00:05:17,868 --> 00:05:20,268 Speaker 6: thirty three million gets a little short of that. But 122 00:05:20,308 --> 00:05:22,628 Speaker 6: I think for the commanders, best thing for them is 123 00:05:22,748 --> 00:05:26,428 Speaker 6: all eyes are now on Week one. They can just 124 00:05:26,468 --> 00:05:29,788 Speaker 6: focus in and making sure that the team is ready 125 00:05:29,828 --> 00:05:31,108 Speaker 6: to be out of the field. McClory that has been 126 00:05:31,108 --> 00:05:34,468 Speaker 6: wrapping up to practice, so no issues there. He is 127 00:05:34,508 --> 00:05:37,588 Speaker 6: expected to play. And then you mentioned the Cleveland Browns. 128 00:05:37,588 --> 00:05:40,228 Speaker 6: We'll get right into it. Kenny Pickett, who has been 129 00:05:41,548 --> 00:05:43,748 Speaker 6: some thought would be their backup quarterback. Maybe it was 130 00:05:43,748 --> 00:05:46,548 Speaker 6: going to be their third quarterback this season Lague. Last night, 131 00:05:46,668 --> 00:05:49,628 Speaker 6: Kenny Pickett was traded to the Las Vegas Raiders for 132 00:05:49,708 --> 00:05:53,468 Speaker 6: a twenty twenty six fifth round pick. According to me 133 00:05:53,668 --> 00:05:57,068 Speaker 6: Gariffoe and Pealsero, I know several other teams called on 134 00:05:57,148 --> 00:06:00,348 Speaker 6: Kenny Pickett the bounce and talk potentially about maybe keeping 135 00:06:00,388 --> 00:06:03,468 Speaker 6: four quarterbacks. When the Las Vegas Raiders lost eight and 136 00:06:03,508 --> 00:06:06,068 Speaker 6: O'Connell six to eight weeks with a fractured wrist. 137 00:06:06,428 --> 00:06:09,228 Speaker 7: This one made more sense. He now lives as the 138 00:06:09,468 --> 00:06:10,908 Speaker 7: backup for Gino Smith. 139 00:06:11,628 --> 00:06:15,748 Speaker 1: What a bizarre tenure in the for the Cleveland Browns. 140 00:06:15,908 --> 00:06:19,548 Speaker 1: Kenny Pickett. What what's they traded for him? He comes in, 141 00:06:19,548 --> 00:06:21,908 Speaker 1: they draft all these rookies, they bring in Flacka, He's gone. 142 00:06:22,068 --> 00:06:24,868 Speaker 1: Is anybody out there in Cleveland watching right now? Did 143 00:06:24,948 --> 00:06:27,828 Speaker 1: anyone purchase at Kenny Pickett Brown's jersey? 144 00:06:27,868 --> 00:06:29,748 Speaker 4: Did you buy it? Did you invest in? Say this 145 00:06:29,828 --> 00:06:30,228 Speaker 4: the future? 146 00:06:30,268 --> 00:06:32,948 Speaker 1: If you did, and don't fake one and don't don't 147 00:06:32,948 --> 00:06:34,868 Speaker 1: make one up. I want to see a picture of 148 00:06:34,868 --> 00:06:36,268 Speaker 1: a Kenny Pickett Browns jersey. 149 00:06:36,668 --> 00:06:38,388 Speaker 4: I have huge respect for that guy. 150 00:06:38,548 --> 00:06:40,908 Speaker 1: Everything with her in Pittsburgh and then Philly, and I'm 151 00:06:40,948 --> 00:06:42,588 Speaker 1: a Super Bowl chimp and I'm a Brown And now 152 00:06:42,748 --> 00:06:45,308 Speaker 1: I'm rid what his head must be spinning right now? 153 00:06:45,668 --> 00:06:47,268 Speaker 4: Very bizarre tenure in Cleveland. 154 00:06:47,428 --> 00:06:47,988 Speaker 7: How about this? 155 00:06:48,348 --> 00:06:52,588 Speaker 6: So the Cleveland Browns, they had Dorian Thompson Robinson on 156 00:06:52,628 --> 00:06:52,988 Speaker 6: the roster. 157 00:06:53,108 --> 00:06:54,148 Speaker 7: They traded him to. 158 00:06:54,108 --> 00:06:56,868 Speaker 6: The Philadelphia Eagles for Kenny Pickett. Coming over in that 159 00:06:56,948 --> 00:06:59,828 Speaker 6: trade is a twenty twenty five fifth round pick. Kenny 160 00:06:59,828 --> 00:07:03,228 Speaker 6: Pickett comes in, he's got he's under contract. Right, So 161 00:07:03,308 --> 00:07:05,628 Speaker 6: he comes into Brown's camp. He ends up I'd say 162 00:07:05,668 --> 00:07:08,548 Speaker 6: probably is the two slash three, but curely someone who's expendables. 163 00:07:08,588 --> 00:07:10,108 Speaker 6: The brown said, you know what, we're not going to 164 00:07:10,228 --> 00:07:11,428 Speaker 6: keep three, We're gonna trade you. 165 00:07:11,508 --> 00:07:13,628 Speaker 7: And what did they get back? A fifth round pick 166 00:07:13,668 --> 00:07:14,308 Speaker 7: for this draft. 167 00:07:14,668 --> 00:07:15,068 Speaker 4: That's it. 168 00:07:15,108 --> 00:07:17,948 Speaker 7: That's a watch. That's clean circle for the Cleveland Browns. 169 00:07:17,988 --> 00:07:18,388 Speaker 4: Nothing back. 170 00:07:18,468 --> 00:07:21,708 Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, all right, you wouldn't call it a 171 00:07:21,908 --> 00:07:27,908 Speaker 2: wash or something. I don't know, cciat washed. Still with 172 00:07:27,948 --> 00:07:30,228 Speaker 2: the cologne. Time for three and out? 173 00:07:30,428 --> 00:07:34,588 Speaker 3: First down, Kenny Pickett, the aforementioned Kenny Pickett and now his. 174 00:07:34,588 --> 00:07:37,508 Speaker 2: Departure for the Las Vegas Raiders. He's our first topic 175 00:07:37,548 --> 00:07:38,148 Speaker 2: on three and out? 176 00:07:38,588 --> 00:07:40,788 Speaker 3: How does this translate to what you feel for the 177 00:07:40,828 --> 00:07:44,308 Speaker 3: Browns quarterback room? Now, we desperately are pleading for an 178 00:07:44,348 --> 00:07:45,588 Speaker 3: answer what the Browns are up to? 179 00:07:45,628 --> 00:07:47,308 Speaker 2: At least we know now that Kenny Pickett is no 180 00:07:47,348 --> 00:07:48,668 Speaker 2: longer there. What does this mean? 181 00:07:48,708 --> 00:07:48,788 Speaker 1: Man? 182 00:07:48,868 --> 00:07:51,548 Speaker 8: Till we've given them our reasons for I mean, we 183 00:07:51,588 --> 00:07:53,748 Speaker 8: talked about it yesterday, we talked about it all off season, 184 00:07:53,788 --> 00:07:55,348 Speaker 8: but we thought that it should have been We all 185 00:07:55,388 --> 00:07:56,868 Speaker 8: know that Joe Flacco should have been at. 186 00:07:56,868 --> 00:07:59,108 Speaker 4: Least this should have been the starter. 187 00:07:59,268 --> 00:08:01,388 Speaker 8: He has the most history with the Cleveland Browns, and 188 00:08:01,428 --> 00:08:03,268 Speaker 8: then it was a it was a debate on who 189 00:08:03,308 --> 00:08:06,308 Speaker 8: should be the backup. Said yesterday that the two rookies 190 00:08:06,388 --> 00:08:08,148 Speaker 8: performed well in the preseason. 191 00:08:08,188 --> 00:08:08,628 Speaker 4: They did. 192 00:08:08,748 --> 00:08:12,108 Speaker 8: Shaduer performed on week one, Dylan Gabriel came in week two, 193 00:08:12,108 --> 00:08:13,308 Speaker 8: and week three looked solid. 194 00:08:13,748 --> 00:08:14,748 Speaker 4: That was the picture. 195 00:08:14,828 --> 00:08:16,948 Speaker 8: That was the formula that I thought that what made 196 00:08:16,988 --> 00:08:20,628 Speaker 8: sense for the Cleveland Browns when they did trade Kenny. 197 00:08:20,348 --> 00:08:23,148 Speaker 4: Pickett over to the Las Vegas Raiders. 198 00:08:23,188 --> 00:08:25,308 Speaker 8: I thought that made sense for Kenny Pickett. Now you're 199 00:08:25,428 --> 00:08:27,788 Speaker 8: higher up on the depth chart and you're in the system. 200 00:08:27,788 --> 00:08:31,548 Speaker 4: You look at Geno Smith and you think about those abilities. 201 00:08:31,908 --> 00:08:34,948 Speaker 8: He resembles Geno Smith more than Joe Flackle and I 202 00:08:34,988 --> 00:08:36,788 Speaker 8: think that fits what Pete Carroll wants to do. So 203 00:08:36,828 --> 00:08:39,268 Speaker 8: I think it's a win win for both situations, not 204 00:08:39,308 --> 00:08:41,748 Speaker 8: only for the Cleveland Browns but the Las Vegas Raiders 205 00:08:42,028 --> 00:08:44,428 Speaker 8: in this whole transaction that went down as it. 206 00:08:45,228 --> 00:08:47,508 Speaker 5: Yeah, when I look at this situation, first of all, 207 00:08:48,068 --> 00:08:50,348 Speaker 5: good on the Browns, like you know, I know, we 208 00:08:50,708 --> 00:08:53,068 Speaker 5: beat them the crap yesterday. Good on the Browns for 209 00:08:53,188 --> 00:08:55,508 Speaker 5: making a decision and sticking to it. 210 00:08:55,588 --> 00:08:56,148 Speaker 4: Right, Okay, you. 211 00:08:56,148 --> 00:08:57,748 Speaker 5: Guys, go ahead and get rid of Kenny Picketty. 212 00:08:57,788 --> 00:08:58,388 Speaker 4: We knew they. 213 00:08:58,508 --> 00:09:00,708 Speaker 5: Out of everybody who was in that quarterback room outside 214 00:09:00,748 --> 00:09:02,868 Speaker 5: of Deshaun Watson, he was the one who had not 215 00:09:02,908 --> 00:09:05,788 Speaker 5: put any skin on the wall. He's been injured, right, 216 00:09:05,828 --> 00:09:06,868 Speaker 5: It just so happened to be it. 217 00:09:07,108 --> 00:09:07,748 Speaker 4: So he's gone. 218 00:09:07,868 --> 00:09:08,108 Speaker 7: Okay. 219 00:09:08,148 --> 00:09:09,788 Speaker 5: So now all of a sudden, you have a Flacco 220 00:09:09,868 --> 00:09:12,548 Speaker 5: who is your right now resolution, and then you have 221 00:09:12,628 --> 00:09:15,028 Speaker 5: two young quarterbacks that you are going to be focusing 222 00:09:15,068 --> 00:09:17,348 Speaker 5: on right So kudos are the coach for saying that 223 00:09:17,428 --> 00:09:20,748 Speaker 5: he's invested in Shoulder Sanders' future and actually standing by 224 00:09:20,788 --> 00:09:23,548 Speaker 5: it and seemingly meaning it. What this does for me 225 00:09:23,668 --> 00:09:26,108 Speaker 5: right now is it says that Joe Flacco is our 226 00:09:26,148 --> 00:09:29,388 Speaker 5: solution for the right now, and if these young guys 227 00:09:29,428 --> 00:09:32,028 Speaker 5: don't touch the field right lo and Behold, Flacco is 228 00:09:32,028 --> 00:09:35,108 Speaker 5: able to play the entire season. This creates the most 229 00:09:35,308 --> 00:09:39,548 Speaker 5: attentiveness quarterback battle going into next training camp. You think 230 00:09:39,548 --> 00:09:42,988 Speaker 5: about Dylan Gabriel and Shoulder Sanders next training camp, but 231 00:09:43,108 --> 00:09:45,108 Speaker 5: neither of these guys touched the field this year at all. 232 00:09:45,188 --> 00:09:48,708 Speaker 3: You're taking us to the twint August, and you're saying, okay, 233 00:09:48,748 --> 00:09:51,708 Speaker 3: all eyeballs. 234 00:09:50,588 --> 00:09:52,668 Speaker 5: Battle and this body of work that we have for 235 00:09:52,788 --> 00:09:54,388 Speaker 5: both of these guys is all that we have to 236 00:09:54,468 --> 00:09:56,908 Speaker 5: go on going into next season. Yep, right, Meaning they 237 00:09:56,908 --> 00:09:59,148 Speaker 5: don't touch the field of this season at all. Think 238 00:09:59,188 --> 00:10:02,268 Speaker 5: about how crazy it's going to be competitively in terms 239 00:10:02,268 --> 00:10:04,268 Speaker 5: of that room. I get the sense that these guys 240 00:10:04,588 --> 00:10:05,988 Speaker 5: don't care for each other a whole lot. I'm not 241 00:10:06,028 --> 00:10:07,708 Speaker 5: putting that on them, but I just get the I 242 00:10:07,748 --> 00:10:08,468 Speaker 5: just get the sense there. 243 00:10:08,508 --> 00:10:10,148 Speaker 4: My spider sense is gonna go up. 244 00:10:10,508 --> 00:10:12,548 Speaker 5: So I would imagine that this is going to be 245 00:10:12,628 --> 00:10:15,188 Speaker 5: some May for TV type battles next year. 246 00:10:16,708 --> 00:10:21,148 Speaker 1: Well, listen, I'll sign up for that. But what if 247 00:10:21,148 --> 00:10:24,468 Speaker 1: it's week two of this year, Like, listen, I look 248 00:10:24,508 --> 00:10:26,588 Speaker 1: at the Browns and I say, I hope Joe Flacco 249 00:10:26,628 --> 00:10:28,668 Speaker 1: plays well and I hope he does not get hurt. 250 00:10:28,908 --> 00:10:31,588 Speaker 1: Because if one of those things does not happen, then 251 00:10:31,628 --> 00:10:34,188 Speaker 1: we're okay. I guess Dylan Gabriel is starting. 252 00:10:34,668 --> 00:10:37,988 Speaker 4: Or is he? And then listen, Dylan Gabriel. 253 00:10:37,668 --> 00:10:40,548 Speaker 1: Starts Hypothetically, I love Flaco on I'm rooting for him. 254 00:10:41,188 --> 00:10:43,508 Speaker 1: Joe Flacco has some sort of injury he can't start. 255 00:10:43,708 --> 00:10:45,828 Speaker 1: Dylan Gabriel comes out Week four for the. 256 00:10:45,748 --> 00:10:46,828 Speaker 4: Browns and as their starter. 257 00:10:47,708 --> 00:10:50,268 Speaker 1: When does the crowd start cheering for Shaduur after his 258 00:10:50,348 --> 00:10:52,988 Speaker 1: first in complete pass for Dylan Gabriel? I mean, which, 259 00:10:53,068 --> 00:10:57,308 Speaker 1: which is it? It's there is such a massive, massive 260 00:10:57,388 --> 00:11:01,988 Speaker 1: support of enthusiasm and intrigue and blind support for Shadure 261 00:11:02,068 --> 00:11:04,948 Speaker 1: that if Dylan Gabriel goes in, and it's like, there's 262 00:11:04,948 --> 00:11:07,508 Speaker 1: going to be so much animosity towards him because we're. 263 00:11:07,348 --> 00:11:08,348 Speaker 4: Not doing anything wrong. 264 00:11:08,468 --> 00:11:11,948 Speaker 1: It's just if Flacco doesn't work, or if Flaco gets 265 00:11:11,988 --> 00:11:15,148 Speaker 1: hurt and he is forty, then it's then we're into 266 00:11:15,148 --> 00:11:18,388 Speaker 1: the upside down and we have these two quarterbacks who, 267 00:11:18,468 --> 00:11:21,628 Speaker 1: let's be honest, probably not on a great team, and 268 00:11:21,708 --> 00:11:24,588 Speaker 1: some sort of duel in the here and now. Isaiah's right, 269 00:11:24,628 --> 00:11:27,508 Speaker 1: we'll settle this next year somehow, But what about this year? 270 00:11:27,548 --> 00:11:29,188 Speaker 4: We got seventeen games. 271 00:11:28,908 --> 00:11:31,788 Speaker 1: To play with Joe Flacco before stefanski Ac says to 272 00:11:31,908 --> 00:11:36,228 Speaker 1: roll one of these rookies out there to great great questioning, 273 00:11:36,428 --> 00:11:39,348 Speaker 1: and I just it seems inevitable to me. 274 00:11:39,628 --> 00:11:40,068 Speaker 4: What are the. 275 00:11:39,988 --> 00:11:42,508 Speaker 1: Odds that Joe Flaco starts at seventeen games he's forty 276 00:11:42,588 --> 00:11:46,428 Speaker 1: years old. For health or performance, it's not great, right, 277 00:11:47,028 --> 00:11:49,188 Speaker 1: So we're gonna be here this year, guys, That's what 278 00:11:49,188 --> 00:11:51,468 Speaker 1: I'm selling. Kenny Pickett seem like the practical choice. 279 00:11:51,508 --> 00:11:52,188 Speaker 4: He's gone. 280 00:11:52,428 --> 00:11:54,628 Speaker 3: Listen, It's one thing for your team if you cheer 281 00:11:54,628 --> 00:11:56,748 Speaker 3: for them. You know, you start out the season and 282 00:11:56,788 --> 00:11:58,108 Speaker 3: you thought it was gonna be one way, but you're 283 00:11:58,108 --> 00:12:00,308 Speaker 3: like two and six, like now I have to address 284 00:12:00,308 --> 00:12:02,988 Speaker 3: the quarterback situation. It's a a whole other beast to 285 00:12:03,028 --> 00:12:05,548 Speaker 3: have it be August twenty six. You're already knowing this 286 00:12:05,628 --> 00:12:06,948 Speaker 3: about your quarterback situation. 287 00:12:07,028 --> 00:12:09,388 Speaker 2: It's awkward and odd, and I don't wish it upon them. 288 00:12:09,388 --> 00:12:12,028 Speaker 3: But here's where we're at with the Cleveland Browns second 289 00:12:12,028 --> 00:12:14,668 Speaker 3: down just north of Cleveland. Dan Campbell and the Detroit 290 00:12:14,748 --> 00:12:19,428 Speaker 3: Lyons spoke yesterday about how he believes that after losing 291 00:12:19,508 --> 00:12:22,588 Speaker 3: both coordinators within his building, that this is still the 292 00:12:22,628 --> 00:12:25,028 Speaker 3: most talented team as a head coach that he's had 293 00:12:25,068 --> 00:12:25,668 Speaker 3: with the Lions. 294 00:12:27,708 --> 00:12:33,108 Speaker 9: You know, collectively, across the board, this is this looks 295 00:12:33,148 --> 00:12:35,868 Speaker 9: pretty good, you know, And I would say, yeah, year five, 296 00:12:37,068 --> 00:12:39,588 Speaker 9: this is the best we felt about it, kind of 297 00:12:39,628 --> 00:12:42,828 Speaker 9: top to bottom. And now that being said, there's still holes, 298 00:12:44,228 --> 00:12:46,548 Speaker 9: But I bring this up all the time. Every roster 299 00:12:46,628 --> 00:12:50,108 Speaker 9: has holes, and you'll never have it exactly where you 300 00:12:50,188 --> 00:12:53,268 Speaker 9: totally want it. But from where we've come year after year, 301 00:12:53,388 --> 00:12:55,908 Speaker 9: this is we've taken in another level. And that's a 302 00:12:55,988 --> 00:12:56,748 Speaker 9: credit to Brad. 303 00:12:58,348 --> 00:13:00,308 Speaker 3: That is a credit to Brad, but also what the 304 00:13:00,388 --> 00:13:03,788 Speaker 3: Lions could potentially accomplish without both coordinators. Last time we 305 00:13:03,828 --> 00:13:05,788 Speaker 3: saw them play, they were losing with the Commanders and 306 00:13:05,788 --> 00:13:08,508 Speaker 3: we haven't seen the Detroit starters this preseason at all. 307 00:13:08,948 --> 00:13:12,028 Speaker 3: So when you hear Dan Campbell assess his team this way, 308 00:13:12,788 --> 00:13:15,228 Speaker 3: what makes you feel that this is still going to 309 00:13:15,268 --> 00:13:16,668 Speaker 3: be the case and the truth for the. 310 00:13:16,588 --> 00:13:17,308 Speaker 2: Lions man time? 311 00:13:17,468 --> 00:13:19,908 Speaker 8: Because it's the same team, guys, it's the same roster. 312 00:13:19,988 --> 00:13:22,668 Speaker 8: I'm confident in that roster. You know, Dan Campbell talked 313 00:13:22,668 --> 00:13:24,308 Speaker 8: about the holes. There's not a lot of holes in 314 00:13:24,308 --> 00:13:26,188 Speaker 8: that roster. There weren't a lot of holes last year. 315 00:13:26,308 --> 00:13:28,188 Speaker 8: The only the holes that were there was when the 316 00:13:28,348 --> 00:13:30,988 Speaker 8: roster got hurt. That was it, Like there was I 317 00:13:31,068 --> 00:13:33,708 Speaker 8: look at that roster and what Dan Campbell and company 318 00:13:33,708 --> 00:13:35,468 Speaker 8: has been able to do in the five short years 319 00:13:35,468 --> 00:13:38,908 Speaker 8: that they've been in Detroit, it's nothing short of amazing, 320 00:13:39,108 --> 00:13:40,148 Speaker 8: Like they. 321 00:13:40,028 --> 00:13:42,308 Speaker 4: Grew that roster from the draft. 322 00:13:42,228 --> 00:13:44,868 Speaker 8: Like all of their guys are guys that they drafted. 323 00:13:45,108 --> 00:13:47,468 Speaker 4: Now, yes, did they bring over some guys. 324 00:13:47,228 --> 00:13:49,988 Speaker 8: That are that are pivotal to the success, like Alex 325 00:13:50,028 --> 00:13:52,908 Speaker 8: Henzeloni and Jared Goff and all of them and David Montgomery. 326 00:13:52,988 --> 00:13:56,148 Speaker 4: Yes, but for the most part, that whole roster was 327 00:13:56,228 --> 00:13:59,868 Speaker 4: homegrown in Detroit. The biggest holes is to what we 328 00:13:59,908 --> 00:14:02,108 Speaker 4: mentioned earlier is the coordinators. 329 00:14:02,268 --> 00:14:04,948 Speaker 8: You have Kelvin Shepherd, where there's a level of comfort 330 00:14:04,988 --> 00:14:07,348 Speaker 8: there and confidence there with him because he's been there. 331 00:14:07,468 --> 00:14:10,548 Speaker 8: Here's a linebacker coach while Aaron Glenn was there. But 332 00:14:10,628 --> 00:14:15,148 Speaker 8: there's a level of I wouldn't say concern, but question 333 00:14:15,348 --> 00:14:18,148 Speaker 8: when it comes to John Morton because he wasn't there, 334 00:14:18,588 --> 00:14:22,388 Speaker 8: and we're so used to Ben Johnson and his wizardry 335 00:14:22,548 --> 00:14:25,308 Speaker 8: as far as offensive play calling and all of the 336 00:14:25,348 --> 00:14:27,628 Speaker 8: things that we've been so accustomed to see that I 337 00:14:27,668 --> 00:14:31,988 Speaker 8: saw a clip where they had to revamp their offense 338 00:14:32,028 --> 00:14:33,988 Speaker 8: a little bit to go back to doing what Jared 339 00:14:34,028 --> 00:14:36,668 Speaker 8: Goff is good at doing. Now, when I see that 340 00:14:36,708 --> 00:14:39,468 Speaker 8: in training camp, there's a level of concern there because 341 00:14:39,468 --> 00:14:42,228 Speaker 8: that wasn't something that we were talking about in previous 342 00:14:42,268 --> 00:14:45,348 Speaker 8: training camp. So as far as the roster, I'm confident 343 00:14:45,348 --> 00:14:47,148 Speaker 8: in it. I've been confident in it for the past 344 00:14:47,228 --> 00:14:50,028 Speaker 8: two three years. It's about the coordinators, it's about the 345 00:14:50,068 --> 00:14:52,668 Speaker 8: new coaches and that new outfit that there's a level 346 00:14:52,668 --> 00:14:53,508 Speaker 8: of concern there for me. 347 00:14:54,348 --> 00:14:57,428 Speaker 4: Now, good on him. I think what he's saying is true. 348 00:14:57,468 --> 00:14:58,788 Speaker 4: I mean, he feels good about his roster. 349 00:14:59,028 --> 00:15:00,828 Speaker 5: You know, he's not talking about the coaching staff, he's 350 00:15:00,868 --> 00:15:01,948 Speaker 5: not talking about the coordinators. 351 00:15:01,988 --> 00:15:04,348 Speaker 4: He's talking about his roster. He's talking about the. 352 00:15:04,468 --> 00:15:06,988 Speaker 5: All that Brad has done in terms of securing these guys. 353 00:15:06,988 --> 00:15:09,068 Speaker 5: Think about how far they've come ever since Dan Campbell 354 00:15:09,068 --> 00:15:12,188 Speaker 5: stepped foot in the building, and they immediately started investing 355 00:15:12,188 --> 00:15:16,628 Speaker 5: into their offensive line, you know, with with Pinnel, you know, 356 00:15:16,708 --> 00:15:18,588 Speaker 5: so that was their first move, and then you look 357 00:15:18,588 --> 00:15:20,148 Speaker 5: all the way to what they've done this year. In 358 00:15:20,188 --> 00:15:23,588 Speaker 5: the draft, they took an already solid defensive line and 359 00:15:23,668 --> 00:15:25,828 Speaker 5: already solid offensive line and they made it better. They 360 00:15:25,828 --> 00:15:27,828 Speaker 5: went out their first and second round pick and picked 361 00:15:27,868 --> 00:15:30,108 Speaker 5: up offensive lineman and defensive linement. That was their first 362 00:15:30,148 --> 00:15:32,268 Speaker 5: two picks, and then their third pick was a receiver 363 00:15:32,348 --> 00:15:34,148 Speaker 5: in Isaac Tesla, and we saw what he's done in 364 00:15:34,188 --> 00:15:37,108 Speaker 5: the preseason. So these guys have gotten better at the 365 00:15:37,148 --> 00:15:39,828 Speaker 5: positions that they were already strong. Pat so you started 366 00:15:39,828 --> 00:15:42,748 Speaker 5: talking about adding depth pieces to already solid team. Yeah, 367 00:15:42,988 --> 00:15:46,148 Speaker 5: this is the same team with more talent and more depth. 368 00:15:46,348 --> 00:15:48,228 Speaker 5: And now with the question mark is just what are 369 00:15:48,308 --> 00:15:49,188 Speaker 5: coordinator's going to do? 370 00:15:50,508 --> 00:15:53,108 Speaker 1: Yeah, the roster's fantastic. All these young guys that they've 371 00:15:53,108 --> 00:15:55,348 Speaker 1: invested in have been riding, are fully in their prime. 372 00:15:55,388 --> 00:15:59,028 Speaker 1: And the Jamisons and the Jamiers electric, electric playmakers. The 373 00:15:59,068 --> 00:16:01,508 Speaker 1: story of this quote and the story of this Detroit 374 00:16:01,548 --> 00:16:04,828 Speaker 1: Lions season is going to be Dan Campbell as a 375 00:16:04,868 --> 00:16:07,988 Speaker 1: solo artist. Like, of course he has new coordinators and 376 00:16:07,988 --> 00:16:10,028 Speaker 1: coaches and stuff. But I think that there is a 377 00:16:10,068 --> 00:16:13,148 Speaker 1: deep seated belief amongst some skeptics that, well, you have 378 00:16:13,308 --> 00:16:17,908 Speaker 1: these two fantastic coordinators in Johnson and Glenn, and now 379 00:16:17,908 --> 00:16:20,228 Speaker 1: they're gone, Danny boy, and so you're gonna ride now 380 00:16:20,268 --> 00:16:20,628 Speaker 1: on your own. 381 00:16:20,708 --> 00:16:22,068 Speaker 4: Let's see how good of a coach are you. 382 00:16:22,388 --> 00:16:24,748 Speaker 1: Were you still just some sort of neanderthal who had 383 00:16:24,788 --> 00:16:26,948 Speaker 1: geniuses around you and that's how you rode the top 384 00:16:26,988 --> 00:16:29,548 Speaker 1: to the Lions? Are you that guy who's gonna leave 385 00:16:29,588 --> 00:16:32,108 Speaker 1: the band? And you can carry it yourself. Are you 386 00:16:32,668 --> 00:16:35,908 Speaker 1: Michael Jackson? Are you Ice Cube? Are you Jack White? 387 00:16:36,548 --> 00:16:39,468 Speaker 4: Or you know? Are you Tommy Lee leaving Motley Crue. 388 00:16:39,508 --> 00:16:41,228 Speaker 4: I don't know. I don't believe. I believe in this guy. 389 00:16:41,308 --> 00:16:42,788 Speaker 1: I think he has that all takes, and I think 390 00:16:42,868 --> 00:16:43,908 Speaker 1: this is the year about him. 391 00:16:44,188 --> 00:16:46,348 Speaker 4: This is the year when he's like, I'm Beyonce. I'm 392 00:16:46,348 --> 00:16:48,868 Speaker 4: not Belinda Carlyle. You understand me. I can handle this thing. 393 00:16:48,908 --> 00:16:49,788 Speaker 4: I am a head coach. 394 00:16:49,788 --> 00:16:52,788 Speaker 1: Here those other guys Johnson, Glenn by the way, I'm 395 00:16:52,788 --> 00:16:55,148 Speaker 1: gonna beat Ben Johnson this year twice. Watch me and 396 00:16:55,188 --> 00:16:57,788 Speaker 1: bet this is the year that Dan Campbell says, take them. 397 00:16:58,028 --> 00:16:59,428 Speaker 1: You think you're gonna look at me and I can't 398 00:16:59,428 --> 00:17:00,988 Speaker 1: coach because those coordinators are gone. 399 00:17:01,188 --> 00:17:03,588 Speaker 4: I am not some quote. I am not a Metallica roadie. 400 00:17:03,628 --> 00:17:06,068 Speaker 1: I'm an NFL head coach who is extremely successful, and I'll 401 00:17:06,028 --> 00:17:08,028 Speaker 1: show you this year on my own merits after those 402 00:17:08,028 --> 00:17:08,628 Speaker 1: guys are gone. 403 00:17:08,668 --> 00:17:11,308 Speaker 3: But that doesn't mean that we don't appreciate the metallical references. 404 00:17:11,308 --> 00:17:13,148 Speaker 2: Coach, you can keep those up all the love long day. 405 00:17:13,188 --> 00:17:14,108 Speaker 4: We love them. Ways. 406 00:17:14,188 --> 00:17:18,508 Speaker 2: Th'red down, guys. We are nine days away from kickoff. 407 00:17:18,948 --> 00:17:21,308 Speaker 3: I would like to know the one question that you 408 00:17:21,388 --> 00:17:24,188 Speaker 3: want to answer before week one. This thing is looming, mansie. 409 00:17:24,228 --> 00:17:26,908 Speaker 3: We haven't figured it out yet. Nine days. You need 410 00:17:26,908 --> 00:17:27,468 Speaker 3: this answer. 411 00:17:27,508 --> 00:17:28,108 Speaker 2: What's the question? 412 00:17:28,148 --> 00:17:30,268 Speaker 4: Where's Naji Harris at? Where is he at? Like? 413 00:17:30,308 --> 00:17:32,348 Speaker 8: Oh, no, no, is he playing like there's a report that 414 00:17:32,388 --> 00:17:34,068 Speaker 8: he could be up for week one. I want to 415 00:17:34,068 --> 00:17:36,228 Speaker 8: see that, you know, because I'm excited for Najia Harris 416 00:17:36,468 --> 00:17:37,268 Speaker 8: over there at the Charges. 417 00:17:37,308 --> 00:17:38,628 Speaker 4: If you think about Najia Harris. 418 00:17:38,388 --> 00:17:42,188 Speaker 8: Over there in Pittsburgh with Matt Canada as his offensive coordinator, 419 00:17:42,428 --> 00:17:45,348 Speaker 8: everything was in shotgun. Guys like Najia Harris is six two, 420 00:17:45,348 --> 00:17:46,948 Speaker 8: two hundred and thirty two pounds. We saw he was 421 00:17:46,988 --> 00:17:48,428 Speaker 8: able to what he was able to do while he 422 00:17:48,508 --> 00:17:51,628 Speaker 8: was an Alabama Crimson Tide. That guy runs hard, he 423 00:17:51,708 --> 00:17:54,308 Speaker 8: runs downhill and well, guess what Greg Roman is going 424 00:17:54,348 --> 00:17:57,348 Speaker 8: to do. He's going to put him behind the quarterback 425 00:17:57,508 --> 00:18:00,388 Speaker 8: and they're going to run what MJD says as God's play, 426 00:18:00,388 --> 00:18:04,068 Speaker 8: which is power, power, power, power, and power plus Najia 427 00:18:04,108 --> 00:18:08,108 Speaker 8: Harris equals touchdowns. So I'm excited to see when is 428 00:18:08,188 --> 00:18:12,588 Speaker 8: naj Harris coming back because I love this combination with 429 00:18:12,748 --> 00:18:13,388 Speaker 8: nause with. 430 00:18:13,508 --> 00:18:16,668 Speaker 4: Jim Harball old school running and let it. Let's get 431 00:18:16,668 --> 00:18:18,508 Speaker 4: a whole bunch of anger runs going over there to 432 00:18:19,508 --> 00:18:25,148 Speaker 4: La with the tarts. Okay, I got on for a reason. 433 00:18:25,308 --> 00:18:27,428 Speaker 4: Isaiah is on for a reason. 434 00:18:27,828 --> 00:18:30,788 Speaker 5: The only question that I have pertains to this sweater 435 00:18:30,868 --> 00:18:31,988 Speaker 5: that I have on right here. 436 00:18:32,108 --> 00:18:34,348 Speaker 4: You got to see the star right here, the Cowboys. 437 00:18:34,828 --> 00:18:37,188 Speaker 5: I just want to know how much money is Micah 438 00:18:37,268 --> 00:18:40,668 Speaker 5: Parson's about to make. That's the only answer. That's all 439 00:18:40,668 --> 00:18:42,348 Speaker 5: I need to know. I know what's going to happen. 440 00:18:42,388 --> 00:18:45,668 Speaker 5: I just want to know how much guaranteed money is 441 00:18:45,708 --> 00:18:47,628 Speaker 5: he going to have to back the breach truck up 442 00:18:47,628 --> 00:18:49,788 Speaker 5: to get the money? Is it going to be direct deposit? 443 00:18:49,948 --> 00:18:51,188 Speaker 5: Is going to be in the form of if it's 444 00:18:51,308 --> 00:18:53,828 Speaker 5: just straight cashiers check? I need to know how much 445 00:18:53,828 --> 00:18:55,588 Speaker 5: money is Michael Parton's going to have because he. 446 00:18:55,628 --> 00:18:57,788 Speaker 4: Is about to cash out? 447 00:18:58,948 --> 00:19:00,868 Speaker 1: Yeah, I want to know the same thing about Michael Parson. 448 00:19:00,948 --> 00:19:02,988 Speaker 1: My question is very much different now, how much money? 449 00:19:03,108 --> 00:19:05,668 Speaker 1: How many cameras are ready in Dallas to capture the 450 00:19:05,708 --> 00:19:07,628 Speaker 1: whole thing? Are they focused? 451 00:19:07,748 --> 00:19:10,668 Speaker 4: Is everybody's battery charged? You have the right angle, the 452 00:19:10,748 --> 00:19:11,948 Speaker 4: right lighting, We're. 453 00:19:11,828 --> 00:19:14,508 Speaker 1: Gonna put it on Amazon and YouTube and Netflix and 454 00:19:14,588 --> 00:19:15,628 Speaker 1: CBS and Fox. 455 00:19:15,948 --> 00:19:18,908 Speaker 4: Just all of this were my senses. It's done and 456 00:19:18,908 --> 00:19:19,988 Speaker 4: they're ready, but the hold on. 457 00:19:20,108 --> 00:19:24,828 Speaker 1: We need to absolutely maximize every single drop of publicity 458 00:19:24,908 --> 00:19:27,148 Speaker 1: and exposure, and we're gonna sell it here and sell 459 00:19:27,148 --> 00:19:30,148 Speaker 1: it here. This to me has felt like a wwe. 460 00:19:29,748 --> 00:19:30,988 Speaker 4: Work for a while now. 461 00:19:31,228 --> 00:19:33,508 Speaker 1: I also believe he'll be under contract and playing for 462 00:19:33,548 --> 00:19:36,268 Speaker 1: the against the Eagles. I just say, like, Dallas, you 463 00:19:36,308 --> 00:19:38,268 Speaker 1: guys ready, Did you want just a one more day 464 00:19:38,308 --> 00:19:40,188 Speaker 1: to get all the cameras ready to soak us in? 465 00:19:40,428 --> 00:19:42,228 Speaker 4: And when are you going to drop the news? 466 00:19:42,268 --> 00:19:44,548 Speaker 1: Because I know it's not gonna be Friday at five o'clock. 467 00:19:44,988 --> 00:19:48,228 Speaker 4: Is it Sunday at ten pm? Is it Monday morning? 468 00:19:48,308 --> 00:19:50,388 Speaker 1: You just tell us when there's so many questions, but 469 00:19:50,468 --> 00:19:53,748 Speaker 1: all the answers relate to me, look at me, and 470 00:19:53,788 --> 00:19:55,028 Speaker 1: that's what we'll see from Dallas. 471 00:19:56,748 --> 00:19:58,948 Speaker 4: All right, We love this. Our next guest played collegeball. 472 00:19:59,068 --> 00:20:02,308 Speaker 1: James Madison, drafted by Dallas in the seventh round of 473 00:20:02,308 --> 00:20:02,948 Speaker 1: twenty twenty. 474 00:20:03,148 --> 00:20:04,228 Speaker 4: Along with the Cowboys. 475 00:20:04,428 --> 00:20:06,948 Speaker 1: He has been with the Broncos, the Bills, the Saints, 476 00:20:07,148 --> 00:20:10,148 Speaker 1: the Seattle Sea Dragons of the XFL, and most recently 477 00:20:10,228 --> 00:20:11,548 Speaker 1: your Atlanta Falcons. 478 00:20:11,708 --> 00:20:13,548 Speaker 4: How can you relate to someone like that? How can I? 479 00:20:13,668 --> 00:20:16,828 Speaker 1: Because of this Saturday night, he had a tweet that 480 00:20:16,988 --> 00:20:20,188 Speaker 1: resonated with all of us who have worked through things before. 481 00:20:20,228 --> 00:20:22,748 Speaker 4: At an airport bar, and we will get into it there. 482 00:20:22,748 --> 00:20:26,108 Speaker 1: It is tall and frosty, and that's not just the 483 00:20:26,188 --> 00:20:27,788 Speaker 1: quarterback acts, that's the beer too. 484 00:20:27,868 --> 00:20:31,788 Speaker 4: Please welcome Ben Tonucci. What's up, Ben? How are we doing? 485 00:20:32,548 --> 00:20:34,148 Speaker 10: Appreciated guys, thanks for having me on. 486 00:20:36,068 --> 00:20:38,388 Speaker 1: All right, so let's just get right to the star 487 00:20:38,468 --> 00:20:40,348 Speaker 1: of this segment, which respectfully is not you. 488 00:20:40,428 --> 00:20:41,108 Speaker 4: It's the beer. 489 00:20:41,308 --> 00:20:43,588 Speaker 1: People loved it, people related to it. 490 00:20:43,628 --> 00:20:44,588 Speaker 4: Take us through it. 491 00:20:44,708 --> 00:20:47,108 Speaker 1: You're sitting at an airport bar, kind of a self 492 00:20:47,148 --> 00:20:50,188 Speaker 1: loasing type place. You've just been released. What are you 493 00:20:50,268 --> 00:20:52,308 Speaker 1: feeling and how was the icy cold one? 494 00:20:52,788 --> 00:20:53,028 Speaker 4: Yeah? 495 00:20:53,108 --> 00:20:55,308 Speaker 11: Honestly, it was a feeling of gratitude, right, I mean, 496 00:20:55,748 --> 00:20:57,588 Speaker 11: to be able to be cut seven times, you've got 497 00:20:57,628 --> 00:20:59,628 Speaker 11: to be signed equally as many times. So for me 498 00:20:59,668 --> 00:21:03,548 Speaker 11: it was kind of, yeah, a moment, pretty cool, Let's 499 00:21:03,548 --> 00:21:06,188 Speaker 11: make light of this. I kind of figured, hey, let 500 00:21:06,228 --> 00:21:07,868 Speaker 11: me try to word this thing the right way so 501 00:21:07,908 --> 00:21:10,588 Speaker 11: that you know, I get as much engagement as possible. 502 00:21:10,628 --> 00:21:11,268 Speaker 10: I'm sure as heck. 503 00:21:11,308 --> 00:21:12,868 Speaker 11: I found a way out how to do that, and 504 00:21:12,868 --> 00:21:14,348 Speaker 11: it resonated with people when it was relatable. 505 00:21:14,388 --> 00:21:16,588 Speaker 10: So cool to see the turnout, man B. 506 00:21:16,868 --> 00:21:19,828 Speaker 5: Yesterday, we were talking about this tweet actually in your story, 507 00:21:20,068 --> 00:21:21,868 Speaker 5: and I refer to the fact that I can I 508 00:21:21,908 --> 00:21:23,868 Speaker 5: can relate that I've been cut five times, but I 509 00:21:23,868 --> 00:21:26,908 Speaker 5: don't know what that seventh cut beer taste like. Are 510 00:21:26,868 --> 00:21:29,828 Speaker 5: were you surprised exactly? How are the type of response 511 00:21:29,868 --> 00:21:30,588 Speaker 5: that you received from that? 512 00:21:31,308 --> 00:21:32,508 Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean one hundred percent. 513 00:21:32,548 --> 00:21:34,228 Speaker 11: Look, I mean I tell people all the time, I'm 514 00:21:34,228 --> 00:21:36,028 Speaker 11: no different than anybody else. The only thing I can 515 00:21:36,028 --> 00:21:37,948 Speaker 11: do is throw a football sixty yards further than you. 516 00:21:38,108 --> 00:21:40,228 Speaker 11: So I think a lot of the times, you know, 517 00:21:40,548 --> 00:21:43,268 Speaker 11: people people see us on Sundays and that's all you're seeing, Right, 518 00:21:43,308 --> 00:21:45,268 Speaker 11: You're not seeing the human side of things. You're not 519 00:21:45,308 --> 00:21:48,148 Speaker 11: seeing We're just like everybody else. Right, you get fired 520 00:21:48,148 --> 00:21:49,988 Speaker 11: from work, you have a bad day at the office, 521 00:21:50,028 --> 00:21:52,308 Speaker 11: whatever it is. Right, you know, cold one is good 522 00:21:52,308 --> 00:21:54,988 Speaker 11: for any situation. And you know, if you can, if 523 00:21:54,988 --> 00:21:57,108 Speaker 11: you can make light of the situation, throw a little uh, 524 00:21:57,228 --> 00:21:58,908 Speaker 11: throw a little humor at yourself. You know, I'm all 525 00:21:58,908 --> 00:21:59,268 Speaker 11: for it. 526 00:21:59,468 --> 00:21:59,948 Speaker 4: Ben I don't. 527 00:21:59,988 --> 00:22:01,868 Speaker 8: I don't believe you. Man, You're not like everybody else. 528 00:22:01,908 --> 00:22:05,148 Speaker 8: You know why because on November one, twenty two, let's 529 00:22:05,188 --> 00:22:08,988 Speaker 8: take a trip back Cowboys ego Sunday Night Football. You're 530 00:22:09,028 --> 00:22:12,228 Speaker 8: one and only stay out in the NFL. Obviously you 531 00:22:12,228 --> 00:22:15,188 Speaker 8: want a different outcome. What was that? Take us back 532 00:22:15,188 --> 00:22:16,788 Speaker 8: to that. What was that experience like for you? 533 00:22:17,748 --> 00:22:20,708 Speaker 11: Yeah, honestly, it's it's hard to even really put myself 534 00:22:20,748 --> 00:22:22,508 Speaker 11: back in those shoes. It was my rookie year in 535 00:22:22,548 --> 00:22:24,708 Speaker 11: the NFL. It was COVID. It was this weird year. 536 00:22:24,748 --> 00:22:28,388 Speaker 11: I had no OTAs, no preseason, no really no practice reps, 537 00:22:28,428 --> 00:22:29,988 Speaker 11: and all of a sudden, Dak and Andy Dalton go 538 00:22:30,028 --> 00:22:31,788 Speaker 11: down in the span of a couple of weeks. 539 00:22:31,828 --> 00:22:33,628 Speaker 10: Everyone's looking around like, hey, Ben, go out there and 540 00:22:34,108 --> 00:22:34,788 Speaker 10: have some fun. 541 00:22:34,908 --> 00:22:36,708 Speaker 11: So to be able to say that, you know, hey, 542 00:22:36,708 --> 00:22:38,908 Speaker 11: I started a game for the Cowboys on Sunday Night Football, 543 00:22:39,068 --> 00:22:41,628 Speaker 11: something a lot of people can't can't say they did. 544 00:22:41,668 --> 00:22:43,268 Speaker 11: It was an awesome experience. Awesome. 545 00:22:43,748 --> 00:22:45,428 Speaker 10: It's been an awesome journey the last five years. 546 00:22:45,428 --> 00:22:47,308 Speaker 11: And to be able to, you know, kind of pinpoint 547 00:22:47,348 --> 00:22:48,908 Speaker 11: a say, hey, you know you're in the NFL, let's 548 00:22:48,908 --> 00:22:51,428 Speaker 11: do this thing that was really cool for me and being. 549 00:22:51,308 --> 00:22:53,228 Speaker 5: We were scrolling through your Twitter account being a little 550 00:22:53,268 --> 00:22:55,788 Speaker 5: nosey casey looking through your looking through your fee and 551 00:22:55,908 --> 00:22:57,468 Speaker 5: we saw that you like to have a little couple 552 00:22:57,468 --> 00:22:59,508 Speaker 5: of takes on the Dallas Cowboys. Now, we obviously know 553 00:22:59,628 --> 00:23:01,548 Speaker 5: that you spend some time in Dallas, and you know 554 00:23:01,588 --> 00:23:02,748 Speaker 5: all about Jerry's world. 555 00:23:02,828 --> 00:23:03,868 Speaker 4: Where is where do you. 556 00:23:03,868 --> 00:23:06,908 Speaker 5: Stand right now with a Micah versus Jerry scenario? 557 00:23:08,388 --> 00:23:09,908 Speaker 10: I mean, I understand both sides of it, right. 558 00:23:09,908 --> 00:23:12,348 Speaker 11: I've been inside the locker room and you know, owning 559 00:23:12,428 --> 00:23:13,668 Speaker 11: my own business last couple of years. 560 00:23:13,708 --> 00:23:15,428 Speaker 10: I very much understand that side of it too. 561 00:23:15,508 --> 00:23:18,228 Speaker 11: So I think Jerry's just playing the game, right. I mean, 562 00:23:18,268 --> 00:23:20,108 Speaker 11: you see the stuff he's saying to the media. It 563 00:23:20,148 --> 00:23:21,908 Speaker 11: doesn't sound like, you know, Mike is going to be 564 00:23:21,908 --> 00:23:24,668 Speaker 11: anywhere else. I would expect sometime before next Thursday for 565 00:23:24,668 --> 00:23:26,908 Speaker 11: this deal to get done and you know, Michael to 566 00:23:26,948 --> 00:23:29,228 Speaker 11: get all the cash that he's expecting. 567 00:23:29,988 --> 00:23:33,508 Speaker 3: Ben, have you seen the Netflix documentary that's come out 568 00:23:33,548 --> 00:23:36,388 Speaker 3: on the Cowboys. Kyle Brant, who introduced you on the show, 569 00:23:36,748 --> 00:23:39,268 Speaker 3: said that has now said that the Cowboys are a 570 00:23:39,508 --> 00:23:42,068 Speaker 3: content machine playing football on the side instead of football 571 00:23:42,068 --> 00:23:44,028 Speaker 3: with the content on the side, would you agree with 572 00:23:44,068 --> 00:23:46,268 Speaker 3: that having been inside the locker room and what that like, 573 00:23:46,428 --> 00:23:49,108 Speaker 3: with the cameras all around and the Jerry Jones experience. 574 00:23:49,068 --> 00:23:50,308 Speaker 10: Yeah, I think that's probably fair. 575 00:23:50,348 --> 00:23:52,228 Speaker 11: In twenty twenty one, we were on Hard Knocks as well, 576 00:23:52,268 --> 00:23:53,868 Speaker 11: so I got to see kind of first hand the 577 00:23:53,868 --> 00:23:57,468 Speaker 11: whole production. You know, hey, it's a lot bigger than 578 00:23:57,468 --> 00:23:59,988 Speaker 11: football here. That was kind of you know, I came 579 00:24:00,028 --> 00:24:01,588 Speaker 11: from JMU. I didn't come from one of these big 580 00:24:01,628 --> 00:24:04,748 Speaker 11: power five schools where football necessarily was the world right sudden, 581 00:24:04,748 --> 00:24:06,468 Speaker 11: The first team in the NFL is the Cowboys, and 582 00:24:06,468 --> 00:24:08,868 Speaker 11: it's like, oh man, this is how the other side lives. 583 00:24:08,908 --> 00:24:12,308 Speaker 11: So to have cameras everywhere, to have you know, the 584 00:24:12,308 --> 00:24:14,708 Speaker 11: big production twenty four to seven was was eye opening. 585 00:24:14,748 --> 00:24:15,388 Speaker 10: But it's cool, right. 586 00:24:15,428 --> 00:24:17,348 Speaker 11: I mean, you got to be on twenty four to 587 00:24:17,348 --> 00:24:20,548 Speaker 11: seven and there's always people watching, and you know they 588 00:24:20,548 --> 00:24:21,468 Speaker 11: expect the best out of you. 589 00:24:21,508 --> 00:24:23,188 Speaker 10: So it comes with come to being part of it 590 00:24:23,188 --> 00:24:23,548 Speaker 10: down there. 591 00:24:23,628 --> 00:24:25,788 Speaker 3: Well, it sounds like I just learned that JMU has 592 00:24:25,828 --> 00:24:29,068 Speaker 3: a PhD in football personality, because you have already hit 593 00:24:29,148 --> 00:24:30,588 Speaker 3: us with a couple of great one liners. To be 594 00:24:30,628 --> 00:24:32,388 Speaker 3: cut seven times me and you had to be signed 595 00:24:32,428 --> 00:24:34,988 Speaker 3: seven times and that I can't. I'm just like you, 596 00:24:34,988 --> 00:24:37,468 Speaker 3: but I can throw the ball seventy yards farther. 597 00:24:37,988 --> 00:24:38,388 Speaker 2: Now. 598 00:24:38,668 --> 00:24:40,948 Speaker 3: A lot of those quotes would be great in a 599 00:24:40,988 --> 00:24:43,868 Speaker 3: media career. So when we see another tweet that you 600 00:24:43,948 --> 00:24:46,348 Speaker 3: put out, which is I have been relieved of my 601 00:24:46,428 --> 00:24:49,308 Speaker 3: duties in Atlanta. They no longer need my services, stay tuned. 602 00:24:49,468 --> 00:24:52,588 Speaker 3: Career update coming, Ben, dare I say, could we hear 603 00:24:52,908 --> 00:24:54,428 Speaker 3: we see a microphone in your hands soon? 604 00:24:55,068 --> 00:24:57,468 Speaker 11: Yeahs this Saturday, You're going to see a microphone in 605 00:24:57,468 --> 00:25:00,108 Speaker 11: my hand. I'm calling Buck now versus Air Force for 606 00:25:00,148 --> 00:25:00,908 Speaker 11: CBS Sports. 607 00:25:01,428 --> 00:25:01,788 Speaker 4: Are so. 608 00:25:04,468 --> 00:25:06,428 Speaker 10: Excited to do that. It'll be a new challenge, a 609 00:25:07,108 --> 00:25:09,788 Speaker 10: new kind of career path. While you know, put the 610 00:25:09,868 --> 00:25:10,988 Speaker 10: NFL on hold for a little bit. 611 00:25:10,988 --> 00:25:12,788 Speaker 11: I'm excited to, you know, go out there, learn a 612 00:25:12,828 --> 00:25:14,348 Speaker 11: little bit, fail a little bit, and kind of hit 613 00:25:14,348 --> 00:25:15,348 Speaker 11: the ground run and it's something new. 614 00:25:15,348 --> 00:25:17,068 Speaker 10: It's been football for so long, So I'm excited. 615 00:25:17,348 --> 00:25:17,548 Speaker 4: Ben. 616 00:25:17,628 --> 00:25:19,708 Speaker 3: You're you're you'll be in the booth on Saturday. 617 00:25:19,708 --> 00:25:21,988 Speaker 2: You're up there, you're getting ready for kickoff. But like, 618 00:25:22,068 --> 00:25:24,468 Speaker 2: what if a team calls? How do you handle something 619 00:25:24,588 --> 00:25:24,828 Speaker 2: like this? 620 00:25:24,988 --> 00:25:27,988 Speaker 3: The balance between staying available to the NFL and pursuing 621 00:25:28,028 --> 00:25:28,788 Speaker 3: a TV career. 622 00:25:29,268 --> 00:25:29,828 Speaker 10: Yeah, I don't know. 623 00:25:29,868 --> 00:25:31,508 Speaker 11: I guess we'll cross that road when we get there. 624 00:25:31,508 --> 00:25:34,428 Speaker 11: I might might be a good problem to have. Right now, 625 00:25:34,428 --> 00:25:36,868 Speaker 11: I'm excited for what comes next. My phone hasn't really 626 00:25:36,948 --> 00:25:38,668 Speaker 11: my agent's phone hasn't ranging in a couple of days, 627 00:25:38,708 --> 00:25:41,188 Speaker 11: and you know, who knows it might ring, it might not. 628 00:25:41,228 --> 00:25:43,188 Speaker 10: At some point, the NFL kind of you know, spits 629 00:25:43,228 --> 00:25:43,988 Speaker 10: you up and shoose you. 630 00:25:43,908 --> 00:25:45,908 Speaker 11: Out, and they want the younger guys and you know, 631 00:25:45,948 --> 00:25:47,428 Speaker 11: guys who haven't had the opportunities. 632 00:25:47,428 --> 00:25:49,868 Speaker 10: So I've been fortunate enough to play for five years. 633 00:25:49,908 --> 00:25:52,508 Speaker 11: I've had some opportunities, met some awesome teammates, coaches, and 634 00:25:52,588 --> 00:25:55,668 Speaker 11: been around a lot of you know, cool places in cities. 635 00:25:55,748 --> 00:25:58,028 Speaker 11: So if this is it, this is it. If not, 636 00:25:58,188 --> 00:25:59,588 Speaker 11: you know, I'm gonna keep working out, doing what I'm 637 00:25:59,588 --> 00:26:01,228 Speaker 11: supposed to do. And you know, if the phone rings, 638 00:26:01,228 --> 00:26:01,988 Speaker 11: I'll be ready to roll. 639 00:26:02,068 --> 00:26:04,388 Speaker 1: So cool and don't worry about it, Ben, I'm sure 640 00:26:04,468 --> 00:26:05,228 Speaker 1: the Browns will call you. 641 00:26:05,268 --> 00:26:07,908 Speaker 4: They need quarterbacks. All right, here we go. We're gonna 642 00:26:07,908 --> 00:26:08,748 Speaker 4: give Ben a toast. 643 00:26:08,828 --> 00:26:12,748 Speaker 1: Right now, everybody in La we raise our glass to Ben. Denucci, 644 00:26:12,908 --> 00:26:15,508 Speaker 1: who is all class, all talent. Ben, if you got 645 00:26:15,508 --> 00:26:20,188 Speaker 1: one too, from the high school fields of Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, 646 00:26:20,228 --> 00:26:23,308 Speaker 1: all the way to being drafted by America's team, the 647 00:26:23,468 --> 00:26:28,028 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys, your backyard dreams became a reality, to a 648 00:26:28,068 --> 00:26:30,548 Speaker 1: football life on the field well lived and to a 649 00:26:30,548 --> 00:26:34,028 Speaker 1: brand new journey off the field. We toached you, our guy, 650 00:26:34,148 --> 00:26:35,188 Speaker 1: Big Ben Denucci. 651 00:26:35,228 --> 00:26:37,468 Speaker 4: That's the man right there. And if there's an eighth beer, 652 00:26:37,508 --> 00:26:38,788 Speaker 4: there's an eighth beer. We love you. 653 00:26:38,948 --> 00:26:41,028 Speaker 10: I appreciate it, Thank you, Horn. 654 00:26:42,908 --> 00:26:44,668 Speaker 1: Take it easy, man, I'll be looking for you at 655 00:26:44,668 --> 00:26:45,988 Speaker 1: the Airport Tex Mex Bar. 656 00:26:46,548 --> 00:26:47,468 Speaker 4: The next drinks on me. 657 00:26:47,988 --> 00:26:49,148 Speaker 10: That's the last time you see me. 658 00:26:49,188 --> 00:26:56,468 Speaker 3: Tweet yeah, back on VMIPE. For the first time ever 659 00:26:56,668 --> 00:27:00,268 Speaker 3: in NFL history, we opened this discussion up yesterday an 660 00:27:00,388 --> 00:27:04,508 Speaker 3: entire division has head coaches in which all four guys. 661 00:27:04,188 --> 00:27:05,468 Speaker 2: Have coached in Super Bowl. 662 00:27:05,708 --> 00:27:09,468 Speaker 3: Incredible football careers between Sean Payton, Andy Reid, Pete Carroll 663 00:27:09,828 --> 00:27:12,348 Speaker 3: and Jim Harbaugh. And this thing goes back to the 664 00:27:12,428 --> 00:27:15,588 Speaker 3: seventies with the game of football. Yesterday, we met a 665 00:27:15,588 --> 00:27:18,428 Speaker 3: couple of kids growing up in Pennsylvania and Iowa, just 666 00:27:18,508 --> 00:27:22,228 Speaker 3: eight year olds. Jim Harbugh, Sean Payton to a transfer 667 00:27:22,268 --> 00:27:24,748 Speaker 3: at BYU, and Andy Reid and a young defensive coach 668 00:27:24,828 --> 00:27:27,868 Speaker 3: just entering the college ranks in Pete Carroll. Now that 669 00:27:28,068 --> 00:27:31,508 Speaker 3: was the late seventies. This is all roads lead west 670 00:27:31,868 --> 00:27:34,548 Speaker 3: for those four main characters that we are seeing in 671 00:27:34,588 --> 00:27:37,108 Speaker 3: a single division in twenty twenty five. Now, before we 672 00:27:37,348 --> 00:27:40,228 Speaker 3: enter the eighties, it's imperative to set the stage about 673 00:27:40,228 --> 00:27:43,028 Speaker 3: what today looks like, and that is the NFC Central. Now, 674 00:27:43,068 --> 00:27:45,788 Speaker 3: the Black and Blue Division had five teams going from 675 00:27:45,788 --> 00:27:48,268 Speaker 3: seventy seven to two thousand and one, and a lot 676 00:27:48,268 --> 00:27:51,868 Speaker 3: of our characters were well within the NFC Central. When 677 00:27:51,908 --> 00:27:55,228 Speaker 3: I check in on the year nineteen eighty seven, Lions 678 00:27:55,228 --> 00:27:58,108 Speaker 3: Bears packered Vikings in the Buccan years. 679 00:27:58,348 --> 00:28:01,308 Speaker 2: So now that's understood. 680 00:28:01,188 --> 00:28:03,708 Speaker 3: We might as well moon walk down this timeline of 681 00:28:03,788 --> 00:28:06,908 Speaker 3: the year eighty seven. If you enjoy watching Good Morning Football, 682 00:28:07,588 --> 00:28:09,548 Speaker 3: you know that the late eighties is when the bulk 683 00:28:09,588 --> 00:28:11,468 Speaker 3: of our collective brains come online in. 684 00:28:11,428 --> 00:28:14,108 Speaker 2: A pop culture sense. So that is where we shall begin. 685 00:28:14,188 --> 00:28:16,908 Speaker 2: In April of eighty seven, a sketch comedy show called The. 686 00:28:16,868 --> 00:28:20,588 Speaker 3: Tracy Ullman Show debuted on Fox, and the producers of 687 00:28:20,628 --> 00:28:24,508 Speaker 3: the Tracy Ollmen Show decided to include animated sketches coming 688 00:28:24,548 --> 00:28:25,188 Speaker 3: in and out of. 689 00:28:25,108 --> 00:28:25,988 Speaker 2: The commercial break. 690 00:28:26,268 --> 00:28:28,268 Speaker 3: It would be the first place that we saw a 691 00:28:28,388 --> 00:28:32,988 Speaker 3: flicker of the Simpsons within the Tracy Ullman Show before Homer, 692 00:28:33,228 --> 00:28:36,748 Speaker 3: marg Bart, Lisa and Maggie became the longest running animated 693 00:28:36,788 --> 00:28:38,388 Speaker 3: in primetime sitcom. 694 00:28:37,948 --> 00:28:40,868 Speaker 2: And TV history. It was tested in eighty. 695 00:28:40,628 --> 00:28:43,388 Speaker 3: Seven on The Tracy Ollmen Show to become a sitcom 696 00:28:43,428 --> 00:28:46,508 Speaker 3: in nineteen eighty nine. Now, also in late April of 697 00:28:46,548 --> 00:28:50,548 Speaker 3: eighty seven, after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers took Vinny Testaverdi 698 00:28:50,628 --> 00:28:53,108 Speaker 3: with the number one overall pick, the Bears drafted a 699 00:28:53,188 --> 00:28:55,388 Speaker 3: quarterback with the twenty sixth pick in the first round 700 00:28:55,388 --> 00:28:58,788 Speaker 3: in Jim Harbaugh out of Michigan. Sean Payton would also 701 00:28:58,948 --> 00:29:01,748 Speaker 3: enter the eighty seven draft out of Eastern Illinois. That 702 00:29:01,908 --> 00:29:05,708 Speaker 3: offense that Peyton quarterbacks was known as as Eastern Airline 703 00:29:05,748 --> 00:29:07,868 Speaker 3: to kind of feel like the birthplace for the air 704 00:29:07,948 --> 00:29:11,708 Speaker 3: Raid offense. However, Champayton would go undrafted and instead signed 705 00:29:11,708 --> 00:29:15,548 Speaker 3: with the Arena Football League and play for the Chicago Bruisers. 706 00:29:15,908 --> 00:29:17,988 Speaker 3: Now in that summer of eighty seven, No matter if 707 00:29:18,028 --> 00:29:20,428 Speaker 3: you are in the Bears or the Bruisers locker room. 708 00:29:20,788 --> 00:29:24,748 Speaker 3: Everyone was probably listening to Michael Jackson's Bad album. I 709 00:29:24,828 --> 00:29:27,668 Speaker 3: would make a smooth criminal reference here, but I refuse 710 00:29:27,748 --> 00:29:29,188 Speaker 3: to insinuate anything. 711 00:29:28,868 --> 00:29:30,548 Speaker 2: About these four coaches. At the time. 712 00:29:31,188 --> 00:29:34,548 Speaker 3: Pete Carroll was in Minnesota coaching up the defensive backs 713 00:29:34,548 --> 00:29:37,828 Speaker 3: for the Vikings, breathing light into the reputation that we 714 00:29:37,988 --> 00:29:40,788 Speaker 3: learned of him yesterday from his college years as the 715 00:29:40,868 --> 00:29:44,468 Speaker 3: mayor of Ding City in his early NFL coaching years. 716 00:29:44,508 --> 00:29:48,228 Speaker 3: Lucky for him, Carol would have the ultimate loosen your 717 00:29:48,268 --> 00:29:51,028 Speaker 3: hips reference for the DBS in the eighty seven season 718 00:29:51,508 --> 00:29:54,508 Speaker 3: thanks to the late great Patrick Swayzey. Dirty Dancing was 719 00:29:54,548 --> 00:29:57,068 Speaker 3: released in August of eighty seven. And I'm going to 720 00:29:57,108 --> 00:30:00,148 Speaker 3: make an educated guest when I say, probably leader in 721 00:30:00,188 --> 00:30:03,988 Speaker 3: the clubhouse for movie theater date nights that players went 722 00:30:04,028 --> 00:30:07,308 Speaker 3: on in the eighty seven season. And when I tell 723 00:30:07,388 --> 00:30:08,988 Speaker 3: you believe this, guys had a lot of. 724 00:30:08,948 --> 00:30:09,828 Speaker 2: Time that year. 725 00:30:09,908 --> 00:30:12,948 Speaker 3: Since the NFL was hit with a players strike. The 726 00:30:12,988 --> 00:30:17,188 Speaker 3: Week three games were canceled all together, and Weeks four 727 00:30:17,348 --> 00:30:20,788 Speaker 3: through six were played as scheduled, but with replacement players 728 00:30:20,908 --> 00:30:23,428 Speaker 3: or also known as the scats. Guys like Sean Payton 729 00:30:23,908 --> 00:30:27,148 Speaker 3: were called into NFL action and said for the Bruisers, 730 00:30:27,148 --> 00:30:29,828 Speaker 3: he went to go play for the Chicago Bears, also 731 00:30:29,868 --> 00:30:31,468 Speaker 3: known as the spare Bears. 732 00:30:31,508 --> 00:30:34,028 Speaker 2: That was not Harbaugh in that NFL film's footage. That 733 00:30:34,108 --> 00:30:34,708 Speaker 2: is Sean. 734 00:30:34,508 --> 00:30:38,228 Speaker 3: Payton playing for the spare Bears. And I know I 735 00:30:38,388 --> 00:30:40,948 Speaker 3: said that this was NFC Central. Don't fret. I'm not 736 00:30:40,988 --> 00:30:43,268 Speaker 3: putting Andy Reid in the corner of the segment. He's 737 00:30:43,348 --> 00:30:45,708 Speaker 3: just my one outlier that doesn't live in this division. 738 00:30:45,828 --> 00:30:48,788 Speaker 3: Reid was not quite with the Packers just yet. That's 739 00:30:48,788 --> 00:30:50,548 Speaker 3: a nineties thing, which we'll get to tomorrow. 740 00:30:50,828 --> 00:30:51,188 Speaker 2: Instead. 741 00:30:51,228 --> 00:30:53,828 Speaker 3: Andy Reid was in El Paso coaching up the offensive 742 00:30:53,868 --> 00:30:56,268 Speaker 3: line at UTEP in nineteen eighty seven. 743 00:30:56,348 --> 00:30:58,068 Speaker 2: So again, it's. 744 00:30:57,908 --> 00:31:01,708 Speaker 3: The single most potent coaching division in all of NFL history, 745 00:31:01,748 --> 00:31:02,668 Speaker 3: all Roads League West. 746 00:31:02,708 --> 00:31:04,388 Speaker 2: That was just the eighties. We got a couple more 747 00:31:04,468 --> 00:31:05,748 Speaker 2: decades to get to this week. 748 00:31:06,148 --> 00:31:08,828 Speaker 3: Back to the guys at the table here in Los Angeles, 749 00:31:08,948 --> 00:31:12,228 Speaker 3: nineteen eighty seven, everybody, nineteen eighty seven, you. 750 00:31:12,708 --> 00:31:14,548 Speaker 4: You learned something every day. I didn't know about the 751 00:31:14,588 --> 00:31:17,908 Speaker 4: Scabs and the spare Bear there. Holy smokes, I didn't 752 00:31:17,948 --> 00:31:19,628 Speaker 4: know about that. Did you know about that? Isa? Did not? 753 00:31:19,828 --> 00:31:21,828 Speaker 3: I just can't believe when we asked the NFL footage 754 00:31:21,868 --> 00:31:22,588 Speaker 3: for that, it's like. 755 00:31:22,548 --> 00:31:24,028 Speaker 2: We're looking for harmball footage and the like. 756 00:31:24,068 --> 00:31:26,228 Speaker 3: But here's Sean Payton in the fact that he wrapped 757 00:31:26,348 --> 00:31:26,948 Speaker 3: in the Bears. 758 00:31:27,028 --> 00:31:30,428 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's insane. Like so I always think that, you know, 759 00:31:30,508 --> 00:31:31,908 Speaker 4: I know a lot about football, but. 760 00:31:31,868 --> 00:31:34,348 Speaker 8: Then nice when it comes to history, when it comes 761 00:31:34,388 --> 00:31:37,628 Speaker 8: to certain events, conferences back in those yeah, race, like 762 00:31:37,788 --> 00:31:40,908 Speaker 8: when he said that Black and Blue Division. Like my 763 00:31:40,708 --> 00:31:42,748 Speaker 8: my thought, go said AFC North. Now you know what 764 00:31:42,788 --> 00:31:44,548 Speaker 8: I mean, But it doesn't go back to what you 765 00:31:44,668 --> 00:31:45,508 Speaker 8: just showed a man. 766 00:31:45,828 --> 00:31:47,268 Speaker 4: Great job, Jane, great job. 767 00:31:47,548 --> 00:31:49,428 Speaker 5: I just like seeing all the footage of the old coaches. 768 00:31:49,508 --> 00:31:51,308 Speaker 5: I mean, you talked about any Reads footage from yesterday 769 00:31:51,308 --> 00:31:53,668 Speaker 5: where he was literally a gargantuan versus the rest of 770 00:31:53,748 --> 00:31:55,628 Speaker 5: all the guys in the passing kick, all the way 771 00:31:55,628 --> 00:31:56,788 Speaker 5: to Sean Payton with the Bears. 772 00:31:56,788 --> 00:31:56,988 Speaker 7: There. 773 00:31:56,988 --> 00:31:59,468 Speaker 5: It's awesome seeing you see these guys on the sideline, 774 00:31:59,468 --> 00:32:01,748 Speaker 5: you see these guys coaching. You know that they're legendary 775 00:32:01,748 --> 00:32:03,588 Speaker 5: for that, but you forget that some of these guys 776 00:32:03,628 --> 00:32:06,508 Speaker 5: really started out as players. Is growing up and in 777 00:32:06,588 --> 00:32:08,628 Speaker 5: the successful it and it might have been backups in 778 00:32:08,668 --> 00:32:10,628 Speaker 5: a league or whatever it might have taken place, but 779 00:32:10,628 --> 00:32:12,828 Speaker 5: these guys had an NFL career also, So I love 780 00:32:12,868 --> 00:32:15,068 Speaker 5: seeing that footage and I'll always get I'll always relate 781 00:32:15,068 --> 00:32:15,748 Speaker 5: to Michael Jackson. 782 00:32:15,828 --> 00:32:21,468 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, bad Jamie. I went to a Chicago Bruisers game. 783 00:32:21,508 --> 00:32:23,388 Speaker 1: I remember being eight years old and going with my 784 00:32:23,468 --> 00:32:25,748 Speaker 1: dad to see the Bruisers at Rosemont Horizon, which was 785 00:32:25,788 --> 00:32:26,268 Speaker 1: an arena. 786 00:32:26,268 --> 00:32:26,948 Speaker 4: It was indoor. 787 00:32:27,508 --> 00:32:29,948 Speaker 1: I grew up in the Chicago suburbs. Jim Harbaugh when 788 00:32:29,948 --> 00:32:32,388 Speaker 1: he was the Bears quarterback, came to my junior high school, 789 00:32:32,388 --> 00:32:35,028 Speaker 1: my middle school to talk to us, and he threw 790 00:32:35,068 --> 00:32:36,788 Speaker 1: passes and we got to catch him. And he was 791 00:32:37,068 --> 00:32:38,868 Speaker 1: that kind of quirky and odd like he is now, 792 00:32:38,908 --> 00:32:41,508 Speaker 1: but he was still a player. Huge, huge memory lane 793 00:32:41,548 --> 00:32:44,468 Speaker 1: stuff for me. Sean Payton has great stories about being 794 00:32:44,508 --> 00:32:46,028 Speaker 1: one of the spare Bears and playing on the. 795 00:32:45,948 --> 00:32:47,348 Speaker 4: AstroTurf at Soldier Field. 796 00:32:47,548 --> 00:32:49,628 Speaker 1: It's like humble beginnings for him as a player and 797 00:32:49,628 --> 00:32:51,988 Speaker 1: then becomes this potential Hall of Fame coach. So this 798 00:32:52,188 --> 00:32:55,548 Speaker 1: is fun because your headline there was four coaches who 799 00:32:55,548 --> 00:32:57,468 Speaker 1: have all coached in a Super Bowl in one division, 800 00:32:57,748 --> 00:33:00,228 Speaker 1: and it's so strange and I just I don't know. 801 00:33:00,148 --> 00:33:02,428 Speaker 4: How it washes out this year. One of these coaches. 802 00:33:02,428 --> 00:33:04,988 Speaker 4: Two of these coaches are not going to the playoffs. 803 00:33:05,188 --> 00:33:07,308 Speaker 4: It's a couple of them are, maybe one of them is. 804 00:33:07,388 --> 00:33:07,988 Speaker 4: We don't know. 805 00:33:08,148 --> 00:33:10,228 Speaker 1: But it's so fun to play with and this is 806 00:33:10,308 --> 00:33:12,428 Speaker 1: really fun toys back from the nineties, from the eighties. 807 00:33:12,428 --> 00:33:13,788 Speaker 4: I can't wait for the nineties episode. 808 00:33:13,828 --> 00:33:16,428 Speaker 3: So the nineties we'll check in on two years, because 809 00:33:16,468 --> 00:33:19,548 Speaker 3: there's this major shift then from college to the NFL, 810 00:33:19,588 --> 00:33:21,868 Speaker 3: but kind of both going in different directions. Because it's 811 00:33:21,908 --> 00:33:24,708 Speaker 3: odd to talk about the first stop that Pete Carroll 812 00:33:24,748 --> 00:33:27,428 Speaker 3: had in his NFL coaching because then we many people 813 00:33:27,548 --> 00:33:29,428 Speaker 3: know him in his time at USC, so for him 814 00:33:29,428 --> 00:33:31,468 Speaker 3: to kind of go back and forth and listen two 815 00:33:31,548 --> 00:33:33,108 Speaker 3: days from now when we have to enter the two 816 00:33:33,188 --> 00:33:35,988 Speaker 3: thousands and what Harbaugh and Carol had going on in 817 00:33:36,028 --> 00:33:39,028 Speaker 3: college football, like, we don't have enough time, and that 818 00:33:39,108 --> 00:33:40,908 Speaker 3: might we might have to just lose all the pop 819 00:33:40,948 --> 00:33:43,948 Speaker 3: culture references just to focus on what happened between those 820 00:33:43,948 --> 00:33:46,268 Speaker 3: two coaches. And frankly, there's not a handshake that I 821 00:33:46,308 --> 00:33:48,708 Speaker 3: look forward to more in a regular season now than 822 00:33:48,748 --> 00:33:51,988 Speaker 3: Pete Carroll and Jim Harbaugh meeting at the fifty if. 823 00:33:51,828 --> 00:33:52,748 Speaker 2: You will after the game. 824 00:33:52,828 --> 00:33:55,708 Speaker 3: So that's all roads lead west on Good morning football.