1 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: What is going on? Everybody? John middle Coffree and Out 2 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 1: podcast taking in the US Open here on Fox Sports One. 3 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 1: If you're listening to this on Friday, I'm at Pebble Beach. Uh, 4 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: looking forward to that firing down watching my guy Tiger Woods. 5 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 1: Actually he's teaing off really early in the morning, so 6 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: you know, I don't know what time I'm gonna get 7 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 1: down there, but I'm fired up to get to Pebble. 8 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: I've never played it, but I've been there a bunch. 9 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:34,960 Speaker 1: It was like a two hour drive for me. I 10 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,159 Speaker 1: don't know. If you're watching this tournament looks so badass 11 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:40,240 Speaker 1: on TV. It's hard to beat some of the sightlines 12 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: and the views at Pebble Beach. It's it's as good 13 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:46,919 Speaker 1: as you get it really is. Jordan's speech just hit 14 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:50,480 Speaker 1: it into the water. That's a problem. Well, let's get 15 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: into uh this week a lot going on. We got 16 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: tampering charges filed by the Patriots, you know, Pop meets CA. 17 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: We'll dive into that. We have. Uh. Earl Thomas made 18 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 1: some comments that kind of interested me. Tom Pella Sorrow 19 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 1: said something that Minnesota Vikings are doing about Kirk Cousins. 20 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 1: We're gonna dive into it all, but first let's start 21 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:20,040 Speaker 1: with the Patriots. I think there's a reason that, you know, 22 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: law enforcement uses criminals sometimes to gather information, you know, 23 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 1: I know historically, like they've used criminals that are already 24 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:32,479 Speaker 1: in jail to help them find out how other criminals think. 25 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:36,400 Speaker 1: And I'm not even saying trust me, I have defended 26 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: the Patriots. But when you do some shady stuff, sometimes 27 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: you know what shady stuff looks like I had for 28 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:45,039 Speaker 1: the first time in my life. Now I've only really 29 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: worked in business, uh probably the last three or four 30 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: years since I've left radio and kind of done stuff 31 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: for myself, and I had something happened to me, I 32 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 1: guess quote unquote with a startup where money wasn't paid. Uh, 33 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: some shady shit happened, and part of it was my 34 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: own fault for not kind of calling it out early, 35 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: for keep going along with it. But whatever it was, 36 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: I would have paid for that learning experience. I mean 37 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: I literally did, because money did not come my way, 38 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: so my my services were actually I might as well 39 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 1: paid them because they made the money I ended up not. 40 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:25,360 Speaker 1: But it was an incredible learning experience, and I think 41 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 1: anyone that's quote unquote been screwed over in a financial situation. 42 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 1: It's why a lot of older people are very cynical 43 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 1: about business because they kind of know what it looks 44 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 1: like when something weird is going on. It's why if 45 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 1: you ever go to like someone a high level person 46 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 1: with a company, you have a mentor in business, and 47 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 1: you present you know, an opportunity, they immediately go, I 48 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: I read flag that. I would not you know, I 49 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 1: would not recommend doing that. Why because they know what 50 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 1: something shady or just not gonna work looks like. That 51 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,920 Speaker 1: doesn't mean they're always right, but they know what it 52 00:02:56,919 --> 00:02:59,920 Speaker 1: looks like. Well, if you're gonna send this guy Jack 53 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: Easter b I think is his name, and I already 54 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 1: have him red flagged because he's like a scout meets 55 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: a personal life coach meets team chaplain anytime. God's a 56 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: huge part of your life. But you're also the guy 57 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,919 Speaker 1: like in charge of hiring and firing. But you're not 58 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: like the GM. Something weird is going on and this 59 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:22,079 Speaker 1: guy just I I don't know much about him. He's bald, guy, 60 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 1: just Google imaged him something weird. I I don't quite 61 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: understand what he does. And I've text people around the 62 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: Houston Texans. They're not exactly sure either. All I know 63 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:32,360 Speaker 1: is he's Bill O'Brien's now right hand man. Well, he 64 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: was part of what the Patriots were doing in the 65 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: last couple of years. So the Ring ceremony last Thursday night, 66 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: he went there to go to the Ring ceremony because 67 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 1: he was part of the team. Now a lot of 68 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 1: people went, like Trent Brown is a raider. He was there, 69 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 1: so it's not un normal for him to go. But 70 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: one thing's clear. The very next day, let me repeat, 71 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: the very next day, the Texans fired their general manager. 72 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 1: And all reports so far I've been there all in 73 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: h not Brian who was their GM. On Nikissirio, the 74 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: quote unquote GM like Belichick's right hand guy. And it's 75 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: clear something happened at that gathering at Robert Craft's house 76 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 1: that might not be kosher. That the Patriots, who better 77 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: than anyone right away knows you know something's not right here, 78 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: Like maybe I don't know if Craft has video, I 79 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: don't know what's going on. But again, when you hire 80 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 1: a criminal, they know what it looks like. So when 81 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: you're doing this in Belichick and Crafts backyard, it's called 82 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:32,720 Speaker 1: what it is. Belichick is not a saint. I mean 83 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: he pushes the envelope on everything, on anything. So you said, 84 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: this guy who clearly was there on basically like a 85 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:43,360 Speaker 1: reconmission to find out one if Cassirio would take the 86 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:46,160 Speaker 1: job and probably tell him what was going on. So really, 87 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 1: Brian Gaines, fate was sealed the moment that guy showed 88 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: up at Robert Craft's house, the moment Cassirio would just 89 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 1: tell him, like, hey man, I'm probably interested. And I 90 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:00,160 Speaker 1: don't necessarily blame the Patriots for filing tamping tamp ring 91 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 1: charges because to me, that's kind of bullshit. You know, 92 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 1: it's one thing to go back channels, reach to the agent. 93 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,719 Speaker 1: It's another thing on a ring ceremony night at Robert 94 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 1: Craft's house to kind of be doing some backwards stuff, 95 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 1: especially when you were basically the Patriots like team chaplain. Again, like, 96 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: once you become the team chaplain, you kind of gotta 97 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 1: be above board on other stuff. Now, I don't blame 98 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 1: the Texans for wanting Nick Kissaria. He's clearly highly viewed. 99 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:28,839 Speaker 1: He knows exactly the Patriot way. Bill O'Brien trusts him, 100 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 1: and from what I've heard one of the big reasons 101 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:33,839 Speaker 1: they got rid of Brian Gaine not because Bill O'Brien 102 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 1: dislikes him, actually liked him. He was literally Bill O'Brien's 103 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 1: higher because Bill O'Brien he wants someone that's really good 104 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:43,720 Speaker 1: at that job, and he viewed Brian Gaines and his 105 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 1: seventeen months on the job as average to below just 106 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 1: wasn't good enough. And if we know, if we've learned 107 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 1: one thing for Bill uh with Bill O'Brien over the 108 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,160 Speaker 1: last i don't know, three or four years since he's 109 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 1: been the head coach of the Houston Texans. Once you're 110 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 1: in his doghouse, you're dead to him. He will flip 111 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:04,480 Speaker 1: on you, you know, faster than you know a criminal 112 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:06,719 Speaker 1: in front of the fence. He'll sing like a canary 113 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:08,600 Speaker 1: if it means getting that guy out and getting the 114 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 1: new guy in. And clearly for being like this hardass, 115 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:14,360 Speaker 1: old school guy, he's got a little politician to him 116 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: because he keeps And I'm a Bill O'Brien fan, I 117 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 1: think he gets more criticism in the media circles and 118 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:23,040 Speaker 1: probably in the fan basis than I think he does 119 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:25,599 Speaker 1: internally in the NFL. He's viewed as a pretty good coach, 120 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 1: but he's got this backstabber, shady mentality, Like that's that's 121 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 1: not really arguable at this point. But one thing was clear, 122 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 1: and I you know a lot of people are saying 123 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:41,160 Speaker 1: pop meats, cattle, the Patriots final tampering charges, Yeah, because 124 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 1: they know what it looks like. And this bald headed 125 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:46,840 Speaker 1: team chaplainers now like the pseudo GM for the Houston 126 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 1: Texans winning on a reconmission to find out and steal 127 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:53,599 Speaker 1: the Patriots guy. Now, if I'm Casserrio, maybe it's time 128 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:56,600 Speaker 1: to get away from Bill, But I'd be very hesitant 129 00:06:56,640 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 1: if I'm Cassirio leaving Bill Belichick for Bill O'Brien. That 130 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 1: will turn on you in a heartbeat. And a team 131 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 1: that you know is good on paper but they still 132 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 1: got some financial issues. I think everyone views Deshaun Watson 133 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 1: is a really good player, but is he a superstar player? Like, 134 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: is he just gonna be some ten year NFL starter 135 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 1: that's leading your team to the playoffs every year? You 136 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 1: could argue, in the body of evidence we have, it's 137 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 1: probably what it looks like, but you never know. So 138 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:24,400 Speaker 1: maybe he's just trying to get a raise out of 139 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 1: the Patriots. I don't blame Casserrio for talking like the 140 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 1: only person that cares about you is you. You should 141 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 1: always look out for yourself. Belichick does, Kraft does, Josh 142 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 1: McDaniels does. So. I I have zero ill will or 143 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 1: judgment on Casserio. That's welcome to the bit, welcome to life. 144 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 1: But Easter b or however the hell you say his name, 145 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 1: it's going in on this reconmission. You go on a 146 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 1: Seal Team six mission with a bunch of other Seal 147 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 1: Team six members on the other side, like, you might 148 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 1: get blasted, you might get caught, right, it's easy when 149 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 1: we send Seal Team six into like Afghanistan and they 150 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 1: don't know what we're coming. But if you send a 151 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 1: Seal Team six member into like a fortress that is 152 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 1: being guarded by Seal Team six, even if you're the 153 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 1: best Seal Team six member, it's gonna be hard to 154 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:13,119 Speaker 1: infiltrate that thing. So Belichick, like, you're you're not putting 155 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 1: pulling a fast one on those guys. They're too smart, 156 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 1: they've seen it all. They do shady shit. So I 157 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 1: think the tampering charges of all the BS tampering charges 158 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 1: to get thrown out, and they happen in the NBA 159 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 1: more than more than anything, right, like magic. Johnson mentions 160 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 1: Paul George's name tampering, like this is legitimate tampering. I 161 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:33,680 Speaker 1: think where they're smoked, there's fire here, and the Texas 162 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: were caught red handed. Okay, let's get into Kirk Cousins. 163 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:45,640 Speaker 1: I saw Tom Pellasoro wrote had a comment that the 164 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:49,320 Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings are giving Kirk Cousins a lot of different looks, 165 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 1: different defenses in practice. And my first response was just 166 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 1: shake my head. You gave this guy eighty four million dollars. 167 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:03,560 Speaker 1: And when you pay a free agent, a veteran free 168 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:06,960 Speaker 1: agent in professional sports, whether it's basketball, football, or baseball. 169 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: I'm not a hockey guy, but I imagine hockey is 170 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:12,680 Speaker 1: a fan you're already getting. Like the player is the 171 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:15,320 Speaker 1: player when you get him, This is who he is. 172 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: You can't like when you draft someone. What's so powerful 173 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:22,680 Speaker 1: about the draft is like, think about whatever you do 174 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:26,320 Speaker 1: when you get an intern. You can mold them. You 175 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 1: can have them think the way that your business wants 176 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:33,320 Speaker 1: them to think. You can help him out build good habits. 177 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 1: If he just has the most basic stuff. Well, when 178 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 1: you hire someone that's four years old. In this fifteen 179 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: years experience, you're basically getting not a finished product, but 180 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 1: someone that has an idea of what they're doing. No 181 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 1: different than when you get a five or six year 182 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:50,079 Speaker 1: veteran player. And Kirk Cousins was six years I think 183 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:52,560 Speaker 1: seven years in the league when they signed him. So 184 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 1: you get a veteran player and you give him a 185 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: ton of money, like I got news for he kind 186 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: of is what he is. So you can give Cousins 187 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:03,440 Speaker 1: a million looks. In practice, it's not going to change 188 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 1: that much because the things that Kirk Cousins struggles with, 189 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 1: and this is what they should have known when they 190 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 1: signed him, are one he just physically limited. It was 191 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 1: always the knock with Alex Smith. Like Alex Smith, who's 192 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 1: a smarter guy than Kirk Cousins, seems like do teammates 193 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:23,319 Speaker 1: like him a little more? Whatever, just the better version 194 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 1: of Kirk Cousins still had physical limitations. Was never gonna 195 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 1: be able to make throws that far. Pete Brady Rogers 196 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 1: having the bag, he does not have that club in 197 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 1: the bag. If those guys have a three and a 198 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:40,080 Speaker 1: four iron, his bag stopped at like a six iron. 199 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 1: It doesn't mean because he doesn't know where to go 200 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 1: with the ball or who's open or who's not open, 201 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:47,079 Speaker 1: or what he wants to do with the football. Is 202 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 1: because physically he can't do it. Cousins very similar Becausin 203 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:54,360 Speaker 1: is not a good athlete, so when the play breaks down, 204 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:58,080 Speaker 1: he can only do so much. And his arm is 205 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 1: meant better than Alex, but it's not great for NFL standards. 206 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 1: So when you have an a limited arm talent, they're 207 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 1: gonna be throws that if they're a split second off. 208 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 1: You know, a guy like mahomes the best version. But 209 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 1: I just think you can use a lot of younger 210 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 1: players that that ball is there when you have a 211 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 1: little more zip on the football. And here's the other 212 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 1: knock on Cousins is processing stuff not in practice. We're 213 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 1: not in the film room. Again, I would say by 214 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:28,560 Speaker 1: three or four years into the NFL, Cousins, between sitting 215 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 1: and playing, had kind of seen it all, all the 216 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 1: different defenses, all the different looks like his. Again, his 217 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 1: downfall is he could see it and know it, but 218 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:41,439 Speaker 1: for whatever reason, from brain to arm to execution, it's 219 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:44,440 Speaker 1: just not there. Now Again, I sound like I'm crushing 220 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:47,560 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins. I think he's a solid quarterback somewhere between 221 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 1: ten and fifteen. But that's it. Like his resumes, his resume, right, 222 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 1: he's gonna throw some touchdowns, I got news for He's 223 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:56,679 Speaker 1: never been easier to throw touchdowns in the NFL for quarterbacks. 224 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:01,080 Speaker 1: But he has inopportune picks he makes in opportunity turnovers. 225 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:04,120 Speaker 1: And again just back to his physical limitations. He was 226 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: a fourth round pick for a reason. Now, where you're 227 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 1: drafted does not determine how successful you are. I e 228 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 1: Tom Brady, but Tom Brady once he overcame that one 229 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 1: just had elite had an elite arm. Now it's probably 230 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 1: not quite as strong as it used to be, but 231 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 1: he can make every throw at warp speed. Right. Obviously, 232 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: Roger's mahomes like the best version. But you don't need that, 233 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 1: but you do need like there are things that just 234 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 1: Drew Brees can't do that a big arm quarterback can, 235 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:33,199 Speaker 1: and sometimes I can get you in trouble. The difference 236 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 1: is Drew Brees for being a averaged arm. And again 237 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 1: when I say average arm, people think I've cried. He 238 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:42,800 Speaker 1: just doesn't have a great NFL arm because he's insanely 239 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:46,960 Speaker 1: accurate one in his process, like his ability to grind 240 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 1: the tape Monday through Saturday, the game plan, what he 241 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 1: thinks the defense is gonna do to you, to him, 242 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:56,439 Speaker 1: and then put that all into his mind and then 243 00:12:56,520 --> 00:13:01,200 Speaker 1: execute that into his body. Is is a plus characteristic, Like, 244 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 1: that's just not a plus characteristic for Kirk Cousins. So 245 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:06,559 Speaker 1: you can keep throwing them all these different looks, messed 246 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 1: with him in practice, try to get him flustered. I 247 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:11,839 Speaker 1: I don't think that's gonna do much, And I think 248 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 1: that is somewhat of an indictment that they were desperate 249 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 1: because they thought they were a quarterback away. Now, I 250 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:21,200 Speaker 1: will not argue that Kirk Cousins is not a better 251 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: player than case Keenum, Like that's not an opinion, that's 252 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:26,720 Speaker 1: a fact. He's a better player, but he's not that 253 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 1: much better. But when you factor in the money, he 254 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 1: got so much cash that then the pressure ads that 255 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 1: part of the evaluation of Kirk Cousins is that how 256 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 1: much you paid for him. If they had got Kirk 257 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:42,600 Speaker 1: Cousins for like thirty million dollars, guaranteed, it wouldn't be 258 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 1: that big of a deal. But they gave him eighty 259 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:49,320 Speaker 1: four million dollars, you know, eighty four million dollars. Like 260 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 1: part of why Instagram so sweet for Facebook, I think 261 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 1: that what they buy Instagram for like a billion dollars. 262 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:57,200 Speaker 1: I mean, it's now it feels like they're cash cow. 263 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 1: What would Instagram be worth now ten times what Facebook 264 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 1: bought it for. Part of when you have a suite, 265 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 1: when even when you draft a player like damn, you 266 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 1: drafted this guy in the second round. The Pats drafted 267 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo in the second round, the Raiders drafted Derek 268 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 1: Carr in the second round. Part of their value is 269 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 1: like damn for Dak Prescott, you got him cheap. Russell Wilson. 270 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 1: That's what's great is when you draft him low and 271 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 1: then he becomes a really good player. Now, Kirk Cousins 272 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 1: was drafted low in the fourth round, but then they 273 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 1: just paid him like an elite player, and we all 274 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 1: know he's not an elite player. There is so much 275 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 1: pressure on Kirk Cousins this year because it's not really 276 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 1: arguable if you just put a top ten quarterback on 277 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 1: that team, Russell Wilson, Andrew lock, Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady. 278 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 1: Hell if I gave him Jimmy Garoppolo, if I gave 279 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:50,840 Speaker 1: him Mahomes, Deshaun Watson, all these guys, they would win there. 280 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 1: They would be a lock playoff team. So I know 281 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 1: their defense was hit or miss, and it's not all 282 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 1: on Kirk Cousins. And it feels a little unfair because 283 00:14:58,040 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 1: it feels like I'm shipping on him right now. I'm 284 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 1: not even necessarily trying to, but I do think it's 285 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 1: an indictment that they're trying to throw all these curve balls, 286 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 1: like I'm sorry. He's gonna be thirty one this fall. 287 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 1: I think when the football season starts, he's gonna be 288 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 1: thirty one years old. Kind of is what he is, 289 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 1: you know, because he's always kind of hung his hat. 290 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 1: The way he became a starter was being a smart guy. 291 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 1: He didn't wow anyone with like athletic ability or deep 292 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 1: ball power. It was he was just super smart. He 293 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 1: knew the playbook. Like that's what he hangs his hat on. Right, 294 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 1: That's what if Mike Tyson ever in his prime, just 295 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 1: you know what, he doesn't have that much power anymore, 296 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 1: Like he wasn't gonna beat you with defense and an 297 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 1: ability to uh box like Floyd Mayweather like he hung 298 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 1: his hat on and hitting you in the face and 299 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 1: knocking you out like no one ever called Chuck Ladell. 300 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 1: You know what Chuck Lyadell is. He's an elite grappler 301 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 1: on the ground. No, if Chuck Ladell was gonna beat you, 302 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 1: Cal Pauly, a lum baby, he was gonna hit you 303 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 1: with a right right in the chin, and you were 304 00:15:56,560 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 1: gonna go night night. So the moment Chuck Lyadell's right 305 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 1: hook stopped being a plus attribute, he was screwed. His 306 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 1: career ended. It's like the moment we start questioning, you know, 307 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 1: I don't know if because it's could quite handle the playbook, 308 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 1: we're done. Because he ain't just gonna freelance like Farve. 309 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 1: You know, he's not just gonna be able to make 310 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 1: plays like Mahomes. He's not gonna be able to run 311 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 1: around like Deshaun Watson or Russell Wilson. He better be 312 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 1: the smartest guy on the field. I I think the 313 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings, if you get true serum in them right now, 314 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 1: if Mike zimmer A k the meat head, he can't 315 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 1: I respect him. Great defensive coach. He walked into my 316 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 1: my office right now, and I I bet he I 317 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 1: like vodka, but I bet he likes I bet he 318 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 1: likes whiskey or bourbon. So I went, I went and 319 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 1: grabbed him just a stiff bourbon or whiskey drink. I 320 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 1: poured it about two, about two drinks deep. He'd be like, 321 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 1: you know, if we could do one thing over, we 322 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 1: would not have seyn Kirk cousins of that contract. We 323 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 1: regret that contract. They're already kind of showing you like, 324 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:55,920 Speaker 1: you don't need me to tell you that. You don't 325 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 1: need him to tell you that. It's pretty clear through 326 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 1: the rumors that are coming out Air has it's it's 327 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:05,720 Speaker 1: not gonna work out. Okay, let's get in my last 328 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 1: item here Earl Thomas. And Earl Thomas made a comment, 329 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,120 Speaker 1: and I'm not trying to take it out of context. 330 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:15,440 Speaker 1: I did not hear him say it, so I don't 331 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 1: think he said this like with a negative connotation. I 332 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 1: just think he just said it very matter of factly, 333 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:27,200 Speaker 1: very black and white. Here's what Earl Thomas said. Uh, 334 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 1: I guess he was interviewed this week. Might have been 335 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:34,600 Speaker 1: yes Thursday as camp or mini camps for ending Earl 336 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:38,920 Speaker 1: Thomas on the Ravens defense. This defense is very complex 337 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 1: compared to what we did in Seattle, where all we 338 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 1: did was cover three. And when I first read that, 339 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:47,600 Speaker 1: I was like, is he taking a shot at Pete? 340 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 1: And then I just think he's saying that simply we 341 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:52,960 Speaker 1: do a lot of different stuff here. With Seattle, you 342 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:55,679 Speaker 1: knew exactly what we were doing, which is factually correct. 343 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:59,479 Speaker 1: And it just got me thinking because for the most part, 344 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:03,720 Speaker 1: I would say most NFL coaches believe that more complexity 345 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 1: in an offense or defensive schemes is a good thing. 346 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:09,919 Speaker 1: It means you're out thinking the opponent. They don't know 347 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:14,159 Speaker 1: what's coming. You have an advantage, uh, just because at 348 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 1: any moment you can go left, right, blitz different coverages, 349 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:22,679 Speaker 1: run past whatever, right. And I think Pete Carroll has 350 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:25,640 Speaker 1: proven if I get people that fit my system, we're 351 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 1: gonna do the same exact thing every play and it 352 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 1: won't matter. We're still gonna kick your ass. And I 353 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 1: think this applies to like anything in life. Too often 354 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:37,240 Speaker 1: people try to like reinvent the wheel in a business 355 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 1: and someone dm me this a while back, and then 356 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:43,200 Speaker 1: I've looked into it. It's so true, Like what most 357 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 1: good companies call R and D is not research and development, 358 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 1: it's rob and duplicate. And in most good businesses, you're 359 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 1: not necessarily you're innovating off something that's already there. R 360 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:58,199 Speaker 1: and D rob and duplicate, and football is king of that, right. 361 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:01,880 Speaker 1: Football coaches are constantly stealing concepts, just like in any 362 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 1: business there, but they're The difference is football is like, 363 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:07,439 Speaker 1: I can just steal your play. And the good thing 364 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 1: about if you're a football coach, you can see it 365 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 1: from college, you can steal it from high school. It 366 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:12,679 Speaker 1: doesn't really matter. If you see it and you like it, 367 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:16,880 Speaker 1: take it. But I think that I was looking back 368 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:21,720 Speaker 1: over the last seven years and went, well, I'm interested 369 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:24,240 Speaker 1: to see, Like the number one stat I look for 370 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:27,760 Speaker 1: in a defense is scoring defense, because at the end 371 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:33,200 Speaker 1: of the day, yards, yards per attempt, whatever, how many 372 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:37,800 Speaker 1: points do you give up? The The entire goal of 373 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:41,119 Speaker 1: this thing we call football is to have more points 374 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:44,400 Speaker 1: or just sports in general, uh is to have more 375 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:46,240 Speaker 1: points than the other team at the game, at the 376 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:49,479 Speaker 1: end of the game. So what is your scoring defense like? 377 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 1: And I just went through Baltimore in Seattle, because Baltimore 378 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 1: has consistently been one of the best defense in the league. 379 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:57,880 Speaker 1: Now they've done a lot of different stuff. They've also 380 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 1: had a lot of different defensive coordinators over the period 381 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:03,280 Speaker 1: of time. Well, last year two thousand eighteen, Baltimore won 382 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:05,080 Speaker 1: the best defensive league. They had the number two overall 383 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:08,800 Speaker 1: scoring defense. Seattle second worst year in the Pete Carroll 384 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:12,159 Speaker 1: tenure at eleven. Baltimore was really good on defense. Now 385 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 1: they've lost a lot of players from that defense, but 386 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:16,920 Speaker 1: last year they were awesome. Well, two years ago Baltimore 387 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 1: six and Seattle was thirteen. So the last couple of 388 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 1: years Seattle fell off for what you know, a little bit. 389 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 1: They also had a lot of injuries. They had a 390 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 1: lot of turnover. But I think they had a five 391 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 1: year run from twelve to sixteen where they had four 392 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 1: straight seasons where they were the number one scoring defense 393 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 1: where all they were doing was running cover three, and 394 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 1: then in two thousand and sixteen they were third. During 395 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:41,680 Speaker 1: that stretch, and this is when Ray Lewis was still 396 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 1: on the team. They still had at the end of 397 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 1: ed read Obviously Toorell Suggs had a lot of good players. C. J. 398 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:49,440 Speaker 1: Mosley The Ravens twelve twelve six, twenty four and nine, 399 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:55,400 Speaker 1: so pretty inconsistent. Now, the Seattle Seahawks had several Hall 400 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 1: of famers, I mean Earl Thomas Hall of Famer, Sherman 401 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: probably borderline Hall of Famer, Cam Chancellor, Hall a really 402 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 1: good Michael Bennett. Many had some really really good players. 403 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:07,680 Speaker 1: So you keep it pretty simple. But there's no disputing 404 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:10,520 Speaker 1: that's simple worked in Seattle. You don't like if you 405 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:13,439 Speaker 1: throw or just throw the fastball. You don't need to 406 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:16,360 Speaker 1: overthink the room here. Now you can't throw the fastball 407 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:18,359 Speaker 1: down the middle, but you don't need to, like, don't 408 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:20,080 Speaker 1: You don't need to throw a million breaking balls. Just 409 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 1: throw the fastball. Just don't put it down the middle. 410 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:25,639 Speaker 1: Put it in different spots. You're gonna get some strikeouts. Right. 411 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:28,240 Speaker 1: If cover three's works, you don't need to run cover two, 412 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 1: cover zero. Uh, blitz a bunch. I don't know. You 413 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 1: don't need to be that complex. Because she was working 414 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:37,199 Speaker 1: for Seattle, and guess what Pete Carroll did. He was 415 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 1: able to get an environment that was conducive, just playing free, 416 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 1: playing fast, and for four straight years, four straight years 417 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:49,919 Speaker 1: they had the number one scoring defense. And then the 418 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 1: year they quote unquote fell off in sixteen, they were third, Like, 419 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 1: think how consistent that is. And then even two years 420 00:21:57,119 --> 00:21:59,879 Speaker 1: when they've lost all these players, Cam Richard now Earl, 421 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 1: they were third. They were still top fifteen in the league. 422 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:05,120 Speaker 1: And I would expect them to be a top ten 423 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:08,159 Speaker 1: defense this year, scoring defense, because that's something that clearly 424 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:10,959 Speaker 1: Pete Carroll puts an emphasis on the franchise. Things are 425 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,800 Speaker 1: had on. It's the identity of the team and the 426 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:16,760 Speaker 1: identity of Baltimore Ravens. You say his defense too, but 427 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:19,199 Speaker 1: they're scoring defense have been very hit or miss. So 428 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:22,680 Speaker 1: just complexity doesn't matter if you can't do it right. 429 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:26,200 Speaker 1: Like I think when people see the Chiefs are a 430 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:29,000 Speaker 1: good example, they're very complex. I think the Patriots over 431 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:32,119 Speaker 1: time have become very complex on offense. Well, i've been 432 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:34,879 Speaker 1: Andy would tell you we got Alex Smith. He was 433 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:36,959 Speaker 1: comfortable doing a lot of these concepts because he did 434 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 1: him in college. Obviously, Patrick Mahomes can do a little 435 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 1: bit everything because he saw what Alex was doing. He 436 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:46,120 Speaker 1: ran the spread offense in college. Then he's comfortable adapting 437 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:49,119 Speaker 1: to new and you know, NFL type concepts. But he 438 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:52,360 Speaker 1: can be multiverse. Obviously, Tom Brady and Josh McDaniels are 439 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:55,359 Speaker 1: one of the most unique combos we've ever seen. But 440 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:58,080 Speaker 1: you know, if you can just run the ball down 441 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 1: someone's throat, when the Niners were humming under hardball, they 442 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:03,680 Speaker 1: had one of the best offensive lines in the league. 443 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:07,000 Speaker 1: They had Staley, they had you, Patty, I think their 444 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 1: center was good. When they had Boone and they had 445 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:12,360 Speaker 1: Davis was their offensive line, and they had Frank Gore 446 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:14,560 Speaker 1: and they had Bruce Miller. And you know what they 447 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:16,520 Speaker 1: did the majority of the games when they would take 448 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,240 Speaker 1: the lead, They'd run power down your throat. They'd run 449 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:22,439 Speaker 1: power till you tapped out and said, uncle, like, you 450 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:24,120 Speaker 1: didn't need to overthink the room. Do you know When 451 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:26,960 Speaker 1: they started overthinking the room and they tried to get 452 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 1: this progressive NFL spread attack with Colin Kaepernick not running 453 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:34,160 Speaker 1: the ball but throwing the football going four and five wide, 454 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 1: their offense fell apart. But when they just kept it 455 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 1: simple and they ran it out of the the pistol and 456 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:42,119 Speaker 1: they ran power, they dominated, they controlled the clock, and 457 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:44,639 Speaker 1: they played defense like and they just they kept it 458 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:47,719 Speaker 1: pretty simple, keep it simple, stupid. You know that that worked, 459 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 1: and it's worked for a lot of really good teams. 460 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 1: And I think historically when teams have gotten trouble is 461 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:54,320 Speaker 1: when they've tried to get tricky, and I think Seattle 462 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:56,720 Speaker 1: was a great example. And again I don't necessarily think 463 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:59,159 Speaker 1: Earl was taken a shot unless he actually was. I 464 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:02,199 Speaker 1: didn't hear the audio. I just reading the quote. But 465 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:05,399 Speaker 1: I think one thing Pete Carroll should be very proud 466 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:09,920 Speaker 1: of is what we do works. What we do works. 467 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,359 Speaker 1: We have we play with a violent style, we play fast, 468 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 1: and while we don't have the talent that we once 469 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 1: did with all these guys gone, we still are gonna 470 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:20,920 Speaker 1: be really good because we're gonna do something and we're 471 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:22,919 Speaker 1: gonna hang our hat on and we're gonna master it. 472 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:26,240 Speaker 1: I think, you know, too often in life we try 473 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:28,920 Speaker 1: to do a million different things, where when you can 474 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 1: just hone into something, it's impossible not to improve where 475 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:35,680 Speaker 1: I think some of these, especially when you go around 476 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,200 Speaker 1: the NFL. First off, defense is really hard to play 477 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:40,639 Speaker 1: right in the NFL because the rules are not on 478 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 1: your side. So when you try to, you know, run 479 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:48,320 Speaker 1: eighteen different million concepts on defense, blitzes, coverages, you can 480 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,320 Speaker 1: outthink the room fast, like there's no outthinking the room 481 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:53,440 Speaker 1: on Seattle. Now they may get penalized. They may have 482 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:56,360 Speaker 1: a player that's just not good enough whatever, but they're 483 00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:58,919 Speaker 1: not going to really be confused because they just do 484 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,119 Speaker 1: one basic thing and they do look really, really well. 485 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:04,560 Speaker 1: So I think that is a compliment to Pete Carroll 486 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:08,200 Speaker 1: and a compliment to Seattle. It should be viewed and 487 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:11,399 Speaker 1: something they should be very proud of. Okay, no, uh 488 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:14,520 Speaker 1: no Middlecoff mail bag this week, mainly because it's gonna 489 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:17,119 Speaker 1: be a small, slow summer. I'm gonna need some of 490 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:19,240 Speaker 1: your guys questions, so fire up in the d M 491 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:22,280 Speaker 1: s at John Middlecoff on Instagram. It's how I answer 492 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:25,119 Speaker 1: your questions, and I will I'll get to your questions 493 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:29,800 Speaker 1: in the upcoming weeks because everyone's on vacation, including kon 494 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:31,720 Speaker 1: of me. But the great part about having a podcast 495 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 1: you can do podcasts on vacations. Uh, there's not gonna 496 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,399 Speaker 1: be much going on. I mean literally, the entire NFL 497 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 1: is shut down at minimum for the next month. Uh 498 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:45,359 Speaker 1: so we won't even have people reporting probably still July 499 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:51,240 Speaker 1: twenty on the early earlier since June. And plus it's 500 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 1: about five forty right now my time, and I got 501 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:55,879 Speaker 1: the Warriors game on him like twenty minutes and I 502 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:59,479 Speaker 1: want to watch the golf. So enjoy your weekend. Uh, 503 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 1: Happy Father's Day the Friday, this Friday, or excuse me, 504 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:05,919 Speaker 1: this Sunday. I guess you're probably listening to this on 505 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 1: Friday or maybe Saturday. Hell, maybe on Father's Day. Tell 506 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:11,119 Speaker 1: your dad about my podcast, get him listening to But 507 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:14,040 Speaker 1: enjoy Father's Day. For all the fathers out there, keep 508 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,439 Speaker 1: crushing it and I'll talk to you all soon. Subscribe 509 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:21,240 Speaker 1: to all your friends, tweeted out, instagram it out, do 510 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 1: whatever you do, Audios. Peace, have a good weekend. M