1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: Sports Radio. Made it to a Thursday, Gang's all fired up. 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 1: I don't think we have any NFL coming up this 4 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 1: afternoon or tonight, but it's early. Welcome to the program. 5 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: Got breaking news here. The Anthony Davis situation with the 6 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 1: Lakers is being finalized five year, one hundred ninety million 7 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:24,119 Speaker 1: dollar max contract to stay with the La Lakers. This 8 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:27,480 Speaker 1: a day after Lebron James signed a two year extension. 9 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: He's locked in at around forty one million dollars. But 10 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: now this will preclude the Lakers from bringing in the 11 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:37,559 Speaker 1: Greek Freak. I think that there was the possibility they 12 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:41,200 Speaker 1: had that door open that maybe, depending on what Lebron 13 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: was going to sign for, Anthony Davis was going to 14 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: sign for, maybe the Greek Freak would be available for 15 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:50,559 Speaker 1: the Lakers. But that's not happening. Not happening with these 16 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:53,319 Speaker 1: two contracts here with Lebron James, and I think there 17 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: was a curiosity, does Lebron take less because he wants 18 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: to be able to add more players to the roster. 19 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: Make sure that an advanced age of thirty six, thirty seven, 20 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,400 Speaker 1: thirty eight, he's still able to be a big contributor, 21 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: but have some younger legs there. That's not the case. 22 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 1: Although I look at Lebron as a bargain. If you 23 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 1: said I can have Lebron at forty one million dollars, 24 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 1: and I look around and see some of these other 25 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 1: players who actually make more than he does. Lebron is 26 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 1: the most valuable player in the league, and to be 27 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: able to have him, get Anthony Davis there, they got 28 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 1: a little bit younger. I think they got better in 29 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 1: the off season. This was a great offseason for the Lakers. 30 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: You got Lebron signed up now for this year and 31 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: two more years after that. Anthony Davis finalizing his five 32 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:43,400 Speaker 1: year contract. Rich Paul, his agent, said the deal includes 33 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 1: an early termination option prior to the fifth season. The 34 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 1: deal could be signed as soon as today. All right, 35 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: welcome to the program. 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But I gave you the stat 46 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: yesterday of the last twenty seven meetings, twenty of the 47 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 1: twenty seven have been decided by seven points or less. 48 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 1: And when I see my boy Trace McSorley coming in 49 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: late in the game, and I go, if he leads 50 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 1: them to a touchdown, Baltimore is going to cover in 51 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 1: this game. And Trace didn't distinguish himself too well in 52 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 1: the first series. Got lucky and Hollywood Brown took it 53 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 1: to the house and there you have it. The Pittsburgh 54 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: Steelers survived. They stay undefeated. Now, this was just an 55 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: odd game because you had several Pro Bowl players, including 56 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 1: the starting backfield. With Baltimore out of the game. You're 57 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 1: on the road against the Steelers in one of the 58 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: better defenses, if not the best defense in football. It 59 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 1: was inconsistent play on both sides, which is if I'm 60 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: the Steelers and Mike Tomlin, I'm not thrilled about because 61 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,839 Speaker 1: I can look at Baltimore as a makeshift lineup offensively 62 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: and defensively. But that told me a whole lot more 63 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: about the Ravens than it did the Steelers. I didn't 64 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:31,399 Speaker 1: come away going the Steelers could go toe to toe 65 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: with Kansas City. Doesn't mean that they can't if they 66 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: get to that point in the playoffs. But what I 67 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: saw yesterday made me a little bit nervous. Running game 68 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 1: is not great, at times nonexistent, and I don't want 69 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 1: Ben throwing the ball fifty times. The defense, they lost 70 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: Bud Dupree with an ACL. He's done for the year, huge, 71 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 1: huge loss. Ravens didn't get much going on offense, got 72 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: that big touchdown late. But you know, the bigger picture 73 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: here is the NFL is just trying to muscle forward. 74 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 1: This game was a big obstacle. It was supposed to 75 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 1: be played Thanksgiving night, and then we were going to 76 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: have a Sunday or a Monday or Tuesday. Now it's 77 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:16,559 Speaker 1: Wednesday afternoon. I don't know if the league compare cares 78 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 1: how competitive these games are. I know, you know, the 79 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:22,159 Speaker 1: commissioners said that they want them to be competitive, and 80 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: you know they're taking all the safety precautions, factoring those in. 81 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: I understand them, but I don't know if the NFL 82 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 1: gets this lucky the next time. The priorities get to 83 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,279 Speaker 1: the playoffs, no matter how they have to do it. 84 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:39,599 Speaker 1: Here is the commissioner of the NFL, courtesy of NBC Sports, 85 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 1: talking about why Baltimore was cleared to play in this game. 86 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 1: In the Baltimore case, we were concerned with the containment. 87 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: We saw a number of positives over the last ten days. 88 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:54,600 Speaker 1: Our health and safety people and our medical experts, led 89 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:58,039 Speaker 1: by doctor Sales, did a wonderful job of tracing the 90 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:01,120 Speaker 1: virus and making sure that we underst stood where it 91 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 1: was generated from, how it was spreading. And I think, 92 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 1: you know, by having the delays of a couple of days, 93 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 1: that gave us the confidence that we understood where the 94 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: virus was coming from, how it was continuing to spread, 95 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: and that we were in the last stage of that, 96 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 1: and comfortable that the game could be played safely tonight. 97 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:21,799 Speaker 1: All right, whatever, blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah. 98 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:24,280 Speaker 1: They're just doing their best to get to the postseason. 99 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:29,280 Speaker 1: It's basically what that is. Here's Ben Roethlisberger, the Steelers quarterback, 100 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:32,719 Speaker 1: after the win that didn't feel like a win. We 101 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:34,839 Speaker 1: just weren't good good enough at all the day. I mean, 102 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: obviously we won, but I'm sure doesn't feel like it 103 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: just just just not good football. It starts with me, 104 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 1: you know, it's this is a mental game, and this 105 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:46,039 Speaker 1: has been a very mentally challenging and draining week. You know, 106 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:47,839 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, we need to step 107 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:51,039 Speaker 1: on the football field and play good football. At his time, Yeah, 108 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 1: it didn't feel like a win, and it shouldn't feel 109 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:56,799 Speaker 1: like a win. But give credit to the Ravens because somehow, 110 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 1: some way they stayed close with them and made this 111 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 1: certain interesting a lot more uncomfortable than we thought with 112 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers. By the way, if you need some 113 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 1: no brainer gifts for the holidays, T shirts, hoodies, hats, 114 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:11,159 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one calendar, and a whole lot more Dan 115 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:15,279 Speaker 1: Patrick dot com. We'd say good morning to the Danets, McLevin. 116 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: We'll talk to the big trade between the Rockets in 117 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 1: the Wizards. Will give you my thoughts on that Michigan 118 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 1: Maryland has been canceled Ohio State. Michigan State is still 119 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: on the docket, and we don't know what will happen 120 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:30,039 Speaker 1: next week when Ohio State is scheduled to play Michigan. 121 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 1: All right, mcleven, what do you have for me today? 122 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 1: Let's start with should they have played that game yesterday? No, 123 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 1: they shouldn't have because I don't think it was It 124 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 1: wasn't fair to have for the competitive balance, that's all. 125 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: You know. I know that RG three said, oh, you 126 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 1: know everything that we went through, and you know the 127 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 1: NFL made it tough for us, No, Baltimore made it 128 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 1: tough for Baltimore here. You know that that made it difficult, 129 00:06:57,800 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: far more difficult for RG three to get ready for 130 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:03,839 Speaker 1: or the Steelers. I understand that, but you want the 131 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 1: best product out there, and could you have moved this 132 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: to a week eighteen? You can. I just think once 133 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 1: you open the door, you can't close it. But as 134 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: far as a competitive game, it turned out to be 135 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 1: a competitive game accidentally, But given everything, I like, you 136 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 1: had guys who they're testing prior to the game. You 137 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:28,840 Speaker 1: had guys who didn't fly in. We can't fly in. 138 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: There's snow there, like, you got how many players on 139 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 1: offense Pro Bowl players who weren't there. That's what made 140 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 1: me nervous, and it felt like if you didn't cancel 141 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 1: that game you're not going to cancel any game. Yeah, seton, 142 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 1: But part of me wants this just to be treated 143 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 1: like an injury, Like if your star quarterback gets hurt 144 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 1: and is out for a game that affects the competitive 145 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 1: balance of the game. It's just kind of crappy luck. 146 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: And if your team, you know, isn't following protocols and 147 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 1: there's a huge COVID outbreak, that's kind of your fault 148 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 1: and like tough, Sorry you got to play with all 149 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 1: your third stringers, but we didn't know. This is so 150 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: random that you didn't know the day of the game 151 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: they had to take test Wednesday morning to see if 152 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 1: they could play three hours later or four hours later. 153 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: That to me is way too fragile, way too tenuous 154 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 1: to go. I mean, imagine if you had guys who 155 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 1: tested positive for the Ravens prior to the game and 156 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 1: then couldn't play, and then you've already got a makeshift lineup, 157 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 1: and then another makeshift lineup after that makeshift lineup was 158 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 1: not able to perform. It just felt like this is 159 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:39,320 Speaker 1: the one that I probably would have said, no, we're 160 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:41,959 Speaker 1: not going to play this game. It's not fair because 161 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 1: now you're altering the schedule for the following week, and 162 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 1: that's where you're impacting other teams. And if you do that, 163 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 1: then I have a problem with that, Yes, but I'm 164 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:53,320 Speaker 1: probably on an island with it. But if you can't 165 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 1: feel the team, then you forfeit. Yeah, you can't get 166 00:08:57,160 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 1: your guys out there, then why should you throw off 167 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 1: every other team league? When you guys can't get it together, 168 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 1: then forfeit the game. But I understand what happened with 169 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:07,439 Speaker 1: the Broncos. If all the quarterbacks are together and the 170 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 1: Broncos aren't smart enough to have a quarterback on the 171 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 1: roster who doesn't go into those meetings and may zoom 172 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 1: in just to protect you, then that's on the Broncos. 173 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 1: This just felt like it was spreading. We didn't know 174 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,719 Speaker 1: how quickly it was spreading. We didn't know how many 175 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 1: players were going to be able to play. The fact 176 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 1: that they didn't fly they couldn't fly in on Tuesday, 177 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 1: and then they had to fly in on Wednesday, and 178 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:35,440 Speaker 1: then players getting tested there. It just felt like this 179 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 1: was just slapped together. And it goes back to what 180 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:41,199 Speaker 1: I've said. All they want to do, all these commissioners 181 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 1: want to do is just get me to the postseason. 182 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 1: Just get me to the postseason, because I can take 183 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 1: away half the field where I don't have to worry 184 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: about all these other teams. Now we can be really 185 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 1: isolated in trying to combat this here on a week 186 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:58,480 Speaker 1: to week basis. Yeah, point, do you think it's because 187 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:01,440 Speaker 1: also the NFL knows we can't cancel games because we 188 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 1: have no real plan. That's fair to cancel games because 189 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: if they canceled the games, in theory, it would be 190 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 1: because of the Ravens. So you wouldn't want to take 191 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 1: a win away from the Steelers. But if you make 192 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:13,520 Speaker 1: it a forfeit by the Ravens, the Ravens technically should 193 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 1: not get paid for that game, and the players union 194 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 1: wouldn't accept that. So you cannot satisfy both sides. Well, 195 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 1: even if you say, all right, you still get paid, 196 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:23,199 Speaker 1: you know, if that takes away the big hurdle, the 197 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:25,720 Speaker 1: big obstacle that Okay, you're still going to get paid, 198 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 1: but we can't play this game. But then you have 199 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:30,439 Speaker 1: to go sort of case by case and say who's 200 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:34,600 Speaker 1: it fault here? Strength and conditioning coach and then everybody 201 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 1: who came in contact with him, you know, Denver all 202 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 1: of our quarterbacks are together in one room. We don't 203 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 1: have a quarterback now, Okay, I put that on the 204 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 1: Broncos for their stupidity, because teams have talked there are 205 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 1: teams who don't have all their quarterbacks who go in 206 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 1: the quarterback room just because there's something like this. Yeah, mclub, 207 00:10:56,840 --> 00:10:58,840 Speaker 1: I have a problem though. The rules have changed throughout 208 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:01,080 Speaker 1: the season so early, and they didn't have its trip 209 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:03,240 Speaker 1: to product. I mean, as a Stealers reporter said, yes, 210 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:05,440 Speaker 1: Orry Bend at the same thing, the Broncos quarterback said 211 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 1: he was in a room without a mask and put 212 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 1: out a COVID lists of timing just happened to work out. 213 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 1: I feel like they're thirty two teams with violations here. 214 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:16,559 Speaker 1: So I don't know. I understand the rules are stricter now, 215 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: but are you're gonna look back at the beginning part 216 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:21,520 Speaker 1: of the season penalize those teams. Yeah, well, you can't 217 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:24,959 Speaker 1: do that retroactively. But I understand what you're saying. I mean, 218 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,959 Speaker 1: this is fluid. This is weak to day to day. 219 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,400 Speaker 1: It feels like almost hour to hour of what do 220 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 1: we do? How do we do it? Do we do 221 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:35,720 Speaker 1: too much? Not enough? The testing part of this. It 222 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 1: just seemed kind of crazy yesterday. But I do give 223 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:41,959 Speaker 1: the Ravens all the credit in the world because they 224 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 1: went in there and I don't think anybody thought they 225 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 1: had a chance to even keep it close, and they did. 226 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 1: This program brought you by one eight hundred Flowers. 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Not who's gonna win, but I truly thought 235 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 1: with the Ravens and Steelers, like who's gonna lose this? 236 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 1: And then Ben throws that pass over the middle around 237 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:23,719 Speaker 1: the two minute mark, and if Washington doesn't bring it 238 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:27,320 Speaker 1: down somehow the Ravens get the ball back, or if 239 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 1: they had picked it off, Like it was one of 240 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 1: those where I went, this game is really really close, 241 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 1: far closer than it needed to be. The Steelers should 242 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 1: have been up twenty eight to seven. It felt like 243 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:43,840 Speaker 1: at one point, but you win those games. But it 244 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,440 Speaker 1: told me a whole lot about the Ravens and made 245 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:51,080 Speaker 1: me a lot more nervous about the Steelers. Yeah, Polly, Yeah, 246 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 1: the Steelers. I mean the Ravens that every chance Robert 247 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:55,480 Speaker 1: Griffin Junior the third was bringing them down for a 248 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 1: late touchdown to take the lead at halftime, And that 249 00:12:57,559 --> 00:12:59,439 Speaker 1: was so egregious by the revs not to call the 250 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 1: lay a game him at the goal and there Harball, 251 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:04,400 Speaker 1: it's going nuts and deservedly, so I don't even know 252 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:07,320 Speaker 1: what they were thinking there. I get you go, you 253 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:09,600 Speaker 1: can't do that. And then John Harball said you can't 254 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:12,720 Speaker 1: do that, and he was very upset after the game 255 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 1: and had this to say about that non call. Well, 256 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 1: we knew we had enough time to run the two 257 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:20,960 Speaker 1: players we wanted to run to run hope it would score, 258 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 1: but didn't. We had a quick play passed that was 259 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:26,599 Speaker 1: would be operated quick and that could be as a 260 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:28,679 Speaker 1: quick throw so we'd have time to the time if 261 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 1: that was in the fleete. And you know, I just 262 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:32,719 Speaker 1: feel like if you're laying on the ground like that, 263 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:35,079 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, you're either injured or for 264 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: it's delay a game. So that's pretty clear cut type 265 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 1: of a deal, and that's how regultable. Yeah, it should 266 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 1: have been called, absolutely, no question about it. Why it wasn't. 267 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 1: I have no idea. All Right, the rocket ship Russell 268 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:53,079 Speaker 1: Westbrook Junior the third to the Wizards for John Wall. 269 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:56,599 Speaker 1: We had gotten an inkling that this was a possibility 270 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago, and I said, if I'm 271 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:03,840 Speaker 1: the Rockets, no, if I'm the Wizards, I'll gladly take 272 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:06,839 Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook. But if I'm the Rockets, I don't want 273 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 1: John Wall. Because Russell Westbrook is friends with James Harden. 274 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:15,679 Speaker 1: I thought they coexisted. It's just the experiment didn't work. 275 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 1: Now I'm going to bring in John Wall, who has 276 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 1: always been the star no matter where he's gone. Even 277 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 1: when Bradley Beale got there, john Wall was the star. 278 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 1: Now he goes to Houston to play with James Harden 279 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 1: and John Wall is a ballhog. Russell Westbrook and Bradley 280 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 1: Beale can coexist. In fact, I think they could thrive. 281 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 1: I think that. And you know, granted, the Wizards gave 282 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 1: up a first round pick a couple of years from now, 283 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 1: but the Rockets getting John Wall and you're kind of 284 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 1: swapping the same contracts here. It's not like you go, well, 285 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 1: now it's a rebuild. Well, no, You've got a guy 286 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 1: who's got the same length of a contract three years 287 00:14:55,800 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 1: as Russell Westbrook does. And now John Wall comes in. 288 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 1: These are two guys who are well, they have been 289 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 1: ball dominant. I thought Russell Westbrook did pretty well in 290 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 1: the bubble, you know. I think sometimes his stats look 291 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 1: better than he actually plays instead of the other way around. 292 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 1: But he goes there with Bradley Beale, and I don't 293 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 1: know how long Bradley Beale is there. Because Bradley Beale 294 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 1: is coveted. Nobody wants Russell Westbrook, and nobody wants John Wall, 295 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 1: not at forty one million dollars like John Wall makes 296 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 1: what Lebron makes, and that he makes more than Lebron 297 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: makes this year. But I don't I don't want John 298 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 1: Wall and he can't shoot. You know, he used to 299 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 1: be one of the fastest guys in the game, but 300 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 1: I don't know what that means now. I don't even 301 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 1: know what the Rockets are doing. And if you look 302 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 1: at what the Bucks gave up to get Drew Holliday 303 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 1: from New Orleans, what are you giving up to get 304 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 1: James hard So I don't understand it. And if I 305 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 1: need two teams to get involved for James Harden, if 306 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 1: I'm going to make this interesting for the Rockets to 307 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 1: truly have a rebuild, but you can't have a rebuild 308 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 1: if John Wall is going to be there at that 309 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 1: salary for the next three years. I do think that 310 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 1: James Harden will get the Rockets to the playoffs. How 311 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 1: about that the Rockets will still make the playoffs. I 312 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 1: don't know if that's a hot take, but I appreciate that. 313 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 1: Paul Yes mclovin. I'd rather have John Wall and street 314 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:32,160 Speaker 1: clothes and Russell Westbrook on the court because Russell's taking 315 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 1: the ball out of everyone's hands. I don't know that 316 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 1: he's gonna help. Wait wait, wait, wait, wait, now that's 317 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 1: a hot take. You no, no, no. I think Russell 318 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 1: Westbrook deferred to James Harden. I thought that he played 319 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: better to They played better together than I thought that 320 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: they would. It's just the experiment doesn't work, you know, 321 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 1: so you can't go, Hey, let's try the same experiment. 322 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 1: We'll just bring in John Wall instead of Russell Westbrook. 323 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:04,159 Speaker 1: I think Russell Westbrook will do well in Washington with 324 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: Bradley Beale. I think Bradley Beale makes more sense for 325 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 1: him than James Harden because James Harden is ball dominant. 326 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:14,679 Speaker 1: Russ can be your point guard. Russ can still average 327 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:17,440 Speaker 1: a triple double, and Bradley Beale will still get his 328 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 1: perimeter shots. Russ loves to drive, you know, drive and kick. 329 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 1: So I'm okay with that. I am. I think the 330 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 1: Wizards getting Russell Westbrook, I'm more comfortable with that than 331 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:31,440 Speaker 1: John Wall with the Rockets. Yes. Point. And you're talking 332 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:33,960 Speaker 1: to Pearlot, though, who has been anti Russell Westbrook since 333 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 1: twenty fifteen. He's been on this train early and he's 334 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:39,680 Speaker 1: going all the way through. He's declared, you cannot win 335 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 1: a title with Russell Westbrook on your roster. Well, I 336 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:45,400 Speaker 1: didn't sailor win a title. I just said Washington will 337 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:48,959 Speaker 1: be that. I like the move for Washington. First of all, 338 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:53,760 Speaker 1: John Wall's coming back from torn Achilles. How about we 339 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:57,879 Speaker 1: factor that in too. Russell Westbrook's healthy. I mean, he 340 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 1: did have COVID in the bubble, but I don't want 341 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 1: John Wall. Yeah, McLean, Well, the biggest winner here is 342 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:07,960 Speaker 1: the Knicks because everyone on Earth yesterday at aging Russell 343 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 1: Wetsbrook would be a nick they like basically should have 344 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:12,399 Speaker 1: a parade that they're not stuck with that. Yes, but 345 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:15,400 Speaker 1: John Wall is anyone really expect John Wall to play 346 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:17,640 Speaker 1: a lot? I feel like this is good. If Harden 347 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 1: just wants to clear everyone out and do his thing, 348 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:23,800 Speaker 1: isn't that what he why he wants his deal? I 349 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:27,120 Speaker 1: don't think. I don't know if they said to James Harden, hey, 350 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:30,160 Speaker 1: we're gonna do this. I don't know if James Harden 351 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 1: had veto power on this. They had worked out Wall 352 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:36,119 Speaker 1: and Harden had been working out together. I guess I 353 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 1: know Kevin Durant's been working out with John Wall and said, 354 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 1: you know, hey, let's let's show compare scars on our achilles, 355 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 1: and John Wall's looking great. Okay, I mean they're just 356 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 1: shifting contracts. I don't basically the same player. But I 357 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:59,479 Speaker 1: think what Washington did, but they improved themselves. They traded 358 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:02,119 Speaker 1: away a guy who hadn't played hasn't played it over 359 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:05,480 Speaker 1: a year, and they traded him, and they got Russell Westbrook, 360 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:10,680 Speaker 1: who can put up twenty five, ten and ten. And 361 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:16,439 Speaker 1: you put that with Bradley Bald and Bertarns. Then you 362 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:20,359 Speaker 1: might have an interesting team there. Who else did they get? 363 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:26,640 Speaker 1: Oh my guy from Israel, Denny, Yeah, yeah, they got 364 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,760 Speaker 1: Denny Avida. Oh the guy with the big bar behind him. 365 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:32,880 Speaker 1: I love that guy. You gotta love a guy who 366 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:36,360 Speaker 1: shows up on Draft night with a big bar behind him. Nice, yes, mcvin. 367 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:39,159 Speaker 1: But yesterday you put Bradley Beale in a heat uniform, right. 368 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 1: I know I'm saying that he I don't know how 369 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 1: long he'll be there. But if I have Bradley Beale, 370 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:47,639 Speaker 1: I don't know how long James Harden's going to be 371 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 1: in Houston. So maybe John Wall's team in Houston and 372 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:54,440 Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook's team in Washington by the time the season starts. 373 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:56,880 Speaker 1: Who knows? Now this is going all right, we'll come 374 00:19:56,920 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 1: up with a poll question here. Phone calls are always welcome. 375 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,959 Speaker 1: I'm all fired up today and I have no idea why, 376 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:05,480 Speaker 1: no idea why? Because I'm stuck here in the man 377 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:08,679 Speaker 1: cave with Fritzie. All this reason to be a little uh, 378 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 1: a little jerky little. I got the other Danetts via 379 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:18,159 Speaker 1: remote here zoom joining us here. I just want to 380 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 1: on behalf of the other Danettes. I just want to 381 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 1: apologize that you're stuck there with Todd. Well, every conversation, 382 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 1: every conversation is with Todd. There's nobody here. It's it's 383 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 1: me and Todd. So when I when I go to 384 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 1: commercial break, I'm gonna walk out, and then I have 385 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:41,639 Speaker 1: to say something that Todd. You're often go into your 386 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:45,439 Speaker 1: back office just to avoid having a conversation. Well, I 387 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:47,119 Speaker 1: don't know, Oh, you'll go to the back. Did we 388 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:48,880 Speaker 1: talk a few guys in the back that are still 389 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 1: in the studio? Todd, we're a couple that's run out 390 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:53,920 Speaker 1: of things to talk. It's like, yeah, I was he 391 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:56,200 Speaker 1: sitting at the dinner table and you're like, what do 392 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 1: you think of the butter? I like the texture. I 393 00:20:57,680 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 1: like the nice little cold out of the freezer butter. 394 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 1: The holes are nice and warm. And then that's all right. 395 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:04,879 Speaker 1: Every time that door opens and you walk in the 396 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 1: other end, how's it going, hey, Tony? That that's it? 397 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:11,439 Speaker 1: We didn't We don't have anything to talk about. What 398 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:12,880 Speaker 1: do you think of the Caesar? What are you gonna 399 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 1: start with? The wedge? Are we're looking at Dan? You 400 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:16,440 Speaker 1: and Todd ran out of stuff to talk about In 401 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:20,639 Speaker 1: July of three, Yeah, that's a little upsetting. Well, we 402 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 1: faked it pretty well every there eighteen and a half year. 403 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 1: I don't know how we got anywhere near that. So yeah, 404 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:28,800 Speaker 1: it's how's the family? Yeah? Good? All right? See tomorrow. 405 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 1: I run out of things to say, usually by about 406 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:35,359 Speaker 1: forty five minutes into this show, which is hurtful because 407 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:37,480 Speaker 1: you have plenty of things to say to a whole 408 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:39,359 Speaker 1: bunch of people around the country and world that you 409 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 1: never may But I spread it around with the dan 410 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 1: Eds like I might go to you know, mclove and hey, 411 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:46,720 Speaker 1: could you run some numbers on this? Or hey, Seaton, 412 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,199 Speaker 1: let me ask you about this commercial reader. Hey, Paulie, 413 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 1: what do you think about this? It's so interesting and 414 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:53,879 Speaker 1: multi faster than me. That's the problem. I have this 415 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:56,480 Speaker 1: little niche kind of thing where there's just not a 416 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:58,920 Speaker 1: lot to bounce off. We'll take a break here. What 417 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:03,360 Speaker 1: is that niche thing? The way? See that you're ruining 418 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:06,320 Speaker 1: what my conversation is going to be during the commercial break, Seaton, 419 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:10,480 Speaker 1: I was saving that during the commercial break, Todd, what's 420 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 1: your niche? Take a break? Dan Orlovsky is going to 421 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 1: join us coming up about five minutes here. 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Albert Breer had this tweet, 453 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:10,120 Speaker 1: and he said, nothing's more indicative of our nation's handling 454 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:13,080 Speaker 1: of the pandemic than the forty nine ers situation. They've 455 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 1: been forced out of Santa Clara County because of new 456 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 1: COVID nineteen policies. They're going to Maricopa, Arizona County. Maricopa 457 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:26,400 Speaker 1: has nearly twice the cases per capita that Santa Clara has, 458 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:28,840 Speaker 1: but the Niners are going to go there to play 459 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 1: two games. He's Dan Orlovsky, the former NFL quarterback. You 460 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:36,479 Speaker 1: can check him out weekdays on ESPN's NFL Live at 461 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:40,520 Speaker 1: four Eastern. Also contributes to some other programs on the Mothership, 462 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 1: including Get Up Sports Center, First Taken More. I always 463 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 1: learned something when we have him on and Dan joins 464 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:48,879 Speaker 1: us on the program. Dan good Morning, explain that logic 465 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:50,840 Speaker 1: to me that the Niners can't play at home, but 466 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 1: they're going to play in Arizona where the COVID situation 467 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:57,399 Speaker 1: as far as testing is higher twice as high as 468 00:24:57,440 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 1: it is in Santa Clara be talking about football often, 469 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:03,840 Speaker 1: so my brain cells can't figure that out. But I 470 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,639 Speaker 1: know they found a way to make their games happen, 471 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:09,440 Speaker 1: which is the most important thing to the NFL, and 472 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:12,960 Speaker 1: hopefully everyone stays safe. But that's above my pay grade. 473 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,720 Speaker 1: But it feels like this is whatever it takes to 474 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:18,080 Speaker 1: get to the postseason. We saw this with the NBA 475 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 1: and the bubble, the NHL and the bubble, We saw 476 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 1: this with Major League Baseball. Does the NFL have blinders 477 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:27,200 Speaker 1: on that it's just whatever it takes. We're playing these 478 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 1: games even if it's not a true representation of the 479 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:34,200 Speaker 1: teams that we expect to be on the field. Yeah, 480 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 1: I think a little bit. I think that the reality 481 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:38,880 Speaker 1: is this Actually got into a friend of mine who's 482 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:41,440 Speaker 1: an attorney last night about this because she asked me, 483 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:43,919 Speaker 1: do you think the season's going to be viewed the 484 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,080 Speaker 1: same or watered down? I said no, I think I 485 00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:48,399 Speaker 1: think because there's a lot of challenges tied to it, 486 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 1: that it'll still be weighed equally, if not greater because 487 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:54,640 Speaker 1: of those challenges, I said, I do think that this 488 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,679 Speaker 1: week needs to be a huge learning example for the NFL, because, 489 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 1: you know, the Ravens have to play their game because 490 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:02,480 Speaker 1: of their COVID outbreak. They got a thousand starters out, 491 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:04,440 Speaker 1: but a lot of like you know, their quarterbacks out, 492 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:06,720 Speaker 1: which is obviously a huge deal. And it may not 493 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 1: be that big a deal because it's the regular season 494 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:13,920 Speaker 1: and there's sixteen games and it's not a lose and 495 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 1: go home sudden death environment. But what would happen if 496 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:19,480 Speaker 1: it was the first or second round of the playoffs 497 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:22,880 Speaker 1: and it's Patrick Mahomes or it's Aaron Rodgers and those 498 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:26,400 Speaker 1: guys can't play in that game because of contact tracing 499 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 1: or something. That's a huge problem for the NFL, and 500 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 1: it is sudden death winner, go home type of thing, 501 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 1: and so I get it that they want to get 502 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:39,199 Speaker 1: to the playoffs, but they need to learn from this 503 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 1: past week because that would be unacceptable. I was watching 504 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 1: the game yesterday and I thought, Who's going to lose 505 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 1: this game? It wasn't who's going to win this game, 506 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 1: but I got the feeling that the Steelers were playing 507 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:53,480 Speaker 1: down to and I give the Ravens credit, but it 508 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:56,119 Speaker 1: did I learn more from the Ravens. Should I have 509 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:59,639 Speaker 1: learned more about the Ravens or the Steelers yesterday? I 510 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:03,159 Speaker 1: think yesterday's game is really difficult game just to judge 511 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:06,040 Speaker 1: the Steelers off of haven't had a lot of structure, 512 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 1: They've missed practices, they played once, they didn't know when 513 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:11,480 Speaker 1: their game was going to happen. So I think it 514 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 1: is a tough game to judge them off of how 515 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:17,159 Speaker 1: good of a football team they are. The Steelers are 516 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:20,920 Speaker 1: a really good football team. We know what their flaws. 517 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,639 Speaker 1: They're not explosive on offense. It's gonna be hard to 518 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,080 Speaker 1: win a Super Bowl without being explosive in twenty twenty. 519 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 1: But they are super clutch. I mean, they got guys 520 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:31,760 Speaker 1: that are clutched. They're gonna be in every fourth quarter game, 521 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:34,920 Speaker 1: and they've got guys and Big Ben and really Juju 522 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:37,640 Speaker 1: who are clutch players. I think we learned a little 523 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 1: bit about the Ravens defensively. I agree with you. I 524 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:45,000 Speaker 1: thought the Ravens actually lost that game. I was texting 525 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:46,720 Speaker 1: our NFL Live crew and I said, if I was 526 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:49,040 Speaker 1: the Ravens, I would not throw more than three passes 527 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:51,879 Speaker 1: in the second half. And there was a drive of 528 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:55,359 Speaker 1: Theirs in the back end of the third quarter and 529 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:57,960 Speaker 1: it got the second and eight at like the forty 530 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:02,080 Speaker 1: yard line and they went dropped back pass, sack, third 531 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:04,880 Speaker 1: and twenty. I would have just run the ball, just 532 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,399 Speaker 1: continued to run the football, because you weren't going to 533 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 1: win that game throwing it. You were going to lose 534 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:13,119 Speaker 1: the game throwing it. And I think we learned a 535 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:17,120 Speaker 1: little bit about the Ravens more so than the Steelers. Yeah, 536 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:19,959 Speaker 1: I was sort of well, I thought what the Ravens 537 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:22,359 Speaker 1: showed me as something maybe you build off of. And 538 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:25,000 Speaker 1: Chris Collins were talked about that that you know, maybe 539 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:27,080 Speaker 1: when they look back on this and say, you know, 540 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:29,040 Speaker 1: we kind of came together when nobody thought we could 541 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:32,000 Speaker 1: come together. But I forget who we had on who 542 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:34,680 Speaker 1: said it seems like Lamar Jackson's taken a step back, 543 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,400 Speaker 1: and I wonder if defenses have taken a step up 544 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:41,280 Speaker 1: at the same time to coincide with Lamar Jackson, Like, 545 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:43,520 Speaker 1: has he taken a step back or the defense is 546 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 1: sort of stepped up a little bit more here. I 547 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 1: think the defenses that stepped up a little bit more. 548 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:50,120 Speaker 1: You know, Dan when he was drafted, when he was 549 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:53,280 Speaker 1: coming out, I really said two things about Lamar. I said, Listen, 550 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:55,280 Speaker 1: Lamar's got a chance to be a really good player 551 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:57,960 Speaker 1: if he used the right way, and they had used 552 00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:00,280 Speaker 1: him the right way up until this point. But I 553 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:03,040 Speaker 1: also said this, when you take a guy like Lamar, 554 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:06,240 Speaker 1: you have to go all in with everything. You have 555 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:08,520 Speaker 1: to go all in with scheme, and you have to 556 00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:11,280 Speaker 1: go all in with the people around that scheme. It 557 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:15,440 Speaker 1: can't be a traditional NFL offensive roster. You have to 558 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:18,040 Speaker 1: have very specific offensive linemen that are part of your 559 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:21,040 Speaker 1: run game. They're better run game blockers than pass game blockers. 560 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:24,040 Speaker 1: You have to have very specific tight ends that are 561 00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:27,080 Speaker 1: part of your run game more so than your vertical 562 00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:29,320 Speaker 1: stretch pass game. And you got to have very specific 563 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:32,640 Speaker 1: receivers and so to make it work, they went all in, 564 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:36,800 Speaker 1: and when one of those pieces gets taken away, it 565 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:41,840 Speaker 1: has a bigger impact than your traditional NFL offensive personnel wise, 566 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:45,440 Speaker 1: because you know, when you're a Green Bay Packers, you 567 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:47,880 Speaker 1: could have a multitude of backs that fix your fit 568 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:51,760 Speaker 1: your offense, or offensive lineman or white receivers because they 569 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:54,600 Speaker 1: don't have to be so specific to the scheme. With 570 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:57,200 Speaker 1: the Ravens, they have to and when one gets picked off, 571 00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:59,680 Speaker 1: it's a bigger crack than a normal crack. And I 572 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:03,080 Speaker 1: think if you look at this team compared to last year, 573 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:06,320 Speaker 1: is like the offensive line is different and it's harder 574 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:09,760 Speaker 1: to find those people to replace those different offensive linemen. 575 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:12,560 Speaker 1: The same with the tight ends. So it's the perfect 576 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:15,960 Speaker 1: storm of like the injuries have been impactful, defenses have 577 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:19,720 Speaker 1: caught up. You're more predictable because your playbook is smaller 578 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:23,360 Speaker 1: when you go all in in that offense. And I 579 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:26,400 Speaker 1: think Lamar is I don't look at it as Lamar 580 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:30,360 Speaker 1: has taken this step back. I think them the confusion 581 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:34,160 Speaker 1: that they created against defenses last year isn't as confusing. 582 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:38,720 Speaker 1: He's Dan Orlovsky ESPN NFL Live analyst. If I said, 583 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:40,880 Speaker 1: you can have the chiefs of the field to win 584 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:46,520 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl, Chiefs in a runaway. No one's beating them. Here. 585 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:49,040 Speaker 1: Here's I wrote this down this morning. This is how 586 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:51,480 Speaker 1: the Chiefs are going to not win the Super Bowl 587 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:53,720 Speaker 1: this year. I want to find my notes. Okay, the 588 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:58,640 Speaker 1: Chiefs to not win the Super Bowl that you have 589 00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:01,200 Speaker 1: to hope that they play their sea game, which they 590 00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:03,960 Speaker 1: haven't really this year. You have to hold the ball 591 00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:06,320 Speaker 1: as long as you possibly can. I don't care how 592 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:08,440 Speaker 1: you hold it. You have to hold it. If it's 593 00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:10,760 Speaker 1: your run game, great, if it's your perimeter screen game, 594 00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:13,280 Speaker 1: it's the quick game. In the pass game, that's fine. 595 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:16,400 Speaker 1: You have to force threes and not sevens on defense 596 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:18,880 Speaker 1: at least three times. You've got to make them kick 597 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:21,480 Speaker 1: a field goal and not a touchdown. You have to 598 00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:24,560 Speaker 1: make them drive the field. You've got to stop the 599 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:27,360 Speaker 1: explosive pass game. You know so many coordinators go, We've 600 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:30,000 Speaker 1: got to stop the Runnion, No, you have to stop 601 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:36,440 Speaker 1: the explosive pass game. Make Mahomes play boring football. You've 602 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:38,560 Speaker 1: got to be able to have a quarterback that can 603 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:41,520 Speaker 1: create special plays as much as Mahomes does. He's got 604 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:44,680 Speaker 1: to match the I went above the XS and o's 605 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:48,320 Speaker 1: plays as much as Malomes does so and then in 606 00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:50,600 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter you gotta make more big plays. People 607 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:53,560 Speaker 1: think it's the Tennessee Titans that can beat the Chiefs. 608 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,200 Speaker 1: If you told me they had Taylor Lawan, I'd be 609 00:31:57,240 --> 00:31:59,840 Speaker 1: a little bit more on board with that. I think 610 00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:01,960 Speaker 1: the team that can do it as the Buffalo Bills. 611 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:04,560 Speaker 1: I think the Bills can go punch for punch with 612 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:08,120 Speaker 1: them offensively. I think their quarterback can make some like 613 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:10,800 Speaker 1: weird plays that go above x's and o's, and they 614 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:15,360 Speaker 1: could be explosive offensively. But Kansas City was lucky to 615 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:18,080 Speaker 1: win the Super Bowl last year. Dan, I go back 616 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:21,480 Speaker 1: to the knee injury with Patrick Mahomes. Then you get 617 00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:24,360 Speaker 1: to the playoffs where they could have easily lost all 618 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 1: of those games. But nothing is different. Like I that's fair. 619 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:34,880 Speaker 1: But if they go down fourteen, I still would unequivocally 620 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:38,720 Speaker 1: believe in them, like I just the their quarterback does 621 00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:42,320 Speaker 1: so much stuff with his physical talent and then his 622 00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:46,080 Speaker 1: brain like it's he sees things so fast. Because if 623 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:49,000 Speaker 1: they go down fourteen, they're still gonna have fifty plus snaps. 624 00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:51,640 Speaker 1: That's why I like the holding the football is such 625 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:54,800 Speaker 1: a big deal. And yes, they probably could have and 626 00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:58,120 Speaker 1: arguably should have lost the Super Bowl, but that was 627 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:03,200 Speaker 1: a ridiculously good defense in San Francisco. Another team that 628 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:05,240 Speaker 1: I would give you that I would. I think the 629 00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:08,080 Speaker 1: Colts have a chance because they're cut the same way 630 00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:12,280 Speaker 1: as as San Francisco was last year. Um, I just 631 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:15,520 Speaker 1: I look at that offense and I go, there's no flaw. 632 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:18,880 Speaker 1: Kelsey's the best player in football that's not a quarterback. 633 00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:23,520 Speaker 1: M And wait, wait do you think Kelsey is he's 634 00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:29,360 Speaker 1: the best player who's not a quarterback? Yeah? Well he does? 635 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:36,040 Speaker 1: What over Aaron Donald? I mean for me, yes, because 636 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:41,560 Speaker 1: it's stuff just because he brings so much offense to 637 00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:45,160 Speaker 1: their offense before the ball ever gets snapped. I mean, 638 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:48,240 Speaker 1: the the amount of times they place him in in 639 00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:55,000 Speaker 1: specific positions to get the coverage. It's like it's such 640 00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:59,400 Speaker 1: an advantage because it doesn't just affect the outcome of 641 00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:02,200 Speaker 1: the playoff to the snap. Like he will go out 642 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:03,920 Speaker 1: there and they'll put a corner out there, and then 643 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,880 Speaker 1: Mahomes knows it's gonna be zone and then he'll go 644 00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:09,319 Speaker 1: to two high safeties. There comes run game and for me, 645 00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:13,839 Speaker 1: like that six yard run is huge because now there's 646 00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:16,839 Speaker 1: nothing new as a defense can do, like I can 647 00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:18,919 Speaker 1: literally go to the line of scrimmage and get into 648 00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:22,400 Speaker 1: whatever play I want. As great as Aaron is, he's remarkable, 649 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:26,040 Speaker 1: but he doesn't create defense before the snap as much 650 00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:28,560 Speaker 1: as Kelsey creates offensive. But could you do you think 651 00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:31,839 Speaker 1: we're gonna look at Kelsey as being the greatest tight 652 00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:34,600 Speaker 1: end of all time when it's all said and done. Um, 653 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:40,560 Speaker 1: I mean there's if they go on the dynasty run 654 00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:43,440 Speaker 1: like I expect them too over the next five years. Absolutely, 655 00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:46,439 Speaker 1: I mean he's on a historic season run this year. 656 00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:50,160 Speaker 1: The greatest tight end of all time. Yes, Gronk's the 657 00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:51,960 Speaker 1: greatest tight end of all time. And Gronk is the 658 00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:54,640 Speaker 1: first guy that did this stuff. Yeah, Like, Gronk is 659 00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:57,600 Speaker 1: the first guy that did all this for Brady, and um, 660 00:34:57,880 --> 00:34:59,719 Speaker 1: you know, I know he was probably more impactful in 661 00:34:59,719 --> 00:35:02,040 Speaker 1: the run game. I'm not a person who looks at 662 00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:03,960 Speaker 1: that stuff. At the end of the day, does my 663 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:05,839 Speaker 1: offense score a lot of points? And does this guy 664 00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:07,680 Speaker 1: help us do it? You know? And so that's why 665 00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:09,640 Speaker 1: I think Kelsey's got a chance to do that. You 666 00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:11,440 Speaker 1: had a tweet a couple of days ago that I 667 00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:14,040 Speaker 1: mentioned on the air that they hear the Saints who 668 00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:18,040 Speaker 1: haven't been fully assembled, Michael Thomas, Drew Brees, they played 669 00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:21,880 Speaker 1: two games together at defense is great. Ye are the 670 00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:25,080 Speaker 1: Saints the team to beat in the NFC? They are, 671 00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:27,239 Speaker 1: you know? And I was. I was hard headed on 672 00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:29,800 Speaker 1: this for about five weeks, six weeks of this season 673 00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:32,239 Speaker 1: because I still go, how are they going to be 674 00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:34,480 Speaker 1: explosive on offense? I don't think you can win a 675 00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:37,200 Speaker 1: Super Bowl without being explosive on offense right now. I 676 00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:40,520 Speaker 1: just don't, because you're gonna have to get twenty eight 677 00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:45,200 Speaker 1: points at least maybe in marks on Kansas City, right Yeah. 678 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:48,279 Speaker 1: And I just I go, can you screen pass in 679 00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:53,680 Speaker 1: efficient passing your way down the field that consistently and 680 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:58,080 Speaker 1: create those chunk plays to win a bunch of games, 681 00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:00,279 Speaker 1: especially when you need to in the playoffs right now? 682 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:03,120 Speaker 1: And I struggle with buying into that. But at the 683 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:06,600 Speaker 1: same time, the difference between the defense right now and 684 00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:09,359 Speaker 1: to where it was, you know, mid October, so to speak, 685 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:11,359 Speaker 1: and certainly in September, was like, they're not giving up 686 00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:14,960 Speaker 1: the what are you guys doing? Bone headed blown coverage plays. 687 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:19,719 Speaker 1: They've rectified a lot of that. I think that the 688 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:23,160 Speaker 1: addition of Kwan Alexander was huge for their linebacker corps 689 00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:26,120 Speaker 1: and coverage, so that's been really good. They're playing much 690 00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:28,759 Speaker 1: better on defense. But the fact that they're sitting at 691 00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:30,719 Speaker 1: nine and two and haven't had those guys just tells 692 00:36:30,719 --> 00:36:33,560 Speaker 1: you two things. The depth of their football team is real, 693 00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:36,640 Speaker 1: and that they're as well coached as anyone in football. 694 00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:39,200 Speaker 1: I mean, Sean is as good as anyone in football. 695 00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:41,520 Speaker 1: We can put Sean with Bill Belichick's staff, we can 696 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:43,840 Speaker 1: put Sean with Andy Reid's staff, we can put Sean 697 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:48,000 Speaker 1: with mcvey's staff. And two things that get separated or 698 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:51,279 Speaker 1: who separate you in the playoffs outside of having a 699 00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:54,479 Speaker 1: stupid quarterback, is you gotta have depth and you gotta 700 00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:57,840 Speaker 1: be well coached. And the Saints are right there. Always 701 00:36:57,840 --> 00:36:59,719 Speaker 1: great to talk to you, Dan, We appreciate your time 702 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:03,560 Speaker 1: than for joining us. Thanks you guys. At stan Arlovsky 703 00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:07,080 Speaker 1: ESPN NFL Live Analysts. You can catch him weekdays on 704 00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:11,120 Speaker 1: ESPN NFL Live at four Eastern, also on Get Up 705 00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:14,279 Speaker 1: and Sports Center. First Take. Yeah, I think he's really bright. 706 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:17,760 Speaker 1: There's always something that he tells me that he sees 707 00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:20,760 Speaker 1: something that I might not see. The Kelsey thing, surprised 708 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:24,319 Speaker 1: me when you said the best non quarterback in the 709 00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:28,160 Speaker 1: league is Travis Kelsey. As much as I like Kelsey, 710 00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:30,839 Speaker 1: I think he's a better athlete than Gronk. I think 711 00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:34,279 Speaker 1: he's more of a Kelln Winslow as far as the 712 00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:37,840 Speaker 1: athlete at that position. You know, Gronk was just we 713 00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:41,359 Speaker 1: haven't seen this before, somebody who was that big, who 714 00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:43,720 Speaker 1: was able to do everything for you and was clutch. 715 00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:47,799 Speaker 1: But Kelsey, you know, they talk about matchups, and as 716 00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:50,320 Speaker 1: Dan was saying, when you go to the line of scrimmage, 717 00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:54,239 Speaker 1: he's already created a mismatch somewhere that helps the other 718 00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:57,319 Speaker 1: part of your offense. We'll take a break here, phone 719 00:37:57,320 --> 00:37:59,600 Speaker 1: calls coming up. Play of the day and a stat 720 00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:01,719 Speaker 1: of the day. We'll settle on our pole question as well. 721 00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:04,120 Speaker 1: Back after this. Thanks for listening to The Dan Patrick 722 00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,000 Speaker 1: Show podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weekday 723 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:09,799 Speaker 1: morning nine until noon eastern six to nine Pacific on 724 00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:12,200 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio, and you can find us on the 725 00:38:12,239 --> 00:38:16,440 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app at FSR or stream us live on the 726 00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:23,880 Speaker 1: Peacock app. Oh God, the play of the day. Play 727 00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:27,879 Speaker 1: this is the play on the day. Check this out. 728 00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:31,359 Speaker 1: Matt Colban got a screen from Jones. He showed out 729 00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:40,960 Speaker 1: by Holman. Gotta go hold on to step back the 730 00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:45,200 Speaker 1: entire time, Bill will be time left for North Carolina. 731 00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:49,359 Speaker 1: Bill Walton on the call and the mother Ship Bill 732 00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:51,040 Speaker 1: will join us. 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Mclovin. 742 00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:26,080 Speaker 1: What's the poll question today? So after that interview, I 743 00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:27,760 Speaker 1: had to put up the question, who do you got 744 00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:30,600 Speaker 1: the Chiefs or the field to win the Super Bowl? 745 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:34,560 Speaker 1: If I had to answer now, which is what you're asking, 746 00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:38,480 Speaker 1: I would say I would take the Chiefs because I 747 00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:42,640 Speaker 1: think their competition is in the AFC. Can I trust 748 00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:47,759 Speaker 1: Philip Rivers in a big moment, game winning drive, and 749 00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:50,920 Speaker 1: I can't. As much as I like him, I just 750 00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:53,680 Speaker 1: don't know if I you know, can he get down 751 00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:57,360 Speaker 1: the field? He can? They win a shootout against the Chiefs, 752 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:04,719 Speaker 1: the Steelers, you lost Bud Dupree, they lost Bush earlier. 753 00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:08,879 Speaker 1: It's still a good defense, maybe boarding on a very 754 00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:13,040 Speaker 1: good It was a great defense. The running game is 755 00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:15,799 Speaker 1: non existent. And if you're going to get into a shootout. 756 00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:19,640 Speaker 1: Can Ben put up thirty five points in a shootout 757 00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:22,200 Speaker 1: against Kansas City? And I don't think he can. I 758 00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:24,719 Speaker 1: like that team. I think it's a balanced team. At 759 00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:27,440 Speaker 1: least I thought it was a balanced team. And you 760 00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:30,920 Speaker 1: got to run the football. And dan Orlovsky brings up 761 00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:33,960 Speaker 1: the great point and we saw this with the New 762 00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:37,239 Speaker 1: England Patriots. You want to control the clock as much 763 00:40:37,239 --> 00:40:40,680 Speaker 1: as you can. You just want running attempts. You may 764 00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:42,840 Speaker 1: not get the big gainer there, but you got to 765 00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:45,760 Speaker 1: keep Patrick Mahomes off the field. Therefore, when he gets 766 00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:48,440 Speaker 1: on the field, he knows he has to make something happen. 767 00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:51,239 Speaker 1: I want to put a little pressure on him before 768 00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:54,080 Speaker 1: he even gets on the field. Though. We got to score, 769 00:40:54,520 --> 00:40:57,719 Speaker 1: and you got to score touchdowns there. The other team 770 00:40:57,719 --> 00:41:00,680 Speaker 1: has to score touchdowns. You can't kick field goals. And 771 00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:03,080 Speaker 1: I'm trying to think, you know who would be able 772 00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:06,479 Speaker 1: to match them? Can the Saints match them offensively? Could 773 00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:09,600 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay? Could Green Bay match them? Could Green Bay's 774 00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:13,880 Speaker 1: defense hold Kansas City down? It just feels like Kansas 775 00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:18,279 Speaker 1: City is good on defense or opportunistic on defense, but 776 00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:21,399 Speaker 1: they can be unbelievably great on offense. So I would 777 00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:23,960 Speaker 1: take Kansas City and I normally, you know, when it's 778 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:27,000 Speaker 1: Tiger versus the field at the peak of Tiger's career, 779 00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:30,880 Speaker 1: might still take the field. But this is different because 780 00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:34,600 Speaker 1: you're facing that team. You weren't facing Tiger, like you 781 00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:37,680 Speaker 1: didn't play defense on Tiger or he didn't play defense 782 00:41:37,719 --> 00:41:40,400 Speaker 1: on you. It was Tiger's plan and you could be 783 00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:43,719 Speaker 1: playing someplace else on the course. Now it's you, that's 784 00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:48,160 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes, that's Travis Kelsey, that's Tirek Hill, and it's different. 785 00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:51,080 Speaker 1: So I would take Kansas City and that would anybody 786 00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:58,120 Speaker 1: take the field in this situation? Okay, yeah, seton It 787 00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:02,040 Speaker 1: feels like you should. Yes, I know who in the field. 788 00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:03,279 Speaker 1: I want to be like, yeah, of course I would 789 00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:05,440 Speaker 1: take the field, But I have no idea who amongst 790 00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:07,520 Speaker 1: the field I would be taking well, I was taking 791 00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:10,960 Speaker 1: inventory there, going Okay, the best teams right now are 792 00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:14,000 Speaker 1: probably the Steelers in the Colts in you know, and 793 00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:16,919 Speaker 1: they're in the AFC, and then New Orleans with Drew 794 00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:21,400 Speaker 1: Brees coming back. I can't trust Tampa right now. Green 795 00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:25,560 Speaker 1: Bay I like, but don't love. You know, the Rams 796 00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:30,960 Speaker 1: are spotty to you know, nobody in the NFC. You see, 797 00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:34,719 Speaker 1: I'm clevin. Do we talk enough about the Titans ball 798 00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:38,360 Speaker 1: control strategy? Yeah, there's another AFC team and then Buffalo. 799 00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:40,600 Speaker 1: The best teams are in the AFC. It feels like 800 00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:44,319 Speaker 1: to challenge them. Can Buffalo control the clock and play 801 00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:49,239 Speaker 1: good defense? Can the Titans dominate the clock and play 802 00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:51,800 Speaker 1: good defense? I mean, that's really what it's going to 803 00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:54,960 Speaker 1: come down to. All Right, we'll take a break. We'll 804 00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:57,160 Speaker 1: dissect the big NBA trade coming up.