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Speaker 1: But we're gonna do a big mail bag today on

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Speaker 1: this Fugazi Friday at John Middlecoff. At John Middlecoff is

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Speaker 1: the Instagram firing those dms, like an hour long mailbag,

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Speaker 1: and you guys know the drill, firing those dms, Free agency,

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Speaker 1: before the draft. But you guys know the drill. If

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Speaker 1: It's the Bachelor and Bachelorette. According to my wife, that

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Speaker 1: I did that with the Mormon Wives, which I probably watched,

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Speaker 1: Do you think the Chiefs need to add a wide

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Speaker 1: Second question, how is nil changing the draft? Feels like

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Speaker 1: last year everyone says this twenty sixth class would be better,

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Speaker 1: Why is a consensus that Wattle is better than DJ Moore?

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Speaker 1: have three months of bad weather, but I'm golfing in

427
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Speaker 1: the pool, camping up north, skiing, mountain biking, especially for

428
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Speaker 1: young people. It's way easier to buy a home and

429
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Speaker 1: live a good life. I've everyone I know is jealous

430
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Speaker 1: because a lot of my friends are living in California.

431
00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:19,720
Speaker 1: They are jealous. Some of them are stuck. I mean,

432
00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:21,359
Speaker 1: my brother is a farmer. It's not like he can

433
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Speaker 1: pick up the land and go somewhere else. I do not.

434
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Speaker 1: Not only do I not defend, I brag about being here.

435
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Speaker 1: My only take about Arizona is I wish I had

436
00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:34,840
Speaker 1: moved here sooner. I don't mind the heat now, it

437
00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:37,639
Speaker 1: does get hot. But when I see these people that

438
00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:41,159
Speaker 1: live in freezing cold temperatures for three or four months

439
00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:44,800
Speaker 1: and pray pay premiums and taxes, It's like, wait, I

440
00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:47,520
Speaker 1: pay no taxes. I'm in a beautiful era area. The

441
00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:52,640
Speaker 1: people vacation to that there's no crime. It's clean as shit.

442
00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:58,320
Speaker 1: I can golf, I can. It's just it's incredible. I mean,

443
00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:02,040
Speaker 1: this area is one of my favorite areas in the country,

444
00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:06,720
Speaker 1: not even close. And I listen, I think I won

445
00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:09,399
Speaker 1: when I moved here. I know that. And I've spent

446
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,840
Speaker 1: born and raised in the Sacramento area. That's eighteen years,

447
00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:15,679
Speaker 1: went to college in the Central Coast, that's another five years.

448
00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:17,840
Speaker 1: Lived in Fresno for a couple of years, then lived

449
00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:20,320
Speaker 1: in the Bay Area for a decade. So I'm forty

450
00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:26,240
Speaker 1: one years old. Thirty five six years of my life

451
00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:30,359
Speaker 1: were in California. This is dramatically better. I mean, I

452
00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,320
Speaker 1: couldn't even like when I go do the Fox thing.

453
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Speaker 1: I don't think there's any amount of money you could

454
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Speaker 1: make me move to southern California. Now, Newport Beach is badass,

455
00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:44,320
Speaker 1: but I'm not paying that tax rate ever, so I

456
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Speaker 1: don't know. I mean defend it. I don't have to

457
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Speaker 1: defend it ever. I love this area. But again, to

458
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Speaker 1: each his own. Some people live wherever you want. You know,

459
00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:56,919
Speaker 1: live wherever you want. That's what I would tell anyone.

460
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Speaker 1: If you can live where you want to live, live

461
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Speaker 1: or it's gonna make you happiest. I am happier than

462
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Speaker 1: a pig and shit in Scottsdale, Arizona. For the mailbag.

463
00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:10,960
Speaker 1: With all the discussion of who got better in free agency,

464
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Speaker 1: I think the Bengals are flying under the radar. They

465
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Speaker 1: didn't make any crazy moves. Brian Cook, Mafey, Jonathan Allen

466
00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:19,520
Speaker 1: signings all improvements to a defense. It just needs to

467
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Speaker 1: be average. What are your thoughts and their signings and

468
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Speaker 1: what else do you need to see them do to

469
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Speaker 1: think they can make some noise in the AFC. I

470
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Speaker 1: think they can make noise in the AFC because I'm

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Speaker 1: with you if their defense is just solid and Burrow

472
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Speaker 1: has a bounce back year. I mean, he had some

473
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Speaker 1: moments last year, but toward the end of the season

474
00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:39,680
Speaker 1: it was weird. Maybe he was just kind of checked out.

475
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Speaker 1: I don't see why they couldn't be a double digit

476
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Speaker 1: win team and be a AFC contender, and they definitely

477
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Speaker 1: win the division for sure. Now, one thing they're gonna

478
00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:54,760
Speaker 1: need to do is the dude they drafted last year,

479
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Speaker 1: Stuart from A and M that was the freak at

480
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Speaker 1: the Combine and had like five career sack college. They're

481
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Speaker 1: gonna need that guy to improve. You know, they're gonna

482
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Speaker 1: need like there was gonna be I said this yesterday

483
00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,480
Speaker 1: about the forty nine ers. They drafted mikel Williams from Georgia.

484
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Speaker 1: The eleventh pick they drafted Shamar Stewart. Relatively, I forget

485
00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:16,280
Speaker 1: the exact pick, what top fifteen ish, Like, they're gonna

486
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Speaker 1: need that guy. Hendrickson. I know he was gone because

487
00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:21,040
Speaker 1: he was injured last year, but when he was getting

488
00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:22,840
Speaker 1: seventeen and a half sacks that they don't need that.

489
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Speaker 1: But like, can he be a really productive player because

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Speaker 1: if he can, or just an impactful player even if

491
00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:31,000
Speaker 1: the sacks aren't there. Can he get some pressures? Can

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Speaker 1: he be just a solid, high end rotational guy in

493
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Speaker 1: year two? Because if he can that, that would be

494
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Speaker 1: a big boost. They also because they had a shitty record.

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Speaker 1: What's their draft pick this year? Ten? Are they? Are

496
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Speaker 1: they drafting right after the Chiefs? I'm pretty sure they

497
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Speaker 1: are because I've seen a bunch of marks where they have,

498
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Speaker 1: like Caleb Downs going the draft draft rounds. The Bengals

499
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Speaker 1: are drafting ten. So like the Chiefs, they could get

500
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Speaker 1: a swim eat player. I mean, if it's not inconceivable

501
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Speaker 1: the Baines there that they could take Caleb Downs there,

502
00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:10,200
Speaker 1: they could take a good offensive lineman there. Like them

503
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Speaker 1: and the Chiefs are two teams that that's a pretty

504
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,560
Speaker 1: sweet spot in the draft. I think you would rather

505
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Speaker 1: given how much you have to pay for some of

506
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Speaker 1: these guys. You know, there's a big difference in the contract.

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Speaker 1: Especially those two teams have high priced guys like the

508
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Speaker 1: guy they could get at nine and ten could be

509
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Speaker 1: every bit as good as the guys that go. You

510
00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:36,639
Speaker 1: know in the two and three congrats on the becoming

511
00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:40,040
Speaker 1: a father, greatest gift in the world. First year is

512
00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:43,560
Speaker 1: gonna be the toughest, That is true. So I'm a

513
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Speaker 1: diehard Bills fan, and I know we still have some

514
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Speaker 1: prime years of Josh Allen left. But I'm starting to

515
00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:52,520
Speaker 1: wonder if the thirteen second game broke this franchise, like

516
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Speaker 1: the Falcons loss to the Pats. Let's say Josh plays

517
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Speaker 1: five more years and never raises the Lombardi. Could you

518
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Speaker 1: see him with another team? I mean, that's he's what

519
00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:06,320
Speaker 1: almost thirty years old to be there. Like, I wouldn't

520
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Speaker 1: even worry that. Like I to me, you have this

521
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Speaker 1: moment this year and next, like you were in this

522
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Speaker 1: sweet spot last year, this this run, and this run

523
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Speaker 1: is probably gonna be ten years, right, So you had

524
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Speaker 1: the last three or four years going back to the

525
00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:24,080
Speaker 1: thirteen second game, you're still in the middle of the run.

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Speaker 1: You had a good shot last year, and there's a

527
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Speaker 1: reason they were all in tears. But like if I

528
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Speaker 1: if we treated the Bills like a stock and I

529
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Speaker 1: had a large holding of my net worth in it,

530
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Speaker 1: let's say fifty percent. Let's say I was all in

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Speaker 1: on the stock, kind of like I am uber in

532
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:46,440
Speaker 1: real life. I'm all in, and it's just if I'm

533
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:48,640
Speaker 1: gonna be rich, that thing's gonna work. If I'm not,

534
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:53,960
Speaker 1: it won't. But I would say this, I would I

535
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Speaker 1: would not only hold my stock, I would keep buying

536
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Speaker 1: as long as they got Josh, as long as they

537
00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:01,800
Speaker 1: got like their team's still really talented. So you add

538
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Speaker 1: DJ Moore, they're gonna Bradley Chubb to be pretty good.

539
00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:09,040
Speaker 1: But Bosa was like meh, and they were still right

540
00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:12,520
Speaker 1: there in the second round on the road. So I'm

541
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Speaker 1: a believer. They've won a lot of playoff games. They

542
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Speaker 1: really have. I mean what, the Chiefs beat him four

543
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:20,440
Speaker 1: or five years and the other year they lost the Bengals.

544
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Speaker 1: So it'd be one thing if you're losing like the

545
00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:26,320
Speaker 1: Jags loss would have been bad, but they won that game.

546
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Speaker 1: They have a lot of positive reps. You know, we

547
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Speaker 1: talked about this last podcast about the clutch thing, Like,

548
00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:36,800
Speaker 1: they have won a lot of games. Now can they

549
00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:40,720
Speaker 1: win the biggest game when they play the Chiefs, when

550
00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:42,720
Speaker 1: they play I mean at Denver that was a massive

551
00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:47,360
Speaker 1: game disputing it, and you gotta win that game. You

552
00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:49,680
Speaker 1: just do. Now, it turns out Josh had a broken

553
00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:52,760
Speaker 1: bone in his foot, but I would not. Not only

554
00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:54,960
Speaker 1: would I not sell Buffalo stock, I would buy more.

555
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Speaker 1: Any thoughts on changing the field goal from three to

556
00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:01,960
Speaker 1: two points, it doesn't seem right to me that two

557
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,880
Speaker 1: first downs and you get a sixty yard field goal

558
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,600
Speaker 1: and get you fifty percent of the points for driving

559
00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:10,280
Speaker 1: the entire field of a touchdown. I know it's always

560
00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:13,840
Speaker 1: been this way, but these days there are more domes

561
00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:19,880
Speaker 1: the k balls. I'll say this. When you were down

562
00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:24,200
Speaker 1: three points, two points or one point the time, you

563
00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:27,840
Speaker 1: used to need a lot of time right to get

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Speaker 1: in the field goal range because they could kick it

565
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Speaker 1: out of bounds. You started the twenty and a fifty

566
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:35,920
Speaker 1: yard field goal twenty years ago was considered a long

567
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Speaker 1: field goal, so you would have to get a bunch

568
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Speaker 1: of first downs or a big time explosive play. Well,

569
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Speaker 1: now I'm starting the ball at the thirty five. If

570
00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,080
Speaker 1: my guy returns it, maybe I'm at the forty. Now

571
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Speaker 1: with sixty yard field goals, I have to get a

572
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Speaker 1: first down and a half and depending on my kicker.

573
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Speaker 1: I really don't have to go that far. I think

574
00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:59,280
Speaker 1: there is some conversation of I enjoy the new kickoff

575
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:02,640
Speaker 1: rule when the kickoff is going on, just because there's

576
00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:05,600
Speaker 1: more stuff going on, But then I don't enjoy it

577
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Speaker 1: with how I would say it's manipulating the sport a

578
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:14,120
Speaker 1: little bit. And we've seen some of these comebacks because

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Speaker 1: of this kickoff rule. With the ability to get a

580
00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:19,920
Speaker 1: field goal, you're just so much closer to the fifty

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Speaker 1: yard line. I mean, if you have a return or

582
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Speaker 1: he kicks out of boundary started the forty, you are

583
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Speaker 1: one first down away from midfield. Remember not that long ago,

584
00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:35,320
Speaker 1: thirty seconds left. You're like, I'm at the twenty. How

585
00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:37,040
Speaker 1: am I gonna get the midfield? I gotta start throwing

586
00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:41,280
Speaker 1: like go routes and deep post routes, throw like borderline

587
00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:43,640
Speaker 1: hail Mary's. Now you don't have to do any of that.

588
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:50,160
Speaker 1: So I I don't love changing the number, right. I

589
00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:53,080
Speaker 1: do think there's something field goals worth three, but I

590
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:57,000
Speaker 1: am with you that it doesn't quite feel the same,

591
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Speaker 1: not only with the ease in which you kick it,

592
00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:02,200
Speaker 1: but the kickoff to me has changed. I'm less caught

593
00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:06,280
Speaker 1: up with their ability to maximize longer field goals and

594
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:09,160
Speaker 1: more caught up with where they start. I thought the

595
00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:11,640
Speaker 1: Chargers were gonna make a splash. They were top five

596
00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:15,480
Speaker 1: a cap. Actually, I believe first to start in free

597
00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:18,040
Speaker 1: agency and if not made any sort of groundbreaking moves,

598
00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:22,040
Speaker 1: any idea why Well, ge Ortiz, their general manager, comes

599
00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:25,840
Speaker 1: from the Ravens, and historically the Ravens were not I

600
00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:28,400
Speaker 1: mean Trey Anderson. They gave a lot of money, but

601
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:31,600
Speaker 1: they were not. They always let guys walk. So I

602
00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:36,160
Speaker 1: think that mentality of draft develop build the culture. You

603
00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:39,200
Speaker 1: have to pay premiums in free agency. So it's like

604
00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:43,440
Speaker 1: they re sign Khalil Mack. They gave him eighteen million dollars, right.

605
00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:45,960
Speaker 1: Think about Mike Evans was a big free agency signing

606
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:48,360
Speaker 1: for the forty nine ers. He got less, so that

607
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:51,760
Speaker 1: I think they view that like that's a real signing, right,

608
00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:54,760
Speaker 1: that's a real signing. And then you get Slater and

609
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:58,280
Speaker 1: Alt back. It's like we're getting guys back. So I

610
00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:01,680
Speaker 1: hear you. I I just want to know who would

611
00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:04,120
Speaker 1: have been a guy. Look what it costs to get

612
00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:07,560
Speaker 1: Jalen Phillips right, because you like go ad Jalen Phillips

613
00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:09,080
Speaker 1: you put him on that defensive line with some of

614
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:12,239
Speaker 1: the other pass rushers. I'm just using him as an

615
00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:17,120
Speaker 1: example that Tyler Lindebaum the center. Like, look at the

616
00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:20,319
Speaker 1: prices you have to pay for good players. Could they

617
00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:22,200
Speaker 1: have been aggressive to like get Bradley Chubb. They gave

618
00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:25,800
Speaker 1: him thirty million dollars. He's always banged up, So I

619
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Speaker 1: understand it. I mean, I really do. I think you

620
00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:32,399
Speaker 1: can nitpick individual players. But I think you go that

621
00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:35,720
Speaker 1: we don't love that amount, we don't like doing that deal.

622
00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:40,000
Speaker 1: We want to keep our powder dry. I think Jim

623
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Speaker 1: Harbaugh is a pretty good track record of Like you

624
00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:45,759
Speaker 1: go back to the forty nine ers, A lot of

625
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:48,840
Speaker 1: their free agency moves when he was there were like

626
00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:52,200
Speaker 1: kind of under the radar, like Dante Whitner. No one

627
00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:55,000
Speaker 1: wanted him at the time, Carlos Rogers, they didn't have

628
00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:57,320
Speaker 1: to pay much, you know, they got kind of guys

629
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Speaker 1: that he's never been I don't remember remember the biggest

630
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:02,400
Speaker 1: free agents. Now he has the only coach in the

631
00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:06,719
Speaker 1: NFL for six years, right, But like, would he have

632
00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:09,560
Speaker 1: been a big nil? I guess he would have been

633
00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:12,000
Speaker 1: an nil guy. They were spending money, but a transfer

634
00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:15,000
Speaker 1: portal guy guy here or there. But it feels like

635
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:17,080
Speaker 1: most of the guys. I could be wrong. I'm just

636
00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:22,200
Speaker 1: thinking about their roster. Aiden Hutson, Mason, Graham, Blake, Quorum,

637
00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:28,359
Speaker 1: a lot of guys, JJ McCarthy homegrown guys. I don't

638
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:32,799
Speaker 1: have an issue with letting guys walk. What peptides do

639
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Speaker 1: you take? Just want to know because I don't want

640
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Speaker 1: to take shots. I want something I can swallow. I'm

641
00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:40,960
Speaker 1: a big peptide guy. Even though I've looked at myself

642
00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:43,200
Speaker 1: in the mirror last two weeks and they told me

643
00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:45,800
Speaker 1: this it takes a little time. I'm like, I'm like steroids.

644
00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:48,839
Speaker 1: I'm ready for instant results. It takes a little time.

645
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:52,040
Speaker 1: Gotta eat right, gotta work out, which working out is

646
00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:55,880
Speaker 1: not the problem eating right. It takes discipline. I'm on.

647
00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:59,400
Speaker 1: I have said this before. The BPC and the CJC

648
00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:03,239
Speaker 1: like gut skin health, and the other is like the

649
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Speaker 1: growth hormone slash fat burning, I think, and those are

650
00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:14,279
Speaker 1: just dissolvables put in my mouth. Take the the gut

651
00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:18,040
Speaker 1: one in the morning, and I take the growth the

652
00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:22,799
Speaker 1: CJC at night. Packers Fan here with a genuine question

653
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:25,960
Speaker 1: about your Jordan Love takes. The narrative have been's confusing

654
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:28,839
Speaker 1: last season, as total EPA was second the league behind

655
00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:31,560
Speaker 1: Drake May and he makes wild throws all the time.

656
00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:34,560
Speaker 1: He was in the MVP conversation with three quarters of

657
00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:37,080
Speaker 1: the way to go. It feels like the early narrative

658
00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:38,840
Speaker 1: is that he's sloppy and throws a ton of picks.

659
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:41,919
Speaker 1: Every quarterback is bad games, even Allen and Rodgers did too.

660
00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:45,399
Speaker 1: So what specifically are you seeing that keeps you skeptical Love?

661
00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:48,280
Speaker 1: It's frustrating when the media gets locked into a narrative

662
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:51,080
Speaker 1: that isn't applied the same way to other quarterbacks. I

663
00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:54,080
Speaker 1: think Jordan Love's good started quarterback. I've never acted like

664
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Speaker 1: Jordan Loves some scrub. I think the question is you

665
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Speaker 1: know you come from Rogers, you see all the top five?

666
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:03,839
Speaker 1: Is he just like in the Dack Purty? Is that

667
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:05,799
Speaker 1: like the world he's in and there's nothing wrong with that?

668
00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:08,759
Speaker 1: Like the Packers there build a good team. You can

669
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Speaker 1: win a bunch of games with him. I'm pro Jordan Love. Now,

670
00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:14,320
Speaker 1: can you win a super Bowl with him? Can you

671
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:16,799
Speaker 1: rattle off a bunch of playoff wins with him? You'll

672
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:19,279
Speaker 1: never know until he does it. But like I think

673
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:23,160
Speaker 1: most people would be skeptical. I don't know anyone with

674
00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:25,919
Speaker 1: a brain that says he's not a good player. He's

675
00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:30,200
Speaker 1: a very very solid player, very solid player, especially late

676
00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:34,600
Speaker 1: first round, SAT forever. I don't feel like I'm shitting

677
00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:37,799
Speaker 1: on him by any means. I just think there are

678
00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:40,319
Speaker 1: times in games where you're just like, what's going on?

679
00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:43,680
Speaker 1: And I think people in your guys world get very

680
00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:48,279
Speaker 1: critical of the coach they've Obviously last year, you know,

681
00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:51,200
Speaker 1: you lose a tight end to an injury. Receivers were

682
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:56,680
Speaker 1: banged up and kind of having drops. Jacob's dealt with

683
00:37:56,680 --> 00:37:58,359
Speaker 1: some stuff you had offensive line. I mean, you had

684
00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:02,000
Speaker 1: a lot of injuries last year. So I'm not acting

685
00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:08,479
Speaker 1: like Jordan Love's Tua Malik Willis was the most sought

686
00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:13,560
Speaker 1: after free agent quarterback this year, despite the small sample size.

687
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:16,040
Speaker 1: If you were a team, do you think the Bears

688
00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:19,480
Speaker 1: would take a third and a fifth rounder for Tyson?

689
00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:22,040
Speaker 1: He came from a small school but has looked great.

690
00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:26,520
Speaker 1: When his name was called, you have to wonder if

691
00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:30,080
Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers are thinking about trading for him. I

692
00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:33,440
Speaker 1: saw Rod Woodson Rich eisen Or a podcast or something,

693
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:37,080
Speaker 1: and Rod's a pretty he's opinionated. I used to work

694
00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:41,480
Speaker 1: with him when I did radio. Pretty big legend, just

695
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:45,400
Speaker 1: bigger than you think. Also got fucking big hands. But

696
00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:49,319
Speaker 1: he's a pretty understated guy. But he's you can just tell, like,

697
00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:52,920
Speaker 1: if this guy talks, he's take him seriously. His comments

698
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:54,480
Speaker 1: were like, the Steelers got to get out of this

699
00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:58,719
Speaker 1: waiting for Rogers business. And you have to wonder if

700
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Speaker 1: they are gonna think long and hard about trading for Tyson.

701
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:03,160
Speaker 1: I mean, I saw that rumor on the internet. I

702
00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:05,800
Speaker 1: actually think it makes some sense. A third and a

703
00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:11,719
Speaker 1: fifth be pretty bold. Did he get a contract? I

704
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:14,480
Speaker 1: know he got an ex he got two years five million,

705
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:19,200
Speaker 1: But is that ANX was that? Was he a free agent?

706
00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:22,719
Speaker 1: Or like? Is that for the next two years? Like

707
00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:27,239
Speaker 1: how long is he under contract for? Yeah, so if

708
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Speaker 1: you trade for him right now, he's under contract for

709
00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:35,000
Speaker 1: the next two years, I think you can justify trading

710
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,200
Speaker 1: a third be risky. I mean, there's no guarantee comes

711
00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:40,360
Speaker 1: from the Division two. I remember when he started that

712
00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:42,440
Speaker 1: game for Eberflu She's like, what is going on here?

713
00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:45,759
Speaker 1: But Ben Johnson likes him. I like him, I mean,

714
00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:48,200
Speaker 1: and he was impressive in when he played last year

715
00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:53,520
Speaker 1: in the in the preseason looks good. Is it fair

716
00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:56,360
Speaker 1: to say that Will Campbell is trending toward being a bust?

717
00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:58,640
Speaker 1: I know it's easy to say now, but I never

718
00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:00,680
Speaker 1: understood the hype on him going back the draft. The

719
00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:04,880
Speaker 1: guy was picked before three round one tackles Membo, Banks

720
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:09,320
Speaker 1: and Simmons who flashed all pro potential as rookies, which

721
00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:11,400
Speaker 1: no one in the media seems to really mention. Do

722
00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:14,919
Speaker 1: the Pats or Vrabel get the benefit the dabt on this, Yes,

723
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Speaker 1: you cannot be a bust when you are starter on

724
00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:23,799
Speaker 1: a good team as a rookie like I just we

725
00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:26,920
Speaker 1: got a long way to go. He was obviously hurt

726
00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:30,360
Speaker 1: and got worked in the playoffs, There's no disputing that.

727
00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:34,160
Speaker 1: But I've seen enough like the Whitworth types that say

728
00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:38,319
Speaker 1: he needs a major overhaul on his technique. There are

729
00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:42,480
Speaker 1: ways you can play when you are physically greater than

730
00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:49,920
Speaker 1: everyone else, when you are you know, Jason Peters, Trent Williams.

731
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Speaker 1: I'm trying to think of the longtime cowboy. I don't

732
00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:59,920
Speaker 1: know a brain fog here from the baby tackle from USC,

733
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:03,440
Speaker 1: the great player, some Smith, I don't. I don't know

734
00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:05,960
Speaker 1: why I'm blinking on this, but if you just are

735
00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:09,040
Speaker 1: way more talented than everyone else, your technique can be

736
00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:12,960
Speaker 1: hit or miss whatever. There are certain players technique with

737
00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:16,120
Speaker 1: offensive line is such a big deal if you play

738
00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:18,360
Speaker 1: in high school, obviously college and the pros because of

739
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:21,800
Speaker 1: the talent you're going against. But I think he's gonna

740
00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:24,279
Speaker 1: need a tech He's gotta be healthy, but for his

741
00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:28,799
Speaker 1: skill set, like he's never gonna be Anthony Munos, you know,

742
00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:32,520
Speaker 1: or Jonathan Ogden, So technically he's gonna have to be elite.

743
00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:38,319
Speaker 1: And I would not just sell like he sucks, but

744
00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:40,360
Speaker 1: I think there's gonna be a lot of pressure and

745
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:42,680
Speaker 1: a lot of eyeballs on him next year, for sure.

746
00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:45,120
Speaker 1: But you can't be a bust after your rookie year.

747
00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:49,000
Speaker 1: In your opinion, what's worse being a fan of a

748
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:51,759
Speaker 1: super talented team loaded with all the right players that

749
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:55,319
Speaker 1: consistently underperforms in the postseason or being a fan of

750
00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:58,120
Speaker 1: a consistently bad team that you know won't be successful

751
00:41:58,280 --> 00:41:59,759
Speaker 1: so you're not really disappointed at the end of the

752
00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:03,040
Speaker 1: year being a Ravens fan. And this probably applies to

753
00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:06,120
Speaker 1: the Bills and the Niners two. Sometimes it feels like

754
00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:09,800
Speaker 1: Brad Pitt at the bar, but still going home alone. Meanwhile,

755
00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:12,120
Speaker 1: being a Browns, Jets or Raider fan must be like

756
00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:14,160
Speaker 1: being the ugly guy at the bar who goes home alone,

757
00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:16,440
Speaker 1: but he's fine with it because he wasn't expecting anything

758
00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:19,240
Speaker 1: to happen. Well, the one thing, if you're Brad Pitt,

759
00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:22,040
Speaker 1: even if you go home alone at the bar one night,

760
00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:24,960
Speaker 1: you're not spending a lot of nights alone. Now you

761
00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:27,799
Speaker 1: might not marry her, she might leave you, but you're

762
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:31,680
Speaker 1: still getting laid all the time. The ugly guy is

763
00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:35,120
Speaker 1: alone and he's on his phone on the websites that

764
00:42:35,239 --> 00:42:38,120
Speaker 1: now make you put it in an ID. So I

765
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Speaker 1: think that you would much. Do you know what it's like,

766
00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:44,960
Speaker 1: And I'm sure you do, because every team's had a

767
00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:48,759
Speaker 1: down year. When you're winning three four games every year,

768
00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:53,480
Speaker 1: the season is over before Halloween. So if you're a

769
00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:55,719
Speaker 1: Ravens fan, or a Bills fan or a Niner fan,

770
00:42:56,440 --> 00:42:59,400
Speaker 1: you play in so many important games. So yeah, it

771
00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:02,359
Speaker 1: sucks to losing the playoffs or losing the Super Bowl,

772
00:43:02,440 --> 00:43:05,279
Speaker 1: or losing the AFC Championship game. No one would argue

773
00:43:05,280 --> 00:43:09,440
Speaker 1: that it blows. But you get to watch the AFC

774
00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:13,080
Speaker 1: championship game with your team in it. When when you're

775
00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:15,439
Speaker 1: the Browns you get to hang your hat on. Well,

776
00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:17,799
Speaker 1: we're just we're throwing this out to the league. We

777
00:43:17,840 --> 00:43:20,880
Speaker 1: would like to be able to trade five years out.

778
00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:25,560
Speaker 1: That's what that's what are That's that's what we're bringing

779
00:43:25,560 --> 00:43:29,319
Speaker 1: to the table with this organization, right, that is all

780
00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:36,160
Speaker 1: added value to the league. So you'd rather be loved

781
00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:40,640
Speaker 1: and left than never loved at all. One. You would

782
00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:44,759
Speaker 1: rather be a good team that gets let down like

783
00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:48,280
Speaker 1: the Eagles. You would much rather go through this Eagle

784
00:43:48,440 --> 00:43:52,560
Speaker 1: season and host a playoff game than be the Browns

785
00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:56,680
Speaker 1: or the Jets. There's nothing, well, there is something a

786
00:43:56,719 --> 00:44:00,840
Speaker 1: bad baseball team like the worst baseball team in the league.

787
00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:03,479
Speaker 1: It is the worst. There's nothing worse than that. Because

788
00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:06,440
Speaker 1: football is only once a week and some of the

789
00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:10,239
Speaker 1: games are still gonna be semi close. Baseball would be

790
00:44:10,239 --> 00:44:12,680
Speaker 1: the worst quite far. At least in basketball, they're like, yeah,

791
00:44:12,680 --> 00:44:13,920
Speaker 1: we're not even trying to win, so you're likeyeah, I

792
00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:29,400
Speaker 1: don't even need to watch. Question for the back do

793
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Speaker 1: you think that having no state income tax has competitive

794
00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:36,719
Speaker 1: advantages against other teams? There has been discussion recently about

795
00:44:36,719 --> 00:44:39,279
Speaker 1: contracts within free agency and just curious what your take

796
00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:41,840
Speaker 1: is on this. Do you think a salary cap league

797
00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:44,440
Speaker 1: that tries to make it as even as possible should

798
00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:48,040
Speaker 1: try to counteract the discrepancy as well. I guess no

799
00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:51,239
Speaker 1: team recently have really done shit in those states other

800
00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:53,359
Speaker 1: than the Bucks, so maybe it's not a big deal.

801
00:44:53,719 --> 00:44:56,520
Speaker 1: I was asked this about because that rule in Seattle

802
00:44:57,120 --> 00:45:01,080
Speaker 1: that just got Howard Schultz to move to Florida. That

803
00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:07,120
Speaker 1: I actually met Jordan Schultz at the combine and I

804
00:45:07,160 --> 00:45:09,480
Speaker 1: told him. I listened to a podcast with his dad

805
00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:13,120
Speaker 1: called Acquired on Just the How he Started Starbucks, The

806
00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:17,040
Speaker 1: Origin of Starbucks, How he Built Starbucks. It's one of

807
00:45:17,040 --> 00:45:19,480
Speaker 1: the best business podcasts I've ever listened to. It was

808
00:45:19,840 --> 00:45:21,799
Speaker 1: it wasn't incredible. I didn't know that much about it

809
00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:26,600
Speaker 1: besides just I'm a user of the product, been spent

810
00:45:26,680 --> 00:45:28,839
Speaker 1: a lot of money, probably thousands of dollars in my life.

811
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Speaker 1: Especially now. They charged like seven dollars for a Venti

812
00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:34,160
Speaker 1: Colebrew with almond milk. I mean, that's pretty crazy, But

813
00:45:34,520 --> 00:45:37,200
Speaker 1: that shit I still pay when I need to pick

814
00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:42,640
Speaker 1: me up. Is he's just moved. I think it's a

815
00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:46,160
Speaker 1: bigger factor, like I'm a good example one of the

816
00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:48,760
Speaker 1: main I mean, I moved to Arizona for several reasons,

817
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:52,919
Speaker 1: but taxes and money played a massive factor. Like if

818
00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:55,560
Speaker 1: this place had had the same tax rate as California,

819
00:45:55,600 --> 00:46:00,000
Speaker 1: I would not have moved here. But my earning potential

820
00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:04,560
Speaker 1: right last longer. So you can think over the course

821
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Speaker 1: of decades when you are in a situation of like

822
00:46:08,120 --> 00:46:10,400
Speaker 1: there's a chance if you're getting offered contracts that's the

823
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Speaker 1: biggest contract, Like this is the only contract I'm ever

824
00:46:13,520 --> 00:46:17,000
Speaker 1: gonna have twenty eight years old. We've seen constantly in

825
00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:19,560
Speaker 1: the NFL guys get injured, their careers end. It happens

826
00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:21,400
Speaker 1: all the time. The average shelf life of an NFL

827
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Speaker 1: players three years. I think we have a pretty long

828
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Speaker 1: track record of if you offer the most money gross,

829
00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:32,279
Speaker 1: the net isn't a factor big of a factor as

830
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Speaker 1: I think it plays out like for normal humans and

831
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Speaker 1: businesses in society right now, because obviously we have seen

832
00:46:39,239 --> 00:46:41,839
Speaker 1: a mass migration in New York, We've seen a mass

833
00:46:41,880 --> 00:46:44,279
Speaker 1: migration in California with these big money now we're seeing

834
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Speaker 1: in Seattle. I think in professional sports it's kind of

835
00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:53,040
Speaker 1: shown that like the Cowboys would have everyone lined up

836
00:46:53,040 --> 00:46:56,000
Speaker 1: to go there, right. I mean the Rams have been dominant.

837
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Speaker 1: The forty nine ers have been to multiple Super Bowls

838
00:46:58,040 --> 00:47:02,399
Speaker 1: and multiple other playoffs. I mean, Seattle has no sit

839
00:47:02,400 --> 00:47:06,680
Speaker 1: income tax, but the Giants won multiple super Bowls with

840
00:47:06,760 --> 00:47:11,640
Speaker 1: Tom Coughlin. The Patriots have enormous taxes, and they've been good,

841
00:47:12,160 --> 00:47:13,839
Speaker 1: you know, a little blip in the radar for three

842
00:47:13,920 --> 00:47:15,960
Speaker 1: or four years, but twenty years with Bill and now

843
00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:18,759
Speaker 1: with Rabel. So I actually don't think it has this.

844
00:47:19,600 --> 00:47:22,880
Speaker 1: I think it has none because it's like, why do

845
00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:25,120
Speaker 1: the Jags always suck? Why do the Titans always suck?

846
00:47:25,760 --> 00:47:28,239
Speaker 1: Texans are now good. It doesn't mean it doesn't work

847
00:47:28,280 --> 00:47:31,200
Speaker 1: to your advantage to keep guys once you're pretty good.

848
00:47:31,880 --> 00:47:36,200
Speaker 1: But I would say historically in football it's had little

849
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Speaker 1: to no impact at all because if you look at

850
00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:42,280
Speaker 1: the top teams, I mean over the course since McVeigh

851
00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:45,600
Speaker 1: got there, the Rams have dominated, since Kyle got there.

852
00:47:45,640 --> 00:47:48,920
Speaker 1: By year three, they've been excellent. Philly, I'm pretty sure

853
00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:52,239
Speaker 1: as relatively high taxes, they've been good for almost a

854
00:47:52,280 --> 00:47:55,919
Speaker 1: decade now with Howie taking back control. Like I said,

855
00:47:55,960 --> 00:48:03,719
Speaker 1: the Patriots soda is always good. They got pretty eye taxes, right, Chicago,

856
00:48:03,719 --> 00:48:05,560
Speaker 1: I think is gonna be good moving forward. They got

857
00:48:05,640 --> 00:48:10,360
Speaker 1: astronomical taxes, so I I also think the agent and

858
00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:12,680
Speaker 1: I said this the other day, and maybe it changes

859
00:48:12,719 --> 00:48:14,799
Speaker 1: a little deal the deal, but they get paid on

860
00:48:14,840 --> 00:48:16,959
Speaker 1: the gross. So if I signed you to one hundred

861
00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:19,520
Speaker 1: million dollar contract, if I get whatever, my percentage is

862
00:48:19,560 --> 00:48:21,879
Speaker 1: one point five, I'm paid on that number, not where

863
00:48:21,960 --> 00:48:24,880
Speaker 1: you take home. You pay me off what you take home.

864
00:48:25,360 --> 00:48:28,120
Speaker 1: But I'm pretty sure they get paid on the gross number.

865
00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:30,719
Speaker 1: Maybe it's the numbers are so big you get into

866
00:48:30,719 --> 00:48:32,520
Speaker 1: the weeds, like the guaranteed number, but it's still the

867
00:48:32,520 --> 00:48:38,080
Speaker 1: gross number, not the net number. And again maybe that's changed.

868
00:48:38,200 --> 00:48:41,839
Speaker 1: The numbers got huge, but I'm not sure. I don't

869
00:48:41,840 --> 00:48:47,520
Speaker 1: think so. Because think about this, like, wouldn't it impact

870
00:48:47,520 --> 00:48:52,320
Speaker 1: coaches like Kyle and McVeigh probably make combined thirty million dollars.

871
00:48:53,040 --> 00:48:56,120
Speaker 1: California loves those two guys, their w two employees. So

872
00:48:56,200 --> 00:48:59,480
Speaker 1: I mean they're paying combined probably fifteen million dollars in taxes.

873
00:49:00,080 --> 00:49:03,040
Speaker 1: I mean, think how many average joes in California it

874
00:49:03,120 --> 00:49:05,840
Speaker 1: takes to equal what Kyle and John McVay pay in taxes.

875
00:49:07,600 --> 00:49:10,440
Speaker 1: Takes a lot. So what wouldn't those guys want to

876
00:49:10,440 --> 00:49:13,319
Speaker 1: go coach Cowboys or something. I think you're gonna make

877
00:49:13,320 --> 00:49:17,000
Speaker 1: the argument for coaches as well. You excel at your craft. God,

878
00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:20,600
Speaker 1: I like this guy. Typically that requires a lot of reviews,

879
00:49:20,600 --> 00:49:24,560
Speaker 1: self critique of your work, regardless of what your craft is. However,

880
00:49:24,680 --> 00:49:27,719
Speaker 1: you pump out so much content. I can't imagine you

881
00:49:27,760 --> 00:49:30,759
Speaker 1: have time to listen watch it all. What's your deal?

882
00:49:31,320 --> 00:49:34,960
Speaker 1: What's your deal? Bro? You eventually got to got to

883
00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:37,120
Speaker 1: a place where you can just wing it and roll

884
00:49:37,239 --> 00:49:41,640
Speaker 1: day after day. Sidebar your Spotify album cover. Pick needs

885
00:49:41,640 --> 00:49:46,600
Speaker 1: a serious reboot upgrade. Not throwing any shape, just a

886
00:49:46,680 --> 00:49:49,919
Speaker 1: fact you're far too good slash polished to rock that pick.

887
00:49:50,360 --> 00:49:54,959
Speaker 1: Does you know favors? It's old pick? We actually did

888
00:49:55,040 --> 00:49:59,040
Speaker 1: like some photos out of the Arizona State football program.

889
00:49:59,760 --> 00:50:02,279
Speaker 1: I was like, I had gotten sick and I look

890
00:50:02,360 --> 00:50:05,040
Speaker 1: so terrible. I'm like, I can't use those photos. So

891
00:50:06,600 --> 00:50:10,839
Speaker 1: it's it's in the opera to change change the outdated photo.

892
00:50:10,840 --> 00:50:13,799
Speaker 1: I mean that photos five five years old. It's also like,

893
00:50:13,960 --> 00:50:17,120
Speaker 1: is this that series of a show like this? We're

894
00:50:17,160 --> 00:50:19,879
Speaker 1: not talking the Iran War here, I mean I'm talking

895
00:50:20,040 --> 00:50:23,799
Speaker 1: the Chiefs. Number one wide receiver and baby shitting all

896
00:50:23,840 --> 00:50:29,240
Speaker 1: over the ground. So I hear you, uh, but I haven't.

897
00:50:29,239 --> 00:50:31,560
Speaker 1: I don't really think that much about it. I also

898
00:50:31,560 --> 00:50:35,240
Speaker 1: don't wing the show right maybe on the mail bag

899
00:50:35,360 --> 00:50:38,920
Speaker 1: like I'm just reacting. But when I do a podcast,

900
00:50:38,960 --> 00:50:43,280
Speaker 1: I mean, I have a notebook. I break down topics

901
00:50:43,320 --> 00:50:47,920
Speaker 1: and I don't like read. I just talk, but I

902
00:50:47,960 --> 00:50:51,319
Speaker 1: write out my thoughts and the main topics or the

903
00:50:51,360 --> 00:50:54,080
Speaker 1: main angles I want to have. And so when I talk,

904
00:50:54,480 --> 00:50:56,920
Speaker 1: it sounds like I'm just freelancing it. But I've already

905
00:50:56,960 --> 00:51:01,359
Speaker 1: gone over everything I'm gonna say. Now. Sometimes I go

906
00:51:01,400 --> 00:51:04,879
Speaker 1: off on different tangents that are just I would say

907
00:51:06,040 --> 00:51:09,680
Speaker 1: ad libbed, but I wouldn't say my show is an

908
00:51:09,680 --> 00:51:13,960
Speaker 1: ad lib show by any means. I approach it much

909
00:51:14,320 --> 00:51:17,600
Speaker 1: no different than you know. I've been around Colin Now

910
00:51:17,600 --> 00:51:19,759
Speaker 1: at his show for years and seeing how I mean

911
00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:23,320
Speaker 1: I go back. I went and kind of shadowed him

912
00:51:23,360 --> 00:51:27,280
Speaker 1: probably in like seventeen or eighteen, and that really changed

913
00:51:28,040 --> 00:51:31,120
Speaker 1: the way that I approach podcasts, and also working in radio,

914
00:51:31,480 --> 00:51:34,000
Speaker 1: I've always kind of done that. So I this isn't

915
00:51:34,040 --> 00:51:36,640
Speaker 1: just a wing it deal. I mean, this is my life.

916
00:51:36,719 --> 00:51:39,239
Speaker 1: So I mean I take this ship pretty seriously, but

917
00:51:39,320 --> 00:51:42,200
Speaker 1: I appreciate the kind of words and U. Yeah, we

918
00:51:42,239 --> 00:51:44,360
Speaker 1: gotta maybe we gotta update the Photo's why I'm on

919
00:51:44,400 --> 00:51:46,640
Speaker 1: peptides to get myself looking a little bit better and

920
00:51:46,680 --> 00:51:51,440
Speaker 1: we can pop something up of skinny Jack John. We've

921
00:51:51,440 --> 00:51:55,080
Speaker 1: got a ways to go, though. I'm a big Broncos fan.

922
00:51:55,160 --> 00:51:57,720
Speaker 1: It's Nowaday four a free agency, and we are still

923
00:51:57,880 --> 00:51:59,440
Speaker 1: waiting for them to make a move. Oh this is

924
00:51:59,440 --> 00:52:03,200
Speaker 1: a little old. You guys got Wattle. I get that

925
00:52:03,200 --> 00:52:04,800
Speaker 1: we are the number one seed and we're an ankle

926
00:52:04,840 --> 00:52:07,440
Speaker 1: injury away from a super Bowl, but all that doesn't

927
00:52:07,480 --> 00:52:10,719
Speaker 1: carry over. We can't just expect to run it back

928
00:52:10,760 --> 00:52:12,800
Speaker 1: with the team and expect the same results. The Bills

929
00:52:12,800 --> 00:52:15,120
Speaker 1: got better, the Ravens got better, the Patriots got better. Hell,

930
00:52:15,320 --> 00:52:17,040
Speaker 1: everyone in the AFC has made at least some sort

931
00:52:17,040 --> 00:52:20,000
Speaker 1: of addition. We're in the private boat Knick's rookie year.

932
00:52:20,800 --> 00:52:24,879
Speaker 1: This should be our window. Look, I'm trying to think

933
00:52:25,280 --> 00:52:27,280
Speaker 1: they want to win. By the way, we just signed

934
00:52:27,280 --> 00:52:30,840
Speaker 1: little Jordan Humphrey while I'm typing this. I think the

935
00:52:30,840 --> 00:52:33,480
Speaker 1: wattle Will move was a bold play. I mean, that's

936
00:52:34,280 --> 00:52:35,880
Speaker 1: chips all the way in the middle of the table.

937
00:52:36,400 --> 00:52:44,759
Speaker 1: They resigned JK. Dobbins, they have they have sudden, they

938
00:52:44,840 --> 00:52:48,880
Speaker 1: have I'm gonna pull up the Denver Broncos. Where's Denver?

939
00:52:51,560 --> 00:52:56,480
Speaker 1: So pick thirty is gone, so you have well that's

940
00:52:56,480 --> 00:52:58,319
Speaker 1: the second round. So you have pick thirty. In the

941
00:52:58,320 --> 00:53:02,680
Speaker 1: second round, you have two A five and three sevenths.

942
00:53:05,200 --> 00:53:08,040
Speaker 1: So in a perfect world, those two fours in A

943
00:53:08,080 --> 00:53:12,120
Speaker 1: two you would like to get an you know, just

944
00:53:12,400 --> 00:53:15,160
Speaker 1: hit on one of the three guys. So this draft,

945
00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:20,200
Speaker 1: there's a chance one guy in this draft impacts your

946
00:53:20,239 --> 00:53:22,600
Speaker 1: team next year because you can't really I mean, you

947
00:53:22,680 --> 00:53:25,120
Speaker 1: got three sevens at the end of the round, your

948
00:53:25,160 --> 00:53:27,200
Speaker 1: fifth at the end of the round. You have a

949
00:53:27,200 --> 00:53:30,520
Speaker 1: couple of good fours. These are oh because you swapped

950
00:53:30,520 --> 00:53:35,239
Speaker 1: with Miami, and this other four is uh, well, let

951
00:53:35,239 --> 00:53:37,440
Speaker 1: me see how you got it must have been a

952
00:53:37,480 --> 00:53:42,040
Speaker 1: trade though. You have two good fours. So on day

953
00:53:42,120 --> 00:53:46,040
Speaker 1: three you have the eighth pick and the eleventh pick.

954
00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:48,680
Speaker 1: So once we get day three, you have two high picks.

955
00:53:49,080 --> 00:53:51,600
Speaker 1: You could probably package those two four or one of

956
00:53:51,600 --> 00:53:53,520
Speaker 1: those fours and move up in the second round to

957
00:53:53,520 --> 00:53:57,719
Speaker 1: get a good player. You probably could actually go from

958
00:53:57,760 --> 00:54:00,200
Speaker 1: like pick thirty to middle of the round and give

959
00:54:00,239 --> 00:54:05,319
Speaker 1: one of those fours away. Listen. Every day gets me

960
00:54:05,360 --> 00:54:08,880
Speaker 1: through the night shift. Diehard Seahawks fan, curious what the

961
00:54:08,920 --> 00:54:12,160
Speaker 1: bleep we're doing. I know the free agent market isn't fantastic,

962
00:54:12,280 --> 00:54:14,239
Speaker 1: but we have forty million dollars in caps based only

963
00:54:14,280 --> 00:54:16,439
Speaker 1: four picks in the draft. We can't lose three major

964
00:54:16,520 --> 00:54:18,600
Speaker 1: players and think we can replace them in the draft.

965
00:54:18,840 --> 00:54:20,960
Speaker 1: John needs to stop being so conservative in free agency

966
00:54:21,040 --> 00:54:26,040
Speaker 1: last year. Last year was one of the few years

967
00:54:26,040 --> 00:54:27,920
Speaker 1: we spent and it worked. We got a Super Bowl.

968
00:54:28,320 --> 00:54:32,279
Speaker 1: Here's your thoughts. Can I defend my guy here? I

969
00:54:32,280 --> 00:54:34,879
Speaker 1: think you have to be very careful think about this.

970
00:54:35,719 --> 00:54:37,840
Speaker 1: When you guys had I mean the best team. I

971
00:54:37,880 --> 00:54:39,680
Speaker 1: know you just won the Super Bowl, but the LB

972
00:54:39,800 --> 00:54:42,960
Speaker 1: team was better, best team in franchise history, back to

973
00:54:43,000 --> 00:54:46,120
Speaker 1: back Super bowls. He extended all those guys and within

974
00:54:46,160 --> 00:54:47,839
Speaker 1: a couple of years, it's like, God, we kind of

975
00:54:48,360 --> 00:54:52,239
Speaker 1: kind of regret some of this, right, and I don't

976
00:54:52,280 --> 00:54:57,319
Speaker 1: think Let's choose the two main guys, the running back

977
00:54:57,640 --> 00:55:01,000
Speaker 1: and Kobe Bryant. And Kobe Brank fourteen million dollars a year,

978
00:55:01,320 --> 00:55:03,680
Speaker 1: So you're gonna get fourteen million dollars a year, which

979
00:55:03,760 --> 00:55:05,920
Speaker 1: is more power to him. I mean, he's a good player,

980
00:55:06,680 --> 00:55:08,759
Speaker 1: but he's gonna pay fourteen million dollars a year when

981
00:55:08,760 --> 00:55:11,719
Speaker 1: he's got Witherspoon coming up, JSN coming up, you want

982
00:55:11,719 --> 00:55:15,399
Speaker 1: to keep your powder dry. I just think he wasn't

983
00:55:15,440 --> 00:55:18,960
Speaker 1: gonna pay Kenneth Walker. Kenneth Walker was not gonna be

984
00:55:18,960 --> 00:55:22,719
Speaker 1: come back, and I think that's the right move. I

985
00:55:22,800 --> 00:55:26,440
Speaker 1: do like. I also think like the Chiefs makes a

986
00:55:26,480 --> 00:55:30,080
Speaker 1: lot of sense. But the Chiefs coming off a six

987
00:55:30,160 --> 00:55:33,120
Speaker 1: win team, little more desperate than a team that just

988
00:55:33,120 --> 00:55:34,880
Speaker 1: won the Super Bowl. I think if the Chiefs were

989
00:55:34,960 --> 00:55:36,680
Speaker 1: in the same spot and the roles were reversed, they

990
00:55:36,719 --> 00:55:40,360
Speaker 1: would have let Kenneth Walker walk as well. So I

991
00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:43,400
Speaker 1: gotta be honest, I don't really have a big bone

992
00:55:43,440 --> 00:55:46,480
Speaker 1: to pick. It's not like, you know, even Warri was

993
00:55:46,560 --> 00:55:49,360
Speaker 1: up and they let him walk. Witherspoon was up and

994
00:55:49,400 --> 00:55:52,600
Speaker 1: they let him walk. JSN was up and they couldn't

995
00:55:52,600 --> 00:55:54,680
Speaker 1: get a deal. That's not what we're talking about here.

996
00:55:55,560 --> 00:55:59,239
Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't. I think running backs you

997
00:55:59,280 --> 00:56:01,920
Speaker 1: gotta feel pretty confident you can find them. And the

998
00:56:02,000 --> 00:56:05,239
Speaker 1: Kobe Bryant thing is like part of also is having

999
00:56:05,280 --> 00:56:10,200
Speaker 1: Mike McDonald's who is a defensive backfield secondary mastermind. And

1000
00:56:10,280 --> 00:56:12,200
Speaker 1: you have a bunch of other good players in the secondary,

1001
00:56:12,800 --> 00:56:16,759
Speaker 1: and this draft is loaded with good safeties. So I

1002
00:56:16,760 --> 00:56:19,120
Speaker 1: don't know. I just I gotta be honest. I don't

1003
00:56:19,120 --> 00:56:22,319
Speaker 1: have a big issue with I don't know most of

1004
00:56:22,320 --> 00:56:24,880
Speaker 1: these free agents, like what was how he's supposed to do?

1005
00:56:25,239 --> 00:56:27,040
Speaker 1: Even the Ravens, like you were gonna pay your center

1006
00:56:27,080 --> 00:56:29,719
Speaker 1: twenty seven million dollars? Makes more sense for the Raiders too,

1007
00:56:29,760 --> 00:56:32,800
Speaker 1: way overpay. They got thisok quarterback coming in. So I

1008
00:56:33,120 --> 00:56:38,080
Speaker 1: think sometimes in free agency it's like the Chargers love

1009
00:56:38,160 --> 00:56:40,680
Speaker 1: Khalil Mack. So were there are a lot of teams

1010
00:56:40,680 --> 00:56:44,640
Speaker 1: gonna give Khalil Mack eighteen million? Probably not right. I

1011
00:56:44,680 --> 00:56:48,359
Speaker 1: bet his market would have been low teens, but it's

1012
00:56:48,360 --> 00:56:51,520
Speaker 1: worth The Chargers like, hey, we just want to keep

1013
00:56:51,520 --> 00:56:52,960
Speaker 1: you here. We know the tax is a little higher,

1014
00:56:53,000 --> 00:56:54,680
Speaker 1: so we'll pay a little more. We just love you

1015
00:56:54,800 --> 00:56:58,960
Speaker 1: around and you're a good player, but we and I

1016
00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:01,080
Speaker 1: think you do that with the guy. They also gave

1017
00:57:01,120 --> 00:57:04,440
Speaker 1: him a one year contract, and Kenneth Walker essentially got

1018
00:57:04,480 --> 00:57:06,319
Speaker 1: the Saquon Barkley deal of a couple of years ago.

1019
00:57:08,160 --> 00:57:10,359
Speaker 1: Like he's got a if Kenneth Walker is gonna work

1020
00:57:10,400 --> 00:57:11,960
Speaker 1: for the Chiefs, like they're gonna need that guy that

1021
00:57:12,040 --> 00:57:14,360
Speaker 1: was there the last couple of months. There's gonna be

1022
00:57:14,400 --> 00:57:16,120
Speaker 1: a lot of pressure on Kenneth Walker to be good. Now.

1023
00:57:16,120 --> 00:57:17,880
Speaker 1: I think he will be good because he's got a

1024
00:57:17,880 --> 00:57:21,920
Speaker 1: great coach. And but was Seattle supposed to give him

1025
00:57:21,920 --> 00:57:25,720
Speaker 1: that contract? I don't think you could. And I think

1026
00:57:25,760 --> 00:57:28,480
Speaker 1: they really like Kobe Bryant, But there was in one

1027
00:57:28,480 --> 00:57:31,080
Speaker 1: of those positions with the unit, they kind of had

1028
00:57:31,080 --> 00:57:33,160
Speaker 1: a number, and it's like, this is way more than us.

1029
00:57:33,720 --> 00:57:36,040
Speaker 1: Who's a team that has historically done a really good

1030
00:57:36,080 --> 00:57:39,280
Speaker 1: job of that, the Ravens. It's like, this guy is

1031
00:57:39,280 --> 00:57:41,960
Speaker 1: gonna make way more than wolver willing to pay cause

1032
00:57:42,040 --> 00:57:44,520
Speaker 1: you pick and that's part of building a good team.

1033
00:57:44,880 --> 00:57:49,880
Speaker 1: Five or six core guys right their left tackle, their quarterback, JSN,

1034
00:57:50,240 --> 00:57:53,320
Speaker 1: a couple of secondary guys like those are the guys

1035
00:57:53,720 --> 00:57:55,120
Speaker 1: all of our chips in the middle of the table

1036
00:57:55,120 --> 00:57:58,720
Speaker 1: one And I also think, like, does John Schneider not

1037
00:57:58,760 --> 00:58:02,400
Speaker 1: deserve the benefit of doubt, Like there's a short list

1038
00:58:02,400 --> 00:58:06,200
Speaker 1: of gms like he deserves benefit of doubt, period, point blank.

1039
00:58:07,600 --> 00:58:10,000
Speaker 1: Like Eagle fans don't love every move that happens. It

1040
00:58:10,040 --> 00:58:12,200
Speaker 1: was like, you know, how he deserves it. I think

1041
00:58:12,240 --> 00:58:16,440
Speaker 1: if you're Seattle, like this isn't baseball, Like you do

1042
00:58:16,560 --> 00:58:19,120
Speaker 1: have to think about the cap. You do have to

1043
00:58:19,120 --> 00:58:22,160
Speaker 1: think about like over the JOHNH. Schneider isn't just thinking

1044
00:58:22,200 --> 00:58:24,840
Speaker 1: about twenty six, He's thinking about the next three or

1045
00:58:24,880 --> 00:58:28,320
Speaker 1: four years. How do we sustain a winner like that's

1046
00:58:28,640 --> 00:58:30,960
Speaker 1: they want to win double digit games and they have

1047
00:58:31,040 --> 00:58:35,920
Speaker 1: Mike McDonald all the time. The forty nine ers kind

1048
00:58:35,920 --> 00:58:39,240
Speaker 1: of like got too aggressive and it blew up in

1049
00:58:39,280 --> 00:58:42,560
Speaker 1: their face a couple times, like, ah, we regret that one.

1050
00:58:44,200 --> 00:58:47,840
Speaker 1: We regret that contract. Rams have done that before, Girly

1051
00:58:48,520 --> 00:58:51,960
Speaker 1: and he was an excellent player. He's better than ayk right,

1052
00:58:52,040 --> 00:58:53,800
Speaker 1: but the knee injury and it was like God, they

1053
00:58:53,880 --> 00:58:57,320
Speaker 1: want it out. So I think team Good gms are

1054
00:58:57,400 --> 00:59:02,160
Speaker 1: very sensitive to, like, is worth overpaying this player? Sometimes

1055
00:59:02,160 --> 00:59:04,280
Speaker 1: you do, they'll probably have to quote unquote overpay with

1056
00:59:04,320 --> 00:59:06,000
Speaker 1: they're gonna give away. There's been a ton of money.

1057
00:59:06,440 --> 00:59:08,200
Speaker 1: If even WARRII keeps playing like this for the next

1058
00:59:08,240 --> 00:59:09,760
Speaker 1: couple of years, he's gonna get a ton of money.

1059
00:59:09,960 --> 00:59:14,040
Speaker 1: Jsn's gonna get one hundred and twenty million dollars guaranteed.

1060
00:59:14,720 --> 00:59:17,080
Speaker 1: But it's like, do you feel comfortable paying premiums for

1061
00:59:17,120 --> 00:59:19,320
Speaker 1: these guys? And the answer to be yes, do you

1062
00:59:19,360 --> 00:59:24,400
Speaker 1: feel comfortable paying a premium for your third best dB?

1063
00:59:24,880 --> 00:59:26,920
Speaker 1: And the answer is no, that's part of it. If

1064
00:59:27,000 --> 00:59:30,240
Speaker 1: Kobe Brant was your best dB, I could see being critical.

1065
00:59:30,920 --> 00:59:33,960
Speaker 1: He's not even top two dB on their own team.

1066
00:59:34,400 --> 00:59:38,640
Speaker 1: And Kenneth Walker like they like they drafted him forty one,

1067
00:59:39,520 --> 00:59:42,160
Speaker 1: but most of his career had been a little underwhelming,

1068
00:59:42,640 --> 00:59:44,439
Speaker 1: and the Chiefs really valued him, and it's like, we're

1069
00:59:44,440 --> 00:59:46,840
Speaker 1: not willing to go to that number. So I sound

1070
00:59:46,880 --> 00:59:49,840
Speaker 1: like I'm defending my guy here, which is ironic. I'm

1071
00:59:49,840 --> 00:59:53,560
Speaker 1: a Niner guy and I'm a big John Schnyder guy,

1072
00:59:53,920 --> 00:59:56,680
Speaker 1: so I agree with what he did honestly. I mean

1073
00:59:56,680 --> 00:59:59,920
Speaker 1: I would support it from the seat I'm sitting in.

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01:00:00,120 --> 01:00:02,800
Speaker 1: I don't think anything's crazy at all. I haven't seen

1075
01:00:02,840 --> 01:00:04,920
Speaker 1: a lot of guys that left and got contracts other

1076
01:00:04,960 --> 01:00:08,160
Speaker 1: places that felt like that team should have kept the guy.

1077
01:00:09,040 --> 01:00:11,000
Speaker 1: Jason Light was like, we tried to keep him, we

1078
01:00:11,040 --> 01:00:13,280
Speaker 1: offered him more money, and he still left. Sometimes that happens.

1079
01:00:14,600 --> 01:00:17,240
Speaker 1: The other thing is you never know about like contracts

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01:00:17,280 --> 01:00:19,440
Speaker 1: that were offered to players, because I hear this from

1081
01:00:19,960 --> 01:00:22,680
Speaker 1: GMS of the Combine. It's like, we offered this guy

1082
01:00:22,720 --> 01:00:24,600
Speaker 1: contract in the middle of the season, he turned it down.

1083
01:00:25,800 --> 01:00:28,200
Speaker 1: And now the granted that number was lower than the

1084
01:00:28,280 --> 01:00:31,400
Speaker 1: number he ended up getting in free agency, but I

1085
01:00:31,960 --> 01:00:34,920
Speaker 1: also think that like that was the number we were comfortable.

1086
01:00:35,400 --> 01:00:39,120
Speaker 1: You get thirty forty percent more and it never really

1087
01:00:39,160 --> 01:00:41,520
Speaker 1: leaks out. You know that there was a contract offer

1088
01:00:41,560 --> 01:00:45,480
Speaker 1: because they just said no. That sneaky. Happens a lot, right,

1089
01:00:45,520 --> 01:00:48,080
Speaker 1: It's like, hey, we made this guy an offer and

1090
01:00:48,560 --> 01:00:50,960
Speaker 1: he made We hear about some decisions that are like

1091
01:00:52,000 --> 01:00:54,840
Speaker 1: this guy turned down this much money and then it backfires.

1092
01:00:55,400 --> 01:00:58,760
Speaker 1: It also works out in the other direction a lot, like, hey,

1093
01:00:58,760 --> 01:01:02,880
Speaker 1: we offered this guy seventeen million dollars a year. He's like, nope,

1094
01:01:02,960 --> 01:01:05,800
Speaker 1: I'm playing this thing out, has a great season, gets

1095
01:01:05,840 --> 01:01:09,320
Speaker 1: twenty five million dollars a year and thirty million dollars

1096
01:01:09,400 --> 01:01:12,120
Speaker 1: more guaranteed. I think that happens a lot. That never

1097
01:01:12,200 --> 01:01:15,920
Speaker 1: comes out so because because an agent doesn't want to

1098
01:01:15,960 --> 01:01:18,840
Speaker 1: put out in the training camp or early in the

1099
01:01:18,920 --> 01:01:22,080
Speaker 1: season that he's turned down whatever amount of money. Because

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01:01:22,080 --> 01:01:25,320
Speaker 1: people be like God, are you crazy, You should take that,

1101
01:01:26,000 --> 01:01:27,600
Speaker 1: but it's kind of a risk, and some guys are

1102
01:01:27,640 --> 01:01:30,360
Speaker 1: willing to take the risk, and sometimes it's it's very

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01:01:31,240 --> 01:01:34,640
Speaker 1: you know, fruitful for the player and the agent. Audios,

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Speaker 1: have a great weekend. Talk to everyone later. The volume