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Speaker 1: we saw tonight, and I was thinking watching Sam Donald,

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Speaker 1: when he got thrown in kind of in in you know,

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Speaker 1: I don't want to say an unfair spot, but a

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Speaker 1: spot that is uh, you know, not not advantageous to

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Speaker 1: his success given that you know, you never rep with

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Speaker 1: the ones when you're the backup. And this week they're

433
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Speaker 1: playing Miles Garrett. Their offensive line is awful. And if

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Speaker 1: you're gonna ask him to do things like if you

435
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Speaker 1: keep asking Zack Wilson to throw deeper than ten fifteen

436
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Speaker 1: yards against the Hatrios in that game, he's gonna throw interceptions.

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Speaker 1: You're not trying to make the playoffs this year, ask

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Speaker 1: him to throw I don't know, just some basic routes,

439
00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:13,440
Speaker 1: A quick out, a slant, hell, run the football? Oh there,

440
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Speaker 1: down John? How are they gonna come back? Who gives

441
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Speaker 1: a ship? It's weak. Two. When you ruin a young

442
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Speaker 1: person's confidence, whether it's football or whether it's it's anything

443
00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:25,159
Speaker 1: in life, it's hard to get that back. And I

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Speaker 1: see it with urban Meyer and definitely going on with

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Speaker 1: the Jets. That ship can unravel fast. And then how

446
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Speaker 1: do you build the player who is your franchise back up?

447
00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:37,080
Speaker 1: That makes me nervous, and you could argue my philosophy

448
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Speaker 1: of starting these guys immediately. That's always a risk because

449
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Speaker 1: usually when these guys who are drafted really high, a

450
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Speaker 1: lot of times they have new coaches because those teams

451
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Speaker 1: that were drafting really high fired their coach and clearly

452
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Speaker 1: Urban Meyer, you know, swimming up stream without a paddle.

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Speaker 1: I think Robert sala is a defensive guy. Lafleur had

454
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Speaker 1: never called plays before this season, and it just feels like, God,

455
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Speaker 1: are they a little over their head. Matt Naggi has

456
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Speaker 1: a long history now in the league of calling plays.

457
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Speaker 1: He's been the head coach. This is going on year four.

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Speaker 1: To me, he has to actively two things. One, wherever

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Speaker 1: Miles Garrett is on the field, an unstoppable force. I

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Speaker 1: would double team him every play. No if he's moving,

461
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Speaker 1: my tight end shifting. I would never let him be

462
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Speaker 1: single blocked because your offensive line is so awful. If

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Speaker 1: he's single blocked, he will kill justin fields, not literally

464
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Speaker 1: but figuratively, and you know he could injure him right.

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Speaker 1: He is a force to be reckoned with, and when

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Speaker 1: your offensive line is as bad as the Bears is,

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Speaker 1: you better account for him every single play. I would

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Speaker 1: implement go back to Ohio State and go justin, what

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Speaker 1: are your ten favorite place they would be in the

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Speaker 1: playbook this week. I would also because right now, his

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Speaker 1: greatest attribute is going to be his speed and and really,

472
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Speaker 1: beside Lamar and Kyler, he's the fastest quarterback in the league.

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Speaker 1: He's a fourth guy. He can fly. I would implement

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Speaker 1: some Lamar type place to just get help five eight yards.

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Speaker 1: He's going on the road against Cleveland this you know

476
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Speaker 1: their their team is good. The place is gonna be rocking.

477
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Speaker 1: They're gonna be licking their lips playing a rookie quarterback.

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Speaker 1: If all of a sudden you're down fourteen nothing, and

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Speaker 1: then you force him just because coaches getting this mind

480
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Speaker 1: like we gotta try to win, and then you start

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Speaker 1: throwing deep and he throws three or four picks. You

482
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Speaker 1: could put this guy's confidence down in the dumps. And

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Speaker 1: I would actively do everything possible to get easy wins.

484
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Speaker 1: And when I say easy wins, I just mean moving

485
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Speaker 1: the ball past the line of scrimmage. Don't ask him

486
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Speaker 1: to run the same place as Andy Dalton. Change the playbook.

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Speaker 1: The play should look dramatically different against what once we

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Speaker 1: watch this Cleveland Bears game, then it has the first

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Speaker 1: two games with Andy Dalton. If it looks the same,

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Speaker 1: that is what I would consider malpractice. That is listen,

491
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Speaker 1: Naggy's my guy, and I know several guys on that staff.

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Speaker 1: I haven't talked to him this week, but that that

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Speaker 1: would be That would be a shame, It really would.

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Speaker 1: Now it's difficult because a lot of times, beside Mac Jones,

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Speaker 1: who went to a really good team with a really

496
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Speaker 1: good coaching staff, you know, it's what they're asking Mac

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Speaker 1: Jones to do, Hand the ball off, throw, get the

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Speaker 1: ball out of his hand quick. They're asking him to

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Speaker 1: do relatively basic stuff. Now, their team is much better

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Speaker 1: and they're equipped to do that. But even if Bill

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Speaker 1: had a terrible team, he would ask the same stuff

502
00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:28,560
Speaker 1: he got Cam Newton last year. What do you ask

503
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Speaker 1: him to do? Run around? You know, play to your

504
00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,320
Speaker 1: player's strength, and you should do that whether the guy

505
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Speaker 1: is a twenty one year old rookie or whether he's

506
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Speaker 1: a thirty five year old veteran. And I think too

507
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Speaker 1: often coaches getting this kind of this bunker mentality that's

508
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Speaker 1: just in their office by themselves watching table. This will work,

509
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Speaker 1: this will work. Well, maybe it won't work for the

510
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Speaker 1: guy you have playing quarterback. Maybe that's not the right

511
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Speaker 1: play to call, but they're like, this is what we do.

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Speaker 1: Who cares what you do? What does your player do. So, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I always believe in playing these guys, but I have

514
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Speaker 1: to actively think about how to protect them, how to

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Speaker 1: put them in positions to have success even if I'm

516
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Speaker 1: not gonna win the game. How do I build up

517
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Speaker 1: their confidence while I'm losing. And that could just be

518
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Speaker 1: little wins. That could be Hey man, you created ten

519
00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:21,439
Speaker 1: first downs. Hey man, you were you know, two for

520
00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:24,399
Speaker 1: five in the red zone. Those two those two touchdowns

521
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Speaker 1: you through were fantastic. You know, you have to put

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Speaker 1: them or just give them a chance. And that's what

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Speaker 1: makes me nervous about what's going on in Jacksonville. Definitely

524
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Speaker 1: makes me nervous about what's going on with the Jets.

525
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Speaker 1: And it's good We're gonna see because if Naggie comes

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Speaker 1: out with the game plan that has him running, maybe

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Speaker 1: run some option, I don't know, just get him in space,

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Speaker 1: get him outside the pocket, get him running, and get

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Speaker 1: him running away from Miles Garrett because every single play

530
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Speaker 1: that he is single blocked at the line of scrimmage,

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Speaker 1: he has a chance to throw fields of the ground

532
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Speaker 1: and that I have to avoid at all costs, all costs.

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Speaker 1: The forty Niners, for example, last week against the Eagles

534
00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:07,480
Speaker 1: early on, McGlinchey gets smoked by sweat. The rest of

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Speaker 1: the game, George Kittle's helping him out. The Eagles have

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Speaker 1: a fantastic defensive line. McGlinchey on an island against some

537
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Speaker 1: of their speed rushers is disadvantage for the forty Niners. Well,

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Speaker 1: what do we have one of the best blocking tight

539
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Speaker 1: ends in the league. Hey, George, this is not gonna

540
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Speaker 1: be one of the games where you're gonna, you know,

541
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Speaker 1: have a hundred yards receiving, You're gonna need to block.

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00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:29,280
Speaker 1: You're gonna ask act as our six offensive linemen. It did,

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Speaker 1: it worked, and they won. Now and I'm not even

544
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Speaker 1: looking for the Bears to win. I'm just looking for

545
00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:39,800
Speaker 1: them to build on field strengths, which are dramatically different

546
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Speaker 1: than Andy Dalton, a former kind of athletic guy who's

547
00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:46,040
Speaker 1: now not really athletic. You watched him run to the sideline.

548
00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:48,560
Speaker 1: He he doesn't move very well. He's actually a pocket

549
00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:51,000
Speaker 1: quarterback who doesn't have a great arm uh And I

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Speaker 1: know Naggy said this week that that Andy Dalton still

551
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Speaker 1: their starter when he comes back. I hope that fields

552
00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:01,920
Speaker 1: shows enough where that's not been an option because nobody again.

553
00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:05,040
Speaker 1: Nice guy. We always got a preface that with Andy Dalton. Dalton,

554
00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:07,120
Speaker 1: nice guy. He got so much credit this week on

555
00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:11,040
Speaker 1: social media for clapping for Fields making a nice play.

556
00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:12,920
Speaker 1: I think how low the bar is if you get

557
00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:16,320
Speaker 1: credit for clapping on a teammate like it's sometimes I mean,

558
00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:18,480
Speaker 1: it's funny, but it's also kind of embarrassing. I'm not

559
00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:20,640
Speaker 1: blaming any Dalton, He's just, I don't know, just doing

560
00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:23,680
Speaker 1: what normal nice people do. They cheer on their teammates.

561
00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:26,680
Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo. I saw it with the Niners when Trey

562
00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:29,200
Speaker 1: Lance had a big play in the preseason, Jimmy Garoppolo

563
00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:31,600
Speaker 1: screaming against all this credit, like I hope, like this

564
00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:34,040
Speaker 1: is this is a team game. This isn't tennis, this

565
00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:36,800
Speaker 1: isn't golf, Like these guys are. You're all on the

566
00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:40,440
Speaker 1: same squad here. Uh but I uh, I'm keeping my

567
00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:43,760
Speaker 1: fingers crossed that the Justin Fields and the Bears are

568
00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:45,520
Speaker 1: on the same page this week and they can just

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Speaker 1: keep them upright, Okay. I wanted to react to another

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Speaker 1: couple of comments that I've had people reach out in

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Speaker 1: the d M s Aji Middlecops Instagram and said Middle

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Speaker 1: coof Are you pivoting now because you said that Fangio

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Speaker 1: screwed up when he named Teddy Bridgewater the quarterback, and listen,

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Speaker 1: I have to acknowledge Teddy has been solid. They have

575
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:14,600
Speaker 1: played the New York Giants and the Jacksonville Jaguars, like so,

576
00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:17,440
Speaker 1: they played two teams that have a combined zero wins.

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Speaker 1: But the Broncos have a really good defense, they have

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Speaker 1: a good running back, they have talented skill guys and

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Speaker 1: Teddy four touchdowns, zero picks, not Brady nine touchdowns, not

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Speaker 1: a Kylie eight. So he's been solid. He's not some

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Speaker 1: m VP frontrunner. Yeah, through two weeks, Fangio has gotten

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Speaker 1: exactly what he wanted. My take on Drew Lock being

583
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Speaker 1: the starting quarterback was more about when they played the

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Speaker 1: good teams. This week doesn't count. They're playing the Jets, right,

585
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Speaker 1: They're gonna be three and oh unless Teddy has the

586
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Speaker 1: worst game of his career. I cannot see under any

587
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Speaker 1: circumstances Zack Wilson going into Mile High and winning the game.

588
00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:59,440
Speaker 1: So vic Fangio made this move. Now, is there a

589
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Speaker 1: chance that Drew Lock could have had a game the

590
00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:03,240
Speaker 1: first two weeks where he threw a bunch of picks

591
00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:06,560
Speaker 1: and and lost it in the game for sure. My

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00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:09,720
Speaker 1: take though, was more about big picture. For a team

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Speaker 1: that has a bunch of talent, can they get a

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Speaker 1: quarterback who has enough of a ceiling to play against

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Speaker 1: the Raiders, the Chargers, the Chiefs. You know, the Ravens,

596
00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:21,080
Speaker 1: the good teams in the league. I don't even have

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00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:23,280
Speaker 1: their schedule in front of me, but they're clearly you

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Speaker 1: don't get to play the Jets and the Jags every week.

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00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,240
Speaker 1: Eventually we know that division is really good. You know,

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Speaker 1: the Raiders, Chiefs, and the Chargers I think are all.

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Speaker 1: I mean, the Chiefs are one space that they're gonna

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Speaker 1: win that division. Their defense seas to play a little

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00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:36,520
Speaker 1: bit better. Chargers and Raiders are good. I mean the

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00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:38,920
Speaker 1: Raiders are too. And oh beat the Ravens and the Seilers.

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Speaker 1: So can you beat the Raiders with Teddy Bridgewater? Can

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Speaker 1: you beat the Chargers with Teddy Bridgewater? Because if you

607
00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:49,560
Speaker 1: simply look at a football game a little bit like

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Speaker 1: an NBA playoff series. Historically, you go in an NBA

609
00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:57,640
Speaker 1: playoff series, who has the best player? And if you

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Speaker 1: just picked the team that has the best player, more

611
00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:02,520
Speaker 1: often than not, you're gonna be in pretty good shape

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Speaker 1: when betting on the series. When you just go into

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00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:08,440
Speaker 1: an NFL game and at your quarterback, it's one thing

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00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,840
Speaker 1: if you both have If it's Russell Wilson verse Rogers,

615
00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:13,479
Speaker 1: if it's Mahomes you know versu Lamar. Yeah, those are

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Speaker 1: coin flips. But if I got Teddy Bridgewater verse Mahomes,

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Speaker 1: if I got Teddy Bridgewater versus Lamar, that is a

618
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:24,520
Speaker 1: dramatic gap. That is why, and that's where I wonder.

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Speaker 1: I like Vic Fangio. I'm a huge Vic Fangio guy,

620
00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:30,920
Speaker 1: loved him since the Niners. I have a good buddy

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Speaker 1: in the league who works very closely with him, swears

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00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:37,240
Speaker 1: by him. I'm rooting for Vic Fangio to have success.

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00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:41,680
Speaker 1: I just I always enjoyed just the Denver broncos. Hell.

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00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:43,600
Speaker 1: I love Denver, and I've really only been there a

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00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:45,560
Speaker 1: couple of times. Hell, I want to go there more.

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Speaker 1: I was in the steam room a couple of weeks ago.

627
00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:50,680
Speaker 1: Must have been a really rich guy, because he was

628
00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:52,520
Speaker 1: telling me about all these vacations he's gone on the

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Speaker 1: last two or three years. Said he went to Aspen,

630
00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:56,840
Speaker 1: and I was like, God, place looks sweet. You know,

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Speaker 1: because remember in Dumb Dumber Jim Carrey went there, looked

632
00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:02,600
Speaker 1: really cool. I want to go there too, never been there.

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00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:04,280
Speaker 1: You know, it used to be a skier. Now I

634
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:06,160
Speaker 1: got the balky KNA. I can't really ski, but I'd

635
00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:08,840
Speaker 1: go to the bar. I'd go hang out in the snow. Uh.

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00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:12,320
Speaker 1: So I'm rooting for the Broncos. My question on Teddy

637
00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:16,080
Speaker 1: Bridgewater will not be answered until they play teams who

638
00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:19,720
Speaker 1: are good, because currently they you know, and I expect

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Speaker 1: them to win this week. They will have beat three

640
00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:24,320
Speaker 1: teams and I'm not diminishing you. Just you play who's

641
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Speaker 1: on your schedule. So you know, I mean Alabama had

642
00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:29,920
Speaker 1: to beat Mercer, right, and they're gonna win this week

643
00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:32,440
Speaker 1: and be three and oh the combined wins of the

644
00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:35,840
Speaker 1: teams that they played, especially once the Jags. The Giants

645
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:38,520
Speaker 1: actually might be to Atlanta this week, they might have

646
00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:40,840
Speaker 1: one win, so the combined records would be like one

647
00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:45,479
Speaker 1: and three, three six, one in seven or one in eight.

648
00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:46,840
Speaker 1: I have to write it down and do the math.

649
00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:49,520
Speaker 1: But so let's just let's just pump the brakes a

650
00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:52,800
Speaker 1: little bit. And the other pushback I got from was

651
00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:55,040
Speaker 1: from a lot of Colts fans and said I was

652
00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:58,160
Speaker 1: being too hard on Carson Wentz. I did not say

653
00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:01,680
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz sucks. I think Carson Wentz is still a

654
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:05,880
Speaker 1: very talented player. But it's all relative the way I

655
00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:09,000
Speaker 1: judge you, how good are you relative to the money

656
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:11,920
Speaker 1: you're making. So the moment you signed the you know,

657
00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:16,040
Speaker 1: huge contract like Jared Goff did, he is now compared

658
00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:19,480
Speaker 1: to other guys making thirty five plus million dollars. We

659
00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:22,480
Speaker 1: know that list of players. That is the standards you're

660
00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:24,960
Speaker 1: held to a little bit. Josh Allen, who I saw

661
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:27,239
Speaker 1: a quote yesterday say I haven't played that well through

662
00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:30,600
Speaker 1: two weeks. Well, Josh is no longer being judged as

663
00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:33,760
Speaker 1: like this turnaround project who has become a star. Okay,

664
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:36,000
Speaker 1: we just view you as a really good player. You're

665
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:39,640
Speaker 1: now judged as a forty three million dollar quarterback. So

666
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:41,920
Speaker 1: we see it, you know in basketball and baseball all

667
00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:45,279
Speaker 1: the time. Once you get these enormous contracts, you're no

668
00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:48,080
Speaker 1: longer this little engine that could. Once you get the

669
00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:50,960
Speaker 1: Max or Francisco Lindor got all that money from the Mets,

670
00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:52,680
Speaker 1: and then you have a shitty season, It's like, bro,

671
00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:55,919
Speaker 1: you gotta produce toy. Bryce Harper this year is getting

672
00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:58,000
Speaker 1: all this credit for the Phillies. He signed three and

673
00:34:58,160 --> 00:34:59,880
Speaker 1: thirty million dollar contract. He's one of the best players

674
00:34:59,920 --> 00:35:02,520
Speaker 1: in baseball. You know, Max Scherzer has been making thirty

675
00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:04,839
Speaker 1: million dollars forever. I'll go to the war with Max

676
00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:07,080
Speaker 1: Scherzer any of the week. When I pay you a

677
00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:10,960
Speaker 1: ton of money, my expectations for you are sky high.

678
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:13,799
Speaker 1: So whence that has been fine. My point is, I

679
00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:15,919
Speaker 1: just don't view a guy who's looking like a thirty

680
00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:19,200
Speaker 1: five million dollar quarterback. It's why Derek Carr this season.

681
00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:22,960
Speaker 1: Part of Derek Carr is like he makes twenty million

682
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:26,719
Speaker 1: dollars a year twenty so if he's gonna play like that,

683
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,759
Speaker 1: he's one of the best bargains in the NFL. We

684
00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:32,320
Speaker 1: talked about it all the time with rookie quarterbacks. Lamar

685
00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:35,040
Speaker 1: wins an m v P on his rookie contract. Uh

686
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:38,279
Speaker 1: Mahomes wins an MVP on his rookie contract. Last year,

687
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:41,120
Speaker 1: Baker played excellent on his rookie contracts. Same with Josh Allen,

688
00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:43,760
Speaker 1: Like you get extra credit for doing that because, like damn,

689
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:46,320
Speaker 1: we had a top five or six or seven quarterback

690
00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:48,560
Speaker 1: in the league. And he was making five six seven

691
00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:51,880
Speaker 1: million dollars in a salary cap league. I know the

692
00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:54,759
Speaker 1: booger eaters like don't count their money. Well, that's how

693
00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:56,680
Speaker 1: we got to talk about the sport. Because you get

694
00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:58,680
Speaker 1: limited by the amount of money you can spend on

695
00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:00,600
Speaker 1: the team. This is in the Keys are the red

696
00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:03,640
Speaker 1: sox of the Dodgers. So how much you make impacts

697
00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:06,480
Speaker 1: how I build the squad. And when I look at

698
00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:09,520
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz for thirty five million dollars, I saw Philip

699
00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:12,400
Speaker 1: Rivers last year. Remember Philip Rivers made twenty five million

700
00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:14,880
Speaker 1: dollars and he was okay, he was solid. That's what

701
00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:18,000
Speaker 1: I see with Carson Wentz. He's been okay, nothing special,

702
00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:21,000
Speaker 1: and now he's injured, which is clearly the bigger aspect.

703
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:24,120
Speaker 1: And like I said, I don't blame any player for

704
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:27,600
Speaker 1: getting hurt, no human being, hell, even if you're not

705
00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:29,680
Speaker 1: football player. I remember one time I stubbed my toe

706
00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:33,480
Speaker 1: against the wall. Most pain I've ever felt. We've all

707
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:36,399
Speaker 1: done it. It broke my big toe, actually it might

708
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:38,759
Speaker 1: have been my my not the big toe, but the

709
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:40,960
Speaker 1: toe next to it, the long one. It was so

710
00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:43,359
Speaker 1: much pain. I mean, I I cried a little bit,

711
00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:46,000
Speaker 1: not like uh like baby tears, but just like out

712
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:49,640
Speaker 1: of pain. I mean, I swore I couldn't walk normally

713
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:54,160
Speaker 1: four weeks, and I didn't want to limp around. It's

714
00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:56,360
Speaker 1: just an injury that happened because I was an idiot

715
00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:58,520
Speaker 1: and I didn't see the wall coming. Just like Carson

716
00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:01,080
Speaker 1: Wentz doesn't want to have multiple col sprains. No one

717
00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:03,239
Speaker 1: wants to, you think, Brandon, no one wants to get hurt.

718
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:06,720
Speaker 1: But like that's part of his story. And I stand

719
00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:08,880
Speaker 1: by what I said. If he had been a healthy

720
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:11,560
Speaker 1: player this whole time, I do think it's clear he's

721
00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:14,919
Speaker 1: a much better player now. He's okay, he's solid, he's

722
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,120
Speaker 1: you know, probably the middle of the road, but he

723
00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:20,239
Speaker 1: is physically talented. He's way more physically gifted than the

724
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:22,920
Speaker 1: middle of the road. Guys. I watched Kirk Cousins. I go,

725
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:25,520
Speaker 1: I'd rather have Kirk Cousins right now than Carson Wentz.

726
00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:27,680
Speaker 1: I wouldn't even hesitate. Kirk Cousin is a much better

727
00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:31,640
Speaker 1: player and Chris kirk Cousins can't hold a candle in

728
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:35,200
Speaker 1: terms of talent to Carson Wentz, not even close. Ryan.

729
00:37:35,239 --> 00:37:38,360
Speaker 1: I take Ryan Tannehill over Carson wentz right. Now again,

730
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:42,040
Speaker 1: availability in being able to play helps you improve. And

731
00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:45,440
Speaker 1: already you know Brett Hunley who you know? I'm a

732
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:48,839
Speaker 1: West Coast guy roo for Pack twelve quarterbacks. But if

733
00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:51,239
Speaker 1: Brett Huntley who, It's it's hard to tell. I guess

734
00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:53,680
Speaker 1: Jacobison's a back twelve quarterback too. They were like splitting

735
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:56,680
Speaker 1: first team reps, what quite is going on? Who's gonna

736
00:37:56,719 --> 00:37:59,239
Speaker 1: be the starting quarterback this week against the Titans? Where

737
00:37:59,239 --> 00:38:02,560
Speaker 1: the culture kind of in a weird way. It's September,

738
00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:06,719
Speaker 1: it's late September twenty three, so they kick off twenty

739
00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:09,439
Speaker 1: seven or whatever Sunday's date is like you go oh

740
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:11,200
Speaker 1: and three, and you've already lost the Titans and they

741
00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:13,120
Speaker 1: have a two game lead on you and your quarterbacks

742
00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:16,880
Speaker 1: and shambles like they would be staring at bye bye playoffs.

743
00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:19,359
Speaker 1: It would be very, very difficult for them to go

744
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:21,600
Speaker 1: on a run, and I know they have before, but

745
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:23,600
Speaker 1: part of that is you gotta have the quarterback on

746
00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:26,520
Speaker 1: the field, and who could trust if Carson missed this game,

747
00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:28,799
Speaker 1: even once he's able to come back healthy, that he'll

748
00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:32,880
Speaker 1: be able to string eight straight games together, let alone.

749
00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:35,799
Speaker 1: I guess However, many would be left fourteen. That would

750
00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:39,240
Speaker 1: be a lot to ask. So the expectations are tied

751
00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:43,200
Speaker 1: to your salary. Whatever job you're in right now, you know,

752
00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:46,440
Speaker 1: we're always its human nature, we're always jealous. It's probably

753
00:38:46,640 --> 00:38:49,320
Speaker 1: I guess the industries I worked in. In radio and football,

754
00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:52,359
Speaker 1: you kind of had an idea how much everyone was making.

755
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:54,920
Speaker 1: I don't know if that's the same for every single

756
00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:58,319
Speaker 1: industry you're listening. Some of you might know exactly how

757
00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:00,719
Speaker 1: much your colleagues make. Some of you are fascinating, you

758
00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:02,840
Speaker 1: don't know. You wish you did. But for those of

759
00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:05,279
Speaker 1: you that do know how much your colleagues make. If

760
00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:08,400
Speaker 1: there's someone and the same company as you who makes

761
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:11,600
Speaker 1: you know, double or triple what you make, and you

762
00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:14,520
Speaker 1: think you're better or you think he's not pulling his weight,

763
00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:17,240
Speaker 1: you go, what the hell is going on? Anyone listening

764
00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:19,560
Speaker 1: to this right now that runs a company. If you

765
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:23,920
Speaker 1: pay someone you know forty grand a year, your expectations

766
00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:26,400
Speaker 1: for that human being are a lot different than you

767
00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:29,520
Speaker 1: paying your president of the company five grand or a

768
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:32,600
Speaker 1: million dollars or two hundred grand. Whatever. Money's all relative, right,

769
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Speaker 1: It changes with how much I pay you. That's why

770
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:37,640
Speaker 1: we have so much respect for Patrick Mahomes, Like Gaddy

771
00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:40,239
Speaker 1: got four and fifty million dollars, kicks everyone's ass. It's

772
00:39:40,239 --> 00:39:42,359
Speaker 1: like Tom Brady is like a cheap code. He keeps

773
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:45,719
Speaker 1: taking these discounts. He's thrown Knight touchdowns, Like is this

774
00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:49,279
Speaker 1: even fair? I mean, what are we doing? It's not

775
00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:52,040
Speaker 1: that that'd be like the equivalent of like Lebron James

776
00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:54,799
Speaker 1: or Steph Curry, instead of making forty million dollars a year,

777
00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:56,719
Speaker 1: We're like, yeah, I'll just I'll just make twenty two.

778
00:39:57,160 --> 00:39:58,960
Speaker 1: Get me an extra couple of players. You'd be like,

779
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:02,320
Speaker 1: what this where they're gonna kick everyone's ass. That's just

780
00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:05,320
Speaker 1: we're never going to see another time again because most players.

781
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:08,440
Speaker 1: And I will never blame anybody a little bit because

782
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:10,799
Speaker 1: I do think if like, if you're making forty, you

783
00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:13,319
Speaker 1: could easily make thirty and make that up, you know

784
00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:16,640
Speaker 1: easily as a quarterback. Plus you always see every penny.

785
00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:20,440
Speaker 1: But that's another conversation for another day. I'm just the

786
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:23,600
Speaker 1: expectations like for Carson Wentz are higher than Teddy Bridgewater,

787
00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:28,720
Speaker 1: for example. Just something to keep an eye on this weekend. Okay,

788
00:40:28,719 --> 00:40:30,560
Speaker 1: what I thought I'd do is just go around the league,

789
00:40:30,640 --> 00:40:34,080
Speaker 1: some storyline, some games, things that I'm fired up this weekend.

790
00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:38,560
Speaker 1: Roethlisberger has had quite the week. They lose the Raiders.

791
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:43,920
Speaker 1: He just takes a dump on his offensive coordinator crushes him. Now,

792
00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:48,000
Speaker 1: if you remember every story said when they fired, I

793
00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:50,200
Speaker 1: think it was the former offensive line coach that became

794
00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:53,920
Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator. To now Matt Canada is their offensive

795
00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:56,200
Speaker 1: or their offensive coordinator. Now, I think I might have

796
00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:59,160
Speaker 1: said his name wrong, but he was right. Every story

797
00:40:59,239 --> 00:41:01,319
Speaker 1: was like this is who Roethlisberger wanted to be the

798
00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:03,960
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator. And then his quotes after the game was like,

799
00:41:04,040 --> 00:41:06,600
Speaker 1: we don't run no huddle, we don't know what we're doing.

800
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:10,520
Speaker 1: I mean, just absolutely destroys the guy, classic Ben, you know,

801
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:13,400
Speaker 1: throw guys under the bus. Then he's injured as well,

802
00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:16,200
Speaker 1: and I think he's showing his true colors of being

803
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:18,719
Speaker 1: a thirty nine year old kind of breaking down quarterback.

804
00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:22,520
Speaker 1: And if he cannot stay healthy, which he's already heard,

805
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,719
Speaker 1: it would be a major major problem. They play the

806
00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:28,399
Speaker 1: Bengals at you know, t J. Watt status is somewhe

807
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:30,440
Speaker 1: up in the air. The last I saw, I think

808
00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:33,600
Speaker 1: on Thursday. I guess I'm recording this on Thursday Wednesday,

809
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:36,440
Speaker 1: he was limited in practice, which is a good sign. Uh.

810
00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:39,000
Speaker 1: Now do they push him or not to play. We'll see.

811
00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:41,399
Speaker 1: If he was playing, I would say their defense could

812
00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:43,120
Speaker 1: just take over and win the game because the Bengals

813
00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:45,719
Speaker 1: offensive line isn't very good. But I like Joe burrow Man.

814
00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:48,359
Speaker 1: He shown a little moxy. You know, they beat the

815
00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:51,120
Speaker 1: Vikings week one, they actually played decent. Week two against

816
00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:53,680
Speaker 1: the Bears. Definitely came back a little bit, I guess

817
00:41:53,719 --> 00:41:56,680
Speaker 1: when fields came in the game. But this is a

818
00:41:57,480 --> 00:41:59,719
Speaker 1: you know, you can't be losing to the Bengals at

819
00:41:59,719 --> 00:42:03,279
Speaker 1: home after you just lost Washington against the Bills. I

820
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:06,200
Speaker 1: saw some quotes Taylor Heineke was like, this is my job.

821
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:09,000
Speaker 1: Fitzpatrick's my guy, but I plan on keeping this thing.

822
00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:12,759
Speaker 1: I'm the starting quarterback for the Washington football team. Well,

823
00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:15,279
Speaker 1: you're playing the Bills, who got a pretty good pass

824
00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:17,680
Speaker 1: rush now and a pretty good head coach, a defensive

825
00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:19,479
Speaker 1: minded guy. I think this game could be pretty tough,

826
00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:22,360
Speaker 1: and I think in games like this against other playoff

827
00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:25,640
Speaker 1: level teams, you'll see why Washington is screwed and they're

828
00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:29,439
Speaker 1: gonna be in the quarterback a true starting quarterback, whether

829
00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:31,440
Speaker 1: it's a big trade up to get a guy this offseason,

830
00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:35,040
Speaker 1: whether it's trading for you know, a younger Bridge quarterback

831
00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:38,160
Speaker 1: like Jimmy Garoppolo. But I think Taylor Heinek could be

832
00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:40,279
Speaker 1: in for a long game. And I do think there's

833
00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:43,719
Speaker 1: some pressure might be the wrong word, but just some

834
00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:45,920
Speaker 1: We're all watching like it's Josh Allen gonna get this

835
00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:49,000
Speaker 1: thing rolling. Now. You know, Washington's defense, while a little

836
00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:52,120
Speaker 1: over hyped, is still pretty good. Is something to just

837
00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:55,400
Speaker 1: you know, can can they carry the squad? Uh? This

838
00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:57,920
Speaker 1: is pretty big game, you know for the Bills especially,

839
00:42:57,960 --> 00:43:00,080
Speaker 1: But if Washington wins this, you're two and one. With

840
00:43:00,120 --> 00:43:02,040
Speaker 1: a win over the Bills, you'd be feeling pretty good.

841
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:07,160
Speaker 1: Charges At Kansas City, the Chiefs defense has not been good. Now.

842
00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:10,640
Speaker 1: They played Lamar Jackson, who just flipped the switch as

843
00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:13,440
Speaker 1: a as a coach in the league. I was texting

844
00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:16,360
Speaker 1: with earlier this week, was like, uh, he said, you

845
00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:18,640
Speaker 1: know who Lamar Jackson is? I said, no, who is he?

846
00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:21,480
Speaker 1: He said, Michael Jackson. He didn't even explain it, but

847
00:43:21,520 --> 00:43:23,600
Speaker 1: I you know, I mean, just there's we've never seen

848
00:43:23,640 --> 00:43:26,440
Speaker 1: anything like this. He is a remarkable player. So if

849
00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:30,640
Speaker 1: your defense you know struggles against Lamar Jackson. I give

850
00:43:30,680 --> 00:43:33,280
Speaker 1: you somewhat of a past. Now we understand the Kansas

851
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:36,800
Speaker 1: Chiefs are not the Five Bears on defense, which I

852
00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:40,080
Speaker 1: actually stumbled upon. That thirty for thirty fantastic, I mean

853
00:43:40,120 --> 00:43:43,719
Speaker 1: it was that thirty for thirty is elite. Did Ka

854
00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:47,719
Speaker 1: and uh Rex Ryan's dad, Buddy Ryan. They hated each other,

855
00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:50,880
Speaker 1: They didn't talk. Buddy constantly told Dick to get out

856
00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:53,239
Speaker 1: of meetings. Did Ka. I think he was hired an

857
00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:58,000
Speaker 1: eighty two made a hundred thousand dollars. He was the

858
00:43:58,040 --> 00:44:00,359
Speaker 1: lowest paid coach even at the time, which Hun Grand

859
00:44:00,360 --> 00:44:01,880
Speaker 1: and eighty two. It was obviously a lot more on

860
00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:04,480
Speaker 1: Hunter Grand now was still the lowest paid coach at

861
00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:07,239
Speaker 1: the time. Fantastic thirty for thirty. If you ever get

862
00:44:07,239 --> 00:44:09,480
Speaker 1: a chance to watch it, check it out. But the

863
00:44:09,719 --> 00:44:13,400
Speaker 1: Chiefs defense, you know, against the Chargers, Herbert is a

864
00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:17,160
Speaker 1: completely different animal than Lamar. He's not a scrambled guy,

865
00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:20,080
Speaker 1: though he can run. Lamar is you know, making you

866
00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:22,479
Speaker 1: miss in space? I think I saw Davante Adams said

867
00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:26,120
Speaker 1: this week that he watched film this offseason of Lamar

868
00:44:26,239 --> 00:44:29,399
Speaker 1: to learn how to juke guys like some guys. When

869
00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:31,719
Speaker 1: I was with the Eagles, Shady McCoy you either have

870
00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:35,800
Speaker 1: the uh, you know, the wiggle or you don't. And

871
00:44:36,040 --> 00:44:39,200
Speaker 1: it's something that lamar. He would make most defenders look bad.

872
00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:40,640
Speaker 1: I remember a couple of years ago when they played

873
00:44:40,640 --> 00:44:42,560
Speaker 1: the Niners in a rain game. He was joking out

874
00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:44,800
Speaker 1: Niners and they were the best defense in the league

875
00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:47,200
Speaker 1: that year. Like I I give you someone of a pass.

876
00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:51,520
Speaker 1: But the Chargers, I mean, Keenan looks fantastic. Mike Williams

877
00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:55,120
Speaker 1: is an animal. Uh, Eckler's a solid player that they

878
00:44:55,120 --> 00:44:58,359
Speaker 1: have offensive firepower. Now can they beat the Chiefs at

879
00:44:58,400 --> 00:45:01,319
Speaker 1: Kansas City early morning kick off? Coming off of both

880
00:45:01,320 --> 00:45:03,759
Speaker 1: teams are coming off a rough loss. This game is good.

881
00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:06,160
Speaker 1: You know this is I can't wait to watch this

882
00:45:06,239 --> 00:45:10,360
Speaker 1: bad boy Mahomes just simple reality with the Chiefs, and

883
00:45:10,360 --> 00:45:12,799
Speaker 1: they know this. Mahomes knows this, Andy knows this. It's

884
00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:15,759
Speaker 1: not like it's not top secret. They need him to

885
00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:17,520
Speaker 1: be awesome for them to win. And let's face it,

886
00:45:17,560 --> 00:45:19,880
Speaker 1: for the last three years he's been freaking awesome and

887
00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:23,440
Speaker 1: they've basically won every game probably except like eight. I mean,

888
00:45:23,440 --> 00:45:25,120
Speaker 1: how many games have they lost in the last couple

889
00:45:25,120 --> 00:45:26,920
Speaker 1: of years they went to the n f C Championship.

890
00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:29,200
Speaker 1: I think that year they go thirteen and three. The

891
00:45:29,239 --> 00:45:32,600
Speaker 1: following year they go fourteen and two. I mean, they

892
00:45:32,640 --> 00:45:35,440
Speaker 1: just don't lose many games, you know. That's why it's

893
00:45:35,480 --> 00:45:38,319
Speaker 1: so weird when they lose. The Ravens. They the last

894
00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:40,200
Speaker 1: several years, they only lose two or three of these

895
00:45:40,280 --> 00:45:42,640
Speaker 1: a year, and then you know, they won the Super

896
00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:44,040
Speaker 1: Bowl the one year and last year they won the

897
00:45:44,040 --> 00:45:46,920
Speaker 1: Super Bowl. We're just not used to seeing Mahomes and

898
00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:49,839
Speaker 1: Andy go to midfield, you know, once the clocks hit

899
00:45:49,960 --> 00:45:51,919
Speaker 1: zero and they don't have more points than the other team.

900
00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:54,880
Speaker 1: It's at this point in time, it's kind of glaring.

901
00:45:55,280 --> 00:45:57,399
Speaker 1: You know, it's like whoa, It just kind of hits

902
00:45:57,440 --> 00:46:00,160
Speaker 1: you because we're used to seeing them win. I do

903
00:46:00,239 --> 00:46:03,880
Speaker 1: think this is uh. They're gonna come in firing in

904
00:46:03,960 --> 00:46:07,680
Speaker 1: all cylinders against the Chargers divisional game, you know, especially

905
00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:10,800
Speaker 1: the Raiders, you know, who probably gonna win against Miami

906
00:46:10,840 --> 00:46:14,120
Speaker 1: and Denver's definitely gonna win against the Jets. Whoever loses

907
00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:16,040
Speaker 1: this game. All of a sudden, you're one and two

908
00:46:16,120 --> 00:46:18,880
Speaker 1: and you have multiple teams in your division three and oh,

909
00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:22,319
Speaker 1: plus the Chiefs and the Chargers. You lose this game.

910
00:46:22,360 --> 00:46:25,680
Speaker 1: That's a divisional game, especially for the Kansas City. It's

911
00:46:25,680 --> 00:46:28,959
Speaker 1: at home, so there's a big game. And like I said,

912
00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:31,960
Speaker 1: with the Raiders, can they start three and oh two

913
00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:36,799
Speaker 1: is out? You know he got absolutely molly wapped, destroyed

914
00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:41,600
Speaker 1: and you has hurt Ribs. Here's the problem for Miami.

915
00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:44,360
Speaker 1: Their offensive line is not very good and Jacoby is

916
00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:47,440
Speaker 1: a bad athlete, so he can't run away. Not that

917
00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:50,160
Speaker 1: TWA could, but two is a better athlete than Jacoby.

918
00:46:50,239 --> 00:46:54,000
Speaker 1: Now is Jacoby a better quarterback than to A. Maybe?

919
00:46:54,280 --> 00:46:56,600
Speaker 1: He definitely has more experience and has played better in

920
00:46:56,640 --> 00:47:00,400
Speaker 1: more games than Two ever has. But the Raider defense

921
00:47:00,520 --> 00:47:04,240
Speaker 1: is playing much better. The Dolphins have scored seventeen points

922
00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:06,960
Speaker 1: all season. The Raiders have one of the best quarterbacks

923
00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:08,960
Speaker 1: right now in the league. Now, one thing the Dolphins have,

924
00:47:09,320 --> 00:47:12,480
Speaker 1: they have pretty good DBS and Rugs has been going off.

925
00:47:12,480 --> 00:47:15,239
Speaker 1: Brian Edwards has been going off. It's gonna be a

926
00:47:15,239 --> 00:47:17,359
Speaker 1: fascinating matchup. I do like the Raiders in this game.

927
00:47:18,040 --> 00:47:22,000
Speaker 1: I know, you know stuck he said earlier that uh

928
00:47:22,120 --> 00:47:24,080
Speaker 1: you know he takes he likes the Dolphins plus four

929
00:47:24,120 --> 00:47:26,600
Speaker 1: obviously that game last year, remember it was a Thursday

930
00:47:26,680 --> 00:47:29,279
Speaker 1: night game, or it was a Saturday night game. Last year,

931
00:47:29,880 --> 00:47:33,320
Speaker 1: they were doing the baseball strategy. If two it was shitty,

932
00:47:33,360 --> 00:47:35,440
Speaker 1: they would yank him out for Fitzpatrick. That's what they

933
00:47:35,440 --> 00:47:38,720
Speaker 1: had to do. Now they're just going in with Jakobe. Uh.

934
00:47:38,760 --> 00:47:41,360
Speaker 1: The Raiders start three, and oh, that's a pretty incredible start.

935
00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:44,400
Speaker 1: You beat the Ravens, you beat the Steelers, and you

936
00:47:44,440 --> 00:47:47,400
Speaker 1: beat the Dolphins. I mean, like I said, the Ravens

937
00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:49,880
Speaker 1: and the Steelers last year Ravens one eleven. I think

938
00:47:49,880 --> 00:47:53,560
Speaker 1: the Steelers won thirteen. That's twenty four wins. The Dolphins

939
00:47:53,600 --> 00:47:56,480
Speaker 1: won ten. So that's you would beat three teams that

940
00:47:56,560 --> 00:48:01,000
Speaker 1: last year won thirty four games. That's that's an incredible

941
00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:03,319
Speaker 1: start for Gruden in the Raiders. And someone who's, you know,

942
00:48:03,480 --> 00:48:07,200
Speaker 1: talk a little shit about about Gruden, I'd have to

943
00:48:07,200 --> 00:48:09,359
Speaker 1: give him some credit. You know. Gus Bradley is doing

944
00:48:09,360 --> 00:48:12,960
Speaker 1: a good job obviously Derek. He's helped Derek resurrect his

945
00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:15,640
Speaker 1: career and become a Pro Bowl level player. The Raiders

946
00:48:15,680 --> 00:48:18,960
Speaker 1: would be pretty good shape. And then that game for

947
00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:21,520
Speaker 1: the Raiders. The following week, they get the Chargers on

948
00:48:21,560 --> 00:48:27,200
Speaker 1: Monday Night Football. Arizona playing the Jags. I mean, can

949
00:48:27,200 --> 00:48:30,200
Speaker 1: they start three and oh? Because if you just start three, four, five,

950
00:48:30,239 --> 00:48:32,200
Speaker 1: and oh, you just build this buffer late in the

951
00:48:32,239 --> 00:48:34,480
Speaker 1: season where it's hard to miss the playoffs because you

952
00:48:34,480 --> 00:48:37,680
Speaker 1: have so many wins. Now, this is the game that

953
00:48:37,840 --> 00:48:40,520
Speaker 1: they just kind of didn't come to play last year

954
00:48:41,080 --> 00:48:44,480
Speaker 1: historically under Kingsbury, all right, I mean mainly last year

955
00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:46,799
Speaker 1: because his first year they were pretty bad. But like

956
00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:50,280
Speaker 1: when they played well, and they've played well two weeks

957
00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:52,040
Speaker 1: in a row. I know their defense was a little sketchy,

958
00:48:52,080 --> 00:48:53,960
Speaker 1: but they're throwing up a bunch of points. It's kind

959
00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:56,120
Speaker 1: of what they do. Then all of a sudden, like

960
00:48:56,200 --> 00:49:00,200
Speaker 1: they play a lesser opponent and they played down to them. Now,

961
00:49:00,280 --> 00:49:03,400
Speaker 1: I would sure Urban Meyer. I think he's easily right

962
00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:05,239
Speaker 1: now one of the worst coaches in the NFL. Again,

963
00:49:05,280 --> 00:49:08,240
Speaker 1: people like your two are on Urban Meyer. Elite college coach,

964
00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:11,920
Speaker 1: all time college coach, Saban Tom Osborne. I mean, he's

965
00:49:11,920 --> 00:49:14,440
Speaker 1: a Bobby Bowden, like he's he's an all time great.

966
00:49:14,840 --> 00:49:18,239
Speaker 1: This is a completely different industry. While it's while it's

967
00:49:18,239 --> 00:49:22,920
Speaker 1: still football, this is the pros, and he sticks. He

968
00:49:23,120 --> 00:49:25,200
Speaker 1: is not very good as a pro head coach. He

969
00:49:25,320 --> 00:49:29,839
Speaker 1: is completely overwhelmed as he just said, it's like playing Alabama.

970
00:49:29,880 --> 00:49:32,399
Speaker 1: He told VIC fan Joe, It's like playing Alabama every week.

971
00:49:32,880 --> 00:49:35,880
Speaker 1: It's like Urban what do you You played the Texans?

972
00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:39,440
Speaker 1: That was your first game out you staying Alabama? You

973
00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:43,640
Speaker 1: played the fucking Texans? What are you talking about? And

974
00:49:43,800 --> 00:49:47,120
Speaker 1: I just Arizona should win this game. Don't have much

975
00:49:47,160 --> 00:49:50,479
Speaker 1: faith in them playing up to an opponent that isn't

976
00:49:50,480 --> 00:49:52,719
Speaker 1: as good. So I got this one red flag, but

977
00:49:52,760 --> 00:49:54,520
Speaker 1: I just have a hard time seeing Urban Meyer win

978
00:49:54,600 --> 00:49:58,400
Speaker 1: a game in the league. Seattle at Minnesota. Seattle is

979
00:49:58,400 --> 00:50:01,120
Speaker 1: coming off a pretty devastating law. I mean they were

980
00:50:01,239 --> 00:50:06,440
Speaker 1: destroying watching that game, destroying the Titans. And then Derrick

981
00:50:06,480 --> 00:50:08,680
Speaker 1: Henry turned into Derrick Henry. And I think a lot

982
00:50:08,760 --> 00:50:11,680
Speaker 1: of people think Derrick Henry is great because of his size,

983
00:50:11,800 --> 00:50:13,680
Speaker 1: and he's probably the biggest running back in the history

984
00:50:13,680 --> 00:50:16,120
Speaker 1: of the league. He is massive. Went to a Titans

985
00:50:16,120 --> 00:50:17,879
Speaker 1: practice a couple of years ago, stood next to him.

986
00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:20,319
Speaker 1: He's bigger in person. Then he looks like on TV,

987
00:50:20,480 --> 00:50:23,640
Speaker 1: and he is massive on TV. His greatest attribute is

988
00:50:23,680 --> 00:50:26,879
Speaker 1: not a size. He doesn't run guys over, he makes

989
00:50:26,920 --> 00:50:30,359
Speaker 1: them missing space. He's got phenomenal feat and he has

990
00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:33,279
Speaker 1: elite top end speed, so his ability. He had the

991
00:50:33,600 --> 00:50:36,000
Speaker 1: long run he had against Seattle, he was one on

992
00:50:36,000 --> 00:50:38,320
Speaker 1: one with Digs in the open field coming right at him.

993
00:50:38,320 --> 00:50:40,319
Speaker 1: But he can take an angle, he can make a miss,

994
00:50:40,360 --> 00:50:42,640
Speaker 1: and then he can beat him straight line. He's faster

995
00:50:42,760 --> 00:50:45,439
Speaker 1: than most dbs. I think he's one of the most

996
00:50:45,560 --> 00:50:49,560
Speaker 1: unique players we've ever seen. Right, he's just like I'm

997
00:50:49,760 --> 00:50:53,520
Speaker 1: back to the thirty thirty Walter Payton obviously was passed

998
00:50:53,520 --> 00:50:56,280
Speaker 1: away when they shot the videos, but you just watched

999
00:50:56,320 --> 00:51:00,239
Speaker 1: the highlights of him. Walter is very like running. He's

1000
00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:04,840
Speaker 1: over lowering his shoulder Bo Jackson style trucking running or

1001
00:51:05,040 --> 00:51:08,319
Speaker 1: dbs and linebackers. Derrick Henry does not do that. He

1002
00:51:08,400 --> 00:51:12,560
Speaker 1: runs around guys. So I'm not gonna call him a

1003
00:51:12,560 --> 00:51:15,839
Speaker 1: a finesse back, but he's a he's a skilled He's

1004
00:51:15,880 --> 00:51:20,240
Speaker 1: a very very skilled big back that wins on speed

1005
00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:25,040
Speaker 1: and his feet. So can Seattle. You know, you know,

1006
00:51:25,080 --> 00:51:27,640
Speaker 1: Minnesota has Dalvin Cook who's banged up. You know, I

1007
00:51:27,680 --> 00:51:29,960
Speaker 1: think he missed practice on Wednesday. It's it's hard to

1008
00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:33,319
Speaker 1: tell sometimes with great players, like whether they practice or not,

1009
00:51:33,400 --> 00:51:35,000
Speaker 1: you never know if they're gonna play in the game.

1010
00:51:35,200 --> 00:51:38,680
Speaker 1: Like with younger, unproven players you get a pretty good idea.

1011
00:51:39,040 --> 00:51:41,560
Speaker 1: But with great veteran players, like they can take the

1012
00:51:41,560 --> 00:51:43,360
Speaker 1: week off of practice still playing games when they're a

1013
00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:46,560
Speaker 1: little banged up. Can seattle stop Dalvin Cook and say

1014
00:51:46,600 --> 00:51:50,160
Speaker 1: what you want about Minnesota who is seven and eleven

1015
00:51:50,239 --> 00:51:53,560
Speaker 1: since week one last year. They have to be the best,

1016
00:51:53,840 --> 00:51:56,600
Speaker 1: you know, losing record team in the league because their

1017
00:51:56,640 --> 00:52:00,520
Speaker 1: offense has been awesome. Watching that game against Arizona, Cousins

1018
00:52:00,600 --> 00:52:03,560
Speaker 1: is good. Now. Is he a top ten quarterback? Probably not,

1019
00:52:03,600 --> 00:52:06,840
Speaker 1: but he's somewhere like eleven, twelve, thirteen. He pushes the

1020
00:52:06,840 --> 00:52:08,880
Speaker 1: ball down field. They have a ton of weapons to

1021
00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:12,240
Speaker 1: keep to lead. Called it third and feeling feelings of stud.

1022
00:52:12,320 --> 00:52:16,040
Speaker 1: Jefferson's a stud. Cooks a stud. They have weapons galore.

1023
00:52:16,360 --> 00:52:18,239
Speaker 1: Their problem has been they just can't stop the other

1024
00:52:18,239 --> 00:52:22,480
Speaker 1: team from scoring. So this could just be a shootout

1025
00:52:22,680 --> 00:52:27,480
Speaker 1: home opener Minnesota. Everyone doing skull places is gonna be rocking.

1026
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:29,920
Speaker 1: You'd think maybe people are piste off because their team

1027
00:52:29,960 --> 00:52:33,000
Speaker 1: is not any good. They they they're kicker. Their kicker

1028
00:52:33,080 --> 00:52:36,120
Speaker 1: just needs to start making kicks, Like somehow when you

1029
00:52:36,160 --> 00:52:38,160
Speaker 1: have a thirty yard field goal, a thirty five yard

1030
00:52:38,200 --> 00:52:40,239
Speaker 1: field goal an extra point, you have to make it.

1031
00:52:40,719 --> 00:52:42,759
Speaker 1: And whenever I watched Minnesota and someone d m me,

1032
00:52:42,840 --> 00:52:45,400
Speaker 1: a Vikings fan is like, do you think it's crazy

1033
00:52:45,480 --> 00:52:47,239
Speaker 1: that I think we should trade a second round pick

1034
00:52:47,320 --> 00:52:51,040
Speaker 1: for uh, for Justin Tucker? I said, The problem is

1035
00:52:51,640 --> 00:52:54,200
Speaker 1: I would do that if I was the Vikings. The

1036
00:52:54,440 --> 00:52:58,440
Speaker 1: Ravens like, they love Justin Tucker, so it would they

1037
00:52:58,440 --> 00:53:00,439
Speaker 1: wouldn't trade him to you. Now, a lot of teams

1038
00:53:00,440 --> 00:53:02,600
Speaker 1: would trade their good kicker for a second round pick,

1039
00:53:03,200 --> 00:53:05,560
Speaker 1: but you wouldn't want to trade for a non like

1040
00:53:05,680 --> 00:53:07,439
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame kicker if you're gonna use a second

1041
00:53:07,480 --> 00:53:09,600
Speaker 1: round pick. So they're kind of in no man's land.

1042
00:53:09,760 --> 00:53:11,680
Speaker 1: It doesn't make any sense to make a move beside

1043
00:53:11,719 --> 00:53:13,400
Speaker 1: for like the top guy. But the team with the

1044
00:53:13,400 --> 00:53:15,640
Speaker 1: top guy is never gonna give it to you, you know,

1045
00:53:16,080 --> 00:53:18,520
Speaker 1: like I like I the way I The analogy I

1046
00:53:18,640 --> 00:53:21,440
Speaker 1: used would be like spending five million dollars on a

1047
00:53:21,480 --> 00:53:24,239
Speaker 1: house that's worth three and a half million dollars. Because

1048
00:53:24,360 --> 00:53:26,960
Speaker 1: Justin Tucker truly worth the second round pick. Probably not,

1049
00:53:27,360 --> 00:53:29,600
Speaker 1: But if you got five million dollars and you're a

1050
00:53:29,680 --> 00:53:31,919
Speaker 1: rich guy, you're like, I want this three million dollar house,

1051
00:53:32,120 --> 00:53:34,640
Speaker 1: all pay five million dollars. But if I'm living in

1052
00:53:34,640 --> 00:53:36,479
Speaker 1: a three million, three and a half a million dollar house,

1053
00:53:36,760 --> 00:53:38,520
Speaker 1: I might be rich too, and I might go, you

1054
00:53:38,520 --> 00:53:41,120
Speaker 1: know what, I don't want to move. I don't want

1055
00:53:41,120 --> 00:53:43,680
Speaker 1: to get movers. I like my home. I like my

1056
00:53:43,760 --> 00:53:46,560
Speaker 1: man cave, my wife loves the kitchen, and our master

1057
00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:49,000
Speaker 1: bedroom in our walking closet. We don't want to pick

1058
00:53:49,040 --> 00:53:52,040
Speaker 1: up a move So, yeah, are you offering me way

1059
00:53:52,080 --> 00:53:54,680
Speaker 1: more than my house is worth? For sure? But I

1060
00:53:54,760 --> 00:53:57,799
Speaker 1: like my pad and I'm not moving now if you're

1061
00:53:57,800 --> 00:54:00,000
Speaker 1: gonna trade for a lesser kicker the second round pick

1062
00:54:00,040 --> 00:54:02,239
Speaker 1: and be like spending five million dollars on a home

1063
00:54:02,480 --> 00:54:04,920
Speaker 1: but buying a one million dollar home. So the person

1064
00:54:05,000 --> 00:54:06,960
Speaker 1: if I owned a one million dollar home and you

1065
00:54:07,040 --> 00:54:09,319
Speaker 1: offered me five million dollars, I'd be like, yeah, I'll

1066
00:54:09,360 --> 00:54:12,680
Speaker 1: be out by tomorrow. Like where do I sign where?

1067
00:54:12,920 --> 00:54:15,919
Speaker 1: Here's my bank information? Said that, here's my real estate agent.

1068
00:54:16,000 --> 00:54:19,040
Speaker 1: Let's let's do the deal today. Everyone would do that deal.

1069
00:54:19,280 --> 00:54:21,279
Speaker 1: So if you called up the majority of the league

1070
00:54:21,280 --> 00:54:23,840
Speaker 1: and offered the second round pick for their kicker, they

1071
00:54:23,920 --> 00:54:26,720
Speaker 1: would say yes, they would drive the kicker to your facility.

1072
00:54:26,760 --> 00:54:28,920
Speaker 1: But it doesn't pencil for the Vikings, so they're kind

1073
00:54:28,920 --> 00:54:33,400
Speaker 1: of in a tough spot. Uh. The last game that

1074
00:54:33,440 --> 00:54:36,880
Speaker 1: I saw that was somewhat intriguing is the Giants in Atlanta.

1075
00:54:37,080 --> 00:54:39,960
Speaker 1: Obviously Atlanta is a joke. Uh, they put out that

1076
00:54:40,040 --> 00:54:42,719
Speaker 1: statement like, hey, hey, teams, Like, if you're putting out

1077
00:54:42,760 --> 00:54:47,319
Speaker 1: statements apologizing for losses week two, we got problems. Also,

1078
00:54:47,400 --> 00:54:49,399
Speaker 1: why are you guys so obsessed with social media? Just

1079
00:54:49,400 --> 00:54:51,480
Speaker 1: just play the games. We get it, your team sucks,

1080
00:54:51,880 --> 00:54:54,239
Speaker 1: You don't need to put out these statements. But they

1081
00:54:54,280 --> 00:54:59,600
Speaker 1: did whatever Atlanta. If the Giants lose to Atlanta and

1082
00:54:59,640 --> 00:55:01,759
Speaker 1: go and three, I think you would have to start

1083
00:55:01,800 --> 00:55:05,160
Speaker 1: asking yourself, is this whole thing just a disaster? And

1084
00:55:05,200 --> 00:55:06,759
Speaker 1: I know the Giants don't want to go down the

1085
00:55:06,840 --> 00:55:10,560
Speaker 1: road of, you know, firing everyone again, but would there

1086
00:55:10,600 --> 00:55:13,120
Speaker 1: be something to be said about maybe just blowing it

1087
00:55:13,160 --> 00:55:16,759
Speaker 1: all up? Listen, we took Macadoo that failed, then we

1088
00:55:16,800 --> 00:55:19,480
Speaker 1: went down to Shermer that field. Then we thought we

1089
00:55:19,560 --> 00:55:22,200
Speaker 1: hit this home run that no one knew was coming

1090
00:55:23,440 --> 00:55:26,040
Speaker 1: in Joe Judge kind of out of left field. You're like, oh,

1091
00:55:26,120 --> 00:55:28,560
Speaker 1: who's Joe Judge. I mean, let's face it, unless you

1092
00:55:28,560 --> 00:55:31,520
Speaker 1: are die heard Patriot guy or or diehard Alabama guy.

1093
00:55:31,840 --> 00:55:36,080
Speaker 1: The majority of us, including myself, who follows the NFL

1094
00:55:36,160 --> 00:55:38,520
Speaker 1: for a living and and listen. I mean, if you

1095
00:55:38,600 --> 00:55:40,640
Speaker 1: listen to the show, we talk a lot about coaches

1096
00:55:40,640 --> 00:55:43,080
Speaker 1: and a lot about assistant coaches. I didn't know Joe

1097
00:55:43,160 --> 00:55:46,359
Speaker 1: Judge was like, maybe he's just completely over his head

1098
00:55:46,640 --> 00:55:49,040
Speaker 1: this tough guy act. Maybe it doesn't work if you

1099
00:55:49,120 --> 00:55:51,919
Speaker 1: lose to the Atlanta Falcons and you're oh and three

1100
00:55:51,960 --> 00:55:54,360
Speaker 1: now and I've defended him. I don't blame him for

1101
00:55:54,440 --> 00:55:57,640
Speaker 1: Daniel Jones, but if you can't beat the fucking Atlanta Falcons,

1102
00:55:58,000 --> 00:56:00,160
Speaker 1: maybe it's time just to blow it up. Start over

1103
00:56:00,680 --> 00:56:02,680
Speaker 1: at the end of the season, get a GM, get

1104
00:56:02,719 --> 00:56:04,640
Speaker 1: a head coach, bring him in at the same time,

1105
00:56:04,640 --> 00:56:06,880
Speaker 1: because what are you gonna do if you go like

1106
00:56:07,040 --> 00:56:09,600
Speaker 1: four wins, you're just gonna fire Gettleman, and then you're

1107
00:56:09,600 --> 00:56:13,080
Speaker 1: gonna let Joe Judge influence the GM coming in. What

1108
00:56:13,200 --> 00:56:15,240
Speaker 1: has he proven to be able to pull the strings

1109
00:56:15,280 --> 00:56:17,600
Speaker 1: to get a GM coming in. I just feel that

1110
00:56:17,880 --> 00:56:22,640
Speaker 1: the Giants organization for this powerhouse franchise is somewhat lost

1111
00:56:22,760 --> 00:56:25,840
Speaker 1: right now. At least Atlanta they suck, but they brought

1112
00:56:25,880 --> 00:56:28,280
Speaker 1: in a new coach. They brought in a new GM.

1113
00:56:28,320 --> 00:56:30,279
Speaker 1: It's just everyone kind of knew they weren't gonna be

1114
00:56:30,320 --> 00:56:33,080
Speaker 1: any good. Whenever I heard anyone say I think Atlanta

1115
00:56:33,120 --> 00:56:34,600
Speaker 1: is kind of a sleeper teams, Like, what are you

1116
00:56:34,640 --> 00:56:38,520
Speaker 1: talking about? Arthur Smith? He's his genius offensive coordinator. Yeah,

1117
00:56:38,600 --> 00:56:41,520
Speaker 1: with a running quarterback and a running back. That's how

1118
00:56:41,560 --> 00:56:44,840
Speaker 1: his offense thrived. He had an athletic quarterback in the

1119
00:56:44,880 --> 00:56:47,839
Speaker 1: best running back in the league. That's not the case here.

1120
00:56:47,920 --> 00:56:50,480
Speaker 1: He has a quarterback who's, you know, beside Brady, probably

1121
00:56:50,480 --> 00:56:52,680
Speaker 1: the slowest quarterback in the league. It doesn't really have

1122
00:56:52,680 --> 00:56:54,600
Speaker 1: a running game, like he's a path They run a

1123
00:56:54,640 --> 00:56:58,480
Speaker 1: passing offense. So it's just they're not really on the

1124
00:56:58,520 --> 00:57:02,279
Speaker 1: same page. With Arthur smith strengths, and maybe he's a

1125
00:57:02,360 --> 00:57:04,239
Speaker 1: really good at you know, dealing with the guy like

1126
00:57:04,280 --> 00:57:06,200
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan, we just haven't seen it. His two years

1127
00:57:06,280 --> 00:57:09,680
Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator. He thrived with Tanney Hill, former wide receiver,

1128
00:57:09,760 --> 00:57:12,480
Speaker 1: one of the better athletes at quarterback, and they had

1129
00:57:12,800 --> 00:57:16,920
Speaker 1: a running back that ran for like uhty yards over

1130
00:57:16,960 --> 00:57:20,880
Speaker 1: two years. So I just think the Giants gotta win

1131
00:57:20,920 --> 00:57:24,000
Speaker 1: this game. You just can't lose the Atlanta Falcons. You know,

1132
00:57:24,080 --> 00:57:27,560
Speaker 1: you just cannot if that happens. I'm sorry. I wouldn't

1133
00:57:27,600 --> 00:57:31,479
Speaker 1: think that firing the operation would would be that big

1134
00:57:31,520 --> 00:57:38,200
Speaker 1: of an overreaction. Okay, my man, Stucky is hot four

1135
00:57:38,240 --> 00:57:40,360
Speaker 1: and two on the year. Squeen. You know the indie

1136
00:57:40,400 --> 00:57:42,840
Speaker 1: game was closed last week, but you know it covered.

1137
00:57:43,360 --> 00:57:46,040
Speaker 1: Uh now we got We're into week three already. It's crazy.

1138
00:57:46,080 --> 00:57:48,720
Speaker 1: Once the NFL season starts, it gets going fast. You

1139
00:57:48,720 --> 00:57:52,640
Speaker 1: can catch him every week. Action Network podcast comes out

1140
00:57:52,760 --> 00:57:57,800
Speaker 1: Thursday morning. Uh, Gambling Galore, Picks galore, and clearly if

1141
00:57:57,800 --> 00:58:01,200
Speaker 1: you follow this guy's words of wisdom, you'll pick winners.

1142
00:58:01,600 --> 00:58:04,680
Speaker 1: So Stucky, what's up man? Hey, what's gone? Yeah? I

1143
00:58:04,680 --> 00:58:07,080
Speaker 1: think for as far as the show picks have gone,

1144
00:58:07,240 --> 00:58:10,440
Speaker 1: probably adjustice. We probably should have covered that New England

1145
00:58:10,480 --> 00:58:13,600
Speaker 1: game in week one, if not for a couple of fumbles.

1146
00:58:13,600 --> 00:58:16,200
Speaker 1: And then we got a bit lucky with the Colts.

1147
00:58:16,200 --> 00:58:17,600
Speaker 1: I know they failed on the red zone, but we

1148
00:58:17,680 --> 00:58:20,160
Speaker 1: got a little butt fumble on a on a punt

1149
00:58:20,240 --> 00:58:22,400
Speaker 1: that helped us out late. So anything you can do

1150
00:58:22,440 --> 00:58:24,600
Speaker 1: to get to the window, I'll take. Stuck. You know

1151
00:58:24,680 --> 00:58:27,120
Speaker 1: the best part about the butt fumble is the dude

1152
00:58:27,320 --> 00:58:30,160
Speaker 1: that was hit by the ball, Like the punt protector

1153
00:58:31,360 --> 00:58:34,560
Speaker 1: didn't even flinch and he sprinted to go cover the kick.

1154
00:58:34,600 --> 00:58:38,280
Speaker 1: It's like, bro, I saw that hit you. What do

1155
00:58:38,280 --> 00:58:40,320
Speaker 1: you think? You think he glanded in the punter's hands,

1156
00:58:40,360 --> 00:58:43,320
Speaker 1: but he just was so locked in. Uh, you know,

1157
00:58:43,520 --> 00:58:45,720
Speaker 1: sometimes he's got to be a football player, and he was.

1158
00:58:46,480 --> 00:58:48,840
Speaker 1: He was a robot there. But that's gonna hurt as

1159
00:58:48,840 --> 00:58:55,160
Speaker 1: awareness factor on mat Yeah, yeah, it is. Um okay. Well,

1160
00:58:55,360 --> 00:58:58,040
Speaker 1: Week three NFL season already feels like it's you know,

1161
00:58:58,160 --> 00:59:01,680
Speaker 1: rocking and rolling. Pretty pretty good slate of games this week.

1162
00:59:02,280 --> 00:59:06,080
Speaker 1: Where where do you want to start? Uh? Well, as

1163
00:59:06,240 --> 00:59:08,400
Speaker 1: you know, it's week two and week three, I'm still

1164
00:59:08,480 --> 00:59:10,160
Speaker 1: we're still learning a lot about these teams. So a

1165
00:59:10,240 --> 00:59:12,960
Speaker 1: lot of times I'm just selling or buying the market

1166
00:59:13,040 --> 00:59:16,840
Speaker 1: over reactions and under reaction. So my betting cards are

1167
00:59:16,960 --> 00:59:20,080
Speaker 1: ugly as sin generally speaking, a lot of ugly dogs

1168
00:59:20,120 --> 00:59:22,560
Speaker 1: in the first couple of weeks. So we can start

1169
00:59:22,560 --> 00:59:24,480
Speaker 1: with the ugliest one on the board, which I think

1170
00:59:24,520 --> 00:59:29,960
Speaker 1: would be, uh, the Jacksonville Jaguars plus seven and a half. Uh.

1171
00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:32,240
Speaker 1: Look when when this before the lines came out, I

1172
00:59:32,280 --> 00:59:35,560
Speaker 1: was praying to the gambling gods put this line out

1173
00:59:35,600 --> 00:59:37,120
Speaker 1: at six and a half and let it sit there

1174
00:59:37,200 --> 00:59:40,280
Speaker 1: all week, because then I wouldn't bet it. But pervide numbers,

1175
00:59:40,320 --> 00:59:43,160
Speaker 1: I had to take seven and a half here. Look Jacksonville,

1176
00:59:43,200 --> 00:59:45,680
Speaker 1: I won't I will not tell you anything good that

1177
00:59:45,760 --> 00:59:49,040
Speaker 1: Jacksonville has done. Uh, this is just a pure number play.

1178
00:59:49,080 --> 00:59:51,600
Speaker 1: It's also just a bad spot for Arizona. You know

1179
00:59:51,640 --> 00:59:54,000
Speaker 1: the two and oh they escaped that win over Minnesota.

1180
00:59:54,440 --> 00:59:56,280
Speaker 1: I think they're a little overvalue now. I think that

1181
00:59:56,320 --> 00:59:58,800
Speaker 1: Week one game said more about Tennessee. But now they're going,

1182
00:59:59,320 --> 01:00:02,560
Speaker 1: you know, a across the country to play an out

1183
01:00:02,560 --> 01:00:05,840
Speaker 1: of conference game before they have on deck, they have

1184
01:00:05,880 --> 01:00:08,080
Speaker 1: the Rams at forty nine or so. I'm not a

1185
01:00:08,160 --> 01:00:10,320
Speaker 1: huge Kingsbury guy. I can see them being just not

1186
01:00:10,440 --> 01:00:14,640
Speaker 1: focused on disciplined here. And you just have to hope

1187
01:00:14,680 --> 01:00:16,800
Speaker 1: that Trevor Lawrence settles in a little bit. You should

1188
01:00:16,880 --> 01:00:20,720
Speaker 1: feel more comfortable going from a Fangio defense to Arizona's defense.

1189
01:00:20,760 --> 01:00:24,840
Speaker 1: And if you look back since two thousand three, you know,

1190
01:00:24,880 --> 01:00:26,640
Speaker 1: if you look at all the trends of teams that

1191
01:00:26,680 --> 01:00:29,919
Speaker 1: are owing two against the spread and our underdogs owing

1192
01:00:30,000 --> 01:00:32,320
Speaker 1: two outright, you know they've lost the first two games

1193
01:00:32,360 --> 01:00:36,240
Speaker 1: and then are underdogs. They're all about. It's only happened

1194
01:00:36,720 --> 01:00:39,240
Speaker 1: five times since two thousand three where a team is

1195
01:00:39,280 --> 01:00:42,919
Speaker 1: owing too and catching over seven points at home, which

1196
01:00:43,000 --> 01:00:45,800
Speaker 1: is kind of a rarity the NFL, and generally speaking,

1197
01:00:46,120 --> 01:00:47,560
Speaker 1: you're on the right side if you back that home

1198
01:00:47,600 --> 01:00:51,000
Speaker 1: dog about overall for home dog over seven points. But

1199
01:00:51,040 --> 01:00:53,200
Speaker 1: here's the five quarterbacks that you would have had a

1200
01:00:53,240 --> 01:00:55,560
Speaker 1: back in this spot in the past. Some will remember

1201
01:00:55,600 --> 01:00:58,720
Speaker 1: Stafford when the Lions beat the Patriots by like eight

1202
01:00:58,720 --> 01:01:01,840
Speaker 1: teams Patricia's High late. It was all downhill from there.

1203
01:01:02,080 --> 01:01:04,480
Speaker 1: I think that game was on Prime Time. Before then,

1204
01:01:04,520 --> 01:01:08,440
Speaker 1: it was Charlie fry Kerry Collins with the Colts, Jeff

1205
01:01:08,480 --> 01:01:14,040
Speaker 1: Blake and Mike glennon five. All five covered three, one outright,

1206
01:01:14,600 --> 01:01:17,640
Speaker 1: and all five games were coin flips. And all those

1207
01:01:17,680 --> 01:01:20,880
Speaker 1: teams combined one no more than five. Not neither of

1208
01:01:20,880 --> 01:01:23,000
Speaker 1: those teams won more than five games. So this is

1209
01:01:23,040 --> 01:01:25,600
Speaker 1: still an NFL team, even though I'm not a fan

1210
01:01:25,640 --> 01:01:28,960
Speaker 1: of what Rban Meyers doing. Trevor Lawrence has looked bad.

1211
01:01:29,280 --> 01:01:31,440
Speaker 1: I had to take the number. I'm taking the seven

1212
01:01:31,440 --> 01:01:36,760
Speaker 1: and a half bad spot for Arizona catching a touchdown

1213
01:01:36,920 --> 01:01:40,120
Speaker 1: at home. I hope it doesn't end bad again. You

1214
01:01:40,160 --> 01:01:42,480
Speaker 1: know what's crazy is I I And I'm someone who

1215
01:01:42,480 --> 01:01:44,760
Speaker 1: thinks Herban Meyer right now is probably a bottom five

1216
01:01:44,800 --> 01:01:47,400
Speaker 1: head coach in the league. Just not He's obviously a

1217
01:01:47,440 --> 01:01:49,680
Speaker 1: really great college coach, but the NFL. I think he's

1218
01:01:49,720 --> 01:01:52,080
Speaker 1: over his head. He just told Fangio it's like playing

1219
01:01:52,080 --> 01:01:55,880
Speaker 1: Alabama every week. You know, It's not like he's playing

1220
01:01:56,360 --> 01:01:58,640
Speaker 1: you know, the Packers and the forty Niners in Seattle,

1221
01:01:58,960 --> 01:02:02,200
Speaker 1: so he's been in for a bigger eye opener. But

1222
01:02:02,640 --> 01:02:06,640
Speaker 1: the Texans week one. Yeah, great point. But if you remember,

1223
01:02:06,680 --> 01:02:09,800
Speaker 1: and I know you do, but Arizona last year would

1224
01:02:09,880 --> 01:02:12,440
Speaker 1: play up for opponents that when they played Seattle, when

1225
01:02:12,440 --> 01:02:14,320
Speaker 1: they would play the Rams, when they would play the Niners,

1226
01:02:14,400 --> 01:02:17,640
Speaker 1: that they played fantastically like they did Week one against Tennessee,

1227
01:02:18,000 --> 01:02:20,120
Speaker 1: and then they would play lesser opponents and it would

1228
01:02:20,120 --> 01:02:23,520
Speaker 1: be a completely different squad. So it's almost like you're

1229
01:02:23,560 --> 01:02:26,560
Speaker 1: shorting their culture because clearly they can score a lot

1230
01:02:26,560 --> 01:02:30,800
Speaker 1: of points. The East Coast game. I would just putting

1231
01:02:30,840 --> 01:02:34,440
Speaker 1: actual money on the Jags would be uh, would keep

1232
01:02:34,440 --> 01:02:36,520
Speaker 1: the heart pounding. But if I'm with you, I think

1233
01:02:36,560 --> 01:02:39,960
Speaker 1: it's the right bed. Okay, game number two, you want

1234
01:02:39,960 --> 01:02:41,600
Speaker 1: to go, uh, let's go, let's go. You want to

1235
01:02:41,600 --> 01:02:44,560
Speaker 1: go a f C South little little you know, playoff

1236
01:02:44,640 --> 01:02:48,960
Speaker 1: game here. Yeah, we're gonna go from Trevor Lawrence that

1237
01:02:49,080 --> 01:02:52,920
Speaker 1: these quarterbacks are just gonna get uglier and uglier, um

1238
01:02:53,080 --> 01:02:56,720
Speaker 1: to potentially grey. Carson Wentz might play We're gonna take

1239
01:02:56,720 --> 01:03:00,920
Speaker 1: the Colts plus five five and a half, fat Tennessee

1240
01:03:01,280 --> 01:03:04,320
Speaker 1: Carse Wentz might play as two beat up ankles. Or

1241
01:03:04,440 --> 01:03:08,000
Speaker 1: you might see two quarterbacks. You might see Jacob Eeson,

1242
01:03:08,520 --> 01:03:11,560
Speaker 1: you might see Brett Huddley in there. They were sharing snaps.

1243
01:03:11,600 --> 01:03:13,720
Speaker 1: Who knows what you're gonna get. I don't think. Look,

1244
01:03:13,720 --> 01:03:16,800
Speaker 1: I have these two teams about even uh from a

1245
01:03:16,840 --> 01:03:19,240
Speaker 1: power ratings perspective, and home field in the NFL is

1246
01:03:19,280 --> 01:03:22,160
Speaker 1: almost meaningless these days. And I don't think the drop

1247
01:03:22,160 --> 01:03:25,000
Speaker 1: off Wentz has been serviceable. But I don't think the

1248
01:03:25,080 --> 01:03:28,280
Speaker 1: drop off is that enormous, you know, crossing a three

1249
01:03:28,400 --> 01:03:31,120
Speaker 1: or four to get you to five, five and a half.

1250
01:03:31,160 --> 01:03:34,320
Speaker 1: This Tennessee defense, we've talked about in the show as

1251
01:03:34,920 --> 01:03:37,400
Speaker 1: major issues, one of the worst in the NFL. I

1252
01:03:37,440 --> 01:03:40,040
Speaker 1: think Indianapolis, their offensive line is starting to gel and

1253
01:03:40,080 --> 01:03:42,680
Speaker 1: get healthier, should be able to control the clock here,

1254
01:03:43,080 --> 01:03:45,520
Speaker 1: move the ball on the ground. Uh. They have a

1255
01:03:45,520 --> 01:03:49,520
Speaker 1: couple of intangible advantages here too. I like their staff um,

1256
01:03:49,720 --> 01:03:53,040
Speaker 1: which has gone into Tennessee the last three years and

1257
01:03:53,120 --> 01:03:55,880
Speaker 1: one outright. UM. I like that. You know they're special

1258
01:03:55,920 --> 01:03:59,160
Speaker 1: teams have an advantage. I'm just this Tennessee defense is

1259
01:03:59,160 --> 01:04:04,360
Speaker 1: going to keep you in games. Divisional desperate dog here

1260
01:04:04,400 --> 01:04:06,440
Speaker 1: on the road with a good staff that I think

1261
01:04:06,440 --> 01:04:09,600
Speaker 1: we'll have them prepared. I'm taking the five and a

1262
01:04:09,600 --> 01:04:11,400
Speaker 1: half points in a game that if you look at

1263
01:04:11,440 --> 01:04:13,800
Speaker 1: the Colt's next couple of games, I mean, this game

1264
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Speaker 1: could be for the Colts season. I think that Wentz

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01:04:17,200 --> 01:04:19,919
Speaker 1: Mike try to give it a go, and who knows

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01:04:19,920 --> 01:04:21,680
Speaker 1: how many different quarterbacks you'll see. But I think that

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Speaker 1: they're gonna rely on the rely on the ground game.

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01:04:24,160 --> 01:04:26,960
Speaker 1: We'll have a good defensive game plan, and I think

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01:04:26,960 --> 01:04:29,800
Speaker 1: they can keep this close. I think I'm with you

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01:04:29,880 --> 01:04:32,280
Speaker 1: because if you lose, if you're Indie, you'd be oh

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Speaker 1: and three and so that you'd be two games back

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Speaker 1: of Tennessee and they've already beat you. Uh. And then

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01:04:37,920 --> 01:04:40,200
Speaker 1: like you said, the schedule coming up, it'd be over,

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01:04:40,360 --> 01:04:44,120
Speaker 1: it'd be over and it's clear with Tennessee. For them

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01:04:44,160 --> 01:04:47,200
Speaker 1: to win, Henry has to turn into Hall of Fame back,

1276
01:04:47,240 --> 01:04:49,240
Speaker 1: which he did last week, which he's done in the past.

1277
01:04:49,640 --> 01:04:52,360
Speaker 1: It's a little harder against indies front seven, right, you know,

1278
01:04:52,440 --> 01:04:55,200
Speaker 1: you don't expect him to just you know, I know

1279
01:04:55,280 --> 01:04:57,600
Speaker 1: it's at home, but run for a buck fifty plus,

1280
01:04:57,600 --> 01:05:00,160
Speaker 1: which puts them in the best position to win. So

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01:05:00,240 --> 01:05:03,320
Speaker 1: I but I read a headline and I know you

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01:05:03,360 --> 01:05:05,560
Speaker 1: just mentioned it. Brett Hunley. You know what, if he

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01:05:05,600 --> 01:05:08,640
Speaker 1: has to start, that seems pretty nuts. If you tell

1284
01:05:08,640 --> 01:05:11,840
Speaker 1: me Brett Hunley starting a little like betting on Jacksonville.

1285
01:05:11,880 --> 01:05:14,200
Speaker 1: It is hard to put money on a Brett Huntley

1286
01:05:14,240 --> 01:05:16,200
Speaker 1: team against you know, I mean Tennessee has been a

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Speaker 1: playoff team the last couple of years. Yeah, I'm hoping

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01:05:19,080 --> 01:05:21,240
Speaker 1: that Brett Hunley starting me and he's handing it off

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01:05:21,360 --> 01:05:26,880
Speaker 1: and throwing very easy passes against this soft secondary and

1290
01:05:26,960 --> 01:05:30,160
Speaker 1: not trying to uh throw any deep outs or anything

1291
01:05:30,240 --> 01:05:33,400
Speaker 1: like that. But it is it's definitely scary, and that's

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01:05:33,440 --> 01:05:37,280
Speaker 1: that's build into the line. Um. But I'll side with

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01:05:37,280 --> 01:05:40,320
Speaker 1: the divisional dogging two teams very familiar with each other

1294
01:05:40,440 --> 01:05:42,920
Speaker 1: two staffs that have gone at it for for three years.

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01:05:42,920 --> 01:05:45,040
Speaker 1: I still think Tennessee sm issues. Look, they broke out,

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01:05:45,040 --> 01:05:47,600
Speaker 1: they were down two touchdowns in the final quarter and

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01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:51,000
Speaker 1: so and then Henry had that huge run, and so,

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01:05:51,120 --> 01:05:54,320
Speaker 1: I mean they've played one and a half really good quarters.

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01:05:54,680 --> 01:05:57,360
Speaker 1: Maybe they're all the way back, but what's not going

1300
01:05:57,440 --> 01:06:01,440
Speaker 1: to be back is their defense. And Indianapolis should be

1301
01:06:01,480 --> 01:06:03,240
Speaker 1: able to move the ball in the ground, control the clock,

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01:06:03,480 --> 01:06:06,600
Speaker 1: sustained some drives. Uh, and I think this game stays close.

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01:06:07,480 --> 01:06:10,040
Speaker 1: This uh this last game when you sent over the

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01:06:10,040 --> 01:06:12,600
Speaker 1: pick surprised me a little bit. Tell tell me about

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01:06:12,600 --> 01:06:17,480
Speaker 1: what you're seeing in Vegas. Yeah, I took Miami plus four. Again.

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01:06:17,840 --> 01:06:21,400
Speaker 1: We are we're so we're going from potentially Brett Huntley

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01:06:21,480 --> 01:06:26,840
Speaker 1: and Trevor Lawrence to uh now Jacoby Prisette. Um. Again,

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01:06:26,920 --> 01:06:29,440
Speaker 1: I think this is you know, this is an overreaction

1309
01:06:29,480 --> 01:06:32,840
Speaker 1: to what we saw the Raiders do over the first

1310
01:06:32,880 --> 01:06:35,320
Speaker 1: two weeks. They upset the Ravens in a game they

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01:06:35,320 --> 01:06:38,560
Speaker 1: were down, you know, seventeen seven and the fourth quarter,

1312
01:06:38,720 --> 01:06:41,400
Speaker 1: I mean they were down and out and just a

1313
01:06:41,440 --> 01:06:43,400
Speaker 1: crazy turn of events and they end up winning that game.

1314
01:06:43,840 --> 01:06:46,600
Speaker 1: They and credit to them and Derek Carr is playing great.

1315
01:06:46,720 --> 01:06:48,640
Speaker 1: Then they go to Pittsburgh in a short week and win,

1316
01:06:49,000 --> 01:06:51,080
Speaker 1: but that Pittsburgh offense is a mess. Then they had

1317
01:06:51,080 --> 01:06:54,520
Speaker 1: a bunch of defensive injuries on the other side, typical

1318
01:06:54,600 --> 01:06:59,000
Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin loss after the upset on the road. And

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01:06:59,040 --> 01:07:01,560
Speaker 1: now they come back quest and now they're favored by

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01:07:01,640 --> 01:07:05,240
Speaker 1: four points. Last year, these two teams played in late December.

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01:07:05,600 --> 01:07:08,000
Speaker 1: Miami was a two and a half point favorite in

1322
01:07:08,040 --> 01:07:10,440
Speaker 1: a game they won by one because Fitzpatrick gotta come

1323
01:07:10,440 --> 01:07:13,400
Speaker 1: in and and save the day. They had no receivers

1324
01:07:13,400 --> 01:07:16,320
Speaker 1: for that game, I mean none. Parker was out, and

1325
01:07:16,440 --> 01:07:18,840
Speaker 1: you know they since at a Will Fuller will be

1326
01:07:18,880 --> 01:07:22,120
Speaker 1: available this week, and then drafted Waddle. They were two

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01:07:22,160 --> 01:07:25,120
Speaker 1: and a half point favorites. I'm not the end Look,

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01:07:25,160 --> 01:07:28,840
Speaker 1: I bet the Raiders in that game, but I'm not

1329
01:07:28,920 --> 01:07:31,760
Speaker 1: the biggest to a guy. I think that eventually he'll

1330
01:07:31,800 --> 01:07:33,960
Speaker 1: be good, but he's still just if you look at

1331
01:07:33,960 --> 01:07:36,400
Speaker 1: his average depth of target and how he's reading defense,

1332
01:07:36,440 --> 01:07:39,640
Speaker 1: he stoles a lot of work to do. This is

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01:07:39,680 --> 01:07:42,440
Speaker 1: a huge overreaction because I don't think the drop off

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01:07:42,560 --> 01:07:46,439
Speaker 1: is that far. You're getting just an inflated Vegas number.

1335
01:07:46,480 --> 01:07:51,000
Speaker 1: After two upsets over the Steelers and Ravens, and look,

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01:07:51,040 --> 01:07:53,000
Speaker 1: I think this is gonna be a lower scoring game.

1337
01:07:53,320 --> 01:07:56,600
Speaker 1: Miami will come up with a good defensive game plan, um,

1338
01:07:56,880 --> 01:08:00,160
Speaker 1: and the Raiders defense is better because of their new

1339
01:08:00,200 --> 01:08:03,160
Speaker 1: defensive coordator. They're better coach. They added some pieces, but

1340
01:08:03,280 --> 01:08:05,960
Speaker 1: you can still attack them in pockets. I just think

1341
01:08:06,000 --> 01:08:09,520
Speaker 1: this is an overreaction to the quarterback injury for the Dolphins,

1342
01:08:09,520 --> 01:08:11,840
Speaker 1: which I don't think it's that big of a deal. Too,

1343
01:08:11,960 --> 01:08:14,200
Speaker 1: hasn't been lighting, you know, the world on fire at

1344
01:08:14,240 --> 01:08:18,160
Speaker 1: quarterback and what Vegas has done over the first two weeks. Meanwhile,

1345
01:08:18,280 --> 01:08:20,720
Speaker 1: Mommie's coming off a thirty you know, losing thirty five

1346
01:08:20,840 --> 01:08:24,280
Speaker 1: nothing teams that have not covered by twenty eight or

1347
01:08:24,320 --> 01:08:28,960
Speaker 1: more points the week before against the spread historically the

1348
01:08:29,000 --> 01:08:31,920
Speaker 1: next week. So I expect to bounce back performance here

1349
01:08:31,920 --> 01:08:34,720
Speaker 1: from Miami. Wouldn't be surprised, you know, if this is

1350
01:08:34,760 --> 01:08:37,599
Speaker 1: a field goal game either way in the seventeen lower

1351
01:08:37,680 --> 01:08:41,599
Speaker 1: scoring game. So yeah, I'm trust trusting UH to Kobe

1352
01:08:41,600 --> 01:08:44,639
Speaker 1: Brissette here, which makes sense, right. You lose by twenty

1353
01:08:44,640 --> 01:08:47,839
Speaker 1: eight points, which is an absolute asking in the NFL.

1354
01:08:47,960 --> 01:08:50,320
Speaker 1: You're gonna come back and show a little moxie, a

1355
01:08:50,320 --> 01:08:53,080
Speaker 1: little fight. Well in the market wants to send the market.

1356
01:08:53,080 --> 01:08:55,960
Speaker 1: The general market might oversell you after that happens as well,

1357
01:08:56,439 --> 01:08:59,920
Speaker 1: for sure. So it adds up. Miami's offensive line is

1358
01:09:00,000 --> 01:09:04,360
Speaker 1: in terrible. They scored seventeen points all season. Jacobe is

1359
01:09:04,520 --> 01:09:08,400
Speaker 1: not a great athlete, so now Vegas isn't exactly rolling

1360
01:09:08,439 --> 01:09:10,439
Speaker 1: out how he longed Khalil Mack. But like you said,

1361
01:09:10,479 --> 01:09:13,160
Speaker 1: their defense has been better. I just wonder if they

1362
01:09:13,160 --> 01:09:15,840
Speaker 1: can't block anybody. He's kind of a sitting duck. But

1363
01:09:16,479 --> 01:09:18,320
Speaker 1: the Dolphins do have a couple of good dbs. The

1364
01:09:18,400 --> 01:09:21,480
Speaker 1: Raiders wide receivers have been playing well. That should neutralize

1365
01:09:21,479 --> 01:09:25,880
Speaker 1: that a little bit. Um. You know, Vegas, could they

1366
01:09:25,920 --> 01:09:28,200
Speaker 1: be feeling themselves a little bit right? I mean most

1367
01:09:28,200 --> 01:09:29,880
Speaker 1: people when I looked at that schedule, I thought, hell,

1368
01:09:29,920 --> 01:09:31,679
Speaker 1: they're gonna be O and two and now they're too

1369
01:09:31,680 --> 01:09:34,400
Speaker 1: and oh. Everyone's kind of anointing them, kind of nus.

1370
01:09:34,400 --> 01:09:36,680
Speaker 1: There only two two and oh teams in the a

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01:09:36,760 --> 01:09:38,400
Speaker 1: f C, and there are obviously one of them them

1372
01:09:38,400 --> 01:09:41,519
Speaker 1: in Denver. So you know, this feels a little bit

1373
01:09:41,560 --> 01:09:44,000
Speaker 1: like a trap. I could see a little like the

1374
01:09:44,040 --> 01:09:46,880
Speaker 1: Arizona game is it fair to say the public is

1375
01:09:46,920 --> 01:09:49,360
Speaker 1: gonna be hammer in Arizona and hammer in Vegas this week.

1376
01:09:50,080 --> 01:09:53,760
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, you'll probably, I don't know. I'll be on

1377
01:09:53,800 --> 01:09:59,280
Speaker 1: an island with Jacksonville for sure, um most and I

1378
01:09:59,320 --> 01:10:02,040
Speaker 1: think the majority it that's will not as much of

1379
01:10:02,120 --> 01:10:05,000
Speaker 1: a split as we'll see in Jacksonville. But I think

1380
01:10:05,000 --> 01:10:07,439
Speaker 1: the majority of the bets will be on Vegas. Jacoby Brissett.

1381
01:10:07,479 --> 01:10:10,000
Speaker 1: Everyone is seeing what Vegas has done. But like I said,

1382
01:10:10,040 --> 01:10:13,440
Speaker 1: this was Miami minus two and a half last December

1383
01:10:13,479 --> 01:10:16,360
Speaker 1: in Vegas. And I mean, granted there were no fans,

1384
01:10:16,400 --> 01:10:19,480
Speaker 1: but you know, Miami didn't have the top three receivers

1385
01:10:19,520 --> 01:10:21,880
Speaker 1: it has now. And I just don't think that there's

1386
01:10:22,080 --> 01:10:26,880
Speaker 1: a massive drop off between two and Brissette where this

1387
01:10:26,960 --> 01:10:29,200
Speaker 1: line should now before. Yeah, the Raiders are improved, but

1388
01:10:29,280 --> 01:10:31,240
Speaker 1: that's a big move. And you know, if this line

1389
01:10:31,280 --> 01:10:34,240
Speaker 1: was maybe you know what I make it is. You know,

1390
01:10:34,320 --> 01:10:37,559
Speaker 1: Vegas a little over a two point favorite two two

1391
01:10:37,560 --> 01:10:40,320
Speaker 1: and a half. If this was right there or three,

1392
01:10:40,320 --> 01:10:42,240
Speaker 1: I probably wouldn't touch it. But now you're gonna give

1393
01:10:42,280 --> 01:10:45,120
Speaker 1: me four. Um, you know a key number in the NFL.

1394
01:10:45,600 --> 01:10:48,479
Speaker 1: I'm taking it. Uh, and I'm hoping hoping for some

1395
01:10:49,439 --> 01:10:51,800
Speaker 1: Miami turnover luck. They tend to get on the right

1396
01:10:51,840 --> 01:10:53,800
Speaker 1: side of turnovers more often than not, So hopefully that's

1397
01:10:53,800 --> 01:10:56,400
Speaker 1: all my side. Before you leave, I just want to

1398
01:10:56,400 --> 01:10:59,160
Speaker 1: ask about one more game. I know I didn't tell

1399
01:10:59,200 --> 01:11:01,400
Speaker 1: you about this before or but the Niners hosting the

1400
01:11:01,439 --> 01:11:04,400
Speaker 1: Packers two years ago when they were both good. The

1401
01:11:04,479 --> 01:11:07,920
Speaker 1: Niners kicked their ask twice last year that Thursday night game.

1402
01:11:08,040 --> 01:11:11,479
Speaker 1: Remember the Niners had all those false positives. So Trent Williams, Brandon,

1403
01:11:11,520 --> 01:11:13,760
Speaker 1: I you, all those guys were out, Jimmy was out.

1404
01:11:13,800 --> 01:11:16,800
Speaker 1: They were bad. But I think this the two teams

1405
01:11:16,840 --> 01:11:20,280
Speaker 1: playing well, has more kind of parallels to two years

1406
01:11:20,280 --> 01:11:22,320
Speaker 1: ago when they're both good and they met in the

1407
01:11:22,439 --> 01:11:24,760
Speaker 1: NFC Champion and the Niners just kind of shoved them around.

1408
01:11:24,800 --> 01:11:27,599
Speaker 1: I'm watching the Packers even in their one win. They

1409
01:11:27,680 --> 01:11:30,960
Speaker 1: just they look a little off, you know. I kind

1410
01:11:30,960 --> 01:11:33,840
Speaker 1: of like the Niners, you know, to cover again in

1411
01:11:33,880 --> 01:11:38,280
Speaker 1: this week. Yeah, last year, what Mullins started and uh,

1412
01:11:38,320 --> 01:11:40,800
Speaker 1: I forget that receiver's name who had like two yards

1413
01:11:40,840 --> 01:11:44,559
Speaker 1: receiving for them. He had like fifteen catches. Um, so

1414
01:11:44,720 --> 01:11:48,480
Speaker 1: one of the receivers went off. It doesn't start now, Um,

1415
01:11:48,520 --> 01:11:50,760
Speaker 1: it's gonna kill me not remember that. But yeah, from

1416
01:11:50,760 --> 01:11:52,840
Speaker 1: a scheme perspective, could throw out last year. From a

1417
01:11:52,880 --> 01:11:57,040
Speaker 1: scheme perspective, this heavily favors San Francisco. This is the

1418
01:11:57,120 --> 01:11:59,800
Speaker 1: type of the This is a type of team that

1419
01:12:00,520 --> 01:12:04,599
Speaker 1: they just run all over. Like Chanahan lives to scheme

1420
01:12:04,680 --> 01:12:08,040
Speaker 1: up a game plan to take advantage of this soft

1421
01:12:08,120 --> 01:12:11,160
Speaker 1: Green Bay defense which just can't really defend the run.

1422
01:12:11,240 --> 01:12:14,479
Speaker 1: We saw it in Week one when you look, the

1423
01:12:14,560 --> 01:12:17,920
Speaker 1: Saints just ran at will over the Packers, and last

1424
01:12:17,920 --> 01:12:22,439
Speaker 1: week Detroit had success running against green Bay. So yeah,

1425
01:12:22,520 --> 01:12:24,439
Speaker 1: I agree with you. The one thing that does scare

1426
01:12:24,520 --> 01:12:29,320
Speaker 1: me is San frans secondary kind of beat up going

1427
01:12:29,360 --> 01:12:32,679
Speaker 1: against Aaron Rodgers. I'm curious to see how San France

1428
01:12:32,720 --> 01:12:34,960
Speaker 1: plays this. You know in the past, a lot of

1429
01:12:35,360 --> 01:12:38,040
Speaker 1: a lot more Cover one, Cover three, But you saw

1430
01:12:38,080 --> 01:12:41,280
Speaker 1: the Saints too deep shell. Look, we'll just take away

1431
01:12:41,360 --> 01:12:45,479
Speaker 1: Davanta Adams and what and and what Rogers likes to

1432
01:12:45,520 --> 01:12:49,320
Speaker 1: do deep and we'll let you beat us underneath. And

1433
01:12:49,520 --> 01:12:52,599
Speaker 1: the Lions took the same thing and Dave the first

1434
01:12:52,600 --> 01:12:54,640
Speaker 1: week one. Aaron then played cover one, Cover three and

1435
01:12:54,760 --> 01:12:57,680
Speaker 1: was blitzing. Changed his whole approach I'm curious to see

1436
01:12:57,720 --> 01:12:59,920
Speaker 1: if the forty Niners take that same approach with their

1437
01:13:00,000 --> 01:13:03,840
Speaker 1: eat up secondary and they have the linebackers and defensive

1438
01:13:03,880 --> 01:13:06,439
Speaker 1: lineman that the lines don't you know match up with

1439
01:13:06,479 --> 01:13:09,080
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones who just took advantage of credit to the

1440
01:13:09,080 --> 01:13:11,560
Speaker 1: Packers for being patient. But yeah, I think from a

1441
01:13:11,640 --> 01:13:16,479
Speaker 1: scheme perspective, this is a dream matchup for sad frand

1442
01:13:16,720 --> 01:13:20,000
Speaker 1: their offensive line and what Kyle Shanahan wants to do,

1443
01:13:20,280 --> 01:13:23,200
Speaker 1: especially if they get out to a lead early. Stuck

1444
01:13:23,200 --> 01:13:26,839
Speaker 1: at you the Man Action Network podcast every Thursday morning.

1445
01:13:27,520 --> 01:13:30,800
Speaker 1: Have a good weekend, bro, Absolutely good luck. Brother. See

1446
01:13:30,800 --> 01:13:36,559
Speaker 1: if okay, let's get to the Middlecoff mail bag at

1447
01:13:36,720 --> 01:13:40,240
Speaker 1: John Middlecoff. Is the Instagram slide up in those d ms?

1448
01:13:40,280 --> 01:13:42,639
Speaker 1: Get your question answer here on the show. It's pretty easy.

1449
01:13:42,760 --> 01:13:45,439
Speaker 1: It's a little thing called Instagram owned by Facebook. I

1450
01:13:45,439 --> 01:13:46,880
Speaker 1: think they bought it back in the day for a

1451
01:13:46,880 --> 01:13:50,000
Speaker 1: billion dollars. It's definitely worth more than that now. I

1452
01:13:50,040 --> 01:13:54,040
Speaker 1: think you actually gotta save Facebook. Big fan of the Pods,

1453
01:13:54,160 --> 01:13:55,840
Speaker 1: I wanted to hear your thoughts on a couple of

1454
01:13:55,840 --> 01:13:59,360
Speaker 1: cowboys theories. Do you think hard knocks exposure despite out

1455
01:13:59,360 --> 01:14:02,640
Speaker 1: tam and bore ring it was helped motivate McCarthy. I

1456
01:14:02,680 --> 01:14:05,559
Speaker 1: do not. I don't think hard Knocks played any role

1457
01:14:06,160 --> 01:14:09,479
Speaker 1: in anything Mike McCarthy is doing. Now. I don't know

1458
01:14:09,520 --> 01:14:11,719
Speaker 1: exactly what he does. He doesn't call the offense, doesn't

1459
01:14:11,720 --> 01:14:14,200
Speaker 1: call the defense. Obviously, he doesn't know anything about special teams.

1460
01:14:14,800 --> 01:14:18,120
Speaker 1: But I think he his motivation was just simply they

1461
01:14:18,240 --> 01:14:20,479
Speaker 1: sucked last year. Not part of that Dack's getting injured.

1462
01:14:20,800 --> 01:14:23,120
Speaker 1: But I think hard Knocks plays zero role in anything

1463
01:14:23,120 --> 01:14:26,800
Speaker 1: the Cowboys are doing. You think Michael Parsons pick was

1464
01:14:26,840 --> 01:14:29,519
Speaker 1: kind of like Zack Martin pick, where it was a

1465
01:14:29,560 --> 01:14:32,040
Speaker 1: great pick, but not a sexy of a pick that

1466
01:14:32,160 --> 01:14:34,760
Speaker 1: we know Jerry likes. I think part of the reason

1467
01:14:34,800 --> 01:14:36,920
Speaker 1: it wasn't a sexy pick because the guy opted out.

1468
01:14:37,600 --> 01:14:41,160
Speaker 1: So part of opting out in a season if we

1469
01:14:41,200 --> 01:14:43,360
Speaker 1: don't really see you for a year, just a little

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01:14:43,360 --> 01:14:44,920
Speaker 1: out of side, out of mind. You know. It's a

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01:14:44,920 --> 01:14:47,519
Speaker 1: little that way with Pine Stool and even Jamaar Chase.

1472
01:14:47,600 --> 01:14:49,200
Speaker 1: I mean, all three of those guys went in the

1473
01:14:49,240 --> 01:14:52,040
Speaker 1: top what like eleven, But think about the guys that

1474
01:14:52,120 --> 01:14:55,519
Speaker 1: were the most polarizing draft prospects this year, Mac Jones,

1475
01:14:55,680 --> 01:15:00,439
Speaker 1: justin Fields, Waddle, Davonte Smith, I mean the guys it played,

1476
01:15:01,280 --> 01:15:05,160
Speaker 1: and Trevor Lawrence. You know, Zack Wilson. When you play,

1477
01:15:05,640 --> 01:15:09,800
Speaker 1: you're just more you know, in our consciousness, You're in

1478
01:15:09,920 --> 01:15:14,080
Speaker 1: our everyday vernacular because we're talking about you, and when

1479
01:15:14,120 --> 01:15:17,439
Speaker 1: you don't play. Michael Parsons was a very quote unquote

1480
01:15:17,439 --> 01:15:20,679
Speaker 1: football sexy right. I mean he kicked ass two years

1481
01:15:20,680 --> 01:15:23,360
Speaker 1: ago a Penn State. He's a sweet player, but he

1482
01:15:23,360 --> 01:15:25,240
Speaker 1: didn't play last year, so we just kind of forget

1483
01:15:25,240 --> 01:15:28,760
Speaker 1: about you, fair or not. Lastly, do you think dan

1484
01:15:28,840 --> 01:15:31,320
Speaker 1: Quinn will be a competent DC this year because he

1485
01:15:31,320 --> 01:15:33,080
Speaker 1: can pour all of his focus on that side of

1486
01:15:33,080 --> 01:15:36,720
Speaker 1: the ball. Keep rocking with guy and on the three

1487
01:15:36,760 --> 01:15:38,880
Speaker 1: and out. I find both pods months ago and I

1488
01:15:38,920 --> 01:15:41,439
Speaker 1: haven't looked back since. I appreciate it full name on

1489
01:15:41,439 --> 01:15:45,559
Speaker 1: the internet. Bracton Bennett, I like it, I would say,

1490
01:15:45,600 --> 01:15:48,040
Speaker 1: dan Quinn, I think it's human nature. Have you ever

1491
01:15:48,120 --> 01:15:50,960
Speaker 1: tried to do ten things at one time, Let's even

1492
01:15:50,960 --> 01:15:54,000
Speaker 1: say like four things at one time? It can feel overwhelming.

1493
01:15:54,040 --> 01:15:56,120
Speaker 1: I know sometimes I'll be like, well, I'm just I'm

1494
01:15:56,120 --> 01:15:58,280
Speaker 1: trying to half ass like three things at once. Why

1495
01:15:58,320 --> 01:16:00,680
Speaker 1: don't I just focus on one right down the other

1496
01:16:00,680 --> 01:16:03,000
Speaker 1: two things and then just banging out you know, in

1497
01:16:03,120 --> 01:16:06,360
Speaker 1: order or whatever. Right, but just one, focus on one,

1498
01:16:06,479 --> 01:16:09,120
Speaker 1: do it, then focus on the next thing. It's why

1499
01:16:09,160 --> 01:16:13,679
Speaker 1: it's so impressive. Any great CEO Belichick, Andy Reid, Sean Payton,

1500
01:16:13,720 --> 01:16:16,639
Speaker 1: Pete Carroll, these older coaches that have been head coaches forever,

1501
01:16:17,120 --> 01:16:19,360
Speaker 1: think how much stuff is coming at him left and

1502
01:16:19,439 --> 01:16:24,000
Speaker 1: right and unlike you know, Belichick, Pete and even Arians

1503
01:16:24,040 --> 01:16:27,280
Speaker 1: now like they get to they're playing a CEO role

1504
01:16:27,400 --> 01:16:29,839
Speaker 1: and he calls to play, Sean Payton calls the plays.

1505
01:16:30,200 --> 01:16:32,559
Speaker 1: Think about being an older head coach while you're still

1506
01:16:32,600 --> 01:16:35,200
Speaker 1: calling the plays, how much stuff is coming at you

1507
01:16:35,240 --> 01:16:36,800
Speaker 1: all the time because you still have to worry about

1508
01:16:36,840 --> 01:16:41,040
Speaker 1: your defense, your special teams, coordinating everything. There's a lot

1509
01:16:41,120 --> 01:16:44,720
Speaker 1: going on. I mean, it's it definitely should help him

1510
01:16:44,760 --> 01:16:46,920
Speaker 1: out a little bit. But I'd argue, like when he

1511
01:16:46,960 --> 01:16:49,479
Speaker 1: was in Atlanta, he wasn't calling the play, what was

1512
01:16:49,520 --> 01:16:51,800
Speaker 1: he really doing? He would just being the CEO guy.

1513
01:16:51,880 --> 01:16:53,519
Speaker 1: So now he doesn't have to do that, doesn't have

1514
01:16:53,520 --> 01:16:55,479
Speaker 1: to put out any fires. He just gets to coach,

1515
01:16:55,720 --> 01:16:58,880
Speaker 1: you know, x's and notes and motivate, which maybe is

1516
01:16:58,920 --> 01:17:01,679
Speaker 1: his strength. Will see they I I give them credit.

1517
01:17:01,720 --> 01:17:06,599
Speaker 1: They they they definitely looked better last week against the Chargers. Right,

1518
01:17:06,640 --> 01:17:09,599
Speaker 1: Obviously Tampa is tough. I mean that's a tough matchup,

1519
01:17:09,760 --> 01:17:11,559
Speaker 1: but the Chargers have a lot of talent on defense,

1520
01:17:11,600 --> 01:17:14,040
Speaker 1: and I thought they just flying around picked him off,

1521
01:17:14,840 --> 01:17:18,120
Speaker 1: just making some place they have looked moom he put

1522
01:17:18,200 --> 01:17:21,000
Speaker 1: Michael Parson's hand in the dirt, played defensive end basically.

1523
01:17:21,439 --> 01:17:24,679
Speaker 1: So I yeah, I I I to my hat, Mike Nolan.

1524
01:17:25,640 --> 01:17:29,120
Speaker 1: It couldn't have been any worse. It It just couldn't

1525
01:17:29,160 --> 01:17:32,600
Speaker 1: have gone any worse. It's clearly going pretty well. You know,

1526
01:17:32,920 --> 01:17:36,640
Speaker 1: relative to last year, bar was pretty low. We're not

1527
01:17:36,720 --> 01:17:40,040
Speaker 1: looking for, you know, the steel curtain here. We're just

1528
01:17:40,080 --> 01:17:42,040
Speaker 1: looking for a couple of open field tackles and some

1529
01:17:42,120 --> 01:17:45,840
Speaker 1: pressures in the Dallas Cowboys and maybe a p BU right.

1530
01:17:46,160 --> 01:17:49,479
Speaker 1: We are not looking for l O b lead the

1531
01:17:49,560 --> 01:17:52,439
Speaker 1: league in scoring defense for four straight years. Can we

1532
01:17:52,520 --> 01:17:56,360
Speaker 1: just get a couple of stops on third down? D

1533
01:17:56,560 --> 01:18:00,360
Speaker 1: m bro question for the Pod Life lifelong I heard

1534
01:18:00,439 --> 01:18:04,519
Speaker 1: Raiders fan, I'm thirty three good age. This Gruden car

1535
01:18:04,560 --> 01:18:07,479
Speaker 1: offense reminds me of the Peyton Manning offense. Gets to

1536
01:18:07,520 --> 01:18:10,759
Speaker 1: the line with four plays in mind, calls constant audibles

1537
01:18:10,800 --> 01:18:13,040
Speaker 1: and wait till the last second to call a play.

1538
01:18:13,080 --> 01:18:16,120
Speaker 1: Obviously not to the same level as Peyton, But what's

1539
01:18:16,160 --> 01:18:19,160
Speaker 1: your take. Well, I remember when John Gruden got the

1540
01:18:19,240 --> 01:18:20,920
Speaker 1: job and he was a nap. Him and Peyton are

1541
01:18:20,920 --> 01:18:23,559
Speaker 1: pretty good buddies, and Peyton came out to hang out

1542
01:18:23,560 --> 01:18:28,519
Speaker 1: with him. So I if you remember John Gruden calling

1543
01:18:28,640 --> 01:18:31,559
Speaker 1: Peyton Manning games calling in the Sheriff, it was like

1544
01:18:31,640 --> 01:18:34,200
Speaker 1: he'd have a half Chubb when he was calling Peyton

1545
01:18:34,240 --> 01:18:36,280
Speaker 1: Manning games. I don't blame him. Peyton Manning is one

1546
01:18:36,280 --> 01:18:38,200
Speaker 1: of the more entertaining players in the history League, and

1547
01:18:38,200 --> 01:18:40,439
Speaker 1: what he's doing right now on the on the Manning

1548
01:18:40,479 --> 01:18:43,759
Speaker 1: broadcast is freaking awesome. He went from eight hundred thousand

1549
01:18:43,840 --> 01:18:46,559
Speaker 1: viewers to almost two million viewers. Peyton Manning is a

1550
01:18:46,560 --> 01:18:50,840
Speaker 1: needle mover. Uh yeah, I mean I would imagine, And

1551
01:18:50,920 --> 01:18:53,080
Speaker 1: did you see like Peyton Manning was so fired up

1552
01:18:53,080 --> 01:18:55,000
Speaker 1: to talk Raiders week one. I think he's just tight

1553
01:18:55,040 --> 01:18:57,800
Speaker 1: with Gruten and I think he likes Derek, So I

1554
01:18:57,840 --> 01:19:00,160
Speaker 1: would imagine they've picked his brain and stole some up.

1555
01:19:00,280 --> 01:19:03,160
Speaker 1: Like you said, I mean, Derek ain't Peyton but yeah,

1556
01:19:03,200 --> 01:19:08,040
Speaker 1: I mean, I it's different. The main difference here's the

1557
01:19:08,040 --> 01:19:11,720
Speaker 1: main difference. Peyton was the offensive coordinator. Peyton called all

1558
01:19:11,760 --> 01:19:14,479
Speaker 1: the place. Gruden is still calling the place now he's working,

1559
01:19:15,040 --> 01:19:19,360
Speaker 1: you know, hand in hand with Derek. But it's it's

1560
01:19:19,360 --> 01:19:22,240
Speaker 1: a Gruden show that Derek runs. You know, it was

1561
01:19:22,280 --> 01:19:26,479
Speaker 1: a paytent show that everyone followed. I heard a story

1562
01:19:26,560 --> 01:19:30,960
Speaker 1: once from people that were in Indie that Peyton would

1563
01:19:30,960 --> 01:19:33,160
Speaker 1: walk out to practice, like if you go to most practice,

1564
01:19:33,760 --> 01:19:37,320
Speaker 1: there's a script and the script is the practice. So

1565
01:19:37,439 --> 01:19:40,280
Speaker 1: every practice has let's just use an even number, twenty

1566
01:19:40,320 --> 01:19:43,120
Speaker 1: periods in a practice, and let's say every period is

1567
01:19:43,160 --> 01:19:47,160
Speaker 1: five minutes. Well, once you get out of individual drills

1568
01:19:47,560 --> 01:19:51,479
Speaker 1: and getting a group and team situations, you start running place.

1569
01:19:52,200 --> 01:19:54,840
Speaker 1: And when you run the place, you're not just ran

1570
01:19:55,080 --> 01:19:58,720
Speaker 1: running random place. Their scripted. Well, when you'd walk out

1571
01:19:58,760 --> 01:20:01,559
Speaker 1: to the field, Peyton man would meet whoever his quarterback

1572
01:20:01,600 --> 01:20:04,559
Speaker 1: coach or offensive coordinator, and they'd hand him the script.

1573
01:20:04,960 --> 01:20:06,800
Speaker 1: Peyton would grab a red pen. He's like like this

1574
01:20:06,960 --> 01:20:09,639
Speaker 1: like this, Now we're gonna change this. We're gonna change

1575
01:20:09,680 --> 01:20:12,320
Speaker 1: this like this this is good? This no this that

1576
01:20:12,439 --> 01:20:15,160
Speaker 1: Peyton was the boss as he should have been, you know.

1577
01:20:15,520 --> 01:20:19,400
Speaker 1: So it's what in a weird way for for Tom,

1578
01:20:19,479 --> 01:20:23,519
Speaker 1: who was more accomplished right than Peyton even you know

1579
01:20:23,560 --> 01:20:25,559
Speaker 1: in the two thousands he had the three, Payton only

1580
01:20:25,560 --> 01:20:28,720
Speaker 1: had the one. Tom always, I feel, and I don't

1581
01:20:28,760 --> 01:20:31,400
Speaker 1: blame him, aspired to have that type juice, have that

1582
01:20:31,439 --> 01:20:34,479
Speaker 1: type control. Guess what he gets it now it's working,

1583
01:20:34,880 --> 01:20:37,240
Speaker 1: and you should give those type guys that much choice,

1584
01:20:37,600 --> 01:20:39,519
Speaker 1: just like I'm not saying Derek doesn't have a lot

1585
01:20:39,520 --> 01:20:43,760
Speaker 1: of influence, but it's just Peyton was the extreme. You know,

1586
01:20:43,800 --> 01:20:47,720
Speaker 1: there might never quite be anything I would say like

1587
01:20:47,800 --> 01:20:50,040
Speaker 1: that again, and with a guy like Gruden, like Gruen

1588
01:20:50,120 --> 01:20:52,519
Speaker 1: wants to call the place and Derek just and he

1589
01:20:52,560 --> 01:20:54,639
Speaker 1: gives Derek a little more rope the more he can prove.

1590
01:20:55,240 --> 01:20:57,760
Speaker 1: That's how you should do any job, right, any employee

1591
01:20:57,880 --> 01:21:00,360
Speaker 1: who's really talented, Give him some rope, let him do

1592
01:21:00,439 --> 01:21:03,880
Speaker 1: some stuff, and also advise and try to influence him.

1593
01:21:03,880 --> 01:21:06,640
Speaker 1: And what you see from your point of view, the

1594
01:21:06,680 --> 01:21:09,000
Speaker 1: best part about working like as someone who tried to

1595
01:21:09,040 --> 01:21:11,840
Speaker 1: do a lot of stuff by themselves business from like

1596
01:21:12,000 --> 01:21:14,680
Speaker 1: fifteen to like eighteen, you can only do so much

1597
01:21:14,680 --> 01:21:18,360
Speaker 1: stuff yourself, and ideas come from other people that are

1598
01:21:18,400 --> 01:21:20,840
Speaker 1: things that you would not have thought about, So that

1599
01:21:20,920 --> 01:21:23,960
Speaker 1: there is even if your quarterback is like Kirk Cousins,

1600
01:21:23,960 --> 01:21:26,120
Speaker 1: like you should just take some of his input. You

1601
01:21:26,120 --> 01:21:29,839
Speaker 1: should always take two players input and what he's comfortable

1602
01:21:29,840 --> 01:21:33,240
Speaker 1: with doing. What's up, John big fan of the pod,

1603
01:21:33,360 --> 01:21:35,559
Speaker 1: just curious with all the injuries to running back on

1604
01:21:35,640 --> 01:21:38,280
Speaker 1: the roster, why isn't there any talk about Carrie on

1605
01:21:38,360 --> 01:21:42,280
Speaker 1: Johnson being brought up off the practice squad. I think

1606
01:21:42,360 --> 01:21:45,000
Speaker 1: it's carry on Johnson? Are we talking Niners right now?

1607
01:21:45,040 --> 01:21:48,240
Speaker 1: I'm not exactly sure. I don't. You know the best

1608
01:21:48,320 --> 01:21:52,400
Speaker 1: part about my job now is I'm not super locked

1609
01:21:52,400 --> 01:21:55,960
Speaker 1: into practice squads. When you're a scout, you spend so

1610
01:21:56,040 --> 01:22:00,960
Speaker 1: much time watching and following practice squads. He's in the nights. Yeah,

1611
01:22:00,960 --> 01:22:03,840
Speaker 1: I mean, I think that the thing is when you

1612
01:22:03,840 --> 01:22:06,200
Speaker 1: have a bunch of injuries with the bigger rosters now

1613
01:22:06,240 --> 01:22:10,519
Speaker 1: with practice squad, you don't you can play Carrie on

1614
01:22:10,600 --> 01:22:13,120
Speaker 1: Johnson at practice right now. Let's just use as hypothetical.

1615
01:22:13,439 --> 01:22:15,360
Speaker 1: He could be the starting running back for the forty

1616
01:22:15,439 --> 01:22:19,000
Speaker 1: Niners and they wouldn't bring him u until Saturday because

1617
01:22:19,120 --> 01:22:21,599
Speaker 1: you don't want to tip your hand to the team

1618
01:22:21,640 --> 01:22:23,519
Speaker 1: your plan. You don't want the Packers to know because

1619
01:22:23,520 --> 01:22:25,720
Speaker 1: the media is not a lot of practice, so no

1620
01:22:25,760 --> 01:22:27,800
Speaker 1: one knows who's the starting running back. So all of

1621
01:22:27,840 --> 01:22:29,640
Speaker 1: a sudden on Saturday you bring him up. Hell, he

1622
01:22:29,680 --> 01:22:32,479
Speaker 1: could be the offense goes out the first snap of

1623
01:22:32,479 --> 01:22:34,880
Speaker 1: the game and carry on Johnson's out. But if you

1624
01:22:34,960 --> 01:22:38,040
Speaker 1: bring him up now they have all week to watch

1625
01:22:38,120 --> 01:22:39,800
Speaker 1: some of this film. Now they know him because he

1626
01:22:40,000 --> 01:22:42,479
Speaker 1: you know, played for the Lions. So it's really I mean,

1627
01:22:43,120 --> 01:22:46,639
Speaker 1: you can argue some of that stuff's overrated. Hey, John,

1628
01:22:46,680 --> 01:22:48,640
Speaker 1: I heard on the last part about your gambling and

1629
01:22:48,680 --> 01:22:51,760
Speaker 1: wanted to get in on low risk high reward. Any

1630
01:22:51,840 --> 01:22:55,360
Speaker 1: information you can share would be fun to hear. Matt

1631
01:22:55,400 --> 01:23:00,439
Speaker 1: from Virginia, Well, a lot of low risk HIRA reward

1632
01:23:00,800 --> 01:23:03,400
Speaker 1: are not going to hit very often. The reason I

1633
01:23:03,520 --> 01:23:06,720
Speaker 1: made yeah, I'll pump my chest a little bit turn

1634
01:23:06,760 --> 01:23:10,200
Speaker 1: a hundred fifty dollars in the fifty seven hundred was

1635
01:23:10,280 --> 01:23:12,559
Speaker 1: because I bet on a one individual to win a

1636
01:23:12,640 --> 01:23:15,200
Speaker 1: golf tournament. So you bet on one guy against the

1637
01:23:15,280 --> 01:23:18,599
Speaker 1: field of a D twenty, that's not high odds, right,

1638
01:23:18,600 --> 01:23:20,880
Speaker 1: It's why they give you a six two one. And

1639
01:23:20,920 --> 01:23:23,640
Speaker 1: then my other bet the parlay that I think was

1640
01:23:23,680 --> 01:23:28,240
Speaker 1: a hundred dollar parlay that paid to hundred. I had

1641
01:23:28,280 --> 01:23:31,960
Speaker 1: to have all three teams win outright, So anyone in

1642
01:23:32,080 --> 01:23:35,519
Speaker 1: Vegas will tell you parlays are not a smart bet.

1643
01:23:35,680 --> 01:23:37,679
Speaker 1: So the way I made a lot of money, we're

1644
01:23:37,720 --> 01:23:40,880
Speaker 1: doing bets that don't usually hit. Like, if you want

1645
01:23:40,920 --> 01:23:43,080
Speaker 1: to hit, you usually just got a risk. What you're

1646
01:23:43,080 --> 01:23:45,759
Speaker 1: gonna win right better on a game, bet two hundred

1647
01:23:45,760 --> 01:23:48,639
Speaker 1: dollars on a team to cover the spread, Like that's

1648
01:23:48,640 --> 01:23:51,160
Speaker 1: a pretty basic bet. But if you want to win

1649
01:23:51,200 --> 01:23:54,160
Speaker 1: two thousand dollars that way, you usually gotta bet two

1650
01:23:54,200 --> 01:23:58,880
Speaker 1: thousand dollars. So there is not some formula on low risk,

1651
01:23:58,960 --> 01:24:02,919
Speaker 1: high reward bets. Most times when they hit, in my experience,

1652
01:24:02,920 --> 01:24:05,600
Speaker 1: every time they've ever hit from me, it's been you know,

1653
01:24:05,800 --> 01:24:07,960
Speaker 1: I wouldn't say lucky, but a pretty big it's like

1654
01:24:08,000 --> 01:24:11,439
Speaker 1: a hail Mary. Most bets I've hit that were normal

1655
01:24:11,520 --> 01:24:13,640
Speaker 1: were like the only way I want them a lot

1656
01:24:13,680 --> 01:24:15,280
Speaker 1: of money on them, Where you have to put up

1657
01:24:15,280 --> 01:24:18,920
Speaker 1: a lot of money, there's no way really around. I

1658
01:24:19,000 --> 01:24:22,040
Speaker 1: don't have a philosophy. I got hot, you know, sometimes

1659
01:24:22,080 --> 01:24:24,800
Speaker 1: sometimes in gambling you just get hot and you ride it.

1660
01:24:24,840 --> 01:24:26,800
Speaker 1: Like a wave and you try to be like Kelly

1661
01:24:26,840 --> 01:24:29,960
Speaker 1: Slater and Layd Hamilton's and you ride the hell out

1662
01:24:29,960 --> 01:24:33,080
Speaker 1: of that barrel. As someone who's never served, I have

1663
01:24:33,439 --> 01:24:36,519
Speaker 1: never ever. I was a snow skier growing up, and

1664
01:24:36,520 --> 01:24:38,559
Speaker 1: then I tried to snowboard and I was terrible at

1665
01:24:38,560 --> 01:24:41,120
Speaker 1: it because I didn't skateboard. I didn't like that feeling

1666
01:24:41,120 --> 01:24:44,719
Speaker 1: of having both legs on one board. I would never surf,

1667
01:24:44,840 --> 01:24:47,000
Speaker 1: not because it doesn't look cool. And all the surfers

1668
01:24:47,000 --> 01:24:49,360
Speaker 1: are like super ripped and super tan and always have

1669
01:24:49,400 --> 01:24:51,599
Speaker 1: babes on their arm. It's more I just don't mess

1670
01:24:51,600 --> 01:24:55,320
Speaker 1: with sharks. You know where I live, the Pacific Ocean,

1671
01:24:55,520 --> 01:24:58,400
Speaker 1: great white it's their home, right, it's their home. I'm

1672
01:24:58,439 --> 01:25:01,160
Speaker 1: just not going out there. And my first year at

1673
01:25:01,160 --> 01:25:04,360
Speaker 1: cal Poly in OH three, a teacher was on a

1674
01:25:04,520 --> 01:25:07,879
Speaker 1: swim booye tow booey and it was just like her workout.

1675
01:25:07,960 --> 01:25:10,400
Speaker 1: She just swam, you know, it wasn't too far out

1676
01:25:10,400 --> 01:25:12,880
Speaker 1: in the ocean, and just now, sharks, great white sharks

1677
01:25:12,920 --> 01:25:15,200
Speaker 1: don't eat you, but they do bite you once they

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Speaker 1: realize you're not a seal, and they swim. Boy, she

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Speaker 1: died because she bled out. I just I'm not a

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Speaker 1: big Pacific ocean guy, but I would love to. Uh,

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Speaker 1: I've always been jailed. Surfing looks so cool, but and

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Speaker 1: they always be like, you know, I don't even think

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Speaker 1: about the sharks out here? How do you not think

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Speaker 1: about the sharks out there? It's like it's like their home,

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Speaker 1: you know, It's like, what are we talking about here?

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Speaker 1: That's what that's where they are. You know what. I

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Speaker 1: couldn't do it but have a great week. No more

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Speaker 1: shark talks, not short week. It's football. It's football season.

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Speaker 1: And uh yeah, I'll talk to you guys Monday exclusively

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