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Just watching a little US Open. 33 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 1: I thought i'd fire up the old podcast and talk 34 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:08,919 Speaker 1: a little Tom Brady because he got his number retired, 35 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 1: and I thought it was just a powerful event, and 36 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: I thought it was just I watched a little of it, 37 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 1: watched a bunch of clips, and it was just cool 38 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 1: to It was cool to see. So we'll dive into 39 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 1: Brady Belichick got a big standing o the tampering investigation, 40 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:25,360 Speaker 1: which has to be the dumbest thing in the history 41 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 1: of the NFL. Some other NFL news and notes that 42 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 1: the commanders just refuse to name Jaden Daniels the starting quarterback. 43 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 1: Don't quite get that one, but you know, some coaches 44 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: just a little old school. And then obviously it's Fugazi Friday, 45 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 1: and I got one of the great fugazis of all 46 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: time I think is sports Curses and McCaffrey on the 47 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:56,959 Speaker 1: cover of Madden and we'll dive into that. So good 48 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 1: little show here today to get you into the weekend. 49 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:03,679 Speaker 1: And no mail bag today, we'll probably do We'll do 50 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 1: a big mail bag next week. So fire in those 51 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:09,800 Speaker 1: dms at John middlecoff is the Instagram and we'll do 52 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: a big, big mail bag. I'm gonna need mailbag questions 53 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 1: because I don't know if you've noticed, but football is 54 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:19,680 Speaker 1: now paused because everyone goes on summer break till training camp. 55 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:24,239 Speaker 1: So fire in those dms more than welcome. This is 56 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: the people's show. So we like interacting with you guys 57 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: through Instagram. 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One 93 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: thing I've always thought was really cool in pro sports 94 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 1: when a guy spends his entire career with one organization 95 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 1: and football, unlike the NBA, for example, you get cut 96 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: the moment you start slipping, they get rid of you. 97 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 1: I mean, before Tom Brady existed, the best quarterback of 98 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 1: all time was traded and Bill Walsh had been trying 99 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 1: to replace him for like half a decade. So football, 100 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 1: the meritocracy that's involved regardless of your stature, your status, 101 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 1: your previous accomplishments. It's very, very cutthroat, but we still 102 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,040 Speaker 1: have a long line of examples. I mean, Peyton Manning 103 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 1: was once cut right now. He had a bad neck 104 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:06,599 Speaker 1: and we didn't know at the time if he could 105 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 1: play again. He's even gone on records. It was a 106 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: scary time for his career. But they got him. Now 107 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 1: they were getting Andrew Locke, but still Peyton Manning was 108 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 1: available on the open market. Tom Brady played his last 109 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,839 Speaker 1: three years for another team. But it wasn't because he 110 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 1: wanted to leave. It was because Bill was like, yeah, 111 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:25,040 Speaker 1: I'm short in a forty two year old. I don't 112 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 1: think he'll be I think he's gonna fall off a cliff. 113 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 1: And he didn't. He won an MVP, he won a 114 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: Super Bowl and obviously cemented his lay. I mean, took 115 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 1: it to another level. But as Tom said, and I 116 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:42,799 Speaker 1: didn't quite understand. I saw a lot of posts about 117 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: it over the last couple of weeks that there was 118 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:47,600 Speaker 1: like a Tom Brady number retirement. I guess I had 119 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:52,719 Speaker 1: assumed it was more of like Craft Patriot people former players, 120 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: kind of an in house thing. It was like a 121 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: football game. I mean they did a panorama around the 122 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:04,279 Speaker 1: stadium and that place was packed. It was like the 123 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: freaking Rolling Stones were there. And as Tom Brady said 124 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 1: last night, I'm Tom Brady and I'm a Patriot, and 125 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 1: I think a lot like Michael Jordan, who played two 126 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: years for the Wizards. Now, unlike Tom, he won a 127 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 1: championship into the Bucks. Tom means a lot. But I 128 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 1: think it's very very powerful when a guy and I 129 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: think it's cool for fans because you root for that 130 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 1: human being until the day he dies. He means everything 131 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: to you. And I know as a fan of the 132 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 1: San Fransco Giants, like Buster Posey's Hall of Fame career, 133 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 1: every single at bat was with the San Francisco Giant uniform. 134 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 1: The reason Lebron James would never sniff Kobe Bryant is 135 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 1: because he's a mercenary. He just jumps from team to 136 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: team Kobe's entire career. And I don't mean like on 137 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 1: the all time list we could argue Lebron's a better player. 138 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 1: I just mean with Laker fans because Kobe's their guy. 139 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:00,920 Speaker 1: Kobe was their guy from the start till the finish, 140 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 1: and the NBA player empowerment era, which got so much 141 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 1: credit with the media. Was cool for Twitter, not great 142 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 1: for fans, like who's how's Kevin Durant. Ever, having that 143 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 1: moment and the powerful thing about the NFL is look 144 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 1: at some of the young guys now and listen, Tom, 145 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 1: it was like a religious experience. He took the Patriots 146 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 1: to nine Super Bowls. He won six of them that career. 147 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 1: Even Patrick Mahomes more than likely a high probability, will 148 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:35,080 Speaker 1: not replicate that. So it's an outlier career. We got 149 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:38,960 Speaker 1: twenty years with this guy, this California kid who brought 150 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:42,720 Speaker 1: us to greatness, and he's our guy, no matter how 151 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 1: weird his face may look with botox and plastic surgery, 152 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:48,680 Speaker 1: or how his hair has changed over the years with 153 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 1: hair plugs and listen, I'm not hating. I lost my 154 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 1: hair and I just chose probably at the time I 155 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 1: lost that, I definitely could have afforded hair plugs, and 156 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 1: now it's just too late. I'm just rocking with it. 157 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 1: But it doesn't matter how things get. He's our guy, 158 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: and growing up I saw the power of it with 159 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 1: forty nine er guys in the Walsh in the in 160 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 1: the nineties era. How passionate people that support those guys, 161 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 1: and I think it's really cool when someone can spend 162 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:19,080 Speaker 1: the majority, if not their entire career. Now, obviously in 163 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:21,679 Speaker 1: pro sports, you've gotta be good to even have an 164 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:24,439 Speaker 1: opportunity to do that. But like Aaron Donald just retired, 165 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:29,720 Speaker 1: played for one franchise, Like that's that's a powerful thing. Now. 166 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 1: I don't know, you know, the Rams franchise fan base. 167 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 1: It's not exactly like playing, you know, for the Cowboys 168 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 1: or the Eagles. But Jason Kelcey recently right retired. He's 169 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: a Philly guy. He's not from Philly's from Ohio. He 170 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 1: went to Cincinnati. Yet the rest of his life he's 171 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 1: gonna live in Philadelphia, I would imagine, and that's his 172 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 1: home and those are now his people, And I think 173 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 1: that's the cool part about sports. I was taking my 174 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 1: little dog on a walk last night and the end 175 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 1: NBA Finals, I bet on the Mavericks obviously to win 176 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: the series not going well. That was dumb, And I 177 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 1: swear to God, probably I don't know half the homes 178 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 1: that I could kind of see in, especially in the 179 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 1: backyard as we're kind of roaming around. I could see 180 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 1: in their backyards. I just saw sports on the NBA 181 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 1: Finals on and it's still one of the last things 182 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 1: that we all agree that, like we kind of just 183 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 1: watch when it matters, when big events happen. Football's kind 184 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: of an outlier because we watched the regular season in 185 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 1: the playoffs, but when the baseball playoffs come, it'll just 186 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:36,080 Speaker 1: be on people's TVs. Obviously, the NBA Finals is just 187 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:38,960 Speaker 1: on people's TVs. March madness, and we all kind of 188 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 1: gravitate toward that, and it's a conversation starter obviously for 189 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 1: me in what I do. When I'm just out and 190 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:48,560 Speaker 1: about and I meet someone, you can always talk about sports. 191 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:52,200 Speaker 1: And I think when you get to Tom Brady, obviously 192 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:54,680 Speaker 1: he's been in our life for a long time, but 193 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:57,599 Speaker 1: like that moment as a sports fan, it couldn't have 194 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:00,800 Speaker 1: gone any better. But whenever you get a great player 195 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:04,439 Speaker 1: and you get to live through it, his youth, his marriages, 196 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 1: his children, his ups and downs, his struggles, his greatness, 197 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 1: it just bonds you to that person for a long 198 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 1: long time. And I'm not trying to be sappy here, 199 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 1: but I thought some of the videos I saw were 200 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 1: just really really cool, and the Belichick thing clearly the 201 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:25,240 Speaker 1: Crafts tried to destroy his name in that Apple documentary. 202 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:27,960 Speaker 1: I've said that I stopped watching it after like episode five. 203 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:30,440 Speaker 1: I just thought it was stupid. It wasn't for me. 204 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 1: I don't know if it did well or didn't do 205 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 1: well in terms of like retention on an episode to 206 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 1: episode basis, but I just thought the treatment of a 207 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:41,800 Speaker 1: guy who was a big part of and as Tom 208 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:45,319 Speaker 1: Brady said last night, it wasn't you, it wasn't me, 209 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:48,839 Speaker 1: it was us, and it just completely shit on him 210 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 1: was stupid. Patriots fans knows, and they gave him a 211 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,040 Speaker 1: standing Oh I swore to God for like five minutes, 212 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 1: and it was cool. And those are the type things 213 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:01,440 Speaker 1: like you don't get in the rest of society. You 214 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 1: don't get something like not everyone in that stadium sees eyed. 215 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:08,599 Speaker 1: I has the same thoughts on society that has the 216 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 1: same beliefs on the tax system. But like everyone's bonded 217 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 1: over the Patriots, over tom over Bill, what they all 218 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 1: got to experience from two thousand and one to twenty 219 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 1: eighteen or nineteen, Like, you can never take that away 220 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:25,680 Speaker 1: from all those people. And obviously Boston, like Philly, like 221 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 1: New York, I mean passionate place, but it's it's no 222 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 1: different than people in Alabama they got to bond over 223 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 1: Nick Saban for the last fifteen years, or people now 224 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 1: in Georgia with Kirby Smart right, or a lot of 225 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 1: people in my life that are forty nine er fans 226 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:41,600 Speaker 1: that have had this run for five years of doing 227 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 1: a lot of winning. It's cool, it's fun, it's powerful. 228 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 1: It's what makes I think this stuff more than interesting. 229 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 1: It's just a connectivity of kind of our world. And 230 00:12:56,120 --> 00:13:00,960 Speaker 1: Tom obviously, you know, given that region, no one ever 231 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: did for them. I guess Bill Russell way back in 232 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:07,840 Speaker 1: the day, but in the modern day era, and to 233 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 1: really just embrace the place. And it was just it 234 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:13,480 Speaker 1: was cool to watch so cool moment, cool thing by 235 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:16,839 Speaker 1: the crafts. Robert showed up with a girl. Maybe it's 236 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 1: his wife girlfriend. I can't keep track of his love life. 237 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 1: Who had to be forty five years younger than him. 238 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 1: Shows you man, would she be with him if he 239 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:27,840 Speaker 1: was a plumber? Pays to be rich. I guess the 240 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 1: tampering investigation, this to me is so dumb, like before 241 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 1: we even dive into any of it, talking about tampering 242 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 1: in the NFL or in the NBA or any of 243 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 1: these sports. When the commissioner in the league office gets 244 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:52,440 Speaker 1: involved when it's around free agency time is laughable. It 245 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:55,680 Speaker 1: really is. It's like Jerry Tarkanian used to say, Kentucky 246 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:59,840 Speaker 1: cheated so hard they busted Cleveland's state. Like everybody's talking 247 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 1: to everybody wants the combine starts now. If you legitimately 248 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 1: break a rule, the equivalent of like reaching out to 249 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:09,800 Speaker 1: a player during the season who's gonna be a free agent, 250 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 1: or doing that to an assistant coach that you might 251 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 1: be interested in hiring, Like there are obviously lines that 252 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 1: you can't cross. But if it comes to setting up 253 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins travel five days before free agency hits when 254 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 1: he knows he's gonna sign with you, or Howie Roseman 255 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,760 Speaker 1: and the Eagles talking with Saquon Barkley or James Franklin 256 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 1: a week before and the Eagles got off, nothing happened, 257 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 1: Atlanta got fined a quarter million dollars and a fifth 258 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:45,720 Speaker 1: round pick removed. What are we doing, honest to get 259 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 1: what's the point of this. You can't have a legal 260 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 1: tampering period and expect people not to contact people they 261 00:14:56,200 --> 00:15:00,080 Speaker 1: shouldn't contact I said this the other day about Jerry 262 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 1: w what the cool part about his executive career. He 263 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 1: was just one of those guys that got things done. 264 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 1: And I would imagine many people listening to this work 265 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 1: in different industries, work in different businesses, work with different 266 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 1: people to just kind of get stuff done, and there's 267 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 1: a blurry line between like this is like legitimately illegal 268 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 1: and this is probably not right, but we're gonna do 269 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 1: it because we want to make this happen. And that's business, 270 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 1: and anyone that's not doing that is getting lapped circles 271 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:34,560 Speaker 1: run around them. So for the league to act like 272 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 1: this is a big deal to me is kind of embarrassing. 273 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 1: And every other year it seems like something like this 274 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 1: happens and it's like, what's the point of all this? 275 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 1: I mean, seriously, last year or a couple of years ago, 276 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:52,360 Speaker 1: I guess it was last year when Jonathan Gannon in 277 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals and the Eagles, and that became an issue, 278 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 1: like there are legitimate set out rules of when you 279 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 1: can interview you and when you can interview But the 280 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 1: only reason the Eagles were really mad is because they 281 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 1: wanted Vic Fangio and because Arizona didn't quite follow the 282 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 1: timeline of what you should have been doing. Vic Fangio. 283 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 1: They lost out on him for a year. If they 284 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 1: vic Fangio had still been around, it wouldn't have been 285 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 1: a problem. This was a victimist crime. Who is having 286 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 1: an issue with anything? Kirk Cousins was going nowhere else? 287 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 1: Like what other team was mad about this? Saquon Barkley 288 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 1: wanted to go to the Eagles and no one was 289 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 1: giving them that much money. So when you get people 290 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:38,800 Speaker 1: in trouble, like I understand the slippery slope that is 291 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 1: gambling with the players of listen. Obviously you can't bet 292 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 1: on your own team, and you shouldn't betting on football. 293 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 1: But guys getting in trouble for betting on college football 294 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 1: from the facility, like it's I get it, it's murky waters. 295 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 1: This one, to me is not at all, Like who cares? 296 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 1: Move on? This is stupid. But the league office love 297 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:01,840 Speaker 1: every once in a while like kind of flexing their 298 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:04,399 Speaker 1: muscles like yeah, we're gonna investigate. We want your phones, 299 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:07,399 Speaker 1: we want your emails, we want to interview with you guys, 300 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:11,440 Speaker 1: Like come on, Roch, shut up, what are you doing? 301 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 1: You break rules? All the time. You sign this television 302 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:16,160 Speaker 1: contract with these partners. All of a sudden, you're like, yeah, 303 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 1: we're gonna do Christmas Day games. Fox and CBS and 304 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:22,200 Speaker 1: NBC are like, oh, can we get them? No, we're 305 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:24,159 Speaker 1: actually I know we already have a signed contract, but 306 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:27,240 Speaker 1: we're gonna bid this thing out to read Hastings and Netflix. 307 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 1: They're gonna pay seventy five million dollars. Like, hey, we'll 308 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:31,879 Speaker 1: pay the money for the game. Now we're gonna do 309 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:34,119 Speaker 1: it with someone else. It's like, well, don't we have 310 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:46,960 Speaker 1: a contract. So I just these tampering investigations are so dumb. 311 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:54,879 Speaker 1: A couple other NFL news and notes, I call me 312 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 1: a new progressive when it comes to naming starters. But 313 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:02,399 Speaker 1: when you draft Jade and Daniels number one overall and 314 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:07,600 Speaker 1: unlike JJ McCarthy and definitely Drake May who's a legitimate project, 315 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:11,359 Speaker 1: why don't you just name him the starter right away? Now. 316 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:13,479 Speaker 1: I'm not here to act like I know more than 317 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:17,920 Speaker 1: Dan Quinn or know their locker room dynamics currently, but 318 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:21,880 Speaker 1: Marcus Mariota is currently the other quarterback, So to act 319 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:27,359 Speaker 1: like this is anything more than just like old school football, 320 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:33,280 Speaker 1: Like you gotta earn it. It's Marcus Maryoda. We've seen 321 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 1: him play for a while. Great guy, marry or sister 322 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:42,720 Speaker 1: type human. Probably very below average at this point starting 323 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:46,960 Speaker 1: quarterback in the NFL, and you could argue average to 324 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 1: below backup in twenty twenty four, just name Jane Daniels 325 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 1: the quarterback. Now you could argue it was easy for 326 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:58,399 Speaker 1: the Bears. You look at their quarterback roster. It's a 327 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 1: bunch of guys you've never heard of. There isn't a 328 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:05,359 Speaker 1: Marcus Mariota or a Jacoby Burssett or Sam Donald. But 329 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 1: the moment he had his first press conference in OTAs, 330 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:11,720 Speaker 1: he just ended it immediately. This guy's our starting quarterback. 331 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 1: He's getting all the reps. Jaden Daniels is going to 332 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:19,920 Speaker 1: start for you week one. I promise you that. So 333 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 1: why not just name him that? Now? Put the pressure 334 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:26,480 Speaker 1: of life. This is serious, buddy. It's like, yeah, guys, 335 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:28,400 Speaker 1: I know I've just been the starting quarterback. I don't 336 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:30,600 Speaker 1: know if you ever heard of it. The LSU Tigers 337 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:33,000 Speaker 1: kind of an important job as well. Like I'm used 338 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,879 Speaker 1: to this, but let everyone else know, this guy's are 339 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 1: starting quarterback. This is the standard. Let's roll. Why wouldn't 340 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:41,479 Speaker 1: you want to give him all the reps in training 341 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 1: camp when he's gonna start week one. So I just 342 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:49,480 Speaker 1: I think sometimes these defensive coaches and these old school guys, 343 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 1: what are we doing like this? This makes no This 344 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:58,040 Speaker 1: is not a JJ McCarthy situation where Kevin O'Connell said 345 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:01,200 Speaker 1: that Sam Donald is gonna be the quarterback, starting quarterback 346 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:04,119 Speaker 1: heading into training camp. He didn't say he's our starting 347 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 1: quarterback for twenty twenty four. He said heading into training camp. 348 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 1: At least if you want to do that, be like, hey, listen, 349 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:14,640 Speaker 1: Marcus Mariota's currently our starting quarterback heading into training camp. 350 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 1: So maybe you want to put a little fire in Jaden. 351 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:18,880 Speaker 1: We need a little more out of you. But again 352 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:21,600 Speaker 1: I'm not saying that they think that. But what's the 353 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:24,880 Speaker 1: point of just yeah, we'll see. We just keep competing. 354 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:30,200 Speaker 1: We just love competing, which I like at the guard position, 355 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 1: at linebacker, at quarterback. I think it's stupid and I 356 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 1: think in this modern day football, even with young players, 357 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:42,960 Speaker 1: it's unnecessary just name him the fucking quarterback. Like I said, 358 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 1: Sam Donald is the starting quarterback going into training camp. 359 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 1: I would imagine Sam Donald is the starting quarterback week one, 360 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:52,680 Speaker 1: and depending on how things go through the season, they're 361 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:55,919 Speaker 1: a chance we don't see JJ McCarthy right, which I 362 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 1: think a lot of people thought that, you know, red 363 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:02,399 Speaker 1: shirt type year for the player. Now who knows, like, 364 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 1: I don't care how bad your team is. The Patriots 365 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 1: are a good example. If you have a bridge quarterback 366 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 1: like Jacoby or Sam Darnold and things don't go well, 367 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:15,640 Speaker 1: there is not a soul in this world that wants 368 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 1: to watch the bridge quarterback. I say it all the time. 369 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 1: The fans in the league have a lot of juice. 370 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:25,920 Speaker 1: Why because these owners listen to sports stock radio podcasts, 371 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:27,920 Speaker 1: maybe not podcasts because they're all like ninety years old, 372 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 1: read the newspapers like they they hear this stuff. So 373 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:36,360 Speaker 1: if you start two and seven, like, I don't need 374 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:39,800 Speaker 1: to see Jacoby Brissette anymore. And that's why in a 375 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 1: perfect world, Drake may would be the ideal redshirt guy. 376 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:47,159 Speaker 1: There is no chance he doesn't play a game this year. None, 377 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 1: because their team's not gonna be good enough. Sam little 378 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 1: bit of a wild card because if I tell you 379 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:54,560 Speaker 1: they're just four and four, six and six and they're 380 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 1: just in the wildcard mix, you could just play it out. Now, 381 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:01,919 Speaker 1: I'm a huge believer all he's inexperience. You know, I 382 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: come from cal Paly learned by doing, But I truly 383 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 1: I learned by doing, Like that's how I learned is 384 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:12,800 Speaker 1: by actually experiencing things. Metal reps For me, maybe it's 385 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:14,920 Speaker 1: because I'm kind of dumb. I don't know, only get 386 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:17,600 Speaker 1: me so far. And I think a lot of players 387 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:21,199 Speaker 1: and I think it's definitely true for quarterback that you 388 00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:24,639 Speaker 1: learn on the field through reps how to play. I 389 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:29,359 Speaker 1: listened to Mike Lombardi's podcast and he had on Wink Martindale, 390 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,600 Speaker 1: the longtime Ravens defensive coordinators now at Michigan, who's just 391 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:35,920 Speaker 1: with the Giants? And Wink said, early on in Patrick 392 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 1: Mahomes's career, we used to blitz them. We used to 393 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:42,159 Speaker 1: hit him. Well, the last couple of years we no 394 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:45,120 Speaker 1: longer could do that. Why because he was so good 395 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:47,399 Speaker 1: at getting rid of the ball and identifying the blitz. 396 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 1: So it was a waste. It was like playing Peyton 397 00:22:49,119 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 1: Manning or Tom Brady. You didn't want to blitz a 398 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:55,240 Speaker 1: guy that would destroy your blitz. Well, how do you 399 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 1: think Patrick Mahomes got better at that? By seeing it 400 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:03,240 Speaker 1: in games over the years and then using that muscle 401 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 1: memory metal memory to adapt and change and improve. So 402 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:12,679 Speaker 1: every young quarterback is going to be swimming no matter what. 403 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:17,359 Speaker 1: And I understand Mahomes got a red shirt year, but 404 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:20,840 Speaker 1: if that team hadn't been as good, he would have played. 405 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:23,160 Speaker 1: But they were just having Alex was having the best 406 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:25,080 Speaker 1: year of his career and they won eleven twelve games. 407 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:30,920 Speaker 1: So other than that, I do think this new CBA 408 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:36,280 Speaker 1: has just helped expediate all Remember fifteen twenty years ago, 409 00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:38,879 Speaker 1: all these rookies, no one signed contracts. There was this 410 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:42,160 Speaker 1: back and forth and the contract structure was all out 411 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:46,040 Speaker 1: of whack. And now everyone is just on this structure. 412 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:48,480 Speaker 1: This guy gets paid this, the next guy gets paid 413 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 1: couples percent more, and it just kind of works its 414 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:54,720 Speaker 1: way down. You just see constant first rounders, second rounders 415 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:59,400 Speaker 1: signed pretty early in OTAs and it's a much more 416 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:04,920 Speaker 1: seamless transition now. For all the back and forth over 417 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 1: the new CBA agreements, over the practice times, over you know, 418 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:14,879 Speaker 1: the the double days taken out and the off days, 419 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,400 Speaker 1: and the back and forth with the players and the management, 420 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:22,160 Speaker 1: one thing that is not debatable that has worked very, 421 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:27,959 Speaker 1: very well and benefited everyone fans players, definitely the league 422 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 1: is this rookie contract structure and how there's basically no 423 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:35,639 Speaker 1: negotiation anymore. Just sign the contract and let's move on. 424 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 1: And you know, I would imagine there are some radicals 425 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:42,159 Speaker 1: in the media like these players are getting screwed. Well, 426 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 1: we know half of them can't play. So half these 427 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 1: guys in the first round get a four year guaranteed 428 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 1: contract are essentially stealing, you know, they would never make 429 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:53,360 Speaker 1: that on the open market. And then the other half, 430 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:57,959 Speaker 1: I would imagine fifty percent of the other half are 431 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 1: underpaid within a couple of years. But that's the nature 432 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 1: of doing business. Okay, let's end on this fo ghazy Friday. 433 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:11,919 Speaker 1: I've had a lot of people that work behind the 434 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 1: scenes on this show, my guy Daniel James, sending me 435 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:21,080 Speaker 1: articles about the Madden Curse, like we should do a 436 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:25,360 Speaker 1: segment on the Madden Curse because Christian McCaffrey is on 437 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:29,800 Speaker 1: the cover, and there's a long, long history of it 438 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:34,120 Speaker 1: derailing people's careers, some having significant injuries and never being 439 00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:37,159 Speaker 1: the same. And I want to state this because I 440 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:41,720 Speaker 1: believe this to my core, with with with every ounce 441 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 1: of energy I have, there is no such thing as 442 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:51,760 Speaker 1: a sports curse. I truly believe any other curse outside 443 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:55,680 Speaker 1: of the sports world does not exist. Now, I'm a 444 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:59,520 Speaker 1: god fearing man, I believe in karma. I believe there 445 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 1: are certain things that you can convince me on. But 446 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:06,360 Speaker 1: when it comes to curses, let's use the most famous 447 00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:10,160 Speaker 1: one in the history of sports, the Curse of the Bambino. 448 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 1: The Red Sox traded Babe Ruth and they didn't win forever. 449 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:21,520 Speaker 1: Maybe they didn't win because they weren't that good. Maybe 450 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 1: Bill Buckner should have gotten a little lower on the 451 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 1: ground ball. Maybe Grady Little should have pulled Pedro Martinez 452 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:32,880 Speaker 1: out of the game. Because after they hired Terry Francona. 453 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:36,360 Speaker 1: Last time I checked, they won four championships. So did 454 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:38,360 Speaker 1: the curse of the Bambino? Like, oh, it's over now? 455 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:43,119 Speaker 1: What about the Cubs, the Lovable Losers? They didn't win forever. 456 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:49,439 Speaker 1: Steve Bartman, maybe he's just a moron. Maybe he just 457 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:54,160 Speaker 1: put his glove up and caught the ball. I don't 458 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:58,439 Speaker 1: believe the Lovable Losers couldn't win in the playoffs because 459 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 1: of some curse. And this Madden curse. If Christian McCaffrey 460 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 1: happens to get hurt this upcoming season, it will have 461 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 1: absolutely nothing to do literally zero percent with taking a 462 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 1: picture of him and putting it on the cover of 463 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:20,879 Speaker 1: a video game. Plus, I looked at like the last 464 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 1: four or five people that have been on the game. 465 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:29,439 Speaker 1: It's like Patrick Mahomes multiple times, Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen. 466 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:33,680 Speaker 1: It's like, well, what about Antonio Brown in twenty nineteen. 467 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 1: Well maybe he's just the craziest SOB that's ever played 468 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:43,399 Speaker 1: in the NFL. So I just this Madden curse topic 469 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:48,040 Speaker 1: to me is like I get it. It's a thing, 470 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:52,239 Speaker 1: but I think can we all acknowledge that curses do 471 00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:55,040 Speaker 1: not exist? If you take one of those little dolls 472 00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:58,920 Speaker 1: and start poking it with needles like that doesn't exist, 473 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:03,840 Speaker 1: it's not possible. Like middle COFFI, you're naive. You need 474 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 1: to be more open minded. Listen, I don't think for 475 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:10,960 Speaker 1: a second. Because even Christian McCaffrey, as I was on 476 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,040 Speaker 1: an NFL network and they asked him about it, are 477 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:19,240 Speaker 1: you worried? Said no, I'm not worried whether I get injured, 478 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:22,119 Speaker 1: whether I'm healthy, whether I have an MVP season, or 479 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:24,840 Speaker 1: whether I have a down season, which is basically impossible 480 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,639 Speaker 1: unless he's injured, because it's such a good player has 481 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 1: nothing to do with being on the cover of a 482 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:33,760 Speaker 1: video game. And like I said, with the Red Sox, 483 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:38,520 Speaker 1: there was no curse. They just weren't that well run. 484 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:42,440 Speaker 1: Do you know, for most of my life the Golden 485 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:49,200 Speaker 1: State Warriors were an absolute joke. I mean, a complete 486 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:56,800 Speaker 1: dog just they were diarrhea. I'm trying not to swear 487 00:28:56,840 --> 00:29:01,960 Speaker 1: as much anymore. They were an embarrassment to professional sports. 488 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 1: Do you know the reason why their owner sucked? And 489 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:10,760 Speaker 1: then do you know what happened? He sold the team 490 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:14,800 Speaker 1: to a guy named Joe Lacob and they drafted Steph Curry. 491 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:18,600 Speaker 1: Then Jerry West said, if you trade Klay Thompson for 492 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 1: Kevin Love, I will quit. And then they went on 493 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 1: a run over about eight years and they won four championships. 494 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:30,040 Speaker 1: Was the franchise cursed or was it just poorly run? 495 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:35,000 Speaker 1: Look at the Washington Commander's Redskins football team, who looked 496 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:38,880 Speaker 1: like they might even have a new name coming. They 497 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:42,960 Speaker 1: had awful ownership. When you hired the right people, good 498 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:47,000 Speaker 1: things happened. Christian McCaffrey had a great season last year. 499 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:51,200 Speaker 1: Why because he stayed healthy, he's a great player. Patrick Mahomes, 500 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:53,080 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen. All these guys were on the 501 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:55,600 Speaker 1: cover whether they had a good season or a bad season. 502 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:57,920 Speaker 1: I mean, obviously Lamar had the one because he got injured, 503 00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:00,520 Speaker 1: but they all just good players on the field. They're 504 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:03,400 Speaker 1: gonna be good. Some of these guys in the previous 505 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:06,160 Speaker 1: iterations of the game, like Peyton HILLI yeah, he's kind 506 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:08,720 Speaker 1: of a one year wonder. We've seen that before. Sean 507 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:12,640 Speaker 1: Alexander like short shelf life, decent play, I mean, obviously 508 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:17,200 Speaker 1: had some really good gears. But Ian Christian McCaffrey. I 509 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:20,520 Speaker 1: just think this this Madden curse thing, that do people 510 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:25,280 Speaker 1: honestly believe curses exist? Am I sounding like I'm a 511 00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:30,480 Speaker 1: crazy man? Because I truly believe that it's just impossible 512 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:33,520 Speaker 1: to happen. Maybe it happened way back in the day 513 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:37,280 Speaker 1: with witches and dragons and all that stuff. It's really 514 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:40,000 Speaker 1: why I'm not into those type shows. Game of Thrones 515 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:43,840 Speaker 1: everyone loved it's the greatest show of all time. Now, 516 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:46,560 Speaker 1: don't get me wrong, I watched. I'm a sucker for 517 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:49,160 Speaker 1: nudity and killing, Like, if you put that in a show, 518 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:54,040 Speaker 1: I'm in pretty basic formula for my entertainment, but it 519 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:56,080 Speaker 1: didn't do that much for me. Why I don't believe 520 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:59,200 Speaker 1: in dragons, I don't believe in sorcery. I don't believe 521 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:02,560 Speaker 1: in all that stuff. And that to me is kind 522 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:05,400 Speaker 1: of under the umbrella of like what this Madden curse is? 523 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:07,960 Speaker 1: Why would there be a curse on the video game? 524 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:11,880 Speaker 1: John Madden is one of the most revered figures in 525 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:15,840 Speaker 1: the history of football. Wouldn't it be a positive thing 526 00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:18,480 Speaker 1: or just random because some of the guys they've put 527 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:21,120 Speaker 1: on the game happened to get injured that year or 528 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:23,640 Speaker 1: their careers happened to kind of be derailed after that. 529 00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:27,960 Speaker 1: Isn't that part of like statistics? If we just flipped 530 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:30,520 Speaker 1: a coin and you gave me ten names every single 531 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:32,800 Speaker 1: year and I just picked it from a hat really 532 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:35,600 Speaker 1: good players. Some guys might not have great years in 533 00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:38,280 Speaker 1: the next year. Some guys might break a leg, some 534 00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:40,719 Speaker 1: guys might tear a pack. Is that because I put 535 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:43,800 Speaker 1: them on a video game cover? So I do believe 536 00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:48,840 Speaker 1: that sports curses and arguably curses in general, are one 537 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:55,480 Speaker 1: of the great fugazis in the history of fugazis. The 538 00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:56,080 Speaker 1: volume