1 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:07,039 Speaker 1: Hey, everybody. Today's edition to the Around the NFL Podcast 2 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:10,959 Speaker 1: is presented by Rocket Mortgage. Join Rocket Mortgage and saying 3 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: thank you to essential workers by posting a video to 4 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 1: everyone Knows a hero dot Com. Everyone knows a hero 5 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:22,640 Speaker 1: dot Com? Do it? Welcome to the show, Rocket Mortgage 6 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 1: and let's get to it. It's Monday football talk time. 7 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: Be Around the NFL Podcast have been overrun by their 8 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 1: own children. Welcome to another edition of the Around the 9 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:40,519 Speaker 1: NFL Podcast. My name is Dan Hansas, coming to you 10 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:45,159 Speaker 1: from a city bailed with heroes in Monkers. Mark Sessler, 11 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 1: Chris Westling, Great Rosenthal. What is up voids? Hey Dan? Hey, 12 00:00:53,120 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: hope everybody enjoyed holiday weekend, Easter passover? Everybody fly. Very 13 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 1: nice Sunday Easter in the Sessler household. UM, you know, 14 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: a little bit different than the other uh wall to 15 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: wall seven um exposure that I have with my family, NonStop, 16 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 1: never ending, don't get one second to myself scenario. It 17 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 1: was quite peaceful and enjoyable. We fast tracked. Jack Is 18 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: doesn't have his own bike or he didn't, and we 19 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 1: were gonna give give him one with the training wheels 20 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:30,399 Speaker 1: and everything for his birthday in August. But given the 21 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 1: situation fast track that he got it from the Easter 22 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 1: Bunny yesterday morning, he was on fire. He couldn't believe it, 23 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:39,959 Speaker 1: um because he was just talking about how he wanted 24 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 1: a bike, and bang Easter Bunny and you know it 25 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: hits it out of the park. Who's plugged in the 26 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 1: Easter Bunny. Who's Who's a great dad? The Easter Bunny? Uh, 27 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 1: and the mommy. Anyway, so I get to go driving around. 28 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: I have a bike. I forgot about it. It was 29 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 1: the one mark we come from such humble beginnings mark 30 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: with this company that I didn't even have a car 31 00:01:57,800 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: when we started at the NFL, and I used to 32 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: have to uh ride my bike to get to work. Uh. 33 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: That thing was in the back of the garage. Brought 34 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: it out, dusted it off, got the tarantula's off. It 35 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 1: pumped up the tires of some are and we're riding 36 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: around the neighborhood and it feels good. It feels like that. Yeah, 37 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: I feel like that bike on. My earlier memories of 38 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: that of that bike would be that we'd occasionally um 39 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 1: with the when we were on the edit desk, go 40 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: down to uh the Irish Times or we'd go down 41 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: to Jocks or Daily's after work, and you know, it 42 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:28,360 Speaker 1: would stretch onto seven or eight at night. And one 43 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: night Dan was singing um karaoke with a big black 44 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: backpack and then left into the middle of the night 45 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 1: to drive his bike home. But you know, he had 46 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: a few I would say, a few beers would go safe, 47 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, about forty five minutes later, I 48 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,359 Speaker 1: got a You know, I didn't know Emily, his wife, 49 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 1: very well at all, and she texted me very concerned 50 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:50,079 Speaker 1: about Dan's whereabouts because he hadn't arrived back home yet. 51 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:52,639 Speaker 1: So I don't know what happened in the interim there, Dan, 52 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: or if if you were just lagging, I think, yeah, 53 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:56,959 Speaker 1: I think I just wasn't in touch the way I 54 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: needed to be on that night. And when I got 55 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:02,079 Speaker 1: back home, it was like I was sixteen again and 56 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 1: the parents had caught me coming home from a party. Now, 57 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 1: and I you know, that's funny. That's one thing that 58 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: bonds us in our time. Mark, I have I have 59 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:12,920 Speaker 1: gotten messages from your wife as well. Where is Mark? 60 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: Is he okay? I need your help, so I would 61 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:18,799 Speaker 1: I'd prefer we don't dig too deep into the topic 62 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 1: not necessary, but it just goes to show we got 63 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: each other's backs and that's a good thing. Um. All right, 64 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 1: guys and gal, how are you Ricky doing? Wow? How 65 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 1: are you guys? Good? You look fresh faced? You Did 66 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 1: you get a nice relaxing weekend? I did? Yeah, felt good. 67 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: I can't believe it's already Monday again. Though. On Friday, 68 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 1: we had the first round the NFL Twitter Show from 69 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 1: the Bunker, and I thought it went really well. If 70 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: and if you didn't check it out, you should because 71 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: essentially is us, you know, not being rained in by 72 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:53,839 Speaker 1: any of the corporate giant We were able to talk 73 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: west your you could speak on this because I know 74 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: you air that frustration sometimes when we do some other 75 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 1: stuff on network and whatnot. The Twitter show is very close, uh, 76 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: almost an identical twin brother to the audio show. Yes, 77 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: I felt like for the first time since we've been 78 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 1: on like kind of a strictly run camera operation, we 79 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: were allowed to approach it the same way we do 80 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 1: the podcast, which is, you know, we like to say 81 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:23,839 Speaker 1: we've got good chemistry, but that chemistry isn't there. If 82 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 1: everyone is on que and scripted. That has to happen, 83 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: that has to flow, uh naturally organically, and and I 84 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:32,599 Speaker 1: felt like that happened on the Twitter Show. And here's 85 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 1: the good news. The show is coming back uh every 86 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 1: Friday through the draft, So make sure you check it 87 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 1: out on Friday and we'll we'll be promoting that and 88 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 1: it's a run by the NFL handles tweeting it out. 89 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: So that's got that's the reach, Greg, that's the reach 90 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: you're looking for on social adding the social master. It's 91 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,720 Speaker 1: really all I care about these days. And just on 92 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:57,159 Speaker 1: the Graham checking out, you know, and that's just I 93 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:01,720 Speaker 1: love those rap battles, hey, you know, the constant presence 94 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:04,280 Speaker 1: on Instagram and maybe maybe to the point where I'd 95 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:05,599 Speaker 1: ask you to tone it down just a little bit. 96 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 1: I'm like sometimes like, hey, West off TikTok already, bro, 97 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:14,040 Speaker 1: I've never been on TikTok. It wasn't until I think 98 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: a month or two ago that I heard of TikTok. 99 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 1: Mark and I were way into vine back in the day. 100 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 1: Oh well, we had a few a few accounts that 101 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: we tracked very closely. Let's put it that way. All right, 102 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: today's show, I'm excited we got Andrew Martin's coming on 103 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: from the New York Post. He is the sports media 104 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:36,279 Speaker 1: reporter slash watchdog. Uh. He has been taking us every 105 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 1: step of the way through the maschinations connected to this 106 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 1: great drama at ESPN with Monday Night Football. So we're 107 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:46,599 Speaker 1: gonna talk to Andrew about what's going on with that booth, 108 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 1: who's gonna be in it, in who's not in the booth? 109 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: And why aren't they looking forward to talking to Andrew. 110 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: But before we do that, let us get caught up 111 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:02,159 Speaker 1: with some news. Now that I wake up, we're out 112 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 1: of here at our house and thinking about what's happening 113 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 1: and what's going to happen. And it's harder. It's a 114 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 1: little harder every day because I think, what's about myself 115 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:25,039 Speaker 1: than the people I care for? And um my hair, 116 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:32,719 Speaker 1: my hair was kicking my hair cutting the start. Stop 117 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 1: cutting my hair maybe. But anyway, speaking of social media 118 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:42,279 Speaker 1: and Instagram, Mark, you've been way plugged in on Alec 119 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 1: Baldwin's ongoing meltdown connected to COVID nineteen. Yeah. I mean again, 120 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:49,719 Speaker 1: it's another thing that I'm invested in because I think 121 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 1: that you Dan are interested in it too, because it 122 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 1: was another text that I sent un replied to yesterday 123 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: to our group where and I get it. It's the 124 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 1: middle of Easter morning, and I was I found time 125 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 1: to proves Um. Alec Baldwin's rather sort of daily um 126 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 1: I g TV deep Dive where he seems to be 127 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 1: claims to be in a bathroom. It looks like any 128 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 1: bigger than any room in my house. Um. And he 129 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 1: just goes on these dizzy and rants and like the 130 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: one you heard, he had a very um nice thought 131 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 1: about the people around him, and then he cannot help 132 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 1: but fade into what seems like an internal thought or 133 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 1: two about his hair. And uh, that's sort of the 134 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 1: vibe of the overall production. I enjoy them. His his 135 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: ego is immense and um, he brings a lot to 136 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 1: the table that and like the blanket of depression, if 137 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 1: you just want you want to just like put that 138 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: over you for the rest of the day. Like, here's 139 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: a Alec Baldwin's depression. He's trying to get rid of it. 140 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 1: I've said on the show in the past that I've 141 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 1: always viewed alcohol that is my celebrity spirit animal. And 142 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 1: I'm rewatching Dirty Rock right now and it all checks out. 143 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 1: I think his behavior might be similar to what mine 144 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 1: would be if I were extremely rich and had a 145 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: big mansion and nothing to do. So I don't have 146 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 1: any of those things, but if I did, I could 147 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 1: see my behavior being very similar to current day Baldwin. 148 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 1: All right, let's get into it. Let's do the news. 149 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 1: Keep us Baldwin newsdrops coming because I feel like he 150 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: speaks for all of us in a lot of ways, 151 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: no doubt. Alright, Christian McCaffrey got paid. This is um 152 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 1: Adam Schefter of ESPN had it. It is a four 153 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 1: year contract extension worth sixteen million a year, so four 154 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 1: for sixty four. I don't know if that is the 155 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 1: actual value of the deal. Probably isn't, but he gets paid. 156 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: And it's very interesting with timing here, Greg, because as 157 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 1: we all know, running backs that get paid typically haven't 158 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 1: been working out Todd Gurley Levy on Bell, it goes on, 159 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 1: uh And yet the Panthers decide after an offseason where 160 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 1: we're hearing some whispers that they might even move McCaffrey, 161 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 1: instead they lock him down. Your thoughts, and there's no 162 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 1: point making a comment on the money because the details 163 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 1: are now. It's a four year extension, which means he 164 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: still has the year of his rookie deal still to 165 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: tack onto that. But he's no average running back like 166 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:10,679 Speaker 1: great players, if you have a top five player at 167 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 1: the position, it gives you an advantage. I don't care 168 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 1: what position you're playing. People are gonna make all these opinions. 169 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:17,199 Speaker 1: It was sixteen million dollars a year. Let's see what 170 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 1: the guaranteed money is. I suspect it's not like outrageous 171 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 1: and that it's more like a to maybe a three 172 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 1: year deal where you still have some of his rookie contract. 173 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:28,560 Speaker 1: Why not he he has a huge advantage in the 174 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 1: passing game. The first thing I thought of was that 175 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 1: little skit we did a couple of years ago. Can 176 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:38,199 Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey run through the Uh? Was it run through 177 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 1: tackles or run up between? Yeah? Well he's answered that one, 178 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:45,079 Speaker 1: and I don't even know if that matters as much 179 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:47,080 Speaker 1: as it did ten or fifteen years ago, whether you 180 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:51,080 Speaker 1: can run between the tackles. He's the prototype for where 181 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: the position is going in the future, where he's just 182 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 1: like a rocked up slot receiver who can also play 183 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:59,680 Speaker 1: running back. And uh, that probably will go great with 184 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:01,599 Speaker 1: the new head coach, Matt Rule in his offense with 185 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 1: Joe Brady there, So to me, he's the new face 186 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 1: of the franchise. Luke Kikley's retired. Cam Newton is out 187 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:09,079 Speaker 1: of there and this is Christian McCaffrey's team. Yeah. I 188 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:12,360 Speaker 1: think it's interesting just to kind of monitor every transaction 189 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:16,200 Speaker 1: that comes out of Carolina because it's another puzzle piece. 190 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:17,719 Speaker 1: And what Matt Rule, who I think is gonna be 191 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:20,439 Speaker 1: a different thinking type of head coach, wants to do 192 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:23,679 Speaker 1: with his roster. And there were whispers um about basically 193 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 1: anyone being available in Carolina and that you know, there 194 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:28,840 Speaker 1: was some little chatow that maybe even Christian McCaffrey could 195 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 1: be moved. And this is a decisive um slap down 196 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 1: to that development. And it's he's part of the East 197 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:37,080 Speaker 1: twenty three. I I get that you want you. These 198 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 1: running back contracts are gonna be looked at sideways, but 199 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 1: he's not twenty six or twenty seven. I mean, I 200 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:44,960 Speaker 1: I don't have a problem with the deal. Listeners may 201 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:47,960 Speaker 1: or may not be aware that Teddy Bridgewater averaged less 202 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 1: than six air yards per attempt last season in his 203 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:54,959 Speaker 1: time with the Saints, which included a handful of starts. Well, 204 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:57,440 Speaker 1: you know, it helps when you have the best receiving 205 00:10:57,520 --> 00:10:59,560 Speaker 1: running back in the league. There for a guy that 206 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:01,719 Speaker 1: might I'd like to check it down a lot and 207 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 1: keep it a little more conservative. So if you're a 208 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 1: little nervous about Teddy and whether it's able to open 209 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 1: it up on offense and and drive the ball and 210 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 1: really move it off as well. If he's going to 211 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 1: be conservative by nature, he has the best guy possible. 212 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 1: Is a kind of safety valve uh in Christian McCaffrey. 213 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 1: He also might not be the quarterback and almost certainly 214 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 1: won't be the quarterback by the time Christian McCaffrey's contract 215 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:27,319 Speaker 1: is up. I mean, it's still very much feels like 216 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 1: okay quarterback this year though right he will be, but 217 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 1: he might be battling, you know, to a or Justin 218 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 1: Herbert or Love or who knows. I I think the 219 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 1: Panthers are a reasonable uh possibility to take a quarterback early. 220 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:45,440 Speaker 1: All right. Another news, the NFL Draft. We already know 221 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:47,959 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a much different affair. Originally supposed to 222 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 1: was be going to be filled with glitz and glamor 223 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 1: in Las Vegas, all wiped away by the dreaded COVID 224 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 1: nineteen um, so what is it? Instead? We knew it 225 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:00,320 Speaker 1: was gonna be a quote unquote virtual affair had Esques 226 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:03,720 Speaker 1: Headgear mid nineties, Skinner Max Fair, No, a little bit different. 227 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 1: It's gonna be done in the homes of the various 228 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 1: decision makers across the league. Roger Goodell is going to 229 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:12,079 Speaker 1: be stationed in the basement, and I bet it's a 230 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:14,679 Speaker 1: nice basement, by the way, It's not like your basement 231 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 1: in his Westchester County home outside of New York City. 232 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 1: And it's going to be an ESPN and NFL network 233 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 1: joint affair across both networks. So it's gonna be different, Uh, 234 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:32,680 Speaker 1: Mark Sessler, much different. And because of the nature and 235 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:36,080 Speaker 1: the limitations ESPN and NFL are working together as supposed 236 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:39,920 Speaker 1: to having two separate broadcasts, they're gonna combine the UH telecasts. 237 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:41,559 Speaker 1: I don't know if you remember this, Mark, maybe you 238 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:43,680 Speaker 1: were a little older because you were a little older 239 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:47,440 Speaker 1: than me. But the cartoon All Stars Against Drugs, Uh, 240 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 1: in the early nineties, they simulcast a cartoon half hour 241 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 1: special or an hour long special in about two or so, 242 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:58,680 Speaker 1: and that it sounds like a nice show. Greg's in 243 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 1: my age range, but I know he wasn't around in 244 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:04,319 Speaker 1: nine two. Um they combined all the top cartoon stars 245 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:07,320 Speaker 1: of the day into one show and then told everybody 246 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 1: not to smoke um weed. Basically, you're talking about the 247 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 1: laugh Olympics, not the left different feel like they're all 248 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 1: stars to the rescue. I think if their message was 249 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:21,600 Speaker 1: largely ignored by most of the country. Yeah, I don't 250 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,440 Speaker 1: think the really Rottens were on board with that message. Greg, Yeah, 251 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:27,440 Speaker 1: the Laft Olympics is great. I was a big fan. Anyway, 252 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:29,719 Speaker 1: we're all whipping on our pop culture references right now, 253 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 1: but let's just say that it is going to look 254 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 1: and sound a lot different. The NFL announced those details, 255 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 1: so get ready, people, It's just amazing it's happening. I mean, 256 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:46,319 Speaker 1: the NFL is lucky how the whole schedule played out, 257 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:48,640 Speaker 1: and people were upset that they did free agency at 258 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 1: the time, and I know we're only a month removed, 259 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 1: not even I think it makes sense now in retrospect, 260 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 1: because who because no one knows when when anything's going 261 00:13:57,080 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 1: to be close to back to normal, And now then 262 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 1: fall draft is literally the only meaningful sporting event I 263 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:05,520 Speaker 1: guess outside of WrestleMania. If you want to count that. 264 00:14:05,559 --> 00:14:09,079 Speaker 1: But that's entertainment that's gonna take place for a matter 265 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:11,720 Speaker 1: of three or four months in you know, it's given 266 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 1: people something to look forward to. We were only ten 267 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:16,960 Speaker 1: days away and no reason you can't do. I mean, 268 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: the draft essentially has been a remote operation for thirty 269 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 1: two teams. Anyways, you go to when we used to 270 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: go to Radio City Music Hall, there'll be like two 271 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 1: jabronies from each club sitting there with a phone taking 272 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:30,920 Speaker 1: a phone call from the war room. So I it 273 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: should go off without a hitch mostly. I mean, I 274 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 1: I feel bad a little bit for some of the 275 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 1: people that spent, like a guy like Charles Davis, who 276 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: spent you know, a year studying prospects and is no 277 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 1: longer part of the production. But that's just the cost 278 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:47,840 Speaker 1: of trying to mash two groups together. I like the 279 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 1: idea that all these gms have one I T person 280 00:14:50,840 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 1: in their houses, in their home, you know. You know, 281 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 1: during the live Twitter show, we've got a dog barking 282 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:08,360 Speaker 1: coming from our producer's apartment, and now we have a 283 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 1: live you know, an on air sneeze there. But I 284 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 1: guess I was muted, and so I clicked it and 285 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 1: clicked it, but I A muted myself, so you'd probably 286 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 1: be tested. Yeah, go ahead, West finished that point. Sorry. 287 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 1: I like the idea that all these gms have an 288 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 1: I T person in their house, and I'm reading in 289 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:31,320 Speaker 1: Peter King column about Thomas Demitro's making sure this guy 290 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: only uses the exit is in no other rooms of 291 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 1: the house. They're treating them like it's an espionage like 292 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 1: they they're in undercover. These I T. Guys just put 293 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 1: them in like pasmat suits. Uh, you know they're not 294 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 1: gonna be about to see anything. They all get head 295 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:48,560 Speaker 1: to tell yellow with the big the big headpiece and 296 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 1: the mask of the plastic mask in the front. Just 297 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:54,360 Speaker 1: go for it, and I get blindfold. I get people 298 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 1: are all worried about like the cameras and how the 299 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 1: production is gonna be or whatever, But like every pick 300 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 1: as always been made, as Mark said, by telephone. Anyways, 301 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 1: if if they want to call, it's not like they 302 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 1: were doing it on slack in the past. It's like 303 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 1: Thomas to mitrofl called Bill Belichick and they'll work out 304 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 1: of trade. Like what it really isn't that different than 305 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 1: than it is normally. I will be tracking one thing 306 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:16,160 Speaker 1: I mean, if you're a Goodell, you know that you're 307 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 1: gonna get highly uh you know, scrutinized for the backgrounds, 308 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 1: Like we've all got these backgrounds behind us, and if 309 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 1: you're in your Gooddell basement, what's it gonna look like? 310 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 1: He's he gonna go out of his way to remove 311 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 1: maybe extremely expensive basis and things that people would that 312 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 1: would get on people's radar, like an old like rush 313 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 1: concert poster, anything that might have people turned sideways. I 314 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 1: just I want to know the process. I I have 315 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 1: to say this. I mean, we've worked at NFL that 316 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 1: for a long time and it's a bummer. From the 317 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 1: vantage point of we have all these great people that 318 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 1: put together the draft coverage and can execute it, from 319 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 1: the research team to our our talent people. That's gonna 320 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 1: be different this year. But as a purely as a fan, 321 00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 1: it will be kind of an interesting show to watch 322 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 1: just how it unfolds and kind of the mystery of 323 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:06,679 Speaker 1: what can happen, what can go wrong? That kind of 324 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:09,159 Speaker 1: end of it is something that will make it a 325 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 1: little bit more intriguing than other drafts. Well, and more 326 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:16,120 Speaker 1: than that, it's a show to watch, it's a live show. 327 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 1: To watch. You know, I know, like people are like 328 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:21,160 Speaker 1: watching NBA players play horse from their basement, but there 329 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 1: there's like a level of desperation there I'm not ready for. 330 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: Like this is an actual, big time live television event 331 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:34,120 Speaker 1: that's actually gonna happen all right. In other news, uh, 332 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:37,640 Speaker 1: as happens every time every time around this year, the 333 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 1: Competition Committee UM works together on potential rule changes. So 334 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:46,679 Speaker 1: each team has the opportunity to make proposals that they 335 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:49,919 Speaker 1: sent to the Competition Committee, and then the committee works 336 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 1: together on whether or not to implement that rule into 337 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:57,199 Speaker 1: the book for the new season. And we can go 338 00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 1: through a few of them right now. One that's kind 339 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 1: of a highlight for me. Here is a potential quote 340 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 1: unquote Bill Belichick rule West. I know you love this stuff. Uh, 341 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 1: they could look to close a loophole uh that Belichick 342 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 1: first used against the Jets and that grizzly Monday night 343 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:20,120 Speaker 1: blowout um by New England in weeks six. I want 344 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:23,440 Speaker 1: to say where they took multiple procedure penalties in a 345 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:26,760 Speaker 1: row to just wind down clock time, uh, to to 346 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 1: end that ugly affair and then that was a great night. Yeah, 347 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:34,440 Speaker 1: I want to talk about my favorite game. Another great 348 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:36,960 Speaker 1: night was the Saturday night of the wild card playoffs 349 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 1: when Mike Brable of the Titans used that against Belichick 350 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:43,200 Speaker 1: when it really counted and he needed those seconds. Uh, 351 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 1: and used it against Bill, his old protege. So uh, 352 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:50,399 Speaker 1: the league, that's one of the rule proposals to change 353 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:53,200 Speaker 1: that situation. So you can't run off double the time 354 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 1: on audit penalties you're committing on purpose. That seems like 355 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:59,800 Speaker 1: a no brainer. Well it failed two rules. It failed 356 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 1: to him in sense rule it should it just by 357 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 1: common sense, it shouldn't be allowed in the game. And 358 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:06,159 Speaker 1: the second rule is the sport better for it or worse. 359 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:09,120 Speaker 1: The sport is worse for it, so take it out. Uh. 360 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:12,200 Speaker 1: It's no surprise that Belichick was looking for a loophole. 361 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 1: His his one idol in the NFL is Paul Brown, 362 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,879 Speaker 1: who spent most of his career thinking up new ways 363 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 1: to get around rules. Ben rules. I mean, that's the 364 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:25,280 Speaker 1: history of sports in this country. Really, farewell time chewing 365 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 1: loophole that's gone. But the probably the biggest news for 366 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: me out of this was they didn't even the Competition 367 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:39,960 Speaker 1: Committee didn't even bring back the pass interference replay for 368 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 1: a vote. So it's just gone. It was back for 369 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:44,879 Speaker 1: It was on for one year on the books. It 370 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 1: was a trial basis, and they're not even gonna have 371 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:50,640 Speaker 1: the owners vote on it when they meet again, which 372 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:53,920 Speaker 1: is scheduled for mid to late May. It's just off 373 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 1: the bucks. I mean, it's unofficial. I but that that 374 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:58,359 Speaker 1: has gone well. That was the one smart thing that 375 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:00,359 Speaker 1: they did when they when they instant who to the 376 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,440 Speaker 1: rule was, they gave themselves that out was like, it 377 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:07,399 Speaker 1: is not forever rule. It's a one year trial run. 378 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:09,119 Speaker 1: And obviously it did not work out well. So I 379 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 1: don't think anybody's really crying about that. Common sense wins again. 380 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:18,240 Speaker 1: Here's a few other ones are out there. The Eagles, Uh, 381 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 1: they've made quite a few proposals. Here's they want to 382 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:25,639 Speaker 1: modify the blindside block rule to prevent unnecessary fouls. That 383 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 1: that popped up a couple of times, and most notably, UH, 384 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:32,199 Speaker 1: Cody Ford of the Bills was called for an illegal 385 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:35,639 Speaker 1: blindside block on a third and nine when the Bills 386 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:38,159 Speaker 1: had the ball in Texans territory and overtime of that 387 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:41,680 Speaker 1: crazy wild card game. Uh. The fifteen yard penalty knocked 388 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:44,880 Speaker 1: the Bills at a field goal range and UH effectively 389 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 1: that was their last best chance to win the game. 390 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 1: So a lot of these times, same thing with the 391 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:52,199 Speaker 1: Nickel Robie Coleman UH non p I phantom p I 392 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:54,920 Speaker 1: call that led to the p I rule. Sometimes it's 393 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 1: a high visibility play in the playoffs that leads to 394 00:20:58,119 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 1: these things. The Eagles also want to make permanent the 395 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 1: expansion of automatic replay reviews to include scoring plays and 396 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:08,760 Speaker 1: turnovers negated by a foul, as well as any successful 397 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:13,439 Speaker 1: or unsuccessful try attempt. UH. They also want to we 398 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:17,200 Speaker 1: talked about the onside kick rule that the Eagles proposed 399 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:19,680 Speaker 1: that would allow a team who's trailing in the game 400 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 1: an opportunity to maintain possession after scoring. For example, the 401 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:26,600 Speaker 1: team trailing could attempt a fourth and fifteen from their 402 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 1: own twenty five yard line. UH. We saw that used 403 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 1: in the Pro Bowl. Any thoughts on that stuff, guys, No, No, Philly. 404 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 1: What also wants to bring back over time is a 405 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 1: fifteen minute affair back in The owners approved shortening it 406 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 1: down to ten minutes, but Philly saying it was better 407 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 1: the old way. The Dolphins also proposed an option for 408 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 1: the defense UH for the game UH clocks to start 409 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,640 Speaker 1: on the referee signal to defense the clients and offensive 410 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 1: penalty that occurs late in either half. Uh. That is 411 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 1: the Belichick rule, right? Is that what that is? Then? 412 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:09,359 Speaker 1: Now it's it's kind of like a close cousin to 413 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:12,720 Speaker 1: it that that you're getting an advantage by having having 414 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:14,960 Speaker 1: a penalty. I don't think that Eagles overtime rule and 415 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 1: less I'm crazy. I feel like the overtime rule is popular, 416 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:20,879 Speaker 1: um inside the league and out, and I feel like 417 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:22,639 Speaker 1: they're on an island. They're trying to go back to 418 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:24,919 Speaker 1: the old overtime at least I hope there. And finally, 419 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:27,359 Speaker 1: the Ravens and Chargers have proposed to add a quote 420 00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:30,800 Speaker 1: booth umpires an eighth game official uh to the officiating 421 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 1: crew at a senior technology advisor. Seems like always good 422 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:37,119 Speaker 1: to have a senior technology advisor in modern times to 423 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,160 Speaker 1: the referee to assist the officiating crew. So all those 424 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:42,960 Speaker 1: are up for a vote. Uh. The owners meetings, which 425 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 1: were supposed to happen uh last month, are now pushed 426 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 1: and scheduled for what next month? There's yeah, there's one 427 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:54,120 Speaker 1: scheduled for May, you know, mid May, and Marina del Rey. 428 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:56,440 Speaker 1: We will see if that happens, or if they try 429 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 1: to do it by phone, or what they decided to 430 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:05,879 Speaker 1: do right. Uh, finally in the news, yes, whenever, whenever 431 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 1: remember the Graveyards comes off the roster. It's you know, 432 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 1: it's like the with a teacher. Uh. They could say 433 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 1: all the kids are the same, but they're not all 434 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:18,240 Speaker 1: the same. Some some you love and that you stay 435 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 1: stick with you. And for me that was Roosevelt Knicks 436 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 1: the fullback, the only fullback. In fact, on NFL dot 437 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 1: COM's own website for top available free agents, it was 438 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 1: just Roosevelt Knicks under the fullback category. So I knew 439 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,399 Speaker 1: it was only a matter of time before uh he 440 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:40,439 Speaker 1: went elsewhere, and he does go to the Indianapolis Cults 441 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 1: on a one year deal. So Rosie Nick, I mean, 442 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 1: you're it's someone who's functioning high up in the you're 443 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:50,920 Speaker 1: actually created the team. Doesn't change the way you run 444 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 1: your offense. You're you're pulling a fullback out. If you 445 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:56,800 Speaker 1: have a fullback, it tells us something about your your playbook. 446 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:59,800 Speaker 1: But you're gont he's out. Well, as I've said that, 447 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:01,560 Speaker 1: once a gray beard, always a gray beard. So it 448 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,159 Speaker 1: doesn't change this roster. But I guess it's just a 449 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:06,879 Speaker 1: little a ping of oh wow, he's he's moving on 450 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:09,199 Speaker 1: in another way as well, to a real team. So 451 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 1: that's just the way it is, and again very different 452 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 1: this offseason. Nix is one of the only guys on 453 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:19,080 Speaker 1: this entire roster of really quality players still without a job. 454 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:21,200 Speaker 1: One of these with a job, one of these guys 455 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:23,199 Speaker 1: gonna sign. What's gonna happen? I guess we gotta wait 456 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:25,880 Speaker 1: for COVID nineteen to go away. A lot of big 457 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 1: names still have to find. You have to find someone 458 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 1: else to take those four imaginary fullback snaps away from 459 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 1: your roster. Anyway, good good, good for you, Rosie Nicks, 460 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:39,959 Speaker 1: get that, get that real money. That's what's happening in 461 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,640 Speaker 1: the news, or is it? Do we have a little 462 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:50,920 Speaker 1: breaking news? Tom Placeero reports the NFL and NFL p 463 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:54,880 Speaker 1: A have reached agreement that a voluntary off season program, 464 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:59,159 Speaker 1: including some virtual training and virtual practices, is gonna start 465 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 1: in April, a couple of weeks. But probably the key 466 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:06,159 Speaker 1: item here is that no team will be allowed to 467 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:09,760 Speaker 1: go back onto the field until all thirty two facilities 468 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 1: are able to be opened. So it's it's a notable Yeah, 469 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 1: it's a good rule, but basically, no one is allowed 470 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 1: to practice until all thirty two states or our thirty 471 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:23,440 Speaker 1: two teams rather like back on the field. And why 472 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:26,359 Speaker 1: is that notable? Name an area of the country that 473 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:29,560 Speaker 1: has not been hit hard by COVID nineteen. If that country, 474 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:31,720 Speaker 1: the area of the country has a football team there, 475 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 1: they can't get a jump star. While the Jets and 476 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:37,399 Speaker 1: Giants is an example, are still completely uh, you know, 477 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:41,080 Speaker 1: dealing with all the mayhem that COVID nineteen is presenting. 478 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:42,879 Speaker 1: So that makes a lot of sense. I mean, I 479 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:45,359 Speaker 1: don't know what virtual training is that that seems, I 480 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 1: mean classrooms stuff, Like basically they're doing the classroom stuff 481 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:50,680 Speaker 1: that they would do in the facility where they're meeting 482 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:53,960 Speaker 1: with their position coach and going over some playbook stuff. 483 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:57,400 Speaker 1: It winks the NFL um into political circles as much 484 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 1: as it's ever been because you're gonna have certain governors, 485 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:03,280 Speaker 1: I mean, for very good reasons, simply refusing to open 486 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 1: anything up in certain states where others are gonna push 487 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 1: and you're gonna have there will be you know, the 488 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 1: NFL is not gonna be able to control that at all. 489 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 1: I think it's it's it's a fascinating time. And I 490 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:15,480 Speaker 1: just the idea that they're going to like open things 491 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,480 Speaker 1: up in a couple of months to me seems does 492 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:21,480 Speaker 1: does anyone to feel that that's just wildly well, I 493 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,399 Speaker 1: don't think only impossible right now. I don't think there's 494 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 1: any expectation that anyone's practicing before training camp. So yes, 495 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 1: they're they're not going to announce, and this is about 496 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:34,120 Speaker 1: the off season program, to be clear, this is only 497 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:37,840 Speaker 1: about the O T A mini camp period. Uh. And yeah, 498 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:41,840 Speaker 1: to answer your question, mark, it would be shocking if, um, 499 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:44,520 Speaker 1: to me, if if anyone is practicing any O T 500 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 1: S or mini camps, If the NFL p A is 501 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:49,160 Speaker 1: like the rest of society, they're gonna point out after 502 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 1: this is over, see, we can virtually do all this stuff. 503 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:54,399 Speaker 1: We don't have to be We don't have to gather 504 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:58,040 Speaker 1: each April to do this. Fair point, fair point. Same 505 00:26:58,080 --> 00:26:59,879 Speaker 1: thing about going into the office. Let's just you know, 506 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:03,480 Speaker 1: ye my kids have to go back to day you know, daycare, 507 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:06,320 Speaker 1: but that part is essential. Get the kids. Yeah, back 508 00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:09,879 Speaker 1: to the PoCA. The podcast, use uh you could use 509 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 1: a little in person. Uh, we can we can stand 510 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 1: to be together. I still adults stay out of pants, 511 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 1: kids go back to school. Yeah, Daniel being Westchester, New 512 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:22,479 Speaker 1: York in six months a dis continued. Um, all right, 513 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:26,040 Speaker 1: let us move on. All right, it's the man, really, 514 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:28,760 Speaker 1: the greatest journalist in the history of the Around the 515 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 1: NFL Podcast. I feel like that's the way we got 516 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:32,880 Speaker 1: to step this up because we talked about almost every 517 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:36,919 Speaker 1: article that rolls out from the New York Post sports 518 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,560 Speaker 1: media guy Andrew Marshan. First of all, let's start right 519 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:43,520 Speaker 1: there off the New York Post. Uh, Andrew Marshawan. Now, 520 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:45,760 Speaker 1: I I thought it was marching initially, and as a 521 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:47,919 Speaker 1: New York guy had for years thought it was marching, 522 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 1: west pypedon and said no, he thought it would have 523 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:52,440 Speaker 1: been Marshaan. You might have heard it. Please settle it 524 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 1: right now on the Around the NFL podcast. Well, I 525 00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:57,600 Speaker 1: know this. This has been a huge debate on the podcast. 526 00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:01,040 Speaker 1: My brother Mike, he's a huge fan of your podcast, 527 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 1: so he's been giving me the updates of how to 528 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:05,639 Speaker 1: say our last name. My brothers one of the UH. 529 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 1: He's like the George Steinbrenner fantasy football players. He will 530 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,359 Speaker 1: you know, he'll spend to anybody. So he's been updating me. 531 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:13,639 Speaker 1: He keeps. He listens to you guys religiously, like literally, 532 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:16,800 Speaker 1: he listens every week so he knows every joke, sandwich jokes. 533 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,280 Speaker 1: He he updated me. I'm ready for this podcast. It's 534 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:23,440 Speaker 1: more shand is how you say our lives and it's 535 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:31,360 Speaker 1: I guess you're over four. Uh, you know, I don't 536 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 1: even know. I'm like, I don't know. I'm flustered right now. 537 00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:36,240 Speaker 1: That was somehow we still got it wrong. You know what, 538 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:39,240 Speaker 1: it really shouldn't be like March and it really should 539 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:41,800 Speaker 1: be s h. I'll give you that. The French is 540 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 1: more Shawn. We have French cousin so uh, if you 541 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:47,480 Speaker 1: said it like more Shawn, you'll give you that. But 542 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:50,280 Speaker 1: people are getting it wrong forever. Alright, Well we have 543 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:54,520 Speaker 1: that fair enough settled at least, so Andrew. Um, like 544 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 1: I said, we there's one thing about and your brother 545 00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 1: knows this. Um. We are obsessed with the soap opera 546 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:04,320 Speaker 1: around Monday night football and what's going on in that booth. 547 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:08,120 Speaker 1: And you're reporting has been stellar, um for a long 548 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:09,960 Speaker 1: time now. I mean I feel like you've been ahead 549 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,240 Speaker 1: of the curve on this and people are kind of 550 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,760 Speaker 1: following your reporting to find out what's going on the latest, 551 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:19,560 Speaker 1: of course, was Drew Brees that ESPN had an eye 552 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 1: on him for after his retirement, that he would slide in, 553 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:24,880 Speaker 1: uh to the booth. But it turns out, based on 554 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:27,240 Speaker 1: your reporting late last week, that he is actually going 555 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:31,200 Speaker 1: now to NBC after his retirement, maybe setting up with 556 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:34,600 Speaker 1: Notre Dame, getting some reps there and then maybe replacing 557 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:39,080 Speaker 1: Chris collins Worth down down the road. So, just in 558 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:43,400 Speaker 1: terms of an overview in the saga of Monday Night Football, 559 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:46,280 Speaker 1: what what has made this so interesting to you and 560 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:49,720 Speaker 1: something that is uh important to report on in this 561 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:53,440 Speaker 1: media sphere as you've gone along through the weeks and 562 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:56,560 Speaker 1: months of this. Well, first of let me just correct you. Well, 563 00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:02,880 Speaker 1: none of this is important and so no, obviously you 564 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:04,800 Speaker 1: guys like it a lot. I love it as well. 565 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:07,959 Speaker 1: Uh you know, listen, when you look at Monday Night Football, 566 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:10,800 Speaker 1: it's been around for half a century and that booth 567 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:14,080 Speaker 1: is one of the historic booths in the history of sportscasting, 568 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:16,200 Speaker 1: which is a big deal. And I mean when people 569 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:18,560 Speaker 1: you know, I'm joking about it not being important, but 570 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 1: you know, these esk M pay is nearly two billion 571 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:25,600 Speaker 1: dollars to broadcast the games each season, uh, and these 572 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:28,080 Speaker 1: announce just make millions of dollars and people have a 573 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:30,400 Speaker 1: lot of opinions on it. So it is interesting especially 574 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:34,280 Speaker 1: to an audience like yours football audience, especially for Monday Night, 575 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 1: because even though the ESPN hasn't getting the best games, uh, 576 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:41,360 Speaker 1: that booth is the most scrutinized and largely I think 577 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:44,200 Speaker 1: because if you look at like a Sunday afternoon in 578 00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:48,040 Speaker 1: your local market, a lot of times you like the 579 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:50,800 Speaker 1: local team, or you have red Zone or have a 580 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:53,080 Speaker 1: Sunday package where you can watch your team, so you're 581 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:55,320 Speaker 1: focused on that. On Monday's at the end of the 582 00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 1: fantasy weekend, you might have that still in play, but 583 00:30:57,720 --> 00:30:59,720 Speaker 1: then you're really into the game and maybe you haven't 584 00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:01,360 Speaker 1: been on it, but the amount and then if it's 585 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:04,000 Speaker 1: at that game, the announcer has become more to the forefront. 586 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,640 Speaker 1: So I think for that reason, guys like Joe Tests 587 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:09,880 Speaker 1: and Booger McFarlane, Uh, you know, there's a lot of 588 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:11,880 Speaker 1: pressure on that booth, even the games aren't as big. 589 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,880 Speaker 1: So I think you look at the history and the 590 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:18,600 Speaker 1: I think they've really lacked some success in the Boogermobile. 591 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:19,640 Speaker 1: A couple of years ago. It was one of the 592 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:23,760 Speaker 1: little worst ideas history of ideas um and so uh, 593 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:26,120 Speaker 1: you know, so that's what made it really a fascinating 594 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:29,960 Speaker 1: and Peyton Manning was also a part of this that 595 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:33,840 Speaker 1: My favorite twist so far, by the way, was Romo 596 00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:37,920 Speaker 1: re ops with CBS and ESPN was hot for Romo, 597 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:40,080 Speaker 1: but CBS did what they had to do to keep them. 598 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 1: They pivot at the dream Peyton Manning al Michael's pairing. Uh, 599 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:48,560 Speaker 1: is what ESPN, according to reports, they had their eye on. 600 00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:51,280 Speaker 1: They got turned down twice. They're right, Like was with 601 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:53,520 Speaker 1: the al Michael situation, was that ever, something I was 602 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:56,520 Speaker 1: close to happening where he would jump ship from Sunday 603 00:31:56,600 --> 00:32:01,680 Speaker 1: Night Football too and jump networks from NBC to ESPN. 604 00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:04,000 Speaker 1: And this Peyton Manning thing. At what point does someone 605 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:08,480 Speaker 1: in your position, uh, Andrew, get to stop reporting about 606 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:10,920 Speaker 1: Peyton Manning being in the booth because Peyton Manning doesn't 607 00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:12,880 Speaker 1: want to be in the booth. It's a couple of 608 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:16,280 Speaker 1: things there. So ESPN did think there was a path 609 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:20,800 Speaker 1: to Peyton and al as a combination. I think that 610 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:25,120 Speaker 1: two al Michael's likely wouldn't go to ESPN unless there 611 00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:27,080 Speaker 1: was a marquee guy next to him, and Payton Manning 612 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:28,800 Speaker 1: is about as big as you can get, uh in 613 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:33,000 Speaker 1: terms of names and and potentially you know, developing into 614 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:35,760 Speaker 1: a big booth. Uh. So the way it could have 615 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:38,479 Speaker 1: possibly worked is that you know, Al only has two 616 00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:41,520 Speaker 1: more years left on his contract. Mike Terkos already signed there. 617 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:43,640 Speaker 1: You know, Al Michael is a legend in the in 618 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:46,680 Speaker 1: the booth. He's gone. He'll be seventy seven after these 619 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:49,719 Speaker 1: two years, which includes Super Bowl two years from now. Uh, 620 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:52,800 Speaker 1: he doesn't have any plans to retire. So you know, 621 00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:54,760 Speaker 1: could there be something worked out where he went to 622 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,360 Speaker 1: ESPN if they had the right analysts. I think that's 623 00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,960 Speaker 1: possible history there, you know, of course he was at 624 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:03,360 Speaker 1: Monday Night Football forever and then as part Peyton Manning 625 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:06,200 Speaker 1: is concerned. Yeah, you're understanding right, like until proven otherwise 626 00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:09,680 Speaker 1: he doesn't want to do it. Uh. The money money, 627 00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:12,200 Speaker 1: I don't think they offered him from what I was 628 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:16,000 Speaker 1: told money, but it was ten plus million dollars. And 629 00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:18,479 Speaker 1: again Peyton Manning doesn't have to do what He's made 630 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:20,840 Speaker 1: more than a quarter billion on the field and who 631 00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:23,040 Speaker 1: knows how much off of it, so he doesn't need 632 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:26,040 Speaker 1: to broadcast, and it is a time commitment for a 633 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:28,360 Speaker 1: guy like him, you know, for normal people who work 634 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:31,080 Speaker 1: four months, five months, three days a week, you know, 635 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,200 Speaker 1: including travel and then just doing three r again that's 636 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:36,440 Speaker 1: not a lot, but that disrupts his life. They can't 637 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:38,000 Speaker 1: really tell him who the play by play guy is, 638 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:40,800 Speaker 1: and you guys know the Mannings want everything perfect, and 639 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:43,080 Speaker 1: so uh, it's hard to believe he's gonna do it 640 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:46,160 Speaker 1: any point, but he's only gonna do it if it's 641 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:48,600 Speaker 1: the right thing, Like exactly everything is exactly lines up 642 00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:54,520 Speaker 1: you reported on Breathe and I wonder like, have sp 643 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:57,200 Speaker 1: I mean, NBC or ESPN when they were involved, been 644 00:33:57,280 --> 00:34:00,360 Speaker 1: given any idea that it's just going to be year 645 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:03,680 Speaker 1: until he's in the booth because Sean Payton kind of 646 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:06,800 Speaker 1: hinted maybe he's only back for one year, but the 647 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:09,719 Speaker 1: contracts for two years. And it's almost like this broadcast 648 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:13,399 Speaker 1: deal almost makes it seem like they're announcing Drew Brees 649 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:16,600 Speaker 1: retirement for Drew Brees. Yeah, most people feel like it's 650 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:18,839 Speaker 1: gonna be one year. And I saw it, Chomp Payton said, 651 00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:21,600 Speaker 1: and that's what kind of to be exacts think. But then, 652 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:23,520 Speaker 1: like you just said, he has a two year contract 653 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:25,640 Speaker 1: they do well, or he wants to play with the year. 654 00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:29,719 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think there's anything, um precluding him 655 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:31,560 Speaker 1: from doing that. So I think this contract will be 656 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:35,759 Speaker 1: waiting for him whenever he retires from football. So um, 657 00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:39,719 Speaker 1: it's interesting. I do think Drew was smart to make 658 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:42,080 Speaker 1: the deal now because see, the thing is about Tony 659 00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:44,480 Speaker 1: Roman that people maybe don't understand this hundred million dollars. 660 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:46,800 Speaker 1: It's a ridiculous sum. And however you look at it, 661 00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:48,799 Speaker 1: even after I explain all this, you're gonna say, yeah, 662 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:50,640 Speaker 1: that's ridiculous sum. So I'm not trying to convince you 663 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:53,200 Speaker 1: a hundred eighty million dollars makes sense. But the reason 664 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:57,000 Speaker 1: it happens because everything broke right for Tony Romo, especially 665 00:34:57,360 --> 00:34:59,920 Speaker 1: the fact that number one CBS is a Super Bowl 666 00:34:59,920 --> 00:35:01,520 Speaker 1: the year, so it's important to have your booth correct 667 00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:04,640 Speaker 1: go into that. But more importantly, number two is which 668 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:06,520 Speaker 1: I probably should have put number two number one if 669 00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:09,040 Speaker 1: it is more important. But anyway, um, the huh more 670 00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:13,080 Speaker 1: more is that the NFL deals are up, and so 671 00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:17,560 Speaker 1: uh going into those contract negotiations, all these companies, uh, 672 00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:21,160 Speaker 1: their television is built around the NFL. It's you're looking 673 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:23,840 Speaker 1: at the top fifty programs, almost every single one of 674 00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:26,320 Speaker 1: them are NFL games, and so they want to have 675 00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:29,920 Speaker 1: the best chance to to to uh continue with the NFL. 676 00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:33,120 Speaker 1: And so that's why Romo everything went exactly right. I 677 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:35,240 Speaker 1: don't think people are gonna be making eighteen million dollars, 678 00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:37,080 Speaker 1: you know, will they go up a little bit? You know, 679 00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:38,960 Speaker 1: Troy makes about six and a half and seven and 680 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:41,080 Speaker 1: a half. Will he get the ten eventually, maybe, but 681 00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:44,880 Speaker 1: he's not getting eighteen. I really really don't. ESPN seems 682 00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:48,880 Speaker 1: to be throwing some big numbers around at unproven guys. 683 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:51,719 Speaker 1: Do you sense this is more about the fact that 684 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:55,520 Speaker 1: they are not impressed with anybody currently analyzing games on 685 00:35:55,640 --> 00:36:00,439 Speaker 1: Sundays or is it more about just needing the big name. Yeah? 686 00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:02,879 Speaker 1: I think that's a little bit of a misnomer because 687 00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:06,560 Speaker 1: I think when you look at the role negotiations now, 688 00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:08,840 Speaker 1: they were prepared to all from a hundred forty million 689 00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:11,719 Speaker 1: dollars over ten years, which is a crazy amount. And 690 00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:15,560 Speaker 1: obviously they got uh CBS how higher offered eighty million 691 00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:17,960 Speaker 1: for Manning. I don't you know, I know there's a 692 00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:20,439 Speaker 1: report saying that they're gonna from twenty million. I that's 693 00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:23,719 Speaker 1: from everything I've reported upon, that's not true that they 694 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,680 Speaker 1: were only gonna go maybe twelve to fourteen. I say only, 695 00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:28,480 Speaker 1: but that's still a lot of money. Don't get me 696 00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:31,000 Speaker 1: wrong for Drew Brees. Now you understand what the Brees 697 00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:33,600 Speaker 1: ESPN could have had. Drew Brees. He they his side 698 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:37,520 Speaker 1: presented ESPN with a contract offer that I believe was 699 00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:40,479 Speaker 1: for ten plus million dollars and they said no because 700 00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:43,920 Speaker 1: Drew Brees is unproven UM and so they were in 701 00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:45,719 Speaker 1: the six and a half million dollar range. So they 702 00:36:45,719 --> 00:36:48,839 Speaker 1: could have this um wrapped up. But you know, we're 703 00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:51,880 Speaker 1: in the middle pandemic I just reported today. You know 704 00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:56,480 Speaker 1: ESPN has some guys like Stephen A. Smith and Scott 705 00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:58,719 Speaker 1: vamp help there, some of their highest earners. They've asked 706 00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:01,200 Speaker 1: them to take pay cuts for the next three months, 707 00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:05,239 Speaker 1: and so you add all that up, and uh, you 708 00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:07,319 Speaker 1: know they're gonna be They're gonna try to be smart 709 00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:09,359 Speaker 1: about it. And I think when you look at it, yeah, 710 00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:12,160 Speaker 1: it looks like ESPN has gone over four But if 711 00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:14,040 Speaker 1: you look at each circumstance, you can understand why they 712 00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:16,120 Speaker 1: can't get each guy. The only guy you could say no, 713 00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:18,920 Speaker 1: they could have had him was Drew Brees. And again 714 00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:23,000 Speaker 1: to me, yeah, Drew Brees, um could be really good, 715 00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:25,799 Speaker 1: but he's never done it. Uh, And you know, I'm 716 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:27,160 Speaker 1: not sure. And I've talked to a lot of people 717 00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:30,680 Speaker 1: in TV, you know, do the producers, broadcasters, and some 718 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:32,840 Speaker 1: think he'll be really good. Some aren't as shure. I 719 00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:34,839 Speaker 1: do think NBC has given him a good game plan. 720 00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:37,719 Speaker 1: Do not what your dame. Do the pregame show. That's 721 00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:39,319 Speaker 1: a big I put on the video. You can't see 722 00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:41,000 Speaker 1: it on the podcast, but um, I'm just putting it 723 00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:43,440 Speaker 1: right in front of the camera right here. Um is that? Uh? 724 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:48,359 Speaker 1: You that it's it's a it's a nice ramp they've 725 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,800 Speaker 1: given him that he can improve and notre dame and 726 00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:53,239 Speaker 1: then also do the pregame show and then possibly be 727 00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:56,399 Speaker 1: ready to do Sunday night football and potentially a Super Bowl. 728 00:37:56,920 --> 00:37:58,800 Speaker 1: I was doing a little bit of homework on you, 729 00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:01,680 Speaker 1: Andrew and um, uh, not that you would remember this, 730 00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:06,359 Speaker 1: but we crossed paths briefly at Ithaca College in when 731 00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:08,920 Speaker 1: I was there for three months at the Park School. 732 00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:12,200 Speaker 1: And um, that's journalism school if you're wondering. And my 733 00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:14,879 Speaker 1: lack of ability to stay there for more than three months. 734 00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:18,320 Speaker 1: Definitely shows on on this show itself. But uh, I 735 00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:20,920 Speaker 1: would ask you this because like, looking at what you've 736 00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:23,040 Speaker 1: been through in your own career, what Dan would love this. 737 00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:26,359 Speaker 1: You've had uh minor run ins with Don Imus, who 738 00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:29,720 Speaker 1: called you a moron and a mental patient. You've clashed 739 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:32,000 Speaker 1: with Mike and the Mad Dog, and in speaking of 740 00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:33,640 Speaker 1: al Michael's, I read that you were in a bit 741 00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:36,200 Speaker 1: of a feud with al Michael's for a bit there. 742 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:40,759 Speaker 1: You're a man after our own heart. Yeah, those are 743 00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:43,879 Speaker 1: all true. Although I likes me now, I just it's 744 00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:46,080 Speaker 1: kind of funny. Uh yeah, there was a long time 745 00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:49,600 Speaker 1: where I really apparently now apparently like we gotta face 746 00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:51,880 Speaker 1: to face, did not like me. I report a lot 747 00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:54,000 Speaker 1: about when he was going when he first went to 748 00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:57,239 Speaker 1: NBC contract of Monday and Football he kind of backed 749 00:38:57,239 --> 00:38:59,480 Speaker 1: out of and then you want to pipe a jet Yeah, yeah, 750 00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:02,880 Speaker 1: we don't know, should keep it so anyways, recently I 751 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:07,279 Speaker 1: just did a big article about the forty anniversary of 752 00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:09,960 Speaker 1: Doublie Miracles and now it was nice enough to give 753 00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:12,400 Speaker 1: me an hour and fifteen minutes of a time, And 754 00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:15,640 Speaker 1: afterward he sent me an email saying he's never gotten 755 00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:17,960 Speaker 1: such a great reaction to a story and his daughter 756 00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:21,040 Speaker 1: was crying, and I emailed him back, become a long 757 00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:25,120 Speaker 1: way uh back on the good list, and then you 758 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:28,680 Speaker 1: know we Yeah, no, I was just gonna say that 759 00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:32,400 Speaker 1: me being on this podcast, and I think Mark same thing. 760 00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:34,799 Speaker 1: Mike and the Mad Dog were so important growing up 761 00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:38,319 Speaker 1: in the Northeast. To us, it was I felt like, um, 762 00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:41,080 Speaker 1: I don't know, I was torn in two directions when 763 00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:44,600 Speaker 1: you were reporting on Francessa's failed app and you're hitting 764 00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:47,120 Speaker 1: all the beats on the reporting and you were accurate 765 00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:49,239 Speaker 1: in it. And then you were clearly hurting the big 766 00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:51,360 Speaker 1: man and you were you were taking him down. It 767 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:53,440 Speaker 1: was like watching Godzilla get shot down at the end 768 00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:56,200 Speaker 1: of the movie. Um So I want to commend you 769 00:39:56,440 --> 00:40:00,440 Speaker 1: for the reporting on Francessa despite him getting upset, but 770 00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:03,240 Speaker 1: also it does hurt because was something of an idol 771 00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:07,759 Speaker 1: growing up. Mixed emotions on this side of the mic. Well, 772 00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:11,399 Speaker 1: you and I listened to Mike and Chris grown up too. 773 00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:13,600 Speaker 1: You know, my brother, who I mentioned earlier, was a 774 00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:16,000 Speaker 1: college and my dad would be working and come me 775 00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:17,600 Speaker 1: and my mom and I would have dinner and I 776 00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:19,920 Speaker 1: put w F A n on and we listened it 777 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:21,239 Speaker 1: to it till the whole time, and then I'd say 778 00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:26,200 Speaker 1: to my mom, oh, nice conversation we had so so 779 00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:28,279 Speaker 1: Mike and the Run and I had. I was a 780 00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:30,880 Speaker 1: very dunge guy when that happened. I was like, and 781 00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:34,839 Speaker 1: they got a basically at Sam beg me um kind 782 00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:36,880 Speaker 1: of it worked out. I really wish I had a 783 00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:38,960 Speaker 1: tape of that. Honestly, that would have been because I 784 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:40,400 Speaker 1: think I held my own but like I was like 785 00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:42,440 Speaker 1: twenty three year old in the middle of the New 786 00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:44,920 Speaker 1: York Post newsroom and They're like screaming at me, and 787 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:48,080 Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure I kept my composure pretty well, but 788 00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:50,680 Speaker 1: like someone like one of the women moving from the 789 00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:52,960 Speaker 1: entertainment section like came over, what are you doing? And 790 00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:55,359 Speaker 1: then like this guy Anthony usta Bel was a big 791 00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:57,360 Speaker 1: track guy. I was like he thought Mike and the 792 00:40:57,480 --> 00:41:02,920 Speaker 1: Mad Dog. So it was it was fun. I think 793 00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:04,640 Speaker 1: it's an honor though you know I has called me 794 00:41:04,719 --> 00:41:06,440 Speaker 1: a more on a mental patient. I mean, come on, 795 00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:08,880 Speaker 1: that's Is there a higher honor radio than that? I 796 00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:12,240 Speaker 1: don't think so. Finally, before we say goodbye, uh Andrew 797 00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:21,560 Speaker 1: marsh end Martian okay, um, how do you think this 798 00:41:21,719 --> 00:41:26,600 Speaker 1: ends up week one. That's a week one. Let's let's 799 00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:31,000 Speaker 1: all hope and pray that football and life is returning 800 00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:33,719 Speaker 1: to normal by September and we're playing what is the 801 00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:36,640 Speaker 1: booth for Monday night football when they have their first game, 802 00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:39,960 Speaker 1: that double header, customary double header on the first Monday 803 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,040 Speaker 1: of the season. Yeah, I want to give you one 804 00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:44,560 Speaker 1: booth because that's second booth. I mean, come on, forget 805 00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:47,440 Speaker 1: about the second booth. Maybe to bring back Greeny and 806 00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:57,320 Speaker 1: goal like which I'm sure you guys love. That was 807 00:41:57,360 --> 00:42:01,799 Speaker 1: another one actually chro I loved when I was a kid. Um, 808 00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:06,279 Speaker 1: But uh well, anyway, I'm not a bad guy, I 809 00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:11,160 Speaker 1: don't think. But I'll go with Steve Levy, Dan Orlovsky 810 00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:14,880 Speaker 1: and Lewis Riddick. I'd probably go just to man booth personally, 811 00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:17,279 Speaker 1: because you keep it simple. I think you're getting a 812 00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:20,120 Speaker 1: mistake of trying to break in a three man crew, 813 00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:22,719 Speaker 1: especially on national TV with the trudy they have, and 814 00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:25,680 Speaker 1: I think two is easier. That's what I would say. 815 00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:29,040 Speaker 1: They're looking at Kurt Warner as well, Nate Burrelson. Uh, 816 00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:31,239 Speaker 1: I think they're looking at but I doubt you guess 817 00:42:31,239 --> 00:42:33,239 Speaker 1: would let him out of his deal, and I'm not 818 00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:34,600 Speaker 1: sure he wants to be like an entertainment guy. I 819 00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:39,399 Speaker 1: don't know if he wants a job. Um, so that's 820 00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:41,360 Speaker 1: where I'll go with all right, but I think the 821 00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:44,399 Speaker 1: shoot one or the other. I think you go, Rick, Yeah, 822 00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:46,839 Speaker 1: what do you guys got? You guys, you know you're 823 00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:50,240 Speaker 1: along with you and we just whatever you right, we believe. 824 00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:54,360 Speaker 1: I like the idea of Lewis Riddeck. I also like 825 00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:57,800 Speaker 1: hearing these weird like packages that they're the NBC or 826 00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:00,160 Speaker 1: ESPN or maybe going for and it's like a new 827 00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:03,040 Speaker 1: package in two and then and then then just get 828 00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:06,120 Speaker 1: with some wild booths there, just like throw anyone out there, 829 00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:08,760 Speaker 1: stephen A. Smith? Why not? Oh yeah, if it switches, 830 00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:11,560 Speaker 1: we have it switches like network CBS loses it, it 831 00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:13,440 Speaker 1: goes somebody's else. Are they only have one game? And 832 00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:15,279 Speaker 1: that would be fun. I'd be probably give you guys 833 00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:16,640 Speaker 1: some fodder for me to report on. And you guys 834 00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:19,040 Speaker 1: have talked about I guess my one take then would 835 00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:21,719 Speaker 1: be you as you reported that they had a chance 836 00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:24,319 Speaker 1: to counter offer and get breeze in their building. How 837 00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:27,000 Speaker 1: much money. I know. These are very strange times right now, 838 00:43:27,360 --> 00:43:29,759 Speaker 1: but how much money the difference was compared to what 839 00:43:30,120 --> 00:43:34,520 Speaker 1: ESPN is as this, you know, giant of the industry. Um, 840 00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:37,680 Speaker 1: just do the deal, That's what I'm thinking. And then 841 00:43:37,719 --> 00:43:39,840 Speaker 1: you have your guy and you roll the dice and 842 00:43:40,120 --> 00:43:42,640 Speaker 1: maybe you get a Romo Romo s guy. But I 843 00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:44,520 Speaker 1: understand the other side of two west. I think you 844 00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:47,960 Speaker 1: disagree with me. That you may be throwing just a 845 00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:50,320 Speaker 1: ton of money at a completely unproven guy is a 846 00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:53,520 Speaker 1: recipe for disaster. Well, I was more like thrown off 847 00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:56,000 Speaker 1: by Greg Saint Stephen A. Smith? Why not? How many? 848 00:43:56,120 --> 00:43:57,680 Speaker 1: Why not do you want? I could give you like 849 00:43:57,800 --> 00:43:59,919 Speaker 1: eight one. Don't put Stephen A. Smith in a foot 850 00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:01,919 Speaker 1: all booth first of all, don't put him in any 851 00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:05,280 Speaker 1: booth ever, but definitely not football sport, which he doesn't 852 00:44:05,320 --> 00:44:09,080 Speaker 1: know and thinks Hunter Henry plays a totally different sport. 853 00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:10,640 Speaker 1: Is out of the league or whatever. Give me a 854 00:44:10,680 --> 00:44:17,000 Speaker 1: break on Stephen A. Smith, All right, Andrew, isn't that 855 00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:18,920 Speaker 1: what it's all about? Entertainment At the end. You can 856 00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:21,640 Speaker 1: follow him on Twitter. Get he writes for the New 857 00:44:21,719 --> 00:44:24,560 Speaker 1: York Post, and he's been doing great reporting in this field, 858 00:44:24,600 --> 00:44:26,840 Speaker 1: which we are fascinated by. His friends call him clicker. 859 00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:30,799 Speaker 1: That's interesting and um, if you do follow him on Twitter, 860 00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:34,560 Speaker 1: I just want to mention something. This coronavirus UM tragedy 861 00:44:34,640 --> 00:44:37,279 Speaker 1: is touching. Everybody had hit the New York Post in 862 00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:41,080 Speaker 1: a in a terrible way over the weekend with one 863 00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:45,279 Speaker 1: of your great photographers, Anthony Cauzy, who passed away, uh 864 00:44:45,560 --> 00:44:47,880 Speaker 1: and just tragic as a family. And I saw that 865 00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:49,880 Speaker 1: you had pointed to a go fund me page to 866 00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:53,319 Speaker 1: help support his family, uh, which is obviously a very 867 00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:56,080 Speaker 1: good cause. Uh. Sounds like a really sad moment forevery 868 00:44:56,120 --> 00:44:58,400 Speaker 1: it was one of those guys that seems like Andrew 869 00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:03,799 Speaker 1: that everybody loved. Makes it already even more. Yeah, it's 870 00:45:03,840 --> 00:45:06,800 Speaker 1: been a heartbreaking day for us. Uh, you know, started 871 00:45:06,880 --> 00:45:10,240 Speaker 1: late last night or early last night. And yeah, Anthony, 872 00:45:10,320 --> 00:45:13,680 Speaker 1: you know what he's if you have that friend who 873 00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:16,359 Speaker 1: kind of always makes you smile, always trying to um 874 00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:20,759 Speaker 1: do something good. He's a photographer. And uh, not only 875 00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:23,480 Speaker 1: with like celebrities like Derek Jeter, which he had great 876 00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:26,360 Speaker 1: relationships with. But you know, we're hearing stories about so 877 00:45:26,400 --> 00:45:28,640 Speaker 1: many people that you know, there's one story about this 878 00:45:29,160 --> 00:45:31,919 Speaker 1: these uh, this couple that got engaged in Central Park 879 00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:33,799 Speaker 1: and he was just walking in there. Sure of them 880 00:45:33,920 --> 00:45:37,279 Speaker 1: took their naves down. I'm not special and he's much 881 00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:40,319 Speaker 1: too young, forty eight with two young children, so it's 882 00:45:40,400 --> 00:45:43,759 Speaker 1: very sad um and you know, like everyone's telling I'm 883 00:45:43,760 --> 00:45:46,600 Speaker 1: sure you guys have been preaching this, stay inside because 884 00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:49,439 Speaker 1: you know there are a lot of numbers out there 885 00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:52,280 Speaker 1: and when it doesn't hit home, but this one, obviously 886 00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:54,799 Speaker 1: for all of us, really hits home. Even though New 887 00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:58,759 Speaker 1: York and Tristarium and really hit hard. Uh, you know, 888 00:45:58,880 --> 00:46:02,120 Speaker 1: this one for us as a piercing So I appreciate 889 00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:03,840 Speaker 1: you doing on anybody out there and can contribute to 890 00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:06,720 Speaker 1: appreciate it by everybody. Yeah, head over, we'll we'll retweet 891 00:46:06,719 --> 00:46:08,960 Speaker 1: it from the around the NFL handle and you could 892 00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:11,279 Speaker 1: check out Andrew if you want to spot there they 893 00:46:11,320 --> 00:46:14,080 Speaker 1: go fund me link. Thank you for coming on, Andrew, 894 00:46:14,239 --> 00:46:15,920 Speaker 1: is great, have you on, and maybe we could do 895 00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:19,319 Speaker 1: this again as as the world turns now that soap 896 00:46:19,360 --> 00:46:21,279 Speaker 1: operas are drying up, this is like the new one 897 00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:23,520 Speaker 1: that I enjoyed the most. This is my all my children, 898 00:46:23,760 --> 00:46:25,719 Speaker 1: and you are like the you're the script doctor behind 899 00:46:25,760 --> 00:46:27,239 Speaker 1: the scenes in a lot of ways, not that you're 900 00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:30,719 Speaker 1: making up the stories. You're just digging them up. I 901 00:46:30,800 --> 00:46:33,000 Speaker 1: appreciate it, Thank you very much. I appreciate Maybe I'll 902 00:46:33,040 --> 00:46:35,000 Speaker 1: make up a couple to make more interesting. Alright, cool, 903 00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:37,920 Speaker 1: say how do your brother for us? Andrew marchin thank you, 904 00:46:38,480 --> 00:46:42,799 Speaker 1: thank you? All right, there he goes Andrew marchand I'm 905 00:46:42,840 --> 00:46:45,479 Speaker 1: just gonna say his name quickly because I still don't 906 00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:51,120 Speaker 1: really know it for sure. Marchand there you go. So, uh, 907 00:46:51,840 --> 00:46:54,360 Speaker 1: that was interesting and enlightening. I'm excited to see what 908 00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:57,480 Speaker 1: what happens next in the booth. Uh. We have more 909 00:46:57,560 --> 00:47:00,359 Speaker 1: guests coming up, by the way, later this week. I'm 910 00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:04,400 Speaker 1: very excited about this. Kyle Brandt is making his Around 911 00:47:04,440 --> 00:47:09,000 Speaker 1: the NFL Podcast debut, the great Good Morning Football host. 912 00:47:09,440 --> 00:47:11,880 Speaker 1: I think we all have a lot of respect for Kyle. 913 00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:14,440 Speaker 1: So he's gonna come on the show and that will 914 00:47:14,440 --> 00:47:16,279 Speaker 1: be fun, and we might even have another guest. It's 915 00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:18,520 Speaker 1: gonna be a big week, another big week for the 916 00:47:18,600 --> 00:47:22,319 Speaker 1: Around the NFL Podcast. In the bunkers, you guys excited. Yeah, 917 00:47:22,360 --> 00:47:24,359 Speaker 1: it feels like we should have maybe had Kyle Brandt 918 00:47:24,480 --> 00:47:26,840 Speaker 1: on seven or eight times by now. So, Uh, the 919 00:47:26,960 --> 00:47:30,480 Speaker 1: box needs to be thoroughly checked here. Yeah, I agree 920 00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:34,680 Speaker 1: with you. He is. He's a very busy man, but 921 00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:39,120 Speaker 1: he's made time for us. His day usually starts before 922 00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:42,239 Speaker 1: the COVID sheltering at what two in the morning our 923 00:47:42,320 --> 00:47:45,480 Speaker 1: time or midnight our time? Yeah, well they've been, uh 924 00:47:46,080 --> 00:47:49,560 Speaker 1: they've been. They're still shut down. Good Morning Football right now. 925 00:47:49,719 --> 00:47:51,799 Speaker 1: But yeah, that he's one of those that doing those 926 00:47:51,840 --> 00:47:54,919 Speaker 1: morning shows is absurd the hours. Is that what we want? 927 00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:56,759 Speaker 1: We want a morning show one day? No, we should 928 00:47:56,800 --> 00:47:59,560 Speaker 1: do a late night Joe right. What would our choice 929 00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:02,160 Speaker 1: be but Shift seven at this point, I mean, we 930 00:48:02,239 --> 00:48:04,520 Speaker 1: were doing three episodes a couple of months ago. We're 931 00:48:04,520 --> 00:48:08,360 Speaker 1: now doing five or six. Let's just go when you 932 00:48:08,520 --> 00:48:09,879 Speaker 1: you know, if you have to step out and tend 933 00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:12,640 Speaker 1: to a child for five minutes, that's fine. Just the 934 00:48:12,680 --> 00:48:14,719 Speaker 1: screen stays on. I don't think you should say that 935 00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:16,879 Speaker 1: out loud. You just put the idea into the air, 936 00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:20,160 Speaker 1: all right? Does Dan had to signing off for the 937 00:48:20,239 --> 00:48:23,239 Speaker 1: Quiet Storm, the mail Man, the old Boss Rick Hollywood 938 00:48:24,040 --> 00:48:28,440 Speaker 1: in her apartment on who Who's that