1 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 1: What is up everybody? Very Christmas? I'd say Happy New Year, 2 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:17,279 Speaker 1: but I'll probably have another podcast out by New Year. 3 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,959 Speaker 1: But you know, if you're busy, hungover, whatever, don't listen 4 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: to them. Happy New Year. I hope everything was good 5 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 1: for Christmas. The only cool stuff I got I got myself. 6 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 1: Just kidding, Mom, if you're listening, she got me some 7 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:34,840 Speaker 1: books and some clothes. So, you know, Christmas, the older 8 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: you get becomes a little more mellow and more about drinking, 9 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:42,199 Speaker 1: you know, and sitting there and watching the Warriors get 10 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:44,520 Speaker 1: killed by the by the Lake Show with a hurt 11 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 1: lebron James. Uh. No football on Christmas. I don't really 12 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 1: know what the hell was going on there. Like listen, 13 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 1: I like, I like the NBA lot, but you know, 14 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 1: there are a couple of games probably not needed. Give 15 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: me three sweet NBA games and then, I mean, what 16 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:01,280 Speaker 1: happened to like the Whai evil? You couldn't give me 17 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: a bowl game on Christmas? I don't need, you know, 18 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 1: an NFL game or anything. Just just give me a 19 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 1: bowl game. Just give me a little football. Uh And 20 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,480 Speaker 1: they didn't. But I'm gonna dive into some college thoughts 21 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: because to me, that's the the big takeaway this weekend, 22 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: I mean's college football playoffs and we gotta we have 23 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 1: one winner get in game uh in the Sunday night 24 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 1: game with the Colts playing the Titans. And then you 25 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,320 Speaker 1: know the main storyline though, and the thing that I 26 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: see this weekend and listen, we've all you know, broken 27 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: up with a girl or if you're a girl listening. 28 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: I think my listeners are mainly mail. But you know, 29 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,839 Speaker 1: you root for that significant other to not do well, 30 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,960 Speaker 1: especially if she dumps you. You want her to do worse. 31 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: You know, I've never worked as a salesperson in a job. 32 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 1: I have had a radio show and where you're judged 33 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 1: on metrics, and I rooted for the other shows so 34 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: not do as well as mine. It's just it's just 35 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 1: human nature. If you're competitive, even if you work for 36 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: the same company, you root for yourself to do better 37 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,799 Speaker 1: than the other person. Like the only person who truly 38 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: cares about you is always gonna be you. It becomes 39 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 1: a little more complicated in a team environment, but I 40 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:18,640 Speaker 1: do think there are a lot of similarities. You know, 41 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: if you play a position, we're only one person can 42 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 1: be on the field. You want to do better than 43 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 1: the other people at your position, even if they're on 44 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 1: your own team. Again, human nature, you can say you'd 45 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: be a great teammate and you can support, and again 46 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:34,799 Speaker 1: you can be a good guy and still think that. 47 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 1: But if I was Carson Wentz this weekend, now, the 48 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 1: Eagles do not control their own destiny. They need the 49 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:44,959 Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings to lose to the Chicago Bears. And depending 50 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 1: on how the Rams game is going, let's say the 51 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 1: Rams are blowing them out, the Bears might just call 52 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: the dogs and just let Minnesota win. Call off the dogs. 53 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:56,239 Speaker 1: Uh not if you want to call the dogs. That 54 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 1: was around my dogs as we can. They usually come 55 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: when you bring food, but call off the dogs, pull 56 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: their starters and just whatever. But let's say Minnesota loses 57 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 1: the game and the Philadelphia is win or get in. 58 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 1: Carson Wentz can say all he wants, and everyone knowing 59 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,920 Speaker 1: people with the Eagles high character guy, and I don't 60 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:20,079 Speaker 1: think even you know everything he said. I do think 61 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:22,239 Speaker 1: he believes like I wanted Nick to do well in 62 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:23,679 Speaker 1: the playoffs, I wanted Nick to do well on the 63 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: Super Bowl. But I do think it's passed the law 64 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 1: of diminishing returns. If I was him put yourself in 65 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: his shoes. If he's not going anywhere, they're not going 66 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 1: to trade him unless Folds were to like win another 67 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: Super Bowl, which again, if they were to get into 68 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 1: the playoffs and he rattled out four straight wins, three 69 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: road games with six seed, and then won the Super Bowl, 70 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 1: it would be one of the great two year stretches 71 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: we've seen in sports history. That would be undeniable. But 72 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 1: I do think Carson Wentz there is gonna be part 73 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 1: of him, and he wouldn't be a human if this 74 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 1: part wasn't where. He wouldn't mind seeing false fail, like 75 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 1: they already won the Super Bowl last year. Again, he's 76 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 1: not involved in this and it's not I don't think 77 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: it would even be malicious if you were, like you know, 78 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 1: deep down, I wouldn't mind if you just had a 79 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: three pick game. I'm tired of this narrative and this 80 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 1: this kind of cloud of because it reflects on him poorly. 81 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 1: And I think Carson Wentz, beside probably luck, is just 82 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:27,920 Speaker 1: one of the more God given talents. And I guess 83 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:31,600 Speaker 1: mahomes now too. Then the truly great god given talents 84 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:34,599 Speaker 1: we've seen a long long time. But as I talked 85 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 1: about in the last podcast, like there's a legit red flag, 86 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:41,279 Speaker 1: like Mariota, we think he's gonna play, And I hope 87 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:43,039 Speaker 1: he played Sunday because I don't want to watch Sunday 88 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 1: Night with a winner. Get in situation. And the reality is, 89 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 1: if the Houston Texans were to lose, they're already in 90 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: the playoffs. But one of those two teams could still 91 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 1: win the division. But I want to watch Mariota play 92 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 1: in that game, not not Blaine Gabbert. But here's what 93 00:04:56,839 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 1: I know about Blaine Gabbert and Carson Wentz. They're both 94 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: injury prone. But here's the other thing I know Carson 95 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: wentz upside as a player is it's just way higher. 96 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 1: He's just on a different level physically. They're not in 97 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 1: the same conversation. But with Carson Wentz, if the Eagles 98 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 1: and Nick Foles plays well in Minnesota loses, they'd be 99 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 1: going for the playoffs for the second straight year with 100 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 1: Doe Carson Wentz. Now, last year, obviously he played a 101 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: huge role in getting them in position to make a run. 102 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:28,160 Speaker 1: But this year not really. You know, he did not 103 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:31,279 Speaker 1: play that well. Folds won the first game, Folds won 104 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: this game last weekend that was really big and really 105 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 1: played well, actually won what the last two games, one 106 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 1: against the Texans, the other one in l A. If 107 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:42,479 Speaker 1: he were to win this weekend, listen and they were 108 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:45,279 Speaker 1: to make the playoffs, just that alone. If I was 109 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 1: a fan and I put myself just John Mittlcoff living 110 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:52,479 Speaker 1: in South Philly, I would even if I had common 111 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: sense and I went got Carson Wentz is great, But 112 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:57,919 Speaker 1: I mean, do we had a problem here because it 113 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 1: would be inarguable that something weird there. There would be 114 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:06,599 Speaker 1: a vibe in that city that before Carson was our guy. 115 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 1: Even when Nick Foles won the Super Bowl is like 116 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 1: cot lightning in a bottle. With Nick Foles, we originally 117 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:17,160 Speaker 1: drafted him, his career got derailed. Incredible story, franch I 118 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:20,040 Speaker 1: had never had a Super Bowl. It was bound to happen, 119 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 1: and the football gods touched us from Afar. They touched 120 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 1: us from Afar. But this time is like not as 121 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 1: much football, Gottie, more like what the hell is going 122 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:34,159 Speaker 1: on here? And again, Carson Wentz would not be a human. 123 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:36,919 Speaker 1: I'm not saying he wants to see his guy be 124 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: out of the league next year, but I don't think 125 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 1: he would mind it all to see just a three 126 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 1: pick game and just see the season in, get himself healthy, 127 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 1: and then come back next year. Again, that sounds malicious, 128 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 1: that sounds terrible, but we're all humans. And if Nick 129 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 1: Foles wins this game and then hell, let's say he 130 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 1: were to like upset the Bears in the first round 131 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:57,160 Speaker 1: of the playoffs like that, that that would be a 132 00:06:57,240 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 1: terrible look for Carson Wentz. There is no way of 133 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 1: rounded an injury prone player who when the backup comes 134 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 1: in in big games wins them. And especially this year, 135 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: they were not winning big games mainly because their offense 136 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: wasn't working, mainly because the quarterback was a very hit 137 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: or miss like falls comes in and there's just an 138 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: explosive offense. Again, I wish this stuff wasn't true because 139 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 1: I like Carson Wentz. I want to watch him play, 140 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 1: But I know this, If I'm Carson Wentz, I'm kind 141 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 1: of rooting for Nick Foles to not play that well 142 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 1: this weekend. How about the college football playoffs? I think 143 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 1: you know everyone would agree any football fan that the 144 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 1: college football playoffs. I love the bowl games. I mean, 145 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 1: I was a West Coast guy, loved the Rose Bowl 146 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 1: been to a couple of games of the Rose Bowl. 147 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 1: Just a very cool place. When I worked in Friends 148 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 1: the State, we actually played U c l A beat 149 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: them down there when Rick new Heisl was the coach. 150 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 1: Ryan Matthews just had a fantastic game, former first rounder. 151 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 1: But you know, it's just that's a great ball game. 152 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:00,559 Speaker 1: And I remember when Oregon played Jamis in the Final 153 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: Four a couple of years ago that that added made 154 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:06,239 Speaker 1: the Rose Bowl like ten times better. But the the 155 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 1: Final Four is just cooler than the regular Bowl games. 156 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 1: It matters more. Truly. There are two Bowl games that matter. 157 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: Two Bowl games that matter, actually three total, the two 158 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: Final Four games and then the Natty, which I hope 159 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 1: I might be going to. But when you look this year, 160 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: let's start with the first game. I do believe that 161 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: perception is often reality. When we all work in different 162 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 1: industries and have you know certain people that may have 163 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 1: a perception of just being an asshole. For the most part, 164 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 1: I've never known multiple I work in the media. When 165 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 1: someone tells you about an individual and then you hear 166 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 1: it from another person and they both say, you know what, guys, 167 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 1: just an a hole? How often is that wrong? Now, 168 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: you may meet the person and have a decent relationship 169 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 1: with him. But if you've heard from like seven people 170 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 1: that that guy is a bad guy, typically it's right. 171 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 1: You know, it's not. I think, for the most part 172 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:05,200 Speaker 1: in life, perception is reality, and the perception on Notre Dame, 173 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 1: and rightfully so, is that they're not quite as good 174 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: as the top teams. And we have somewhat recent evidence. 175 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 1: I guess it was in two thousand twelve, or it 176 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:20,319 Speaker 1: would have been the two thousand thirteen uh January two 177 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 1: thirteen when they played Alabama. We saw it and it 178 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 1: was a blood bath. Now, I will say this for 179 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 1: Notre Dame. I do think they've shaken the perception of 180 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:34,079 Speaker 1: not being an elite program these last couple of years. 181 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 1: Look at the players they've been getting, from Will Fuller 182 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 1: to Jalen Smith to McGlinchey to Quentin Nelson, like they've 183 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 1: been producing dudes. They've really elevated themselves. And I think 184 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 1: Brian Kelly, who's a really good coach, took you know, 185 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 1: it was pretty introspective as a program after they got 186 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 1: worked by Obama and knew that they had a change. 187 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 1: They had to become more physical. They did their offensive 188 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 1: lines have been excellent. They can run the ball down 189 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:04,560 Speaker 1: your throat, and defensively they've been really good lesson a 190 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 1: couple of years, definitely this year. But I still would 191 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 1: say the perception, and I know where I stand is 192 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:12,200 Speaker 1: I don't think they belong on the same field with 193 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:15,720 Speaker 1: these other three teams. I think Georgia's better. I would 194 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 1: say l s U would be better. Hell, I might 195 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:21,720 Speaker 1: take you the fighting Danny White U c F program 196 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 1: if Mackenzie Milton had not torn his knee. That might 197 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 1: be a little bit of a stretch, But I do 198 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:28,559 Speaker 1: think you CEF probably hang with Notre Dame. But I 199 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 1: might be wrong. I like Clemson huge. We'll get into 200 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 1: the second game here in a second. But Clemson I 201 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 1: like them to destroy Notre Dame. You know why, because 202 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 1: that perception of them just not like that perception of 203 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 1: that Alabama game that we actually saw that was reality, 204 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:49,480 Speaker 1: has never left my mind. And even when I've watched 205 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 1: Notre Dame these last couple of years and I think 206 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:53,800 Speaker 1: they're solid, I think they're good, like I've been impressed, 207 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 1: I still don't know and I still have my questions. Well, 208 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 1: even though one of Clemson and star defensive lineman has 209 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:05,520 Speaker 1: been suspended for some I wanted to say steroid, but 210 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 1: a substance that I can't even pronounce, and the Dabbo 211 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: said you can get from hair products. It doesn't matter because, 212 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:14,560 Speaker 1: as Dabbo said, his backup is a pro and his 213 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 1: other three defensive lineman are pros. And the true freshman 214 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 1: pass rusher is a future pro. And the entire offense 215 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:24,840 Speaker 1: for Clemson are pros, and their freshman quarterback is a 216 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 1: future pro. And Dabbo could be an NFL coach and 217 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 1: be a pro if he chose to leave. UH might 218 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:33,559 Speaker 1: not be a better college coach now that Urban is 219 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 1: retired than Saban, than Dabbo. So you're getting a program 220 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:42,320 Speaker 1: that is basically just Alabama in South Carolina. You know, 221 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:46,200 Speaker 1: that's basically what it is. Dabbo actually went to Alabama. 222 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:50,680 Speaker 1: He thinks like Alabama, Their program runs like Alabama. Hell, 223 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 1: their players even look like Alabama players. So the twelve 224 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:57,200 Speaker 1: and a half line has kind of gone back and 225 00:11:57,240 --> 00:11:59,839 Speaker 1: forth between twelve and twelve and a half, like well, 226 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 1: the other games lines a little bigger. I think it's 227 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:05,079 Speaker 1: gonna be a little closer this game. I don't know. 228 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:07,840 Speaker 1: I don't think at the end of the day, and 229 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 1: I hope I'm wrong. I'd love to see a good game. 230 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 1: I wouldn't even mind seeing Notre Dame win. I don't 231 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:15,079 Speaker 1: think they're gonna belong on the same field as them. 232 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 1: I don't think they have the horses. I don't think 233 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 1: they have the speed, and they've improved. They clearly are 234 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 1: more physical. They clearly had a mindset to be built 235 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 1: for this. But when you're playing the defensive lineman that 236 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:29,560 Speaker 1: this team is about to roll out there six seven 237 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 1: future pros, like I understand that the offensive lineman that 238 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 1: they replaced McGlinchey and Quentin Nelson with are probably good, 239 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 1: But those two guys are like all rookie performers. So 240 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 1: I don't know. I know that what my perception is, 241 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:46,959 Speaker 1: and I know that I don't think Notre Dame is 242 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:50,000 Speaker 1: gonna belong in this game. Okay, the other game, which 243 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 1: is really the Marquee matchup, because even though the line 244 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:58,960 Speaker 1: is bigger fourteen points, uh, it does feel like it's 245 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 1: got a chance to be the more explosive game. I mean, 246 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:06,679 Speaker 1: the two front runners for the heisman to uh Kyler Murray. 247 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 1: Kyler Murray said this week or I guess. You know, 248 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 1: if I guess he said on Thursday, if you're listening 249 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 1: it's Friday, that you know he is not, by any 250 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:20,440 Speaker 1: mean dismissed the chances of going pro in football. I 251 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:22,520 Speaker 1: think at the end of the day, I mean, depending 252 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 1: on really how Saturday looks, football is probably gonna happen. 253 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:29,720 Speaker 1: I think he'll end up at the Combine. But my 254 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 1: takeaway on this game is pretty simple. First off, if 255 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 1: you're gambling, which I will be, I'm gonna be taking 256 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:40,359 Speaker 1: Oklahoma and the points one, not necessarily think that Oklahoma 257 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 1: is gonna win, even though you get pretty good money 258 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:43,800 Speaker 1: line odds if you want to throw a little cash 259 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 1: on there that I do believe that Oklahoma has something 260 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:51,840 Speaker 1: very unique, and that's the quarterback. He can run, he 261 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 1: can throw. I mean, it's this is pretty elementary scouting 262 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:58,320 Speaker 1: report here at an elite level. Do all these things 263 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 1: like you can't catch the guy you know who, he's 264 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:05,440 Speaker 1: probably a better I mean just talking college and just 265 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:09,439 Speaker 1: a scarier version of what this guy was in college 266 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson two years ago. And who did that guy 267 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 1: beat in the National championship Alabama? And who did that 268 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:18,319 Speaker 1: guy go toe to toe with the year before Alabama. 269 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:21,640 Speaker 1: I think Coward always says the guy that gives Alabama 270 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: trouble is not the pocket quarterback. Saban eats them alive. 271 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 1: Whenever he faced Mettenburger, you know, or what was the 272 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:35,360 Speaker 1: Arkansas one of the any of the stiffs from you 273 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:38,320 Speaker 1: know from the sec that we're pocket quarterbacks, he'd killed, 274 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 1: He eat alive. It's the it's the guys who can 275 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 1: get outside the pocket. The Johnny Manzel's Deshaun Watson to 276 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 1: give him trouble. He also has great help Hollywood Brown 277 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 1: elite player, Ceedee Lamb elite player. Their offensive line is 278 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 1: really good. They're running backs, I mean freaking Oklahoma, so 279 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 1: they're good. But Kyler Murray is just special. And I 280 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 1: think Key has a chance if this goes as I 281 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 1: think it's gonna go, and I expect him to play well. 282 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 1: Like imagine if when or lose he has four throws 283 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:13,240 Speaker 1: for four touchdowns and runs for another. Like again, I 284 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 1: get a short but he's a better prospect beside his 285 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 1: height coming out than Lamar Jackson. He throws the ball 286 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 1: much better. He's a much more natural passer. Accuracy again 287 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 1: just comes more natural to the guy. Now, I don't 288 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 1: necessarily mean like he probably worked to become a natural passer. 289 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 1: I also think this he hadn't really played. Like he 290 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 1: played a little bit as a true freshman to tex 291 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 1: SA and m you know, rotated out with Kyle Allen 292 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 1: or whatever, then transferred. Then last year sat behind Baker 293 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 1: Mayfield and they were really good. They went to the 294 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 1: you know, to the Rose Bowl and played Georgia in 295 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 1: that game, which was one of the better playoff games 296 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:56,600 Speaker 1: of recent memory. But he was a backup. And then 297 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:58,240 Speaker 1: he played baseball in the spring, and then he got 298 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: drafted really high and it was cool. And then he 299 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 1: became the starting quarterback at Oklahoma. Well they knew he 300 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 1: was a starting quarterback, but then he started playing games 301 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:10,560 Speaker 1: at the starting quarterback at Oklahoma. And listen, for as 302 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 1: great as baseball is and even as cool as the 303 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:16,720 Speaker 1: draft moment was, he never sniffed the adulation from the 304 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 1: common guy on campus until he started throwing touchdown passes. 305 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 1: And then he won the freaking Heisman and led this 306 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 1: team back to the playoffs. He became infinitely more famous 307 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 1: playing football in a six month span or four months 308 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 1: span or whatever the college football season than he ever 309 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 1: did when he was becoming like Baseball America top thirty player, 310 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 1: and then he was drafted, and then he takes VP 311 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:44,880 Speaker 1: for a playoff team. The A's were good. The A's 312 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 1: are good. They're stacked. They should be a nine plus 313 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 1: win team again next year. Difference in baseball like your 314 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 1: your picks usually don't enter the squad for a while. 315 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 1: But I also think Kyler Murray's thinking, well, I played 316 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 1: with Baker Mayfield, and I would imagine again, he's competitive. 317 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 1: He's thinking even if he thinks, like I might not 318 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,240 Speaker 1: be quite as good as Baker Mayfield, but I'm damn close. 319 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 1: And let's say this hypothetical he's boys with Baker Mayfield. 320 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 1: He calls Baker up and goes, God, what do you 321 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 1: think I should? Do you think I could? You think 322 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 1: I can play in the NFL? Bakers like, hell, yeah, 323 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:18,280 Speaker 1: you can play in the NFL. Have you seen Baker 324 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 1: tweet during the season about Kyler Murray. He got offended 325 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 1: when it was like Lincoln Riley in a good way, 326 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 1: and he's defended Kyler Murray like, this dude is a baller, 327 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 1: and anyone with that program knew this guy was a bawler. 328 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 1: Now the knock because he's a midget. And listen, I 329 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:38,400 Speaker 1: personally hate midgets. I want a team full of enormous 330 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:42,960 Speaker 1: dudes like I'll take the occasional Khalil Mack and excuse me, 331 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:46,440 Speaker 1: not Khalil Mack, but Aaron Donald, Russell Wilson. Like short 332 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:51,639 Speaker 1: guys in the NFL are outliers. Big players dominate at quarterback, 333 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 1: at defensive line, at wide receiver. You midgets typically do not. Again, 334 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:01,200 Speaker 1: I will take out Law, I'll take it to Sean Jackson, 335 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:04,080 Speaker 1: i will take a Russell Wilson. But those are not 336 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 1: the norm. I'm watching Kyler Murray and I think the 337 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:10,359 Speaker 1: way the game has changed, and again I expect him 338 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:13,440 Speaker 1: to play well against Alabama. I think there's a chance 339 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 1: he's an outlier, and I think there's a good chance 340 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:18,480 Speaker 1: that he would be a first round pick. Now, if 341 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 1: you tell me that he takes his shoes off and 342 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 1: he goes to combine and he measures in at five 343 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:24,919 Speaker 1: eight and a half, would I say he'd be a 344 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:28,199 Speaker 1: first round pick? Probably not. I wouldn't quite feel as 345 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 1: good about it. But if you tell me he's five ten, 346 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 1: and there's a chance that he's not five ten, but 347 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:35,480 Speaker 1: let's just assume he's five ten. I think he'd go 348 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 1: in the first round. Hell, I think he'd go in 349 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:40,640 Speaker 1: the top twenty picks. Now, what would you rather be 350 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 1: a top twenty pick? And let's say the Miami Dolphins 351 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:47,200 Speaker 1: take you? You're the starting Week one, You're the starting 352 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:50,280 Speaker 1: quarterback for the Miami Dolphins against the New England Patriots. 353 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 1: Would you for double the amount of money you'd make 354 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:57,880 Speaker 1: playing baseball or would you rather go ride the bus 355 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 1: in ho dunk, middle of nowhere, Texas for the A's 356 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 1: you know, rookie fallball team. I think the decision is 357 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:09,399 Speaker 1: pretty easy, and I think he's realized, Like God, when 358 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:13,919 Speaker 1: you're a quarterback, you're just treated differently. You know, to 359 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 1: be a famous baseball player, you gotta get to the show. 360 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:22,119 Speaker 1: I mean, the nerds know who's playing in the minor leagues. 361 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:26,920 Speaker 1: Most people don't. Everyone knows who the starting quarterbacks are. 362 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 1: Everyone and Kyler Murray think how famous he became just 363 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:34,879 Speaker 1: this year by being the starting quarterback at Oklahoma. That 364 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 1: was helped that a ton of buzz for the program. 365 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:40,639 Speaker 1: They just had Baker Mayfield. But I think the Baker 366 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:45,119 Speaker 1: Mayfield thing is gonna help him decide that, Like I 367 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:48,159 Speaker 1: can do this. I just practice every day with Baker Mayfield. 368 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:51,120 Speaker 1: There's a decent chance. I don't know. I've never talked 369 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 1: Kyler mary that he thinks in his mind. And I 370 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:57,199 Speaker 1: would say any competitor worth their salt always believes in 371 00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 1: themselves more than their you know, other guys that they've 372 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:03,439 Speaker 1: competed against, even if deep down they're not better. You know, 373 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 1: just it's what makes great competitors. They're they're a little 374 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,160 Speaker 1: in denial sometimes about their own talent, especially when they're young. 375 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:12,879 Speaker 1: That's what drives you to greatness. You're you're sometimes the 376 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:16,440 Speaker 1: only one that truly believes that you're seiling is higher 377 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:18,920 Speaker 1: than anyone else has ever told you. And maybe maybe 378 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:21,359 Speaker 1: a coach is the only guy that's ever told you 379 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 1: how high he thinks you'd get. Most people, if you go, 380 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 1: I'd be a starting quarterback in the NFL. It's called 381 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:28,440 Speaker 1: what it is. Most people are negative. Most people say, 382 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 1: what are you crazy? Too short? He can't play in 383 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:33,360 Speaker 1: the end, he'll he'll get killed. It's not how these 384 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 1: guys think, and they shouldn't think like that. You should 385 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:39,200 Speaker 1: never don't ever let anyone again. I'm not Tony Robbins here, 386 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 1: but tell you what you know you are. You determine 387 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:46,639 Speaker 1: that now you have to have some common sense, and 388 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 1: I would say twenty years ago it would be a 389 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:51,680 Speaker 1: no brainer. Like Kylie, you're probably better off playing baseball 390 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:54,680 Speaker 1: unless you want to play a different position, because that's 391 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:57,199 Speaker 1: the way the NFL thought. But in two thousand nineteen, 392 00:20:57,280 --> 00:21:00,959 Speaker 1: too many forward thinkers, too many progressive thinkers. The rules 393 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,480 Speaker 1: have just changed. You can't hit the quarterback, you can't 394 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 1: hit the wide receivers. I do think the NFL in 395 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:11,639 Speaker 1: two thousand nineteen is more equipped and more ready and 396 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 1: more just prepared schematically ever in the history of the 397 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 1: league to handle. For Kyler Murray to be a starting 398 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 1: quarterback Week one in the NFL, I think it's possible. 399 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 1: I don't know if he's gonna choose it. I don't know. 400 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 1: I don't think he's a lot to go in the 401 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 1: first round, but I would feel it's well above And 402 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:31,880 Speaker 1: if you tell me that he goes to the combine, 403 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:35,240 Speaker 1: I'd have two things. I'd tell Kyler Murray, you don't 404 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:37,160 Speaker 1: need to throw or anything if you don't want to, 405 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:40,639 Speaker 1: but I would highly recommend running. You get measured, you 406 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 1: get weight in. I don't care what else, you don't 407 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:46,120 Speaker 1: have to do any other drills. But if you jump high, 408 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:49,680 Speaker 1: you might as well jump. You know, if you run fast, run, 409 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 1: because you know what it does to that combine room, 410 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,359 Speaker 1: to the Tom Coflins, to the Bill Belichicks, to the 411 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:59,159 Speaker 1: Howie Roseman's, to the John Lynches, to John Gruden, to 412 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 1: Pete Errol, they light up like a Christmas tree when 413 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 1: they look down at their watch and they see four 414 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:07,800 Speaker 1: three eight where they see four four one. It probably 415 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:11,840 Speaker 1: cost Lamar Jackson several draft spots that he didn't go there, 416 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:16,200 Speaker 1: double middle fingers and just run like a four three two. Instead, 417 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 1: the Twitter world had talked him and his mom into like, 418 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:23,679 Speaker 1: don't do what they want you to do. We're anti power, 419 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:28,879 Speaker 1: we're anti establishment. No, when you're fast run, you know, 420 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:33,600 Speaker 1: it's like if you can sell, be a salesman, if 421 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:36,159 Speaker 1: if you're good with tech, be an engineer, like do 422 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:38,960 Speaker 1: what you're good at. And if I'm Kyler Murray, I 423 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:42,320 Speaker 1: go to that combine and I run like the freaking wind, 424 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:44,360 Speaker 1: and I'll promise you if he runs a four three 425 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 1: eight and his tape speaks for itself and plays well 426 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 1: against Alabama, that over first round or hell and that 427 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:56,480 Speaker 1: that might be first rounder. I'm going Clemson. I'm going 428 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 1: Clemson big. I like them to cover that number. I 429 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,320 Speaker 1: I like them to win this game by twenty. And 430 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: my logic here on the Bama game. Listen. I'll be 431 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 1: the first to tell you, I don't even know if Oklahoma, 432 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:11,879 Speaker 1: as crazy as it sounds, deserves to be here. I 433 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:15,479 Speaker 1: think George is better. I mean they beat him last year. Uh, 434 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:17,359 Speaker 1: they went just went toe to toe with Alabama. I 435 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 1: just think they're more equipped to play Georgia or excuse me, 436 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:23,679 Speaker 1: to play Alabama, to play Clemson. Like, it's hard for 437 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:26,520 Speaker 1: me to take Oklahoma that seriously to win the whole 438 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:30,400 Speaker 1: thing when their defense is as big of a joke 439 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 1: as it's really been for the last now like two 440 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 1: or three years. But I mean, they were historically poor. 441 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:39,119 Speaker 1: They're the worst defense for any of the twenty plus 442 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:41,120 Speaker 1: teams that have been the College football Playoffs since they've 443 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 1: started this thing. But I do think this I'm taking Oklahoma, 444 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 1: and the points in the logic I'm looking at, I 445 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:51,439 Speaker 1: could see it being like fifty two thirty, you know, 446 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:54,440 Speaker 1: going into the fourth quarter, and then Alabama just kind 447 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:58,080 Speaker 1: of cruise, controlling a little bit Kyler throwing a couple 448 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:01,439 Speaker 1: of garbage touchdowns down the stretch and then winning like, 449 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:06,960 Speaker 1: you know, fifty six to forty four. You know, I 450 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:12,680 Speaker 1: just I would not take fourteen points against this Oklahoma defense. Now, 451 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:16,920 Speaker 1: I I do think it would be a bigger upset. 452 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:19,920 Speaker 1: This is weird to say if Notre Dame beat Clemson, 453 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:23,640 Speaker 1: then if Alabama were to lose to Oklahoma, even though 454 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:25,960 Speaker 1: I'm not sure Oklahoma is that good because of their defense, 455 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 1: just because Oklahoma's offense is just historically great, Like the 456 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 1: Notre Dame doesn't do anything historically right, they're just a 457 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:35,879 Speaker 1: solid team. Well, Clemson is a really good team and 458 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 1: they just have been dominating for the last like four 459 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 1: years with a lot of the dudes that are on 460 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 1: this team. And I don't want to say this guy 461 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 1: is better than Deshaun Watson because of Sean. I mean, 462 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:50,919 Speaker 1: he's a national champion and he's dominating the NFL. So 463 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:53,240 Speaker 1: that's I'm not even gonna go there. But this gives 464 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 1: a baller Trevor Lawrence. If you haven't really watched them, 465 00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:58,360 Speaker 1: and you know, if you're listening out on the West, 466 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:01,360 Speaker 1: coach probably don't watch that much. Clubs in football stud's 467 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 1: got long hair and just throws dimes baller. Uh, I 468 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 1: really think that Clemson has a very very good shot 469 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:13,199 Speaker 1: to win the whole thing. Uh, you know, I just 470 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,159 Speaker 1: twa just hasn't played in that many type games. I mean, 471 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:19,439 Speaker 1: the tightest game he really ever played in was beside 472 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:22,120 Speaker 1: the Georgia game when he got knocked out, was last 473 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 1: year in the Georgia game when he came in the 474 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:27,520 Speaker 1: second half. So now Alabama is as good as it 475 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 1: comes or just gets. Really, in my lifetime, any sport 476 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:36,400 Speaker 1: that when ship hits the fan, they are unfaced. Uh 477 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 1: sabing just I mean, they're a powerhouse for a reason 478 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:43,639 Speaker 1: because when the going gets tough, they just find a 479 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,080 Speaker 1: way to get it done. But this is gonna be hard. 480 00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 1: Man to beat Kyler Murray, to beat Lincoln Riley, and 481 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:51,760 Speaker 1: then to probably beat Clemson. They'll have they'll have earned it. 482 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 1: But I can't wait. So I'm going Clemson minus twelve 483 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:59,440 Speaker 1: and a half and I'm taking Bama. Excuse me, I'm 484 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 1: taking Bam but to not cover. I like Oklahoma and 485 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 1: the fourteen points, and I personally hope Kyler just goes nuts. Okay, 486 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 1: let's get into the Middlecoff mail back. You can always 487 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:13,480 Speaker 1: slide up into my d M s at John Middlecoff. 488 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:16,920 Speaker 1: That's the Instagram. Uh and I answer your questions here. 489 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:21,679 Speaker 1: Good afternoon, John from Ireland. Okay, international listener. I've been 490 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 1: following the idea of removing quarterbacks from the salary cap. 491 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:26,399 Speaker 1: I think we had a similar question of this a 492 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 1: week or two ago. I believe this may further skew 493 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:33,199 Speaker 1: the quarterback salaries. They may spiral out of control and 494 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 1: may start rewarding some average quarterback play. Do you think 495 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:40,119 Speaker 1: that accrediting a percentage of the quarterback salary into the cap? 496 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:43,480 Speaker 1: Say so? I think with this idea, if you're paying 497 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:46,800 Speaker 1: to do thirty million, you only get hit for fifteen 498 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:49,680 Speaker 1: million on your salary cap. That way, the franchise still 499 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:52,159 Speaker 1: needs to be held accountable, but it would not have 500 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:54,320 Speaker 1: to eat the full amount and allow other players to 501 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 1: get there's interesting question. I definitely think in the new 502 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 1: cb A there are going to be conversations regarding quarterbacks 503 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:06,920 Speaker 1: and how the accounting works for their salary. Because even 504 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:10,159 Speaker 1: with the growing salary cap, you know, it's just it's 505 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:13,479 Speaker 1: scheduled to be above a hundred ninety million. It's pretty 506 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:17,639 Speaker 1: clear the disadvantages and advantage. I mean, the big advantage 507 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 1: right now in the league, right is if you can 508 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:22,480 Speaker 1: build your team up with a quarterback on a rookie 509 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:25,280 Speaker 1: salary cap, if you can go Russell Wilson. How the 510 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:26,920 Speaker 1: Cowboys have been able to do it a little bit 511 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:29,760 Speaker 1: with Dak Prescott. You know, the Rams are doing it 512 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:32,760 Speaker 1: with Jared gott the the Browns are gonna attempt to 513 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 1: do it with Baker Mayfield. Where the forty Niners, for example, 514 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:38,679 Speaker 1: you know, didn't really have that luxury once they got 515 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:41,720 Speaker 1: Jimmy they had to pay them right away. Uh. Now, 516 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:44,280 Speaker 1: the Patriots had the luxury of having Jimmy Garoppolos a 517 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:47,639 Speaker 1: backup for a while. The Raiders had the luxury for 518 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:49,879 Speaker 1: car and made the playoffs with him on a rookie 519 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 1: salary cap, and then had to pay them. And then 520 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:55,680 Speaker 1: I didn't clearly, you guys all know where I stand. 521 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 1: Didn't need a trade mac, but that was how they 522 00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:02,800 Speaker 1: justified it. So I do think I don't like or 523 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:05,280 Speaker 1: I don't mind where this idea is going. My idea 524 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:08,919 Speaker 1: was just removing it from the salary cap. So just 525 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:12,119 Speaker 1: your quarterback doesn't count, but there does need to be 526 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:17,240 Speaker 1: some accountability, like in business, the numbers, especially in a league, 527 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 1: and that's what this is a league, that there has 528 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:24,560 Speaker 1: to be some sort of way to make things fair. 529 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:28,440 Speaker 1: So I like that, you know, maybe pick a percentage. 530 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:31,879 Speaker 1: I don't know the right one, but I I like 531 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:36,800 Speaker 1: accrediting a certain percentage for sure, maybe thirty five, maybe 532 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:40,880 Speaker 1: a little less than fifty. Uh And but the problem 533 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 1: then they would argue as the salary cap would come down. 534 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:46,800 Speaker 1: So I I do think it's pretty complicated because for 535 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:49,800 Speaker 1: every J. J. Watt and Khalil Mack and you know, 536 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:52,160 Speaker 1: Mike Evans that are worth paying, a lot of guys 537 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 1: aren't necessarily worth paying. And when I say worth paying, 538 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:58,959 Speaker 1: I'm talking like big money. So I do think that 539 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:02,760 Speaker 1: the quarterback salaries this next cb A. A lot of 540 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:04,280 Speaker 1: things are gonna come up this next c b A, 541 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:08,440 Speaker 1: but the quarterback salaries for sure. Mail back, what are 542 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:12,240 Speaker 1: your thoughts after the Vikings let go flip and turn 543 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,800 Speaker 1: around and crushed the Dolphins. This is a couple of 544 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:18,440 Speaker 1: weeks old. I think I've talked about it. Uh. You know, 545 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:21,240 Speaker 1: just for whatever reason, the two didn't mix. They didn't 546 00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:25,360 Speaker 1: mix personality wise, you know, Zimmer didn't like him, didn't 547 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:29,840 Speaker 1: like his style. Weird deal, bizarre deal. Uh they better 548 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:33,440 Speaker 1: win though this weekend. You know the pressures on stuffan ski. 549 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 1: Uh you got over who they pound two weeks ago, 550 00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:40,320 Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins, and then they played the Detroit Lions, 551 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,080 Speaker 1: who their own coach is, as people text me in 552 00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:45,240 Speaker 1: the league, a couple of buddies in the last week, 553 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:47,320 Speaker 1: in the last couple of days. On that the Detroit 554 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:49,840 Speaker 1: Free Press article on Matt Patricia, how he does not 555 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:52,480 Speaker 1: show up to team meetings on time. Like what a slap. 556 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:55,400 Speaker 1: When I think Matt Patricia, he looks like a slap. 557 00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:58,200 Speaker 1: He coaches now like a slap. You can tell me 558 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,080 Speaker 1: if all you ever tell me it's how smart a 559 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:03,960 Speaker 1: guy is. Yet whenever I see him, his defenses in 560 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:07,520 Speaker 1: New England were always terrible. He looks terrible. And then 561 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:09,800 Speaker 1: even now is he has a He's a head coach 562 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:12,120 Speaker 1: of a team, and his home team thinks he's an idiot. 563 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:16,120 Speaker 1: It thinks he's just a fraud. Like I'm sorry, Like 564 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:18,280 Speaker 1: it looks like a duck quacks like a duck. It 565 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:21,840 Speaker 1: might just be a duck. Patricia's a fraud. So this 566 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:24,240 Speaker 1: win playing the Bears if they tried that, that would 567 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:27,920 Speaker 1: be impressive if Stefanski is good on offense. But let 568 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:30,000 Speaker 1: let's pump the brakes really quick. I mean, they played 569 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:35,240 Speaker 1: the gutless Lions and they've played the Miami Dolphins, who 570 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:38,680 Speaker 1: are in shambles. So we'll see. But there is no 571 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:41,800 Speaker 1: disputing I'll say this for the Minnesota Vikings. Talent of 572 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:45,200 Speaker 1: their teams big time. If Cousins just played solid. The 573 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:48,600 Speaker 1: two receivers are sweet, the tight end is a force. 574 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:52,520 Speaker 1: Running back Cook is awesome. Lttevie is a good backup. 575 00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:56,520 Speaker 1: Their defense is excellent. You know, I wouldn't I wouldn't 576 00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:59,120 Speaker 1: be thrilled to play them in the playoffs. I don't 577 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:02,560 Speaker 1: know much about stuff Anski beside when I lived in Philadelphia. 578 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:04,560 Speaker 1: His I think his dad was the president of the 579 00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:09,040 Speaker 1: Philadelphia seventy six. But uh yeah, I mean, I'll give 580 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:13,520 Speaker 1: them their due that their team is talented for sure. Okay. 581 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:15,760 Speaker 1: It was a podcast about two or three months ago, 582 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:19,040 Speaker 1: give or take, where you were ripping the GM of 583 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:21,720 Speaker 1: the Colts for drafting too offensive linemen with their first 584 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:24,520 Speaker 1: two picks, saying you believe they should have drafted a 585 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:28,040 Speaker 1: skill player that could help Andrew Luck. You still feel 586 00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:30,680 Speaker 1: the same way that you did that the old line 587 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:32,960 Speaker 1: with the Colts is playing great, the two rookies and 588 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:36,680 Speaker 1: the two picks in particular, who would have chose instead 589 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,480 Speaker 1: to help Andrew Luck? Since you felt so passionate about 590 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:42,320 Speaker 1: the GM making the worst decision, what's your list of 591 00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:45,960 Speaker 1: the top three GMS this year? Good question. I'll say 592 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:49,720 Speaker 1: this my big beef. I don't remember exactly what I said. 593 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:52,520 Speaker 1: I talk a lot, and my memory as I've getten older, 594 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:57,959 Speaker 1: it's terrible. But I hated the Quentin Nelson pick, despised it. 595 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:01,600 Speaker 1: I did not believe in taking a guard that high. Now, 596 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:06,360 Speaker 1: I never argued that Quentin Nelson wasn't a badass college 597 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:09,920 Speaker 1: player and a great NFL prospect. Not shocked to see 598 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:13,160 Speaker 1: him bawling, I wouldn't have taken him my big argument, 599 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:16,680 Speaker 1: and it doesn't. It doesn't really hold up now because 600 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:20,400 Speaker 1: of the way this all transpired. Was I I kept thinking, 601 00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:23,360 Speaker 1: how do you pass on ro Kuwan Smith? How do 602 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:26,400 Speaker 1: you pass on Rokuwan Smith? And Roquan Smith has gone 603 00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:28,240 Speaker 1: to the Bears, lead them in tackles and looks like 604 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:30,920 Speaker 1: a future store. The thing I didn't know, And here's 605 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:34,520 Speaker 1: where I'll tip my hat to Chris Ballard, quitn Nelson 606 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:40,040 Speaker 1: bald all rookie Pro Bowl level player. They got Darius Leonard. 607 00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:43,920 Speaker 1: I don't follow. Where do you go? Like South Carolina State? 608 00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:46,320 Speaker 1: He's some small school. I didn't know much about this guy. 609 00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:48,760 Speaker 1: A couple of buddies I texted in the league didn't 610 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:51,160 Speaker 1: like him that much. In the draft, he's been phenomenal 611 00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:55,800 Speaker 1: like he's been Rokewan Smith. So if you told me, well, 612 00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:58,000 Speaker 1: you're gonna get Rokelan Smith in the second round, you 613 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,200 Speaker 1: can take this guy in the first round. Like I'm 614 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,200 Speaker 1: not gonna play Monday morning quarterback now that I have 615 00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:05,360 Speaker 1: the information, but it looks pretty good, you know, Chris Ballard. 616 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:10,240 Speaker 1: All my guys in Kansas City veach Andy. I know Naggie. 617 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:13,240 Speaker 1: They love him. I think I live them. I disagreed 618 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:15,640 Speaker 1: with the strategy. I would not have done it. That 619 00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:18,560 Speaker 1: might say why I'm sitting here now There is no 620 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:21,840 Speaker 1: argument Now looking back, I did get. You have this 621 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:25,040 Speaker 1: quarterback that had been injured so many times they could 622 00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:28,360 Speaker 1: not keep him erect. He was your franchise. Maybe I 623 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:31,760 Speaker 1: should not have been, you know, so stubborn in my thinking. 624 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:34,760 Speaker 1: But but I also think, to me, the game changer 625 00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:38,440 Speaker 1: of this whole argument is my big issue with Quintin 626 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:42,000 Speaker 1: Nelson really was Roquan Smith. Well, I didn't know really 627 00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:45,760 Speaker 1: who Darius Leanard was, and now everyone knows who he is. 628 00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:49,160 Speaker 1: He's a badass. I mean, he's a He's a dominant force. 629 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:53,320 Speaker 1: So if you get you know, Darius Lander or Bobby 630 00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:56,800 Speaker 1: Wagner or whatever in the second round, you can take 631 00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:59,520 Speaker 1: guards in the first round. You know, just the way 632 00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:02,520 Speaker 1: it works. O. If I had to go top three 633 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:06,760 Speaker 1: gms in the league, I would say Belichick, He's earned it. 634 00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:08,719 Speaker 1: I know they're down year this year, but I mean 635 00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:12,520 Speaker 1: Belichick to me is always the top three GM. I 636 00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:15,600 Speaker 1: think Chris Ballard, you know he has a short tenure here, 637 00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:20,799 Speaker 1: but to to pivot as fast as he did, you know, 638 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:25,440 Speaker 1: to react as fast as he did when the craziest 639 00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:28,359 Speaker 1: situation I think we've seen in recent memory in pro 640 00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:33,319 Speaker 1: sports with Josh McDaniels leaving him at the altar. I mean, 641 00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:36,440 Speaker 1: that was crazy in a day and age where we 642 00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:38,880 Speaker 1: overreact to a lot of things on social media and 643 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:43,600 Speaker 1: say things are crazy like that was legitimately nuts, that 644 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:47,880 Speaker 1: that was wild, that that was nuts, and he reacted 645 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:51,640 Speaker 1: pretty well man, and he got a little lucky. You know, 646 00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:54,600 Speaker 1: Frank Wrich was just there was just a guy there available, 647 00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:57,080 Speaker 1: but he interviewed him, then he hired him, and he's 648 00:34:57,080 --> 00:34:59,799 Speaker 1: been awesome and his draft has been really good. They 649 00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:02,040 Speaker 1: did a good job with Andrew Locke the last year, 650 00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:05,880 Speaker 1: not playing him. Uh and then you know, rehabbing him. Now, 651 00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:08,799 Speaker 1: part of that might have been his you know, his 652 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:13,640 Speaker 1: injury from the snowboarding accident. But yeah, he's he's really good. 653 00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:16,800 Speaker 1: And then you know, I mean how he's resume speaks 654 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:20,720 Speaker 1: for itself the last couple of years in Philadelphia. I'm biased, 655 00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:22,719 Speaker 1: but you know I've I've seen this guy's works as 656 00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:24,480 Speaker 1: I work with him. I think Brett Beach is excellent. 657 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:26,920 Speaker 1: I mean, look at the roster that you know, and 658 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:30,719 Speaker 1: John Dorsey's right there, Like John just gets it to me. 659 00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:33,600 Speaker 1: Top three GM's really hard because it fluctuates every year 660 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:35,520 Speaker 1: by how teams are doing. I mean, look at John Schneider, 661 00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:38,080 Speaker 1: you know, good like John Schneider is viewed around NFL 662 00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:43,360 Speaker 1: circles like he's really really good. Uh. So, you know, 663 00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:46,080 Speaker 1: I think there's probably guys I'm leaving out SA say this. 664 00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:48,120 Speaker 1: You can rip on them all. You want and make 665 00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:51,000 Speaker 1: fun of him. Jerry Jones are asked pretty well, you know, 666 00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:55,319 Speaker 1: start going around the roster. Dak Prescott draft pick, all 667 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:57,359 Speaker 1: the offensive linemen, A couple of them are hurt now. 668 00:35:57,480 --> 00:36:01,680 Speaker 1: Draft picks. Jalen Smith draft pick, Anderess draft pick, DeMarcus 669 00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:05,440 Speaker 1: Lawrence draft pick. Amari Cooper traded a draft pick four. 670 00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:09,359 Speaker 1: You know, Cole Beasley draft pick? Like all there? Did 671 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:11,600 Speaker 1: I say, Zeke Elliott? You ever heard of him? Draft pick? 672 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:16,200 Speaker 1: I mean all these guys draft picks, so all their dbs, 673 00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:19,680 Speaker 1: you know, draft picks. He's hired step with Garrett. They 674 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:22,960 Speaker 1: hired good assistant coach like Jerry Jones. Do not sleep 675 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:26,960 Speaker 1: on Jira. He uh, pretty good. GM top three, I 676 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:30,799 Speaker 1: don't know, but he's definitely top ten. Jon Gruden not 677 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:33,279 Speaker 1: top three. Let me see if I can get one 678 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:39,200 Speaker 1: more here. The WiFi it's not working. Nothing worse in 679 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:44,680 Speaker 1: UH for millennial than slow WiFi. Hey, John, big fan 680 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:48,200 Speaker 1: from New Zealand. I've been in New Zealand. Firstly, have 681 00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:51,319 Speaker 1: you had any exposure to rugby rugby league? If so, 682 00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:54,960 Speaker 1: what were your thoughts. My college roommates at cal Pauly 683 00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:57,239 Speaker 1: all played on the rugby team, So yeah, I've been 684 00:36:57,239 --> 00:37:00,040 Speaker 1: to a bunch of rugby games, and I mean I 685 00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:03,560 Speaker 1: loosely know the sports. One of my good buddy, uh 686 00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:06,759 Speaker 1: his all three of his younger brothers played rugby at 687 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:11,440 Speaker 1: Cal which led by Jack Clark, is you know historically 688 00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:13,120 Speaker 1: That might be a little strong. I don't know all 689 00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:17,440 Speaker 1: the historic American rugby, but they are have been consistently 690 00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:20,160 Speaker 1: the best program for a long time. Jack Clark just 691 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:24,440 Speaker 1: runs like the Alabama of rugby. Now, how many elite 692 00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:26,799 Speaker 1: rugby programs are there in college? Not that many, but 693 00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:29,080 Speaker 1: it's the cream of the crop. And is actually one 694 00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:30,800 Speaker 1: of his brothers plays in Europe, So I got a 695 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:34,759 Speaker 1: pretty good idea. My main question is this. It may 696 00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:37,040 Speaker 1: seem like an easy answer, but I like an NFL 697 00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:40,400 Speaker 1: perspective to contrast in my rugby perspective, what is the 698 00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:44,000 Speaker 1: point in allowing players of other sports rugby specifically to 699 00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:46,840 Speaker 1: try out for the NFL With the recent way I 700 00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:49,160 Speaker 1: like where this is going. With the recent wave of 701 00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:53,120 Speaker 1: players attempting a transition, I struggled to see any upside 702 00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:56,000 Speaker 1: for either the player or the team. In my opinion, 703 00:37:56,719 --> 00:37:59,040 Speaker 1: they can take valuable time and education away from the 704 00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:01,800 Speaker 1: players coming out of college who would have been playing 705 00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:05,000 Speaker 1: the sports their whole life. I just think they view 706 00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:07,400 Speaker 1: some of these guys and having been in a scouting department, 707 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:11,640 Speaker 1: like when you see elite athleticism, you know you may 708 00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:14,319 Speaker 1: see it in a rugby player that you might be 709 00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:16,840 Speaker 1: hard to find. And here's the other thing, like you 710 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:21,320 Speaker 1: only get you don't have. You can't an unlimited amount 711 00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:24,399 Speaker 1: of players, Like in the draft, you only have six 712 00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:26,600 Speaker 1: or seven draft picks, and then you get, you know, 713 00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:30,160 Speaker 1: five or six free agents in after the draft, and 714 00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:33,120 Speaker 1: even in free agency, you only get what you're willing 715 00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:36,560 Speaker 1: to buy. And even then you have to compete with 716 00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:40,480 Speaker 1: against other teams. If I'm working out what was the 717 00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:43,799 Speaker 1: guy's name, I forget the guy's name, the dude for 718 00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:47,680 Speaker 1: the forty nine ers that made the team and returned 719 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:51,920 Speaker 1: some months uh, And ultimately the game was he was 720 00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:53,960 Speaker 1: just too new to the game. And I think he's 721 00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:57,440 Speaker 1: a great rugby player. But it completely made sense to 722 00:38:57,480 --> 00:39:00,520 Speaker 1: me why he was doing it. And again I remember 723 00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:03,080 Speaker 1: going to practice like he stood out, what God, what 724 00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:05,560 Speaker 1: was his name? I don't want to look it up 725 00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:08,319 Speaker 1: because I lose my train of thought, but I do 726 00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:11,759 Speaker 1: get it, and these guys, I'm pretty sure didn't. The 727 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:15,800 Speaker 1: Eagles just signed one. He made the team. So athletes 728 00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:18,719 Speaker 1: are athletes, man. And the one thing about football like 729 00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:22,120 Speaker 1: unlike basketball. You know, the average height in the NBA 730 00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:25,560 Speaker 1: is six eight. The average height in the NBA six eight. 731 00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:28,160 Speaker 1: I think I looked up one time, like less than 732 00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:32,040 Speaker 1: one per cent of the world population is above six four. 733 00:39:32,719 --> 00:39:35,480 Speaker 1: So the percentage chance of just making the NBA you 734 00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:39,560 Speaker 1: have to be an outlier human. Like in football, you 735 00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:42,959 Speaker 1: obviously have to be an outlier athlete relative than most 736 00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:45,960 Speaker 1: of the population. But short people make it. Fat people 737 00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:48,799 Speaker 1: make it skinny, people make it. Strong, people make it 738 00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:52,040 Speaker 1: like all different shapes and sizes. Now, most NBA players 739 00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:55,239 Speaker 1: are pretty big, but if you've I listen, I worked 740 00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:57,560 Speaker 1: in the NFL for a coach that wasn't that big 741 00:39:57,560 --> 00:39:59,799 Speaker 1: on size and speed. Look at the Chiefs now, I 742 00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:02,520 Speaker 1: mean their best player is tiny and it doesn't care. 743 00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:05,480 Speaker 1: We had to sean he was tiny. Now again they 744 00:40:05,520 --> 00:40:08,640 Speaker 1: have an elite attribute. But like, you can make it 745 00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:11,839 Speaker 1: in the NFL without being Like, I'm watching an NBA 746 00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:15,000 Speaker 1: game right now. In the background, Draymond Green is a 747 00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:19,879 Speaker 1: tiny power forward slash center. I've walked by Draymond Green. 748 00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:23,800 Speaker 1: He's still six seven, you know. I mean Steph Curry 749 00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:27,120 Speaker 1: is the shortest guy in the Worriors. He's six ft three. 750 00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:29,920 Speaker 1: It's like as tall as Khalil Mack and he's a 751 00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:34,120 Speaker 1: midget for NBA standards. I mean, Clay Thompson is six eight, 752 00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:37,880 Speaker 1: Kevin Durants seven ft tall. Shut their backup point guard 753 00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:41,080 Speaker 1: is seven ft. Like in football, if I find a 754 00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:46,960 Speaker 1: guy that played rugby that's a great athlete, that's six one, hell, 755 00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:49,279 Speaker 1: he might just be able to play special teams. And 756 00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:50,719 Speaker 1: there are you know, a decent amount of people that 757 00:40:50,760 --> 00:40:53,960 Speaker 1: are six probably playing rugby. I just think there are 758 00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:56,960 Speaker 1: a lot of people with the prototypical body types that 759 00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:58,719 Speaker 1: you can kind of see like maybe this guy could 760 00:40:58,719 --> 00:41:01,360 Speaker 1: play tight end, maybe he could play linebacker, Maybe he 761 00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:04,240 Speaker 1: could just run down and tackle and play special teams, 762 00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:07,319 Speaker 1: because the one thing you do in rugby is you 763 00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:11,040 Speaker 1: open field tackle. And anyone that's ever just played, like 764 00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:14,200 Speaker 1: even if you've never played tackle football in your life, 765 00:41:14,239 --> 00:41:17,799 Speaker 1: if you've played flag football, you know how hard it 766 00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:20,279 Speaker 1: is with a guy with speed with a ball in 767 00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:23,520 Speaker 1: his hand, just a touch like it's I I don't 768 00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:25,719 Speaker 1: think most people realize how hard it is to make 769 00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:29,400 Speaker 1: an open field tackle in like high school, let alone 770 00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:32,160 Speaker 1: Division one football, let alone in the NFL. So I 771 00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:33,440 Speaker 1: think it has to do with there's just a lot 772 00:41:33,440 --> 00:41:36,279 Speaker 1: of similar body types that the NFL is looking for 773 00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:38,680 Speaker 1: that you can find in the sport of rugby. I've 774 00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:42,160 Speaker 1: always liked the sport of rugby, and I always contend 775 00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:45,520 Speaker 1: and I'm ad a bit about this, if we really tried, 776 00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:50,480 Speaker 1: if our best players played rugby, like you know, Odell 777 00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:53,560 Speaker 1: Beckham and you just go through the list of sweet 778 00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:56,600 Speaker 1: NFL players, we would be so damn good. I've always 779 00:41:56,600 --> 00:41:59,879 Speaker 1: wished that, you know, I mean, I haven't wished that much, 780 00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:03,600 Speaker 1: but you know, I've I'm pretty confident that if our sweet, 781 00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:07,239 Speaker 1: sweet players played rugby, we would kick some ass. Uh. 782 00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:11,959 Speaker 1: As the US of A, We'll enjoy the weekend, enjoy 783 00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:15,719 Speaker 1: these college football games the NFL slate. I mean, there's 784 00:42:15,719 --> 00:42:18,360 Speaker 1: a couple of interesting games obviously with Minnesota and Philly 785 00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:23,920 Speaker 1: and then Baltimore Pitt and uh that's pretty much pretty 786 00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:26,200 Speaker 1: much yet, you know, I mean, the Baltimore pit is 787 00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:28,440 Speaker 1: really the big wild card, and then obviously the Sunday 788 00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:32,040 Speaker 1: night game hopefully Mariotta plays. But enjoy the weekend and 789 00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:33,600 Speaker 1: thanks again, for listening to talk to get some