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You need to lose about fifteen for the 78 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 1: wedding here in about five months. Just in general, I 79 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:47,919 Speaker 1: mean just a little fat right now. More my diet 80 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:52,599 Speaker 1: than working out. But at the gym, the chiropractor who 81 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 1: is a big fan of the Bears, and he listens 82 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 1: to Colin and I on Sunday nights and he came up. 83 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: I didn't even see him coming, and he just went 84 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:08,159 Speaker 1: on a rant about the Bears coaching staff. Like many 85 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,719 Speaker 1: Bears fans, they're not happy and listen, you can't beat 86 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 1: a dead horse. I said last year that was the 87 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: time to make a change, start fresh. They didn't do it. 88 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:21,799 Speaker 1: They're a cheap organization. Maybe Poles believed in him, maybe didn't. 89 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: Maybe they just wanted to see what they had. Clearly, offensively, 90 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: they looked terrible. And it got me thinking because we 91 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:31,160 Speaker 1: spend a lot of time and listen. As a former personnel, 92 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 1: guy love talking, players love talking whose roster is better 93 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 1: than other rosters. But this is not baseball. Gms don't 94 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:43,599 Speaker 1: control the lineup that they don't run the sport. In basketball, 95 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: Darryl Morriy's in charge, the coach isn't. In football, the 96 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 1: coach and specifically the coordinators control so much. Part of 97 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: the reason I didn't like Washington as much as some 98 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:57,360 Speaker 1: people because I was like, I don't think their rosters 99 00:05:57,400 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: good enough. Even if Jaden is like Rookie of the Year, 100 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:02,839 Speaker 1: I'm just saying I don't know if their roster is 101 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: good enough. And through two weeks or like week two. 102 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: In week three, I didn't realize this till after I 103 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: finished podcasting. They have not punted. They have not punted 104 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:16,479 Speaker 1: since Week one. Part of the reason last week they 105 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 1: kicked so many field goals because in the red zone 106 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:23,360 Speaker 1: their offensive line kept jumping off sides before the snap. 107 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:26,279 Speaker 1: Against the Giants last night clearly wasn't a problem. They 108 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 1: were much more potent, scored a bunch of touchdowns. But 109 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: it got me thinking about dan Quinn, think about Eberflus, 110 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 1: who has done a complete kind of rebrand, grew out 111 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 1: the beard, lengked in his hair, just tried to look cool. 112 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 1: No one cares how you look. In the NFL, Andy 113 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 1: Reid's been overweight for twenty five years. He's out coached 114 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 1: basically every guy in the league not named Belichick over 115 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 1: that period of time. This is not college football, This 116 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 1: is not college sports. Coach K's like seventy five years old. 117 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 1: He still got dark black hair. It's like, Coach K, 118 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:01,720 Speaker 1: you're not recruiting anymore. You can let the gray come in. 119 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 1: We don't need to use the just for men anymore. 120 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 1: Sabing same thing, which listen as someone that doesn't have 121 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 1: any hair, no judgment. But part of the reason they 122 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 1: do that, I think is less about insecurity and more 123 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 1: they want to look young for recruiting, and it matters 124 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: and it works. No one cares how you look, no 125 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 1: one cares where you're from. In pro sports, can you win? 126 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 1: And I think when you look at iber Flus looks 127 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: completely over his head. And when I started thinking about 128 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 1: Dan Quinn, who obviously had ended poorly in Atlanta but 129 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 1: like was pretty successful, took the Atlanta Falcons franchise that, 130 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 1: let's face it, mostly has not been very successful for 131 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: the majority of my life to the Super Bowl and 132 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 1: had a twenty eight to three lead, partly because he's 133 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 1: good at two things. One, he's great with players. Well, 134 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 1: when he was the head coach for the Falcons, he 135 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 1: had one of the highest priced quarterbacks who not Manning 136 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: Brady level star, but Matt Ryan was a pretty big 137 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 1: NFL star, so he clearly can manage that guy. And 138 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 1: he's pretty good at picking offensive coordinators. Think about the 139 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: two guys he had for back to back you know, 140 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: four years essentially, two with Kyle and two with Steve Sarkizian, 141 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 1: two pretty good offensive mines. Well, Cliff Kingsbury was people 142 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 1: forget this, but it was like, he's the Raiders offensive coordinator. 143 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: I thought it, You thought it. It was being reported online. 144 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 1: Then all of a sudden was like, not so fast. 145 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 1: He's in Washington, and listen, maybe Cliff is destined to 146 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 1: just ben oc. He's clearly pretty comfortable with that. And 147 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:38,680 Speaker 1: he's not a head coach. He's pretty good offensive coordinator. 148 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: He's pretty good with athletic quarterbacks. He knows what he's doing, 149 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: like kinda has a track record scoring a lot of 150 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 1: points college and the pros. So dan Quinn won really 151 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:52,679 Speaker 1: good with the players, has been successful leading in operation, 152 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 1: and hires pretty good coordinators, specifically offense, where he's gonna 153 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 1: have nothing to do with it besides just managing the personnelity. 154 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: And you look at Eberflus, who hires Shane Waldron, and 155 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 1: now it feels like they're both kind of swimming. And 156 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: this just speaks to and I make this mistake a 157 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: lot you can have. Obviously, if you just have an 158 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 1: all star team, it's gonna be hard to fuck that up. 159 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 1: Like I could coach Ohio State, I could coach Texas 160 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:22,560 Speaker 1: and it'd be impossible for us to go six and 161 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:25,680 Speaker 1: six probably wouldn't win the national championship, but we're gonna 162 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 1: win a lot of games on talent alone. In the NFL, 163 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 1: the margins are really small, and everyone's gonna have some weaknesses, 164 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 1: and everyone's gonna battle injuries. So when you're playing a team, 165 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 1: regardless where they rank, like worst defense, best defense, you 166 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 1: can win the game. It happens every single Sunday. Hell, 167 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 1: so far this season, a lot of underdogs have been winning. 168 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 1: But when your coach is over his head, I don't 169 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 1: care how much talent your rookie quarterback has, how much 170 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 1: talent your general manager has accumulated, You're doud. You have 171 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: no shot. And to me, a big difference so far 172 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 1: in the number one overall pick and then number two 173 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,600 Speaker 1: overall pick is one went to an organization with some 174 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:10,960 Speaker 1: people that know what they're doing, and the other one. 175 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 1: I've said this over and over. I believe in Ryan Pulse. 176 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,559 Speaker 1: He's proven to be a good personnel guy. But as 177 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 1: a GM, you're only as strong as your head coach, 178 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 1: and you're only as strong as the coordinators he hires. 179 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,680 Speaker 1: Because in baseball, Billy Bean I can set the lineup 180 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:28,839 Speaker 1: every single day, I can tell you exactly when the 181 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 1: yank guys and when to put guys in. And that 182 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 1: happens all over baseball. That's why the GMS are in control. 183 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: That's why managers, a lot of them don't even make 184 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 1: a million dollars in the big leagues, but in football, 185 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 1: coordinators make three and four million dollars for a reason, 186 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 1: they're really really important. And on game day every GM 187 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:49,079 Speaker 1: will say this, I do nothing. I just sit there 188 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:51,600 Speaker 1: and watch. It's why most times when you see the 189 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 1: GM during the game, what are they doing. Most of 190 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:57,760 Speaker 1: them sit with the owner and are drinking a diet 191 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:01,440 Speaker 1: coke eating some popcorn. Honestly, not that much different than 192 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 1: me and you during a game. So you are so 193 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 1: dependent on the guys running your organization, i e. The coaches, 194 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 1: and if you have the wrong one or you don't 195 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:13,680 Speaker 1: have a good enough one, unless you have Peyton Manning 196 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 1: in his prime, you got no shot. So I think 197 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:19,440 Speaker 1: this is gonna be a really, really rocky year for 198 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 1: the Bears, not because they don't have good players, not 199 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 1: because Caleb doesn't have a chance to be a really 200 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 1: good player, but because their coaching staff sucks in Washington, 201 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 1: like dan Quinn Solid and who knows maybe if Jayden 202 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 1: Hits could like resurrect his career and we could be 203 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 1: talking about like Dan Quinn one day like we do 204 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:41,720 Speaker 1: Dan Campbell or Mike Tomlin or the Hardball Brothers. Like 205 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 1: he's clearly a really good leader who's really good with players. 206 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 1: Eber Flus doesn't feel like any of those, especially just 207 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:54,679 Speaker 1: watching The Hard Knocks. He just seems like I'd have 208 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 1: a beer with him or whatever. But when I want 209 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 1: that guy coaching my team, no chance. You know what's 210 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 1: hard about the Cowboys is like during the season, like 211 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 1: a GM will go on a podcast or you know, 212 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:12,040 Speaker 1: do a radio interview or go on with McAfee or whatever. 213 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 1: But that is few and far between. That is not 214 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:20,200 Speaker 1: a weekly occurrence. The moment the season starts, the coach 215 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 1: and really the quarterback slash players are the voice of 216 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 1: your team and the coordinators. The GMS do not talk weekly, 217 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 1: let alone, some don't talk at all, and the majority 218 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 1: of teams we don't hear a peep from their owner. 219 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 1: The message comes from the coach, and I find Jerry 220 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 1: extremely entertaining. He has been a big, big reason the NFL, 221 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:47,079 Speaker 1: you know hit the way he looks at it, the ideas. 222 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:50,560 Speaker 1: He has the popularity of it becoming a TV show 223 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:53,680 Speaker 1: and it treats the Cowboys like that. And the business 224 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:57,960 Speaker 1: right now in Dallas in the NFL is booming. But 225 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 1: for some reason, the Cowboys, which I don't want to 226 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:03,840 Speaker 1: say it's must win week three when you're one and 227 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 1: two at the Giants, but you are a big favorite. 228 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:12,719 Speaker 1: But I look at their schedule after the Giants at Steelers, 229 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:19,240 Speaker 1: Lions at Niners at Falcons Philly, Houston, like that's I mean, 230 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:24,840 Speaker 1: if you don't win this game, like I might have 231 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:26,319 Speaker 1: to change my tune and be like, this team's not 232 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 1: gonna be a playoff team. But I do wonder. Mike 233 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 1: McCarthy's not exactly Bill Walsh, but he clearly knows what 234 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 1: he's doing. And Jerry, I understand, like I cut the checks, 235 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:41,560 Speaker 1: I want to pick the players. And it's not like 236 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 1: Jerry's banging out all the film. He is relying on 237 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:47,680 Speaker 1: other people, but he is obsessed with getting their credit. 238 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 1: He is obsessed with being in the limelight. And I 239 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 1: almost wonder if we've crossed the line of diminishing returns, 240 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 1: Like they had some moments these last couple of years 241 00:13:57,559 --> 00:13:59,320 Speaker 1: they weren't able to get it done, and now it 242 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 1: feels like kind of over and Jerry's eighty one years 243 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 1: old and they have a head coach that does not 244 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:08,559 Speaker 1: have a contract that let's face it, I don't think 245 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 1: he'd get fired in the middle of the season, but 246 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:14,240 Speaker 1: this season go off the rails really really quickly. I 247 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 1: wonder if it's impossible to win like this, because we 248 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 1: have now twenty five years of evidence when your owner 249 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 1: slash GM slash just patriarch of everything that happens, never 250 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 1: shuts up, which is great if you're in the business 251 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:32,560 Speaker 1: I'm in. If you're a radio host in Dallas, like 252 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 1: he talks after every single game and then he does 253 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: a weekly radio show, it's clearly not necessary and I 254 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:48,160 Speaker 1: think it's pretty tangible now that it's counterproductive. It really is. Now, 255 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 1: I'm not saying you have to go the extreme like 256 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 1: Belichick wouldn't let his coordinators talk. He never really even 257 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 1: named guy's coordinators, right, he just left them call plays. 258 00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 1: But he would kind of circumvent that, like he was 259 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 1: the only voice in New England. You could say that's 260 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 1: a little overkill. Other teams that are successful let their OC, 261 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 1: their DC and their special teams coach talk. Hell, even 262 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 1: let position coaches talk throughout the week, but having your 263 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 1: owner speak multiple times a week all season long. I 264 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 1: don't think it's random. The Dallas just hasn't been able 265 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:24,280 Speaker 1: to get over the hump. Obviously, there are specific inans. 266 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 1: Is Dak playing bad defense, letting him down. It is 267 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 1: hard to overcome just kind of the weird environment that 268 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 1: is the Dallas Cowboys. I had a scouting buddy shoot 269 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 1: me the screenshot of an article a couple of years 270 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 1: ago when Trevor Lawrence was coming out of college and 271 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:50,920 Speaker 1: Trevor told Sports Illustrated I'm not obsessed with football, and 272 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:52,600 Speaker 1: it kind of went away. We don't talk about it 273 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 1: that much anymore. But after watching him playing Monday Night 274 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 1: in Buffalo, he played like a guy that's not obsessed 275 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 1: with football, and it got me thinking. Most good players. Hell, 276 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:12,080 Speaker 1: two huge contracts that were signed this summer that I 277 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 1: don't agree with. I would not have done, and I 278 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 1: think we're insane were Tua and Trevor Lawrence. But let's 279 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 1: use two as an example. When I think about Tua 280 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 1: since following his career at Alabama and hell, even coming 281 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 1: out of high school, new people at the Alabama program. 282 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 1: I would never say that all of his chips aren't 283 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 1: in the middle of the table. Hell, you could argue, like, hey, 284 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 1: take some of those off, take a deep breath, take 285 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 1: a step back. Being obsessed with football and giving one 286 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 1: hundred percent of your entire being to the sport has 287 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 1: not been Toua's problem. His downfall, obviously now is the concussions. 288 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:53,320 Speaker 1: It's just not talented enough. But all the best players 289 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 1: at the quarterback position in recent memory I would consider 290 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 1: football junkies. Obviously, the two of the last twenty five years, 291 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:06,280 Speaker 1: Peyton and Tom lived Breeze slept. I mean, it was 292 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 1: their life. It kind of still is. I mean Tom's 293 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 1: calling games now, Peyton manning football. He just walked out 294 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:17,640 Speaker 1: with Morgan Wallen in a full UNI in Tennessee, put 295 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 1: on a helmet. Those guys like football as much as 296 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:25,879 Speaker 1: they do their family. And this always happens during the draft, 297 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 1: And this is such a big pet peeve of mine 298 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 1: when the media pushes back. There aren't many jobs in 299 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:41,240 Speaker 1: this world that pay premiums like professional sports, and there 300 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:46,920 Speaker 1: aren't many positions in all of team sports that require 301 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:54,160 Speaker 1: as much effort mentally and physically as quarterback. Like in basketball, 302 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:57,120 Speaker 1: you're not studying twenty four to seven shop shoot around 303 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 1: you play. In football, you play once a week, six 304 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 1: days a week. Is practice, film study, doing, studying on 305 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:08,919 Speaker 1: your own, lifting, working on your body. It's like a 306 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 1: twenty four to seven job for six months a year. 307 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:14,240 Speaker 1: And it's not like now in the off season. It's 308 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:16,719 Speaker 1: the seventies where you're just drinking beer and eating hot dugs. 309 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:20,120 Speaker 1: All these guys train, I would say at most they 310 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 1: take a couple weeks off total. They are doing something 311 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:28,879 Speaker 1: for the majority of the year non season, let alone 312 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 1: once the season starts, and as a quarterback, every player 313 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:36,080 Speaker 1: gets an off day Tuesday. Most quarterbacks are doing some 314 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 1: football related activity, probably film study, game planning. On Tuesday. 315 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence told you who he was. You know, a 316 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:48,359 Speaker 1: lot of times guys get in trouble a lot and 317 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 1: you go like, he's telling you who he is. Now. 318 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:55,320 Speaker 1: Sometimes with guys you're immature, depending on what the issue was, 319 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 1: he can't mature and grow above it. I say it 320 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:01,200 Speaker 1: all the time. Tyron Matthews kicked out of school, kick 321 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:05,720 Speaker 1: out LSU. He's literally been a team captain on every 322 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 1: team he's ever been on. So it's like, guys change right. 323 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:15,439 Speaker 1: So I'm very hesitant with immaturity stuff. But when you 324 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:19,879 Speaker 1: tell me like football is not everything, under no circumstances 325 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 1: could I pay you two hundred million dollars. Look at 326 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 1: Josh Allen. Josh Allen begged for a football scholarship coming 327 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 1: out of high school. People laughed at him. He went 328 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 1: to junior college and then begged Fresno State to give 329 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 1: him a scholarship. Tim Deruter would not had to go 330 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:43,359 Speaker 1: to Wyoming to play college football. Joe Burrow obviously was 331 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:45,959 Speaker 1: pretty good in high school. Urban Myers says, you're never 332 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:51,360 Speaker 1: gonna play here. I don't care you ain't. It had 333 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 1: to transfer to LSU. To just look around the history 334 00:19:57,119 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 1: of the position, all the best players, even the flawed ones. 335 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 1: I saw far of the day has Parkinson's. He was 336 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:10,879 Speaker 1: a flawed player, would make some terrible decisions. The number 337 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 1: one thing you would say to describe Brett Farv is 338 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:15,880 Speaker 1: I don't think you could have liked playing the game 339 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:19,359 Speaker 1: of football anymore. I would say no player in my 340 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:25,200 Speaker 1: life felt like he loved playing the game more. Tom, 341 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 1: Tom and Peyton took it the most seriously, but there 342 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 1: was a joy to far that. I don't think any 343 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:34,240 Speaker 1: player has matched Mahomes did early on in his career, 344 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 1: but I think that was something special. And if you're 345 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 1: not obsessed with football as the quarterback, I don't care 346 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 1: how much talent you have, I will short your career. 347 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: I've gone into these buildings every day for years. I 348 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 1: worked in the Eagles facility Andy Reid two years. My 349 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 1: third year, I did college scouting. The amount of time, effort, 350 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 1: and energy it takes to even have a chance to 351 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,880 Speaker 1: be competitive is insane. I say it all the time. 352 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:15,040 Speaker 1: Football is Wall Street on grass, like he told us 353 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 1: years ago. So I'm kind of done talking about this. 354 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:25,399 Speaker 1: In terms of the letdown with this player, I think 355 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 1: it's poor management because they were the one. I don't 356 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 1: blame him for signing the contract. If someone gave me 357 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 1: two hundred million dollars, I would sign it too, But 358 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:36,560 Speaker 1: like this on the Jags as much as it's on 359 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence. He told everybody years ago, but he was 360 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 1: so talented, and let's face it, these Clemson quarterbacks have 361 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 1: been pretty underwhelming in terms of a lot of different elements. 362 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:51,159 Speaker 1: So I just think that sometimes when this football stuff 363 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:55,119 Speaker 1: during the draft, I mean, there are certain comments that 364 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 1: should hold a little more weight than others, Like no 365 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 1: one could argue do you think Travis Hunter likes football? 366 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:05,440 Speaker 1: He plays ninety eight percent of the snaps in the game. 367 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 1: There is no way you would go both ways in 368 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:14,679 Speaker 1: Division I college if you weren't obsessed with the sport obsessed. 369 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 1: So it's like, I don't know, man, hearing some of 370 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 1: these stories about these guys getting huge amount of nil 371 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:26,360 Speaker 1: money and it's like, yeah, you go into the program, 372 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:28,879 Speaker 1: They're like, he's still the first guy here his wark ethic. 373 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:31,479 Speaker 1: I've heard some stories about Will Johnson at Michigan. It's like, 374 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:35,680 Speaker 1: how is this guy so serious? You know, making all 375 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:38,359 Speaker 1: this money in college? And it's like I'd bet the 376 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:41,439 Speaker 1: farm on those type guys. Like if you see the 377 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 1: effort in which these guys are playing, knowing they're making 378 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:47,960 Speaker 1: this much money in college football, I feel pretty good 379 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 1: about their love. Once it comes to the NFL. Look 380 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:53,920 Speaker 1: at all the top quarterbacks in the NFL, you don't 381 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:58,720 Speaker 1: question any of their love of the sport. Mahomes Alan Lamar. 382 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:01,680 Speaker 1: I mean, Herbert's out there limping around against the best 383 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 1: defense in the league. So it's just CJ. Stroud and 384 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:08,480 Speaker 1: you ever hear him talking about football, Dude's a junkie. 385 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:13,639 Speaker 1: The best athletes of my life have been addicted to 386 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:19,760 Speaker 1: the competition. Tiger Jordan Brady Lebron still grinding his ass 387 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 1: off at forty years old with a billion dollars in 388 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 1: the bank. This stuff's too hard. So if you ain't 389 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 1: all in and listen, let's face it. This speaks for 390 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:32,440 Speaker 1: most industries. There are some jobs you can get away 391 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 1: with it at and still make a lot of money. 392 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 1: I saw the dude that Starbucks hired as their CEO 393 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:42,240 Speaker 1: from Chipotle kind of went viral. He gave the speech 394 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:45,280 Speaker 1: about his daily routine. It's like get up, work out, 395 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:49,439 Speaker 1: take my kids to school, do some meetings, lunch, a 396 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:51,560 Speaker 1: couple more meetings, and I'm home every day at five. 397 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 1: And Starbucks gave him one hundred million dollars, twenty five 398 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:58,359 Speaker 1: million dollars signing bonus and a private jet and he 399 00:23:58,400 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 1: had to move his office to his home and new 400 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:04,320 Speaker 1: I'd say he's an outlier. I mean, he may be 401 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:08,000 Speaker 1: just so talented it doesn't matter, but most people are 402 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:11,199 Speaker 1: just It takes a lot of energy and effort, and 403 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 1: the only way you can consistently give the energy and effort. 404 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:18,480 Speaker 1: Whether it's business, whether it's football, whether it's whatever you're 405 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 1: doing music, you gotta be obsessed. And when you're not obsessed, 406 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:27,400 Speaker 1: it's gonna weed you out because you're gonna be going 407 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:39,560 Speaker 1: up against people that are. Okay, let's do a little 408 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:42,880 Speaker 1: cough on campus. God, I love college football. I saw 409 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 1: that the Michigan USC game did the highest rating on 410 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 1: a CBS Day game in ten years. I think well 411 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:57,920 Speaker 1: over six million people watched it. And this is twelve 412 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:03,399 Speaker 1: thirty Pacific standard time. That's I mentioned this to Colin 413 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:09,160 Speaker 1: the other day. And it's not even arguable conference re alignment. 414 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 1: We can get mad at it if you're of a 415 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:16,479 Speaker 1: certain age. It sucks. I mean, there are elements of 416 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 1: it that suck, but there's no disputing this is better. 417 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:24,199 Speaker 1: Like these teams used to play each other occasionally, but 418 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 1: now that this is a conference game, USC versus Michigan, 419 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:33,119 Speaker 1: and it just felt bigger. Like conference re alignment. You 420 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:38,440 Speaker 1: got Tennessee going to Oklahoma. How do you beat that? 421 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 1: Texas is going to be playing Georgia, Oregon is going 422 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 1: to be playing Ohio State. These matchups just would not 423 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:49,760 Speaker 1: have happened and now they not only they're happening every 424 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 1: single year. So conference re alignment pissed a lot of 425 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:57,720 Speaker 1: people off, especially us on the West coast, but it's 426 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 1: the right thing. Obviously, the TV NETW works played had 427 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:06,440 Speaker 1: a heavy hand in this because they benefit the most. Ultimately, 428 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:08,159 Speaker 1: like Ohio State's gonna make a ton of money no 429 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:12,359 Speaker 1: matter what, but you do this, everyone's making more money 430 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:15,480 Speaker 1: in this America. We like making more money and we'll 431 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:17,640 Speaker 1: do whatever we have to do to make more money. 432 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:20,960 Speaker 1: And that's how college football happened, or the realignment happened, 433 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,680 Speaker 1: and that's the new era of college football. But it's 434 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:26,960 Speaker 1: working and to me, the success that it's gonna have 435 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:28,960 Speaker 1: over the next couple of years is only gonna lead 436 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:35,720 Speaker 1: to more consolidation. And that's like the PAC twelve discussion 437 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 1: that I see constantly is so dumb. I'm a President 438 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:44,960 Speaker 1: State guy. I love Fresden State. I love Tim Skipper, 439 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 1: who is quote unquote the interim coach, and if he 440 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 1: wins this week at UNOV, if that ad does not 441 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:53,520 Speaker 1: give him a contract, I'm gonna start tweeting be pissed 442 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:57,680 Speaker 1: off because Tim Skipper deserves a four year deal today. 443 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 1: But this PAC twelve discussion adding these teams, and I 444 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,639 Speaker 1: got people in Fresno like this is gonna mean a lot. 445 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:11,560 Speaker 1: They're already playing each other, Like, where's the inventory. The 446 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:15,200 Speaker 1: PAC twelve died the moment USC and UCLA and then 447 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:18,280 Speaker 1: Oregon and Utah and Colorado and the Arizona schools went 448 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:23,639 Speaker 1: their separate way. Washington State against San Diego State is 449 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:28,359 Speaker 1: not a valuable television property. It just is not. You 450 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,240 Speaker 1: can call it the PAC twelve, you could call it Nike, 451 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,879 Speaker 1: you could call it my feet. It does not matter. 452 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:40,120 Speaker 1: It's still that game versus USC and Michigan, or Texas 453 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:46,520 Speaker 1: and Georgia, or Utah versus Oklahoma State. It ain't the same. 454 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:51,800 Speaker 1: And I just this conversation won't die because Oregon State 455 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:54,080 Speaker 1: and Washington State they own the rights of the PAC twelve. 456 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:57,880 Speaker 1: To me, it's completely irrelevant. You can call the conference 457 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:01,199 Speaker 1: whatever you want. I've said this forever, and this is 458 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:04,280 Speaker 1: no shot at these programs because in fairness, they care. 459 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 1: Like I don't believe UCLA cares about football. I'm not 460 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:12,119 Speaker 1: saying the players and coaches, I'm talking about the school. 461 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:15,199 Speaker 1: I know for a fact the school cal does not 462 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 1: give a shit about football. Let alone sports. Again, I'm 463 00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:21,400 Speaker 1: not talking will Cox and the players. I'm talking to the university. 464 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:26,439 Speaker 1: Oregon State and Washington State care that they do, but 465 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 1: they're little towns that they play in and their markets 466 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 1: are relevant. They do not matter. They belong playing Presdent 467 00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 1: State in Boise State and San Diego State and those programs, 468 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:38,960 Speaker 1: if they're lucky once every five years, might get a 469 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:43,800 Speaker 1: seat at the dance. But for the most most given 470 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 1: on just your average year, the door will not be 471 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:49,959 Speaker 1: open to them. And you know what doesn't deserve to 472 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:54,000 Speaker 1: be open to them. It's just the reality of this 473 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:59,480 Speaker 1: business and of the college football because playing New Mexico 474 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:03,200 Speaker 1: and San Diego State and Utah State on a weekly 475 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:06,960 Speaker 1: basis is simply not the same as playing Texas A 476 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 1: and M, even the bad SEC teams. It's a different world. 477 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, this all comes 478 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:19,360 Speaker 1: back to television, and television does not care about Washington 479 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:22,600 Speaker 1: State and Oregon State. So you can call it the 480 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:25,360 Speaker 1: Pac twelve. You could have just gone to the Mountain West. 481 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:29,280 Speaker 1: However the finances work. I don't believe their valuable property 482 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:35,320 Speaker 1: because the schools are still the schools. I do think, 483 00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:39,880 Speaker 1: you know, the crazy part about Nil. I was wrong 484 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:42,680 Speaker 1: about Jackson Arnold. I thought Jackson Arnold was going to 485 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:45,600 Speaker 1: be a really good player. Well, he not only got 486 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:50,760 Speaker 1: benched during the Tennessee game, Venables announced yesterday that Michael 487 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:54,720 Speaker 1: Hawkins Junior, who's like a smaller you know, he's like 488 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:57,080 Speaker 1: six to one, but he's like an athletic run around guy, 489 00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:01,160 Speaker 1: is going to be their starting quarterback. And my first 490 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:05,800 Speaker 1: reaction during the game, and listen, Oklahoma's defense caused two 491 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:10,640 Speaker 1: turnovers in the first half, and then immediately Jackson Arnold 492 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:13,320 Speaker 1: turned the ball over again. One he fumbled and won. 493 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:17,920 Speaker 1: He threw backwards, so he was a disaster and their 494 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:22,480 Speaker 1: defense is clearly good. I think maybe I was just 495 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:25,800 Speaker 1: like this is kind of crazy. Texting around today was 496 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:29,160 Speaker 1: like no brainer. We didn't have a choice pass to 497 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:33,720 Speaker 1: do it. And like the NIL, I think the pressure 498 00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:39,280 Speaker 1: once you start cutting guys checks if you do not perform, 499 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:42,840 Speaker 1: like whatever, see you later go to the transfer portal 500 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:45,360 Speaker 1: at the end of the year. We don't care. It's 501 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:47,360 Speaker 1: actually an easy way to be like, we don't even 502 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:48,880 Speaker 1: want this guy on the team anymore. And I'm not 503 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:52,120 Speaker 1: necessarily saying like Venables hasn't said that but like you 504 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:54,840 Speaker 1: make a move like this, it's pretty clear the light 505 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:57,160 Speaker 1: at the end of the tunnel in this situation, like 506 00:30:57,200 --> 00:31:00,720 Speaker 1: if you're betting the day with Jackson Arnold. They started 507 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:04,120 Speaker 1: the season at quarterback for Oklahoma. The guy that Venables 508 00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:07,600 Speaker 1: and the staff basically told Dylan Gabriel, you're not gonna 509 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:13,680 Speaker 1: start here next year. We're going with Jackson Arnold. Four 510 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:17,320 Speaker 1: weeks into his Oklahoma starting career. It's already over and 511 00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:20,080 Speaker 1: we all know where this is headed. He'll be playing 512 00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:24,240 Speaker 1: next year like Syracuse or Wake Forest or like Utah. 513 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:28,280 Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's just that's inevitable. And I kind 514 00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:32,360 Speaker 1: of like that, I really do. And that's what makes 515 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:34,920 Speaker 1: I think college football a lot of the transfer portal 516 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:37,840 Speaker 1: with some of the random positions their hit or miss. 517 00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:42,440 Speaker 1: I do think that the college football quarterback movement has 518 00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:48,120 Speaker 1: made the sport much more interesting now. Sometimes like who's 519 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:51,800 Speaker 1: the dude Riley Leonard, the quarterback at Notre Dame. I 520 00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:53,600 Speaker 1: was texta with a couple scouting buddies that have gone 521 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:56,000 Speaker 1: through there. They're like, he's just worse this year than 522 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,760 Speaker 1: he was last year at Duke. They're like, I don't 523 00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:01,840 Speaker 1: think it's crazy that they paid him a bunch of money, 524 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:04,680 Speaker 1: Like he gets seven figures and it's not like he's 525 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:06,240 Speaker 1: making one hundred grad. I mean, this is like a 526 00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:10,920 Speaker 1: millionaire to be their starting quarterback and he can barely throw. 527 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:16,600 Speaker 1: Like I'm not necessarily a Notre Dame hater. I am 528 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:19,880 Speaker 1: a hater relative to the hype that they get, because 529 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:22,280 Speaker 1: then you watch them and you never quite see the 530 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:27,280 Speaker 1: hype match what you see on the field. But they 531 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:29,360 Speaker 1: went all in on the quarterback and he's just not 532 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:33,200 Speaker 1: good enough. They will lose again. I don't think it's 533 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:36,480 Speaker 1: inconceivable that they lose twice. But if they go ten 534 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:39,480 Speaker 1: and two, and one of their losses in Northern Illinois U, 535 00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:41,400 Speaker 1: let's say they lose the USC. Their schedule is not 536 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:44,360 Speaker 1: very good. They don't play in a conference. You're not 537 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:46,880 Speaker 1: getting into the playoffs. You don't deserve to be in 538 00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:51,080 Speaker 1: the playoffs. No one wants to see you in the playoffs. 539 00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:57,040 Speaker 1: Kaylin Duborg has a pretty big moment this weekend. Look 540 00:32:57,040 --> 00:33:01,040 Speaker 1: at the guy's career record. He has won a lot. Now, 541 00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:06,120 Speaker 1: a lot of these wins are at two falls Fresno State. Obviously, 542 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:08,600 Speaker 1: the last two years of Washington really kind of validated 543 00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:11,200 Speaker 1: his career right once you go It's like, you know, 544 00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:14,360 Speaker 1: Brian Kelly, did he get that much credit for winning 545 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:17,280 Speaker 1: in like one Double A or Division two in Michigan 546 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:20,200 Speaker 1: early on in his career a little bit. Then he 547 00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:22,400 Speaker 1: went I think to Central or Western Michigan, he got 548 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:24,240 Speaker 1: a little more credit. But then he went to Cincinnati 549 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:26,280 Speaker 1: and they were in a BCS game. You're like, this 550 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:28,160 Speaker 1: guy's good. Then he goes Notre Dame and he wins 551 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:32,560 Speaker 1: a lot. It's like, Okay, this guy's winning everywhere. If 552 00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:36,640 Speaker 1: Klen Dubor wins this game, I think we have to 553 00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:38,880 Speaker 1: talk about this guy's the best coach in college football. 554 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:42,280 Speaker 1: Obviously he does have the best resume. Kirby's won Natties, 555 00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:48,040 Speaker 1: Dabbles won Natties. But like currently, Harbaugh's gone, I'm not 556 00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:54,360 Speaker 1: putting Ryan Day up there. You win this game. First 557 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:58,840 Speaker 1: year at Alabama, you beat Georgia. I think he immediately 558 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:00,960 Speaker 1: has to be in the discussion this game, Like, listen, 559 00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:03,600 Speaker 1: you just top five to six coach and we'll see 560 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:05,080 Speaker 1: what happens the rest of the season, how he looks 561 00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:09,960 Speaker 1: in the playoffs. But you and this thing, this is 562 00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:13,799 Speaker 1: this feels like an NFL game. I am really really 563 00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:17,040 Speaker 1: excited to watch because, let's face it, Georgia look terrible 564 00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:19,480 Speaker 1: against Kentucky. Now they get a bye week, so they 565 00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:23,760 Speaker 1: get to come in rested. You know, Alabama has played 566 00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:26,520 Speaker 1: South Florida weird two years in a row. I mean 567 00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:28,879 Speaker 1: they almost lost two years ago when Saban was a coach. 568 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:34,920 Speaker 1: But I don't know, you know, this is I guess 569 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:37,600 Speaker 1: I would bet on Georgia. But one thing I've learned 570 00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:42,200 Speaker 1: is Kaylin Dubor is much better than you think. And 571 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:44,279 Speaker 1: every time you think, oh, this is he's gonna lose 572 00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:47,640 Speaker 1: to Oregon nine point underdog beat the shit out of 573 00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:50,600 Speaker 1: him in the back twelve championship. Oh sark, Texas favorite. 574 00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:56,719 Speaker 1: See how that goes. Obviously Michigan overwhelmed them, but he 575 00:34:56,800 --> 00:35:00,200 Speaker 1: has an equal team, or close to an equal. That 576 00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:03,320 Speaker 1: Michigan Washington game was not equal when it came to talent. 577 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:07,680 Speaker 1: The gap here, even if George is slightly better, is 578 00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:10,920 Speaker 1: still pretty small. Like he's got NFL guys basically at 579 00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:15,600 Speaker 1: most positions. And I'm interested to watch Kaylin Duborr. And 580 00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:18,560 Speaker 1: you know, this is obviously the National Championship Games, the 581 00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:21,400 Speaker 1: biggest game he's ever coached. But this has got to 582 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:24,839 Speaker 1: be right up there near the second biggest game he's 583 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:38,040 Speaker 1: ever coached. KMO back time at John Middlcoff Instagram. Fire 584 00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:41,120 Speaker 1: in those dms. Get your question answered here on the show. 585 00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:46,520 Speaker 1: Start with Taylor with your experience inside the building. How 586 00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:50,040 Speaker 1: big of an impact does the media coverage of players 587 00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:55,720 Speaker 1: influence the team's decision making? Personally, I feel the media 588 00:35:55,840 --> 00:36:00,600 Speaker 1: fawning over every quarterback each year and labeling everyone dot 589 00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:04,560 Speaker 1: dot dot the next is having a negative impact on 590 00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:09,720 Speaker 1: the league. Teams don't feel like they're building a complimentary roster, 591 00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:15,200 Speaker 1: just searching for a savior. I mean, I think everyone's 592 00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:18,000 Speaker 1: been looking for quarterbacks forever. At the end of the day, 593 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:22,879 Speaker 1: I would say most quote unquote narratives. Obviously, the hype 594 00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:25,760 Speaker 1: machine in the off season is real. I think media 595 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:28,799 Speaker 1: coverage and mock drafts and that type stuff have a 596 00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:31,480 Speaker 1: bigger impact in the off season than they do in 597 00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:35,160 Speaker 1: the regular season. Like Bryce Young got benched because he 598 00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:39,080 Speaker 1: was playing terrible, not because people were, you know, writing 599 00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:44,640 Speaker 1: articles or podcasting about them. Right, the season speaks for 600 00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:49,680 Speaker 1: itself because the eye in the sky doesn't lie. But 601 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:52,080 Speaker 1: I do think in the off season it can have 602 00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:55,680 Speaker 1: a bigger impact. Like you say, the media creation of 603 00:36:55,719 --> 00:36:58,880 Speaker 1: who you need to sign, who you shouldn't sign. But 604 00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:01,360 Speaker 1: I would say the good team teams are completely unfazed 605 00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:06,480 Speaker 1: by that. Love the pod, big time Bengals fan. How 606 00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:09,760 Speaker 1: is an organization? Can a team turn around scouting, improved 607 00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:13,440 Speaker 1: draft selection, engage performance of your scouts? I look at 608 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:17,240 Speaker 1: the Bengals draft classes since Burrow entered the league. Outside 609 00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:20,279 Speaker 1: of the obvious choice in twenty one with Chase, he 610 00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:22,680 Speaker 1: wasn't the obvious choice. They could have taken Pinay Sool, 611 00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:25,080 Speaker 1: But I know what you mean. They were Whoever they 612 00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:27,560 Speaker 1: picked there was gonna be good. You can't find a 613 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:31,879 Speaker 1: single player that is high level, anemic pass rush, an 614 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:34,760 Speaker 1: O line and D line entirely built through free agency, 615 00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:38,040 Speaker 1: and a secondary that can't even cover an O lineman 616 00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:44,520 Speaker 1: streaking out as a wide receiver. How do teams decide 617 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,600 Speaker 1: who screwed up the draft process? The GM gets fired, 618 00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:51,880 Speaker 1: the scouts rotate like mercenaries do other teams. That's the 619 00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:55,600 Speaker 1: hard part about this business is it's much more do 620 00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:58,160 Speaker 1: I like you or do I not like you? Based 621 00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:02,480 Speaker 1: on how well you are as an evaluator. Clearly, like 622 00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:05,360 Speaker 1: in any industry, certain people are much better than others, 623 00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:11,080 Speaker 1: but their owner plays such a huge role during the draft, 624 00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:15,959 Speaker 1: so if he likes an individual scout, he's not gonna 625 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:19,319 Speaker 1: fire that guy. And you might have a guy who's 626 00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:23,040 Speaker 1: good at his job that the owner likes or doesn't like, 627 00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:27,279 Speaker 1: and he gets fired. So how good you are as 628 00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:31,920 Speaker 1: a scout is not like as a coach or definitely 629 00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:34,960 Speaker 1: as a player, where if you play well, you're not 630 00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:36,480 Speaker 1: gonna get They're not gonna get rid of you, and 631 00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:38,120 Speaker 1: if they do, someone else is gonna be willing to 632 00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:40,719 Speaker 1: pay you. If you're a coach and you do a 633 00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:42,680 Speaker 1: good job with your unit, it's going to be clear. 634 00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:45,160 Speaker 1: Obviously as a coordinator, if you're doing a good job, 635 00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:48,920 Speaker 1: it speaks for itself. It's hard to quantify the scouts, 636 00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:52,480 Speaker 1: it really is. And that's where I would say scouting 637 00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:56,960 Speaker 1: is much more like corporate America. Do they like you? 638 00:38:57,719 --> 00:39:02,719 Speaker 1: Do they want you around? Your performance isn't as important 639 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:06,960 Speaker 1: as long as you're trying and you're decent. But like 640 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:08,880 Speaker 1: most industries, I mean, there are a ton of scouts 641 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:12,600 Speaker 1: who probably aren't that good, and there are a ton 642 00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:16,719 Speaker 1: that are probably pretty good that maybe their personalities don't mesh. 643 00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:20,400 Speaker 1: They don't get elevated, so I don't know what to 644 00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:23,200 Speaker 1: tell you. Beside, your owner plays such a big role 645 00:39:23,239 --> 00:39:27,400 Speaker 1: that there's not much like he's in control. You know, 646 00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:33,000 Speaker 1: he's just a less I would say outspoken Jerry Jones 647 00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:36,239 Speaker 1: in terms of his role with building your team. Been 648 00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:38,480 Speaker 1: watching the show for a couple of years, quickly become 649 00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:42,000 Speaker 1: a fan. I do have one gripe. I think everyone 650 00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:47,400 Speaker 1: needs to slow down on Anthony Richardson. He's twenty two 651 00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:52,000 Speaker 1: with only seven NFL starts. Though he looked way more 652 00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:56,040 Speaker 1: polished at the start of last year, he's now coming 653 00:39:56,080 --> 00:40:00,880 Speaker 1: off shoulder surgery on his throwing arm. Coach Stichen is 654 00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:04,360 Speaker 1: also leaving the playbook open, and I love that because 655 00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:07,480 Speaker 1: he needs to learn how to navigate through some adversity. 656 00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:11,560 Speaker 1: He's making the first reads aside from the end zone 657 00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:14,840 Speaker 1: pick against the Bears, and in time, I think he 658 00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:18,520 Speaker 1: will be fine. I want to go into way more detail, 659 00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:21,760 Speaker 1: but I have to keep it somewhat short. No one's 660 00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:26,080 Speaker 1: arguing that he's not a really good kid. Like you said, 661 00:40:26,080 --> 00:40:30,680 Speaker 1: he's young. His physical attributes jump off the television screen, 662 00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:34,759 Speaker 1: and it's fair to say the shoulder injury is something 663 00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:38,600 Speaker 1: to monitor now. The shoulder injury different point and time 664 00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:40,839 Speaker 1: in their career happened to Cam Newton, and he never 665 00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:44,560 Speaker 1: threw the same. Now, his arm strength was never the same. 666 00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:49,640 Speaker 1: That's clearly not an issue with ar. I do just 667 00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:51,759 Speaker 1: think it's fair like when you watch him play through 668 00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:54,520 Speaker 1: these first three weeks, beside a couple throws, it's been 669 00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:58,160 Speaker 1: mostly really really bad. That doesn't mean his career's over. 670 00:40:58,280 --> 00:41:00,879 Speaker 1: Doesn't mean he's going to get benched. But I think 671 00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:03,719 Speaker 1: two things can be true. You're obviously gonna keep working 672 00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:05,440 Speaker 1: with him, like this guy's getting a couple of years 673 00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:09,879 Speaker 1: to them, just work through it. But history would say 674 00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:13,440 Speaker 1: most of those guys don't work. First off, I never 675 00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:16,000 Speaker 1: missed an episode, So as a Colt fan, I've argued 676 00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:19,640 Speaker 1: that you can teach accuracy. Richardson makes the right read 677 00:41:19,719 --> 00:41:22,799 Speaker 1: and his pocket presence is there. There are traits I 678 00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:25,319 Speaker 1: think that are under Those are traits I think are unteachable. 679 00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:30,680 Speaker 1: Here's the thing. He ain't scared, and he doesn't you're 680 00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:34,080 Speaker 1: you're right. He's not like Fluttery in the pocket in 681 00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:39,360 Speaker 1: terms of he doesn't feel scared. It's just the ball 682 00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:43,720 Speaker 1: when it leaves his hands is not getting remotely close 683 00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:49,480 Speaker 1: Josh Allen's first season was twelve games, ten touchdowns, twelve interceptions. 684 00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:52,919 Speaker 1: So based on that, ar is fixable considering what we've 685 00:41:52,960 --> 00:42:02,040 Speaker 1: seen this before. I do think whenever you compare yourself 686 00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:08,840 Speaker 1: to the best case scenario, you're letting yourself. You're giving 687 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:12,160 Speaker 1: yourself the opportunity to be let down. I think trying 688 00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:14,799 Speaker 1: to make him the next Josh Allen, we might not 689 00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:18,480 Speaker 1: see another Josh Allen for years. To me, like, can 690 00:42:18,520 --> 00:42:22,480 Speaker 1: you just become Cam Newton, who was never very accurate 691 00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:27,240 Speaker 1: but was obviously a really good player. If he becomes 692 00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:31,240 Speaker 1: Cam Newton with Shane Sikein, you'd be in good shape 693 00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:35,480 Speaker 1: trying to become Josh Allen, who's just I mean, like 694 00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:40,000 Speaker 1: four or five straight years now of just dominating and listen, 695 00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:42,200 Speaker 1: I know Cam Newton won an MVP that year was 696 00:42:42,239 --> 00:42:45,680 Speaker 1: clearly an outlier. But we're Josh Allen. You can just 697 00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:47,400 Speaker 1: chalk every year we're going to the playoff. We're going 698 00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:50,239 Speaker 1: the playoffs, we're growing the playoffs. The difference is if 699 00:42:50,239 --> 00:42:52,200 Speaker 1: he becomes Cam Newton, think how much better Cam Newton 700 00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:53,839 Speaker 1: would have been with Shane Sykein than he was with 701 00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:58,319 Speaker 1: Ron Rivera, who was a defensive head coach. I'm getting 702 00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:03,520 Speaker 1: a lot of Anthony Richardson's. Someone asks, I don't know 703 00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:07,479 Speaker 1: if I'm gonna be able to find it, but if 704 00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:12,800 Speaker 1: Travis Hunter. The question was, is it gonna be possible 705 00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:15,600 Speaker 1: for Travis Hunter to play both ways in the NFL 706 00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:19,920 Speaker 1: like he's doing in college. And I think two things 707 00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:23,080 Speaker 1: can be true. One, he is capable of playing both positions. 708 00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:25,120 Speaker 1: He could be an NFL wide receiver or he could 709 00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:28,160 Speaker 1: be an NFL dB. That's why he's gonna go in 710 00:43:28,200 --> 00:43:33,480 Speaker 1: the top five picks of the draft. No scout, no coach, 711 00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:38,080 Speaker 1: no one's arguing that he could play either position. Then 712 00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:41,160 Speaker 1: the next question is can he do it both? And 713 00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:44,960 Speaker 1: I think it's kind of physically impossible because if we 714 00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:48,319 Speaker 1: use Otani as an example, you only have to pitch 715 00:43:48,320 --> 00:43:52,160 Speaker 1: every five days, so it's not like you do it 716 00:43:52,239 --> 00:43:55,120 Speaker 1: all the time. Well, when you play corner and wide receiver, 717 00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:58,960 Speaker 1: you just never come off the field every single game, 718 00:44:00,120 --> 00:44:03,200 Speaker 1: and you're getting tackled as a wide receiver slash blocking, 719 00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:04,880 Speaker 1: so there's a lot of wear and tear on you, 720 00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:09,120 Speaker 1: and then the tackling that is asked of you at 721 00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:14,280 Speaker 1: the NFL level. Powerful running backs, tight ends, offensive lineman 722 00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:17,560 Speaker 1: pulling out there, I think you'd I just think it's 723 00:44:17,560 --> 00:44:21,160 Speaker 1: too much on your body. Now. If he plays dB, 724 00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:26,160 Speaker 1: could he play some wide receiver throughout the year? Could 725 00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:28,360 Speaker 1: he play wide receiver? And then if you had some injuries, 726 00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:32,279 Speaker 1: help you out as dB? For sure. I don't think 727 00:44:32,320 --> 00:44:35,880 Speaker 1: it's realistic to go both ways. In the NFL seventeen games, 728 00:44:37,080 --> 00:44:41,280 Speaker 1: one hundred plays a game. I just think it's borderline 729 00:44:41,280 --> 00:44:44,720 Speaker 1: impossible to keep a guy healthy. To keep a guy healthy. 730 00:44:46,560 --> 00:44:50,319 Speaker 1: Lifelong Chiefs fan, we know Andy is under contract through 731 00:44:50,400 --> 00:44:56,360 Speaker 1: twenty twenty nine. Hypothetically, if Andy were to hang it 732 00:44:56,480 --> 00:45:02,160 Speaker 1: up earlier than twenty twenty nine, and you were Clark Hunt, 733 00:45:02,520 --> 00:45:06,040 Speaker 1: would you stay in house to hire the replacement or 734 00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:11,239 Speaker 1: look external? If in house, would you prefer Naggy or Spags. 735 00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:16,799 Speaker 1: It's a good question on Naggy and Spags. If I 736 00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:20,440 Speaker 1: was Clark Hunt, here's what I would do. Brett Veach. 737 00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:22,719 Speaker 1: Part of the best part about being an owner and 738 00:45:22,719 --> 00:45:28,160 Speaker 1: a good franchise. You're making so much money and you're 739 00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:31,200 Speaker 1: paying Andy and Veach. You know, let's say Andy makes 740 00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:34,960 Speaker 1: twenty plus million, Beach makes four or five. That's the 741 00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:39,600 Speaker 1: easiest employees you'll ever pay. In your entire life. Think 742 00:45:39,640 --> 00:45:43,239 Speaker 1: how much money those two individuals with mahomes are making you. 743 00:45:44,400 --> 00:45:48,120 Speaker 1: So at this point in time, Veach has earned a 744 00:45:48,239 --> 00:45:52,480 Speaker 1: ton of equity with the fan base, with the owner, 745 00:45:52,640 --> 00:45:56,200 Speaker 1: with the players. Butt do whatever you want to do, 746 00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:01,640 Speaker 1: and you I trust. So if Andy he retires, if 747 00:46:01,680 --> 00:46:04,440 Speaker 1: I'm Clark Hunt, I let Brett Veach hire whoever he 748 00:46:04,480 --> 00:46:09,400 Speaker 1: wants to hire. Now, remember this, Brett Veach played wide 749 00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:15,600 Speaker 1: receiver in college at a little school called Delaware. His 750 00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:22,839 Speaker 1: quarterback was a man named Matt Naggy, So I would 751 00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:26,919 Speaker 1: imagine Matt Naggi would be their head coach. I also 752 00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:29,680 Speaker 1: think if Andy were to retire, let's just say in 753 00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:33,440 Speaker 1: the next couple of years, they would hire in house. 754 00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:38,359 Speaker 1: Is that the right move? Depends what your options are, 755 00:46:39,160 --> 00:46:43,040 Speaker 1: But I think Brett Veach has earned the right to 756 00:46:43,160 --> 00:46:46,000 Speaker 1: be the guy pulling the trigger. Oh here was the question, 757 00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:51,560 Speaker 1: could Travis Hunter play both ways? I think realistically it's 758 00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:56,680 Speaker 1: just too much. Look how gassed like some wide receivers 759 00:46:56,719 --> 00:46:58,480 Speaker 1: are after a couple of routes when they're kind of 760 00:46:58,480 --> 00:47:00,560 Speaker 1: tapping their head and they need to go out. They 761 00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:04,680 Speaker 1: just need a blow. Obviously, as a corner you don't rotate, 762 00:47:04,760 --> 00:47:08,080 Speaker 1: you never come out, and now with teams running the 763 00:47:08,080 --> 00:47:11,360 Speaker 1: ball so much like they got to tackle, I just 764 00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:15,319 Speaker 1: don't think it's realistic to keep the guy healthy. Could 765 00:47:15,400 --> 00:47:18,680 Speaker 1: he do it, He definitely could do it in individual games. 766 00:47:19,239 --> 00:47:21,560 Speaker 1: Could he play ten years of being a wide receiver 767 00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:23,640 Speaker 1: in a corner every single play in every single game. 768 00:47:25,560 --> 00:47:30,680 Speaker 1: I think it's physically impossible to avoid injury. I don't 769 00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:32,799 Speaker 1: think it's possible. I think he's gonna have to pick 770 00:47:32,800 --> 00:47:37,400 Speaker 1: a position and then he'll obviously still have the talents 771 00:47:37,400 --> 00:47:40,000 Speaker 1: to the other position. If he ever, you know, they 772 00:47:40,040 --> 00:47:45,560 Speaker 1: need him to do stuff, I would recommend playing corner. 773 00:47:47,000 --> 00:47:50,640 Speaker 1: But obviously the money wide receivers are making, which could 774 00:47:50,719 --> 00:47:52,920 Speaker 1: we see a slowdown at that? Like Brandon and I, 775 00:47:52,960 --> 00:47:55,960 Speaker 1: you just got thirty million dollars a year, clearly's not 776 00:47:56,000 --> 00:47:58,359 Speaker 1: worth that. I was saying that forever. It's like he's 777 00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:01,000 Speaker 1: worth like twenty four million dollars the market. It's like, yeah, 778 00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:02,959 Speaker 1: if you pay Brandon a thirty million dollars, you're gonna 779 00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:08,640 Speaker 1: be let down that justin Jefferson's a very rare player. 780 00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:15,120 Speaker 1: As a Cowboys fan, should we trade Micah at the 781 00:48:15,160 --> 00:48:18,480 Speaker 1: deadline and get picks we need a running back and 782 00:48:18,520 --> 00:48:22,240 Speaker 1: a wide receiver two bad We resemble the DeVante Adams 783 00:48:22,320 --> 00:48:26,920 Speaker 1: Las Vegas situation, except we are a defensive version with Micah. 784 00:48:27,200 --> 00:48:29,640 Speaker 1: In the last three home games, we have given up 785 00:48:29,680 --> 00:48:33,239 Speaker 1: ten touchdowns on eleven drives and the first half. In 786 00:48:33,280 --> 00:48:36,800 Speaker 1: the first half of those games, no quarterback or offense 787 00:48:36,840 --> 00:48:40,759 Speaker 1: can overcome that. Why not spend all your resources into 788 00:48:40,760 --> 00:48:44,360 Speaker 1: getting a badass offense for Dak and going into shootouts 789 00:48:44,360 --> 00:48:47,080 Speaker 1: with other teams if we have to, because our defense 790 00:48:47,120 --> 00:48:49,719 Speaker 1: is not capable of playing with teams who will go 791 00:48:49,880 --> 00:48:54,279 Speaker 1: twenty one personnel and pound the rock. It's not a 792 00:48:54,320 --> 00:48:58,319 Speaker 1: perfect team building strategy, but it's much less flawed than 793 00:48:58,360 --> 00:49:04,520 Speaker 1: what we've got right now. Like, from a team building standpoint, 794 00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:08,239 Speaker 1: if you could get two ones in a two from 795 00:49:08,480 --> 00:49:11,399 Speaker 1: or two ones and two twos for Micah Parsons, does 796 00:49:11,440 --> 00:49:20,960 Speaker 1: that make sense? Yes. From a overall philosophical standpoint, the 797 00:49:21,080 --> 00:49:24,000 Speaker 1: entire point of drafting is to try to find a 798 00:49:24,080 --> 00:49:27,600 Speaker 1: Micah Parsons, right, so you get rid of them, you're 799 00:49:27,640 --> 00:49:32,000 Speaker 1: just gonna try to draft another one now, Like you said, well, 800 00:49:32,040 --> 00:49:35,520 Speaker 1: this is our team right now, and having Micah Parsons 801 00:49:36,200 --> 00:49:38,600 Speaker 1: on this team that cannot stop the run is kind 802 00:49:38,600 --> 00:49:42,600 Speaker 1: of irrelevant because we're gonna get down, They're gonna control 803 00:49:42,640 --> 00:49:50,200 Speaker 1: the clock, and it's gonna neutralize his talents, so they won't. 804 00:49:51,239 --> 00:49:53,640 Speaker 1: I don't see a snowballs chance in hell that Jerry 805 00:49:53,640 --> 00:49:58,479 Speaker 1: would trade him. But I think you're kind of talking 806 00:49:58,560 --> 00:50:01,840 Speaker 1: some sense because the team is not just flawed right now. 807 00:50:02,160 --> 00:50:04,560 Speaker 1: It doesn't even make sense if they can't stop the run, 808 00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:08,680 Speaker 1: because that's all any team is gonna do. I know, 809 00:50:08,719 --> 00:50:11,200 Speaker 1: when the Giants game happens, I'd put like Molik Neighbors 810 00:50:11,239 --> 00:50:13,840 Speaker 1: at running back, Like, hey, Malik, you're gonna play running 811 00:50:13,840 --> 00:50:17,120 Speaker 1: back this game. I've been a Bengals fan my entire life. 812 00:50:17,480 --> 00:50:20,160 Speaker 1: I'm twenty five years old. It's been a rough ride, 813 00:50:20,640 --> 00:50:22,920 Speaker 1: and it seems like there was finally hope for our franchise. 814 00:50:23,360 --> 00:50:26,920 Speaker 1: We drafted a top quarterback, top wide receiver. However, it 815 00:50:26,920 --> 00:50:28,879 Speaker 1: seems like our coaching staff in front office for holding 816 00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:31,960 Speaker 1: us back Taylor seems to be carried by the talent, 817 00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:35,400 Speaker 1: especially in our Super Bowl run. His play calling is 818 00:50:35,520 --> 00:50:37,960 Speaker 1: very bad at times. What are your thoughts on the 819 00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:41,040 Speaker 1: Bengals coaching and ownership and what you think will happen 820 00:50:41,040 --> 00:50:45,919 Speaker 1: with the franchise this year? And going forward. Well, Mike 821 00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:49,000 Speaker 1: Brown is never gonna pay top money for a coach. 822 00:50:49,920 --> 00:50:52,160 Speaker 1: So if you were to fire Zach Taylor, let's just 823 00:50:52,160 --> 00:50:54,959 Speaker 1: say at the end of this year, you would hire 824 00:50:55,640 --> 00:50:59,959 Speaker 1: another Zach Taylor. Now maybe that guy's good, right, Maybe 825 00:51:00,120 --> 00:51:04,080 Speaker 1: you hire Clint Kubiak or Bobby Slowick, assuming they would 826 00:51:04,120 --> 00:51:05,880 Speaker 1: take the job, which would be hard not to if 827 00:51:05,880 --> 00:51:09,600 Speaker 1: you got Jamar Chase and Joe Burrow. The problem with 828 00:51:09,680 --> 00:51:13,600 Speaker 1: the Bengals is is their owner we just talked about 829 00:51:13,600 --> 00:51:16,719 Speaker 1: this is a lot like Jerry Jones, except he has 830 00:51:16,800 --> 00:51:20,760 Speaker 1: way less money and is very, very involved with picking players. 831 00:51:21,239 --> 00:51:24,719 Speaker 1: So it's not an easy job. But when you got 832 00:51:24,719 --> 00:51:29,120 Speaker 1: a quarterback who's that good, it's pretty intriguing. I think 833 00:51:29,160 --> 00:51:33,360 Speaker 1: I just saw a clip earlier today that after the game. 834 00:51:33,680 --> 00:51:35,360 Speaker 1: I guess they got asked about this in the press 835 00:51:35,360 --> 00:51:38,400 Speaker 1: conference that Burrow and Zach Taylor instead of going to 836 00:51:38,440 --> 00:51:42,279 Speaker 1: the locker room, went right to Zach Taylor's like game 837 00:51:42,360 --> 00:51:44,800 Speaker 1: day office, and they talked before they went to the 838 00:51:44,840 --> 00:51:49,600 Speaker 1: locker room. And what can they be talking about? What's 839 00:51:49,640 --> 00:51:56,239 Speaker 1: going on there? I don't know. I mean, Burrow, I 840 00:51:56,239 --> 00:52:00,719 Speaker 1: don't blame you, but like, you're not going anywhere so 841 00:52:01,239 --> 00:52:04,600 Speaker 1: maybe this is like if Joe stops believing in Zach 842 00:52:04,640 --> 00:52:11,000 Speaker 1: Taylor Zach Stunn like it's over, he will be fired immediately. 843 00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:15,239 Speaker 1: So to me, the biggest question mark now is does 844 00:52:15,239 --> 00:52:18,600 Speaker 1: the quarterback believe in the coach? Because if he doesn't, 845 00:52:18,680 --> 00:52:21,800 Speaker 1: then the Bengals will be open at the end of 846 00:52:21,840 --> 00:52:25,440 Speaker 1: the year. Here's a good question for the pod. Is 847 00:52:25,520 --> 00:52:29,640 Speaker 1: it against league rules to have radio communication in every 848 00:52:29,640 --> 00:52:34,000 Speaker 1: player's helmets rather than just the quarterback or the middle linebacker. 849 00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:38,000 Speaker 1: I was thinking, and especially on defense, it could allow 850 00:52:38,080 --> 00:52:40,480 Speaker 1: cornerbacks to be communicated when the ball is in the 851 00:52:40,520 --> 00:52:44,240 Speaker 1: air or if there's a playfake players can be told 852 00:52:44,600 --> 00:52:49,120 Speaker 1: from up top, leading to much faster play recognition. I 853 00:52:49,239 --> 00:52:52,680 Speaker 1: was thinking this would be Jim Harbaugh style tactic. If 854 00:52:52,719 --> 00:52:58,279 Speaker 1: you're not cheating, you're not trying well. If this was available, 855 00:52:58,920 --> 00:53:02,120 Speaker 1: every team in the league would be doing this. You 856 00:53:02,160 --> 00:53:06,399 Speaker 1: are allowed two green dots, obviously one on defense, which 857 00:53:06,440 --> 00:53:10,879 Speaker 1: is typically your middle linebacker and your quarterback, and so 858 00:53:10,960 --> 00:53:15,520 Speaker 1: you get only one person you know when your team 859 00:53:15,560 --> 00:53:19,200 Speaker 1: is out there on the field has communication and that 860 00:53:19,239 --> 00:53:21,880 Speaker 1: communication gets cut off with fifteen seconds left in the 861 00:53:21,920 --> 00:53:25,480 Speaker 1: play clock. So once the play is going on, there 862 00:53:25,560 --> 00:53:29,960 Speaker 1: is no communication. But I like your ideas there. You're 863 00:53:29,960 --> 00:53:38,440 Speaker 1: an idea guy, big cowboy fan. Is the defense or 864 00:53:38,520 --> 00:53:41,640 Speaker 1: is it the players or is it the defensive coordinator? 865 00:53:43,200 --> 00:53:45,280 Speaker 1: I think it's fair to say if you can't stop 866 00:53:45,320 --> 00:53:50,160 Speaker 1: the run, that's a player issue. Your defensive tackles and 867 00:53:50,200 --> 00:53:55,200 Speaker 1: your linebacker play is not good. It's pretty simple, and 868 00:53:55,280 --> 00:53:57,960 Speaker 1: you're in. You know, Mike is not a great run player. 869 00:53:59,280 --> 00:54:03,040 Speaker 1: He's he's a pass rusher who's an excellent pass rusher 870 00:54:03,560 --> 00:54:06,640 Speaker 1: who's a great athlete. But if you just have a 871 00:54:06,680 --> 00:54:10,000 Speaker 1: good tackle, like they can block them, so your defensive 872 00:54:10,040 --> 00:54:13,520 Speaker 1: tackles suck. Your best defensive player is not a big 873 00:54:13,719 --> 00:54:17,200 Speaker 1: point of attack run stuffer, and your linebacking play is 874 00:54:17,280 --> 00:54:22,160 Speaker 1: not very good. I mean, I look at Zimmer, He's 875 00:54:22,160 --> 00:54:27,279 Speaker 1: had good defenses. They played well against the run. It's 876 00:54:27,280 --> 00:54:30,120 Speaker 1: a personnel thing, which is a Jerry thing and a 877 00:54:30,120 --> 00:54:35,680 Speaker 1: front office thing. It's also hard to change, Like, what 878 00:54:35,680 --> 00:54:39,000 Speaker 1: are you supposed to do in October find two defensive 879 00:54:39,040 --> 00:54:42,239 Speaker 1: tackles at home on the couch and just add them 880 00:54:42,280 --> 00:54:48,200 Speaker 1: to your team. It's not realistic. Question for the pod 881 00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:51,520 Speaker 1: Monday Night had two games and chose the Bengals and 882 00:54:51,560 --> 00:54:54,960 Speaker 1: the Bills both at home. Hamblin is having a great season. 883 00:54:55,800 --> 00:54:59,040 Speaker 1: Any chance the NFL planed this duo of home games 884 00:54:59,560 --> 00:55:02,480 Speaker 1: to put wish the Damar Hamlin story to get some 885 00:55:02,760 --> 00:55:08,400 Speaker 1: easy positive publicity since he was carted off in Cincinnati. 886 00:55:09,360 --> 00:55:13,280 Speaker 1: Great planning if so? Just curious if the NFL really 887 00:55:13,320 --> 00:55:16,880 Speaker 1: is thinking about that when planning out the season. Well, 888 00:55:16,880 --> 00:55:19,800 Speaker 1: I would never say never. With the NFL, they're always 889 00:55:19,800 --> 00:55:24,840 Speaker 1: into that, you know, But do they what positive publicity 890 00:55:24,840 --> 00:55:27,560 Speaker 1: do they need? They had? It wasn't their fault that 891 00:55:27,719 --> 00:55:30,440 Speaker 1: he almost died on the field, and if anything, they 892 00:55:30,440 --> 00:55:33,560 Speaker 1: got a lot of credit for their teams, their team personnel, 893 00:55:33,640 --> 00:55:39,680 Speaker 1: the doctors, like everyone handled it as well as humanly possible. Now, 894 00:55:39,760 --> 00:55:43,320 Speaker 1: the starting when the schedule came out, they don't know 895 00:55:43,400 --> 00:55:46,800 Speaker 1: he's starting, So when they make the schedule in the offseason, 896 00:55:46,880 --> 00:55:51,680 Speaker 1: Damar Hamlin is not anointed as starter. Bill's fan fans, 897 00:55:51,680 --> 00:55:53,759 Speaker 1: you can correct me on this, but pretty sure didn't 898 00:55:53,760 --> 00:55:56,960 Speaker 1: he just win the job during training camp? Obviously he 899 00:55:56,960 --> 00:55:58,640 Speaker 1: would have had a chance to start once they let 900 00:55:58,719 --> 00:56:02,120 Speaker 1: the two safeties go, but he wasn't. Like it's not 901 00:56:02,160 --> 00:56:06,640 Speaker 1: like Josh Allen, right, you know, it's not He's not 902 00:56:06,760 --> 00:56:09,160 Speaker 1: Tyron Matthew where you're like, you know he's gonna be 903 00:56:09,160 --> 00:56:12,480 Speaker 1: a starting safety. So I hear what you're saying. Not 904 00:56:12,600 --> 00:56:17,920 Speaker 1: a crazy theory, but I I don't get the logic 905 00:56:18,000 --> 00:56:22,359 Speaker 1: behind a Monday night football doubleheader because you just put 906 00:56:22,440 --> 00:56:25,399 Speaker 1: one Monday night game on. I would understand a little 907 00:56:25,440 --> 00:56:27,839 Speaker 1: bit more if they just said, hey, one game kicks 908 00:56:27,840 --> 00:56:29,359 Speaker 1: off at three and the other one kicks off at 909 00:56:29,360 --> 00:56:32,520 Speaker 1: five thirty or whatever. You know, So it's just they're 910 00:56:32,560 --> 00:56:35,200 Speaker 1: going independent of each other, like we're gonna go two 911 00:56:35,239 --> 00:56:38,319 Speaker 1: games on Monday night. Hell, one game starts at three 912 00:56:38,320 --> 00:56:41,680 Speaker 1: and the other game starts at six, so you know, 913 00:56:41,760 --> 00:56:43,719 Speaker 1: Eastern time, one game starts at six and the other 914 00:56:43,719 --> 00:56:47,839 Speaker 1: one starts at nine. One is more of an East 915 00:56:47,840 --> 00:56:49,919 Speaker 1: Coast game. The other guy games a West Coast game. 916 00:56:51,360 --> 00:56:53,520 Speaker 1: I'd be listen. I think it's kind of crazy, but 917 00:56:53,760 --> 00:56:56,960 Speaker 1: I get it. I don't understand starting one at four 918 00:56:57,040 --> 00:56:58,960 Speaker 1: thirty Pacific and the other one at FI pint fifteen, 919 00:56:59,360 --> 00:57:04,359 Speaker 1: so they're both going on simultaneously. Obviously there's something there 920 00:57:05,800 --> 00:57:12,120 Speaker 1: that there's some advantage that they view big picture financially 921 00:57:12,160 --> 00:57:16,560 Speaker 1: to do that. I don't see it. I don't like it, 922 00:57:17,680 --> 00:57:20,440 Speaker 1: but I don't think they're just randomly. They're clearly not 923 00:57:20,560 --> 00:57:24,480 Speaker 1: randomly doing it. I think it's less about the matchup, 924 00:57:25,760 --> 00:57:28,080 Speaker 1: Like I don't think the Bengals and the Bills handling thing, 925 00:57:28,680 --> 00:57:31,480 Speaker 1: my guess, has had nothing to do with it. But 926 00:57:31,560 --> 00:57:34,160 Speaker 1: I do think there's something that they see that clearly 927 00:57:34,200 --> 00:57:37,040 Speaker 1: has not gone public yet for the reason for doing this, 928 00:57:38,840 --> 00:57:41,600 Speaker 1: which maybe we'll find out one day, maybe we won't. 929 00:57:41,840 --> 00:57:46,680 Speaker 1: But it's hard for me to comprehend the benefit of 930 00:57:46,760 --> 00:57:48,720 Speaker 1: having two games going on at the same time on 931 00:57:48,800 --> 00:57:52,240 Speaker 1: Monday Night football, but clearly Rog and his crew see 932 00:57:52,240 --> 00:57:57,880 Speaker 1: some benefit there the volume