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Speaker 1: The volume What Is Up Everybody? John Middlecop three and

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Speaker 1: Out podcast just witnessed a dominant performance by the Hoodie

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Speaker 1: and the Patriots. Belichick is back. The Patriots are back,

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Speaker 1: and we will pretend we didn't even witness anything with

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Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons because that was ugly. A lot coming

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Speaker 1: up on the show about Belichick, who, as it was

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Speaker 1: reported this week, is the highest paid coach in the

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Speaker 1: National Football League, and I just had some thoughts on

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Speaker 1: the payment structure with coaches. Obviously a lot of talk

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Speaker 1: in college football melt Tucker getting a ten year, nine

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Speaker 1: million dollars. Hell, he hasn't even signed it yet as

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Speaker 1: of recording this. UH, Lincoln Riley potentially offered big money,

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Speaker 1: Andy Reach, Sean Payton, Pete Carroll. Money's flying, and you know,

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Speaker 1: for the most part, I think it's well deserved. UH

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Speaker 1: will fly a little bit around the league, touch on

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Speaker 1: some of the bigger games and the Jets what an embarrassment,

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Speaker 1: you know, starting Joe Flacco really is pretty sad. Middlecoff mailbag.

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Speaker 1: Slide up into those d m s at John Middlecoff

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Speaker 1: is the is the Instagram. You slide up into those

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Speaker 1: d m s and you get your question answered here

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Speaker 1: on the show. It's really pretty easy. It's how we

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Speaker 1: interact with the people. Okay, I wanted to start with

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Speaker 1: what we just witnessed, and I just want to check

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Speaker 1: the final scores twenty five to nothing. And I've always

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Speaker 1: been a big believer in the statement because I think

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Speaker 1: it's a pretty tried and true formula. If you think

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Speaker 1: about life like this and if you just observe everything

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Speaker 1: around you, the cream always rises. Always. Now, it doesn't

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Speaker 1: always go at the same speed, depending on what industry

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Speaker 1: you're in, the people you're around. How we all take

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Speaker 1: different paths, and some people pop immediately, some things take

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Speaker 1: take twenty years. But I think the best people in

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Speaker 1: obviously have the work ethic and the focus and the discipline,

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Speaker 1: if they stay focused, will come out on top and

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Speaker 1: at minimum have a lot of success. And Bill Belichick

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Speaker 1: is a good example of that. He lost Tom Brady,

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Speaker 1: and let's face it, most of you were shipping on him.

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Speaker 1: Where it was all Tom, it was all Tom. And

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Speaker 1: I said this last week, I judge you not on

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Speaker 1: your best moments. We've all had good moments in life,

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Speaker 1: right we You know most girls look good on their

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Speaker 1: wedding day. How do you look on a random Tuesday?

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Speaker 1: You know most guys, can you know, drop some weight

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Speaker 1: can be nice for a day. How do you treat

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Speaker 1: people when no one's looking? Right? Belichick, in his lowest moment,

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Speaker 1: when he had a quarterback who could not complete passes,

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Speaker 1: still went seven and nine. This year he had all

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Speaker 1: off season builds. A defense, signs a bunch of guys,

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Speaker 1: helped trades Gilmore mid season he never even played a

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Speaker 1: snap for him, drafts a quarterback, signs some wide receivers

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Speaker 1: and tight ends. Rebuilds his team this year, has some

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Speaker 1: tough early losses. Doesn't complain, doesn't you know, doesn't smile,

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Speaker 1: But he's the greatest coach in the history of the sport,

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Speaker 1: and most importantly, he's the greatest defensive coach in the

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Speaker 1: history of the sport. Watch the Two Bills. Bill Parcels

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Speaker 1: gives him credit for devising the game plan to beat

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Speaker 1: to build it to beat the Buffalo Bills. That's Belichick.

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Speaker 1: He was the brains of the schematical operation in an

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Speaker 1: offensive league. I talked about this, I've been saying it

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Speaker 1: for weeks with Mike Vrabel. We don't give guys like

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Speaker 1: now on defense. And now that he has a serviceable offense,

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Speaker 1: and we'll get into Mac Jones in a second, his

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Speaker 1: team's headed for an eleven or twelve win season. Now.

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Speaker 1: I don't think they have enough firepower. I don't think

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Speaker 1: I do think the Bill's defense is really good. And

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Speaker 1: just Josh Allen, he's just much better than Mac Jones.

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Speaker 1: But I don't think he's out of the realm of possibility.

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Speaker 1: And let's face it, early on the season, when they

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Speaker 1: they're screwed. No, guys, they have the best coach in

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Speaker 1: The Coming Out about John Madden, had pictures of when

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Speaker 1: Bill Belichick has been coaching in the NFL since the

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Speaker 1: combined with his work ethic, his drive, his ultimate ability

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Speaker 1: And now he has a team. And it took him

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Speaker 1: He's figured it out there seven and four. Let me

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Speaker 1: pull up their schedule a little bit. Now they got

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Speaker 1: a long little layoff. Their next game, Uh, the Titans,

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Speaker 1: the division will be decided in December. Plays the Bills,

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Speaker 1: solid comeback for a guy who spend all the money

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Speaker 1: and everyone's like, oh, Bills just spending money. What's he doing?

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Speaker 1: He knows what he's doing. You see Matt Judean kicking

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Speaker 1: J C. Jackson has like six picks this season? Another

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Speaker 1: Uh Belichick, tip your hat to him. Give him his flowers.

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Speaker 1: As the kids would say, I do think we need

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Speaker 1: to pump the brakes a little bit on Mac Jones

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Speaker 1: It is hard. I don't care how good your team is.

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Speaker 1: anointing him like he's some superstar, like he's Andrew Luck. Listen,

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Speaker 1: He does not have to throw the ball forty times

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Speaker 1: some picks. He threw his eight interceptions tonight. Again, really

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Speaker 1: those both those things. But his physical attributes, his arms

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Speaker 1: And if someone texts me tonight, they said they were

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Speaker 1: watching ESPN last Sunday, Teddy Bruski was breaking it down

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Speaker 1: how Belichick did the same thing for Tom Brady as

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Speaker 1: get behind. The Patriots just get picked six is every game.

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Speaker 1: I will commend him to play consistently every week too,

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Speaker 1: as Belichick would say, do your job. But acting like

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Speaker 1: but I have come around. He's better than even I thought. Though.

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Speaker 1: I haven't studied every defense in the league, but I

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Speaker 1: hell it looks like to me the Patriots are top

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Speaker 1: could argue? Not really, Like this is the coaching sport.

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00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:39,320
Speaker 1: It's all about the ex's nose. It's all about schematics.

426
00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:41,480
Speaker 1: Like most guys are ready to play come Sunday or

427
00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:44,720
Speaker 1: Monday night. It's do you have the coach to out

428
00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:47,560
Speaker 1: coach your opponent? And that's been the sport basically my

429
00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:50,359
Speaker 1: entire life. Hell, it's white coaches were stars when I

430
00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:52,879
Speaker 1: was coming up in the eighties, Bill Walls, Bill Parselves,

431
00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:56,399
Speaker 1: Joe Gibbs, Jimmy Johnson. I mean, this is the nature

432
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Speaker 1: of the beast. So when you see these guys making

433
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Speaker 1: all this money, it's all justified. And honestly, I think

434
00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:07,840
Speaker 1: a lot of these guys are underpaid. I saw a

435
00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:10,639
Speaker 1: story yesterday that just made me shake my head and listen,

436
00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:13,600
Speaker 1: we're not talking much New York Jets football on here

437
00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:17,560
Speaker 1: because they're basically irrelevant. They suck. They're one of the

438
00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:21,520
Speaker 1: worst organizations in all of sports, but I thought that

439
00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,000
Speaker 1: they did something really intelligent. A couple of years ago,

440
00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:27,119
Speaker 1: hired Joe Douglas, who my buddies that still worked with

441
00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:28,919
Speaker 1: the Eagles worked with him. They love the guy. They

442
00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,440
Speaker 1: think very highly of them. Uh. And then they hired

443
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Speaker 1: Robert Salo this offseason, who's fellow balled brother. And I've

444
00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,159
Speaker 1: obviously watched them closely here in the Bay Area. I

445
00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:40,120
Speaker 1: know people that were really I don't know him personally,

446
00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:42,160
Speaker 1: but was a big fan. I know people that know him.

447
00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:44,280
Speaker 1: I watched all his press conference. I think very highly

448
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Speaker 1: of Robert Salo. So I'd say, Joe Douglas, Robert Salo, like,

449
00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:53,399
Speaker 1: that's a pretty good young you know, GM head coach. Operation,

450
00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:55,760
Speaker 1: Like I would feel pretty good if I owned the

451
00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:57,760
Speaker 1: team or I was a fan of the team with

452
00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:02,520
Speaker 1: those two guys running my operation. But sometimes I wonder, like,

453
00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:07,679
Speaker 1: do do dysfunctional organizations? Do dumb organizations make smart people?

454
00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:11,040
Speaker 1: Do they do they drag them to their level? Because

455
00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:14,040
Speaker 1: I go, I have a hard time thinking that these

456
00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,640
Speaker 1: two guys would make the decision in which they made

457
00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:22,040
Speaker 1: starting Joe Flacco this week. Now Zack Wilson, they're starting quarterback,

458
00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:26,160
Speaker 1: is injured he's not available to play, and Mike White too.

459
00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:28,840
Speaker 1: As of recording this, I haven't heard or seen anything

460
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Speaker 1: that he is injured, he's healthy. He's basically demoted. And

461
00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:36,479
Speaker 1: when when you are a bad team, you want to

462
00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:40,160
Speaker 1: get as many reps with younger players like they're gonna lose.

463
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Speaker 1: No one's expecting me on the win. They're competing to

464
00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:45,560
Speaker 1: be a top five drafting team, so you want to

465
00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:48,880
Speaker 1: see every single person on your roster, starter or not.

466
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Speaker 1: And when a starter goes out, which ideally, especially at quarterback,

467
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Speaker 1: when you take the guy number two, you don't want

468
00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:57,240
Speaker 1: to happen. But when he gets injured, which a part

469
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Speaker 1: of that is the way he plays pretty recklessly, but

470
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Speaker 1: that's a that's a whole off season project to coach.

471
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Speaker 1: Hiss up. You have this backup, pretty young guy who

472
00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:07,040
Speaker 1: showed some flashes in a pretty big win that you

473
00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:09,639
Speaker 1: had a couple of weeks ago. They played terribly last weekend,

474
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Speaker 1: But to bench him for Joe Flacco, a guy that

475
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Speaker 1: will not be on the team next year, to me,

476
00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:19,879
Speaker 1: isn't the ultimate head scratcher. Successful people always take short

477
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:23,600
Speaker 1: term else for long term wins and long term gains.

478
00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:29,600
Speaker 1: This is such a short sided, short minded approach. Now

479
00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:32,680
Speaker 1: here's the one thing that would concern me more. Are

480
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Speaker 1: they hesitant that Listen, if they throw Mike White out

481
00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:37,960
Speaker 1: again and he plays well and then I'll have two

482
00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:40,840
Speaker 1: of his three starts will have good games. People will

483
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Speaker 1: just be like, keep starting Mike White and that will

484
00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:45,840
Speaker 1: ruin Zach Wilson's confidence. Well, if that's the case, you

485
00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:48,840
Speaker 1: already have the wrong quarterback, right that that's already a problem.

486
00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:52,360
Speaker 1: Now there's always the element because I think sometimes we

487
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Speaker 1: jump over this part of pro sports is that the

488
00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:58,919
Speaker 1: owner tells you what to do, like you know, the

489
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Speaker 1: guy that signs your can at any moment, like start

490
00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,600
Speaker 1: Joe Flacco, I want to try to win this game,

491
00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:09,320
Speaker 1: or splash your start toa or trade Jimmy Garoppolo. That

492
00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:12,680
Speaker 1: that happens in sports way more than any of us

493
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Speaker 1: will ever know. Because the head Coats and the GM

494
00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:18,560
Speaker 1: are making seven eight million dollars and the GM's making

495
00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:20,960
Speaker 1: three or four, they just gotta eat it. Part of

496
00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,919
Speaker 1: being in that position is when your boss tells you

497
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,919
Speaker 1: something moronic to do, he pays you a lot for

498
00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:28,720
Speaker 1: you to do it, so you just suck it up.

499
00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:30,679
Speaker 1: You put your table between your legs and you do it.

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Speaker 1: That's always a possibility. I have a hard time thinking that,

501
00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:36,360
Speaker 1: given that they suck to meet. There's two theories. One

502
00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:41,080
Speaker 1: they easily got uh just dumb overnight and became dysfunctional,

503
00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:43,120
Speaker 1: like the organization they're in and they're like, oh, yeah,

504
00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:46,840
Speaker 1: let's just start Joe Flacco, which I don't know. Like,

505
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Speaker 1: I have a hard time seeing that they're like playing

506
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Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins defense. They run complex blitzes, like, yeah,

507
00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:57,160
Speaker 1: I've watched Miami. They suck. They're terrible. You could start

508
00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:00,560
Speaker 1: me or you versus who cares? Or could be that

509
00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:04,919
Speaker 1: they're a little nervous and scared that their young quarterback

510
00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,320
Speaker 1: has a long way to go, has some maturity issues,

511
00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,080
Speaker 1: has some questions in the locker room, hell has some

512
00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:13,639
Speaker 1: insecurities of his own, which you would argue would be

513
00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:17,200
Speaker 1: understandable as a young player. But are are we sure

514
00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:19,520
Speaker 1: that I know they would tell you and they would

515
00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:21,400
Speaker 1: never admit to this that they have the right guy,

516
00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:25,000
Speaker 1: you know, if they're already making weird moves with their

517
00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:28,200
Speaker 1: backup quarterback to make sure that they hired John Beck,

518
00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:33,960
Speaker 1: who John Beck became like this quarterback offseason whisper for

519
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,879
Speaker 1: the Shanahan Tree. So any time that you had a

520
00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:40,960
Speaker 1: young quarterback or in the draft, wanted a quarterback prospect

521
00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:44,120
Speaker 1: to see how he'd look in the offense. La Fleur

522
00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:49,360
Speaker 1: McVeigh Shanahan obviously Salah and La Flour's brother are now

523
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Speaker 1: in New York. They would give him to John Beck,

524
00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:56,240
Speaker 1: and John Beck became very, very tight. Was Zach Wilson, Well,

525
00:27:56,480 --> 00:28:00,399
Speaker 1: this summer horrific incident happened, actually not too are away

526
00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:04,880
Speaker 1: from me. Greg Knapp, who's like a quarterback guru, tragically

527
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:10,280
Speaker 1: was hit by a young teenage driver and killed fucking awful.

528
00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:14,680
Speaker 1: I mean just hurt your heart now thinking he's got daughters. Awful. So,

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00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:16,600
Speaker 1: and I think they would tell you the reason we

530
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Speaker 1: didn't have a veteran quarterback like Greg Napple was going

531
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Speaker 1: to be that guy as a coach, and then it

532
00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:24,159
Speaker 1: just kind of happened. So in the middle of the

533
00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:28,800
Speaker 1: season they randomly hired John Beck, who is just like

534
00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:31,560
Speaker 1: Jordan Palmer. He just works out quarterbacks in the off season,

535
00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:34,360
Speaker 1: gets paid by these teams, gets paid by these agents.

536
00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:38,040
Speaker 1: Probably had was making good money. Well, did did Zach

537
00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:41,320
Speaker 1: Wilson demand this guy come on board? Did you do

538
00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:44,280
Speaker 1: it to a piece that Zach Wilson thinks Lebron James

539
00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:48,960
Speaker 1: I just the Jets. I I questioned taking Zach Wilson

540
00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:52,000
Speaker 1: number two overall, and like, I don't see it. I

541
00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:54,920
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be weird. And now the organization is

542
00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:58,720
Speaker 1: just doing a lot of weird things kind of surrounding him,

543
00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:01,520
Speaker 1: and they can say whatever they want want and listen,

544
00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:03,360
Speaker 1: they have no choice. That kind of gotta lie because

545
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:04,840
Speaker 1: if that's the case, you couldn't come out and say

546
00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:09,400
Speaker 1: it publicly. But just over the next twelve months, keep

547
00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:11,320
Speaker 1: an eye on that bad boy, keep an eye on

548
00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:15,560
Speaker 1: that little situation. He's charged playing poorly, especially a second year.

549
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,280
Speaker 1: And some of these other quarterbacks, obviously, Trevor Lawrence is

550
00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:20,480
Speaker 1: a long way to go. Mac Jones is playing well.

551
00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:23,080
Speaker 1: Fields just taken steps. We probably won't see Trey Lance

552
00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:26,000
Speaker 1: much until next year. But I I didn't see it

553
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:28,800
Speaker 1: at number two. I thought it was insane. And now

554
00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:31,840
Speaker 1: they're already having to do like NBA type moves for

555
00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:34,080
Speaker 1: a young quarterback. Let's face it, who hasn't proved it?

556
00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:39,600
Speaker 1: Uh Well, let's go around the game some games this week.

557
00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:43,560
Speaker 1: There are some pretty good games on paper and Uh,

558
00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:46,840
Speaker 1: I had forgotten this, but I saw Pat McAfee tweeted

559
00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:50,040
Speaker 1: out this video of Jim Mercy in the locker room

560
00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:52,760
Speaker 1: pounding the table saying we will we will rock you.

561
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:55,959
Speaker 1: And then I realized the Colts are doing a mid

562
00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:59,000
Speaker 1: season hard knocks. So I don't know if that's a

563
00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:01,520
Speaker 1: showtime HBO Max. I have to go find that because

564
00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:04,360
Speaker 1: it looks pretty good. But for you know, early on

565
00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:05,960
Speaker 1: in the season, I think they started one and three

566
00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:08,800
Speaker 1: look terrible. It's like they're in shambles. Are they gonna

567
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:10,160
Speaker 1: bench when so they don't have to give it their

568
00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:13,800
Speaker 1: first round pick. They're pretty good. They're five and five. Uh.

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Speaker 1: I like the Colts. They have a clear identity. They're

570
00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:20,600
Speaker 1: gonna slam the rock. Jonathan Taylor really, to me, his

571
00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:22,440
Speaker 1: only knock when he was coming out of Wisconsin was

572
00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:24,640
Speaker 1: fumbles and if he holds onto the ball, like the

573
00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:27,040
Speaker 1: guy's gonna be a star running back. That's just period,

574
00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:30,000
Speaker 1: point blank, end of story. And whence he just needs

575
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,680
Speaker 1: to play under control, not turn the ball over. And

576
00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:34,920
Speaker 1: their defense like they're gonna be good. To me, they

577
00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:37,600
Speaker 1: are an a f C playoff team. Now they're going

578
00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:40,240
Speaker 1: to Buffalo. They're clear underdog by you know, depending on

579
00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:42,960
Speaker 1: where you look, seven seven and a half points. The

580
00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,080
Speaker 1: Bill has been a little out of whack, but their

581
00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:48,160
Speaker 1: defense is really really good and to me, they're bound

582
00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:50,400
Speaker 1: to get it kind of going. Like to me, this

583
00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:52,400
Speaker 1: is a little bit of a heavyweight fight, like this

584
00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:55,400
Speaker 1: has present potential to be like a seven not a

585
00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:57,680
Speaker 1: heavyweight fight because the Colts you know, are seven seed,

586
00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:00,240
Speaker 1: but like this could be the two seven match up,

587
00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:03,160
Speaker 1: you know, come wild card weekend, like this could be it.

588
00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:07,120
Speaker 1: So keep a close eye on this. Josh Allen, who

589
00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:09,840
Speaker 1: you know started out slow, had a good week last week.

590
00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:14,720
Speaker 1: Stephan Diggs got rolling. Um, I'm just the one thing

591
00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:17,760
Speaker 1: with the Bills, you know, they're not a lock to

592
00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:20,400
Speaker 1: win the division, like they have to keep winning. Uh,

593
00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:23,320
Speaker 1: there's obviously still fighting for the number one overall seed,

594
00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:25,840
Speaker 1: which you know, we'll see how long Tennessee can go.

595
00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:27,680
Speaker 1: Though they got Houston this week. Part of playing in

596
00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:29,880
Speaker 1: the a f C South is and they've already played

597
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:33,280
Speaker 1: both their indie games. As you get the Jacks in Houston,

598
00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:36,720
Speaker 1: that's four games, that's four wins. But I'm very excited

599
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:39,000
Speaker 1: to see this game. I actually think the Colts can

600
00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:42,200
Speaker 1: keep this a little closer because two things travel in football,

601
00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:43,920
Speaker 1: and I know they're a dome team. It's why I

602
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,760
Speaker 1: think historically sometimes some of those early Peyton Manning teams,

603
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:50,280
Speaker 1: you'd see them late in the season outside, they just

604
00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:52,080
Speaker 1: didn't quite look the same. They were kind of made

605
00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:54,480
Speaker 1: for a dome. Well, when you run the ball and

606
00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:57,880
Speaker 1: play good defense like you can travel, it wouldn't shock

607
00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,840
Speaker 1: me if this game is a lot closer than people

608
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:05,480
Speaker 1: inc Packers Minnesota. Justin Jefferson is a flat out superstar.

609
00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:08,680
Speaker 1: I saw Davante Adams was saying like he looks more

610
00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:10,280
Speaker 1: like a six year vet than he does a second

611
00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:13,040
Speaker 1: year player. You watch the game he played last week

612
00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:15,880
Speaker 1: against the Chargers. Some of the passes that he's catching,

613
00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:19,800
Speaker 1: I mean, are just stupid. The guy is. I wanted

614
00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:21,479
Speaker 1: to pump the brakes a little bit. I'm like, you know,

615
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:26,800
Speaker 1: one year, no fans, fucking baller, absolute baller. Like, it's

616
00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:28,920
Speaker 1: gonna be hard for Jamaar Chase to be a better

617
00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:31,080
Speaker 1: player than Justin Jefferson. That's how good he is. And

618
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:34,200
Speaker 1: I think Jamar Chase is really good. Minnesota has been

619
00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:36,800
Speaker 1: really solid all season long. They're just they haven't won

620
00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:39,800
Speaker 1: some games. They just do stupid things. And I don't

621
00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:43,360
Speaker 1: trust cousins in big spots. But he's much better at

622
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:45,920
Speaker 1: ten am Pacific standard time for those of you live

623
00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:48,440
Speaker 1: on the East Coast was one o'clock kickoffs. Then he

624
00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:50,800
Speaker 1: is the night solo games. Well, he's not playing at

625
00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:52,800
Speaker 1: night solo game. He's getting the Packers of the morning

626
00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:56,720
Speaker 1: game in Minnesota with that place going nuts. Now, unlike

627
00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:59,239
Speaker 1: last week, Rogers hadn't practiced in a couple of weeks, right,

628
00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:01,640
Speaker 1: he had to miss two weeks ago, and then last

629
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:03,640
Speaker 1: week he basically shows up on the weekend and plays

630
00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:06,280
Speaker 1: the game. Well, he's a veteran, he knows is a

631
00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:09,320
Speaker 1: home game. They're funneling him the plays at home. It

632
00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:13,160
Speaker 1: probably wasn't that difficult for mentally, though. I did see

633
00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,960
Speaker 1: some quotes from after the game, like a huge part

634
00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:19,440
Speaker 1: of his preparation every week is taking the mental to

635
00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:21,960
Speaker 1: the to the field and then going back to the mental.

636
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Speaker 1: It's like how he gets locked in. And it makes sense, Listen,

637
00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:27,320
Speaker 1: we all kind of learned differently, and Rogers has a

638
00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:29,760
Speaker 1: routine that clearly is a tried and true formula now

639
00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:32,440
Speaker 1: for over a decade. Right, I do think you're gonna

640
00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:35,720
Speaker 1: get a much better version of him, uh this weekend.

641
00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:37,640
Speaker 1: But they do have a lot of injuries, and the

642
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:40,840
Speaker 1: one thing Minnesota does really well is play offense. You know,

643
00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:43,840
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook is a stud, Feeling is a baller. Justin

644
00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:46,960
Speaker 1: Jefferson is like an All pro. I you know, I

645
00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:51,080
Speaker 1: don't know of Minnesota upsets him, but this game and

646
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:54,120
Speaker 1: then if San Francisco takes care of business, we basically

647
00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:56,400
Speaker 1: have a playoff game next week at lee By Stadium.

648
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,080
Speaker 1: The Niners in Minnesota would both be five and five

649
00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:01,680
Speaker 1: and that would be just a tiebreaker for that seven spots.

650
00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:06,000
Speaker 1: So this is a big spot Packers win. Minnesota we

651
00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:08,799
Speaker 1: probably no longer talk about as a playoff team, and

652
00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:11,520
Speaker 1: I think the Packers would. I don't know. The driver's seat.

653
00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:14,040
Speaker 1: I don't really know right now with the NFC, if

654
00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:15,959
Speaker 1: you can be in the driver's seat for that top seed,

655
00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:18,799
Speaker 1: it kind of sucks like forever you got the one

656
00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:22,279
Speaker 1: or the two seed, you gotta buy I I don't

657
00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:25,120
Speaker 1: I do like the extra game. Uh so, I guess

658
00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:27,080
Speaker 1: you can't have your cake and eat it too. But

659
00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:30,200
Speaker 1: I did like multiple teams getting a Remember how important

660
00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:33,759
Speaker 1: it was a couple of years ago when the Patriots

661
00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:36,279
Speaker 1: blew it uh that last game of the season. I

662
00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:38,720
Speaker 1: think that the Dolphins and the Chiefs ended up getting

663
00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:41,120
Speaker 1: the number two seed and the Ravens got knocked out

664
00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:43,799
Speaker 1: and the Chiefs hosted the a f C Championship game

665
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:45,520
Speaker 1: and they went to the Super Bowl. I mean it

666
00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:49,839
Speaker 1: used to have huge repercussions. Saints at Philly. I saw

667
00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:52,640
Speaker 1: Greg Cosell was saying that, you know, they kind of

668
00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:54,759
Speaker 1: changed the offense a little bit for Hurts, they put

669
00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:58,080
Speaker 1: them more in the shotgun um and against Denver they

670
00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:00,640
Speaker 1: looked really good. Now they ran the ball really Davante

671
00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:04,719
Speaker 1: Smith I questioned a little bit coming out just because

672
00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:06,680
Speaker 1: I was like, you know, he's like a hundred sixty

673
00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:09,759
Speaker 1: five pounds. But my buddy in the SEC that does

674
00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:12,400
Speaker 1: does the SEC for an NFL team was like, I

675
00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:15,799
Speaker 1: think you're overthinking it. This kid has played at his

676
00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:19,640
Speaker 1: weight his entire life. That's how he plays. So it's

677
00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:22,040
Speaker 1: not like he was a hundred ninety pounds and now

678
00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:24,200
Speaker 1: he's a hundred seventy pounds and has to learn how

679
00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:26,560
Speaker 1: to play or vice versa, like this is the weight.

680
00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:28,759
Speaker 1: The guy plays it, and when you watch him play,

681
00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:32,800
Speaker 1: you go, he's freaking really really good. Now I listen,

682
00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:34,799
Speaker 1: I don't quite know what to make of Jalen Hurts.

683
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:36,839
Speaker 1: Every time I start crushing him, he starts playing better.

684
00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:39,640
Speaker 1: The Saints I don't I don't totally trust, and I

685
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:41,520
Speaker 1: know they kind of got screwed last weekendst the Titans

686
00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:44,279
Speaker 1: on some bad calls. But it's like the more and

687
00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:47,960
Speaker 1: more you play backups or third stringers, the more and

688
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:51,640
Speaker 1: more they get exposed. There's a reason they're backups, right, Yeah,

689
00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:53,800
Speaker 1: I say it all the time, like a boast of

690
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:56,080
Speaker 1: brother can be out, a T. J. Watt can be out,

691
00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:58,520
Speaker 1: a Peyton Manning and Tom Brady can be out for

692
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:02,080
Speaker 1: a game, and if you're watching it, you might not notice.

693
00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:05,080
Speaker 1: You might not see any difference that that team, whoever

694
00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:07,560
Speaker 1: it may be. Kyler Murray can be out Colt McCoy

695
00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:10,600
Speaker 1: ship they win pretty easily against the Niners. Then you're like, oh,

696
00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:12,520
Speaker 1: Colts is gonna keep winning. No, he's a backup for

697
00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:15,360
Speaker 1: a reason. The more and more backups have to play,

698
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:18,040
Speaker 1: the more and more that guy gets exposed. Because he's

699
00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:21,680
Speaker 1: a backup, he has limitations. And these defensive coordinators all

700
00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:24,360
Speaker 1: make to three million dollars like they know how to

701
00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:26,960
Speaker 1: exploit you. They just need a little bit of film

702
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:29,000
Speaker 1: in the moment, like they have previous film, but they

703
00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:31,120
Speaker 1: want to see how you're playing right now. And once

704
00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:34,000
Speaker 1: they see how you're playing right now, they do everything

705
00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:37,200
Speaker 1: possible to get up you in a position where you're

706
00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:40,439
Speaker 1: gonna be uncomfortable. And Sean Payton, like we're talking about

707
00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:42,400
Speaker 1: the coaching salaries earlier, it was also right up there

708
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:44,719
Speaker 1: fifteen million dollars to sign probably making like eighteen million,

709
00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:46,960
Speaker 1: probably stupid amount of money, which is a lot for

710
00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:49,359
Speaker 1: W two. Like i'd want to separate. I'd want like

711
00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:53,040
Speaker 1: that on the te so I can open some office

712
00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:54,600
Speaker 1: space and get some right offs. You know, I don't

713
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:56,839
Speaker 1: I don't want to pay all those taxes. But that's

714
00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:59,200
Speaker 1: and I think Florio mentioned that that it's not all

715
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:01,280
Speaker 1: straight sal al read they do a lot of little

716
00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:05,080
Speaker 1: nub funagl ing, which is smart. Uh, you never want

717
00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:07,960
Speaker 1: your salary to be that high, even though it sounds great,

718
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:09,759
Speaker 1: but it's like that's what the government wants so they

719
00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:12,759
Speaker 1: can tax it all. I don't even know who to

720
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:15,720
Speaker 1: pick in this game, Like I I want to pick Philly,

721
00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:19,239
Speaker 1: but I don't really trust you know, Jalen hurt. Now

722
00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:20,680
Speaker 1: they'd be in a big spot there four and six,

723
00:37:20,719 --> 00:37:22,040
Speaker 1: All of a sudden, are they five and six and

724
00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:24,520
Speaker 1: competing for a wild card spot. But I don't trust

725
00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:28,359
Speaker 1: Trevor Simeon. If the Saints lose this game, like, I'm sorry,

726
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:31,120
Speaker 1: they're not making the playoffs. If the Saints want to

727
00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:32,879
Speaker 1: make the playoffs, they have to win this game. If

728
00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:35,920
Speaker 1: you can't beat Philly with Trevor Simeon, who's your quarterback

729
00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:39,080
Speaker 1: moving forward? With Jameis Tarrant his a c L. You're

730
00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:41,400
Speaker 1: just I'm not taking you. I'm not considering you a

731
00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:44,239
Speaker 1: playoff team anymore. That would go out the window. So

732
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:48,960
Speaker 1: I guess I'm picking the Eagles in this game. Uh

733
00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:51,160
Speaker 1: Me and Stucky talked about this for the Weekend Pod.

734
00:37:51,719 --> 00:37:54,600
Speaker 1: The Cowboys in Chiefs is just a fantastic game on paper,

735
00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:59,000
Speaker 1: it really is. And the best part about this is

736
00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:03,520
Speaker 1: both these two teams, you know, look like themselves five

737
00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:07,000
Speaker 1: or six days ago, Like the Cowboys Atlanta is not

738
00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:10,240
Speaker 1: very good, but that's what a really good team after

739
00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:13,720
Speaker 1: a shitty loss looks like we are going to bloodge

740
00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:16,719
Speaker 1: in you. And before you could blank, it was three.

741
00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:19,640
Speaker 1: You're like, oh my god, this was crazy. They just

742
00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:23,239
Speaker 1: have so many weapons and Dak I've had to learn

743
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:24,520
Speaker 1: to come around on him a little bit. And I

744
00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:26,880
Speaker 1: always like the guy, rooted for the guy. He's an

745
00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:30,479
Speaker 1: incredible story. Uh, it's hard not to like the human being.

746
00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:33,480
Speaker 1: I just the skill set. But maybe they're so talented

747
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:37,120
Speaker 1: around him, it doesn't really matter because he's probably competed

748
00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:39,440
Speaker 1: to be like a top five quarterback this year as

749
00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:42,600
Speaker 1: someone who anointed Justin Herbert really early. Like DA has

750
00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:44,960
Speaker 1: been better than Justin Herbert this season. He just has

751
00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:47,520
Speaker 1: like I don't you know, Kyler has been out, Russell

752
00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:51,520
Speaker 1: has been out, you'd say, like Mahomes Rogers, he's been

753
00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:54,480
Speaker 1: better than Brady like he's been. He's earned his money

754
00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:57,720
Speaker 1: this season, which I respect, and they've been freaking awesome.

755
00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:00,839
Speaker 1: But the Chiefs, the team that we just saw play

756
00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:03,879
Speaker 1: the Raiders, Like, that's the Kansasy Chiefs, that's Andy Read,

757
00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:07,200
Speaker 1: fifty million dollar coach, that's Patrick Mahomes, million dollar quarterback,

758
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:10,840
Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill, Travis Kelsey and at home. Now that you

759
00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:13,000
Speaker 1: just win that Raider game and everyone's like they're winning

760
00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:14,960
Speaker 1: the they're winning the a f C West, because of

761
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:16,880
Speaker 1: course they are. They would win at sixth or eight years.

762
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:18,359
Speaker 1: That's all they do is win the f C West.

763
00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:21,560
Speaker 1: I have a hard time seeing the Chiefs lose this game.

764
00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:26,440
Speaker 1: But I don't love the batchup, you know, for the Chiefs,

765
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:29,480
Speaker 1: because how do they cover all those white receivers. Mari's

766
00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:34,160
Speaker 1: stud ceedee, Lamb's a beast. Um, they're running games really good,

767
00:39:34,239 --> 00:39:37,480
Speaker 1: Jarwin's I don't know. I think it's a tough matchup

768
00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:39,640
Speaker 1: for Kansas City. To me, the key in a game

769
00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:42,320
Speaker 1: like this for Kansas City, even if it's going to

770
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:44,760
Speaker 1: be a shootout, is to get up early, get up early,

771
00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:46,400
Speaker 1: get that hot start. It's kind of what they did

772
00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:49,240
Speaker 1: last week, and then you just kind of jump them,

773
00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:51,360
Speaker 1: you know. It's it's it's a little harder when you

774
00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:53,959
Speaker 1: got to come from behind because one they don't rush

775
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:57,799
Speaker 1: the pastor that will and um and the Cowboys can

776
00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:00,640
Speaker 1: just keep scoring. You know. It's really probably there attribute

777
00:40:00,719 --> 00:40:03,800
Speaker 1: when they are on And I saw the weather report,

778
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:05,759
Speaker 1: it's not supposed to be like some snowy game for

779
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:10,439
Speaker 1: an indoor team. Uh, the over under fifty six, I say,

780
00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:12,279
Speaker 1: hammered the over. But whenever I say that, the final

781
00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:15,560
Speaker 1: score will probably be like seventeen to ten and then

782
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:18,080
Speaker 1: the last game, which I think is a little bit

783
00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:21,600
Speaker 1: of an a f C kind of wild card spot

784
00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:25,120
Speaker 1: playoff game. The Raiders were five and two and they

785
00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:27,960
Speaker 1: look really really good, and then ship hit the fan,

786
00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:33,040
Speaker 1: Gruden booted, now suing the league, Rugs in jail, Damon

787
00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:35,640
Speaker 1: Arnette threatening to kill people with like seven different guns

788
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:38,880
Speaker 1: and an Instagram post, and they have been in shambles

789
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:40,920
Speaker 1: ever since. They've lost a couple of games, and they

790
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,600
Speaker 1: just got I mean, they got embarrassed on Sunday night

791
00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:47,040
Speaker 1: football against their division rival, Like they got told you

792
00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:49,319
Speaker 1: don't belong at the same table with us, go sit

793
00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:51,960
Speaker 1: at the little kid's table. And how do they bounce back.

794
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,000
Speaker 1: I saw Derek Carr say today or maybe maybe said

795
00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:56,880
Speaker 1: this yesterday, that this is not a team from the past,

796
00:40:57,160 --> 00:40:59,440
Speaker 1: because the last two years, I think they started seven

797
00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:02,160
Speaker 1: and four one year and in six and three another year,

798
00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:06,120
Speaker 1: and they just fell apart down the stretch both years,

799
00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:08,640
Speaker 1: like eight and eight, seven and nine missed the playoffs

800
00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:11,200
Speaker 1: by a lot. And I think the message that they're

801
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:13,840
Speaker 1: telling you everyone inside that building is like, this is different,

802
00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:16,160
Speaker 1: this is different. Well, if it is different, you beat

803
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:19,200
Speaker 1: the Bengals, you know, and I know several weeks ago,

804
00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:21,400
Speaker 1: we all kind of anointed the Bengals, and rightfully, so

805
00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:24,280
Speaker 1: you beat the Ravens. It's one thing to beat the Ravens.

806
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:27,200
Speaker 1: It's another thing the way they beat them, right, they

807
00:41:27,239 --> 00:41:30,160
Speaker 1: just they outclass them and then ever since then. Sometimes

808
00:41:30,239 --> 00:41:32,560
Speaker 1: this happens when you're a team that's never accomplished anything,

809
00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:35,520
Speaker 1: just like any human being, if you haven't accomplished anything,

810
00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:38,200
Speaker 1: it is kind of hard to just not be cocky,

811
00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:40,880
Speaker 1: right or just like, you know, I'm just be humble.

812
00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:43,400
Speaker 1: It's easier when like really successful people like to be

813
00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:45,960
Speaker 1: humble with your success, like, yeah, it was the first

814
00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:49,360
Speaker 1: time I ever tasted success. You know, it's it's it's difficult.

815
00:41:49,560 --> 00:41:52,640
Speaker 1: It's actually very very understandable. And the more and more

816
00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:54,640
Speaker 1: success you have, I'd say in any walk of life,

817
00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:58,239
Speaker 1: it's easier unless that's your true personality. It's just kind

818
00:41:58,239 --> 00:42:00,680
Speaker 1: of lay low. You don't have to get up and

819
00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:04,960
Speaker 1: do cartwheels over every deal you close, right uh. And

820
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,360
Speaker 1: I think the Bengals like this is kind of a

821
00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:09,400
Speaker 1: little bit of a back against the wall game because

822
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:11,080
Speaker 1: you come in and get you're asking by the Raiders,

823
00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:13,760
Speaker 1: like you're not making the playoffs, you're just not because

824
00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:15,960
Speaker 1: the Raiders would just prove their better than you, and

825
00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:18,279
Speaker 1: they're scheduled down the stretch, like the Raiders could just

826
00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:20,400
Speaker 1: find a way to get to ten wins. But I

827
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:23,800
Speaker 1: don't trust the Raiders in the spot. Uh not because

828
00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:26,080
Speaker 1: I don't think they're not talented enough to beat the Bengals.

829
00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:29,200
Speaker 1: But all those things that I listed, that's a lot

830
00:42:29,239 --> 00:42:33,440
Speaker 1: to overcome, It really is. And it's one thing, the

831
00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:36,480
Speaker 1: emotional toll that it has on you seeing a teammate

832
00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:39,520
Speaker 1: get into a wreck and the visuals you live in

833
00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:42,120
Speaker 1: the town. I'm sure if you're in Vegas. I saw

834
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:45,360
Speaker 1: Henry Ruggs missed a breathalyzer test so they had to

835
00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:49,280
Speaker 1: pull them back to jail. Like it's just it's a terrible,

836
00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:52,440
Speaker 1: terrible story, you know. It's one thing, uh, Damon Arnette.

837
00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:54,440
Speaker 1: Half the team probably didn't even like the guy. Not

838
00:42:54,520 --> 00:42:56,400
Speaker 1: the guy was a clown. It's another thing to have

839
00:42:56,480 --> 00:42:58,880
Speaker 1: a guy that you really cared about. And I know

840
00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:00,840
Speaker 1: a couple of people on the staff like they really

841
00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:04,399
Speaker 1: really liked Henry Ruggs. That'll rock you, it really will,

842
00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:08,560
Speaker 1: and it rocks them On the field. Henry Ruggs was

843
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:12,879
Speaker 1: an ascending player, an ascending, dominant player who had an

844
00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:15,680
Speaker 1: elite skill. He was the fastest guy on the field

845
00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:19,160
Speaker 1: every time he touched the field. At worst, he would

846
00:43:19,239 --> 00:43:21,239
Speaker 1: had an equal entiree killed. That was the only guy

847
00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:24,520
Speaker 1: in the league, So you remove him. That's a huge

848
00:43:24,520 --> 00:43:26,719
Speaker 1: part of their offense because they had every other piece.

849
00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:28,880
Speaker 1: They had a sweet tight end, they had a slot receiver,

850
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:32,280
Speaker 1: they had multiple running backs, they obviously had the quarterback.

851
00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:34,359
Speaker 1: And now it throws everything out of whack. He put

852
00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:36,839
Speaker 1: to Sean, Who's just you know, at this point in time,

853
00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:39,480
Speaker 1: it feels like a mercenary, like it was, go wherever,

854
00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:43,480
Speaker 1: even though he's not that good anymore. But you know, ultimately,

855
00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:46,520
Speaker 1: like Zach Taylor, who I saw Zach Taylor said this week,

856
00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:49,520
Speaker 1: whenever he goes to Vegas, he just gambles for seventy

857
00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:51,520
Speaker 1: two hours. He doesn't go to the pool he doesn't

858
00:43:51,520 --> 00:43:54,200
Speaker 1: go to shows, he doesn't do anything but gamble. I'm like,

859
00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:56,239
Speaker 1: that is the most relatable thing I've ever heard in

860
00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:58,520
Speaker 1: NFL football coach say, because I'm the same when I

861
00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:00,319
Speaker 1: go to when I go to Vegas, I going to

862
00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:03,319
Speaker 1: the pools. I'm not going to see Celine Dion. I'm

863
00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:05,960
Speaker 1: just going to gamble, drink and I'll watch Sports two

864
00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:08,720
Speaker 1: and gamble in sports. But I'm just going to gamble.

865
00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:10,919
Speaker 1: I'm not going to do any the other crap, even

866
00:44:10,920 --> 00:44:13,359
Speaker 1: though the other crap I've heard from friends pretty fun.

867
00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:14,920
Speaker 1: Maybe I do need to venture out, but that's just

868
00:44:15,080 --> 00:44:18,080
Speaker 1: I feel vary at home in the casino floor. I do,

869
00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:19,880
Speaker 1: and so does Zach Taylor, so it made me like

870
00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:22,560
Speaker 1: him a lot more. But I I guess I would

871
00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:24,520
Speaker 1: pick the Raiders in this spot. But I do not

872
00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:27,440
Speaker 1: feel great that their season, and really you could say

873
00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:29,520
Speaker 1: their franchise. They miss the playoffs this year. Are they

874
00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:32,319
Speaker 1: gonna blow it up again? Start from scratch? It's just

875
00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:37,480
Speaker 1: a never runding cycle with the Raiders. Okay, let's get

876
00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:41,719
Speaker 1: to the middle Cuff mail bag at John Middlecoff is

877
00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:46,440
Speaker 1: the Instagram. What I will do is I got some

878
00:44:46,520 --> 00:44:50,000
Speaker 1: moldies here. I'll start with, like six days away, a

879
00:44:50,080 --> 00:44:52,920
Speaker 1: little fun question. In the next four games, who wins

880
00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:59,759
Speaker 1: the most Ravens or Dolphins. I'd say the Dolphins. Uh,

881
00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:02,759
Speaker 1: I was just the Ravens play. I mean, I don't

882
00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:05,799
Speaker 1: even I'm not even gonna look at the schedule the

883
00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:09,000
Speaker 1: Ravens this week. Who do they they play someone kind

884
00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:12,200
Speaker 1: of crappy. Who the hell do the Ravens play? I

885
00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:13,520
Speaker 1: can't think of it off the top of my head.

886
00:45:14,560 --> 00:45:18,719
Speaker 1: Well let's look, let's let's play the game for you, okay, Miami.

887
00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:24,239
Speaker 1: Next three games, Jets, Panthers, Giants, Jets. Okay. I see

888
00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:27,480
Speaker 1: what you're doing here. I see what you're doing here.

889
00:45:28,719 --> 00:45:33,800
Speaker 1: The Ravens. They play the Bears, the Browns, the Steelers.

890
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:37,839
Speaker 1: The Browns call it a push. I think the Jets

891
00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:41,200
Speaker 1: could beat the Dolphins one of these games. I love

892
00:45:41,239 --> 00:45:43,759
Speaker 1: the pod. Huge Vikings fan, if you were the new

893
00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:46,120
Speaker 1: Vikings GM next couple of years, what do you do

894
00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:49,759
Speaker 1: with Cousins? Let him play two two? Or resign him

895
00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:51,440
Speaker 1: or let it play out? I just let it play out.

896
00:45:52,640 --> 00:45:55,040
Speaker 1: No rush. He's made a ton of money. He has

897
00:45:55,080 --> 00:45:58,240
Speaker 1: no room to complain. Franchise has paid him a hundred

898
00:45:58,280 --> 00:46:03,000
Speaker 1: and fifty guaranteed dollar million, not hundred fifty hundred fifty

899
00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:07,920
Speaker 1: million dollars. He's been good, but he hasn't been great.

900
00:46:07,960 --> 00:46:09,399
Speaker 1: And I think anytime you pay a guy a hundred

901
00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:13,440
Speaker 1: fifty million dollars you want greatness. It's weird because he

902
00:46:13,520 --> 00:46:17,360
Speaker 1: really has produced. This is a big weekend for him,

903
00:46:17,400 --> 00:46:22,520
Speaker 1: But yeah, you let it play out. You are not

904
00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:25,839
Speaker 1: extending him again. I personally don't think Spielman is gonna

905
00:46:25,840 --> 00:46:30,239
Speaker 1: get fired. Could be wrong. Um, I think Spielman is

906
00:46:30,239 --> 00:46:36,560
Speaker 1: pretty good. Just to sup I retweeted, Draymond tell you this, Draymond,

907
00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:40,640
Speaker 1: who's hosting a pot for the volume? It's probably the

908
00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:43,719
Speaker 1: ideal podcast host to be a player because a lot

909
00:46:43,719 --> 00:46:46,560
Speaker 1: of players, let's face it, aren't gonna say anything. Draymond

910
00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:49,399
Speaker 1: will talk shit about anybody and just will not care.

911
00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:52,839
Speaker 1: I think, Draymond, you know, Coward's got a pretty good

912
00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:55,319
Speaker 1: eye for talent. I'll give him that. I will give

913
00:46:55,400 --> 00:46:59,560
Speaker 1: Coward that longtime listener, I'm on my wife accounts. Bro

914
00:47:00,080 --> 00:47:03,239
Speaker 1: don't have Instagram, Well you're missing out a lot of

915
00:47:03,280 --> 00:47:06,240
Speaker 1: fun stuff going on on Instagram. Why does she inahan

916
00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:10,040
Speaker 1: destroy McVeigh also a long time Watchington fan, how would

917
00:47:10,040 --> 00:47:12,239
Speaker 1: your offseason look for the football team to make us

918
00:47:12,239 --> 00:47:15,839
Speaker 1: a legitimate contender? I don't know. I mean, he just

919
00:47:17,200 --> 00:47:20,000
Speaker 1: they're just more physical. It feels like when they match

920
00:47:20,080 --> 00:47:22,279
Speaker 1: up with the Rams, even though I watched the Rams

921
00:47:22,280 --> 00:47:26,040
Speaker 1: play other teams and they physically overmatch them for whatever reason.

922
00:47:26,120 --> 00:47:30,399
Speaker 1: Aaron Donald doesn't really kill them. Um, that's a huge

923
00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:33,120
Speaker 1: reason Aaron Donald does not go wild and take over

924
00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:37,040
Speaker 1: the game. They you know, Kyle doesn't really care about throwing.

925
00:47:37,080 --> 00:47:41,000
Speaker 1: He just won't throw it. Jalen Ramsey and for whatever reason,

926
00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:44,080
Speaker 1: his the defense always plays well against the Rams. And

927
00:47:44,120 --> 00:47:46,840
Speaker 1: now it was understandable when they played golf, you know,

928
00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:48,839
Speaker 1: golf camp move he was a sitting duck and they

929
00:47:48,840 --> 00:47:51,239
Speaker 1: always had a good pass rush. I expected I did

930
00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:53,560
Speaker 1: not expect that game to look like that. I mean,

931
00:47:53,560 --> 00:47:56,920
Speaker 1: I thought the Niners could win, but Stafford was atrocious.

932
00:47:56,960 --> 00:47:59,319
Speaker 1: Now one of the picks, you know, goes off the

933
00:47:59,320 --> 00:48:02,560
Speaker 1: guys body. It's not his fault, but Matt Stafford has

934
00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:07,080
Speaker 1: not played well the last two weeks. He just he's

935
00:48:07,080 --> 00:48:10,440
Speaker 1: got to pick it up. You know, you get you

936
00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:12,160
Speaker 1: get all this money, you get traded for two first

937
00:48:12,200 --> 00:48:14,840
Speaker 1: round picks. Your viewed as the savior, the guy that

938
00:48:14,840 --> 00:48:16,719
Speaker 1: can get him over the top. Like there's a lot

939
00:48:16,719 --> 00:48:19,600
Speaker 1: of pressure on him. You got his wife throwing pretzels

940
00:48:19,640 --> 00:48:23,960
Speaker 1: at people, which you know, I've always thought I never

941
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:27,560
Speaker 1: get mad at family members for doing shit at games.

942
00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:30,960
Speaker 1: Like it's emotional. You know, I'm unemotional about most things

943
00:48:30,960 --> 00:48:33,279
Speaker 1: in my life. But if you were to funk with

944
00:48:33,320 --> 00:48:37,840
Speaker 1: my wife, my daughter, my son, my mom, you know,

945
00:48:38,239 --> 00:48:41,600
Speaker 1: brother depends what you did. But those people I wouldn't

946
00:48:41,760 --> 00:48:45,040
Speaker 1: you know, I wouldn't act normal. I never hold them

947
00:48:45,040 --> 00:48:48,880
Speaker 1: to the same standard. And I also think like just

948
00:48:49,320 --> 00:48:52,360
Speaker 1: weird things happening games. If you didn't see Kelly Stafford

949
00:48:52,360 --> 00:48:54,440
Speaker 1: I think her name is through pretzel at a fan

950
00:48:54,560 --> 00:48:58,120
Speaker 1: or something personally like you you pay twelve dollars for

951
00:48:58,160 --> 00:49:02,839
Speaker 1: a pretzel and Levi Stadium. I'm just eating that thing. Uh,

952
00:49:03,040 --> 00:49:04,719
Speaker 1: I love the pod. I saw a stat the other

953
00:49:04,760 --> 00:49:07,120
Speaker 1: day if the Colts would have held on to both

954
00:49:07,160 --> 00:49:10,040
Speaker 1: their double digit elites Ravens Titans, they would be the

955
00:49:10,040 --> 00:49:11,879
Speaker 1: top team in the FC in the moment. I think

956
00:49:12,040 --> 00:49:15,600
Speaker 1: I think Ersa tweeted that out. Orsay legitimately tweeted out

957
00:49:15,640 --> 00:49:17,200
Speaker 1: if we would have won two games, so we would

958
00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:19,480
Speaker 1: be the number one seed or we would be you know,

959
00:49:19,520 --> 00:49:23,279
Speaker 1: It's like, well, yeah, Jim, I mean, if you know,

960
00:49:24,280 --> 00:49:27,880
Speaker 1: if the Jacksonville Jags had won like four of their games,

961
00:49:27,960 --> 00:49:30,680
Speaker 1: they wouldn't be two and seven, you know, they'd be

962
00:49:30,840 --> 00:49:33,680
Speaker 1: six and three. That's not the way it works. You lost.

963
00:49:34,680 --> 00:49:37,040
Speaker 1: But I agree. Uh So, the question is they have

964
00:49:37,120 --> 00:49:39,960
Speaker 1: some big games coming up, Cardinals, Bucks and Pats. You see.

965
00:49:40,080 --> 00:49:42,239
Speaker 1: I think the Colts could win this weekend. I really do.

966
00:49:42,320 --> 00:49:45,880
Speaker 1: Against the Bills. I think the culture playing well. Um,

967
00:49:45,920 --> 00:49:48,520
Speaker 1: I think the culture solid team. I don't totally trust

968
00:49:48,520 --> 00:49:51,680
Speaker 1: the quarterback, not in like a series or a half.

969
00:49:52,080 --> 00:49:54,600
Speaker 1: It just feels like one play a game, he can

970
00:49:54,640 --> 00:50:00,359
Speaker 1: screw you. Jonathan Taylor stud the defense is playing well. Um,

971
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:03,239
Speaker 1: Frank Wright, I've always been a Chris Ballard guy. I

972
00:50:03,239 --> 00:50:05,680
Speaker 1: think the culture kind of coming. Keep an eye on them.

973
00:50:05,680 --> 00:50:09,600
Speaker 1: Indy Colts, good call and throwing that money on the Niners.

974
00:50:10,320 --> 00:50:13,799
Speaker 1: It was a pretty good call. Made some money. I'm

975
00:50:13,840 --> 00:50:18,319
Speaker 1: betting the Niners this week too. Long time, first time.

976
00:50:18,680 --> 00:50:23,040
Speaker 1: Please keep the authenticity up. It's refreshing in the media days.

977
00:50:23,080 --> 00:50:26,279
Speaker 1: These days, people often say that I don't mean there

978
00:50:26,320 --> 00:50:29,400
Speaker 1: aren't people, just are most people faking it? That's what

979
00:50:29,480 --> 00:50:32,040
Speaker 1: I always wonder, like, I'm just being myself and when

980
00:50:32,040 --> 00:50:34,080
Speaker 1: I and because of this job, I've got to know

981
00:50:34,120 --> 00:50:36,200
Speaker 1: a lot of people in the media. They act pretty

982
00:50:36,200 --> 00:50:39,399
Speaker 1: normal too when I'm in when I'm around him over

983
00:50:39,440 --> 00:50:41,799
Speaker 1: the years going to games with them, and when I

984
00:50:41,800 --> 00:50:44,000
Speaker 1: did local TV be around him in some of these

985
00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:46,480
Speaker 1: shows or interacting with them on social media, like in

986
00:50:46,520 --> 00:50:48,719
Speaker 1: the d m s, and then when I see them

987
00:50:48,719 --> 00:50:51,279
Speaker 1: on TV or read their stuff, it's like it's like

988
00:50:51,320 --> 00:50:54,000
Speaker 1: a different human being. I think the media. And I

989
00:50:54,080 --> 00:50:58,040
Speaker 1: told um my buddy Ethan Sherwood Strauss, who quit the

990
00:50:58,080 --> 00:51:00,360
Speaker 1: Athletic to go to his own sub stack because he

991
00:51:00,440 --> 00:51:03,000
Speaker 1: felt and he's just letting it ripped. Now. I love Ethan.

992
00:51:03,560 --> 00:51:06,680
Speaker 1: Ethan's really smart, cow guy. Used to cover the Warriors.

993
00:51:06,680 --> 00:51:10,799
Speaker 1: Now he's just kind of covering everything. And I really

994
00:51:10,840 --> 00:51:12,680
Speaker 1: do think Twitter has made a lot of people in

995
00:51:12,719 --> 00:51:15,680
Speaker 1: the media way worse. I deleted Twitter off my phone.

996
00:51:16,120 --> 00:51:18,200
Speaker 1: I mean, I still go on in my iPad or

997
00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:21,839
Speaker 1: my computer or whatever. But I think people get so obsessed.

998
00:51:21,920 --> 00:51:24,560
Speaker 1: And the number one thing I would say people tell

999
00:51:24,640 --> 00:51:28,759
Speaker 1: you that are successful is stop worrying what other people think.

1000
00:51:29,480 --> 00:51:32,160
Speaker 1: Twitter is all about worrying what what people think of

1001
00:51:32,200 --> 00:51:35,719
Speaker 1: you in a hundred forty characters. It's like, I I

1002
00:51:35,840 --> 00:51:37,920
Speaker 1: really try to avoid that because I think it makes

1003
00:51:37,920 --> 00:51:40,560
Speaker 1: you worse. I think he become too obsessed with other people.

1004
00:51:40,960 --> 00:51:43,120
Speaker 1: And I tell my mom this all the time. It's like,

1005
00:51:43,160 --> 00:51:45,040
Speaker 1: why do you talk like you talk? Mom? I don't

1006
00:51:45,040 --> 00:51:48,239
Speaker 1: give a fuck what anyone thinks the only person I care.

1007
00:51:48,280 --> 00:51:50,600
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously I don't care what you think and

1008
00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:52,759
Speaker 1: what my future wife thinks and one day what my

1009
00:51:52,840 --> 00:51:55,399
Speaker 1: children think. But other than that, none of these other

1010
00:51:55,440 --> 00:51:58,120
Speaker 1: idiots are paying my bills. So if a media members

1011
00:51:58,120 --> 00:52:00,560
Speaker 1: like John, you can't say that. I can't. I just

1012
00:52:00,600 --> 00:52:04,760
Speaker 1: said it, you know it just and and I guess

1013
00:52:04,760 --> 00:52:06,640
Speaker 1: I also was brought up a lot different than a

1014
00:52:06,640 --> 00:52:09,000
Speaker 1: lot of these people. You know, I'm not some guy

1015
00:52:09,040 --> 00:52:11,240
Speaker 1: in love with academia. Though I got a couple of degrees.

1016
00:52:11,320 --> 00:52:13,480
Speaker 1: You know, I got a master's degree, no big deal,

1017
00:52:13,680 --> 00:52:20,839
Speaker 1: Presno State from Presno State, Uh my question. I'm also

1018
00:52:20,920 --> 00:52:23,920
Speaker 1: lucky I worked for myself, you know. And and you

1019
00:52:23,920 --> 00:52:26,080
Speaker 1: know it's not like Colin doesn't give a crap what

1020
00:52:26,160 --> 00:52:31,360
Speaker 1: I do. Lifelong cowboy fans, am I overreaching and thinking

1021
00:52:31,760 --> 00:52:34,840
Speaker 1: they should move off McCarthy and promote Kellen Moore to

1022
00:52:34,880 --> 00:52:38,680
Speaker 1: head coach. McCarthy doesn't call offense or defense, and Kellen

1023
00:52:38,719 --> 00:52:41,879
Speaker 1: has clearly played a huge role in Dak's development. You've

1024
00:52:41,880 --> 00:52:44,600
Speaker 1: already invested heavily in Dak. Why not give him some

1025
00:52:44,640 --> 00:52:47,239
Speaker 1: continuity with the guy he is obviously the most comfortable with.

1026
00:52:48,080 --> 00:52:50,160
Speaker 1: I know Jerry isn't big on moving off head coaches,

1027
00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:52,000
Speaker 1: but the league is trending toward guys like Kellen and

1028
00:52:52,040 --> 00:52:54,600
Speaker 1: he is already in the building. If they don't, he's

1029
00:52:54,640 --> 00:53:00,680
Speaker 1: likely gone. I agree. I mean, sometimes you know, in business,

1030
00:53:00,719 --> 00:53:04,000
Speaker 1: you have to make very, very tough decisions, and you

1031
00:53:04,080 --> 00:53:07,080
Speaker 1: gotta give Mike some credit. He bounced back well after

1032
00:53:07,200 --> 00:53:10,600
Speaker 1: last season, right last season embarrassment. This season, done a

1033
00:53:10,600 --> 00:53:16,000
Speaker 1: good job. But like Kellen, Moore and Dak are the team.

1034
00:53:16,520 --> 00:53:18,560
Speaker 1: However far they go, it's gonna because of Dak, and

1035
00:53:18,680 --> 00:53:21,560
Speaker 1: however far Dack goes is because of Kellen, and Kellen

1036
00:53:21,640 --> 00:53:24,480
Speaker 1: is gonna get offered head coaching jobs. The University of

1037
00:53:24,520 --> 00:53:26,680
Speaker 1: Washington for sure, is going to offer him a job.

1038
00:53:26,920 --> 00:53:29,200
Speaker 1: I would imagine many NFL teams are gonna offer him

1039
00:53:29,239 --> 00:53:31,600
Speaker 1: a job. Are you just gonna let him walk? What

1040
00:53:31,800 --> 00:53:34,520
Speaker 1: is Mike McCarthy without Kellen Moore? It's not like Mike's

1041
00:53:34,520 --> 00:53:38,120
Speaker 1: calling the plays. I I think that's pretty risky. I'm

1042
00:53:38,160 --> 00:53:41,080
Speaker 1: with you, I would do it now. I think the

1043
00:53:41,120 --> 00:53:44,399
Speaker 1: hard thing is I've never known a guy as rich

1044
00:53:44,400 --> 00:53:47,120
Speaker 1: as Jerry, but I've known some pretty rich older people,

1045
00:53:47,360 --> 00:53:49,920
Speaker 1: and they do get a little softer. You know, I

1046
00:53:49,960 --> 00:53:53,359
Speaker 1: think when you make you know, hey, in life, like

1047
00:53:53,400 --> 00:53:56,239
Speaker 1: in your thirties or forties and fifties, it's easier to

1048
00:53:56,320 --> 00:53:59,040
Speaker 1: just be, you know, pretty cutthroat kind of. But as

1049
00:53:59,080 --> 00:54:02,359
Speaker 1: you age, you know, you just you get some perspective.

1050
00:54:02,400 --> 00:54:04,440
Speaker 1: And I bet Jerry's a little softer than he was

1051
00:54:04,520 --> 00:54:05,920
Speaker 1: now in his fifty you know, then he was in

1052
00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:08,600
Speaker 1: his fifties. I think he would have a hard time

1053
00:54:08,760 --> 00:54:11,839
Speaker 1: fireing Motmancarthy, and like you said, he already struggles because

1054
00:54:11,840 --> 00:54:15,200
Speaker 1: he's pretty loyal to these guys. The move one would

1055
00:54:15,200 --> 00:54:19,040
Speaker 1: be to fire him one thousand percent. And that's not

1056
00:54:19,239 --> 00:54:21,439
Speaker 1: even acting like Mike's doing a bad job. He's doing

1057
00:54:21,440 --> 00:54:24,120
Speaker 1: a good job this year, doing whatever he's doing. And

1058
00:54:24,160 --> 00:54:26,839
Speaker 1: I'm not really sure, but it seems like he's doing

1059
00:54:26,880 --> 00:54:29,880
Speaker 1: a good job. I had to come in hot with

1060
00:54:29,920 --> 00:54:33,399
Speaker 1: the middlecoff mail back. I'm a diard Rams fan, and

1061
00:54:33,520 --> 00:54:36,200
Speaker 1: let's just say I'm not having the greatest night. Can

1062
00:54:36,239 --> 00:54:38,600
Speaker 1: you please provide some insight and why they absolutely refused

1063
00:54:38,640 --> 00:54:41,080
Speaker 1: to run the ball they're running. Back gets like five

1064
00:54:41,160 --> 00:54:43,200
Speaker 1: carries every time he carries it, and McVeigh refuses to

1065
00:54:43,200 --> 00:54:45,720
Speaker 1: stick to the run. If I see another empty backfield,

1066
00:54:45,719 --> 00:54:48,080
Speaker 1: shock information with seven yard line. I'm gonna be sick.

1067
00:54:49,880 --> 00:54:53,200
Speaker 1: I think I said this after the game. I think

1068
00:54:54,080 --> 00:54:57,400
Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh got away from his roots, and his roots

1069
00:54:57,400 --> 00:55:00,399
Speaker 1: are slamming the football. That is what he learned from

1070
00:55:00,400 --> 00:55:04,440
Speaker 1: the Shanahans and John Gruden. That is what those the

1071
00:55:04,480 --> 00:55:06,960
Speaker 1: people that taught McVeigh football. They hang their hat on

1072
00:55:07,080 --> 00:55:10,120
Speaker 1: running the football. And if you look at the floor,

1073
00:55:10,719 --> 00:55:13,920
Speaker 1: Rogers is a way better player than Stafford. Obviously, I

1074
00:55:13,920 --> 00:55:18,560
Speaker 1: mean I'm not clearly so La Fleur has meshed like, hey, Aaron,

1075
00:55:18,960 --> 00:55:21,399
Speaker 1: I know you like playing in the shotgun and going

1076
00:55:21,520 --> 00:55:24,600
Speaker 1: three four wide and slinging it around. You've earned that

1077
00:55:24,719 --> 00:55:28,000
Speaker 1: right for us to keep running your place. But you're

1078
00:55:28,040 --> 00:55:30,279
Speaker 1: also like, I was hired here for a reason, gonna

1079
00:55:30,360 --> 00:55:33,520
Speaker 1: run my place. And we're gonna take Aaron Jones, and

1080
00:55:33,560 --> 00:55:36,279
Speaker 1: we're gonna take this tank that we draft in the

1081
00:55:36,320 --> 00:55:38,960
Speaker 1: second round name A J. Dillon, and we're gonna slam

1082
00:55:39,000 --> 00:55:41,879
Speaker 1: it down people's throats, and we're gonna make him wave

1083
00:55:41,920 --> 00:55:43,839
Speaker 1: the white flag, and we're gonna make him say uncle.

1084
00:55:44,360 --> 00:55:47,719
Speaker 1: And because some nights, you know, you might get immy nice.

1085
00:55:47,760 --> 00:55:49,839
Speaker 1: It might miss a game and when you come back,

1086
00:55:49,880 --> 00:55:52,120
Speaker 1: you might be a little off and guess what, We're

1087
00:55:52,160 --> 00:55:53,960
Speaker 1: gonna hand it to A J. Dillon and we're gonna

1088
00:55:54,080 --> 00:55:57,600
Speaker 1: ram it down Seattle's throat. McVeigh is so obsessed right

1089
00:55:57,640 --> 00:56:00,399
Speaker 1: now to throw because he has his new toy. I've

1090
00:56:00,440 --> 00:56:03,200
Speaker 1: said over and over copy the Packers Now A J.

1091
00:56:03,320 --> 00:56:05,439
Speaker 1: Dealon and Aaron Jones are better than what the Rams

1092
00:56:05,480 --> 00:56:07,680
Speaker 1: have in their backfield. But I think they get to

1093
00:56:07,880 --> 00:56:11,920
Speaker 1: pass happy with Stafford. I'm saying this in a nice way.

1094
00:56:12,000 --> 00:56:15,160
Speaker 1: Who the hell is Stafford? Like he's really talented, but

1095
00:56:15,200 --> 00:56:16,719
Speaker 1: it's not like he comes He's not like he's Tom

1096
00:56:16,719 --> 00:56:19,719
Speaker 1: Brady where he's like, we're running my offense, Like, no, Matt,

1097
00:56:19,880 --> 00:56:24,400
Speaker 1: you needed us, you needed us. Like when Kevin Durant

1098
00:56:24,400 --> 00:56:27,319
Speaker 1: came to the Warriors, he needed the Warriors. They also

1099
00:56:27,400 --> 00:56:30,040
Speaker 1: needed him. He was Kevin d Frants like Matt Stafford

1100
00:56:30,040 --> 00:56:32,560
Speaker 1: to me, is not on that level. He's a really

1101
00:56:32,560 --> 00:56:35,400
Speaker 1: talented player who's thirty three and I never accomplished anything

1102
00:56:36,280 --> 00:56:39,080
Speaker 1: like Jimmy Garoppolo has two more playoff victories than he does.

1103
00:56:39,600 --> 00:56:43,000
Speaker 1: So it's just I think Sean is just getting a

1104
00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:46,040
Speaker 1: little too Matt Stafford happy, And as we see with

1105
00:56:46,080 --> 00:56:49,600
Speaker 1: every games that goes by. Is that Matt Stafford can't

1106
00:56:49,600 --> 00:56:55,280
Speaker 1: carry you? Okay? Broncos fan curious why all the quarterbacks

1107
00:56:55,320 --> 00:56:58,319
Speaker 1: expected to be available after the season. Why Denver isn't

1108
00:56:58,320 --> 00:57:02,080
Speaker 1: at least the top two landing spots offensive weapons Judy Sutton,

1109
00:57:02,200 --> 00:57:06,600
Speaker 1: Fant Gordon Javonte Williams, kJ Hamdler, Tim Patrick. No big deal.

1110
00:57:07,239 --> 00:57:10,799
Speaker 1: I see you, Elway and Patton. Defense has been very

1111
00:57:10,920 --> 00:57:13,200
Speaker 1: there for years. Maybe I'm biased, but for someone like

1112
00:57:13,239 --> 00:57:17,240
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson or Aaron Rodgers, that's the best option. Also,

1113
00:57:17,760 --> 00:57:20,040
Speaker 1: have five picks in the first three rounds next season

1114
00:57:20,080 --> 00:57:23,120
Speaker 1: and cap space available, Yeah, they'll be in the mix

1115
00:57:23,160 --> 00:57:25,640
Speaker 1: for sure. Why why would Aaron Rodgers leave the Packers

1116
00:57:25,680 --> 00:57:28,240
Speaker 1: go to Denver? Why? I'm not saying you're saying that,

1117
00:57:28,280 --> 00:57:31,080
Speaker 1: but we we need to stop that. In what world

1118
00:57:31,160 --> 00:57:33,960
Speaker 1: would you leave the Packers? Where he went thirteen and three,

1119
00:57:34,000 --> 00:57:36,240
Speaker 1: thirteen and three, and now he's eight and two, So

1120
00:57:36,280 --> 00:57:42,480
Speaker 1: he's twenty six. Uh was six plus eight, thirty four six,

1121
00:57:42,720 --> 00:57:46,280
Speaker 1: he's thirty four and eight in his thirty four and

1122
00:57:46,400 --> 00:57:50,280
Speaker 1: eight and he's gonna leave. Now Russell is a different story.

1123
00:57:50,480 --> 00:57:52,680
Speaker 1: But Russell is gonna leave. You go to Denver Broncos.

1124
00:57:53,560 --> 00:57:56,760
Speaker 1: I just to me, I'm not being mean, but I

1125
00:57:56,760 --> 00:57:59,080
Speaker 1: think you're like more likely to land like a Jimmy Garoppolo.

1126
00:58:00,720 --> 00:58:02,360
Speaker 1: You know, that's probably what you're gonna end up with.

1127
00:58:03,880 --> 00:58:06,040
Speaker 1: If a game were to be played and scored in

1128
00:58:06,120 --> 00:58:09,680
Speaker 1: something like fantasy football points, where individual players accumulated points

1129
00:58:09,680 --> 00:58:12,600
Speaker 1: based on yards gained and end zone entries, and defense

1130
00:58:12,600 --> 00:58:15,880
Speaker 1: special teams counter for points as well, what team do

1131
00:58:15,920 --> 00:58:19,240
Speaker 1: you think would dominate? My pick would be the Cowboys. Also,

1132
00:58:19,840 --> 00:58:22,280
Speaker 1: would there be a defensive player more valuable than Trayvon

1133
00:58:22,360 --> 00:58:26,680
Speaker 1: Dicks Well this year? No, because I mean scored you know,

1134
00:58:26,800 --> 00:58:30,000
Speaker 1: multiple touchdowns, has a bunch of picks. I'm not trying

1135
00:58:30,040 --> 00:58:32,040
Speaker 1: to be an asshole. I think that would be pretty stupid,

1136
00:58:32,800 --> 00:58:36,680
Speaker 1: you know. I just you're playing We play football. It's

1137
00:58:36,720 --> 00:58:39,520
Speaker 1: a team game, you know, and you win by scoring

1138
00:58:39,520 --> 00:58:42,840
Speaker 1: touchdowns as a team. So I think scoring individually it's

1139
00:58:42,880 --> 00:58:46,040
Speaker 1: like it's like turning football into like golf or tennis.

1140
00:58:46,560 --> 00:58:49,120
Speaker 1: And again I'm not I know what you're saying. And

1141
00:58:49,120 --> 00:58:51,200
Speaker 1: the Cowboys, you're right, would just put up a stupid

1142
00:58:51,200 --> 00:58:54,560
Speaker 1: amount of yards. The Chiefs would be really good. But

1143
00:58:55,080 --> 00:58:56,920
Speaker 1: I think that's the pushback with some of our I'm

1144
00:58:56,960 --> 00:58:58,560
Speaker 1: I'm a little old school when it comes to football,

1145
00:58:58,560 --> 00:59:01,080
Speaker 1: Like I don't need, you know, the Patriot game. I'm

1146
00:59:01,080 --> 00:59:03,400
Speaker 1: recording this as the Patriot games ending it's nineteen to nothing.

1147
00:59:03,440 --> 00:59:05,240
Speaker 1: I don't need every game to be not that game

1148
00:59:05,360 --> 00:59:07,440
Speaker 1: was terrible, but I don't need every game to be

1149
00:59:07,560 --> 00:59:11,080
Speaker 1: fifty to you know, I'm cool with some low scoring,

1150
00:59:11,120 --> 00:59:16,080
Speaker 1: defensive just blood bass, you know. Um, But I hear

1151
00:59:16,120 --> 00:59:19,760
Speaker 1: you like I I like playing daily Fantasy, but I

1152
00:59:19,800 --> 00:59:23,000
Speaker 1: would not like that at all. Why do you think, uh,

1153
00:59:23,480 --> 00:59:24,840
Speaker 1: who do you think is the best fit for the

1154
00:59:24,840 --> 00:59:28,200
Speaker 1: Seattle head coach? And if and when they fire Pete

1155
00:59:28,280 --> 00:59:30,720
Speaker 1: or he retires. I've been thinking a lot about this.

1156
00:59:30,720 --> 00:59:32,760
Speaker 1: I don't think you can fire Pete Carroll. He's the

1157
00:59:32,800 --> 00:59:34,680
Speaker 1: best coach in the history the franchise by a mile.

1158
00:59:35,600 --> 00:59:37,760
Speaker 1: He's you guys have won so much with him. He

1159
00:59:37,840 --> 00:59:40,000
Speaker 1: just won the division. Last year they went twolve and fourth.

1160
00:59:40,040 --> 00:59:42,560
Speaker 1: They won the NFC West by two games. I think

1161
00:59:42,560 --> 00:59:44,640
Speaker 1: he got to force him into retirement now where it

1162
00:59:44,640 --> 00:59:46,880
Speaker 1: gets ugly if you're moving off him and he refuses

1163
00:59:46,880 --> 00:59:50,000
Speaker 1: to retire. And let's face it, the old guy has

1164
00:59:50,000 --> 00:59:52,280
Speaker 1: a lot of young energy and I don't see Pete like, yeah,

1165
00:59:52,320 --> 00:59:55,040
Speaker 1: I'll just I'll just retire, man, I'll just fake retire.

1166
00:59:55,040 --> 00:59:57,520
Speaker 1: You guys pay me to go white, see you like it?

1167
00:59:57,520 --> 00:59:59,760
Speaker 1: It does feel like Pete's a little more prideful. I know,

1168
00:59:59,840 --> 01:00:02,920
Speaker 1: he chomps gum and walks around and you know, the

1169
01:00:02,920 --> 01:00:07,720
Speaker 1: big white shoes and just skinny vegan. But I I

1170
01:00:07,720 --> 01:00:10,040
Speaker 1: think Pete's got a little crazy man deep in there,

1171
01:00:10,080 --> 01:00:13,200
Speaker 1: and I do not think he'll go quietly. But I

1172
01:00:13,240 --> 01:00:17,680
Speaker 1: do expect Russell Wilson to make a power play. Chris

1173
01:00:17,680 --> 01:00:22,800
Speaker 1: Peterson would make some sense, I don't you know. I

1174
01:00:22,800 --> 01:00:24,520
Speaker 1: would love to see that. I don't know if he'd

1175
01:00:24,520 --> 01:00:28,480
Speaker 1: take the job, though, that would be really cool. I

1176
01:00:28,600 --> 01:00:32,040
Speaker 1: signed me up for that, suffering Raiders fan. I know

1177
01:00:32,080 --> 01:00:33,800
Speaker 1: we're five and four and we've had some funked up

1178
01:00:33,840 --> 01:00:36,640
Speaker 1: stuff happened. It feels like we've got another eight or

1179
01:00:36,720 --> 01:00:39,600
Speaker 1: nine win season, missing the playoffs once again. I tend

1180
01:00:39,600 --> 01:00:42,120
Speaker 1: to believe it's time to blow this ship up and

1181
01:00:42,120 --> 01:00:45,120
Speaker 1: start over. I love some me, some car, but this

1182
01:00:45,320 --> 01:00:49,200
Speaker 1: organization failed miserably and putting any stability around him. You

1183
01:00:49,240 --> 01:00:51,280
Speaker 1: think he sticks around next year? Well, he said over

1184
01:00:51,280 --> 01:00:54,720
Speaker 1: and over. If they trade him or they cut him.

1185
01:00:54,760 --> 01:00:56,880
Speaker 1: He's gonna retire. He doesn't want to play for any

1186
01:00:56,920 --> 01:01:00,680
Speaker 1: other team, now, you know, I think a lot of

1187
01:01:00,680 --> 01:01:03,880
Speaker 1: other teams would really want him, And if he was available,

1188
01:01:03,960 --> 01:01:06,760
Speaker 1: I think teams would be lined up to get him.

1189
01:01:06,800 --> 01:01:13,200
Speaker 1: The football team, uh Denver, Now what he played for Denver,

1190
01:01:13,320 --> 01:01:14,880
Speaker 1: given that he played in the in the division. I

1191
01:01:15,120 --> 01:01:18,560
Speaker 1: don't know, but I I think teams would do whatever

1192
01:01:18,600 --> 01:01:21,280
Speaker 1: they could to get Derek to play. I'm sure I'm

1193
01:01:21,280 --> 01:01:24,320
Speaker 1: missing teams that need quarterbacks. But there's a ton right

1194
01:01:24,880 --> 01:01:28,840
Speaker 1: Philly with the Eagles would love to have him. So

1195
01:01:29,080 --> 01:01:32,000
Speaker 1: I I don't know. I think he would have to

1196
01:01:32,040 --> 01:01:33,680
Speaker 1: come to a fork in the road. I think it's

1197
01:01:33,720 --> 01:01:39,120
Speaker 1: a weird spot. So my guess is that, yeah, the Saints.

1198
01:01:39,680 --> 01:01:43,440
Speaker 1: You don't think Sean Payton would like him? I just

1199
01:01:43,560 --> 01:01:45,720
Speaker 1: I don't know. We just gotta see how the season

1200
01:01:45,760 --> 01:01:48,320
Speaker 1: plays out. If they missed the playoffs, I think Mark

1201
01:01:48,400 --> 01:01:51,120
Speaker 1: Davis detonates the whole thing, and the higher new GM,

1202
01:01:51,120 --> 01:01:53,040
Speaker 1: the higher new coach, and then we'll see. I think

1203
01:01:53,080 --> 01:01:55,000
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson makes a lot of sense there. And if

1204
01:01:55,040 --> 01:01:57,520
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson comes in, why wouldn't Doug Peterson just want Derek?

1205
01:01:58,920 --> 01:02:01,040
Speaker 1: I feel like after the England game, the league was

1206
01:02:01,080 --> 01:02:03,720
Speaker 1: given the blueprint to beat the Cowboys, run it right

1207
01:02:03,720 --> 01:02:06,080
Speaker 1: at them, and play physical with their skill. Guys, Denver

1208
01:02:06,160 --> 01:02:08,000
Speaker 1: did it, and if you have the personnel and coach

1209
01:02:08,040 --> 01:02:10,800
Speaker 1: who isn't too arrogant to follow the blueprint, you will

1210
01:02:10,840 --> 01:02:16,360
Speaker 1: beat Dallas. Am I crazy? Uh? I? I really tend

1211
01:02:16,400 --> 01:02:18,720
Speaker 1: to think that the Denver game was somewhat of anomaly.

1212
01:02:19,320 --> 01:02:22,800
Speaker 1: Once they get Gregory back and DeMarcus Lawrence back, you know,

1213
01:02:22,880 --> 01:02:25,880
Speaker 1: I think Michael Parsons a physical player. I think they

1214
01:02:25,920 --> 01:02:28,560
Speaker 1: can run it as well with Zeke and Pollard like,

1215
01:02:28,760 --> 01:02:32,080
Speaker 1: I think they're pretty well balanced, physical team. Now we're

1216
01:02:32,080 --> 01:02:34,240
Speaker 1: gonna learn a lot these next two weeks. They play

1217
01:02:34,280 --> 01:02:36,600
Speaker 1: obviously the Chiefs on Sunday, and then they play Thursday night.

1218
01:02:36,640 --> 01:02:39,360
Speaker 1: So they're gonna play four games and you know whatever,

1219
01:02:39,600 --> 01:02:41,960
Speaker 1: I want seventy two hours. I'm not great at math,

1220
01:02:42,160 --> 01:02:43,720
Speaker 1: even though I actually am pretty good at math. I'm

1221
01:02:43,760 --> 01:02:46,439
Speaker 1: just not great at adding on the fly in my head.

1222
01:02:46,640 --> 01:02:49,840
Speaker 1: But I'm pretty good. I I'm I'm very uh I

1223
01:02:49,840 --> 01:02:52,200
Speaker 1: guess uh quantitative? Is that the way to say it.

1224
01:02:52,200 --> 01:02:55,160
Speaker 1: I'm quantitative. I'm I'm a numbers guy, but I'm not

1225
01:02:55,200 --> 01:02:58,600
Speaker 1: good like uh, add living you know, I think I

1226
01:02:58,600 --> 01:03:01,720
Speaker 1: think seventy two hours is for to Kyle Vanoy just

1227
01:03:01,720 --> 01:03:05,880
Speaker 1: picked off Josh Rosen. Okay, we'll end on this. I

1228
01:03:05,880 --> 01:03:09,240
Speaker 1: found you through Coward Big Fane Love the Young Demo,

1229
01:03:09,440 --> 01:03:13,160
Speaker 1: die hard Steelers fan. So I've never known anything beside

1230
01:03:13,160 --> 01:03:15,560
Speaker 1: Big Ben the Steelers another team that would like Derek.

1231
01:03:16,200 --> 01:03:17,920
Speaker 1: It terrifies me to find out what it's like to

1232
01:03:18,000 --> 01:03:19,920
Speaker 1: not have a franchise quarterback. It feels like nothing has

1233
01:03:19,920 --> 01:03:23,800
Speaker 1: been done to find Ben's successor beside bringing in Dwayne Haskins,

1234
01:03:23,800 --> 01:03:25,720
Speaker 1: which is fined as a backup, but it's nothing more.

1235
01:03:25,960 --> 01:03:27,720
Speaker 1: Do you think they should draft a quarterback or go

1236
01:03:27,800 --> 01:03:30,040
Speaker 1: for a veteran in the off season. Also, I'm a

1237
01:03:30,040 --> 01:03:32,120
Speaker 1: student at Liberty. I heard you say on the pod

1238
01:03:32,240 --> 01:03:34,880
Speaker 1: that you hadn't watched Liberty play. I don't blame you.

1239
01:03:35,280 --> 01:03:36,760
Speaker 1: I've been to all the home games and I'm no

1240
01:03:36,840 --> 01:03:41,240
Speaker 1: professional analysts. But despite the lousy competition, Malik Willis can

1241
01:03:41,280 --> 01:03:43,800
Speaker 1: play elite runner with a rocket arm. He's probably a

1242
01:03:43,880 --> 01:03:45,880
Speaker 1: huge project, but I encourage you to check him out.

1243
01:03:47,280 --> 01:03:51,360
Speaker 1: I actually watched the this was several weeks ago, the

1244
01:03:51,360 --> 01:03:54,640
Speaker 1: Old Miss Liberty game. He definitely I mean, he's an

1245
01:03:54,640 --> 01:03:58,080
Speaker 1: intriguing prospect. People were talking about him going like number

1246
01:03:58,160 --> 01:04:01,600
Speaker 1: one overall. Clearly not in just my one game of

1247
01:04:01,680 --> 01:04:06,080
Speaker 1: exposure to him, you know, in my experience, and I

1248
01:04:06,120 --> 01:04:08,440
Speaker 1: haven't been in the league now and you know, eight years,

1249
01:04:09,040 --> 01:04:11,400
Speaker 1: but you know, for my time and before I got

1250
01:04:11,440 --> 01:04:14,000
Speaker 1: like that, when like the fourth round and you got

1251
01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:15,960
Speaker 1: to work with him and there was no pressure. Now

1252
01:04:16,000 --> 01:04:19,080
Speaker 1: he's probably gonna go in the second round. Hell, he

1253
01:04:19,160 --> 01:04:21,440
Speaker 1: might go late in the first round, which is a

1254
01:04:21,480 --> 01:04:23,600
Speaker 1: little just puts a lot of pressure on the guy.

1255
01:04:23,640 --> 01:04:27,320
Speaker 1: But he's big, he's agile. You're right, he's got a hose.

1256
01:04:28,720 --> 01:04:31,760
Speaker 1: He's an intriguing prospect. I don't you know, as a quarterback,

1257
01:04:31,800 --> 01:04:34,760
Speaker 1: your character and all that stuff matters a lot. So

1258
01:04:34,800 --> 01:04:37,680
Speaker 1: how he's wired, I don't know. I haven't asked anybody,

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Speaker 1: but let's assume he's wired the right way. Uh. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's gonna go. He's gonna go, probably higher than he

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Speaker 1: should given that he needs a lot of work. Major project.

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Speaker 1: But you know, Jordan's Love was a major project. He

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Speaker 1: went a late first round. Hell, Trey Lance was a

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Speaker 1: big project, went third overall. Okay, everyone, have a good weekend.

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Speaker 1: I think I just saw it in Atlanta Falcon throw

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Speaker 1: another pick and um, I'll see you guys all next week.

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Speaker 1: Peace the volume