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Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. That be Monday. Everybody,

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Speaker 1: what is going on? It's your boy, Jason McIntyre Straight

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Speaker 1: Fire for Monday, March twenty nine. I hope everybody had

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Speaker 1: a spectacular weekend. I had an enjoyable weekend. I did

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Speaker 1: a lot of fun stuff. We celebrated my son's birthday

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Speaker 1: I had to watch the Sweet sixteen the first game

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Speaker 1: And um, by the way, quick word to the wise.

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Speaker 1: Regression in the Sweet sixteen hit me hard. My gosh,

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Speaker 1: it hurt. I had a great first two rounds. Sweet

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Speaker 1: sixteen not kind to me. However, there is good news.

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Speaker 1: I will give out a best bet on tonight's Elite

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Speaker 1: Eight games at the end of the podcast. A quick

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Speaker 1: chord before we get to a couple of big things

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Speaker 1: an NFL monster a couple of trades on Friday. I

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Speaker 1: just need to quickly say this first, so you guys know,

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Speaker 1: I mentioned I got the vaccine last week. I'm very excited,

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Speaker 1: by the way. Thank you to all the new listeners

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Speaker 1: to the pod. Last week we had some pretty significant numbers. Uh,

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Speaker 1: thank you to the new audience. Welcome aboard, and hope

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Speaker 1: do this. And you know, my brother came in town

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Speaker 1: we went to a comedy show Friday night. I know,

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Speaker 1: But I thought it was cool. Every comic like made

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Speaker 1: comedy you've seen live. I've just got to give Bill

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Speaker 1: Burr is freaking tremendous. I guess he's going through It's

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Speaker 1: like some cancel culture stuff. People are going after him

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Speaker 1: perfect form for bill Board. I don't know. I don't

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Speaker 1: not that familiar with him. And Bill Burr was incredible.

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Speaker 1: This dude is hilarious. He did some stuff that obviously

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Speaker 1: not really politically correct, but I want to hear that

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Speaker 1: I'm a big fan of David Spade. Didn't think David

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Speaker 1: Spade really brought it. And final word on comedy. This

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Speaker 1: comedian named Jeff Ross, who is the king of roasts.

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Speaker 1: You see him on these comedy specials Comedy Central. He

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Speaker 1: I just maybe he had an off night whatever, But

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Speaker 1: it was a great night out. I hope everybody out there,

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Speaker 1: once you guys get vaccinated, you feel like I'm ready

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Speaker 1: to go out. I'll tell you this. I was talking

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Speaker 1: And frankly, right now, let's start with the Lakers real

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Speaker 1: quick before we get to other stuff. Andre Drummond is

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Speaker 1: now a Los Angeles Laker, and I don't know how

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Speaker 1: The Andre Drummond move is just enormous. First of all,

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Speaker 1: he's gonna start from the jump. Marcus al got a

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Speaker 1: he couldn't defend a chair. Come on, get out of here.

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Speaker 1: forty seven percent from the field this year. Okay, that's bad.

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Speaker 1: Andre Drummond needs to take better shots earlier in his

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Speaker 1: Especially right now with the injuries that the Lakers have,

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Speaker 1: Lakers just need to tread water for the next couple

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Speaker 1: they could have used LaMarcus Aldridge pick and pop skills

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Speaker 1: back this week. But they get the Bucks Wednesday, and

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Speaker 1: then the longest road game road stretch of the season

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Speaker 1: they'll probably have Lebron back by that. Well, they sure

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Speaker 1: I think it was like Saturday night. I was laying

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Speaker 1: in bed right before I finished watching the games on it,

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Speaker 1: and I'm like, okay, so I looked it up. Tyler

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Speaker 1: he's he's just fourth year coaching. First year he took

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Speaker 1: over for what's the guy's name? Date was it David

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Speaker 1: Black in Cleveland, Rob, do you remember? Correct? And he

428
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Speaker 1: went to title with Lebron. And then the second year

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Speaker 1: they get swept by the Warriors in the finals, the

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Speaker 1: greatest dynasty in NBA history, Sorry Celtics, sorry Jordan's Bulls.

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Speaker 1: And then the next year, um, they lose again, but

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Speaker 1: Kyrie was gone and whatever. Then Lebron leaves, so he

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Speaker 1: gets fired as soon as the next season starts. So

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Speaker 1: Tyler then gets hired by the Clippers. How are we

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Speaker 1: to judge Tylu as an NBA coach? Drop, I'm not

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Speaker 1: gonna say anything to checker, uh your thoughts. I'm just

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Speaker 1: gonna ask, how are we supposed to judge Tyler as

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Speaker 1: an NBA coach? Well, he'd have to win in the

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Speaker 1: playoffs for you mean to judge him as an NBA coach,

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00:22:56,119 --> 00:22:57,960
Speaker 1: But he's already done that. He wanted title with Lebron.

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Speaker 1: You know, I don't no, no, no, I don't know. Okay,

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00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:07,320
Speaker 1: he was not the reason why they want that chang. Really,

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Speaker 1: you're not giving Tyler credit for winning a chip. I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna give him credit for having one, and you know

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00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:14,639
Speaker 1: he has it. I'm not gonna say he doesn't have it.

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00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:16,399
Speaker 1: But for him to get credit like he was the

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00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:18,800
Speaker 1: mastermind behind that team, that would be incorrect. So it

448
00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:24,040
Speaker 1: took a Lebron Kyrie nuclear Game six I believe it was,

449
00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:26,480
Speaker 1: where they each had forty plus points, you know, for

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Speaker 1: for that suspension. Blah blah blah. Right, so it's impossible.

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Speaker 1: It's impossible to judge Tyler as a head coach given

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Speaker 1: his time with Lebron. Okay, now the next job he

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Speaker 1: gets and I'm not hating on him. This is genius.

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Speaker 1: If work, great work, if you can get it. The

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Speaker 1: next job he gets is with Kawhi Leonard and Paul

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Speaker 1: George and Kawhi Leonard is widely viewed as one of

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Speaker 1: the five best players in the basketball Like, how are

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Speaker 1: we supposed to judge that? Okay, I think a guy

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Speaker 1: this is the blueprint. Eric Spoelstra, right video coordinator, didn't

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Speaker 1: have the background that Tyler did playing in the league.

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00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:09,760
Speaker 1: And Sposter wins with Lebron and the heatles, Okay, so

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00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:12,120
Speaker 1: then it's like, Okay, Lebron's gone, what do we got?

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Speaker 1: And they were like make the playoffs? I think they

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Speaker 1: lost first round and didn't make the playoffs, And okay,

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Speaker 1: what a suposter have He went to the finals last year,

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Speaker 1: and I know people are gonna say, oh, he's got

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Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler and Bay I'm out of Bio and Tyler.

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00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:31,040
Speaker 1: Hero No no, no no, no, no, no, no no. What

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Speaker 1: Spoister did last year was incredible. I know he didn't

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Speaker 1: win the title, but give that man some props. That

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Speaker 1: to me, rob is I'm impressed. Frank Vogel in Indiana

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Speaker 1: with Paul George had those Pacers, Roy Hibbert, Paul George,

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Speaker 1: David West going toto toe with Lebron. Now they never

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Speaker 1: took him down. Frank Vogel then goes to Orlando, where

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Speaker 1: I mean, ship, if you win in Orlando, you it

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Speaker 1: as well be one of the greatest coaches of all time. Okay,

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Speaker 1: he don't win in Orlando, he's fired. He goes to

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Speaker 1: the Lakers, he's got Lebron wins. It's kind of tough

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Speaker 1: to judge he's coaches, is it not? Prob Uh? I mean,

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Speaker 1: there's certain guys you can tell that they're good coaches

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Speaker 1: that regardless of who they have out there, that give

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Speaker 1: me one successful I think Eric Boltra is a great coach. Okay,

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Speaker 1: right we just okay, someone else besides Bolstra and anyone

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Speaker 1: who's coached Lebron, how about that? I think that Uh, Okay,

485
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Speaker 1: Carlisle is good. He did winner title what with Dirk. Yes, yeah,

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Speaker 1: he is a good I think Bodonholds are very good coach.

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Speaker 1: I think Nick Nurse is a great coach. Hold On

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Speaker 1: hold On, Budenholes are great regular season coach. That's fine.

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Speaker 1: You gotta you gotta get there first, and you know,

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Speaker 1: there's a lot of guys who can't quite get there

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Speaker 1: sometimes Doc Rivers. No, that was pretty quick. No, Doc Rivers,

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Speaker 1: as as U benefited greatly from the rosters that he's had.

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Speaker 1: And we'll wrap up on this random tangent on coaches

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Speaker 1: Brad Stevens. His is more of a gray area. Oh,

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Speaker 1: I can't believe you. And here here's the reason why

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Speaker 1: he If you have Eastern Conference finals in the last

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Speaker 1: four years, one of them where his best player was

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Speaker 1: Isaiah Thomas, who, by the way, is out the league

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Speaker 1: and was a second round pick. I think the last

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Speaker 1: guy taken in the second round. No, that is that

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Speaker 1: is factually correct. But with him, and and this is

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Speaker 1: to steal this from Chris Brussard, there's guys who can

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Speaker 1: drive a Honda very very well, which with him, if

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00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:33,400
Speaker 1: he has Sea level guys, D level guys, he can

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Speaker 1: maximize the heck out of him. He gets all buy in.

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Speaker 1: Wherever you give him the keys to a Ferrari, which

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Speaker 1: is the upper echelon guys, You give him a Kyrie Irving,

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Speaker 1: you give him uh now stars legitimate Jayson Tatum, Jalen Brown,

509
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Speaker 1: and for whatever reason, he can't work with those guys.

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Speaker 1: He he doesn't get the most out of the stars,

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Speaker 1: and that's something that he's the actually the antithesis of

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Speaker 1: Phil Jackson. Phil Jackson, you give him the stars, he

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Speaker 1: knows how to work and mold the super stars and

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Speaker 1: get the most out of them. You give him a

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00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,680
Speaker 1: bunch of bench warmers, he's going to be terrible. And

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Speaker 1: Brad Stevens is the exact opposite of that. Mhm, Okay,

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Speaker 1: fair enough, we won't go any further on coaches. All right, quickly, Rob,

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00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:15,000
Speaker 1: I think I just want to do something on the

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00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:17,439
Speaker 1: forty niners and this trade. Can Can we just do

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00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:19,359
Speaker 1: a quick NFL before we get to the sweet sixteen

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00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:22,560
Speaker 1: and stuff? Let's do it. Fox Sports Radio has the

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Speaker 1: best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of

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Speaker 1: listen live. Friday afternoon, massive trade in the NFL. The

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00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:44,760
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins pretty clearly saying we are not gonna get

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Speaker 1: involved with this is Shaun Watson stuff. There's too much uncertainty.

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Speaker 1: We're we're out, and they decided to trade the third

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Speaker 1: pick in the draft, which was supposed to be going

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Speaker 1: to Houston and exchange for Watson in in in any scenario,

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Speaker 1: because you don't give up a franchise quarterback without getting

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00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:06,720
Speaker 1: a bite at the apple. Okay, they trade three to

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Speaker 1: San Francisco and the forty Niners now have the third pick.

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Speaker 1: And they say, although I do believe it's been all anonymous,

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Speaker 1: like a sore said, they say they're keeping Jimmy G.

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Speaker 1: And this, Um I had my radio show Saturday and

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Speaker 1: I in case you guys missed it, and it was

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00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:32,240
Speaker 1: a great discussion, and um, I would suggest checking it out.

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00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:36,159
Speaker 1: But this idea that Jimmy G automatically has got to

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Speaker 1: get traded is not necessarily true. And initially I thought

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Speaker 1: the same, like, oh, you gotta trade Jimmy G get

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00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:47,280
Speaker 1: some the in return. And Rob I started to um

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00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:54,760
Speaker 1: crunch some of the recent top ten picks at quarterback, okay,

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Speaker 1: and what kind of happened with them, Okay, whether they

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Speaker 1: started instantly or not. Okay, going back to twenty, I

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00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:09,000
Speaker 1: guess sixteen Jared Goff, number one overall pick, did not

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Speaker 1: start as a rookie. Jeff Fisher was a coach. He

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00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:16,680
Speaker 1: ended up coming in He was atrocious. They I think

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00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:22,320
Speaker 1: his record was Owen seven second year gets McVeigh kaboom. Okay,

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00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:26,560
Speaker 1: Mitchell Trabinsky did not start the season in Chicago. He

551
00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:28,960
Speaker 1: was the number was he two or three? Whatever he was?

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00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:32,280
Speaker 1: Rob Trabisky didn't start. They had picked up Mike Glennon

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Speaker 1: as a bridge quarterback and then he was awful, and

554
00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:39,200
Speaker 1: then Trabisky went in. Okay, Patrick Mahomes, I should say

555
00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:43,480
Speaker 1: Mahomes for the end. Okay, Baker Mayfield in Cleveland. Remember,

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Speaker 1: Tyrod Taylor was a starter. Hugh Jackson was a coach. Baker,

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00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:51,160
Speaker 1: Let's wait, he was we traded up from what Baker? Oh? No, yeah,

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Speaker 1: Baker was the number one pick and they didn't trade

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Speaker 1: up for him. Baker was the number one pick and

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Speaker 1: he did not start. Justin Herbert, we forget this. Last

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00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,920
Speaker 1: year top ten pick wasn't the starter to start the season.

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00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:06,640
Speaker 1: That was Tyrod Taylor again, and then you know, the

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Speaker 1: doctors screwed him up and Herbert gets in and the

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00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:13,800
Speaker 1: rest is history. One more Tua Tongue Valoa not to

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Speaker 1: start her last year. Now he's a little bit of

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Speaker 1: a gray area given the injury that he had in

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Speaker 1: the surgery. But I don't know if he could have started.

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Speaker 1: But the big one here and it involves the forty Niners.

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Speaker 1: And this is why I think they may keep Jimmy G.

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Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes was drafted by the Chiefs. They've traded up

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Speaker 1: for him. At ten, they had Alex Smith, they were

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Speaker 1: a playoff team. Alex Smith gets him to the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: They lose Alex Smith. Thank you, We're handing the keys

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Speaker 1: to Patrick Mahomes. Boom they take off. The forty Niners

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Speaker 1: went to the super Bowl two years ago. Okay, listen

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Speaker 1: to this. The forty Niners go to the Super Bowl

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Speaker 1: two years ago. They backslide to six and ten because

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Speaker 1: the entire team was injured. And now you know, I

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Speaker 1: know they lost their defensive coordinator. I think they lost

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Speaker 1: four starters on defense. By the way, the Steelers lost

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Speaker 1: I think six. We'll get to that later on. This

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Speaker 1: this uh off season, the forty Niners could keep Jimmy G.

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Speaker 1: Start him, make a playoff run to they could get

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Speaker 1: to the playoffs. I don't know if they held win

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Speaker 1: the Super Bowl with him this year or get to

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Speaker 1: the super Bowl. But if they draft Justin Fields. One

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00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:31,239
Speaker 1: thing to remember, he's just turned twenty two now. He

588
00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:34,800
Speaker 1: did start for two seasons at Ohio State and at Georgia.

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00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:36,520
Speaker 1: He was the backup. He got in, he got some

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Speaker 1: runs and burn so he is kind of experienced. If

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Speaker 1: they go trade Lance, the kid from North Dakota State,

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Speaker 1: he only started one season. He is twenty years old.

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Speaker 1: He'll be twenty years old when he's drafted. There's no

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Speaker 1: way Kyle Shanahan and his complex offense would draft trade Lance.

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Speaker 1: Trade Jimmy G and started twenty one year old. By

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Speaker 1: the time the season starts. Quarterback, that's just not happening.

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Speaker 1: It's not happening, Okay, now the wild so that I

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Speaker 1: almost wonder. I think Justin Fields is a guy. But

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Speaker 1: the idea if you keep Jimmy G Trey Land studies

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Speaker 1: for a year, there's a lot of value there young kid.

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Speaker 1: The other option, and you know, I'm not gonna dive

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00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:17,680
Speaker 1: too much into it now, is this Matt Jones idea.

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00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:22,000
Speaker 1: I personally think that's total craziness. You don't trade up

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Speaker 1: to three for mac Jones. He he probably would have

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Speaker 1: been there when are picking twelveth So I just wanted

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Speaker 1: to go over this. Initially, Jimmy G he's done, But

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Speaker 1: you look at recent history and you know a lot

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00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:44,480
Speaker 1: of those teams stunk, but you don't need to rush

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Speaker 1: the quarterback. Yes, the value of the rookie quarterback contract

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00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:52,880
Speaker 1: is massive if your quarterback's ready. Right, we saw Sam

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Speaker 1: Donald go in. He wasn't ready. Ye had no choice.

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Speaker 1: Jets stunk, the coach was horrible. Everything just it was

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00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:02,600
Speaker 1: a comedy of errors for the Jets. I feel bad

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00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:05,960
Speaker 1: for same, Darb. But I can see a scenario where

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Speaker 1: they draft Justin Fields, trot out Jimmy G for one year,

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Speaker 1: then they get rid of Jimmy G. They have a

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00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:18,080
Speaker 1: lot of cap room. Insert Justin Fields as a quarterback.

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Speaker 1: You build up the team and you can make a

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Speaker 1: two three year run the way the Chiefs just did.

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Speaker 1: Rob g Am, I crazy. No, you're not crazy. And

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Speaker 1: I don't I know that there is at least one

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Speaker 1: very specific NFL media member that kind of pushed back

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Speaker 1: on you on social media. Oh, I might have missed it. No,

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00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:38,440
Speaker 1: you did see it because you responded on Twitter. Oh,

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00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:40,520
Speaker 1: Mike Florio ProFootball time. I didn't know if he wanted

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Speaker 1: to put his name out there, but we're we're friendly.

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00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:44,240
Speaker 1: I should probably get him on here. Yeah, And so

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Speaker 1: I was surprised that he pushed back because to me,

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Speaker 1: it seems so obvious what they're doing, Like, you don't

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Speaker 1: trade up that level of capital to draft Mac Jones, Like, like,

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Speaker 1: of the three guys who are going to be available

632
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Speaker 1: at number three, Fields, Lands and Jones, Jones might be

633
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:04,400
Speaker 1: the most pro ready because he's just the distributor of

634
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:07,640
Speaker 1: the football, but he also has the least upside of

635
00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:11,040
Speaker 1: the of the three. So you don't move up like

636
00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:14,200
Speaker 1: that and lest you're swinging for the fences. Yeah, let

637
00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:17,839
Speaker 1: me let me just the other name here is um

638
00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:23,480
Speaker 1: Chris Sims of NBC Sports. So this is crazy. I

639
00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:27,279
Speaker 1: had no idea Chris Sims is pushing Mac Jones. Okay,

640
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:29,520
Speaker 1: Mac Jones, Hey, he's the guy. He's the guy that

641
00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan wants. You're like, what the hell is Chris?

642
00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:33,719
Speaker 1: Is he just trying to say this to break through

643
00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:38,320
Speaker 1: and become famous, Like what's Chris Sims doing? This is

644
00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:41,200
Speaker 1: what Chris Sims is doing. He was the quarterback of

645
00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:45,160
Speaker 1: the Texas Longhorns. One of the wide receivers on that

646
00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:48,040
Speaker 1: Texas team that Chris Sims is going to His name

647
00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:51,080
Speaker 1: was Kyle Shanahan, who is currently the coach of the

648
00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:55,560
Speaker 1: four nineers. Apparently they struck up some bromance and their buddies.

649
00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:58,800
Speaker 1: They're super tight. How tight are they? There's a story

650
00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:01,640
Speaker 1: in a credible outlet, I think the San Jose Mercury

651
00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:05,800
Speaker 1: News that Chris Simms and Kyle Shanahan got each other's

652
00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:10,959
Speaker 1: initials tattooed on their body, unlike their ankle or something. Now,

653
00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:15,920
Speaker 1: I'm not going to pass judgment on that. Whatevs. Christians

654
00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:19,000
Speaker 1: has another man's initials tattooed on his bike. They've got

655
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:23,640
Speaker 1: to be tight there, boys. Okay, I believe this mac

656
00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:28,680
Speaker 1: Jones stuff is total misdirection from a friend helping out

657
00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:32,160
Speaker 1: his old his old teammate, and there was just I

658
00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:34,439
Speaker 1: will be I don't know what I'll do. I'll I'll

659
00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:36,560
Speaker 1: be floored if mac Jones is to pick at three. Now,

660
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:37,799
Speaker 1: we got a lot of time to go over this,

661
00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:42,000
Speaker 1: but I just I'm interested in the draft. The Forts

662
00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:45,080
Speaker 1: basically saying no to Jimmy G. I mean, Rob, we'll

663
00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:47,440
Speaker 1: do this probably later in the week after the n

664
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Speaker 1: c A tournament. Um breaks, you know, breaks up after

665
00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:55,160
Speaker 1: the Elite eight. But Jimmy G if he were to

666
00:35:55,239 --> 00:36:00,920
Speaker 1: hit the market Denver, Carolina, if they say we're not

667
00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:05,040
Speaker 1: waiting down Watson and then of course the New England Patriots.

668
00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:08,279
Speaker 1: So it's definitely a buyer's market for Jimmy g But

669
00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:13,840
Speaker 1: then you say, well, Jay, what about your guys Sam Donald?

670
00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:18,920
Speaker 1: Are the Jets gonna end up trading him? And I

671
00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:20,839
Speaker 1: know that people are gonna say this, like, well, Jay,

672
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:23,880
Speaker 1: what if the Jets held on too Donald to see

673
00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:27,120
Speaker 1: what quarterbacks are open next year and then traded him?

674
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:30,239
Speaker 1: And I'm like, I don't think you want to start

675
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:34,200
Speaker 1: the season. You can't hold on to Sam Donald. You've

676
00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:36,800
Speaker 1: got a new regime. The GM is not tied to Donald,

677
00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:39,560
Speaker 1: he didn't draft him. You don't want a scenario where

678
00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:43,840
Speaker 1: Zach Wilson's hurt, Donald starts and the Jets win a

679
00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:45,919
Speaker 1: bunch of games and are suddenly dangerous, and then you've

680
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:47,799
Speaker 1: got like, oh, what do we do with quarterback? And

681
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:50,359
Speaker 1: you gotta end up paying Sam Donald? Like, no, you've

682
00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:53,759
Speaker 1: got to get him out. So, unfortunately for the Jets

683
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:57,799
Speaker 1: right now, not dealing Donald yet has really dried up

684
00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:02,799
Speaker 1: the market on him. I would guess Houston as a

685
00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:05,359
Speaker 1: potential landing spot, but I don't see them trading for

686
00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:10,920
Speaker 1: him with Shaun Watson still on the roster, right, So anyways,

687
00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:15,279
Speaker 1: all right, um, any any final thoughts on that On

688
00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:18,879
Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo, robgi uh, Well, I don't like him in

689
00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:20,799
Speaker 1: in Carolina. I think that it would it have to

690
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:23,359
Speaker 1: be Denver or the Patriots, And that's number one. Number two.

691
00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:26,720
Speaker 1: I was with everything that you said that entire rant

692
00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:30,360
Speaker 1: about this whole trade, other than Chris Simms is putting

693
00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:33,120
Speaker 1: out a spin zone to get people to think that

694
00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:36,440
Speaker 1: he's taking mac Jones at number three Coyle Shanahan when

695
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:40,400
Speaker 1: it's pretty open secret that the draft doesn't start until

696
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:42,680
Speaker 1: number three. So I don't know who he's trying to

697
00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:45,279
Speaker 1: drum up interest around when it's not like, oh well

698
00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:47,200
Speaker 1: maybe so and so will fall to us. That that's

699
00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:52,120
Speaker 1: the confusing part. Well, yeah, that's possibly fair. I guess

700
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:56,399
Speaker 1: the other thing would be how much dough do other

701
00:37:56,480 --> 00:37:58,719
Speaker 1: teams like mac Jones. Now. Listen, he was down to

702
00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:01,799
Speaker 1: two first round picks. He had like two offensive linemen

703
00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:03,880
Speaker 1: who were all Americans. He had the best running back

704
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:06,000
Speaker 1: of the country and Naja Harris no disrespect to e

705
00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:09,080
Speaker 1: t n at Clemson, but like that was a loaded

706
00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:13,960
Speaker 1: Alabama team and a COVID year where there were not

707
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:16,640
Speaker 1: a lot of games like they were by far the best.

708
00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:19,879
Speaker 1: Like I mean Mac Jones. Remember he couldn't beat out

709
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:22,440
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts, He couldn't beat out to a like I

710
00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:25,040
Speaker 1: don't know at any rate. Um, all right, let's quickly

711
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Speaker 1: get to Sweet sixteen. I don't have any big, big takeaways.

712
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:32,680
Speaker 1: The game's largely sucked. Um. I mean, you know, you

713
00:38:32,719 --> 00:38:34,960
Speaker 1: look at the scores and it was like just beat

714
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:38,680
Speaker 1: down after beat down in the Sweet sixteen. The most

715
00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:41,200
Speaker 1: depressing part for me is that the games were not

716
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Speaker 1: even really competitive, Like in the second half. You only

717
00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:47,600
Speaker 1: had I think, I'm looking at three games here, three

718
00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:50,560
Speaker 1: games in the second half. We're close. In the Sweet

719
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:54,839
Speaker 1: six team that's it. Creton Goozaga was nothing. Michigan State,

720
00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:58,160
Speaker 1: Florida State was Michigan, Florida State was nothing. You see,

721
00:38:58,239 --> 00:39:02,759
Speaker 1: Labama was a really good game. USC Oregon never was

722
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:05,799
Speaker 1: close in the second half. And then on Saturday's games,

723
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Speaker 1: it was like Oregon State Loyola was just awful. Every

724
00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:11,680
Speaker 1: time I looked, and I didn't look too much, it

725
00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:15,760
Speaker 1: was a crap game. Villanova Baylor was that was interesting

726
00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:18,359
Speaker 1: in the second half. Arkansas Oral Roberts was really good.

727
00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:21,200
Speaker 1: And then Syracuse Houston was terrible. So the game stink

728
00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:24,920
Speaker 1: and that, as we said, is the drawback when you

729
00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:27,680
Speaker 1: have all these upsets. Now, I'm not gonna go over

730
00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:30,480
Speaker 1: a lot of them I do. I'm not gonna react

731
00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:34,080
Speaker 1: what happened Saturday and Sunday. Um what we've got games Monday.

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00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:39,439
Speaker 1: So let's quickly get to tonight's games. The only thing

733
00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:43,319
Speaker 1: better than sitting on your couch watching the game, he's

734
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:50,560
Speaker 1: making money while he's doing. Here's your best bet. First up,

735
00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:53,680
Speaker 1: Oregon State Houston. The number one thing I bet on

736
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Speaker 1: this game instantly was the under under one nine and

737
00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:59,800
Speaker 1: a half. It's gonna be cratering. By the way, Unders

738
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Speaker 1: in the Sweet sixteen started out six and oh. I

739
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:04,759
Speaker 1: stopped tracking them after that. There were only eight games,

740
00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:07,279
Speaker 1: so for the first half under sorry we're six and

741
00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:09,600
Speaker 1: oh and full game Unders were six and oh to

742
00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:12,680
Speaker 1: start the Sweet sixteen. These are two of the slowest

743
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Speaker 1: teams in the country. This game is gonna probably be ugly,

744
00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:20,040
Speaker 1: and Oregon State has been held under sixty six times

745
00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:25,239
Speaker 1: this year. Houston I like, but it's tough for me

746
00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:28,240
Speaker 1: to say, like, hey, this is a bye on Houston

747
00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:30,880
Speaker 1: with a low total and a spread a seven and

748
00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:33,560
Speaker 1: a half Organsas. It's only here because nobody can make

749
00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:35,120
Speaker 1: threes against them, and I don't know if it's their

750
00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:38,480
Speaker 1: defense or just missing threes. The problem is Houston not

751
00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:41,360
Speaker 1: a great three point shooting team. I'm I would take Houston,

752
00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:43,480
Speaker 1: but I'm not gonna bet them. I did bet the

753
00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:46,239
Speaker 1: under one twenty nine and a half. Now, the second game,

754
00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:52,040
Speaker 1: Arkansas Baylor, that should be fun. I'll say this, I'm

755
00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:54,560
Speaker 1: not gonna go all Todd Ferman. He's a friend, so

756
00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:58,680
Speaker 1: I'm not bashing him. He went after Musselman, the Arkansas coach,

757
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:02,560
Speaker 1: head of the game against Crisper in Texas Tech when

758
00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:07,399
Speaker 1: Muscleman won the game and Ferman got crushed and listen, hey,

759
00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:11,200
Speaker 1: when you put yourself out there, it happens. I like

760
00:41:11,239 --> 00:41:14,080
Speaker 1: Baylor here. I like him a lot. Um. When you

761
00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:21,080
Speaker 1: get two similar teams, run and jump, um, super athleticism

762
00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:24,480
Speaker 1: all over the court, I'm gonna go with the team

763
00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:28,760
Speaker 1: with the better at everything. They're better at defense, Baylor,

764
00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:31,520
Speaker 1: Baylor's better at offense. Baylor is better at three point shooting,

765
00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:36,000
Speaker 1: like Baylor's guards better. Arkansas is a young team. The

766
00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:39,440
Speaker 1: best player on the court maybe the kid Moody at Arkansas.

767
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:41,560
Speaker 1: He could be a top ten pick, but he hasn't

768
00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:44,920
Speaker 1: really played like when he defers a lot as some

769
00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:47,799
Speaker 1: of these freshmen do. A k a. Scottie Barnes, who

770
00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:52,840
Speaker 1: killed me this tournament Florida State, Oh my gosh, it's brutal. Um,

771
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:55,440
Speaker 1: Arkansas is too young. They have two freshman starters. Baylor's

772
00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:58,360
Speaker 1: defense is filthy, and they showed they can play a

773
00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:02,319
Speaker 1: half court game against Villanova when they were trailing and

774
00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:06,920
Speaker 1: it was the endgame bet of the weekend, Villanova leading Baylor,

775
00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:09,680
Speaker 1: Baylor getting points. I hope you load it up. I

776
00:42:09,719 --> 00:42:11,319
Speaker 1: like Baylor here, favor by seven and a half. I'll

777
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:14,839
Speaker 1: tell you this. Arkansas is prone to slow starts, as

778
00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:17,600
Speaker 1: we've seen throughout the tournament and against Oral Roberts, So

779
00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:20,800
Speaker 1: you kind of have to bet this pre flop because

780
00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:23,920
Speaker 1: after that they're gonna be leading early like they just

781
00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:27,280
Speaker 1: Arkansas is not good at starting now, they do make comebacks.

782
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:31,400
Speaker 1: So UM, I think Baylor can cover the number here.

783
00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:35,520
Speaker 1: That's my bet. I got Baylor and I got the under. Um.

784
00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:40,280
Speaker 1: We'll save Tuesday night's games, which are amazing for tomorrow's podcast.

785
00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:44,440
Speaker 1: They are, by the way, us see Gonzaga, I can't.

786
00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:49,160
Speaker 1: I'll just say this, Gonzaga favored by nine is I'm stunned.

787
00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:51,640
Speaker 1: That is way too high. Have not looked at the

788
00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:54,080
Speaker 1: gam pump number yet. I don't see a number as

789
00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:56,600
Speaker 1: we record this on u C l A, Michigan. That

790
00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:59,040
Speaker 1: should be a game those are I mean, that's gonna

791
00:42:59,040 --> 00:43:01,480
Speaker 1: be a good game. I just I like the tournament.

792
00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:06,880
Speaker 1: My last critique rob G before we go. Traditionally, the

793
00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:10,680
Speaker 1: Sweet Sixteen is played Thursday night and Friday night, four games.

794
00:43:12,080 --> 00:43:16,520
Speaker 1: They overlap, so you have two TVs set up and

795
00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:20,080
Speaker 1: you're watching both games. If one game sucks, you just

796
00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:24,799
Speaker 1: watch the other game. This year they changed it because

797
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:29,600
Speaker 1: they want all Island games. Folks and CBS executives, if

798
00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:34,520
Speaker 1: you're listening, it is an extremely tough sell to expect

799
00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:38,600
Speaker 1: people to consume the first four days of the tournament.

800
00:43:38,719 --> 00:43:40,399
Speaker 1: I do it all the time. I do it every year.

801
00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:44,520
Speaker 1: And then ask your family and friends a second straight

802
00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:46,439
Speaker 1: weekend where oh, I'm just gonna stay in and watch

803
00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:49,960
Speaker 1: college basketball. That's tough, man. So I ended up on

804
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:53,600
Speaker 1: the beach Sunday watching games on my phone, and Saturday,

805
00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:55,319
Speaker 1: you know, we're doing pick up basketball with my kids,

806
00:43:56,040 --> 00:43:59,120
Speaker 1: and I'm hanging out with the fam and it's just

807
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:03,680
Speaker 1: a tough sell. And four straight Island games on Saturday,

808
00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:07,600
Speaker 1: when you have these upsets. The Island game sucked. They

809
00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:11,280
Speaker 1: weren't super competitive. I mean, the first two games were awful.

810
00:44:13,239 --> 00:44:15,279
Speaker 1: I'm sorry. The first game was awful, or I could say,

811
00:44:15,560 --> 00:44:18,440
Speaker 1: um loyal and just a bad game. Nobody could score.

812
00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:23,840
Speaker 1: Villanova offensively challenged. Fortunately, Oral Roberts Arkansas was really really good.

813
00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:26,279
Speaker 1: And then Syracuse Houston, we said it just wasn't a

814
00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:29,239
Speaker 1: good game. It's not easy on the eyes. Look at

815
00:44:29,239 --> 00:44:32,359
Speaker 1: that three games where somebody scored in the fifties and

816
00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:34,600
Speaker 1: you get all the commercial breaks and all the misses

817
00:44:34,719 --> 00:44:37,920
Speaker 1: like no, you gotta go back to the double up.

818
00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:40,200
Speaker 1: And also at night when the kids are in bed,

819
00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:41,759
Speaker 1: you know, and and a get I know, I'm in

820
00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:45,640
Speaker 1: Los Angeles, Jason, you you're being insufferable. I'm sorry. I'll

821
00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:48,280
Speaker 1: go out on that note. I didn't. I love the tournament.

822
00:44:48,719 --> 00:44:52,720
Speaker 1: I like what they tweaked on the first um first weekend,

823
00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:57,080
Speaker 1: pushing it to Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday. I really like

824
00:44:57,120 --> 00:44:59,239
Speaker 1: that because that Monday felt like awesome and the week

825
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:02,040
Speaker 1: felt super short. So I'm gonna wrap up on that

826
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Speaker 1: Rob g Any final thoughts and did you even watch?

827
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Speaker 1: Of course I did, come on almost basketball guy. No. Actually,

828
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Speaker 1: I was at a pool party set on Wi's birthday

829
00:45:11,719 --> 00:45:14,279
Speaker 1: on Sunday and we had the U c l A

830
00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:17,239
Speaker 1: game going on in the background, which was nice. So

831
00:45:17,280 --> 00:45:20,000
Speaker 1: it was a nice eighties degrees in the Los Angeles

832
00:45:20,080 --> 00:45:22,960
Speaker 1: watching the game. It was great. Yeah, beautiful weather by

833
00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:26,600
Speaker 1: the way, celebrities sighting. So we ordered pizza to the

834
00:45:26,600 --> 00:45:30,040
Speaker 1: beach and I have to come off the beach to

835
00:45:30,080 --> 00:45:32,000
Speaker 1: pick it up from the pizza guy. And I'm sitting

836
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:33,760
Speaker 1: there at the corner watching the game on my phone

837
00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:37,520
Speaker 1: and I look up and I see Jared Goff biking

838
00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:40,200
Speaker 1: by me. He bought a house kind of near us

839
00:45:40,239 --> 00:45:42,640
Speaker 1: at the in the beach. And then I really recognized

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Speaker 1: him because of his girlfriend. Who's this Instagram model who

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Speaker 1: it's I mean, listen, you guys can look her up.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you know she's a model whatever, but she's

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Speaker 1: like in full on makeup, and I mean everybody's she's bike.

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Speaker 1: She she had like stopped, they stopped across the street

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Speaker 1: and she she stops her bike and everybody there's crowds

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Speaker 1: going to the beach. It's just like, whoa. You know,

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Speaker 1: she's very obvious looking, like, oh my gosh, and um

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Speaker 1: that was my celebrities sighting in l A over the year.

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Speaker 1: Can we just get out of here on this before

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Speaker 1: you wrap it up? You know, America, Jason likes to

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Speaker 1: say I'm not a rich guy. You know I'm not.

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Speaker 1: But you know, in the last two weeks now he's

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Speaker 1: mentioned ten tho dollar bet that he made on with

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Speaker 1: a bunch of celebrities. We gotta stop talking about that because, Uh, anyways,

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Speaker 1: in the Calcutta League he mentions, oh, I'm neighbors, you know,

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Speaker 1: formerly with Danny Green and now Jared Goff and uh,

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Speaker 1: what was the third one? Um? Oh, I saw a

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Speaker 1: comedy special with Bill Burn David Spay. You know, David

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Speaker 1: Spad was whatever. I wasn't too impressed. You know, there's

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Speaker 1: people who save up to go see David Spain and

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Speaker 1: you're like, now he's whatever. I'm good. Okay, I will

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Speaker 1: dial it down and I'll just say we are renters

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Speaker 1: in l A. Okay, we know we didn't buy something

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Speaker 1: five million dollar hours. Okay, that's just not the deal. However,

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Speaker 1: thank everybody for listening. This got really long, but a

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Speaker 1: lot of sports news. It's only going to get better, folks,

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Speaker 1: keep it luck talk to you tomorrow