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<v Speaker 2>All right, Welcome in episode one thirty four, What's Right

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<v Speaker 2>with Nick Wright? After the let's call it mixed reviews

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<v Speaker 2>of my sweatsuit from yesterday from uh Thursday's show, I've

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<v Speaker 2>decided I'm just gonna wear I'm gonna wear as many

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<v Speaker 2>shows in a row some type of sweatsuit or tracksuit

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<v Speaker 2>until I run out of it. They won't all be

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<v Speaker 2>exactly coordinating, monochromatic. I should say the way the first one,

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<v Speaker 2>the way the one on Thursday was. However, it's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be like this. Also, before we even get intoday Today's show,

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<v Speaker 2>I'd like to say something about the local radio business.

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<v Speaker 2>If I will, if I may, and I may. So

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a radio guy through and through. I've done television

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<v Speaker 2>now for amazingly God. I got hired by Fox April

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<v Speaker 2>twentieth of twenty sixteen, so almost seven years. I'm a

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<v Speaker 2>month away from seven years at Fox. But I did

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<v Speaker 2>radio in college in Syracuse. I did radio for five

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<v Speaker 2>years in Kansas City. I did radio for four years

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<v Speaker 2>in Houston. During the TV show, I did two years

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<v Speaker 2>of mad Dog Radio. And that's why I like doing

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<v Speaker 2>this podcast. This podcast has a radio feel to it,

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<v Speaker 2>and sometimes the local radio industry is just maddening. So

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<v Speaker 2>on two different coasts, in two different, drastically different sized markets,

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<v Speaker 2>there were two I don't even know if you'd call

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<v Speaker 2>them firings, but two guys were let go and both

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<v Speaker 2>are indefensible for different reasons. One guy I know, one

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<v Speaker 2>guy I don't. And I just want to spend ninety

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<v Speaker 2>seconds on it here to start the show before we

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<v Speaker 2>get to the NFL free agency and everything. So in Syracuse,

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<v Speaker 2>New York, Brent Axe, who has been the voice of

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<v Speaker 2>Syracuse sports on a sports talk in a sports talk capacity,

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<v Speaker 2>was let go yesterday or was it Sunday. It was

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<v Speaker 2>announced yesterday, and they're not hiding what happened. The guy,

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<v Speaker 2>the owner of the station, said he was too critical

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<v Speaker 2>of Syracuse. Jim Beheim also happens to be an equity

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<v Speaker 2>owner of the station. They're doing a lot more stuff

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<v Speaker 2>with Bayheim now the BAM's retired. And the guy put

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<v Speaker 2>quotes in the newspaper saying he bleeded Syracuse Orange and

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<v Speaker 2>thought Brent was too critical, which would be an embarrassing

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<v Speaker 2>quote to give for anyone. It's particularly embarrassing when you're

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<v Speaker 2>talking about a region or a city, most notably a

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<v Speaker 2>school that is supposed to have the best journalism program

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<v Speaker 2>in the country, and saying you wish Brent Axe covered

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<v Speaker 2>Syracuse the way he covered is the Buffalo Bills. Will

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<v Speaker 2>the Bills my poking at them? Notwithstanding are going through

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<v Speaker 2>the best period they've had in thirty years, while Syracuse football, basketball,

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<v Speaker 2>lacrosse is going through arguably the worst period it's had

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<v Speaker 2>in thirty years. So that I thought was mortifying. I

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<v Speaker 2>feel sick for Brent, even though I don't know him. Then,

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<v Speaker 2>on the other coast, Damon Bruce, who I do know,

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<v Speaker 2>who I think is one of the three or four

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<v Speaker 2>or best sports talk guys in the country. He got

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<v Speaker 2>let go by my former employer, and best I can tell,

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<v Speaker 2>and I haven't talked to Damon, but best I can

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<v Speaker 2>tell he was a victim of longevity and success. Damon

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<v Speaker 2>just crushed in the ratings. He worked for the game

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<v Speaker 2>in San Francisco, which is owned by the same company

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<v Speaker 2>that owned the station I worked for in Kansas City

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<v Speaker 2>and Houston, and was number one in the ratings, beating

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<v Speaker 2>the other station had been there a decade. And these

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<v Speaker 2>companies because so many of the of the programmers aren't

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<v Speaker 2>actual programmers. They're salespeople or whomever they got promoted that

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<v Speaker 2>don't understand the value of the actual human being. To

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<v Speaker 2>generate the ratings, to generate the success, they were like,

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<v Speaker 2>well we got a cup budget. And again I haven't

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<v Speaker 2>talked to Damon. It's just my guest. He probably was

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<v Speaker 2>making a lot of money because the show is very successful,

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<v Speaker 2>show continue to be successful, and so they just think

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<v Speaker 2>they're like, well, you get rid of him and Ray

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<v Speaker 2>Ratto save the most money. That's the best show, and

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<v Speaker 2>so listen. I'm sure Damon will land on his feet.

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<v Speaker 2>He had probably outgrown that local radio anyway.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe not.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's just as a guy who when I got

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<v Speaker 2>out of college I thought I would do I would

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<v Speaker 2>do radio and radio only forever.

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<v Speaker 4>Man.

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<v Speaker 2>Tough business. Tough business where one guy in a smaller

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<v Speaker 2>market who has been doing it for twenty plus years

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<v Speaker 2>gets fired for being honest, another guy in a major

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<v Speaker 2>market gets fired for being too successful. Just brutal. All right,

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<v Speaker 2>here's what's not on the show today. My Kansas City

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<v Speaker 2>Chiefs signed Juwan Taylor to a huge deal. Well, in

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<v Speaker 2>rumors they still might trade for Laramie Tunzel, which would

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<v Speaker 2>give them far and away one of the best offensive

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<v Speaker 2>lines in modern NFL history. We'll see if they end

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<v Speaker 2>up making that happen. They're letting Orlando Brown, my buddy walk,

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<v Speaker 2>the Chargers, Austin Eckler's eyeing a trade, and the Oscars

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<v Speaker 2>did not make the show. Does Nick watch movies? Is

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<v Speaker 2>on the screen? I do? I love movies. One of

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<v Speaker 2>my favorite hobbies is watching good movies. But I don't

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<v Speaker 2>have an Oscar's take. I was actually watching during the

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<v Speaker 2>I watched Rihanna's performance, and then other than that, I

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<v Speaker 2>was watching the Lakers blow a game to the Knicks.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, demand let's get the show started.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, man. So it's about ten forty five am

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<v Speaker 3>on Tuesday, and we still don't know if Rogers is

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<v Speaker 3>going to the Jets. Yeah, this is pretty low, even

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<v Speaker 3>by his standards of always making everything about him. Uh huh. Well,

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<v Speaker 3>the deal reportedly in place. All he has to do

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<v Speaker 3>is make the decision yes or no, and he can't

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<v Speaker 3>even do that if the Jets are still doing everything

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<v Speaker 3>to get a guy doesn't even really seem like he

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<v Speaker 3>wants to be on the team. Sure reports of that

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<v Speaker 3>New York is pursuing Allenzard to get his favorite wide

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<v Speaker 3>receiver from the last team. My question is, what is

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<v Speaker 3>the point in the Jets doing this? Doesn't it seem

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<v Speaker 3>like it's bound to fail.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Well, the point is, and it's very simple. Last year,

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<v Speaker 2>thirty seven quarterbacks through at least one hundred and seventy

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<v Speaker 2>five passes. Yeah, by passer rating, the thirty fifth, thirty sixth,

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<v Speaker 2>and thirty seventh rated. The three worst quarterbacks in the

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<v Speaker 2>league by passer rating were Joe Flacco, Zach Wilson, Mike White,

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<v Speaker 2>the three Jets quarterbacks. The Jets have not had competent

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<v Speaker 2>quarterbacking in consecutive seasons in my adult life. They had

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<v Speaker 2>a good year of Chad Pennington, a good year of

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<v Speaker 2>Vinnie Testaverdi, a decent year of Brett Favre, but they

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<v Speaker 2>can't string it together, and so they are desperate for

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<v Speaker 2>any type of quarterbacking that is not awful. Rogers is

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<v Speaker 2>a year removed from winning league MVP, so I understand

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<v Speaker 2>why they feel like this is the move. Do I

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<v Speaker 2>think it will work? No? But to me, the more

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<v Speaker 2>notable thing is this Rogers. The one thing he has

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<v Speaker 2>been consistent on is I won't drag this out. I

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<v Speaker 2>understand that the Packers, the Jets, he didn't say the Jets,

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<v Speaker 2>but the Packers and whomever else. They need to know

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<v Speaker 2>what I'm doing before free agency starts. Free agency started yesterday,

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<v Speaker 2>and we all know he's not retiring. Listen, if Aaron

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<v Speaker 2>Rodgers actually retires, and because that I believe could be

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<v Speaker 2>a torturous and difficult decision. Yeah, oh, you were watching

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<v Speaker 2>FS one yesterday. I promised to do that yesterday. If

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<v Speaker 2>he actually retires, I will apologize, and more than apologize

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<v Speaker 2>because then all understanding. But I don't think there was

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<v Speaker 2>ever a chance he was retiring. I don't think there's

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<v Speaker 2>a chance he's retiring. You don't fight for a new

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<v Speaker 2>contract to walk away from the best part of the

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<v Speaker 2>new contract, which is the sixty million guaranteed he gets

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<v Speaker 2>for playing this year. By the way, we'd get another

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<v Speaker 2>forty million for playing next year, but sixty million guaranteed

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<v Speaker 2>this year. So I believe this is just a bit

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<v Speaker 2>of look at me, the Packers don't want it. You

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<v Speaker 2>can argue the merits of that. But Mark Murphy, their

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<v Speaker 2>team president, came out and said, the Packers don't you

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<v Speaker 2>know that essentially said they don't want him. Did say,

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<v Speaker 2>and I don't even realize after my little Syracuse thing,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm wearing you drinking out of a Syracuse w a

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<v Speaker 2>R mug uh. The Packers said they're ready to turn

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<v Speaker 2>the page to Jordan Love. They're ready, and it sucks.

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<v Speaker 2>What sucks, that just.

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<v Speaker 3>Sucks with him that they ended up, you know, going

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<v Speaker 3>with Jordan Love. That Rogers didn't abstain.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I know, I think they are choosing that. I

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<v Speaker 2>think that they want to just move on, that they're

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<v Speaker 2>done with this drama, that antics all of it, and

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<v Speaker 2>they need to see Jordan play. And I think but

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<v Speaker 2>here is the problem. The problem is and let me

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<v Speaker 2>let me grab my computer so I can get this

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<v Speaker 2>exactly right. Uh when I say free agency opened, yes yesterday, guys,

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<v Speaker 2>if we have seen so many deals. We saw Jalen

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<v Speaker 2>Ramsey traded. We just saw Jacobe Meyer sign. We saw

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<v Speaker 2>Shaq Mason traded. We saw Taylor Heineke sign. We saw

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<v Speaker 2>the Chiefs sign. We just mentioned him the right tackle

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<v Speaker 2>Juwan Taylor, saw TJ. Edwards sign, We saw Tremaine Edmonds sign.

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<v Speaker 2>We saw big deals by a lot of teams. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>let me go to what the Jets have done on

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<v Speaker 2>spot rank. The Jets have done nothing other than sign

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<v Speaker 2>their own player, Quincy Williams to a contract extension and

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<v Speaker 2>signed Greg Zerline a kicker. Okay, the Packers, let's see

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<v Speaker 2>what they have done. The Packers agreed to a one year,

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<v Speaker 2>six million dollar contract with a special team or slash corner.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's it. You know why those teams haven't done

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<v Speaker 2>anything because they're in a holding pattern, Rogers, and if

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<v Speaker 2>you want to end up competing for a championship with

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<v Speaker 2>either of these teams, you want them to have the

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<v Speaker 2>information as soon as possible. And now, if the answer

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<v Speaker 2>is Rogers has one more ask, and that ask his

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<v Speaker 2>sign Alan Lazard, and then all agree to a trade.

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<v Speaker 2>I suppose that's his prerogative, but I don't think that's

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<v Speaker 2>the fastest path to getting him a Super Bowl.

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<v Speaker 3>What if he's waiting to announce his decision when he

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<v Speaker 3>shows up on Pat McAfee's show on Tuesday, So see

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<v Speaker 3>him doing something like that.

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<v Speaker 2>I that would be That would make what I'm saying

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<v Speaker 2>here even worse. If you're making the Jets, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>unable to participate fully in free agency, unable to like

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<v Speaker 2>the Jets. Gotta know, do we have Aaron Rodgers? If

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<v Speaker 2>we do, do we? I don't think they would? But

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<v Speaker 2>do we want trade for DeAndre Hopkins? Would they have

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to trade for Jalen Ramsey? Jalen Rams went for

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<v Speaker 2>a third round pick, Sauce Gardner Jalen Ramsey as your

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<v Speaker 2>two corners. That seems fun. There's a lot of things

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<v Speaker 2>to do, and I don't even know if he's going

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<v Speaker 2>on McAfee today.

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<v Speaker 3>That was drew S's question, By the way, I mean.

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<v Speaker 2>I think some people are speculating that, even by Rogers standards,

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<v Speaker 2>to me, that would be beyond all right.

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<v Speaker 3>Next, all right, so a lot of people like the

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<v Speaker 3>Jets to make a playoff run if Aaron Rodgers decides

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<v Speaker 3>to go there. But Miami made a big splash over

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<v Speaker 3>the weekend, like you just said, trading for Jalen Ramsey. Uh,

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<v Speaker 3>and they got to an insurance policy in Mike white

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<v Speaker 3>Er usual. You can never count out Bill Belichi.

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<v Speaker 2>You can count him out out Beligium. The team says, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>weapons they just lost j Kobe Myers to the Raiders.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe they're gonna trade for DeAndre Hopkins and they have

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<v Speaker 2>far and Away. Assuming Rogers goes there by a mile,

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<v Speaker 2>the worst quarterback in the division, you can count out

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<v Speaker 2>the Patriots.

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<v Speaker 3>I say, we'll see. Okay, but none of this matters

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<v Speaker 3>considering Buffalo's probably the overwhelming favorite to win the Super

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<v Speaker 3>Bowl this year.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, stop that. First of all, my aunt, listen, Miami's

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<v Speaker 2>on their ass. Now, Miami was right there last year

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<v Speaker 2>until Tua got hurt. You Now, I am not a

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<v Speaker 2>huge to a guy, but the results were super positive

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<v Speaker 2>obviously when he was healthy. Just for context, Well, the Bills, Wow,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bills are I mean, there's Co's second favorites. The

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<v Speaker 2>Chiefs are six to one, and then Eagles, Bills, Bengals,

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<v Speaker 2>and Niners are all nine to one. So all those

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<v Speaker 2>teams are tied at nine to one, and then the

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<v Speaker 2>Dolphins are down all the way at twenty eight to one. Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>that's different to win the Super Bowl, not to win

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<v Speaker 2>the division or AFC or anything. So the Chiefs are

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<v Speaker 2>the favorites by a healthy margin, and then Eagles, Bills, Bengals,

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<v Speaker 2>and Niners are all nine to one. I the Bills

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<v Speaker 2>Leslie Fraser retired or took a year away from football

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<v Speaker 2>as their defensive coordinator. They're losing guys in free agency

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<v Speaker 2>as we speak. We'll see. I don't listen. Josh Allen's

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<v Speaker 2>going to have a lot of opportunities. However, this iteration

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<v Speaker 2>of the Bills, their best chance might have been the

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<v Speaker 2>last two years if you just look, or the last

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<v Speaker 2>three years. If you look at the Bills last three years,

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<v Speaker 2>they make the AFC Championship Game, and then the next

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<v Speaker 2>year they don't play that well, but then they peak

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<v Speaker 2>at the very end of the season, play amazing in

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<v Speaker 2>the final few weeks, play a perfect game against the Patriots,

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<v Speaker 2>have the Chiefs down with thirteen seconds left, and then

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<v Speaker 2>this year they end up with the two seed. They

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<v Speaker 2>get a fourth string quarterback in Round one in Miami.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, and then they blow a home game to

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<v Speaker 2>the Bengals. I do wonder if they take a step backwards. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>that doesn't mean they don't win the division. But Miami

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<v Speaker 2>is Zavian Howard and Jalen Ramsey plus the other stuff

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<v Speaker 2>they're doing, Miami can't be dismissed.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, next, all right, Josh McDaniels and the Raiders

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<v Speaker 3>finally got their Super Bowl winning former Patriots quarterback and

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<v Speaker 3>Jimmy g. Yeah, Jimmy had pretty solid numbers last year,

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<v Speaker 3>and now it gets ja Kobe Myers plus Davante Jacobs

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<v Speaker 3>and Waller. Is Vegas the team that will give your

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<v Speaker 3>Chiefs the most trouble in the division.

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<v Speaker 2>The Raiders are not as serious. They got worse at

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<v Speaker 2>quarterback what Derek Carter and Jimmy g they got.

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<v Speaker 3>Finally saying the Saints shouldn't have traded for.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, the Saints shouldn't have signed him because the Saints

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<v Speaker 2>need to admit they're and rebuild. But I think the

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<v Speaker 2>Jets should have signed him. I think Carl Listen Carr

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<v Speaker 2>is the definition of a league average quarterback Jimmy's a

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<v Speaker 2>below average quarterback, but gimme, the Raiders are the least

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<v Speaker 2>of my words, the Raiders are likely going to finish

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<v Speaker 2>last in that division. The Raiders, here's fun fact a

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<v Speaker 2>few of them for you. First of all, Jimmy Garoppolo

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<v Speaker 2>has as a starter, has spent the entire time of

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<v Speaker 2>his career in the NFC. Despite that, other than the

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<v Speaker 2>Seattle Seahawks, do you know Jimmy only this unbelievable stat

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, Jimmy only has nineteen career losses tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 2>say four of them have come to the Chiefs. He's

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<v Speaker 2>zero and four against the Chiefs, and the Raiders since

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<v Speaker 2>Mahomes got there are one and nine against the Chiefs.

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<v Speaker 2>The one time the Raiders beat the Chiefs, they took

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<v Speaker 2>their buses on laps around Arrowhead Stadium, and they've never

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<v Speaker 2>beaten them since, and hadn't beat them in a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of years prior to go ahead.

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<v Speaker 3>Is Jimmy g cheaper than Derek Carr. He's got to

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<v Speaker 3>be cheaper than that.

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<v Speaker 2>He is cheaper than Derek Carr.

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<v Speaker 3>So what if this is like some two way move

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<v Speaker 3>to then get Brady Well cheap quarterback?

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<v Speaker 2>The thing is Brad that Eric I said this on

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<v Speaker 2>the show yesterday, Man Jeanie floated the idea of Brady

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<v Speaker 2>coming back not at the beginning of the season, but

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<v Speaker 2>later in the year. If a team suffers a quarterback injury,

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<v Speaker 2>what is the quarterback most likely to get injured? Jimmy

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<v Speaker 2>g O. Jimmy g has been is injured. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>he's been injured almost every year of his career in

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<v Speaker 2>some capacity. You add to that the oh you add

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<v Speaker 2>to that that that the Raiders Josh McDaniels, they know

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<v Speaker 2>the offense. That's an offense Brad he's used to. I

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<v Speaker 2>could see that happening at some point, But right now

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<v Speaker 2>they're playing as Jimmy g and that's a bad plan. Flatly,

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<v Speaker 2>that's a bad plan. Right If you're power ranking the

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<v Speaker 2>AFC West, it's very very simple. It's the Chiefs number

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<v Speaker 2>one with a bullet, the Chargers lingering, then a big

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<v Speaker 2>gap the Broncos, and then the Raiders. The Broncos are

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<v Speaker 2>gonna get a boost because Russell won't be the worst

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<v Speaker 2>quarterback in the AFC this year, and Sean Payton will

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<v Speaker 2>be really good for them.

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<v Speaker 3>You don't think that Russell's gonna have. Like, I know,

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<v Speaker 3>this is kind of off topic. You're right, quarterbacks, You

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<v Speaker 3>don't think Russell's gonna have like a comeback season.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I think you'll bounce back a bit. And like

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<v Speaker 2>I said, he won't be the worst quarterback in the AFC,

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<v Speaker 2>but I don't think he's gonna be top ten. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think he's gonna be very good.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, next, All right, the draft isn't for a

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<v Speaker 3>few months, but the Bears are already looking like winners

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<v Speaker 3>man It traded back to the ninth spot for a

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<v Speaker 3>bundle of assets and are set up for the future.

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<v Speaker 3>Now they're definitely winning eleven games again this season.

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<v Speaker 2>What are we showing?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, flashback one of your hot takes. Oh, okay, see this,

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<v Speaker 3>this is so misleading and unfair. This was you see

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<v Speaker 3>how we're still remote? This was.

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<v Speaker 2>I do a I do a thing every year where

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<v Speaker 2>the day after the schedule comes out, I pick every

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<v Speaker 2>single game. And that is I am not tied to that.

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<v Speaker 2>It is not my official predictions. It is it is

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<v Speaker 2>I go through all two hundred and seventy two games

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<v Speaker 2>week by week, kind of agnostic of what it would

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<v Speaker 2>mean the team's record is. I just look at Week one,

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<v Speaker 2>and I pick winners week two, Week three, Week four,

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<v Speaker 2>et cetera. And then at the end of it, I

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<v Speaker 2>see what everybody's record is. So I was not in

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<v Speaker 2>a the Bears winning eleven games go ahead.

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<v Speaker 3>I was just gonna ask, I mean, what type of

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<v Speaker 3>season did it? Because I just became like a real

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<v Speaker 3>football Yeah, that's sure, I guess. So I asked My

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<v Speaker 3>question was what was the Bears record the year before that?

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<v Speaker 2>On wasn't good, but they were starting a rookie quarterback.

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<v Speaker 2>Two years prior, they had made the playoffs with Mitch

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<v Speaker 2>Trubisky as their quarterback, but they had the Bears. After

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<v Speaker 2>I did that, they tore everything down, They traded away

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<v Speaker 2>all their players, they cleared the books, and we're not

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<v Speaker 2>rehabbing a take that wasn't even a take.

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<v Speaker 3>Go ahead, all right, everybody's saying the Bears won the trade.

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<v Speaker 3>But this means that they're choosing fields over the number

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<v Speaker 3>one quarterback in the draft.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Will this Will this end up being a huge missed opportunity?

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<v Speaker 2>No, I think it's smart because if they are, they

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<v Speaker 2>now have a number one receiver for fields and Dj

0:21:45.320 --> 0:21:49.320
<v Speaker 2>Moore they are they have a legitimate receiving core with

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<v Speaker 2>with DJ Moore, Chase Claypool and Mooney, they still so

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<v Speaker 2>what they got was the ninth pick. Carolina's the ninth

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<v Speaker 2>pick this year, a second from Carolina this year. Whi's

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<v Speaker 2>like thirty seven or something. The Carolina's first next year

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<v Speaker 2>that's important, and Carolina's second in two years? So why

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<v Speaker 2>is Carolina's first next year important? Carolina is gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>starting a rookie quarterback. They don't have Christian McCaffer anymore,

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<v Speaker 2>they don't have DJ Moore anymore. They're in a rebuild,

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<v Speaker 2>so they're gonna be terrible next season. They are probably

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<v Speaker 2>gonna have a top five pick next season, but that

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<v Speaker 2>goes to the Bears. So now, what the Bears can

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<v Speaker 2>do is barely evaluate justin fields and next year, if

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<v Speaker 2>he's no good, they'll have a good draft pick plus

0:22:41.200 --> 0:22:44.520
<v Speaker 2>Carolina's good draft pick. They can then draft their quarterback

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<v Speaker 2>next year. If not, if he is good, right off

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<v Speaker 2>into lineman the ninth pick of the draft. And if

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<v Speaker 2>he is good, you can then use those two picks

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<v Speaker 2>next season to upgrade the defense or do whatever you want.

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<v Speaker 2>So I think this was smart by the Bears. They

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<v Speaker 2>traded down a lot. Now you could have traded with

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<v Speaker 2>the Colts at four, but you wouldn't have got what

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<v Speaker 2>they got. Carolina is number one next year, which is

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<v Speaker 2>intensely valuable because Caroline's gonna be starting a rookie quarterback

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<v Speaker 2>and not any good a second rounder, A good second

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<v Speaker 2>rounder from Carolina this year, which is valuable, a future

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<v Speaker 2>second rounder which is semi valuable. And Dj Moore, who

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<v Speaker 2>if you tried to trade for Dj Moore, you'd probably

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<v Speaker 2>have to trade a late first. So they got the

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<v Speaker 2>ninth pick this year, the equivalent of a future first.

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<v Speaker 2>And Dj Moore because that's what you would add trade

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<v Speaker 2>for him, and what I think will be a great

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<v Speaker 2>first round pick next year. And two seconds. That's as

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<v Speaker 2>good as you could have done. Now, you need Justin

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<v Speaker 2>Fils developed as a passer, but I like Justin fields

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<v Speaker 2>and is an athlete, and you just gotta be a

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<v Speaker 2>little more refined as a passer. And the other part

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<v Speaker 2>for me is this, I would feel like it was

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<v Speaker 2>a huge missed opportunity of Caleb Williams within this year's draft,

0:23:59.440 --> 0:24:02.600
<v Speaker 2>the quarterback from USC that won the Heisman this past year,

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<v Speaker 2>who I think is going to be a superstar, but

0:24:05.720 --> 0:24:10.199
<v Speaker 2>Bryce Young's too small. Ohio State quarterbacks don't have a

0:24:10.200 --> 0:24:12.560
<v Speaker 2>good track record in the NFL. Let's c J. Stroud.

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<v Speaker 2>And then there's Anthony Richardson who is intriguing, but number

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<v Speaker 2>one overall picks seems a stretch for me. So if

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<v Speaker 2>there was, I think they made the right move. I

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<v Speaker 2>like it, and I understanding Carolina finally saying, all right,

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<v Speaker 2>let's go get our quarterback. All right, quick break, don't

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<v Speaker 2>forget you guys. Canna ask questions, We'll answer them the

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<v Speaker 2>C block, We got some games play and I go

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<v Speaker 2>Right, Welcome back in what dry with Nick? Right? Episode one?

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<v Speaker 5>Four?

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<v Speaker 2>Uh, demand before we get to the game or whatever

0:25:20.800 --> 0:25:22.600
<v Speaker 2>game we're playing today. I think it's right or wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>Talk a little wall, NBA.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, the MVP debate is front and center, no

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<v Speaker 3>pun intended. That's boring since obviously Yokic should win.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think yok is gonna win.

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<v Speaker 3>You think it Beat's gonna win.

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<v Speaker 2>I think is gonna win. I you know, if you

0:25:36.800 --> 0:25:38.679
<v Speaker 2>have a boat, you're not allowed to gamble on it.

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<v Speaker 2>The NBA, egregiously won't give me a vote. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>understand why. I don't understand how am I not one

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<v Speaker 2>of the one hundred most qualified people, probably the way.

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<v Speaker 3>You're talking about the future three time MVP.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, well okay maybe uh But because I don't have

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<v Speaker 2>a vote, I can gamble on it, and I bet

0:26:06.240 --> 0:26:10.719
<v Speaker 2>I got. I made two big NBA bets yesterday. Really yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I did futures. So I bet a significant amount on

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<v Speaker 2>EMBIID to win MVP at plus three hundred. I think

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<v Speaker 2>right now it's a coin flip. Right now, I think

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<v Speaker 2>it's like forty five percent EMBIID forty five percent, Jokic

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<v Speaker 2>ten percent, Yarns and I got embid at three to one.

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<v Speaker 2>I also bet the Lakers to win the title. What

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<v Speaker 2>do you you're laughing at me? What do you think? Okay,

0:26:41.920 --> 0:26:44.959
<v Speaker 2>you're laughing. Just wait a second. What do you think?

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<v Speaker 2>I got him at.

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<v Speaker 3>What's sixteen to thirty two to one, forty nine to one?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, dude, forty nine to one, forty nine to one

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<v Speaker 2>to one. Say, this is this is the old Adam?

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<v Speaker 3>Uh?

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<v Speaker 2>What's the Adam Sandler? This is how I win? Meme?

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<v Speaker 2>Seeing that Oh from have you not seen Uncut Gyms?

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<v Speaker 3>No?

0:27:10.960 --> 0:27:13.880
<v Speaker 2>Oh, you would love that movie now that you're a gambler. Oh,

0:27:13.920 --> 0:27:15.560
<v Speaker 2>you got to go watch it on Netflix as soon

0:27:15.600 --> 0:27:19.280
<v Speaker 2>as you get home today. Kevin Garnett's in it. It

0:27:19.320 --> 0:27:24.280
<v Speaker 2>was really good. It's stressful. That movie is stressful. But

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<v Speaker 2>you know how I was this close to winning that

0:27:27.640 --> 0:27:33.000
<v Speaker 2>fifty thousand on the Chiefs Niners Super Bowl exacta.

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<v Speaker 3>As you were drunk at two in the morning on

0:27:34.720 --> 0:27:39.480
<v Speaker 3>some random what do you mean me? No, the how'd

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<v Speaker 3>you come from?

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<v Speaker 2>No, that's how you lost you? No, the Chiefs Niners

0:27:44.280 --> 0:27:46.960
<v Speaker 2>Future from before the year. I picked it and I

0:27:46.960 --> 0:27:51.920
<v Speaker 2>wouldn't hedge out of it. Our whole season long bet. Yeah,

0:27:51.960 --> 0:27:53.640
<v Speaker 2>I put a thousand bucks on the Lakers at forty

0:27:53.720 --> 0:27:56.520
<v Speaker 2>nine to one, So that's not that's forty So I'm

0:27:56.560 --> 0:27:58.400
<v Speaker 2>just letting you know, and I won't hedge out of it.

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<v Speaker 2>But I like the Lakers chances right now. But that's

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<v Speaker 2>either here or there. Let's get at the All NBA stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>The more interesting debate may just be the All NBA debate. Yeah,

0:28:06.920 --> 0:28:10.439
<v Speaker 3>you released your ballot on Twitter. Do your best rationalize

0:28:10.480 --> 0:28:13.840
<v Speaker 3>having Lebronz, Steph and Katie on there while all while

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<v Speaker 3>missing half the season.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so let's go. Let's go through. Uh, let's go

0:28:20.520 --> 0:28:26.399
<v Speaker 2>through the list here of what we've got the for

0:28:26.440 --> 0:28:30.280
<v Speaker 2>the All NBA. What my tweet was? Okay, so my

0:28:30.480 --> 0:28:34.600
<v Speaker 2>tweet what was a lot can change in the final month.

0:28:34.760 --> 0:28:37.840
<v Speaker 2>As of now, my All NBA teams would be So

0:28:38.200 --> 0:28:41.920
<v Speaker 2>I am going to go with the traditional rules that

0:28:42.600 --> 0:28:45.680
<v Speaker 2>a center is a center. So I'm not putting Jokic

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<v Speaker 2>and in Bid both on my first team. I know

0:28:48.640 --> 0:28:52.320
<v Speaker 2>they pardon me. They changed the rules last year so

0:28:52.480 --> 0:28:56.880
<v Speaker 2>you could. But that's ridiculous, Jokic, you'r All NBA teams

0:28:57.160 --> 0:29:00.120
<v Speaker 2>should theoretically be able to take the court together, and

0:29:00.200 --> 0:29:02.520
<v Speaker 2>Jokic and Embiid would never be on the court together.

0:29:02.600 --> 0:29:04.600
<v Speaker 2>Neither one of them will forward, so you have to

0:29:04.720 --> 0:29:08.960
<v Speaker 2>choose between them. So I went Embiid center. Some of

0:29:09.000 --> 0:29:12.440
<v Speaker 2>these are obvious. Tatum's got to be a first team forward,

0:29:12.600 --> 0:29:15.240
<v Speaker 2>Giannis has to be a first team forward, Embiid or

0:29:15.360 --> 0:29:17.840
<v Speaker 2>Jokic have to be a first team center, and Luke

0:29:17.960 --> 0:29:20.520
<v Speaker 2>has to be a first team guard. So that then

0:29:20.680 --> 0:29:26.480
<v Speaker 2>leaves one guard spot available. I'm rewarding winning how clutch

0:29:26.560 --> 0:29:29.480
<v Speaker 2>he has been. Daron Fox gets my last first team

0:29:29.480 --> 0:29:33.920
<v Speaker 2>guard spot. As of now, they are are they still

0:29:33.960 --> 0:29:36.320
<v Speaker 2>the two seater? Did they fall technically to the three line?

0:29:36.360 --> 0:29:40.320
<v Speaker 2>Last night? They're the three seed by a game. He's

0:29:40.320 --> 0:29:42.640
<v Speaker 2>been outstanding. I don't think there's gonna be a lot

0:29:42.640 --> 0:29:46.080
<v Speaker 2>of argument there. Now we get to second team, so

0:29:46.360 --> 0:29:48.880
<v Speaker 2>Jokicic is the center. It's either Jokic, Embiad and Beaid.

0:29:49.600 --> 0:29:52.560
<v Speaker 2>Jokic is the center. We'll get to Lebron the forwards

0:29:52.600 --> 0:29:58.280
<v Speaker 2>in a moment. Durant, well, so here's the problem, So

0:29:58.520 --> 0:30:03.440
<v Speaker 2>well let me get there. Okay, So this is where

0:30:03.920 --> 0:30:06.960
<v Speaker 2>I say it can change, because right now, when it

0:30:07.000 --> 0:30:11.080
<v Speaker 2>comes to games play, So the Lakers have played sixty

0:30:11.160 --> 0:30:17.200
<v Speaker 2>six games, right, sixty eight games. Lebron's played forty seven, okay,

0:30:18.560 --> 0:30:22.920
<v Speaker 2>Steph has played forty three, Durant has played forty two.

0:30:23.760 --> 0:30:30.840
<v Speaker 2>All right, you out of six forty seven forty five

0:30:31.040 --> 0:30:35.680
<v Speaker 2>forty two out of sixty six is barely enough, but

0:30:35.880 --> 0:30:40.400
<v Speaker 2>enough forty seven forty five, forty two out of eighty

0:30:40.480 --> 0:30:43.800
<v Speaker 2>two is not enough. You gotta play at least a

0:30:43.840 --> 0:30:46.920
<v Speaker 2>little more, you know, more than half the season, So

0:30:47.920 --> 0:30:50.760
<v Speaker 2>Durant could fall off it. If Durant doesn't come back

0:30:50.800 --> 0:30:53.959
<v Speaker 2>at all, Steph is healthy and playing, we'll see how

0:30:54.000 --> 0:30:56.800
<v Speaker 2>much longer Lebron's gonna miss? Can we throw that back

0:30:56.840 --> 0:31:00.000
<v Speaker 2>on the screen though the All NBA ballot right now?

0:31:00.080 --> 0:31:03.560
<v Speaker 2>Though all of those guys have played enough in my

0:31:03.680 --> 0:31:10.760
<v Speaker 2>opinion to qualify. So Lebron was underrated, how exceptional he

0:31:10.960 --> 0:31:15.120
<v Speaker 2>was despite the roster being fully broken to start the year,

0:31:15.720 --> 0:31:20.600
<v Speaker 2>despite the fact that Anthony Davis was out injured. Lebron

0:31:20.680 --> 0:31:25.480
<v Speaker 2>for the season is thirty points, eight rebound, seven assists

0:31:25.760 --> 0:31:29.280
<v Speaker 2>on better than fifty percent from the field. Now Durant

0:31:29.680 --> 0:31:35.840
<v Speaker 2>is similar numbers, worst passing more efficient. However, Durance missed

0:31:35.840 --> 0:31:39.160
<v Speaker 2>more time and I am flatly and I think it's

0:31:39.200 --> 0:31:43.760
<v Speaker 2>fair gonna ding you a bit for demanding a trade

0:31:43.840 --> 0:31:47.480
<v Speaker 2>from a team you built like. So there's that. Plus

0:31:47.520 --> 0:31:51.280
<v Speaker 2>he's played less, so that's Lebron over Durant. Jimmy Butler,

0:31:51.360 --> 0:31:56.080
<v Speaker 2>Lauri Markinin. Lari Markinin's numbers are better. I have Jimmy

0:31:56.120 --> 0:32:01.200
<v Speaker 2>Butler's second team. Lauri markin in thirteen numbers are better.

0:32:02.000 --> 0:32:06.160
<v Speaker 2>Jimmy is such a winning player and if you watched

0:32:06.240 --> 0:32:10.440
<v Speaker 2>last night, a defensive play to help win the game

0:32:10.960 --> 0:32:13.760
<v Speaker 2>he hit. He never shoots threes. He had huge three

0:32:13.880 --> 0:32:16.520
<v Speaker 2>last night. To me, he's just one of the fifteen

0:32:16.560 --> 0:32:19.400
<v Speaker 2>best guys in the league. And now there really and

0:32:19.440 --> 0:32:23.840
<v Speaker 2>then guys big men who missed or frontcourt guys who missed.

0:32:24.200 --> 0:32:29.960
<v Speaker 2>Kawhi missed. Kawhi is close. Kawhi has only played forty

0:32:30.000 --> 0:32:33.320
<v Speaker 2>one games and his numbers are only twenty four points

0:32:33.320 --> 0:32:37.840
<v Speaker 2>per game. But since mid January he's been unbelievable. But

0:32:38.040 --> 0:32:41.320
<v Speaker 2>because he's played so little and a lot of those

0:32:41.360 --> 0:32:44.080
<v Speaker 2>games who's on a minute restriction, he just misses and

0:32:44.240 --> 0:32:48.160
<v Speaker 2>Bam misses. Because I think the Kings deserve two guys,

0:32:48.720 --> 0:32:52.720
<v Speaker 2>and Demontes Sabonis has been awesome, so Demontes gets my

0:32:52.800 --> 0:32:53.760
<v Speaker 2>final center spot.

0:32:54.240 --> 0:32:57.200
<v Speaker 3>So Kawhi could take Durant's spot in a few get

0:32:57.800 --> 0:32:58.320
<v Speaker 3>more games.

0:32:58.400 --> 0:33:02.160
<v Speaker 2>Yes, absolutely, Kahi absolutely could take Throw that back on

0:33:02.200 --> 0:33:06.000
<v Speaker 2>the screen again, guys, Sorry, Kawhi absolutely could take Durant spot.

0:33:06.200 --> 0:33:09.520
<v Speaker 2>In fact, I would anticipate he might take Durant spot.

0:33:09.680 --> 0:33:12.120
<v Speaker 2>And then there's the guard stuff and it's the hardest.

0:33:13.520 --> 0:33:20.080
<v Speaker 2>So Steph has been unbelievable for a bad team. He's

0:33:20.200 --> 0:33:24.120
<v Speaker 2>carried them. I know he's missed time, but he's one

0:33:24.120 --> 0:33:27.400
<v Speaker 2>of the greatest players ever. He's having an awesome season.

0:33:27.680 --> 0:33:31.040
<v Speaker 2>He's averaging thirty a game. He's shooting forty four percent

0:33:31.080 --> 0:33:36.040
<v Speaker 2>from three. He's averaging thirty six and six. Donovan Mitchell

0:33:37.400 --> 0:33:40.760
<v Speaker 2>has been the difference for the Cavs this year. He's

0:33:41.480 --> 0:33:46.600
<v Speaker 2>giving you also around thirty a game and then Dame

0:33:47.000 --> 0:33:50.040
<v Speaker 2>his team stinks is the problem. But he is averaging

0:33:50.120 --> 0:33:54.480
<v Speaker 2>thirty to a night and shooting thirty eight percent from three.

0:33:54.600 --> 0:33:58.000
<v Speaker 2>And I think James Harden's been underrated in what he's

0:33:58.000 --> 0:34:00.880
<v Speaker 2>done with Philly, and Philly could win the title. Harden

0:34:00.960 --> 0:34:05.440
<v Speaker 2>this year. I think people are discounting him. His scoring

0:34:05.520 --> 0:34:09.040
<v Speaker 2>is down, but he's twenty two point six rebounds eleven

0:34:09.080 --> 0:34:14.440
<v Speaker 2>assists on four and three, and the Sixers deserve two guys.

0:34:14.760 --> 0:34:20.880
<v Speaker 2>But that does leave Sga off it entirely, which feels unfair,

0:34:21.719 --> 0:34:25.520
<v Speaker 2>but they also are now losing a lot. Jalen Brown

0:34:25.600 --> 0:34:29.400
<v Speaker 2>doesn't make it and Anthony Edwards doesn't make it. Sga

0:34:29.640 --> 0:34:32.560
<v Speaker 2>was the hardest one to leave off. Maybe I end

0:34:32.680 --> 0:34:36.080
<v Speaker 2>up taking Dame off for him, but I do think

0:34:36.160 --> 0:34:38.960
<v Speaker 2>Dame's better than him. But that's my all NBA as

0:34:38.960 --> 0:34:40.759
<v Speaker 2>of now. It can James, there's a month left.

0:34:40.760 --> 0:34:43.400
<v Speaker 3>Can you bet on all NBA?

0:34:43.680 --> 0:34:47.719
<v Speaker 2>Maybe I've never seen it, but maybe you can't. Oh sure,

0:34:47.840 --> 0:34:49.000
<v Speaker 2>All right, let's go to the game.

0:34:49.160 --> 0:34:51.359
<v Speaker 3>All right, today we're playing right or wrong? First up,

0:34:51.360 --> 0:34:55.560
<v Speaker 3>we got with Rogers assumedly going to the Jets and

0:34:55.600 --> 0:34:59.719
<v Speaker 3>the Dolphins signing Mike White to an Inevita in that place.

0:35:00.200 --> 0:35:02.759
<v Speaker 3>Yeah to At some point, where does that leave Mac

0:35:02.840 --> 0:35:05.200
<v Speaker 3>Jones right or wrong? Back? Jones is the fifth best

0:35:05.239 --> 0:35:06.520
<v Speaker 3>quarterback in the AFC East.

0:35:07.239 --> 0:35:11.800
<v Speaker 2>Well, I actually think right, but not because of Mike White,

0:35:12.320 --> 0:35:15.319
<v Speaker 2>because I think Zappi is better than him. I think

0:35:15.360 --> 0:35:22.720
<v Speaker 2>it's Josh Allen, Tua Well, Josh Allen, Rogers and Tua Zappi.

0:35:22.880 --> 0:35:25.120
<v Speaker 2>Mac Jones, So I think that's right. Fifth best quarterback

0:35:25.120 --> 0:35:27.560
<v Speaker 2>in the AFCs. Next, jeez, with uh.

0:35:27.600 --> 0:35:30.560
<v Speaker 3>With Rogers and Brady out of the NFC, the conference's

0:35:30.640 --> 0:35:34.279
<v Speaker 3>quarterback situation is looking pretty dicey, right or wrong? The

0:35:34.320 --> 0:35:36.720
<v Speaker 3>second best quarterback in the NFC is Jared Goff.

0:35:40.160 --> 0:35:45.200
<v Speaker 2>Yeah so no, no, no, no, no, he's not so if

0:35:45.200 --> 0:35:50.240
<v Speaker 2>we're just gonna say, Jalen Hurts is one, DA's gotta

0:35:50.280 --> 0:35:56.160
<v Speaker 2>be two. Yeah, Stafford's gotta be three. He was out

0:35:56.160 --> 0:36:00.439
<v Speaker 2>injured this year. Stafford's gotta be three. And then and

0:36:00.480 --> 0:36:05.280
<v Speaker 2>then I don't know. Golf is in the gino. Golf

0:36:05.960 --> 0:36:09.839
<v Speaker 2>fields are all in the discussion. I'm leaving someone out

0:36:09.880 --> 0:36:13.200
<v Speaker 2>that you want to include Daniel Daniel, your guy Dan?

0:36:13.440 --> 0:36:14.200
<v Speaker 2>All right? Next?

0:36:14.520 --> 0:36:16.920
<v Speaker 3>Uh? The forty nine ers signed the top defensive lineman

0:36:16.960 --> 0:36:19.799
<v Speaker 3>and free agency and stayed away from the quarterbacks. That

0:36:19.920 --> 0:36:22.319
<v Speaker 3>means that they have full belief in Lance party right

0:36:22.400 --> 0:36:25.279
<v Speaker 3>or Lance or party yep, right right or wrong? Trey

0:36:25.360 --> 0:36:26.719
<v Speaker 3>Lance will hold back to forty.

0:36:26.520 --> 0:36:29.560
<v Speaker 2>Nine Ers wrong. If he's healthy, They're gonna be really

0:36:29.600 --> 0:36:33.359
<v Speaker 2>good guys. They went to a Super Bowl and an

0:36:33.480 --> 0:36:36.680
<v Speaker 2>NFC championship game with Jimmy Garoppolo. They then went to

0:36:36.680 --> 0:36:42.200
<v Speaker 2>an NFC championship game with Brock Purty, the final pick

0:36:42.239 --> 0:36:43.800
<v Speaker 2>of the draft as a rookie.

0:36:44.600 --> 0:36:47.959
<v Speaker 3>The idea, I think Rock Party would nice though, Wait no.

0:36:47.920 --> 0:36:50.160
<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I don't think he was very good

0:36:50.480 --> 0:36:54.000
<v Speaker 2>Rock Party. I think he played well because Shanahan's offenses

0:36:54.080 --> 0:36:57.440
<v Speaker 2>quarterback proof. I think Trey Lance will be an upgrade

0:36:57.440 --> 0:37:00.360
<v Speaker 2>for them if Trey Lance is healthy. That's why I

0:37:00.400 --> 0:37:02.399
<v Speaker 2>picked them to go to the super Bowl. If Trey

0:37:02.480 --> 0:37:08.160
<v Speaker 2>Lance is healthy, I believe, well, I just I mean,

0:37:08.440 --> 0:37:11.760
<v Speaker 2>he's played fine in his opportunities except for the Monsoon

0:37:11.880 --> 0:37:14.359
<v Speaker 2>game against the Bears to Week one this year, He's

0:37:14.360 --> 0:37:17.600
<v Speaker 2>had very limited opportunities. I believe in the talent, and

0:37:17.640 --> 0:37:21.600
<v Speaker 2>I believe a mobile, mobile running quarterback in Shanahan's system

0:37:21.760 --> 0:37:23.000
<v Speaker 2>could be unbelievable.

0:37:23.080 --> 0:37:25.920
<v Speaker 3>Next I'm excited to see it. Yeah, all right. Reports

0:37:25.960 --> 0:37:28.600
<v Speaker 3>out that Tom Brady's replacement in Tampa could be your

0:37:28.680 --> 0:37:32.160
<v Speaker 3>old Powell Baker Mayfield. Ready to buy a bit of right,

0:37:32.320 --> 0:37:34.479
<v Speaker 3>ready to buy a bit more Baker's dock right or wrong.

0:37:34.680 --> 0:37:37.360
<v Speaker 3>Baker will be the start the Bucks starter week.

0:37:37.160 --> 0:37:41.319
<v Speaker 2>One, so that's interesting one. I think he will be,

0:37:42.560 --> 0:37:46.359
<v Speaker 2>and they do still have good receivers, and I think

0:37:46.400 --> 0:37:50.759
<v Speaker 2>that's a good buy low Chris Godwin, I think it's

0:37:50.760 --> 0:37:53.360
<v Speaker 2>a good by low opportunity. I don't think they'll be

0:37:53.480 --> 0:37:56.880
<v Speaker 2>very good. They're you know, they're slowly trying to rebuild.

0:37:56.920 --> 0:38:00.600
<v Speaker 2>They just traded Jack Mason. But I think I think

0:38:00.600 --> 0:38:03.279
<v Speaker 2>Baker could be fine there if he can stay up right.

0:38:03.440 --> 0:38:07.080
<v Speaker 3>Next, all right, your crusade against the Saints cap decisions

0:38:07.080 --> 0:38:09.719
<v Speaker 3>and Derek Carr may have made you public enemy number

0:38:09.760 --> 0:38:12.920
<v Speaker 3>one in New Orleans. Right or wrong, Saints fans are

0:38:12.960 --> 0:38:14.600
<v Speaker 3>now the number one nick right haters.

0:38:14.960 --> 0:38:19.400
<v Speaker 2>Well, I Saints fans are being misled by Saints media.

0:38:19.600 --> 0:38:26.200
<v Speaker 2>I I and the Saints media. Guys, we all know

0:38:26.320 --> 0:38:29.480
<v Speaker 2>what's happening here. And I'm not going to name names,

0:38:29.719 --> 0:38:35.840
<v Speaker 2>but I had three separate prominent national media people DM

0:38:35.880 --> 0:38:38.520
<v Speaker 2>me yesterday when I was in this tet, a tet

0:38:38.680 --> 0:38:43.279
<v Speaker 2>with Saints media, saying to various degrees, get them. These

0:38:43.320 --> 0:38:49.040
<v Speaker 2>people are insufferable. Uh. And guys, we all know what's happening.

0:38:50.040 --> 0:38:55.799
<v Speaker 2>Mickey Loomis and or Dennis Allen feed you information so

0:38:55.880 --> 0:38:59.960
<v Speaker 2>you feel beholden to them, so you defend what is indefensible.

0:39:00.760 --> 0:39:06.879
<v Speaker 2>And these guys acting like oh, you just don't understand

0:39:06.960 --> 0:39:10.440
<v Speaker 2>what the Saints do with the cap. Yes, I do,

0:39:10.640 --> 0:39:15.120
<v Speaker 2>pardon me that. It's very simple what the Saints do

0:39:15.200 --> 0:39:18.719
<v Speaker 2>with the cap. Let me explain it briefly. What the

0:39:18.840 --> 0:39:22.840
<v Speaker 2>Saints do with the reason they can owe they're in

0:39:22.960 --> 0:39:28.480
<v Speaker 2>terrible cap shape, but now they're okay, is they convert

0:39:28.880 --> 0:39:34.440
<v Speaker 2>salary into signing bonus. Salary must hit the cap that year.

0:39:34.920 --> 0:39:38.000
<v Speaker 2>Signing bonus can be pro rated over the life of

0:39:38.040 --> 0:39:40.600
<v Speaker 2>a contract. So if a guy is scheduled to make

0:39:40.640 --> 0:39:43.760
<v Speaker 2>twenty million dollars in salary this year, he's a twenty

0:39:43.800 --> 0:39:47.960
<v Speaker 2>million dollar cap hit. Okay, But if you turn that

0:39:48.040 --> 0:39:52.239
<v Speaker 2>into one million in salary and a twenty million or

0:39:52.360 --> 0:39:55.840
<v Speaker 2>nineteen million dollars signing bonus, you can then divvy that

0:39:55.960 --> 0:39:58.440
<v Speaker 2>up over the remainder of the contract. Say he has

0:39:58.440 --> 0:40:01.360
<v Speaker 2>four years left on the deal million five million, five million,

0:40:01.360 --> 0:40:03.200
<v Speaker 2>five million, and now this year, all of a sudden,

0:40:03.200 --> 0:40:05.800
<v Speaker 2>he's a six million dollar cap your salary plus this

0:40:05.880 --> 0:40:10.600
<v Speaker 2>year's signing bonus. The problem is the bill comes due.

0:40:11.200 --> 0:40:14.880
<v Speaker 2>The problem is eventually every dollar you pay a player

0:40:15.400 --> 0:40:18.520
<v Speaker 2>must be accounted for in some year's cap, and the

0:40:18.560 --> 0:40:20.680
<v Speaker 2>same thing like, oh well, the cap goes up and

0:40:20.719 --> 0:40:24.160
<v Speaker 2>we add void years. So void years are too nerdy

0:40:24.200 --> 0:40:27.319
<v Speaker 2>to get into, but it's essentially fake years on the

0:40:27.400 --> 0:40:29.800
<v Speaker 2>end of a deal that you can tack that signing

0:40:29.840 --> 0:40:34.160
<v Speaker 2>bonus pro ration onto. But the player when those years come,

0:40:34.480 --> 0:40:37.279
<v Speaker 2>they're not on their they're not under contract anymore, so

0:40:37.360 --> 0:40:40.680
<v Speaker 2>then they hit your cap that year. I understand it

0:40:41.320 --> 0:40:44.160
<v Speaker 2>very very well. It is of the many things you

0:40:44.160 --> 0:40:47.640
<v Speaker 2>could try to gotcha on me? Gotcha nick on me

0:40:47.840 --> 0:40:53.800
<v Speaker 2>is understanding the finances and the mechanisms of salary caps

0:40:53.920 --> 0:40:58.879
<v Speaker 2>is not one of them. It's not astrophysics, guys. It's

0:40:59.000 --> 0:41:04.080
<v Speaker 2>basic accounting practices. And what the Saints have done is

0:41:04.280 --> 0:41:08.759
<v Speaker 2>continually kick the can down the road, so this year

0:41:09.120 --> 0:41:12.880
<v Speaker 2>they can feel the most competitive team possible. The problem is,

0:41:13.360 --> 0:41:17.960
<v Speaker 2>as they're walking down that road, they keep stumbling over

0:41:18.600 --> 0:41:23.919
<v Speaker 2>previous kicked cans, and those Once a player is no

0:41:24.000 --> 0:41:29.040
<v Speaker 2>longer on your roster, that pro ration hit you instantly,

0:41:29.520 --> 0:41:33.680
<v Speaker 2>so you have what's called dead money, which is salary

0:41:33.719 --> 0:41:38.759
<v Speaker 2>cap space allocated to players who are not on your team.

0:41:39.280 --> 0:41:43.560
<v Speaker 2>It hits you that season, so two years ago, because

0:41:43.560 --> 0:41:46.040
<v Speaker 2>they had done I understood them doing all of this.

0:41:46.080 --> 0:41:48.839
<v Speaker 2>By the way, when you have a Hall of fame

0:41:48.920 --> 0:41:52.640
<v Speaker 2>quarterback at the end of his career. You should go

0:41:52.719 --> 0:41:55.440
<v Speaker 2>for it. You should say I'll pay this bill later.

0:41:55.840 --> 0:41:58.319
<v Speaker 2>Let's get as many great players on the team right

0:41:58.360 --> 0:42:01.200
<v Speaker 2>now as possible. That's what they're with Breeze. But then

0:42:01.200 --> 0:42:04.360
<v Speaker 2>Breeze retired, and they had all these bad contracts and

0:42:04.400 --> 0:42:07.799
<v Speaker 2>most notably Breeze's money came on the books, so they

0:42:07.800 --> 0:42:11.399
<v Speaker 2>had forty million in dead money. So the salary gap,

0:42:11.440 --> 0:42:15.080
<v Speaker 2>call it two hundred million, you're operating with one sixty.

0:42:15.520 --> 0:42:18.640
<v Speaker 2>It puts you at a disadvantage. You have twenty percent

0:42:18.640 --> 0:42:22.000
<v Speaker 2>of your cap not available to you. What they should

0:42:22.000 --> 0:42:24.160
<v Speaker 2>have done is take their medicine and say, Okay, we're

0:42:24.160 --> 0:42:28.760
<v Speaker 2>not gonna we missed our window. Drew retired, Let's clean

0:42:28.840 --> 0:42:32.239
<v Speaker 2>up our books. Do what the Bears did. Bottom out

0:42:32.280 --> 0:42:35.280
<v Speaker 2>for a year, clean up our books and move forward. Instead,

0:42:35.320 --> 0:42:38.840
<v Speaker 2>they pretended they could win a Super Bowl with Jameis Winston,

0:42:40.200 --> 0:42:44.560
<v Speaker 2>and then they saw they couldn't. And they did it

0:42:44.600 --> 0:42:48.799
<v Speaker 2>again last year, and they saw they couldn't even win

0:42:49.239 --> 0:42:51.719
<v Speaker 2>or come in second, maybe they tied for second, or

0:42:51.719 --> 0:42:56.080
<v Speaker 2>remember the worst division in recent Infel history. And then

0:42:56.080 --> 0:42:59.600
<v Speaker 2>they went and signed Derek Carr to pretend they could

0:42:59.640 --> 0:43:07.080
<v Speaker 2>do it this year, and I understand the mechanisms. I

0:43:07.239 --> 0:43:12.319
<v Speaker 2>understand what they're doing. I also understand that it is

0:43:12.560 --> 0:43:18.880
<v Speaker 2>not a sustainable model, and the only way to justify

0:43:18.920 --> 0:43:25.480
<v Speaker 2>it is if you are in a true win now,

0:43:25.719 --> 0:43:30.920
<v Speaker 2>super Bowl window for a great quarterback at the end

0:43:30.920 --> 0:43:33.359
<v Speaker 2>of his career. So right now the Saints actually have

0:43:33.719 --> 0:43:39.520
<v Speaker 2>legit cap space. It's unbelievable, but they do. But next year,

0:43:40.160 --> 0:43:43.120
<v Speaker 2>for the contracts they have on the books again, the

0:43:43.120 --> 0:43:46.000
<v Speaker 2>solar CAP's at two hundred and twenty million. Next year

0:43:47.920 --> 0:43:50.439
<v Speaker 2>they're at three hundred and forty four million, So they're

0:43:50.440 --> 0:43:53.000
<v Speaker 2>more than one hundred million over next year's cap. Why

0:43:53.160 --> 0:43:57.680
<v Speaker 2>is that, Well, they just restructured Jamis, so Jamis has

0:43:57.719 --> 0:44:01.239
<v Speaker 2>those void years after this year that that hit the cap.

0:44:01.600 --> 0:44:05.399
<v Speaker 2>Derek Carr this year's cap hit seven million bucks, next

0:44:05.440 --> 0:44:09.360
<v Speaker 2>year thirty five million dollars and then forty five and

0:44:09.480 --> 0:44:11.680
<v Speaker 2>fifty five. So you know what they'll do next year,

0:44:12.000 --> 0:44:15.040
<v Speaker 2>They'll turn Derek Carr's salary into signing bonus and again

0:44:15.120 --> 0:44:18.759
<v Speaker 2>have it inflate long term. What about Alvin Kamara this

0:44:18.880 --> 0:44:23.080
<v Speaker 2>year eight million, next year eighteen million. Michael Thomas this

0:44:23.160 --> 0:44:28.360
<v Speaker 2>year fourteen million next year sixty million dollars for receiver

0:44:28.440 --> 0:44:31.040
<v Speaker 2>that doesn't even play anymore. Now will they actually pay that, No,

0:44:31.160 --> 0:44:34.600
<v Speaker 2>of course not. But then all that bonus money pro

0:44:34.760 --> 0:44:39.359
<v Speaker 2>ration comes due. Let's go to their Taysom Hill. This

0:44:39.480 --> 0:44:42.279
<v Speaker 2>year seven million for Taysom Hill, which is an abomination,

0:44:42.920 --> 0:44:47.520
<v Speaker 2>Next year fifteen million, the year after that fifteen million,

0:44:47.680 --> 0:44:52.280
<v Speaker 2>and then void years of five million. A third string

0:44:52.360 --> 0:44:56.359
<v Speaker 2>tight end who's two million this year, seven million next year,

0:44:56.560 --> 0:44:59.880
<v Speaker 2>and then five million dollars avoid years that are going

0:44:59.920 --> 0:45:03.080
<v Speaker 2>to hit their cap. We can go up and down

0:45:03.360 --> 0:45:07.360
<v Speaker 2>the list. Ryan Ramchick, their their right tackle. Eleven million

0:45:07.400 --> 0:45:12.000
<v Speaker 2>this year, twenty seven million the following year. Guys Cam

0:45:12.120 --> 0:45:15.400
<v Speaker 2>Jordan who needs a new deal. Cam Jordan's on the

0:45:15.440 --> 0:45:18.799
<v Speaker 2>last year of his deal. He's only fifteen million on

0:45:18.840 --> 0:45:21.520
<v Speaker 2>the cap this year, He's twenty three million on their

0:45:21.520 --> 0:45:27.400
<v Speaker 2>cap next year. To not play for them, that's a disaster.

0:45:29.239 --> 0:45:33.560
<v Speaker 2>And so you guys can say, I don't understand what

0:45:33.640 --> 0:45:36.520
<v Speaker 2>I'm telling Saints fans. One of my favorite cities in

0:45:36.560 --> 0:45:41.000
<v Speaker 2>the country, New Orleans. Your local media is misleading.

0:45:42.040 --> 0:45:45.320
<v Speaker 3>Someone someone said the Saints sound like degenerate Cambler's.

0:45:46.000 --> 0:45:49.800
<v Speaker 2>Well, it's it's just they Oh there's the This is

0:45:49.840 --> 0:45:55.360
<v Speaker 2>how I win. It is the Saints operate the salary

0:45:55.440 --> 0:45:59.560
<v Speaker 2>cap the way I would expect someone to operate their

0:45:59.600 --> 0:46:03.040
<v Speaker 2>America an Express card if the doctor just gave them

0:46:03.040 --> 0:46:07.440
<v Speaker 2>a terminal diagnosis, like you have six months to live, Like, well,

0:46:08.440 --> 0:46:11.880
<v Speaker 2>screw it. I'm never paying this bill by everything I want.

0:46:12.560 --> 0:46:15.719
<v Speaker 2>But assuming the Saints believe the NFL is going to

0:46:15.800 --> 0:46:20.880
<v Speaker 2>exist over the next decade, they are not operating smartly

0:46:21.080 --> 0:46:24.320
<v Speaker 2>or correctly. Quick break answer your questions. Talk a little

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<v Speaker 2>All right, welcome back in What's Right with Nick Wright

0:47:03.800 --> 0:47:06.720
<v Speaker 2>Episode one thirty four. Before we get to your questions,

0:47:06.800 --> 0:47:08.839
<v Speaker 2>demant say you had a March madness thing you want?

0:47:08.920 --> 0:47:11.799
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so it's the Sea Block ye the week of

0:47:11.840 --> 0:47:14.799
<v Speaker 3>the tournament, and we still haven't talked about March madness. Man,

0:47:14.840 --> 0:47:15.719
<v Speaker 3>what is this? All right?

0:47:15.800 --> 0:47:21.640
<v Speaker 2>Well, so listen. I think it is my, particularly on

0:47:21.840 --> 0:47:30.960
<v Speaker 2>this show, my responsibility to talk about things that either

0:47:31.000 --> 0:47:34.920
<v Speaker 2>I am passionate about or I know a ton about.

0:47:37.000 --> 0:47:41.840
<v Speaker 2>Going into the NCAA Tournament, I'm not the guy to

0:47:41.920 --> 0:47:45.560
<v Speaker 2>get your college basketball placks from. I'm not watching a

0:47:45.560 --> 0:47:53.040
<v Speaker 2>ton of regular season college basketball, and I unlike and

0:47:53.120 --> 0:47:57.720
<v Speaker 2>I won't name names, but many of my colleagues across

0:47:57.880 --> 0:48:02.799
<v Speaker 2>national sports media, I'm not going to pretend that I

0:48:02.880 --> 0:48:07.160
<v Speaker 2>have real insight on who the sleepers are. So, like,

0:48:07.520 --> 0:48:12.520
<v Speaker 2>what you're going to see is this from folks that

0:48:12.760 --> 0:48:15.440
<v Speaker 2>are not watching any Now. Obviously a lot of people

0:48:15.440 --> 0:48:18.279
<v Speaker 2>do watch college basketball. Listen to them. But you know

0:48:18.320 --> 0:48:22.200
<v Speaker 2>what you're gonna hear. You're gonna hear a lot of this. Oh,

0:48:22.880 --> 0:48:30.040
<v Speaker 2>I gotta tell you be careful. Utah State little sleeper

0:48:30.160 --> 0:48:34.920
<v Speaker 2>team over Missouri in the Southern bracket for someone that

0:48:35.040 --> 0:48:41.640
<v Speaker 2>couldn't name half a player on Utah State or on Missouri. Oh, guys,

0:48:42.280 --> 0:48:44.120
<v Speaker 2>let me tell you, Let me tell you what my

0:48:44.200 --> 0:48:49.600
<v Speaker 2>final four is okay. You know, in the South, I'm

0:48:49.640 --> 0:48:53.640
<v Speaker 2>going with I'm going with Alabama despite all the controversies

0:48:53.640 --> 0:48:56.279
<v Speaker 2>around in their program, too much talent. I like Alabama.

0:48:56.680 --> 0:49:01.520
<v Speaker 3>In the Midwest, yeah, I think they do too.

0:49:01.719 --> 0:49:05.080
<v Speaker 2>In the Midwest, we're going Houston. So top of the bracket,

0:49:05.080 --> 0:49:08.040
<v Speaker 2>we're going Chalk. But it's gonna get a little crazy

0:49:08.080 --> 0:49:13.200
<v Speaker 2>out West. Kansas upset they didn't get, you know, the

0:49:13.239 --> 0:49:15.560
<v Speaker 2>Midwest brag where they get to play in Kansas City.

0:49:16.080 --> 0:49:21.680
<v Speaker 2>I think Bill Self's tendency of losing to lower seated

0:49:21.760 --> 0:49:26.840
<v Speaker 2>teams continues. You can upsets Kansas and the Sweet sixteen,

0:49:27.640 --> 0:49:30.200
<v Speaker 2>but making it out of that bracket. You know what

0:49:31.560 --> 0:49:34.680
<v Speaker 2>I gotta tell you. I like Gonzaga. People think they're

0:49:34.719 --> 0:49:38.040
<v Speaker 2>no good because of the soft schedule. I like the

0:49:38.040 --> 0:49:41.560
<v Speaker 2>the veterans on that team. And then out East. So

0:49:41.600 --> 0:49:44.479
<v Speaker 2>we've got two ones in a three and out eas

0:49:45.000 --> 0:49:49.200
<v Speaker 2>This is where your brackets get busted. Everybody in a year,

0:49:49.320 --> 0:49:55.319
<v Speaker 2>everyone rode them off. Coach cal and Kentucky rally get

0:49:55.320 --> 0:49:57.160
<v Speaker 2>it together at the end of the year and come

0:49:57.200 --> 0:50:01.520
<v Speaker 2>out of the East. So we've got Alabama, Houston. We've

0:50:01.560 --> 0:50:07.040
<v Speaker 2>got a minor upset out West with Gonzaga making another

0:50:07.120 --> 0:50:11.040
<v Speaker 2>final man Mark Few, never underestimate Mark Few, and then

0:50:11.080 --> 0:50:14.560
<v Speaker 2>out East coach cal Is a one seed he under

0:50:15.000 --> 0:50:16.920
<v Speaker 2>achieves in a year where they say is on the

0:50:16.960 --> 0:50:21.479
<v Speaker 2>hot seat, he makes his twelfth career Elite eight makes

0:50:21.480 --> 0:50:25.960
<v Speaker 2>another Final four. There it is, it's all fake. You

0:50:26.080 --> 0:50:29.280
<v Speaker 2>know who watches college basketball and you know who doesn't. Now,

0:50:30.160 --> 0:50:33.840
<v Speaker 2>I will be locked into the tournament because it's the tournament,

0:50:34.520 --> 0:50:39.200
<v Speaker 2>and after this weekend, I might have some opinions once

0:50:39.239 --> 0:50:42.560
<v Speaker 2>I've watched these games, all of them, and watched all

0:50:42.560 --> 0:50:46.600
<v Speaker 2>these teams, But right now I don't have a take

0:50:47.040 --> 0:50:50.680
<v Speaker 2>other than my take every year, which is, if you

0:50:50.719 --> 0:50:53.400
<v Speaker 2>want to be able to brag about your bracket, you

0:50:53.480 --> 0:50:56.879
<v Speaker 2>are only allowed to fill out one. You can't have

0:50:57.480 --> 0:51:00.759
<v Speaker 2>six different final fours, an upset bracket. Talk bracket of

0:51:00.760 --> 0:51:02.960
<v Speaker 2>this bracket, and then tell me about how good your

0:51:02.960 --> 0:51:05.680
<v Speaker 2>bracket is. Now, let's get to the listener questions.

0:51:06.080 --> 0:51:09.560
<v Speaker 3>All right, First we got Ryan Fitzgerald. He asked, how

0:51:09.640 --> 0:51:12.399
<v Speaker 3>is Rogers to the Jets not another version of Russ

0:51:12.400 --> 0:51:13.239
<v Speaker 3>to the Broncos.

0:51:13.480 --> 0:51:15.440
<v Speaker 2>Well, they're not going to give him a new contract

0:51:15.719 --> 0:51:19.520
<v Speaker 2>and they're not going to trade all those picks. So

0:51:19.719 --> 0:51:21.759
<v Speaker 2>it's not going to be as devastating for them. But

0:51:21.840 --> 0:51:24.600
<v Speaker 2>with the latest news, Schefter said they might be signing

0:51:24.680 --> 0:51:28.800
<v Speaker 2>Randall Cobb two, So that's what that. Evidently what's taking

0:51:28.800 --> 0:51:32.320
<v Speaker 2>so long is Rogers is making them sign as friends

0:51:32.680 --> 0:51:34.520
<v Speaker 2>before he goes and plays for him next.

0:51:35.000 --> 0:51:37.960
<v Speaker 3>Alix Fries said, is it possible teams are waiting until

0:51:38.000 --> 0:51:40.319
<v Speaker 3>after the draft to make Lamar an offer so they

0:51:40.320 --> 0:51:43.239
<v Speaker 3>can keep this year's draft pick, assuming next year's pick

0:51:43.280 --> 0:51:45.000
<v Speaker 3>will be later in the first round.

0:51:45.320 --> 0:51:47.800
<v Speaker 2>That's possible, and I think that might happen with the Colts.

0:51:48.040 --> 0:51:50.480
<v Speaker 2>So the Colts want a Bryce Young. They were talking

0:51:50.520 --> 0:51:53.640
<v Speaker 2>about trading up for the number one pick. They didn't.

0:51:54.160 --> 0:51:57.680
<v Speaker 2>Now they're sitting at four. If it goes Stroud Young

0:51:57.800 --> 0:52:01.480
<v Speaker 2>one to two, the cults of the fourth pick. If

0:52:01.520 --> 0:52:03.480
<v Speaker 2>they were to try to sign Lamar now and the

0:52:03.560 --> 0:52:06.040
<v Speaker 2>Ravens were to not match, they give up the fourth

0:52:06.080 --> 0:52:09.400
<v Speaker 2>pick and next year's pick. They wait until after the draft,

0:52:10.080 --> 0:52:12.320
<v Speaker 2>they give up next year's pick in the year after,

0:52:12.600 --> 0:52:14.279
<v Speaker 2>and you would think with Lamar it's not gonna be

0:52:14.320 --> 0:52:17.040
<v Speaker 2>the top four pick. So I do think that's absolutely

0:52:17.080 --> 0:52:22.400
<v Speaker 2>in play. I also think Detroit is a sneaky Lamar contender.

0:52:23.520 --> 0:52:25.440
<v Speaker 2>They could wait till after they have two first round

0:52:25.480 --> 0:52:27.279
<v Speaker 2>picks that there are sixteen and eighteen I think, or

0:52:27.320 --> 0:52:30.160
<v Speaker 2>six and eighteen, pardon me, wait until after the draft,

0:52:31.600 --> 0:52:35.279
<v Speaker 2>and then trade Golf for probably two get Lamar. It

0:52:35.320 --> 0:52:36.440
<v Speaker 2>could happen next.

0:52:36.360 --> 0:52:39.680
<v Speaker 3>All right? Aurora Robriguez said, what's one player you want

0:52:39.719 --> 0:52:41.279
<v Speaker 3>the Chiefs to sign or trade for?

0:52:43.880 --> 0:52:48.319
<v Speaker 2>I think Odell might go to the Chiefs, and I

0:52:48.360 --> 0:52:52.520
<v Speaker 2>think that is hard leaving Hardman's gonna be gone. Juju

0:52:52.600 --> 0:52:55.560
<v Speaker 2>might be back if they let Juju walk. I would

0:52:55.600 --> 0:52:59.960
<v Speaker 2>sign Odell, and there seems to be a little bit

0:53:00.239 --> 0:53:03.120
<v Speaker 2>smoke around them trading for Laramie Tunsell. It would be

0:53:03.160 --> 0:53:06.040
<v Speaker 2>surprising to me after they just signed Jawan Taylor to

0:53:06.120 --> 0:53:08.879
<v Speaker 2>four years eighty million. But that your tackles, I guess

0:53:08.920 --> 0:53:09.799
<v Speaker 2>would be set. All right.

0:53:09.840 --> 0:53:12.640
<v Speaker 3>Next Negative four and two said, do you think the

0:53:12.680 --> 0:53:15.200
<v Speaker 3>forty nine ers getting Sam Donald is a further hit

0:53:15.320 --> 0:53:16.799
<v Speaker 3>that they want to trade Trey Lance?

0:53:16.840 --> 0:53:19.319
<v Speaker 2>Absolutely not. I think Sam Donald is a hint that

0:53:19.360 --> 0:53:22.160
<v Speaker 2>they're not certain Brock Purdy is going to be healthy

0:53:22.200 --> 0:53:24.960
<v Speaker 2>for Week one and they need a backup quarterback.

0:53:24.560 --> 0:53:29.600
<v Speaker 3>Next Ryan Patierano, Nick, what are your thoughts on the reports?

0:53:29.600 --> 0:53:31.600
<v Speaker 3>That players will need to play a minimum number of

0:53:31.680 --> 0:53:33.600
<v Speaker 3>games to qualify for NBA awards.

0:53:33.680 --> 0:53:36.240
<v Speaker 2>I think that's one solution. You got to figure something out, guys.

0:53:36.719 --> 0:53:39.439
<v Speaker 2>You can't. I'm not trying to sound like old man here,

0:53:39.920 --> 0:53:42.000
<v Speaker 2>but and it's a lot of the teams doing it,

0:53:42.280 --> 0:53:45.000
<v Speaker 2>imposing it on the players rather than the players asking

0:53:45.120 --> 0:53:48.959
<v Speaker 2>how the games. But it's it's reached a tipping point.

0:53:49.440 --> 0:53:53.080
<v Speaker 2>There's too many. Either you turn on Sunday Night ABC

0:53:53.200 --> 0:53:55.600
<v Speaker 2>and Gyannis isn't playing. I know he has a wrist injury,

0:53:55.600 --> 0:53:58.680
<v Speaker 2>but Warriors bucks like it's too much of a crap shoot.

0:53:58.840 --> 0:54:01.680
<v Speaker 2>And the tickets are two weeks defensive for fans to

0:54:01.680 --> 0:54:05.279
<v Speaker 2>not know who's gonna play. That has to get tightened up.

0:54:05.600 --> 0:54:07.920
<v Speaker 2>I don't know how they do it. That's an idea

0:54:08.040 --> 0:54:11.000
<v Speaker 2>Coward's been big on that you gotta do something. We

0:54:11.080 --> 0:54:14.560
<v Speaker 2>gotta have because the other reason is this. You can't

0:54:14.600 --> 0:54:17.160
<v Speaker 2>even be like, well, the bright side is because of

0:54:17.200 --> 0:54:20.680
<v Speaker 2>load management, guys are suffering less injuries. That's not the case.

0:54:20.920 --> 0:54:22.680
<v Speaker 2>So it's not even we don't even have data that

0:54:22.719 --> 0:54:25.080
<v Speaker 2>load management is working. All right, we'll be back on

0:54:25.160 --> 0:54:27.640
<v Speaker 2>Thursday talking to you guys. Right as the before the

0:54:27.719 --> 0:54:30.359
<v Speaker 2>NCAA Tournament tips off. We will talk to you guys.

0:54:30.440 --> 0:54:32.360
<v Speaker 2>Then have a wonderful day. See on TV today, what

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<v Speaker 2>trick