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Speaker 1: NFL podcast is taking for two. Welcome to another edition

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Speaker 1: I've joined in a room filled with heroes, Colleen Woolf,

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Speaker 1: Boys and girls, men and women. I'm back, you are back.

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Speaker 1: It feels so good. It's so good to have you

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Speaker 1: NFL Network for Colleen doing numerous big things, finally doing

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Speaker 1: Amazon NFL Films joint. It's kind of like uh hard

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Speaker 1: Knocks if you blew it up over an entire season.

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Speaker 1: And Greg, this is one thing we you and I

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Speaker 1: have talked about it, like we talked about it every year.

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Speaker 1: We're always trying to figure out when these things should

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Speaker 1: be rolled out. One year they rolled it out like

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Speaker 1: as training camp was beginning, it was like what are

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Speaker 1: you doing. One year they rolled it out the week

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Speaker 1: of the NFL Draft, and it's like no, no, no, no no, no, no,

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Speaker 1: you gotta put it. Put it somewhere where it can

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Speaker 1: actually Yeah, how about the week after the Super Bowl,

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Speaker 1: which is where it rolls out. This year, I'll be

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Speaker 1: watching it and it's a good I think it's a

439
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Speaker 1: good season, a good team. It's all luck with All

440
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Speaker 1: or Nothing because they're they're embedded with these teams before

441
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Speaker 1: the season begins, and you just hope it's an interesting

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Speaker 1: one and with all the injuries and their rise in December,

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Speaker 1: and then of course the playoffs and seeing how it

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Speaker 1: went down potentially with Carson Wentz and the head injury,

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Speaker 1: although I mean I would imagine they might be careful

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Speaker 1: about that. Um, I'll be watching, I know you will

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Speaker 1: kind of. Yeah, there's there's so many storylines for them,

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Speaker 1: it's just a matter of It's almost like Hard Knocks too,

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Speaker 1: it's just a matter of what we will end up

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Speaker 1: seeing and what ends up ultimately just kind of being

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Speaker 1: left in the in the edit bay because there are

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Speaker 1: so many different things. Think about the Orlando Scandric drama

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Speaker 1: that happened earlier in the season with Malcolm Jenk Malcolm

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Speaker 1: Jenkins and like the whole locker room splitting apart and

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Speaker 1: that whole thing. And then yeah, you have all of

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Speaker 1: these practice squad guys stepping up and Josh McCown I'm

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Speaker 1: sure he's going to have obviously a huge part of it.

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Speaker 1: With the playoffs. I mean, you have these guys that

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Speaker 1: stepped up and push them ultimately into the playoffs. So

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Speaker 1: it's just these teams, they don't volunteer for it, they

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Speaker 1: get picked by the league, and so it's just the

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Speaker 1: Eagles president Don Smolenski was talking about how it's like

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Speaker 1: the schedule, it is what it is. You just deal

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Speaker 1: with it. You make the best of it. And then

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Speaker 1: he the last time he was talking about it, he

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Speaker 1: was like, it's just like us being on the road

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Speaker 1: for three straight weeks in October. So that's what he

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Speaker 1: equated it too. So I'm interested to see how much

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Speaker 1: we actually get to see, right like the Cowboys year

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Speaker 1: because Jerry Jones just you don't care, He's gonna he's

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Speaker 1: gonna let all the info get out there, at least

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Speaker 1: a lot of it. I think was their best all

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Speaker 1: or nothing season because he didn't seem to be too

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Speaker 1: worried about making himself look great. It seems good inside

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Speaker 1: info UM and other news. I just want to hit

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Speaker 1: on this quickly. I don't care so much that Chad

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Speaker 1: Johnson um is looking to catch on with an XFL

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Speaker 1: team as a kicker. I just want to go on

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Speaker 1: record while I can on this podcast that I cannot

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Speaker 1: believe this XFL thing is happening. Is I mean, Vince

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Speaker 1: McMahon already tried this once about twenty years ago, and

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Speaker 1: it was a colossal failure. Other than the camera above

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Speaker 1: the field. That was a cool little development which was

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Speaker 1: taken by the NFL. And then we Since then, the

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Speaker 1: Arena Football League folded. Okay, last year with NFL support,

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Speaker 1: the Alliance of American Football a F folded after eight games.

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Speaker 1: And that's when they were presenting themselves as a feeder

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Speaker 1: system to the NFL and the NFL even they were like,

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Speaker 1: all right, we'll air some of your games. I don't

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Speaker 1: think they paid the a F a F for it,

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Speaker 1: but they said, well, air uh some of your games,

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Speaker 1: um and that postgame show coverage I believe. And then

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Speaker 1: the NFL signed a bunch of those players too, And

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Speaker 1: it's like the meteor, it's coming right at you, Vince, XFL.

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Speaker 1: There's no way that's gonna work. Is anybody think this

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Speaker 1: is gonna work? I'm gonna west the softball fans if

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Speaker 1: this league's around in three years. I can't wait till

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Speaker 1: the combine. When you grill Evan Silva and the Rotor

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Speaker 1: World guys about how breathlessly they're going to cover the

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Speaker 1: XFL this year, I would never do that. Evan Evans

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Speaker 1: too smart to cover the XFL. I can tell you that, um,

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Speaker 1: when moment when you brought up the A F A

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Speaker 1: at st now most the Silva wrote a world just

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Speaker 1: covering uh the A F and I made a joke

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Speaker 1: and three makes well. I get why. I don't get

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Speaker 1: why the XFL and is leaning so hard into you know,

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Speaker 1: we're renegades, Like we've got Connor Cook. First of all,

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Speaker 1: don't you don't lead with Connor Cook. They had a

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Speaker 1: national ad and it like mentioned, and it started with

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Speaker 1: Connor Cook. I was at that playoff game. It was

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Speaker 1: a rough one. Um. I think a minor league professional

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Speaker 1: football can work and would be super helpful and almost

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Speaker 1: necessary for the idea of professional football totally in the

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Speaker 1: United States and North America wherever. I don't think this

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Speaker 1: is it, but I do want it, so I do

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Speaker 1: want them to keep trying it. Who the first are

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Speaker 1: excited to see it, to just see how it goes.

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Speaker 1: It doesn't make any sense that to either you're gonna

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Speaker 1: make two million dollars over a four year contract or

520
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Speaker 1: basically you make nothing, and that's like professional football. There's

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Speaker 1: like there should be some sort of in between where

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Speaker 1: like people are working on their football skills and making

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Speaker 1: you know, whatever, a living way. I could not agree

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Speaker 1: more the NFL has long needed a developmental league. That

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Speaker 1: doesn't mean I have to pay attention into that between

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Speaker 1: February and July. I'm not watching football games. I'm sorry.

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Speaker 1: Players slip through the cracks. I do believe that a

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Speaker 1: lot of players probably slipped through the cracks and would

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Speaker 1: have great NFL careers if if there was like a

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Speaker 1: minor league. One thing working tell me, people don't get

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Speaker 1: better when they're years old. Happens in every other sport.

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Speaker 1: If you're practicing every day, you're gonna get better at anything.

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Speaker 1: I feel like there will be plenty of moments that

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Speaker 1: we can watch that will be entertaining, even if they

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Speaker 1: are unintentionally so. What one thing that the NFL hasn't

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Speaker 1: improved upon the last ten years is extending the NFL

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Speaker 1: season and what people look forward to, what people watch,

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Speaker 1: and that works against these type of leaves because now

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Speaker 1: because of the popularity of the combine and the draft

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Speaker 1: and free agency, really things don't And then even voluntary camps,

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Speaker 1: which people are way plugged into many camps before things

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Speaker 1: go dark in June, uh, that doesn't leave a big window.

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Speaker 1: People are still focused on the NFL throughout the spring

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Speaker 1: and that's when these leagues just I mean, it seems

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Speaker 1: logical that it's not gonna work. I mean, Vince has

546
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Speaker 1: a plenty of money. I'm saying he'll be he'll be

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Speaker 1: able to survive this. But fool you once? Right? What

548
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Speaker 1: is that? Fool me once? I can't get fooled again?

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Speaker 1: All right? Uh. Finally, Kevin Stefanski was introduced as the

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Speaker 1: latest head coach of the Cleveland Browns. Uh. He did

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Speaker 1: the press conference. I watched some of it. There was

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Speaker 1: nothing really that jumped out. Uh in the press conference,

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Speaker 1: as as Newsworthy, was no Joe Judge um unveiling from

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Speaker 1: the Giants. But afterward Andrew Ceciliano of NFL Network got

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Speaker 1: a one on one with Stefanski, who was asked by

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Speaker 1: Siciliano his thoughts on a Mark Sessler tweet in which

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Speaker 1: posted by Mark on Monday, uh, pointing out his feeling

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Speaker 1: that Stefanski is a dead ringer for Hollywood star George Clooney.

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Speaker 1: And here was the coach's response our Mark Sessler, Kevin,

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry, who is a Browns fan much like I

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Speaker 1: was as a kid as well. Put up on Twitter

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Speaker 1: yesterday a beard did George Clooney say that you bear

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Speaker 1: or resemblance. Has anyone ever called you Clooney? Not until

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Speaker 1: just this moment? And how do you feel about that?

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Speaker 1: I got enough on my plate right now to worry

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Speaker 1: about trying to get these Browns back to where we

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Speaker 1: want to be. I'm not gonna compare myself to any

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Speaker 1: uh actors John Peter John, I think I need to be.

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Speaker 1: I need to get a list of guys and then

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Speaker 1: make sure that we're okay with that. But if it's

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Speaker 1: George Clooney, that that's what you guys say, God bless you. Okay,

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Speaker 1: it was Mark Sessler, I'm gonna paint it on himy

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Speaker 1: I missed, well, not so much. Backchecking is just like

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Speaker 1: taking out a big shovel of dirt. And poor Settler's

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Speaker 1: not even here right now. So both times, not not

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Speaker 1: a broadcast, they're not here. Well. The thing I noticed immediately,

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Speaker 1: and this this had nothing to do with Andrew Um,

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00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:31,880
Speaker 1: was it's probably a bad sign during an interview when

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Speaker 1: the head coach name checks his PR director and looks

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Speaker 1: at looks off the camera, then looks over to the

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Speaker 1: PR director whose name is Peter John. That was what

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Speaker 1: he just said there, and that to me was, let's

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Speaker 1: end this thing, Wow said, I don't think it's because

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Speaker 1: of the question necessarily. It was just a it was

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Speaker 1: a really long interview, and that was the end of

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Speaker 1: Sessler's not wrong. Okay, I'm with Sessler's all right speaking.

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Speaker 1: He does bear up and it's not like it's a

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Speaker 1: nice thing. So maybe you should take it as a

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00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:08,600
Speaker 1: compliments to Fancy. Well, I was gonna say, and I

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Speaker 1: will come to Mark's defense on this as well, since

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Speaker 1: Mark isn't here. Uh hey, keV, well, this also is

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Speaker 1: a shot at market. Gets confusing because he's the head

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Speaker 1: coach of Browns. Hey, keV, lighten up a little bit.

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Speaker 1: You just got hired as a head coach. This is

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Speaker 1: the live stream you have, you achieved you your press

596
00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:25,960
Speaker 1: conference was like forty five minutes ago. You're a NFL

597
00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,960
Speaker 1: network talking about the future and you get asked the

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00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:31,120
Speaker 1: playful question. I have some fun with it. Just have

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Speaker 1: a little fun a little bit. That was an opening listening.

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Speaker 1: You know, you need to be the head coach of

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Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns. A sense of humor. Oh does this

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Speaker 1: mean it's not for them? I feel like Freddy Kittens

603
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Speaker 1: probably had the best sense of humor of any Browns.

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Speaker 1: It's not only a sense of humor. You need a

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Speaker 1: lot of things, but you have to be able to

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Speaker 1: laugh at life, is what I'm saying. Anyway, That's what's

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Speaker 1: happening in the news. West, something I have as wild,

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Speaker 1: but it is. You know, that's pretty cool. It is cool,

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Speaker 1: and it really is. It does show, uh, you know

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Speaker 1: how far we've come, at least in the eyes of

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Speaker 1: Andrew Siciliana. Finally he respects us, he knows our names.

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Speaker 1: That's good. West. We have a read to do connected

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Speaker 1: to an event for the podcast coming up in a

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Speaker 1: week or so, So I want you to read that please.

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Speaker 1: You just gotta throw it out handed. Hey, y'all, what's

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Speaker 1: the difference between Tybee Island and our Miami improv show?

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Speaker 1: What the hell? Everything? I didn't write this by the name,

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Speaker 1: but we will be in Miami talking Titans forty Niners

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Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl? Oops? Did I just predict the future?

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Speaker 1: Whoever your team is, come hang out with us in Miami.

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Speaker 1: Tickets are going faster than when I used to deliver

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Speaker 1: Christmas cards on my mail route and little kids were

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Speaker 1: outside waving for cash from Grandma. Any who, five tickets

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Speaker 1: now the whole I'm guessing that was a Ricky Hollywood production.

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Speaker 1: I don't right that this was not me, trust me. Wow,

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Speaker 1: that was cool. Miami Improv show guys, tickets. What are

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Speaker 1: you going to come? I want to come? Okay? Cool?

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Speaker 1: Heard it here first, Colleen Warrant. I'm checking, signing autographs

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Speaker 1: and taking selfies. It's what on our Twitter around the

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Speaker 1: NFL Twitter account. It is? It is at the top.

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Speaker 1: Is that jinned? It's pinned on the Twitter account. H

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Speaker 1: January thirty, Thursday, see us Live. We're gonna have a

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Speaker 1: lot of fun. All right, let's get into it. It

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Speaker 1: is time to take out our crystal ball. The crystal

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Speaker 1: ball comes out. Do we all have our own? Or

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Speaker 1: do we are we passing around a ball or do

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Speaker 1: we each have our own? I think there's should be

638
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:47,200
Speaker 1: one special crystal ball ball, right and you look into it.

639
00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:50,360
Speaker 1: This feels like snow globe music. Just feels like somebody

640
00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:52,480
Speaker 1: could cheat if they bring their own crystal ball in here.

641
00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:58,800
Speaker 1: Yes and approved official. This is like the Edward Scissor

642
00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:01,080
Speaker 1: Hands snow falling. I feel like we're in like a

643
00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:08,200
Speaker 1: forest of some or there's like fairies. Now we go

644
00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:10,839
Speaker 1: through each of the eight teams and like, shut up,

645
00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:14,800
Speaker 1: what is next? What will happen? I was just I

646
00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:17,359
Speaker 1: was just talking about the league year extends well beyond

647
00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:22,360
Speaker 1: the super Bowl with combined regency draft. What are we

648
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:24,600
Speaker 1: gonna be talking about about these teams that have been

649
00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:27,399
Speaker 1: ousted from the playoffs so far, there's eight of them.

650
00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:29,760
Speaker 1: Kind of, get us go and pick a team. Okay,

651
00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:34,319
Speaker 1: I'm gonna start with the Ravens here. So after mark

652
00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:38,279
Speaker 1: Ingram and Mark with a c return from another international

653
00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:43,320
Speaker 1: getaway together, I think I see is that Marky's Brown

654
00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:48,399
Speaker 1: rolling up with his cousin and Tonio to the Ravens facility. No,

655
00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:51,439
Speaker 1: it's not, it's not. I don't want today. I gotta

656
00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:52,960
Speaker 1: go to the eye doctor. It's one of my New

657
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:57,480
Speaker 1: Year's resolutions. But they do need another wide receiver. That

658
00:35:57,560 --> 00:35:59,560
Speaker 1: was obvious in the playoffs. There was a lot of

659
00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:03,520
Speaker 1: draw they couldn't get separation. That's going to be a situation.

660
00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:07,040
Speaker 1: And I do see a big push to address the

661
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:10,720
Speaker 1: pass rush in the off season as well, because after

662
00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:13,279
Speaker 1: losing their top two guys last year, they did a

663
00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:16,719
Speaker 1: good job manufacturing pressure. They blitzed more than any other

664
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:19,839
Speaker 1: team out there, but their top guy, Matthew Judan. He's

665
00:36:19,840 --> 00:36:23,040
Speaker 1: about to hit free agency, so they need if he does,

666
00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:25,719
Speaker 1: they need at least two more guys if they don't

667
00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:28,520
Speaker 1: resign him, so they need a wide receiver and a

668
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:32,040
Speaker 1: pass rusher. That's what I see they're in. They're in

669
00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:34,839
Speaker 1: a nice situation. It's really not that bad for them yet.

670
00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:39,680
Speaker 1: I didn't even know they were cousins. Really, really, Hollywood,

671
00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:45,320
Speaker 1: I think they're in an amazing position. I know it's terrible.

672
00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:49,040
Speaker 1: It's terrible. The loss they had, it's terrible. Who but

673
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:50,719
Speaker 1: who knows you might have They might have lost to

674
00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:52,600
Speaker 1: the Chiefs. Anyways, I think that was that was that

675
00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:57,600
Speaker 1: was very strong possibility either way. It's painful. But they

676
00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:00,759
Speaker 1: turned over their entire defense last year, they changed their

677
00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:03,480
Speaker 1: entire offensive system last year. They were in all sorts

678
00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:06,640
Speaker 1: of cap problems last year. This next year, they've got

679
00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:10,239
Speaker 1: all the cap room they should need. They've got a

680
00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:15,000
Speaker 1: bunch of draft picks, compensatory picks coming back, and yeah,

681
00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:17,560
Speaker 1: you need some pass rush and maybe some interior alignment.

682
00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:19,960
Speaker 1: But they're in about as good as situation with Lamar

683
00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:22,720
Speaker 1: on a rookie contract and a lot of their offense

684
00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:26,160
Speaker 1: on rookie contracts, Mark Andrews both tackles like they are

685
00:37:26,239 --> 00:37:29,399
Speaker 1: in a nice spot to push to be aggressive. Get

686
00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:31,560
Speaker 1: a veteran wide receiver, I think would be something that

687
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:34,200
Speaker 1: they would do too. Do you think there's any chance

688
00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:38,799
Speaker 1: the Bengals would let a J. Green hit the market? Yeah.

689
00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:42,120
Speaker 1: The Bengal seemed like an operation to me that would

690
00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:45,200
Speaker 1: place the franchise tag on a J. Green. It seems

691
00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:47,960
Speaker 1: like he might be more likely now, especially with this

692
00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:53,160
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow kid um coming off another incredible performance and

693
00:37:53,239 --> 00:37:55,719
Speaker 1: he seems to be the number one pick going to Cincinnati,

694
00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:59,200
Speaker 1: that they might treat it Green more like a Larry

695
00:37:59,239 --> 00:38:02,680
Speaker 1: Fitzgerald guy, but have him in the building, play out

696
00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:04,919
Speaker 1: the rest of whatever is left of his prime and

697
00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:07,480
Speaker 1: having you know, somebody the kid can count on. It's

698
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:10,840
Speaker 1: a lot of common DNA between the Arizona Cardinals organization

699
00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:12,720
Speaker 1: and Bengals as far as the way they run things

700
00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:16,120
Speaker 1: in the way that you're saying then might go for

701
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:18,840
Speaker 1: him potentially, I think that that would make sense to

702
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:22,120
Speaker 1: me that they need a bigger receiver, final piece to

703
00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:25,400
Speaker 1: the offense. It's been their m oh they've never drafted

704
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:27,560
Speaker 1: receiver as well. It looks like they drafted a good one,

705
00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:31,520
Speaker 1: and Marquis Brown DaCosta did, but they've always signed free

706
00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:34,200
Speaker 1: agent receivers well Derek Mason and Steve Smith and and

707
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:38,600
Speaker 1: Gwan Bold. And also what's more likely, playing our old

708
00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:42,719
Speaker 1: famous game, that Lamar Jackson is a one thousand yard

709
00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:44,880
Speaker 1: rusher every year and this is just who he is

710
00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:46,759
Speaker 1: and I'm not doubting him at this stage he's an

711
00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:49,520
Speaker 1: amazing player, or that this is one of those insanely

712
00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:53,319
Speaker 1: special years. And in reality, you're gonna need probably more

713
00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:55,560
Speaker 1: from your passing game because you're not gonna run for

714
00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:57,560
Speaker 1: two thousand yards every year. Unless this is just the

715
00:38:57,560 --> 00:38:59,720
Speaker 1: beginning of a new era. It does feel like maybe

716
00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:02,200
Speaker 1: the eight ends are great and Brown was a major

717
00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:05,319
Speaker 1: hit in the draft, but god that it agree. That's

718
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:07,319
Speaker 1: a nice fit. Yeah, they just need somebody like a

719
00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:10,160
Speaker 1: good route runner, like a veteran presence, just to have

720
00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:13,680
Speaker 1: these young guys sort of developed. But also, by the way,

721
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:19,680
Speaker 1: the crystal ball is also showing me a lot of

722
00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:25,200
Speaker 1: really angry Titans fans are giving you a hard time,

723
00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:29,960
Speaker 1: very angry bunch. As it turns out. Listen, I pick

724
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:33,120
Speaker 1: against teams every week, and I think it was the

725
00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:34,839
Speaker 1: way you put it. It was on a good morning

726
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:39,080
Speaker 1: football it was. And let me just say this, I

727
00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:43,240
Speaker 1: almost picked the Titans. I was like on the fence

728
00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:47,840
Speaker 1: there and it was like, all right, So I thanked

729
00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:53,120
Speaker 1: the Titans for their service in dispatching your team, Greg Patriots. Um,

730
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:55,759
Speaker 1: I said, America, thanks you for your service. And then

731
00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:57,960
Speaker 1: the guys started clapping, and so I was like, oh,

732
00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:00,480
Speaker 1: I'll just continue this bit. So I said, your service

733
00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:04,400
Speaker 1: is no longer needed and enjoy the off season. And

734
00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:10,280
Speaker 1: it's no. I mean, listen, I say disrespectful things every

735
00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:14,120
Speaker 1: week on various shows, and I usually don't get an

736
00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:17,759
Speaker 1: angry army of people that are now like threatening me.

737
00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:22,280
Speaker 1: There's a lot of like I got. I got somebody

738
00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:25,160
Speaker 1: telling me that I set women back in broadcasting twenty

739
00:40:25,239 --> 00:40:26,840
Speaker 1: years and I was like, damn, I don't even know

740
00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:29,719
Speaker 1: I had that much power. That's that's crazy. A lot

741
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:33,160
Speaker 1: of low i Q type things. So listen, I graduated

742
00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:41,080
Speaker 1: Magnat Gublade almost drop the headset. Listen. I just didn't

743
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:43,000
Speaker 1: think the Titans fans were going to be the sensitive.

744
00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:47,240
Speaker 1: And if anything, you're welcome for some bulletin board material.

745
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:50,479
Speaker 1: It does you know, you don't deserve that and clean

746
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:52,400
Speaker 1: it up, Titans fans. I know it's not all of you.

747
00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:55,680
Speaker 1: I also took heat from a well known columnist down there,

748
00:40:55,760 --> 00:41:00,239
Speaker 1: Paul Kaharsky, who got all cranky because of his order

749
00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:03,120
Speaker 1: from the Tennessee and uh interviewed me about the whole

750
00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:06,600
Speaker 1: Titoons thing and there and Caharsky was not about it.

751
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:09,680
Speaker 1: He saw it as a sign of the decline of journalism.

752
00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:12,960
Speaker 1: And uh, there's some we come on. We are never

753
00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:15,480
Speaker 1: allowed to analyze the Titans again on this podcast because

754
00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:16,920
Speaker 1: we've never been in their locker room. Got be in

755
00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:19,480
Speaker 1: the locker room. You don't know anything about it. I

756
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:22,760
Speaker 1: don't need these national media types with their shiny cars

757
00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:26,600
Speaker 1: coming down to my place. The Titans are really fun

758
00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:30,239
Speaker 1: this year. They're we've been we've been into. I don't

759
00:41:30,239 --> 00:41:32,760
Speaker 1: think it was too crazy to pick against the greatest

760
00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:36,680
Speaker 1: regular season team, uh, of the last decade, you know,

761
00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:39,719
Speaker 1: to pick the Baltimore and always let me remind other

762
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:42,759
Speaker 1: Titans fans again. Uh, And I feel like I have

763
00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:44,799
Speaker 1: to do this on a weekly basis every time your

764
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:47,640
Speaker 1: team wins a playoff game, and my mentions is, are

765
00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:51,120
Speaker 1: they still the Titoons? No? And then they haven't been

766
00:41:51,120 --> 00:41:53,840
Speaker 1: the Titoons since you got rid of the bump quarterback

767
00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:56,000
Speaker 1: that you thought it was a superstar for five years.

768
00:41:56,960 --> 00:42:00,640
Speaker 1: You know I'm not. I suggested that they they bench

769
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:04,800
Speaker 1: Mariota on Thursday Night Football, and I got crushed by everybody.

770
00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:08,399
Speaker 1: I've actually it's funny. I've actually thought you haven't deserved enough,

771
00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:11,800
Speaker 1: gotten enough credit for the Titans turnaround this season. So

772
00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:16,799
Speaker 1: you're welcome everybody out there and tighten up. So you

773
00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:20,040
Speaker 1: Titans fans, you came to where I was. I didn't

774
00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:23,240
Speaker 1: have to come to you. You're on my corner. Fans

775
00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:26,319
Speaker 1: fans in general. Who cares if somebody picks against your team.

776
00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:29,600
Speaker 1: It's just a game. You enjoy this. This is incredible.

777
00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:33,239
Speaker 1: This is incredible run by a really fun team, and

778
00:42:33,320 --> 00:42:35,440
Speaker 1: I think we all enjoy watching the Titan And I

779
00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:38,600
Speaker 1: would love Ryan Tannehill to play a Super Bowl in

780
00:42:38,719 --> 00:42:41,600
Speaker 1: Miami in front of like the Dolphins fans, right in

781
00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:44,279
Speaker 1: the Dolphins backyard. That is something that I've been talking

782
00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:48,760
Speaker 1: about Miami. I would love it all right. Up next

783
00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:52,680
Speaker 1: is Chris Wesley. I'm looking into my crystal ball for

784
00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:55,960
Speaker 1: the Vikings and to borrow a day in HANDSS phrase

785
00:42:56,600 --> 00:42:59,960
Speaker 1: It's a tough sitch here for for the Vikings, Lovastion,

786
00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:03,160
Speaker 1: tough situation when you they remind me so much of

787
00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:06,239
Speaker 1: the Alex Smith cheese. You're just good enough to get

788
00:43:06,280 --> 00:43:08,799
Speaker 1: beat early in the playoffs all the time, because you're

789
00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:11,400
Speaker 1: not good enough to go far in the playoffs and

790
00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:15,600
Speaker 1: you're formerly your formula isn't working. You've got a team

791
00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:17,800
Speaker 1: that is most of the team has been there together

792
00:43:17,840 --> 00:43:20,399
Speaker 1: with Mike Zimmer for like six years now, and it's

793
00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:22,480
Speaker 1: not good enough. So what do you do when you've

794
00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:26,800
Speaker 1: got thirty year olds on defense? Everson Griffin, Lynvaal, Joseph

795
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:30,719
Speaker 1: Xavier Roads all have salary cap figures twelve million or more,

796
00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:34,240
Speaker 1: thirty year olds on offense like Riley Reid, Kyle Rudolph

797
00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:37,400
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins making big money. You're not getting any younger.

798
00:43:38,239 --> 00:43:39,839
Speaker 1: What do you do with this roster? And I think

799
00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:43,239
Speaker 1: there's gonna be some tough cuts this year, Mike Zimmer said,

800
00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:44,800
Speaker 1: you know, when I look at the roster at the

801
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:46,319
Speaker 1: end of the day, it ends up being a young

802
00:43:46,360 --> 00:43:50,239
Speaker 1: man's game. I could see Xavier Roads being gone. He's

803
00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:54,839
Speaker 1: definitely gone. Season have changed for the Vikings. I think

804
00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:57,200
Speaker 1: I don't know if they'll blow it up and start over,

805
00:43:57,280 --> 00:43:58,640
Speaker 1: But I think they're gonna have to make some tough

806
00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:01,440
Speaker 1: cuts they need if you're gonna go with this formula

807
00:44:01,480 --> 00:44:05,440
Speaker 1: where it's play action passing based on the run, and

808
00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:07,279
Speaker 1: as soon as you can't run the ball, your entire

809
00:44:07,320 --> 00:44:10,160
Speaker 1: offense collapse because your quarterback checks down instead of letting

810
00:44:10,160 --> 00:44:14,680
Speaker 1: his receivers go for a contested catch. Ever, that formula,

811
00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:17,000
Speaker 1: it proved this year, does not work because every time

812
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:20,120
Speaker 1: they faced a good defense got shut down. They only

813
00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:23,800
Speaker 1: beat bad, bad defenses. They're they're higher over the salary

814
00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:29,720
Speaker 1: captain any team in the NFL, Lynn bel Joseph, maybe Rudolph.

815
00:44:30,040 --> 00:44:32,040
Speaker 1: The bigger issue is their best player in the secondary,

816
00:44:32,040 --> 00:44:35,320
Speaker 1: Anthony Harris is a free agent, Trey Waynes and Mackenzie

817
00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:37,640
Speaker 1: Alexander who also play in their secondary of free agents,

818
00:44:37,640 --> 00:44:38,920
Speaker 1: so it's like they got a lot of spots to

819
00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:41,680
Speaker 1: just fill. And that's kind of what Zimmer does is

820
00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:44,760
Speaker 1: is the defensive backfield, and it's gonna be a big turnover.

821
00:44:44,840 --> 00:44:47,880
Speaker 1: I think I wonder too, like if that weirdness between

822
00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:52,600
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins and Stefon Diggs ever really went away, that

823
00:44:52,600 --> 00:44:54,839
Speaker 1: that was that was a storyline. At one point during

824
00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:57,360
Speaker 1: the year, I could see Diggs getting traded and he

825
00:44:57,480 --> 00:45:03,919
Speaker 1: feels very tradeable if they wanted to, and it could

826
00:45:03,960 --> 00:45:06,080
Speaker 1: get a lot for Stefon Diggs in his prime. And

827
00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:09,080
Speaker 1: I remember that Thursday night game we did the Vikings

828
00:45:09,120 --> 00:45:12,360
Speaker 1: one and we had Kirk Cousins and Stefon Diggs on

829
00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:14,160
Speaker 1: the set, and it was like a couple of weeks

830
00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:18,960
Speaker 1: after that whole controversy and there was still like residual weirdness.

831
00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:22,440
Speaker 1: I remember that. I watched that, Yeah, and it was

832
00:45:22,520 --> 00:45:25,440
Speaker 1: they like should have been they were very they were

833
00:45:25,640 --> 00:45:27,759
Speaker 1: they were very they should have been very happy after

834
00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:29,520
Speaker 1: a big win, and they were just like, yeah, we've

835
00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:31,919
Speaker 1: moved on past that, and it was just weird. Yeah,

836
00:45:32,080 --> 00:45:35,279
Speaker 1: you get rid of Diggs instead of Cousins. Um, I

837
00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:39,600
Speaker 1: wouldn't get rid of either. It just seems totally counterproductive

838
00:45:39,640 --> 00:45:42,200
Speaker 1: to get rid of either of your best players. And

839
00:45:42,360 --> 00:45:44,799
Speaker 1: uh there, I'd have no interest in getting rid of Diggs.

840
00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:46,919
Speaker 1: But the way Zimmers talked about Diggs over the last

841
00:45:46,960 --> 00:45:48,880
Speaker 1: three or four years, there's been a lot of dramas.

842
00:45:48,920 --> 00:45:51,839
Speaker 1: It just wouldn't shock me if that's something they looked into.

843
00:45:51,960 --> 00:45:53,800
Speaker 1: And I see that Crystal ball second last, because I

844
00:45:53,840 --> 00:45:58,360
Speaker 1: see somebody else in the Vikings future. Yes, there it

845
00:45:58,480 --> 00:46:02,719
Speaker 1: is Kirk Cousins, very quietly entering a contract here. Oh yeah,

846
00:46:02,840 --> 00:46:07,520
Speaker 1: three year, fully guaranteed contracts signed before the season. He

847
00:46:07,560 --> 00:46:10,799
Speaker 1: will make damn almost thirty million this year, which is,

848
00:46:10,840 --> 00:46:14,080
Speaker 1: according to over the cap dot com, fifteen and a

849
00:46:14,080 --> 00:46:17,120
Speaker 1: half percent of their entire cap right now. And they

850
00:46:17,280 --> 00:46:19,839
Speaker 1: will have to decide what to do and is that

851
00:46:19,920 --> 00:46:23,440
Speaker 1: his storyline? And they want a lame duck quarterback? Uh

852
00:46:23,480 --> 00:46:26,120
Speaker 1: in in the summer. I think it will be once

853
00:46:26,160 --> 00:46:28,759
Speaker 1: the free agency dies down, then it's like, sorry, you're

854
00:46:28,760 --> 00:46:31,480
Speaker 1: gonna extend Kirker not Yeah, what I mean if you

855
00:46:31,520 --> 00:46:35,280
Speaker 1: said to two years ago when he signed, Hey, after

856
00:46:35,320 --> 00:46:37,279
Speaker 1: his first two seasons, he's gonna have a passer rating

857
00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:40,400
Speaker 1: of about one oh five, you would be blown away.

858
00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:42,560
Speaker 1: If there was an idea that maybe he's part of

859
00:46:42,560 --> 00:46:46,440
Speaker 1: the problem there. But he has been part of the problem. Alright,

860
00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:50,359
Speaker 1: let's move on to another team eliminated. I will go

861
00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:53,440
Speaker 1: with the Seattle Seahawks. All right. Let me look into

862
00:46:53,480 --> 00:47:01,000
Speaker 1: this ball. I say it's cloudy. Oh, it's beautiful, light shimmering.

863
00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:06,960
Speaker 1: Uh there it is the Legion of Boom remember that.

864
00:47:07,600 --> 00:47:15,240
Speaker 1: Now this is the Legion of Bust. It must okay,

865
00:47:15,520 --> 00:47:18,840
Speaker 1: got you? Uh No, I want to talk about the defense,

866
00:47:18,920 --> 00:47:21,880
Speaker 1: all right. It was nice, it was It was a

867
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:25,840
Speaker 1: nice little season on Seahawks corner. I enjoyed it, but

868
00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:28,279
Speaker 1: this was this is a limited team this year. Uh,

869
00:47:28,320 --> 00:47:30,160
Speaker 1: and a lot of that problem was the defense. And

870
00:47:30,560 --> 00:47:32,920
Speaker 1: looking ahead, that's what this offseason is going to be about.

871
00:47:33,040 --> 00:47:38,560
Speaker 1: I think they like what they have obviously, um at quarterback,

872
00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:41,160
Speaker 1: they like running back when healthy, they have pieces. I

873
00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:44,000
Speaker 1: think they're into a wide receiver. They found something in

874
00:47:44,080 --> 00:47:46,960
Speaker 1: metcalf Lock. It's a nice guy. Uh. They even uh

875
00:47:47,000 --> 00:47:48,959
Speaker 1: you know, even a tight end will dis lee before

876
00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:51,240
Speaker 1: he got hurt. Was a revelation. I think their line

877
00:47:51,320 --> 00:47:53,320
Speaker 1: is not something that's there's gonna be a major overhaul

878
00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:56,160
Speaker 1: on the offensive end, But in defense they have a

879
00:47:56,160 --> 00:47:59,080
Speaker 1: lot to do. Pete Carroll hinted in his end of

880
00:47:59,120 --> 00:48:02,560
Speaker 1: season press conver is that they could be looking to

881
00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:05,799
Speaker 1: make a scheme shift, but personnel wise, they gotta get

882
00:48:05,840 --> 00:48:07,960
Speaker 1: better and they have to get better in the secondary.

883
00:48:08,280 --> 00:48:10,680
Speaker 1: Speaking of the Legion of Bus, Trey Flowers just got

884
00:48:11,280 --> 00:48:14,840
Speaker 1: it was like a yeah, it was a horror show.

885
00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:18,000
Speaker 1: The music though it's like intermission at the Nutcrack, the

886
00:48:18,840 --> 00:48:22,719
Speaker 1: terrorized by Davante Adams. Not all his fault, but uh.

887
00:48:22,760 --> 00:48:25,080
Speaker 1: And then they struggled to get to the quarterback, which

888
00:48:25,160 --> 00:48:28,560
Speaker 1: leads us to Jadavian Clowney speaking of big decisions to make.

889
00:48:28,600 --> 00:48:30,320
Speaker 1: He is a free agent. He's out there saying I

890
00:48:30,360 --> 00:48:32,359
Speaker 1: want to play for a contender. I like it here

891
00:48:32,400 --> 00:48:34,799
Speaker 1: in Seattle, Pete Carroll wants him back, but are you

892
00:48:34,840 --> 00:48:38,719
Speaker 1: gonna pay him superstar money? Um to be uh? The

893
00:48:38,760 --> 00:48:41,720
Speaker 1: anchor of of that front Front seven with Bobby Wagner,

894
00:48:41,920 --> 00:48:46,759
Speaker 1: Big decision for Johnny Schneider. I I've I've enjoyed this

895
00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:51,920
Speaker 1: continuing um Seahawks Twitter and Seahawks fan trend of what

896
00:48:52,080 --> 00:48:54,759
Speaker 1: is Pete Carroll really doing for us? Not like I'm

897
00:48:55,080 --> 00:48:59,600
Speaker 1: enjoying their um Are they okay boomerang him, misery or

898
00:48:59,640 --> 00:49:01,920
Speaker 1: any thing. It's more that I just think it's an

899
00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:05,640
Speaker 1: interesting question, you know they're at which they are asking,

900
00:49:05,640 --> 00:49:08,759
Speaker 1: are they is he holding Russell Wilson back while not

901
00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:12,400
Speaker 1: really bringing much to the table on defense, which for

902
00:49:12,440 --> 00:49:14,719
Speaker 1: the last three years I think you could argue that

903
00:49:15,600 --> 00:49:18,640
Speaker 1: he would point not an insignificant stretch in the NFL.

904
00:49:18,719 --> 00:49:20,320
Speaker 1: Mark where here he would point out again that you

905
00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:24,359
Speaker 1: never miss an opportunity to come after peak. You say that,

906
00:49:24,400 --> 00:49:27,120
Speaker 1: but you don't. I liked him when he was coaching,

907
00:49:27,120 --> 00:49:30,160
Speaker 1: skeptical about everything about him. I loved him all throughout.

908
00:49:30,360 --> 00:49:32,640
Speaker 1: I couldn't have been more impressed. Like when he took

909
00:49:32,680 --> 00:49:35,040
Speaker 1: over the Seahawks, he coached the greatest defense of the

910
00:49:35,120 --> 00:49:38,120
Speaker 1: last forty years, I would say, But now that it's

911
00:49:38,160 --> 00:49:41,520
Speaker 1: not there anymore, I don't like that. I don't like

912
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:46,080
Speaker 1: by running too much on first and second down, by

913
00:49:46,280 --> 00:49:48,560
Speaker 1: having Brian Schottenheimer be is I mean, I don't know.

914
00:49:48,640 --> 00:49:50,560
Speaker 1: Wouldn't you like to see Russell Wilson in one of

915
00:49:50,560 --> 00:49:52,640
Speaker 1: these open, wide open offense. I'd like to see him

916
00:49:52,640 --> 00:49:54,879
Speaker 1: have more time. I think Wilson is going to get

917
00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:56,919
Speaker 1: double digit wins with no matter what coach you put

918
00:49:56,920 --> 00:49:59,279
Speaker 1: in Seattle. But I still sort of my point, and

919
00:49:59,400 --> 00:50:02,919
Speaker 1: I still feel like Pete Carroll's valuable for the infrastructure

920
00:50:02,920 --> 00:50:04,920
Speaker 1: he has in place there. I think they're lucky to

921
00:50:04,920 --> 00:50:07,640
Speaker 1: have Pete Carroll there. But I understand why you it's

922
00:50:07,640 --> 00:50:10,560
Speaker 1: been a while now since they've really seriously contended for

923
00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:13,160
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl, that maybe it's time to freshen things

924
00:50:13,239 --> 00:50:16,640
Speaker 1: up behind the scenes. But to me, the Schottenheimer jumps

925
00:50:16,640 --> 00:50:19,360
Speaker 1: out you wouldn't rarely get rid of. You would never

926
00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:21,920
Speaker 1: get rid of Carroll. But their defense, which you mentioned,

927
00:50:22,239 --> 00:50:25,480
Speaker 1: has its issues. Clowney drawn Reads, a free agent, ziggiansa

928
00:50:25,480 --> 00:50:27,560
Speaker 1: who didn't do anything. Quittin Jefferson, who is maybe their

929
00:50:27,560 --> 00:50:30,240
Speaker 1: best pass rusher this year, is also a free agent.

930
00:50:30,360 --> 00:50:32,880
Speaker 1: I mean they if Chris carrs go a shod Penny

931
00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:37,160
Speaker 1: stayed healthy, I don't think we'd even be having this conversation. Alright, Greg, Alright,

932
00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:40,680
Speaker 1: I'm looking into the future, and I'm looking into Buffalo.

933
00:50:41,960 --> 00:50:44,440
Speaker 1: The Great Northeast, that's what they call it. It's the

934
00:50:44,480 --> 00:50:48,800
Speaker 1: Empire State waiting for the music they and I see

935
00:50:49,160 --> 00:50:55,399
Speaker 1: in the Crystal Ball. You know it's a joke. Legion

936
00:50:55,440 --> 00:51:00,200
Speaker 1: a bust, that's a joke. That's a good I see

937
00:51:00,960 --> 00:51:04,160
Speaker 1: a lot of people picking the Buffalo Bills to go

938
00:51:04,400 --> 00:51:07,920
Speaker 1: very far in the two thousand and twenties season. After

939
00:51:08,040 --> 00:51:13,040
Speaker 1: Brandon Bean and Sean McDermott have some funness offseason, they

940
00:51:13,120 --> 00:51:16,239
Speaker 1: pushed their chips into the table. They've built up this

941
00:51:16,600 --> 00:51:20,880
Speaker 1: roster pretty nicely. They've got all sorts of cap room

942
00:51:20,920 --> 00:51:23,200
Speaker 1: and not a lot of huge pressing needs unless you

943
00:51:23,280 --> 00:51:27,000
Speaker 1: ignore that quarterback. Uh, and you can get a wide receiver,

944
00:51:27,080 --> 00:51:29,799
Speaker 1: you can get an interior alignment, you can get some

945
00:51:29,880 --> 00:51:32,239
Speaker 1: players for your front seven, which I think you definitely need.

946
00:51:32,360 --> 00:51:34,640
Speaker 1: And I think they showed it last season. They're not

947
00:51:34,640 --> 00:51:37,080
Speaker 1: going to be afraid. They know this is all on

948
00:51:37,120 --> 00:51:39,359
Speaker 1: a limited timeline, and I think they are gonna be

949
00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:44,120
Speaker 1: among the most aggressive teams in free You know your

950
00:51:44,200 --> 00:51:48,319
Speaker 1: line unless you ignore that quarterback. Well, I'm not into it.

951
00:51:48,480 --> 00:51:53,160
Speaker 1: I'm not into the Josh Allen experience in Bill's Mafia.

952
00:51:53,239 --> 00:51:55,080
Speaker 1: I could you know there. I could see that in

953
00:51:55,120 --> 00:51:58,480
Speaker 1: the Crystal Ball out of Bill's Mafia. Just you're coming

954
00:51:58,520 --> 00:52:01,719
Speaker 1: after anyone that comes, you know, criticizes Josh Allen or

955
00:52:01,760 --> 00:52:03,840
Speaker 1: questions him. But I think I think they're in a

956
00:52:03,840 --> 00:52:06,960
Speaker 1: great spot in terms of just like getting that offseason buzz.

957
00:52:08,160 --> 00:52:10,440
Speaker 1: I'm I'm still I think I said it after the

958
00:52:10,480 --> 00:52:13,319
Speaker 1: season ended. Bills Mafia doesn't want to hear this either,

959
00:52:13,400 --> 00:52:16,399
Speaker 1: But this is Mitch Drobiskie all over again. The team

960
00:52:16,480 --> 00:52:19,680
Speaker 1: that had the rookie that flashed, uh, quarterback that flashed.

961
00:52:19,680 --> 00:52:21,600
Speaker 1: Second year, the team made the jump and made the

962
00:52:21,600 --> 00:52:25,400
Speaker 1: playoffs and now third year, there's gonna be higher expectations.

963
00:52:25,440 --> 00:52:28,200
Speaker 1: Does Josh Allen have what it takes? And and I

964
00:52:28,520 --> 00:52:29,960
Speaker 1: guess one of the things I would look to do

965
00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:32,040
Speaker 1: if I were the Bills is if this is really

966
00:52:32,040 --> 00:52:35,680
Speaker 1: our big year to see if we're totally in on Allen,

967
00:52:35,800 --> 00:52:40,000
Speaker 1: let's give him the best possible weapons around him, uh,

968
00:52:40,040 --> 00:52:42,160
Speaker 1: to make it happen. I would like to see them

969
00:52:42,160 --> 00:52:44,080
Speaker 1: be active whether this is supposed to be a great

970
00:52:44,600 --> 00:52:47,560
Speaker 1: wide receiver draft. Uh, maybe they bring in another guy

971
00:52:47,600 --> 00:52:49,719
Speaker 1: with John Brown. I don't know, dude. There's a lot

972
00:52:49,719 --> 00:52:52,160
Speaker 1: of you know, decent names on the free agent market.

973
00:52:52,239 --> 00:52:54,239
Speaker 1: They have more cap space than they're gonna be able

974
00:52:54,280 --> 00:52:56,880
Speaker 1: to spend. They have ninety million dollars in cap space

975
00:52:57,400 --> 00:52:58,920
Speaker 1: and they don't and they have a lot of players

976
00:52:58,960 --> 00:53:01,040
Speaker 1: coming back they don't. They don't have a lot of

977
00:53:01,320 --> 00:53:04,880
Speaker 1: like big issues to solve. So whether it's you know,

978
00:53:04,920 --> 00:53:09,440
Speaker 1: a Yanni Kingkway or Leonard Williams like, but do pre upfront?

979
00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:11,440
Speaker 1: They certainly could use a pass rush or whether it's

980
00:53:11,440 --> 00:53:14,279
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders or Robbie and you know whatever it is, Like,

981
00:53:14,320 --> 00:53:17,080
Speaker 1: I could just see the Bills going in hard playoffs.

982
00:53:17,360 --> 00:53:20,719
Speaker 1: They're committed to Josh Allen and so they're gonna try

983
00:53:20,760 --> 00:53:22,719
Speaker 1: to and they know he has limitations, so they're going

984
00:53:22,760 --> 00:53:25,280
Speaker 1: to try to make the team around him as amazing

985
00:53:25,320 --> 00:53:27,160
Speaker 1: as it could be. And they've kind of set themselves

986
00:53:27,200 --> 00:53:30,040
Speaker 1: up in a nice, steady way. It's a better postseason

987
00:53:30,080 --> 00:53:33,359
Speaker 1: with the Bills, and it's way more exciting, it's way

988
00:53:33,360 --> 00:53:36,839
Speaker 1: more fun. And who knows what's going on in the

989
00:53:36,840 --> 00:53:40,319
Speaker 1: a f C East now, So yeah, this is their time.

990
00:53:40,360 --> 00:53:42,719
Speaker 1: If they're going to do something, then step up. Now

991
00:53:42,800 --> 00:53:44,719
Speaker 1: you'll see if that philosophy works. So the idea of

992
00:53:44,920 --> 00:53:48,600
Speaker 1: build up around the quarterback to try to hide his limitations,

993
00:53:48,640 --> 00:53:51,520
Speaker 1: does that ultimately work in our league? I mean, and

994
00:53:51,640 --> 00:53:53,200
Speaker 1: we just reached the point where we're ever going to

995
00:53:53,320 --> 00:53:59,440
Speaker 1: let quarterbacks develop. I'm not saying he's a bus to me,

996
00:53:59,520 --> 00:54:03,840
Speaker 1: He's he's gonna be. He's somewhere closer to the to

997
00:54:03,960 --> 00:54:06,080
Speaker 1: the Dalts in scale, but just getting there in a

998
00:54:06,160 --> 00:54:09,319
Speaker 1: in a strange way. And I worry that that's his

999
00:54:10,280 --> 00:54:14,040
Speaker 1: kind of you know, destiny. But they had a great

1000
00:54:14,040 --> 00:54:16,359
Speaker 1: free agency last year. I mean, they get signed John Brown,

1001
00:54:16,440 --> 00:54:18,799
Speaker 1: Cole Beasley, and Mitch Morris who all ended up being

1002
00:54:19,120 --> 00:54:21,319
Speaker 1: you know, a minus type signings for them, and I

1003
00:54:21,320 --> 00:54:24,360
Speaker 1: just think they'll continue if we've seen flashes too of

1004
00:54:24,360 --> 00:54:27,239
Speaker 1: of him. And the Bills play really well obviously this

1005
00:54:27,440 --> 00:54:30,360
Speaker 1: entire season. That that game on Thanksgiving against the Cowboys,

1006
00:54:30,520 --> 00:54:33,000
Speaker 1: staff against the Texans, my god. Yeah, and then all

1007
00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:34,920
Speaker 1: of a sudden, like when they hit the two minute

1008
00:54:34,920 --> 00:54:37,319
Speaker 1: warning in that playoff game against the Texans, it was

1009
00:54:37,400 --> 00:54:39,520
Speaker 1: just like Josh Allen was like on a bender. I

1010
00:54:39,560 --> 00:54:41,960
Speaker 1: felt like he was just out of control. I see

1011
00:54:41,960 --> 00:54:45,000
Speaker 1: where you're coming down with the Trabinsky comparison. And this

1012
00:54:45,040 --> 00:54:48,400
Speaker 1: team feasted on an easy schedule. They lost when they

1013
00:54:48,400 --> 00:54:50,399
Speaker 1: played against good teams. For the most part, I could

1014
00:54:50,440 --> 00:54:53,160
Speaker 1: see them being a much much better team next year

1015
00:54:53,200 --> 00:54:55,880
Speaker 1: and having a similar record, or even a worse record,

1016
00:54:56,280 --> 00:54:58,680
Speaker 1: just because of the schedule in the way randomness works

1017
00:54:58,680 --> 00:55:00,879
Speaker 1: in the NFL. All right, let's go one time, one

1018
00:55:00,880 --> 00:55:05,239
Speaker 1: more time around the horn the Eggles. Okay, So Dan

1019
00:55:05,320 --> 00:55:07,279
Speaker 1: wanted me to do like a real look ahead to

1020
00:55:07,360 --> 00:55:10,520
Speaker 1: the offseason. Um, so be like serious here. So, based

1021
00:55:10,560 --> 00:55:13,239
Speaker 1: on everything I know about the Eagles in Philadelphia, this

1022
00:55:13,320 --> 00:55:16,560
Speaker 1: is the most real thing I could think of. Nelson

1023
00:55:16,600 --> 00:55:20,960
Speaker 1: agalors drops will inspire more heroes to catch more babies

1024
00:55:21,280 --> 00:55:25,560
Speaker 1: from more burning buildings across the city of Philadelphia, thereby

1025
00:55:25,719 --> 00:55:29,839
Speaker 1: saving more lives and prompting Mayor Jim Kenny to recognize

1026
00:55:29,920 --> 00:55:33,280
Speaker 1: Delson Agalore with a key to the city for his organic,

1027
00:55:33,400 --> 00:55:38,600
Speaker 1: grassroots humanitarian effort. Then he let him walk in free agency.

1028
00:55:39,000 --> 00:55:41,320
Speaker 1: Have you not already have the key to this the city?

1029
00:55:41,320 --> 00:55:45,160
Speaker 1: And catch a baby in a spot? Right, Well, he

1030
00:55:45,520 --> 00:55:49,360
Speaker 1: helps the guy the unlike a guy catch the baby

1031
00:55:49,680 --> 00:55:54,040
Speaker 1: the baby. No, it was all about the guy caught

1032
00:55:54,080 --> 00:55:57,120
Speaker 1: the baby from the burning and then yeah, he caught

1033
00:55:57,160 --> 00:56:00,719
Speaker 1: it unlike a galore because dropping then he and he

1034
00:56:00,840 --> 00:56:03,759
Speaker 1: made the common about algorithm. You know, it's been a

1035
00:56:03,760 --> 00:56:06,120
Speaker 1: long season and some of these stories they just kind

1036
00:56:06,120 --> 00:56:11,000
Speaker 1: of melt into right, But that is to say that

1037
00:56:11,080 --> 00:56:15,759
Speaker 1: this team desperately needs an infusion of young talent. There

1038
00:56:15,800 --> 00:56:18,319
Speaker 1: were just so many injuries this year. There were so

1039
00:56:18,360 --> 00:56:21,640
Speaker 1: many times that they looked so sluggish. I almost thought

1040
00:56:21,640 --> 00:56:23,319
Speaker 1: that Josh McCown was going to get out there and

1041
00:56:23,360 --> 00:56:25,839
Speaker 1: start catching passes. At one point, they had so many

1042
00:56:25,840 --> 00:56:28,480
Speaker 1: guys from the practice squad out there. They had tight

1043
00:56:28,600 --> 00:56:31,480
Speaker 1: ends running wide receiver routes all Sean Jeffrey, I mean

1044
00:56:31,520 --> 00:56:33,160
Speaker 1: he might miss the beginning of the season with that

1045
00:56:33,239 --> 00:56:36,160
Speaker 1: Liz Frank injury. How much can you actually rely on

1046
00:56:36,280 --> 00:56:38,680
Speaker 1: DeShawn Jackson at this point? I mean, I guess the

1047
00:56:38,680 --> 00:56:41,359
Speaker 1: silver lining of this entire season is that you found

1048
00:56:41,440 --> 00:56:43,560
Speaker 1: guys like Greg Ward to play in the slot and

1049
00:56:43,920 --> 00:56:46,600
Speaker 1: Boston Scott who can give you what he gave you

1050
00:56:46,640 --> 00:56:48,640
Speaker 1: this year. But they still need to see what they

1051
00:56:48,680 --> 00:56:52,080
Speaker 1: have in in j j. Arthago Whiteside, who was taken

1052
00:56:52,400 --> 00:56:56,680
Speaker 1: like before DK Metcalf. Really so this is this is

1053
00:56:56,800 --> 00:56:59,960
Speaker 1: a team that really needs speed and youth at the

1054
00:57:00,000 --> 00:57:02,400
Speaker 1: wide receiver position and across the point. I feel like

1055
00:57:02,400 --> 00:57:04,680
Speaker 1: it would be a mistake if they took the tact

1056
00:57:04,960 --> 00:57:07,759
Speaker 1: or took the viewpoint of let's just get healthy and

1057
00:57:07,840 --> 00:57:09,520
Speaker 1: things will be better, because I don't know if the

1058
00:57:09,560 --> 00:57:13,480
Speaker 1: offense is good enough even when they had their guys there,

1059
00:57:13,560 --> 00:57:16,240
Speaker 1: and they're I think, thankfully for Eagles fans, the last

1060
00:57:16,240 --> 00:57:19,040
Speaker 1: team I think that would go that route. They are.

1061
00:57:19,320 --> 00:57:21,680
Speaker 1: They are thrilled that for the first time in a

1062
00:57:21,720 --> 00:57:24,960
Speaker 1: couple of years, they're not, you know, dealing with kind

1063
00:57:24,960 --> 00:57:27,440
Speaker 1: of cap issues. They traded away all their picks for

1064
00:57:27,480 --> 00:57:29,760
Speaker 1: a few years. Now they've got their picks back again,

1065
00:57:30,320 --> 00:57:33,000
Speaker 1: like they how he's ready to party. I think I

1066
00:57:33,040 --> 00:57:35,959
Speaker 1: think he's gonna go wild. I mean, he he loved.

1067
00:57:35,960 --> 00:57:38,480
Speaker 1: They love trading, they love being active. They're getting rid

1068
00:57:38,520 --> 00:57:40,280
Speaker 1: of a lot of their older players. McLeod as a

1069
00:57:40,280 --> 00:57:44,160
Speaker 1: free agent, Jason Peters is the free agent, Aglar, Ronald Darby,

1070
00:57:44,280 --> 00:57:47,680
Speaker 1: Jalen Mills, Vinny Curry, Timmy Journegan, Jordan Howard is a

1071
00:57:47,680 --> 00:57:49,360
Speaker 1: lot of guys. So you're gonna have to fill in

1072
00:57:49,400 --> 00:57:52,040
Speaker 1: some some gaps along with injured players coming back. But

1073
00:57:52,080 --> 00:57:55,320
Speaker 1: I think they're ready. They're excited to do that. Uh West,

1074
00:57:57,360 --> 00:58:00,280
Speaker 1: I'm looking into the Saints crystal ball and what I

1075
00:58:00,320 --> 00:58:03,400
Speaker 1: see is we're gonna run it back. We know we

1076
00:58:03,400 --> 00:58:05,560
Speaker 1: were right there with the forty Niners. Is the best

1077
00:58:05,560 --> 00:58:08,400
Speaker 1: team in the NFC all year, and especially in December.

1078
00:58:09,000 --> 00:58:11,200
Speaker 1: We didn't play well against the Vikings, but we're gonna

1079
00:58:11,280 --> 00:58:13,960
Speaker 1: run it back. We're gonna resign Breeze, we might even

1080
00:58:13,960 --> 00:58:18,160
Speaker 1: resign Bridgewater too, and we're gonna bring back restrictive free

1081
00:58:18,160 --> 00:58:21,680
Speaker 1: agent Taysom Hill and use him more on offense to

1082
00:58:21,760 --> 00:58:25,280
Speaker 1: compensate for Drew Brees his limitations which were apparent in

1083
00:58:25,280 --> 00:58:30,400
Speaker 1: the Vikings game. I think that they will probably use

1084
00:58:30,480 --> 00:58:32,960
Speaker 1: their draft picks to get a legitimate number two receiver

1085
00:58:33,160 --> 00:58:35,320
Speaker 1: or go free agency there. But they're they're going to

1086
00:58:35,440 --> 00:58:38,840
Speaker 1: upgrade at number two receiver. I think Andrew's Pete, they're

1087
00:58:38,960 --> 00:58:41,640
Speaker 1: starting left guard, has been banged up and not very

1088
00:58:41,680 --> 00:58:44,800
Speaker 1: good lately. Free agent he might be gone, and maybe

1089
00:58:44,800 --> 00:58:46,920
Speaker 1: they'll upgrade the interior there, which was a problem in

1090
00:58:46,960 --> 00:58:49,400
Speaker 1: the playoff game against the Vikings. But I think they

1091
00:58:49,400 --> 00:58:53,920
Speaker 1: bring the defense back. That makes sense to me. And

1092
00:58:54,240 --> 00:58:57,160
Speaker 1: how sick do you think they the Saints were watching

1093
00:58:57,800 --> 00:59:01,200
Speaker 1: the Vikings get just taken apart the Niners. I mean,

1094
00:59:01,280 --> 00:59:03,640
Speaker 1: I just think if they don't want to take anything

1095
00:59:03,680 --> 00:59:05,480
Speaker 1: away from Minnesota, because that was a nice job by

1096
00:59:05,520 --> 00:59:07,760
Speaker 1: them going on the road and winning that game. But

1097
00:59:08,200 --> 00:59:11,520
Speaker 1: it just made me think, you know, they Minnesota's seven

1098
00:59:11,600 --> 00:59:15,160
Speaker 1: first first downs this past weekend. If the Saints got

1099
00:59:15,320 --> 00:59:19,120
Speaker 1: nine more cracks against the Vikings, they would win a

1100
00:59:19,200 --> 00:59:22,280
Speaker 1: large majority of those games. If you at a ten games,

1101
00:59:22,280 --> 00:59:24,120
Speaker 1: I bet they win eight or nine. Did you see

1102
00:59:24,120 --> 00:59:28,520
Speaker 1: Cam Jordan's tweet afterwards? He after the Vikings loss, he

1103
00:59:28,600 --> 00:59:30,440
Speaker 1: sent out this tweet and it's just him and he's

1104
00:59:30,480 --> 00:59:32,960
Speaker 1: barely in the frame, but he's got a huge grinch

1105
00:59:33,120 --> 00:59:35,840
Speaker 1: like smile on his face, and he's just pointing to

1106
00:59:36,080 --> 00:59:38,480
Speaker 1: an open seat on the couch, like his hand is like,

1107
00:59:38,800 --> 00:59:43,400
Speaker 1: come join me on the couch. Saints going down, and

1108
00:59:43,440 --> 00:59:45,400
Speaker 1: this is all I agree. I kind of feel they

1109
00:59:45,440 --> 00:59:46,920
Speaker 1: were gonna do the same thing West, which is not

1110
00:59:46,960 --> 00:59:50,400
Speaker 1: go crazy here. Um, the Saints getting eliminated by the

1111
00:59:50,440 --> 00:59:52,600
Speaker 1: Vikings was a bigger shock to me than the Ravens

1112
00:59:52,600 --> 00:59:54,880
Speaker 1: getting knocked out. But really, I just I still can't

1113
00:59:54,880 --> 00:59:56,760
Speaker 1: believe the Saints went one and done in the wild

1114
00:59:56,800 --> 00:59:59,960
Speaker 1: card round. I can't believe it. There were such an

1115
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:03,840
Speaker 1: a team. You really think Teddy Bridgewater, um, we'll resign

1116
01:00:03,880 --> 01:00:05,880
Speaker 1: there that I saw one of the beat writers or

1117
01:00:05,960 --> 01:00:08,720
Speaker 1: somebody in New Orleans that was his prediction that he's

1118
01:00:08,760 --> 01:00:11,520
Speaker 1: got he loves the city, He's found a home there.

1119
01:00:11,720 --> 01:00:14,880
Speaker 1: He he loves the team, They like him as the backup.

1120
01:00:15,600 --> 01:00:17,360
Speaker 1: You never know when Breeze's arm is just going to

1121
01:00:17,440 --> 01:00:20,720
Speaker 1: reach the point where right now it's a thirty yard arm.

1122
01:00:20,760 --> 01:00:24,800
Speaker 1: What happens if it's a twenty yard arm. Yeah yeah,

1123
01:00:24,800 --> 01:00:27,520
Speaker 1: you also don't know, Yeah, what starting jobs could be

1124
01:00:27,560 --> 01:00:30,960
Speaker 1: out there for him, especially in a year where Rivers,

1125
01:00:31,120 --> 01:00:37,240
Speaker 1: Tannehill Breeze in theory but Brady. I mean, there's a

1126
01:00:37,280 --> 01:00:41,880
Speaker 1: lot of quarterbacks available Jamis maybe that are ahead of

1127
01:00:41,960 --> 01:00:44,919
Speaker 1: Teddy probably in the line. All right, I will take

1128
01:00:44,920 --> 01:00:48,120
Speaker 1: the ball from us, and good job handling it. Thank you,

1129
01:00:48,400 --> 01:00:57,280
Speaker 1: very smooth. Oh I knew that was the Texans. Oh yeah,

1130
01:00:57,320 --> 01:01:00,440
Speaker 1: this one. It was very foggy in Houston. A nice

1131
01:01:00,520 --> 01:01:06,920
Speaker 1: job Astros by the way, clowns, cheating clowns, cheating clowns,

1132
01:01:08,040 --> 01:01:14,640
Speaker 1: your stained forever um. All playoff losses are not created equal,

1133
01:01:14,640 --> 01:01:17,800
Speaker 1: and the one that the Texans suffered on on on

1134
01:01:17,920 --> 01:01:22,600
Speaker 1: Sunday was just grizzly. I mean, twenty four nothing, lose

1135
01:01:22,680 --> 01:01:26,240
Speaker 1: fifty one to thirty one, and I think it would

1136
01:01:26,520 --> 01:01:30,400
Speaker 1: it was the type of earthquake that rattled the foundation,

1137
01:01:31,120 --> 01:01:34,200
Speaker 1: maybe behind the scenes in Houston. Because Bill O'Brien is

1138
01:01:34,240 --> 01:01:36,760
Speaker 1: not a popular guy. People don't seem to like Phill O'Brien.

1139
01:01:36,760 --> 01:01:38,960
Speaker 1: I'm not just talking about in this podcast studio where

1140
01:01:39,000 --> 01:01:41,760
Speaker 1: we've had a lot of conversations about him. Uh. But

1141
01:01:41,880 --> 01:01:45,040
Speaker 1: I wonder they've been very loyal and they've stayed with

1142
01:01:45,080 --> 01:01:48,840
Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien, and with good reason because he's delivered results,

1143
01:01:48,840 --> 01:01:51,920
Speaker 1: at least in the regular season. But I wonder if

1144
01:01:51,920 --> 01:01:55,760
Speaker 1: this makes his seat a little hotter um, just the

1145
01:01:55,880 --> 01:01:58,840
Speaker 1: nature of that loss that Wow, look how far behind

1146
01:01:58,880 --> 01:02:02,400
Speaker 1: we actually are. And and remember, uh, this was a

1147
01:02:02,400 --> 01:02:06,200
Speaker 1: all in year for the Texans, who really um try

1148
01:02:06,280 --> 01:02:09,440
Speaker 1: to make this a championship season in a very aggressive way.

1149
01:02:09,640 --> 01:02:12,160
Speaker 1: And you look ahead to what they have here. They

1150
01:02:12,160 --> 01:02:14,720
Speaker 1: have no first round pick in April as part of

1151
01:02:14,720 --> 01:02:17,880
Speaker 1: the Tunsil Stills trade, and they have no first or

1152
01:02:17,960 --> 01:02:22,960
Speaker 1: second round pick in one so building up this roster

1153
01:02:23,080 --> 01:02:25,160
Speaker 1: is not going to be something they can do is

1154
01:02:25,200 --> 01:02:27,600
Speaker 1: easily through the draft. So they're a bit of a

1155
01:02:27,640 --> 01:02:30,120
Speaker 1: tough spot. And this is this is the price, Greg,

1156
01:02:30,120 --> 01:02:32,520
Speaker 1: that you pay when you go all in and you

1157
01:02:32,600 --> 01:02:36,960
Speaker 1: don't go all the way right with a team that

1158
01:02:37,200 --> 01:02:40,920
Speaker 1: never made sense as a Super Bowl contender. But also,

1159
01:02:41,200 --> 01:02:43,760
Speaker 1: I don't I don't believe in all in. I don't.

1160
01:02:43,840 --> 01:02:46,200
Speaker 1: I don't think that's like a thing. I I think

1161
01:02:46,800 --> 01:02:49,600
Speaker 1: teams are all in every year or else they're doing

1162
01:02:49,640 --> 01:02:53,240
Speaker 1: it wrong. And you can you can approach it in

1163
01:02:53,280 --> 01:02:56,120
Speaker 1: different ways. And some teams, you know, kind of really

1164
01:02:56,120 --> 01:02:58,040
Speaker 1: don't worry about the future as much. But they've got

1165
01:02:58,240 --> 01:03:00,920
Speaker 1: they've got like a lot of teams, they've got more

1166
01:03:01,000 --> 01:03:04,200
Speaker 1: cap space than they can spend on. So if O'Brien

1167
01:03:04,240 --> 01:03:06,280
Speaker 1: has taken the tack that like I'm spending it on

1168
01:03:06,360 --> 01:03:08,880
Speaker 1: these trades, and like they they have said, what are

1169
01:03:08,920 --> 01:03:10,960
Speaker 1: they gonna do with all this cap space? Every team

1170
01:03:10,960 --> 01:03:13,240
Speaker 1: has too much cap space and there's only gonna be

1171
01:03:13,320 --> 01:03:15,840
Speaker 1: so many free agents out there. They have to resign

1172
01:03:15,960 --> 01:03:18,000
Speaker 1: what DJ reader. But for the most part, they have

1173
01:03:18,440 --> 01:03:20,840
Speaker 1: most of their team back. I think their offense actually

1174
01:03:20,840 --> 01:03:23,640
Speaker 1: is young and good, and they'll be in the mix.

1175
01:03:23,680 --> 01:03:26,760
Speaker 1: There'll be another Bill O'Brien. Like tenants, I'll throw one

1176
01:03:26,960 --> 01:03:30,200
Speaker 1: one personnel will fuller with the all the leg injuries,

1177
01:03:30,560 --> 01:03:34,760
Speaker 1: and O'Brien even expressed um real frustration and disappointment after

1178
01:03:34,800 --> 01:03:37,840
Speaker 1: the final groin injury, uh making, you know, kind of

1179
01:03:37,920 --> 01:03:40,000
Speaker 1: saying like it's hard to really count on this guy

1180
01:03:40,000 --> 01:03:42,640
Speaker 1: because you just can't stay on the field. I'll throw it.

1181
01:03:43,040 --> 01:03:45,320
Speaker 1: There are a terrible defense. I mean, that's my takeaway

1182
01:03:45,400 --> 01:03:48,800
Speaker 1: is that everything about their defense almost needs to be

1183
01:03:48,840 --> 01:03:52,080
Speaker 1: improved upon. And he said Romeo Cornell is gonna be back,

1184
01:03:52,400 --> 01:03:55,200
Speaker 1: or that's the plan. We'll see if that happens. Sometimes

1185
01:03:55,520 --> 01:03:57,800
Speaker 1: these guys change their mind. Doug Peterson said mikecro was

1186
01:03:57,840 --> 01:03:59,960
Speaker 1: gonna be back and fired him literally the next day.

1187
01:04:00,080 --> 01:04:02,440
Speaker 1: So terrible. Right now, the hell have a pickle to

1188
01:04:02,520 --> 01:04:05,919
Speaker 1: be in where you can't trust will Fuller to be there,

1189
01:04:06,000 --> 01:04:07,920
Speaker 1: but when he's not there, you can't trust your offense

1190
01:04:07,960 --> 01:04:10,840
Speaker 1: to square how good this offense really if if will

1191
01:04:10,920 --> 01:04:14,360
Speaker 1: Fuller disappears and they go on the tank? May I mean, well,

1192
01:04:14,400 --> 01:04:16,520
Speaker 1: he brought up Robbie Anderson again, he makes he makes

1193
01:04:16,520 --> 01:04:21,320
Speaker 1: sense there, Potentially everyone wants pieces about him. Come on,

1194
01:04:21,400 --> 01:04:24,400
Speaker 1: you'd rather much other will Fuller than Robbie Anderson. Well yeah,

1195
01:04:24,440 --> 01:04:28,240
Speaker 1: but it's like what happens when Robbie Anderson gets arrested

1196
01:04:28,280 --> 01:04:29,880
Speaker 1: and you can't have him in a play where you

1197
01:04:29,880 --> 01:04:32,160
Speaker 1: need your draft pick to be fair to that? What

1198
01:04:32,280 --> 01:04:35,000
Speaker 1: your question before? Dan? I mean they need some draft

1199
01:04:35,080 --> 01:04:38,280
Speaker 1: because they need defense. I mean they their front seven.

1200
01:04:38,400 --> 01:04:40,200
Speaker 1: You have a lot of money and merciless who they

1201
01:04:40,240 --> 01:04:42,680
Speaker 1: just get more money to and why? And that's fine.

1202
01:04:42,720 --> 01:04:44,520
Speaker 1: I don't think they're like a part of the problem,

1203
01:04:44,560 --> 01:04:46,840
Speaker 1: but they need more. All right, close us out, Greg

1204
01:04:47,120 --> 01:04:49,480
Speaker 1: all right, I was gonna do this whole thing where

1205
01:04:49,520 --> 01:04:51,720
Speaker 1: I didn't even talk about Tom Brady, but now that

1206
01:04:51,760 --> 01:04:55,600
Speaker 1: feels like a cop out. The Patriots can't avoid it, man,

1207
01:04:56,080 --> 01:04:58,240
Speaker 1: because we're gonna be talking about him every day. But

1208
01:04:58,280 --> 01:05:01,600
Speaker 1: I'm looking into my crystal ball and I see a

1209
01:05:01,680 --> 01:05:06,280
Speaker 1: Patriots team that couldn't be any more different six months

1210
01:05:06,280 --> 01:05:10,880
Speaker 1: from now, except for a quarterback. I think Bill Belichick

1211
01:05:12,600 --> 01:05:15,440
Speaker 1: blows up this roster because it's a perfect time to

1212
01:05:15,480 --> 01:05:19,200
Speaker 1: do it. Devin mccordy, Joe Tuny, Kyle Vannoy, Jamie Collins,

1213
01:05:19,200 --> 01:05:23,280
Speaker 1: Matthew Slater, all free agents, Patrick Chung, Stephen Guskowski, maybe

1214
01:05:23,280 --> 01:05:27,880
Speaker 1: even Dante out Tower as cop as cap cuts Um.

1215
01:05:27,920 --> 01:05:30,200
Speaker 1: And I don't know what the plan is after that,

1216
01:05:30,240 --> 01:05:32,840
Speaker 1: because I'm not Bill Belichick, but I think this is

1217
01:05:32,880 --> 01:05:36,520
Speaker 1: just like a blider, It's like a logical Uh, it's

1218
01:05:36,560 --> 01:05:39,720
Speaker 1: a logical time to make a big time turnover. Christendom

1219
01:05:43,640 --> 01:05:48,160
Speaker 1: the Greig's dramatic conclusion, but ultimately Tom Brady and the

1220
01:05:48,200 --> 01:05:50,480
Speaker 1: Patriots being more to each other than he would mean

1221
01:05:50,480 --> 01:05:55,840
Speaker 1: to any other team, Tom Brady vice president, with Joe

1222
01:05:55,880 --> 01:06:00,680
Speaker 1: Biden leading the ticket neither, I don't think time's on

1223
01:06:00,680 --> 01:06:05,040
Speaker 1: that side of the aisle that might be a problem

1224
01:06:05,040 --> 01:06:10,880
Speaker 1: based on his hatwear Um. Yeah, I agree. I think

1225
01:06:10,880 --> 01:06:13,560
Speaker 1: Brady's back, and I think you nailed this one. I

1226
01:06:13,640 --> 01:06:17,440
Speaker 1: think he's in this one. I don't think how. I

1227
01:06:17,480 --> 01:06:19,160
Speaker 1: don't think anyone could. I don't think Tom Brady or

1228
01:06:19,160 --> 01:06:20,960
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick, no at all. Right now, this is the

1229
01:06:20,960 --> 01:06:23,760
Speaker 1: start I think of a new like they're not going

1230
01:06:23,840 --> 01:06:26,000
Speaker 1: to bring back much of the like the same team

1231
01:06:26,000 --> 01:06:28,640
Speaker 1: and think it's gonna work better then wasn't. It made

1232
01:06:28,720 --> 01:06:30,440
Speaker 1: very clear over the course of the second half of

1233
01:06:30,480 --> 01:06:33,920
Speaker 1: the season that they needed to improve, uh this roster.

1234
01:06:34,480 --> 01:06:37,080
Speaker 1: Sure on offense, I mean not on defense. Is the

1235
01:06:37,080 --> 01:06:40,600
Speaker 1: best defense Bill Belichick as coach since that defense as

1236
01:06:40,600 --> 01:06:44,160
Speaker 1: good as as it was, kind of obviously in the

1237
01:06:44,160 --> 01:06:47,520
Speaker 1: first half it was talked about defense. I was a

1238
01:06:47,560 --> 01:06:51,320
Speaker 1: great defense. It was better than then three defenses they

1239
01:06:51,320 --> 01:06:53,760
Speaker 1: won their Super Bowls with. So the defense, you know,

1240
01:06:53,960 --> 01:06:55,840
Speaker 1: was not your name. Some pretty big guys on the

1241
01:06:55,880 --> 01:06:58,320
Speaker 1: defense that could go out the door. And I think

1242
01:06:58,440 --> 01:07:03,400
Speaker 1: because because of their age, maybe mccordy's back, but mccordy,

1243
01:07:03,480 --> 01:07:07,000
Speaker 1: van noy Collins, like that's a chung maybe high tower.

1244
01:07:07,400 --> 01:07:10,400
Speaker 1: They're not all gonna be back. This is an old team.

1245
01:07:10,440 --> 01:07:12,760
Speaker 1: It just feels so weird to think about Tom Brady

1246
01:07:12,880 --> 01:07:17,320
Speaker 1: potentially wearing a different uniform. I can't imagine. But but

1247
01:07:17,600 --> 01:07:24,320
Speaker 1: this year's it's been such a long, uh you know,

1248
01:07:24,440 --> 01:07:26,800
Speaker 1: stretch to get to this point, and there's so many

1249
01:07:26,840 --> 01:07:31,160
Speaker 1: factors involved that it's it's really hard to figure out.

1250
01:07:31,240 --> 01:07:34,920
Speaker 1: Because I think Belichick would would be totally fine just

1251
01:07:35,040 --> 01:07:37,160
Speaker 1: moving on. I kind of just want to know because

1252
01:07:37,160 --> 01:07:40,560
Speaker 1: it's sort of already exhausting. Yeah, I I kind of

1253
01:07:40,640 --> 01:07:43,880
Speaker 1: I wear I think Belichick is probably ready to move

1254
01:07:43,880 --> 01:07:45,800
Speaker 1: on and Tom Brady will kind of have to eat

1255
01:07:45,800 --> 01:07:49,560
Speaker 1: the poop, as you say, Dan to come back. Um,

1256
01:07:49,600 --> 01:07:52,960
Speaker 1: but I think he just might because what you know,

1257
01:07:53,080 --> 01:07:55,000
Speaker 1: does he really want to go play somewhere? I don't

1258
01:07:55,040 --> 01:07:57,600
Speaker 1: know how much Tom Brady gets paid. Also, if if

1259
01:07:57,640 --> 01:07:59,520
Speaker 1: it doesn't, no matter where he goes. But if the

1260
01:08:00,160 --> 01:08:03,040
Speaker 1: it does, he you know, is he making less than

1261
01:08:03,120 --> 01:08:09,160
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins makes him up? I mean, to be fair,

1262
01:08:09,200 --> 01:08:10,880
Speaker 1: he's made less than Kirk Cousins has made for the

1263
01:08:10,920 --> 01:08:13,560
Speaker 1: last five years and then included an m v P aord.

1264
01:08:13,600 --> 01:08:15,080
Speaker 1: But he might be looking for to make good now,

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Speaker 1: you know, it's it's a complicated issue. You're right, all right,

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Speaker 1: good stuff, Connie. I mean, it's so good to have

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Speaker 1: you back. It was this is great, and this is

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Speaker 1: day five of not drinking very I feel like a

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Speaker 1: different person day five. And also you're cutting out major

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Speaker 1: aspects of your diet as well. Yeah, you know, I

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01:08:34,160 --> 01:08:38,160
Speaker 1: went a little wild during the holidays, and I realized

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01:08:38,200 --> 01:08:40,280
Speaker 1: that it was time to really rain things back in

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01:08:40,439 --> 01:08:43,120
Speaker 1: for like, I've never in my life restricted myself for

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01:08:43,240 --> 01:08:45,920
Speaker 1: many things. You're going for it. This is the first time,

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Speaker 1: and I hate it. What do you miss the most? Beer?

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Speaker 1: I p a s a nice in a nice like

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01:08:52,920 --> 01:08:58,919
Speaker 1: cold frosted glass. I'm just a filly girl. And cookies.

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Speaker 1: You're dry. January started in mid January. Yeah, because I

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Speaker 1: got my birthday. I got a lot of this stuff

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Speaker 1: going on. I don't Yeah, these parameters don't need to

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01:09:08,320 --> 01:09:12,439
Speaker 1: be like written in ink anyway, right, So I I

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01:09:12,479 --> 01:09:20,080
Speaker 1: did like to not one did two straights. It hasn't

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01:09:20,120 --> 01:09:24,519
Speaker 1: been five consecutive days. You're doing what I'm doing. It's

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Speaker 1: a moist January, not a dry January. Really like that word,

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01:09:27,520 --> 01:09:31,599
Speaker 1: but moist. Yeah, you know, a moist January. Well, it's

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01:09:31,600 --> 01:09:33,400
Speaker 1: like there's a few days on the calendar that I'm

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01:09:33,400 --> 01:09:35,800
Speaker 1: gonna making exceptions for, but the other days, like I'm

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01:09:35,880 --> 01:09:38,880
Speaker 1: mostly dry. Like there was one day where I had

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Speaker 1: a beer and chips in guacamole and a piece of bread.

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01:09:41,560 --> 01:09:44,320
Speaker 1: So that day was kind of ruined. But beyond that,

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Speaker 1: I still don't understand dry January. Somebody's gonna have to

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01:09:47,840 --> 01:09:50,160
Speaker 1: explain to me how it works, because I've seen a

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01:09:50,160 --> 01:09:52,040
Speaker 1: lot of people do it on Tybee and then they

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01:09:52,320 --> 01:09:54,200
Speaker 1: the other eleven months of the year, they just go

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01:09:54,280 --> 01:09:56,479
Speaker 1: back to being lushes. Football is the only good thing

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Speaker 1: about January. Yeah, I'm only doing this because every because

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Speaker 1: just Colleen's birthday. All right, Well, thank you, Connie, you around.

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Speaker 1: The NFL broadcast returns and it's the finale of the trilogy,

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01:10:10,080 --> 01:10:14,120
Speaker 1: a NFL Network trilogy on Friday at six pm Eastern,

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01:10:14,160 --> 01:10:17,640
Speaker 1: three pm Pacific, and then it re air's early Saturday,

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01:10:17,720 --> 01:10:21,320
Speaker 1: and uh so make sure you check it out, um,

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01:10:21,360 --> 01:10:24,439
Speaker 1: because we're having fun doing it. And Connie, where can

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01:10:24,479 --> 01:10:27,519
Speaker 1: we see you. I'll be back tomorrow on Total Access,

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01:10:27,840 --> 01:10:32,200
Speaker 1: filling in, filling yes, and then Good Morning Football Weekend

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01:10:32,200 --> 01:10:34,320
Speaker 1: on Saturday, and then I'll be in Kansas City on

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01:10:34,320 --> 01:10:37,880
Speaker 1: Sunday for Game Day morning. Look at you, yeah, superstar,

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01:10:38,200 --> 01:10:42,719
Speaker 1: getting the miles in, getting that quap to, getting that working.

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01:10:43,360 --> 01:10:45,800
Speaker 1: All right, let's go Ricky, where are you gonna be

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01:10:46,080 --> 01:10:54,400
Speaker 1: right here, cranking, keeping Connie Box, the mailman. The old

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Speaker 1: Boss was behind the glass