1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: The volume. What is going on everybody? How are we doing? 2 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 1: Hopefully everyone is doing well, enjoying life, doing great. Obviously 3 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: we're brought to you by my friends at Zone Pouches 4 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 1: and uh we just is pretty late somehow. The Denver 5 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: Broncos pulled that off. Marcus Mariota, as Collinsworth was saying, 6 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 1: just would not die. But the Broncos are now ten 7 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 1: and two, tied for the best record in the NFL, 8 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:48,160 Speaker 1: have a commanding lead in the AFC West, and look 9 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:50,919 Speaker 1: poised to compete for the number one seat, even though 10 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,480 Speaker 1: their quarterback and offense can be very very hit or miss. 11 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 1: Their defense was a little off as well tonight. But 12 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: a lot of other stuff going on the NFC West 13 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: wide open, Mike Tomlin and the Steelers and shambles and 14 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:04,840 Speaker 1: even I mean they were the ones saying it not 15 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: not me and Lane Kiffin is an LSU Tiger. So 16 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: we'll dive into it all. 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We go live after all 27 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: these uh these primetime games and uh and yeah, that 28 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: that'll be the game plan. But before we dive into 29 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:54,560 Speaker 1: any football, you know, I got to tell you about 30 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 1: my friends at Zone Pouches. This product contains nicotine. Nicotine 31 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: is an addictive chemical. Underage sale prohibited. If you're as 32 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 1: competitive as I am, you're always looking for something to 33 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: help you stay dialed in, and for me, that thing 34 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 1: is Zone Nicotine pouches. You won't catch me without a can, 35 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 1: a citrus, dragonfruit or mint. 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When you take 44 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 1: a team that's ten and one or eleven and two, 45 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:51,679 Speaker 1: and you're playing a team that's a three or four 46 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: win team that is headed toward potentially drafting in the 47 00:02:56,280 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 1: top five or six. Right, these are human beings. So 48 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,519 Speaker 1: when you look at your opponent, you just don't take 49 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:06,239 Speaker 1: them as seriously. And one thing, if you watch a 50 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: lot of NFL football on Sunday, don't blame you if 51 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: you did not. Unlike the guys that play on Thursday, 52 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: they don't eat their Thanksgiving meal till after the game. 53 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:20,359 Speaker 1: I do think there's like the trip to Fan kind 54 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: of lack of focus. I thought it was pretty spotty 55 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: play throughout the league today and it kind of carried 56 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: into the night game where it just feels a little nah, 57 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 1: something's missing, especially from Denver, who still has a lot 58 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: to play for. I mean, getting a home field, the 59 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 1: number one seed you know in Denver is a huge, 60 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: huge swing moment for teams going to Mile High. Right, 61 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 1: and you're watching tonight you go, is there a team 62 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: with a bigger variance in the NFL that's a good 63 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: team than the Denver Broncos. I mean, you can watch 64 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: them on individual series when you're like they're deep, it's incredible. 65 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: Hufunga was just a plug in play, looks like an 66 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 1: all Pro. Their pass rush is awesome. Obviously he stands 67 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 1: back in the mix. He's one of the best defensive 68 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: backs in the league. But then they got Riley Moss, 69 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:19,559 Speaker 1: who Marcus mary Ota made him look like he should 70 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 1: be on a practice squad. I mean, Riley Moss's It 71 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: is very, very difficult in this modern free agency era 72 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:32,920 Speaker 1: to have a perfect defense or a perfect defense. You're 73 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 1: typically gonna have a liability somewhere right, a guy that 74 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: you would like to replace. But it's just it's hard. 75 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 1: You're not gonna have all eleven high end starters. So yeah, 76 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 1: we got eleven Pro Bowlers, Like this isn't the mid 77 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 1: nineties and it's the Cowboys are the forty nine ers. 78 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 1: There's the free agency era. You're just gonna have some 79 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 1: individuals who were on the field with some limitations, and 80 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 1: clearly when it comes to Riley Moss, like if you're 81 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:01,600 Speaker 1: gonna do anything. That's who you're gonna throw after. And 82 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 1: they just went after him relentlessly tonight, and you know, 83 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 1: he's just targeted constantly throughout this entire season. A couple 84 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: of weeks ago, I remember watching the game. I don't 85 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 1: know if it's still the case. Led the league in 86 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:18,600 Speaker 1: pass interferences tonight with the game on the line. Deebo Samuel, 87 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:23,840 Speaker 1: who isn't exactly Jerry Rice or Marvin Harrison, not junior 88 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:27,280 Speaker 1: but senior when it comes to route running and when 89 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:29,799 Speaker 1: the ball is not in his hands, I wouldn't consider 90 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: Debo to play fast, goes right by him. I mean 91 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 1: almost almost scored, ended up leading to what would have 92 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 1: been the game tying touchdown in overtime, but obviously they 93 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 1: went for two instead of kicking the field goal and 94 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:48,279 Speaker 1: Mariota didn't get it. Now, I do believe that Mariota 95 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 1: tonight looked really good through for basically three hundred yards. 96 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:57,280 Speaker 1: I mean, you watch games like tonight like Mariota is 97 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:02,480 Speaker 1: a high end backup and the athletic ability to keep 98 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:05,599 Speaker 1: plays alive with his legs a little inaccurate at times, 99 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 1: but has a pretty explosive arm. Just a good player. 100 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: Really high level guy. People love him and was playing 101 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:16,799 Speaker 1: really well, like was giving Denver all that they could handle. 102 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:20,160 Speaker 1: But I go back to these are human beings. And 103 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:22,600 Speaker 1: when you go into a game against a team that 104 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: is three and eight, whose star quarterback is watching the 105 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 1: game from a box, whose team is just not played 106 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 1: very well, you don't take him as seriously. And that's 107 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:36,160 Speaker 1: what I just wonder Denver coming into this game. Now 108 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 1: there's an entire other element where bo Nix is a 109 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 1: giant wild card. Like there were series like at the 110 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: end of the first half, what was the score they had? 111 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: Just Washington had scored a touchdown to made it seven 112 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 1: to six, and Denver got the ball back with a 113 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: little over two minutes to go, and you went, you 114 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: know what, you want to get some points at least 115 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 1: you have a lead going in a halftime. Maybe it's 116 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 1: nine to six. In a perfect world, you get a 117 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: touchdown and you go up, you know, thirteen to seven, 118 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 1: and bo Knicks gets the ball leads them right down 119 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 1: the field on touchdown drive. You're like, well, that's the 120 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 1: good bow Knicks. And then in the second half there's 121 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 1: a play where he throws it right to Bobby Wagner, 122 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 1: who Bobby Wagner didn't even move. He basically took a 123 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: step back from where he was lined up pre snap, 124 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: and bo immediately grabs his helmet like this. For those 125 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 1: of you listening, he just puts his helmet or puts 126 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 1: his hands on his helmet. Obviously, many of you are 127 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:39,560 Speaker 1: probably watching the game and it's like that can't happen. 128 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: And you could convince me that Denver could win the 129 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 1: AFC pretty easily if they get number one seed, win 130 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 1: both games and be the representation in the super Bowl. 131 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 1: I have a ticket on them to go to the 132 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 1: super Bowl. You could also convince me they could lose 133 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: in the first round, right If New England gets the 134 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 1: number one seed, they're the two seed depending on who 135 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: they play as a seventh seed. It would not shock 136 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 1: me at all if bo Nick just has a game 137 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 1: where throws a couple of picks, their offense doesn't do much, 138 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 1: and they just lose a game like fifteen to thirteen, 139 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 1: that would one hundred percent be on the table. That's 140 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 1: why I think that there is not a team with 141 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: the high end and the low end that is going 142 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: to be in the playoffs like the Denver Broncos, and 143 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,360 Speaker 1: it kind of goes to bow Knicks, and I also 144 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 1: think sometimes Sean Payton plays a role in this. We'll 145 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 1: talk about the Panther game a little bit later, but 146 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: when we discussed that game when they played the forty 147 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:36,960 Speaker 1: nine ers, it was like, why didn't you run the 148 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 1: ball more? How did you only have thirteen carries in 149 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 1: a game where your quarterback was just a little hit 150 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:45,959 Speaker 1: or miss. And tonight like RJ. Harvey had thirteen carries, 151 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 1: you got, well, John, he only had thirty five yards 152 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 1: averaging you know, under three yards of carry. Well, that's 153 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 1: part of being an offensive coach. Just slow down the 154 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 1: game a little bit and eventually your guy's gonna break one. 155 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 1: Maybe not for fifty yards, but if it's twenty yards 156 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 1: or thirty yards or even fifteen yards. There's a level 157 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 1: of you know, controlling the clock and establishing a physicality 158 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:12,560 Speaker 1: on offense and also taking some of the pressure off 159 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 1: your quarterback. Because bo Knicks gets in these streaks where 160 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 1: he's like running around, skipping balls at guy's feet and 161 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:23,199 Speaker 1: you're like, this is what is going on? And I 162 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 1: there probably hasn't been a more frustrating player throughout this 163 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 1: season on a good team than bo Knicks for the Broncos. 164 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 1: It's like you watch individual series, you go, god, it's 165 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:37,320 Speaker 1: really impressive. Then you watch into individual series and you go, 166 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: that's terrible. You could leave this game and make the 167 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 1: argument that Mariota played him tonight. You know, I'm not 168 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 1: even just factoring in numbers. Mariota was a little less accurate. 169 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:53,840 Speaker 1: They basically threw similar yardage. Mariota threw for one more touchdown. 170 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 1: Now granted it came in in the overtime session, but 171 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 1: they both threw an interception. Marrioto was sacked twice, bo 172 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 1: Nix was sacked once. They both kind of scramble around, 173 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:07,920 Speaker 1: kind of similar players. I would say bo Nix's arms 174 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 1: a little bit better, though, I think Mariota's arm was 175 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 1: look pretty strong to night. But one major difference is 176 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:22,440 Speaker 1: the Commanders ran for like sixty more yards and they 177 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 1: just they had ten more carries. Like that just helps 178 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 1: an offense just settle down. And I think Sean Payton, 179 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:33,960 Speaker 1: for whatever reason, gets into these positions with his quarterback 180 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: where he's like trying to prove I told you this 181 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 1: is my next draw, breeze, who can move? I told 182 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 1: you this is the guy that can lead us to 183 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:46,080 Speaker 1: a super Bowl. It's like, yeah, maybe that inevitably happens, 184 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 1: but why are you trying to prove it on this 185 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:52,200 Speaker 1: individual series when things are going well, settle everything down, 186 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 1: call some more runs, help call quarterback runs for him. 187 00:10:56,720 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: But it just feels like he's hesitant to do that, 188 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:04,599 Speaker 1: or he just refuses to do that. But at the 189 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:07,680 Speaker 1: end of the day, only New England has as many 190 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 1: wins as they do, and assuming New England beats the 191 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 1: Giants tomorrow, like the Broncos, are easily ahead of Jacksonville 192 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:20,440 Speaker 1: and Indianapolis, who are both eight and four. The Chargers 193 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 1: are currently eight and four, but their quarterback is going 194 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: to have surgery on his hand tomorrow. Now. I'm pretty 195 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 1: sure it's his non throwing hand, and even Herbert said 196 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 1: that he expects to play in the Monday night football 197 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 1: game against the Eagles coming up this week. But that's 198 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:40,240 Speaker 1: a pretty big wild card. The Chiefs are currently six 199 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 1: and six, The Ravens and the Steelers are six and six, 200 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 1: so this thing is wide open. Now. I do think 201 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:55,199 Speaker 1: Denver has a better roster than the New England Patriots, 202 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:57,680 Speaker 1: but it would be hard to argue that you would 203 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 1: have more faith in bo Nicks than Drake May given 204 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 1: the way the two guys have played this year. So 205 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 1: I think, listen, the AFC hasn't been this wide open 206 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:11,840 Speaker 1: in a long long time. You could make the argument 207 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 1: in like decades, because for twenty plus years it was 208 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:19,360 Speaker 1: mainly New England with a little bit of Peyton mixed in, 209 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 1: and the last five years has been Patrick Mahomes and 210 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: Andy Reid with Baltimore and Buffalo basically beating everyone else. Well, 211 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 1: now Buffalo is also eight and four, but they got 212 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 1: a million injuries and they don't look great. You have 213 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 1: the Ravens, who in any other season would be up 214 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 1: three games in that division. Steelers are their circle in 215 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 1: the drain. I have zero faith. I mean, Indianapolis is 216 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:52,360 Speaker 1: playing a quarterback with a broken fibula and he's like, well, 217 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 1: healthy enough to play it. The doctors cleared me. It's like, 218 00:12:55,559 --> 00:13:00,240 Speaker 1: that's a great sign. They're clearly leaking major oil. No 219 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 1: faith in Jacksonville. You could argue Houston is one of 220 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 1: the hottest teams in the league, and who knows if 221 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:08,280 Speaker 1: they can dig themselves out of that zero to three hole. 222 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 1: I mean they're attempting to, but Jacksonville and India. I'm 223 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:16,080 Speaker 1: pretty sure haven't even played yet. But like Denver, if 224 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 1: they if their quarterback play was more consistent, I think 225 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: everyone would be picking them to win the AFC because 226 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 1: their defense wasn't that great tonight, But the totality of 227 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 1: the season it has been excellent, and really for two 228 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 1: straight years it's it's been really really good. And then 229 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 1: from a weapons standpoint, I mean sudden ingram RJ. Harvey 230 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 1: out of the backfield. Franklin's an explosive player like that, 231 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:43,320 Speaker 1: they do have enough weapons. Now you lose JK. Dobbins. 232 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:46,079 Speaker 1: Their running game, is their coach going to be willing 233 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 1: to call enough runs that that is definitely up for debate. 234 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:55,200 Speaker 1: I just I don't know. Man. The af season complete 235 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:59,080 Speaker 1: shambles right now, and Sean Payton anointed this team at 236 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 1: the beginning of the year saying, I've throughout my however, 237 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:05,960 Speaker 1: many two decades of being a head coach, I've had 238 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:08,280 Speaker 1: a handful of teams that I knew in training camp 239 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 1: had a chance right and this was one of them. 240 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 1: And like, I do think the way that it's broken 241 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 1: with the injuries, with the Chiefs being in shambles, with 242 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 1: the Ravens and how they've played with bro getting injured, 243 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 1: it's all for them to take. Now. Do you have 244 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 1: faith that they can take it? I don't, but I 245 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:32,720 Speaker 1: don't know who else I would pick. You know, I 246 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 1: will see New England tomorrow. I just I'm still hesitant 247 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 1: to think are they good enough? You know, I think 248 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 1: they're a year away. Kind of like last year when 249 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:46,440 Speaker 1: Washington made it to the NFC Championship Game, it was like, 250 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 1: is this the least talented team ever to be in 251 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 1: a championship game? But their quarterback was just playing out 252 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 1: of his mind. And there's a little bit of that 253 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 1: element with New England though. You know, Trevon Henderson has 254 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 1: added an explosive element now that he's played over the 255 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: course of the last month. Clearly their coach is pretty 256 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 1: accomplished guy a lot like Dan Quinn last year, like 257 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 1: he had taken a team to a Super Bowl, he 258 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 1: had some pelts on the wall as a coach. But 259 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 1: I do think this thing's pretty wide open. Today's show 260 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 1: is brought to you by our new presenting sponsor, hard 261 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 1: Rock Bet. The hard Rock Bet sportsbook GAP is the 262 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 1: only legal sportsbook for whenever you're in Florida. 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I'm like, it's gonna be snowing, it's gonna 288 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:16,959 Speaker 1: be windy. How are they gonna be able to function? 289 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 1: And it turned out it was just really cold and 290 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:23,040 Speaker 1: kind of windy, but it wasn't really like raining and snowing. 291 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:27,359 Speaker 1: And that game was just an organizational We're way better 292 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:30,199 Speaker 1: than you. It's crazy how big of a joke the 293 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:33,959 Speaker 1: Browns are. I mean, it really is, the whole organization, 294 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 1: everything about him. It's like, I understand they have good players. 295 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 1: I mean, they have one of the great pass rushers 296 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:41,560 Speaker 1: of all time. It looks like they're draft this year 297 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:44,480 Speaker 1: is really good, and they just got their teeth kicked 298 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:46,640 Speaker 1: in by a team that's rolling out like a UFL 299 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:50,119 Speaker 1: front seven. And I've been saying this for a while 300 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 1: about you know that coach and the GM Kyle went 301 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:57,680 Speaker 1: in there and one he has been owned by Jim Schwartz. 302 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 1: Jim Schwartz is eight and one against him, physically dominated him. 303 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:03,879 Speaker 1: A couple of years ago, the year the forty nine 304 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 1: Ers went to the Super Bowl and lost to the Chiefs. 305 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 1: It was won the forty nine Ers that like a 306 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:11,639 Speaker 1: three game losing streak in the middle of that season. 307 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:18,879 Speaker 1: But today it was just from muffed punts to push 308 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 1: push fourth and one play calls that the tight end's fumbling. 309 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:26,119 Speaker 1: It's like, what is going on here? And it's not 310 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:28,720 Speaker 1: like the forty nine ers are doing anything special. They 311 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 1: couldn't run the ball. It just you know, they couldn't 312 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:35,320 Speaker 1: tackle anybody. Jenkins. I would have given it to him 313 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 1: every single play. And then you look up and all 314 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 1: of a sudden it's like, wait, what's the score? And 315 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:43,439 Speaker 1: the forty nine Ers win twenty six to eight. It's like, 316 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:46,560 Speaker 1: how did this? Just because we have nothing in common 317 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 1: with you, we're well run, and you guys are just 318 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 1: a complete joke, I mean a complete and utter joke 319 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:58,639 Speaker 1: of a franchise. And the forty nine Ers to find 320 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:00,960 Speaker 1: a way to get to nine and four with the 321 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 1: amount of guys that they have injured is just an 322 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 1: incredible accomplishment. It really is. And it's crazy to think 323 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:11,119 Speaker 1: because I would have said this is a couple of 324 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:14,399 Speaker 1: weeks ago, they have absolutely no chance to win the division. 325 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 1: I still think it's gonna be an uphill battle. But 326 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:22,000 Speaker 1: like they've beat the Rams at home, or excuse me, 327 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:25,160 Speaker 1: they beat the Rams in LA, they beat Seattle in Seattle. 328 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:28,800 Speaker 1: They still play Seattle to end the season in at 329 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:32,159 Speaker 1: Levi Stadium. They get a bye. Their next game is 330 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:36,360 Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans. Like the forty nine ers pretty likely 331 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:40,159 Speaker 1: are going to be ten and four. They're gonna be 332 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:42,120 Speaker 1: ten and four that they're not losing. The Titans off 333 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:44,680 Speaker 1: a bye in Seattle and the Rams in a couple 334 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:47,639 Speaker 1: of weeks play each other on Thursday night. And here's 335 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:50,879 Speaker 1: the thing, Like, like I said with Denver, when you 336 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:54,440 Speaker 1: go on the road and you play a bad team, 337 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 1: I don't want to say the Panthers are are like bad. 338 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 1: I mean they're six and six, but I think after 339 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 1: that Niner game, you don't take them quite as seriously. 340 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:08,480 Speaker 1: You go on the road, it's rainy, your time clock's 341 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 1: a little thrown off. You just kind of get into 342 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:13,800 Speaker 1: a weird game. And Matt Stafford clearly played the worst 343 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:16,920 Speaker 1: game of the season. Right throws a pick, six, throws 344 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:19,639 Speaker 1: another pick, has a fumble that could have been a 345 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 1: fumble six. Luckily they were able to tackle the guy. 346 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 1: It was just off kilter, and all of a sudden 347 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 1: you're like, ah, because every time I would look over, 348 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:30,120 Speaker 1: I'd be like, I still think the Rams are gonna 349 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:32,120 Speaker 1: pull this one out, and then all of a sudden 350 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 1: you're like, no, actually they're not. And then all of 351 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:38,879 Speaker 1: a sudden, Bryce Young is doing the victory formation. You're like, 352 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:42,160 Speaker 1: the Rams just lost that game, and now they're nine 353 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:43,720 Speaker 1: to three. And so the forty nine Ers have the 354 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 1: same amount of wins as both those other teams. I 355 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 1: mean that is, I don't think anyone would have saw 356 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:53,920 Speaker 1: this coming, that the forty nine ers, Seattle and the Rams. 357 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 1: If I would have told you a month ago would 358 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 1: all have nine wins after Thanksgiving weekend, you would have 359 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:02,720 Speaker 1: told me, I'm on drug. Now, Seattle, I don't want 360 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 1: to say lucky. They played a team that essentially did 361 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:09,159 Speaker 1: not have a quarterback today. I mean that kid that 362 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:12,520 Speaker 1: the Vikings rolled out. There are a lot of conspiracy 363 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:18,680 Speaker 1: theories on the internet about JJ McCarthy. I did buy 364 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 1: in some of them. With the ankle injury, it was 365 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:23,879 Speaker 1: clearly the longest ankle sprain in the history of the NFL. 366 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:27,119 Speaker 1: I do think the concussion thing, he's not the first 367 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:29,240 Speaker 1: and he won't be the last guy to get concussion 368 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:33,159 Speaker 1: like symptoms, either the next day or on the plane 369 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:37,199 Speaker 1: ride home that happens. I didn't have the audio on 370 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 1: that game, so I'm sure they talked about it. Typically, 371 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 1: when a guy is in the concussion protocol and he 372 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:46,200 Speaker 1: can't pass, doesn't always travel with the team. Maybe they 373 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 1: make exceptions for a quarterback because they wanted to listen. 374 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:51,200 Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't think you're you know, it's 375 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:54,159 Speaker 1: great for you to travel. He clearly did, and he 376 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:57,320 Speaker 1: was on the sideline. But there is no disputing their 377 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:00,399 Speaker 1: quarterback situation is the worst in the league. It's an 378 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:04,479 Speaker 1: absolute joke. And Seattle could have rolled out me at 379 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 1: quarterback and just handed the ball off every single time 380 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,480 Speaker 1: and they would have won that game. So Sam didn't 381 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:15,119 Speaker 1: really have to do much. But this thing's wide open 382 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 1: and things get weird. The reason I like the forty 383 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:19,639 Speaker 1: nine ers to make the playoffs at the beginning of 384 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:23,120 Speaker 1: the year because their schedule is pretty easy. I actually 385 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:26,880 Speaker 1: take took the Browns kind of seriously. Today. Turns out 386 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:31,359 Speaker 1: I shouldn't have because the Niners are just way better 387 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:33,600 Speaker 1: even though they got a random a lot of random dudes. 388 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:36,399 Speaker 1: And you know, Miles Garrett had a sack today on 389 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:38,680 Speaker 1: Trent Williams kind of smoked them actually in an inside move. 390 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:42,639 Speaker 1: It was kind of sweet. But yeah, this division is 391 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 1: about to get really, really weird. 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They 421 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 1: have a poorly constructed roster and in the NFL were 422 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:35,680 Speaker 1: in college even the best coaches like Listen, I'm giving 423 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan a lot of credit. Again, the Browns he 424 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:42,600 Speaker 1: still got, George Kittle still has Juwan Jennings, who clearly 425 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: has pissing a lot of people off. I don't know 426 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:49,159 Speaker 1: what Juwan's saying to people, but Shelby Harris said after 427 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:52,320 Speaker 1: the game, you know that Juwan Jennings got hitting the 428 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:54,359 Speaker 1: nuts last week, deserved to get hit in the mouth. 429 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:56,479 Speaker 1: So because of the things he's saying to guys when 430 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:59,120 Speaker 1: they're on the ground, I love to know a little 431 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:02,480 Speaker 1: bit more. But you know the forty nine ers of 432 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:07,760 Speaker 1: credible offensive players. But you can only do so much right. 433 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 1: It's about the Jimmy's and the Joe's, and the exes 434 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 1: and the o's. Now, I've been saying for a while 435 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 1: in coaching, I don't care who you are, pat Riley, 436 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 1: Bill Parcells, Andy Reid, you go to different sports. Most 437 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:28,200 Speaker 1: people have a shelf life and need a restart, need 438 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:30,960 Speaker 1: a reset. We're seeing it this year with Mike Vrabel. 439 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 1: Mike Vrabel was told a year ago in Tennessee, you 440 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:36,440 Speaker 1: need to pack your shit and get out of here. 441 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 1: Took a year off, kind of got a fresh look 442 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 1: at everything, got to reset, got to put a little 443 00:25:42,119 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 1: chip on his shoulder. Comes to New England, is kicking 444 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 1: ass and taking names, and I think Mike Tomlin will 445 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 1: really really benefit from that. But that's between him and 446 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 1: the Steelers, and if they want him have him as 447 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 1: the coach for life, that's their prerogative. One thing I 448 00:25:57,600 --> 00:25:59,439 Speaker 1: would say to Mike if I knew him, was like, 449 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:03,399 Speaker 1: you need a little more help in the front office, 450 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:06,880 Speaker 1: Like back when Kevin Colbert was your right hand man. 451 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:10,760 Speaker 1: You guys had a point of difference. You guys had 452 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 1: an advantage when I got into the league in twenty ten, 453 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:16,919 Speaker 1: definitely when I was a kid in college in the 454 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:20,000 Speaker 1: two thousands, and then even once I left the league 455 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 1: in the mid twenty tens, the Steelers were looked at 456 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 1: like a high level scouting operation. The way they evaluated players, 457 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:32,360 Speaker 1: the way they signed players, the way they drafted players. 458 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:36,159 Speaker 1: And I look at their team now, they kind of 459 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:39,560 Speaker 1: just constructed a roster like you or me might do 460 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:43,360 Speaker 1: if we're sixteen years old on Madden, kind of desperate 461 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:48,400 Speaker 1: at Aaron Rodgers trade for Jalen Ramsey, trade for DK Metcalf. 462 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 1: That doesn't seem like what a well run operation would do, though, 463 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:56,399 Speaker 1: if they were trying to win games on Sunday in 464 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 1: the actual National Football League. And I don't think it's 465 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:03,879 Speaker 1: by coincidence that they're getting their ass kicked by all 466 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:07,320 Speaker 1: the good teams, the Packers, the Chargers, the Bears, the Bills. 467 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:09,760 Speaker 1: I mean, think about that, all the games that they 468 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:13,320 Speaker 1: have lost over the course of the last month plus 469 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,679 Speaker 1: are two teams that the Packers, the Chargers, the Bears, 470 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 1: and the Bills that are going to be in the playoffs. 471 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:23,200 Speaker 1: And they're getting worked for the most part in these 472 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:28,679 Speaker 1: performances because they don't have the talent, they don't have 473 00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:33,840 Speaker 1: the rosters. The Buffalo Bills today are missing their two tackles. 474 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:37,439 Speaker 1: So if you tell me, I'm the Pittsburgh Steelers and 475 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:39,920 Speaker 1: I get to play a team, whether it's a team 476 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 1: that last year was in the ANFC Championship Game or 477 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:44,240 Speaker 1: a team that's going to be drafting in the top 478 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:47,879 Speaker 1: ten and they don't have their two starting tackles in 479 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:54,480 Speaker 1: a league that struggles to find decent offensive linemen, let 480 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:58,879 Speaker 1: alone backups who can fill the spot for starters. I 481 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:00,760 Speaker 1: would have been like, you should be able to make 482 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:03,880 Speaker 1: this game weird. And I saw TJ. Watt talking about 483 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:07,479 Speaker 1: the game after in his postgame press conference, was basically like, 484 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:12,160 Speaker 1: I can just talk about the defense, but we're terrible 485 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:16,359 Speaker 1: we're just not very good. I'd be like, yeah, because 486 00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:21,159 Speaker 1: in a game when you're playing backup tackles, you should dominate. 487 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 1: If you put Miles Garrett first a backup tackle, you 488 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:30,560 Speaker 1: could convince me he'd have nine sacks. And I just 489 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:32,879 Speaker 1: watched the Steelers and I watched the Bills. I go, 490 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:36,040 Speaker 1: Bills just have more talent. I'm not even talking about 491 00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 1: Josh Allen. Then you factor in that your quarterback who's 492 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:42,720 Speaker 1: about to be forty two years old, has a cast 493 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:45,080 Speaker 1: on his hand. On the one play where he got 494 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:47,880 Speaker 1: sacked by Joey Bosa, had his face slammed into the ground. 495 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:50,640 Speaker 1: I mean after the game, he looked like he just thought. 496 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:53,960 Speaker 1: I was gonna say Floyd, But Floyd doesn't really hit you. 497 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:57,640 Speaker 1: He just kind of dances around, more like Mike Tyson 498 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:01,760 Speaker 1: or something that got blasted in the nose. And I actually, 499 00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:06,680 Speaker 1: and I said this to Coward. I respect Aaron because 500 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:10,720 Speaker 1: when you've made that much money and you've checked every 501 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:14,440 Speaker 1: box you need to check for your quote unquote legacy 502 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:18,440 Speaker 1: and your resume as a football player, you don't need this. 503 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 1: Right in twenty years, no one's going to talk about 504 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:24,560 Speaker 1: the last year you played in the NFL for the 505 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:26,640 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers of the year they went eight nine or 506 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:30,600 Speaker 1: nine and eight. It will be an afterthought on the 507 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 1: way people discuss your career, right, and him playing in 508 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 1: that game with a cast on his hand, and I 509 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,520 Speaker 1: get it's his non throwing hand. I got to tip 510 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:44,920 Speaker 1: my hat to him. But you could argue even just 511 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:47,360 Speaker 1: getting into business with him now, they didn't have many 512 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:50,160 Speaker 1: other options, Like what do you think of forty one 513 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:51,480 Speaker 1: to forty two year old is going to be in 514 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:54,960 Speaker 1: the NFL? This is typically how it goes. It is 515 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:58,960 Speaker 1: typically ugly. You know, Brady going to forty four forty five, 516 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:05,280 Speaker 1: that's abnormal. We're not gonna see that anymore. The norm 517 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:10,240 Speaker 1: is Matt Ryan is, Philip Rivers is Big Ben is, 518 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 1: Drew Brees is Eli Manning is the crew of Peers 519 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:18,320 Speaker 1: that Aaron Rodgers had that when they got thirty seven, 520 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:21,360 Speaker 1: thirty eight, thirty nine, Peyton Manning his last year in Denver, 521 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:26,240 Speaker 1: they fall off a cliff. They're not nearly as good now. 522 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:29,640 Speaker 1: Depending on how your team is built. Peyton Manning plays 523 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:33,320 Speaker 1: on a team with an elite defense and Julius Thomas 524 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:37,640 Speaker 1: to Marius Thomas, a good offensive line like other good player, 525 00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:40,680 Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders. I think they had a lot of talent 526 00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:43,520 Speaker 1: on the team. That's not the case here. This team 527 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:48,200 Speaker 1: is poorly built. And I started texting around to just 528 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:51,480 Speaker 1: my buddies out there in the trenches of football scouting, 529 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:53,600 Speaker 1: and I got a couple of people to hit me back, 530 00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:57,360 Speaker 1: beg John that their scouting staf's kind of embarrassment and 531 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:01,880 Speaker 1: it shows. And I get the Rooney's take a lot 532 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:08,920 Speaker 1: of pride in continuity, consistency, and patience, I guess is 533 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:13,000 Speaker 1: a word, but it's easy to be patient when in 534 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:15,400 Speaker 1: the nineties or the two thousands, when you're going to 535 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:17,960 Speaker 1: a lot of conference championship games, when you have Super 536 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:21,200 Speaker 1: Bowl bursts, when you look over and you go, we're 537 00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:24,200 Speaker 1: six and six, we're technically not even in first place. 538 00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:27,959 Speaker 1: And honestly, the only reason we have a prayer this 539 00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:31,239 Speaker 1: year is because Lamar Jackson got banged up and they 540 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:34,160 Speaker 1: had some other injuries early in the season. I would 541 00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:38,520 Speaker 1: say a typical year, at minimum they're two games behind 542 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:40,480 Speaker 1: the Ravens, and that would be the Ravens having a 543 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:43,400 Speaker 1: weird season at eight and four. So I think if 544 00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:47,600 Speaker 1: you're the Steelers' ownership, you got to look in the 545 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:53,280 Speaker 1: mirror and ask yourself what's going on? And did Mike 546 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:57,880 Speaker 1: Tomlin get dumb overnight? No, but clearly the talent on 547 00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:03,720 Speaker 1: our roster is has dramatically fallen off since early in 548 00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:05,840 Speaker 1: his ten year And even we go back to like 549 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:08,320 Speaker 1: when they were winning playoff games in the twenty tens, 550 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:11,479 Speaker 1: they had a lot of impact guys at a lot 551 00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:14,400 Speaker 1: of different positions, and they just the other guys that 552 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:17,480 Speaker 1: weren't Pro bowlers just felt like guys that would start 553 00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:20,800 Speaker 1: on every team, and they were just well built. They 554 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:23,560 Speaker 1: just wore a balanced team. And I watched this team 555 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:26,880 Speaker 1: and I've been saying this now for weeks. They're just 556 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:31,440 Speaker 1: not well built. And you Steeler fans that are closer 557 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:34,240 Speaker 1: to the sun on this no more than me. But 558 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:39,240 Speaker 1: it does feel the influence Tomlin has if he's picking 559 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:41,360 Speaker 1: the players or has a lot of influence on the draft. 560 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,520 Speaker 1: Maybe I'm out of touch on this, it does feel 561 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 1: like the front office has really screwed them and put 562 00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:50,480 Speaker 1: them in a position to have no chance against the 563 00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:54,160 Speaker 1: good teams in the NFL because, simply put, they're just 564 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:59,440 Speaker 1: not a good team. Okay, a couple other things before 565 00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:04,120 Speaker 1: we get out of here, I do think one thing 566 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:08,480 Speaker 1: college football has going for him is unlike the NFL 567 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:11,840 Speaker 1: because of the way their system is built with the conferences. 568 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:16,000 Speaker 1: It's kind of like Pro football now, especially with the 569 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:20,400 Speaker 1: NIL meets the Real Housewives, you know, because the NFL 570 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:24,840 Speaker 1: doesn't have the capability to steal coaches. So that element 571 00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:30,440 Speaker 1: is something that just brings a drama and a reality 572 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:35,200 Speaker 1: television element, especially in the South, that we just don't 573 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:40,040 Speaker 1: get in the NFL. And the Lane Kiffin saga in 574 00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:44,800 Speaker 1: a weird way, is fantastic for college football. Why because 575 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:47,640 Speaker 1: everyone has an opinion. It's one of those that you 576 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:50,160 Speaker 1: could ask someone that doesn't even watch that much college 577 00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:52,840 Speaker 1: football and they would have a take, Oh, he's fucking 578 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:55,920 Speaker 1: over his guys. It's like you would never turn down 579 00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:58,480 Speaker 1: that much. Tell USU, what are you talking about. Every 580 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:01,280 Speaker 1: single person's gonna have an opinion. And I do believe 581 00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:05,880 Speaker 1: I'm not someone that's scared to take a stance. This 582 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,640 Speaker 1: was always gonna be messy. And I've heard a couple 583 00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:10,640 Speaker 1: of people say, and I do agree with this, And 584 00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:13,200 Speaker 1: I watched the documentary that he did on A sixty. 585 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:18,319 Speaker 1: I think it was pretty clear that this year was 586 00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:21,359 Speaker 1: a lot about changing his image, or at least letting 587 00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:24,600 Speaker 1: the world know that he has changed his image. Right, 588 00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:28,240 Speaker 1: Let everyone know I'm sober. The hot yoga thing became 589 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:32,319 Speaker 1: really really big. My health, my wellness, my family now 590 00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:35,640 Speaker 1: has all moved back around me. I'm around my kids, 591 00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:38,080 Speaker 1: I'm around my ex wife. I text someone at night? 592 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:41,200 Speaker 1: Does that mean him and his ex and I text 593 00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:44,000 Speaker 1: someone that knows him pretty well? It's like, do they 594 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:47,000 Speaker 1: like live together? Do they sleep in the same bed? 595 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:49,560 Speaker 1: Or is it like his ex wife just moved into 596 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:52,720 Speaker 1: town because their son is there now? And I couldn't 597 00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:56,160 Speaker 1: quite get a real answer. But that's not the point 598 00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:59,200 Speaker 1: of this whole thing. And maybe they're back in love, 599 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:03,399 Speaker 1: maybe they're not. But hey, I'm a family man. It's 600 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:07,920 Speaker 1: almost like a politician. You're a stronger politician if you're married, 601 00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:12,000 Speaker 1: if you can take Christmas card photos with your three children, 602 00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:14,719 Speaker 1: then if you're just standing there with a couple of 603 00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:16,879 Speaker 1: your boys and a couple of twelve bacs, I mean, 604 00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:21,799 Speaker 1: you just look much more hirable when you check all 605 00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:24,600 Speaker 1: the boxes that society has told you to check. And 606 00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:26,640 Speaker 1: let's face it, for a long time and even Lane 607 00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:29,959 Speaker 1: admitted this, he wasn't checking any of them And here's 608 00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:32,319 Speaker 1: the other thing. He has been trying to get all 609 00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:35,680 Speaker 1: these jobs four years. I know for and I don't 610 00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:39,040 Speaker 1: blame him. I know for a fact he really wanted 611 00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:42,360 Speaker 1: the Oregon job several years ago when Mario went to 612 00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:45,600 Speaker 1: Miami and they wouldn't even talk to him. Think how 613 00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:48,319 Speaker 1: crazy that sounds now. Now clearly they made a great 614 00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:51,440 Speaker 1: hire with Dan Lanning, but at the time they would 615 00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:56,279 Speaker 1: not even interview Lane Kiffen and he obviously was on 616 00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:58,319 Speaker 1: the fence a couple of years about Auburn ended up 617 00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:02,239 Speaker 1: staying at Old Miss. Think about that, because I talk 618 00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:05,880 Speaker 1: about this a lot that if the Alabama thing, and 619 00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:08,200 Speaker 1: I've probably tweeted this, like, he'll just go back to Alabama. 620 00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:12,120 Speaker 1: Alabama was open last year and guess who controls all 621 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:15,560 Speaker 1: of this Jimmy Sexton. Well, who's his number one client 622 00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:18,120 Speaker 1: and kind of has to do whatever he tells him 623 00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:19,720 Speaker 1: to do when it comes to some of this stuff. 624 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:24,200 Speaker 1: Nick Saban and Alabama definitely wants Nick retired, was not 625 00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:26,480 Speaker 1: going to hire someone that Nick did not want them 626 00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:29,719 Speaker 1: to hire. So you're telling me that last year when 627 00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:32,960 Speaker 1: Alabama came available, Lane Kiffin wouldn't have been interested in 628 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:35,520 Speaker 1: the job. Well, guess what, Alabama wouldn't have hired him. 629 00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:38,560 Speaker 1: And I think Lane Kiffin knew it. And I don't 630 00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:42,400 Speaker 1: think the sixty thing was random, and listen, pr propaganda. 631 00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:46,960 Speaker 1: We live in a world of at all. Clearly, I 632 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:48,680 Speaker 1: don't know Lane. I haven't talked to him in a 633 00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:52,360 Speaker 1: long long time, but my Fresno ties it's where Lane 634 00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:54,000 Speaker 1: went to college. I know a lot of people that 635 00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:57,400 Speaker 1: know him well. My good buddy Tim Skipper played on 636 00:36:57,400 --> 00:36:59,680 Speaker 1: the college football team with him. John Baxter, who's the 637 00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:02,920 Speaker 1: special teams coach at Fresno State, was a special teams 638 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:07,080 Speaker 1: coach at USC. Like, listen, I think what everyone says, 639 00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:10,200 Speaker 1: Lane's a different cat. I do think the drinking and 640 00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:13,360 Speaker 1: the partying was a big kind of X factor to 641 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:16,120 Speaker 1: his life, and I think he wanted to show everyone 642 00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:19,000 Speaker 1: that is behind him. And you just look at him 643 00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:22,080 Speaker 1: like he just looks sober with his skinny face, and 644 00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:24,600 Speaker 1: clearly health is a big, you know, part of his 645 00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:30,640 Speaker 1: life now. I also think though he's like treated like 646 00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:34,959 Speaker 1: he's Nick Saban, it's like guys. I mean, last year, 647 00:37:35,719 --> 00:37:38,719 Speaker 1: a lot of people thought beside Ohio State had the 648 00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:42,000 Speaker 1: best roster in the country and didn't even make the playoffs. 649 00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:45,200 Speaker 1: Now this year, he's done a really good job. What's 650 00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:51,320 Speaker 1: his best win? Oklahoma? Again, I'm not trying to diminish 651 00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:53,720 Speaker 1: any of his accomplishments. My point is that he's talked 652 00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:57,480 Speaker 1: about like he's Nick Saban or Urban Meyer, and I 653 00:37:57,520 --> 00:37:59,400 Speaker 1: think it's more of a product of this hype machine 654 00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:01,640 Speaker 1: we work in now part of it. He's a huge 655 00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:05,760 Speaker 1: personality and that always and will always work in college football, 656 00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:09,120 Speaker 1: and it's fun. I enjoy it. I like following this 657 00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:12,680 Speaker 1: whole thing. I'm entertained by it. I understand if you're 658 00:38:12,719 --> 00:38:16,880 Speaker 1: an old mis fan, you hate him, you're going to 659 00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:22,080 Speaker 1: believe in that one. You know, the guy that said 660 00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:25,080 Speaker 1: you can't turn a hoe into a housewife. The I 661 00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:29,319 Speaker 1: don't know if he's a local reporter, local podcaster that 662 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:32,240 Speaker 1: clearly pissed Lane off. Like that analogy kind of works 663 00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:36,040 Speaker 1: your lane, like based on your career, you're kind of 664 00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:39,880 Speaker 1: a nomad bouncing around, whether you're getting fired like at 665 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:44,239 Speaker 1: USC or like when Nick Saban fired you, or like 666 00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:46,319 Speaker 1: now you have a playoff team and you're choosing to 667 00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:50,040 Speaker 1: go to LSU, which may age as being the right decision, 668 00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:55,320 Speaker 1: may age to not because the one thing in the SEC. 669 00:38:56,320 --> 00:39:00,640 Speaker 1: Whether you're a huge personality, or whether you're an asshole, 670 00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:04,080 Speaker 1: or whether you're a big talker, or whether you're an 671 00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:08,000 Speaker 1: introverted don't say much. If you win, no one cares. 672 00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:11,920 Speaker 1: But if you don't, and I mean especially at LSU, 673 00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:19,560 Speaker 1: at Florida, at Bama, look at Kaitlin Dubor. He was 674 00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:25,080 Speaker 1: probably a couple minutes away from Auburn scoring and if 675 00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:27,719 Speaker 1: they went for two, losing that game to basically being 676 00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:30,640 Speaker 1: forced to having to go to Penn State just because 677 00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:33,120 Speaker 1: nine to three would not have been accepted. Missing the 678 00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:36,640 Speaker 1: playoffs would not have been allowed because their expectations there 679 00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:40,319 Speaker 1: are so high. And I think the lane is going 680 00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:44,239 Speaker 1: to have the Hooplah, the hype machine. It's going to 681 00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:46,239 Speaker 1: be a lot of fun. And I'm excited to watch 682 00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:49,560 Speaker 1: him at LSU. I love the drama of this. I'm 683 00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:52,960 Speaker 1: very entertained by this as an outsider, as someone who 684 00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:57,200 Speaker 1: doesn't have a specific team. I gravitated for years to 685 00:39:57,360 --> 00:40:01,040 Speaker 1: Nick Saban just because I enjoyed watching Alabama play. But 686 00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:06,680 Speaker 1: I just enjoy the drama of the SEC and I 687 00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:10,000 Speaker 1: can't wait to watch this and when LSU goes back 688 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:14,520 Speaker 1: to Old Miss next year. The animosity the anger. It's 689 00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:18,120 Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of fun, but you better win, 690 00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:20,839 Speaker 1: you better win big. And I think you get all 691 00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:23,959 Speaker 1: this money, you get all this hype, eventually you start 692 00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:27,760 Speaker 1: playing games, and you know what he did at Old Miss. 693 00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:33,560 Speaker 1: There's just there's a bigger magnifying glass at LSU, and 694 00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:36,520 Speaker 1: it's gonna be fascinating to watch. Now. I do think 695 00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:40,600 Speaker 1: some of these guys, there's no disputing Lane's offensive mind. 696 00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:45,400 Speaker 1: He's clearly pretty brilliant, you know, going back to USC days, 697 00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:48,799 Speaker 1: to Alabama when he was with Saban, to what he's 698 00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:52,239 Speaker 1: done at FAU and clearly at at ole Miss. But 699 00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:57,040 Speaker 1: I just think this thing is gonna be it's gonna 700 00:40:57,080 --> 00:41:00,359 Speaker 1: be crazy, and it's gonna be intense. And the hate 701 00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:03,560 Speaker 1: the other thing in sports, like sometimes you need villains 702 00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:06,560 Speaker 1: like you can't just have it's the problem. Like I 703 00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:09,600 Speaker 1: love the PGA Tour. Every guy's just too nice now 704 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:13,120 Speaker 1: all their villains play on the Live Tour, Like you 705 00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:16,719 Speaker 1: need some Draymond Greens and Dennis Rodmans. You can't have 706 00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:21,439 Speaker 1: everyone being buddy buddy. I need people like I say 707 00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:24,399 Speaker 1: this all the time. It speaks to like Ohio State 708 00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:29,680 Speaker 1: and the Lakers that I root against you. That's a 709 00:41:29,719 --> 00:41:35,280 Speaker 1: powerful thing. People root against the Yankees, people root against 710 00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:40,279 Speaker 1: Duke Basketball. No one roots against the Arizona Cardinals. No 711 00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:44,080 Speaker 1: one roots against the Jacksonville Jaguars. No No one roots 712 00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:48,200 Speaker 1: against the Atlanta Hawks. But like some people hated Nick Saban, 713 00:41:48,719 --> 00:41:54,440 Speaker 1: people hated Coach k people hate Rick Pottino or John Calipari. 714 00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:58,799 Speaker 1: People just want to root against the people hated Brian Kelly. 715 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:01,800 Speaker 1: Since Lincoln Riley has gone to USC, I find myself 716 00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:03,680 Speaker 1: kind of rooting against him. I don't even know why. 717 00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:07,640 Speaker 1: You just need people to root against. That's the power 718 00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:12,480 Speaker 1: of sports. You can't the programs or the teams that 719 00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:16,520 Speaker 1: are just fans don't care about. That's a problem. So 720 00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:19,520 Speaker 1: LSU now is gonna a lot of people in the 721 00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:23,120 Speaker 1: SEC are gonna root against them. That's good. That's because 722 00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:26,640 Speaker 1: of Lane and he's become the number one villain in 723 00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:33,880 Speaker 1: college football. He's an extremely polarizing individual. And buckle up 724 00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:42,880 Speaker 1: because I can't wait to watch it. Daniel Craig returns 725 00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:44,960 Speaker 1: as Ben wa Blank in the Wake Up dead Man, 726 00:42:45,160 --> 00:42:48,000 Speaker 1: A knives out Mystery with an all star assembled cast 727 00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:51,680 Speaker 1: for his most dangerous case yet. When the young priest 728 00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:55,960 Speaker 1: jud duplensity is set to assist a charismatic fire brand 729 00:42:56,400 --> 00:43:00,480 Speaker 1: man Signor Jefferson Wicks. It's clear that all is not 730 00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:04,040 Speaker 1: well in the Pews. Written and directed by Ryan Johnson, 731 00:43:04,280 --> 00:43:07,240 Speaker 1: critics are calling it the sharpest knives out movie yet. 732 00:43:07,520 --> 00:43:10,240 Speaker 1: Wake Up Dead Man, a knives Out mystery in select 733 00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:14,640 Speaker 1: theaters November twenty sixth and on Netflix December twelfth, rated 734 00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:24,160 Speaker 1: PG thirteen. I saw a story today from Jeff Darlington 735 00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:29,840 Speaker 1: about Dave Caldwell, the former Jags GM who was actually 736 00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:32,200 Speaker 1: working for the Philadelphia Eagles, I think for the last 737 00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:35,680 Speaker 1: six or seven years, and he's leaving the Eagles to 738 00:43:35,719 --> 00:43:40,759 Speaker 1: become the GM for Florida. And I do believe, and 739 00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:43,480 Speaker 1: I've been saying this for a while whenever this topic 740 00:43:43,560 --> 00:43:45,360 Speaker 1: comes up, that a lot of guys in the NFL 741 00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:47,680 Speaker 1: that are like the third or fourth guy. Like if 742 00:43:47,680 --> 00:43:51,359 Speaker 1: you're the college scouting director or you're like the head 743 00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:55,600 Speaker 1: SEC scout. If you get the opportunity to be the 744 00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:58,239 Speaker 1: GM of the LSU for Lane, or be the GM 745 00:43:58,320 --> 00:44:01,200 Speaker 1: for Florida, or be the GM for Clemson, or be 746 00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:04,800 Speaker 1: the GM for Ohio State, these jobs are pretty elite 747 00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:09,680 Speaker 1: because a lot of them pay, you know, to Jim Naggy, 748 00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:13,799 Speaker 1: who is a longtime NFL scout, ran the Senior Bowl 749 00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:17,440 Speaker 1: once Phil Savage left, and now he is the general 750 00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:21,279 Speaker 1: manager at Oklahoma. I'm pretty sure he makes eight hundred 751 00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:24,600 Speaker 1: and fifty thousand dollars. So unlike when you're a road 752 00:44:24,640 --> 00:44:27,120 Speaker 1: scout and you have to travel over the place, you 753 00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:31,040 Speaker 1: basically are just in house and because of the current rules, 754 00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:35,000 Speaker 1: you can't go on the road and recruit. So from 755 00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:38,560 Speaker 1: a travel perspective, beside going to the team's away games, 756 00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:42,640 Speaker 1: it's a pretty good gig. Now it's hard, long days, 757 00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:45,080 Speaker 1: long hours. But if you're already having that gig in 758 00:44:45,120 --> 00:44:48,279 Speaker 1: the NFL at a either on the road for a 759 00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:52,480 Speaker 1: team or like an in house pro scouting director, you're 760 00:44:52,520 --> 00:44:56,640 Speaker 1: working crazy hours anyway and not making nearly as much money. 761 00:44:57,040 --> 00:45:00,400 Speaker 1: I was texting someone today, I've never signed a one 762 00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:03,840 Speaker 1: hundred million dollar contract, but I can't imagine some of 763 00:45:03,840 --> 00:45:05,600 Speaker 1: these guys that are making a one hundred million dollars 764 00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:09,040 Speaker 1: in the SEC that live in these towns. How many 765 00:45:09,080 --> 00:45:13,640 Speaker 1: homes in Baton Rouge or Oxford, Mississippi are worth like 766 00:45:13,680 --> 00:45:16,879 Speaker 1: over three million dollars. You know, this was the thing 767 00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:20,400 Speaker 1: when Lincoln went to USC he had just built like 768 00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:24,000 Speaker 1: a new mansion, and they're like, who's he gonna sell 769 00:45:24,040 --> 00:45:26,759 Speaker 1: it to. There's no one in Norman, Oklahoma that is 770 00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:30,680 Speaker 1: gonna buy this off them, So USC had to spend 771 00:45:30,680 --> 00:45:34,560 Speaker 1: the money to essentially just buy his property. And I 772 00:45:34,600 --> 00:45:39,160 Speaker 1: do think these guys are just living. Like Lane Kiffin's 773 00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:41,239 Speaker 1: gonna make twelve or thirteen million dollars to be the 774 00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:44,359 Speaker 1: head coach in Baton Rouge. He's been making eight, nine, 775 00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:46,800 Speaker 1: ten million dollars for the last four or five years 776 00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:52,120 Speaker 1: in Oxford, Mississippi. Like the amount of money he is 777 00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:55,240 Speaker 1: making right now, I bet he is making the equivalent 778 00:45:55,280 --> 00:45:57,879 Speaker 1: of some NFL players making like twenty or twenty five 779 00:45:57,920 --> 00:46:00,960 Speaker 1: million that are living in a place like Los Angeles, 780 00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:03,800 Speaker 1: San Francisco or New York when you factor in the taxes, 781 00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:06,520 Speaker 1: when you factor in the cost of living, like he 782 00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:10,040 Speaker 1: is swimming in money. And I think a lot of 783 00:46:10,040 --> 00:46:14,279 Speaker 1: these college football programs are the assistants the gms, Like 784 00:46:14,360 --> 00:46:16,120 Speaker 1: this is a really good time. When I worked in 785 00:46:16,160 --> 00:46:20,880 Speaker 1: college football, none of these jobs existed. Definitely, none of 786 00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:24,759 Speaker 1: this money was near at this level. So I get 787 00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:26,680 Speaker 1: asked a lot of times, like how do you get involved? 788 00:46:26,719 --> 00:46:28,799 Speaker 1: If I want to get into scouting. There is a 789 00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:32,680 Speaker 1: direct route now in college football, and you don't have 790 00:46:32,680 --> 00:46:34,440 Speaker 1: to start out as like the GM, but just like 791 00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:37,640 Speaker 1: get your foot in the door. All these programs are 792 00:46:38,840 --> 00:46:44,279 Speaker 1: building and creating scouting departments that did not exist a 793 00:46:44,280 --> 00:46:47,520 Speaker 1: decade ago. Saban kind of started it, maybe in the 794 00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:51,880 Speaker 1: twenty ten eleven twelve range, and by the end of 795 00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:56,359 Speaker 1: last decade kind of everyone's copied now because of the 796 00:46:56,400 --> 00:46:59,799 Speaker 1: growth and the wealth of the sport. There's a lot 797 00:46:59,840 --> 00:47:02,120 Speaker 1: of money behind it. And it's not like, well, you 798 00:47:02,160 --> 00:47:04,880 Speaker 1: can work for the program, but we can give you 799 00:47:04,920 --> 00:47:06,880 Speaker 1: a two hundred dollars a week stipend. It's like, now 800 00:47:06,920 --> 00:47:09,320 Speaker 1: we got three positions, they all pay seventy five thousand dollars, 801 00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:11,480 Speaker 1: and then you can be the number two make four 802 00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:13,160 Speaker 1: hundred thousand dollars, and then you can be the GM 803 00:47:13,200 --> 00:47:18,000 Speaker 1: and make nine hundred grand. So it's it's a crazy business. 804 00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:21,319 Speaker 1: The Lang Kiffin story was nuts, and we just got 805 00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:23,600 Speaker 1: to buckle up and enjoy it. Have a great night. 806 00:47:23,719 --> 00:47:26,320 Speaker 1: Hopefully you guys had a good week, and talk to everyone. 807 00:47:26,480 --> 00:47:29,399 Speaker 1: We see everyone on Monday morning. Oh yeah, really quick 808 00:47:29,440 --> 00:47:32,960 Speaker 1: before before we get out of here. Thanks my man. 809 00:47:32,960 --> 00:47:36,120 Speaker 1: Shane for reminding me hard rock bet. All our lines 810 00:47:36,120 --> 00:47:38,200 Speaker 1: are brought to you by them. They've been great partners, 811 00:47:39,000 --> 00:47:42,040 Speaker 1: and I do like a lot of underdogs in this 812 00:47:42,120 --> 00:47:45,600 Speaker 1: situation when they're playing in prime time, because for the 813 00:47:45,640 --> 00:47:48,240 Speaker 1: New York Giants won since my Kafka has taken over, 814 00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:52,080 Speaker 1: they have that they could have gone to and all right, 815 00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:53,840 Speaker 1: they could have beat the Packers, and they could have 816 00:47:53,840 --> 00:47:57,640 Speaker 1: beat the Lions. They've played well. I also think Jackson 817 00:47:57,719 --> 00:48:01,319 Speaker 1: Dart's coming back should give him a little life. They're 818 00:48:01,320 --> 00:48:03,160 Speaker 1: bound to win one of these games. I mean no 819 00:48:03,280 --> 00:48:05,959 Speaker 1: team has blown more late leads. Obviously, they just fired 820 00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:10,040 Speaker 1: their defensive coordinator. I just think seven points a lot. 821 00:48:10,160 --> 00:48:13,880 Speaker 1: We have seen multiple seven point plus underdogs, whether it's 822 00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:16,920 Speaker 1: the Bears, whether it's the Bengals, cover, go on the 823 00:48:17,040 --> 00:48:21,600 Speaker 1: road and cover actually outright win. So I'm gonna take 824 00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:30,080 Speaker 1: the I'm gonna take the Giants getting a touchdown and yeah, 825 00:48:30,120 --> 00:48:32,640 Speaker 1: so that's the way I will roll. Have a great night. 826 00:48:36,080 --> 00:48:36,760 Speaker 1: The volume