1 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: What is going on everybody? John Middlecopp for Three and 2 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: Out podcast. It's about nine thirty. Get into this a 3 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: little late. Watched the Little Thursday Night Football did not 4 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: go well, Moora does, Justin, Herbert shines, Mariota not bad. 5 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:33,239 Speaker 1: We will dive into that. Gruden hundred million dollars for 6 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: seven and seven. I thought a hundred million dollars buys 7 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 1: you a little bit more, but guess not what We're 8 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 1: gonna Aaron Rodgers killing it. Uh. Taysom Hill has a 9 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 1: pretty big week. My guy Lewis Riddick interviewing all over 10 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:52,159 Speaker 1: the NFL for jobs. Uh. 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Let's dive into Thursday Night. 20 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 1: Start with the Raiders. Mark Davis had a franchise that 21 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 1: even in the NFL, where every franchise makes money, and 22 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 1: they were while they were a you know, considered a 23 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 1: smaller market because they were in Oakland. They were in 24 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: the Bay Area. So when their games played on TV 25 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: for the last several decades, they played in front of 26 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: eight million people. They were in one of the largest 27 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: markets in America, and they could not make any money. 28 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: Their stadium situation was a disaster. For whatever reason, around here, 29 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: they couldn't do you know that they couldn't do business 30 00:01:58,160 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: with other of the time. We had so much cash 31 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: around here, Silicon Valley cash everywhere as Jed York He's 32 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 1: turned a franchise, you know, in a ten uere span, 33 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 1: is like one of the highest valued franchises in the 34 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: entire league. Mark Davis could not do it. So he 35 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: gets this move to Vegas and he's going to Las Vegas. 36 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:18,640 Speaker 1: He's gonna make a lot more money. He needs someone 37 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: to sell and for whatever reason, he thinks Jon Gruden 38 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: is the greatest thing since slice spread. So he offers 39 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: him a hundred million dollars in John Gruden to Greece 40 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:32,359 Speaker 1: and John Gruden had written one of the greatest height 41 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: trains we've ever seen. I'd say like the last five 42 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: years he was on Monday Night Football. Every single year 43 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: he was turned down three or four teams, USC, Tennessee, 44 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: the Eagles, the Colts, every team with the Giants, the Cowboy. 45 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: Every team wanted him, the USC again, and he was 46 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: always saying no. And he's always getting raised. He was 47 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 1: making ten plus million to call Monday Night Football. I 48 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 1: have sources in the beer business. Corona was paying him 49 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,959 Speaker 1: a shitload of money. He was making huge, huge cash. 50 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 1: And the buzz on this guy was like, he's like 51 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:06,639 Speaker 1: Bill Parcels, but he's no offensive guys. His quarterback guru 52 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: and my friends in the NFL is like maybe a 53 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: young quarterback. He's ever been a guru for He helped 54 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: rich Gannon get to make a career. That's about it. 55 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: He was a guy that didn't get along with many 56 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:21,080 Speaker 1: people that got traded from the Raiders. Then went to 57 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:24,519 Speaker 1: Tampa and after that first year, which was his last 58 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:26,359 Speaker 1: playoff victory when he won the Super Bowl, he hasn't 59 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 1: had a playoffvictory since. It was really really ugly, ugly 60 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 1: in Tampa. Players hated Jon Gruden, but he rehabbed his image. 61 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: He became this television star. He was chucky. He's doing 62 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 1: the draft and he was screaming for Johnny Menzel, why 63 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: aren't they drafting my player? And then he comes back 64 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: and he inherits the team that just a year ago 65 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 1: after he had taken over, had made the playoffs. They 66 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 1: had beside Aaron Donald or Aaron Donald arguably the best 67 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: defensive player in the league in Khlil Mack, he trades 68 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 1: him Amari Cooper, really good wide receiver. He trades them. 69 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 1: He resets the entire roster. Three years later, he's still 70 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 1: not in the playoffs. I'm sorry. A hundred million dollars 71 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: has to buy you more. There is no way around it. 72 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: Jon Gruden is one of the biggest waste of money 73 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 1: in the history of the league. We do it a 74 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 1: lot with the with players like an Albert Haynesworth with Washington, 75 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:27,279 Speaker 1: you know, like a Namdi awesome, while when I was 76 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 1: in Philly just some there is some historic free agent bus. 77 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 1: We should look at John Gruden that way, he got 78 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:38,359 Speaker 1: a hundred million dollars guaranteed. Google in the history of 79 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: the NFL, how many players have made up. Got a 80 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 1: hundred million dollar contracts until like three or four years ago, 81 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 1: it was zero. He's one of the biggest contracts and 82 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 1: guaranteed money in the history of the league. He's three 83 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:55,360 Speaker 1: years in. He doesn't sniff the playoffs. He can't beat 84 00:04:55,400 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: the Chargers on Thursday night at home. He's running plays 85 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 1: at the end of first half like they don't know. 86 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:06,600 Speaker 1: They've never practiced a clock situation. He's running plays in 87 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 1: overtime at like the four yard line, go line offense, 88 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:12,840 Speaker 1: throwing to the fullback at the three yard line when 89 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 1: he has a quarterback that's run around like a gazelle 90 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:18,280 Speaker 1: all game long. Made plays. He's not a good coach. 91 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 1: He's just not very good at best. He's average but 92 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: in no world. And I gave Mark Davis credit when 93 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: he when he signed the guy, he took a huge swing. 94 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: He rolled the dice. He needed a rock star to 95 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:34,480 Speaker 1: take him into Vegas and the reality he is. He 96 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: does have a rock star. He has a guy that's really, 97 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:40,679 Speaker 1: really famous. You know the problem for Mark, famous doesn't 98 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: win your football games. He has a guy who's way 99 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 1: more famous than he is a good coach. He has 100 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:49,360 Speaker 1: a guy who struggles to win football games when it 101 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: matters back to back years. Last year, six and four 102 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: crumbled down the stretch. This year, six and three crumbled 103 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 1: down the stretch. I'll give him credit. They spent seven 104 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,840 Speaker 1: and a half million dollars on Marcus Mariota. Basically, I 105 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:04,480 Speaker 1: just got a root canal the other day. What do 106 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:07,039 Speaker 1: they do when I'm checking in, what's your insurance? You 107 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: pay for insurance and when I get my teeth, they 108 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: cover fifty of a bill. Thanks insurance, Good job. But 109 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 1: that's why I buy insurance, right, because if I didn't, 110 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:20,280 Speaker 1: I'd pay the twelve dollars for my root canal, and 111 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 1: then when I get a crown next week, I'd pay 112 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,919 Speaker 1: eight hundred dollars for that. But you pay insurance, you 113 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: get half off, right, or whatever it is. I still 114 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:29,479 Speaker 1: don't quite understand how insurance works. I'm always paying money, 115 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 1: they're never paying that much money, but it's a good deal. 116 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 1: That's basically what a backup quarterback is. And that's basically 117 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 1: what John Gruden did, and it worked and he put 118 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 1: them in position to win the game. And John Gruden 119 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:42,039 Speaker 1: went old school like it was and ran the goal 120 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: line offensive the five yard line and tried to throw 121 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:48,599 Speaker 1: to the fullback. I mean, this isn't nineteen nine three, John, 122 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:52,160 Speaker 1: it's two thousand. You took a decade off. Then you 123 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 1: study the habits and the trends, but in the biggest 124 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 1: spots at the end of the day. One thing I've 125 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: learned about John Gruen why waching him very closely these 126 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: last couple of years. He kind of coaches scared. He 127 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: kind of coaches conservative. He is a conservative coach. He's 128 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: not some gun sling and offensive guy. He's not Sean 129 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 1: Payton Rany Reid. That is not his style. He wants 130 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: to put three tight ends on the field and fullback 131 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: and throw to the why banana out of the fucking 132 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 1: you know, the wheel route till running back. And he 133 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:31,240 Speaker 1: lost to the Chargers. Absolutely pitiful. On the other end 134 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 1: of the spectrum, the Chargers, I just can't say enough 135 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 1: what a great job that is going to be. They 136 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: have a quarterback who can do everything you're looking for 137 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 1: a quarterback to do already as a rookie when he's 138 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 1: clearly not being coached by high level guys. He is calm, 139 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 1: cool and collected. He clearly is really smart. He went 140 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 1: up to the line at a point in time in 141 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 1: that game and like made an audible that led to 142 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: a first down. It was really impressive. He's athletic, his 143 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: arm is mad seth. He's pretty damn accurate. We could 144 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 1: work a little bit on the touch. But he's young 145 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 1: to me watching that game the night and really watches 146 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 1: his entire rookie season. I think to myself, how did 147 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:16,239 Speaker 1: Marcus Arroyo, the offensive coordinator at Oregon become a head coach? 148 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 1: I would be embarrassed if I was a Royal and 149 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator and I was watching Justin Herbert, do 150 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: that you have this guy? It'd be like if coach 151 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 1: Kaden let Zion dunk. Then all of a sudden, you 152 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 1: were watching Pelicans games and they were throwing them alleys 153 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: and he was dunking, Like coach k why didn't you 154 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 1: let him dunk? Like, how did you guys not let 155 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,840 Speaker 1: Marcus h Justin Herbert let it rip an Oregon? How 156 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 1: is Justin Herbert not the number two pick in the draft. 157 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 1: He's six five, he's two to thirty. He's got his 158 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 1: you know, arm, like Josh Allen. He's a high character guy. 159 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:54,080 Speaker 1: He's a four point oh student. He was a Rose 160 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 1: Bowl m v P. That's pretty nuts when you think 161 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 1: about it. That's an indictment on the offense of staff 162 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 1: and specifically the offensive coordinator who's a quarterback guy and 163 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 1: now became the head coach at U and l V. 164 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: You know what program I'd short if it was a 165 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:09,679 Speaker 1: stock you and l V, because if you can't win 166 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:11,560 Speaker 1: with Justin Herbert, you sure as hell I ain't gonna 167 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 1: win at you and l V. I know he won, 168 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:16,160 Speaker 1: but I mean they weren't productive on offense, and any 169 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 1: Oregon fan knows that they underachieved on offense with that talent. 170 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 1: But that guy is gonna be special and it it was. 171 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: It was a cool night just watching Marcus Mariota kind 172 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 1: of resurrect. You know, I wouldn't say his career, but 173 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 1: just get a chance to play and play well. See 174 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 1: two guys from Oregon just kind of going at it. 175 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 1: I saw Justin Herbert say after the game he grew 176 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:37,200 Speaker 1: up in Eugene and was in like, you know, junior 177 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 1: high in high school. When Marcus was playing that it 178 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:41,560 Speaker 1: was like it's it was hero growing up. And then 179 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:43,960 Speaker 1: obviously a couple of years later he gets drafted. The 180 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 1: next year Mark or Justin's a freshman. But the Chargers 181 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 1: have something. You just gotta hope Dean Spanos doesn't screw 182 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 1: it up and they hire the right coach. And if 183 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:56,160 Speaker 1: I'm a if I'm a coach, you know, if I'm 184 00:09:56,360 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 1: Arthur not Arthur blank Uh, Arthur Smith, the offensive coordinator 185 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 1: for Tennessee. If I'm day Ball with Buffalo Bills, if 186 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 1: I'm being a me, if I'm any of these offensive coordinators, 187 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:10,960 Speaker 1: if I'm Matt Campbell and I'm thinking about going to 188 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,320 Speaker 1: to the NFL. Obviously I said Urban should take it, 189 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:16,199 Speaker 1: but you know I can't. Urban's health. Who knows, maybe 190 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:18,960 Speaker 1: he's not even interested. If I have any of these guys. 191 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 1: The number one job I want is the Chargers, and 192 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:24,839 Speaker 1: the number one reason I want it it's because of 193 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 1: the quarterback. Because in the NFL, if you're gonna win, 194 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 1: you need a quarterback, breaking news sources say. And I 195 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:36,080 Speaker 1: just can't see how you can be watching this kid 196 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 1: play all year long and go. If you're a guy 197 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 1: that wants to become a head coach, I want that 198 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 1: guy to be my quarterback. That guy, I'd argue that 199 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:48,439 Speaker 1: guy when I've already seen him do it. In the 200 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 1: NFL weekend and week out is much more of a 201 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 1: sure thing than one of the most hyped college quarterbacks 202 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 1: of my lifetime and Trevor Lawrence. So I like Justin 203 00:10:57,559 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: Herbert a lot of Oregon. I love him now. I 204 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 1: mean I I can't, I can't love him anymore. And 205 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 1: I can't wait to see who the Chargers end up hiring, 206 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 1: because Anthony Lenz gots to go um and unleashes and 207 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:13,080 Speaker 1: and really hopefully puts a team around this guy and 208 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:15,559 Speaker 1: gives him a chance to you know, compete year any 209 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 1: year out one of the big I guess the biggest 210 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 1: sports story this week non football? Uh well, it might 211 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:26,680 Speaker 1: have been Charlie Woods and Tiger Woods playing in a 212 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 1: golf tournament together, but it was your honest onto the 213 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 1: COOPO signed for two fifty million dollars with the Milwaukee Bucks, 214 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 1: and um, you know, the NBA media loves telling you 215 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 1: like he just got generational wealth. It's like, hey, guys, 216 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 1: he already made a hundred five million dollars, like where 217 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:48,559 Speaker 1: I come from, a hundred five million dollars of generational wealth. 218 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:52,319 Speaker 1: He just got much more generational wealthy, like he was 219 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:55,440 Speaker 1: already general. He already had generational wealth that gets thrown 220 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:58,480 Speaker 1: around a lot in NBA terms. You know just how 221 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 1: much whenever these guys signed or enormous contracts, like guys 222 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:06,439 Speaker 1: their second contract after their rookies is enormous. So you're honest, 223 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 1: is just really rich now and he's staying with the 224 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: small market bucks but for the last couple of years. 225 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 1: And it's part of the reason I think the NBA 226 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:19,360 Speaker 1: has diminished in popularity is it's insufferable how often the 227 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 1: conversation is, where is the guy gonna play next? We 228 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:25,320 Speaker 1: don't celebrate like we do in football when the guys 229 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 1: on a team, he's gonna stay on that team and 230 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:29,199 Speaker 1: how good that team is gonna be. It's really become 231 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:32,080 Speaker 1: the NBA culture over the last decade, guys just jumping 232 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 1: around and the reality is they just do jump around, 233 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:37,080 Speaker 1: so it has to be covered like that. And I 234 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 1: remember Coward had this epic rant on at least for 235 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 1: us in the Bay Area when it looked like a 236 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 1: year ago that the Warriors might have a chance to 237 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:50,440 Speaker 1: land Janice, and he basically opened up with the rant saying, 238 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 1: winners like winners, and it's true in sports, winners like 239 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:59,719 Speaker 1: being around other winners. But I think another part in 240 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 1: warts and I think this works in normal society, non sports, 241 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:07,679 Speaker 1: in any office setting, whatever you do, if you're not 242 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:10,439 Speaker 1: the owner of the company, and hell, if it's a 243 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 1: family business you might technically own the company, you still 244 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 1: might answer your dad, right, or you know, if you 245 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 1: depending on your company, what the product is, you kind 246 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 1: of answer that. We all in some former fashion answer 247 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:26,200 Speaker 1: to somebody, but specifically when you're not the owner and 248 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 1: you are even if you're you know, a CEO, you 249 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 1: might answer to a board of directors. But if you're 250 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 1: a middle manager, you typically or a sales guy, you 251 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 1: answer to somebody. And it's human nature. Because I thought 252 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:42,840 Speaker 1: this every single place I worked, whether it was working 253 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 1: with the Eagles with Andy Reid and Harry Roseman that 254 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:48,720 Speaker 1: air Super Bowl champs and obviously really high level guys. 255 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 1: You know, they both know more about the NFL than 256 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:53,680 Speaker 1: I do. There were times when I was in Philly 257 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 1: that I was like, I don't I think we should 258 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 1: do this instead of that it's human nature to think 259 00:13:58,160 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 1: like that. I thought the same one I worked at 260 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 1: Fresens eight. I thought the same when I worked in 261 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:05,840 Speaker 1: the radio business for a while. The difference at the 262 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:07,959 Speaker 1: end of the day is when I worked at Fresno 263 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:10,439 Speaker 1: State and when I worked for the Eagles, I had 264 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:13,880 Speaker 1: the utmost respect for the people I was answering to. 265 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:18,839 Speaker 1: And you're not always going to agree with decisions. That's 266 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 1: why leadership is so difficult. But when you respect the 267 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 1: person above you, it makes it much easier to operate. 268 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 1: When I got into the radio business over time I had. 269 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 1: The last couple of years i was there, I had 270 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 1: no respect for my boss. And I've heard a million 271 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 1: stories from a million different people that we've all been there. Right, 272 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 1: you're answering to someone that it's one thing to have 273 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 1: be told something specifically, and you're like, this is stupid, 274 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:46,440 Speaker 1: and then you do it, and then it turns out 275 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 1: to be stupid. You're like, I know, but if you 276 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 1: respect the person, something happens. The next week they tell 277 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 1: you to do it, it works. You're like, whatever, It's 278 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 1: just it's part of working, it's part of life. It's 279 00:14:56,400 --> 00:15:00,120 Speaker 1: another thing. Literally, everything you're told, you go, this guy 280 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 1: is a buffoon. And I'm not claiming to be some 281 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 1: genius just to stay school guy. Right. Aaron Rodgers, for example, 282 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:10,640 Speaker 1: is really intelligent. If you followed his career and you've 283 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 1: listened to him talk. He is a bright guy. Obviously 284 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 1: went to Cal, the number one public institution in America, 285 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 1: I think the world. But he got there through football. 286 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 1: But you know what's weird about Aaron Rodgers, even though 287 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 1: he's a football player at Cow, you got, yeah, I 288 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 1: felt like intellectually he could hang at that university. I couldn't. 289 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 1: I wouldn't have sniffed getting in. And my grandpa taught 290 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 1: there for like forty years, and most people I know, 291 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 1: I mean, you could never have got to count. They 292 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:38,000 Speaker 1: actually the only people I know that went to Cal 293 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 1: were athletes. We played rugby, new a golfer, new a 294 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:45,600 Speaker 1: baseball player that they were athletes at the university. Did 295 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 1: not know any normal students. They were just like, yeah, 296 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:50,360 Speaker 1: I just went there to be a student because those 297 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 1: people were not my friends. They were too smart. Aaron 298 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 1: Rodgers like he intellectually could have could have just performed 299 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 1: at the university if he couldn't throw a football. And 300 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 1: as the years have gone by, and just really the 301 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 1: last couple of years, but specifically this year with Mike 302 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 1: McCarthy getting his chance, do you know what I think 303 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:14,640 Speaker 1: the biggest issue. Aaron Rodgers hat with Mike McCarthy is one. 304 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 1: Aaron is one of the great all time players, but 305 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 1: too he's like kind of an academic, intellectual elite. Mike 306 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 1: McCarthy is a meathead. So you want to know why 307 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:29,520 Speaker 1: their relationship deteriorated over time, because it's hard for a 308 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 1: guy who intellectually is far superior to the meat head 309 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: that he's answering to that is not gonna work. That 310 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:40,560 Speaker 1: the respect level is gonna diminish over time. And then 311 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 1: when you factor in the profession they're in, we're winning 312 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 1: and losing is a big deal. Once you start losing, 313 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 1: it's going to amplify and really speed up the process 314 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 1: of the hatred. When you look at Matt Lafleur, here's 315 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 1: a fact the Kyle Shanahan. I guess it's not Kyle, 316 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:04,440 Speaker 1: it's Mike Shanahan's offense works and when it's run correctly, 317 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:10,679 Speaker 1: it kicks ass. And this is when guys like Matt Shob, 318 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 1: Jared Goff, Jimmy Garoppolo are playing quarterback. Matt Ryan, who's 319 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 1: better than all those guys, won an m v P 320 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:26,719 Speaker 1: in this offense. Aaron Rodgers of the group, I just 321 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 1: listed is easily on his worst days, better than all 322 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:34,119 Speaker 1: those guys, obviously. And I heard actually Collins say it 323 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 1: this week. You forget about it just because look at 324 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:39,199 Speaker 1: John Elway. Now he was much older, but he won 325 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:42,200 Speaker 1: two super Bowls in this offense. This offense, if you're 326 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 1: a great quarterback, is it's stealing. You will eviscerate the competition. 327 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:54,200 Speaker 1: It will not be fair because one, it just schemes 328 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:58,639 Speaker 1: easy throws. Why because the defense thinks the run is coming. 329 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:01,119 Speaker 1: And when the run work and you can get the 330 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:05,000 Speaker 1: play action and the bootlegs and the easy passes, you're 331 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 1: you're gonna get double digit easy completions a game. Let 332 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 1: alone the completions you're gonna get just because you have 333 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:15,240 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers. So it's pretty clear when I look down 334 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 1: at the stats and I see a guy who's throwing 335 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 1: going into week, I guess it's week fifteen. Thirty nine touchdowns, 336 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:26,439 Speaker 1: four interceptions. And this is where I give Aaron Rodgers credit. 337 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:30,159 Speaker 1: He accepted this offense. And the only way I think 338 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:33,280 Speaker 1: he accepted this offense is because, unlike his former meat 339 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:36,639 Speaker 1: head coach, he now has a coach who intellectually and 340 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:38,399 Speaker 1: I don't know if he's smarter in erron or not 341 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:41,120 Speaker 1: smart in error. I just know Matt Lafleur just like 342 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:44,119 Speaker 1: all the guys that came from the Shanahan group, Kyle 343 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 1: Lafour's brother who's on Kyle Staff, Sean McVeigh, all intellectually 344 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 1: pretty high level guys that if they were gonna spend 345 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 1: time with an Aaron Rodgers, with a Matt Ryan, with 346 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:59,200 Speaker 1: a Peyton Manning, with a Philip Rivers, they're intellectually gonna 347 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 1: be able to hang. It ain't mead head football. Why 348 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:07,080 Speaker 1: do you think Andy Reid has gotten along with quarterbacks 349 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:09,879 Speaker 1: for twenty plus years? Why do you think Sean Payton 350 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:14,720 Speaker 1: Andrew brees see ied? Why did Josh McDaniels and Belichick 351 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:18,879 Speaker 1: work with Tom Brady? If winners like winners, smart guys 352 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:21,880 Speaker 1: like other smart guys. Now, sometimes if you're a smart guy, 353 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 1: you like having you know, some of your friends that 354 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 1: might not be not as smart, but you're probably not 355 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 1: gonna go all in in your business with that guy. 356 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 1: You typically go in with the guy who gives you 357 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 1: the best chance to succeed in business. Just like when 358 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:37,399 Speaker 1: you're a player, you want to go all in with 359 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:40,679 Speaker 1: the best possible coach. There's a reason the best. When 360 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:43,359 Speaker 1: I think NFL and I think the best coaches, I 361 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:47,439 Speaker 1: think Walsh and Belichick, both guys known as cerebral geniuses. 362 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 1: When I think of the best coaches right now, specifically 363 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:54,920 Speaker 1: on offense, I think Andy Reid Sean Payton, both known 364 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,159 Speaker 1: as schematic geniuses. And then when I think about the 365 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,840 Speaker 1: young guys Kyle Shanahan, Sean McVeigh, and I'll even throw 366 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 1: the floor in. They all run the same offense, and 367 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 1: they all get along with their quarterback because they're all 368 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:10,480 Speaker 1: pretty high level, smart guys. It's not a dumb guy league. 369 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 1: It's not a meathead league. There's Do you know how 370 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:16,880 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes ended up on the Chiefs sure you've read 371 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 1: about the story, is because they told Patrick mahomes agent 372 00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 1: right around the Senior Bowl, we want the guy. You 373 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 1: have to work with us, and you have to give 374 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:29,360 Speaker 1: us the ability to stay quiet, stay stealth, and we'll 375 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 1: work with you, but you have to keep us in 376 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 1: the loop. Who else gonna get them so we can 377 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:35,720 Speaker 1: trade up. You think that's a meathead type move or 378 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:37,960 Speaker 1: is that yeah, we're out, We're running circles were like 379 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:41,440 Speaker 1: acts in billions we're gonna run circles around the competition 380 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:44,639 Speaker 1: because we got a guy targeted and we're gonna get them, 381 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:47,320 Speaker 1: and we're gonna work the back channels. It's the way 382 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 1: capitalism works. You better be outthinking your competition. And I 383 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:53,879 Speaker 1: think Aaron Rodgers looked at Mike McCarthy and go, this 384 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 1: guy can't outthink the competition. And maybe we just said, well, 385 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 1: you know, it's like most marriages, they end kind of rocky, 386 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:03,239 Speaker 1: and the divorce it was probably a lot uglier at 387 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:05,159 Speaker 1: the end, and the actual relationship was you know what 388 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 1: turns out. I've watched Mike mccarthur. He's here for the cowboy. 389 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 1: He's not a good head coach, and it looks like 390 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:13,440 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers was dead on meat head football. So Aaron 391 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:15,800 Speaker 1: Rodgers who now feels like he's in the driver's seat 392 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:19,280 Speaker 1: to win the m v P and listen, I I 393 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:21,439 Speaker 1: was hard on the floor last last year, but clearly 394 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:23,240 Speaker 1: he got him to embrace this offense. I give Aaron 395 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:25,719 Speaker 1: Rodgers credit for just fully embracing this offense, because when 396 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:28,399 Speaker 1: you embrace it, you're as good as him. You're gonna 397 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 1: win the MVP. Mattie Ice did it and again, Mattie 398 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,639 Speaker 1: Ice has half the talent of Aaron Rodgers, and that 399 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:38,920 Speaker 1: might even be strong thirty nine in four. I mean 400 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:41,159 Speaker 1: he's got one really good wide receiver and then a 401 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: bunch of random options. But they can run the ball. 402 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:47,439 Speaker 1: So I listened, smart guys like smart guys. And this 403 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 1: is a great example speaking of smart guys. When I 404 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:58,159 Speaker 1: got hired in Philadelphia, I interviewed with three people, and listen, 405 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:00,199 Speaker 1: when I got hired, I had to pay for my 406 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:02,200 Speaker 1: own way out there, because you basically start at the 407 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:04,920 Speaker 1: bottom of the totem powl. That first year I made 408 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 1: like grand. I did not have health insurance. It's called 409 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:11,959 Speaker 1: like the player personnel assistant. I mean, it's a glorified 410 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 1: internship where you worked twenty hours a day for nine 411 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:18,720 Speaker 1: months a year. In New England they call him twenties 412 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 1: and twenties twenty year olds making twenty grand. I was 413 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:26,200 Speaker 1: probably twenty four, but you know, the same result, working 414 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:28,920 Speaker 1: a lot, not getting that much. But when I flew 415 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:32,399 Speaker 1: back there to interview, I interviewed really with three people. 416 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:37,200 Speaker 1: I remember sitting down one Lewis Riddick, Brett Veach and 417 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 1: Howie Roseman, and obviously how he was a general manager, 418 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,119 Speaker 1: and he was the ultimate guy that said yes or no. 419 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:46,880 Speaker 1: And Andy played a role because Pat Hill, who had 420 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:51,880 Speaker 1: known coach read since uh since like Andy was in college, 421 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,560 Speaker 1: so that helped. I mean as how, he said, anytime 422 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 1: the head coach comes down to my office and uh 423 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 1: and gives a good word or recommends a to interview 424 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 1: for this position, you got a shot. So I was 425 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:06,000 Speaker 1: lucky enough. I've said it all along, like at my 426 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:08,680 Speaker 1: success a lot of its own to Pat Hill and 427 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,159 Speaker 1: his connection in the NFL gave me an opportunity to 428 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 1: go from college to the pros. But from the first 429 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 1: moment I interviewed with Lou to then working in the 430 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 1: office for several years before coming to the West Coast. 431 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:24,639 Speaker 1: This week I saw schefter and I was texting with 432 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:26,200 Speaker 1: Lou a little bit a couple of days ago. He's 433 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 1: interviewing for all these jobs right Houston, the Lions, the Falcons. 434 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 1: Last report I read, I haven't asked him. This is 435 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 1: Jacksonville is interested. They haven't set anything up more than 436 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:40,680 Speaker 1: like he's going to interview for all these jobs. And honestly, 437 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:44,679 Speaker 1: my gut feeling he's going to get one of these jobs. 438 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:48,359 Speaker 1: He's going to get one of these jobs, and I 439 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 1: was thinking, like you know a lot of times when 440 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:53,879 Speaker 1: when a coach gets a job, right, Eric Banamy, Brian 441 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 1: day Ball, Matt Campbell, we've seen their teams play, like 442 00:23:57,840 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 1: we've seen the Bills play offense. So I go, you 443 00:23:59,880 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 1: know what I know, Brian Dable is a good coach 444 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 1: if Eric b Enemy is the guy calling plays, and 445 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:07,720 Speaker 1: honestly I think he is. He might be, and he 446 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:09,800 Speaker 1: might be. I don't even know. But the everyone I 447 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:13,200 Speaker 1: know in Kansas City, they sing his praises. He's gonna 448 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:16,080 Speaker 1: become a head coach. You know. I'm trying to think 449 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 1: Arthur Smith with the Titans, Like we see these guys 450 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:21,160 Speaker 1: run their offenses, so we get it. Robert Salo runs 451 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 1: the defense like we see what they do with g MS. 452 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:26,720 Speaker 1: If you're not the general manager and your assistant GM, 453 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:28,920 Speaker 1: unless you've worked with that guy, no one has any 454 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:32,639 Speaker 1: fucking clue. You don't know Adam Peters with the Niners, 455 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 1: who he's evaluated. George Patton with the Minnesota Vikings. You 456 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 1: know nothing about them besides the things you read for media. 457 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 1: People that this guy is on the list and he's interviewed. Well, 458 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:46,080 Speaker 1: like most people Lewis Riddeck. You actually know way more 459 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 1: about a guy like Lewis when he goes to the 460 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 1: media because his evaluations are public and you get to 461 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:53,480 Speaker 1: see him talk about football and you go, god, Lewis 462 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 1: is really smart. Well, the number one thing I will 463 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 1: say about Louis Riddeck is he's smart as hell. He 464 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:04,640 Speaker 1: is really really intelligent. And and maybe it's always been 465 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 1: like this, there's no direct path to any job. I 466 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:09,639 Speaker 1: told people this all the time when they want to 467 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:11,920 Speaker 1: get into like sports media, Like, I don't know, man. 468 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:13,840 Speaker 1: I went to cal Pouli to be an AGG you know, 469 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 1: as an AGG business major, did this like hybrid major 470 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 1: where he took all these normal business classes, but I 471 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 1: was under the AGG umbrella. It was the only way 472 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:22,960 Speaker 1: of getting to school. And then I started writing from 473 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:25,040 Speaker 1: my school paper, and then I started working in football. 474 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:27,400 Speaker 1: Then I got a radio. Like my path, I didn't 475 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:28,520 Speaker 1: know what I was gonna do. It just kind of 476 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:30,640 Speaker 1: led me and I'm just I'm still kind of going 477 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 1: on it. Just like I got to the NFL. There 478 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:34,840 Speaker 1: were guys that played in the league that were scouting. 479 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 1: There were guys that parents had coached in the league 480 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:42,399 Speaker 1: that were scouting. There were guys like bred Beats that 481 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:45,359 Speaker 1: had just played at a smaller school that ended up 482 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 1: getting a job, and scout like Howie went to uh 483 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:52,400 Speaker 1: uh you know he got a law degree. Like there, 484 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:55,200 Speaker 1: there's a million different paths to get a place right there. 485 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 1: There is no one direct path because we've seen over 486 00:25:57,880 --> 00:25:59,879 Speaker 1: and over and here's a good reality, a guy like 487 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,360 Speaker 1: Lewis is gonna get a job and people would go, oh, 488 00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:04,359 Speaker 1: he just he took TV and then that's how he 489 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:05,919 Speaker 1: got the job. Well, I've seen a lot of guys 490 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:08,879 Speaker 1: just twenty year scouts get the jobs and fail. So 491 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:11,840 Speaker 1: just because you came up the way of like started 492 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 1: as an intern, then been a come pro scout and 493 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:16,080 Speaker 1: then been a college scout, then been a college director, 494 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:19,400 Speaker 1: we've seen that guy get jobs and crumble. Mike mccagnan, 495 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:21,840 Speaker 1: lifetime scout, one of the worst general managers we've ever seen. 496 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:26,120 Speaker 1: I mean, god awful. Couldn't be any worse it, seriously, 497 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:28,320 Speaker 1: I mean, he does not get any worse than Mike 498 00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 1: mccagnan when we saw he's just an old school scout 499 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 1: and we've seen guys come out the different way. Here's 500 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:37,720 Speaker 1: what And I was thinking about this today. Lewis played 501 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 1: college football where he played a pit SO Division one. 502 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 1: He was an academic All American. He then played in 503 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:47,320 Speaker 1: the NFL for like six or seven years. He then 504 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 1: got into scouting with the Redskins and worked in pro 505 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:52,359 Speaker 1: scouting with the Redskins and the Eagles. And then I 506 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:54,280 Speaker 1: think the last year or two when I was with 507 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:56,159 Speaker 1: the Eagles, he was doing colleges too, Like he was 508 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 1: going to Texas, he was going to Clemson, he was 509 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:01,400 Speaker 1: going to big schools. Then on TV for the last 510 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:03,800 Speaker 1: eight years, think about this, for the last couple of years, 511 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,199 Speaker 1: he's been doing college games. So when you do college 512 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:08,680 Speaker 1: games as an analyst, you talked to the coaches from 513 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,840 Speaker 1: both schools, you talked to the players, You evaluate the film. 514 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 1: And obviously Lewis has now done the draft for several years, 515 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,840 Speaker 1: so he's evaluated the draft for television. And Daniel Jeremiah 516 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 1: does this too, just kind of like he would as 517 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 1: a scout. He's building up his boards, he's doing background information. 518 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:25,720 Speaker 1: And then this year on Monday Night football And here's 519 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:30,080 Speaker 1: what I know about Lewis. He's a football junkie. The 520 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 1: guy can talk and watch football honestly, like twenty hours 521 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 1: a day. I remember being around him and going like, 522 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:38,760 Speaker 1: if this guy is gonna be a general manager, I 523 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:40,000 Speaker 1: don't think I can do it because I don't like 524 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,720 Speaker 1: football as much as him. Like he would leave the 525 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:44,399 Speaker 1: office at like eight or nine, and then he'd go 526 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:46,760 Speaker 1: home and watch more tape on guys to like eleven 527 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:49,359 Speaker 1: or twelve. And this was doing advanced scouting reports. His 528 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:54,040 Speaker 1: advanced scouting reports, we're just stupid. I mean, it was incredible. 529 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:56,679 Speaker 1: His greatest strength will be as a general manager. And 530 00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:58,560 Speaker 1: here's why I know if if John Lynchon and Mike 531 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 1: Mayck can be general managers, was zero NFL experience beside 532 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:06,080 Speaker 1: playing Louis can with a decade of actually scouting in 533 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:09,040 Speaker 1: the NFL, being in the box as an advanced scout, 534 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:13,800 Speaker 1: Lewis's advanced scouts were fucking incredible. I mean, my advanced 535 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 1: scout and I did it for a couple of games. 536 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:18,640 Speaker 1: It's really really hard, I mean to know what you're 537 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,240 Speaker 1: looking at, and Louis can look at stuff from Louis 538 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:24,840 Speaker 1: really really relates well to coaches, assistant coaches. He always 539 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:28,800 Speaker 1: had great relationships, whether Sean McDermott, Matt Naggy, Jancastello, do stay. 540 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:30,800 Speaker 1: All of our assistants love, Bobby April, you name it. 541 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:33,480 Speaker 1: He was close with all these guys because he could 542 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:36,040 Speaker 1: talk their language. But he could also sit there with me, 543 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 1: who's much more of a player guy, and just talk players, 544 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:42,880 Speaker 1: whether it be pro or college. Why because he's a junkie, 545 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:45,480 Speaker 1: Why did why did Mike Mayock? And why does he 546 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:47,240 Speaker 1: have a chance to be a good general manager? Now? 547 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:49,320 Speaker 1: I don't know if he's pulling the strings in Oakland. 548 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 1: Clearly he's not John Bruise the boss because Max is junkie, 549 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 1: Louis is junkie too, and Louis I really think, I 550 00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:58,920 Speaker 1: don't know what team he's gonna get a shot with, 551 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:01,440 Speaker 1: but he's gonna get a show, and he's gonna have 552 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:04,000 Speaker 1: a good of a chance to succeed as anyone. He 553 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:06,719 Speaker 1: is as well prepared at fifty one years old as 554 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:09,320 Speaker 1: you possibly can be. He's seen it on the pro side, 555 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 1: he's seen on the college side. He's been a broadcaster, 556 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:14,040 Speaker 1: which I actually I think has probably helped him see 557 00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:18,040 Speaker 1: like the overview of everything. Uh. Now as a general manager, 558 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:20,160 Speaker 1: I don't know what job he's gonna get. I don't 559 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:21,680 Speaker 1: know who's gonna off from the job. I don't know 560 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:24,720 Speaker 1: what the situation would be. Right, If he is going 561 00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:27,920 Speaker 1: to hire the coach, his success and failure will be 562 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:31,040 Speaker 1: as much on whoever his quarterback is, whoever his coaches, 563 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:36,080 Speaker 1: because you know what makes John Schneider, Brett Veach, Kevin Colbert. 564 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 1: You know, good general managers, they have good coaches. If 565 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:41,320 Speaker 1: you don't have a good coach, I don't care how 566 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:43,360 Speaker 1: good of a general manager you are, you have no shot. 567 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 1: So whatever job he gets, like who his coaches will 568 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:49,800 Speaker 1: be very important. But I'm telling you, I've been around 569 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:53,080 Speaker 1: a lot of guys, and he's equally as talented as anybody. 570 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:57,360 Speaker 1: And he's he's as driven. If I'd say the most driven, 571 00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:00,600 Speaker 1: biggest grinder I have ever been around, easily is Andy Reid. 572 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:04,160 Speaker 1: I mean, I Lewis has got the same you know 573 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:07,920 Speaker 1: drive seen in Howie, I've seen it in each These 574 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:11,120 Speaker 1: guys are just driven at the highest level. It's it's why, Honestly, 575 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:13,760 Speaker 1: when I worked in the NFL, I was like, God, 576 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:16,160 Speaker 1: these guys just like football more than me and you 577 00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:18,120 Speaker 1: if you listen to me, I mean I like football, 578 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:20,320 Speaker 1: I really do. I'm like I think I like football 579 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:22,160 Speaker 1: a lot. That's why I tell everyone. And when I 580 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:23,800 Speaker 1: see all these people on Twitter, they think they could 581 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:26,080 Speaker 1: work in the NFL. I don't think you realize how 582 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:29,120 Speaker 1: much these guys like it, how much it really defines 583 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:32,440 Speaker 1: them in their bones. I mean deep down, you know. 584 00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 1: And I'm sure many of you guys listening. I know 585 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:38,239 Speaker 1: people that either in the restaurant business that I know 586 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:41,560 Speaker 1: farmers like this. I know people in the alcohol business. 587 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:44,479 Speaker 1: It's just it's everything to them. It's what they know, 588 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:47,400 Speaker 1: it's who they are. And I know some people like 589 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:50,120 Speaker 1: we need balance in our life. Yeah, some people aren't 590 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:52,040 Speaker 1: wired that way. And to be honest with you, the 591 00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:55,560 Speaker 1: most successful people definitely aren't. There is no right or 592 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:58,600 Speaker 1: wrong way to live, but they're pretty consistently is a 593 00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:00,880 Speaker 1: right way to be good at something, and that's to 594 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:03,960 Speaker 1: be all in, and that's to think about and that's 595 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:07,360 Speaker 1: to be consumed with it. I'm telling you Lewis, and 596 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:10,720 Speaker 1: I've known him now for a decade. The guy likes 597 00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:13,680 Speaker 1: football and knows football as well as any human I've 598 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:17,480 Speaker 1: ever been around. And I whenever he gets a shot, 599 00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:24,480 Speaker 1: you know, I I just think it's he's gonna be good. Okay. 600 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:28,480 Speaker 1: One of the I guess the most polarizing situation is 601 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:32,840 Speaker 1: Jalen Heard and Carson Wentz, which you know, cars is 602 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:35,200 Speaker 1: just on the bench, which I've said it's a good thing. 603 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:38,120 Speaker 1: Just leave Carson Wentz on the bench, give him some 604 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:41,600 Speaker 1: time to decompress. Hope. Jalen Hurd looks good, but probably 605 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:44,400 Speaker 1: not too good. You know, I don't I think you'd 606 00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:46,120 Speaker 1: want him to win this week, but I don't think 607 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,320 Speaker 1: you want him throw like four or five touchdowns because 608 00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:50,240 Speaker 1: then there's only a couple of games left. You go 609 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:53,280 Speaker 1: to the off season, you have this quarterback competition, but 610 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:55,360 Speaker 1: all the fans are gonna be wording for Jalen and 611 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:59,480 Speaker 1: then it's just gonna get weird. One situation, that is all. 612 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:02,400 Speaker 1: But the reality is is Carson Wentz you can read 613 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:05,480 Speaker 1: about Carson Wentz is not going anywhere. You're not gonna 614 00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:09,040 Speaker 1: trade Carson Wentz this offseason when his values at an 615 00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:10,600 Speaker 1: all time low, and when you still owe a bunch 616 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:13,400 Speaker 1: of money at least on the books. So then Carson 617 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,720 Speaker 1: Wentz go to Frank Reich, or go to UH Pittsburgh, 618 00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:18,600 Speaker 1: or go to San Francisco and then look good with 619 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:20,880 Speaker 1: those coaches, the guy that you paid all this money 620 00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:23,240 Speaker 1: and invested all these draft picks in no fucking chance 621 00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:27,000 Speaker 1: you're writing it out. I know the way the Eagles 622 00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:29,640 Speaker 1: think and how he's like, they're not giving up on 623 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:32,920 Speaker 1: an asset at an all time low at quarterback who 624 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:35,480 Speaker 1: they invested in. It makes it just makes no sense. 625 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,920 Speaker 1: It does. But one quarterback situation to me that's a 626 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:43,000 Speaker 1: little more interesting is just Sean Payton said this week 627 00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:46,840 Speaker 1: that Jamis Winston when Drew Brees retires, which I think 628 00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:49,400 Speaker 1: it's fair to say, we'll be this offseason. And you 629 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:51,360 Speaker 1: heard it here first, Mike to Rico and Drew Brees 630 00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:53,120 Speaker 1: are gonna be calling Sunday night football games in the 631 00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:55,880 Speaker 1: next couple of years. Al Michaels in his late seventies, 632 00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:57,720 Speaker 1: I don't know if he's gonna retire, he's gonna enforce 633 00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:00,160 Speaker 1: in the retirement. And Chris collins Worth has just not 634 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:03,480 Speaker 1: that famous besides just calling games and he's good. But 635 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:06,400 Speaker 1: we see the way these TV executives work. Drew Brees, 636 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:08,920 Speaker 1: you know, in his forty or forty one years old, 637 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:11,000 Speaker 1: fresh at the league, they're gonna want his star power 638 00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:15,080 Speaker 1: on TV. Drew Brees, Mike Riko, I'd say by two thousand, 639 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:18,360 Speaker 1: twenty three at the latest in that booth. But I 640 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:20,640 Speaker 1: think Drew Brees it will not be back next season. 641 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:23,480 Speaker 1: Sean Payton said that Jameis will have a chance to 642 00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:26,000 Speaker 1: compete for the job. Here's a problem with that. Jameis 643 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:28,520 Speaker 1: wins is a free agent. Jameis Winston is not signed 644 00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:31,800 Speaker 1: to a multi year contract. I think here's the problem. 645 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:34,080 Speaker 1: It's Sean Payton's already seeing, like listen, I think he 646 00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:36,800 Speaker 1: likes Taystom Hill a lot, but he realizes, like, are 647 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:39,600 Speaker 1: we sure? Well, this is a type game where I 648 00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:41,120 Speaker 1: think you find out a little bit more because his 649 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:43,840 Speaker 1: first four games have kind of gone like this. He's 650 00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:47,640 Speaker 1: played Atlanta twice, he played Denver when they did not 651 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:51,600 Speaker 1: have a quarterback, and he played last week, which everyone's 652 00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:53,800 Speaker 1: crushed him. I actually didn't think he looked that bad. 653 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:57,280 Speaker 1: But he lost the game against Jalen. He wasn't necessarily 654 00:33:57,320 --> 00:34:00,200 Speaker 1: playing Jalen, but they just lost to a game him 655 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:02,280 Speaker 1: that they were heavy favorites in that they should not 656 00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:04,760 Speaker 1: have lost that game. But at the end of the day, 657 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:08,399 Speaker 1: he hasn't really got up against someone. I mean, Matt 658 00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:10,200 Speaker 1: Ryan so old now and I don't think we view 659 00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:11,920 Speaker 1: him as a top ten guy, just someone you go, 660 00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:15,240 Speaker 1: can we beat this guy in a big game? Because 661 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:17,040 Speaker 1: the end of the day, Sean Payton, who's one of 662 00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:20,279 Speaker 1: the highest paid coaches in the league, I think has 663 00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:22,000 Speaker 1: one of the You know, a team that has one 664 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,240 Speaker 1: of the best rosters in the league are really built 665 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:26,120 Speaker 1: to win the last couple of years and the next 666 00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:28,400 Speaker 1: couple of years. Like they're built with their high end 667 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:32,919 Speaker 1: players under contract to win and win. Now that he's 668 00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:35,560 Speaker 1: gonna go the rest of the season is every game 669 00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:38,520 Speaker 1: that Taystom plays and think to himself, can I win 670 00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:40,840 Speaker 1: a Super Bowl with this player? Or can I compete 671 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:43,080 Speaker 1: to win a Super Bowl with this player? And right 672 00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:45,360 Speaker 1: now I think the answer would be definitely unknown. You 673 00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:48,800 Speaker 1: probably leave know, but you get the Chiefs this weekend 674 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,319 Speaker 1: and you're playing, you know, Rogers the m v P. 675 00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:55,200 Speaker 1: I think the best player in the league probably Mahomes Roger, 676 00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:57,439 Speaker 1: however we want to rank. I mean it changes every week. 677 00:34:57,960 --> 00:34:59,480 Speaker 1: Just one of the best players we've ever seen in 678 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:02,879 Speaker 1: Patrick Maho. Now, when you're a quarterback, you don't play 679 00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:04,560 Speaker 1: the other quarterback because you're never on the field at 680 00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:06,560 Speaker 1: the same time. But as a coach, when you're standing 681 00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:09,640 Speaker 1: on the sideline, you see your quarterback and when Sean 682 00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:11,759 Speaker 1: Payton he comes off the field and you stand there 683 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:14,120 Speaker 1: and you still watch your defense play against that quarterback. 684 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:16,200 Speaker 1: So you kind of get to gauge it, and you 685 00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:18,720 Speaker 1: can think, well, I know what my guy does in practice, 686 00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:20,279 Speaker 1: I know what he's now doing in the game. Does 687 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:22,960 Speaker 1: he give me a chance to do this? Because here's 688 00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:25,879 Speaker 1: the dilemma, and we'll see Drew Brees when he's gonna 689 00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:27,920 Speaker 1: come back. Does he come back? Who knows? They can 690 00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:30,319 Speaker 1: say whatever they want until Drew Brees actually comes back. 691 00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:33,080 Speaker 1: I'm gonna assume he might not come back. I don't 692 00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:35,640 Speaker 1: know how many ribs you have, twelve, eight, six whatever, 693 00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:38,840 Speaker 1: maybe six abs, eight ribs, ten ribs. I don't know. 694 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:41,279 Speaker 1: I'd have to google that. I just know that he 695 00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:43,200 Speaker 1: broke a ton of him or fracture a ton of him, 696 00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:47,200 Speaker 1: and he's old. So if you told me right now that, 697 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,239 Speaker 1: like the football gods came back and said John, I 698 00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:52,800 Speaker 1: can see the future, I'm gonna give you this nugget, 699 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:54,759 Speaker 1: but you're not allowed to tell anyone. You can't say 700 00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:57,520 Speaker 1: it on the podcast. Drew Brees will not play another 701 00:35:57,560 --> 00:36:00,839 Speaker 1: snap this year. I'd go, yeah, I believe that forty 702 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:04,040 Speaker 1: year old guy with a bunch of shattered ribs, punctured whatever. 703 00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:05,920 Speaker 1: I mean, he was in shambles right. We saw the 704 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:09,120 Speaker 1: reports he hasn't been practicing. Maybe maybe he's not safe 705 00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:11,880 Speaker 1: out there. Maybe yeah, I can believe that. So you're 706 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:14,160 Speaker 1: gonna get to know this year if you have to 707 00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:16,680 Speaker 1: go into the playoffs with Taysom Hill, if he's good enough, 708 00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:19,879 Speaker 1: because you're gonna play in literally playoff games with the guy. 709 00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:21,800 Speaker 1: But I do think this is the game the Chiefs 710 00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:24,960 Speaker 1: who The game I watched on like Tuesday or Wednesday, 711 00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:28,080 Speaker 1: the Chiefs Dolphins game. The score was a little closer 712 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:29,840 Speaker 1: in the game. I mean the Chiefs were up thirty 713 00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:32,879 Speaker 1: to ten. They were beating the ship out of him. 714 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:35,680 Speaker 1: I felt I just saw the red zone. I looked 715 00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:37,399 Speaker 1: at some kind of see the final score. I'm like, god, 716 00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:41,120 Speaker 1: this the Dolphins were hanging up. Now they were killing him. 717 00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:43,080 Speaker 1: I mean Hardeman took a punt of the house. He 718 00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:45,000 Speaker 1: had another play that went big that they caused to 719 00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:47,839 Speaker 1: fumble on. You know, I watched that game and thought 720 00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:50,800 Speaker 1: the Chiefs were in a completely different world than the Dolphins. 721 00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:53,360 Speaker 1: The score that they lose focus towards the end. I 722 00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:56,799 Speaker 1: don't know. I mean, all I know is the Chiefs 723 00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:59,880 Speaker 1: were up thirty to ten. They're the best team in 724 00:36:59,920 --> 00:37:03,600 Speaker 1: the league. And the Saints, you know, when their quarterback 725 00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:05,880 Speaker 1: situation is just on, is arguably a top three or 726 00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:09,560 Speaker 1: four team. Two you could say. The last four weeks, 727 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:11,440 Speaker 1: you know, it's been a little hit or miss with Taysom. 728 00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:13,560 Speaker 1: But this is a game where you just go like, 729 00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:17,280 Speaker 1: are you gonna let Jamis leave? No? I don't really 730 00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:19,839 Speaker 1: know how Sean Payton feels about Jamimes, but at least 731 00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:21,960 Speaker 1: he has a quarterback on his roster that if he 732 00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:25,520 Speaker 1: started and he coached around. Sean Payton thinks he's probably, 733 00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:28,040 Speaker 1: I'm sure a better coaching Bruce Arians. His offense is 734 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:31,440 Speaker 1: just a lot different. It's actually built to succeed with Jamis. 735 00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:34,359 Speaker 1: It has a wide receiver that only runs slant routes. 736 00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:37,399 Speaker 1: Who's the you know, the best slant short intermediate guy 737 00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:39,920 Speaker 1: him and Keenan Allen the league in Michael Thomas. You 738 00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:42,680 Speaker 1: have a running back who's a dominant force catching the football. 739 00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:45,960 Speaker 1: I mean, Jamis two weapons are both within like fifteen 740 00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:51,080 Speaker 1: yards of him. So I think this this is the 741 00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:53,560 Speaker 1: type game where Sean Payton and Mickey Loomis are gonna 742 00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:55,560 Speaker 1: be thinking of themselves like we got something here. I 743 00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:57,719 Speaker 1: mean they already think they got something here, but like 744 00:37:57,800 --> 00:37:59,560 Speaker 1: you gotta do it in the games. It's one thing 745 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:01,840 Speaker 1: to do it in practice. Clearly the guy does in practice. 746 00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:03,880 Speaker 1: It's one thing to play some of the trick plays. 747 00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:06,160 Speaker 1: He clearly pulls that off. Another thing to win three 748 00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:09,480 Speaker 1: or four games against the Broncos without a quarterback to 749 00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:12,480 Speaker 1: Atlanta games and Jalen heard, now you're playing the Chiefs. 750 00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:15,080 Speaker 1: Now you're playing a team. When the Saints season started 751 00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:18,920 Speaker 1: this year, their goal was pretty simple, like legitimately goal 752 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:22,080 Speaker 1: of probably less than ten teams win the Super Bowl. 753 00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:24,200 Speaker 1: Sean Payton got in front of his team and says, 754 00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:26,360 Speaker 1: we have one goal. I mean, obviously they have a 755 00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:28,960 Speaker 1: couple right when the division when the NFC win the 756 00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:31,080 Speaker 1: Super Bowl, but that the main goal is to win 757 00:38:31,239 --> 00:38:33,759 Speaker 1: the super Bowl. And everyone in that room thought, yeah, 758 00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:36,400 Speaker 1: we're gonna win the Super Bowl, right, And hell I 759 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:40,399 Speaker 1: thought they were super Bowl level team. And you play 760 00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:43,400 Speaker 1: the Chiefs with Taysom Hill, you kind of can gauge 761 00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:45,080 Speaker 1: like do we get a chance? Is this is this 762 00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:47,360 Speaker 1: for real? Or has just kind of been smoking the 763 00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:52,560 Speaker 1: mirrors for the last month with college football, the conference 764 00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:56,560 Speaker 1: championships going down this weekend. Technically, I think Pac twelve, 765 00:38:57,120 --> 00:38:59,640 Speaker 1: USC Oregon play Friday night, but all the main ones 766 00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:04,719 Speaker 1: play on Saturday. I almost feel Alabama is underrated at 767 00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:10,040 Speaker 1: this point as a program. Nick Saban, you know they 768 00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:12,320 Speaker 1: have these early signing Day but when I worked in 769 00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:14,239 Speaker 1: college football, there was just one signing day. It was 770 00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:17,080 Speaker 1: like the first weekend in February. It was like the 771 00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:20,680 Speaker 1: first Tuesday in February or something. Now they got multiple 772 00:39:21,239 --> 00:39:24,400 Speaker 1: Alabama has had the number one class, they said the 773 00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:27,640 Speaker 1: number one class in the country on early signing Day. 774 00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:31,200 Speaker 1: What Nick Saban is doing, like what Clemson is doing, 775 00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:36,279 Speaker 1: is really impressive. Dabbo has built a behemoth, but he 776 00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:39,279 Speaker 1: has a couple of things going for him. One his 777 00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:45,240 Speaker 1: conference sucks. Miami Florida State are shells of themselves. Florida 778 00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:48,719 Speaker 1: State is a joke. The second best program in his 779 00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:51,520 Speaker 1: own conference Notre Dame. This is a one off year. 780 00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:53,919 Speaker 1: Notre Dame is an independent, so I'm not Notre Dame 781 00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:58,240 Speaker 1: doesn't count. UH is probably North Carolina with a sixty 782 00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:02,960 Speaker 1: nine year old background. That's his main competition now. In fairness, 783 00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:05,920 Speaker 1: Dabble destroys these people, so I'm not trying to diminish 784 00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:08,560 Speaker 1: his accomplishment. And he dominates once he gets to the 785 00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:11,400 Speaker 1: to the college football playoffs, so he's he's deserving, but 786 00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:16,200 Speaker 1: his conference sucks beside him. That's just a fact. Here's 787 00:40:16,239 --> 00:40:19,920 Speaker 1: another thing he has going for his defensive coordinator is 788 00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:23,640 Speaker 1: I think the highest paid position coach or assistant coach 789 00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:26,520 Speaker 1: in the in the college football He's probably when he 790 00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:29,200 Speaker 1: factor in the NFL, he's probably still top five. He 791 00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:32,440 Speaker 1: makes like two and a half million dollars venables, and 792 00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:35,160 Speaker 1: he's awesome. I Mean, he's a badass, but he's been 793 00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:39,520 Speaker 1: there the entire time with Dabbo, making huge cash. Tony Elliott, 794 00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:45,640 Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator for Dabblo Sweeney, also makes huge cash 795 00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:49,160 Speaker 1: and has Ben and Clemson pretty sure from the jump 796 00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:52,160 Speaker 1: when Dabbo took over, pulled up his WICKI he's been 797 00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:54,160 Speaker 1: on the staff since two thousand eleven and he's been 798 00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:57,760 Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator basically since Deshaun Watson became the quarterback, 799 00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:02,239 Speaker 1: so it's two coordinate waters O C d C been 800 00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:05,560 Speaker 1: there the entire time. Well, when I look at Alabama, 801 00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:08,239 Speaker 1: I go was his coordinator has been there the whole time. No, 802 00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:12,760 Speaker 1: he's had about ten offensive coordinators and ten defensive coordinators, 803 00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:19,720 Speaker 1: not literally but basically right Mcwaane, nuss Meyer, Lane Sark, 804 00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:27,279 Speaker 1: Locksley Sark again, defensive coordinator Kirby Pruitt. Like he's gone 805 00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:33,880 Speaker 1: through some guys, he keeps on rolling. And unlike the 806 00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:38,239 Speaker 1: A c C where Clemson is, his conference, especially his 807 00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:42,360 Speaker 1: side of the conference is legit. He has to play 808 00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:45,560 Speaker 1: L s U every year, even when L s U 809 00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:49,880 Speaker 1: is crappy like this year for example, they're light years 810 00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:53,040 Speaker 1: better than Miami or Florida State, and obviously when they're good, 811 00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:56,600 Speaker 1: they're really good. The last time Florida State was any good, 812 00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:59,960 Speaker 1: they had a guy named Jimbo Fisher. Well, that guy 813 00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:03,320 Speaker 1: is now a Texas and m making sixties seventy million 814 00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:09,360 Speaker 1: dollars and they're coming. The other thing is Nick always 815 00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:12,160 Speaker 1: has to play, and he plays Florida this weekend. He's 816 00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:15,920 Speaker 1: played Georgia the last several years in the SEC championship 817 00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:18,960 Speaker 1: game where Clemson up until this year when Order Dame 818 00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:23,480 Speaker 1: kind of you know joined the conference to get through Corona, 819 00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:26,680 Speaker 1: they play crappy teams in the conference championship game. That's 820 00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:30,120 Speaker 1: not the case for the SEC, yet he still consistently 821 00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:35,239 Speaker 1: wins that game. What Nick is doing is insane. He 822 00:42:35,320 --> 00:42:39,320 Speaker 1: has kicking everyone's ass in the best conference, consistently getting 823 00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:42,520 Speaker 1: the best players. But a lot Texas recruits well every year. 824 00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:46,120 Speaker 1: You know, USC recruited well every year for the last decade. 825 00:42:46,280 --> 00:42:53,240 Speaker 1: He develops these players into stores, into dominant, dominant players 826 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:57,680 Speaker 1: and as a buddy in college football, I guess he does. 827 00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:00,840 Speaker 1: His scout told me that goes through both programs. He 828 00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:05,640 Speaker 1: said the biggest difference is between Clemson and Bama is 829 00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:10,719 Speaker 1: Clemson as a family and Bama is a factory. Well, 830 00:43:10,760 --> 00:43:14,880 Speaker 1: here's a reality. Families eventually break up, right, I mean, 831 00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:17,439 Speaker 1: Tony Elliott might become an NFL head coach this year, 832 00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:20,600 Speaker 1: he might become a college head coach. Bred Venables might 833 00:43:20,680 --> 00:43:23,319 Speaker 1: just stay there forever, kind of like Bud Foster Virginia Tech. 834 00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:26,680 Speaker 1: But it does feel like Tony Elliott, this is the 835 00:43:26,719 --> 00:43:30,400 Speaker 1: offseason he's gonna go, especially Trevor Lawrence leaving like that 836 00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:32,520 Speaker 1: family is gonna break up a little bit. Not as 837 00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:34,200 Speaker 1: long as dabbles there. They should be pretty good. But 838 00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:37,680 Speaker 1: the offense has been a pretty big point of differentiation. 839 00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:41,560 Speaker 1: You know, for Dabbo and with Tony Elliott his quarterbacks. 840 00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:45,160 Speaker 1: Nick's already shown his family in terms of the coaches 841 00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:47,040 Speaker 1: that I can break up all you want, doesn't matter. 842 00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:50,239 Speaker 1: Players can go to the NFL, doesn't matter. But the 843 00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:53,360 Speaker 1: factory keeps on turn them out because you know that 844 00:43:53,480 --> 00:43:56,719 Speaker 1: CEO of that factory ain't changing. And as long as 845 00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:59,879 Speaker 1: Nick is there, and this year not one opt out. 846 00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:04,920 Speaker 1: They lost the best quarterback you know in program in 847 00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:08,400 Speaker 1: probably twenty thirty years. They replaced with Mac Jones. That 848 00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:11,160 Speaker 1: guy immediately looks like a you know, top fifty pick. 849 00:44:11,880 --> 00:44:14,840 Speaker 1: They lose Jalen Waddle, who arguably was the best player 850 00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:18,560 Speaker 1: on their team. Broken leg DeVante Smith is just separated 851 00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:22,440 Speaker 1: from the pack. He might win the Heisman. So I 852 00:44:22,440 --> 00:44:25,000 Speaker 1: think they're almost an eighteen point favorite going into the 853 00:44:25,120 --> 00:44:29,640 Speaker 1: SEC Championship game against Florida. I just I can't say 854 00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:32,359 Speaker 1: enough how much respect I have for Alabama, how consistently 855 00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:37,560 Speaker 1: great they are, how consistently you know they pivot off 856 00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:41,000 Speaker 1: coaches and it does not phase them. It really speaks 857 00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:44,440 Speaker 1: to savings greatness. Okay, let's go a little three for 858 00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:48,279 Speaker 1: the money, and UH cooled off a little bit. I 859 00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:52,600 Speaker 1: was one of three last week, I nineteen on the season. 860 00:44:53,480 --> 00:44:56,160 Speaker 1: The Jacksonville Jaguars, who have been writing and I've been 861 00:44:56,239 --> 00:45:01,640 Speaker 1: riding hard, got killed. H What was the other Minnesota? 862 00:45:01,880 --> 00:45:04,759 Speaker 1: That was just Dan Bailey. I'm gonna need better out 863 00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:07,319 Speaker 1: of you, buddy. Well, let's let's make some kicks. Even 864 00:45:07,360 --> 00:45:09,319 Speaker 1: Mike Zimmer was like, come on, come on, man, we 865 00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:13,040 Speaker 1: need to hit some kicks. Uh. So let's let's dive 866 00:45:13,040 --> 00:45:17,359 Speaker 1: into three for the money. I'm gonna keep writing the Jaguars, 867 00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:21,080 Speaker 1: but I'm not gonna They're getting like over two touchdowns. 868 00:45:21,080 --> 00:45:24,640 Speaker 1: I'm not messing with the points. Bread Ravens Jags over 869 00:45:24,719 --> 00:45:26,560 Speaker 1: forty seven and a half. I mean, I think the 870 00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:29,200 Speaker 1: Ravens could easily score forty five points in this game. 871 00:45:29,680 --> 00:45:34,480 Speaker 1: To me, the Jags gotta be you know, give me 872 00:45:34,520 --> 00:45:37,600 Speaker 1: at least fifteen. I think the over forty seven hits 873 00:45:37,600 --> 00:45:41,919 Speaker 1: in this game. Uh, Eagles in the Arizona Cardinals. I 874 00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:43,600 Speaker 1: said it from the jump. I didn't believe in the 875 00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:46,839 Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals, not because of their quarterbacks. Quarterbacks really good, 876 00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:49,320 Speaker 1: but he's banged up and he hasn't been the same 877 00:45:49,400 --> 00:45:51,359 Speaker 1: really for the last you know, ever since the dude 878 00:45:51,360 --> 00:45:53,640 Speaker 1: fell on his shoulder in the Seattle game. I do 879 00:45:53,719 --> 00:45:56,120 Speaker 1: not trust the coaching staff. Now. I'm not some big 880 00:45:56,200 --> 00:46:00,120 Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts fan. I've said it many times. I I 881 00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:02,160 Speaker 1: thought he was a running back, not a quarterback. But 882 00:46:02,239 --> 00:46:04,520 Speaker 1: watching him play last weekend, I was like, Okay, he 883 00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:07,000 Speaker 1: can throw it, he can run it. His arm strength 884 00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:10,840 Speaker 1: looks good. I'm just gonna take the Eagles plus six 885 00:46:11,239 --> 00:46:14,120 Speaker 1: in this game. I'm gonna take the Eagles plus six 886 00:46:14,120 --> 00:46:17,480 Speaker 1: in this game at home. Their team was energized, they 887 00:46:17,520 --> 00:46:20,799 Speaker 1: got some momentum. Doug Peterson coaching for his job or not. 888 00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:23,919 Speaker 1: I don't know what the situation is there, but they 889 00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:26,200 Speaker 1: just looked like they had more life. So I'm gonna 890 00:46:26,239 --> 00:46:31,000 Speaker 1: go Eagles plus six and then Washington. The latest is 891 00:46:31,040 --> 00:46:34,920 Speaker 1: Alex Smith playing this week? Because if he's not any 892 00:46:34,960 --> 00:46:39,359 Speaker 1: game that Dwayne Haskins starts, any game, that here will 893 00:46:39,360 --> 00:46:45,000 Speaker 1: be my gambling philosophy. If Dwayne Haskins just outpracticed so 894 00:46:45,000 --> 00:46:47,120 Speaker 1: so Alex Smith has miss practice the last couple of weeks. 895 00:46:47,600 --> 00:46:49,920 Speaker 1: As of recording this, I'm gonna assume Alex Smith does 896 00:46:49,960 --> 00:46:53,839 Speaker 1: not play, meaning Dwayne Haskins will play. And Alex last 897 00:46:53,840 --> 00:46:56,480 Speaker 1: week once he pulled his calf was pretty useless in 898 00:46:56,480 --> 00:46:58,720 Speaker 1: the game, and he wasn't that good against the Niners 899 00:46:58,719 --> 00:47:00,440 Speaker 1: to begin with, and he really had has been that 900 00:47:00,520 --> 00:47:04,480 Speaker 1: great in general. Um four touchdown, six picks this year. 901 00:47:04,520 --> 00:47:09,239 Speaker 1: But but even on a reconstructed leg, even a guy 902 00:47:09,320 --> 00:47:11,319 Speaker 1: that once was a really good athlete who can't move 903 00:47:11,840 --> 00:47:14,319 Speaker 1: on on Alex's worth worst day, he's way better than 904 00:47:14,360 --> 00:47:17,640 Speaker 1: Dayne Haskins. I think Dwayne Haskins is a terrible football player. 905 00:47:17,800 --> 00:47:19,279 Speaker 1: I don't think he knows what's going on. I don't 906 00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:21,400 Speaker 1: think he's very talented. I don't think he's very accurate. 907 00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:24,520 Speaker 1: I just whenever I watched Dayne Haskins on an NFL field, 908 00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:28,719 Speaker 1: I think he's terrible. So Seattle, who's gotta try to 909 00:47:28,719 --> 00:47:32,600 Speaker 1: get their mojo back. Washington is good and really good 910 00:47:32,600 --> 00:47:35,200 Speaker 1: at one thing. They could stop the run their front seven. 911 00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:39,560 Speaker 1: They got some premium elite dudes, some first rounders, obviously 912 00:47:39,640 --> 00:47:41,839 Speaker 1: Chase Young. They will hit you in the mouth. Well, 913 00:47:41,840 --> 00:47:43,160 Speaker 1: you know what Seattle doesn't want to do. They don't 914 00:47:43,160 --> 00:47:46,280 Speaker 1: want to run the ball. They want to throw the football. 915 00:47:47,000 --> 00:47:49,040 Speaker 1: I like Seattle minus five in this game. I just 916 00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:51,279 Speaker 1: think Washingtons gonna run into a bus saw Seattle kind 917 00:47:51,280 --> 00:47:53,799 Speaker 1: of got their mojo back last week against the New 918 00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:57,400 Speaker 1: York Football Jets, and U'm going Seattle minus five. So 919 00:47:57,400 --> 00:47:59,480 Speaker 1: I'm going Ravens Jacks. I'm gonna go the over forty 920 00:47:59,520 --> 00:48:02,000 Speaker 1: seven and a half. I'm gonna go Eagles plus six 921 00:48:02,080 --> 00:48:05,360 Speaker 1: against Arizona and I'm gonna go Seattle minus five. Do 922 00:48:05,440 --> 00:48:07,359 Speaker 1: a couple of Middlecoff mail back things really quick at 923 00:48:07,440 --> 00:48:10,760 Speaker 1: John Middlecoff is the Instagram. You guys know the drill 924 00:48:11,160 --> 00:48:13,440 Speaker 1: slide up in those d m s and you get 925 00:48:13,480 --> 00:48:16,719 Speaker 1: your question answered. Here. On the podcast, you talk a 926 00:48:16,760 --> 00:48:19,480 Speaker 1: lot about Lamar Jackson being a below average pastor and 927 00:48:19,520 --> 00:48:21,600 Speaker 1: you can't win with him in the playoffs. As a 928 00:48:21,680 --> 00:48:25,800 Speaker 1: casual fan, that seems obvious and it's hard to disagree with. However, 929 00:48:26,320 --> 00:48:28,719 Speaker 1: on Monday Night Football, they put up a stat that 930 00:48:28,800 --> 00:48:30,880 Speaker 1: said his career in the red zone, he has thrown 931 00:48:30,920 --> 00:48:34,960 Speaker 1: forty touchdown passes and no picks. As a casual fan, 932 00:48:35,080 --> 00:48:38,319 Speaker 1: that seems crazy and very critical. How important is that 933 00:48:38,360 --> 00:48:43,319 Speaker 1: sat turnovers and uh efficiency in the red zone because 934 00:48:43,320 --> 00:48:45,440 Speaker 1: he seems to dominate in the red zone. Why I'd 935 00:48:45,440 --> 00:48:48,880 Speaker 1: say it's very important. I mean, I think Brian Greasy 936 00:48:48,920 --> 00:48:51,759 Speaker 1: said one of the great lines i've ever heard. He 937 00:48:51,840 --> 00:48:56,000 Speaker 1: said quarterbacks get paid for two things. To win on 938 00:48:56,320 --> 00:48:59,000 Speaker 1: on third down and to win in the red zone. 939 00:48:59,160 --> 00:49:01,919 Speaker 1: So Lamar jacks is winning in the red zone. Now, 940 00:49:02,080 --> 00:49:04,960 Speaker 1: I'd have to do a deep dive. The best thing 941 00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:08,239 Speaker 1: the Ravens do is they are a great running team. 942 00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:13,120 Speaker 1: So I would guess that they are scoring a lot 943 00:49:13,160 --> 00:49:15,640 Speaker 1: on play action, which is great play calling and Lamar 944 00:49:15,719 --> 00:49:18,919 Speaker 1: Jackson executing the play call. And maybe I'm wrong because 945 00:49:18,920 --> 00:49:21,600 Speaker 1: I'm not backing this up with any data, but their 946 00:49:21,640 --> 00:49:24,680 Speaker 1: offense actually is, you know, pretty well set up to 947 00:49:24,840 --> 00:49:28,400 Speaker 1: win on some misdirections, some bootlegs, just to get some 948 00:49:28,480 --> 00:49:33,080 Speaker 1: easy throws because the run game is so vaunted. Now again, 949 00:49:33,200 --> 00:49:35,399 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson is not a bad passer in the sense 950 00:49:35,440 --> 00:49:37,920 Speaker 1: that he throws a tight spiral. He can throw the 951 00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:41,400 Speaker 1: ball far. He's just not very accurate. And typically in 952 00:49:41,440 --> 00:49:44,680 Speaker 1: the playoffs, they haven't been able to get to the 953 00:49:44,680 --> 00:49:47,120 Speaker 1: red zone. They haven't been able to move the ball 954 00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:50,480 Speaker 1: they get into. His problem is in big games, you're 955 00:49:50,520 --> 00:49:53,240 Speaker 1: not gonna like, obviously they can score in the red zone. Okay, 956 00:49:53,320 --> 00:49:55,479 Speaker 1: let's just that stat is the stat they can score 957 00:49:55,480 --> 00:49:57,080 Speaker 1: in the red zone. He can score in the red 958 00:49:57,200 --> 00:50:00,200 Speaker 1: zone his problem in the big games. But if the 959 00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:01,960 Speaker 1: playoffs for two years and when I think will be 960 00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:04,560 Speaker 1: a problem again in this playoffs, they get in third 961 00:50:04,560 --> 00:50:08,000 Speaker 1: and long. In playoff games, you typically it's not forty 962 00:50:08,040 --> 00:50:10,640 Speaker 1: seven to forty two, right, You're talking about a game 963 00:50:10,680 --> 00:50:14,600 Speaker 1: that might be seven to twenty three, right, twenty three 964 00:50:14,680 --> 00:50:18,160 Speaker 1: to twenty like that's the score. So you you might 965 00:50:18,200 --> 00:50:19,600 Speaker 1: only get in the red zone a couple of times. 966 00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:21,880 Speaker 1: You have to get in a field goal range. You 967 00:50:21,920 --> 00:50:25,200 Speaker 1: have to move the ball past midfield. Well, what happens 968 00:50:25,239 --> 00:50:29,520 Speaker 1: on third and nine at your own forty That's where 969 00:50:29,520 --> 00:50:32,080 Speaker 1: he struggled. When I know you're gonna try to throw 970 00:50:32,120 --> 00:50:34,000 Speaker 1: to Mark Andrews over the middle of the field, where 971 00:50:34,040 --> 00:50:35,919 Speaker 1: I know you're gonna try to throw a deep out route. 972 00:50:37,360 --> 00:50:41,440 Speaker 1: That's been Lamar's problem. A fan of the show watching 973 00:50:41,480 --> 00:50:44,120 Speaker 1: Monday night football game, Greasy talking up the forty Niners 974 00:50:44,120 --> 00:50:48,200 Speaker 1: like the Crimson Tide, playing Troy mispronouncing Bill's players names. 975 00:50:48,520 --> 00:50:51,440 Speaker 1: Lewis is always good, but it's always disrespect and Alan 976 00:50:51,880 --> 00:50:54,840 Speaker 1: threaded the Niners and was so comfortable even I couldn't 977 00:50:54,840 --> 00:50:58,480 Speaker 1: believe it. Thoughts kind of an old question, you know, 978 00:50:58,560 --> 00:51:01,280 Speaker 1: it's I'm not great at name games either. Now I'm 979 00:51:01,880 --> 00:51:06,000 Speaker 1: an entertainer on a podcast, not broadcasting the game. It 980 00:51:06,120 --> 00:51:10,120 Speaker 1: is difficult, but I have Actually I like Greasy, and 981 00:51:10,160 --> 00:51:13,200 Speaker 1: obviously I know Lewis and I like Louis. I think 982 00:51:13,239 --> 00:51:16,399 Speaker 1: Greasy has been pretty good. The bills are good. I mean, 983 00:51:16,440 --> 00:51:18,120 Speaker 1: I don't really know what else say there. The bills 984 00:51:18,120 --> 00:51:23,520 Speaker 1: are really good. I was wondering if there is any spying, 985 00:51:23,680 --> 00:51:28,280 Speaker 1: as in playbook play leaking amongst coaches, say a disgruntled 986 00:51:28,400 --> 00:51:32,120 Speaker 1: offensive coordinator text someone in the staff of their next 987 00:51:32,120 --> 00:51:36,640 Speaker 1: opponent with details of exploitable whole, or even assistant coaches 988 00:51:36,680 --> 00:51:41,680 Speaker 1: spying for other teams. Just wondering, that's a really good question. 989 00:51:42,520 --> 00:51:44,640 Speaker 1: You probably have to I'd have to ask coaches that 990 00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:47,040 Speaker 1: I had never heard of that. I do think there 991 00:51:47,040 --> 00:51:49,160 Speaker 1: are teams work with other teams when you're in the 992 00:51:49,160 --> 00:51:52,560 Speaker 1: playoff mix to help other teams out. That happens, for sure, 993 00:51:53,560 --> 00:51:57,160 Speaker 1: But in terms of like, yeah, I mean I would 994 00:51:57,200 --> 00:52:01,400 Speaker 1: imagine anything conceivable you could think of. It's probably happened 995 00:52:01,520 --> 00:52:04,000 Speaker 1: with a position coach who hates that given team leaks 996 00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:06,719 Speaker 1: some stuff to an opponent if the team's out of it. 997 00:52:07,640 --> 00:52:10,719 Speaker 1: I'd be shocked. If a guy's leaking, if the team, 998 00:52:10,760 --> 00:52:13,279 Speaker 1: if it's like a playoff game or a game, you know, 999 00:52:13,320 --> 00:52:16,120 Speaker 1: like this weekend or next weekend that has playoff implications. 1000 00:52:17,560 --> 00:52:20,359 Speaker 1: Now you're talking about a big money industry, You're talking 1001 00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:23,319 Speaker 1: about a big ego industry. So if a guy knows 1002 00:52:23,360 --> 00:52:25,640 Speaker 1: he's gonna get fired. Let's say I'm the offensive line 1003 00:52:25,680 --> 00:52:28,640 Speaker 1: coach on a team that's a wild card team, and 1004 00:52:28,800 --> 00:52:31,200 Speaker 1: I know my head coach is gonna fire me at 1005 00:52:31,200 --> 00:52:33,920 Speaker 1: the end of the year. Maybe I try to screw him. 1006 00:52:33,920 --> 00:52:36,719 Speaker 1: Now here's the thing. If that ever got out, and 1007 00:52:36,880 --> 00:52:38,839 Speaker 1: I've never heard of that, but if that ever got out, 1008 00:52:38,920 --> 00:52:41,400 Speaker 1: you would be black balled from the league, like you 1009 00:52:41,400 --> 00:52:44,600 Speaker 1: would not be hired again. So that would the more 1010 00:52:44,680 --> 00:52:48,200 Speaker 1: I think about it, you get black balled from football, 1011 00:52:48,440 --> 00:52:52,040 Speaker 1: who's ever hiring you again? If you get caught that way. Now, 1012 00:52:52,040 --> 00:52:55,160 Speaker 1: I don't know how you get caught. I'm sure stuff 1013 00:52:55,200 --> 00:52:56,880 Speaker 1: has happened, you know. Think about this. I'll think of 1014 00:52:56,960 --> 00:53:01,160 Speaker 1: all the players. Let's say me and you we go 1015 00:53:01,239 --> 00:53:04,120 Speaker 1: to Oklahoma together. I was thinking this watching the Ravens 1016 00:53:04,320 --> 00:53:07,799 Speaker 1: and the Browns. Well, Mark Andrews and Baker Mayfield are 1017 00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:11,719 Speaker 1: very very close friends. If you follow both them on Instagram. 1018 00:53:11,800 --> 00:53:13,239 Speaker 1: Before they got to the league, they spent a lot 1019 00:53:13,280 --> 00:53:15,319 Speaker 1: of time to go with each other. I think Mark 1020 00:53:15,320 --> 00:53:18,200 Speaker 1: Andrew's obviously at Baker's wedding, Like I think it's fair 1021 00:53:18,239 --> 00:53:21,440 Speaker 1: to say they're very, very tight. You know, they played 1022 00:53:21,440 --> 00:53:24,600 Speaker 1: college football together for years. Like anytime that you develop 1023 00:53:24,640 --> 00:53:28,200 Speaker 1: a relationship with someone in your early twenties when you 1024 00:53:28,280 --> 00:53:31,920 Speaker 1: don't have any money, your relationship is actually stronger the 1025 00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:35,640 Speaker 1: more successful you you become, because you can talk about 1026 00:53:35,680 --> 00:53:37,960 Speaker 1: stuff that you know you don't talk about with your 1027 00:53:38,000 --> 00:53:39,880 Speaker 1: friends that you meet as you get older and you 1028 00:53:39,920 --> 00:53:43,480 Speaker 1: get more successful. And think how often in football and 1029 00:53:43,800 --> 00:53:45,480 Speaker 1: Baker and Mark Andrews, I mean, we could do a 1030 00:53:45,520 --> 00:53:48,799 Speaker 1: million of those examples. What did happen with players and 1031 00:53:48,840 --> 00:53:51,600 Speaker 1: players like if I hated my place, couldn't I leak? 1032 00:53:51,719 --> 00:53:54,240 Speaker 1: I think how often that's probably happened. Call my buddy 1033 00:53:54,239 --> 00:53:56,000 Speaker 1: and the other team tell them, hey, bro, we're probably 1034 00:53:56,040 --> 00:54:01,120 Speaker 1: gonna do this this and this wouldn't shock me. You 1035 00:54:01,120 --> 00:54:02,440 Speaker 1: know me, if I if I had heard that, I 1036 00:54:02,600 --> 00:54:04,719 Speaker 1: would definitely say I have But I've never heard of 1037 00:54:04,719 --> 00:54:07,400 Speaker 1: a situation like that. But you got me thinking, now 1038 00:54:09,239 --> 00:54:12,680 Speaker 1: I love the pod lifelong Steelers fan and former Cornell 1039 00:54:12,760 --> 00:54:15,600 Speaker 1: football player. So we got a smart athlete. Do you 1040 00:54:15,600 --> 00:54:18,120 Speaker 1: think the Steeler's inability to run the football has a 1041 00:54:18,120 --> 00:54:20,520 Speaker 1: lot to do with our overreliance on the quick passing game. 1042 00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:24,359 Speaker 1: Ben is averaging uh a released time of two point 1043 00:54:24,360 --> 00:54:27,080 Speaker 1: two seconds, which in my view has made us pretty 1044 00:54:27,080 --> 00:54:29,919 Speaker 1: one dimensional. In your In years past, we've effectively made 1045 00:54:29,960 --> 00:54:34,960 Speaker 1: immediate throws, excuse me, intermediate throws to set up the 1046 00:54:35,040 --> 00:54:38,080 Speaker 1: run game, then followed up with play action shots. Thanks 1047 00:54:38,120 --> 00:54:40,799 Speaker 1: and keep up the great work. Who did I hear 1048 00:54:40,800 --> 00:54:44,239 Speaker 1: saying this the other day? I think it was Booker McFarlane, 1049 00:54:44,400 --> 00:54:46,799 Speaker 1: who you know I used to talk some shit about 1050 00:54:46,800 --> 00:54:48,799 Speaker 1: when he was on the Monday night broadcast. He made 1051 00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:50,360 Speaker 1: a really good point. I think I saw it on 1052 00:54:50,400 --> 00:54:54,560 Speaker 1: social media. He said, when you get very past happy, 1053 00:54:54,800 --> 00:54:57,640 Speaker 1: And he was a defensive lineman, so I he knows 1054 00:54:57,880 --> 00:55:00,640 Speaker 1: toughness and the line of scrimmage. When you get very 1055 00:55:00,680 --> 00:55:03,120 Speaker 1: pass happy as an offensive line and as a unit 1056 00:55:03,239 --> 00:55:05,960 Speaker 1: and as an offense, I do think it can take 1057 00:55:05,960 --> 00:55:09,120 Speaker 1: away from the toughness of your offensive lineman because every 1058 00:55:09,200 --> 00:55:11,960 Speaker 1: day they're practicing pass pro and like you said, the 1059 00:55:12,080 --> 00:55:15,759 Speaker 1: quick passing game. Well, eventually I have to maul you, 1060 00:55:16,840 --> 00:55:19,759 Speaker 1: and part of maulling you, I have to get used 1061 00:55:19,800 --> 00:55:22,279 Speaker 1: to that and rep it out. That's why anyone that 1062 00:55:22,520 --> 00:55:24,040 Speaker 1: you know, when I was at Fresno State, we used 1063 00:55:24,080 --> 00:55:25,960 Speaker 1: to run nine on seven did when I was with 1064 00:55:25,960 --> 00:55:30,680 Speaker 1: the Eagles too. It's basically the offensive line versus the 1065 00:55:30,760 --> 00:55:34,360 Speaker 1: front seven, a quarterback, a full back, and a running 1066 00:55:34,360 --> 00:55:38,400 Speaker 1: back and a tight end. And it is a physical, 1067 00:55:38,560 --> 00:55:42,960 Speaker 1: fucking drill. It's basically the team version of Oklahoma, where 1068 00:55:43,000 --> 00:55:46,200 Speaker 1: I guess the group version of Oklahoma. The team version 1069 00:55:46,200 --> 00:55:49,560 Speaker 1: of Oklahoma would be goal line. But the group version 1070 00:55:49,960 --> 00:55:52,080 Speaker 1: of your offensive line, you're tight end, you're full back, 1071 00:55:52,120 --> 00:55:56,279 Speaker 1: and you're running back against four defensive linemen and three linebackers. 1072 00:55:56,800 --> 00:55:59,040 Speaker 1: I guess if you earn a three four, three defensive 1073 00:55:59,080 --> 00:56:03,520 Speaker 1: lineman and four linebacker. However, your front seven, first you 1074 00:56:03,560 --> 00:56:05,840 Speaker 1: know nine guys, but one of them is the quarterback, 1075 00:56:06,400 --> 00:56:10,600 Speaker 1: so it's really eight right, five offensive lineman, the tight end, 1076 00:56:11,080 --> 00:56:14,879 Speaker 1: the full back, So five, six, seven, eight, I mean 1077 00:56:14,920 --> 00:56:17,120 Speaker 1: it's I call it. It's called nine on seven. You 1078 00:56:17,160 --> 00:56:19,600 Speaker 1: can easily call it eight on seven because the quarterback 1079 00:56:19,680 --> 00:56:24,000 Speaker 1: just pants the ball off. It is a grown ass 1080 00:56:24,040 --> 00:56:27,360 Speaker 1: man drill. I mean, Pat Hill lived for it. I 1081 00:56:27,360 --> 00:56:29,319 Speaker 1: remember being an Eagles practice and being like, God, this 1082 00:56:29,360 --> 00:56:32,960 Speaker 1: is pretty intense. You know, it's just and it's it 1083 00:56:33,040 --> 00:56:35,920 Speaker 1: doesn't happen as much anymore. League is not as physical, 1084 00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:38,439 Speaker 1: and you just you're gonna get take one Barkley hurt 1085 00:56:38,440 --> 00:56:41,839 Speaker 1: and nine on seven. It's it's a risky drill. But 1086 00:56:41,960 --> 00:56:44,160 Speaker 1: when I think the Steelers, I don't think nine on seven. 1087 00:56:44,960 --> 00:56:47,759 Speaker 1: I think throwing the football. So you just kind of 1088 00:56:47,840 --> 00:56:52,200 Speaker 1: become to me, you take on the person personality of 1089 00:56:52,200 --> 00:56:56,640 Speaker 1: your offense. Right. There's a reason when Saban first took 1090 00:56:56,680 --> 00:56:58,680 Speaker 1: over and they were much more old school pro style, 1091 00:56:58,800 --> 00:57:02,080 Speaker 1: like they were run the ball, defensive team, tough. Now 1092 00:57:02,120 --> 00:57:04,560 Speaker 1: they're much more spread, throw it. They've become like wide receiver. 1093 00:57:04,640 --> 00:57:07,040 Speaker 1: You you know, when I think Seattle, like at the 1094 00:57:07,120 --> 00:57:08,800 Speaker 1: end of the day, they when they had Marshawn a 1095 00:57:08,960 --> 00:57:11,480 Speaker 1: l ob, they were tough. Now I think they're more 1096 00:57:11,480 --> 00:57:14,279 Speaker 1: like a big twelve team. Right. You just become the 1097 00:57:14,360 --> 00:57:17,720 Speaker 1: identity of the plays you run, and the plays the 1098 00:57:17,720 --> 00:57:22,280 Speaker 1: Steelers run on offense are just kind of soft. You know, 1099 00:57:22,440 --> 00:57:25,040 Speaker 1: Like when I close my eyes and think Pittsburgh Steeler football, 1100 00:57:25,040 --> 00:57:28,280 Speaker 1: I think mean Joe Green, I think James Harrison. I think, 1101 00:57:29,120 --> 00:57:31,920 Speaker 1: you know, what's the white guy's name with the long 1102 00:57:31,960 --> 00:57:34,040 Speaker 1: hair that went into the Hall of Fame. I think 1103 00:57:34,080 --> 00:57:37,680 Speaker 1: Greg Lloyd, and I think bad at Kevin Green. I 1104 00:57:37,720 --> 00:57:41,520 Speaker 1: think badasses. When I think this Steeler team, I think, 1105 00:57:41,520 --> 00:57:43,640 Speaker 1: you know, Ben throwing a bunch of wide receivers. Their 1106 00:57:43,680 --> 00:57:47,520 Speaker 1: defense is really good, but I I think soft, and 1107 00:57:47,560 --> 00:57:49,560 Speaker 1: I don't mean that as a shot like i'd say 1108 00:57:49,560 --> 00:57:51,360 Speaker 1: the Chiefs, you know, are a little softer too. It 1109 00:57:51,400 --> 00:57:55,400 Speaker 1: was soft can work, but if you're gonna be soft, 1110 00:57:55,400 --> 00:57:58,160 Speaker 1: you better be elite, and right now their offense just 1111 00:57:58,320 --> 00:58:01,680 Speaker 1: is an elite. Appreciate everyone listening, have a great weekend, 1112 00:58:02,600 --> 00:58:27,120 Speaker 1: and um yeah, I'll talk to everyone soon. pH