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Speaker 1: That's John Middlecoff talking some football or football Americano as

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Speaker 1: they say in Mexico. Uh, and season back. Maybe I

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Speaker 1: I got Cardinals Chargers, So we got football now, real football.

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Speaker 1: That might be a stretch preseason and as we is

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Speaker 1: becoming more clear by the day, preseason is going to

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Speaker 1: Like what what? This preseason is a joke? It really is,

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Speaker 1: But I'm gonna talk about it today I'm gonna talk

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Speaker 1: about a lot today, Jon Gruden. Some of my main

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Speaker 1: You know it's that's what happens. Guys get hurt. You

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Speaker 1: mail bag at John Middlecoff slide up into my d

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Speaker 1: M s on Instagram. I always answer your questions. I

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Speaker 1: But I'm gonna start with this Hard Knocks and I

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Speaker 1: Rex Ryan became one, but Rex Ryan wasn't Rex Ryan.

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Speaker 1: information right when you when you draft a player it's

428
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Speaker 1: just all based on information, how talented you are, how

429
00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:50,680
Speaker 1: productive you've been, what the coaches tell you know, say

430
00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:53,720
Speaker 1: about you. There from a character and tangible standpoint, you

431
00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:56,400
Speaker 1: were able to accumulate three years of information. I mean,

432
00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:58,479
Speaker 1: some scouts even go back to high school, but the

433
00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:01,879
Speaker 1: three year of information in college minimum is really powerful.

434
00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:05,080
Speaker 1: I got three years of information on you as a player,

435
00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:09,359
Speaker 1: as a person, and I'm never shocked when someone comes

436
00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:14,000
Speaker 1: into the NFL and acts were plays exactly like they

437
00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:18,160
Speaker 1: did in college. Like, oh, Josh Allen overthrew another guy, Well,

438
00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:20,720
Speaker 1: of course he did. He's been overthrowing people probably since

439
00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:25,000
Speaker 1: he was twelve years old. Oh, Zeke's in trouble again. Well, yeah,

440
00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:28,479
Speaker 1: Zeke gets in trouble a lot. You know, Nick Bosa

441
00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:32,960
Speaker 1: is injured again. Well, yet, Nick Bosa is injured a lot.

442
00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:37,520
Speaker 1: Too often we go, oh, that's he's injured. That's a

443
00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:41,520
Speaker 1: freak deal. Isn't a freak deal? Now, I have some

444
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Speaker 1: somewhat of a theory on injuries, and I don't know

445
00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,960
Speaker 1: if this pertains to Nick Bosa, but I do think

446
00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,080
Speaker 1: that pertains to just athletes in general. And we've seen

447
00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:54,320
Speaker 1: a ton of injuries with NBA players. I do think

448
00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:57,399
Speaker 1: there was somewhat of a benefit in the seventies and

449
00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:01,879
Speaker 1: eighties and probably even the nineties, when factional athletes just

450
00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:04,480
Speaker 1: took a couple of months off and just drank and

451
00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:08,080
Speaker 1: hung out and didn't you know, train to the extreme

452
00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:10,560
Speaker 1: with their trainer on their own and just let their

453
00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:13,600
Speaker 1: bodies heal. And we're able to come back and handle

454
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Speaker 1: two days or handle really intense NBA games and not

455
00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:19,440
Speaker 1: shatter legs and a c l s and have these

456
00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:22,440
Speaker 1: crazy injuries that it actually feels like we had less

457
00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:26,240
Speaker 1: injuries now their careers were shorter. But there has to

458
00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:28,480
Speaker 1: be some sort of balance, Like I'm not a parent,

459
00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:31,120
Speaker 1: hopefully we'll be in the next you know, I don't

460
00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:33,879
Speaker 1: put a timetable on it, but you know, I'm I'm

461
00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:36,439
Speaker 1: getting getting the itch, so I gotta meet someone to

462
00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:38,200
Speaker 1: have babies with. But I have a lot of friends

463
00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:40,439
Speaker 1: that have young kids, and a lot of people listening

464
00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:43,080
Speaker 1: probably have young kids. Like there is a huge benefit

465
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Speaker 1: and I don't blame me for doing it, and I

466
00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:47,040
Speaker 1: do it to the handing your five year old your

467
00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:50,119
Speaker 1: the iPad so they stopped crying to give your eight

468
00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:52,639
Speaker 1: year old just some video games, so they stopped crying

469
00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:54,840
Speaker 1: and bothering you. Like, I I get it. I would

470
00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:56,800
Speaker 1: do the same, like my parents just had to put

471
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Speaker 1: up with me. But I do think my generation, I'm

472
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Speaker 1: not trying to go old school here, and obviously the

473
00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:03,760
Speaker 1: generation before me are probably a little bit better about

474
00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:06,800
Speaker 1: interacting with people because we're used to it. Like how

475
00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:10,800
Speaker 1: this generation of kids from like five to fifteen. Hell,

476
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Speaker 1: I mean I have friends, family friends that have kids

477
00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:17,359
Speaker 1: that are like seventeen eighteen. I had a good family

478
00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:19,440
Speaker 1: friend that told me he went to his high school.

479
00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:22,920
Speaker 1: I think his his son's in ninth grade. He didn't

480
00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,520
Speaker 1: chaperone the school dance, but he had Obviously some of

481
00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:28,080
Speaker 1: his friends that also have kids did chaperon the dance.

482
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Speaker 1: They said, now that's it's always been normal, right There

483
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Speaker 1: is some You're just not as comfortable dancing with a

484
00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:37,000
Speaker 1: girl right away. Someone has to break the barrier. But

485
00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:39,320
Speaker 1: he said there were guys on one side, girls on

486
00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:42,920
Speaker 1: the other side texting each other. He said it was

487
00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,480
Speaker 1: the darnest thing he's ever seen. Well, there's gonna be

488
00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:48,679
Speaker 1: a generation of people that struggle to communicate. And I

489
00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,600
Speaker 1: think we're now seeing a generation of guys that constantly

490
00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:54,879
Speaker 1: get injured because they overwork. Now their careers for the

491
00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:59,199
Speaker 1: guys that are healthy potentially last longer. But I I

492
00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:01,600
Speaker 1: do think there's something to the wear and tear of

493
00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:05,359
Speaker 1: these guys isolating on individual sports when they're young and

494
00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:09,160
Speaker 1: just hammering home, working out, working out, playing playing, working out,

495
00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:11,960
Speaker 1: working out, training and training. Like Larry Bird ushedould just

496
00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:13,880
Speaker 1: hang out and drink beers in the off season. How

497
00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:16,760
Speaker 1: Michael Jordan drank during the season, l way, these guys

498
00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:20,359
Speaker 1: weren't living and dying three six like. There is a

499
00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:23,959
Speaker 1: balance to it now. I also think there are some people,

500
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Speaker 1: some human beings. I'm not a doctor, just have a

501
00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:29,399
Speaker 1: couple of state school degrees, Never could have gotten a

502
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Speaker 1: medical school. Not smart enough. Just you know, I don't

503
00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:35,040
Speaker 1: even know how I got into cal Poly. I'll promise

504
00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:37,080
Speaker 1: you this. If it's two thousand nineteen, I'm not getting in.

505
00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:40,679
Speaker 1: But they're just more likely to get injured than others.

506
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Speaker 1: Like for example, Khalil Mack and Aaron Donald play on

507
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Speaker 1: the lines, they hit people every play and they never

508
00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:53,960
Speaker 1: get hurt. Yet Nick Bosa and Joey Bosa, who are

509
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Speaker 1: just like those two guys, elite talents. And I'll say

510
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Speaker 1: one thing, I've been at Niner practice, was there earlier

511
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Speaker 1: this week, went last week. Nick Bosa as a player,

512
00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:04,440
Speaker 1: and if you've been listening to this a while, you

513
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:06,240
Speaker 1: know I was hard on him. I thought his ceiling

514
00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:10,080
Speaker 1: was a little lower. He looks fantastic. He's dominating practice

515
00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:14,719
Speaker 1: against two really good defensive or offensive tackles Joe Stallion

516
00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:18,080
Speaker 1: McGlinchey like. He looks good against high level offensive tackles.

517
00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:21,280
Speaker 1: So he's a little real deal. But for whatever reason,

518
00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:24,440
Speaker 1: unlike Khalil mcr Aaron Donald, I mean, they're countless examples,

519
00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:26,959
Speaker 1: he just gets hurt a lot. And I don't know

520
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,520
Speaker 1: if that's genetics and you would say, well, based on

521
00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:31,760
Speaker 1: his brother, yeah, it might be, or if it's just

522
00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:35,160
Speaker 1: there's a randomness I don't know, just because they put

523
00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:38,240
Speaker 1: they play football too much from I don't know why.

524
00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:40,960
Speaker 1: But I do know one thing that when the Niners like,

525
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Speaker 1: I can't be shocked that Nick Bosa is hurt for

526
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Speaker 1: the second time in his forty Niners career. It's August eight.

527
00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:52,399
Speaker 1: He has not even played an NFL game. Why because

528
00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:55,560
Speaker 1: he was hurting college, He was hurting high school. He

529
00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:58,760
Speaker 1: showed me who he was Now? Is that because the

530
00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:02,000
Speaker 1: boss whose dad wasn't NFL player. They focus too much

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00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:05,120
Speaker 1: on football as a younger age. I don't know, you'd

532
00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:07,639
Speaker 1: have to do a deeper dive on that, though I

533
00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:11,760
Speaker 1: do think that impacts other players now. Don't get me wrong,

534
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:14,120
Speaker 1: there are examples of people that were hurt in college

535
00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:16,720
Speaker 1: that come to the pros and stay healthy. There were

536
00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:21,040
Speaker 1: examples of people in college bad character guys. Tyron Matthew,

537
00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,720
Speaker 1: who now you could argue like the highest character team

538
00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,600
Speaker 1: leader in the league turned his life around. So there

539
00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:30,240
Speaker 1: are exceptions to the rule, but I'd say pretty consistently,

540
00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:34,680
Speaker 1: pretty damn consistently, if you're inaccurate in college, you're inaccurate

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Speaker 1: in the pros. If you're a bad guy in college,

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00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,080
Speaker 1: you're a bad guy in the pros. If you're hurt

543
00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:41,920
Speaker 1: in college, you're hurt in the pros. Like, it stays

544
00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:45,960
Speaker 1: pretty consistent that it's like things don't typically change there

545
00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:49,200
Speaker 1: as most as a football coach or scouting term would

546
00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:52,959
Speaker 1: often be, a leopard doesn't change its spots. A leopard

547
00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,720
Speaker 1: doesn't change. You're getting what you're acquiring. He's already kind

548
00:27:56,720 --> 00:28:00,520
Speaker 1: of proven what you are now. Like again, my example

549
00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:03,040
Speaker 1: with the NBA, who knows with a nineteen year old guy.

550
00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:06,080
Speaker 1: But when you're getting two year old guy, he made

551
00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:09,000
Speaker 1: mature a little, but physically, like if he's injured all

552
00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:11,320
Speaker 1: the time in college, he's probably not gonna get injured

553
00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:13,919
Speaker 1: less in a more physical you know, in the league.

554
00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:16,879
Speaker 1: So I I say it sucks for the Niners, and

555
00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,040
Speaker 1: they're already saying it might be high ankle sprain. He

556
00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:22,280
Speaker 1: might not even be there for a week. One. I

557
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,479
Speaker 1: was at the practice where he tore his hammy, the

558
00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:27,480
Speaker 1: first o t a of his career. You I saw

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00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:30,200
Speaker 1: on Twitter this morning or yesterday when he got injured.

560
00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:33,040
Speaker 1: I wasn't at the practice, but I'm I'm not shocked.

561
00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:35,600
Speaker 1: How could I be. He already showed me that he's

562
00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:38,720
Speaker 1: probably gonna get injured in in in the pros, and

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00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,080
Speaker 1: I think he was gonna get injured this fast. No,

564
00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:44,880
Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, injured guys stay injured.

565
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Speaker 1: Let's dive into some preseason thoughts and I wrote down

566
00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:53,920
Speaker 1: some things and really quick before I dive in, I

567
00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:57,320
Speaker 1: got the Baker Mayfield just his first drive of the preseason.

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Speaker 1: One thing that matters when you're watching the preseason or

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00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:05,640
Speaker 1: just any quarterback, it can't be overstated. Like, Baker Mayfield's

570
00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,880
Speaker 1: best attribute is accuracy, and it's elite. When you have

571
00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:12,560
Speaker 1: elite accuracy, it's impossible to fail. And then you factor.

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00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:14,840
Speaker 1: And he's tough. He throws a good like. He just

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00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:18,080
Speaker 1: throws a like. He has high velocity on his passes.

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00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:20,240
Speaker 1: He's got a natural field in the pocket like. He's

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00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:22,520
Speaker 1: gonna be a really good player. He can't fail if

576
00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:26,480
Speaker 1: he stays healthy. It's impossible. He's too accurate. Brown's I mean,

577
00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:29,960
Speaker 1: they got some dudes on offense, but it's easy to

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00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:32,080
Speaker 1: the Baker may All the good players, right, we see

579
00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:36,280
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield making play. Sam Donald, whoever young starters the preseason,

580
00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:41,080
Speaker 1: knows about fringe bubble players, back up wide receivers, backup

581
00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:45,320
Speaker 1: running backs, backup pass rushers, guys trying to make the team.

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00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:48,760
Speaker 1: I think most teams coming into their first preseason game,

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00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:52,440
Speaker 1: they have a ninety man roster. I think they got

584
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:55,360
Speaker 1: about sixty guys that they think can make the team.

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00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:59,320
Speaker 1: So out of fifty three players, there's probably seven fringe guys.

586
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:02,960
Speaker 1: But there's also probably five guys between sixty and sixty

587
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,960
Speaker 1: five that have a chance to shock people that have

588
00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:09,520
Speaker 1: done some things in practice, but we're undrafted free agents.

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00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:11,960
Speaker 1: People are still lukewarm on and it's kind of a

590
00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:15,680
Speaker 1: wait and see process. But for as much as coaches

591
00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:20,560
Speaker 1: love practice and they love practice, they do value preseason

592
00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:24,640
Speaker 1: games against another opponent and showing out, they also don't

593
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:27,959
Speaker 1: value things that I think we care about. Like, you

594
00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:31,240
Speaker 1: have to put everything in context. Not every touchdown is

595
00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:34,920
Speaker 1: created equal, not every sack is created equal. So when

596
00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:38,320
Speaker 1: you're watching these players and I'm talking about the backups

597
00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:41,120
Speaker 1: trying to make the team, you have to factor these

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00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:46,200
Speaker 1: things in. So let's just I'm gonna start on offense quarterback,

599
00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:49,440
Speaker 1: Like it's not necessarily about how successful drive is because

600
00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:51,960
Speaker 1: guys may drop pass us. They may be playing guys

601
00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:54,720
Speaker 1: that are gonna be selling insurance in two months. But

602
00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:58,080
Speaker 1: as the quarterback is he accurate. If he's accurate, he

603
00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:00,880
Speaker 1: has a chance. And then his arm strength, like if

604
00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:03,520
Speaker 1: it is in a cold weather city, he can't have

605
00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:06,640
Speaker 1: a terrible arm. He has to have a baseline level

606
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:11,480
Speaker 1: of arm strength with alignment like that, there is movement

607
00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:14,400
Speaker 1: and strength. Now, if you run a zone running scheme,

608
00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:16,920
Speaker 1: you have to be a good enough athlete. If you're not,

609
00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:19,000
Speaker 1: you have no chance to make it. So if you

610
00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:22,200
Speaker 1: get exposed in these games situations where you can't hang

611
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:26,920
Speaker 1: running and staying mirrored with a defensive lineman, you're done.

612
00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:30,640
Speaker 1: You've got no chance. This is a tricky position because

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00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:33,200
Speaker 1: a lot of guys in the fourth quarter will rack

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00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:35,360
Speaker 1: up hundred yard games as a running back, like a

615
00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:38,240
Speaker 1: running back will have eight carries and seventy five yards

616
00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:39,880
Speaker 1: and he'll do a couple of those and all of

617
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:42,840
Speaker 1: a sudden you'll look in the league leader at running

618
00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:46,000
Speaker 1: back for the preseason, we'll have like two fifty yards. Well,

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00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:49,440
Speaker 1: is he running through wide open holes? Because as we

620
00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:52,360
Speaker 1: know on Sundays in the fault, there aren't wide open holes.

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00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:56,520
Speaker 1: There are small creases that close at warp speed. So

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00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:00,720
Speaker 1: are you making guys miss are you breaking tackles? Are

623
00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:04,080
Speaker 1: you creating the space? Because if you're busting twenty yard runs,

624
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:07,960
Speaker 1: there's not a defender in sight at the scouting community

625
00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:10,520
Speaker 1: doesn't give you much credit for that. So just because

626
00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:15,280
Speaker 1: you have yards, how did you get the yards? Were they?

627
00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:18,240
Speaker 1: Did you create them? Like? Or did you get two

628
00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:21,360
Speaker 1: huge blocks that are wide open? And I think you've

629
00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:23,200
Speaker 1: got to be very careful when you're watching that. And

630
00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:25,960
Speaker 1: then obviously the burst the feet. How explosive a guy

631
00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:28,760
Speaker 1: is his ball security? You know? Can you break tackles

632
00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:32,480
Speaker 1: at the goal line? I think a wide receiver. Now,

633
00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:35,040
Speaker 1: as a fan, you're just watching on TV, you don't

634
00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:37,000
Speaker 1: necessarily get to break down the all twenty two of

635
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:40,800
Speaker 1: their route running. But route running matters. But the big

636
00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:43,680
Speaker 1: thing that matters is when you are given chances to

637
00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:46,360
Speaker 1: make place. When the ball hits your hands, you catch

638
00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:48,080
Speaker 1: the ball. And then once the balls in your hands,

639
00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:50,400
Speaker 1: what do you do? Do you make guy miss? Do

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Speaker 1: you make plays in the open field? Can you run

641
00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:55,080
Speaker 1: by guys? Can you break a tackle? Can you go

642
00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:58,200
Speaker 1: up and catch a contestant ball when you're being covered?

643
00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:00,920
Speaker 1: You have to be able to do that stuff. And

644
00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:03,400
Speaker 1: then the play speed wants the balls in your hand,

645
00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:05,480
Speaker 1: like do you play slow once the balls in your hands?

646
00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:08,320
Speaker 1: Same with running backs or do you play faster? Because

647
00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:10,640
Speaker 1: a lot of guys look fast and practice they get comfortable.

648
00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:13,600
Speaker 1: The lights come on in these preseason games, it's like,

649
00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:16,479
Speaker 1: where the hell is the guy we've been seeing in practice? Well,

650
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:18,560
Speaker 1: you know, it's just the moment a little too big?

651
00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:20,440
Speaker 1: Is he a little scared? Is he just is he

652
00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:23,120
Speaker 1: not good enough? I think there are a lot of factors,

653
00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:25,600
Speaker 1: but that's being evaluated by front officers. So when you

654
00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:28,640
Speaker 1: do those things, you stand out. Now here are a

655
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:31,520
Speaker 1: couple of things that do not matter. Just because you

656
00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:35,600
Speaker 1: get a sack, no one cares because, as we all notice,

657
00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:38,719
Speaker 1: in these preseason games, especially in the fourth quarter of

658
00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:42,480
Speaker 1: these games, and obviously in the fourth preseason game, there

659
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:45,920
Speaker 1: are some terrible offensive lineman. You know, in baseball they

660
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,560
Speaker 1: use the term a lot right swing and miss well

661
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:52,960
Speaker 1: offensive lineman in the preseason often swinging miss And when

662
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:56,760
Speaker 1: you swing and miss and a defensive lineman is unimpeded

663
00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:59,600
Speaker 1: and sacks the quarterback, that doesn't mean that much to

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Speaker 1: a scout a community. And if you could rack up

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Speaker 1: two or three of those, because you're playing against third stringers,

666
00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:09,040
Speaker 1: no one cares. Now. As a pass rusher, if you're engaging, shedding,

667
00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:12,120
Speaker 1: beating guys with speed, you can really stand out. I

668
00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:15,279
Speaker 1: vividly remember my first year in the league. I was evaluating.

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Speaker 1: I had a couple of teams and I was watching

670
00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:20,759
Speaker 1: Pernell McPhee and it was like, Holy Jesus, he was

671
00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:23,000
Speaker 1: I think a fifth round pick, turns out what happened,

672
00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:25,359
Speaker 1: or maybe a fourth round pick, well, he made the team,

673
00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:27,759
Speaker 1: he wouldn't have a good career, but I mean he was.

674
00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:30,879
Speaker 1: He was beating people you know, who were who were

675
00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:35,000
Speaker 1: decent players. Now, if if no one's blocking you, no one,

676
00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:37,799
Speaker 1: you don't get any credit on that, just like touchdowns

677
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:40,719
Speaker 1: a little like sacks. If you get a rushing touchdown

678
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:44,279
Speaker 1: and there was not a defender within ten yards of you,

679
00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:47,360
Speaker 1: no one cares. If you get a passing touchdown and

680
00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:50,320
Speaker 1: it's because of a blown coverage, you don't get credit

681
00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:52,799
Speaker 1: for that. Now if you're a receiver and you catch

682
00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:55,560
Speaker 1: a passing touchdown and there's a receiver, draper or corner

683
00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:58,160
Speaker 1: draped all over you, and you make a great play

684
00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:02,360
Speaker 1: that you stand out Like I remember Victor Cruz. I

685
00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:05,600
Speaker 1: was at Victor cruzes first ever game in the NFL

686
00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:07,560
Speaker 1: IS preseason. It's the game that was on a night,

687
00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:11,160
Speaker 1: Giants Jets, and he just made plays. I mean, I

688
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:13,560
Speaker 1: think he had three touchdowns and a couple of them

689
00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:17,000
Speaker 1: were just spectacular, Like you make guys miss, you duke

690
00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:19,560
Speaker 1: a guy out, you catch the ball over a guy's face.

691
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,360
Speaker 1: It's just like, Holy hell, this guy is gonna be

692
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:23,680
Speaker 1: a player. And he went on to have a really

693
00:35:23,719 --> 00:35:25,840
Speaker 1: good career. But I've seen a lot of guys that

694
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:28,799
Speaker 1: you know, the preseason ends, they've had ten catches, two

695
00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:31,760
Speaker 1: yards and three touchdowns, and two of the three touchdowns

696
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:34,840
Speaker 1: were because of dB tripped and he basket caught the

697
00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:37,319
Speaker 1: ball in the end zone. Like, I'm sorry, you don't

698
00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:39,759
Speaker 1: get credit for that. And when I'm talking from like

699
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:41,960
Speaker 1: a GM or a scout thinking about claiming a guy

700
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:43,680
Speaker 1: or thinking about making the team, this is how they

701
00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:46,120
Speaker 1: look at it because this is this is the busiest

702
00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:49,319
Speaker 1: time of the year for the scouting community. Uh. And

703
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:51,400
Speaker 1: like I said, with the wide receivers, you have to

704
00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:53,799
Speaker 1: make plays with the ball in your hand, Like you

705
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:57,080
Speaker 1: just what's the number one thing that coach says, make plays.

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00:35:57,400 --> 00:35:59,880
Speaker 1: The offices in the South, get our playmakers in possession

707
00:35:59,920 --> 00:36:02,160
Speaker 1: and let them make place. When the balls in your

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00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:06,319
Speaker 1: hand make place, make place. It's a it's very it's

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00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:09,720
Speaker 1: a remedial statement, right, It's just very basic, make place,

710
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:13,240
Speaker 1: Just make a play. Some guys make place. Some guys don't.

711
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:17,160
Speaker 1: The tell tale sign for a defensive back, especially a corner,

712
00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:19,520
Speaker 1: because I would say the majority of corners in the

713
00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:23,760
Speaker 1: NFL right now can run slow. Corners don't really cut it. Anymore.

714
00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:26,480
Speaker 1: In really any scheme, you have to be probably the slow.

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00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:29,960
Speaker 1: The average corner speeds probably four four seven in the NFL,

716
00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:34,480
Speaker 1: so nine corners can really run. But the thing that

717
00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:38,080
Speaker 1: separates guys in the NFL in really any level, but

718
00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:40,279
Speaker 1: you have no chance to make it in the NFL

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00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:44,000
Speaker 1: as a corner if you have no instincts none. You

720
00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:46,000
Speaker 1: have to play the ball in the air. Now, it's

721
00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:48,440
Speaker 1: easier said than done, because you're obviously not looking at

722
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:51,000
Speaker 1: the ball. You're looking at the wide receiver. But some

723
00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:54,160
Speaker 1: guys like have eyes in the back of their helmet.

724
00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:57,400
Speaker 1: Some guys just have a feel for space. Do you

725
00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:00,200
Speaker 1: have spatial awareness? Do you have the instincts to play

726
00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:01,960
Speaker 1: the ball? I'm talking about shooting your hands up when

727
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,960
Speaker 1: you're not even looking. It's it's it sounds hard, let

728
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:09,120
Speaker 1: alone it actually being super hard. It's really difficult. But

729
00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:12,120
Speaker 1: it's why dbs, you know, make good money and have

730
00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:14,600
Speaker 1: long careers because the ones that are good at it.

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00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:16,600
Speaker 1: It's a pretty chill possition. You're out on an island.

732
00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:18,600
Speaker 1: You just get to lock people down and once they

733
00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:20,560
Speaker 1: think you're good, they don't even throw your way that often.

734
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:23,680
Speaker 1: But you have to have instincts, and then to me

735
00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:26,480
Speaker 1: safety the modern day, say, you gotta be able to

736
00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:29,920
Speaker 1: tackle because now with so many dbs on the field

737
00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:32,160
Speaker 1: so often, because so many teams are going four and

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00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:35,040
Speaker 1: five wide. Now some of those wides might be tight ends,

739
00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:37,640
Speaker 1: but you're even running backs, but they're spreading the field.

740
00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:43,480
Speaker 1: You're basically another linebacker. So you are you're asked to

741
00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:45,880
Speaker 1: make a lot of plays now just tackling in the

742
00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:48,200
Speaker 1: open field, a lot of a lot of plays. Get

743
00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:50,840
Speaker 1: to your level? Can you tackle? And I think that

744
00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:55,200
Speaker 1: speaks for linebackers too. More than ever. The dying breed

745
00:37:55,239 --> 00:37:57,439
Speaker 1: in the NFL is the two down mic. They don't

746
00:37:57,440 --> 00:38:00,719
Speaker 1: exist as a linebacker. If I was scouting the preseason guys,

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00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:03,480
Speaker 1: any young guy, and I'm talking like fifth, six, seventh rounders,

748
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:06,680
Speaker 1: undrafted free agents, fringe guys. To make the team, you

749
00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:08,799
Speaker 1: have to be able to move in space. You have

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00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:10,799
Speaker 1: to be a sideline the sideline guy. You have to

751
00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:12,680
Speaker 1: have some instincts and coverage because I'm gonna ask you

752
00:38:12,719 --> 00:38:15,520
Speaker 1: to check running backs and tight ends. But you have

753
00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:17,919
Speaker 1: to be a good athlete. I I don't think bad

754
00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:21,120
Speaker 1: athletes because also if you're not a starting linebacker, you

755
00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:23,200
Speaker 1: have to play on special teams. That means covering, that

756
00:38:23,239 --> 00:38:25,840
Speaker 1: means tackling a space, that means running down the field

757
00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:28,279
Speaker 1: on punts and kickoffs. You gotta be able to run.

758
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:31,880
Speaker 1: I would say there's never been a bigger emphasis on running.

759
00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:36,440
Speaker 1: Uh and just play speed from from linebacker play now

760
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:39,840
Speaker 1: in the NFL, especially backup linebackers, because usually you know

761
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:42,799
Speaker 1: you come in on sub packages, uh, that they need

762
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:44,719
Speaker 1: you to be athletic. Hell you're not. You're not even

763
00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:48,160
Speaker 1: a sub package player anymore. All starting linebackers now for

764
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:49,920
Speaker 1: good teams have to be athletic. You have to be

765
00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:51,920
Speaker 1: able to move in space. So keep an eye on

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00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:54,720
Speaker 1: those things. Because just because a guy makes a tackle,

767
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:56,480
Speaker 1: well the guy's not looking, No one cares. So guy

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00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:58,799
Speaker 1: makes a sack, Well did the offensive lineman didn't even

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Speaker 1: touch them? Oh? Guy, kind of sweet touchdown. The d

770
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:04,080
Speaker 1: V felt twenty yards behind them. So just everything is

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00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:07,720
Speaker 1: in context. In the preseason, stats like the regular season

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00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:10,239
Speaker 1: stats matter. I mean, if you if you're in the

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00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:13,600
Speaker 1: regular season you catch eight balls, you have a yards

774
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:16,880
Speaker 1: and two touchdowns, you're a baller. In the preseason, it

775
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:20,280
Speaker 1: doesn't mean as much because who's covering you, they're running

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00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:23,800
Speaker 1: very vanilla plays, So just be careful when you're watching.

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00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:25,960
Speaker 1: I try to give a little some keys, just putting

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00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:28,120
Speaker 1: your back in your mind as you're watching football. Uh,

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00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:31,719
Speaker 1: the next couple of weeks. Okay, let's let's get to

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00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:34,000
Speaker 1: the middle Cup bail back. Favorite segment of the week.

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00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:37,719
Speaker 1: NFL question. As the fans, we judge success of a

782
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:41,400
Speaker 1: GM best based on talent, acquisitions and wins and losses.

783
00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:45,399
Speaker 1: Do owners measure success the same way? I would think

784
00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:49,640
Speaker 1: organizational profitability? How much money the team makes also plays

785
00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:52,000
Speaker 1: a role in how some GMS are measured. If that

786
00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:54,080
Speaker 1: is the case, who are the best gms? When success

787
00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:57,279
Speaker 1: is if you beyond just the field of performance. Well,

788
00:39:57,840 --> 00:39:59,560
Speaker 1: you make the most money in this league. When you

789
00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:03,000
Speaker 1: win in pro sports, you generate the most. Like there's

790
00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:06,120
Speaker 1: a baseline of cash. Every this is not the NBA.

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00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:09,319
Speaker 1: Every owner's print in cash. Because you're getting a two

792
00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:13,040
Speaker 1: million dollar check at the end of the year. Your

793
00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:15,760
Speaker 1: players cost you a hundred eighty million. Your coaches probably

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00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:18,160
Speaker 1: cost you ten million. So you do the math. I mean,

795
00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:21,520
Speaker 1: you're you're banking Like that's why Mark Davis and the Bengals,

796
00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:25,319
Speaker 1: they're making money no matter what. Now, when you win

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00:40:25,719 --> 00:40:29,919
Speaker 1: when you're New England, when you're Pittsburgh, when you're Philly,

798
00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:34,200
Speaker 1: you print, you print it. Like the Giants have been

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00:40:34,239 --> 00:40:36,239
Speaker 1: shitty the last couple of years, and they're printing it.

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00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:40,000
Speaker 1: Imagine when they win. I don't think there are many

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00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:44,759
Speaker 1: gms in this league that don't win and aren't good.

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00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:48,560
Speaker 1: I don't Now you can have a bad year, right I.

803
00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:51,680
Speaker 1: I think for the most part, it goes hand in

804
00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:57,120
Speaker 1: hand with success because when you're winning, you're generating cash.

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Speaker 1: So I I think that I can't think of someone

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00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:05,120
Speaker 1: who quote unquote didn't win and was still success who

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00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:08,239
Speaker 1: I would consider successful. I'm trying to go around the

808
00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:10,920
Speaker 1: league in my head. Yeah, it's just you gotta win

809
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:13,200
Speaker 1: games to kind of take like you can make money.

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00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:16,840
Speaker 1: Right The Cowboys are kind of unique, but Jerry's their GM.

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Speaker 1: They were bad, they were still making a ton of cash.

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00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:22,399
Speaker 1: I would say for the most part, Like the reason

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00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:25,359
Speaker 1: the Eagles are so highly valued, they've been winning for

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00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:28,200
Speaker 1: twenty years. If they had been the Raiders for the

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00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:30,759
Speaker 1: last twenty years, they would not be the same. Like

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00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:34,120
Speaker 1: the Redskins, I think are probably an example of somewhere.

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00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:37,080
Speaker 1: They're just in such a major market and if such

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00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:39,880
Speaker 1: a brand, but they always lose. But I don't think

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00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:41,960
Speaker 1: anyone views Bruce Allen like he knows what he's doing

820
00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:46,080
Speaker 1: because he doesn't. So I think most gms that we

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00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:48,839
Speaker 1: think are good. John Schneider Seattle always wins. Belichick they

822
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:52,480
Speaker 1: always win. The Steelers guy, they always win. You know,

823
00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:55,279
Speaker 1: Veach and Dorsey their teams in Kansas City always win.

824
00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:58,560
Speaker 1: The Packers guys they always win. So the Eagle, Howie Roseman,

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00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:02,040
Speaker 1: they always win. Right, it's hard to be a good GM,

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00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:08,120
Speaker 1: and loose just doesn't doesn't really work like that. Uh,

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Speaker 1: let's see, I'm kind of going all over the place.

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Speaker 1: What did you think of Kids Kitchens? This is a

829
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:19,480
Speaker 1: little live question. What did you think of Freddie Kitchens

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00:42:19,560 --> 00:42:21,560
Speaker 1: using the two minute drill as the only series for

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00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:24,160
Speaker 1: the starters. I like that. I actually give Freddie a

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00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:26,279
Speaker 1: lot of credit. You're not gonna play your starters like

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00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:30,000
Speaker 1: a normal game, so you run. They played one series

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Speaker 1: for those of you listening, and they ran like a

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00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:33,920
Speaker 1: two minute drill. They were going, no huddle, hurry up.

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Speaker 1: I was watching the background while I was talking. It

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00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:39,320
Speaker 1: was a clinic. It was moving at rapid speed. I

838
00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:42,319
Speaker 1: think that is very, very smart because you know you're

839
00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:44,880
Speaker 1: not leaving Baker in their multiple series, so might as

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00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:47,600
Speaker 1: well run it like a practice. Don't just like just

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00:42:47,719 --> 00:42:51,440
Speaker 1: run plays to run plays. Make it situational and Baker,

842
00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:54,640
Speaker 1: he was awesome, and you know they did weren't playing Odell.

843
00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:57,040
Speaker 1: I don't even think Jarvis was playing, but that that

844
00:42:57,120 --> 00:42:59,719
Speaker 1: was smart. I give Freddie a lot of credit. More

845
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Speaker 1: T teams. If you're only gonna use your starters for

846
00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:04,840
Speaker 1: a period or two, not a period, but a series

847
00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:07,799
Speaker 1: or two, you might as well just go two minute drill,

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00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:10,800
Speaker 1: Go four minute drill. Do do some sort of drill.

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Speaker 1: Go hell. Make it like where you're trying to get

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Speaker 1: in field goal range where you have a clock that's

851
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Speaker 1: just basic, like you only have two minutes, like literally,

852
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Speaker 1: make it where you have two minutes so you guys

853
00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:26,480
Speaker 1: getting out of bounds like force, create a situation. Absolutely

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Speaker 1: loved it. Man uh Big fan from the UK. Hypothetically,

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Speaker 1: if Brady got injured in early season, could the Patriots

856
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Speaker 1: and Belichick still find a way to win or would

857
00:43:42,520 --> 00:43:45,400
Speaker 1: it would the void be too big to patch up?

858
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Speaker 1: My thoughts, or they could still get out of the

859
00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:50,919
Speaker 1: division but would lose soon after. I think if Tom

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Speaker 1: Brady got hurt tomorrow and they had to play the

861
00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:56,040
Speaker 1: entire season with Brian Hoyer. I think they would make

862
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Speaker 1: the playoffs. I think they would probably be one and

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Speaker 1: done in the playoffs. But I think one the Patriots

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00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:07,239
Speaker 1: could win ten games with Brian Hoyer. Want actually one

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Speaker 1: thousand percent they could win ten games with Brian Hoyer?

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Speaker 1: Could they win a playoff game? Are they beating the Chiefs?

867
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Speaker 1: Are they beating the Steelers? Are they beating the Chargers? Hell?

868
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Speaker 1: Are they beating the Browns? Probably? Probably not? No, so

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Speaker 1: I would uh, I would agree with you there. It's

870
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Speaker 1: a in a copycat league. Why hasn't any other team

871
00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:29,960
Speaker 1: copied any of the Patriots methods of success? Some obvious

872
00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:34,399
Speaker 1: examples they have players with sorry, I clicked off with

873
00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:37,520
Speaker 1: either a bruised ego or none at all. Well, I mean,

874
00:44:37,560 --> 00:44:41,000
Speaker 1: obviously most teams want a player with no ego. That's

875
00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:44,080
Speaker 1: as easier said than done. Played in a system that

876
00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:46,760
Speaker 1: isn't run or pass oriented, so you need a coordinator

877
00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:48,920
Speaker 1: they can do both. Most teams don't have that, but

878
00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:51,799
Speaker 1: solely focused on winning the game in hand. They game

879
00:44:51,840 --> 00:44:54,840
Speaker 1: planted just every week to take advantages out of the

880
00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:59,200
Speaker 1: weekly opponent. Again, that's Belichick. So most teams don't have Belichick.

881
00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:04,480
Speaker 1: Actually teams have bell except except New England, and they

882
00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:07,440
Speaker 1: can plan any weather conditions. Where most teams try to

883
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:10,080
Speaker 1: accumulate talent by having two or three superstars, the Pats

884
00:45:10,080 --> 00:45:13,040
Speaker 1: have far more balanced accumulation of talent. They may not

885
00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:15,440
Speaker 1: have a top ten guy at eight positions, but they

886
00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:18,040
Speaker 1: have the most talent that are most competent team overall

887
00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:21,320
Speaker 1: when factoring in the reserves. I could list more examples.

888
00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:24,279
Speaker 1: I I see what you're saying. At the end of

889
00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:27,720
Speaker 1: the day, their biggest point of difference are two humans,

890
00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:30,359
Speaker 1: and it's really one human. It's the coach. He can

891
00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:33,719
Speaker 1: coach every position. He's a better position coach than every

892
00:45:33,719 --> 00:45:36,040
Speaker 1: position coach in the league. He's a better head coach

893
00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:38,000
Speaker 1: than every head coach in the league. He also has

894
00:45:38,040 --> 00:45:40,799
Speaker 1: the greatest quarterback ever planned for him. And I don't

895
00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:42,319
Speaker 1: know if Josh McDaniel is ever gonna be a good

896
00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:44,759
Speaker 1: head coach. Maybe he'll resurrect his career. We've seen a

897
00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:47,239
Speaker 1: lot of guys get fail in their first opportunity and

898
00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:49,719
Speaker 1: make the most of their second opportunity. But he's an

899
00:45:49,719 --> 00:45:52,680
Speaker 1: elite coordinator and him and Tom are clearly on the

900
00:45:52,719 --> 00:45:56,000
Speaker 1: same page and they dominate. So I think the Patriots

901
00:45:56,000 --> 00:45:59,440
Speaker 1: have a massive advantage that they have Belichick and they

902
00:45:59,480 --> 00:46:02,520
Speaker 1: have Brady. Brady keeps taking these discounts. The coach can

903
00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:04,400
Speaker 1: yell at them. That means the coach can yell at

904
00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:07,560
Speaker 1: other players. It makes it a little easier. Like every human,

905
00:46:07,640 --> 00:46:10,799
Speaker 1: whether it's football or whether it's me sitting in my

906
00:46:10,840 --> 00:46:13,640
Speaker 1: office right now, people have egos. People believe, you know,

907
00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:18,080
Speaker 1: people believe in themselves. People. Now, there's to me, there's

908
00:46:18,120 --> 00:46:20,840
Speaker 1: a balance of having like a toxic ego and having

909
00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:22,680
Speaker 1: an ego where you think you're really good at whatever

910
00:46:22,719 --> 00:46:25,759
Speaker 1: you do. And I think the Patriots, I think the

911
00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:28,200
Speaker 1: Patriots get a lot of normal players that a lot

912
00:46:28,200 --> 00:46:30,359
Speaker 1: of other teams like, and then they just kind of

913
00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:33,520
Speaker 1: mold them once they get them. I don't think once

914
00:46:33,560 --> 00:46:37,279
Speaker 1: they acquire that individual player that they're getting that much

915
00:46:37,360 --> 00:46:39,800
Speaker 1: different of a guy than let's say, like the Bengals

916
00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:42,680
Speaker 1: or the Cowboys or the Niner sign. I think now,

917
00:46:42,719 --> 00:46:45,959
Speaker 1: once that individual gets there. If you've ever read where

918
00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:49,000
Speaker 1: former players talk about they always say, well, in that building,

919
00:46:49,160 --> 00:46:51,319
Speaker 1: it was way different than any place I've ever been.

920
00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:55,400
Speaker 1: What they what they demanded of me mentally, physically, the

921
00:46:55,520 --> 00:46:57,799
Speaker 1: demand on just the standard that I had to hold

922
00:46:57,800 --> 00:46:59,880
Speaker 1: myself to the amount of football they expect me to

923
00:47:00,040 --> 00:47:03,799
Speaker 1: know and that they're teaching me. So you can't duplicate that.

924
00:47:03,840 --> 00:47:06,839
Speaker 1: And we see all these coaches that leave the Patriots

925
00:47:07,040 --> 00:47:09,880
Speaker 1: and go out into the two other teams, and they

926
00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:13,719
Speaker 1: can't duplicate it. They've tried, it just consistently fails. Now

927
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Speaker 1: your example where you talk about guys with a chip

928
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Speaker 1: on their shoulder, here's what I say about the chip

929
00:47:19,080 --> 00:47:21,239
Speaker 1: on their shoulder guy. They've gotten a lot of guys

930
00:47:21,280 --> 00:47:22,640
Speaker 1: just stinking off top of my head to keep to

931
00:47:22,719 --> 00:47:26,360
Speaker 1: leave vous. I think they tried to sign Sue the

932
00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:29,440
Speaker 1: one year. They've just gotten players over the years that

933
00:47:29,719 --> 00:47:32,480
Speaker 1: chose them because they thought they could win, Like those

934
00:47:32,480 --> 00:47:36,400
Speaker 1: players had other offers. So they've benefited a lot these

935
00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:38,759
Speaker 1: last ten years. And this is what happens when you're good.

936
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Speaker 1: It happened with Lebron in Miami, It's happened with the

937
00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:44,000
Speaker 1: Warriors in Golden State. People want to play with winners,

938
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Speaker 1: especially older veterans that quote unquote have their chip on

939
00:47:47,440 --> 00:47:50,080
Speaker 1: their shoulder. They will take less to come play for you.

940
00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:53,000
Speaker 1: David West did it for the Golden State Warriors. He

941
00:47:53,040 --> 00:47:55,799
Speaker 1: would not have done that for random Team X. A

942
00:47:55,840 --> 00:47:57,799
Speaker 1: lot of players over the years have done that for

943
00:47:57,880 --> 00:48:01,839
Speaker 1: Brady in Belichick. They not do that for you know,

944
00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:05,160
Speaker 1: the Bucks, the Seattle. That's just not how it works

945
00:48:05,200 --> 00:48:08,120
Speaker 1: in the NFL. So they they have some advantages that

946
00:48:08,160 --> 00:48:12,680
Speaker 1: they created, but their biggest advantage is the sixties seven

947
00:48:12,760 --> 00:48:15,600
Speaker 1: year old head coach. He's just we're kind of on

948
00:48:15,640 --> 00:48:18,120
Speaker 1: a different level. And part of him being on a

949
00:48:18,120 --> 00:48:21,040
Speaker 1: different level is that he's got this thing so established

950
00:48:21,040 --> 00:48:24,239
Speaker 1: in such a well oiled machine that it just you

951
00:48:24,280 --> 00:48:26,880
Speaker 1: talk to anyone that runs a really, really high level business,

952
00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:29,359
Speaker 1: they'll say, you get to the point where you just

953
00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:31,440
Speaker 1: have to kind of not screw it up. You just

954
00:48:31,520 --> 00:48:33,640
Speaker 1: kind of let it go. Now, obviously you gotta stay

955
00:48:33,640 --> 00:48:36,320
Speaker 1: on things and hold the standard high for employees or whatever.

956
00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:40,560
Speaker 1: But there are things that are unduplicable. I don't even

957
00:48:40,560 --> 00:48:42,439
Speaker 1: think that's a word, but you get what I'm saying

958
00:48:42,440 --> 00:48:45,520
Speaker 1: that you can't duplicate because we've seen guys over and

959
00:48:45,560 --> 00:48:49,080
Speaker 1: overtry and it fails every freaking time. So I hear

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00:48:49,120 --> 00:48:51,120
Speaker 1: what you're saying, and I think in theory it makes

961
00:48:51,120 --> 00:48:53,120
Speaker 1: a lot of sense. In reality, it's a lot harder.

962
00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:56,759
Speaker 1: I got Mr Bisky. I got NFL Network because the

963
00:48:56,840 --> 00:48:59,560
Speaker 1: Jets and the Giants went to a rain delay. They

964
00:48:59,600 --> 00:49:02,279
Speaker 1: just started only kind of like around the NFL all

965
00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:05,200
Speaker 1: these games. I got Lamar Jackson's core touchdown. Now I

966
00:49:05,280 --> 00:49:08,120
Speaker 1: got my main man, Naggy and Robiski on TV. It's

967
00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:11,080
Speaker 1: like football porn right now on my Samsung. It's freaking now.

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Speaker 1: It's preseason. But at least I'm getting to see the

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00:49:13,320 --> 00:49:15,880
Speaker 1: first drive a lot of these teams. Appreciate you listening.

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Speaker 1: I'll see you next week. I have a great weekend.

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Speaker 1: Busted a big run there. Got Football is back, Baby,

972
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Speaker 1: football is back. Say it out loud. Kind of. I mean,

973
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Speaker 1: the month of August is kind of. It's almost really

974
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Speaker 1: back in September. Appreciate everyone listening. Tell all your friends, subscribe, download,

975
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Speaker 1: do whatever you gotta do to listen, and I'll be

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Speaker 1: back next week. So you