WEBVTT - Divisional Round Previews, Head Coach Opening Rankings and More! 0:00:01.240 --> 0:00:06.000 You're listening to the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. You are 0:00:06.040 --> 0:00:14.880 now about to witness the strength of fantasy knowledge Fantasy 0:00:14.880 --> 0:00:17.560 Sports Radio Network. You are now tuned in to the 0:00:17.600 --> 0:00:21.960 Speeds and spitting statistician on Fantasy Freestyle up next on 0:00:22.000 --> 0:00:26.560 that sifer on the microphone. You know that I'm one 0:00:26.600 --> 0:00:41.479 of the best yet, Martinez, you know what it is. 0:00:41.520 --> 0:00:44.040 It's your point, Dane Martinez, a k A. Speeds a 0:00:44.159 --> 0:00:48.000 k A to spitting Statistician, And you are listening live 0:00:48.159 --> 0:00:51.640 to the Fantasy Freestyle right here on the award winning 0:00:51.720 --> 0:00:55.920 Fantasy Sports Radio Network. 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And we got my 0:01:35.040 --> 0:01:38.360 boy Danny down there on the YouTube chat. He's gonna 0:01:38.360 --> 0:01:41.600 be monitoring that, letting me know what people are saying 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:45.040 throughout the hour, because remember it is the Fantasy Freestyle. 0:01:45.080 --> 0:01:47.800 So who knows what we are going to talk about. 0:01:47.840 --> 0:01:51.120 Here's what I intend to talk about today, all right, 0:01:51.440 --> 0:01:55.800 there are now four vacancies left in the NFL for 0:01:55.880 --> 0:01:58.480 head coaches. They started we started the week with six. 0:01:58.720 --> 0:02:00.320 So what I'm gonna do is I am going to 0:02:00.520 --> 0:02:03.560 rank all of those jobs that were out there. I'm 0:02:03.560 --> 0:02:05.760 gonna tell you if I were a head coach, what 0:02:05.960 --> 0:02:09.440 I would be considering before taking any of these jobs, 0:02:09.440 --> 0:02:11.960 and which ones maybe a little bit of a better 0:02:12.000 --> 0:02:15.160 situation than the rest. Here's what we're gonna do. Also, 0:02:15.440 --> 0:02:18.000 there are now eight teams left that are gonna play 0:02:18.000 --> 0:02:20.560 in what I considered to be the best weekend in 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:23.720 all of football, the Divisional Round. I'm gonna make put 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:27.040 a kind of like confidence ranks on them, and I'm 0:02:27.040 --> 0:02:30.480 gonna tell you which coach quarterback combos I am the 0:02:30.520 --> 0:02:34.880 most confident in going into the Divisional Round. We will 0:02:34.919 --> 0:02:38.240 also talk with the hashtag stats over beat Cipher. If 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:40.480 you want to holler at me, you can at eight 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:43.440 four four eight four three six eight seven nine. You 0:02:43.480 --> 0:02:45.560 know I always love to hear from the stats over 0:02:45.560 --> 0:02:48.280 beat Cipher will check in on the chat room as 0:02:48.320 --> 0:02:52.080 well on YouTube if you have any comments about head 0:02:52.080 --> 0:02:55.520 coach openings the divisional round and we have a poll 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:58.959 question up on Twitter. As you know, we have to 0:02:59.040 --> 0:03:01.920 hit an R I P for our boy Ted Finn Jr. 0:03:02.120 --> 0:03:04.960 Who moved on while I was away on vacation. The 0:03:05.040 --> 0:03:09.520 question is how should we honor Ted finn Jr. How 0:03:09.560 --> 0:03:13.080 should we move on from him? Should we get another fish? 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:16.200 Should we get a different animal? Bavona was talking about 0:03:16.200 --> 0:03:18.840 a snake or a lizard the other day. Should we 0:03:18.960 --> 0:03:22.280 get uh nothing and just honor him by letting it 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:25.240 lie or something else. Let us know what you think. 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:28.120 I have already heard from my homegirl, Mim first team 0:03:28.200 --> 0:03:30.680 all lit, and she is not ready to move on 0:03:30.800 --> 0:03:33.400 from our guy, Ted finn Jr. Let us know what 0:03:33.480 --> 0:03:37.400 you think. We'll talk NFL head coaching opportunities, will talk 0:03:37.640 --> 0:03:40.440 the confidence I have in some of these divisional teams. 0:03:40.600 --> 0:03:43.000 And I'm also gonna tell you why the NFL right 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:48.000 now does not have confidence in their own officials. All 0:03:48.040 --> 0:03:50.200 that and more, along with news and notes from around 0:03:50.280 --> 0:03:52.920 the NFL. 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I 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:52.599 am the stable genius of the Fantasy Sports Radio Network 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:55.600 and you are listening to the Fantasy Freestyle. Let's get 0:04:55.600 --> 0:04:57.520 it going. Okay, we've got some news and notes in 0:04:57.560 --> 0:05:01.800 advance of divisional weekend. There are still eight teams competing 0:05:02.160 --> 0:05:05.640 for the Lombardi Trophy, um and some and you know 0:05:05.680 --> 0:05:08.200 we're back at practice. Okay, so what's interesting to note? 0:05:08.400 --> 0:05:11.200 I mentioned that Rex Burkhead returned to practice yesterday for 0:05:11.240 --> 0:05:14.640 the Pats dealing with that knee injury. They are saying 0:05:14.680 --> 0:05:19.400 that he was quote unquote heavily favoring that knee today 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:21.800 in practice. I think this is going to be one 0:05:21.839 --> 0:05:25.080 of the one of the biggest issues for any of 0:05:25.120 --> 0:05:28.520 the teams that are playing this weekend, because if Rex 0:05:28.520 --> 0:05:31.640 Burkehead is any reasonable fac simile of himself, I think 0:05:31.680 --> 0:05:34.320 it compromises Dion Lewis. And I think it, you know, 0:05:34.440 --> 0:05:37.560 because it does provide an opportunity and an option in 0:05:37.600 --> 0:05:39.839 the run game and in the passing game for the 0:05:39.880 --> 0:05:42.760 New England Patriots. So keep an eye on Rex Burkhead. 0:05:42.839 --> 0:05:47.080 Julio Jones did not practice today because of that ankle injury. Listen, 0:05:47.120 --> 0:05:49.359 this is the same injury Julio Jones has had for 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:52.160 a while. He played through it and got nine catches 0:05:52.200 --> 0:05:55.200 and a touchdown in wild Card weekend. I expect Julio 0:05:55.320 --> 0:05:58.160 Jones to be out there for the Falcons on Saturday 0:05:58.240 --> 0:06:00.880 as they take on the Philadelphi ther Eagles. One guy 0:06:00.880 --> 0:06:03.400 who will not be playing for his team is DeMarco 0:06:03.560 --> 0:06:06.520 Murray on the Tennessee Titans. They have ruled him out 0:06:07.240 --> 0:06:09.280 for their game against the Patriots. So it looks like 0:06:09.320 --> 0:06:13.400 it will be uh, Derrick Henry and Marcus Mariota doing 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:18.000 the exotic smash mouthing for the Tennessee Titans. Interesting to note, 0:06:18.080 --> 0:06:20.560 I don't think it affects their game this weekend. But 0:06:20.680 --> 0:06:25.080 Sam Bradford has returned to practice for the Minnesota Vikings. 0:06:25.080 --> 0:06:27.200 They now have a three week window in order to 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:29.839 activate them if that's what they want to do. I 0:06:29.839 --> 0:06:32.240 think it's interesting. At least maybe he's uh, you know, 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:34.359 it's good news that he's back in the fold and 0:06:34.480 --> 0:06:37.960 back active, at least in practice. Remember, all three of 0:06:38.000 --> 0:06:41.039 the Minnesota Viking quarterbacks are in fact free agents in 0:06:41.040 --> 0:06:43.120 the off season. It's gonna be a very interesting off 0:06:43.160 --> 0:06:46.360 season for the Minnesota Vikings. But before that, they still 0:06:46.400 --> 0:06:48.039 have a chance to host the Super Bowl, and I'm 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:51.440 sure that is their short term focus. Today. You know, 0:06:51.440 --> 0:06:54.800 we had some coaching news yesterday with John Gruden with 0:06:55.440 --> 0:06:59.039 Navy as well. Today we're hearing a lot about coordinators. Okay, 0:06:59.080 --> 0:07:01.560 it looks like the Chargers will be retaining both their 0:07:01.600 --> 0:07:04.760 offensive and their defensive coordinators. You know who is not 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:09.240 retaining pretty much anybody? It is the Seattle Seahawks. I 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:12.720 don't want to mention this because I've been saying for 0:07:12.800 --> 0:07:15.240 a couple of weeks that I think, uh, the walls 0:07:15.240 --> 0:07:18.240 are closing in on the Seattle Seahawks. I said that 0:07:18.280 --> 0:07:20.960 I noticed that when Bobby Wagner and Earl Thomas, we're 0:07:21.000 --> 0:07:23.560 going back and forth. Will check this out. Today, the 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:28.240 Seattle Seahawks have fired their offensive coordinator Darryl Bevil after 0:07:28.320 --> 0:07:32.800 seven years. They fired their defensive coordinator Chris Richard after 0:07:33.480 --> 0:07:36.120 a number of years with the team. They are firing 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:39.960 their offensive line coach Tom Cable. It looks like the 0:07:39.960 --> 0:07:44.120 Seahawks are cleaning house underneath Pete Carroll. It looks like, listen, 0:07:44.280 --> 0:07:46.840 there is a regime change there. They are pretty much 0:07:46.880 --> 0:07:50.480 acknowledging that they're gonna need to do something different, especially 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:52.760 on the offensive line. Where when they went to the 0:07:52.760 --> 0:07:54.960 Super Bowl for Super Bowl forty eight, they had the 0:07:55.040 --> 0:07:59.200 most money spent on their offensive line. Now four years later, 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:02.280 they have the east amount of money spent on that 0:08:02.400 --> 0:08:05.120 offensive line. This is a team that, to be quite honest, 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:08.200 is Russell Wilson and not a lot else. I know 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:10.360 that they still have their studs on the defense, but 0:08:10.400 --> 0:08:13.040 the legion of boom is getting older. There were chips 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:16.720 in the armor this season. Also, think about a Doug Baldwin, 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:19.840 their number one receiver. He is turning thirty years old 0:08:19.920 --> 0:08:23.720 this year. Jimmy Graham, who had nine touchdowns I believe, 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:26.360 and a Pro bowler. He is a free agent. I 0:08:26.400 --> 0:08:28.840 know he is friends with Russell Wilson, but there is 0:08:28.840 --> 0:08:31.760 the potential that Jimmy Graham moves on as well. Keep 0:08:31.800 --> 0:08:34.760 an eye on the Seattle Seahawks. They may look a 0:08:34.840 --> 0:08:39.440 lot different come next year. Also interesting news out of 0:08:39.520 --> 0:08:43.480 Dallas Cole Beasley their wide receiver. Apparently you can add 0:08:43.600 --> 0:08:46.600 him to the list of football players that try their 0:08:46.640 --> 0:08:51.240 hand at rapping. He's released. They track called eighties stings. Um, 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:53.720 we're gonna play that maybe later on in the week, 0:08:53.760 --> 0:08:55.720 because here's what I want to do. I want to 0:08:55.760 --> 0:08:59.440 compare what Cole Beasley does up against our boy. The 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:02.760 analyt is Chris Venture. Everybody here at the Fantasy Sports 0:09:03.040 --> 0:09:05.840 Radio Network telling me that he dropped a couple of bars. 0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:08.480 Chris Venture is not back yet with us here on 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:10.920 the Fantasy Freestyle. He will be at the end of 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:12.960 the week, though, So what I want to do when 0:09:13.040 --> 0:09:14.640 Chris is back is I want to play a little 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:16.960 bit of what Venture did for me when he was 0:09:17.160 --> 0:09:19.320 filling in for me on the Fantasy Freestyle last week. 0:09:19.559 --> 0:09:23.160 I want to juxtapose that against Cole Beasley and see 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:25.240 what happens. And I also want to talk real quick. 0:09:25.400 --> 0:09:29.920 The Chargers have signed place kicker Roberto Aguayo. Okay, so 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:33.320 he's gonna get another chance. And just to update something 0:09:33.320 --> 0:09:34.800 that I talked about at the beginning of the week. 0:09:34.920 --> 0:09:38.520 Remember how I talked about how um with these kids 0:09:38.559 --> 0:09:42.280 at places like Georgia and Alabama stockpiling of talent. Well, 0:09:42.720 --> 0:09:45.000 the starting quarterback for the Georgia Bulldogs at the beginning 0:09:45.000 --> 0:09:47.480 of the season was Jacob Easton, and he has announced 0:09:47.520 --> 0:09:49.920 that it looks like he's going to be transferring back 0:09:49.960 --> 0:09:53.400 to his home state of Washington. He is from Lake Stevens, Washington. 0:09:53.679 --> 0:09:55.960 It looks like he may in fact transfer to you 0:09:56.160 --> 0:10:00.480 Dubs after Browning moves on. Remember now Georgia has uh 0:10:00.640 --> 0:10:02.880 from who was there as a freshman. They also have 0:10:03.040 --> 0:10:06.880 signed the number one quarterback in the recruiting class as well, 0:10:07.120 --> 0:10:11.000 So it looks like Jacob Eason is moving on. All right, 0:10:11.480 --> 0:10:14.960 here's what I want to do today. On the Fantasy Freestyle. 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:16.120 The first thing I want to do is tell you 0:10:16.120 --> 0:10:18.680 we got that pole question up again, remember about what 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:23.400 should we do with Ted finn Jr. Right now, thirty 0:10:23.559 --> 0:10:25.920 three of you, a third of the people who have 0:10:25.960 --> 0:10:28.599 responded to the pole so far say that, uh, we 0:10:28.640 --> 0:10:31.679 should get another fish. And I think that that's interesting 0:10:32.120 --> 0:10:34.800 because everybody was complaining about how he took care of 0:10:34.840 --> 0:10:37.559 his water and if he was okay and all this. 0:10:37.640 --> 0:10:39.839 But people are now saying that we should get another 0:10:39.840 --> 0:10:43.400 fish or place Ted finn Jr. Maybe we'll name Mike 0:10:43.520 --> 0:10:46.560 gillies Lei or something else. I will tell you someone 0:10:46.600 --> 0:10:49.440 who is not down with this, and that's my co 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:53.800 host on the Sunday Lineup block Show. Maria Marino is 0:10:53.800 --> 0:10:57.000 saying on Twitter that we need a proper morning period 0:10:57.320 --> 0:11:01.480 before any other mascots can be considered. How tag too soon, 0:11:02.000 --> 0:11:04.319 but people think that we should get another fish. My guy, 0:11:04.400 --> 0:11:08.920 Mike Florio of Fantasy Best Friends Forever Fame says that 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:12.440 corn Roll Chris Ventra is my pick for the mascot. 0:11:12.480 --> 0:11:15.440 Go on Chris Vnch's Twitter page you'll see what we're 0:11:15.440 --> 0:11:17.960 talking about. Mike Florio is also gonna join me on 0:11:18.080 --> 0:11:22.920 the Fantasy Freestyle tomorrow. Uh, we're gonna talk a little 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:25.880 bit about a way too early draft we did among 0:11:25.920 --> 0:11:29.320 the hosts of the Fantasy Sports Network. So get in. 0:11:29.520 --> 0:11:33.320 Maybe we'll talk about how to replace Ted Finn Jr. 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:35.120 As well. What I wanted to hear from you guys 0:11:35.280 --> 0:11:38.280 on the YouTube chat my boy Danny down there in 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:40.400 the Fantasy Pit of misery. Let us know what you 0:11:40.440 --> 0:11:42.400 think we should do, all right, let us know if 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:44.120 you think we should get another fish, if we should 0:11:44.200 --> 0:11:47.160 uh honor him by maybe not replacing him, or something else. 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:50.079 Because Chris was talking about a venus fly trap earlier 0:11:50.120 --> 0:11:51.720 in the week. So I want to hear from you guys. 0:11:51.800 --> 0:11:54.200 Danny chat with them, let me know what the people 0:11:54.240 --> 0:11:56.440 are saying. We'll talk about that a little bit later 0:11:56.520 --> 0:11:59.480 on in the show. What I want to do right 0:11:59.520 --> 0:12:01.520 now is to you about the head coach openings that 0:12:01.559 --> 0:12:03.720 are in the NFL, though there were six going into 0:12:03.760 --> 0:12:07.520 this week in Oakland and the Giants, the Colds, the Lions, 0:12:07.559 --> 0:12:11.240 the Bears, and the Cardinals. The Bears and the Raiders 0:12:11.280 --> 0:12:13.959 have filled out their openings. But I want to tell 0:12:13.960 --> 0:12:15.640 you how I would ranked. First of all, here's what 0:12:15.679 --> 0:12:19.440 you gotta do. You gotta consider what, like kind of 0:12:19.440 --> 0:12:21.600 the priorities are the criteria. If I was a free 0:12:21.640 --> 0:12:24.240 agent coach and people are, you know, seeking permission to 0:12:24.280 --> 0:12:26.960 interview me, I'll tell you what. The first thing is 0:12:26.960 --> 0:12:30.880 really the quarterback. This is a still a quarterback league. 0:12:31.240 --> 0:12:35.080 You need, I think a team that has a quarterback 0:12:35.160 --> 0:12:38.839 that is you know, between ages thirty excuse me, between 0:12:38.880 --> 0:12:43.360 ages seven and thirty one, that is in its prime. 0:12:43.400 --> 0:12:45.440 That is one of those quarterbacks things and still read 0:12:45.520 --> 0:12:49.079 defenses get you out of the bad plays into the 0:12:49.160 --> 0:12:51.160 right ones, the ones that are at the line going 0:12:51.240 --> 0:12:54.160 oh maha, kill kill kill. That's what you want. You 0:12:54.160 --> 0:12:57.040 want one of those quarterbacks that are gonna be stable, 0:12:57.160 --> 0:12:59.800 that are signed with your team, because that's what you need, 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:02.760 right That is, uh, the number one priority for me. 0:13:03.160 --> 0:13:05.920 The other thing I look at as I look at 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:08.960 the division, and I look at if I can compete 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:11.440 in my division in the short term, you know, I 0:13:11.480 --> 0:13:13.720 don't want to be To be quite honest, let's put 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:16.400 it this way, the NFC South would be a horrible 0:13:16.440 --> 0:13:19.440 division right now to be in, you know, because let's 0:13:19.440 --> 0:13:23.439 say Tampa Bay, you know, fired their coach. Let's just say, right, 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:26.280 I know, I gotta contend with m v P candidates. 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:28.400 You know, I gotta contend with I gotta contend with 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:30.440 Cam Newton, I gotta contend with Drew Brees and that 0:13:30.559 --> 0:13:33.520 sort of stuff. So I gotta tell you that would 0:13:33.520 --> 0:13:35.280 be something I look at. And then what I look 0:13:35.320 --> 0:13:39.280 at is the ownership. Is the ownership stable, is the 0:13:39.320 --> 0:13:42.760 ownership committed? Is the ownership gonna spend the money? These 0:13:42.760 --> 0:13:45.640 are the things I think about. The quarterbacks, the ownership, 0:13:46.040 --> 0:13:49.640 and the division. So for me, that is why the 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:51.760 number one job in my opinion, is the one that 0:13:51.840 --> 0:13:54.640 got filled and that is in Oakland. That is to me, 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:57.160 the number one job. And so they were able to 0:13:57.240 --> 0:14:00.800 attract a guy like John Gruden. You have the quarterback 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:07.000 Derek Carr in place, he signed the contract, He's you know, healthy, 0:14:07.040 --> 0:14:09.720 he's a team he's a young quarterback. He's a quarterback 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:12.680 that has some mobility and a quarterback that can absolutely 0:14:12.760 --> 0:14:15.640 sling the rock. You have the commitment in place from 0:14:15.720 --> 0:14:18.839 the ownership. You know they're gonna spend money. Why because 0:14:18.880 --> 0:14:21.040 they got that move to Las Vegas. So I think 0:14:21.160 --> 0:14:25.840 John Gruden put himself in the best job that was 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:30.240 out there. There were five other jobs. Okay, Chicago, however, 0:14:30.440 --> 0:14:32.840 they filled it with Nagy. I think they did what 0:14:32.880 --> 0:14:34.480 they had to do. They had to find kind of 0:14:34.480 --> 0:14:38.720 a hot coordinator. That was a year too early, let's say, 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:42.800 because honestly, you know, they're probably the worst team in 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:45.600 that division. You gotta contend with the Minnesota Vikings, who 0:14:45.600 --> 0:14:47.840 are gonna be good for a while. You gotta contend 0:14:47.880 --> 0:14:50.760 with Aaron Rodgers, so you're not gonna get your pick 0:14:50.760 --> 0:14:53.240 of the litter. It's not like they are brimming with 0:14:53.360 --> 0:14:56.080 talent either. You know, they need talent on the outside. 0:14:56.280 --> 0:14:59.040 They have a young quarterback that they're still trying to develop, 0:14:59.240 --> 0:15:02.280 so they tried to find a young, up and coming mind. 0:15:02.320 --> 0:15:04.840 It's different. Oakland was able to get the number one 0:15:04.920 --> 0:15:08.000 talent out there. Chicago had to take a chance on 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:11.160 a young and up and coming offensive mind to mold them. 0:15:11.160 --> 0:15:13.120 I'm gonna talk about the other job off that are 0:15:13.160 --> 0:15:15.880 available when we come back. The one that I would 0:15:15.880 --> 0:15:19.120 take might supplies. You find out what it is when 0:15:19.160 --> 0:15:21.360 we come back here on the Fantasy Freestyle. That's your 0:15:21.360 --> 0:15:24.080 boys speeds, the spitting statistician on the Fantasy Freestyle. Come 0:15:24.080 --> 0:15:30.360 on back, we'll talk about it. Hunter Henry Sterling, Shepherd, 0:15:30.840 --> 0:15:35.960 Michael Thomas. These three NFL softmores are not due to slump. 0:15:36.360 --> 0:15:39.680 They're due to break out. Just like the Fantasy Sports 0:15:39.800 --> 0:15:43.880 Radio Network in year two, things are only getting better. 0:15:44.200 --> 0:15:47.240 Make sure listen live and tell o the app f 0:15:47.240 --> 0:15:49.960 A T S Y or Radio. 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A little bit 0:16:26.360 --> 0:16:28.240 later on in the show, I'll give you my confidence 0:16:28.360 --> 0:16:31.240 ranks of the eight teams that are still playing as 0:16:31.240 --> 0:16:33.320 it relates to the head coach and the quarterback combo. 0:16:33.640 --> 0:16:35.640 And that's the thing, because we're talking about now these 0:16:35.640 --> 0:16:37.960 open head coaching jobs. You know, John Ruden just went 0:16:38.000 --> 0:16:39.920 to the Oakland Raiders. I thought that was the best 0:16:40.000 --> 0:16:42.480 job out there when you consider the quarterback, when you 0:16:42.520 --> 0:16:45.520 consider the division, when you consider the wherewithal of the 0:16:45.560 --> 0:16:48.560 ownership group. Listen, you're gonna be able to represent as 0:16:48.560 --> 0:16:50.360 the team moves to Las Vegas, so that would be 0:16:50.360 --> 0:16:52.920 pretty cool. And then also Naggy down in Chicago. I 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:54.400 think it was fitting that they had to get a 0:16:54.400 --> 0:16:56.880 coordinator that's a little bit early with it. That would 0:16:56.880 --> 0:17:00.560 be a stretched job for him, because, listen, you not 0:17:00.680 --> 0:17:03.360 have as attractive as an option. You're in a tougher 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:05.800 division with Green Bay and Minnesota and even to a 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:09.280 certain extent Detroit. There, you know you don't have the 0:17:09.280 --> 0:17:13.040 talent you have to develop this young quarterback in Mitchell Trabinsky. 0:17:13.080 --> 0:17:14.879 So I can see how they had to kind of 0:17:14.960 --> 0:17:17.639 reach for someone to fill that role. But here are 0:17:17.640 --> 0:17:20.399 the other four jobs, right, you have the Cardinals, you 0:17:20.480 --> 0:17:22.639 have the Giants, you have the Colts, and you have 0:17:22.680 --> 0:17:25.160 the Detroit lines. I'm gonna tell you, going in order 0:17:25.160 --> 0:17:27.440 from four to one, what I think are the most 0:17:27.480 --> 0:17:29.240 attractive jobs. And I gotta tell you the one that 0:17:29.280 --> 0:17:31.639 I think is the hardest one, the worst one is 0:17:31.680 --> 0:17:36.520 the Arizona Cardinals. And here's why. Remember for me, the 0:17:36.560 --> 0:17:42.320 priorities go quarterback, then division, then ownership. And I know 0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:44.760 that the Bidwells are great owners. I I like the 0:17:44.800 --> 0:17:48.240 front office there. I like that they have a decent defense. 0:17:48.240 --> 0:17:51.679 They have some young talent there. Obviously David Johnson. You know, 0:17:51.760 --> 0:17:54.159 you gotta love the honey Badger. But here's the thing. 0:17:54.240 --> 0:17:56.280 When I look at the quarterback and I look at 0:17:56.320 --> 0:18:00.240 the division, those are both negatives for this job. B 0:18:00.440 --> 0:18:04.080 Carson Palmer just retired, so that this is an open question. 0:18:04.240 --> 0:18:07.639 Are you gonna try and lore uh free agent quarterback? 0:18:07.640 --> 0:18:10.040 Are you're gonna try and sign Tyrod Taylor or Alex 0:18:10.080 --> 0:18:13.080 Smith or Kirk Cousins. I don't know that that's an 0:18:13.080 --> 0:18:15.639 attractive option for this quarterback. You know, because you have 0:18:15.720 --> 0:18:18.359 Larry Fitzgerald there will He's still be there. And to 0:18:18.400 --> 0:18:22.240 be quite artist, managing an aging superstar is one of 0:18:22.280 --> 0:18:24.160 the hardest things to do with the coach. Why would 0:18:24.200 --> 0:18:27.040 you inherit that when you have an aging Larry Fitzgerald, 0:18:27.160 --> 0:18:29.679 when you have an aging Adrian Peterson who may or 0:18:29.720 --> 0:18:32.560 may not be there, you have an aging Patrick Peterson 0:18:32.760 --> 0:18:35.040 who may or may not be there. I think that 0:18:35.160 --> 0:18:37.680 is a slippery slope for a new coach. You also 0:18:37.720 --> 0:18:40.600 have the division there, right, So on the quarterback side, 0:18:40.640 --> 0:18:42.920 what are you gonna do? You know, use your mid 0:18:43.040 --> 0:18:45.600 level pick in the first round to draft the quarterback. 0:18:45.640 --> 0:18:47.879 Do you really want to hit your wagon to Baker Mayfield? 0:18:48.520 --> 0:18:50.240 Do you really want to hit your wagon? And Josh 0:18:50.240 --> 0:18:54.399 Allen as a new coach, I don't know. And then 0:18:54.440 --> 0:18:57.600 when you look at the division, the Rams look like 0:18:57.640 --> 0:19:00.119 they're gonna be good for a while. Okay young at 0:19:00.160 --> 0:19:03.320 coach McVeigh. You got Burly and got their young. You 0:19:03.400 --> 0:19:06.960 got a Wade Phillips coordinating the defense that are gonna 0:19:06.960 --> 0:19:09.600 be good for a while. You got the forty Niners, 0:19:09.600 --> 0:19:12.040 who everybody thinks with Jimmy g Q at the helm 0:19:12.160 --> 0:19:14.760 is ascending, like whoa. They won their last five games. 0:19:15.040 --> 0:19:17.200 You know that Lynch in Shanahan. They have a commitment 0:19:17.240 --> 0:19:20.080 there to try and turn things around. You have to 0:19:20.080 --> 0:19:22.280 Seattle Seahawks in that division. I think the Cardinals are 0:19:22.280 --> 0:19:24.439 gonna be the worst team in the division for the 0:19:24.480 --> 0:19:28.280 foreseeable future. They don't really have an answer at quarterback. 0:19:28.359 --> 0:19:31.800 They are my toughest job to staff. I think they're 0:19:31.800 --> 0:19:34.359 gonna wind up not with one of the names you 0:19:34.400 --> 0:19:37.320 know about, not with the Josh McDaniels, not with any 0:19:37.320 --> 0:19:40.240 of these hot coordinators, not with any of these big names. 0:19:40.440 --> 0:19:42.640 I think they're gonna have to go the same route 0:19:42.640 --> 0:19:44.960 as the Chicago Bears and get a guy who this 0:19:45.000 --> 0:19:48.560 will be maybe their first opportunity at head coach. I 0:19:48.560 --> 0:19:50.399 think that's where the Cardinals are gonna have to go. 0:19:50.880 --> 0:19:53.680 The third job out of the four that are left remaining, 0:19:53.720 --> 0:19:57.479 in my opinion, is the Indianapolis Colts. I see some 0:19:57.520 --> 0:20:01.919 issues with this Indianapolis Colts team as well. Okay, you know, 0:20:02.000 --> 0:20:04.640 the ownership might be willing to spend, but the ownership 0:20:04.760 --> 0:20:07.440 is also out there on social media or the say 0:20:07.560 --> 0:20:10.760 is kind of a distraction. He's he's not necessarily the 0:20:10.920 --> 0:20:14.560 stable genius that I'm looking for in ownership. Here's the 0:20:14.600 --> 0:20:18.679 other thing. This division is not as much of a 0:20:18.760 --> 0:20:21.440 cake walk as it used to be. The two Tennessee 0:20:21.480 --> 0:20:24.200 Titans are gonna be hovering around eight and eight, nine 0:20:24.200 --> 0:20:27.760 and seven for a while. The Jacksonville Jaguars are on 0:20:27.880 --> 0:20:31.160 the ascend. You know, so I don't know the Houston 0:20:31.200 --> 0:20:34.920 Texans man with Deshaun Watson underneath center, they will be 0:20:34.960 --> 0:20:38.480 contending for a while. This is not the laughing stock 0:20:38.560 --> 0:20:41.879 division that it once was. And here's the here's the kicker. 0:20:43.000 --> 0:20:46.160 What do you have at the quarterback position? I know 0:20:46.240 --> 0:20:51.359 that Andrew Luck is amazing when healthy, but you're inheriting 0:20:51.440 --> 0:20:55.040 a question mark at quarterback, and his contract at one 0:20:55.040 --> 0:20:57.760 point was the heaviest in all of the NFL. Is 0:20:57.840 --> 0:21:00.879 that really what you want? Is that really decided? Do 0:21:00.880 --> 0:21:03.800 you really want to inherit the question mark at quarterback 0:21:03.880 --> 0:21:05.879 that Andrew Luck is? This could be an issue for 0:21:05.960 --> 0:21:08.720 you for the next one to three years that you're 0:21:08.720 --> 0:21:10.440 still trying to figure out and then wind up with 0:21:10.520 --> 0:21:14.439 Jacoby Brissett as your option, or even worse, you have 0:21:14.480 --> 0:21:17.680 to manage an aging Frank Gore. Is that what you want? 0:21:17.920 --> 0:21:22.359 You have to manage a bottom five defense, a blunt, 0:21:22.400 --> 0:21:25.280 guts trash offensive line. This is a team that could 0:21:25.280 --> 0:21:28.280 be far away. Andrew Luck was, You're saving Grace and 0:21:28.320 --> 0:21:31.160 now that is a question mark as well. So I 0:21:31.240 --> 0:21:34.000