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Speaker 1: And with that came the headaches. I'm a star, treat

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Speaker 1: me like one. That's what what Odell Beckham became. Still

429
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Speaker 1: really talented, but it got to his head. I do

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Speaker 1: wonder if what has happened with Michael Thomas the last

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Speaker 1: two years, right, you give him this huge contract because

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Speaker 1: he led the league in receptions the last two years.

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Speaker 1: The difference is it's never been flashy. He's never been

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Speaker 1: like O'Dell with a tremendous catch. He's never been like

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Speaker 1: a Michael Irvine scored the touchdown celebrate, you know, party animal.

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Speaker 1: Michael Thomas. I don't know much about him until now,

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Speaker 1: And apparently Michael Thomas has irked the Saint so badly

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Speaker 1: that looked folks. It's pretty clear they planted this piece

439
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Speaker 1: in the athletic and this is the ugly part. Teammates, coaches,

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Speaker 1: and friends compare Michael Thomas's fiery competitiveness to Michael Jordan's

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Speaker 1: who famously who infamously belittle teammates and opponents on his

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Speaker 1: way to six NBA titles. However, there's a difference between

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Speaker 1: competitiveness and borish this and too often Thomas's behavior crossed

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Speaker 1: the line, earning him a reputation amongst Saints football operations

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Speaker 1: and support staff that can best be described as difficult. Okay,

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00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:15,760
Speaker 1: so Michael Thomas, we don't know too much about him,

447
00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:19,919
Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, the Saints, as basically an organization,

448
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:23,520
Speaker 1: have had so much of his garbage behind the scenes

449
00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:26,560
Speaker 1: that they unloaded everything they had to the athletic. Really

450
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Speaker 1: interesting piece. The author is Jeff Duncan. Now he's covered

451
00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:33,359
Speaker 1: the team forever. And the initial reports were, oh, Michael

452
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Speaker 1: Thomas got in a fight with the teammate of practice

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Speaker 1: and we're benching him, and we talked about that on

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Speaker 1: the podcast Monday ahead of Monday and at football. But

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00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:44,200
Speaker 1: it's pretty clear Michael Thomas did not get the memo

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Speaker 1: and they're still pissed with him because the organization like

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Speaker 1: unloaded all their grievances against Michael Thomas in this piece. Now,

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Speaker 1: it's possible that the reporter had put gotten all these

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Speaker 1: long time ago and waited and waited and waited and

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Speaker 1: now unloaded. I don't think that's the case. I think

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Speaker 1: this is the saint saying, listen, we've got a problem

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Speaker 1: on our hands where we've had it up to here,

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Speaker 1: and we're gonna just put everything out there and maybe

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Speaker 1: that will get him to clean up his act. It's

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Speaker 1: kind of like, and I know the dad's here with

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Speaker 1: kids will understand this. Your kid has been a real

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Speaker 1: naughty kid for a while. Trying to contain him and

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Speaker 1: get him to listen and not be a jerk and

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Speaker 1: finally say, you know what, that's it. We have researched

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Speaker 1: this boarding school and here's the pamphlets, and if there's

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Speaker 1: any more flare ups, we're just gonna send you to

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Speaker 1: this boarding school. And that's kind of the eye opener.

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Speaker 1: I say that, of course, because my parents used that

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Speaker 1: with me shockingly. Jason was a bit of a troublemaker

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Speaker 1: as a teenager. Um, and uh, I was a little combative,

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Speaker 1: to say the least. Listen that initially I was going

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Speaker 1: to be a lawyer. When I was in elementary school.

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Speaker 1: My teacher told my parents back to school night, you know,

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Speaker 1: Jason is um. He's very argumentative, but in a nice way,

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Speaker 1: and I think he would make a great lawyer. He's

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Speaker 1: always challenging authority. And the teacher was so nice and

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Speaker 1: she said it in a nice way. And I wasn't

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Speaker 1: getting like kicked out of class, at least not then.

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Speaker 1: But I always would question authority, and in a hindsight,

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Speaker 1: that can be a good thing. Obviously, you don't want

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Speaker 1: to cross a line. And it's pretty clear Sean Payton

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Speaker 1: and the Saints have had it with Michael Thomas. They

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Speaker 1: just they can't deal with it. Anymore. And now Michael Thomas,

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Speaker 1: by the way, off the field, apparently a great guy.

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Speaker 1: He's done some social justice stuff, but in the locker

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Speaker 1: room it's pretty clear they don't know how to handle

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Speaker 1: him anymore. And maybe his head's gotten too big with

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Speaker 1: the success and the big contract. Um. The real dirty

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Speaker 1: part that I didn't like was the mere mention in

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Speaker 1: this article of Antonio Brown the knuckle head with the Steelers.

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Speaker 1: And you knew all the Antonio Brown stuff when it

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Speaker 1: came out, and once the Steelers were like, yo, we've

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Speaker 1: had enough. You knew if the Steelers, Mike Tomlin and

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Speaker 1: the very viting locker room, if the Steelers are putting

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Speaker 1: up with Antonio Brown, he ain't lasted anywhere. He went

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00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:08,440
Speaker 1: to the Raiders didn't even make it to Week one.

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Speaker 1: They had to kick him to the curb Lands with

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Speaker 1: the Patriots for a minute. Antonio Brown's career has done

504
00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:17,159
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame talent, but nobody's putting up with that garbage.

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00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:19,720
Speaker 1: And at the end you can read this dig in

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Speaker 1: the athletic piece. If Thomas is smart, and he is,

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00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:26,840
Speaker 1: he will learn from the experience, adjust his attitude and

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00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,359
Speaker 1: one day look back at this as a turning point

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00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:32,480
Speaker 1: in his career. Like, yeah, that's pretty heavy right there.

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00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:36,520
Speaker 1: That's essentially like, we can't talk to Michael Thomas. You

511
00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:38,720
Speaker 1: guys need to talk to him through the media. This

512
00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:40,760
Speaker 1: is our last hope. Michael Thomas is still a young

513
00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:45,120
Speaker 1: guy Ohio State stud he's uh twenty seven years old.

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00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,200
Speaker 1: I mean, this guy's young, talented, he just got a

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00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:53,760
Speaker 1: big contract. Um. I will say. The one really interesting

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Speaker 1: part here is Michael Thomas took to Instagram and Twitter,

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Speaker 1: I guess after this story dropped, and yeah, you ain't

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00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:09,120
Speaker 1: a snake, but they will make you so, Michael. This

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00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:12,200
Speaker 1: is Michael Thomas's way, obviously, of saying, hey, man, I'm

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00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:14,400
Speaker 1: not a bad person, but they're turning me into a

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00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:17,280
Speaker 1: bad person. Well, I don't know, Michael Thomas. Were you

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Speaker 1: a jerk to the sports staff? Uh? There was an

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Speaker 1: incident about taping an ankle and barking back at coaches

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Speaker 1: and players, and um, listen, man, it's fine when that

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Speaker 1: happens and the Saints are on top and they're winning ten, eleven,

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Speaker 1: twelve games, Okay, we know that they will put up

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Speaker 1: with you and your headaches when you're winning. But look

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Speaker 1: what happened to the Saints this year off to the

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Speaker 1: struggling start, Michael Thomas with the high ankle spring and

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00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:50,680
Speaker 1: they can't win without him. And then Michael Thomas has

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Speaker 1: given him grief, I guess behind the scenes, and they

532
00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:56,840
Speaker 1: barely squeaked by the Chargers, and I guess the Saints

533
00:29:56,880 --> 00:30:00,200
Speaker 1: are pretty it's pretty evident that New Orleans no, like

534
00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:01,880
Speaker 1: this is gonna be a long year. We're in this

535
00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:04,800
Speaker 1: for the long haul. We maybe three and two, but

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Speaker 1: we beat the Lions and the Chargers in the last

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00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:11,080
Speaker 1: two weeks. Like that ain't gonna cut it. Uh. Now,

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Speaker 1: the schedule does ease up, as we talked about on

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Speaker 1: Tuesday's podcast, But I don't know my read here is

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Speaker 1: this Michael Thomas thing. This has the potential to bubble over.

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Speaker 1: And it's not like they've got great options outside of

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Speaker 1: Thomas at the on the outside. Is there going to

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Speaker 1: be a market for Michael Thomas will Certainly there is,

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Speaker 1: but it's pretty clear that Michael Thomas is not exactly

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Speaker 1: a Calvin Johnson who's just gonna go go about his business,

546
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Speaker 1: put up massive stats and deal with the lose it.

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Speaker 1: It is interesting that all this comes out as the

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Speaker 1: Saints are off to an ugly start. Now they could

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Speaker 1: right the ship. I mean, the forty nine is pretty

550
00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:50,800
Speaker 1: clearly stinked this year. Um. You know they've got the

551
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Speaker 1: Bears coming up. Falcons are are a tire fire. The

552
00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:56,120
Speaker 1: Broncos are going nowhere fast. I think the Saints will

553
00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:59,000
Speaker 1: ultimately be okay, but this doesn't feel like a championship

554
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Speaker 1: team and we you have your best player, and sorry,

555
00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:04,440
Speaker 1: Drew Brees ain't the best player anymore. Michael Thomas is

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Speaker 1: the best player on that team. When it's going this

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Speaker 1: way in October, I think they got real problems. I

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Speaker 1: don't know what the solution is, um, but I'm curious

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Speaker 1: to see how practice goes this week with Michael Thomas,

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Speaker 1: because he's got to go in there wondering, yo, uh so,

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