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John middlecop three and Out Podcast, Happy Thursday. 11 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: While I'm recording this on Thursday, Baby, listen on Friday. 12 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 1: I got the NFL Combine on in the background. Will Anderson, 13 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 1: Alabama star pass rusher just ran the forty. Look like 14 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: a pretty good time broke or seven some combine thoughts. 15 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers out of the darkness retreat, Daniel Jones and 16 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: the Giants. They need to figure this out before before 17 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:13,960 Speaker 1: the deadline. Here, Mike McCarthy opened that big mouth again. 18 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: The Arizona Cardinals might be an embarrassment. We will dive 19 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: into it all. A lot going on football wise, This 20 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 1: is a great time of year it really is to 21 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: be a podcaster to talk about football. I mean the 22 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 1: free agency for the next really the next month, but 23 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 1: I mean the next fifteen days leading up to free agency, 24 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:35,319 Speaker 1: then a couple of weeks of free agency, and then 25 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: the draft. I love this time of year. I love 26 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:43,199 Speaker 1: these stories. It's the best. So we will be We'll 27 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:45,039 Speaker 1: be all over it for the next couple of months 28 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: talking you know, everything that's going on in the league. 29 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: So make sure you subscribe to the podcast if you 30 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: if you listen through Collins Feet, subscribe to three and 31 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 1: out Feed. If you like golf, got you covered there 32 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 1: as well. We have a weekly golf show. John Ram 33 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: looks like a chubby tiger will right now kicking everyone's butt. 34 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: The mail bag. 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Ask me any question you want, probably 45 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 1: football related, but if you got a live questions, you 46 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:41,679 Speaker 1: know I wouldn't call myself a therapist, but you know 47 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 1: I'm a weather thirty eight year old sing seeing some 48 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: shit in my day. So fire in those dms and 49 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 1: let's rock and roll before we dive in to football. 50 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,080 Speaker 1: Can I tell you about my friends at game Time. 51 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 1: I went to a spring training game on Tuesday, had 52 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 1: some midday beers, sat down, enjoyed the sun, watch the 53 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 1: Dodgers play the Reds. I love this new uh in baseball, 54 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: the rapid fire. 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Have some fun on me promo code John, 71 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: that's j O h N twenty dollars off your first 72 00:03:56,480 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: set of tickets at the game time app. Let's dive 73 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: into football, and there's obviously a major story coming out 74 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 1: of the NFL Combine and it's Jalen Carter, the star 75 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: defensive lineman for the Georgia Bulldogs back to back national 76 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 1: champions is involved. Potentially he's being accused misdemeanors. Listen, I'm 77 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 1: not a lawyer of the ragic incident that happened on 78 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 1: the night of the parade when a staffer and an 79 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:34,920 Speaker 1: offensive lineman on Georgia lost their life when their car crashed. 80 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 1: He was said to have been racing them and this 81 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,280 Speaker 1: story broke. I've talked to a lot of people that 82 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 1: had never heard that he was involved. I've tried to 83 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 1: get details like that night. I've never even heard his 84 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 1: name involved, so clearly information. He's not being accused of 85 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:55,480 Speaker 1: manslaughter or anything, but there are misdemeanors street racing, reckless driving, 86 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: and this is a major problem that there's no way 87 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:03,280 Speaker 1: around it. This is a huge red flag. Now, the 88 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: way football works, especially when you're an elite player, they 89 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:10,239 Speaker 1: let the process play out. But one thing that bothers 90 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:12,599 Speaker 1: me about this time of year is the media gets 91 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 1: up in arms, and with this player specifically. There was 92 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: a quote within the last month Todd McShay, who listen. 93 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: I don't always agree with his takes on the player rankings, 94 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 1: but one thing I know about Todd McShay, he talks 95 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: to people in the NFL. So when he says there 96 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 1: are character concerns with this player, he's not just making 97 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 1: this up. You know who. He's getting that from general managers, 98 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 1: player personnel guys, college scouting directors. The media always gets 99 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 1: up in arms like we live in some fucking utopia. 100 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: Guess what. Not all people are good people, just like 101 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,720 Speaker 1: not all people are bad people. Some people have some 102 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 1: stuff that is questionable about them. Could be maturity, it 103 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 1: could be the way they act with others. It could 104 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: just be an attitude that does not define you at 105 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:07,919 Speaker 1: twenty one, twenty two years old. But this information all 106 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:11,479 Speaker 1: comes from people that go into the school and are 107 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:16,480 Speaker 1: told this by staffers, whether it's head coaches, assistant coaches, 108 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 1: personnel guys now that are all over these college staffs, trainers, 109 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 1: obviously waite staff Now you have to the reason you 110 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:28,159 Speaker 1: pay a general manager and a head coach is to 111 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 1: decipher that information to balance out what's true or not, 112 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: what is fixable, and what is just the no go zone. 113 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 1: But Jalen Carter, who many thought was the most talented guy, 114 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: I don't know, on one of the most talented defenses 115 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: we've ever seen two years ago when he was an 116 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:51,839 Speaker 1: underclassman and not even draft eligible. So people thought highly 117 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 1: of this guy for years now, and this year he 118 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:58,680 Speaker 1: had been I would imagine, just talent in a vacuum, 119 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 1: the number one player in this draft. But he's got 120 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 1: red flags and now this situation is something that I 121 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: don't think anyone saw coming. Is one of those that 122 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: you just kind of gotta wait and see what happens here. 123 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 1: But we do know now, and it's been said that 124 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: he's lied to the police, or at least his story 125 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 1: keeps changing. This is concerning and ultimately might take always 126 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 1: is in the draft, especially when you're drafting high in 127 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 1: the top ten. You want to get a sweet player, 128 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 1: right you are shooting for non quarterback a Nick Bosa, 129 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 1: a Jamar Chase, Elaine Johnson, Trent Williams, you know, just 130 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: an elite player at whatever. Patrick certain when you're drafting 131 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 1: really high, you're trying to get an impact, all pro 132 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 1: level guy. That's the number one goal. But you're also 133 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 1: drafting the person. And here's what we know right now 134 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 1: about Jalen Carter or the person. It's a massive red flag. 135 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 1: And there's another player that I would imagine if we 136 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 1: went around the NFL well, that every single team would 137 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 1: have as a player, not as a person, but as 138 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 1: a player, Jalen Carter above Will Anderson. And I think 139 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 1: Will Anderson is widely considered like a top five player 140 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 1: in this draft, maybe the second best defensive player in 141 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: this draft. Here's what I know about Will Anderson. He 142 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 1: checks every box off the field, character work, ethic, the 143 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 1: whole thing. There is not a question about Will Anderson 144 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 1: off the field. The only question I've heard about Will 145 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 1: Anderson on the field. You know, he's a little under 146 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: two hundred and thirty pounds. We wish he was two 147 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:35,719 Speaker 1: hundred and forty five. Well, maybe he can put that 148 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: weight on as time goes. I would lean if I 149 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,559 Speaker 1: was going to not take a quarterback one of these 150 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: top drafting teams and I'm gonna take a defensive player. 151 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 1: I'm taking Will Anderson over Jalen Carter. And it's risky 152 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 1: because Jalen Carter could be an elite player. Hell he 153 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 1: already is, but he could be you know, he's a 154 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame level physical talent, and you could argue 155 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 1: Will Anderson might not be that. But I'm not risking 156 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:06,200 Speaker 1: it really high when there are major questions off the field. 157 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:09,680 Speaker 1: And this is a situation where the dude literally had 158 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:13,960 Speaker 1: to leave the Combine, check himself in at you know, 159 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 1: walk into the jail. He was charged on a misdemeanor 160 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 1: and then posted bail and left and came back to 161 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:23,559 Speaker 1: the Combine like, I'm sorry, that's pretty crazy. I've been 162 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 1: following the Combine for a living now for twelve thirteen years, 163 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 1: going to it as a league employee, going to it 164 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 1: as a podcaster, watching it when I'm not there very 165 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:39,079 Speaker 1: closely texting with people there. That's fucking insane. That is nuts. 166 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:42,319 Speaker 1: We have seen some insane things. Ruben Foster, Alabama linebacker, 167 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 1: was told to go home because of situations that happened 168 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 1: during the medical checks of the combine. How did that 169 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 1: one work out? So I'm not saying I'm out on 170 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 1: Jalen Carter. Obviously he's a very talented player. You put 171 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,679 Speaker 1: him in pads, he's going to be good. But I 172 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:02,440 Speaker 1: don't like giving forty million dollars to humans that I 173 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 1: cannot trust. So yeah, he's above Will Anderson. But here's 174 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 1: I know about Will Anderson. I can trust him. That 175 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 1: matters a lot when it comes to the draft. I 176 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:16,439 Speaker 1: saw Adam Peters sat down with my guy, Matt Barrows 177 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:19,079 Speaker 1: of the Athletic who's been covering the forty nine ers 178 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 1: for I don't know, it feels like multiple decades now. 179 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 1: Adam Peters is the number two for John Lynch has 180 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:28,840 Speaker 1: widely considered, you know, a future GM as interviewed for 181 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 1: several GM jobs. Almost got Carolina, almost got the Giants, 182 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 1: and he he does this I think during the combine 183 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:36,400 Speaker 1: I've known him since I was at Fresno State. My 184 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 1: cousin actually played with him at at UCLA twenty plus 185 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 1: years ago. And Adam told Matt Barrows something that you know, 186 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 1: I think it's it's not outwardly talked about a lot. 187 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:53,920 Speaker 1: John Schneider has gone down this road sometimes in his 188 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 1: press conferences, but it's just it's something that's talked about 189 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 1: in league circles and it depends on the draft. But 190 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:02,199 Speaker 1: he told Matt Ears that he thinks there are fifteen 191 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 1: first round level players in this draft, and you know, 192 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:09,360 Speaker 1: it kind of jumped out to me. Now. John Schneider 193 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 1: has been saying this for years, and for a long 194 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:14,960 Speaker 1: period when the Seattle Seahawks were really good, right when 195 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 1: they were competing for one a super Bowl, went to 196 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 1: another one, and we're going to the playoffs. They're always 197 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:22,320 Speaker 1: drafted in the mid to late twenties, sometimes thirty one 198 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 1: or thirty two, right, And what did they often do? 199 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 1: They either traded for a player with that pick, or 200 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 1: they traded back into the second round. And one thing 201 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:33,839 Speaker 1: John Schneider always said, in a good draft, there might 202 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:37,079 Speaker 1: be twenty first round players. Well, if I'm drafting at 203 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:40,680 Speaker 1: twenty eight or thirty one. More than likely, I'm drafting 204 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:43,320 Speaker 1: a player in the first round. I'm giving him a 205 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 1: first round contract, but he's not a first round talent. Now, 206 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:50,200 Speaker 1: to make a trade, it takes two to tango. You 207 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 1: can't just trade because you want to trade out. No 208 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 1: one wants to trade out. If there's no player to 209 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:56,679 Speaker 1: trade for, there's nothing you can do. But this is 210 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 1: pretty simple. Now. This draft might be deep, might be 211 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:01,920 Speaker 1: pretty good in the top like one hundred, one hundred 212 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:04,320 Speaker 1: and fifty, but it's pretty clear if you listen to 213 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: this and you watch a lot of college football, there 214 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 1: ain't a bunch of Michael Parsons and Jamar Chases and 215 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:13,199 Speaker 1: Nick Bosa's in this draft. So when he says fifteen 216 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 1: first round talents, several of those are quarterbacks. So my 217 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 1: thing has always been, and I've always believed this in baseball, 218 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 1: I will always trade prospects for elite players. If I 219 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:29,800 Speaker 1: can trade for a Mookie Bets, if I can trade 220 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 1: for a Juan Soto, if I could trade for back 221 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 1: in the day, CC Sabathia or Randy Johnson or whoever, 222 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:39,319 Speaker 1: I will always trade my sweet prospects, who the majority 223 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:41,560 Speaker 1: of I was just at a spring training game, and 224 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 1: when the starters is I'd never been to a spring 225 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:45,400 Speaker 1: training game in my life. I want to watch the 226 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:48,200 Speaker 1: Dodgers and the Reds and the Dodgers. When I got there, hell, 227 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:49,719 Speaker 1: I was forty minutes late and it was already in 228 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 1: the fifth inning. I'm like, God, I look God, problems 229 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 1: to you, man, Fred. I love this. This is this 230 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:56,679 Speaker 1: is what we've been asking for. No one wants to 231 00:12:56,679 --> 00:12:58,959 Speaker 1: watch a seven hour baseball game. Get that thing. Two 232 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,959 Speaker 1: and a half hour. I'm in and Freddie Freeman and 233 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 1: Mookie Betts and months and all those guys were playing, 234 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:06,080 Speaker 1: and then like the fifth inning, they all just leave, 235 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 1: and like the prospects come in. And when the prospects 236 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 1: come in, it's a little bit like a preseason football game. 237 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:16,079 Speaker 1: Balls were flying over the catcher, balls are flying over 238 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 1: second base. When guys were stealing, it was crazy to 239 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 1: watch cut off guys were getting missed. It was just 240 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:27,000 Speaker 1: it felt a lot like preseason football. And I've always 241 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:30,320 Speaker 1: thought that like the teams like John Schneider missed a 242 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 1: couple times when he traded for Percy Harvin, when he 243 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:36,199 Speaker 1: traded for Jimmy Graham. But I thought the logic was right. 244 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 1: I will always trade pick twenty six, twenty eight, thirty 245 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 1: one for a proven player who can be a pro 246 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 1: bowler right now. Now. Part of it is money has 247 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:50,839 Speaker 1: to factor in, Like right now, Jalen Ramsey is available, 248 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 1: and in years past, Davante Adams was available, Tyreek Hill 249 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 1: was available. If you can't afford to put those guys 250 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 1: under contracts, because typically when you make the trade Khalil Mack, 251 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 1: you then have to extend them if financially they make 252 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 1: sense and you are drafting in the twenties. To me, 253 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:09,839 Speaker 1: it always makes sense to trade for those guys because 254 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 1: I think it's a tried and true formula more often 255 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 1: than not. Look at last year. I mean the Raiders 256 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:18,439 Speaker 1: had a terrible season. Sure Zell wasn't Davante's fault, Miami 257 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 1: missed the playoffs. Tyreek for a large percentage of the 258 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:22,720 Speaker 1: year to me, was like a top two or three 259 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 1: MVP candidate. You're just not getting a player of those caliber, 260 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 1: you know, at pick twenty eight. So this draft and listen, 261 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 1: that doesn't mean a guy that will be drafted twenty 262 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 1: six or twenty nine or twenty two won't become a 263 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 1: Pro Bowl player. Justin Jefferson went after after Jalen Raiger 264 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:46,760 Speaker 1: and he's probably a top two or three him, DeVante 265 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: and Tyreek receiver of the league. But I don't think 266 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 1: you can just count on that because we see a 267 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 1: lot of guys drafted at that spot who never amounted 268 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 1: for anything, and you guarantee them four years on their contract. 269 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:02,000 Speaker 1: So listen, I think most people, if you talk to 270 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 1: in the league, would say, yeah, fifteen to seventeen players 271 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 1: max first round level talents in this draft, so we'll see. 272 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 1: I mean, Jalen Ramsey is the name that comes to mind, 273 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: but there will be others in the next week that 274 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 1: come up that you know, this guy might be available. 275 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 1: It happens every year we got new staffs at several teams. 276 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 1: I would be sniffing around those type players for my 277 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:25,440 Speaker 1: late first round pick if I'm a playoff level team 278 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 1: and I can't afford it. 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You know? 318 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:45,680 Speaker 1: Obviously he's very successful in terms of this podcast in 319 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:49,359 Speaker 1: his reach, Like I get it, and I understand someone 320 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:54,439 Speaker 1: had damned me this week or last week that was 321 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:56,959 Speaker 1: staying either in Park City or Aspen, and was like, 322 00:17:57,040 --> 00:17:59,760 Speaker 1: you know, someone at the front desk just told us 323 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:02,399 Speaker 1: that the people staying in like one of the rented 324 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:05,879 Speaker 1: out sweet places right next to us is Aubrey Marcus 325 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 1: and Aaron Rodgers. And then when you watch some of 326 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 1: the video from the Aubrey Marcus Aaron Rodgers podcast, you 327 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 1: could tell there they're in the snow nice place. And 328 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 1: I'm sure if you listen to their podcast. I have 329 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:19,399 Speaker 1: not listened to it, but I watched several clips of it, 330 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:22,679 Speaker 1: and I found one thing very very interesting, and it's 331 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:26,400 Speaker 1: obviously about Aaron coming out of the darkness, which I've 332 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 1: said over and over. I'm pro ayahuasca. I would gladly 333 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:32,639 Speaker 1: try it. I don't have it, you know, on my 334 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:34,719 Speaker 1: to do list to go to South America, but I 335 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:38,400 Speaker 1: am not against it, and I originally I think when 336 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:41,639 Speaker 1: that story broke, I probably going back sound like an 337 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 1: idiot the way I talked about it, because I would 338 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 1: have no problem digging. And I also have no problem 339 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 1: anyone who looks to find some mental clarity in life, Like, 340 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 1: our most important attribute, unless you're like you saying Bolt 341 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:58,440 Speaker 1: or even Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers, is your mental capacity, 342 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:01,960 Speaker 1: your mental frame of mind. Like everything kind of revolves 343 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:05,440 Speaker 1: around upstairs. So whatever it takes to get that thing going, 344 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:08,920 Speaker 1: I get it. And one thing really resonated with me 345 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:10,760 Speaker 1: in one of the clips I saw that Aaron said 346 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:14,119 Speaker 1: I've been saying for a while, he needs to be 347 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 1: confidently come out and say I want to play football, 348 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:22,120 Speaker 1: and I want to play football for a while, think 349 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:24,480 Speaker 1: about whoever, if you're listening to this and you're a 350 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:27,360 Speaker 1: big you know whoever your NFL team is that head 351 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 1: coach in that GM or if you're you know, a 352 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 1: big fan of LSU football or Alabama football or Georgia 353 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:36,000 Speaker 1: football or Ohio State football or Michigan football. To those 354 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:39,640 Speaker 1: head coaches in Power five college football and those head 355 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 1: coaches and GM's in the NFL, football is number one, 356 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 1: obviously like their wife or their kids. But I'm just 357 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 1: saying their priority in life is football. Football means everything. 358 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 1: It's why I'm a better podcaster than I ever was 359 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: ever gonna be in the NFL because I like football, 360 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:58,480 Speaker 1: but I'm not addicted to it. It was never gonna 361 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: be my life. It is Nick Saban's life, it is 362 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick, Pete Carroll, Andy Reid, Brett Veach, Howie Roseman's, 363 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:10,639 Speaker 1: it's their life, Kyle Shanahan, Sean McVeagh. They eat, breathe, 364 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 1: and sleep that shit. That's why their favorite players also 365 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:18,160 Speaker 1: fall under that category. So Aaron Rodgers, who I feel 366 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 1: has kind of listen. I think he's one of the 367 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:23,359 Speaker 1: best players I've ever seen. I know we all wish 368 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 1: he's probably have a little more success in the playoffs, 369 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:27,600 Speaker 1: especially if you're a Packer fan, but we all have 370 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:30,560 Speaker 1: to acknowledge when he's on one of the most special 371 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:33,080 Speaker 1: players we've seen over the last several decades. His talent 372 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:36,200 Speaker 1: is just immense, and when he's dialed in, it just 373 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 1: doesn't get that much better. But it felt like it 374 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 1: was like he wanted to be something that he's not, 375 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 1: and it's like, bro, you're one of the great NFL 376 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,400 Speaker 1: quarterbacks of all time. And he told Aubrey, he said 377 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:51,719 Speaker 1: one thing that in the darkness that helped him just 378 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:54,959 Speaker 1: kind of get some clarity, was like, instead of worrying 379 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:59,120 Speaker 1: so much about I'm not just a football player, obviously, 380 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:02,240 Speaker 1: something a lot of athletes, you know, push back against, 381 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 1: like I'm more than just a football player. Maybe just 382 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:09,359 Speaker 1: embrace I am a football player, and honestly in a 383 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 1: weird way. And I'm not comparing myself the Aaron Rodgers 384 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:13,479 Speaker 1: in the sense of like way more talented at what 385 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:16,199 Speaker 1: he does than as talented at what I do for 386 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:19,320 Speaker 1: a profession. But I struggle with that sometimes. I was 387 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:21,120 Speaker 1: thinking about it once I heard him say that. People 388 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 1: often ask me, you know, if I meet him on 389 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 1: a golf course or you know, out of dinner, having 390 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: some cocktails at a bar or whatever, like what do 391 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 1: you do for a living? And I never have a 392 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:33,240 Speaker 1: smooth answer. It's like, well, I'm like in the internet space, 393 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:35,959 Speaker 1: and you know, I talk for a living, and instead 394 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 1: of why don't I just say I'm a fucking podcaster. 395 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 1: You know, I've done pretty successful here, you know, making 396 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:44,480 Speaker 1: pretty good living. Life's going pretty well. And I always 397 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:48,359 Speaker 1: struggle and I never just say I'm a podcaster. And 398 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:50,719 Speaker 1: I know a lot of people like if you just 399 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 1: sell cars for a living, it's and you're good at it. 400 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,000 Speaker 1: You're just like, yeah, I'm a car salesman. But I'm 401 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:58,199 Speaker 1: a I sell beer, I own a restaurant, and I 402 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:00,680 Speaker 1: clearly Rogers like, what do you Tom Brady like, what 403 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 1: do you do for a living? For twenty two years, 404 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 1: I'm a starting quarterback. Peyton Manning, I'm I'm the starting 405 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 1: quarterback for the culture of the Broncos. Took a lot 406 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:10,359 Speaker 1: of pride in like Tiger Woods, what do you do? 407 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 1: I played pro golf and I kick everyone's ass. And 408 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:15,400 Speaker 1: it felt like Rogers was kind of on the fence 409 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:17,600 Speaker 1: when I heard him say this. Maybe you didn't get 410 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 1: some clarity, like, Bro, you're one of the great quarterbacks 411 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:23,439 Speaker 1: of all time. You're thirty nine, but thirty nine is 412 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:26,959 Speaker 1: like the old thirty four. You still are very healthy, 413 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:30,640 Speaker 1: You're still you know, injury wise, you've never really had 414 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:32,359 Speaker 1: any major ones. You're just coming off a couple of 415 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 1: years ago winning back to back MVPs. Like, just for 416 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:37,639 Speaker 1: a couple of years, just go all in. You're not 417 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 1: just a football player. You're one of the best fucking 418 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:42,639 Speaker 1: players ever. And if you just have that mindset and 419 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:45,800 Speaker 1: are confident in saying that, because again I do struggle 420 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:48,400 Speaker 1: with the confidence, because I don't know, am I insecure 421 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 1: that someone's gonna look at me weird, like you're a podcaster. Seriously, 422 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 1: why do I care what this guy thinks? I might 423 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 1: as well just say it, and it kind of inspired 424 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 1: me every single person I meet from now on, I'm 425 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,280 Speaker 1: just gonna say I'm a podcaster, because I never say 426 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 1: that ever, and I'm ask all the time because especially 427 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:06,479 Speaker 1: in golf, because I'm always playing with random guys like 428 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 1: what do you do? And I struggle with it, and 429 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:13,720 Speaker 1: clearly Rogers watching him talk, struggles with the mindset of like, yeah, 430 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 1: I'm not just a football player. No, you are a 431 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 1: football player, and you're luckily it's twenty twenty three and 432 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:21,240 Speaker 1: in the NFL you're making hundreds of millions of dollars. 433 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:23,400 Speaker 1: Life couldn't be any better. In your football career will 434 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:24,879 Speaker 1: end at forty three, forty four. If you want to 435 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 1: go sell real estate or sling stocks, or run a 436 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:30,920 Speaker 1: cannabis company or sling ayahuasca, you could do whatever you want, 437 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 1: you know, but really embrace what you have because what 438 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 1: you have is pretty special. And if he is, gives 439 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,760 Speaker 1: some clarity to these other teams, because again Robert Salid 440 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:46,439 Speaker 1: Joe Douglas, football means everything. The Josh McDaniels and Dave 441 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 1: Ziegler are like they have given their life to the sport. 442 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:52,360 Speaker 1: So someone who's gonna trade for you, given how much 443 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:55,720 Speaker 1: money you make, they have to feel confident making this 444 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 1: move because there are already some rumors like Vegas. Josh 445 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:02,160 Speaker 1: McDaniels and Zig are already a little unsure whether it's 446 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:05,600 Speaker 1: worth it. It's like, well, I do understand because Rogers 447 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:09,400 Speaker 1: kind of waffles like he's on the fence and these 448 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:12,440 Speaker 1: no one in the NFL is on the fence. They're not. 449 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 1: I've been around him that they're addicted to football. Football 450 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 1: is his life. So when Rogers and to most quarterbacks 451 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 1: Drew Brees, Peyton Manning, Pat Mahomes, Josh Allen feels like 452 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:27,160 Speaker 1: it means everything to him. You know, that doesn't really 453 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:29,560 Speaker 1: feel like that with Rogers, but he kind of admitted 454 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:33,959 Speaker 1: like maybe it should because he definitely prepares, and you know, 455 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,120 Speaker 1: with the seasons and when he's dialed in, it does 456 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:38,119 Speaker 1: mean a lot to him. It just feels sometimes in 457 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:40,439 Speaker 1: the offseason these last couple of years, he gets in 458 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:43,440 Speaker 1: these weird places and maybe this darkness retreat was good 459 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:47,119 Speaker 1: for him. Well, we're about to find out DJ and 460 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,440 Speaker 1: the Giants. I watched a couple of interviews with Joe 461 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 1: Shane and I think there's a date next Tuesday where 462 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:56,240 Speaker 1: it's like the final date to extend your own players 463 00:24:56,480 --> 00:25:02,159 Speaker 1: and the franchise tag for Daniel Jones. And he basically said, obviously, 464 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,480 Speaker 1: they got two players that they want to keep in 465 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 1: sa Quon Barkley and Daniel Jones, but he can't franchise 466 00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:11,439 Speaker 1: multiple guys. In a perfect world, they would sign Daniel 467 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:15,200 Speaker 1: Jones and franchise sa Quon Barkley. But here's the problem 468 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 1: with Daniel Jones changes his agent. I'm sure the agent 469 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 1: is telling him you're a thirty five forty million dollar quarterback. 470 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:23,320 Speaker 1: And I was thinking about it today, Like Daniel Jones, 471 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 1: I looked up how old he was. He's twenty five 472 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:29,720 Speaker 1: years old, so a lot like Alex Smith, who really 473 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 1: kind of came into his own around thirty. Daniel jones 474 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:36,359 Speaker 1: career was like almost headed toward the toilet. It was 475 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:40,239 Speaker 1: not going well, and Brian day Ball didn't just resurrected it, 476 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:43,680 Speaker 1: but made him very very respectable and made him viewed 477 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:47,920 Speaker 1: as a pretty good player. And the quarterback position naturally 478 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:51,720 Speaker 1: is inflated, right the top guys are worth every penny, 479 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:56,200 Speaker 1: but Deshaun Watson, Kyler Murray, they're not worth what they're 480 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 1: actually making. They're just not Like a forty five million 481 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 1: dollar quarterback to me has to be like a lock 482 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:06,320 Speaker 1: MVP top three candidate every single year, Aaron Rodgers forever, 483 00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:09,399 Speaker 1: Tom Brady forever, Peyton Manning forever, Patrick Mahomes now forever. 484 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 1: What Joe Burrow is becoming? Like, I can't pay you 485 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:15,160 Speaker 1: forty million dollars if you're like, oh, he's the thirteenth 486 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:18,640 Speaker 1: best quarterback, like I just it doesn't add up. Though 487 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:21,840 Speaker 1: my franchise is like DAK, I'm gonna make money. People 488 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,399 Speaker 1: always like middle confe too hard on DAK. Yeah, regular 489 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:26,520 Speaker 1: season wise, But if I pay a guy forty million dollars, 490 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:28,200 Speaker 1: I want to feel pretty good that I can win 491 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 1: playoff games. And do we feel good about DAK winning 492 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:31,880 Speaker 1: playoff games? I watch him throw a couple of picks 493 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:34,359 Speaker 1: against the forty nine ers, I would not, But I 494 00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:38,080 Speaker 1: was thinking about Daniel Jones, like his value right now. 495 00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 1: It's pretty solid because he's a high level guy and 496 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,439 Speaker 1: it showed you with good coaching, he can be a 497 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:46,960 Speaker 1: very you know, he could be above average quarterback. Why 498 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 1: not sign like a two year contract, be like, hey, listen, 499 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:53,880 Speaker 1: I'll play two years. Let's do like, you know, two years, 500 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:57,159 Speaker 1: thirty million dollars, sixty million dollars guarantee me like forty 501 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:00,679 Speaker 1: but you or fifty? You know, So it's you know, 502 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,480 Speaker 1: we're not locking ourselves in long term. We're not signing 503 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 1: some outrageous contract. But I believe in this coach. I 504 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:10,240 Speaker 1: know you really value me. I know you guys like me. 505 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:13,639 Speaker 1: I know the ownership likes me. And then give me 506 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:15,959 Speaker 1: a couple of years, give you guys the opportunity to 507 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:18,640 Speaker 1: bring in some more talent around me, because clearly, right 508 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 1: now I wouldn't say we're inept, but we're definitely not. 509 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:26,760 Speaker 1: You know, Mario Manningham and Steve Smith and Jeremy Shockey 510 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:30,439 Speaker 1: and Victor Cruz ain't walking through that door. So we 511 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:33,399 Speaker 1: need to improve around me. I can make some pretty 512 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 1: big money right now, but then in two years you don't. 513 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 1: I'll try a shorter term deal, but you don't have 514 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:42,200 Speaker 1: the ability to franchise tag me and then I become 515 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:44,000 Speaker 1: a good player, and then I try to break the 516 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 1: bank in a couple of years, because right now my 517 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:48,919 Speaker 1: thing would be if I'm the Giants now. Ultimately, I 518 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,160 Speaker 1: want to get it done because I'd like to keep 519 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:54,919 Speaker 1: say Quan short term two on the franchise tag. But 520 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:57,920 Speaker 1: I cannot afford to overpay this guy. I can't. Maybe 521 00:27:57,960 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 1: in a couple of years he's proven that he's worth 522 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:02,280 Speaker 1: more money, but right now I don't know that for sure, 523 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:05,679 Speaker 1: and I just who's paying him? Like I do think 524 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:08,199 Speaker 1: he would get paid on the open market, right he 525 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:10,199 Speaker 1: would start for the Panthers, he could start for the 526 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay he would start for the Colts. But what 527 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 1: are they actually paying him? Like, yeah, they'd want that guy, 528 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:18,840 Speaker 1: but they're giving that guy thirty five million dollars. I like, 529 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:21,440 Speaker 1: Jason Light's gonna go from Tom Brady to Daniel Jones. 530 00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:25,600 Speaker 1: Make more money than Tom Brady just made. The Frank 531 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:28,040 Speaker 1: Reich in his first year in a new franchise is 532 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:31,240 Speaker 1: gonna stake like his reputation now after those couple of 533 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:34,800 Speaker 1: years to Daniel Jones. Hard to see Shane Stikeen, after 534 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,000 Speaker 1: kicking this guy's ask a couple times being on the 535 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:38,760 Speaker 1: other side with the Philadelphia Eagles, is gonna pay him 536 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 1: with the Colts. It's hard to see so you go listen, 537 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 1: we gotta find some mutual ground. And I do think 538 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:47,600 Speaker 1: if you're Daniel Jones, it behooves you to stay and 539 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:50,160 Speaker 1: work something out, but go short term, because then in 540 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:52,280 Speaker 1: a couple of years they had some talent around you, 541 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:54,800 Speaker 1: your statistics look a lot better, you make the playoffs again, 542 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:57,280 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, you're viewed right now, we respect you, 543 00:28:57,400 --> 00:28:59,080 Speaker 1: but maybe a couple of years like gay, this guy's 544 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:02,040 Speaker 1: pretty good. This guy could be like Kirk Cousins, an 545 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:05,440 Speaker 1: athletic version, and we know how much those type players make. 546 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:09,320 Speaker 1: But right now, based on the one year of respectability, 547 00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:11,520 Speaker 1: it would be hard for me to cut him a 548 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:16,880 Speaker 1: big check. Let's go a little rapid fire around the league. 549 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:20,920 Speaker 1: One thing, if you're a cowboy fan, you've seen the 550 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:24,000 Speaker 1: quotes Mike McCarthy, who do you know what's funny about 551 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:26,160 Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy says, I just you know, he kind of 552 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:28,800 Speaker 1: took some shots at Ed. Kellen Moore said, I just 553 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:30,800 Speaker 1: want to run the damn ball. It's not about being 554 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:33,560 Speaker 1: number one. An offense is about being the number one team, 555 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 1: which you want to be the number one offense you 556 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 1: wore a couple of years ago and you had a 557 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:40,360 Speaker 1: home playoff game, it wasn't you know? You lost, but 558 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,400 Speaker 1: you have the number one offense in the league. Is 559 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:47,040 Speaker 1: that one thing that bothers me about Mike? And this 560 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:50,000 Speaker 1: bothers me about any head coach who blames a coordinator, 561 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:53,840 Speaker 1: but specifically a head coach who blames the offensive coordinator. 562 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:56,840 Speaker 1: I wanted him to run more. I wanted him to 563 00:29:56,920 --> 00:30:00,480 Speaker 1: pass more. Whether he says after the game or after 564 00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:05,320 Speaker 1: the season, I think that's pretty simple. You are the boss. Now. 565 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:08,560 Speaker 1: Mike did not hire Kellen Moore. Kellen Moore is a 566 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:12,880 Speaker 1: Jerry Jones guy. So when Mike got the job, he was, 567 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:16,320 Speaker 1: you know, let's face it, mandated and not only keep 568 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:19,280 Speaker 1: Kellen Moore, but maintain him as the play caller, which 569 00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:22,400 Speaker 1: is part of life. You know, until you sign the checks, 570 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:24,720 Speaker 1: you don't get to set all the rules of a company. 571 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:26,600 Speaker 1: And you want to be the head coach of the Cowboys, 572 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:28,360 Speaker 1: you're gonna have to listen to Jerry a little bit. 573 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,240 Speaker 1: But when Kellen Moore, and let's say a given game 574 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:34,120 Speaker 1: situation is not doing what you want him to do, 575 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:37,400 Speaker 1: you are the head coach and you can get on 576 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:41,120 Speaker 1: the headset and go, hey, Kellen, let's call a run here, 577 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:45,280 Speaker 1: or Hey, Kellen, let's call this play here. Now, there's 578 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:50,160 Speaker 1: a difference between micro managing your assistance and kind of 579 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:54,080 Speaker 1: dictating what you want as the boss. So I feel 580 00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:57,400 Speaker 1: little to no sympathy that Mike McCarthy is bitching and money. 581 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:00,400 Speaker 1: So to me, this is either just a terrible look 582 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:04,320 Speaker 1: and in a weird way McCarthy has this like immaturity 583 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:08,960 Speaker 1: to him or what would be even scarier. When I 584 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:10,720 Speaker 1: was my first year in the NFL, we lost to 585 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:12,880 Speaker 1: the Packers in the playoff game that was the year 586 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:16,880 Speaker 1: they won the Super Bowl. It was Mike Vick and Rogers, 587 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:19,600 Speaker 1: I mean, came kind of a legend and never looked 588 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:22,160 Speaker 1: back like a stardom shot off the knock on Mike 589 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:25,400 Speaker 1: McCarthy then and all through the Aaron Rodgers run of 590 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:27,320 Speaker 1: the two thousand Tents, and Packer fans will know this 591 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:31,080 Speaker 1: was he got very past happy. He did not run 592 00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:33,360 Speaker 1: the ball, which was ironic in that game when we 593 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:35,760 Speaker 1: lost to him with the Eagles was James Starks had 594 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:38,600 Speaker 1: a big game on the ground and they were not 595 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:41,720 Speaker 1: a running team, just like they never really were during 596 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:44,400 Speaker 1: the two thousand Tents. And I always thought like there 597 00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:47,080 Speaker 1: was a softness to them, even though I'm pretty sure 598 00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:49,360 Speaker 1: it was Ted who drafted Eddie Lacey, who had a 599 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:51,560 Speaker 1: kind of a couple of moments for the Packers, But 600 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:54,800 Speaker 1: they never just had this reliable run game because what 601 00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:57,360 Speaker 1: does a reliable run game give to you? A physical 602 00:31:57,400 --> 00:31:59,800 Speaker 1: element to your team, right, And there was always a 603 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:03,600 Speaker 1: offness with the Packers. Check his stats over his career 604 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:06,080 Speaker 1: with the Packers, where he was the play caller the 605 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:09,120 Speaker 1: majority of it, they were very pass happy. They were 606 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:12,200 Speaker 1: never a top ten rushing offense the majority of the 607 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:13,880 Speaker 1: times they were in the twenties when it came to 608 00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:17,440 Speaker 1: rush attempts. So this notion that Mike McCarthy just wants 609 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:20,200 Speaker 1: to run the damn ball, like did he just wake 610 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:22,640 Speaker 1: up a different human being? The one thing that would 611 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:26,800 Speaker 1: be scary to find the Dallas Cowboys is this Jerry Jones. 612 00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:30,200 Speaker 1: Is this what Jerry wants? Is this what Jerry's telling 613 00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:34,880 Speaker 1: him to say? Because when was Jerry's greatest moments in 614 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:38,719 Speaker 1: the nineties, Well, what did his teams have? The greatest 615 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:41,080 Speaker 1: offensive line and one of the great running backs that 616 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:44,160 Speaker 1: we can debate Emman Smith, Worry Rakes on the hierarchy. Obviously, 617 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:46,760 Speaker 1: the all time leading rusher, and they ran the ball 618 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:49,240 Speaker 1: down people's throats. It was a huge point of difference 619 00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:53,760 Speaker 1: for their team. Maybe that's Jerry talking through Mike. I 620 00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:56,840 Speaker 1: don't know, but that would be scary because Mike's actions 621 00:32:57,320 --> 00:33:01,840 Speaker 1: have never been run happy. If anything, he's the opposite. 622 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:05,880 Speaker 1: He's much closer to Andy Reid in terms of passing 623 00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:09,600 Speaker 1: the ball as his primary source of you know, offense, 624 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:13,800 Speaker 1: than he is the Shanahan family, which would be run heavy. 625 00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:17,080 Speaker 1: There was a story. I love that the NFLPA is 626 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:21,800 Speaker 1: creating content for us, and this story was fantastic. They 627 00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:25,160 Speaker 1: gave a survey to all the players in the NFL 628 00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:31,920 Speaker 1: about different elements of a team, from the cafeteria to 629 00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:34,800 Speaker 1: the training room, to the trainers, to the weight room, 630 00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:37,920 Speaker 1: to team travel, and they basically gave I'm sure a 631 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:40,720 Speaker 1: lot of people listening to this have seen this than 632 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:43,360 Speaker 1: they like published the study of different grades, so like, 633 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:46,680 Speaker 1: you know, your training staff could be an a. Everyone 634 00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:48,960 Speaker 1: on the team loved him. Some people's team travel was 635 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:52,120 Speaker 1: like an f Obviously, Dan Snyder's team was like the 636 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:55,560 Speaker 1: lowest graded team in the league, which no one's really shocked. 637 00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:59,440 Speaker 1: But one team that is getting just drug right now 638 00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:02,520 Speaker 1: on the end, as the kids would say, or dragged drugged. 639 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:05,600 Speaker 1: I guess they're not getting druged. They're getting dragged. Would 640 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:09,760 Speaker 1: be the Arizona Cardinals and Michael Bidwell. And two things 641 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:15,359 Speaker 1: really stood out. One he charges players to eat, and 642 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:18,520 Speaker 1: if they take food home with them, they are docked 643 00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:21,799 Speaker 1: their paycheck. And then in the off season, if they're 644 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:26,680 Speaker 1: in there working out, they get charged for meals. Now, 645 00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:31,040 Speaker 1: the Bidwell family and the Arizona Cardinals are notoriously cheap, 646 00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:34,440 Speaker 1: and I can only speak to what it was like 647 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,480 Speaker 1: when I Jeffrey Lurry, the way he treated players and 648 00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:42,080 Speaker 1: coaches during the season. When training camp began till the 649 00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:47,240 Speaker 1: end of the season, breakfast, lunch, and dinner was free 650 00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:51,840 Speaker 1: for the scouts, the coaches, and the players. In the 651 00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:55,560 Speaker 1: off season, it was like five dollars, you know for 652 00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:58,719 Speaker 1: breakfast and lunch. They didn't serve dinner because most people 653 00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:01,879 Speaker 1: aren't working toil like midnight right during you know, even 654 00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:04,279 Speaker 1: during the draft time, if we were gonna meetings, we'd 655 00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:09,120 Speaker 1: order food. But the notion that you're charging players during 656 00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:13,719 Speaker 1: the season who take food home, I lived. I mean 657 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:15,680 Speaker 1: my first two years. My first year, I think I 658 00:35:15,719 --> 00:35:18,200 Speaker 1: made twenty grand. My second year, I made forty. I 659 00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:22,840 Speaker 1: took food home year round, every single night. Every single 660 00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:25,360 Speaker 1: night I took food home with me because it was 661 00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:29,160 Speaker 1: just an incredible deal. Here's my main problem, and I 662 00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:33,200 Speaker 1: have a fundamental issue with rich people who are cheap, 663 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:38,319 Speaker 1: especially those that inherit their money. I understand if you 664 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:40,360 Speaker 1: come from nothing and you're cheap, it's the way you 665 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:42,680 Speaker 1: were wired, and then you make it. It's just ingrained 666 00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:45,760 Speaker 1: in you. But once you have a lot of money, 667 00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:50,080 Speaker 1: being cheap on little stuff when you are it's one thing. 668 00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:52,879 Speaker 1: Like if you're listening right now and you're worth ten 669 00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:56,479 Speaker 1: million dollars and you don't pay for like Apple Music 670 00:35:56,560 --> 00:36:00,440 Speaker 1: or Pandora, you listen with the ads. I don't think 671 00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:03,080 Speaker 1: that's that weird. I don't. I don't pay for ad 672 00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:05,959 Speaker 1: free music. Like I listened to Pandora and it gives 673 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:07,839 Speaker 1: me ads, and honestly, I kind of like it because 674 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,279 Speaker 1: let's be hearing new songs. What's kind of playing for 675 00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:13,959 Speaker 1: the people out there. I easily could afford AD free Apple. 676 00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:17,440 Speaker 1: I don't do it. But if I had a company 677 00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:21,960 Speaker 1: and everyone at that company was, you know, through the 678 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,920 Speaker 1: company got like was listening to Pandora, or Apple Music, 679 00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:27,319 Speaker 1: and it was on me whether to you know, pay 680 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:31,400 Speaker 1: whatever one hundred bucks for my five ten whatever people 681 00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:35,719 Speaker 1: to have ad free music be a line item. These 682 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:39,920 Speaker 1: NFL teams now get hundreds of millions of dollars every 683 00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:44,160 Speaker 1: single year just for the television rights. When I went 684 00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:47,280 Speaker 1: to the spring training game the other day at the Dodgers, 685 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:51,439 Speaker 1: their stadium is right by State Farm where the Super 686 00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:53,279 Speaker 1: Bowl was, where the airs on A Cardinals play kind 687 00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:56,560 Speaker 1: of out and you know bfe in Glendale who actually 688 00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:58,480 Speaker 1: think it's kind of got a chance to be reminds 689 00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:00,799 Speaker 1: me a little bit of like Sacramento twenty years ago. 690 00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:03,839 Speaker 1: Place might boom might buy an investment property there if 691 00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:05,840 Speaker 1: business keeps going well, because I think there's a lot 692 00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:09,440 Speaker 1: of growth potential there. But you see the stadium, it's massive, 693 00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:12,680 Speaker 1: and obviously the Cardinals make a lot of money. This 694 00:37:12,719 --> 00:37:15,600 Speaker 1: guy who comes from a very cheap guy but now 695 00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:18,200 Speaker 1: has wealth that the family never thought they would have, 696 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:23,279 Speaker 1: doesn't even get like, what are you actually saving by 697 00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:26,360 Speaker 1: charging them ten dollars to take a you know, a 698 00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:30,360 Speaker 1: box of salad, chicken, some pasta home on a you know, 699 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:33,799 Speaker 1: Buddha Baker and DeAndre Hopkins taking some grub home at 700 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:37,000 Speaker 1: six thirty at night after they watch some film Wednesday 701 00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:40,720 Speaker 1: and Thursday. Think how stupid that is. This is not 702 00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:46,160 Speaker 1: you know, thousand dollars individual instances that this is such 703 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:51,920 Speaker 1: small potatoes. It's such small level thinking, it doesn't bother me. 704 00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:56,799 Speaker 1: Some of these teams that have older facilities, you know, 705 00:37:56,840 --> 00:37:59,520 Speaker 1: their weight room, you know, relative to these college weight 706 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:02,000 Speaker 1: rooms is not the same. If you went into the 707 00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:05,040 Speaker 1: University of Tennessee or the University of Texas or USC 708 00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:09,360 Speaker 1: or University Oregon, their weight room is going to blow away. 709 00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:13,239 Speaker 1: Basically every operation in the NFL, except maybe Vegas and 710 00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:15,480 Speaker 1: the Cowboys. Well, what do those two teams do? They 711 00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:17,560 Speaker 1: just built brand new facilities a couple of years ago. 712 00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:20,080 Speaker 1: Most of these facilities are a little bit older. They 713 00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:23,120 Speaker 1: have clearly more than enough you know, equipment there to 714 00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:25,640 Speaker 1: handle it, but they're not there to recruit you, right, 715 00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:28,719 Speaker 1: Do they have enough cold tubs and spats? If they do, like, 716 00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:32,440 Speaker 1: I don't need to go above and beyond. If I 717 00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:35,200 Speaker 1: have everything, they're equipped to make sure my players. A 718 00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:37,400 Speaker 1: lot of these guys coming from these Power five programs 719 00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:41,160 Speaker 1: are going to downgrade on size, and let's face it, 720 00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:43,000 Speaker 1: a lot of the reason that stuff's in college is 721 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:46,680 Speaker 1: strictly for recruiting. But if you are nitpicking on stuff 722 00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:50,800 Speaker 1: like food, I mean, like the kind of a lifeblood 723 00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:54,600 Speaker 1: of your guys, or you know, weight room staff or 724 00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:58,839 Speaker 1: training staff or paying the doctors, then I think you're 725 00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:04,200 Speaker 1: a fucking loser and bidwell. Charging these guys to eat 726 00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:08,799 Speaker 1: during the season is an embarrassment and it's just such 727 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:15,319 Speaker 1: small time thinking. Last, but not least, there was a 728 00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:19,719 Speaker 1: story on Pro Football Talk that there was a basically 729 00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:25,200 Speaker 1: like a wage freeze on executives and a lot of 730 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:29,040 Speaker 1: people in NFL buildings. I think this encompasses scouts, and 731 00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:32,920 Speaker 1: I'm biased here, but in a league that pays random 732 00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:36,920 Speaker 1: assistant wide receiver coaches one hundred and fifty grand, assistant 733 00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:41,399 Speaker 1: offensive line coaches one hundred and fifty grand, average wide 734 00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:46,320 Speaker 1: receiver and tight end coaches three four hundred thousand dollars, 735 00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:49,360 Speaker 1: scouts do not make that much money. There are a 736 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:53,560 Speaker 1: ton of road scouts that make eighty five ninety five 737 00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:57,920 Speaker 1: thousand dollars. Yet you have coaches who stink at their 738 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:01,360 Speaker 1: job that make three hundred and fifty four hundred and 739 00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:04,440 Speaker 1: five hundred thousand dollars. I get the going rate for 740 00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:07,480 Speaker 1: a coordinator is seven figures. But let's face it, how 741 00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:10,840 Speaker 1: many coordinators offensive and defense are good in the NFL 742 00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:14,560 Speaker 1: less than half. So if there's thirty two offensive coordinators 743 00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:17,319 Speaker 1: and there's thirty two defensive coordinators, there's sixty four. How 744 00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:20,640 Speaker 1: many of those guys if you just pulled fans, the 745 00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:25,440 Speaker 1: GM and the owner, do you feel really good about total? Thirty? 746 00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:29,759 Speaker 1: So they throw around money like it's nothing. And this 747 00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:32,560 Speaker 1: goes back to the bidwell. The amount of money these 748 00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:36,440 Speaker 1: teams are making is astronomical, and the lifeblood of your 749 00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:41,240 Speaker 1: organization are the people aka the players, right, and who 750 00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:45,280 Speaker 1: is at the front lines finding information out about these players. 751 00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:49,240 Speaker 1: I'm not saying some road scout should be paid nine 752 00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:53,839 Speaker 1: hundred thousand dollars, but having done other jobs and been 753 00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:58,040 Speaker 1: you know, around advertisers now and people in different corporations, 754 00:40:58,280 --> 00:40:59,920 Speaker 1: and I always thought this when I first got to 755 00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:02,720 Speaker 1: the NFL, when I was making forty fifty thousand dollars, 756 00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:05,200 Speaker 1: you know, at twenty seven, twenty eight, twenty nine years old, 757 00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:07,400 Speaker 1: and I had friends clearing one hundred and fifty and 758 00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:09,320 Speaker 1: then these big bonuses, I'm like, God, I am in 759 00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:13,120 Speaker 1: the wrong profession. Here is that I think the scouting 760 00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:16,520 Speaker 1: community is very very underpaid. Obviously, gms make a lot, 761 00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:19,080 Speaker 1: and depending on the team, maybe the number two guy 762 00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:22,359 Speaker 1: makes a lot. But I think the going rate if 763 00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:26,279 Speaker 1: you're a road scout or a national scout, I don't 764 00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:29,520 Speaker 1: see how that guy isn't worth if he's decent at 765 00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:32,560 Speaker 1: his job. Two hundred, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 766 00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:35,520 Speaker 1: It's a very very difficult job. You spend so much 767 00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:38,279 Speaker 1: time on the road driving city to city. But this 768 00:41:38,360 --> 00:41:43,799 Speaker 1: notion that hire you know wage freeze. You see what 769 00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:46,400 Speaker 1: all these coaches are getting paid all over the league. 770 00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:49,400 Speaker 1: There's no wage freeze on those guys. How many guys 771 00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:51,600 Speaker 1: that were just hiring all these different teams are any good? 772 00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:54,560 Speaker 1: What are the chances that the majority of coaches for 773 00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:58,920 Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals stink? I mean probably pretty high. And 774 00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:01,720 Speaker 1: they're all getting four thousand. This guy's getting six hundred thousand. 775 00:42:01,719 --> 00:42:03,640 Speaker 1: Both coordinators are making a million, the head coach is 776 00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:07,880 Speaker 1: making seven And you can't pay the guy that covers 777 00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:12,960 Speaker 1: the you know, the SEC three hundred grand. I mean, 778 00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:16,160 Speaker 1: you're just gonna draft multiple players from that conference every 779 00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:19,200 Speaker 1: single year. Don't you want the guy on the front lines. 780 00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:21,520 Speaker 1: That knows all the coaches like, don't even want that 781 00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:24,160 Speaker 1: guy well compensated. Don't you get in life what you 782 00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:28,080 Speaker 1: pay for. I think it's really really embarrassing, to be 783 00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:30,719 Speaker 1: honest with you, that the wage gap of the coaches, 784 00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:35,880 Speaker 1: And listen, a valuable coach, Andy Reid, Sean McVay, Pete Carroll, 785 00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:40,040 Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan, all the I'm not talking about them, but 786 00:42:40,120 --> 00:42:43,960 Speaker 1: the amount of assistant coaches in this league who couldn't 787 00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:48,680 Speaker 1: sniff what they're making in any other profession is would 788 00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:52,640 Speaker 1: blow your mind. And listen, it's the market value. But 789 00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:56,040 Speaker 1: I don't understand how the market value of assistant coaches 790 00:42:57,320 --> 00:43:01,719 Speaker 1: has dwarfed the scouting community. It honestly is kind of 791 00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:04,960 Speaker 1: a joke. And I feel for all my scouts out there. 792 00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:10,120 Speaker 1: Have a good weekend, Enjoy your family, Stay warm because 793 00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:12,400 Speaker 1: it's cold a lot of places right now. It's freezing 794 00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:14,879 Speaker 1: where I'm at, and I will talk to everyone soon. 795 00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:39,840 Speaker 1: Mail bag out this weekend. Audios. The volume