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Speaker 3: All right.

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Speaker 2: So here we are on a Saturday. We always have

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Speaker 2: NFL news, folks. We're a little over a week away

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Speaker 2: now from the combine.

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Speaker 4: So crazy that is.

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Speaker 3: I mean, there's no wet up with the energy, there

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Speaker 3: really is.

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Speaker 2: So we promised you've got plenty of NFL news to

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Speaker 2: get to, including this Matthew Stafford story with the Rams.

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Speaker 2: But I wanted to start things today where we pretty

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Speaker 2: much left off on Sunday and Saturday as we're trying

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Speaker 2: to make our thoughts heard on what was going to

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Speaker 2: transpire with the NBA All Star new format, And.

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Speaker 5: You know, just a week ago that was just a

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Speaker 5: week so terrible that I thought it was like six

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Speaker 5: months ago.

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Speaker 2: So when I left here on Sunday after the show,

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Speaker 2: I had the long drive to Phoenix.

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Speaker 3: Right, Yes, So I actually was listening.

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Speaker 2: To the broadcast, the radio broadcast of the games.

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Speaker 5: Or the game, yes, the stuff happening on Saturday night.

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Speaker 2: And you know, it's one of those things where you're like, this,

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Speaker 2: this doesn't sound like it's going to go off well,

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Speaker 2: and then it turns out it's way worse than you

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Speaker 2: can even have imagined. It was such a catastrophe here.

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Speaker 2: This is hilarious because I know some people were just

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Speaker 2: watching on TV.

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Speaker 3: And that was a whole nother dynamic.

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Speaker 2: Right, But I'm listening to a radio interview with Adam

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Speaker 2: Silver before the game talking about this new format.

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Speaker 3: Two guys are interviewing him, and I.

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Speaker 2: Knew we were in for it when Adam Silver said, well, look,

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Speaker 2: we sat down the players and Basil asked him what

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Speaker 2: do you.

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Speaker 3: Want to do?

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Speaker 2: And this is what they came up with. So you

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Speaker 2: could already tell in his tone that he knew this

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Speaker 3: Be a disaster.

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Speaker 2: The fact that you had the rising stars, which actually

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Speaker 2: should be renamed the never will be Stars, because if

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Speaker 2: they were already stars, they would be actual all small right, yeah,

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Speaker 2: the future stars actually should be labeled they never will

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Speaker 2: be stars. And somehow they were on equal footing with

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Speaker 3: Were made up of actual All Stars.

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Speaker 2: But just listening to Adam Silver and look, I used

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Speaker 2: to be one of his fans. Like everyone else. He

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Speaker 2: seemed to have his you know what together, He's a

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Speaker 2: disaster right now. And this is what happens when you

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Speaker 2: want to cater to the players. Your job is to

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Speaker 2: cater to the owners, because those are the people that

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Speaker 2: are actually employing you as the commission of the league.

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Speaker 2: What's best for the players isn't necessary. Its best for

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Speaker 2: the league. And it's been just sort of this drip

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Speaker 2: the problems that the NBA has right now, saying it's

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Speaker 2: not us, it's the media being critical of us. And

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Speaker 2: this is the tipping point in my opinion as a

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Speaker 2: long time NBA fan, that needs to be corrected immediately

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Speaker 2: because it's only going to get worse unless this commissioner

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Speaker 2: puts his foot down a lah David Stern who was way.

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Speaker 3: Over the top back in the day, But somebody.

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Speaker 2: Has to put their foot down in saying enough's enough,

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Speaker 2: get your act together. You're making incredible amounts of money.

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Speaker 2: Give us some effort, even if the game is not

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Speaker 5: I'm saying Rick Patino's speech that came out this week

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Speaker 5: You know what. We had this discussion of how this

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Speaker 5: really hard to not blame the players for allowing the

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Speaker 5: been happening for years, and you have to blame at

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Speaker 5: have allowed for this to happen along with other players.

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Speaker 5: You can add Kevin Durant in the mix, and it

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Speaker 5: has just become a league of entitled, coddled soft babies.

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Speaker 5: And it's so frustrating to watch because all fans want

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Speaker 5: little bit of pride in your work. You and I

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Speaker 5: here for hours. We could be here for hours. It

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Speaker 5: gonna give you the exact same energy we gave you

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Speaker 5: NBA players right now are not priding themselves in their work.

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Speaker 5: And if the young guys want to pride themselves in

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Speaker 5: a young guy. I'm just using examples like a Caid

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Speaker 5: Cunningham who's kicking ass for the Detroit Pistons, or Palo

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Speaker 5: do so much when the veterans are not trying to

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Speaker 5: make this change themselves. Right the All Star Game Saturday,

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Speaker 5: I didn't watch it because I was going to dinner

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Speaker 5: Of course, I watched McClung's dunks after the fact, But

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Speaker 5: I don't know what I was thinking, Steve, I'm so stupid.

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Speaker 6: I had hopes for the All Star Game on Sunday.

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Speaker 5: I actually had hopes, and then I sat through three

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Speaker 2: I don't know where they came up with that idea,

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Speaker 2: let's play to forty It seems rather arbitrary because I'm thinking,

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Speaker 2: we got the best players in the league on the court.

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Speaker 2: Forty points is one quarter, It's a basketball. And then

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Speaker 2: you had the breaks the champs. See what I did

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Speaker 5: You were on the road.

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Speaker 2: And again, the guys that did the call on the

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Speaker 3: As anyone, like, what are we actually watching here?

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Speaker 5: What are we doing?

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Speaker 2: But the idea of taking a twenty minute break in

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Speaker 2: the middle of the so called championship game to honor

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Speaker 2: the TNT team that's not going anywhere. They're not gonna

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Speaker 2: be on TNT, but they're all coming back. It wasn't

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Speaker 2: like some farewell there. They are going to continue on

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Speaker 2: in the future. And again, now you've gotten to the

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Speaker 3: Kevin Durant, some of the guys are like enough, no game.

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Speaker 2: The idea of the All Star weekend, especially in the

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Speaker 2: aftermath of the Super Bowl, right it's the week after

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Speaker 2: the Super Bowl. You have this weekend to put the

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Speaker 2: no bigger fan of Lebron than me. I'm still the guy.

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Speaker 2: I mean what he did in this game against Portland

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Speaker 2: I don't know what else. We'll get to the Lucas

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Speaker 2: He admitted he was trying to get some nap time

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Speaker 2: at age forties, first guy ever to have multiple forty

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Speaker 5: Let's find that. Let's give credit for what Lebron is

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Speaker 5: doing at this age, but let's not pretend that this

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Speaker 6: Either he gets tired out there, he does not last.

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Speaker 3: No one plays.

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Speaker 2: But what he's I agree defense is as much team

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Speaker 2: was ever some lockdown defender.

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Speaker 6: No, but if that was a fast break you can

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Speaker 3: Twenty seven of forty, you can get.

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Speaker 5: He's doing amazing for a forty year old, as everyone

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Speaker 2: Here's here's no, I'm not gonna look at it as

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Speaker 3: For a second, he's standing there in his street clothes.

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Speaker 5: And there's people that are bringing up old pictures because

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Speaker 5: talking about. It looks so out of sorts and whack.

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Speaker 3: Because Lebron has to be in the middle, in the middle.

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Speaker 5: In street clothes, not in a suit, just regular streets

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Speaker 6: It wasn't like you did it a day before, two

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Speaker 5: You could have put that jersey on, taking the picture

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Speaker 5: and then got back to your street clothes. And it's fine. Yeah, No,

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Speaker 5: I don't think that was handled properly by Lebron.

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Speaker 2: No, and let's end this conversation. Quickly, and that is

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Speaker 2: the idea that what the NHL just did with this

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Speaker 2: four nation thing as a substitute for their All Star Game.

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Speaker 2: It was unbelievable. Right by the way. I know, I

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Speaker 2: the booze that rained on the national anthem.

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Speaker 5: In Montreal, Canada, USA Man, and.

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Speaker 2: So I heard some people Canadians talking about this, and

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Speaker 3: Okay, Montreal is like an entity on the own.

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Speaker 2: Most Canadians believe that if they could, Montreal would rid

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Speaker 2: The Canada got sort of taken in by the booze

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Speaker 2: iHeartRadio app. All right, so Luka Doncic has not played well,

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Speaker 5: no way the Lakers acquired Luca Donchurch without thinking, well,

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Speaker 5: Luca has not signed an extension. He is a Laker

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Speaker 2: It's not that he needs to fit in with us.

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Speaker 2: If you're Lebron, you sort of pull over. But I understand,

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Speaker 2: I'm not gonna be here forever.

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Speaker 3: It's gonna be you and and Luca.

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Speaker 2: That's gonna be the dynamic duo moving into the But

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Speaker 3: I mean, you.

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Speaker 2: Gotta feel the joker is just gonna go crazy right

442
00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:38,280
Speaker 2: in this game tonight. But I'm gonna be very very

443
00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:42,160
Speaker 2: anxious to see this game and see how Luca responds

444
00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:44,439
Speaker 2: and if they can get there, you know what together,

445
00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:48,919
Speaker 2: because if they don't, this season, which showed promise before

446
00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:53,239
Speaker 2: the trade, could completely unravel on him. That's not to

447
00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:56,040
Speaker 2: say that Luca down the road isn't the right guy

448
00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:58,840
Speaker 2: for the future of the Lakers, but you may have

449
00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:04,360
Speaker 2: sacrificed this season that had promise in order to get him.

450
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Speaker 5: Like you said, there really are so many layers to this,

451
00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:10,199
Speaker 5: but right now you said that Lebron's like, this is

452
00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:12,200
Speaker 5: your team. It's gonna be you guys. I'm not gonna

453
00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:14,560
Speaker 5: be here forever. But it's like, are you are you

454
00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:18,120
Speaker 5: actually gonna leave? I don't see when that guy's gonna leave.

455
00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:20,919
Speaker 5: And that's like a crazy thing to say at the

456
00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:24,000
Speaker 5: age of forty. But he can still hang and play,

457
00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:27,040
Speaker 5: as we've been talking about, So when when are you

458
00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:27,600
Speaker 5: gonna leave?

459
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Speaker 3: He's never over thirty game this month?

460
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Speaker 6: Great, So are you leaving in two to three years?

461
00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:35,680
Speaker 5: That's a long time. That is not That is a

462
00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:40,400
Speaker 5: significant amount of time for Luka Doncic, And you're right.

463
00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:45,000
Speaker 5: Is it that he naturally feels the need to defer

464
00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:49,119
Speaker 5: to Lebron James because he is Lebron James maybe? Or

465
00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:56,440
Speaker 5: is it that he's just not mentally feeling being in La.

466
00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:57,920
Speaker 2: Well, like I said, I remember the Dwight Howard debaca

467
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Speaker 2: with the Lakers. When they acquired Howard, the idea was

468
00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:04,000
Speaker 2: Pau Gasol's time it coming gone. Now Dwight Howard, best

469
00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,239
Speaker 2: big man in the NBA at the time, is going

470
00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:08,600
Speaker 2: to be the new Koreem, the new Wilt, the new Shack,

471
00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:12,760
Speaker 2: the new PAGA, and I covered the Lakers a lot

472
00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:15,960
Speaker 2: that season. And you talk about a guy that did

473
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Speaker 2: not want to be in a Lakers uniform, that was

474
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Speaker 2: Dwight Howard that entire year, and after that year he

475
00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:26,200
Speaker 2: said bye bye, yeah, and that triggered the worst six

476
00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:28,280
Speaker 2: run year run in the history of the Lakers.

477
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Speaker 5: Do you think that was in because of the organization?

478
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Speaker 5: Do you think it was Kobe?

479
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Speaker 3: Kobe? It was the whole dynamic. He just didn't want

480
00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:39,120
Speaker 3: to have to.

481
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Speaker 2: Compete against the legends of Wilton and Kareem.

482
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Speaker 4: Is there a lot of pressure, Yeah, of no doubt.

483
00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:50,520
Speaker 2: He wasn't that kind of a player. And as much

484
00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:54,040
Speaker 2: as the Laker organization begged him, oh no, no, no, Dwight,

485
00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:57,480
Speaker 2: this is the way it's going to be, the guy

486
00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:59,200
Speaker 2: that knew from day one that he was the wrong

487
00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:03,199
Speaker 2: guy was Kobe Well, and you had to see that

488
00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:06,080
Speaker 2: whole locker room dynamic that season between Dwight Howard and

489
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Speaker 2: Kobe Bryant.

490
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Speaker 3: It was very uncomfortable.

491
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Speaker 5: And that's the risk here right with the Lakers, where

492
00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:15,119
Speaker 5: it's like, yeah, you did this secretly because it was

493
00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,280
Speaker 5: such a big trade that yes, people couldn't.

494
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Speaker 6: Know about it, or else it would have been leaked.

495
00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:21,600
Speaker 6: I understand all of that, but doing this secretly, you

496
00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:23,480
Speaker 6: don't know if Luca wants to be here.

497
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Speaker 5: You have no idea. Just because it's the Lakers and

498
00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:32,080
Speaker 5: it's a brand, global brand doesn't mean he wants to

499
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Speaker 5: be here.

500
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Speaker 2: No, it doesn't, absolutely not. So we'll see what happens tonight.

501
00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:36,880
Speaker 2: It's a big test.

502
00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:37,680
Speaker 5: It is a big test.

503
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Speaker 3: Assuming he's out there. We'll see when he gets it.

504
00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:41,520
Speaker 5: They're both gonna play.

505
00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:43,520
Speaker 2: Well, that's what they're saying. They're gonna need all hands

506
00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:46,320
Speaker 2: on back again. A Denver team that has owned them

507
00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:48,359
Speaker 2: in the playoffs over the last couple of years. All right,

508
00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:50,879
Speaker 2: let's find out what is trending right now.

509
00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:54,880
Speaker 3: You know, I look at Chris seeing double again.

510
00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:58,480
Speaker 2: I'm normally watching over there, But there's Mary mack Nope,

511
00:25:58,520 --> 00:25:59,159
Speaker 2: and there's you.

512
00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:02,840
Speaker 3: We're just trading places in space time.

513
00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:05,080
Speaker 2: We've been talking about a lot of musical chairs going

514
00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:06,480
Speaker 2: on here at Fox Sports Radio.

515
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Speaker 8: I love music. We'll just leave it at that. It's

516
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Speaker 8: a busy day for SEC basketball right now. Number One,

517
00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:17,760
Speaker 8: Auburn has triumphed over Georgia eighty two to seventy, which

518
00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:21,320
Speaker 8: means we now have two marquee games here with Alabama

519
00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:24,760
Speaker 8: number four taking on number seventeen Kentucky Right now, Kentucky

520
00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:28,280
Speaker 8: up twenty four, Sorry with the free throw, make that

521
00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,840
Speaker 8: twenty five to sixteen with about ten minutes in the

522
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Speaker 8: first half. Right now, Number two Florida over LSU twenty

523
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Speaker 8: nine to nineteen. Earlier in the day in men's college basketball,

524
00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:43,159
Speaker 8: you saw at number six Tennessee over number seven Texas

525
00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:45,840
Speaker 8: A and M seventy seven to sixty nine. And on

526
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Speaker 8: the women's side, number five Yukon remains undefeated in Biggie

527
00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:53,639
Speaker 8: East play. They crushed Butler eighty six to forty seven. Also,

528
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Speaker 8: a report coming out that Fresno State is holding out

529
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Speaker 8: players in response to players on the men's basketball program

530
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Speaker 8: may have been tied to sports gambling, as the missus

531
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Speaker 8: continue real that, especially in the world of sports in

532
00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:12,240
Speaker 8: men's basketball, this is an old song. Here once again

533
00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:16,639
Speaker 8: on the ice, eight goals for the Washington for the

534
00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:21,000
Speaker 8: Washington Capitals. However, Alex Ovechkin, chasing Wayne Gretzky's record of

535
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Speaker 8: six hundred and ninety eight is fifteen back no goals

536
00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:29,320
Speaker 8: for ov today four to three Minnesota Wild over Detroit

537
00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:32,560
Speaker 8: Red Wings. The wild came back from three to one

538
00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:37,840
Speaker 8: down and one in overtime. MLS kickoff, Yes, I'm gonna

539
00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:40,680
Speaker 8: get an MLS Kickoff is on Fox right now, and

540
00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:44,840
Speaker 8: LAFC has finally broken through over Minnesota United one zero,

541
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Speaker 8: your current scorer jeremyb obc in the seventy eighth minute

542
00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:51,040
Speaker 8: getting the goal in front of the LA faithful, and

543
00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:54,280
Speaker 8: two bits of baseball news here to close out. MLB

544
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Speaker 8: dot Com is reporting that the Houston Astros have re

545
00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:59,640
Speaker 8: engaged the Saint Louis Cardinals and trade talks for third

546
00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:04,399
Speaker 8: base from Nolan Aaronado apparently hasn't moved much farther than

547
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,320
Speaker 8: it was in December, where Aeronado invoked his no trade

548
00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:10,359
Speaker 8: clause and MLB dot Com saying the teams aren't really

549
00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:13,800
Speaker 8: close on a deal just yet and finally for you

550
00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:18,080
Speaker 8: to for for you and Moncy, I want to. Aaron

551
00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:21,160
Speaker 8: Judge has spoken up about the beard, the facial hair

552
00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:23,920
Speaker 8: rule that the Yankees have knocked down. Aaron Judge says

553
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:27,879
Speaker 8: today that he was he is supportive of the changing rule. However,

554
00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,960
Speaker 8: hold your horses. He won't be growing facial hair or

555
00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:32,400
Speaker 8: a beard anytime soon.

556
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Speaker 5: Well, thank you.

557
00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:35,680
Speaker 6: We don't want you to grow any facial hair.

558
00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:36,679
Speaker 5: He looks fine the way.

559
00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:38,840
Speaker 2: He does it, does I I you know, I did

560
00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:41,840
Speaker 2: this story last night on TV about this whole Yankee thing, right,

561
00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:44,560
Speaker 2: and you know George Steinbrener spinning his grave. This was

562
00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:47,840
Speaker 2: a George Steinbrenner thing and his son how basically carried

563
00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:51,840
Speaker 2: it on all these years. Right, Well, maybe i'll I'll

564
00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:56,760
Speaker 2: ask Mancy this now. Obviously, christ you sport some facial hair. Yes,

565
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Speaker 2: I am incapable of really sporting any.

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Speaker 3: It's all about what type of facial hair.

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Speaker 8: So when I went back home recently, and I have

568
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Speaker 8: a picture of me from high school that has a

569
00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:09,560
Speaker 8: mustache as well as a goateee, I learned very quickly

570
00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:13,640
Speaker 8: in college the mustache had to go. The rest of

571
00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:15,680
Speaker 8: this has just survived out of just sheer.

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Speaker 2: I have a lot of envy and the guys that

573
00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:20,080
Speaker 2: can really grow a really good bea.

574
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Speaker 3: But I wish I had the hair on top that

575
00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:23,800
Speaker 3: you have. Well, okay, that's fine.

576
00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:26,480
Speaker 2: I'm happy I had my hair trade to go tea

577
00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:28,640
Speaker 2: for that that I have this hair at this stage

578
00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:31,680
Speaker 2: of my life. But I mean, yeah, the facial hair

579
00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:35,520
Speaker 2: thing is something that just doesn't happen. I graduated high

580
00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:39,440
Speaker 2: school and I always looked younger, and I thought. I

581
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:42,640
Speaker 2: saw a movie called Lifeguard starring the great Sam Elliott.

582
00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:45,600
Speaker 2: This is back in the mid seventies, right, and you know,

583
00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:48,440
Speaker 2: even to this day, Sam Elliott just has the best musky.

584
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Speaker 3: He has thick, you know, facial hair.

585
00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:54,760
Speaker 2: Great stuff, Mick Tom Selleck exactly like a really good mustache.

586
00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:57,000
Speaker 2: So I watched this movie and I thought, I'm gonna

587
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Speaker 2: grow a mustache. So for the first year and a

588
00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:01,520
Speaker 2: half for college, I had a mustache. And then I

589
00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:04,000
Speaker 2: got mono nucleosis. Oh you still have more sports?

590
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Speaker 8: No, no, I was just going, sorry, I was going

591
00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:07,560
Speaker 8: to say something about the Yankees thing, but I didn't

592
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Speaker 8: want interrupt you in your mustache.

593
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Speaker 3: I just wanted to finish this sash stuff.

594
00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:16,840
Speaker 2: So I got mono nucleosis my second year of college.

595
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Speaker 2: And so I was laid up at home and I'm

596
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Speaker 2: looking in the mirror at this mustache or whatever I

597
00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:22,719
Speaker 2: was calling in a mustache.

598
00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:24,040
Speaker 5: Was it like aterpillar?

599
00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:26,160
Speaker 3: You know, just dirt on my upper lip.

600
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Speaker 2: And I was like that, that's so pathetic, and I

601
00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:30,120
Speaker 2: shaved it off.

602
00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:32,360
Speaker 3: I was nineteen years old. And I've been clean shaven

603
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Speaker 3: ever since.

604
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Speaker 6: That's the right choice. If you cannot grow facial hair.

605
00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:40,040
Speaker 3: Don't do it, right. See, you know who.

606
00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:45,120
Speaker 2: Keanu Reeves has like that patchy like whatever that is.

607
00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:47,240
Speaker 5: Keanu Reeves is the exception to the rule because.

608
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:50,640
Speaker 3: It's Keanu Reeves. But that sort of how mine would look.

609
00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:54,480
Speaker 5: And nobody, nobody else but Kanu Reeves have this patchy.

610
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,360
Speaker 5: It's not anything patchy when it comes to facial hair.

611
00:30:57,520 --> 00:30:58,000
Speaker 5: Don't do it.

612
00:30:58,000 --> 00:30:59,640
Speaker 3: Here's all. That's the trick. Here's the trick.

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Speaker 8: And this is that's why I was almost like upset

614
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,240
Speaker 8: the Yankees did away with this rule because I feel

615
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,720
Speaker 8: like most guys out there, they'll grow facial hair, but

616
00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:09,959
Speaker 8: then you don't. You have to like tend to it.

617
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:12,440
Speaker 8: You just can't grow it out let it go wild.

618
00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:14,720
Speaker 8: But so many guys, including plenty of guys in baseball,

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00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:17,200
Speaker 8: just let it go nuts. Yeah, No, it's not that's

620
00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:17,800
Speaker 8: what they're saying.

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Speaker 5: You can't look like Brandon marsh It's gotta be well groomed, right,

622
00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:27,320
Speaker 5: you can't look duck dynasty, no brands, no, you duck dynasts, right, Like,

623
00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:29,840
Speaker 5: that's literally what they said. Garrett Cole used that there's

624
00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,520
Speaker 5: a no duck dynasty. But like, yeah, you, I agree

625
00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:35,200
Speaker 5: with Chris. You can grow it, but you have to

626
00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:39,320
Speaker 5: maintain it and try to make it look presentable. And

627
00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:42,480
Speaker 5: I think that's what the Yankees are saying. I wish

628
00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:45,440
Speaker 5: they wouldn't have gone done this changing the rule. To

629
00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:46,800
Speaker 5: be honest with you, even though I used to make

630
00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:49,040
Speaker 5: as I make fun of the Yankees for doing it,

631
00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:50,360
Speaker 5: but it's like no, no, no, I wanted to make

632
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:52,280
Speaker 5: fun of you. Now you're taking this away from me.

633
00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:54,160
Speaker 4: Now you don't have this rule and I can't make

634
00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:54,520
Speaker 4: fun of.

635
00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:56,640
Speaker 5: You for it. And it was a good rule. What

636
00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:57,560
Speaker 5: happened to tradition?

637
00:31:58,080 --> 00:31:59,160
Speaker 3: Well, some guys.

638
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:02,440
Speaker 2: I'm giving you two examples of guys that grew a

639
00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:06,120
Speaker 2: beard and looks so much better simply because of the beard,

640
00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:08,800
Speaker 2: and they have weak chins. One of them was the

641
00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:14,479
Speaker 2: golfer Dustin Johnson. Dustin Johnson, if you look at without

642
00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:21,000
Speaker 2: the beard and with beard, major upgrade for Dustin Johnson.

643
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:23,040
Speaker 5: Oh yes, absolutely, okay.

644
00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:25,400
Speaker 3: He needed that beard because he has started. And the

645
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:27,520
Speaker 3: other is our vice president jd. Vance.

646
00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:31,160
Speaker 2: If you look at jd Vance without the beard and

647
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:34,480
Speaker 2: with the beard, it just it narrows his face. It

648
00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:39,440
Speaker 2: basically creates a more defined chin. For the Vice President

649
00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:43,640
Speaker 2: Jade Vance, he looks much better with a beard than

650
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:44,760
Speaker 2: he did without a beard.

651
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:47,000
Speaker 6: And this beard is a good beard.

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00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:50,280
Speaker 5: Everything connects, because there's also beards that don't connect to

653
00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:54,080
Speaker 5: your mustache. Yes, And it's like, okay, if it doesn't connect, nobe,

654
00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:54,720
Speaker 5: don't have it.

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Speaker 3: Just say it. You see me on Sundays unshaven? Do

656
00:32:59,240 --> 00:32:59,800
Speaker 3: you even notice?

657
00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:00,960
Speaker 5: I don't notice.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't shave on Sundays when I come in.

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Speaker 2: Oh my god, unless I have TV that night.

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Speaker 3: But no, I don't. I could go days and you

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Speaker 3: would not even notice.

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Speaker 5: Yes, no, you do have a smooth face. I've never

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Speaker 5: thought you've had a stubble or anything. Five o'clock shadow.

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Speaker 5: I've never seen that on.

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Speaker 2: I would love to be able to grow a really good,

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Speaker 2: good beard off. Sorry, and my boys are even worse

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Speaker 2: than me, especially my youngest thing, Garrett. Like this guy

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Speaker 2: has like no face, here's no hair on his he

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Speaker 2: has nothing.

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Speaker 5: But at least you have hair on your head.

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Speaker 2: I have hair on my head with at least there's

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Speaker 2: that is that is a big plus, big plus at

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Speaker 2: this point.

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Speaker 3: All right, coming up, on the other side, are the

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Speaker 3: Rams going to have a quarterback next season?

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Speaker 5: Knows?

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Speaker 3: I don't know.

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Speaker 2: This story is getting very interesting about Matthew's Stafford will

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Speaker 2: break it down.

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Speaker 2: We're coming alive from the tai Raq dot com studios.

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Speaker 2: You got in this side track talking about beards. I

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Speaker 2: don't know how many people remember Bret keesl of the

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Speaker 2: Pittsburgh Steelers, And I showed Manzi pictures of this guy's beard.

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Speaker 3: Now that's a beard. That is a beard he had,

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Speaker 3: Like I covered.

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Speaker 2: A Super Bowl they were in and I'm interviewing this

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Speaker 2: guy and I stopped.

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Speaker 3: I said, dude, these are like waves in your beard.

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Speaker 3: You have like a beard in a beard in a beard. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: it was insane.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I wonder how much food was stuck in there.

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Speaker 3: Can you imagine that he could have a family of

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Speaker 3: four hide in that thing? Just unbelievable. I'm envious.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, people, No, that's again.

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Speaker 5: If you can grow a beard like that and look

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Speaker 5: like a Viking, you go for it.

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Speaker 3: Is that the kind of at that?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So you're you're telling me that if your man

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Speaker 2: had an opportunity to and could do that, you're like,

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Speaker 2: you'd be Okay, I'm.

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Speaker 5: Going to stop you from your superpowers of growing a

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Speaker 5: beard and looking like a Viking. I don't want that,

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Speaker 5: but if you can do it, that is a superpower

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Speaker 5: by all means, you know, and we and like that

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Speaker 5: is that is a beard.

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Speaker 6: And it's still a kept beard.

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Speaker 3: Yeah you know what I mean.

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Speaker 6: Like you could tell he trims it and like keeps

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Speaker 6: it nice.

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Speaker 3: And smooth, and he has a full musky and.

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Speaker 5: He's got a full mustache. No, like, there's still a

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Speaker 5: way to look presentable even if you have a Viking beard. Yeah,

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Speaker 5: you know what I mean.

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Speaker 3: And he didn't have a lot of hair on the

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Speaker 3: top of his ye, it was all down there, all right.

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Speaker 3: So the rams are here.

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Speaker 2: Here's my here's my take on this whole Matthew Stafford,

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Speaker 2: where their rams have given his agent permission to speak

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Speaker 2: to other teens about his market value. See that's this

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Speaker 2: is not about a trade. Basically, what they're saying is,

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Speaker 2: all right, so whatever the amount of money you're looking

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Speaker 2: for in a long term deal, because right now, none

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Speaker 2: of his contract is guaranteed for next season.

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Speaker 6: Right, And it's a big salary cap hit against.

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Speaker 2: The exactly, So the idea of his agent walking in

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Speaker 2: the door and saying, all right, whatever you want, this

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Speaker 2: amount of money we went fully guaranteed, blah blah blah.

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Speaker 2: And the Rams are like, Okay, it's not that we

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Speaker 2: don't appreciate Matthew Stafford. Heck, the guy won a Super

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Speaker 2: Bowl for us and he's still playing at a high level.

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Speaker 2: But you are way out of whack and what his

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Speaker 2: value is as a thirty seven year old quarterback. But

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Speaker 2: if you can find somebody else that's willing to give

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Speaker 2: you that kind of money, give us a call. That's

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Speaker 2: basically what this is. They're basically telling the agent, all right,

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Speaker 2: do some shopping.

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Speaker 5: Right.

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Speaker 2: There's plenty of teams out there that could use Matthew Stafford.

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Speaker 2: That's not a question. The question is how much are

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Speaker 2: they actually going to pay you and for how long?

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Speaker 3: Right?

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Speaker 5: And that's the whole thing that they're literally saying, go

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Speaker 5: test the waters. We're not the crazy ones here. We

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Speaker 5: are trying to be level headed moving forward with you

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Speaker 5: thinking in the future three years from now, because I'm

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Speaker 5: sure they would be happy to have him for the

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Speaker 5: next year, maybe even two years, right, but beyond that,

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Speaker 5: that's where it's like again, thirty seven years old, the

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Speaker 5: Rams are looking to pass three years from now, and

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Speaker 5: I feel like Matthew Stafford is looking for a three

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Speaker 5: year contract right now.

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Speaker 2: Well, they don't have a quarterback outside of Matthew sanud No,

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Speaker 2: they don't.

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Speaker 5: But this draft class has not very many quarterbacks either.

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Speaker 3: No, it's not a loaded draft now, So.

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Speaker 2: My guess Matthew Stafford will be a Ram that But

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Speaker 2: you know, and then even in a trade, let's let's

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Speaker 2: say they found a team willing to pay.

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Speaker 3: All right, let's go do a deal. Well, you're not

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Speaker 3: going to get a first round pick for a thirty

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Speaker 3: seven year old quars no or not.

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Speaker 5: But the Rams can get what's his name?

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Speaker 6: Oh yeah, Aaron Rodgers.

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Speaker 2: Okay, okay, that would be you know, that would be

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Speaker 2: a very interesting guy. Because I'm a Sean McVay fan

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Speaker 2: big time. I think Sean McVay. It's proven more so

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Speaker 2: now over the last couple of years. You know, a

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Speaker 2: couple of seasons that looked like they were going sideways

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Speaker 2: and then catching fire late and I know they got

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Speaker 2: you know, lost in the in the playoff game, but

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Speaker 2: I don't know that. Didn't they look better against the

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Speaker 2: Eagles than the the two teams way better.

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Speaker 5: By the second half of the season or after their

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Speaker 5: bye week. The Rams look like a different team than

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Speaker 5: they did at the start of the.

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Speaker 3: Season, right, And they've drafted well.

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Speaker 2: They have drafted well and so yeah, the defensive rookie

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Speaker 2: of the year, so they've done a lot of things well.

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Speaker 2: That being said, they don't have a replacement for Matthew Stafford.

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Speaker 2: But I mean, so this is one of those stories

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Speaker 2: that you know, you see sometimes you see a headline

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Speaker 2: and it's misinterpreted the idea that the Rams are looking

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Speaker 2: to trade Matthew Stafford. That is not not at all

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Speaker 2: all they're telling the agent is this shop around?

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Speaker 3: Maybe we are low balling you.

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Speaker 2: Maybe there is this wave of teams out there that

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Speaker 2: are willing to pay the kind of money that you're expecting.

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Speaker 2: You know, if we see enough of them, maybe we'll

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Speaker 2: have to reconsider and get created with the contract. That's

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Speaker 2: where a capologist comes in. We have to sort of

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Speaker 2: get creative, deferring money and everything else. The bottom line

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Speaker 2: is the Lakers, I mean the Lakers, the Rams cannot

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Speaker 2: be without Matthew staff and still consider themselves a playoff contender.

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Speaker 5: Absolutely, So I feel like this is one of those

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Speaker 5: weird situations where it seems like it's it's to benefit

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Speaker 5: both of them. They're doing this so that it benefits

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Speaker 5: both of them mutually, which is not always a situation

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Speaker 5: when somebody tells you, oh yeah, go ahead, go look,

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Speaker 5: go look and see if you can find someone better.

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Speaker 5: I feel like they both are really trying to come

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Speaker 5: to a common ground and this is going to get

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Speaker 5: them there, because yeah, I don't see Matthew Stafford not

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Speaker 5: being around next year.

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Speaker 3: No, Adam, He'll be a ram Nation, He'll.

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Speaker 6: Be a RAM He'll be a RAM for the next

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Speaker 6: two years.

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Speaker 3: At least at least.

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Speaker 9: You know.

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Speaker 2: The problem with Matthew Stafford obviously, with some injuries a

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Speaker 2: couple of years ago, you know, coming off you know,

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Speaker 2: the Super Bowl, and then he had some injuries and

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Speaker 2: a lot of people were thinking, hey, we're approaching the end.

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Speaker 2: Well that's out the window. I mean, the fact is

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Speaker 2: he's played very well over the last couple of years. Obviously,

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Speaker 2: the emergence of Puka Nakua Kyleen Williams has brought a

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Speaker 2: whole new dynamic to that RAMS offense. They got weapons.

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Speaker 2: The Rams to me right now, because I don't know

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Speaker 2: what the forty nine ers are at this point, I

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Speaker 2: will say this, Matthew Stafford is a better quarterback than

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Speaker 2: Brock Purty. Okay, Okay, I think that's clear. So yeah,

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Speaker 2: the Rams don't want to derail the situation right now.

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Speaker 2: Coming up on the other side, Adam Kaplan, our NFL insider, joins.

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Speaker 2: Join us coming up here in about twenty minutes as

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Speaker 2: we get ready for the combine, and we'll get his

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Speaker 2: thoughts as well. About any serious thoughts of Matthew Stafford

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Speaker 2: leaving the Rams.

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Speaker 3: I don't think there are, but we'll get his thoughts there.

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Speaker 2: I'm still in the aftermath of the Super Bowl trying

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Speaker 2: to figure out why the Eagles aren't overwhelming favorites to

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Speaker 2: win the Super Bowl next year.

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Speaker 5: Solid, solid question. I don't know either, because they looked

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Speaker 5: so good and dominate on every aspect of the game,

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Speaker 5: like every It wasn't like, oh it was really just

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Speaker 5: their defensive line. Oh it was just Saquon bar.

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Speaker 6: No, no, no, no, no, it was the entire team.

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Speaker 2: Well, right after the game, yep, and the odds had

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Speaker 2: come out and they had the Chiefs co favored with Detroit.

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Speaker 2: I'm like, and they go the Chiefs are loaded. I

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Speaker 2: got they are loaded.

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Speaker 3: Loaded. Did you see the Super Bowl?

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Speaker 2: They were absolutely do The Eagles had more points than

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Speaker 2: the Chiefs had total yards in the first half. They're loaded. Well,

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Speaker 2: if they're loaded, I don't know what to call the Eagles.

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Speaker 2: The Eagles are just to me on paper, I mean,

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Speaker 2: there's a quite Well, can Saquon Barkley do it again?

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Speaker 3: I don't know. I'll bet on him.

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Speaker 4: I would do.

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Speaker 5: Why wouldn't you, Why would you not?

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Speaker 2: We have one of the best offense. Every member of

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Speaker 2: the Eagles offensive line got at least some votes for

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Speaker 2: the All pro team, all of them.

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Speaker 5: Every single one.

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Speaker 2: You have two big time receivers, a quarterback that now

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Speaker 2: is a Super Bowl MVP, and.

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Speaker 3: Your defense was number one in the NFL. I don't.

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Speaker 3: I don't, well, ask Adam.

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Speaker 2: I'm just trying to figure out, how are the Eagles

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Speaker 2: not overwhelming favorites to win next year?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm looking at it right now, and they're not

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Speaker 5: overwhelming by any means.

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Speaker 3: No, they have the Chiefs over them, they got the

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Speaker 3: Lions over them.

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Speaker 2: They're still talk about the Bills, there's talk about the Raravens.

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Speaker 5: Those all four of those teams have very similar odds.

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Speaker 5: It's crazy, that makes no sense.

878
00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:44,560
Speaker 3: What Ravens.

879
00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:47,520
Speaker 2: The Ravens had one of the worst secondaries in the NFL.

880
00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:49,759
Speaker 5: They turned it around in the second half. But you're right,

881
00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:52,359
Speaker 5: is that something that's going to carry into the next season.

882
00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:56,600
Speaker 5: You're right, the Eagles are the most complete team.

883
00:42:56,800 --> 00:42:59,080
Speaker 2: Well, I guess that a lot of people are thinking,

884
00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:01,840
Speaker 2: what the last time the won a Super Bowl? You know,

885
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:04,560
Speaker 2: Nick Foles and then they had the whole controversy about

886
00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:06,480
Speaker 2: should we go back to Carson Wentz? Go with Nick

887
00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:10,080
Speaker 2: Foles and Wentz got hurt again and whatever. Magic Doug

888
00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:14,520
Speaker 2: Peterson had seemed evaporated immediately in Philadelphia, and a lot

889
00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:16,400
Speaker 2: of people are predicting the same thing's going to happen.

890
00:43:16,440 --> 00:43:17,560
Speaker 3: I'm not so sure about that.

891
00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:20,120
Speaker 5: Yeah, I don't think you need to underestimate Jalen Hurts

892
00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:20,919
Speaker 5: and that team.

893
00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:23,280
Speaker 3: No, No, And this is not the time.

894
00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:27,480
Speaker 2: To still people that are hesitating to put Hurts in

895
00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:30,960
Speaker 2: the elite quarterback class. What are you missing?

896
00:43:31,719 --> 00:43:34,960
Speaker 5: It's crazy because he's a type of mentality that I

897
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:37,600
Speaker 5: would want in a quarterback. There was a story after

898
00:43:37,640 --> 00:43:40,160
Speaker 5: the super Bowl where he didn't look like he was

899
00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:43,000
Speaker 5: like smiling or like laughing or something, or enjoying himself,

900
00:43:43,200 --> 00:43:46,440
Speaker 5: and he was like the last one really like fed

901
00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:49,360
Speaker 5: me up? Like losing the last one? Yeah, really. So

902
00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:52,719
Speaker 5: it's like he he obviously wanted to win, but it

903
00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:55,920
Speaker 5: was like such a gut punch losing that even winning

904
00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:58,240
Speaker 5: didn't completely satisfy.

905
00:43:57,840 --> 00:44:00,560
Speaker 2: When you have a collapse as they did in twenty

906
00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:05,080
Speaker 2: twenty three, and there were you know, people wanted Sirianni out,

907
00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:08,360
Speaker 2: they wanted jail It Hurts out and everything else. The

908
00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:14,600
Speaker 2: idea of those two regaining the confidence of that entire team. Yep,

909
00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:21,440
Speaker 2: you can't underplay that it's not that easy. You know,

910
00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:26,320
Speaker 2: it's easy when you're winning and you have that strut

911
00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:29,440
Speaker 2: going and people following you. It's easy to follow a winner.

912
00:44:29,480 --> 00:44:32,480
Speaker 2: But when you have a catastrophic collapse like they had

913
00:44:32,560 --> 00:44:35,160
Speaker 2: in twenty twenty three and the same guy show up

914
00:44:35,200 --> 00:44:38,560
Speaker 2: the next year saying we're going to lead this team,

915
00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:40,080
Speaker 2: that's a tough sell.

916
00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:43,120
Speaker 3: And they were able to pull it off.

917
00:44:43,440 --> 00:44:46,120
Speaker 2: And again I give Sirianni credit, but more so I

918
00:44:46,120 --> 00:44:50,560
Speaker 2: give Jalen Hurts credit. Absolutely he is on the leader scale. Look,

919
00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:53,239
Speaker 2: I'm not going to argue with Patrick Mahomes. Wasn't all

920
00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:55,319
Speaker 2: mahomes fault. He had a bad game. It's hard when

921
00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:57,480
Speaker 2: you're running, you know, scrambling for your life out there,

922
00:44:57,719 --> 00:44:59,479
Speaker 2: just like he was the last time he got blown out.

923
00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:00,759
Speaker 3: In Super Bowl by Tampa.

924
00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:05,160
Speaker 2: But there aren't a lot of quarterbacks that can will

925
00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:08,520
Speaker 2: their team to win. What about their defense? Okay, well

926
00:45:08,600 --> 00:45:10,920
Speaker 2: that's part of it. But the quarterback has to be

927
00:45:10,920 --> 00:45:11,319
Speaker 2: a leader.

928
00:45:11,560 --> 00:45:14,640
Speaker 3: It's the nature of the position. Jalen Hurts as a leader,

929
00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:15,520
Speaker 3: he really is.

930
00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:20,160
Speaker 6: And I know, like they call him a game manager sometimes.

931
00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:22,160
Speaker 5: You know what, I'll take him if you want to,

932
00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:23,760
Speaker 5: even if you want to call him a game manager.

933
00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:27,600
Speaker 5: I will gladly take Jalen Hurds to manage my game

934
00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:29,040
Speaker 5: and win me the super Bowl.

935
00:45:29,400 --> 00:45:31,480
Speaker 6: And that's not even what he did in the Super Bowl.

936
00:45:31,640 --> 00:45:34,719
Speaker 6: He was not a game manager. No, he absolutely controlled

937
00:45:34,760 --> 00:45:35,160
Speaker 6: that game.

938
00:45:35,480 --> 00:45:35,719
Speaker 5: Well.

939
00:45:35,840 --> 00:45:38,360
Speaker 2: A guy that had a similar label was Troy Aikman

940
00:45:38,440 --> 00:45:40,920
Speaker 2: with the Cowboys because they had Emmett Smith, right, and

941
00:45:40,960 --> 00:45:43,520
Speaker 2: they had a great offensive line, they had great defense.

942
00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:46,560
Speaker 2: He didn't put up spectacular numbers, but you know what,

943
00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:47,640
Speaker 2: he played.

944
00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:50,719
Speaker 3: His best in the biggest games. And that's what we're

945
00:45:50,719 --> 00:45:51,800
Speaker 3: seeing with Jalen Hurts.

946
00:45:51,880 --> 00:45:54,719
Speaker 2: Yea, even the Super Bowl he lost two years ago,

947
00:45:54,920 --> 00:45:57,680
Speaker 2: he was the best quarterback on the field. He outplayed

948
00:45:57,719 --> 00:46:01,040
Speaker 2: Mahomes twice. We talked about Eli Manning, I'll played Tom Brady,

949
00:46:02,040 --> 00:46:06,200
Speaker 2: you know, did he not really? But you know his

950
00:46:06,280 --> 00:46:09,760
Speaker 2: team won exactly if Jalen Hurts clearly outplayed Homes.

951
00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:11,080
Speaker 3: Yes, in both those Super Bowls.

952
00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:14,439
Speaker 5: Yeah, And just like you said, coming back from that

953
00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:19,520
Speaker 5: bad loss two years ago where he felt like it

954
00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:22,960
Speaker 5: was his fault, you know there was no booky fumble, right,

955
00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:25,719
Speaker 5: but there's no way he wasn't still dreaming about it

956
00:46:25,880 --> 00:46:28,840
Speaker 5: till probably still dreaming about it today. So to come

957
00:46:29,120 --> 00:46:31,400
Speaker 5: back from that in such a quick turnaround in just

958
00:46:31,440 --> 00:46:33,680
Speaker 5: two years says a lot about Jalen Hurts.

959
00:46:33,680 --> 00:46:36,800
Speaker 2: All right, I wanted to talk a little baseball right now, Yes,

960
00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:37,520
Speaker 2: because we.

961
00:46:37,600 --> 00:46:39,279
Speaker 3: Got spring training going on, right.

962
00:46:39,480 --> 00:46:42,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, let's just stop right there with a spring training thing.

963
00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:45,920
Speaker 3: What do you mean, Well, Okay, we're.

964
00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:50,799
Speaker 2: In February, and spring training still goes from mid February

965
00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:52,720
Speaker 2: all the way till the end of March.

966
00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:56,080
Speaker 3: Yes, isn't really necessary.

967
00:46:55,360 --> 00:46:56,560
Speaker 5: To get in shape?

968
00:46:56,760 --> 00:46:59,960
Speaker 3: I mean, if you if you go back.

969
00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:04,520
Speaker 2: I always love to watch old movies of athletes as

970
00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:08,360
Speaker 2: they would get ready for a season. Understand this the

971
00:47:08,520 --> 00:47:11,080
Speaker 2: concept of spring training, same thing with training camp in

972
00:47:11,120 --> 00:47:15,680
Speaker 2: the NFL, extended postseason, or preseasons in the NBA, all

973
00:47:15,680 --> 00:47:19,920
Speaker 2: these sports. This was in an age where players actually

974
00:47:19,960 --> 00:47:23,920
Speaker 2: had offseason jobs. They did not make enough money during

975
00:47:23,960 --> 00:47:26,920
Speaker 2: the season to last them the whole year, so as

976
00:47:26,920 --> 00:47:31,040
Speaker 2: as soon as the season ended, they were insurance salesmen.

977
00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:35,080
Speaker 2: They were just regular people holding down jobs and then

978
00:47:35,239 --> 00:47:37,920
Speaker 2: all here comes the season. We got to get ourselves

979
00:47:38,080 --> 00:47:42,520
Speaker 2: back into shape for the season. That is not the

980
00:47:42,560 --> 00:47:46,600
Speaker 2: case anymore. That is simply not the case anymore. I

981
00:47:46,600 --> 00:47:50,719
Speaker 2: don't know why we drag ourselves through six weeks of

982
00:47:50,920 --> 00:47:53,239
Speaker 2: spring training games in this.

983
00:47:53,239 --> 00:47:53,759
Speaker 3: Day and age.

984
00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:57,799
Speaker 2: It's I'm not going to say it doesn't seem necessary.

985
00:47:58,239 --> 00:48:01,760
Speaker 2: I know the end, it's not Cesri because these guys

986
00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:03,200
Speaker 2: are in shape all year long.

987
00:48:03,440 --> 00:48:05,760
Speaker 6: I think I jinxed the Suns. But that's a separate conversation.

988
00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:06,400
Speaker 4: Okay.

989
00:48:07,080 --> 00:48:09,040
Speaker 5: The reason I feel like you can't get rid of

990
00:48:09,120 --> 00:48:13,000
Speaker 5: spring training like this is I think it's not getting

991
00:48:13,040 --> 00:48:16,319
Speaker 5: in shape. It's getting back to the baseball every day,

992
00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:21,000
Speaker 5: because you know how many games it's every single day

993
00:48:19,880 --> 00:48:22,040
Speaker 5: and says, but you got to get back into that

994
00:48:22,200 --> 00:48:26,759
Speaker 5: INtime baseball every day every day. It's only from it's

995
00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:30,719
Speaker 5: only from March to October. It's only from March to October.

996
00:48:31,239 --> 00:48:33,360
Speaker 5: That's it. You know what happened today at Dodger Stadium.

997
00:48:33,360 --> 00:48:35,680
Speaker 5: I got a text about it. I got a text

998
00:48:35,719 --> 00:48:37,880
Speaker 5: on one of my coworkers and they were like, a

999
00:48:37,920 --> 00:48:40,239
Speaker 5: guy just showed up with tickets to the Dodgers game

1000
00:48:40,239 --> 00:48:46,839
Speaker 5: today in Arizona from Korea. A guy from Korea bought

1001
00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:49,880
Speaker 5: tickets to a Dodgers game, and he thought it was

1002
00:48:49,920 --> 00:48:53,160
Speaker 5: a Dodger stadium, and he showed up to the stadium.

1003
00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:54,960
Speaker 2: Well, they give him a ticket to it's not No,

1004
00:48:55,040 --> 00:48:56,480
Speaker 2: he had a ticket, but he didn't know it was

1005
00:48:57,200 --> 00:48:59,640
Speaker 2: I got I got news for it, okay, because I

1006
00:48:59,680 --> 00:49:02,439
Speaker 2: do this drive a lot nowadays, right, six hour drive.

1007
00:49:02,640 --> 00:49:04,439
Speaker 3: Yeah, I know he was gonna be forty five minute flight.

1008
00:49:04,560 --> 00:49:07,400
Speaker 6: Wait imagine, but I'm just showing up and you have

1009
00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:08,880
Speaker 6: to be told, sir.

1010
00:49:08,920 --> 00:49:10,200
Speaker 3: Wasn't that on the ticket?

1011
00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:13,560
Speaker 5: No, I'm just tell you would have it obviously was

1012
00:49:13,600 --> 00:49:15,439
Speaker 5: on the ticket. People don't pitch.

1013
00:49:15,840 --> 00:49:18,120
Speaker 3: He did he think the season had already started.

1014
00:49:18,200 --> 00:49:20,720
Speaker 5: I think he just thought the game was at Dodger Stadium.

1015
00:49:20,760 --> 00:49:23,440
Speaker 3: Well this, see, this is what then you're making my point.

1016
00:49:24,160 --> 00:49:28,720
Speaker 2: This is the deception of the so called preseason spring

1017
00:49:28,800 --> 00:49:32,280
Speaker 2: training games. They're not gays like today. I was actually

1018
00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:34,840
Speaker 2: listening to the game. The Dodgers are playing the Royals.

1019
00:49:35,320 --> 00:49:37,160
Speaker 2: They had the second inning, they had a pitcher out.

1020
00:49:37,160 --> 00:49:40,839
Speaker 2: There was just bombs away, like this guy threw fifty pitches.

1021
00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:42,719
Speaker 3: In an inning. What is the point of this?

1022
00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:46,840
Speaker 2: Well, I mean, show right now now, show has Showey

1023
00:49:46,920 --> 00:49:48,359
Speaker 2: is not going to pitch at all in the spring.

1024
00:49:48,360 --> 00:49:50,040
Speaker 3: Did you hear the latest? If you're wondering about when

1025
00:49:50,040 --> 00:49:51,719
Speaker 3: are we going to see o Tani back on the mountain.

1026
00:49:51,800 --> 00:49:54,120
Speaker 3: It's not going to be till May. Right, So right

1027
00:49:54,160 --> 00:49:55,520
Speaker 3: now he's doing just bullpens.

1028
00:49:55,560 --> 00:49:57,960
Speaker 5: Correct, he's not rehappy and he's not doing any of that.

1029
00:49:58,040 --> 00:49:59,880
Speaker 3: He's not going to pitch any spring.

1030
00:50:00,320 --> 00:50:02,640
Speaker 6: Yeah, they want him to just keep dhing.

1031
00:50:03,960 --> 00:50:09,520
Speaker 2: Through this pro so he will actually pitch against real competition,

1032
00:50:10,280 --> 00:50:11,879
Speaker 2: not until May May.

1033
00:50:13,239 --> 00:50:14,600
Speaker 3: Am I missing something there?

1034
00:50:14,840 --> 00:50:17,239
Speaker 2: Didn't he have a whole year off to rehab from

1035
00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:20,560
Speaker 2: this non Tommy John surgery of they're calling it.

1036
00:50:20,680 --> 00:50:25,399
Speaker 10: We've talked about this, right, it's just they you have

1037
00:50:25,440 --> 00:50:27,520
Speaker 10: to let him get out there, but they're probably being

1038
00:50:27,840 --> 00:50:31,239
Speaker 10: extra careful with letting him get back out there.

1039
00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:35,080
Speaker 3: If he's throwing full speed right now.

1040
00:50:35,120 --> 00:50:36,759
Speaker 5: And it does seem like he's doing that it does

1041
00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:38,719
Speaker 5: in the videos that they've shown, then why do we.

1042
00:50:38,680 --> 00:50:40,919
Speaker 3: Have to wait three months to see him actually pitch.

1043
00:50:41,040 --> 00:50:42,560
Speaker 5: I don't have dads.

1044
00:50:44,440 --> 00:50:46,279
Speaker 3: I want to see show Heyo Tani back.

1045
00:50:46,400 --> 00:50:48,319
Speaker 5: They have so many pictures that they have to test

1046
00:50:48,360 --> 00:50:49,120
Speaker 5: the other ones out there.

1047
00:50:49,120 --> 00:50:51,680
Speaker 3: There's only one guy making seven hundred million dollars.

1048
00:50:51,800 --> 00:50:52,760
Speaker 5: His name is Swan Soto.

1049
00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:55,240
Speaker 3: Show hey time. By the way, you heard one Soto

1050
00:50:55,360 --> 00:50:56,759
Speaker 3: first a bat of the spring home run.

1051
00:50:56,960 --> 00:50:59,520
Speaker 5: I know, of course, of course, Ellie de Lacruz for

1052
00:50:59,520 --> 00:51:01,360
Speaker 5: the Reds to home runs today from each side of

1053
00:51:01,400 --> 00:51:01,720
Speaker 5: the plate.

1054
00:51:02,520 --> 00:51:03,840
Speaker 4: I mean, it's exciting.

1055
00:51:03,880 --> 00:51:04,759
Speaker 3: How the Dodger's doing.

1056
00:51:04,920 --> 00:51:06,759
Speaker 5: They're doing pretty good. They're doing pretty good.

1057
00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:07,560
Speaker 3: Did they win today?

1058
00:51:07,600 --> 00:51:10,160
Speaker 5: Hey, they can't. Max Munsey did tie the game?

1059
00:51:10,280 --> 00:51:12,640
Speaker 3: Yeah? I heard that, Yes, So did they win?

1060
00:51:12,960 --> 00:51:13,960
Speaker 4: I don't who cares?

1061
00:51:14,040 --> 00:51:15,360
Speaker 3: I lost two to the Cubs.

1062
00:51:15,800 --> 00:51:18,880
Speaker 6: Yes, let's see if they ended up winning. They lost

1063
00:51:18,920 --> 00:51:20,040
Speaker 6: to the Royals eleven to ten.

1064
00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:21,200
Speaker 3: So they're oh in three?

1065
00:51:21,320 --> 00:51:23,560
Speaker 6: Yes, but again it's just spring training.

1066
00:51:24,040 --> 00:51:27,359
Speaker 5: It doesn't matter with the oh and three, it doesn't.

1067
00:51:27,120 --> 00:51:31,440
Speaker 3: The greatest team ever assembled? Is oh? All right?

1068
00:51:31,480 --> 00:51:34,000
Speaker 2: Coming up on the other side, Matthew Stafford, is he

1069
00:51:34,080 --> 00:51:36,439
Speaker 2: going to remain a ram? What's the buzzes get ready

1070
00:51:36,480 --> 00:51:39,759
Speaker 2: for the NFL combine? And why aren't the Eagles overwhelming

1071
00:51:39,880 --> 00:51:43,440
Speaker 2: favors to be Super Bowl champions again in twenty twenty five.

1072
00:51:43,440 --> 00:51:46,760
Speaker 2: We're gonna break it down with our NFL insider, Adam Kaplan.

1073
00:51:46,840 --> 00:51:48,800
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1074
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1075
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1076
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1077
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1081
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1086
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1087
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Speaker 2: Reasons it's five stars the presence of this man who

1088
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1089
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1090
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Speaker 2: NFL insider, Adam Kaplan. All right, Adam, let's talk a

1091
00:52:35,800 --> 00:52:39,000
Speaker 2: little bit about this whole Matthew Stafford situation. And again,

1092
00:52:39,040 --> 00:52:41,920
Speaker 2: I think a lot of people are not quite understanding

1093
00:52:41,960 --> 00:52:45,720
Speaker 2: the story. So the way I gather is Stafford's agent

1094
00:52:45,800 --> 00:52:48,080
Speaker 2: comes in. He has no guaranteed money next year, so

1095
00:52:48,160 --> 00:52:50,120
Speaker 2: he's like, you know, he's demanding a pretty big contract.

1096
00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:52,200
Speaker 3: I mean, you know, the Rams have made the playoffs

1097
00:52:52,239 --> 00:52:54,320
Speaker 3: the last couple of years, and Stafford's played.

1098
00:52:54,120 --> 00:52:57,000
Speaker 2: At a high level and he wants to get compensated,

1099
00:52:57,040 --> 00:52:59,439
Speaker 2: and the Rams are countering with ah, yeah, okay, thirty

1100
00:52:59,440 --> 00:53:02,960
Speaker 2: seven year old quarterback. Shop around, see if any other

1101
00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:06,000
Speaker 2: team's willing to give it, see what the market value is,

1102
00:53:06,080 --> 00:53:07,080
Speaker 2: and then get back to us.

1103
00:53:07,560 --> 00:53:10,080
Speaker 3: That, to me, is what this story is all about.

1104
00:53:10,320 --> 00:53:13,279
Speaker 2: Because you know, when I hear headlines Matthew Stafford to

1105
00:53:13,360 --> 00:53:16,520
Speaker 2: the Giants, Aaron Rodgers next quarterback of.

1106
00:53:16,440 --> 00:53:18,960
Speaker 3: The Rams, Like, what are you talking about? Matthew Stafford

1107
00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:20,160
Speaker 3: will be the quarterback of the Rams.

1108
00:53:20,200 --> 00:53:23,839
Speaker 2: We give us a little insight as to what kind

1109
00:53:23,880 --> 00:53:26,200
Speaker 2: of I mean, let's play with this for a second.

1110
00:53:26,840 --> 00:53:29,480
Speaker 2: Is there a market for Matthew Stafford. I can't imagine

1111
00:53:29,520 --> 00:53:31,239
Speaker 2: a team giving up a first round pick for a

1112
00:53:31,280 --> 00:53:32,680
Speaker 2: thirty seven year old quarterback.

1113
00:53:33,360 --> 00:53:36,600
Speaker 3: So what exactly who would be interested?

1114
00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:41,279
Speaker 2: And do you give any credibility to the thought that

1115
00:53:41,360 --> 00:53:44,240
Speaker 2: Matthew Stafford will not be the Rams quarterback in twenty

1116
00:53:44,280 --> 00:53:44,839
Speaker 2: twenty five?

1117
00:53:45,400 --> 00:53:47,560
Speaker 9: Well, I'll be the combine next week, so I'll have

1118
00:53:47,600 --> 00:53:50,520
Speaker 9: a better idea what's going to really happen. But here's

1119
00:53:50,600 --> 00:53:53,319
Speaker 9: the thing, Steve, you didn't mention. It's very important. He's

1120
00:53:53,320 --> 00:53:56,720
Speaker 9: also an average He's also making less than thirty million

1121
00:53:56,719 --> 00:53:59,960
Speaker 9: dollars this season. That is way below you're talking about

1122
00:54:00,080 --> 00:54:03,680
Speaker 9: out And you're absolutely right Steve. He's fighted really well

1123
00:54:03,680 --> 00:54:07,120
Speaker 9: the last couple of seasons, despite the injuries to Nicola

1124
00:54:07,320 --> 00:54:11,000
Speaker 9: and Cooper Cupp. So the Rams don't want to pay him.

1125
00:54:11,000 --> 00:54:13,359
Speaker 9: Clearly do not want to pay him, but the Rams

1126
00:54:13,400 --> 00:54:15,239
Speaker 9: also do not have an answer on the roster who

1127
00:54:15,280 --> 00:54:18,040
Speaker 9: would replace him. So the bottom line here as we

1128
00:54:18,080 --> 00:54:22,640
Speaker 9: move forward, he's severely underpaid. He's represented by CEA. They

1129
00:54:22,640 --> 00:54:24,640
Speaker 9: want a new deal. But here's the other thing about

1130
00:54:24,640 --> 00:54:26,239
Speaker 9: trading him. Not only do you have to give up

1131
00:54:26,880 --> 00:54:29,600
Speaker 9: most like a second round ticket in a little bit more,

1132
00:54:29,960 --> 00:54:32,320
Speaker 9: you got to pay him. And that's the other problem

1133
00:54:32,400 --> 00:54:34,840
Speaker 9: with this situation. You're and you're also right with his age.

1134
00:54:35,680 --> 00:54:38,240
Speaker 9: All that makes it hard to trade him. The Rams

1135
00:54:38,239 --> 00:54:41,000
Speaker 9: are very open to moving them. The other teams have

1136
00:54:41,080 --> 00:54:44,880
Speaker 9: told me this. They're definitely listening. But shame on the

1137
00:54:44,960 --> 00:54:47,880
Speaker 9: Rams for not having an answer at the quarterback positions

1138
00:54:47,880 --> 00:54:50,120
Speaker 9: for the future. It's a lot like they didn't know

1139
00:54:50,200 --> 00:54:53,839
Speaker 9: this two years ago and last year and here we are.

1140
00:54:53,920 --> 00:54:56,359
Speaker 9: It's it's good of a job as Sean McVay does.

1141
00:54:57,280 --> 00:55:01,480
Speaker 9: And let's nei the GM a tough way and folks,

1142
00:55:02,000 --> 00:55:04,000
Speaker 9: we'll be talking more about this closer to the draft.

1143
00:55:04,160 --> 00:55:08,400
Speaker 9: As we move along here. I know there'll be more

1144
00:55:08,400 --> 00:55:11,000
Speaker 9: and two quarterbacks that go in the first round. This

1145
00:55:11,040 --> 00:55:13,120
Speaker 9: is not a good free agency for quarterbacks, and it's

1146
00:55:13,160 --> 00:55:16,040
Speaker 9: not a very good draft on paper for the quarterback position.

1147
00:55:16,440 --> 00:55:18,359
Speaker 6: So Adam, hi, Adam, thanks for joining us.

1148
00:55:18,880 --> 00:55:22,200
Speaker 5: Do you think this could backfire on the Rams letting

1149
00:55:22,520 --> 00:55:24,280
Speaker 5: him go and talk to other teams?

1150
00:55:25,120 --> 00:55:28,640
Speaker 9: No, that that not And by the way, just so

1151
00:55:28,760 --> 00:55:31,520
Speaker 9: you guys understand, a good agent will not care what

1152
00:55:31,560 --> 00:55:36,040
Speaker 9: the club thinks. They will they will talk teams on

1153
00:55:36,080 --> 00:55:39,920
Speaker 9: their own and then they will they will talk to

1154
00:55:40,160 --> 00:55:43,279
Speaker 9: the club and see what they want to do. But

1155
00:55:43,560 --> 00:55:45,640
Speaker 9: most stagents that I've dealt with for twenty seven years

1156
00:55:45,760 --> 00:55:48,759
Speaker 9: covering this business, they never wait for the They never

1157
00:55:48,760 --> 00:55:50,840
Speaker 9: wait for the club to give them permission. They do

1158
00:55:50,920 --> 00:55:52,680
Speaker 9: it on their own and they kind of gauge what's

1159
00:55:52,719 --> 00:55:56,840
Speaker 9: out there. So look, I'll say this about the Rams

1160
00:55:56,840 --> 00:55:58,960
Speaker 9: and leverage. There are a lot of teams that need

1161
00:55:59,040 --> 00:56:01,719
Speaker 9: a quarterback, but they're not looking for thirty seven year

1162
00:56:01,760 --> 00:56:05,560
Speaker 9: old quarterbacks. That's the show. Again, we're early here with

1163
00:56:05,760 --> 00:56:08,640
Speaker 9: the combine. I'll be there actually Monday night. I look forward.

1164
00:56:08,680 --> 00:56:10,560
Speaker 9: I'll be there actually. It's one of my longest trips

1165
00:56:10,560 --> 00:56:14,399
Speaker 9: six days in Indianapolis. But I've got TV and radio coming,

1166
00:56:14,440 --> 00:56:16,439
Speaker 9: so I'll be on the story and a bunch of others.

1167
00:56:16,520 --> 00:56:19,080
Speaker 9: By the way, And also for the draft, who's going

1168
00:56:19,160 --> 00:56:21,120
Speaker 9: to be that third quarterback to go in the first

1169
00:56:21,200 --> 00:56:22,640
Speaker 9: round that I'm after that as well?

1170
00:56:22,920 --> 00:56:26,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, and boy, I have some advice for cam Ward.

1171
00:56:28,800 --> 00:56:30,279
Speaker 2: I mean I was like, are we going to have

1172
00:56:30,280 --> 00:56:33,800
Speaker 2: a second coming of Josh Rosen here? I mean Josh Rosen,

1173
00:56:34,520 --> 00:56:38,200
Speaker 2: the UCLA quarterback proclaimed after he was what the fourth

1174
00:56:38,280 --> 00:56:42,160
Speaker 2: quarterback taking in that draft? Tenth overall, every team that

1175
00:56:42,239 --> 00:56:44,640
Speaker 2: didn't draft is going to regret it. I'll win as

1176
00:56:44,640 --> 00:56:47,719
Speaker 2: many Super Bowls as Tom Brady.

1177
00:56:48,000 --> 00:56:50,760
Speaker 3: How that work out? If you're cam Ward?

1178
00:56:51,040 --> 00:56:55,439
Speaker 2: The idea of threatening teams that may pass on him

1179
00:56:55,440 --> 00:56:58,359
Speaker 2: in the draft, those are the kind of quotes that

1180
00:56:58,640 --> 00:57:03,320
Speaker 2: never go away. This is a guy who's collegiate career,

1181
00:57:03,400 --> 00:57:07,359
Speaker 2: I believe started it incarnate word. Okay, so he's come

1182
00:57:07,400 --> 00:57:09,759
Speaker 2: a long way to be a guy that is considered

1183
00:57:09,800 --> 00:57:12,640
Speaker 2: probably many the top quarterback in this draft.

1184
00:57:12,640 --> 00:57:16,200
Speaker 3: But don't don't come into the NFL with big boast.

1185
00:57:16,280 --> 00:57:20,000
Speaker 2: I don't remember, you know, even guys that were runaway

1186
00:57:20,280 --> 00:57:25,200
Speaker 2: number one overall picks proclaiming, you know your Lord and

1187
00:57:25,280 --> 00:57:26,360
Speaker 2: Savior has arrived.

1188
00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:31,200
Speaker 3: Not good pr for cam Ward.

1189
00:57:31,840 --> 00:57:34,400
Speaker 9: All right, So here's the deal of cam Word and

1190
00:57:34,520 --> 00:57:37,440
Speaker 9: Suder Sanders, since you brought it up, and also give

1191
00:57:37,480 --> 00:57:39,200
Speaker 9: you some intel on what you just were talking about.

1192
00:57:39,240 --> 00:57:42,160
Speaker 9: But let's talk about the two top quarterbacks for this draft.

1193
00:57:42,760 --> 00:57:47,520
Speaker 9: Cam Ward is way higher, greater than Shu Sanders. Stamers

1194
00:57:47,520 --> 00:57:49,200
Speaker 9: will go in the first round. I'm not doubting that,

1195
00:57:49,640 --> 00:57:51,760
Speaker 9: but it's not close between the two quarterbacks worth a

1196
00:57:51,840 --> 00:57:54,520
Speaker 9: much more talent quarterbacks that are actually just a better prospect.

1197
00:57:54,600 --> 00:57:58,280
Speaker 9: Now let me address what you just talked about. Very

1198
00:57:58,280 --> 00:58:00,840
Speaker 9: strong league source who I've known for show for years,

1199
00:58:01,200 --> 00:58:04,640
Speaker 9: he's already done homework on cam Ward and he said

1200
00:58:04,680 --> 00:58:07,760
Speaker 9: he's all ball, very serious guy, pretty good guy. He

1201
00:58:08,120 --> 00:58:10,840
Speaker 9: doesn't care that he what happened in that ball game.

1202
00:58:10,920 --> 00:58:13,160
Speaker 9: He didn't care because he's a pretty good kid. Now

1203
00:58:13,200 --> 00:58:17,080
Speaker 9: he's aware of what Ward said. Look, you put it

1204
00:58:17,120 --> 00:58:18,640
Speaker 9: out there, as you said, Steve, you got to back

1205
00:58:18,680 --> 00:58:21,760
Speaker 9: it up. But just talking about football here, it's not

1206
00:58:21,840 --> 00:58:24,800
Speaker 9: close between him and Sanders. In my first I just

1207
00:58:24,840 --> 00:58:26,800
Speaker 9: did a mock draft, an audio mock draft. If you

1208
00:58:26,840 --> 00:58:29,760
Speaker 9: follow me on Twitter, you see the link for audio

1209
00:58:29,840 --> 00:58:31,880
Speaker 9: or video. I will tell you right now. I put

1210
00:58:31,880 --> 00:58:36,560
Speaker 9: Ward at number one. He's the best quarterback for this draft. Now, folks,

1211
00:58:36,960 --> 00:58:38,760
Speaker 9: they're just saying in the National Football League, if you

1212
00:58:38,800 --> 00:58:42,120
Speaker 9: don't have a quarterback, you're looking for one. And that's

1213
00:58:42,200 --> 00:58:44,320
Speaker 9: why I've got the Titans taking cam Ward right now.

1214
00:58:45,560 --> 00:58:48,480
Speaker 5: All right, Well, the Bills don't need a quarterback, but

1215
00:58:48,560 --> 00:58:52,480
Speaker 5: they're running back wants to get paid. How do you

1216
00:58:52,600 --> 00:58:56,320
Speaker 5: see the situation with James Cook and Buffalo.

1217
00:58:56,400 --> 00:58:59,880
Speaker 9: Going he's their guy, not going anywhere.

1218
00:59:01,200 --> 00:59:03,040
Speaker 5: He wants fifteen million. You think they're going to give

1219
00:59:03,040 --> 00:59:04,040
Speaker 5: you a fifteen.

1220
00:59:03,720 --> 00:59:05,760
Speaker 9: Well, he's not going to get My fear's the thing

1221
00:59:05,840 --> 00:59:08,400
Speaker 9: that he's not getting more than Sakuon Barkley's making thirteen

1222
00:59:08,440 --> 00:59:11,960
Speaker 9: and a half million per season. So okay, So, and

1223
00:59:12,000 --> 00:59:14,479
Speaker 9: I know Dalvin's brother and Dowan, I'm sure whose career

1224
00:59:14,520 --> 00:59:16,400
Speaker 9: is just about overs probably telling him, hey, man, you

1225
00:59:16,400 --> 00:59:18,680
Speaker 9: gotta get paid. And I get that. But by the way,

1226
00:59:18,760 --> 00:59:21,520
Speaker 9: James cooks way better than most people thought. He's seed

1227
00:59:21,960 --> 00:59:24,720
Speaker 9: a lot of expectations of anyone. Even with the Bills.

1228
00:59:24,720 --> 00:59:27,040
Speaker 9: I was thick talking to them privately about him. He's

1229
00:59:27,080 --> 00:59:30,840
Speaker 9: been a great story, done everything right. But he's not

1230
00:59:30,840 --> 00:59:32,680
Speaker 9: getting paid more than Saquon Barkley. It's just not going

1231
00:59:32,720 --> 00:59:36,080
Speaker 9: to happen. In fact, another nugget for you, no one

1232
00:59:36,120 --> 00:59:38,240
Speaker 9: has ever gotten close to Christian mccaffery's deal that he

1233
00:59:38,320 --> 00:59:40,640
Speaker 9: did with his last extension with a Panther seventeen million

1234
00:59:40,640 --> 00:59:42,760
Speaker 9: a year. It's amazing to me that the running back

1235
00:59:42,800 --> 00:59:48,000
Speaker 9: market never has gotten to where it should. And by

1236
00:59:48,040 --> 00:59:51,480
Speaker 9: the way, bills rarely played, rarely pay market value. So yeah,

1237
00:59:51,520 --> 00:59:53,120
Speaker 9: good luck, all right.

1238
00:59:53,280 --> 00:59:57,480
Speaker 2: I'm I've been perplexed about this ever since the Eagles

1239
00:59:58,240 --> 01:00:01,440
Speaker 2: blew out the Chiefs in the Super Bowl, because in

1240
01:00:01,480 --> 01:00:05,080
Speaker 2: the immediate aftermath, as everyone immediately turns the page to

1241
01:00:05,160 --> 01:00:10,439
Speaker 2: the next season, they're like, yeah, the Eagles chase are.

1242
01:00:10,400 --> 01:00:14,200
Speaker 3: Loaded, Ravens, Bills.

1243
01:00:14,640 --> 01:00:19,920
Speaker 2: Lions, And I'm like, on what planet do the Eagles

1244
01:00:20,000 --> 01:00:24,480
Speaker 2: not currently have, in my opinion, both sides of the football,

1245
01:00:24,880 --> 01:00:28,280
Speaker 2: by far, the best roster in the NFL by far.

1246
01:00:30,040 --> 01:00:32,360
Speaker 3: I don't what am I missing here?

1247
01:00:32,520 --> 01:00:35,320
Speaker 2: I mean, it was on full display in the Super Bowl,

1248
01:00:35,360 --> 01:00:38,080
Speaker 2: it was on full display in the NFC Championship Game.

1249
01:00:38,240 --> 01:00:41,200
Speaker 2: It was pretty much on full display throughout the season.

1250
01:00:41,240 --> 01:00:44,040
Speaker 2: Once they got sort of things righted from the previous year.

1251
01:00:44,840 --> 01:00:49,040
Speaker 2: What am I missing? Where the Eagles aren't overwhelming favorites

1252
01:00:49,680 --> 01:00:52,360
Speaker 2: to win the super Bowl in the twenty twenty five season.

1253
01:00:52,880 --> 01:00:55,920
Speaker 9: They are, but once a couple of things here, a

1254
01:00:56,000 --> 01:00:57,760
Speaker 9: couple things here. So they're gonna have a new play

1255
01:00:57,800 --> 01:01:00,760
Speaker 9: caller on offense is never called place Kevin Stulo, who's

1256
01:01:00,800 --> 01:01:02,880
Speaker 9: Nick Sirianni's right in hey man? So that that, but

1257
01:01:03,080 --> 01:01:04,720
Speaker 9: play kongs in art. You never know when they have

1258
01:01:04,800 --> 01:01:07,000
Speaker 9: to do it. I think the Eagles really like him.

1259
01:01:07,400 --> 01:01:09,120
Speaker 9: And then they're going to lose some key free agents.

1260
01:01:09,480 --> 01:01:12,760
Speaker 9: Milt Williams, who's going to get paid. He's number ninety three, folks,

1261
01:01:12,800 --> 01:01:15,720
Speaker 9: if you don't file the Eagles closely. This guy's one

1262
01:01:15,760 --> 01:01:18,600
Speaker 9: of those players that when you go to free agency,

1263
01:01:18,640 --> 01:01:20,560
Speaker 9: like Christian Kirk when he got seventeen million a year,

1264
01:01:20,680 --> 01:01:23,400
Speaker 9: you go, I can I can't believe it. Christian mil

1265
01:01:23,440 --> 01:01:25,240
Speaker 9: Williams is going to make twenty one million a season,

1266
01:01:25,440 --> 01:01:28,400
Speaker 9: if not more, and it's gonna be hard for the

1267
01:01:28,400 --> 01:01:30,640
Speaker 9: Eagles to pay that money. Although the CAP's going way up,

1268
01:01:30,680 --> 01:01:32,439
Speaker 9: it's not a cap ish with the cash is show

1269
01:01:32,520 --> 01:01:35,560
Speaker 9: much you really want to pay if the Eagles have

1270
01:01:35,600 --> 01:01:37,360
Speaker 9: a number of free agents, But they have three key

1271
01:01:37,360 --> 01:01:42,360
Speaker 9: agents three three three key freasents on the defense. Jack Bond,

1272
01:01:42,400 --> 01:01:45,560
Speaker 9: who came out of nowhere, literally nowhere. He never played

1273
01:01:45,640 --> 01:01:48,440
Speaker 9: linebacker in his life. He's lose an Edgdresser, he became

1274
01:01:48,480 --> 01:01:51,040
Speaker 9: an All Pro. Okay, he's up. He want and back.

1275
01:01:51,080 --> 01:01:54,000
Speaker 9: He wants to be back. Josh Wett number nineteen, who

1276
01:01:54,000 --> 01:01:57,640
Speaker 9: had two and a half sacks in the Super Bowl. Offensively,

1277
01:01:57,960 --> 01:02:01,440
Speaker 9: Makai beck Din great story the Eagles. They like to

1278
01:02:01,440 --> 01:02:03,160
Speaker 9: have him back, but they're not going to lose sleep.

1279
01:02:03,200 --> 01:02:04,880
Speaker 9: If they lose them. They got someone to replace him.

1280
01:02:05,040 --> 01:02:07,760
Speaker 9: But Steve, to sum this up, it's you know why

1281
01:02:07,760 --> 01:02:09,800
Speaker 9: it's hard to repeat, because you lose coaches and you

1282
01:02:09,880 --> 01:02:13,720
Speaker 9: lose players and Jalen Hurts, Guys, this is crazy.

1283
01:02:13,760 --> 01:02:14,080
Speaker 7: He said.

1284
01:02:14,160 --> 01:02:18,160
Speaker 9: Thirteen play callers in a football playing career and ten

1285
01:02:19,160 --> 01:02:22,680
Speaker 9: over the last seven years. That's a lot and we

1286
01:02:22,720 --> 01:02:24,720
Speaker 9: can't discount that. Steve, I hear what you're saying. They

1287
01:02:24,720 --> 01:02:28,600
Speaker 9: have a great roster, but these things matter. There's a

1288
01:02:28,640 --> 01:02:31,200
Speaker 9: reason why teams don't repeat. When there's a lot of change,

1289
01:02:31,240 --> 01:02:32,280
Speaker 9: it's really hard to repeat.

1290
01:02:33,240 --> 01:02:36,240
Speaker 5: Last one for me, Adam reports are that the Cowboys

1291
01:02:36,280 --> 01:02:41,000
Speaker 5: and Michael Parsons have not talked about an extension. Is

1292
01:02:41,040 --> 01:02:44,600
Speaker 5: there a scenario where maybe Dallas deals Michael Parsons.

1293
01:02:45,600 --> 01:02:49,160
Speaker 9: Highly highly unlikely? That goes in the never say never category, Manci,

1294
01:02:49,440 --> 01:02:52,520
Speaker 9: I've used that phrase for twenty seven years. He is

1295
01:02:52,520 --> 01:02:56,080
Speaker 9: their best football player. He's one of the top two

1296
01:02:56,160 --> 01:02:58,720
Speaker 9: pastors of the National Football Like. You don't trade pass rushers.

1297
01:02:59,640 --> 01:03:05,640
Speaker 9: But I've been shocked before. Again, I mean, it's it's

1298
01:03:05,640 --> 01:03:07,200
Speaker 9: not a big deal right now. I mean, he's going

1299
01:03:07,240 --> 01:03:09,520
Speaker 9: to be a Cowboy this season. He's on a contract.

1300
01:03:09,520 --> 01:03:13,160
Speaker 9: But this is what Steve and I have Steve, you

1301
01:03:13,200 --> 01:03:15,200
Speaker 9: and I have known each other number of years. How

1302
01:03:15,240 --> 01:03:17,280
Speaker 9: many times have we talked about the Cowboys doing this stuff.

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01:03:17,480 --> 01:03:21,840
Speaker 9: I know it's ridiculous. I'm in ridiculous. I don't know

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01:03:21,880 --> 01:03:24,920
Speaker 9: why he does this. It does and look, I'm not

1305
01:03:25,000 --> 01:03:26,920
Speaker 9: I'm not a fan of any particular team. I'm you know,

1306
01:03:27,040 --> 01:03:29,000
Speaker 9: I have no bias or to anybody or anything. But

1307
01:03:29,880 --> 01:03:33,640
Speaker 9: I just don't understand why he, Jerry Jones continues to

1308
01:03:33,680 --> 01:03:39,280
Speaker 9: do this. It's really not good business. It just it

1309
01:03:39,360 --> 01:03:42,560
Speaker 9: leads to it leads to paying way more than he should. Yeah,

1310
01:03:42,680 --> 01:03:43,680
Speaker 9: but what it is?

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Speaker 2: All right, final thing from me, combine starts Thursday. You've

1312
01:03:48,080 --> 01:03:51,600
Speaker 2: been covering the Combine three years, Adam. Does the Combine

1313
01:03:51,640 --> 01:03:56,000
Speaker 2: still have the same significance in talent evaluation that it

1314
01:03:56,120 --> 01:03:57,240
Speaker 2: had five ten years ago?

1315
01:03:58,000 --> 01:04:00,320
Speaker 9: It does because here's here's why. But it's not so

1316
01:04:00,400 --> 01:04:02,800
Speaker 9: much on the field that you got get measured. Getting

1317
01:04:02,840 --> 01:04:06,120
Speaker 9: them timed and measured is important, But Steve, the big

1318
01:04:06,120 --> 01:04:07,480
Speaker 9: dealer is getting those medicals.

1319
01:04:07,560 --> 01:04:09,280
Speaker 3: Yep, any interviews.

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01:04:09,360 --> 01:04:12,280
Speaker 9: And the interviews, but the medicals are super huge because

1321
01:04:12,600 --> 01:04:14,600
Speaker 9: I hate I actually had to report this one time.

1322
01:04:14,640 --> 01:04:18,040
Speaker 9: I got win of a guy's career ending at the Combine.

1323
01:04:18,040 --> 01:04:20,760
Speaker 9: There's a kidney issue, and the league wouldn't ask them.

1324
01:04:20,760 --> 01:04:22,560
Speaker 9: I can't. If he went to Stanford, Kim remember the

1325
01:04:22,600 --> 01:04:24,960
Speaker 9: kid's name, he would have been drafted middle rounds. So

1326
01:04:25,080 --> 01:04:28,760
Speaker 9: you never know what happens when when they get to medicals. Man,

1327
01:04:28,800 --> 01:04:32,040
Speaker 9: it's super important. And those interviews are important because I

1328
01:04:32,040 --> 01:04:34,560
Speaker 9: could tell you a certain first round quarterback who has

1329
01:04:34,600 --> 01:04:37,400
Speaker 9: taken the last five years. One team after told me

1330
01:04:37,400 --> 01:04:39,280
Speaker 9: after they interviewed them they would not draft them. They

1331
01:04:39,400 --> 01:04:40,880
Speaker 9: just didn't like the player. I'm not going to say

1332
01:04:40,880 --> 01:04:43,640
Speaker 9: who it is, but the quarterback everybody would know. Just

1333
01:04:43,680 --> 01:04:45,760
Speaker 9: getting a bad interview where the guy turned the team off.

1334
01:04:45,800 --> 01:04:49,360
Speaker 9: So you see if it I think the fact I

1335
01:04:49,400 --> 01:04:53,680
Speaker 9: know the workouts are overrated. Pape is everything, these workouts.

1336
01:04:54,040 --> 01:04:56,080
Speaker 9: You got to be careful with the stuff. We'rember Chad Jackson,

1337
01:04:56,400 --> 01:04:59,200
Speaker 9: get out of Rochard Jackson. We're here at University of Florida.

1338
01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:01,800
Speaker 9: And I think in the hot like four two nine

1339
01:05:01,880 --> 01:05:04,680
Speaker 9: four three out of nowhere, he went way higher than

1340
01:05:04,680 --> 01:05:06,480
Speaker 9: he should by the Patriots, and he never did anything

1341
01:05:06,520 --> 01:05:08,320
Speaker 9: in the National Footballague. You've got to be careful with

1342
01:05:08,360 --> 01:05:09,080
Speaker 9: these times.

1343
01:05:09,480 --> 01:05:15,320
Speaker 2: John Ross, Oh what fo two two for two two?

1344
01:05:15,960 --> 01:05:18,120
Speaker 9: Guick story, goock story. I gotta tell you this. I

1345
01:05:18,160 --> 01:05:19,280
Speaker 9: didn't know you were going to go there, but I

1346
01:05:19,320 --> 01:05:21,040
Speaker 9: remember like it was yesterday. This is the draft in

1347
01:05:21,080 --> 01:05:24,280
Speaker 9: Philly in twenty seventeen. I ran into someone close to

1348
01:05:24,360 --> 01:05:25,720
Speaker 9: him and he said, Hey, what do you think, Mike,

1349
01:05:25,960 --> 01:05:28,120
Speaker 9: where do you think he's going to go? I said,

1350
01:05:28,560 --> 01:05:31,200
Speaker 9: I said, he's kind a chance because he's really fast,

1351
01:05:31,840 --> 01:05:33,640
Speaker 9: the sneak in late in the first round. He goes, yeah,

1352
01:05:33,640 --> 01:05:35,840
Speaker 9: that's what I think. But he had a big injury

1353
01:05:35,880 --> 01:05:38,720
Speaker 9: history coming out of Yorashi at Washington. You could have

1354
01:05:38,760 --> 01:05:40,240
Speaker 9: pushed me with a feather when he went to the

1355
01:05:40,280 --> 01:05:45,320
Speaker 9: Bengals at ten. Overall, I get speed's important, but you

1356
01:05:45,480 --> 01:05:50,160
Speaker 9: can't overrate that. It's you gotta be careful. It's about

1357
01:05:50,240 --> 01:05:52,840
Speaker 9: talent first, and that's why the Bengals missed on that

1358
01:05:52,880 --> 01:05:53,360
Speaker 9: one well.

1359
01:05:53,360 --> 01:05:55,680
Speaker 2: As DJ Houschmann Zada, our dear friend here in Fox

1360
01:05:55,720 --> 01:05:58,160
Speaker 2: Sports has told me many times the Pro Bowl wide receiver,

1361
01:05:58,800 --> 01:06:01,760
Speaker 2: it's not how fast you run, it's how fast you stop.

1362
01:06:03,000 --> 01:06:06,040
Speaker 9: Yeah, and the play speed by the way, yes, if

1363
01:06:06,040 --> 01:06:07,520
Speaker 9: you can get out really.

1364
01:06:07,400 --> 01:06:09,680
Speaker 3: Well, it's not how fast you run, it's how fast

1365
01:06:09,720 --> 01:06:12,640
Speaker 3: you can stop. That's how you separate. Great stuff.

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Speaker 2: As always, Adam, we'll catch up with you next week,

1367
01:06:14,800 --> 01:06:18,880
Speaker 2: I guess from Indy. All right, Adam Kaplan, our Fox

1368
01:06:18,920 --> 01:06:21,960
Speaker 2: Sports Radio NFL insider. All right, let's find out what

1369
01:06:22,120 --> 01:06:24,280
Speaker 2: is a trending right now? Another guy that's all over

1370
01:06:24,320 --> 01:06:27,320
Speaker 2: the National Football League, all over it, all over it.

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01:06:27,960 --> 01:06:30,200
Speaker 3: Do you like the combine, Chris? I mean, do you

1372
01:06:30,240 --> 01:06:34,000
Speaker 3: watch it? I? Uh sure, yeah, I watch it.

1373
01:06:34,480 --> 01:06:36,680
Speaker 8: I think I think you kind of have to, not

1374
01:06:36,840 --> 01:06:39,040
Speaker 8: just in being someone who covers the sport and has

1375
01:06:39,080 --> 01:06:42,080
Speaker 8: to cover a team, but also in that it's kind

1376
01:06:42,080 --> 01:06:45,080
Speaker 8: of like sucking the marrow out of a bone, as

1377
01:06:45,080 --> 01:06:47,800
Speaker 8: you realize that there's no such help for you as

1378
01:06:47,800 --> 01:06:51,560
Speaker 8: a football fan coming down the pike anytime soon whatsoever.

1379
01:06:51,600 --> 01:06:54,280
Speaker 8: And I have to watch us talk once again about

1380
01:06:54,280 --> 01:06:56,360
Speaker 8: whether or not guys in the NBA even care to

1381
01:06:56,400 --> 01:06:57,240
Speaker 8: be out on the courts.

1382
01:06:57,360 --> 01:06:58,920
Speaker 3: Yes, and that's unfortunate.

1383
01:06:59,160 --> 01:07:01,240
Speaker 8: Yes, yeah, someone who grew up as a big Piston,

1384
01:07:01,320 --> 01:07:05,479
Speaker 8: as a big Detroit Pistons fan, it hits a little hard,

1385
01:07:05,480 --> 01:07:09,160
Speaker 8: and football going away hits even harder. But let's talk

1386
01:07:09,200 --> 01:07:11,320
Speaker 8: about some of that basketball. Let's talk about the college

1387
01:07:11,360 --> 01:07:14,960
Speaker 8: side of things. Number four Alabama holding a four point

1388
01:07:15,080 --> 01:07:19,439
Speaker 8: lead over Kentucky right now, fifteen minutes to go. In

1389
01:07:19,520 --> 01:07:23,840
Speaker 8: that game, LSU has given up the lead to number

1390
01:07:23,920 --> 01:07:27,720
Speaker 8: two Florida sixty three fifty nine right now, Florida at

1391
01:07:27,720 --> 01:07:31,120
Speaker 8: the free throw line rot line and in the bonus.

1392
01:07:31,400 --> 01:07:35,960
Speaker 8: And a little earlier in SEC basketball, Auburn number one, eighty

1393
01:07:36,040 --> 01:07:40,680
Speaker 8: two seventy over Georgia. Little news out of baseball, as

1394
01:07:40,880 --> 01:07:43,800
Speaker 8: MLB dot Com is reporting from multiple sources have told

1395
01:07:43,840 --> 01:07:46,840
Speaker 8: them that the Astros are seeking to rekindle trade efforts

1396
01:07:47,200 --> 01:07:51,480
Speaker 8: for Cardinals' third baseman Nolan Aronato. They tried to have

1397
01:07:51,520 --> 01:07:54,400
Speaker 8: a trade back in December and Aeronado had invoked his

1398
01:07:54,600 --> 01:07:58,439
Speaker 8: no trade clause to sync that, but talks are once

1399
01:07:58,480 --> 01:08:03,880
Speaker 8: again back on NHL scores. Right now on the ice

1400
01:08:04,400 --> 01:08:06,880
Speaker 8: as Buffalo Sabers hold a five to two lead over

1401
01:08:06,920 --> 01:08:11,880
Speaker 8: the New York Rangers entering into the third period, very

1402
01:08:12,280 --> 01:08:17,400
Speaker 8: very somber, scene, joy full, bittersweet, used adjectives you want

1403
01:08:18,120 --> 01:08:21,920
Speaker 8: in Columbus. Right now, Columbus Blue Jackets are taking on

1404
01:08:22,120 --> 01:08:27,360
Speaker 8: the Chicago Blackhawks. In attendance is the widow and one

1405
01:08:27,439 --> 01:08:31,599
Speaker 8: year old son form of NHL player Johnny Gudreau, who

1406
01:08:31,680 --> 01:08:36,120
Speaker 8: passed on back in August following an incident with a

1407
01:08:36,200 --> 01:08:40,880
Speaker 8: alleged drunk driver. It is his son's first birthday and

1408
01:08:41,320 --> 01:08:45,400
Speaker 8: the entire nationwide arena has broken out singing Happy Birthday,

1409
01:08:45,880 --> 01:08:49,160
Speaker 8: followed with Johnny Hockey chance, as that memory still hangs

1410
01:08:49,560 --> 01:08:53,160
Speaker 8: heavy over the heads of everyone who's a Columbus Blue

1411
01:08:53,240 --> 01:08:56,880
Speaker 8: Jackets fan. And final in the NBA, Phoenix Sons have

1412
01:08:56,960 --> 01:09:00,680
Speaker 8: defeated the Chicago Bulls one twenty one to one seventeen.

1413
01:09:00,880 --> 01:09:04,600
Speaker 3: Monsey is responsible for that? How is she responsible for that?

1414
01:09:04,720 --> 01:09:07,120
Speaker 5: I almost jinxed them. I just was like, oh, look,

1415
01:09:07,160 --> 01:09:09,639
Speaker 5: the Sons might actually win a game because they're so bad.

1416
01:09:10,040 --> 01:09:11,240
Speaker 4: And then the Bulls were.

1417
01:09:11,120 --> 01:09:12,720
Speaker 6: Like, oh, we're still in it, and I was like,

1418
01:09:12,720 --> 01:09:13,240
Speaker 6: oh my gosh.

1419
01:09:13,120 --> 01:09:14,200
Speaker 5: They're gonna lose to the Bulls.

1420
01:09:14,439 --> 01:09:15,439
Speaker 4: But then they held on.

1421
01:09:15,479 --> 01:09:17,519
Speaker 8: They want no, no, that the Bulls are just as

1422
01:09:17,560 --> 01:09:18,759
Speaker 8: bad and if not worse.

1423
01:09:18,920 --> 01:09:21,719
Speaker 5: But the Bulls can well, if you look at the record,

1424
01:09:21,800 --> 01:09:24,240
Speaker 5: they'll beat a random good team that they should have

1425
01:09:24,280 --> 01:09:27,599
Speaker 5: been beating. The Suns are just bad. This are just bad.

1426
01:09:28,120 --> 01:09:30,880
Speaker 6: Just just to blow it up. I don't know, I

1427
01:09:30,920 --> 01:09:32,960
Speaker 6: don't know, boo, even though they can't, that's not.

1428
01:09:32,920 --> 01:09:37,320
Speaker 8: An option, no, not yet anyway, Moncey Steve, it's been fun.

1429
01:09:37,360 --> 01:09:39,160
Speaker 8: Back to you guys, great stuff.

1430
01:09:39,200 --> 01:09:41,840
Speaker 3: We'll see you tomorrow as usual.

1431
01:09:42,320 --> 01:09:42,479
Speaker 7: Yeah.

1432
01:09:42,720 --> 01:09:45,120
Speaker 2: By the way, the end of that Son's Bulls game

1433
01:09:45,200 --> 01:09:47,960
Speaker 2: was bizarre because they called a foul with point three

1434
01:09:48,000 --> 01:09:49,439
Speaker 2: seconds left, so.

1435
01:09:49,400 --> 01:09:50,799
Speaker 3: The game's over. Okay.

1436
01:09:50,920 --> 01:09:55,080
Speaker 2: The Sons had a six point lead with point three

1437
01:09:55,280 --> 01:10:01,719
Speaker 2: seconds left, right right, and much to the Sun's shock,

1438
01:10:02,280 --> 01:10:05,960
Speaker 2: they called a foul in the last second of the game,

1439
01:10:06,439 --> 01:10:10,000
Speaker 2: and then the Bulls player proceeded to take his time

1440
01:10:11,000 --> 01:10:14,320
Speaker 2: in making two free throws for a four point vent.

1441
01:10:14,280 --> 01:10:14,760
Speaker 3: Instead of a six.

1442
01:10:15,200 --> 01:10:17,320
Speaker 5: Bradley Beal's face was like, what are you doing.

1443
01:10:17,600 --> 01:10:20,920
Speaker 4: I mean, what why do we are standing here?

1444
01:10:21,439 --> 01:10:22,439
Speaker 3: Absolutely ridiculous.

1445
01:10:22,720 --> 01:10:24,720
Speaker 2: Once again, we are alive from the Tirerech dot Com

1446
01:10:24,760 --> 01:10:27,679
Speaker 2: studios now. Monzie and I have fun doing the show

1447
01:10:27,760 --> 01:10:30,639
Speaker 2: every single Saturday, and we really do our Sunday show

1448
01:10:30,640 --> 01:10:34,840
Speaker 2: together as well. Yes, but I always am amazed about

1449
01:10:34,960 --> 01:10:41,799
Speaker 2: things that really get Monsy hot. Okay, So we're sitting

1450
01:10:41,800 --> 01:10:43,960
Speaker 2: here during the break and she goes, I want you

1451
01:10:44,000 --> 01:10:47,040
Speaker 2: to see this, and I'm like, okay.

1452
01:10:46,720 --> 01:10:47,719
Speaker 3: What am I looking.

1453
01:10:47,840 --> 01:10:53,880
Speaker 2: She's holding up her laptop and she's showing the new

1454
01:10:54,240 --> 01:10:58,799
Speaker 2: spring training rule where you can question balls and strikes.

1455
01:10:59,080 --> 01:11:00,960
Speaker 2: All right, So she sho, I mean, there's the replay

1456
01:11:01,000 --> 01:11:03,240
Speaker 2: of a pitch and it was one of those pitches

1457
01:11:03,360 --> 01:11:08,600
Speaker 2: that looked borderline and it was called a ball. And

1458
01:11:08,720 --> 01:11:11,439
Speaker 2: as soon as the call of ball, the catcher turns

1459
01:11:11,479 --> 01:11:15,080
Speaker 2: around to them saying, I want to challenge that. So

1460
01:11:15,240 --> 01:11:18,160
Speaker 2: then on the screen they show you, you know what,

1461
01:11:18,200 --> 01:11:20,920
Speaker 2: we've seen this in tennis right where they yeah, one

1462
01:11:20,960 --> 01:11:23,200
Speaker 2: hundred and thirty mile an hour serve and the guy

1463
01:11:23,320 --> 01:11:24,920
Speaker 2: it's called out and the guy goes, no, no, no,

1464
01:11:25,040 --> 01:11:28,200
Speaker 2: review it. And that you see by a thread like.

1465
01:11:28,320 --> 01:11:30,320
Speaker 5: Literally hair, I'm just the hair.

1466
01:11:30,680 --> 01:11:32,400
Speaker 3: It ticked the line, so it was in. So they

1467
01:11:32,439 --> 01:11:33,360
Speaker 3: reversed the call.

1468
01:11:33,320 --> 01:11:34,240
Speaker 5: And called it a strike.

1469
01:11:34,439 --> 01:11:37,080
Speaker 2: So again they did the same thing here, and they

1470
01:11:37,120 --> 01:11:40,439
Speaker 2: showed the replay and the top of the baseball is

1471
01:11:40,760 --> 01:11:44,960
Speaker 2: barely touching the bottom of the strike zone, and they

1472
01:11:45,040 --> 01:11:47,839
Speaker 2: reverse the call to a strike.

1473
01:11:48,960 --> 01:11:52,320
Speaker 5: And I I like, if people could see me right now, like,

1474
01:11:52,400 --> 01:11:55,840
Speaker 5: I'm so bothered by this because if I'm the batter,

1475
01:11:56,280 --> 01:12:00,960
Speaker 5: I did the right thing. That was an absolute lowball

1476
01:12:01,360 --> 01:12:04,479
Speaker 5: that you do not swing at, and you got lucky

1477
01:12:04,520 --> 01:12:07,760
Speaker 5: that you challenged it and buy a hair. It was

1478
01:12:07,800 --> 01:12:09,679
Speaker 5: a strike by a hair.

1479
01:12:10,120 --> 01:12:12,880
Speaker 3: Bye ba ba blah bah bah. But this only says

1480
01:12:12,920 --> 01:12:16,200
Speaker 3: what I've been saying for years, And if you're an

1481
01:12:16,280 --> 01:12:19,200
Speaker 3: umpire at any level, do not take this personally. It's

1482
01:12:19,320 --> 01:12:19,920
Speaker 3: just a fact.

1483
01:12:20,760 --> 01:12:25,800
Speaker 2: In the NFL they call penalties, In the NBA, they

1484
01:12:25,880 --> 01:12:26,920
Speaker 2: call fouls.

1485
01:12:27,920 --> 01:12:29,240
Speaker 3: In baseball, there are.

1486
01:12:29,040 --> 01:12:34,640
Speaker 2: Three things strike ball, fair, foul, safe out.

1487
01:12:35,040 --> 01:12:38,840
Speaker 3: They can all be done electronically. You don't need umpires.

1488
01:12:39,600 --> 01:12:44,160
Speaker 2: Umpires are one hundred percent unnecessary. You can have what

1489
01:12:44,320 --> 01:12:48,679
Speaker 2: I just watched a perfect strike zone for every better

1490
01:12:48,720 --> 01:12:53,200
Speaker 2: and Major League baseball, and you'll never ever ever have

1491
01:12:53,360 --> 01:12:56,960
Speaker 2: the argument about the strike zone of the umpire too high,

1492
01:12:57,000 --> 01:13:01,360
Speaker 2: too low to why whatever it is. They're not necessary.

1493
01:13:01,760 --> 01:13:05,800
Speaker 2: They're not calling fouls, they're not calling penalties. There's no

1494
01:13:05,920 --> 01:13:08,320
Speaker 2: reason to have umpires on a baseball field.

1495
01:13:08,320 --> 01:13:10,640
Speaker 5: Okay, what if the mascot is the umpire so you

1496
01:13:10,640 --> 01:13:13,839
Speaker 5: have like the Philly fanatic back there behind the catching

1497
01:13:13,920 --> 01:13:17,679
Speaker 5: that age. I know you don't anybody, but I don't

1498
01:13:17,880 --> 01:13:21,200
Speaker 5: like that. I don't like that. It's part of the game.

1499
01:13:21,240 --> 01:13:24,599
Speaker 6: And I was all for having this challenge until I

1500
01:13:24,680 --> 01:13:25,240
Speaker 6: saw this.

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01:13:25,200 --> 01:13:26,920
Speaker 5: Replay and I was like, no, I don't like this.

1502
01:13:27,120 --> 01:13:28,240
Speaker 5: I don't like make it.

1503
01:13:28,320 --> 01:13:29,680
Speaker 4: Let the human error be a part of it.

1504
01:13:29,760 --> 01:13:31,400
Speaker 5: I don't. I did not like that.

1505
01:13:31,520 --> 01:13:33,280
Speaker 3: Okay, here's another problem.

1506
01:13:33,680 --> 01:13:36,559
Speaker 2: So back way back in time, and no, I wasn't

1507
01:13:36,560 --> 01:13:39,760
Speaker 2: a lie back in the nineteenth century. Okay, but the

1508
01:13:39,880 --> 01:13:44,600
Speaker 2: original format for umpiring calling balls and strikes is the

1509
01:13:44,680 --> 01:13:49,719
Speaker 2: umpire stood behind the pitcher. Interesting because when you're watching

1510
01:13:49,760 --> 01:13:52,800
Speaker 2: a baseball game, we watch from behind the pitcher, right,

1511
01:13:52,880 --> 01:13:54,040
Speaker 2: That's how we watch a game.

1512
01:13:54,280 --> 01:13:56,719
Speaker 3: That's why when we're watching, we're like, that was a strike?

1513
01:13:56,800 --> 01:13:58,280
Speaker 3: That was a ball? Are you blind?

1514
01:13:58,520 --> 01:13:58,800
Speaker 5: Yes?

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01:13:58,840 --> 01:14:02,439
Speaker 2: And somehow a guy standing behind the catcher has to

1516
01:14:02,600 --> 01:14:05,839
Speaker 2: gauge where that pitch was when it cross the front

1517
01:14:05,920 --> 01:14:09,639
Speaker 2: of the plate. Now, how do you see that standing

1518
01:14:09,720 --> 01:14:14,000
Speaker 2: behind the catcher? How can you gauge the front of

1519
01:14:14,040 --> 01:14:17,599
Speaker 2: the plate and where a pitch's crosses on the front

1520
01:14:17,600 --> 01:14:20,120
Speaker 2: of the plate when you're standing behind the catcher.

1521
01:14:20,400 --> 01:14:22,599
Speaker 3: It makes no sense at all.

1522
01:14:22,520 --> 01:14:26,280
Speaker 5: Especially when the pitcher is on an elevated mound, right,

1523
01:14:26,320 --> 01:14:29,280
Speaker 5: so it's not coming at a different trajectory. Why did

1524
01:14:29,320 --> 01:14:30,479
Speaker 5: that change? Why did do you know.

1525
01:14:30,400 --> 01:14:31,000
Speaker 4: Why they switch?

1526
01:14:31,600 --> 01:14:33,680
Speaker 3: I mean, maybe because the umpire was in the in

1527
01:14:34,400 --> 01:14:34,920
Speaker 3: the way.

1528
01:14:34,840 --> 01:14:37,600
Speaker 4: And got hurt and got hit by.

1529
01:14:36,080 --> 01:14:38,480
Speaker 3: A suddenly in play, right.

1530
01:14:38,320 --> 01:14:42,639
Speaker 2: Yeah, oh, interesting, Well the umpire is standing behind the plate.

1531
01:14:43,160 --> 01:14:48,280
Speaker 2: There are very very very few umpires that rate a

1532
01:14:48,360 --> 01:14:50,479
Speaker 2: truly high score and calling balls and strengths.

1533
01:14:50,520 --> 01:14:51,800
Speaker 3: There have been exceptions.

1534
01:14:52,040 --> 01:14:54,280
Speaker 2: There's some guys that just have an eye, but there

1535
01:14:54,280 --> 01:14:56,519
Speaker 2: are way more umpires that have no clue.

1536
01:14:56,640 --> 01:15:00,160
Speaker 5: But our most umpires, aside from what's that guy angel Herd?

1537
01:15:00,720 --> 01:15:04,799
Speaker 5: Aside from him, aren't they all kind of like just fine?

1538
01:15:05,600 --> 01:15:06,160
Speaker 3: I don't know.

1539
01:15:06,600 --> 01:15:09,320
Speaker 2: I mean, what happens is is that you get certain

1540
01:15:09,400 --> 01:15:12,160
Speaker 2: pictures that get calls in others don't get calls.

1541
01:15:12,439 --> 01:15:13,799
Speaker 5: Was that the star treatment?

1542
01:15:14,240 --> 01:15:16,320
Speaker 3: Well, it's it's it would really.

1543
01:15:16,400 --> 01:15:17,960
Speaker 2: I mean if you go back to the elites like

1544
01:15:18,000 --> 01:15:20,760
Speaker 2: Greg Maddox, guys like that, what they were able to

1545
01:15:20,800 --> 01:15:22,840
Speaker 2: do is they they'd be wherever they want to be

1546
01:15:22,840 --> 01:15:23,719
Speaker 2: in the strike zone.

1547
01:15:23,800 --> 01:15:24,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, so they could.

1548
01:15:25,040 --> 01:15:27,920
Speaker 2: They were so acurate with their pitching that if they

1549
01:15:27,960 --> 01:15:30,799
Speaker 2: wanted to cheat out a few inches after a while,

1550
01:15:31,280 --> 01:15:34,320
Speaker 2: it would just naturally expand the strike.

1551
01:15:34,040 --> 01:15:36,000
Speaker 3: Zone in the eye of the umpire behind the plate.

1552
01:15:36,280 --> 01:15:39,360
Speaker 3: And you're like, that's not a strike, but it is

1553
01:15:39,400 --> 01:15:42,640
Speaker 3: for him. It's for him, So you could eliminate all that.

1554
01:15:43,360 --> 01:15:46,160
Speaker 2: Just what you showed me that electronics strike zone where

1555
01:15:46,280 --> 01:15:49,640
Speaker 2: that pitch hit the line, and you say it was

1556
01:15:49,680 --> 01:15:51,360
Speaker 2: still a ball. It was the hair.

1557
01:15:52,360 --> 01:15:54,479
Speaker 5: It could have been a shadow for all we know.

1558
01:15:55,080 --> 01:15:56,360
Speaker 3: Well, the bottom line is it was.

1559
01:15:56,600 --> 01:15:57,519
Speaker 5: I'm so conflict.

1560
01:15:58,080 --> 01:15:59,720
Speaker 3: I will say this. I don't know how many of

1561
01:15:59,760 --> 01:16:01,639
Speaker 3: those reviews you get. It can't be more than one.

1562
01:16:01,680 --> 01:16:03,760
Speaker 5: You get two challenges. This is the way it's going

1563
01:16:03,760 --> 01:16:06,040
Speaker 5: in spring training. You get two challenges. If you get

1564
01:16:06,080 --> 01:16:07,439
Speaker 5: one wrong, you don't get it back. But if you

1565
01:16:07,439 --> 01:16:08,800
Speaker 5: get it right, you keep getting it back.

1566
01:16:09,160 --> 01:16:10,320
Speaker 3: Okay, there's no.

1567
01:16:10,240 --> 01:16:13,000
Speaker 2: Extra It's such a great job with the pitchclock to

1568
01:16:13,080 --> 01:16:14,280
Speaker 2: reduce the time of games.

1569
01:16:14,479 --> 01:16:16,880
Speaker 3: You're gonna get back the time with this stock like.

1570
01:16:16,920 --> 01:16:18,120
Speaker 5: It seems like it's pretty fast though.

1571
01:16:18,120 --> 01:16:19,559
Speaker 4: It seems like they're doing it pretty quickly.

1572
01:16:19,600 --> 01:16:21,160
Speaker 3: All right, coming up in the other stop, what kind

1573
01:16:21,160 --> 01:16:22,320
Speaker 3: of week do we have? Coming up?

1574
01:16:22,400 --> 01:16:24,880
Speaker 2: We're gonna tell you break it down here on Fox

1575
01:16:24,920 --> 01:16:27,280
Speaker 2: Sports Saturday.

1576
01:16:28,280 --> 01:16:30,559
Speaker 5: I don't know if you realize the hits that Mary

1577
01:16:30,640 --> 01:16:31,599
Speaker 5: has been playing today.

1578
01:16:31,640 --> 01:16:33,040
Speaker 3: All right, well you have to run it down for

1579
01:16:33,080 --> 01:16:33,639
Speaker 3: you in a moment.

1580
01:16:33,720 --> 01:16:36,280
Speaker 2: Here. First, I want to remind everyone this is Fox

1581
01:16:36,320 --> 01:16:40,400
Speaker 2: Sports Saturday. We're live from the tai Iraq dot Com studios.

1582
01:16:40,479 --> 01:16:43,240
Speaker 2: Want to thank the efforts of our phenomenal supporting crew,

1583
01:16:43,680 --> 01:16:49,400
Speaker 2: including Chris doing all the updates today Mary mac will

1584
01:16:49,439 --> 01:16:52,400
Speaker 2: find out exactly what she's been spinning throughout the show today,

1585
01:16:53,400 --> 01:16:56,240
Speaker 2: and now that Ian has taken over as our producer.

1586
01:16:56,320 --> 01:16:59,360
Speaker 2: And by the way, Ian great, he ran down on this.

1587
01:17:00,520 --> 01:17:03,519
Speaker 2: I think we mentioned all these except the first story,

1588
01:17:03,600 --> 01:17:04,000
Speaker 2: which is.

1589
01:17:04,000 --> 01:17:05,120
Speaker 5: I can't believe we left that out.

1590
01:17:05,160 --> 01:17:07,120
Speaker 3: Actually we'll talk about that when we come back.

1591
01:17:08,120 --> 01:17:10,120
Speaker 4: But very good stuff here, Yes, thank you Ian.

1592
01:17:10,680 --> 01:17:13,519
Speaker 2: All right, So Mary Mack, what what has she been playing?

1593
01:17:14,680 --> 01:17:17,599
Speaker 5: I mean, all of them have been great. Literally, I've

1594
01:17:17,600 --> 01:17:20,680
Speaker 5: been dancing this entire time. They've been great, but the

1595
01:17:22,120 --> 01:17:23,360
Speaker 5: not the last one.

1596
01:17:23,840 --> 01:17:24,920
Speaker 3: Last one was an American Boy.

1597
01:17:25,040 --> 01:17:28,040
Speaker 5: Yeah, American Boy, that's the one. American Boy got me.

1598
01:17:28,360 --> 01:17:29,639
Speaker 5: That's on my running playlist?

1599
01:17:29,800 --> 01:17:30,479
Speaker 3: Or was it the one?

1600
01:17:31,560 --> 01:17:32,479
Speaker 5: Because I'm not paying Mary J.

1601
01:17:32,600 --> 01:17:32,880
Speaker 3: Blise?

1602
01:17:33,680 --> 01:17:35,840
Speaker 5: I think Mary J. Blaise was your last one, and

1603
01:17:35,880 --> 01:17:38,519
Speaker 5: I think American Boy was the one. H And American

1604
01:17:38,520 --> 01:17:40,000
Speaker 5: Boy was the one I was talking about because it's

1605
01:17:40,040 --> 01:17:42,320
Speaker 5: on my on my playlist, I was like, oh, so good?

1606
01:17:42,840 --> 01:17:44,880
Speaker 2: Am I the only guy that you know goes to

1607
01:17:44,920 --> 01:17:48,479
Speaker 2: the gym on a regular basis and never listens to tunes?

1608
01:17:48,640 --> 01:17:49,240
Speaker 5: What do you do?

1609
01:17:49,960 --> 01:17:50,880
Speaker 3: I just work out?

1610
01:17:51,040 --> 01:17:52,439
Speaker 5: That's like a serial killer move there.

1611
01:17:52,560 --> 01:17:55,200
Speaker 2: I mean, I see everybody with you know, headsets on

1612
01:17:55,280 --> 01:17:57,000
Speaker 2: listening to whatever they're listening.

1613
01:17:56,840 --> 01:17:58,439
Speaker 3: To, saying like, what do you mean?

1614
01:17:58,479 --> 01:17:59,040
Speaker 5: What do you do?

1615
01:17:59,080 --> 01:17:59,840
Speaker 4: You just like us?

1616
01:18:00,439 --> 01:18:00,559
Speaker 7: Here?

1617
01:18:00,600 --> 01:18:03,640
Speaker 3: Here's what I do while I'm working out. Actually, I

1618
01:18:03,680 --> 01:18:06,679
Speaker 3: have stats in my head, of course you do. I'm

1619
01:18:06,760 --> 01:18:11,280
Speaker 3: rattling off stats of my replaying Super Bowl three, and I.

1620
01:18:11,200 --> 01:18:16,920
Speaker 2: Can replay exactly or or I'm reciting in order. Every

1621
01:18:16,960 --> 01:18:20,000
Speaker 2: Masters winner is starting with Horton Smith in nineteen thirty four.

1622
01:18:20,080 --> 01:18:20,479
Speaker 5: Stop it.

1623
01:18:20,720 --> 01:18:23,439
Speaker 3: I do those like, brain extra, stop it, No.

1624
01:18:23,360 --> 01:18:25,280
Speaker 4: You need music, get some headphone.

1625
01:18:25,720 --> 01:18:28,320
Speaker 3: Everyone's on the gym. Just what's on your playlist. I'm like,

1626
01:18:28,360 --> 01:18:30,280
Speaker 3: I've never had a playlist.

1627
01:18:30,280 --> 01:18:32,600
Speaker 4: Never, Never The Masters?

1628
01:18:32,920 --> 01:18:36,200
Speaker 3: The Masters? Is that then I can turn to the PGA.

1629
01:18:35,960 --> 01:18:40,800
Speaker 2: Or Wimbledon or is that what you're doing cvps.

1630
01:18:38,760 --> 01:18:42,320
Speaker 5: Or counting the champions.

1631
01:18:42,400 --> 01:18:46,160
Speaker 2: It's basically in my head all the time, as strange

1632
01:18:46,200 --> 01:18:50,240
Speaker 2: as that might seem. Yeah, Wimby, we we totally missed

1633
01:18:50,240 --> 01:18:53,360
Speaker 2: the feet. This was scary actually when you think about it.

1634
01:18:53,400 --> 01:18:56,320
Speaker 2: So he was having some discomfort. He was obviously at

1635
01:18:56,320 --> 01:19:00,000
Speaker 2: the All Star Game activities, and then they decided because

1636
01:19:00,080 --> 01:19:02,479
Speaker 2: it was not going away to check it out and

1637
01:19:02,520 --> 01:19:05,599
Speaker 2: he had a blood clot yesh yeah, show. I mean,

1638
01:19:05,640 --> 01:19:07,600
Speaker 2: there was never a question about shutting him down for

1639
01:19:07,640 --> 01:19:08,960
Speaker 2: the rest of the year. You're not going to take

1640
01:19:09,320 --> 01:19:12,120
Speaker 2: any chances with something like a blood clot So hopefully

1641
01:19:12,160 --> 01:19:14,639
Speaker 2: it's a situation that can be.

1642
01:19:14,600 --> 01:19:15,400
Speaker 3: Corrected, right.

1643
01:19:16,080 --> 01:19:17,960
Speaker 5: The plan is to put him on blood thinners, but

1644
01:19:17,960 --> 01:19:19,960
Speaker 5: he has to be on them for like three months

1645
01:19:20,000 --> 01:19:22,080
Speaker 5: and then they can reevaluate the situation.

1646
01:19:22,280 --> 01:19:23,959
Speaker 6: But it really sucks for the Spurs.

1647
01:19:24,120 --> 01:19:27,559
Speaker 5: It sucks, you know, getting dear on Fox and having

1648
01:19:27,920 --> 01:19:30,240
Speaker 5: possibly creating a little bit of a run here in

1649
01:19:30,280 --> 01:19:33,600
Speaker 5: the second half, and then you lose Victor one Banyama,

1650
01:19:33,640 --> 01:19:36,439
Speaker 5: who was probably gonna win Defensive Player of the Year.

1651
01:19:36,479 --> 01:19:38,479
Speaker 5: And so anybody who put in a bet at the

1652
01:19:38,479 --> 01:19:40,599
Speaker 5: start of the season that sucks.

1653
01:19:40,760 --> 01:19:43,920
Speaker 3: Is there an asterisks? The hard word to say, as

1654
01:19:44,160 --> 01:19:46,040
Speaker 3: lever wins now, is there one of those?

1655
01:19:46,479 --> 01:19:47,559
Speaker 5: Oh, that's a good question.

1656
01:19:47,800 --> 01:19:47,960
Speaker 7: You know.

1657
01:19:48,960 --> 01:19:51,479
Speaker 2: Again, he will not be eligible because he won't play

1658
01:19:51,560 --> 01:19:54,320
Speaker 2: enough games. That's why he's eliminated. From the conversation. It's

1659
01:19:54,360 --> 01:19:57,639
Speaker 2: not even eligible for the award. Here's what I'm hoping though.

1660
01:19:57,680 --> 01:20:02,160
Speaker 2: Remember it was the blood clots that ended Chris Bhash.

1661
01:20:01,160 --> 01:20:04,200
Speaker 5: Yeah, and wasn't it brandon Ingram that also there was

1662
01:20:04,240 --> 01:20:06,400
Speaker 5: a player who recently dealt with it obviously is back

1663
01:20:06,439 --> 01:20:09,040
Speaker 5: in playing. Yeah, so hopefully he's.

1664
01:20:08,880 --> 01:20:12,200
Speaker 3: Back in playing. We need Wemby at full stretes. We do, folks.

1665
01:20:12,200 --> 01:20:14,240
Speaker 2: We got a lot coming up. Keep it right here.

1666
01:20:14,360 --> 01:20:16,040
Speaker 2: This is Fox Sports Radio.

1667
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Speaker 8: I