1 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:05,080 Speaker 1: Welcome in. We'll drive in the great episode three ninety four, 2 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:10,320 Speaker 1: once again going solo as Demonse is still on paternity 3 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 1: leave and I actually next week, by the way, we'll 4 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: have a couple shows before Thanksgiving, and then I will 5 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: be out in Los Angeles as I will get to 6 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: see Demonse and get to meet his new baby girl, Mila, 7 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: which I could not be more excited for. This episode 8 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: of What's Right with the Grid is presented to you 9 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 1: by boost Mobile. We will get right to it straight. 10 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 1: The voicemail presented to you by our friends at boost Mobile. 11 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: Michael Penix really really rough. Year two's for Michael Pinnix 12 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:49,239 Speaker 1: and for JJ McCarthy in particular. Pinis the worst of 13 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:53,239 Speaker 1: it as he, after an injury riddled college career, is 14 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: undergoing season ending knee surgery. The NFL my play game 15 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: in Paris in twenty twenty six would be sick and 16 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers planning to practice today despite having a broken 17 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 1: left wrist. Let me tell you, guys, as someone who 18 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 1: had a broken left wrist not that long ago, seems 19 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 1: impossible that one could play an NFL game with it. 20 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:24,320 Speaker 1: I'm very interested in how this plays out. Obviously, fractures 21 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: are different. Everybody's body heals differently, but Aaron Rodgers doesn't 22 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: seem super fond of getting hit as is. I can't 23 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 1: imagine what it will be like if he's playing a 24 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 1: game with a broken left wrist. Remindered everybody like rate, 25 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: subscribe review to the pod. It helps us a ton 26 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 1: as we you know, inch really inch towards a quarter 27 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 1: of a million on YouTube list follow us on or 28 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: subscribe on iTunes and Spotify. Those numbers have been great 29 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 1: lately and we really do appreciate that. So even if 30 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: you watch us live on YouTube, if you just click 31 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 1: the subscribe button on your phones to one of the 32 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: audio platforms, that's super helpful as well. So as I 33 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:19,239 Speaker 1: am inundated because Kevin Wilds is, so we're going to 34 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:25,800 Speaker 1: start talking about the Lakers and Lebron's debut, but a 35 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: little inside baseball, if you will. To first things first, 36 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 1: Kevin Wilds only wanted to discuss a potential of Anthony 37 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: Davis trade if there was a possibility that Anthony Davis 38 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 1: would be able to be traded back to the Lakers. 39 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 1: And I told Wilds that was not possible, and it 40 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: was a dumb idea. And so he has now spent 41 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: the last thirty minutes trying to create a fake trade, 42 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: and he now has done it involving the Brooklyn Nets 43 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 1: being a third team where they for some reason that 44 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: I'm gonna have to ask Wilds to explain trade away 45 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:16,239 Speaker 1: multiple of their own first round picks so they can 46 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 1: get a couple second rounders and Jared Vanderbilt in order 47 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 1: to facilitate the Lakers getting Anthony Davis back. K W. 48 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 1: I know you don't listen to the pod, but if somebody, oh, okay, 49 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: here we go. Then he then writes, I didn't create it, 50 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: but you have to believe somebody else did for him. Okay, 51 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: neither here nor there. Now to the actual show. kW 52 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 1: stays a dufus forever Lebron's back, and I have a 53 00:03:50,400 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: lot of takes. So no athlete in my lifetime has 54 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 1: generated more idiotic and immediately self refuting opinions than Lebron. 55 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:21,839 Speaker 1: And it's because I think it's because he's been for 56 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 1: basically as long as daily sports television has existed, Lebron 57 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 1: has been one of, if not the main character, and 58 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 1: because he has played, you know, throughout the entirety of 59 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: this medium and because he has been at the eye 60 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:48,280 Speaker 1: of the NBA storm, which while the NBA has never 61 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:52,839 Speaker 1: in his career been the country's most popular sport, but 62 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:56,600 Speaker 1: it has been at various times in his career the 63 00:04:56,640 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: country's most talked about. When it comes to sports debate 64 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 1: and sports TV and sports talk radio, Lebron is the 65 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: Lebron commentariot has spawned just some truly ridiculous and upon reflection, 66 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: hilarious moments. And these are for me, friends and foes alike. 67 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: I mean, we are twelve twelve. Is that right? No, 68 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 1: it's not right. Thirteen years ago, my dear pal Dan 69 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 1: Lebtard announced Lebron was on the downside and Miami had 70 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 1: gotten the best of him. That was thirteen years ago. 71 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: And I'm going to talk about guys that I love 72 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 1: and adore, so it doesn't seem like I'm trying to 73 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: take cheap shots here. Famously, the owner and founder of 74 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: this company, my mentor Colin, eight years ago said Lebron, 75 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: hang it up whenever you want. We've got the NBA's 76 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:21,840 Speaker 1: got it from here. It was actually nine years ago, 77 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:27,280 Speaker 1: and that that's an all time clip a because Lebron 78 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: would go on to win multiple championships after that, but 79 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:34,159 Speaker 1: b because he was saying that Ben Simmons is gonna 80 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 1: take over. I listen, Colin, I was as high on 81 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 1: Ben Simmons as about anybody. I have to hold that 82 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:43,279 Speaker 1: l as well. And there, of course is all the 83 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:46,159 Speaker 1: skip stuff with the clutch, and then the latest steven 84 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:49,279 Speaker 1: A stuff with the real personal I don't like that 85 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 1: guy so much of it just outright silliness. And then 86 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 1: we got an unexpected dose of it in The Wee 87 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:03,600 Speaker 1: Leader in the week or so leading up to Lebron 88 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:10,239 Speaker 1: making his debut, which was, hey, will Lebron be able 89 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 1: to fit in with the Lakers even though we saw 90 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: Luca and Lebron and Austin Reeves play together last year? Hey, 91 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 1: will Lebron actually make the Lakers worse? Will he screw 92 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 1: up what they have going on? These were real conversations, 93 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 1: real discussions about the most malleable, most flexible as far 94 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: as how he can help your team player in NBA history, 95 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: about arguably the only guy in the history of the 96 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 1: league that can legitimately and has literally made an All 97 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 1: NBA team at all five positions on the court. Check 98 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 1: his Basketball Reference for that was an All NBA center 99 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 1: one year for the Lakers and an All NBA point 100 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 1: guard the year after that for the Lakers. Late stage, 101 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:23,119 Speaker 1: Lebron was an All NBA shooting guard as a young 102 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 1: player early and then obviously All NBA small forward and 103 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:31,480 Speaker 1: power forward throughout his career. That that guy that can 104 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 1: play all five and certainly the younger version of him, 105 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:38,319 Speaker 1: and to a degree, the older version of him can 106 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 1: guard all five, that that guy was gonna screw up 107 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 1: a team. And then Lebron comes in keeps his double 108 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 1: digit point streak alive, which is going to be a 109 00:08:55,600 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 1: very fun and funny thing to watch this year because uh, 110 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:08,840 Speaker 1: it's obviously an untouchable record and we'll get more on 111 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: the Lebron untouchable record stuff in a moment. But he 112 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: wants to keep it going. But he is, I believe, 113 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:22,719 Speaker 1: going to play a very different style this year. That 114 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 1: game Tuesday night, that's the fewest shots he's ever taken 115 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 1: in a game he didn't leave with injury. And speaking 116 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 1: of the double digit point streak, one of those games 117 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 1: that he left with injury, because there's only been two 118 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:42,840 Speaker 1: games in his career he took fewer than seven shots, 119 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:47,439 Speaker 1: which is what he took Tuesday Night one, he didn't 120 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:49,439 Speaker 1: play the second half because he took an elbow from 121 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 1: to Kim Big Matumbo, and one he left early when 122 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 1: Solomon Hill fell into his ankle and derailed the Lakers 123 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: title defense the twenty twenty one season. But that game 124 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:09,440 Speaker 1: involves one of my favorite Lebron moments of all time, 125 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:18,600 Speaker 1: which is Solomon Hill falls into his ankle, Lebron recognizes 126 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:24,840 Speaker 1: he has suffered the first truly significant injury of his 127 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: entire career up to that point and is going to 128 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:39,319 Speaker 1: be out months and is sitting at seven points and 129 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: the streak is dead, And despite suffering an injury that 130 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:47,600 Speaker 1: is going to knock him out for the next two months, 131 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:53,640 Speaker 1: he pretends he's not hurt badly, stays in the game, 132 00:10:56,360 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 1: gets the ball, takes a corner, three hits, it keeps 133 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:05,320 Speaker 1: the double figure point streak alive, and then is out 134 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 1: for the majority of the rest of the season. But 135 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 1: that's sidebar Lebron being dropped in as a team's ultimate 136 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: Swiss army knife and Lebron taking pride in that ability, 137 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 1: and Lebron then saying after the game with a smile, Yeah, 138 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:37,120 Speaker 1: I heard what was being said. I've been a you know, 139 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 1: you could put me on any team and I would 140 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 1: make it work. Is just obviously true. And people's you know, 141 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 1: people say that about Kevin Durant all the time, like, oh, 142 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 1: you just drop him in anywhere, And yes, that's true 143 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:01,920 Speaker 1: about other players, great players. You drop him in and 144 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 1: they would make any team better. The distinction is can 145 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 1: you drop a player in and can they instantly do 146 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:19,080 Speaker 1: at a high level the exact thing that team needs 147 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:23,840 Speaker 1: them to do. This Lakers team right now might need 148 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:34,200 Speaker 1: Lebron to be more facilitator, cutter, screener than scorer. Unlike 149 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:37,440 Speaker 1: some of the other great players in this league. He 150 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 1: has the skill set at forty in year twenty three 151 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 1: to be excellent at all at anything. Now, is he 152 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 1: the best player in the league anymore? Of course, not 153 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 1: see a top five player in the league anymore. No, 154 00:12:55,559 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 1: But is he still have a legitimate show at being 155 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 1: right around top ten And is he, assuredly when he's healthy, 156 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:11,640 Speaker 1: still a top fifteen guy in the league. Yes, And 157 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 1: that guy with that malleability helps any team in the 158 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:22,600 Speaker 1: history of basketball. Now, is it all right? Now? A 159 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 1: moot point for the whole NBA because of who and 160 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 1: what OKC is maybe everybody might be playing for second 161 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:43,160 Speaker 1: this year, but we'll see things happen, and there's an 162 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 1: element of, I don't want to say lack of appreciation, 163 00:13:50,960 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 1: but numbness to what we are seeing at this moment. 164 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 1: And this is something that you know I've said before, 165 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 1: but I don't know that people like fully take it in. 166 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 1: And especially because you know Steph is playing at such 167 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 1: a high level at an advanced age. Durant is playing 168 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: at such a high level at an advanced age. But 169 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 1: see whether you want to focus on the age forty 170 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 1: part or the year twenty three part. The it being 171 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 1: without precedent is such a wild understatement. Like Kobe Bryant, 172 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 1: the late great Kobe Bryant. How old do you think 173 00:14:56,920 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 1: Kobe was when he played in his final playoff game 174 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 1: with the Lakers. I'm gonna give it a pause so 175 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 1: you can actually think about it. How old was Kobe 176 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 1: in his final career playoff game? Are you shocked when 177 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:20,920 Speaker 1: I tell you the answer to that is thirty two. 178 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 1: Kobe Bryant did not play in a playoff game with 179 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 1: the Lakers after the age of thirty two. Like a 180 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 1: little context to that, Lebron joined the Lakers when he 181 00:15:48,400 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 1: was thirty four. So obviously Jordan stop with that was 182 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 1: done with the Bulls at thirty five, thirty six. Obviously, 183 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:10,280 Speaker 1: we've never seen a player play in a year twenty three, 184 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 1: and the only one to get to a year twenty 185 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 1: two was Vince It's I said this a couple of 186 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:24,040 Speaker 1: years ago and people laughed. I think we are now 187 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 1: seeing it in real time. He'll simply never be bad 188 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 1: and he could easily play at again, not an MVP level, 189 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:43,280 Speaker 1: but a high level throughout his forties barring again, barring 190 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 1: a you're always at this age of a catastrophic injury away. 191 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 1: But he's ducked that up to this point in his career, 192 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 1: and people can have the argument about the greatest player 193 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: of all time that is going to age so well 194 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:07,120 Speaker 1: on my end and so poorly for so many other folks, 195 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:10,840 Speaker 1: because it is when it does come to And this 196 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:13,919 Speaker 1: isn't the whole discussion, but it is at least a 197 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 1: piece of it. The record books. With the way things 198 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:25,639 Speaker 1: are going right now as far as injuries, load management, 199 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:29,520 Speaker 1: guys not being able to make it through a full season, 200 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:37,680 Speaker 1: Lebron's longevity records are going to when people look back 201 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 1: on him in forty years. It's going to be like 202 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:45,920 Speaker 1: if you look at complete games in baseball right now 203 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:50,200 Speaker 1: and you're like, wait, a guy had forty in one year. 204 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:57,360 Speaker 1: Like all of these games, minutes, points, the playoff records 205 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:03,920 Speaker 1: are going to be shame Mberlin esque, untouchable and farcical 206 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 1: in the numbers to future generations. And I'm very, very 207 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 1: interested to see the full role Bron takes on with 208 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:25,160 Speaker 1: the Lakers, because in Game one of year twenty three, 209 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:30,880 Speaker 1: he was like, Okay, I'll be late stage Magic Johnson, 210 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:37,959 Speaker 1: and that's pretty damn good. There's one other Bron adjacent 211 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 1: thing I wanted to talk about, and this is one 212 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:48,399 Speaker 1: of those things that I imagine will do well on 213 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:55,320 Speaker 1: social media or YouTube or and might cause me a 214 00:18:55,320 --> 00:19:02,200 Speaker 1: little grief, but I I just I can't leave it unaddressed, 215 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:08,159 Speaker 1: and I don't. I'm not trying to start anything, but 216 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:11,439 Speaker 1: this is so it was maddening when I heard it. 217 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:20,160 Speaker 1: So the greatest sports podcaster of all time, the guy 218 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:26,080 Speaker 1: who in some ways invented the medium, and a guy 219 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 1: I like a lot, Bill Simmons brought the mail bag back, 220 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:36,879 Speaker 1: which is awesome. It's vented Simmons. It's part of the 221 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 1: reason that he's who he is and it's awesome, and 222 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 1: because I'm a fan, I was listening and he gets 223 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 1: asked about the biggest sliding doors moments in NBA history, 224 00:19:56,800 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 1: and he goes to the Draymond Groin shot of Lebron 225 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:11,199 Speaker 1: in Game four of the twenty sixteen Finals, which is 226 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:17,200 Speaker 1: a legitimate sliding doors moment, There's no doubt about it. 227 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:21,639 Speaker 1: And he talks about how if the Warriors win that title, 228 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 1: Durant can't go, you know, to Golden State. So then 229 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:29,960 Speaker 1: who wins the next two? Does Lebron ever win in Cleveland? 230 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:34,159 Speaker 1: Does Lebron ever go to the Lakers? There's that is 231 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:37,960 Speaker 1: you know, what does it mean for Steph? Back to 232 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:41,359 Speaker 1: back championships? He and Lebron then at that moment would 233 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 1: have been two to two. He would have had back 234 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:50,359 Speaker 1: to back league MVPs, including a unanimous there are it's Clay, 235 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 1: He's Simmons talks about all of it, and he's correct 236 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:57,719 Speaker 1: about that being a sliding doors moment. But there's two 237 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 1: pieces of the commentary that are just one is enraging 238 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:08,879 Speaker 1: and it's not about Bill, and the other one is 239 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 1: I he just must talk to very different NBA people 240 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:24,400 Speaker 1: than me, because what Bill said was the conspiracy theory 241 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:29,639 Speaker 1: that people believe more than any other conspiracy is that 242 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 1: the NBA suspended Draymond because they wanted Cleveland to win 243 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:44,040 Speaker 1: the title. And I've literally never heard that. Now, I 244 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:50,479 Speaker 1: certainly have heard the conspiracy that they suspended Draymond because 245 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 1: they hoped the series would go longer than five. But 246 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:03,920 Speaker 1: the idea that in real time, anyone outside of the 247 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 1: Calves locker room, me and Zach Lowe, we're all on 248 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 1: the record during this, everyone's doing media. Nobody else when 249 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:22,880 Speaker 1: that suspension came down said oh, well, now I think 250 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:26,919 Speaker 1: the Calves are going to win. That Warriors team was 251 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:31,360 Speaker 1: considered the greatest team of all time and had dominated 252 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 1: the Calves through the first four games of that series. 253 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 1: So the first point is the idea that it is 254 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 1: widely thought in NBA circles that the Draymond suspension was 255 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:55,160 Speaker 1: going to lead to the Calves winning the championship. We 256 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 1: were all there in real time that was not a thing. 257 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:05,520 Speaker 1: And then and then to the opinion piece of it, 258 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:15,840 Speaker 1: nothing is more maddening for me as a bron fan. 259 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:27,480 Speaker 1: Then the fact that when that happened, and then the 260 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:35,200 Speaker 1: Calves win Game five by fifteen and Lebron scores forty 261 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:49,119 Speaker 1: one points. The entire media asserts that would have never 262 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:53,240 Speaker 1: happened if Draymond was there. The Calves winning by double 263 00:23:53,320 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 1: digits and Lebron scoring forty plus never happened if Draymond's there. 264 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 1: And then in Game six, when Draymond is there, Lebron 265 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:14,360 Speaker 1: scores forty one and the Calves win by fifteen points. 266 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:21,160 Speaker 1: Game five of those finals, No, Draymond, Bron scores broncos 267 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:24,320 Speaker 1: I'll give you his exact stat line, just so we 268 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:28,480 Speaker 1: all are on the same page. Forty one, sixteen and 269 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:33,359 Speaker 1: seven on fifty five percent from the field, sixty three 270 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:38,879 Speaker 1: percent from three, and the Calves win by fifteen. So again, 271 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 1: forty one sixteen to seven, fifty five sixty three splits, 272 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:49,359 Speaker 1: fifteen point win. Game six of the finals, Forty one 273 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:55,359 Speaker 1: eight eleven on sixty five seventy five splits and the 274 00:24:55,440 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 1: Calves win by fourteen. Like, what are we talking about? 275 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:08,639 Speaker 1: What are we talking about? Oh? Hold on, I gotta 276 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:11,959 Speaker 1: do that, because I'm sure I have to fix that. 277 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:15,080 Speaker 1: I have to fix that. I apologize I gave you 278 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:18,520 Speaker 1: the wrong field goal percentages. Let me do that again, 279 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:20,960 Speaker 1: because I want this to be accurate. I gave you 280 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:28,640 Speaker 1: so Game five of the Finals, No Draymond forty one 281 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 1: sixteen and seven on fifty three fifty splits in a 282 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 1: fifteen point win. Game six of the Finals with Draymond 283 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:46,640 Speaker 1: forty one, eight to eleven on fifty nine fifty splits 284 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:56,640 Speaker 1: in a fourteen point win. It's just revisionist history. And 285 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:05,200 Speaker 1: it's the only other reason that's relevant to me right 286 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:18,240 Speaker 1: now is that game happened ten seasons ago and this 287 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:26,200 Speaker 1: guy's still playing. It's just a career that will never 288 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:35,160 Speaker 1: be even remotely approached. 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All right, so, Chief, season on the line 329 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:28,480 Speaker 1: Sunday at Arrowhead. I don't like it. It's not what 330 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:34,400 Speaker 1: I expected. I thought they were going to give themselves 331 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:40,560 Speaker 1: a bit of a margin of error and be right 332 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:44,320 Speaker 1: back in the thick of the divisional race by beating 333 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:51,760 Speaker 1: the Broncos. That did not happen. And now, as we 334 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:58,640 Speaker 1: talked about on Tuesday, it's very very simple. Run the 335 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:04,520 Speaker 1: table and you might win the division. Amazingly you'll definitely 336 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:13,040 Speaker 1: make the playoffs. Go six and one and it would 337 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:19,840 Speaker 1: be very difficult to miss the playoffs, and you'll be 338 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:26,120 Speaker 1: super dangerous going into the postseason. Go five and two 339 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:32,920 Speaker 1: and you're probably out. Go four and three and you're 340 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:38,800 Speaker 1: definitely out, and it's a true disaster of a year. 341 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:47,440 Speaker 1: That's where they're at. Okay, I am not going to 342 00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 1: be quite as chesty about my feelings and predictions for 343 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:59,440 Speaker 1: this game given what we saw last weekend. Now in 344 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:03,360 Speaker 1: the despite the Sauce Gardner trading, the fact that they 345 00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:09,240 Speaker 1: might have Tavarious Wardback obviously does not have the defense 346 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:14,880 Speaker 1: that Denver has. This game, you know, is in Arrowhead, 347 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:22,400 Speaker 1: not on the road. There is no deforce Buckner, and 348 00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:30,840 Speaker 1: Daniel Jones has been shaky his last few appearances. All 349 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:39,080 Speaker 1: of that makes me feel as confident as I can 350 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:46,680 Speaker 1: given how I feel after that Denver game. Jonathan Taylor 351 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:50,600 Speaker 1: is a great, great player. The Chiefs tend not to 352 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:55,800 Speaker 1: get gashed by like they're pretty good at at least 353 00:31:56,280 --> 00:32:02,479 Speaker 1: not shutting down but slowing down great backs. But Daniel 354 00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:06,240 Speaker 1: Jones is better than bon Nicks, and bo Nicks carved 355 00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:11,600 Speaker 1: the Chiefs up so and this is the Colts off 356 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:19,240 Speaker 1: a bye. With all that said, as important as this 357 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:24,240 Speaker 1: game is for the Chiefs, it is greatly important for 358 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:28,080 Speaker 1: the Colts as well, because what the Colts all of 359 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:33,320 Speaker 1: a sudden have is seven straight games to end their 360 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:41,600 Speaker 1: season against teams fighting for their playoff lives to one 361 00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:47,160 Speaker 1: degree or another. So they're at the Chiefs. They then 362 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:53,360 Speaker 1: get the Texans, who will be on extra rest themselves 363 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:59,520 Speaker 1: after tonight's Bill's Texans game, and the Texans will either 364 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:03,440 Speaker 1: be six and five coming off their best win of 365 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:08,160 Speaker 1: the year, or five and six in a de facto 366 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:13,440 Speaker 1: playoff game. They then go to Jacksonville, then to Seattle, 367 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:17,840 Speaker 1: then home for the Niners, home for the Jags, and 368 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:24,840 Speaker 1: at the Texans. Really odd for the Colts that they've 369 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:28,120 Speaker 1: only played two divisional games up to this point in 370 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:32,000 Speaker 1: the season. They're both against the Titans, so we haven't 371 00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:38,280 Speaker 1: really seen well not really, we have not seen the 372 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:44,240 Speaker 1: Colts play the other two legitimate AFC South teams. So 373 00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:51,160 Speaker 1: a loss here and things maybe get a little shaky 374 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:55,600 Speaker 1: for Indy. A win here and they're like, hey, why 375 00:33:55,640 --> 00:34:02,560 Speaker 1: can't we be the one seed? So I obviously like 376 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:06,840 Speaker 1: the Chiefs in this spot, but they have lost for 377 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:15,200 Speaker 1: the short term, the supreme confidence that they'd had that 378 00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:18,120 Speaker 1: they would have had in this spot at any other 379 00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:26,040 Speaker 1: moment of the Mahomes EUO and the inability to get 380 00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:30,320 Speaker 1: off the field in third and long is the number 381 00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:39,879 Speaker 1: one problem for me with the defense and offensively obviously, 382 00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:43,719 Speaker 1: and I've talked about it. Patrick needs to be more precise, 383 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:49,520 Speaker 1: particularly on the deep balls. But the biggest systemic issue 384 00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:59,960 Speaker 1: with the offense right now is teams basically play the 385 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:04,400 Speaker 1: pass at all times against Kansas City, and Kansas City 386 00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:06,919 Speaker 1: doesn't make him pay for it by running the ball. 387 00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:16,200 Speaker 1: It's just that it's just the truth that the total 388 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:21,120 Speaker 1: lack of any threat of the under center run game 389 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:25,560 Speaker 1: has made it to where Patrick in the passing offense 390 00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:32,759 Speaker 1: is up against really onerous defensive looks at all times 391 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:35,399 Speaker 1: that should be easy to run on, but they won't 392 00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:39,680 Speaker 1: run the ball. Now, maybe with Pacheco likely back, that changes, 393 00:35:39,719 --> 00:35:50,600 Speaker 1: one would hope. I also got to acknowledge lou An Arumo, 394 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:56,400 Speaker 1: the former Bengals decoordinator who's now with the Colts, has 395 00:35:56,800 --> 00:36:00,000 Speaker 1: cooked up some really good stuff against Patrick in his career. 396 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:10,080 Speaker 1: So that's the concerning pieces of it, the bright sides 397 00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:16,440 Speaker 1: of it. So to speak or this a week from now, 398 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:24,360 Speaker 1: they could be at seven and five a week from today, 399 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:29,839 Speaker 1: take care of business at home against the Colts, go 400 00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:36,360 Speaker 1: to Dallas on Thanksgiving and they'd be seven and five 401 00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:40,800 Speaker 1: with two games remaining against the Titans and the Raiders 402 00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:47,920 Speaker 1: saying okay, there's nine and then we have a We 403 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:55,560 Speaker 1: have Houston, the Chargers, the Broncos, all in Kansas City. 404 00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:59,719 Speaker 1: Win two out of three of our home games, and 405 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:02,759 Speaker 1: you become the most dangerous likely seven seed in the 406 00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:09,440 Speaker 1: history of the NFL playoffs. That's where we're at. But 407 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:11,640 Speaker 1: it has to start with a win against the Colts 408 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:14,920 Speaker 1: on Sunday, and it has to start with Patrick being better, 409 00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:21,319 Speaker 1: Chris Jones being better, and the Chiefs ability to get 410 00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:23,880 Speaker 1: off on the field on third and long being better. 411 00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:31,759 Speaker 1: One of the other huge stories this week and is 412 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:39,080 Speaker 1: obviously Shadoor making the first start of his career in Vegas, 413 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:43,839 Speaker 1: Dylan Gabriel out with a concussion. Amazingly, he is the 414 00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:48,320 Speaker 1: forty second person to start at quarterback for the Browns 415 00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:54,640 Speaker 1: since nineteen ninety nine. Just a remarkable number. I think 416 00:37:55,880 --> 00:38:04,799 Speaker 1: in that same timeframe the Packers have had farv Rogers 417 00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:10,120 Speaker 1: love Willis, I believe are the only four. Maybe there's 418 00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:14,359 Speaker 1: like a Sean Manyon mixed in in there, but it's 419 00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:18,560 Speaker 1: certainly not more than five, and I think it's just four. Sure, 420 00:38:18,719 --> 00:38:24,960 Speaker 1: last week was terrible. You don't need to argue with 421 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:27,680 Speaker 1: people on the internet about why he was terrible. He 422 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:34,960 Speaker 1: was terrible. And it is not an overstatement to say 423 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:47,319 Speaker 1: this game right here is by a wide margin the 424 00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:53,680 Speaker 1: single biggest moment of Schador's football life. It is not 425 00:38:53,800 --> 00:39:00,680 Speaker 1: an ideal circumstance. It is a somewhat ideal opponent, but 426 00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:05,920 Speaker 1: it is what it is. And Schador does not have 427 00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:16,320 Speaker 1: to be excellent in this game. But if he's awful, 428 00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:26,280 Speaker 1: there's a world that exists where this is the only 429 00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:33,799 Speaker 1: start he ever gets for any team. Because we know 430 00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:42,040 Speaker 1: definitively no team, no team loved him coming out of school, nobody. 431 00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:48,920 Speaker 1: There is not a player that teams love that is 432 00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:53,360 Speaker 1: available in the fifth round. So we know that. We 433 00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:59,719 Speaker 1: also know that if people were concerned that through no 434 00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:09,480 Speaker 1: both of Shador's own, he would there would be a 435 00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:17,240 Speaker 1: lot of other stuff, media wise and nonsense social media 436 00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:20,239 Speaker 1: stuff that other players are more importantly coaches on the 437 00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:25,520 Speaker 1: team have to deal with. If you take him as 438 00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:36,480 Speaker 1: a backup quarterback. Those concerns have been fully validated, and 439 00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:48,400 Speaker 1: so does a world exist where if Shadoor is really 440 00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:54,279 Speaker 1: bad on Sunday, he does not start again this year. 441 00:40:56,160 --> 00:41:03,480 Speaker 1: Kevin Stefanski is fired in Cleveland after this year. The 442 00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:10,480 Speaker 1: new head coach comes in with multiple first round picks, 443 00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:18,120 Speaker 1: takes his quarterback of the future, has Dylan Gabriel as 444 00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:26,200 Speaker 1: the backup, and says, we are not dealing with more 445 00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:34,480 Speaker 1: chatter surrounding our third string quarterback, and they cut it. 446 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:40,880 Speaker 1: And if that were to happen based on what teams 447 00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:45,680 Speaker 1: thought about him going into the draft, do I think 448 00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:52,560 Speaker 1: it's more than on the board. It's potentially likely that 449 00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:59,000 Speaker 1: no team would sign up for that bringing in that 450 00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:08,759 Speaker 1: guy to be your third third string quarterback. I I 451 00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:14,239 Speaker 1: could see that happening, and that would feel unfair. But 452 00:42:14,239 --> 00:42:16,400 Speaker 1: there's plenty of guys that were fifth round picks in 453 00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:21,880 Speaker 1: this league that got that. If they got a shot 454 00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:24,800 Speaker 1: or two and it didn't go, well, it's just over. 455 00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:29,640 Speaker 1: It's the NFL. And so I'm by the way, I'm 456 00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:34,680 Speaker 1: not predicting that he'll be terrible. I think this is 457 00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:37,719 Speaker 1: actually a pretty good spot for him in this game 458 00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:47,160 Speaker 1: against this opponent. I am predicting though, that if he's terrible, 459 00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:52,120 Speaker 1: and he was terrible last week, that more likely than 460 00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:55,239 Speaker 1: not this game is the only game he starts in 461 00:42:55,239 --> 00:43:03,160 Speaker 1: his career. So as Marlow Stanfield would say, do it 462 00:43:03,239 --> 00:43:05,840 Speaker 1: or don't, But I got places to be. The league's 463 00:43:05,880 --> 00:43:10,440 Speaker 1: gonna keep moving. This is Shititor's moment. Now. The flip 464 00:43:10,440 --> 00:43:17,520 Speaker 1: side is if he's excellent, then maybe he just keeps 465 00:43:17,560 --> 00:43:21,040 Speaker 1: starting for Cleveland this year and you see if he 466 00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:27,800 Speaker 1: can rekindle some of that Colorado magic. But if he's terrible, 467 00:43:28,719 --> 00:43:33,879 Speaker 1: this can get away from him real quick. 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But I'm good for him if 494 00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:35,279 Speaker 1: he can do it. But I don't think he's gonna 495 00:45:35,280 --> 00:45:38,279 Speaker 1: come back earlier than Thanksgiving and then play in a 496 00:45:38,320 --> 00:45:42,239 Speaker 1: game four days later. But do I now think it's 497 00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:50,080 Speaker 1: possible he comes back on Thanksgiving and then has ten 498 00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:52,800 Speaker 1: days before their next game and tries to just obviously 499 00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:56,520 Speaker 1: play the rest of the year. Yes, that's what I 500 00:45:56,520 --> 00:45:59,399 Speaker 1: think is likely. I think he misses the Patriots game 501 00:45:59,480 --> 00:46:03,880 Speaker 1: and his back for the Ravens game. Now, do I 502 00:46:04,080 --> 00:46:10,080 Speaker 1: think that the Bengals that gives them a shot to 503 00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:15,040 Speaker 1: get back in it? No? Is that because I think 504 00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:17,520 Speaker 1: the Steelers are about to run away with it? Nope, 505 00:46:17,560 --> 00:46:22,520 Speaker 1: it's simply that I think that Bengals defense. I think 506 00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:26,360 Speaker 1: the Bengals, had Joe Burrow not been hurt, they'd be 507 00:46:26,440 --> 00:46:28,360 Speaker 1: in the mix for the playoffs, but they wouldn't have 508 00:46:28,400 --> 00:46:30,279 Speaker 1: that much better of a record than they do right 509 00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:32,680 Speaker 1: now at three and seven, because the problem hadn't been 510 00:46:32,680 --> 00:46:35,400 Speaker 1: the offense. The problem's been the defense, which they never fixed. 511 00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:47,600 Speaker 1: This does, however, make me feel like the Ravens' chances 512 00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:56,279 Speaker 1: of winning the division just went down significantly, because if 513 00:46:56,320 --> 00:47:04,839 Speaker 1: Burrow comes back and they just go their first three 514 00:47:04,920 --> 00:47:11,000 Speaker 1: games Baltimore, Buffalo, Baltimore. When you were looking at how 515 00:47:11,040 --> 00:47:15,399 Speaker 1: the Ravens could win the division, a lot of the 516 00:47:15,440 --> 00:47:22,360 Speaker 1: math was sweeping. Sinceyet that does get a lot harder, 517 00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:26,440 Speaker 1: and now, all of a sudden, if you're Baltimore, you 518 00:47:26,600 --> 00:47:29,840 Speaker 1: obviously have the Jets this weekend, that's a win or 519 00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:37,440 Speaker 1: should be. But then your final six games Sincy Pittsburgh, Sincy, 520 00:47:38,239 --> 00:47:44,759 Speaker 1: New England, Green Bay, Pittsburgh. So four winning teams plus 521 00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:52,360 Speaker 1: or four games against winning teams plus two against Joe Burrow. 522 00:47:57,560 --> 00:48:00,319 Speaker 1: And if you're the Steelers, you're like, man, we duck Tim. 523 00:48:00,719 --> 00:48:03,279 Speaker 1: Now they did lose one to Joe Flacco anyway, But 524 00:48:03,360 --> 00:48:10,440 Speaker 1: still the other piece of this that if I were 525 00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:12,759 Speaker 1: a Bengals fan, I wouldn't be able to I just 526 00:48:12,800 --> 00:48:19,440 Speaker 1: couldn't get over is why did we have to blow 527 00:48:20,360 --> 00:48:23,000 Speaker 1: the Jets game and the Bears game the way we did. 528 00:48:24,960 --> 00:48:29,240 Speaker 1: We lose thirty nine to thirty eight to the Jets, 529 00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:34,600 Speaker 1: who we had, We had a fourteen point lead on 530 00:48:34,680 --> 00:48:40,719 Speaker 1: the Jets in the fourth quarter and lost to the 531 00:48:40,760 --> 00:48:48,879 Speaker 1: Ozho to seven Jets. And then the next week we 532 00:48:48,920 --> 00:48:53,800 Speaker 1: had we were down fourteen at the two minute warning 533 00:48:53,880 --> 00:48:58,799 Speaker 1: to the Bears and a minute later had a one 534 00:48:58,880 --> 00:49:03,879 Speaker 1: point lead and then blew that one too. Had they 535 00:49:03,920 --> 00:49:07,440 Speaker 1: won one of those and we're sitting at four and six, 536 00:49:07,560 --> 00:49:11,400 Speaker 1: they'd be alive. Had they won both of them and 537 00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:14,520 Speaker 1: were sitting at five and five, they might be the 538 00:49:14,680 --> 00:49:18,640 Speaker 1: co favorites in the division when Joe gets back based 539 00:49:18,680 --> 00:49:21,880 Speaker 1: on the strength that offense alone. But they didn't and 540 00:49:21,920 --> 00:49:27,080 Speaker 1: they blew it just the reality of the situation. So 541 00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:30,680 Speaker 1: now they can just play spoiler and now Joe. Also, 542 00:49:31,120 --> 00:49:35,920 Speaker 1: here's the other thing for Burrow, because I don't know 543 00:49:35,920 --> 00:49:44,120 Speaker 1: if you know. Obviously last year he was unbelievable in losses. 544 00:49:45,160 --> 00:49:51,160 Speaker 1: This year he played Week one against Cleveland, played really poorly, 545 00:49:52,040 --> 00:49:55,560 Speaker 1: they won seventeen sixteen because it's the Browns. And then 546 00:49:55,640 --> 00:49:59,080 Speaker 1: week two he barely played in a game they ended 547 00:49:59,160 --> 00:50:02,280 Speaker 1: up winning against the Jas. I just think for Joe 548 00:50:03,200 --> 00:50:08,400 Speaker 1: it'll feel good to get back out there and play 549 00:50:08,520 --> 00:50:10,960 Speaker 1: like Joe Burrow again and remind people how good he 550 00:50:11,040 --> 00:50:17,160 Speaker 1: can be. I don't think that's going to be this weekend. 551 00:50:17,640 --> 00:50:21,640 Speaker 1: I would be shocked. 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Deliver available for select devices purchased at 561 00:50:47,880 --> 00:50:54,000 Speaker 1: boostmobile dot Com. Terms do apply. My NFC Championship game 562 00:50:54,080 --> 00:50:58,120 Speaker 1: pick from before the year. Buccaneers Rams, that is Sunday 563 00:50:58,200 --> 00:51:02,239 Speaker 1: Night Football are flying the highest they have all year. 564 00:51:02,280 --> 00:51:04,919 Speaker 1: The Bucks are flying the lowest they have all year. 565 00:51:05,480 --> 00:51:09,640 Speaker 1: We will discuss that game much more during our Week 566 00:51:10,120 --> 00:51:15,160 Speaker 1: twelve is it Wow Week twelve NFL gambling show tomorrow. 567 00:51:15,520 --> 00:51:18,680 Speaker 1: Real quick here, though, I do want to spend a 568 00:51:18,719 --> 00:51:28,120 Speaker 1: couple of minutes on Bills Texans, because I I think 569 00:51:28,160 --> 00:51:33,839 Speaker 1: this is a very important. Obviously, let me say something 570 00:51:33,840 --> 00:51:38,239 Speaker 1: about the Texans. I do not believe the Texans are 571 00:51:38,760 --> 00:51:43,680 Speaker 1: in the playoff mix. And I know that technically they've 572 00:51:43,800 --> 00:51:46,080 Speaker 1: got the same record as the Chiefs. I get that. 573 00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:49,759 Speaker 1: I think the fact that they are home for the 574 00:51:49,800 --> 00:51:52,680 Speaker 1: Bills than at the Colts than at the Chiefs, and 575 00:51:52,719 --> 00:51:55,319 Speaker 1: then still have a game left at the Chargers and 576 00:51:55,360 --> 00:52:00,160 Speaker 1: home for the Colts, I just don't think. I and 577 00:52:00,239 --> 00:52:04,080 Speaker 1: given how awful their offense has been all year and 578 00:52:04,080 --> 00:52:07,080 Speaker 1: that CJ is still not back, I just do not 579 00:52:07,239 --> 00:52:10,920 Speaker 1: think Houston is going to be able to play anything 580 00:52:11,000 --> 00:52:16,560 Speaker 1: but spoiler. The Bills, on the other hand, are still 581 00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:20,799 Speaker 1: in the mix for the division, but also are just 582 00:52:21,400 --> 00:52:29,440 Speaker 1: a loss tonight away from feeling like they are, you know, 583 00:52:29,640 --> 00:52:34,160 Speaker 1: right back in the swirl of Hey, what the hell's 584 00:52:34,239 --> 00:52:39,640 Speaker 1: going on? With games remaining at Pittsburgh home for the Bengals, 585 00:52:40,040 --> 00:52:45,400 Speaker 1: at the Patriots, and home for the Eagles. I have 586 00:52:45,600 --> 00:52:51,640 Speaker 1: been encouraging Josh to be Josh. It's gonna make some mistakes, 587 00:52:52,239 --> 00:52:57,120 Speaker 1: You'll take it because of the wild stuff tonight. Tonight 588 00:52:57,560 --> 00:53:01,400 Speaker 1: is not a night you should need that. Tonight is 589 00:53:01,440 --> 00:53:04,319 Speaker 1: a night that you should be able to win on 590 00:53:04,400 --> 00:53:07,359 Speaker 1: the strength of James Cook and not turning the ball over. 591 00:53:08,280 --> 00:53:13,480 Speaker 1: And so this is a good test of can Josh 592 00:53:14,480 --> 00:53:18,480 Speaker 1: throttle We saw him last week throttle up? Can he 593 00:53:18,640 --> 00:53:22,680 Speaker 1: throttle down? That's what i'ma be watching for tonight. I 594 00:53:22,800 --> 00:53:25,720 Speaker 1: expect the Bills to win, and I think the Texans 595 00:53:25,800 --> 00:53:28,759 Speaker 1: only path is multiple Bills turnovers. So we'll see the 596 00:53:28,760 --> 00:53:33,800 Speaker 1: thing throttle down tonight. Listener questions w asked, if you 597 00:53:33,800 --> 00:53:36,840 Speaker 1: can flip the result of one lebron play or game, 598 00:53:36,960 --> 00:53:39,760 Speaker 1: what would it be for me? It's finishing the dunk 599 00:53:39,800 --> 00:53:42,560 Speaker 1: over Draymond in Game some of the twenty sixteen Finals. 600 00:53:42,960 --> 00:53:47,640 Speaker 1: I mean, yes, that would be the lebron play that 601 00:53:47,719 --> 00:53:50,640 Speaker 1: I would flip to be the greatest dunken NBA history. 602 00:53:50,840 --> 00:53:58,760 Speaker 1: The actual play I would change is Kyle Korver hitting 603 00:53:58,800 --> 00:54:03,319 Speaker 1: the corner three in Game three of the twenty seventeen 604 00:54:04,360 --> 00:54:13,520 Speaker 1: NBA Finals or George Hill making his free throw in 605 00:54:13,600 --> 00:54:18,759 Speaker 1: what became the j R. Smith Game. Those would be 606 00:54:18,760 --> 00:54:24,920 Speaker 1: the two that I would change. Danny asks if the 607 00:54:25,000 --> 00:54:29,239 Speaker 1: Chiefs win all of their remaining games, could the Broncos 608 00:54:29,280 --> 00:54:33,359 Speaker 1: loss become the loss that led to the loss that 609 00:54:33,440 --> 00:54:38,960 Speaker 1: led to the the loss that led to Lombardi. That's 610 00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:48,440 Speaker 1: pretty good. I'll keep that in my back pocket. Q 611 00:54:48,680 --> 00:54:51,440 Speaker 1: asked if the Chiefs missed the playoffs, wouldn't the Bills 612 00:54:51,520 --> 00:54:53,959 Speaker 1: and Josh be under the most pressure by a country mile, 613 00:54:54,400 --> 00:54:57,440 Speaker 1: No doubt about it. And we'll talk about if the 614 00:54:57,520 --> 00:55:00,799 Speaker 1: Chiefs end up losing this weekend, we'll talk about what 615 00:55:00,840 --> 00:55:02,920 Speaker 1: that does for the rest of the AFC playoff picture. 616 00:55:03,160 --> 00:55:05,680 Speaker 1: But they're not gonna lose this weekend. Will they be 617 00:55:05,800 --> 00:55:08,680 Speaker 1: one of my week twelve picks? Find that out on 618 00:55:08,760 --> 00:55:12,000 Speaker 1: tomorrow's show. Thank you to everybody like rate, subscribe, review, 619 00:55:12,120 --> 00:55:14,319 Speaker 1: huge shout out to Volume in Blue Duck, and thank 620 00:55:14,360 --> 00:55:16,759 Speaker 1: you of course to hard rock at boost Wayfair and 621 00:55:16,880 --> 00:55:19,760 Speaker 1: the great people at Zen. Talk to you guys tomorrow 622 00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:21,160 Speaker 1: for our week twelve picks