1 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: What is up my people? Three in our podcasts, that'd 2 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:19,799 Speaker 1: be this show. I'm John Middlecock and Uh, we're gonna 3 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 1: talk about a football. It's halftime of the Monday night game. 4 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 1: Have some thoughts on famous Jamis and Urban I look 5 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: miserable Meyer. Uh, then a lot of other stuff. What 6 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: what to make of the preseason, some thoughts on Mahomes 7 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: and Kyler. Watch that game on Friday night. Uh, Justin 8 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:41,520 Speaker 1: Fields feels like he's coming. Uh. Carson Wentz. Carson Wentz 9 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: somehow was gonna be out like three months. He came 10 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 1: back two weeks later. I don't know, medical miracle, how 11 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: do you pull that off? But somehow he's back. Jamar 12 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:52,519 Speaker 1: Chase yet to catch the ball. I mean, every everything 13 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 1: they throw at him hits of the ground and he's 14 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 1: not really that open. So Cincinnati might have a little 15 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 1: problem on their hands. They gotta get figured out here 16 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: before the season. Star arts of course, Middlecoff mailbag at 17 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:05,680 Speaker 1: John Middlecoff is the Instagram firing those d m s. 18 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 1: Get your question right here on the show. If you 19 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 1: listen on Collins Feed, you can subscribe separately to my feed. 20 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 1: Would appreciate that. 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Fun bet. A lot 31 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: of people say they bet on their own team just 32 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 1: for the fun of it. I can get that. But 33 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 1: time value money, you know it doesn't that up. But 34 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: we'll talk some gambling on Friday's podcast. Maybe I'll pick 35 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: some my favorite over unders, definitely before we get to 36 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 1: the season. Some some divisional bets, super Bowl odds, a 37 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 1: lot of good a lot of good bets to be made, 38 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: a lot of good bets. But let's start with the 39 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: football game. I think you know what the Saints have 40 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:15,639 Speaker 1: accomplished since Drew Brees and Sean Payton got there. Is remarkable. 41 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: They took a franchise that was irrelevant and broke and 42 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: made them legitimate and Drew Brees is headed right to 43 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame. Sean Payton, depending on how much 44 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:26,919 Speaker 1: longer he coaches, who knows, he might have a pretty 45 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: good resume. They were a dynamic duo. But these last 46 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 1: couple of years. Let's face it, Drew's a fantastic human 47 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 1: being and an elite player, but he wasn't the same 48 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: the last couple of years, a little rivers ish, like 49 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 1: he just could not throw the ball down the field. 50 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: It was not an option. Well, the rules right now 51 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 1: in the sport of football are conducive to throwing the 52 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: ball down the field. The safeties can't hit you and 53 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 1: the corners can't mug you. It is a huge advantage 54 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:00,959 Speaker 1: to take advantage of defenses. They have no records. They're screwed. 55 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 1: I I feel bad for defensive coaches. But when Drew 56 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 1: Brees can only throw wheel routes and quick outs, it 57 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: was very, very difficult for them to not Like, scoring 58 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: drives took a while unless Kamara broke a huge run. 59 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 1: So having jamis who, let's face it, flawed. Dude had 60 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:22,239 Speaker 1: some major question marks in his life on and off 61 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 1: the field, like if you get in trouble for doing 62 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 1: something to an uber driver, I read flag you, he 63 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 1: screamed once upon a time in the quad at Florida State, 64 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 1: something I won't repeat. And we are a rated our podcast. 65 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 1: So Jamis his decision making has been questionable. Sean Payton 66 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 1: didn't have to deal with any of that. He already 67 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 1: went through the worst he got. Jamis Winston as like 68 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: a reclamation human being, as a guy that just wanted 69 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: to change his life, change his career. So last year 70 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: he got to follow around Drew Brees like a puppy dog. 71 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,119 Speaker 1: Soak it all in, learn the offense, and clearly he's 72 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 1: the more talented player than Taysom Hill I saw. I 73 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 1: think Greasy mentioned it that he'll lost ten pounds because 74 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: he wanted to be a little slimmer if he's gonna 75 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: play quarterback. Here's what Sean Payton and Mickey Loomis should 76 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 1: do tomorrow. Listen, Tason, you look fantastic at your body 77 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 1: fats about three percent. Let's let's pack, you know, let's 78 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:20,720 Speaker 1: eat some eat some potatoes, power couple of protein bars, 79 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: and some protein drinks. We might move you a little 80 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 1: back around on the offensive side of the ball, playing 81 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 1: tight end, slash fullback, whatever the hell your position is. 82 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 1: But we're gonna go with Jamis. James Is gonna be 83 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 1: their starting quarterback. And there have been a long list 84 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 1: of guys like Jamis who went to a place and 85 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: when you get drafted really high, like Jamis was a 86 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 1: legitimate number one overall pick, was a blue chip guy 87 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 1: from a program that he won a national championship. He 88 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 1: has a big arm. He's a big guy. It's I mean, 89 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: he has got big size, he's got a big arm. 90 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 1: Now he's got question make when it comes to decision making. 91 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: He can be reckless just in life, let alone on 92 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:02,040 Speaker 1: the field. But the guy that I think Sean Payton 93 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 1: has might be a different dude. Because you just age, 94 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:09,039 Speaker 1: you mature, you realize, I mean, the team basically cut 95 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 1: you in Tampa Bay, so your career kind of flashes 96 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: in front of you a little bit. You have to 97 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 1: take like one million dollars from the Saints to be 98 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:18,719 Speaker 1: the backup. Like you, just a little bit of humble 99 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:22,040 Speaker 1: pie can be healthy for all of us, let alone, 100 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 1: you know, failed top pick and now Sean Payton gets 101 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:27,160 Speaker 1: a guy that he's seen in his division, that he's 102 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:30,040 Speaker 1: coached up against, and I think he I think there's 103 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: a chance that he turns Jamis into a pretty solid 104 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 1: quarterback because he has some easy in that offense, the 105 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:40,839 Speaker 1: stuff to the running backs in the in the short 106 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 1: game that they'll they'll do that all day long. Sean 107 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:46,720 Speaker 1: Payton can get you five yard completions with his eyes closed. 108 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:48,919 Speaker 1: What he hasn't been able to do is called go 109 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 1: routes and post routes and push the ball down the field. 110 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:54,720 Speaker 1: That's really what Jamis wants to do, really, you know, 111 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,039 Speaker 1: most of the time just skill set push the ball 112 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:00,160 Speaker 1: down the field. So if he can coach him up 113 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:03,480 Speaker 1: to play less recklessly and take care of the football, 114 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:07,279 Speaker 1: they might have something. We've seen a lot less talented 115 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: players than Jamis Winston resurrect their career with the top 116 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: coach and then across the field. I don't know how 117 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 1: you looked at urban Meyer and didn't see a miserable individual. 118 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 1: You could feel it on his face. Some people wear 119 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: their emotions on their body and on their face sometimes 120 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 1: I know I do, and some people don't. Write. Some 121 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,479 Speaker 1: people can be stewing, and they can smile. Urban Meyer 122 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 1: is clearly not one of those guys. In my issue 123 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 1: with urban Meyer always at Ohio State and definitely at 124 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 1: Florida was like, you know, he talked about life lessons 125 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: and morality, and he had dudes like selling cocaine and 126 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 1: killing people. It's like, urban You're just you're trying to win, 127 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:49,279 Speaker 1: which you should be, but let's not act like you're 128 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 1: this messiah as a human being. You come to the NFL, 129 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:54,360 Speaker 1: you don't have to be a messiah anymore. It's all 130 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 1: about winning. Here's the problem. At Ohio State and at Florida, 131 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: all you do is win in the end off l 132 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:02,600 Speaker 1: When you come to a team like the Jacks, check 133 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:06,679 Speaker 1: their history, you lose a lot and listen. Irvin Meyer 134 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: is an elite college football coach. He's never coached a 135 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 1: day in the pros. Not this is I mean these 136 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: six months is first time ever in the job, running 137 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 1: a protein. That is a dramatic change. But the biggest 138 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 1: difference to me is a down year at Ohio statter Florida, 139 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 1: he was still going like ten and two. You just 140 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: watch the Jacksonville Jacks. Their defense is gonna be bad. 141 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 1: He's also he's not a scheme guy. He's at the 142 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 1: offensive coordinator, he's not the defensive coordinator. He's a culture guy, 143 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 1: so okay. John Harbaugh and Mike Tomlin are culture guys 144 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 1: that have had a lot of success. Well. When John 145 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 1: Harbaugh got hired for the Ravens, they had culture guys 146 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 1: on the team. Ray Lewis ed Reid ever heard of him? 147 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 1: Terrell Suggs who last time I was in Scottsdale, I 148 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 1: swam by him in a lazy river. He still looked 149 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 1: like you could play Helloi nada. They had a good 150 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 1: group of core guys. When Mike Tomlin got the Pittsburgh 151 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: steve A job, Google that roster pretty good, high level guys. 152 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 1: That is not the case here. His best player, at 153 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 1: least his most talented player, is a rookie quarterback who's 154 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 1: also never lost. It is going to be an experience 155 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 1: of losing for these individuals. Now players you just battle 156 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:22,119 Speaker 1: through and keep playing a coach. The last time ship 157 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 1: got really hard for him in Florida, he quit and 158 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: he left the building basically on fire. It was a disaster. 159 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 1: Like you don't need to be some you know, psychologist 160 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 1: to just look at his face and go god guy, 161 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:41,720 Speaker 1: doesn't look right, like Urban. This is not the middle 162 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:46,439 Speaker 1: of November, this is August. The games don't count. Peter 163 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:49,959 Speaker 1: King wrote about it today in his in his Morning Quarterback, 164 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 1: it's called like Football Morning in America or whatever, and 165 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 1: he wrote that the starting center for the Jags walked 166 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: by Urban in the hallway like the day after the 167 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: first prese sason game. It might have been the second 168 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 1: preseason game, and Urban looked miserable, and he grabbed him 169 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:05,880 Speaker 1: and he smiled and he kind of shook him like 170 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 1: it's okay, coach, it's the preseason. And Urban gave some 171 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 1: quotes to Peter like I'm not used to losing. We'll 172 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 1: get used to it, bro, because you're gonna lose even 173 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,839 Speaker 1: if you do resurrect this team. Like I've listened to 174 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 1: Jimmy Johnson talk those first couple of years were not 175 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 1: easy and when you have the capability, like is he 176 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:29,480 Speaker 1: really tied to the Jags? Honestly, this is maybe why 177 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:31,719 Speaker 1: he took the Jack's job, because if you took the 178 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 1: Cowboys job, or you took a USC job, or you 179 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 1: took Texas, you know there'll be a little more scrutiny 180 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 1: if you just bounced after year one. Let's face it, 181 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:45,560 Speaker 1: if Urban after year one is like this sucks, I'm out. 182 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 1: Is anyone really gonna care? No one gives a shit 183 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 1: about the Jacksonville Jaguars. No one cares, not a soul. 184 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 1: So I honestly, it almost like I had the thought today, 185 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 1: maybe he took the job knowing his parachute as always. Well, 186 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 1: they're the Jags. You even blame him because you couldn't 187 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:09,559 Speaker 1: do that to the Cowboys, couldn't do that to the Giants. 188 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:13,320 Speaker 1: You get destroyed, you, we would never be able to 189 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:16,719 Speaker 1: look at you the same. But the Jags whatever, who 190 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 1: even blames him? My god, if I had to put 191 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:24,080 Speaker 1: a thousand dollars, does Urban coach this team for over 192 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 1: under two years? So does he make it to a 193 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:30,960 Speaker 1: year three? I would probably take the under. Just look 194 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:33,080 Speaker 1: at the guy. I mean, he looks like he's ready 195 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 1: to jump. It's like, this sucks. The season has not 196 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 1: even started yet. Good luck, buddy. I hope that at 197 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 1: least the direct deposits are big. Okay. I sat down 198 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 1: on Friday night, maybe with a beverage in hand, and 199 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 1: you know, in edible in my stomach, and I was 200 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 1: gonna just relax and watch Monday Night Football, but it 201 00:10:56,840 --> 00:10:58,840 Speaker 1: was Friday, but it was the Monday Night Football Crew 202 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 1: and it was Chiefs car Knowles and I watched like 203 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 1: the first quarter and I and I just had a 204 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:07,680 Speaker 1: bunch of notes. I'm like, there's some pretty interesting things 205 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: that I just saw. First and foremost. Patrick Mahomes is 206 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:15,679 Speaker 1: the modern day Brett Farve. And when I say that, 207 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 1: I don't mean I'm not talking physical talents, though they 208 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 1: have some similar physical talents. I'm talking about when I 209 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 1: was a kid and I grew up in the Achemen. 210 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 1: Farv young era right, born in the mid eighties, grew 211 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 1: up in the nineties. Fox NFL football, John Madden calling 212 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 1: Cowboys Packers and and if you've ever done any research 213 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:36,959 Speaker 1: or that there have been articles written, those three franchises 214 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: really helped change, uh, the way the NFL was put 215 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,760 Speaker 1: on television because the power of Fox. And they've obviously 216 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 1: never looked back. I hated Brett Farve, not because I 217 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 1: didn't like the player, but because you know, I was 218 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:51,440 Speaker 1: a Niner guy growing up. Wanted them to beat the 219 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:53,959 Speaker 1: Packers and they kind of all became rivals. But he 220 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:57,080 Speaker 1: was box office. He was by far he was a 221 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:02,599 Speaker 1: hero like figure. Everyone every kid in America admired the guy. 222 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 1: Every parent enjoyed watching them with their kids. He was fun. 223 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 1: There's an element that that now was Steph Curry. It 224 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 1: is hard to not watch Steph Curry, even if you 225 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 1: don't like basketball that much and not be entertained at 226 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 1: the end of the day. Sometimes we lose sight of this. 227 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:22,120 Speaker 1: The reason this exists now on television is because a 228 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 1: lot of people are willing to watch it on TV 229 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 1: from their couch. That's where all the money comes from 230 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:32,199 Speaker 1: the fans. It's an entertainment product, and far is an 231 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 1: all time entertainer. And Patrick Mahomes, from an entertainment standpoint, 232 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 1: is the most fun player in the league. I don't 233 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 1: even think there's a close second, and there are some 234 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:44,760 Speaker 1: very very fun players in the league. He is box office. 235 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:47,680 Speaker 1: But one thing stood out to me in the game, 236 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: and they were kind of doing this deep dive on 237 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals don't like Kyler Murray told the broadcasters 238 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 1: he doesn't like the preseason, and Brian Greasy kind of 239 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 1: lie aft obviously Brian Greasy, his dad, Bob Greasy, played, 240 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 1: I mean they're football guys, said we if we talked 241 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 1: to Patrick Mahomes and He's like, why wouldn't I play. 242 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 1: It's just what we do and I'll never forget. When 243 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:12,440 Speaker 1: I had a radio show in the Bay Area, we 244 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:15,320 Speaker 1: talked a lot of baseball. Baseball is really big in 245 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 1: the Bay Area. The Giants are a massive franchise just 246 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,679 Speaker 1: in America, but around here they are a cash cow. 247 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:25,719 Speaker 1: And also the Oakland A's with Billy Bean make the 248 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:28,480 Speaker 1: playoffs all the time. Just we have a very very 249 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 1: big base of people that consume baseball. So when I 250 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 1: was on the radio show, a large part of the 251 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 1: show we talked basically baseball and football, and we would 252 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 1: have baseball centric shows where you'd bring in guests into 253 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 1: studio and just do like an hour of baseball talk. 254 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 1: And Kevin Eukolis came in. He's actually married to Tom 255 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:49,680 Speaker 1: Brady's sister with Eric Burns, who played for the A's 256 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:51,720 Speaker 1: and then the Diamondbacks, and we had like a baseball 257 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 1: hour and it was really really cool. And as someone 258 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 1: who I I rooted for those Red Sox teams in 259 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:59,679 Speaker 1: the early two thousands, I love Big Poppy, I love manner. 260 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:03,360 Speaker 1: Mary UCLAs, I thought was really cool. And UCLAs said 261 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:05,680 Speaker 1: something that I'll never forget. He's like, do you know 262 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 1: what really separated our great Red Sox teams? He said, 263 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:10,920 Speaker 1: we had a bunch of yes men. And I think 264 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 1: sometimes you hear the word yes men. You think people 265 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:15,120 Speaker 1: that just say yes to like people they're working for it, right, 266 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 1: No one ever wants to be like a ruffle feathers. 267 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 1: That's not what he meant. He said, when you ask 268 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 1: anybody on that team to do anything, Hey, we need 269 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 1: you to play in right field today instead of left, 270 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 1: first answer was always yes, hey, instead of bat And 271 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 1: second today you're gonna bat eight. Yes, hey, instead of 272 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 1: playing today, you're gonna be on the bench. We might 273 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 1: use you to pitch hit no problem. Yes, that was 274 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 1: the attitude, he said, of the whole organization. The first 275 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 1: response was yes. And he said, in his experience playing 276 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,760 Speaker 1: in the big leagues, the teams that leaned their first 277 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 1: always answer was yes, not no. Hey, we need you 278 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 1: to do this, Hey, you have to do this, Hey 279 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 1: can you do this? And your first answer isn't always no. 280 00:14:56,160 --> 00:15:00,200 Speaker 1: You can have a healthy and successful operation. And you 281 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 1: see the Cardinals who have never won anything with this group, right, 282 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury is a lifetime loser as a football coach, 283 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 1: not as a guy good guy, like the guy questions 284 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:13,880 Speaker 1: football coaching ability. And then Kyler Murray, who is a very, 285 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 1: very talented player, physical attributes elite right beside his size 286 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 1: and he's small, but his speed top notch, his arm 287 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 1: strength unbelievable. But I'm watching him and it's a preseason 288 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 1: game now, granted the Chiefs are playing a lot of starters, 289 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 1: and he's skipping balls, he's overthrowing guys, and I started 290 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 1: thinking to myself, this guy is telling everyone he shouldn't 291 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 1: play in any preseason games. Mahomes has a huge smile 292 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 1: on his face. Him and Andy are having the time 293 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: of their life, multiple drives, trying to score touchdowns, getting ready. 294 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 1: I don't know. He's accomplished everything humanly possible in football, right, 295 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 1: He's an m v P, he's a Super Bowl champ, 296 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 1: and he got the biggest contract in the history of 297 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 1: the sport, four and fifty million dollars. There is literally 298 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 1: nothing left for him to accomplish except doing more of 299 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 1: it right to con tinue to win. His attitude was like, 300 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 1: let's this is what we do. What what time's kickoff? 301 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: I'm ready. Kyler Meanwhile, I was like, no, you know, 302 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 1: I don't want to do that. So he's out there 303 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 1: because he's kind of be enforced. He doesn't necessarily want 304 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 1: to do it. And then I'm watching him play and 305 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 1: going as someone who admires his physical attributes, I started 306 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:19,720 Speaker 1: thinking to myself, is he a good quarterback? He's a 307 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 1: big time talent. He's an extremely gifted player, but is 308 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 1: he a really good quarterback? And through two years you 309 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 1: would say it's up for debate. It really is. And 310 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:34,120 Speaker 1: I was texting with a couple of people, Here's what 311 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: I know. If Kyler Murray does not improve, if he 312 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 1: stays status quo or even comes back to Earth anymore, 313 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:45,000 Speaker 1: Cardinals are done. Isaiah Simmons still hasn't made a play 314 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 1: U J J. Watt it makes sense. On the pregame show, 315 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:52,800 Speaker 1: Steve Young said he talked to a veteran player that 316 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 1: Kyler needs to mature a little bit on and off 317 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 1: the field. Steve Young just didn't throw that out there, 318 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 1: And I think gets back to Patrick Mahomes set the 319 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 1: tone for the entire organization for years now, and Kyler Murray, 320 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 1: who was drafted number one, who everyone and me included, 321 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 1: was like oh, this guy went ninth in the baseball draft. 322 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,399 Speaker 1: Now he's the number one quarterback. Josh Rose still as 323 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 1: you have to accomplish anything besides being a starting quarterback, 324 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:19,800 Speaker 1: Like that's that's an accomplishment. But the point of this 325 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:22,119 Speaker 1: is to win, and they don't do a lot of 326 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:25,119 Speaker 1: winning in Arizona. Beside when Bruce arians was there, I 327 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:29,919 Speaker 1: despise their their offensive scheme. There's a softness to their franchise, 328 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 1: and I just kind of had the takeaways like, yeah, 329 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:35,760 Speaker 1: I'm kind of out on on Kyler Murray, not that 330 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:38,880 Speaker 1: I was ever truly in because I I'm always uncomfortable 331 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 1: with super small quarterbacks like Russell Wilson is such an 332 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:45,240 Speaker 1: outlier to just think they're gonna be a ton of 333 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 1: guys five nine just dominating the league. I'm gonna push 334 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:49,959 Speaker 1: back on that. Look at the guys that have come 335 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 1: in and had success, Like Lamar's not small, Josh Allen 336 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 1: is massive. So the Trey Lance is huge, right, I 337 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:59,639 Speaker 1: mean justin Fields is big athlete. Trevor Lawrence, like this 338 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:02,639 Speaker 1: is a big boy leak. Now Kyler because of his 339 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:05,920 Speaker 1: athleticism is so elite. He can Hey Michael Vick, who 340 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:08,479 Speaker 1: was a bigger version of Kyler. Same thing. You can 341 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:10,720 Speaker 1: get away with it, but eventually you gotta make plays 342 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:14,120 Speaker 1: in big games when it really matters. And they kind 343 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:16,440 Speaker 1: of carry themselves like they've accomplished a lot more than 344 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 1: they have just that attitude within the franchise. And then 345 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 1: they're showing J. J. Watt talk on the sideline like 346 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 1: they had to pay over pay J. J. Watt because 347 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 1: they needed his leadership, because that's not what Kyler provides. 348 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:31,480 Speaker 1: The problem, though, is J. J. Watt might be hurt 349 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 1: by the wild card game in baseball, and when you're 350 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 1: on the sideline and you have no equity of the franchise, 351 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:38,600 Speaker 1: you can't be a leader. So it all gets back 352 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 1: to it falls on Kyler and he's gonna have to 353 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:43,199 Speaker 1: do it, and I'm just I'm hesitant to see it happening. 354 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:46,439 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 355 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:49,439 Speaker 1: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Fox sports 356 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:52,640 Speaker 1: Radio dot com and within the I Heart Radio app. 357 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: Search f s R to listen live. Okay, let's talk 358 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:02,159 Speaker 1: about the priest season, because I I've been trying to 359 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 1: wrap my head around just when I watch a preseason game, 360 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:08,920 Speaker 1: what do I make of it? For multiple years. When 361 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 1: I first got to the league, I made my living 362 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 1: off evaluating players in preseason games during the preseason, and 363 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:19,119 Speaker 1: then all season long evaluating everyone on the practice squad. 364 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:22,000 Speaker 1: And all you have to go out off of is 365 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:25,439 Speaker 1: a preseason game. And honestly, it has some parallels to 366 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 1: college football. Not all games in college football are equal 367 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 1: and you have to put And I learned this from 368 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:34,280 Speaker 1: Lewis Riddick was big on this, and I still carry 369 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:36,360 Speaker 1: it with me in life now is you gotta put 370 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 1: everything into context. Like when you see some famous person 371 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:41,879 Speaker 1: that has to pay their ex wife a grand a 372 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 1: month to me or you or most of Americans, when 373 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 1: they see that, your jaw drops your way because to 374 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 1: maintain their lifestyle. That's why when, uh, recently there was 375 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:58,400 Speaker 1: a dude, not Carrie Underwood, but Kelly Clarkson and her 376 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:00,680 Speaker 1: husband was gonna get like eight rand a month, I 377 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:03,440 Speaker 1: took joy because you always see it one side. You 378 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:06,160 Speaker 1: never see the guy get big payments. I didn't see though. 379 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 1: They went back to court they're fighting over it, but 380 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 1: you just see what these famous people, these just outrageous 381 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 1: amounts of money per month to just maintain their lifestyle. 382 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 1: When they get divorced. But it's all relative. If you 383 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:22,639 Speaker 1: make five million dollars a month, paying someone a hundred 384 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:26,359 Speaker 1: grand in alimony, isn't that nuts, right? But if you 385 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:29,880 Speaker 1: make a hundred grand a year, you know, paying ten 386 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:33,720 Speaker 1: grand a month would be outrageous. So you gotta everything 387 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:36,680 Speaker 1: is relative. You gotta put everything in the context. And 388 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:39,960 Speaker 1: when you see a guy in college football, a wide 389 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 1: receiver go for three touchdowns in the game, it's impressive, 390 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:46,960 Speaker 1: like it's it's an athletic feat that the overwhelming majority 391 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:50,240 Speaker 1: of human beings could not do. But relative to the pros, 392 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:52,880 Speaker 1: you go, well, who is he doing it against? Who 393 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:55,720 Speaker 1: was the competition, who was the corner, who was the 394 00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:59,399 Speaker 1: defensive court dare If you go for three touchdowns against 395 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 1: the number one collegiate defense in its Ohio State or 396 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 1: Alabama or Georgia or whatever, that's impressive. If you're a 397 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:10,280 Speaker 1: defensive coordinator and you will go up against Oklahoma and 398 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:13,280 Speaker 1: Ohio State in back to back weeks and you shut 399 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 1: him out, you go, that guy can coach. But if 400 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:20,320 Speaker 1: you go up against Vanderbilt and you know, freaking Mississippi 401 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:22,960 Speaker 1: State and light them up, you don't get as much credit. 402 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 1: It's no different as in the preseason. I was at 403 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:32,160 Speaker 1: Victor Cruz's first preseason game. Remember he scored three touchdowns. 404 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:36,120 Speaker 1: Undrafted free agent from U Mass never heard of the guy. 405 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:38,200 Speaker 1: I had never heard of him. Most humans had never 406 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 1: heard of the guy. First preseason game, Jets, Giants, I 407 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 1: think it's always the first preseason He had three touchdowns, 408 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 1: so immediately he goes on the radar, and two of 409 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:49,240 Speaker 1: them are pretty cool. Now, he ended up having a 410 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 1: really good career, but right away he was on the map. 411 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 1: But that one game didn't define him. He was gonna 412 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:58,400 Speaker 1: eventually have to do it, I don't know against better competition. 413 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 1: So now more than ever, in these preseason games a 414 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 1: decade ago, joint practices didn't exist. Well if if all 415 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:09,240 Speaker 1: week long, I've been going up a team against a 416 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 1: team in practice, I get confidence going up against that team. 417 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:16,159 Speaker 1: I know the one corner. I know what he doesn't like, 418 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 1: I know what he likes. It's why in training camp, 419 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:21,400 Speaker 1: after a couple of weeks, all the players when you see, 420 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 1: oh this guy is getting smoked or this guy is 421 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 1: getting beat, well, yeah, his opponent a k his teammate 422 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 1: knows his strengths and weaknesses. It's why when you do 423 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 1: an advanced scattering report, you know, or a game plan, 424 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 1: you isolate players in schemes and you find what they 425 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:38,679 Speaker 1: do well and what they do poorly. What they do 426 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,199 Speaker 1: well you try to avoid, and what they do poorly 427 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:45,440 Speaker 1: you try to exploit just basic rules of life. Right, 428 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 1: it's the easiest way. It's like the art of war. 429 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:51,960 Speaker 1: Find the strengths, avoid those, find the weaknesses, go all 430 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,680 Speaker 1: in on those. And as an opponent, when I get 431 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:57,720 Speaker 1: to practice up against you multiple weeks or excuse me, 432 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:00,680 Speaker 1: multiple days, I'm gonna feel a lot more confident when 433 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:02,199 Speaker 1: I go up a get you in the games. But 434 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:04,600 Speaker 1: then when some of these guys, you know, go up 435 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 1: against the teams in the games, most of these teams 436 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:10,480 Speaker 1: now aren't playing a soul, so I am playing backups. 437 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:12,640 Speaker 1: And then if you're a good backup, I'm not gonna 438 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 1: leave you in the game that much. But you get 439 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:17,199 Speaker 1: to the second quarter third string guys. Now, some of 440 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 1: those guys are gonna be on practice squads, but they're 441 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 1: not gonna be playing on Sundays. So it's very very difficult. 442 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 1: When you see, you know, to have played really well 443 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:27,359 Speaker 1: this weekend. Zack Wilson played really Well, the way I 444 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 1: look at it, I don't view production. I view them 445 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 1: like a college prospect. Will those athletic attributes translate? Zach Wilson, 446 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 1: He's an athletic guy. He's got a good arm. He 447 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:44,280 Speaker 1: has physical attributes that can translate. Now, can he read 448 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,320 Speaker 1: when they you know, blitz six, when they bring a 449 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:50,199 Speaker 1: corner cat, when they throw different coverages? I don't know. 450 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:53,400 Speaker 1: We you won't know that till the season starts. What's 451 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 1: gonna happen like Cantua when not everyone's wide open? Can 452 00:23:57,119 --> 00:23:58,959 Speaker 1: he zip the ball? And I don't think his arm 453 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,199 Speaker 1: strong enough. I watch him and think he has kind 454 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 1: of a piece shooter arm. And if you're a Dolphins 455 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:05,200 Speaker 1: family back middle Coffe, you're just a hater. Yeah, we'll 456 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:08,080 Speaker 1: see like he's putting up these good numbers they practice 457 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:11,199 Speaker 1: all week against their opponent, and it doesn't mean that 458 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 1: much to me because I'm just viewing him strictly as 459 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 1: like a draft prospect in the preseason, because I don't 460 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 1: know how you evaluate like that. They're just running basic 461 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 1: place and they've already like gone up against this team. 462 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:27,680 Speaker 1: Now those for a couple of days like the Niners. 463 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 1: Uh in the Charger game. Well, every day in practice, 464 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 1: Derwin James and Bosa are in practice, right, Kiddle's going 465 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:38,879 Speaker 1: up against Derwin James McGlinchey is going up against Bosa. 466 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 1: And then the game starts in Boston and Derwin James 467 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:44,879 Speaker 1: are his street close. So if you make a throw 468 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 1: and a guy wide open, we'll fucking Derwin James isn't 469 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:50,479 Speaker 1: even in the game. I'm not trying to like, you know, 470 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:54,640 Speaker 1: pooh pooh any accomplishment by any guy in a preseason game. 471 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:59,119 Speaker 1: But we have more and more evidence. Preseason historically has 472 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:02,200 Speaker 1: never mattered that much. I'd argue it is never matter 473 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 1: less in terms of evaluating whether a guy is gonna 474 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:08,439 Speaker 1: be good or bad. You can see some physical talent, 475 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:10,760 Speaker 1: but you don't know how it's gonna translate to the 476 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:13,800 Speaker 1: actual game. Now. If you're doing well, that to me 477 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,399 Speaker 1: is just the price of admission. If you're struggling, that 478 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:18,680 Speaker 1: makes me a little nervous. Like I watched Andy Dalton, 479 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 1: I go, I don't see it. I watched Kyler Murray 480 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:24,640 Speaker 1: and I go, God, it's a little off right. I'm 481 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 1: not expecting, you know, two drives fourteen points, but you 482 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:31,160 Speaker 1: should pass the eye test, and that that to me, 483 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:33,359 Speaker 1: it can only be negative. It's hard for me to 484 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:36,800 Speaker 1: think like, oh, that's he's he's uh, he's figured it out. 485 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:39,880 Speaker 1: It's it's gonna be all smooth sailing now for so 486 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 1: and so. You know, unless you have a long resume 487 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 1: of doing that, I don't look at the preseason that way. Well, 488 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,959 Speaker 1: let's talk about what's going on right now in the 489 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 1: city of Chicago. There is a movement and it is strong, 490 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:01,960 Speaker 1: and it's only gaining momentum. And that's with the fans. 491 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 1: And sometimes, like we've seen movements. You see a lot 492 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 1: in politics, right, you saw it once upon a time, 493 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 1: actually started in Chicago with Obama. You saw it four 494 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:14,479 Speaker 1: years ago or five years ago now with Donald Like, 495 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:17,040 Speaker 1: it happens a lot in politics now and ultimately, like 496 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:19,119 Speaker 1: we have something going on right now in California the 497 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,879 Speaker 1: governor is getting recalled, Like there is a movement to 498 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:24,840 Speaker 1: boot his ass out and get a new governor in. 499 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 1: And you can control it a lot, I guess in theory, right, 500 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:31,919 Speaker 1: you vote like you have power as a fan of 501 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:35,000 Speaker 1: a team. You don't get a vote, like they don't 502 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:39,359 Speaker 1: throw out a ballot to every registered Bears fan and 503 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 1: ben like, who do you think we should start at 504 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:44,960 Speaker 1: quarterback Andy Dalton or Justin Fields? Because if they did that, 505 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:48,120 Speaker 1: like if however many Bears fans there are millions, let's 506 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 1: just pick an even number, five million Bears fans in America, 507 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:54,280 Speaker 1: that that might be way off, could be way more. 508 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:56,359 Speaker 1: I don't know. I have to think about that. There 509 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,040 Speaker 1: are probably a lot. It's a major city, big franchise, 510 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,160 Speaker 1: historic for a chise, they got a lot of fans. 511 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:04,440 Speaker 1: If we did a poll who they should vote for 512 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:07,119 Speaker 1: to be the starting quarterback? What do you think it 513 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:12,199 Speaker 1: would be Fields to the Andy Dalton percent? You know, 514 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,159 Speaker 1: I mean it would be It wouldn't even be close. 515 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,480 Speaker 1: And it's hard once fans get in their mind what's 516 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,320 Speaker 1: right or wrong, even if it's not right or wrong. 517 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:25,000 Speaker 1: Now I stand with the fans on this one. I 518 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 1: would start Justin Fields. But the momentum anti Andy Dalton 519 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:32,360 Speaker 1: is only gonna grow. He's got a couple of things 520 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:36,000 Speaker 1: working against him. His offensive line is not very good, 521 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 1: and he used to be a pretty good athlete. At 522 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:40,480 Speaker 1: this point in time, he's not a great athlete. He 523 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:43,360 Speaker 1: cannot move around, and then he doesn't have a great arm. 524 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:46,080 Speaker 1: So if he does have to move he can't make 525 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:48,639 Speaker 1: very good like he's not gonna make great throws on 526 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:51,920 Speaker 1: the run, and a big part of this offense, he's 527 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:54,600 Speaker 1: going to have to add lib because the blocking is 528 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:57,680 Speaker 1: not going to be there. So there's not a soul 529 00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:00,680 Speaker 1: on their couch that's gonna watch the Bears way week 530 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:03,639 Speaker 1: one and gonna be cool with Andy Dalton. And I 531 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:05,919 Speaker 1: watched his press conference last week and he's like, you know, 532 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,360 Speaker 1: I hope I can turn them around. Once we start 533 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,400 Speaker 1: throwing touchdowns, they will have my back. That's never happening. 534 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 1: The avalanche of momentum for Justin Fields is already halfway 535 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,800 Speaker 1: down the mountain, and it's only gonna grow because the 536 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:23,200 Speaker 1: fans don't want to like the guy. Even though Andy 537 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:26,040 Speaker 1: Dalton high character guy. I know everyone that's played with 538 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:28,720 Speaker 1: him always enjoyed him. He's a good guy. He just 539 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 1: at this point in time, isn't that great at football. 540 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:34,720 Speaker 1: And they have the young savior on their team now 541 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:37,240 Speaker 1: is he gonna be the young savior who knows he's 542 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:40,320 Speaker 1: gonna have to actually do it? But if I was 543 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:43,520 Speaker 1: a Bears fan right now, every single snap that Andy 544 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:46,120 Speaker 1: Dalton gets in a regular season game would make me 545 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,840 Speaker 1: want to puke and that would not change. And that's 546 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:51,320 Speaker 1: how they all feel. So the one thing Matt Naggy 547 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 1: and I understand and coaches, they get obsessed with things 548 00:28:56,520 --> 00:29:00,000 Speaker 1: that no one on the outside cares about, like how 549 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 1: how you enunciate the play call to your teammates, how 550 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:07,640 Speaker 1: well you execute stuff in practice? You know why no 551 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:11,080 Speaker 1: one cares. We don't see that. So you can say 552 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:13,400 Speaker 1: all day long, this guy is so good in the 553 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:15,600 Speaker 1: meeting room, it's like, yeah, man, I don't care. I 554 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:17,560 Speaker 1: watched him on the field. He gets chased down, he 555 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:21,320 Speaker 1: throws interceptions. So you have to say all these things 556 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:24,960 Speaker 1: that actually don't you know, really resonate with the people 557 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,160 Speaker 1: that disagree with you. It would be one thing if 558 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:29,920 Speaker 1: he goes out, he's like, listen, he's a five time 559 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,720 Speaker 1: All Pro, he's won a Super Bowl. Trust us and 560 00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:35,200 Speaker 1: be like, you know, he's got a point, Like what 561 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,960 Speaker 1: are we gonna say? The dudes a champion, the dudes, 562 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:40,160 Speaker 1: you know, one of the best quarterbacks in the league 563 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:43,040 Speaker 1: for a decade, but that's not the case. And the 564 00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:44,840 Speaker 1: last couple of years he just hasn't been that good. 565 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:49,480 Speaker 1: And then the football God's gifted this franchise justin Fields 566 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:51,760 Speaker 1: who still to this day. I mean, I think about 567 00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:53,920 Speaker 1: it way too much. How did Justin Fields end up 568 00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 1: at eleven? It's insane, but it is what it is. 569 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:01,719 Speaker 1: I just know, if you're often of line stinks and 570 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:05,440 Speaker 1: you can't block anybody, you're best off giving a guy 571 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:10,400 Speaker 1: with the athletic ability an opportunity because he can overcome 572 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:14,960 Speaker 1: in theory, all the miss blocks, in all the plays 573 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:19,320 Speaker 1: where the quarterback is gonna have to, you know, improvise 574 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:22,680 Speaker 1: outside of the construct of the offense. Because when you 575 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:25,000 Speaker 1: have a terrible offensive line, it's hard to run the ball, 576 00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:27,800 Speaker 1: meaning it's hard to then implement play action, which are 577 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:30,840 Speaker 1: usually easy pass for the quarterback. And then when you 578 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:32,760 Speaker 1: can't run the ball, you find yourself. As I was 579 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:35,280 Speaker 1: watching some of the preseason game, it felt like Andy 580 00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:38,520 Speaker 1: Dalton was in third nine every single series. And when 581 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:40,160 Speaker 1: you're in third nine, what do you think all the 582 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 1: defensive lineman thing time to rush the passer so they 583 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:45,720 Speaker 1: get to just tee off. Well, in third nine, we 584 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:47,600 Speaker 1: don't have a good offensive line. What does that mean, Well, 585 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:50,479 Speaker 1: they gotta block defensive lineman that they can't do, so 586 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:52,440 Speaker 1: the quarterback is gonna be kind of a sitting dock 587 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:58,360 Speaker 1: and this momentum is it's organic, right because no one 588 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:00,680 Speaker 1: expected Justin Fields to be on the Bears for the draft, 589 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:02,880 Speaker 1: and then it happened, and then they got really excited, 590 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:04,720 Speaker 1: and then, like any human being, you're like, well, just 591 00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:06,960 Speaker 1: make him the starter. And then you realize they paid 592 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,680 Speaker 1: ten million dollars for Andy Dalton, which I I just 593 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:13,840 Speaker 1: Ryan Pace in what world could Andy Dalton just Let's 594 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:16,760 Speaker 1: just do some basic math. Last year, Andy Dalton, coming 595 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:20,040 Speaker 1: off a bad season, made three million dollars. Then he 596 00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:22,320 Speaker 1: goes to the Cowboys where he wasn't that good, and 597 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:24,520 Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure he got banged up, and then you 598 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:28,360 Speaker 1: gave him ten what type? Where where are we getting 599 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:30,720 Speaker 1: this math from? In what world was he a ten 600 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:33,200 Speaker 1: million dollar player if he was just making three four 601 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:37,520 Speaker 1: the Cowboys? So I I do feel they feel, and 602 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:40,400 Speaker 1: I would imagine Ryan Pace Fields some pressure. We're paying 603 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:42,760 Speaker 1: this guy some money. That's not the way I would think. 604 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:46,440 Speaker 1: I wouldn't even hesitate Justin Fields would be my starting quarterback. 605 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:50,880 Speaker 1: And that way I get, like, I get built in 606 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:57,280 Speaker 1: belief from the fans, which they turn on you. They're 607 00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:01,200 Speaker 1: gonna want everyone fired. And if this guy just shows 608 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:06,120 Speaker 1: promise and hope. Even if you go eight nine, they go, Okay, 609 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:08,800 Speaker 1: they got this guy in. They believed in him from 610 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:12,800 Speaker 1: the jump. It's easier to think big picture for the owner. Yeah, 611 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:15,440 Speaker 1: let's give this guy another shot with Justin Fields. But 612 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:18,400 Speaker 1: if you bring Justin Fields in halfway through the season 613 00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:21,080 Speaker 1: and the season is already lost and then he really struggles, 614 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:25,080 Speaker 1: you don't get any credit. You just won't. And the 615 00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:29,480 Speaker 1: momentum of negativity around Justin Fields has already had to 616 00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:32,200 Speaker 1: come out and say in press conferences, be nicer to 617 00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:35,480 Speaker 1: the guy. Stop chanting my name when he's on the field. 618 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:39,400 Speaker 1: He's already had to say that. You think that's gonna stop. 619 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:43,160 Speaker 1: I think it's only gonna grow. Wait till these regular 620 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:45,560 Speaker 1: season games. Do you know how much a regular season 621 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:47,880 Speaker 1: ticket to NFL games cost? Because people pay a lot 622 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:50,760 Speaker 1: of money, you only get eight shots of it a year. 623 00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:53,680 Speaker 1: And then I gotta watch Andy Dalton, well three of 624 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:57,000 Speaker 1: my eight home games, I gotta watch the red BB gun. 625 00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:00,320 Speaker 1: We got a problem, you know, especially with Fields. To 626 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:02,120 Speaker 1: sit there on the bench would be understandable if you 627 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:04,200 Speaker 1: don't have any other options, but that's not the case here. 628 00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:07,360 Speaker 1: So the longer they put him in, it's only gonna 629 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:10,120 Speaker 1: make the situation worse. I would get fields in. I mean, 630 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:14,480 Speaker 1: he would be my Week one starter. We have a 631 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:20,920 Speaker 1: story brewing in Cincinnati and it's about the young star 632 00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:25,480 Speaker 1: wide receiver Jamaar Chase, who they famously chose over Pineys. 633 00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:28,800 Speaker 1: They went wide receiver, not tackle, and it's been a 634 00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:33,200 Speaker 1: disastrous training camp in preseason for them. For the rookie, 635 00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:36,960 Speaker 1: he just had a game this weekend, had like five drops. 636 00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:40,080 Speaker 1: I saw clips at practice, dropping the ball left and right. 637 00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:44,959 Speaker 1: All reports is that he's not been good all preseason. 638 00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:49,400 Speaker 1: And I think when you grow up, when you hear 639 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:52,680 Speaker 1: people say how powerful confidence is, you don't really know it. 640 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:56,000 Speaker 1: Some some kids have it, some kids don't, some kids 641 00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:58,760 Speaker 1: develop it. I do think once you get older, at 642 00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:00,920 Speaker 1: least for me, I guess I can just from my 643 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:05,160 Speaker 1: own personal experience. I didn't necessarily think about confidence and 644 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:09,920 Speaker 1: not having confidence until I got to my twenties. I I, obviously, 645 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:12,560 Speaker 1: looking back, probably had it and didn't have it at 646 00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:15,919 Speaker 1: other times. But it's something I think you cognitively think 647 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:20,719 Speaker 1: about the older you get. And I experienced it twice professionally, 648 00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:24,480 Speaker 1: once my second year in the NFL and then towards 649 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:26,719 Speaker 1: the end of my radio career where I lost it, 650 00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:29,520 Speaker 1: and a lot had to do with, like, you know, 651 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:33,440 Speaker 1: dealing with a certain boss and dealing in situations. But 652 00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:37,440 Speaker 1: when you lose your confidence in anything, even if you're really, 653 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:41,239 Speaker 1: really good at what you do, it could be pretty devastating. 654 00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:44,239 Speaker 1: I heard Paul Aisinger say this within the last year. 655 00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:46,440 Speaker 1: I was watching a golf tournament at PJA golf tournament. 656 00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:51,640 Speaker 1: He's a broadcaster for CBS or NBC, and uh, I 657 00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:54,080 Speaker 1: thought he put it pretty eloquently. He's like, you know, 658 00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:58,080 Speaker 1: confidence is funny. When you have it, you never think 659 00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:01,319 Speaker 1: it'll go away, and when you lose it, you never 660 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:04,000 Speaker 1: think you can get it back. And I think when 661 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:08,400 Speaker 1: you're a younger person, it's harder to just be in 662 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:11,560 Speaker 1: control of your emotions, and I think mentally things can 663 00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:15,880 Speaker 1: snowball on you. Just immaturity, just life experience, right, you 664 00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:19,759 Speaker 1: don't have as much. And looking at Jamaar Chase and 665 00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:24,160 Speaker 1: his struggles and Cincinnati, it's kind of understandable. Right. He 666 00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:26,279 Speaker 1: was at the peak of the mountain two years ago 667 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:28,760 Speaker 1: at l s U best player arguably in the country, 668 00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:32,440 Speaker 1: absolutely dominates. Then he takes a year off where he's 669 00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:35,040 Speaker 1: not doing anything but training. Then he goes to a team, 670 00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:38,000 Speaker 1: which is an absolute just embarrassment. They have a coach 671 00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:40,480 Speaker 1: who it feels like it's over their head. They start 672 00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:43,319 Speaker 1: quarterbacks coming back from a major injury, They cut all 673 00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:46,480 Speaker 1: their famous veteran guys. Do you know Atkins A J. Green, Like, 674 00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:49,120 Speaker 1: who's there for Jamaar Chase to lean on? What? What's 675 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:52,400 Speaker 1: he gonna ask his coach who's never accomplished anything to 676 00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:54,920 Speaker 1: get him through this. Burrows just trying to get his 677 00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:59,320 Speaker 1: own confidence on his shattered knee to get straight. It's difficult. 678 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:03,080 Speaker 1: And this is the element to me that sometimes gets 679 00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:06,920 Speaker 1: overlooked in pro sports. And I just mentioned it. They 680 00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:10,000 Speaker 1: brought in J. J. Watt to Arizona more than just 681 00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:13,440 Speaker 1: for rushing the pastor. They brought him in for maturity, 682 00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:15,840 Speaker 1: for leadership. Now, you have to play well to be 683 00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:19,080 Speaker 1: a leader. But that's why they overpaid him. Because they 684 00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:21,080 Speaker 1: dramatically overpaid him. I thought it was like a five 685 00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:24,760 Speaker 1: million dollar player, you got fifteen million dollars yearanteed or whatever. 686 00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:28,919 Speaker 1: And the Bengals kind of did the opposite, which is okay. 687 00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:31,480 Speaker 1: But Sam Hanky did this once upon a time with 688 00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:34,280 Speaker 1: the sixers. When you do that, you have to realize, 689 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:37,560 Speaker 1: like your confidence of your young players can just get destroyed. 690 00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:40,360 Speaker 1: Who is there to sit down a j Green right 691 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:43,000 Speaker 1: now and help them put their arm over his shoulder 692 00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:45,839 Speaker 1: and be like, Bro, we will get through this. Bro, 693 00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:50,560 Speaker 1: I've been there before. Man, this happens. I bet he 694 00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:54,320 Speaker 1: feels in his entire career, from high school to l 695 00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:58,359 Speaker 1: s U to this situation right now. It's gotta be 696 00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:01,600 Speaker 1: a pretty crappy feeling where I may there's no one 697 00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:04,359 Speaker 1: to help him out. And when you're watching this guy 698 00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:06,560 Speaker 1: that caught everything in college. Now, I knew a couple 699 00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:09,000 Speaker 1: of people in the NFL that were skeptics of Jamaar Chase. 700 00:37:09,719 --> 00:37:11,839 Speaker 1: They said he made a lot of contestant catches. They 701 00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:14,080 Speaker 1: just made a lot of great plays physically, but when 702 00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:16,680 Speaker 1: you watch this play speed, they didn't think it quite 703 00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:21,200 Speaker 1: translated to uh to the film, we'll see because separation 704 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:23,960 Speaker 1: has been a problem. But you can't play wide receiver 705 00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:26,360 Speaker 1: if you can't catch the football, and the moment, you 706 00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:29,480 Speaker 1: lose confidence at a position where it takes a lot 707 00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:33,680 Speaker 1: of confidence to catch balls in traffic. Right. It's something 708 00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:36,239 Speaker 1: that we all know. If you've watched football long enough, 709 00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:40,360 Speaker 1: drops can snowball on each other. Right, because confidence is 710 00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:42,920 Speaker 1: the more it goes, it just starts dripping away from you. 711 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:45,640 Speaker 1: Then all of a sudden, in your tank, you got nothing. 712 00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:49,080 Speaker 1: So every ball that's coming at you, you're almost you know, 713 00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:51,759 Speaker 1: when Lily, when you suck, you think, God, I hope 714 00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:54,239 Speaker 1: they do not hit the ball to me. Or junior, junior, 715 00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:56,440 Speaker 1: high or high school baseball, when you're not good at defense, 716 00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:58,480 Speaker 1: You're like, I hope they do not hit the ball 717 00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:00,239 Speaker 1: to me because you don't have any confidence so you 718 00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:04,680 Speaker 1: can make the play. I've been there, right, It happens 719 00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:08,280 Speaker 1: to everybody. And the Bengals better figured this out fast 720 00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:12,120 Speaker 1: because they are going to really suck and you cannot 721 00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:15,600 Speaker 1: afford an asset that you just drafted number five. Overall, 722 00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:22,719 Speaker 1: it's it's a major problem for them. Right now. Okay, 723 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:25,560 Speaker 1: let's let's fire in some NFL stories. We'll just go 724 00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:29,440 Speaker 1: rapid fire some things that are going on, and uh, 725 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:34,080 Speaker 1: I'll give a quick take somehow Carson wentz I had 726 00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:39,680 Speaker 1: his injury red flagged. You never hear of an injury 727 00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:43,320 Speaker 1: timeline five to twelve weeks, right, three to four weeks, 728 00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:48,920 Speaker 1: eight to twelve a year, right, five to twelve. Five 729 00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:52,080 Speaker 1: would basically a month in a week, and twelve is 730 00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:56,080 Speaker 1: a quarter, So I mean that's it's a long time. Somehow, 731 00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:59,240 Speaker 1: Like two weeks later, he's just back. The Colts tweeted 732 00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:01,479 Speaker 1: out a highlight path, could you looks fantastic? He's run 733 00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:04,799 Speaker 1: around throwing balls wide receivers Like he looks great. Frank 734 00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:07,240 Speaker 1: was like, he looks good. I don't know how it's possible, 735 00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:11,479 Speaker 1: but somehow he overcame a broken foot or some weird 736 00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:15,160 Speaker 1: to his foot in rapid speed, and now he's back. 737 00:39:15,239 --> 00:39:17,800 Speaker 1: Now I just knock on wood. Can the guy stay healthy? 738 00:39:18,239 --> 00:39:22,400 Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan uh wants the name Trey Lances starting quarterback? 739 00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:24,839 Speaker 1: That much is pretty simple at this point in time, 740 00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:28,360 Speaker 1: because Jimmy was a starting quarterback going into training camp. 741 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:33,280 Speaker 1: Jimmy hasn't played that great in practices because he's just okay. 742 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:36,960 Speaker 1: Guy Trey Lance is a project, but he has infinitely 743 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:40,399 Speaker 1: more talent than Jimmy, and they traded three first round 744 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:43,359 Speaker 1: picks for the guy. So I saw Steve Young say 745 00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:46,319 Speaker 1: on Friday night before the Chiefs Cardinal game, like, what 746 00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:49,720 Speaker 1: are you waiting for? Just it's an easy landing spot 747 00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:52,279 Speaker 1: for him. I think there's a decent chance that Kyle 748 00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:55,839 Speaker 1: Shanahan names Trey Lances starting quarterback before a Week one 749 00:39:56,239 --> 00:39:58,560 Speaker 1: because he was asked after the second preseason game. It 750 00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:01,799 Speaker 1: was a BP fastball and he refused to name Jimmy 751 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:06,640 Speaker 1: Garoppolo the quarterback. So that thing's a bruin, and look 752 00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:10,080 Speaker 1: for Trey Lance to come in sooner or later. Cam Newton, 753 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:16,279 Speaker 1: I don't know the exact details, but because he's not vaccinated, 754 00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:19,560 Speaker 1: you can't leave a certain area, like you can't go 755 00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:23,120 Speaker 1: to different cities. He clearly left. Uh. Now he's on 756 00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:26,560 Speaker 1: the COVID protocol for the next basically at minimum four days. 757 00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:28,720 Speaker 1: So mac Jones is gonna get all the first team reps. 758 00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:33,040 Speaker 1: I think it's probably like Trey Lance, probably a decent 759 00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:35,719 Speaker 1: and it might this might have happened before that Mac 760 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:38,280 Speaker 1: Jones is gonna be the starter, uh, and then Cam 761 00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:41,000 Speaker 1: will run packages like Taysom Hill. That that to me 762 00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:45,120 Speaker 1: makes the most sense. Mac Jones starting quarterback. Mac Jones 763 00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:47,160 Speaker 1: was the one guy in the draft who was ready 764 00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:49,279 Speaker 1: for Week one. Now. I don't know what's gonna look 765 00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:51,600 Speaker 1: a lot different in three or four years, but he 766 00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:53,640 Speaker 1: was by far the most ready. He did not have 767 00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:56,360 Speaker 1: the talent of the other guys, but Trey lance Field, 768 00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:57,960 Speaker 1: some of those guys are gonna need some work. Mac 769 00:40:58,040 --> 00:41:00,600 Speaker 1: Jones was ready made. He can read events is he 770 00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:04,160 Speaker 1: can go through his progressions. Talents kind of average, but 771 00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:07,120 Speaker 1: he knows how to play quarterback and he can you know, 772 00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:09,440 Speaker 1: if your team is good enough, probably help you win games. 773 00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:11,720 Speaker 1: And that's probably why he's gonna end up be the starter. 774 00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:15,839 Speaker 1: Jordan's Love, who played his first NFL game ever two 775 00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:17,719 Speaker 1: weeks ago, got hurt at the end of the half, 776 00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:20,719 Speaker 1: missed this last preseason game. Two guys you've never heard 777 00:41:20,719 --> 00:41:23,960 Speaker 1: of play quarterback for the Packers because Matt Laflour plays nobody. 778 00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:26,120 Speaker 1: Now it looks like Jordan Love is gonna be back 779 00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:28,600 Speaker 1: this week. It's picked. He needs to get these reps 780 00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:30,960 Speaker 1: in the games. They need to get good tape out 781 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:34,120 Speaker 1: there because eventually they would probably like to trade him, 782 00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:36,120 Speaker 1: assuming they can work it out with Aaron Rodgers a 783 00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:39,759 Speaker 1: little Jimmy Garoppolo Tom Brady style, Like ultimately, Belichick got 784 00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:42,480 Speaker 1: a second round pick for Jimmy Garoppolo and they drafted 785 00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:44,600 Speaker 1: him at the end of the second round. So I 786 00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:46,399 Speaker 1: think the Packers would feel pretty good if they get 787 00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:48,960 Speaker 1: a top forty pick for Jordan's love, but they need 788 00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:51,000 Speaker 1: him to play and they need him to put good 789 00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:54,880 Speaker 1: tape on. Uh. You know this last preseason game. I 790 00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:57,520 Speaker 1: would play him the whole thing. I try to, you 791 00:41:57,560 --> 00:41:59,840 Speaker 1: know pad the stats get him like four touchdown passes. 792 00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:05,040 Speaker 1: I saw a study suggested that every hot dog you 793 00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:08,560 Speaker 1: eat thirty five minutes off your life. I am major 794 00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:10,759 Speaker 1: lye screwed if this is a true study, because I 795 00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:13,759 Speaker 1: have eaten a lot of hot dogs in my day. 796 00:42:14,239 --> 00:42:16,960 Speaker 1: I am a sucker for a good hot dog. When 797 00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:18,880 Speaker 1: I worked at cal Poly, or when I went to 798 00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:24,040 Speaker 1: cal Poly, one of my side jobs was the baseball team. 799 00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:26,200 Speaker 1: Like the baseball stadium we played the Big West was 800 00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:28,560 Speaker 1: like Long Beach State, cow State Floors in good Santa 801 00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:32,240 Speaker 1: Barbara was a really good baseball conference. In the home games, 802 00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:36,120 Speaker 1: I was the bouncer for this area called Cruco's Corner, 803 00:42:36,719 --> 00:42:39,120 Speaker 1: and Mike Cruco is the announcer for the Giants played 804 00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:41,000 Speaker 1: in the Big Leagues. Went to cal Poly, lives in 805 00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:45,879 Speaker 1: San Louis, donated to the baseball program, and inside this 806 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:49,080 Speaker 1: area down the third baseline, they did two things. You 807 00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:52,040 Speaker 1: got free hot dogs and you've got free beer, and 808 00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:54,280 Speaker 1: you had to go through me. So all my buddies 809 00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:56,680 Speaker 1: in college were always coming in there and getting wasted 810 00:42:57,120 --> 00:43:00,680 Speaker 1: literally free beer. They had multiple kegs. You have unlimited 811 00:43:00,680 --> 00:43:02,920 Speaker 1: beers and unlimited hot dogs. I think they cut it 812 00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:05,920 Speaker 1: off in like the eighth inning. I probably in that 813 00:43:06,040 --> 00:43:09,000 Speaker 1: job alone for a couple of years, probably eight a 814 00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:12,880 Speaker 1: thousand hot ducks easily um and enjoyed every single one 815 00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:17,640 Speaker 1: of them. I love a good hot dog. Okay, let's 816 00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:21,799 Speaker 1: go Middlecoff mail bag at John Middlecoff. Is this thing 817 00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:27,160 Speaker 1: we call Instagram owned by Zuckerberg and a pretty good purchase. 818 00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:31,120 Speaker 1: I think he bought Instagram for like a billion dollars. 819 00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:33,560 Speaker 1: I can say you can flip that bad boy for 820 00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:36,040 Speaker 1: a lot. I've been listening to your podcast for a 821 00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:39,400 Speaker 1: few months now, getting my off season football fix, and 822 00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:42,520 Speaker 1: I've been loving your stuff. Appreciate that. Me and my 823 00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:44,960 Speaker 1: buddy had this argument. My friend thinks that having a 824 00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:49,320 Speaker 1: shutdown cover corner is more beneficial than having an elite 825 00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:53,960 Speaker 1: cover safety. I disagreed and argued for safety, since I 826 00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:57,160 Speaker 1: feel like a safety can have a bigger impact across 827 00:43:57,200 --> 00:44:00,960 Speaker 1: the entire field. What is your opinion? Are you taking 828 00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:05,320 Speaker 1: the shutdown corner or the elite cover safety on my 829 00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:09,680 Speaker 1: defense probably defense, who depends who my defensive coordinator is 830 00:44:10,360 --> 00:44:13,359 Speaker 1: and what kind of defense he's gonna run. Now, if 831 00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:16,880 Speaker 1: you have Dion Sanders, you never have to throw a 832 00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:20,720 Speaker 1: Deon Sanders, but you can cheat everything to the one side. 833 00:44:21,120 --> 00:44:23,200 Speaker 1: So if I have Deon Sanders and he's gonna go 834 00:44:23,239 --> 00:44:26,480 Speaker 1: with every number one corner or every number one wide receiver, 835 00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:31,680 Speaker 1: Davonte Hopkins, whoever I'm playing right DK, I just put 836 00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:36,000 Speaker 1: that guy Dion on him, and then I can basically 837 00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:38,560 Speaker 1: kind of load up on all the other guys. Now, 838 00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:41,719 Speaker 1: I do think you could make the argument if you 839 00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:44,919 Speaker 1: have an elite cover safety, like you know, fucking Ronny 840 00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:49,439 Speaker 1: Lot or Ed Reid or something. In two thousand twenty one, 841 00:44:49,719 --> 00:44:53,160 Speaker 1: most teams have big time tight ends and running backs, 842 00:44:53,640 --> 00:44:56,600 Speaker 1: well can that guy check that player? Because if, like 843 00:44:56,719 --> 00:44:59,760 Speaker 1: if every week I got George Kittle, I got Travis Kelsey, 844 00:44:59,840 --> 00:45:04,000 Speaker 1: I got Darren Waller coming in fant Hawkinson, all these 845 00:45:04,040 --> 00:45:07,279 Speaker 1: teams now have big tight ends who can run, I 846 00:45:07,320 --> 00:45:10,520 Speaker 1: would lean. I would lean the corner. But as the 847 00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:15,839 Speaker 1: game changes and becomes tight end centric, I don't think 848 00:45:15,840 --> 00:45:21,800 Speaker 1: it's crazy. I'm very bullish on your Niners this season, 849 00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:24,640 Speaker 1: so I'll bet the over ten because I know the 850 00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:26,879 Speaker 1: public will be on them and could make their week 851 00:45:26,920 --> 00:45:30,160 Speaker 1: to week spread over valued. I don't have to worry 852 00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:33,520 Speaker 1: about a spread sharp money or public money, and I'm 853 00:45:33,640 --> 00:45:36,759 Speaker 1: very interested in the market, so having money tied up 854 00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:39,400 Speaker 1: for a few months doesn't really bother me. Keep up 855 00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:41,759 Speaker 1: the good work. This was his take. I remember you 856 00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:44,759 Speaker 1: asking about the over unders. I'm bullish on the Niners, 857 00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:47,360 Speaker 1: so I'll bet the over because I know the public 858 00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:50,040 Speaker 1: will be on them and I could make their week 859 00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:54,359 Speaker 1: to week spread overvalued. I see what you're doing there. 860 00:45:55,280 --> 00:46:00,840 Speaker 1: Couldn't you just do both? The cough get off of 861 00:46:00,840 --> 00:46:03,799 Speaker 1: my Jags man. Very surprising to see that they have 862 00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:10,640 Speaker 1: more playoff wins and the Bills or the Washington football team. Yeah, 863 00:46:10,719 --> 00:46:13,280 Speaker 1: you know what I hate and and listen Raider fans. 864 00:46:13,560 --> 00:46:15,680 Speaker 1: I have a love hate relationship with him, you know, 865 00:46:15,719 --> 00:46:18,600 Speaker 1: I I messed with him a little bit. One thing 866 00:46:18,719 --> 00:46:21,960 Speaker 1: that they do a poor job of is and it's 867 00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:23,920 Speaker 1: not even their fault because their team has been so 868 00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:27,719 Speaker 1: shitty for twenty years. They hold onto the past. They 869 00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:31,960 Speaker 1: love talking about the tuck rule. It's like, guys, I 870 00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:34,920 Speaker 1: was in I was in sophomore year in high school 871 00:46:34,920 --> 00:46:38,160 Speaker 1: when the Tuck rule happened. I'm thirty six going on 872 00:46:38,239 --> 00:46:40,759 Speaker 1: thirty seven and bald now, and you guys still talk 873 00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:44,080 Speaker 1: about the Tuck rule all the time, like we gotta 874 00:46:44,120 --> 00:46:47,200 Speaker 1: move on. Like I'm a Giants fan. I don't talk 875 00:46:47,200 --> 00:46:49,160 Speaker 1: about two thousand and ten, two thousand twelve, two thousand 876 00:46:49,160 --> 00:46:51,319 Speaker 1: and fourteen, Like, yeah, they happened, that's a long time ago. 877 00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:55,320 Speaker 1: It's two thousand one. You know that guy who's like forties, 878 00:46:55,320 --> 00:46:57,200 Speaker 1: I gotta wish I could go back to high school. 879 00:46:57,480 --> 00:46:59,719 Speaker 1: It's like, we gotta move on, Like, what are you 880 00:46:59,760 --> 00:47:03,000 Speaker 1: doing now? If you're a Jacks fan, you just drafted 881 00:47:03,160 --> 00:47:07,320 Speaker 1: number one overall. Now, I get it. A lot of fans, 882 00:47:07,320 --> 00:47:11,560 Speaker 1: it's it's easy for you know, ship a Lake or whoever, 883 00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:13,920 Speaker 1: a guy that has just experienced a lot of winning 884 00:47:13,960 --> 00:47:18,479 Speaker 1: to just always act like that. But as a fan, 885 00:47:19,239 --> 00:47:21,560 Speaker 1: the thing I recommend to fans, I got no problem 886 00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:24,600 Speaker 1: reminiscing talking about cool times. But if you're number one, 887 00:47:24,640 --> 00:47:28,480 Speaker 1: talking point for your team is always the past. Like 888 00:47:28,840 --> 00:47:31,440 Speaker 1: you've met a Steeler fan, now, he ain't bringing up 889 00:47:31,480 --> 00:47:33,839 Speaker 1: like remember when we made the Super Bowl in the 890 00:47:33,880 --> 00:47:36,680 Speaker 1: mid nineties, like, no, no one talks about that. Do 891 00:47:36,719 --> 00:47:38,960 Speaker 1: you know what Steeler fan will talk about last year 892 00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:41,759 Speaker 1: we started eleven? Or know what the hell happened? Are 893 00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:44,600 Speaker 1: we gonna be good this year? The Belgian You think, 894 00:47:44,640 --> 00:47:46,640 Speaker 1: what do you think the last time Belichick thought about 895 00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:49,200 Speaker 1: the tuck rule was I'll tell you two thousand one. 896 00:47:49,719 --> 00:47:52,799 Speaker 1: He's been twenty years. You gotta look forward. We we 897 00:47:52,800 --> 00:47:58,000 Speaker 1: gotta look out the front, not live in the past. Honestly, 898 00:47:58,040 --> 00:48:02,319 Speaker 1: Like listen, I'm just no lot of Niner fans. The 899 00:48:02,360 --> 00:48:04,600 Speaker 1: super Bowl doesn't come up that often. That happened two 900 00:48:04,680 --> 00:48:06,960 Speaker 1: years ago. It's all about this year right now. Just 901 00:48:07,120 --> 00:48:09,160 Speaker 1: live in the present. Be where your feet are. You 902 00:48:09,160 --> 00:48:11,520 Speaker 1: know how coaches love saying that there is some truth 903 00:48:11,520 --> 00:48:16,680 Speaker 1: to that. Have the Eagles become a toxic meddling front office? Coward? 904 00:48:16,840 --> 00:48:19,000 Speaker 1: Used to rate them as one of the best ownerships, 905 00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:21,839 Speaker 1: But three years out they've lost the Super Bowl winning 906 00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:24,839 Speaker 1: quarterbacks and a coach. The situation smells bad. We all 907 00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:27,080 Speaker 1: remember the drama at the end of last year. I 908 00:48:27,120 --> 00:48:30,040 Speaker 1: personally think how he drafts poorly overall. I know you're 909 00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:32,239 Speaker 1: familiar with the organization, so wondering if you can give 910 00:48:32,239 --> 00:48:36,680 Speaker 1: an honest assessment. I think that they had just a 911 00:48:36,760 --> 00:48:40,960 Speaker 1: toxic relationship with the quarterback. And I'm not putting that 912 00:48:41,040 --> 00:48:45,719 Speaker 1: necessarily on anybody, but the situation just it's an all 913 00:48:45,800 --> 00:48:49,960 Speaker 1: time unique spot. Right he got injured, they won the 914 00:48:50,040 --> 00:48:53,359 Speaker 1: Super Bowl with the backup. The following year, he gets 915 00:48:53,400 --> 00:48:56,000 Speaker 1: injured again and they went a playoff game on the road. 916 00:48:56,760 --> 00:48:59,920 Speaker 1: Like so, he had this elephant in the room of lie, 917 00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:02,560 Speaker 1: can I do it? But I'm making all this money? 918 00:49:02,600 --> 00:49:06,719 Speaker 1: And then guys resented him like they're The Carson situation 919 00:49:07,320 --> 00:49:11,240 Speaker 1: was somewhat unavoidable. Now. I can't speak to the exact 920 00:49:11,360 --> 00:49:15,040 Speaker 1: dynamic last year with Doug and Carson. They were just 921 00:49:15,120 --> 00:49:18,279 Speaker 1: at training camp together in Indy. I think they had 922 00:49:18,320 --> 00:49:20,800 Speaker 1: to get rid of him. I think that was the 923 00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:22,920 Speaker 1: right move. I actually think the Eagles right now are 924 00:49:22,920 --> 00:49:25,319 Speaker 1: gonna be a little better than you think. They have 925 00:49:25,520 --> 00:49:29,560 Speaker 1: good lines. There are defensive lines fantastic. Their offensive line 926 00:49:29,560 --> 00:49:32,040 Speaker 1: of healthy is gonna be really good. They have a 927 00:49:32,040 --> 00:49:35,600 Speaker 1: lot of talent at wide receiver, they have good tight ends, 928 00:49:35,600 --> 00:49:37,239 Speaker 1: and they have a good running back. I think how 929 00:49:37,280 --> 00:49:40,240 Speaker 1: he's really good at his job, and Syrianni just talking 930 00:49:40,239 --> 00:49:42,160 Speaker 1: to people, they're they're high on him. They like him 931 00:49:42,160 --> 00:49:45,800 Speaker 1: now he has not coached the game so and like listen, 932 00:49:45,880 --> 00:49:49,359 Speaker 1: Doug out coach Belichick in Super Bowl, So more than 933 00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:54,439 Speaker 1: likely they're gonna downgrade at coach. But if he can 934 00:49:54,520 --> 00:49:58,000 Speaker 1: just be a solid offensive play caller and they can 935 00:49:58,080 --> 00:50:01,040 Speaker 1: keep adding talent like they have to d raft better, well, 936 00:50:01,120 --> 00:50:03,600 Speaker 1: I think this draft is gonna be way better in 937 00:50:03,640 --> 00:50:06,920 Speaker 1: their last draft because they didn't screw around. They got 938 00:50:06,960 --> 00:50:11,920 Speaker 1: high character, blue chip guys DeVante smith landon Dickerson, just 939 00:50:12,120 --> 00:50:15,840 Speaker 1: the defensive lineman that they drafted. I heard is pretty 940 00:50:15,840 --> 00:50:19,400 Speaker 1: good that Tom Dono was mad about the clip they 941 00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:22,359 Speaker 1: went viral. I think the Eagles just kind of needed 942 00:50:22,360 --> 00:50:25,200 Speaker 1: to hit the reset button, and probably more than Doug, 943 00:50:25,320 --> 00:50:28,279 Speaker 1: it was Carson. Once they got Carson over there, they 944 00:50:28,280 --> 00:50:31,960 Speaker 1: could just take a deep breath and reassess everything they got. Potentially, 945 00:50:31,960 --> 00:50:33,640 Speaker 1: if Carson plays a lot this year, they're gonna have 946 00:50:33,680 --> 00:50:37,840 Speaker 1: three first round picks. I do not think it's crazy 947 00:50:37,880 --> 00:50:40,479 Speaker 1: for them to pivot. Remember when they fired Chip, how 948 00:50:40,520 --> 00:50:43,759 Speaker 1: big of you know, just an uphill battle they had 949 00:50:43,760 --> 00:50:46,360 Speaker 1: with their cap situation, how he made some moves all 950 00:50:46,400 --> 00:50:48,400 Speaker 1: of a sudden boom, they drafted Carson Wentz. They got 951 00:50:48,440 --> 00:50:51,319 Speaker 1: to number two overall, how we can wheel and deal man, 952 00:50:51,640 --> 00:50:54,680 Speaker 1: I can't speak to the owner. Uh. In my experience 953 00:50:54,680 --> 00:50:56,640 Speaker 1: with Jeffrey Leury, he was not a metal sim owner. 954 00:50:57,160 --> 00:50:59,399 Speaker 1: Now maybe things changed after they won the Super Bowl. 955 00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:02,160 Speaker 1: I don't know, but in my experience he was not. 956 00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:08,520 Speaker 1: My question is about college football. With a probable alliance 957 00:51:08,560 --> 00:51:10,799 Speaker 1: between the Big ten, Pack twelve and the a SEC 958 00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:13,400 Speaker 1: coming in the next few weeks to combat the SEC's 959 00:51:13,440 --> 00:51:16,000 Speaker 1: power and deregulation of the n C double a oversight 960 00:51:16,040 --> 00:51:20,400 Speaker 1: of college football which puts more power into conference's hands themselves, 961 00:51:20,920 --> 00:51:23,040 Speaker 1: is it feasible we just have to college football leagues 962 00:51:23,080 --> 00:51:25,560 Speaker 1: in the future. There seems to be a growing rivalry 963 00:51:25,600 --> 00:51:29,759 Speaker 1: hatred between the SEC and everyone else. Two national champions 964 00:51:29,800 --> 00:51:34,840 Speaker 1: every year, an SEC champion and this new alliance champion. Yeah. 965 00:51:34,920 --> 00:51:37,640 Speaker 1: I think we're headed to an NFL style college football, 966 00:51:38,160 --> 00:51:43,000 Speaker 1: a f C, NFC, huge playoffs, uh and this, But 967 00:51:43,360 --> 00:51:46,080 Speaker 1: you know, the same fifteen teams competing. That's what it 968 00:51:46,160 --> 00:51:48,400 Speaker 1: is now, right, I mean, for the most part in 969 00:51:48,400 --> 00:51:51,640 Speaker 1: the NFL, look at the final eight teams the last decade, 970 00:51:52,239 --> 00:51:54,680 Speaker 1: for the most part of similar teams, big time coaches, 971 00:51:54,719 --> 00:51:58,319 Speaker 1: big time quarterbacks. College football every year the top two 972 00:51:58,400 --> 00:52:02,600 Speaker 1: or three teams in the SEC Clemson, right, Florida State 973 00:52:02,680 --> 00:52:07,440 Speaker 1: or Miami if they're power, Ohio State, and maybe you 974 00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:11,239 Speaker 1: know an Oregon or Oklahoma. It's just really, this isn't 975 00:52:11,239 --> 00:52:15,040 Speaker 1: that complicated. So who they play every week? Like, yeah, 976 00:52:15,080 --> 00:52:20,480 Speaker 1: that'll sort itself out. The money will eventually create everyone 977 00:52:20,600 --> 00:52:24,399 Speaker 1: to gravitate toward each other, the top dogs. But I 978 00:52:24,719 --> 00:52:26,719 Speaker 1: you know, the final four, the final eight, or the 979 00:52:26,719 --> 00:52:30,320 Speaker 1: final twelve or whatever they go to, we'll have similar 980 00:52:30,360 --> 00:52:33,240 Speaker 1: teams like you're you're not gonna have the Boise States 981 00:52:33,320 --> 00:52:38,759 Speaker 1: and the Cincinnatis in these situations. Loving the crypto and 982 00:52:38,800 --> 00:52:41,239 Speaker 1: football content, I've got a couple of questions for you. 983 00:52:41,440 --> 00:52:43,560 Speaker 1: Not sure how long you've been around the crypto space, 984 00:52:43,920 --> 00:52:46,759 Speaker 1: but what's your opinion on Richard Hart. I don't know 985 00:52:46,760 --> 00:52:50,000 Speaker 1: who Richard Hard is. I wouldn't consider myself around the 986 00:52:50,040 --> 00:52:54,480 Speaker 1: crypto space. I just own about, you know, eighteen thousand 987 00:52:54,560 --> 00:52:59,480 Speaker 1: coins of Cordon. That's it. That's that's my crypto exposure. 988 00:53:00,120 --> 00:53:03,000 Speaker 1: And that bad boy is shooting towards the moon. So 989 00:53:03,080 --> 00:53:05,840 Speaker 1: I don't know any crypto people. I'm not like, I 990 00:53:05,880 --> 00:53:09,800 Speaker 1: would not consider myself Mr Crypto. Since you're a Bears 991 00:53:09,840 --> 00:53:12,719 Speaker 1: fan people to ask him a Niner fan, a Bears fan, 992 00:53:12,800 --> 00:53:15,200 Speaker 1: an Eagles fan. I was thinking about this. I went 993 00:53:15,280 --> 00:53:19,680 Speaker 1: on a walk slash run. My fan days truly ended. 994 00:53:20,040 --> 00:53:22,680 Speaker 1: I root for people I know or people that are 995 00:53:22,719 --> 00:53:24,719 Speaker 1: good for my business. The forty Niners are really good 996 00:53:24,760 --> 00:53:26,680 Speaker 1: for my business. I know some people with the organization. 997 00:53:26,840 --> 00:53:29,880 Speaker 1: I root for them, right, I mean, I I know 998 00:53:29,960 --> 00:53:31,799 Speaker 1: people with the Eagles, know people with the Bears. No people. 999 00:53:31,840 --> 00:53:34,000 Speaker 1: I just root for the people I know. It isn't 1000 00:53:33,960 --> 00:53:35,880 Speaker 1: that kind of how way life is. As you get older, 1001 00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:38,560 Speaker 1: you root for your friends. I'm just rooting for people 1002 00:53:38,600 --> 00:53:40,520 Speaker 1: I know, and then I can text and I have 1003 00:53:40,600 --> 00:53:44,200 Speaker 1: personal relationships with I want to see them succeed. I 1004 00:53:44,239 --> 00:53:46,759 Speaker 1: get joy out of that. The NFL I got. I'm 1005 00:53:46,800 --> 00:53:48,799 Speaker 1: gonna have enough content to put together a show two 1006 00:53:48,880 --> 00:53:51,040 Speaker 1: or three times a week here and if the better 1007 00:53:51,080 --> 00:53:53,399 Speaker 1: the forty Niners are from my other podcast, more money 1008 00:53:53,440 --> 00:53:55,080 Speaker 1: I can make, and the more entertained I am. I 1009 00:53:55,120 --> 00:53:58,240 Speaker 1: don't want to watch crappy football. Watching bad football sucks. 1010 00:53:58,760 --> 00:54:01,680 Speaker 1: But my days is like a a guy wearing jerseys 1011 00:54:01,680 --> 00:54:04,400 Speaker 1: and wearing a hat like they ended a long time ago. 1012 00:54:04,960 --> 00:54:07,239 Speaker 1: But I'm still a big fan of the sport in 1013 00:54:07,280 --> 00:54:09,799 Speaker 1: the league, and of my people and of other people, 1014 00:54:09,800 --> 00:54:12,120 Speaker 1: like I don't know Sean McVeigh big, Sean McVeigh fan, 1015 00:54:12,160 --> 00:54:14,520 Speaker 1: I don't know. I've never met Mike Tomlin huge fan. 1016 00:54:16,280 --> 00:54:19,120 Speaker 1: Uh why does some media overhype young players so much? 1017 00:54:19,320 --> 00:54:21,399 Speaker 1: I thought Justin played very well in his first game, 1018 00:54:21,600 --> 00:54:24,600 Speaker 1: but it was far from what the media is claiming. Well, 1019 00:54:24,640 --> 00:54:27,400 Speaker 1: I think right now, when you say the media, I 1020 00:54:27,400 --> 00:54:29,399 Speaker 1: think if you go on social media, it's a huge 1021 00:54:29,440 --> 00:54:33,160 Speaker 1: hype machine. Social media is a massive hype machine or 1022 00:54:33,200 --> 00:54:37,880 Speaker 1: a massive negative machine. Like the best part about football 1023 00:54:37,880 --> 00:54:40,640 Speaker 1: season is it just quiets everyone with all their other takes. 1024 00:54:40,880 --> 00:54:44,759 Speaker 1: But it's where miserable people congregate. Twitter, at least, I 1025 00:54:44,760 --> 00:54:47,200 Speaker 1: find Instagram to be a happier place. Twitter is where 1026 00:54:47,280 --> 00:54:51,640 Speaker 1: miserable people hang out and find companionship. So and it's 1027 00:54:51,680 --> 00:54:54,920 Speaker 1: also when something good happens, fans are on there and 1028 00:54:54,920 --> 00:54:58,120 Speaker 1: they hype it up rightfully. So I'm guilty. I did 1029 00:54:58,160 --> 00:55:00,520 Speaker 1: it with Trey Lance and it's a lot, but it's 1030 00:55:00,880 --> 00:55:03,560 Speaker 1: it's hard. Like just because you ball in practice or 1031 00:55:03,600 --> 00:55:06,160 Speaker 1: make a cool throw in a game in the preseason 1032 00:55:06,200 --> 00:55:09,480 Speaker 1: doesn't mean you It doesn't actually mean anything. You have 1033 00:55:09,600 --> 00:55:11,279 Speaker 1: to do it, and then once you do it, you 1034 00:55:11,320 --> 00:55:14,520 Speaker 1: have to sustain it. It's very, very difficult. I would 1035 00:55:14,560 --> 00:55:17,799 Speaker 1: say the media now with social media is probably more 1036 00:55:17,880 --> 00:55:19,839 Speaker 1: hype than ever before. She's just part of the deal. 1037 00:55:20,680 --> 00:55:25,680 Speaker 1: But what does hype even mean? You eventually have to 1038 00:55:25,719 --> 00:55:29,560 Speaker 1: back it up. So I'd argue with just who cares, 1039 00:55:29,560 --> 00:55:32,880 Speaker 1: Like Justin Fields is really talented. There's a lot to 1040 00:55:32,920 --> 00:55:35,239 Speaker 1: work with there. We all want to see it. Like 1041 00:55:35,239 --> 00:55:37,680 Speaker 1: if you just want my non hype common sense, like 1042 00:55:38,520 --> 00:55:40,719 Speaker 1: the dudes a freak talent, throw him in there and 1043 00:55:40,800 --> 00:55:43,640 Speaker 1: let's see what he has. Is he gonna struggle? Will 1044 00:55:43,680 --> 00:55:47,360 Speaker 1: he make some dumbass plays? Of course he will. I 1045 00:55:47,360 --> 00:55:49,919 Speaker 1: mean Tom Brady through pick six last year in Week one. 1046 00:55:50,360 --> 00:55:55,960 Speaker 1: It happens. But is the talent so great that you 1047 00:55:56,000 --> 00:55:58,200 Speaker 1: can mold that thing like a piece of clay and 1048 00:55:58,200 --> 00:56:00,160 Speaker 1: and create a great player if you're a coach, I 1049 00:56:00,160 --> 00:56:01,680 Speaker 1: don't know how you could look at it any other 1050 00:56:01,719 --> 00:56:03,240 Speaker 1: way if you were, if you were a head coach, 1051 00:56:03,880 --> 00:56:05,520 Speaker 1: I want to work with this guy and I want 1052 00:56:05,520 --> 00:56:08,680 Speaker 1: to get him in the game immediately. There's no ceiling 1053 00:56:08,719 --> 00:56:13,240 Speaker 1: to Andy Dalton. He peaked three years ago. I feel 1054 00:56:13,280 --> 00:56:16,439 Speaker 1: like I might be getting preseason hype mind fucked. Mac 1055 00:56:16,520 --> 00:56:18,799 Speaker 1: looked really good, and when you look back to pre draft, 1056 00:56:18,880 --> 00:56:21,160 Speaker 1: everybody named him the most pro ready. It seems that 1057 00:56:21,320 --> 00:56:24,080 Speaker 1: up they're a line and running backs look good. They 1058 00:56:24,080 --> 00:56:26,279 Speaker 1: are a little light at wide receiver, but I think 1059 00:56:26,280 --> 00:56:28,600 Speaker 1: they will go heavy ground attack, rotating three or four 1060 00:56:28,680 --> 00:56:32,319 Speaker 1: running backs. I haven't mentioned Cam yet because though he 1061 00:56:32,400 --> 00:56:34,560 Speaker 1: might start, Mac is gonna take over sooner or later. 1062 00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:37,719 Speaker 1: But that doesn't stop me from believing they will use 1063 00:56:37,800 --> 00:56:40,719 Speaker 1: him in goal line situations, just another tool at their 1064 00:56:40,760 --> 00:56:44,480 Speaker 1: disposal for one million dollars. Defense is reloaded from COVID, 1065 00:56:44,920 --> 00:56:48,200 Speaker 1: and I think Bill wants to flex his dick this year. 1066 00:56:48,800 --> 00:56:51,080 Speaker 1: Vegas win total is eight and a half, which I 1067 00:56:51,120 --> 00:56:54,160 Speaker 1: think is an easy over. Yeah, my guests would be 1068 00:56:54,160 --> 00:56:56,840 Speaker 1: ten and seven. I think ten and seven. They're just 1069 00:56:56,840 --> 00:56:59,840 Speaker 1: gonna be too good on defense, too good on special teams. 1070 00:57:00,760 --> 00:57:03,160 Speaker 1: Their running backs are good, that they have two good 1071 00:57:03,200 --> 00:57:06,760 Speaker 1: tight ends. Bill is gonna be out to prove everyone 1072 00:57:07,000 --> 00:57:10,480 Speaker 1: major f you after last year. So yeah, I mean 1073 00:57:10,520 --> 00:57:14,719 Speaker 1: I liked the over there as well. Who you got 1074 00:57:14,800 --> 00:57:17,040 Speaker 1: is your top five wide receivers this year? Also? Do 1075 00:57:17,040 --> 00:57:19,400 Speaker 1: you think Julio Jones will actually do well in Tennessee. 1076 00:57:20,320 --> 00:57:23,520 Speaker 1: I saw his hurt. Julio gets banged up a lot. 1077 00:57:23,960 --> 00:57:26,000 Speaker 1: I would say my top five wide receivers would be 1078 00:57:26,080 --> 00:57:35,120 Speaker 1: Davante Adams, Keenan Allen. Uh. You know, Mike Evans went 1079 00:57:35,200 --> 00:57:39,680 Speaker 1: healthy is a boost. Uh, this is a good question. 1080 00:57:41,360 --> 00:57:43,760 Speaker 1: Stepan Diggs last year was a baller. He's banged up. 1081 00:57:45,560 --> 00:57:48,880 Speaker 1: Mm hmm. That's a good question. I mean there are 1082 00:57:48,920 --> 00:57:51,160 Speaker 1: a lot of names. I mean, obviously, Julio you could 1083 00:57:51,160 --> 00:57:53,640 Speaker 1: throw in there. You could you know, DK's an up 1084 00:57:53,680 --> 00:57:57,920 Speaker 1: and comer. Justin Jefferson had an unreal rookie season. Uh, 1085 00:57:57,960 --> 00:57:59,720 Speaker 1: Marii Cooper was actually really good. I don't think he's 1086 00:57:59,760 --> 00:58:02,120 Speaker 1: top five, but he might be a fringe top ten guy. 1087 00:58:03,600 --> 00:58:06,040 Speaker 1: Michael Thomas is just I don't know, quit or hurt 1088 00:58:06,160 --> 00:58:09,840 Speaker 1: or don't know what his deal is. DeAndre Hopkins right 1089 00:58:09,880 --> 00:58:12,160 Speaker 1: in the mix. It's not a lot of I don't 1090 00:58:12,200 --> 00:58:14,400 Speaker 1: know if there's like a Calvin Johnson or Randy Moss 1091 00:58:14,480 --> 00:58:16,440 Speaker 1: in the sport right now, but there are just a 1092 00:58:16,440 --> 00:58:19,040 Speaker 1: lot of really like Davante Adams and Keenan Allen are 1093 00:58:19,080 --> 00:58:23,720 Speaker 1: just ballers. Hopkins bowler. Are they like all time greats? 1094 00:58:23,720 --> 00:58:26,960 Speaker 1: Probably not, but they're really, really good, So I would 1095 00:58:27,000 --> 00:58:35,120 Speaker 1: probably go Davante Keenan Hopkins. Uh, I'm I'm a sucker 1096 00:58:35,160 --> 00:58:37,560 Speaker 1: from Mike Evans. Maybe the stats last year don't back 1097 00:58:37,560 --> 00:58:42,480 Speaker 1: it up. He was hurt a little too, and um, 1098 00:58:42,600 --> 00:58:45,600 Speaker 1: you know, let's go let's let's go with the rookie 1099 00:58:45,680 --> 00:58:48,960 Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson. That that that'll do it. That's that's bolds, 1100 00:58:49,120 --> 00:58:50,840 Speaker 1: that's hype. I mean, he's played one year. I was 1101 00:58:50,880 --> 00:58:53,360 Speaker 1: just pooh pooed hype and then I put Justin Jefferson. 1102 00:58:53,880 --> 00:58:56,240 Speaker 1: But Steph, let's go Diggs. Let's go Digs over him. 1103 00:58:56,280 --> 00:58:59,880 Speaker 1: Digs had a better year. Appreciate everyone listening, shared, tell 1104 00:59:00,000 --> 00:59:02,720 Speaker 1: the pot, tell your friends about the podcast, have a 1105 00:59:02,720 --> 00:59:06,800 Speaker 1: great night, and uh yeah, see you later this week. Adios.