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Speaker 1: late at night. Uh. You know, a Giant's game on

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Speaker 1: just I didn't watch it live, even though I love

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Speaker 1: The whole thing it was incredible, even though it's a

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Speaker 1: little dated, but he was you could argue as his

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Speaker 1: role the greatest character in the history of television, at least,

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Speaker 1: you know, probably in my lifetime. Maybe if you go

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Speaker 1: to the history of shows, we could debate that he

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Speaker 1: was fantastic. But a lot of the dudes in the show,

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Speaker 1: what's weird about James is when he played Tony, that's

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00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:25,360
Speaker 1: not really his personality despite being you know, a New

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Speaker 1: Jersey guy. I think he went to Rutgers. It was

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Speaker 1: he's really more like a hippie. And then you just

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Speaker 1: watch some of these are like, he was big into plays.

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Speaker 1: His personality was not like Tony soprano. But then I

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Speaker 1: watched the one interview that I could find was he

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Speaker 1: was saying how he didn't think the show was going

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Speaker 1: to be as big as it was. No one did.

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Speaker 1: He's like, when we did the uh, the the first episode,

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Speaker 1: the pilot, I look around him like this might be

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Speaker 1: a one and done. But he said, once it really

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Speaker 1: took off, he thought the difference was the writing. And

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Speaker 1: he's like, a show, a movie is only as good

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Speaker 1: as the writing. He's like, you know, everyone acts like

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Speaker 1: I made the show, but really I thought the writers

477
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Speaker 1: were the star of the shows. And here's a simple reality.

478
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Speaker 1: You cannot have a good television show. You cannot have

479
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Speaker 1: a good movie without both. You need good actors and

480
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Speaker 1: you need good writing. Like that much is clear. Like

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Speaker 1: most of the great shows in you know, in the

482
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Speaker 1: last couple of decades have had both. That's what you need.

483
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Speaker 1: Just like in football, you need a great coach and

484
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Speaker 1: a great quarterback. And if you look around the league

485
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Speaker 1: right now, you have a lot of offensive minded coaches

486
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Speaker 1: that you know, either landed a great quarterback in the

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Speaker 1: draft or in free agency. Right we saw Sean Payton

488
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Speaker 1: just kick asked with Jameis Winston, Well, we just saw

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Speaker 1: what he did with Drew based for fifteen years. Andy

490
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Speaker 1: Reid was always great with quarterbacks and then he got

491
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Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes and has been on like Donkey Kong. Hell,

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Speaker 1: even John Gruden, who has some flaws as a coach,

493
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Speaker 1: is pretty good with offense. And Derek Carr has been

494
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Speaker 1: playing really good football now for a couple of years.

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Speaker 1: Kyle Sean McVeigh wanted to get his Matt Stafford, Kyle

496
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Speaker 1: Shanahan went to get his Trey Lance and say how

497
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Speaker 1: good he is? It Ultimately like, if you're Trey Lance,

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Speaker 1: you got the coach you want and it's very very

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Speaker 1: your success in the NFL. It's a little different in college,

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Speaker 1: I think, because coordinators come and go with the top

501
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Speaker 1: programs unless you're Clemson. But in the pros, when you're

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Speaker 1: when you're head coach and there are a ton of them,

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Speaker 1: are also your offensive play callers, and we're lucky. I

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Speaker 1: just think we have a lot of really good offensive

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Speaker 1: play callers in the NFL right now. You have a

506
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Speaker 1: chance for a lot of success. And I've seen so

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Speaker 1: much go back and forth with twah, is he good?

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Speaker 1: Is he not good? I would lean he's not gonna

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Speaker 1: be very good. And when I say like he like

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Speaker 1: relative to two thousand twenty one. You know his numbers.

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Speaker 1: I think when all the dust settles aren't going to

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Speaker 1: be as bad as some of the historic bus or anything.

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Speaker 1: But what you're looking for now the Mahomes is the

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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson's, the Justin Herbert's like, the the elite talent.

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Speaker 1: He does not have that. Here's the other thing he

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Speaker 1: doesn't have though, if we use the you know, the

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Speaker 1: television show the Sopranos, the writing and actor analogy. Now,

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying he was ever gonna be James Gandelfoenie

519
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Speaker 1: in that show and play Tony. He was never gonna

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Speaker 1: be that, even if he had the best possible if

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Speaker 1: he had Sean Payton, is he gonna be some Hall

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Speaker 1: of Fame player? Probably not, But would that give him

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Speaker 1: a lot better chance for success? One thing, and it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be hard. He's already had multiple coordinators. He had

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Speaker 1: a different coordinator last year, new coordinator now his head coach,

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Speaker 1: who I think is pretty good. I think we all

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Speaker 1: agree Brian Flores might be the best Belichick assistant ever. Right,

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Speaker 1: most of these guys go to these places and they

529
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Speaker 1: are they're hated. Matt Patricia was a laughing stock. Eric Mangini,

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Speaker 1: they couldn't kick him out of the building fast enough.

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Speaker 1: Charlie Weiss like an all time asshole. Romeo Cornell nice guy,

532
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Speaker 1: just not a head coach, and you just see over it.

533
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Speaker 1: Josh McDaniels went to Denver. I mean, they couldn't get

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Speaker 1: him out of the building fast enough. Now when he

535
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Speaker 1: gets the second chance, maybe he's changed, maybe he's matured.

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Speaker 1: But I think when you look at Brian Flores, really

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Speaker 1: good coach, he's a defensive guy, like his bread and

538
00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:59,200
Speaker 1: butters on defense. He's not calling the offensive place, So

539
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Speaker 1: how can he really get the most of two? Uh,

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Speaker 1: that's humanly possible? Like justin Herbert, same thing, right. You know,

541
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Speaker 1: Brandon Staley is a defensive coach, but his talent is

542
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Speaker 1: so much more immense. And you just when I watched

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Speaker 1: that game against Washington, was like, God, this guy is

544
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Speaker 1: physically just so gifted. Mahomes was just such a raw product.

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Speaker 1: If he didn't get around Andy from the jump, who

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Speaker 1: knows what it ever becomes. Joe Montana was a third

547
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Speaker 1: round pick. He's known as Joe Cool. Does he turn

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Speaker 1: out to be Joe Cool? If Bill Walsh doesn't get

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Speaker 1: his hands on him. You know, I probably not. So

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Speaker 1: it is one of those It's just one of those, uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, positions, and really the nature of the sport

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00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:42,760
Speaker 1: where they're just tied at the hip. The You're predicated

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Speaker 1: on that guy. And we have a lot of coaches

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Speaker 1: in the league that like, ultimately John Arbaugh, like does

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00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:50,480
Speaker 1: John Hardball have anything to do with Lamar Jackson? He

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Speaker 1: doesn't call the plays. You know, it's nothing to do

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Speaker 1: with offense. Like you know, Lamar's success is really predicated

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Speaker 1: on Greg Roman. And you know, Greg Roman may never

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Speaker 1: get a jo up, so he'll just stay. And I

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00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:04,440
Speaker 1: just think it's something to watch for when we talk

561
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:07,000
Speaker 1: about quarterbacks. Is is their head coach the play caller?

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Speaker 1: Where is their head coach either you know, a CEO

563
00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:13,160
Speaker 1: type or a defensive guy. That's what made Belichick so unique.

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Speaker 1: You're like, well, he's a defensive guy in middlecoff. There

565
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Speaker 1: is not a play that the Patriots have run for

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Speaker 1: twenty years that Belichick couldn't tell you the play call,

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Speaker 1: the assignment for all eleven guys, every single one of them,

568
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Speaker 1: and what they should do against the defense that they

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Speaker 1: saw and what they should have done against the defensive

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Speaker 1: thought they were going to see. If Belichick wanted to

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Speaker 1: be an offensive coordinator tomorrow, he could do it with

572
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Speaker 1: his eyes closed. That is not the case for most

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Speaker 1: defensive coaches. They not only could not call offense, they

574
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Speaker 1: don't know the offensive playbook. So you know, to uh,

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Speaker 1: I'm not giving him a pass, but like, maybe he

576
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Speaker 1: was never going to succeed if he didn't get around

577
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Speaker 1: a really good offensive head coach, and he clearly doesn't

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Speaker 1: have one because his physical talents, unlike Herbert, are not

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Speaker 1: you know, I would say big enough and powerful, like

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Speaker 1: he doesn't have great attribute not big, not that fast,

581
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Speaker 1: not a big time arm. Really is one attribute is

582
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Speaker 1: throwing deep balls in theory, because that's what he was

583
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Speaker 1: in college, A great deep ball throw, a little bit

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Speaker 1: like you know what Russell Wilson has become. I'm not

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Speaker 1: comparing the two, but I'm saying that was one of

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Speaker 1: his strengths. Well, who doesn't want to do that? Defensive

587
00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:21,720
Speaker 1: coaches just you know, as he you know, continues to

588
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Speaker 1: struggle if he does, just think about that in the

589
00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:26,600
Speaker 1: back of your head. Maybe it's not all his fault.

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Speaker 1: I usually do this on about Tuesday. I start looking

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Speaker 1: at the schedule for the the upcoming week, you know,

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Speaker 1: because I'm so basically the way my schedule works is

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Speaker 1: watch all the games Sunday now doing this podcast exclusively

594
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Speaker 1: on three and out podcast uh feed for Monday, and

595
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Speaker 1: then I have to watch a lot of the games

596
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Speaker 1: that I miss because you just can't watch twelve games

597
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Speaker 1: at one time and actually know what you're talking about.

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Speaker 1: So I go back and watch three or four of

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Speaker 1: the main games on Monday so then I can talk

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Speaker 1: about it on Tuesday day. I don't even really know

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Speaker 1: what the schedule is beside the Thursday night game for

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Speaker 1: Wednesday or Tuesday afternoon Wednesday morning, and then I started

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Speaker 1: getting a feel for the games coming up. And you know,

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Speaker 1: doing a podcast doing I'm a I'm a Pop full

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Speaker 1: time podcast, that's my life, you try to start thinking

607
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Speaker 1: about different angles and topics and just things that stood

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Speaker 1: out to you or that are going to stand out

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Speaker 1: going into the week. And two teams and I said,

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Speaker 1: I I tweeted this out on Monday night football. Whoever

611
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Speaker 1: lost that game? Once it kind of came down to

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Speaker 1: the end, it got crazy and once they went over time,

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Speaker 1: it was clear. If the Raiders lose or the Ravens lose,

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Speaker 1: they're staring down the gun barrel at Owen too short week.

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Speaker 1: One plays a Steelers, the other plays the Chiefs. It's

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Speaker 1: gonna be really, really hard. Whoever loses, it's a devastating loss.

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Speaker 1: So the Ravens and one other team. I look at

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Speaker 1: the schedule. I go, they're already in somewhat of desperation mode.

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Speaker 1: And the Ravens, who, you know, we're in full control

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Speaker 1: of that game until they weren't and then they lose.

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Speaker 1: Now I have to go play the Chiefs, who have

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Speaker 1: owned the Ravens, owned them. Well, when's the last time

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Speaker 1: the Ravens, like the Ravens has never beat the Chiefs.

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Speaker 1: Why because they're just not better than the Chiefs because

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Speaker 1: ultimately gets into a passing game, and the Chiefs have

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Speaker 1: a far superior pastor. And here's the other problem for

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Speaker 1: the Ravens. They have a million injuries. So Ronnie Stanley

628
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Speaker 1: he's out now, well he had a devastating injury last year.

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Speaker 1: And then I see he's back. I see the same

630
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Speaker 1: thing with Taylor Luwan. How do you have such a

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Speaker 1: bad injury, and then all of a sudden, you're ready

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Speaker 1: for Week one. I watched UH. I was laying in

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Speaker 1: bed on Wednesday night and nothing really on TV, and

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Speaker 1: I got no wonder. I struggle to fall asleep. I

638
00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:52,520
Speaker 1: got so many lights. So I got TV onto something stupid,

639
00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:57,200
Speaker 1: and I'm watching the Giants, uh Brocco game from week one.

640
00:31:57,320 --> 00:31:59,040
Speaker 1: And when I say watching, I'm just being kind of

641
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:01,600
Speaker 1: peeking at it. Not were locked in second when Bartley

642
00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:03,640
Speaker 1: looked like he was just kind of feeling his way out, Well,

643
00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:05,440
Speaker 1: of course he is. He had a devastating knee injury

644
00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:07,560
Speaker 1: last year. So we try to rush these guys back.

645
00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:10,200
Speaker 1: But now the Ravens play the Chiefs. So all of

646
00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:12,200
Speaker 1: a sudden, you're like, okay, at Kansas City, let's just

647
00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:15,200
Speaker 1: say they're own two. They do get a somewhat of

648
00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:18,080
Speaker 1: a reprieve and an opportunity for some air. They get

649
00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:20,840
Speaker 1: the Lions week three, so it's like okay, there one

650
00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:23,760
Speaker 1: and two. Then they go through this stretch at Denver

651
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:25,760
Speaker 1: we know how hard it is to play in Mile

652
00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:29,120
Speaker 1: High Denver's defense is fantastic. That game is gonna be hard.

653
00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:31,600
Speaker 1: Then you get Indie and the Chargers back to back,

654
00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:35,480
Speaker 1: like it can just snowball on you fast. It did

655
00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:38,600
Speaker 1: last year and they were able to overcome it. Remember

656
00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:40,320
Speaker 1: they got off to the slow start, like how are

657
00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:41,640
Speaker 1: they going to make the playoffs? And then they just

658
00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:44,000
Speaker 1: rattled off a bunch of wins. Their schedules really easy.

659
00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:46,440
Speaker 1: Here's the problem. Now we know the a f C

660
00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:48,600
Speaker 1: is really good, and with the extra game and go

661
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:51,240
Speaker 1: middlecof they got more margin for air with seventeen games.

662
00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:54,160
Speaker 1: I'd actually pushed back back in the day when just

663
00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:56,400
Speaker 1: nine and seven, Like I think nine and seven now

664
00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:58,520
Speaker 1: for good teams is more likely to be ten and seven.

665
00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:00,880
Speaker 1: So you know, we talked about inflation a lot with

666
00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 1: money in America. Same thing in football. Well, last year

667
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:07,360
Speaker 1: it took eleven wins to get into the playoffs. Who

668
00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:09,720
Speaker 1: knows this year it might be might be twelve. Like

669
00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:11,480
Speaker 1: that extra game, if you're a good team and you

670
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:13,840
Speaker 1: get that extra game, especially if it's against an average opponent,

671
00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:16,400
Speaker 1: you might end up you know, if you need that

672
00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:19,240
Speaker 1: team to lose, you might win, or that that team

673
00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:21,400
Speaker 1: might win, and then all of a sudden you're like, oh, ship,

674
00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:23,800
Speaker 1: we missed the playoffs by two games and we won ten.

675
00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:27,680
Speaker 1: So I think the Ravens are already. It does have

676
00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:31,480
Speaker 1: a feel of just like the snowball of injury hell,

677
00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:34,600
Speaker 1: you know, and there's no stopping it, and sometimes it

678
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:38,160
Speaker 1: happens and it's like an avalanche. And as someone who

679
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:41,280
Speaker 1: used to ski growing up, uh, you know, one thing

680
00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:43,880
Speaker 1: you learn, you know right away when you take lessons

681
00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:46,320
Speaker 1: is once you get a little bit better and you're

682
00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:49,520
Speaker 1: going on fresh tracks like you cut across, you can

683
00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:52,640
Speaker 1: create your own avalanche. And then once it gets going,

684
00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:55,400
Speaker 1: and once the snow starts falling, there is no stopping it.

685
00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:59,040
Speaker 1: Apps there is nothing on God's green Earth that can

686
00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:02,000
Speaker 1: slow that thing down. And I think sometimes with injuries,

687
00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:06,040
Speaker 1: it's it's it's harder to quantify, right You're like, why

688
00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:08,680
Speaker 1: is this happening? There's not necessarily like one thing you

689
00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:11,360
Speaker 1: can pinpoint. It just happens. And it does feel like

690
00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:13,600
Speaker 1: the last two or three weeks is the season of

691
00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:16,160
Speaker 1: hell for the Ravens. Now their culture and their quarterback

692
00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:18,839
Speaker 1: and their coach and their organization, their season from Hell

693
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,719
Speaker 1: might end up looking like eight nine, but that's where

694
00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:23,480
Speaker 1: it kind of feels, and especially if they get their

695
00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:25,960
Speaker 1: ask kicked by Kansas City, it could be trouble. The

696
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:29,080
Speaker 1: other team would be the Colts. Uh. They won eleven

697
00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:33,640
Speaker 1: games last year with an old Philip Rivers. Carson looked okay,

698
00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:37,040
Speaker 1: But part of getting Carson was like Rivers was just okay,

699
00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:38,640
Speaker 1: actually a little better than okay. I think it was

700
00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:41,239
Speaker 1: twenty three touchdowns and ten picks, Like is Carson gonna

701
00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:43,120
Speaker 1: be that this year? Because that's what they're gonna need,

702
00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:46,720
Speaker 1: probably seven touchdowns? Like is he gonna throw that many?

703
00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:49,879
Speaker 1: Is he gonna be an explosive player? Because I you know,

704
00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:52,600
Speaker 1: I'm starting to think just watching him play last week,

705
00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:55,160
Speaker 1: I thought, at one point in time, like I'm sure

706
00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:58,120
Speaker 1: many did, he could be a superstar in the NFL,

707
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:01,560
Speaker 1: just an absolute powerhouse player. I don't think that anymore now.

708
00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:03,640
Speaker 1: I don't think he's as bad as he was last year.

709
00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:05,960
Speaker 1: But maybe he's just an average guy. Maybe he's like man,

710
00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:08,880
Speaker 1: I kind of think that about Sam Donald, Like, am

711
00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:11,160
Speaker 1: I bias because I'm from the West Coast and I

712
00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:13,960
Speaker 1: root for pac twelve kids? Maybe? And I've been saying

713
00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:16,080
Speaker 1: like I would take a chance on Sam Donald instead

714
00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:17,719
Speaker 1: of the Niners given out three first round picks, they

715
00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:20,000
Speaker 1: should go get Sam Donald. And maybe I'm just wrong.

716
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:22,600
Speaker 1: Maybe Sam Donald just kind of a guy. It's okay,

717
00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:25,880
Speaker 1: player solid, but like, you're not looking for solid at quarterback,

718
00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:27,879
Speaker 1: because if you got solid at quarterback, you're always looking

719
00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:30,800
Speaker 1: up grade. You're looking for a top ten star at quarterback.

720
00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:33,640
Speaker 1: And so off Carson Wentz is not that. Do you

721
00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:35,080
Speaker 1: know what they got? They got their ask kick Week

722
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:37,520
Speaker 1: one against Seattle, and it's like, okay, you get the Ramps.

723
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:40,319
Speaker 1: Here's the problem. Both those games are at home. So

724
00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:43,120
Speaker 1: if you lose two games at home, now the a

725
00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:44,839
Speaker 1: f C gets an extra games this year, so they

726
00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:47,000
Speaker 1: get nine and said of eight, but you're owing two

727
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:48,440
Speaker 1: at home to start. Now, these are two of the

728
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:51,279
Speaker 1: better teams, I'm sure on the schedule, but still then

729
00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:53,239
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, you got the Titans, which if

730
00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:56,520
Speaker 1: they lose the Seattle that game is gonna feel enormous

731
00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:59,239
Speaker 1: for two oh and two teams. And then you got

732
00:35:59,239 --> 00:36:01,080
Speaker 1: at the Dolphins and at the Ravens, who are gonna

733
00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:03,799
Speaker 1: be desperate, so that Ravens in the game in two

734
00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:06,800
Speaker 1: or three weeks is pretty big. But both these two teams,

735
00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:10,120
Speaker 1: you know, could find themselves heading into Week three like

736
00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:13,560
Speaker 1: way behind the eight ball. Now. Luckily for the Colts,

737
00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:16,680
Speaker 1: unlike the Ravens, their division might be terrible. So maybe

738
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:19,799
Speaker 1: their division this year is eight nine wins. It we

739
00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:21,320
Speaker 1: know that's not the case in the a f C

740
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:24,319
Speaker 1: North zero champs. Like, if the Ravens are gonna win,

741
00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:27,520
Speaker 1: that division is probably gonna take at minimum twelve you

742
00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:29,600
Speaker 1: start owing two, I don't care if it's seventeen games,

743
00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:31,960
Speaker 1: It's gonna be pretty difficult to get twelve wins, especially

744
00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:34,160
Speaker 1: when you look around you have star players that are

745
00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:36,600
Speaker 1: off tour d a c LS and broken ankles. So

746
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:39,440
Speaker 1: that those are two teams that I would expect to

747
00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:44,600
Speaker 1: see and in a good way, desperate performances for this Sunday.

748
00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:49,080
Speaker 1: Desperate performances. I mean acting like you know, when you're

749
00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:52,440
Speaker 1: a really good team team with you know, like I

750
00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:55,040
Speaker 1: wouldn't say Super Bowl aspirations, maybe the Ravens a little bit,

751
00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:59,040
Speaker 1: but like a f C Championship game aspirations. Oh and

752
00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:00,719
Speaker 1: two by his wealth few of like oh in ten,

753
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,440
Speaker 1: Like both these two teams, I expect to lay it

754
00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:06,479
Speaker 1: all on the line Sunday because you start, they lose,

755
00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:09,560
Speaker 1: you know, their first two games. It's gonna be an

756
00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:14,480
Speaker 1: uphill battle. Okay, there were and I'm sure many of

757
00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:17,000
Speaker 1: you can relate. If you're in your thirties, there are

758
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:20,480
Speaker 1: probably several physical activities that you do definitely when you're

759
00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:23,279
Speaker 1: growing up, but once you stopped playing sports, that you

760
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:26,440
Speaker 1: continue to do in your twenties and maybe even in

761
00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:29,480
Speaker 1: your thirties, but eventually you draw the line. And for me,

762
00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:31,960
Speaker 1: I used to play pick up basketball a lot in

763
00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:33,920
Speaker 1: my twenties all the time. When I was at g

764
00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:36,200
Speaker 1: at Present State, I played at the Wreck three or

765
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:38,440
Speaker 1: four days a week. When I went to Philadelphia, I

766
00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:40,400
Speaker 1: was in the league with a buddy who now works

767
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:44,040
Speaker 1: for the chiefs um And when I moved to the

768
00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:46,200
Speaker 1: Bay Area, I joined this gym. Used to play pick

769
00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:49,120
Speaker 1: up hoops and it probably ended around two thousand and

770
00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:52,120
Speaker 1: sixteen because I just saw more and more people in

771
00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:55,759
Speaker 1: my life that would in these activities. Would taryn Achilles

772
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:58,200
Speaker 1: or tearing a c L. I know, God leave toward

773
00:37:58,280 --> 00:37:59,719
Speaker 1: a c L a couple weeks ago. I think playing

774
00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:03,560
Speaker 1: pick up hoops. I am not in the mood to

775
00:38:03,719 --> 00:38:06,680
Speaker 1: consistently rehab and put on a bunch of weight that

776
00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:08,680
Speaker 1: I'm eventually gonna have to cut because I can't do

777
00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:10,880
Speaker 1: anything because I pop in achilles. I think a big

778
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:13,960
Speaker 1: reason for that obviously is older age, but because you

779
00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:16,680
Speaker 1: start sitting at a desk when you're twenty or you know,

780
00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:18,640
Speaker 1: or in your early twenties or in your teams, you're

781
00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:21,839
Speaker 1: moving around a lot. You're constantly doing things, so your

782
00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:24,760
Speaker 1: body is just accustomed to the movements that come along

783
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:28,680
Speaker 1: with playing basketball, playing football, doing whatever you're doing baseball.

784
00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:31,799
Speaker 1: The older you get, you do less and less high

785
00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:35,959
Speaker 1: end activity. Like I jog on the treadmill, but it's

786
00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:37,880
Speaker 1: very you know, it's like six or four. You know,

787
00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:40,520
Speaker 1: I'm just cruising right, or I do the stairstepper. It's

788
00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:42,759
Speaker 1: just it's it's at my pace where I can get

789
00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:45,799
Speaker 1: a good sweat. But I'm not Odell Beckham out there right.

790
00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:49,400
Speaker 1: And I think one thing you see is in the NFL,

791
00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:52,719
Speaker 1: you used to work up to the season, used to

792
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:56,240
Speaker 1: harden your your body. Right, you have the off season,

793
00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:58,960
Speaker 1: which would be relatively intense, but the O t A

794
00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:01,520
Speaker 1: s then you would at thirty days off and when

795
00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:05,880
Speaker 1: training camp started. For the history of football, up until

796
00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:09,640
Speaker 1: two thousand eleven when the lockout happened, there were double days.

797
00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:13,800
Speaker 1: There was intense training leading up to week one, getting

798
00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:17,319
Speaker 1: your body ready for the rigors of the season. Not

799
00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:20,319
Speaker 1: a huge boxing guy, but follow the sport closely enough.

800
00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:23,600
Speaker 1: There is a reason guy spar before they get in

801
00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:26,360
Speaker 1: the ring. You have to prepare your body for the

802
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:29,879
Speaker 1: shots you're gonna take. It is a violent sport, right.

803
00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:33,920
Speaker 1: It takes getting used to getting hit. Football is no different.

804
00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:38,400
Speaker 1: One reason I think like a guy like Kyler excels

805
00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:41,760
Speaker 1: so much the first you know, month of the season,

806
00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:44,799
Speaker 1: how do you prepare for that speed? You don't do

807
00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:48,200
Speaker 1: dick in training camp, You don't tackle anyone in practice,

808
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:51,040
Speaker 1: most of your starters don't play in the preseason. And

809
00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:52,480
Speaker 1: then all of a sudden you go out when you

810
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:54,719
Speaker 1: don't even have a great defense to begin with, and

811
00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:57,120
Speaker 1: get this fresh Kyler Murray who looks like a little

812
00:39:57,160 --> 00:40:01,960
Speaker 1: video game player. You have no chance. And I swear

813
00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:05,800
Speaker 1: I don't have the exact numbers, but just ballpark watching

814
00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:10,520
Speaker 1: football all Sunday and then Monday night. I saw the

815
00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:14,320
Speaker 1: cart come out in every single game, and in several

816
00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:17,960
Speaker 1: games I saw the cart come out multiple times. I'm

817
00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:20,839
Speaker 1: not a doctor. I just went to actually a couple

818
00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:23,200
Speaker 1: of states schools in California, good C s U system,

819
00:40:23,239 --> 00:40:26,840
Speaker 1: but by no means know anything about medicine. If I

820
00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:30,719
Speaker 1: have questions, I text a doctor. But you cannot convince

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00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:33,759
Speaker 1: me that there is not a correlation. Which the way

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00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:37,480
Speaker 1: these guys, there is a big difference training with you

823
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Speaker 1: know your your you know whoever is your side trainer,

824
00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:43,520
Speaker 1: away from football in the gym, posting picks on Instagram.

825
00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:46,399
Speaker 1: Look at my box jumps, look at my squats, look

826
00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:48,440
Speaker 1: at me in the pool getting ready for the season,

827
00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:52,160
Speaker 1: and then actually playing football, And I think there is

828
00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:54,919
Speaker 1: a big separation. Like ultimately in basketball, you can say

829
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:57,799
Speaker 1: the fouls and the games a lot different. One thing

830
00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:01,040
Speaker 1: you do even NBA players, you play hard pickup games

831
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:05,520
Speaker 1: year round. You play basketball. The only time these guys

832
00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:08,360
Speaker 1: play football now is starting week one. Because I do

833
00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:11,960
Speaker 1: not consider really the training camp for most teams. You know,

834
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:14,040
Speaker 1: Andy Reid is one of the old school guys that

835
00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:17,560
Speaker 1: still runs a physical camp, same with Belichick, and he

836
00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:19,960
Speaker 1: still runs physical practices. That is not the case for

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Speaker 1: the majority of coaches. And I understand with the amount

838
00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:26,440
Speaker 1: of money you're paying these players but I sort of

839
00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:28,080
Speaker 1: got a Monday night football. We saw the car come

840
00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:30,840
Speaker 1: out like three or four times. Marcus Mariota didn't do

841
00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:33,200
Speaker 1: anything all training camp. Now he was a little banged up. Boom,

842
00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:36,239
Speaker 1: he's already hurt. All these other guys boom, they're gone.

843
00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:39,120
Speaker 1: And I just think, is this gonna be something that

844
00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:41,439
Speaker 1: we have to prepare ourselves for moving forward? The guys

845
00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:44,919
Speaker 1: are just gonna get hurt at high rates every week

846
00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:48,960
Speaker 1: because it kind of sucks. It's kind of sad, and

847
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:51,640
Speaker 1: I get why the players now, actually I don't. I

848
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:53,759
Speaker 1: get why the owners signed off on it. Be like, oh,

849
00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:55,839
Speaker 1: you want to give us more money, and just because

850
00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:58,040
Speaker 1: you get more off days and no double days. Deal,

851
00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:01,360
Speaker 1: it is the easiest finance anchial deal the owners have

852
00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:06,880
Speaker 1: ever signed, just allowing no contact, allowing no double days,

853
00:42:06,920 --> 00:42:09,920
Speaker 1: allowing these mandatory off days in training camp and in

854
00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:13,760
Speaker 1: the regular season for more money for us. They laughed

855
00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:15,600
Speaker 1: all the way to the bank. But do you know

856
00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:17,880
Speaker 1: who ultimately got screwed? So it's yeah, you get an

857
00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:20,480
Speaker 1: extra day off here and there in training camp. The players,

858
00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:22,520
Speaker 1: because when you tear your a c L, when you

859
00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:25,759
Speaker 1: pop in achilles, when you have these devastating injuries. For

860
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:28,799
Speaker 1: most guys, their career is never the same. Now, you

861
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:30,799
Speaker 1: might get an extra chance or two if you were

862
00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:33,879
Speaker 1: a top twenty pick. Most guys in the NFL are

863
00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:36,600
Speaker 1: not twenty picks top twenty picks. Right, So if I'm

864
00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:39,360
Speaker 1: a starting right guard for whatever team, and I'm a

865
00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:42,080
Speaker 1: seventh round pick, and I'm in year two and we

866
00:42:42,120 --> 00:42:45,000
Speaker 1: haven't really done anything all camp long, and I blow

867
00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:47,640
Speaker 1: out my knee week two, now you could argue John

868
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:50,200
Speaker 1: he was gonna blow out his need no matter what.

869
00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:53,360
Speaker 1: What doesn't feel guys consistently blew out their knees as

870
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:56,120
Speaker 1: much in the nineties and the two thousands, Like just

871
00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:59,200
Speaker 1: watching football, They're always gonna be injuries. It's a violent sport.

872
00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:02,520
Speaker 1: Collision has happened, Guys get rolled up on there is

873
00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:07,080
Speaker 1: part of uh the nature of football. It's unavoidable. But

874
00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:09,600
Speaker 1: I do think some of the stuff that we're witnessing now,

875
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:13,399
Speaker 1: players going down left and right, you cannot convince me

876
00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:16,080
Speaker 1: that the lack of hitting and the lack of preparation

877
00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:19,720
Speaker 1: leading into the season isn't avoidable. Now, I'm not asking

878
00:43:19,719 --> 00:43:22,279
Speaker 1: for junction boys, and listen, we're never going back. So

879
00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:24,880
Speaker 1: I'm not asking for anything because it's it's the deals

880
00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:28,280
Speaker 1: have been signed. We're all in on no more double days,

881
00:43:28,680 --> 00:43:31,920
Speaker 1: country club training camp, not doing dick during the season

882
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:34,799
Speaker 1: unless you're you know, Belichick, That's just the way it is.

883
00:43:35,360 --> 00:43:38,960
Speaker 1: But just get ready. Like these injuries, which suck, there

884
00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:42,399
Speaker 1: is nothing worse, I'm sure as a player or a coach,

885
00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:44,960
Speaker 1: and I've been on the team side, it is it's

886
00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:47,759
Speaker 1: miserable to lose a player, a starting player, let alone

887
00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:50,480
Speaker 1: a star player, any player who's on your team. But

888
00:43:50,600 --> 00:43:52,640
Speaker 1: for a fan that feeling sitting there and watching a

889
00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:55,680
Speaker 1: good player get carded off, it's it's the worst part

890
00:43:55,680 --> 00:43:58,080
Speaker 1: of sports, and it's the worst part of this sport.

891
00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:01,480
Speaker 1: Who now feels like it's only gonna grow, it's only

892
00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:04,840
Speaker 1: gonna get worse. It's only you know, the avalanche, the

893
00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:07,200
Speaker 1: snowball is just gonna grow and grow every year because

894
00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:09,560
Speaker 1: we've said, like the last couple of years, it feels

895
00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:11,960
Speaker 1: like the guy whoever drives the cart at all these stadiums,

896
00:44:12,680 --> 00:44:15,560
Speaker 1: you know, gets a lot of work, might as well

897
00:44:15,560 --> 00:44:18,040
Speaker 1: be playing nine holes. It's coming out to midfield like,

898
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:22,120
Speaker 1: you know, every five minutes, and it's just sad. But

899
00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:27,800
Speaker 1: it's pretty clear the reason why. Now Okay, back again

900
00:44:28,640 --> 00:44:32,759
Speaker 1: three for the money with my guys Stucky as I

901
00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:36,640
Speaker 1: got several d m s who alerted me legend in

902
00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:40,560
Speaker 1: the online gambling community. Uh, and he was nails week

903
00:44:40,600 --> 00:44:42,399
Speaker 1: one and really we got screwed. Should have gone three

904
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:46,000
Speaker 1: for three for three and oh uh he hosts or

905
00:44:46,040 --> 00:44:49,960
Speaker 1: as part of the Action Network podcasts out every Thursday.

906
00:44:50,120 --> 00:44:52,799
Speaker 1: It's also about several other days throughout the week. Uh,

907
00:44:52,840 --> 00:44:55,960
Speaker 1: welcome back, Stucky, what's going on? Happy to be here,

908
00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:58,360
Speaker 1: thanks for having me. Yeah, it was, it was. Unfortunately,

909
00:44:58,360 --> 00:45:00,200
Speaker 1: had a couple of games I was happy of how

910
00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:01,640
Speaker 1: a cath the week one had a couple of games

911
00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:04,720
Speaker 1: that were just never in doubt. You know, the Saints,

912
00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:07,919
Speaker 1: the Cardinals, the Patriots, I mean out gained them, out

913
00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:11,000
Speaker 1: played them. Two fumbles one that wasn't a fumble. Would

914
00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:12,560
Speaker 1: it went back? I would bet that game a hunter

915
00:45:12,640 --> 00:45:14,520
Speaker 1: at a hundred times. And then I had my weekended

916
00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:18,839
Speaker 1: on a sour note because I had Ravens under fifty one,

917
00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:22,000
Speaker 1: which was seventeen ten would tend to go and uh,

918
00:45:22,160 --> 00:45:24,640
Speaker 1: I didn't get there. But we're onto week two. The

919
00:45:24,840 --> 00:45:27,799
Speaker 1: game got weird, So let's let's fire right in uh,

920
00:45:28,040 --> 00:45:33,399
Speaker 1: Panthers and the Saints. Yeah last week. I mean look

921
00:45:33,440 --> 00:45:36,480
Speaker 1: Week two to me and and part week three as well,

922
00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:39,560
Speaker 1: is it's all about overreaction in the market to just

923
00:45:39,760 --> 00:45:42,640
Speaker 1: one week of what happened. Um. You know, you look

924
00:45:42,680 --> 00:45:45,160
Speaker 1: at last year. The Browns lost by fifty to the Ravens.

925
00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:47,920
Speaker 1: They were fine. You know, the Cults lost to the Jags.

926
00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:51,040
Speaker 1: The Jacks still haven't won another game. So people, the

927
00:45:51,080 --> 00:45:54,160
Speaker 1: market tends to over adjust in certain circumstances, and I

928
00:45:54,160 --> 00:45:57,040
Speaker 1: think they've done that here. I loved the Saints last week.

929
00:45:57,080 --> 00:45:59,040
Speaker 1: Everything just went their way. It was their day. It

930
00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:01,880
Speaker 1: was not the Packers day. Um. You know, they have

931
00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:04,480
Speaker 1: some injuries on the defensive side of the ball, especially

932
00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:07,480
Speaker 1: Mark Marshawn Lattimore. They're gonna miss him in the secondary.

933
00:46:07,640 --> 00:46:10,640
Speaker 1: The Panthers, you know this line look aheadline was under

934
00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:12,440
Speaker 1: a field goal, which is where I make it right

935
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:16,360
Speaker 1: around two. And what I said last week, Jamis Winston.

936
00:46:16,560 --> 00:46:18,200
Speaker 1: You want to back him as a dog. He's a

937
00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:20,520
Speaker 1: high variance quarterback and you want to fade him as

938
00:46:20,560 --> 00:46:22,920
Speaker 1: a favorite. He's seven fourteen and one against the spread.

939
00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:25,480
Speaker 1: As a favorite. I see him making a couple of

940
00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:29,680
Speaker 1: key mistakes against the Carolina zone looks and this is

941
00:46:29,719 --> 00:46:32,160
Speaker 1: just an overreaction to what we saw last week. The

942
00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:35,200
Speaker 1: Saints look spectaculor And if you go back historically, teams

943
00:46:35,239 --> 00:46:38,200
Speaker 1: that covered by four touchdowns are you know, right around

944
00:46:38,880 --> 00:46:41,959
Speaker 1: against the spread the next week to twelve and one

945
00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:44,480
Speaker 1: in week two when that happens. So this is just

946
00:46:44,520 --> 00:46:47,719
Speaker 1: a classic. You know, sell high on the Saints after

947
00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:50,239
Speaker 1: they look like, you know, the league's best team last week.

948
00:46:50,719 --> 00:46:52,080
Speaker 1: I think it's fair to say if you cover by

949
00:46:52,080 --> 00:46:54,320
Speaker 1: four touchdowns, you might be you might be decent, you

950
00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:58,120
Speaker 1: might have some fire car Uh the Jags, who I

951
00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:00,640
Speaker 1: think it's fair to say biggest embarrassing a week one

952
00:47:01,120 --> 00:47:04,399
Speaker 1: Denver who you know. I mean, they're not the sexiest team,

953
00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:06,360
Speaker 1: but they have a lot of talent. I know Judy

954
00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:09,680
Speaker 1: got hurt, but who do you like that game? Yeah?

955
00:47:09,680 --> 00:47:11,799
Speaker 1: This is ugly and a lot of times some week

956
00:47:11,840 --> 00:47:13,759
Speaker 1: to end up with a bunch of home dogs in

957
00:47:13,760 --> 00:47:15,560
Speaker 1: my card, So I'm not surprised, But I like the

958
00:47:15,640 --> 00:47:19,279
Speaker 1: Jags here catching six look aheadline here just two and

959
00:47:19,320 --> 00:47:22,000
Speaker 1: a half. Obviously, you had the Jags get embarrassed. You

960
00:47:22,080 --> 00:47:24,759
Speaker 1: had you know, the Broccos come out and and look good.

961
00:47:24,760 --> 00:47:26,640
Speaker 1: But I think that was more of an indictment on

962
00:47:26,719 --> 00:47:30,560
Speaker 1: the Giants, even the young. The young Giants offensive players

963
00:47:30,560 --> 00:47:32,840
Speaker 1: were saying, look, we're gonna start slow, We've had injuries.

964
00:47:33,040 --> 00:47:35,120
Speaker 1: You heard that from Gala Day, So you know, I

965
00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:37,239
Speaker 1: think that that said more about the Giants than where

966
00:47:37,239 --> 00:47:40,040
Speaker 1: the Broccos are. And I like this Broncos defense. It

967
00:47:40,120 --> 00:47:42,360
Speaker 1: was Trevor Lawrence did not look good by any metric,

968
00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:44,839
Speaker 1: but it was his first first career start. You look

969
00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:48,600
Speaker 1: back historically, number one draft picks who start Week one

970
00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:55,680
Speaker 1: are now one, seven and one straight up. They excuse me, oh,

971
00:47:55,719 --> 00:47:59,320
Speaker 1: seven and one straight up, one and seven against the spread.

972
00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:04,560
Speaker 1: That's a fantastic And now week two there's six and

973
00:48:04,600 --> 00:48:06,799
Speaker 1: one against the spread. So you know, the market that

974
00:48:06,840 --> 00:48:09,480
Speaker 1: tends to say, you know, they're high on these number

975
00:48:09,480 --> 00:48:11,840
Speaker 1: one draft pics. They struggle in their first game, understandably so,

976
00:48:12,440 --> 00:48:14,120
Speaker 1: and then you know they tend to settle down a

977
00:48:14,120 --> 00:48:16,960
Speaker 1: little bit in Week two. Did did Jacks have a

978
00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:20,000
Speaker 1: lot of questions? You can question urban Meyer. Their tackles

979
00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:23,560
Speaker 1: are week the defense, especially on the back end, is iffy.

980
00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:27,520
Speaker 1: But you know, this is just an overreaction to what

981
00:48:27,560 --> 00:48:30,720
Speaker 1: we saw last week Denver. You know, you are fading

982
00:48:31,080 --> 00:48:33,279
Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater on the road, who's twenty two and three

983
00:48:33,280 --> 00:48:35,680
Speaker 1: against the spread on the road, which is just unfathomable.

984
00:48:35,719 --> 00:48:38,280
Speaker 1: But he's never been more than a three point favorite

985
00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:40,560
Speaker 1: on the road. Something to keep in mind here, just

986
00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:44,279
Speaker 1: a it could work in the jacks favor is the humidity.

987
00:48:44,360 --> 00:48:48,759
Speaker 1: It's supposed to be nasty on Sunday, something Denver might

988
00:48:48,840 --> 00:48:51,520
Speaker 1: not be used to. We saw that Aaron Rodgers and

989
00:48:51,560 --> 00:48:54,920
Speaker 1: Green Bay didn't like it in Jacksonville last week. Humidity

990
00:48:55,000 --> 00:48:59,200
Speaker 1: could provide almost like an altitude esque advantage that Denver

991
00:48:59,320 --> 00:49:03,680
Speaker 1: gets a mile high. My only pushback there would be

992
00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:07,000
Speaker 1: what if the Jags are just like the Jets of

993
00:49:07,080 --> 00:49:10,080
Speaker 1: this year. Obviously it feels like, you know, Trevor Lawrence

994
00:49:10,120 --> 00:49:11,680
Speaker 1: is going to be a better player in Sam Donald,

995
00:49:11,680 --> 00:49:15,799
Speaker 1: but they might just be atrociously terrible. Experience said, I mean,

996
00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:18,680
Speaker 1: it just feels like, what if they can't score against

997
00:49:18,680 --> 00:49:21,400
Speaker 1: these guys because that defensive Denver, Like you said, I know,

998
00:49:21,400 --> 00:49:23,960
Speaker 1: they're playing Daniel Jones and he might just suck. That

999
00:49:24,120 --> 00:49:26,239
Speaker 1: defensive Denver might when the dust settles at the end

1000
00:49:26,239 --> 00:49:27,520
Speaker 1: of the year, might be one of the better ones

1001
00:49:27,560 --> 00:49:30,600
Speaker 1: in the league, especially with Fangio running it. Yeah, no,

1002
00:49:30,719 --> 00:49:32,880
Speaker 1: it's fair, and who I mean, I didn't like the

1003
00:49:32,920 --> 00:49:36,120
Speaker 1: play calling and those Urban Meyer might not just be

1004
00:49:36,280 --> 00:49:38,480
Speaker 1: it and he might be out the door by the

1005
00:49:38,520 --> 00:49:42,520
Speaker 1: season's end, and Trevor Lawrences might take him some time. Um,

1006
00:49:42,560 --> 00:49:44,160
Speaker 1: but so we might look back and say, yeah, this

1007
00:49:44,200 --> 00:49:46,800
Speaker 1: line should have been seven or eight, but just adjusting

1008
00:49:46,840 --> 00:49:49,400
Speaker 1: for one week, I think this is too high. So

1009
00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:51,839
Speaker 1: I'll take my chances. But yeah, I could end up

1010
00:49:51,840 --> 00:49:54,799
Speaker 1: looking foolish. I understand that no more more than fair. Uh.

1011
00:49:55,280 --> 00:49:59,400
Speaker 1: The Colts, who you know, you know, embarrassed, would be strong,

1012
00:49:59,520 --> 00:50:01,440
Speaker 1: but or a team that I you know, one eleven

1013
00:50:01,480 --> 00:50:04,279
Speaker 1: games last year viewed as a playoff level team, got

1014
00:50:04,320 --> 00:50:07,000
Speaker 1: shoved around Week one at home, you know, by Seattle,

1015
00:50:07,040 --> 00:50:08,879
Speaker 1: who I think has been pretty soft the last couple

1016
00:50:08,920 --> 00:50:11,640
Speaker 1: of years in that defense kind of dominated them. Then

1017
00:50:11,680 --> 00:50:14,560
Speaker 1: they got the Rams coming in, who you know, probably

1018
00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:16,759
Speaker 1: not as sexy of a start as some people are

1019
00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:19,360
Speaker 1: hoping for, but pretty damn good against probably a below

1020
00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:22,520
Speaker 1: average Bears team. So now the Colts, and really the

1021
00:50:22,560 --> 00:50:25,640
Speaker 1: Titans too. You don't have to play more NFC West

1022
00:50:25,640 --> 00:50:29,000
Speaker 1: teams right off the bat, but the Colts, unlike the Titans,

1023
00:50:29,040 --> 00:50:30,640
Speaker 1: they get to stay at home. Who do you like

1024
00:50:30,760 --> 00:50:33,920
Speaker 1: Colts ramps? Yeah, another ugly home dog here. Two more

1025
00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:37,160
Speaker 1: that I do like. I like Philly and Minnesota throw

1026
00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:40,000
Speaker 1: them out there, but uh, for the sake of this segment,

1027
00:50:40,080 --> 00:50:43,279
Speaker 1: I'll go with the Colts at catching four at home. Look,

1028
00:50:43,360 --> 00:50:46,840
Speaker 1: the Cults for whatever reason, part probably part flute, but

1029
00:50:46,880 --> 00:50:49,279
Speaker 1: they've lost eight straight season openers, which is the third

1030
00:50:49,320 --> 00:50:52,719
Speaker 1: longest streak in NFL history. Three this is there. They're

1031
00:50:52,719 --> 00:50:55,640
Speaker 1: now their fourth straight loss under Frank Right, they've lost

1032
00:50:55,640 --> 00:50:59,040
Speaker 1: the teams that finished one in fifteen, six and ten,

1033
00:50:59,560 --> 00:51:02,160
Speaker 1: and five and eleven, So they've lost the horrible teams

1034
00:51:02,200 --> 00:51:04,200
Speaker 1: off the back. Guess what they've done Week two each

1035
00:51:04,280 --> 00:51:05,960
Speaker 1: year they've won, and then they've gone on to make

1036
00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:08,520
Speaker 1: the playoffs. So I don't think it's necessarily time to panic.

1037
00:51:08,560 --> 00:51:11,719
Speaker 1: I also think last week it was a lot more

1038
00:51:11,760 --> 00:51:14,560
Speaker 1: about you know, the Colts. During camp they dealt with

1039
00:51:14,640 --> 00:51:17,799
Speaker 1: covid offensive line injuries. Wentz was injured that, you know,

1040
00:51:17,800 --> 00:51:20,160
Speaker 1: so there was just not a lot of continuity. So

1041
00:51:20,200 --> 00:51:22,440
Speaker 1: I think getting that game under their belt, getting a

1042
00:51:22,440 --> 00:51:25,560
Speaker 1: week of practice, they'll bounce back here. I trust that staff.

1043
00:51:25,560 --> 00:51:28,560
Speaker 1: It's a really good staff. Verfluce and right. Uh. And

1044
00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:31,760
Speaker 1: you know, the Rams looked good and Stafford looked great

1045
00:51:32,120 --> 00:51:35,319
Speaker 1: the first his first start in that offense. But I'm not,

1046
00:51:35,719 --> 00:51:38,200
Speaker 1: you know, crowding them super Bowl champion yet for beating

1047
00:51:38,280 --> 00:51:40,840
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton. That atrocious offensive line. The defense that I

1048
00:51:40,840 --> 00:51:44,680
Speaker 1: actually think is the tad overrated. So the preseason look

1049
00:51:44,680 --> 00:51:47,920
Speaker 1: at headline. This is before all the Colts injuries, was

1050
00:51:48,080 --> 00:51:50,799
Speaker 1: Colts minus one and a half. You know, last week

1051
00:51:50,840 --> 00:51:53,239
Speaker 1: it was you know, Rams minus two. So you've since

1052
00:51:53,320 --> 00:51:55,560
Speaker 1: crossed the key number and you're catching four at home.

1053
00:51:56,200 --> 00:51:59,239
Speaker 1: You know, the Rams going out of conference after a

1054
00:51:59,280 --> 00:52:02,680
Speaker 1: big primetime win with uh, you know, Tampa on deck

1055
00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:04,919
Speaker 1: super Bowl champ. So maybe they get caught a little

1056
00:52:04,920 --> 00:52:07,200
Speaker 1: flat here. I still have some questions about that defense.

1057
00:52:07,640 --> 00:52:10,520
Speaker 1: You know, obviously you have two stars, but you know

1058
00:52:10,600 --> 00:52:13,040
Speaker 1: they've lost some other talent elsewhere. I think Indie might

1059
00:52:13,040 --> 00:52:14,800
Speaker 1: be able to run the ball. They could get Fisher

1060
00:52:14,840 --> 00:52:17,400
Speaker 1: back at left tackle, but I think the offensive line

1061
00:52:17,560 --> 00:52:21,040
Speaker 1: will look better. And I mean Wentz looked pretty good

1062
00:52:21,120 --> 00:52:23,240
Speaker 1: last week considering what he looked like last year, considering

1063
00:52:23,280 --> 00:52:25,719
Speaker 1: how much pressure he was under um but they did

1064
00:52:25,760 --> 00:52:27,719
Speaker 1: go over three on fourth down. It could have been

1065
00:52:27,960 --> 00:52:30,480
Speaker 1: a little closer. That defense really settled down in the

1066
00:52:30,520 --> 00:52:33,279
Speaker 1: second half. Um so I think they can carry some

1067
00:52:33,320 --> 00:52:35,399
Speaker 1: of that momentum. I think for the fourth straight year

1068
00:52:35,680 --> 00:52:37,920
Speaker 1: the Colts lose to have, you know, losing the first

1069
00:52:37,920 --> 00:52:40,160
Speaker 1: week bounce back, and I think they actually pull off

1070
00:52:40,200 --> 00:52:42,440
Speaker 1: this upset at home. Can I hit you with a

1071
00:52:42,480 --> 00:52:45,640
Speaker 1: bonus bet and it comes? It comes on Saturday. And

1072
00:52:45,680 --> 00:52:47,600
Speaker 1: this is a college team who beat the crap out

1073
00:52:47,640 --> 00:52:49,439
Speaker 1: of U c l A two weeks ago in Chip

1074
00:52:49,520 --> 00:52:52,280
Speaker 1: Kelly and you know, he's just a favorite guy people.

1075
00:52:52,440 --> 00:52:54,200
Speaker 1: You know, back in the day he was covering spreads

1076
00:52:54,239 --> 00:52:57,080
Speaker 1: with his eyes closed. They're playing Fresno State in the

1077
00:52:57,120 --> 00:52:59,120
Speaker 1: line somewhere between eleven and eleven and a half. The

1078
00:52:59,160 --> 00:53:02,239
Speaker 1: dogs who played at Oregon really well two weeks ago.

1079
00:53:02,680 --> 00:53:05,280
Speaker 1: They have beat this U c l A team historically

1080
00:53:05,320 --> 00:53:08,320
Speaker 1: several times just because it's easy to travel that line.

1081
00:53:08,360 --> 00:53:10,600
Speaker 1: To me, if it was you know, single digits, I'd

1082
00:53:10,600 --> 00:53:11,840
Speaker 1: be like, you know, U c l A might just

1083
00:53:11,880 --> 00:53:14,319
Speaker 1: be really good. But they are a run oriented team.

1084
00:53:14,400 --> 00:53:17,440
Speaker 1: They don't have an NFL quarterback. Fresnel State actually has

1085
00:53:17,480 --> 00:53:20,480
Speaker 1: a quarterback. Of Washington Transfer is pretty good. About eleven

1086
00:53:20,480 --> 00:53:22,840
Speaker 1: and a half, you know, eleven twelve number to me

1087
00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:25,960
Speaker 1: is pretty high. I know that is not a Power

1088
00:53:26,040 --> 00:53:28,839
Speaker 1: five program, but they easily probably this year, are probably

1089
00:53:28,840 --> 00:53:30,920
Speaker 1: a top five nonpower five program. And I think U

1090
00:53:30,920 --> 00:53:34,719
Speaker 1: c l A tad bit overrated. Yeah, I mean all

1091
00:53:34,800 --> 00:53:36,520
Speaker 1: the love for u c l A now is just

1092
00:53:36,600 --> 00:53:39,480
Speaker 1: pouring in, um, you know, in Chip Kelly's fourth year.

1093
00:53:39,480 --> 00:53:41,719
Speaker 1: And you're right, Hainter, and I like what the war

1094
00:53:41,840 --> 00:53:45,040
Speaker 1: is doing with that Fresnel program. And if you look back,

1095
00:53:45,320 --> 00:53:48,920
Speaker 1: you know the first week, you say, wow, Oregon needs

1096
00:53:48,920 --> 00:53:51,319
Speaker 1: a thirty yard touchdown run late to win that game

1097
00:53:51,360 --> 00:53:55,080
Speaker 1: by seven, you know, trailing in the second half, you say, Okay,

1098
00:53:55,120 --> 00:53:58,160
Speaker 1: maybe Oregon isn't as good as some thought. And then

1099
00:53:58,200 --> 00:54:02,000
Speaker 1: Oregon goes to the shoe and beats Ohio State pretty convincingly,

1100
00:54:02,040 --> 00:54:04,239
Speaker 1: so that you look back and you say, okay, that

1101
00:54:04,360 --> 00:54:07,440
Speaker 1: Fresno team must be pretty damn good. So yeah, and

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00:54:07,440 --> 00:54:09,600
Speaker 1: you're right at you know, DTR is still not a

1103
00:54:09,640 --> 00:54:14,520
Speaker 1: consistent passer um. You know, they have their conference schedule

1104
00:54:14,640 --> 00:54:16,839
Speaker 1: coming up. Maybe there you know, even if they get

1105
00:54:16,840 --> 00:54:19,480
Speaker 1: a lead, maybe they sit on it a little more conservative.

1106
00:54:19,520 --> 00:54:21,320
Speaker 1: So even if Fresno doesn't competere all, you still have

1107
00:54:21,360 --> 00:54:24,120
Speaker 1: a chance to cover here. Um, so I think, yeah,

1108
00:54:24,160 --> 00:54:27,120
Speaker 1: that's it's either Fresno State or nothing. When it comes

1109
00:54:27,160 --> 00:54:29,440
Speaker 1: to that, how do you pull the trigger last thing

1110
00:54:29,440 --> 00:54:32,000
Speaker 1: before I get you out of here? On? In the NFL,

1111
00:54:32,120 --> 00:54:34,640
Speaker 1: the numbers, you know, unless it's an awful team as

1112
00:54:34,680 --> 00:54:37,440
Speaker 1: a season goes on that money line number. But in college,

1113
00:54:38,400 --> 00:54:40,360
Speaker 1: how do you balance seeing like pretty good value and

1114
00:54:40,440 --> 00:54:42,600
Speaker 1: like I'm gonna pull the trigger money line on just

1115
00:54:42,840 --> 00:54:45,280
Speaker 1: games like this that just play out as the weeks

1116
00:54:45,320 --> 00:54:47,239
Speaker 1: go on. In college, because you get some pretty big

1117
00:54:48,040 --> 00:54:50,120
Speaker 1: you know, you just get bigger upsets on Saturday when

1118
00:54:50,160 --> 00:54:52,839
Speaker 1: you factor in just you know, the level of competition,

1119
00:54:52,920 --> 00:54:55,080
Speaker 1: the point spread. You know, you can get some money

1120
00:54:55,120 --> 00:54:56,800
Speaker 1: lines right with teams that you think might have a

1121
00:54:56,920 --> 00:54:58,879
Speaker 1: chance four or five to one that just doesn't really

1122
00:54:58,920 --> 00:55:01,160
Speaker 1: happen in the NFL. Yeah, yeah, I mean, I think

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00:55:01,160 --> 00:55:03,000
Speaker 1: it comes down to a couple of factors, one being

1124
00:55:03,120 --> 00:55:05,320
Speaker 1: how much of an edge I think I have, and

1125
00:55:05,360 --> 00:55:07,160
Speaker 1: then hey, I might sprink along the money line. I'll

1126
00:55:07,160 --> 00:55:09,800
Speaker 1: always throw a round robin money line, part lay in

1127
00:55:09,920 --> 00:55:11,799
Speaker 1: for the day, risk a little, and you know, if

1128
00:55:11,840 --> 00:55:13,600
Speaker 1: you if you're right, you get a lot of exposure

1129
00:55:13,600 --> 00:55:15,399
Speaker 1: and you're not it's not a parlay of ten teams

1130
00:55:15,440 --> 00:55:17,960
Speaker 1: worth one loses, you're not getting anything back. But I

1131
00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:20,520
Speaker 1: also look at, you know, the high variance nature of

1132
00:55:20,560 --> 00:55:23,720
Speaker 1: a game. Um, if it's a you know, a lower

1133
00:55:23,880 --> 00:55:26,880
Speaker 1: total with fewer possessions there. You know, So there's a

1134
00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:30,160
Speaker 1: number of factors that I'll look at um to determine. Okay,

1135
00:55:30,239 --> 00:55:32,480
Speaker 1: do I want to take a shot here or do

1136
00:55:32,600 --> 00:55:36,080
Speaker 1: I feel safe with the spread? Any upsets you like

1137
00:55:36,200 --> 00:55:40,880
Speaker 1: brewing this weekend Saturday? You know it's not It's not

1138
00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:42,800
Speaker 1: a great I look for my round robin. It's not

1139
00:55:42,880 --> 00:55:44,880
Speaker 1: a great weekend for upset. I'm curious to see what

1140
00:55:44,920 --> 00:55:47,600
Speaker 1: Florida does with this Richardson kid and how often they plan.

1141
00:55:47,880 --> 00:55:50,160
Speaker 1: I mean, this offense might end up looking like Dan

1142
00:55:50,239 --> 00:55:53,239
Speaker 1: Mullens offenses. When Mississippi State was right number one with

1143
00:55:53,360 --> 00:55:55,920
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott, he was running the ball thirty times a

1144
00:55:56,000 --> 00:55:58,839
Speaker 1: game from the quarterback position. This richards kid is a leak.

1145
00:55:58,920 --> 00:56:00,400
Speaker 1: They haven't been able to throw the all. They've had

1146
00:56:00,440 --> 00:56:02,920
Speaker 1: three completions like two hundred yards and the rest of

1147
00:56:02,960 --> 00:56:05,920
Speaker 1: their completions against you know, two bad directional Florida schools

1148
00:56:05,920 --> 00:56:09,080
Speaker 1: have been So I'm curious to see what this rushing

1149
00:56:09,120 --> 00:56:11,640
Speaker 1: attack and how often they used Richardson because Emery Jones

1150
00:56:11,640 --> 00:56:14,600
Speaker 1: hasn't been great, um so Florida might be able to

1151
00:56:14,680 --> 00:56:16,920
Speaker 1: make it interesting. Bryce Own's first road game on the

1152
00:56:16,960 --> 00:56:20,279
Speaker 1: swamp Ultimately see Bambot pulling that out an interesting one

1153
00:56:20,320 --> 00:56:25,240
Speaker 1: for money Line Late night. Hawaii, you know they're always

1154
00:56:25,360 --> 00:56:27,719
Speaker 1: just so such a different animal at home against San

1155
00:56:27,800 --> 00:56:31,080
Speaker 1: Jose State, they're catching about seven These two teams played

1156
00:56:31,360 --> 00:56:36,800
Speaker 1: last year in Honolulu in late December, mid December. Santozay

1157
00:56:36,800 --> 00:56:39,439
Speaker 1: seems like a two point favorite. Teams haven't changed that much,

1158
00:56:39,840 --> 00:56:42,400
Speaker 1: and now you know there are seven point favorite, and

1159
00:56:42,760 --> 00:56:44,520
Speaker 1: I really think San Jose State is gonna miss their

1160
00:56:44,560 --> 00:56:46,840
Speaker 1: two receivers. They lost their They brought pretty much their

1161
00:56:46,840 --> 00:56:49,520
Speaker 1: whole team back, but they lost Bailey Gaither Trey Walker

1162
00:56:49,640 --> 00:56:51,839
Speaker 1: both declared for the NFL. And you look back, they

1163
00:56:51,880 --> 00:56:54,080
Speaker 1: had some yards. They only scored seven points against USC

1164
00:56:54,200 --> 00:56:57,080
Speaker 1: which looks a lot worse after Tanner McKee for Stafford

1165
00:56:57,120 --> 00:56:59,640
Speaker 1: just shredded them in his first career start. So you know,

1166
00:56:59,680 --> 00:57:02,200
Speaker 1: Hawaii new offensive coordinator, and you started to see that

1167
00:57:02,320 --> 00:57:04,040
Speaker 1: offense work in the second half of It's the Oregon

1168
00:57:04,080 --> 00:57:06,759
Speaker 1: State last week and it's on the island. Weird things happen.

1169
00:57:06,920 --> 00:57:08,840
Speaker 1: Catching six and a half seven. I think there's a

1170
00:57:08,840 --> 00:57:11,799
Speaker 1: little bit of value on the line, so I'd throw

1171
00:57:11,800 --> 00:57:14,279
Speaker 1: a little taste on now the bows money on. That's

1172
00:57:14,280 --> 00:57:16,240
Speaker 1: why would we bring you in Stucky to break down

1173
00:57:16,360 --> 00:57:19,880
Speaker 1: San Jose, stay Hawaii. I love it. Have a great weekend,

1174
00:57:20,480 --> 00:57:27,000
Speaker 1: uh and keep making money, baby, absolutely good luck. Okay

1175
00:57:27,840 --> 00:57:32,120
Speaker 1: Middlecoff mail bag time at John Middlecoff is the Instagram.

1176
00:57:33,120 --> 00:57:35,040
Speaker 1: You guys know the drill. Slide up into the d

1177
00:57:35,280 --> 00:57:38,920
Speaker 1: m s and get your question answered up here in

1178
00:57:38,960 --> 00:57:43,440
Speaker 1: the pod. Okay from Connor question for the pod? Am

1179
00:57:43,480 --> 00:57:46,360
Speaker 1: I crazy for thinking that people saying Trevor Lawrence's floor

1180
00:57:46,520 --> 00:57:49,760
Speaker 1: is Andrew Luck. I know his his early retirement left

1181
00:57:49,800 --> 00:57:51,800
Speaker 1: a bad taste in fans of mouth, but he won

1182
00:57:51,880 --> 00:57:54,960
Speaker 1: eleven games as a rookie and took a previously two

1183
00:57:55,000 --> 00:57:58,160
Speaker 1: and fourteen mess to the playoffs. How can these pundits

1184
00:57:58,480 --> 00:58:02,280
Speaker 1: simultaneously say the jag are gonna win hardly any games

1185
00:58:02,360 --> 00:58:05,040
Speaker 1: and not realize Lawrence is gonna be losing as well.

1186
00:58:05,800 --> 00:58:08,120
Speaker 1: Good point, because you'd be like, well, he doesn't have

1187
00:58:08,120 --> 00:58:10,320
Speaker 1: any talent, he doesn't have a good team. Remember Andrew

1188
00:58:10,400 --> 00:58:13,120
Speaker 1: Lux GM was Ryan Grigson and his head coach was

1189
00:58:13,200 --> 00:58:17,240
Speaker 1: Chuck Bgano, Right, And the bottom line is Andrew Luck

1190
00:58:17,280 --> 00:58:19,680
Speaker 1: is a much better player in Trevor Lawrence. Also, the

1191
00:58:19,720 --> 00:58:22,560
Speaker 1: bottom line, Andrew Lux one of the greatest prospects in

1192
00:58:22,640 --> 00:58:26,160
Speaker 1: the history of sports. He's up there with you know,

1193
00:58:26,680 --> 00:58:29,480
Speaker 1: it took Lebron James a long time to win Andrew Luck.

1194
00:58:29,520 --> 00:58:31,000
Speaker 1: If he could have stayed healthy, he would have won.

1195
00:58:31,920 --> 00:58:33,280
Speaker 1: If he was on the coult right now, they would

1196
00:58:33,280 --> 00:58:36,600
Speaker 1: be elite. That's not even arguable. You have some flaws

1197
00:58:36,680 --> 00:58:38,200
Speaker 1: he had to work out, yeah, but he could never

1198
00:58:38,200 --> 00:58:40,120
Speaker 1: figure out because he always started getting hurt after he

1199
00:58:40,120 --> 00:58:43,360
Speaker 1: started winning big. But relative to Trevor Lawrence, and Trevor

1200
00:58:43,440 --> 00:58:46,760
Speaker 1: Lawrence is an awesome prospect, Andrew Lux better, better player,

1201
00:58:47,400 --> 00:58:51,840
Speaker 1: more physically thicker. So I'm with you now, I'm not

1202
00:58:51,920 --> 00:58:53,960
Speaker 1: trying to I like Trevor Lawrence a lot, and I

1203
00:58:54,040 --> 00:58:56,280
Speaker 1: think every team in the league would have happily taken him.

1204
00:58:56,920 --> 00:59:00,640
Speaker 1: He's playing for the Jags. One thing, Luck into the Colts,

1205
00:59:00,960 --> 00:59:04,000
Speaker 1: who while they just got rid of you know, Peyton Manning,

1206
00:59:04,040 --> 00:59:06,080
Speaker 1: they've been winning for a while. They had a winning culture.

1207
00:59:06,320 --> 00:59:10,240
Speaker 1: Robert mathis Reggie Wayne Dwight Freeney. You know they had

1208
00:59:10,320 --> 00:59:15,200
Speaker 1: winning players on in the franchise. The Jacks. Jacks are

1209
00:59:15,240 --> 00:59:18,400
Speaker 1: a joke. I mean, the Jacks are complete cloud show.

1210
00:59:18,720 --> 00:59:22,360
Speaker 1: Like I said earlier today, I think we gotta hope

1211
00:59:22,480 --> 00:59:27,400
Speaker 1: Urban quits. Urban is wasting away for Jack in Jacksonville.

1212
00:59:27,720 --> 00:59:31,240
Speaker 1: He's not an NFL coach, He's an elite college Coach's

1213
00:59:31,240 --> 00:59:34,480
Speaker 1: where he belongs. Sometimes in life, you're just over your head, right.

1214
00:59:34,600 --> 00:59:38,280
Speaker 1: Sometimes have you ever been snow skiing? There's double black diamonds.

1215
00:59:38,320 --> 00:59:40,680
Speaker 1: That's where like Olympians should go if you're if you're

1216
00:59:40,760 --> 00:59:44,000
Speaker 1: not a great skier, like stay on just the blue squares, right,

1217
00:59:44,080 --> 00:59:46,480
Speaker 1: avoid the black diamonds and the double black diamonds. Not

1218
00:59:46,600 --> 00:59:49,040
Speaker 1: everyone should be on the black diamonds. Like Urban Meyer,

1219
00:59:49,080 --> 00:59:51,280
Speaker 1: you shouldn't be in the NFL. You don't belong here.

1220
00:59:52,160 --> 00:59:56,880
Speaker 1: You're you're not a tactician. The NFL is a schematical league.

1221
00:59:57,680 --> 01:00:01,320
Speaker 1: College footballs are recruiting and motivationally. And you know Saban

1222
01:00:01,400 --> 01:00:03,680
Speaker 1: is a great schematic guy. So it's Lincoln, right. I

1223
01:00:03,720 --> 01:00:06,560
Speaker 1: mean not saying there aren't great schematic coaches in college,

1224
01:00:07,280 --> 01:00:09,320
Speaker 1: but when you're at one of the elite institutions, you

1225
01:00:09,360 --> 01:00:13,040
Speaker 1: can overcome it with recruiting, and ultimately he can't do

1226
01:00:13,160 --> 01:00:17,160
Speaker 1: that in college. I mean in the pros. Tyler Miller,

1227
01:00:17,520 --> 01:00:20,040
Speaker 1: I had a question for the pot. I believe Matt

1228
01:00:20,080 --> 01:00:22,880
Speaker 1: Corrall of Old miss is the best quarterback that will

1229
01:00:22,880 --> 01:00:24,440
Speaker 1: come out of next year's draft. I want to know

1230
01:00:24,520 --> 01:00:27,760
Speaker 1: your thoughts. Well. I watched him on the Monday night

1231
01:00:27,840 --> 01:00:31,560
Speaker 1: the game that Lane was at home because of he

1232
01:00:31,800 --> 01:00:35,959
Speaker 1: tested positive, and he is very, very physically gifted. He's

1233
01:00:35,960 --> 01:00:38,960
Speaker 1: got I don't know exactly his measurements, but he's got

1234
01:00:39,000 --> 01:00:42,400
Speaker 1: a little Baker Mayfield vibe to me, uh maybe a

1235
01:00:42,440 --> 01:00:45,240
Speaker 1: little more athletic. But he's talented for sure. To me

1236
01:00:45,520 --> 01:00:48,360
Speaker 1: by far of all the quarterbacks that I've heard, like,

1237
01:00:48,720 --> 01:00:52,480
Speaker 1: keep an eye on the U n C kid, Keep

1238
01:00:52,480 --> 01:00:54,560
Speaker 1: an eye on this kid. I haven't seen the Liberty

1239
01:00:54,560 --> 01:00:57,240
Speaker 1: guy that Hugh Freeze that have first pretty talented. Keep

1240
01:00:57,280 --> 01:00:59,800
Speaker 1: an eye on Keaton Slovis. He could be a top

1241
01:00:59,840 --> 01:01:02,320
Speaker 1: two and pick no, we can't, no world when I

1242
01:01:02,320 --> 01:01:03,880
Speaker 1: take the guy in the top ten, and no world

1243
01:01:03,920 --> 01:01:06,360
Speaker 1: want to take the UNC guy in the top ten corral.

1244
01:01:07,040 --> 01:01:10,200
Speaker 1: He's he's intriguing for sure. I want to see more

1245
01:01:10,280 --> 01:01:12,600
Speaker 1: of him. I want to watch more of Old Miss.

1246
01:01:13,000 --> 01:01:14,760
Speaker 1: I want to watch Old Miss against A and M

1247
01:01:14,800 --> 01:01:18,280
Speaker 1: against l s U, against Auburn against Bama. That kid's

1248
01:01:18,320 --> 01:01:20,040
Speaker 1: got a chance because he's the only one to me

1249
01:01:20,200 --> 01:01:22,560
Speaker 1: that pops of like this guy might be an NFL player.

1250
01:01:23,240 --> 01:01:26,040
Speaker 1: I think it's a very, very poor draft for NFL

1251
01:01:26,120 --> 01:01:31,440
Speaker 1: prospects at quarterback. Hey, your page isn't available on Spotify

1252
01:01:31,640 --> 01:01:33,960
Speaker 1: neither as Collins think it might be on their end.

1253
01:01:34,520 --> 01:01:38,040
Speaker 1: I gotta get on them freaking Spotify. You know. I

1254
01:01:38,120 --> 01:01:40,800
Speaker 1: told a buddy who came out here, my buddy Steve Maach,

1255
01:01:41,200 --> 01:01:43,680
Speaker 1: who lives in d C. We went to college together

1256
01:01:43,680 --> 01:01:46,680
Speaker 1: at cal Poly. He came out and we had dinner

1257
01:01:46,800 --> 01:01:48,760
Speaker 1: at another one of our buddy's house, probably a couple

1258
01:01:48,760 --> 01:01:51,080
Speaker 1: of years ago. We ended up going out. This is

1259
01:01:51,280 --> 01:01:53,680
Speaker 1: pre COVID and where you could just go out and

1260
01:01:53,720 --> 01:01:55,600
Speaker 1: do whatever you wanted. So we had some drinks and stuff,

1261
01:01:55,600 --> 01:01:57,160
Speaker 1: and then we went out on the town, had a

1262
01:01:57,200 --> 01:01:59,640
Speaker 1: couple more cocktails, and I remember telling him I'm like

1263
01:01:59,840 --> 01:02:03,120
Speaker 1: this this company, Spotify, trust me, I'm in the podcast game.

1264
01:02:03,960 --> 01:02:05,880
Speaker 1: I can't remember what the stock was at the time,

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Speaker 1: might have been like a hunter Bucks. It might even

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Speaker 1: been the lass I own you probably like fifteen grand

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Speaker 1: of it, and I'm like, this thing is gonna be big.

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Speaker 1: Bro get in on it, and he did. For whatever reason.

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Speaker 1: I might have needed the money, or I don't know

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Speaker 1: what happened, maybe Corona hit I sold it. I swore

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Speaker 1: to god it might have been before, because they signed Rogan,

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Speaker 1: they signed Simmons, and they signed Michelle Obama. The stock tripled,

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Speaker 1: and I remember Steve text me like, Bro, thanks for

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01:02:34,240 --> 01:02:36,720
Speaker 1: the tip that this thing is booming. I just made

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Speaker 1: a ton of money. And I just remember if I

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Speaker 1: would have had hair, I would have pulled out every

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Speaker 1: follicle that I had. I'm like, I was on this stock.

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Speaker 1: I knew it. I'm in the space, I believe in it.

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Speaker 1: I knew it would work, and I'm not even I'm

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Speaker 1: not even subscribed to Spotify. I just knew that what

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01:02:50,080 --> 01:02:53,000
Speaker 1: they had was pretty powerful, and I left. It's a

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01:02:53,040 --> 01:02:55,480
Speaker 1: good life lesson. When you're in a stock you believe

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01:02:55,560 --> 01:02:58,840
Speaker 1: in that ship out do not do not if you

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Speaker 1: do not need the money. I don't think I did

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Speaker 1: need the money. I think I sold because I freaked

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01:03:02,120 --> 01:03:06,240
Speaker 1: or I don't even know. Stupid, stupid, you always make

1287
01:03:06,280 --> 01:03:09,160
Speaker 1: bad mistakes when you make emotional decisions with money you

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Speaker 1: don't need. I'm an Eagles fan from Australia. What is

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Speaker 1: your take on Jordan's maala. I think it's phenomenal. Go

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Speaker 1: from never wearing pads the three years later beating out

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Speaker 1: a first round pick to secure the left tackle spot. Uh,

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Speaker 1: pretty incredible. Also, does that mean Dillard is a bust

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Speaker 1: or the Eagles pages? I heard he wasn't competitive. Incredible story.

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Speaker 1: I actually think it's one of the most incredible stories

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Speaker 1: in the history of the NFL. This guy went from

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Speaker 1: not playing in football at all, playing Australian rugby two.

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Speaker 1: I'm I don't know the exact story. Did he come

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Speaker 1: over here to like a general workout? The Eagles draft

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Speaker 1: him in the seventh round. Three years later they give

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Speaker 1: him sixty five million dollars. You watch him against Atlanta.

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Speaker 1: He was mauling people. He is legit, Like, this is

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Speaker 1: not like he's just kind of decent. They're kind of desperate. No,

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01:03:59,000 --> 01:04:01,600
Speaker 1: this guy can play. There's a reason I think the

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01:04:01,680 --> 01:04:03,680
Speaker 1: Eagles might have one of the best offensive lines in

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Speaker 1: the league. He's a big part of that. Like everyone's

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01:04:06,160 --> 01:04:09,840
Speaker 1: shipping on Howie Roseman like that's an elite pick. Get

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01:04:09,880 --> 01:04:13,320
Speaker 1: your left tackle from Australia. So yeah, you missed on

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01:04:13,360 --> 01:04:14,680
Speaker 1: your first round, or but you found the guy in

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Speaker 1: the seventh round and he's good. If Andre Dillard was

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Speaker 1: that good in the first round, you would be doing cartwheels.

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Speaker 1: It's incredible, fine, big fan of the player. It's just

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Speaker 1: incredible story because a couple of things translate in football

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01:04:28,560 --> 01:04:31,760
Speaker 1: and the offensive line, even if you never played, if

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01:04:31,800 --> 01:04:33,840
Speaker 1: you are these these two things, obviously you have to

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01:04:33,920 --> 01:04:36,040
Speaker 1: have the size, Like you can have these other two

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01:04:36,080 --> 01:04:37,840
Speaker 1: things and not have the size you have to to

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Speaker 1: play tackle. You know, I would say minimum you've gotta

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01:04:41,200 --> 01:04:44,640
Speaker 1: be like six four, you gotta have minimum thirty three arms,

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01:04:45,240 --> 01:04:48,919
Speaker 1: and you gotta wait plus So I mean, that's gonna

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Speaker 1: take away the majority of human beings on this planet.

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Speaker 1: But if you have that and you have these two things,

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Speaker 1: you would have a chance to be good at football.

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Speaker 1: Are you athletic? He clear really is. We all watched

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Speaker 1: them play at rugby. And are you tough? Because if

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Speaker 1: you're tough, I'll never forget. Howard Mudd, the late great

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Speaker 1: offensive line coach, one of the greatest offensive line coaches ever,

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01:05:10,360 --> 01:05:13,840
Speaker 1: was so big on that innate toughness. It's not about

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Speaker 1: like he's His point was people get so wrapped up

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01:05:16,360 --> 01:05:19,120
Speaker 1: on bench presses. He's like, this guy can rap to

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Speaker 1: thirty times and then he's like I'd see him on

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01:05:22,600 --> 01:05:25,040
Speaker 1: tape and you get his ass run over. So it's like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's strong in the weight room, but he's not strong

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Speaker 1: on the field. And he's like vice versus some guys

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01:05:29,200 --> 01:05:30,840
Speaker 1: couldn't lift as much and they were really strong on

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01:05:30,920 --> 01:05:34,320
Speaker 1: the field. And he's like the biggest misconception is that

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01:05:34,440 --> 01:05:36,520
Speaker 1: you get stronger once you get in the NFL, So

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01:05:36,600 --> 01:05:38,440
Speaker 1: you're not that strong in college. We're like, we'll put

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Speaker 1: We'll get him in the weight room and get him tough.

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Speaker 1: I think it works at certain positions at tackle, you

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01:05:43,320 --> 01:05:45,400
Speaker 1: either have the power you don't once you're like twenty

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01:05:45,440 --> 01:05:49,080
Speaker 1: two or twenty three. And this guy is a powerful mofo.

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01:05:49,920 --> 01:05:52,320
Speaker 1: And they've done an incredible job. Jeff Stalin, their offensive

1343
01:05:52,320 --> 01:05:57,360
Speaker 1: line coaches elite. Just an unreal story. It really is.

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Speaker 1: Longtime fan, I know, Oh, you have unique insight into

1345
01:06:01,400 --> 01:06:04,320
Speaker 1: this coach, just wondering why not Pat Hill for the Trojans,

1346
01:06:04,440 --> 01:06:07,480
Speaker 1: proven winner even without access to blue chip talent, badass

1347
01:06:07,560 --> 01:06:12,520
Speaker 1: motivator with the will play anyone, anywhere, anytime mentality. I

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01:06:12,680 --> 01:06:15,920
Speaker 1: just think his age. He hasn't coached now in college football,

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01:06:16,160 --> 01:06:19,640
Speaker 1: you know, probably seven eight years. A huge part of

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01:06:19,680 --> 01:06:25,120
Speaker 1: getting hired at a big program is how hot you

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01:06:25,240 --> 01:06:29,200
Speaker 1: are as a name, and this program is just so desperate. Honestly,

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Speaker 1: Pat Hill, if you would have hired him when Pete

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01:06:31,640 --> 01:06:35,479
Speaker 1: Carroll left instead of I guess who they hire right away, Lane,

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01:06:36,000 --> 01:06:38,000
Speaker 1: I think Pat would have won now one as big

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01:06:38,040 --> 01:06:40,200
Speaker 1: as Pete. Maybe not, but he no chance he fails

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01:06:40,400 --> 01:06:42,160
Speaker 1: because I watched the type players that he could recruit

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01:06:42,160 --> 01:06:44,040
Speaker 1: a present state. You put give him a USC polo

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01:06:44,760 --> 01:06:47,640
Speaker 1: and his mentality, they would have won. They would have

1359
01:06:47,640 --> 01:06:50,040
Speaker 1: competed to win the division or the conference every year.

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01:06:50,080 --> 01:06:52,360
Speaker 1: For sure. It's just probably too late, and I think

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01:06:52,400 --> 01:06:56,680
Speaker 1: he's retired. He's with his famili's in Fresno. I'll say this,

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01:06:57,760 --> 01:07:01,800
Speaker 1: I've watched a million coach to give speeches online. I've

1363
01:07:01,840 --> 01:07:05,160
Speaker 1: been around coaches in the pros, coaches obviously in college

1364
01:07:05,680 --> 01:07:08,000
Speaker 1: Pat Hill. When he walked into the room and addressed

1365
01:07:08,040 --> 01:07:11,640
Speaker 1: the team, you know, if Nick Saban's number one, Pat

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01:07:11,760 --> 01:07:14,920
Speaker 1: Hill is as good as any Pat Hill could just

1367
01:07:15,160 --> 01:07:18,440
Speaker 1: keep everyone on their toes. Dude, out of presence, dude.

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01:07:18,480 --> 01:07:20,640
Speaker 1: It was crazy. Remember Andy read telling me I think

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01:07:20,680 --> 01:07:23,000
Speaker 1: I've told the story. Tried to recruit him when Andy

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Speaker 1: was in the hospital bed after he I think had

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01:07:25,640 --> 01:07:28,680
Speaker 1: a bad injury in junior college. He Pat was coaching

1372
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Speaker 1: at Utah and he ended up going to b y U.

1373
01:07:31,440 --> 01:07:34,480
Speaker 1: But Andy wakes up from surgery. Pat Hill and a

1374
01:07:34,600 --> 01:07:37,360
Speaker 1: Utah polo standing over Andy Reid trying to sign him

1375
01:07:37,360 --> 01:07:42,360
Speaker 1: as an offensive lineman. It's like Pat's a crazy MF

1376
01:07:42,440 --> 01:07:46,400
Speaker 1: for man, That's a crazy dude, but in a good way.

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Speaker 1: I mean in a football way. Pat's a badass. Pat

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01:07:49,320 --> 01:07:54,680
Speaker 1: Hill was a certified badass. Who would you start between

1379
01:07:54,720 --> 01:07:59,640
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers and Justin Herbert Rogers plays Alliance, Herbert plays

1380
01:07:59,640 --> 01:08:02,560
Speaker 1: the cow Boys. I don't think you go wrong. I

1381
01:08:02,640 --> 01:08:04,840
Speaker 1: guess I'd probably go Aaron Rodgers. I mean, they just

1382
01:08:04,920 --> 01:08:07,000
Speaker 1: had a terrible game, But I think Herbert could throw

1383
01:08:07,080 --> 01:08:10,240
Speaker 1: four touchdowns. I think it wouldn't shock me if either

1384
01:08:10,280 --> 01:08:14,760
Speaker 1: one of the guys throw four touchdowns. Okay, last question.

1385
01:08:15,160 --> 01:08:16,920
Speaker 1: I know you're seeing a bunch of dudes in your

1386
01:08:17,000 --> 01:08:19,719
Speaker 1: d m s. Don't be fooled. This is her husband.

1387
01:08:19,840 --> 01:08:24,799
Speaker 1: Oh he's he's damning me from Amber her Instagram account.

1388
01:08:25,760 --> 01:08:30,120
Speaker 1: I was wondering if you'd be interested in a weekly,

1389
01:08:30,320 --> 01:08:33,800
Speaker 1: monthly injury analysis from a medical professional. I do it

1390
01:08:33,880 --> 01:08:36,080
Speaker 1: for free, and however you feel would be beneficial for

1391
01:08:36,160 --> 01:08:38,880
Speaker 1: your pot. For instance, wouldn't it be nice to know

1392
01:08:39,040 --> 01:08:42,160
Speaker 1: how Carson Wentz came back so quickly after his foot surgery?

1393
01:08:42,640 --> 01:08:45,120
Speaker 1: I do if you feel this type of info could

1394
01:08:45,160 --> 01:08:47,639
Speaker 1: be valuable to your show, it would help me allow

1395
01:08:47,680 --> 01:08:50,960
Speaker 1: with my future endeavors. Resume builder. You always say to

1396
01:08:51,040 --> 01:08:53,840
Speaker 1: shoot your shot and chase after the things you want.

1397
01:08:54,200 --> 01:08:57,360
Speaker 1: This is me doing it students a doctor in Colorado.

1398
01:08:58,439 --> 01:09:00,840
Speaker 1: I really appreciate the direct message, and I don't think

1399
01:09:00,920 --> 01:09:03,760
Speaker 1: you're you're totally off base. I would say, if we

1400
01:09:03,840 --> 01:09:06,559
Speaker 1: had a major injury with like Tom Brady or something,

1401
01:09:07,160 --> 01:09:10,000
Speaker 1: I'll bring you on. But you know, we don't really

1402
01:09:10,080 --> 01:09:14,640
Speaker 1: spend that much time on injuries besides just the information

1403
01:09:14,720 --> 01:09:16,880
Speaker 1: they give us, and we just move on. When a

1404
01:09:16,920 --> 01:09:18,760
Speaker 1: guy plays, he plays, and when he's out, he's out.

1405
01:09:19,720 --> 01:09:21,880
Speaker 1: But I appreciate your reaching out. I appreciate the hustle

1406
01:09:22,200 --> 01:09:25,200
Speaker 1: on your wife's account. Uh big, I mean, I'm a

1407
01:09:25,360 --> 01:09:29,280
Speaker 1: huge proponent of hustlers and hustling. So I mean, this

1408
01:09:29,520 --> 01:09:33,240
Speaker 1: is everything that I admire and you attempted. I mean,

1409
01:09:33,280 --> 01:09:36,280
Speaker 1: you didn't attempt, you did it. My thing is I

1410
01:09:36,479 --> 01:09:40,040
Speaker 1: just I'm not big one philosophy. I have a little

1411
01:09:40,080 --> 01:09:43,040
Speaker 1: inside the podcast. We have Stucky now coming on. He

1412
01:09:43,160 --> 01:09:46,559
Speaker 1: brings something valuable. He's been gambling for twenty plus years.

1413
01:09:47,400 --> 01:09:49,519
Speaker 1: I've had several people d m me in the gambling

1414
01:09:49,600 --> 01:09:53,400
Speaker 1: community online Stuck. He's a legend. And obviously the Volume

1415
01:09:53,560 --> 01:09:57,599
Speaker 1: and Action Network are involved together. Uh And I didn't

1416
01:09:57,640 --> 01:09:59,800
Speaker 1: know Stuck he was quite the gambling legend, but I

1417
01:09:59,880 --> 01:10:01,680
Speaker 1: was talking to a bunch today I was, I mean,

1418
01:10:01,720 --> 01:10:05,520
Speaker 1: the guy knows ship. I I think so many podcasts,

1419
01:10:06,520 --> 01:10:08,880
Speaker 1: they all do this a lot of podcasts, and I listen.

1420
01:10:08,920 --> 01:10:10,400
Speaker 1: I like this. I listened to a lot of them.

1421
01:10:10,479 --> 01:10:15,120
Speaker 1: Four guests part of this show. I think what makes

1422
01:10:15,160 --> 01:10:16,840
Speaker 1: a little unique, Like you're just coming from me. I'm

1423
01:10:16,880 --> 01:10:18,560
Speaker 1: just giving my opinions and takes. If you want to

1424
01:10:18,600 --> 01:10:20,160
Speaker 1: hear a guest like I can't have a guest on.

1425
01:10:20,320 --> 01:10:22,200
Speaker 1: I could hit up someone and have and I'm not

1426
01:10:22,280 --> 01:10:24,640
Speaker 1: opposed to it. But I do think we could hear

1427
01:10:24,680 --> 01:10:28,160
Speaker 1: those guys talk other places and I think, what what

1428
01:10:28,320 --> 01:10:30,680
Speaker 1: I try to hang my hat on. It's just me,

1429
01:10:31,000 --> 01:10:33,160
Speaker 1: Like you're coming from my takes. It's not gonna be

1430
01:10:33,439 --> 01:10:35,840
Speaker 1: three hours long. It'll be forty five to an hour,

1431
01:10:36,560 --> 01:10:38,080
Speaker 1: and it's just gonna be me, and that's what people

1432
01:10:38,120 --> 01:10:41,000
Speaker 1: come for. It's not against like your opinions on health

1433
01:10:41,160 --> 01:10:43,320
Speaker 1: or whatever. I know you bring to the table. But

1434
01:10:43,600 --> 01:10:46,040
Speaker 1: I think that's one thing. You know, why you don't

1435
01:10:46,080 --> 01:10:48,160
Speaker 1: hear that many guests, even as football season goes and

1436
01:10:48,200 --> 01:10:50,000
Speaker 1: you see all these other shows having a ton of guests.

1437
01:10:50,000 --> 01:10:52,800
Speaker 1: I'm not saying this right. Maybe I'm wrong for this now,

1438
01:10:52,880 --> 01:10:57,439
Speaker 1: don't get me wrong, Nick Saban Belichick. I've had Andy before.

1439
01:10:57,479 --> 01:10:59,160
Speaker 1: I mean I have them again, and maybe I will

1440
01:10:59,200 --> 01:11:01,599
Speaker 1: have in this season, Lincoln Riley, like the big guys.

1441
01:11:01,680 --> 01:11:03,320
Speaker 1: I will have them on if they want to come on.

1442
01:11:04,360 --> 01:11:06,040
Speaker 1: But I'm just not here to have a guest, to

1443
01:11:06,120 --> 01:11:08,120
Speaker 1: have a guest to fill time. You know, it's a

1444
01:11:08,160 --> 01:11:12,240
Speaker 1: podcast space. I enjoy just kind of ranting and Raven

1445
01:11:12,880 --> 01:11:15,719
Speaker 1: uh So that's kind of my philosophy on the show.

1446
01:11:16,000 --> 01:11:18,599
Speaker 1: Is just my voice. Now, if that that's not working

1447
01:11:18,640 --> 01:11:20,519
Speaker 1: and I need to pivot and need a change, not

1448
01:11:20,640 --> 01:11:23,760
Speaker 1: opposed to it. I appreciate you shooting your shot, but

1449
01:11:23,920 --> 01:11:26,519
Speaker 1: just wanted to I'm transparent here. I'm an open book.

1450
01:11:26,520 --> 01:11:29,599
Speaker 1: I got funk. I got nothing to hide, um except

1451
01:11:29,680 --> 01:11:31,439
Speaker 1: my gut. You know I'm trying to lose that bad boy.

1452
01:11:31,520 --> 01:11:33,360
Speaker 1: Just why I need to hit the gym a little harder.

1453
01:11:33,400 --> 01:11:35,559
Speaker 1: I've really see my diet. You know I could eat better.

1454
01:11:35,760 --> 01:11:37,200
Speaker 1: I'm working out. It's not my problem. I got I

1455
01:11:37,240 --> 01:11:40,240
Speaker 1: gotta diet. I cannot even diet. Just stay away from

1456
01:11:40,240 --> 01:11:43,120
Speaker 1: the sugars. Those sugars. Man sugars will get you if

1457
01:11:43,120 --> 01:11:46,400
Speaker 1: you got a little sweet tooth. Appreciate everyone listening. I

1458
01:11:46,479 --> 01:11:49,640
Speaker 1: want you to have a great weekend. Enjoy football all

1459
01:11:49,680 --> 01:11:51,680
Speaker 1: weekend long. Watch Frizon State beat u c l A

1460
01:11:51,720 --> 01:11:55,559
Speaker 1: Saturday night, and then just enjoy Sunday and uh I'll

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01:11:55,560 --> 01:11:57,880
Speaker 1: talk to you guys Monday morning, exclusively on the Three

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Speaker 1: Out podcast, Peace Game the volume