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Speaker 1: in the official ticketing app of this podcast, Game Time

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Speaker 1: told everyone if you lived in southern California and you

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Speaker 1: five years at right tackle. So was it the right pick?

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Speaker 1: Would you rather have Cold Miller? I mean, but he's

429
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Speaker 1: a starter, not just for them on teams that went

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Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl, but then he starts for the

431
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Speaker 1: Broncos now the last couple of years of playoff team.

432
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Speaker 1: So like they've hit. They hit on that guy. But

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Speaker 1: after doing that, maybe they thought, I mean, they didn't

434
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Speaker 1: extend them that. They're like they've got out of that business. Listen.

435
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Speaker 1: I think their approach for defensive line is commendable. They

436
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Speaker 1: invest in it constantly. I mean, they have invested so

437
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Speaker 1: many high picks over the years. Some whift, some hit.

438
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Speaker 1: They double down again this year. They have no issue

439
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Speaker 1: with taking they take ten defensive linemen. But for whatever reason,

440
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Speaker 1: Kyle does not believe that much in the offensive line.

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Speaker 1: He just doesn't. So unless you're Trent Williams. Maybe it

442
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Speaker 1: was the mcglinchy thing rattled them, but he believes plug

443
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Speaker 1: and play random guards and centers and even Colton mckivots,

444
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Speaker 1: and that ain't gonna change. Like that's I don't know

445
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Speaker 1: what to say, Like I don't agree with it, you

446
00:23:56,240 --> 00:24:00,480
Speaker 1: don't agree with it. Howie and Andy Reid wouldn't agree

447
00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:04,359
Speaker 1: with it, but that's what he does. So it's like,

448
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Speaker 1: I don't he's not gonna change. Question for the pod.

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Speaker 1: Do you think the Saints should just cut ties with Derek? Uh?

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Speaker 1: Didn't they change his contract? I saw rap sheet? Maybe

451
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Speaker 1: it was during the draft, maybe a schefter. I think

452
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Speaker 1: both those guys have talked about it. However, they mess

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Speaker 1: with his contract like it's his forty million dollars this

454
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Speaker 1: year is fully guaranteed, so they could cut him, but

455
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Speaker 1: they still have to pay him forty million dollars and

456
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Speaker 1: I think his dead cap would like accelerate to sixty.

457
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Speaker 1: So listen the shoulder situation. He's given a sermon in Vegas,

458
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Speaker 1: acting like he's some victim. It's like, bro, relax, it's

459
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Speaker 1: not that big a deal. He's your shoulder, okay or not? Uh.

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Speaker 1: He clearly is mad at them. Kellen Moore clearly isn't

461
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Speaker 1: that big of a fan of his. They draft a

462
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Speaker 1: quarterback really high in the second which it feels like

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Speaker 1: they're gonna be comfortable playing. I guess you could. I would.

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Speaker 1: I would be a little stunned if he's not there

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Speaker 1: in the next couple of weeks. Now, you know, this.

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Speaker 1: You know, I don't care who you are. This hurts

467
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Speaker 1: your heart. His wife had, you know, a tragic situation

468
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Speaker 1: the other day where she had a you know, I

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Speaker 1: think I don't know how many weeks she was pregnant,

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Speaker 1: but he had to rush through the hospital and they

471
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Speaker 1: had a miscarriage. As part of the reason he hadn't

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Speaker 1: been there at someone in Fresno like made the local

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Speaker 1: news there and then became I saw it on the

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Speaker 1: internet yesterday, So I think maybe that's delayed some of

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Speaker 1: the interaction between them and the or him in the organization. Listen,

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Speaker 1: I was around Derek at Fresno State. I've always thought

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Speaker 1: he was probably more talented when he was young than

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Speaker 1: he got credit for. But this same situation when they

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Speaker 1: signed him, let's face it has been a disaster. Like

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Speaker 1: if they could do it over again, they would not.

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Speaker 1: He's got to be the only player in NFL history

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Speaker 1: who's gonna I mean, after this forty million dollars this year,

483
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Speaker 1: he'll have a mass like two hundred and thirty five

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Speaker 1: million dollars. He's never won a playoff game. He does

485
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Speaker 1: have a lot of Pro Bowls, but like half of

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Speaker 1: those are the fake ones where like someone drops out.

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Speaker 1: It's like Peyton Manning's out, right, Mahomes is out, Josh

488
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Speaker 1: Allen's going to Pebble Beach. Darri's like, I'm in the

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Speaker 1: question for the back, what do you think of the

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Speaker 1: Texans draft? I know Casario is a high level GM,

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Speaker 1: but looking back at twenty four, the moves for Digs

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Speaker 1: and mixing doesn't make sense given the twenty five draft

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Speaker 1: of the two wide receivers in a deep running back draft. Well, listen,

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Speaker 1: you take swings on guys like Digs. I have no

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Speaker 1: problem with making moves like that. Like philosophically, now we

496
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Speaker 1: can argue over the individual player, but moves like that

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Speaker 1: happen constantly older veterans who have been high level players

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Speaker 1: who are kind of expensive. You have some cap room

499
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Speaker 1: and you make a swing on the Commanders. Just did

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Speaker 1: it with Debo, right. I totally understand moves like that.

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00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:59,719
Speaker 1: Some work, some don't. And the Dig situation, obviously he

502
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Speaker 1: wasn't quite as good and then he tears acl. You know,

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Speaker 1: I think part of it. I think they take what

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Speaker 1: two wide receivers with their first three picks. Tank Dell

505
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Speaker 1: was an excellent player, so it looked like him and

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Speaker 1: Nigo Collins, Like you got a dominant little wide receiver

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Speaker 1: crew with your young quarterback. I'm not trying to be

508
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Speaker 1: Debbie Downer here, but I mean there's a chance he's

509
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Speaker 1: never really able to play football again and definitely not

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Speaker 1: impactful football. So the moment that happens, you got to

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Speaker 1: draft some wide receivers, you know. So I think they

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Speaker 1: took two Iowa State guys. I'm just all off. I

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Speaker 1: looked at it earlier today because when I took the

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Speaker 1: screenshot and they took an offensive tackle, which I think

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Speaker 1: the Minnesota offensive tackle, which a lot of people liked,

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Speaker 1: but a lot of people like the Iowa State receivers too.

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Speaker 1: I mean those guys. I don't know. The forty nine

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Speaker 1: ers were really interested in them. A lot of teams

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00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:53,040
Speaker 1: I saw brought them in for visits. I got no

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Speaker 1: issue with it. I really don't, because you have to

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Speaker 1: look at it like Tankdale doesn't exist anymore, which sucks

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Speaker 1: to say. I mean, who talking with a buddy with

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Speaker 1: the Texans like they love Tankdale. They love those two guys.

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Speaker 1: I mean they think Nico Collins and who doesn't is

525
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Speaker 1: a monster. I mean that guy, honestly, he's got one

526
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Speaker 1: of the best contracts in the league. But when Tankdale

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Speaker 1: has that situation where he's laying in the back of

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Speaker 1: the end zone back to back years, it's one thing

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Speaker 1: to break your leg, it's another thing that injury. I mean,

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Speaker 1: guys are in tears. It's I think you just got

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Speaker 1: a bank on it never being the same, which sucks.

532
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:31,040
Speaker 1: But I'm a pretty laid back guy and generally laugh

533
00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:33,520
Speaker 1: and roll my eyes at the outrage culture all over

534
00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:38,120
Speaker 1: social media. I agree, but I feel like an old man.

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Speaker 1: I'm so pissed off at a dual Carter. I just

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Speaker 1: can't get over the sheer audacity of asking for LT's number.

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Speaker 1: It reeks of arrogance and disrespect, and I won't lie.

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00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:51,880
Speaker 1: I'm rooting for this guy to fail. There's been so

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Speaker 1: many draft busts throughout NFL history that this guy will

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Speaker 1: always be the fool that asks for LT's number. Here's

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Speaker 1: the one thing I think you're overestimating. I don't know how.

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Speaker 1: I'm guessing you're a little older than me because I

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Speaker 1: don't really remember. I mean no, I don't remember at

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Speaker 1: all watching LT play. By the time I really came

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Speaker 1: into a football watcher. That I can remember like ninety three,

546
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Speaker 1: ninety four or ninety five, when I was like, you know, nine, ten,

547
00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:26,520
Speaker 1: eleven years old, he was done. Obviously, he's widely considered

548
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Speaker 1: the best defensive player ever. You know, Belichick swears by him.

549
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Speaker 1: But Abdull Carter, I think sometimes when you get a

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Speaker 1: kid his respect level for LT, if he had been

551
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Speaker 1: this might not be a perfect example, but Abdull Carter

552
00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:51,160
Speaker 1: was born in two thousand and four, I feel like

553
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:55,640
Speaker 1: a pretty young guy. Like I feel pretty young. I

554
00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:59,480
Speaker 1: was a sophomore in college when this guy, Actually I

555
00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:01,520
Speaker 1: was a freshm in college when this guy was born.

556
00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:07,239
Speaker 1: Like that, that's I'm forty years old. This guy like

557
00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:10,880
Speaker 1: not only never saw Lawrence Taylor play. It's hard to

558
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Speaker 1: put in context people that were born way before you

559
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Speaker 1: kind of came into your own, your own, whether it's

560
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Speaker 1: a fan or a player. So I get it. Like

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Speaker 1: I think, if if LT had been von Miller, like

562
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Speaker 1: von Miller had been this great player and they you

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Speaker 1: know it's his number, was he had helped the Giants

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Speaker 1: win a Super Bowl, or even let's just say Abdul

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Speaker 1: Carter wanted Eli Manning's number, you know, something that he

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Speaker 1: could contextualize. I think it would feel a little different

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Speaker 1: to him, and maybe he wouldn't say it. But I

568
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Speaker 1: think it's harder to judge a young person. It's like

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Speaker 1: when I was a kid. It's like trying to think

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Speaker 1: of athletes, you know, whether it was Jerry West or

571
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Speaker 1: Rick Berry or Mickey Mantle or Jim Brown's like, I

572
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Speaker 1: no context of these. I can google it all I want,

573
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Speaker 1: but it's not the same as watching it. You have

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Speaker 1: asked for it. If it was Von Miller or Aaron

575
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Speaker 1: Donald or something like that, probably not hopefully if he would,

576
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Speaker 1: then I'm with you kind of douchebag material, But I

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Speaker 1: give you a little like what what year did you think? LT?

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Speaker 1: Stop playing? Like, I'll be honest. I mean, I do

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Speaker 1: this for a living. So I mean you just talk

580
00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:25,080
Speaker 1: about football and these guys so often when you say

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Speaker 1: the word Lawrence Taylor. When you just say Lawrence Taylor,

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Speaker 1: you know the first thing I think about, it's not sacks,

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Speaker 1: it's crack. I mean, I think of a guy this

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Speaker 1: wili Is that are the best player ever that dominated

585
00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:43,680
Speaker 1: while doing crack. He retired over a decade before this

586
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Speaker 1: guy was even born. So I hear you, I would

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Speaker 1: get the outrage. If I was of age, like if

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Speaker 1: someone if bo Nicks had asked for Peyton Manning's number,

589
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Speaker 1: I'd be like, what the think is? What's the point

590
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Speaker 1: of retiring? Now? In football it's a little harder unlike

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Speaker 1: some of these other sports where you got, you know, basketball,

592
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Speaker 1: you got ten guys that play max and only a

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Speaker 1: guy that would ask for a number would be like

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Speaker 1: an elite player that would want a Legends number. So

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00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:18,959
Speaker 1: there's a lot of options in football. There's not as

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Speaker 1: many as you think. But if you retire a number,

597
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:26,880
Speaker 1: isn't that kind of retired? That number is now as untouchable.

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Speaker 1: It's like, hey, I'm just calling up you know, like

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Speaker 1: Joe Montana or John Elway or whoever was like that

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Speaker 1: numbers off limits guys. Now, do you get to a

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Speaker 1: point where you have twenty five numbers retired? You have

602
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:46,080
Speaker 1: a problem. How do teams adjust for salary cap they're

603
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Speaker 1: forced to sign players because of injuries. I think I've

604
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Speaker 1: been asked this question. I would assume most teams get

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Speaker 1: enough money back from voided contracts non guarantees that it

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Speaker 1: would significantly outweigh signing backups. I not a you'd have

607
00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:04,680
Speaker 1: to get a cap guy to explain that I don't know,

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Speaker 1: and I definitely don't know how to articulate that. So

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Speaker 1: that's all I've been asked that a couple times. Great question,

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Speaker 1: A question for the pod. I'm a recent Iowa State

611
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Speaker 1: grad as i've been working my first full time job. Congrats,

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Speaker 1: welcome to the workforce. I've been considering starting my own

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Speaker 1: YouTube channel, slash podcast and hopefully turn that into my

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Speaker 1: full time job. What recommendations would you give? Thanks for

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Speaker 1: reading my message. It's a good question. I would say,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna assume you're working kind of a nine to

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Speaker 1: five because if you're working a job, let's say, like

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Speaker 1: my first job was in football, I mean it was

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Speaker 1: I was gone, I wouldn't have had any time to

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Speaker 1: do a side job. So if you have time to

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Speaker 1: do a side job, the one thing I would say

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Speaker 1: is all the energy you have, you put into it

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Speaker 1: and just be consistent with it. It's going to take

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Speaker 1: a while. It's not going to be easy. It's safe

625
00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:00,720
Speaker 1: to say the market is oversat traded with a bunch

626
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Speaker 1: of people trying to do that, so it's it's easy

627
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Speaker 1: to get down. But I think the only way to

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Speaker 1: make any progress in any side hustle is you got

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Speaker 1: to be consistent with it. Whether it's like a you know,

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Speaker 1: a business selling shoes, whether it's a side internet business,

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Speaker 1: whether you're trying to start a YouTube channel. You can't

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Speaker 1: just do it like once a week or three times

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Speaker 1: a month. Like, you got to have consistency to it.

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Speaker 1: It's the only chance, and you're not guaranteed to have success,

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Speaker 1: but that's the only chance you have to have success.

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Speaker 1: I would say in anything, consistently showing up. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's cliche and people laugh at it. It's like, you know,

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Speaker 1: you just you kind of end up out. Like if

639
00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:48,480
Speaker 1: you just show up, like you'll take out the percentage

640
00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:50,400
Speaker 1: is changed. Some people say fifty percent of the competition,

641
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:52,480
Speaker 1: some say seventy percent of the competition. But just by

642
00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:56,680
Speaker 1: showing up every single day consistently on time to whatever

643
00:34:56,719 --> 00:35:00,480
Speaker 1: you're doing, you will just bypass people. It doesn't even

644
00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:03,640
Speaker 1: count being good or bad at whatever you're doing. Question

645
00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:05,920
Speaker 1: for the mail back, do you think mel Kiper's credibility

646
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:08,279
Speaker 1: will ever return? Will he ever be able to live

647
00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:10,840
Speaker 1: down the way he acted during the draft about Sanders.

648
00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:13,880
Speaker 1: I mentioned this the other day, and I was thinking,

649
00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:17,759
Speaker 1: like I don't know if I quite articulated it that well,

650
00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:21,440
Speaker 1: probably sounded kind of like a douche talking about it that, Like,

651
00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:24,279
Speaker 1: you know, in any of these people's jobs, like the

652
00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:28,800
Speaker 1: one I have obviously, guys like Colin steven A, whatever,

653
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:33,359
Speaker 1: their job is not to be right or wrong. They're

654
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:37,000
Speaker 1: in the entertainment business. Like that's what they're in. And

655
00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:40,400
Speaker 1: if you're a GM I was watching Joe Ortiz today

656
00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:45,319
Speaker 1: on McAfee, like his only job is to pick and

657
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:49,359
Speaker 1: sign good players, Like that's his job. And the more

658
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:52,319
Speaker 1: good players he signs and the more bad ones he bypasses,

659
00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:55,000
Speaker 1: he'll be good at his job. His job's not to

660
00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:58,080
Speaker 1: be a politician. His job's not to be happy all

661
00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:00,759
Speaker 1: the time. His jobs not to entertain people. It's just

662
00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:04,040
Speaker 1: to like know the right football players a sign. Right,

663
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:07,480
Speaker 1: This job to make money is people that are advertising

664
00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:11,040
Speaker 1: on this show, you know, push their product by having

665
00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:13,719
Speaker 1: a large audience and people that come back over and

666
00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:16,360
Speaker 1: over that you know, listen to what I say. That

667
00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:20,359
Speaker 1: is literally the job, right And I think mel Kiper's job,

668
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:25,879
Speaker 1: whether he's right or wrong, is completely irrelevant. He's never

669
00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:29,480
Speaker 1: had a team take the field on Sunday. His job

670
00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:32,719
Speaker 1: is to entertain. Now, you could argue, like has he

671
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:37,840
Speaker 1: been there too long? Right? Is? Is he overstayed? Is welcome?

672
00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:40,319
Speaker 1: Like does he still have the same juice? And you'd

673
00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:43,160
Speaker 1: say probably not right. But I'd say when you think

674
00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:46,400
Speaker 1: NFL Draft, he is clearly not just a pioneer, but

675
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:50,880
Speaker 1: he's one of the more legendary figures non drafting like

676
00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:57,279
Speaker 1: part of the production of football in the history of sports. Right,

677
00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:01,080
Speaker 1: there is no more person in America that is more

678
00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:04,880
Speaker 1: synonymous with an event than like the NFL Draft on ESPN.

679
00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:07,760
Speaker 1: You think mel Kiper. You don't think the GMS, the coaches,

680
00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:11,520
Speaker 1: even the player. You think mel Kiper first. And I disagreed.

681
00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:14,200
Speaker 1: I used freaking out. But his job is not to

682
00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:17,560
Speaker 1: be right or wrong. It's really not. His job is

683
00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:20,719
Speaker 1: just kind of entertained. Now, I think he'd tell you

684
00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:23,280
Speaker 1: like I do, think he believes it. I don't necessarily

685
00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:24,959
Speaker 1: know about the chade or that fell a little weird,

686
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:27,240
Speaker 1: but I mean he's had these takes before. He compared

687
00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:31,520
Speaker 1: JaMarcus Russell to John Elway. He loved Jimmy Clausen, and listen,

688
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:34,160
Speaker 1: we're all gonna like players, but specifically we remember the

689
00:37:34,239 --> 00:37:36,839
Speaker 1: quarterbacks like you don't remember where he screwed up at dB.

690
00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:39,440
Speaker 1: No one cares. You don't remember the guard that he has,

691
00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:40,840
Speaker 1: a first rounder that was out of the league in

692
00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:44,719
Speaker 1: two years. No one cares think about the players that

693
00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:49,560
Speaker 1: we hold these guys on TV accountable for. In football,

694
00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:52,080
Speaker 1: it's the quarterbacks. It's like you love John Gruden, loved

695
00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:55,799
Speaker 1: Johnny Manziel, right. No one can talk about the receivers

696
00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:58,560
Speaker 1: or the linemen that he liked or didn't like. So

697
00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:03,399
Speaker 1: I think we overvalue like credibility, Like he's not in

698
00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:06,759
Speaker 1: the credibility business, as crazy as that sounds. Because he

699
00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:11,040
Speaker 1: ranks draft players. He's an entertainer. I mean that's that's

700
00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:13,839
Speaker 1: honestly what he is. He can rank and talk about

701
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:18,200
Speaker 1: draft picks all he wants like he's there to entertain. Uh.

702
00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:21,680
Speaker 1: It seems to me that very rarely trade with the

703
00:38:21,719 --> 00:38:24,799
Speaker 1: intention of getting high picks in better drafts. Why do

704
00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:28,040
Speaker 1: we Why don't we see this more? For instance, team

705
00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:31,440
Speaker 1: trading twenty five first round picks for multiple twenty six picks,

706
00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:34,279
Speaker 1: which is supposed to be a better draft. Not saying

707
00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:37,040
Speaker 1: it never happens. I'm just surprised I don't hear about

708
00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:41,440
Speaker 1: it more. PS your previous episode. You've gotten into some

709
00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:44,960
Speaker 1: Bravo shows, but you've never mentioned vander Pump Rules. You

710
00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:48,960
Speaker 1: and possibly Maria are missing out if you've never seen Uh,

711
00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:54,520
Speaker 1: she's seen it. I've I've watched it. That's we went

712
00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:58,760
Speaker 1: to last summer when we were in Tahoe. She really

713
00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:02,799
Speaker 1: really wanted to go to Wolf, which is Lisa's restaurant

714
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:07,200
Speaker 1: in South Lake Tahoe in the casino. And obviously Lisa's

715
00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:10,920
Speaker 1: a restaurant tour at which I think vander Pump is

716
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:14,799
Speaker 1: the restaurant which all these people worked at, which the

717
00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:17,759
Speaker 1: restaurant was really good. I'll say that the drinks were

718
00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:22,680
Speaker 1: a little a little foofy, but the food was elite.

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Speaker 1: It was really if you're ever in South Lake Tahoe.

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Speaker 1: I don't know the Harris, the Harvey's what I remember.

721
00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:32,680
Speaker 1: We were leaving and you don't have I think you

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00:39:32,719 --> 00:39:35,040
Speaker 1: have to. We had to valet or a car, and

723
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:36,759
Speaker 1: I remember the guy came back to me and was like,

724
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:40,240
Speaker 1: I can't find your keys. I'm like, you got my keys?

725
00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:42,560
Speaker 1: I mean I don't have them. You guys valeted my

726
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:45,080
Speaker 1: car and then it turned out like I don't even

727
00:39:45,080 --> 00:39:46,920
Speaker 1: think they ever moved my car just sat there and

728
00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:51,840
Speaker 1: the keys were in it. But yeah, Lisa restaurant was good.

729
00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:55,319
Speaker 1: Your question, well, it takes two to tango. I think

730
00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:58,880
Speaker 1: teams definitely later in the draft will never have a

731
00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:02,719
Speaker 1: problem making move. I also think sometimes it's tough to

732
00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:06,480
Speaker 1: convince a coach if they like a player that we're

733
00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:08,920
Speaker 1: not going to get a pick. We talked about this yesterday.

734
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:11,640
Speaker 1: Coaches are looking at the depth chart. So it's like

735
00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:14,440
Speaker 1: as a GM, as an owner, as a scouting staff,

736
00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:17,160
Speaker 1: you're like, hell, yeah, we got two first round picks

737
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:20,520
Speaker 1: next year. It's sweet. And the coach goes, well, what

738
00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:23,040
Speaker 1: about those four guys that we could have drafted right there?

739
00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:26,240
Speaker 1: Picked twenty four sweet running back, a sweet defensive tackle,

740
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:30,480
Speaker 1: a sweet corner. So you know, part of it is

741
00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:34,200
Speaker 1: like you need someone willing to do that, which half

742
00:40:34,239 --> 00:40:36,239
Speaker 1: the people, if you're saying that out loud, well they're

743
00:40:36,239 --> 00:40:39,400
Speaker 1: thinking it too. So you need someone desperate, and then

744
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:43,239
Speaker 1: you also need the coach to agree, which look at

745
00:40:43,239 --> 00:40:45,439
Speaker 1: the two teams that did it. The Browns, I mean,

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00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:48,160
Speaker 1: the reason that they feel comfortable doing that is the

747
00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:53,800
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson situation. They're a disaster. And two the Rams,

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00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,400
Speaker 1: I mean have a coach on scholarship for as long

749
00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:59,080
Speaker 1: as he wants to coach there. Hey, John, it's been

750
00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:01,479
Speaker 1: a pretty quiet around the Bengals since they re signed

751
00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:04,120
Speaker 1: the receivers and no one's really asking about Joe Burrow.

752
00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:06,600
Speaker 1: What are the expectations for him in this team this year?

753
00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:09,480
Speaker 1: The division looks weaker. If Burrow says healthy, it's hard

754
00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:12,240
Speaker 1: to see them missing the playoffs. Worst case, they're second

755
00:41:12,239 --> 00:41:15,720
Speaker 1: in the North. Only real concern seems to be the defense,

756
00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:21,200
Speaker 1: especially with Hendrickson still not locked up long term. I

757
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:24,000
Speaker 1: think the expectation is for him to be MVP caliber

758
00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:26,480
Speaker 1: and the team offense to be elite and the defense

759
00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:30,000
Speaker 1: to not be as bad. Right, you draft the A

760
00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:33,719
Speaker 1: and M pass rusher, who's a freak athletically who I

761
00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:35,960
Speaker 1: think people would say leaves a little something to be

762
00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:39,280
Speaker 1: desired on the field. Al Golden I saw some clips.

763
00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:42,640
Speaker 1: Who's the new DC? You know he's the Notre Dame defense.

764
00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:46,280
Speaker 1: I mean he's big time defensive coordinator. But Liam Maruno

765
00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:49,000
Speaker 1: was good. I know he had a bad on defense.

766
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:51,640
Speaker 1: Like you need the players, so I think figuring out

767
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:54,040
Speaker 1: the Hendrickson thing is kind of important, Like, is he's

768
00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:56,359
Speaker 1: just not going to show up. It's already got kind

769
00:41:56,360 --> 00:42:00,319
Speaker 1: of contentious, right. Brown's daughter came out and said, like

770
00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:04,080
Speaker 1: he should just this is not verbatim, but basically like

771
00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:08,560
Speaker 1: shut up and just come show up and play. I

772
00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:11,040
Speaker 1: don't know it, just whatever her comments were, he clear

773
00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:15,360
Speaker 1: was pissed because then he went on McAfee. So that, that,

774
00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:17,759
Speaker 1: to me is interesting to watch. Offensively, they should be

775
00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:22,719
Speaker 1: unreal forty nine ers fan. I constantly hear you talk

776
00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:26,160
Speaker 1: about how much money brock Purty deserves. Isn't he better

777
00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:29,759
Speaker 1: and more accomplished than Dak Prescott? What justifies Dak being

778
00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:31,800
Speaker 1: the highest paid quarterback? But Purty has to take a

779
00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:36,560
Speaker 1: pay cut. No one deserves anything, especially in business. You

780
00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:40,280
Speaker 1: get what you negotiate. I don't think brock Purty deserves anything.

781
00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:42,120
Speaker 1: I don't care one way or that he get a

782
00:42:42,239 --> 00:42:45,680
Speaker 1: hundred million dollars he get a billion dollars deserves. I

783
00:42:45,719 --> 00:42:48,160
Speaker 1: don't give a shit about deserves. I have never ever

784
00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:51,320
Speaker 1: said that word. So you're misquoting me there because I

785
00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:54,680
Speaker 1: don't use deserves now. Based on his play and based

786
00:42:54,719 --> 00:42:57,480
Speaker 1: on what I would feel comfortable paying him giving out

787
00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:00,120
Speaker 1: good I think he is. I think Dak Prescott is

788
00:43:00,120 --> 00:43:03,080
Speaker 1: is grossly overpaid, and I think they're in business with

789
00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:05,399
Speaker 1: him at a number that limits their team because he's

790
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:07,920
Speaker 1: not good enough. I think that's a bad business. And

791
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:11,320
Speaker 1: I look at these situations from a business standpoint. I

792
00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:13,960
Speaker 1: appreciate the hell out of Dak Prescott, the way he

793
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:16,359
Speaker 1: conducts himself, the way he operates in life. I'd say

794
00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:19,920
Speaker 1: the same thing about Brock Purtty. I admire and respect

795
00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:24,160
Speaker 1: like those guys stories and what they had to overcome

796
00:43:24,239 --> 00:43:28,560
Speaker 1: being laid around picks. Everyone thinks they suck and they

797
00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:30,640
Speaker 1: both guys have won a lot of you know games,

798
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:33,200
Speaker 1: parties wants big ones. Dak really has it in the playoffs,

799
00:43:33,200 --> 00:43:35,680
Speaker 1: but he's had an incredible career. But I think the

800
00:43:35,719 --> 00:43:40,080
Speaker 1: Cowboys have handled it poorly financially on their side, and

801
00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:42,200
Speaker 1: I look at things through like how's this team gonna win?

802
00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:44,759
Speaker 1: And I think paying him what you pay Dak Prescott

803
00:43:44,760 --> 00:43:47,279
Speaker 1: like is a losing contract for the forty nine ers.

804
00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:49,680
Speaker 1: But if he can get it like they deserve it,

805
00:43:49,719 --> 00:43:51,840
Speaker 1: I don't know, but he negotiated it, so kudos to

806
00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:54,080
Speaker 1: his agent. Now, if I want to be the if

807
00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:55,719
Speaker 1: I'm a forty nine Er fan and want them to

808
00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:59,880
Speaker 1: continue winning, Like, can we find some middle ground, because like,

809
00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:03,359
Speaker 1: we ain't gonna win if we gotta pay a two

810
00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:06,279
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty million dollars guaranteed. It's not I mean,

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00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:09,160
Speaker 1: based on his play in what world should he be

812
00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:13,640
Speaker 1: paid like Dak's paid like Joe Burrow and Josh Allen.

813
00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:18,200
Speaker 1: That's stupid. I mean, that's that's bad business. That's the

814
00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:23,799
Speaker 1: way I discuss it. Not deserves Dak deserve. What does

815
00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:26,960
Speaker 1: anyone deserve? You get what you can get, and his

816
00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:32,080
Speaker 1: agent got a lot. Considering how offense is choreographed and

817
00:44:32,160 --> 00:44:34,919
Speaker 1: defense is reactionary, do you think Ben Johnson went heavy

818
00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:37,560
Speaker 1: on drafting offense this year knowing the Super Bowl isn't

819
00:44:37,560 --> 00:44:40,000
Speaker 1: in the cards so they can develop some chemistry for

820
00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:44,120
Speaker 1: next year and draft heavily on defense. With Dennis Allen,

821
00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:49,000
Speaker 1: I would say that's a good question. I think it

822
00:44:49,080 --> 00:44:52,040
Speaker 1: kind of tells you that they're not that high on

823
00:44:52,040 --> 00:44:57,120
Speaker 1: Cole Comet. Ben Johnson isn't and Loveland he I think

824
00:44:57,120 --> 00:45:00,600
Speaker 1: he even mentioned this, he saw Laporta. I think they

825
00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:02,719
Speaker 1: invested so much in the offensive line they didn't need

826
00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:04,080
Speaker 1: to do that. I think they go our defense is

827
00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:06,800
Speaker 1: already good, so Dennis Allen's one of the best coaches.

828
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:09,480
Speaker 1: We already have a good defense. Now, could they have

829
00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:12,880
Speaker 1: taken who was there? To really take a ten that

830
00:45:12,920 --> 00:45:18,080
Speaker 1: they bypassed on defense? Would be my question. Because let's

831
00:45:18,120 --> 00:45:22,240
Speaker 1: go to the twenty twenty five draft, so they draft Lovelin,

832
00:45:22,520 --> 00:45:26,560
Speaker 1: mikel Williams goes at eleven. I don't think anyone would

833
00:45:26,560 --> 00:45:30,440
Speaker 1: have complained if they took him. Kenneth Grant, the Michigan

834
00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:33,680
Speaker 1: defensive tackle win at thirteen, could have taken him. I

835
00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:36,200
Speaker 1: think you could have taken those two guys there, but

836
00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:38,440
Speaker 1: I think they go, We're already good on defense. I

837
00:45:38,719 --> 00:45:41,520
Speaker 1: probably would have been more inclined to take a defensive

838
00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:44,319
Speaker 1: line in there, one of those two guys over the

839
00:45:44,360 --> 00:45:48,280
Speaker 1: tight end. But I think what you're because we got Rome,

840
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:52,239
Speaker 1: we got DJ Moore, we got Caleb, we already got

841
00:45:52,280 --> 00:45:54,560
Speaker 1: Cole Comett. But I'm telling you if cole Comet's traded,

842
00:45:54,560 --> 00:45:57,680
Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised. This is another question about Kyle

843
00:45:57,760 --> 00:46:01,239
Speaker 1: Shanahan not liking the offensive line. They seem to not

844
00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:04,680
Speaker 1: be addressing it. They are literally at Williams Trent injury

845
00:46:04,719 --> 00:46:07,280
Speaker 1: away from thirty second best offensive line in the league.

846
00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:10,600
Speaker 1: No way Kyle assumes he can zone block with me

847
00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:15,280
Speaker 1: and you at guard. He does, he believes, and listen,

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Speaker 1: I'm not disagreeing that it is much easier to find

849
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Speaker 1: a guard and center than a lot of other positions.

850
00:46:24,640 --> 00:46:27,160
Speaker 1: Like you should be able to find functional guards and

851
00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:32,319
Speaker 1: centers in the zone blocking scheme, which is much more positional. Right,

852
00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:34,239
Speaker 1: if I'm a good athlete, it's me getting on your

853
00:46:34,719 --> 00:46:36,520
Speaker 1: edges and just staying in front of you. I don't

854
00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:39,960
Speaker 1: need to shove you back like I'm Orlando Pace or

855
00:46:40,560 --> 00:46:43,640
Speaker 1: you know, jim Otto. I don't even know if jim

856
00:46:43,640 --> 00:46:45,480
Speaker 1: Otto was a power player, but I'm trying to think

857
00:46:45,480 --> 00:46:47,920
Speaker 1: of centers. You know, Kelsey was kind of unique. He

858
00:46:47,960 --> 00:46:50,280
Speaker 1: got stronger as he got older, but he was so quick.

859
00:46:52,280 --> 00:46:56,200
Speaker 1: I just need athletic bodies. But the amount of good

860
00:46:56,400 --> 00:47:00,400
Speaker 1: interior pass rushers and just interior good play that have

861
00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:02,560
Speaker 1: come into the league over the last seven eight years

862
00:47:03,880 --> 00:47:07,359
Speaker 1: dwarfs what Kyle started off in the NFL. There used

863
00:47:07,360 --> 00:47:09,800
Speaker 1: to be when I got in the NFL, like fifteen

864
00:47:09,880 --> 00:47:12,879
Speaker 1: years ago, there weren't I was doing the math ada.

865
00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:14,640
Speaker 1: I'm like, God, that's that's a long time ago. Now,

866
00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:18,640
Speaker 1: there weren't that many great defensive tackle pass rushers, and

867
00:47:18,680 --> 00:47:22,160
Speaker 1: then over the course of the twenty tens, the Aaron Donalds,

868
00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:25,400
Speaker 1: the Fletcher Cox, JJ Watts, all these versatile players that

869
00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:28,359
Speaker 1: can rush over guards and centers came in waves. Look

870
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Speaker 1: at this year, multiple defensive tackles, Look at the last

871
00:47:30,920 --> 00:47:34,280
Speaker 1: couple of years defensive tackles, defensive tackles. They can pass rush.

872
00:47:34,880 --> 00:47:38,759
Speaker 1: So I think that I don't care how good your

873
00:47:38,840 --> 00:47:40,719
Speaker 1: running game is, You're just gonna be in second and

874
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Speaker 1: nine and third and ten sometimes. And when you're in

875
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Speaker 1: third and ten, we know what you're doing in a

876
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Speaker 1: tie game in the fourth quarter against the Rams, like

877
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Speaker 1: can you block Bradon Fisk because last year he was

878
00:47:53,680 --> 00:47:55,960
Speaker 1: giving a lot of people trouble. So I was like,

879
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Speaker 1: I don't know the irony is. They just admitted it,

880
00:47:59,880 --> 00:48:03,160
Speaker 1: like the reason we love mikel Williams because he can

881
00:48:03,280 --> 00:48:06,160
Speaker 1: rush over guards. It's like, well, yeah, you can take

882
00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:10,680
Speaker 1: advantage of matchups. I don't know, man beating a dead

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Speaker 1: horse here.

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Speaker 1: What are your thoughts on the Steelers. I was hoping

890
00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:35,000
Speaker 1: for Shador and became increasingly frustrated as they kept passing

891
00:48:35,080 --> 00:48:37,719
Speaker 1: on him in the first, third, and fourth rounds. Does

892
00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:40,480
Speaker 1: this mean they're signing Aaron Rodgers or does Tomlin really

893
00:48:40,520 --> 00:48:44,080
Speaker 1: not understand the importance of having a quarterback not named

894
00:48:44,160 --> 00:48:47,560
Speaker 1: Mason Rudolph. Yeah, I think Rogers will lock. I was

895
00:48:47,600 --> 00:48:50,120
Speaker 1: actually sad, this is what I think about in the shower,

896
00:48:50,200 --> 00:48:53,960
Speaker 1: But I think it's a foregone conclusion at this point,

897
00:48:54,040 --> 00:48:57,680
Speaker 1: and I think the question is what's the best case

898
00:48:57,800 --> 00:49:00,319
Speaker 1: Because I'm just gonna assume Rodgers is their quarterback? What's

899
00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:04,560
Speaker 1: the best case scenario for the Steelers? Like? Could they

900
00:49:04,640 --> 00:49:09,840
Speaker 1: win twelve games? The running back they drafted from Iowa?

901
00:49:09,880 --> 00:49:12,520
Speaker 1: That guy's a stud. I think that guy's going to

902
00:49:12,560 --> 00:49:15,080
Speaker 1: be good. You draft a plug and play defensive tackle

903
00:49:15,120 --> 00:49:18,560
Speaker 1: early in the draft their defense, especially against a run.

904
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Speaker 1: As the season went on, it was like, so, I

905
00:49:22,600 --> 00:49:24,920
Speaker 1: actually kind of like their draft, but you're getting a

906
00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:28,319
Speaker 1: forty one year old Aaron Rodgers. They tried to trade

907
00:49:28,360 --> 00:49:31,560
Speaker 1: George Pickens. Clearly they were making calls no one will bite.

908
00:49:32,880 --> 00:49:35,040
Speaker 1: It seems like a few NFL teams are in salary

909
00:49:35,080 --> 00:49:37,680
Speaker 1: cap crisis every year with the amount of players they

910
00:49:38,120 --> 00:49:41,320
Speaker 1: with the amount they have to pay players on their team.

911
00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:44,400
Speaker 1: Do they have to worry about paying newly drafted players

912
00:49:44,440 --> 00:49:47,399
Speaker 1: all that guaranteed money, especially when they have high draft

913
00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:50,800
Speaker 1: picks every round? Do certain teams have to make roster

914
00:49:50,920 --> 00:49:55,080
Speaker 1: moves pre or post draft to accommodate the money. Well,

915
00:49:55,120 --> 00:49:58,640
Speaker 1: you know, to start the season, you gotta be cap compliant, right,

916
00:49:59,280 --> 00:50:01,160
Speaker 1: which is usually the first day of the league year.

917
00:50:01,600 --> 00:50:05,399
Speaker 1: So that's the start of free agency March fourteenth this year,

918
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Speaker 1: and you have to have an idea of your cap compliance,

919
00:50:08,680 --> 00:50:11,360
Speaker 1: how much you're gonna need to sign those guys. Well,

920
00:50:11,400 --> 00:50:13,239
Speaker 1: none of the rookies, at least that I've seen, have

921
00:50:13,320 --> 00:50:15,680
Speaker 1: signed yet. So you could still cut a guy to

922
00:50:15,719 --> 00:50:19,040
Speaker 1: make room if you don't have the space now, But

923
00:50:19,160 --> 00:50:21,960
Speaker 1: the only way to officially sign that guy if you

924
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:24,400
Speaker 1: are have zero cap space is you got to make

925
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Speaker 1: some room, especially if you have a high pick like

926
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Speaker 1: the Saints. Big Bills fan, I felt like our secondary

927
00:50:31,560 --> 00:50:35,759
Speaker 1: has been lacking in recent years. While we've had great

928
00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:39,040
Speaker 1: players in the past like Tredavius White and Gilmore. I

929
00:50:39,080 --> 00:50:42,520
Speaker 1: feel like we've lost the edge, that edge in the department,

930
00:50:42,520 --> 00:50:46,000
Speaker 1: in that department. After this year's draft, I'm feeling pretty

931
00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:48,160
Speaker 1: confident in the players we have in our DV room.

932
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Speaker 1: Start rattling off the players. We drafted Harriston in the

933
00:50:53,280 --> 00:50:55,680
Speaker 1: first round. Do you think Harriston, along with the other

934
00:50:55,760 --> 00:50:58,760
Speaker 1: draft picks we selected this year, gives us a final

935
00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:01,200
Speaker 1: bit of depth to lead us to a super Bowl.

936
00:51:02,480 --> 00:51:05,760
Speaker 1: My issue with the team last year when they upset

937
00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:10,160
Speaker 1: Baltimore when it felt like Baltimore was just like the

938
00:51:10,160 --> 00:51:12,600
Speaker 1: better teams, like they're just not big enough on defense.

939
00:51:13,440 --> 00:51:18,120
Speaker 1: So you know, Milana gets hurt. You have some good

940
00:51:18,120 --> 00:51:22,920
Speaker 1: pass rushers. Now, think about the teams you need to beat, right,

941
00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:26,680
Speaker 1: the Ravens and the Chiefs. This isn't exactly the ninety

942
00:51:26,760 --> 00:51:30,839
Speaker 1: nine rams, Like you're you're getting into a physical street fight,

943
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Speaker 1: and for a team in Buffalo that has actually become

944
00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:37,239
Speaker 1: a lot more physical on offense, it feels like defensively

945
00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:38,960
Speaker 1: and I got no issue with drafting the corner in

946
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Speaker 1: the first round, but who seems like I mean that

947
00:51:42,120 --> 00:51:45,040
Speaker 1: the clipto went viral of him congratulating every guy in

948
00:51:45,080 --> 00:51:47,279
Speaker 1: the in the green room was pretty cool. Seems like

949
00:51:47,320 --> 00:51:51,040
Speaker 1: a great kid. I just think sometimes they lack of

950
00:51:51,040 --> 00:51:54,319
Speaker 1: physicality and Brandon being their GM whenever I see him

951
00:51:54,360 --> 00:51:57,880
Speaker 1: being interviewed, seems like an impressive guy. Sean mcgermott is

952
00:51:57,880 --> 00:52:00,759
Speaker 1: a defensive guy, but I I don't know something about

953
00:52:00,760 --> 00:52:03,920
Speaker 1: physically their bodies. They just they feel a little smaller

954
00:52:03,960 --> 00:52:06,640
Speaker 1: sometimes in the big games. But they got Josh and

955
00:52:06,680 --> 00:52:10,680
Speaker 1: he can make up for it. I'm wondering what it's

956
00:52:10,719 --> 00:52:14,040
Speaker 1: like for someone to watch a football game casually, Being

957
00:52:14,080 --> 00:52:16,040
Speaker 1: that you talk about football for a living. Do you

958
00:52:16,040 --> 00:52:18,799
Speaker 1: find it harder to relax and casually watch a game

959
00:52:19,280 --> 00:52:21,880
Speaker 1: without thinking of talking points you want to bring up

960
00:52:21,920 --> 00:52:24,759
Speaker 1: on the next podcast. How easy is it to turn

961
00:52:24,800 --> 00:52:27,360
Speaker 1: your brain off and chill while watching a game? Go

962
00:52:27,520 --> 00:52:30,920
Speaker 1: pack Go Well, I mean I don't really. I mean

963
00:52:31,320 --> 00:52:33,560
Speaker 1: when I watch foot NFL, I mean I always have

964
00:52:33,560 --> 00:52:36,120
Speaker 1: a notepad out and taking notes and thinking about shows

965
00:52:36,239 --> 00:52:39,520
Speaker 1: and takes. Man So it's like college football a little

966
00:52:39,520 --> 00:52:43,560
Speaker 1: bit less. But I do think as that sport grows

967
00:52:43,560 --> 00:52:46,239
Speaker 1: in popularity and we talk about it more, I'm gonna

968
00:52:46,239 --> 00:52:49,080
Speaker 1: add that I think where I can turn my brain

969
00:52:49,120 --> 00:52:52,000
Speaker 1: off and not care is less like I enjoy thinking

970
00:52:52,000 --> 00:52:56,799
Speaker 1: about that with football, like it's my market. It's the

971
00:52:56,960 --> 00:52:59,319
Speaker 1: NBA and baseball and some of these other sports. If

972
00:52:59,320 --> 00:53:02,600
Speaker 1: they're just on TV, I do not care well unless

973
00:53:02,600 --> 00:53:06,120
Speaker 1: I'm rooting against the Lakers. But football, no, I can't

974
00:53:06,160 --> 00:53:13,040
Speaker 1: casually watch. But I don't mind. I mean, what else

975
00:53:13,320 --> 00:53:18,359
Speaker 1: am I going to be doing? Again? It's also it's

976
00:53:18,400 --> 00:53:21,760
Speaker 1: a football game, so it's not It's not that crazy.

977
00:53:22,200 --> 00:53:26,360
Speaker 1: It's not you know. I think this is a throwaway Okay.

978
00:53:26,400 --> 00:53:28,279
Speaker 1: I wanted to send this mail bag as a Colts

979
00:53:28,320 --> 00:53:31,840
Speaker 1: fan regarding Chris Ballard. I think this is a throwaway

980
00:53:31,880 --> 00:53:34,799
Speaker 1: year for the Colts. Richardson is likely a bust. He

981
00:53:34,960 --> 00:53:37,719
Speaker 1: was perhaps the biggest risk of quarterback ever drafted in

982
00:53:37,719 --> 00:53:41,600
Speaker 1: the top five. Try lanceby up there too. I think

983
00:53:41,600 --> 00:53:43,799
Speaker 1: the owner looked around and saw GM head coaches having

984
00:53:43,840 --> 00:53:47,120
Speaker 1: multiple years left on their contracts and no obvious player

985
00:53:47,160 --> 00:53:50,200
Speaker 1: to pivot a quarterback, and decided the easiest cheapest thing

986
00:53:50,239 --> 00:53:53,760
Speaker 1: to do is to give this trio another year. Based

987
00:53:53,760 --> 00:53:56,080
Speaker 1: on how I expect this team to do, I hope

988
00:53:56,080 --> 00:53:59,040
Speaker 1: the end is near for Ballard. However, why do so

989
00:53:59,160 --> 00:54:01,920
Speaker 1: many seem to give him a pass? And Portram is

990
00:54:01,920 --> 00:54:04,760
Speaker 1: one of the better GMS. Is he just a likable person?

991
00:54:05,400 --> 00:54:09,080
Speaker 1: It's really historic for someone with his resume to be

992
00:54:09,080 --> 00:54:13,560
Speaker 1: given a ninth year as GM. Their roster isn't nearly

993
00:54:13,600 --> 00:54:15,799
Speaker 1: as good as people make it out to be. This

994
00:54:15,920 --> 00:54:17,959
Speaker 1: isn't some of the reason forty nine er teams where

995
00:54:17,960 --> 00:54:19,799
Speaker 1: you can say, if they just had a quarterback like Luck,

996
00:54:19,880 --> 00:54:21,919
Speaker 1: they would have won the Super Bowl. The Colt roster

997
00:54:21,960 --> 00:54:25,800
Speaker 1: has some good players, but not great, particularly at important positions.

998
00:54:25,960 --> 00:54:29,080
Speaker 1: To me, it's beyond insane that Ballard is still the GM.

999
00:54:29,480 --> 00:54:32,520
Speaker 1: How do you think this season will go for the Colts?

1000
00:54:32,560 --> 00:54:35,000
Speaker 1: And think of my opinion on Ballard is too harsh.

1001
00:54:35,360 --> 00:54:37,960
Speaker 1: I don't know him personally. Everyone I know that knows

1002
00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:40,360
Speaker 1: him likes him. Obviously, Colin's been buddies with him forever,

1003
00:54:40,640 --> 00:54:42,359
Speaker 1: so my buddies with the Chiefs that worked with him

1004
00:54:42,360 --> 00:54:46,920
Speaker 1: love the guy. Seems like a good guy. Whenever he talks,

1005
00:54:46,960 --> 00:54:52,600
Speaker 1: just seems like just your classic football, relatable guy you'd

1006
00:54:52,640 --> 00:54:55,200
Speaker 1: be friends with. So I think there's some of that.

1007
00:54:55,480 --> 00:54:58,279
Speaker 1: He just he seems very genuine and maybe I could

1008
00:54:58,320 --> 00:55:01,319
Speaker 1: be wrong. Again, this is a every outsider's point of view.

1009
00:55:02,920 --> 00:55:04,960
Speaker 1: Let's face it. The cold situation with the owners a

1010
00:55:04,960 --> 00:55:09,800
Speaker 1: little weird. I mean, the guys off his rocker feels

1011
00:55:09,840 --> 00:55:13,919
Speaker 1: like not even harsh enough. And the family's dynamics now

1012
00:55:14,520 --> 00:55:20,000
Speaker 1: proud franchise because of Peyton Manning only. I mean, how

1013
00:55:20,040 --> 00:55:22,399
Speaker 1: often can you just run an organization where the head

1014
00:55:22,400 --> 00:55:25,160
Speaker 1: coach or i mean the quarterback also becomes like essentially

1015
00:55:25,200 --> 00:55:27,759
Speaker 1: your offensive coordinator. And they had a great you know,

1016
00:55:27,800 --> 00:55:31,680
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame GM and Poleon, So yeah, I mean

1017
00:55:31,719 --> 00:55:34,840
Speaker 1: I think like there's a reason Grigson gets kind of

1018
00:55:34,840 --> 00:55:39,040
Speaker 1: bitter at like the way his general manager tenure is

1019
00:55:39,120 --> 00:55:41,920
Speaker 1: portrayed relative to Ballard when he was winning a lot,

1020
00:55:42,200 --> 00:55:43,840
Speaker 1: and I think most people push back. He's like, well

1021
00:55:43,880 --> 00:55:46,239
Speaker 1: he had Andrew Luck and this team has had no

1022
00:55:46,360 --> 00:55:49,239
Speaker 1: quarterback now, I mean they seriously had no quarterback. It

1023
00:55:49,320 --> 00:55:51,919
Speaker 1: is hard to find a quarterback. It's why I saw

1024
00:55:52,040 --> 00:55:54,840
Speaker 1: Jason Light asked about it yesterday, like how awesome is

1025
00:55:54,880 --> 00:55:56,719
Speaker 1: it going into a draft where you do not need

1026
00:55:56,760 --> 00:55:59,640
Speaker 1: to think about a quarterback? And he just he just

1027
00:55:59,680 --> 00:56:02,480
Speaker 1: had a smile ear to ear. It's the best feeling

1028
00:56:02,480 --> 00:56:07,800
Speaker 1: of all time because one no one has any clue,

1029
00:56:08,920 --> 00:56:11,920
Speaker 1: and like they took a big swing on Anthony Richardson.

1030
00:56:12,920 --> 00:56:15,560
Speaker 1: Let's face it, they were pretty desperate, and they were

1031
00:56:15,560 --> 00:56:17,960
Speaker 1: doing a bunch of one year band aid situations with

1032
00:56:18,000 --> 00:56:20,880
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan's and Philip Rivers and Carson Wentz, and it

1033
00:56:20,960 --> 00:56:23,200
Speaker 1: was becoming a disaster. So they took a huge swing

1034
00:56:23,840 --> 00:56:30,040
Speaker 1: and it's now blown up in their face. So yeah,

1035
00:56:30,480 --> 00:56:33,440
Speaker 1: I don't know what else to say. I think they're

1036
00:56:33,440 --> 00:56:37,200
Speaker 1: probably in trouble if they missed the playoffs. Now that

1037
00:56:37,320 --> 00:56:39,279
Speaker 1: NFL games are being played outside the country, do you

1038
00:56:39,320 --> 00:56:43,040
Speaker 1: think someday a Super Bowl will be played in countries

1039
00:56:43,080 --> 00:56:46,200
Speaker 1: like Germany, Mexico or Brazil At this point in time,

1040
00:56:46,200 --> 00:56:49,880
Speaker 1: I would never say never, but that does feel a

1041
00:56:49,960 --> 00:56:52,960
Speaker 1: little far away as sitting here today now, is that

1042
00:56:53,120 --> 00:56:56,000
Speaker 1: fifty years away? Probably not, but like five in the

1043
00:56:56,040 --> 00:56:58,160
Speaker 1: next five ten years feels like we got a little

1044
00:56:58,160 --> 00:57:04,760
Speaker 1: waste to go. I've been watching the Pods since Colin

1045
00:57:04,880 --> 00:57:08,840
Speaker 1: loved the perspective. I've grown up in Kansas City and

1046
00:57:08,880 --> 00:57:11,799
Speaker 1: been a Chiefs fan forever, but also a huge Tiger fan,

1047
00:57:12,520 --> 00:57:14,440
Speaker 1: So I've loved the Eagles since I was young, and

1048
00:57:14,480 --> 00:57:18,400
Speaker 1: they drafted Macklin and had Andy as a coach. Jeremy

1049
00:57:18,440 --> 00:57:22,520
Speaker 1: was a good player. My question quarterbacks excluded who would

1050
00:57:22,520 --> 00:57:24,440
Speaker 1: be the top two or three players currently in the

1051
00:57:24,560 --> 00:57:27,280
Speaker 1: NFL that you would want to start a franchise from

1052
00:57:27,320 --> 00:57:31,240
Speaker 1: scratch with, and why. I know you value certain positions

1053
00:57:31,280 --> 00:57:34,880
Speaker 1: as ever changing with in the league, the play calling, officiating,

1054
00:57:34,880 --> 00:57:39,680
Speaker 1: But curious who you to select. You know, obviously, if

1055
00:57:39,680 --> 00:57:41,120
Speaker 1: you can't take quarterback, I think you have a start

1056
00:57:41,120 --> 00:57:44,440
Speaker 1: of the line of scrimmage. So when you think of

1057
00:57:44,480 --> 00:57:46,840
Speaker 1: the best tackles, some of them are old. You know,

1058
00:57:46,880 --> 00:57:49,800
Speaker 1: Trent's old lanes old. I think you would start with

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Speaker 1: some version of Wharfs. I know Darrisaw got hurt last year,

1060
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Speaker 1: but it would be some Pina Seoul would be really high.

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Speaker 1: I think you'd be hard pressed to go wrong. Pay

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Speaker 1: in one of those guys. And if you weren't going

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00:58:02,040 --> 00:58:04,160
Speaker 1: to take an offensive tackle first, I think you'd have

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00:58:04,240 --> 00:58:07,760
Speaker 1: to think about some sweet defensive lineman. You know, if

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00:58:07,840 --> 00:58:11,600
Speaker 1: Jalen Carter, if I could bring a couple of high

1066
00:58:11,680 --> 00:58:14,360
Speaker 1: level veterans to just keep him in line, he'd be

1067
00:58:14,400 --> 00:58:17,240
Speaker 1: hard to pass up, you know, I think Jalen Carter.

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Speaker 1: It feels like most of the best pass rushers are

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00:58:20,720 --> 00:58:28,800
Speaker 1: a little older, you know, Miles Garrett, TJ. Watt. I'm

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Speaker 1: sure I'm missing somebody Khalil Max way Older. That Benito

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00:58:38,200 --> 00:58:39,640
Speaker 1: guy is kind of interesting. I don't know if you'd

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Speaker 1: take him two or three, but I think i'd go

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Speaker 1: with tackles, And if I had to go with the

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Speaker 1: skill guy, I'd probably be like jeffersoner Chase. Okay, we're

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Speaker 1: gonna end on this. Love the show. In ninety nine

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Speaker 1: percent of the time, I agree with your takes, but

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00:58:57,400 --> 00:59:01,080
Speaker 1: I disagree heavily with the Big Twelve, and that is

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00:59:01,120 --> 00:59:05,600
Speaker 1: the fourth in the power for rankings. The ACC does

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00:59:05,640 --> 00:59:09,000
Speaker 1: have three Big Ducks, but Clemson's not Clemson of five

1080
00:59:09,080 --> 00:59:13,440
Speaker 1: years ago. FSU couldn't beat the bottom feeders in Miami,

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00:59:13,480 --> 00:59:16,480
Speaker 1: didn't even make the conference championship, and the rest of

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00:59:16,520 --> 00:59:19,880
Speaker 1: the ACC is a joke. I believe if you did

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00:59:19,920 --> 00:59:23,440
Speaker 1: an ACC versus Big Twelve top to bottom challenge, the

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00:59:23,480 --> 00:59:26,400
Speaker 1: Big Twelve would come out with more wins. Sincerely, a

1085
00:59:26,480 --> 00:59:29,440
Speaker 1: K State fan whose team has good players in every draft.

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00:59:29,880 --> 00:59:34,720
Speaker 1: K State's a really good program, and I I don't

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00:59:35,760 --> 00:59:38,800
Speaker 1: I understand being a fan of k State and hearing

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00:59:38,840 --> 00:59:42,400
Speaker 1: me say that and going middle Coff, you're a fucking clown.

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00:59:43,360 --> 00:59:50,280
Speaker 1: But let's just bring up these standings. Okay, the ACC

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00:59:50,760 --> 00:59:54,360
Speaker 1: they had two playoff teams in SMU and Clemson. And

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Speaker 1: I think Clemson's gonna be pretty good next year and

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00:59:57,160 --> 00:59:59,640
Speaker 1: they're gonna be a preseason top ten. They got a

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00:59:59,680 --> 01:00:03,600
Speaker 1: good year quarterback, they got multiple you know, wide receivers.

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Speaker 1: Defense has fallen off a little bit, but I think Clemson.

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Speaker 1: If I had to pick between the two conferences, Clemson

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01:00:10,840 --> 01:00:14,400
Speaker 1: would be my number one pick. People are pretty high

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Speaker 1: on SMU now relative to like Penn State, Ohio State, Georgia. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but like you know, I know, Arizona State had a

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Speaker 1: good year last year. I'm with you on Miami. You know,

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Speaker 1: Syracuse went ten and three, Miami went ten and three

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01:00:33,200 --> 01:00:37,520
Speaker 1: with their defense sucked. Louisville went nine to four. Boston

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Speaker 1: College has Bill O'Brien, who's just a good coach. North

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Speaker 1: Carolina hired Belichick. You said Florida State couldn't beat bottom

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Speaker 1: feeders two years ago. They ran the table and their quarterback,

1105
01:00:49,760 --> 01:00:53,040
Speaker 1: who just retired from the NFL Lake snapped in half

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01:00:54,240 --> 01:00:56,200
Speaker 1: that program. I mean, two of the best players on

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Speaker 1: the RAMS are second year players. So I think Florida

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01:00:59,800 --> 01:01:02,280
Speaker 1: State I'm giving them a little repri from that year.

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01:01:03,680 --> 01:01:07,000
Speaker 1: Arizona State one year conference at eleven and three. Iowa

1110
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Speaker 1: State's good, BYU's solid. Colorado, I mean just lost their

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Speaker 1: two best players, and we saw BYU play Colorado in

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Speaker 1: that Bowl game and they beat the shit out of them.

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Speaker 1: I don't think Baylor's that good. Texas Tech spend a

1114
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Speaker 1: lot of money. Here's what I would say. I do

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Speaker 1: think the ACC is much better at the top, and

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01:01:30,960 --> 01:01:35,840
Speaker 1: I determine a conference like, no one cares about your bottom, right,

1117
01:01:35,920 --> 01:01:39,800
Speaker 1: the Big Ten's bottom sucks. The SEC's bottom sucks, but

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Speaker 1: has a lot of NFL players on their bottom teams.

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Speaker 1: But I don't judge you on your bottom. Now, your

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Speaker 1: mid tier depth like is is Boston College, Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech. Duke,

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Speaker 1: would you take TCU, Texas Tech, k State, West Virginia?

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01:01:58,680 --> 01:02:00,880
Speaker 1: You know, Kansas had a weird because they started slow.

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Speaker 1: They're good program, Cincinnati, Utah had it awful year. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I think ACC is better at the top, which is

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01:02:08,040 --> 01:02:11,120
Speaker 1: what matters the way we talk about the playoffs, the

1126
01:02:11,280 --> 01:02:14,120
Speaker 1: depth of your conference. Yeah, if you wanted to argue that,

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Speaker 1: here's what I will say. The gap between the ACC

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Speaker 1: and the Big twelve combined relative to the other two

1129
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Speaker 1: is pretty big. So the best teams in your conference.

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Speaker 1: Arizona State won the conference. They're gonna be good again.

1131
01:02:31,360 --> 01:02:34,080
Speaker 1: I bet Iowa State's still really good. B YU is

1132
01:02:34,120 --> 01:02:37,120
Speaker 1: gonna be good. I bet Utah bounces back. I mean,

1133
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Speaker 1: it's gotta be the worst year Winningham's ever had got

1134
01:02:40,920 --> 01:02:48,400
Speaker 1: Arizona State or Arizona was terrible last year. I respect

1135
01:02:48,520 --> 01:02:53,000
Speaker 1: the programs and the coaches in your you know, in

1136
01:02:53,120 --> 01:02:58,160
Speaker 1: the conference, just relative to like Georgia, Bama, LSU, Tennessee,

1137
01:02:58,360 --> 01:03:03,120
Speaker 1: I you know, oh, Hileo State, Michigan, Penn State. There's

1138
01:03:03,160 --> 01:03:07,960
Speaker 1: a gap Oregon. I mean, it's just That's what I'm

1139
01:03:07,960 --> 01:03:10,920
Speaker 1: talking about. So I like when I talk about the

1140
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Speaker 1: best teams in the NBA, I don't care the bet

1141
01:03:12,480 --> 01:03:16,880
Speaker 1: the shitting ones. You're compared in college football by the

1142
01:03:16,960 --> 01:03:20,480
Speaker 1: cream of your crop, and I do think the top

1143
01:03:20,520 --> 01:03:24,800
Speaker 1: of the a SEC is much better than your conference. Okay,

1144
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Speaker 1: before we get out of here, I need to welcome

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01:03:30,240 --> 01:03:32,880
Speaker 1: everybody to Chasing Challenges brought to you by Microsoft in

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Speaker 1: the NFL. Just like in the business world, overcoming obstacles

1147
01:03:35,640 --> 01:03:39,400
Speaker 1: is key to success. Microsoft empowers business decision makers with

1148
01:03:39,440 --> 01:03:44,480
Speaker 1: AI solutions, simplified cloud and data management, and trustworthy responsible

1149
01:03:44,520 --> 01:03:49,520
Speaker 1: technology to turn challenges into opportunities. In this segment, we

1150
01:03:49,600 --> 01:03:52,560
Speaker 1: will explore some of the biggest challenges being faced in

1151
01:03:52,600 --> 01:03:55,920
Speaker 1: the NFL and how they can be overcome. Whatever challenge

1152
01:03:55,920 --> 01:03:59,360
Speaker 1: you're facing, Microsoft empowers you with the expertise to say

1153
01:04:00,000 --> 01:04:03,640
Speaker 1: bring it on. This week, we're discussing the challenge faced

1154
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Speaker 1: by NFL teams when it comes to getting their rookies

1155
01:04:07,160 --> 01:04:11,640
Speaker 1: up to speed. These guys, all these guys that you drafted,

1156
01:04:12,640 --> 01:04:16,040
Speaker 1: have not been working out like they normally do. They

1157
01:04:16,080 --> 01:04:19,280
Speaker 1: have been traveling all over the country doing visits with programs.

1158
01:04:19,720 --> 01:04:23,080
Speaker 1: They have been doing weird private workouts they like train

1159
01:04:23,200 --> 01:04:25,720
Speaker 1: for the Pro Day, and then they haven't done much since.

1160
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Speaker 1: So when you start your rookie mini camp, either this

1161
01:04:28,880 --> 01:04:33,120
Speaker 1: weekend or next weekend, it's not really a normal practice.

1162
01:04:33,560 --> 01:04:35,280
Speaker 1: A lot of these teams now have turned into a

1163
01:04:35,280 --> 01:04:39,400
Speaker 1: glorified walkthrough. But here's what we know. Whether you're the Bills,

1164
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Speaker 1: the Ravens, the Chiefs, the Eagles, the Lions, or you

1165
01:04:42,640 --> 01:04:47,080
Speaker 1: are the Jags, the Titans, and the Giants, you are

1166
01:04:47,120 --> 01:04:52,160
Speaker 1: going to depend on rookies to impact your football team.

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Speaker 1: Some are going to start, and definitely a lot are

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Speaker 1: going to play. So The key these next thirty to

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Speaker 1: thirty five days of OTAs and the is about teaching

1170
01:05:04,040 --> 01:05:07,160
Speaker 1: these guys the base of your playbook so when they

1171
01:05:07,160 --> 01:05:10,680
Speaker 1: come back for training camp they understand what's going on.

1172
01:05:11,400 --> 01:05:14,280
Speaker 1: It's less about how they look on the practice field

1173
01:05:14,640 --> 01:05:18,640
Speaker 1: right now and more about mentally getting them up to speed,

1174
01:05:19,360 --> 01:05:22,960
Speaker 1: because once training camp comes, it is full speed ahead

1175
01:05:23,760 --> 01:05:26,040
Speaker 1: and within a couple of days, pads are on and

1176
01:05:26,120 --> 01:05:29,680
Speaker 1: you got older players trying to make sure that these guys,

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01:05:29,920 --> 01:05:31,920
Speaker 1: you know, do not take their spot. It's a very

1178
01:05:31,920 --> 01:05:35,320
Speaker 1: competitive environment, very doggy dog and a lot's going on.

1179
01:05:35,440 --> 01:05:39,400
Speaker 1: A lot you can be overwhelmed. Right now is a

1180
01:05:39,680 --> 01:05:42,760
Speaker 1: very chill time in the NFL. It is a great

1181
01:05:42,800 --> 01:05:45,440
Speaker 1: time when everyone's kind of relaxed, when you can have

1182
01:05:45,480 --> 01:05:47,480
Speaker 1: a lot of one on one time with young players.

1183
01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:50,040
Speaker 1: So your position coaches, if I was a GM or

1184
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Speaker 1: I was a head coach, I'm my position coach, we

1185
01:05:52,760 --> 01:05:56,240
Speaker 1: need to spend extra time, especially with our high you know,

1186
01:05:56,640 --> 01:06:00,640
Speaker 1: first three four round guys, to make sure mentally by

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01:06:00,720 --> 01:06:03,120
Speaker 1: the time they go to summer break that they at

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01:06:03,160 --> 01:06:06,400
Speaker 1: least have a solid base of our offense or defense,

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Speaker 1: and then we can build off that when we come

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Speaker 1: back to training camp. It's less about making the mistakes

1191
01:06:12,360 --> 01:06:15,000
Speaker 1: where to line up and everything on the field right now.

1192
01:06:15,360 --> 01:06:19,160
Speaker 1: I need you mentally to have just a base understanding

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01:06:20,200 --> 01:06:23,320
Speaker 1: of our scheme because I'm going to depend on this player.

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01:06:23,320 --> 01:06:25,760
Speaker 1: And the only way to depend on the player once

1195
01:06:25,800 --> 01:06:28,000
Speaker 1: the actual games come is they gotta know what's going on.

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Speaker 1: Because the more you know what's going on, the easier

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01:06:30,560 --> 01:06:35,000
Speaker 1: it is to play free and fast. So while OTA's

1198
01:06:35,280 --> 01:06:40,000
Speaker 1: has become more chill than ever, it is extremely important

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Speaker 1: when it comes to the classroom and teaching these young

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Speaker 1: players because a lot of them are coming from schemes

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01:06:46,760 --> 01:06:49,760
Speaker 1: that don't translate at all. We see it with the

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Speaker 1: quarterback when John Gruden looks at Jackson Dart and says,

1203
01:06:52,360 --> 01:06:55,560
Speaker 1: give me your your cadence, and he does a clap

1204
01:06:55,640 --> 01:06:57,640
Speaker 1: and Gruen laughs at him. But that's all these guys.

1205
01:06:57,960 --> 01:07:00,120
Speaker 1: So if you're in that offense, you know, your play

1206
01:07:00,160 --> 01:07:05,360
Speaker 1: call might be two words blue seven, you know, and

1207
01:07:05,400 --> 01:07:08,560
Speaker 1: that tells everyone what to do. Where we see I mean,

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Speaker 1: we saw last year in that off season hard Knocks

1209
01:07:10,800 --> 01:07:14,400
Speaker 1: when Brian Daball was given the quarterbacks play calls. We

1210
01:07:14,440 --> 01:07:18,280
Speaker 1: have seen for years these NFL quarterbacks give out the verbiage,

1211
01:07:18,280 --> 01:07:21,919
Speaker 1: it's like there's a lot going on, so you got

1212
01:07:21,960 --> 01:07:23,640
Speaker 1: to try to get these guys up to speed as

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Speaker 1: quickly as possible. That's it for this week's Chasing challenges.

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