1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:17,079 Speaker 1: The Volume What is Up? Everybody's John Middlecop three and 2 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:20,919 Speaker 1: out podcast. How are we doing my people? Hopefully everybody 3 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 1: is doing well. On a beautiful Thursday afternoon recording this. 4 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: You might be listening on the weekend Friday. Hopefully everyone's 5 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: getting ready for a good weekend, having a good day, 6 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 1: and hopefully your lives are going well. A lot of 7 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 1: football stuff from Rogers to say Quon to Dan Snyder 8 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:40,880 Speaker 1: finally Seals YouTube TV coming in getting the NFL ticket. 9 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:43,239 Speaker 1: We will dive into it all. 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The Rogers Jet saga 38 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: will never end, but I do think one hot topic 39 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: right now is the Houston Texans and this situation of 40 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: their general manager and what they're gonna do with the 41 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 1: number one overall pick. And let's start with the GM. 42 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: Their new head coach Debeco. Ryan's just got a six 43 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: year contract and his coaching mentor. The only guy he's 44 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 1: ever worked for as a coach was Kyle Shanahan. And 45 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: one thing that the forty nine ers were huge on 46 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: when they fired Balky and chip Kelly and started over, 47 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 1: they wanted two guys to come in together because a 48 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: huge reason for their lack of success had been the 49 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 1: lack of cohesion with their general manager and head coach, 50 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 1: right Harbough Balky and then Balky Tom Steula failed, Balky 51 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: chip Kelly wasn't working. They wanted two guys to come 52 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: in at the same time and work together. Why because 53 00:02:56,880 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: no different than our personal relationships, estional relationships, chemistry, respect, 54 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 1: and really having the same amount on the line matters. 55 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: So be Causario, who listen. I've never met the guy. 56 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: Everything I've heard hard worker. I think he knows what 57 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 1: he's doing. He negotiated an awesome trade with the Cleveland 58 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 1: Browns to get all those first round picks, all those 59 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: picks to get rid of to Shaun Watson, the guy 60 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: that was never going to play for them again. So 61 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 1: I give him credit. Now. There are things that he 62 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 1: does like I don't love my general manager on the 63 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: headset with my head coach, whether that head coach. You know, 64 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: I understand Belichick utilized him, but Belichick was the GM 65 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 1: and he kept doing that when he was in Houston. Now, 66 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 1: when he hired David Kelley, listen, I worked with David 67 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 1: Kelly in Philly. Nice guy, but that was one of 68 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: the most embarrassing hires in the history of the league. Now, 69 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 1: in fairness to him and the Texans, they were a 70 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 1: joke at the time. No one would touch their job. 71 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 1: Last year, I can't quite figure out hiring Levey Smith. 72 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 1: That's a terrible higher. I mean, we all knew it 73 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: at the time. He can't be your head coach in 74 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two. He was. They were got awful, but 75 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: he wasn't got awful enough to get the number one 76 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: overall pick, won the game at the end of the 77 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: year and screwed up their chances. Right, So now they're 78 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: drafting two. Well, when they hired Demiko, who had been 79 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 1: with the Texans before, obviously Cassario, you would think would 80 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:21,599 Speaker 1: be all in on the guy, and I assume he is. 81 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:25,720 Speaker 1: Who's not. Demiko is a star. He was a stud player. 82 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 1: He was a stud quality control guy. He was a 83 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 1: stud position coach, he was a stud defensive coordinator. I 84 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 1: would bet on a guy like that to be a 85 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 1: stud head coach because it's all Demiko does is shine. 86 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 1: But we've seen these previous hires like does Cassario want 87 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 1: more of a puppet? And now these reports coming out 88 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: that like Cassario's days may be numbered? Now, is he 89 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 1: just simply he's gonna get fired, Demiko gonna push him out? 90 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: Is it as simple as the owner is going to 91 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 1: give all the power to Demiko, he can hire whoever 92 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 1: he wants. There are some people that think Cassario may 93 00:04:57,440 --> 00:04:59,159 Speaker 1: just be over it and wants to go back to 94 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 1: New England, an area where he's more comfortable. Maybe he 95 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 1: doesn't want the job anymore. I don't know. I don't 96 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 1: have the details. The reality is you can't operate your 97 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 1: organizations like this. And I think you're gonna see this 98 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 1: in Denver the head coach once you give him all 99 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 1: the power and right now, these guys make all the money. 100 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:18,840 Speaker 1: They make way more than general managers. You have to 101 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: have them on the same contract path as the GM. 102 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 1: So when picks don't work out, so when players don't 103 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: work out, or vice versa. When things go well, everyone 104 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 1: gets all the credit or everyone gets all the blank. 105 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: But right now, when you have things off kilter, it 106 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 1: becomes a problem because things, especially when you're not any good, 107 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:42,840 Speaker 1: inevitably go wrong. Now. Has Caserio's time gone well in Houston? Obviously, 108 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:46,479 Speaker 1: win loss record, not at all? But if him and 109 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:49,040 Speaker 1: Demiko are on the same page, to be a good 110 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 1: general manager, you have to have a good coach. I 111 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 1: don't care how great you are at making moves. Howry 112 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:57,159 Speaker 1: Roseman is one of the best wheeler and dealers, if 113 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:01,599 Speaker 1: not the best, in the league. Righteach is a fantastic 114 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:05,279 Speaker 1: general manager. Has Andy Reid how he like turns out? 115 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 1: Sirianni pretty damn good. Doug Peterson not bad. Right, So 116 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:11,280 Speaker 1: when you get a good head coach, it makes you 117 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:13,479 Speaker 1: look a lot better as a general manager. This is 118 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: not baseball. Gems don't get to set the line up 119 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 1: and call the plays. That's not the way it works. 120 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 1: The coaches do that. You don't have much impact on 121 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 1: game day. So this notion the last couple of years 122 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 1: hiring those guys, even if two years ago with Kelley 123 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: wasn't totally his fault because no one will take his job. 124 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: The lovey thing didn't make much sense. Now this hire 125 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,039 Speaker 1: makes a lot of sense. And the other thing Demiko 126 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:38,839 Speaker 1: knows when you get a long term contract, because there's 127 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:40,280 Speaker 1: a lot of talk you gotta take a quarterback, You 128 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:42,039 Speaker 1: gotta take a quarterback. Well, what if you don't like 129 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 1: the quarterbacks? Like that's been Ballard's thing the last couple 130 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:47,159 Speaker 1: of years. Everyone keeps saying, you gotta draft a quarterback, 131 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 1: you gotta draft a quarterback high. Well what if I 132 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 1: don't like the quarterbacks that are being drafted high or 133 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:53,479 Speaker 1: I have the opportunity to draft with my picks, What 134 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 1: am I supposed to do? Take a quarterback so I 135 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 1: get an applause from my fans on draft night, and 136 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:00,600 Speaker 1: then when that guy can't play, then and the media 137 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:03,159 Speaker 1: are all gonna want me fired. So I always agree 138 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 1: with the notion of take a guy you like. Like 139 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 1: if you don't like the guy, now, that doesn't mean 140 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 1: you're going to be right. But when you get a 141 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 1: six year contract that gives you a runway. You know, 142 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 1: if you don't feel too comfortable with a certain player, 143 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 1: to take a guy next year to figure it out. 144 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 1: As time goes and Demiko saw Kyle Shanahan who his 145 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 1: first year, do you know what he passed on Patrick 146 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 1: Mahomes passed on Patrick Mahomes, took Solomon Thomas didn't age 147 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 1: well like I think he'd like that one back. But ultimately, 148 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 1: because they built a good team and they figured out 149 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 1: the quarterback position with some hell plug and play guys, 150 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: they three years of success out of the last four 151 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 1: and Demiko saw that firsthand. So I don't think the 152 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: Texans are going to be forced into taking a quarterback, 153 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 1: even if it's you know, Demiko's choice, because one thing 154 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 1: he's learned is like, not just buy you time, but 155 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 1: you can build it the right way. Because most people 156 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 1: are never gonna draft of Patrick Mahomes or even like 157 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 1: a Josh Allen, But if you have a really good team, 158 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 1: you can get a guy that's middle of the road 159 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 1: or slightly better and be really competitive. I'm not a 160 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 1: huge Kenny Pickett guy, but why does he have a 161 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 1: very good chance to succeed because you're in year out. 162 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 1: The Steelers are really talented. They're very very good right 163 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 1: at a lot of positions. They have a lot of 164 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 1: impact players. If you put Kenny Pickett on the Houston Texans, 165 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: they would suck. If you put Kenny Picktt on the 166 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 1: Chicago Bears, they would blow. But next year, like, I'm sure, 167 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 1: I'll pick the Picksburgh Steelers to win ten games. And 168 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 1: I think Kenny Pickett's like a Mac Jones type player. 169 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 1: Why because they have a lot of talent, they have 170 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: a good coach, And that's if you build your team 171 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:41,200 Speaker 1: that way, it's easier to pivot. Now, obviously the Texans 172 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 1: are starting from you know, the ground up that they 173 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 1: don't have much, if at all. And when you start there, 174 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 1: if you force a quarterback and that guy's not good, 175 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:53,680 Speaker 1: it's a major problem. And even if you pass on 176 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 1: the guy and that guy becomes good, if you build 177 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:58,559 Speaker 1: the team the right way and land a lot of players, 178 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: it'll buy you some right the way you get fired 179 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:04,559 Speaker 1: is you pass on Mahomes, you pass on Josh Allen, 180 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: and your team continues to suck like you have no 181 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 1: players to show for it. And I have a lot 182 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 1: of faith in Demiko Ryan's I have no clue what's 183 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:17,680 Speaker 1: gonna happen with this Cassario situation. I wouldn't blame Demiko 184 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:20,199 Speaker 1: if he wants his own GM in there, I wouldn't 185 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:24,080 Speaker 1: blame the owner, even though, like, let's face it, I 186 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:26,559 Speaker 1: think it's easy with owners in sports to be like patience, 187 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 1: Let's blow it up, remember Sam, Hinky Hank Tank Tank 188 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 1: start over, you know, rip out the screws and let's 189 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 1: build it from the ground up. What's easy to do 190 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 1: for a year, maybe even too. And then it starts 191 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:41,560 Speaker 1: getting ugly. Why because the fans complain And guess who 192 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 1: your owner hangs out with other rich people that are 193 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 1: also just fans. They're talking shit and you start getting nancy. 194 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:51,560 Speaker 1: So if Cassario, who had this big picture plan and 195 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 1: like I said, negotiated a fantastic trade, is quote unquote 196 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:58,439 Speaker 1: forced out, Like it shows you patience is never guaranteed 197 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 1: in the league and thinks and change at the drop 198 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,560 Speaker 1: of a hat. And it's why coaches have always told me, like, damn, 199 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: you're gonna take that job as an offensive coordinator? Well, yeah, 200 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:09,199 Speaker 1: they're gonna pay me a three year contract at one 201 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 1: point two million dollars a year. It's game changing money. 202 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 1: I can't turn it down even if I fail. I'm 203 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 1: super rich, right, And so I think that these situations 204 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 1: are complicated, they're never easy. It's been really really ugly, 205 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:26,480 Speaker 1: and I think it just comes down to in this 206 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 1: day and age, that the coach just has way more 207 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 1: juice than the personnel guy, just consistently because at the 208 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:35,840 Speaker 1: end of the day, they make way more money. And 209 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 1: in the hierarchy of any of our jobs, the guy 210 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 1: making the most money usually has the most pull. And 211 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:45,560 Speaker 1: especially if you're you know, figuring out between two individuals, 212 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:49,200 Speaker 1: the guy you're paying three four x the other guy 213 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 1: you're gonna lean to. What he says, the Rogers Jet situation, 214 00:10:56,360 --> 00:11:02,319 Speaker 1: what a bizarre, weird, just ultimate NFL saga, right that 215 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 1: Rogers and the Jets feel like they're destined for each other. 216 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:12,840 Speaker 1: Both organizations acknowledge the Packers. We all agree he is 217 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 1: never playing for the Green Bay Packers again, the Jets 218 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 1: general manager has said multiple times, once last week on 219 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 1: stage with a drunk boomer really funny video. If you 220 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: find it, the narra is going to be here. Like 221 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: that's pretty rare in trades now. A lot of times 222 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 1: there's not some like ongoing saga with a trade, so 223 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 1: it usually just either doesn't happen or it happens. It's 224 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 1: hard for the personnel people. The coaches whoever to kind 225 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 1: of talk about it while it's going on, because it 226 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 1: usually goes on behind the scenes and then it happens. 227 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 1: That's not the case here, Like this is the most 228 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:50,679 Speaker 1: public trade I think in like NFL history, in terms 229 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:53,959 Speaker 1: of the process of it. And I think it all 230 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 1: gets down to this, do both sides want the deal 231 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 1: to get done? And I think you could use that 232 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:01,920 Speaker 1: philosophy for anything in life. I listen, listen living with 233 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:04,840 Speaker 1: my girlfriend the last six seven months, who's a real 234 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 1: estate agent. Her job is not necessarily selling homes, it's 235 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 1: really negotiating the homes right with her client, with the 236 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:18,320 Speaker 1: other agent's client, and just finding some middle ground. And 237 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 1: if both sides want to get a deal done, even 238 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:25,120 Speaker 1: if they're apart, the deal inevitably always gets done. Some 239 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 1: contingency gets waived, price gets dropped, something gets added, It 240 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 1: gets done. If one side does not want to get 241 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 1: the deal done, usually when it falls apart. And it's 242 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 1: why a lot of trades don't happen, I would say, 243 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 1: because one side it's like, yeah, we'd be willing to 244 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:41,320 Speaker 1: trade this player, and it's like, we'd love to have 245 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:44,079 Speaker 1: this player, will offer you this, You're like yeah, it's 246 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 1: not quite enough. Like how many things in your life, 247 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:49,320 Speaker 1: if you think about it, from a bicycle to a 248 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 1: para shoes, to your golf clubs, to your lakehouse, to 249 00:12:53,559 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 1: your car to whatever, you'd be like that, I'd be 250 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 1: willing to sell for the right price. I'd say most 251 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 1: things in our life. Right I'm looking at some bikes, 252 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 1: I'm looking at some TVs. I'm looking at my computer 253 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 1: right here. Like if you said, hey, John, I'll give 254 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 1: you twenty five hundred dollars for that five year old, 255 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:14,319 Speaker 1: well used Apple MacBook, I'd say, here you go, Here 256 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 1: you go. If he walked up to me and said, 257 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 1: you know what, John, I'll give you a thousand dollars 258 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:21,680 Speaker 1: for your laptop, I would say, obviously not, it's not 259 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker 1: even worth a thousand dollars. But I needed for my job. 260 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 1: I don't want to waste the hassle of going to 261 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:29,600 Speaker 1: find a new one setting it all up, I would say, no. Where. 262 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,000 Speaker 1: A lot of deals that fall through is kind of that, like, yeah, 263 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 1: I think about it, Well, you get to the right 264 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 1: price and then it happens. Like the reason that Carolina 265 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 1: Panthers and the Chicago Bears executed the trade is because 266 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 1: the Bears were willing to trade the number one overall 267 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:46,240 Speaker 1: pick and the Panthers blew their fucking socks on right, 268 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 1: so it was it ended up being a relatively easy 269 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:52,480 Speaker 1: to do, especially once they threw in DJ Moore. They 270 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:54,200 Speaker 1: would not have traded him to the Panthers if all 271 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: the Panthers were willing to offer its like hey, listen, 272 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 1: we'll give you a one and three twos that they'd 273 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:02,160 Speaker 1: say no. And I think this Rogers Jets situation is 274 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:05,679 Speaker 1: both sides. One really wants the quarterback and the other 275 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:08,439 Speaker 1: can't stand the quarterback. So now they're negotiating the price 276 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 1: even though the execution of the deal is already done, 277 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 1: Like the Packers are Aaron Rodgers has never taken another snap, 278 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 1: and the Jets do not have a choice. He has 279 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 1: to be their quarterback. They do not have other options. 280 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 1: So now it's just like we're kind of arguing over 281 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 1: the semantics of the deal. And Charles Robinson reported that 282 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 1: the Packers are adamant, I want your twenty four first 283 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: round pick. We're cool with giving you give us one 284 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:32,400 Speaker 1: of your second round picks this year, and we want 285 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 1: your pick next year. And honestly, if I'm the Jets. 286 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 1: It's like, listen, if he's gonna be on my team 287 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 1: for three years, or we win the Super Bowl next year, 288 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 1: I got no problem giving you my twenty twenty four 289 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:45,640 Speaker 1: first round pick. Let's do some contingencies here, but I 290 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 1: can't just blindly give you my twenty four pick. He 291 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 1: literally just said when he got out of the darkness retreat, 292 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 1: I was going to retire. So this is a guy 293 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 1: a one year rental. Now, even if Rodgers is a 294 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 1: one year rental, there is a lot of value there, 295 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 1: argue to the Jets. If you knew right now he 296 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 1: was a one year rental, you could still justify given 297 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 1: two twos because if you just got to the second 298 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 1: round of the playoffs, the AFC Championship, won the division, 299 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 1: the value that has to your franchise is very It's 300 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 1: hard to quantify, right, they haven't been in the playoffs 301 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 1: in like thirteen fourteen years. They're on one of the 302 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 1: longest I think now that the King's made the playoffs, 303 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:28,280 Speaker 1: the New York Jets are now officially the longest active 304 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:31,680 Speaker 1: playoffs you know, missing streak. So just Rogers for a 305 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 1: one year rental has value right now, how much value 306 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: is we can argue that all day long, and clearly 307 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:42,240 Speaker 1: that's what they're arguing over. Now. The one thing that 308 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 1: I would just happen, I would say happens in any 309 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 1: negotiation is is there a deadline? Right? Is there a deadline? 310 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:52,640 Speaker 1: Like my girlfriend just sold a house yesterday to a couple. Well, 311 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 1: the couple is coming out here because he got a 312 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 1: job as a doctor and it starts at the end 313 00:15:57,400 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 1: of the month, so they got to figure out a 314 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 1: place to live, just like a lot of people that 315 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 1: are selling their homes. Same thing. Someone died, someone got 316 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 1: a divorce. I did a walk through the other day, 317 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 1: went to look at a house thinking about buying it, 318 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: and it was like, why are they selling the house 319 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 1: one of the first things you asked for. Well, they 320 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 1: just got a divorce. Someone's got to pay the other one, right, 321 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 1: So this there's a deadline here. It's the draft and 322 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:19,720 Speaker 1: it's not even actually the first round. It's the second 323 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 1: round because it's pick forty two and forty three. This 324 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:25,600 Speaker 1: trade has to happen by one of those two picks 325 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 1: if you're gonna get you know, a pick this year, right, 326 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:32,840 Speaker 1: So I think that the trade is more likely to 327 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 1: happen not just Draft week, but probably Friday of the draft. 328 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:39,560 Speaker 1: Now potentially could happen Thursday, but given that the Jets 329 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 1: don't have to give their thirteenth overall pick, it's kind 330 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 1: of just staring contest with some still time remaining. But 331 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:49,920 Speaker 1: we know the outcome of this. Aaron Rodgers is going 332 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 1: to be on the New York Jets, and Aaron Rodgers 333 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 1: is in Jordan Love is going to be the quarterback 334 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 1: for the Green Bay Packers. Right now, they're basically just 335 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:01,560 Speaker 1: arguing and listen, it happens. We've all been in these 336 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:07,160 Speaker 1: situations of some pride, some ego. I want to quote 337 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 1: unquote win the deal the packer side for sure, and 338 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:13,080 Speaker 1: if you're the Jets, you're just trying to pay as 339 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:15,399 Speaker 1: little as possible to get the asset that you know 340 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:20,200 Speaker 1: is inevitably coming to you. So it just this trade 341 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 1: just feels very Aaron Rodgers, feels very New York Jets, clumsy, 342 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 1: weird public just I don't know, I don't ever remember 343 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:35,760 Speaker 1: anything quite like this. A couple other things, say Quon Barkley, 344 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:39,960 Speaker 1: I looked it up today. He's not going to sign 345 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 1: his franchise tag. Obviously he's Maddie wants a long term dealing. 346 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 1: And I always find it funny, like when an employee, 347 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:49,880 Speaker 1: a player, or whoever, somebody struggles for a while then 348 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:53,080 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, like has some positive momentum and 349 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:58,480 Speaker 1: then starts making demands. It's like, you know, sa Quon, 350 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 1: you played fifteen games in twenty twenty and twenty twenty 351 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:07,440 Speaker 1: one total. Yeah, ran for less than six hundred yards 352 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 1: in twenty one and last year. You know you were good, 353 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:14,360 Speaker 1: but let's not act like you were. Walter Payton reincardnated here, 354 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:17,040 Speaker 1: like if you're gonna draw a hard line and be 355 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:19,840 Speaker 1: like I need some money. I remember last year, right 356 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 1: in the off season, it was like DK Metcalf, A J. Brown, 357 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 1: Deebo Samuel, Like, you know what, these guys got pretty 358 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:29,400 Speaker 1: compelling cases. Deebo Samuel literally carried the forty nine ers 359 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:34,400 Speaker 1: to the NFC Championship game, to the NFC by himself. Right. 360 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:40,200 Speaker 1: A J. Brown was dominating, absolutely dominating. DK Metcalf had 361 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:42,680 Speaker 1: like twenty nine touchdowns through three years. Like, these guys 362 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 1: have really good arguments, Like se Que, you've been a 363 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,479 Speaker 1: banged up running back who does not really pass protect, 364 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 1: like you're very talented, But to think that you can 365 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 1: just draw this hard line in the sand. If I'm 366 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:55,359 Speaker 1: the Giants like they would piss me off. You're not 367 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,480 Speaker 1: gonna show up to OTAs. Listen, we like you. You're 368 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 1: a good guy. You're a good player, but it's not 369 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 1: like you've been banging out four straight years a kicking 370 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 1: everyone's ass. He got injured and then you came back 371 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 1: and you were to look at shell of yourself. You 372 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:09,440 Speaker 1: look pretty damn good this year, but you're still kind 373 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:12,480 Speaker 1: of a flawed running back. I would not consider you 374 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:15,639 Speaker 1: the total package. And the history of paying running backs, 375 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:18,359 Speaker 1: as we all know, is very hit or miss. So 376 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:23,639 Speaker 1: I just always like when players just constantly produce and 377 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 1: then it's just like yay, I'm ready to get paid, 378 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:26,399 Speaker 1: and the teams like, yeah, we're ready to pay you. 379 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:29,800 Speaker 1: Then when guys like one year wonder or miss a 380 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:31,680 Speaker 1: bunch of time for injury, and there's like, I've been 381 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:33,639 Speaker 1: this player the whole time, Well now you actually have it. 382 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:36,600 Speaker 1: We got four or five years of data. Some have 383 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 1: been hits, some have been missus. We have injury concerns 384 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:43,919 Speaker 1: that there are two sides to every negotiation when it 385 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 1: comes to these type situations, and honestly, like I would 386 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:49,880 Speaker 1: lean on the giant side, like I would not give 387 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:52,439 Speaker 1: into this, and I would I don't think it's a 388 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:54,960 Speaker 1: great look for sake Quan to just kind of not 389 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:58,080 Speaker 1: show up, you know, Like I understand if you told 390 00:19:58,119 --> 00:20:00,679 Speaker 1: me Travis Kelsey or Nick bos or someone like that 391 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:04,120 Speaker 1: didn't show up. It's like, yeah, produce every single year. Dominate, bro, 392 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:06,680 Speaker 1: you haven't really been dominating. I kind of forgot about 393 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 1: you for a couple of years. A couple other NFL stories. 394 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:15,440 Speaker 1: YouTube TV has obviously officially they have a Sunday ticket 395 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 1: and the price points came out. It is three hundred 396 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 1: forty basically three hundred fifty dollars if you're a YouTube 397 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:26,360 Speaker 1: TV subscriber. It is four hundred and fifty dollars if 398 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:30,720 Speaker 1: you're not a YouTube TV subscriber. And based on what 399 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:33,680 Speaker 1: we used to pay one point five million of US. 400 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:35,879 Speaker 1: I did it for the first time last year, and 401 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 1: I you know, it was easy. The digital package you 402 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:41,199 Speaker 1: know from Direct TV, the NFL Sunday package, which was 403 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 1: three hundred dollars. Now I'm biased. I I have this 404 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 1: office in this complex where I'm running right. I rent 405 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:54,520 Speaker 1: an apartment and I rented basically a studio apartment and 406 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:57,640 Speaker 1: I just turned it into an office and I got 407 00:20:57,640 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 1: a couple of TVs on the wall, and I said, 408 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:02,960 Speaker 1: didn't know what every you know, the condom I'm renting out. 409 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:06,479 Speaker 1: I got Comcast where we're living. We got cocks or whatever. 410 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:08,959 Speaker 1: I was like I've always been. When I grew up, 411 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,879 Speaker 1: I had direct TV and then the dish, and I 412 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:14,080 Speaker 1: want to be a chord cutter. I want to try 413 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:16,680 Speaker 1: it out. And I had friends that said, you should 414 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,359 Speaker 1: try YouTube TV, so I did. I have YouTube TV 415 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:21,639 Speaker 1: currently and I've had it since I've been in this 416 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 1: office for about six months now, and I love it, 417 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:27,640 Speaker 1: Like I'm very very impressed. And whenever I buy my house, 418 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 1: which I was thinking about today in the shower, if 419 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:33,359 Speaker 1: I bought a house tomorrow, over under amount of TVs 420 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:35,919 Speaker 1: in the place, if it was three bedrooms with an office, 421 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:38,520 Speaker 1: I mean we could be looking at like ten TVs 422 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:40,960 Speaker 1: and YouTube TV would be a lock to get my 423 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:44,920 Speaker 1: business I would have. I would get YouTube TV moving forward. 424 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:47,199 Speaker 1: I'm a big believer in the product. To someone now 425 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,639 Speaker 1: that you use it for six months. So I've been 426 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 1: staying for a while. The NFL was always going to 427 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:54,640 Speaker 1: start trending this way. Right, they got in with Amazon, 428 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:56,959 Speaker 1: now they're in with YouTube, which is owned by Google, 429 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 1: Like this is the way of the future, and this 430 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 1: is in a weird way still niche. Right, there's only 431 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:07,399 Speaker 1: one point five million people that get the Sunday tickets, 432 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 1: so this is not merely as important as even Amazon 433 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:16,000 Speaker 1: getting Thursday Night. Now, Google, who is the pair company, 434 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,960 Speaker 1: obviously paid two billion dollars for this. If you just 435 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:22,480 Speaker 1: do the math, you know, average out like just on 436 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 1: the Sunday ticket Alan somewhere between like five hundred and 437 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:28,639 Speaker 1: fifty seven hundred million, depending on how many subscribers get it. 438 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 1: It's hard to know, but they will make well under 439 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:34,159 Speaker 1: the two billion dollars a year that they paid for it. 440 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:36,879 Speaker 1: But the one thing they will immediately get, right is 441 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:39,880 Speaker 1: a large percentage I would guess of people that had 442 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:41,919 Speaker 1: direct TV and that's the way that they got the 443 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:45,800 Speaker 1: NFL package will now get will now switch to just 444 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:49,960 Speaker 1: YouTube TV, so they will get people to become subscribers 445 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:53,639 Speaker 1: to the monthly thing, which is really what they're rooting for. 446 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:59,359 Speaker 1: So I was always a believer in in these streaming 447 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:03,280 Speaker 1: services be getting involved in this because this is what 448 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:06,320 Speaker 1: they do. Like I mean last year, when you don't 449 00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 1: have like Roku or it on Apple TV, I just 450 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:13,440 Speaker 1: got the app on my Smart TV for the Sunday package. 451 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:16,680 Speaker 1: I couldn't watch more than one game at a time 452 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:20,360 Speaker 1: on my television, yet on my PC or my iPad, 453 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:22,640 Speaker 1: I could do the Box and four right, And that's 454 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:26,600 Speaker 1: just because direct tv is just this is not their business, right. 455 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:31,240 Speaker 1: Their business is not streaming and constantly progressing and constantly 456 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:34,919 Speaker 1: being proactive and figuring things out. That's what internet companies do. 457 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 1: I would expect. Now. I'm not saying it's going to 458 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:39,639 Speaker 1: be perfect. It might be a little rocky at first, 459 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 1: but I think big picture, this thing is gonna be badass. 460 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:47,680 Speaker 1: It's gonna be incredible. Also, it's very very easy to use. 461 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:50,960 Speaker 1: And the other thing is this is the future. So 462 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:54,200 Speaker 1: one day all of our stuff will be streamed. Now, 463 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 1: maybe that's CBS streaming, maybe that's still NBC streaming, which 464 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:00,359 Speaker 1: is peacock, but that's where it's all going to be. 465 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,560 Speaker 1: I can't stress enough. And anyone listening to this nose. 466 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:07,560 Speaker 1: People with young kids, when you ask them like what 467 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 1: channels they watched, they don't watch any of it. All 468 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:13,960 Speaker 1: they watch is YouTube. It is crazy for us older people. 469 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,200 Speaker 1: I'm thirty eight. Anyone listening to this forty five, fifty 470 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:19,200 Speaker 1: whatever like the power of YouTube. But I consume way 471 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 1: more YouTube than I used to maybe five six, two, 472 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:25,119 Speaker 1: three years ago. Like I've never consumed more YouTube, and 473 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:27,760 Speaker 1: that continues to grow and grow. But like this is 474 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 1: just where the consumer is. So it's gonna work. I 475 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:34,480 Speaker 1: think it's gonna be good, and it's it's probably gonna 476 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 1: be pretty innovative, which is also a key anytime you're 477 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:40,439 Speaker 1: just kind of moving forward in this new landscape. The 478 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:44,760 Speaker 1: other thing that happened today was Dan Snyder. I don't 479 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:47,960 Speaker 1: know if it's official, but it's sold. It's like trending 480 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 1: that Josh Harris is gonna get the Commanders. It feels 481 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:55,240 Speaker 1: a little bit like anti climatic because we knew Dan 482 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:59,320 Speaker 1: Snyder was probably never coming back. Somehow they booted him. 483 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: Just one of the most embarrassing ten years you'll ever see. 484 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 1: I mean, it's been it's been a complete disaster from 485 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:10,679 Speaker 1: every angle it really has. Right, the team has pretty 486 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,720 Speaker 1: consistently sucked that. They have not been good, they have 487 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:17,680 Speaker 1: not been an entertaining product, they have not won the 488 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 1: owner constantly been in the headlines for just terrible things. 489 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:27,119 Speaker 1: I mean, asshole, bad guy, screwing up. It just it 490 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:30,320 Speaker 1: just hasn't worked. I mean, there really isn't an element 491 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:34,920 Speaker 1: to this team in the Dan Snyder tenure that would 492 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 1: be you know overall. I mean, they've had individual seasons 493 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 1: where they've made a wildcard or whatever, but they had 494 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:45,200 Speaker 1: the moment with RGS three. But the overall consistent hawk 495 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 1: about this team has just been negative. It has just 496 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:53,680 Speaker 1: been bad. And to rid themselves of this guy, however, 497 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 1: they did it, and there was collateral damage. I mean, 498 00:25:56,080 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 1: John Gruden got fired for the football teams in sigation, 499 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 1: and think about that. The Raiders coach got fired in 500 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:06,480 Speaker 1: the takedown of Dan Snyder, the cheerleader. Just scandal after 501 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 1: scandal after scandal after scandal in a division full of 502 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:12,120 Speaker 1: like I mean, the Eagles going to Super Bowls winning 503 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 1: super Bowls. The Giants have won several Super Bowls over 504 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:18,879 Speaker 1: Snyder's time. The Cowboys, who have underachieved but still like 505 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:23,159 Speaker 1: are consistently in the mix in the regular season, in 506 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:25,800 Speaker 1: the first round of the playoffs. That's just nice to 507 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:27,600 Speaker 1: get some new blood. Now that doesn't guarantee a shit 508 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:30,439 Speaker 1: it doesn't. You know, there's no guarantee that the Panthers 509 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:32,640 Speaker 1: and David tep are gonna win anything. There's no guarantee 510 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,000 Speaker 1: that has them and the Browns are ever gonna do anything. 511 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 1: But you pay this much money, you obviously have a 512 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,920 Speaker 1: lot of incentive to do well. These owners now paying 513 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:44,920 Speaker 1: these enormous amounts of money. You know, obviously Ron Rivera's 514 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,359 Speaker 1: on the clock officially whenever this deal goes down. You 515 00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:51,200 Speaker 1: would expect him to have to make the playoffs at 516 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:54,440 Speaker 1: minimum to keep his job. And even then, who knows. 517 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,520 Speaker 1: I mean, maybe Josh Harris would want new people in. 518 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 1: But we no longer have to talk about Snyder because 519 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 1: it's just it just became kind of an exhausting topic. 520 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:06,280 Speaker 1: It really, like, what else you're gonna say about it? 521 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 1: I don't care. And I feel if you're some diehard 522 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 1: you know, Commanders football team, Redskins fan, they they've changed 523 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:16,200 Speaker 1: their name, think about that like three times in the 524 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 1: last four years. It's just a it's just a team 525 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:22,080 Speaker 1: that needs kind of to take a deep breath, some 526 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:26,480 Speaker 1: new blood, Like ultimately the Broncos, I guess they needed 527 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:28,440 Speaker 1: new blood in the sense they hadn't been winning but 528 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 1: if they just would have had the sisters of Pat 529 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 1: Boland or his daughters, you know, the family, Like, if 530 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:37,159 Speaker 1: they had all got along, it wouldn't have been that 531 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 1: big a deal. If Paul Allen's daughter and family, whoever's 532 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,119 Speaker 1: involved in that like just kept running it like a 533 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:47,000 Speaker 1: it's fine, Seattle. It felt like the football team commanders again. 534 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:48,919 Speaker 1: I get their names mixed up because they've had a 535 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,160 Speaker 1: million of them just needed to be detonated, and that's 536 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 1: what happened. Now we'll see if that turns into more wins, 537 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:59,639 Speaker 1: more relevancy. I don't know, but no, no team needed 538 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:03,280 Speaker 1: a big or just refresh of just twenty years and 539 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:05,360 Speaker 1: then there's been you know, the Browns were in that mix. 540 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:07,200 Speaker 1: I think the Raiders have been in that mix. Other 541 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:10,360 Speaker 1: teams over this period of time, the Internet age. When 542 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:12,560 Speaker 1: the league has never made more money, it's never been 543 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:16,239 Speaker 1: more relevant. I always find it funny when people are 544 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 1: like the league is better when and usually that's teams 545 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:21,200 Speaker 1: that were good in the seventies and eighties that haven't 546 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:23,639 Speaker 1: been good lately. It's like now, actually that's not true. 547 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 1: The league has never been better than now in terms 548 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,520 Speaker 1: of viewership, in terms of interest now you could argue, 549 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:31,960 Speaker 1: if you're like a you know, a Washington fan, it 550 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:34,119 Speaker 1: was better in the eighties, right, Or if you're a 551 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,359 Speaker 1: Raider fan, it was better in the seventies and eighties. 552 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 1: Then it has been now for sure. But in terms 553 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,480 Speaker 1: of the league, the Patriots used to be irrelevant. Then 554 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:45,520 Speaker 1: they became an absolute powerhouse and drove ratings. The Kansas Chiefs, 555 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 1: you know, for fifteen years since Andy got there or 556 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 1: till Andy got there, right in the Internet age, we're 557 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:55,320 Speaker 1: doing that much. Now they're bohemoth, right, So in this 558 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 1: day and age, it's not about legacy, it's about what 559 00:28:58,360 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 1: are you doing for me now? And I think that 560 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:03,280 Speaker 1: works in any business, but specifically sports. I mean, the 561 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:06,440 Speaker 1: Warriors sucked forever. Then they got Steph Clan Draymond and 562 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:08,960 Speaker 1: became a powerhouse and do big ratings like they're the 563 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:11,920 Speaker 1: LA Lakers and win a lot of championships. You know, 564 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:15,320 Speaker 1: it didn't necessarily matter that for twenty five years they 565 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:19,000 Speaker 1: had sucked a lot and been completely irrelevant, because we 566 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:23,200 Speaker 1: move on faster than we ever have, and we'll see 567 00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:27,120 Speaker 1: it's a big market. They really like their sports there, right. 568 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,680 Speaker 1: The Nationals did really well when they when they won 569 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 1: the World Series the Washington Wizard. The Wizards have mainly sucked. 570 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:39,080 Speaker 1: The Capitols of Etchkin have been very very relevant. So 571 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:41,480 Speaker 1: if you win, they will come. And they just they 572 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:43,440 Speaker 1: just need to start winning some more games. I think 573 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:45,760 Speaker 1: they got some talent, Like I watched their team a 574 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:48,200 Speaker 1: bunch last year. They got a really good defensive line. 575 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:53,960 Speaker 1: The running back that got Shot Robinson, stud McLaurin, Baller 576 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:57,320 Speaker 1: other receivers is a crowder. I mean they got multiple 577 00:29:57,360 --> 00:30:01,440 Speaker 1: offensive weapons, their defense got some players they got. They 578 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:04,560 Speaker 1: got Chase Young coming back. I'm bullish. I was. I 579 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:06,680 Speaker 1: was impressed. I thought they were quarterback away last year. 580 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:31,880 Speaker 1: So exciting times if you're a Washington fan. The volume