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Speaker 1: Be Around with the NFL podcast. Pool side. Welcome to

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Speaker 1: another episode of the Around the NFL Podcast. My name

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Speaker 1: is Dan Handis and I am joined in a hotel

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Speaker 1: filled with heroes, Mark Sessler, Chris Westling, and Greg Rose.

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Speaker 1: What is up hey, Dan? Mark has the biggest smile

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Speaker 1: I've ever so, I mean, you know, to pull back

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Speaker 1: the curtain. If that's actually what we're doing here, we

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Speaker 1: we have done roughly. I was told by a listener.

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Speaker 1: We thought it was seven eight hundred more well more

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Speaker 1: than that, into the nine hundreds or something in that

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Speaker 1: r and Dan just asked, after um a first take

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Speaker 1: the actual words, then you had to cycle my final

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Speaker 1: you know. We're here at the beautiful Fairmont um Hotel

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Speaker 1: resort in Santa Monica for the NFL Media Talent Summit,

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Speaker 1: which we somehow get invited to every year, and so

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Speaker 1: we have a great show coming up where we have

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Speaker 1: some interviews with Jane Slater and Peter Schraeger. But we're

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Speaker 1: taping the show essentially in a hallway, and because we're

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Speaker 1: not in the studio, you don't have the music from

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Speaker 1: the cans and a little I'm at a place out

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Speaker 1: of sorts a little bit. It makes complete said. The

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Speaker 1: I love it. That was a contributor U. This is

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Speaker 1: a fun event for around the NFL podcast because we

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Speaker 1: are kind of men without a country a little bit

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Speaker 1: like they today. For instance, they had what they call

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Speaker 1: a breakout seminars where they break the entire media group.

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Speaker 1: So they fly everybody in from all the talent and

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Speaker 1: put them up in the hotel. Uh. We have to

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Speaker 1: commute here, but it's understandable. And the day too, this

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Speaker 1: into hosts, reporters, analysts and it's it's basically a boot

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Speaker 1: camp and a way to converse and communicate all in

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Speaker 1: the same place. And um, I you know, I've been

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Speaker 1: hosted this podcast for a long time and we do

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Speaker 1: things on live Twitter shows, we do NFL Network hits.

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Speaker 1: When they said all right, go where you you go?

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Speaker 1: I walked to the uh the host room, and I

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Speaker 1: walk in Colleen Wolves there, Rich Eyes in UH unit

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Speaker 1: and just Siciliana all the other hosts, and uh, yes,

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Speaker 1: I'm not on network all the time, but clearly that's

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Speaker 1: my role. I'm not a reporter and I'm not a

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Speaker 1: the man running the meeting, a shadowy leavier, says Dan, actually,

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Speaker 1: you're not in this group. You're with the reporters. And

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Speaker 1: I was like Hammon, Hamma, hammeda and that was just

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Speaker 1: kind of the So I saw it back like Charlie

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Speaker 1: for that seminar. But you gentlemen are not reporters either,

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Speaker 1: so we are kind of just floating. I guess closer

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Speaker 1: a fun It was a fun two days, and we've

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Speaker 1: made some progress. Now they do this six minute sizzle reel.

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Speaker 1: it was only when it was a clip with another

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Speaker 1: next step will be when just the four of Us

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Speaker 1: because it was a year ago that they simply shoved

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Speaker 1: amazing to be like a Corporo event with like Michael

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Speaker 1: save it for the end of the show. A little

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Speaker 1: update on the corporate jargon this year or last year,

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Speaker 1: if you remember, if you're a longtime listener. Uh, we

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Speaker 1: that doesn't even register. Toss. We have West, who's our official. Uh.

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Speaker 1: He's he transcribes everyone and will check in on what

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Speaker 1: our new corporate jargon is for nineteen. And let's also

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Speaker 1: let's go now. And we did this. By the way,

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Speaker 1: this was very I'm gonna say it was classy. It was.

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Speaker 1: a rat pack scenario. We went to the old Fairmont pool,

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Speaker 1: great reading your book and and so this is what

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Speaker 1: we call pool side chats, starting yes with Jane Slater

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Speaker 1: pool side All right. Here we are pool side chat

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Speaker 1: at the Fairmont Hotel Bungalow here in Santa Monica. The

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Speaker 1: NFL podcast. Welcome James. Wow, Jane, what what that's on us?

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Speaker 1: this is this is great? Jane? Of course a reporter

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Speaker 1: That's how this works. I'm gonna get, I'm gonna get.

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Speaker 1: the wrong way. But I'm like, I wake up every morning,

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Speaker 1: I want to put my feet on the ground. I'm

428
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Speaker 1: generally excited that I got a bonus day, Like I

429
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Speaker 1: believe that bus. I could literally talk about that with

430
00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:37,760
Speaker 1: you guys, but it's so funny. It's like they're I

431
00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:39,359
Speaker 1: was like, you're living your best point, You're fluxing on

432
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Speaker 1: the ground, like no, I'm just I hope I inspire

433
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Speaker 1: you all to go out there and live your best life. Well,

434
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Speaker 1: we have talked about this at the Owners Means. We

435
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Speaker 1: had a conversation about you have lived a pretty colorful

436
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Speaker 1: life in the past, and you kind of like, I'm

437
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Speaker 1: I'm in all of like your ambition, Like you at

438
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Speaker 1: one point you want to sell real estate on the side,

439
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Speaker 1: and you're I can call you want to better myself?

440
00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:06,080
Speaker 1: You can get this. You understand this more than anyone. Oh,

441
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Speaker 1: I've never been quite the accomplisher, I will say for

442
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Speaker 1: the sake of the stake of transparency. Occasionally on the

443
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Speaker 1: show we ban what we consider to be uh in

444
00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:18,199
Speaker 1: our world phrases that we were through with and I

445
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Speaker 1: around six or seven months ago banned hashtag yolo. But

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Speaker 1: I'm I will do I also have the power to

447
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Speaker 1: lift the bin and for you because the way that

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Speaker 1: it seems like a consistent drumbeat that's not a flash

449
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Speaker 1: in the pan type scenario. It is lifted. Yolo is

450
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Speaker 1: lifted for you. We can rebrand my lifestyle you could

451
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Speaker 1: do that. I don't think you need to think what

452
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Speaker 1: you've said here is great, because I think if you

453
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Speaker 1: don't know you, or if you're just kind of crabby

454
00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:48,960
Speaker 1: about social media, people see that and they think, Okay,

455
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Speaker 1: that's that self promotion or that's such out their life.

456
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Speaker 1: But what you're saying is you, and I think all

457
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Speaker 1: of us can speak to this on on some level,

458
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Speaker 1: is we're reaching apart in our lives. We're either approaching

459
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Speaker 1: were approaching forty like Dan, or we're over it and

460
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Speaker 1: we have a job that we love and we have

461
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Speaker 1: a life that we love. So why not be honest

462
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Speaker 1: about it your best life. I approached some other people.

463
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Speaker 1: I mean, you're down the barrel of age four, so

464
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Speaker 1: enjoy it, because nothing's guaranteed. If you're not going to

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Speaker 1: enjoy it now, it's who knows. I flew out here

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Speaker 1: on Sunday. I was supposed to leave today. I reached

467
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Speaker 1: out to a couple of my friends. I'm gonna yellow

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Speaker 1: until Sunday. I'm just staying out here. Children in the

469
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Speaker 1: next six to twelve months. Either of that. They will

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Speaker 1: also help with the lifestyle. Just yeah. I have no

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Speaker 1: emotional attachments to animals. Or others. So yeah, nothing, you

472
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Speaker 1: would have a hard time sessler lifestyle right now. I

473
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Speaker 1: don't think my current arrangement, but lying in bed of

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Speaker 1: his eyes open tonight, staring at the ceiling, thinking about

475
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Speaker 1: how we could have your life right now. Although Ricky Williams,

476
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Speaker 1: when I worked at Longhorn Network, he had a similar gypsy,

477
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Speaker 1: but he would tell his girlfriend or his significant at

478
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Speaker 1: the time, I'm just going to Italy for a month,

479
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Speaker 1: and he did it a free spirit. Yeah, all right,

480
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Speaker 1: we gotta go, we gotta get back to the semi.

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Speaker 1: We're having a great time. We'll have to do this again.

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Speaker 1: Because Jane, you're awesome. You match the sensibility. We don't

483
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Speaker 1: get to live the life you live, but I would

484
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Speaker 1: encourage you too. I hope that if we've walked away

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Speaker 1: from anything this conversation, I hope that in six months

486
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Speaker 1: we're talking about your yoload summer. I just got like

487
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Speaker 1: that next five days while Jane is still around in town,

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Speaker 1: we just give up all of our responsibilities. Uh sorry, kids,

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Speaker 1: yellow a little bit more in life. I think I've

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Speaker 1: encouraged her. Yeah, she's been yellowing a lot, a positive

491
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Speaker 1: impact on her. You've taken her under your wing. All

492
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Speaker 1: the haters she's flying though, that little bird is flying.

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Speaker 1: All the haters don't give Jane a hard time. That

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Speaker 1: includes inside our own building. We're going to deal with

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Speaker 1: some of them right after this. Jane's later NFL Network follower.

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Speaker 1: She's the best. Thanks Jane, guys, Thanks Jane Side pool side.

497
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Speaker 1: All right, that was awesome, Jane Slater, Thank you again. Jane.

498
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Speaker 1: We have to have Jane on again because she has

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Speaker 1: and I imagine our listeners are going to embrace Jane.

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Speaker 1: She has a certain qua that connects with us and

501
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Speaker 1: the audience. Wow, you almost nailed that. But how what

502
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Speaker 1: is it? No? I think I had it, Mark? What

503
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Speaker 1: about her? Jane bravely living her best life on Instagram?

504
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Speaker 1: And I was surprised. She said it was something she's

505
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Speaker 1: trying to teach. He's trying to impart that on people.

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Speaker 1: One day. Do you believe you will be in that position? Well?

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Speaker 1: I hope to be. I mean, she's certainly um. You

508
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Speaker 1: know you spend a little bit of time with her.

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Speaker 1: I think number one and she's got self awareness. She

510
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Speaker 1: has the ability to change your opinion about her social

511
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Speaker 1: media footprint. To use a corporate word, it's certainly changed

512
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Speaker 1: my one. I didn't know where I thought. This seems

513
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Speaker 1: like a yacht writing, leisure seeking individual that occasionally checks

514
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Speaker 1: in for work. But when you hang with her for

515
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Speaker 1: a little bit, she true Lee is embracing this lifestyle,

516
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Speaker 1: and it gives me hope that maybe Sunday I will

517
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Speaker 1: be riding boats and living the way that she does

518
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Speaker 1: in such a high lifestyle. I hope to seek that

519
00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:13,400
Speaker 1: same thing. When our grandparents were her age, the idea

520
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Speaker 1: of work hard, play hard, it was almost strictly reserved

521
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Speaker 1: for men. And a person like Jane is a work hard,

522
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Speaker 1: play hard person and she she also is a fan

523
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Speaker 1: of the show. She says that she's a listener and frankly, um,

524
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Speaker 1: that's all we really need, or at least I'm speaking

525
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Speaker 1: for myself, that's you know, we're gonna be fans of Ricky.

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Speaker 1: Do you aspire to have an Instagram on that level? Um?

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Speaker 1: Getting their mind's pretty good. I mean it's fine. That

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Speaker 1: was a political answer. I feel like the real Ricky

529
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Speaker 1: answer is you're like mine is better? Yeah, I mean

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Speaker 1: I I live you know, I live hard. Everyone all

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Speaker 1: the listeners check out both accounts and get back to

532
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Speaker 1: Erica on Twitter at Ricky Hollywood, who has the better

533
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Speaker 1: Graham account? Slater v temposse. I'm excited about that. All right,

534
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Speaker 1: let's not spin forward. About ninety minutes later, the sun

535
00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:08,640
Speaker 1: was out now was really starting to heat up. I'm

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Speaker 1: just talking about the conversation, guys, dens eyes locking into

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Speaker 1: mine pool side chat with Peter Schreeger pool side. All right,

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Speaker 1: here we are back at the pool, time for more

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Speaker 1: pool side chats. And we got another great guest. Very

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Speaker 1: excited to have him, you know, senior national writer for

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Speaker 1: Fox Sports dot Com, Good Morning Football co host, also

542
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Speaker 1: the co author of the New York Times bestseller Out

543
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Speaker 1: of the Blue with a Victor Cruz story, which Kirkus

544
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Speaker 1: Reviews called a quote above average sports autobiography around the NFL.

545
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Speaker 1: This is great, guys, I love it. The scene here

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00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:01,600
Speaker 1: outside the pool is something. Well. Yeah, we've we've had

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Speaker 1: some families join us since Jane's interviews. Some other alcohol

548
00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:12,200
Speaker 1: has been drunk out here. It's pretty great. But who

549
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Speaker 1: has more jobs than than Peter? I mean, you didn't

550
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Speaker 1: even mention, like Sideline reporter good Morning Football right now. Yeah,

551
00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:22,639
Speaker 1: it's things are things are good? Is the off season

552
00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:24,480
Speaker 1: and to be with you guys here pool side, with

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Speaker 1: all of us wearing shirts and ties. Everyone else is

554
00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,679
Speaker 1: barely dressed as fantastic when you have so much to

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Speaker 1: get to um Peter, of course, yeah. I mentioned Good

556
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Speaker 1: Morning Football, who we view kind of as our our

557
00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:40,040
Speaker 1: cool cousin that lives in Manhattan. Our podcast. There's there's

558
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Speaker 1: some d NA, so we're happy to whenever we could

559
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Speaker 1: have somebody on from that show. It's great speaking of

560
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Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, I feel like we we started the

561
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Speaker 1: form format of having sort of four people with good

562
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Speaker 1: chemistry featured on both NFL networking under the NFL shield.

563
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Speaker 1: You guys came along us second and have excellent chemistry.

564
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Speaker 1: To hear that a lot. Let's say there to be

565
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Speaker 1: sort of a royal rumble situation, the four of us

566
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Speaker 1: versus the four of you. I want you to put

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Speaker 1: your analyst hat on. Not you're not the one. You're

568
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Speaker 1: part of that foursome again, right, We're like from an

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Speaker 1: analyst angle, who wins that fight. You've got some strength,

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Speaker 1: You've got some weaknesses, so do we. Here's what you

571
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Speaker 1: guys have that we don't have at the moment. You

572
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Speaker 1: have this incredible international fan base that I feel like

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Speaker 1: would be doing all sorts of things on the back

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Speaker 1: end that we would be hooligans. We would not be

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Speaker 1: ready for this. I feel like the return buckle action

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Speaker 1: from your fans in Iceland all of this stuff. Right now,

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Speaker 1: we're very limited to the thirty two fan bases and

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Speaker 1: you know, the people who get the cable services that

579
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Speaker 1: have the NFL network and watching our show. But you

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Speaker 1: guys gets a universal and Sessler, I'm not growing with you,

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Speaker 1: bro four on four though four on four you guys

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Speaker 1: have a little more size, a little more size with

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Speaker 1: Nate not across the board and us in good shape.

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Speaker 1: Was just overall overall, I'm saying, yeah, no, I think

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Speaker 1: I think that's fair. I think but I've been listening

586
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Speaker 1: to your podcast for years, and I think there is

587
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Speaker 1: a place in sports, whether it be us talking or

588
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:04,840
Speaker 1: when I was like Simmons and Ryan Rassilio talking, like

589
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Speaker 1: it's okay to just talk sports and not have a

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Speaker 1: structured format and run down if here are a hundred

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Speaker 1: things we have to hit click, click, clicklick, and if

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Speaker 1: someone wants to interject and give another comment, it's okay

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Speaker 1: to go a minute longer and hit that topic. And

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Speaker 1: get off tangent, which I think is kind of breaking

595
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Speaker 1: them hold of what the traditional sports television show is.

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Speaker 1: As Joe Bingo says, famula lips to God's exactly. All right,

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Speaker 1: let's get into it because uh, Peter has really plugged

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Speaker 1: in in the NFL um and we want to hit

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Speaker 1: on a bunch of topics. We're gonna go right down

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Speaker 1: the list, very structured. Yeah, that's just like I just

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Speaker 1: real quick, no time for any real messing around. But no,

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Speaker 1: I want to start. Let's go with the top of

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Speaker 1: the top right now, because I know you talked about

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Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes on Good Morning Football a lot, how much

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Speaker 1: you were kind of ahead of the train a little

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Speaker 1: bit about how good uh he would be, uh, and

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Speaker 1: certainly he was last year as the m v P.

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Speaker 1: A couple of weeks ago on the show, we did

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Speaker 1: a segment called come Down Players of the Year. I

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Speaker 1: throughout my homes is my come down player of the

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Speaker 1: year in the sense that I drew a parallel to

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Speaker 1: eighty four Marinos season. After that, Marino was still an

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Speaker 1: All Pro and an elite at the position, but eighty

614
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Speaker 1: four was just special. And that's kind of how I

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Speaker 1: predict the Mahomes season will go, but you don't necessarily

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Speaker 1: agree with that. I'm doubling down on my Homes, I think,

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Speaker 1: and everyone's like, well, statistically now, I think, No, I

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Speaker 1: think statistically he could be as good, if not better,

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Speaker 1: this year. He has a full off season with Andy.

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Speaker 1: And here's the thing everyone's gonna point to, Tyreek Hill

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Speaker 1: might not be on the field, and they lost Chris

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Speaker 1: Connolly and Crema. It is so rare from one of

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Speaker 1: these offenses that puts up these historic numbers, which they

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Speaker 1: did to also not have the entire brain trust of

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Speaker 1: the offensive coaching staff taken from them. So unlike the

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Speaker 1: Eagles a year ago, where De Filippo goes and Frank

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Speaker 1: reichos and now we're dealing with new coaches. In this case,

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Speaker 1: Eric b Enemy is back, Kafka is back, the head

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Speaker 1: coach is back. And I'm telling you, I talked to

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Speaker 1: guys in Kansas City and they're like, Bro, you have

631
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Speaker 1: no idea what he's about to do to the league

632
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Speaker 1: this year, which gets me so excited because if the

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Speaker 1: standard is fifty touchdowns and no look passes an m

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Speaker 1: VP and Offensive Player of the Year, what's that mean?

635
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Speaker 1: It could be even better. I don't know what that

636
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Speaker 1: is well that I think that's a great point because

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Speaker 1: Mahomes it was so far ahead of almost anything that

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Speaker 1: we've seen for a first year starter that it's almost

639
00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:23,600
Speaker 1: it's almost like underrated, Like people are like, wow, imagine

640
00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:26,480
Speaker 1: what Baker Mayfield could do this year in his second year.

641
00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:29,400
Speaker 1: It's like they're basically the same age. And Mahomes came

642
00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:31,640
Speaker 1: into the league as the best player in the league,

643
00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:33,320
Speaker 1: and some of the things that he did it was

644
00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:36,000
Speaker 1: just like never seen before, So like, why couldn't he

645
00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:38,840
Speaker 1: get better? We would expect pretty much any other starter

646
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:42,160
Speaker 1: going into his second year as a starter to get better.

647
00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:45,680
Speaker 1: He more than any quarterback at least that I think

648
00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:48,760
Speaker 1: we've i've ever seen since we've been covering it. He

649
00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:52,600
Speaker 1: like breaks every rule or every boundary. That's absolutely And

650
00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:54,720
Speaker 1: here's the other part. He played baseball most of his

651
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:57,240
Speaker 1: high school. Like he's still getting full off seasons of

652
00:32:57,320 --> 00:33:00,240
Speaker 1: learning how to play football, which is insane. But you're right.

653
00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:01,800
Speaker 1: We do the stuff on our show and it's June

654
00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:04,800
Speaker 1: and July and May where we're trying to make up

655
00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:07,240
Speaker 1: any sort of contents, And one of the conversations was

656
00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:11,200
Speaker 1: which which third year quarterback will have the best season, Trabinsky,

657
00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:15,120
Speaker 1: Watson or Mahomes. And I was like, downright insulted how

658
00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:17,800
Speaker 1: we could even put Watson in Trabisky in the same

659
00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:19,800
Speaker 1: conversation as Mahomes, who might end up being the best

660
00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:22,800
Speaker 1: quarterback we've ever seen where he plays. So it's like

661
00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:24,400
Speaker 1: he was that good in year two, and I think

662
00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:27,960
Speaker 1: Marino's the only comparison when it. Roethlisberger was a great

663
00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:29,920
Speaker 1: on a team they won the Super Bowl. All that

664
00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:32,959
Speaker 1: we've seen that happened Russell Wilson, but no one individually

665
00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:34,760
Speaker 1: has been as good as that dude was last year.

666
00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:37,280
Speaker 1: I've never seen a precedent, or at least I can't

667
00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:40,880
Speaker 1: think of any going through any quarterback ever where they

668
00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:45,480
Speaker 1: came in and early in their career they either shattered

669
00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:49,040
Speaker 1: or threatened all time passing records, had a singular NFL season,

670
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Speaker 1: and then was able to repeat it the next year.

671
00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:53,880
Speaker 1: I know. And that's the thing. I think he could

672
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Speaker 1: be even bet And I don't want to because I

673
00:33:57,320 --> 00:34:00,640
Speaker 1: don't know what I don't know, but what I'm here,

674
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:04,000
Speaker 1: and there's an assumption in Kansas City that at least

675
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,200
Speaker 1: for the majority of this season number ten, Tyreek Ko

676
00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:08,880
Speaker 1: will be there. So we've heard that leaked out a

677
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,799
Speaker 1: little places where they're saying, oh, well, they're going where

678
00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:13,600
Speaker 1: everyone else is under the assumption it's gonna have to

679
00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:17,200
Speaker 1: be Sammy Watkins. He thinks that there's some team like

680
00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:20,719
Speaker 1: teammates and no, it's more just the feeling around the

681
00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:24,040
Speaker 1: league is that we're that. Kay. Now, look, the NFL

682
00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:26,520
Speaker 1: can come out and say, just like with Ezekiel Elliott,

683
00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:29,680
Speaker 1: like here's six games, whatever it is. But this thought

684
00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:33,560
Speaker 1: that you know, Tyreek suspense is a definite from what

685
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:37,120
Speaker 1: I'm here, there's no definite in either way yet. So

686
00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:39,360
Speaker 1: a fair bet that he'll be on the field or

687
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:41,279
Speaker 1: not I think at this point, and that's fine, But

688
00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:43,640
Speaker 1: there is also that he might be on the field.

689
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:45,840
Speaker 1: Well the chief case, that's a totally different story. The

690
00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:48,960
Speaker 1: Chiefs have obviously left the door open, and that's that's something,

691
00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:51,600
Speaker 1: uh that we we've been talking around the show for

692
00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:53,279
Speaker 1: a few weeks now that it's just kind of been

693
00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:55,760
Speaker 1: something that's been hanging out there and at some point

694
00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:59,080
Speaker 1: we're gonna get some type of resolution. But there's no

695
00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:01,520
Speaker 1: reason to think that Tyreek Hill won't be on the

696
00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:05,920
Speaker 1: team at some point, Uh, let's pivot here, because you

697
00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:10,320
Speaker 1: were all in, Like I said, on Mahomes before. Mahomes

698
00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:12,919
Speaker 1: through fifty touchdowns and through for five thousand yards, took

699
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:16,120
Speaker 1: the league by storm, transformed the Chiefs into a Super

700
00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:19,399
Speaker 1: Bowl contender. Is this guy that just got picked number

701
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:22,960
Speaker 1: one by the Cardinals Arizona rolled the dice in a bit,

702
00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:24,560
Speaker 1: you know, in a ballsy way. You don't want to

703
00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:27,040
Speaker 1: give him too much credit because they drafted a quarterback

704
00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:30,400
Speaker 1: number ten and then bailed on it. But it's ballsy

705
00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:32,040
Speaker 1: in the sense that if this guy is as good

706
00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:35,239
Speaker 1: as they think he is, they transformed their franchise. You're

707
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:39,840
Speaker 1: feeling bullish on Kyler Murray making making a huge impact,

708
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:43,320
Speaker 1: a Mahomesyan impact. No, not the status wise, but I

709
00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:47,280
Speaker 1: think the first six weeks of the Arizona Cardinal schedule Mahomes,

710
00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:49,560
Speaker 1: I mean, Murray's gonna do stuff that is gonna blow

711
00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:51,799
Speaker 1: our mind, and then there's gonna be a book on him,

712
00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:54,360
Speaker 1: and then there's gonna be potential injuries. But out of

713
00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:56,000
Speaker 1: the gate, I could see the Cardinals being four and

714
00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:59,279
Speaker 1: to five and one, just because Cliff and Kyler are

715
00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:02,120
Speaker 1: aware of what they're about to do. And the confidence

716
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:04,640
Speaker 1: in that building is that they have a leg up

717
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:06,439
Speaker 1: on something, and if it just because there's no film

718
00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:08,399
Speaker 1: on it and you're not seeing preseason or training camp,

719
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:10,520
Speaker 1: they're about to do some stuff that the NFL hasn't

720
00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:13,000
Speaker 1: seen before, in a very much similar fashion to the

721
00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:16,080
Speaker 1: way Griffin took the league by storm, and in a

722
00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:17,719
Speaker 1: bit of a way how Chip Kelly took the league

723
00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:19,880
Speaker 1: by storm, which is really the way Andy Reid started

724
00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:22,680
Speaker 1: the last three season. Smith he was just kind of

725
00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:24,560
Speaker 1: ahead of the game. That's it. So maybe there's a

726
00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:27,920
Speaker 1: catch up to it. But um, Kyler is awesome. I

727
00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:29,520
Speaker 1: think Kyler has got one of the best arms in

728
00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:31,600
Speaker 1: the league. And to the same point, I just made

729
00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:34,080
Speaker 1: my home. Kyler Murray is a two sport athlete. He's

730
00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:36,560
Speaker 1: never played football in the spring in his life, like

731
00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:39,919
Speaker 1: this is his first season ever learning in offense for

732
00:36:40,239 --> 00:36:44,799
Speaker 1: an entire offseason. So they took us. And I was

733
00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:47,920
Speaker 1: not overly critical of Josh Rosen throught this pre draft process,

734
00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:50,920
Speaker 1: but everyone was treating Rosen like he was worthy of

735
00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:53,800
Speaker 1: that same conversation. Here's what I would post to you guys.

736
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Speaker 1: If Steve Kime doesn't trade up and takes Josh Rosen

737
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Speaker 1: as the fourth quarterback and the tenth overall pick and

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00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:06,120
Speaker 1: gives up a third rounder to get him. Is Josh

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00:37:06,239 --> 00:37:08,680
Speaker 1: Rosen a top ten pick? Is Josh Rosen a top

740
00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:11,960
Speaker 1: fifteen pick? Is Josh Rosen a first round pick? We

741
00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:13,759
Speaker 1: only think of him as a top ten pick because

742
00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:15,759
Speaker 1: of the team went up and got him. But we're

743
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:19,000
Speaker 1: not so certain. I don't think Miami was taking say,

744
00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:21,479
Speaker 1: and he could have been we don't know. He could

745
00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:24,399
Speaker 1: have been Brady Quinn or Hey, he could have gone

746
00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:26,120
Speaker 1: in the second round and then there wouldn't have been

747
00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:27,759
Speaker 1: this whole hubub about this. It could have been just

748
00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:32,040
Speaker 1: like when wearing the Smith sweater or Jimmy Clawson. It

749
00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:34,640
Speaker 1: took him all the next year because they're like, all right,

750
00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:38,680
Speaker 1: but this thought that you know, Josh Roseen top ten quarterback.

751
00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:40,239
Speaker 1: It's true, he's top ten quarterback, but the team that

752
00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:42,319
Speaker 1: drafted another quarterback was also the team that traded up

753
00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:44,360
Speaker 1: to get him in the top ten. So we don't know.

754
00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:47,080
Speaker 1: Because he was such a polarizing prospect, and some teams

755
00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:49,600
Speaker 1: it seemed like, would not even do their homework on him,

756
00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:52,200
Speaker 1: had no interest in him, and some teams were like, yeah,

757
00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:54,839
Speaker 1: this guy's the most pro ready quarterback. Obviously we like him,

758
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:56,600
Speaker 1: and then he was on the market. And again I'm

759
00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:58,800
Speaker 1: not trashing Josh Rosen. I'm rooting for Josh Rosen. I

760
00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:01,080
Speaker 1: think he's actually great character of the league. He actually

761
00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:04,000
Speaker 1: speaks his mind. It's rare and it's nice. But he

762
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:07,279
Speaker 1: essentially was traded for Andy Isabella this year on the

763
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:10,759
Speaker 1: open market. Speaking of like that is that's sort of

764
00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:15,319
Speaker 1: concern I'd have with Murray. Murray is exciting because just

765
00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:19,120
Speaker 1: the combination of the arm and that level of running

766
00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:22,200
Speaker 1: is I don't know if who's coming into the league

767
00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:24,320
Speaker 1: quite like that, because I think people watching their practices

768
00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:28,440
Speaker 1: are just like Derek Anderson. Ye the Baker Mayfield armor better,

769
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:31,279
Speaker 1: but but the with the running. But there was some

770
00:38:31,360 --> 00:38:34,320
Speaker 1: talk here from reporters that have been at Cardinal's practice

771
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:37,120
Speaker 1: that they're in big time concerns with Andy Isabella and

772
00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:41,240
Speaker 1: Kim Butler, that they it's like counting on rookie wide receivers,

773
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:43,239
Speaker 1: especially one from U mass and one that fell to

774
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:45,719
Speaker 1: the fourth round, that it hasn't taken long even at

775
00:38:45,719 --> 00:38:49,439
Speaker 1: offseason practices to be like, oh maybe maybe like these

776
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:52,640
Speaker 1: guys aren't gonna be ready, even if Kyler Murray's ready.

777
00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:54,400
Speaker 1: We're talking about a team that had one of the

778
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:57,280
Speaker 1: worst offensive lines, one of the worst wide receiver corps,

779
00:38:57,280 --> 00:38:59,720
Speaker 1: one of the worst tight end rooms in the NFL.

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00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:03,880
Speaker 1: I know, and I think he can cover it all up.

781
00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:07,440
Speaker 1: I think he's I honestly think yeah. I think he's

782
00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:09,120
Speaker 1: gonna be a sensation this year. And I want you

783
00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:10,520
Speaker 1: to enjoy it. I want you guys to do that

784
00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:13,440
Speaker 1: stuff like good morning football, like coming up with nicknames.

785
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:22,839
Speaker 1: Maybe he could be right a spice. One very quick

786
00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:24,680
Speaker 1: question for you, and you can keep it to one word.

787
00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:27,640
Speaker 1: When you look around the circle here, four of us,

788
00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:32,360
Speaker 1: which one do you respect the most? Um, it's a

789
00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:36,720
Speaker 1: big question, Greg whoa there's only one that is absolutely

790
00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:38,600
Speaker 1: would not have asked that question had I knew you

791
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:40,200
Speaker 1: were going to go in that direction. That doesn't help

792
00:39:40,239 --> 00:39:43,440
Speaker 1: my means or my angling at all. Actually, now that

793
00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:45,560
Speaker 1: you answered it that way, we're gonna have to dig

794
00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:49,040
Speaker 1: in hard on the next top one. There's a there's

795
00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:51,480
Speaker 1: a story that runs in the New York Daily News. Uh,

796
00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:55,680
Speaker 1: here's the headline. Jets have discussed TV personality Peter Schrager

797
00:39:56,000 --> 00:40:00,759
Speaker 1: in general manager search colon sources Now, this, I imagine

798
00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:05,880
Speaker 1: was a completely weird slash uncomfortable situation for you, because

799
00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:08,560
Speaker 1: all of a sudden you're a big part of the headlines.

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Speaker 1: Minisha Meadow, who wrote that piece, wrote that you would

801
00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:16,120
Speaker 1: be contacted for assistance on prospective candidates. Is the Jets

802
00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:20,399
Speaker 1: look to replace Mike mccagnan. Do you wanna use this

803
00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:23,920
Speaker 1: forum pool side chats to clear the air on that

804
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:26,279
Speaker 1: whole saga because you were kind of the center of

805
00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:28,719
Speaker 1: the New York media storm for a little bit there.

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00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:36,840
Speaker 1: Thank you. All right, So the truth the matter is,

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Speaker 1: I've known the owner, Christopher Johnson in any way. I

808
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:42,640
Speaker 1: would know some of the other owners um that I've

809
00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:46,040
Speaker 1: gotten to speak with at the owners meetings combines, and

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00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:47,560
Speaker 1: I could name those names. I don't have to name

811
00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:49,800
Speaker 1: those names at all. But Uh, this part of the

812
00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:53,160
Speaker 1: story that came out was that I attended Christopher's wedding

813
00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:57,160
Speaker 1: last year. That is true. That was fantasy. It was fancy,

814
00:40:57,160 --> 00:41:00,000
Speaker 1: it was a great wedding. I was gonna say, uh,

815
00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:03,759
Speaker 1: but here's the clarification on that situation. I had met

816
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:06,959
Speaker 1: Chris Johnson a few months earlier. We hit it off.

817
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:09,440
Speaker 1: When I say hit it off, it was he watches

818
00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:11,200
Speaker 1: Good Morning Football on the treadmill in the morning, and

819
00:41:11,239 --> 00:41:15,480
Speaker 1: he was nice and we exchanged information whatever fast. For

820
00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:17,719
Speaker 1: a whole months later, he texted me and says, hey,

821
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:19,279
Speaker 1: I got married a couple of weeks ago, but we're

822
00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:22,080
Speaker 1: doing a little celebration in New York. It's at this hotel.

823
00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:24,560
Speaker 1: If you want to pop by, come on by, bring

824
00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:28,239
Speaker 1: your wife. You're welcome to. We went, We attended, it

825
00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:30,880
Speaker 1: were probably there for sixty minutes. Time saw him and

826
00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:33,680
Speaker 1: his wife said hello, introduced myself, and we moved right

827
00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:36,160
Speaker 1: along little high society popping. It was hey, I've seen

828
00:41:36,200 --> 00:41:37,560
Speaker 1: Gossip Girl. I wanted to be a part of it.

829
00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:40,960
Speaker 1: It was it. This was my moment um. When you

830
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:42,880
Speaker 1: hear that I'm at the wett you're picturing me being

831
00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:48,600
Speaker 1: the ring bear. So like, it's hard for me to

832
00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:50,640
Speaker 1: deny it. I was at the wedding, but it wasn't

833
00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:54,319
Speaker 1: really the wedding. It was after whatever. Fine, So, uh,

834
00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:58,080
Speaker 1: long story short, we keep in touch whatever, It's fine. Um.

835
00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:00,800
Speaker 1: They reached out to me saying, hey, we might add

836
00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:04,880
Speaker 1: another person to the preseason broadcast booth. I did the

837
00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:08,480
Speaker 1: RAMS last year with Nate Burlison and Andrew Ceciliano. They're like,

838
00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:10,440
Speaker 1: if you know, if you don't want to do the RAMS,

839
00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:14,200
Speaker 1: we'd be interested, but let's, you know, keep those doors open. Fine,

840
00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:17,600
Speaker 1: talk to a lot of people around the league about

841
00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:19,840
Speaker 1: a lot of things. I can assure you that I

842
00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:21,919
Speaker 1: have not been reached out or was not reached out

843
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:25,400
Speaker 1: about the Jets general manager position. I could also say

844
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:30,200
Speaker 1: that Minisia's report, he's not necessarily inaccurate because the report

845
00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:33,520
Speaker 1: was that they might reach out to me, that they

846
00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:35,120
Speaker 1: did or not that it was for the GM position.

847
00:42:35,320 --> 00:42:37,200
Speaker 1: About my thoughts, and I'll tell you straight up. On

848
00:42:37,239 --> 00:42:40,600
Speaker 1: our show for three hours a day, I talk about, Hey,

849
00:42:40,719 --> 00:42:43,239
Speaker 1: Joe Douglas will be a potential good GM, or you

850
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:45,920
Speaker 1: know at Dodd's in Indianapolis is really well respected, he

851
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:48,480
Speaker 1: might be a guy to look for. Or Terry McDonough

852
00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:51,520
Speaker 1: in Arizona is I got so it wasn't what what

853
00:42:51,560 --> 00:42:55,360
Speaker 1: was crazy? Though? And this is where again nothing against

854
00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:57,200
Speaker 1: the Minisia report because he just put it out there

855
00:42:57,200 --> 00:43:00,960
Speaker 1: and then it was actually it was probably accurate if

856
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:03,040
Speaker 1: they were considering me. It's because I do you know,

857
00:43:03,120 --> 00:43:05,759
Speaker 1: no guys in that building. Um, they didn't reach out

858
00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:12,480
Speaker 1: to me. But the reaction was so vitriolic. So uh,

859
00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:16,360
Speaker 1: I guess the word is the circus dysfunction, that they

860
00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:19,480
Speaker 1: would think about talking to the fans, mean fans by

861
00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:21,920
Speaker 1: the local New York sports media, by the sports radio,

862
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:25,720
Speaker 1: that national media national that the Jets must be completely

863
00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:28,680
Speaker 1: completely out of their minds to ask someone who's on

864
00:43:28,719 --> 00:43:32,080
Speaker 1: television talking about football about who they might And I'm

865
00:43:32,120 --> 00:43:33,960
Speaker 1: here to say, I don't think if they were to

866
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:36,640
Speaker 1: reach out to Ian Rappaport or Adam Schaft or or

867
00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:39,319
Speaker 1: even you guys who treat this stuff like it's life

868
00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:41,480
Speaker 1: and death twenty four seven hours a day, it wouldn't

869
00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:42,799
Speaker 1: be crazy to get a collection of a lot of

870
00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:46,279
Speaker 1: people's thoughts. Here is here is the lead of Menetia's article,

871
00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:48,560
Speaker 1: especially the four of us. Just when you thought things

872
00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:51,279
Speaker 1: couldn't get stranger on one Jet Strive, we present the

873
00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:54,880
Speaker 1: latest head scratcher in the wake of Mike mccagnuant's outstair

874
00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:57,759
Speaker 1: that and we talked about this on the Potoma Jets Fan.

875
00:43:57,960 --> 00:44:01,040
Speaker 1: If you're not but like um, that's rubbed me the

876
00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:03,560
Speaker 1: wrong way, that this rush to to present them in

877
00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:06,200
Speaker 1: a terrible light when it's smart to reach out to

878
00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:09,040
Speaker 1: Peter stregor people that are plugged into the league. I'm

879
00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:12,000
Speaker 1: not kissing as guys like you. It's it's not a

880
00:44:12,040 --> 00:44:15,040
Speaker 1: bad idea. It doesn't make you dysfunctional. And here's the

881
00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:18,239
Speaker 1: other thing. In years past, they've used a consultancy firms.

882
00:44:18,239 --> 00:44:20,640
Speaker 1: So say Corn Ferry is one of these big consultancy firms.

883
00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:24,239
Speaker 1: You pay seven figures and they're gonna bring you the

884
00:44:24,280 --> 00:44:27,200
Speaker 1: same list of names that I will bring you, or

885
00:44:27,239 --> 00:44:29,560
Speaker 1: that Adam Schefter will bring you, or that Jay Glazer

886
00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:31,239
Speaker 1: will bring you, or that you guys will bring Like

887
00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:33,000
Speaker 1: here are the guys who are respected around the league

888
00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:35,520
Speaker 1: that are probably next up for GM positions. Here's one

889
00:44:35,560 --> 00:44:37,720
Speaker 1: in this city. Here's a minority. Can it You probably

890
00:44:37,719 --> 00:44:39,480
Speaker 1: haven't thought over, haven't heard of that it might be good.

891
00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:42,480
Speaker 1: It's so in light of doing what we've done in

892
00:44:42,520 --> 00:44:44,439
Speaker 1: the past and hiring guys that haven't worked out, let's

893
00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:48,239
Speaker 1: try different opinions for free. And often what's innovative is

894
00:44:48,320 --> 00:44:50,200
Speaker 1: laughed at out of the gate. And and you're someone

895
00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:53,400
Speaker 1: that's talking to thirty two different teams everyday, bunkerd in

896
00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:56,439
Speaker 1: person who's with one team, and sometimes those guys don't

897
00:44:56,440 --> 00:44:58,239
Speaker 1: even know what's happening. In the world around them. There

898
00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:02,719
Speaker 1: France Shiss valued and over a billion dollars. It would

899
00:45:02,719 --> 00:45:04,799
Speaker 1: be ridiculous, And we point this out all the time

900
00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:08,000
Speaker 1: to limit the scope of your doing. Does happen. It's

901
00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:09,920
Speaker 1: like you would how do you think your Dadam Schefter

902
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:13,360
Speaker 1: and Ian and Peter get that information. It's by sharing information.

903
00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:15,480
Speaker 1: That was the thing where I'm annoyed by the way

904
00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:19,440
Speaker 1: that article like starts because Miniche knows that ultimately that

905
00:45:19,600 --> 00:45:24,000
Speaker 1: like information is traded, and it doesn't mean they're just Okay,

906
00:45:24,040 --> 00:45:27,719
Speaker 1: we're gonna do whatever Peter Straeger says, They're gonna Hey,

907
00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:30,040
Speaker 1: maybe we have a specific question about one specific guy

908
00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:32,200
Speaker 1: that you would know, you kind of know. You wouldn't

909
00:45:32,200 --> 00:45:33,840
Speaker 1: know the dirt because you talk inside that billy and

910
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:36,040
Speaker 1: they're not getting the real scoop of what's inside. But

911
00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:38,000
Speaker 1: it was happening all the time. That's how they were dolting.

912
00:45:38,239 --> 00:45:41,120
Speaker 1: That's how the game works. Love No, but honestly, like

913
00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:42,960
Speaker 1: a couple of years ago, you know, I get to

914
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:45,640
Speaker 1: go on sideline work for Fox. I'm in the building

915
00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:47,840
Speaker 1: every Friday, and I'm in since six am in the

916
00:45:47,840 --> 00:45:49,840
Speaker 1: morning because I do Good Morning Football from the buildings.

917
00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:52,399
Speaker 1: So if I'm doing sidelines for a Panthers Buccaneers game.

918
00:45:52,520 --> 00:45:56,759
Speaker 1: I'm in Carolina, it's exam and oftentimes Ron Rivera will say, hey,

919
00:45:56,800 --> 00:45:59,160
Speaker 1: pop by my office. Hey do you know Steve Wilkes.

920
00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:02,520
Speaker 1: He's there to fit backs coach. This guy is a stud.

921
00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:04,680
Speaker 1: He's going to be a head coach in the NFL.

922
00:46:05,080 --> 00:46:07,239
Speaker 1: You guys need to know each other because his work

923
00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:09,640
Speaker 1: isn't recognized on a national level yet. Fast forward two

924
00:46:09,719 --> 00:46:12,680
Speaker 1: years later, he's the Arizona Cardinals. That's how that happens.

925
00:46:12,680 --> 00:46:15,960
Speaker 1: It's not because I can imagine Peter just kind of

926
00:46:15,960 --> 00:46:18,839
Speaker 1: like creeping around corners, like like it's the defensive line. Like, hey,

927
00:46:18,880 --> 00:46:21,400
Speaker 1: you guys, who are you? How does anyone worth hiring?

928
00:46:21,480 --> 00:46:25,840
Speaker 1: How does something like that not factor into your personal

929
00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:28,080
Speaker 1: head coach rankings? When you see a coach whose that

930
00:46:28,200 --> 00:46:31,000
Speaker 1: selfless and once like Bruce arians is known for this

931
00:46:31,080 --> 00:46:34,080
Speaker 1: kind of stuff like his, doesn't that automatically make you

932
00:46:34,120 --> 00:46:35,920
Speaker 1: think that that person is a better coach And you

933
00:46:35,960 --> 00:46:38,000
Speaker 1: see how they lead, and you see how they're selfless,

934
00:46:38,040 --> 00:46:40,920
Speaker 1: and I think you know, to mcveigh's credit, we talk

935
00:46:40,960 --> 00:46:43,600
Speaker 1: about the the McVeigh tree and all this stuff. There

936
00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:46,319
Speaker 1: was a good article from Michael Silver this week and

937
00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:49,000
Speaker 1: on the record, McVeigh is like, I think Matt Lafleur

938
00:46:49,040 --> 00:46:50,880
Speaker 1: is one of the best. You know, it's okay to

939
00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:52,920
Speaker 1: give love to others, and you see how these guys

940
00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:54,560
Speaker 1: lead to interact with each other, and you don't get

941
00:46:54,600 --> 00:46:56,840
Speaker 1: that if you're not in these buildings and get the

942
00:46:56,840 --> 00:46:59,200
Speaker 1: opportunity to so. I guess, but it's also the reporter's

943
00:46:59,280 --> 00:47:03,680
Speaker 1: job to say, is this just popping up? I'll say

944
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:05,640
Speaker 1: this one more time on the Jets thing though, because

945
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:08,200
Speaker 1: I do want to make this point as well. I

946
00:47:08,239 --> 00:47:12,400
Speaker 1: think that the Buccaneers used them, and I'm not knocking

947
00:47:12,440 --> 00:47:14,480
Speaker 1: the work. They do everything as far as checking the

948
00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:17,080
Speaker 1: box and covering your ass and everything you ever need

949
00:47:17,080 --> 00:47:18,799
Speaker 1: to know. If there's a thing in someone's past, I

950
00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:20,560
Speaker 1: might not know it, but these guys, that's part of

951
00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:22,880
Speaker 1: the consultancy process. That's why you use a search firm,

952
00:47:22,920 --> 00:47:26,200
Speaker 1: because they'll know that this guy had an issue in

953
00:47:26,280 --> 00:47:27,840
Speaker 1: high school and you might want to be aware of it.

954
00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:29,239
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna be able to do that. I'm or

955
00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:31,480
Speaker 1: haven't had the I'm not gonna if you don't unless

956
00:47:31,480 --> 00:47:32,680
Speaker 1: you pay in me. I'm not gonna do anything that

957
00:47:32,719 --> 00:47:38,160
Speaker 1: stuff they paid the the consultancy firm or the search firm,

958
00:47:38,239 --> 00:47:40,960
Speaker 1: you know, close to probably seven figures or high six figures,

959
00:47:41,360 --> 00:47:43,399
Speaker 1: and the answer for who they recommended to be head

960
00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:48,080
Speaker 1: coach was Bruce Arians. Well right, which the guy at

961
00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:49,880
Speaker 1: the bar still next to you could have done the

962
00:47:49,920 --> 00:47:55,000
Speaker 1: same thing, you know, to ask around and to ask

963
00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:57,960
Speaker 1: other people like who they would suggest. It's not crazy

964
00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:00,680
Speaker 1: when the gold ribbon panel that is that you're paying

965
00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:04,000
Speaker 1: high six figures for is suggesting a coach who has

966
00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:06,520
Speaker 1: been in every organization and as sixty two years old. Well,

967
00:48:06,520 --> 00:48:07,799
Speaker 1: now that we're sitting here with you, I mean you

968
00:48:07,840 --> 00:48:11,080
Speaker 1: are you know. I love the assistant coaches, We love

969
00:48:11,120 --> 00:48:13,479
Speaker 1: the the guys that are rising up through the ranks

970
00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:15,640
Speaker 1: in the front office. Can is there someone that comes

971
00:48:15,680 --> 00:48:17,360
Speaker 1: to your mind sort of over and over as the

972
00:48:17,400 --> 00:48:21,200
Speaker 1: next sort of unearthed Yes, Sean McVeigh from four years ago. Yeah,

973
00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:22,600
Speaker 1: I see on the defensive side of the ball. And

974
00:48:22,640 --> 00:48:24,200
Speaker 1: I'm not pumping his tires because we don't have a

975
00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:28,480
Speaker 1: personal relationship. But Robert sala is the defensive coordinator of

976
00:48:28,480 --> 00:48:30,680
Speaker 1: the San Francisco forty Niners. They haven't had the pieces,

977
00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:33,799
Speaker 1: but this guy leads by example and if you walk

978
00:48:33,840 --> 00:48:37,360
Speaker 1: in that building, Kyle Shanahan is modified the guy, but

979
00:48:37,480 --> 00:48:40,000
Speaker 1: that defense would run through a brick wall and would

980
00:48:40,040 --> 00:48:42,200
Speaker 1: do anything for Salo And around the league he's been

981
00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:45,279
Speaker 1: in Jacksonville and Seattle. He is just viewed as one

982
00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:49,000
Speaker 1: of these morally straight edge guy we want to work

983
00:48:49,040 --> 00:48:50,640
Speaker 1: and next year he will be a name that everyone

984
00:48:50,719 --> 00:48:53,239
Speaker 1: sorry who has not has ever had an opportunity, you know,

985
00:48:53,280 --> 00:48:56,560
Speaker 1: in the past things um Less Sneak kind of said

986
00:48:56,560 --> 00:48:59,520
Speaker 1: off handedly yesterday when we were talking to him, was

987
00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:01,480
Speaker 1: did you guys addressed to the audience that less Sneed

988
00:49:01,600 --> 00:49:08,240
Speaker 1: was here and the whole thing spoke give some context,

989
00:49:08,560 --> 00:49:12,040
Speaker 1: but he said, kind of off handedly, I'm not worried

990
00:49:12,040 --> 00:49:14,040
Speaker 1: about Miami. They'll be fine. They got the right guy.

991
00:49:14,360 --> 00:49:17,440
Speaker 1: You feel the same way. And I think there was

992
00:49:17,480 --> 00:49:19,560
Speaker 1: a picture that their website put out or maybe someone

993
00:49:19,600 --> 00:49:20,920
Speaker 1: else and I don't even know if it's out there,

994
00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:24,320
Speaker 1: was like T n T. It's all over the building

995
00:49:24,440 --> 00:49:26,800
Speaker 1: right now, and I think it's stood for like Team

996
00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:29,160
Speaker 1: not Talent or something like that, like where it's it's

997
00:49:29,160 --> 00:49:31,880
Speaker 1: one of those mantras that like the come in like

998
00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:35,960
Speaker 1: I want to. But the fact he didn't crown, uh,

999
00:49:36,120 --> 00:49:37,719
Speaker 1: Rose and his quarterback right away. He's like, no, he's

1000
00:49:37,719 --> 00:49:40,560
Speaker 1: gonna earn it. The fact that those young players are

1001
00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:42,120
Speaker 1: fired up, and the fact that he brought with him

1002
00:49:42,160 --> 00:49:45,120
Speaker 1: a lot of that Patriots brain trust. It's gonna um,

1003
00:49:45,640 --> 00:49:47,680
Speaker 1: They're gonna be all right. Back to Houston and Jets

1004
00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:51,879
Speaker 1: real quick. Why is no one in the media going

1005
00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:55,799
Speaker 1: nuts about the circus and dysfunction and what Houston just did.

1006
00:49:56,560 --> 00:49:59,000
Speaker 1: It was not treated in the same light as the Jets.

1007
00:49:59,560 --> 00:50:01,640
Speaker 1: And is it just the media market that, Hey, John

1008
00:50:01,719 --> 00:50:03,320
Speaker 1: mcclaim is the guy and this is what he says,

1009
00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:06,480
Speaker 1: and the local beat reporter reported it this way. So locally,

1010
00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:10,160
Speaker 1: I think it is they got savage pretty hard in

1011
00:50:10,200 --> 00:50:14,320
Speaker 1: the Chronicle. No one. No one cares for whatever. No

1012
00:50:14,360 --> 00:50:17,439
Speaker 1: one cares nationally what Brian Smith of the Chronicle rights

1013
00:50:17,560 --> 00:50:22,040
Speaker 1: or what McCain I think on the right I'm saying,

1014
00:50:22,239 --> 00:50:25,880
Speaker 1: I'm saying locally, no they I think O'Brien's not that O'Brien,

1015
00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:28,120
Speaker 1: And it might be because of the relationships he's built

1016
00:50:28,160 --> 00:50:32,920
Speaker 1: with nationally, which is another story. I don't think he's

1017
00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:35,720
Speaker 1: as popular locally as he is nationally, which is strange.

1018
00:50:35,760 --> 00:50:37,880
Speaker 1: This is an eleven and five team that won the

1019
00:50:37,920 --> 00:50:40,319
Speaker 1: division last year and had no first or second round

1020
00:50:40,320 --> 00:50:43,440
Speaker 1: picks and had no salary cap and they fired the

1021
00:50:43,480 --> 00:50:47,400
Speaker 1: GM yes one year into a five year deal, and

1022
00:50:47,480 --> 00:50:50,440
Speaker 1: not one person on our network or ESPN is going nuts.

1023
00:50:50,440 --> 00:50:52,160
Speaker 1: Like the Jets situation where they said, what are you

1024
00:50:52,239 --> 00:50:54,319
Speaker 1: doing well? The Jets were five and eleven, six and

1025
00:50:54,320 --> 00:50:55,919
Speaker 1: ten and six and ten the last three years. Hasn't

1026
00:50:55,920 --> 00:50:57,800
Speaker 1: have been in the DNA over the last decade for

1027
00:50:57,960 --> 00:51:00,960
Speaker 1: and unrightly, but it's New York team to Savage the

1028
00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:03,200
Speaker 1: Jets left and right, because the Jets have been the Jets.

1029
00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:05,800
Speaker 1: It's not is it fair? No? I agree with Dan's

1030
00:51:05,960 --> 00:51:09,759
Speaker 1: fury over to some degree institution. My answer from an

1031
00:51:09,760 --> 00:51:12,240
Speaker 1: outside if I wasn't a Jets fan, I'd probably enjoy

1032
00:51:12,280 --> 00:51:14,880
Speaker 1: it too, because the Jets are one of those franchise

1033
00:51:14,920 --> 00:51:18,319
Speaker 1: franchises that people seem to enjoy to watch the the

1034
00:51:18,360 --> 00:51:20,480
Speaker 1: train go off the tracks and then it's a bit

1035
00:51:20,480 --> 00:51:24,040
Speaker 1: of a pylon. The Texans don't have that same situation.

1036
00:51:24,239 --> 00:51:27,920
Speaker 1: To be fair, there there is one commonality among the

1037
00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:29,960
Speaker 1: Jets of the last twenty years and is the last

1038
00:51:30,040 --> 00:51:33,960
Speaker 1: name of the owner and hasn't changed. True. Well, I

1039
00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:36,400
Speaker 1: think the answer to your question isn't because how they're covered.

1040
00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:39,520
Speaker 1: When somebody in the Jets locker room sneezes, it's news

1041
00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:43,879
Speaker 1: and nobody cares what the texts. Uh, Peter Schreger, you've

1042
00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:46,040
Speaker 1: said it all. Yeah, you've done it. You came, you

1043
00:51:46,160 --> 00:51:48,680
Speaker 1: laid in the sun. It's great. You never even not

1044
00:51:48,760 --> 00:51:51,120
Speaker 1: even any flop sweat. Just show us how comfortable you

1045
00:51:51,120 --> 00:51:55,759
Speaker 1: are in this setting. A thousand right now. Follow Peter

1046
00:51:55,960 --> 00:51:59,080
Speaker 1: at p Schreig's s h R A G S. This

1047
00:51:59,120 --> 00:52:01,520
Speaker 1: is a little show within a show. I feel like

1048
00:52:01,560 --> 00:52:03,160
Speaker 1: you guys should never be in a locked in a

1049
00:52:03,239 --> 00:52:05,880
Speaker 1: studio again, you live in l A. Should be outdoors,

1050
00:52:05,920 --> 00:52:09,120
Speaker 1: pool side and everyone's a little cooler, a little looser,

1051
00:52:09,400 --> 00:52:11,480
Speaker 1: and if beverages were included, I wouldn't have get some

1052
00:52:11,480 --> 00:52:14,359
Speaker 1: speedos involved. That's why it's get weird that the people

1053
00:52:14,400 --> 00:52:18,359
Speaker 1: around us might not agree. But Peter, thank you so much.

1054
00:52:18,520 --> 00:52:22,359
Speaker 1: And yes, watch Good Morning Football, follow Peter's reporting on

1055
00:52:22,400 --> 00:52:24,760
Speaker 1: television and on the internet and all that good stuff.

1056
00:52:24,840 --> 00:52:26,640
Speaker 1: You're the man, Peter, Thank you. Thanks guys, loved it.

1057
00:52:26,680 --> 00:52:37,080
Speaker 1: Thanks Peter. Pool Side pool Side. That was excellent, great

1058
00:52:37,120 --> 00:52:41,160
Speaker 1: inside from Peter, and you could tell Peter had wanted

1059
00:52:41,160 --> 00:52:44,600
Speaker 1: to get that jet stuff off his chest for a while,

1060
00:52:44,880 --> 00:52:46,600
Speaker 1: and I don't know if he had the ability to

1061
00:52:46,640 --> 00:52:49,879
Speaker 1: do that on Good Morning Football, But the shadowy league

1062
00:52:49,880 --> 00:52:52,880
Speaker 1: figures maybe not aware that you were the perfect for

1063
00:52:52,920 --> 00:52:55,239
Speaker 1: that to happen, because I think you you are a

1064
00:52:55,360 --> 00:53:00,799
Speaker 1: Jets man with with the most and that we I

1065
00:53:00,840 --> 00:53:02,439
Speaker 1: can't believe that's going to make it into the show.

1066
00:53:02,480 --> 00:53:07,600
Speaker 1: If it did, I have no um. All right, so

1067
00:53:07,680 --> 00:53:09,600
Speaker 1: there you go. Can't wait to tell Peter who I

1068
00:53:09,640 --> 00:53:14,160
Speaker 1: respect most on Good Morning Football. All right, here we go.

1069
00:53:14,239 --> 00:53:16,600
Speaker 1: Let's now before we go, and by the way, last

1070
00:53:16,680 --> 00:53:20,040
Speaker 1: year and the year before, um Al river Iron, who

1071
00:53:20,120 --> 00:53:23,520
Speaker 1: is the have officiating for the NFL. Always the most

1072
00:53:23,520 --> 00:53:26,280
Speaker 1: fireworks is when Al takes the microphone and the Xbox

1073
00:53:26,280 --> 00:53:30,400
Speaker 1: controller and goes over the rule changes. And obviously with

1074
00:53:30,480 --> 00:53:34,719
Speaker 1: the past interference uh O p I and d p

1075
00:53:34,840 --> 00:53:40,920
Speaker 1: I now reviewable. UM, that led to a pretty fiery

1076
00:53:41,120 --> 00:53:44,280
Speaker 1: series of exchanges with a lot of the former players,

1077
00:53:44,360 --> 00:53:48,439
Speaker 1: especially uh. We will get to that on let's say,

1078
00:53:48,440 --> 00:53:52,120
Speaker 1: next week show, Monday show next week because we want

1079
00:53:52,160 --> 00:53:53,839
Speaker 1: to devote a little bit more time and we don't

1080
00:53:53,840 --> 00:53:57,000
Speaker 1: want to run too long today. So Al river Iron's

1081
00:53:57,160 --> 00:53:59,839
Speaker 1: state of the Union at the NFL Media Summit. We'll

1082
00:53:59,880 --> 00:54:02,719
Speaker 1: hit it on Monday, but for now, to close out

1083
00:54:02,719 --> 00:54:05,960
Speaker 1: today's show, some general takeaways UH from the media. So

1084
00:54:06,120 --> 00:54:09,799
Speaker 1: it will start with you, Chris Wesley. Well, first of all,

1085
00:54:09,800 --> 00:54:11,960
Speaker 1: it's a room full of talented people. That's why they

1086
00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:13,920
Speaker 1: call it the Talent Something. And I'm always blown away

1087
00:54:14,600 --> 00:54:17,440
Speaker 1: by how strong minded and how talented and how ambitious

1088
00:54:17,440 --> 00:54:20,680
Speaker 1: the people in the room are. But I also I

1089
00:54:20,719 --> 00:54:22,879
Speaker 1: took so many notes that my pen ran out of ink.

1090
00:54:23,200 --> 00:54:27,200
Speaker 1: Half my notebook is full. And the big totally unique,

1091
00:54:27,280 --> 00:54:29,080
Speaker 1: humble Bragg no one has ever done that. The big

1092
00:54:29,120 --> 00:54:31,760
Speaker 1: takeaway for me is there are two kinds of people

1093
00:54:31,760 --> 00:54:35,160
Speaker 1: in this room, the kind that make everything about themselves

1094
00:54:36,440 --> 00:54:42,880
Speaker 1: and every other human being on earth. Greg, what am

1095
00:54:42,880 --> 00:54:44,520
Speaker 1: I one of those people? You are not one of

1096
00:54:44,560 --> 00:54:47,360
Speaker 1: the people who makes it about yourself. I wanted to

1097
00:54:47,360 --> 00:54:49,919
Speaker 1: hear that's what we're getting the corporate jug We're gonna

1098
00:54:49,960 --> 00:54:51,759
Speaker 1: get to that and say that the last thing we do.

1099
00:54:52,719 --> 00:54:55,200
Speaker 1: I where do I go? I think Steve Smith being

1100
00:54:55,239 --> 00:54:58,239
Speaker 1: Steve Smith in every situation of his life is delightful

1101
00:54:58,440 --> 00:55:01,240
Speaker 1: and we can maybe we'll talk about that about with Riveron.

1102
00:55:01,600 --> 00:55:06,800
Speaker 1: But he was given Riveron as much grief the He's funny.

1103
00:55:06,880 --> 00:55:09,400
Speaker 1: He's a lot of times in sports were like that.

1104
00:55:09,440 --> 00:55:13,440
Speaker 1: Guy's funny, like Steve Smith is legit funny, has great timing,

1105
00:55:13,520 --> 00:55:16,319
Speaker 1: has great comebacks right after the bat like I am

1106
00:55:16,400 --> 00:55:18,279
Speaker 1: such a fan. He dropped some bombs and it's the

1107
00:55:18,280 --> 00:55:21,319
Speaker 1: timing he the way he would suddenly unfurl an a

1108
00:55:21,440 --> 00:55:26,719
Speaker 1: bomb on the speaker. He's unique because I think we

1109
00:55:26,800 --> 00:55:28,560
Speaker 1: see a lot of athletes and he's only a couple

1110
00:55:28,560 --> 00:55:29,840
Speaker 1: of years out of the game. When there are a

1111
00:55:29,840 --> 00:55:31,799
Speaker 1: couple of years out of the game, they're reluctant to

1112
00:55:31,880 --> 00:55:34,759
Speaker 1: speak their minds, they're reluctant to be themselves. And he

1113
00:55:34,840 --> 00:55:40,040
Speaker 1: seems like he's a hundred Steve smithe all the time. Mark,

1114
00:55:40,600 --> 00:55:42,480
Speaker 1: all right, hang with me for one second, because one

1115
00:55:42,520 --> 00:55:44,040
Speaker 1: thing this has been, you know, the third or fourth

1116
00:55:44,080 --> 00:55:45,800
Speaker 1: time we've gone to this, and a lot of the

1117
00:55:45,840 --> 00:55:48,800
Speaker 1: similar beats Um, which that would lead me to sometimes

1118
00:55:48,800 --> 00:55:51,360
Speaker 1: tune out a little bit when it's the same stuff

1119
00:55:51,400 --> 00:55:53,680
Speaker 1: is last year. But it was about UM in my

1120
00:55:53,719 --> 00:55:56,560
Speaker 1: mind twelve hours ago that I was in a car

1121
00:55:56,800 --> 00:56:00,959
Speaker 1: up on Sunset Boulevard Um after leaving yesterday's event with

1122
00:56:01,520 --> 00:56:05,480
Speaker 1: Brad pitt, a young Gwyneth Paltrow and Leonardo DiCaprio, and

1123
00:56:05,760 --> 00:56:08,320
Speaker 1: we were in a stolen police car. And then suddenly,

1124
00:56:08,360 --> 00:56:11,680
Speaker 1: about fourteen seconds later, I was in a massive lake

1125
00:56:12,360 --> 00:56:15,000
Speaker 1: in a sprawling wilderness. The lake filled with milk, and

1126
00:56:15,040 --> 00:56:17,160
Speaker 1: I wanted to swim to shore, but all along the

1127
00:56:17,160 --> 00:56:20,520
Speaker 1: shoreline were hundreds of kittens licking the milk, and I

1128
00:56:20,560 --> 00:56:22,839
Speaker 1: just didn't know where to find my opening. And then

1129
00:56:22,880 --> 00:56:24,600
Speaker 1: I woke up and realized this was a dream that

1130
00:56:24,640 --> 00:56:27,040
Speaker 1: I had, and I wanted to share it with everyone

1131
00:56:27,080 --> 00:56:30,080
Speaker 1: that I knew. But I was told yesterday by HR

1132
00:56:30,200 --> 00:56:33,520
Speaker 1: that we are not allowed to comment on dreams that

1133
00:56:33,600 --> 00:56:37,280
Speaker 1: we have in the nighttime space ever again to anyone

1134
00:56:37,360 --> 00:56:39,840
Speaker 1: we work with. And it is quite disturbing to me.

1135
00:56:40,160 --> 00:56:42,480
Speaker 1: And is that does not see that seemed like something

1136
00:56:42,520 --> 00:56:47,200
Speaker 1: I'm not allowed to share it with my friends. That's

1137
00:56:47,280 --> 00:56:49,919
Speaker 1: unfair because we should all be able to hear that.

1138
00:56:50,560 --> 00:56:53,279
Speaker 1: What why it's a good rule is that creeps will

1139
00:56:53,400 --> 00:56:57,800
Speaker 1: use the dream cover to get creepy. I know, but

1140
00:56:57,880 --> 00:57:00,560
Speaker 1: this is simply about you're just milk old lady, can

1141
00:57:01,640 --> 00:57:05,280
Speaker 1: I can? I can still tell you about that um takeaway.

1142
00:57:06,200 --> 00:57:09,120
Speaker 1: Obviously a lot of talk about the Raiders move in

1143
00:57:09,160 --> 00:57:11,800
Speaker 1: to Las Vegas that came up, and and sports gambling

1144
00:57:11,800 --> 00:57:15,279
Speaker 1: and all that. I learned that former NFL Commissioner Paul

1145
00:57:15,280 --> 00:57:19,160
Speaker 1: Tagley Boo refused to even fly over Las Vegas. Do

1146
00:57:19,240 --> 00:57:22,640
Speaker 1: you believe that story to be apocryphal or ridiculous? I

1147
00:57:22,680 --> 00:57:26,600
Speaker 1: don't know. Can you imagine that can because and if

1148
00:57:26,720 --> 00:57:28,880
Speaker 1: if you're not connecting the dots that he was so

1149
00:57:29,160 --> 00:57:32,960
Speaker 1: against the idea of professional football and sports gambling that

1150
00:57:33,000 --> 00:57:34,720
Speaker 1: he didn't even want to be in the air range

1151
00:57:35,000 --> 00:57:37,880
Speaker 1: of the mecca of gambling. But did he ask for

1152
00:57:37,880 --> 00:57:40,680
Speaker 1: the flight plan like when he was flying coast to coast?

1153
00:57:40,720 --> 00:57:43,080
Speaker 1: I am curious about that was like a Howard Hugh

1154
00:57:43,960 --> 00:57:48,320
Speaker 1: But um, NFL networks Omar Ruiz, Remember Sean Casey, your

1155
00:57:48,320 --> 00:57:51,320
Speaker 1: boy with the red the mayor. Well, that's what Ruiz is.

1156
00:57:51,680 --> 00:57:56,840
Speaker 1: Amongst the talent, the guy is um bipartisan. He could work,

1157
00:57:56,840 --> 00:57:59,440
Speaker 1: he could work both sides of the aisle. And he's

1158
00:57:59,440 --> 00:58:01,760
Speaker 1: a He's a big star in the world of politics.

1159
00:58:01,800 --> 00:58:04,000
Speaker 1: I think if he wants to be. And then my

1160
00:58:04,080 --> 00:58:08,000
Speaker 1: last takeaway is, um, you know, that's a long event.

1161
00:58:08,080 --> 00:58:12,120
Speaker 1: It was the first day was essentially eight thirty until

1162
00:58:12,160 --> 00:58:15,560
Speaker 1: six thirties sitting in a an auditorium, and there are

1163
00:58:15,640 --> 00:58:21,200
Speaker 1: lulls not all the presentations land and one prominent network

1164
00:58:21,280 --> 00:58:25,920
Speaker 1: face during one of the presentations sent me what I

1165
00:58:25,960 --> 00:58:29,800
Speaker 1: approximate to be a three word text message explaining the

1166
00:58:29,880 --> 00:58:34,960
Speaker 1: nineteen two film Et as a meditation on faith. So

1167
00:58:35,000 --> 00:58:37,840
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna read you this was. I am not joking.

1168
00:58:37,840 --> 00:58:42,200
Speaker 1: This was sent to me. Okay, this wasn't Mark. That

1169
00:58:42,280 --> 00:58:45,640
Speaker 1: sentence was not Mark. It is a prominent television fixture

1170
00:58:45,640 --> 00:58:50,439
Speaker 1: on pretty quickly one of my favorite movies of all times. ET,

1171
00:58:50,800 --> 00:58:52,959
Speaker 1: allow me to explain why, seeing as I have plenty

1172
00:58:53,000 --> 00:58:56,440
Speaker 1: of effing time right now. The movie is a religious allegory,

1173
00:58:56,800 --> 00:58:59,560
Speaker 1: which Spielberg has denied, but who's the kidding e t

1174
00:58:59,760 --> 00:59:02,520
Speaker 1: is eases. I'll spare you the details for now, but

1175
00:59:02,560 --> 00:59:05,360
Speaker 1: would be more than happy to share later anyway. Et

1176
00:59:05,560 --> 00:59:08,000
Speaker 1: says the letter B when he sees it on Sesame

1177
00:59:08,040 --> 00:59:11,560
Speaker 1: Street on TV and Gertie replies, you said be good.

1178
00:59:12,200 --> 00:59:14,640
Speaker 1: The little bastard then uses that line when he leaves

1179
00:59:14,640 --> 00:59:17,800
Speaker 1: and tells Gertie be good. Some fake ass alien that

1180
00:59:17,840 --> 00:59:20,760
Speaker 1: doesn't exist breaks it down. Minus all the religious that

1181
00:59:21,240 --> 00:59:24,640
Speaker 1: other people used to weaponize their faith against others. It's great.

1182
00:59:25,080 --> 00:59:27,480
Speaker 1: So when you said be smart, I guess I said

1183
00:59:27,520 --> 00:59:30,400
Speaker 1: that or whatever. When that lady was going on for hours,

1184
00:59:30,440 --> 00:59:32,800
Speaker 1: it reminded me of e T. Same with this guy

1185
00:59:32,920 --> 00:59:38,400
Speaker 1: right now, wrap it up, fiend. Wow, it's like the review.

1186
00:59:39,000 --> 00:59:42,400
Speaker 1: Do you believe I need to hear that again? Um?

1187
00:59:42,560 --> 00:59:45,520
Speaker 1: But I'm more like hovering around who possibly sent it?

1188
00:59:45,680 --> 00:59:48,600
Speaker 1: I think I nailed it. That's correct. I guess the

1189
00:59:48,600 --> 00:59:51,040
Speaker 1: same thing Greg did. That's correct. I I do have

1190
00:59:51,080 --> 00:59:55,640
Speaker 1: to um two more, just quick ones. Number one. Uh,

1191
00:59:56,720 --> 00:59:59,040
Speaker 1: most people they don't mind if you talk about gambling.

1192
00:59:59,280 --> 01:00:01,800
Speaker 1: But women over the age of fifty five done do it?

1193
01:00:01,880 --> 01:00:05,439
Speaker 1: Don't They're gonna hate you. Um, so sorry to all

1194
01:00:05,520 --> 01:00:09,919
Speaker 1: the older ladies out there whenever we've mentioned yeah, white

1195
01:00:09,920 --> 01:00:13,400
Speaker 1: women specifically. And then finally, if you're coming off the

1196
01:00:13,480 --> 01:00:16,520
Speaker 1: stage you just talked about HR or anything like that,

1197
01:00:16,640 --> 01:00:18,960
Speaker 1: don't do a fist bump with the next person that's

1198
01:00:19,000 --> 01:00:21,600
Speaker 1: coming up. I don't know, I just I just it

1199
01:00:21,680 --> 01:00:24,440
Speaker 1: makes me feel awkward. And it's just a tough moment

1200
01:00:24,480 --> 01:00:27,480
Speaker 1: in these these settings. I mean, it's even worse when

1201
01:00:27,520 --> 01:00:31,000
Speaker 1: that's the the high five and fifth bump. Get confused

1202
01:00:31,040 --> 01:00:33,800
Speaker 1: and you got the half and half sloppy one, which

1203
01:00:34,240 --> 01:00:37,800
Speaker 1: I saw that in one instance as well. West Um,

1204
01:00:37,880 --> 01:00:39,560
Speaker 1: Now we throw it to you, and feel free to

1205
01:00:39,560 --> 01:00:41,960
Speaker 1: throw in another thought before you get to it. But

1206
01:00:42,000 --> 01:00:45,960
Speaker 1: we want to hear the official two thousand nineteen Corporo jargon.

1207
01:00:46,480 --> 01:00:49,120
Speaker 1: I'll say most of my thoughts for the river run

1208
01:00:49,440 --> 01:00:53,960
Speaker 1: section coming up in the future. But two am. We're

1209
01:00:54,120 --> 01:00:57,240
Speaker 1: basically there for about an hour on the first day,

1210
01:00:57,280 --> 01:01:00,200
Speaker 1: and I wrote down, wait, who sent the memo to

1211
01:01:00,280 --> 01:01:03,680
Speaker 1: avoid Corpo buzzwords this year? It was obvious that somebody

1212
01:01:03,680 --> 01:01:06,040
Speaker 1: has gotten to these people and told them not to.

1213
01:01:06,160 --> 01:01:10,040
Speaker 1: Now I did catch them using weird words as verbs,

1214
01:01:10,160 --> 01:01:13,160
Speaker 1: which I delighted me to no end. When somebody had

1215
01:01:13,200 --> 01:01:16,640
Speaker 1: three times first somebody said, well, what if this team

1216
01:01:16,680 --> 01:01:21,240
Speaker 1: is I D eighteen on that G eighteen and we

1217
01:01:21,320 --> 01:01:26,440
Speaker 1: also got we'll offline that conversation. That's great, let's offline this.

1218
01:01:27,520 --> 01:01:30,400
Speaker 1: I've got this one written down. That wasn't it a great?

1219
01:01:30,960 --> 01:01:35,520
Speaker 1: A great example though, of someone making it all about themselves,

1220
01:01:35,600 --> 01:01:39,160
Speaker 1: taking out a total personal vendetta in front of forty

1221
01:01:39,200 --> 01:01:41,680
Speaker 1: It's a beautiful thing. So my favorite quote of the

1222
01:01:41,720 --> 01:01:45,160
Speaker 1: first day was we sound like dinosaurs even saying this

1223
01:01:46,800 --> 01:01:53,440
Speaker 1: but there's so much more beyond the linear space that

1224
01:01:53,480 --> 01:01:55,640
Speaker 1: sounds like a crazy guy that runs a cult that

1225
01:01:55,680 --> 01:01:59,200
Speaker 1: whereas Red Sneakers, you know, the whole group might Yeah,

1226
01:01:59,640 --> 01:02:01,800
Speaker 1: I heard linear space a few times and I'm still

1227
01:02:01,800 --> 01:02:03,959
Speaker 1: not sure what they mean by that. That it doesn't

1228
01:02:04,000 --> 01:02:07,160
Speaker 1: matter what it means, it's just it sounds good. What else?

1229
01:02:07,360 --> 01:02:10,280
Speaker 1: And then really, this was like leading off the game

1230
01:02:10,280 --> 01:02:12,240
Speaker 1: with back to back. Homer's one of one of my

1231
01:02:12,280 --> 01:02:17,040
Speaker 1: favorite people in the newsroom area. Unleashed this in one breath.

1232
01:02:18,160 --> 01:02:20,320
Speaker 1: If we can put a button on this and point

1233
01:02:20,320 --> 01:02:27,480
Speaker 1: to a north Star too, cor Fo jargons and mad

1234
01:02:27,560 --> 01:02:29,440
Speaker 1: lives like hit out of the park right there. But

1235
01:02:29,600 --> 01:02:32,760
Speaker 1: I love North Star so much. Yeah, and I think

1236
01:02:32,800 --> 01:02:34,480
Speaker 1: that's about it. Like I said, I think somebody got

1237
01:02:34,480 --> 01:02:37,000
Speaker 1: to these people. I know, uh my boy Kingsley at

1238
01:02:37,000 --> 01:02:39,360
Speaker 1: one point said this is a strange kabuki dance, which

1239
01:02:39,400 --> 01:02:41,600
Speaker 1: I know is in Corto jargon. That's that's a point

1240
01:02:41,640 --> 01:02:44,520
Speaker 1: to uh Japanese culture. I think there's been a real

1241
01:02:44,600 --> 01:02:47,720
Speaker 1: push to your point in someone spoken in some meetings

1242
01:02:47,720 --> 01:02:49,520
Speaker 1: somewhere that we were not invited to and never will

1243
01:02:49,560 --> 01:02:53,600
Speaker 1: be about let's look real, transparent and genuine to these people,

1244
01:02:53,600 --> 01:02:56,160
Speaker 1: but then suddenly they slipped back into the old habits,

1245
01:02:56,160 --> 01:02:58,600
Speaker 1: and that's where the jargon starts to pop forth. Yeah,

1246
01:02:58,640 --> 01:03:00,720
Speaker 1: I think they just you know, a lot of above

1247
01:03:00,800 --> 01:03:05,040
Speaker 1: the tree tops which no, I think somebody got to him.

1248
01:03:05,080 --> 01:03:07,480
Speaker 1: I think maybe a secretary pushed something onto a desk

1249
01:03:07,520 --> 01:03:09,560
Speaker 1: and said, these people said this in a podcast, then

1250
01:03:09,640 --> 01:03:14,880
Speaker 1: you gotta change your message this year. All right, good stuff, excellent,

1251
01:03:15,320 --> 01:03:20,960
Speaker 1: well done everyone, including you America, Thank you absolutely. Um.

1252
01:03:21,000 --> 01:03:24,520
Speaker 1: All right, that's it for today. Erica always sound like

1253
01:03:24,520 --> 01:03:28,600
Speaker 1: a hostage. I don't know, I don't know. All right,

1254
01:03:28,680 --> 01:03:31,120
Speaker 1: So that's it for this week's show. Mark, You're going

1255
01:03:31,120 --> 01:03:36,800
Speaker 1: on vacation, Yes, family vacation, visiting my parents and other

1256
01:03:36,800 --> 01:03:38,760
Speaker 1: people in New Hampshire next week. Nice and not one

1257
01:03:38,800 --> 01:03:41,760
Speaker 1: of those uh staying in l a and walking in

1258
01:03:41,760 --> 01:03:44,240
Speaker 1: the alleyways as while carrying a carolac book. Not one

1259
01:03:44,240 --> 01:03:48,000
Speaker 1: of those. Not unless I alone missed the plane. We'll

1260
01:03:48,080 --> 01:03:50,360
Speaker 1: enjoy yourself in New Hampshire, which is in New England,

1261
01:03:50,360 --> 01:03:52,280
Speaker 1: which means a lot to you, America. Yeah, I'm from

1262
01:03:52,320 --> 01:03:57,240
Speaker 1: New Hampshire originally you're from Massachusetts, and they are very

1263
01:03:57,320 --> 01:04:00,920
Speaker 1: distinctly different places. I don't know, all right, we'll be

1264
01:04:00,920 --> 01:04:03,680
Speaker 1: back on Monday. We will hit the river on stuff.

1265
01:04:04,280 --> 01:04:07,680
Speaker 1: Um mark, if you have any thoughts you want to offload,

1266
01:04:07,920 --> 01:04:10,600
Speaker 1: take it offline with me and we'll make sure they

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Speaker 1: get into the show. I think it's a good one. Yes,

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Speaker 1: we will send for a while and then I will

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Speaker 1: do that. But yeah, let's not get two above the

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Speaker 1: tree tops here. We will be back Monday, so make

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Speaker 1: sure you check it out. Thank you to everyone, and

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Speaker 1: um that's it. Stan Hands is signing off for Quiet Storm,

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Speaker 1: The Mailman, the Old Boss and Ricky Hollywood Behind the

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Speaker 1: Glass until Monday is a long day pull side bull side,

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Speaker 1: bull side, bull side, bull side, bull side, bull side

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Speaker 1: bull