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Speaker 1: The volume What is going on Everybody? John middlecof thuring

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Speaker 1: Out podcast back in the studios in Scottsdale, Arizona where

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Speaker 1: it's really hot. And today we'll talk a little football

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Speaker 1: because Justin Tucker was suspended by the NFL, probably ending

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Speaker 1: his career, so we'll dive into that. Off the top,

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Speaker 1: a couple of things, arch manning some parallels with Cooper Flag.

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Speaker 1: I thought there was a symbolic moment in the Oklahoma

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Speaker 1: between football and basketball. Robert Craft had some comments and

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Speaker 1: We'll do a little mail bag as well. A lot

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Speaker 1: terms of Colin, I mean, it was like I got

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Speaker 1: So we'll touch on that as well as Fugazi Friday

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Speaker 1: lot in my career. Let's start with the breaking news today,

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Speaker 1: and I've said this forever. When it comes to these situations,

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Speaker 1: everyone has a million takes, especially with social media. No

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Speaker 1: the teams, they never know. They take educated guesses. I

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Speaker 1: reasons he was run out of Tennessee is like people

426
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Speaker 1: were on edge. It wasn't a fun environment for the owner.

427
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Speaker 1: So if you want to win in the NFL, most

428
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Speaker 1: guys are not Andy Reid where he's like pretty happy

429
00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:03,240
Speaker 1: in a good mood. Kyle Shanahan is miserable. Lafleura doesn't

430
00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:06,280
Speaker 1: seem mister happy all the time. You think the Harbob

431
00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:09,560
Speaker 1: Brothers are like smile ear to ear on a daily basis.

432
00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:12,520
Speaker 1: I think Tomlin's just thrilled every day walking through the

433
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Speaker 1: front door. Part of winning in the NFL, which brings

434
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Speaker 1: a ton of money. Ask the crafts what all those

435
00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:23,000
Speaker 1: wins meant for their bank account. A lot comes with

436
00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:26,119
Speaker 1: people being pissed off, comes with people being angry, comes

437
00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:30,199
Speaker 1: with an edge to your organization. So I get it

438
00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:33,120
Speaker 1: sucks to loose it does I mean, no one would

439
00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:35,600
Speaker 1: argue that, But to think, even if you just start

440
00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:38,679
Speaker 1: winning again, it's gonna be fun. I mean, part of

441
00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:41,400
Speaker 1: the reason you ran Belichick out because he wouldn't listen

442
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Speaker 1: to you, but you couldn't fire him when he was winning,

443
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Speaker 1: even though you didn't like him. So I think sometimes

444
00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:48,840
Speaker 1: people want their cake and to eat it too. It's like,

445
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Speaker 1: I love this beautiful girl who's tall, cooks cleans, who

446
00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:53,639
Speaker 1: makes a bunch of money, who leaves me alone on

447
00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:56,560
Speaker 1: the weekends, let me play golf, great in bed. It's like, yeah,

448
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Speaker 1: good luck, have fun. Probably not gonna that last, but

449
00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:04,520
Speaker 1: not least Rogers. We have seen the end of some

450
00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:10,720
Speaker 1: of these quarterbacks, his contemporaries, right, Tom Peyton, Breeze, Roethlisberger.

451
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Speaker 1: All these guys are gonna go Hall of Fame, and

452
00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:15,280
Speaker 1: they've all ended a little bit differently. And I would

453
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Speaker 1: say the one thing Tom differs from Peyton Breese and

454
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Speaker 1: ben Is. Those guys fell apart physically. Peyton Manning his

455
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Speaker 1: last year, could not throw the ball. Drew Brees. I

456
00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:30,320
Speaker 1: think I saw a headline the other day that said

457
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Speaker 1: when he plays catch with his children, he has to

458
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Speaker 1: use his left hand because his right. His right arm

459
00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:39,720
Speaker 1: doesn't work. He has such bad arthritis in his shoulder. Obviously, Roethlisberger,

460
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Speaker 1: once he had the Tommy John it kind of stopped working.

461
00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:48,399
Speaker 1: And Tom Brady was forty five, he no longer wanted

462
00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:52,080
Speaker 1: to get hit. Don't blame him. But physically he was

463
00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:54,400
Speaker 1: the same as he was at forty or thirty five

464
00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:56,960
Speaker 1: years old. His arms still worked as well as it

465
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Speaker 1: had been for years. The problem is team wasn't as good.

466
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Speaker 1: Remember they couldn't run the ball his last season with

467
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Speaker 1: Tampa and they he had to throw the ball NonStop,

468
00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:08,240
Speaker 1: and their offensive line had some injuries, and he was

469
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Speaker 1: getting peppered. So when I look at Aaron Rodgers, to me,

470
00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:14,720
Speaker 1: there are only just two outcomes. Like one. His body

471
00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:17,480
Speaker 1: in terms of his arm is fine. He can still

472
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Speaker 1: throw the ball. Maybe he doesn't throw the ball as

473
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Speaker 1: well as when he was thirty years old, but like

474
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Speaker 1: his arm strength relative to the rest of the NFL

475
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Speaker 1: is not only more than capable, he probably has still

476
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Speaker 1: top six to seven arm in the league. So to me,

477
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Speaker 1: I'm not worried about like Breeze, Peyton Manning and Drew

478
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Speaker 1: Brees his arm not working. But I do think it's

479
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Speaker 1: fair to say can't stay healthy. I mean last year,

480
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Speaker 1: clearly he got injured a couple times. He kind of

481
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Speaker 1: battled through it, and he was a shell of himself.

482
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Speaker 1: Obviously two years ago he tore his achilles. So to me,

483
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Speaker 1: it's like, can he stay healthy for seventeen games? Because

484
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Speaker 1: if you tell me right now that Aaron Rodgers starts

485
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Speaker 1: seventeen games, I go, yeah, I can see them being

486
00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:58,480
Speaker 1: pretty good. But you know, when you compare him to

487
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Speaker 1: the far of year with Minnesota or even that Peyton

488
00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:04,040
Speaker 1: Manning year with his last year when his arm didn't work,

489
00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:07,919
Speaker 1: those teams were loaded. Peyton Manning had the best defense

490
00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,399
Speaker 1: in the NFL that year. That defense is one of

491
00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:13,840
Speaker 1: the best defenses I've ever seen, and clearly he didn't

492
00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:18,080
Speaker 1: have to do that much. Right FARV had Adrian Peterson,

493
00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:20,719
Speaker 1: who was like twenty three years old, rushing for fifteen

494
00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:24,000
Speaker 1: to twenty touchdowns a year. So when you look. And

495
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Speaker 1: I texted a buddy in the league. I said, how

496
00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:27,800
Speaker 1: good do you think the Steelers are? He's like, I

497
00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:30,399
Speaker 1: think their roster this year compared to last year's pretty similar.

498
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Speaker 1: He's like, You're a little higher on the Iowa running

499
00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:36,840
Speaker 1: back than me, but he should be good for them.

500
00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:39,960
Speaker 1: The defensive tackle they drafted in the first round solid, obviously,

501
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,359
Speaker 1: if TJ's healthy, their defense should be pretty good if

502
00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,680
Speaker 1: TJ and Mikott could stay on the field. But yeah,

503
00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:47,320
Speaker 1: I mean that's probably pretty similar to what they've been

504
00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:50,040
Speaker 1: so really, their only hope for them to be improved

505
00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:57,240
Speaker 1: would be Rogers being healthy and playing well. And one

506
00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:00,679
Speaker 1: thing that's difficult, and this is where the far comparison

507
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Speaker 1: with Minnesota is when you're old, playing in a dome

508
00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:09,440
Speaker 1: is a lot easier. Playing outside in the AFC North

509
00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:12,879
Speaker 1: in games that are twenty thirty degrees are hard on

510
00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:16,200
Speaker 1: your body, are hard on your joints, even if you're

511
00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:18,679
Speaker 1: used to doing it. I don't think it's random that

512
00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:21,600
Speaker 1: Tom Brady excelled for a couple of years, leaving New

513
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Speaker 1: England down to a warm weather client climate like obviously

514
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Speaker 1: Rogers and Tom flourished in cold weather for a long time, right,

515
00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:33,480
Speaker 1: but once you get older and listen, I can speak

516
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Speaker 1: to this like I hate the cold. I don't want

517
00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:37,520
Speaker 1: to be a part of it, especially as your body,

518
00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:40,360
Speaker 1: like parts of your body that hurt that used to

519
00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:43,320
Speaker 1: not hurt. Heat is easier on it, playing inside is

520
00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:45,760
Speaker 1: easier on it. It's why we can be critical of

521
00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:48,840
Speaker 1: certain quarterbacks over the years, like, yeah, Jared Goff has

522
00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:52,000
Speaker 1: some limitations outside. Guess what he played for LA and

523
00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,120
Speaker 1: now Detroit in a dome. Yeah, brock Perty's not a

524
00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:58,320
Speaker 1: great weather quarterback. He plays in fucking Santa Clara doesn't

525
00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:00,880
Speaker 1: impact him as much. So well, that to me is

526
00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:02,920
Speaker 1: something to keep an eye on the cold, how it's

527
00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:07,200
Speaker 1: on his body and can the guy stay healthy, because listen,

528
00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:09,000
Speaker 1: he's going to be a huge story all season long.

529
00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:12,920
Speaker 1: Everything he says, everyone has an opinion on it. He

530
00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:14,920
Speaker 1: also says some things, it's like you're never gonna see

531
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:17,480
Speaker 1: me again. I saw someone's like eron you tried to

532
00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:20,280
Speaker 1: become the Jeopardy host while you were an NFL quarterback,

533
00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,520
Speaker 1: Like let's sun act like you don't love the limelight,

534
00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:24,760
Speaker 1: and listen, I got no problem with him loving the limelight,

535
00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,400
Speaker 1: but just embrace it. I always say this about Lebron.

536
00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:30,360
Speaker 1: Just just embrace that. You get people traded all the time.

537
00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:33,080
Speaker 1: You can't take the you know, the stance like I

538
00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:34,760
Speaker 1: got nothing to do with it. I'm just a player,

539
00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:37,640
Speaker 1: just along for the ride. Now, just embrace it. Bro.

540
00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:41,920
Speaker 1: We all know. It's okay, Aaron, you like being up

541
00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:44,760
Speaker 1: in the lights, It's fine. I don't blame you. Just

542
00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:50,520
Speaker 1: just put your arms around it. Uh quick. Fugazi Friday.

543
00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:53,040
Speaker 1: For those that are my age and older, we grew

544
00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:55,560
Speaker 1: up in a time when the Internet didn't exist, or

545
00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:58,520
Speaker 1: at least the internet didn't exist in all of our homes,

546
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Speaker 1: and then we went through a transition. We had this

547
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Speaker 1: thing called dial up internet. And back in the late

548
00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:08,200
Speaker 1: nineties early two thousands, the thought of streaming television shows

549
00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:13,600
Speaker 1: or streaming movies wasn't just foreign, it was you couldn't

550
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:17,080
Speaker 1: even comprehend it. And within you know, middle end of

551
00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:19,400
Speaker 1: the decade, all that stuff was rock and roll and

552
00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:22,160
Speaker 1: it was a big deal when you could download songs.

553
00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:25,680
Speaker 1: But we have come accustomed to if you say you

554
00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:29,040
Speaker 1: have internet, right, especially even a hotel, right, if you say, hey,

555
00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:32,640
Speaker 1: we provide internet, I do have standards of like, Okay,

556
00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:36,280
Speaker 1: I understand that I might not be able to stream

557
00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:39,840
Speaker 1: a podcast or a draft show from a hotel room.

558
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:43,680
Speaker 1: I get that, but if I can't stream Netflix from

559
00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:47,800
Speaker 1: my iPad from your hotel internet, you should basically just

560
00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:52,479
Speaker 1: say you don't have internet. One thing with planes is,

561
00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:55,200
Speaker 1: you know a couple. It was last year when I

562
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:58,880
Speaker 1: went to the Ohio the Oklahoma Texas game. I flew

563
00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:01,800
Speaker 1: back on JSX, which you pay a little bit more.

564
00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:05,480
Speaker 1: It's like you kind of get treated like a private airport.

565
00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:07,000
Speaker 1: You just you don't have to wait in line, you

566
00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:09,640
Speaker 1: walk right in. It's like, instead of paying two hundred

567
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:11,280
Speaker 1: dollars for a flight, maybe it's three hundred and fifty

568
00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:14,040
Speaker 1: four hundred dollars. It's an incredible experience. They don't fly everywhere,

569
00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:16,560
Speaker 1: but they had starlink Internet. And I remember me and

570
00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:21,120
Speaker 1: Maria were flying back and it was Sunday morning and

571
00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:24,840
Speaker 1: I watched I think it was who was playing. Was

572
00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:28,800
Speaker 1: it Chicago Minnesota? It was some international game. So we

573
00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:31,560
Speaker 1: flew at six thirty seven in the morning, watched internet,

574
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:33,520
Speaker 1: Starlink Internet. It was like I was at my house,

575
00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:36,720
Speaker 1: but I'm flying on Delta and they charge you ten

576
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:39,120
Speaker 1: dollars for Internet. So you're like Hey, listen, I don't

577
00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:41,000
Speaker 1: even fly Delta, so I'm like, I bet this Internet's

578
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:44,040
Speaker 1: pretty good. And I actually rarely pay for Internet because

579
00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:47,280
Speaker 1: my expectations are pretty low, Like I'll pay ten ninet

580
00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:50,360
Speaker 1: nine for Internet and then you get the Internet nothing works.

581
00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:53,080
Speaker 1: I do have a hard time in twenty twenty five

582
00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:58,000
Speaker 1: any company charging for Internet if the Internet literally I

583
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,840
Speaker 1: can't even like bring up fucking Instagram like that. That's

584
00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:04,040
Speaker 1: not Internet. That's that's the fugaza you're charging me for.

585
00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:06,960
Speaker 1: If you are going to charge someone for Internet, it

586
00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:10,320
Speaker 1: better at least have the basic capabilities. I better be

587
00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:12,920
Speaker 1: able to like type in Google and it just show up.

588
00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:17,800
Speaker 1: I'm not asking to download seventeen movies up in the air.

589
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:21,040
Speaker 1: I get it, you're gonna have some limitations. But I

590
00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:24,600
Speaker 1: was like, I downloaded it and thought, this is fucking nuts.

591
00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:28,080
Speaker 1: This really is crazy. It does not work yet I

592
00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:31,880
Speaker 1: just paid nine ninety five or ten ninety five. It's like,

593
00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:35,000
Speaker 1: you shouldn't be able to charge for something that's with

594
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:39,640
Speaker 1: the Internet, that does not stream anything or has no

595
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:42,840
Speaker 1: capabilities to get to the Internet. So kind of drove

596
00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:47,120
Speaker 1: me nuts. But before we get out of here, I

597
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Speaker 1: wanted to welcome everyone to chasing challenges brought to you

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Speaker 1: this segment, we'll explore some of the biggest challenges being

603
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Speaker 1: faced in the NFL and how they can overcome. What

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605
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606
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Speaker 1: to you by NFL teams with lame duck gms and

607
00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:24,960
Speaker 1: head coaches. I saw a story today that Jason Light

608
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Speaker 1: and Todd Bowles have been extended and the GM. You know, Todd,

609
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:33,440
Speaker 1: I think has flirted with retirement the last couple of years.

610
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Speaker 1: I obviously just got paid. The GM in football now,

611
00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:41,080
Speaker 1: with the cap rising, with the complexity of these contracts,

612
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:42,720
Speaker 1: has never been more important. If you look at the

613
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Speaker 1: best teams, they all got the best GMS. Obviously, coach

614
00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:48,800
Speaker 1: is extremely important as well, but the GM position in

615
00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:50,880
Speaker 1: the NFL, to me, has never been more important. You

616
00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:53,760
Speaker 1: could argue the NBA too, with all the different you know,

617
00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:57,560
Speaker 1: salary cap floors and different aprons, Like you have to

618
00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:00,880
Speaker 1: be really dynamic. You need to understand money, you need

619
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Speaker 1: to understand player, the ability to evaluate talent. You got

620
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Speaker 1: to be able to kind of put it all under

621
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Speaker 1: one umbrella and kind of balance it all. So it's

622
00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:12,920
Speaker 1: it's very, very important. And I think one thing these owners,

623
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Speaker 1: you know, let's face it, that they have proven at

624
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:19,000
Speaker 1: times to be cheap over the grass on the field.

625
00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:23,520
Speaker 1: It's like, guys, your highest paid employees are on that

626
00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:26,920
Speaker 1: grass or that turf. Wouldn't you want the best possible

627
00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:30,560
Speaker 1: thing on the ground to limit the injuries to their

628
00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:32,879
Speaker 1: lower extremities. And they're like, now we'll just we'll take

629
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:36,759
Speaker 1: the cheaper turf, Like what are you doing? Tampa is

630
00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:39,360
Speaker 1: a good example for a long time, you know, for

631
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Speaker 1: most of my adult life, from Gruden to a bunch

632
00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:44,359
Speaker 1: of different guys in the twenty tens, now Jason Light

633
00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:47,959
Speaker 1: going through some different coaches. They've kind of bounced around,

634
00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:50,719
Speaker 1: and I think the Glazers realize, like, we got to

635
00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:54,960
Speaker 1: star a GM. We are going to build our organization. Obviously,

636
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Speaker 1: whenever Todd retires, Jason will hire another coach around this guy.

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Speaker 1: And you have seen teams like the Cowboys that are like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: we're just gonna let Mike McCarthy's contract's take him into

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Speaker 1: a lame duck here. That is such bad business. Either

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Speaker 1: fire the guy or extend the guy. And sometimes I

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Speaker 1: think it's stupid. It's like, listen, it's sports. A lot

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Speaker 1: of players planned the last year of their contract. But

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Speaker 1: it's also like, is this how you want to operate

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Speaker 1: a business worth five billion? Eight billion? Six billion? Pretty

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Speaker 1: bad management? So Tampa under Jason Light extending them is

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Speaker 1: the right thing to do, and props to them. That

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Speaker 1: Get your questions answered here on this little old podcast.

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Speaker 1: Question for the pot Senior recently on the hurt. He

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Speaker 1: did a good job. Appreciate you, buddy. What is it?

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Speaker 1: Why is everyone under selling the Vikings? I understand winning

659
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Speaker 1: fourteen games isn't realistic, especially with a new quarterback, but

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00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:37,279
Speaker 1: they improve both their offensive and defensive lines, still have

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Speaker 1: Brian Flores and a defense that is secretly one of

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Speaker 1: the best last year with a handful of Pro Bowlers

663
00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:47,200
Speaker 1: obviously plenty of fire on offense, and not to mention,

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Speaker 1: they re signed the reigning head coach of the year

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Speaker 1: to a new five year deal. So what is missing?

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Speaker 1: Does the quarterback change matter that much? Why does this

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Speaker 1: team's coaching staff organization get as much respect and benefit?

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Speaker 1: Why don't they get as much respecting benefit of the

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Speaker 1: doubt as others. You're making a major change, I mean

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Speaker 1: a major change for let's just say the last five

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Speaker 1: years or since O'Connell's been there, you guys, I think

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Speaker 1: two years ago or three years ago when he lost

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Speaker 1: the Giants nine and eight. You know, Kevin O'Connell unreal

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Speaker 1: regular season coach playoffs, you know he needs to win

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Speaker 1: a playoff game. But listen, I'm not trying to shill

676
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Speaker 1: in the guy. He's good coach flores, they're coaching staffs awesome.

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Speaker 1: Cousins was throwing a bunch of touchdowns, right, Cousins was

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Speaker 1: really good player for them. Pro Bowl level guy Sam

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Speaker 1: Darnold last year. I don't have the stats in front

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Speaker 1: of me. He throw thirty five, thirty six touchdowns like

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Speaker 1: he was excellent. He basically just replaced Cousins and if

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Speaker 1: anything was more mobile. Now you have a guy who's

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Speaker 1: never played an NFL game ever, who's coming from an

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Speaker 1: offense in college where he didn't play like they have played.

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Speaker 1: So I do think it's fair to go, how's this

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Speaker 1: gonna go? What happens in some of these tight games

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Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter packers, like, how does he play?

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Speaker 1: What happens when he gets blitzed? He's never seen that

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Speaker 1: blitz before. I just don't know. So I do think

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Speaker 1: it's fair to go. It's not an indictment on the organization.

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Speaker 1: Head coach is good, defensive coordinator is good, roster is good.

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Speaker 1: You could obviously they're better than good. They're all high end.

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Speaker 1: If we did a coach draft, Kevin O'Connell get drafted

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Speaker 1: in like the top five Flores, I don't know him

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Speaker 1: and Fangio sala. I mean, some of the best defensive

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Speaker 1: coordinator in the league, roster's top two or three. But

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Speaker 1: the fucking quarterback, I got no clue. And I'm not

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Speaker 1: anti JJ McCarthy, but I can't just chalk a quarterback

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Speaker 1: that I've never seen play up to twelve thirteen wins

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Speaker 1: or make the playoffs. You can't do that. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you just do not know. Usually, young quarterbacks get to

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Speaker 1: like a soft landing spot, right Like, typically if I

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Speaker 1: hire you, even out of college at of Harvard or

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Speaker 1: Stanford or whatever, I'm not giving you are like the

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Speaker 1: biggest meeting day one. So yeah, we needed to land

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Speaker 1: this Goldman Sachs deal. He just better. You better do it.

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Speaker 1: And this is not college. The coach can only do

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Speaker 1: so much. He can help you out and maybe he

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Speaker 1: can run the ball a little bit more. But philosophically,

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Speaker 1: I've seen Kevin he likes to pass because he had

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Speaker 1: chances to run the ball a little bit more last

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Speaker 1: year when Sam was employed and kept calling passes. So

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Speaker 1: he's gonna call passes rightfully. So he's got the best

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Speaker 1: wide receiver in the league, excellent tight end, awesome number

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Speaker 1: two wide receiver, can JJ do that. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: I don't know. So that's that's that's my only reservation,

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Speaker 1: and that's everyone's reservation. What's up with the quarterback? Can

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Speaker 1: he play? No one knows, including them, including them. I

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Speaker 1: saw that you said on the Herd that your prediction

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Speaker 1: about Kyler not being on the Cardinals. It got me

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Speaker 1: thinking where would he go next year? I think the

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Speaker 1: Steelers could be a great fit with Tomlin having a

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Speaker 1: no bullshit coaching style, but I could also see a

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Speaker 1: team like the Raiders picking him up. Do you think

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Speaker 1: this is the best fit for Kyler? Should the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: move on after this year? Me and Coward did a

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Speaker 1: couple of things where we did the AFC and NFC

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Speaker 1: and we each like picked three different stories like kind

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Speaker 1: of quote unquote bold predictions or whatever, and one of

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Speaker 1: mine was that this will be Kyler Murray's last year

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Speaker 1: on the Cardinals. And let me say this, I don't

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Speaker 1: think Kyler's bad like I think he's actually one of

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Speaker 1: the more polarizings the wrong way to head scratching quarterbacks,

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Speaker 1: because on an individual play basis, on a highlight package basis,

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Speaker 1: he's a good as any quarterback in the league. The

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Speaker 1: individual plays he can make are elite, but like over

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Speaker 1: the course of a game, sometimes he'll just be watching me,

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Speaker 1: like what is going on? He makes a ton of money.

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Speaker 1: This is a team that I think it's incredible coward.

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Speaker 1: They got all these like stats, guys feeding stats. They

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Speaker 1: finished like second or last in the division five to

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Speaker 1: the last six years, so they have not won a lot.

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Speaker 1: He's making a ton of money. Next year is like

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Speaker 1: the last year. Whereas contracts, I think like thirty eight

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Speaker 1: million dollars guaranteed or something. He's still even if they

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Speaker 1: win seven eight games. Again, his value because he's gonna

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Speaker 1: make so many plays is not terrible. You'd still be

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Speaker 1: able to trade him for like a second round pick.

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Speaker 1: But how often can a guy go and not make

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Speaker 1: the playoffs year after year at quarterback when he's making

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Speaker 1: a lot of money with a GM and head coach

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Speaker 1: didn't draft him. So now the Cardinals could make the

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Speaker 1: playoff like they actually could be decent. They got a

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Speaker 1: lot of good players, but it's like, I don't know,

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Speaker 1: am I taking Jonathan Gannon over like McVeigh and Kyle

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Speaker 1: Obviously McVeigh is going to be the favorite to win

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Speaker 1: the Division. I think the Niners are gonna be good.

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Speaker 1: So I just think something's got to give with the

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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray situation and the Steelers, I think his mark

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Speaker 1: would be pretty interesting. Trying to think who else would

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Speaker 1: be out there? Steelers definitely, the Jets I could see.

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Speaker 1: I mean, this Fields thing is gonna be a disaster.

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Speaker 1: The Giants, I guess they got Jackson Darr but who knows. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean I had the Steelers Aaron Rodgers. He's playing

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Speaker 1: one more season. He basically just said the Steelers have

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Speaker 1: no backup plan at quarterback, so they're they're kind of

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Speaker 1: in the situation that the Colts have been in for

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Speaker 1: a long time, just year to year. We'll just and

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Speaker 1: I don't blame him, Like what are they supposed to do?

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Speaker 1: We'll just figure it out next year. That's their mindset.

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Speaker 1: We'll just we'll figure it out in February. Uh, which

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Speaker 1: division do you think is going to be the strongest

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Speaker 1: this year? AFC West or North, NFC West or North.

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Speaker 1: It's probably gonna be the AFC West because the vast

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Speaker 1: improvements of the Chargers in the Broncos. With Carol being

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Speaker 1: a Seahawks fan, I think the NFC West could be

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Speaker 1: a sleeper, depending on Donald and Kyler with the Niners,

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Speaker 1: if they're healthy, I think the West is gonna be

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Speaker 1: really good. You could convince me you could make a

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Speaker 1: case in the NFC West for any of the four

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Speaker 1: teams making the playoffs. I don't think the Raiders could

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Speaker 1: make the playoffs, but like you said, they got Pete Carroll,

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Speaker 1: they got Geno Smith, they have a good draft. You

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Speaker 1: got Brock Bowers coming back. Max Crosby's happy and healthy.

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Speaker 1: That they're going to be much improved. And that division

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Speaker 1: with Denver, I mean three legit playoff teams coming into

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Speaker 1: the season. Denver, even if you're not the biggest bo

788
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:13,960
Speaker 1: Knicks guy, well, they got one of the best offensive

789
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Speaker 1: coaches in the league and they have an elite defense.

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Speaker 1: The Chiefs just go to the playoffs every single year

791
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Speaker 1: and with a division every single year. And the Chargers

792
00:43:23,160 --> 00:43:26,120
Speaker 1: google Jim Harbaugh. Second year usually usually gets better. So

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Speaker 1: I actually think the AFC North comes back a little bit.

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Speaker 1: You know, the Bengals got a lot of weird shit

795
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Speaker 1: going on. Their best pass rusher hates the team and

796
00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:37,839
Speaker 1: just refuses to show up. We could argue who's right

797
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:41,520
Speaker 1: and who's wrong. There. They're rookie pass rusher that they

798
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Speaker 1: drafted to replace that guy that won. We don't even

799
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Speaker 1: know if he's that good because he didn't have that

800
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Speaker 1: many sacks in college. He's leaving practice all the time

801
00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:54,880
Speaker 1: because there's contract stipulation is out of left field. Compare

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Speaker 1: you know, claiming his agent whatever. I don't want to

803
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Speaker 1: get into my new ship of all this bullshit. But

804
00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:01,520
Speaker 1: like they got probab. Yeah, their offense is awesome. Their

805
00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:05,400
Speaker 1: offense was awesome last year. Gotta play defense. Uh, So

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Speaker 1: I would say the AFC North, the Ravens are gonna

807
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Speaker 1: be really good. The Browns are not their quarterback situations sucks,

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Speaker 1: and Pittsburgh they are a rolled Aaron Rodgers ankle away

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Speaker 1: from being fucked. So I would go I think the

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Speaker 1: West is gonna be good. Both West are gonna be good.

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Speaker 1: If the Cowboys are solid, which I wouldn't just assume

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys are gonna suck would shock me. If the

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Speaker 1: Cowboys were a nine win team, it would not. So

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Speaker 1: then you would have the Cowboys, who do have some

815
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Speaker 1: really good players. If Dak can stay healthy. Let's just

816
00:44:43,080 --> 00:44:46,399
Speaker 1: say the coach is solid, and we know Washington's good

817
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Speaker 1: and we know the Eagles are unreal, so maybe the

818
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Speaker 1: East could be pretty solid. And if the Giants defense

819
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Speaker 1: is good, their offense probably suck. But I'm twenty eight

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Speaker 1: and getting married in September. Now, that's been a couple

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Speaker 1: of months since your wedding. I'm curious if there are

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Speaker 1: any notice differences from life before and after the marriage.

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Speaker 1: That's a good question and the answer is no. Now, granted,

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Speaker 1: I'm older than you, and we have lived together for

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Speaker 1: a long time, so our day to day life, I

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Speaker 1: would say the biggest change is that my last name

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Speaker 1: is now on her business card, on her credit cards,

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Speaker 1: on her ID. But in terms of like day to

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Speaker 1: day life of like who's going to walk the dog,

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Speaker 1: who's going to take out the trash, how we operate,

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Speaker 1: of like hey we need you know, the vacuum, the kitchen, whatever,

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Speaker 1: it's the same business as usual, So I I could

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Speaker 1: see where it would be. It would be a big

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Speaker 1: change if now I would imagine in twenty twenty five,

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Speaker 1: more people than ever before they get married have lived

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Speaker 1: together for a decent substantial amount of time. Obviously some

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Speaker 1: of you guys old school religious people, maybe not, but

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Speaker 1: I don't know. None of my friends or no one

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Speaker 1: in my life has ever gotten married without living with

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Speaker 1: the other person before. And I would say most of

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Speaker 1: those people lived with their significant other for a long time.

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Speaker 1: So I would say the biggest change in someone's relationship

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Speaker 1: in my experience is living with someone else. That is,

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Speaker 1: there's some getting used and even me and Maria, like

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Speaker 1: there's things like she's much cleanlier than me. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I would say, I'm not the cleanest person, but I'd

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Speaker 1: be like, I'll hit the cleaner twice a week, bring

848
00:46:37,360 --> 00:46:38,759
Speaker 1: her over, like I don't really want to do it.

849
00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:40,680
Speaker 1: I don't want to waste my time doing it. She's

850
00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:44,719
Speaker 1: big on being clean and that's a little thing. But

851
00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:47,759
Speaker 1: for the most part, and listen, I cold get better.

852
00:46:47,840 --> 00:46:49,400
Speaker 1: I mean, I can improve. I mean, I'll be the

853
00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:53,600
Speaker 1: first to admit have room for growth. But it once

854
00:46:53,640 --> 00:46:57,600
Speaker 1: you live with someone for a year two years, whether

855
00:46:57,600 --> 00:47:00,120
Speaker 1: you're married or not, like you either find out like

856
00:47:00,160 --> 00:47:03,080
Speaker 1: are we compatible or not. So I would say that

857
00:47:04,520 --> 00:47:07,640
Speaker 1: was figured out years years ago, and changes that had

858
00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:12,080
Speaker 1: to be made to sustain were made. I speak, you

859
00:47:12,200 --> 00:47:14,520
Speaker 1: killed it on the herd speak out of curiosity. The

860
00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:18,319
Speaker 1: majority of us enjoyed the watching. My question is a

861
00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:21,800
Speaker 1: hypothetically speaking, is that if a spot were ever open

862
00:47:21,920 --> 00:47:25,200
Speaker 1: up full time, would you do it? I understand if

863
00:47:25,239 --> 00:47:28,160
Speaker 1: you can't answer this, and the peak of the Herd

864
00:47:28,160 --> 00:47:30,320
Speaker 1: content in the middle of the off season very engaging.

865
00:47:31,040 --> 00:47:33,839
Speaker 1: I saw so many comments and I do just want

866
00:47:33,880 --> 00:47:35,960
Speaker 1: to address this. I've been thinking about, like sending Jason

867
00:47:36,040 --> 00:47:39,320
Speaker 1: McIntyre a text. The only reason I did this because

868
00:47:39,360 --> 00:47:41,879
Speaker 1: out of the blue, Coward texts me and he goes, Hey,

869
00:47:42,760 --> 00:47:45,920
Speaker 1: McIntyre's on vacation. We don't have a second, we don't

870
00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:48,319
Speaker 1: have a fill in. Would you be interested? Colin could

871
00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:53,040
Speaker 1: ask me, Hey, I forgot something in New York. Could

872
00:47:53,120 --> 00:47:56,920
Speaker 1: you go to New York and pick up my Stanley

873
00:47:56,960 --> 00:47:58,600
Speaker 1: that I've forgot? Do you know what my answer would

874
00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:03,120
Speaker 1: have been, yes? Why? He not only personally has meant

875
00:48:03,120 --> 00:48:07,040
Speaker 1: a lot to me professionally, He's changed my life financially

876
00:48:07,360 --> 00:48:10,600
Speaker 1: over the course of the last half decade. It's game

877
00:48:10,680 --> 00:48:13,359
Speaker 1: changing for me and my family. So he could ask, Hey,

878
00:48:13,400 --> 00:48:15,560
Speaker 1: you want to we need you to fill in for McIntyre,

879
00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:18,960
Speaker 1: or I need you to go to my house in

880
00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:23,040
Speaker 1: Chicago and pick up my two pair of socks that

881
00:48:23,120 --> 00:48:25,040
Speaker 1: I need to wear here in Los Angeles. I said,

882
00:48:25,040 --> 00:48:27,680
Speaker 1: no problem. So I think a lot of people are

883
00:48:27,719 --> 00:48:31,680
Speaker 1: like Middle Coffee, Like I have zero and I mean

884
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:35,960
Speaker 1: zero desire for another person's job, to take a job.

885
00:48:36,320 --> 00:48:39,920
Speaker 1: This is my job, this is my life, this podcast

886
00:48:40,360 --> 00:48:43,960
Speaker 1: is I'm lucky enough the way these businesses work. Ownership

887
00:48:44,160 --> 00:48:48,680
Speaker 1: like this is mine. It's been financially very viable. Like

888
00:48:49,280 --> 00:48:51,239
Speaker 1: this is all I think about twenty four to seven,

889
00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:54,640
Speaker 1: three sixty five now, when Colin asked me to do things,

890
00:48:55,920 --> 00:48:58,120
Speaker 1: I just say yes. And I think that's a good

891
00:48:58,200 --> 00:49:00,600
Speaker 1: piece of advice to anyone young listening. When you get

892
00:49:00,680 --> 00:49:05,440
Speaker 1: intovolved with someone professionally and it goes well, be a

893
00:49:05,520 --> 00:49:09,120
Speaker 1: yes man, make their life easier. But this was not

894
00:49:09,320 --> 00:49:13,279
Speaker 1: like I'd never even crossed my mind to attempt to

895
00:49:13,320 --> 00:49:16,120
Speaker 1: do this, not gonna it was cool. I mean, I

896
00:49:16,200 --> 00:49:18,799
Speaker 1: was glad that I was asked to do it, But

897
00:49:18,920 --> 00:49:21,640
Speaker 1: I don't want to take anyone's job. I fucking want no.

898
00:49:22,120 --> 00:49:24,000
Speaker 1: There is no amount. I mean, I'd never say no

899
00:49:24,080 --> 00:49:26,640
Speaker 1: amount because I could keep residence here. I would never

900
00:49:26,719 --> 00:49:29,240
Speaker 1: move back to California, lived there for thirty five years.

901
00:49:29,719 --> 00:49:32,160
Speaker 1: I actively chose to cross an imaginary line to sit

902
00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:35,440
Speaker 1: where I'm sitting now. I mean going to LA and

903
00:49:35,480 --> 00:49:37,759
Speaker 1: obviously I spent a lot more time in Northern California.

904
00:49:38,640 --> 00:49:41,440
Speaker 1: It is insane. Obviously I've been there over the years

905
00:49:41,520 --> 00:49:43,799
Speaker 1: for short period of time. How many fucking people are there?

906
00:49:44,160 --> 00:49:49,200
Speaker 1: It's crazy. Clearly if you have an ungodly amount of money,

907
00:49:49,360 --> 00:49:55,000
Speaker 1: cool place to live, uh, but absolutely zero desire. I'm

908
00:49:55,000 --> 00:49:58,920
Speaker 1: also I'm not a corporate guy, like I have thrived,

909
00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:02,000
Speaker 1: and I've worked in the corporate world in radio after

910
00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:04,080
Speaker 1: I getting out of that. That's what I do best.

911
00:50:04,800 --> 00:50:09,239
Speaker 1: Now again, Colin needs something, I say yes, but you know,

912
00:50:09,520 --> 00:50:13,080
Speaker 1: and I appreciate all the kind words. I've also worked

913
00:50:13,680 --> 00:50:16,919
Speaker 1: in radio somewhat similar to this, of like when someone

914
00:50:16,960 --> 00:50:19,640
Speaker 1: fills in for you, people are always like, is this

915
00:50:19,680 --> 00:50:22,960
Speaker 1: guy angling for something? There is no angling, there is

916
00:50:23,040 --> 00:50:26,640
Speaker 1: no desire. I got a fucking I just do. If

917
00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:29,839
Speaker 1: he needs anything, I'm there. He said, hey, John needs

918
00:50:29,880 --> 00:50:33,279
Speaker 1: you tomorrow, I'm there. That's the type of relationship that

919
00:50:33,360 --> 00:50:37,239
Speaker 1: we have from my perspective, right, It's this isn't two

920
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:40,240
Speaker 1: way street. Don't. I don't ask anything of him, really,

921
00:50:40,480 --> 00:50:44,560
Speaker 1: anything he asks me, I'm in so But in terms

922
00:50:44,600 --> 00:50:48,080
Speaker 1: of like I do feel and I get it, It's

923
00:50:48,200 --> 00:50:51,680
Speaker 1: like typically I pay no attention to social media comments.

924
00:50:52,640 --> 00:50:54,600
Speaker 1: Obviously there's a lot of positive ones, but negative just

925
00:50:54,640 --> 00:50:56,680
Speaker 1: in general about most things that I do. This one,

926
00:50:56,760 --> 00:50:59,560
Speaker 1: I was a little uncomfortable because this is not it's

927
00:50:59,600 --> 00:51:02,600
Speaker 1: not my I don't want the seat. I'm not gunning

928
00:51:02,640 --> 00:51:06,759
Speaker 1: for the seat. They paid me to come out there.

929
00:51:06,800 --> 00:51:08,000
Speaker 1: In terms of flew me out there, I would have

930
00:51:08,080 --> 00:51:10,239
Speaker 1: if Colin like he just said, hey, you gotta pay

931
00:51:10,239 --> 00:51:11,440
Speaker 1: your way, I just need here for a couple of day,

932
00:51:11,440 --> 00:51:14,280
Speaker 1: I would have done it. This wasn't. I just feel

933
00:51:14,360 --> 00:51:18,040
Speaker 1: I feel a little uncomfortable. You know, I'm podcaster, this

934
00:51:18,120 --> 00:51:21,279
Speaker 1: is my baby. This is what I do, and if anything,

935
00:51:21,320 --> 00:51:23,840
Speaker 1: I'm quadrupling down here and that's been my mindset. This

936
00:51:23,880 --> 00:51:25,640
Speaker 1: came out of the blue and it was again cool,

937
00:51:26,320 --> 00:51:31,000
Speaker 1: thankful everyone, it's one of the great fugazis. And I

938
00:51:31,080 --> 00:51:33,520
Speaker 1: realized this sitting there is people that think they could

939
00:51:33,560 --> 00:51:37,480
Speaker 1: do specifically him. Some of you could probably do a

940
00:51:37,520 --> 00:51:40,879
Speaker 1: group setting on a TV studio and just talk back

941
00:51:40,920 --> 00:51:43,920
Speaker 1: and forth. Most human beings, if you just knew football,

942
00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:48,160
Speaker 1: could have a football conversation on camera. Obviously some would

943
00:51:48,200 --> 00:51:50,759
Speaker 1: be better than others, but I do think after a

944
00:51:50,840 --> 00:51:55,760
Speaker 1: couple of reps most people could just formulate conversations. Again,

945
00:51:55,800 --> 00:51:58,479
Speaker 1: I'm not saying you'd be entertaining or good, but because

946
00:51:58,480 --> 00:52:01,320
Speaker 1: the average person that goes I can do that. Here's

947
00:52:01,360 --> 00:52:03,240
Speaker 1: what I know, and I know this for a fact,

948
00:52:04,320 --> 00:52:07,040
Speaker 1: ninety nine point nine nine nine ninety percent of people

949
00:52:07,320 --> 00:52:11,120
Speaker 1: wouldn't have a snowballs chance in hell to attempt to

950
00:52:11,120 --> 00:52:13,239
Speaker 1: do what Colin does. Having a front row seat and

951
00:52:13,280 --> 00:52:18,040
Speaker 1: watching him truly cook by himself for just segment after

952
00:52:18,080 --> 00:52:21,200
Speaker 1: segment after segment, no one else in the business could

953
00:52:21,200 --> 00:52:24,719
Speaker 1: do what he's doing, No fucking chance, none, not live

954
00:52:24,840 --> 00:52:27,920
Speaker 1: on television. I was thinking, like, could I do this?

955
00:52:28,560 --> 00:52:31,600
Speaker 1: I'm pretty good, Like, I'm pretty confident in my skills,

956
00:52:31,920 --> 00:52:34,880
Speaker 1: but I also podcasting, like I'm recording this. I'm not live.

957
00:52:35,280 --> 00:52:37,960
Speaker 1: I have no time constraints. I don't have a twelve

958
00:52:38,040 --> 00:52:40,640
Speaker 1: minute segment where I got to hit three different things

959
00:52:41,440 --> 00:52:43,680
Speaker 1: while opening up with an AD and ending with an

960
00:52:43,680 --> 00:52:47,960
Speaker 1: AD and then transitioning. It's like the skill he has

961
00:52:48,480 --> 00:52:52,440
Speaker 1: his talent obviously to formulate his thoughts, to bring the

962
00:52:52,480 --> 00:52:56,680
Speaker 1: different analogies, to weave in and out of stuff to

963
00:52:56,760 --> 00:53:01,120
Speaker 1: be there. I mean, he's it's like watching Jordan and Pippen.

964
00:53:01,560 --> 00:53:04,359
Speaker 1: You know, run the fast breaks like this is. This

965
00:53:04,480 --> 00:53:07,239
Speaker 1: is fucking awesome A couple of times, just because the

966
00:53:07,239 --> 00:53:10,440
Speaker 1: way that desk is set, it's like, this is badass,

967
00:53:10,680 --> 00:53:13,360
Speaker 1: like this guy is. And listen, I've done a million

968
00:53:13,440 --> 00:53:16,160
Speaker 1: podcasts with him, known him forever, been on his show

969
00:53:16,239 --> 00:53:20,000
Speaker 1: before his guests. Sitting there watching him do that was

970
00:53:20,080 --> 00:53:23,520
Speaker 1: just like it was inspiring. It honestly made me think,

971
00:53:23,560 --> 00:53:25,440
Speaker 1: like I gotta step up my game. I gotta be

972
00:53:25,560 --> 00:53:29,839
Speaker 1: better because this in my this medium that that I do,

973
00:53:29,920 --> 00:53:33,440
Speaker 1: and shit he profits off as well. He it's a

974
00:53:33,480 --> 00:53:37,799
Speaker 1: different deal. But what he does on television slashes radio show.

975
00:53:38,680 --> 00:53:41,239
Speaker 1: It's it's a skill that like most other people in

976
00:53:41,280 --> 00:53:45,200
Speaker 1: the industry, if you put most other people in like ESPN,

977
00:53:45,360 --> 00:53:47,560
Speaker 1: just sat him in that seat and to say replicate this,

978
00:53:48,120 --> 00:53:52,840
Speaker 1: it would be a tire fire. It'd bed me an embarrassment.

979
00:53:53,440 --> 00:53:57,160
Speaker 1: It was. It fired me up a couple time watching him,

980
00:53:57,200 --> 00:54:01,560
Speaker 1: like this is this guy's just cooking right now, talent man.

981
00:54:01,719 --> 00:54:03,319
Speaker 1: Now he's been doing he'd be the first tell he's

982
00:54:03,320 --> 00:54:06,040
Speaker 1: been doing it for a long time. The reps and everything,

983
00:54:06,080 --> 00:54:10,640
Speaker 1: but his capabilities and abilities and just how excited he

984
00:54:10,719 --> 00:54:13,839
Speaker 1: still is. You know, I hope you know, as time

985
00:54:13,920 --> 00:54:15,880
Speaker 1: goes and I keep doing this, like I'm still as

986
00:54:15,920 --> 00:54:17,680
Speaker 1: fired up to do this as I am right now,

987
00:54:17,719 --> 00:54:21,720
Speaker 1: because I still obviously really enjoy talking for a living.

988
00:54:22,400 --> 00:54:27,879
Speaker 1: But man, he's I'm very lucky to be associated with that. Man.

989
00:54:27,920 --> 00:54:29,920
Speaker 1: That's my number one takeaway and trying to take it

990
00:54:30,040 --> 00:54:32,520
Speaker 1: nobody's job. I don't. I have a job. It's called

991
00:54:32,600 --> 00:54:36,279
Speaker 1: this my podcast. This is my life. It's not even

992
00:54:36,280 --> 00:54:39,040
Speaker 1: my job, it's my life. This is my family, my life,

993
00:54:40,960 --> 00:54:44,839
Speaker 1: Los Angeles. Fuck that. As a Bills fan in Buffalo Native,

994
00:54:45,320 --> 00:54:47,239
Speaker 1: one of the few things we can hang our hat

995
00:54:47,280 --> 00:54:50,759
Speaker 1: on is incredible food. I remember you in the past

996
00:54:50,800 --> 00:54:53,400
Speaker 1: talking about certain college game and how the atmosphere was unmapped.

997
00:54:53,400 --> 00:54:55,680
Speaker 1: Since the Bills are good this year and have a

998
00:54:55,719 --> 00:54:58,399
Speaker 1: loaded schedule, I'd highly recommend you come here for a game,

999
00:54:58,800 --> 00:55:03,279
Speaker 1: everything from drinks to randoms. It'd be badass. People ask

1000
00:55:03,320 --> 00:55:07,400
Speaker 1: me all the time, you know, I think the shitty

1001
00:55:07,440 --> 00:55:11,360
Speaker 1: part about my job is like I can't and I've

1002
00:55:11,360 --> 00:55:12,960
Speaker 1: been I've been lucky enough to've been to a lot

1003
00:55:12,960 --> 00:55:16,120
Speaker 1: of NFL games in my life. Like I just I

1004
00:55:16,160 --> 00:55:19,080
Speaker 1: can't afford to go to the games because the way

1005
00:55:19,160 --> 00:55:21,960
Speaker 1: Sundays work out the way ME and Colin record after

1006
00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:25,319
Speaker 1: the afternoon games, and then the way I record after

1007
00:55:25,440 --> 00:55:28,719
Speaker 1: the Sunday night game. It's just I wouldn't be able

1008
00:55:28,719 --> 00:55:30,440
Speaker 1: to even if like the forty nine Ers played here

1009
00:55:30,480 --> 00:55:32,879
Speaker 1: and came played the Cardinals, like I can't. I don't

1010
00:55:32,920 --> 00:55:36,440
Speaker 1: have time to travel. It just doesn't work. So it's

1011
00:55:36,800 --> 00:55:39,120
Speaker 1: I would love to go to a Bills game. Maybe

1012
00:55:39,120 --> 00:55:40,879
Speaker 1: I could pull it off on like a Monday night,

1013
00:55:40,960 --> 00:55:45,040
Speaker 1: but the travel it just listen, this is a first

1014
00:55:45,040 --> 00:55:47,680
Speaker 1: world of podcasting problems. But like, I haven't been to

1015
00:55:47,760 --> 00:55:51,480
Speaker 1: a really NFL game in a long long time, and

1016
00:55:51,600 --> 00:55:54,160
Speaker 1: looking forward, I don't envision myself going to a game

1017
00:55:54,200 --> 00:55:56,680
Speaker 1: for a long long time, which is fine. What do

1018
00:55:56,680 --> 00:55:59,440
Speaker 1: you think the reputation is for Mike McDaniel. I'm asking

1019
00:55:59,480 --> 00:56:01,600
Speaker 1: because I think think this will be his last season

1020
00:56:01,600 --> 00:56:03,680
Speaker 1: with the Dolphins. Do you think he would be in

1021
00:56:03,760 --> 00:56:07,359
Speaker 1: high demand if he was available. I do think he'd

1022
00:56:07,360 --> 00:56:12,600
Speaker 1: be in high demand as an assistant coach. And the reputation,

1023
00:56:12,800 --> 00:56:15,799
Speaker 1: like obviously the forty nine ers guys, I remember talking

1024
00:56:15,840 --> 00:56:19,399
Speaker 1: to Yuschek and George Kittle like he was very very

1025
00:56:19,440 --> 00:56:23,799
Speaker 1: well respected with the forty nine ers players because from

1026
00:56:23,840 --> 00:56:26,160
Speaker 1: a run game mind. Mike mcganiel's kind of a genius.

1027
00:56:27,120 --> 00:56:30,080
Speaker 1: I think he's a really good scheme assistant coach. As

1028
00:56:30,120 --> 00:56:33,680
Speaker 1: a head coach. I mean, it doesn't look like the

1029
00:56:33,680 --> 00:56:37,719
Speaker 1: teams takes him that seriously. He's run through defensive coordinators,

1030
00:56:37,760 --> 00:56:40,399
Speaker 1: his players don't show up on time. So I would

1031
00:56:40,440 --> 00:56:44,640
Speaker 1: say I've never heard anything bad about him. I do

1032
00:56:44,719 --> 00:56:48,120
Speaker 1: think to look in the you know, wearing the expensive

1033
00:56:48,120 --> 00:56:50,600
Speaker 1: glasses and the expensive watch, and I get it, Like,

1034
00:56:51,520 --> 00:56:54,000
Speaker 1: you know, I know some people it's like, I'm rich.

1035
00:56:54,600 --> 00:56:56,080
Speaker 1: Why do I care if, like people judge me that

1036
00:56:56,239 --> 00:56:58,440
Speaker 1: drive a Range Rover, I'd still be rich if I

1037
00:56:58,520 --> 00:57:00,880
Speaker 1: drove a fucking Honda Civic. Like, yeah, he's making millions

1038
00:57:00,920 --> 00:57:03,120
Speaker 1: of dollars. So if he has one hundred thousand dollars

1039
00:57:03,160 --> 00:57:06,000
Speaker 1: watch or pair of two thousand dollars sunglasses, and again,

1040
00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:07,640
Speaker 1: I don't even know if that's what these things cost.

1041
00:57:07,920 --> 00:57:10,120
Speaker 1: How much does watch costs? But I do think it's

1042
00:57:10,160 --> 00:57:13,480
Speaker 1: a little a little off putting for some I you know,

1043
00:57:13,520 --> 00:57:17,240
Speaker 1: I but it's his prerogative. At the end of the day.

1044
00:57:17,280 --> 00:57:18,959
Speaker 1: If you can coach, you can coach. It doesn't matter.

1045
00:57:19,080 --> 00:57:21,600
Speaker 1: I don't think he I think it's safe to say

1046
00:57:21,600 --> 00:57:24,040
Speaker 1: he's not a head coach. And I'm with you. I

1047
00:57:24,080 --> 00:57:26,000
Speaker 1: think the Dolphins are going to be a disaster this year.

1048
00:57:27,640 --> 00:57:29,880
Speaker 1: If the forty nine ers finished under five hundred, who

1049
00:57:29,920 --> 00:57:32,840
Speaker 1: gets blamed with a schedule like this? There can be

1050
00:57:32,880 --> 00:57:41,040
Speaker 1: no excuse. Uh, it's a good question. I would say that.

1051
00:57:42,840 --> 00:57:45,160
Speaker 1: I think Kyle and John would take a lot of heat.

1052
00:57:46,360 --> 00:57:48,880
Speaker 1: You know, I think the drafts over the last couple

1053
00:57:48,880 --> 00:57:51,560
Speaker 1: of years, the way they've built this team, you know,

1054
00:57:51,800 --> 00:57:54,440
Speaker 1: they were gonna pay party no matter what, and they

1055
00:57:54,440 --> 00:57:56,520
Speaker 1: got pretty relative to some of these other quarterbacks for

1056
00:57:56,600 --> 00:57:59,760
Speaker 1: relatively cheap. If you have a coach who's a top

1057
00:57:59,800 --> 00:58:03,200
Speaker 1: five six to seven coach, a GM that is one

1058
00:58:03,200 --> 00:58:04,800
Speaker 1: of the highest paid gms in the league, like, it's

1059
00:58:05,040 --> 00:58:07,680
Speaker 1: on them to win. And I'm with you. The schedule

1060
00:58:08,560 --> 00:58:10,840
Speaker 1: it's just not that difficult. It's just not. And you

1061
00:58:10,920 --> 00:58:13,120
Speaker 1: can tell me, like Julian Edelman can be like, you

1062
00:58:13,120 --> 00:58:15,840
Speaker 1: can never say that its ps. I'm sorry. Playing the

1063
00:58:15,840 --> 00:58:17,880
Speaker 1: Titans and playing the Saints is different in playing the

1064
00:58:17,920 --> 00:58:21,320
Speaker 1: Bills and the Ravens. It just is. We all know that.

1065
00:58:21,640 --> 00:58:24,000
Speaker 1: So Belichick can tell me how great the fucking special

1066
00:58:24,040 --> 00:58:26,520
Speaker 1: teams unit is, Like the team's O and ten. They're

1067
00:58:26,520 --> 00:58:30,280
Speaker 1: oh to ten. So the forty nine ers, even with

1068
00:58:30,320 --> 00:58:32,240
Speaker 1: the schedule, I'm not expecting them to win fourteen games.

1069
00:58:32,880 --> 00:58:36,000
Speaker 1: But like if you're a twenty million dollar coach, fifteen

1070
00:58:36,000 --> 00:58:37,800
Speaker 1: million dollar coach, Kyle's one of the highest paid coach

1071
00:58:37,840 --> 00:58:41,800
Speaker 1: in the league. Their general managers, I think, just him Howie,

1072
00:58:41,800 --> 00:58:43,720
Speaker 1: He's on the short list of highest paid gms in

1073
00:58:43,720 --> 00:58:45,760
Speaker 1: the league, if not the highest paid GM in the league.

1074
00:58:45,920 --> 00:58:48,520
Speaker 1: You should win ten games, and then they know that.

1075
00:58:48,560 --> 00:58:50,800
Speaker 1: They'd be the first to tell you that. And I

1076
00:58:50,840 --> 00:58:53,560
Speaker 1: expect them. I expect them to be good. I do.

1077
00:58:54,520 --> 00:59:12,600
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna be good after watching Nick write

1078
00:59:12,640 --> 00:59:15,880
Speaker 1: go on The Herd, and since you both worked for

1079
00:59:15,880 --> 00:59:19,160
Speaker 1: the Volume, wouldn't it be nice to collaborate maybe before

1080
00:59:19,200 --> 00:59:21,280
Speaker 1: the NFL season starts. I actually just got his number

1081
00:59:21,280 --> 00:59:26,160
Speaker 1: today from the Big boss Man, not Colin, but Logan

1082
00:59:26,880 --> 00:59:28,680
Speaker 1: at the Volume, and I was gonna shoot him a

1083
00:59:28,720 --> 00:59:30,960
Speaker 1: text maybe after fourth of July. I plan on having

1084
00:59:31,040 --> 00:59:36,360
Speaker 1: him on for sure. I've planned on it even before recently,

1085
00:59:36,640 --> 00:59:39,280
Speaker 1: or you sent me this DM, but he'll he'll come

1086
00:59:39,320 --> 00:59:41,280
Speaker 1: on the show, well, I mean if he says yes.

1087
00:59:41,320 --> 00:59:42,960
Speaker 1: But I plan on text him and ask him to

1088
00:59:43,000 --> 00:59:47,240
Speaker 1: come on for sure. Great job on Colin's show. Even

1089
00:59:47,320 --> 00:59:50,480
Speaker 1: Nick Wright gave you some props, only advice, and your

1090
00:59:50,520 --> 00:59:54,640
Speaker 1: wife will agree. Wear a darker colored shirt like a

1091
00:59:54,720 --> 00:59:58,520
Speaker 1: navy blue, and most important, iron the collar with a

1092
00:59:58,560 --> 01:00:02,120
Speaker 1: little starch so it's stayed. You're making a first impression.

1093
01:00:02,440 --> 01:00:06,840
Speaker 1: Be impressive. Your vocal skills and knowledge are shining. Trust

1094
01:00:06,880 --> 01:00:16,720
Speaker 1: me on the shirt. I mean, I appreciate that I

1095
01:00:16,760 --> 01:00:20,160
Speaker 1: won't have some I'm a podcaster man or T shirts pullovers.

1096
01:00:20,960 --> 01:00:22,440
Speaker 1: Plus I'm a little fat right now. I didn't fit

1097
01:00:22,480 --> 01:00:24,480
Speaker 1: in some of my stuff, so I had to improvise.

1098
01:00:25,640 --> 01:00:27,640
Speaker 1: Listening to you and Colin had me thinking of topics

1099
01:00:27,640 --> 01:00:30,320
Speaker 1: for this upcoming slow period. A ranking of quality of

1100
01:00:30,360 --> 01:00:33,840
Speaker 1: fan life for every city with three major teams. Things

1101
01:00:33,880 --> 01:00:37,560
Speaker 1: to consider, current ownership, fan bases, competent front offices, performance

1102
01:00:37,600 --> 01:00:39,720
Speaker 1: in the last twenty five years. What are the best

1103
01:00:39,720 --> 01:00:43,160
Speaker 1: cities to be a sports fan and what are the worst? Well,

1104
01:00:43,680 --> 01:00:47,080
Speaker 1: I would say La be up there. The Dodgers are elite.

1105
01:00:49,160 --> 01:00:52,800
Speaker 1: I mean the Lakers. They were the three seed this

1106
01:00:52,840 --> 01:00:54,640
Speaker 1: year and they've been good the last five years with

1107
01:00:54,720 --> 01:00:58,320
Speaker 1: Lebron and the Rams have won a Super Bowl and

1108
01:00:58,360 --> 01:01:00,800
Speaker 1: go to the playoffs every year. Argers are now good

1109
01:01:00,840 --> 01:01:05,640
Speaker 1: with hardball. USC football is the only problem. And I

1110
01:01:05,640 --> 01:01:08,880
Speaker 1: would imagine I talked to someone in the in the

1111
01:01:08,880 --> 01:01:11,920
Speaker 1: Fox building who's a big USC guy, and they are

1112
01:01:11,960 --> 01:01:14,880
Speaker 1: spending so much money right now in NIL like USC,

1113
01:01:15,920 --> 01:01:17,960
Speaker 1: they're not going to be down for long. They just

1114
01:01:17,960 --> 01:01:22,240
Speaker 1: have too much money, so they're gonna be fine. I

1115
01:01:22,480 --> 01:01:26,040
Speaker 1: was say, laud be pretty high up there. You know, Philly,

1116
01:01:26,280 --> 01:01:29,120
Speaker 1: the Phillies are good, obviously, the Eagles are the champs.

1117
01:01:29,560 --> 01:01:32,680
Speaker 1: Sixers are a joke, not a big hockey guy, so

1118
01:01:32,800 --> 01:01:36,920
Speaker 1: can't speak on the seventy six ers. New York feels low.

1119
01:01:38,680 --> 01:01:40,880
Speaker 1: The Barriers had a decent run, you know, they had

1120
01:01:41,080 --> 01:01:43,520
Speaker 1: Steph Curry won four titles. The Niners went to a

1121
01:01:43,560 --> 01:01:46,320
Speaker 1: couple of Super Bowls. The Giants had kind of sucked.

1122
01:01:49,720 --> 01:01:52,800
Speaker 1: To me, the key is like, obviously, best case scenario,

1123
01:01:53,000 --> 01:01:56,000
Speaker 1: you get like the Chiefs, you get the Dodgers, you

1124
01:01:56,040 --> 01:01:59,480
Speaker 1: get this team that's unsoppable. I think what most fans

1125
01:01:59,520 --> 01:02:02,320
Speaker 1: would sign up for, Like, if you live in Chicago,

1126
01:02:02,440 --> 01:02:05,000
Speaker 1: or you live in Dallas, or you live wherever, can

1127
01:02:05,040 --> 01:02:07,320
Speaker 1: just all my teams be good? Can just all my

1128
01:02:07,440 --> 01:02:10,080
Speaker 1: teams going into the season, have a chance to be

1129
01:02:10,120 --> 01:02:12,520
Speaker 1: a contender, even if I get bounced in the first

1130
01:02:12,560 --> 01:02:14,880
Speaker 1: round or the second round, like if every year part

1131
01:02:14,920 --> 01:02:16,520
Speaker 1: of the reason what sucks if you're a Cowboy fan

1132
01:02:16,800 --> 01:02:18,800
Speaker 1: obviously let down in the playoffs a couple of times,

1133
01:02:18,800 --> 01:02:20,640
Speaker 1: and then last year you didn't even you would drafted

1134
01:02:20,680 --> 01:02:23,520
Speaker 1: twelve if you just one of those years would have

1135
01:02:23,520 --> 01:02:25,360
Speaker 1: been like the NFC championship, and like, you know what,

1136
01:02:25,360 --> 01:02:28,920
Speaker 1: we've been pretty good lately, been pretty good lately. I

1137
01:02:28,920 --> 01:02:31,480
Speaker 1: think that's what most people want. We've been pretty good lately.

1138
01:02:31,520 --> 01:02:32,960
Speaker 1: And then once you've been pretty good for a while,

1139
01:02:32,960 --> 01:02:35,160
Speaker 1: it's like, can we win a title? Like if you're

1140
01:02:35,160 --> 01:02:38,720
Speaker 1: a Detroit Lions fan, I'd say their spirits are pretty

1141
01:02:38,760 --> 01:02:42,440
Speaker 1: high right now. Lions have been good. The Pistons are

1142
01:02:42,520 --> 01:02:45,680
Speaker 1: now good. Pretty sure, Tiger's pretty good this year. I

1143
01:02:45,680 --> 01:02:49,040
Speaker 1: think they are. I just think you want your teams

1144
01:02:49,040 --> 01:02:52,600
Speaker 1: to all be good. They don't have to be the Patriots,

1145
01:02:52,920 --> 01:02:54,720
Speaker 1: they don't have to be the Chiefs, they don't have

1146
01:02:54,720 --> 01:02:57,240
Speaker 1: to be the Dodgers. They don't have to be okay,

1147
01:02:57,240 --> 01:02:59,320
Speaker 1: see can they just be like all my teams in

1148
01:02:59,360 --> 01:03:03,040
Speaker 1: the playoffs? Pretty fun? It makes watching all the games enjoyable.

1149
01:03:03,960 --> 01:03:07,760
Speaker 1: Uh long time listener, first time ailback could be the

1150
01:03:07,760 --> 01:03:10,960
Speaker 1: Devil's advocate and make a case for putting Bo Nicks

1151
01:03:11,040 --> 01:03:15,480
Speaker 1: above Jason Jayden Daniels. I will fully agree that Jayden's

1152
01:03:15,560 --> 01:03:18,640
Speaker 1: rookie season was impressive and to take a team to

1153
01:03:18,680 --> 01:03:23,080
Speaker 1: the NFC title needs deep, big time price. That being said,

1154
01:03:23,400 --> 01:03:26,439
Speaker 1: it's only one year in and he's magically a top

1155
01:03:26,440 --> 01:03:31,040
Speaker 1: five quarterback in most analysts lists. If the Commanders face

1156
01:03:31,080 --> 01:03:33,600
Speaker 1: the Bills in Buffalo for their first playoff game, would

1157
01:03:33,600 --> 01:03:36,200
Speaker 1: they have a playoff win? The NFC, with the very

1158
01:03:36,920 --> 01:03:40,800
Speaker 1: little debate, is an easier conference. It seems a little

1159
01:03:40,840 --> 01:03:44,400
Speaker 1: unfair that Bo's rookie year is so overlooked by everybody,

1160
01:03:44,640 --> 01:03:46,880
Speaker 1: but as a Bronco fan, because Jaden's was a little

1161
01:03:46,920 --> 01:03:50,080
Speaker 1: bit better. I do know having Sean Payton as a

1162
01:03:50,120 --> 01:03:52,960
Speaker 1: head coach doesn't hurt, but Bo is now the fourteenth

1163
01:03:53,000 --> 01:03:57,400
Speaker 1: quarterback under center since the sheriff retired. I also think

1164
01:03:57,440 --> 01:03:59,960
Speaker 1: back to Peyton Mannings rookie season not being the great

1165
01:04:00,280 --> 01:04:03,680
Speaker 1: and Ryan Leif having a better one. I don't remember that.

1166
01:04:04,600 --> 01:04:06,640
Speaker 1: I know Peyton had a bad rookie season, but let's

1167
01:04:06,680 --> 01:04:10,880
Speaker 1: just let's just bring up the numbers really quick. I'm

1168
01:04:10,920 --> 01:04:13,760
Speaker 1: with you. Obviously, if the Commanders had to play the

1169
01:04:13,760 --> 01:04:16,240
Speaker 1: Bills or the Ravens in the first round, they would

1170
01:04:16,320 --> 01:04:18,440
Speaker 1: not have won a playoff game. I don't I do

1171
01:04:18,560 --> 01:04:22,120
Speaker 1: not disagree there. But when you look at bow Knicks

1172
01:04:23,240 --> 01:04:25,400
Speaker 1: threw more touchdowns than you think he had. He threw

1173
01:04:25,440 --> 01:04:30,680
Speaker 1: twenty nine touchdowns, twelve picks, ran for four touchdowns, ran

1174
01:04:30,720 --> 01:04:37,200
Speaker 1: for almost four and thirty yards. Jaden threw twenty five

1175
01:04:37,240 --> 01:04:40,680
Speaker 1: and nine ran for six touchdowns. I'm with you, they

1176
01:04:40,680 --> 01:04:43,960
Speaker 1: were closer. I think bo Nix is good. I think

1177
01:04:43,960 --> 01:04:47,920
Speaker 1: bow Knicks is good. I would say one thing, you know,

1178
01:04:48,080 --> 01:04:50,960
Speaker 1: I think when you look at the teams that Denver beat,

1179
01:04:51,880 --> 01:04:53,920
Speaker 1: I'd have to go back and look their schedule. You know,

1180
01:04:54,080 --> 01:04:57,640
Speaker 1: Washington did win two playoff games on the road. Now

1181
01:04:57,720 --> 01:04:59,760
Speaker 1: you can say, hey, Detroit was injured. Still, I mean

1182
01:05:00,080 --> 01:05:02,600
Speaker 1: I saw Minnesota play him fucking lose last game of

1183
01:05:02,600 --> 01:05:05,240
Speaker 1: the season. I think when you just watched, like with

1184
01:05:05,320 --> 01:05:08,080
Speaker 1: the eye test, you just went Jayden and Daniels a

1185
01:05:08,120 --> 01:05:11,200
Speaker 1: better player in bo Nicks. That can also be true

1186
01:05:11,200 --> 01:05:12,960
Speaker 1: that Bonnick's a good player. And if I was a

1187
01:05:12,960 --> 01:05:15,480
Speaker 1: Denver Bronco fan, I'd be really happy and like you said,

1188
01:05:15,520 --> 01:05:19,240
Speaker 1: he's the best quarterback since the sheriff retired. In the

1189
01:05:19,280 --> 01:05:24,160
Speaker 1: quarterback situation since Peyton Manning retired, couldn't have been much worse.

1190
01:05:24,720 --> 01:05:26,640
Speaker 1: So I think sometimes we get so cut up and

1191
01:05:26,680 --> 01:05:28,320
Speaker 1: like this guy versus that guy. It's like, who even

1192
01:05:28,400 --> 01:05:31,840
Speaker 1: cares that they don't parallel. One team plays in the NFC,

1193
01:05:31,880 --> 01:05:34,400
Speaker 1: one team plays in the AFC. Your path is harder,

1194
01:05:34,880 --> 01:05:37,840
Speaker 1: your path is more difficult, your division is more difficult.

1195
01:05:39,520 --> 01:05:42,360
Speaker 1: But like, things can still be good and things can

1196
01:05:42,400 --> 01:05:47,080
Speaker 1: still be uh, you can be really optimistic. Who cares

1197
01:05:47,120 --> 01:05:50,520
Speaker 1: like what Dan Orlowski or I don't even I'm sure

1198
01:05:50,520 --> 01:05:53,040
Speaker 1: he likes Bonnicks, but whoever says, like, don't get caught

1199
01:05:53,080 --> 01:05:55,080
Speaker 1: up in that your fucking team's good. Your coach loves

1200
01:05:55,080 --> 01:05:58,600
Speaker 1: the squad. I watched a decent amount of Sean Payton's

1201
01:05:58,600 --> 01:06:02,960
Speaker 1: press conferences, Like he's pretty positive on this. I think

1202
01:06:03,000 --> 01:06:05,160
Speaker 1: he thinks they're gonna be pretty good. I think he

1203
01:06:05,200 --> 01:06:07,040
Speaker 1: think he's gonna be really good. That to me, it's

1204
01:06:07,040 --> 01:06:10,920
Speaker 1: all that matters. Okay, last question, nice to see you

1205
01:06:10,960 --> 01:06:13,560
Speaker 1: on TV. Question for the pod, how could Dak Prescott

1206
01:06:13,600 --> 01:06:16,520
Speaker 1: go from second MVP voting to somehow Baker may feel

1207
01:06:16,600 --> 01:06:18,800
Speaker 1: better than him if it wasn't for an injury. This

1208
01:06:18,840 --> 01:06:21,360
Speaker 1: wouldn't be a take seeing that Baker has never been

1209
01:06:21,760 --> 01:06:26,760
Speaker 1: considered better than Dak up until this year. Dak is hurt. Secondly,

1210
01:06:27,040 --> 01:06:29,520
Speaker 1: the pendulum has swung too far to think Dallas with

1211
01:06:29,640 --> 01:06:32,280
Speaker 1: its schedule won't win at least ten games with more

1212
01:06:32,320 --> 01:06:35,080
Speaker 1: wide receiver help and more running back help, a revamped

1213
01:06:35,080 --> 01:06:38,720
Speaker 1: on line, top five edge rusher runs stopping edge from

1214
01:06:38,760 --> 01:06:41,200
Speaker 1: last year who was good in games he played back

1215
01:06:41,240 --> 01:06:43,960
Speaker 1: from injury, top five corner. Okay, I hear you. I

1216
01:06:44,000 --> 01:06:47,479
Speaker 1: actually think Dallas gonna be okay. But based on last year,

1217
01:06:47,600 --> 01:06:50,760
Speaker 1: even if Dak had been healthy, Baker was a better player.

1218
01:06:50,800 --> 01:06:53,960
Speaker 1: Baker was one of the better quarterbacks in the NFL. Like,

1219
01:06:54,040 --> 01:06:57,360
Speaker 1: that's not arguable. I think he was second in the

1220
01:06:57,400 --> 01:07:00,520
Speaker 1: league in touchdowns and he was just a high end player.

1221
01:07:01,040 --> 01:07:03,680
Speaker 1: Baker looked excellent. And again this is the bow Nick

1222
01:07:03,760 --> 01:07:05,919
Speaker 1: Jaye Daniels thing when you just watch the two guys play,

1223
01:07:05,920 --> 01:07:08,040
Speaker 1: Baker is a better arm at this point in time.

1224
01:07:08,080 --> 01:07:10,360
Speaker 1: Baker's more mobile, which would have sounded crazy a couple

1225
01:07:10,440 --> 01:07:13,040
Speaker 1: years ago, but Dak's not mobile anymore. So, Yeah, Dak

1226
01:07:13,120 --> 01:07:16,000
Speaker 1: of three years ago. It put up the big time season,

1227
01:07:16,040 --> 01:07:18,400
Speaker 1: like that's we're in twenty twenty five. This is in

1228
01:07:18,440 --> 01:07:21,720
Speaker 1: twenty twenty two or twenty three. It's twenty five. And

1229
01:07:21,760 --> 01:07:23,960
Speaker 1: the other thing is Dak's coming off a major injury,

1230
01:07:24,600 --> 01:07:27,360
Speaker 1: shattered his ankle and then he ripped his handy. Now,

1231
01:07:27,400 --> 01:07:31,400
Speaker 1: I was watching the Good Good Guys who are a

1232
01:07:31,480 --> 01:07:34,920
Speaker 1: golf YouTube channel had on Dak and Will Greer and

1233
01:07:35,240 --> 01:07:37,720
Speaker 1: just watching Dak play golf, which is school. Again, this

1234
01:07:37,800 --> 01:07:40,640
Speaker 1: is what I talked about in the NBA. Football players

1235
01:07:40,600 --> 01:07:42,600
Speaker 1: are pretty relatable. I mean they're just good at doing

1236
01:07:42,720 --> 01:07:46,360
Speaker 1: relatable things. And Dak you watch him on this videos

1237
01:07:46,400 --> 01:07:49,240
Speaker 1: fun having a good time, swearing and look good again

1238
01:07:49,320 --> 01:07:52,920
Speaker 1: playing golf, but looks like he's healthy. Uh. But I

1239
01:07:52,920 --> 01:07:56,320
Speaker 1: would say, if you told me right now, if you're like, hey, John,

1240
01:07:56,360 --> 01:08:01,000
Speaker 1: you run an NFL team for the next three would

1241
01:08:01,040 --> 01:08:04,560
Speaker 1: you rather have Dak Prescott or Baker Mayfield. I would

1242
01:08:04,600 --> 01:08:07,360
Speaker 1: rather have Baker Mayfield. Could be wrong, maybe you're right.

1243
01:08:07,400 --> 01:08:10,080
Speaker 1: Maybe I'm just going off one year, but for the

1244
01:08:10,080 --> 01:08:13,640
Speaker 1: next three years, I'm taking Baker Mayfield. The other thing is,

1245
01:08:13,800 --> 01:08:17,720
Speaker 1: what is the difference. Baker is thirty years old? How

1246
01:08:17,760 --> 01:08:25,559
Speaker 1: old is Dak Dak Prescott is yeah, turns thirty two,

1247
01:08:25,640 --> 01:08:28,479
Speaker 1: so there's only a couple of years similar age. I

1248
01:08:28,479 --> 01:08:30,280
Speaker 1: do think the wear and tear, though, is no joke.

1249
01:08:30,439 --> 01:08:34,439
Speaker 1: I mean Dak multiple lower body injuries and Baker's has

1250
01:08:34,439 --> 01:08:36,760
Speaker 1: a better arm, always has. I mean Dak doesn't have

1251
01:08:36,760 --> 01:08:38,880
Speaker 1: a great arm, and I would say, now his arm.

1252
01:08:39,840 --> 01:08:41,920
Speaker 1: It's gonna pay you to hear this. And I've always

1253
01:08:41,960 --> 01:08:44,280
Speaker 1: been pro Dak. Like I'm not as some Dak Prescott hater.

1254
01:08:45,080 --> 01:08:47,160
Speaker 1: It's arms closer to Alex Smith than it is one

1255
01:08:47,160 --> 01:08:52,760
Speaker 1: of the top guys. So he's gonna be Schottenheimer. I'm

1256
01:08:52,760 --> 01:08:55,080
Speaker 1: with you. I don't think they're gonna be. People are

1257
01:08:55,080 --> 01:08:58,439
Speaker 1: acting like they're just coward thinks. You know, Schottenheimer's gonna

1258
01:08:58,479 --> 01:09:00,240
Speaker 1: be one and done. When's last time Jared he had

1259
01:09:00,240 --> 01:09:02,559
Speaker 1: a won and done coach. If I had to bet

1260
01:09:02,640 --> 01:09:05,720
Speaker 1: right now, I bet Dallas wins between They're more likely

1261
01:09:05,760 --> 01:09:08,880
Speaker 1: to win nine or ten than they are four or five. Now,

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Speaker 1: if you told me they win seven, I think that's believable.

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Speaker 1: But if you told me they went nine and eight,

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Speaker 1: I definitely could believe that. Appreciate everyone watching, Thanks for

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Speaker 1: all the kind words and we'll talk soon. The volume