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Speaker 1: and just everyone answers to him. Like I would say this,

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Speaker 1: that's a huge fucking red flag. Whether it's Eberflus, whether

426
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Speaker 1: they fire him. And you know, Harbaugh would not work

427
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Speaker 1: for Kevin Warren, Belichick, Mike Tomlin, they're not working for

428
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Speaker 1: Kevin Warren. Like, I'm answering to you in what world

429
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Speaker 1: as an as a football coach with a track record,

430
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Speaker 1: do I have to answer to you that would not happen.

431
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Speaker 1: Get the fuck out of here. I refuse to deal

432
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Speaker 1: with you. You're the guy that wanted to cancel football.

433
00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:35,600
Speaker 1: He'd be like, well, the President's did it wasn't mean bullshit.

434
00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:40,000
Speaker 1: That guy is such a fraud. I have a huge

435
00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:43,080
Speaker 1: red flags on the Bears with that situation, and until

436
00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:45,560
Speaker 1: that situation is handled like if everyone has to answer

437
00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:48,040
Speaker 1: to him like he's listen, we can make fun of

438
00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:50,640
Speaker 1: owners all we want, Like, hey man, that's the thing,

439
00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:54,760
Speaker 1: like right now, the you know the Brandon Staley and

440
00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:58,680
Speaker 1: Telesco had to answer to John Spanos, who is Dean's son. Listen,

441
00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:01,080
Speaker 1: they own the team. They can do it whatever they want, right,

442
00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:03,800
Speaker 1: whether it's right or wrong, Like, it's still there prerogative.

443
00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:07,280
Speaker 1: It's another thing when you hire a guy who's an

444
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Speaker 1: administrator and that person has to answer to I don't

445
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Speaker 1: I don't feel comfortable with that as just someone who thinks,

446
00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:16,040
Speaker 1: like are they going to have success? I would bet

447
00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:19,640
Speaker 1: against it, and it speaks to the ownership not having

448
00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:22,600
Speaker 1: a great feel and clue what's going on. And I

449
00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:25,119
Speaker 1: think they got major problems until they figure that out. So,

450
00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:27,160
Speaker 1: whether eber Fluz comes back or they try to hire

451
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Speaker 1: another coach, if they got to answer to Kevin Warren,

452
00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:32,639
Speaker 1: I don't know if much is going to change. I

453
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Speaker 1: like to know your opinions on how penalty, specifically defensive

454
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Speaker 1: past interferences and holding. I'm of the opinion that those

455
00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:41,200
Speaker 1: should be fifteen yards from the line of scrimmage for DPI,

456
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Speaker 1: in five yards for holding, but take away the automatic

457
00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:51,160
Speaker 1: first downs. Yeah, I've said forever the past interference they

458
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Speaker 1: should copy College right, Like in one thing I like

459
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Speaker 1: with the Pros. This different College is the one foot

460
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Speaker 1: two foot like it's the Pros. You should have to

461
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Speaker 1: get two feet down. Obviously, that costs a lot of

462
00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:03,280
Speaker 1: catches over the course of a year. No issue with that.

463
00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,680
Speaker 1: One thing College got right is you can't just throw

464
00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:10,000
Speaker 1: up an absolute hail mary pass when the wide receiver

465
00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:12,919
Speaker 1: or defensive back have no chance of catching it and

466
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Speaker 1: get fifty sixty forty yards when your offense has been terrible,

467
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Speaker 1: And that happens all the time in the NFL. So

468
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Speaker 1: I would have absolutely no problem with changing the fifteen

469
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Speaker 1: yard penalty, you know, to a fifteen yard standard penalty. No,

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Speaker 1: at the point of the penalty like that, that would

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Speaker 1: get I totally for that. I've always said defensive holding,

472
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Speaker 1: you know, and defensive holding is such a subjective coin

473
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Speaker 1: flip play even to me, more than pass interference. How

474
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Speaker 1: often on like third and ten or third and fifteen

475
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Speaker 1: is there a defensive holding which close to the line

476
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Speaker 1: of scrimmage where the dB is kind of like fighting

477
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Speaker 1: with the wide receiver. Automatic first down that should be

478
00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:55,159
Speaker 1: a spot foul. So wherever the holding took place, you

479
00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:57,160
Speaker 1: get third. If it was third and twelve, well now

480
00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:59,720
Speaker 1: it's third and seven, you don't get an automatic for

481
00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:03,280
Speaker 1: I just spies that play holding. I'll be honest, I

482
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Speaker 1: haven't really thought of My only issue with that is

483
00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:10,680
Speaker 1: holding is a pretty big deal when it's called correctly.

484
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Speaker 1: Like the reason I'm holding as an offensive lineman is

485
00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:17,119
Speaker 1: because you would have sacked my quarterback. And when you

486
00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:21,280
Speaker 1: sacked my quarterback, it could lead to a fumble. It

487
00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:23,520
Speaker 1: could lead to maybe you sacked the quarterback as he's

488
00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:26,600
Speaker 1: throwing it against tipped it's a pick like that's it's

489
00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:30,479
Speaker 1: a pretty you know. I have no issue with that,

490
00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:33,239
Speaker 1: but I'll be honest, I haven't thought that much about it.

491
00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:37,439
Speaker 1: Have currently gotten out of college football, in which I

492
00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:41,119
Speaker 1: coached for fifteen years. I will be joining the bald

493
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Speaker 1: head Club in the next week or so. Welcome any advice.

494
00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,600
Speaker 1: I think for two years I shaved it with a

495
00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:53,280
Speaker 1: with like an electric razor, so it only got to

496
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Speaker 1: a one. I had more hair early on, so when

497
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Speaker 1: I was bald, it didn't look as terrible. And as

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Speaker 1: I've gotten older, less than a year away from the

499
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Speaker 1: Big four. Oh, it's kind of crazy. I started using

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Speaker 1: when I say older probably you know, two three years

501
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Speaker 1: into shaving, I started using just the mock five or

502
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Speaker 1: mock three and shaving my head. And now I shave

503
00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:18,360
Speaker 1: my head every couple of days. And uh, I'll never

504
00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:22,560
Speaker 1: look back. I've said this forever. It's obviously very expensive

505
00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:25,600
Speaker 1: to get hair implants, and I've had a couple buddies

506
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Speaker 1: that did it, and they said that it was the

507
00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:29,439
Speaker 1: most painful experience of their life. Like you're in tears

508
00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:34,159
Speaker 1: just sitting there. It's not one guaranteed to hold, and

509
00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:37,919
Speaker 1: two you just get your old hair back. And my

510
00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:41,080
Speaker 1: thing is, I would come back to be a hair

511
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Speaker 1: guy if you could guarantee me like high end hair,

512
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Speaker 1: so my hair would flow like I'm you know Brad

513
00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:51,320
Speaker 1: Pitt or George Clooney or you know Tom Brady. But

514
00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:53,919
Speaker 1: if you just get an his hair plant. See his

515
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,320
Speaker 1: hair was good, so when he was losing it and

516
00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:59,560
Speaker 1: got the procedure, it just added his own hair. They

517
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Speaker 1: just take the hair from your sides and put it

518
00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,200
Speaker 1: on top. My hair was okay, you know, it's kind

519
00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:06,119
Speaker 1: of course didn't flow that well. Had a lot of

520
00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:09,800
Speaker 1: different calics. I wouldn't want my old hair back, so

521
00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:13,359
Speaker 1: I'd have no problem coming back. I just want new hair.

522
00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,440
Speaker 1: I want new flow, and if you can't guarantee me

523
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Speaker 1: new flow, I'm not coming back. So shave it, let

524
00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:23,840
Speaker 1: it rip can grow beard or whatever. Now that I

525
00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:26,360
Speaker 1: don't coach, I've gotten into betting and was wondering what

526
00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:30,320
Speaker 1: resources you use other than your main man, Stucky. Stucky's

527
00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:33,240
Speaker 1: probably the main man. Other than that, I'm a big

528
00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:38,640
Speaker 1: eye test guy. I'm not. I do gut feels now.

529
00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:41,760
Speaker 1: I bet. You know, typically one or two big games

530
00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,639
Speaker 1: a week, depending you know, early on in the season,

531
00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:47,159
Speaker 1: you get pretty excited because football's back. Late in the season,

532
00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:49,800
Speaker 1: you kind of pick your spots toward the playoff run.

533
00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:54,280
Speaker 1: But like, I'm going heavily on Washington against Steve Sarkisi,

534
00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:56,080
Speaker 1: And it has nothing to do with like, I'm not

535
00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:59,040
Speaker 1: breaking down matchups and it's just like I'm just betting

536
00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:03,840
Speaker 1: on Kaylin Dubor with thirty plus days of rest and

537
00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:08,360
Speaker 1: coaching time and preparation period to out coach Steve SARKIZI

538
00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:13,119
Speaker 1: that's my logic, that's my it's period, point blank, end

539
00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:16,640
Speaker 1: of story. So I'm a basic like I think sometimes

540
00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:19,800
Speaker 1: you can overthink it and listen stuck, he's so deep

541
00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:21,879
Speaker 1: into the weeds and he's been fucking hot. So like

542
00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:23,800
Speaker 1: when he's given me these nuggets and he's on fire,

543
00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:27,200
Speaker 1: I just write them right. But I don't break down

544
00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:30,560
Speaker 1: the individual. I think sometimes too we overreact to injuries

545
00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:34,080
Speaker 1: with positions like, oh, this right tackles out, Like ultimately

546
00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:36,080
Speaker 1: it doesn't move the line very often. But if you

547
00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:38,919
Speaker 1: watch football at the level in which we all do,

548
00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:41,320
Speaker 1: it's easy to like, oh, they're missing this wide receiver.

549
00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:43,320
Speaker 1: Aw Tyreek kills out, how are they gonna score against

550
00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:45,480
Speaker 1: the Jets? And then they score, they win thirty to ten.

551
00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:48,360
Speaker 1: So you just got to watch a lot of Football's

552
00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:50,440
Speaker 1: how I do it in golf. I just watch a

553
00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:52,920
Speaker 1: lot of golf, and I know who's playing well, who's

554
00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:56,000
Speaker 1: not playing well, and who's played well at these places before,

555
00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:57,359
Speaker 1: and then I kind of bet on it that way.

556
00:27:57,680 --> 00:27:59,760
Speaker 1: I'm a Patriots fan and was wondering, what are your

557
00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:04,240
Speaker 1: thoughts on a team rebuild. I think you should focus

558
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:07,960
Speaker 1: on building a strong core of players first and move

559
00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:10,040
Speaker 1: up in the draft to target a quarterback with a

560
00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:12,800
Speaker 1: high ceiling. My friend wants to draft a quarterback with

561
00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:16,960
Speaker 1: a second overall pick if we stay there. Though I

562
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,560
Speaker 1: agree quarterback is the most important position. Is it a

563
00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:21,800
Speaker 1: wayte to have your quarterback on a rookie scale deal

564
00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,960
Speaker 1: during a rebuild? My fear is we get an average

565
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:28,120
Speaker 1: starter and fail to put pieces around him in time

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00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:31,760
Speaker 1: to compete. Appreciate your thoughts. Merry Christmas, Ry Christmas to you, Austin.

567
00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:34,920
Speaker 1: I think there is no right or wrong way to

568
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,320
Speaker 1: do it. If you have a quarterback that you really

569
00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:39,560
Speaker 1: like and you think he can be a really good player,

570
00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,640
Speaker 1: you just have to get him if you're in position right.

571
00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:45,600
Speaker 1: I think that's always going to be the priority. Now

572
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:48,200
Speaker 1: if you're not going to force a quarterback at a

573
00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:52,760
Speaker 1: spot if you don't feel comfortable. So to me, if

574
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Speaker 1: like one of the quarterback, if you're drafting and the

575
00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:57,080
Speaker 1: two quarterbacks you like are off the board and you

576
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Speaker 1: don't think the other guy is a top twenty pick

577
00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:02,320
Speaker 1: the best player, and then maybe in the second third

578
00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:05,320
Speaker 1: round take a quarterback. I'm not against that, but I

579
00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:08,360
Speaker 1: think when you force a quarterback, just like you could

580
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:12,200
Speaker 1: argue forcing other positions, you get in the spots where

581
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Speaker 1: all of a sudden you regret the player when you

582
00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:17,680
Speaker 1: just take a good player, like a couple of years

583
00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:22,640
Speaker 1: ago the Patriots took Barmore from Alabama. He's fucking stud.

584
00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:26,200
Speaker 1: Just take the best player on the board. And I

585
00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:29,080
Speaker 1: think if you continually stick to that plan and then

586
00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:31,600
Speaker 1: take the quarterback when you feel right now, you're gonna

587
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:34,600
Speaker 1: have a conviction on a quarterback. Dave Getlman thought Daniel

588
00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:38,120
Speaker 1: Jones was the top ten quarterback and drafted them six overall,

589
00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:41,400
Speaker 1: and as it worked out right Zach Wilson Trey Lance like,

590
00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:45,080
Speaker 1: sometimes it fails. So that's the shitty part. Even if

591
00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:48,520
Speaker 1: you like the guy, the history on that guy succeeding

592
00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:52,280
Speaker 1: is pretty small. A lot of talk about the officiating lately.

593
00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:54,920
Speaker 1: Obviously there needs to be refs on the field to

594
00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:56,960
Speaker 1: manage the game, but as twenty twenty three, why the

595
00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:58,760
Speaker 1: fuck are we relying on them to make the calls.

596
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,080
Speaker 1: It's not realistic to expect the refs to see everything

597
00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:03,000
Speaker 1: when there are two hundred plus cameras on the game.

598
00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:07,040
Speaker 1: It feels like booth review is eventually going to be

599
00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:09,440
Speaker 1: relayed to the refs almost every play in the future,

600
00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:12,560
Speaker 1: So what are we waiting for. I think that expedited

601
00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:15,400
Speaker 1: review that they're doing. I've seen it in a bunch

602
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,320
Speaker 1: of games lately, where you know, they kind of I

603
00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:19,000
Speaker 1: don't even know if it's a challenge, if it's just

604
00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:22,560
Speaker 1: an automatic review and it's very quick, like we all see it,

605
00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:25,280
Speaker 1: let's move on, let's go. I hate the delay. I

606
00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:27,680
Speaker 1: hate the time wasted. It's like, this one's pretty clear

607
00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:31,200
Speaker 1: now some because the rules have gotten in such a

608
00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,240
Speaker 1: gray area. It's like, is that a catch? Is that?

609
00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:35,719
Speaker 1: You know, It's hard to know, but I like when

610
00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:39,680
Speaker 1: it's pretty clear cut and dry, quick review, expedite at boom, touchdown,

611
00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:43,800
Speaker 1: no catch, you know, fumble, whatever, Let's move on. Like

612
00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:46,880
Speaker 1: you said, it is difficult. I'm tough on officials. I'm

613
00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:50,040
Speaker 1: a human being, though, and understand there's a level to

614
00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:53,320
Speaker 1: that position, you know, being in that position that these

615
00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:56,880
Speaker 1: guys are running four four forties, fucking shit's happen and flying,

616
00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:59,240
Speaker 1: it's so much easier for us to judge it on

617
00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:03,680
Speaker 1: the couch in slow motion. It's just this. I'm a

618
00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:06,520
Speaker 1: tough on him, but I'm just tough because I'm just

619
00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:08,560
Speaker 1: tired of getting it wrong. Can't we just get it right?

620
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:10,400
Speaker 1: And like you said, there has to be a balance

621
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Speaker 1: because ultimately this entertainment product, but entertainment product, and now

622
00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:16,240
Speaker 1: we're betting on a lot of money is on the line,

623
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Speaker 1: So how do we strike the perfect balance of getting

624
00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:25,000
Speaker 1: it correct moving quickly. The NBA got it wrong. You

625
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,200
Speaker 1: watch the final couple minutes of a basketball game, You're like,

626
00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:28,960
Speaker 1: I don't have thirty minutes. Can we just finish this

627
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:31,480
Speaker 1: fucking thing. I'm a huge Vikings fan, and I was

628
00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:33,760
Speaker 1: wondering if you were the GM, what you would do

629
00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:37,680
Speaker 1: at the quarterback position. I think the easy move is

630
00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:41,640
Speaker 1: to try to bring Cousins back at a cost prohibitive number,

631
00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:44,720
Speaker 1: like a number that we can agree on that isn't crazy.

632
00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:48,800
Speaker 1: Probably incentivize it based on the Achilles Now is Cousins

633
00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:52,000
Speaker 1: because he's, you know, the best quarterback on the market

634
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,800
Speaker 1: by a mile, now he's injured. Or would someone give

635
00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:57,200
Speaker 1: him just one year, thirty million dollars and just risk it,

636
00:31:57,640 --> 00:32:01,320
Speaker 1: because I'd struggle to give him, like, hey, I'll guarantee

637
00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:03,720
Speaker 1: you like fifteen million dollars and then we'll give you

638
00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:07,120
Speaker 1: like million dollar game bonuses, you know, five hundred thousand

639
00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:09,080
Speaker 1: for every start and five hundred thousand for every win.

640
00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:11,800
Speaker 1: So if you're like a ten win quarterback and you

641
00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:14,680
Speaker 1: play a lot boom. We can get twenty five thirty

642
00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:17,280
Speaker 1: million pretty easy and give a bunch of touchdown incentives.

643
00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:19,440
Speaker 1: So if you're good, you want to stay here. There

644
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:22,520
Speaker 1: has to be you know, this is a business, So

645
00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:24,880
Speaker 1: I got to mitigate my risk of, like, well, if

646
00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:27,960
Speaker 1: it doesn't go well, I can't totally screw over the team.

647
00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:30,360
Speaker 1: But I also know that if you're just eighty eighty

648
00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:32,240
Speaker 1: five percent of what you were, you're better than anything

649
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:35,400
Speaker 1: we can find. They're in a very, very tough position.

650
00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:39,000
Speaker 1: If the New York Giants end up drafting six to

651
00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:41,440
Speaker 1: eight and miss out on the top two quarterbacks, should

652
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:44,480
Speaker 1: they trade up for Jalen Jaden Daniels or attempt to

653
00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:48,480
Speaker 1: build an O line and get weapons. You know, the

654
00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:51,520
Speaker 1: weird part about where the Giants are at is their

655
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:53,840
Speaker 1: quarterback who I think I saw yesterday on the sideline

656
00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:56,239
Speaker 1: watching the Eagles game. It had to be in is

657
00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,760
Speaker 1: He's gonna be on the team next year and depending

658
00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:02,200
Speaker 1: on like he could be healthy by week one. So

659
00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:04,960
Speaker 1: are they just gonna have a forty million dollar backup

660
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:07,440
Speaker 1: if they trade it up to get one of these quarterbacks?

661
00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:11,600
Speaker 1: That's what I wonder, how this is all gonna work?

662
00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:14,239
Speaker 1: Was he bad enough that they're just totally out on him?

663
00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:19,000
Speaker 1: And I'm meaning the owner, So do you just move

664
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:21,160
Speaker 1: up and draft a quarterback and then he just gets

665
00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:24,400
Speaker 1: to start in Daniel Jones's backup? Or do you move

666
00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:26,040
Speaker 1: up in kind of red shirt of me a year?

667
00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:29,080
Speaker 1: I don't know. I think it's a very very tricky situation.

668
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:31,640
Speaker 1: All gets back to Daniel Jones. Daniel Jones being a

669
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:35,360
Speaker 1: disaster right now injured, is you know, a massive curve

670
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:38,000
Speaker 1: ball to the organization. Now you could just argue the

671
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,320
Speaker 1: money spent whatever, don't even worry about him, treat him

672
00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:42,120
Speaker 1: like he's not even on the team. And I think

673
00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:43,560
Speaker 1: it's easy for us to say on the outside, but

674
00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:46,400
Speaker 1: is that how the owner's gonna treat it? Question Colts

675
00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:49,160
Speaker 1: fans who now lives in Colorado? What the heck happened

676
00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:51,240
Speaker 1: to Carson Wentz? Why can't this guy get a spot

677
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:53,160
Speaker 1: on a roster? Is he a bad locker room guy?

678
00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:56,240
Speaker 1: He's on the rams right now? Carson Wentz did he's

679
00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:59,000
Speaker 1: on the rams? I think in the NFL it's a

680
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:03,000
Speaker 1: lot like high school or like an office where rumors

681
00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:08,560
Speaker 1: when they start spreading perception becomes reality. And he had

682
00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:11,680
Speaker 1: a lot of negativity surrounding him about the way people

683
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:14,880
Speaker 1: inside buildings viewed him, and that means the players and

684
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:17,880
Speaker 1: the coaches. Players. He didn't have many friends on teams,

685
00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:21,000
Speaker 1: this is the rumors, and he wouldn't listen to coaches,

686
00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:23,600
Speaker 1: So you get this rep of, well, the team doesn't

687
00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:27,560
Speaker 1: really like him and he's not that coachable. It's kind

688
00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:30,160
Speaker 1: of a nail in your coffin. As a player. Now

689
00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:32,919
Speaker 1: he at such rock bottom. I heard of a team

690
00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:37,000
Speaker 1: last year. I got a story about they did research

691
00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:39,359
Speaker 1: on a couple quarterbacks. He was one of them to

692
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:43,239
Speaker 1: be their team's backup, and they kind of sent in

693
00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:46,080
Speaker 1: a mole to kind of talk to him, a football

694
00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:49,359
Speaker 1: guy to talk to him and get some intel on

695
00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:52,040
Speaker 1: where his head was at. And it was a lot

696
00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:55,359
Speaker 1: of like I'm getting screwed and listen, that's We've all

697
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 1: had that attitude a time or two in our life.

698
00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:00,120
Speaker 1: But there gets to a point where you know no

699
00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:03,160
Speaker 1: longer are a starter. The attitude kind of has to

700
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:04,680
Speaker 1: be like, hey, I'll do whatever it takes to help

701
00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:06,520
Speaker 1: the team. I just want to get my career back

702
00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:08,799
Speaker 1: to train back on the tracks, and I'm willing to

703
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:12,000
Speaker 1: do anything to help anybody, especially a top ten quarterback,

704
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:15,239
Speaker 1: to be his backup. From what I was told, that

705
00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:18,440
Speaker 1: was not the attitude. And this team went with another

706
00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:20,759
Speaker 1: guy because of that, because they talked to the other

707
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:23,600
Speaker 1: guy and his attitude was exactly that what you'd like

708
00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:25,439
Speaker 1: to hear out of a backup. And I think once

709
00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:28,960
Speaker 1: you kind of make that transition from starting quarterback to backup,

710
00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:32,000
Speaker 1: the attitude in the mindset has to change, not of

711
00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:34,560
Speaker 1: work ethic and trying at football and being prepared, but

712
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:37,040
Speaker 1: of how you approach when you walk in the building.

713
00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:40,560
Speaker 1: You're not the alpha anymore. You're the beta. And I

714
00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:42,399
Speaker 1: mean when I say you're the beta, like people aren't

715
00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:44,560
Speaker 1: looking to you not to be a good guy, to

716
00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:46,440
Speaker 1: be a good teammate and all that stuff, to help

717
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:50,759
Speaker 1: the starting quarterback. You are essentially assistant coach that wears

718
00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:53,600
Speaker 1: pads during practice, and I think that's hard for a

719
00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:55,560
Speaker 1: lot of guys, especially the guys that have made some money.

720
00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:58,000
Speaker 1: It'll be interesting what happens to Derek Carr's career in

721
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:01,880
Speaker 1: the next couple of years, and there's some decisions to

722
00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:05,000
Speaker 1: be made. How come we don't hear about McDaniels going

723
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:06,920
Speaker 1: back to the OC and sticking with Bill for one

724
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:09,840
Speaker 1: more rookie quarterback cycle. Or on the other hand, wouldn't

725
00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:12,360
Speaker 1: Jim Harbad be the best replacement considering his track record

726
00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:15,760
Speaker 1: with winning everywhere he goes. Obviously he's a top option

727
00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:19,759
Speaker 1: for every team. But I just never hear this. It's

728
00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:22,719
Speaker 1: hard to see Jim Harbaugh going to the Patriots. It's

729
00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:25,680
Speaker 1: hard to see the Crafts dealing with Jim Harbaugh. They

730
00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:29,359
Speaker 1: just dealt with Belichick for a long time. I think

731
00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:33,600
Speaker 1: it's safe to say if Bill Belichick's fired, mutually departed, traded,

732
00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:36,520
Speaker 1: however it works out, Jim Harbaugh will not be your coach.

733
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:39,120
Speaker 1: I think the question is will Drod Mayo be the coach?

734
00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:42,160
Speaker 1: Everyone says he's the coach in waiting? Is that actually

735
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:46,960
Speaker 1: the play what's going to take place? Or is it

736
00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:50,000
Speaker 1: just are they having tecond thoughts after the season. You know,

737
00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:53,319
Speaker 1: I don't know. I think when it comes to Josh McDaniels,

738
00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:56,880
Speaker 1: I can imagine Josh, who was just paid fifty sixty

739
00:36:56,920 --> 00:37:00,720
Speaker 1: million dollars to go away. It'd be hard to swallow

740
00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:02,719
Speaker 1: your pride a second time and go back to Bill.

741
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:06,200
Speaker 1: He did it once and it resurrected his career. Now

742
00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:08,520
Speaker 1: he's never going to be a head coach again, so

743
00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:11,000
Speaker 1: he's going to go back to Bill and just be

744
00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:13,399
Speaker 1: a coordinator the rest of his life. I think it's

745
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:15,440
Speaker 1: a lot easier if they went to the Chargers or

746
00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:18,120
Speaker 1: they went to the Bears, the Commanders for him to

747
00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:20,759
Speaker 1: do that, I think it's much more difficult to go

748
00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:24,000
Speaker 1: back to New England. Just put yourself in issues from

749
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:27,680
Speaker 1: a pride stamp, from an ego standpoint, regardless how everyone

750
00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:30,640
Speaker 1: talks about you, how everyone's making fun of you. I

751
00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:33,600
Speaker 1: don't know if I could do it for the mailbag.

752
00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:37,440
Speaker 1: I'm finishing up my undergrad at the University of Montana

753
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:42,120
Speaker 1: the Grizzlies in the National champiship and have always wanted

754
00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:44,319
Speaker 1: to work in football, scout coach in the media even

755
00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:46,520
Speaker 1: I think the route you took from scout to media

756
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:49,279
Speaker 1: is ideal. I was wondering what advice you would have

757
00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:53,160
Speaker 1: to give someone looking to get their foot in the door. Well,

758
00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:55,120
Speaker 1: if you want to get in the media, times have

759
00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:59,480
Speaker 1: never been easier. Legacy media dies every day, and the

760
00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:04,400
Speaker 1: whatever this is, the podcasting online, It's never been easier

761
00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:07,520
Speaker 1: to do your own stuff. Now to do your own stuff.

762
00:38:07,719 --> 00:38:10,400
Speaker 1: You just have to start doing your own stuff. And

763
00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:13,239
Speaker 1: when I made the transition from radio to podcast, I

764
00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:15,560
Speaker 1: already had kind of a built in audience. And then

765
00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:18,200
Speaker 1: once I got with Colin, obviously he opened me up

766
00:38:18,239 --> 00:38:22,120
Speaker 1: to a distribution channel that is pretty elite. It's a

767
00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:25,080
Speaker 1: pretty big one, right, So it's like getting into Costco

768
00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:29,160
Speaker 1: or something. If you have a product, And I think

769
00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:30,759
Speaker 1: the first thing you need to worry about if you

770
00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:32,960
Speaker 1: wanted to go that route, start doing a YouTube channel.

771
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:36,600
Speaker 1: Start doing on Instagram every day, make post every single

772
00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:39,839
Speaker 1: day every day. Go on YouTube and post five ten

773
00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:42,200
Speaker 1: minutes whatever whatever you want to talk about. Now, if

774
00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:44,160
Speaker 1: you want to get into football, you went to Montana,

775
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:45,920
Speaker 1: you know you have an opportunity to get in with

776
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:48,240
Speaker 1: the program. So I'll help a recruiting, help do whatever.

777
00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:50,319
Speaker 1: So how I got my start, call PAULI and even

778
00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:52,400
Speaker 1: Presdent State. Like, it's a lot harder to get your

779
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:55,160
Speaker 1: foot in the door at Alabama or Georgia. You're in Montana,

780
00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:57,879
Speaker 1: which produces a bunch of NFL guys but is still

781
00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:01,680
Speaker 1: a small school. So it's never too late, you know.

782
00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:05,040
Speaker 1: Look at Mike mc Mike McDonald, Ravens started working in

783
00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:07,920
Speaker 1: college and then I ultimately it led him into the

784
00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:10,600
Speaker 1: program there. So I would if you want to work

785
00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:13,719
Speaker 1: in football, just say, hey, what can I help out doing?

786
00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:15,920
Speaker 1: I want to work in recruiting. If you want to

787
00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:21,680
Speaker 1: do media stuff, just start given takes on Twitter, on YouTube,

788
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:25,960
Speaker 1: on snapchat, on TikTok on you know all these different

789
00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:28,960
Speaker 1: started podcasts. Now you're going to have to stomach no

790
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,880
Speaker 1: one listening for a while. Part of the deal. I

791
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:34,400
Speaker 1: do believe the cream rises. So if you stick with

792
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:36,960
Speaker 1: it for ten years, you make something happen. Now you

793
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:38,839
Speaker 1: might have to get a job do something else at

794
00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:41,160
Speaker 1: the time if that's the right you want to take.

795
00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:45,480
Speaker 1: But you just got to start. The faster you start in,

796
00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:47,920
Speaker 1: the less time you think about it, the faster you'll

797
00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:50,440
Speaker 1: get to where you want to go. But if you

798
00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:52,640
Speaker 1: want to work in football, you're at Montana right now.

799
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:55,239
Speaker 1: I would. I would go up to Bobby Hope at

800
00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:57,200
Speaker 1: the end of the season when they after they you know,

801
00:39:57,360 --> 00:39:59,120
Speaker 1: win or lose a national championship, say I want to

802
00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:02,040
Speaker 1: get involved. If you're in the Niners front office, what

803
00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:06,160
Speaker 1: are three moves you're making for next season? When talking

804
00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:08,920
Speaker 1: about brock Perty's value to the team in comparison to

805
00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:12,040
Speaker 1: the supreme scheme and roster around him. How come nobody

806
00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:14,920
Speaker 1: mentions that his play single handily saved the jobs of

807
00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:18,680
Speaker 1: the schemer and roster build a builder via the Lance fiasco.

808
00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:21,080
Speaker 1: I just think we live in a world and I'm

809
00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:23,440
Speaker 1: guilty of this too. We're just on to the next thing. Like,

810
00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:27,160
Speaker 1: no one talks Trey Lance is completely irrelevant. The ee

811
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:30,280
Speaker 1: just is. You know, since Trey Lance has been drafted

812
00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:32,480
Speaker 1: by the forty nine ers, the Niners have been to

813
00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:36,440
Speaker 1: two NFC Championships and they're currently eleven and four. So

814
00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:39,640
Speaker 1: that's the great part about the NFL, right, you just

815
00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:42,719
Speaker 1: move on. It works at rapid speed. The best part

816
00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:46,040
Speaker 1: of the NFL is urgency, urgency, urgency, And we're on

817
00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:47,920
Speaker 1: to the next thing. Like the only thing that matters

818
00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:49,720
Speaker 1: for the forty nine ers now is the Washington Commander

819
00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:54,000
Speaker 1: game at ten am Pacific Sander time on Sunday. Trey

820
00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:57,560
Speaker 1: Lance is such a distant memory of just irrelevance, even

821
00:40:57,560 --> 00:40:59,960
Speaker 1: though it is one of the worst trades of all time.

822
00:41:01,239 --> 00:41:03,840
Speaker 1: But I hear you, But I also think comparing yourself

823
00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:05,360
Speaker 1: to a guy that is a third stringer in the

824
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:09,040
Speaker 1: NFL is a pretty low bar. And you know this

825
00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:12,640
Speaker 1: is not George Steinbrenner, Rale Davis, Jed York loves these guys.

826
00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:16,080
Speaker 1: So even if it hadn't been as smooth, Now, if

827
00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:18,480
Speaker 1: they had sucked, yeah, maybe they ended up getting fired,

828
00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:21,200
Speaker 1: but I think they were on a lot longer leased

829
00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:25,640
Speaker 1: than people realize. Like, ultimately, Trey Lance to Jed York

830
00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:28,479
Speaker 1: is just whatever. You know, it's twenty five million dollars

831
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:32,160
Speaker 1: signing bonus. Move on, Let's who cares. They're just still

832
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:34,279
Speaker 1: gonna be question marks. With brock Purty playing the best

833
00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:38,040
Speaker 1: teams on defense, can he elevate? And so far this

834
00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:40,799
Speaker 1: year it hasn't gone smoothly. Trey Lance would have no chance.

835
00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:43,000
Speaker 1: I mean the Niners would. I don't even think make

836
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,799
Speaker 1: the playoffs if Trey l Answer are starting quarterback. Yeah,

837
00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:48,640
Speaker 1: I just don't think he can play. But comparing him

838
00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:51,319
Speaker 1: to Trey Lance is kind of an irrelevant exercise in

839
00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:53,800
Speaker 1: my opinion. If you're the Niner's front office, one of

840
00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:55,440
Speaker 1: the three moves you're making, I think you have to

841
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:57,759
Speaker 1: figure out Eric Armstead. You know, he makes a ton

842
00:41:57,800 --> 00:42:00,480
Speaker 1: of money and he's like the team cap and they

843
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:03,319
Speaker 1: call him the blueprint in the organization. But when you

844
00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:06,480
Speaker 1: make fifteen, sixteen, seventeen million dollars and you're old and

845
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:10,800
Speaker 1: injured a lot, you know, this is football, This isn't

846
00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:13,600
Speaker 1: you know? You got to separate emotions. I mean the

847
00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:16,839
Speaker 1: best two coaches of my life, Walsh and Belichick, were

848
00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:20,400
Speaker 1: just cutthroat. So how do you balance that? And you

849
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:22,640
Speaker 1: know whether you will you come back and play for

850
00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:24,799
Speaker 1: four or five million dollars because we'll take you, but

851
00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:28,320
Speaker 1: we can't pay you this And that leads into Brandon Ayuk,

852
00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:30,719
Speaker 1: who is a stud and you got to keep, but

853
00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:33,640
Speaker 1: he's a twenty plus million dollar player. Can you have

854
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:37,960
Speaker 1: Brandon Ayuk and Debo making a combined, you know, fifty

855
00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:40,480
Speaker 1: million dollars now, because of the way the cap works,

856
00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:43,239
Speaker 1: he doesn't exactly equal that on the salary cap, but

857
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:48,000
Speaker 1: Deebo's salary cap hit next year is huge. So I

858
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:49,960
Speaker 1: think you need to improve the offensive line and the

859
00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:52,120
Speaker 1: defensive line. Beside bost Of. This year just hasn't been

860
00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:54,920
Speaker 1: good enough. It just simply hasn't been good enough. And

861
00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:56,960
Speaker 1: I think talent wise, are just not as good. The

862
00:42:57,040 --> 00:42:59,560
Speaker 1: Drake Jackson has been a whiff. I mean, they kind

863
00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:01,040
Speaker 1: of whiffed on the draft a couple of years ago,

864
00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:03,880
Speaker 1: Ty Davis Price on the practice squad, Drake Jackson can't play,

865
00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:07,600
Speaker 1: and Danny Gray just got passed by Ronnie Bell in

866
00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:10,839
Speaker 1: the blink of an eye. Other than that, one big

867
00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:14,040
Speaker 1: picture thing that's looming for the forty nine Ers is

868
00:43:14,040 --> 00:43:16,839
Speaker 1: Trent Williams is thirty five, thirty six years old. It's

869
00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:19,680
Speaker 1: like he's not gonna play forever and they're never gonna

870
00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:21,720
Speaker 1: draft high enough to get one of the sweet left.

871
00:43:21,719 --> 00:43:23,680
Speaker 1: How do you ever replace him? I mean, the only

872
00:43:23,719 --> 00:43:26,520
Speaker 1: reason you got Trent Williams is because he refused to

873
00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:29,279
Speaker 1: get traded into the Vikings and wanted to play for

874
00:43:29,320 --> 00:43:31,760
Speaker 1: his dude, Kyle Shanahan. It's the only reason they got him.

875
00:43:32,640 --> 00:43:35,080
Speaker 1: The Vikings offered a better deal and Trent Williams like, no,

876
00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:38,400
Speaker 1: I refuse. I'll just stay retired. I mean, which benefits

877
00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:41,160
Speaker 1: of Niners, like Kyle's relationship with him. But there was

878
00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:43,719
Speaker 1: a lot of luck involved with that. Let's not act

879
00:43:43,760 --> 00:43:45,600
Speaker 1: like he's like no one was on Trent Williams and

880
00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:47,880
Speaker 1: the Niners stole him. No, not really the way it happened.

881
00:43:48,200 --> 00:43:50,520
Speaker 1: Mail back question for the Pro Bowl, I definitely agree

882
00:43:50,520 --> 00:43:53,720
Speaker 1: that it's dead and pointless. But I've seen boys ages

883
00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:56,279
Speaker 1: thirteen and eleven that love football that want to watch it,

884
00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:59,440
Speaker 1: and finally, silly skill games in flag football entertaining. They

885
00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:02,239
Speaker 1: don't have this pphisticated takes or opinions about the NFL yet,

886
00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:04,680
Speaker 1: so seeing the big stars players silly things like they

887
00:44:04,680 --> 00:44:06,919
Speaker 1: do pe or at the park with their friends is fun.

888
00:44:07,239 --> 00:44:11,280
Speaker 1: I agree. No, I mean, I'm telling you the reason

889
00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:13,959
Speaker 1: they stopped there was like this balancing act, the flag

890
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:16,800
Speaker 1: football thing. It was getting like six seven million people

891
00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:20,080
Speaker 1: like yesterday on Christmas. Nobody watched any of the NBA

892
00:44:20,200 --> 00:44:22,760
Speaker 1: games as many people that watch flag football in the NFL,

893
00:44:23,239 --> 00:44:25,840
Speaker 1: and there is a benefit. The problem is that players

894
00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:29,560
Speaker 1: keep getting very hesitant to get injured, right taroring acl

895
00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:34,680
Speaker 1: taran Achilles, And I think there was just this balancing act.

896
00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:37,440
Speaker 1: I had never disputed the people watch people watch the

897
00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:41,960
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl. So I don't know, I don't really have

898
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:44,040
Speaker 1: a good answer to how it's all gonna work out,

899
00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:47,600
Speaker 1: but it just it's just gonna go into you know,

900
00:44:47,640 --> 00:44:49,960
Speaker 1: the skills competition, which I still think is cool for

901
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:52,120
Speaker 1: the kids to watch Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen and

902
00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:55,520
Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill and you know, do stupid shit like your

903
00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:59,040
Speaker 1: takes an interaction with Colin, informed and relatable. As a

904
00:44:59,120 --> 00:45:02,719
Speaker 1: Davis grad, I recommend a little work on reading of

905
00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:08,279
Speaker 1: the ads. Cadence is a little off. Thanks Stewart, we

906
00:45:08,360 --> 00:45:13,600
Speaker 1: got Stewart doesn't like the way I read ads. Literally,

907
00:45:13,640 --> 00:45:16,600
Speaker 1: you just read what they give you. It's not that complicated, buddy,

908
00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:19,520
Speaker 1: But appreciate the feed deck. Listen, you gotta take the

909
00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:22,759
Speaker 1: good with the bad. Been watching our show since Kyler

910
00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:24,520
Speaker 1: Murray's Call of Duty contract, and I have been watching

911
00:45:24,560 --> 00:45:27,440
Speaker 1: every episode since with how serious football injuries can be.

912
00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:31,719
Speaker 1: Do you think it's possible long term? Really quick? On

913
00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:34,240
Speaker 1: the ads? You know we're sold out for a reason.

914
00:45:35,239 --> 00:45:37,880
Speaker 1: Do it does pretty well here? I'd say my ad reading,

915
00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:40,040
Speaker 1: And again I'm not trying to get defensive here, but

916
00:45:40,640 --> 00:45:44,560
Speaker 1: we've had a lot of success within the advertisements, given

917
00:45:44,560 --> 00:45:47,719
Speaker 1: that that's what pays the bills around these parts, so

918
00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:50,880
Speaker 1: I'd say we're doing something right. I would say advertising

919
00:45:51,520 --> 00:45:57,000
Speaker 1: dealing with our advertisers is a major, major positive for

920
00:45:57,080 --> 00:45:59,400
Speaker 1: this little operation that we call the three Now podcast.

921
00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:02,680
Speaker 1: With me again, I'm always looking to improve cadence a

922
00:46:02,719 --> 00:46:05,200
Speaker 1: little off. I'll work on my cadence for you. Stuart,

923
00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:07,720
Speaker 1: do you think it's possible the long term the NFL

924
00:46:07,719 --> 00:46:10,480
Speaker 1: could be shut down or at least seriously changed somehow.

925
00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:13,880
Speaker 1: I just don't want to happen, but just somehow something

926
00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:17,640
Speaker 1: I've wondered about, Oh, with how serious football injuries can be.

927
00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:21,399
Speaker 1: I think this is the reason that they kick guys

928
00:46:21,400 --> 00:46:23,800
Speaker 1: out of games. This is the reason they suspend guys

929
00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:28,040
Speaker 1: without pay, is simply because they don't ever want to

930
00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:30,880
Speaker 1: get sued at the rate in which they got sued before,

931
00:46:31,239 --> 00:46:33,400
Speaker 1: and they lost. I forget the exact amount, but it

932
00:46:33,440 --> 00:46:35,960
Speaker 1: was clearly a lot of money. And you had everyone

933
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:38,480
Speaker 1: at ESPN, which was kind of ironic given that they

934
00:46:38,480 --> 00:46:41,480
Speaker 1: were in business with the NFL, rooting for the NFL

935
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:44,200
Speaker 1: to shut down an end, It's like, are you guys

936
00:46:44,280 --> 00:46:46,800
Speaker 1: fucking morons? Now? Big jays get up in their emotions.

937
00:46:47,400 --> 00:46:51,320
Speaker 1: But I do think that after going through that, and

938
00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:52,880
Speaker 1: let's face it, I mean, for a long time, the

939
00:46:52,960 --> 00:46:56,840
Speaker 1: NFL didn't care about anything right injury wise, and it

940
00:46:56,960 --> 00:46:59,399
Speaker 1: bit them in the ass financially, and just like any

941
00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:02,920
Speaker 1: company that go through something, well, they overcompensate the other

942
00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:05,560
Speaker 1: way called we all say it, see why you cover

943
00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:07,959
Speaker 1: your ass? And that's currently what the NFL is doing.

944
00:47:08,360 --> 00:47:11,319
Speaker 1: They're in massive cover your ass mode, so even when

945
00:47:11,320 --> 00:47:14,640
Speaker 1: a serious injury happens, they go we have every protocol.

946
00:47:14,680 --> 00:47:18,160
Speaker 1: Like ultimately, it's a violent game, so bad things are

947
00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:22,400
Speaker 1: gonna happen. It's unavoidable. No different like boxing or UFC.

948
00:47:23,000 --> 00:47:25,920
Speaker 1: This is not you know, we're not playing softball here.

949
00:47:26,480 --> 00:47:29,040
Speaker 1: This is a game where people get tackled by enormous

950
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:33,399
Speaker 1: men running really fast, trying to you know, inflict pain

951
00:47:33,640 --> 00:47:36,640
Speaker 1: when they hit you. This is not. This is a

952
00:47:36,719 --> 00:47:40,040
Speaker 1: violence sport, always has been, always will be. I don't

953
00:47:40,040 --> 00:47:42,880
Speaker 1: even think they necessarily try to take the violence out.

954
00:47:43,040 --> 00:47:45,480
Speaker 1: They just try to take the outcomes of the violence

955
00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:48,960
Speaker 1: out and through that that they have pushed away from

956
00:47:49,040 --> 00:47:53,440
Speaker 1: these head hunting safeties and linebackers. To me, that protecting

957
00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:55,800
Speaker 1: the quarterback is much more about the business of football,

958
00:47:56,160 --> 00:48:00,920
Speaker 1: which is all surrounding the ratings and the ratings, you know,

959
00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:05,480
Speaker 1: pay for everything in the National Football League. I think

960
00:48:05,520 --> 00:48:08,160
Speaker 1: it's to fine balance and this is you know, one

961
00:48:08,200 --> 00:48:10,720
Speaker 1: of the bigger businesses. You know, it's definitely the biggest

962
00:48:10,719 --> 00:48:14,279
Speaker 1: sports business in America, and it's it's become you know,

963
00:48:14,320 --> 00:48:18,160
Speaker 1: a powerhouse business in this country because it's the number

964
00:48:18,160 --> 00:48:20,800
Speaker 1: one television show in this country, and they're making billions

965
00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:23,399
Speaker 1: upon billions of dollars. They're signing one hundred billion dollar

966
00:48:23,440 --> 00:48:25,680
Speaker 1: television revenue. All these teams are worth five to ten

967
00:48:25,760 --> 00:48:29,800
Speaker 1: billion dollars, and I just think that they'll do whatever

968
00:48:29,880 --> 00:48:32,319
Speaker 1: to protect themselves as you or I would. That's what

969
00:48:32,520 --> 00:48:35,080
Speaker 1: happens in business. That's what happens. When you get money,

970
00:48:35,440 --> 00:48:37,759
Speaker 1: you do things to protect it. You know, I start

971
00:48:37,800 --> 00:48:39,799
Speaker 1: owning a couple of properties. Me and my girlfriend were

972
00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:41,520
Speaker 1: talking like, you know, I gotta put some of this

973
00:48:41,520 --> 00:48:45,920
Speaker 1: stuff in a trust. You have to take different mindsets

974
00:48:46,040 --> 00:48:49,120
Speaker 1: as life changes. And once upon a time, the NFL,

975
00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:52,320
Speaker 1: you know, in the eighties, was not some business bohemoth

976
00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:55,640
Speaker 1: as it is now relative to you know, the rest

977
00:48:55,640 --> 00:48:58,600
Speaker 1: of the fortune five hundred companies. Right, And I'm not

978
00:48:58,640 --> 00:49:00,960
Speaker 1: saying it's value like Google or you know some of

979
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:03,960
Speaker 1: these companies, but as a whole, as a partnership, which

980
00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:08,399
Speaker 1: the NFL is, it's thirty two entities under one umbrella. Right,

981
00:49:08,719 --> 00:49:11,400
Speaker 1: One individual team doesn't equal one of these companies. But

982
00:49:11,400 --> 00:49:13,920
Speaker 1: when you add all thirty two of them up, that

983
00:49:14,040 --> 00:49:17,680
Speaker 1: they're it's just a bohemoth. And when you have a bohemoth,

984
00:49:17,719 --> 00:49:20,200
Speaker 1: you don't want to go back to, you know, backwards,

985
00:49:20,280 --> 00:49:22,320
Speaker 1: you want to go forwards. And that's the way business

986
00:49:22,360 --> 00:49:24,960
Speaker 1: looks at everything. You're growing, you're dying, You're getting bigger,

987
00:49:25,160 --> 00:49:26,759
Speaker 1: and the bigger you get, the more you have to

988
00:49:26,760 --> 00:49:29,360
Speaker 1: protect yourself. I would imagine a lot of people listening

989
00:49:29,360 --> 00:49:31,560
Speaker 1: to this work for bigger companies. What happens to those

990
00:49:31,560 --> 00:49:35,040
Speaker 1: bigger companies. You get suited a lot, sometimes justified, sometimes not.

991
00:49:35,840 --> 00:49:37,920
Speaker 1: And there's a reason, you know, I was taught a

992
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:40,319
Speaker 1: long time ago. The more success you have, the two

993
00:49:40,320 --> 00:49:42,239
Speaker 1: people you need to keep very very close that need

994
00:49:42,320 --> 00:49:43,880
Speaker 1: to be very good at their job or you're accounting

995
00:49:43,920 --> 00:49:47,520
Speaker 1: and your lawyer. And that's advice that I think about

996
00:49:47,520 --> 00:49:49,800
Speaker 1: a lot. You know, I'm actually kind of looking for

997
00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:52,279
Speaker 1: a new account not because mine's bad. I just I

998
00:49:52,320 --> 00:49:53,880
Speaker 1: just need to get a guy that I want to

999
00:49:53,880 --> 00:49:56,120
Speaker 1: have a presence where I can see him. My other

1000
00:49:56,160 --> 00:49:59,880
Speaker 1: guy lives across the country and I just need to

1001
00:50:00,840 --> 00:50:03,080
Speaker 1: That's a story for a different day, but also a

1002
00:50:03,160 --> 00:50:05,759
Speaker 1: question for the podcast. Clearly the Eagles are in for

1003
00:50:05,800 --> 00:50:08,760
Speaker 1: at least a semi reset this offseason. Could you foresee

1004
00:50:08,760 --> 00:50:12,040
Speaker 1: a scenario which potentially Sirianni is gone in the next

1005
00:50:12,080 --> 00:50:16,440
Speaker 1: year or so. Obviously, right now, his record seems indisputable,

1006
00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:20,880
Speaker 1: but we've seen similar things happen with Super Bowl winning coaches.

1007
00:50:22,640 --> 00:50:26,719
Speaker 1: I think, Sirianni, they're gonna, you know, they're gonna be

1008
00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:28,960
Speaker 1: the one, two or three seed, so they're gonna host

1009
00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:31,160
Speaker 1: a playoff game. If they get the one seed back

1010
00:50:31,200 --> 00:50:34,960
Speaker 1: to back years, they get a free buy. And you know,

1011
00:50:35,040 --> 00:50:37,919
Speaker 1: I would say, if he doesn't win a playoff game,

1012
00:50:38,880 --> 00:50:40,839
Speaker 1: and let's just assume, let's just pick there the two

1013
00:50:40,920 --> 00:50:45,080
Speaker 1: or three seeds, so they play wild card weekend. I

1014
00:50:45,080 --> 00:50:46,879
Speaker 1: think if he were to lose to the Rams, Let's

1015
00:50:46,880 --> 00:50:49,280
Speaker 1: say he's the three seed and he plays the Rams

1016
00:50:49,320 --> 00:50:52,200
Speaker 1: and they went into the link and beat him, I

1017
00:50:52,200 --> 00:50:54,600
Speaker 1: think there would be problems. Now I don't think he

1018
00:50:54,600 --> 00:50:58,200
Speaker 1: would necessarily be fired right away, but I think there

1019
00:50:58,239 --> 00:51:00,839
Speaker 1: would be problems, and I think one hundred percent he'd

1020
00:51:00,880 --> 00:51:03,160
Speaker 1: be on the hot seat next year. I think there

1021
00:51:03,200 --> 00:51:06,360
Speaker 1: would be pushed to make an offensive coordinator change, which

1022
00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:09,120
Speaker 1: is the problem, like Nick, what do you do? Like

1023
00:51:09,200 --> 00:51:12,000
Speaker 1: what is your role? And then the other thing would

1024
00:51:12,040 --> 00:51:14,160
Speaker 1: be I just think I would imagine Matt Patricia is

1025
00:51:14,200 --> 00:51:17,959
Speaker 1: just the defensive coordinator next year, and you know Sirianni's

1026
00:51:17,960 --> 00:51:20,360
Speaker 1: career would be tied to whoever his offensive coordinator is

1027
00:51:20,400 --> 00:51:22,839
Speaker 1: in Matt Patricia, and that's kind of feels what it's head.

1028
00:51:22,920 --> 00:51:24,400
Speaker 1: Now he wins a couple of playoff games and he

1029
00:51:24,400 --> 00:51:26,399
Speaker 1: gets beat by the Niners or whatever in the NFC

1030
00:51:26,520 --> 00:51:30,600
Speaker 1: championship game, it'll be fine. Back to back years, NFC

1031
00:51:30,680 --> 00:51:34,239
Speaker 1: Championship game, super Bowl. Like I'm sorry, Like that's that's

1032
00:51:34,280 --> 00:51:37,520
Speaker 1: fucking pretty successful. Now. The Eagles a high standard place

1033
00:51:37,640 --> 00:51:39,680
Speaker 1: they're used to winning. You know, they're trying to win

1034
00:51:39,719 --> 00:51:43,000
Speaker 1: another Super Bowl. They've been to a couple. They obviously

1035
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:45,719
Speaker 1: thought this team was super Bowl worthy. Maybe it's just not.

1036
00:51:46,640 --> 00:51:49,279
Speaker 1: And you know it's not his fault. Everything happened with

1037
00:51:49,400 --> 00:51:55,040
Speaker 1: Jonathan Gannon and and Vic Fangio, right, but that did happen,

1038
00:51:55,320 --> 00:51:57,480
Speaker 1: and it clearly cost him a little bit. And now

1039
00:51:57,520 --> 00:52:00,399
Speaker 1: they got they got a lot of pressure. I think

1040
00:52:00,520 --> 00:52:02,759
Speaker 1: no team has more pressure, like to me, the Chiefs,

1041
00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:04,440
Speaker 1: even if they're wanting done, it's like whatever, they've been

1042
00:52:04,480 --> 00:52:06,560
Speaker 1: in three super Bowls, they've won a couple. Shit happens.

1043
00:52:06,680 --> 00:52:08,040
Speaker 1: There's gonna be a lot of pressure on the Bills

1044
00:52:08,080 --> 00:52:10,080
Speaker 1: that they get in. A lot of pressure on the Dolphins,

1045
00:52:10,080 --> 00:52:11,400
Speaker 1: a lot of pressure on the Cowboys, a lot of

1046
00:52:11,400 --> 00:52:12,640
Speaker 1: pressure on the Eagles, a lot of pressure on the

1047
00:52:12,680 --> 00:52:14,480
Speaker 1: forty nine ers. Like this is what this is not

1048
00:52:14,520 --> 00:52:18,040
Speaker 1: everyone can win these games. Whoever wins, it's gonna feel

1049
00:52:18,600 --> 00:52:22,080
Speaker 1: beyond devastating and uh fascinating to watch how it all

1050
00:52:22,080 --> 00:52:26,400
Speaker 1: plays out. So listen, I Sirianni's a fascinating case study.

1051
00:52:26,840 --> 00:52:28,399
Speaker 1: And I think you know, these next couple of weeks,

1052
00:52:28,400 --> 00:52:30,239
Speaker 1: he should win both games against the Cardinals and then

1053
00:52:30,239 --> 00:52:33,960
Speaker 1: he plays plays the Giants again on the road, so

1054
00:52:34,760 --> 00:52:36,640
Speaker 1: you know, there's a pretty good chance he's gonna win

1055
00:52:36,680 --> 00:52:40,080
Speaker 1: thirteen games. So it's like, wait, he won twenty seven

1056
00:52:40,120 --> 00:52:41,960
Speaker 1: games and back to back years, and it feels like

1057
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Speaker 1: people are on edge. That's Philly for you too. I

1058
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Speaker 1: mean this place. When they think they have a team

1059
00:52:46,920 --> 00:52:49,399
Speaker 1: that should be better than they are, people freak out.

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Speaker 1: And that's because they do look a little weird. There

1061
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Speaker 1: is no disputing that, right, Like, whether you're an Eagles

1062
00:52:55,480 --> 00:52:56,799
Speaker 1: fan or not, if you just watch him, you go

1063
00:52:56,880 --> 00:52:59,279
Speaker 1: they don't quite look right, even though they're not bad

1064
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Speaker 1: and they got and part of it is they just

1065
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Speaker 1: have a ton of talent. They have a ton of

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00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:06,239
Speaker 1: offensive firepower, and when the quarterback looks solid as he

1067
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Speaker 1: did yesterday for a lot of that game, it's just

1068
00:53:08,680 --> 00:53:11,520
Speaker 1: he's a he's a mother, I mean he is. He's

1069
00:53:11,600 --> 00:53:13,759
Speaker 1: tough man because he can run. He's not super fast,

1070
00:53:13,800 --> 00:53:15,799
Speaker 1: but he's elusive. He's got a good arm. When he's

1071
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Speaker 1: accurate and the timing's on, he can make plays outside

1072
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Speaker 1: the pocket. So if they if they get that guy,

1073
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Speaker 1: they're they're a very very scary team to play. Now

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00:53:23,200 --> 00:53:25,319
Speaker 1: their defense is just a major, major question mark. And

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Speaker 1: now they're just tied to Matt Patricia. Can he save

1076
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Speaker 1: their ass? Time will tell the volume