1 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: What is going on? My people? I'm John, some call 2 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 1: me John Middlecoff, and this is a podcast called three 3 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: and Out. Welcome, appreciate everyone that's listening on my feet. 4 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:25,640 Speaker 1: If you're listening to Colin's feet, come over to my feet. 5 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: We're You're welcome over there as well. Leave a review. 6 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: You guys know the deal. A couple of quick things. 7 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: There's not gonna be a Middlecoff mail bag today at 8 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:38,319 Speaker 1: John Middlecoff is the Instagram handle you fire in those 9 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: d M do you get rid on the show? I'm 10 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 1: gonna do a big mail bag. 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It's something we're working on, but 31 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 1: we'll see. And like I said earlier, subscribe to the 32 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: feed Middlecoff mail bag. Leave a review on the three 33 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: and out feed. That's also greatly appreciated. And you guys 34 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: help keep this uh little business of this podcast world 35 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 1: rocking and roll. I appreciate you. I wanted to start 36 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 1: with Lamar Jackson and talks of an extension are brewing 37 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 1: on the internet streets that him and the Ravens are 38 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 1: dealing with each other. Lamar Jackson does not have an agent, 39 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: and this dates back to when he was coming out 40 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: of school. And my personal stance on that is, I 41 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: am pro not having an agent. If I was an 42 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 1: NFL quarterback, if I was whoever, I would not have 43 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: an agent either. I would pay a lawyer, an elite lawyer, 44 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 1: a flat fee, which would be what It wouldn't be cheap, 45 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker 1: but it would be cheaper than anything I would pay 46 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 1: an agent, because ultimately an agent is doing lawyer. You 47 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 1: know that type work now, I think they would tell 48 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:41,519 Speaker 1: you they bring other things to the table. I could 49 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 1: find a marketing agent to get me on TV if 50 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: I was big enough star, they will find you. But 51 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 1: you're negotiating money, especially as a rookie contract that is 52 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 1: already slotted, and when it comes to being my second contract, 53 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:58,919 Speaker 1: it's based on previous comps. So you can't like, if 54 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: I have an elite lawyer, he's gonna get me paid too, 55 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: and it's gonna save me more money. And I think 56 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 1: several players, Bobby Wagner, Richard Sherman, it's become much more 57 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: in vogue lately of that happening and people having success. 58 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:15,800 Speaker 1: Why would you want to pay a middleman more money 59 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:18,920 Speaker 1: if you're getting the same amount of money. Hint, you 60 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:23,679 Speaker 1: wouldn't ideal with middlemen if you at any whenever you can, 61 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: you get rid of them, right. You ideally don't want 62 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 1: to pay people cuts of money you don't need them for. 63 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:33,919 Speaker 1: Sometimes you need them, right, sometimes you don't. And anytime 64 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: you can cut their what you pay them to do 65 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: the service, you try to do that if you're gonna 66 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: get the same amount of money. But when Lamar Jackson 67 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 1: came out of college, he made a major mistake, but 68 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 1: an understandable mistake because you don't know what you don't know. 69 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: And I don't blame him at all or his mom 70 00:03:56,400 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 1: who the the kind of I guess and even want 71 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 1: to call it a narrative, But one individual who is 72 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: in the Hall of Fame as a general manager said 73 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 1: he should play wide receiver, and the Internet acted like 74 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 1: everyone had that view. That's not the case. Full disclosure. 75 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 1: I was someone who was not a big Lamar Jackson fan. 76 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: I'm not big in into running quarterbacks, and I don't 77 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: mean I don't like my quarterbacks to be mobile. I 78 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: need them to be mobile. Russell Wilson, Aaron Rodgers, Patrick Mahomes, 79 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 1: Josh Allen. I like my guys to dominate from behind 80 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage, but be able to keep plays 81 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: alive with their legs and clearly, beside Tom Brady, that's 82 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: what's playing and excelling in the NFL. And I didn't 83 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 1: think Lamar Jackson was very accurate. He has been infinitely 84 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 1: better in the pros than I would have imagined. Same 85 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 1: with Polian right, he clearly should have played quarterback, and 86 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: he's gotten better every year. He's been a raging success 87 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 1: for the Ravens. We were wrong. And this gets back 88 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 1: to when you sit in the seat that I sit 89 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 1: in now, or anyone listening, the way we judge players, 90 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:03,599 Speaker 1: we don't know the person, and I just think about 91 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 1: my time when I worked in the NFL, when I 92 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 1: was around the players every day. It's like, it's pretty 93 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 1: clear why Brent Selick was successful, or Jason Kelsey was successful, 94 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:16,679 Speaker 1: or Shady McCoy was successful, right, or you know, Fletcher 95 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 1: Cox was successful or Nick Foles has had some success. 96 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:23,920 Speaker 1: What you get to the league, the person is ultimately 97 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 1: gonna separate, Like these guys all have talents, especially high 98 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 1: you know, first, second, third round picks. How are you 99 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 1: wired right being doing what I've done in the last 100 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: seven or eight years in the Bay Area being around 101 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 1: guys like Khalil Mack, Joe Staley, Patrick Willis like the 102 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 1: people they separate themselves with their mindset with the intangible stuff. 103 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,840 Speaker 1: They have the talents, but the intangible stuff makes them 104 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:51,159 Speaker 1: consistently really good or great players. I mean, depending on 105 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 1: your talents, right, but they maximize every ounce of talent 106 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:57,279 Speaker 1: that they have. And we've learned with Lamar Jackson and 107 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 1: I was actually wore the sweatshirt than nobody cares work harder. 108 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:04,159 Speaker 1: I ordered a sweatshirt probably a year ago. Sometimes I 109 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: wear to the gym. I actually think I got kind 110 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:07,920 Speaker 1: of the stink guy, you know, because that in a 111 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:10,600 Speaker 1: weird way, and depending on where you live, nobody cares 112 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:12,920 Speaker 1: work harder, can like offend people. It's like, yeah, this 113 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 1: is a is a credo I live by. And this 114 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: lady I think at the gym was kind of eyeballing me. Weird, uh, 115 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 1: But that's for another time. I love Lamar Jackson. I 116 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: love every time I hear him talk. I love everything 117 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 1: he stood for in the NFL in terms of the 118 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:29,040 Speaker 1: way he carries himself, the way he's acted like. It's 119 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:32,359 Speaker 1: clear why he is for many people in the league, 120 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: including all the NFL teams. Never forget he went thirty 121 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:38,280 Speaker 1: second overall. Why he's exceeded a lot of people's expectation 122 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 1: if people would have knew how good he was gonna be, right, 123 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:45,040 Speaker 1: what what's he going? If Josh Allen goes number one overall, 124 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:48,280 Speaker 1: does Lamar Jackson goes to Maybe Baker Mayfield goes three 125 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 1: to the Jets, But that's that would be the order, 126 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:53,039 Speaker 1: right Sam Donald, who knows Josh Rosen does not go 127 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:55,720 Speaker 1: in the first round, but Lamar Jackson does not go 128 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 1: any later than number two overall, And there are probably 129 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: some people in the league that would take Lamar accent 130 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 1: over Josh Allen and I listen, I don't think you're 131 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: crazy for thinking that Josh Allen had his best season 132 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 1: any year where there weren't fans. I've seen Lamar Jackson 133 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 1: kick ass with fans without fans. Now, he has some 134 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 1: flaws in the playoffs, but again I've come around. Now. 135 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 1: Do I think he's gonna be a Super Bowl winning quarterback? 136 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 1: I don't know. I wouldn't go that far, but he 137 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 1: has earned my respect tenfolds over because I actually liked 138 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 1: the person more than the player. He's really been impressive. 139 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 1: And when he went to the combine, because of that 140 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 1: narrative of people want a new move him to wide receiver, 141 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 1: even though it's really only one guy, he didn't run. 142 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 1: And I'll promise you this, if I had to guess 143 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson four to nine three one, you know, the 144 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 1: way I would describe it would be fast as fuck. 145 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 1: Like he's fastest guy in the field most times he 146 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 1: steps on the field, College, NFL, you name it. Anytime 147 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson's ever been on the field, he's been, you know, 148 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 1: probably the fastest guy in the field. And if he 149 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: would have ran that fast, he would not have gone 150 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 1: thirty second overall. I'll promise you that zero champs on 151 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 1: God's Green Earth. But he did because he got advice 152 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: from people that don't know what they're doing. And like 153 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 1: I said, you don't know what you don't know. How 154 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 1: would his mom understand the power of running a forty. 155 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: They looked at it like a detriment even though it's 156 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: a positive right. And the story that I read today 157 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 1: is they're negotiating a contract extension, and you guys know 158 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 1: where I stand on the contract extensions for all three guys. 159 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 1: Josh Allen Lamar Jackson and Baker Mayfield. I'm pumping the brakes. 160 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 1: I'm not extending any of them, even though Lamar Jackson 161 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: and probably Josh Allen definitely are worthy of an extension. 162 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson is definitely worthy of an extension, just based 163 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:43,679 Speaker 1: on what he's meant to the Ravens. They were a 164 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 1: joke for those several years of Flacco. He came in. 165 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 1: They've been an awesome franchise these last three years now. 166 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 1: They've only won one playoff game, but they've they've been 167 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 1: one of the top teams in the league in the 168 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 1: regular season, and there's power in that made the owner 169 00:08:57,200 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 1: a bunch of money. They have been very, very relevant. 170 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 1: Obviously him in vid really won the MVP. But he 171 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:05,200 Speaker 1: doesn't have an agent now, and his mom's negotiating the contract. 172 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: And listen, his mom might be a really smart lady, 173 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:12,080 Speaker 1: but she's not a lawyer. I think that's a very, 174 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 1: very risky proposition. I think it's a risky proposition for 175 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 1: the Ravens two. I mean, they probably can take advantage 176 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 1: of her. I I just feel kind of I think 177 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 1: this is a terrible move. And like I said, I 178 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:29,439 Speaker 1: am all for having no agent. Not giving any one 179 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 1: a percentage of a hundred hundred twenty million dollars. Lamar 180 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:35,320 Speaker 1: Jackson is getting that money no matter what. He is 181 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: getting a ton of money. But when you have your 182 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:41,200 Speaker 1: mom doing it, there's a lot of emotion involved. I 183 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:44,280 Speaker 1: say this all the time, Like, uh, remember in the 184 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,960 Speaker 1: NBA Finals. I think when the Warriors first started playing 185 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:50,959 Speaker 1: the Calves, there were some issues with Steph Curry's wife, 186 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 1: Aisha on the road. We've seen this before with wives 187 00:09:55,080 --> 00:10:01,599 Speaker 1: and girlfriends on social media. I never ever blame parents, girlfriends, 188 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: significant others, wives, brothers for saying dumb things about their brother, husband, boyfriend, whatever. 189 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 1: Like I'm sorry, I give them a pass. Of course, 190 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 1: they're gonna support their significant other, their sibling, their kid, 191 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 1: no matter what. That's the way the world works. Family, 192 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 1: you know, stays tight, right, Some families more than others. 193 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 1: You know. I think we have some players in the 194 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 1: league whose families may not be as close. We know those, 195 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:29,439 Speaker 1: but you get what I'm saying, Just like I also 196 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 1: think these because it gets very emotional. And what do 197 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 1: they tell you early on your life? You gotta take 198 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 1: emotion out of business. And I learned this when I 199 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 1: was in the NFL. As a scout, you gotta take 200 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 1: emotion out of stuff, Like if you're gonna like a player, 201 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:43,960 Speaker 1: don't just like him because he's a great guy. Do 202 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 1: you not like the player on film. That's why you're 203 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:50,560 Speaker 1: taught when you work in college scouting, watch the player 204 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:54,440 Speaker 1: before you get the background information. Because if you go 205 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:57,720 Speaker 1: into a position coach or their pro liaison and you 206 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: asked them about I'll just use a play from last year, 207 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:04,200 Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence. Let's just hypothetically say you did not you 208 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 1: thought Trevor Lawrence is really overrated, And that's gonna be 209 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 1: a stance, because like, I don't like this guy in film, 210 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:12,719 Speaker 1: but you get his before you watch him on film. 211 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 1: You talked to the pro liaison and they tell you 212 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 1: how great of a guy he is. They tell you 213 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 1: they would let their daughter marry him. Everything about him 214 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 1: is a plus, and you're like, I love this guy. 215 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:26,600 Speaker 1: And then you start and again, he's good enough. Most 216 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 1: people are gonna like him. But you see what I'm saying. 217 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 1: You start watch him on film, you can turn your 218 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 1: mind into thinking he's better than he actually is. Trevor 219 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 1: Lawrence actually terrible example. I should have used like a 220 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 1: different player, like some guy in the in the middle 221 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:43,080 Speaker 1: of like the first round, like you know, like Bateman, 222 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 1: the guy the Ravens took at the end of the 223 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:47,680 Speaker 1: first round from Minnesota. If you thought he was a 224 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: third round pick and everyone in the league that he 225 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 1: was a first round pick. But then they tell you 226 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 1: as characters off the charts. Sometimes that can skew you, 227 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 1: especially if it's before you watch this film. But back 228 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:00,320 Speaker 1: to Lamar Jackson, like I think there's a miscalcular lation. 229 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 1: You cannot have your mom negotiate what who knows the 230 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 1: way he plays, he can get injured at any moment 231 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 1: because he's a runner, negotiate the biggest contract potentially. I mean, 232 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:12,959 Speaker 1: if something were to happen and we've seen him before, 233 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 1: this is the NFL. Guys get hurt, his football could 234 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:18,079 Speaker 1: be the last contract he ever has. And because he 235 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 1: wasn't a top five or top ten pick, he's never 236 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 1: got huge money. The thirty second pick basically a second rounder. 237 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 1: And let's face it, a big reason he was there 238 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:32,559 Speaker 1: was because of her advice to not run the forty, 239 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 1: which maybe there were other people involved too, but like 240 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 1: that was his agent slash manager. I don't blame Lamar. 241 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 1: He doesn't know what's going on. Right, You're twenty years 242 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:44,199 Speaker 1: old coming out of Louisville. So she's already cost him 243 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 1: a ton of money before. Now this is different because 244 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 1: this is negotiating a contract. You have, you know, evidence 245 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:56,680 Speaker 1: of high level play to stand on, but she has, 246 00:12:56,960 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 1: you know, a resume. Now advice back fired and now 247 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:05,199 Speaker 1: you're doing it again. I I think it is very, 248 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 1: very risky for Lamar to go against the Ravens and 249 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:13,560 Speaker 1: a front office that is pretty cut throat. They have 250 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 1: a long history of knowing what they're doing. Now. I 251 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:20,679 Speaker 1: don't think they're gonna try to screw him over. But 252 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:24,199 Speaker 1: you know, if if they could make the true guarantees 253 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:29,200 Speaker 1: actually a lot lower than what will eventually get leaked 254 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:32,800 Speaker 1: whenever this is done sometimes this season or this offseason, whenever, 255 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,439 Speaker 1: it won't shock me, you know, to be one of 256 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 1: those like a hundred and seventy five million dollars for 257 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson and it'll be like, well, actually, only seventy 258 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 1: of it is guaranteed. I could see something like that happening. 259 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 1: I wouldn't even risk it. And he is, I would say, 260 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 1: somewhat playing with fire by allowing a family member who 261 00:13:54,679 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 1: is not equipped in this world to be I don't 262 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:03,960 Speaker 1: all part of There aren't many human beings in this 263 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 1: world that sign contracts over a hundred million dollars guaranteed, 264 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:11,440 Speaker 1: and he definitely, I mean, has the resume to be 265 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 1: one of them. Does he have the contract negotiator to 266 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:17,679 Speaker 1: get it done. We're about to find out. Fox Sports 267 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 1: Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. 268 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 1: Catch all of our shows at Fox Sports Radio dot 269 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 1: com and within the I Heart Radio app search f 270 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:33,520 Speaker 1: s R to listen live. One story that has been 271 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 1: floating around is that the Combine, as of two thousand 272 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:43,120 Speaker 1: twenty three, will no longer be in Indianapolis. And I 273 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 1: remember Phil Savage told me this with the Senior Bowl 274 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 1: that he used to run. He now works for the Jets, 275 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 1: and he's like Joe Douglas, one of his executives, that 276 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: the Senior Ball was not long for Alabama because you 277 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 1: can just put it in major cities l A Vegas. 278 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 1: You put it wherever you want. And one thing I 279 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 1: think the NFL has really realized is that forever the 280 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 1: the NFL Draft was at Radio City Music Hall. The 281 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 1: first time I ever went to New York. I've only 282 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 1: been there twice, but the first time I got was 283 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 1: going to the Draft my first year with the Eagles, 284 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:22,360 Speaker 1: and I got to sit there at the table. I 285 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:24,680 Speaker 1: think I've put the picture out before on Instagram, and 286 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:26,520 Speaker 1: it was really cool. Radio City was awesome. It was 287 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 1: a cool event. A couple of years later, the NFL realized, 288 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 1: couldn't we move this thing around like a traveling circus. 289 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 1: I think they're realizing with these Bowl games, couldn't we 290 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 1: put this thing, it's so fire in Vegas and make 291 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 1: it a big deal. And the answer is yes, because 292 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 1: first and foremost, the NFL cares about money, and cares 293 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:49,680 Speaker 1: about marketing, and cares about exposure to people, and they 294 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 1: have had the greatest tenure run in the history of 295 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 1: the league. When it comes to money, a lot of 296 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 1: that is just built in right. Every league was making 297 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 1: more money, but the NFL ratings skyrocketed. More people than 298 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: ever are watching. It's one of the only sports that consistently, 299 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:09,280 Speaker 1: you know, in the NBA and Major League Baseball, which 300 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 1: we've talked about for a while, can have good weeks, 301 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 1: can have a good series, but you never truly know, 302 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:18,600 Speaker 1: you know for a fact, NFL on TV, Millions upon 303 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 1: millions of people are watching, and then they've realized in 304 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 1: the off season that the draft is a huge, huge 305 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 1: thing for them, Right, So the draft now moves around 306 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 1: and the Combine, which you know, I know, I have 307 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 1: a lot of friends that work in you know, whether 308 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 1: it's construction, whether it's insurance, whatever. You guys have conventions, right, 309 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: You go to conventions, and I think, like most conventions, 310 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 1: there is some work done, a lot of networking, especially 311 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:51,160 Speaker 1: my friends in tech that my friends that used to 312 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 1: work for Oracle, a buddy they used to Oracle used 313 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 1: to have this big like event. It was like a 314 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 1: week long event and they would rent out a street 315 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 1: in in San Francisco. You know, a hundred hundred thousand 316 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:06,679 Speaker 1: people show up for it. Everyone's rubbing elbows and you know, 317 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:09,639 Speaker 1: trying to close deals. It's really a drinking fest, and 318 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:13,120 Speaker 1: the Combine has some similarities of that, right, I mean, 319 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 1: you coaches go out, people are hanging out, people are drinking, 320 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 1: people are hanging out. But it is also a major, 321 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:23,320 Speaker 1: major you know, it's an interview session for the crew 322 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 1: of players that are about to come in the NFL, 323 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:30,159 Speaker 1: and it's where the agents deal with the general managers 324 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 1: for free agency or any disgruntled star players that are 325 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 1: gonna create a trade. A lot of business is done 326 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:41,159 Speaker 1: at the NFL Combine. It really sets the tone for 327 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 1: free agency and the draft, and then of course beyond 328 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:47,840 Speaker 1: the field workouts, but the interviews and let's face it, 329 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:52,240 Speaker 1: we're all kind of creatures of habit now. In any business, 330 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:55,120 Speaker 1: you always have to be open to change. It's inevitable. 331 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:57,399 Speaker 1: You always have to be growing. So you can never be, 332 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:00,640 Speaker 1: you know, keep your head in the sand, like why 333 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 1: should we be open to doing anything else? That's not 334 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:05,400 Speaker 1: the way you have to think. You have to be like, well, 335 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 1: could we do this better? But I will say this, 336 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:15,320 Speaker 1: the Indianapolis convention set up is absolutely incredible. There are 337 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:19,119 Speaker 1: several hotels that are connected where you never have to 338 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:23,399 Speaker 1: walk outside, and it all leads directly to either the 339 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 1: hotel where all the players get interviewed or the field that, 340 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:30,440 Speaker 1: as they say in Indianapolis, the place Peyton Manning built, 341 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 1: and it's all through these walkways and they've been going 342 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:37,919 Speaker 1: there forever and it's very very fluid. Like I like 343 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 1: Jim Naggy who runs a senior bowl. I like Phil Savage. 344 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:44,520 Speaker 1: A lot those guys are clearly Alabama Southern guys. But 345 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:46,880 Speaker 1: my pushback on that, like, you know, I think it'd 346 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:48,960 Speaker 1: probably be better for the game to move into l 347 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:52,560 Speaker 1: A or Vegas and listen, they probably disagree, but I 348 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:55,040 Speaker 1: would push back on the league. I would probably just 349 00:18:55,240 --> 00:19:01,760 Speaker 1: leave the combine indian in Indianapolis because as every GM 350 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:05,879 Speaker 1: knows exactly where to go, and most gms and definitely 351 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:09,439 Speaker 1: contract negotiators aren't going there to screw around guys like 352 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:11,320 Speaker 1: me When I go to get some interviews and hang 353 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:14,200 Speaker 1: out and you know, create some good podcast content, I'm 354 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:17,199 Speaker 1: screwing around assistant coaches that are really just there for 355 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:19,719 Speaker 1: one workout there, but they're actually there for you know, 356 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 1: five days, are drinking screwing around. But the head coaches, 357 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:26,480 Speaker 1: the GMS, and the contract negotiators, it's a very very 358 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 1: serious time. And also for a lot of scouts, you know, 359 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:33,480 Speaker 1: they might have a group, they're doing serious work and 360 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:36,639 Speaker 1: having the comfort of knowing where to go makes that 361 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 1: event very very efficient. I would say the combine is 362 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 1: extremely efficient, and unlike the draft that moves around right 363 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 1: last year's in Cleveland, year before, it was in a 364 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 1: couple of years ago, it was in Chicago, Philly. Next 365 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:53,639 Speaker 1: year it's gonna be in Vegas. None of the teams go, 366 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: so it doesn't impact their draft literally at all. The 367 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:03,399 Speaker 1: draft moving around is simply a fan event, even the 368 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,360 Speaker 1: Super Bowl, which is really built for I would say 369 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 1: the corporate partners and the fans. The teams, they don't 370 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:12,920 Speaker 1: mind because they get a week to prepare at home 371 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:14,880 Speaker 1: and then they go to the game and everything's mapped out. 372 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:18,200 Speaker 1: The thing at the combine if you're moving city to city, 373 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:21,280 Speaker 1: where do I stay, which again that's stupid, but just 374 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:24,119 Speaker 1: the basic stuff of where my doctors go, where I 375 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 1: meet the kids, how I be most efficient with I 376 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:30,359 Speaker 1: don't know, the lifeblood of my franchise, the future draft 377 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 1: picks and the future free agents that I'm either going 378 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:35,399 Speaker 1: to sign or not. It does make it very complicated, 379 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:38,520 Speaker 1: It really does. Now I get it from the league standpoint, 380 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 1: and when you talk to the league executives and we 381 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:43,920 Speaker 1: talked to coaches. I don't know. I don't know. I've 382 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 1: never talked to Bill Belichick, but I've always heard stories 383 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 1: from people around him. He lows and despises lows. I 384 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 1: can't I can't even I can't carry my thh But 385 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 1: loth Uh the front of the league office because he 386 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 1: thinks they're a bunch your people that have never coached 387 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 1: in the league, that for the most part, never played 388 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:07,400 Speaker 1: in the league, never were gms in the league. Yet 389 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:10,440 Speaker 1: they make all the decisions for the league, and let's 390 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 1: face it, most of their decisions are based on money, 391 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: which my push back the Bills like they've made everyone 392 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 1: a lot of money. And Belichick would have coached in 393 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:24,160 Speaker 1: the NFL for fifty grand forever. So he now while 394 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:26,400 Speaker 1: he makes I think like fifteen million dollars a year, 395 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:29,280 Speaker 1: he didn't get into for the money. So he thinks 396 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:31,439 Speaker 1: that these people just do whatever it takes to just 397 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 1: make everyone more money, and they don't actually care about 398 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 1: the product. And there's some truth to that. They actually 399 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: don't care about if the call on the field is right, 400 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:43,200 Speaker 1: if replay got it wrong, because to them, who wins 401 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 1: and loses? Right? For for you listening right now, a 402 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:47,720 Speaker 1: fan of a team. If you if you're a Cowboy 403 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 1: fan and you're in a big game against the Eagles 404 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 1: and there's a terrible call, it goes to replay and 405 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 1: it's still upheld and you lose the game, you know 406 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:58,399 Speaker 1: who truly doesn't give a ship Roger Goodell any of 407 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 1: his minions. Why would they They get paid when every 408 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:03,880 Speaker 1: team win or loose. They don't care for McCarthy gets 409 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:07,359 Speaker 1: fired or if Nick Serriani is a one and done. 410 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:10,680 Speaker 1: None of it's relevant to them. They're only the only 411 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: thing they care about is the league's interesting. People are 412 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:14,960 Speaker 1: talking about the league and the league's printing money, and 413 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,399 Speaker 1: of course it is so moving the combine around. I 414 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 1: think it's one of those ideas in a boardroom with 415 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:24,680 Speaker 1: Roger and listen, I'm not a Roger Goodell hater. I'm 416 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:28,160 Speaker 1: actually the opposite. To me, there's two commissioners that stand 417 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:30,800 Speaker 1: head and shoulders above everyone else in my lifetime. I 418 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,120 Speaker 1: would say David Stern's the best commissioner I've ever seen. 419 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:36,359 Speaker 1: I would put Roger right behind it. They both guys 420 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:41,639 Speaker 1: are elite, have been money printers, you know, the man Fred's, 421 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 1: the Silver's uh what's his name, the dude that Manfred 422 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,080 Speaker 1: took over for like, I find those guys to be 423 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 1: a joke. Gary Bettman kind of a laughing stock. But 424 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:54,119 Speaker 1: I think Roger Goodell. When I think David Stern, I 425 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 1: think enormous audiences and I think huge money, and I 426 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:01,520 Speaker 1: think brands and leagues that grow those guys are ballers. 427 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 1: Now listen, do they rub people the wrong way? Do 428 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:06,640 Speaker 1: they make the media uncomfortable? Of course they do, but 429 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:08,760 Speaker 1: they they've made everyone a lot of money. But here's 430 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 1: the problem. Sometimes you gotta go, is this a really 431 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 1: good idea? Is this the right thing to do? Like? 432 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 1: Do we really just want to move from city to 433 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:20,440 Speaker 1: city the NFL combine because again, for people that don't 434 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 1: worry about what the players do, don't worry about where 435 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:26,240 Speaker 1: the doctors go, don't worry about how the work ups 436 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 1: are set up. They don't care. And this is where 437 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 1: I do understand from Belichick's point of view and a 438 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:34,679 Speaker 1: lot of coaches point of view, and a lot of 439 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:37,239 Speaker 1: general managers point of view, no one ever cares what 440 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 1: they think, right, I say it all the time. With 441 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:42,360 Speaker 1: the c b A, the owners negotiated against the players, 442 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 1: not the not the coaches, and GM's negotiating against the players. 443 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 1: There say is basically irrelevant because what did the owners negotiate. 444 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:53,280 Speaker 1: All they cared about was money. Anytime the players asked 445 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 1: for anything football wise, are like, oh you get it, hey, guys, 446 00:23:56,280 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 1: no more double days? Deal? You cannot make us practice 447 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 1: us on Tuesday during the NFL season deal, no pads 448 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 1: after November in the NFL season deal. Do you think 449 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:11,119 Speaker 1: they didn't ask the coaches. The coaches wouldn't have agreed 450 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 1: to most of it. They said, no, we want to practice, 451 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:16,600 Speaker 1: we want pads, we want to be able to minimum 452 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:19,040 Speaker 1: to have like a week of double days. But the owners, 453 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 1: all they care about is ching, ching, ching, ching more money, 454 00:24:22,359 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 1: and that's the right move for them. But I do 455 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:28,960 Speaker 1: think the league office operates like that a lot as well, 456 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 1: and I think the owners care. The owners don't mind 457 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:34,680 Speaker 1: where the combine is. But the coaches and the general 458 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 1: managers and the players like are kind of all in 459 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:41,560 Speaker 1: this together. And at least the rookies, right or would 460 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:43,760 Speaker 1: be rookies. The guys that go to the combine have 461 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:46,400 Speaker 1: no say, and the the NFL p A doesn't care 462 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:48,679 Speaker 1: about them, right, doesn't worry if it's going to be 463 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:52,119 Speaker 1: more difficult or not a streamline. That's not their problem. 464 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:56,440 Speaker 1: So I just think sometimes I'm all for improving, I'm 465 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:59,360 Speaker 1: all for asking yourself and in any line of work, 466 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:01,600 Speaker 1: in any business, is this the best way to get 467 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 1: it done? You know? They often say like ask why 468 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:06,960 Speaker 1: I'm all for that. I think that's the healthiest way 469 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 1: to operate. But you don't need to change everything, right sometimes, 470 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:15,760 Speaker 1: just stick with something that works. You know you don't 471 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 1: not everyone's Tiger Woods is gonna change his golf swing 472 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:21,520 Speaker 1: four times. Like, once you got one, just roll with it, right, 473 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:23,919 Speaker 1: once you got something pretty good in Indianapolis, just just 474 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,239 Speaker 1: stick it out. You know what, are you gonna make 475 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:29,879 Speaker 1: a little extra money? Uh? I I personally and listen, 476 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:32,400 Speaker 1: it's gonna be It's gonna be better for me. Right, 477 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 1: whether I'm living in the Bay Area or end up 478 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 1: moving to Scottsdale, like I'll be on the West Coast. 479 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 1: It's surely gonna come to l A and Vegas. It's 480 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:43,040 Speaker 1: a lot easier flight for me than going to Indianapolis. 481 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:47,640 Speaker 1: And I should. I love Vegas, Um, l A whatever, 482 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:49,760 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't mind l A at all. I 483 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:54,200 Speaker 1: do think logistically l A so Fi Stadium or you know, 484 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:57,679 Speaker 1: Cronkey's Palace as we all call it. He's housing the 485 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:02,640 Speaker 1: NFL network like they're getting of ends right the Senior Bowl, Uh, 486 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:07,880 Speaker 1: several combines. They are going to benefit off this, uh 487 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:11,360 Speaker 1: and rightfully, so he paid all that money and Vegas. Clearly, 488 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:13,879 Speaker 1: you know coaches and gms would not complain about that 489 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:15,560 Speaker 1: at all. But I know this. If I was a 490 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 1: general manager and I was not going to the Combine 491 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:19,679 Speaker 1: just to get wasted with my friends, but to do 492 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:21,520 Speaker 1: a lot of work, I wouldn't want to go to 493 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 1: Vegas because I wouldn't want to have my staff in Vegas. 494 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:26,080 Speaker 1: Why I wouldn't because I know my staff and I 495 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 1: would be no fault of their own, would be screwing around. 496 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:30,959 Speaker 1: And even an Indy you're able to screw around. I mean, 497 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,360 Speaker 1: there's some bars, but there's only so much you can do. 498 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:35,720 Speaker 1: Like if you went to Vegas, do you think any 499 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:39,800 Speaker 1: of these coaches and scouts would sleep? I got news 500 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 1: for you, they would not. But who knows. Maybe that's 501 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 1: where the you know, the combine ends up in three years. Okay, 502 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:52,120 Speaker 1: Like I said, Middlecoff mail Bag at John Middlecoff, Big 503 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:55,840 Speaker 1: one next week, it'll come out on Tuesday. Uh So, 504 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:59,399 Speaker 1: fire in my d m s and get on the 505 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,280 Speaker 1: big Middle of mail back. We'll just do it. We'll 506 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:03,919 Speaker 1: just do a blowout one. Actually have on in the background. 507 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 1: I have NFL Network on. It's the Two Cowboys first, 508 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:13,639 Speaker 1: the forty Niners. It is incredible how many good players 509 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:16,280 Speaker 1: are in this game. I mean, obviously the Cowboys who 510 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:18,120 Speaker 1: won I think this was the first of their three 511 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:21,320 Speaker 1: Super Bowls. The Niners, you know, would lose them a 512 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:24,119 Speaker 1: couple of years in a row before they wanted. Ricky 513 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 1: Waters is probably one of the more underrated players in 514 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:31,800 Speaker 1: NFL history. I just saw Bill Romanowski, who I actually 515 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:34,840 Speaker 1: go to the same gym as him. Some of these interviews, 516 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:36,920 Speaker 1: like I saw Steve Young, Troy Aikman, you can tell 517 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 1: like they were still in their thirties when they recorded 518 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:41,760 Speaker 1: these interviews, probably like you know, might have been the 519 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:46,520 Speaker 1: mid to late nineties. These guys, these two teams were 520 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:50,920 Speaker 1: just absolute powerhouse, hall of famers and hall of really 521 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 1: goods absolutely everywhere. Uh. Those one of the reasons I 522 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 1: think I was drawn to football. Obviously was a terrible player. 523 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,080 Speaker 1: I mean I played four years in high school, not 524 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:06,080 Speaker 1: any good. Never played after that. But it's been a 525 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:09,679 Speaker 1: huge part of my life. Is this game. You know, 526 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:12,840 Speaker 1: growing up a big, big Niner fan. You know, you 527 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,480 Speaker 1: grew up in northern California in the in the eighties 528 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:18,560 Speaker 1: and the nineties, they were the Yankees around here, and 529 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 1: this game Niners Cowboys was as big as it got. 530 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:26,800 Speaker 1: I mean, it did not get in my youth, Niners 531 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:31,840 Speaker 1: versus the Cowboys any bigger. And you know, listen John 532 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:34,840 Speaker 1: Madden on the call. Right the Fox had just bought 533 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:38,120 Speaker 1: the NFL, you could argue this is really a time 534 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 1: when the NFL economics. I talked a lot about the 535 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:43,760 Speaker 1: last decade, and clearly it was fruitful for the NFL. 536 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:46,520 Speaker 1: I think the NFL really turned a corner in the 537 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:50,680 Speaker 1: early nineties when Fox bought the NFL. The Cowboys got big. 538 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 1: The Niners were already a powerhouse, and Breath Farv went 539 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:55,760 Speaker 1: to the Packers and it was on like Donkey Kong 540 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:58,600 Speaker 1: and the league never looked back. It really didn't. And 541 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:01,360 Speaker 1: over the last thirty years the NFC had stretches when 542 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:05,440 Speaker 1: the Giants were great, the Eagles were great, obviously, the 543 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:07,840 Speaker 1: Niners had many good years. The Packers have been a 544 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:13,479 Speaker 1: powerhouse really for thirty years. The Cowboys were just America's team. Um, 545 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:18,959 Speaker 1: you know, the Bears have had moments. Minnesota, Uh, Washington, 546 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 1: not really, but man, what makes me feel It makes 547 00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:26,840 Speaker 1: me reminds me of my youth, It really does. And 548 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:29,560 Speaker 1: sometimes you realize, like if you would have told ten 549 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:32,240 Speaker 1: year old me. Actually when this game happened, I was 550 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:34,240 Speaker 1: probably eight that you know, one day you get to 551 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:36,120 Speaker 1: talk about football for a living, and that's what you 552 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:38,600 Speaker 1: get to do, and you're able to that that pays 553 00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 1: you the bills, Like you have a good living because 554 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:43,800 Speaker 1: of that. Pretty cool. So as I go into the 555 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:48,040 Speaker 1: summer and we get ready, you know, we're probably i'd 556 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:51,080 Speaker 1: say a more than a solid month away. It's June. 557 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:57,720 Speaker 1: You know. By about July one, every NFL teams on 558 00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:00,440 Speaker 1: the field in pads. So we got a about a 559 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:03,080 Speaker 1: month in a week, you know, so thirty two, about 560 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 1: forty days, i'd say till everyone's on the field. And 561 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:08,840 Speaker 1: once everyone's on the field and football football seasons back. 562 00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:12,480 Speaker 1: And I love football season. Yeah. I love the fault. 563 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:15,680 Speaker 1: I love summer. I love the heat. I absolutely love 564 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:17,360 Speaker 1: the heat. I you know, I'm gonna I'm gonna be 565 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:22,240 Speaker 1: playing probably four to six rounds of golf in Arizona. 566 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:24,760 Speaker 1: Many of the day is gonna be a twelve. I 567 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:26,680 Speaker 1: I love the heat. I hate the cold. That's why 568 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:28,760 Speaker 1: in Philly it kind of rattled me. You know, those 569 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,400 Speaker 1: people are mentally tough because they're six months a year. 570 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:34,960 Speaker 1: It's freezing cold and they don't flinch. I do anything 571 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,800 Speaker 1: under about you know, I'd say about sixty, I get 572 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:41,760 Speaker 1: a little uncomfortable. You make it ten. I'm there. I'll 573 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:45,240 Speaker 1: sweat all day long. Not I don't do humidity, but 574 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:49,520 Speaker 1: I can do the dry heat till the cows come home. Yeah. 575 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:51,120 Speaker 1: I don't even know what I'm talking about. But have 576 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:55,480 Speaker 1: a great weekend and uh mail bag next week and 577 00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:57,640 Speaker 1: then a little break. Audios.