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Watch Unstoppable now exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. 0:01:12.959 --> 0:01:16.080 Welcome in Episode one seventy one, What's Right with Nick Right? 0:01:16.160 --> 0:01:20.760 Today's episode brought to you by Starbucks ready to drink coffee. 0:01:20.840 --> 0:01:23.840 Tune into moments that matter with the uplifting boost of 0:01:23.880 --> 0:01:29.039 Starbucks Mocha for appuccino chilled coffee drink available now or 0:01:29.080 --> 0:01:31.200 wherever you buy your groceries. I got this one at 0:01:31.200 --> 0:01:34.399 the bodega right next door. All right, A ton to 0:01:34.440 --> 0:01:38.000 do today, and we're doing something different to start the show. 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:41.160 But first so and it's gonna probably just heads up 0:01:41.160 --> 0:01:46.280 to yourra the opening topic. If I keep it under 0:01:46.440 --> 0:01:49.480 thirty on the opening topic, I will have done a 0:01:49.480 --> 0:01:52.880 good job. Under thirty minutes on the opening topic I need. 0:01:53.160 --> 0:01:54.160 I'm gonna have to nap. 0:01:54.480 --> 0:01:58.560 You know, it'll be riveting information. But there's thirty two teams. 0:01:59.280 --> 0:02:01.320 I'm gonna go. We'll all explain in a moment. But 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:03.400 before we even get to that, let's get to what 0:02:03.520 --> 0:02:06.040 missed the cut for today's show. Not on today's show, 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:11.280 the US Soccer League Sacramento Republic signs a thirteen year old, 0:02:11.320 --> 0:02:15.280 the youngest pro athlete in the US. Shakira says, Jimmy 0:02:15.280 --> 0:02:18.760 Butler different from other men. Shout out Jimmy Butler and 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:23.880 Johnny Manzel reportedly, or by his own admission, watched zero 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:26.120 film in the NFL. I have a new rule. I 0:02:26.160 --> 0:02:30.040 only watch sports documentaries if I am prominently featured in them. 0:02:30.080 --> 0:02:33.240 So the Johnny Manziel doc is not gonna make my docket. 0:02:33.280 --> 0:02:35.280 In fact, I haven't even seen a few of the 0:02:35.360 --> 0:02:38.600 latest sports docks that evidently I'm in. It's very weird 0:02:38.840 --> 0:02:43.520 when we want to use clips from these documentaries on TV. 0:02:43.720 --> 0:02:45.720 Very often it's like, no, it wasn't clear they wouldn't 0:02:45.760 --> 0:02:48.480 let us do it. But nobody asks me if they 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:52.640 can use my, you know, wisdom and great takes in 0:02:52.680 --> 0:02:56.240 their documentaries. Well, yeah, very awesome. Very often it's wisdom. 0:02:56.280 --> 0:03:00.720 You could learn a few things from my wisdom most 0:03:00.720 --> 0:03:00.920 of it? 0:03:00.919 --> 0:03:01.040 All? 0:03:01.120 --> 0:03:04.600 Right, Dior, though, what are we starting today's show with 0:03:05.240 --> 0:03:06.560 thirty two teams? 0:03:06.760 --> 0:03:09.280 What we know? What you hope, and what you fear? 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:13.920 Okay? So I liked what we did on Tuesday where 0:03:13.960 --> 0:03:16.959 we went through all the teams and their potential Hall 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:21.520 of famers all of that, and I wanted to kind of, oh, 0:03:21.560 --> 0:03:24.560 they put thirty on the clock. Wow, And I wanted 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:29.840 to continue that because we're going to be off next week, 0:03:30.280 --> 0:03:33.280 and then the week when we return, we really kick 0:03:33.360 --> 0:03:38.000 it into full football gear and we do our official predictions, 0:03:38.320 --> 0:03:41.840 we bring the Gambling show back, your brother makes his 0:03:41.880 --> 0:03:46.480 return from Los Angeles. That's all coming. And as kind 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:51.120 of dipping our toe into the prediction waters, what I 0:03:51.280 --> 0:03:55.080 want to do here is go through all thirty two 0:03:55.160 --> 0:04:00.480 teams as quickly as I can and say what you know, 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:05.280 what you hope, and what you fear if you're a 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:08.040 fan of any of these teams. So I'm gonna start 0:04:08.040 --> 0:04:11.080 in the NFC, go to the AFC. I'm just gonna 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:15.840 go as I see them listed on the NFL standing 0:04:15.880 --> 0:04:18.640 s page with everyone zero and zero, So it's basically 0:04:19.080 --> 0:04:22.560 a random order, if you will. We will start as 0:04:22.560 --> 0:04:26.280 it happens, and we'll go east, north, southwest, because that's 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:29.000 how the standings are listed. As it happens. We'll start 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:33.000 with the Dallas Cowboys. What we know about the Cowboys 0:04:33.640 --> 0:04:36.719 is they're going to have a really good defense. It's 0:04:36.760 --> 0:04:41.000 impossible for that team with Micah Parsons, with Dan Quinn, 0:04:41.279 --> 0:04:45.160 with the other personnel on that defense to not have 0:04:45.240 --> 0:04:51.400 a really good defense. What you hope is with Mike McCarthy, 0:04:51.560 --> 0:04:56.719 and this is a big risk here, taking control of 0:04:56.760 --> 0:05:01.320 the offense from Kellen Moore. Kellen Moore being gone that 0:05:01.440 --> 0:05:05.320 Dak Prescott gets back to who he'd been in his 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:10.320 entire career prior to last year, cut down on the interceptions, 0:05:11.240 --> 0:05:14.240 take care of the football. Tony Pollard, who was the 0:05:14.279 --> 0:05:16.839 best running back on the team the last couple years, 0:05:17.240 --> 0:05:18.800 is now that we know he's going to be the 0:05:18.839 --> 0:05:22.479 featured back, that he can carry the workload, and that 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:26.320 defense plus a lack of turnovers on offense leads to 0:05:26.360 --> 0:05:29.480 the Cowboys for the first time since the mid nineties, 0:05:29.800 --> 0:05:34.719 going on an actual postseason run. What you fear is 0:05:34.760 --> 0:05:38.599 that the offense takes a step backwards, not because Dak's 0:05:38.640 --> 0:05:43.560 turnovers jump, but because McCarthy's too conservative. And what you 0:05:43.760 --> 0:05:47.880 really fear is that Mike McCarthy, who has always dealt 0:05:48.080 --> 0:05:52.640 with game management and clock management issues, that now he 0:05:52.680 --> 0:05:55.120 has even more on his plate on game day since 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:59.359 he's calling plays, that the Cowboys have some end of 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:03.080 game in of half meltdowns that cost them games they 0:06:03.120 --> 0:06:06.719 otherwise shouldn't. That's the Cowboys the Giants. What we know. 0:06:07.600 --> 0:06:11.800 We know that Brian Daviles a good coach. We know 0:06:12.000 --> 0:06:18.320 that what you hope is that Daniel Jones can keep 0:06:18.400 --> 0:06:24.320 his turnovers low like last year while expanding what he's 0:06:24.360 --> 0:06:28.960 allowed to do through the air throwing the football. What 0:06:29.080 --> 0:06:32.320 you fear is that when they put more on Daniel 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:37.360 Jones's plate, the turnovers will jump back up. The touchdowns 0:06:37.480 --> 0:06:39.839 might go I mean they had fifteen touchdowns last year, 0:06:40.000 --> 0:06:42.200 might go up as well. But this is a team 0:06:42.560 --> 0:06:46.240 that cannot deal with turning the ball over the way 0:06:46.279 --> 0:06:49.680 they're trying to win. And so you know they have 0:06:49.720 --> 0:06:52.320 a good coach and that they're on the right track. 0:06:52.720 --> 0:06:57.120 You hope Jones what now if they take the training 0:06:57.120 --> 0:07:00.599 wheels off of him, that he can can continue on 0:07:00.680 --> 0:07:04.279 this trajectory. You fear that when they take the training 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:07.440 wheels off of him, he's going to become Danny Drops again, 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:10.160 one of the most turnover prone quarterbacks in the league, 0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:16.160 and they can't sustain that. Philadelphia Eagles, what we know, 0:07:16.240 --> 0:07:21.000 it's almost an impossibility for this team not to be 0:07:21.320 --> 0:07:24.480 at least good. They have too good of a roster, 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:27.520 too good of an offensive line, too good of a 0:07:27.600 --> 0:07:32.720 defensive line, too good of a leader at quarterback. So 0:07:32.920 --> 0:07:39.720 we know that their bare minimum is ten wins. Probably 0:07:40.400 --> 0:07:44.840 what you hope is that because of the leadership of 0:07:44.920 --> 0:07:50.320 Jalen Hurts, that that team does not suffer a Super 0:07:50.360 --> 0:07:54.920 Bowl hangover, that they got a absolute steal at number 0:07:54.920 --> 0:07:57.960 ten in the draft in Jaialen Carter, that his Georgia 0:07:58.040 --> 0:08:03.400 teammate Jordan Davis looks like the player he was in college, 0:08:03.840 --> 0:08:06.000 more so the player he was as a rookie where 0:08:06.040 --> 0:08:09.320 he wasn't quite as impactful as people thought. That they 0:08:09.360 --> 0:08:15.280 got another Steel and Nolan Smith, and that Jalen can 0:08:15.320 --> 0:08:19.160 continue on the trajectory he was on in the Super Bowl, 0:08:19.360 --> 0:08:22.280 which was his best game throwing the football of his career. 0:08:23.160 --> 0:08:29.480 What you fear is that Siriani, who is not as 0:08:29.560 --> 0:08:33.600 level headed in my opinion as Jalen, hurts and has 0:08:33.720 --> 0:08:38.720 not faced real adversity as a head coach in this league, 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:44.040 that Siriani doesn't deal well if they get off to 0:08:44.120 --> 0:08:51.080 a tough start, that Jalen does not take the next 0:08:51.240 --> 0:08:56.640 jump throwing the football, and that all of a sudden 0:08:57.600 --> 0:09:00.360 they're in a dog fight in the NFCS when they 0:09:00.360 --> 0:09:05.680 were cruising all last year, And that this team feels like, 0:09:05.800 --> 0:09:11.439 oh man, our opportunity was last season and now all 0:09:11.480 --> 0:09:15.400 of a sudden, we because they have They've put a 0:09:15.400 --> 0:09:19.000 lot on the credit card in Philadelphia, and now all 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:21.560 of a sudden, we're not going to have as stacked 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:24.679 of a roster moving forward. That's what you fear, And 0:09:24.760 --> 0:09:27.400 you fear that the draft strategy of just take Georgia 0:09:27.440 --> 0:09:32.840 players might not be the best one Washington. What you 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:38.680 know about Washington is they should have a good defense. 0:09:39.760 --> 0:09:43.960 What you hope with Washington is that Eric the enemy 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:47.600 can get the absolute most out of out of Sam 0:09:47.640 --> 0:09:51.360 Howell and what are some underrated weapons. What you fear 0:09:52.640 --> 0:09:56.280 is that they have clearly the worst quarterback in that 0:09:56.520 --> 0:10:00.520 well yeah, I mean right now, clearly the worst quarterback 0:10:00.559 --> 0:10:03.360 in that division, not a ver in my opinion, not 0:10:03.400 --> 0:10:06.160 a very good head coach. That the season is already 0:10:06.160 --> 0:10:09.400 off to a weird start with Ron Rivera airing out 0:10:09.440 --> 0:10:13.880 the enemy unnecessarily, and that Washington is all of a 0:10:13.880 --> 0:10:18.079 sudden in the Caleb Williams sweepstakes when they're trying to 0:10:18.080 --> 0:10:21.520 be in the wildcard sweepstakes. All right, that's the NFC 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:25.600 East NFC North Chicago Bears. What you know is they 0:10:25.679 --> 0:10:28.760 have more talent. In the last year, they added DJ Moore, 0:10:29.080 --> 0:10:33.120 they addressed the offensive line, They spent some money last year, 0:10:33.160 --> 0:10:35.440 they spent the year in jail. They got the number 0:10:35.480 --> 0:10:37.320 one pick Because of it, they were able to flip 0:10:37.360 --> 0:10:39.840 that for a lot of draft capital. What you know 0:10:40.000 --> 0:10:43.720 is that they will have more talent on the field 0:10:43.760 --> 0:10:47.160 this year than last year. What you hope is that 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:53.000 Justin Fields can become just league average as a passer, 0:10:53.440 --> 0:10:56.480 his ability as a runner, in his athleticism. If he 0:10:56.600 --> 0:10:59.920 is just a league average passer, he'll be a time 0:11:00.440 --> 0:11:03.880 quarterback because he's one of the two best running quarterbacks 0:11:03.880 --> 0:11:08.400 in football. What you fear is that he is not 0:11:08.559 --> 0:11:13.000 going to evolve as a passer, that going with a 0:11:13.120 --> 0:11:16.840 defensive minded head coach when you're trying to develop a 0:11:16.920 --> 0:11:20.559 quarterback is not going to work out, and they are 0:11:20.559 --> 0:11:23.320 going to say, oh man, we could have drafted our 0:11:23.400 --> 0:11:26.960 quarterback at number one. We traded out of that pick. 0:11:27.240 --> 0:11:30.199 So you fear that you in addition to that kind 0:11:30.200 --> 0:11:33.400 of fear that Carolina is better than people expected and 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:35.800 those picks you have coming back from them aren't as good. 0:11:36.640 --> 0:11:43.280 The Detroit Lions, what you know. You know that they 0:11:43.280 --> 0:11:46.920 have playmakers on offense. They've spent a lot of resources 0:11:47.320 --> 0:11:50.880 on trying to improve that defense, and you know those 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:54.520 players will play hard for Dan Campbell. What you hope 0:11:54.960 --> 0:11:58.560 is that the offensive line holds up the way it 0:11:58.600 --> 0:12:02.680 did last year Jared Goff, because with the clean pocket 0:12:02.760 --> 0:12:06.920 Jared Goff can play. You hope the offensive line holds up, 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:10.920 and you hope that even though you took what are 0:12:11.040 --> 0:12:15.679 considered non premium positions high in the draft, that those 0:12:15.720 --> 0:12:19.559 guys are instantly day one starters and you get more 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:23.480 out of your rookies than most teams that took guys 0:12:23.840 --> 0:12:27.360 maybe at premium positions, but weren't the best or the 0:12:27.400 --> 0:12:30.560 second best player at their positions in the draft. What 0:12:30.640 --> 0:12:34.800 you fear is that you're the damn Lions, and every 0:12:34.880 --> 0:12:37.200 year of your life as a Lions fan that you've 0:12:37.200 --> 0:12:39.720 gone into with any type of hope, they have found 0:12:39.760 --> 0:12:43.160 a way to kick you in the gut. And that Golf, 0:12:43.480 --> 0:12:46.400 the offensive line is not quite as good, which means 0:12:46.440 --> 0:12:49.520 Golf doesn't have a clean pocket, which means Golf goes 0:12:49.559 --> 0:12:51.040 back to who he was at the end of his 0:12:51.120 --> 0:12:54.760 time with the Rams. That the defense doesn't get it together, 0:12:55.120 --> 0:12:58.320 that drafting a running back and an inside backer with 0:12:58.360 --> 0:13:01.200 your first round picks was as bad as all the 0:13:01.320 --> 0:13:04.360 analytics folks said it was, and that a year where 0:13:04.360 --> 0:13:10.800 you have legitimate playoff expectations, you fall flat Green Bay. 0:13:11.320 --> 0:13:17.360 What you know. You know that, honestly, there is a 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:21.079 team that probably knows as little as anybody else, as 0:13:21.080 --> 0:13:23.680 little as anybody in the league. But what you know 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:28.319 is that you have a good coach in Lafloor, and 0:13:28.360 --> 0:13:32.400 you are able, for the first time in thirty years 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:35.280 in Green Bay to kind of fly under the radar 0:13:35.559 --> 0:13:38.959 because you don't have a superstar at quarterback and no 0:13:38.960 --> 0:13:42.160 one expects anything out of you this year. What you 0:13:42.400 --> 0:13:46.520 hope is not can Jordan Love be as good as 0:13:46.559 --> 0:13:49.719 Aaron Rodgers in the entirety of his career? But can 0:13:49.800 --> 0:13:52.320 Jordan Love be about as good as Aaron Rodgers was 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:57.800 last year? Maybe Rogers wasn't very good those young receivers, 0:13:57.880 --> 0:14:00.480 can you hope they can take the next step? And 0:14:00.520 --> 0:14:04.600 you hope that the team and Jordan, but mostly the 0:14:04.640 --> 0:14:08.520 rest of the team take it personally that Rogers seems 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:12.480 to be so damn thrilled with his new setup and 0:14:12.520 --> 0:14:17.920 his new spouse and his new football spouse, I should say, 0:14:18.520 --> 0:14:21.160 with the Jets, and you take it personally. What you 0:14:21.400 --> 0:14:27.280 fear is that Jordan Love is not the guy, and 0:14:27.440 --> 0:14:31.560 Rogers play is rejuvenated and plays really well, and all 0:14:31.600 --> 0:14:34.360 of a sudden, you're like, oh my god, we're in 0:14:34.400 --> 0:14:37.720 the NFL wilderness without a place to turn for the 0:14:37.720 --> 0:14:42.480 first time, and like I said, thirty years Minnesota Vikings. 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:46.120 What you know is you have the best receiver in football, 0:14:47.240 --> 0:14:51.080 and you are going to get above average, not great, 0:14:51.160 --> 0:14:54.640 but above average play from your quarterback. That plus an 0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:59.480 offensive minded head coach guarantees you some competency on offense. 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:03.440 Justin Jefferson League, average quarterback play offensive my head coach 0:15:03.440 --> 0:15:06.520 of the offense gonna be fine. What you hope is 0:15:06.600 --> 0:15:12.040 that the defense can just be slightly below average instead 0:15:12.080 --> 0:15:14.720 of a disaster the way it was in so many 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:19.720 spots last year. What you fear is that your eleven 0:15:19.760 --> 0:15:23.480 and oh record in one score games was historic for 0:15:23.520 --> 0:15:29.480 a reason and is totally unsustainable. Atlanta Falcons, we're gonna 0:15:29.520 --> 0:15:32.320 go fast, hopefully through the NFC South. Because we are 0:15:32.360 --> 0:15:35.400 thirteen minutes in, we've done eight teams. Is not going 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:37.040 even I thought this would be long. It's going a 0:15:37.040 --> 0:15:38.960 little longer than I thought. How do you think we're doing? 0:15:39.040 --> 0:15:41.880 Are you interested? You locked in? You just over here, 0:15:41.960 --> 0:15:44.520 just snifflin. You're not gonna even say anything. 0:15:44.760 --> 0:15:46.840 I mean, I'm listening, you. 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:49.760 Know, locked in. You listen, you're gonna go off to college. 0:15:49.800 --> 0:15:51.960 And if people are gonna bring you people from all 0:15:52.000 --> 0:15:54.960 over the world, all over the country, dimnent football teams. 0:15:55.600 --> 0:15:59.600 If you retain just one piece of information about each team, 0:15:59.600 --> 0:16:01.600 you're gonna be able to jump into any conversation and 0:16:01.640 --> 0:16:02.280 be like, WHOA. 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:03.640 I'm okay. I don't think I'll be a part of 0:16:03.680 --> 0:16:04.320 many foot both. 0:16:04.360 --> 0:16:07.280 Well, you never know, Diora all right, Atlanta Falcons. What 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:12.680 you know is Bjeon Robinson is gonna be awesome. You 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:18.000 know that. What you hope is that in that division 0:16:18.800 --> 0:16:24.800 that Ritter looks competent. Bijon, Kyle Pitts, the other weapons, 0:16:25.000 --> 0:16:27.680 Drake London, you have all those weapons and you can 0:16:27.760 --> 0:16:30.800 be a fun team. What you fear, and I wouldn't 0:16:30.800 --> 0:16:34.600 actually fear this, I would be hoping for this, is 0:16:34.640 --> 0:16:40.240 that Ritter can't play at all and somehow you're you're 0:16:40.280 --> 0:16:42.760 in the Caleb Williams sweepstakes. I don't think they're gonna 0:16:42.760 --> 0:16:44.960 be bad enough to be in that, but you kind 0:16:44.960 --> 0:16:48.160 of fear. What you actually fear is that the weapons 0:16:48.240 --> 0:16:51.120 in Bijeon are enough to get you to like and 0:16:51.200 --> 0:16:53.960 you've invested some money in defense Kalais Campbell and others. 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:56.440 You get to six seven wins and you're kind of 0:16:56.440 --> 0:17:01.960 stuck in that purgatory the Saints. What you know is 0:17:02.400 --> 0:17:05.600 you're not going to be terrible. You brought in Derek Carr. 0:17:05.720 --> 0:17:09.920 You keep pretending you're challenging for Super Bowls right now. 0:17:10.160 --> 0:17:15.040 What you hope is that in that division with car 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:18.720 with a bit of a chip on his shoulder, Kamara 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:22.560 coming back after the suspension, a defense that every year 0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:27.520 is pretty damn good. Yeah, I should turn my ringer off, 0:17:27.560 --> 0:17:34.760 thank you. You hope that you can get to ten wins, 0:17:34.760 --> 0:17:38.760 which is enough for the division. What you fear is 0:17:38.800 --> 0:17:40.760 that you end up where you've been the last couple 0:17:40.800 --> 0:17:46.600 of years, right on the outside looking in, and you 0:17:48.000 --> 0:17:51.280 have put so much on it. I know Saints fans 0:17:51.320 --> 0:17:53.720 hate me because they don't understand how the salary cap works. 0:17:53.720 --> 0:18:00.760 That's fine that you kept borrowing from Peter to pay Paul, 0:18:01.640 --> 0:18:04.760 and you weren't even really paying Paul. You were just 0:18:04.840 --> 0:18:08.119 paying off the interest. But the debt has stayed the 0:18:08.160 --> 0:18:12.000 same because that bill is coming due in New Orleans 0:18:12.000 --> 0:18:15.879 over the next few years, and that is only worthwhile doing. 0:18:16.000 --> 0:18:18.560 Like if Tampa or the Rams did it. If you 0:18:18.560 --> 0:18:20.919 have a legitimate chance of winning the Super Bowl. You 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:23.760 had that with Breeze. You do not have it now 0:18:23.800 --> 0:18:30.960 with Derek Carr Tampa Bay. What you know is you've 0:18:30.960 --> 0:18:36.040 got some good receivers. It's about it. What you hope 0:18:36.640 --> 0:18:40.320 is that with the offensive line back from injury, with 0:18:41.480 --> 0:18:44.200 still some talent on defense, not a lot, but some, 0:18:45.080 --> 0:18:48.199 and in that division, that you can be around the 0:18:48.240 --> 0:18:50.480 type of team you were last year, even though it's 0:18:50.680 --> 0:18:55.119 Baker in for Brady, and you can be alive to 0:18:55.119 --> 0:18:58.719 win the division. What you fear is that Kyle Trask 0:18:58.840 --> 0:19:02.080 is your quarterback by week five because Baker's played himself 0:19:02.080 --> 0:19:03.960 out of the job, and that you're one of the 0:19:03.960 --> 0:19:08.159 worst teams in the league. Carolina. What you know, you 0:19:08.440 --> 0:19:12.159 know that you're at least going to have fun this 0:19:12.280 --> 0:19:16.639 year watching Bryce Young as you figure out if you 0:19:16.720 --> 0:19:19.840 made the right decision in trading all those assets to 0:19:19.880 --> 0:19:22.359 move up to number one to get Bryce. What you 0:19:22.560 --> 0:19:26.520 hope is that, hey, you were around five hundred last year, 0:19:26.640 --> 0:19:28.920 you have a good defense, You're in a bad division. 0:19:29.320 --> 0:19:33.040 Why can't you, on the talent of the number one 0:19:33.080 --> 0:19:36.200 pick of the draft quarterback go win the division. What 0:19:36.280 --> 0:19:41.040 you fear is that Bryce is too small, the team stinks, 0:19:41.359 --> 0:19:44.399 and you have given up future draft picks that you 0:19:44.480 --> 0:19:47.439 are going to need to get him all right to 0:19:47.520 --> 0:19:52.040 the NFC West, the Los Angeles Rams. What you know, 0:19:53.040 --> 0:19:56.600 this is going to be a really tough year. What 0:19:56.840 --> 0:20:00.359 you hope, if you're a smart Rams fan, that the 0:20:00.400 --> 0:20:03.040 team recognizes this is going to be a really tough year, 0:20:03.400 --> 0:20:07.840 pivots to rebuild, and you maybe swallow hard and trade 0:20:07.920 --> 0:20:10.680 Aaron Donald. You don't mind if you have to put 0:20:10.680 --> 0:20:14.199 Stafford on the shelf and you say, we want to 0:20:14.240 --> 0:20:16.720 be the worst team in the league. Start the whole 0:20:16.760 --> 0:20:20.000 thing over. We have no one on our defense that 0:20:21.040 --> 0:20:24.199 reminds us of the Super Bowl except for Donald. On offense, 0:20:24.240 --> 0:20:26.399 you have a quarterback coming off an injury. You have 0:20:26.480 --> 0:20:29.080 Cooper Cup that's fine, but your offensive line is still 0:20:29.080 --> 0:20:33.359 a mess. What you hope is they recognize that and 0:20:33.400 --> 0:20:36.719 try to bring in the kid from La Caleb Williams 0:20:36.760 --> 0:20:39.240 with the number one pick. What you fear is that 0:20:39.280 --> 0:20:43.200 Sean McVay won't allow it. That instead, you're destined to 0:20:43.280 --> 0:20:46.280 another season like last year, where you're a five or 0:20:46.320 --> 0:20:49.960 six win team, kind of stuck in this football purgatory. 0:20:50.240 --> 0:20:54.040 The Arizona Cardinals. What you know is you're gonna be terrible. 0:20:54.320 --> 0:20:56.720 What you hope is that you're the worst team in 0:20:56.760 --> 0:21:00.000 the league. What you fear is that somehow you get 0:21:00.080 --> 0:21:03.320 a few wins you shouldn't otherwise get. Because the Cardinals 0:21:03.720 --> 0:21:10.080 are positioned so well because they have they traded away 0:21:11.240 --> 0:21:14.320 the number three pick of the draft so they could 0:21:14.400 --> 0:21:18.040 get and Houston's first round pick next year, and they 0:21:18.040 --> 0:21:20.560 have their own first round pick next year and the 0:21:20.600 --> 0:21:24.359 ability to trade Kyler at some point, the Cardinals will 0:21:24.400 --> 0:21:27.480 be able to get one of the top two quarterbacks 0:21:27.520 --> 0:21:31.640 in this draft class and maybe Marvin Harrison Junior and 0:21:31.800 --> 0:21:35.800 have an additional first round pick from a potential Kyler trade. 0:21:35.960 --> 0:21:39.679 This season's gonna stink. It will set the table for 0:21:39.760 --> 0:21:43.800 the next decade of Cardinal football. If they're smart. San Francisco, 0:21:44.200 --> 0:21:47.720 what you know, you're gonna be really good as always. 0:21:48.720 --> 0:21:51.560 You have. You have two through fifty three is good 0:21:51.560 --> 0:21:53.439 of a roster in the league. You're gonna have one 0:21:53.440 --> 0:21:56.280 of the best defenses in football. You're gonna have when 0:21:56.280 --> 0:22:00.239 he's healthy, a great running game, great receivers. What you 0:22:00.359 --> 0:22:03.480 hope is that what we saw from brock Purty last 0:22:03.520 --> 0:22:07.400 year was not a mirage, that it continues on this trajectory, 0:22:07.760 --> 0:22:09.720 and that all of a sudden that you are once 0:22:09.760 --> 0:22:16.399 again a legitimate Super Bowl contender. What you fear is 0:22:16.440 --> 0:22:20.960 that brock Perty who was physically limited already now coming 0:22:21.000 --> 0:22:27.240 off major elbow surgery, that he is not the guy 0:22:27.680 --> 0:22:29.840 that he looked like for two months last year, and 0:22:29.880 --> 0:22:31.720 Stead he's the guy that was the last pick of 0:22:31.760 --> 0:22:35.600 the draft, And all of a sudden you have already 0:22:35.600 --> 0:22:39.320 given up on Trey Lance. Sam Darnold's the only quarterback there, 0:22:39.359 --> 0:22:42.640 and once again we are all left saying, man, if 0:22:42.640 --> 0:22:45.840 the Niners had a real quarterback, they'd be dynamic. That's 0:22:45.840 --> 0:22:49.000 what you fear. And then lastly, in the NFC Seattle, 0:22:51.240 --> 0:22:56.639 what you know is that you crushed the draft last year. 0:22:57.200 --> 0:22:59.600 You had rookie tackles. One of them was awesome, the 0:22:59.640 --> 0:23:04.800 other and played well fifth or sixth round corner. That's dynamic. 0:23:05.280 --> 0:23:08.600 That you have all these young players that Pete Carroll 0:23:08.720 --> 0:23:11.600 is molding and that should only be better. What you 0:23:11.800 --> 0:23:15.280 hope is that what we saw from Gino last year 0:23:15.520 --> 0:23:19.520 was not a mirage. And with those weapons and win healthy, 0:23:19.600 --> 0:23:23.040 you get those running backs back. But DK and Locket 0:23:23.240 --> 0:23:25.880 and your running backs that you've spent consecutive second round 0:23:25.920 --> 0:23:29.280 picks on, and Geno leading the NFC in touchdown passes 0:23:29.359 --> 0:23:32.080 last year, that you can actually not just be a 0:23:32.359 --> 0:23:35.680 wow shock the Seahawks made the playoffs but maybe won 0:23:35.760 --> 0:23:40.119 the division. What you fear is that Geno regresses to 0:23:40.160 --> 0:23:42.879 the player that he was a year before, and that 0:23:43.040 --> 0:23:45.159 this team all of a sudden has some of the 0:23:45.160 --> 0:23:48.560 struggles offensively that people expected them to have last season. 0:23:48.960 --> 0:23:54.359 All right, that's the NFC. That was hard, that was 0:23:54.400 --> 0:23:57.720 longer than I thought. So you know what, let's do this. 0:23:59.119 --> 0:24:04.640 I'm gonna I'm gonna kind of change up the idea here. 0:24:05.520 --> 0:24:09.440 Let's now do the rest of the A block as 0:24:09.520 --> 0:24:13.479 quickly as we can, and then to start the B block, 0:24:13.640 --> 0:24:17.160 the next segment will do the AFC. So there's the 0:24:17.160 --> 0:24:21.400 there's the NFC done on the team's won through sixteen 0:24:21.840 --> 0:24:25.399 every division. We can now get to your portion of 0:24:25.440 --> 0:24:28.000 the show and we'll make it. And then in the 0:24:28.119 --> 0:24:30.040 start the B block will do. 0:24:30.080 --> 0:24:32.560 The AFC as long as I guess. 0:24:32.880 --> 0:24:35.440 No, it started at thirty, we did, and so it 0:24:35.480 --> 0:24:38.840 took twenty minutes to go through. It took twenty minutes 0:24:38.880 --> 0:24:40.480 to go through half the league. Okay, all right, do 0:24:40.480 --> 0:24:43.080 you or what's our first topic or second topic of 0:24:43.119 --> 0:24:43.480 the show. 0:24:44.040 --> 0:24:48.280 The New Hard Knocks debuted and got another IMDb credit. 0:24:48.359 --> 0:24:50.159 Yeah I did. I mean they used me right off 0:24:50.200 --> 0:24:51.720 the top of the show. Evidently it's true. 0:24:51.760 --> 0:24:53.879 Go ahead, Evidently, I'm sure you have seen it. 0:24:53.960 --> 0:24:56.199 I haven't seen it yet. I actually haven't seen it yet, 0:24:56.240 --> 0:24:56.840 but go ahead. 0:24:57.200 --> 0:25:00.159 Aaron Rodgers look like a hero, not a villain. But 0:25:00.240 --> 0:25:02.800 we all heard and saw out saw out of Green 0:25:02.840 --> 0:25:06.239 Bay the past few years. What a diva he was. 0:25:06.640 --> 0:25:09.040 What's a change of scenery really all this guy needed. 0:25:10.040 --> 0:25:13.879 It's possible. But here's the thing on that, because I 0:25:13.920 --> 0:25:19.040 know a lot of people's opinion is man an angry 0:25:19.080 --> 0:25:23.080 Aaron Rodgers, a motivated Aaron Rodgers, or a happy Aaron Rodgers. 0:25:24.000 --> 0:25:26.560 That's what made That's why they're gonna He's gonna be 0:25:26.600 --> 0:25:31.720 great again. If that's true, that is such a stinging 0:25:31.840 --> 0:25:37.280 indictment of Aaron Rodgers football character. If it's true that 0:25:37.440 --> 0:25:41.840 he was a player that was trailing off and then 0:25:42.359 --> 0:25:46.360 saw Jordan Love get drafted and that's what motivated him 0:25:46.359 --> 0:25:48.760 to win back to back MVPs. He always had it 0:25:48.800 --> 0:25:50.840 in him. But he had to be angry, and then 0:25:50.880 --> 0:25:53.919 he got the big new contract and got complacent, but 0:25:54.040 --> 0:25:56.520 then the Packers wanted to move on from him, and 0:25:56.600 --> 0:25:59.479 now he's angry again. He's gonna be awesome. That is, 0:26:00.480 --> 0:26:03.919 it would be somewhat remarkable, but it also, to me, 0:26:04.560 --> 0:26:11.720 would be a huge blemish on his resume. The guy. 0:26:11.880 --> 0:26:16.560 Just how good he is has to do with how 0:26:16.720 --> 0:26:20.959 slighted or insulted he feels, and so I don't think 0:26:21.040 --> 0:26:24.720 that's what it is. I do think he's happier now, 0:26:25.000 --> 0:26:27.719 but I also think he's almost forty, coming off an injury, 0:26:27.760 --> 0:26:30.960 coming off his worst season. I don't think he's going 0:26:31.000 --> 0:26:33.360 to be great. You have a follow up on Rodgers. 0:26:33.400 --> 0:26:36.600 If Rogers left Green Bay years ago, how differently would 0:26:36.640 --> 0:26:37.480 we all view him. 0:26:37.640 --> 0:26:42.800 Well, the idea there is if he had more postseason success, 0:26:43.440 --> 0:26:47.000 and yes, the Packers at times I think didn't necessarily 0:26:47.080 --> 0:26:50.439 surround him with as many weapons as you would like 0:26:50.520 --> 0:26:52.560 to see a great player surrounded with. But he did 0:26:52.600 --> 0:26:55.560 have DeVante Adams. It's not like he was stuck with 0:26:55.600 --> 0:26:58.919 the Cleveland Browns, some terrible franchise, and a lot of 0:26:58.920 --> 0:27:02.480 their postseason failed had to do with him not coming 0:27:02.560 --> 0:27:06.439 up big in the biggest spots, So I don't maybe 0:27:06.480 --> 0:27:09.040 we'd view him more favorably, or maybe we'd view him 0:27:09.080 --> 0:27:09.840 the exact same. 0:27:09.880 --> 0:27:12.440 All right, next, Okay, it's the time of the year 0:27:12.440 --> 0:27:15.640 where all the headlines are about teams bright futures. There's 0:27:15.680 --> 0:27:19.320 not a shed of a shred of bad news across 0:27:19.320 --> 0:27:24.560 the league except in Dallas. Dak can't stop throwing interceptions 0:27:24.800 --> 0:27:27.280 in a make or break year. If the Cowboys fail 0:27:27.359 --> 0:27:29.800 to make a deep playoff run this year, will it 0:27:29.960 --> 0:27:30.960 all fall on Dak? 0:27:31.520 --> 0:27:34.040 I gotta see how it happens. I mean, my big 0:27:34.119 --> 0:27:37.120 concern with the Cowboys is McCarthy at end of games. 0:27:37.280 --> 0:27:42.479 I think Dak has just vacillated from overrated, underrated, and 0:27:42.480 --> 0:27:46.520 never properly rated. Throughout his career. Dak Prescott is somewhere 0:27:46.560 --> 0:27:50.080 from the sixth best to the tenth best quarterback in football. 0:27:50.160 --> 0:27:53.680 It's just undeniable that that's where he is. Like if 0:27:53.720 --> 0:27:58.000 you and it is basically impossible to make a list 0:27:58.480 --> 0:28:01.639 of ten quarterbacks, the top ten quarterbacks in the league 0:28:01.640 --> 0:28:03.560 and not have Dak on it, because if you have 0:28:03.680 --> 0:28:09.720 Mahomes Burrow, the Prince, Jalen Hurts, Josh Allen say All 0:28:09.840 --> 0:28:12.960 five of those guys are clear cut better than him. 0:28:13.440 --> 0:28:16.800 The next group of quarterbacks, even if you say Rogers 0:28:16.920 --> 0:28:19.720 is better than him, Lamar is better than him, justin 0:28:19.760 --> 0:28:23.280 Herbert's better than him, that's eight. For him not to 0:28:23.320 --> 0:28:26.320 be top ten, we would need two more guys. So 0:28:26.359 --> 0:28:29.480 who are you gonna say, kirk Cousins. You can't say 0:28:29.760 --> 0:28:32.399 Dak's lack of playoff success knocks him out of the 0:28:32.440 --> 0:28:34.720 top ten. But Kirk Cousins is there. You want to 0:28:34.720 --> 0:28:39.600 put Stafford there, maybe, but Stafford now coming off an injury, Tua, 0:28:40.160 --> 0:28:44.600 We've never seen two in the postseason, like, Dak's right there. 0:28:45.000 --> 0:28:48.520 And if Dak has a really good year, he can 0:28:48.600 --> 0:28:51.880 leap ahead of Rogers. If Rogers has another down year Lamar. 0:28:51.960 --> 0:28:54.720 If Lamar is another down year, Herbert who has no 0:28:54.840 --> 0:29:00.080 playoff success, if that's what you're holding against him, so 0:29:00.240 --> 0:29:05.840 the I think Dak is more likely this season to 0:29:06.240 --> 0:29:10.120 raising people's eyes as far as his standing than to 0:29:10.400 --> 0:29:13.680 fall in people's eyes. And I think the interceptions last 0:29:13.760 --> 0:29:18.280 year were an aberration. He has always been a quarterback 0:29:18.320 --> 0:29:20.120 that took care of the football. That has not been 0:29:20.160 --> 0:29:22.440 his problem. I don't think all of a sudden he's 0:29:22.720 --> 0:29:24.600 at this stage of his career, just is going to 0:29:24.640 --> 0:29:26.480 become a super turnover prone player. 0:29:26.520 --> 0:29:29.360 All right, Next, Chiefs GM and a fan of the show, 0:29:29.760 --> 0:29:34.760 Brett Veach said, Chris Jones deserves a big contract. The 0:29:34.840 --> 0:29:38.840 Chiefs have never had a top ten defense during the 0:29:38.880 --> 0:29:42.719 Mahomes eradde, the Chiefs even need defense as long as 0:29:42.760 --> 0:29:43.480 they have Mahomes. 0:29:43.480 --> 0:29:45.800 Well, if they want to rip off the dynasty that 0:29:45.800 --> 0:29:50.400 I'm talking about here, listen, dynasty's in the NFL modern 0:29:50.480 --> 0:29:54.680 NFL history. The Steelers in the seventies led by their defense. 0:29:55.560 --> 0:29:58.160 If you want to call the Niners in the nineties 0:29:58.440 --> 0:30:01.600 or in the eighties, pardon me. The San Francisco forty 0:30:01.680 --> 0:30:04.880 nine Ers in the decade of the nineteen eighties allowed 0:30:04.880 --> 0:30:07.080 the fewest points of any team in the league. So 0:30:07.120 --> 0:30:09.360 they over the course of that decade when they won 0:30:09.400 --> 0:30:11.640 four Super Bowls, they had the number one defense. The 0:30:11.680 --> 0:30:14.520 Cowboys in the nineties, yes they had the triplets. They 0:30:14.600 --> 0:30:17.960 also year in year out had a top five defense. 0:30:18.200 --> 0:30:23.719 The Patriots obviously, certainly their first three Super Bowls they 0:30:24.280 --> 0:30:26.960 were led by their defense, and then their last three 0:30:27.000 --> 0:30:29.040 Super Bowls they were led by their offense. But they 0:30:29.080 --> 0:30:32.880 had top ten and usually top five defenses. The Chiefs 0:30:32.920 --> 0:30:35.560 are trying to do something that's nevern done in the NFL, 0:30:35.880 --> 0:30:39.640 which is rip off a dynasty with a below average 0:30:39.640 --> 0:30:45.440 for get great a below average defense. I don't know 0:30:45.560 --> 0:30:52.360 that that is unrealistic, but not impossible for this Chiefs 0:30:52.360 --> 0:30:55.400 team to be the team I know it can be. 0:30:56.560 --> 0:30:59.560 They don't need to have a top five defense. They 0:30:59.600 --> 0:31:03.040 need to have a round a league average defense. And if, if, 0:31:03.960 --> 0:31:06.240 and when Chris Jones is back, and I think he'll 0:31:06.280 --> 0:31:10.360 be back, I believe they can have a top ten 0:31:10.480 --> 0:31:13.120 defense for the first time in the Mahomes era. And 0:31:13.200 --> 0:31:15.320 if this Chiefs team has a top ten defense and 0:31:15.360 --> 0:31:18.920 they stay healthy, they absolutely forget. When the win the 0:31:18.960 --> 0:31:23.680 Super Bowl, they can go undefeated. I one thousand percent 0:31:23.760 --> 0:31:28.680 believe that the Chiefs defenses have turned on at times 0:31:28.680 --> 0:31:32.560 in the postseason, but they also some of their most 0:31:32.600 --> 0:31:37.200 epic victories the Divisional round against the Bills. The defense 0:31:37.200 --> 0:31:39.400 is in order to be found this last Super Bowl, 0:31:39.760 --> 0:31:43.720 now last Super Bowl, the defense made the play of 0:31:43.720 --> 0:31:48.000 the game, the scoop and score by Nick Bolton, but 0:31:48.120 --> 0:31:50.760 that was kind of an unforced error by Jalen Hurts. 0:31:51.160 --> 0:31:53.080 I mean, the Chiefs needed thirty eight points to win 0:31:53.120 --> 0:31:56.960 the game. So all right, So that's there's the A 0:31:57.160 --> 0:32:03.280 block is gonna nice meaty thirty minute opening segment. We'll 0:32:03.280 --> 0:32:07.800 do the AFC all sixteen teams. What we know, what's 0:32:07.840 --> 0:32:11.480 your hope, what's your fear? Will do that next and 0:32:11.800 --> 0:32:13.760 play a game of this or that before we take 0:32:13.800 --> 0:32:16.320 your questions in the sea block. It's all next. What's right? 0:32:21.240 --> 0:32:23.760 Hey there, Ryan Reynolds here, it's a new year, and 0:32:23.840 --> 0:32:26.960 you know what that means. No, not the diet resolutions, 0:32:27.480 --> 0:32:28.960 a way for us all to try and do a 0:32:29.000 --> 0:32:31.240 little bit better than we did last year. 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Now again, I'm just 0:34:11.040 --> 0:34:13.799 reading them down the list as they're listed on the 0:34:13.880 --> 0:34:17.400 NFL standings page, and everyone zero and zero and so 0:34:17.480 --> 0:34:19.759 I don't know if it's it's not alphabetical, it doesn't 0:34:19.760 --> 0:34:22.680 seem but doesn't matter. So to the AFC East, we 0:34:22.760 --> 0:34:27.160 will start with the Buffalo Bills. What you know, much 0:34:27.280 --> 0:34:30.920 like the Eagles, you know you're going to be at 0:34:31.080 --> 0:34:35.680 a bare minimum good. You know you're gonna have one 0:34:35.680 --> 0:34:38.520 of the six or seven highest scoring offenses in football. 0:34:38.960 --> 0:34:41.759 You know you are going to be one of the 0:34:41.840 --> 0:34:44.799 toughest teams to beat in the league for anybody. And 0:34:44.920 --> 0:34:48.080 you know your best, you're gonna look as any team, 0:34:48.200 --> 0:34:50.359 as good as any team in the league. What you 0:34:50.600 --> 0:34:56.960 hope is that you can somehow construct a running game 0:34:57.400 --> 0:35:01.800 without asking Josh Allen to to be your most dynamic runner. 0:35:02.320 --> 0:35:05.480 That Josh can keep himself out of harm's way in 0:35:05.520 --> 0:35:09.440 the running game, only do it in critical spots, particularly 0:35:09.520 --> 0:35:12.879 late in the season, not that it's a really a 0:35:12.920 --> 0:35:15.720 break glass in case of emergency part of his game 0:35:16.040 --> 0:35:18.840 instead of a featured part of his game. And you 0:35:18.920 --> 0:35:23.960 hope that Josh can cut down on those untimely turnovers, 0:35:24.000 --> 0:35:28.160 particularly red zone turnovers that plagued you last year. What 0:35:28.320 --> 0:35:32.480 you fear is that another year removed from Brian Dable, 0:35:33.640 --> 0:35:38.839 that Josh Allen is going to further regress to the 0:35:38.960 --> 0:35:44.360 turnover mistake prone player he was early in his career, 0:35:44.800 --> 0:35:48.280 That the Stefan Diggs drama carries over into the season, 0:35:49.480 --> 0:35:53.880 That you miss Leslie Fraser, that Von Miller when he 0:35:53.920 --> 0:35:56.799 comes back from his ACL is not the guy he 0:35:56.960 --> 0:35:59.359 was at the beginning of last season when you signed him, 0:35:59.680 --> 0:36:03.560 and for the first time on this little Mini Bill's era, 0:36:04.000 --> 0:36:07.040 you're not even the division winners in the AFCs. That's 0:36:07.080 --> 0:36:12.680 what you fear, Miami Dolphins. What you know is you're 0:36:12.719 --> 0:36:14.640 gonna be as fast as any team in the league. 0:36:15.320 --> 0:36:18.320 Your defense will be improved with the addition of Vic Fangio, 0:36:18.560 --> 0:36:21.799 even though Jalen Ramsey might miss the majority of not 0:36:21.840 --> 0:36:25.719 the entirety of the season. That Hill and Waddle will 0:36:25.719 --> 0:36:30.120 cause headaches for defenses all year long. McDaniel's gonna scheme 0:36:30.239 --> 0:36:34.360 them open, and that you are a very viable postseason 0:36:34.880 --> 0:36:38.360 You should be a very viable postseason team, if not threat, 0:36:38.719 --> 0:36:42.120 That's what you know. What you hope is that Tua 0:36:42.120 --> 0:36:46.200 can stay healthy all year, because when Tua was out there, 0:36:46.840 --> 0:36:50.080 you had a top five offense in football. What you 0:36:50.200 --> 0:36:55.319 fear is that Tua suffers another concussion and it's that 0:36:55.440 --> 0:36:58.920 might end his career, and that once again you're on 0:36:58.960 --> 0:37:05.040 this quarterback rufe let that even though you had experience 0:37:05.120 --> 0:37:07.400 with it last year, it was not a good experience. 0:37:07.480 --> 0:37:12.359 And right now your backup quarterback situation after Tua is 0:37:12.520 --> 0:37:16.640 Mike White and Skyler Thompson, and that you go into 0:37:16.640 --> 0:37:19.480 the season with the biggest injury risk in the league 0:37:19.520 --> 0:37:22.840 at quarterback. It bites you in its submarines. Your second 0:37:22.840 --> 0:37:27.160 straight year New England. What you hope or sorry, what 0:37:27.280 --> 0:37:31.640 you know is that you're gonna have a top ten defense. 0:37:32.640 --> 0:37:36.480 You're going to be incredibly well coached, and your offense 0:37:36.680 --> 0:37:39.279 is going to make more sense than it did last 0:37:39.400 --> 0:37:43.680 year because you have a professional offensive coordinator instead of 0:37:44.000 --> 0:37:47.600 Patricia and Judge figuring it out on the fly. What 0:37:47.880 --> 0:37:53.680 you hope is that Mac Jones is really awful. Season 0:37:53.760 --> 0:37:58.280 last year was purely a product of the offensive coordinator situation. 0:37:59.400 --> 0:38:03.879 That he and Juju and Mike Giseki create instant connections 0:38:04.239 --> 0:38:07.759 that Mac Jones can get back to the limited but 0:38:08.040 --> 0:38:12.719 stable quarterback he was as a rookie, that the offensive 0:38:12.760 --> 0:38:16.400 line can protect him, that Bill O'Brien can scheme some 0:38:16.440 --> 0:38:22.120 guys open, and that Belichick has one last hurrah in 0:38:22.200 --> 0:38:26.000 him if you will, as he pursues Don Shula's all 0:38:26.040 --> 0:38:30.000 time wins record. What you fear is that the issues 0:38:30.080 --> 0:38:34.239 last year were not just about your coordinator situation. They 0:38:34.239 --> 0:38:37.759 were also about mac Jones regressing that you didn't add 0:38:37.840 --> 0:38:40.919 enough weapons of this offseason, that you regret not getting 0:38:41.000 --> 0:38:46.480 DeAndre Hopkins, and that Belichick's plan of only hiring friends 0:38:46.480 --> 0:38:49.440 and family who is coaching staff really bites him this 0:38:49.560 --> 0:38:53.960 year and for the first time since before Tom Brady, 0:38:54.880 --> 0:38:57.600 since Tom Brady's rookie year, I should say, before Tom 0:38:57.640 --> 0:39:00.880 Brady took over, you finished dead las in the AFC 0:39:00.920 --> 0:39:08.400 East AFC North Browns. What you know? You know you 0:39:08.440 --> 0:39:11.560 have a great running back, maybe the best in the league, 0:39:11.600 --> 0:39:15.480 certainly short list. And do you see the screen there 0:39:15.480 --> 0:39:17.880 out here talking tray They're asking if you're still awake. 0:39:18.280 --> 0:39:22.919 Deora is captivated by this. The Browns. You have maybe 0:39:22.960 --> 0:39:25.279 the best running back in the league and maybe the 0:39:25.280 --> 0:39:28.799 best edge rusher in the league. You know that you 0:39:29.080 --> 0:39:34.680 hope very obviously that Deshaun watson struggles last year were 0:39:34.719 --> 0:39:38.520 about rust and the fact that he obviously had a 0:39:38.640 --> 0:39:43.440 lot going on, and that Deshaun Watson this year looks 0:39:43.520 --> 0:39:48.719 closer to the Deshaun Watson that we saw. Uh That 0:39:49.440 --> 0:39:52.960 the Deshaun Watson that we saw in Houston and then 0:39:53.000 --> 0:39:56.200 all of a sudden, him and Amari Cooper, Donovan Buobles, Jones, 0:39:56.320 --> 0:40:01.640 Nick Chubb. That's a dynamic offense. What you fear is 0:40:01.680 --> 0:40:04.239 that the Deshaun Watson that you gave a fully guaranteed 0:40:04.280 --> 0:40:07.360 contract to and three first round picks for is never 0:40:07.440 --> 0:40:10.600 going to be that player again, and that you are 0:40:10.719 --> 0:40:15.480 back to being the Browns Pittsburgh. What you know, You're 0:40:15.520 --> 0:40:18.239 gonna be in almost every game. You're gonna be as 0:40:18.280 --> 0:40:20.920 well coached as any team in the league. TJ. Watt's 0:40:20.960 --> 0:40:24.520 gonna kick a lot of ass. You're gonna have overachieving 0:40:24.680 --> 0:40:27.759 mid round receivers. You know that because you're the Steelers. 0:40:28.160 --> 0:40:34.160 What you hope is that Kenny Pickett turns out to 0:40:34.200 --> 0:40:38.080 be worthy of the first round pick, takes the prototypical 0:40:38.239 --> 0:40:41.399 year one to year two leap, and you are in 0:40:41.440 --> 0:40:45.040 the mix in that division. What you fear is that 0:40:45.120 --> 0:40:50.440 Kenny Pickett, in his tiny hands, are not able to 0:40:52.000 --> 0:40:55.600 handle being asked to do more offensively, that for the 0:40:55.719 --> 0:40:57.880 fifth or sixth straight year, it would feel like you 0:40:57.920 --> 0:41:00.600 are very limited at the quarterback position the end of 0:41:00.600 --> 0:41:04.000 the Big Ben era to right now, and that once 0:41:04.040 --> 0:41:07.040 again you're stuck in that eight to nine win range. 0:41:07.080 --> 0:41:09.359 I guess it'd be, yeah, eight or nine win range 0:41:09.400 --> 0:41:12.160 as Tomlin's never been below five hundred, and you're kind 0:41:12.160 --> 0:41:14.560 of stuck in neutral. But you're not gonna be terrible. 0:41:14.640 --> 0:41:20.359 There's no chance you're terrible, Cincinnati. What you know is 0:41:21.280 --> 0:41:25.279 when Burrow gets back out there, you are going to 0:41:25.400 --> 0:41:30.880 have a top six passing game. You kept t Higgins, 0:41:31.160 --> 0:41:37.799 you obviously still have Chase. Burrow's awesome, and you're your 0:41:38.440 --> 0:41:42.560 passing game and that side of the ball offensively should 0:41:42.600 --> 0:41:45.920 be very very good. You know that. What you hope 0:41:46.880 --> 0:41:50.759 is that all the personnel changes on defense don't hurt 0:41:50.800 --> 0:41:55.480 you too much, Burrow comes back fully healthy from the calf, 0:41:56.040 --> 0:42:00.280 and you are able to not just win the DESI 0:42:00.600 --> 0:42:02.880 as you've done the last couple of years, but have 0:42:03.040 --> 0:42:08.040 a really gaudy regular season where maybe you're playing home 0:42:08.120 --> 0:42:11.840 playoff games as the Bengals after Round one of the playoffs. 0:42:11.840 --> 0:42:14.080 Each of the last two years have been on the 0:42:14.160 --> 0:42:18.080 road the entire time. What you fear is that Burrows 0:42:18.120 --> 0:42:22.399 cap injury lingers, that the defensive personnel changes make your 0:42:22.440 --> 0:42:27.200 defense worse, and that a year that really needs to 0:42:27.239 --> 0:42:30.320 be a seize the moment year because you're probably losing 0:42:30.400 --> 0:42:34.279 t Higgins after this year, that you're not able to 0:42:34.320 --> 0:42:36.920 do it. Instead, you take a step backwards and you 0:42:37.040 --> 0:42:39.920 were a man was the most talent we were going 0:42:39.960 --> 0:42:42.719 to be able to put around Joe at least in 0:42:42.760 --> 0:42:45.200 the first seven eight years of his career. Did that 0:42:45.280 --> 0:42:48.400 window already close on us? And lastly in the AFC 0:42:48.440 --> 0:42:53.279 North Baltimore, what you know, this team doesn't know all 0:42:53.280 --> 0:42:59.200 that much. Actually, they have the widest range of potential outcomes. 0:42:59.719 --> 0:43:02.040 You know you're gonna be well coached because of Harball. 0:43:02.320 --> 0:43:04.399 You know you're not gonna have a bad defense because 0:43:04.400 --> 0:43:07.799 you never do, and you have good personnel there. What 0:43:07.880 --> 0:43:13.200 you hope is that Lamar could have been a better 0:43:13.280 --> 0:43:17.279 passer all along, or at least last few years. He 0:43:17.680 --> 0:43:22.920 was being held back by Greg Roman and that system, 0:43:23.239 --> 0:43:26.319 and that the move to Todd Monkin spending a first 0:43:26.400 --> 0:43:30.279 round pick on Zay Flowers, signing Odell, all of those 0:43:30.719 --> 0:43:34.919 giving Lamar that contract, all of those decisions will be vindicated, 0:43:35.400 --> 0:43:38.360 and you will have the scariest offense in the league 0:43:38.719 --> 0:43:41.480 because you will have a good passing game to go 0:43:41.600 --> 0:43:46.400 along with Lamar's one in a lifetime ability as a 0:43:46.480 --> 0:43:49.680 runner from the quarterback position, and you can go storm 0:43:49.920 --> 0:43:53.560 and win that division, a division you were in the 0:43:53.640 --> 0:43:57.600 running for until late last year. Despite Lamar's injury. Cincinnati, 0:43:57.719 --> 0:44:00.600 you're almost beat in the playoffs, despite playing a backup quarterback. 0:44:01.000 --> 0:44:05.120 What you fear is that the reason Greg Roman was 0:44:05.200 --> 0:44:08.360 running the type of offense he was was because Lamar 0:44:08.600 --> 0:44:13.680 can't take that next step is a passer. All of 0:44:13.680 --> 0:44:18.520 a sudden, your offense is markedly worse because it doesn't 0:44:18.560 --> 0:44:23.239 have that diversity of the running game scheme. Lamar is 0:44:23.400 --> 0:44:26.200 easier to game playing for as a passer because you're 0:44:26.239 --> 0:44:30.160 not worried as much about the speed option and all 0:44:30.160 --> 0:44:32.560 the other things Greg Roman was doing in the running game, 0:44:33.000 --> 0:44:36.799 and that it was a mistake, that putting all these 0:44:36.920 --> 0:44:41.200 chips on Lamar as a passer was a mistake, and 0:44:41.239 --> 0:44:43.600 that you take a step backwards. That's what you fear 0:44:44.200 --> 0:44:48.280 AFC South quickly the Titans. What you know is you'll 0:44:48.320 --> 0:44:50.319 be and sorry it sounds like a cop out, you'll 0:44:50.360 --> 0:44:55.200 be well coached. Last year you found you kept fighting. 0:44:55.200 --> 0:44:57.279 The last few years, you find ways to win games. 0:44:57.360 --> 0:44:59.960 Last year, obviously, you got derailed by the quarterback injury. 0:45:00.400 --> 0:45:05.520 What you hope if you're Tennessee is that you can 0:45:05.920 --> 0:45:11.000 without having a miserable season, you can find a way 0:45:12.239 --> 0:45:15.799 to transition to Will Levis to give him a real 0:45:15.840 --> 0:45:20.960 opportunity to see what he has. Like. Ideally, you're winning 0:45:21.000 --> 0:45:26.360 games defensively and with Derrick Henry, but Tannehill's not playing 0:45:26.440 --> 0:45:29.480 that well, so you can transition to Levis and get 0:45:29.520 --> 0:45:31.919 a look at him without having a terrible year. What 0:45:32.000 --> 0:45:34.880 you fear is this is the year Derrick Henry finally 0:45:34.960 --> 0:45:38.400 hits a wall. DeAndre Hopkins follows in the line of 0:45:38.480 --> 0:45:42.239 Randy Moss and Andre Johnson and Julio Jones of all 0:45:42.320 --> 0:45:45.720 time receivers who have come to Tennessee to do absolutely nothing. 0:45:46.239 --> 0:45:50.200 And then you really fear that when you look at 0:45:50.560 --> 0:45:54.320 Levis or Malik willis a different quarterback that you spent 0:45:54.480 --> 0:45:57.719 a mid round pick on. Sorry, I don't know how 0:45:57.719 --> 0:45:59.960 I tripped. I just like slipped while sitting in this chair. 0:46:00.440 --> 0:46:02.799 Doers looking at me funny that they don't have it 0:46:03.120 --> 0:46:07.040 and you're stuck in quarterback prerogatory the Jags. What you know, 0:46:08.719 --> 0:46:11.920 you know you're going to have a top ten offense. 0:46:12.440 --> 0:46:15.239 You know that you have one of the best quarterbacks 0:46:15.239 --> 0:46:19.920 in football. What you hope is all of that draft 0:46:19.960 --> 0:46:23.200 capital over the last few years, high picks that you've 0:46:23.239 --> 0:46:26.000 spent on the defensive side of the ball, that they 0:46:26.080 --> 0:46:30.760 take a big leap, that Trevor takes another leap under 0:46:30.760 --> 0:46:35.840 Doug Peterson, and that you are in that division, with 0:46:35.920 --> 0:46:40.239 that schedule, fighting for the number one seed in the conference. 0:46:40.560 --> 0:46:44.760 What you fear is that the boost we all expect 0:46:44.760 --> 0:46:47.920 you get from Calvin Ridley, the fact that he's missed 0:46:47.920 --> 0:46:50.920 all of last season with suspension. The previous year he 0:46:50.960 --> 0:46:53.719 missed half the year with injury, that Ridley is not 0:46:53.920 --> 0:46:57.359 the player that you thought you were getting when you 0:46:57.440 --> 0:47:02.719 traded for him. You pay paid a premium last offseason 0:47:02.719 --> 0:47:06.440 in free agency, which is kind of tied your hands 0:47:06.760 --> 0:47:10.560 as far as flexibility moving forward. Trevor's about to get 0:47:10.600 --> 0:47:14.319 this big contract. You kind of stay in neutral when 0:47:14.719 --> 0:47:19.080 nine ten ish games are not a real Super Bowl threat, 0:47:19.360 --> 0:47:20.840 and all of a sudden you're about to have to 0:47:20.880 --> 0:47:23.640 pay Trevor fifty five million a year and things get 0:47:23.680 --> 0:47:25.800 a lot harder. That's what you fear. Now. To the 0:47:25.880 --> 0:47:29.640 AFC West Denver, what you know, You know you'll be 0:47:29.760 --> 0:47:33.600 better coach than you were last year. Sean Payton. Even 0:47:33.640 --> 0:47:35.640 if I'm not as high on him as others are, 0:47:35.960 --> 0:47:39.319 he obviously was better than Nat Hackett, and obviously the 0:47:39.360 --> 0:47:42.919 team will make more sense offensively under Sean Payton. What 0:47:43.040 --> 0:47:47.680 you hope is that the fast majority of Russell wilson 0:47:47.719 --> 0:47:53.680 struggles last year were due to Nat Hackett and the 0:47:53.760 --> 0:47:56.680 change his scenery and all of these things, and that 0:47:56.840 --> 0:47:59.800 Russ can get back to who he was the majority 0:47:59.800 --> 0:48:04.400 of time in Seattle. What you fear, obviously is that 0:48:04.480 --> 0:48:08.600 while the game management stuff was on Nat Hackett, the 0:48:08.680 --> 0:48:11.880 quarterback play was on the quarterback, and that the Russ 0:48:11.920 --> 0:48:14.880 you saw last year is the rusher getting moving forward. 0:48:15.719 --> 0:48:19.880 Kansas City Chiefs, what you know, You're gonna win a 0:48:19.920 --> 0:48:23.640 minimum of twelve games. You're going to have one of 0:48:23.640 --> 0:48:27.160 the four best offenses in football. You're going to have 0:48:30.160 --> 0:48:32.000 as good of a chance as anyone to win the 0:48:32.000 --> 0:48:36.040 Super Bowl. That's what you know. What you hope is 0:48:36.080 --> 0:48:39.200 that Chris Jones gets to camp at some point in 0:48:39.200 --> 0:48:43.759 the next couple weeks, one of these young receivers, either 0:48:43.800 --> 0:48:47.239 Sky Moore or Shay Rice or Justin Ross, who I love, 0:48:47.760 --> 0:48:51.879 takes a big leap. Kadarius, Tony can stay healthy and 0:48:52.000 --> 0:48:55.719 you are a juggernaut like you were the last time 0:48:55.760 --> 0:48:59.000 you were the defending champs, winning your first fifteen games. 0:48:59.040 --> 0:49:02.879 You went fourteen one before resting Mahomes the final week 0:49:02.920 --> 0:49:05.240 of the year and then getting back to the Super 0:49:05.280 --> 0:49:09.359 Bowl where your offensive line was all destroyed. But that's 0:49:09.400 --> 0:49:14.239 what you hope. What you fear is that Tony stays 0:49:14.560 --> 0:49:18.320 nicked up, none of the young receivers take a leap, 0:49:18.960 --> 0:49:23.120 and Kelsey hits a wall. Age wise, I don't think 0:49:23.120 --> 0:49:25.320 those things are likely, but that would be the fear. 0:49:26.080 --> 0:49:28.680 Plus you don't get a deal done with Chris Jones, 0:49:28.960 --> 0:49:31.359 so he's unhappy all year and it's your last year 0:49:31.360 --> 0:49:34.040 with him. Those would be all of the fears. I 0:49:34.040 --> 0:49:36.960 don't think any of those are likely. The Raiders, what 0:49:37.239 --> 0:49:41.799 you know, I mean, I don't know. Man. Raiders are 0:49:41.800 --> 0:49:46.120 in rough shape. What you know is Davante's awesome I'll 0:49:46.120 --> 0:49:49.400 give you that. What you hope is that Jimmy G 0:49:49.680 --> 0:49:53.960 can stay healthy all year, that Jimmy G with Josh McDaniels, 0:49:53.960 --> 0:49:59.000 with Devonte Adams can be above average passing offense, That 0:49:59.120 --> 0:50:04.319 the defense finally makes some splash, impact plays like they've 0:50:04.360 --> 0:50:06.799 struggled in the last few years, and all of a 0:50:06.800 --> 0:50:10.000 sudden you're alive for the playoffs the way you were 0:50:10.000 --> 0:50:13.440 two years ago with Carr. What you fear is that 0:50:13.560 --> 0:50:17.960 Jimmy G gets hurt early, that Josh McDaniels is as 0:50:18.000 --> 0:50:20.080 bad of a coach as he's appeared to be throughout 0:50:20.120 --> 0:50:25.680 his head coaching career, and that you are staring another 0:50:25.920 --> 0:50:29.839 last place AFC West finished dead in the face, but 0:50:29.880 --> 0:50:32.480 you're not bad enough to get one of those top 0:50:32.520 --> 0:50:35.800 two picks to draft a quarterback. And then finally the Chargers. 0:50:35.840 --> 0:50:39.439 What you know, you know you have about as much 0:50:39.480 --> 0:50:42.680 talent on paper as any team in the conference, that 0:50:42.760 --> 0:50:45.839 when you're healthy, there is no team in the league 0:50:45.920 --> 0:50:48.840 you can't beat. That's what you know. What you hope 0:50:49.239 --> 0:50:52.880 is that Justin Herbert gets back on the trajectory he 0:50:53.040 --> 0:50:54.840 was on the first couple of years of his career 0:50:55.080 --> 0:50:58.720 with Kellen Moore, allowing him to be more aggressive down 0:50:58.760 --> 0:51:03.080 the field early, you know early in drives on first 0:51:03.080 --> 0:51:07.520 and second down, and that you are finally not snake 0:51:07.600 --> 0:51:11.160 bitten due to injury. What you fear is you're just 0:51:11.200 --> 0:51:14.799 a cursed franchise who's always gonna deal with injuries. That 0:51:14.960 --> 0:51:18.800 Herbert is going to stay in neutral for the third 0:51:18.880 --> 0:51:24.160 straight year. And this is a big one. That you 0:51:24.400 --> 0:51:27.360 essentially are at the biggest disadvantage of any team in 0:51:27.400 --> 0:51:31.040 the league because you play half your games on the 0:51:31.120 --> 0:51:33.799 road and half your games at a neutral site, because 0:51:33.840 --> 0:51:37.440 you have no home field advantage, and that is enough 0:51:37.440 --> 0:51:40.640 of a disadvantage for you to go be a ten 0:51:40.760 --> 0:51:44.000 win team instead of a twelve thirteen win team like 0:51:44.040 --> 0:51:46.880 your talent says you should. So there it is, DIORA 0:51:48.280 --> 0:51:50.880 know what your hope, what you fear? I think we 0:51:50.920 --> 0:51:54.319 did a bang up job there. That was great. Now 0:51:54.400 --> 0:51:56.239 let's play a quick game before we get to the 0:51:56.280 --> 0:51:57.239 listener questions. 0:51:57.680 --> 0:52:00.000 Okay, so we're gonna play a game of this or that? Yeah, 0:52:00.040 --> 0:52:02.680 sho off a thirty point triple double. Luca and Slovenia 0:52:03.160 --> 0:52:06.680 face off against Team USA this weekend. You are rooting 0:52:06.760 --> 0:52:08.480 for your nation or your son. 0:52:08.400 --> 0:52:10.680 You know, what in this one. I'm rooting for my son. 0:52:11.280 --> 0:52:14.000 I'm rooting for Luca. It would mean so much more 0:52:14.440 --> 0:52:17.400 for Slovenia and for Luca to win this game. And also, 0:52:17.880 --> 0:52:21.400 I don't really the Team USA stuff. I care during 0:52:21.400 --> 0:52:24.879 the Olympics. I don't really care during the off year 0:52:25.360 --> 0:52:30.000 international competitions. We obviously didn't send like our best NBA players. 0:52:30.200 --> 0:52:32.600 I'd like to see Luca win it, all right, Next. 0:52:32.480 --> 0:52:36.640 Okay, the Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrine's a new class 0:52:36.680 --> 0:52:39.960 this weekend. If you've ever picked up a basketball, you 0:52:40.040 --> 0:52:44.600 make it in. Meanwhile, you aren't letting Derek Henry in 0:52:44.640 --> 0:52:46.960 the NFL Hall of Fame. The better hall of Fame 0:52:47.080 --> 0:52:48.320 is football or basketball. 0:52:48.360 --> 0:52:50.319 To be fair, I didn't say Derek Henry's not in. 0:52:50.440 --> 0:52:53.440 I just said he's not a lock, and it's obviously football. 0:52:53.800 --> 0:52:56.719 The NBA Hall of Fame is too watered down. It's 0:52:56.719 --> 0:52:58.840 not even the NBA Hall of Fame. It's the basketball 0:52:58.880 --> 0:53:01.520 Hall of Fame, so you get credit for college and international. 0:53:01.840 --> 0:53:03.600 The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the better hall 0:53:03.640 --> 0:53:07.000 of fame, and it's not even a debate. Next first round. 0:53:06.880 --> 0:53:10.680 Rookie running back by John Robinson is listed third on 0:53:10.800 --> 0:53:14.320 the depth chart. Reading into early depth charts is essential 0:53:14.440 --> 0:53:15.239 or hilarious. 0:53:15.320 --> 0:53:17.839 Hilarious. Listen, b Jon Robinson's best player on that team 0:53:17.920 --> 0:53:21.200 is a rookie. Flatly, he's not gonna be third. It's 0:53:21.239 --> 0:53:22.839 just like, oh, he's a rookie. He's got to earn 0:53:22.840 --> 0:53:24.359 his spot. He earned his spot when you took him 0:53:24.360 --> 0:53:26.719 in the top ten. Guys. They're putting him third on 0:53:26.719 --> 0:53:28.239 the depth charts is stupid. All right. 0:53:28.320 --> 0:53:32.360 Next, someone famous who often makes ridiculous statements said yesterday, 0:53:32.760 --> 0:53:36.680 anything not first is second or last. The notorious leader 0:53:36.719 --> 0:53:39.240 of men who said this was Russell Williams. 0:53:39.840 --> 0:53:40.880 Russell Willis Wilson. 0:53:41.400 --> 0:53:43.880 That's like the third time I've done that. Yeah, our 0:53:43.960 --> 0:53:45.000 Ricky Bobby. 0:53:45.120 --> 0:53:48.920 I mean, I guess it was Russell Wilson. It was 0:53:48.960 --> 0:53:53.920 a really ridiculous quote. I've read it a couple times. Uh. 0:53:54.000 --> 0:53:57.719 He said anything not first is second or last. The 0:53:57.760 --> 0:54:01.160 Broncos would be thrilled to finish second division. You also 0:54:01.200 --> 0:54:04.080 can make the playoffs finishing second or third. Technically, you 0:54:04.080 --> 0:54:06.319 make the playoffs finishing last in the division. It's just 0:54:06.360 --> 0:54:09.440 never happened. It's just it's just a bad quote, all right. 0:54:09.560 --> 0:54:15.440 Next, Okay, gosh, sorry, my iPad glitch. A new game 0:54:15.840 --> 0:54:18.200 has fully occupied the brains of sports fans for the 0:54:18.239 --> 0:54:20.560 past few weeks. Even the Vikings are playing them in 0:54:20.640 --> 0:54:23.800 team meetings. Which one are you better at? Nick's better 0:54:23.840 --> 0:54:26.360 immaculate grid is NBA or NFL. 0:54:26.800 --> 0:54:29.600 I think this will surprise people. I'm not good at 0:54:29.640 --> 0:54:33.920 stuff like this. I don't like I if you were 0:54:33.920 --> 0:54:42.160 to ask me right now, like what number does Trevor 0:54:42.239 --> 0:54:47.359 Lawrence war I can't tell you. I like can't see it, 0:54:48.200 --> 0:54:52.440 so like players Jersey numbers and then just like the 0:54:52.600 --> 0:54:55.720 instant recall of oh, this guy played for multiple teams 0:54:56.000 --> 0:54:59.640 for some reason. I'm no good at it, like I'm 0:54:59.760 --> 0:55:01.760 very and it's not because I don't have a good memory. 0:55:02.160 --> 0:55:05.960 Because I could you ask me who won any Super 0:55:05.960 --> 0:55:11.000 Bowl or any NBA championship in history. I can tell you, 0:55:11.040 --> 0:55:14.880 But that's another thing I can't tell you, because like 0:55:15.120 --> 0:55:20.799 I know who won the nineteen seventy five super Bowl. 0:55:21.680 --> 0:55:25.239 What I can do is I can go backwards in 0:55:25.440 --> 0:55:28.319 history year by year by year by year and give 0:55:28.360 --> 0:55:31.160 you all of it. But I'm no good at the 0:55:31.160 --> 0:55:32.200 immaculate grid thing. 0:55:33.000 --> 0:55:35.600 I think something that Nick Wright is not good. 0:55:35.680 --> 0:55:38.600 There's plenty of things I'm not good Everybody, take note. No, 0:55:38.640 --> 0:55:40.560 there's plenty of things you don't think. I think I'm 0:55:40.600 --> 0:55:44.040 good at everything. There's plenty of things I'm not good at. 0:55:44.120 --> 0:55:45.960 But this is the type of thing I think people 0:55:45.960 --> 0:55:48.560 would expect me to be good at. I'm just not 0:55:48.640 --> 0:55:51.080 good at all. Right next, Okay. 0:55:52.320 --> 0:55:56.040 The last six shows of Taylor Swift's aristour have generated 0:55:56.120 --> 0:55:59.520 three hundred and twenty million dollars for the Los Angeles economy. 0:56:00.080 --> 0:56:02.440 Kobe once gave her a jersey, and Taylor gave his 0:56:02.560 --> 0:56:05.200 daughter the twenty two hat. La seems to have really 0:56:05.200 --> 0:56:08.600 embraced her. The star more adored in La is Taylor 0:56:08.640 --> 0:56:10.600 Swift or Lebron Probably Taylor. 0:56:10.719 --> 0:56:15.799 Here's what I well, here's what I find so interesting 0:56:16.600 --> 0:56:24.319 about the Taylor Swift stuff. And I don't who do 0:56:24.440 --> 0:56:30.800 you think the biggest musical star in the world is Beyonce. 0:56:31.120 --> 0:56:33.960 I'm not a Swiss, so okay, so here's the thing 0:56:34.000 --> 0:56:37.400 I'm not. We've talked about being Swifties and stuff before 0:56:37.480 --> 0:56:40.200 on the show. I'm not either value nothing against it, 0:56:41.160 --> 0:56:45.719 but the way, so the Renaissance tour is going on 0:56:45.840 --> 0:56:52.600 right now as well. They're both obviously massive international tours. Yes, 0:56:54.280 --> 0:56:59.520 but there is to me like a real too America's 0:56:59.560 --> 0:57:05.440 thing about do you think the biggest pop star in 0:57:05.480 --> 0:57:08.320 the world, you know, is it Taylor Swift or is 0:57:08.360 --> 0:57:14.120 it Beyonce? Because prior to this tour one second, I 0:57:14.120 --> 0:57:18.560 would have thought everyone was playing for second place to Beyonce. 0:57:19.240 --> 0:57:22.360 But Taylor's selling out six shows in LA in a 0:57:22.440 --> 0:57:25.160 row and all these things, and she has like four 0:57:25.280 --> 0:57:30.000 top ten records right now. Maybe objectively speaking, just raw numbers, 0:57:30.240 --> 0:57:32.960 maybe she is bigger than Beyonce. But I do think 0:57:33.000 --> 0:57:37.040 there is a huge either cultural or racial divide on 0:57:38.440 --> 0:57:42.640 Swift versus Beyonce. Now I think Taylor. I think Beyonce 0:57:42.800 --> 0:57:47.040 probably has more of a crossover fans than Taylor necessarily does. 0:57:47.360 --> 0:57:51.160 But Taylor is Taylor's more with my generation. 0:57:52.480 --> 0:57:56.120 More so. Taylor's bigger among younger people than Beyonce. 0:57:56.360 --> 0:57:58.640 Now there's kids at my school who like, when I 0:57:58.680 --> 0:58:01.240 first came to the school, I love Beyonce, and people 0:58:01.280 --> 0:58:01.920 are like, who's that? 0:58:03.120 --> 0:58:06.880 Man, I don't believe, No, it's It's like it. 0:58:06.880 --> 0:58:09.800 It may be a slightly racial thing in some in 0:58:09.840 --> 0:58:13.040 some senses, who's Beyonce. I'm like, oh, the one who 0:58:13.080 --> 0:58:15.560 sings this song? Oh, I know that song, but like 0:58:15.640 --> 0:58:16.840 I didn't know she's saying that. 0:58:17.200 --> 0:58:20.080 Okay, well maybe so maybe the maybe my age is 0:58:20.120 --> 0:58:22.240 showing here. And I guess that makes sense because Beyonce's 0:58:22.280 --> 0:58:25.640 been big for twenty years, but Taylor was big enough. 0:58:25.880 --> 0:58:29.600 The Kanye thing at the at the Grammy's happened fourteen 0:58:29.680 --> 0:58:32.479 fifteen years ago, so she's been big for a really 0:58:32.480 --> 0:58:36.600 long time too. I just find it. I find it 0:58:37.000 --> 0:58:40.920 fascinating that maybe I just had a blind spot for 0:58:41.080 --> 0:58:45.800 how massive Tailor Swift was because I thought everyone was 0:58:45.840 --> 0:58:48.520 playing playing for second place to Beyonce. No matter. I'm 0:58:48.520 --> 0:58:50.400 not talking about quality and music. I'm talking about any 0:58:50.440 --> 0:58:53.680 of that. I'm talking about worldwide acclaim. 0:58:54.000 --> 0:58:56.960 I think it's because Beyonce didn't come out with music 0:58:57.000 --> 0:59:00.400 for a really long time. Oh maybe it made people 0:59:00.600 --> 0:59:03.120 and that Taylor Swift just kept going. 0:59:03.000 --> 0:59:06.240 And man, they're all hits. She had four top ten 0:59:06.920 --> 0:59:09.880 do you I'm just say, yeah, that's what I'm saying. 0:59:10.240 --> 0:59:14.080 I I I again, I don't. I'm not. I don't 0:59:14.080 --> 0:59:16.600 listen enough music, nor am I sophisticated enough musically to 0:59:16.640 --> 0:59:20.480 evaluate any of this stuff. I'm simply saying, by the 0:59:20.520 --> 0:59:25.760 definition of what a hit is she creates hits on 0:59:25.800 --> 0:59:29.480 a level we have not seen since Michael Jackson. Taylor, 0:59:29.600 --> 0:59:30.240 you're trying. 0:59:30.040 --> 0:59:32.320 To say that she's the new Michael Jackson, that's what, 0:59:32.400 --> 0:59:35.520 But that that is something I refuse to listen to. 0:59:35.760 --> 0:59:38.960 So here's the thing though, on that by the. 0:59:39.000 --> 0:59:42.920 Numbers she is, I don't care about I right, but 0:59:42.960 --> 0:59:47.160 that's what people genuinely going around being like Taylor Swift 0:59:47.320 --> 0:59:47.720 is the new. 0:59:48.080 --> 0:59:54.000 But here's the thing that opinions are subjective. The numbers 0:59:54.080 --> 0:59:59.080 that she does, as far as what her songs chart, 0:59:59.400 --> 1:00:05.760 the the ticket sales arenas all this stuff. She I 1:00:05.880 --> 1:00:09.880 guess she is bigger than Beyonce, but that is just 1:00:10.160 --> 1:00:16.520 unfathomable to me. And but it's just objectively true. And 1:00:16.960 --> 1:00:19.680 as far as the numbers, if we are just talking 1:00:19.680 --> 1:00:28.520 about like most successful musical acts ever, the Beatles, Michael Jackson, 1:00:29.080 --> 1:00:33.400 Taylor Swift appear to be I know, but it's crazy, 1:00:33.400 --> 1:00:36.920 but it's true. Man, Like they appear to be three 1:00:36.960 --> 1:00:39.160 of the Mountain. Like I think she has passed the 1:00:39.280 --> 1:00:40.360 Rolling Stones. 1:00:41.560 --> 1:00:44.320 I like won't even hear it, but it's but I 1:00:44.480 --> 1:00:47.920 know I will not even what I'm telling. 1:00:47.640 --> 1:00:53.640 You is it's just objective fact it's fascinating to me. 1:00:54.440 --> 1:00:56.680 Is a better perform Taylor Swift can't even date. 1:00:56.720 --> 1:00:59.560 Okay, careful, now we're gonna I don't need a contact 1:00:59.640 --> 1:01:00.200 by these. 1:01:00.280 --> 1:01:02.640 No, I'm pretty sure this is like a known thing 1:01:02.680 --> 1:01:05.640 with all of her fans. Taylor Swift can't dance and 1:01:05.680 --> 1:01:07.880 Beyonce's performance. 1:01:07.680 --> 1:01:10.920 I agree, Listen, Dior, I just like I agree with 1:01:10.960 --> 1:01:19.040 you one hundred on like preference and quality, all of it. 1:01:19.720 --> 1:01:23.720 But it is a phenomenon what this woman is doing, 1:01:24.320 --> 1:01:26.200 and I think she is the biggest pop star in 1:01:26.240 --> 1:01:29.760 the world. It's it's fascinating to me. We answer your 1:01:29.800 --> 1:01:34.720 listener questions. Next we'll try. 1:01:36.160 --> 1:01:39.040 This episode is brought to you by all State. Some 1:01:39.080 --> 1:01:41.960 people just know they could save hundreds on car insurance 1:01:41.960 --> 1:01:44.640 by checking all State first. 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Glass on You in twenty five said petition 1:02:13.600 --> 1:02:16.320 for Nick to do Immaculate Grid on air as a 1:02:16.360 --> 1:02:17.480 segment moving forward. 1:02:17.600 --> 1:02:18.880 I'm telling you I don't think. 1:02:18.960 --> 1:02:19.280 I don't. 1:02:19.320 --> 1:02:21.200 First of all, I don't think it'd be good content. 1:02:21.320 --> 1:02:23.200 Second of all, I don't think i'd be that good 1:02:23.480 --> 1:02:26.360 at it. And I'm not really into like publicly doing 1:02:26.400 --> 1:02:30.280 things i'm not excellent at. It's not my thing, Like, Hey, 1:02:30.320 --> 1:02:32.240 here's this thing that I know i'm not great at, 1:02:32.320 --> 1:02:34.400 let me do it in front of thousands of people. 1:02:34.640 --> 1:02:36.040 That doesn't sound fun, all right? 1:02:36.120 --> 1:02:42.280 Next, FtF said, Russ has looked really good in training camp. 1:02:42.360 --> 1:02:45.040 So if Russ has a really good outing on Friday 1:02:45.080 --> 1:02:47.800 in the preseason, would you be more confident in him? 1:02:47.920 --> 1:02:49.960 No, I need to see it. And I just I 1:02:50.640 --> 1:02:53.240 didn't think Russ looked good his final year in Seattle. 1:02:53.320 --> 1:02:55.480 I know some of the numbers were good, he didn't 1:02:55.480 --> 1:02:58.840 look like the same player, and I think that Russ 1:02:58.960 --> 1:03:03.120 as a top an above average quarterback in this league. 1:03:03.120 --> 1:03:05.160 I think that's done, so I will need to see 1:03:05.160 --> 1:03:07.760 it for an extended period in the regular season for 1:03:07.800 --> 1:03:08.480 me to believe it. 1:03:08.560 --> 1:03:11.800 Next, Ethan Cross asked, do you think the Steelers are 1:03:11.800 --> 1:03:15.240 getting disrespectful by having the worst odds to win the 1:03:15.280 --> 1:03:16.200 AFC North. 1:03:16.080 --> 1:03:18.600 Well, I think they should have worse odds than Cincinnati 1:03:18.680 --> 1:03:21.640 or Baltimore. I don't think they should have worse odds 1:03:21.720 --> 1:03:25.280 than Cleveland. But it's not the Steelers who that is disrespecting. 1:03:25.320 --> 1:03:30.160 It's Kenny Pickett. That's just Vegas flat Lee and I 1:03:30.160 --> 1:03:33.440 guess the general public not believing in Kenny Pickett. It's 1:03:33.480 --> 1:03:34.240 as simple as that. 1:03:34.360 --> 1:03:38.720 Next phase ninety one said, Hey, Nick, Prague viewer getting 1:03:38.760 --> 1:03:41.280 married in about ten days and a response would be 1:03:41.320 --> 1:03:43.960 the best gift. If you weren't in the US, what 1:03:44.080 --> 1:03:48.240 culture slash reson region would you choose to immerse yourself 1:03:48.280 --> 1:03:49.160 in sports wise? 1:03:49.440 --> 1:03:52.320 Oh that's it. Oh listen, by the way, shout out 1:03:52.360 --> 1:03:55.840 to Prague, Shout out to the Czech Republic. I'm going 1:03:57.520 --> 1:04:00.640 throughout northern Europe next week, going to make it to 1:04:00.680 --> 1:04:04.680 the Czech Republic. I'm going first time in any of 1:04:04.720 --> 1:04:13.480 these places for me. I'm going to Amsterdam, Cologne, Germany, Brussels, 1:04:13.520 --> 1:04:17.600 and then Paris over the next ten days. After you 1:04:17.640 --> 1:04:23.840 know we leave tomorrow, me, my wife, and our August 1:04:23.920 --> 1:04:27.600 travel partners, which are her grandparents who are ninety three 1:04:27.640 --> 1:04:30.560 and ninety. Her granddad hosted the show with me one time, 1:04:32.160 --> 1:04:37.439 but my answer is, what what do you are? He did, Yeah, 1:04:37.520 --> 1:04:39.720 back when we were doing at home, back when the 1:04:39.760 --> 1:04:43.000 podcast was at home. Yeah, granddaddy did a segment with me. 1:04:43.160 --> 1:04:46.640 I think I have to watch the so but my 1:04:46.760 --> 1:04:52.280 answer to that is European football, European soccer, and the 1:04:52.320 --> 1:04:56.680 only place I've there are two places I've been that 1:04:56.800 --> 1:05:01.120 I think I could actually live full time, uh, outside 1:05:01.160 --> 1:05:05.720 of the US, and that's Barcelona and Rome. I and 1:05:06.200 --> 1:05:10.800 maybe just Barcelona, maybe Rome, but definitely Barcelona. And I 1:05:10.840 --> 1:05:16.240 could definitely get into Spanish football. Spanish soccer. I like 1:05:16.320 --> 1:05:23.480 it already, But I the I think the Caribbean is beautiful, 1:05:23.480 --> 1:05:25.440 but I couldn't live there is not It's just not 1:05:25.680 --> 1:05:29.280 enough to do and not enough food options. If I'm 1:05:29.320 --> 1:05:32.440 being totally honest, I think my favorite thing about living 1:05:32.480 --> 1:05:42.520 in New York City is the food. But I I 1:05:42.520 --> 1:05:45.920 I think I would just just dive headfirst into European 1:05:46.920 --> 1:05:49.520 soccer because it's so passionate and I've been to a 1:05:49.520 --> 1:05:52.880 game and it's so good. But I but I listen. 1:05:52.960 --> 1:05:55.320 I'm traveling to a whole areas of Europe that I've 1:05:55.360 --> 1:05:57.760 never been. I haven't traveled as much as I would 1:05:57.840 --> 1:05:59.760 like to have up to this point in my life. 1:05:59.800 --> 1:06:01.200 But I'm I'm trying to make up for it now. 1:06:01.640 --> 1:06:04.600 So that that's my answer. Phase and shout out people 1:06:04.640 --> 1:06:08.360 say Czech Republic is beautiful. All right, that's that'll. That'll 1:06:08.400 --> 1:06:10.920 do it for today's show. We are off next week. 1:06:11.280 --> 1:06:14.040 We're not gonna ask that last one. We're off next 1:06:14.040 --> 1:06:18.360 week and we the TV Show is off next week 1:06:18.400 --> 1:06:21.320 as well. TV show is also off tomorrow on the 1:06:21.360 --> 1:06:24.480 air today at three o'clock. Then the next time you 1:06:24.480 --> 1:06:26.880 guys will see me will be a week from Monday 1:06:26.960 --> 1:06:29.680 on First Things First. The next time you'll see Diora 1:06:29.720 --> 1:06:33.919 and I will be a week from Tuesday right here 1:06:33.960 --> 1:06:36.000 at Trentage for What's right, See you guys then,