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Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up,

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Speaker 1: Straight Fire Fan, It's me Jason McIntyre Street Fire for Friday,

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Speaker 1: January six. We got big news in the NFL late

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Speaker 1: last night, a lot of you waking up to it

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Speaker 1: this morning. The Bengals Bills game will be canceled, will

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Speaker 1: not continue. We'll get into that big guest today, Danny Cannell,

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Speaker 1: my guy. I like Canell a lot. I got to

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Speaker 1: know him a little bit when he would come out

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Speaker 1: to FS one I don't know, seventeen maybe, and then

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Speaker 1: I hung out with him a couple of times of

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Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. Super good guy. We talked about everything

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Speaker 1: college football, including Monday's Natty Georgia TCU were kind of

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Speaker 1: on the same side and that one talk about that

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Speaker 1: from a gambling angle, and of course n I L stuff,

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Speaker 1: which is very passionate about the transfer portal. And then

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Speaker 1: we'll wrap up the podcast with the best bets for

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Speaker 1: Week A team. I just want to caution you guys,

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Speaker 1: Week A team. You do not have to fire, even

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Speaker 1: though I've been running out the last couple of weeks.

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Speaker 1: No need to get over eager and fire on everything.

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Speaker 1: Keep your powder dry for the playoffs. I don't want

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Speaker 1: to talk about college basketball last night. Didn't know. It

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Speaker 1: was not a great night, frustrating, but we gotta start,

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Speaker 1: obviously with the big news Bengals Bills will not be resumed.

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Speaker 1: I think this was the obvious outcome, right. Everybody kind

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Speaker 1: no logical way to like pick up that game in

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Speaker 1: teams the end of the season, playoffs start next week.

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Speaker 1: It's just it was it was borderline impossible. And you know,

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Speaker 1: it's funny because a bunch of people were tweeting at

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Speaker 1: me and friends were texting, like, you know, if you

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Speaker 1: could go back in time, could we have Is there

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Speaker 1: a way we could have resumed the game that night?

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Speaker 1: And I still think there's no way on earth. I mean,

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Speaker 1: be resuscitated. There's no way that game could be continued.

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Speaker 1: And truthfully, you know, I don't know what the state

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Speaker 1: of the Bengals and the Bills is heading into this weekend.

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Speaker 1: And the Bengals have a massive game which we'll talk about,

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Speaker 1: and the Bills have an enormous game as both are

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Speaker 1: go to the Chiefs. But the NFL found kind of

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Speaker 1: a something of a middle ground. Remember Buffalo beat Casey

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Speaker 1: Buffalo already beat them. They held the tie breaker, but

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Speaker 1: now they're gonna have one less game. So Kansas City

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Speaker 1: plays this weekend. I think everybody thinks they're probably going

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Speaker 1: to handle the Raiders. No, I don't think the Jarret

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Speaker 1: him to carve up a really really top shelf defense

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Speaker 1: This is where the NFL makes it interesting. Okay, today

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Speaker 1: there will be a vote from the Competition Committee about

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Speaker 1: curious where that site would be. Is it equidistant between

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Speaker 1: If Buffalo and Casey both lose and Cincinnati beats the Ravens,

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Speaker 1: so here's my philosophy on what college Well, curious see

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Speaker 1: what you think because I know you like outside the

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Speaker 1: box ideas. So here's what I think college football is

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Speaker 1: evolving into organically. I think it's becoming It's always been

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Speaker 1: minor league NFL. Yeah, but the players have been exploited, right,

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Speaker 1: they're not paid. Now that you're seeing n i L

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Speaker 1: money and you're seeing the trans reports, so they're allowed

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Speaker 1: to move. I think you're seeing a minor league baseball

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Speaker 1: model kind of organically evolving where I'll give you an example.

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Speaker 1: So J. T. Daniel is a good example. Comes in

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Speaker 1: as a five star. So let's say he starts at

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Speaker 1: Triple A because he's a five He starts at USC,

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Speaker 1: one of the best programs in the country. Then he

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Speaker 1: kind of doesn't work out, so he gets an opportunity

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Speaker 1: to Georgia, another school that you would say as a

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Speaker 1: triple A, you know program as far as minor league

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Speaker 1: baseball goes, doesn't work out there, so then he bumps

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Speaker 1: down a notch, not a significant but goes to West

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Speaker 1: Virginia double A ball performing there, goes down to double A.

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Speaker 1: Then it doesn't work there, he goes down to single A.

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Speaker 1: So he's kind of going through the ranks of college

448
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Speaker 1: football trying to figure out where he fits. On the

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Speaker 1: flip side, you've got the same thing working where guys

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Speaker 1: play their way up through the system as well, where yeah, absolutely,

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Speaker 1: Sam Harman at a double A program in the a

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Speaker 1: CEC at Wake Forest, Now of a sudden he's moved

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Speaker 1: up to triple A, has got an opportunity. Um, there's

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Speaker 1: a kid cam Ward was at the single A, jumped

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Speaker 1: all that he was the FCS player of the year,

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Speaker 1: the top. So I think it's kind of evolving where

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Speaker 1: you're seeing this movement and the talents sort of sorting

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Speaker 1: itself out by how you play on the field, which

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Speaker 1: I think is interesting. I do think the issue with it, though,

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Speaker 1: is structure, And that's the only real issue I have

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Speaker 1: with it is there's gotta be since we're treating them

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Speaker 1: like professionals. And this is a problem that I hear

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Speaker 1: from college coaches all the time, it's almost impossible to

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Speaker 1: manage a roster. And and I know coaches don't get

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Speaker 1: much sympathy and they don't deserve it because they make

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Speaker 1: ten million a year. But as far as the sport

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Speaker 1: itself and for the health of the sport, I do

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Speaker 1: think there needs to be maybe multi year contracts. There

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Speaker 1: needs to be the ability well trade. But players like

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be more professional the more we're treating it professional.

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Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in

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Speaker 1: say FS you brings in. I don't know, is this

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Speaker 1: too big of a number? Twenty kids who are four

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Speaker 1: and five star recruits. Is that too big? Because that's

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Speaker 1: about going like that. Sanem is losing players in the portals,

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Speaker 1: so they're probably going to you sign or verbal commit

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Speaker 1: whatever you want. Twenty kids who are four and five

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Speaker 1: star just because you got them, it doesn't mean they're

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Speaker 1: coming right. You need to keep recruiting them, keep that

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Speaker 1: door open, keep that line of communication constant, because you

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Speaker 1: know there's people trying to poach them right, right, So

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Speaker 1: how is that any different than your top twenty guys

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Speaker 1: on your roster? Right, you got a roster eighty five

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Speaker 1: guys dress. I know, home games that could be like more.

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Speaker 1: But okay, eighty five guys dress. There's twenty that are

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Speaker 1: massively integral to the team. You've got to constantly nurture

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Speaker 1: those relations chips. Right, is that a good thing? I mean,

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Speaker 1: I don't see how it's a bad thing. All right,

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Speaker 1: Here's how it's a bad thing. I think we're softening

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Speaker 1: our players. And why I say that, Like coaches are afraid.

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Speaker 1: Coaches are afraid to coach them hard, they're afraid to

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Speaker 1: chew them out. They're afraid to bench them like I

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Speaker 1: and all of these things I went through when I

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Speaker 1: was in college. In fact, I just talked to my

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Speaker 1: coach this morning, Mark Rick, and he was laughing about it, saying, man,

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Speaker 1: I remember you, and and guess what I needed it.

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Speaker 1: I needed to get yelled at. There were a button.

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Speaker 1: You know, when you're your college you're either cocky, get lazy.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes you need an extra push, or sometimes you don't

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Speaker 1: play well. I was benched my my junior year. I

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Speaker 1: was the starter. I had a horrific performance in the

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Speaker 1: Orange Bowl against the Hurricanes. I threw three but that

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Speaker 1: was at the end of the season, like midway, like

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Speaker 1: six or seven games into my first year. Is the

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Speaker 1: starter at Florida State. Everything, Yeah, everything was going great.

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Speaker 1: We're playing against the Miami Hurricanes. We're both top ten.

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Speaker 1: I threw three picks and got benched in the game.

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Speaker 1: Who came in for you? Do you remember what's that?

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Speaker 1: Who came in for you? John Stark? He was a

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Speaker 1: quarterback that was a junior college transfer, and he came

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Speaker 1: in and I'll never forget. Like I called my dad.

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Speaker 1: My dad was actually at the game because it was

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Speaker 1: in Miami. I lived not that far away, and my

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Speaker 1: dad was like, you know, you're gonna have to fight

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Speaker 1: through this, And I remember I had to have a

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Speaker 1: good practice. I had to earn the starting job, and

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Speaker 1: thankfully I did get another start and kind of played

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Speaker 1: my way out of it. But a lot of players now,

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Speaker 1: if you get benched, they sulk, I'm just gonna leave

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Speaker 1: this coach bench me? How dare you bench me? I'm

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Speaker 1: not like, you're gonna make me face this adversity head on. No,

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Speaker 1: I'll just go in the portal and find somebody who

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Speaker 1: will baby me like I don't. I don't think it's

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Speaker 1: healthy that you have to re recruit your roster constantly.

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Speaker 1: I just don't think that's good for the athlete or

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Speaker 1: the program. But isn't that on the kid If you

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Speaker 1: are so soft that the first sign of um adversity

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Speaker 1: getting yelled at her bench, you're out. Well you're probably

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Speaker 1: not cut out for that level anyway. And I think

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Speaker 1: we see that all the time. And I do think

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Speaker 1: there are a lot of players where the coaches like

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Speaker 1: you're going in there. They're celebrating when a player goes

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Speaker 1: in the portal like this guy doesn't have it, he

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Speaker 1: can't compete here. We need that scholarship. But I also

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Speaker 1: think it's so let's look at it this way. You're

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Speaker 1: coaches are poaching left and right, calling players from your roster, tampering.

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Speaker 1: You know, if as an NBA would be tampering, that's

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Speaker 1: something I need to be brought under control because there

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Speaker 1: might be a player I don't want to pick on USC,

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Speaker 1: but we saw what Lincoln Riley did with Jordan Addison.

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Speaker 1: D Fred Bolitnikov winner at PITT was perfectly happy at Pitt,

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Speaker 1: and USC just poached him right off their offer and

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Speaker 1: said hey, come out here, come out West, and it's

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Speaker 1: a good offer. And I don't blame Jordan Addison for

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Speaker 1: doing it. I would have done the same thing, But

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Speaker 1: I blame the structure because Pitt didn't get anything in

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Speaker 1: return for developing him, for setting up an ill An.

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Speaker 1: I'll deals of their own for giving him the platform

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Speaker 1: to have the year where he had the best season

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Speaker 1: in college football as a wide receiver two years ago,

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Speaker 1: and they didn't get anything in return. When a coach leaves,

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Speaker 1: there's a buyout. Right when Lincoln Riley leaves Oklahoma, there's

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Speaker 1: a buyout. You get something in return. That's where I

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Speaker 1: do think if there's an idea where maybe we pay

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Speaker 1: you with some we give you a scholarship, we do.

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Speaker 1: And you know, something has to be done so that

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Speaker 1: the programs that lose players get something in return, or

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Speaker 1: we need to really start monitoring the poaching off of

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Speaker 1: certain rosters so that it can't happen. That that part

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Speaker 1: is tough, I would I guess the counter would be, well,

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Speaker 1: first of all, you gotta know you're a double A

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Speaker 1: in your example, right, So you're a double A school.

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Speaker 1: So the Triple A schools are gonna be hovering, and

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Speaker 1: as Addison is ascending on a weekly basis, you guys

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Speaker 1: are nurturing that relationship and doing whatever you can to

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Speaker 1: keep the guy happy. I know that doesn't sound like

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Speaker 1: a nice thing you gotta do, but it feels like

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Speaker 1: that's modern sports now, isn't it, which I don't. I

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Speaker 1: know there's been a massive player player movement over the

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Speaker 1: last decade, ten of fifteen years. I was always taught

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Speaker 1: the coach is always right, you know, you fall in line,

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Speaker 1: and that was the way I was raised. I think

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Speaker 1: it's different now. I think players have more leverage than

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Speaker 1: ever before, even more leverage than the coach, and especially

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Speaker 1: in college and college football and basketball, they have more

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Speaker 1: leverage than professional athletes. Right professional athletes are under contract

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Speaker 1: for multi years. They can't go and they can hold out.

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Speaker 1: They could try to force a trade, but they really can't.

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Speaker 1: Players now in college can do whatever they want. And

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Speaker 1: that's why I just don't think it's great. I think

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Speaker 1: there needs to be some structure. And I am four

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Speaker 1: n I L and four players making money. I'm four

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Speaker 1: players being able to go from one school to another.

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Speaker 1: I just think there's gotta be more structure to it,

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Speaker 1: which is pretty much what you're hearing from a lot

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Speaker 1: of coaches across the game. Yeah, at the same time,

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Speaker 1: when you see this Georgia TCU matchup, and we'll talk

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Speaker 1: about the line and stuff in a sec, but you know, Danny,

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Speaker 1: I see on one side, you got Max Duggan, who

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Speaker 1: is I think he was a four year starter at TCU,

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Speaker 1: and he was middling and nothing special, and then he

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Speaker 1: get Sunny Dikes and he makes the jump to light

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Speaker 1: speed and he's having a great year and now maybe

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Speaker 1: he's his sixth round pick. I don't know. And on

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Speaker 1: the other side, you've got what twenty five year old

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Speaker 1: stetson bed is. You got twenty five year old who

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Speaker 1: stuck it out and you know, not to go back

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Speaker 1: to Hartman, but I kind of believe you've got to

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Speaker 1: have this old veteran guy at quarterback who's been through

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Speaker 1: some battles. And when you're twenty five facing nineteen year olds,

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Speaker 1: you're gonna be way better, right, that's obvious. You're more

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Speaker 1: and more experience, you're smarter. I kind of look at

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Speaker 1: this matchup is maybe a blueprint for how we're gonna

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Speaker 1: see things in the coming years. I don't even think

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Speaker 1: stets in bed it's great, do you no? Not? From

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Speaker 1: an NFL perspective, I think he's perfect for Georgia, like

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Speaker 1: Kirby Smart has a guy that the team will rally

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Speaker 1: around and he's not gonna kill you. Like So here's

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Speaker 1: the way I look at it. Last year he got

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Speaker 1: the keys to the Ferrari and last year it was

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Speaker 1: very much don't drive it off the road, just keep

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Speaker 1: it steady. And this year I do think he's like

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Speaker 1: taking it out. He's having a little more fun with it.

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Speaker 1: Right He's like starting to open up on the open road.

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Speaker 1: We had four touchdowns in the first half of the

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Speaker 1: SEC Championship game against l s U. In the game

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Speaker 1: against Ohio State, game winning drive, Like he's starting to

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Speaker 1: flourish in this system. We're granted all year they didn't

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Speaker 1: ask him to do a whole lot, but they trust him.

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Speaker 1: And when you've got that sort of veteran experience, there

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Speaker 1: is a huge edge to that. Like you're talking about

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Speaker 1: how about Max Duggan stories one of the best in

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Speaker 1: college football, multi year starter, but still the first of

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Speaker 1: this year, there was a quarterback competition which he lost

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Speaker 1: to Chandler Morris who was on the so Chandler Morris

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Speaker 1: started Week one for TCU. Max Duggan lost the starting job,

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Speaker 1: even though he had played a ton of football and

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Speaker 1: then a lot of quarterbacks like we were talking about

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Speaker 1: would have said, I'm gonna trans I'm gonna get in

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Speaker 1: the portal before I use my oligibility, I'm gonna leave.

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Speaker 1: He stuck it out. Chandler Morris gets hurt, he comes in,

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Speaker 1: and the rest is history. Sunny Dike's was brought It

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Speaker 1: was week three or four. Sunny Dukes was brought to

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Speaker 1: tears talking about Max Duggan. What a tough decision it

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Speaker 1: was for him to make the call on the starter,

640
00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:10,240
Speaker 1: How proud he was of him working his way through adversity.

641
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:13,920
Speaker 1: It's an amazing story. And I do think if you

642
00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:16,280
Speaker 1: watch him, he wills his team to win. I mean

643
00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:18,560
Speaker 1: the Big twelve Championship. I knew they came up short,

644
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:22,840
Speaker 1: but he wills his team to win. Like physically he's spent.

645
00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:25,120
Speaker 1: He makes big plays. It's a little bit of a

646
00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:27,040
Speaker 1: bumpy ride. It's not always the prettiest. Like you said,

647
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Speaker 1: I don't think he's gonna be a first round pick.

648
00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:30,520
Speaker 1: He's probably a fourth or fifth round pick in the NFL,

649
00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:34,600
Speaker 1: but he just finds ways to win. He's physical, and

650
00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:37,880
Speaker 1: I think that physical is gonna get tested against George's defense. Yeah,

651
00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:40,520
Speaker 1: when I see the fifteen jersey, I instantly think of

652
00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:43,640
Speaker 1: a certain guy who you know, Tim tebow Um. I

653
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:45,800
Speaker 1: just think of that. And when you see him on

654
00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:48,760
Speaker 1: these drives and carrying keepers and in the red zone,

655
00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:51,840
Speaker 1: like he's tough man, he's not backing down from anybody.

656
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Speaker 1: I like this kid. That being said, I don't know, man,

657
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Speaker 1: T see you have any chance in this one to spread.

658
00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:58,680
Speaker 1: I saw was up to thirteen and a half and

659
00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:00,960
Speaker 1: now it's down to twelve and a half. So a

660
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Speaker 1: little bit of buy back, I guess on TCU is

661
00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:09,680
Speaker 1: this dumb money Dan Danny? So this kind of feels

662
00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:12,640
Speaker 1: like it could be a blowout. I'm so torn. I

663
00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:16,080
Speaker 1: think it's either you lay them with Georgia or you

664
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Speaker 1: sit on the sideline Like it's to me. If you

665
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Speaker 1: put your money on TCU, you're playing with your emotion,

666
00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:23,480
Speaker 1: which I love, Like I trust me, I get caught

667
00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:25,440
Speaker 1: up in emotions too. I want to see a team win.

668
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:28,080
Speaker 1: I think the reason the number came down a little

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Speaker 1: bit is because America wants TCU that I all, this

670
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Speaker 1: an underdog. They've been thriving in the role of underdog.

671
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Speaker 1: I mean, there's a reason Sonny Dike's is called the

672
00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:39,479
Speaker 1: King of Cover, right, like he covers games all the time.

673
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Speaker 1: But man, it just feels like Georgia had their kind

674
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Speaker 1: of game against Ohio State where they got past it,

675
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Speaker 1: and I thought they escaped that game. I thought, how

676
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Speaker 1: the State was the better team on the night when

677
00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:53,920
Speaker 1: they lost Marvin Harrison, I thought that was kind of it.

678
00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:57,040
Speaker 1: And Kirby Smart had an exceptional time out, which probably

679
00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:59,360
Speaker 1: a difference in Ohio State missed the field goal, but

680
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Speaker 1: with that operate, like with that game, I feel like

681
00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:05,480
Speaker 1: that was their test and now they kind of get

682
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Speaker 1: past it. I just think they have such a better

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Speaker 1: roster from top to bottom than TCU Max Duggan. In

684
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Speaker 1: order for TCU to win and possibly even to cover,

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Speaker 1: I think Max Dugan has to have the game of

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Speaker 1: his life, similar to what c. J. Stroud had when

687
00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:22,839
Speaker 1: he was close to perfect, similar to what last year

688
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Speaker 1: in the SEC Championship Bryce Young had when they beat Georgia.

689
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Speaker 1: I just think it's gonna be a really tall task

690
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Speaker 1: to ask him to do that, and I think you

691
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Speaker 1: also have to have Stetson Bennett make some mistakes. I

692
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Speaker 1: don't think either of those games. I don't think either

693
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Speaker 1: of those things happen. I hope I'm wrong. I would

694
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Speaker 1: love to see TCU finished this season as unbelievable Cinderella run.

695
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Speaker 1: But I think when you watch the film and you

696
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Speaker 1: watch Georgia and you watch TCU, I just think it's

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Speaker 1: it's it's a reason why they're twelve and a half.

698
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Speaker 1: So I lay them with Georgia, and I also lean

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Speaker 1: towards the under at sixty two and a half because

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Speaker 1: I think they'll be able to slow down TCUs offense.

701
00:34:57,719 --> 00:35:00,360
Speaker 1: And then, huh so here's the other aspect. I do

702
00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:03,080
Speaker 1: think Georgia TCU has fallen behind a lot this year

703
00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:06,399
Speaker 1: and come from behind. I think Kirby's well aware of that.

704
00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:09,160
Speaker 1: Once they do get a lead, I think, you know,

705
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Speaker 1: fourteen seventeen points. I think in the second half he's

706
00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:14,759
Speaker 1: gonna try to control the time of possession. I do

707
00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:17,640
Speaker 1: not want to give them opportunities. Let's kind of sit

708
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Speaker 1: on it, let's get this, get in and get out.

709
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Speaker 1: And I think that fewer opportunities will lead to fewer

710
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:26,320
Speaker 1: points for TCO. I'm looking at this app where you

711
00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:28,680
Speaker 1: can track the money, and it looks like eight percent

712
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Speaker 1: of the money is on Georgia and this one. And

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Speaker 1: you know, Danny, you mentioned the under Michigan not known

714
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Speaker 1: as a great offense, right. They had a couple of

715
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Speaker 1: plays against Ohio State otherwise that was close. Michigan had

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Speaker 1: five and twenty eight yards of offense. They were playing

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Speaker 1: catch up, right, Um, but they moved the ball at

718
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Speaker 1: will and had a couple of really unlucky you know,

719
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Speaker 1: turnover on downs inside the five. You had a fumble

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Speaker 1: at the goal line. I mean, Michigan to time. I

721
00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:58,080
Speaker 1: do kind of like the over though. I think I

722
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Speaker 1: don't think Max Duggan and Sunday Decks gonna go down

723
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Speaker 1: with that. They're gonna keep swinging until the very end, right,

724
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Speaker 1: They're not gonna pack it in. And oh, by the way,

725
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Speaker 1: how many weeks did they have to prepare for Michigan,

726
00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:11,759
Speaker 1: Like three weeks? They got one week for Georgia after

727
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:14,319
Speaker 1: the biggest win in school history, right, yeah, totally. And

728
00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:17,480
Speaker 1: I think so here's another advantage I see for Georgia

729
00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:23,920
Speaker 1: TCU formationally and Michigan and George's offenses are pretty similar, right,

730
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:27,120
Speaker 1: They don't have a ton of offensive weapons on the outside.

731
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Speaker 1: They both want to run the football, they both want

732
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Speaker 1: to be physical. So, like you, TC, you had to

733
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Speaker 1: show a lot on both sides of the ball of

734
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Speaker 1: what they were gonna do. So against Michigan's defense, they

735
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Speaker 1: schemed up some things and got some guys wide open.

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Speaker 1: I just wonder how much more they have left in

737
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Speaker 1: the tank that they haven't shown that they showed against

738
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Speaker 1: Michigan to put up all those points against Michigan's defense,

739
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:50,880
Speaker 1: where I think Kirby's gonna be all over. I mean,

740
00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:53,600
Speaker 1: they got forty plus guys on their staff studying every

741
00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:55,799
Speaker 1: ounce of film. I don't know. I just think it's

742
00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:57,640
Speaker 1: gonna be a tough task. I did, I would say

743
00:36:57,680 --> 00:36:59,719
Speaker 1: I'm more confident laying the twelve and a half with

744
00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:02,120
Speaker 1: George to than I am on the under. I think

745
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:03,960
Speaker 1: you'll be sweating it, like I think it could be.

746
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:07,520
Speaker 1: It could have backdoor late touchdowns tcs trying to come

747
00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:10,600
Speaker 1: back from behind that could push the over. But I

748
00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:13,440
Speaker 1: do think the right side is the under. Fox Sports

749
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Speaker 1: Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation.

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753
00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:27,799
Speaker 1: defense is good? And that's the tough question because I

754
00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:30,080
Speaker 1: know they were stacked last year historically great. They lose

755
00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:32,279
Speaker 1: a lot of guys in the league. And then you see, well,

756
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:33,879
Speaker 1: l s you had thirty on him in the SEC

757
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:36,000
Speaker 1: title game, and I'll counter, while they were down by

758
00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:37,960
Speaker 1: like thirty points most of it anyway, right, so they

759
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:41,359
Speaker 1: have to be chucking. Um, I just I don't know.

760
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:43,160
Speaker 1: I kind of loved me over. I could see like

761
00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:46,720
Speaker 1: a forty two one type game, so don't forget the number.

762
00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:50,880
Speaker 1: It's hard because Ohio State has probably the second quarterback

763
00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:52,839
Speaker 1: overall in the draft, CJ. Stratt. I think that's where

764
00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:55,439
Speaker 1: he's gonna go. They got Marvin Harrison Jr. Who's gonna

765
00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:56,960
Speaker 1: be a when he can come out. He has come

766
00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,839
Speaker 1: back another year. But they got NFL talent all over

767
00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:01,960
Speaker 1: the place, even at running back with the depth issues

768
00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:05,000
Speaker 1: they had, they still plug in another future NFL player.

769
00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:06,880
Speaker 1: Their offensive line is probably one of the best in

770
00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:10,839
Speaker 1: college football, so they had a They had a phenomenal day.

771
00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:13,920
Speaker 1: Oregon bow Nicks played himself in the Heisman conversation. They

772
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:16,640
Speaker 1: held them to three. Spencer Rattler, as you mentioned, who

773
00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:18,720
Speaker 1: had a pretty nice finishy and they held him to seven.

774
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,759
Speaker 1: Like you could go down the list. Tennessee's offense, which

775
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:24,440
Speaker 1: was one of the more prolific surprising stories of the season.

776
00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:27,799
Speaker 1: They held them to thirteen points in the LSU game.

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00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:31,279
Speaker 1: I think that's an anomaly because it was thirty five

778
00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:33,759
Speaker 1: to nothing, I believe at one point and this you know,

779
00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:36,160
Speaker 1: they started just slinging it around and they put up

780
00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:39,520
Speaker 1: thirty kind of in garbage time. I think George's defense

781
00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:41,880
Speaker 1: is good, and I think they showcase it against tc U.

782
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:43,759
Speaker 1: I do want to go back. You said you think

783
00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:48,160
Speaker 1: Stroud is the second quarterback. I'm assuming Bryce Young first

784
00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:51,360
Speaker 1: and Will Levis third. Still, here's the thing. I think

785
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:54,799
Speaker 1: Bryce Young is in a category all by himself. If

786
00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:57,000
Speaker 1: you go put in the game, if you go put

787
00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:00,360
Speaker 1: in the tape, it is not even close. Who has played.

788
00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:03,160
Speaker 1: No one has played better or put down better tape

789
00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:05,680
Speaker 1: than Bryce Young over the last two years. Here's the

790
00:39:05,719 --> 00:39:08,080
Speaker 1: thing that worries me and c J. Stroud made himself

791
00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:10,520
Speaker 1: a ton of money against Georgia because it was a

792
00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:13,280
Speaker 1: little bit dicey. Some people had Levice and Anthony Richardson

793
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:15,520
Speaker 1: ahead of c J. Stroud. They wanted to see him

794
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:18,160
Speaker 1: have that performance in that game. So he lit up

795
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Speaker 1: their secondary and he showcase the ability to run a

796
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Speaker 1: little bit, which is becoming a prerequisite to play quarterback

797
00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:26,480
Speaker 1: in the NFL. The thing that makes me nervous of

798
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:29,160
Speaker 1: why some teams might talk themselves out of Bryce Young.

799
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:33,480
Speaker 1: He's listed at six ft like one nine. I stood

800
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:36,760
Speaker 1: next to him, He's probably closer to five eleven one eighty.

801
00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:40,360
Speaker 1: That's gonna scare off some teams. What about here? No

802
00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:42,680
Speaker 1: offensive line, Danny, Yeah, I could have. I mean Ton

803
00:39:42,719 --> 00:39:44,680
Speaker 1: so is the It's great, but I don't know if

804
00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:47,000
Speaker 1: he's gonna be there. You put Bryce Young behind that line,

805
00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:49,480
Speaker 1: he's gonna get killed, similar to what you happened with

806
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:51,360
Speaker 1: Ta Right. He hadn't been able to stay healthy. Like

807
00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:54,040
Speaker 1: I do think it's an issue with Alabama quarterbacks, like

808
00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:57,040
Speaker 1: how do you evaluate them because they play behind such

809
00:39:57,120 --> 00:39:59,880
Speaker 1: But Alabama's offensive line this year wasn't that great, and

810
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:03,799
Speaker 1: he still made some amazing plays. But so I think

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Speaker 1: Bryce Young could go first. I think c J. Stroud

812
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:08,600
Speaker 1: once they like you're a scout. You watch him back

813
00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:10,759
Speaker 1: to back weeks or at the combine next to each other,

814
00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:13,160
Speaker 1: you're gonna see them throw and you're gonna be like, oh, C. J.

815
00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:18,080
Speaker 1: Stroud looks better, looks safer, it looks more durable. I

816
00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:20,920
Speaker 1: personally would not touch Will Levice. I personally would not

817
00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:25,719
Speaker 1: be Anthony Richardson. No, I need somebody. Let's back up

818
00:40:25,719 --> 00:40:28,560
Speaker 1: a Will Levis. You wouldn't touch him in the top

819
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Speaker 1: ten er at all. I would in second round. I

820
00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:33,000
Speaker 1: would say, all right, maybe you know, maybe, like if

821
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:37,120
Speaker 1: you trade back into the first round somewhere in there.

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Speaker 1: I get it. He is the darling of this draft

823
00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:44,839
Speaker 1: because he's physical, he looks the part, and he looks

824
00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:47,839
Speaker 1: phenomenal and shorts and a T shirt. But wait, let

825
00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:51,399
Speaker 1: me add one thing. So because someone, um, they came

826
00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:54,919
Speaker 1: by FS one who's pretty prominent in former NFL coach

827
00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:58,080
Speaker 1: mentioned him, I decided to look into him. So Will

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Speaker 1: Levis four point oh in high school, Okay, goes to

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Speaker 1: Penn State, then transfers. He graduated college in three years.

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Speaker 1: Then he got his masters in I think finance at

831
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Speaker 1: Kentucky and he just finished that in December. Oh, by

832
00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:15,000
Speaker 1: the way, with a four point now, So not only

833
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:17,839
Speaker 1: are you getting the physical, smart, physical guy with all

834
00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:21,360
Speaker 1: the tools, but you're getting a smart guy above the shoulders.

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Speaker 1: You know, do you know what Dan Marino scored on

836
00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:27,520
Speaker 1: the wonder Like? He was not good? Right? I think

837
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Speaker 1: it was like his number. I think it was thirteen,

838
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Speaker 1: it was it was awful. Yeah, I get it. If

839
00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:36,760
Speaker 1: you want a cerebral quarterback, somebody can handle a system.

840
00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:39,200
Speaker 1: You mentioned him starting his career at Penn State where

841
00:41:39,239 --> 00:41:41,880
Speaker 1: he wasn't able to beat out Sean Clifford. Clifford, and

842
00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:45,719
Speaker 1: if you've watched Clifford, he is gonna the reason he's

843
00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:49,520
Speaker 1: easy to fall in love with. He's great looking, he's

844
00:41:49,560 --> 00:41:53,080
Speaker 1: gonna I'm a sponge and really where the love comes

845
00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:55,640
Speaker 1: from as the Manning Passing Academy where he you know,

846
00:41:55,719 --> 00:41:58,000
Speaker 1: lit it up, and Peyton and Eli loved him because

847
00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:00,640
Speaker 1: he's a football junkie. All the those things are the

848
00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:04,040
Speaker 1: intangibles you look for. But can somebody show me some

849
00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:07,520
Speaker 1: game film where he looks like an NFL quarterback? And

850
00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:10,720
Speaker 1: that's the thing to me? Maybe he's and Josh Allen

851
00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:13,600
Speaker 1: had a similar career path and I was I was

852
00:42:13,680 --> 00:42:15,560
Speaker 1: doubtful on I was I would say doubtful. I was

853
00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:19,799
Speaker 1: concerned about Josh Allen's career at Wyoming, a little inconsistent,

854
00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:22,359
Speaker 1: didn't have great talent around him. Oh a little dude.

855
00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:25,840
Speaker 1: He was a completions. But he even he looked bad

856
00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:30,520
Speaker 1: around no NFL players, right. I think Josh Allen is

857
00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:34,400
Speaker 1: a different specimen. He's even bigger and stronger armed and

858
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:37,920
Speaker 1: a better runner than Levice. Somebody's gonna take a flyer.

859
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:41,160
Speaker 1: Somebody's gonna take him. He'll probably go top ten. I

860
00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:43,439
Speaker 1: will be fascinated because I think he's closer to Miss

861
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:45,399
Speaker 1: Robisky than he is to Josh Allen. I just think

862
00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:48,399
Speaker 1: there's more bust potential in him than he's and he's

863
00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:51,120
Speaker 1: the next Josh Allen. So here's what's interesting. It looks

864
00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:53,479
Speaker 1: like he tried a little more to pivot and play

865
00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:55,680
Speaker 1: more from the pocket. He had a pretty good game

866
00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:58,640
Speaker 1: last year against Georgia when they were stacked defensively. I

867
00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:00,840
Speaker 1: think he had one Dale Robins and who ended up

868
00:43:00,840 --> 00:43:04,000
Speaker 1: getting drafted. He had better showings last year, and I

869
00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:05,960
Speaker 1: wonder how much of it got in his head this year,

870
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:07,839
Speaker 1: and he was like, you know what, I'm thinking about

871
00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:11,040
Speaker 1: the league, um, and I'm gonna try to cater my

872
00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:13,880
Speaker 1: game to let me stay in the pocket more, um

873
00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:16,920
Speaker 1: not run as much, and then his numbers are depressed.

874
00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:18,839
Speaker 1: He had, you know, last year he had a hundred

875
00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:21,520
Speaker 1: yard rushing games. This year no games over thirty five

876
00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:25,400
Speaker 1: yards rushing. Also final five games where he was probably

877
00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:27,960
Speaker 1: dealing signing with an agent or something, he was abysmal.

878
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:30,759
Speaker 1: Couldn't pass top two hundred yards again Tennessee. You know,

879
00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:35,960
Speaker 1: nine yards passing three picks. I'm not making excuses. The

880
00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:39,560
Speaker 1: Josh Allen comp that you had is interesting, That's what

881
00:43:39,760 --> 00:43:41,760
Speaker 1: And that's the thing. You know how the NFL works,

882
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:45,319
Speaker 1: like everybody's looking for the next big thing. Josh Allen

883
00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:47,520
Speaker 1: has taken the NFL by storm the last couple of years.

884
00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:51,080
Speaker 1: The two names that Anthony Richardson and Will Levis were

885
00:43:51,120 --> 00:43:54,279
Speaker 1: really potential guys. Because Anthony Richardson's tape isn't great either,

886
00:43:54,719 --> 00:43:58,080
Speaker 1: but my goodness, like he might make Josh Allen looks

887
00:43:58,120 --> 00:44:00,640
Speaker 1: small standing next to him, and he might be able

888
00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:04,400
Speaker 1: to throw with Josh Allen, but he's been super inconsistent

889
00:44:04,440 --> 00:44:08,360
Speaker 1: in Florida, just has not really found He's had drives

890
00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:10,320
Speaker 1: like it gets Florida State. They played on Black Friday

891
00:44:10,480 --> 00:44:13,280
Speaker 1: watched it very closely. He was phenomenal in the first half,

892
00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:16,760
Speaker 1: like had like in the broadcast or like, oh my goodness,

893
00:44:16,800 --> 00:44:18,440
Speaker 1: you see why the scouts love him. And then he

894
00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:20,839
Speaker 1: was like oh for eleven coming out at halftime and

895
00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:24,440
Speaker 1: like imploded. That's what Anthony Richardson. He's like showing you glimpses.

896
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:27,359
Speaker 1: But everyone wants to try to find and be the

897
00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:30,200
Speaker 1: one the team that says, oh, he what, we saw

898
00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:32,880
Speaker 1: the potential in him and we developed it. To me,

899
00:44:33,840 --> 00:44:36,960
Speaker 1: that's a risky proposition and it's already fifty fifty with

900
00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:40,120
Speaker 1: you first round quarterbacks. I need to see somebody who's

901
00:44:40,160 --> 00:44:42,280
Speaker 1: kind of got a little bit of everything the game film,

902
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:47,000
Speaker 1: the size, the intellect, the intangibles, and there's some massive

903
00:44:47,120 --> 00:44:50,279
Speaker 1: missing pieces with Anthony Richardson and Will Level, Yeah, I

904
00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:52,839
Speaker 1: had I think I said on the podcast UM last

905
00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:54,839
Speaker 1: month that you know, Richardson a lot of people were

906
00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:56,759
Speaker 1: telling him they, dude, you know, stay in school. I

907
00:44:56,800 --> 00:44:59,080
Speaker 1: wish he was high school. His high school coach was

908
00:44:59,120 --> 00:45:01,239
Speaker 1: pushing forward in a couple of his boys, and he

909
00:45:01,320 --> 00:45:03,080
Speaker 1: ended up going to NFL. He's not a first round

910
00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:05,560
Speaker 1: pick now. If he gets lucky to be drafted by

911
00:45:05,600 --> 00:45:08,239
Speaker 1: Andy Reid or something or Brian day Bole as like

912
00:45:08,280 --> 00:45:11,000
Speaker 1: a project quarterback, then yeah, great, you're gonna have a chance.

913
00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:13,640
Speaker 1: But I mean you go to like eight percent of

914
00:45:13,640 --> 00:45:15,480
Speaker 1: the league and it's just not gonna work for Richardson.

915
00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:17,359
Speaker 1: I think we would agree on that right totally. Yeah,

916
00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:20,280
Speaker 1: he's he's got to get the right situation and somebody

917
00:45:20,280 --> 00:45:23,359
Speaker 1: that might build an offense around him, like you saw

918
00:45:23,400 --> 00:45:25,879
Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears adapt this year with Justin Fields. Let's

919
00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:27,400
Speaker 1: run him more. He's on the verge of a thousand

920
00:45:27,440 --> 00:45:29,799
Speaker 1: yards season, or the Ravens did with Lamar Jackson. If

921
00:45:29,800 --> 00:45:33,200
Speaker 1: somebody builds a specific system to his skill set is

922
00:45:33,239 --> 00:45:35,880
Speaker 1: an incredible runner, then I think you've got a chance.

923
00:45:35,920 --> 00:45:39,400
Speaker 1: And that's what people find enticing. Now let me quickly

924
00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:41,600
Speaker 1: wrap up the New York Giants, the team you've played

925
00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:45,319
Speaker 1: for in the NFL. They're finally back in the postseason. Um,

926
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:48,239
Speaker 1: if you're the Giants, you you bring Brian day Bo

927
00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:50,000
Speaker 1: along as a coach. He turns him around. I think

928
00:45:50,040 --> 00:45:52,319
Speaker 1: they won four wins last year and now they've got

929
00:45:52,440 --> 00:45:55,560
Speaker 1: nine or ten. What do you do in the off

930
00:45:55,560 --> 00:45:57,680
Speaker 1: season with Daniel Jones and does it hinge on what

931
00:45:57,680 --> 00:46:00,319
Speaker 1: happens in the playoffs against the Vikings, likely the Kings

932
00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:02,960
Speaker 1: in two weeks. He's and now it's taken a while, right,

933
00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:06,000
Speaker 1: there's a critical year for him. He's shown an amazing

934
00:46:06,040 --> 00:46:08,440
Speaker 1: amount of progress. He's so much better than he was.

935
00:46:08,480 --> 00:46:10,840
Speaker 1: And I need to credit to Brian Dable and the

936
00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:13,759
Speaker 1: job he's made. Like harping on him not turning the

937
00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:16,040
Speaker 1: ball is over as much, you know, being careful with

938
00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:19,000
Speaker 1: the football when he's running it, also utilizing his legs.

939
00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:21,759
Speaker 1: We're talking about adapting and building systems around him. He

940
00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:24,000
Speaker 1: had seven hundred rush yards. I mean, that's a high

941
00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:28,640
Speaker 1: total for an NFL, but I think with his body size,

942
00:46:28,760 --> 00:46:30,760
Speaker 1: I think it is. But I also think teams don't

943
00:46:30,760 --> 00:46:32,959
Speaker 1: care anymore. You know, it used to be you can't

944
00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:36,239
Speaker 1: run your quarterback, especially if you're not paying him the

945
00:46:36,320 --> 00:46:38,719
Speaker 1: hundred million yet, which maybe they have to get to.

946
00:46:39,120 --> 00:46:41,239
Speaker 1: Like I thinks what the Ravens do with Lamar, I

947
00:46:41,239 --> 00:46:43,400
Speaker 1: think that's what the Bears are doing with Justin Fields

948
00:46:43,400 --> 00:46:45,320
Speaker 1: are like, hey, we got him on a rookie contract.

949
00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:47,440
Speaker 1: We don't We're not paying him forty or fifty million

950
00:46:47,440 --> 00:46:50,480
Speaker 1: dollars a year. Let's just try to win with him

951
00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:52,360
Speaker 1: the way he plays, and I think that's what the

952
00:46:52,400 --> 00:46:54,600
Speaker 1: Giants have done. Here's what I would try to do

953
00:46:54,640 --> 00:46:57,240
Speaker 1: with Daniel Jones, because I think he's played himself into

954
00:46:57,440 --> 00:47:01,880
Speaker 1: another opportunity with the Giants. A new contract I do

955
00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:03,920
Speaker 1: I do so here if you can get him on

956
00:47:03,960 --> 00:47:08,120
Speaker 1: a cap friendly deal, like maybe a two year fifty million,

957
00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:10,680
Speaker 1: you know, which sounds like a lot, but it's not

958
00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:13,080
Speaker 1: very much when you consider the top tier quarterbacks are

959
00:47:13,120 --> 00:47:15,719
Speaker 1: making forty five and fifty. If you could talk him

960
00:47:15,719 --> 00:47:17,960
Speaker 1: to a shorter term deal it's cap friendly, and say,

961
00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:20,880
Speaker 1: you know what, you've done. This great a job without

962
00:47:20,960 --> 00:47:23,719
Speaker 1: great supporting cast, a wide receiver. It's got se Kwan.

963
00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:26,720
Speaker 1: Clearly he's got great cast there. But let us build

964
00:47:26,760 --> 00:47:30,160
Speaker 1: around you and make you even better and then you

965
00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:32,279
Speaker 1: can go out and then break the bank at your

966
00:47:32,280 --> 00:47:34,480
Speaker 1: next contract. If you could talk him into doing that,

967
00:47:34,480 --> 00:47:36,640
Speaker 1: which is a whole another story, I think it'd be

968
00:47:36,680 --> 00:47:40,040
Speaker 1: a slam dunk to move because again, the quarterbacks that

969
00:47:40,040 --> 00:47:41,520
Speaker 1: come out like at least you kind of know the

970
00:47:41,520 --> 00:47:43,600
Speaker 1: floor with Daniel Jones, now you know what you can

971
00:47:43,600 --> 00:47:45,960
Speaker 1: make the playoffs with him? What if you support him

972
00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:47,520
Speaker 1: more and you can get to the next level and

973
00:47:47,560 --> 00:47:49,399
Speaker 1: be a you know, fight for the number one seed.

974
00:47:50,239 --> 00:47:52,040
Speaker 1: You're saying this is the floor, But Danny, what if

975
00:47:52,040 --> 00:47:55,759
Speaker 1: this is his ceiling? True? Could you could? Could you

976
00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:57,560
Speaker 1: know Jimmy Garoppol is gonna be on the market, Derek

977
00:47:57,600 --> 00:47:59,640
Speaker 1: Carr is gonna be on the market. If I'm Brian Dable,

978
00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:01,479
Speaker 1: I get my pick. Look what I did with this guy,

979
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:06,040
Speaker 1: Josh Allen came in as completion kid out of Wyoming

980
00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:09,520
Speaker 1: and now he's an MVP winner or m VP candidate, right.

981
00:48:09,800 --> 00:48:11,960
Speaker 1: I think he's got the raw. I think he's got

982
00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:15,040
Speaker 1: the arm, strength and the athleticism to be is good

983
00:48:17,040 --> 00:48:20,839
Speaker 1: to be a top ten quarterback? Dane? Yeah, I can

984
00:48:20,920 --> 00:48:22,960
Speaker 1: be a top ten quarterback. I don't think he's that

985
00:48:23,160 --> 00:48:28,080
Speaker 1: this year. I think he's showcased the raw, arm, talent, athleticism,

986
00:48:28,120 --> 00:48:31,680
Speaker 1: decision making to be that. If they continue to develop him, Yeah,

987
00:48:31,680 --> 00:48:35,560
Speaker 1: I think can he be better than Kirk Cousins, Yes,

988
00:48:36,840 --> 00:48:39,600
Speaker 1: especially the way the game is changing with running your quarterback. Now,

989
00:48:39,640 --> 00:48:42,040
Speaker 1: I'm a Kirk Cousins apologist, So that's a that's a

990
00:48:42,680 --> 00:48:46,360
Speaker 1: I think Kirk Cousins is like top six, top seven quarterback,

991
00:48:47,080 --> 00:48:50,319
Speaker 1: you know. Wow, So it's Kyla Kyler's hurt, so I'm

992
00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:52,239
Speaker 1: not gonna bring him up. Huh. All right, well, we

993
00:48:52,239 --> 00:48:54,360
Speaker 1: could do this all day anyway, Danny Cannell, great stuff

994
00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:57,200
Speaker 1: as always, Thanks for joining us. Uh. I'm sure you

995
00:48:57,280 --> 00:48:59,040
Speaker 1: get the Super Bowl again? Right? Yeah? Man, I'll be

996
00:48:59,080 --> 00:49:03,160
Speaker 1: in Phoenix. Can't wait to catch up. The only thing

997
00:49:03,280 --> 00:49:07,080
Speaker 1: better than sitting on your couch watching the gig. He's

998
00:49:07,200 --> 00:49:10,600
Speaker 1: making money while you do it. Here's your best beat.

999
00:49:13,280 --> 00:49:16,120
Speaker 1: Good stuff from Danny Cannell. Really like the breakdowns of

1000
00:49:16,160 --> 00:49:18,520
Speaker 1: college football. We'll be doing a little bit more college

1001
00:49:18,520 --> 00:49:23,279
Speaker 1: football Monday as well, ahead of TCU and George. All Right,

1002
00:49:23,280 --> 00:49:25,799
Speaker 1: we're gonna wrap up the podcast with some best bets

1003
00:49:25,840 --> 00:49:28,040
Speaker 1: in the NFL Week eight team. I did post this

1004
00:49:28,200 --> 00:49:31,279
Speaker 1: on the Graham earlier this week. I've had a very

1005
00:49:31,320 --> 00:49:34,880
Speaker 1: good season in the Circus Sports Book contest. I think

1006
00:49:34,880 --> 00:49:37,799
Speaker 1: it's a three million dollar contest in Vegas. I think

1007
00:49:37,800 --> 00:49:39,560
Speaker 1: even with a five and oh this week I will

1008
00:49:39,640 --> 00:49:43,480
Speaker 1: fall like half a point short of cashing. Strong finish

1009
00:49:43,600 --> 00:49:46,000
Speaker 1: for me here in the contest four and one last week,

1010
00:49:46,280 --> 00:49:48,120
Speaker 1: I've had a good read on the board. Historically, I've

1011
00:49:48,120 --> 00:49:50,920
Speaker 1: done fairly well in Week eighteen, but usually my move

1012
00:49:51,040 --> 00:49:52,960
Speaker 1: is to just keep the powder dry for the playoffs,

1013
00:49:53,760 --> 00:49:56,000
Speaker 1: but in the contest, there's no keeping the powder dry.

1014
00:49:56,360 --> 00:49:59,200
Speaker 1: So here's what I have this week. I have green

1015
00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:01,680
Speaker 1: Bay at my four and a half. I bet it twice.

1016
00:50:02,160 --> 00:50:05,200
Speaker 1: I think it will go up. I think they take

1017
00:50:05,239 --> 00:50:07,879
Speaker 1: down the Lions. I know that a lot of people

1018
00:50:07,960 --> 00:50:12,360
Speaker 1: want to correlate this game to what happens with Seattle

1019
00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:14,880
Speaker 1: in the Rams. I don't think there's as much of

1020
00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:19,040
Speaker 1: a correlation. Obviously it's a divisional matchup. Obviously you beat

1021
00:50:19,040 --> 00:50:21,680
Speaker 1: them once. Green Bay, though, they don't want to go

1022
00:50:21,760 --> 00:50:24,680
Speaker 1: down to the Lions twice. They know when an in Lions,

1023
00:50:24,920 --> 00:50:26,680
Speaker 1: they're gonna go all out. I don't think all of

1024
00:50:26,680 --> 00:50:29,000
Speaker 1: a sudden, Dan Campbell's team is gonna quit if Seattle

1025
00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:31,360
Speaker 1: beats the Rams. By the way, I don't think Seattle

1026
00:50:31,360 --> 00:50:33,960
Speaker 1: beats the Rams. We just watched this game a few

1027
00:50:33,960 --> 00:50:37,839
Speaker 1: weeks ago. John Wolford was the quarterback. The Rams nearly

1028
00:50:37,840 --> 00:50:39,600
Speaker 1: beat him. They had a chance late in the game.

1029
00:50:39,960 --> 00:50:42,760
Speaker 1: And this Seattle teams beat up Jordan Brooks, their top linebacker.

1030
00:50:42,760 --> 00:50:45,520
Speaker 1: We're the best tacklers in the league. He's out. This

1031
00:50:45,640 --> 00:50:48,880
Speaker 1: is a monster cam Akers prop game in the in

1032
00:50:48,920 --> 00:50:52,200
Speaker 1: the passing game on the ground. Seattle's defense is not good.

1033
00:50:52,239 --> 00:50:54,080
Speaker 1: I will say this, Yes, they beat the Jets. They

1034
00:50:54,080 --> 00:50:56,680
Speaker 1: had a very very good game plan going into that game.

1035
00:50:57,239 --> 00:50:59,680
Speaker 1: We're not gonna attack the outside, We're gonna attack the

1036
00:50:59,680 --> 00:51:01,600
Speaker 1: tight ends, and the Jets just were not ready for

1037
00:51:02,040 --> 00:51:05,560
Speaker 1: the coverage. Linebackers report, the safety's report. They got destroyed early.

1038
00:51:06,040 --> 00:51:07,920
Speaker 1: You know, just played them to a standstill the final

1039
00:51:08,239 --> 00:51:11,040
Speaker 1: three quarters. But you were down seventeen three, like out

1040
00:51:11,040 --> 00:51:13,520
Speaker 1: of the gate. Seattle just slow played the rest of

1041
00:51:13,520 --> 00:51:16,240
Speaker 1: the game and the Jets could do nothing. Baker Mayfield

1042
00:51:16,320 --> 00:51:19,920
Speaker 1: can do something. Tyler Higbee should have a big game again.

1043
00:51:20,200 --> 00:51:22,520
Speaker 1: Seattle struggle to defend tight ends this year. Look at

1044
00:51:22,520 --> 00:51:25,560
Speaker 1: where they rank on football outsiders defending running backs. I

1045
00:51:25,600 --> 00:51:27,560
Speaker 1: think the Rams can do. This would not shock me

1046
00:51:27,600 --> 00:51:31,480
Speaker 1: at all. Remember everybody want to say, uh, Seattle has motivation.

1047
00:51:31,520 --> 00:51:33,600
Speaker 1: No motivation for the Rams. Just remember they don't care

1048
00:51:33,600 --> 00:51:36,120
Speaker 1: about draft picks. No, there's no edicts coming from the

1049
00:51:36,160 --> 00:51:40,160
Speaker 1: top like maybe in Houston. Hey, guys, let's sit our

1050
00:51:40,320 --> 00:51:42,080
Speaker 1: players at halftime. Let's call up some guys from the

1051
00:51:42,080 --> 00:51:45,240
Speaker 1: practice squad. We do not want this game, Houston Texans.

1052
00:51:45,280 --> 00:51:47,040
Speaker 1: That is, we want the number one pick. We want

1053
00:51:47,040 --> 00:51:48,759
Speaker 1: our choice of quarterback. We don't want the Bears to

1054
00:51:48,840 --> 00:51:52,960
Speaker 1: slide in. Then maybe trade the pick. Bears obviously resting

1055
00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:55,960
Speaker 1: Justin Fields. Nathan Peterman is not beating the Minnesota Vikings.

1056
00:51:55,960 --> 00:51:57,640
Speaker 1: I don't care what you say. That is not on

1057
00:51:57,680 --> 00:52:01,680
Speaker 1: the table. So if you are Seattle, you're facing a

1058
00:52:01,800 --> 00:52:04,120
Speaker 1: Rams team or Baker Mayfield. Is he playing for a

1059
00:52:04,160 --> 00:52:07,160
Speaker 1: starting job? Could could he be a starter somewhere? I

1060
00:52:07,160 --> 00:52:09,200
Speaker 1: don't know. Carolina thought maybe he could be a starter.

1061
00:52:09,880 --> 00:52:13,279
Speaker 1: There's gotta be at least three teams out there who

1062
00:52:13,280 --> 00:52:15,200
Speaker 1: would say, you know what, I'll kick the tires on

1063
00:52:15,239 --> 00:52:17,440
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield. I'll just put it right now to you

1064
00:52:17,440 --> 00:52:20,280
Speaker 1: pretty bluntly. Tennessee is gonna part ways of Ryan Tannehill.

1065
00:52:20,320 --> 00:52:22,439
Speaker 1: That ship has sailed. There's an out in his deal.

1066
00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:27,279
Speaker 1: Atlanta is going to part ways with Marcus Mariota. His

1067
00:52:27,360 --> 00:52:30,600
Speaker 1: deals over those two for sure are going to be

1068
00:52:30,719 --> 00:52:32,880
Speaker 1: quarterback hunting. I don't think they get their pick of

1069
00:52:32,920 --> 00:52:35,360
Speaker 1: the litter. Now. Tannehill could go to Atlanta with his

1070
00:52:35,440 --> 00:52:40,719
Speaker 1: guy Arthur Smith. That that's probably in play. I think

1071
00:52:40,760 --> 00:52:45,319
Speaker 1: if Seattle loses this game that Pete Carroll will be

1072
00:52:45,320 --> 00:52:48,320
Speaker 1: thinking is Gino the guy. Do we draft a quarterback

1073
00:52:48,480 --> 00:52:53,640
Speaker 1: with the Denver pick? Uh? Seattle could be looking for quarterback.

1074
00:52:53,640 --> 00:52:55,879
Speaker 1: I don't think they're looking to draft one. Is Gino

1075
00:52:55,960 --> 00:52:58,360
Speaker 1: a bridge guy or they thinking, hey, we were close,

1076
00:52:59,080 --> 00:53:01,080
Speaker 1: we just need a little of an upgraded quarterback. I

1077
00:53:01,080 --> 00:53:02,959
Speaker 1: actually I think they need a defense. But that's neither

1078
00:53:02,960 --> 00:53:06,200
Speaker 1: here nor there. Bottom line, there are teams that should

1079
00:53:06,280 --> 00:53:08,239
Speaker 1: be in the mixed. Look at the Washington Commanders. What

1080
00:53:08,280 --> 00:53:11,960
Speaker 1: are they doing? We know it's not Wentz? Is it

1081
00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:14,640
Speaker 1: Taylor Heineke again? Is it Sam Howell? I have no

1082
00:53:14,719 --> 00:53:17,720
Speaker 1: idea they're gonna be in the mix for a quarterback.

1083
00:53:18,719 --> 00:53:20,839
Speaker 1: I can't see Baker going to the Raiders. I think

1084
00:53:20,880 --> 00:53:23,719
Speaker 1: Tom Brady has ticketed for there. I don't know that

1085
00:53:23,760 --> 00:53:25,719
Speaker 1: the Colts, I don't know what they're gonna do. It

1086
00:53:25,760 --> 00:53:28,080
Speaker 1: won't be Foals, it won't. We don't even know who

1087
00:53:28,080 --> 00:53:29,840
Speaker 1: their coach is gonna be. So it's so just speculate.

1088
00:53:29,920 --> 00:53:31,839
Speaker 1: But Matt Ryan is owed a lot of money and

1089
00:53:33,080 --> 00:53:35,200
Speaker 1: I don't think there's any scenario where he's the starter

1090
00:53:35,320 --> 00:53:38,280
Speaker 1: next year. Baltimore, Let's see what happens with Lamar Jackson

1091
00:53:38,560 --> 00:53:41,200
Speaker 1: still not practicing. It cannot be a good omen. I

1092
00:53:41,239 --> 00:53:44,399
Speaker 1: can't see Baker with my jets um, so I think

1093
00:53:44,400 --> 00:53:46,200
Speaker 1: that he's gonna be in the mix, maybe for a

1094
00:53:46,239 --> 00:53:48,680
Speaker 1: starting job, or he just says I'm gonna be a

1095
00:53:48,719 --> 00:53:51,319
Speaker 1: cheap backup and with the Rams, I get to live

1096
00:53:51,320 --> 00:53:53,439
Speaker 1: in l A. I get to enjoy life out here,

1097
00:53:53,640 --> 00:53:56,799
Speaker 1: makes some money and marketing deals. What's the problem. I'm

1098
00:53:56,800 --> 00:53:58,799
Speaker 1: a backup? So what Matt staffords are old? What if

1099
00:53:58,800 --> 00:54:00,399
Speaker 1: he gets hurt again? I think it's a great fit

1100
00:54:01,160 --> 00:54:04,399
Speaker 1: staying the backup. That being said, I Baker as a competitor. Man.

1101
00:54:04,440 --> 00:54:07,399
Speaker 1: I think the Rams go to Seattle and I would

1102
00:54:07,400 --> 00:54:09,000
Speaker 1: not be surprised if they shocked the world. There's a

1103
00:54:09,080 --> 00:54:11,160
Speaker 1: RAMS team that's been eliminated for a while, a lot

1104
00:54:11,200 --> 00:54:15,400
Speaker 1: of guys playing for spots in the league. Can makers

1105
00:54:15,440 --> 00:54:17,680
Speaker 1: still looking to make up ground for being in the

1106
00:54:17,680 --> 00:54:21,000
Speaker 1: doghouse for half the season? That's another game. I bet

1107
00:54:21,080 --> 00:54:24,680
Speaker 1: so two for sure that I like that. I will

1108
00:54:24,719 --> 00:54:29,200
Speaker 1: have in the contest Packers as well as uh the

1109
00:54:29,320 --> 00:54:32,440
Speaker 1: l A Rams. I have the Eagles at fourteen, but guys,

1110
00:54:32,440 --> 00:54:35,880
Speaker 1: at fourteen, can you lay down a contest four team?

1111
00:54:36,040 --> 00:54:38,600
Speaker 1: We're really doing that? That's a lot Tennessee Titans. I

1112
00:54:38,640 --> 00:54:41,120
Speaker 1: grabbed a seven earlier in the week for a big chunk.

1113
00:54:41,480 --> 00:54:43,719
Speaker 1: It has come down significantly. Yes, I know I'm betting

1114
00:54:43,719 --> 00:54:47,080
Speaker 1: on Josh Dobbs. I mean, come on, guys, I know

1115
00:54:47,120 --> 00:54:51,080
Speaker 1: you're scoffing. I just want to remind some people how

1116
00:54:51,120 --> 00:54:53,600
Speaker 1: bad the Titans are. So I saw the stat oh

1117
00:54:53,680 --> 00:54:55,720
Speaker 1: and eight verse teams that are currently in the playoffs,

1118
00:54:55,800 --> 00:54:58,120
Speaker 1: and last year they had eight wins against playoff teams.

1119
00:54:58,120 --> 00:55:00,440
Speaker 1: Everybody loved him last year. And then they I have

1120
00:55:00,480 --> 00:55:02,640
Speaker 1: a game at home against the Bengals. I think they

1121
00:55:02,719 --> 00:55:04,799
Speaker 1: got nine sacks of Burrow and still lost the game.

1122
00:55:06,360 --> 00:55:10,680
Speaker 1: One note, and I said this on heard show. The

1123
00:55:11,200 --> 00:55:15,920
Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans sat every one of consequence last week, essentially

1124
00:55:15,960 --> 00:55:19,360
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry, your entire defensive line, some of your secondary

1125
00:55:19,480 --> 00:55:22,520
Speaker 1: Everybody has had two weeks to rest up for this game.

1126
00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:26,440
Speaker 1: They're gonna be fresh. Would not shock me if they

1127
00:55:26,480 --> 00:55:28,920
Speaker 1: won this game. Out right, I will be rooting Jags.

1128
00:55:29,239 --> 00:55:31,680
Speaker 1: I don't have any futures on the Jags. I'm just

1129
00:55:31,840 --> 00:55:34,319
Speaker 1: rooting Jacksonville here because I like them. I think Trevor

1130
00:55:34,400 --> 00:55:36,640
Speaker 1: Lawrence I'd rather watch in the postseason than Dobbs or

1131
00:55:36,680 --> 00:55:39,160
Speaker 1: Malik Willis. So I think that's a that's a game

1132
00:55:39,200 --> 00:55:41,520
Speaker 1: you gotta you gotta have. But the only problem is

1133
00:55:41,680 --> 00:55:44,600
Speaker 1: that numbers no longer seven. It went to six and

1134
00:55:44,640 --> 00:55:47,440
Speaker 1: a half. Let's got an app I have. I don't

1135
00:55:47,440 --> 00:55:48,920
Speaker 1: know if I've talked about this app. I think I've

1136
00:55:48,960 --> 00:55:51,799
Speaker 1: mentioned it before, but I was going to reach out

1137
00:55:51,840 --> 00:55:59,400
Speaker 1: to um the guys who put this together, and they

1138
00:55:59,440 --> 00:56:01,240
Speaker 1: didn't get to be so I'm not going to mention

1139
00:56:01,280 --> 00:56:03,239
Speaker 1: the app. It's just a good resource. You don't have

1140
00:56:03,280 --> 00:56:06,480
Speaker 1: to pay money or anything. It's free. Um. But let

1141
00:56:06,480 --> 00:56:10,320
Speaker 1: me quickly check. It's not like it's some big time secret.

1142
00:56:10,360 --> 00:56:14,120
Speaker 1: It's just good at finding all of the games. Here

1143
00:56:14,160 --> 00:56:17,400
Speaker 1: we go, Tennessee, Jacksonville. So it's down to six and

1144
00:56:17,440 --> 00:56:22,279
Speaker 1: a half almost everywhere, but it's trending lower. It's like

1145
00:56:22,360 --> 00:56:25,640
Speaker 1: six and a half minus one oh eight at Circus Sports.

1146
00:56:25,680 --> 00:56:28,839
Speaker 1: That means it's headed to six. It's six. The books

1147
00:56:28,840 --> 00:56:31,160
Speaker 1: youve got to care about our Bet Chris good luck

1148
00:56:31,200 --> 00:56:35,440
Speaker 1: by the way finding those lines, Uh, they're like secretly

1149
00:56:35,520 --> 00:56:38,880
Speaker 1: hidden on the internet unless you find find a certain

1150
00:56:38,880 --> 00:56:43,279
Speaker 1: website that has it. UM Bet Chris, Super Book and

1151
00:56:43,320 --> 00:56:46,560
Speaker 1: Circus Sports. Those are the three most reputable ones, so

1152
00:56:46,640 --> 00:56:48,080
Speaker 1: I kind of have them at the top that I

1153
00:56:48,120 --> 00:56:50,680
Speaker 1: look at, and if it's trending one way, meaning less

1154
00:56:50,680 --> 00:56:53,920
Speaker 1: than minus one ten, it's headed the other way. So

1155
00:56:54,040 --> 00:56:56,120
Speaker 1: I think this ultimately gets down to six five is

1156
00:56:56,160 --> 00:56:58,160
Speaker 1: kind of a dead zone. But I do believe the

1157
00:56:58,200 --> 00:57:00,719
Speaker 1: side here has to be Tennessee. They win, I don't

1158
00:57:00,719 --> 00:57:03,440
Speaker 1: freaking know. I have no idea if they're gonna win. Um,

1159
00:57:03,480 --> 00:57:05,319
Speaker 1: but I'll tell you this, that's gonna be a close game.

1160
00:57:05,400 --> 00:57:08,440
Speaker 1: It feels like probably a field goal. I'm looking at

1161
00:57:08,440 --> 00:57:10,239
Speaker 1: betting Cleveland again. I know you guys kind of laugh

1162
00:57:10,320 --> 00:57:12,400
Speaker 1: last week when I took him in Washington. Nothing to

1163
00:57:12,480 --> 00:57:16,960
Speaker 1: play for season over showed up. Pittsburgh has something to

1164
00:57:17,000 --> 00:57:19,720
Speaker 1: play for is at home. I think I gotta go

1165
00:57:19,760 --> 00:57:22,240
Speaker 1: Miles Garrett and company here if you could find a three.

1166
00:57:22,400 --> 00:57:24,640
Speaker 1: But a lot of them are gone, so that kind

1167
00:57:24,640 --> 00:57:28,240
Speaker 1: of stinks. Um, I can't see myself touching Caroline and

1168
00:57:28,280 --> 00:57:32,120
Speaker 1: New Orleans at all. Jets, Miami, listen, if it's not

1169
00:57:32,160 --> 00:57:33,600
Speaker 1: Mike White, I don't know who. I don't know how

1170
00:57:33,600 --> 00:57:37,400
Speaker 1: you can bet the Jets. Joe Flacco. Really January, Joe Flacco,

1171
00:57:37,640 --> 00:57:39,080
Speaker 1: it is his month. Remember that was what that was

1172
00:57:39,120 --> 00:57:40,840
Speaker 1: his nickname because he showed up in the playoffs all

1173
00:57:40,880 --> 00:57:43,920
Speaker 1: the time. That is now gone from Jets minus one

1174
00:57:44,000 --> 00:57:47,840
Speaker 1: to Miami minus two. Not as big of a swing

1175
00:57:47,880 --> 00:57:49,600
Speaker 1: through zero. If it goes through a key number of

1176
00:57:49,600 --> 00:57:53,200
Speaker 1: three or seven, then it's massive. Um. I think we

1177
00:57:53,200 --> 00:57:56,040
Speaker 1: talked about Minnesota Chicago. You have to bet Minnesota here,

1178
00:57:56,440 --> 00:57:59,960
Speaker 1: Nathan Peterman at home, I can't see it. They don't

1179
00:58:00,000 --> 00:58:02,360
Speaker 1: even have a run game really now. The Vikings do stink,

1180
00:58:02,760 --> 00:58:05,360
Speaker 1: and laying over a touchdown on the road is significant,

1181
00:58:05,800 --> 00:58:11,120
Speaker 1: But I just I can't get over this, Nathan Pieterman. Guys,

1182
00:58:11,160 --> 00:58:12,440
Speaker 1: you remember the last time you saw him? Was it

1183
00:58:12,440 --> 00:58:15,400
Speaker 1: in Buffalo? We had like two pick sixes and nearly

1184
00:58:15,440 --> 00:58:18,320
Speaker 1: a third. He's unbacked backable at any number. The most

1185
00:58:18,360 --> 00:58:22,800
Speaker 1: interesting game that nobody cares about Houston Indianapolis. Just consider

1186
00:58:22,880 --> 00:58:27,120
Speaker 1: this for a second. The Indianapolis culture favored over someone,

1187
00:58:27,560 --> 00:58:30,800
Speaker 1: and that's because Lovey Smith, who has openly talked in

1188
00:58:30,840 --> 00:58:33,600
Speaker 1: the past or openly tanked in the past. I don't

1189
00:58:33,640 --> 00:58:35,080
Speaker 1: know if he's actually talked about it, but it's been

1190
00:58:35,080 --> 00:58:36,920
Speaker 1: obvious that they've tanked. They tanked for the number one

1191
00:58:36,920 --> 00:58:39,840
Speaker 1: pick when he was in Tampa to get Jameis Winston

1192
00:58:40,360 --> 00:58:42,080
Speaker 1: and now they're tanking. I don't know if they like

1193
00:58:42,120 --> 00:58:45,600
Speaker 1: Bryce Young. I don't know if they like uh C J. Stroud.

1194
00:58:46,400 --> 00:58:48,760
Speaker 1: Maybe they want Will Anderson, the edge rusher from Bama.

1195
00:58:48,800 --> 00:58:51,240
Speaker 1: Bottom line is they want to have their pick at

1196
00:58:51,320 --> 00:58:53,200
Speaker 1: number one. And if that's the call, and that's coming

1197
00:58:53,200 --> 00:58:56,640
Speaker 1: from the top, hey, Paul Davis Mills, like you gotta

1198
00:58:56,680 --> 00:58:58,840
Speaker 1: have to laugh at that. Is Jeff Driscoll gonna start.

1199
00:58:58,880 --> 00:59:01,240
Speaker 1: I don't know what their plan is. And that's one

1200
00:59:01,280 --> 00:59:06,960
Speaker 1: of the problems betting crappy games like Houston, Indianapolis, UM

1201
00:59:07,120 --> 00:59:10,720
Speaker 1: San Francisco is laying two touchdowns Brock Purty at home

1202
00:59:12,040 --> 00:59:14,680
Speaker 1: there is I'm starting to hear more people say that

1203
00:59:14,880 --> 00:59:17,680
Speaker 1: it seems like Cliff Kingsbury he's gone or he's checked out.

1204
00:59:18,120 --> 00:59:21,240
Speaker 1: I can understand the checked out, but gone. You're telling

1205
00:59:21,280 --> 00:59:23,919
Speaker 1: me you're gonna dump your GM, and you're gonna dump

1206
00:59:23,920 --> 00:59:26,720
Speaker 1: your coach, and you're gonna ask you're gonna try to

1207
00:59:26,760 --> 00:59:28,920
Speaker 1: fill that with somebody when you know Kyler Murray's not

1208
00:59:28,960 --> 00:59:32,280
Speaker 1: gonna be back next year for at least half the season.

1209
00:59:32,280 --> 00:59:33,720
Speaker 1: I got so many people saying, oh, why do you

1210
00:59:33,720 --> 00:59:35,880
Speaker 1: think he's not gonna be back. Look at these guys

1211
00:59:35,880 --> 00:59:37,400
Speaker 1: who rallied from an A c L. And then of

1212
00:59:37,440 --> 00:59:39,640
Speaker 1: course the news came out Kyler Murray probably not gonna

1213
00:59:39,640 --> 00:59:41,440
Speaker 1: be ready for the start of next season. I like it.

1214
00:59:41,760 --> 00:59:45,720
Speaker 1: Probably don't mention Tom Brady recovering from an A c L. Please,

1215
00:59:46,200 --> 00:59:49,560
Speaker 1: Carson Palmer. These are not running quarterbacks. These are pocket guys.

1216
00:59:50,240 --> 00:59:52,760
Speaker 1: Kyler is not running. Is he any good as a quarterback?

1217
00:59:53,400 --> 00:59:56,280
Speaker 1: That's what makes him special. I kind of want to

1218
00:59:56,360 --> 00:59:58,680
Speaker 1: lay it with san Fran, but I can see them

1219
00:59:58,680 --> 01:00:01,480
Speaker 1: calling off the dogs off other results are in because

1220
01:00:01,520 --> 01:00:05,080
Speaker 1: like I don't know, I don't think they can. Oh no,

1221
01:00:05,200 --> 01:00:08,080
Speaker 1: Philly is actually yeah, so Philly and Aires and San

1222
01:00:08,120 --> 01:00:10,920
Speaker 1: Frank kick off at the same time. Basically, if Philly

1223
01:00:10,960 --> 01:00:13,880
Speaker 1: gets out to let's say Philly nothing, san Fran is

1224
01:00:13,920 --> 01:00:15,400
Speaker 1: not playing guys in the second half because they'll be

1225
01:00:15,400 --> 01:00:18,439
Speaker 1: playing next weekend. So San Franc Coulk call off the dogs.

1226
01:00:18,440 --> 01:00:23,000
Speaker 1: It's a little risky to lay a big number. Um yeah,

1227
01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:27,600
Speaker 1: that Philly Giants game is just crazy, absolutely nuts. I

1228
01:00:27,680 --> 01:00:30,960
Speaker 1: think you have to take for me at least Philly

1229
01:00:31,080 --> 01:00:33,480
Speaker 1: or nothing. And then the last one I'll talk about

1230
01:00:34,680 --> 01:00:39,840
Speaker 1: is Chargers Broncos. The Chargers will take the field knowing

1231
01:00:39,920 --> 01:00:43,320
Speaker 1: if they need to win or not. I think that's

1232
01:00:43,320 --> 01:00:45,600
Speaker 1: all you need to know whatever the result. If the

1233
01:00:45,680 --> 01:00:48,840
Speaker 1: Chargers need to win, I think you gotta bet the Chargers.

1234
01:00:49,040 --> 01:00:52,120
Speaker 1: But look what the markets telling you. Broncho is currently

1235
01:00:52,240 --> 01:00:55,640
Speaker 1: favored by three at home against the Chargers. They are

1236
01:00:55,680 --> 01:00:59,640
Speaker 1: already predicting, at least the people, the sharp betters that

1237
01:01:00,440 --> 01:01:02,760
Speaker 1: move lines, and the you know guys in Vegas who

1238
01:01:02,760 --> 01:01:05,920
Speaker 1: are setting some of these lines, They are saying what

1239
01:01:05,960 --> 01:01:07,720
Speaker 1: they think is going to happen, that Denver is gonna

1240
01:01:07,840 --> 01:01:10,160
Speaker 1: kick off as the favorite. Now, if you think the

1241
01:01:10,200 --> 01:01:12,520
Speaker 1: Chargers have to win, maybe you think the Ravens with

1242
01:01:12,600 --> 01:01:16,040
Speaker 1: their uncertainty of quarterback is gonna upset since we'll go

1243
01:01:16,080 --> 01:01:21,080
Speaker 1: ahead and take the Chargers now. But whatever that scenario

1244
01:01:21,240 --> 01:01:24,560
Speaker 1: is with the Chargers coming out on top, if you

1245
01:01:24,600 --> 01:01:26,400
Speaker 1: think they need to win, go ahead and bet it now.

1246
01:01:26,440 --> 01:01:28,080
Speaker 1: I don't think they need to. I think they're gonna

1247
01:01:28,080 --> 01:01:30,160
Speaker 1: sit there. Guys, this is a team that's been banged

1248
01:01:30,280 --> 01:01:32,600
Speaker 1: up on the offensive line, defensive line. It's a mess.

1249
01:01:32,920 --> 01:01:35,320
Speaker 1: The scenarios are unwieldy, and again this is one of

1250
01:01:35,320 --> 01:01:38,560
Speaker 1: the reasons, like why are you going heavy in Week eight.

1251
01:01:38,600 --> 01:01:42,120
Speaker 1: Team save it for the playoffs. All right, that's it

1252
01:01:42,160 --> 01:01:47,000
Speaker 1: for the weekend. Guys. Enjoy the first weekend of January football.

1253
01:01:47,000 --> 01:01:50,480
Speaker 1: I will be coaching youth basketball first time in two years.

1254
01:01:50,600 --> 01:01:54,360
Speaker 1: COVID wrecked the league for two straight years. Unbelievable. Um,

1255
01:01:54,800 --> 01:01:57,600
Speaker 1: talk to you Monday.