1 00:00:04,404 --> 00:00:07,244 Speaker 1: Ten Takes is a production of the NFL in partnership 2 00:00:07,284 --> 00:00:19,444 Speaker 1: with iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:24,204 --> 00:00:26,204 Speaker 2: Well, obviously I'm happy for him. I like where the 4 00:00:26,284 --> 00:00:28,284 Speaker 2: Niners are going. But I just think right now, as 5 00:00:28,324 --> 00:00:30,644 Speaker 2: we're still in the week after the draft, we have 6 00:00:30,724 --> 00:00:32,564 Speaker 2: to sit here and really put it through the lens 7 00:00:32,644 --> 00:00:35,044 Speaker 2: of the NFL Draft. I want everyone to remember that 8 00:00:35,164 --> 00:00:37,444 Speaker 2: George Kittle, who's now thirty one, who just signed a 9 00:00:37,484 --> 00:00:40,644 Speaker 2: massive extension and will one day retire as an all 10 00:00:40,684 --> 00:00:45,004 Speaker 2: time great forty nine er, was a fifth round pick 11 00:00:45,124 --> 00:00:49,004 Speaker 2: in the twenty seventeen draft. George Kittle was the ninth 12 00:00:49,324 --> 00:00:52,644 Speaker 2: tight end selected. There was no conversation about him. The 13 00:00:52,724 --> 00:00:55,324 Speaker 2: draft that year for the Niners was all about Ruben 14 00:00:55,404 --> 00:00:58,524 Speaker 2: Foster and Solomon Thomas, and then they grabbed this guy 15 00:00:58,564 --> 00:01:01,244 Speaker 2: as an afterthought in the fifth round. No one cared, 16 00:01:01,284 --> 00:01:03,444 Speaker 2: no one was terribly interested ou in Niners fans, and 17 00:01:03,484 --> 00:01:06,644 Speaker 2: this is how it worked. We're about nine years later, 18 00:01:06,724 --> 00:01:08,884 Speaker 2: and he is a household name. He is a star, 19 00:01:09,404 --> 00:01:11,124 Speaker 2: he is a massive contract. 20 00:01:11,444 --> 00:01:13,044 Speaker 3: Guys. I even went back and looked. 21 00:01:13,404 --> 00:01:16,164 Speaker 2: I looked at the Bleacher Report review of this draft, 22 00:01:16,244 --> 00:01:19,324 Speaker 2: and they gave the Kittle pick a B plus. He's raw, 23 00:01:19,404 --> 00:01:21,884 Speaker 2: He's not the best route runner, but his combination of 24 00:01:21,964 --> 00:01:23,164 Speaker 2: speed blah blah blah. 25 00:01:23,324 --> 00:01:24,084 Speaker 3: I just want you. 26 00:01:24,124 --> 00:01:26,564 Speaker 2: Understand that the fact that George Kittle is now where 27 00:01:26,604 --> 00:01:29,764 Speaker 2: he is from where he started, it would be like 28 00:01:30,084 --> 00:01:34,844 Speaker 2: in this year's draft, uh, pick one sixty three, Mitchell 29 00:01:34,964 --> 00:01:38,364 Speaker 2: Evans tight end from Notre Dame nine years from now 30 00:01:38,484 --> 00:01:42,164 Speaker 2: is a massive star who's in Marvel commercials and has 31 00:01:42,284 --> 00:01:45,164 Speaker 2: huge deals. Like you don't think about these types of 32 00:01:45,204 --> 00:01:47,604 Speaker 2: guys after the draft. You didn't think about Kittle after 33 00:01:47,684 --> 00:01:50,324 Speaker 2: his draft, it was all like, Wow, the Bears really 34 00:01:50,404 --> 00:01:53,724 Speaker 2: drafted Trubisky, and the Chiefs moved for Patrick Mahoonmes from 35 00:01:53,724 --> 00:01:56,524 Speaker 2: Texas Tech. What and then here we are and then 36 00:01:56,644 --> 00:01:59,324 Speaker 2: the Niners have Kittle. I know Kitt a little bit personally. 37 00:01:59,404 --> 00:02:01,564 Speaker 2: Is one of my favorite athletes I've ever met. He 38 00:02:01,644 --> 00:02:04,604 Speaker 2: has fun, he is contagious, and all his energy it 39 00:02:04,684 --> 00:02:06,444 Speaker 2: is the real deal. And he is really, in a 40 00:02:06,444 --> 00:02:08,524 Speaker 2: lot of ways, the face of the San Francisco forty 41 00:02:08,604 --> 00:02:08,884 Speaker 2: nine ers. 42 00:02:08,884 --> 00:02:10,484 Speaker 3: I'm very happy for him, happy for them. 43 00:02:10,724 --> 00:02:13,604 Speaker 2: Don't forget, kids, it's not when you get drafted, it 44 00:02:13,724 --> 00:02:15,884 Speaker 2: is what you do when you get there, and Kiddle 45 00:02:15,964 --> 00:02:19,484 Speaker 2: is living proof of that. They're getting somebody listen, you 46 00:02:19,524 --> 00:02:22,564 Speaker 2: can't start the season with that room. Mason Rudolph is 47 00:02:22,564 --> 00:02:24,564 Speaker 2: an old friend. He's been around, he went away, he 48 00:02:24,564 --> 00:02:25,044 Speaker 2: came back. 49 00:02:25,124 --> 00:02:25,604 Speaker 3: I get it. 50 00:02:25,724 --> 00:02:27,684 Speaker 2: We all like Will Howard, but you're not. He's not 51 00:02:27,724 --> 00:02:30,564 Speaker 2: starting Week one. And that's this question. The Steelers, who 52 00:02:30,604 --> 00:02:33,004 Speaker 2: are in the playoffs virtually every year, who is their 53 00:02:33,124 --> 00:02:35,004 Speaker 2: quarterback in the first snap of the seed when they 54 00:02:35,044 --> 00:02:37,444 Speaker 2: come out to play. I feel like the fact that 55 00:02:37,484 --> 00:02:40,124 Speaker 2: they went into the draft and did not draft someone 56 00:02:40,204 --> 00:02:44,364 Speaker 2: to start in any of the first few rounds means. 57 00:02:44,524 --> 00:02:46,044 Speaker 3: You can't start a season with that room. 58 00:02:46,084 --> 00:02:49,324 Speaker 2: And I mean respectfully to those guys that Steelers are 59 00:02:49,324 --> 00:02:52,204 Speaker 2: trying to win the AFC this year. That's the goal. 60 00:02:52,684 --> 00:02:55,364 Speaker 2: So the Cousins thing is interesting. I never thought Cousins 61 00:02:55,404 --> 00:02:56,764 Speaker 2: was going to go to Cleveland. I still don't think 62 00:02:56,764 --> 00:02:58,164 Speaker 2: he's going to go to Cleveland because he gets to 63 00:02:58,204 --> 00:03:00,484 Speaker 2: basically decide what this do not trade. And then there's 64 00:03:00,524 --> 00:03:03,164 Speaker 2: obviously the Rogers thing. The last time we heard from Rogers, 65 00:03:03,164 --> 00:03:04,964 Speaker 2: really the only time we heard from he was talking 66 00:03:04,964 --> 00:03:07,764 Speaker 2: to McAfee and he was just emotional and a little 67 00:03:07,764 --> 00:03:10,284 Speaker 2: bit scattered and all over the place and citing things 68 00:03:10,284 --> 00:03:13,244 Speaker 2: like personal life and inner circle and going through a lot, 69 00:03:13,324 --> 00:03:16,964 Speaker 2: so respectfully, that sounded like kind of a mess. I 70 00:03:17,004 --> 00:03:20,084 Speaker 2: think either the Steelers know that eventually Rodgers is going 71 00:03:20,084 --> 00:03:22,724 Speaker 2: to get there, or they do have something in the 72 00:03:22,764 --> 00:03:25,124 Speaker 2: works with someone like Cousins. But you can't tell me 73 00:03:25,164 --> 00:03:27,204 Speaker 2: they don't have a plan and they don't have some 74 00:03:27,244 --> 00:03:30,924 Speaker 2: sort of ace in the hole. Because Mike Tomlin Cayse 75 00:03:30,964 --> 00:03:33,284 Speaker 2: played with a lot of quarterbacks. I don't think the 76 00:03:33,364 --> 00:03:35,764 Speaker 2: twenty twenty five Pittsburgh Steelers are going to say to 77 00:03:35,844 --> 00:03:38,844 Speaker 2: their fan base or their locker room guys, none of 78 00:03:38,844 --> 00:03:42,204 Speaker 2: that stuff worked out. We will rally behind Mason Rudolph. 79 00:03:42,244 --> 00:03:44,964 Speaker 2: Everybody in that organization knows what Mason Rudolph is and isn't. 80 00:03:45,124 --> 00:03:46,324 Speaker 3: He's a backup quarterback. 81 00:03:46,644 --> 00:03:48,684 Speaker 2: I think they have a plan, and I think either 82 00:03:48,684 --> 00:03:51,284 Speaker 2: they know Rogers is coming or they're working on something else, 83 00:03:51,484 --> 00:03:53,684 Speaker 2: because they didn't do anything in the draft and suggest 84 00:03:53,764 --> 00:03:55,644 Speaker 2: you we're going to get a quarterback for this season 85 00:03:56,604 --> 00:03:57,524 Speaker 2: the Browns. 86 00:03:58,524 --> 00:04:00,204 Speaker 3: I'm trying not to be insensitive. That's one of the 87 00:04:00,284 --> 00:04:01,164 Speaker 3: weirdest rooms ever. 88 00:04:01,444 --> 00:04:03,524 Speaker 2: Like, so, if you just let's the rundown, you have 89 00:04:04,044 --> 00:04:08,364 Speaker 2: not you have two rookie quarterbacks, you have one of 90 00:04:08,404 --> 00:04:11,564 Speaker 2: the most polarizing, reactive rookie quarterbacks. 91 00:04:11,044 --> 00:04:12,124 Speaker 3: In NFL history. 92 00:04:12,644 --> 00:04:15,164 Speaker 2: Then you've got just like the everyman, who's Kenny Pickett, 93 00:04:15,164 --> 00:04:17,444 Speaker 2: who has a lot of starting experience and has a 94 00:04:17,444 --> 00:04:19,644 Speaker 2: Super Bowl ring and all that. 95 00:04:19,644 --> 00:04:20,724 Speaker 3: That's your room, right. 96 00:04:21,044 --> 00:04:23,164 Speaker 2: No, then you have a forty one year old Joe 97 00:04:23,164 --> 00:04:26,284 Speaker 2: Flacco on his eighth team and eight years who is 98 00:04:26,324 --> 00:04:29,604 Speaker 2: in his own way like this Rooster Cogburn legend, who's 99 00:04:29,684 --> 00:04:30,724 Speaker 2: like one last job. 100 00:04:30,804 --> 00:04:31,324 Speaker 3: I'm here. 101 00:04:31,484 --> 00:04:33,684 Speaker 2: I have no idea what that room is. I don't 102 00:04:33,724 --> 00:04:35,484 Speaker 2: know what the depth chart is. I don't know who 103 00:04:35,524 --> 00:04:38,524 Speaker 2: the reps are. Russ, let me ask you sometimes, is 104 00:04:38,524 --> 00:04:40,444 Speaker 2: should your Sanders is definitely gonna make this team. 105 00:04:40,524 --> 00:04:42,124 Speaker 3: He's the fourth quarterback. 106 00:04:41,724 --> 00:04:45,644 Speaker 2: Right, He's gonna make this Why because a fifth round pick? 107 00:04:45,804 --> 00:04:47,644 Speaker 3: Yeah, because they want to see what they have in him. 108 00:04:47,684 --> 00:04:50,124 Speaker 2: So seeing training camp they got three other quarterbacks, it's 109 00:04:50,124 --> 00:04:51,804 Speaker 2: definitely gonna be like, there's a chance you could not 110 00:04:51,804 --> 00:04:52,244 Speaker 2: make the team. 111 00:04:52,284 --> 00:04:55,844 Speaker 3: They're gonna end up trading Flaco or Picket, which one Picket? Probably? Right? 112 00:04:55,844 --> 00:04:57,644 Speaker 3: Why would they bring in Flaco in the trade them? Like, yeah, 113 00:04:57,724 --> 00:05:00,444 Speaker 3: probably Picket. I feel so much. 114 00:05:00,324 --> 00:05:04,164 Speaker 2: Different about this conversation before the draft because there was 115 00:05:04,564 --> 00:05:07,564 Speaker 2: murmurs that maybe this is Russ's job and it's his thing. 116 00:05:07,684 --> 00:05:10,084 Speaker 2: It's like, well, now there's this first round rookie in 117 00:05:10,084 --> 00:05:12,684 Speaker 2: the room. So the answer to the question who has 118 00:05:12,764 --> 00:05:15,564 Speaker 2: more to prove? I think it's Fields. I feel like 119 00:05:15,684 --> 00:05:18,724 Speaker 2: last year was Russell Wilson's year to prove. It's in 120 00:05:18,764 --> 00:05:21,644 Speaker 2: the wake of the Denver disaster. He came in, he 121 00:05:21,684 --> 00:05:23,604 Speaker 2: did have a really good run before it fell apart, 122 00:05:23,684 --> 00:05:25,764 Speaker 2: and now I feel like we're kind of maybe at 123 00:05:25,764 --> 00:05:27,644 Speaker 2: peace a little bit with Russell Wilson about what he 124 00:05:27,684 --> 00:05:28,404 Speaker 2: is and what he isn't. 125 00:05:28,564 --> 00:05:30,604 Speaker 3: We still don't know what Justin Field's, what he is 126 00:05:30,644 --> 00:05:31,244 Speaker 3: and what he isn't. 127 00:05:31,284 --> 00:05:35,004 Speaker 2: Honestly, the whole Chicago thing in Pittsburgh also like, I 128 00:05:35,044 --> 00:05:38,804 Speaker 2: still think it's Fields. He's much younger, he's played far 129 00:05:38,924 --> 00:05:41,164 Speaker 2: less football, and I still think he is more of 130 00:05:41,204 --> 00:05:42,364 Speaker 2: an untapped deal. 131 00:05:42,444 --> 00:05:43,364 Speaker 3: But this is it. 132 00:05:43,564 --> 00:05:45,244 Speaker 2: If the Jets thing doesn't work it out, this is 133 00:05:45,404 --> 00:05:47,404 Speaker 2: this is really You're gonna be your final shot as 134 00:05:47,444 --> 00:05:47,764 Speaker 2: a starter. 135 00:05:47,924 --> 00:05:49,684 Speaker 3: I think. So my answer is Fields. 136 00:05:51,324 --> 00:05:54,404 Speaker 2: Incredibly, I'm gonna go with someone who used to be 137 00:05:54,524 --> 00:05:57,484 Speaker 2: a panther. It really did happen that Baker Mayfield was 138 00:05:57,524 --> 00:06:00,044 Speaker 2: a Carolina Panther. And the craziest thing is that we 139 00:06:00,084 --> 00:06:02,524 Speaker 2: started this segment with Sam Darnold. He was also a 140 00:06:02,564 --> 00:06:05,124 Speaker 2: Panther and a teammate a Baker Mayfield. Listen, you could 141 00:06:05,124 --> 00:06:07,364 Speaker 2: hear anybody talk of a Baker in the huddle, in 142 00:06:07,364 --> 00:06:09,524 Speaker 2: the locker room, anything, and there's many players who can 143 00:06:09,564 --> 00:06:09,804 Speaker 2: do that. 144 00:06:10,484 --> 00:06:11,324 Speaker 3: I will just speak. 145 00:06:11,364 --> 00:06:14,164 Speaker 2: I covered the Pro Bowl down in Orlando, and I 146 00:06:14,284 --> 00:06:17,244 Speaker 2: witnessed with my eyes what Baker Mayfield does, even at 147 00:06:17,244 --> 00:06:19,044 Speaker 2: the Pro Ball, how he handles HI stuff. Let's just say, 148 00:06:19,524 --> 00:06:22,044 Speaker 2: when I got in the night before the game, Baker 149 00:06:22,084 --> 00:06:25,604 Speaker 2: had quite a tab at the bar because everybody's on it. 150 00:06:26,044 --> 00:06:28,044 Speaker 2: You want this, you want this? I got you, I 151 00:06:28,124 --> 00:06:30,604 Speaker 2: got you. And the next morning I'm at breakfast. He's 152 00:06:30,604 --> 00:06:34,444 Speaker 2: there with his family, his baby, his wife, clear eyed, 153 00:06:34,524 --> 00:06:37,764 Speaker 2: bushy tailed, ready to roll, working every table, saying hello, 154 00:06:37,884 --> 00:06:41,644 Speaker 2: signing autographs, taking pictures. Baker Mayfield impressed me in a 155 00:06:41,644 --> 00:06:44,164 Speaker 2: weekend when he could just mail it in and lie 156 00:06:44,204 --> 00:06:45,844 Speaker 2: around if he wanted to. I saw it with my 157 00:06:45,844 --> 00:06:47,884 Speaker 2: own eyes. I will always be a Baker Mayfield fan, 158 00:06:47,924 --> 00:06:51,164 Speaker 2: and I know I'm not alone. Let's play a game 159 00:06:51,164 --> 00:06:53,404 Speaker 2: here amongst the four of us right now, a year ago, 160 00:06:53,804 --> 00:06:56,204 Speaker 2: I remember vividly like the Patriots were looked at his 161 00:06:56,284 --> 00:06:58,964 Speaker 2: team thirty two. They were just no one thought anything 162 00:06:59,004 --> 00:07:01,164 Speaker 2: of them, No one picked them to make the playoffs. 163 00:07:01,164 --> 00:07:03,244 Speaker 2: They certainly didn't make the playoffs, and that was even 164 00:07:03,284 --> 00:07:06,284 Speaker 2: reflected in the off season odds to make the playoffs. 165 00:07:06,404 --> 00:07:09,684 Speaker 2: I have right here the DraftKings odds in the team's 166 00:07:09,844 --> 00:07:12,044 Speaker 2: most likely to make the playoffs this year and then 167 00:07:12,124 --> 00:07:14,364 Speaker 2: least likely. I want to go around the horn and 168 00:07:14,444 --> 00:07:17,804 Speaker 2: guess where the Patriots land, just for context. The Bills 169 00:07:17,804 --> 00:07:19,684 Speaker 2: they have at number one, most likely team to make 170 00:07:19,684 --> 00:07:22,404 Speaker 2: the playoffs, and the Browns they have least likely. 171 00:07:22,804 --> 00:07:25,404 Speaker 3: So I'll start Willy Mantai. Colleen. 172 00:07:25,644 --> 00:07:27,644 Speaker 2: Just guess what the number is and where the twenty 173 00:07:27,724 --> 00:07:30,324 Speaker 2: twenty five Patriots ranked to make the playoffs. 174 00:07:30,364 --> 00:07:32,364 Speaker 3: What do you got? Wait? 175 00:07:32,404 --> 00:07:39,564 Speaker 2: Tenth, tenth, tenth Manti, I say, twenty sixth twenty four. Okay, ten, 176 00:07:39,644 --> 00:07:43,604 Speaker 2: twenty six, twenty four the winner. It's actually a tie. 177 00:07:43,844 --> 00:07:48,324 Speaker 2: It's a tie between Willy and Colleen. They're seventeenth. They're seventeenth, 178 00:07:48,364 --> 00:07:52,364 Speaker 2: so split ten and twenty four. Seventeenth is a huge 179 00:07:52,604 --> 00:07:55,204 Speaker 2: jump from a year ago. To go from thirty two 180 00:07:55,884 --> 00:07:58,724 Speaker 2: to like we were barely recognized as a team. To 181 00:07:58,924 --> 00:08:00,844 Speaker 2: seventeen is really really big. 182 00:08:00,884 --> 00:08:01,604 Speaker 3: The other thing we. 183 00:08:01,604 --> 00:08:04,444 Speaker 2: Do, certainly on this show and on this network, is 184 00:08:04,444 --> 00:08:06,524 Speaker 2: if we were to do thirty two of these segments 185 00:08:06,564 --> 00:08:08,044 Speaker 2: where we say what do we think about the twenty 186 00:08:08,044 --> 00:08:11,244 Speaker 2: twenty five Patriots, it's all they're so great, They're gonna 187 00:08:11,244 --> 00:08:12,684 Speaker 2: make a huge jump, They're going to the playoffs. 188 00:08:12,684 --> 00:08:13,204 Speaker 3: They're amazing. 189 00:08:13,244 --> 00:08:15,004 Speaker 2: Like, there's gonna be thirty two playoff teams if you 190 00:08:15,044 --> 00:08:17,884 Speaker 2: watch these segments. I'm not making this one of those teams. 191 00:08:17,924 --> 00:08:20,044 Speaker 2: I don't think the Patriots are going to make a 192 00:08:20,244 --> 00:08:23,124 Speaker 2: massive jump. I don't think you want to compare them 193 00:08:23,164 --> 00:08:25,364 Speaker 2: to last year's Commanders and all that stuff. No, no, no, 194 00:08:25,524 --> 00:08:27,684 Speaker 2: They're still in in the division with one of the biggest, 195 00:08:27,724 --> 00:08:31,004 Speaker 2: baddest bullies in the league. They have different jets, different Dolphins. 196 00:08:31,404 --> 00:08:32,044 Speaker 3: I'm not ready. 197 00:08:32,084 --> 00:08:34,084 Speaker 2: I think the Patriots a year away, and I don't 198 00:08:34,124 --> 00:08:37,604 Speaker 2: apologize for saying that. Also, Mike Vrabelm I went back 199 00:08:37,604 --> 00:08:39,724 Speaker 2: and looked at his first year as the Titans head coach. 200 00:08:40,204 --> 00:08:42,484 Speaker 2: The Titans had gone nine and seven, nine and seven. 201 00:08:42,524 --> 00:08:44,364 Speaker 2: He comes in and they go nine and seven. It 202 00:08:44,444 --> 00:08:46,884 Speaker 2: was not this big. Jim Harbaugh type jump. It was 203 00:08:46,924 --> 00:08:49,804 Speaker 2: not a massive turnaround. I think the Patriots are still 204 00:08:50,644 --> 00:08:52,564 Speaker 2: way in terms of talent. And the other thing I 205 00:08:52,604 --> 00:08:54,404 Speaker 2: think is the Patriots right now are the team that 206 00:08:54,484 --> 00:08:57,484 Speaker 2: is the draft darling all of the draft grades or 207 00:08:57,484 --> 00:09:00,084 Speaker 2: they nailed it. They crushed it, which makes me actually 208 00:09:00,164 --> 00:09:02,444 Speaker 2: root against them because I hate draft grades. But everyone 209 00:09:02,524 --> 00:09:05,804 Speaker 2: is on the Patriots now a badass. May is good 210 00:09:06,044 --> 00:09:08,084 Speaker 2: and they crush the draft. Even though we don't know 211 00:09:08,124 --> 00:09:10,204 Speaker 2: if they crush the draft. I'm gonna zag a little 212 00:09:10,204 --> 00:09:12,084 Speaker 2: bit here. I still think they need more talents. I 213 00:09:12,124 --> 00:09:13,644 Speaker 2: think they'll win a few more games this year, but 214 00:09:13,644 --> 00:09:16,404 Speaker 2: I don't think they're gonna be a playoff team. You 215 00:09:16,404 --> 00:09:18,084 Speaker 2: guys know, I've been looking at this all morning, the 216 00:09:18,164 --> 00:09:20,804 Speaker 2: DraftKings odds about who's most likely to make the playoffs. 217 00:09:20,964 --> 00:09:22,444 Speaker 2: I'm gonna go with the true long shot. This is 218 00:09:22,524 --> 00:09:25,164 Speaker 2: number twenty eight on that list, twenty eighth most likely 219 00:09:26,444 --> 00:09:27,124 Speaker 2: the Raiders. 220 00:09:27,244 --> 00:09:31,004 Speaker 3: Why the hell not, it's May second Raider. It is. Listen. 221 00:09:31,244 --> 00:09:32,604 Speaker 2: I don't know if the Raiders are gonna win the 222 00:09:32,644 --> 00:09:34,324 Speaker 2: Super Bowl this year. I know that they are going 223 00:09:34,364 --> 00:09:37,964 Speaker 2: to be a professional unit of players and coaches. They 224 00:09:38,004 --> 00:09:40,924 Speaker 2: have a professional coach they have a professional quarterback. 225 00:09:41,164 --> 00:09:43,404 Speaker 3: I like that brain trust right there, especially the guy 226 00:09:43,444 --> 00:09:43,804 Speaker 3: in the right. 227 00:09:44,004 --> 00:09:45,684 Speaker 2: You think Pete Carroll's gonna come in there, They're gonna 228 00:09:45,684 --> 00:09:46,564 Speaker 2: go five and twelve this year. 229 00:09:46,604 --> 00:09:49,204 Speaker 3: He doesn't do that. He will not do that with Gino. 230 00:09:49,284 --> 00:09:51,604 Speaker 2: He will not do that with that defense, that brand 231 00:09:51,604 --> 00:09:54,084 Speaker 2: new running back they just got. And by the way, 232 00:09:54,164 --> 00:09:56,124 Speaker 2: I don't know, I just like it better when the 233 00:09:56,204 --> 00:09:56,884 Speaker 2: Raiders matter. 234 00:09:56,964 --> 00:09:57,684 Speaker 3: I really do. 235 00:09:57,724 --> 00:09:59,564 Speaker 2: If I had to pick one team when the league 236 00:09:59,644 --> 00:10:02,204 Speaker 2: is more fun when they're good, it's the Raiders. It's 237 00:10:02,244 --> 00:10:05,084 Speaker 2: been a minute, of course, but even that joke we 238 00:10:05,164 --> 00:10:07,004 Speaker 2: got two years ago when they beat the hell out 239 00:10:07,044 --> 00:10:09,604 Speaker 2: of the Chiefs on Christmas Day, that was just this 240 00:10:09,684 --> 00:10:11,844 Speaker 2: one off win that didn't amount too much after that, 241 00:10:11,884 --> 00:10:14,524 Speaker 2: and it was so exciting because it was the Raiders 242 00:10:14,524 --> 00:10:15,044 Speaker 2: who did it. 243 00:10:15,324 --> 00:10:16,924 Speaker 3: I am taking the silver and black. 244 00:10:16,924 --> 00:10:19,484 Speaker 2: They're my long shot there, like my thirty to one 245 00:10:19,644 --> 00:10:20,684 Speaker 2: horse at the derby. 246 00:10:20,764 --> 00:10:23,004 Speaker 3: But I'm still throwing down on them. I like the Raiders. 247 00:10:24,604 --> 00:10:26,804 Speaker 2: It's a pretty tall order to be the Commanders, guys. 248 00:10:26,844 --> 00:10:28,524 Speaker 2: I mean, like we're talking about the Titans number one 249 00:10:28,524 --> 00:10:31,364 Speaker 2: overall pick. The Commanders knocked the Lions out of the playoffs, 250 00:10:31,404 --> 00:10:33,724 Speaker 2: the Commanders were in the NFC title. That was an 251 00:10:33,884 --> 00:10:37,884 Speaker 2: historic season for the Commanders. So no, keep trying that 252 00:10:37,884 --> 00:10:40,564 Speaker 2: not going to be the Commanders. But listen, it was c. J. 253 00:10:40,684 --> 00:10:43,484 Speaker 2: Stroud two years ago in the Texans. Then it was Jaden, 254 00:10:43,484 --> 00:10:46,404 Speaker 2: it was the Commanders. Now is it cam Ward? You 255 00:10:46,484 --> 00:10:48,364 Speaker 2: got to have a hell of a season for cam 256 00:10:48,404 --> 00:10:51,124 Speaker 2: Ward to make this team the team that really really matters. 257 00:10:51,484 --> 00:10:53,284 Speaker 3: And the thing I like about cam warden and there's 258 00:10:53,324 --> 00:10:54,044 Speaker 3: a lot to like. 259 00:10:54,844 --> 00:10:57,884 Speaker 2: Cam Ward threw over twenty three hundred passes in college. 260 00:10:58,444 --> 00:11:00,644 Speaker 2: Trevor Lawrence has not thrown that many in the NFL. 261 00:11:00,644 --> 00:11:02,924 Speaker 2: He's been in the league four years. Tua has not 262 00:11:02,964 --> 00:11:05,284 Speaker 2: thrown that many in the NFL he's been the five years. 263 00:11:05,804 --> 00:11:09,604 Speaker 2: So this guy has played so much football, granted, all 264 00:11:09,644 --> 00:11:11,804 Speaker 2: over the place and at universities that people can't even 265 00:11:11,844 --> 00:11:14,564 Speaker 2: find on a map. But I'm a huge, huge fan 266 00:11:14,604 --> 00:11:16,284 Speaker 2: of Camward. I'm not saying that's just to say it. 267 00:11:16,404 --> 00:11:18,844 Speaker 2: Most people are apathetic about cam Ward. Most people are 268 00:11:18,884 --> 00:11:21,564 Speaker 2: apathetic about the Titans. And my take on the Titans 269 00:11:21,564 --> 00:11:23,444 Speaker 2: this year was I don't think they're gonna be the Commanders. 270 00:11:23,564 --> 00:11:25,684 Speaker 2: I do think we will be talking about them and 271 00:11:25,724 --> 00:11:27,444 Speaker 2: I'm proud of us because we are one of the 272 00:11:27,484 --> 00:11:30,884 Speaker 2: few shows in history to talk about the Tennessee Titans 273 00:11:30,924 --> 00:11:31,804 Speaker 2: and Good Morning Football. 274 00:11:31,964 --> 00:11:33,684 Speaker 3: We remember the Titans, and I. 275 00:11:33,604 --> 00:11:35,924 Speaker 2: Feel like we should have a counter about how many 276 00:11:36,004 --> 00:11:39,284 Speaker 2: segments we do about the Titans between now and September. 277 00:11:39,364 --> 00:11:41,164 Speaker 2: We've already done one right here, so we have more 278 00:11:41,204 --> 00:11:43,044 Speaker 2: than all the other shows will. But I want to 279 00:11:43,084 --> 00:11:44,884 Speaker 2: count them, and I think they'll give us more once 280 00:11:44,884 --> 00:11:47,284 Speaker 2: the season starts. Listen, eight and nine's on the table 281 00:11:47,324 --> 00:11:50,084 Speaker 2: for the Titans this year. Hell yes, you jump on that. 282 00:11:50,324 --> 00:11:52,884 Speaker 2: The Commanders are in the ether. That was a really 283 00:11:52,924 --> 00:11:55,924 Speaker 2: special season. They'll be documentaries about I think cam Warden. 284 00:11:55,964 --> 00:11:57,844 Speaker 2: The Titans give to something to talk about is a 285 00:11:57,844 --> 00:11:58,524 Speaker 2: big improvement. 286 00:12:08,164 --> 00:12:10,964 Speaker 1: Ten Takes is a production of the NFL in partnership 287 00:12:11,004 --> 00:12:16,124 Speaker 1: with iHeartRadio. For more iHeartRadio pods, go to the iHeartRadio app, 288 00:12:16,564 --> 00:12:19,524 Speaker 1: go to Apple go anywhere you like, it'll be there.