1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: The volume. Just a reminder you can catch me recording 2 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:10,119 Speaker 1: this podcast live on amp amp is a new live 3 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:12,560 Speaker 1: radio app. They'll let you call in and chat with 4 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: me in person while recording. Get the app on Apple's 5 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: App Store and make sure you follow me at John 6 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 1: Middlecoff to get notified when I go live. What is 7 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:36,919 Speaker 1: going on? Everybody? John Middlecock Free and Out podcast Enjoying 8 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:42,840 Speaker 1: a little Sunday watching golf, swimming, hanging out. Hopefully everyone 9 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 1: had a good weekend. We usually do a podcast mail 10 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: bag only on Sunday, but we didn't do one this weekend. 11 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:53,559 Speaker 1: Thought it was sunny and probably everyone was enjoying their family. 12 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 1: Didn't know if podcasts would be popping on the weekend, 13 00:00:57,160 --> 00:00:59,639 Speaker 1: and I just I didn't really know what we were 14 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: going to tell about on Monday with football kind of 15 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 1: slowing down. So what I did is a push the 16 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: podcast mail bag version to today. So this is going 17 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:15,119 Speaker 1: to be a heavy, heavy mail bag questioned podcast at 18 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 1: John Middlecoff is my Instagram fire in those dms, so 19 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 1: mailbag wide open. A lot of questions today about Shannon 20 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 1: Sharp leaving Skip Bayless. A lot of people care about that. 21 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: It's It's crazy how big of a story that is, 22 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: so we will dive into it all from the Steelers, 23 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 1: Shannon Sharp to you name it. So we will just 24 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: keep mail bag questions coming. The way you get in 25 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,040 Speaker 1: the mail bag is easy. You fire in my dms 26 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 1: on Instagram. Just my name John Middlecoff, so you fire 27 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 1: in those dms. I think the plan is to have 28 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: this podcast. We will have sobol who picked Victor Hoveland 29 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 1: on go Lo this week. We'll have more football podcasts 30 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: coming as well. The US Open right around the corner, 31 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 1: so were going to do some heavy betting for those 32 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: of you non golf people listen. We we just we 33 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 1: gave out a winter last week. Victor Hovlin, I plan 34 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 1: on you know, might put the mortgage on Scottie Scheffler 35 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: at the US Open. You need something to gamble on, 36 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: something to do this offseason, right, Football still pretty long 37 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 1: way away, so we got we got to stay entertained. 38 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 1: That's what I'm here to do. 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Fire in those dms. We'll start with Jasper Hey, John, 68 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 1: question for the mailbag, could you talk a little bit 69 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: about someone how someone can become an NFL scout? Is 70 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 1: there a highly competitive interview process? Do you need to 71 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 1: have any prior knowledge or do they teach you more 72 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 1: of the information on the job. Well, I think it's 73 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 1: probably depends who you are. I would say yes, you 74 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 1: need some prior experience. There are a lot of different routes. 75 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:21,280 Speaker 1: Some people like me starting college football that did not play. 76 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:24,479 Speaker 1: I started working in college football and recruiting. I think 77 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,600 Speaker 1: you can, you know, work your way up if you 78 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:29,479 Speaker 1: get a foot in the door, whether it be in 79 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:33,039 Speaker 1: sales or something in an NFL organization, and then kind 80 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 1: of work your way over. You'd probably have to start 81 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:38,599 Speaker 1: on the bottom line. Now, it's probably like any industry. 82 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 1: You don't go work on Wall Street or you don't 83 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: go work, you know, for an insurance company and know 84 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: everything that's going on. There is a quote unquote the 85 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: tech people of this an onboarding process, but you have 86 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 1: to have an idea of you know, some basic level knowledges, 87 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 1: not just of football. Like most people I would say 88 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 1: that are NFL fans have some base knowledge of football, 89 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 1: but what plays and what doesn't in the NFL, and 90 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 1: you learn that over time once you get in the NFL. 91 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 1: And obviously there are specific things for a team, but 92 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 1: I would say to get an interview, you know, with 93 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 1: an NFL team really in the front office, and the 94 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:16,479 Speaker 1: front office is really more like a mom and pop shop. 95 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: There are not that many people working for an NFL team. 96 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:23,039 Speaker 1: Like when I was there, basically we were on the 97 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:25,840 Speaker 1: coaches side, so it was the coaching staff and like 98 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:28,600 Speaker 1: three or four in house scouts including Howie. So the 99 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 1: scouting staff is not very big. Some of these scouting 100 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: staffs now in college are ginormous, you know, I mean 101 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:37,239 Speaker 1: some of these. I bet there are SEC scouting staffs 102 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 1: that are bigger than some NFL teams, no bullshit. So 103 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:44,040 Speaker 1: you have to know someone to get an interview. That 104 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 1: to me, like a lot of very competitive jobs are 105 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 1: hard now for me. When I interviewed with the Eagles 106 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: and when I was that twenty ten, we watched a 107 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 1: couple of players and we rode them up and then 108 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 1: we kind of went around. I think I talked with 109 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:01,839 Speaker 1: Lewis Riddick, I talked with each I met with Howie, 110 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: I met with some of the lower end scouts, had lunch, 111 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:06,600 Speaker 1: hung out. You know, they kind of get a feel 112 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:08,720 Speaker 1: for you. You don't know, big deal. Hired on the 113 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 1: day of the interview. Now here's the other thing. When 114 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: I interviewed lowest position, the lowest position on the totem pol, 115 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 1: I had to pay for my own flight out there 116 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 1: because for the most part, they were hiring people in 117 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: that job from the northeast. The previous guy that I 118 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:26,719 Speaker 1: had taken over for had gone to Penn State. I 119 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:29,159 Speaker 1: think the guy before him had gone to Villanova. It 120 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:32,159 Speaker 1: was a pretty hyper local position. I paid for my 121 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:35,479 Speaker 1: own way out there. Think about that, and I don't 122 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 1: blame him, you know, I think I was going up 123 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:39,920 Speaker 1: against another guy from the northeast. Crushed it, No big deal. 124 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:43,279 Speaker 1: I got it, he didn't. But yeah, I mean it was. 125 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:46,279 Speaker 1: It's pretty competitive. I would say. The one thing anyone 126 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 1: that works in, you know, highly competitive jobs. I don't 127 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:51,559 Speaker 1: know if this is normal. I remember you get there 128 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 1: and multiple other people are interviewing on the same day. Now, 129 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 1: I think one other guy. I think there were a 130 00:06:57,240 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 1: couple of people that interviewed for my position, but I 131 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 1: had Breakfast the guy interviewing from my job with There 132 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 1: was also a couple other guys that were interviewing for 133 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:06,920 Speaker 1: higher level spots where you're all kind of looking at 134 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 1: each other. It's pretty competitive, but the NFL is a 135 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 1: competitive you know business, right, dog eat dog baby? Uh? 136 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 1: So you just you gotta work in football. I would say, 137 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 1: you just got to find a way to work in football, 138 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: and then I think you can figure it out from there. 139 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 1: A little confused by your last podcast where you were 140 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 1: asked for more dms, but you also said that if 141 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 1: someone ignores messages, then you should not just move on 142 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 1: talking about Aaron Rodgers. So not sure which I should do, 143 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 1: but here it goes again. Building on my question above 144 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 1: bill O'Brien being on head coach level money if he 145 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 1: is with the Patriots, what's your view on Bill Belichick's 146 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 1: future as head coach. If Bill O'Brien will get another 147 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 1: chance at a top job. Well, I think one thing 148 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien proved when it comes to football, when it 149 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 1: comes to the football team, not personnel moves, just coaching 150 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 1: the team on Sunday, getting them ready throughout the week. 151 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 1: He's really good. I know the division was pretty bad, 152 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 1: but he constantly made the playoffs, clearly highly thought of, 153 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: had success with Nick Saban. He knows what he's doing. 154 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 1: The problem with the guy like Bill O'Brien is one 155 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: thing I've heard. He's fucking insane. Like he's legitimately kind 156 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 1: of nuts in a football way. Nuts, But there's a difference, 157 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 1: like all football coaches aren't a little nuts. Will you 158 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 1: listen to anyone else? Or are you just a power 159 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: hungry egomaniac and can't get down of your own way? 160 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 1: Like obviously every good football coach is nuts. How power 161 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 1: hungry are they? Like you know, Andy Reid and Pete 162 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:34,679 Speaker 1: Carroll will listen to other people. Bill O'Brien would not. 163 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 1: And Bill O'Brien got run out of the NFL because 164 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:40,480 Speaker 1: he would not listen to any GM. Now I don't 165 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:43,320 Speaker 1: know all the variables of every single GM he worked with. 166 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 1: Obviously there were you know, the preacher dude that was involved, 167 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 1: which I think pretty sure he brought with him a 168 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 1: lot of cooks in the kitchen. But he always had 169 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 1: to be the you know, the guy making all the decisions, 170 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:57,440 Speaker 1: and that ultimately bit him in the ass. If he'd 171 00:08:57,480 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: be willing and he's going to have to be to 172 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 1: listen to someone else, then I think he could be 173 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:03,319 Speaker 1: a really good head coach. Now when it comes to 174 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 1: the Patriots, like the Patriots make the playoffs this year, 175 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick is not going to get fired, right, I mean, 176 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:11,439 Speaker 1: John Harbad just missed the playoffs. You know, if you're 177 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 1: gonna fire Bill Belichick, what does that say about all 178 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 1: these other coaches keeping their job. But to me, if 179 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick goes like seven and ten and they feel 180 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: a little lifeless, it's not that. Here's the thing. There 181 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 1: are coaches that get fired that you're like, you had 182 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 1: no business being a head coach. Joe Judge, Pat Schrmer, 183 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 1: Nate Hackett, like we all know those coaches Jim Tom Sulla. 184 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:34,959 Speaker 1: They're like this is an embarrassment. Or even a coach 185 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 1: like Frank Reich like you gotta get fired. You know 186 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 1: this is not working. And then there's Belichick like, you've 187 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 1: proven to be one of the greatest individuals at your 188 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 1: profession in the history not just of your sport, but 189 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 1: of all sports. But like Bro, you're seventy one and 190 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:53,320 Speaker 1: maybe it's time to, you know, do something different. So 191 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 1: that would be the reason he gets fired. What would 192 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 1: be interesting would be if they were bad. I would 193 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:05,440 Speaker 1: imagine that means they're bad on offense because we know 194 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:08,199 Speaker 1: the kicking game and defense. Really the last couple of 195 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 1: years they've been good, so they probably are going to 196 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 1: continue to be good. Why Belichick's heavily involved offensively. If 197 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:17,680 Speaker 1: they struggle, that would mean Bill Bryant's now calling the play. 198 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:19,199 Speaker 1: He's like, are they going to give him the job? 199 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 1: I don't know. Maybe they would go with Jerrod Mayo. 200 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 1: When you were at President State, did you ever work 201 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: with Jeff Grady? He worked with Karen Adams. He coaches 202 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 1: my high school football team, And it just seems strange 203 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 1: he's had a high school and not coaching in college. 204 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:36,320 Speaker 1: Jeff Grady was the offensive coordinator when I was there, 205 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 1: he was the backup quarterback. For those of you that 206 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 1: aren't familiar with Freesol State football for like the end 207 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 1: of David Carr, Billy Vohlick, kind of the late nineties 208 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 1: early two thousand Fresle State team. I just think that 209 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:52,320 Speaker 1: he wanted more of the high school life. From what 210 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:56,199 Speaker 1: I've heard, I love Jeff Grady, awesome guy. Stud You know, 211 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 1: I think sometimes people in coaching profession you either go 212 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 1: in and you just kind of get used to getting fired. 213 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 1: And even at the time, you know, this was two 214 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 1: thousand and eight, two thousand and nine, twenty ten, twenty eleven, 215 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:12,040 Speaker 1: the money is dramatically different now, so it's like, is 216 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:14,960 Speaker 1: it worth going through this lifestyle? You know, for one 217 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:17,960 Speaker 1: hundred and twenty grand. Now it's like you become a 218 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 1: coordinator in Power five, you're making a million dollars. You know. 219 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:25,840 Speaker 1: Arizona State, who is like a fringe Power five program, 220 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 1: pays their coordinators seven figures, their head coaches making like 221 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 1: five six million dollars. So the money now makes it 222 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:35,720 Speaker 1: worse that like, screw it. I'll live with getting fired, 223 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 1: same with being in the pro coach you know, I 224 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 1: think back in the day it made you question, you know, 225 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 1: is this what I want to do or should I 226 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 1: just live a little bit more of a low key lifestyle. 227 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 1: But I love Jeff Grady, was he was awesome to me. 228 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 1: He's a cool cat. Why can't there be a minimum 229 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 1: salary spend. In baseball, they have to fix the a's. 230 00:11:56,679 --> 00:12:00,160 Speaker 1: It's like MLB has given up if they don't really care. 231 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 1: Let a fan pits the first inning instead of the 232 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: first p Yeah. I think part of it is it's 233 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 1: not all these sports are apples to apples. You know, football, 234 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:13,959 Speaker 1: you're guaranteed the cash, right every team, whether you win 235 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:17,680 Speaker 1: like Chicago Bears have the worst season in football, or 236 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:20,320 Speaker 1: whether you're the Chiefs or the Eagles and have the best, 237 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 1: you get the same amount of money from the league. 238 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:26,680 Speaker 1: Because television now hayes for your sport, so all the 239 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 1: extra now. Obviously teams like that are making it, especially 240 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:33,679 Speaker 1: the Eagles sweets Jeffrey Leurry makes so much from concerts, 241 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 1: like they're making so much money. But whether they were 242 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 1: good or bad, they're guaranteed to make money. It's why 243 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 1: these NFL teams, it's like an insurance company. Every single year, 244 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:47,679 Speaker 1: the money keeps increasing. Where in football or excuse me, baseball, 245 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:50,960 Speaker 1: basketball somewhat in the middle. They're very dependent on television. 246 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 1: But because they have forty one home dates, if you're 247 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 1: selling out, you're making a lot of money. Well, baseball 248 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 1: is eighty one home dates, right, one hundred and sixty 249 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 1: two games. It's in the A's nobody watches them on 250 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:06,200 Speaker 1: local television that they do not have a local radio deal. 251 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 1: They're very, very dependent on, you know, attendance, and no 252 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 1: one goes. And here's where I will defend the A's 253 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 1: ownership in the sense of not that I think they 254 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:20,320 Speaker 1: do a good job. They don't. But I lived there 255 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:23,560 Speaker 1: when the A's were really good under Billy Bean Josh Donaldson. 256 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 1: You know, in assessmentis like they competed to have the 257 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 1: best record in uh in the American League. Nobody showed up. 258 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 1: Place was fucking empty. I've said forever where where the A's, 259 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 1: the Raiders and the Warriors used to play. Obviously the 260 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 1: Raiders and the Warriors are gone. The A's will soon 261 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 1: be gone. If you blew that area up, it is 262 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 1: in the biggest shithole area in the Bay Area. No 263 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 1: one would notice. It is a complete dump. No one 264 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 1: wants to go there. It's not safe at night. Uh 265 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:55,600 Speaker 1: It's it's just a place that no one goes. On 266 00:13:55,679 --> 00:13:57,599 Speaker 1: the other side, you go a couple exits down you 267 00:13:57,679 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 1: go to the Oakland Airport. But even then you drive 268 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: right to the airport. It's ironically the Raiders practice facility 269 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:06,320 Speaker 1: used to kind of be over there, but they were 270 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 1: kind of out of the riff raft. It's just the 271 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:11,040 Speaker 1: business is not set up like the NFL. So the 272 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 1: reason the NFL has you know, minimum salaries and you 273 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:17,839 Speaker 1: know salary floors. I think the NBA does too, is 274 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 1: because everyone's making the television money in baseball, they're not. 275 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 1: Why do you feel like the top ten football prospects 276 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 1: are able to play at a high level in the 277 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 1: NFL right away when it takes top baseball prospects two 278 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 1: to three years to even make it to the majors. Well, 279 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 1: I think it's a fundamental flaw. That's the other thing 280 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 1: with baseball. One of the things the NFL has going 281 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 1: for it is college football right now is the second 282 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 1: biggest sport in America. It does the second best television 283 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 1: ratings of all you know, live sports in this country. 284 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:48,880 Speaker 1: So when you get these players, just whether they're good 285 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 1: or bad, we know exactly who they are. Right whether 286 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 1: Justin Fields or Zach Wilson or Mac Jones succeeds or 287 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 1: fails is kind of irrelevant. Have name recognition with the player, 288 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 1: so I know who he is because I watched the 289 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 1: guy played Alabama or Ohio State or even Zach Wilson, 290 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 1: he played in some national televised games. Like in baseball, 291 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 1: even if you're sweet, I don't watch your games in 292 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 1: college and then in the pros, like there's no guarantee. 293 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 1: It's why Kyler Murray when anyone even questioned what move 294 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 1: he was going to make the moment, even before he 295 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 1: became the number one overall pick. It's like, if he's 296 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 1: going in like the top ten, top fifteen, hell, the 297 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 1: first round of the NFL draft, you don't go to 298 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 1: baseball because you got to ride around buses. No matter what. 299 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 1: With Kyler Murray, he would have to go to the 300 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 1: minor leagues. And just because he was I think he 301 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 1: was the ninth pick or the tenth pick by the ace, 302 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:42,480 Speaker 1: there is no guarantee that he ever makes up to 303 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 1: the big leagues. None. We're in football, if you're a 304 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 1: first round pick, let alone the number one pick at quarterback, 305 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 1: you're probably guaranteed to start like right away. Like look 306 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 1: at this year. C J. Stroud will start immediately, Bryce 307 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 1: Young will start immediately. I think when the settles, Anthony 308 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 1: Richardson starts immediately. How Will Levis could be starting by 309 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 1: like week five, so they're just I think from a 310 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 1: fundamental standpoint of the game of baseball, it's it's hard. 311 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 1: I mean, there is just a the sport dramatically changes 312 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 1: from college to the pros, right, use a would back 313 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 1: and as someone you know, cut my teeth a little 314 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 1: bit in college. One summer I helped this like local 315 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 1: minor league college baseball team, you know, summer baseball league 316 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:33,840 Speaker 1: kind of thing. It was fun. I didn't quite know 317 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 1: what I was going to do at the time, and 318 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 1: watching these guys that were having success at all, these 319 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 1: like Power five programs get a wood back. Half of 320 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 1: them couldn't hit. It makes it pretty difficult, right, if 321 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:45,760 Speaker 1: you're a pretty good golfer and you're using modern day 322 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 1: technology Taylor May titleist, whatever, if I gave you like 323 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 1: what Lee Trevino and Jack Nicholas were hitting, you would 324 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 1: struggle immediately. I'm a five handicap. If you put that 325 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 1: in my bag and I had to play like that 326 00:16:57,640 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 1: the rest of the year, I probably couldn't break ninety 327 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 1: four for a while. So it's the technology is hard. 328 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 1: Pitchers are better. Yeah, Hey, John, great podcast, Keep it up. 329 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:13,200 Speaker 1: Who do you think this year's playoff teams will be well, 330 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 1: that's a pretty good offseason project. I think there are 331 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 1: just some locks before we dive into like the nitty 332 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,879 Speaker 1: gritty of some of the variables. But I think, you know, 333 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:27,680 Speaker 1: I think the Chiefs, Eagles, Bengals, Cowboys, forty nine Ers 334 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 1: are just locks. The Bills, probably Bills as well. And 335 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:33,840 Speaker 1: then I think we got a lot of swing teams. 336 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 1: Like I'm gonna pick the Jets, but I think people 337 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:38,400 Speaker 1: with the Dolphins should be like, well, if our quarterback 338 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:40,919 Speaker 1: can stay healthy, big If I think the Jets, you know, 339 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 1: I'd be like, hell, we got Aaron Rodgers. I think 340 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:45,160 Speaker 1: the Browns are like, we got a two hundred thirty 341 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 1: million dollar quarterback is much better than anything we've been 342 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 1: playing with. I think the Steelers go, did you see 343 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 1: us play late? Chargers obviously gonna feel very good. The 344 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 1: Jags would be like, we're winning this division pretty easily. 345 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:57,200 Speaker 1: I'd say the Jags feel like a lock as well. 346 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 1: The NFC is wide open. You know, the Giants has 347 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 1: some lock to be back in the playoffs. You know, 348 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 1: the Vikings definitely are not. But could the Packers be 349 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 1: a swing team? The Lions, they didn't make the playoffs 350 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 1: last year. Everyone's going to pick them, including myself. The 351 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 1: Seattle is geno just going to go back to back 352 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:22,080 Speaker 1: thirty you know, touchdown seasons be interesting. I have two 353 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:24,520 Speaker 1: questions that hopefully make the pot. Where do you think 354 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 1: Zeke ends up number two? What was your best comparison 355 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 1: that you had when you were a scout? Example, Rodgers 356 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 1: is like Montana, keep up the best work. I love 357 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:36,880 Speaker 1: this one. It didn't quite play out, but I do 358 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:39,679 Speaker 1: think when he was healthy his game had some resemblance 359 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 1: of Reggie Wayne. I love Robert Woods coming out. I 360 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:44,679 Speaker 1: thought he had some Reggie Wayne to his game. Not 361 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 1: the fastest player, but just a really consistent guy, just 362 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 1: a really, really good player. Now, Reggie Wayne is a 363 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:52,199 Speaker 1: better player than Robert was. But when Robert got to 364 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 1: the Rams, he was really really good. Glad his career 365 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 1: came into its own. I think the problem with Zeke 366 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:00,280 Speaker 1: is Zeke's been used to making a lot of cash, right, 367 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 1: he has been a guy that's been making He was 368 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:05,720 Speaker 1: the whatever what, the fourth pick in the draft. He 369 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 1: got an enormous contract after three years. These teams are 370 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:13,159 Speaker 1: probably offering him like a million dollars. So put it 371 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 1: into your own. You know, make it all relative. If 372 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 1: you're used to making one hundred and fifty thousand dollars 373 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 1: and then you get laid off and people start offering 374 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 1: you like thirty five thousand dollars forty thousand dollars. I 375 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:28,119 Speaker 1: know it's a lot different when we're talking larger sums 376 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:30,639 Speaker 1: of money, but just you know what I mean, Like 377 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:33,159 Speaker 1: he's been used to making fifteen Even when he was 378 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:35,640 Speaker 1: a draft pick, he was making five, six seven million dollars. 379 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 1: Now people probably offer him the league minimum. You can't run, 380 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 1: and I'm not some z cater. I loved him when 381 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 1: he was young. He was so powerful, you know, he 382 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 1: was just it's just crazy when your legs go and 383 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,480 Speaker 1: you can't run when you have no speed. When I 384 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:56,120 Speaker 1: was with the Eagles, we signed Ronnie Brown back when 385 00:19:56,200 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 1: Vince Young named us the dream Team number too. Obviously 386 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: it didn't quite work out that way. The Dream Team 387 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:06,080 Speaker 1: number one was a little bit better with Michael Jordan, 388 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:09,880 Speaker 1: Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, John Stockton. I take 389 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:14,399 Speaker 1: that team, but I remember being at practice and I 390 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 1: can't act like at the time, I have infinitely more understanding. 391 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:20,680 Speaker 1: If I go to a practice can tell you who 392 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:23,919 Speaker 1: can play. Now, you know, ten years later, but at 393 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:27,600 Speaker 1: the time, I remember being he looks really slow. Now, 394 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:30,200 Speaker 1: I wasn't privy to like the way Andy and Howie 395 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:32,240 Speaker 1: were probably talking behind the scenes of like we got 396 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 1: a problem. But I just remember looking going, this guy's 397 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:39,119 Speaker 1: slower than molasses and obviously was terrible man. Genie and 398 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 1: Klatt are the two best colin Weekly interviews. I'm a 399 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:49,440 Speaker 1: big Clatt guy, really really enjoyed. Joe Klatt just really 400 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 1: good looking guy. I mean, isn't it amazing that all 401 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:56,320 Speaker 1: these analysts it's like Joel Klatt, right, Troy Aikman, they 402 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 1: just I guess it's probably being a quarterback, you know 403 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:00,919 Speaker 1: there used to being one of the better looking guys 404 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 1: from a young age, getting all the ladies, getting all 405 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 1: the cash, probably just getting to do cool stuff from 406 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:13,200 Speaker 1: a very very young age. Okay Preston, first time, long 407 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 1: time question for the podcast Lifetime Steeler Fan. Is my 408 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:21,399 Speaker 1: fandom blurring my vision? Or are people sleeping on the 409 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:24,640 Speaker 1: Steelers This year they're plus six point fifty to win 410 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:28,640 Speaker 1: the AFC North, worst odds in the division. How they 411 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 1: have worse odds than the Cleveland Browns is insane. So 412 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 1: before I read the rest of your question, I like 413 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:39,120 Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers much better than the Cleveland I would 414 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 1: pick the Cleveland Browns to finish last in that division 415 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 1: as of right now. Now, if Watson's a pro bowler, 416 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:46,399 Speaker 1: they'd be really good. But I don't know, man, I'm 417 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 1: betting against it. And they went nine to eight last 418 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 1: year with a rookie quarterback TJ missing a bunch of games, 419 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:54,680 Speaker 1: a young offensive line that has made significant improvements. Agree 420 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:56,760 Speaker 1: because they've traded up with the Jets to get up 421 00:21:57,720 --> 00:21:59,960 Speaker 1: or I guess they traded up with the Patriots again. 422 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 1: The Roger Jones, I know you're not the biggest Picket fan, 423 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:05,320 Speaker 1: but he's more athletic than he gets credit for. I 424 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:07,480 Speaker 1: believe he's going to make a huge second year leap. 425 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:09,919 Speaker 1: And the offense is loaded with young talent, skill position, 426 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:12,760 Speaker 1: adding soft schedule, and I like eleven and twelve wins. 427 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:16,880 Speaker 1: Now here's the thing, Kenny Pickett mac Jones, I would 428 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:19,760 Speaker 1: say Alex Smith is the best version of that type player. 429 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:23,480 Speaker 1: That's not my cup of tea, But when you put 430 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 1: those guys in advantageous situations with good coaches and good talent, 431 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:33,680 Speaker 1: they have success. Alex Smith was a laughingstock. Then he 432 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:36,399 Speaker 1: got with Harbaugh and Andy and was just a really 433 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,239 Speaker 1: good player. I'm not a Mac Jones guy, but if 434 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 1: you took Mac Jones away from Patricia last year in 435 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:45,120 Speaker 1: Belichick and put him with Shanahan and all those weapons, 436 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 1: he would have looked a lot better. Like Kenny Pickett. 437 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:50,119 Speaker 1: Do I like Kenny Pickett if you put him on 438 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:54,639 Speaker 1: you know, the Houston Texans or the New England Patriots. 439 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 1: I do not. But if you put Kenny Pickett on 440 00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:00,680 Speaker 1: the Steelers with all their team speed on the outside, 441 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 1: we know how good they are drafting wide receivers. Their 442 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:05,680 Speaker 1: offensive line, like you said in theory, should be much 443 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,719 Speaker 1: better than it has in recent memory. And Najie Harris 444 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:10,720 Speaker 1: was a first round running back for a reason, very 445 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:14,120 Speaker 1: very talented player with a defense, just with a really 446 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:17,680 Speaker 1: good team, a really good culture. Yeah, I think Kenny Pickett. 447 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:21,200 Speaker 1: He's not my type quarterback. I like big arm guys. 448 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 1: I just do. It doesn't mean I'm always right right 449 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:26,960 Speaker 1: Like I like Will Levis, Clearly a lot of people don't. 450 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 1: Now I'm not saying that I think Will Levis is 451 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:31,480 Speaker 1: going to be better than Kenny Pickett. But I'm just 452 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:35,880 Speaker 1: saying I like those type quarterbacks typically more than weak 453 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 1: arm guys that are predicated on accuracy, timing, and rhythm. 454 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 1: Now doesn't mean those guys can't play, and I'm prepared. Like, 455 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:46,640 Speaker 1: if you tell me Kenny Pickett becomes like a five 456 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 1: time Pro bowler, I can't see that. I would bet 457 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:51,520 Speaker 1: against that. But if you told me Kenny Pickett is 458 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:54,399 Speaker 1: a ten year starter, makes a Pro Bowl, and the 459 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:57,159 Speaker 1: Steelers go to the playoffs often, I think that's very believable. 460 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:01,159 Speaker 1: So I don't love taking guys like that because I 461 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:05,479 Speaker 1: think you are very dependent on getting their best and 462 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:08,639 Speaker 1: that even means the ceiling is lower. Right, Like Kenny Pickett, 463 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:12,040 Speaker 1: even if he hits, his ceiling is low relative to 464 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:17,440 Speaker 1: other physically gifted players Josh Allen Mahomes, Trevor Lawrence Herbert, 465 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 1: those type guys, Right, just because physically they're so much 466 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:22,320 Speaker 1: more gifted, that doesn't mean you can't have a lot 467 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:25,439 Speaker 1: of success. I'm not saying he's this guy, and obviously 468 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 1: their games are a lot different because he's a much 469 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:30,119 Speaker 1: better athlete. But Philip Rivers did not have a good arm, 470 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 1: and he had a ton of success. One question I 471 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,160 Speaker 1: got I saw it earlier this week and I might 472 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:40,359 Speaker 1: miss it is someone asked me why my thoughts on 473 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:47,240 Speaker 1: Shannon Sharp leaving Skip bayless and undisputed, And my reaction is, 474 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:51,200 Speaker 1: I've never watched that show at all. Obviously, I see 475 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:53,920 Speaker 1: clips on the internet and I think one thing. And 476 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:56,240 Speaker 1: there have been a lot of people I don't know. 477 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 1: I don't even care really about Skip, Like, to me, 478 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:02,960 Speaker 1: he's pretty irrelevant. I've never really watched his content. I've 479 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:04,959 Speaker 1: never really got all up in arms like a lot 480 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 1: of people in the media about his takes. I think 481 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 1: a large percentage of people in the media, because he 482 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:13,160 Speaker 1: doesn't affect them at all, are jealous of how much 483 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 1: money he makes. Like, ultimately, you know, I was thinking 484 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:19,199 Speaker 1: about this a lot of times. The media complains it's 485 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:21,159 Speaker 1: a weird position for a lot of them, right, the 486 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:25,399 Speaker 1: overwhelming majority of them do not make very much money. Right, 487 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 1: yet they cover people who make an astronomical amount of money. 488 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:32,399 Speaker 1: And then they're like the elite people and some of 489 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:34,520 Speaker 1: them deserve it, and some of them, I think we 490 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 1: can argue, but like make a ton the cowards, the 491 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 1: Dan Patricks, the steven A's, the Skips, and I think obviously, 492 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:43,600 Speaker 1: you know, they're a different cup of tea even for 493 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,280 Speaker 1: the elites. But the majority of people that you follow 494 00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:49,960 Speaker 1: on Twitter that cover your teams are you know, not 495 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 1: making much money. Like my girlfriend's sling in real estate, 496 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:55,119 Speaker 1: run circles around them in terms of how much money 497 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 1: she makes, right, and probably works way less, but both 498 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:01,679 Speaker 1: has a work weekends, but is there's sometimes a bitterness 499 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 1: behind them. And I've never seen many skip baylist takes 500 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:08,159 Speaker 1: that I care about, but I think a lot of 501 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 1: the resentment now I wouldn't want to work with him. 502 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:12,879 Speaker 1: And listen, I'm not acting like I'm too good for 503 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 1: that show. I just don't watch it. But I think 504 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:17,719 Speaker 1: there's a lot of resentment, jealousy of his of his 505 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 1: direct deposits. You know, right, they're working way more hours 506 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 1: for seventy five eighty thousand dollars writing for the Athletic 507 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 1: and this dude's making seven million dollars. You know, it's 508 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:34,280 Speaker 1: just it's just natural. But listen, I think this about 509 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 1: Shannon Sharp first and foremost. I saw him at the 510 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:43,120 Speaker 1: Volumes party at during the Super Bowl. Fucking guy is massive. 511 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:47,680 Speaker 1: I mean, he is so jacked. I saw an Instagram 512 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:50,679 Speaker 1: picture of him the other day. The picture if you 513 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 1: go to Instagram to look at his last picture, he's 514 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 1: like in a in like a backyard by some flowers. 515 00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:59,640 Speaker 1: He is bigger now than when he played number two. 516 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:02,680 Speaker 1: I listen club Shayshay. I listened to his interview with Dion. 517 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 1: Some of them are pretty entertaining. He's clearly he's become 518 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 1: a little media star. I mean there's no not little. 519 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:12,720 Speaker 1: I mean he's become a pretty like when he talks 520 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 1: now listen. I think some of his stuff is he's 521 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:17,920 Speaker 1: fighting John Moran's dad. Now, I think that's aged pretty poorly. 522 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:19,639 Speaker 1: On the Moran side and the Memphis side. There a 523 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:23,360 Speaker 1: bunch of clowns, But you know, Shannon's feels like he's 524 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:28,840 Speaker 1: part of I would imagine Clutch represents him because he's 525 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:32,879 Speaker 1: just pretty in bed with the Lebron crew. That annoys me. 526 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:35,960 Speaker 1: Not the biggest Lebron Laker guy. But listen to each 527 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,960 Speaker 1: his own. Why can't ESPN start Monday night football at 528 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:41,879 Speaker 1: seven Eastern and next at ten to fifteen Eastern and 529 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:43,639 Speaker 1: just do a double header with the West Coast teams 530 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:46,200 Speaker 1: playing later. They have to get better ratings than putting 531 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:49,679 Speaker 1: both team both games on it once. I honestly, I 532 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:53,480 Speaker 1: don't understand the Monday night football double header. We watch 533 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 1: football all week and long starts Thursday. We watch Thursday 534 00:27:56,600 --> 00:28:00,080 Speaker 1: night football Friday. There's always a college game on Saturday 535 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:03,560 Speaker 1: from nine o'clock in the morning Pacific Standard time till 536 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:06,360 Speaker 1: you can stay awake unless you're out partying. On Saturday 537 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:09,000 Speaker 1: in the wee hours of the night, football is on 538 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 1: until you go to sleep. I mean there are kickoffs 539 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:16,359 Speaker 1: Washington State playing Stanford at eight thirty at night, and 540 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:20,879 Speaker 1: those games college go to midnight, and then football starts 541 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:23,200 Speaker 1: on Sunday. We just see one game Monday, and I 542 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:26,359 Speaker 1: m ass literally make my living off the sport, and 543 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,439 Speaker 1: I think it's overkill. I just do. Now I'm biased. 544 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:30,960 Speaker 1: I don't want to have to try to watch both 545 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:35,000 Speaker 1: games at once. But holy moly, Aaron didn't show up 546 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,280 Speaker 1: to OTA's with the Packers and now he's a model 547 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 1: citizen with the Jets. Fuck him. He was hating the 548 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:44,840 Speaker 1: organizations as they drafted his replacement. He showed signs and 549 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:48,440 Speaker 1: his attitude is a big deal. No one wants to acknowledge. 550 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:51,120 Speaker 1: Say what you want about Brady. He was an easy 551 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 1: going guy. In fairness to this argument, Brady didn't show 552 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 1: up to OTA's the last couple of years with the Patriots. 553 00:28:57,560 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 1: I think it's pretty simple, Right, when you don't like 554 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:04,520 Speaker 1: your girlfriend or your wife, you stop doing things that 555 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:08,160 Speaker 1: you did originally in the relationship. Right, you don't care 556 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:11,640 Speaker 1: whether she gets mad at you, whether she judges you. 557 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:14,520 Speaker 1: You stop asking for her permission. You just kind of 558 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,600 Speaker 1: become an independent individual anymore. And then you get a 559 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:21,480 Speaker 1: divorce or you break up and you start dating someone new, Well, 560 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:24,760 Speaker 1: what happens. Then you start opening the door again. You 561 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 1: start being nicer, doer, You start doing things that you 562 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:31,640 Speaker 1: used to do in your other relationship in the beginning. 563 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:34,440 Speaker 1: It's the way life works. He was over you, guys. 564 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 1: You guys were over him. Now was he more drama 565 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:40,480 Speaker 1: than Tom Brady? Of course he was, just like some 566 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:43,400 Speaker 1: people are more drama than others. But when you're that 567 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:47,240 Speaker 1: good and he was that good, what for MVPs back 568 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:50,680 Speaker 1: to back MVPs you know in twenty twenty and twenty 569 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:54,720 Speaker 1: one or yeah, twenty and twenty one. Yeah, Like, I'm sorry, 570 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 1: like he gets a little more rope. But I hear you. 571 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:02,200 Speaker 1: I don't blame you for being mad if you're a 572 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:05,000 Speaker 1: Packer fan the way it all kind of crumbled. But 573 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:07,400 Speaker 1: I think the way you come to grips with everything 574 00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:13,240 Speaker 1: is just acknowledging he was over the whole thing just 575 00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 1: like you guys were, and it started with, you know, 576 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:22,280 Speaker 1: with the drafting of Jordan Love. The facts are the facts. 577 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:26,480 Speaker 1: We know why it became the way it became in 578 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:30,080 Speaker 1: a hard cap league. How often do you justify spending 579 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:34,880 Speaker 1: top dollar on non quarterback positions. Also seems like there's 580 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:38,000 Speaker 1: so much talent in drafts that it's irrational to trade 581 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:40,600 Speaker 1: a first or a couple first for a high end 582 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:44,720 Speaker 1: non quarterback talent when they can't move the Vegas line 583 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:47,960 Speaker 1: by more than half or one point, not to mention 584 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:51,560 Speaker 1: that you have to trade the picks and pay enormous 585 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:55,000 Speaker 1: second contracts. Would love to hear your insight on how 586 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:59,000 Speaker 1: math works on the massive quarterback signings. I think it 587 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:02,320 Speaker 1: all depends, right, Like, I think you could make the 588 00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:06,240 Speaker 1: argument that the Raiders, for example, when they made that 589 00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:09,640 Speaker 1: trade for Davante and spend all that money when you're 590 00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:12,040 Speaker 1: not a player away and you do moves like that 591 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:15,240 Speaker 1: doesn't make much sense. It's like, what are you really 592 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:17,960 Speaker 1: getting right, because you got to pay DeVante seventy plus million. 593 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:22,080 Speaker 1: Same thing with Tyreek Hill. You got to give up 594 00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:25,680 Speaker 1: multiple picks. Now, both those guys were elite last year. 595 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:31,040 Speaker 1: They dominated. Tyreek probably more worth it because Miami's a 596 00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:33,960 Speaker 1: better team than the Raiders. But still, like you could 597 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:35,880 Speaker 1: make the argument, I would not be in the business 598 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:38,200 Speaker 1: of doing that. Now. If you wanted to trade a 599 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:41,640 Speaker 1: first round pick for a star tight end in his prime, 600 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,520 Speaker 1: like George Kittle Travis Kelce, I think that's a no 601 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:47,240 Speaker 1: brainer because those guys don't cost that much money. They 602 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:49,520 Speaker 1: cost like fourteen to fifteen million dollars, or if you 603 00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:52,800 Speaker 1: want DeVante or Tyreek, they cost double that now, depending 604 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:56,280 Speaker 1: on who's in the draft. Obviously, I think anytime that 605 00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:59,200 Speaker 1: you can get a star tackle, I would think about 606 00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:02,280 Speaker 1: doing it, especially if you're a good team, right, Like 607 00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:04,360 Speaker 1: the Chiefs would have been worth them for to give 608 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,360 Speaker 1: up a first round pick and pay Trent Williams a 609 00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:11,320 Speaker 1: couple of years ago, of course, right. But I think 610 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:14,640 Speaker 1: it just all depends where your team is in their development, right. 611 00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:19,680 Speaker 1: I think AJ Brown is a good example. The Philadelphia 612 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:25,240 Speaker 1: Eagles were on the clock and they traded AJ Brown 613 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:28,800 Speaker 1: or you know, whatever pick seventeen, which ended up going 614 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:32,360 Speaker 1: you know, uh Brooks, the kid from Arkansas. So it 615 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:35,760 Speaker 1: was basically a player for player trade. But that contract 616 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:39,520 Speaker 1: of that pick was dramatically cheaper than AJ Brown. But 617 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:43,560 Speaker 1: they get AJ Brown and he's immediately elite and he 618 00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:46,760 Speaker 1: immediately helps their star quarterback or at the time he 619 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:49,720 Speaker 1: wasn't a star, which they needed to do. So I 620 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:52,520 Speaker 1: think the key is to find out where you are 621 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:55,640 Speaker 1: in your team situation. Right the Jags, they were bottoming out. 622 00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:58,280 Speaker 1: Jalen wants out, trade him for two ones. The Jets 623 00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:01,400 Speaker 1: same thing. Jayn Maull Adams wants out now that Jamal Adams. 624 00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:03,520 Speaker 1: That was a bad trade. You don't trade for a 625 00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:07,280 Speaker 1: box safety. That was stupid. The other thing is in football, 626 00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:11,880 Speaker 1: you can overcome mistakes with a good coach and good 627 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:15,080 Speaker 1: drafting and good personnel moves and if your quarterback plays well, 628 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:19,479 Speaker 1: that also can you know, circumvent disaster. Like why did 629 00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:22,160 Speaker 1: the Seattle have success? It wasn't because of the disaster 630 00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:26,480 Speaker 1: trade there was Jamal Adams. Well, no, they flipped Russell 631 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:29,520 Speaker 1: Wilson who was on the looks like he's trending down. 632 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:32,240 Speaker 1: They get more picks and then Gino, But really it 633 00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:35,160 Speaker 1: wasn't the Russell Wilson trade, though obviously they drafted two 634 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:37,240 Speaker 1: tackles last year. It was Gino had a career year, 635 00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:40,360 Speaker 1: and Gino was a Pro Bowl level player. If they 636 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:45,680 Speaker 1: have mediocre quarterback play, they're a six win team. So 637 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:49,680 Speaker 1: I think it gets back to just kind of knowing 638 00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:52,880 Speaker 1: your squad. But I'm not opposed to like the forty 639 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:55,240 Speaker 1: nine ers, what are they gonna do not pay Nick Bosa? Now? 640 00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:57,520 Speaker 1: They don't have to trade for him, but you know 641 00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:00,200 Speaker 1: his cap HiT's going to be enormous. Would they better 642 00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:02,720 Speaker 1: off just trading him? Because what could they get for 643 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:05,600 Speaker 1: Nick Bosa? Two ones and two twos and free up 644 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:08,640 Speaker 1: a bunch of cash space. How many teams in the 645 00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:12,279 Speaker 1: league right now would trade for Nick Bosa twenty five? 646 00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:15,920 Speaker 1: Think about that? Think of what the what aren't they 647 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:18,359 Speaker 1: better off just paying Nick Bosa? Because if they get 648 00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:21,279 Speaker 1: three or four more years of Nick Bosa, Now, if 649 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:23,840 Speaker 1: he gets hurt, they're screwed. But that's part of the football. 650 00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:30,880 Speaker 1: I'm a lifelong Falcons fan. I've subjucated, subjected myself to 651 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:34,600 Speaker 1: countless deflating seasons over the years. I'm not buying what 652 00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:38,520 Speaker 1: the Falcons are trying to sell with Ridder being the guy. 653 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:40,920 Speaker 1: If he was is the guy, then why did we 654 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:44,800 Speaker 1: kick the tires on the Gammer and Tanny Hill. I 655 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:48,280 Speaker 1: don't know who the Gammer is and Tanny Hill pre draft. 656 00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:51,399 Speaker 1: I think the Ridder buy in at the organizational level 657 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:53,680 Speaker 1: is a smoke screen by the front office that will 658 00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:55,799 Speaker 1: be used to justify throwing him out there week after 659 00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:59,160 Speaker 1: week while we effectively tank as a means to land 660 00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:02,080 Speaker 1: a top pick. Given the status of our young offensive 661 00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:05,080 Speaker 1: corps all on rookie contracts, we're looking at a fours 662 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:11,359 Speaker 1: year window that's shrinking quick. Yeah, to me, windows when 663 00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:14,800 Speaker 1: you have a bunch of good young players don't matter 664 00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:17,680 Speaker 1: if you don't have a quarterback. And the other thing 665 00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:20,080 Speaker 1: is you guys don't have is a defense, So your 666 00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:23,520 Speaker 1: defense stinks. Now in theory and the Falcons fans, I'm like, well, 667 00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:26,440 Speaker 1: we spend money on defense, okay, But you got b 668 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:30,240 Speaker 1: John Robinson, you got Drake London, you got Kyle Pitts 669 00:35:30,239 --> 00:35:34,240 Speaker 1: who needs surgery, and everyone acts like he's the next 670 00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:38,840 Speaker 1: You know, Tony Gonzalez, time will tell and listen. He's talented, clearly, 671 00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:41,920 Speaker 1: But when you don't have a quarterback. It's just it's very, 672 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:45,759 Speaker 1: very difficult. It really is. So I would say if Ritter, 673 00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:49,719 Speaker 1: if Ritter is bad this year, which I would bet 674 00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:52,680 Speaker 1: on him. I'm not a big Desmond Ridder fan. You 675 00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:56,719 Speaker 1: guys are screwed now. I guess maybe you could just 676 00:35:56,800 --> 00:36:00,239 Speaker 1: run the ball, but your defense isn't very good. Question 677 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:02,680 Speaker 1: for the mailbag, how would you rank the top receivers 678 00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:08,520 Speaker 1: in this year's draft? Uh, JSN Jackson Smith, Addison, Johnston 679 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:11,799 Speaker 1: and Flowers. I'm also curious about your thoughts regarding the 680 00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:15,279 Speaker 1: projection of their careers. Always enjoy the show. Well, I 681 00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:18,360 Speaker 1: watched a lot more Jackson Smith two years ago, you know, 682 00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:20,400 Speaker 1: just in terms of relative to the rest of the group. 683 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:23,600 Speaker 1: He's really really good. And to me, if he's healthy, 684 00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:26,200 Speaker 1: which he missed this entire season, he's just a can't 685 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:30,640 Speaker 1: miss NFL player. Now how good you know, determines work, ethic, desire, character. 686 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:35,680 Speaker 1: But he's in a place compliments DK Metcalf. Hard to 687 00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:38,799 Speaker 1: see him not be a really good player, you know, 688 00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:41,759 Speaker 1: I was. I was. I was a little disappointed in 689 00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:46,200 Speaker 1: Jordan Addison. Then I'm not gonna lie. I was expecting more. Now. 690 00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:48,600 Speaker 1: People told me when they you know. I was going 691 00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:50,640 Speaker 1: to say the way they traded for him, but when 692 00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:53,600 Speaker 1: he left Pitt and came to USC transfer portal fields 693 00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:56,719 Speaker 1: like trades, maybe I was expecting more. I don't. I 694 00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:59,800 Speaker 1: don't watch Pitt Panther football, but when you want, and 695 00:36:59,840 --> 00:37:02,280 Speaker 1: I understand, listen to his quarterback win the first round. 696 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:04,920 Speaker 1: Leave I get it. I thought the other guy that 697 00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:09,840 Speaker 1: came with Caleb Williams number four was a far superior player. 698 00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:12,040 Speaker 1: Now that guy might be a top fifteen pick next year. 699 00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:15,120 Speaker 1: But you know, guys, I trust think he's a really 700 00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:18,720 Speaker 1: good route runner. He's just a really solid player. Johnston, 701 00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:22,960 Speaker 1: I think you mean the TCU guy. I liked TV scouting, 702 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:24,920 Speaker 1: But then I remember texting with people in the NFL 703 00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:27,640 Speaker 1: a lot of mixed reviews. Some people thought, not a 704 00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:29,759 Speaker 1: great route runner, hands kind of hit or miss. Other 705 00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:33,560 Speaker 1: thought just pretty physically gifted. I think he's a little 706 00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:37,040 Speaker 1: in the eye beholder. I think he's the greatest risk right, 707 00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:39,160 Speaker 1: but also as a high ceiling because physically he's a 708 00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:43,200 Speaker 1: pretty special. You know, he's massive. I would say Zay 709 00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:46,880 Speaker 1: Flowers didn't watch must Boston college football, but if you 710 00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:49,839 Speaker 1: just go to YouTube and watch his highlight packages, He's 711 00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:52,799 Speaker 1: a baller man, he really is. Now is his fit 712 00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:57,319 Speaker 1: with Lamar perfect? He's a different player than Hollywood, but 713 00:37:57,680 --> 00:37:59,799 Speaker 1: last time, you know, this isn't some six or five 714 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:03,080 Speaker 1: white receiver. But you can also do a lot with 715 00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:07,000 Speaker 1: him behind the line of scrimmage, quick screens. I'm the 716 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:09,920 Speaker 1: most intrigued by Jay Flowers. I think that could be 717 00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:11,640 Speaker 1: a cool fit if they figure out a way to 718 00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:14,640 Speaker 1: use them. Todd Monkin Lamar pretty sure. Yeah, they went 719 00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:21,640 Speaker 1: to went to the Ravens, correct, Jay Flowers, Baltimore Ravens. Yeah, 720 00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:26,160 Speaker 1: so I would go Jackson Smith. I would put number one. 721 00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:30,279 Speaker 1: I might put Jay Z Flowers to Jordan Addison and tc. 722 00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:35,600 Speaker 1: You got last come more in your honest opinion? Who 723 00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:37,960 Speaker 1: are the division winners in the NFC? I see the 724 00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:41,120 Speaker 1: AFC being pretty much set if there are no major injuries. 725 00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:44,120 Speaker 1: Of course, I would imagine you have the Chiefs, the Jags, 726 00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:51,000 Speaker 1: the Bills, and the Bengals. I would go NFC West 727 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:55,799 Speaker 1: forty nine ers, NFC South Saints. Don't feel great about it, 728 00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:58,520 Speaker 1: but I'm just picking the team I feel like has 729 00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:03,280 Speaker 1: the most talent in a quarterback. AFC North, I'm gonna 730 00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:05,279 Speaker 1: go to the Lions, also don't feel great about not 731 00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:10,560 Speaker 1: a great division NFC East. I'm gonna pick the Eagles, 732 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:12,319 Speaker 1: but I think the Cowboys gonna be pretty good. So 733 00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:15,480 Speaker 1: I think that division. I think both those teams twelve 734 00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:19,880 Speaker 1: ish wins. Now, if the Cowboy excuse me, the Eagles 735 00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:23,800 Speaker 1: get these young guys, and if Jalen Carter's fucking locked 736 00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:27,319 Speaker 1: and loaded, Nikobe Dean the second year comes into his own, 737 00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:30,960 Speaker 1: they use Nolan Smith healthy, maybe they can run away 738 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:33,080 Speaker 1: with it. Maybe the Eagles just win like sixteen games. 739 00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:37,280 Speaker 1: There's a question, what were your thoughts in Shanna Sharp? 740 00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:40,520 Speaker 1: Where do you think he will go? New media like 741 00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:44,480 Speaker 1: Amazon or Spotify or legacy media like ESPN. I could 742 00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:47,719 Speaker 1: see him doing a hybrid, just have like you know, 743 00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:50,799 Speaker 1: whoever his agents are, sell club Shashay, just do that 744 00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:54,200 Speaker 1: on his own and then do stuff. I guess maybe ESPN. 745 00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:56,360 Speaker 1: But what's what's you really gonna do at ESPN? Shannon 746 00:39:56,360 --> 00:40:01,319 Speaker 1: Sharff's gonna move to Bristol, No fucking chance. I don't 747 00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:05,680 Speaker 1: know what would he do with like Amazon call the games? 748 00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:10,160 Speaker 1: Does he want to do that? Hey? We will really? Uh? 749 00:40:10,239 --> 00:40:14,120 Speaker 1: Another question on Shannon Sharp. Other people are fascinating. I 750 00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:17,880 Speaker 1: wonder how many people ask about Shannon Sharp watch undisputed. 751 00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:19,879 Speaker 1: I don't know the answer to that because I think 752 00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:21,879 Speaker 1: I see that, you know, three four one thousand people watch, 753 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:25,200 Speaker 1: so it's not like highly watched show. My main take 754 00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:28,400 Speaker 1: is like as a sports fan and I consume sports podcast, 755 00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:31,600 Speaker 1: but I don't watch sports television. Like let's just say, 756 00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:34,479 Speaker 1: I get to the opposite six or seven, I put 757 00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:37,480 Speaker 1: CNBC on up until Coward, so I like getting my 758 00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:40,600 Speaker 1: finance brain going, and I just kind of leave that 759 00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:43,320 Speaker 1: on in the background. I don't watch early morning television. 760 00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:45,560 Speaker 1: When it comes to sports first take or whatever, I 761 00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:46,960 Speaker 1: have to be at the gym to see it onto 762 00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:49,719 Speaker 1: the TV. I never go to those channels. I just 763 00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:52,000 Speaker 1: know it's nine o'clock and then I put Coward on 764 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:53,680 Speaker 1: in the background to hear what his opening ran is. 765 00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:57,320 Speaker 1: But I don't really watch the first takes. Again, no shade, 766 00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:59,480 Speaker 1: I don't resent their money. Good for them. Get your 767 00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:04,239 Speaker 1: coin kind of crazy right like in my space, if 768 00:41:04,239 --> 00:41:06,359 Speaker 1: you want to make seven ten million dollars a year, 769 00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:10,000 Speaker 1: you better have seven figure audiences. You know those guys 770 00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:13,239 Speaker 1: do not now they have value. I guess you know, 771 00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:15,759 Speaker 1: Skip does to go viral and stuff for Fox, but 772 00:41:17,080 --> 00:41:20,080 Speaker 1: I don't know if he has value what he earns 773 00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:25,320 Speaker 1: based on their advertising sales. Right like but kind of 774 00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:28,000 Speaker 1: is what it is. Thanks for listening to the show 775 00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:55,040 Speaker 1: Well podcast this week. Keep rocking and rolling, Audios the 776 00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:55,600 Speaker 1: volume