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Like Aaron Rodgers, 30 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: he went to Cow highly connected NFL reporter All Things Niners. 31 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, some Raiders talk. Darren Waller to the Giants 32 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: a nice pickup for a New York Let me start 33 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: with this. Since the Super Bowl, I have talked to 34 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: three two in person, one on the phone FaceTime, three 35 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: different Green Bay Packers. So all respect Aaron Rodgers, but 36 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 1: you know when you play with Aaron and you're a 37 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: teammate of Aaron. Aaron's going to do things that Aaron 38 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 1: wants to do, and he's rarely going to let you 39 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 1: in on it. So I was talking to another Green 40 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 1: Bay packer yesterday and he has no animosity toward Aaron. 41 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 1: Played with him for a while, not one of his guys. 42 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: The takeaway is on the list with the New York Jets. 43 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: It's not necessarily Aaron Rodgers feeding a reporter. Aaron is saying. 44 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 1: The list is suspect. It's that this has been a 45 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 1: real trend of Aaron Rodgers. Nobody's connected to him, nobody 46 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 1: knows anything. So Trey Wingo said it's done. It wasn't 47 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 1: He ripped schefter and Ian Rappaport, Diana Russini. He's telling 48 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 1: people that she doesn't know what she's talking about. The 49 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 1: list is suspect. Nobody just makes stuff up. Now, I 50 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 1: will say different people can speak on Aaron's behalf. Nathaniel 51 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:33,920 Speaker 1: Hackett could tell a report or something and they take 52 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 1: that as gospel, you know, from Aaron Rodgers worldview. So 53 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 1: something I have sourced from people who have seen or 54 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: been with Aaron over the last month month and a 55 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 1: half since the Super Bowl. He's pretty chill on it. 56 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: He's doing his thing. He's got multiple events he's scheduled 57 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: personally throughout the summer, probably not going to be available 58 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: for Ota. What happens happened. He is capable of walking away. 59 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:06,839 Speaker 1: Pat McAfee mentioned he wouldn't be shocked if he did 60 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 1: walk away. I don't think he will, but I think 61 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 1: he's capable of it. He's not obsessed with football, clearly, 62 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 1: you can see by his semi committed off seasons. But 63 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 1: Aaron's not that closed to that many teammates. He wasn't 64 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:23,480 Speaker 1: that close with Davante Adams. Davante Adams left, you know, 65 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:26,839 Speaker 1: he didn't have a great relationship or any relationship with 66 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:30,800 Speaker 1: the young wide receivers. Alan Lazard has signed with the Jets. 67 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 1: That's a comfort signing. I'm sure Aaron, over the course 68 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: of the weekend in Malibu, talking to the Jet said, 69 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: you know, there's a couple of guys I really like 70 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: Mercedes Lewis, Alan Lazard, Randall Cobb. You know, I think 71 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,280 Speaker 1: that's a reasonable assumption, And they went out and got 72 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:49,359 Speaker 1: Alan Lazard. Do I think the Jets would acquire Alan 73 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 1: Lazard if they weren't seeking Aaron Rodgers No, he's a 74 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 1: big body. They got Corey Davis, No, I don't do. 75 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: I think they'd bring in Nathaniel Hackett after bombing Denver 76 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 1: is their first choice if they weren't interested in Aaron Rodgers. No, 77 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 1: I don't think they would. And I've said this with Aaron. 78 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 1: I don't think they're gonna ever win a Super Bowl. 79 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 1: I don't think they're gonna win their division with Aaron Rodgers. 80 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:14,279 Speaker 1: If you go back to his history his first year 81 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 1: of doing anything starting he was six and ten. First 82 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:20,159 Speaker 1: year with Lafleur and Hackett, he had a mid to 83 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: high nineties passer rating at the time, third lowest of 84 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 1: his career. I do think he makes the Jets better. 85 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 1: But Aaron is manipulative, not just in this instance. It's 86 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: with the media. It's kind of downgrading anybody's information unless 87 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 1: it's directly from him. But Aaron also gives off the 88 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 1: vibe that he doesn't really care and he's really chill, 89 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: but shit pisses him off privately. How do I know 90 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: that because I was told that twice yesterday. So if 91 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,280 Speaker 1: I was Aaron, I'd stay with Green Bay. My guess 92 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 1: is has always been fifty one percent Packers over the Jets, 93 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:56,719 Speaker 1: but by signing Alan Lazard, I think the Jets are 94 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 1: doing everything possible to get Aaron. But I don't think 95 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 1: they have an answer yet. I don't, and I think 96 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: Hackett was step one. Alan Lazard is step two. You know, 97 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 1: maybe we'll hear something on David Baktiari, but you know 98 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 1: this idea that nobody's connected to Aaron and nobody knows anything. 99 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 1: Aaron's got plenty of players people. I know that he 100 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 1: shows his disdain on a regular basis. He hears the media. 101 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 1: He was not happy, I'm told with the list said 102 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 1: it was BS. I just don't believe Diana Russini completely 103 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:34,040 Speaker 1: made it up. Why would she do that, She's got 104 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 1: a nice career. Why would you just throw out a 105 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: haymaker that's totally, absolutely inaccurate unless you had some feelers 106 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 1: on it and some legitimate sources. So I do know 107 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: that Nathaniel Hackett is a huge fan and friend of 108 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 1: Mercedes Lewis. That I know. So I know Hackett and 109 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: not Aaron Rodgers. Necessarily he would go to Robert Saul 110 00:06:56,480 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 1: and say get me Mercedes Lewis. Mercedes Lewis is affordable, smart, good, 111 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:07,039 Speaker 1: locker room guy, tremendous blocker. So I think Hackett could 112 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 1: have easily been the one that initiated the Mercedes Lewis 113 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 1: conversation with the Jets. 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So I talked to 134 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 1: since the Super Bowl, I've talked to three different packers 135 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 1: and two in person and one FaceTime, and you know 136 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 1: they've they were you can respect a co worker. It 137 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 1: doesn't mean you're boys. And there is a sense with Aaron. 138 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:56,680 Speaker 1: Bill Simmons and I got into this discussion once that 139 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 1: when you're you know, you and I are married, you 140 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:01,120 Speaker 1: and I have kids. Our life is a series of 141 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 1: sacrifices right when you're single, rich, no kids, no pets. 142 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 1: It's not so. Aaron's kind of the sun in his 143 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 1: galaxy right. And this is not saying he's inconsiderate or thoughtless, 144 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 1: That's not what I'm saying. But he can be at 145 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:25,440 Speaker 1: times a bit manipulative and very Aron centric. And I 146 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 1: think in this situation there are teammates in Green Bay 147 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 1: that I've been told that feel like bro I don't 148 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 1: want my names on lists, I don't want my names 149 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 1: and reports. I just want an answer. I do think 150 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 1: there are people that are close with Aaron at times 151 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 1: can get discouraged with him. Is that fair well, I 152 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 1: just I look at it as such a longer thing. 153 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 1: And remember the infamous Summer of Far farv in two 154 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 1: thousand and eight. I was at Yahoo at the time 155 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:01,880 Speaker 1: and spent a bunch of days, planned on going to 156 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: Green Bay for a couple of days, stayed for about 157 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 1: five as the saga played out, and he became the 158 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:14,439 Speaker 1: guy and ultimately became what will now be a sure 159 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:17,600 Speaker 1: first ballot Hall of Famer and a four time MVP. 160 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 1: And throughout much of that time, I've been a person 161 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:28,199 Speaker 1: who believes very vocally that that organization hadn't aggressively gone 162 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:31,680 Speaker 1: after it the way they should with a quarterback that special. 163 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: And you know, they have a philosophy that dates back, 164 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 1: you know, before this regime Ted Thompson and Ron Wolf 165 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 1: and all that. But I used to say, look, it's 166 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 1: easy to say we're just going to sit back, be 167 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 1: passive and build through the draft when we have a 168 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 1: transcendent quarterback, by the way for the second time in 169 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:57,840 Speaker 1: a row, who will cover up a lot of our ills. 170 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:03,439 Speaker 1: And I think they've under achieved organizationally by not doing that. 171 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 1: They kind of started to try to do that toward 172 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 1: the end they had their run, it didn't work out. 173 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 1: In twenty nineteen, they lost badly on the road in 174 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 1: the NFC Championship Game. In twenty twenty, they hosted with 175 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:19,960 Speaker 1: no fans and lost to Tom Brady and the Bucks, 176 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 1: a team that had loaded up. And in twenty twenty one, 177 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:25,600 Speaker 1: they lost at home to the Niners in a game 178 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 1: that neither team could really score, but a block punt 179 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:33,840 Speaker 1: decided it. And I think they know the windows over, 180 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 1: so it makes sense for them to want it to 181 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 1: end now, And I think if they had a time machine, 182 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 1: they'd go back a year. It makes sense for Aaron, 183 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 1: given the way that context has changed, to want to leave. 184 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:54,599 Speaker 1: And I understand why people on the outside get frustrated. 185 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:57,320 Speaker 1: What it seems to make that much sense. Why it 186 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:01,080 Speaker 1: is just happening, And it is a little complicated, And 187 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: maybe Aaron is exerting leverage right now or just sincerely 188 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 1: trying to figure out what he wants. But it seems 189 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 1: to me that the math adds up to Jets desperately 190 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 1: want him. He knows Green Bay that that time has 191 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 1: kind of past. Packers just want to move forward, knowing 192 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 1: that they missed their window, not like, ha, we're gonna 193 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:27,720 Speaker 1: win the super Bowl now with Jordan Love. I think 194 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 1: they know on some level and they need to get 195 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:33,839 Speaker 1: the contract off the book. So when you put all 196 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 1: that together, I see why people on the outside say, 197 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:39,000 Speaker 1: let's just do this now. What did you make of 198 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 1: the list? Aaron has told some friends it's BS. I 199 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:48,200 Speaker 1: tend to defend all reporters, Mike Silver, Diana Russini. I've 200 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 1: never worked with anybody who makes stuff up. Now, I 201 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:54,440 Speaker 1: do know Hackett is close with Mercedes Lewis. The name 202 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 1: Mercedes Lewis could have shown up on that list from Hackett. 203 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 1: I know that because I know Hackett. I know Mercedes well, 204 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:04,880 Speaker 1: and Hackett and he have a good relationship. And a 205 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 1: lot of people like Nathaniel, whether he's a great coach 206 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 1: or not, he's very close to a lot of players. 207 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 1: They really he's a very engaging, lovely person. Yeah, so 208 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:15,679 Speaker 1: the Mercedes name on the list may not have been 209 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:20,199 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers. But Aaron saying you know the list is nonsense. 210 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 1: He'll announce on McAfee tomorrow. You know, he'll probably push 211 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 1: back on some of it. What did you make of 212 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 1: the list? Well, I don't mind if there's a list. 213 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:31,720 Speaker 1: First of all, I can understand why Aaron and especially 214 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: the Jets would want us to not fake. There's a list, 215 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 1: But I'm kind of okay with that, especially someone at 216 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:43,400 Speaker 1: this stage of his career who's going for broke and 217 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:45,840 Speaker 1: people could say, oh, he's big a diva, he's trying 218 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 1: to be the GM. Yeah. And Tom Brady did at 219 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 1: the end, and Peyton Manning did at the end and 220 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 1: they won super Bowls. And if you're that good, you 221 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:02,320 Speaker 1: not only are able to do that, but you should. 222 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:05,440 Speaker 1: And I'm not saying he's right about Randall Cobb and 223 00:14:05,559 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 1: Marcedes Lewis at this stage of their career. If that's 224 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:11,360 Speaker 1: a comfort thing for him, I think it's a conversation 225 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 1: with the team that's trying to get him Lazard. I 226 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: don't think that's a team to do. If you if 227 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 1: you bring him in as your one, you're crazy. If 228 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 1: you bring him in as your two three. Yeah, sure, 229 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 1: that's fine. Um. I love the Beckham thing. I think 230 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 1: it's cool. Like Tom Brady had Antonio Brown living at 231 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:37,400 Speaker 1: his house, Antonio Brown, who's the biggest nightmare or for 232 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 1: an organization to deal with at all, ever, including for Tom. 233 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 1: It turned out, so yeah, go get Hodell Beckham if 234 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 1: he could play like he played when we last saw him. Yeah, 235 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 1: I like that. So I don't hate the list if 236 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 1: it's real. And I again, I know Diana really well. 237 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 1: I'm sure she has great source to got it. I 238 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 1: don't mind the list. I understand. And why if you're 239 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 1: the Jets and you're Aaron, you don't want people to 240 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 1: think there's a list. Frustrating for Packer fans because they're like, 241 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 1: he didn't seem to be all in last year. He 242 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 1: paid him all the money and then he kind of disappeared, 243 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 1: didn't work with the young receivers. Seemed like he thought 244 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 1: he could snap his figures that turn it out at 245 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:20,280 Speaker 1: the very end, even worse. It worked for four weeks 246 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 1: and then lost in the Lions that it ended. But 247 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 1: the Jets wouldn't be getting that guy. They'd be getting 248 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 1: it aggrieved, highly motivated, chip by his shoulder. I'll show 249 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 1: you Aaron Rodgers and so the Packers aren't trading that 250 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 1: guy necessarily, but the Jets are getting that guy, and 251 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 1: it is what it is. Listen, you know a lot 252 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 1: of these leaks that come out, you can often see 253 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 1: which direction the leak comes from, right, Like I don't 254 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 1: think Aaron would want that list out right, I surmise 255 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: today I said, the Jets are getting frustrated they released 256 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 1: a list, So if he doesn't sign, the New York 257 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 1: media will go, well, God, look at the stupid list. 258 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 1: Randall Cobb in my take risky because then if he's 259 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 1: your guy, he's already he already doesn't trust you. So 260 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 1: I don't know. I haven't tucked to solid today, but 261 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 1: I'll bet if Robert Sala had any hair, he would 262 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 1: have pulled it out during the when he first saw 263 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 1: in his screen that that list had come out. That's 264 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 1: my suspicion is that Jets don't want to go into 265 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 1: this relationship with any weirdness. And by the way, I've 266 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:34,880 Speaker 1: said this before, Colin, I am pro leak. For the record, 267 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:36,920 Speaker 1: I just every time we talk about leaks, I do 268 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 1: want to say that pro leak keep it coming. So, um, 269 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:46,360 Speaker 1: let's pivot to a couple of Niner things. So Sam 270 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:53,440 Speaker 1: Darnold has a lot of Trey Lance qualities. Coachable, big athlete, mobile, 271 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 1: but not spectacularly fast, not a pretty thrower, not highly accurate, 272 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:07,440 Speaker 1: prone to some mistakes, but good in the room. Coachable, big, physical, 273 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:12,719 Speaker 1: athlete for a big, physical team and culture. That's what 274 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:15,399 Speaker 1: it felt like to me. It feels like Trey, Lance 275 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 1: and Darnald are battling for the backup. Though am I 276 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:23,160 Speaker 1: too idealistic on this Brock pretty thing? I think Kyle 277 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 1: Shanahan loves Purty. I think he does. Yeah, he does. 278 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 1: And it was settled. It was over. Purty was the guy. 279 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:33,680 Speaker 1: It was. They were good too. Couldn't even touch his 280 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 1: contract for the next two years, couldn't even renegotiate till 281 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:41,640 Speaker 1: two years from now. Cheap deal, load up around him. 282 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:45,800 Speaker 1: Maybe Lance develops and you flip him, maybe he's your backup. Whatever, 283 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:50,399 Speaker 1: it was all good. And then if Brock Purty broke 284 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:53,040 Speaker 1: in his leg in that game, nothing would have changed. 285 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:57,720 Speaker 1: A tough break, man, we lost. Brock's the guy. He 286 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 1: ripped out an important Look at it. It is throwing elbow, 287 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:08,159 Speaker 1: so yes, it changed. So what they hope, and obviously, 288 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:12,399 Speaker 1: based on their behavior so far, what they hope is 289 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 1: that's six month timeline is reasonable and if not, maybe 290 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 1: it's seven, maybe it's even eight. But eventually the guy 291 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 1: we get back is going to be the guy we had. 292 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:27,679 Speaker 1: He'll be able to throw it like you threw it 293 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:31,840 Speaker 1: before and we're good to go. And if that happens, 294 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 1: then what you said is absolutely right. But they do 295 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 1: have to live in a reality now where it might 296 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:43,840 Speaker 1: not be that way, and sometimes they're setbacks, sometimes they're 297 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:48,000 Speaker 1: scarred tissue. Sometimes it just never comes back to what 298 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:50,199 Speaker 1: it was. I don't think that's likely. I think the 299 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 1: likeliest thing is brock Purty will be back at some point, 300 00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:56,879 Speaker 1: you know, not too late in the twenty twenty three season, 301 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 1: looking like he did before. But um, you have to hedge. 302 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:07,880 Speaker 1: So after last year's entire offseason of trays the Guy, 303 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:11,200 Speaker 1: Trace the guy, trays the Guy, and you and I 304 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 1: infamously noted during that offseason that wasn't going super smoothly 305 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:23,640 Speaker 1: and accurately. We accurately reported that he wasn't super accurate, 306 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:29,119 Speaker 1: that his arm was experiencing fatigue, and that he wasn't consistent. 307 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:35,160 Speaker 1: Um we've since been u thou to be true by 308 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 1: including Trey Lance, who was disgusted. But um, so they 309 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 1: have to have a plan C. I wondered if it 310 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 1: would be Matt Ryan, if he'd want to do it, 311 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:48,560 Speaker 1: given his history with Kyle. I wondered if it would 312 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: be a Dalton Brissette type of guy. They went a 313 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 1: little younger. Um. Interesting comparison Dartled and Lance. Um. The 314 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:00,919 Speaker 1: one thing I'll give the land say is that Darnold 315 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:05,640 Speaker 1: is not known for his intelligence. Not I'm not I'm 316 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:08,800 Speaker 1: not saying Sam Darnold's not intelligent for the record. I'm 317 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:10,959 Speaker 1: just saying he's not known as a quarterback who just 318 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:15,879 Speaker 1: you know, blows you away with his the whiteboard, whiteboard 319 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 1: where trade. They saw something intelligence wise before the draft 320 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 1: that got them super super fired up. So that gives 321 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 1: me hope that maybe there's a jump to be made. 322 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 1: So I think Plan A is Lance is the guy. 323 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:36,440 Speaker 1: Darnold's the insurance. Maybe Lands starts a game or two, 324 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:40,399 Speaker 1: but Party's the guy. Plan B is man. Party's not 325 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 1: coming along great. But you know what, lads stepped up. 326 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:48,920 Speaker 1: He's the guy. Darnold's the insurance. Plans C is Trey's 327 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:50,960 Speaker 1: not able to do it. He's gonna have to be 328 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:54,000 Speaker 1: the backup. Will go with Sam Darnold and figure it out. 329 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 1: Plan A minus as you know, and I will. I 330 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 1: don't think it's likely, but you know, John Lynch is 331 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 1: gonna call Tom Brady in May or June and go, Hey, 332 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:10,200 Speaker 1: I know you said for good, but it's your hometown 333 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 1: team because he's the perfect guy as a hedge against party. 334 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 1: If you don't think Purty is gonna be right next year, 335 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:20,679 Speaker 1: but you think he's the guy in the future, you 336 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:24,240 Speaker 1: can just do one year a Brady and still keep 337 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:29,040 Speaker 1: that same plan. It's interesting to me that both the 338 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 1: Nighters in Miami have constructed their twenty twenty three rosters 339 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:39,160 Speaker 1: to basically say we can win now if our quarterback 340 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 1: thing works out. In the Nighters case, Purty's elbow comes 341 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:45,240 Speaker 1: back or Lance mix a jump. In the Dolphins case too, 342 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:50,240 Speaker 1: it doesn't keep getting concussed. But hey, Tom, wake quake. 343 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 1: We're built to win now. And if you came just 344 00:21:54,680 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 1: for one year, WHOA. No, you and I are leaning 345 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 1: in the same direction. I mean that's why the backups 346 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 1: Darnald and Mike White are not really super viable long 347 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 1: term pieces. They are your classic emergency starter, meaning if 348 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:21,160 Speaker 1: Purdy goes out, Brady steps in. Nobody questions whether Brady's 349 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:26,640 Speaker 1: the guy right right? Yeah, No, I totally agree. And again, 350 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:30,719 Speaker 1: so you and I can sit here and say Brady 351 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:32,959 Speaker 1: makes a lot of sense. I know they're gonna at 352 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 1: least try. But are we saying do we know what 353 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 1: Tom Brady's gonna want to do? No, he said for good, 354 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:44,480 Speaker 1: So I'm assuming it's for good. I just know that 355 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 1: if you were gonna go back on that, you've got 356 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 1: two really attractive situations, one where your kids live and 357 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:55,080 Speaker 1: you have a place, and one where you grew up 358 00:22:55,240 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: and your parents live. So Jimmy g to the raiders. 359 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 1: You know, Jimmy G. Well, there's a lot of stories 360 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:06,719 Speaker 1: that can now be told because you don't have to 361 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 1: cover him. So I'll throw out what I've been told 362 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 1: by the years, by people in the building or around 363 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:16,639 Speaker 1: the building. He's a guy's guy. There are limitations on 364 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:19,119 Speaker 1: his arm despite being a pretty big, solid guy. He 365 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 1: doesn't have much of a whip. Not terribly fluid, kind 366 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 1: of mechanical. But he's a great locker room guy, kind 367 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:30,439 Speaker 1: of an alpha could at times not be flaky but 368 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:34,920 Speaker 1: disappear in the off season. They felt like he relied 369 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 1: a lot on God's genetic gift to him size chest, confidence, 370 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 1: wasn't a workaholic. He's as good as he should be 371 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 1: considering his commitment. Okay, so first of all, I love 372 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:55,920 Speaker 1: Jimmy like I do. And one reason I love of 373 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 1: is because I did write some of that. Last August 374 00:23:59,880 --> 00:24:02,720 Speaker 1: or September, I came out with a thing talking about 375 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 1: how they have the press conference in twenty eighteen after 376 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:09,880 Speaker 1: his five wins, they give him the money, he's the guy, 377 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 1: and then they have the big, you know, celebration, and 378 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:16,399 Speaker 1: then he leaves and they don't hear from him again 379 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:20,560 Speaker 1: for months, and ghosting them over the off season was habitual, 380 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 1: except for the year they drafted Trey Lance. He was 381 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 1: really a tent of that off season. So I wondered 382 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 1: how that was gonna go for me. After I wrote that, 383 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,760 Speaker 1: next time I saw Jimmy, it was all good. And 384 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 1: you know that's yet another I do love Jimmy. I 385 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 1: think he's awesome. I love his temperament. I think he 386 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 1: had the best temperament for Kyle Shanahan, who gets really 387 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:47,679 Speaker 1: tightly wound and gruppy on game day. Sometimes not on 388 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:50,280 Speaker 1: game day. I think it rolled off Jimmy well. He 389 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:56,359 Speaker 1: was super popular. I think his arm, don't. I wouldn't 390 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 1: say anything bad about his arm. His release is so 391 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:04,480 Speaker 1: good and I don't think there are five other quarterbacks 392 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 1: on Earth who really throw it like he does. In 393 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:11,440 Speaker 1: terms of release and short range short to media rage 394 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 1: accuracy like it's you know, there were a lot of 395 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:20,760 Speaker 1: route or plays that were pointed out to me where 396 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:25,639 Speaker 1: people said it looked like Jimmy did went through his 397 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:29,440 Speaker 1: reads and led this guy perfectly. What might have happened 398 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:32,480 Speaker 1: here is Jimmy saw it late, but he gets it 399 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:35,879 Speaker 1: out so quick and so perfectly that it just looked 400 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:39,520 Speaker 1: like that. So I do think his arm is really good. 401 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:42,480 Speaker 1: People have talked about his deep balls. I don't know. 402 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:47,320 Speaker 1: So anyway, is Jimmy garoppolo. You know, there's a lot 403 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:52,240 Speaker 1: of quarterbacks who are not grinders. One of them we 404 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:55,439 Speaker 1: suspect in Arizona because they put a clause in his 405 00:25:55,520 --> 00:26:00,119 Speaker 1: contract about video games. One of them is trying to 406 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:04,240 Speaker 1: get a fully guaranteed deal. Now we should talk about that. 407 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:09,119 Speaker 1: By all metrics, he deserves relative to Deshaun Watson, and 408 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:12,919 Speaker 1: he deserves to get paid way more than Daniel Jones, etc. 409 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:16,960 Speaker 1: But I think one of the things hurting Lamar is 410 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:20,800 Speaker 1: this perception that he's not grinding in terms of off 411 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 1: the field. And Jimmy is another guy who has acquired 412 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 1: that reputation, and you know, will that change with Josh 413 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:35,439 Speaker 1: and Vegas probably if you look at how he acted 414 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:40,960 Speaker 1: when they drafted Lance. Yes, and also look, I love 415 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:44,400 Speaker 1: I love Jimmy in twenty twenty two, I don't give 416 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:49,200 Speaker 1: it f Jimmy, which was liberating. And I told him, 417 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:52,240 Speaker 1: you know, in late December when he was hurt, I said, dude, 418 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:56,199 Speaker 1: you realize that the most Niner thing ever is going 419 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 1: to be for you to somehow come back and play 420 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:00,520 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl like it just is. And there was 421 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:03,800 Speaker 1: a moment sitting in that stadium with the link early 422 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 1: where I'm like, purdies out, Josh Johnson's in, Christian McCaffrey 423 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:12,359 Speaker 1: just ran through five dudes, They're tied, and I'm like, 424 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 1: it's gonna happen. Josh Johnson's gonna win this game somehow, 425 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:20,200 Speaker 1: and Jimmy Garoppolo is gonna come back in two weeks 426 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:24,080 Speaker 1: and start the Super Bowl against Patrick Mahof. So it 427 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,159 Speaker 1: didn't get quite that far, but I don't want to 428 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 1: discount what he did. He really bailed them out last year. 429 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 1: He played at a pro Bowl level. He got hurt. 430 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:36,399 Speaker 1: There was some tension after he got hurt. The way 431 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:39,760 Speaker 1: it was explained to me is that you know Trey Lance, 432 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:42,280 Speaker 1: who was hurt, was coming to every meeting and really 433 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:46,400 Speaker 1: was engaged with Brock. Jimmy's style was to not show 434 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:52,480 Speaker 1: up a lot. Kyle had never specifically said this is mandatory, 435 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 1: get your butt in here, and so he wasn't disobeying anything. 436 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 1: It was just a different approach. And it's possible that 437 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:02,120 Speaker 1: that what Jimmy was taught in New England, by the way, 438 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:06,080 Speaker 1: that Bill's approach is when you're injured, just you know, 439 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,520 Speaker 1: stay out of it. But that if there was any 440 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 1: tension at the end, you know, it was a three 441 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:14,359 Speaker 1: year breakup, so of course there was ten shit, But 442 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:17,360 Speaker 1: if there was tension at the end, Kyle, I think, 443 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:21,159 Speaker 1: was frustrated that Jimmy wasn't hanging around the way Trey was. 444 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:26,120 Speaker 1: So I do want to move segue into Lamar Jackson. 445 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:30,439 Speaker 1: Years ago, Kirk Cousins got a guaranteed contract. It was 446 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:36,520 Speaker 1: highly criticized, dubious, too expensive. Minnesota was pretty desperate in 447 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 1: a division with Aaron Rodgers, and so they offered it 448 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:43,320 Speaker 1: and Kirk, you know, with a chip on his shoulders, 449 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:46,760 Speaker 1: said I'm going to sign it. However, moving forward, nobody 450 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:50,719 Speaker 1: else offered a guaranteed contract, including the significantly more talented 451 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:54,000 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers. My takeaway has always been I've seen this 452 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:57,080 Speaker 1: since I ran the volume. I'll make people an offer. 453 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:00,640 Speaker 1: I'm not going to offer you something just because I 454 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 1: feel an inferior podcast company makes you an egregious offer. Right, So, 455 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:09,600 Speaker 1: Cleveland's a desperate franchise, much more desperate than Minnesota was 456 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:14,240 Speaker 1: with Kirk Cousins. I don't believe Baltimore, a highly functional organization, 457 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,240 Speaker 1: should look at Cleveland and go, well, they set the market. 458 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:21,520 Speaker 1: If you're not available on Sunday, I can't give you 459 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,800 Speaker 1: a fully guaranteed contract, right, you have to I have 460 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:29,000 Speaker 1: to be guaranteed, you know, buy and large. Brady showed 461 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:31,840 Speaker 1: up every Sunday five showed up, Eli Manning showed up, 462 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:35,280 Speaker 1: Daniel Jones shows up. There are guys that get dinged 463 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:38,680 Speaker 1: up for a variety of reasons. I love Lamar, but 464 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:43,720 Speaker 1: I worry that it's now personal because he doesn't have 465 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:46,520 Speaker 1: an agent. And when you don't have an agent, it 466 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:50,480 Speaker 1: does get personal because you are discussing people who are, 467 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:55,960 Speaker 1: if not lamenting, they are discussing your weaknesses and liabilities 468 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:58,080 Speaker 1: face to face. That's why I have an agent, Mike, 469 00:29:58,160 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 1: so I don't have to deal with these kind of 470 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:03,600 Speaker 1: conversation one, which is why when you and I renegotiate 471 00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:07,040 Speaker 1: our deal, we'll use agents and they can do all 472 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:11,640 Speaker 1: that crap take the arrows for us exactly. Yeah. So, 473 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:17,880 Speaker 1: first of all, I believe the Ravens are not shining organizationally, 474 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,200 Speaker 1: and I have been as big a fan of that 475 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:24,200 Speaker 1: organization publicly as anyone for a long long time. I 476 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:28,680 Speaker 1: think they've botched this too. I have written that they 477 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:32,440 Speaker 1: left around and found out they were willing to go 478 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:35,480 Speaker 1: into the season, go and find we'll just play it 479 00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:40,760 Speaker 1: out with Lamar and am I saying Lamar intentionally sat 480 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:45,280 Speaker 1: out all those games to spite them. No, but he 481 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:48,680 Speaker 1: didn't have that feeling that he was taken care of. 482 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:54,440 Speaker 1: And his coach came out publicly and was like, hey, 483 00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:56,000 Speaker 1: I think he'll be back in a week or two, 484 00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:59,160 Speaker 1: and which you know, I don't love. If I'm a 485 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:03,800 Speaker 1: player with a band and they've lost a winnable playoff 486 00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:08,320 Speaker 1: game potentially against the Bengals, they didn't have him. Um, 487 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:12,360 Speaker 1: so they've budged it too. And if it's personal, maybe 488 00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:14,600 Speaker 1: it's personal in their head too, But they've budged it. 489 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 1: So let's let's assess a. Would it be easier if 490 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:20,720 Speaker 1: he had an agent? Yes, it would be easier. Does 491 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:23,280 Speaker 1: it mean he has to doesn't? You know Roquan Smith 492 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:25,160 Speaker 1: doesn't have an agent and they got their thing done. 493 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:29,480 Speaker 1: It'd be easier, especially right now gauging the market all that. 494 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:33,320 Speaker 1: It would be better I think for everyone. But you 495 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:39,560 Speaker 1: know that's not my decision. Um is. I'm told to 496 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:45,800 Speaker 1: Colin that Lamar's Lamar can't get past, and we've all 497 00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:48,720 Speaker 1: been there right in our careers. Lamar can't get past. 498 00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:52,959 Speaker 1: I'm better than Deshaun Watson and I'm not screwing up 499 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:56,760 Speaker 1: off the field like and I'm not saying he's wrong. 500 00:31:56,880 --> 00:32:01,600 Speaker 1: I think he is totally. Absolutely, He's always been a 501 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:04,640 Speaker 1: better thrower than anybody wants to admit. Yeah, so the 502 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:09,360 Speaker 1: so the you know, Gene Hackman's fallen sheriff in unforgiven 503 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:14,200 Speaker 1: says to Clint Eastwood, you know, I don't deserve this, 504 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:17,760 Speaker 1: And you know Clint says, who's got nothing to do 505 00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:19,920 Speaker 1: with it? You know, deserves got nothing to do with it. 506 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:23,400 Speaker 1: He deserves to get a guaranteed deal more than Deshaun 507 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:28,600 Speaker 1: Watson or Kirk Cousins. Yes, he deserves to get paid 508 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:32,400 Speaker 1: more than Daniel Jones for Heaven's sake. For Heaven's sake, 509 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:35,960 Speaker 1: Daniel Jones, I mean, come on, that's that deal's not 510 00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:39,360 Speaker 1: going to age. Well, I'm sorry, but as you know, 511 00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:43,320 Speaker 1: it's all about circumstance at leverage. And he could have 512 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:46,280 Speaker 1: signed after year three, gotten a bunch of money up front, 513 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:51,040 Speaker 1: and now be trying to renegotiate from strength. He didn't 514 00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:53,640 Speaker 1: do that. He didn't do what Kirk Cousins did and 515 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,960 Speaker 1: play out two franchise tags and putting his organization in 516 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,320 Speaker 1: a box to the point where they blinked and took 517 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:02,760 Speaker 1: Alex Smith that he was free, and they didn't do 518 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:05,120 Speaker 1: what Deshaun wat He hasn't done with Deshaun Watson did 519 00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:08,280 Speaker 1: him Maybe he will, But Deshaun Watson showed up at 520 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:13,760 Speaker 1: training camp uncomfortably with an organization that didn't want him, 521 00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:16,960 Speaker 1: reporters hounding him about something he didn't want to talk about, 522 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:22,880 Speaker 1: and fans checking out a circus, and he knew he 523 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:24,880 Speaker 1: wasn't gonna play. It turned out he wasn't gonna play 524 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:28,160 Speaker 1: for you know, almost a year and a half from 525 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:31,560 Speaker 1: that point. But by doing that and having the will 526 00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:34,920 Speaker 1: to do that, he created leverage, and the Browns were 527 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:40,680 Speaker 1: desperate and he got that deal. So you know, you 528 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:44,640 Speaker 1: put all those things together, and if you're Lebar Jackson, 529 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:49,480 Speaker 1: well you don't have that kind of leverage or you 530 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:53,960 Speaker 1: haven't exerted that kind of will, now, could you? Yeah, 531 00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:57,080 Speaker 1: you could say I've not played for thirty two million, 532 00:33:57,640 --> 00:34:00,880 Speaker 1: go ahead and have fun with Tyler Huntley, and I'm 533 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:03,240 Speaker 1: just gonna sit Await. I'm not saying he should, but 534 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:06,800 Speaker 1: he could do. You think the Ravens, frustrated by it, 535 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:10,440 Speaker 1: would just say we're gonna move on, We're gonna draft 536 00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:14,080 Speaker 1: another quarterback because we like our roster, our culture, our coach, 537 00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:18,839 Speaker 1: and our defense. Yeah. Maybe, but I also think we're 538 00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:21,040 Speaker 1: living in a weird world where, yeah, no one has 539 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:26,239 Speaker 1: stepped up and offered Lamar because partly because a lot 540 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:29,600 Speaker 1: of teams think we're just doing the Ravens work for him. 541 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:32,120 Speaker 1: We're gonna give him this deal he likes, and they're 542 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:34,920 Speaker 1: gonna match it, and we're going to alienate the people 543 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:37,560 Speaker 1: we have. The quarterbacks we have now who knew we 544 00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:40,560 Speaker 1: were trying to replace him, So why would we do 545 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:47,040 Speaker 1: that if if Lamar were free? First of all, different story. 546 00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:52,719 Speaker 1: Second of all, let's be honest. Desperation isn't confined to 547 00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:56,560 Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns, and there aren't that many really good quarterbacks, 548 00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:59,480 Speaker 1: which is why you and I are talking about ninety 549 00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:01,680 Speaker 1: three year old Tom Brady. Sorry, Tom, I know you're 550 00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:04,720 Speaker 1: only forty five. Yeah, that's why we're talking about Tom Brady. 551 00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:07,640 Speaker 1: And that's why we're talking about Lists and Aaron Rodgers. 552 00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:12,239 Speaker 1: There are only so many transcendent ones, and I think 553 00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:15,120 Speaker 1: Lamar's transcendent. I'll stick up for Lamar as a player. 554 00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:18,120 Speaker 1: I think he's one of the very, very best. He 555 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:21,839 Speaker 1: won seventy five percent of his starts in the AFC. Yeah. 556 00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:23,719 Speaker 1: The only you know, I think there is a little 557 00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:27,239 Speaker 1: PTSD from the Russell Wilson trade, honestly, because for ten 558 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:31,280 Speaker 1: years we saw a guy be transcendent in my opinion, 559 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:35,799 Speaker 1: and then oh whoa, he looks nothing like that guy. 560 00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:39,759 Speaker 1: And by the way, Geno Smith is now a pro 561 00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:43,200 Speaker 1: bowler in his place. 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So I contend that if you ask 599 00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:08,919 Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan if he could have a Super Bowl ring 600 00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:13,120 Speaker 1: and McVeigh could dominate him, he would take the ring. 601 00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:18,920 Speaker 1: But it does irk McVeigh greatly that he looks at 602 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:24,840 Speaker 1: Zach Taylor's weapons, Shanahan's weapons, his peers, you know, his 603 00:38:25,040 --> 00:38:29,080 Speaker 1: age peers, and they're stacked. And he's sitting there thinking, 604 00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:32,160 Speaker 1: I got an injured Cooper Cup, I don't like my 605 00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:36,400 Speaker 1: back cam akers, my on line shit. Stafford's got an 606 00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:39,960 Speaker 1: elbow issue and won't renegotiate and he's pissed. So in 607 00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:44,800 Speaker 1: my world, he has used retirement twice last year to 608 00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:47,320 Speaker 1: get a big contract this year, to get more leverage 609 00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:50,600 Speaker 1: with personnel. And I was told a month ago by 610 00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:55,120 Speaker 1: somebody inside the organization that knows Sean well. He basically said, fellas, 611 00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:59,880 Speaker 1: I'll come back. We're moving off defense. I watched what 612 00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:02,680 Speaker 1: all my contemporaries have, all these young coaches, and I 613 00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:06,560 Speaker 1: see their weapons. We're spending money on offense, so I 614 00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:09,720 Speaker 1: predicted they we're going to move Jalen Ramsey, get draft capital, 615 00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:14,120 Speaker 1: FREEEP cash for offense. They move off Floyd good player, 616 00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:16,640 Speaker 1: not great, but you know, eight sacks a year now 617 00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:18,839 Speaker 1: they have a huge hole at that spot. They move 618 00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:23,160 Speaker 1: off Bobby Wagner past his prime, but certainly high IQ. 619 00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:29,560 Speaker 1: Excellent communicator, really a nice veteran piece on a playoff team. 620 00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:35,520 Speaker 1: Excellent piece. So do you believe if I'm wrong on 621 00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:38,520 Speaker 1: any of this shouted out, but I believe Sean has 622 00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:41,640 Speaker 1: just said, guys, we're going to load the offense up now. 623 00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:44,560 Speaker 1: I won you a super Bowl and the defense was 624 00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:48,560 Speaker 1: fifteenth in the league. Do you think there's a struggle 625 00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:51,160 Speaker 1: with him in less snead? I don't know, Okay, So 626 00:39:51,239 --> 00:39:54,920 Speaker 1: first of all, fix the offensive line. That's the most important, 627 00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:58,560 Speaker 1: that's more important than any of it. That would be 628 00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:03,560 Speaker 1: no matter. Why do that. I think Sean's had a 629 00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:08,480 Speaker 1: lot of power there. It justum, I believe he's sincerely 630 00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:12,080 Speaker 1: thought about walking away the super Bowl year, and those 631 00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:17,040 Speaker 1: TV jobs were good jobs, and he's a he you know, 632 00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:21,160 Speaker 1: he's a supernova who burns himself hard like a lot 633 00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:24,200 Speaker 1: of these guys, and he's been told for a long time, 634 00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:29,239 Speaker 1: you'd be great at television. I could understand him seriously 635 00:40:29,280 --> 00:40:34,160 Speaker 1: considering a reset. I think he regretted coming back pretty 636 00:40:34,239 --> 00:40:37,919 Speaker 1: quickly when he had no offensive line and no alternative 637 00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:41,360 Speaker 1: you know, weapon under than Cooper Cup at Higbee, and 638 00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:48,000 Speaker 1: Stafford's r wasn't right and you know, etc. So I 639 00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:51,080 Speaker 1: don't know. I think Sean has as much power as 640 00:40:51,080 --> 00:40:55,800 Speaker 1: he needs in that building without having to do that personally, 641 00:40:56,040 --> 00:41:00,160 Speaker 1: but maybe maybe he used it as a talking as 642 00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:03,120 Speaker 1: a jumping off point to say, by the way, I 643 00:41:03,239 --> 00:41:07,439 Speaker 1: want this established, that we're going to do this. I'll 644 00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:10,600 Speaker 1: try to do some reporting on that. But I have 645 00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:13,680 Speaker 1: a story for youa it goes back to the first 646 00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:22,399 Speaker 1: thing you said. So in twenty seventeen, the Rams come 647 00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:25,080 Speaker 1: out of nowhere and win that division in Shaun's first year, 648 00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:28,360 Speaker 1: and there's this changing of the guard game at the 649 00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:31,239 Speaker 1: end of the season in Seattle and they kill the Seahawks, 650 00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:33,920 Speaker 1: just wipe them off the floor. And the Seahawks have 651 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:36,080 Speaker 1: decided they're going to get rid of a bunch of 652 00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:41,200 Speaker 1: their you know, legendary players after the season and rebuild 653 00:41:41,239 --> 00:41:44,399 Speaker 1: around Russell and Bobby Wagner, and the Rams have taken over. 654 00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:47,439 Speaker 1: They clinch the division, and now they have one more 655 00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:50,920 Speaker 1: game left against the Niners, who remember had been oh 656 00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:53,799 Speaker 1: and nine. Jimmy shows up, they go on and run late. 657 00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:56,960 Speaker 1: They beat the Jags on Christmas Eve days. So now 658 00:41:57,280 --> 00:42:01,520 Speaker 1: they're playing a game in LA and Sean mcface smartly 659 00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:06,000 Speaker 1: rests Jared Goff and a lot of his frontline players 660 00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:10,839 Speaker 1: in that game. Well, you know, the forty nine ers 661 00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:14,319 Speaker 1: were our role. They were loving the Jimmy thing. They 662 00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:18,799 Speaker 1: were trying to win the league team rushing title. So 663 00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:22,120 Speaker 1: Mike McDaniel and some of their coaches were very like, hey, 664 00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:25,560 Speaker 1: I wonder if we could finish first and rushing. And 665 00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:27,960 Speaker 1: they had their reasons. You know, it was a last season, 666 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:31,360 Speaker 1: but they really wanted to finish strong, so they brought 667 00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:36,239 Speaker 1: it in that game and they murdered the Rams, just 668 00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:41,919 Speaker 1: blew them off the field. So now it's about exactly 669 00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:44,879 Speaker 1: five years ago. I'm with Sean and a couple other 670 00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:50,719 Speaker 1: people at bungalow in Santa Monica at night, outdoors, lovely establishment, 671 00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:54,600 Speaker 1: and you know, we're having some drakes and just talking 672 00:42:55,239 --> 00:42:58,359 Speaker 1: and Sean looks at me and says, I'll tell you 673 00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:03,359 Speaker 1: something right now. I don't care if I'm fifteen and oh, 674 00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:06,120 Speaker 1: I don't care if I've clinched every single thing I 675 00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:10,280 Speaker 1: can clinch. I am never resting anyone against Kyle again. 676 00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:14,800 Speaker 1: It will never happen, no more, not going through that again. 677 00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:17,920 Speaker 1: So that should give you an idea of how they 678 00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:21,600 Speaker 1: think about it. So, yeah, would Kyle give up all 679 00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:25,120 Speaker 1: those games to have that Super Bowl on paper? Yeah, 680 00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:28,480 Speaker 1: but the experience of losing eight out of nine to 681 00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:33,320 Speaker 1: Sean would probably, you know, just tear him up beyond belief. 682 00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:36,920 Speaker 1: And I think as much as Sean could rationally tell himself, 683 00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:39,319 Speaker 1: I won the one that mattered. It was the NFC 684 00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:45,319 Speaker 1: Championship game and won the Super Bowl, it is it's 685 00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:48,759 Speaker 1: really hard for him to lose those other eight. No, 686 00:43:49,120 --> 00:43:52,240 Speaker 1: it's I've been told it eats away at him, it really. 687 00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:56,680 Speaker 1: And listen, now the Niners bring in Hargrave, you know, 688 00:43:57,160 --> 00:44:01,239 Speaker 1: who's you know, just another fantastic, pastic player because kin 689 00:44:01,320 --> 00:44:05,800 Speaker 1: Law doesn't feel like it's working. So I mean they lost, 690 00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:07,719 Speaker 1: you know, they lost a corner and then they lost 691 00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:11,000 Speaker 1: Jimmy Warden. It's like, yeah, they're fine, They're really really good. 692 00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:15,000 Speaker 1: Yeah they I mean they like the Seahawks. Early in 693 00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:19,440 Speaker 1: Russell's tenure. They're paying more guys than you believe a 694 00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:22,200 Speaker 1: team can pay, and the Rams kind of have done 695 00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:25,000 Speaker 1: that too, but it's like WHOA. They pay the fullback 696 00:44:25,120 --> 00:44:29,200 Speaker 1: premium Ushik, they pay McCaffrey premium running back money. They 697 00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:32,359 Speaker 1: pay the left tackle Trent Williams premium money. They pay 698 00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:36,279 Speaker 1: the tight end George Kittle, and they obviously are going 699 00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:40,120 Speaker 1: to pay BOSSA. They pay Eric Armstead premium money. And 700 00:44:40,160 --> 00:44:44,560 Speaker 1: now Hargrave. They paid green Law. They got him on 701 00:44:44,600 --> 00:44:46,120 Speaker 1: what's going to be a good deal for them, but 702 00:44:46,160 --> 00:44:49,399 Speaker 1: they paid him. They pay Fred Warder premium money, they 703 00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:52,920 Speaker 1: paid char Various ward a year ago premium money, Hofanga. 704 00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:57,239 Speaker 1: They still got other rookie deal, and you know their 705 00:44:57,280 --> 00:45:00,719 Speaker 1: attitude is we're just gonna fill out around that and 706 00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:04,000 Speaker 1: lose the mcglinchi's and the Jimmy Wards and the all 707 00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:06,799 Speaker 1: shy ears as it happens, and try to you know, 708 00:45:06,880 --> 00:45:11,520 Speaker 1: replace those people. But it's all geared toward that rookie 709 00:45:11,600 --> 00:45:16,640 Speaker 1: quarterback deal. And if you hit a point where that 710 00:45:16,680 --> 00:45:19,840 Speaker 1: doesn't work anymore, which again depends on Purdie's arm healing 711 00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:25,000 Speaker 1: and or Lance possibly making a jump, then you have 712 00:45:25,080 --> 00:45:27,279 Speaker 1: to make some tougher choices. But for now, yeah, they 713 00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:31,680 Speaker 1: can get Hargrave, they can pay Bosa. And I know 714 00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:34,040 Speaker 1: people don't believe this, but if they had to, they 715 00:45:34,120 --> 00:45:39,239 Speaker 1: could pay Brady for one yep, yeoman effort by Mike 716 00:45:39,320 --> 00:45:43,960 Speaker 1: Silver at the volume who who's battling either influenza or 717 00:45:44,080 --> 00:45:47,640 Speaker 1: just oh look at that UCSB UCSB dad. I just 718 00:45:47,680 --> 00:45:50,960 Speaker 1: want to be I'm a double UCSB dad. One graduate, 719 00:45:51,360 --> 00:45:54,680 Speaker 1: one current attendee, So the Gauchos have a big one 720 00:45:54,719 --> 00:45:59,880 Speaker 1: Friday against Baylor's in the NCAA Tournament. So I am repping. 721 00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:06,839 Speaker 1: I'm taking Duke at pretty good odds. Duke lost one 722 00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:09,680 Speaker 1: game when they were healthy, they won their last nine straight. 723 00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:12,960 Speaker 1: Do you have a favorite in the tournament? You know, 724 00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:16,840 Speaker 1: I've been really detached from college basketball this year, partly 725 00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:20,560 Speaker 1: because my alma mater went three and twenty seven and 726 00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:26,279 Speaker 1: that's not a joke, literally like a cataclysmic So but 727 00:46:26,640 --> 00:46:30,319 Speaker 1: you know, I don't really know it well enough to 728 00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:31,799 Speaker 1: tell you who I fix is gonna win, but I 729 00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:34,279 Speaker 1: will say, you know, the Gauchos to me, are the 730 00:46:34,320 --> 00:46:37,920 Speaker 1: type of team that could make, you know, stun somebody. 731 00:46:38,239 --> 00:46:40,719 Speaker 1: In Round one two years ago, they had a real 732 00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:45,400 Speaker 1: chance to be Creighton came down to a five foot 733 00:46:45,440 --> 00:46:48,160 Speaker 1: shot by their star big man that went in and out. 734 00:46:48,480 --> 00:46:51,279 Speaker 1: I mean, you don't get any better down one with 735 00:46:51,480 --> 00:46:55,040 Speaker 1: at the buzzer. Basically, this time, they have a sophomore 736 00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:58,720 Speaker 1: guard from Belgium named aj Mitchell who is really really 737 00:46:58,760 --> 00:47:02,399 Speaker 1: special and to me, it's gonna be hard, but he's 738 00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:05,840 Speaker 1: the kind of guy who in that setting could maybe 739 00:47:05,880 --> 00:47:10,920 Speaker 1: elevate and shock the world once Mike, it's a great 740 00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:31,799 Speaker 1: scene again, Buddy, Thank you, appreciate you the volume. Make 741 00:47:31,840 --> 00:47:35,319 Speaker 1: sure to check out The Draymon Green Show. 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