1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:04,920 Speaker 1: Ah, Yes, what's going on? Hope? Everything is going outstanding 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:08,479 Speaker 1: for you? Having some fun tonight with the militia. Just 3 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: talk to Holler and James. He has all sorts of 4 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: fired up for the Vikings upcoming season. I love that passion. 5 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: Love it. Feel free to hit us up eight seven 6 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:21,759 Speaker 1: to seven ninety nine on Fox. It's how you can participate. 7 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: Also on X at the No Show. If you want 8 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: to tweet in, feel free to do so. So every 9 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: single year, I rack my brain trying to figure out 10 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:36,559 Speaker 1: what the biggest curveball will be, What will be the 11 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 1: biggest surprise in the NFL season, What team is going 12 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:45,560 Speaker 1: to shock us the most good or bad. Last season, 13 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 1: biggest curveball easily was the Washington Commanders. They had won 14 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: four games the season prior. They won twelve games last 15 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,639 Speaker 1: season like they tripled their win total and they made 16 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: it all way to the NFC Championship Game. Nobody was 17 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 1: saying after a four win season, Hey, this guy Jayden Daniels, 18 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:09,120 Speaker 1: he might be the real deal. I'm gonna give him 19 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 1: triple the wins and say they're in the NFC Title Game. 20 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 1: That's what I'm Nobody predicted that, and it happened. It happened. 21 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 1: So that's the thought. Whether it's a team that's expected 22 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: to to do a lot this year and just completely 23 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: falls off, or it's a team like the Washington Commanders 24 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: not expect expected to do much and they had a 25 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: great season made it deep into the playoffs. So to me, 26 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 1: this is just an exercise. We're kind of just throwing 27 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 1: stuff against the wall. And while I'll start with the 28 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: teams with high expectations, these are really good teams from 29 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: last season. They project to be really good teams this season. 30 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 1: But if this or that happens, and then maybe they 31 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: get off on the wrong foot and they're pressing a 32 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 1: little bit, maybe it unfolds. It don't ravels for them. Right, 33 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: So I don't believe put let's put it this way, 34 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 1: I wouldn't race to the betting window to fade all 35 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: of these teams. I'm just saying, open your mind to 36 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,119 Speaker 1: the possibility. This is a really good exercise. If you're 37 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 1: just handicapping a game you're trying to figure out, just 38 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: open your mind up to the underdog's path toward winning 39 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:31,919 Speaker 1: this game or covering the spread. Does it sound halfway realistic? 40 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,519 Speaker 1: You know, it's something to consider. Okay, so let's start 41 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 1: with some of the good teams. Let's start with the 42 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:43,799 Speaker 1: defending champs, the Eagles. What would it take for the 43 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:48,080 Speaker 1: Eagles to regress greatly to the point where they're the 44 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: biggest surprise of the NFL season. Well, it would take 45 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 1: a couple of things that are realistic. One, it would 46 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: take a loss of a lot of talent. The Eagles 47 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 1: lost a lot of talent in the off season. They 48 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 1: had a lot of contributors go elsewhere. Right when you 49 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 1: start looking at you know, the and the roster is 50 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: still really, really good. So they reloaded in a few areas. 51 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:15,520 Speaker 1: But when you lose your pass rush, you lose your 52 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:19,959 Speaker 1: defensive line. Williams, Milton Williams is gone, Sweat is gone, 53 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:23,359 Speaker 1: you know, Darius Slay a little bit long in the tooth. 54 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 1: That's not a crippling loss. You lose Makai Beckton, he 55 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: was good on that offensive line. Right, So, just collectively, 56 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 1: the amount of losses could add up and it could 57 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 1: make an impact. Okay. Also, Saquon Barkley, the guy had 58 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: four hundred and thirty six touches last season. It's a 59 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 1: lot of wear and tear. What if Saquon Barkley is 60 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 1: a much lesser version of himself this season certainly possible. 61 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:00,080 Speaker 1: I mean even if he if he rushes for or 62 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: let's say, fourteen hundred yards, that's six hundred yards less 63 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: than what he rushed for last season. That's a big difference. 64 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: That's a chunk of production right there. In rushing for 65 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 1: fourteen hundred That's still a really good season. So what 66 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:19,280 Speaker 1: if Saquon takes a noticeable step back? Now all of 67 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: a sudden, there's a little bit more on Jalen Hurts plate. 68 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 1: You know, you need Hurts to throw for what somewhere 69 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:29,919 Speaker 1: in the neighborhood at thirty touchdowns? Is that gonna happen? No, 70 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: it is not right. So that would be the formula 71 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: to me the Eagles high expectations defending champs. Maybe the 72 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 1: formula isn't quite the same for success. I could see 73 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 1: at least a path for them to be a big disappointment. 74 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 1: I'm not calling my shot again, but I could see 75 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 1: a path toward that. Let's throw a couple of other 76 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,799 Speaker 1: possibilities out there. What about the possibilities of the Lions 77 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 1: being a huge disappointment. Well, it would start with a 78 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: couple of things. One, their schedule is freaking brutal. Their 79 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,280 Speaker 1: schedule is obnoxiously difficult. 80 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 2: Man. 81 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:16,720 Speaker 1: Have you looked at just their road schedule alone, My gosh, 82 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 1: it'll give you nightmares. Don't look at it for more 83 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 1: than one minute, you know, I'll give you, like, you know, 84 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:24,919 Speaker 1: sweating in the middle of the night nightmares. Here's just 85 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:29,360 Speaker 1: their road schedule. No layup, matchup, no like, Oh they 86 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:33,160 Speaker 1: should get that one. At the Packers at the Ravens 87 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:36,159 Speaker 1: on Monday night, at the Bengals, at the Chiefs on 88 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 1: a Sunday night, at the Commander's, at the Eagles on 89 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:45,480 Speaker 1: a Sunday night, at the Rams, at the Vikings on Saturday. 90 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: All right, maybe it's maybe it's sun I don't know 91 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 1: what that is. Maybe it's Christmas Day. I'm not sure 92 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 1: what's going on there. That's a that's a brutal schedule. 93 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: It is Christmas Day. They're at the Vikings. Every road 94 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:05,839 Speaker 1: game is a demanding test. And so if the Lions 95 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:09,919 Speaker 1: they have this hard schedule, maybe the injury like isn't 96 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 1: as bad, but it's still pretty difficult to deal with 97 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: throughout the season. They won fifteen games last year and 98 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 1: their season win total, interesting enough, is much lower. It's 99 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 1: at ten and a half. It's pretty low for a 100 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 1: fifteen win team from the season prior. And it's actually, 101 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 1: if you're taking the over ten and a half, it's 102 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 1: plus money. It's plus one ten So the Jews the 103 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 1: taxes on the under, it's minus one thirty five to 104 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 1: the under of ten and a half. So that's interesting 105 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 1: right there from a betting perspective, right, Like, sometimes these 106 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 1: betting lines will give you a little bit of a 107 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 1: clue of what's to happen. That doesn't showcase great faith 108 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:57,040 Speaker 1: in the Lions in terms of their season win total number. 109 00:06:57,640 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: And if you're taking over ten and a half you 110 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 1: get plus money. It's like, okay, that that seems a 111 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 1: little bit like a bear trap potentially, you know, Okay, 112 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 1: let's throw a couple other teams out there. What about 113 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 1: the Vikings. I think this is a strong candidate for 114 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 1: a team that could be a huge disappointment this season. Now, 115 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:23,120 Speaker 1: if you look at the Vikings, it begins with JJ 116 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: McCarthy the path toward a disappointing season. Right it's a 117 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 1: first year starting quarterback. He hasn't attempted a single regular 118 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 1: season pass in his NFL career. Yet, like, that's that's tough. 119 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 1: They play in a really tough division. You play the 120 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 1: AFC North top to bottom, pretty tough division top to bottom. 121 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 1: Also play the NFC East, that's a that's a decent 122 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 1: division top to bottom as well. I know the Giants 123 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 1: aren't gonna be anything to write home about, but the 124 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 1: Cowboys are talented enough where it's not just gonna be 125 00:07:57,840 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: a layup. And that game's on the road. You just 126 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 1: go to Dallas on a Sunday night and just expect 127 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 1: to waltz through them, win by I don't know, two 128 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 1: or three touchdowns. No, that's gonna be a tough game. 129 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 1: You gotta deal with the Eagles, the Commanders. So it's 130 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: a tougher schedule. And remember it's a second place schedule. 131 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 1: It's which can help them this season. But I don't 132 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 1: think they get layups like some second place schedules are 133 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 1: a little bit more favorable. They host the Falcons, they're 134 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:32,320 Speaker 1: at the Chargers on a short week, and they're at 135 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 1: the Seahawks. It's a tough place to play. So I 136 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 1: think it's a tough schedule for the Vikings. And I 137 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 1: also think this I said this last night. I won't 138 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: go in depth, but I have to a bit. I'll 139 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 1: stick my at least my right foot in these waters, 140 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 1: you know, and no, not even my lower body, just 141 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: right foot in these waters. Not to repeat myself, but 142 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:58,440 Speaker 1: for the Vikings to be potentially the biggest disappointment of 143 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 1: the upcoming NFL season, I just go back to the 144 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 1: expectations for JJ McCarthy. You'll hear all these people say, hey, 145 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 1: we gotta give the guy a little grace. He's a 146 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:14,440 Speaker 1: first year starter. It's almost like with the shoulder shrug, like, hey, 147 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 1: you know, like he's not gonna be a finished product 148 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 1: come week one. Their voice goes up in octavity. We 149 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: just gotta be a little patient. It's like, yeah, come 150 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:25,679 Speaker 1: talk to me in week four. If the Vikings get 151 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 1: off to a slow start and McCarthy's not producing much, 152 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 1: maybe he's turning the ball over a little bit, it's sloppy. Yeah, 153 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:36,439 Speaker 1: you let me know how much patience exist. Then this 154 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:39,559 Speaker 1: is a team that won fourteen games, that has real 155 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 1: Super Bowl aspirations and they get off to this real 156 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 1: slow start and you think they're gonna be patient. No 157 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:52,080 Speaker 1: chance that will be the case. And that's what I 158 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 1: think is really really difficult for JJ McCarthy. Again, it's 159 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 1: the gift and the curse. The gift is the luxury 160 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 1: of a great supporting cast, got a lot of weapons 161 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:05,840 Speaker 1: around him to throw to. The curse is with those 162 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: weapons to throw to bro we're expecting production. We're expecting 163 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:15,199 Speaker 1: wins from the jump, and if we're not getting them, 164 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:18,560 Speaker 1: people are gonna freak out. I don't buy any of 165 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 1: this talk about patience, you know. So it's the epic 166 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:27,680 Speaker 1: line from Ed Norton in American History X Right. It's 167 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 1: a you know, it's a serious movie. It's it's it's 168 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 1: a heavy movie. But there's a great line in it 169 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:34,440 Speaker 1: where it's like there's a lot of hard talk and 170 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: not a lot of follow through. That's what it's gonna 171 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: be like with the Vikings for any Vikings fan, and 172 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:41,600 Speaker 1: it's like, oh, we gotta be patient over for any 173 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 1: just football fan that's like, yeah, you gotta give him 174 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 1: a little bit of time. It's like, yeah, that's that's 175 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 1: a lot of hard talk and there's not gonna be 176 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 1: a lot of follow through if they get off to 177 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 1: a rough start. I've seen it time and time again. 178 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 1: You have two watching the NFL. It's the best formula 179 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:04,359 Speaker 1: for a huge let down. A team with realistically high 180 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:09,680 Speaker 1: expectations and high goals that gets out of the blocks 181 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:11,960 Speaker 1: a little slowly, they lose a couple of games, and 182 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 1: then what happens. They start pressing, and then it gets 183 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 1: way worse. The Vikings are at least a candidate to 184 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 1: be the biggest curveball team. A lot of people are 185 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:27,239 Speaker 1: high on them. I could see them being a gigantic disappointment. 186 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 1: The same thing is fair the complete other way around. 187 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:33,960 Speaker 1: There are some people that are like, yeah, you know, 188 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 1: they're not saying they're gonna win fifteen games, right, They're 189 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:41,079 Speaker 1: not going crazy with their expectations. And if you look 190 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:43,080 Speaker 1: at the Viking season win total, you have just the 191 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 1: betting market here, they're up to nine and a half. 192 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 1: And again the over is plus money plus one ten. 193 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 1: If you bet one hundred dollars, you would win one 194 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 1: hundred and ten dollars. Typically, Vegas doesn't do you favors 195 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 1: like that, like, hey, you're betting one hundred, here's one 196 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:01,839 Speaker 1: hundred and ten, Like they normally don't do that, Like 197 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 1: you're betting one hundred, here's sixty three dollars and twenty 198 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 1: seven cents. There, you go, enjoy your sixty three bucks 199 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 1: right there, jackass. You'll probably give it back to us tomorrow. 200 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 1: It's the way it typically goes with betting. But you're 201 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 1: getting plus money to the over nine and a half, right, 202 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 1: So not like epic faith in the Vikings from the 203 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 1: betting market. But I will say that I think you'd 204 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 1: make an argument the other way around for the Vikings 205 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:32,640 Speaker 1: to be the biggest surprise curve ball. Let's say JJ McCarthy, 206 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 1: he's really good, the talented kid, top ten pick, he 207 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:40,720 Speaker 1: sat for an entire season. Sometimes that's the formula for 208 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 1: success for a lot of quarterbacks. Let's just say based 209 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 1: on great supporting cast, Kevin O'Connell, really sharp, offensive mind, 210 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:51,840 Speaker 1: he puts his quarterback time and time again in great 211 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 1: positions to succeed. Let's say JJ McCarthy does yet Sam 212 00:12:56,640 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 1: Darnold revive his career last year? Great success happened for 213 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:02,080 Speaker 1: JJ McCarthy. 214 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:02,720 Speaker 3: Yeah. 215 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 1: Good. So I'll talk out of both sides of my 216 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:09,760 Speaker 1: mouth when it comes to the Vikings. I think that's 217 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 1: probably the only team you could say this for. I 218 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:17,359 Speaker 1: think they're actually a candidate to be the biggest surprise 219 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:20,559 Speaker 1: team in a good way. I think they're a candidate 220 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 1: to be the biggest surprise team in a bad way 221 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:26,600 Speaker 1: and be the biggest disappointment. I think they're live for both. 222 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 1: I'm so interested to see the Vikings this season. But 223 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 1: those are a couple of teams high expectations. What's at 224 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:40,319 Speaker 1: least the path, what's the formula to explain a possible 225 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 1: fallof right? Next hour, we'll get positive here. We'll look 226 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 1: at teams that not high expectations, you know, low season 227 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 1: win totals, but maybe they pull the Washington Commanders. Who 228 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 1: are the teams that are capable of pulling a stunner 229 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:00,599 Speaker 1: where you're like, I cannot believe you fill in the 230 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 1: blank turned out to be the biggest, biggest surprise team 231 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:06,080 Speaker 1: in a good way this season. Who's at least capable 232 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,680 Speaker 1: of doing that? We'll do that next hour. Looking forward 233 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 1: to that. I love trying to find the biggest surprise 234 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:15,319 Speaker 1: team in the NFL. All right, coming up next, it's 235 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 1: a bet that our guy Coop should be making, but understandably, 236 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 1: he will absolutely not be making this bet. 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I love 253 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 1: hanging with you, Mary Mack, because I was just saying 254 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 1: that I I'll flow you back up for a second, 255 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:25,840 Speaker 1: so you're hearing Freedom from Rage in the background right there. 256 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 1: If you're listening to the podcast after the show and 257 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:31,520 Speaker 1: there's no music, they just have to close your eyes 258 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 1: and pretend you know. Tom Morello with the soothing solo right, 259 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 1: there were my favorite Tom Morello solos. But I gave 260 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 1: Mary a heart attack or a bigger headache, one of 261 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 1: the two during the commercial break, because I couldn't remember 262 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 1: what song that solo was in right, and we traced it. 263 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 1: We figured it out. It was Freedom, like this very slow, 264 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:58,280 Speaker 1: like Tom Morello kind of uses his guitar as a turntable, 265 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 1: like he's skipping a record or something like that, so 266 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 1: he's doing all this creative, wild stuff. I love that 267 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 1: solo from Freedom, just this like slow, very melodic moodies. 268 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 1: I love that song. 269 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 6: That's your favorite guitar solo ever? 270 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 1: No, I wouldn't say ever, but it's up, that's on 271 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 1: the short list. I'd say it's on the shortlist. Man, 272 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 1: that's a good question, though, Mary like greatest guitar solo 273 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 1: at least my favorite. Okay, I like this, I like these. 274 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 1: You love these musical categories too. I know you, Mary 275 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 1: Mac you coop think of your I would say a 276 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 1: couple off the top of my head, A new level 277 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:38,280 Speaker 1: from Pantera, Time Back, Darryl rest in Peace, amazing guitar player. 278 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 1: One of my favorite solos he does on that song. 279 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 1: It's amazing, man, what else do I love? I love 280 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 1: Voodoo Child from Jimmy. Jimmy so far ahead of his time, 281 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 1: and uh, that was a great solo on that song. 282 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 1: And what else do I love? Those are a couple 283 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 1: of the top of my head. We did karaoke of 284 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:06,720 Speaker 1: Dittohead a couple of nights ago. But I love the 285 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 1: second solo on Dittohead song from so As I add 286 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 1: to your headache there right there, Mary Mack. But the 287 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 1: second solo, it's got to be Carrie King. He's just 288 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 1: doing a little bit more. He's doing tapping, a little 289 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:23,400 Speaker 1: bit of shredding. Really well done solo on that song. 290 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:25,639 Speaker 1: I like that one a lot. Coop, you got anything 291 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 1: on the short list for your greatest solos at least 292 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:28,680 Speaker 1: that you like the most. 293 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 3: I'd have to put some serious thought into it. I mean, 294 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 3: right off the top of my head. One that came 295 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:43,440 Speaker 3: to mind is like Welcome Home Sanitarium. Okay, I love 296 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 3: that one. Yeah, I'd have to I'd have to put 297 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:49,119 Speaker 3: some put some thought into it. 298 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, like a lot of people love one. There's a 299 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,400 Speaker 1: lot of great solo stuff on the song one from 300 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:58,959 Speaker 1: Metallica and he's doing the tapping, the fast tapping at 301 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,919 Speaker 1: the beginning of that. There's a lot of solo stuff 302 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 1: throughout this song too, you know, before it gets fast 303 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:07,960 Speaker 1: and all that. Kirk's goot some Kirk Hammett had some 304 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:11,639 Speaker 1: great solos in there, especially in the early days of Metallica, 305 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:15,720 Speaker 1: some really good stuff. And you said something else that 306 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:19,840 Speaker 1: that made me think Koop I had another one, like 307 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,400 Speaker 1: right there. You know, I was gonna say Slash from 308 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 1: Guns n' Roses, not metal, but you know, hard rock. Yeah, 309 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:33,920 Speaker 1: Slash has some amazing solos, so like to his I 310 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 1: forget the word that they say. It's it's kind of 311 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 1: like the pacing or the cadence if you will. It's 312 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:42,600 Speaker 1: phrasing is what they say in guitar playing, where you 313 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:44,880 Speaker 1: let it breathe a little bit. You don't just throw 314 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 1: a million notes on me, like the whole solo. It's 315 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:50,679 Speaker 1: just too much. You gotta let it breathe a little bit. 316 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:56,399 Speaker 1: Slash was amazing at letting it breathe and you're still getting, 317 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: you know, entertainment value out of a solo. It's not 318 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 1: just like he had a great feel for letting it 319 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:06,159 Speaker 1: breathe and really building it. Like November Rain is a 320 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 1: great solo. He's got a lot of great solos. A 321 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:12,679 Speaker 1: Sweet Child of Mine is a great solo. Yeah, there, 322 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:15,080 Speaker 1: you got anything on your list there, Mary. 323 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 6: It's so fun. I actually just pulled it up. Arabella 324 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:21,360 Speaker 6: by Arctic Monkeys is definitely one of my top. 325 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:26,440 Speaker 1: There, like Shredding Crazy. He's playing the guitar behind his head, 326 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:29,200 Speaker 1: playing it with his teeth, Jimmy style. Sounds like this. 327 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:32,879 Speaker 6: Yeah, that's one of my favorites. 328 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:37,440 Speaker 1: I'm not impressed at all. I'm kidding. No, it's good. 329 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 1: It's you know, it's upbeat melodics. Fine, I dig it. 330 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:42,119 Speaker 4: I like that. 331 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 1: You love a solo, Mary, That's what I love the most. Yeah, 332 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:46,680 Speaker 1: that's good. 333 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 6: Definitely. I'm for like guitar solo. It doesn't have to 334 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 6: think about it. Bass solos for sure. For sure. Oh 335 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 6: Red Hot Chili Peppers and the song is the Adventures 336 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:57,920 Speaker 6: of rain Dance McGee. 337 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:03,359 Speaker 1: Okay, flea is awesome. The flea gets after it. Absolutely, 338 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 1: you would love you. We gotta go old school. I'll 339 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:10,080 Speaker 1: give you a recommendation. Mary, if you haven't heard this one, 340 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:14,200 Speaker 1: but you gotta hear Cliff Burton's solo bass solo Take one. 341 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 1: You gotta hear Anesthesias from the first Metallica record. You 342 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:20,920 Speaker 1: gotta hear. If you're a fan of bass solos, I 343 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,440 Speaker 1: think you would like that one quite a bit. Yeah, 344 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:26,800 Speaker 1: I think you would like Anesthesia and then in parentheses 345 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 1: pulling teeth because we have to name stuff weird things 346 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 1: in metal. I I don't know what two things in metal. 347 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 1: A lot of times I don't get the titles. It's like, 348 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 1: why do we need to be that fancy whatever? And 349 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:43,560 Speaker 1: how obnoxiously bad metal videos have typically been over the years. 350 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:47,359 Speaker 1: There are some metal videos that are the worst things 351 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:50,440 Speaker 1: I've ever seen in my life. I'm like, who's directing 352 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:51,360 Speaker 1: this stuff? 353 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:51,720 Speaker 7: Man? 354 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:54,920 Speaker 1: When you see a decent metal video, it's sent from 355 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:58,919 Speaker 1: the heavens. There are some brutal ones for some great songs. 356 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 1: I don't know what they're doing over there, man, but 357 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:05,720 Speaker 1: it happens. Okay. Oh, I gotta bet that Coop should 358 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 1: be making but he will not be making, and I 359 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:13,239 Speaker 1: understand why. So I told Coop off the air, I'm like, bro, 360 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:16,920 Speaker 1: we were talking super Bowl odds. I'm not gonna talk 361 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:18,959 Speaker 1: about that right here. That was a conversation we had 362 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 1: off the air, but it leads into the same team. 363 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 1: I was telling him about if you look at the 364 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 1: divisional odds in the NFL, it actually the money dropped 365 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 1: a little bit. So it was the Chiefs that minus 366 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 1: won twenty to win the AFC West. And it didn't 367 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 1: drop a lot, but it dropped to minus one eighteen 368 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:43,639 Speaker 1: on BETMGM. So if you're betting the Chiefs, if you 369 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:46,680 Speaker 1: risk one hundred and eighteen dollars, you would win one 370 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:50,359 Speaker 1: hundred dollars. This is a Chiefs team that's won the 371 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:54,640 Speaker 1: division nine years in a row. They wanted the first 372 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:58,479 Speaker 1: two years without Mahomes, with just Andy Reid there, right, 373 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 1: they went in it with Alex and then Mahomes takes 374 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:04,400 Speaker 1: over and he's won at seven straight years. They're going 375 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:08,719 Speaker 1: for a decade straight winning the AFC West. And there 376 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 1: was listen some bad news on on Thursday. So the 377 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:18,200 Speaker 1: Chargers left tackle Rashaun Slater. He was carted off the 378 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:23,440 Speaker 1: practice field. Turns out he had season ending surgery. He 379 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 1: had a ruptured patel attendant. Done for the year, He's 380 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 1: gonna undergo surgery. He's placed on ir SIT. The dream 381 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 1: is over at least for twenty twenty five. And it's 382 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 1: such a bummer for the Chargers for numerous reasons. So 383 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:41,960 Speaker 1: he just signed a huge contract extension a week and 384 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 1: a half ago. So he signed a four year, one 385 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:49,639 Speaker 1: hundred and thirteen million dollar extension, ninety two million dollars guaranteed. 386 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 1: That deal made him the highest paid offensive lineman in 387 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:58,640 Speaker 1: terms of money per year in NFL history, highest paid guy. 388 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:03,359 Speaker 1: And then a week and a half later, boom, knee injury, gone, done, 389 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 1: done for the season. Just practice, was blocking a teammate 390 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 1: and apparently is his leg buckled a little bit before 391 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 1: he made impact. It's just one of those, you know, 392 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:17,040 Speaker 1: non impact injuries and he's gone. So what they're gonna 393 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 1: have to do. They're probably gonna have to shift Joe 394 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 1: Walt from the right side to the left side. He 395 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 1: did play left tackle the whole time at Notre Dame. 396 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:27,119 Speaker 1: At least he has experience. They're probably gonna have to 397 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 1: shift around. They probably have to move Trey Pipkins, who 398 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,240 Speaker 1: was a guard the last couple of years ago, got 399 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:34,880 Speaker 1: to move him back out to right tackle, shift things around. 400 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 1: Losing Rashaun Slater is a big, big loss for the 401 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 1: Chargers again. They want to pound the rock. We're talking, 402 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:48,280 Speaker 1: you know, Jim Harbaugh over here, he loves to run 403 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:52,080 Speaker 1: the ball. And when you have you know, Jim Harbaugh 404 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 1: and Greg Roman, they're like, oh, you know what game plan, 405 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:58,920 Speaker 1: Let's run it. Let's run it. Let's run it some more. 406 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:01,440 Speaker 1: All right, we gotta pay all right, we get to 407 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 1: run in some more. Like that. They love running the football. 408 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 1: I love this quote. This is when they drafted Joe Alt. 409 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:12,920 Speaker 1: This is what the twenty four draft so just last year, 410 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 1: and instead of drafting Malik Neighbors, who was fantastic for 411 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:20,639 Speaker 1: the Giants last season, they didn't draft a wide receiver 412 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 1: in the first round. They went for Joe Alt, the 413 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:27,040 Speaker 1: tackle out of Notre Dame. And this is what Jim 414 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 1: Harbaugh said at the time. 415 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 2: I know the question's gonna come up, and you're to say, like, 416 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:34,879 Speaker 2: you know, what about a weapon? What about offensive lineman? 417 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:37,640 Speaker 2: We look at as weapons that group when we talk 418 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 2: about attacking, and we talk about attacking on offense, offensive 419 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:43,440 Speaker 2: line is the tip of the spear. 420 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 1: What a quote right there? 421 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:48,480 Speaker 2: Huh At the end, offensive line is the tip of 422 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:48,880 Speaker 2: the spear. 423 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:52,120 Speaker 1: Offensive line is the tip of the spear. 424 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:53,639 Speaker 4: Let's go. 425 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 1: I want to just throw on some shoulder pads right now. 426 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,199 Speaker 1: I might get knocked around. I don't care. I'm fired up. 427 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:01,440 Speaker 1: Jim Harbaugh. I love that quote right there. So yeah, 428 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:05,080 Speaker 1: they look at offensive offensive linemen as weapons, one of 429 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:09,080 Speaker 1: their best, their best offensive weapon. If that's the way 430 00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:13,359 Speaker 1: they view it, is down right like they look at 431 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:16,960 Speaker 1: that and it begins with the offensive line. Herbert does 432 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:20,640 Speaker 1: this thing. Lad McConkey is really good. They have big 433 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,439 Speaker 1: hopes for Amari and Hampton, really good running back out 434 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:27,880 Speaker 1: of North Carolina. But with Rashaun Slater going down, that's 435 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 1: a big, big deal. So let's go back to the 436 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:35,560 Speaker 1: division odds you've got. The Chargers are at plus three ten, 437 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:40,560 Speaker 1: The Broncos are at plus three ten. The Raiders are 438 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 1: seventeen to one to win the division. Look, they've made 439 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:47,560 Speaker 1: some upgrades. They might be feisty enough to win a 440 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:49,439 Speaker 1: couple of division games. They they're not going to really 441 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:53,119 Speaker 1: challenge to win the division. So it's really like the 442 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:57,200 Speaker 1: Broncos and the Chargers, they're both basically at three to one. 443 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:00,480 Speaker 1: Whatever you bet times that by three, that's your payout. 444 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 1: The Chiefs are close to even money. The Kansas City 445 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:10,479 Speaker 1: Chiefs are at minus one eighteen. That just seems too 446 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 1: good to be true. How do you not bet the 447 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:17,000 Speaker 1: Chiefs to win the AFC West for a tenth year 448 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:21,400 Speaker 1: in a row. How have they fallen off? You've got 449 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:24,640 Speaker 1: for Mahomes to throw to. You got Rashi Rice, He's 450 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:27,160 Speaker 1: gonna be suspended a few games. We got him, Hollywood Brown, 451 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:31,960 Speaker 1: Xavier Worthy, Travis Kelce, top five scoring defense from last season. 452 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 1: They're not winning the division? What would it take for 453 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:38,080 Speaker 1: that to be the case? I think it would take 454 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:44,200 Speaker 1: significant injury woes for the Chiefs not to win the division. 455 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 1: And I don't want to make it sound like, you know, 456 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:50,200 Speaker 1: all these other teams have no chance. It's the NFL. 457 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 1: I don't want to make it sound like that, but man, 458 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:56,680 Speaker 1: the Broncos taking that big of a step forward to 459 00:26:56,800 --> 00:27:00,840 Speaker 1: win the division. I know that we like have PTSD 460 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:03,920 Speaker 1: from the Chiefs getting blown out by the Eagles in 461 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. And there are a lot of people 462 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 1: are like, yeah, no about the Chiefs. They were a 463 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 1: fifteen and two team last season. And you can talk about, hey, 464 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:17,200 Speaker 1: a favorable bounce here, a lucky win there. Okay, you 465 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:20,960 Speaker 1: take away a couple of wins like they're thirteen and four, 466 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 1: there's still a thirteen win team. If you take away 467 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:31,560 Speaker 1: a couple of favorable wins. They're still incredibly good at 468 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,200 Speaker 1: what they do. I love the Chiefs to win their 469 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 1: division again. Have I convinced you to put some money 470 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:40,119 Speaker 1: on the Chiefs in the AFC West coop? I'm guessing 471 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 1: I probably haven't. Hell No, is that more based on 472 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:51,960 Speaker 1: principle or logic? Both both? I think it's more based 473 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,040 Speaker 1: on principle. I get it. You're Broncos guy. You want 474 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:56,200 Speaker 1: to run to the betting window and bet the Chiefs. 475 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 1: No problem with that, But that's based on principle. That's 476 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:04,800 Speaker 1: not based on line. What logical what? What logical argument 477 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:07,879 Speaker 1: do you have to back someone other than the Chiefs? 478 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:09,840 Speaker 3: Broncos should have beat him twice last year? 479 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:12,119 Speaker 1: And how many times did they beat him? 480 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:12,960 Speaker 3: Once? 481 00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:15,879 Speaker 1: Did get him at the end? When? Who was it? 482 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:20,000 Speaker 1: Like Jake Locker's brother was playing quarterback at the end 483 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:23,080 Speaker 1: of the year. That was the the game they didn't 484 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:27,000 Speaker 1: play anybody, right, Yeah, but the game the first game 485 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,640 Speaker 1: that was hideous. I mean, you're on the road, gotta 486 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:34,359 Speaker 1: make a I think they were at home. The close 487 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:36,479 Speaker 1: field goal was that at home? That was on the road, right, 488 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 1: that was in arrowhead. That was an arrowhead. You got 489 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 1: a makeable field goal blocked, right, Yeah, they blocked it. Yep, Yep, 490 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:49,800 Speaker 1: it happens, It happens. Hey, we while we're talking about betting, 491 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:53,560 Speaker 1: let's get Poppy on here right from San Diego. Poppy's 492 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:55,360 Speaker 1: got some bets for us. What's going on, Poppy? 493 00:28:56,560 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 7: Hey, you know, welcome to the family. Yeah, I just 494 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 7: I heard you talking about bets, and I have bets 495 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:05,840 Speaker 7: for tomorrow. And look, get the vision. Let me go 496 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,200 Speaker 7: before I get the picked out. AFC West is a 497 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:11,480 Speaker 7: tough division, but look, you're saying the Chiefs are gonna 498 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:14,640 Speaker 7: win it ten times in a row, like sooner or later, 499 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 7: someone's got a bet on. Man, the odds with the 500 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:20,560 Speaker 7: Chargers and the Broncos is looking pretty good. You know, 501 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:24,040 Speaker 7: John Harvall saying that the ship under load. Hey, next 502 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:26,520 Speaker 7: man off for the offensive line. So you've got Justin 503 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:29,520 Speaker 7: Herbert and they look pretty good. And the Broncos they 504 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:32,480 Speaker 7: looked amazing, Like three of the AFC West made the 505 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:37,080 Speaker 7: playoffs and coops teams the Broncos at Bucks, he looked amazing. 506 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:41,920 Speaker 7: But this rookie year good Kennedy top five quarterback in 507 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 7: my opinion on the rookies, that he should be able 508 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:49,440 Speaker 7: to strive and do good. So like someone's telling me money, 509 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:52,600 Speaker 7: what am I gonna bet? Look, I think Sean Payne 510 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:54,120 Speaker 7: is a great coach with the Broncos, So I think 511 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:57,160 Speaker 7: the Broncos are really gonna get trouble for the Chiefs. 512 00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:59,280 Speaker 7: And I would have been surprised if the Broncos coops 513 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:00,640 Speaker 7: team actually win that division. 514 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:03,600 Speaker 1: I'd be freaking yeah, I'd be shocked. 515 00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:05,520 Speaker 3: As your all time best call, Hoppy, it's. 516 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:08,440 Speaker 1: The worst, good job, terrible argument from you, Poppy, like 517 00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:11,160 Speaker 1: you you're giving me, Hey, it could happen. I wouldn't 518 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:12,880 Speaker 1: be shocked. That's not good enough. 519 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:17,000 Speaker 7: Well it is good enough. Uh you know, Brian know 520 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:20,120 Speaker 7: because everyone the whole world when the whole world tell 521 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:22,200 Speaker 7: me that, or the casinos just on the numbers, when 522 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:24,360 Speaker 7: he talks the analytics and the numbers. That's kind of 523 00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:26,160 Speaker 7: like a red flag. We're like, oh, it sounds too 524 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:28,200 Speaker 7: good to be true. Well guess what, it's gonna be 525 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:29,720 Speaker 7: too good to be true. And the Chiefs are not 526 00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:32,000 Speaker 7: gonna win ten years in the row. You don't make 527 00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:34,240 Speaker 7: the playoffs, but they're not going to win the division. 528 00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 7: Anc Wes, So red flag for everyone, do not bet 529 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:38,280 Speaker 7: on the Chiefs. 530 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:41,800 Speaker 1: Okay, I got I got a proposal. I got a 531 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,640 Speaker 1: proposal for you, mister bet on the Broncos. All right, here, 532 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:47,200 Speaker 1: here's what we do. We'll just use these odds. How 533 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:50,280 Speaker 1: about this, Well, we'll make a bet together. 534 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 2: Now. 535 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:53,800 Speaker 1: Typically I don't do this because I don't think any 536 00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:55,920 Speaker 1: listener on the face of the earth has ever paid 537 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:58,960 Speaker 1: a bet. Sir, scratch off. You're on my list. The 538 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:02,560 Speaker 1: list is very extent, so every listener has weaseled out 539 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:06,880 Speaker 1: of every payment, always with me. But the proposal would be, 540 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:10,920 Speaker 1: I got the Chiefs, whatever dollar amount we bet. Let's 541 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:13,479 Speaker 1: say we bet fifty bucks. If I'm right, Chiefs win, 542 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:16,959 Speaker 1: you owe me fifty bucks, Poppy. If your Broncos win, 543 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:19,240 Speaker 1: or any of the other three teams win, I'll give 544 00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:21,800 Speaker 1: you three times that amount. That's basically what it would be. 545 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:24,440 Speaker 7: Yeah, what do you think any of those three teams? 546 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:27,000 Speaker 7: I really like those arts form even as those three teams. 547 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:31,160 Speaker 7: That's been amazing. I'm taking that at anytime because you know, 548 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:36,560 Speaker 7: Andy Reid is getting really targeting closer retirement, Travis Kelsey 549 00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:39,600 Speaker 7: having problems with you know, relationship, Katy Perry like this 550 00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:40,959 Speaker 7: a lot of trouble. 551 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:45,320 Speaker 1: So I really like he's having problems with relationships, Poppy. 552 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:47,880 Speaker 1: That's what's going on there. What's going on with him? 553 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:51,040 Speaker 1: I thought they were looking for a house, him and 554 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:51,680 Speaker 1: Katy Perry. 555 00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:55,600 Speaker 7: Yeah, well yeah, Katy Perry or whatever. You know, he's 556 00:31:55,640 --> 00:32:02,360 Speaker 7: God whatever, his goop whatever, whatever. But yeah, I'm liking 557 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:02,760 Speaker 7: that bet. 558 00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:05,680 Speaker 1: So man, you're crazy, Poppy. So what are we doing? 559 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:08,280 Speaker 1: We're doing fifty bucks, we're doing fifteen hundred bucks. What 560 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:11,040 Speaker 1: are we throwing on this here? Because I'm good for whatever. 561 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:13,040 Speaker 1: I'm ready for to back the Chiefs here. 562 00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:17,200 Speaker 7: Well, whatever you want, it's all good. Whatever you want. 563 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:19,640 Speaker 7: You know, I'll hate to take your money for Hey, 564 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:22,080 Speaker 7: it's gonna come out in my favorite for a reason, 565 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:24,280 Speaker 7: and whatever you want to bet, it's all good with me. 566 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:27,400 Speaker 1: Okay, we won't go crazy. Let's just put one hundred 567 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:29,720 Speaker 1: dollars on it. That was the bet I had with Coop, 568 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:32,720 Speaker 1: and he won because his Broncos weaseled their way into 569 00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:35,040 Speaker 1: the top five scoring defense. I don't know how they 570 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,040 Speaker 1: did it, but they had a great year, and I 571 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:40,240 Speaker 1: paid up. So what do you think even hundred? You 572 00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:42,440 Speaker 1: owe me a hundred If the Chiefs win, I owe 573 00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:44,720 Speaker 1: you three hundred. If anybody else wins. 574 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:48,360 Speaker 7: Oh wow, I like that, you know, with that number. 575 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:49,760 Speaker 7: I like that. I'll take it. 576 00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:53,520 Speaker 1: We're shaking. We're shaking. We're shaking on this poppy. I'm 577 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:56,760 Speaker 1: shaking my hand. We're figured figuratively shaking. It's the best 578 00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:57,840 Speaker 1: we can do right here. 579 00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:00,200 Speaker 7: All right, we're shaking on it up. 580 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:03,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, your word is your bond, right, you should say 581 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:06,800 Speaker 1: I will pay up. Unlike sir scratch Off. You know 582 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 1: you don't have to say that. It's implied. 583 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:12,040 Speaker 7: Okay, Okay, I'm like Jerry Jones. I look in your 584 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:13,560 Speaker 7: eyes and I'm a man of my work. 585 00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:17,840 Speaker 1: That's right, you know, well done by you. 586 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:20,920 Speaker 7: I love I want to give a pick for tomorrow. Look, 587 00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:23,960 Speaker 7: we got to Cleveland Browns and Bryce Young. I really 588 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:26,200 Speaker 7: love shir Door Sanders. He's going to be starting and 589 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:28,720 Speaker 7: I think we know everything at the NFL. The NFL 590 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:31,760 Speaker 7: is scripted, so we know Door Sanders like the Brown's 591 00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:34,520 Speaker 7: gonna be looking good. Maybe do a prop bit anytime 592 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:37,479 Speaker 7: touchdown one touch on pound for shir Door Sanders. I'm 593 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:40,280 Speaker 7: really liking that, and I think you'll go over one 594 00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:42,760 Speaker 7: hundred and twelve if that's a prop bit, Brian, I 595 00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:44,400 Speaker 7: don't know what it is, but I like that even 596 00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:47,160 Speaker 7: the spread, what is it plus six and a half? 597 00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:49,920 Speaker 7: The underdog went to and yesterday I really looks liking 598 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,600 Speaker 7: the Dogtown and shir Door Sanders what he's going to 599 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:56,600 Speaker 7: do proving against the Carolina Panthers that Carolina with Bryce Young, 600 00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:58,280 Speaker 7: I have no faith in the Panthers. 601 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:03,120 Speaker 1: So wow, Okay, don't be surprised going with Chadur and 602 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:06,840 Speaker 1: the Browns. The one thing I heard today and a 603 00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:09,439 Speaker 1: lot of this stuff in the preseason, it's a guessing game, 604 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,320 Speaker 1: but I did hear that Chadour is probably gonna be 605 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:15,840 Speaker 1: with twos and threes and they're going up against the 606 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:20,080 Speaker 1: starting Panthers defense at least early. That is a horrible 607 00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:22,879 Speaker 1: but it matters a lot, Bobby. It matters a ton 608 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:25,319 Speaker 1: if you've got twos and threes around you and you're 609 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:26,920 Speaker 1: going up against the starting defense. 610 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:30,440 Speaker 7: Yeah, it don't matter. You'll remember about this calling. You'll 611 00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:32,680 Speaker 7: see he's gonna come against the odd and that's that's 612 00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:35,400 Speaker 7: lefty for Door Sanders, like the descript is going to 613 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:37,960 Speaker 7: be in the savor and should do Sander's going to succeed. 614 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:39,359 Speaker 7: They're gonna do good. Dot Town. 615 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:43,640 Speaker 1: Okay, we'll see we'll see if that works out. I 616 00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:45,719 Speaker 1: hope he does well, I really do. I just you know, 617 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:47,920 Speaker 1: we'll see. We'll see how it goes. Poppy. But good 618 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:50,400 Speaker 1: hearing from you, buddy. Good stuff. You see that I 619 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:53,120 Speaker 1: made a hundred bucks on tonight's show. Coop. It's good. 620 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:57,720 Speaker 1: It's good. Nice you went in on this. No, okay, 621 00:34:58,160 --> 00:34:58,920 Speaker 1: any reason why. 622 00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:01,360 Speaker 2: I just. 623 00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:03,360 Speaker 3: Don't want it. 624 00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:07,920 Speaker 1: You're betting on your team, you know, it's yeah, but. 625 00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:11,360 Speaker 3: I'm also betting on the other teams in the division. 626 00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:12,960 Speaker 3: I don't know, just just too much. 627 00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:17,400 Speaker 1: Hey, weird, listen, I get it. You're petrified of Mahomes. 628 00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:19,960 Speaker 1: It makes all the sense in the world. Why wouldn't 629 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:24,560 Speaker 1: you be? He owns the division, like, his record against 630 00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:28,640 Speaker 1: the division is insanity. Let me try to fight. I'll 631 00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:30,160 Speaker 1: get it on the other side, because you know me 632 00:35:30,239 --> 00:35:32,400 Speaker 1: and googling, I can't. I can't do that on the 633 00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:36,520 Speaker 1: fly very well. Against the AFC West, he has owned 634 00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:40,760 Speaker 1: that division. So this idea, He's thirty five and five 635 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:46,120 Speaker 1: against the AFC West. So I'm supposed to believe that's 636 00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:49,640 Speaker 1: going to change dramatically this season and a team's going 637 00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:53,520 Speaker 1: to be a leg up just in the division. Meanwhile, 638 00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:58,279 Speaker 1: you have eleven other games outside of your divisional games. Okay, yeah, 639 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:00,480 Speaker 1: I'm not buying that at all. Give me the Chiefs 640 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:02,839 Speaker 1: all day long, that is what I say. But feel 641 00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:04,840 Speaker 1: free to check in. Militia always love hearing from me. 642 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:09,320 Speaker 1: Eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox. That is your number. 643 00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:15,000 Speaker 1: Coming up next, there was an interesting comment from a 644 00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:20,960 Speaker 1: former player and a well known talking head throughout a 645 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:24,440 Speaker 1: criticism that I actually disagree with, but I see the 646 00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:26,120 Speaker 1: logic in it. I'll throw it your way, say what 647 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:28,120 Speaker 1: you think about it. Coming up. I'm Brian noo In 648 00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:30,479 Speaker 1: for Big Ben Malor. This is Fox Sports Radio. 649 00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:33,160 Speaker 4: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Mallor 650 00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:36,280 Speaker 4: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. 651 00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:41,040 Speaker 1: Listen to Cliff getting down right there. Absolutely, man, I'm 652 00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:43,759 Speaker 1: Brian no In for Big Ben Mallor here on Fox 653 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:49,000 Speaker 1: Sports Radio. That's a classic, right there, pulling teeth anesthesia. 654 00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:54,520 Speaker 1: Shout out to Cliff Lake, Cliff Burton. Yeah, So I 655 00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:58,480 Speaker 1: ran across some audio and I thought it was an 656 00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:03,200 Speaker 1: interesting comment. The former WNBA player Diana Tarossi. Apparently she's 657 00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:08,479 Speaker 1: got a new sort of like documentary. It's a self 658 00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:10,880 Speaker 1: titled it's called Tarassi. It's gonna be on Prime Video, 659 00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:14,400 Speaker 1: and they're just talking about her career and whatever she 660 00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:18,280 Speaker 1: wants to talk about. And there's a clip floating around 661 00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:24,359 Speaker 1: where she's talking about being underpaid during her WNBA career. 662 00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:27,040 Speaker 1: So listen to what Diana Tarossi says. And then there 663 00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:30,560 Speaker 1: was a reaction from Jason Whitlock, well known talking head. 664 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:34,280 Speaker 1: I thought his comment was interesting, but I don't agree 665 00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:37,879 Speaker 1: with it, but I see the logic in it. Here's 666 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:40,839 Speaker 1: Diana Tarossi her original comments here. 667 00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:41,440 Speaker 2: Check this out. 668 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:43,320 Speaker 8: I'm the best player in the world and I have 669 00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:45,600 Speaker 8: to go to a communist country to get paid like 670 00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:46,360 Speaker 8: a capitalist. 671 00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:50,200 Speaker 1: Playing in Europe during the WNBA's offseason, these women were 672 00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:52,880 Speaker 1: going for seven or eight months. They were chasing their value. 673 00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:55,239 Speaker 8: One time I came back and I was like, man, 674 00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:58,080 Speaker 8: my parers have just gotten older and I've missed a 675 00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:00,919 Speaker 8: big part of it. We weren't made that much money, 676 00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:04,319 Speaker 8: so generational wealth was coming from going to Russia every year. 677 00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:06,839 Speaker 8: Now we have to come back home and get paid 678 00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:09,880 Speaker 8: nothing to play in a harder league in worse conditions 679 00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:12,839 Speaker 8: against the best competition in the world. The janitor at 680 00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:13,799 Speaker 8: Arena made more than me. 681 00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:17,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, so that was the takeaway at the end, the 682 00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:20,440 Speaker 1: EF and janitor in the arena was making more than me. 683 00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:24,400 Speaker 1: So Jason Whitlock, he watched the video and he commented 684 00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:27,719 Speaker 1: on it on x He just posted, when you're the 685 00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:32,840 Speaker 1: best at something that has little real value, clueless, so 686 00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:38,719 Speaker 1: clueless and entitled. And so I get where he's coming from. 687 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:41,200 Speaker 1: Where he's basically saying, hey, two plus two equals four. 688 00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:44,920 Speaker 1: Your league wasn't generating money. Players are going to be 689 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:49,000 Speaker 1: paid a little amount. That's kind of the way it works, 690 00:38:49,719 --> 00:38:54,640 Speaker 1: right and at least logical, The argument makes sense. But 691 00:38:54,760 --> 00:38:59,319 Speaker 1: I don't think that Diana Tarassi was saying it doesn't 692 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:02,080 Speaker 1: sound entitled to me. She's like, bro, I had to 693 00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:04,759 Speaker 1: go to Russia, you know, to chase my value. I 694 00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:08,000 Speaker 1: gotta come back to the United States and be a 695 00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:12,640 Speaker 1: professional basketball player. And I'm making peanuts. She's not saying 696 00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:15,960 Speaker 1: I should get paid what SGA is making. She's not 697 00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:18,879 Speaker 1: saying I should be paid like an NBA superstar. She's 698 00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:21,759 Speaker 1: just like, I'm not making anything. I think this is 699 00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:26,840 Speaker 1: a classic case of whichever shoes your feet happened to 700 00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:31,080 Speaker 1: be in. So Whitlock's feet are in Whitlock's shoes, and 701 00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:33,799 Speaker 1: it's easy to say. I mean, give me a break. 702 00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:35,920 Speaker 1: Your league isn't making any money. You're not going to 703 00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:39,240 Speaker 1: be making any money if you're in Diana Tarassi shoes 704 00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:42,120 Speaker 1: and you're like, I'm a pro and this is what 705 00:39:42,239 --> 00:39:44,520 Speaker 1: I'm If you're in those shoes, I think you're saying 706 00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:47,600 Speaker 1: the same thing. Is absolutely the way it works out. 707 00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:49,840 Speaker 1: All right, come it up. Next, we get back to 708 00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:54,040 Speaker 1: the biggest curveball of the NFL style of the NFL season.