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Speaker 1: What's up everybody? John middlecop three in out podcast Back

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Speaker 1: at it again. Really big show, I mean a lot

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Speaker 1: going on. Just finished watching this Monday night game. Uh,

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Speaker 1: debacle by Minnesota. We'll dive right into that. Uh some

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Speaker 1: thoughts on Seattle. So much going on this weekend, just

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Speaker 1: from Amari Cooper to the Sunday night game with Goth

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Speaker 1: Brady showing signs of age. Reggie mackenzie officially got fired

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Speaker 1: even though he was kind of unofficially fired at the

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Speaker 1: moment Gruden got hired. So I got a really big show.

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Speaker 1: But before we dive in to the Monday night game,

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Speaker 1: got a couple of quick things. One uh, I owe

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Speaker 1: and a quicken apology. One reached out a former military vet. Uh.

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Speaker 1: And I just want to get something. Make sure it's

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Speaker 1: very clear that I said last week there were no

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Speaker 1: about Army Navy. I wasn't trying to take a shot

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Speaker 1: at the game. First off, this show is pro military.

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Speaker 1: Every member of my family from my from my dad

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Speaker 1: to my grandparents have fought in World wars. Uh. My

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Speaker 1: to our core, a military show. I couldn't be anymore

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Speaker 1: pro military. I've also been to that game when I

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Speaker 1: lived in Philly. It is an incredible experience and I

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Speaker 1: highly recommend if anyone if you enjoy Philadelphia, well in

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Speaker 1: the game changes, but if you enjoy football, if you

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Speaker 1: enjoy America, it is as powerful of an event as

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Speaker 1: I've ever been to. And want to make this clearer

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Speaker 1: and listen, I'm you. Really when people reach out and

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Speaker 1: attention to it, but this one I was offended for

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Speaker 1: the offended because I was not trying to take a shot.

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Speaker 1: And that game and just the military, the branches of

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Speaker 1: the military, I mean, that's under no place. You know,

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Speaker 1: during the season. Do you watch a football game where

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Speaker 1: two teams and every player on the field has more

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Speaker 1: at stake just in their lives. I mean, what they

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Speaker 1: but admiration for everyone that plays in that game, and

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Speaker 1: just that game in general. It's again, I could can't

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Speaker 1: recommend it high enough. Also, everyone knows about the risk

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Speaker 1: driving drug punk. But one thing's for sure, you're wrong.

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Speaker 1: If you think it's no big deal. Drives sober, drives sober,

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Speaker 1: or get pulled over. Brought to you by the National

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Speaker 1: Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Let's dive into this game, uh,

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Speaker 1: because two things really stood out to me. One, Kirk

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Speaker 1: Cousins just isn't that good. You know, he's just not

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Speaker 1: good enough. And I said it last year when the

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Speaker 1: of the week, twice on Sundays and seven times on

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Speaker 1: good enough. He doesn't pull the trigger fast enough, his

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Speaker 1: He's not bad, but he's not good enough. And you

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Speaker 1: saw it tonight. Every play he's a step late, uh

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Speaker 1: It's just that simple. He's not good enough. Now, I'm

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Speaker 1: pro capitalism and I'm pro getting your money, and I'm

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Speaker 1: not gonna hate on him for signing the contract or

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Speaker 1: being aggressive to get all the contract guaranteed. His agent

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Speaker 1: on the flip side, I'll say this, Russell Wilson's line,

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Speaker 1: the other thing. Pete Carroll deserves the hat tip, because

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Speaker 1: this season was about culture, was about no one believing

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Speaker 1: When l O b and the Legion of Boom, who

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Speaker 1: Legion of Boom, even though the Legion of Boom is

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Speaker 1: no longer even together. But the Legion of Boom was

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Speaker 1: That was the legion of Boom. Not Bobby Wagner, not

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Speaker 1: secondary God. The Monday Night Crew is just atrocious train wreck.

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Speaker 1: But not going off on a tangent here, but one

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Speaker 1: the Seattle Seahawks. Again, an absolute culture season for them.

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Speaker 1: They have not skipped a beat. They're gonna make the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: seven years. Just an incredible accomplishment for Pete He I mean,

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Speaker 1: Dallas coming into Chicago because one thing they translate on

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Speaker 1: the few West Coast teams. They are the one West

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Speaker 1: And they've won you know, Russell Wilson's one playoff games,

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Speaker 1: So they deserve a massive hat tip. Everyone wrote them

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Speaker 1: off and rightfully so. And they haven't just answered the bell,

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Speaker 1: They've knocked the freaking bell down. Okay, let's get into

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Speaker 1: my my main man of Mary Cooper, who is just

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Speaker 1: don't even think this is a subjective take. We're not

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Speaker 1: unofficially just won the division yesterday or two days ago.

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Speaker 1: the playoffs, like it was just an insane, crazy turn

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Speaker 1: the day when the New York Subway was just it

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Speaker 1: gonna add to the graffiti and eventually just graffiti's everywhere.

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Speaker 1: We've all been in dysfunctional you know, in some sort

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Speaker 1: in a dysfunctional place, it's easy to become dysfunctional. That

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Speaker 1: Amari Cooper where the standards and excellence is the highest

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Speaker 1: right in Alabama, and he thrived. He is easily one

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Speaker 1: Nick Saban's tenure. And that's saying something. They have produced

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Speaker 1: a ton of elite players. But one thing is clear now,

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Speaker 1: Amari Cooper when he is in a healthy environment. He

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Speaker 1: was at Alabama, and then when he first got to

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Speaker 1: This year dysfunction, dysfunction, dysfunction. The head coachs traded the

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Speaker 1: week before the season started. How could a Mari Cooper

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Speaker 1: What he does is not a sustainable way to play

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Speaker 1: I root even if you're not good, if you're a

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Speaker 1: high character guy, I'm not gonna just root for you

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Speaker 1: to fail. You know. It's when I think bad players

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Speaker 1: are bad character guys, then I root, and then I

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Speaker 1: don't mind when they failed. But I'm not rooting for

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Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson to fail. I want to see him have success.

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Speaker 1: Just the way they're playing is not a sustainable way

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Speaker 1: to play. Friend of the program, I saw Jeff Schwartz

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Speaker 1: Uh was saying that the listener to this podcast was

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Speaker 1: saying that the Baltimore Ravens, it was kind of a

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Speaker 1: perfect storm their last several games with Lamar Jackson and

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Speaker 1: even moving forward. I forget who they played this week,

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Speaker 1: but it was someone with a bad It just played

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Speaker 1: a bunch of bad run defenses. So of course he's

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Speaker 1: gonna thrive. He runs the ball. It feels like every

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Speaker 1: other player, I mean, they run the option. Well. The

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Speaker 1: guy on the other side, I had a casual conversation

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Speaker 1: with a friend, uh, my doctor who's also my friend.

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Speaker 1: I saw him at the gym on I guess one

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Speaker 1: with that event Sunday morning, and Big Sports guy has

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Speaker 1: the doctor for many pro sports teams here in the

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Speaker 1: Bay Area. And he was just he's like, do you

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Speaker 1: think there's a chance And and when he said this,

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Speaker 1: I didn't even think he was that crazy. Ma Home

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Speaker 1: is gonna be the best quarterback ever, because he was like, God,

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Speaker 1: I watched him last week against the Raiders, they weren't

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Speaker 1: even playing that well, and he was just doing things

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Speaker 1: that were just remarkable. I mean just remarkable. He's like

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Speaker 1: he has arguably the strongest harm we've ever seen. He

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Speaker 1: made one throw yesterday, I think it was fourth and

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Speaker 1: nine throwback. I mean, it was somewhat lucky. But one

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Speaker 1: of the reasons, like Rogers far Mahomes, now, it's hard

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Speaker 1: know if that's really that lucky. You know, I watched

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Speaker 1: Mahomes make some throws yesterday, the no looker, another throw

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Speaker 1: on the run that it's like his skill set is

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Speaker 1: just more immense than everyone else. Like when Steph Curry

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Speaker 1: He's just got bigger range, like Mahomes can just do

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Speaker 1: like I probably the overreaction. I get it, and that's fair.

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Speaker 1: But what he does translates like what Lamar Jackson does

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Speaker 1: does not translate. Eventually, you have to throw dimes in

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Speaker 1: the intermediate deep passing game from the pocket. Mahomes dominates

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Speaker 1: you have to be able to do too, right when

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Speaker 1: behind the line of scrimmage and throwing the football might

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Speaker 1: be his greatest attribute. Throwing to his right he's just elite.

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Speaker 1: And running to his left he's not that bad. He

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Speaker 1: showed his instincts of like throwing with his left hand

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Speaker 1: can pull it off. Now he's throwing a couple of picks.

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Speaker 1: I think he's all but solidified himself. Uh. I guess

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Speaker 1: it's close him and Breeze, but I think he's gonna

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Speaker 1: end up winning the MVP. I mean, they're gonna be

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Speaker 1: the number one seed. It was his first year starting,

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Speaker 1: and I'd have no problem if they split it, because

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Speaker 1: when I rethink of this season, to me, I think

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Speaker 1: Mahomes and the Saints offense. Uh, that's what the first

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Speaker 1: if they went to McNair and Manning splitting this thing.

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Speaker 1: But I I really don't know what to say about Mahomes.

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Speaker 1: He's just one of those rare players. And I felt

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Speaker 1: this way watching Steph Curry like five or six years ago.

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Speaker 1: Did He's just jaw dropping. It is just fun to watch,

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Speaker 1: and I got I got a lot of Raiders people

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Speaker 1: for the Chiefs because he's hard not to root for.

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Speaker 1: He's very fun to watch and I don't care who

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Speaker 1: You just can't take your eyes off him. And luckily,

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Speaker 1: it'll be talking about my homes versus Rivers. What a

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Speaker 1: And just what a season this freaking kid has had.

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Speaker 1: He's just been fantastic. What a great year for for

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Speaker 1: coach Read and just the Chiefs. Obviously the Kareem Hunt

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Speaker 1: thinks not great, but for them just keep rattling off

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Speaker 1: do think that that kind of hole on their roster.

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Speaker 1: I know they got some production out of the Williams

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Speaker 1: gonna be hard. I mean, Kareem Hunt was so much

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Speaker 1: better than everyone they had it's not even funny. But

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Speaker 1: It has just been an elite season from Patrick Mahomes

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Speaker 1: may what you would call it. Tom Brady Truther. I'm

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Speaker 1: and most people I was around growing up, we're huge

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Speaker 1: Niner fans. I mean they were on what I was

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Speaker 1: Super Bowls. My brother's middle name was Joseph after Joe Montana.

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Speaker 1: Like most people in Northern California, were just surrounded by

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Speaker 1: a lot of die hard Montana people. Now I didn't

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Speaker 1: a Steve young guy. I was really just more of

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Speaker 1: an NFL guy lafarv uh like just sweet players always

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Speaker 1: been like that. But I understood the argument for Joe

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Speaker 1: Though even they've had to tap out of the argument

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Speaker 1: all time, and even in his old age, he's kicked

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Speaker 1: as take names. And I mean last year through five

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Speaker 1: game against the Miami Dolphins and it was actually on

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Speaker 1: the red zone locase was a high scoring game. I

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Speaker 1: didn't get the game, but it came in on my

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Speaker 1: TV in and out obviously the first half. But at

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Speaker 1: the end of the first half in that game, Tom

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Speaker 1: Brady made one of the biggest mistakes I've ever seen

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Speaker 1: him make by a pretty wide margin. The only worst

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Speaker 1: mistake I've seen to end a half was the mistake

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Speaker 1: tonight by Russell Wilson when he when he threw the pick.

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Speaker 1: But for the first time, he made a couple of

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Speaker 1: plays in that game. And I would imagine Patriot fans,

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Speaker 1: if you can take your emotion away a little bit,

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Speaker 1: have noticed glimpses during this season that you go, now, listen.

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Speaker 1: The knock on Brady has always been if you hit him,

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Speaker 1: you know he gets uncomfortable. And that's pretty natural for

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Speaker 1: most quarterbacks. And I don't think that's even a crazy

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Speaker 1: thing to say. No human, even in boxing, in UFC

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Speaker 1: like a guard, you like contact, but no one else

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Speaker 1: like he took a terrible sack no timeouts. For those

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Speaker 1: were on like the five yard line, fifteen seconds left,

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Speaker 1: no time outs. Not ideal game management by Belichick. But

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Speaker 1: I'm kidding, Brady can't take a sack. There took a

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Speaker 1: end of the game before the Miami miracle happened, they

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Speaker 1: might have been Edleman in the back of the end zone.

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Speaker 1: Now Brady was feeling some pressure, but now the moment

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Speaker 1: he feels pressure, he just hits the ground and he's

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Speaker 1: kind of always done that. So I get people could

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Speaker 1: argue back, like that's Tom Brady. Yeah, I think he's

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Speaker 1: he wants no part of getting touched, and he saw

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Speaker 1: the guy out of the corner of his eye, and

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Speaker 1: I get at his age, he's really trying to preserve.

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Speaker 1: But in that moment end of the game, a touchdown

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Speaker 1: seals the win, I mean the game would have been over,

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Speaker 1: and he airmails the ball and then they kicked the

641
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Speaker 1: field goaling. Obviously, the Miami miracle happens, which at the

642
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,320
Speaker 1: end of the day is on Belichick for having Gronkin there.

643
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Speaker 1: But the segment is about and my topic heres about

644
00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:56,840
Speaker 1: Brady for the first time in my life, and again

645
00:33:56,880 --> 00:33:59,360
Speaker 1: I am a Brady Truther. I think he is on

646
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:02,560
Speaker 1: the Mount rush More of athletes in my lifetime, which

647
00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:05,360
Speaker 1: the Mount Rushmore of top athletes would be pretty simple.

648
00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:08,960
Speaker 1: It would be led by Michael Jordan's. It would then

649
00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:15,400
Speaker 1: be probably Tiger Woods, Biased here, Barry Bonds, Tom Brady.

650
00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:19,080
Speaker 1: Those would be my four in my lifetime. Uh And

651
00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:21,440
Speaker 1: if you wanted to throw in hockey, you could probably

652
00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:24,200
Speaker 1: go like Wayne Gretzky or yarm or Yager, one of

653
00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:26,279
Speaker 1: those two. But I'm not a huge hockey guy. But

654
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:29,200
Speaker 1: my point is that those four guys, I think Lebron

655
00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:31,319
Speaker 1: would have an argument just for his impact, but I'd

656
00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:36,000
Speaker 1: go Michael Tiger, Barry Bonds again biased, You could easily

657
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:39,640
Speaker 1: go Jeter or you know, I Pedro Martin, you can

658
00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:41,600
Speaker 1: think of a baseball guy. But football, to me, it's

659
00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:44,400
Speaker 1: a no brainer. The only other argument would probably be

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Speaker 1: Peyton Manning, and I think he's probably had a bigger

661
00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:51,640
Speaker 1: impact culturally, like obviously plays a huge role in these commercials.

662
00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:54,279
Speaker 1: Tom does a little less, but he's the greatest quarterback ever.

663
00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:58,600
Speaker 1: He's showing signs. It's not even really disputable, and I

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Speaker 1: just I think he's slipping a little now. At the

665
00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:04,120
Speaker 1: end of the day, what does that mean Their backup

666
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:06,800
Speaker 1: quarterbacks Brian Horror And of course they're not gonna bench them,

667
00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:10,719
Speaker 1: but they have no long term plan. So are they

668
00:35:10,719 --> 00:35:13,840
Speaker 1: going to draft a quarterback this year. Are they gonna

669
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:17,200
Speaker 1: sign a guy? I don't know, but we know historically

670
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:21,520
Speaker 1: Belichick he hates being in this situation. And for the

671
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:24,560
Speaker 1: last four years in Tom Brady's older age, he had

672
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:28,760
Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo as a backup plan. Then last year, when

673
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:30,840
Speaker 1: you believe whatever you want to believe, I know what

674
00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:34,600
Speaker 1: I believe that the powers would be C C. Tom

675
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:38,200
Speaker 1: Brady to Robert Craft forced his hand. Then now Belichick's

676
00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:41,840
Speaker 1: kind of screwed. Now again, he wouldn't bench Brady, but

677
00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:45,719
Speaker 1: I think he sees the signs like this is why

678
00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:48,920
Speaker 1: this these little signs And again Brady threw three touchdowns.

679
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:50,799
Speaker 1: So this is what happens when you're at the top

680
00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:54,440
Speaker 1: of the mountain, you get nitpicked. Like Tom Brady was

681
00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:56,239
Speaker 1: so elite that it was hard for him to ever

682
00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:58,920
Speaker 1: screw up. Now his screw ups because the team is

683
00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:01,480
Speaker 1: not as good, comes into light a little more. Now

684
00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:03,759
Speaker 1: you could argue he's still a great value because his

685
00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:06,879
Speaker 1: contracts cheap. And again I don't even I don't have

686
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,759
Speaker 1: like this isn't to end this with they should cut

687
00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:11,320
Speaker 1: Tom Brady at the end of the season or anything

688
00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:14,120
Speaker 1: like that. It's not what I'm saying, but it can't

689
00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:18,080
Speaker 1: really be denied that Tom Brady is showing signs of

690
00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:22,960
Speaker 1: his age now slipping again. Slipping would be he's the

691
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:25,120
Speaker 1: greatest quarterback of all time, and now he's just a

692
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:28,160
Speaker 1: borderline pro bowler. So you can still win with that.

693
00:36:28,239 --> 00:36:30,680
Speaker 1: But they're the problem is the reason the Patriots are

694
00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:34,640
Speaker 1: nine and four is Gronk got old fast again, even

695
00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:36,920
Speaker 1: though he had a really good game. They're playing the Dolphins,

696
00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:41,160
Speaker 1: who are not good. Their defense is just in and

697
00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:43,800
Speaker 1: I think for the first time in a long time,

698
00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:46,640
Speaker 1: like I always expect the Patriots to win the a

699
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:49,759
Speaker 1: f C, just what I expect. They always have the

700
00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:52,879
Speaker 1: one or two seat. They always host multiple playoff games.

701
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:55,279
Speaker 1: I talked about last week the arrogance of the of

702
00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:57,680
Speaker 1: the fan base, and they've earned it and deserve it.

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00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:00,520
Speaker 1: I would be I would be a been go into

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00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:02,799
Speaker 1: these games, but I'd be a little nervous, mainly because

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00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:05,040
Speaker 1: just because my team is not as good and god

706
00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:08,640
Speaker 1: Tom terrific, I don't know. Now. Again, I wouldn't go

707
00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:10,719
Speaker 1: to say the Patriots no chance they could win a

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00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:12,920
Speaker 1: playoff game, because all of a sudden, you'll do a

709
00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:15,239
Speaker 1: double take and they'll be in the Super Bowl, but

710
00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:19,439
Speaker 1: I think for the first time, probably since the second run,

711
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:24,080
Speaker 1: Like there was that period between when Welker and Mo

712
00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:27,280
Speaker 1: showed up and they kicked ass obviously in OH seven,

713
00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:29,879
Speaker 1: then he tears his knee, and then the next couple

714
00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:31,719
Speaker 1: of years when he came back from his knee ten

715
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:35,279
Speaker 1: and eleven, their team wasn't quite as good, and then

716
00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:39,280
Speaker 1: they reloaded. They nailed on Gronk, they nailed on uh,

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00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:41,960
Speaker 1: Aaron Hernandez. And I was talking to a buddy today, like,

718
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:43,799
Speaker 1: does he deserve an R I P. I don't even

719
00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:46,440
Speaker 1: think you say that, but that would be up for debate.

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00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:49,120
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go no r I P on Aeron Hernandez.

721
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:52,160
Speaker 1: But I'll tell you this. I was in Philadelphia when

722
00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:55,920
Speaker 1: I worked in the league. Aaron Hernandez was so freaking

723
00:37:56,040 --> 00:38:00,200
Speaker 1: good by like a year two, it was stupid you out.

724
00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:02,880
Speaker 1: So they had a young Gronk who was like twenty

725
00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:05,759
Speaker 1: three years old, and they had Aaron Hernandez who was

726
00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:09,360
Speaker 1: basically like a better version of zach Ertz. And then

727
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:12,520
Speaker 1: you know, they had Welker that they were really good.

728
00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:15,320
Speaker 1: They had a young Adelman Brady was in the peak

729
00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:18,439
Speaker 1: of his powers. Their offensive line was still really good.

730
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:20,960
Speaker 1: They have players on that team was stupid. I mean,

731
00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:23,680
Speaker 1: that team from like eleven, twelve, and thirteen was to

732
00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:27,560
Speaker 1: me some of the most talented Belichick teams, even though

733
00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:29,840
Speaker 1: they didn't always win the Super Bowl. This team that

734
00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:31,799
Speaker 1: I watched now and you just look at him on

735
00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:34,680
Speaker 1: paper or a shell of themselves. And I wouldn't go

736
00:38:34,719 --> 00:38:37,840
Speaker 1: as far to say Brady's a shell of themselves, but

737
00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:41,160
Speaker 1: I'm starting to see signs that he's not the same

738
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Speaker 1: old TV twelve that I consider the greatest quarterback of

739
00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:47,680
Speaker 1: all time. Okay, before we get into the mail middle

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00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:50,759
Speaker 1: cough mail bag, slide into my d M s at

741
00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:55,120
Speaker 1: John Middlecoff. Let's let's end on this. I woke up

742
00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:58,719
Speaker 1: this morning. There was actually a report Sunday morning that

743
00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:02,520
Speaker 1: John Gruden was gonna fire Reggie mackenzie. Reggie mackenzie then

744
00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:05,920
Speaker 1: told Jerry McDonald, one of the local beat reporters before

745
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:10,719
Speaker 1: kickoff Sunday probably you know, before one o'clock, that it

746
00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:13,719
Speaker 1: was hogwash. He wasn't going anywhere. He didn't use the

747
00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:16,440
Speaker 1: word hogwash, but he basically said it was bs that

748
00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:19,840
Speaker 1: they were connected. Then, after the game, Jon Gruden was

749
00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:22,960
Speaker 1: asked about the report no comment. Then we woke up

750
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:27,319
Speaker 1: this morning, Reggie fire, and my first thought is, what

751
00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:30,799
Speaker 1: the hell is going on? It never made any sense

752
00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:32,920
Speaker 1: to things because then Gruden was asked about it, and

753
00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:35,560
Speaker 1: we're gonna get in that one second. It made no

754
00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:39,120
Speaker 1: sense to sign John Gruden to a hundred million dollars

755
00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:41,759
Speaker 1: and not let him pick his you know, his general

756
00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:45,480
Speaker 1: manager coming in to the year back in January. As

757
00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:48,759
Speaker 1: someone tweeted at me, it's like buying a million dollar

758
00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:51,640
Speaker 1: home and not paying for insurance if you're gonna go

759
00:39:51,719 --> 00:39:55,960
Speaker 1: all in. And I commended Mark Davis for having the stones,

760
00:39:56,520 --> 00:39:59,920
Speaker 1: the big picture understanding of he needed this rock star

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00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:06,120
Speaker 1: are and you know, never really bought into Gruden who

762
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:08,319
Speaker 1: said he'd coach for free. Now you wouldn't it cost

763
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:10,839
Speaker 1: you a hunter million? But that's neither here nor there.

764
00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:13,000
Speaker 1: Gruden's a capitalist and a good one. I mean, he

765
00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:16,120
Speaker 1: made a lot of money over the last you know,

766
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:18,839
Speaker 1: ten plus years, a lot of cash, and he's got

767
00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:21,359
Speaker 1: a lot more coming to him. I mean, he's made

768
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:25,719
Speaker 1: a lot of money. But like, just fire the guy.

769
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:28,759
Speaker 1: And that's on Mark Davis. But today I thought was

770
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:32,120
Speaker 1: an embarrassing moment for John Gruden. He stood up there

771
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:35,000
Speaker 1: and he looked every reporter in the eye, and he

772
00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:37,560
Speaker 1: speaks to the fans, and he claimed that he had

773
00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:40,799
Speaker 1: nothing to do with it, which is a bold face lie.

774
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:43,680
Speaker 1: And then he made a comment an all timer a

775
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:47,600
Speaker 1: little later in the uh in his press conference about

776
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:50,279
Speaker 1: Jared Cook, who's actually had a really good season for

777
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:52,120
Speaker 1: the Raiders and he's gonna get some money as a

778
00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:54,840
Speaker 1: free agent, that he hopes that the new general manager

779
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:58,959
Speaker 1: he watches the tape and wants to resign Jared Cook

780
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:03,640
Speaker 1: like us and I'm all four coaches lying about scheme stuff,

781
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:07,080
Speaker 1: even about injuries. But to stand up there and he

782
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:10,600
Speaker 1: said three months ago when they traded Khalil mack when

783
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:14,520
Speaker 1: they included that second round pick swap on in two

784
00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:17,839
Speaker 1: thousand twenty four mac he claimed that he had nothing

785
00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:20,640
Speaker 1: to do with it, again bold face lie. Then he

786
00:41:20,719 --> 00:41:22,480
Speaker 1: claimed the day that he had nothing to do with

787
00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:26,760
Speaker 1: Reggie mackenzie getting fired, which again is just my my,

788
00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:29,920
Speaker 1: my biggest question mark with Gruden moving forward is he's

789
00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:34,120
Speaker 1: a pathological liar. And he doesn't just say things while

790
00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:36,560
Speaker 1: he's lying, like he doesn't even flinch when he's saying

791
00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:39,799
Speaker 1: a lie, like he's driven the bus over Reggie. Then

792
00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:42,360
Speaker 1: he's parked it and put it in a reverse and

793
00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:45,440
Speaker 1: driven it again over Reggie. And today he opened up

794
00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:48,960
Speaker 1: his press conference to basically say Reggie and him were

795
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:52,759
Speaker 1: like almost best friends. Like John, do you even is

796
00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:55,719
Speaker 1: he one of these guys that's so rich now that

797
00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:59,200
Speaker 1: he's living in this bizarre world? I thought today watching

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00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:01,520
Speaker 1: the press conference, I had to wonder if I was

799
00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:05,280
Speaker 1: taking crazy pills. I couldn't fathom the things he was saying.

800
00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:08,400
Speaker 1: And again he looks so serious like he believes it.

801
00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:11,839
Speaker 1: And we all know those people that are so rich

802
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:14,040
Speaker 1: that are just so out of touch of reality. That's

803
00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:16,440
Speaker 1: kind of what it feels like right now. But behind

804
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:19,560
Speaker 1: the scenes, he's a killer. And he stuck the knife

805
00:42:19,560 --> 00:42:21,440
Speaker 1: in Reggie and then he took it out, and then

806
00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:23,000
Speaker 1: he put it back in. And he's been doing it

807
00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:26,600
Speaker 1: for months. So to say today that he had nothing

808
00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:32,000
Speaker 1: to do with it is just left me speechless. I

809
00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:35,640
Speaker 1: honestly left me speechless. I I watched press conferences for

810
00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:38,960
Speaker 1: a living. Since I since I've been talking for a living,

811
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:42,600
Speaker 1: I've watched so many damn press conferences, really, and since

812
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:45,879
Speaker 1: I've been working in football forever. I watched them when

813
00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:48,319
Speaker 1: I was advanced scouting. You watched the coordinator stock because

814
00:42:48,320 --> 00:42:49,959
Speaker 1: you never knew if they were gonna say something good

815
00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:51,800
Speaker 1: that might give you a hint. So I've been watching

816
00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:55,360
Speaker 1: press conferences, getting paid to watch press conferences forever, and

817
00:42:55,400 --> 00:42:58,399
Speaker 1: I've never seen anything quite like this. I I would

818
00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:01,040
Speaker 1: have said that him say that he didn't know about

819
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:04,040
Speaker 1: the pick swap with the mac trade was up there

820
00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:06,600
Speaker 1: as an al teimer, but I don't think that holds

821
00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:09,239
Speaker 1: a candle to him saying that it was just all

822
00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:11,560
Speaker 1: Mark Davis and he had not, he would have basically

823
00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:15,360
Speaker 1: kept Reggie bold face lie he'd been running a second

824
00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:18,759
Speaker 1: personnel department forever, which again it's his progative he should be.

825
00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:23,240
Speaker 1: But don't act like you didn't just end Reggie's raider career.

826
00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:26,120
Speaker 1: And and I'm not even a Reggie mackenzie truther. He

827
00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:30,720
Speaker 1: should have got fired eleven months ago. But there's a reason,

828
00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:33,720
Speaker 1: as I talked about earlier with the broken window theory

829
00:43:33,760 --> 00:43:38,160
Speaker 1: with a MARII, it really speaks to Derek's mental fortitude

830
00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:40,480
Speaker 1: that he's able to kind of overcome and he's playing

831
00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:45,520
Speaker 1: a lot better in just an just an organization of dysfunction,

832
00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:48,880
Speaker 1: because that's what Gruden put on a display of the

833
00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:53,279
Speaker 1: day and Reggie Mackenzie, listen, did he deserve to get

834
00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:55,719
Speaker 1: fired to keep his job? You know, when you make

835
00:43:55,840 --> 00:43:59,600
Speaker 1: seven figures, that's America. Like, he's not an at will

836
00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:01,960
Speaker 1: employ way, he's being paid to go away. I don't

837
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:05,840
Speaker 1: feel sorry for him or anything. But in his tenure

838
00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:08,880
Speaker 1: with the Raiders, he did not leak stuff. He operated

839
00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:11,759
Speaker 1: with class. He never said anything to the media derogatory

840
00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:16,240
Speaker 1: about any player or coach. And Gruden has consistently acted

841
00:44:16,280 --> 00:44:18,759
Speaker 1: like an a hole when it's come to Reggie Mackenzie.

842
00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:21,640
Speaker 1: People have texted me throughout the league of multiple press

843
00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:25,320
Speaker 1: conference like, God, what a dick And my big takeaway

844
00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:28,040
Speaker 1: in a day like what a liar? Like are you

845
00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:32,560
Speaker 1: really gonna say that about a guy that we know

846
00:44:32,719 --> 00:44:37,280
Speaker 1: you fired? Just the blatant lies. It's I I'm starting

847
00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:39,759
Speaker 1: to think that Gruden actually is not a terrible in

848
00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:42,520
Speaker 1: game coach, kind of getting a stride, but man, he's

849
00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:47,480
Speaker 1: pretty fraudulent off the field. Okay, let's uh, let's end

850
00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:50,759
Speaker 1: the night or day if you're listening to this or

851
00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:52,680
Speaker 1: who knows when you're listening to this, But on the

852
00:44:52,719 --> 00:44:57,960
Speaker 1: Middlecoff mail bag at John Middlecoff slide up in those

853
00:44:58,080 --> 00:45:01,040
Speaker 1: d m s and you can ask me anything We've

854
00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:03,759
Speaker 1: had basically everything under the sun has been asked since

855
00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:06,960
Speaker 1: we've been doing this. We'll start with I think something

856
00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:11,120
Speaker 1: Mayfield Baker's cousin maybe question for the mail back, what

857
00:45:11,239 --> 00:45:13,640
Speaker 1: do you think the prospect of Derek Carr going to

858
00:45:13,680 --> 00:45:16,560
Speaker 1: the Giants during the draft, with the history of Gruden

859
00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:20,120
Speaker 1: moving on and creating his own team, is this out

860
00:45:20,120 --> 00:45:22,279
Speaker 1: of the question? I say the Giants because they are

861
00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:25,640
Speaker 1: desperate and they're in desperate need of a quarterback. What

862
00:45:25,719 --> 00:45:31,400
Speaker 1: do you think? Uh, I would say this, I've been

863
00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:33,440
Speaker 1: saying over and over. I think there's a fifty fifty

864
00:45:33,560 --> 00:45:37,440
Speaker 1: chance of Derek Carr getting dealt this season or this offseason. Now,

865
00:45:37,480 --> 00:45:40,279
Speaker 1: he is playing a lot better over this last month

866
00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:43,120
Speaker 1: and a half. I think he's gone now eight straight

867
00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:45,719
Speaker 1: seven or eight straight games without a pick now the

868
00:45:45,800 --> 00:45:47,759
Speaker 1: last three or four he's been playing, and I mean

869
00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:51,200
Speaker 1: these games are pretty meaningless. Uh. They have not been

870
00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:54,440
Speaker 1: playing good defenses. He looked terrible against the Niners, you know,

871
00:45:54,520 --> 00:45:57,080
Speaker 1: three weeks ago, but he has put up good stats

872
00:45:57,120 --> 00:45:59,880
Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks. Uh. That being said, like

873
00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:02,239
Speaker 1: I know for a fact, Gruden tried to trade him

874
00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:04,520
Speaker 1: during the trade deadline and if they would have got

875
00:46:04,520 --> 00:46:07,000
Speaker 1: a first he would have traded him. Now he said

876
00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:09,200
Speaker 1: that's not true, and as we know, and as you

877
00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:12,359
Speaker 1: just hit on, he's a liar. I would say they

878
00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:14,719
Speaker 1: would be very much in the mix if he is

879
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:18,080
Speaker 1: open to trading him. The problem for them like they're

880
00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:20,399
Speaker 1: not giving up their first round pick for him. Would

881
00:46:20,440 --> 00:46:24,480
Speaker 1: Gruden take two seconds? Probably not? Would he take their

882
00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:28,160
Speaker 1: second and maybe a first round pick the next year? Maybe?

883
00:46:29,040 --> 00:46:30,879
Speaker 1: Uh that that That's the only thing I'd say would

884
00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:35,680
Speaker 1: be a little complicated is just you know, I don't

885
00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:38,400
Speaker 1: know if he could pull it off. But but I

886
00:46:38,440 --> 00:46:41,440
Speaker 1: do think that Gruden is gonna be open to trading him,

887
00:46:41,480 --> 00:46:44,960
Speaker 1: and if anything, he's only increased his trade value assuming

888
00:46:45,000 --> 00:46:48,400
Speaker 1: that Gruden likes Dwayne Haskins. Because if he likes Dwayne Haskins,

889
00:46:48,719 --> 00:46:50,920
Speaker 1: I could see him taking him, you know, with the

890
00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:55,680
Speaker 1: number two overall pick. Hey, John regular listener here from

891
00:46:55,680 --> 00:46:58,359
Speaker 1: New Zealand. I see it as a die hard Vikings fan.

892
00:46:58,480 --> 00:47:01,080
Speaker 1: It's interesting to hear John D. Lippo's name being thrown

893
00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:04,120
Speaker 1: around as a potential replacement from Mike McCarthy in Green Bay.

894
00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:06,280
Speaker 1: Now I'm a bit more patient than most Viking fans

895
00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:08,960
Speaker 1: are with Flip first U O C plus new quarterback.

896
00:47:09,280 --> 00:47:11,799
Speaker 1: But if you tune into the Vikings talk back in

897
00:47:11,920 --> 00:47:15,640
Speaker 1: real social media comments after we lose, many fans are

898
00:47:15,680 --> 00:47:19,080
Speaker 1: calling for Flip to lose his job. One team's trash,

899
00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:22,600
Speaker 1: another team's treasure. Clearly it's not working out right now.

900
00:47:23,239 --> 00:47:25,360
Speaker 1: I've said over and over, I like, I know Flip.

901
00:47:25,520 --> 00:47:28,680
Speaker 1: I mean, he's a buddy, he's a friend. I'm rooting

902
00:47:28,719 --> 00:47:32,239
Speaker 1: for him. But McCarthy mades or excuse me. Zimmer made

903
00:47:32,239 --> 00:47:35,359
Speaker 1: some comments that after this Monday night game, and this

904
00:47:35,440 --> 00:47:37,520
Speaker 1: question was actually before the Monday night game. But it's

905
00:47:37,520 --> 00:47:41,080
Speaker 1: pretty perfect right now that yeah, we should have done

906
00:47:41,080 --> 00:47:43,520
Speaker 1: a better job in some of those short yarded situations,

907
00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:45,840
Speaker 1: but we also could have made some better play calls.

908
00:47:46,120 --> 00:47:49,120
Speaker 1: That's two straight weeks he's taken shots at Flip. I

909
00:47:49,320 --> 00:47:52,239
Speaker 1: would say that Zimmer is of the old school mentality

910
00:47:52,560 --> 00:47:54,640
Speaker 1: like Parcels used to do that stuff all the time,

911
00:47:55,120 --> 00:47:59,160
Speaker 1: So Zimmer doing that is not that crazy though, even

912
00:47:59,160 --> 00:48:01,040
Speaker 1: the old school guy, I know that you've gotta be

913
00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:04,160
Speaker 1: a little careful with how it can kind of snowball.

914
00:48:05,520 --> 00:48:08,960
Speaker 1: I think that I at least flip love Zimmer. I

915
00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:11,399
Speaker 1: mean they're similar old school guys. Now. I haven't talked

916
00:48:11,400 --> 00:48:14,200
Speaker 1: to him a lot in the last three or four weeks.

917
00:48:14,920 --> 00:48:18,719
Speaker 1: Uh So just from social media, I'd be shocked if

918
00:48:18,719 --> 00:48:22,800
Speaker 1: they fire him. Uh you usually give the guy two years.

919
00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:26,440
Speaker 1: You know, you saw it with Kyle Shanahan in Atlanta.

920
00:48:26,760 --> 00:48:29,040
Speaker 1: Him and Matt Ryan were not very good that first year.

921
00:48:29,040 --> 00:48:31,120
Speaker 1: In the second year they were much better. When you

922
00:48:31,160 --> 00:48:35,080
Speaker 1: look at Minnesota, you'd say, well, Kirk Cousins to me,

923
00:48:35,640 --> 00:48:38,680
Speaker 1: has actually been pretty solid this year. They're like, the

924
00:48:38,719 --> 00:48:40,759
Speaker 1: defense let him down these last couple of weeks. The

925
00:48:40,760 --> 00:48:44,080
Speaker 1: offense has not played well. Their offensive line stinks, they

926
00:48:44,080 --> 00:48:47,160
Speaker 1: can't run the ball in critical situations, and Cousins just

927
00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:49,640
Speaker 1: doesn't quite pull the trigger on some big plays down

928
00:48:49,680 --> 00:48:52,760
Speaker 1: the stretch. Now, I would say the last two weeks

929
00:48:52,760 --> 00:48:56,799
Speaker 1: they played at New England and then at Seattle. I mean,

930
00:48:56,960 --> 00:48:59,200
Speaker 1: those are pretty tough games. How many teams are going

931
00:48:59,239 --> 00:49:03,319
Speaker 1: to Fox For and winning the Chiefs Art you know,

932
00:49:03,320 --> 00:49:05,440
Speaker 1: the Vikings are. How many teams are going to Seattle

933
00:49:05,520 --> 00:49:08,439
Speaker 1: and winning. Not many teams this year. So it would

934
00:49:08,440 --> 00:49:11,320
Speaker 1: be one thing to me if you're losing to crappy teams,

935
00:49:11,320 --> 00:49:13,799
Speaker 1: and they did lose the Bills earlier this season, but

936
00:49:14,200 --> 00:49:16,760
Speaker 1: you know, this was a bad loss in the sense

937
00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:19,839
Speaker 1: that these games are important. But how many teams are

938
00:49:19,920 --> 00:49:22,239
Speaker 1: rolling into Seattle on Monday night football and winning that game.

939
00:49:22,400 --> 00:49:25,040
Speaker 1: How many teams are rolling into Foxboro and beating New England.

940
00:49:25,640 --> 00:49:28,360
Speaker 1: The answer is not many, So I do think we

941
00:49:28,400 --> 00:49:30,680
Speaker 1: have to put it into context a little bit. But man,

942
00:49:30,719 --> 00:49:33,279
Speaker 1: that their offensive line just sucks. That there's there's no

943
00:49:33,320 --> 00:49:36,160
Speaker 1: getting around that. It is the Achilles heel of the

944
00:49:36,160 --> 00:49:39,879
Speaker 1: team and it's the reason that they're not as good

945
00:49:39,880 --> 00:49:43,640
Speaker 1: as they should be. My question is are the Eagles

946
00:49:43,680 --> 00:49:46,960
Speaker 1: more likely to win? This was before the Dallas game,

947
00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:48,839
Speaker 1: so the question was are they more likely to win

948
00:49:48,880 --> 00:49:51,560
Speaker 1: the NFC East or win the wild card? Clearly they're

949
00:49:51,600 --> 00:49:54,160
Speaker 1: not winning the NFC East. But I do think after

950
00:49:54,200 --> 00:49:59,239
Speaker 1: you saw tonight the Minnesota Vikings are now, uh, what

951
00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:03,440
Speaker 1: are they? Five hundred? And you have several teams Carolina

952
00:50:03,480 --> 00:50:05,600
Speaker 1: is kind of in shambles. Let me pull up the

953
00:50:05,640 --> 00:50:09,840
Speaker 1: standings really quick. You know, Carolina is in in major shambles.

954
00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:14,799
Speaker 1: They've they've lost five games in a row. You have, Uh,

955
00:50:14,920 --> 00:50:17,879
Speaker 1: the Eagles are to me very much alive. Okay, pulled

956
00:50:17,880 --> 00:50:20,319
Speaker 1: it up here. The Eagles are six and seven, the

957
00:50:20,400 --> 00:50:23,400
Speaker 1: Redskins are six and seven. Obviously those two six and

958
00:50:23,440 --> 00:50:26,920
Speaker 1: sevens are not equal. The Redskins are done with Mark Sanchez.

959
00:50:27,120 --> 00:50:30,239
Speaker 1: The Minnesota Vikings are six six and one, so if

960
00:50:30,239 --> 00:50:32,720
Speaker 1: the Eagles went out, they can get to nine and seven.

961
00:50:33,440 --> 00:50:36,439
Speaker 1: If the Vikings went out, they would be nine six

962
00:50:36,480 --> 00:50:40,800
Speaker 1: and one. So the Vikings control their own destiny. Uh,

963
00:50:40,840 --> 00:50:44,200
Speaker 1: the Eagles do not control their own destiny, and the Redskins,

964
00:50:44,239 --> 00:50:47,080
Speaker 1: I mean obviously don't control their own destiny because they

965
00:50:47,080 --> 00:50:51,760
Speaker 1: have Mark Sanchez, Seattle's in and Carolina, you know, holding

966
00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:54,080
Speaker 1: on for dear life. The crazy thing is is the

967
00:50:54,120 --> 00:50:59,960
Speaker 1: Packers are sneaky not dead yet right now. Uh. Look,

968
00:51:00,000 --> 00:51:05,480
Speaker 1: you get their schedule, so Philly plays. They actually got

969
00:51:05,520 --> 00:51:08,239
Speaker 1: a sneaky heart schedule. They go to the Rams, then

970
00:51:08,280 --> 00:51:10,880
Speaker 1: they get the Texans at home, and then the Redskins

971
00:51:10,920 --> 00:51:14,279
Speaker 1: at the Redskins that final week. But those next I mean,

972
00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:17,680
Speaker 1: you're getting the Rams off a pretty tough loss, that's

973
00:51:17,680 --> 00:51:19,759
Speaker 1: gonna be really hard to You're gonna go to l

974
00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:23,480
Speaker 1: A and win that game. I don't know, man, Carolina

975
00:51:23,600 --> 00:51:26,520
Speaker 1: there six and seven I know they play the Saints.

976
00:51:26,640 --> 00:51:29,000
Speaker 1: They yeah, they play the Saints this week, then the Falcons,

977
00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:34,560
Speaker 1: then the Saints see Ron Rivera That's uh no chance there,

978
00:51:35,239 --> 00:51:39,400
Speaker 1: and then what was the other team? Minnesota? So Minnesota,

979
00:51:39,440 --> 00:51:43,359
Speaker 1: who controls their own destiny. They get the Dolphins this

980
00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:46,879
Speaker 1: week at home. Now you'd say the Dolphins beat them

981
00:51:46,880 --> 00:51:50,080
Speaker 1: with the Miami miracle the Patriots that last week in Miami,

982
00:51:50,200 --> 00:51:53,640
Speaker 1: but the Viking should win that game. Then you got

983
00:51:53,640 --> 00:51:56,279
Speaker 1: the Lions, then you got the Bears, and who knows,

984
00:51:56,320 --> 00:51:58,560
Speaker 1: maybe the Bears have that third seed wrapped up and

985
00:51:58,600 --> 00:52:02,520
Speaker 1: they rest some guys. It's not inconceivable Minnesota runs the table,

986
00:52:02,920 --> 00:52:05,200
Speaker 1: but I definitely think they win the next two weeks,

987
00:52:05,440 --> 00:52:08,399
Speaker 1: first the Dolphins and then at the Lions. So right now,

988
00:52:08,600 --> 00:52:13,359
Speaker 1: I'd say, if I was handicapping this, I'd have Minnesota

989
00:52:13,440 --> 00:52:16,600
Speaker 1: as the sixth seed and probably Philly would end up

990
00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:22,439
Speaker 1: being the seventh seed and misses the playoffs. Uh hey,

991
00:52:22,560 --> 00:52:26,160
Speaker 1: John talked a few weeks ago. Oh hey, John, you

992
00:52:26,160 --> 00:52:27,960
Speaker 1: talked about him a few weeks ago, But what are

993
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:30,520
Speaker 1: your thoughts about Jake From as an NFL prospect after

994
00:52:30,560 --> 00:52:32,799
Speaker 1: the Bama game. As a huge Pats fan, I'd love

995
00:52:32,840 --> 00:52:35,640
Speaker 1: to see them get him next year and have him

996
00:52:35,680 --> 00:52:38,280
Speaker 1: sit behind Brady for a year. He was excellent that game,

997
00:52:38,800 --> 00:52:41,080
Speaker 1: and you know the ball game this year will be

998
00:52:41,120 --> 00:52:43,200
Speaker 1: big and then next year will be big. I'd say,

999
00:52:43,239 --> 00:52:44,600
Speaker 1: right now, he sure as hell looks like a first

1000
00:52:44,640 --> 00:52:48,120
Speaker 1: round pick. Uh. He had the Bama game. He was

1001
00:52:48,160 --> 00:52:50,759
Speaker 1: playing at an elite level against an elite team in

1002
00:52:50,800 --> 00:52:53,040
Speaker 1: an elite environment. Like it just doesn't get any better

1003
00:52:53,080 --> 00:52:55,480
Speaker 1: than that. So I've seen him a couple other times.

1004
00:52:55,520 --> 00:52:58,840
Speaker 1: I wasn't as impressed, but he doesn't take Bill Walsh.

1005
00:52:58,960 --> 00:53:01,200
Speaker 1: If you watch the SEC championship game to go, God,

1006
00:53:01,280 --> 00:53:04,279
Speaker 1: this kid's a player, and there's a reason he's beat

1007
00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:06,560
Speaker 1: out that number one guy for the majority of the year,

1008
00:53:06,600 --> 00:53:08,359
Speaker 1: even though that guy's a five star and runs around

1009
00:53:08,360 --> 00:53:11,319
Speaker 1: like Russell Wilson meets Kyler Murray. So yeah, I mean

1010
00:53:11,360 --> 00:53:14,440
Speaker 1: it was I was blown away. He was excellent. Now

1011
00:53:14,680 --> 00:53:16,120
Speaker 1: you might say that was one of the best games

1012
00:53:16,120 --> 00:53:17,920
Speaker 1: he's ever played. Well, that's a good thing. If the

1013
00:53:17,960 --> 00:53:20,600
Speaker 1: best games you've ever played against the best team you're

1014
00:53:20,640 --> 00:53:24,200
Speaker 1: gonna play in, you know, arguably the second biggest game

1015
00:53:24,239 --> 00:53:27,319
Speaker 1: you've ever played in, beside the National Championship game last year,

1016
00:53:27,560 --> 00:53:31,000
Speaker 1: I give you credit. Uh, he was fantastic. You know,

1017
00:53:31,040 --> 00:53:34,040
Speaker 1: he doesn't have a great arm, but he's definitely pretty accurate.

1018
00:53:34,080 --> 00:53:37,520
Speaker 1: He's he's not kind of unflappable. He's been well coached.

1019
00:53:37,520 --> 00:53:40,080
Speaker 1: He plays with a bunch of NFL guys, and I

1020
00:53:40,120 --> 00:53:43,120
Speaker 1: thought in that game, more than in previous games and

1021
00:53:43,160 --> 00:53:45,800
Speaker 1: definitely last year when they could just rely on Sony

1022
00:53:45,960 --> 00:53:49,279
Speaker 1: and Chubb, he carried them. He threw the ball, and

1023
00:53:49,320 --> 00:53:52,200
Speaker 1: that was my issue with the Uh, you know, with

1024
00:53:52,239 --> 00:53:54,640
Speaker 1: the fake punt, it's like your quarterback has been humming.

1025
00:53:54,880 --> 00:53:56,880
Speaker 1: If you're gonna go for it, just leave the offense

1026
00:53:56,880 --> 00:53:58,760
Speaker 1: on the field, spread them out and throw the ball

1027
00:53:59,800 --> 00:54:03,359
Speaker 1: a that that was a major mistake. Uh, let's get

1028
00:54:03,360 --> 00:54:07,080
Speaker 1: to one more. The Dallas Cowboys are built like the

1029
00:54:07,120 --> 00:54:09,720
Speaker 1: Seattle team that won the Super Bowl in two thousands thirteen.

1030
00:54:09,760 --> 00:54:13,879
Speaker 1: Beside the quarterback. Now, don't forget Russell wasn't that great

1031
00:54:13,920 --> 00:54:18,200
Speaker 1: back then. Tough defensive lines, athletic linebackers, and a very

1032
00:54:18,200 --> 00:54:21,680
Speaker 1: good secondary. Dallas secondary is obviously not as good as

1033
00:54:21,719 --> 00:54:25,200
Speaker 1: the Legion of Boom. Not a great receiving corps, but solid.

1034
00:54:25,280 --> 00:54:28,000
Speaker 1: An elite run game was Zeke kind of like Marshawn

1035
00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:31,600
Speaker 1: with Seattle. Seattle dominated that Super Bowl and the Cowboys

1036
00:54:31,600 --> 00:54:34,280
Speaker 1: are fighting to make the playoffs right now. This shows

1037
00:54:34,320 --> 00:54:37,040
Speaker 1: that Doc is not a franchise quarterback like Russell Wilson

1038
00:54:37,120 --> 00:54:40,680
Speaker 1: and is keeping the Cowboys from reaching their potential, and

1039
00:54:40,800 --> 00:54:45,120
Speaker 1: he should be replacing his upcoming draft thoughts Man, that's

1040
00:54:45,120 --> 00:54:48,280
Speaker 1: a Doc hater right there. I agree DA's a little flawed.

1041
00:54:48,360 --> 00:54:52,200
Speaker 1: He misses some big time throws early in games. He's

1042
00:54:52,239 --> 00:54:55,520
Speaker 1: consistently done that, throwing some early picks, but I will

1043
00:54:55,600 --> 00:54:59,080
Speaker 1: give him credit. In the last several weeks he has

1044
00:54:59,120 --> 00:55:01,879
Speaker 1: been locked in loaded in the second half. I don't

1045
00:55:01,880 --> 00:55:03,719
Speaker 1: have the stats in front of me. I have a

1046
00:55:03,840 --> 00:55:06,400
Speaker 1: Mari stats which have been fantastic, and you watch that

1047
00:55:06,480 --> 00:55:10,719
Speaker 1: Dallas Eagle game, Dak in Amari was incredible in the

1048
00:55:10,760 --> 00:55:15,880
Speaker 1: fourth quarter. But I've always, at least this year and

1049
00:55:16,200 --> 00:55:18,840
Speaker 1: definitely the second half of the year, I have confidence

1050
00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:21,960
Speaker 1: down the stretch with Dac in the game, with Dac

1051
00:55:22,080 --> 00:55:25,439
Speaker 1: making plays down in a tie game, especially at home,

1052
00:55:26,320 --> 00:55:29,320
Speaker 1: I would say I'm not in the paying dock seven

1053
00:55:29,320 --> 00:55:32,840
Speaker 1: figures this offseason. I would much more be more comfortable

1054
00:55:32,840 --> 00:55:35,960
Speaker 1: extending a Maori and then waiting next year to pay Dak.

1055
00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:39,520
Speaker 1: But if he wins a playoff game or two, it'll

1056
00:55:39,520 --> 00:55:41,520
Speaker 1: be hard to deny him, but I will give him

1057
00:55:41,560 --> 00:55:43,640
Speaker 1: his due. He was really good in the Philly game

1058
00:55:43,640 --> 00:55:46,440
Speaker 1: when it mattered the most. He was really good on

1059
00:55:46,560 --> 00:55:49,880
Speaker 1: the Thanksgiving game when it mattered the most. He was

1060
00:55:51,000 --> 00:55:53,040
Speaker 1: I wouldn't say he didn't do much in this Saints game,

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Speaker 1: but that was a knockdown dragon neither to Drew Brees.

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Speaker 1: So I I'm not as down on Doc as the

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Speaker 1: down on Doc people are, just because I think there's

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Speaker 1: something to be said about a quarterback that is cool,

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Speaker 1: calm and collected in the biggest moments in the game.

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Speaker 1: Like I can live with you throwing a shitty pick

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Speaker 1: in the first quarter, you know, but do you lock

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Speaker 1: in in the fourth quarter to win? Its nutcut time?

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Speaker 1: And I gotta give the kid credit. Kid, I mean

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Speaker 1: years old. Actually he might even be older than that

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Speaker 1: because he was a fifth year senior in college. But

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Speaker 1: he I have faith in him, and I don't give

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Speaker 1: my faith out very quickly or easily. Thanks for listening. Uh,

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys are rolling, but I appreciate everyone listening. Thanks again, Uh,

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Speaker 1: Army Navy, my bad, and UH have a good week.

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Speaker 1: I'll see you again on Friday,