1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: The Around the NFL Podcast is working on its beach bod. 2 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:11,480 Speaker 1: Welcome back to another edition of The Round the NFL Podcast. 3 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:13,360 Speaker 1: My name is Dan Hansas, and I am joined by 4 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 1: a room. Oh my god, there's so many heroes in here, 5 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: Mark Sessler, Chris Westling out On Connor Or and Greg Rosenthal. 6 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 1: What's up all the boys? Hey Dan, Hey West a 7 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 1: surprise appearance. We're very happy to have you in here. 8 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:34,200 Speaker 1: We didn't know you're gonna be on the show until about, 9 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: I don't know, an hour before taping or so. And 10 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 1: that was that was a pleasant surprise. We must say. Yeah, 11 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 1: I had a few things to take care of this morning. 12 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 1: I've got some appointments to go to. But uh, I 13 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: had a window there in the afternoon. Why not come in. Um. 14 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:51,960 Speaker 1: Your trip to Tybee, as we understand, was a rousing success. 15 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:55,319 Speaker 1: It was glorious. Uh. The paramore came with me her 16 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: first trip to Tybee and within a half an hour said, 17 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: I can already feel love. Everyone here is right. Uh, 18 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: she's walked away with friends for life. What did she 19 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 1: think about her new uh nickname the first Lady of 20 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 1: Tybee Island. I don't think they gave that with you know, 21 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 1: I don't wanna, you know, cross a line here, but 22 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 1: West is a very emotional time for you, a very 23 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 1: serious time, and the paramore is just stepped up to 24 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 1: the plate. Now you're going on, you know, a trip 25 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 1: to Tybee that went extremely well. This all seems to 26 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 1: be trending towards a New Year's Eve engagement ring. Let's 27 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: just be let's be honest, let's put all our cards 28 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:36,759 Speaker 1: on the table. She's not gonna be listening. Why not 29 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,399 Speaker 1: throw that definitely don't love me? Why not throw that 30 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: out into the public sphere. I'm not one to usually 31 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 1: stand on ceremony. I can't see myself as a New 32 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: Year's Eve just because there's a holiday kind of New 33 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: Year's Eve cracker jack box engagement ring at the bottom 34 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 1: of the box here, Honey, that's West to me, I 35 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: would say things are in a very good spot right now. 36 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 1: And um, you know, she might have been looking at 37 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 1: a few places on ty Be for events in the future. WHOA, 38 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: I think, yeah, all right, In fact, I'm gonna go, 39 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 1: let's let's break it out. Because the a t n 40 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 1: uh insider sniffed around this, it looks like he hit 41 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: he hit on something here. Let's be honest. So you 42 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:28,920 Speaker 1: didn't You don't have any sources on this. It was 43 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: just your instincts taking Sometimes journalistic instincts can carry the day. 44 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: I like the triple source typically, but sometimes you just 45 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: everybody likes I sniff around and and I started poking. 46 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: And that's how some of the great job as we're 47 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 1: seeing in Washington right now, some of the great journalism 48 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: is about following a hunch. You're like the Jim Gray 49 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: of your time. I mean, you're this is it's a 50 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:54,080 Speaker 1: big time for for us, and and uh, you know, 51 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 1: but I was gonna say, yeah, this is really big 52 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: for Dan because let's Ben, it's been drier than the 53 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 1: Sahara out there for the A t N insider. He 54 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 1: hasn't been coming up with many scoops lately. Here's the thing. 55 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:09,679 Speaker 1: You don't have to always be scooping. Um I A B. 56 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: S always be scooping, but you need to hit on 57 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 1: one every six months or so just to keep everyone sharp, 58 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: keep yourself sharp. I'm not gonna say this was your Watergate, 59 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:22,640 Speaker 1: but you're you're creeping closer West. We're so happy that 60 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 1: you're here. And the Connor again with us as well, 61 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 1: Connor uncomfortably close to me, but at the same thing 62 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: looking at your computer. Yeah, no, he doesn't because he 63 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 1: respects my personal space. Um, but you no odor, you're 64 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 1: help clean, You're showered obviously, and and I hope it's 65 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: the same way going back the other you're surprised by that. 66 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 1: That's a nice situation. I gotta say, I'm jealous of 67 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 1: Connor's beard, which is not only full, but not a 68 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 1: gray hair in it. I don't know if that's entirely true. 69 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 1: I might have gotten rid of a few of them 70 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 1: this morning. You know. It's also very well kept. I 71 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: was surprised when I saw Connor because he's he's tightened 72 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: the hair up top a little bit and then a 73 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: well manicured beard is coming. And I'm I think it 74 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: probably bumped you up easily at least one numeric spot, 75 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 1: maybe one and a half on the hotness ranking. Yeah, 76 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: which is incredible to me, because it's all preventative maintenance 77 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: for like balding and weight gain, you know, like, but hey, 78 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 1: I'll take I'll take the moderate bump while I can 79 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 1: get it push you up a point or two on 80 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: the real man ranking. That's true, That's true. All right, 81 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: today's show. Uh so much to talk about today. Uh 82 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 1: it is, you know, it's the middle of May and 83 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: not a lot to talk about. And what's gonna happen though, 84 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 1: is there's gonna be storylines that are gonna be run 85 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: into the ground, um all throughout the spring, into the summer, 86 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: perhaps even towards you know, the fall, right up to 87 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 1: week one. So what we're gonna do, We're going to 88 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:56,279 Speaker 1: um nominate. Uh, each of us will nominate one storyline 89 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 1: player team. I don't care, not mads. Something you just 90 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 1: want to wish into the corn fields. Uh, if you will, 91 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 1: and it will never be brought up from now until 92 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 1: you know, training camp week one whatever. Yeah that parts 93 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 1: of that's nice. Yeah, it just disappeared the well, the group. 94 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:20,280 Speaker 1: It's what you wish you could. I thought we were 95 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 1: committing to not discussing that topic. We would love to, 96 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 1: but we can't, you know, say, like Juju Smith Schuster, 97 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 1: you're gone for the next two months, then what if 98 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 1: he's big time in the news. You can't just ignore. 99 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: We commit to it, and we are we are not 100 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:38,799 Speaker 1: Juju will be on the radar if he's in the news. 101 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: But yeah, each of us will go around the horn 102 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 1: and uh send one storyline just into the ether, which 103 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:49,359 Speaker 1: would be fun. Also, um, we will you know Connors 104 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 1: here Connor's last full day here in l A there. 105 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,839 Speaker 1: There's there's rumors about a trip to a local watering 106 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: hole after this podcast. But but before any of that happened, 107 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 1: we have to play one of the most important games. 108 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:06,679 Speaker 1: Were one of the most important segments I should say 109 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: on this podcast, it's or are you kidding me? We 110 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:17,919 Speaker 1: try to get a congo in studio with his ax. 111 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:21,919 Speaker 1: Couldn't make it happen, but you know we got we 112 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 1: got the soundboard. Still try to be nice and full 113 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:28,920 Speaker 1: full or are you kidding me? But before that, let's 114 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: do some news. And to do that we say, hello, yes, 115 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 1: there might be a first Lady of Tybee Island. Uh, 116 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 1: but we know that there's a first lady around the 117 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 1: NFL podcast. She is new Monday first Lady business. Yeah, 118 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 1: it's a it's a such a title of respect. I 119 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 1: think that's why it feels good. You're like you're married 120 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 1: to the game, You're married to the podcast. I think 121 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 1: along with new Money's blooming materialism, you're now seeing that 122 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:02,599 Speaker 1: you have political ambitions. I was saying this before the show. 123 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: The the Mark Sidney he is surprising and delightful, enjoyable. Yeah, 124 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 1: I think it is really every producer gets on Mark 125 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 1: sonar every once in a while. I mean we go 126 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: back as far as t D. I mean that was 127 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 1: almost a blood war. But the fact that that Sidney 128 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 1: could also arouse Mark's anger, that that is, well, the 129 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 1: onus is on her. I don't view myself is having 130 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 1: any responsibility in this. Okay, let's do some news. Connor 131 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 1: Or joins the crew and raises the intelligence level and 132 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 1: then he predicted the Browns together the playoffs. Wow, yeah, 133 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 1: I was where you can handle right there. Lagart Blunt 134 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 1: has a job. Good for him. He escapes the Patriots 135 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 1: clutches with a one year deal with the Philadelphia Eagles. 136 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 1: Rap Sheet reports of the deal is worth a max 137 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 1: of two point eight million dollar dollars. This is the 138 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 1: same Garry Garry Blunt that led the NFL with eighteen 139 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 1: touchdowns last year. He's thirty years old. He gives the 140 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 1: Eagles um Greg something they needed. Uh So, not only 141 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 1: is it a good a relief, I'm sure for him 142 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 1: that he's off the market at a nice little rate 143 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 1: for a one year deal, but also he's going to 144 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 1: a place where he looks like he's gonna have a 145 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 1: defined role. Yeah. I think it's a big role in 146 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:21,720 Speaker 1: a in a big need for them. We just talked 147 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: about on Monday that this team had moves to to make, 148 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 1: whether it was gonna be a trade or now we 149 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: see a veteran pickup, because they had three guys and 150 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 1: Wendell Smallwood and Sprawls and Pumphrey that are kind of 151 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 1: third down, smaller type of backs, and now you add 152 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 1: the Garrett Blunt to the mix and you say goodbye 153 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:41,680 Speaker 1: to Ryan Matthews. It's kind of been an unsaid thing 154 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 1: this offseason that Ryan Matthews I believe will be cut 155 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 1: when he's healthy enough to pass a physical, but he 156 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 1: apparently had no future with this. It sounds like how 157 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:53,560 Speaker 1: he Roseman obviously listens to this show, or at least 158 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:56,560 Speaker 1: listen to Monday's show, because it's exactly what Greg mentioned 159 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 1: about Philadelphia's gaping hole where they were on the roster. 160 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 1: But we've seen this before. La Garrett Blunt goes to 161 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 1: random team in Pennsylvania, flames out by mid season, and 162 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 1: gets back on New England by January. To rush for 163 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:12,560 Speaker 1: four touchdowns. Nameancy championship probably will happen again. It's a 164 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:14,120 Speaker 1: bad job by the Giants. I think I feel like 165 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 1: he would have been a good fit there too. So 166 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 1: not only do you not get Blunt, maybe they didn't 167 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 1: like him, so it doesn't seem like a lost to them, 168 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 1: but he goes to a division rival and I could 169 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 1: totally see Blunt having a three touchdown game at the 170 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 1: meadow Lands in November. Does anyone else not think la 171 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:32,200 Speaker 1: Garrett Blunt is an upgrade on Ryan Matthews. Well, Ryan Matthews, 172 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 1: I don't think it's gonna I don't think they trust 173 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:37,080 Speaker 1: his ability to play football anymore after this neck injuries 174 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:39,560 Speaker 1: thirty years old. But I I agree it's not a 175 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 1: huge I don't think it's a huge difference if you 176 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:44,560 Speaker 1: had a healthy Ryan Matthews. When he's been healthy, He's 177 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 1: had some great tape over the last couple of seasons. 178 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 1: But it's it's it seems like all their beat writers 179 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 1: are saying he's out there. It's almost like people are 180 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 1: discounting Lagheret Blunt a little too much for being on 181 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:55,319 Speaker 1: the Patriots. I know he's not even a factor on 182 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:59,440 Speaker 1: passing downs at all, but he was a very valuable player. 183 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 1: It's a two championship teams like he was a key. 184 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:04,199 Speaker 1: He was a key to there. No Jeff Demps, but yes, 185 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:07,200 Speaker 1: I mean you can over emphasize the eighteen touchdowns last year, 186 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 1: but prior to that, for the five seasons before that, 187 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:12,560 Speaker 1: he averaged about six hundred yards and six touchdowns. This season. 188 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: He's a role player and you use him when you 189 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 1: have a lead in to kill clock in short yardage, 190 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 1: and that's what he'll do in Philadelphia. He's also always 191 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:21,439 Speaker 1: kind of struck me as the type of running back 192 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:23,960 Speaker 1: that gets hot, which probably doesn't make any sense, but 193 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 1: like go through phases where all of a sudden he 194 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:29,560 Speaker 1: looks like the Jerome Bettison his prime, and he could 195 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:32,079 Speaker 1: carry the wins. He carried the Patriots the playoff wins 196 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:33,960 Speaker 1: in the past. I think it's a nice pick up. 197 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 1: Nobody kills soft defense is likely Garrett Blount. Come on, 198 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:38,719 Speaker 1: he owns the Colts. Here's the good news. There are 199 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 1: a lot of soft defenses in the NFL. Uh, Let's 200 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 1: move on Derek Carr. God, we love Derek Carr. What 201 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 1: a player, what a talent, what a humanitarian? A lot 202 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:51,600 Speaker 1: of potential there. I mean a great whiffleball pitcher too, 203 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 1: as he pointed out on an end around the end 204 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 1: around writing doing important work over there he is. He 205 00:10:56,520 --> 00:11:00,200 Speaker 1: throws an incredible cutter that would make Marianna Rivera read 206 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 1: with envy. Anyway, um Connor shaking his head seeing how 207 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 1: the sausage is made and he doesn't like the taste. 208 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 1: That's just stupid. Tell the truth man. Derek carr Um 209 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:16,200 Speaker 1: wants to wants to get a long term contract done 210 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 1: with the Raiders before training camp. That has been his 211 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:23,840 Speaker 1: stated desire, but there has been no significant communication between 212 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 1: his agent and the Raiders within less uh several weeks. 213 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:29,560 Speaker 1: According to two sources familiar with the situation, this is 214 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 1: coming from Mike Silver and car is heading into the 215 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 1: final year of his rookie deal making a little less 216 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 1: than a million bucks. Uh. Connor or Uh, a former 217 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 1: beat Man, has covered contract impasses in the past. Read 218 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 1: through the tea leaves on this one. I'm not trying 219 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 1: to guess who anyone's sources are here or anything like that, 220 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 1: but I I hate how dumbness is like when when 221 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:55,959 Speaker 1: stuff like this happens just because if you don't hear 222 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:57,959 Speaker 1: from the team for two weeks. All of a sudden, 223 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:00,160 Speaker 1: you know, someone's gonna be like, well, we're upset that 224 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:01,920 Speaker 1: we don't have this done. It was supposed to be 225 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 1: done yesterday. I mean, it's gonna get done before the season. 226 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 1: They're not gonna let a top ten quarterback get unhappy 227 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 1: and slide away while the franchise is moving to Las Vegas. 228 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 1: Just wait and uh, you know it'll happen. Why do 229 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:17,200 Speaker 1: we have to have this like uh, this little tip 230 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:20,720 Speaker 1: for tat war for for no reason? Like news flash, 231 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:24,079 Speaker 1: I'm frustrated with the rate of my incoming rays and 232 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:26,319 Speaker 1: my agent is upset, except I don't have an agent 233 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 1: or a company that wants to give me a raise. 234 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 1: Join the club, Derek Carr. Not everybody gets paid and 235 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 1: they want to write. Although you listen and I speak 236 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:38,320 Speaker 1: for everyone in the room. Uh, Derek Carr irreplaceable as 237 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:43,360 Speaker 1: a high octane franchise quarterback. I I know the Radars, 238 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:46,680 Speaker 1: the Raiders are not um gonna mess this up. I'm 239 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:48,720 Speaker 1: not if I'm a Raider fan. This doesn't even make 240 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 1: me nervous. Mark Sessler also, yeah, what was the second 241 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 1: part of that statement there? Well, you know, at random area, 242 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 1: you know, White who occasionally writes football articles, easily replaceable. 243 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 1: It's a hard it's a hard truth that we all 244 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 1: have to swallow. But this will get done right. But 245 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:11,320 Speaker 1: he's due the amount of money they paid him last 246 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 1: year and whatever he's scheduled to make this year is 247 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:16,560 Speaker 1: the best bargain in sports, that rookie contract for a 248 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 1: great starting quarterback. So you could see if you're in 249 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:24,560 Speaker 1: that position, getting a little antsy. It's ridiculous. It's making like, 250 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:27,360 Speaker 1: you know, a fit as much of as mental like 251 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:30,679 Speaker 1: Watson did last year, and by by July or August, 252 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:33,440 Speaker 1: he'll be making million years. Yeah, And if he's not, 253 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 1: and if somehow this breaks down, they'll put the tag 254 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 1: on him and they'll make twenty million next year, and 255 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 1: if they still can't figure it out, to put the 256 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 1: tag on him again, and it'll make twenty five million 257 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:43,719 Speaker 1: a year after that, and then they'll eventually sign him 258 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:47,160 Speaker 1: worst case scenario, like three years from now. We do 259 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:49,440 Speaker 1: not need this to go on for three years. We don't. 260 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 1: We do not moving on Colin Kaepernick still without a job, 261 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 1: and now there is some real potential smoke uh connecting 262 00:13:58,400 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 1: him to another team. We didn't bring this up on 263 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 1: Monday because it felt like malarkey but in the but 264 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 1: in reality it might be something here. Mike Silver reported 265 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 1: that the Seahawks did reach out to Kaepernick about the 266 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:11,319 Speaker 1: possibility of him signing on to be a backup to 267 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson and Michael Bennett. One of the most UH 268 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 1: prominent Seahawks players. UH said on seven ESPN that the 269 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 1: quarterback would fit in in Seattle. I think Nick get 270 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 1: an opportunity to be on our team will be really cool. 271 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 1: Will be will be a good space for him because 272 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 1: you know, you have a coach like coach skiro who's 273 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 1: of for challenges like that. You have the owner who 274 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 1: who understands and gives back to homeless. You gotta you 275 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:39,960 Speaker 1: got players in the team that get back in the community. 276 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 1: You got Russell Wilson who shows our team is built 277 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 1: around community. So this is a perfect place for her West. 278 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 1: What do you think about the the idea of Kaepernick 279 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 1: in Seattle? Is it work for you? I think it's perfect. 280 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 1: They have a very open minded owner, they have a 281 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 1: coach that's excellent at communicating with his players. They have 282 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 1: players on the roster who have done far more offensive 283 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 1: things than anything Colin Kaepernick has done. They also have 284 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 1: Jeremy Lane, who also set for the national anthem last year, 285 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 1: and they have a very big need at backup quarterback 286 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:14,800 Speaker 1: where there's Trevon Boykin who's been arrested a couple of 287 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 1: times and frankly wasn't very good behind Russell Wilson last year. 288 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 1: So you bring him Colin Kaepernick, who can be one 289 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 1: of the best backup quarterbacks in the league. And Daryl 290 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: Bevil has shown that he can work with a quarterback 291 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: who has a similar skill set, not the same skill set, 292 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:31,040 Speaker 1: but a similar one. Tar Virus Jackson was the backup 293 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 1: there too, which is, you know, another athletic quarterback who 294 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:37,120 Speaker 1: they liked around, I mean Travin Boyke. It's a little 295 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 1: weird that the Seahawks, we're so comfortable going with an 296 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 1: undrafted rookie as their backup quarterback. It's why I don't 297 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 1: to think putting yourself in two thousand and you know 298 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 1: thirteen mode that the two guys going back and forth 299 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 1: and one of the more underrated NFC Championship games, Russell 300 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 1: Wilson and Kaepernick would be teammates just a few years later, 301 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 1: Like that would have been very very like, I don't 302 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:03,160 Speaker 1: age it's a Connor or Madden creation at that point 303 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 1: because the eight intense rivals. And but when your backup quarterback, 304 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 1: who has West pointed out is not a true superstar 305 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 1: and a devilopmental player that's been arrested multiple times this offseason, 306 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 1: bye bye, that would be the best backfield since my 307 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 1: Madden Josh and Luke McCown tandem. The deception perception that 308 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 1: was big. That's what was that? What was that called? 309 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 1: Was called the deception perception? You don't remember that? So 310 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 1: that the McCown's, Yeah, we would switch them out because 311 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 1: and just the various strengths you didn't know who was 312 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 1: on the field. Was this tribute to Matt Harmon, I 313 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 1: mean I don't. I might have borrowed some some things. 314 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 1: I thought he borrowed it from you. You are you 315 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:48,880 Speaker 1: or are you saying that there's no like there's no 316 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 1: litigation to to sniff around here. This was something you 317 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 1: came up completely separately. I mean I could pull the 318 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 1: paperwork and we could we could see her this have 319 00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 1: to reach out to that maybe because we might have 320 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 1: a second fix story of the of the show. You're 321 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 1: picking up on it. I'm sniffing around. Yeah, I can tell. 322 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:06,320 Speaker 1: Do you want to work under me as an apprentice? No? 323 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 1: I do not, I mean mostly do not. That was 324 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 1: that image. That image is burned into my mind for 325 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:18,200 Speaker 1: the rest of time. You're gonna pat him on the head. 326 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:23,200 Speaker 1: But he did something right, he's your ego. Alright, moving on, 327 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:26,120 Speaker 1: let's just move on. I'll work for a real news operation. 328 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 1: Wait a second, how dare you? We are the future 329 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 1: of news? Uh? Here is some interesting news. So Tom Brady. 330 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:37,120 Speaker 1: You know, he's he's indestructible. He plans to play into 331 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:40,440 Speaker 1: his forties and mid forties and perhaps beyond. Uh. And 332 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:42,639 Speaker 1: one of the reasons because his health seems so great. 333 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 1: But what we hear or what we read on the 334 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:49,879 Speaker 1: injury report isn't always what's actually happening. And we get 335 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 1: a peek behind the curtain via his wife, Giselle Bunschen, 336 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:58,960 Speaker 1: the supermodel who who talked about Brady's issues with head 337 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 1: injuries on CBS CBS This Morning, head injuries that we 338 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,680 Speaker 1: had never even heard about before this. Let's listen it. 339 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:10,120 Speaker 1: As you know, it's not the most like um, let's say, 340 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 1: an aggressive sport, right, football, like he had a concussion 341 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 1: last year. I mean, he has concussions pretty much. I 342 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 1: mean we don't talk about, but he does have concussions, 343 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:19,399 Speaker 1: and he's I don't really think it's a healthy thing 344 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 1: for you about it to go through like a you know, 345 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 1: to that kind of aggression like all the time. That 346 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 1: could not be healthy for you, right, And I'm planning 347 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:30,159 Speaker 1: on having him be healthy and do a lot of 348 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:33,640 Speaker 1: fun things when we're like a hundred. I hope, oh boy, Greg, 349 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:35,919 Speaker 1: let's throw Let's cue the Throne of Sleeves. Because the 350 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 1: one thing that we have not factored in. Tommy might 351 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 1: want to play until he's fifty. But the wifey, this 352 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 1: is a lot like Rocky five. Yes it is. That's 353 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 1: the first thing that came to my mind. Adrian said, 354 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 1: you're not gonna fighting out Rocky was brain damage. I'm 355 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:54,320 Speaker 1: not saying tom is that type of issue, but she 356 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:56,000 Speaker 1: might force him out of the game so he can 357 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:58,359 Speaker 1: live till a hundred and lead a healthy life both 358 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 1: physically and mentally. All I could think about was Tom 359 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:08,920 Speaker 1: Brady's reaction watching this Oh my god TV, being like, damn, 360 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:13,200 Speaker 1: you just you got another concussion just watching this video. 361 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:15,159 Speaker 1: Am I the only one that thinks this is like 362 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 1: a total Brady black ops thing to backhandedly ding the 363 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:25,320 Speaker 1: NFL for their inability to identify concussions. It's a return 364 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 1: surf well theoxy war. I think the hen result of 365 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 1: this will be the normal Patriots loser first round draft 366 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:36,879 Speaker 1: pick break. I mean, the paranoia going through front offices 367 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:39,240 Speaker 1: around the NFL right now. I mean, if you really listen, 368 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 1: broke down what she was saying, you could have maybe 369 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:43,920 Speaker 1: made the case. She was being imprecise with her words. 370 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 1: She's talking about previous concussions, maybe in previous years. It 371 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 1: wasn't necessarily don't talk down on the woman. Isn't this 372 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:53,800 Speaker 1: a larger issue that there are different degrees of concussions 373 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 1: and we've been told for years that the concussion is 374 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 1: a concussion, and yet some former players will say, oh no, 375 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 1: I've had like four dus concussions in my career. The 376 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:04,159 Speaker 1: Patriots have hit head head injuries. But I'm not going 377 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:06,000 Speaker 1: to go after the Patriots because other teams are doing 378 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 1: it too. Tom Brady has never been on an injury 379 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:13,399 Speaker 1: report in fifteen years for a concussion, and the just 380 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:15,239 Speaker 1: if you think about it, this is something we all 381 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 1: kind of could have figured out even without his saying this. 382 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:20,360 Speaker 1: Of course there's been at some point he suffered at 383 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:22,960 Speaker 1: a moderate concussion. You would think it had to have happened. 384 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,000 Speaker 1: It's just the nature of the game, but it does. 385 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 1: It is a reminder that you know, I was joking around, 386 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:30,960 Speaker 1: but this idea that the longer he plays, you know, 387 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 1: the head is a real thing. And who it could 388 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:37,240 Speaker 1: take just one more where he decides that that is it, 389 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 1: because this might be a real issue behind the scenes 390 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 1: for when one thing, I mean, I get that having 391 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:44,400 Speaker 1: her go on national TV and spout this was not 392 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 1: ideal for the Brady clan. But she has a concerned 393 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:51,360 Speaker 1: wife and in concussions which we don't really see up 394 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:54,359 Speaker 1: close and personal, some of the people that describe what 395 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:57,000 Speaker 1: it's like over a month two month period, you were 396 00:20:57,040 --> 00:21:00,200 Speaker 1: going through literal hell in your household, and if she's 397 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,120 Speaker 1: seen even a fraction of that, the concern comes down 398 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:05,359 Speaker 1: and it's much bigger than football. When you've got she 399 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:08,199 Speaker 1: is looking two, three, four decades down the road with 400 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:11,160 Speaker 1: this guy. It's well said, and what West was saying 401 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:15,199 Speaker 1: about the grades of concussion, it kind of hammers somehow 402 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 1: almost impossible, like the NFL is in such a spot where, 403 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 1: if you really look at it, at this point, they 404 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,600 Speaker 1: are doing you would it feels like about as much 405 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 1: as you can possibly do to to make sure you're 406 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 1: getting players off the field, that you're trying to keep 407 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:36,639 Speaker 1: them healthy. And yet there's sort of a point past 408 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 1: that where I don't know what what more can you do? 409 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 1: Like people are just gonna play through things and not 410 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 1: say anything, and that's I don't know how you solve 411 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 1: that unless you checked every player after every play. How 412 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:49,400 Speaker 1: you're gonna see how you gonna do it. The league 413 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 1: released a statement by the way UH, which tells you 414 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:56,920 Speaker 1: that they're taking it seriously. We have reviewed all reports 415 00:21:56,960 --> 00:22:00,199 Speaker 1: relating to Tom Brady from the unaffiliated neuro traum UH 416 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:03,840 Speaker 1: consultants and certified Athletic trainer spotters who worked at Patriots 417 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:06,320 Speaker 1: home and away two thousand sixteen season games, as well 418 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 1: as club injury reports that were sent to the league office. 419 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 1: There are no records that indicate that Mr Brady suffered 420 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:14,359 Speaker 1: a head injury or concussion or exhibited or complained of 421 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:17,639 Speaker 1: concussion symptoms. Today, we have been in contact with the 422 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:20,159 Speaker 1: NFL p A and we'll work together to gather more 423 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:23,439 Speaker 1: information from the club's medical step and Mr Brady. The 424 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 1: health and safety of our players is our foremost priority, 425 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:28,000 Speaker 1: and we want to ensure that all our players haven't 426 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:31,399 Speaker 1: continued to receive the best care possible. Food do you believe? 427 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 1: Don't look at me. I'm not answering that question. Moving on, 428 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:39,440 Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns have added a body to their secondary. Uh. 429 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:42,960 Speaker 1: Jason mccordy told NFL Networks Courtney Fallony is signing a 430 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,359 Speaker 1: two year, six million dollar deal with the team. The 431 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 1: deal includes two million guarantee the defensive back, UH said. 432 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 1: The team confirmed the move on Wednesday. Uh. Mark, that's 433 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:57,160 Speaker 1: pretty good scratch at this point of the league year. 434 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:00,200 Speaker 1: It is I think the one thing when whenever people 435 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,280 Speaker 1: talk about the Browns secondary, which has been an absolute disaster, 436 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:06,200 Speaker 1: especially at safety, I mean an utter disaster, that there's 437 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 1: still this, oh, you've got Joe Hayden, But Joe Hayden 438 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 1: has not been Joe Hayden in two and a half seasons, 439 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:15,639 Speaker 1: and so they need to just keep finding bodies. Mccordy 440 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:18,520 Speaker 1: knows Greg Williams system. They played, they were together in 441 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 1: Tennessee there. Brian Buddy Calhoun had a good year last 442 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:25,400 Speaker 1: year he was. He wasn't the guy that they sort 443 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 1: of came out of nowhere for them, But they really 444 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 1: don't have much of the position, so you why not 445 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:32,720 Speaker 1: add people, why not add veterans? You're like a Connor, 446 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:36,119 Speaker 1: don't you. Yeah, I mean obviously I got dinged a 447 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:37,680 Speaker 1: little bit for predicting that the Browns are going to 448 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 1: make the playoffs. I was gonna say, this is big news. 449 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 1: Is you know, every day we're kind of seeing a 450 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:45,160 Speaker 1: little bit, We're churning it forward, churning it forward, and 451 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 1: you know then week one will begin and we'll start 452 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 1: to see it turn in a different direction. And um, finally, 453 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 1: uh the uh. I want to give a shout out 454 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 1: two Brian Gay. He's been hired as the VP of 455 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 1: player Personnel from the Bills. And Brian Gaine was with Houston, 456 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,000 Speaker 1: he was with the Jets. Connor, I'm sure you know 457 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:15,480 Speaker 1: him from your dealings with the New York Football Club 458 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 1: of the a f C. And I do want to 459 00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:19,239 Speaker 1: just say the reason I bring this up is that 460 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:24,560 Speaker 1: Brian Gaine is a Pearl River native, grew up on 461 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:28,159 Speaker 1: Quake Lane and pr He was my substitute teacher, my 462 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:33,880 Speaker 1: senior of high school. Yeah, and see one of your insiders, 463 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:37,040 Speaker 1: he's he's a survivor. That to me, that's what he is. 464 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:39,879 Speaker 1: And we're not close. Brian and I do we have 465 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 1: that Springsteen music said, anybody a chance. We're not close, 466 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 1: but we share a bond, you know, and and the 467 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:53,679 Speaker 1: and that bond is getting out escaping. So you and 468 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 1: you would have no problem if we had him on 469 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:59,159 Speaker 1: the podcast and just asked him some factual questions about 470 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 1: Pearl River. I like that idea. Why not? I don't 471 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 1: think that's a terrible idea, But it's also I don't 472 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:08,160 Speaker 1: think necessary because this whole cold town thing has always 473 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:10,560 Speaker 1: smelled a little funny to me, especially when I'm looking 474 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 1: at the Wikipedia entry for Pearl River. The nickname of 475 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:18,920 Speaker 1: the town is the town of friendly people. Yes, that's 476 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:22,439 Speaker 1: not what we are. Well, cold, cold, cold coal business 477 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 1: people could be notice. Furthermore, in two thousand and eleven, 478 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:29,160 Speaker 1: is Steam site CNN Money dot Com ranked Pearl River 479 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 1: on its hundred Best places to Live list. It ends 480 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,199 Speaker 1: on the top hundred places to live. That does that 481 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 1: really sound like an other side of the tracks scenario? 482 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:42,359 Speaker 1: I never said that Mr Martha's Vineyard, but I've always 483 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:45,159 Speaker 1: said is that we are a close knit town, a 484 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:47,480 Speaker 1: town that we help each other. We don't have a lot, 485 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 1: but we have each other. And I just want to 486 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:51,680 Speaker 1: say Brian that I don't know where our Springsteen music 487 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 1: is sitting, what's going on with our Springsteen music. It's 488 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 1: very important that I have my Springsteen music for this. 489 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 1: Thank you. I just want to say, Bryce, we made 490 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:11,120 Speaker 1: a kid well. I was touching. This is more Neil 491 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:15,560 Speaker 1: young to me. You're very sour. I understand right. Just 492 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:21,439 Speaker 1: let me have this moment about Brian. Let you have 493 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 1: Brian's moment. I grew up in Wilbraham, mass By. You know, 494 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:30,200 Speaker 1: getting your getting a strawberry chuck cook, getting your strawberry 495 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:36,920 Speaker 1: chuck um. The look on Connor's face. Elevate your underwear 496 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 1: game to the next level. With Means what is meand's 497 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 1: just seriously saw feel good and He's delivered right to 498 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:50,440 Speaker 1: your door. Means are designed in l A and made 499 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 1: from sustainably sourced micro modal, a fabric three times softer 500 00:26:57,119 --> 00:27:02,160 Speaker 1: than cotton. Meandi is softer than soft. Luggis coming an 501 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:06,679 Speaker 1: ever changing selection of classic colors, bolt shades, and adventurous 502 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:10,600 Speaker 1: parents so you can tell your ands to your own 503 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:15,400 Speaker 1: personal style. And guess what what You can save time 504 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:18,719 Speaker 1: and money each month with a monthly subscription. And if 505 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 1: you're not ready for a subscription, that's okay, it's fine, 506 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 1: don't worry about it. You can still say that's because 507 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 1: me on these is offering off your first pair. Just 508 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:29,760 Speaker 1: use our special U R L me on these dot 509 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 1: com slash NFL and get off your first pair. So 510 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:37,560 Speaker 1: go ahead, revap your underwear drawer. You know why you 511 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:40,000 Speaker 1: deserve it. Well, once again, that's me on these dot 512 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 1: com slash NFL. Medes dot com slash NFL. Let me 513 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 1: tell you one thing. Our house right now is absolutely 514 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:52,359 Speaker 1: under duressed workman of torn it to shreds. But you 515 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:55,920 Speaker 1: still gotta do laundry. And yesterday walked into the home 516 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:59,600 Speaker 1: after work and stacks of you know, socks and underwear 517 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:04,160 Speaker 1: in my to meds underwear pears were on the top 518 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:06,800 Speaker 1: of the underwear pile, and I thought, the weekend is here? 519 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:13,679 Speaker 1: Was there specifically for the weekend? I mean, that's just 520 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:15,919 Speaker 1: what came into my mind. Not only I've warned them 521 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:18,879 Speaker 1: on a Wednesday, and it turns a very mundane Wednesday 522 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,040 Speaker 1: into a special time. I don't think there's a bigger 523 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:25,200 Speaker 1: compliment than saying you save your meds for the big 524 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:27,760 Speaker 1: days of the week, which is Saturday, Sunday and maybe 525 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:29,760 Speaker 1: a Friday night a big spot. Sure. I mean it's 526 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:33,879 Speaker 1: they're very versatile in that way. I continue to get 527 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:36,320 Speaker 1: people by the way that's saying we love the idea 528 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 1: of me. Andy's get that individualized offer code and we 529 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:42,560 Speaker 1: will bang bang. The company is sitting on an absolute 530 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,719 Speaker 1: pile of money, and if our company would comply with 531 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 1: our listeners wishes me and would be absolutely staring right now. 532 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 1: All right, let's move on. We have an opportunity now 533 00:28:54,280 --> 00:29:00,840 Speaker 1: two take one offseason storyline, uh, and just wipe it. 534 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:04,960 Speaker 1: I mean, send it into the ether, send it off 535 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:15,920 Speaker 1: to the corn fields. Please that even from Really, you 536 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:20,160 Speaker 1: don't know anybody else West. I know you know that 537 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,760 Speaker 1: Field of Dreams to nineteen fifties television show. I thought 538 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:25,800 Speaker 1: it'd be right up your alley. N I've never seen nobody. 539 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:29,680 Speaker 1: I've never seen a Fifth Time Connor, not Youtub, the Munsters. 540 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:32,960 Speaker 1: I don't know Barney Rubble. It's it's one of the 541 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:36,560 Speaker 1: most classic Twilight Zone episodes ever, the Good Life. I've 542 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:39,920 Speaker 1: never seen a Twilight Zone episode. You know, I can't 543 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:42,520 Speaker 1: do the show anymore. That's something of us. I mean, 544 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:44,240 Speaker 1: maybe you gotta look in the mirror if you're the 545 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:47,600 Speaker 1: only one that knows this. So I didn't know that 546 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:50,640 Speaker 1: you had a lot of nineteen fifties television. The well, 547 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:52,600 Speaker 1: the reason I would think that I wouldn't be alone 548 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:56,520 Speaker 1: if you are from the New York area. Every year 549 00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:59,640 Speaker 1: on New Year's Eve, w P I X would run 550 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:02,440 Speaker 1: a mar marathon. And this is back in the day 551 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:04,120 Speaker 1: when there wasn't a ton of options. So as a kid, 552 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:06,680 Speaker 1: I got into it. My my dad loved it growing up, 553 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:09,080 Speaker 1: so i'd watch it with him. And I'm pretty well 554 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:12,040 Speaker 1: versed on a lot of the rod Sterling classics. It's 555 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:14,960 Speaker 1: a good show. I just yeah, it's I thought, I 556 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:18,120 Speaker 1: thought a lot the bigger cultural imprint. I'm surprised. Well, 557 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:20,840 Speaker 1: I don't know if we're you're really your test. You 558 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:23,000 Speaker 1: know a lot of things past the five of us. 559 00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:24,840 Speaker 1: But Greg came out of the womb with thirty two 560 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:26,440 Speaker 1: years old. I knew I didn't. I wouldn't get him 561 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:30,680 Speaker 1: back break. No one was watching The Twilight Zone growing up, 562 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:35,640 Speaker 1: little kids anyway, So here we go. We're gonna wipe 563 00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:39,560 Speaker 1: one uh offseason storyline away forever and uh, Connor, you 564 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:43,960 Speaker 1: are our guest this week. God, we're so happy that 565 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,160 Speaker 1: you're here. Why don't you get us going wipe one away? 566 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:50,960 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say anything that has to do with um 567 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:54,040 Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson and how good he's gonna be in the 568 00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:57,960 Speaker 1: Saints offense, like you know, that's uh, let's just wipe 569 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:00,240 Speaker 1: that away. I mean, West is starting to twitch next 570 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:02,760 Speaker 1: year is just inspired by like literally like an hour 571 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:04,920 Speaker 1: ago on our air, there was a segment about that. 572 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:08,160 Speaker 1: Um it's also the CP on our website right now. 573 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:11,480 Speaker 1: So I think I organically take things in and uh 574 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:14,320 Speaker 1: and kind of use them to my advantage. But uh yeah, 575 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:16,160 Speaker 1: I mean I'm excited to see what a thirti ti 576 00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:18,800 Speaker 1: year old power back does on a team that routinely 577 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:21,000 Speaker 1: goes eight and Eaton misses the playoffs. This is gonna 578 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:26,880 Speaker 1: be Uh let's let's light the candle. Oh the fantasy implications? 579 00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:30,720 Speaker 1: Whoa like, all right, the Saints finally figured it out? 580 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:35,160 Speaker 1: Oh my god? So yeah, let's just let's get rid 581 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:38,280 Speaker 1: of that. Who cares? You know? Now, West, you you 582 00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:40,240 Speaker 1: are of the belief that Adrian Peterson could be an 583 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:43,360 Speaker 1: All Pro this season. But Connor is also probably hitting 584 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:45,360 Speaker 1: on a point that you agree with as well. Adrian 585 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,240 Speaker 1: Peterson might be a good signing, it might still be 586 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 1: a star, but the Saints are probably still going to 587 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:51,840 Speaker 1: be a middle league team, right, So why would we 588 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:53,920 Speaker 1: get too caught up about who's the running back on 589 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:57,720 Speaker 1: a mediocre team? Yeah? My, I usually fall back on 590 00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:00,280 Speaker 1: the idea that everybody puts way too much in the 591 00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:03,280 Speaker 1: previous season and forgets every other piece of data available 592 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:05,840 Speaker 1: which tells us that Adrian Peterson is probably a pretty 593 00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:09,600 Speaker 1: good player. This segment is already cathartic, right, and you can, 594 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:11,600 Speaker 1: you know, you can put a lot of stock into 595 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:14,480 Speaker 1: the last you know, five seasons in New Orleans, and 596 00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:16,880 Speaker 1: they haven't had a pass rush in any one of 597 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:19,440 Speaker 1: those five. There's no reason to believe that they have 598 00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:22,040 Speaker 1: a pass rush this year, and thus why why would 599 00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:24,320 Speaker 1: their season be too much different? Alright, West, you're up. 600 00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:28,960 Speaker 1: I'd like to wipe away send to the cornfields the 601 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:32,680 Speaker 1: issue that everybody wants to opine on and nobody can 602 00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:37,560 Speaker 1: get right, the blackbollowing of Colin CAPERTI. I know it. 603 00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:39,640 Speaker 1: I had in my back pocket. And then when you 604 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:42,360 Speaker 1: showed up. I said, I hope West takes this one 605 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:45,040 Speaker 1: and runs with it. Take it, baby, Yeah, because everybody 606 00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:48,640 Speaker 1: wants to put their politics onto Colin Kaepernick and then 607 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:51,360 Speaker 1: look at him through that. Nobody can get it right. 608 00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:54,360 Speaker 1: Nobody can get the nuance or the complexity right. Everybody's 609 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:56,880 Speaker 1: just gonna keep telling you that he's blackballed as the 610 00:32:56,880 --> 00:33:01,280 Speaker 1: Seahawks sign him, Well you pick. It's the perfect show 611 00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:04,360 Speaker 1: to bring that up, because it's all becoming untrue. All 612 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:07,000 Speaker 1: those ideas people had, well they were untrue all along, 613 00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:10,360 Speaker 1: but nobody really wanted to acknowledge it. Like there's there's 614 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:13,080 Speaker 1: shades of gray and the entire discussion which I think 615 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:15,840 Speaker 1: you know you you agree with, and it's tended to 616 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:21,560 Speaker 1: be in either or argument on Twitter. Either everything about 617 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:25,680 Speaker 1: it is all because of the stance that he takes 618 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:29,760 Speaker 1: he's taken, or it's the total opposite, which is which 619 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:35,160 Speaker 1: is that you know that he should he absolutely deserves 620 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:38,080 Speaker 1: like a job. And then then somewhere in between, well, 621 00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:41,880 Speaker 1: the the black ball means by everyone, not by one 622 00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:44,600 Speaker 1: or two or three teams. There's no question there probably 623 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:46,560 Speaker 1: one or two or three certain amount of owners out 624 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:48,800 Speaker 1: there that said I don't need this, don't want it. 625 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:52,040 Speaker 1: But black ball means you don't work in the industry 626 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:55,560 Speaker 1: anymore because everyone's everyone's come to the same feeling about you, 627 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:57,360 Speaker 1: and they've discussed it with each other, and that that 628 00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:00,520 Speaker 1: seems impossible among NFL if I never have to again 629 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:04,480 Speaker 1: a tweet or an article that is trying to say 630 00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:08,040 Speaker 1: that because Josh McCown got a job, Colin Kaepernick should 631 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:11,400 Speaker 1: have got a job too. They are totally separate cases 632 00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:14,520 Speaker 1: and one has nothing to do with the other. Nobody 633 00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:17,320 Speaker 1: has any idea what Colin Kaepernick was asking for money 634 00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:20,240 Speaker 1: wise or role wise, but everybody wants to just assume 635 00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:23,879 Speaker 1: that every basic white backup quarterbacks should not be getting 636 00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:27,000 Speaker 1: jobs before Colin Kaeperck. I find it annoying also that Kaepernick, 637 00:34:27,080 --> 00:34:29,760 Speaker 1: and he he doesn't try to be necessarily super public 638 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:35,279 Speaker 1: about this, has done some incredible work for various communities, 639 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:38,520 Speaker 1: and it is completely ignored or it's quickly annored be 640 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:41,680 Speaker 1: ignored because of this thing from last It's what the 641 00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:44,359 Speaker 1: work that he's doing, which is all great, is being 642 00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:49,680 Speaker 1: twisted into uh an evil upon the NFL owners in 643 00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:52,200 Speaker 1: the league in general, where it's a more nuanced issue 644 00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:54,000 Speaker 1: because it's at the end of the day, it's about 645 00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:56,920 Speaker 1: can this guy played as he fit in? And everybody's twisting. 646 00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:58,799 Speaker 1: It's I've had enough of politics, by the way, right 647 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:01,120 Speaker 1: now to which politics my life? Right? And I don't 648 00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:03,919 Speaker 1: need to creeping into the game. I mean, there there 649 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:06,719 Speaker 1: was the I think they were un named sources to 650 00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:10,239 Speaker 1: Peter King that was like, you know, some sort of 651 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:13,680 Speaker 1: team and I can imagine some team or team officials 652 00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:15,840 Speaker 1: saying this that, well, they're worried that he you know, 653 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:18,120 Speaker 1: he wants to be he's more concerned about being like 654 00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:24,120 Speaker 1: a social justice warrior than playing football. It's like, shut there. 655 00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:30,600 Speaker 1: It's like you are happily welcoming in you know, domestic 656 00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:36,160 Speaker 1: assault abusers, You're you're welcoming and drug you people with 657 00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:38,640 Speaker 1: drug probably like you're welcoming tons of people, people who 658 00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:42,640 Speaker 1: don't take their job seriously. What's precious they're talented, so 659 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:45,239 Speaker 1: and it's like, okay, that's what's gonna think. I think 660 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:48,160 Speaker 1: Andrew Luck cares too much about his book club should 661 00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:53,320 Speaker 1: probably cut him too. I will I will go next, um, 662 00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:55,960 Speaker 1: the Bears. I will. This is going on the corn fields, 663 00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:58,440 Speaker 1: the Bears lying to us about their belief in Mike 664 00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:00,520 Speaker 1: Lennon and what he can do for them this year, 665 00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:02,799 Speaker 1: and how what they did on draft day in no 666 00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:05,680 Speaker 1: way reflects their belief in Mike Lennon and all the 667 00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:09,120 Speaker 1: training camp about, Oh, Mike has a real chance to 668 00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:11,960 Speaker 1: take this job and run with it. I don't want 669 00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:14,879 Speaker 1: to hear it. Grow up, Peter Pan, I'm not gonna 670 00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:17,120 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna do it. I'm not gonna buy into this. 671 00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:19,719 Speaker 1: Don't tell me that Mike Lennon knows the score. Do 672 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:22,319 Speaker 1: you think Mike Glennon knows the score? In this? Mike 673 00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:24,759 Speaker 1: Glennon knows the score, So don't try to tell us 674 00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:30,120 Speaker 1: a different score. If if Mike glenna knows the score, Peter, 675 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:33,520 Speaker 1: and right now, can we cut that out and you 676 00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:36,399 Speaker 1: can label it knows the score as the sound drop 677 00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:39,640 Speaker 1: and Ryan Pace, he's all proud of himself because he's 678 00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:42,239 Speaker 1: introduced adversity into his old own building. And we know 679 00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:45,720 Speaker 1: my feelings on that. You know, it comes from outside 680 00:36:45,719 --> 00:36:48,319 Speaker 1: the building. And don't do it. You know not, it's 681 00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:50,680 Speaker 1: not you. You're not supposed to do it, so you know, 682 00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:53,240 Speaker 1: get off it. Don't now tell me that you believe 683 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,760 Speaker 1: in your eighteen point five million dollar quarterback. You banged 684 00:36:56,800 --> 00:36:58,960 Speaker 1: him in the biggest spot possible. He's probably still sitting 685 00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:04,600 Speaker 1: in Soldier Field. Wonder what happened nude dude due also 686 00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:09,040 Speaker 1: nude at some point. Yeah, he lost the clothes at 687 00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:15,000 Speaker 1: some point. That anyway, I'm sniffing a little something. I 688 00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:16,600 Speaker 1: mean you No, I'm not a you know, an a 689 00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:20,240 Speaker 1: t N media insider or anything, but I I'm connecting 690 00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:23,800 Speaker 1: some dots here. Knowing that Dan's hero, Mike Forr Incessa 691 00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:27,959 Speaker 1: is walking away reportedly from sooner. No one knows who's 692 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:32,040 Speaker 1: going to replace him. Maybe, uh, maybe hans Us is 693 00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:35,720 Speaker 1: putting some some little audition tapes out there live because 694 00:37:35,719 --> 00:37:41,680 Speaker 1: that Hotcessa takes so the only way to truly get 695 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:44,040 Speaker 1: paid is a little bit of leverage. CBS wants to 696 00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:46,560 Speaker 1: come with me, come at me with a several million 697 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:49,239 Speaker 1: dollar offer and see what Roger has to say. Where 698 00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:55,400 Speaker 1: would the name of the show be miked up? I mean, 699 00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:56,719 Speaker 1: give me time to think about it. For now, I 700 00:37:56,760 --> 00:37:59,600 Speaker 1: would just inherit the mantle. I like the idea of 701 00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:03,920 Speaker 1: the NFL media paying any human being several million dollars, 702 00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:06,920 Speaker 1: or the idea of what happened personally getting involved. Once 703 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:11,000 Speaker 1: Dan gets an offer, for Rocks like whoa, let's slow 704 00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:15,120 Speaker 1: this down, give this man what he wants you speak 705 00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:20,120 Speaker 1: of a podcast him, alright, Zeus is loose. I'm the 706 00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:25,600 Speaker 1: fan coming up new Greg Greg Zeus is loose. Ah 707 00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:29,600 Speaker 1: my storyline and it could have applied to many different 708 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:33,200 Speaker 1: teams players uh, and we talked about one of them 709 00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:39,280 Speaker 1: just earlier. This show will be any sort of contract 710 00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:43,480 Speaker 1: holdout discussions. I don't need to hear it. It's one 711 00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:46,359 Speaker 1: of those stories. And Derek Carr, maybe Derek Carr will 712 00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:48,359 Speaker 1: be the version of it. This year, there's usually two 713 00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:52,560 Speaker 1: or three. It will be a near daily update on 714 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:58,399 Speaker 1: where the status of this contract negotiation is, like, oh, 715 00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:01,640 Speaker 1: he's upset, it's going this way, it's going that way. Hey, 716 00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:04,480 Speaker 1: news flash. They all get signed in the end, and 717 00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:08,080 Speaker 1: then everyone forgets about him like in and everyone forgets 718 00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:09,960 Speaker 1: about it the next day and moves on with their 719 00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:12,759 Speaker 1: life because all we really care about is like how 720 00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:15,239 Speaker 1: they play football, and we enjoy that and talking about 721 00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:18,520 Speaker 1: the game. And yet there this time of year, May, June, 722 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:23,279 Speaker 1: especially July ends up being a huge focus on can 723 00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:25,839 Speaker 1: they get them signed to that contract in time? They 724 00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:29,200 Speaker 1: always show up, They always come like that's the end 725 00:39:29,239 --> 00:39:31,359 Speaker 1: of the story, and if they don't, they'll show up 726 00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:33,719 Speaker 1: by week one and play then. I think the worst 727 00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:36,080 Speaker 1: part of it now, too, is fair teams have set 728 00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:40,240 Speaker 1: the precedent last offseason where they're releasing. With the Chargers 729 00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:43,560 Speaker 1: and Joey Bosa, they were releasing part of the contract details, 730 00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:46,520 Speaker 1: the unsigned contract details, like he has this much on 731 00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:48,520 Speaker 1: the table and he's not signing. And I think it's 732 00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:51,840 Speaker 1: gonna become more and more tedious as more attention to 733 00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:54,120 Speaker 1: This goes back to when when I was at road 734 00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:56,000 Speaker 1: a World. I really would hate that people don't know 735 00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:59,080 Speaker 1: Connor was once. People don't know we go way back 736 00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:01,080 Speaker 1: to he was once up in Stanford, Connecticut as a 737 00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:03,840 Speaker 1: Road World intern about eight years ago. How about that? 738 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:06,080 Speaker 1: Did you take advantage of him as an intern? I 739 00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:10,399 Speaker 1: don't know, he didn't. That was that you hesitated there? 740 00:40:10,520 --> 00:40:14,160 Speaker 1: Just did you? Yeah? Did you use your power in 741 00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:16,399 Speaker 1: your position? As I was gonna say, I can't really 742 00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:19,720 Speaker 1: remember exactly what Connor did. I like, I remember his presence, 743 00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:22,200 Speaker 1: but there are moments of time he don't. He doesn't 744 00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:25,000 Speaker 1: remember either. I want to know what you did to Connor? 745 00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:30,680 Speaker 1: That was the summer interns? Remember anything? All I remember 746 00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:35,440 Speaker 1: is writing about Javon Walker's hold out Denver at the 747 00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:38,960 Speaker 1: time two times a day for about three months, and 748 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,200 Speaker 1: then and then one day he signs it, and I 749 00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:43,399 Speaker 1: just felt like, what did I just waste three months 750 00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:46,080 Speaker 1: the Matt Forte hold out to win over there or not? 751 00:40:46,239 --> 00:40:48,480 Speaker 1: It was just a contract. Talks with Matt Forte over 752 00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:52,200 Speaker 1: two summers, highly tedious. They really left a mark on 753 00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:55,960 Speaker 1: Gregor it was I guess it was Javon Walker with 754 00:40:56,040 --> 00:41:00,160 Speaker 1: the packers, right, is that Greg's like Connor step into 755 00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:03,760 Speaker 1: my office. Greg didn't have an office. No, I definitely 756 00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:08,160 Speaker 1: did not have enough cubby like to two yards away 757 00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:10,320 Speaker 1: from me. That's what he did. Did you guys like 758 00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:12,799 Speaker 1: go out to lunch and talk about life? We might 759 00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:16,080 Speaker 1: have had a sandwich at Espositos, Yeah twice. Yeah, we 760 00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:18,840 Speaker 1: got along, okay, before we left an impression, before we 761 00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:22,160 Speaker 1: throw it to Mark. Let's pause, pause one moment for 762 00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:28,319 Speaker 1: a new segment, and now another edition of Keeping Up. 763 00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:38,320 Speaker 1: Today's addition of Keeping Up with Mobo. Ringer Uh, a 764 00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:43,440 Speaker 1: German reporter or Vikings reporter working as a conduit for 765 00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:46,680 Speaker 1: Douche Land NFL on Twitter, asked what he can do 766 00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:48,879 Speaker 1: this season to make a bigger impact in year two. 767 00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:52,560 Speaker 1: You just improve overall as a receiver and special teams 768 00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:57,840 Speaker 1: and just go on the field and show something. And 769 00:41:58,040 --> 00:42:05,319 Speaker 1: that was another addition of keeping up. That's the pronunciation 770 00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:15,680 Speaker 1: you want to go with a lot of listeners over there, 771 00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:23,239 Speaker 1: not anymore. Um, so there we go. Great job by 772 00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:28,759 Speaker 1: Alex Fragola, our talented voiceover artist. That was a silky voice, 773 00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:32,440 Speaker 1: I told Frags. And this is a testament to her. 774 00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:35,560 Speaker 1: I told her to turn up the sultry to eight 775 00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:38,640 Speaker 1: and a half and not one notch above and that 776 00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:43,839 Speaker 1: one notch below, and that's right where she was. She's 777 00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:46,080 Speaker 1: got to have some mobo back. I've told her many times. 778 00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:48,800 Speaker 1: Would you get out of this newsroom and go do 779 00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:54,920 Speaker 1: voice over work and make roughly twenty times more few 780 00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:57,920 Speaker 1: I don't remember. The response was the one like the 781 00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:01,160 Speaker 1: conversation fell apart so across the will keep tabs on 782 00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:09,759 Speaker 1: mobile as he continues his journey from Germany, Deutschland all 783 00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:14,279 Speaker 1: the way to the Minnesota Vikings starting lineup. Was this 784 00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:18,920 Speaker 1: foisted upon you, this idea um from Shadowy League figures 785 00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:22,600 Speaker 1: or something kind of extend out this storyline into year two? No, 786 00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:26,480 Speaker 1: I I was more I knew it was something that 787 00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:30,200 Speaker 1: you know, people are hot about um in different corners, 788 00:43:30,680 --> 00:43:33,120 Speaker 1: whether it be in this building or across the pond. 789 00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:36,719 Speaker 1: And now now we have an entire segment dedicated to 790 00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:41,759 Speaker 1: the man. Sebastian Bomer retired something that didn't make our news, 791 00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:43,920 Speaker 1: but happy trails to him. So it makes sense at 792 00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:47,239 Speaker 1: a German star needs to be replaced. There can only 793 00:43:47,239 --> 00:43:50,040 Speaker 1: be one at any time. There can only be one, alright, Mark, 794 00:43:50,160 --> 00:43:53,200 Speaker 1: take us home? UH, send something to the corn field. 795 00:43:53,239 --> 00:43:54,719 Speaker 1: I had to write this down because this has been 796 00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:58,239 Speaker 1: on my sonar all really since the Super Bowl? Is 797 00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:03,360 Speaker 1: that more highlighter than your paper? Yeah? It helps me 798 00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:07,040 Speaker 1: to read it, alright. I stood my ground in February. 799 00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:09,360 Speaker 1: I said I would not report on this topic, but 800 00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:11,279 Speaker 1: the man put a gun to my head and made 801 00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:14,799 Speaker 1: me do it. Now I've had enough. What storyline would 802 00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:17,560 Speaker 1: I like to wipe into the ether every news item 803 00:44:17,600 --> 00:44:21,200 Speaker 1: related to the National Football Conference? Are you feeling me? 804 00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:23,480 Speaker 1: I need the NFC to take a near fatal dirt 805 00:44:23,560 --> 00:44:26,880 Speaker 1: nap until September. We get it. You're the NFC. You 806 00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:31,440 Speaker 1: have sixteen teams, point made. You've effing hammered at home. NFC. 807 00:44:32,120 --> 00:44:34,320 Speaker 1: Oh look at US. Our conference was formed during the 808 00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:37,080 Speaker 1: nineteen seventy merger, and in two thousand and two we 809 00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:40,239 Speaker 1: realigned into four divisions with four teams. We house the 810 00:44:40,320 --> 00:44:45,120 Speaker 1: dangerously boring lions and rams. Give me a break on 811 00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:47,799 Speaker 1: the nicknames. How many rams have you seen walking around 812 00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:51,960 Speaker 1: Los Angeles? One at most one? Probably none more like it? 813 00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:57,399 Speaker 1: Take a nap, NFC, take a long nap. I'm out, 814 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:04,200 Speaker 1: all right? What did you highlight? You feel me on there? 815 00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:08,080 Speaker 1: What was highlighted? If you don't mind, you feel boys 816 00:45:08,360 --> 00:45:13,640 Speaker 1: near fatal dirt? Nap, wipe into the ether. How many 817 00:45:13,800 --> 00:45:16,440 Speaker 1: rams have you seen walking around? Lost? Yet seriously with it? 818 00:45:16,840 --> 00:45:18,839 Speaker 1: That's a good point. The one on campus, A couple 819 00:45:18,840 --> 00:45:21,320 Speaker 1: of They brought one here, that's I said, one and 820 00:45:21,440 --> 00:45:23,600 Speaker 1: most one and that was not organic, that was they 821 00:45:23,760 --> 00:45:26,120 Speaker 1: that animal. Probably why did you go through to be 822 00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:28,480 Speaker 1: Probably the chance that rams even alive at this point 823 00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:30,480 Speaker 1: after the abuse it took that day. I mean it's 824 00:45:30,840 --> 00:45:33,520 Speaker 1: wide ranging, like NFC and a change chained in the 825 00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:36,359 Speaker 1: sunlight for seven hours. So all the idiots in our 826 00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:45,960 Speaker 1: building competit. It's been a hard episode. Wow, I include 827 00:45:45,960 --> 00:45:48,279 Speaker 1: myself as one of the idiots. But you know about 828 00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:53,600 Speaker 1: idiotic petting going on. All right, m you're no idiot Connor. 829 00:45:55,200 --> 00:45:59,200 Speaker 1: You went to Syracuse and now it's time for yet 830 00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:05,800 Speaker 1: another edition of the groundbreaking um Internet segment Are you 831 00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:12,399 Speaker 1: kidding Me? And you know you know what the rules 832 00:46:12,440 --> 00:46:15,560 Speaker 1: that you know what this is. This is Connor's opportunity, 833 00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:21,600 Speaker 1: this is Connor's big spot as a man that sometimes 834 00:46:21,719 --> 00:46:24,960 Speaker 1: it can build up within Connor. There's some anxiety that 835 00:46:25,080 --> 00:46:27,480 Speaker 1: Connor deals with. We saw it before he did his 836 00:46:27,560 --> 00:46:30,640 Speaker 1: live hit on NFL Network yesterday. He nearly didn't make 837 00:46:30,680 --> 00:46:36,680 Speaker 1: it on television. Not an exaggeration, and the best way 838 00:46:36,760 --> 00:46:40,719 Speaker 1: to keep Connor from essentially melting down, uh, is to 839 00:46:40,880 --> 00:46:42,840 Speaker 1: get it off his chest. So we we provide that 840 00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:45,040 Speaker 1: form with or You kidding Me here on the Around 841 00:46:45,040 --> 00:46:49,319 Speaker 1: the NFL podcast, So Connor let it rip. I think, 842 00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:52,840 Speaker 1: uh that we should completely do away with speaking of 843 00:46:53,040 --> 00:46:57,840 Speaker 1: in the theme, uh, the stupid full literary, whimsical Twitter 844 00:46:57,920 --> 00:47:01,120 Speaker 1: bios that everybody seems to have now days. Take them 845 00:47:01,160 --> 00:47:05,560 Speaker 1: all and burn them to the ground. Wow, stop being creative, 846 00:47:05,640 --> 00:47:18,839 Speaker 1: don't stand out, just fit in. Notice tell us why 847 00:47:19,120 --> 00:47:20,759 Speaker 1: this has gotta Is this a new thing or is 848 00:47:20,840 --> 00:47:23,399 Speaker 1: this just always been on your radar? I think it's 849 00:47:23,400 --> 00:47:25,279 Speaker 1: a new thing. But how annoying is it when like 850 00:47:25,360 --> 00:47:27,319 Speaker 1: a new follow pops up and you check to see 851 00:47:27,320 --> 00:47:29,239 Speaker 1: who it is and it's just you try to learn 852 00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:32,359 Speaker 1: like what they are who they are, and then their 853 00:47:32,400 --> 00:47:36,400 Speaker 1: bio is like wreck ontour novice crime writer. Once in 854 00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:38,440 Speaker 1: a while you get shown the light and the strangest 855 00:47:38,480 --> 00:47:40,080 Speaker 1: in places. If you look at it right, you know, 856 00:47:40,239 --> 00:47:42,840 Speaker 1: it's just like, shut up and tell me, tell me 857 00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:44,920 Speaker 1: where you work, where you live, and like, you know, 858 00:47:45,160 --> 00:47:47,560 Speaker 1: I don't care about anything. You're just an ordinary person. 859 00:47:47,680 --> 00:47:54,160 Speaker 1: You're not special living on tour. It's like a little 860 00:47:54,200 --> 00:47:58,080 Speaker 1: CrossFit mom beer snub, you know, like come on, you know, 861 00:47:58,239 --> 00:48:01,040 Speaker 1: like who everybody care is If you're a beer snob, 862 00:48:01,360 --> 00:48:03,200 Speaker 1: nobody cares at all. I want to know where you 863 00:48:03,320 --> 00:48:05,080 Speaker 1: work so you might be able to help me at 864 00:48:05,120 --> 00:48:08,200 Speaker 1: some point down the line. All these from real, real accounts. 865 00:48:08,239 --> 00:48:10,560 Speaker 1: I'm assuming no, but you know, I didn't want to 866 00:48:10,560 --> 00:48:14,359 Speaker 1: put anybody unnoticed, but it would be very easy, uh 867 00:48:14,600 --> 00:48:17,840 Speaker 1: to do that just by clicking on any any Twitter profile. 868 00:48:18,760 --> 00:48:21,600 Speaker 1: I think you know what, Sometimes I take issues with 869 00:48:21,719 --> 00:48:24,080 Speaker 1: some of your your rants. This one it feels right, 870 00:48:24,280 --> 00:48:26,680 Speaker 1: feels right. It's like it's it's like the A. O. 871 00:48:26,840 --> 00:48:29,640 Speaker 1: L profiles from like you want to throw like a 872 00:48:29,719 --> 00:48:31,960 Speaker 1: ludicrous quote in there too while you're at it and 873 00:48:32,239 --> 00:48:34,640 Speaker 1: put them in different fonts and colors for everyone to see. 874 00:48:34,719 --> 00:48:36,760 Speaker 1: It's to be right back and to change my Twitter profile. 875 00:48:37,920 --> 00:48:44,640 Speaker 1: Stop appropriating other people's culture. But my thing that I 876 00:48:44,719 --> 00:48:47,440 Speaker 1: don't like is have it. They often end with in 877 00:48:47,560 --> 00:48:51,360 Speaker 1: my most important job, dad to two beautiful girl, that 878 00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:53,840 Speaker 1: was on your radar, that's been on your range, you 879 00:48:53,920 --> 00:48:56,640 Speaker 1: know what? And this is no disrespect if you're a 880 00:48:56,640 --> 00:48:59,080 Speaker 1: listener to the show and that's your bio, because I 881 00:48:59,120 --> 00:49:03,640 Speaker 1: would say, like of sportswriters have that in there. You know, 882 00:49:03,840 --> 00:49:06,359 Speaker 1: I don't put that in there. But I don't feel 883 00:49:06,400 --> 00:49:07,799 Speaker 1: like that it makes me any less of a dad. 884 00:49:07,800 --> 00:49:10,000 Speaker 1: But it makes me feel like I'm not quite bringing 885 00:49:10,040 --> 00:49:12,080 Speaker 1: the hammer down as a dad, because I said to Greg, 886 00:49:12,120 --> 00:49:14,560 Speaker 1: I feel it's it's a little braggy. We get the 887 00:49:14,640 --> 00:49:18,000 Speaker 1: assumption is if you're a dad, hopefully if you're a sportswriter, 888 00:49:18,040 --> 00:49:19,480 Speaker 1: you're probably not seeing his kids as much as a 889 00:49:19,560 --> 00:49:21,759 Speaker 1: you should. But that's every job. You love your kids. 890 00:49:21,800 --> 00:49:24,200 Speaker 1: We get it. How about this keep the family on Facebook? 891 00:49:24,280 --> 00:49:27,160 Speaker 1: Nobody's following you on Twitter for updates, daughter, sit down? 892 00:49:28,120 --> 00:49:31,719 Speaker 1: What else? You back? People getting flamed? I mean I 893 00:49:31,840 --> 00:49:34,240 Speaker 1: think that there should be sort of a uniform LinkedIn 894 00:49:34,480 --> 00:49:37,320 Speaker 1: approach to this, you know, like, let's keep this a 895 00:49:37,440 --> 00:49:41,160 Speaker 1: medium for adults instead of some sort of Twitter egg 896 00:49:41,320 --> 00:49:46,759 Speaker 1: war politics junkyard. You know, let's let's let's up the discourse. 897 00:49:47,080 --> 00:49:48,799 Speaker 1: Put your name on it, tell me where you work, 898 00:49:49,160 --> 00:49:50,839 Speaker 1: put your maybe your cell phone number if you want 899 00:49:50,880 --> 00:49:53,239 Speaker 1: me to call you and scream at you, but you 900 00:49:53,320 --> 00:49:57,759 Speaker 1: know not you know, express the mom. You know what 901 00:49:57,840 --> 00:50:00,239 Speaker 1: does that tell me about you? That's like, you know, 902 00:50:01,320 --> 00:50:04,839 Speaker 1: citizen of the world. You know, I would, I would 903 00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:07,840 Speaker 1: happily listen to you. Just read these examples for like 904 00:50:07,960 --> 00:50:11,120 Speaker 1: five straight minutes. If you have any word, don't leave 905 00:50:11,160 --> 00:50:13,200 Speaker 1: any in your holest you got any got any other 906 00:50:13,239 --> 00:50:16,320 Speaker 1: big tank? That's life moves fast if you don't look around, 907 00:50:16,440 --> 00:50:23,000 Speaker 1: and you know, like shut up. Anything else you want 908 00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:31,320 Speaker 1: to add? Connor or are you kidding me one of 909 00:50:31,400 --> 00:50:33,799 Speaker 1: the great or you're kidding me? Ever? Ever? Right? Yeah? 910 00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:37,160 Speaker 1: It was inspired? Um wow, kind of? I mean you 911 00:50:37,160 --> 00:50:40,200 Speaker 1: want to talk about going out on a high note? Yeah, 912 00:50:40,200 --> 00:50:45,239 Speaker 1: I should just fly out tonight to be honest. Um, 913 00:50:45,840 --> 00:50:49,120 Speaker 1: connor Or can be found. Let's just check up your 914 00:50:49,200 --> 00:50:51,920 Speaker 1: men of your word. But let's look at his Twitter profile. 915 00:50:53,440 --> 00:51:00,880 Speaker 1: There's there's probably exactly. It's like a David, a man 916 00:51:00,960 --> 00:51:05,120 Speaker 1: that loves his beer, his wife and his family. Connor Or, 917 00:51:05,360 --> 00:51:09,160 Speaker 1: a graduate of Daily Range University. University is a reporter. 918 00:51:09,239 --> 00:51:11,319 Speaker 1: And did you just change this? No, I swear it's 919 00:51:11,920 --> 00:51:13,440 Speaker 1: dot com. So you're a man. Yeah, you're a man 920 00:51:13,560 --> 00:51:16,439 Speaker 1: of your word. Interesting that you went with a third 921 00:51:16,520 --> 00:51:20,320 Speaker 1: person on that. Oh, like I said, this is this 922 00:51:20,520 --> 00:51:28,600 Speaker 1: is me myself. I don't have to explain myself to anybody. 923 00:51:28,719 --> 00:51:31,520 Speaker 1: He went with the old Facebook style status. I will 924 00:51:31,600 --> 00:51:33,839 Speaker 1: never get on anybody for going third person, so don't 925 00:51:33,840 --> 00:51:37,600 Speaker 1: worry about it. But you did go third person. It's interesting. 926 00:51:37,680 --> 00:51:41,239 Speaker 1: I feel like that's not a departure from the norm here. 927 00:51:41,280 --> 00:51:43,839 Speaker 1: I don't think that's radical. Some might disagree, but that's 928 00:51:43,880 --> 00:51:47,520 Speaker 1: your take. Well, while we're here. I mean, if you 929 00:51:47,600 --> 00:51:49,680 Speaker 1: look at your Twitter page, it does say the name 930 00:51:49,760 --> 00:51:53,920 Speaker 1: connor Or three times in a row. We call that branding. 931 00:51:54,280 --> 00:51:56,560 Speaker 1: I feel like mine is more tis mine's probably on 932 00:51:56,680 --> 00:51:58,640 Speaker 1: his radar. Yeah, let's go around the horn. We'll start 933 00:51:58,680 --> 00:52:01,759 Speaker 1: with Mark writer for NFL dot Com. And member of 934 00:52:01,800 --> 00:52:05,000 Speaker 1: the Around the NFL podcast some type of floral or 935 00:52:05,560 --> 00:52:09,920 Speaker 1: female body part image emoji and then Instagram Mark Sessler 936 00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:12,680 Speaker 1: and then beach body coach and a butterfly. I don't 937 00:52:12,719 --> 00:52:14,960 Speaker 1: feel like that's on my radar because those are the two. 938 00:52:15,120 --> 00:52:18,080 Speaker 1: This is, this fits my neat. Tell me, what do 939 00:52:18,160 --> 00:52:24,239 Speaker 1: you do? Chris Westling up next. Not a female body part, 940 00:52:24,320 --> 00:52:27,880 Speaker 1: by the way, just cycling back, what is it? It is? 941 00:52:28,040 --> 00:52:31,560 Speaker 1: It is a flower, but not a female body part. 942 00:52:32,080 --> 00:52:34,600 Speaker 1: It's flush colored, and yes it is. But I just 943 00:52:34,680 --> 00:52:37,359 Speaker 1: wanted to clarify for those who wouldn't bother to check. 944 00:52:38,080 --> 00:52:41,880 Speaker 1: Chris Westling, writer for Around the NFL, naysayer on award 945 00:52:41,960 --> 00:52:46,520 Speaker 1: winning eight t NFL podcast, habitual line stepper, shambolic earthling, 946 00:52:47,400 --> 00:52:52,680 Speaker 1: restless soul, oh wayfaring stranger. I should have looked at 947 00:52:52,719 --> 00:52:57,400 Speaker 1: this now I'm deep in. I'm so sorry. That's all right, 948 00:52:58,640 --> 00:53:01,120 Speaker 1: I didn't read her, Okay. I mean people to know 949 00:53:01,200 --> 00:53:03,520 Speaker 1: what they're getting into. Hey, we know when you get blocked, 950 00:53:03,560 --> 00:53:06,120 Speaker 1: it's because I'm a shambolic earthly. We know west and 951 00:53:06,200 --> 00:53:09,280 Speaker 1: he follows up on these things. I have the NFL 952 00:53:09,360 --> 00:53:12,080 Speaker 1: dot COM's End around Guy, hostedly Around the NFL Podcast 953 00:53:12,440 --> 00:53:14,480 Speaker 1: solid seven point five out of ten on the human 954 00:53:14,560 --> 00:53:17,839 Speaker 1: decency skin that's creeping on its creep right on the edge. 955 00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:22,759 Speaker 1: It got bummed up recently. Well number, but it's really 956 00:53:22,840 --> 00:53:25,200 Speaker 1: going up higher. Was it because you directed us to 957 00:53:25,239 --> 00:53:28,759 Speaker 1: the league championship? Uh? It hovers between seven point two 958 00:53:28,880 --> 00:53:30,880 Speaker 1: seven point six. I never make an announcement. I just 959 00:53:30,960 --> 00:53:34,040 Speaker 1: adjusted based on my feeling about myself at that time. 960 00:53:34,239 --> 00:53:35,960 Speaker 1: I feel like you had a good year and I 961 00:53:36,400 --> 00:53:38,759 Speaker 1: did maybe something, but that that could be going down 962 00:53:38,920 --> 00:53:41,239 Speaker 1: very soon. You had a new another child, so that 963 00:53:41,560 --> 00:53:43,680 Speaker 1: that should be group sourced. That doesn't make me a 964 00:53:43,719 --> 00:53:46,360 Speaker 1: better person to have a child. I mean, Antonio Crimardi 965 00:53:46,400 --> 00:53:49,840 Speaker 1: would be the pope if if that's how things. Uh. Finally, 966 00:53:49,960 --> 00:53:52,000 Speaker 1: Greg Rosenthal, I don't even need to click on this 967 00:53:52,040 --> 00:53:57,520 Speaker 1: because it's so iconic football. Also on my radar lid. 968 00:54:00,040 --> 00:54:02,719 Speaker 1: You know that that's a little like it's it's minimalist 969 00:54:02,800 --> 00:54:05,200 Speaker 1: to the point of him, you know what I mean? 970 00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:08,239 Speaker 1: I mean, that was that was my That was my 971 00:54:08,360 --> 00:54:11,439 Speaker 1: Twitter profile the day I joined Twitter, back in the day. 972 00:54:11,440 --> 00:54:13,720 Speaker 1: It was it was descriptive of what you can expect 973 00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:16,359 Speaker 1: from this account. But do you know what Connor saying though? 974 00:54:16,480 --> 00:54:18,719 Speaker 1: Manimal list to the point of hipster dam is. I 975 00:54:18,800 --> 00:54:22,560 Speaker 1: mean that that pretty much sums it up perfectly. Greg 976 00:54:22,719 --> 00:54:25,680 Speaker 1: got in before the hipster revolution, right, Yeah, you're you're 977 00:54:25,840 --> 00:54:28,680 Speaker 1: attaching your own feelings. Now travel back in time to 978 00:54:28,760 --> 00:54:31,880 Speaker 1: two thousand nine. I'm just telling you what's what's happening. 979 00:54:32,440 --> 00:54:34,239 Speaker 1: It's happening on that account. You're not gonna get any 980 00:54:34,280 --> 00:54:37,000 Speaker 1: of my personal life or any any other nons no 981 00:54:37,160 --> 00:54:41,719 Speaker 1: tennis tweets. Yeah, that's a different account, the shadow account. That. Yeah. 982 00:54:43,320 --> 00:54:46,440 Speaker 1: Once we once found out, we saw we looked over 983 00:54:46,520 --> 00:54:49,960 Speaker 1: Greg's shoulder and saw his shadow tennis account, and we 984 00:54:50,120 --> 00:54:52,240 Speaker 1: all we went back to the desk and me, Weston 985 00:54:52,520 --> 00:54:56,840 Speaker 1: and Mark all pulled up the account and simultaneous counted 986 00:54:56,880 --> 00:54:59,960 Speaker 1: down three to one and followed him at the same time. 987 00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:03,160 Speaker 1: I'm and never spoke of it, And uh, did you 988 00:55:03,239 --> 00:55:05,479 Speaker 1: ever notice that? Did that ever get up on your radar? 989 00:55:06,000 --> 00:55:08,359 Speaker 1: Not for like I, as far as I can tell, 990 00:55:08,480 --> 00:55:11,400 Speaker 1: months and months afterwards, but yes, and then when I 991 00:55:11,520 --> 00:55:19,600 Speaker 1: did find that out, I immediately deleted the account. All right, 992 00:55:20,120 --> 00:55:25,600 Speaker 1: fun times, fun show. That's it. Um. For the Wednesday 993 00:55:25,719 --> 00:55:27,880 Speaker 1: edition of the Round the NFL podcast, we will have 994 00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:32,360 Speaker 1: another podcast almost than possibly we'll be doing another one tomorrow. 995 00:55:33,040 --> 00:55:35,680 Speaker 1: Um so we got one more this week, but this 996 00:55:35,840 --> 00:55:38,360 Speaker 1: is our last show with Connor. Connie Fox will be 997 00:55:38,440 --> 00:55:42,160 Speaker 1: stepping in for tomorrow show. But Connor, thank you, thank 998 00:55:42,200 --> 00:55:45,560 Speaker 1: you so much, Thank you guys for bringing bringing light, 999 00:55:45,719 --> 00:55:48,560 Speaker 1: shining a light upon us. Somebody's got to do it, 1000 00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:54,759 Speaker 1: absolutely all right, West Great? Have you keep coming back? Yeah? 1001 00:55:54,760 --> 00:55:56,600 Speaker 1: I don't. I'm sort of up in the air for tomorrow, 1002 00:55:56,640 --> 00:55:58,799 Speaker 1: but we'll see. If you're here, we'll love it. If 1003 00:55:58,840 --> 00:56:03,920 Speaker 1: you're not, you will be mad until that. This is 1004 00:56:04,040 --> 00:56:08,880 Speaker 1: Dan Heads is signing off for Quiet Storm the Mailman, 1005 00:56:09,840 --> 00:56:13,760 Speaker 1: Are you kidding me? The Old Boss, a new money 1006 00:56:13,880 --> 00:56:37,759 Speaker 1: behind the Glass Till Thursday. H