1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: The volume. The Colin Cowhard Podcast brought to you by 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: Fan Duel. It's never been easier to play fantasy on 3 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: Fan Duel. Will the love basketball, golf, soccer, or any 4 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: fantasy sport. There is a contest for every fan Fan 5 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:29,479 Speaker 1: Duel more ways to win. This is Prime Cuts, the 6 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:32,480 Speaker 1: Best of Colin Coward podcast. Another must listen week. Matt 7 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: Moseley went in on the latest with the Dallas Cowboys. 8 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 1: He's been covering him for years. It's great Cardinal GM 9 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:41,840 Speaker 1: Steve come stopped by so many fascinating decisions on Kyler 10 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 1: Murray and Cliff Kingsbury and an undefeated record. Also the 11 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 1: inside story behind DeAndre Hopkins trade it's amazing. And Chad 12 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 1: Milman tells me which way the Sharps are leaning in 13 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 1: a packed Week six NFL slate. But first my top 14 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: takes of the week. Baby, you know I got about 15 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: ten minutes here on John Gruden. So I worked briefly 16 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 1: with John Gruden at ESPN. He reminds me a lot 17 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: of Bobby Knight, who also worked at ESPN. So let 18 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:12,679 Speaker 1: me tell you a story about Bobby Knight and Gruden 19 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 1: who as they lost their power, increasingly lashed out at others. 20 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 1: So Bobby Knight worked at ESPN for years, was legendarily difficult. 21 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 1: He would only work and surround himself with people who 22 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: kissed the ring because he could retain his power that way. 23 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 1: You had to revere him, treat him with a certain 24 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:39,960 Speaker 1: level of respect. Bobby would only work with people who 25 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 1: bowed down to Bobby to make him feel powerful. And 26 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 1: as Bobby Knight started losing power and losing games and 27 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: losing a steam later in his career, he was a 28 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: really insecure guy who could no longer bully people. People 29 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: didn't take him seriously. People mocked him, and he wasn't 30 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: a winning basketball coach at the end. And it's very 31 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: difficult when you've had power and you start to lose it, 32 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: and sometimes men or people get desperate trying to retain it. 33 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 1: So Bobby Knight, one time they scheduled him from my 34 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: radio show The Herd at ESPN Radio, and I said fine. 35 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:17,919 Speaker 1: They said there are certain questions you can't ask him, 36 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 1: and I said, no, I'll ask him whatever I want 37 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 1: to ask him. Bobby's not going to control the interview. 38 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 1: The show's called The Herd, not the guest. I'll control 39 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 1: the interview Bobby wouldn't do it, so he went on 40 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: Mike and Mike, a show that was more than willing 41 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: or certainly more willing to allow Bobby certain liberties. I 42 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 1: wouldn't do it with Gruden. I had him on one 43 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 1: or two times. But there were similarities with Gruden. When 44 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 1: I go back and look at Gruden's career, like Bobby, 45 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:48,800 Speaker 1: is that Gruden only worked with a finite number of 46 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: people at ESPN, A certain executive who would kiss the ring, 47 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 1: a handful of producers or co workers who would kiss 48 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: the ring, and so like Bobby Knight, as Gruden became 49 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 1: a losing football coach in the NFL and moved further 50 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: and further away from the Super Bowl, he started lashing 51 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:09,640 Speaker 1: out as people who didn't adore him or he viewed 52 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 1: as a threat. I'll give you an example, so in 53 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: these emails, he's ripping Roger Goodell. Well. Gruden was at 54 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: his height in Oakland from ninety eight to two thousand 55 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 1: and one, he was boy genius, and then in Tampa 56 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:23,959 Speaker 1: from two thousand and two to about two thousand and 57 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: four and five. At the end, remember he stayed until 58 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:29,359 Speaker 1: two thousand and eight, but he was losing at the end. 59 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 1: So when Roger Goodell became commissioner in two thousand and six, 60 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 1: Boy Wonder was boy Blunder and Goodell didn't take kindly 61 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: to old school losing coach Gruden on TV, often ridiculing 62 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 1: him behind his back. John had a history was pretty 63 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: well known this I can verify kind of bad mouthing 64 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 1: people who he saw his threats are in the way 65 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: behind their back. He did that at ESPN. And then 66 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 1: you go to Demorris Smith who is negotiating two thousand 67 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: and eleven, and John Gruden is now you know, he's 68 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: lost gays, he's been fired. He's just a TV guy 69 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 1: and Demorris Smith educated Virginia Law, worked under Eric Holder, 70 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 1: Attorney General John sam is a threat because Demorris Smith 71 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 1: wanted a less violent game to protect the players. And 72 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 1: again you're usurping power from John Gruden. This is where 73 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 1: Bobby Knight and John Gruden are very similar. They're powerful, 74 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 1: they're adored and beloved. As they start losing and lose 75 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: that power, they lash out to people who are a 76 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: threat and people that are not going to allow the 77 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 1: NFL to run the way John sees it fit are 78 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 1: a threat. And this is why Gruden struggles to adapt, 79 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 1: and it kind of fascinates me. What I saw with 80 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 1: those emails is a terribly insecure guy. And if you 81 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 1: go look at the timeline of when a lot of 82 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:58,559 Speaker 1: these angry emails surfaced and who they're directed at, they're 83 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: directed at people that are not willing to give John 84 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:06,160 Speaker 1: a pass, don't believe in his narrative, aren't going to 85 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 1: elevate his power base. The NFL's gotten, by the way, 86 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 1: much more analytical. John's much more raw. Raw. There's a 87 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 1: way to play the game. The world is requiring John 88 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: and guys like Bobby Knight to be more tolerant, to 89 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 1: be more thoughtful. If you look at Gruden's career and 90 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 1: you look at Bobby Knight's career, it's largely the same. 91 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 1: They're big maybe in the eighties, right, it's the nineties 92 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: and the world changes and they start losing and people 93 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:42,919 Speaker 1: don't open doors for him, and people don't shudder in fear, 94 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: and they lash out at those people. So you know 95 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 1: John's approach to football, and let's be honest, he was 96 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 1: losing at the end in Tampa, and he was losing 97 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:58,920 Speaker 1: in Oakland slash Vegas. John's style is outdated. When you 98 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 1: think of great offensive minds, Sean McVeigh, Sean Peyton, Gruden's 99 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 1: not considered in that class and he doesn't like it. 100 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 1: And I've always been sort of fascinated, you know, I 101 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 1: should have a psychologist on people in power lose it 102 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 1: and how do they react? And to me, Gruden and 103 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: Bobby Knight a lot of similar tendencies bullies, and once 104 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 1: they lose power, the only way to retain it is 105 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 1: harshly criticize those who challenge it. And just look at 106 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 1: who Gruden took shots at. In fact, in a weird 107 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: set of circumstances, total coincidence. I dated a woman years 108 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:42,239 Speaker 1: and years ago, twenty five years ago. Her current husband 109 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:45,600 Speaker 1: worked for the Raiders briefly, and I was talking to 110 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 1: her about three years ago. She had text and we 111 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 1: were just going back and forth, a really good person, 112 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,479 Speaker 1: and I said, hey, how's your husband doing with a Raider? 113 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 1: She said, oh, a year after Gruden took the job. 114 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:00,200 Speaker 1: He got out of there. It was so toxic, was 115 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:04,280 Speaker 1: so alpha, so ridiculous. And her husband's you know, a 116 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:08,040 Speaker 1: little more analytical, little smarter person. And that was my 117 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 1: first glimpse that it was kind of going sideways in 118 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: Las Vegas slash Oakland, but almost always ends poorly For 119 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 1: people that can adapt, the NFL's ability to evolve is 120 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 1: actually one of its greatest qualities. There's a certain group 121 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: of men who hate change. Years ago, when they made 122 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 1: the penalties for overly violent plays more punitive, a lot 123 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 1: of people push back and the NFL would not listen. 124 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 1: The NFL has been able to, over the course of 125 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 1: thirty years, increase its fan base to one hundred and 126 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: eighty seven million Americans according to research, and forty three 127 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: percent of those are women. The game is safer, more 128 00:07:56,120 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 1: forward thinking, more inclusive, more analytical ratings are revenue is up. 129 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: The game has frankly evolved past John Gruden, and now 130 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 1: he is literally out of the league. And I think 131 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 1: all of us acknowledge today. Look at Gruden's record last 132 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: three years in Tampa, first three years and five games 133 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 1: in Oakland and Vegas. He hasn't adapted. It's pretty obvious. 134 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 1: So how's he retained his power? So something that's pretty obvious. 135 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 1: It's almost like as a dad with my kids, I 136 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 1: tell you how mature I think my kids are by 137 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 1: their responsibilities. I give my kids that will tell you 138 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 1: which kid I trust, Which is good with money, Which 139 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 1: kids good with responsibility? All kids are not the same. 140 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 1: NFL coaches will tell you what they think about their 141 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: quarterbacks judgment and their quarterbacks ability by their play calling. 142 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 1: So Brandon Staley is the new coach of the Chargers. 143 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 1: They go for it regularly in their own territory on 144 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:03,679 Speaker 1: fourth down because they have this immense trust in Justin Herbert, 145 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 1: a four two biology major, huge arm, great talent, and 146 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 1: he's a kid, right, He's a kid, and that really 147 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 1: he's eight and one in his last nine games, and 148 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 1: many of those have been decided by Herbert making big 149 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 1: late down plays off and on fourth down. The Cleveland 150 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 1: Browns Kevin Stefanski is telling you what he thinks of Baker. 151 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 1: So the Chargers offense is red hot. The Browns lead 152 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:28,440 Speaker 1: by one, it's third and ten, and they run the 153 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:31,560 Speaker 1: ball right into the line. You've got to be kidding me, 154 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 1: So you're going to give Justin Herbert the ball back 155 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:37,559 Speaker 1: around midfield with his weapons at home and plenty of time, 156 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:40,960 Speaker 1: and he has roasted your defense for most of the day. 157 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:43,200 Speaker 1: I mean again, if the game was seven to three 158 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:47,600 Speaker 1: and you trusted your defense. I found it absolutely head scratching. 159 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 1: Kevin Stefanski, a really brilliant schematic coach, good with clock management, 160 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 1: can't conveniently hide behind Yeah, I just couldn't see the clock. 161 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:00,320 Speaker 1: That's Mike McCarthy's excuse. You can't use that one. That's 162 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 1: an indictment on Baker Mayfield. I mean, would you on 163 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:06,960 Speaker 1: third and ten do you think Brandon Staley runs that ball? 164 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 1: Andy Reid with Mahomes, Sean McDermott with Josh Allen, Bruce 165 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 1: Arians with Brady, Matt Lafleur with Aaron Rodgers, Mike McCarthy 166 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 1: with Dak Hell, No, that's an indictment, and they're concerned 167 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 1: with his judgment. And then, by the way, and I'm 168 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 1: not trying to pick on him here because I thought 169 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 1: he played mostly very well and I picked Cleveland to 170 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:30,560 Speaker 1: win close. But then Baker gets it back and checks 171 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:33,959 Speaker 1: down with no timeouts, is running down and he's checking 172 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:38,680 Speaker 1: down throwing six yard completions. Then he is left with 173 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:41,679 Speaker 1: two or three hail mary's at the end of the game, 174 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:43,680 Speaker 1: and you're never going to get a pass interference calling 175 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 1: a hail mary reffs. It's like the last play of 176 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 1: an NBA Finals. Refs are gonna swallow the whistle. Refs 177 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:52,320 Speaker 1: don't want to decide a game on a hail. Mary 178 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 1: doesn't matter who bumps into who. So Stefanski is telling 179 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: me what he thinks of his quarterback. Now we know 180 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 1: that Fansky prefers, I mean we know this from their 181 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 1: games together. He prefers to manage Baker Mayfield twenty seven 182 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 1: to thirty two throws. We know that that that's not 183 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 1: an opinion by me. Baker plays better with a lead 184 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 1: than trailing. Baker plays better managed than left to his 185 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 1: own devices and judgment. But you know, and I know, 186 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 1: of those two quarterbacks on the field, the Chargers coach 187 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:23,559 Speaker 1: has far more trust than Justin Herbert, who will go 188 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 1: for it on fourth down, and Stefanski wouldn't even really 189 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 1: quote go for it on third down on the road. 190 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:36,720 Speaker 1: You played a win on the road. Remarkable. I've said 191 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 1: this recently on the show that I've always appreciated men, 192 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 1: specifically because I think women can do this more easily. 193 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 1: Is admit they're wrong. And Steve Kim has been the 194 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 1: jam for seven years, eight years now in Arizona. He's 195 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 1: been a scout personnel since ninety nine, and scouts take 196 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 1: great pride in getting it right. But Steve did something 197 00:11:57,920 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 1: that's you just do not see in the NFL. I 198 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 1: can't recall anything like it. He hired a coach and 199 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:04,800 Speaker 1: drafted a quarterback and a year later said all right, 200 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 1: that shit ain't working. I'm going to go in a 201 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:11,120 Speaker 1: different direction, and Steve joins us. So now let's pivot 202 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 1: to Kyler Murray. He was obviously exhilarating early, but you 203 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 1: had to make a decision with your scouting background since 204 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 1: ninety nine in Arizona. Obviously he jumps off the tape 205 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 1: a better athlete than Josh Rosen, But you had to 206 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:29,200 Speaker 1: bail on Josh. Was there a conversation or a moment 207 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 1: or a piece of tape where you just went, I 208 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 1: can't pass up on this. This is somebody. I'm going 209 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:35,960 Speaker 1: to regret this if I don't make a move on 210 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:39,840 Speaker 1: Kyler Murray. Yes, and it was I'll never forget. I 211 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 1: was sitting in my office and I was watching him 212 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 1: for the first time, and the first game I started 213 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 1: with was Alabama. And if you went back and you 214 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 1: watched the Oklahoma Alabama game, you saw he actually struggled 215 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 1: in the first half they got after him, they rushed him, 216 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 1: they didn't protect very well how to use his wheels 217 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 1: a lot, and struggled. Second half completely lit him up. 218 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 1: And there was one play in particular where it was 219 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 1: almost like a short stop making a great throw to 220 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:08,680 Speaker 1: the first base after getting a ground ball. I'll never forget. 221 00:13:08,679 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 1: He jumped up off of one foot and launched the 222 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: ball about fifty five yards with a strike in the 223 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 1: end zone as for a touchdown. And maybe in my 224 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 1: NFL there was a scout at that time twenty two years. 225 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: I had never seen anything like it, you know. I 226 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 1: never saw a guy that could run full speed and 227 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 1: launch the ball off one foot and throw with that 228 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:33,080 Speaker 1: kind of zip and juice and ball placement. I saw 229 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 1: Pat Mahomes do some pretty rare and unusual things. But 230 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 1: the way Kyler Murray did it, even though he was 231 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:41,680 Speaker 1: five ft ten, to me, just was special. And I 232 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:45,679 Speaker 1: think it's exactly what you said, even regardless with Josh Rosen. 233 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:48,080 Speaker 1: I mean, I think the guy had potential. We took 234 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:52,679 Speaker 1: him with the tenth pick overall, and kind of like 235 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 1: when you sit and you think to yourself, really the 236 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 1: big pitcher if you were dragging in the NBA and 237 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:01,360 Speaker 1: you had Clyde Drexler, but a chance of draft Michael Jordan. 238 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 1: Would you do it? Yes? I mean that that player 239 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 1: Kyler Murray to me, I thought was a generational talent 240 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 1: and I thought it was the kind of guy that 241 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:13,080 Speaker 1: could propel this organization in the right direction the fastest 242 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 1: that DeAndre Hopkins. That that day you signed him. Did 243 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 1: you drive home thinking, holy shit, when we got a guy. 244 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 1: It was terrifying because we agree to the deal Bill 245 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 1: O'Brien and myself, and the pandemic hit. So trade is 246 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: not consummated until you have each player past the physical. 247 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 1: So David Johnson and d hop had to pass physicals. 248 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 1: We couldn't travel because of the pandemic, so we had 249 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 1: to sit around on pins and needles, number one, holding 250 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 1: the secret that we have DeAndre Hopkins coming, and in 251 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 1: two the fact that it's not done until there's a physical. 252 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 1: So you're always, you know, praying that this guy is 253 00:14:56,080 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 1: going to pass the physical. And thank thank goodness, they 254 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 1: both did and it all worked out. But for about 255 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 1: a month or maybe even two months, I had to 256 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 1: sit on that with nobody knowing, no reports, and truly 257 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 1: there were days where I remember waking up and I 258 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 1: remember calling Michael bid Winson. We're really getting DeAndre Hopkins, 259 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 1: aren't we? You know, like really like is this really 260 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 1: real or like dreaming? I mean, the pandemic was screwy enough. 261 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 1: You know you already had stuff going on in your mind. 262 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 1: You were playing games with yourself. So college football seasons 263 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 1: in full swing. You can make every moment more with 264 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 1: Fan Duels Sports Book. 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I 301 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 1: am announcing it right now to a contract. I am 302 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:33,640 Speaker 1: going to have Matt Mosley at my disposal for almost 303 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:37,960 Speaker 1: as much as I need him, which is often because 304 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:39,880 Speaker 1: I think this Cowboy team is for real and Matt 305 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:42,199 Speaker 1: Mosley makes me laugh and think, and those are my 306 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:46,359 Speaker 1: two favorite qualities on people. And I just love your work, 307 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 1: and my friends love you, and I am so happy 308 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:51,239 Speaker 1: that you're going to be part of the volume. And 309 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 1: we'll talk about this more and more. But you know 310 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:58,679 Speaker 1: the high regard I hold you in. And for the record, 311 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 1: I only have cocktails with friends, and I poured a 312 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:04,440 Speaker 1: cold one for you, my friend, so delicious. You tell 313 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:08,560 Speaker 1: me exactly what that is. I mean, it's gets gray 314 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:11,919 Speaker 1: goose rocks with a touch of grape fruit, oh, Mosley, 315 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 1: it's so good, and it's so good, so listen. I 316 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 1: know Daniel Jones got hurt, but you know, my wife 317 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:24,640 Speaker 1: was in the culinary business, Matt for a long, long 318 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:27,760 Speaker 1: long time. Her son's a chef, is terrific kid, great chef. 319 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 1: And my wife's dad owned a lot of restaurants. And 320 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:35,160 Speaker 1: my wife's brilliant cook. And she always said, you eat 321 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 1: with your eyes first. That's why there's no blue food. 322 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:41,680 Speaker 1: You eat with your eyes. The plate has to look 323 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:46,679 Speaker 1: the part, and I always trust my eyes first. My 324 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 1: eyes are telling me this is the best Cowboy team 325 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 1: in ten years. I think they're fast. I had a 326 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 1: real problem, Matt before the season. I said they were 327 00:18:56,720 --> 00:19:00,359 Speaker 1: paying too many good players great money. But by hitting 328 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 1: on two draft picks Michael Parsons Trevon Diggs, the books 329 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:07,359 Speaker 1: make more sense to me. Now they're paying some oldlignement 330 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 1: Zeke Dak, a top receiver and a pass rusher. That's 331 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:12,960 Speaker 1: what you should pay in the NFL. And as I 332 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:16,200 Speaker 1: watched them play the Giants, even though Daniel Jones got hurt, 333 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: I felt they were controlling the football game. I don't 334 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 1: think it was nearly as close as the score indicated 335 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:23,479 Speaker 1: and I'm not. I don't think I'm being over the 336 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 1: top here. They look the part. And I don't know 337 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:28,159 Speaker 1: who I trust in the NFC. I don't trust the 338 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 1: Packers and the Buccaneers right now. I really don't. Yeah, 339 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 1: it's sort of exciting to think about. And you can 340 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 1: imagine what this place is like when the Cowboys are 341 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 1: really good and there's fake good They're there and you 342 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:50,640 Speaker 1: could even hear it in Aquin's voice. Jimmy right after 343 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:54,119 Speaker 1: the game was trying to say and he confused the 344 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 1: hole said he was trying to say that. I think 345 00:19:57,880 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 1: he was hinting that they might be good as the 346 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:02,880 Speaker 1: nineties Cowboys. I don't think he totally went that far, 347 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 1: but I think he was leaning that way. And by 348 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:08,480 Speaker 1: the way, to be a part of volume. We started 349 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:10,399 Speaker 1: talking about this like a year and a half ago, 350 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 1: and he was one of the first first guys you 351 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 1: talked to, and then you went and hired like twenty 352 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:22,920 Speaker 1: eight other people and now now you fuck be on 353 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 1: so um, I'm very excited about it, by the way. 354 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:32,480 Speaker 1: But but but to your point, there is something that 355 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:37,639 Speaker 1: seems way more believable about this team. And again, we 356 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:41,199 Speaker 1: can poke holes and anything go wait, wait, um, you 357 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 1: know Carolina they just got beat again, or this team 358 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 1: or the NFC East, they're gonna beat up up some 359 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 1: bad teams, and that is true. But I think you're right. 360 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:52,119 Speaker 1: Sometimes you have to trust your eyes. And there are 361 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:55,119 Speaker 1: some things about this team that sort of feel dominant 362 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:58,159 Speaker 1: and the old Cowboys that would what would happen is 363 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 1: something bad would happen, and there's a fumbled snap when 364 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 1: you're deep in an opponent's territory and the rest of 365 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:10,520 Speaker 1: the game could be colored by those plays. And now 366 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 1: that doesn't seem to be the case. And they seem 367 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 1: to be to overcome adversity. And one of the things 368 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:18,600 Speaker 1: that was made clear on that broadcast, and you and 369 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 1: I have I think we're the first. Let's claim that 370 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:23,120 Speaker 1: we were the first distant to bring this up. They've 371 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:26,560 Speaker 1: been missing a lot of players. Yes, that's what's that's 372 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 1: the biggest difference in this team. They'll start to get 373 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 1: some of those players back. But this thing went fine 374 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:36,239 Speaker 1: when they were three or four players down. And in 375 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:39,680 Speaker 1: the past it's like, oh my gosh, there's no way 376 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:43,399 Speaker 1: they can function without this guy and this players and 377 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:46,160 Speaker 1: this starter at right tackle. We think about that years 378 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:48,959 Speaker 1: ago they would lose Tyren Smith for instance. Yes, and 379 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:50,920 Speaker 1: they might go out and give up seven sacks to 380 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 1: one guy, like I think they got the guy from 381 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:57,920 Speaker 1: the Falcons a new contract several years ago based on 382 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 1: one game. So that we're seeing this, so Colin, I mean, 383 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 1: I agree with you, I've seen now. I think it's 384 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 1: too early to compare them to like the nineties Cowboys 385 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 1: and all that business. Will leave that to the high 386 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:15,480 Speaker 1: partis but I think I think it's I think you 387 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 1: can seriously say this team as a shot. Yeah, I 388 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:21,840 Speaker 1: mean think about this. They're only losses Tampa, and I 389 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:25,639 Speaker 1: think I would submit to you they outplayed Tampa. They 390 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:30,320 Speaker 1: have not had a bad game. Green Bay has, Kansas 391 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 1: City has, Buffalo had a stinker early against Pittsburgh. The teams, 392 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:39,160 Speaker 1: I like, they have all had a bad game. There's 393 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:41,320 Speaker 1: only a couple that haven't. I think the Chargers have 394 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 1: mostly been the same team every week. They lost to Dallas, 395 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 1: but they've been the same team every week and the Cowboys, 396 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:50,400 Speaker 1: and the Cowboys beat that Chargers team. And it's interesting 397 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:53,359 Speaker 1: because they beat Cleveland now and Cleveland's top five six roster. 398 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:55,800 Speaker 1: So let's go back to the Charger game for a second, 399 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:58,119 Speaker 1: because we know, once Mike Glennon came in, the Cowboys 400 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:00,200 Speaker 1: are gonna win this game at home. Let's go back 401 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 1: to that Charger game. And we often do this, Matt, 402 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 1: where where the season goes on and then we go 403 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:07,800 Speaker 1: back and go, you know that week five game or 404 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 1: that week six game, that team is way better than 405 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:14,639 Speaker 1: we thought. Go back to the Chargers game. I felt 406 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:18,199 Speaker 1: from the very beginning Dallas was the better team. I 407 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:20,480 Speaker 1: thought they were the only team. Do you know, justin 408 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 1: Herbert's won eight of nine games, the Cowboys are the 409 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:25,240 Speaker 1: only team that have beaten him. They gave him some trouble. 410 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:27,480 Speaker 1: You go back and look at that Chargers game and 411 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 1: how well they're playing. They went to Kansas City and 412 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,680 Speaker 1: beat the Chiefs, So to take the Giants game out 413 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:35,320 Speaker 1: of it, that game to me is like, Okay, they 414 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:38,520 Speaker 1: outplay the Super Bowl champs on the road and they 415 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:40,920 Speaker 1: beat the Chargers on the road. This is a real 416 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:43,920 Speaker 1: football I mean, go back to that game. I thought 417 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 1: they were clearly better than a very good Charger team. Yeah, 418 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:51,399 Speaker 1: and isn't it interesting? Of course she would stop rubbing 419 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 1: it in. Those with those long pours looked like a 420 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:59,679 Speaker 1: heavy poor you have there. You and I kind of 421 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 1: do this same thing. We go back to certain games 422 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 1: in the NFL in NFL history, and that Tampa game 423 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:10,800 Speaker 1: might be something we end up going back to, and 424 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:13,679 Speaker 1: it almost had. You know. The one I always go 425 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:15,680 Speaker 1: back to is at the end of that regular season 426 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 1: where the Patriots looked like they were gonna have the 427 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:21,720 Speaker 1: perfect season and the Giants gave them an unbelievable game, 428 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 1: even though the Giants didn't have to play that thing 429 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:28,240 Speaker 1: straight up, and it gave the Giants all this confidence 430 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:33,480 Speaker 1: and everything, and the Buccaneers with the prestige and everything 431 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:36,720 Speaker 1: that Tom brings to that team, the Cowboys should have 432 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:40,199 Speaker 1: won that game. They were they had they had the 433 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 1: turnover margin. And now, so I think that game, it's 434 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:46,720 Speaker 1: weird to say, the first game of the season, but 435 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:50,919 Speaker 1: that game, in a sense a loss has helped catapult 436 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:54,359 Speaker 1: them and I think it gave them tremendous confidence. And 437 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 1: I think as Troy talked about, and I think he recognizes, 438 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 1: this is this team in the past, we wonder who 439 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:07,880 Speaker 1: who do they feed off of? And there's absolutely no 440 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:13,480 Speaker 1: doubt that everything comes from this quarterback. And he's unflappable 441 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:17,439 Speaker 1: and even when he makes mistakes. But now they have 442 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:20,639 Speaker 1: a killer on the other side of the ball. And 443 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:24,960 Speaker 1: that's really something that we're so used to. We're trained 444 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 1: to say in NFL, Oh, they have this great Aaron Donald, 445 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,520 Speaker 1: this great pass rushers. Defensive We're trained to say, the 446 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:36,840 Speaker 1: greatest players are these pass rushers. It's rare that we 447 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 1: say the greatest player on a team or on a 448 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:43,640 Speaker 1: defense is the cornerback, because there just aren't that many 449 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:47,640 Speaker 1: great ones in the league. And it appears the Cowboys 450 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 1: have one. Now you can get onto Garrett or the 451 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:53,159 Speaker 1: quarterbacks for the Giants to go, what in the world 452 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:56,280 Speaker 1: are you doing throwing at that guy? But the ease, 453 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 1: I mean, think about that, whether it be Ravas whoever. 454 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:03,119 Speaker 1: We want to compare and go Richard Sherman, whoever. And 455 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:06,200 Speaker 1: Sherman came out today and said he's the defensive player 456 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 1: of the year. Diggs right now is the defensive player 457 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:11,160 Speaker 1: of the year. I agree, Kell, And you always sort 458 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:14,480 Speaker 1: of trust your eyes and talk about like how athletes 459 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 1: look or the speed, and when you watch Diggs play 460 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:23,520 Speaker 1: the ball, those are the things you're talking about. There's 461 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:27,280 Speaker 1: a natural there's something that's happening that just not many 462 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:34,040 Speaker 1: guys have, and he has it. So I would take 463 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,480 Speaker 1: New England plus four or plus three and a half. 464 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 1: Years Why so, they're losing at home, but they're losing close. 465 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 1: Mac Jones is efficient, completing seventy two percent of his throws. 466 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:48,800 Speaker 1: They were missing four of their five offensive linemen against 467 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:52,119 Speaker 1: the Texans. They actually scored I think, on three drives 468 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:55,119 Speaker 1: in a row at the end, so they come back healthy. 469 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:57,679 Speaker 1: Dallas is the only team in the league that is 470 00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 1: not played poorly. Everybody has a game when they pull back. 471 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:07,560 Speaker 1: This is your classic pullback team. I don't know if 472 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:09,760 Speaker 1: New England wins, but if you can get four points, 473 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:12,639 Speaker 1: to me, this feels like a little bit of a 474 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:18,000 Speaker 1: coaching mismatch. New England is now healthier every game for 475 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 1: mac Jones. He feels a little more comfortable, and the 476 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:24,880 Speaker 1: Dallas defensive line is still hit and miss and banged up. 477 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 1: I think I'd take the Patriots plus four, even at 478 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 1: plus three and a half. Totally the sharp side in 479 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:36,119 Speaker 1: this game. It opened at four and a half. Wise, 480 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:39,359 Speaker 1: guys hit it pretty hard. It got bet down to 481 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:43,639 Speaker 1: three and a half. Eighty percent of the bets coming 482 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:47,200 Speaker 1: in on the Cowboys right now, all the signals are 483 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 1: lining up to say bet the Patriots. What I would 484 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:52,400 Speaker 1: say is now that it's a three and a half, 485 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:56,280 Speaker 1: you might want to wait until Sunday because while the 486 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 1: wise guys are hitting it at four, you're probably going 487 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 1: to get a chance to see if it gets there 488 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:04,240 Speaker 1: again when the public comes in even harder on Sunday 489 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:06,879 Speaker 1: before this game, and bookmakers have no choice but to 490 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:09,120 Speaker 1: move the lineup to four so that way the wise 491 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 1: guys can come in and take it at three and 492 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,119 Speaker 1: a half. Because the liability for bookmakers, I know it's complicated, 493 00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:15,920 Speaker 1: but they want their money spaced out right, and if 494 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 1: there's too much money coming in on the Cowboys at 495 00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:20,880 Speaker 1: three and a half, they're going to have no choice 496 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,560 Speaker 1: but to move this lineup to four just to balance 497 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 1: it a little bit. Bookmakers don't mind making bets. They 498 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,879 Speaker 1: like having a winning site. It's how they increase their handle. 499 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 1: But they'll be too overloaded on the Cowboys at three 500 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:33,879 Speaker 1: and a half. They'll have to move it up to 501 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:38,520 Speaker 1: get some balance. This is the all overrated, all overinflated game, right, 502 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 1: Cowboys five and oh against the spread. The pros basically 503 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:45,320 Speaker 1: have this power rated at three, so there's still a 504 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 1: little bit of value here. But this Cowboys team, like 505 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:54,440 Speaker 1: the turnover differential is due for aggression, their success on 506 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:58,760 Speaker 1: first and second downs is due for aggression. The Cowboys 507 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 1: run defense still not very good, bottom five in pressure rate. Right. 508 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:05,560 Speaker 1: The one thing that Mac Jones has a hard time 509 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:09,520 Speaker 1: handling as a rook at quarterback is pressure. So you've 510 00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:12,200 Speaker 1: got a run defense against a team that likes to 511 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:15,000 Speaker 1: run the ball. You've got a defensive line that can't 512 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 1: pressure the quarterback against the quarterback who doesn't struggle when 513 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 1: he's not getting pressure. So yes, Patriots on the right side. 514 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:28,240 Speaker 1: All right, here's another one. Chargers plush three at the Ravens. 515 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:33,040 Speaker 1: I would take Los Angeles. Here's why the Ravens were 516 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:35,880 Speaker 1: outplayed for about three quarters against the Colts. Now, the 517 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,240 Speaker 1: reason Lamar, one of the reasons Lamar had so much 518 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:43,240 Speaker 1: success playing from behind is the Colts secondary was a mass. Well, 519 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:45,800 Speaker 1: the Chargers not only do they have Drwin James this year, 520 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:48,320 Speaker 1: but Asante Samuel is playing at a Pro Bowl level. 521 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:52,520 Speaker 1: So you forget the culturally controlled this game in Baltimore 522 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 1: for two hours, for two to two and a half hours, 523 00:29:56,760 --> 00:30:00,520 Speaker 1: the Chargers secondary playing with the lead is pretty aren't good. 524 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:02,680 Speaker 1: You have a good pass rush, you have a great 525 00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:05,240 Speaker 1: rookie corner, you have maybe the best safety in the game. 526 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:09,840 Speaker 1: I also think the Ravens shorter week, coming off a 527 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:16,240 Speaker 1: dramatic win, standalone win, dramatic style, slightly overvalued. I take 528 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:19,120 Speaker 1: the Chargers and the points, so the Ravens are the 529 00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:24,160 Speaker 1: sharp side here a couple of different reasons. It's a 530 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:28,520 Speaker 1: really good team with a really good defense, playing at home, 531 00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:31,320 Speaker 1: and similar to the Cowboys, there's a little bit of 532 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:34,440 Speaker 1: over inflation on the Chargers. There's also a little bit 533 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:39,320 Speaker 1: of expected regression for the Chargers. Like the Chargers have 534 00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:44,360 Speaker 1: been living on a success rate of a third and 535 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:50,560 Speaker 1: long of fifty eight percent. Okay, on fourth down they're 536 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:55,440 Speaker 1: eight for eight. In certain situations like this is not sustainable, 537 00:30:55,680 --> 00:31:00,280 Speaker 1: especially against a defense like the Ravens that can get pressure. 538 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:02,840 Speaker 1: It can get pressure when it's blitzing, it can get 539 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:06,160 Speaker 1: pressure when it isn't blitzing. And the Chargers consistently go 540 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:09,240 Speaker 1: for it when they're on third and long and fourth 541 00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:10,880 Speaker 1: and long, and I don't think that's going to fly 542 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:14,560 Speaker 1: with a Ravens team that knows how to get out 543 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:17,640 Speaker 1: of those third and long fourth and long situations. But 544 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:19,720 Speaker 1: also think about this, and this is where it gets 545 00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:24,680 Speaker 1: very specific. This is a three point spread, right the 546 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:27,360 Speaker 1: understandings that this is going to be a close game. 547 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:31,400 Speaker 1: In a close game, do you want a kicker on 548 00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:34,240 Speaker 1: the Chargers who not only is struggling to make field goals, 549 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:38,600 Speaker 1: is struggling to make extra points versus a kicker for 550 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:41,160 Speaker 1: the Ravens who's one of the greatest kickers in NFL history. 551 00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:44,680 Speaker 1: So you have special teams disadvantage. You've got a home 552 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:47,680 Speaker 1: team as a short favorite, You've got a really good defense, 553 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:51,080 Speaker 1: and and the Ravens do have a really good running game, 554 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:56,480 Speaker 1: and the Chargers are terrible at stopping the run. That's good. 555 00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:59,520 Speaker 1: By the way, I'm noticing as I look at us 556 00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:02,160 Speaker 1: on camera, I look like a magician. Look at this 557 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:05,400 Speaker 1: dark I look like, don't I do? I look like 558 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:09,040 Speaker 1: a magician? No, I was actually noticing. I think you 559 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:13,680 Speaker 1: got a haircut and it looks fantastic. Oh thanks, Yeah, 560 00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:15,760 Speaker 1: let's do a magic you want to do a magic trick? Okay, 561 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:18,920 Speaker 1: let's let's do it. Think of a number between one 562 00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:22,280 Speaker 1: and fifty. Okay, well, I don't care what the number is. 563 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:29,680 Speaker 1: I got it. Double it, okay, add twenty two, got it, 564 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:35,560 Speaker 1: cut it in half, okay, take away the very first 565 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:38,719 Speaker 1: number you thought of from what you currently have. Okay, 566 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:48,000 Speaker 1: and you have eleven. No way, no way. Hold on, 567 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:52,160 Speaker 1: I'm circling it so you can see it. Can you 568 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:58,800 Speaker 1: see that? Hey, cow heard the Magnificent Colin the Magnificent 569 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:10,160 Speaker 1: in his super duper magician shirt. Just woud me that's incredible? Well, 570 00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:13,440 Speaker 1: it's something nothing. No time wasted there, my friend. That 571 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:23,440 Speaker 1: was pure. It was pure enter entertainment. At the Volume Sports, Twitter, Instagram, 572 00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:48,560 Speaker 1: rate review, subscribe, YouTube Channel two talk Soon the Volume