WEBVTT - NBA Preview with Zach Harper 0:00:03.840 --> 0:00:08.480 From the King of sports Books comes the Key sports 0:00:08.520 --> 0:00:18.880 podcast Unleashed, presented by the MGM. Here's your host, Jerry 0:00:18.920 --> 0:00:32.600 Ferrara and Olivia Harlan Decker. Welcome to Gosh. How do 0:00:32.640 --> 0:00:37.040 I say this? An interesting episode of Unleashed, A sad 0:00:37.080 --> 0:00:42.920 episode of Unleashed, and very more than anything unprobable episode 0:00:43.360 --> 0:00:46.239 of Unleashed. And our loyal listeners know exactly what I'm 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:49.040 talking about. They know that I lost a bet that 0:00:49.159 --> 0:00:51.640 had a lot of sentiment involved in a lot of 0:00:51.680 --> 0:00:55.440 embarrassment at stake. Oh my god, Jerry, and here we are. 0:00:55.560 --> 0:00:59.560 I cannot believe it. Yeah, just to reflect for a minute, 0:00:59.800 --> 0:01:01.760 I did not want to make this bet with you, 0:01:01.960 --> 0:01:04.080 Olivia Harland Decker. I did not want to do it. 0:01:04.280 --> 0:01:06.840 For number one, I didn't want to wear cheese on 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:09.920 my head. I just didn't. And number two I thought, 0:01:09.920 --> 0:01:12.240 I really thought we were most likely going to lose. 0:01:12.560 --> 0:01:14.240 But now you, on the other hand, and if you're 0:01:14.240 --> 0:01:16.080 just catching up with us this week and didn't here 0:01:16.160 --> 0:01:19.520 last week, you know, Olivia die Hard Packers band made 0:01:19.520 --> 0:01:22.000 a bet and you actually even threw me the points 0:01:22.040 --> 0:01:24.040 out of pity. I asked for the points bread and 0:01:24.120 --> 0:01:27.000 you said, yeah, all right whatever at a pity, that 0:01:27.080 --> 0:01:29.240 was my only hope and we went down big. But yeah, 0:01:29.280 --> 0:01:32.920 you have to wear cheese on your head this episode, 0:01:32.959 --> 0:01:36.080 and you have really nice hair, so I'm worried about 0:01:36.360 --> 0:01:38.240 I'm just worried, and I feel bad for your husband 0:01:38.280 --> 0:01:41.360 saying like you're gonna you smell like cheese tonight. Well, 0:01:41.400 --> 0:01:43.399 a couple of things. You're nice to say that, because 0:01:43.400 --> 0:01:46.720 my postpartum hair loss would beg to differ. Um, I 0:01:46.760 --> 0:01:49.360 also did not do my hair tonight, so I'm very 0:01:49.440 --> 0:01:54.480 much anticipating my post show shower. And also Sam is 0:01:54.520 --> 0:01:57.320 out of town playing a game, so no one else 0:01:57.400 --> 0:01:59.360 is going to even be close to this head of hair. 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:01.720 In mind, my baby, you'll be asleep. So, um, this 0:02:01.800 --> 0:02:04.760 is just for you, Jerry. One wash or to wash it? 0:02:04.920 --> 0:02:07.840 You go two washes? Maybe well wash in the condition 0:02:07.960 --> 0:02:10.720 you maybe do a wash in a little condition or treatment. Now, 0:02:11.200 --> 0:02:13.799 to be fair, I get that the whole cheesehead thing 0:02:14.240 --> 0:02:17.440 is an easy thing to make fun of. I get it. 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:19.680 I think Packer fans are self aware that it's kind 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:22.280 of a stupid thing. Believe me, I heard a lot 0:02:22.320 --> 0:02:26.079 of that overseas for the Packers Giants game. Obviously, in London. 0:02:26.160 --> 0:02:29.120 I live in London. I went there and there were 0:02:29.240 --> 0:02:31.160 some I think did I tag you? And one of 0:02:31.160 --> 0:02:33.600 them are you sent it to me? Of Giants fans 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:38.080 sheering about the cheese after yes, they with some curse 0:02:38.160 --> 0:02:41.239 words about the cheese. Roll that clip in here. Let's 0:02:41.320 --> 0:02:43.440 roll that clip in here because I want everyone to 0:02:43.520 --> 0:02:47.320 know who Giants fans really are. That was mean. That 0:02:47.520 --> 0:03:01.119 was nasty, too godly the whole thing though, Jerry, and 0:03:01.200 --> 0:03:04.280 I'm eating my words. I thought there was no chance 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:06.919 in hell this would happen. I really didn't. That's why 0:03:06.960 --> 0:03:08.600 I was giving you such a hard time last week, 0:03:08.760 --> 0:03:11.360 and to be quite honest, it really shouldn't have it. 0:03:11.600 --> 0:03:14.120 I'm as shocked as anyone, only because the Giants are 0:03:14.160 --> 0:03:18.799 obviously decimated with injuries. There was Marcus Johnson I think 0:03:18.840 --> 0:03:21.120 his name is. I didn't even know who that dude was, Like, 0:03:21.200 --> 0:03:25.480 I was googling him during the game. Yeah, I just did. 0:03:25.600 --> 0:03:27.320 You were players I had to do. I had to 0:03:27.320 --> 0:03:31.360 do quick Google checks on. But I do kind of 0:03:31.919 --> 0:03:35.480 you guys are all to blame because here's my issue 0:03:35.480 --> 0:03:37.800 that I'm having with Like the Packers, obviously, I love 0:03:37.840 --> 0:03:42.680 Aaron Rodgers. He's amazing quarterback. You have two really, really 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:45.600 good running backs, and I know the Giants defense was 0:03:45.680 --> 0:03:47.440 stout and we were keen in a little bit, but 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:49.840 still to go away from them on those third and 0:03:49.880 --> 0:03:53.440 fourth down plays, to not even really get the ball 0:03:53.440 --> 0:03:54.720 in their hands or even the third n I get 0:03:54.720 --> 0:03:57.040 Aaron Rodgers is your your best player. You gotta put 0:03:57.040 --> 0:03:59.240 the ball in his hands. But still your two running 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:01.120 backs are dynamic. I thought we would have saw. I 0:04:01.680 --> 0:04:04.920 was most afraid of a j. Dillon and of Aaron Jones. 0:04:05.120 --> 0:04:07.120 I'm not afraid of any of your receivers. I'm sorry. 0:04:07.160 --> 0:04:10.600 In the past, obviously, Davante Adams scared the life out 0:04:10.600 --> 0:04:14.240 of me. There is not one receiver on the Packers 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:17.600 that I was fearful. And we lost our number one quarterback, 0:04:17.600 --> 0:04:20.279 A Dory Jackson too, went went out in the first quarter. 0:04:20.640 --> 0:04:22.839 And I still wasn't afraid of any of your receivers. 0:04:23.000 --> 0:04:25.680 You need like a redo because Davante Adams had some 0:04:25.760 --> 0:04:28.960 issues the other night. He doesn't look too happy. Get 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:31.160 him bad, you need him bad. Honestly, he should be. 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:33.880 He should be in Green Bay. Still, I just love 0:04:33.880 --> 0:04:36.080 how much show you're eating up without making me put 0:04:36.080 --> 0:04:38.960 this cheese in my head. Let's talk it, let's go now. 0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:42.119 I did spare you. We talked off air. I didn't 0:04:42.120 --> 0:04:44.480 want I don't I could do no fondue or anything, 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:47.599 and I'm like, let's just keep it simple. I'm a 0:04:47.680 --> 0:04:51.520 cheddar guy. You know it smells, but it's not like 0:04:51.640 --> 0:04:54.040 God awful. So do you have? What do you have 0:04:54.120 --> 0:04:57.440 in your possession? So you texted me I could just 0:04:57.480 --> 0:04:59.960 get away with some you know, either slices or spring 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:03.160 goals of just cheddar, and you kept you again, You're 0:05:03.160 --> 0:05:05.400 going very easy on me, so I appreciate that. So 0:05:05.480 --> 0:05:09.080 in my fridge I looked and Sam maybe wondering what 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:12.719 happened to our cheese. This is British cheddar, perfect for cooking, 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:18.680 and it expires today. Oh God, are you going to 0:05:18.800 --> 0:05:21.560 keep this on for the whole shell? Um? Not for 0:05:21.600 --> 0:05:24.039 the interview? All right? I asked for that because I 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:26.800 thought we were interviewing Kevin Garnett. Today. We're actually interviewing 0:05:26.880 --> 0:05:28.960 Kevin Garnett I believe next week, which is awesome. But 0:05:29.000 --> 0:05:31.520 today we have Zach Harper because we're gonna get to 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:34.640 talk some NBA action, which I can't believe. That's finally 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:37.440 here I can't believe. I know, I know, we can't wait. 0:05:37.440 --> 0:05:42.080 There's so much to get to. Okay, all right, all right, 0:05:42.120 --> 0:05:46.000 she reaches in the bad folks out most disturbing because 0:05:46.040 --> 0:05:48.280 I have a babysitter right now watching the baby, and 0:05:48.320 --> 0:05:50.720 I really hope them come out and sees what my 0:05:50.800 --> 0:05:54.159 work really. Oh that's a good. Oh my gosh, I 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:58.200 feel bad. I feel bad. I know. Okay, so there's 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:02.240 all right. Well, look, you cannot say Olivia Harland Decker 0:06:02.320 --> 0:06:04.920 does not pay her debts. She pays her debts. She's 0:06:05.000 --> 0:06:07.839 currently Yeah. Well, I'm sure we'll have these will be 0:06:07.839 --> 0:06:14.200 breakout clips, so we'll have this on blame the play calling. 0:06:14.360 --> 0:06:16.680 Should have got the ball a j and Aaron a 0:06:16.680 --> 0:06:24.320 little more. Oh, it doesn't all that. We gotta be 0:06:24.360 --> 0:06:26.839 a little careful with these, with these bets going forward, 0:06:26.839 --> 0:06:29.160 because but you know what, you know what, we'll end 0:06:29.160 --> 0:06:30.720 it with this. We'll move on from the bed after this. 0:06:31.120 --> 0:06:35.080 I reversed. Jings to you, Allah, Peter Andrew. Peter Andrew, 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:39.159 but you you were a heavy favor going in, and 0:06:39.240 --> 0:06:42.080 you are pushing the envelope on what this bet wants. 0:06:42.160 --> 0:06:45.080 So let this be a lesson in our next future. Bets. 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:47.880 Maybe we just go a little easier on each other. 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:50.320 But it can't be money, you know. We like to 0:06:50.320 --> 0:06:52.920 make it a little bit different. And honestly, unless our 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:57.000 two teams meet again, this is it. So I alright, 0:06:57.040 --> 0:06:58.840 I'm okay with this. So I'm not actually gonna meet 0:06:58.839 --> 0:07:01.520 in the super Bowl. Yeah, so this is it. I 0:07:01.520 --> 0:07:06.440 don't care, right, But overall, listen, great game, so much fun. 0:07:06.600 --> 0:07:10.680 The stadium at Tottenham Hotspur was amazing. In the fans 0:07:10.760 --> 0:07:13.840 Jerry were like seven Packer fans. I'm not kidding. That's 0:07:13.880 --> 0:07:16.360 the other thing you had home you had home field advantage. 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:20.840 I did see uh picture or video Sam posted on 0:07:20.920 --> 0:07:23.800 his on his Instagram and them. I was like, wow 0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:25.480 that it just looks I used like some kind of 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:29.280 old classy bar. It just looked really cool. Yeah, man, 0:07:29.320 --> 0:07:32.120 I whish I was there. That looks awesome. Oh it 0:07:32.280 --> 0:07:35.119 was so much fun. We ran into so many random 0:07:35.160 --> 0:07:37.280 people we knew. It really felt like we were at 0:07:37.320 --> 0:07:39.880 lambeau Field. It felt better than if we were at 0:07:39.960 --> 0:07:42.680 lambeau Field because so many people were you know, new 0:07:42.720 --> 0:07:45.400 Packer fans, like if they were either Brits or Europeans 0:07:45.400 --> 0:07:47.480 in general coming over for the game. And there were 0:07:47.480 --> 0:07:49.200 a couple of things. And Packer fans will know this 0:07:49.320 --> 0:07:52.000 that at a home game r p P, a announcer 0:07:52.040 --> 0:07:54.640 will say that's a Packer's first down in the music 0:07:54.640 --> 0:07:58.320 plays da da da da, go back go, and I 0:07:58.360 --> 0:07:59.920 think you do it three times and then you're done. 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:02.520 Because you're on offense. You want to be quiet, and 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:05.080 the either new NFL fans or new Packer fans and 0:08:05.160 --> 0:08:06.960 not realize you want to be quiet when your team's 0:08:06.960 --> 0:08:09.320 on offense. And they just kept going, go, Pat go, 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:13.200 and we're like, no, no, no everar me quiet. But man, 0:08:13.240 --> 0:08:15.480 it didn't seem to matter that. Uh. I mean, we 0:08:15.560 --> 0:08:17.559 just gave it away. We gave it away. We're feeling 0:08:17.600 --> 0:08:20.880 confident at halftime, obviously. And one of the bets I 0:08:20.920 --> 0:08:23.560 liked going into this game was a J. Dillon over 0:08:23.640 --> 0:08:26.240 twelve and a half rushing attempts and he only had six. 0:08:26.720 --> 0:08:30.400 That's the horrible Everyone in the stands kept saying, run 0:08:30.480 --> 0:08:34.439 the damn ball, run the damn ball. It was so maddening. 0:08:34.520 --> 0:08:37.360 And then the tip passes to end the game. I mean, 0:08:37.400 --> 0:08:40.720 your defense was great, you guys throttled us. Defense was great, 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:44.400 but so after five weeks now I have not been 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:47.880 very impressed with the Packers at all, and to me 0:08:48.160 --> 0:08:51.600 it is squarely on. The defense hasn't been great either. 0:08:51.679 --> 0:08:53.640 Let's be honest. You let the Giants have what twenty 0:08:53.840 --> 0:08:55.920 on the answered point like, that's not good. The Giant 0:08:55.920 --> 0:08:59.600 shouldn't score that much. But yeah, again, I repeat, there's 0:08:59.679 --> 0:09:02.560 no and on that offense. Who scares me other than 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:05.160 your running backs? Your running backs do. But I know 0:09:05.480 --> 0:09:08.040 they were like a non factor. Call down you should 0:09:08.040 --> 0:09:10.840 be calling Carolina. I also put on Twitter I was 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:13.400 I was begging the Giants to call the Panthers because 0:09:13.400 --> 0:09:15.640 they're in full blow it up mode. It seems like 0:09:16.280 --> 0:09:18.840 DJ Moore, I don't even know if you could get them, 0:09:18.880 --> 0:09:21.440 I don't know what the trade would be. I don't 0:09:21.440 --> 0:09:23.320 even think the Giants have any cap room to make 0:09:23.360 --> 0:09:25.800 it work. But if you're the Packers, maybe you should 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:28.280 be called Carolina and say, hey, what what do you 0:09:28.320 --> 0:09:32.080 like for DJ? Or even Robbie Anderson. At this point, 0:09:32.880 --> 0:09:35.120 that's how down I am on this receiving corps. The 0:09:35.120 --> 0:09:39.839 Packers or Robby Anderson call the Panthers the Giants. Packers 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:44.000 absolutely should be calling the Panthers today. I know, I know. 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:46.000 And again We've talked about the O b J situation 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:48.320 on this show. He's not healthy. Really told in November 0:09:48.679 --> 0:09:51.160 he's smart, he's taking his sweet time. He's like, you know, 0:09:51.200 --> 0:09:52.959 the hot new girl to move to the high school. 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:54.839 I'm just gonna let all the suitors come to him 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:58.200 and and figure this out. I I would love to 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:01.680 think he'd see the chance to do one year with 0:10:01.920 --> 0:10:04.560 a Hall of Fame quarterback. But if I'm O b J, 0:10:04.679 --> 0:10:06.640 I'm kind of wondering. I don't want to, you know, 0:10:06.720 --> 0:10:10.080 go somewhere to not advanced far in the playoffs. I 0:10:10.120 --> 0:10:12.320 want a multi year deal. You know he's gonna want 0:10:12.320 --> 0:10:14.360 stability after the last year. So well, I think he 0:10:14.440 --> 0:10:17.440 deserves it because and I've always been a fan of 0:10:17.520 --> 0:10:19.120 his since he was on the Giants. I still wish 0:10:19.160 --> 0:10:20.880 he was on the Giants. I still think the Giants 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:23.920 should call him as well. Although I don't see how 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:26.480 you go back. I don't think it works. But we 0:10:26.520 --> 0:10:30.520 know the Rams have problems, Cooper Cup not being one 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:34.360 of them. Oh b J got open a lot for 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:37.720 the Rams. Alan Robinson, who I did a whole spiel 0:10:37.920 --> 0:10:40.640 on Alan Robinson before the season started. I was so 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:43.560 happy for him to finally have a legit quarterback. He 0:10:43.640 --> 0:10:47.640 put up numbers in Chicago with no quarterback whatsoever, and 0:10:47.640 --> 0:10:49.280 then he goes to the Rams and I'm thinking, Okay, 0:10:49.280 --> 0:10:52.360 he's got Stafford. Now I don't know if they have 0:10:52.480 --> 0:10:56.440 zero chemistry or if Alan Robinson can't get separation or what. 0:10:56.640 --> 0:10:59.640 He gets no looks. So to me, if you're looking 0:10:59.679 --> 0:11:02.880 at it, O b J was getting looks and was 0:11:02.920 --> 0:11:05.200 a big part of that offense, Alan Robinson is not. 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:07.040 So I think that makes O. B J stock go 0:11:07.400 --> 0:11:10.760 up if I'm now that was coming off a massive injury. 0:11:10.800 --> 0:11:13.760 But yeah, I you're right. He should absolutely sit back. 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:16.640 Teams like the Giants who are decimated, the Packers who 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:19.319 need help, or you know, some teams were gonna look 0:11:19.360 --> 0:11:21.800 to maybe just get that one last piece like the 0:11:21.840 --> 0:11:25.920 Bills and and and go for it. So this is 0:11:26.000 --> 0:11:28.920 really getting interesting. If I'm O b J looking at 0:11:28.920 --> 0:11:30.800 the Rams still, I mean, look at their last game. 0:11:30.840 --> 0:11:33.920 Stafford through for over three hundred and had four interceptions. 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:37.199 They're playing with everyone keep saying a patchwork offensive line, 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:40.360 which you know, almost every offensive line in the NFL 0:11:40.480 --> 0:11:42.600 at some point of the season is patchwork. You know, 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:45.600 guys just move all around. Certainly Green Bays is getting 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:48.359 back to that. But yeah, Ram's offense looks pretty pedestrian, 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:51.760 and you want to you spoke about London fans cheering 0:11:51.760 --> 0:11:55.000 at the wrong time in l a Stafford having the 0:11:55.120 --> 0:11:57.719 quiet his own crowd, or at least he thought it 0:11:57.800 --> 0:12:01.040 was his own crowd, and last year Majordy cowboy fans there. 0:12:01.600 --> 0:12:04.120 And oh I talked about this on Twitter at one 0:12:04.120 --> 0:12:06.600 of my buddies who's a Bears fan. We both the 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:09.679 fact that there is no disrespect to Justin Fields. I 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:11.360 think Justin Fields is good. I think he's going to 0:12:11.440 --> 0:12:14.480 be good. I believe in Justin Fields. The Giants traded 0:12:14.480 --> 0:12:17.920 out of that pick, the Bears got that pick draft Fields, 0:12:17.960 --> 0:12:21.520 and now Michael Parsons is having a year that very 0:12:21.600 --> 0:12:25.040 few defensive players have. And the fact that the Giants 0:12:25.080 --> 0:12:27.640 passed on them. The Bears passed them, but the Bears 0:12:27.679 --> 0:12:30.640 that need a quarterback and he falls right to the Cowboys. 0:12:30.840 --> 0:12:33.640 That just hurts, because man, I would love to have 0:12:33.720 --> 0:12:36.760 Michael Parsons on the Giants right now. I know everyone's 0:12:36.800 --> 0:12:40.880 looking at Michael Parsons. Dan Quinn's defense is looking really legit. 0:12:40.920 --> 0:12:43.840 In fact, I think Dan Quinn's probably first step for 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:46.160 the next head coaching hire, which we're kind of looking 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:48.400 at Matt Rule and Carolina. I think he's got the 0:12:48.440 --> 0:12:51.040 hottest seat right now in the NFL. But on the Cowboys, 0:12:51.080 --> 0:12:53.120 let's just finish off on that. When you look at 0:12:53.200 --> 0:12:55.760 Cooper Rush, he had just ten completions. I know, people 0:12:55.800 --> 0:12:58.239 are really hot right now. He's undefeated, blah blah blah. 0:12:58.280 --> 0:13:01.559 I mean, his game wasn't tastic. He had just ten completions, 0:13:01.559 --> 0:13:04.319 like I said, but he's winning now. Obviously. Zeke and 0:13:04.360 --> 0:13:07.520 Tony Pollard are doing the heavy lifting and looking incredible. 0:13:07.559 --> 0:13:09.440 In fact, I think Tony Pollard needs the ball more. 0:13:09.679 --> 0:13:11.760 But together they were great and Dad may come back 0:13:12.000 --> 0:13:15.520 this week against Philly. How do you feel about that? So, 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:19.480 as a Giants fan and as an avid NFC East 0:13:19.520 --> 0:13:23.480 watcher and being pleasantly surprised by the NFC East this year, Look, 0:13:23.559 --> 0:13:26.200 Cowboys have gotten off the great starts in the past. 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:28.640 This is in the last ten years, isn't it, But 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:31.920 by far, by far. And I'm being honest with you 0:13:32.000 --> 0:13:33.760 Cowboy fans, and I know there's a billion of you 0:13:33.840 --> 0:13:37.319 out there. This is the most scared of a Cowboys 0:13:37.360 --> 0:13:40.280 team that I have ever been because I look around 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:43.800 that roster. I look around. They have two really good 0:13:43.880 --> 0:13:47.720 running backs, they have one really great receiver and a 0:13:47.720 --> 0:13:50.760 bunch of good role playing receivers. The offensive line could 0:13:50.840 --> 0:13:54.360 get even healthier. And the defense, this is the best 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:57.560 Cowboys defense since the nineties, since they had Charles Haley 0:13:57.640 --> 0:14:00.480 and Leon This is the best Cowboys defense since the nineties. 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:04.720 I'm sorry, it just is. So I'm really afraid you 0:14:04.760 --> 0:14:06.800 lay out a good argument. I guess I just feel 0:14:06.840 --> 0:14:11.280 like the Cowboys of years past have been more star studded. 0:14:11.320 --> 0:14:14.120 But you know, it doesn't matter, and we're seeing that 0:14:14.280 --> 0:14:16.840 by by teams like the Giants, and you know what, 0:14:16.960 --> 0:14:19.960 the Eagles, who are obviously the leaders right now, be 0:14:20.040 --> 0:14:22.680 scared of the Eagles, right But could you name like, 0:14:22.720 --> 0:14:25.080 could you name seven Eagles off the top of your head? 0:14:25.120 --> 0:14:26.960 You probably could, but you have to think when you 0:14:27.000 --> 0:14:28.480 get down the like four or five or six and 0:14:28.600 --> 0:14:32.200 not loaded with stars. They're just a really good deep team. 0:14:32.840 --> 0:14:34.800 I don't really want to talk about the top of 0:14:34.840 --> 0:14:39.840 my head right now, besides the Chadar, the British Cheddar 0:14:39.920 --> 0:14:41.600 that's on the top of your head. Last thing about 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:44.000 the Cowboys because I want to ask you this, it's 0:14:44.120 --> 0:14:46.640 Dak's job, right, I mean, that's what every talking head 0:14:46.680 --> 0:14:48.600 show is going to talk. Of course it is, and 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:51.160 I agree, And I thought about this a lot while 0:14:51.160 --> 0:14:54.560 doing the workout this morning. Cooper Rush is doing amazing things. 0:14:54.880 --> 0:14:58.320 He's managing the game perfectly. Ceedee Lamb is very effective 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:01.880 with Cooper Rush in the lineup. But I just think 0:15:02.520 --> 0:15:06.120 Dac has a much higher ceiling. Maybe a lower floor, 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:09.320 maybe when he goes bad and the offenses run differently, 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:11.560 and if he throws some picks because Cooper does not 0:15:11.680 --> 0:15:15.080 throw picks, maybe a lower floor. But I think to 0:15:15.160 --> 0:15:18.640 advance and win three or four games in the playoffs 0:15:18.680 --> 0:15:20.280 to win a Super Bowl, I think you need the 0:15:20.360 --> 0:15:23.120 ceiling of Dak, and I think he's earned that. So 0:15:23.200 --> 0:15:25.880 let's let's quiet all the chatter about maybe the Cowboys 0:15:25.920 --> 0:15:28.760 are better off what time will tell, but and and 0:15:28.800 --> 0:15:31.000 beating the Eagles would go a long way for either 0:15:31.040 --> 0:15:34.440 of these two quarterbacks. But yeah, this is we got 0:15:34.440 --> 0:15:37.000 some good matchups this week. I gotta say with Cooper, 0:15:37.040 --> 0:15:39.640 it's really fun to watch this because of course, when 0:15:39.720 --> 0:15:42.880 Dad comes back, which should be this week, he's earning 0:15:42.960 --> 0:15:46.120 himself years in this league. You know what I mean, 0:15:46.240 --> 0:15:48.800 people will go back to this season and look at 0:15:48.800 --> 0:15:52.160 what he did and whether he's a backup for the 0:15:52.160 --> 0:15:55.040 rest of his career or not. I see him really 0:15:55.080 --> 0:15:56.920 doing some good things for his career. So it's always 0:15:56.960 --> 0:16:00.120 great to see that someone else who was earning themselves 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:04.040 years in this league. Is Dino Smith in your Seattle Seahawks. 0:16:04.160 --> 0:16:08.479 He's been so great last week three touchdowns, no interception. 0:16:08.960 --> 0:16:12.200 H Kenneth Walker Jr. Obviously was great. Penny got hurt, 0:16:12.240 --> 0:16:16.200 so that's a question mark. Their defense is terrible in Seattle, 0:16:16.280 --> 0:16:18.920 but they've got this like top ten offense in the NFL. 0:16:18.960 --> 0:16:22.560 And they lost, of course, but they look legit on offense. 0:16:23.200 --> 0:16:26.960 So obviously, my my long shot lottery ticket of the 0:16:26.960 --> 0:16:28.840 Seahawks winning the division is not going to hold up. 0:16:28.880 --> 0:16:31.840 Although gosh, if they just had a little bit of 0:16:31.880 --> 0:16:34.680 defense and if they could have held onto that game, 0:16:34.840 --> 0:16:37.480 or you know, they had one more win and you're 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:40.200 really looking at the Rams saying okay, and look, the 0:16:40.280 --> 0:16:42.720 Niners are scary on defense. They just lost the defensive 0:16:42.720 --> 0:16:45.080 player today. I would still at least be in the hunt. 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:47.480 I still am in the hunt, but barely. But the 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:51.360 bigger story. The bigger story is they got the Russell 0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:57.280 Wilson trade right. They got a lot of value for him. 0:16:57.480 --> 0:17:00.640 They didn't have to pay him all that money. And 0:17:00.760 --> 0:17:03.560 maybe it's too soon to say, oh, Russell Wilson's finished. 0:17:03.560 --> 0:17:05.520 I think it is a little too soon because who 0:17:05.520 --> 0:17:07.960 knows if he's hurt new offense and maybe the coach 0:17:08.000 --> 0:17:10.879 is part of the issue. Who knows. Either way, Do 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:14.320 you want that for the next five years? No, you 0:17:14.359 --> 0:17:18.840 now have draft capital, you have GENO for the time being. Uh, 0:17:19.400 --> 0:17:22.520 things are looking bright in Seattle. I just again with 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:25.679 these older coaches. That's why I'm so upset with Like Tomlin, 0:17:25.720 --> 0:17:28.239 he's not an old coach, but it's been around. I 0:17:28.320 --> 0:17:30.679 don't want to watch Tomlin rebuild. I don't know if 0:17:30.720 --> 0:17:32.600 I want to watch Pete cow rebuild. But it certainly 0:17:32.600 --> 0:17:34.879 seems like they're there are a few steps ahead of 0:17:34.880 --> 0:17:37.880 where we all thought they would be going into the year. Yeah, 0:17:37.880 --> 0:17:40.080 the Russell Wilson thing is cringe e. But it's like 0:17:40.160 --> 0:17:43.080 when a couple gets a divorce and one of them 0:17:43.119 --> 0:17:45.480 just really kicking ass and one of them is and 0:17:45.600 --> 0:17:47.480 I you know, one of them is going on dates 0:17:47.520 --> 0:17:55.440 and supernatos on the cat were subway sandwiches weird commercial 0:17:55.520 --> 0:17:58.520 subway sandwiches on Then how about the let's ride as 0:17:58.560 --> 0:18:00.960 he's leaving the press conference? That was that not so 0:18:01.040 --> 0:18:06.399 weird and cringe e than country. You need to go 0:18:06.760 --> 0:18:10.040 ride yourself to a quarterback camp and talk to Trent 0:18:10.200 --> 0:18:14.919 Dilfer or something or whatever, because no one's writing if 0:18:14.960 --> 0:18:18.600 you are, No one's riding right now, so you need 0:18:18.680 --> 0:18:20.800 to Yeah, no one's riding right now unless the people 0:18:20.800 --> 0:18:23.320 are betting against you or maybe riding with you. Something 0:18:23.359 --> 0:18:26.040 else about Russ that kind of just it was always 0:18:26.040 --> 0:18:28.280 weirded me out for years now. I've kind of kept 0:18:28.320 --> 0:18:31.119 tabs on this is like every video I see of him, 0:18:31.160 --> 0:18:34.600 he has a different accent. I'm not kidding. Some of 0:18:34.640 --> 0:18:37.480 his Instagram stories, he has a completely different voice than 0:18:37.600 --> 0:18:40.440 later and and I just I've heard like twelve different 0:18:40.480 --> 0:18:43.480 variations of his voice, which just kind of adds to 0:18:43.640 --> 0:18:46.639 the who are you dude? Like? And I don't know 0:18:46.680 --> 0:18:48.600 if you watch this two on Good Morning Football, they 0:18:48.600 --> 0:18:50.280 did a whole rant on it and it was a 0:18:50.280 --> 0:18:53.600 great piece and they just we're giving more firsthand stories 0:18:53.640 --> 0:18:56.719 of dealing with Russell, like behind the scenes and just 0:18:57.240 --> 0:19:00.280 same kind of unflattering things, and so a lot coming 0:19:00.320 --> 0:19:02.359 to light. Look, I I wish, I wish no one 0:19:02.440 --> 0:19:05.040 ill in this business. I don't. I would love. I 0:19:05.040 --> 0:19:07.119 would love everyone to do well, stay healthy and provide 0:19:07.119 --> 0:19:10.320 for their family. But he would have Russell Wilson or 0:19:10.320 --> 0:19:12.400 Gino Smith. And you have to answer right now. I'll 0:19:12.440 --> 0:19:14.119 let you take one piece of cheese off your head 0:19:14.160 --> 0:19:18.280 if you answer in less than five seconds. Okay, I 0:19:18.280 --> 0:19:21.000 believe you could take a little cheese off. I think 0:19:21.040 --> 0:19:22.920 I would too. I don't know, I don't. I don't 0:19:22.960 --> 0:19:27.520 really see that. We're overreacting obviously, and we're kind of 0:19:27.560 --> 0:19:30.440 jumping to it feels like an NBA trade to me, 0:19:30.680 --> 0:19:33.080 that trade. There's so many teams, Like if you look 0:19:33.080 --> 0:19:35.120 at the Pelicans and we're gonna talk about all this 0:19:35.160 --> 0:19:39.080 with Zach Harper. Obviously you love Anthony Davis. Anthony Davis 0:19:39.080 --> 0:19:41.600 won a Bubble championship with the Lakers, but the last 0:19:41.640 --> 0:19:43.560 few years he's been injured, we haven't seen him. And 0:19:43.560 --> 0:19:46.159 now the Pelicans, who have a good roster, now have 0:19:46.240 --> 0:19:49.200 a million of the Lakers picks. That's a great place 0:19:49.240 --> 0:19:51.840 to be in and the Seahawks could be left with 0:19:52.160 --> 0:19:55.480 very valuable draft capital. If the Broncos don't pull this together, 0:19:55.480 --> 0:19:57.680 and now there's still the three and two, so we're 0:19:57.680 --> 0:20:02.679 two and three. But yeah, this is crazy. Speaking of this, 0:20:02.840 --> 0:20:05.560 there's a team that is one in four, that maybe 0:20:05.600 --> 0:20:08.359 the best one in four team in the NFL, and 0:20:08.400 --> 0:20:11.000 I have said, I think this team is making the playoffs. 0:20:11.000 --> 0:20:14.480 I'm I'm going against that now obviously, but it leads 0:20:14.520 --> 0:20:24.840 me to my m it's time to leash. So the 0:20:24.920 --> 0:20:28.359 Davante Adams shoving a photographer thing, well, let me just 0:20:28.400 --> 0:20:31.240 say when I first saw the video, I was shocked. 0:20:31.440 --> 0:20:35.560 It's so not Davante. He's always been such a class act, calm, cool, 0:20:35.640 --> 0:20:39.760 collected and as someone who works on the sidelines of games, 0:20:39.800 --> 0:20:42.840 and I worked with so many amazing people over the years, 0:20:43.240 --> 0:20:47.520