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You know, 14 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 4: something dawned on me today and tonight I'm getting all 15 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 4: these stories ready. 16 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 3: For the show. 17 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 4: And let me just tell you, ball is on the brain, 18 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 4: all right, Lots of football to discuss tonight. That's not 19 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:04,959 Speaker 4: the only thing. Some hoops see their way into the show. 20 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 4: A little baseball, but heavy on the ball. Lots of football. 21 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 4: And I'm compiling all these stories and I'm looking at him. 22 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:15,960 Speaker 4: I'm like, I've never really thought about it like this, 23 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 4: because I don't know if you're like me. Where I 24 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 4: anticipate the season coming up and then after a while, 25 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:27,319 Speaker 4: I just I'm like, I know it's getting closer, but 26 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 4: based on the stories that we hear, the stories don't 27 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 4: get me more excited for the upcoming season, you know 28 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:39,399 Speaker 4: what I mean? For instance, well, I'll probably hit on 29 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 4: tonight some of these holdouts, some of the second round 30 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 4: draft picks that are looking for guaranteed money, the idiotic 31 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 4: Bengals what they're doing with their first round pick Shamar Stewart. 32 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 4: These stories don't get me more excited for the season. 33 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 4: What do I care whether second rounders get fully guaranteed 34 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 4: deals or you know, eighty. 35 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 3: Seven percent gear, I don't care. 36 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 4: That has nothing to do with my excitement level for 37 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 4: the upcoming season, right, And so I thought of that, 38 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 4: and I'm like, that's probably why most seasons, even though 39 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 4: it seems like I anticipate all right, it's only like 40 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 4: five months away, it's only four months away, get about it, 41 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 4: and then boom, it's there. And I'm like, why was 42 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 4: I anticipating it four months out? But then like two 43 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 4: months out, I just kind of I stopped doing the countdown. 44 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:36,239 Speaker 4: You know, I think it has a lot to do 45 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 4: with the nature of the stories that you hear about 46 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 4: and so I'm gonna try to keep that in mind tonight. 47 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:47,239 Speaker 4: I think that some of these stories are interesting even 48 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 4: though they don't necessarily get me excited for the upcoming season. 49 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 4: So I think if you have an interesting story that 50 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 4: also gets you more excited for the upcoming season, that's 51 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 4: a double win right there. That is a double win win, win, 52 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 4: as we say in the business here. But I also 53 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 4: think that some of these stories that don't get you 54 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 4: excited for the upcoming season do have a place. And 55 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 4: that's not to be a complete hypocrite, but I'm going 56 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 4: to start with one of those things, just because there 57 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:20,639 Speaker 4: are two parts of this story and they both are insane. 58 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 4: It's almost like you can't make this stuff up? Are 59 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 4: you kidding me with this? So the news tonight is 60 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 4: that Lloyd Howell. 61 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 3: You're looking at me. 62 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 4: Even if a diehard fan, you're like, Lloyd Howell? Should 63 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 4: I Did he play for the the I don't know 64 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 4: the Jags? Was he a backup defensive tackle five years ago? 65 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 4: Who is Lloyd Howell? 66 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 1: So? 67 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 4: Lloyd Howell used to be the executive director of the 68 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 4: NFL Players Association As of late Thursday night, no Moss, 69 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 4: no more Lloyd Howell. He resigned late Thursday night, and 70 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 4: he cited distractions that his life leadership has caused in 71 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 4: recent weeks. Kind of distractions are we talking about here? 72 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 4: So this guy, Lloyd Howell, he faced a lot of scrutiny. 73 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 4: There was an ESPN report that came out and it 74 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 4: said that Lloyd Howell has maintained a part time consulting 75 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:22,919 Speaker 4: job with the Carlyle Group. Who the heck is the 76 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,719 Speaker 4: Carlyle Group. It doesn't matter. All that you need to 77 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 4: know is the Carlyle Group is now seeking minority ownership 78 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 4: in NFL franchises. So the guy who was the executive 79 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 4: director of the NFL Players Association was also a consultant 80 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 4: for this group that's seeking minority ownership. There are two 81 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 4: very different worlds when it comes to professional football NFL. 82 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 4: Here it's player side, ownership side. You can't be the 83 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 4: executive director of the Players Association while you are a 84 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 4: paid consultant for a group that's trying to become a 85 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 4: minority owner in the NFL. You can't have both. It's 86 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 4: got to be one lane or the other. Was the 87 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:17,840 Speaker 4: old LeVar ball. Well, he said, stay in your lane. 88 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 4: I guess that's the thing. He's got to stay in 89 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 4: his lane, whether it's player's lane or ownership lane. 90 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:25,119 Speaker 3: You gotta choose. Can't be both. 91 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 4: You're all over the media, you're in access, You're going 92 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 4: from lane to lane over here Lloyd Howell. So he 93 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 4: resigned from the Players Association as the executive director. That's 94 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 4: the first part of it where it's crazy that he 95 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 4: was trying to do both. And then all these Players 96 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 4: Association people they had his back. They're like, Oh, all 97 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 4: these accusations, this is ridiculous, and then all of a 98 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 4: sudden he resigns and they're like, maybe there was something 99 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:52,839 Speaker 4: to that. 100 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 3: I don't know. 101 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:58,160 Speaker 4: There's this other part here, though, it's not just involving 102 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 4: Lloyd Howell. There's another story from last month that makes 103 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:08,720 Speaker 4: the NFLPA, right, the NFL Players Association look freaking terrible. 104 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:13,720 Speaker 4: I can't believe this is even true. So the NFLPA 105 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:18,480 Speaker 4: and the NFL the league, right, they had a confidential 106 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:24,839 Speaker 4: confidentiality agreement to keep quiet when an arbitrator ruled about 107 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 4: possible collusion by owners over quarterback salaries. Okay, that sounds 108 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:31,600 Speaker 4: like you ever see like I've got Oreo the neighborhood 109 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 4: cat here she's taking a nap. She's very comfortable on 110 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 4: the couch right over there. She's very fired up for 111 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 4: the show tonight hanging out here. You ever see a 112 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 4: cat that gets like hairball stuck in their you know, 113 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:45,720 Speaker 4: maybe they licked their paws a little bit and then 114 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:47,840 Speaker 4: it's just something didn't work right and they just kind 115 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:51,839 Speaker 4: of they just do like that's what that last sentence 116 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:54,279 Speaker 4: sounded like, where it just sounds like leh bl bl bl. 117 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:58,280 Speaker 3: So let's break it down. This is now. It's a 118 00:06:58,279 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 3: little wordy. 119 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 4: I tried to condense it everything to the most important 120 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 4: parts so it doesn't just sound like yakitty yackity yackity yack. Again, 121 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 4: the payoff is unbelievable, So just bear with me for 122 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 4: a second over here. So this goes back to March 123 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 4: of twenty twenty two. That's when quarterback Deshaun Watson signed 124 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 4: that mammoth fully guaranteed two hundred and thirty million dollar contract. 125 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 4: Right the NFL owners were pissed, just incredibly ticked off 126 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 4: about this, and so they had the owners meeting in 127 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 4: Florida in that same March of twenty twenty two, and 128 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 4: so the league, the NFL was urging ownership to restrict 129 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 4: guaranteed contracts. The NFL gave a presentation during the owner's meetings, 130 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 4: and they even included some speaker notes. Now, it basically 131 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 4: is like, yo, you can't be given out these guaranteed 132 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 4: deals left and right. This is gonna set a precedent, 133 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,239 Speaker 4: and then once the toothpaste is out of the tube, 134 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 4: you can't put it back. All of a sudden, the 135 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 4: next player in line, they're gonna win a fully guaranteed deal, 136 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 4: and then the next player who's got leverage is going 137 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 4: to demand a fully guaranteed contract. And so we gotta 138 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 4: slow this train down or you guys are going to 139 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 4: be in a rough spot NFL ownership. That's basically what 140 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 4: the NFL was saying. I think the paraphrasing works way 141 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 4: better than reading the exact things, because it's you can 142 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 4: imagine it's a four score and seven years ago and 143 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 4: you're like, oh my gosh, this is just so boring. 144 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 4: So you go back to they had this presentation, and 145 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 4: so an arbitrator made a ruling back in January of 146 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 4: this year. Okay, now what I told you the Deshaun 147 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 4: Watson thing twenty twenty two owners meetings in March of 148 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 4: twenty twenty two. Finally, this January and twenty five, an 149 00:08:55,559 --> 00:09:00,960 Speaker 4: arbitrator determined that this March twenty twenty two presentation was 150 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 4: evidence of the NFL's collusive behavior. Okay, that's the way 151 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 4: he said it, evidence of the NFL's collusive behavior, but 152 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 4: he did not find the NFL guilty of collusion. This 153 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 4: is the first part that blows my mind. Collusive behavior. 154 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 4: Not quite collusion for sure, though. That's like saying I 155 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 4: engaged in cheating behavior, but I'm not a cheater or 156 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 4: better yet, it's an arbitrator oversaw a case. 157 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:37,439 Speaker 3: All right. There's this married man. 158 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 4: He's fooling around with the secretary, and this arbitrator is like, 159 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 4: all right, even though she was nude and on this 160 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 4: married man's lap and making sort of I don't know, 161 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:53,439 Speaker 4: I don't want to be too raunchy over here, but 162 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:59,199 Speaker 4: let's just say, like, you know, certain rowing like motions. 163 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:02,319 Speaker 4: You're right, I can't say for sure this guy is 164 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 4: a cheater. I mean, that's a little bit of a 165 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 4: leap right there. 166 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:05,200 Speaker 3: Now. 167 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 4: This was cheating behavior for sure, but cheating or a cheater. Ah, Oh, 168 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:14,079 Speaker 4: that's a bit of a leap. That's basically what the 169 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:16,560 Speaker 4: arbitrator ruled with the NFL. 170 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 3: It's unbelievable. How can you not say it's. 171 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 4: Anything other than collusion. You guys are actively talking about 172 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 4: restricting guaranteed money. 173 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:28,440 Speaker 3: That's collusion. 174 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 4: But somehow this arbitrator didn't go that far. Now we 175 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:35,200 Speaker 4: get a little bit more evidence of collusion or at 176 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 4: least collusive behavior, as the arbitrator ruled. Okay, so this 177 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 4: goes back to twenty twenty two July. All right, so 178 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:45,719 Speaker 4: we fast forward from March of twenty two. We're in 179 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:48,679 Speaker 4: July of twenty two. That's when Kyler Murray, Cardinals quarterback, 180 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:52,079 Speaker 4: he signed his contract extension five years, two hundred and 181 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 4: thirty million dollars. Only one hundred and three million was 182 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:59,559 Speaker 4: guaranteed at signing. Now, I say only because it's relative. 183 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 4: You know, if I signed my next contract for one 184 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 4: hundred and three million dollars, I'm not putting on clothes 185 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 4: for the rest of my life. 186 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 3: You know what I'm saying. But it's all relative. 187 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 4: Deshaun Watson got two hundred and thirty million guaranteed. Kyler 188 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 4: Murray got one hundred and three million dollars guaranteed. Now, 189 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 4: there was a text exchange between Chargers owner Dean Spanos 190 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 4: and Cardinals owner Michael Bidwell. Okay, so Bidwell, Cardinals team 191 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 4: owner Kyler Murray just signed this contract, right, so, Dean 192 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 4: Spanos of the Chargers, he texts Bidwell and says congratulations 193 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 4: on signing Murray. Bidwell responds, thanks Dino, that's my favorite 194 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 4: part of the Thanks Dino. These QB deals are expensive, 195 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 4: but we limited the fully guaranteed money and have some 196 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 4: pretty good language. Thankfully we have a quarterback worth paying. 197 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:57,080 Speaker 4: And then Dean Spanos says, your deal helps us for 198 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 4: our quarterback next year. Kind of sounds a little bit 199 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 4: like collusion, a little bit right, or exactly like collusion. 200 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:10,320 Speaker 4: That's when Michael Bidwell he responded via text. I think 201 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 4: many teams will be happy with it once they have 202 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 4: a chance to review. Cleveland really screwed things up, but 203 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 4: I was resolved to keep the guarantees relatively low. Very interesting, 204 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 4: right again, this arbitrator, You've found a lot of collusive behavior, 205 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 4: but not quite collusion. That's unbelievable. Now, this, this to me, 206 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 4: is the ultimate curve ball in all this stuff where 207 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 4: the NFLPA just looks like a total joke. You would 208 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 4: think the NFLPA would be screaming with a megaphone here. Now, 209 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:49,320 Speaker 4: all this stuff was not released, right, nothing was released. 210 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 4: It was Pablo Torre, remember of ESPN and does his podcast. 211 00:12:54,440 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 4: He found this arbitrator's sixty one page document detail ailing 212 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 4: the ruling of this and so Pablo Torre, he's the 213 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 4: one who publicized all of these findings. The arbitrator ruled 214 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 4: in January of this year. Pablo Torre released this last month. Okay, 215 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:19,480 Speaker 4: now you would be thinking the NFLPA would be screaming. 216 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 4: Do you see what the NFL is doing here? They're 217 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:26,560 Speaker 4: trying to restrict guaranteed money from our. 218 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 3: Players, so forth and so on. Nope, turns out the. 219 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:36,200 Speaker 4: NFLPA actually struck a deal with the NFL. They struck 220 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:41,960 Speaker 4: a confidentiality agreement to hide the details of the arbitrator's 221 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 4: decision from the players that the NFLPA represents. Make sense 222 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 4: of that. What did the NFL promise the NFLPA here? 223 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:55,920 Speaker 4: I don't know what. They're like, hey, man, if you 224 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 4: do us this solid, we'll give you whatever whatever whatever. 225 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 4: I don't know what, But somehow the NFLPA was like, yeah, 226 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 4: we agree to a confidentiality agreement. We won't say anything 227 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:13,160 Speaker 4: NFL about you guys working with ownership to try to 228 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:18,400 Speaker 4: limit the guaranteed money that our players that we represent 229 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 4: are making. That is unbelievable. If I'm an NFL player 230 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 4: right now, I'm looking at the Players Association like, do. 231 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 3: You freaking guys know anything? Do you know what you're 232 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 3: doing at? What are you? What's happening over here? 233 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 2: Now? 234 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 4: The last little part of this is just for scorekeeping. 235 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 4: I guess the guy Lloyd Howell that we talked about 236 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 4: who just stepped down as the executive director of the 237 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 4: Players Association, he took over in twenty twenty three. Okay, 238 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:54,680 Speaker 4: so that's important. Demorris Smith, Remember old Demorris Smith. He 239 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 4: was the executive director until twenty twenty three, Right, It 240 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 4: was Damoris Smith from nine to twenty twenty three, and 241 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 4: then Lloyd Howell took over from there in twenty three. 242 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 4: That's important because again this all traced back to Deshaun 243 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 4: Watson in March of twenty twenty two, So that was 244 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 4: Demorris Smith overseeing that whole thing, and then it was 245 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 4: Lloyd Howell later on. 246 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 3: But just so we're clear on that this. 247 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 4: Wasn't Lloyd Howell screwing everything up with the twenty twenty 248 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 4: two collusive behavior not quite collusion, but collusive behavior. It 249 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 4: wasn't under his watch. What Lloyd Howell is really screwing 250 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 4: up is he's trying to do two things at once, 251 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 4: trying to represent the players and he's consulting a group 252 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:45,880 Speaker 4: that's vying for NFL ownership. That is, that is the 253 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 4: NFLPA is a total joke right now. 254 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 3: You can't make this stuff up. 255 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 4: If a buddy told me this, I'd be like, you're 256 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 4: getting something wrong. 257 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:57,880 Speaker 3: This can't be true. It's true. 258 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 4: This is exactly what went down. Unbelievable, but that's where 259 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 4: we are right now, and the NFLPA is looking for 260 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:07,560 Speaker 4: a new executive director. 261 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Meller 262 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 2: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific on 263 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. 264 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 3: Hey it's me Rob Parker. 265 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 5: Check out my weekly MLB podcast, Inside the Parker for 266 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:27,880 Speaker 5: twenty two minutes of piping hot baseball talk, featuring the 267 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 5: biggest names of newsmakers in the sport. Whether you believe 268 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:35,400 Speaker 5: in analytics or the icast, We've got all the bases covered. 269 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 5: New episodes drop every Thursday, So do your Sofa favor 270 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:43,040 Speaker 5: and listen to Inside the Parker with Rob Parker on 271 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 5: the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcast. 272 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 4: Easy question here, why do smart leagues do dumb things? 273 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:58,360 Speaker 4: So what got me thinking about this is Caitlin Clark 274 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:00,800 Speaker 4: being hurt. So you probably heard, like the top of 275 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:05,359 Speaker 4: the hour updates, Caitlin Clark has another groin injury. She's 276 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 4: not gonna be competing in the WNBA All Star Game. 277 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 4: She's not gonna be in the three point Contest, but 278 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 4: she will be present. She will be there, she just 279 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:15,679 Speaker 4: won't be competing. And so it makes me think of 280 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 4: what we just saw in the MLB All Star Game, 281 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 4: and it also made me think of the NFL. So 282 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:26,200 Speaker 4: if you take it, peace pot piece, like Denzel said 283 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 4: in Man on Fire Love, that is one of my 284 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 4: favorite part part peace pot Piece, I want you. This 285 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:34,920 Speaker 4: is what Denzel was saying. But if you go piece 286 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 4: by piece on this one, if you look at the 287 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 4: MLB All Star Game, So Jacob Mizowski, he's this young 288 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 4: pitcher only five starts. He was fantastic in the five 289 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 4: starts collectively. But only five starts and he was named 290 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 4: an All Star Game replacement. Like no problem, ish, right, 291 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 4: If you're just named a replacement, I'm a problem with that. 292 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 4: But the path that MLB took to get there, so 293 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 4: they named a bunch of replacement all Stars. You should 294 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:16,400 Speaker 4: get replacement status, you shouldn't get All Star status. Those 295 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:19,840 Speaker 4: are two completely different things in my mind. If you've 296 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:23,199 Speaker 4: got the All Star team, boom, here it is, and 297 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 4: then you have a picturer or two that's like, hey, 298 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 4: I'd love to be there, but i just pitched on Sunday, 299 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:31,480 Speaker 4: so I'm not going to be available on Tuesday for 300 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 4: the game. And the MLB's like, okay, cool, we got 301 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 4: to name the next guy. And MLB looked to the Phillies. 302 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 4: There were a couple of players that pitchers that had 303 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:45,720 Speaker 4: better resumes than Misowski did. You had Christopher Sanchez, better 304 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:53,879 Speaker 4: resume inarguable, Ranger Suarez better resume inarguable. But those pictures 305 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 4: weren't available either on Tuesday. So MLB approached them and 306 00:18:57,359 --> 00:19:00,040 Speaker 4: they were like, hey, Christopher Sanchez, see that you've you 307 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:02,200 Speaker 4: pitched a ton of innings. Your er is really good. 308 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:05,680 Speaker 4: You're next in line. Can you pitch on Tuesday, and 309 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:09,119 Speaker 4: Sanchez is like, actually, no, I can't. I'm gonna be 310 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:12,159 Speaker 4: able to and they're like, all right, well screw it. 311 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 3: Then you're not an All Star. 312 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,439 Speaker 4: And then they went to Ranger Suarez and they're like, hey, Ranger, 313 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:20,120 Speaker 4: you've been pretty good. You got the resume here, certainly 314 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 4: all star caliber. Can you pitch on Tuesday? And Rangers like, no, 315 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:27,520 Speaker 4: I just pitched right before the All Star break. I 316 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:30,360 Speaker 4: can't pitch on Tuesday. And they're like, well, I guess 317 00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:33,159 Speaker 4: you're not an All Star either. Then they ended up 318 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:38,879 Speaker 4: with Jacob Mazerowski. Ridiculous process. What I think should have 319 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 4: happened is you have your All Star team and if 320 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 4: anybody needs to be replaced because they can't make it, 321 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:51,160 Speaker 4: they're injured, they can't make the All Star Game. They're 322 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:54,119 Speaker 4: a pitcher, and they just threw on Saturday or Sunday. 323 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:58,159 Speaker 4: And they're like, I'm not turning around on Tuesday and 324 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:01,080 Speaker 4: facing some of the best hitters in the game throwing 325 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 4: gas when that's. 326 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:03,119 Speaker 3: Not my routine. 327 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:06,119 Speaker 4: I don't want to take even a small chance that 328 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:11,440 Speaker 4: I could tweak something that I could get banged up. Hey, 329 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 4: if you say I can't make it, that all you do, 330 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:18,120 Speaker 4: you're on the team. Then you name a replacement and 331 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:24,200 Speaker 4: they're known as just that they are a replacement. That's it, right, 332 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:27,120 Speaker 4: they're crowd fillers. It was like at the Grammys or whatever. 333 00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 4: You go and you sit in the seat, but you're 334 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:32,240 Speaker 4: not an All Star. You don't get All Star classification. 335 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:37,159 Speaker 4: If you look at Jacob Mitzerowski, he's like Baseball Reference page. 336 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:40,679 Speaker 4: I love anything that ends in reference, like Pro Football Reference, 337 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 4: Basketball Reference, Baseball Reference. 338 00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 3: Go to it all the time. 339 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:47,920 Speaker 4: If you go to Baseball Reference and look up Jacob Mizerowski, 340 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 4: it says one time All Star. It should not say 341 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:57,199 Speaker 4: that he's a replacement All Star. So Caitlin Clark, she 342 00:20:57,280 --> 00:21:01,320 Speaker 4: can't compete in the WNBA All Star Game. Whoever replaces 343 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:06,720 Speaker 4: her should be an alternate, should be just that a replacement. 344 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 3: They should not get All Star status. They're just filling in. 345 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:14,880 Speaker 4: Am I crazy? Why the leagues make this way more 346 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 4: difficult than they need to. The NFL did this last year. 347 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:23,640 Speaker 4: So Drake may had a pretty good year with the Patriots, right, 348 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 4: he was a Pro Bowl fill in. If you look 349 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 4: at his Pro Football Reference page, one time Pro Bowler, 350 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:34,159 Speaker 4: it's like what he. 351 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 3: Was a fill in. 352 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 4: He's just a replacement guy. He wasn't one of the 353 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 4: guys that initially made it. What are we doing here? 354 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 4: Like again, if you're looking at this and like Brian, 355 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 4: what's the big deal? 356 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:48,359 Speaker 3: Man? This is not a big deal. It's for the fans. 357 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 3: Who cares. 358 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:53,199 Speaker 4: Some people might have that attitude. And the thing I 359 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:55,879 Speaker 4: would throw out there is it's something that Kyle. 360 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:56,919 Speaker 3: Schwarber talked about. 361 00:21:57,640 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 4: He's with the Phillies there, and he talked about his 362 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 4: teammates not being named to the All Star team. And 363 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:07,440 Speaker 4: it's like when we do the reunion thing, when it's 364 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:10,880 Speaker 4: ten years from now or whatever, that's part of your resume. 365 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:14,160 Speaker 4: They read it off. They're like five time All Stars, 366 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:19,160 Speaker 4: so and so that's part of the deal. So it matters. 367 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:23,439 Speaker 4: And so for the Phillies pitchers who were next in line, 368 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:26,640 Speaker 4: for them not to get the nod just because they 369 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:30,320 Speaker 4: were unavailable to pitch on Tuesday is weird. But I 370 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 4: also add that if they're just replacing someone, if they're 371 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:38,959 Speaker 4: just filling in, you shouldn't get All Star status anyway. 372 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 4: It should be here's the team, Here's who the fans 373 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 4: voted for, Here's who the players voted for. Here's the team. 374 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 4: We have X amount of players here it is and 375 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:50,640 Speaker 4: whoever can't make it? 376 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:51,399 Speaker 3: Okay? 377 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 4: Cool? We got to replace them with these other dudes. 378 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 4: They shouldn't get All Star status. How do you sneak in? 379 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 3: That's the ultimate back door cover right there. 380 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 4: You know, it's the late bucket from half court to 381 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 4: cover the spread. It's more than that. You're not an 382 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:12,920 Speaker 4: All Star. But just because someone is hurt or pitches 383 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:16,360 Speaker 4: on Saturday or Sunday before the All Star Game, now 384 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:17,200 Speaker 4: you're an All Star. 385 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 3: That's the dumbest thing. 386 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:22,119 Speaker 4: Ever, Why did they make this more complicated than it 387 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 4: needs to be. If you're a replacement, then that's all 388 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 4: the status you get. You're a replacement All Star doesn't 389 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 4: mean you're an All Star. And here's some audio here 390 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:37,400 Speaker 4: to back this up. Because the late great Kobe Bryant, 391 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:40,240 Speaker 4: when he was in his final season in the NBA 392 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 4: and he had the retirement tour. When he's on the road, 393 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:47,959 Speaker 4: they do these grand you know, entrances for him. They 394 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:52,240 Speaker 4: announce him and you know, five time champion, they rattle 395 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:56,119 Speaker 4: off his accomplishments. This was one of them on the 396 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:59,360 Speaker 4: road in Detroit and they rattle off how many All 397 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:01,920 Speaker 4: Star Games, appearances, he had, how many times he was 398 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 4: an All Star? 399 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:04,359 Speaker 3: Checked this out hat sixty six? 400 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 2: Do you want of the twelve pounds in high school? 401 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 3: I think his final plants. 402 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:11,400 Speaker 2: How did the poet of mom. 403 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:15,959 Speaker 4: In Hill and it's twenty hit a season seventeen hit 404 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 4: the All Star? Seventeen time All Star right there, and 405 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 4: they rattled off pretty much everything else Gobe did in 406 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 4: his career is way too long, so I just condensed it. 407 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:30,280 Speaker 4: Here's a portion of when he was in Charlotte again, 408 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:33,960 Speaker 4: his final season, grand entrance. They're announcing him. They announced 409 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 4: how many times he was an All Star. 410 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 2: Time and being all shar not time and. 411 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:39,479 Speaker 3: Be a champion. 412 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 4: It was side by side with how many times do 413 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:45,879 Speaker 4: you want to ring? Like this matters. It's part of 414 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 4: your resume. So if you're an All Star, great, If 415 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:54,359 Speaker 4: you need to be replaced, you're just a replacement dude. 416 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 3: You shouldn't get All Star status for that. Why is 417 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:00,800 Speaker 3: this so? Why is it so difficult? Difficult at all? 418 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:07,840 Speaker 4: It's very easy, system, very and yet these leagues just complicated. 419 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:13,040 Speaker 4: I don't know why this whole Miserrowski thing. I didn't 420 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:14,439 Speaker 4: think of it at the time. I thought it was 421 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:18,200 Speaker 4: ridiculous at the time that Christopher Sanchez and Ranger Suarez 422 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 4: got bypassed because they were unavailable, and then they went 423 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:22,280 Speaker 4: to Miserowski. 424 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:23,680 Speaker 3: I thought that was ridiculous. 425 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:26,520 Speaker 4: So the more I think about it, none of those 426 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 4: freaking guys should have had All Star status. If they're 427 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:33,400 Speaker 4: just replacements, you're just the alternate man. You're you're the 428 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:36,040 Speaker 4: crowd filler. You're sitting in the seat that needs to 429 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 4: be filled. That that doesn't mean that those are your tickets. 430 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:41,159 Speaker 4: That doesn't mean that those are your seats. You're just 431 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 4: filling in. 432 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:44,399 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Maler 433 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:47,560 Speaker 2: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. 434 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 4: I saw this tweet from Adam Schefter. It just simply 435 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:56,159 Speaker 4: says Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson is believed to have recovered 436 00:25:56,640 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 4: from his recent right shoulder setback as the TA prepares 437 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 4: to report for training camp next week. Okay, if Anthony 438 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:13,000 Speaker 4: Richardson does anything in the NFL, not just this year, 439 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 4: but ever, I'll be impressed. 440 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 3: I'll be impressed. 441 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:19,639 Speaker 4: I don't want to write the guy off completely, and 442 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:23,840 Speaker 4: I'm not. I'm just telling you, I'll be impressed because 443 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:28,239 Speaker 4: so far the start has been god awful. It has 444 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:31,320 Speaker 4: been freaking terrible when and we're only two years in, 445 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:33,680 Speaker 4: so there might be some people that say, hey, Brian, 446 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:35,040 Speaker 4: you know he's a top five pick. 447 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:35,520 Speaker 3: For a reason. 448 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:39,440 Speaker 4: He does have some ability you never know if it's realized. Well, 449 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 4: all of that is true. I can't dispute that, But 450 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 4: what I would push back on is just how much 451 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:52,479 Speaker 4: ground he has to cover to be a legitimate starting 452 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:58,080 Speaker 4: quarterback in the NFL. His completion percentage last year was 453 00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:04,399 Speaker 4: forty seven point seven percent. Okay, he's sub not fifty percent, 454 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:07,600 Speaker 4: he's sub forty eight percent. Okay, he's put up in 455 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 4: two years numbers that in some instances are worse than 456 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:18,399 Speaker 4: Tim Tebow's quarterback numbers in the NFL. Coincidentally, both Florida 457 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:22,520 Speaker 4: quarterbacks right there with a rich and Tebow. That's not 458 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:24,960 Speaker 4: the company you want to be in. If you're Anthony Richardson, 459 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:27,119 Speaker 4: you did not want to be shoulder to shoulder with 460 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:31,119 Speaker 4: Tim Tebow in the stats department. But that's where he is, 461 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:34,320 Speaker 4: and this is where I would start looking sideways at 462 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:37,280 Speaker 4: the Colts. This is not just an Anthony Richardson thing. 463 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:42,080 Speaker 4: This is a Colts thing. The Colts mismanaged this dude 464 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:46,159 Speaker 4: so badly. I would compare it to that. I'm all 465 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:51,080 Speaker 4: about comparisons tonight. The Colts, they're like the guy who 466 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:55,080 Speaker 4: bought this high end sports car. This guy went to 467 00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:58,600 Speaker 4: the dealership. He is like, I saved my money. I 468 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:01,719 Speaker 4: want a Lamborghini, give me it right now, here's all 469 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:06,080 Speaker 4: the money. And then he got it. It's back at home. 470 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 4: And instead of waiting a little bit, this guy couldn't 471 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:15,280 Speaker 4: help himself. It's raining sideways outside, the wind is going crazy, 472 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:18,280 Speaker 4: it's even hailing a little bit. And this guy who 473 00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:20,600 Speaker 4: just bought a Lamborghini is like, I didn't buy it 474 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:23,160 Speaker 4: just to keep it in the garage. We're going out, 475 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:25,879 Speaker 4: We're going for a drive. Right, It's not the time 476 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:31,120 Speaker 4: to do it. Just wait, be patient. And the Colts 477 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:34,560 Speaker 4: in their situation, they were not patient with Anthony Richardson 478 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:40,560 Speaker 4: at all. Anthony Richardson in college, he threw less than 479 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:45,800 Speaker 4: four hundred passing attempts. He had less than four hundred 480 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 4: passing attempts in college. You compare that to some of 481 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:52,680 Speaker 4: these guys what they did in college. Some of them 482 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 4: are throwing for over a thousand, over fifteen hundred, sometimes 483 00:28:56,800 --> 00:29:01,600 Speaker 4: over two thousand passing attempts in college. Anthony Richardson had 484 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:07,840 Speaker 4: less than four hundred. He had no experience, and the 485 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:11,600 Speaker 4: Colts are like, throw him in, maybe he's ready for 486 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:16,600 Speaker 4: life in the NFL, And shockingly, he was not at all. 487 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:19,760 Speaker 4: They threw him in the deep end and he didn't 488 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:23,240 Speaker 4: know how to swim. I don't know why the Colts. 489 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:25,360 Speaker 3: Would do that. You know something that blows my mind. 490 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:28,959 Speaker 4: Think about this, Patrick Mahomes, and I could look at 491 00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 4: it real fast here, how many will do a guessing game? 492 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:34,720 Speaker 4: How many passing attempts? I don't know off the top 493 00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:37,160 Speaker 4: of my head. How many passing attempts do you think 494 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:40,440 Speaker 4: Patrick Mahomes had in college? 495 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:41,480 Speaker 3: He's a Texas tech. 496 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 4: How many? Okay, got the answer right here? Yeah, this 497 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:47,920 Speaker 4: is really toply fast. I'm getting a little bit better 498 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:53,080 Speaker 4: at this googling thing. So, Patrick Mahomes, he threw one thousand, 499 00:29:53,320 --> 00:30:00,920 Speaker 4: three hundred and forty nine passes in college thirteen forty nine. 500 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:06,960 Speaker 4: That's almost a thousand more passes than Anthony Richardson threw 501 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:07,720 Speaker 4: in college. 502 00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:10,600 Speaker 3: Okay, and what happened with those two quarterbacks? 503 00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:17,680 Speaker 4: Patrick Mahomes sat the entire rookie season, his entire rookie 504 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 4: year in the NFL except for the final game of 505 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:23,520 Speaker 4: the regular season. He started that game. That's it against 506 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:25,240 Speaker 4: Coops Broncos. I'll never forget that. 507 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:27,080 Speaker 3: And that's it. 508 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:30,720 Speaker 4: He started one game as a rookie. Even with almost 509 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:34,400 Speaker 4: over a thousand more attempts in college than Anthony Richardson. 510 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:40,000 Speaker 4: Anthony Richardson started right away, like Week five or something. 511 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:44,360 Speaker 4: He's starting games in the NFL with no experience, a 512 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:47,960 Speaker 4: lack of passing attempts. That was so dumb for the 513 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:52,920 Speaker 4: Colts to rush that guy. He needed to sit, he 514 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:56,000 Speaker 4: needed to develop, He did not need to be thrown 515 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:59,640 Speaker 4: into the deep end. That was such a bad approach 516 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:03,160 Speaker 4: by the Colts. And now you've seen what's happened the 517 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:06,000 Speaker 4: first two years. He's been banged up like crazy. That's 518 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:09,600 Speaker 4: not the Colts' fault, but he is a disaster as 519 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:13,440 Speaker 4: a quarterback. And he's got a bright quarterback mind in 520 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:16,440 Speaker 4: Shane Stikens. Shane Stiken was a former quarterback at a 521 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:19,760 Speaker 4: lower level, but he knows what he's doing. It's a 522 00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:24,000 Speaker 4: good play caller, bright offensive mind, knows the quarterback position, 523 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:29,280 Speaker 4: and Steiken's been able to do nothing so far because 524 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:30,800 Speaker 4: they threw him in too early. 525 00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:33,840 Speaker 3: And he just wasn't ready to swim. 526 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:37,360 Speaker 4: And I feel bad for Anthony Richardson to a degree 527 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:39,480 Speaker 4: because I think he would have had a better shot 528 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:42,120 Speaker 4: to at least be in a better position to be 529 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:45,240 Speaker 4: further developed, to not be a train wreck at this 530 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:46,880 Speaker 4: point of his NFL career. 531 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:48,880 Speaker 3: I think the Colts have a lot to do with that. 532 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:54,640 Speaker 4: I don't think A. Rich has crushed it by any means, 533 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:58,320 Speaker 4: but I think the Colts have been bad for him, bad, bad, bad, 534 00:31:58,600 --> 00:31:59,320 Speaker 4: terrible approach