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Speaker 1: fall football for a living. I watched college football all

426
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Speaker 1: fall along, and I've I haven't heard of some of

427
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Speaker 1: these guys. And even some of the guys I heard of,

428
00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:48,040
Speaker 1: I had to look up and I went greg Ward,

429
00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:50,399
Speaker 1: junior guy, the guy, Oh yeah, he's the wide receiver. Oh,

430
00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:52,560
Speaker 1: London Scott or Boston Scott. I don't know any of

431
00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:56,240
Speaker 1: these guys. And he and he did it. And credit

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00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:59,560
Speaker 1: to him, Credit to Doug. This was a culture year

433
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Speaker 1: for them. It's nice to have Carson. Everyone's like, oh,

434
00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:05,719
Speaker 1: you're gonna you loser all this money, you can't make

435
00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:09,159
Speaker 1: the playoffs. He made the playoffs and Doug, you know,

436
00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:12,600
Speaker 1: three'st eight years in the playoffs. Tough town in Philly.

437
00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:15,560
Speaker 1: You know they're on them. But man, noo that year

438
00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:18,239
Speaker 1: in the playoffs, right this year you could you know,

439
00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:21,800
Speaker 1: not exactly ten and six or eleven and five year,

440
00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:25,840
Speaker 1: but god they had There was a report. I was

441
00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:28,080
Speaker 1: watching the Red Zone and it was going back and

442
00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:30,760
Speaker 1: forth basically between the Cowboy game and the Eagle game,

443
00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:33,879
Speaker 1: and they're like, you know, Brandon Graham has just gone

444
00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:36,520
Speaker 1: to the locker room. They don't think it's that serious,

445
00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:39,080
Speaker 1: but the reasoning way of the locker room is because

446
00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:41,040
Speaker 1: there was a line to go into the blue tent.

447
00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:45,880
Speaker 1: It's like, oh, they lost Brandon Brooks, their star guard

448
00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:49,240
Speaker 1: on a p A T. That basically sums up there,

449
00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:51,800
Speaker 1: on a p A T. He's out for the year.

450
00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:56,720
Speaker 1: What how does that freaking happen? Seattle? The only thing

451
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Speaker 1: that comes to my mind are are two things really toughness,

452
00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:03,840
Speaker 1: but ultimately Russell Wilson and the analogy I used the

453
00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:06,640
Speaker 1: day on the radio was if you've ever seen Loan

454
00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:10,320
Speaker 1: Survivor with Mark Wahlberg. Loved the book. It's one of

455
00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:12,880
Speaker 1: the last books I read before I went audio book.

456
00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:16,760
Speaker 1: Only he gets and those guys get into a position

457
00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:19,880
Speaker 1: in the four Marines or Navy seals, into a position

458
00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:23,280
Speaker 1: where they're surrounded and they don't have the high ground.

459
00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:26,440
Speaker 1: And when you don't have the high ground, now, I've

460
00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:29,120
Speaker 1: never been a war, never been a Navy seal. Love

461
00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:32,560
Speaker 1: watching Navy Seal shows. You're basically screwed, especially if you

462
00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:36,080
Speaker 1: are easily outnumbered like they were in that situation in

463
00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:40,359
Speaker 1: Afghanistan and they're surrounded everywhere, and ultimately, obviously three of

464
00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:43,400
Speaker 1: the four guys died and Mark Wahlberg's character, Marcus Latrelle

465
00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:49,240
Speaker 1: somehow lifts running away from him firing back. And I'm

466
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Speaker 1: not trying to compare football to that level of war,

467
00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:54,320
Speaker 1: even though we use the analogy going to war and stuff.

468
00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:56,520
Speaker 1: I think most of us know what it means. I

469
00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:59,359
Speaker 1: have nothing but respect for what goes on on the

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Speaker 1: line for the Marines at any level. But Russell Wilson

471
00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:07,480
Speaker 1: was in a the equivalent on a football field where

472
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Speaker 1: he had no business of coming out alive of that game.

473
00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:13,200
Speaker 1: When I was coming out, I mean winning the game,

474
00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:17,760
Speaker 1: and somehow against San Francisco that's much more talented, much

475
00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:21,679
Speaker 1: more healthy, He's still found a way at the last

476
00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:23,920
Speaker 1: second to get that ball in a position to win

477
00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:27,800
Speaker 1: the game. Just a remarkable performance by Russell Wilson. If

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Speaker 1: you don't think Russell Wilson is one of the best

479
00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:32,920
Speaker 1: players you've ever seen, one of the most remarkable magicians

480
00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:35,359
Speaker 1: in the history of the league. I don't know what

481
00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:40,639
Speaker 1: to tell you. Minnesota one and done. I see zero chance.

482
00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:44,560
Speaker 1: Let me repeat, zero chance that Kirk Cousins goes on

483
00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:48,280
Speaker 1: the road to the Saints and Sean Payton, Drew Brees

484
00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:51,080
Speaker 1: and that team which is absolutely rolling and even has

485
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Speaker 1: a chance. If he can't win just random Monday night games,

486
00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:57,960
Speaker 1: how is he gonna win a playoff game in the Dome,

487
00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:03,800
Speaker 1: in the dirty South, in just the hot bed of football.

488
00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,240
Speaker 1: Right now, You've got the l s U Tigers playing

489
00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:08,600
Speaker 1: there in a week that you know they're playing for

490
00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:10,840
Speaker 1: the national championship. You got Joe Burrow, you got Drew Brees,

491
00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:12,920
Speaker 1: you got Sean Paigney up breaking all these records. Michael

492
00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:18,760
Speaker 1: Thomas fun cute little story. Minnesota a f C Baltimore

493
00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:22,080
Speaker 1: dominant that they really since I think about Week four

494
00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:24,560
Speaker 1: when they lost in Kansas City, they never lost again

495
00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:27,159
Speaker 1: and then they have been awesome. Now I do have

496
00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:29,960
Speaker 1: a little bit of a question on this team because

497
00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:34,600
Speaker 1: I don't think that Listen Lamar is an incredible athlete

498
00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:39,040
Speaker 1: and his running is running back like I mean, he's

499
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Speaker 1: Barry Sanders. I do think that these in the playoffs,

500
00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:46,720
Speaker 1: they got to take that away from him and force

501
00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:49,240
Speaker 1: him to get into a position where he's gotta pass. Now,

502
00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:50,840
Speaker 1: if they have the lead, they can just run the

503
00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:52,440
Speaker 1: ball on you. But if you can get a lead

504
00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:55,400
Speaker 1: on them, you'll force him to pass and they'll get

505
00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:58,159
Speaker 1: away from just there their bread and butter, which is

506
00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:00,720
Speaker 1: their run game. If you can stop their run game

507
00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,120
Speaker 1: or just make them a little one dimensional, I think

508
00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:06,240
Speaker 1: they can be beat or at least make Lamar proved

509
00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:08,800
Speaker 1: that he can beat you that way, because they haven't

510
00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:10,879
Speaker 1: really had to do that. He's had a lot of

511
00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:13,960
Speaker 1: He had multiple like four and five touchdown games where

512
00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,000
Speaker 1: you go, got you throw five touchdowns on Monday night

513
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,080
Speaker 1: and then you look at the box scoring through for

514
00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:22,680
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty yards. That's not normal. So and I listen,

515
00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:25,160
Speaker 1: I'm not trying to diminish what Lamar accomplishes the MVP

516
00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:27,040
Speaker 1: of the league, but I think it's gonna be a

517
00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:31,800
Speaker 1: little more difficult starting now. Kansas City, they're a little

518
00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:36,480
Speaker 1: lucky that its magic got hot. Uh, they weathered the

519
00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:39,840
Speaker 1: storm when Mahomes knee got dislocated and they lost some

520
00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:42,240
Speaker 1: games in the middle of the season. But they're playing

521
00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:46,160
Speaker 1: well right now. Their defense has been awesome. It has

522
00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:49,919
Speaker 1: been lights out for over a month. That defensive lines playing.

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00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:53,760
Speaker 1: Honey Badger makes multiple plays a game. Honey Badger is

524
00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:56,960
Speaker 1: a badass. They did lose Thornhill, who's the rookie who's

525
00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:59,720
Speaker 1: been playing really well. That's a sneaky, big loss. But

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Speaker 1: I think the Chiefs right now, if I had to pick,

527
00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,360
Speaker 1: arem I picked to win the a f C. The Pats.

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00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:09,160
Speaker 1: I don't think there's I don't think any Patriot fan

529
00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:12,240
Speaker 1: would tell you any otherwise that they are in absolute shambles.

530
00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:16,760
Speaker 1: Losing to Ryan Fitzpatrick. He went eighty yards with the

531
00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:20,800
Speaker 1: with the first round by on the line at home

532
00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:24,160
Speaker 1: against a team that was quote unquote tanking three months ago.

533
00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:27,159
Speaker 1: That that it's one thing to lose in Miami and

534
00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:30,840
Speaker 1: a random October week seventeen win and you get the

535
00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:34,359
Speaker 1: two seed and they couldn't stop him. Say that out loud.

536
00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:39,359
Speaker 1: That is insanity. I'm picking the Titans to be the

537
00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:42,960
Speaker 1: Patriots this year or excuse me, this weekend, and I

538
00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:46,119
Speaker 1: actually feel pretty confident about it. And I am a

539
00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:48,760
Speaker 1: borderline patriot stand when it comes to Belichick and when

540
00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:51,560
Speaker 1: it comes to Brady. But I I think they are.

541
00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:55,200
Speaker 1: I think they've done this year. I I really do.

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00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:58,240
Speaker 1: I have zero confidence that they win this game. If

543
00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:02,320
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins and Ryan It's Patrick and beat you,

544
00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:04,280
Speaker 1: you don't think the Tennessee Titans, who have a running

545
00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:06,960
Speaker 1: back that looks like Khalil Mack who led the league

546
00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,479
Speaker 1: in rushing, who have a j Brown that also kind

547
00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:12,720
Speaker 1: of looks at Clil back who's just dominating, and Ryan

548
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:14,320
Speaker 1: Tanne who is pretty damn good, and they have a

549
00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:16,920
Speaker 1: coach that kind of knows the way. Bill and Tom think.

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00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:20,840
Speaker 1: I love the Titans this weekend Houston. They're just the

551
00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:23,679
Speaker 1: ultimate hot and cold team. I have no clue what

552
00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:26,600
Speaker 1: to expect. You could you could convince me two things.

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00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:28,880
Speaker 1: It'd be hard to see them win by twenty because

554
00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:31,479
Speaker 1: the Bill's defense is so good. But you could convince

555
00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:34,679
Speaker 1: me they win convincing Lee, you know, just in control

556
00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:36,560
Speaker 1: the whole time, Bills never have a chance. Or you

557
00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:39,360
Speaker 1: could convince me they get blown out. And when get

558
00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:41,280
Speaker 1: blown out by the Bills, that score could be like

559
00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:45,600
Speaker 1: seventeen to nothing. So again, it's on the Houston Bill scale.

560
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:49,480
Speaker 1: But I I don't know they are the great wild

561
00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:52,720
Speaker 1: card in this whole tournament because they do have a quarterback,

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00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:55,000
Speaker 1: they do have Hopkins, and they do have a coach

563
00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:56,720
Speaker 1: that's been in a lot of big games and hasn't

564
00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:59,880
Speaker 1: won that many of them. But they're the biggest hot

565
00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:02,360
Speaker 1: and whole team I think in this whole tournament. The

566
00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:06,080
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills just physical that they are. I think I

567
00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,120
Speaker 1: kind of like I think I like upset city here

568
00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:10,080
Speaker 1: for both these two teams, the Bills and Titans to win.

569
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:12,960
Speaker 1: But I know the Bills can do two things. I

570
00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:15,480
Speaker 1: know they're not gonna be intimidated playing this team. They

571
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:18,080
Speaker 1: have a corner that in theory in white that should

572
00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:21,840
Speaker 1: play with Hopkins. Now, their wild card is the quarterback.

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00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:24,000
Speaker 1: You know, he can't have one of these games where

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00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:27,080
Speaker 1: he's overthrowing everyone. You have. You have to complete passes

575
00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:31,200
Speaker 1: in the playoffs. This isn't you know Week seven against

576
00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:35,600
Speaker 1: the Jaguars, playing Vance Joseph and the Cardinals, we got

577
00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:37,960
Speaker 1: to complete some passes on third and seven in a

578
00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:41,680
Speaker 1: tie game in the third quarter on the road in January.

579
00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:44,680
Speaker 1: This is what this is the big boy games. So

580
00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:47,160
Speaker 1: that That's why I don't if I was gonna bet

581
00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:49,200
Speaker 1: I'm gonna bet on Tennessee. I'm not probably gonna bet

582
00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:51,080
Speaker 1: on Josh Allen. I can't bet on a quarterback that

583
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:54,760
Speaker 1: I can't trust to complete basic passes. But if he's on,

584
00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:57,240
Speaker 1: and that's just streaky quarterbacks, and that's kind of what

585
00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:00,320
Speaker 1: he is. Their infrastructure and their style, they can win

586
00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:04,800
Speaker 1: this game. Now, could they make a run? I guess

587
00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:07,840
Speaker 1: if if the Pats, if the Titans win, the Bills win,

588
00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:13,600
Speaker 1: the Chiefs would get the Bills. Yeah, I'd like the

589
00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:16,360
Speaker 1: Chiefs there. They wouldn't be able to score the Titans

590
00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:22,120
Speaker 1: Upset City, baby, upset freaking city. There can't be a

591
00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:26,640
Speaker 1: a singular more important personnel signing in free agency this year.

592
00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:29,280
Speaker 1: I guess it was technically a trade that for Ryan

593
00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:32,520
Speaker 1: Tannehill to the Titans, because if they had just acquired

594
00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:39,120
Speaker 1: Josh Rosen, uh Nick Mullins, just some random young guy

595
00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:42,240
Speaker 1: or just some crappy old guy like a Chase Daniels,

596
00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:46,720
Speaker 1: there is zero percent chancer in the playoffs. Because Mariota

597
00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:48,600
Speaker 1: clearly earlier in the season forgot how to play. You

598
00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:50,960
Speaker 1: had to bench them. And if they just would have

599
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,280
Speaker 1: put in some other random guy like a Mason Rudolph

600
00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:55,920
Speaker 1: Duck Hodges type that they weren't good. They they've been

601
00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:58,920
Speaker 1: explosive on offense. I mean a J. Brown, I think

602
00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:02,600
Speaker 1: what is nine touchdown ounds? Uh, Derrick Henry has been

603
00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:06,080
Speaker 1: awesome and Tanny Hill though it's had rushing touchdowns. When

604
00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:08,600
Speaker 1: I say rushing touchdowns, I've watched multiple games this year

605
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,040
Speaker 1: sitting on my couch on the red zone. Ryan Tanne

606
00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:13,280
Speaker 1: Hills like diving over guys in the end zone. It's

607
00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:17,480
Speaker 1: like this guy's willing his team to victory. They all

608
00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:20,920
Speaker 1: I can say, baby is upset City Rabel Ryan to

609
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:24,680
Speaker 1: say it out loud. This is what I'm thinking of

610
00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:28,880
Speaker 1: right now. I'm picking Ryan Daniel to go into New

611
00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:31,040
Speaker 1: England and win a playoff game. If I say that

612
00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:34,560
Speaker 1: out loud five times, I might just stop myself and

613
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:38,600
Speaker 1: go John, you're the biggest idiot. What are you talking about?

614
00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:41,440
Speaker 1: But if you've watched the games in two thousand nineteen,

615
00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:46,320
Speaker 1: it's it's not as crazy as it sounds. Okay, let's uh,

616
00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:49,440
Speaker 1: let's dive into Joe Burrow and some NFL stories really quick.

617
00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:52,400
Speaker 1: I think Joe Burrow officially is one of the craziest

618
00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:57,120
Speaker 1: college things we've ever seen ever to be to go

619
00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:00,880
Speaker 1: from two thousand and eighteen. Now it's a little over hype,

620
00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:03,160
Speaker 1: like nobody wanted him. People act like he came from

621
00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:07,960
Speaker 1: D seven. He signed a scholarship to Ohio State, so

622
00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:09,480
Speaker 1: you can tell me all you want is a three

623
00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:13,080
Speaker 1: star under He went to Ohio State at a high school.

624
00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:15,960
Speaker 1: Raise your hand if you know anyone that went to

625
00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:19,960
Speaker 1: Ohio State out of high school, not now, like people

626
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:24,640
Speaker 1: that you've met later in life, or you follow you know,

627
00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:28,120
Speaker 1: some former NFL player on Twitter. I'm saying, out of

628
00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:30,440
Speaker 1: high school? How many people do you know that? Ohiuse

629
00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:32,880
Speaker 1: State coaches showed up to your high school or wherever

630
00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:35,560
Speaker 1: you played high school football or went to high school

631
00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:40,840
Speaker 1: neighboring players. It's an elite thing to happen. So I

632
00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,360
Speaker 1: let's not act like Joe Burrows a little engine that could,

633
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:47,880
Speaker 1: but clearly backup. Guy transferred to l s U again,

634
00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:50,880
Speaker 1: transferred to l s U. Say that out loud, so

635
00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:54,000
Speaker 1: hyping up the underdog thing. But when he gets to

636
00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:56,680
Speaker 1: l s U it was first years, fifty sixty touchdowns,

637
00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:59,600
Speaker 1: five picks. I remember watching a couple of times last year.

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Speaker 1: Thing just cool little quarterback, you know, better than what

639
00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:10,600
Speaker 1: they've had. But nothing special this year. At first, I

640
00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:14,360
Speaker 1: thought it was a little overhyped. I remember being out

641
00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:19,040
Speaker 1: with some friends early in the season and getting dinner

642
00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:21,640
Speaker 1: somewhere and we were having some drinks and they had

643
00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:23,640
Speaker 1: the L. S U. Texas game on in the background,

644
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:26,920
Speaker 1: and I had a couple of pops and I was like,

645
00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:31,280
Speaker 1: I remember firing off a tweet like, holy Molly, that

646
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,440
Speaker 1: was a dime. After he was like second or third

647
00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:35,160
Speaker 1: touchdown in that Texas game. He made a couple of

648
00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:38,760
Speaker 1: plays in Austin that were just this kid, man, this

649
00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:40,880
Speaker 1: guy's playing well. L. S U has got a chance.

650
00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:44,720
Speaker 1: And then game after game after game, SEC championship game.

651
00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:46,920
Speaker 1: By the end of the year, you're like, Heisman Trophy lock.

652
00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:50,960
Speaker 1: This dude's in Well. We witnessed the I get it

653
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:55,360
Speaker 1: was Oklahoma, but to have seven touchdowns in that first half,

654
00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:59,320
Speaker 1: to run around and throw these balls on the move,

655
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:04,400
Speaker 1: moving around like your Michael Vick throwing absolute dimes forty

656
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:06,640
Speaker 1: to fifty yards down the field, I don't care how

657
00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:12,200
Speaker 1: damn good Jefferson is. Moss kid is the other sweet

658
00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:15,200
Speaker 1: wide receiver is. And I've been told they're sweet from

659
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:18,200
Speaker 1: nfil Stannerds talking first rounders. A couple of those guys,

660
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:22,279
Speaker 1: he is hitting them in stride in the hands as

661
00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:26,480
Speaker 1: they're running four three four four speed. It was jaw

662
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Speaker 1: dropping how incredible that first half was against Oklahoma because

663
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:34,600
Speaker 1: everyone by the adit was like, Oklahoma sucks. Yeah, guys,

664
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Speaker 1: they're not you, C Davis. They're still Oklahoma with multiple

665
00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:42,440
Speaker 1: draftable players. Number nine, the Murray Kid is a borderline

666
00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:45,320
Speaker 1: first rounder. The defensive coordinator is viewed as one of

667
00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:48,319
Speaker 1: the better defensive coordinators in the country. The guy they

668
00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:51,640
Speaker 1: stole from Ohio State gurinch I always screw up his name,

669
00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:55,560
Speaker 1: but the bad guy, he knows what he's doing. Joe

670
00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:58,840
Speaker 1: Burrow made that guy look like he should be relieved

671
00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:02,400
Speaker 1: of his duties at halftime. Joe Burrows two thousand, nineteen seasons.

672
00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:08,000
Speaker 1: So from sixteen touchdowns five picks, it went up seventy

673
00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:13,440
Speaker 1: seven percent, or excuse me to in one year. His

674
00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:20,640
Speaker 1: completion percentage increased by He went from sixteen touchdowns to

675
00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:26,759
Speaker 1: fifty five touchdowns. And when you're watching these, you're like,

676
00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:29,359
Speaker 1: it's not like he's I remember Mariota used to throw

677
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:33,160
Speaker 1: touchdowns and be like guys wide open, he's hitting guys

678
00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:39,520
Speaker 1: in coverage, in stride on the move that you just go, yeah,

679
00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:41,799
Speaker 1: I don't even know what to say anymore. It's just

680
00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:44,439
Speaker 1: take him number one, and people are going like, what's

681
00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:48,400
Speaker 1: this bus factors? You just gotta take this guy number one.

682
00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:50,960
Speaker 1: I don't even think there's an argument, like the level

683
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:52,600
Speaker 1: in which he's played now, is he gonna do this

684
00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:55,799
Speaker 1: in the NFL? Doubt it unless Joe Brady comes with him.

685
00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:57,320
Speaker 1: And hell, Joe Brady might be the head coach of

686
00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:59,840
Speaker 1: the Cincinnati Bengals in a year, which might not be

687
00:35:59,880 --> 00:36:04,200
Speaker 1: a crazy move. But this season this kid had is

688
00:36:04,719 --> 00:36:08,120
Speaker 1: I'm just thinking of some seasons in college sports. Carmelo

689
00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:10,800
Speaker 1: Anthony in two thousand three, when he led Syracuse the

690
00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:13,319
Speaker 1: national Championship is probably in the last twenty years, one

691
00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:15,799
Speaker 1: of the better just I mean that was a basketball thing.

692
00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:19,239
Speaker 1: But one and done season comes from the season Boom Championship,

693
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Speaker 1: the brow Anthony Davis happening in basketball a couple of times,

694
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:24,880
Speaker 1: and but I mean, looking Carmelo Anthony was like an

695
00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:28,040
Speaker 1: underachiever and he's still had a pretty unreal career. Anthony

696
00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:29,840
Speaker 1: Davis become one of the best players in the league

697
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:34,280
Speaker 1: like that's it usually happens in basketball, not football, because

698
00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:36,600
Speaker 1: in football, if you're a wonder, you're wonder, there's usually

699
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:38,560
Speaker 1: a huge red flag. I think there is somewhat of

700
00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:41,319
Speaker 1: a red flag, like why did this happen? But I

701
00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:44,040
Speaker 1: keep thinking, like he keeps doing it over and over

702
00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:46,120
Speaker 1: and over and over and over again. It would be

703
00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:47,680
Speaker 1: one thing if it was a one year wonder with

704
00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:50,560
Speaker 1: like six five or six games. Every single game the

705
00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:55,080
Speaker 1: guy plays in he eviscerates the competition. If he wins

706
00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:57,520
Speaker 1: a national championship, it throws four or five touchdowns against

707
00:36:57,560 --> 00:37:01,200
Speaker 1: prett Ventables and Clemson. I think it'll go down with

708
00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:05,239
Speaker 1: the greatest single collegiate season we've ever seen. And I

709
00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:09,040
Speaker 1: don't even know how you describe it. Beside it was

710
00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:11,800
Speaker 1: like Peyton Manning mixed with Tom Brady and an LSU

711
00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:15,799
Speaker 1: helmet mixed with a little Michael Vick. It was. It was.

712
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,359
Speaker 1: It was incredible thing to watch. Sometimes you just watch

713
00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:20,279
Speaker 1: something and you go, yeah, I don't know if I've

714
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:23,400
Speaker 1: ever seen this before, and you know when you see it,

715
00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:25,719
Speaker 1: like if you would have thrown three or four touchdowns

716
00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:27,279
Speaker 1: in the Oklahoma game and they would have won by

717
00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:29,920
Speaker 1: twenty you've been like, Oh, this guy's a badass, this

718
00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:33,359
Speaker 1: guy is awesome. Through seven touchdowns in the first half

719
00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:41,080
Speaker 1: seven that was that was crazy. I'm still I would

720
00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:43,680
Speaker 1: argue that's crazy. The crazier thing to happen than even

721
00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:46,240
Speaker 1: Seattle and San Francisco and Seattle and San Francisco Sunday

722
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:51,440
Speaker 1: night was nuts. But that game, just that performance, given

723
00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:54,400
Speaker 1: that he had just won the Heisman and at ogeron

724
00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:57,440
Speaker 1: and the dude keeps living up, guy keeps answering the Bell.

725
00:37:57,640 --> 00:38:01,680
Speaker 1: Let's go to some stories. Adam Ace just refuses to

726
00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:04,360
Speaker 1: say that he likes Levian Bell. I don't know. He

727
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:07,839
Speaker 1: just hates Levian Bell. It's just that simple. They asked him,

728
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:09,600
Speaker 1: do you think he'll be back next year? And he said,

729
00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:11,799
Speaker 1: asked the GM, it's like, Adam, do you do you

730
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:13,919
Speaker 1: want to do? You not like this guy? And then

731
00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:18,600
Speaker 1: Levian Bell quoted the tweet with like a Jeff, just

732
00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:25,280
Speaker 1: come on, Adam. Adam is not I don't I guess

733
00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:28,960
Speaker 1: appreciate guys that refuse to capitulate in the sense of

734
00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:31,720
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna do everything the way that you guys

735
00:38:31,719 --> 00:38:34,120
Speaker 1: want me to do it via the media or the fans,

736
00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:36,719
Speaker 1: But this is like, you're not gonna be able to

737
00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:39,880
Speaker 1: trade him? Just do you hate him that much? Like?

738
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,200
Speaker 1: Was he really the problem? Now? Maybe he was. I

739
00:38:42,239 --> 00:38:44,920
Speaker 1: don't I don't know anyone with New York. I mean,

740
00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:47,200
Speaker 1: I know Phil Savage, but I haven't asked him about this.

741
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:49,000
Speaker 1: I don't I don't know. I don't get it. But

742
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:53,959
Speaker 1: gaze's gaze is weird with that Jamis Winston. I don't

743
00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:55,920
Speaker 1: know what it can be said that hasn't been said,

744
00:38:56,480 --> 00:39:01,200
Speaker 1: but thirty interceptions is just an incredible feet. It is

745
00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:05,239
Speaker 1: a it's a milestone number to end the season with

746
00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:09,080
Speaker 1: a pick six, just and to start. I don't know

747
00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:10,480
Speaker 1: if he started the season with the picks, and I

748
00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:12,960
Speaker 1: think he started his career with the pick six. Seven

749
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:16,120
Speaker 1: pick six is thirty overall interceptions. And then to say

750
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:21,440
Speaker 1: to have the the incredible lack of self awareness to

751
00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:23,080
Speaker 1: say after the game that, yeah, you take away a

752
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:27,000
Speaker 1: couple of picks, I'm bawling. Come on, Jamis. It's like,

753
00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:30,319
Speaker 1: are you serious? You can't take away those those picks

754
00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:32,959
Speaker 1: happen you threw thirty of them. I was thinking today

755
00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:34,839
Speaker 1: when Philip rivers that thing that went viral of him

756
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:38,160
Speaker 1: kind of crying at the end of the season, and

757
00:39:38,239 --> 00:39:43,000
Speaker 1: you started thinking, you know, Philip Rivers, this guy laid

758
00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:44,720
Speaker 1: it on the line. But god, he had a pretty

759
00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:47,840
Speaker 1: bad season. How many picks did he throw? He threw eighteen,

760
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:51,920
Speaker 1: Jamis through twelve more interceptions in Philip Rivers, if you

761
00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:55,399
Speaker 1: watch the Charger game this year, it's impossible to watch

762
00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:57,560
Speaker 1: Charger game and not see him throw multiple picks, because

763
00:39:57,560 --> 00:39:59,359
Speaker 1: it felt like every Charger game I watched you through

764
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:04,120
Speaker 1: three and James through twelve more picks. Jamis, your picks

765
00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:05,759
Speaker 1: aren't just like, oh, just get rid of them. You

766
00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:10,080
Speaker 1: threw thirty and there is the other, you know, side

767
00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:11,839
Speaker 1: of the coin where at least he pushes the ball

768
00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:15,799
Speaker 1: down field either thirty three touchdowns. But James, you can

769
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Speaker 1: thirty picks. Can you imagine if you added up the

770
00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:21,440
Speaker 1: yardage of the pick city through I know, if he

771
00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:25,040
Speaker 1: threw over five thousand yards through thirty three touchdowns, thirty

772
00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:27,799
Speaker 1: picks over five thousand yards. If you if you could

773
00:40:27,840 --> 00:40:30,839
Speaker 1: add the interception yardage, you might have been a six

774
00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:36,080
Speaker 1: yard quarterback. Raiders finished the season after going six and four,

775
00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:41,239
Speaker 1: one in five, one in five. They can say they

776
00:40:41,280 --> 00:40:43,239
Speaker 1: made progress all they want, but you finish one in

777
00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:45,759
Speaker 1: five and you limp your way to Vegas. Technically, they're

778
00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:47,640
Speaker 1: gonna have O t as in Oakland and they're gonna

779
00:40:47,640 --> 00:40:49,359
Speaker 1: have training camp and now. But it's the only team

780
00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:51,560
Speaker 1: that moves but actually doesn't leave. That's ever happened in

781
00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:55,360
Speaker 1: NFL history. But pretty bad finish. And when you watch

782
00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:57,399
Speaker 1: the Broncos, you go, are we sure that they don't

783
00:40:57,440 --> 00:41:01,920
Speaker 1: have more upside? The Raiders had a long way to go. Somehow,

784
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:04,680
Speaker 1: Ms Rabinsky lad the Bears to a game winning drive

785
00:41:04,719 --> 00:41:10,840
Speaker 1: against the Vikings backups. Worst case scenario for the Chicago

786
00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:13,200
Speaker 1: Bear fans that that leads the Bears to pick up

787
00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:15,960
Speaker 1: his fifth year option. That would stuck for you guys. Somehow,

788
00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:19,080
Speaker 1: I've heard from a couple of people that know or

789
00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:21,920
Speaker 1: that that would have I wouldn't say no they you know,

790
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:23,720
Speaker 1: the only people that might know would be like Tony

791
00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:26,319
Speaker 1: con and Shot Khan, people that are pretty you know,

792
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:28,600
Speaker 1: tied in with the league that think Doug Marone is

793
00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:32,520
Speaker 1: gonna survive. There was a story this weekend that he

794
00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:35,000
Speaker 1: was gonna get fired and that just seems to be false.

795
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:39,640
Speaker 1: Anthony Lynn feels like he might survive. Uh, I know,

796
00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:43,520
Speaker 1: you know, Dean Spanos despises paying people, so maybe he

797
00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:45,239
Speaker 1: just might keep him so he doesn't pay him to

798
00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:47,480
Speaker 1: go away as well as other coaches he has in

799
00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:49,960
Speaker 1: the past. But I don't know, man, I would get

800
00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:52,359
Speaker 1: rid of Anthony Lynn. You're not You're gonna go into

801
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:55,799
Speaker 1: the new stadium in Los Angeles with Anthony Lynn. Good

802
00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:59,160
Speaker 1: luck on that and to the Broncos. I watched a

803
00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:02,080
Speaker 1: decent amount of Drew this last month. He's a pretty

804
00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:05,360
Speaker 1: intriguing player. I actually think Drew Lock has a chance

805
00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:08,560
Speaker 1: to be pretty good. I mean, he's got a he's

806
00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:11,160
Speaker 1: got a pretty potent arm. There was a scene after

807
00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:13,080
Speaker 1: the game with Elway on the field next to him.

808
00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:15,840
Speaker 1: You could see Elway was had a pretty big smile,

809
00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:18,759
Speaker 1: beaming ear to ear, kind of like, yeah, I think

810
00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:21,960
Speaker 1: we might have something here. Next year, Bradley Child will

811
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:24,040
Speaker 1: be back off injury. Vaughns, you know, I don't know

812
00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:25,520
Speaker 1: if he's quite what he was, but he's still a

813
00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:28,880
Speaker 1: good player. They have another good draft. I think the

814
00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:31,080
Speaker 1: Broncos could be a team next year to you know,

815
00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:36,040
Speaker 1: make a little noise for the playoffs. Lions, Redskins. Lions

816
00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:41,040
Speaker 1: won three games. The Redskins won I don't know, two games,

817
00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:44,520
Speaker 1: three games. They were just as terrible. The Redskins won

818
00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:48,320
Speaker 1: three games as well. They combined to win six games.

819
00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:51,680
Speaker 1: Both those two teams desperately tried to win games all

820
00:42:51,719 --> 00:42:55,360
Speaker 1: season long, like desperately tried to win games. They combined

821
00:42:55,400 --> 00:43:00,520
Speaker 1: to win six God, what just train wreck franchises. Okay,

822
00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:03,120
Speaker 1: I feel for the fans of those teams. All they

823
00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:05,040
Speaker 1: want to do is win games, and they both of

824
00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:09,080
Speaker 1: them mustred up three wins. Three wins. A three win

825
00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:12,680
Speaker 1: season is is about as bad as it gets, right

826
00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:16,200
Speaker 1: because as we see, the winless seasons are outliers. They

827
00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:20,320
Speaker 1: happened once every decade and then like a pretty crappy

828
00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:22,799
Speaker 1: seasons like the Brown six and ten, A six and

829
00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:27,800
Speaker 1: ten feels bad. A three win season is just awful.

830
00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:31,680
Speaker 1: Remember those NFL films. He's put up those bloopers. That's

831
00:43:31,719 --> 00:43:33,680
Speaker 1: kind of what a three win season feels like. Just

832
00:43:33,719 --> 00:43:37,680
Speaker 1: bloopers after bloopers, after fumbles, after picks, after ball is

833
00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:40,279
Speaker 1: hitting guys in the helmet and stuff like that. And

834
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:43,680
Speaker 1: man Carolina crumpled after they got run to Ron Rivera.

835
00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:49,160
Speaker 1: I mean, what a gutless finished to the season. Could

836
00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:52,320
Speaker 1: they have tried any less and I get their quarterback situation.

837
00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:55,440
Speaker 1: Kyle Allen and Will Greer just suddenly got awful when

838
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:59,759
Speaker 1: Ron left. But that that actually makes Ron. Look if

839
00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:05,400
Speaker 1: I'm interviewing Ron, I go, well, Ron, clearly you were

840
00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:07,880
Speaker 1: You were the foundation of that place because you left.

841
00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:10,040
Speaker 1: And I don't know if the you know, they say

842
00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:13,839
Speaker 1: the cats away that mice will play. Was anyone listening

843
00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:17,320
Speaker 1: to anybody? It feels like Keithley and McCaffrey were probably trying.

844
00:44:17,920 --> 00:44:20,080
Speaker 1: I I don't know if anyone else tried, because that

845
00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:24,040
Speaker 1: franchise fell apart. Okay, let's get to the middlecoff mail

846
00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:27,640
Speaker 1: back question for the pod. Obviously Burrows unreal dominance. There's

847
00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:30,520
Speaker 1: no way the Bengals don't take them. Listen to the

848
00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:33,640
Speaker 1: pod talking about how big of a deal it is

849
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:35,680
Speaker 1: for a player to follow to a greater organization in

850
00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:37,640
Speaker 1: the draft, and how we've seen players time and time

851
00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:40,520
Speaker 1: again have much more success when they followed the better organizations.

852
00:44:41,280 --> 00:44:43,120
Speaker 1: This seems to be the case more so with skilled

853
00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:47,560
Speaker 1: players rather than quarterbacks, because a quarterback can dictate a

854
00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:53,360
Speaker 1: lot of success of how good an organization is. Breeze, Wilson, etc. Uh.

855
00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:56,480
Speaker 1: What is possible? What is the possibility that Burrow denies

856
00:44:56,520 --> 00:44:58,640
Speaker 1: the Bengals and forced a better team to trade for him,

857
00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:01,360
Speaker 1: and what implications will that have on him, his legacy

858
00:45:01,400 --> 00:45:07,879
Speaker 1: and expectations around him. Where he to pull off the trade? Well,

859
00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:10,520
Speaker 1: I think we forget. I mean, Elway did it five

860
00:45:10,560 --> 00:45:13,080
Speaker 1: super Bowls later, two Super Bowl rings. No one cares.

861
00:45:13,600 --> 00:45:17,520
Speaker 1: Eli did it too, super Bowl rings, beat Belichick twice.

862
00:45:18,320 --> 00:45:19,920
Speaker 1: He's been the man of the Year in the NFL.

863
00:45:20,360 --> 00:45:25,520
Speaker 1: No one gives a ship. I think Joe Burrow what

864
00:45:25,640 --> 00:45:28,400
Speaker 1: makes it a little complicated is in his Heisman Trophy

865
00:45:28,440 --> 00:45:32,440
Speaker 1: presentation he kind of did a little like Lebron branded

866
00:45:32,520 --> 00:45:35,280
Speaker 1: himself as just a kid from Akron and he played

867
00:45:35,280 --> 00:45:37,560
Speaker 1: in Cleveland. Then he left, but he ultimately came back.

868
00:45:38,200 --> 00:45:40,080
Speaker 1: And the one thing you can't to die and I

869
00:45:40,080 --> 00:45:44,200
Speaker 1: don't blame him ultimately for leaving l a Akron. The

870
00:45:44,280 --> 00:45:46,960
Speaker 1: city of the state of Ohio means a lot to Lebron,

871
00:45:48,360 --> 00:45:50,720
Speaker 1: the way Joe Burrow talk like, the state of Ohio

872
00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:52,840
Speaker 1: means a lot to him. And like you said, the

873
00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:57,200
Speaker 1: one thing with quarterbacks is I think especially when you're young,

874
00:45:57,440 --> 00:45:59,360
Speaker 1: like you know, Burrow is actually a little older for

875
00:45:59,400 --> 00:46:01,520
Speaker 1: a rookie. But you'll be twenty four years old or

876
00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:03,799
Speaker 1: twenty three years old, because I think he's gonna think

877
00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:05,680
Speaker 1: that I can just turn them around. And you know,

878
00:46:05,719 --> 00:46:07,839
Speaker 1: watching a little bit of their game on Red Zone

879
00:46:07,880 --> 00:46:09,879
Speaker 1: the other day, it's like, God, Joe Mixon is pretty good.

880
00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:12,239
Speaker 1: Joe Mixon has had a really good like last half

881
00:46:12,239 --> 00:46:18,120
Speaker 1: of the season. I just I I don't see him.

882
00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:20,520
Speaker 1: I don't see him doing that now he could, and

883
00:46:20,560 --> 00:46:22,480
Speaker 1: I think the way he would do it is, I'm

884
00:46:22,480 --> 00:46:25,040
Speaker 1: gonna refuse to sign with you. I'm not going to

885
00:46:25,160 --> 00:46:28,440
Speaker 1: sign with the Bengals. But after his highs and speech,

886
00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:30,600
Speaker 1: and I would have said, not knowing anything about him

887
00:46:30,640 --> 00:46:33,400
Speaker 1: beside him being from there, I would have said that

888
00:46:33,480 --> 00:46:35,680
Speaker 1: might be on the table. But after watching that speech

889
00:46:35,719 --> 00:46:38,480
Speaker 1: and how much those people mean to him, I think

890
00:46:38,520 --> 00:46:41,040
Speaker 1: he's gonna go to the Bengals, because that's for the

891
00:46:41,120 --> 00:46:43,080
Speaker 1: most part in the In the NFL, you just go

892
00:46:43,200 --> 00:46:45,200
Speaker 1: to the team that drafts you, and if you're the

893
00:46:45,239 --> 00:46:47,840
Speaker 1: number one overall pick, you get thirty five million dollars

894
00:46:48,760 --> 00:46:50,480
Speaker 1: and you just try to be the savior of the franchise.

895
00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:54,719
Speaker 1: Are the Packers the worst ever team to get a buy?

896
00:46:55,239 --> 00:46:58,720
Speaker 1: Their schedule is soft NFC East Week Raiders, Chiefs without

897
00:46:58,760 --> 00:47:00,880
Speaker 1: my homes, Bears and lie Ends in their own division

898
00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:02,879
Speaker 1: weren't very good. I don't think they have a win

899
00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:05,839
Speaker 1: against a legit team all year. They're destined to get

900
00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:08,279
Speaker 1: blown out when the Saints come to town the divisional round.

901
00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:10,520
Speaker 1: Rogers isn't what he used to be. Outside of Davante,

902
00:47:10,600 --> 00:47:13,880
Speaker 1: they got no wide receivers. Jimmy grahams shew his form herself.

903
00:47:15,960 --> 00:47:20,560
Speaker 1: All I'd say is that if if the game against

904
00:47:20,600 --> 00:47:23,520
Speaker 1: the Saints was on a neutral field, like a bowl game,

905
00:47:23,600 --> 00:47:26,560
Speaker 1: I'd say, well, I completely agree with you. The Saints

906
00:47:26,560 --> 00:47:29,160
Speaker 1: are gonna boat race them. But the game's in Lambeau,

907
00:47:29,840 --> 00:47:33,240
Speaker 1: and if it's fifteen degrees and it's freezing freaking cold,

908
00:47:33,840 --> 00:47:36,719
Speaker 1: do you have faith at Drew Brees at forty years old,

909
00:47:37,040 --> 00:47:40,120
Speaker 1: who has historically not been great outside, He's gonna go

910
00:47:40,160 --> 00:47:43,120
Speaker 1: out to Lambeaux and just light them up. Because if

911
00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:45,560
Speaker 1: the game was if it was reversed and the Packers

912
00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:49,200
Speaker 1: were the three and the Saints were the two, we

913
00:47:49,239 --> 00:47:53,879
Speaker 1: would all agree the Saints are gonna destroy Green Bay.

914
00:47:54,360 --> 00:47:58,080
Speaker 1: But I don't know the Packers. I am in agreement.

915
00:47:58,239 --> 00:48:01,919
Speaker 1: They're one of I'd have to will look like it's

916
00:48:01,960 --> 00:48:04,359
Speaker 1: just I forget. You know, all the teams have been

917
00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:06,960
Speaker 1: first and you know, but for the most part, usually

918
00:48:07,320 --> 00:48:10,520
Speaker 1: one and two seeds are like the Niners, the Ravens,

919
00:48:10,600 --> 00:48:13,600
Speaker 1: the Patriots, the Chiefs, you know, good really good teams.

920
00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:15,719
Speaker 1: I do not view the Packers like that. And a

921
00:48:15,719 --> 00:48:19,640
Speaker 1: big reason why is Roger's been off, but I I

922
00:48:19,719 --> 00:48:21,680
Speaker 1: do kind of like him at home, just because their

923
00:48:21,719 --> 00:48:25,759
Speaker 1: home field advantage in the playoffs is a major home

924
00:48:25,840 --> 00:48:36,200
Speaker 1: field advantage, and I mean major home field advantage. Uh,

925
00:48:36,360 --> 00:48:39,640
Speaker 1: let's see if I can, what would the score be

926
00:48:39,719 --> 00:48:45,880
Speaker 1: if Seattle was healthy. I think Seattle could have played

927
00:48:45,880 --> 00:48:48,400
Speaker 1: with the forty Niners they were healthy if the forty,

928
00:48:48,440 --> 00:48:50,359
Speaker 1: if the Seattle was fully healthy, they would be one

929
00:48:50,360 --> 00:48:51,920
Speaker 1: of the best teams in the league. They'd be The

930
00:48:51,960 --> 00:48:54,680
Speaker 1: forty Niners would be a quin FLA game. It still

931
00:48:54,719 --> 00:48:57,000
Speaker 1: is a quin FLA game because Russell Wilson is incredible.

932
00:48:57,440 --> 00:48:59,960
Speaker 1: So even if they're terrible, they're still actually gonna be

933
00:49:00,120 --> 00:49:02,359
Speaker 1: good because they got Russell Wilson. And if they are

934
00:49:02,440 --> 00:49:04,799
Speaker 1: good with Russell Wilson, then they're just gonna be good.

935
00:49:05,840 --> 00:49:07,920
Speaker 1: So the reality, as long as you got Russell Wilson,

936
00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:11,640
Speaker 1: you're gonna be good's that's simple, whether you're healthy or not,

937
00:49:11,719 --> 00:49:14,719
Speaker 1: it's it's he's the He's the great equalizer right now,

938
00:49:14,760 --> 00:49:19,000
Speaker 1: I'd say in sports more than any other player. It

939
00:49:19,120 --> 00:49:21,600
Speaker 1: was remarkable that they kept that game so close. Do

940
00:49:21,640 --> 00:49:25,680
Speaker 1: you think Cam getting a starting job back? I would yeah.

941
00:49:25,880 --> 00:49:28,680
Speaker 1: I mean, what are they gonna do? Will Greer looks bad?

942
00:49:28,880 --> 00:49:33,720
Speaker 1: Kyle Allen fell off the map. I guess the kicker

943
00:49:33,760 --> 00:49:36,040
Speaker 1: would be who's going to be their coach? Maybe the

944
00:49:36,080 --> 00:49:39,680
Speaker 1: coach despises Cam Newton for some reason, but it sure

945
00:49:39,760 --> 00:49:42,400
Speaker 1: feels like it's trendy. Cam Newton, It's gonna be the

946
00:49:42,400 --> 00:49:45,560
Speaker 1: starting quarterback of the Carolina Panthers next year. How can

947
00:49:45,600 --> 00:49:47,759
Speaker 1: the that obvious p I not be reviewed at the

948
00:49:47,800 --> 00:49:49,719
Speaker 1: end of the game. The NFL should do something about this.

949
00:49:49,760 --> 00:49:52,440
Speaker 1: What do you think they could possibly do well? I'll

950
00:49:52,480 --> 00:49:54,439
Speaker 1: be honest. I saw the replays. It looked like the

951
00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:57,920
Speaker 1: offensive player pushed off him. You know, I don't have

952
00:49:57,960 --> 00:50:00,160
Speaker 1: a big problem with that play at the the ute

953
00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:02,920
Speaker 1: unquote p I. They didn't get called because on the

954
00:50:03,040 --> 00:50:05,920
Speaker 1: on the series where the Niners when they punted, it

955
00:50:05,960 --> 00:50:10,040
Speaker 1: was second and five and they called unsportsman like penalty

956
00:50:10,719 --> 00:50:12,879
Speaker 1: on a play when the offensive lineman was just trying

957
00:50:12,880 --> 00:50:14,759
Speaker 1: to block a guy. He had no clue what was

958
00:50:14,760 --> 00:50:17,799
Speaker 1: going on, and the dude barely got touched. So I,

959
00:50:18,480 --> 00:50:20,120
Speaker 1: you know, one thing I'm kind of tired of doing.

960
00:50:21,040 --> 00:50:24,920
Speaker 1: He is complaining about the refs, you know, and I

961
00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:28,160
Speaker 1: get the ref screw up. And I've gambled on games

962
00:50:28,160 --> 00:50:31,239
Speaker 1: where you wanna you would like to physically beat up

963
00:50:31,280 --> 00:50:34,600
Speaker 1: the ref I've been there. I get it, but it's

964
00:50:34,600 --> 00:50:37,960
Speaker 1: exhausting to constantly blame the ref Just win the freaking game,

965
00:50:38,400 --> 00:50:41,480
Speaker 1: you know. Even Ohio State, that call where the guy

966
00:50:41,520 --> 00:50:45,000
Speaker 1: fumbled was an egregious call. It was clearly a fumble.

967
00:50:45,360 --> 00:50:48,400
Speaker 1: It should have been a touchdown, you know, or I

968
00:50:48,640 --> 00:50:50,399
Speaker 1: don't even I was kind of drunk by that time,

969
00:50:50,480 --> 00:50:53,080
Speaker 1: but you know, whether they score their ball, whatever the

970
00:50:53,120 --> 00:50:56,600
Speaker 1: situation was. But Ohio State had their chance to win

971
00:50:56,600 --> 00:50:58,959
Speaker 1: at the end of the game. They had their chance

972
00:50:59,680 --> 00:51:02,439
Speaker 1: and justin feels through an interception in the end zone.

973
00:51:03,520 --> 00:51:05,680
Speaker 1: And maybe it's just living in the Bay Area having

974
00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:10,720
Speaker 1: the Raiders always blame the referees. I just I can't

975
00:51:10,760 --> 00:51:12,960
Speaker 1: do it. Now. Did the referee screw up last year

976
00:51:12,960 --> 00:51:16,480
Speaker 1: in the NFC Championship game? Of course, are their greatest

977
00:51:16,520 --> 00:51:18,080
Speaker 1: errors at the end of the games that costs. I

978
00:51:18,320 --> 00:51:20,600
Speaker 1: don't think the p I one is some obvious call

979
00:51:21,160 --> 00:51:24,640
Speaker 1: because the offensive guy is creating contact and shoving the defender.

980
00:51:25,760 --> 00:51:29,440
Speaker 1: So I don't know. I just I can't take blaming

981
00:51:29,480 --> 00:51:33,320
Speaker 1: the refs constantly anymore. And I despised the referees, and

982
00:51:33,360 --> 00:51:34,840
Speaker 1: I think a lot of them should be fired. So

983
00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:36,719
Speaker 1: you're hearing it from a guy that's not like pro

984
00:51:36,840 --> 00:51:41,560
Speaker 1: ref Well, I was wrong. Hawks still beating the Niners

985
00:51:41,560 --> 00:51:44,960
Speaker 1: in the division around, Yeah, maybe they will. I mean

986
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:47,840
Speaker 1: if they if they beat the Eagles and the Saints. Clearly,

987
00:51:47,880 --> 00:51:50,879
Speaker 1: as we all probably agree, even Vikings fans can't feel

988
00:51:50,920 --> 00:51:54,319
Speaker 1: good about this game. Beat the win that game. We

989
00:51:54,400 --> 00:52:00,320
Speaker 1: will get Niners, Niners, Hawks, Packers, Saints pretty solid second

990
00:52:00,360 --> 00:52:05,600
Speaker 1: round middlecoff mail back that delay of game by Seattle

991
00:52:05,680 --> 00:52:07,960
Speaker 1: was a loser move. Do you think that delay of game,

992
00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:10,040
Speaker 1: considering it was at home, was a worse look than

993
00:52:10,080 --> 00:52:12,560
Speaker 1: not rushing with Shawn in the Super Bowl? What do

994
00:52:12,600 --> 00:52:15,120
Speaker 1: you think it was worse? Personally? I think the delay

995
00:52:15,160 --> 00:52:17,840
Speaker 1: of game is extremely inexcusable, worse than the Super Bowl.

996
00:52:18,400 --> 00:52:21,319
Speaker 1: I had a forty Niners executive now I think he

997
00:52:21,360 --> 00:52:25,239
Speaker 1: was a little drunk on late late Sunday night after

998
00:52:25,320 --> 00:52:28,880
Speaker 1: they won, said what do you think Pete Carroll is

999
00:52:28,880 --> 00:52:34,080
Speaker 1: gonna get destroyed tomorrow from that? And I'm like, yeah, maybe,

1000
00:52:34,239 --> 00:52:37,560
Speaker 1: I just think that so much happened after that, do

1001
00:52:37,600 --> 00:52:41,200
Speaker 1: you kind of lose sight of that play? But it

1002
00:52:41,280 --> 00:52:45,759
Speaker 1: was a pretty egregious error by the offense. I don't

1003
00:52:45,800 --> 00:52:48,319
Speaker 1: really know who's the blame, the Niner guy. I thought

1004
00:52:48,320 --> 00:52:51,160
Speaker 1: Pete Carroll was to blame. Now he's the head coach,

1005
00:52:51,280 --> 00:52:54,920
Speaker 1: so anything that happens is on his watch. In defense

1006
00:52:54,960 --> 00:52:58,040
Speaker 1: of Pete Carroll, he's not the offensive play caller. That's

1007
00:52:58,040 --> 00:53:02,279
Speaker 1: Brian Schottenheimer. Brian Schottenheimer and Russell Wilson are kind of

1008
00:53:02,280 --> 00:53:07,400
Speaker 1: working in tandem. Then offensive position coaches are in charge

1009
00:53:07,440 --> 00:53:10,640
Speaker 1: of if you're changing personnel, like if you're the running

1010
00:53:10,680 --> 00:53:14,040
Speaker 1: back coach and you want Marshaun or Homer was a

1011
00:53:14,080 --> 00:53:16,279
Speaker 1: wide receiver coach or the tight end coach, making sure

1012
00:53:16,280 --> 00:53:19,120
Speaker 1: the right groups. And that's not Pete Carroll, that's those

1013
00:53:19,160 --> 00:53:24,480
Speaker 1: guys job. What does the famous Bill Belichick saying when

1014
00:53:24,480 --> 00:53:28,359
Speaker 1: it's when it's written out, do your job. I think

1015
00:53:28,360 --> 00:53:31,000
Speaker 1: a lot some of that's on Russell Wilson as well,

1016
00:53:32,040 --> 00:53:35,879
Speaker 1: like you can't. And we had I filled in today

1017
00:53:35,880 --> 00:53:38,120
Speaker 1: out of doing some radio and John Clayton was on

1018
00:53:38,280 --> 00:53:40,600
Speaker 1: and he said, I guess Pete Carroll said in his

1019
00:53:40,640 --> 00:53:43,239
Speaker 1: press conference today, He's like, I think sometimes when you

1020
00:53:43,280 --> 00:53:47,320
Speaker 1: spike it in that situation in your mind as a player.

1021
00:53:47,600 --> 00:53:49,160
Speaker 1: And I don't know if he said it as a coach,

1022
00:53:49,200 --> 00:53:51,520
Speaker 1: but maybe people on the sideline just assume it's like

1023
00:53:51,520 --> 00:53:54,839
Speaker 1: a tight end when you only got forty seconds. I

1024
00:53:54,840 --> 00:53:58,840
Speaker 1: I agree it is a that error cost them the

1025
00:53:58,880 --> 00:54:01,640
Speaker 1: game because if they if they just get to the line,

1026
00:54:01,840 --> 00:54:04,160
Speaker 1: don't have a delay of game, they run Marshawn in

1027
00:54:05,719 --> 00:54:09,560
Speaker 1: and I listen, I you could probably ask ten different

1028
00:54:09,600 --> 00:54:12,279
Speaker 1: people from Belichick to Andy Reid, to Sean Payton, to

1029
00:54:12,719 --> 00:54:15,600
Speaker 1: every offensive guy that's coached in the league, what what

1030
00:54:15,640 --> 00:54:18,120
Speaker 1: they thought of that past Russell Wilson that ultimately got

1031
00:54:18,160 --> 00:54:21,520
Speaker 1: intercepted by Malcolm Butler. And I would imagine a decent

1032
00:54:21,560 --> 00:54:24,960
Speaker 1: amount would have supported it given the situation, and you

1033
00:54:25,040 --> 00:54:28,680
Speaker 1: still had other shots with Marshawn Lynch, but that delay

1034
00:54:28,680 --> 00:54:33,960
Speaker 1: a game. It was bad. It killed him because the

1035
00:54:34,040 --> 00:54:38,480
Speaker 1: Niners loose the game. If you're the forty Niners, how

1036
00:54:38,520 --> 00:54:40,719
Speaker 1: do you feel after beating the shis out of the

1037
00:54:40,719 --> 00:54:43,200
Speaker 1: Seahawks total domination and winning by an inch, how do

1038
00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:47,040
Speaker 1: the forty Niners play better and still almost lose, no turnovers,

1039
00:54:47,080 --> 00:54:51,360
Speaker 1: only two sacks. Garoppolo totally comfortable in the pocket because

1040
00:54:51,440 --> 00:54:54,880
Speaker 1: the Seattle's their Boogeyman. I mean, Russell Wilson's the Boogeyman.

1041
00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:59,440
Speaker 1: Seattle franchise, the Boogeyman. They can't shake that franchise, the franchise.

1042
00:55:00,200 --> 00:55:04,400
Speaker 1: It could be Pete Carroll, me, you, and like six

1043
00:55:04,400 --> 00:55:08,400
Speaker 1: other guys plus Russell Wilson. It could be Nick Bosa, Navarro, Bowman,

1044
00:55:08,800 --> 00:55:12,799
Speaker 1: Patrick Willis, Justin Smith, and we'd still score some touchdowns.

1045
00:55:12,800 --> 00:55:15,480
Speaker 1: That's just as a Seattle they just there's just some

1046
00:55:17,320 --> 00:55:20,560
Speaker 1: I don't even know. They just there's just something with

1047
00:55:20,680 --> 00:55:24,640
Speaker 1: that franchise against the Niners. Hot take forty Niners. Defense

1048
00:55:24,680 --> 00:55:28,799
Speaker 1: will be better without Solo in two thousand twenty, thoughts, Well,

1049
00:55:28,840 --> 00:55:31,160
Speaker 1: you'd have to tell me who the defensive coordinator is.

1050
00:55:31,280 --> 00:55:33,799
Speaker 1: I would lean no. I think Robert Salo is pretty good.

1051
00:55:34,680 --> 00:55:37,160
Speaker 1: I think he's a pretty good defensive coordinator. And I'm biased.

1052
00:55:37,160 --> 00:55:39,400
Speaker 1: IVER like bald guys, and I like Robert Salom, but

1053
00:55:39,520 --> 00:55:41,920
Speaker 1: I would lean No, I've been watching a lot of

1054
00:55:41,960 --> 00:55:43,640
Speaker 1: the Cardinals this year, and I love the way that

1055
00:55:43,719 --> 00:55:46,600
Speaker 1: Kyler plays, such a great talent. Do you think the

1056
00:55:46,640 --> 00:55:49,360
Speaker 1: cards have what it takes to make to compete for

1057
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Speaker 1: the division in two or three years? And if so,

1058
00:55:52,600 --> 00:55:55,160
Speaker 1: what pieces should they add this year in the draft?

1059
00:55:55,920 --> 00:55:58,520
Speaker 1: Will you go? They got the quarterback. They have a

1060
00:55:58,600 --> 00:56:01,239
Speaker 1: running back, Christian Work. They have a wide receiver. They

1061
00:56:01,320 --> 00:56:03,600
Speaker 1: drafted a bunch of wide receivers last year, so there's

1062
00:56:03,600 --> 00:56:05,399
Speaker 1: some of those guys are gonna step up. They need

1063
00:56:05,400 --> 00:56:09,160
Speaker 1: to draft some offensive lineman. You go, how's their pass rush? Well,

1064
00:56:09,160 --> 00:56:11,279
Speaker 1: they got the best singular pass rusher in the league.

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00:56:11,320 --> 00:56:13,960
Speaker 1: They could use some more defensive linemen. They could just

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00:56:14,040 --> 00:56:17,040
Speaker 1: use more defensive players. I don't think the coordinator is

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00:56:17,120 --> 00:56:20,759
Speaker 1: very good advanced Joseph. But I saw Cliff Kingsbury, I

1068
00:56:20,760 --> 00:56:22,879
Speaker 1: think said today in his final press conference, they're gonna

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00:56:22,960 --> 00:56:25,600
Speaker 1: keep him, which would not be my move. I would

1070
00:56:25,600 --> 00:56:28,279
Speaker 1: relieve him of his duties. You have to do. You

1071
00:56:28,360 --> 00:56:32,520
Speaker 1: can't compete for the division with him as your defensive coordinator. Uh.

1072
00:56:32,560 --> 00:56:34,280
Speaker 1: But yeah, they just need a ton of guys on defense.

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00:56:34,280 --> 00:56:36,440
Speaker 1: When they were hoping with Bruce Arians, they were clearly

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00:56:36,480 --> 00:56:39,640
Speaker 1: good on offense. But let's not forget from Klais Campbell

1075
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Speaker 1: two Dams b to the Honey Badger Um, the Powers

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00:56:46,400 --> 00:56:49,719
Speaker 1: I think his name what Buchanan, Tony Jefferson like they

1077
00:56:49,760 --> 00:56:52,880
Speaker 1: had dudes. They were flying around and wreck and shop

1078
00:56:52,880 --> 00:56:56,200
Speaker 1: with Todd Bull's blitz and everywhere. So that you gotta

1079
00:56:56,200 --> 00:56:58,480
Speaker 1: be good on defense. You can't win in this league

1080
00:56:58,480 --> 00:57:00,680
Speaker 1: without being good. The reason the Chiefs now have a shot,

1081
00:57:00,960 --> 00:57:03,479
Speaker 1: their defense is good. The reason the Ravens are playing

1082
00:57:03,480 --> 00:57:07,239
Speaker 1: good Lamar Jackson and the defense, the Niners defense. You

1083
00:57:07,239 --> 00:57:09,160
Speaker 1: can make fun of Rodgers and the floor all you want,

1084
00:57:09,200 --> 00:57:12,839
Speaker 1: and trust me I have, but Zadarius Smith looks like

1085
00:57:13,160 --> 00:57:17,080
Speaker 1: Reggie White. So when you have a good defense and

1086
00:57:17,120 --> 00:57:21,040
Speaker 1: you can make plays on defense, got a shot quick

1087
00:57:21,080 --> 00:57:23,520
Speaker 1: question for the pod. So I'm a razorback fan and

1088
00:57:23,560 --> 00:57:26,840
Speaker 1: watch green Law play a lot. He never looked like that,

1089
00:57:27,280 --> 00:57:29,160
Speaker 1: but I have seen him come up big in a

1090
00:57:29,200 --> 00:57:32,600
Speaker 1: few big games for the forty Niners. So is he

1091
00:57:32,640 --> 00:57:35,520
Speaker 1: really that good? And what do you think of him?

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00:57:35,640 --> 00:57:38,280
Speaker 1: I think in the NFL today, guys like green Law

1093
00:57:38,600 --> 00:57:41,680
Speaker 1: who is you know? I think like a two pound

1094
00:57:41,880 --> 00:57:46,720
Speaker 1: really athletic linebacker that that's modern day football linebackers that

1095
00:57:46,760 --> 00:57:50,240
Speaker 1: can fly around, and he is a big time athlete.

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00:57:50,880 --> 00:57:54,080
Speaker 1: And I think it also helps when you're just around

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00:57:54,080 --> 00:57:56,040
Speaker 1: a lot of other good players. I mean, when he's

1098
00:57:56,040 --> 00:58:00,400
Speaker 1: on the field, he's next to Bosa, Buckner, Armstead Germans

1099
00:58:00,440 --> 00:58:03,720
Speaker 1: on one side. He's got Fred Warner on the other

1100
00:58:03,760 --> 00:58:07,040
Speaker 1: side of him. Behind him, he's got Jimmy Ward and

1101
00:58:07,640 --> 00:58:11,400
Speaker 1: when he's healthy, Quas Guitart. So he's got a DeFord.

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Speaker 1: He's gonna come back for the playoffs. You've got great

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00:58:14,200 --> 00:58:16,000
Speaker 1: players around him all over the place. So all he

1104
00:58:16,040 --> 00:58:18,120
Speaker 1: has to do is just whatever his job is, as

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00:58:18,160 --> 00:58:22,240
Speaker 1: Belichick says, whether it's just you know, cover a certain

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00:58:22,280 --> 00:58:25,120
Speaker 1: portion of the field, man up with a tight end

1107
00:58:25,200 --> 00:58:29,520
Speaker 1: or a running back, just help bracket a player in

1108
00:58:29,560 --> 00:58:32,120
Speaker 1: the red zone. You don't have to do that much

1109
00:58:32,480 --> 00:58:36,360
Speaker 1: and you can just use your athleticism. And there's one

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00:58:36,400 --> 00:58:39,560
Speaker 1: element to the Diners team this year that has separated

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00:58:39,600 --> 00:58:41,600
Speaker 1: them and I think helped make them the number one

1112
00:58:41,600 --> 00:58:45,640
Speaker 1: overall seed. They're physical and you cannot play for them

1113
00:58:45,680 --> 00:58:48,640
Speaker 1: if you're soft. The moment you start acting soft or

1114
00:58:48,640 --> 00:58:51,560
Speaker 1: playing soft, they bench you, as they did in that

1115
00:58:51,600 --> 00:58:56,320
Speaker 1: game with Kelly Weatherspoon. That these physical badasses only and

1116
00:58:56,400 --> 00:59:01,440
Speaker 1: green loss just he's he's a cool dude, and sometimes

1117
00:59:01,440 --> 00:59:04,360
Speaker 1: that's what's tough about college scouting. There were probably a

1118
00:59:04,400 --> 00:59:06,480
Speaker 1: lot of people in the country, even the Niners. I mean,

1119
00:59:06,480 --> 00:59:07,880
Speaker 1: they took him in the fifth round. It's not like

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00:59:07,880 --> 00:59:10,520
Speaker 1: they drafted him the second round where you're like, you know,

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00:59:10,560 --> 00:59:13,720
Speaker 1: he's got some athletic attributes, but maybe he's a little underdeveloped.

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00:59:13,720 --> 00:59:16,200
Speaker 1: And he's playing at a school like Arkansas that's fired

1123
00:59:16,200 --> 00:59:19,000
Speaker 1: a bunch of coaches, and he gets the forty and

1124
00:59:19,040 --> 00:59:24,640
Speaker 1: you just maximize his talents. That tackle was textbooks not

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00:59:24,680 --> 00:59:28,200
Speaker 1: even the right word was just I mean, it's a

1126
00:59:28,280 --> 00:59:30,920
Speaker 1: historic moment for the forty nine franchise. One then the

1127
00:59:30,920 --> 00:59:35,280
Speaker 1: division against their you know rival, short term rival is

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00:59:35,360 --> 00:59:37,880
Speaker 1: I mean they've been rivals now for a decade and

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00:59:38,040 --> 00:59:42,200
Speaker 1: rivals actually strong. It's been a one sided rivalry. Fourth

1130
00:59:42,200 --> 00:59:45,560
Speaker 1: time they beat him in a decade. Fourth they were

1131
00:59:45,600 --> 00:59:48,320
Speaker 1: thirteen and three against until that game. Now they're thirteen

1132
00:59:48,320 --> 00:59:51,080
Speaker 1: and four Seattle. You know the night there's have four

1133
00:59:51,120 --> 00:59:54,720
Speaker 1: of those wins. So I'm with you. It is fascinating,

1134
00:59:54,720 --> 00:59:57,080
Speaker 1: and it happens with a lot of players. You go, God,

1135
00:59:57,120 --> 00:59:59,080
Speaker 1: I thought this guy was gonna be good, but he's

1136
00:59:59,200 --> 01:00:01,760
Speaker 1: really good, and I think you gotta be green lots

1137
01:00:01,760 --> 01:00:04,720
Speaker 1: flashing more than he's like. He's not something, he's not

1138
01:00:04,840 --> 01:00:08,120
Speaker 1: Blue Keikley or anything, but he's He's done a hell

1139
01:00:08,160 --> 01:00:10,040
Speaker 1: of a job for him, man, he really has Thanks

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Speaker 1: everyone for listening. Have a good have a good week,

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01:00:13,560 --> 01:00:16,360
Speaker 1: Happy new Year in two thousand twenty. Let's make it

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Speaker 1: a positive one.