1 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: What is going on? Everybody's Yon Middlecoff three and Out podcast. 2 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: Back at it again as we head into the divisional round. 3 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: I was gonna wait till the end of the game, 4 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: but there's thirteen minutes left and the score is fifty 5 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 1: two to twenty four. Uh. Nick Saban's gonna win his 6 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: seventy five national championship, So roll Tide. Congrats to Alabama. 7 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 1: We'll dive into just some NFL angles to that game 8 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 1: and a couple of things I saw. Then. We got 9 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 1: a lot going on, some breaking news earlier today Doug 10 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:47,919 Speaker 1: Peterson fired. I'm gonna dive into some thoughts I had 11 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:51,879 Speaker 1: on Sean McVeigh, some of the older quarterbacks, Brady Breeze, 12 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 1: Big Bend Rivers. I think we got a really really 13 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: good upcoming game this weekend between Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, 14 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: Bill's Ravens. Can't wait for that. We have a good 15 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: game Tampa and the Saints. Is a really good game. 16 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 1: Can't wait, can't wait. I gotta love the playoffs. This 17 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: is uh, this is why we do it. You know, 18 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:15,320 Speaker 1: not me, you know, I just talk into a microphone. 19 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:17,479 Speaker 1: It's why the players and coaches do what they do 20 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: to entertain us and I'm lucky enough to be able 21 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:24,119 Speaker 1: to talk about it, so we will talk a little 22 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 1: bit about everything, and UH appreciate everyone. Middlecoff mail bag 23 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 1: also at John Middlecoff, the Instagram handle three, and our podcast. 24 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: If you could go subscribe to the page. Would greatly 25 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 1: appreciate it. Uh. For those of you that have left 26 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 1: a review, also greatly appreciate it and thanks. Hopefully everyone 27 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:46,680 Speaker 1: is doing well out there. Let's start with the Alabama game. Uh, 28 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: let's talk about it from NFL draft perspective. Angles here 29 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: Davonte Smith, I gotta look at his final numbers. He 30 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: just got hurt with his hand, but he had twelve 31 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 1: catches for two fifteen yards and three touchdowns. He clowned 32 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 1: Ohio State. I mean that was that was a joke. 33 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 1: That that was. It almost felt like, hey, Ohio State, 34 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:10,079 Speaker 1: do you guys realize this guy is like seventy five 35 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: touchdowns this season? He just won the Heisman Trophy. He's 36 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: really good. But I don't think they did and they 37 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,119 Speaker 1: could not cover him all night. One thing I've heard 38 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: about him football character is fantastic. He's beloved at Alabama, 39 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 1: and obviously his play speaks for itself. The one red 40 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 1: flag on the player is his body. He weighs a 41 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 1: hundred sixty six pounds and that's not very big, you know. 42 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: For example, I think Henry Ruggs was like a hundred 43 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: eighty eight pounds and he's much faster. DeVante Smith he 44 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 1: plays fast but like his combine, will probably run like 45 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: a four or four four, which is fine. But I 46 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: think a cop that he's gonna have is gonna be 47 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 1: DeShawn Jackson, who was texting a buddy that used to 48 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: work in Philly, who was there when Deshan came in. 49 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 1: He was like a hundred sixty eight pounds, but DeShawn 50 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:02,920 Speaker 1: was more explosive than Davante. Now, I'm not saying this 51 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,919 Speaker 1: guy is not as good as the Shawn, if not better. 52 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: I know Deshan went in the second round, but that 53 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: was because of character. He was a top twenty level player. 54 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: Like this guy special player. I just think you're gonna 55 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:15,919 Speaker 1: have to be I see some of these people like 56 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,799 Speaker 1: the Jets should take him into He weighs a hundred 57 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:21,920 Speaker 1: and sixties six pounds. Now, it's never been easier the 58 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 1: way the games played too, you know, excel at wide 59 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 1: receiver because it's easier on quarterbacks. But still like that, 60 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: you're just gonna hear some negative things, I think, and 61 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 1: he I know he was limping the night and I 62 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 1: saw on social media, like, I can't believe Nick Saban 63 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 1: is letting him play pump the brakes as a scout 64 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: told me the moment he got injured. Less than five 65 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: minutes after he got injured, he told the trainer, I'm 66 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: playing in the National Championship Game. These Alabama guys are 67 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: wired to dominate. Nick Saban is a pro organization. His 68 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: goal is to win and put guys in the pros. 69 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 1: He did not need Waddle to play. This was Waddle's decision. 70 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 1: Waddle wanted to be out there. But when Waddle is 71 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 1: fully healthy, and they wouldn't have put him out there 72 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: if he could have reinjured himself, even though he's limping around. 73 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna lie. It did look a little weird, 74 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: is that Jalen Waddle. There is a chance he goes 75 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:22,480 Speaker 1: above Davante Smith, So I think it speaks to the greatness. 76 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:25,600 Speaker 1: They're gonna have four wide receivers in a two year 77 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:28,359 Speaker 1: span that probably go in the top fift team. That 78 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: is incredible and I did see someone like I wonder 79 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: if the two thousand nineteen l s U team or 80 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 1: the two thousand twenty BAMMA team, which team would win? Well, 81 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 1: the Bama team last year was this team just with 82 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:44,600 Speaker 1: more talent. And when they played l s U t 83 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 1: a who was better than Mac Jones, they got they 84 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 1: got killed. I know the score ended up being closer, 85 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: but remember LSU was killing him. L s U was 86 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:56,279 Speaker 1: a better version of this now, this version I commend 87 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: Alabama as as a scout told me earlier this year, 88 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:02,599 Speaker 1: for the opt outs and everything going around college football. 89 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 1: Alabama did not have one opt out. They didn't have 90 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 1: one guy that had even crossed his mind that place 91 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,919 Speaker 1: is a factory to win national championships and then get paid. 92 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: Naji Harris was a guy to me when I watched him, 93 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 1: look like a third or fourth rounder came back to school. 94 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 1: To me, he looks like he's gonna go somewhere between 95 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 1: twenty five and thirty five. I'm not a huge first 96 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: round running back guy, but I think those first couple 97 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: of picks in the second round, he's got the New 98 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 1: York Jets. That second pick in the second round, wou'd 99 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 1: be picked thirty four written all over, Naji Harris is 100 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:40,039 Speaker 1: a baller. So you got Waddle. You have DeVante Smith, 101 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: who're gonna go in the top fifteen. You have Naji 102 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 1: Harris who's gonna go somewhere between twenty five and thirty five. Listen, 103 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: mac Jones stats look awesome, and he's had a really 104 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: really good season. He's as of recording this, he's thirty 105 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 1: six and forty four for four hundred sixty four yards 106 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: in five touchdowns. But a little bit like toah now, 107 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:04,480 Speaker 1: he's a different player than to uh. They play on 108 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 1: All Star teams. Like it's clear what the wide receivers 109 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: and the like Naja Harris. That's gonna translate DeVante Smith 110 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:14,920 Speaker 1: Waddle when healthy, that's gonna translate some of the their 111 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 1: offensive line. That's gonna translate the quarterback Like when you're 112 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 1: throwing to a dude wide open. That I always gives 113 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 1: me pause. Does he have physical attributes? Like he looks 114 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 1: like he has a good arm, He's very accurate. He 115 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:29,720 Speaker 1: throws a good deep ball. But I'm not taking mac 116 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:33,360 Speaker 1: Jones in the first round. To me, just being real, 117 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 1: I think he's like a third round pick and probably 118 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 1: a good backup. But to think that it's gonna look 119 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:42,600 Speaker 1: like that in the pros would be insane. It's just 120 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 1: that's not the case. We saw to a go from 121 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: Alabama to Miami and look like shit. It's very, very 122 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:51,720 Speaker 1: difficult because there's a chance it's different for him because 123 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 1: he's gonna go in the third round. He could end 124 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:55,159 Speaker 1: up in like the Steelers or the Niners, like on 125 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 1: a decent team. But still like it's it's not gonna 126 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 1: be that easy. I don't want to say he was 127 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: a loser, but he definitely didn't win the night. And 128 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:07,239 Speaker 1: that's Justin Fields. Now he's playing injured. He got Molly 129 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: Wapp last week. I was hoping going into the game, 130 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: I saw a picture of Urban Meyer who was at 131 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 1: the National Championship. It's the momentum is gaining. Looks like 132 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: he's gonna be the next coach of the Jags. Like 133 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 1: he's not worried. He'll just take whoever he thinks better. 134 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:24,400 Speaker 1: He's not worried what the media thinks, what the scouting 135 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 1: community thinks. Like he scouted both these guys in high school. 136 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 1: He's watched their career. If he did believe Justin Fields 137 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: is better, he would take that guy. I don't think 138 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 1: he will. I think he will take Trevor Lawrence. But 139 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: I thought, going in a night, if Justin Fields could 140 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 1: have a historic night, throw five or six touchdowns and 141 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 1: they win, who knows That clearly did not happen. So 142 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 1: I think that discussion for the number two quarterback between 143 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 1: Justin Fields, between Zack Wilson, between Trey Lance is gonna 144 00:07:54,360 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 1: be something we discussed at, you know, on for a 145 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 1: long time over the next three and a half months. 146 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: It's gonna be a major talking point. It's gonna be 147 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 1: something that we throw into the ring or and it 148 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 1: just keeps getting talked about, keeps getting talked about, and 149 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 1: keeps getting talked about. And you're gonna see some of 150 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 1: these anonymous quotes coming out from different teams. I'm sure 151 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 1: the people I know in the league, I'll get different 152 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: different opinions on who likes who you know you Justin 153 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 1: Fields is a much bigger, stronger athlete than Zack Wilson, 154 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 1: like DeVante Smith, Zach Wilson weighs two pounds. There's not 155 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:34,199 Speaker 1: one starting quarterback in the NFL that doesn't minimum wig 156 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 1: to ten Kyler, the small size, he's like to ten. 157 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 1: Most of the guys are wearing like two thirty. It's 158 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:43,680 Speaker 1: a grown man's league. And you saw what happened to Kyler. 159 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 1: He got slammed into the turf about mid season and 160 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:50,200 Speaker 1: he was never the same. It's why you know people 161 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 1: tend to lean bigger guys, right. Um. Other than that, 162 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:59,559 Speaker 1: I don't really know what else to say. I as 163 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 1: I told you, I thought Alabama has become the rehab, 164 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:06,439 Speaker 1: the Betty Ford for coaches. It changed Lane's life. It 165 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 1: just sent Sark to the University of Texas. And of 166 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,640 Speaker 1: all reports that came out earlier today, Billy O'Brien is 167 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 1: gonna go to Alabama. Welcome to coaching rehab, Billy. Oh, 168 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 1: and I would imagine in a couple of years, we'll 169 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:23,439 Speaker 1: all forget about the disaster that was the Texans and 170 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:25,439 Speaker 1: know what, you know what we'll remember, Oh, remember when 171 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: that guy went to the playoffs four different times? One 172 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:32,440 Speaker 1: has division several different times. Remember that guy that took 173 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 1: over for Joe Purderno after the Jerry Sandusky scandal and 174 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:40,679 Speaker 1: like went eight and four with mcgloyne's quarterback. Remember when 175 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 1: Billy O'Brien was highly thought of. That's what happens when 176 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 1: you go to save and rehab. He takes you in. 177 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 1: You kicked the ship out of whoever you're playing because 178 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 1: you have better players and you have Nick by your side. 179 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: And then a couple of years later, everyone watched you. 180 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 1: That happened to Lane, it happened to Sark. It's gonna 181 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 1: happen to Billy O'Brien. And there is nothing like Alabama Reab. 182 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:07,960 Speaker 1: I mean, it's the Betty Ford for coaches and Billy 183 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 1: Billy O'Brien, it's gonna change his life back to the 184 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 1: better because right now he does have some toxicity around him. 185 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 1: There's like a negative connotation when you say Billy O'Brien, 186 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:21,600 Speaker 1: just like you did when he wins. Uh. Nick hired 187 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:26,200 Speaker 1: Lane just like Sark when he originally went to Alabama. Yes, 188 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 1: Nick basically takes you into shower scrubs, you off, puts 189 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:32,840 Speaker 1: a ring on your finger, and you get a bunch 190 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 1: of NFL guys who you know vouch for you, and boom, 191 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:40,560 Speaker 1: you're gone. It's really that easy. So my main takeaways, 192 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 1: the number one thing you're gonna hear with Devonte Smith 193 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 1: is gonna be his weight. He weighs a hundred and 194 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 1: sixty six to a hundred and seventy pounds small waddle. 195 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 1: There is a very good chance if all of his 196 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 1: medicals check out, he's gonna go above Devonte Smith in 197 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 1: the draft. He's just bigger, faster, stronger. Uh. You gotta 198 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 1: be careful sometimes a production. I'm taking nothing away from 199 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 1: Davonte Smith. That guy that was one of the most 200 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:09,199 Speaker 1: dominant first halfs in sports. I've ever seen any sport, 201 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 1: any level that that was insane. That that was nuts. 202 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 1: Uh and justin fields. You know, I think he's gonna 203 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,720 Speaker 1: be a highly debated player. I I really do. I 204 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:24,200 Speaker 1: like him. I think he's pretty raw. But I've seen 205 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 1: guys like Herbert and Josh Allen like there. There's a 206 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:30,679 Speaker 1: reason the NFL is the big leagues, man, I think 207 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 1: there really is. The coaching's elite. You don't even have 208 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:36,680 Speaker 1: to pretend to go to you know, Cam one oh 209 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:40,680 Speaker 1: one or Business two oh two. None of that ship matters. 210 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:44,840 Speaker 1: It's about learning and improving as a football player. Now, 211 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:47,440 Speaker 1: you could argue at Ohio State in Alabama they find 212 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: not either. But I'll promise you when you when you 213 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:53,360 Speaker 1: get around the Jags or the Jets or the Vikings 214 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 1: or the it's just football, football, football, and more football. 215 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:00,559 Speaker 1: So you take a guy like Justin Fields, who loves football, 216 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 1: who has the physical you know, attributes, he just needs 217 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 1: to put it together. He needs to get coach at 218 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 1: the higher level. Listen, is Ryan Day good coach? Yes? 219 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 1: Is he? Is? He gonna keep Ohio State rolling? Of course? 220 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 1: Do I think that he's teaching him? Is he getting 221 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 1: the best ability like Justin Fields? Is he around the 222 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 1: top flight guy to make him the best NFL quarterback 223 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 1: right now? No? He's not. Would he have been better 224 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:27,840 Speaker 1: off he was playing at Alabama? Yes he would have. 225 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:30,320 Speaker 1: Will he be better off the moment? I mean, I 226 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 1: guess it depends who drafts him. Right, coaching matters, but 227 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 1: more than likely, whether it's the offensive coordinator, quarterback coach, 228 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 1: or the head coach, he'll be around the best coach 229 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 1: offensively he's ever been around. Right, If whoever Joe Douglas hires, 230 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:48,319 Speaker 1: who knows the redskin, I guess they're the Washington football team. 231 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 1: Wherever he ends up, he's going to be better off. 232 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 1: I think he's gonna be a better pro than he 233 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:56,079 Speaker 1: was a college player, and he was clearly a very 234 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:59,199 Speaker 1: very good college player. But to me, I've just I've 235 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 1: learned my lesson the last couple of years. I'm leaning 236 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:04,160 Speaker 1: the guy with the physical tools, that has the high 237 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 1: character and wants to work. I really am. And I 238 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 1: see justin Fields. It's different, but I see the Herbert, 239 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:14,440 Speaker 1: the Allen. I put him in that mold that the talents. 240 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:18,560 Speaker 1: I want to mold the talent and I you watch, 241 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 1: I I bet he has a good pro career. Okay, 242 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 1: let's get to the big news that happened on Monday. 243 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 1: And when you record a show on Monday's, you know 244 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:34,520 Speaker 1: for Tuesday, the games especially you know when it comes 245 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:37,040 Speaker 1: to NFL playoffs are games on Saturday. It's kind of 246 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 1: old news, you know. I'm not reacting as much to 247 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 1: the games as I am new information that came out Monday. 248 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 1: Obviously we talked about the games, but I try to 249 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 1: look forward, and luckily there's a lot of breaking news 250 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 1: that uh, I mean, a huge story that happened on Monday. 251 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 1: And Doug Peterson being out and the Philadelphia Eagles now 252 00:13:57,400 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 1: have are going to embark I would have magine on 253 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:04,200 Speaker 1: a coaching search, I think there's a decent chance that 254 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 1: they have an idea I don't have any inside information 255 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:10,200 Speaker 1: on this, but you probably don't fire Doug a week 256 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:13,719 Speaker 1: after the season without having a shortlist of guys that 257 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:17,199 Speaker 1: you think will either be your coach or that you 258 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 1: that you want to talk to and higher because I 259 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 1: I think this boils down pretty clearly what happened, and 260 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 1: again no inside information, I don't when it comes to 261 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 1: shady stuff, I don't really text and ask about it 262 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 1: because I'm gonna have to talk about it and if 263 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 1: I don't, like like, I'm not a news breaker now. 264 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:42,360 Speaker 1: A lot of my opinions are based on things that 265 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: I know are going on. But when I go right 266 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 1: to a source when something weird is going on, like 267 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 1: some drama like in Philly, if I ask, Hey, what happened, 268 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 1: not even there's no guarantee that I'd get the information. 269 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 1: But if I do, then I can't talk about it. 270 00:14:57,520 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 1: So if I don't know anything, I can just give 271 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 1: my kind of unfiltered opinion of what I think happened. 272 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 1: I don't think this one's that complicated. When you have 273 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 1: a business and you invest the majority of your resources 274 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 1: into one thing, that thing becomes the most important thing 275 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 1: in your business, and whoever's running your business better be 276 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 1: able to take advantage of where all your money or 277 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 1: resources have been invested. And when it comes to the 278 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 1: NFL and specifically the Philadelphia Eagles, the I mean, by far, 279 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 1: the most they've ever spent on one individual in terms 280 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 1: of draft capital, in terms of the way they built 281 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 1: their team, and then in terms of actual financial capital 282 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 1: which they paid him, is Carson Wentz. So they trade 283 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 1: all these picks to get him, they then build around him, 284 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:54,840 Speaker 1: and then they pay him. He's also been injured several times, 285 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 1: so they've rehabbed him as well. They have put all 286 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 1: their chips in the middle, all of the table from 287 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 1: day one. Now you can say, John, well they just 288 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 1: drafted a guy in the second round. Yeah, I mean 289 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 1: I I don't. I wouldn't have done it, but clearly 290 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 1: there was they thought there was value there. But Regardles, 291 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 1: that doesn't change the fact that Carson still makes an 292 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 1: astronomical amount of money. And to acquire Carson Wentz they 293 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 1: had to trade a bunch of picks. So like they've 294 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 1: gone all in and you can say, well, middle Coff, 295 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:27,600 Speaker 1: what about sunk costs? We're still on the team and 296 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:30,920 Speaker 1: he still plays a position that's really important, and like 297 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 1: if Carson Wentz, if you can fix them, which will 298 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 1: be the number one job of the next head coach, 299 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 1: is the most important asset you'll ever have. Because Jalen 300 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 1: Hurts does not have the talent that Carson wentzay is. 301 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 1: That's not even arguable physically, they're in a different category. 302 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: That doesn't mean right now Jalen Hurts isn't a better player. 303 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 1: But you gotta find a way to figure out Carson. 304 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 1: And when the stories came out the last couple of 305 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:56,120 Speaker 1: weeks about Carson Wentz and Doug Peterson, that was not 306 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 1: ideal because when you pay Carson Wentz that much money, 307 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:01,480 Speaker 1: you aren't just gonna freedom. It doesn't make any sense. 308 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 1: So you could be like, well, who really leaked the 309 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:09,119 Speaker 1: Carson Wentz story? If it wasn't Carson Wentz or his people, 310 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 1: and Carson liked Doug, it would have behooved him to 311 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:17,439 Speaker 1: say something. He passed on all of the media opportunities 312 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 1: with the Eagles, he would not talk to the press. 313 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,440 Speaker 1: And too you know the great part about two As 314 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:27,840 Speaker 1: a player, I don't need the media. They are irrelevant. 315 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:30,199 Speaker 1: They can make their own stories. But guess what I 316 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:33,320 Speaker 1: can do I can control my own narrative. I can 317 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:36,440 Speaker 1: control my own stories. I could have easily tweeted out 318 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 1: it's bs. Me and Doug have a very good working relationship. 319 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:43,879 Speaker 1: These stories are not true. I do not want to 320 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: be traded or whatever. He could have easily did that, 321 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:49,359 Speaker 1: he chose not to. So I think it's fair to 322 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:53,680 Speaker 1: assume that Carson Wentz and Doug Peterson do not are 323 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 1: not in good standing. So if you're Jeffrey Lewie and 324 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 1: you go, I know the Twitter and social media thinks 325 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:01,800 Speaker 1: he's gonna get traded, it it makes no sense to 326 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 1: trade Carson Wentz to take the massive cap hit unless 327 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: you could get like three first rounders. Well, based on 328 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:13,119 Speaker 1: what we just saw Carson Wentz in what world is 329 00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 1: he worth that he might still be. He's definitely still 330 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:17,960 Speaker 1: worth a one, but it doesn't make sense for the 331 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:19,680 Speaker 1: Eagles to just trade him for a first round pick. 332 00:18:20,359 --> 00:18:23,520 Speaker 1: So you have to ask yourself, well, if Carson Wentz 333 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:25,160 Speaker 1: is gonna be on the team and it doesn't feel 334 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:28,200 Speaker 1: like they chose Doug Peterson, or they chose Carson Wentz 335 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 1: over Doug Peterson, which in my opinion is the right 336 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: move because the health of the franchise rests much more 337 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:37,880 Speaker 1: solely in getting Carson Wentz figured out than it does 338 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 1: like Doug. I can find another coach I like Doug 339 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:43,639 Speaker 1: and he just hasn't been good the last couple of years. 340 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 1: Does that mean he deserves to be fired? I saw 341 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 1: Jeffrey Lury talked about it's not about deserved or not. 342 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:50,920 Speaker 1: It's just simply about this is a black and white situation. 343 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:53,920 Speaker 1: We have a quarterback who's basically all funked up, who 344 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:55,919 Speaker 1: can't get the job done, who's playing like crap, and 345 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:57,879 Speaker 1: we're paying we haven't even really started paying him a 346 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:00,240 Speaker 1: lot of money. So we better get this figured out. 347 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 1: And Doug Peterson and their relationship is not only fractured, 348 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:06,440 Speaker 1: but Carson doesn't want to work with him anymore. Doug, sorry, 349 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 1: you gotta go. He's not the first player to kind 350 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 1: of lead the charge on something like this, and he 351 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 1: definitely won't be the last like this. This is the 352 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 1: way pro sports work. You can't, in situations like this, 353 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:21,639 Speaker 1: fire the player. So Doug goes. Now you have to 354 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 1: look at it. Go, is the Eagles gig a good job? 355 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:29,600 Speaker 1: And I think you could argue, yes, it is, because 356 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 1: you're inheriting a quarterback who's at an all time low. 357 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:37,159 Speaker 1: So anytime you take a job, I'd say, in any industry, 358 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:41,959 Speaker 1: what what are the expectations? And right now the Eagles 359 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:45,359 Speaker 1: expectations are low, just based on that Carson Wentz is 360 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:47,360 Speaker 1: in shambles. So if you can get Carson Wentz back 361 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 1: on the right track, you'll immediately be viewed as a genius, 362 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: as a really good coach. That's just the way it works. 363 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 1: Fair or not. If whoever comes in and makes Carson 364 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:59,399 Speaker 1: Wentz the starter, which he is the starter, I know 365 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:01,240 Speaker 1: he didn't start at the end of the season, and 366 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 1: he plays well, that guy immediately gets credit and that 367 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 1: guy gets known as like an offensive guru. That's just 368 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 1: the way this whole thing works. So that to me, 369 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,720 Speaker 1: you're coming in where expectations are low and the guy's 370 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 1: at rock bottom. And as a wise man once told me, 371 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 1: when you find yourself in a in a hole, do 372 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:20,440 Speaker 1: you know how to get out? You dropped the shovel. 373 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 1: So basically, the Eagles, in their minds just drop the shovel. 374 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:26,720 Speaker 1: They think they're at rock bottom. Now you're getting a 375 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 1: guy to come fick fix Carson. Well, here's the problem. 376 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:33,479 Speaker 1: They have another guy, Jalen Hurts, who I've been told 377 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:35,639 Speaker 1: I mean, him and Carson don't have a good relationship. 378 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:38,679 Speaker 1: That's just that doesn't work. I think every quarterback on 379 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:41,439 Speaker 1: television is talking about it does not work. So you 380 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:44,439 Speaker 1: have to go, well, if you want me to, you know, 381 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:47,840 Speaker 1: bring up Carson Wentz. I don't know if it's healthy 382 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:51,080 Speaker 1: to have Jalen Hurts around, and the Eagles are probably 383 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 1: not just gonna trade Jalen Hurts. So can you function 384 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:58,119 Speaker 1: in a quarterback room with Jalen Hurts and Carson Wentz. Now, 385 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:02,240 Speaker 1: the old school just asshole in me would say, Carson, 386 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:05,719 Speaker 1: suck it up, don't worry about it. You're you know, 387 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:09,360 Speaker 1: you should easily beat him out. If you're a max quarterback, 388 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:11,920 Speaker 1: a guy that was a second rounder that probably most 389 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:14,200 Speaker 1: teams had in the fourth or fifth round and many 390 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:15,919 Speaker 1: scouts not was a running back, you should be able 391 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:18,040 Speaker 1: to beat him out. But that's easier said than done. 392 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 1: He's still there, and there are probably a lot of 393 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:24,359 Speaker 1: younger players on that team that gravitated towards Jalen and 394 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 1: separated from Carson. And then there's some of the guys 395 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:30,720 Speaker 1: on the team that have had success around Carson Wentz. 396 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:32,879 Speaker 1: We're not gonna be there anymore. Zach Ertz will not 397 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 1: be an Eagle any longer. Kelsey probably won't be an 398 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 1: Eagle any longer. There's gonna be a lot of turnover 399 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:40,080 Speaker 1: on this roster. It's why I always laugh when I 400 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 1: hear like, is he lose the locker room? The average 401 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:46,880 Speaker 1: turnover in NFL rosters like so, yeah, I mean maybe 402 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:49,280 Speaker 1: a couple of players are mad. Look at society. We 403 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 1: get over things pretty fast. Now we're just onto the 404 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 1: next thing. I don't think putting in Nate Sudfield in 405 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 1: a game against who are they even playing? The Washington 406 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 1: football team is get was gonna make or break Doug Peterson. 407 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:05,639 Speaker 1: But the relationship with Carson Wentz did so. Now the 408 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:08,280 Speaker 1: next coach to me, the job, if you view Carson 409 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:12,119 Speaker 1: Wentz is salvageable. It's a very good job because he 410 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 1: does have a lot of talent. If you don't or 411 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:17,159 Speaker 1: they tell you, well, we're not gonna get rid of 412 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 1: jail in either it can be a difficult job because 413 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 1: you've got to You've got one guy that just needs 414 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:25,720 Speaker 1: to find himself. You have another guy that Jalen looks 415 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:27,640 Speaker 1: at Carson Wentz and just thinks he's better, and how 416 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:30,160 Speaker 1: should he not. In his time being around Carson Wentz, 417 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:32,800 Speaker 1: he's a better player. He's not a more talented player, 418 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 1: but he was better on the field. Yet the investment 419 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 1: and everything that the Eagles have done would say they're 420 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:41,399 Speaker 1: gonna go back to Carson Wentz. So it's it's a 421 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 1: complicated job, but it's a city that gives a ship 422 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:48,880 Speaker 1: about football at a really really high level. It really matters. 423 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:51,960 Speaker 1: It's a big boy job, and that's also can be 424 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,600 Speaker 1: a deterrent like some people might not want that some 425 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:59,439 Speaker 1: people do. Uh, it's just that division is just a 426 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:02,959 Speaker 1: spot light of division, even when they're terrible. The NFC 427 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 1: East moves the needle unlike most divisions in the number 428 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:10,120 Speaker 1: one sport in America, mainly because of market sizes right 429 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:14,399 Speaker 1: New York, Washington, Dallas, Philly. I don't know where they go. 430 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:17,399 Speaker 1: I would be shocked if they don't go offense. But 431 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 1: like I said, Doug Peterson is out because of Carson Wentz. 432 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:25,880 Speaker 1: There's no way around it. Okay, let's let's dive into 433 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:30,359 Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh and I was anyone that does deep dives 434 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 1: on YouTube. The way way algorithms work. Once you start 435 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:37,919 Speaker 1: watching one thing, they start funneling you different things that 436 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:41,080 Speaker 1: are kind of related to that. And sometimes I'll go 437 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:43,320 Speaker 1: on like a deep dive of interviews of like Joe 438 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 1: Rogan or Howard Stern, just interesting people. And I ended 439 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 1: up on this Sylvester Stallone interview I think with Howard 440 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:55,400 Speaker 1: Stern and he told this story how in nineteen seventy 441 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:59,240 Speaker 1: five or whatever, before the first Rocky movie came out, 442 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:02,720 Speaker 1: he had in the movie Rocky and one of the 443 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:06,360 Speaker 1: studios had offered him I think like almost four hundred 444 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 1: thousand dollars and this is in the mid seventies. I 445 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:12,920 Speaker 1: did the inflation calendar or calculator and that would be 446 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:15,880 Speaker 1: the equivalent of like one point six million dollars right now. 447 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:18,400 Speaker 1: And Sly was like, I didn't have any money, but 448 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:21,639 Speaker 1: I turned it down, and Howard was like, why did 449 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:23,400 Speaker 1: you turn it down? He's like, they would not let 450 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 1: me act in the film. They wouldn't let me be Rocky, 451 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 1: and part of this film was me being Rocky. And 452 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 1: finally they they like capitulated and said like, yeah, listen, 453 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 1: we will give you the funding for the movie. You 454 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:43,120 Speaker 1: have thirty days to shoot it and you can be rocky. 455 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:46,320 Speaker 1: So he turned it down because of this into me, 456 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:50,399 Speaker 1: what separates people in this in this life, it's just 457 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:53,359 Speaker 1: some people just have a deep belief in themselves. Because 458 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:55,640 Speaker 1: he was even like listen that there was no reason 459 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:59,160 Speaker 1: people my agent, all these people around me are like, Sylvester, 460 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:02,919 Speaker 1: are you insane? They're offering you three dollars for your 461 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 1: movie or three fifty or whatever it was, and you're 462 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:07,479 Speaker 1: saying no, just because you can't be in it. You're 463 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:10,159 Speaker 1: an immediate rich guy. But he had this deep belief 464 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:12,639 Speaker 1: in himself, like it wasn't it about the money. It 465 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,359 Speaker 1: was about my vision. It was about what I knew 466 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:18,400 Speaker 1: I could do. It was about what I knew I 467 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 1: wanted to do. And that takes balls, man, because most people, 468 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:26,680 Speaker 1: most humans take the easy way out, because I think 469 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:29,679 Speaker 1: a lot of people just in life don't have like 470 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:35,040 Speaker 1: that much conviction. They really don't. They just kind of float, uh. 471 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:38,840 Speaker 1: And Sylvester salone had a deep conviction and changed his life, right, 472 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:42,280 Speaker 1: you never looked back. And I gotta give this other 473 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 1: guy a lot of credit. And I'm not necessarily comparing 474 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:50,360 Speaker 1: McVeigh to Sylvester Saloone, but I see some of that 475 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:54,560 Speaker 1: mindset in Sean McVeigh. This offseason. He told Wade Phillips 476 00:25:54,600 --> 00:26:00,679 Speaker 1: to kick Rocks said, no, Moss, my man, adios. He 477 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 1: had a deep belief in what he wanted. And there's 478 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 1: a guy that's thirty four years old in the NFL 479 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 1: went out and hired Brandon Staley, who I've been kind 480 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:10,040 Speaker 1: of hard on just because I thought the media was 481 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:13,399 Speaker 1: blowing him like a little over the top. And listen, 482 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 1: his defense has been fantastic. It is dramatically better this 483 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 1: year than it was last year. Their defense is dominant. 484 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 1: And I gotta give him McVeigh credit for like, no, yeah, 485 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 1: we could be better because it would have been an 486 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:28,200 Speaker 1: easy round. Just keep Wade Phillips round. No, I want 487 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 1: something better. He took a guy that's been in the 488 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:32,360 Speaker 1: league for like four years, where to Wade Phillips four. 489 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:37,040 Speaker 1: Then going into that game, he started the dude from 490 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 1: the A A F. And I think most of us thought, well, 491 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,679 Speaker 1: Goff's fingers all messed up, right, he's got a broken thumb. 492 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:47,439 Speaker 1: Then write like kickoffs going on. I'm having some beers 493 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:49,119 Speaker 1: on Saturday, and you look up and you go, well, 494 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 1: Jared Goff's the backup. Whenever I see a quarterback that 495 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:56,120 Speaker 1: isn't healthy enough to play in pads and the backup quarterback, 496 00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:59,520 Speaker 1: my ship detector goes off and I immediately red flagged 497 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 1: the situation. I go, WHOA, he's healthy enough to play, 498 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:04,840 Speaker 1: because if you're a quarterback and you're dressed, you're one 499 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:07,360 Speaker 1: snap away from playing every all the snaps that game 500 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:09,240 Speaker 1: that could happen the first play of the game and 501 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:11,680 Speaker 1: essentially did a couple of series in the kid gets 502 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:14,720 Speaker 1: knocked out. Jared Goff came in, Aikman and Buck alluded 503 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 1: to it on the broadcast. McVeigh was over golf. He 504 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:19,719 Speaker 1: thought the guy from the A A F gave him 505 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:22,199 Speaker 1: a better chance to win. He's probably right, and then 506 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:24,520 Speaker 1: Jared Goff after the game told Mike Silver Like it 507 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 1: was really hard to deal with. Basically, I got benched 508 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 1: like I was healthy enough to play because as we 509 00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:35,159 Speaker 1: saw he was, and McVeigh went with the other guy. 510 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 1: Mcveigh's belief deep down in what he knows is right 511 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:43,080 Speaker 1: or what his gut tells him, and then the balls 512 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 1: and the stones the cojoness to go with it is 513 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:52,119 Speaker 1: really impressive because that game, to me, of all I 514 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:54,920 Speaker 1: guess the Browns kicked the crap out of the Steelers, 515 00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:59,040 Speaker 1: but like, Roethlisberger couldn't have been any worse. I mean, 516 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:01,879 Speaker 1: Roethlisberg was just rowing the ball to the other team 517 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:05,280 Speaker 1: through four interceptions and two of them and like the 518 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:08,920 Speaker 1: blink of an eye, just airmailing guys. So it's like, yeah, 519 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:11,720 Speaker 1: the Browns beat him, but the Steelers were like played 520 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:13,440 Speaker 1: a part in that. I'm not trying to diminish the 521 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:15,800 Speaker 1: Browns win. It was an impressive win. But when you 522 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:18,639 Speaker 1: play Roethlisberger, who's gonna be that terrible? Any team in 523 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,719 Speaker 1: the league's gonna beat him, and the Browns are good team. 524 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:24,520 Speaker 1: Seattle went into or excuse me, l A went to 525 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:28,480 Speaker 1: Seattle with McVeigh, with this coordinator who's his first year, 526 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:31,440 Speaker 1: is already getting head coaching interviews with the dude from 527 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:33,399 Speaker 1: the a F with the mindset, we're gonna kick the 528 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:35,639 Speaker 1: crap out of you. And when the dust settle in 529 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:39,440 Speaker 1: that game ended, my takeaway was Sean McVeigh just took 530 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:42,360 Speaker 1: Pete Carroll out behind you know, the dug out in 531 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 1: the playground and took him to the woodshed, kicked his butt, 532 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:51,320 Speaker 1: absolutely worked him, and this guy for a younger coach 533 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:54,160 Speaker 1: in this league has such a deep belief in what 534 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:56,720 Speaker 1: he's doing and what he wants out of his football team, 535 00:28:56,800 --> 00:29:01,600 Speaker 1: and like the vision. It's really impressive. I couldn't have 536 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 1: been of all the games this week and I went 537 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:05,880 Speaker 1: away from thinking, listen, I'm a Sean McVeigh. I'm a fan. 538 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:09,239 Speaker 1: He's really grown on me. Uh. Everyone I know that 539 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:12,360 Speaker 1: knows him swears by him and loves him. That was impressive. 540 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:15,880 Speaker 1: I know they didn't have fans, but like everything about 541 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:18,240 Speaker 1: like Sean McVeigh gets credit for the defense part of 542 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:19,720 Speaker 1: being a good head coach? Do you know? Do you 543 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:24,280 Speaker 1: know what that uh encapsulates? Hiring your staff. It's like 544 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:25,880 Speaker 1: I say all the time about being a GM, It's 545 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:28,840 Speaker 1: more than just the draft. It's free agency, it's hiring 546 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:32,400 Speaker 1: a head coach. It's dealing with your scouting department. It's 547 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:35,680 Speaker 1: running the back end of your roster. It's doing you know, 548 00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:38,680 Speaker 1: being uh side by side and on the same page 549 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:40,840 Speaker 1: as your head coach. Being a head coach of the 550 00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:44,120 Speaker 1: team is more than just calling place. It's about preparing 551 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:47,760 Speaker 1: your team. It's about preparing your assistant coaches. It's about 552 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:50,880 Speaker 1: whatever side of the ball. You are typically on making 553 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:53,320 Speaker 1: sure the best possible coach is the coordinator. On the 554 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:56,080 Speaker 1: other side of the ball, it's about making tough decisions 555 00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:58,560 Speaker 1: by I know, it's easy for us to say, you know, 556 00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:01,640 Speaker 1: just bench golf. He's highest paid player, like one of 557 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 1: him in the league history. He was the number one 558 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:06,160 Speaker 1: overall pick in the draft. And it's not like his 559 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:08,560 Speaker 1: backup is some former top pick. The backup was in 560 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:12,080 Speaker 1: the a F six months ago. So I I gotta 561 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:14,800 Speaker 1: give McVeigh a lot of credit. It takes balls to 562 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:17,320 Speaker 1: do things when everyone's saying, you know, I I'd probably 563 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:19,880 Speaker 1: just keep Wade Phillips. You know, it would have been 564 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:22,320 Speaker 1: easy to start Jared Goff if he was, you know, 565 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:26,840 Speaker 1: physically able to play. You know that the easy route 566 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:28,800 Speaker 1: would have been for Slyde to sell Rocky for three 567 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:32,440 Speaker 1: sixty five grand in nineteen seventy six. Immediately he's a 568 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:36,320 Speaker 1: super rich guy. No, that's that's not what the uh 569 00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:38,880 Speaker 1: wasn't the plans for either one of those guys. So 570 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:42,280 Speaker 1: mad props to McVeigh for going up to to Seattle 571 00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:45,040 Speaker 1: and just you know, Pete Carroll, Listen, he's been to 572 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:48,400 Speaker 1: multiple Super Bowls, he has he has a ring. He's 573 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:52,360 Speaker 1: won national championships like his resume over the last twenty years. 574 00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:56,720 Speaker 1: Besides like Belichick, Urban Meyer, Saban, you know maybe and 575 00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:59,080 Speaker 1: Andy Shaun Payton. There aren't many guys in the sport 576 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:02,240 Speaker 1: of football that could come hair and McVeigh is not 577 00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:06,880 Speaker 1: even thirty five years old. Absolutely worked him. One football 578 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:10,960 Speaker 1: lesson we have learned over the last i'd say eighteen months, 579 00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:15,080 Speaker 1: maybe even a little less than that, maybe like fourteen months, 580 00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:19,080 Speaker 1: is don't ever bet against Tom Brady. And I think 581 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:23,400 Speaker 1: the conventional wisdom after his time in New England last 582 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:24,880 Speaker 1: year and they got bounced in the first round of 583 00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:28,280 Speaker 1: the playoffs was, you know, if Tom Brady was a stock, 584 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:32,160 Speaker 1: I would short him, and I know my hand would 585 00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:35,200 Speaker 1: have to be raised. I would have shorted tom Brady 586 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:38,360 Speaker 1: last year. You know, he's forty two, forty three years old. 587 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:43,080 Speaker 1: Eventually he's gonna fall off a cliff. Paying tom Brady 588 00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:45,720 Speaker 1: fifty million dollars as the Bucks did you know, I 589 00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:49,280 Speaker 1: know they had a bunch of offensive firepower, probably not 590 00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:52,160 Speaker 1: gonna work out, especially that seamlessly. I didn't see it. 591 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:55,640 Speaker 1: I know in my own backyard. Tom Brady reached out 592 00:31:56,120 --> 00:32:00,080 Speaker 1: to Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch said, guys, I want in, 593 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:03,920 Speaker 1: so I want to be a forty Niner the team 594 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:08,600 Speaker 1: I grew up watching, can I be your quarterback? And 595 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:10,360 Speaker 1: I think they thought about it for a couple of days. 596 00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:14,680 Speaker 1: They had internal meetings, just like you know, listen, you 597 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:19,160 Speaker 1: have internal meetings and scouting about trading for practice squad guys. 598 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:22,880 Speaker 1: You know about back end roster guys, let alone high 599 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,560 Speaker 1: end guys. So it's not I'd bet a lot of 600 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:28,040 Speaker 1: teams in the NFL had meetings about Tom Brady. The 601 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:30,240 Speaker 1: difference was Tom Brady told him I want to come, 602 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:33,240 Speaker 1: and they decided, you know what, we're gonna go with 603 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,680 Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo. A year later, you know what, they made 604 00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:39,600 Speaker 1: the wrong decision, and I thought they were right. I said, 605 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:42,800 Speaker 1: I would have kept Jimmy Garoppolo too. Jimmy Garoppolo misses 606 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:45,320 Speaker 1: more than ten games. The Niners go six and ten 607 00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:48,160 Speaker 1: because they gotta play Mullins and C. J. Beathard, And 608 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,000 Speaker 1: they should have had They should have just if they 609 00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:52,120 Speaker 1: could do that over again, they would have said, yes, Tom, 610 00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:54,160 Speaker 1: you can come and we'll trade Jimmy Garoppolo. Now, Jimmy 611 00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:56,840 Speaker 1: Garoppolo's trade values down and I would imagine a lot 612 00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:59,240 Speaker 1: of teams that could have, you know, sniffed around on 613 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:01,760 Speaker 1: Tom Brady. You know, it was easy for the Bucks, 614 00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:06,880 Speaker 1: right Jamis was throwing I felt like eight eighty interceptions 615 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:09,120 Speaker 1: every game. It felt like he was throwing a pick 616 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:11,760 Speaker 1: six or an interception driving arians and that's they went 617 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:14,960 Speaker 1: seven and nine. So it wasn't that difficult of a 618 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,160 Speaker 1: decision for them. But I think a lot of people thought, 619 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:20,040 Speaker 1: you know, we'll see kind of old. I know me, 620 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:21,560 Speaker 1: I was like, you know, I think they're gonna get 621 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:24,800 Speaker 1: better with time. But I don't know, man, I just 622 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:29,680 Speaker 1: bet against older people in pro sports. I don't bet 623 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:32,520 Speaker 1: against old people in life, because typically having more wisdom 624 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:35,280 Speaker 1: can help you out. And Tom Brady clearly has a 625 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:37,200 Speaker 1: lot of wisdom. And then they showed the picture in 626 00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:41,200 Speaker 1: that Washington game of him next to George Blanda from 627 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 1: like the nineteen I think it was like nineteen seventy, 628 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:45,760 Speaker 1: who was at the time the oldest quarterback to ever 629 00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:48,240 Speaker 1: start a playoff game. He was like forty two or 630 00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:50,239 Speaker 1: forty three years old too, and he looked like he 631 00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:54,160 Speaker 1: was sixty years sixty five. And I was watching the 632 00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:58,760 Speaker 1: Challenger doc within the last couple of weeks. I highly 633 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:02,040 Speaker 1: recommend it. And for me, I think The Challenger went 634 00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:05,000 Speaker 1: off in eighty six. I was born in eighty four. Like, 635 00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:07,960 Speaker 1: I don't remember that moment, and I know I tweeted 636 00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:09,360 Speaker 1: it out, like God, that had to be one of 637 00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:12,200 Speaker 1: the crazier moments in the history of TV. And a 638 00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:13,719 Speaker 1: lot of people are tweeting at me like, yeah, I 639 00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:15,560 Speaker 1: watched in my fifth grade class. I watched my fourth 640 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:17,960 Speaker 1: grade class. I'll never forget it. And it was just 641 00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:21,960 Speaker 1: it was a powerful documentary. And there are also things 642 00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:25,200 Speaker 1: like it was kind of it was forced. It's just 643 00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:28,040 Speaker 1: a really good watch. But one thing that really stood 644 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:31,560 Speaker 1: out to me was how old and the crew of 645 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:33,279 Speaker 1: like some of the teachers and people that were gonna 646 00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:36,319 Speaker 1: go on The Challenger. A couple of them were like 647 00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:38,000 Speaker 1: thirty five to thirty eight. I was like, God, that 648 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:41,320 Speaker 1: guy looks like he's fifty. And listen my parents. My 649 00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:43,440 Speaker 1: dad's no longer here, but they were both born in 650 00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:47,560 Speaker 1: the forties and like when they were growing up, what 651 00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:50,880 Speaker 1: you'd eat for breakfast or excuse me, lunch, like burger 652 00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:52,840 Speaker 1: and a shake like that you get a burger and 653 00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:56,400 Speaker 1: a shake now, like we fast through breakfast and eats 654 00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:58,919 Speaker 1: salads at lunch, Like health is just a big part 655 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:02,440 Speaker 1: of society. Think about if you are my age or older. 656 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:05,759 Speaker 1: When I was growing up, every single car you went 657 00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:10,279 Speaker 1: into had a cigarette lighter and a cigarette ashtray. Cigarettes 658 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:12,040 Speaker 1: were just a huge part of Like when I see 659 00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:14,480 Speaker 1: that picture of George Blanda and just people in the 660 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:17,480 Speaker 1: NFL and people at all sports, they were just smoking 661 00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:21,400 Speaker 1: smoking cigarettes NonStop. If you've seen the previews for the 662 00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:25,640 Speaker 1: new Al Davis thirty, they're talking about like Pete Roselle 663 00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:28,240 Speaker 1: and our enemies, and then they go to Pete Roselle 664 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:30,719 Speaker 1: about to start a press conference, he lights up a cigarette, 665 00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:34,640 Speaker 1: Like cigarettes just not good for you. Like the evidence 666 00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:37,719 Speaker 1: is in like not good, and I think it aged 667 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:42,600 Speaker 1: you and Brady the aging techniques and listen, he's got 668 00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:44,520 Speaker 1: some work done, as some people were tweeting at me, 669 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:46,439 Speaker 1: like you know, watching the game with my wife, because 670 00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:48,719 Speaker 1: they showed a picture of his head and as a 671 00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:51,000 Speaker 1: bald guy, like it you could tell like he's had 672 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:55,480 Speaker 1: a hair transplants. Like newsflash, People that are rich get 673 00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:57,600 Speaker 1: work done, Like what's the point of being rich and 674 00:35:57,600 --> 00:35:59,360 Speaker 1: not looking good in your forties and fifties? Like the 675 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:02,000 Speaker 1: game's changed. So I don't hold it against anyone getting 676 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:03,920 Speaker 1: work done. Who knows, maybe one day I'll get some 677 00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:06,080 Speaker 1: work done. I'm not opposed to it. If you could 678 00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:08,399 Speaker 1: give me flowing locks on my hair on my head, 679 00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:11,000 Speaker 1: maybe I would. I don't know, I'm not I'm not 680 00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:13,360 Speaker 1: like trying to crush people to get, you know, a 681 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:16,040 Speaker 1: facelift or whatever. But I'm sure he has. You know, 682 00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:19,759 Speaker 1: it's just part of the deal. But here's the one 683 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:23,240 Speaker 1: thing that never slipped with Brady. His game never changed 684 00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:27,840 Speaker 1: like Roethlisberger. Roethlisberger is shot now. He can still function, 685 00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:31,400 Speaker 1: but he can't move anymore. A huge part of Roethlisberger's 686 00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:36,520 Speaker 1: game was moving around. He can't do that anymore. He's 687 00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:39,399 Speaker 1: just a stiff in the pocket guy whose arm isn't 688 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:42,080 Speaker 1: as strong. Of course, it's not as strong yet Tommy 689 00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:45,000 Speaker 1: John last year, and unlike some pictures that come back 690 00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:49,800 Speaker 1: throwing harder, he's thirty nine years old. Breeze also shot. 691 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:53,920 Speaker 1: His arm was never great like at his peak. I 692 00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:56,680 Speaker 1: always compared to a baseball pitcher. If he was throwing 693 00:36:56,719 --> 00:37:00,839 Speaker 1: like ninety in like the mid you know, two thousand ten, 694 00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:02,960 Speaker 1: that was like his peak in the in the in 695 00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:06,000 Speaker 1: his heyday, he's throwing like eighty five now, so his 696 00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:09,560 Speaker 1: margin for error is nothing. Both those guys, Roethlisberger and 697 00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:13,759 Speaker 1: Breeze probably should be like they're old just like Tom. 698 00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:16,560 Speaker 1: But the major difference when I look at Tom compared 699 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:20,480 Speaker 1: to those two guys, Tom's arm, Like in Tom's heyday, 700 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:24,160 Speaker 1: he was probably throwing like ninety seven. Well, if Tom 701 00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:26,359 Speaker 1: at forty three was a baseball pitcher, he's probably still 702 00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:29,839 Speaker 1: throwing ninety three. You can get guys out with ninety three, 703 00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:33,040 Speaker 1: especially when you factor in the weapons. He has Godwin 704 00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:37,200 Speaker 1: Evans and Antonio Brown and Gronk and Bray like they 705 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:39,920 Speaker 1: got dudes, and a coach that likes to throw it. 706 00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:42,480 Speaker 1: So the more and more they've thrown, he's been good. 707 00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:45,200 Speaker 1: And then you look at the stats this year he's 708 00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:48,000 Speaker 1: through forty plus touchdowns. He just threw it for three 709 00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:49,880 Speaker 1: on eighty yards against a really good defense on the 710 00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:53,320 Speaker 1: road in the playoffs. Like Tom's physical skills because he 711 00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:56,360 Speaker 1: could never run, remember the combine, it felt like he 712 00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:58,480 Speaker 1: ran like a seven oh forty. He had that picture 713 00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:00,239 Speaker 1: when he was all dumpy and droopy and he was 714 00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:02,600 Speaker 1: really slow. His game has always been just about his 715 00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:06,360 Speaker 1: arm in his arm. Unlike those two guys, it's still 716 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,279 Speaker 1: not far away from when he was like one of 717 00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:12,000 Speaker 1: the best players we've ever seen, and he's still damn good. 718 00:38:12,719 --> 00:38:15,680 Speaker 1: But like that to me is a separating factor. Same 719 00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:18,200 Speaker 1: with Philip Rivers, who actually had a really good game. 720 00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:21,880 Speaker 1: Philip Rivers was not the reason that the Colts lost. 721 00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:24,440 Speaker 1: I do think Philip Rivers though, was kind of the 722 00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:28,320 Speaker 1: reason they were in that spot because he played shitty 723 00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:31,560 Speaker 1: in the opening weekend, you know, week one long time ago. 724 00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:33,839 Speaker 1: But losing that game to the Jags, who I don't 725 00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:36,960 Speaker 1: know went on to lose fifteen straight games. Was the 726 00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:40,560 Speaker 1: difference between them going on the road to Buffalo team 727 00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:43,200 Speaker 1: arguably the hottest in the NFL, and getting a home 728 00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:46,879 Speaker 1: playoff game like the Titans. But the difference for the 729 00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:48,919 Speaker 1: Colts at home, you get to play in the Dome. 730 00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:51,360 Speaker 1: It's a big advantage for a quarterback not throwing the 731 00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:54,759 Speaker 1: ball outside. And I think when you look at all 732 00:38:54,760 --> 00:38:56,879 Speaker 1: three of those guys relative to Tom, because they're all 733 00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:59,399 Speaker 1: they're a little younger than Tom, but they're all there 734 00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:04,760 Speaker 1: in that general ration, right, Rivers, Roethlisberger, Breeze, and Tom. 735 00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:07,160 Speaker 1: Tom's the best one by far out of that crew. 736 00:39:07,719 --> 00:39:12,719 Speaker 1: When you look at Breeze, Roethlisberger, and Rivers, what do 737 00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:14,839 Speaker 1: you all three of them have in common? They all 738 00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:18,040 Speaker 1: have teams that are pretty stacked. The Saints, I mean 739 00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:21,560 Speaker 1: that team subtract the quarterback top to bottom is excellent, 740 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:25,359 Speaker 1: good wide receivers, start running back, good offensive line, really 741 00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:28,280 Speaker 1: good defense. What are the Colts have? Really good defense, 742 00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:30,520 Speaker 1: good offensive line, they can run the ball, they got 743 00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:33,000 Speaker 1: offensive weapons. What are the Steelers have a bunch of 744 00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:38,799 Speaker 1: wide receivers, excellent defense. So like the Tampa to me 745 00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:43,040 Speaker 1: had the most question marks of those three four organizations. 746 00:39:43,239 --> 00:39:45,720 Speaker 1: But if you place Brady on any one of those 747 00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:48,399 Speaker 1: four teams, obviously, look at the Bucks. I mean, they're 748 00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:50,719 Speaker 1: dramatically better. They make the playoffs for the first time 749 00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:53,160 Speaker 1: in twelve years. They're now going to the Saints, which 750 00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:56,200 Speaker 1: I'm gonna pick the Bucks this week. I can't see 751 00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:58,400 Speaker 1: them losing for a third time. But if I put them, 752 00:39:58,560 --> 00:40:00,480 Speaker 1: if I put them on the Colts, if I put 753 00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:02,520 Speaker 1: him on the Steelers, or I put him on the Colts, 754 00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:06,600 Speaker 1: they would just be better. Now obviously, historically, you know, 755 00:40:06,719 --> 00:40:09,880 Speaker 1: Brady is a better player over along you know, course 756 00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:12,000 Speaker 1: of his career. But I think a lot of people, 757 00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:16,000 Speaker 1: including myself, thought in two thousand twenty one or two 758 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:19,600 Speaker 1: thou twenty seasons last, you know, I didn't think Brady 759 00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:22,480 Speaker 1: was gonna be this good. He's been damn good. And 760 00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:25,839 Speaker 1: that's the issue for all these other teams, and just 761 00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:30,120 Speaker 1: you bet on these older quarterbacks, especially guys with weaker arms. 762 00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:34,919 Speaker 1: It's difficult in January, it really is. And that's where 763 00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:39,239 Speaker 1: I think, if you're Pittsburgh, you go, it's over. It's over. 764 00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:43,440 Speaker 1: He had an incredible career. He's a Hall of Famer, 765 00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:48,120 Speaker 1: first ballot Hall of Famer Roethlisburger. But the moment he 766 00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:51,480 Speaker 1: loses his mobility and his arms not the same, like 767 00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:57,480 Speaker 1: his value drops precipitously breeze. His style hasn't really changed. 768 00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:01,040 Speaker 1: He's just not near as good. Even a die hard 769 00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:03,640 Speaker 1: Saints fan, you guys have to agree that it's just 770 00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:07,040 Speaker 1: it's not quite the same, and your team is loaded, 771 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:12,080 Speaker 1: absolutely loaded. I've had multiple advanced scouts that said, of 772 00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:14,399 Speaker 1: all the teams in the NFC, this was going into 773 00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:18,080 Speaker 1: the playoffs, if all the quarterbacks were equal, the Saints 774 00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:20,960 Speaker 1: would be the best team. Clearly, that's not the way 775 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:22,680 Speaker 1: it works. And that's why the Packers right now are 776 00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:26,160 Speaker 1: the top seat. But the Packers minus the quarterback position 777 00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:30,960 Speaker 1: relative to the Saints, Saints are better. Clearly, the quarterback 778 00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:32,680 Speaker 1: matters a lot in the NFL. That's why one team 779 00:41:32,719 --> 00:41:35,800 Speaker 1: is the number one seat and the Saints that listen. 780 00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:39,120 Speaker 1: I thought playing against the Bears, who were not good, 781 00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:41,799 Speaker 1: that game was really close for a long period of time. 782 00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:45,439 Speaker 1: I don't think the Saints are that great. That's why 783 00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:47,359 Speaker 1: you know, I think we'd all sign up right now 784 00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:52,000 Speaker 1: for Rogers to play Brady in the NFC championship game. 785 00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:56,000 Speaker 1: And if you're the Packers, you feel good about playing anybody. 786 00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:57,960 Speaker 1: But the last guy I think you want to see 787 00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:02,279 Speaker 1: is I don't know, the greatest cold weather quarterback in 788 00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:05,760 Speaker 1: the history of the league. So it's like the Packers 789 00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:09,440 Speaker 1: greatest advantage is two things. It's Rogers and two it's 790 00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:12,600 Speaker 1: like we got home field advantage, lamb both really cold. Well, 791 00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:16,240 Speaker 1: Tom Brady lives to play cold weather games. Just close 792 00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:18,080 Speaker 1: your eyes and picture Tom Brady. What do you think 793 00:42:18,120 --> 00:42:23,800 Speaker 1: about January games at Foxborough when it's fifteen degrees, it's foggy, 794 00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:28,920 Speaker 1: it's wet, and he's screaming. Let's fucking go at the 795 00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:32,799 Speaker 1: sideline after they score touchdowns. That's what I think of. 796 00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:36,240 Speaker 1: So I just keep my fingers crossed. We get Brady, 797 00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:40,560 Speaker 1: we get Rogers, we get Lambeau, and uh, it's got 798 00:42:40,560 --> 00:42:43,080 Speaker 1: a chance to be. Really it's pretty cool. You get 799 00:42:43,080 --> 00:42:46,759 Speaker 1: Brady playing Breeze and then potentially Brady playing Rogers. I 800 00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:49,319 Speaker 1: think you know that the Rams have some injuries. I 801 00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:50,759 Speaker 1: think the Packers are gonna be able to get We'll 802 00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:54,080 Speaker 1: dive into the games more come Friday, but it's got 803 00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:56,680 Speaker 1: a chance to be. Like this is pretty special. You know, 804 00:42:56,719 --> 00:42:58,880 Speaker 1: if you're listening to this, you love you love the NFL. 805 00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:01,319 Speaker 1: I get to talk about out this like part of 806 00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:05,480 Speaker 1: it is that there's some you know, nostalgia. Just this 807 00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:09,000 Speaker 1: is kind of football history happening in real time. Brady Breeze, 808 00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:12,640 Speaker 1: Rogers like potentially then playing like a Mahomes. It's got 809 00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:16,960 Speaker 1: it's cool. Okay, I want to give an observation from 810 00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:19,880 Speaker 1: this weekend, something that really stuck out to me, and 811 00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:23,000 Speaker 1: listen that there's nothing you can do. If all these 812 00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:26,480 Speaker 1: teams could, they would have fans that would that includes 813 00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:30,360 Speaker 1: all the West Coast teams and any the Bears, the Patriots, 814 00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:32,239 Speaker 1: any of these teams that are not allowed to it's 815 00:43:32,280 --> 00:43:36,360 Speaker 1: out of their control. It was a state by state basis, 816 00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:40,400 Speaker 1: and I speak the team down the road. The Niners 817 00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:43,080 Speaker 1: got kicked out of the state, the Rams, the Chargers, 818 00:43:43,080 --> 00:43:47,080 Speaker 1: no fans, Seattle, no fans. For the first time, the 819 00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:49,960 Speaker 1: NFL played this season because you have to play to 820 00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:52,560 Speaker 1: keep the business going. You could not take a year off. 821 00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:55,880 Speaker 1: Too many people, the businesses are too connected with television. 822 00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:59,200 Speaker 1: They had no choice and they played, and they powered 823 00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:01,480 Speaker 1: through it as best they could have, and I think 824 00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:03,359 Speaker 1: they kind of set the bars. The NBA has fallen 825 00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:07,680 Speaker 1: apart right now. They can't even function. The NFL had 826 00:44:07,719 --> 00:44:10,759 Speaker 1: some issues, but for the most part, pretty seamless. And 827 00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:13,200 Speaker 1: I've always said from the jump, it's gonna be the 828 00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:17,720 Speaker 1: easiest league to do. For two full one. In the NFL, 829 00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:20,080 Speaker 1: you earn your money by playing. It's not like the 830 00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:21,840 Speaker 1: NBA where Kyrie is like, yeah, I'm just gonna go 831 00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:23,840 Speaker 1: away for a couple of weeks. He keeps getting paid. 832 00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:26,200 Speaker 1: That does not work in the NFL. You don't show up, 833 00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:31,360 Speaker 1: you won't get paid. And two, the nature of the sport. 834 00:44:32,239 --> 00:44:36,120 Speaker 1: Coaches tell you what to do and you listen. That's 835 00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:38,080 Speaker 1: not the way it works. And like you think a 836 00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:40,880 Speaker 1: guy making forty million dollars in baseball, listen to the manager, 837 00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:43,880 Speaker 1: he does whatever he wants. We know the NBA players 838 00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:46,640 Speaker 1: don't give a ship with their coaches. Think in football, 839 00:44:46,719 --> 00:44:49,160 Speaker 1: like you listen to your coach, whether he's right or wrong. 840 00:44:49,239 --> 00:44:52,080 Speaker 1: It's just it's the nature of the hierarchy of the 841 00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:55,680 Speaker 1: way the thing works. And I noticed it in the 842 00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:59,759 Speaker 1: Seattle Rams game. And I'm not blaming Seattle at all, 843 00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:02,600 Speaker 1: because if they could, they would have had fans they 844 00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:06,640 Speaker 1: are not allowed to. That game didn't really feel playoff ee. 845 00:45:06,880 --> 00:45:09,720 Speaker 1: Now it might be I'm used to watching those teams play. 846 00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:12,120 Speaker 1: They played twice a year. I consume a lot of 847 00:45:12,239 --> 00:45:15,759 Speaker 1: NFC West football. But I noticed a big difference in 848 00:45:15,800 --> 00:45:18,880 Speaker 1: the games this weekend for the franchises that were allowed 849 00:45:18,920 --> 00:45:21,360 Speaker 1: fans and the ones that weren't allowed to have fans. 850 00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:24,280 Speaker 1: There is something to be said, and I've said about 851 00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:27,240 Speaker 1: the other sports too. I am not gonna hold anything 852 00:45:27,239 --> 00:45:31,080 Speaker 1: against any team that wins a Corona Championship. The Lakers 853 00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:35,200 Speaker 1: did it and the Dodgers did it. It's like Dustin 854 00:45:35,280 --> 00:45:38,919 Speaker 1: Johnson won of Masters with no fans, Like you are 855 00:45:39,040 --> 00:45:43,319 Speaker 1: playing your competition in the same scenario that we're all 856 00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:46,239 Speaker 1: battling the same thing. Everyone you're competing against you, it's 857 00:45:46,280 --> 00:45:49,160 Speaker 1: an even playing field that day. The rams no like 858 00:45:49,640 --> 00:45:54,240 Speaker 1: everyone is on the same page. But there is something 859 00:45:54,280 --> 00:45:57,799 Speaker 1: to be said about a place like Seattle which is 860 00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:00,719 Speaker 1: really loud that Jared Goff doesn't have to worry about 861 00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:04,040 Speaker 1: the noise, just like you saw in the NBA bubble 862 00:46:04,120 --> 00:46:08,200 Speaker 1: like no fans, no noise. There's something to be said 863 00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:11,800 Speaker 1: about going into a hostile environment and that doesn't exist. 864 00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:16,600 Speaker 1: So you really feel it in these playoff games that honestly, 865 00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:19,520 Speaker 1: it felt a little regular season to me. Now, it 866 00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:22,520 Speaker 1: doesn't mean guys weren't trying. It doesn't mean that. Like 867 00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:24,560 Speaker 1: I said, I give John McVeigh a lot of credit 868 00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:26,799 Speaker 1: for going to win that game. Obviously, Pete and Rust 869 00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:30,280 Speaker 1: were trying desperately to win that game. It just didn't 870 00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:35,840 Speaker 1: feel like it should have felt, and there's nothing you 871 00:46:35,880 --> 00:46:38,360 Speaker 1: can do about it. These are the cards we've been dealt. 872 00:46:39,360 --> 00:46:41,719 Speaker 1: But I do think a huge part of playoff football 873 00:46:42,880 --> 00:46:46,240 Speaker 1: is the atmosphere. It's why you get so much credit wins. 874 00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:49,520 Speaker 1: Like you know, Eli Manning went in a lambo and 875 00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:56,239 Speaker 1: beat them. Eli Manning went into Candlestick and beat Jim Harbaugh. Right, 876 00:46:57,560 --> 00:47:01,560 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers went into Seattle years ago and beat or 877 00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:04,400 Speaker 1: I guess they lost the Seattle, But you know what 878 00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:06,920 Speaker 1: I'm saying, I'm just thinking of you know, last year 879 00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:09,919 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins went into New Orleans and what a road 880 00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:12,799 Speaker 1: playoff game. We're like, damn, Kirk Cousins got it done 881 00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:17,400 Speaker 1: on the road. That's that's really really difficult. Even the 882 00:47:17,400 --> 00:47:22,160 Speaker 1: Buffalo scenario. Can you imagine that? I think, you know, 883 00:47:22,360 --> 00:47:29,280 Speaker 1: crazy Cuomo allowed six people in and if that place whatever, 884 00:47:29,320 --> 00:47:33,080 Speaker 1: that place fills forty five thousand, fifty thousand, whatever, you 885 00:47:33,080 --> 00:47:36,600 Speaker 1: wouldn't have been able to hear last Sunday night in 886 00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:39,000 Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh game when they were down like twelve and 887 00:47:39,080 --> 00:47:40,640 Speaker 1: the third quarter and they were kind of making their 888 00:47:40,760 --> 00:47:44,160 Speaker 1: many little comeback and they got the ball back down 889 00:47:44,160 --> 00:47:46,760 Speaker 1: to scores. Think how loud that place would have been. 890 00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:50,640 Speaker 1: But it doesn't exist. It's just fake crowd noise. So 891 00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:55,279 Speaker 1: I I love football, and I talked about it for 892 00:47:55,320 --> 00:47:59,319 Speaker 1: a living. It puts food on my table, but I 893 00:47:59,360 --> 00:48:01,319 Speaker 1: think we need to acknowledge, at least for me as 894 00:48:01,360 --> 00:48:05,520 Speaker 1: a consumer, it felt a little different. It really did, 895 00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:07,480 Speaker 1: and I the NFL is trying to do different things. 896 00:48:07,480 --> 00:48:10,200 Speaker 1: They put a broadcast on Nickelodeon. They're definitely trying to 897 00:48:10,239 --> 00:48:14,000 Speaker 1: attack the youth. Smart business. Uh that they would love 898 00:48:14,040 --> 00:48:16,520 Speaker 1: to put fans in all these stands. It's just it's 899 00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:19,680 Speaker 1: not possible. So if you're a road team this year, 900 00:48:20,600 --> 00:48:23,360 Speaker 1: you know, if you are the Ravens going into the Bills, 901 00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:26,600 Speaker 1: I know they've got six seven fans, but that's still 902 00:48:26,640 --> 00:48:30,680 Speaker 1: not If you're the Browns going to the Chiefs and 903 00:48:30,680 --> 00:48:33,240 Speaker 1: that they're they're allowed fans, that's probably a bad example. 904 00:48:34,520 --> 00:48:37,040 Speaker 1: But the Packers want to fans. You're the Rams, like 905 00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:42,279 Speaker 1: this is a unique opportunity to take advantage of. You 906 00:48:42,320 --> 00:48:44,720 Speaker 1: can hear your own cadence when you're at the line. 907 00:48:45,160 --> 00:48:48,040 Speaker 1: That's not normal. It's not normal at all. Do you 908 00:48:48,120 --> 00:48:52,400 Speaker 1: know how loud it would be for Tampa going into 909 00:48:52,480 --> 00:48:56,560 Speaker 1: the U to the super Dome this week? It would 910 00:48:56,560 --> 00:49:00,880 Speaker 1: be deafening. Rogers earlier this year at the super Dom 911 00:49:01,040 --> 00:49:05,120 Speaker 1: got them to jump offsides on a hardcount because there 912 00:49:05,160 --> 00:49:07,000 Speaker 1: was no one there. Yeah, I mean it was just 913 00:49:07,640 --> 00:49:10,239 Speaker 1: if this isn't normal. So if I'm a coach, I'm 914 00:49:10,280 --> 00:49:13,040 Speaker 1: desperately trying to take advantage of the situation because winning 915 00:49:13,080 --> 00:49:18,040 Speaker 1: road playoffs games is not easy. One thing that happens, 916 00:49:19,120 --> 00:49:23,080 Speaker 1: I guess just with your friends, with your family, with 917 00:49:23,280 --> 00:49:26,840 Speaker 1: just people in your life, is that you like or 918 00:49:26,880 --> 00:49:30,000 Speaker 1: care about or have close relationships with a lot of 919 00:49:30,040 --> 00:49:34,600 Speaker 1: time I realized iss spent arguing now in a healthy way. Right, 920 00:49:34,600 --> 00:49:39,920 Speaker 1: we're all probably on several uh text chains. You know. 921 00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:42,080 Speaker 1: If if you like sports, which if you're listening to 922 00:49:42,160 --> 00:49:44,399 Speaker 1: this podcast, I'm sure you do, you probably got into 923 00:49:44,440 --> 00:49:49,840 Speaker 1: it because of a father, a grandpa, an older brother. Uh, 924 00:49:49,920 --> 00:49:51,960 Speaker 1: And you've spent a lot of time over the years 925 00:49:52,080 --> 00:49:55,600 Speaker 1: arguing about players. We do it with movies, we do 926 00:49:55,640 --> 00:49:58,800 Speaker 1: it with restaurants, and it could go on forever. Most 927 00:49:58,920 --> 00:50:02,279 Speaker 1: arguments that we get into in life don't have like 928 00:50:02,320 --> 00:50:05,839 Speaker 1: a black and white ending right there. Everything is subjective. 929 00:50:06,239 --> 00:50:09,480 Speaker 1: You see it NonStop, like with politics, and you can 930 00:50:09,560 --> 00:50:12,280 Speaker 1: argue till you're blue in the face, but your opinions, 931 00:50:12,320 --> 00:50:16,440 Speaker 1: your opinion, it usually doesn't change. And it's no different 932 00:50:16,520 --> 00:50:19,560 Speaker 1: in sports. But the best part about the actual games 933 00:50:20,840 --> 00:50:24,160 Speaker 1: is we get an actual outcome. And one of my 934 00:50:24,320 --> 00:50:28,400 Speaker 1: favorite sports arguments always is the draft, Right, who was 935 00:50:28,480 --> 00:50:33,160 Speaker 1: the best draft pick? And in the two thousand eighteen draft, 936 00:50:33,480 --> 00:50:37,400 Speaker 1: which is really polarizing. You could have an answer of 937 00:50:37,640 --> 00:50:40,879 Speaker 1: multiple different guys, right, Lamar Jackson had the clear lead 938 00:50:40,920 --> 00:50:43,680 Speaker 1: after last season, Josh Allen has thrown his hat in 939 00:50:43,719 --> 00:50:47,560 Speaker 1: the ring, and Baker Mayfield, who felt dead, has now 940 00:50:47,640 --> 00:50:50,160 Speaker 1: resurrected his career this year and he has as many 941 00:50:50,160 --> 00:50:53,040 Speaker 1: playoff wins about those guys, all of them won their 942 00:50:53,040 --> 00:50:57,360 Speaker 1: first playoff game. Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen, and Baker Mayfield. 943 00:50:57,680 --> 00:50:59,479 Speaker 1: Now we're gonna be able to argue till we're blue 944 00:50:59,480 --> 00:51:02,560 Speaker 1: in the face in the short term. If whoever wins 945 00:51:02,920 --> 00:51:05,640 Speaker 1: the Josh Allen Lamar game, and if Baker were to 946 00:51:05,719 --> 00:51:10,640 Speaker 1: upset the Chiefs, obviously things would change. But really for 947 00:51:10,719 --> 00:51:15,120 Speaker 1: these arguments to have a concrete finality to him, we 948 00:51:15,160 --> 00:51:17,719 Speaker 1: won't be able to do for a decade potentially, if 949 00:51:17,719 --> 00:51:19,680 Speaker 1: these guys stay healthy and play in the league for 950 00:51:19,719 --> 00:51:24,480 Speaker 1: a long time. But this weekend is massive, I've been 951 00:51:24,520 --> 00:51:27,719 Speaker 1: saying for a while based on this season, I think 952 00:51:27,800 --> 00:51:31,719 Speaker 1: Josh Allen, if you pulled the thirty two NFL gms, 953 00:51:31,760 --> 00:51:35,759 Speaker 1: the overwhelming majority would take Josh Allen if you could 954 00:51:35,760 --> 00:51:38,200 Speaker 1: pick either of the three guys, and hell Sam Donald, 955 00:51:38,480 --> 00:51:40,520 Speaker 1: who I think we all think might not be that good. 956 00:51:40,520 --> 00:51:42,880 Speaker 1: Who knows what if in like five years, if they 957 00:51:42,920 --> 00:51:44,640 Speaker 1: get a good coach, the Jets are going to the 958 00:51:44,640 --> 00:51:47,239 Speaker 1: playoffs and he's really good. So the only guy we 959 00:51:47,280 --> 00:51:50,000 Speaker 1: know that isn't any good, at least few from the league, 960 00:51:50,160 --> 00:51:52,759 Speaker 1: is Josh Rosen, and then Kyle Shanahan just signed him. 961 00:51:52,800 --> 00:51:55,719 Speaker 1: So who knows. You know, if anyone could just save, 962 00:51:55,920 --> 00:51:58,839 Speaker 1: maybe put a career back on, get the train back 963 00:51:58,840 --> 00:52:01,440 Speaker 1: on the tracks, it would because with Josh Rosen. But 964 00:52:01,719 --> 00:52:05,239 Speaker 1: I'm not holding out hope. So listen. We we can 965 00:52:05,360 --> 00:52:08,840 Speaker 1: argue who makes the best sandwich, who makes the best pizza. 966 00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:12,320 Speaker 1: We could argue what movie is the best in whatever genre, 967 00:52:12,800 --> 00:52:14,799 Speaker 1: and we can do the same thing with these quarterbacks. 968 00:52:15,200 --> 00:52:18,320 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson individually is accomplished more than any of these guys, 969 00:52:18,440 --> 00:52:20,920 Speaker 1: right he won an m v P last year. But 970 00:52:21,239 --> 00:52:24,239 Speaker 1: we judge, and I personally judge you on how you 971 00:52:24,280 --> 00:52:26,279 Speaker 1: play in the biggest games, and he's been a little 972 00:52:26,360 --> 00:52:29,440 Speaker 1: hit or miss. I give him credit, played winning football 973 00:52:29,520 --> 00:52:32,439 Speaker 1: in that Titans game, had a bad pick, but ran 974 00:52:32,480 --> 00:52:34,480 Speaker 1: for a hundred forty yards through for another head run 975 00:52:34,560 --> 00:52:38,800 Speaker 1: seventy was good. Josh Allen, I thought was exceptional against 976 00:52:38,840 --> 00:52:42,240 Speaker 1: the Colts, and Baker Mayfield a little harder to judge. 977 00:52:42,640 --> 00:52:45,080 Speaker 1: He's playing really well. They had a twenty eight point 978 00:52:45,160 --> 00:52:47,920 Speaker 1: lead and he did everything they possibly asked him to do. 979 00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:50,960 Speaker 1: He was good, but like he didn't have to impact 980 00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:54,279 Speaker 1: the game as much because Roethlisberger was just throwing it away. 981 00:52:54,800 --> 00:52:58,640 Speaker 1: And I'm not gonna like if Baker is a great game. 982 00:52:59,000 --> 00:53:00,600 Speaker 1: The thing with quarterback, it's like you can have a 983 00:53:00,640 --> 00:53:02,600 Speaker 1: good game as your defense off, especially when you're playing 984 00:53:02,640 --> 00:53:06,280 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes, and you can lose. I do think whoever 985 00:53:06,360 --> 00:53:09,279 Speaker 1: plays better between Josh Allen Lamar Jackson. To me, that's 986 00:53:09,320 --> 00:53:12,680 Speaker 1: the best game this upcoming weekend is the Ravens at 987 00:53:12,680 --> 00:53:15,279 Speaker 1: the Bills. I wish it was a full house, that 988 00:53:15,320 --> 00:53:18,400 Speaker 1: places would be rocking and rolling. And Josh Allen and 989 00:53:18,480 --> 00:53:20,760 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson right now are on a different level than Baker. 990 00:53:20,840 --> 00:53:23,440 Speaker 1: And I'm not trying to listen talk about Baker like 991 00:53:23,480 --> 00:53:26,839 Speaker 1: he's had a much better season than I envisioned him having, 992 00:53:27,560 --> 00:53:30,680 Speaker 1: and he's I thought it was a question whether they 993 00:53:30,680 --> 00:53:32,800 Speaker 1: pick up his fifth year option. Now that that question 994 00:53:32,840 --> 00:53:36,200 Speaker 1: has been he's gonna get his fifth year option picked up. Uh. 995 00:53:36,239 --> 00:53:40,080 Speaker 1: Now is he a franchise quarterback. I still think there's 996 00:53:40,080 --> 00:53:42,680 Speaker 1: a lot of information we need to learn. Is Josh 997 00:53:42,680 --> 00:53:47,880 Speaker 1: Allen a franchise quarterback. Yes? Is Lamar Jackson the franchise quarterback? Yes? 998 00:53:48,560 --> 00:53:50,400 Speaker 1: But to me, before I give him like a hundred 999 00:53:50,440 --> 00:53:53,719 Speaker 1: forty million dollars, I'd like to see him not be 1000 00:53:53,880 --> 00:53:56,799 Speaker 1: so dependent on running the ball. And when I say that, 1001 00:53:57,320 --> 00:54:01,279 Speaker 1: obviously one of his best attributes is running the football right. 1002 00:54:01,719 --> 00:54:04,360 Speaker 1: He is faster than everyone every time he steps on 1003 00:54:04,400 --> 00:54:07,439 Speaker 1: the field. But to win big in the playoffs, which 1004 00:54:07,440 --> 00:54:10,120 Speaker 1: the Ravens want to do, which the Bills want to do, 1005 00:54:10,160 --> 00:54:12,239 Speaker 1: you have to win on second and third and long. Well, 1006 00:54:12,239 --> 00:54:14,640 Speaker 1: what happens on second and third and long. Now, occasionally 1007 00:54:14,719 --> 00:54:17,040 Speaker 1: Lamar can just take off and run. Most of the 1008 00:54:17,120 --> 00:54:20,000 Speaker 1: time you gotta sit back there and throw a strike. 1009 00:54:20,440 --> 00:54:22,960 Speaker 1: I know Josh Allen can do it. Lamar in theory 1010 00:54:23,040 --> 00:54:25,600 Speaker 1: can do it. He just hasn't done it right. Lamar 1011 00:54:25,680 --> 00:54:27,680 Speaker 1: has a strong enough arm. It's just accuracy has been 1012 00:54:27,680 --> 00:54:32,920 Speaker 1: a major question for so The great part about sports 1013 00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:36,840 Speaker 1: is once the game's actually happen, especially when Josh Allen 1014 00:54:36,960 --> 00:54:40,800 Speaker 1: is playing Lamar Jackson and the Ravens team is excellent 1015 00:54:40,880 --> 00:54:44,480 Speaker 1: the Bills team is excellent, so like, whoever wins that 1016 00:54:44,520 --> 00:54:47,360 Speaker 1: game is gonna get a lot of credit, right or wrong. 1017 00:54:47,520 --> 00:54:51,640 Speaker 1: That's just the way this stuff works. And Baker, he's 1018 00:54:51,680 --> 00:54:54,160 Speaker 1: a major underdog to the Chiefs. No one expects him 1019 00:54:54,200 --> 00:54:56,680 Speaker 1: to win. I think he's just done a good job 1020 00:54:56,760 --> 00:55:00,400 Speaker 1: of just getting his reputation back and being viewed as 1021 00:55:00,440 --> 00:55:03,680 Speaker 1: a legitimate NFL starter now, and that probably wasn't the 1022 00:55:03,719 --> 00:55:05,919 Speaker 1: case like eight weeks ago. I think it's the case 1023 00:55:06,000 --> 00:55:09,279 Speaker 1: right now. The other two guys you know, are dealing 1024 00:55:09,280 --> 00:55:12,880 Speaker 1: with stardom like they are. Josh Allen has already been 1025 00:55:12,880 --> 00:55:16,080 Speaker 1: reported is gonna get a max contract attension Lamar Jackson. 1026 00:55:17,440 --> 00:55:19,520 Speaker 1: I think it's a little more complicated. My take is 1027 00:55:19,920 --> 00:55:22,680 Speaker 1: I wouldn't pay him yet. Now if he rattles off 1028 00:55:22,719 --> 00:55:24,560 Speaker 1: a win this weekend and then beats the Chiefs and 1029 00:55:24,600 --> 00:55:26,880 Speaker 1: they're in the super Bowl, maybe I able to rethink 1030 00:55:26,920 --> 00:55:29,520 Speaker 1: it now. I'm not saying the Ravens are looking to 1031 00:55:29,520 --> 00:55:32,200 Speaker 1: get rid of them that obviously you can't upgrade. But 1032 00:55:32,400 --> 00:55:34,800 Speaker 1: before I give a guy a hundred and thirty million dollars, 1033 00:55:35,280 --> 00:55:37,919 Speaker 1: now you'd say, what the hell were the Rams doing? 1034 00:55:37,920 --> 00:55:39,640 Speaker 1: And the the Eagles do the both of the team 1035 00:55:39,680 --> 00:55:42,560 Speaker 1: probably regret the money they gave their quarterbacks, but I'd 1036 00:55:42,600 --> 00:55:46,240 Speaker 1: like to feel good about the guy throwing the football. Uh. 1037 00:55:46,480 --> 00:55:48,319 Speaker 1: I just can't wait for this game, and I can't 1038 00:55:48,360 --> 00:55:52,520 Speaker 1: wait to just get some early the races early, get 1039 00:55:52,600 --> 00:55:55,000 Speaker 1: some clarity on where we stand in this two thousand 1040 00:55:55,120 --> 00:55:59,120 Speaker 1: eighteen quarterback class argument. Okay, here, here's what I'm gonna do. 1041 00:55:59,200 --> 00:56:02,560 Speaker 1: I had a little lay change of heart after recording 1042 00:56:02,600 --> 00:56:05,840 Speaker 1: this a little late. I'm gonna do a mail bag 1043 00:56:06,480 --> 00:56:09,560 Speaker 1: basically all the questions on my Instagram at John Middlecoff, 1044 00:56:10,040 --> 00:56:13,240 Speaker 1: and I'm gonna put it up on YouTube. So we'll 1045 00:56:13,280 --> 00:56:16,239 Speaker 1: do this, you know, on Friday. I'll answer some questions here, 1046 00:56:16,520 --> 00:56:19,239 Speaker 1: but this week some question Instead of answering them right now, 1047 00:56:19,719 --> 00:56:22,840 Speaker 1: I'm gonna put them up on my YouTube channel, John Middlecoff. 1048 00:56:22,920 --> 00:56:25,480 Speaker 1: Just go look it up. And uh, I put like 1049 00:56:25,560 --> 00:56:27,880 Speaker 1: daily stuff up there. But I'm gonna put just a 1050 00:56:27,960 --> 00:56:31,120 Speaker 1: Q and a of just banging through these Instagram questions. 1051 00:56:31,160 --> 00:56:34,160 Speaker 1: I'll do like fifteen or twenty and we'll just go 1052 00:56:34,239 --> 00:56:36,680 Speaker 1: through them. So we'll just we'll end the show right 1053 00:56:36,719 --> 00:56:40,360 Speaker 1: now just because I'm tired. I want to go to sleep. 1054 00:56:40,360 --> 00:56:43,759 Speaker 1: It's kind of late and uh yeah, so YouTube John 1055 00:56:43,760 --> 00:56:46,799 Speaker 1: Middlecoff just search it have its own page and I 1056 00:56:46,840 --> 00:56:49,920 Speaker 1: will have a Q and A up there sometime on Tuesday, 1057 00:56:50,400 --> 00:56:52,600 Speaker 1: so it'll be up there and there'll be other content 1058 00:56:52,640 --> 00:56:55,520 Speaker 1: up there as well. So yeah, I have a great 1059 00:56:55,560 --> 00:56:59,400 Speaker 1: week and I will I'll see y'all. Well, actually I 1060 00:56:59,400 --> 00:57:01,520 Speaker 1: won't see any buddy, because this is a podcast and 1061 00:57:01,560 --> 00:57:04,560 Speaker 1: I just you just listen through your phones. But I 1062 00:57:04,560 --> 00:57:08,320 Speaker 1: will talk to you. Everybody. Come come Friday. Peace,