WEBVTT - Not So Fast Episode 12 0:00:01.270 --> 0:00:05.220 Welcome to Not So Fast with Andrew Perloff and Paul Patz, 0:00:05.460 --> 0:00:08.740 where two longtime friends challenge each other on the biggest 0:00:08.780 --> 0:00:12.650 sports stories of the day. Here's Andrew Perloff and Paul Patz. 0:00:13.550 --> 0:00:14.650 Not so fast, my friends. 0:00:17.940 --> 0:00:19.020 Welcome to Not So Fast. 0:00:19.120 --> 0:00:19.820 I'm Andrew Perloff. 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:24.050 He's Paul Paps. Paul, there was no football on last night. 0:00:24.090 --> 0:00:26.590 The first Tuesday of the regular season can be really tough. 0:00:26.730 --> 0:00:29.370 Yeah, six straight days of NFL or college football. There 0:00:29.390 --> 0:00:31.860 was no MAAC football on last night. So we pivoted. 0:00:32.270 --> 0:00:34.380 We pivoted. You and I were texting each other. Let's 0:00:34.440 --> 0:00:37.980 catch up on our baseball and... Congratulations to the Milwaukee Brewers. 0:00:38.000 --> 0:00:40.879 They're very likable and lovable Milwaukee Brewers. They win the 0:00:40.900 --> 0:00:44.920 division again. They celebrate. The Brewers, weirdly, again, have the 0:00:44.940 --> 0:00:47.540 best record in baseball, even though they spend like half 0:00:47.580 --> 0:00:48.319 what the Dodgers do. 0:00:48.460 --> 0:00:50.580 Now, I know there's a feel-good element to the Brewers. 0:00:50.740 --> 0:00:53.230 I'm not going to get fooled again. I pulled some 0:00:53.240 --> 0:00:55.710 of our balls. They've been in the playoffs seven times 0:00:55.770 --> 0:01:00.910 since 2018, and they've won two series. They do not 0:01:01.110 --> 0:01:03.940 win once they get into the postseason. 0:01:04.110 --> 0:01:05.960 If you don't have a dog in the fight, the 0:01:06.000 --> 0:01:09.340 Brewers are a very root-for-able team. That's an actual phrase. 0:01:09.700 --> 0:01:13.620 Great unis. Mizorowski will get to him. They've been close. 0:01:14.200 --> 0:01:16.839 They could topple the all-powerful Dodgers, possibly. 0:01:17.600 --> 0:01:19.820 I hear what you're saying, but I've been behind the 0:01:19.860 --> 0:01:22.860 Brewers for about three decades, and they've never delivered for me. 0:01:22.940 --> 0:01:25.420 That 82 Brewers team, what a great team they had. 0:01:25.440 --> 0:01:27.950 They almost won the World Series. Those are prime Brewer days. 0:01:28.010 --> 0:01:30.110 Are you kidding me? Robin Yount? You want to talk 0:01:30.150 --> 0:01:31.089 about Cecil Cooper? 0:01:31.170 --> 0:01:31.750 Paulie Molitor? 0:01:32.050 --> 0:01:33.830 Ben Ogilvie? We could go on and on. 0:01:34.110 --> 0:01:35.810 Now they're kind of a pitching team, which is a 0:01:35.810 --> 0:01:36.229 little weird. 0:01:36.590 --> 0:01:39.530 Good squad, good thing. But the other great thing about baseball, 0:01:39.550 --> 0:01:42.630 with only two weeks left, technically all the teams alive 0:01:42.650 --> 0:01:46.830 for the playoffs— Rays, Yanks are in. Red Sox, Orioles, 0:01:47.390 --> 0:01:55.170 White Sox, Guardians, Tigers is still eligible. Astros, Rangers, Braves, Phillies, Cubs, Padres, D-backs. 0:01:55.220 --> 0:01:57.220 The Padres just won like seven in a row. But 0:01:57.400 --> 0:01:59.820 there's so many teams alive. It's just good for the sport. 0:02:00.280 --> 0:02:03.360 Going back a generation ago before the wild card, most 0:02:03.400 --> 0:02:04.520 teams were out of it at this juncture. 0:02:04.540 --> 0:02:06.600 But it's kind of sad to see teams that are 0:02:06.600 --> 0:02:08.120 75 and 76 on this graphic. 0:02:08.580 --> 0:02:10.940 Maybe there's too many teams involved. Also, Dan brought up 0:02:10.990 --> 0:02:11.560 a great point. 0:02:12.250 --> 0:02:14.950 Is it really all about the Dodgers and the entire 0:02:15.010 --> 0:02:17.590 league trying to catch up with them? Once the postseason starts, 0:02:17.650 --> 0:02:17.989 is L.A. 0:02:18.010 --> 0:02:19.190 Going to win it all easily? 0:02:19.270 --> 0:02:19.470 Yeah. 0:02:19.690 --> 0:02:21.190 Or can any of these teams that we're looking at 0:02:21.250 --> 0:02:21.989 now make some noise? 0:02:22.010 --> 0:02:24.370 Well, DP talked about that earlier in the Dan Patrick show, 0:02:24.389 --> 0:02:26.330 and he said that the Dodgers, they're going to be 0:02:26.370 --> 0:02:28.829 in it every year, but they don't necessarily are going 0:02:28.850 --> 0:02:30.630 to win it every year. They're just eligible. Like a 0:02:30.690 --> 0:02:32.850 White Sox, they get in the playoffs once every 10 0:02:32.850 --> 0:02:36.579 years at best. But the Dodgers came this close, literally 0:02:36.639 --> 0:02:39.680 this close from losing it last year to the Blue Jays. 0:02:39.860 --> 0:02:42.410 Yeah, I look at that pitching staff with Scooble and Yamamoto, 0:02:42.470 --> 0:02:45.290 and you go on and on. They seem unbeatable on paper. 0:02:45.470 --> 0:02:48.269 And Yamamoto pitches complete games in the postseason. 0:02:48.570 --> 0:02:51.070 Oh, yeah. All right. Well, let's talk some football as well. 0:02:51.370 --> 0:02:53.650 We're one week in, and we try not to overreact, 0:02:53.730 --> 0:02:57.040 but we're ready to overreact. Let's talk about, Paul, the 0:02:57.240 --> 0:02:59.520 one contender in the AFC that impressed you the most. 0:02:59.580 --> 0:03:00.140 Can I go first? 0:03:00.480 --> 0:03:00.919 Yeah, go ahead. 0:03:01.320 --> 0:03:01.400 Okay. 0:03:01.419 --> 0:03:01.540 Okay. 0:03:02.340 --> 0:03:03.739 I know there are a lot of big games. I 0:03:03.780 --> 0:03:06.600 know the Bills won a huge game over the Texans. 0:03:06.639 --> 0:03:09.600 I know the Chiefs look dominant over the Broncos, who 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:11.880 I have in the Super Bowl. But to me, the 0:03:11.960 --> 0:03:14.370 one team that blew me away was Baltimore. They could 0:03:14.380 --> 0:03:18.490 beat you in every possible way. Lamar Jackson running, throwing. 0:03:18.550 --> 0:03:22.329 Derrick Henry looks like he's 25, not 32. Zay Flowers, 0:03:22.370 --> 0:03:24.669 I know he got hurt a little bit. He's dominant 0:03:24.690 --> 0:03:27.010 in a wide receiver. Here's one number to throw at you. 0:03:27.310 --> 0:03:29.740 When they did a play action with Lamar under center... 0:03:29.940 --> 0:03:33.100 Lamar was 7 of 8 for 128 yards. Love that. 0:03:33.480 --> 0:03:35.750 Because if you're a defense, what do you do, Paul? 0:03:36.010 --> 0:03:38.010 You have to worry about Derrick Henry, but you have 0:03:38.030 --> 0:03:41.270 to worry about Lamar both running and throwing the ball. 0:03:41.550 --> 0:03:44.190 It's an impossible situation, and the defense looked great as well. 0:03:44.270 --> 0:03:46.950 But I think you're debunking yourself because you always said 0:03:47.010 --> 0:03:49.970 you love the Ravens in the regular season, not the postseason. 0:03:50.200 --> 0:03:50.520 I know. 0:03:50.540 --> 0:03:53.340 I said I wouldn't be fooled by the Brewers. 0:03:53.520 --> 0:03:54.900 I'm getting fooled by the Ravens. 0:03:54.920 --> 0:03:56.400 Did you have any other contenders in the AFC? 0:03:56.920 --> 0:03:57.320 Oh, yeah. 0:03:57.340 --> 0:03:59.160 You know, I do like the Chiefs. I like the Bills, 0:03:59.260 --> 0:04:00.880 the favorites. It feels like we're sort of in a 0:04:01.170 --> 0:04:03.730 flashback to two years ago or three years ago when 0:04:03.750 --> 0:04:06.230 those were the teams that were always there. To me, 0:04:06.250 --> 0:04:08.410 it's those three are at the top. And by the way, 0:04:08.440 --> 0:04:10.420 can I say the fact that Mike McDonald won in 0:04:10.460 --> 0:04:12.880 Seattle makes me think Jesse Minter can win in Baltimore 0:04:12.920 --> 0:04:16.430 and new offensive coordinator Declan Doyle. Looks really good. What 0:04:16.450 --> 0:04:19.010 a great start. So some new blood in the coaching 0:04:19.330 --> 0:04:21.570 side really gets me into Baltimore. 0:04:21.589 --> 0:04:23.170 Maybe that's why they're different in the postseason. 0:04:23.190 --> 0:04:25.849 You know, my AFC team or AFC contender that impressed 0:04:25.890 --> 0:04:27.250 me the most, I'm not going to go with the 0:04:27.290 --> 0:04:29.210 Ravens because they did what I kind of expected them 0:04:29.230 --> 0:04:30.710 to do. That's what they do in the regular season. 0:04:31.240 --> 0:04:33.240 I want to go with the Jaguars, but I can't 0:04:33.320 --> 0:04:36.000 because they did it against the Browns. But it's weird 0:04:36.020 --> 0:04:38.520 because I feel bad not giving the Jaguars their flowers. 0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:41.780 Very good season, not a good postseason last year. And 0:04:41.800 --> 0:04:45.460 it's weird because they have star power. Trevor Lawrence had 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:47.860 star power. Does he still have it? Still got the hair. 0:04:48.500 --> 0:04:51.260 Travis Hunter not playing both ways, that takes a little 0:04:51.279 --> 0:04:53.479 of his star power away. But I'm not going with 0:04:53.500 --> 0:04:55.500 the Jaguars because they did it against the Browns. I've 0:04:55.520 --> 0:04:57.540 got to see it for a few more weeks. I 0:04:57.640 --> 0:05:00.050 am going with the Chiefs for a couple reasons. I 0:05:00.210 --> 0:05:02.010 love the addition of Ken Walker. We call him Ken 0:05:02.050 --> 0:05:04.370 Walker here on Not So Fast. And it gives him 0:05:04.450 --> 0:05:06.950 such an element. Mahomes ran that play in the other day, 0:05:06.990 --> 0:05:10.860 and he looks great. Does he look tentative at times, 0:05:11.000 --> 0:05:13.380 maybe not ready to cut it loose downfield. I think 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:16.430 it's about his cast, not his ability to throw downfield. 0:05:17.130 --> 0:05:19.349 Xavier Worthy is supposed to be a deep threat. I'm 0:05:19.390 --> 0:05:21.570 still waiting. I like him when he gets the ball 0:05:21.589 --> 0:05:23.870 in the running game sometimes on those jet sweeps. My 0:05:23.970 --> 0:05:26.550 only concern about the Chiefs, not the defense, not the 0:05:26.589 --> 0:05:29.970 running game, not Mahomes, do they have an A-level receiver 0:05:30.110 --> 0:05:31.750 for the postseason? And I don't think they do. 0:05:32.290 --> 0:05:35.050 Rasheed Rice is coming off a knee injury. You could 0:05:35.070 --> 0:05:36.870 tell he was a little slower. He could be an 0:05:36.930 --> 0:05:40.490 A-level receiver. Second half of the season, he's healthy. Travis 0:05:40.510 --> 0:05:42.409 Kelsey also looked really good. 0:05:42.730 --> 0:05:43.860 I don't want to get ahead of myself. 0:05:43.890 --> 0:05:46.640 Good for a guy of his age and his speed. 0:05:47.500 --> 0:05:49.440 I thought he looked just good, good. And you've seen 0:05:49.480 --> 0:05:52.240 Mahomes win with not great receivers in the past. I 0:05:52.260 --> 0:05:53.640 would not knock them off for that reason. 0:05:53.660 --> 0:05:54.760 Okay, I know we have to get to NFC, but 0:05:54.779 --> 0:05:56.160 I'm going to call for a 20 here. Let me 0:05:56.180 --> 0:05:59.900 suggest this to you. What if the Chiefs around week 0:05:59.930 --> 0:06:02.210 seven realize we have a team, clearly they have a 0:06:02.230 --> 0:06:03.909 team that can compete for a title. They do every year. 0:06:04.330 --> 0:06:06.830 Let's hit the trademark and get the best wide receiver possible. 0:06:06.850 --> 0:06:09.109 And let me throw this scenario at you. The Vikings 0:06:09.130 --> 0:06:11.770 had a good week one. Probably won't work out that well. 0:06:12.150 --> 0:06:15.860 Let's say the Vikings are three and five after eight games. 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:19.659 Do the Vikings put Justin Jefferson on the market. You're 0:06:19.700 --> 0:06:21.000 spending a lot of money. You can get out all 0:06:21.020 --> 0:06:23.460 your books and reset your franchise next year at the 0:06:23.620 --> 0:06:26.529 wide receiver and quarterback position. And the Chiefs step up 0:06:26.910 --> 0:06:29.040 and trade whatever. You'll give whatever for Justin Jefferson. 0:06:29.850 --> 0:06:31.690 This seems like something that you say in a bar 0:06:31.730 --> 0:06:32.130 to a buddy. 0:06:32.170 --> 0:06:33.390 This does seem sports radio-ish. 0:06:33.500 --> 0:06:35.960 Yeah, or not even sports radio. Like, you know, if 0:06:36.020 --> 0:06:37.840 I was a GM, I'd trade for Justin Jefferson. I'm 0:06:37.920 --> 0:06:39.659 sure the Vikings have gotten calls about him in the 0:06:39.700 --> 0:06:42.520 past and said no. The Vikings cannot let him go, 0:06:42.900 --> 0:06:45.220 no matter what. Because eventually they're going to get their quarterback, 0:06:45.260 --> 0:06:46.540 and who's the guy the Vikings need? 0:06:46.820 --> 0:06:49.060 The Chiefs have a quarterback. They don't need Justin Jefferson 0:06:49.080 --> 0:06:50.159 to make a quarterback great. 0:06:50.380 --> 0:06:51.729 The Vikings need that. 0:06:51.750 --> 0:06:54.230 All right, let's get to the NFC. The NFC contender 0:06:54.550 --> 0:06:56.270 that impressed you the most, Pearl, I'll let you go 0:06:56.330 --> 0:06:56.730 first again. 0:06:57.360 --> 0:06:59.700 Okay, this might be a little against the grain because 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:02.020 it actually didn't look that great, but the Seattle Seahawks 0:07:02.160 --> 0:07:04.880 really impressed me because they won with Sam Darnold going 0:07:04.930 --> 0:07:08.450 down early over the Patriots. Their defense looked even more 0:07:08.510 --> 0:07:11.489 dominant than last season, and they had some injuries on defense. 0:07:11.510 --> 0:07:14.370 They barely lost anyone. They lost Reek Woolen, but they're 0:07:14.390 --> 0:07:18.210 fine without him. That defense, to me, could be, first 0:07:18.230 --> 0:07:21.020 of all, it's unheralded, but the most impressive unit around 0:07:21.060 --> 0:07:24.000 the NFL overall. They don't need great quarterback play. And 0:07:24.020 --> 0:07:27.210 they have JSN and wide receiver. They don't need Kenneth Walker. Sorry, 0:07:27.250 --> 0:07:27.770 Ken Walker. 0:07:28.890 --> 0:07:31.650 They have, you know, they have Jadarian Price, and they 0:07:31.690 --> 0:07:32.710 can fill in running backs. 0:07:33.090 --> 0:07:35.550 I don't see a major flaw with the Seahawks, even 0:07:35.590 --> 0:07:36.980 if Sam Darnold needs a couple weeks out. 0:07:37.150 --> 0:07:39.180 It's like Sam Darnold can't get credit for anything. He 0:07:39.210 --> 0:07:40.680 wins the Super Bowl, or he was part of the 0:07:40.700 --> 0:07:43.120 Super Bowl winning team. His team outscored their opponents by 0:07:43.120 --> 0:07:45.700 191 points last year. But he's going to miss a 0:07:45.740 --> 0:07:48.080 couple weeks, and it's not even a lead story in sports. 0:07:48.100 --> 0:07:51.480 The defending Super Bowl champs quarterback, is out for a 0:07:51.620 --> 0:07:53.640 few weeks, which we still don't know whether it's his 0:07:53.680 --> 0:07:56.430 hip or his glute. I checked the Seattle Seahawks website. 0:07:56.440 --> 0:07:58.190 They said it is not his hip. He does not 0:07:58.230 --> 0:08:00.290 have a hip joint injury. It is his glute, which 0:08:00.330 --> 0:08:00.890 means your butt. 0:08:01.630 --> 0:08:02.870 That does mean your butt. 0:08:03.170 --> 0:08:05.390 I also saw he could come back week three if 0:08:05.450 --> 0:08:07.050 they really need him to, but I don't think they 0:08:07.110 --> 0:08:07.610 need him to. 0:08:07.810 --> 0:08:10.870 If you're a quarterback for the Seahawks, just don't throw interceptions. 0:08:11.150 --> 0:08:12.120 Your defense will win the game. 0:08:12.150 --> 0:08:14.260 You won the Super Bowl last year. My NFC contender 0:08:14.300 --> 0:08:16.450 that impressed the most I would like to say the 0:08:16.490 --> 0:08:19.210 Bears by their offense, but their defense is not good. 0:08:19.290 --> 0:08:21.650 And it wasn't good last year, but it's opportunistic. I 0:08:21.670 --> 0:08:24.290 think their defense is actually worse than last year. And 0:08:24.310 --> 0:08:26.450 they made all those plays on defense. Can't go with 0:08:26.470 --> 0:08:28.870 the Bears. And I would like to go with the 0:08:28.890 --> 0:08:30.600 New York Giants, but I think it was a really 0:08:30.630 --> 0:08:32.780 good first week. It might be a really nice first 0:08:32.860 --> 0:08:34.360 month for the Giants, but I don't look at them 0:08:34.400 --> 0:08:36.860 as contender or even contender-ish. I think they're going to 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:39.579 have an improved season. And I'm going to go with... 0:08:40.150 --> 0:08:44.100 The 49ers begrudgingly. I like the way the 49ers adjust 0:08:44.220 --> 0:08:46.360 with injuries because they're used to being injured. And that 0:08:46.420 --> 0:08:48.720 game against the Rams, they spanked them. And I don't 0:08:48.740 --> 0:08:51.959 want to hear about jet lag and no Aaron Donald. 0:08:52.720 --> 0:08:54.300 If you're the favorite to win the Super Bowl and 0:08:54.320 --> 0:08:56.490 you lay an egg, the other team caused you to 0:08:56.520 --> 0:08:59.330 lay the egg. Boy, that sunshine is gorgeous on those uniforms. 0:09:00.090 --> 0:09:03.320 I know it's all health dependent with Christian McCaffrey, with 0:09:03.760 --> 0:09:06.000 Nick Bosa and all those guys. But right now, the 0:09:06.080 --> 0:09:08.340 49ers are a little dangerous, maybe even a lot dangerous. 0:09:08.679 --> 0:09:11.400 Are we forgetting about a massive electrical substation? 0:09:11.700 --> 0:09:13.200 I know it's an overdone joke. 0:09:13.220 --> 0:09:15.360 I am pro substation now. I want my team to 0:09:15.380 --> 0:09:17.790 build a substation and soak in all those good rays 0:09:17.830 --> 0:09:18.850 that are helping the 49ers be good. 0:09:19.620 --> 0:09:21.130 Okay, they look great in week one. 0:09:21.150 --> 0:09:24.380 If that team is out there for 18 weeks, 17 weeks, yes, 0:09:24.460 --> 0:09:27.200 they're definitely a contender. And I consider them as well. 0:09:27.640 --> 0:09:30.840 But come on, Paul. They're all older. I mean, Trent 0:09:30.880 --> 0:09:34.459 Williams looks like the best tackle. He's almost 40. Kittle 0:09:34.620 --> 0:09:37.559 is 32. Bosa looked great coming off an injury. But 0:09:37.660 --> 0:09:39.040 there's a long season ahead. 0:09:39.120 --> 0:09:40.620 I agree with you. But why do we think they're 0:09:40.679 --> 0:09:42.480 always going to be injured? I think we expect them 0:09:42.520 --> 0:09:43.859 to be injured. And what if this is the year? 0:09:44.300 --> 0:09:46.459 And McCaffrey stays healthy and splits carries. We're going to 0:09:46.480 --> 0:09:49.559 talk about that. Bosa stays healthy. Ayuk is off the roster, 0:09:49.580 --> 0:09:51.100 which I think is a great thing. That guy was 0:09:51.140 --> 0:09:51.500 a mess. 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:53.070 Totally agree. 0:09:53.380 --> 0:09:56.550 I think that the Niners, with the lack of expectations, 0:09:56.650 --> 0:09:58.650 could sneak up some people like they did in Australia. 0:09:58.690 --> 0:09:58.930 Yeah. 0:09:59.770 --> 0:10:01.280 Kyle Shanahan, great coach as well. 0:10:01.360 --> 0:10:03.819 All right, coming up next, we may have a surprise 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:07.600 number one pick in the NFL draft. Love it. I'll 0:10:07.620 --> 0:10:09.100 explain that next. Not so fast. 0:10:11.740 --> 0:10:15.320 Back on Not So Fast, passing Perloff. Always the midday pick-me-up, Perloff. 0:10:15.340 --> 0:10:20.800 Not just coffee. A little bingo. That is Pete Alonso. Big, 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:24.740 hulking player going yard against his old team, the Mets. 0:10:25.220 --> 0:10:27.800 That has got to feel great. 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:27.969 300. 0:10:27.970 --> 0:10:29.449 Do it against the Mets. Oh, man. 0:10:29.570 --> 0:10:31.189 Yeah, they let you go. They didn't give you the 0:10:31.230 --> 0:10:33.290 big contract. That wasn't a bad flip. That was a 0:10:33.330 --> 0:10:34.010 bad spike. 0:10:34.710 --> 0:10:36.050 Yeah, I would not want to be in the way 0:10:36.130 --> 0:10:38.030 of a bad flip from that dude at all. 0:10:38.770 --> 0:10:40.570 That was a fun night last night. More for Pete 0:10:40.590 --> 0:10:42.609 Alonzo than for Mets fans, but they seemed to enjoy it. 0:10:42.610 --> 0:10:43.829 We're going to talk more about that in a little 0:10:43.860 --> 0:10:46.400 bit because DP, earlier on the Dan Patrick Show, was 0:10:46.440 --> 0:10:48.540 pretty hot on the topic. More of the fan reaction 0:10:48.559 --> 0:10:51.150 than Pete Alonzo's hit. It's time for warm takes here 0:10:51.190 --> 0:10:53.530 on Not So Fast with Paxton Perloff. We hit the warm-ups, 0:10:53.990 --> 0:10:56.570 you soak them in like hot butter, baby. Here we go. 0:10:56.590 --> 0:10:59.650 I'm going to go first. Interesting week for Arch Manning 0:10:59.670 --> 0:11:03.660 down at Texas. Saturday was fantastic. His signature game of 0:11:03.700 --> 0:11:06.359 his career. And then for some reason, he lost the 0:11:06.420 --> 0:11:09.580 press conference at home two days later. And I'm not 0:11:09.600 --> 0:11:10.760 going to give him too much of a hall pass. 0:11:10.780 --> 0:11:13.100 I don't think you should because he is a Manning. 0:11:13.220 --> 0:11:15.720 He is not a college kid who's new to the spotlight. 0:11:15.760 --> 0:11:18.400 He is the most prepared college kid of all time 0:11:18.460 --> 0:11:21.640 for the spotlight. His uncles are media giants. They were 0:11:21.660 --> 0:11:24.380 in the pros for years, for decades. And Arch Manning 0:11:24.420 --> 0:11:26.059 had a big whiff at the press conference. I'm sure 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:27.600 you know the details. We don't have to go through them, 0:11:27.620 --> 0:11:29.250 but you know if you have a phone and saw 0:11:29.300 --> 0:11:31.890 social media. He had to issue an apology yesterday, and 0:11:32.110 --> 0:11:34.309 it was warranted. And I'm going to give him a 0:11:34.350 --> 0:11:36.929 borderline hall pass from the standpoint of, you know, you 0:11:36.950 --> 0:11:39.190 look at his statement. My press conference yesterday, I made 0:11:39.210 --> 0:11:41.750 an insensitive comment. He's talking about Holly Rowe and the 0:11:41.790 --> 0:11:44.590 video with Sark. You guys know what happened. But this 0:11:44.630 --> 0:11:46.349 guy's got to have more awareness there in the moment. 0:11:46.670 --> 0:11:49.690 And his Madden awareness rating was really low on this one. 0:11:50.170 --> 0:11:53.410 And it's like, you're Arch Manning, and you should know this. 0:11:53.429 --> 0:11:55.490 And I think he does. It's like being a Kennedy 0:11:55.530 --> 0:11:58.510 in politics, being a Manning in football. You go in famous, 0:11:58.970 --> 0:12:01.050 you go in picked apart, and you go in as 0:12:01.470 --> 0:12:03.410 people are going to talk about you, good, bad, or ugly. 0:12:03.790 --> 0:12:06.210 You had the best football weekend of your career, and 0:12:06.230 --> 0:12:08.330 you got really, really loose in the press conference. So 0:12:08.350 --> 0:12:11.530 did the media there. But that's one where He better 0:12:11.550 --> 0:12:14.030 learn that lesson because the second one won't get the 0:12:14.070 --> 0:12:14.470 hall pass. 0:12:14.730 --> 0:12:17.620 You know what my reaction was? I immediately thought, I'm like, oh, 0:12:17.670 --> 0:12:20.859 why is everyone on social media jumping over a 22-year-old 0:12:20.940 --> 0:12:21.599 kid over this? 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:23.700 It's just a social media clip. Then I saw the clip. 0:12:23.880 --> 0:12:24.059 Yeah. 0:12:24.300 --> 0:12:26.200 I had not seen it and it was really inappropriate. 0:12:26.220 --> 0:12:27.000 Yeah, there's no excuse. 0:12:27.059 --> 0:12:28.820 I mean, yeah, Art should have known on that one. 0:12:28.900 --> 0:12:31.150 Yeah, and the 22-year-old kid thing, I think that works 0:12:31.210 --> 0:12:34.290 a generation ago for the, not the NIL athletes. These 0:12:34.330 --> 0:12:36.989 are professional athletes who happen to be in college. Some 0:12:37.030 --> 0:12:39.569 aren't even going to college, so they should know every 0:12:39.630 --> 0:12:41.390 bit of it and the If you look at when 0:12:41.410 --> 0:12:44.050 he looked over to the Texas SID and did this one, 0:12:44.710 --> 0:12:45.350 you knew it was a problem. 0:12:45.770 --> 0:12:48.189 All right. I am actually going to stay in a 0:12:48.220 --> 0:12:51.620 similar field, college football. Arch Manning might be the number 0:12:51.679 --> 0:12:54.060 one overall pick still. Played well in the second half. 0:12:54.300 --> 0:12:56.540 You got other quarterbacks who are playing well. Todd McShay 0:12:56.559 --> 0:12:58.370 said this could be the greatest quarterback draft class of 0:12:58.400 --> 0:13:01.070 all time. But it's falling apart a little bit. Dante 0:13:01.110 --> 0:13:04.040 Moore does not look great for Oregon. Drew Messamaker looks awesome, 0:13:04.080 --> 0:13:07.099 but he's throwing a lot of interceptions. Lenore Sellers has struggled. 0:13:07.440 --> 0:13:09.280 A lot of guys have had either a slow start 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:11.380 or haven't played anyone yet. So we don't know. But 0:13:11.460 --> 0:13:13.520 one guy that we know is a sure thing is 0:13:13.580 --> 0:13:17.300 Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith. He is so obviously, 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:20.949 to me, the best NFL prospect in college football. 0:13:21.250 --> 0:13:22.230 It's not even close. 0:13:22.590 --> 0:13:24.750 Quarterbacks might go ahead of him just because of the position. 0:13:25.110 --> 0:13:29.429 But this is a once-in-a-generation wide receiver. Reminds me so 0:13:29.470 --> 0:13:32.830 much of Calvin Johnson, maybe Julio Jones, maybe a little 0:13:32.929 --> 0:13:33.650 Terrell Owens. 0:13:34.230 --> 0:13:35.980 So, Paul, I have a question off this. 0:13:36.700 --> 0:13:39.679 If you are the number one team in the draft 0:13:40.340 --> 0:13:42.620 and you know you have a Hall of Fame wide 0:13:42.660 --> 0:13:45.960 receiver sitting there, you know Calvin Johnson sitting there, do 0:13:45.980 --> 0:13:48.090 you still take the quarterback anyway or do you go 0:13:48.110 --> 0:13:49.590 with the sure thing wide receiver? 0:13:49.690 --> 0:13:51.790 I think this is really interesting because it does feel 0:13:51.809 --> 0:13:54.010 like there's very few questions about this guy, Jeremiah Smith. 0:13:54.450 --> 0:13:56.540 Let's say you're the Tennessee Titans. Do you want to 0:13:56.580 --> 0:13:59.320 go and get another quarterback again and start this process again? 0:13:59.660 --> 0:14:01.990 What if you went with Jeremiah Smith, give him one 0:14:02.000 --> 0:14:04.569 year under his belt on a rookie contract? You're probably 0:14:04.610 --> 0:14:05.869 not going to be that good and you're in the 0:14:06.010 --> 0:14:09.010 next draft. And that quarterback you bring in has Jeremiah 0:14:09.070 --> 0:14:11.349 Smith to play with. And now you're putting together a 0:14:11.390 --> 0:14:13.730 dream team as opposed to doing it the opposite direction. 0:14:13.809 --> 0:14:16.520 Right. I think this is something Dan says. You want 0:14:16.540 --> 0:14:19.020 to make sure that your team is ready for the 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:21.450 rookie quarterback. So you have talent around him. You have 0:14:21.470 --> 0:14:25.310 an O-line. You have receivers. Otherwise, you're basically Cam Ward 0:14:25.330 --> 0:14:26.290 in Tennessee two years ago. 0:14:26.310 --> 0:14:28.530 You know the team I like? The Miami Dolphins. Somehow 0:14:28.550 --> 0:14:30.310 the Dolphins have the number one pick. And you want 0:14:30.330 --> 0:14:32.430 to really stick with Malik Willis and give him a 0:14:32.450 --> 0:14:35.229 chance to expand and grow. And not making that much money, 0:14:35.310 --> 0:14:38.110 Malik Willis, you give him Jeremiah Smith and build the 0:14:38.150 --> 0:14:39.550 rest of your roster. That could be saucy. 0:14:39.630 --> 0:14:41.210 Yeah, after week one, I think there are three teams 0:14:41.250 --> 0:14:43.850 in the mix for number one. Tennessee might go Smith. 0:14:44.490 --> 0:14:47.070 Miami might go Smith. But Cleveland has to go quarterback. 0:14:47.130 --> 0:14:50.180 So I still think there's a chance. Jeremiah Smith is 0:14:50.380 --> 0:14:53.300 so transcendent wide receiver that he bucks a trend, and 0:14:53.320 --> 0:14:56.820 he passes all those other guys. And Arch, as you 0:14:56.860 --> 0:14:58.700 point out, is he even ready to go pro? He 0:14:58.740 --> 0:14:59.880 might even go back to Texas. 0:15:00.580 --> 0:15:02.330 That would be something. If they don't win the title 0:15:02.370 --> 0:15:04.160 or somehow miss the playoffs this year, I could see 0:15:04.210 --> 0:15:06.130 another Arch season. I don't think he wants to start 0:15:06.230 --> 0:15:06.450 one year. 0:15:07.040 --> 0:15:07.240 No. 0:15:07.420 --> 0:15:11.220 Well, it would be his second year, but Mannings usually stays. 0:15:11.540 --> 0:15:13.440 C.J. Carr is another guy at Notre Dame. I'm not 0:15:13.480 --> 0:15:15.680 sure he doesn't go back as well. Could clear a 0:15:15.680 --> 0:15:16.620 path for Jeremiah Smith. 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:18.400 He just blew up the draft. All right, here's my 0:15:18.450 --> 0:15:20.410 next warm take, and this is going back to the Brewers. 0:15:20.870 --> 0:15:23.070 The Brewers have the pitcher Jake Mizorowski, the Miz as 0:15:23.090 --> 0:15:26.490 they call him. He's about 6'7, about 210 pounds, and 0:15:26.890 --> 0:15:28.450 he's thrown a pitch 105.5 miles per hour in his career. 0:15:30.440 --> 0:15:33.200 If you watch his games, he hits 100 most of 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:35.350 the time. It's not even a big deal. I saw 0:15:35.370 --> 0:15:38.850 a couple of 103s in the same at-bat yesterday. It's 0:15:38.870 --> 0:15:41.330 really fascinating. It's a little bit like Randy Johnson because 0:15:41.350 --> 0:15:44.630 he's got the presence, the big hands, and he's appointment programming. 0:15:44.950 --> 0:15:48.270 But these days in baseball, there aren't that many appointment 0:15:48.310 --> 0:15:51.950 programming pitchers because they don't get to go to innings 7, 8, 0:15:51.950 --> 0:15:52.770 and 9. And I don't want to go back to 0:15:53.120 --> 0:15:55.680 get off my lawn back in my day. Yamamoto for 0:15:55.700 --> 0:15:58.020 the Dodgers is really interesting, and there's a few other pitchers. 0:15:58.080 --> 0:16:00.550 Paul Skeens is appointment programming. and you've got to tune 0:16:00.580 --> 0:16:02.580 into them. But I'm really curious about the future of 0:16:02.600 --> 0:16:06.200 the pitching position. We're at 105 miles per hour. Mason 0:16:06.240 --> 0:16:09.060 Miller of the Padres, he throws 105. It's not that 0:16:09.100 --> 0:16:11.640 big of a deal to go over 102 anymore. And 0:16:11.900 --> 0:16:13.760 how far can we go with this, the Miz? Can 0:16:14.210 --> 0:16:16.850 the Miz throw 107 in two years? In 20 years, 0:16:16.890 --> 0:16:19.450