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Speaker 1: And then just wrote down a bunch of NFL stories,

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Speaker 1: my Instagram at John Middlecoff. That's how I answered questions

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Speaker 1: I'm sure, like many of you, watch some of the

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Speaker 1: and I think we all can relate to this. No

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Speaker 1: matter what you do in life, so much is out

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Speaker 1: do everything humanly possible, I know, just speaking for myself,

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Speaker 1: do not troll. And I'm watching Peyton Manning talk and

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Speaker 1: or four games on Friday, games on Saturday games on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: the preseason games, every single you know scout that is

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Speaker 1: assigned to the individual teams will evaluate every player in

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Speaker 1: the draft class from the fourth to undrafted free agents.

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Speaker 1: So your fourth, your fifth, your sixth and seventh round players,

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Speaker 1: and then all the undrafted free agents that you guys

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Speaker 1: had good draft grades on. And obviously if an undrafted

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Speaker 1: free agent that you didn't write up or didn't think

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Speaker 1: highly up starts playing well, you will evaluate that player two.

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Speaker 1: So you will spend hours upon hours for the next

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Speaker 1: three weeks evaluating all the players who are playing in

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Speaker 1: these preseason games. So while me and you and I'm

440
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Speaker 1: just one of you now are sitting on the couch,

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Speaker 1: like when the third, you know, second half of these

442
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Speaker 1: preseason games, they're like, this is pretty boring. I might

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Speaker 1: change the channel. They cannot change the channel. Now they

444
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Speaker 1: don't evaluate off TV, so you actually don't need to

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Speaker 1: watch necessarily the game live, even though a lot of

446
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Speaker 1: these guys go to the game, but they will go back.

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Speaker 1: Now it's technology has made it easier. So if I'm

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Speaker 1: watching let's just say Seattle and they have a four, fifth, six,

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Speaker 1: seventh round pick. When I was in the league. You know,

450
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Speaker 1: less than a decade ago, you had to manually go

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Speaker 1: through and find him. Now you can siphon everything out

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Speaker 1: with numbers and technology, so it is a little easier,

453
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Speaker 1: but you spend so much time. It's why so many

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Speaker 1: people in the scouting community get negative and get bitter

455
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Speaker 1: because they think, like, oh, you're just watching like Tom

456
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Speaker 1: Brady and Julio Jones and Aaron Donald. No, you are

457
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Speaker 1: not watching those guys. You're watching the opposite. You're spending

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Speaker 1: the majority of your time watching the fringe guys in

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Speaker 1: the league, and then you give them grades based on

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Speaker 1: the three preseason games. Obviously, you have two or three

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Speaker 1: weeks before preseason games start, and all the scouts are

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Speaker 1: going to every practice and you're meeting with the GM

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Speaker 1: right you're you know, something depends certain teams do it differently,

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Speaker 1: but going to personnel meetings with the with the coaches

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Speaker 1: and the scouts, and you have a good idea for

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Speaker 1: the strengths and weaknesses of your own team. So if

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Speaker 1: you know, you know, our dB suck and we need

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Speaker 1: to find a guard. The group of scouts that are

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Speaker 1: watching all those four through undrafted free agents. Also, because

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Speaker 1: there was no preseason last year, you're gonna watch that

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Speaker 1: entire rookie class from last year for guys that did

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Speaker 1: not play in the league. So like a fifth round

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Speaker 1: pick who was on a team's practice squad all year,

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Speaker 1: you don't have a grade on him beside his draft

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Speaker 1: grade because he hasn't played any NFL snaps. So you

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Speaker 1: are you gotta really kind of backtrack and see how

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Speaker 1: he looks, so you actually do double dipping this year. Now,

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Speaker 1: you would watch that guy probably anyway, but you have

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Speaker 1: no frame of reference. You don't know how he looks

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Speaker 1: beside how he looked in college. So the amount of

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Speaker 1: work that the scouting community does these next three weeks

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Speaker 1: is crazy. Now you focus your efforts more typically on

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Speaker 1: areas where now you gotta watch all these guys and

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Speaker 1: put grades on them, but you really watch closely. If

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Speaker 1: you know your team needs a backup tackle, you guys

486
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Speaker 1: are locked into the backup tackles. If you know your

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Speaker 1: team might need a safety, you're really watching those safeties hard.

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Speaker 1: And if you like a guy, you move him up

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Speaker 1: the food chain. Right. You may text your GM two

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Speaker 1: games in like, hey, this guy, you know, the the

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Speaker 1: position group, the team he's on. Let's say he's on

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Speaker 1: I'm just gonna pick a team, the Cowboys. They got

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Speaker 1: three corners that are locked to make the team. This

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Speaker 1: guy may get cut and they try to put this

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Speaker 1: guy in practice squad. This guy could make our fifty

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Speaker 1: three man roster. So you get those conversations going. But

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Speaker 1: a simple reality and we all know this, when that

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Speaker 1: fifty three man cutdown comes from ninety guys. They've added

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Speaker 1: ten more guys over the last four or five years.

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Speaker 1: It used to be eighty, now it's ninety, and there's

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Speaker 1: only one cutdown. When that cutdown happens, there's a lot

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Speaker 1: of names on that list. So basically every name that's

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Speaker 1: on that list, you know, at the end of the

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Speaker 1: month you have a great on and then ideally you

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Speaker 1: know that really the couple of days leading up, you

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Speaker 1: have three or four guys isolated. If this guy is

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Speaker 1: getting cut, we're going to claim him the problem and

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Speaker 1: we'll get into the claiming thing. It's based on the

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Speaker 1: draft order. So if you're like the Pittsburgh Steelers and

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Speaker 1: you want to claim a guy, well, you need him

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Speaker 1: to fall to you in the draft. In the in

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Speaker 1: the draft order, right, you don't get to pick first.

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Speaker 1: So if the Jags want them, if the Raiders want them,

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Speaker 1: if the whoever, the Colts, the Lions, some of these

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Speaker 1: teams want them, they get them. It's just a grind, man.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I just remember, you end up watching so

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Speaker 1: much film. I get a lot of people d M

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Speaker 1: and me like, I really want to work in the league.

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Speaker 1: If you want to scout in the NFL, you have

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Speaker 1: to be addicted to watching film. Like these articles you

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Speaker 1: read about Brandon being wheeling and dealing with Patrick Collins,

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Speaker 1: the CIA for Josh Allen's contract, of Harry Roseman working

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Speaker 1: a trade with Nick Kissario. That is not what you

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Speaker 1: end up doing. You don't do any of that. You

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Speaker 1: just watch tape after tape after guy after guy, and

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Speaker 1: you write reports. That is the overwhelming majority of the

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Speaker 1: work that you do is watching tape. And as a coach,

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Speaker 1: they spent a lot of time watching tape too, but

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Speaker 1: they also on the practice field coaching guys up. As

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Speaker 1: a scout, you're kind of just in your cubicle in

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Speaker 1: your office watching tape. Now, when you're the lowest guy

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Speaker 1: in the totem pole, you get to do some stupid

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Speaker 1: remedial tasks like go pick up guys at the airport,

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Speaker 1: pick up food, whatever. But at least it's like, get

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Speaker 1: you outside and you can breathe. There were times in

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Speaker 1: my second year as a pro scout, I feel like

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Speaker 1: I didn't go outside beside coming to work and going

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Speaker 1: home for weeks on end, you don't go to you know,

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Speaker 1: was even going to practice. And this by far, at

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Speaker 1: least during the season times a little bit on your side.

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Speaker 1: The amount of random football players that you will watch,

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Speaker 1: that a large majority of them will never impact an

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Speaker 1: NFL game, but you have to watch them all because

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Speaker 1: a small percentage will become players, will become guys that

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Speaker 1: you need to claim or guys that you'll end up

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Speaker 1: playing against and then advanced scouting. So this is this

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Speaker 1: is a very very busy time for the scouting departments.

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Speaker 1: And uh, while people we get to make fun of

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Speaker 1: the preseason games, they do not. Okay, what I thought

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Speaker 1: i'd do is just there's so many, so much stuff

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Speaker 1: is going on. I just wrote down a bunch of

552
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Speaker 1: different stories and I'll give my thoughts on everything, uh

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Speaker 1: that is happening around the league or just something that

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Speaker 1: I saw that stood out to me. There might not

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Speaker 1: be a player this preseason, including to uh uh, all

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Speaker 1: the young guys that have as much on the line

557
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Speaker 1: as Jordan's love and he's not even gonna play but

558
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:07,360
Speaker 1: the Packers the situation was created because of Jordan's love,

559
00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:10,480
Speaker 1: not him personally, but because of what he represented when

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Speaker 1: they drafted him. And the pressure then that Aaron Rodgers

561
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Speaker 1: has put Gudakins and Murphy and just the whole situation right,

562
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Speaker 1: it all stems back, regardless of what he says, I

563
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Speaker 1: know he claims also the older veterans that was the

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Speaker 1: nail in the coffin that really was like, uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: the gasoline on the fire that erupted. Now, I do

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Speaker 1: believe the Packers are a Super Bowl contender. They're easily

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Speaker 1: one of the best teams in the league. They are

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Speaker 1: going to win, and Aaron Rodgers is Taylor made for

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Speaker 1: this offense. I think that they could win either get

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Speaker 1: back to the ndf C Championship, get to the Super Bowl, whatever,

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Speaker 1: and smooth this all out money talk ship Walks, pay

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Speaker 1: them a bunch of money, keep Davante. I do believe

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Speaker 1: it's possible. Now, is Gudakins dynamic enough, We'll see, But

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Speaker 1: there have been reports they've been talking to practice. I

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Speaker 1: watched some of his press conference on on at Or Day.

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Speaker 1: He looked like he was in good spirits. His coach

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Speaker 1: is tight with the with the quarterback. I think it's tenable. Now.

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying that it is gonna happen. You never know.

579
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Speaker 1: We're dealing with humans, big ego and Rodgers prickly. But

580
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Speaker 1: the Packers have a lot on the line the next

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Speaker 1: three weeks because if Jordan loves plays well, it really

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Speaker 1: gives them two options. If he's really good one. If

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Speaker 1: Aaron doesn't want to come back, they go, you know,

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Speaker 1: we might actually have something. Now. Do I think he's

585
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Speaker 1: gonna be the next Aaron Rodgers? Of course not. But

586
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Speaker 1: what if he's just like an Alex Smith. What if

587
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Speaker 1: you can just keep winning with the guy and he's cheap,

588
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Speaker 1: it could help the franchise. Take a deep breath and go, Okay, Aaron,

589
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Speaker 1: We're just we We've done everything humanly possible. We'll keep

590
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Speaker 1: your guy, Davante Adams. We brought back your Frinn Randall Cobb.

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Speaker 1: We let you come into the personnel meetings when we

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Speaker 1: cut down the team. What else do you want? Like,

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Speaker 1: we can only do so much assuming he like, doesn't

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Speaker 1: think they've done enough. Well, if this guy is good

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Speaker 1: in these preseason games, it's it's possible a transition without Aaron, Right,

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Speaker 1: you can trade him and go with Jordan's Love. Now,

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00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:07,080
Speaker 1: if you do fix the situation and you go, you know,

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Speaker 1: Roger still got three or four years left, maybe we

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Speaker 1: can win another super Bowl, maybe we can win two more.

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Speaker 1: You can trade him because his value would skyrocket every year.

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Speaker 1: Teams need quarterbacks. We know that. So if I can

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Speaker 1: get a Jordan's Love who has multiple years of NFL experience,

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Speaker 1: Let's say he looks really dynamic in the preseason, I

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Speaker 1: know he's been learning behind Rogers. Now I can get

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Speaker 1: him for cheap. What if I get him for second

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Speaker 1: round pick or two twos because his value is not

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Speaker 1: probably a first round pick unless he just looks incredible,

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Speaker 1: because he's already two years into his contract and he's

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Speaker 1: only gonna have the preseason to go off of. Right,

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Speaker 1: So if I'm another team and I am intrigued, I

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Speaker 1: might be able to get him on the cheap. I

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Speaker 1: might be able to get a premium because quarterbacks if

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Speaker 1: he turns out to just be solid, our premiums at

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Speaker 1: a relative discount where we saw what it takes for

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Speaker 1: the to go from twelve to pick three to get

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Speaker 1: a rookie quarterback. Now you have that rookie quarterback several

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Speaker 1: years on that rookie deal. Jordan's Love next year will

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Speaker 1: be going into year three, so you really only get

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Speaker 1: two years. He has the fifth year option, but the

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Speaker 1: fifth year option is very expensive. So if Jordan's Love

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Speaker 1: is good, it gives the Packers option. Now on the

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Speaker 1: flip side, if he's bad, they have no choice. But

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Speaker 1: they gotta figure out the relationship with Aaron Rodgers that

624
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Speaker 1: they do not that that is just that's their only option.

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Speaker 1: They have to fix that relationship, right because if he stinks,

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Speaker 1: you cannot transition to him. It'll get everyone fired. Matt

627
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Speaker 1: Stafford when he was sitting there watching Calvin Johnson and

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Speaker 1: even you know when I was talking about Peyton and

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Speaker 1: John Lynch and Charles Woodson, those guys things that happened

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Speaker 1: out of their control. Obviously Megatron had the things the

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Speaker 1: least amount go for him out of his control. Right,

632
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Speaker 1: he got drafted by the Lions. It's just kind of

633
00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:53,680
Speaker 1: a joke franchise. He did get to play with many

634
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Speaker 1: years of Matt Stafford a big arm gun slinger, so

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Speaker 1: the majority of his highlights came playing with Matt and

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Speaker 1: watching Matt watch Calvin Johnson. I just thought, like, people

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Speaker 1: love this guy. He's an absolute grinder. He's got a

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Speaker 1: ton to prove. That had to be a moment where

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Speaker 1: it's like, if I can change my the landscape of

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Speaker 1: my career these next five six years with McVeigh, maybe

641
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Speaker 1: one day I could be sitting here, if I could

642
00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:22,560
Speaker 1: win a Super Bowl with the Rams and go on

643
00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:24,560
Speaker 1: like a five year stretch fer I'm a Pro bowler

644
00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:25,840
Speaker 1: every year and one of the best players in the

645
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:28,000
Speaker 1: league and win an m v P. Maybe one day

646
00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:30,640
Speaker 1: they talk about me like one of these guys. When

647
00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:33,399
Speaker 1: I just saw him sitting there and smiling, just like,

648
00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:36,440
Speaker 1: you know, I'm really really intrigued to watch Matt Stafford

649
00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:40,280
Speaker 1: this year. Urban Meyer Trem Balky. I I can't imagine

650
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:44,160
Speaker 1: they have just some seamless relationship. Uh, you know, both

651
00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:47,680
Speaker 1: guys kind of egomaniacs. Balky has a history of not

652
00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:51,560
Speaker 1: getting along with people. Urban has never had to answer

653
00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:54,560
Speaker 1: to anybody. Now, technically Balky answers to him, but he

654
00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:58,399
Speaker 1: needs Balky because Balky knows the league, they drafted a guy. Now,

655
00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:01,640
Speaker 1: these guys didn't draft him, but it was around last

656
00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:04,120
Speaker 1: year in the draft c J. Henderson, which a lot

657
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:06,480
Speaker 1: of people in the NFL really like, corner out of Florida,

658
00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:10,440
Speaker 1: the ninth pick in the draft at a premium position,

659
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:14,319
Speaker 1: and they're already talking about trading the guy. Like that's

660
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:19,239
Speaker 1: just fucking bizarre. But expect bizarre things to happen when

661
00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:22,440
Speaker 1: you get a coach with no NFL experience that comes in,

662
00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:25,400
Speaker 1: Like if you can't take the ninth overall pick that

663
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:27,120
Speaker 1: has a lot of talent and figure out how to

664
00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:30,080
Speaker 1: use them at corner, Like, that's on you. What are

665
00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:32,239
Speaker 1: you gonna trade him for? Now? Could they trade him

666
00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:35,000
Speaker 1: like makeup Fitzpatrick for a first round pick? Maybe they could,

667
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:38,560
Speaker 1: But wouldn't you just like, wouldn't Miami Dolphins just wanted

668
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:40,799
Speaker 1: to make up Fitzpatrick on their team, like he's one

669
00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:42,680
Speaker 1: of the best players in the league. They got good

670
00:35:42,719 --> 00:35:44,759
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, What if the Jags are good

671
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:47,160
Speaker 1: in two years? Wouldn't they just want a top end corner?

672
00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:50,359
Speaker 1: So if other good teams value him for a first

673
00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:53,799
Speaker 1: round pick, wouldn't you just want the guy? I don't

674
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:57,160
Speaker 1: I don't get it now. I know schemes change, especially

675
00:35:57,239 --> 00:36:01,319
Speaker 1: at corner, can impact greatly a player, but man, that one,

676
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:03,960
Speaker 1: that one's a head scratching for me. But I'm expecting

677
00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:06,560
Speaker 1: Urban Meyer in the situation to be a head scratching experience.

678
00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:10,360
Speaker 1: Uh Sae Kwan Barkley, who is easily one of the

679
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:13,040
Speaker 1: most physically gifted players we've ever seen in the NFL.

680
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:17,480
Speaker 1: Top end speed, elite, ability to make guys miss elite,

681
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:21,480
Speaker 1: just instincts as a running back elite. Now terrible pass blocker,

682
00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:25,120
Speaker 1: but you know, you just can't ask when a pass

683
00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:27,560
Speaker 1: block really weird for a guy that's really strong, you know,

684
00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:30,080
Speaker 1: you'd think he'd take some pride and pass blocking in

685
00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:32,560
Speaker 1: his career. So far he has not. As a scout

686
00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:34,719
Speaker 1: told me, he's the worst pass blocker in the league.

687
00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:36,680
Speaker 1: For a good player like he's terrible, doesn't want it,

688
00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:39,440
Speaker 1: but he's not like scared. So it's just it's a

689
00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:42,600
Speaker 1: bizarre situation. But he's back, and if the Giants are

690
00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:45,400
Speaker 1: gonna be good this year, first and foremost, Daniel Jones

691
00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:48,200
Speaker 1: just needs to be good, needs just needs to be solid.

692
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:50,520
Speaker 1: Sa Kwan can really help him out because he can

693
00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:53,479
Speaker 1: catch uh now I don't know if their offensive line

694
00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:56,200
Speaker 1: is any good, but if he can just give them

695
00:36:56,239 --> 00:36:59,160
Speaker 1: a thousand yard rusher, it should help change the team

696
00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:03,600
Speaker 1: right lows everything down. They they add Gola Day. They

697
00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:05,600
Speaker 1: drafted dude in the first round to play wide receiver

698
00:37:05,719 --> 00:37:09,000
Speaker 1: their defensive oriented squad. Even though their head coach is

699
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:12,120
Speaker 1: technically a former quarterback, he feels more like a defensive guy.

700
00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:16,799
Speaker 1: If se Kwan is elite non pass blocking, he could

701
00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:20,080
Speaker 1: just really really help their team. A couple of stories

702
00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:23,200
Speaker 1: coming out of Cincinnati Bengal camp that would make me nervous.

703
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,600
Speaker 1: First and foremost, I don't blame this first story. I

704
00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:29,480
Speaker 1: understand it. I have a torn m c L right now,

705
00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:32,000
Speaker 1: and I'm scared to, you know, get surgery. Not because

706
00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:33,920
Speaker 1: I'm scared of the surgery, just I don't really want

707
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:38,560
Speaker 1: to rehab or whatever. But I my dad, who wants

708
00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:40,640
Speaker 1: tourist Patel attendant, and his a c L is a

709
00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:43,000
Speaker 1: really bad kne injury. Was never the same now, he

710
00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:45,160
Speaker 1: was not a professional athlete. He was just a normal human.

711
00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:49,120
Speaker 1: But we've seen time and time again guys have major

712
00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:52,719
Speaker 1: lower body injuries and that first year back, they're just

713
00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:57,120
Speaker 1: hesitant there, tentative it's be human nature. Like Joe Burrow

714
00:37:57,239 --> 00:37:59,920
Speaker 1: is a tough guy. All the reports are he's very

715
00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:02,640
Speaker 1: scared on the knee. He gets very nervous when guys

716
00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:06,400
Speaker 1: are around him. Again, very understandable. Problem for Zach Taylor

717
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:08,520
Speaker 1: is he needs to show some progress. And if his

718
00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:11,840
Speaker 1: quarterbacks a year away from feeling comfortable, they're fucked. They

719
00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:14,840
Speaker 1: have no chance to be good. If Joe Burrow is

720
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:18,720
Speaker 1: not elite that they won't win six games, let alone.

721
00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:21,799
Speaker 1: If he's gonna feel his way throughout this year, they

722
00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:24,719
Speaker 1: might be a to win team. And to me, the

723
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:28,520
Speaker 1: more concerning again that that one's understandable. Even if you're like,

724
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:32,000
Speaker 1: you know that sucks, We we get it. The thing

725
00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:35,200
Speaker 1: that's scary, now, you gotta take these reports with a

726
00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:38,239
Speaker 1: grain assault, you know. I saw the Athletic reported that

727
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:44,080
Speaker 1: Jamaar Chase is struggling to gain separation. Now, the media

728
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:46,759
Speaker 1: loved Jabbar Chase and a lot of people like Jamar Chase.

729
00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:49,120
Speaker 1: The Bengals like Jamar Chase. They took him five overall.

730
00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:51,640
Speaker 1: I had a buddy in the SEC that told me,

731
00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:55,040
Speaker 1: you know what, John, I don't really see it not

732
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:57,600
Speaker 1: saying that he wasn't a good player. But when you

733
00:38:57,680 --> 00:38:59,840
Speaker 1: take a guy fifth overall, do you know you're expecting

734
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:04,000
Speaker 1: Julio Jones what a j Green was for the Bengals

735
00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:07,760
Speaker 1: and reports coming from a media member, not some train scout.

736
00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:09,800
Speaker 1: But if you're a practice you can tell if a

737
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:13,120
Speaker 1: guy's getting open or not. I went to remember Amari

738
00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:15,160
Speaker 1: Cooper got drafted. You knew right away, like a Mark

739
00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:18,720
Speaker 1: Cooper gets open. Going to Niner practice last week, Brandon

740
00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:20,759
Speaker 1: and You gets open with East, George Kittle gets open.

741
00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:23,560
Speaker 1: You can tell if guy's getting open or not. Jamar chasin'

742
00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:27,080
Speaker 1: getting open. So if Burrow is gonna work through this

743
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:30,120
Speaker 1: knee injury and then a star wide receiver can't get

744
00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:31,960
Speaker 1: open right away? And trust me, if you're not getting

745
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:34,600
Speaker 1: open against the Bengals defense, probably a little harder against

746
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:37,239
Speaker 1: the Ravens or the Steelers. As a buddy of mine

747
00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:39,160
Speaker 1: with the Ravens texted me the other days, like our

748
00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:42,759
Speaker 1: defense looks pretty freaking good. They got some dudes. So

749
00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:46,080
Speaker 1: the same with the Browns, like it's a pretty good division.

750
00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:49,439
Speaker 1: It could be a long year for the Bengals. Zach

751
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:53,160
Speaker 1: Taylor might be headed back to Sean mcveigh's you know

752
00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:57,800
Speaker 1: staff when this season ends and that job. If Burrow

753
00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:00,160
Speaker 1: then can get healthy, could be a little intriguing, But

754
00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:03,080
Speaker 1: who knows. Like, not everyone ever comes back from a

755
00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:05,280
Speaker 1: major knee injury. I think we've gotten kind of cocky.

756
00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:08,719
Speaker 1: We just think everyone's gonna come back right. Sometimes you

757
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:12,279
Speaker 1: tear your achilles and it's over. Like Kevin Durant came

758
00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:14,520
Speaker 1: back and he's fine. That's not normal. A lot of

759
00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:17,120
Speaker 1: times the guy is never the same. Same with football,

760
00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:19,399
Speaker 1: I think Richard Sherman would tell you, like, I don't

761
00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:21,640
Speaker 1: think he was the same player, but he was so smart,

762
00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:24,640
Speaker 1: so tough, he'd get by, and he did. He had

763
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:26,319
Speaker 1: an all Pro season two years ago, but he wasn't

764
00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:29,080
Speaker 1: the same Seattle guy. Now. I know that Burro had

765
00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:33,200
Speaker 1: a different injury, but who knows. That's that's scary things

766
00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:36,560
Speaker 1: I think and listen, I'm as guilty as anyone. I

767
00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:38,320
Speaker 1: think we naturally when a guy gets hurt, it's like

768
00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:41,680
Speaker 1: they'll be back, it'll be fine. We hope we'll see.

769
00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:45,800
Speaker 1: The Watson situation is just bizarre, man. I saw some

770
00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:48,520
Speaker 1: clips at practice. He's just kind of standing there because

771
00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:50,719
Speaker 1: he doesn't want to get fine fifty a day, but

772
00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:54,600
Speaker 1: he's not taking starting quarterback reps and the Texans man

773
00:40:54,719 --> 00:40:58,440
Speaker 1: are just what a dumpster fire organization. I have a

774
00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:02,240
Speaker 1: hard time to me when you're a dumpster fire organization

775
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:05,120
Speaker 1: in two one, there has to be a human side

776
00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:07,440
Speaker 1: of you. I think it's why so often the Belichick

777
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:10,399
Speaker 1: I I struggle because they're not taught to be human.

778
00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:14,680
Speaker 1: And Cassario is a stiff stiff. Now, I maybe he's

779
00:41:14,719 --> 00:41:16,600
Speaker 1: really good at his job and you can overcome that,

780
00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:18,880
Speaker 1: but I think there's a huge human element with all

781
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:21,440
Speaker 1: this stuff. I think it could be difficult for him.

782
00:41:21,719 --> 00:41:24,360
Speaker 1: I I really do. I think the Texans could go

783
00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:27,319
Speaker 1: through a couple of years span where they're a pretty

784
00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:31,680
Speaker 1: big embarrassment. Now. Part of this if if I don't know,

785
00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:33,880
Speaker 1: I guess if de Seaun the stuff had never happened

786
00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:35,520
Speaker 1: off the field, he was still asking for a trade

787
00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:38,640
Speaker 1: before that stuff ever came out. So just just crappy

788
00:41:38,719 --> 00:41:41,400
Speaker 1: times to be a Texans fan. Another thing that's just

789
00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:46,040
Speaker 1: really weird is Seattle. Right now. They have Jamal Adams

790
00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:48,360
Speaker 1: who is not practiced yet. He's a whole bin. He

791
00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:51,560
Speaker 1: wants a new contract. Dwayne Brown, their left tackle, is

792
00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:54,520
Speaker 1: not practice. He also wants a new contract. Pete and

793
00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:57,480
Speaker 1: John Snyder had to know this. They traded two first

794
00:41:57,600 --> 00:41:59,840
Speaker 1: round picks in a second round pick for Jamal Adams.

795
00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:02,359
Speaker 1: The number one thing you would have to do when

796
00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:04,160
Speaker 1: you make that trade is not, well, we have to

797
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:06,879
Speaker 1: give him a new contract. I give the Bears credit

798
00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:10,839
Speaker 1: on this when they made that historic trade for Khalil Mack.

799
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:13,400
Speaker 1: They signed him when they made the trade, so they

800
00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:17,239
Speaker 1: never ever had to worry about him holding out. Right,

801
00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:19,360
Speaker 1: they got him because of a holdout. Well, basically the

802
00:42:19,360 --> 00:42:21,759
Speaker 1: same thing happen with Jamal Adams. Why didn't they pay

803
00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:24,080
Speaker 1: him when they traded for him? Then they wouldn't have

804
00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:26,759
Speaker 1: to worry about this. Now, the Duayanne Brown situation a

805
00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:30,719
Speaker 1: little bit different. I think he's thirty six years old, right,

806
00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:32,839
Speaker 1: I would not be in the business of breaking off

807
00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:37,120
Speaker 1: thirty six year olds in in the National Football League

808
00:42:37,160 --> 00:42:39,560
Speaker 1: non quarterback. He's thirty five. He'll be thirty six at

809
00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:42,879
Speaker 1: the end of the month. But they're they're in Super

810
00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:45,400
Speaker 1: Bowl bus mode right now. They are desperate to make

811
00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:49,120
Speaker 1: another run in the playoffs. They can't function without him. So,

812
00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:52,840
Speaker 1: you know, often players don't have that much leverage unless

813
00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:55,520
Speaker 1: you're like an in the prime peak player. Usually thirty

814
00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:58,279
Speaker 1: five year old tackles do not. He's got a little leverage, Like,

815
00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:00,279
Speaker 1: what are you gonna do, Pete? Play with out me?

816
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:04,719
Speaker 1: No chance? You need me? Like Pete, you need Jamal

817
00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:07,920
Speaker 1: Adams and you need Dwayne Brown like you can nitpick

818
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:11,239
Speaker 1: and pinch pennies here, but you need to Like you're

819
00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:13,719
Speaker 1: trying to win the toughest division in football, and those

820
00:43:13,719 --> 00:43:15,560
Speaker 1: are two of your better players. I mean, Jamal is

821
00:43:15,640 --> 00:43:17,680
Speaker 1: probably their third or fourth best player. Dwayne Brown is

822
00:43:17,719 --> 00:43:21,320
Speaker 1: probably top seven or eight. But when you know factoring

823
00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:24,680
Speaker 1: his importance given these left tackle he's very important. Well,

824
00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:28,040
Speaker 1: I don't understand and why it even gets this point,

825
00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:32,399
Speaker 1: especially with Jamal, But I don't know Seattle. I guess

826
00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:35,120
Speaker 1: he said. I saw a clip today that Pete was like,

827
00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:36,840
Speaker 1: what are you gonna worry about this? And He's like,

828
00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:38,480
Speaker 1: why would I tell you? So he's already getting a

829
00:43:38,480 --> 00:43:41,400
Speaker 1: little contentious. You can tell the tensions are high. They

830
00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:47,040
Speaker 1: got a lot on the line. Okay, Middlecoff mail bag

831
00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:53,080
Speaker 1: at John Middlecoff is the Instagram You fire into those

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00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:55,560
Speaker 1: d m s and you get your question read here

833
00:43:55,840 --> 00:43:58,359
Speaker 1: on the show. This is actually starting with the text

834
00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:00,839
Speaker 1: message if you have my phone number, you can shoot

835
00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:02,279
Speaker 1: me to actually get rid of on the show as well,

836
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:08,160
Speaker 1: money being equal, how many teams take Lamar over Josh Allen?

837
00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:11,320
Speaker 1: This actually reads how many teams take Josh Allen over Lamar.

838
00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:16,000
Speaker 1: I think all my friends in the NFL would take

839
00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:20,600
Speaker 1: Josh Allen over Lamar. And that is to me much

840
00:44:20,719 --> 00:44:24,239
Speaker 1: closer of a conversation, given Lamar has gotten a lot better.

841
00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:27,480
Speaker 1: Lamar is much better than anyone ever anticipated he'd be

842
00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:30,320
Speaker 1: obviously winning the m v P. I think the question

843
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:33,560
Speaker 1: mark is this to win big in the playoffs, and

844
00:44:33,719 --> 00:44:36,560
Speaker 1: both these guys have proven they are playoff quarterbacks. Right.

845
00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:39,359
Speaker 1: They can lead your team eleven twelve, thirteen wins get

846
00:44:39,440 --> 00:44:42,800
Speaker 1: him in position to make a playoff run in the playoffs,

847
00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:45,759
Speaker 1: unlike the regular season, your constants, I mean, in big

848
00:44:45,840 --> 00:44:47,680
Speaker 1: regular season games, you are And this is where Lamar

849
00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:51,440
Speaker 1: has struggled. It's third and eight in a playoff game,

850
00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:55,520
Speaker 1: It's fourth quarter, third and eight. Can you make the throw?

851
00:44:56,280 --> 00:44:58,400
Speaker 1: As of right now, it's like it would just I

852
00:44:58,440 --> 00:45:01,400
Speaker 1: don't feel great about Lamar now up until last year,

853
00:45:01,400 --> 00:45:03,000
Speaker 1: I don't feel that great about Josh Allen, but he

854
00:45:03,080 --> 00:45:05,880
Speaker 1: proved like that's kind of his style. He's a throwing quarterback.

855
00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:09,160
Speaker 1: If Lamar could make that jump, then I think he

856
00:45:09,239 --> 00:45:12,480
Speaker 1: could be right there, hand in hand with Josh. I

857
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:15,480
Speaker 1: think the overwhelming majority of people in the NFL would

858
00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:19,160
Speaker 1: take Josh Allen. Now, Josh has proved much less than Lamar,

859
00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:22,239
Speaker 1: so it's risking Josh. You're kind of betting on the come.

860
00:45:22,760 --> 00:45:26,840
Speaker 1: He can just maintain that, which who knows. We're about

861
00:45:26,840 --> 00:45:30,439
Speaker 1: to find out big forty fans and I've been trying

862
00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:33,880
Speaker 1: to decide where makes the most sense for Jimmy. What

863
00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:36,759
Speaker 1: are your thoughts on this? Patriots just get Jimmy and

864
00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:40,280
Speaker 1: we get Cam and a later pick. Washington gets Jimmy

865
00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:43,200
Speaker 1: and we get Fitzpatrick and a later pick. Both teams

866
00:45:43,239 --> 00:45:45,279
Speaker 1: want to start her now and get a better one

867
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:47,960
Speaker 1: than they have. Doesn't look like mac Jones is playing soon,

868
00:45:48,360 --> 00:45:50,360
Speaker 1: and we get a solid back up behind the rookie.

869
00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:54,320
Speaker 1: To me, if Trey Lance beats him out, you just

870
00:45:54,440 --> 00:45:56,919
Speaker 1: keep Jimmy garop blows the backup. Now where it gets

871
00:45:57,000 --> 00:46:00,760
Speaker 1: complicated is Jimmy Garoppolo makes million dollars. In the history

872
00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:03,840
Speaker 1: of the NFL, a non starter has never made million dollars,

873
00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:06,640
Speaker 1: So could the Niners convince him to take a fifteen

874
00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:09,880
Speaker 1: million dollar pay cut. Now, maybe Kyle doesn't want to

875
00:46:09,920 --> 00:46:13,520
Speaker 1: deal with the BS. Right, If Jimmy Garoppolo is on

876
00:46:13,640 --> 00:46:18,279
Speaker 1: the roster week one, his million dollars guaranteed. Because when

877
00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:21,000
Speaker 1: you're a vested veteran, if you get even your non

878
00:46:21,080 --> 00:46:24,279
Speaker 1: guaranteed money you get on the roster week one, that

879
00:46:24,480 --> 00:46:29,520
Speaker 1: cash is guaranteed by that team. So if Trey Lance

880
00:46:29,640 --> 00:46:31,560
Speaker 1: is named the starter at the end of training camp,

881
00:46:32,560 --> 00:46:34,520
Speaker 1: that'll be the big question to the Niners, ask him

882
00:46:34,520 --> 00:46:36,319
Speaker 1: to take a pay cut? Are they cool just making

883
00:46:36,400 --> 00:46:39,719
Speaker 1: them million dollar backup? In the history of the league,

884
00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:45,640
Speaker 1: no teamouldever have million dollar backup, So we'll see. Uh

885
00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:48,359
Speaker 1: easily the best NFL show listen to. I'm from UK

886
00:46:48,600 --> 00:46:52,040
Speaker 1: and now an avid listener. Andrew, congrats on the success

887
00:46:52,080 --> 00:46:56,960
Speaker 1: and keep pushing from more. I appreciate it, Okay, Jam

888
00:46:57,400 --> 00:47:00,400
Speaker 1: I'm a Saints fan and I'm cautiously up. A mystic

889
00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:03,920
Speaker 1: for jamis guy's a live arm and people will look

890
00:47:03,920 --> 00:47:06,439
Speaker 1: at the interceptions, but how much of that is Bruce

891
00:47:06,520 --> 00:47:10,000
Speaker 1: arians making him push the ball down the field a lot? Now,

892
00:47:10,040 --> 00:47:12,080
Speaker 1: he's not a great decision maker. He's had a full

893
00:47:12,200 --> 00:47:15,320
Speaker 1: year of quarterback under Drew Brees and Sean Payton. I

894
00:47:15,440 --> 00:47:18,480
Speaker 1: understand Michael thomas injury will hurt, but I still think

895
00:47:18,520 --> 00:47:23,160
Speaker 1: he can be serviceable. What do you say, Yeah, I

896
00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:26,520
Speaker 1: I thought they were tailor made before Michael Thomas is

897
00:47:26,640 --> 00:47:28,960
Speaker 1: on his injury right, because they have a running back

898
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:31,200
Speaker 1: that he could just dump the ball too, in Alvin Kamara,

899
00:47:31,800 --> 00:47:34,080
Speaker 1: and a wide receiver who does all of his work

900
00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:36,200
Speaker 1: within like ten yards of the line of scrimmage. Michael

901
00:47:36,239 --> 00:47:38,440
Speaker 1: Thomas is not a deep wide receiver. He runs slants,

902
00:47:38,480 --> 00:47:40,680
Speaker 1: he runs goes. You get him the ball quick and

903
00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:44,759
Speaker 1: let him make place. He's a dominant possession receiver. Now

904
00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:48,440
Speaker 1: Michael Thomas is gone for who knows how long, right, hell,

905
00:47:48,520 --> 00:47:50,320
Speaker 1: he could miss the whole season. I saw his Instagram

906
00:47:50,360 --> 00:47:52,640
Speaker 1: and like he's piste off. Maybe they trade him to

907
00:47:52,719 --> 00:47:55,200
Speaker 1: the Jags for you know c J. Henderson, who knows

908
00:47:56,440 --> 00:48:00,239
Speaker 1: it's a little harder without Michael Thomas. For jamis one sin,

909
00:48:00,680 --> 00:48:04,160
Speaker 1: but Jami's when he's played, has always had good receivers.

910
00:48:04,280 --> 00:48:07,040
Speaker 1: Godwin at Evans right, and he thought of coming in

911
00:48:07,120 --> 00:48:10,160
Speaker 1: this year with Michael Thomas. I'm a little less bullish

912
00:48:10,680 --> 00:48:14,640
Speaker 1: now that he's missing him. UH started listening to because

913
00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:16,960
Speaker 1: of Colin been following. I was a student at Arizona

914
00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:19,879
Speaker 1: State seven now married to two kids, so my free

915
00:48:19,960 --> 00:48:22,320
Speaker 1: time to listen to podcast is limited, and I have

916
00:48:22,400 --> 00:48:25,040
Speaker 1: to tell that yours is up there, appreciate it. I

917
00:48:25,160 --> 00:48:28,960
Speaker 1: live in north central Phoenix and working North Scottsdale and

918
00:48:29,040 --> 00:48:32,840
Speaker 1: can tell that you'll love it here. I am fearful

919
00:48:33,040 --> 00:48:37,120
Speaker 1: of a California takeover population politics, but we will happily

920
00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:42,920
Speaker 1: have you in closing because of a close college friend

921
00:48:43,080 --> 00:48:46,520
Speaker 1: who is a huge Broncos fan, combined with the Scars

922
00:48:46,760 --> 00:48:50,560
Speaker 1: the Cardinals cause that ruined my youth and my fandom.

923
00:48:50,760 --> 00:48:54,080
Speaker 1: I'm a big Broncos fan. I'm a locked believer and

924
00:48:54,280 --> 00:48:57,840
Speaker 1: think he'll earn the starting job over Teddy. Am I crazy.

925
00:48:58,800 --> 00:49:01,759
Speaker 1: I will be stunned if Teddy Bridgewater beats him out,

926
00:49:02,200 --> 00:49:04,359
Speaker 1: given that I think Drew Lock is playing better this year.

927
00:49:04,840 --> 00:49:07,800
Speaker 1: Drew Lock is infinitely more talented. Teddy Bridgewater is not

928
00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:10,640
Speaker 1: very gifted. He can't move, doesn't have a great arm.

929
00:49:11,320 --> 00:49:13,479
Speaker 1: To me, He's just a really good backup. If Teddy

930
00:49:13,520 --> 00:49:15,520
Speaker 1: Bridgewater is your starter, you're not gonna be very good.

931
00:49:16,360 --> 00:49:17,960
Speaker 1: Remember when he started for the Saints, they were one

932
00:49:17,960 --> 00:49:19,359
Speaker 1: of the best teams in the league, and he only

933
00:49:19,400 --> 00:49:21,239
Speaker 1: had to start for six games, and one of those games,

934
00:49:21,280 --> 00:49:24,160
Speaker 1: I think against Seattle, they have like two defensive touchdowns

935
00:49:24,160 --> 00:49:27,920
Speaker 1: in a specially game touchdown. So I'm with you, my

936
00:49:28,280 --> 00:49:31,319
Speaker 1: my real estate take right now. I've been advised by

937
00:49:32,120 --> 00:49:35,520
Speaker 1: the people that I lean on financially that just weird

938
00:49:35,600 --> 00:49:40,600
Speaker 1: Ship is going on, and just Corona, all the fake

939
00:49:40,719 --> 00:49:43,640
Speaker 1: money that's out there, the rent moratorium, and I'm still

940
00:49:43,680 --> 00:49:47,000
Speaker 1: locked in. I checked the market every day, but you know,

941
00:49:47,040 --> 00:49:50,040
Speaker 1: I'm being patient because it's just just some weird things

942
00:49:50,120 --> 00:49:53,160
Speaker 1: of brewing. There's some weird things of brewin that's me

943
00:49:53,480 --> 00:49:57,239
Speaker 1: and I could be wrong, but Ship is about to

944
00:49:57,280 --> 00:49:59,319
Speaker 1: get a little crazy. I think on the real estate front,

945
00:49:59,480 --> 00:50:02,040
Speaker 1: in some of these markets where I live, the Bay

946
00:50:02,080 --> 00:50:06,160
Speaker 1: Area has been relatively unfazed even by recessions. That is

947
00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:08,800
Speaker 1: not true of a place like Arizona. Though I desperately

948
00:50:08,840 --> 00:50:11,000
Speaker 1: want to be there as soon as possible. I just

949
00:50:11,120 --> 00:50:13,040
Speaker 1: want to make the right by and I'm not in

950
00:50:13,120 --> 00:50:15,720
Speaker 1: a rush trying to be patient. I try to pride

951
00:50:15,800 --> 00:50:19,520
Speaker 1: myself in my uh in my mature late thirties I'll

952
00:50:19,520 --> 00:50:21,920
Speaker 1: be thirty seven in a couple of months, to make

953
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:23,960
Speaker 1: good deals and the deals I've made that have been

954
00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:26,640
Speaker 1: good have been patients now in the place I'm living

955
00:50:26,640 --> 00:50:28,080
Speaker 1: in now, I had no choice. I had to find

956
00:50:28,120 --> 00:50:32,480
Speaker 1: a place, and I overpaid. It sucked. You know. I've

957
00:50:32,520 --> 00:50:34,799
Speaker 1: made a little money, but it's not some of these

958
00:50:34,840 --> 00:50:39,120
Speaker 1: people around me have made three grand. And it's like, God,

959
00:50:39,360 --> 00:50:43,400
Speaker 1: I'm jealous right now. The place that I buy in Arizona,

960
00:50:44,200 --> 00:50:47,040
Speaker 1: I'm not necessarily buying it as an investment property. I

961
00:50:47,480 --> 00:50:49,359
Speaker 1: I want to buy it where I'm not worried about

962
00:50:49,440 --> 00:50:51,680
Speaker 1: like losing money in it, but I'm buying it as

963
00:50:51,719 --> 00:50:55,000
Speaker 1: a happiness play. I want to be there. I want

964
00:50:55,080 --> 00:50:58,120
Speaker 1: to be in that market, like I want to own

965
00:50:58,120 --> 00:51:02,759
Speaker 1: a piece of property. But some of these places I've

966
00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:06,040
Speaker 1: been looking at, some places that were let's just pick

967
00:51:06,080 --> 00:51:10,160
Speaker 1: a number, seven grand. The dude paid seven hundred grand

968
00:51:10,560 --> 00:51:13,480
Speaker 1: in the middle of two thousand twenty, and right now

969
00:51:13,600 --> 00:51:16,200
Speaker 1: it's on the market for like eight fifty, and you're like,

970
00:51:16,239 --> 00:51:18,040
Speaker 1: you didn't even do anything, and you're marketing up a

971
00:51:18,120 --> 00:51:21,239
Speaker 1: hundred fifty. And the higher the price point, the higher

972
00:51:21,320 --> 00:51:23,120
Speaker 1: the markup. So if you're looking at a million dollar

973
00:51:23,200 --> 00:51:25,200
Speaker 1: homebot early two thousand twenties back on the market for

974
00:51:25,280 --> 00:51:28,080
Speaker 1: like one four, you're like, you put in some cabinets.

975
00:51:29,239 --> 00:51:32,160
Speaker 1: I had a wise guy, a very very wise man

976
00:51:32,280 --> 00:51:35,560
Speaker 1: tell me, and I think he's right, because having really

977
00:51:35,640 --> 00:51:37,520
Speaker 1: dove into look in at a lot of these houses.

978
00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:40,920
Speaker 1: The biggest mistake people make in real estate because you

979
00:51:41,040 --> 00:51:43,080
Speaker 1: you always want a turnkey, right. It's much easier to

980
00:51:43,080 --> 00:51:45,080
Speaker 1: get a turnkey property, and if you can't afford it,

981
00:51:45,080 --> 00:51:46,680
Speaker 1: and money is not a big deal for sure, it's

982
00:51:46,719 --> 00:51:48,520
Speaker 1: just you don't have to worry about it. But if

983
00:51:48,520 --> 00:51:51,040
Speaker 1: you look at a place and a dude buys it

984
00:51:51,160 --> 00:51:54,720
Speaker 1: for five grand, and then it's back on the market

985
00:51:54,760 --> 00:51:56,919
Speaker 1: all brand new, remodeled, and it's back on the market

986
00:51:56,960 --> 00:51:59,440
Speaker 1: for like eight fifty in these crazy times, and you go, well,

987
00:51:59,440 --> 00:52:02,200
Speaker 1: it's turnkey, brand new. He might have only put like

988
00:52:02,280 --> 00:52:05,279
Speaker 1: seventy hundred grand in, So if you put seventy five

989
00:52:05,440 --> 00:52:08,600
Speaker 1: hundred grand in, you can then mark that up three x.

990
00:52:09,640 --> 00:52:11,160
Speaker 1: And the guy told me, he's like, I bought a

991
00:52:11,200 --> 00:52:14,160
Speaker 1: bunch of properties in my life, and the number one

992
00:52:14,239 --> 00:52:16,319
Speaker 1: thing I never do is get enamored by like, oh,

993
00:52:16,440 --> 00:52:18,680
Speaker 1: the new cabinets, the new floor ship, I'll just put

994
00:52:18,760 --> 00:52:23,279
Speaker 1: those in myself. And and the fifties six hundred grand

995
00:52:23,320 --> 00:52:27,200
Speaker 1: that I put in will save me two grand. And

996
00:52:27,239 --> 00:52:28,960
Speaker 1: I think a lot of people struggle, and I struggle

997
00:52:29,040 --> 00:52:31,560
Speaker 1: with that. You know. It's like my mom's constantly shooting

998
00:52:31,560 --> 00:52:33,080
Speaker 1: me place. She's like, look at these great look at

999
00:52:33,120 --> 00:52:35,839
Speaker 1: the cabinets, look at the floors. I'm like, Mom, they're

1000
00:52:35,840 --> 00:52:39,360
Speaker 1: marking that thing up. It's like, just find someone that

1001
00:52:39,440 --> 00:52:41,799
Speaker 1: lives in the town. Get some get some recommendations, get

1002
00:52:41,840 --> 00:52:44,760
Speaker 1: a dude to put a new floors, you know grand

1003
00:52:45,160 --> 00:52:47,600
Speaker 1: instead you're paying a hundred fifty grand for the new floors.

1004
00:52:47,719 --> 00:52:50,200
Speaker 1: Doesn't It doesn't pencil. But a lot of people give in,

1005
00:52:51,200 --> 00:52:53,120
Speaker 1: and again there is something nice to not have to

1006
00:52:53,160 --> 00:52:55,560
Speaker 1: worry about it. I do not argue that because it

1007
00:52:55,600 --> 00:52:57,160
Speaker 1: would be a pain in the as grant and I

1008
00:52:57,200 --> 00:52:59,440
Speaker 1: could come back and forth, they could remodel it. I

1009
00:52:59,480 --> 00:53:02,320
Speaker 1: could be living here, do whatever I want. But I

1010
00:53:02,400 --> 00:53:04,680
Speaker 1: get where people live in a house and they're moving there,

1011
00:53:04,760 --> 00:53:06,560
Speaker 1: it's going to be their residents. They don't want to

1012
00:53:06,880 --> 00:53:09,960
Speaker 1: remember my parents remodeled my house when I was like,

1013
00:53:10,520 --> 00:53:13,399
Speaker 1: I don't know, Junior High, and it's paying the ass.

1014
00:53:13,640 --> 00:53:15,120
Speaker 1: You know. I was like, living in the living room,

1015
00:53:15,719 --> 00:53:20,319
Speaker 1: it's just dust everywhere. It sucks, but it does make

1016
00:53:20,360 --> 00:53:23,080
Speaker 1: the house a lot more valuable and saves if you

1017
00:53:23,160 --> 00:53:26,239
Speaker 1: can afford it, saves you a lot of money. That's

1018
00:53:26,280 --> 00:53:28,719
Speaker 1: a middle cough on real estate. Have a great day,

1019
00:53:29,640 --> 00:53:34,040
Speaker 1: talk soon, shoot me d M S and UH enjoy

1020
00:53:34,080 --> 00:53:34,919
Speaker 1: the week. Peace,