1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: The volume. This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What 2 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 1: is up Straight Fire, fam, It's me Jason McIntyre. Straight 3 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:26,079 Speaker 1: Fire for Monday, February twenty six. Back from vacation. My 4 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: old man likes to say a week off for good behavior. 5 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 1: I don't know if it was that so much as 6 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:34,479 Speaker 1: the end of the football season and there was a 7 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:37,919 Speaker 1: some construction going on at Fox, so all the LA 8 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,199 Speaker 1: shows got the week off last week. It was awesome 9 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 1: to be on a break. I won't rub it in 10 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:45,200 Speaker 1: that I was on vacation while you were slaving away working. 11 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:49,159 Speaker 1: I did go to the Bahamas with the family, not 12 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 1: something I had done. Hadn't gone to the Caribbean in 13 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 1: a while. And everybody instantly wants to know reviews because 14 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 1: they were following me on Instagram and saw some of 15 00:00:56,520 --> 00:01:00,959 Speaker 1: the videos. There's a new flight jet straight from LA 16 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 1: to the Bahamas, because it's you know, if you're living 17 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:05,760 Speaker 1: out here in LA, usually you go Hawaii or Cabo. 18 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 1: You don't want to fly all the way to the Caribbean. 19 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: But this new jet Blue Flight rob made it only 20 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: like a four and a half hour flight there. Now 21 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: we hit that headwind on the way back, so it 22 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 1: was six hours. Not great, But I did watch a 23 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 1: couple movies. I saw the new Mission Impossible with Tom Cruise. 24 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 1: I guess it's not that new. Have you seen a Rob? 25 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 2: Absolutely love Tom Cruise. 26 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: Dude, It's awesome, really freaking good. I was stunned how 27 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: good it was. And then on the way back, Oh no, wait, 28 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:37,680 Speaker 1: I didn't see anything on the way back because Alaska 29 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 1: Air sucks and doesn't have TV, so I had to 30 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:43,679 Speaker 1: like watch it on my phone. I'm not a huge 31 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 1: fan of that, watching a movie on your phone. I 32 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: know it's not that much smaller than the actual screen, 33 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 1: but on the phone it's just not as awesome. And 34 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: the movie I saw was called The Creator with the 35 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: guy from Baller's John. I think Don John David Washington. 36 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 1: Have you seen that one? Rob? 37 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 2: I have not seen that one. 38 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, so this Both of these are centered around 39 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:09,359 Speaker 1: kind of AI ish, and I would assume we'll see 40 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 1: a lot more AI movies coming out lately. I thought 41 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: The Creator was good, a little predictable, but it was entertaining. 42 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 1: So both the movies i'd recommend now. As for The Resort, 43 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna totally blast them here, but it was 44 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 1: just a little too crowded. You know, I'm not into 45 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: lines waiting for everything. Like. It was the kind of 46 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 1: place where we did not go to Atlantis. We went 47 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: to Baha More, the kind of place where if you 48 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: wake up, you've got to go down and lock up 49 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 1: a chair because if you get down by eight o'clock, 50 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:45,080 Speaker 1: all the all the chairs at the pools, pools, multiple 51 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: pools are gone and you settle for the beach chairs, 52 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: which aren't bad. But as I haven't been in the 53 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: Caribbean in forever, I forgot there are no waves at 54 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:57,959 Speaker 1: Baha Mare, the little facility with like three hotels, there's 55 00:02:58,000 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: no waves in the ocean, so we like didn't really 56 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: go in the ocean. Hawaii. You got awesome ways. It's 57 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 1: fun ride in the waves, you sit out in the water, 58 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 1: blah blah blah. And we did go to this water 59 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: park that they had there on the on the lot, 60 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: which is incredible. I love a good water park. You know, 61 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,520 Speaker 1: Lazy River wasn't all that. It was no a Lani 62 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: Lazy River. Anybody who's been to the Disney resort Alani 63 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: in Hawaii knows that that is total fire. It's also 64 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: a shit show in terms of crowds. But the Lazy 65 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 1: River is one of the best I've been doing. They 66 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: have like eight eight hot tubs there. They have like 67 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 1: secret hot tubs that you got to like work hard 68 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: to find. I like a good hot tub. But at 69 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 1: the resort we went to, the place was one hundred 70 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: percent capacity. Couldn't get reservations at the top restaurants, and 71 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 1: you go to a hot tub and it's like twenty people. 72 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 1: It's like backed. My kids swear they counted forty two 73 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 1: at one of the hot tubs. I was like, no way, anyways, 74 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: enough about my vacation. I did not go on Twitter, 75 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: I did do Instagram, did not watch much sports. I 76 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: did a little college basketball gambling. By the way, Monster 77 00:03:56,120 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: Day Saturday. It was awesome this past Saturday. And I'll 78 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 1: just be brief before we get to actual sports. Now. 79 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 1: Luckily nothing happened. It's funny. I try to stay off 80 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: the device and be present and read and hang with 81 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 1: the fam and decompress, unplug, as they say on vacation. 82 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 1: And but I did you know text cow herd Oh 83 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 1: my gosh, look at this guy coming after me. But 84 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: by the way, I guess my take on Cam Newton 85 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 1: and we'll talk about his incident over the weekend. It 86 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 1: really ticked people off. Evan Turner. You guys know him, 87 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: basketball player Ohio State. Just an awesome basketball player at 88 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 1: Ohio State. I think he went second overall in the 89 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: NBA Draft. He's now retired. He hosts a podcast, because 90 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 1: who doesn't. Evan Turner hammers me on some podcast for 91 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 1: my Cam Newton take. Cam Newton was a legend. Ye 92 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:47,279 Speaker 1: had no shit, Sherlock. Anyways, we're trying to get Evan 93 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 1: Turner on the pod. I'm gonna guess he ain't gonna 94 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:51,599 Speaker 1: show at any rate. I send that to cow Herd. 95 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: I'm like, there's nothing going on. We're at the stage 96 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 1: in post football where Evan Turner is hammering me on 97 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 1: social media, and Coward's like, nothing happened this week. And 98 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 1: I get back and I'm texting Rob some stuff, some ideas, 99 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 1: and there's not a lot. I'll plead ignorance and I'll 100 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: hear Rob's thoughts on it later. This JJ Reddick drama. 101 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 1: I'm not well versed enough on it to talk about it, 102 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,479 Speaker 1: but I'm curious with Rob things. And it was like, 103 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 1: nothing really happened until this weekend. Fortunately some stuff went down, 104 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 1: and I will just wrap up my little vacation monologue here. 105 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 1: Obviously I got to get back. My daughter had a 106 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: volleyball tournament and I go to coach them in sports. 107 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: Took our worst loss in basketball, my son's team that 108 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 1: I've had as a coach, and we lost by twenty 109 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 1: very rare. Our best player wasn't there. The other team 110 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 1: only had five guys. All their five best players were there. 111 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:49,359 Speaker 1: It is a tough one. They're really good. We'll probably 112 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 1: see him in the finals. And then my daughter's team 113 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 1: had a game. Other team only had three players. They 114 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: were like, can we borrow a player? And that's never fun. 115 00:05:57,640 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 1: Nobody wants to go. None of the kids wanted to go, 116 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 1: and I was like, fine, take our best, big tall girl. 117 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 1: She goes over. There is four against five and our 118 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: kids were getting tired. I know their team should have too. 119 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 1: We're trailing it with like six minutes left, sixteen to ten, 120 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:16,479 Speaker 1: undefeated record on the line, and I can see it 121 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 1: in some of our girls eyes. They're getting nervous. We 122 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:20,840 Speaker 1: don't want to lose, so we turn up. You can 123 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 1: do full court pressure. Final five minutes we go full 124 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:28,599 Speaker 1: court pressure and got back in it. My daughter hits 125 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 1: two free throws. Free throws are tough for fifth grade girls, 126 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:32,479 Speaker 1: trust me, a lot of bricks, a lot of air balls, 127 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:36,720 Speaker 1: and we force overtime. We go up seventeen sixteen, and 128 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 1: then you know, they have a player who was on 129 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:40,839 Speaker 1: our team last year. She's awesome, probably the best player 130 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:44,159 Speaker 1: in the league, club player, and we knew it was 131 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:47,160 Speaker 1: going to her, and we you know, caused like a 132 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 1: some traffic. She bumps into her own teammate who was 133 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:54,719 Speaker 1: sitting a screen loose ball, and we have a breakout 134 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:57,480 Speaker 1: and I go to grab my phone because I'm like, oh, 135 00:06:57,520 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: this is a great win, awesome comeback. Jim is packed 136 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 1: because it's overtime and like you know, the next game 137 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: and everybody and I turn around to grab my phone 138 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 1: and I can't like find it to record the moment. 139 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 1: And the girl passes ahead to my daughter who makes 140 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: a layup at the buzzer and like everybody, just the 141 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 1: crowd exploded. It was one of those awesome dad moments, 142 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 1: Like what do they call it? A core memory? Like 143 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 1: I won't ever forget the look on their face. Everybody's 144 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 1: jumping around and like it was just a great comeback, 145 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 1: but I don't have any video of it, which sucks, 146 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 1: but you know what, that's life sometimes. And then to 147 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 1: cap off just an incredible week, I went to see 148 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 1: Messi out here face the Galaxy, a buddy of mine 149 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 1: who I coached soccer with. He got tickets and I 150 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 1: fortunate enough to go. He's like, second row, pretty sick, 151 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 1: and what happens. You know, A Galaxy outplayed them the 152 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:45,760 Speaker 1: entire game. A guy gets a second yellow card late, 153 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 1: and then Messi scores in the ninetieth minute, just an 154 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 1: amazing goal, like right in front of us, and you're 155 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 1: just like, look at this guy. Messy is just unbelieva. 156 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 1: I don't even know what to say. I'm sure a 157 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 1: lot of you watched it on Apple TV. I got 158 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 1: the Apple em Less package. It was just an awesome week. 159 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 1: Rub And now I've rambled way way too freaking long. 160 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: I am gonna ask Rob before I dive into what 161 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 1: I think is an interesting story. I'm curious your thoughts 162 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: on the whole JJ Reddick thing, assuming you followed it closely. 163 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:15,920 Speaker 1: If you didn't, just we can punt on that. 164 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 2: Oh no, I definitely followed it. That was one of 165 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 2: those stories that had the sports media in a choke 166 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 2: hold for like a good sixteen hours because at the 167 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 2: time that it dropped, it was early East Coast time 168 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 2: during First Take, so you had Doug gott Labe, who 169 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 2: was feeling for you guys on the Herd all the 170 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 2: way down until you know, midnight Eastern. All these different 171 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 2: shows on every single outlet had a thought on it 172 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 2: because they all interpreted his comments differently. The way I 173 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:49,720 Speaker 2: interpreted it was this is kind of normal for JJ 174 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:53,560 Speaker 2: to me at this point. He's a great NBA analyst. 175 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 2: I enjoy watching him on the broadcast. He has great insight. 176 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 2: His podcast that he does separately from the First Take 177 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:04,080 Speaker 2: stuff is very insightful. You learn a lot about basketball. 178 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 2: He has great conversations People's reasonally had Luka Dancic. I 179 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 2: thought it was a good podcast. I think he's very 180 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:12,960 Speaker 2: good at it. He's also the kind of guy who 181 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:17,839 Speaker 2: goes on First Take regularly and seems like he is 182 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 2: just completely turned off by the format. So when he 183 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 2: goes on this little most recent rant saying I did 184 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 2: a video talking about Zion playing points center and it 185 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 2: got fifty four thousand views, and then I have this 186 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 2: thing where I take a shot at an next coach, 187 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:34,320 Speaker 2: he gets multiple ten tens of millions, you know, like 188 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:38,440 Speaker 2: what does that saying? And it's like, well, duh, like 189 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:40,840 Speaker 2: that's what happens on do So for him to go 190 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 2: on a debate show and get mad at the format 191 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 2: of a debate show to me was rich, Like that 192 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 2: you have to know what you're doing. Like, if you 193 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 2: want to talk about x's and o's on your podcast 194 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:53,959 Speaker 2: in that form, absolutely, one hundred percent there's an audience 195 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 2: for that. But if you want to go on first 196 00:09:55,880 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 2: Take where the format is literally strong opinions quote unquote 197 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 2: hot takes, and you're mad that people would rather hear 198 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:06,720 Speaker 2: strong opinions and hot takes and drama than x's and o's, Like, 199 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:09,440 Speaker 2: you're just in the wrong line of work, buddy, hmm. 200 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:16,080 Speaker 1: Interesting, Well, as I sure you would agree he's not wrong, right, sure, 201 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 1: Zion Williamson right. And I hate to say it, but 202 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 1: like the American sports fan doesn't want the highbrow shit. 203 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 1: They just don't. They don't want a you know, nine 204 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 1: minute breakdown of Zion Williams. And now I know people 205 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 1: are gonna say you're generalizing, Yeah I am, because what 206 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 1: do you want to reach like the a tiny audience 207 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:43,599 Speaker 1: and your show goes off the air, or do you 208 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 1: want to reach the most people possible. Why do you 209 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 1: think Lebron and the Lakers are a topic all the 210 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:50,679 Speaker 1: time when they're what the ninth seed in the West. Well, 211 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:52,959 Speaker 1: I think Steph Curry Warriors ten seed in the West, 212 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,560 Speaker 1: they were a topic all the freaking time. Is anybody 213 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 1: do anybody talking Timberwolves number one? Okay, see number two. 214 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:03,319 Speaker 1: Nobody's talking about them. That's just how it works. Unfortunately, 215 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 1: they have small fan bases, they're in small cities and 216 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 1: people perform stars. Now again, we on this podcast were fortunate, 217 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:13,839 Speaker 1: like nobody's stepping in saying, hey, talk about this. Rob 218 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 1: and I discuss it, and what we say goes. Now, 219 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 1: if we go off the rails and we want to 220 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 1: talk no disrespect to baseball, it's fun. I love going 221 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:22,439 Speaker 1: to Dodger game. If we want to open the podcast 222 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 1: with baseball, like four days in a row, like right 223 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: before the NFL Draft, the numbers will crater and the 224 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 1: people who pay me will say, we're not gonna pay 225 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:33,960 Speaker 1: if you're not gonna deliver numbers. And maybe that happens anyway, 226 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 1: I don't know. I want to talk college basketball. I'm 227 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:41,200 Speaker 1: champing at the bit to talk college basketball. I can't 228 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 1: really do it, but there is in the audience. 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I 261 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 1: think the Kevin Durant incident where he walks onto the court. 262 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 1: He's jogging onto the court and Kevin Durant runs by 263 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:46,199 Speaker 1: the fans who came into the first row to take videos, 264 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:51,680 Speaker 1: get photos, whatever, and this woman yells Kevin Durant, you bitch, 265 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:56,199 Speaker 1: and Katie here's it turns around what walks right over 266 00:13:56,240 --> 00:14:00,680 Speaker 1: and you're like, oh, good, kick these idiots out. And 267 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:04,680 Speaker 1: the video is so incredible because the woman's face instantly 268 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 1: turns from oh no, I stepped in two, ooh, let 269 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 1: me try to make a wrong or right. Let me 270 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 1: put a smile on it, and she like sticks her 271 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 1: hand and she said, Katie, what's up? But she's like 272 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 1: spilling her beer because clearly she's on like beer two 273 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 1: or three. And the husband's like, oh, I got a 274 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 1: sports podcast. I was like, okay, Well, Kevin Durant cannot 275 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:26,200 Speaker 1: win here. If he gets these losers kicked out, they've 276 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 1: got content for their podcast. Kevin Durant kicked me out 277 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 1: of the arena, okay, if he says nothing? Did you 278 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:34,320 Speaker 1: have these jibbroni fans who want to get liquored up 279 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 1: and then yell that players are bitches and mf's and 280 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 1: all this stuff, right, and that's just gonna continue. So 281 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant can't win, except he kind of sort of did. 282 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 1: He went back to them, listened to them, was like, 283 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 1: you can't talk to people like that, and then walks away. 284 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:54,840 Speaker 1: Did not have them kicked out? He could have he 285 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 1: did not, and so hopefully a lesson was learned here. 286 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 1: I'm not optimistic because, as I just said, a moment ago, 287 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 1: I lost faith in a lot of sports fans, obviously 288 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 1: not the listeners of this podcast. But it's just disappointing 289 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 1: that now those wackos are a story because they call 290 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 1: because the woman called Kadi a bi tch? All right 291 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 1: to me, that's wrong. Now, the Sons did go on 292 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:25,840 Speaker 1: and beat the Lakers yesterday, and the Sons are up 293 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 1: for the moment, and I mean briefly with leading tie 294 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 1: breakers in the sixth spot. But I do want to 295 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 1: I just want to ask you, guys this about Kevin 296 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 1: Durant and Rob. I haven't fully drilled down on this, 297 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 1: but a couple of weeks ago, Kevin Durant made basically 298 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:43,560 Speaker 1: asked the question like, why am I not considered the 299 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 1: go Why is it Lebron George? Why not me? Why 300 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: am I not in that discussion? And as you guys know, 301 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 1: I thought there was a time when KD was on 302 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 1: the Warriors that he was the best player in the league. 303 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:56,440 Speaker 1: They were the best team, a historically great team, and 304 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: he was the two time finals MVP. I know Curry 305 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 1: was the engine and Draymond this and Clay was that, 306 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 1: I don't that's fine. In the finals, KD obliterated Lebron 307 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 1: had to head. It was one of those moments, and 308 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: I still remember, I think it was Game three. Kad 309 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 1: comes down the court late and I worked on this 310 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 1: shot so many times because that's how I remember. It 311 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 1: was Game three, Warriors up to nothing, and he does 312 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:26,120 Speaker 1: like the cross and he like kind of picks up 313 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 1: the dribble all of one fluid motion and drains the 314 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 1: three of Lebron's eye with like a minute left, and 315 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:32,840 Speaker 1: it was like, oh my gosh, what a dagger. And 316 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 1: it was one of those is this your king from 317 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 1: Black Panther, one of those references like Kevin Durantz better 318 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 1: right now? He had a stack team and Lebron had Kyrie. 319 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 1: They ended up losing four to one. The next year, 320 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 1: KD beat A four to zero, and KD was on 321 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 1: top of the world. I just want to remind you guys. 322 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 1: I know he had the unfortunate injury, but before Golden 323 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 1: State got to the finals with OKC, they traded hard 324 00:16:58,400 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 1: and I'm not blaming him for that. They never got 325 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 1: back to the finals after Golden State. He goes to 326 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 1: the Nets with Kyrie. I don't want to call it 327 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:06,880 Speaker 1: a debacle, but it was a bit of a poop show. 328 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 1: They almost beat the Bucks a year the Bucks on 329 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 1: the title there was like the Kevin Durant, you know, 330 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:16,040 Speaker 1: inch on the three point line. In his final year 331 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:18,280 Speaker 1: with the Nets, they got swept by Jason Tatum and 332 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:22,160 Speaker 1: I'm talking swept out the gym. Last year they lose 333 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:26,320 Speaker 1: to the Nuggets four two. KD had had two really 334 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 1: really good games, but ultimately Denver had a better team. 335 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:32,919 Speaker 1: And now it's like, okay, they're fluctuated between six, seven, eight, 336 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:37,680 Speaker 1: ninet ten and Rob KT's thirty five now turn thirty 337 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:40,280 Speaker 1: six in September. He's got an injury history that's, you know, 338 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:44,640 Speaker 1: not great. I like Kevin Durant man, you know that, 339 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:47,639 Speaker 1: even though we've had our issues, but back and forths. 340 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:53,720 Speaker 1: I just wonder if they say they go down in 341 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 1: the plane, which is entirely possible, Okay, I think Dallas 342 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:02,400 Speaker 1: probably gets them, and if they meet in the plane. 343 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:05,359 Speaker 1: I don't know about Sacramento. I don't know about the Pelicans. 344 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 1: I think the Lakers would beat them in the play 345 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:12,480 Speaker 1: in I don't know about the Warriors, but if Phoenix 346 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:17,960 Speaker 1: somehow loses in the plane, what do we do with 347 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:20,440 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant? And again, he's still got time to add 348 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:22,679 Speaker 1: to his legacy. But a lot of tread on those tires, 349 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:28,440 Speaker 1: a lot of injuries. You got swept by Tatum in Brooklyn. 350 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 1: I know there's injuries in the Harden and Ben Simmons 351 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 1: and Guyri, I get it. A lot of weird stuff happening. 352 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:42,480 Speaker 1: You demand it out. You can't lose in the plan here, 353 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:48,240 Speaker 1: you can't. Not two months prior saying why am I 354 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:50,399 Speaker 1: not in the Goat conversation, I don't know. I'm a 355 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:53,239 Speaker 1: little worried about Kevin Durant. Rob, That's my roundabout way 356 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:56,640 Speaker 1: of saying, I'm a little worried now. Bradley Beal's injury 357 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:59,359 Speaker 1: obviously not great. But I'll tell you right now, Royce O'Neal, 358 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 1: I didn't say three is a game in the playoffs, 359 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 1: Grace and Allen A hitting six three is a game 360 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 1: in the playoffs. This is just not happening. And Rob, 361 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:13,400 Speaker 1: I'm concerned for KD because I feel like, I mean, 362 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:16,200 Speaker 1: the guy has two titles and two finals. MVPs. Charles 363 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:18,639 Speaker 1: Barkley has none, and we're gonna see Barkley go on 364 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 1: TV if the Sun's losing the play in and get 365 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 1: bounced and just dog about. And I'm gonna need to 366 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:28,879 Speaker 1: remind people that Charles Barkley jumped around teams multiple times 367 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 1: chasing a ring and did not get one. Okay, I 368 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:38,479 Speaker 1: like KD a lot. Rob. I'm starting to get concerned 369 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:40,880 Speaker 1: because I don't know if this Phoenix thing is gonna 370 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 1: pan out. They can't. If they have to match up with, 371 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 1: say the Nuggets, they're screwed. You'll getcha annihilates them. I 372 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 1: think Anthony Davis gives them massive, massive problems. Valentunas and 373 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 1: Zion are probably gonna be a problem if they may 374 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 1: match up in the play in, and Luka Doncic will 375 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:02,480 Speaker 1: destroy an eviscerate the lack of Sun's defense. I think 376 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 1: Phoenix is in big trouble, Rob. 377 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:07,159 Speaker 2: Yeah, I can't say I disagree. And that's even on 378 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:11,159 Speaker 2: the heels of them basically obliterating my Lakers on Sunday. 379 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 2: They were up twenty in the first quarter. The Lakers 380 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 2: made it close there at the end, but he was 381 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 2: never really in doubt. I thought for Phoenix in that game. 382 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:21,600 Speaker 2: But my thoughts on Kevin Durant in this situation are twofold. 383 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 2: My one Galaxy brain thought, and we talked before the pod, 384 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:27,160 Speaker 2: was I'd almost rather be in the playing if I'm 385 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 2: in the Western Conference than be in that five to 386 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:34,239 Speaker 2: six seed, only because if the standings hold as they 387 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 2: are right now entering you know, Monday February twenty sixth, 388 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:40,000 Speaker 2: and it's Minnesota and okay, see at the top, I'd 389 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:42,639 Speaker 2: much rather face one of those two teams in the 390 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 2: seven eight seed than I would the Clippers or the Nuggets, 391 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 2: only because of the experience factor. If you're gonna face 392 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:52,960 Speaker 2: teams at the top of the standings, teams that have 393 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 2: been better than you throughout the regular season in a 394 00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 2: postseason setting, you'd much rather face a team that hasn't 395 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:01,719 Speaker 2: done it before, that doesn't have the championship pedigree like Denver, 396 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:05,159 Speaker 2: or doesn't have the veteran roster like the Clippers do. 397 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:06,120 Speaker 1: I like that. 398 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 2: So that's one. But as far as Kevin Durant goes 399 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 2: his legacy, if they let's say in this scenario, they 400 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 2: lose in the playing game is very, very complicated, And 401 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:19,919 Speaker 2: that's coming from someone myself who said he was a 402 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 2: top ten player all time, like four years ago, so 403 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:26,200 Speaker 2: you would think that in that time that was the 404 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 2: same series that he you alluded to it toe was 405 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 2: on the three point line. If his toe is you know, 406 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 2: an inch and a half back, it's a different conversation. 407 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:40,399 Speaker 2: You would think within from that moment to now, he'd 408 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:43,199 Speaker 2: only be adding to his resume, only be adding to 409 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:46,360 Speaker 2: his legacy, only be adding to what would make came 410 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 2: in my eyes, a top ten player, And the exact 411 00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:52,640 Speaker 2: opposite has happened. They had the debacle in Brooklyn where 412 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 2: they want exactly one playoff series. There was a thing 413 00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 2: on Twitter that Kate even responded to he had more 414 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:03,399 Speaker 2: trade demands out of Brooklyn. Then playoff series won like that, 415 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:07,920 Speaker 2: that's the truth. That then the harsh reality that that 416 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:11,480 Speaker 2: team in Brooklyn is, for my money, the most disappointing 417 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 2: collection of talent in the history of NBA relatives expectations. 418 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 2: So that's one he goes. Then he then he you know, 419 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:23,399 Speaker 2: gets destroyed by Jason Tatum and the and the Boston 420 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:28,920 Speaker 2: Celtics a four game suite. Finally, as the Phoenix, they 421 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:31,280 Speaker 2: win one playoff series and in this scenario they get 422 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:36,440 Speaker 2: bounced out of the play. And again, the one thing, 423 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,640 Speaker 2: the gaping hole in Kevin Durant's resume, in my opinion, 424 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 2: is that he's never led a team to a championship. 425 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:49,479 Speaker 2: And when you're debating guys of his stature and his 426 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:54,240 Speaker 2: skill level, that's it's almost always the intangibles, the rings, 427 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 2: the things that you can't truly quantify. It's why Steph Curry, 428 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:01,600 Speaker 2: even though I leave Kevin durant' is a better player 429 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 2: than Steph Curry. Steph Curry is always going to be 430 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:05,360 Speaker 2: held in a higher regard because he was the guy 431 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,879 Speaker 2: who led his teams the championships. Away from Kevin Durant, 432 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 2: He's got two more. Kevin Durant himself says he's had 433 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:15,080 Speaker 2: a complicated relationship with the word leader, that he's never 434 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 2: considered himself to be a leader. He leads by example. 435 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:18,880 Speaker 2: He's never been the kind of guy to Galvani as 436 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:23,159 Speaker 2: a locker room. That's just not his personality. So for 437 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 2: all of his skills and all of his talent, and 438 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:28,520 Speaker 2: and just watching him play and you realize how great 439 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 2: he is if for whatever reason, that is never culminated 440 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:37,679 Speaker 2: with the championship where he's the unquestioned lead dog or 441 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:41,520 Speaker 2: even in this case, a conference finals appearance where he's 442 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 2: the lead dog beyond what happened in Golden State. It's 443 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 2: gonna get really dicey for him when you have that 444 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:51,800 Speaker 2: big picture conversation. Yeah, I don't. 445 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:54,359 Speaker 1: I don't see him transitioning to the media either. Do 446 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 1: you know he's made too much money? Yeah? No, no, no, 447 00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 1: I mean. 448 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:59,400 Speaker 2: Other than his own his own content where no one 449 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 2: really challenged. Does him on anything than sure? 450 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:01,640 Speaker 1: Yeah? 451 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:02,440 Speaker 2: But other than that. 452 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:06,720 Speaker 1: Now yeah, speaking of being challenged, I just I don't 453 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 1: know what to do with the Cam Newton thing. So 454 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 1: you know, he hosts a seven on seven thing for 455 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 1: flag football. And I only know about this because no 456 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:20,199 Speaker 1: fewer than fifty people tagged me or texted me or 457 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:23,919 Speaker 1: DM me about it. At his camp this weekend, I 458 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:29,679 Speaker 1: believe it was Sunday, Cam got basically jumped by some 459 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:33,280 Speaker 1: of the coaches from one of the flag football teams. 460 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 1: I don't it's unclear what it was about. But there's 461 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:39,880 Speaker 1: all these videos circulating of these guys attacking Cam. One 462 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:44,240 Speaker 1: of them sucker punches him, And I just want to 463 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 1: remind you guys, at this time, Cam Newton's like six 464 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:49,560 Speaker 1: foot five, two hundred and forty pounds. Maybe that's generous 465 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 1: in his retirement. He is a massive individual. I was 466 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:58,240 Speaker 1: talking to a couple people who were at Radio Row 467 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:01,760 Speaker 1: and they, of course, Jason Newer, I'm sure he wants 468 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:03,320 Speaker 1: to talk to you. You gotta see it. By the way, 469 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:07,400 Speaker 1: he's huge. Yeah, no shit, all of them said, he's 470 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:11,840 Speaker 1: just a large, massive person. Yet here we are some 471 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 1: tough guy football coaches taking swings at him, and of 472 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:20,199 Speaker 1: course once Cam I didn't I didn't see him go 473 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:22,960 Speaker 1: down in the video, but it's like him arguing with 474 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:24,560 Speaker 1: two guys and then someone comes up to throws a 475 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:27,200 Speaker 1: sucker punch and then next thing you know, Cam's ragged 476 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 1: alling these chumps and he gets pulled away from the 477 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 1: pile and blah blah blah. But it's just an ugly 478 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 1: video and Cam, for whatever reason, is and this is 479 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 1: where it's tough for me. I have a couple of 480 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 1: hot takes on what the hell happened, but I don't 481 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 1: in an absence of facts, I'm not gonna just fill 482 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:50,199 Speaker 1: the void with speculation, baseless stuff and come up with 483 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:52,879 Speaker 1: hot takes. I have some hot takes on this, I 484 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:55,639 Speaker 1: don't think they're friendly. I don't think they're nice, so 485 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:57,760 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna say them. And no, I'm not being 486 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:01,000 Speaker 1: a woos. I don't know what prompted this. I don't 487 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:04,960 Speaker 1: know who these guys are. Let's how about this. I 488 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:09,440 Speaker 1: will come up with and I will present my theory 489 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 1: once we find out what the hell happened. Like, were 490 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:16,640 Speaker 1: these guys inebriated? I have no idea. I can't imagine. 491 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:19,560 Speaker 1: It's broad daylight and you're attacking Cam Newton at his 492 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 1: own football camp. Seems weird, But I just I can't 493 00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 1: go in on him for this, and it's tough for 494 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 1: me to have a take. And I know, listen, I'm 495 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:30,959 Speaker 1: gonna get into the JJ Redditt conversation all of a sudden. 496 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:33,439 Speaker 1: You don't have to have a take on everything. This 497 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:37,439 Speaker 1: is super interesting. I think it's a little sad. I 498 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 1: don't like that Cam has become a flash point now 499 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:42,480 Speaker 1: in the media over the last few months. I think 500 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:50,840 Speaker 1: there's some you know, digging into why that's happening. He's 501 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:53,720 Speaker 1: getting aggressive, you know, calling all these guys game managers. 502 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:55,320 Speaker 1: And I know game managing is not the worst thing 503 00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:57,720 Speaker 1: in the world, but the way he framed it, it 504 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:01,119 Speaker 1: came off as game managers are basically average quarterbacks and 505 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:04,920 Speaker 1: a mid as the kids like to say. And it's 506 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:09,720 Speaker 1: just he seems to be getting in all these incidents, 507 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:14,679 Speaker 1: shall we say. And I just wonder, like, you know, 508 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 1: what's life like for former quarterbacks? And you know, I 509 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:19,399 Speaker 1: was talking with Rob about some of them, you know, 510 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:22,160 Speaker 1: like Donovan mcdab transitioned to the media, did a bunch 511 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:25,200 Speaker 1: of Fox stuff, Tom Brady transitioned to the booth, Peyton 512 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:28,280 Speaker 1: Manning has transitioned into like a media company that's probably 513 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:32,080 Speaker 1: gonna sell for a ton of money, right. Ben Roethlisberger's 514 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:34,680 Speaker 1: kind of puttering around and doing podcasts, and I guess 515 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:39,840 Speaker 1: trying to make some noise. Tony Romo's down the booth 516 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:44,919 Speaker 1: announcing like what's Cam doing getting in fights at a 517 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:48,160 Speaker 1: flag football camp? Now, I guess you could argue like, oh, 518 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 1: he didn't get a fight, these guys attacked him. Okay, 519 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:54,040 Speaker 1: well why, maybe it'll come out. I don't know, Rob, 520 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:58,080 Speaker 1: It's just it's a weird story. It's interesting, the visuals 521 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:04,040 Speaker 1: are stunning and sad. But am I wrong that Cam's 522 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:06,200 Speaker 1: just in the news for all the wrong reasons lately? 523 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:11,800 Speaker 2: Not entirely I mean, I understand this obviously is not 524 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 2: a good look. Again, we'll find out in the coming 525 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:18,200 Speaker 2: days exactly what led to this and why these gentlemen 526 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:20,359 Speaker 2: decided to swing on him first, because that's all the 527 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,320 Speaker 2: video show that they kind of attacked him. So we'll 528 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 2: find out, I'm sure here in the coming days. But 529 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:27,280 Speaker 2: one thing that I'll say about Cam Newton, and I 530 00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:30,200 Speaker 2: really like him, even if I disagree with his paint 531 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:32,080 Speaker 2: on my guy Brock party, because rock Party's my dude. 532 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:35,119 Speaker 2: I like Cam Newton. I think he's very entertaining. I 533 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:37,240 Speaker 2: like to watch him speak. I think his podcast is 534 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 2: very good. I used to enjoy watching him play. The 535 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:44,840 Speaker 2: one criticism that I've had of Cam Newton, even going 536 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:47,640 Speaker 2: back to at the height of his glory days in Carolina, 537 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 2: was that I thought that he allowed other people to 538 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:59,240 Speaker 2: touch him quote unquote the words like he allows other 539 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:03,840 Speaker 2: people access to him too easily. He went down to 540 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:06,720 Speaker 2: the celebrations in the end zone. How many times would 541 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:10,200 Speaker 2: we see highlights where he'd score, he'd do the Superman reveal, 542 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 2: he'd dab in someone's face and people would get upset 543 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:15,360 Speaker 2: about it, like almost, you know, a couple times a 544 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:18,680 Speaker 2: season at least that would happen. Some defensive back would 545 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:20,840 Speaker 2: wouldn't like it. They'd push him, they shove him, whatever. 546 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 2: And it's all in good fun. So I would enjoy 547 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:27,840 Speaker 2: watching it as a fan, but as somebody you know 548 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:31,280 Speaker 2: in the sports world, so to speak, I didn't want 549 00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:34,280 Speaker 2: that from my quarterback. Like, let the running backs do that, 550 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:36,000 Speaker 2: let the wide receivers do that. I don't need my 551 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:38,960 Speaker 2: quarterback to be doing stuff like that. And even now 552 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:43,360 Speaker 2: into retirement, this is not even the first incident that 553 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:44,920 Speaker 2: I can recall on top of my head that Kem 554 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:47,280 Speaker 2: Newton has had at a camp. There was one a 555 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:49,520 Speaker 2: few years ago. I don't know if you recall where 556 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:53,160 Speaker 2: a teenage boy was yelling at him from the sideline 557 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 2: and Can got right in his face. No, I remember, 558 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 2: and he didn't say anything derogatory. Cam Can was very, 559 00:29:57,960 --> 00:30:00,000 Speaker 2: you know, as respectful as he could be to a kid. 560 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:02,800 Speaker 2: He was talking shit that like three feet away from him. 561 00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:05,000 Speaker 2: But it's like, you don't need to allow yourself to 562 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:09,000 Speaker 2: get in those positions, always need to respond. You don't 563 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:12,360 Speaker 2: always need to be in the mix and allow people 564 00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:15,000 Speaker 2: to get that close to you when you are the quarterback, 565 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:18,480 Speaker 2: when you are the presidential candidate of your franchise. And 566 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:21,160 Speaker 2: I feel like that's something that's kind of followed Cam 567 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:23,760 Speaker 2: into retirement because I was at radio role at the 568 00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:27,200 Speaker 2: Super Bowl. Everywhere Cam went there was a throng of people, 569 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:29,800 Speaker 2: and Cam, being the personality that he is, was engaging 570 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:32,120 Speaker 2: with him. He'd be yelling across the room to people. 571 00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:33,880 Speaker 2: Not again, it was always in fun and it was 572 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:36,720 Speaker 2: nothing malicious because not in that setting. But if you 573 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:40,720 Speaker 2: keep doing that enough, you're gonna end up in situations, unfortunately, 574 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:43,680 Speaker 2: where you're gonna end up with clowns and guys who 575 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:45,600 Speaker 2: have nothing to lose, and guys who think that it's 576 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:48,200 Speaker 2: okay to swing on a six five and forty pounds 577 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:52,720 Speaker 2: man at a flag football event. Like at some point, 578 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:55,239 Speaker 2: if you're Cam Noon, you have to understand who you 579 00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:59,480 Speaker 2: are and just kind of separate from those situations, because 580 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:01,160 Speaker 2: I'm sure those guys don't swing on him if he 581 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:02,760 Speaker 2: doesn't say anything back, you know what I mean, Like 582 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:06,040 Speaker 2: he's he's he's I have a hard time again. Maybe 583 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:07,920 Speaker 2: we'll find out in the coming days. It was totally unprompted, 584 00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:10,280 Speaker 2: but I imagine there was some kind of john going on, 585 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:11,520 Speaker 2: and these guys took it too far. 586 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:15,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, sad to see. I mean, the guy's obviously had 587 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:18,160 Speaker 1: a really nice career. I don't think he's all of famer. 588 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:20,720 Speaker 1: He was the MVP of the league at one point. 589 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:22,960 Speaker 1: Like he had a good run, as they say, and 590 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,000 Speaker 1: he probably wishes he was still in the league instead 591 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:28,440 Speaker 1: of podcasting and hosting football camps. But I sid the 592 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:32,600 Speaker 1: hero of there, so Rob, I guess we can wrap 593 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:39,280 Speaker 1: up NFL combine starting up here very exciting. And I'll 594 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:43,520 Speaker 1: just say that the uh, the Justin Jefferson thing we 595 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:46,560 Speaker 1: talked about a while ago. Could he be available via trade? 596 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:51,560 Speaker 1: There's some reports out of Minnesota that Jefferson could be available. 597 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:57,600 Speaker 1: I always like to think by the rumors, sell the news. 598 00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:00,800 Speaker 1: We bought the rumor of trading Justin Jeffers and months ago. 599 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:04,120 Speaker 1: Now that it's out here, I'm kind of sort of 600 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:07,360 Speaker 1: selling it. It's almost as if we haven't my read, 601 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,600 Speaker 1: we haven't gotten any good offers for Jefferson. But oh, 602 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:14,400 Speaker 1: by the way, if you float the right answer, we 603 00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:16,880 Speaker 1: could have something. That's the vibe I got from it. 604 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:21,000 Speaker 1: I don't think they're actively shopping Justin Jefferson. That would 605 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:22,840 Speaker 1: be my guest. The salary cap went up. I think 606 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:27,720 Speaker 1: thirty million, is is that right, Rob? Thirty or summer clothing? Like, yeah, yeah, 607 00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:32,240 Speaker 1: that's significant. I think that's what's unexpected. I mean, everybody 608 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,200 Speaker 1: knew it would go up, but just not how much. 609 00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:38,680 Speaker 1: Thirty mil is massive, and I think it's gonna dampen 610 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:40,960 Speaker 1: free agency just a little. I saw t Higgins is 611 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:43,720 Speaker 1: probably gonna get franchise tagged if he wasn't already. And 612 00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:50,000 Speaker 1: it's like they probably can pay Jefferson. Remember it's not 613 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:51,800 Speaker 1: the worst thing in the world to pay now and 614 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:54,719 Speaker 1: trade later. You can totally do that. Now. That's more 615 00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:57,600 Speaker 1: of an NBA thing than an NFL thing. It's not 616 00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:01,360 Speaker 1: like JJ's getting a no trade clause. I would suspect 617 00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:04,520 Speaker 1: there's no chance of that, right Rob, No, No, that's 618 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:05,320 Speaker 1: only for quarterbacks. 619 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:06,160 Speaker 2: Yeah. 620 00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 1: So I don't know, Like I'm excited to watch it. 621 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:12,320 Speaker 1: It probably means nothing's gonna happen, but man, I am 622 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:14,880 Speaker 1: so here for it if it does. Like I love 623 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:17,920 Speaker 1: those big trades are so fun. Remember Russell Wilson was 624 00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:23,600 Speaker 1: a big one. Aaron Rogers was that. I don't know 625 00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:25,880 Speaker 1: if that was a trade so much as yeah, it 626 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:31,040 Speaker 1: was a trade. It just feels like we need big 627 00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:35,120 Speaker 1: names on the move. That's fun to feed the content mill. 628 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:39,840 Speaker 1: And yeah, I think the Vikings are probably top five 629 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:42,840 Speaker 1: fascinating most teams in the league heading into the offseason. 630 00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:43,840 Speaker 1: Maybe top seven. 631 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:47,040 Speaker 2: The Vikings of all teams. Oh, I mean, I don't know, 632 00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:48,000 Speaker 2: no quarterback. 633 00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:48,840 Speaker 1: They don't have a quarterback. 634 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:50,760 Speaker 2: Well that's kind of what makes them less exciting, right, 635 00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:52,640 Speaker 2: Like if they don't have a quarterback, what am I 636 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:53,440 Speaker 2: gonna be excited about? 637 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:56,920 Speaker 1: I should say the lack of quarterback. The potential trade 638 00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,840 Speaker 1: for Jefferson makes them to me an intrigue. Yes, okay, 639 00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:03,280 Speaker 1: I should readjust that. Yeah, because those are fields. I 640 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:07,920 Speaker 1: can't imagine a division, but anything's possible. Russell Wilson could 641 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:11,080 Speaker 1: be a decent fit. There is there a quarterback they 642 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:16,719 Speaker 1: want to trade up for, Like, hey, hey, Arizona, you 643 00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:21,320 Speaker 1: know you want Justin Jefferson to instead of Marvin Harrison. 644 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:27,359 Speaker 1: I probably not, but maybe we're right here. We're a 645 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:31,280 Speaker 1: phone call away. If you're interested in a wide receiver 646 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:33,200 Speaker 1: who's going to help Kyler, or you could get a rookie, 647 00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:35,640 Speaker 1: you can get a proven veteran. You let me know. Like, 648 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:38,759 Speaker 1: there's just so many options for him. That's why I 649 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:40,040 Speaker 1: think Minnesota's fascinating. 650 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:42,160 Speaker 2: Okay, I'll go with you, and that I got a 651 00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:43,279 Speaker 2: hot take. I just kind of came over with it 652 00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:45,000 Speaker 2: right now on the spot as you were talking. If 653 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,200 Speaker 2: I'm another team or I'm the Minnesota Vikings, I'm not 654 00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:50,160 Speaker 2: giving Justin Jefferson. What he reportedly wants in this contract 655 00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:55,120 Speaker 2: offer was that twenty according to this report that came 656 00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:58,600 Speaker 2: out from the Pioneer Press, thirty sounds like an old 657 00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:03,279 Speaker 2: school newspaper there. He wants five years, one hundred and 658 00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:07,839 Speaker 2: fifty million dollars, so thirty million dollars a season. Again, 659 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:09,360 Speaker 2: I don't know how I was gonna work with the guarantee. 660 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:12,319 Speaker 2: That's always the biggest thing. But we'll say, for argument's sake, 661 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:16,480 Speaker 2: it's five for one point fifty and one hundred and 662 00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:18,880 Speaker 2: twelve of it is guaranteed, right, something like that. I 663 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:21,879 Speaker 2: don't know we're throwing out there. I believe that we're 664 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,760 Speaker 2: reaching a point similar to what happened with the running 665 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:28,879 Speaker 2: back position maybe four or five years ago, where the 666 00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:32,960 Speaker 2: depth of talent at that position is so immense and 667 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:34,880 Speaker 2: there are so many guys you can get in the 668 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:37,839 Speaker 2: draft on a year and year on basis both at 669 00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:40,000 Speaker 2: the top and in this case Puku Nakua what the 670 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:43,400 Speaker 2: fifth round whatever that was, that you don't need to 671 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:47,320 Speaker 2: be paying these wide receivers thirty million dollars a season 672 00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:50,520 Speaker 2: quarterback money because I'm just looking at the highest paid 673 00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:52,759 Speaker 2: ride receivers in football right now entry twenty twenty four, 674 00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:54,040 Speaker 2: and some of these guys aren't even on the list 675 00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:58,200 Speaker 2: because of free agency. But it's like Tyreek Kill, Devonte Adams, 676 00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:01,840 Speaker 2: Cooper Cup, AJ Brown's, Davon Diggs, Dickey Metcalf, Debo, McLaurin 677 00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:04,960 Speaker 2: Higgins more allent, Like I have to go down to 678 00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:09,359 Speaker 2: like the thirtieth high thirtieth highest paid receiver before I'm like, oh, yeah, 679 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:11,239 Speaker 2: I could understand why you'd want to overpay for that, 680 00:36:11,719 --> 00:36:17,279 Speaker 2: but there's so many good receivers out there that like 681 00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:19,680 Speaker 2: it does it really make a difference, you know, especially 682 00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:23,120 Speaker 2: when you consider that what we saw in the the 683 00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:26,080 Speaker 2: Final four this past season, Like the Chiefs didn't have 684 00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:29,600 Speaker 2: a good receiver. Obviously the Niners had two good receivers, 685 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:31,800 Speaker 2: but I believe they could bine for like seven catches 686 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:35,400 Speaker 2: total in the Super Bowl. Like it's one of those 687 00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:37,879 Speaker 2: things where the position now is so deep and it's 688 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:41,520 Speaker 2: so rich with talent, it almost behooves you to punt 689 00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:45,640 Speaker 2: on paying these massive wide receiver price tags unless your 690 00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:48,760 Speaker 2: quarterback is making zero dollars on a rookie contract. 691 00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:53,919 Speaker 1: Packers Jayden Reid's second round pick, Rashie Rice's second round pick, 692 00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:58,520 Speaker 1: Tank Dell went in the third round. The kid Jalen 693 00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:02,120 Speaker 1: Hyatt did did some nice things for the New York Giants. 694 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:05,920 Speaker 1: He's pretty promising. Josh Downs was good until they got 695 00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:08,120 Speaker 1: the concussions with the Colts. I had him in fantasy, 696 00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:09,960 Speaker 1: so I know. But yeah, you just look at the receiver. 697 00:37:10,080 --> 00:37:13,040 Speaker 1: Michael Wilson, third round pick out of Arizona. I'm sorry, 698 00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:15,720 Speaker 1: not out of Arizona, two Arizona, out of the Pac twelfth. 699 00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:18,359 Speaker 1: Like he had a really good season. Now, obviously none 700 00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:21,440 Speaker 1: of these guys are justin Jefferson, but you can get 701 00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:25,880 Speaker 1: value of some of these guys in the third, fourth round. 702 00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:29,480 Speaker 1: Charlie Jones, a burner, a small guy from Purdue. Yeah, 703 00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:31,280 Speaker 1: I got a couple of big moments with the Bengals, 704 00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:34,759 Speaker 1: Like you just need production, you don't need like, like 705 00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:38,560 Speaker 1: how many playoff games is justin Jefferson winning? You? I 706 00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:40,560 Speaker 1: think he has zero in his career. They lost to 707 00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:42,760 Speaker 1: the Vikings. Vikings lost to the Giants. 708 00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:46,520 Speaker 2: Right, yeah, Danny Dimes your god. 709 00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:50,799 Speaker 1: But Puka Naku is the gold center fifth round pick 710 00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:54,759 Speaker 1: the kid Wicks from the Packers. He went in the 711 00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:58,160 Speaker 1: fifth round last year's Well, yeah, I'm with you. I'm 712 00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:00,600 Speaker 1: not paying O. I'm sorry, I like justin for someon line. 713 00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:02,399 Speaker 1: I'm just I'm not doing it. All right, that's it 714 00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:09,040 Speaker 1: for today, back Maniana to talk sports. It's a fun 715 00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:11,640 Speaker 1: thing we get to do. We're very fortunate. Hashtag blessed. 716 00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:12,560 Speaker 1: We'll talk to you tomorrow.