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Is we 28 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 1: went live on YouTube and we're gonna it's the podcast 29 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: as well. In regards to Free Agency, well, it turns 30 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 1: out probably next year we'll probably still do Wednesday, but 31 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 1: definitely gonna do Monday the tampering period as well. Clearly 32 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: a lot is going on and so we will probably 33 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: have to adapt change. But luckily we're in the internet, 34 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 1: digital business, it's pretty easy to but this this podcast 35 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: is essentially just what happened when Free Agency opened for 36 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 1: the next hour and a lot of it's having a 37 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 1: couple days to think about cousins, the Panthers, the running backs. 38 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 1: Some recent news. Right when I got off, Calvin Ridley 39 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: signed with the Titans, so that's he got a lot 40 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 1: of money. But other than that, as of recording this 41 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 1: nothing crazy. I mean, it was just gonna be trades 42 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:45,359 Speaker 1: because everyone had essentially signed or been tagged and extended. 43 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: But it was definitely a fun couple days. I think 44 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: there's no way around acknowledging the NFL really flexed its 45 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 1: muscles and now they just have this calendar of you know, 46 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 1: August through the draft, which is pretty powerful, and even 47 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 1: the spring. While the practice is it's not like they 48 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 1: matter for us as fans or even if you go 49 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 1: and I've been, it's like a media member, but the 50 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 1: coaches and players are talking, so really it's it's become 51 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: an eleven month a year sport, and that kind of 52 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,520 Speaker 1: stretch when OTAs ntil when training camp starts, you know, 53 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 1: in early mid June till July twentieth, give or take. 54 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 1: That's the NFL's really only break when everything's kind of silent, 55 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: and everyone myself included, just playing some golf and joined 56 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 1: the sun and swimming and drinking some cocktails. But it's 57 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 1: been a fun couple days and it definitely lived up 58 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 1: to the hype. So this podcast will be, you know, 59 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: our live show, and then I'm gonna do a mail 60 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 1: bag as well. At John Middlecoff at John Middlecoff mail bag. 61 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 1: Fire into those dms on Instagram. Dms are wide open 62 00:03:55,760 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: and we will have another podcast on Friday as well, 63 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: Fugazi Friday. So that it's hard to top that tip Fugasi. 64 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 1: But uh, someone actually hit me up in the dms 65 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: with another one that I actually it hit me a 66 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: couple of years ago. 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Brett Rippin A lot 96 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:42,359 Speaker 1: of moves in the NFL. I follow this literally for 97 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 1: a living, I mean extremely closely. I had the text 98 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: people in the NFL like, who's this guy? What's he do? 99 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: I mean that there are a lot of moves. I 100 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,479 Speaker 1: wouldn't say they're irrelevant because a lot of these guys 101 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:57,919 Speaker 1: are gonna be solid impact guys, but just don't feel 102 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:03,599 Speaker 1: that relevant today now. Ironically, historically, in free agency, a 103 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:06,719 Speaker 1: lot of the big names beside retaining your own players 104 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: buying high priced players for other teams. Depending on who 105 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 1: you listen to or what stat you read, it's definitely 106 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 1: not fifty to fifty landing free agency. So historically this 107 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 1: is not usually where you win a Super Bowl. You 108 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:25,239 Speaker 1: add a piece or two. Belichick and Brady did it forever. 109 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 1: A guy here, a guy there, extend your own guys 110 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 1: the Chiefs. Chris Jones, right, it's pretty rare that a 111 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 1: highly drafted guy who plays well leaves Christian Wilkins to 112 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 1: the Raiders. I would say there are some plug and 113 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 1: play positions. Defensive tackle, I'd feel pretty comfortable if he's 114 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 1: a high character, hard worker. Really, if the guy's been 115 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:50,480 Speaker 1: a really good player in the league. The only reason 116 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: that guy might fail is because of work ethic with money. 117 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: But a lot of other positions are very dependent on 118 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: your scheme. Right linebacker, offensive line, running back. Some guys 119 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 1: are more comfortable in zone than in gap power schemes. 120 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 1: A wide receiver. You're very dependent on your quarterback. So 121 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 1: we got a lot of stuff going on a lot 122 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 1: of big names have been signed. I mean, King Henry 123 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: to the Ravens. That just seems fun to me. Now, 124 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 1: is it gonna work or not? Like I don't have 125 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 1: some huge take like that's crazier, that's not crazy. I'm 126 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: just glad that he went there. Like I'm glad that 127 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 1: one of the best running backs over the last twenty 128 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 1: years went to a team that matters. And I want 129 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 1: to dive into that really quick. I think running back, 130 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 1: and I've been a proponent of you can't pay running backs. Well, 131 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 1: this goes back to when the running backs Zeke Todd Gurley, 132 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 1: their numbers were like forty five to fifty million dollars guaranteed. 133 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 1: So at the time, you're like, well, in the next 134 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: couple of years, I'm not going to pay a running 135 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 1: back seventy five million dollars guaranteed. They're on par with 136 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: the wide receivers. And then everything changed. The wide receivers 137 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 1: kept going up and up and up. People are talking 138 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: about guys like Justin Jefferson and Jamar Chase being thirty 139 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 1: plus million dollar wide receivers, t Higgins, Brandon Ayuk being 140 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: twenty five million dollar receivers. Even with the cap up. 141 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: That's a lot, especially the second two guys, given that 142 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: you know are they true number ones? And I like 143 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 1: both players a lot. Well, the running back contracts, the 144 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 1: cap has gone up, they've gone down, so the in 145 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: the world of just position inflation. Offensive guards, I've always 146 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: thought you can get a starting guard somewhere in the 147 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 1: late second Definitely on the third day they're going for seventeen, eighteen, 148 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 1: nineteen million dollars. So you're telling me I can get 149 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 1: Saquon Barkley or Josh Jacobs for twelve million dollars. Three 150 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,080 Speaker 1: or four years ago that number was even higher. They're 151 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: going the other way. You go into the store right now, 152 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:55,319 Speaker 1: you can't get out of there with five items for 153 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 1: under one hundred bucks. I mean, look to buy a 154 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:01,959 Speaker 1: new car right now. Fucking outrageous. The one thing I've 155 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 1: always said, and I got a lot of them in 156 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,959 Speaker 1: my house, that has been pretty inflation proof flat screen TVs. 157 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 1: Go to Costco. You get like an eighty incher for 158 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 1: like six hundred bucks. It's incredible. Running backs, it's kind 159 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:15,319 Speaker 1: of inflation proof. Their numbers are going the wrong way, 160 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 1: and it's one thing like I wouldn't be that big 161 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 1: in signing a mid tier guy for seven eight million 162 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:25,080 Speaker 1: dollars like the Swift contract. I like him, but eight 163 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 1: million dollars feels a little no man's land. I like 164 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 1: the Eckler types for like more like three or four. 165 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 1: That feels really good business. But if I get a 166 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 1: guy who I view as a top five guy at 167 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 1: his position, who can rush for over twelve hundred yards 168 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 1: and catch forty or fifty balls like Saquon Barkley and 169 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs and their number is lower than all these 170 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 1: guys to sign contract four or five, like, that's a 171 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 1: market inefficiency. And that's what I think you saw from 172 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 1: the Packers and the Eagles. Is this notion you can't 173 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:57,320 Speaker 1: pay running backs. Yeah, you can't pay running backs that 174 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 1: parallel wide receiver contracts. That's insane. And you could argue 175 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 1: the wide receiver contracts. You better make sure the fucking 176 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,000 Speaker 1: guy is an elite player, because if you sign a 177 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:08,680 Speaker 1: twenty five twenty six million dollar guy and he's not 178 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 1: a dominant, dominant player, you're gonna have problems, no different 179 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: than these guards. I'm all for improving the offensive line. 180 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:17,599 Speaker 1: If you sign a sixteen, seventeen, eighteen million dollar a 181 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 1: year guard. That guy better be a borderline Pro Bowl guy. 182 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 1: If he's just average, you're screwed. It's why last year 183 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 1: when mcglinchy signed with Denver, I hated the deal. I'm like, 184 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 1: you can't give a guy fifty five million dollars who's 185 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 1: a turnstile out there. You can't do it. I mean, 186 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 1: that's one of the worst contracts I've ever seen. Not 187 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 1: because he's not a function like you can play with him. 188 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 1: He's a starting player, but when you start paying him 189 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 1: top of the market, you have problems. And these running 190 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 1: backs no longer get top of the market contracts. So, 191 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 1: as someone who's always been on the one side of 192 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 1: the argument, I'm a businessman, I'm oping like the numbers 193 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 1: now make sense on the other side, and that's why 194 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 1: I think you saw Josh Jacobs, who I actually think 195 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 1: is better than Sakuon Barkley. That's one of the best 196 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 1: deals of free agency because even if listen, there is 197 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 1: a massive amount of risk anytime you sign any player 198 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 1: in the sport of football because of the injury risk. 199 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 1: That's more than all these other sports beside, like hockey, 200 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:19,960 Speaker 1: and I be honest, I don't really watch, but you 201 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 1: can get hurt training, you can get hurt in practice, 202 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:23,720 Speaker 1: you can get hurt in games. You get hurt any moment. 203 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 1: But if I just I'm on the hook for one year, 204 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:29,720 Speaker 1: Like you couldn't have signed half the guards for like 205 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 1: less than two and a half years fully guaranteed. So 206 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: I'm getting a guy that can easily be a pro 207 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 1: bowler for a one year. All got to guarantee him 208 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 1: is that even the Eagles go, this guy carried a 209 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 1: shit offense with a god awful offensive line, and we 210 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 1: basically pay him what he's made the last couple of years. 211 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:51,839 Speaker 1: That seems like a pretty easy deal to make. Now, 212 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:54,080 Speaker 1: if you wanted to push back, could they have drafted 213 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:56,560 Speaker 1: a guy in the mid rounds Texan around This is 214 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:59,200 Speaker 1: not viewed as a really really good running back draft, 215 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 1: like there are gonna be many guys going in the 216 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 1: top fifty at that position. So you've had a front 217 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:07,200 Speaker 1: row seat playing against this guy. That's the other thing. 218 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 1: You feel very confident when you've played against a certain 219 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 1: player a lot. And the one thing I've defended the 220 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 1: Saquon Barkley, even if you know twenty six million dollars 221 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:19,559 Speaker 1: guaranteed isn't nothing. But like I said, relative to a 222 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:22,080 Speaker 1: lot of these other contracts, it really is is there's 223 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:26,840 Speaker 1: a character component, high level guy on a team that's 224 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 1: gonna be missing some some of that right that they 225 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 1: have a missing piece in Kelsey who was obviously the 226 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 1: heartbeat and the team leader in Fletcher Cox, who was 227 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:40,960 Speaker 1: definitely one of a you know, team captain on the 228 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 1: defensive side, a stalwart for that unit. Both gone like 229 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:48,439 Speaker 1: not on another team's retired like I'm out see you guys. 230 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 1: That's that's not nothing. Anytime you lose a stalwart who's 231 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 1: a Pro Bowl guy, who's a legendary player for your 232 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:59,319 Speaker 1: team and he just leaves, there's a void. I think 233 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 1: when he retired, that sometimes is a bigger blow. Now 234 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,320 Speaker 1: it makes you feel good because I don't think they 235 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 1: would have resigned Fletcher Cox. Obviously they you know, Jason Kelsey, 236 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 1: if he would keep playing, he's gonna keep being on 237 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:13,720 Speaker 1: the Eagles. But I I the two running back moves, 238 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:17,079 Speaker 1: even Eckler to Washington, I like I like a lot 239 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:19,400 Speaker 1: of that. I like DeAndre Swift. Eight million might be 240 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 1: a little rich for me, But Gus Edwards, the Harbaugh, 241 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 1: it's it's this year and last year it's now the 242 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:29,600 Speaker 1: market inefficiency. It truly is. So you can be anti 243 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 1: running back and also think it's it's pretty good business 244 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:35,079 Speaker 1: right now. It's wild. I had I guess I had 245 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 1: anticipated that when I was texting around with people behind 246 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 1: the scenes, I like, we got to go live for this, 247 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 1: that this would be the biggest splashy day. It actually 248 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:47,959 Speaker 1: turns out next year, for sure, I'm gonna do this day, 249 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 1: but I'm also going to do the day that the 250 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:53,959 Speaker 1: the tampering period opens, because that is that that time 251 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 1: is bananas. It really is, and it shows you. And 252 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:00,440 Speaker 1: I said this when I went to the Combine, and luckily, 253 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 1: no one's acting like anyone's tampering in the sense that 254 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 1: no one gives a shit. Everyone's open for business. Come 255 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:10,599 Speaker 1: to Combine. Now, the gms will tell you, well, we 256 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 1: could talk to the agents of our own players. Well, 257 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 1: those agents also represent all the other players. So all 258 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 1: these deals are getting done right there, as they should. 259 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 1: It's the NFL Convention, and it's when all this movement 260 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: is put into motion. Historically, it's been a time and 261 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 1: just in recent memory, when a lot of these big 262 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 1: trades are commiserated, right, that's when Russell Wilson and the 263 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 1: Denver Broncos and that whole thing went down. That's when 264 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers kind of pushed back against going to Denver 265 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 1: a couple of years ago and ended up signing the contract. 266 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:45,640 Speaker 1: I know it was broken a week later or whatever, 267 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 1: but like that's when they kind of found out we 268 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 1: have to pivot in a new direction, you know, the 269 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 1: future vice president. That was another move I saw today, 270 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 1: Like the Chargers cut Mike Williams, which obviously was a 271 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 1: financial reason, and he's been injured a lot. Mike Williams 272 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 1: is a really good player healthy, He's just one of 273 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: those classic guys that struggles to stay on the field. 274 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 1: But if you go to his stat page, I mean 275 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 1: he's easily averaging like fifteen yards to catch. He's a 276 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 1: big play guy, big body, wide receiver, good red zone target. 277 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 1: But this is where the Chargers were. They were in 278 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 1: a position where they were in financial cap hell and 279 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 1: they didn't have a choice, kind of like what Buffalo 280 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 1: was involved in. They had to make some tough decisions. 281 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:28,280 Speaker 1: Do you think they want to cut Mike Williams. Eric 282 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 1: Hendricks was second on the team in tackles, but they 283 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 1: had to clear the money, Khalil Mack, who I knew 284 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:37,120 Speaker 1: Jim Harbaugh would like. They found a way to restructure 285 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:38,840 Speaker 1: and he's going to be on the team. And now 286 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:41,840 Speaker 1: I think all eyes point to the Joey Bosa situation. 287 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:45,480 Speaker 1: What will happen, you know, in the next twenty four 288 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 1: I think they have till Friday to basically give him 289 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 1: a big roster bonus. And that's the thing. Like a 290 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 1: lot of roster bonuses that are coming either Friday or 291 00:15:56,400 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 1: next week, give teams a little time, right, It's why 292 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 1: a lot of you know, a good agent will attempt 293 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 1: to make that roster bonus before free agency because you 294 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 1: basically got to give me the opportunity to keep me 295 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 1: or cut me, because I want to be cut. If 296 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:17,359 Speaker 1: I'm Joey Bosa, I would have much rather been available 297 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 1: on Monday than on Friday. Right, There's a lot more 298 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:26,000 Speaker 1: opportunity when everyone's cap space is not filled up and 299 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 1: technically nothing is quote unquote official Monday and Tuesday. But 300 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 1: we don't see very often a deal, especially for a 301 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 1: high named, high priced guy, get announced and then get rescinded. 302 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 1: It happened years ago, remember with Emmanuel Sanders supposed to 303 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 1: go to the Chiefs, I think ended up going to 304 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 1: the Denver Broncos. But you would much rather be a 305 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 1: player if you're in limbo of keeping your roster spot, 306 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 1: be cut last week or Saturday or Sunday or Monday, 307 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 1: and be available to the open market. But listen, there's 308 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:00,800 Speaker 1: a give and take with these with these deals when 309 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 1: you're talking astronomical amounts of money, like Joey Bosa goat 310 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:06,680 Speaker 1: so he became really rich, didn't quite have the leverage 311 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:10,440 Speaker 1: for that, And that's that's kind of on the Chargers side. 312 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 1: The other thing, I've been thinking a lot about this 313 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:15,720 Speaker 1: because obviously one of the biggest conversations has been over 314 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:18,480 Speaker 1: the last I don't know, two days, and me and 315 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:20,239 Speaker 1: Colin have been talking about this since I got back 316 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 1: to the Combine and everyone you know that was at 317 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 1: the Combine. It was Kirk Cousins too Atlanta, and I 318 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:33,120 Speaker 1: think the Cousins Atlanta and the Carolina disaster is basically 319 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 1: a reflection of the same guy at both places. Now 320 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 1: they're different people and one successful has been successful as 321 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 1: an owner, the other is not. But these are owner 322 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:45,679 Speaker 1: led moves and I've been going back and forth in 323 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 1: my head. Right is Atlanta. Is this gonna work? And 324 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 1: I've seen so many different takes, like, how do you 325 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:53,760 Speaker 1: give this guy this much money? Can't win you a 326 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 1: super Bowl? This is not in Lanta about winning the 327 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 1: super Bowl, because you're not gonna win the super Bowl 328 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 1: with Kirk Cousins. This is about making the playoffs. This 329 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 1: is about a guy over eighty years old with unlimited 330 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:09,399 Speaker 1: amounts of money. Arthur Blank is one of the richest 331 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:13,400 Speaker 1: men in America, yet his football team since twenty seventeen 332 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 1: seven wins, seven wins, four wins, seven wins, seven wins, 333 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 1: seven wins. That's his late seventies and early eighties. Can 334 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:27,639 Speaker 1: you imagine being that old and that rich in having 335 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 1: to watch that shit? Now? If there would have been 336 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 1: ten sweet quarterbacks on the market, they would have been 337 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 1: aggressive for a lot of them, but Cousins was their 338 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:40,640 Speaker 1: best option. Do they think they're getting Peyton Manning, Tom 339 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:43,119 Speaker 1: Brady or Aaron Rodgers in his prime? Of course not. 340 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:45,680 Speaker 1: They're literally getting a guy who you could argue was 341 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:48,160 Speaker 1: having the best season of his career coming off in Achilles, 342 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 1: is thirty six years old. But they were completely desperate 343 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 1: because this is not about playing in New Orleans next 344 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 1: year in the Super Bowl. This is about just trying 345 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:00,199 Speaker 1: to win the division and hosting a playoff game. Thing 346 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:04,919 Speaker 1: they haven't even sniffed since twenty seventeen. The other thing is, 347 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 1: over the last fifteen years with Matt Ryan, he experienced 348 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 1: a lot of ten to twelve win seasons, a lot 349 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:13,440 Speaker 1: of years hosting playoff games in the playoffs, obviously the 350 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:16,399 Speaker 1: one year in the Super Bowl. That's fun that this 351 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:19,119 Speaker 1: is no longer about just money. To a guy like 352 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 1: Arthur Blank, this is the time is ticking. I don't 353 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:25,680 Speaker 1: know how many years I got left. We're never guaranteed 354 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:28,320 Speaker 1: a rookie quarterback. We've seen it before that they can 355 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:30,960 Speaker 1: bust at any moment. They can be very average. This 356 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,480 Speaker 1: guy at least gives us a fighting shot to get 357 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 1: to ten wins. And I'm worth billions of dollars, so 358 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:40,920 Speaker 1: giving him a fifty million dollar bonus, I could wipe 359 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:42,920 Speaker 1: my ass with that much money. Yeah, it's a lot 360 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:45,679 Speaker 1: to me, to you to ninety nine point nine nine 361 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:49,439 Speaker 1: percent of human beings, But to that guy, it's meaningless, 362 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:53,240 Speaker 1: and it's meaningful if Kirk Cousins can just throw thirty 363 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 1: touchdowns and have us in the mix. Either to win 364 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:57,719 Speaker 1: the division or in a wild card. If we're in 365 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 1: the playoffs next year, that is a raging success. We 366 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:05,080 Speaker 1: are literally averaging under seven wins for the last six season, 367 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:08,640 Speaker 1: and any Falcons fans or any fan of a bad 368 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 1: team knows that sucks. That is no fun to watch. 369 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:16,160 Speaker 1: The other thing is, the division historically hasn't been that great. 370 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:19,879 Speaker 1: So it's like we're not going up against Mahomes and 371 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:25,399 Speaker 1: Marino in l way, it's like Derek Carr, Bryce Young, 372 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:30,640 Speaker 1: who weighs like one hundred and forty pounds in Baker Mayfield, 373 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:32,920 Speaker 1: who had a pretty solid season last year, has some 374 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 1: ups and downs, has a new offensive coordinator. They kind 375 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:38,520 Speaker 1: of got the band back together. But that's who we're 376 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:42,119 Speaker 1: going up against. The other thing is and I like 377 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:46,080 Speaker 1: the Bucks roster, but and I like Todd, but he's 378 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 1: still Todd Bowles as the head coach, elite defensive coordinator. 379 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 1: He hasn't just proven he's some lock playoff coach every 380 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:57,439 Speaker 1: single year. Dennis Allen like, he ain't keeping you up 381 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 1: at night. Now. They could be better with kub Yat 382 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:05,280 Speaker 1: coming over running the Shanahan offense, but we know the 383 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:07,919 Speaker 1: panther stink. And I was thinking about it today on 384 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:10,639 Speaker 1: a walking the dog. Is this is what I think 385 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 1: about when I walk the dog is why why are 386 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 1: the Panthers in such shambles? And it's pretty clear right 387 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 1: most football people, they'll do some radical, crazy things, right, 388 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:27,200 Speaker 1: but for the most part, if you get offered something 389 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 1: and you know it's a lot, usually you think long 390 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:34,840 Speaker 1: and hard about doing the deal. So when the Rams 391 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 1: offered multiple ones in a two for the pass rusher, 392 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 1: or even last year when teams were willing to pay 393 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:43,439 Speaker 1: a first round pick for Brian Burns, I would imagine 394 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 1: I'm gonna give these guys the benefit of doubt. They 395 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:47,560 Speaker 1: at least were like pretty aggressive, like we should do 396 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 1: this since that owner has got there. They have made 397 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:55,639 Speaker 1: the worst trades you've ever seen, year after year, just 398 00:21:55,880 --> 00:22:01,399 Speaker 1: wasting value. They have had no direction, and Arthur blank 399 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 1: clearly and meddled in a good way like, hey, guys, 400 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:07,680 Speaker 1: we're buying Kirk Cousins. Whatever the number we have to 401 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:10,960 Speaker 1: pay him, I'll write the check to me. David Tepper 402 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:13,920 Speaker 1: is meddling in the sense of like Dan Snyder used 403 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:16,399 Speaker 1: to do, No I want to do this, No, I 404 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 1: want this player. No, I don't think that's good enough value. 405 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:23,120 Speaker 1: Like Dave, you need to just take a step back 406 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 1: and let the football people run football, because the way 407 00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 1: you have maximized players over the last twenty four months 408 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:35,480 Speaker 1: is a fucking embarrassment to the National Football League. Is 409 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:40,200 Speaker 1: an embarrassing embarrassment to the scouting community and general managers 410 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 1: at large, because to get a second round pick for 411 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:45,760 Speaker 1: a guy that you easily could have got to first 412 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,600 Speaker 1: for to give away Christian McCaffrey. Now, granted there were 413 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:51,000 Speaker 1: some question marks, but I would say that has aged 414 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,399 Speaker 1: pretty poorly. Should you just have kept him with your 415 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:56,840 Speaker 1: young quarterback? Like you didn't maximize value with those draft picks. 416 00:22:57,359 --> 00:23:00,680 Speaker 1: And I also think this gets back to them having 417 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 1: DJ Moore under contract and not including him in the deal. 418 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 1: But I can't help, Like there have been enough articles. 419 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:10,400 Speaker 1: I talked to people at the Combine that worked there. 420 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 1: This guy is a nutcase. And listen, I can separate 421 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:20,080 Speaker 1: for as a businessman in Wall Street, he's elite. He's 422 00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 1: one of the all time greats. Since he has owned 423 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 1: the team, he clearly has got involved in all this 424 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:31,159 Speaker 1: stuff and made it dramatically worse. It's hard to overcome 425 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:35,480 Speaker 1: in any business, let alone the NFL when your owner 426 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:39,440 Speaker 1: is not just giving you ideas. All these owners gives 427 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:43,359 Speaker 1: some ideas telling you what to do. One of roberts 428 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:48,440 Speaker 1: Craft's greatest strengths, if you watch that documentary for decades, 429 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:53,160 Speaker 1: was like, I got this Bill's call. I believe in Bill. 430 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,440 Speaker 1: I think this is nuts. But Bill Belichick let a rip. 431 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:01,520 Speaker 1: I wouldn't have done it, Bill, I drew bledsoe if 432 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 1: if this Tom Brady kid doesn't work out, you're gonna 433 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:08,800 Speaker 1: get fired. This is crazy. Jimmy Garoppolo, I I don't know. 434 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:13,040 Speaker 1: Over and over though it worked. Now I'm not acting 435 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:17,439 Speaker 1: like the Panthers have hired people of Bill Belichick's football intelligence, 436 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:20,560 Speaker 1: but they are just some basic like, hey, we're probably 437 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 1: not going to resign this guy. We probably should pull 438 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:28,439 Speaker 1: the trigger on this and listen, you have an owner 439 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 1: who is overly aggressive in that part. Why is Deshaun 440 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 1: Watson on the Cleveland Browns. Do you think Andrew Berry 441 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:36,360 Speaker 1: and Stefanski wanted to gi him two hundred and thirty 442 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:39,680 Speaker 1: million dollars fully guaranteed? He literally told them no, I'm 443 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:42,480 Speaker 1: not interested. He didn't want to come, and then the 444 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:46,199 Speaker 1: owner got involved. You think they regret that trade. I 445 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:49,560 Speaker 1: got news for you. They do, and if he's awful 446 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 1: this year, it's gonna go down right there with Russell 447 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:53,680 Speaker 1: Wilson as one of the worst trades in the history 448 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:57,480 Speaker 1: of the league. So when the owner gets involved and 449 00:24:57,560 --> 00:25:00,720 Speaker 1: it's there right, they own the team, They in the checks. 450 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: It's literally their money. But what is the point of 451 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:08,480 Speaker 1: paying a general manager three four five million dollars a 452 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 1: year paying a head coach ten to fifteen million dollars. 453 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:16,679 Speaker 1: That's what they have expertise in, No different than David Tepper. 454 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 1: Where's his expertise it is, it's in finance. So I 455 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:27,879 Speaker 1: just don't understand why these guys can't just take a 456 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:33,480 Speaker 1: back seat sometimes, especially after they failed. We got a 457 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 1: question here. A lot of Giants fans think we should 458 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:40,560 Speaker 1: trade for fields. I'm just concerned it would be Daniel 459 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:42,919 Speaker 1: Jones two point zero. I talked about this on the 460 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 1: podcast the other day, and I saw rap sheet came 461 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:53,080 Speaker 1: out on NFL Live that the reason they haven't traded 462 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:56,399 Speaker 1: fields because they're still working on the quarterbacks. I like 463 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 1: rap sheet, that's fucking bullshit. The reason they haven't traded 464 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,359 Speaker 1: fields is because the offers are what Mac Jones just 465 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 1: got traded for. Trades are based on comps, and his 466 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 1: comp now is the mac Jones range, and where else 467 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:14,120 Speaker 1: is he going? Like, you could argue, like there aren't 468 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 1: even that many fits anymore, So you could argue the 469 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 1: Giants are desperate enough. I think if you're the Giants, 470 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 1: before you trade for fields, you're going to see what 471 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 1: you can manage in the draft, right you would. The 472 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 1: problem for fields like mac Jones is their contract is 473 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 1: up after this year, so you're trading a pick and 474 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:37,840 Speaker 1: getting a one year guy. Think about last year with 475 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:43,160 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield Tampa Bay. They didn't have to give up anything. 476 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 1: They just signed the guy one year, four and a 477 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:50,160 Speaker 1: half million dollars. So you get in a position where 478 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:53,000 Speaker 1: you have to give up an asset, and you could argue, 479 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:55,639 Speaker 1: and I do, like four fifth, six round pick, like 480 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:58,920 Speaker 1: the likelihood of those hitting. That is not how these 481 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:02,840 Speaker 1: front offices view them, because there's enough examples of like, well, 482 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,720 Speaker 1: remember the one time we got this guy in the fourth, 483 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:07,960 Speaker 1: or this guy in the sixth, or you know this 484 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:11,680 Speaker 1: star player in the sixth or the seventh. It happens 485 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:15,159 Speaker 1: all the time. The dude the Eagles just signed Huff 486 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:18,920 Speaker 1: is an undrafted free agent, highest paid undrafted free agent 487 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 1: in the history of the league. Now, he's somewhat of 488 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,959 Speaker 1: an outlier. It was the two thousand and twenty season, 489 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:27,639 Speaker 1: so he didn't know Pro Day. But still it's not 490 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 1: like he would have been drafted in the third round. 491 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:32,479 Speaker 1: Still would have been a late round pick. And I 492 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 1: just think these teams really really value those spots, and 493 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 1: rightfully so, because that's their job and those picks are valuable. 494 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:46,520 Speaker 1: And this is the other thing about free agency. I'm 495 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 1: just seeing that we knew this was going to happen 496 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:53,840 Speaker 1: that the Raiders released Jimmy Garoppolo. Remember last year, the 497 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,960 Speaker 1: Raiders gave Jimmy Garoppolo a lot of money and he 498 00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 1: was a guy that say what you want about him 499 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:02,680 Speaker 1: who he was got awful on the Raiders last year, 500 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:04,879 Speaker 1: but he had played solid football at times over the 501 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 1: course of the last four or five years. Then he 502 00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:09,440 Speaker 1: went to the Raiders and within three or four weeks 503 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 1: he was benched. It was that ugly, like, I mean, 504 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:14,720 Speaker 1: you could argue objectively he was like the worst player 505 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:18,639 Speaker 1: at his position in the league. He was hideous, and 506 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:21,919 Speaker 1: part of it maybe is just broken down whatever, but 507 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,919 Speaker 1: the plug and play starter thing, even at quarterback. Like, 508 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:28,920 Speaker 1: I like Gardner Minshew and I understand the signing to 509 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:31,840 Speaker 1: get a bridge starter. But if the Raiders are unable 510 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:35,480 Speaker 1: to draft a guy or feel comfortable drafting a guy high, 511 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:37,280 Speaker 1: or a guy that they don't like, or guy they 512 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:40,240 Speaker 1: like is not there or whatever, and Gardner Minshew has 513 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:44,600 Speaker 1: to start all seventeen games, he will not be as 514 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:47,880 Speaker 1: good as he was last year. Why because Shane Stikeen 515 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:52,360 Speaker 1: is dramatically better than Luke Getzi and the Raiders offensive operation. 516 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:57,320 Speaker 1: So like, I'm all for signing these guys, and listen, 517 00:28:57,360 --> 00:29:00,360 Speaker 1: this is the hard part about the NFL. It's hard 518 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 1: to project what their room's going to look like at 519 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:05,480 Speaker 1: any position because the draft hasn't happened. But unless you're 520 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 1: drafting really high, a lot of stuff's out of your 521 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:09,880 Speaker 1: control and you never know. I mean, sometimes maybe you 522 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:12,920 Speaker 1: hit on a second or third round player in the draft, 523 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:16,880 Speaker 1: but at quarterback, but I would say that's the percentages 524 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:21,240 Speaker 1: of that is pretty pretty small. Uh, what else is 525 00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:24,240 Speaker 1: going on today? I think the Houston Texans are a 526 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:28,000 Speaker 1: good example that they took a lot of shit when 527 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:30,560 Speaker 1: it came to what they did the first couple of years. 528 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:34,400 Speaker 1: With Cassario once Bill O'Brien left and they hired David 529 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:38,719 Speaker 1: Kelly and then Lovey Smith. And I was saying at 530 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:41,680 Speaker 1: the time, I don't think the average person on Twitter 531 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:45,719 Speaker 1: and media member under that job was so toxic. I mean, 532 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:49,800 Speaker 1: they had this situation with Deshaun Watson, who had every 533 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:53,840 Speaker 1: massage therapist in the state of Texas coming after him. 534 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,960 Speaker 1: He said he refused to play there, that the roster sucked. 535 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:02,160 Speaker 1: It was a disaster. And ever since Casario made the 536 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:06,720 Speaker 1: trade for Deshaun Watson got Demiko Ryans. Now you look 537 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:09,680 Speaker 1: at their operation, they go they got a GM who 538 00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:12,200 Speaker 1: really knows what he's doing. They have a head coach 539 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 1: who is an ascending star. They i mean, have one 540 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:20,480 Speaker 1: of the better rookie quarterbacks we've ever seen, Will Anderson. 541 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:22,280 Speaker 1: I don't know if he's ever going to be like 542 00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:24,080 Speaker 1: a top five pass rusher, but he's going to be 543 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:27,680 Speaker 1: a damn good player. And what do they do yesterday? 544 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:31,000 Speaker 1: They add daneil Hunter, who was clearly one of the 545 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:34,080 Speaker 1: better free agent pass rushers. They gave him I think 546 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:37,760 Speaker 1: it was like forty nine million dollars and forty eight 547 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:40,000 Speaker 1: of it were guaranteed, So they kept it as a 548 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:43,520 Speaker 1: shorter term deal, but they added a big time player. 549 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:45,000 Speaker 1: And this is the one thing I've always said about 550 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:49,440 Speaker 1: the Cowboys. One thing the state of Texas like the 551 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:52,920 Speaker 1: state of Florida, and the Raiders now have going for him, 552 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 1: and the Titans have this as well. The no state 553 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:59,400 Speaker 1: income thing is very, very powerful when you're making a 554 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:03,560 Speaker 1: ton of money, being in a state that does not 555 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:06,760 Speaker 1: tax your income. And I know it's based on where 556 00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:08,480 Speaker 1: you play, but you still play eight or nine home 557 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:13,960 Speaker 1: games in your state means a lot. And I don't 558 00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:16,360 Speaker 1: think it's random. The Christian Wilkins like that eighty five 559 00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:18,400 Speaker 1: million dollars that he's getting in the state of Vegas. 560 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:21,360 Speaker 1: That means it's a lot more money than a lot 561 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:23,000 Speaker 1: of other states. A lot more money than playing in 562 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,880 Speaker 1: fucking California, I'll promise you that. And I do think 563 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:29,960 Speaker 1: the Cowboys one just with their brand, but two, playing 564 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,080 Speaker 1: for the Cowboys no state income tax would be a 565 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 1: very very valuable thing. They never have any cap base 566 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,720 Speaker 1: because they're always breaking off their own guys to huge 567 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:40,080 Speaker 1: amounts of money, and in fairness, a lot of the 568 00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:42,560 Speaker 1: guys that they are signing, you know, the Zach Martins, 569 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:46,280 Speaker 1: the Tyron Smith's the Ceedee Lamb types. Does Bryant back 570 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:49,640 Speaker 1: in the day, you know, worth paying the zeke won backfired? 571 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:54,000 Speaker 1: But the Dak situation's fascinating right now because his cap 572 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:57,440 Speaker 1: hit this year is like, I think almost sixty million dollars. 573 00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:00,840 Speaker 1: Maybe this sixty million dollars. It's bored line, unheard of 574 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:05,240 Speaker 1: that a guy ever plays on a contract at that number. 575 00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:09,320 Speaker 1: But are you really comfortable with giving him two hundred 576 00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:13,000 Speaker 1: million dollars more? Guaranteed? It's kind of that position Minnesota 577 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:16,760 Speaker 1: was in with Kirk Cousins. It's like, do we want 578 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,000 Speaker 1: to keep going down this road? And that's what I 579 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:23,280 Speaker 1: think you saw with Minnesota article yesterday about you know, 580 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:25,320 Speaker 1: Florio likes mixing up. This is what I appre I 581 00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:27,520 Speaker 1: don't agree with half the things he writes, but I 582 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:29,920 Speaker 1: do agree with him, you know, flaming the fires a 583 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:33,040 Speaker 1: little bit. And one thing was Kevin O'Connell was a 584 00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:35,600 Speaker 1: big Kirk Cousins guy, rightfully. So he's a coach. He's 585 00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:38,000 Speaker 1: trying to win. No coach wants to lose. It's not 586 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:41,240 Speaker 1: the NBA. This isn't Tanka palooza here. Every coach, every 587 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:44,040 Speaker 1: single year is trying to make the playoffs, and Cousins 588 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:47,520 Speaker 1: clearly gives him the best chance to make the playoffs. Well, 589 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:50,920 Speaker 1: their general manager, this former Wall Street dude from the Niners. 590 00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:53,680 Speaker 1: He's a numbers guy, and I'm sure he's like, it 591 00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:55,440 Speaker 1: ain't worth giving a thirty six year old that we 592 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:58,360 Speaker 1: could never win a super Bowl with cause Kevin o'connelly 593 00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:00,640 Speaker 1: thinking about Super Bowl, he's thinking about trying to win 594 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:03,600 Speaker 1: ten games and get to the fucking dance, right, just 595 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:07,200 Speaker 1: be in the playoffs. Like two years ago when they 596 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:09,040 Speaker 1: host they lost in the first round, they still had 597 00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:12,440 Speaker 1: a very very successful season, won the division first round 598 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:15,360 Speaker 1: playoff game. I know they lost, but how many teams 599 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:17,440 Speaker 1: in the league would sign up for that a lot? 600 00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:20,040 Speaker 1: When's the last time Pittsburgh Steelers hosted a playoff game? 601 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:23,000 Speaker 1: Last time? I checked ben a while. I guess it 602 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:25,360 Speaker 1: happened with the Cleveland Browns in the in the COVID season, 603 00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:28,400 Speaker 1: but they got smoked, you know what I mean. And 604 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:32,840 Speaker 1: you just never know because coaches, it's harder for coaches 605 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,160 Speaker 1: to think long term. Well, think about the next five years. 606 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:38,040 Speaker 1: Like bro I got a four year contract, I'm already 607 00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:41,520 Speaker 1: going into year three. Think about the next five years. 608 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:47,400 Speaker 1: What's gonna happen Week six when we're uh, we got 609 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:50,480 Speaker 1: two wins and I'm playing the Packers who were five 610 00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:55,200 Speaker 1: and one. Good luck to us, So that I not 611 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:59,120 Speaker 1: When not everyone's on the same page and general managers 612 00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:03,920 Speaker 1: are thinking big picture, it can create dysfunction internally in 613 00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:06,840 Speaker 1: a football office just based on the simple fact of 614 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:10,600 Speaker 1: his coach are trying to win. And this is also 615 00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:14,240 Speaker 1: the hard part about when the draft comes up, about 616 00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:17,400 Speaker 1: taking guys that are like upside guys or taking a 617 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:20,400 Speaker 1: big swing. Your coach better be on the same page 618 00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:23,120 Speaker 1: with you because he's got to be willing to let 619 00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:26,279 Speaker 1: that guy play through some of his mistakes because if 620 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:29,040 Speaker 1: he's not that, he's never gonna play. And in football, 621 00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:31,440 Speaker 1: you only play seventeen times a week or I mean 622 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:34,480 Speaker 1: a year, and most of the time you spend during 623 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:36,200 Speaker 1: the week is at practice. And then that would mean 624 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:38,400 Speaker 1: the guy's like running with the scout team. It's not 625 00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:41,719 Speaker 1: actually improving his ability to help you come game day. 626 00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:44,960 Speaker 1: So this fraction, it happens a lot all over the league. 627 00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:49,080 Speaker 1: Now a lot of times it's healthy. It's normal, like 628 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:52,520 Speaker 1: the Chargers, for example, cutting all these guys like everyone's 629 00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:55,359 Speaker 1: on the same page. Jim Harbad knew when he took 630 00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:59,600 Speaker 1: that job that they had some financial situation, right, and 631 00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:02,200 Speaker 1: whoever was gonna be as GM, they were gonna cut 632 00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:06,680 Speaker 1: good players like Jim Harbaugh would like Mike Williams, right, 633 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:09,040 Speaker 1: but financially they don't have a choice. I think Jim 634 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:11,600 Speaker 1: Harball would like Eric Kendricks, but financially you don't have 635 00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:14,920 Speaker 1: a choice. Sean McDermott liked a lot of those guys 636 00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:19,480 Speaker 1: he cut. Didn't have a choice because you come today 637 00:35:19,719 --> 00:35:21,719 Speaker 1: at one o'clock Pacific stand of time, you had to 638 00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:26,440 Speaker 1: be in cap compliance. Sean Payton, he might have hated everybody, 639 00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:30,520 Speaker 1: So that's probably a bad example. Eric Armstead is a 640 00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:35,960 Speaker 1: good example. And this is the other balance. Sometimes a 641 00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:39,440 Speaker 1: guy who means a lot to your team, super high 642 00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:43,560 Speaker 1: character guy, someone that you nominate on a yearly basis 643 00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:47,960 Speaker 1: to be Man of the Year, team captain, kind of 644 00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:50,480 Speaker 1: not just leader your defense, but one of the leaders 645 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:52,719 Speaker 1: on the team. Stalwart on a team that's been to 646 00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:55,840 Speaker 1: four NFC championships in five years. You get to the 647 00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:59,320 Speaker 1: point where it's like, ah, you're making seventeen eighteen million dollars. 648 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:06,160 Speaker 1: You now have missed I think it was five and eight. 649 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,160 Speaker 1: It was like thirteen or fourteen games the last couple 650 00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:11,480 Speaker 1: of years. We can't afford to pay you this. We 651 00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:15,440 Speaker 1: don't want you to go. But seventeen million, that number 652 00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:17,120 Speaker 1: for us to be comfortable has got to be more 653 00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:23,240 Speaker 1: like eight, eight or nine. And that's negotiation. That's welcome 654 00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:26,359 Speaker 1: to business. I never understood when everyone freaked out about 655 00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:29,799 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson, was like, how could you try to ask 656 00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:33,200 Speaker 1: him to take less? Why not? You don't think he's 657 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:35,880 Speaker 1: worth it, So, hey, you want to take less, say no. 658 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:39,640 Speaker 1: You're allowed to say no. Say no, Okay, we'll go 659 00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:45,680 Speaker 1: our separate ways. That's that's perfectly acceptable. No one's it's 660 00:36:45,719 --> 00:36:48,560 Speaker 1: not like this isn't a mob. No one's putting your 661 00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:51,680 Speaker 1: head into grinder and say sign this fucking new contract. 662 00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:55,279 Speaker 1: We're gonna smash your brain. It's like, hey, we want 663 00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:58,200 Speaker 1: to keep you, but financially, we can't pay you this number. 664 00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:00,239 Speaker 1: The forty nine ers did to Kyle use check. They 665 00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:03,200 Speaker 1: love Kyle Uschek been a full time starter on the 666 00:37:03,239 --> 00:37:05,920 Speaker 1: team for seven eight years now, but it was like, 667 00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:08,880 Speaker 1: if you want to come back, you gotta take a haircut. 668 00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:12,160 Speaker 1: No one wants to hear that, but then you get 669 00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:14,759 Speaker 1: to make a decision because you can always say no 670 00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:17,520 Speaker 1: not taking a haircut. Eric Armstead, I'm gonna hit the 671 00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:20,560 Speaker 1: open market. It's his prerogative, and now we can see 672 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:22,600 Speaker 1: how much he can get. I'll bet he doesn't get 673 00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:25,200 Speaker 1: seventeen eighteen million dollars, but maybe you will. I don't know. 674 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:30,480 Speaker 1: Weird times use check went. You know, maybe it's more 675 00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:32,759 Speaker 1: valuable for me to be on this team with this 676 00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:36,120 Speaker 1: the unit I'm on, I'm very comfortable with it. Take 677 00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:38,680 Speaker 1: a couple of million dollars left. I've already been the 678 00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:41,200 Speaker 1: highest paid full back in the league since twenty seventeen. 679 00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:45,880 Speaker 1: It's twenty twenty four. I can do that, right. He 680 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:47,560 Speaker 1: looks at the landscape, like, how many teams in the 681 00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:52,000 Speaker 1: league are using a full back? Now, I'll go from 682 00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:55,840 Speaker 1: six or seven million dollars to four or five. But 683 00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:59,200 Speaker 1: if you're Eric Armstead, his haircut probably wasn't a million 684 00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:04,600 Speaker 1: or two. It was probably pretty dramatic. And money's all relative. 685 00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:07,239 Speaker 1: I don't care if you make one hundred grand or 686 00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:11,080 Speaker 1: you make ten million dollars. Whenever someone wants you to 687 00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:15,120 Speaker 1: take less, and your prideful, even if they have a point. 688 00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:20,919 Speaker 1: The most humans first reaction is a few no way, 689 00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:26,160 Speaker 1: I'm not doing that, And people know when they ask 690 00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:28,600 Speaker 1: that it's it's not an easy thing to ask for. 691 00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:33,000 Speaker 1: But it's a business world. Sometimes you got to ask 692 00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:36,560 Speaker 1: tough questions and uh, it's why you see guys, you know, 693 00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:43,480 Speaker 1: get released or get cut. So other than that, I 694 00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:46,840 Speaker 1: that I mentioned the Jets traded for Morgan Moses the 695 00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:51,440 Speaker 1: offensive tackle to protect the vice president. That they were 696 00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:53,640 Speaker 1: pretty desperate. I mean they don't have any offensive tackles. 697 00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:57,640 Speaker 1: I always kind of like Morgan Moses, but you kind 698 00:38:57,640 --> 00:38:59,920 Speaker 1: of bounce around now. I don't know quite what his deal, 699 00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:02,200 Speaker 1: but they just didn't have a choice. I mean, they 700 00:39:02,239 --> 00:39:07,120 Speaker 1: just did their offensive line. I know a lot of 701 00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:09,680 Speaker 1: people are making a big deal about this vice president thing, 702 00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:12,839 Speaker 1: Like I got news for you. Young rich people don't 703 00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:15,680 Speaker 1: go into politics. Older rich people go into politics when 704 00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:18,200 Speaker 1: they get bored. The young people that go into politics 705 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:20,040 Speaker 1: are usually broken. They use as a scam to then 706 00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:22,640 Speaker 1: get rich. Aaron Rodgers not gonna be the vice president. 707 00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:26,239 Speaker 1: I know, it's a fun story for social media. It's 708 00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:28,239 Speaker 1: an extra easy thing for the media to take a 709 00:39:28,239 --> 00:39:30,920 Speaker 1: big shit on him, and who knows, maybe he's a 710 00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:33,399 Speaker 1: part of this. I saw a lot of people from 711 00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:37,240 Speaker 1: the Packers that act like this is classic Aaron Rodgers, 712 00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:41,279 Speaker 1: kind of forcing their hand. If he did one, he'd 713 00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:42,799 Speaker 1: be linking up with the guy who's just can't win. 714 00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:46,359 Speaker 1: In two He's just going to retire and run like 715 00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:49,880 Speaker 1: it would it would be one of the craziest stories 716 00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:52,200 Speaker 1: in the history of my life. I truly believe that 717 00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:56,719 Speaker 1: if Aaron Rodgers has quit football and became a vice 718 00:39:56,760 --> 00:40:00,480 Speaker 1: president with RFK Junior, like you could argue that's a 719 00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:03,400 Speaker 1: top five story in the history of sports. Definitely of 720 00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:07,759 Speaker 1: my life since the eighties, Michael Jordan retiring would be 721 00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:11,680 Speaker 1: up there. Tiger Woods getting in the car crash and 722 00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:13,640 Speaker 1: his wife hitting him with a golf club in the face, 723 00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:18,120 Speaker 1: feels like it would be up there. Something Tom Brady, 724 00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:20,680 Speaker 1: I'm sure we could pick the biggest story from his career. 725 00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:24,719 Speaker 1: So I'm not acting like if it actually happened, it 726 00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:28,560 Speaker 1: wouldn't be insane. The percentage I believe that it's actually 727 00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:30,840 Speaker 1: going to happen is closer to zero than it is 728 00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:34,800 Speaker 1: one percent. So, but he's a lightning rod and anytime 729 00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:37,480 Speaker 1: you put him in a headline, people run with it. 730 00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:41,080 Speaker 1: I can't imagine. If you're the Jets, you're like, what 731 00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:44,440 Speaker 1: are we serious right now? Are we really doing this? 732 00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:48,360 Speaker 1: And if you're the Packers, you gotta be feet up. 733 00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:50,600 Speaker 1: You don't even have to deal with it. You don't 734 00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:53,920 Speaker 1: even need to deal with it. It's always something now 735 00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:57,720 Speaker 1: in fairness, and he might say, like Aaron Rodgers ain'tly 736 00:40:57,760 --> 00:41:01,319 Speaker 1: getting in New York Times, but like, if you have 737 00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:03,960 Speaker 1: nothing to do with a story being leaked, I always 738 00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:05,839 Speaker 1: thought like the stories being leaked when he was with 739 00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:09,439 Speaker 1: the Packers about he wanted more. He was on them 740 00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:13,000 Speaker 1: to do stuff like that's come on, Aaron, Like you 741 00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:16,359 Speaker 1: know that he's not happy with everybody that's definitely on him. 742 00:41:16,560 --> 00:41:18,960 Speaker 1: There are some stuff that are truly out of your control, 743 00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:21,680 Speaker 1: right And I don't know, but I'm just saying it 744 00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:24,720 Speaker 1: happens a lot where stories get reported and the actual 745 00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:27,920 Speaker 1: player had nothing to do with it. You know what's crazy. 746 00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:29,920 Speaker 1: And this is where I also talk about the running backs, 747 00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:34,840 Speaker 1: is that Hunter Renfro got cut. I like ton of 748 00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:37,040 Speaker 1: Renfro a couple of years ago, thought he was one 749 00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:41,040 Speaker 1: of the better like slot receivers in the league. He 750 00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:44,240 Speaker 1: was scheduled to make like fourteen to fifteen million dollars. 751 00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:48,280 Speaker 1: So you're telling me that a guy like Hunter Renfro 752 00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:51,240 Speaker 1: can make Now, he's not gonna make that. Now, someone's 753 00:41:51,239 --> 00:41:53,120 Speaker 1: give him like four or five million dollars. I bet, 754 00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:57,600 Speaker 1: I bet he ends up with the Titans. But you 755 00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:01,040 Speaker 1: can't get these wide receivers, of wide receivers in the 756 00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:03,960 Speaker 1: league that just make like thirteen fourteen million dollars, and 757 00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:07,200 Speaker 1: who are averages the days long? And then Saquon Barkley 758 00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:11,640 Speaker 1: or Josh Jacobs, who I think Saquon's a tad overrated 759 00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:15,120 Speaker 1: relative to Like he's not the number one running back 760 00:42:15,120 --> 00:42:17,200 Speaker 1: in the league, but I'm not paying him like that, 761 00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:20,560 Speaker 1: and I'm putting him in a situation where I got 762 00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:22,960 Speaker 1: a really good offensive line and I have a ton 763 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:26,920 Speaker 1: of weapons around him. Aj Brown when he's right, is 764 00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:28,920 Speaker 1: a top four or five wide receiver in the league. 765 00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:31,640 Speaker 1: Davante is a very unique player. Goddard's one of the 766 00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:35,719 Speaker 1: better tight ends offensive lines. Fantastic or quarterback. Even when 767 00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:38,360 Speaker 1: he's struggling, still puts up really good numbers. Never forget 768 00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:41,759 Speaker 1: two years ago when Daniel Jones, I don't even want 769 00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:44,400 Speaker 1: to say Saquon led them to the playoffs. When Daniel 770 00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:46,480 Speaker 1: Jones was the starting quarterback for the Giants who went 771 00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:53,120 Speaker 1: to the playoffs. Daniel Jones threw fifteen touchdowns. Through fifteen touchdowns, 772 00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:56,200 Speaker 1: it's not even a touchdown a game in the league 773 00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:58,480 Speaker 1: where it's never been easier to throw touchdowns, and people like, oh, 774 00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:04,240 Speaker 1: look at our wide receivers. Sorry, should if you're any 775 00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:05,640 Speaker 1: if you're DC, you should be able to get to 776 00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:08,239 Speaker 1: twenty touchdowns, right, You can't have a game where you 777 00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:12,440 Speaker 1: throw like three. But yeah, I get back to the 778 00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:15,479 Speaker 1: running back thing, and I do think that right now, 779 00:43:15,520 --> 00:43:18,640 Speaker 1: that's the market inefficiency. And I give them and their 780 00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:24,200 Speaker 1: people credit because eventually you have to acknowledge this is 781 00:43:24,239 --> 00:43:29,359 Speaker 1: the price. This is how much we're going for, right. 782 00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:32,200 Speaker 1: Like I my girlfriend went because we got to kind 783 00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:34,919 Speaker 1: of decorate the house and there was this art fair 784 00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:37,400 Speaker 1: kind of down the street from our house, and we 785 00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:39,640 Speaker 1: didn't know that much about it, and she I was 786 00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:41,680 Speaker 1: playing golf. She went to the art fair and she 787 00:43:41,719 --> 00:43:44,160 Speaker 1: was taking me pictures of the art and it was 788 00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:48,520 Speaker 1: just outrageous, Like, I mean, that thing is nine grand, 789 00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:51,799 Speaker 1: that thing is twelve grand. Obviously I didn't buy any 790 00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:53,960 Speaker 1: of it, but and then I started thinking, can I 791 00:43:54,040 --> 00:43:57,400 Speaker 1: just complain like, that's the price if someone's willing to 792 00:43:57,400 --> 00:43:59,600 Speaker 1: pay for it. Like, what am I gonna say? That's 793 00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:02,440 Speaker 1: the mark for that piece of art, you know. So 794 00:44:02,480 --> 00:44:04,080 Speaker 1: it's like you can bitch and moan all you want 795 00:44:04,080 --> 00:44:06,759 Speaker 1: about it, you're not getting that piece of art. And 796 00:44:06,840 --> 00:44:10,160 Speaker 1: for a long time, these running backs were always so mad. 797 00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:13,480 Speaker 1: It's like, guys, this is not gonna help and create 798 00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:18,000 Speaker 1: a solution because the market is established. This is the price. 799 00:44:19,080 --> 00:44:21,720 Speaker 1: So if you want to play, like, are you better 800 00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:25,680 Speaker 1: off bitching and moaning because you don't get forty or 801 00:44:25,719 --> 00:44:28,680 Speaker 1: just signed for twenty seven million dollars. This gets back 802 00:44:28,719 --> 00:44:32,680 Speaker 1: two years ago to Leveon Bell, who I think recently 803 00:44:32,719 --> 00:44:34,840 Speaker 1: says it's one of the biggest regrets in his life. 804 00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:36,359 Speaker 1: I think he might have said, it's the biggest regret 805 00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:39,319 Speaker 1: in my life. I shouldn't sat out that year. It 806 00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:42,360 Speaker 1: was dumb, it was bad business. I was one of 807 00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:44,279 Speaker 1: the only guys at the time saying that. Everyone in 808 00:44:44,320 --> 00:44:49,400 Speaker 1: the media was like, yeah, take a stand, show them, Leveon, 809 00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:53,640 Speaker 1: show the big bad people in management. No, they're just 810 00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:56,520 Speaker 1: having budge then, and they haven't budged since it's a 811 00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:59,960 Speaker 1: price of doing business. It's the cost of your position 812 00:45:00,120 --> 00:45:03,040 Speaker 1: right now. Could maybe they could change some of that 813 00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:06,360 Speaker 1: if some of these guys start rattling off MVPs or whatever. 814 00:45:06,920 --> 00:45:10,000 Speaker 1: But like, I was never gonna cry because they're making 815 00:45:10,239 --> 00:45:12,840 Speaker 1: thirteen million and not fifteen million, Like, I mean, what 816 00:45:12,880 --> 00:45:15,440 Speaker 1: are we even talking about. I've always argued this, like 817 00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:19,880 Speaker 1: I I'd be very hesitant to pay certain positions this 818 00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:22,359 Speaker 1: time of year because a lot of times it's when 819 00:45:22,360 --> 00:45:26,120 Speaker 1: you sign contracts that you regret because in free agency 820 00:45:26,440 --> 00:45:29,960 Speaker 1: you have to pay a markup. This is not like 821 00:45:30,080 --> 00:45:32,040 Speaker 1: you go to norse strooms and they're having a big sale. 822 00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:33,759 Speaker 1: It's I got everything. I used to go with them. 823 00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:35,680 Speaker 1: I remember a school shopping with my mom. She'd be like, oh, 824 00:45:35,680 --> 00:45:38,759 Speaker 1: it's fifty percent off. We try to hit that rack 825 00:45:39,239 --> 00:45:43,920 Speaker 1: like that. There's no fifty percent off in NFL free agency. 826 00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:47,000 Speaker 1: It's all marked up. It's like, if this guy's seven 827 00:45:47,040 --> 00:45:49,880 Speaker 1: million dollars, you got to pay ten for Why Because 828 00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:52,680 Speaker 1: a lot of teams have cast space, A lot of 829 00:45:52,680 --> 00:45:55,359 Speaker 1: teams are willing. They don't even view it like wasting money. 830 00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:57,759 Speaker 1: They're like, we got to spend it on somebody, and 831 00:45:58,160 --> 00:46:01,839 Speaker 1: we're not giving you know, this isn't Peyton Manning type 832 00:46:01,880 --> 00:46:04,960 Speaker 1: money or Patrick Mahomes or whatever. So it's like, yeah, 833 00:46:05,120 --> 00:46:06,920 Speaker 1: we got to give this guard that we want. Instead 834 00:46:06,920 --> 00:46:09,120 Speaker 1: of giving them eight, we give them eleven. A couple 835 00:46:09,160 --> 00:46:11,880 Speaker 1: of years, no one will even notice, but that is 836 00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:14,400 Speaker 1: what you have to pay. It's why so many of 837 00:46:14,440 --> 00:46:17,759 Speaker 1: the good teams that have a lot of players under 838 00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:21,759 Speaker 1: contract at a lot of money don't really, you know, 839 00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:26,279 Speaker 1: fish in this pond because they just they don't have 840 00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:29,440 Speaker 1: the room right beside the Chiefs Chris Jones, but it's 841 00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:31,279 Speaker 1: not like they're in the mix for a lot of 842 00:46:31,320 --> 00:46:34,080 Speaker 1: these guys. The Ravens never fuck with this time of year, 843 00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:36,640 Speaker 1: and a lot of it's because they usually extend their 844 00:46:36,680 --> 00:46:40,200 Speaker 1: own guys and they don't want to get into bad contracts. Now, 845 00:46:40,239 --> 00:46:43,439 Speaker 1: sometimes you can't help yourself, and a lot of times 846 00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:46,560 Speaker 1: it's because you've missed on people in the draft and 847 00:46:46,600 --> 00:46:49,239 Speaker 1: you have a need right the forty nine ers who 848 00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:53,200 Speaker 1: javon Kinlaw signed with the Jets, I think yesterday or 849 00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:56,560 Speaker 1: two days ago, might have been yesterday, Monday, Tuesday kind 850 00:46:56,600 --> 00:47:00,920 Speaker 1: of run together. Javon Kinlaw was on the Niners because 851 00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:04,360 Speaker 1: they traded to Forrest Buckner to the Colts, but that 852 00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:07,239 Speaker 1: was a whiff. Not that listen. I would have traded 853 00:47:07,239 --> 00:47:09,680 Speaker 1: to Forest Buckner for the thirteenth pick as well, but 854 00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:13,480 Speaker 1: instead of taking Christian will or excuse me, Tristan Wirfs, 855 00:47:14,239 --> 00:47:16,359 Speaker 1: they ended up trading back a pick. The Bucks took 856 00:47:16,440 --> 00:47:21,000 Speaker 1: Wharfs and they took Javon Kinlaw and it was an 857 00:47:21,120 --> 00:47:25,480 Speaker 1: utter disaster. It was an awful pick, I mean, a 858 00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:29,680 Speaker 1: terrible pick. And the reason last year they gave Hargrave 859 00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:33,799 Speaker 1: four years, eighty million, forty guaranteed, and this year they've 860 00:47:33,840 --> 00:47:39,120 Speaker 1: signed about four defensive tackles because of that situation. So 861 00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:42,480 Speaker 1: a lot of times free agency is making up for 862 00:47:42,520 --> 00:47:46,279 Speaker 1: bad draft picks. Defensive end Drake Jackson, they drafted him 863 00:47:46,280 --> 00:47:51,200 Speaker 1: from USC, He's been irrelevant, So this time of year 864 00:47:51,320 --> 00:47:54,920 Speaker 1: is usually making up for mistakes like why why are 865 00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:58,840 Speaker 1: the Jets trading for Morgan Moses Because when they drafted 866 00:47:58,840 --> 00:48:01,080 Speaker 1: the big guy years ago to play left tackle, like 867 00:48:01,640 --> 00:48:04,960 Speaker 1: that was a swing and a miss. That was a whiff. Obviously, 868 00:48:05,000 --> 00:48:06,719 Speaker 1: if they could do it again, they would not have 869 00:48:06,760 --> 00:48:09,600 Speaker 1: taken Beckton. They would have taken one of the other 870 00:48:09,640 --> 00:48:12,920 Speaker 1: opposive tackles. But we can play that game all day 871 00:48:12,960 --> 00:48:15,879 Speaker 1: long with would it could have, should, have. There's never 872 00:48:15,960 --> 00:48:17,360 Speaker 1: and I love doing it. Well, if we did a 873 00:48:17,400 --> 00:48:20,440 Speaker 1: redraft in the history of life, there has never been 874 00:48:20,520 --> 00:48:24,200 Speaker 1: an actual redraft. We have done them, you know, on 875 00:48:24,280 --> 00:48:27,520 Speaker 1: the athletic or on some blog or on a podcast, 876 00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:30,520 Speaker 1: but the teams have never like, hey, all the players 877 00:48:30,560 --> 00:48:33,600 Speaker 1: from twenty nineteen that were drafted are going back into 878 00:48:33,640 --> 00:48:35,279 Speaker 1: a draft and we're just going to redraft them all. 879 00:48:35,360 --> 00:48:39,920 Speaker 1: That's not the way it actually works. And it usually 880 00:48:40,200 --> 00:48:43,080 Speaker 1: sometimes you find diamonds. You get guys that you never 881 00:48:43,120 --> 00:48:44,879 Speaker 1: thought were going to be good, and they become good, 882 00:48:45,040 --> 00:48:49,000 Speaker 1: and they become stalwarts of your operation for a decade, 883 00:48:49,440 --> 00:48:54,080 Speaker 1: multi contract, you know, ten plus year starter. And then 884 00:48:54,120 --> 00:48:55,759 Speaker 1: there are other guys, you know, about two years in 885 00:48:55,800 --> 00:48:59,400 Speaker 1: and you're like, we're screwed. This guy's not gonna be 886 00:48:59,440 --> 00:49:01,880 Speaker 1: good enough and we're going to have to patchwork this. 887 00:49:02,320 --> 00:49:06,040 Speaker 1: And a lot of time patchwork happens. Ideally, some draft 888 00:49:06,040 --> 00:49:09,280 Speaker 1: pick out of nowhere takes the spot or free agency, 889 00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:12,520 Speaker 1: and that's where you kind of fill the hole. So 890 00:49:12,760 --> 00:49:15,760 Speaker 1: as James Palmer just wrote, any contracts that a player 891 00:49:15,800 --> 00:49:18,400 Speaker 1: team agreed upon the last couple of days can become official. 892 00:49:19,120 --> 00:49:21,920 Speaker 1: Teams may start making trades or make official trades that 893 00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:25,960 Speaker 1: are in place, All twenty twenty three contracts will expire, 894 00:49:27,160 --> 00:49:31,560 Speaker 1: so fun day. You could argue that tampering period has 895 00:49:31,600 --> 00:49:34,239 Speaker 1: taken a little bit of the luster of like free 896 00:49:34,280 --> 00:49:41,120 Speaker 1: agency starting, but I think it's pretty fun. You could 897 00:49:41,200 --> 00:49:43,920 Speaker 1: argue it doesn't really matter because the same thing would 898 00:49:43,960 --> 00:49:48,040 Speaker 1: happen if free agency just started today. People would have 899 00:49:48,040 --> 00:49:50,640 Speaker 1: been talking the last couple weeks, so I don't know 900 00:49:50,760 --> 00:49:54,719 Speaker 1: much would change, but I thoroughly enjoyed the last forty 901 00:49:54,760 --> 00:50:00,520 Speaker 1: eight hours. Okay, mailbag at John Middlecoff Instagram. Fire into 902 00:50:00,560 --> 00:50:04,800 Speaker 1: those dms, you guys know the drill Instagram wide open. 903 00:50:05,560 --> 00:50:08,319 Speaker 1: What's up my guy? Wondering what you think about the 904 00:50:08,320 --> 00:50:12,600 Speaker 1: Packers offseason. Love your content. I said it when I 905 00:50:12,600 --> 00:50:14,520 Speaker 1: thought they had the two running backs. I'm like, this 906 00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:17,960 Speaker 1: offense is gonna be unstoppable, even though with Jacobs over 907 00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:20,520 Speaker 1: Aaron Jones, I mean, I think they're both big time players. 908 00:50:21,560 --> 00:50:23,759 Speaker 1: I don't know if that's a huge upgrade, but he's 909 00:50:23,760 --> 00:50:26,759 Speaker 1: definitely a really good player. So your running game is 910 00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:31,000 Speaker 1: still gonna be awesome. Listen, before free agency or the draft, 911 00:50:31,040 --> 00:50:33,240 Speaker 1: it was hard not to buy stock in the operation. 912 00:50:34,719 --> 00:50:37,240 Speaker 1: It's all gonna come down to half lee in the defense. 913 00:50:37,640 --> 00:50:41,520 Speaker 1: Your offense, assuming Jordan Love just sustains some level of 914 00:50:41,560 --> 00:50:44,480 Speaker 1: what we saw at the end, is gonna be really good. 915 00:50:45,239 --> 00:50:49,600 Speaker 1: So it's all gonna come down to can your defense? 916 00:50:49,719 --> 00:50:51,120 Speaker 1: And I said this the other day, can it just 917 00:50:51,120 --> 00:50:54,120 Speaker 1: be solid? Right? You signed the safety from the Giants, 918 00:50:54,360 --> 00:50:56,520 Speaker 1: pay him a lot of money. You've invested a lot 919 00:50:56,520 --> 00:50:58,960 Speaker 1: of picks over the years on the defensive side of 920 00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:03,200 Speaker 1: the ball in the draft. But your coordinators, let's face it, 921 00:51:03,239 --> 00:51:05,680 Speaker 1: have taken a lot of shit. You guys are ready 922 00:51:05,680 --> 00:51:09,920 Speaker 1: to run out Joe Barry like two games into a stint. Petton, 923 00:51:10,040 --> 00:51:12,879 Speaker 1: you guys couldn't stand before that. Some of the guys 924 00:51:12,960 --> 00:51:16,960 Speaker 1: McCarthy had. It's just been can you get a guy 925 00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:18,760 Speaker 1: that goes this guy's going to be a head coach? 926 00:51:19,719 --> 00:51:23,319 Speaker 1: And that's a big difference. For example, the forty nine Ers, 927 00:51:23,320 --> 00:51:26,600 Speaker 1: who have had more playoff success recently and the Rams 928 00:51:26,600 --> 00:51:29,600 Speaker 1: who won the Super Bowl, they've both had good defensive 929 00:51:29,600 --> 00:51:34,080 Speaker 1: coordinators Raheem Morris, Brandon Staley for the year, Wade Phillips 930 00:51:34,320 --> 00:51:37,640 Speaker 1: the forty nine Ers, Demiko Robert Sala. If you guys 931 00:51:37,640 --> 00:51:40,960 Speaker 1: get a If you guys get a defensive coordinator. I mean, 932 00:51:41,040 --> 00:51:42,920 Speaker 1: you have one, but if Jeff Hafley is in the 933 00:51:42,960 --> 00:51:45,920 Speaker 1: conversation to be a head coach in two years, I 934 00:51:45,920 --> 00:51:51,200 Speaker 1: don't see how you guys aren't legit NFC contenders. I 935 00:51:51,239 --> 00:51:53,760 Speaker 1: have a question about scouting and what gms and coaches 936 00:51:53,800 --> 00:51:56,879 Speaker 1: are looking for in the draft. Where do you fall 937 00:51:56,920 --> 00:52:00,920 Speaker 1: in measurables versus the tape? I really like the corner, 938 00:52:01,120 --> 00:52:05,240 Speaker 1: Mike saying a real still, I just butchered his name 939 00:52:05,360 --> 00:52:08,359 Speaker 1: from Michigan. He said, the likely go on the third 940 00:52:08,440 --> 00:52:10,799 Speaker 1: day of the draft, and he's likely to be a 941 00:52:10,840 --> 00:52:14,640 Speaker 1: special team's nickel corner. However, all I see on tape 942 00:52:14,680 --> 00:52:17,960 Speaker 1: is aggressive, great tackling, physical player. He reminds me of 943 00:52:17,960 --> 00:52:21,640 Speaker 1: a slider. Trent McDuffie. Pretty good comp You said that 944 00:52:21,680 --> 00:52:24,120 Speaker 1: in a draft meeting. People looking at you. You're like, wait, 945 00:52:24,360 --> 00:52:26,600 Speaker 1: this guy's a fourth fifth rounder. You're comparing to McDuffie. 946 00:52:27,680 --> 00:52:31,640 Speaker 1: But all here on TV is length forty upside say 947 00:52:31,640 --> 00:52:34,200 Speaker 1: it all the time. There's two elements to the draft, 948 00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:38,600 Speaker 1: picking good players and knowing the value of what you 949 00:52:38,680 --> 00:52:41,359 Speaker 1: have to use to pick the guy. You could love 950 00:52:41,480 --> 00:52:44,560 Speaker 1: this corner, but you wouldn't use a second round pick 951 00:52:44,600 --> 00:52:46,960 Speaker 1: on him if you know he's gonna be there in 952 00:52:47,000 --> 00:52:50,200 Speaker 1: the fourth round, that's terrible value. Right. You would never 953 00:52:50,320 --> 00:52:52,919 Speaker 1: spend one hundred thousand dollars on something if you could 954 00:52:52,920 --> 00:52:56,520 Speaker 1: get it for sixty. So the key to the draft 955 00:52:56,920 --> 00:52:59,600 Speaker 1: is not whether this guy, Like in your mind, you 956 00:52:59,680 --> 00:53:02,600 Speaker 1: might think he's gonna be really good as a team, right, 957 00:53:03,080 --> 00:53:04,920 Speaker 1: but you have to value and I say this all 958 00:53:04,920 --> 00:53:09,239 Speaker 1: the time, the the draft or the combine is a 959 00:53:09,239 --> 00:53:13,160 Speaker 1: lot like an inspection report. It does not determine the 960 00:53:13,200 --> 00:53:15,680 Speaker 1: guy's success or failure rate in the pros, but it 961 00:53:15,719 --> 00:53:19,200 Speaker 1: does determine or impact where he's gonna go in the draft. So, 962 00:53:19,200 --> 00:53:21,759 Speaker 1: if you're a corner you run a slow forty, I 963 00:53:21,760 --> 00:53:23,920 Speaker 1: don't know. I don't have all these guys measurables like 964 00:53:23,960 --> 00:53:26,319 Speaker 1: it's gonna impact you. If you're a wide receiver and 965 00:53:26,320 --> 00:53:28,960 Speaker 1: you run a slow forty, like, it's gonna impact you. 966 00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:30,880 Speaker 1: Now it doesn't mean Keenan Allen's not fast. You get 967 00:53:30,920 --> 00:53:34,719 Speaker 1: him in the third round. He's an elite player. So 968 00:53:35,120 --> 00:53:40,200 Speaker 1: I I think in the first round. Now you're gonna 969 00:53:40,239 --> 00:53:43,880 Speaker 1: lean traits the good teams do with the character and 970 00:53:43,960 --> 00:53:47,120 Speaker 1: the upside. Right, it's Anthony Richards, let's just look at quarterbacks. 971 00:53:47,120 --> 00:53:49,600 Speaker 1: It doesn't mean it's always gonna work. But Anthony Richardson 972 00:53:49,640 --> 00:53:53,080 Speaker 1: went forth, Josh Allen went seventh, Trey Lance went third 973 00:53:53,480 --> 00:53:59,120 Speaker 1: because of traits. Zach Wilson same thing, big arm, big athlete, 974 00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:03,239 Speaker 1: and a lot of other position players as well. You 975 00:54:03,320 --> 00:54:06,080 Speaker 1: can't go safe high because there's no such thing as 976 00:54:06,120 --> 00:54:10,000 Speaker 1: safe in the draft. So certain organizations value different things. 977 00:54:10,600 --> 00:54:13,719 Speaker 1: You know, the Packers historically have always been a traits team. 978 00:54:13,840 --> 00:54:16,520 Speaker 1: They really value that, and when it works, you're like, 979 00:54:16,560 --> 00:54:20,919 Speaker 1: holy shit. Like the wide receiver Watson from North Dakota State. 980 00:54:21,440 --> 00:54:25,040 Speaker 1: Now he's got to fix the hamstring issue, but clearly 981 00:54:25,160 --> 00:54:28,760 Speaker 1: like they took a swing on a guy, smaller school 982 00:54:28,800 --> 00:54:31,600 Speaker 1: guy with a big time trait and that's a least speed. 983 00:54:32,080 --> 00:54:33,880 Speaker 1: Now he's also got to catch the ball. But you 984 00:54:33,920 --> 00:54:38,120 Speaker 1: know what I mean, I philosophically, I mean being around Andy, 985 00:54:38,200 --> 00:54:41,080 Speaker 1: he's more of a swing guy. They but the one 986 00:54:41,080 --> 00:54:44,279 Speaker 1: thing you've seen them do in Kansas City, they they 987 00:54:44,719 --> 00:54:48,319 Speaker 1: they swing on traits with football character. Right, McDuffie has 988 00:54:48,360 --> 00:54:51,920 Speaker 1: a lot of traits. What's his name, Marcus Peters when 989 00:54:51,920 --> 00:54:54,920 Speaker 1: they drafted him high, has a lot of traits. Why 990 00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:59,040 Speaker 1: do the Cowboys never do anything. And was talking to 991 00:54:59,040 --> 00:55:01,640 Speaker 1: a buddy of mine and I was talking about the 992 00:55:01,760 --> 00:55:04,160 Speaker 1: kirk O deal and he reminded me that Kirko went 993 00:55:04,200 --> 00:55:07,480 Speaker 1: to the vikings keenum had those kirk cousins, I think 994 00:55:08,080 --> 00:55:10,160 Speaker 1: Boys in the conference Chipper and he couldn't make a 995 00:55:10,200 --> 00:55:12,480 Speaker 1: playoff win with the same team top five defense and 996 00:55:12,560 --> 00:55:15,800 Speaker 1: loaded offense. Say it all the time, if the Dallas 997 00:55:15,800 --> 00:55:18,440 Speaker 1: Cowboys had fifty million dollars in cap space, free agents 998 00:55:18,440 --> 00:55:21,600 Speaker 1: would be lined up to go there. One no state 999 00:55:21,640 --> 00:55:24,759 Speaker 1: income tax, two your brand builds as a player, and three. 1000 00:55:24,800 --> 00:55:27,200 Speaker 1: I mean, they're legitimately a solid football team right now, 1001 00:55:27,719 --> 00:55:31,680 Speaker 1: but they never have any money because they always extend 1002 00:55:31,880 --> 00:55:35,279 Speaker 1: their own players at a lot of money. I mean 1003 00:55:35,320 --> 00:55:37,200 Speaker 1: it's not like, oh, they just signed their own guy 1004 00:55:37,239 --> 00:55:39,879 Speaker 1: and a team friendly deal. I mean they banked break 1005 00:55:39,920 --> 00:55:42,880 Speaker 1: the bank for their players. And they're gonna do that 1006 00:55:42,920 --> 00:55:45,160 Speaker 1: with Micah Parsons. They're gonna do that with Ceedee Lamb. 1007 00:55:45,440 --> 00:55:47,600 Speaker 1: They've done that before with Dak, they did it with Zeke, 1008 00:55:47,600 --> 00:55:50,439 Speaker 1: They've done it with their offensive lineman. There's nothing wrong 1009 00:55:50,520 --> 00:55:54,319 Speaker 1: with doing that if you get good players. But that's 1010 00:55:54,360 --> 00:55:56,439 Speaker 1: the reason they never have any money. They just pay 1011 00:55:56,480 --> 00:55:59,799 Speaker 1: their own guys, which is a positive. It's not like 1012 00:55:59,800 --> 00:56:02,560 Speaker 1: a negative. You just better pay your right guys. I 1013 00:56:02,560 --> 00:56:05,000 Speaker 1: mean that's the contract cost them, right. They regretted that 1014 00:56:05,160 --> 00:56:10,120 Speaker 1: very very quickly. Why is it some quarterbacks don't cut 1015 00:56:10,120 --> 00:56:12,800 Speaker 1: team deals on contracts to help bring in more talent. 1016 00:56:13,160 --> 00:56:17,200 Speaker 1: For example, Cousins has already made enough money for his 1017 00:56:17,320 --> 00:56:22,160 Speaker 1: great great great grandkids to live comfortably. Why would he 1018 00:56:22,239 --> 00:56:25,440 Speaker 1: not take a contract around thirty million instead of forty 1019 00:56:25,440 --> 00:56:28,200 Speaker 1: five million so that the Falcons have more ability to 1020 00:56:28,239 --> 00:56:33,400 Speaker 1: sign talent first. I always find it funny, like societally, 1021 00:56:33,640 --> 00:56:37,160 Speaker 1: we always make fun of people that inherit their money. 1022 00:56:37,840 --> 00:56:39,880 Speaker 1: They never had to do shit for their money, Like 1023 00:56:39,920 --> 00:56:42,640 Speaker 1: what a fucking loser who was just handed this? Life 1024 00:56:42,880 --> 00:56:46,239 Speaker 1: must be easy Yet with athletes and I'm not, you're 1025 00:56:46,239 --> 00:56:48,880 Speaker 1: not doing this, but the media always celebrates you gotta 1026 00:56:48,920 --> 00:56:51,879 Speaker 1: take care of your great great grandkids. Well, I'm never 1027 00:56:51,880 --> 00:56:53,960 Speaker 1: gonna meet my great great grandkids if I make one 1028 00:56:54,000 --> 00:56:56,799 Speaker 1: hundred million dollars, Like do I just want him to 1029 00:56:56,880 --> 00:57:00,680 Speaker 1: just have twenty million dollars into slush fund. I don't 1030 00:57:00,680 --> 00:57:03,239 Speaker 1: want the guy to go hungry, but he just gets 1031 00:57:03,239 --> 00:57:06,319 Speaker 1: to start his life at a sweet country club, right, 1032 00:57:06,360 --> 00:57:09,640 Speaker 1: I mean he gets a Ferrari when he's sixteen. I 1033 00:57:09,760 --> 00:57:15,640 Speaker 1: never understand the dichotomy of the conversation. We crush ninety 1034 00:57:15,719 --> 00:57:17,720 Speaker 1: nine percent of society. But then it's like, yeah, you 1035 00:57:17,680 --> 00:57:19,760 Speaker 1: got to take care of your great great grandkids, do you? 1036 00:57:20,400 --> 00:57:27,360 Speaker 1: Isn't that my kids, son's son's job to parent throughout? 1037 00:57:27,440 --> 00:57:30,160 Speaker 1: Like isn't it better if I give good leadership and 1038 00:57:30,240 --> 00:57:33,680 Speaker 1: good life lessons? It always crosses my mind, I think, 1039 00:57:33,720 --> 00:57:36,240 Speaker 1: at this point in time, if they're offering you that 1040 00:57:36,360 --> 00:57:40,200 Speaker 1: much money, why do you say no? Clearly he's had 1041 00:57:40,200 --> 00:57:43,680 Speaker 1: a strategy which it's hard for me to talk shit about. 1042 00:57:44,560 --> 00:57:47,560 Speaker 1: It's just been the most money humanly possible every single time. 1043 00:57:48,600 --> 00:57:52,880 Speaker 1: And he knows this vehicle of playing football last fifteen years. Right, 1044 00:57:52,920 --> 00:57:54,720 Speaker 1: He's gonna end up being a starter for about fifteen 1045 00:57:54,800 --> 00:57:56,720 Speaker 1: years because remember the first couple of years he didn't play, 1046 00:57:57,360 --> 00:58:00,320 Speaker 1: and he maximized his value more than any player probably 1047 00:58:00,320 --> 00:58:04,680 Speaker 1: in league history. But you could make the argument like 1048 00:58:05,160 --> 00:58:08,160 Speaker 1: you've already made three hundred plus million dollars if you 1049 00:58:08,280 --> 00:58:11,320 Speaker 1: go to Atlanta and you win, Like so instead of 1050 00:58:11,360 --> 00:58:14,040 Speaker 1: taking forty forty million, what if he took twenty seven 1051 00:58:15,040 --> 00:58:18,200 Speaker 1: and Arthur blank helps you out with some business deals. 1052 00:58:18,280 --> 00:58:20,920 Speaker 1: It just doesn't happen that way. So I'm kind of 1053 00:58:20,960 --> 00:58:24,200 Speaker 1: done even talking like that. Brady's an outlier, but I 1054 00:58:24,200 --> 00:58:27,200 Speaker 1: say it all the time. You make a lot of 1055 00:58:27,240 --> 00:58:29,960 Speaker 1: money the rest of your life when you're a winner. 1056 00:58:30,720 --> 00:58:33,080 Speaker 1: And at this point in time, he's made so much 1057 00:58:33,160 --> 00:58:36,240 Speaker 1: money that he'll never ever everything in his life moving 1058 00:58:36,280 --> 00:58:38,600 Speaker 1: forward is free. Like he's so rich. He could buy 1059 00:58:38,600 --> 00:58:43,120 Speaker 1: a plane, buy an unlimited amount of houses. He's got 1060 00:58:43,160 --> 00:58:45,680 Speaker 1: a lot of money. And if people in his life, 1061 00:58:45,760 --> 00:58:47,840 Speaker 1: which he has, I know his agent, like he got 1062 00:58:47,840 --> 00:58:51,800 Speaker 1: pretty high level guys, I would imagine he's in some 1063 00:58:51,920 --> 00:58:54,640 Speaker 1: good financial investments and life's going to be pretty good. 1064 00:58:55,080 --> 00:58:57,560 Speaker 1: I don't think it's crazy because if your Kirk cousins, 1065 00:58:57,640 --> 00:59:00,360 Speaker 1: like hey, remember when Kirk Cousins at thirty seven Super 1066 00:59:00,360 --> 00:59:03,840 Speaker 1: Bowl in Atlanta, it would become pretty legendary stuff. But 1067 00:59:04,560 --> 00:59:08,600 Speaker 1: he doesn't really operate like that. I also understand, like, hey, 1068 00:59:08,800 --> 00:59:12,400 Speaker 1: they're offering you. I guess your point is like you 1069 00:59:12,440 --> 00:59:15,160 Speaker 1: go to them, like, hey, what structure this. Let's do 1070 00:59:15,200 --> 00:59:18,680 Speaker 1: a three year, ninety million dollar deal and guarantee me 1071 00:59:19,640 --> 00:59:22,440 Speaker 1: whatever you're gonna guarantee me. Still the same could be guaranteed. 1072 00:59:23,040 --> 00:59:25,840 Speaker 1: I hate the NFL change the numbering system. I know 1073 00:59:25,920 --> 00:59:29,280 Speaker 1: they originally did it to make more uniform for fans, 1074 00:59:29,400 --> 00:59:32,600 Speaker 1: but now we have defensive ends wearing single digits. Last year, 1075 00:59:32,640 --> 00:59:35,800 Speaker 1: Clowney wearing twenty four. I'm sorry. I hate to be 1076 00:59:35,880 --> 00:59:38,120 Speaker 1: like an old man curmudgeon. I can't get behind that. 1077 00:59:38,600 --> 00:59:41,200 Speaker 1: At some point a quarterback won't have a number available 1078 00:59:41,240 --> 00:59:43,280 Speaker 1: between one and nineteen. What do you think of it? 1079 00:59:43,280 --> 00:59:46,440 Speaker 1: I don't like it. I don't like it. I'm not 1080 00:59:46,600 --> 00:59:49,480 Speaker 1: totally opposed to a defensive lineman wearing a single digit 1081 00:59:49,520 --> 00:59:51,160 Speaker 1: because I'm a big college football fan. A lot of 1082 00:59:51,200 --> 00:59:55,800 Speaker 1: them do that, but Clowney twenty four. I was fine 1083 00:59:55,880 --> 00:59:58,640 Speaker 1: just with wide receivers in the eighties, running backs in 1084 00:59:58,680 --> 01:00:02,280 Speaker 1: the twenties and thirties, right linebackers in the fifties, O 1085 01:00:02,440 --> 01:00:05,520 Speaker 1: Liman in the sixties and seventies. Like I call me 1086 01:00:05,560 --> 01:00:08,760 Speaker 1: a purist, but I was. I didn't think we needed 1087 01:00:08,760 --> 01:00:11,040 Speaker 1: to change. I was on Tom Brady's side that was like, 1088 01:00:11,080 --> 01:00:14,960 Speaker 1: why are we doing this? Big Colts fan, sad to 1089 01:00:14,960 --> 01:00:19,040 Speaker 1: see Minshew leave. I am not an ar fan. That'd 1090 01:00:19,040 --> 01:00:21,840 Speaker 1: be Anthony Richardson, I said ar. He wrote, Anthony Richson. 1091 01:00:23,440 --> 01:00:25,600 Speaker 1: I think he will be a bust and will be 1092 01:00:25,640 --> 01:00:29,800 Speaker 1: the end of Chris Ballard, who I love as a GM. 1093 01:00:29,840 --> 01:00:31,200 Speaker 1: Do you think he is more likely to sign a 1094 01:00:31,240 --> 01:00:33,960 Speaker 1: free agent quarterback ideally draft a guy like Michael Pratt 1095 01:00:33,960 --> 01:00:37,600 Speaker 1: as a backup. When you get and you do what 1096 01:00:37,640 --> 01:00:41,760 Speaker 1: they did drafting, they're all in. Now. Colin and I 1097 01:00:41,760 --> 01:00:44,760 Speaker 1: have talked about this. The time ticks fast. Here's where 1098 01:00:44,760 --> 01:00:48,480 Speaker 1: Ballard's gonna get credit. I'm sure Stichen was on board, 1099 01:00:49,160 --> 01:00:51,520 Speaker 1: and he did hire what looks like a star coach. 1100 01:00:51,960 --> 01:00:55,400 Speaker 1: Shane Steiken is already a top three or four offensive 1101 01:00:55,400 --> 01:00:58,880 Speaker 1: coordinator in the league. And when you're the offensive coordinator 1102 01:00:58,880 --> 01:01:03,520 Speaker 1: and you're the head coachoo, that's a very very valuable people. 1103 01:01:04,200 --> 01:01:08,000 Speaker 1: That's the guy that, let's face, it's the most valued 1104 01:01:08,040 --> 01:01:12,000 Speaker 1: position in the NFL, beside quarterback Andy Reid, Sean McVay, 1105 01:01:12,160 --> 01:01:15,760 Speaker 1: it's Kyle Shanahan. Look at Matt Laflora. Last year, Matt 1106 01:01:15,800 --> 01:01:17,640 Speaker 1: laflor had a ton of success, but we're like, oh, yeah, 1107 01:01:17,640 --> 01:01:20,520 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers and then it's like, damn, he just beat 1108 01:01:20,560 --> 01:01:22,840 Speaker 1: the shit out of Mike McCarthy. So now you got 1109 01:01:22,840 --> 01:01:24,720 Speaker 1: to talk about like laflora in their level, and he 1110 01:01:24,760 --> 01:01:27,600 Speaker 1: easily could have beaten Kyle in the second round. So 1111 01:01:28,000 --> 01:01:30,200 Speaker 1: to me, the second most valuable thing in the NFL 1112 01:01:30,760 --> 01:01:33,640 Speaker 1: is a head coach who's my OC that impacts the quarterback. 1113 01:01:34,520 --> 01:01:37,840 Speaker 1: Another cowboy fan mad about no moves. It's just money, guys. 1114 01:01:39,040 --> 01:01:42,440 Speaker 1: You can't sign all your Dak Prescott. As of recording this, 1115 01:01:42,560 --> 01:01:45,400 Speaker 1: there's no He hasn't changed his contract. There's no contract extension. 1116 01:01:46,200 --> 01:01:52,720 Speaker 1: Dak Prescott's cap hit is sixty million dollars. The salary 1117 01:01:52,720 --> 01:01:57,320 Speaker 1: cap is two hundred and fifty million dollars. I'm no mathematician. 1118 01:01:57,520 --> 01:02:02,280 Speaker 1: That's a pretty big percentage for one player, sixty million dollars. 1119 01:02:03,280 --> 01:02:05,840 Speaker 1: Like I saw Debo today on Instagram complaining that they're 1120 01:02:05,880 --> 01:02:08,880 Speaker 1: cutting Eric Armstead. It's like Debo, your cap hit this year, 1121 01:02:09,120 --> 01:02:11,680 Speaker 1: like you deserve to get paid is twenty eight million, 1122 01:02:12,080 --> 01:02:14,440 Speaker 1: which is a lot of coin man like part of 1123 01:02:14,480 --> 01:02:16,680 Speaker 1: the reason Eric Armstead is getting cut, like you take 1124 01:02:16,760 --> 01:02:21,000 Speaker 1: up a lot of space sixty and that Dack's double 1125 01:02:21,040 --> 01:02:25,800 Speaker 1: what that is. I'm reaching out because seeing Saban talk 1126 01:02:25,840 --> 01:02:28,960 Speaker 1: on Capitol Hill and bitch about how money has changed 1127 01:02:29,000 --> 01:02:33,200 Speaker 1: these kids has gotten me boiling. I'll preface this by 1128 01:02:33,240 --> 01:02:35,520 Speaker 1: saying he is, without questioning, one of the greatest coaches 1129 01:02:35,520 --> 01:02:38,960 Speaker 1: in football history. But spare me when you demanded to 1130 01:02:38,960 --> 01:02:40,760 Speaker 1: be the highest paid head coach in the sport and 1131 01:02:40,800 --> 01:02:43,720 Speaker 1: renegotiate your deal every time another coach got an annual 1132 01:02:43,760 --> 01:02:46,600 Speaker 1: higher annual salary. The highest paid coach in the sport 1133 01:02:46,640 --> 01:02:49,240 Speaker 1: and also by far the highest paid Alabama state employee 1134 01:02:49,920 --> 01:02:54,720 Speaker 1: the school. You have made handover fist millions of these kids' 1135 01:02:54,760 --> 01:02:57,440 Speaker 1: bodies and clown, and this clown has a problem with 1136 01:02:57,480 --> 01:03:01,960 Speaker 1: them being compensated. Yeah, I mean, I think he's talking 1137 01:03:02,000 --> 01:03:07,480 Speaker 1: about the way this has operated. Right. Alabama has been 1138 01:03:07,520 --> 01:03:10,600 Speaker 1: paying players forever. I got news for you, lots of 1139 01:03:10,640 --> 01:03:15,600 Speaker 1: money relative to before nil, bags of cash. These kids 1140 01:03:15,640 --> 01:03:20,160 Speaker 1: have lived well, Saban. One thing John Calipari loves saying, 1141 01:03:20,240 --> 01:03:23,600 Speaker 1: right is how much money he's made his players, Nick 1142 01:03:23,640 --> 01:03:26,720 Speaker 1: Saban has made. I mean, how many millionaires has he 1143 01:03:26,760 --> 01:03:30,600 Speaker 1: made in fifteen years? Right, and turn them into great players, 1144 01:03:30,800 --> 01:03:34,960 Speaker 1: got them drafted high, They've become stalwarts of the NFL. Like, 1145 01:03:35,160 --> 01:03:38,800 Speaker 1: I understand the way he said it, but I think 1146 01:03:38,840 --> 01:03:42,280 Speaker 1: it's an overview of Like, I think the bigger problem 1147 01:03:42,320 --> 01:03:44,240 Speaker 1: is less how much you're gonna pay me and more 1148 01:03:44,280 --> 01:03:47,200 Speaker 1: than if I don't pay you, I can leave right 1149 01:03:47,480 --> 01:03:49,280 Speaker 1: and listen. I've always said if a coach leaves, the 1150 01:03:49,320 --> 01:03:51,600 Speaker 1: kids should be able to leave. But this notion you 1151 01:03:51,600 --> 01:03:53,520 Speaker 1: can transfer whenever you want, Like, that's not how the 1152 01:03:53,640 --> 01:03:58,919 Speaker 1: NFL works. Travis Kelsey can't just walk in Andy Reid 1153 01:03:58,960 --> 01:04:00,480 Speaker 1: like pay me or I leave and be like you're 1154 01:04:00,480 --> 01:04:04,000 Speaker 1: in a contract. So they have to find a way 1155 01:04:04,000 --> 01:04:07,080 Speaker 1: to meet in the middle. Now. I also think Nick 1156 01:04:07,200 --> 01:04:10,520 Speaker 1: saying that we did everything we could to impact people's lives. 1157 01:04:10,560 --> 01:04:15,560 Speaker 1: Like anyone been around Alabama knows, Dabo Sweeney was very 1158 01:04:15,600 --> 01:04:20,960 Speaker 1: family oriented. Nick Saban was just all football. It was 1159 01:04:21,520 --> 01:04:23,280 Speaker 1: if you couldn't produce, get the fuck out of here. 1160 01:04:23,520 --> 01:04:25,440 Speaker 1: So he was pretty cut throught. He was like Belichick 1161 01:04:25,480 --> 01:04:28,240 Speaker 1: of college football. So I hear you. I think he's 1162 01:04:28,280 --> 01:04:32,040 Speaker 1: more just complaining that this setup is messed up. I 1163 01:04:32,080 --> 01:04:37,000 Speaker 1: think it's also weird anytime you're not used to something 1164 01:04:37,720 --> 01:04:40,680 Speaker 1: right before, it's like, uh, Nick didn't have to deal 1165 01:04:40,720 --> 01:04:44,200 Speaker 1: with it. It's not like Nick was passing out the brown bags. 1166 01:04:44,400 --> 01:04:46,760 Speaker 1: They were just there that there was a third party. 1167 01:04:47,320 --> 01:04:50,000 Speaker 1: Now it goes right to the coach. I know, technically 1168 01:04:50,000 --> 01:04:51,520 Speaker 1: you're not supposed to be able to recruit off that. 1169 01:04:51,560 --> 01:04:54,280 Speaker 1: But we all know it's bs. They the parents look 1170 01:04:54,280 --> 01:04:56,440 Speaker 1: at him and go, well, how much you're gonna pay me? 1171 01:04:57,840 --> 01:04:59,920 Speaker 1: You know? I just think that it's jarring for a 1172 01:05:00,040 --> 01:05:03,920 Speaker 1: guy that's seventy two years old, right or wrong? Like 1173 01:05:04,000 --> 01:05:07,240 Speaker 1: I understood both sides of it. I also think not 1174 01:05:07,360 --> 01:05:10,880 Speaker 1: as many people are getting paid as the as it 1175 01:05:11,000 --> 01:05:18,920 Speaker 1: feels right, it's more everyone. I also think this to 1176 01:05:19,000 --> 01:05:21,760 Speaker 1: play in let's just say the SEC. Obviously you've got 1177 01:05:21,760 --> 01:05:23,800 Speaker 1: to be really good, right, you got to be like 1178 01:05:23,840 --> 01:05:26,080 Speaker 1: the one percent of the one percenter in high school. 1179 01:05:27,240 --> 01:05:29,440 Speaker 1: But if you're Nick Saban, like you've been used to 1180 01:05:29,440 --> 01:05:32,200 Speaker 1: elite players, like at every position, you've had a top 1181 01:05:32,280 --> 01:05:36,160 Speaker 1: ten pick. So can you imagine his vibe when a 1182 01:05:36,240 --> 01:05:40,560 Speaker 1: guy on his own team who's a backup goes like 1183 01:05:40,600 --> 01:05:43,520 Speaker 1: I want four hundred grand, It's like you're not even 1184 01:05:43,520 --> 01:05:46,680 Speaker 1: a fucking starter on my team. That I think he's 1185 01:05:46,680 --> 01:05:50,240 Speaker 1: talking more about that than like Bryce Young or Will 1186 01:05:50,320 --> 01:05:52,600 Speaker 1: Anderson wanting money. If they do, they'll get him money. 1187 01:05:53,160 --> 01:05:56,120 Speaker 1: It's more like Mike Locksley said it. Who Mike Locksley came, 1188 01:05:56,280 --> 01:05:58,800 Speaker 1: who had been at Alabama that his third string running 1189 01:05:58,800 --> 01:06:00,120 Speaker 1: back walked in his room and said he wanted one 1190 01:06:00,160 --> 01:06:03,720 Speaker 1: hundred grand. That's where I think everything's a little out 1191 01:06:03,760 --> 01:06:07,000 Speaker 1: of whack. We have to get you to have an 1192 01:06:07,040 --> 01:06:10,200 Speaker 1: outro for your YouTube videos, your content, your content. Not 1193 01:06:10,280 --> 01:06:13,720 Speaker 1: having an outro doesn't take anything away, but I think 1194 01:06:13,760 --> 01:06:18,800 Speaker 1: it would add another level. Also, Next mailbag, listen, we're 1195 01:06:18,840 --> 01:06:22,720 Speaker 1: always looking to improve. Next mailbag, can you cover the 1196 01:06:22,760 --> 01:06:25,560 Speaker 1: teams that aren't doing a bunch in free agency out 1197 01:06:25,560 --> 01:06:25,919 Speaker 1: the gate? 1198 01:06:28,360 --> 01:06:28,480 Speaker 2: Uh? 1199 01:06:28,960 --> 01:06:31,040 Speaker 1: I think it's less about that right now. To me, 1200 01:06:31,200 --> 01:06:34,200 Speaker 1: the story right now is about who's doing stuff and 1201 01:06:34,280 --> 01:06:37,600 Speaker 1: if you're not doing something and you matter, Like I'm sorry, 1202 01:06:37,600 --> 01:06:39,280 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna spend the much time talking about the 1203 01:06:39,320 --> 01:06:44,120 Speaker 1: Titans moves Ridley Olshire, Like until the Titans prove they're good, like, 1204 01:06:44,120 --> 01:06:47,080 Speaker 1: they're not gonna get talked about much. Here. Let's face it, 1205 01:06:47,160 --> 01:06:50,800 Speaker 1: We're gonna talk a lot about the good teams. I mean, 1206 01:06:50,840 --> 01:06:53,920 Speaker 1: that's who matters in the NFL, and then the teams 1207 01:06:53,920 --> 01:06:57,120 Speaker 1: that are complete disasters and someone's gonna get fired. So, like, 1208 01:06:57,160 --> 01:07:00,280 Speaker 1: you gotta be interesting, and sometimes you got to Like 1209 01:07:00,280 --> 01:07:03,560 Speaker 1: if Minnesota now just goes to become uninteresting, they won't 1210 01:07:03,600 --> 01:07:06,320 Speaker 1: get talked about as much. If the Bears with Caleb 1211 01:07:06,360 --> 01:07:08,040 Speaker 1: Williams or all of a sudden, a playoff team. We're 1212 01:07:08,040 --> 01:07:11,040 Speaker 1: gonna be talking about them a lot now. The Cowboys 1213 01:07:11,120 --> 01:07:13,000 Speaker 1: are obviously one of the biggest I mean, they're one 1214 01:07:13,040 --> 01:07:15,040 Speaker 1: of the better teams in the NFL. Them not doing 1215 01:07:15,080 --> 01:07:17,600 Speaker 1: anything is a story, But like I said, it really 1216 01:07:17,600 --> 01:07:22,000 Speaker 1: has to do with their financial situation. Why does the 1217 01:07:22,120 --> 01:07:26,080 Speaker 1: NFL free agency happen before the draft? I'm curious because 1218 01:07:26,080 --> 01:07:28,680 Speaker 1: the current players should have more of a right from 1219 01:07:28,680 --> 01:07:32,760 Speaker 1: the players union perspective of where they sign if there happen. 1220 01:07:33,680 --> 01:07:35,920 Speaker 1: If it were to happen after the draft, is it 1221 01:07:35,960 --> 01:07:40,160 Speaker 1: a money reason? Curious as to if this was always 1222 01:07:40,240 --> 01:07:42,080 Speaker 1: the way. Yeah, I wonder if it has to do 1223 01:07:42,120 --> 01:07:45,480 Speaker 1: with the distribution of funds. But like, ultimately, if I'm 1224 01:07:45,520 --> 01:07:48,360 Speaker 1: a player and I signed somewhere, like this is the NFL. 1225 01:07:49,840 --> 01:07:53,600 Speaker 1: They're drafting people at your position no matter what, right, 1226 01:07:53,840 --> 01:07:56,000 Speaker 1: and an undrafted free agent can show up and be 1227 01:07:56,120 --> 01:07:59,200 Speaker 1: just as good as you. So it's about getting your 1228 01:07:59,200 --> 01:08:03,200 Speaker 1: money right now, You're gonna have to compete. I mean, 1229 01:08:03,280 --> 01:08:06,680 Speaker 1: certain players like Christian Wilkins is not competing for a spot. 1230 01:08:07,040 --> 01:08:10,760 Speaker 1: Calvin Ridley's gonna start, but most of these guys signing. 1231 01:08:12,080 --> 01:08:15,880 Speaker 1: You know, these solid deals. If they just suck or 1232 01:08:16,040 --> 01:08:19,720 Speaker 1: get beat out, it won't be long till they're on 1233 01:08:19,760 --> 01:08:22,599 Speaker 1: the bench. Like that's the sport of football. That this 1234 01:08:22,680 --> 01:08:26,719 Speaker 1: is not the NBA, where once I give you fifty 1235 01:08:26,720 --> 01:08:31,040 Speaker 1: million dollars you're playing kind of like guys get booted 1236 01:08:31,080 --> 01:08:35,760 Speaker 1: to the side all the time. So I'd argue it 1237 01:08:35,760 --> 01:08:40,400 Speaker 1: doesn't matter as much. I get a lot of cowboy fans. 1238 01:08:41,280 --> 01:08:43,080 Speaker 1: I don't know what you guys were expecting to happen. 1239 01:08:47,040 --> 01:08:50,160 Speaker 1: I love this time of year, Baseball starting free agency, 1240 01:08:50,520 --> 01:08:53,559 Speaker 1: GM playing chess for the draft, every signing, were winning 1241 01:08:53,560 --> 01:08:55,880 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. Do you recall the last year the 1242 01:08:55,920 --> 01:08:59,360 Speaker 1: Falcons could have given given Lamar four years, two hundred 1243 01:08:59,360 --> 01:09:02,960 Speaker 1: million deal and two first rounders to the Ravens. I 1244 01:09:03,000 --> 01:09:05,080 Speaker 1: do think we need to pump the brakes on this. 1245 01:09:05,120 --> 01:09:06,800 Speaker 1: This year they gave four years, one hundred and eighty 1246 01:09:06,800 --> 01:09:11,160 Speaker 1: to Kirk. The Ravens were never letting Lamar goo. I 1247 01:09:11,200 --> 01:09:13,960 Speaker 1: know everyone wanted their team to make an offer to 1248 01:09:14,000 --> 01:09:16,840 Speaker 1: the Ravens. They had the right of first refusal. They 1249 01:09:16,840 --> 01:09:20,960 Speaker 1: were not gonna let him walk. They were not. And 1250 01:09:21,000 --> 01:09:24,439 Speaker 1: when you do that, you know this happens in the 1251 01:09:24,560 --> 01:09:27,760 Speaker 1: NFL or NBA two. It does tie up your cap 1252 01:09:27,800 --> 01:09:29,880 Speaker 1: for a cup like three days or whatever the waiting 1253 01:09:29,920 --> 01:09:36,720 Speaker 1: period is. The Ravens were not letting him walk. I'm 1254 01:09:37,400 --> 01:09:39,200 Speaker 1: John Harbud didn't tell me this, but I think we 1255 01:09:39,240 --> 01:09:42,600 Speaker 1: can all agree he was not a free agent. It 1256 01:09:42,680 --> 01:09:44,280 Speaker 1: felt like he was because there was a lot of 1257 01:09:44,280 --> 01:09:48,320 Speaker 1: stuff going on, but he was not. They had the 1258 01:09:48,400 --> 01:09:52,719 Speaker 1: right to match, and there's no way they weren't matching. Okay, 1259 01:09:52,760 --> 01:09:55,800 Speaker 1: we'll end on this. I have a life question for you. 1260 01:09:56,320 --> 01:10:00,320 Speaker 1: I just turned twenty two, live in New England. Just 1261 01:10:00,439 --> 01:10:03,760 Speaker 1: hit one hundred k net worth. Damn not bad. My 1262 01:10:03,800 --> 01:10:09,400 Speaker 1: friend and work in it. Take it home a decent 1263 01:10:09,439 --> 01:10:12,680 Speaker 1: amount of money. My family and girlfriend always tell me 1264 01:10:12,800 --> 01:10:16,400 Speaker 1: I work too much and should enjoy life more while 1265 01:10:16,400 --> 01:10:19,880 Speaker 1: I'm young, but I'm ambitious. But I'm more ambitious than 1266 01:10:19,920 --> 01:10:23,760 Speaker 1: them and want the nicer things in life. What's your 1267 01:10:23,800 --> 01:10:27,920 Speaker 1: opinion when people say enjoy your life while you're young. 1268 01:10:28,840 --> 01:10:30,720 Speaker 1: I also want to move to Georgia within the next 1269 01:10:30,760 --> 01:10:33,240 Speaker 1: couple of years, and I wanted your advice on moving 1270 01:10:33,280 --> 01:10:38,720 Speaker 1: out of state. I'm not acting like I'm Leonardo DiCaprio, 1271 01:10:39,920 --> 01:10:42,439 Speaker 1: but I've always done well relative to the way I 1272 01:10:42,479 --> 01:10:46,519 Speaker 1: look dating women that probably I shouldn't have been, but 1273 01:10:47,200 --> 01:10:51,040 Speaker 1: in my twenties, like I always pushed away when everything 1274 01:10:51,200 --> 01:10:54,280 Speaker 1: when anything got serious. Why because I was so obsessed 1275 01:10:54,320 --> 01:10:58,360 Speaker 1: with what I was doing. And it's very hard and listen. 1276 01:10:58,520 --> 01:11:03,960 Speaker 1: I'm jealous sometimes of people my friends that had serious 1277 01:11:04,840 --> 01:11:08,280 Speaker 1: relationships in their twenties. It could never cross my mind 1278 01:11:08,439 --> 01:11:12,640 Speaker 1: because I always was so driven what I wanted to 1279 01:11:12,640 --> 01:11:14,400 Speaker 1: do and what I wanted to accomplish. And I was 1280 01:11:14,520 --> 01:11:17,240 Speaker 1: purely selfish in my twenties and even in my early thirties. 1281 01:11:18,120 --> 01:11:23,040 Speaker 1: And if in fairness to whoever I was dating at 1282 01:11:23,040 --> 01:11:24,880 Speaker 1: the time, that a lot of them, it's not like 1283 01:11:24,920 --> 01:11:27,240 Speaker 1: they weren't supportive, but I didn't even want to cross 1284 01:11:27,360 --> 01:11:29,160 Speaker 1: like I did. Don't have time to go to a 1285 01:11:29,200 --> 01:11:32,360 Speaker 1: wedding in October during football season. I can't listen. It's 1286 01:11:32,439 --> 01:11:34,880 Speaker 1: kind of sad. I mean I did sometimes from my 1287 01:11:35,200 --> 01:11:38,519 Speaker 1: really close friends. But I sacrificed a lot, and a 1288 01:11:38,560 --> 01:11:41,240 Speaker 1: lot of people sacrifice a lot. Now, the one thing 1289 01:11:41,240 --> 01:11:44,400 Speaker 1: I've learned as I've gotten older, it's very very powerful 1290 01:11:44,479 --> 01:11:49,000 Speaker 1: to have someone in your life who supports you being 1291 01:11:49,040 --> 01:11:53,200 Speaker 1: a significant other, girlfriend, wife, fiance, whatever. That is a 1292 01:11:53,320 --> 01:11:55,880 Speaker 1: huge addition to your life. But if they are not 1293 01:11:56,040 --> 01:11:58,760 Speaker 1: supportive of what you're doing and you're all in, I 1294 01:11:58,800 --> 01:12:00,880 Speaker 1: never even gave people really the chance. I'm like, oh, 1295 01:12:00,880 --> 01:12:04,679 Speaker 1: they're going to slow me down. And it's obviously everything 1296 01:12:04,680 --> 01:12:07,920 Speaker 1: worked out well. I'm glad it did. But if someone 1297 01:12:08,160 --> 01:12:10,960 Speaker 1: wasn't supportive or like I want to do this, like 1298 01:12:11,000 --> 01:12:14,360 Speaker 1: I can't do this, I couldn't date them. I'm not 1299 01:12:14,479 --> 01:12:18,360 Speaker 1: giving you dating advice, but if they're not being supportive. 1300 01:12:18,520 --> 01:12:22,200 Speaker 1: And I also always thought about this, enjoy stuff while 1301 01:12:22,200 --> 01:12:26,920 Speaker 1: you're young. People are living much longer now, and if 1302 01:12:26,920 --> 01:12:30,519 Speaker 1: you have when you're young, you I mean, you're doing well, 1303 01:12:30,560 --> 01:12:32,400 Speaker 1: but it's not like you have that much money to 1304 01:12:32,439 --> 01:12:35,400 Speaker 1: do that much fun shit, So what are you really 1305 01:12:35,400 --> 01:12:39,000 Speaker 1: missing out on? To me, no one can tell you 1306 01:12:39,040 --> 01:12:41,160 Speaker 1: what to do with your life and know your life 1307 01:12:41,160 --> 01:12:44,400 Speaker 1: better than yourself. And I would say the worst thing 1308 01:12:44,439 --> 01:12:47,280 Speaker 1: you can ever do is not listen to your gut, 1309 01:12:47,960 --> 01:12:50,599 Speaker 1: whether that's in a relationship, whether that's in a job, 1310 01:12:50,640 --> 01:12:54,120 Speaker 1: whether that's people in your life trying to influence influence 1311 01:12:54,160 --> 01:12:56,400 Speaker 1: you doing something you don't want to do. Now, there's 1312 01:12:56,439 --> 01:13:00,400 Speaker 1: a fine balance of like, you know, never going out 1313 01:13:00,400 --> 01:13:02,360 Speaker 1: with your buddies like you're not doing anything and go 1314 01:13:02,360 --> 01:13:04,920 Speaker 1: out on Friday or Saturday night, go have some fun. Right, 1315 01:13:05,640 --> 01:13:08,800 Speaker 1: But when people are trying to slow you down from 1316 01:13:08,800 --> 01:13:13,200 Speaker 1: doing what you want to do, would I just refuse 1317 01:13:13,280 --> 01:13:15,599 Speaker 1: to let that happen again. It's not healthy and it 1318 01:13:15,600 --> 01:13:19,000 Speaker 1: can make some people uncomfortable. And you know, close friendships 1319 01:13:19,040 --> 01:13:23,200 Speaker 1: can kind of drift, which sucks. But it takes a 1320 01:13:23,240 --> 01:13:25,160 Speaker 1: lot to get to where you want to go, and 1321 01:13:25,200 --> 01:13:27,240 Speaker 1: then once you even start getting where you want to go, 1322 01:13:27,320 --> 01:13:30,200 Speaker 1: you feel like you keep doubling and tripling down. I'd 1323 01:13:30,200 --> 01:13:33,160 Speaker 1: also say this, there is no right or wrong way 1324 01:13:33,160 --> 01:13:36,479 Speaker 1: to do something. So other people, and a lot of 1325 01:13:36,479 --> 01:13:39,599 Speaker 1: people think there are specific ways to live your life. Right, 1326 01:13:39,960 --> 01:13:42,200 Speaker 1: get married at this age, have this amount of kids, 1327 01:13:42,280 --> 01:13:46,360 Speaker 1: do this, stop doing this at this age. I've always 1328 01:13:46,360 --> 01:13:50,280 Speaker 1: been fucked that. I'm gonna do what I'm gonna do now. 1329 01:13:50,320 --> 01:13:52,719 Speaker 1: There are times where you have to adapt and change 1330 01:13:52,760 --> 01:13:58,759 Speaker 1: because of family or whatever. But professionally, it's much harder 1331 01:13:58,800 --> 01:14:01,599 Speaker 1: to change and adapt the older you get because things 1332 01:14:01,640 --> 01:14:05,080 Speaker 1: do change. Maybe you have a child, maybe you have 1333 01:14:05,160 --> 01:14:09,320 Speaker 1: financial obligations, you had a mortgage, maybe, so when you're young, 1334 01:14:09,720 --> 01:14:13,040 Speaker 1: you have way less responsibilities. I know you have a girlfriend, 1335 01:14:13,120 --> 01:14:17,479 Speaker 1: but if she's not behind your ambitions, I would say 1336 01:14:17,520 --> 01:14:20,599 Speaker 1: there are probably some red flags for the relationship's health 1337 01:14:20,720 --> 01:14:25,000 Speaker 1: long term. Right, and your parents listen. I mean, unless 1338 01:14:25,000 --> 01:14:27,280 Speaker 1: your parents are paying for your life, they can say 1339 01:14:27,280 --> 01:14:30,200 Speaker 1: whatever you want. My mom's always like stop swearing, John, 1340 01:14:30,560 --> 01:14:32,479 Speaker 1: like I just talk like A talk. Can't help that. 1341 01:14:33,160 --> 01:14:35,280 Speaker 1: You know, if I would have listened to my parents 1342 01:14:35,960 --> 01:14:39,840 Speaker 1: on the way I should podcast, it probably wouldn't have 1343 01:14:39,880 --> 01:14:43,160 Speaker 1: the success of podcasting, So that there's a balance of 1344 01:14:43,240 --> 01:14:45,840 Speaker 1: listening to your family of what they tell you should do. 1345 01:14:46,680 --> 01:14:49,880 Speaker 1: I didn't have as much fun as most people I 1346 01:14:49,960 --> 01:14:53,439 Speaker 1: knew in college in my twenties because I was doing 1347 01:14:53,520 --> 01:14:56,519 Speaker 1: everything humanly possible in the world of football, and it 1348 01:14:56,560 --> 01:14:59,720 Speaker 1: took a lot of time. And now looking back my 1349 01:14:59,840 --> 01:15:03,400 Speaker 1: life life is better and actually freer than a lot 1350 01:15:03,439 --> 01:15:06,600 Speaker 1: of those people because of everything I gave up, and 1351 01:15:06,640 --> 01:15:10,040 Speaker 1: hopefully it keeps building on as we move forward. But 1352 01:15:10,280 --> 01:15:13,479 Speaker 1: I think the number one relationship advice as someone that's 1353 01:15:13,479 --> 01:15:15,880 Speaker 1: thirty nine and dated, you know, was not really in 1354 01:15:15,960 --> 01:15:19,880 Speaker 1: serious relationships after high school, college till my mid thirties. 1355 01:15:19,960 --> 01:15:23,360 Speaker 1: It was very loose dating was no one was getting 1356 01:15:23,400 --> 01:15:26,000 Speaker 1: in my way of what I wanted to do, and 1357 01:15:27,080 --> 01:15:29,640 Speaker 1: that was probably you know, I'm not saying that's the 1358 01:15:29,720 --> 01:15:31,920 Speaker 1: right way to do it. I obviously didn't meet the 1359 01:15:32,000 --> 01:15:36,040 Speaker 1: right person. But you have to stay true to your 1360 01:15:36,080 --> 01:15:38,640 Speaker 1: own beliefs or you're gonna be miserable. And that was 1361 01:15:38,680 --> 01:15:40,880 Speaker 1: the one thing I refused to be as miserable in 1362 01:15:40,920 --> 01:15:43,599 Speaker 1: life that was not gonna happen. It's why I always 1363 01:15:43,600 --> 01:15:46,000 Speaker 1: give advice of like, do something you like doing, because 1364 01:15:46,000 --> 01:15:48,360 Speaker 1: you're going to spend most of your time doing what 1365 01:15:48,439 --> 01:15:51,240 Speaker 1: you do for a living. Even if you work nine 1366 01:15:51,280 --> 01:15:54,120 Speaker 1: to five, that's forty plus hours, anu factor in commuting, 1367 01:15:54,520 --> 01:15:55,840 Speaker 1: even if you work from home a couple of days 1368 01:15:55,840 --> 01:15:58,839 Speaker 1: a week, it's a lot of time interacting with people 1369 01:15:59,280 --> 01:16:01,120 Speaker 1: and working in an industry. If you hate it, it's 1370 01:16:01,120 --> 01:16:04,640 Speaker 1: gonna suck. So I would say follow your gut, and 1371 01:16:04,680 --> 01:16:09,000 Speaker 1: if you're an ambitious person, try to associate yourself with ambitious people. 1372 01:16:09,240 --> 01:16:11,680 Speaker 1: A lot of ladies out there that are supportive of 1373 01:16:11,680 --> 01:16:14,479 Speaker 1: that stuff, and when they are, you end up having 1374 01:16:14,520 --> 01:16:17,400 Speaker 1: more success and making more money. I would also say 1375 01:16:17,439 --> 01:16:21,880 Speaker 1: on the move, I would have moved way earlier. Looking back, 1376 01:16:21,920 --> 01:16:24,600 Speaker 1: I just didn't have the funds to move. It's the 1377 01:16:24,640 --> 01:16:28,360 Speaker 1: best thing I've ever done without hesitation. I mean, I 1378 01:16:29,240 --> 01:16:32,920 Speaker 1: fucking love Scottsdale. I love the vibe here. I love 1379 01:16:32,960 --> 01:16:37,920 Speaker 1: everything about it, and I feel re energized after the move. 1380 01:16:38,680 --> 01:16:40,680 Speaker 1: And I guess I've been here now several years, but 1381 01:16:41,000 --> 01:16:43,920 Speaker 1: I bought this house, been in it now six months. 1382 01:16:44,840 --> 01:16:47,200 Speaker 1: It's awesome. I would say if you're thinking about it. 1383 01:16:47,800 --> 01:16:51,000 Speaker 1: The one thing a doctor gave me advice a couple 1384 01:16:51,040 --> 01:16:52,599 Speaker 1: of years ago, I went in just for a random 1385 01:16:52,640 --> 01:16:55,200 Speaker 1: physical and this is when I told him, like, I'm 1386 01:16:55,200 --> 01:16:56,680 Speaker 1: just gonna go and buy something. He's like, you know 1387 01:16:56,760 --> 01:17:00,960 Speaker 1: what I would do? I would recommend awesome family practitioner 1388 01:17:01,240 --> 01:17:04,920 Speaker 1: at UC Davis South Davis Sutter, he said, just go 1389 01:17:05,360 --> 01:17:07,280 Speaker 1: for a while and rent and feel it out and 1390 01:17:07,320 --> 01:17:08,800 Speaker 1: then get a vibe. Because he's like, I had some 1391 01:17:08,920 --> 01:17:11,800 Speaker 1: friends that move places and then they hated it or 1392 01:17:11,840 --> 01:17:14,120 Speaker 1: they didn't like where they bought. So if you are 1393 01:17:14,160 --> 01:17:16,880 Speaker 1: gonna move, one recommendation, like a big out of state move, 1394 01:17:17,360 --> 01:17:19,080 Speaker 1: especially if you don't know a lot of people there, 1395 01:17:19,520 --> 01:17:21,479 Speaker 1: it's just rent, feel out the area, see where you 1396 01:17:21,560 --> 01:17:23,599 Speaker 1: like and where you don't like, and then it'll help 1397 01:17:23,640 --> 01:17:26,200 Speaker 1: you feel have more confidence if you ultimately want to 1398 01:17:26,200 --> 01:17:29,160 Speaker 1: buy a place and call that place home, because if 1399 01:17:29,160 --> 01:17:31,720 Speaker 1: you're just renting at any moment, you can be you know, 1400 01:17:31,760 --> 01:17:39,120 Speaker 1: flexible and leave good question though the volume