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John 20 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: Middlecoff Three and Out podcast back again and as of 21 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 1: recording this, it's about five point thirty in the afternoon 22 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: on Tuesday, Arizona time Mountain Mountain time Zone. Sirianni McCarthy 23 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:50,559 Speaker 1: still the head coaches. Maybe that changes Wednesday, but since 24 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 1: we recorded, Jason Kelsey told all of his teammates he's 25 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 1: going to retire. Have some thoughts there. John Schneider Seattle's 26 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: GM talk to the media he's taking over. And some 27 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 1: thoughts on the quarterbacks that are remaining. The eight quarterbacks 28 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 1: left interesting group, seven first rounders and party. 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You know, his 76 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:43,160 Speaker 1: Super Bowl speech in the Mummers outfit became something of legend, 77 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 1: not just in Philadelphia area, but I think it's one 78 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:50,919 Speaker 1: of the great all time, you know, championship level speeches. 79 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 1: It's just something that will be talked about when any 80 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: championship parade happens forever, and I think Jason Kelce represents 81 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:03,280 Speaker 1: something that's very important for sports fans. And when I 82 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 1: was a kid, the forty nine ers were fucking huge, 83 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 1: you know, growing up in the early nineties. I was 84 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: born in the mid eighties, but I remember football in 85 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 1: the early nineties and all their players felt like pieces 86 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 1: of the community. And then a lot of them stayed 87 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 1: around the community, like Joe Montana lives in San Francisco, 88 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:26,160 Speaker 1: Steve Young lives in Palo Alto until a couple of 89 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: years ago, Brent Jones lived in that area. Jerry Rice 90 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:32,599 Speaker 1: goes to all the games. So when you thought about 91 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 1: the forty nine ers, you didn't just think about like 92 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 1: pro athletes. You thought as like members of Northern California. 93 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 1: People that might eat somewhere you eat, might take their 94 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:45,839 Speaker 1: kids somewhere where you would go as a kid, like 95 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 1: six Flags or you know, wherever. And I think there's 96 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:53,159 Speaker 1: a relatability to that. And when you get that in 97 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: a team captain, in one of your best players, in 98 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:01,480 Speaker 1: one of the most important players in Frank's history, I 99 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 1: think the connection of the fan base, the sports fan, 100 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:10,599 Speaker 1: and that player slash that team goes to another level, 101 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 1: like when you close your eyes you think about the 102 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: Patriot dynasty. Like Belichick was going to all those other games. 103 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:21,040 Speaker 1: He became really good friends with Danny Ainge and going 104 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 1: to Red Sox games, and Brady and Julian Edelman becoming 105 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 1: such big parts of the community. Like that's powerful. That 106 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 1: that is something that means a lot to the people 107 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 1: that I don't know pay the bills, which is us 108 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 1: and to me, Jason Kelcey, you know, I didn't know 109 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:40,480 Speaker 1: that much about the Eagles when I got hired there. 110 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 1: Obviously I knew who Andy Reid was, DeShawn Jackson, you know, McNabb, 111 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:47,679 Speaker 1: Michael Vick and stuff, but I didn't know much about 112 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 1: the city. I was a guy that had spent besides 113 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 1: four months when I interned for the Kansasity Chiefs, ninety 114 00:06:54,920 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: nine percent of my life either in Davis, Sacramento area, Fresno, California, 115 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 1: or San Louis Obispo in the central part of California. 116 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:06,160 Speaker 1: I was a lifelong West Coast California kid, and I 117 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 1: remember going to Philadelphia thinking, listen, it's a little cold, 118 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 1: but there was a passion to those people when it 119 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 1: came to the football team that was very relatable growing 120 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: up the forty nine. It just didn't get any bigger. 121 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: And when I went to Philadelphia, the passion of Eagles fans. 122 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 1: It's like everyone makes a big deal of pelting Santa 123 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 1: with a snowball or last night screaming for Nick Sirianni 124 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 1: to get fired. What do you want out of your 125 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 1: fans to not care? Like wait, they should be saying, hey, Nick, 126 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 1: good job, man, can't wait for you to try it 127 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:42,240 Speaker 1: again next year. Fuck that. Even Lane Johnson, who I 128 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 1: think is in the Jason Kelce mold of like, yeah, 129 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 1: everything's on the table. He knows, he's not dumb. This 130 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 1: isn't acceptable with the best organizations, the organizations who standard is, 131 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 1: you know, competing for championships or it's a complete failure. 132 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 1: Stuff like that is not cool. You know, It's not like, yeah, 133 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 1: it's okay, everything's gonna be all right. And obviously people 134 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 1: in Philadelphia are a little edgier. But I think Jason 135 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 1: Kelsey represented his team as well as any player in 136 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 1: recent memory. Obviously it's hard to beat Brady and the Pats, 137 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 1: and just kind of his mindset and work ethic and 138 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 1: toughness of representing the Boston people, but to bring a 139 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 1: Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history to 140 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 1: wear that outfit. Honestly, I went to the Mummers Parade 141 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 1: one time. I don't even quite know what it is. 142 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:36,320 Speaker 1: You know, they have these historic things that happen in 143 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 1: a city that's been around forever. That just means a 144 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:42,080 Speaker 1: lot to people that have been there for a long 145 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 1: period of time. Right when I lived in the Bay Area, 146 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:47,080 Speaker 1: I would meet people constantly that had moved there five 147 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 1: years ago, ten years ago, fifteen years ago. Now that 148 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: I live in Scottsdale, meet people all the time that, yeah, 149 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 1: I'm from Jersey, I'm from Pennsylvania, I'm from Minnesota, moved 150 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 1: here five years ago, moved here seven years ago. You 151 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:59,719 Speaker 1: meet people from all over the place. I'm a Vikings fan, 152 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:04,320 Speaker 1: big Eagle fan, huge, huge University of Texas fan. When 153 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:09,079 Speaker 1: you live in Philadelphia, you meet people from Philadelphia that 154 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: are born and raised generations and the Birds aka the 155 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 1: Eagles are easily the number one team in that town 156 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 1: and it's an elite sports down The hockey team means 157 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 1: a lot, the Phillies mean a lot, but the Eagles 158 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 1: are on a completely different level and to have Jason 159 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 1: Kelsey a center. When we drafted him, he was an 160 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 1: undersized player. He was a guy that Howard Mudd pounded 161 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 1: the table for and said, this guy can play in 162 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 1: the league. And he immediately beat out I forget the 163 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:43,679 Speaker 1: center's name, and became a starter as a rookie. And 164 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:45,720 Speaker 1: then early on in his career, Jason was a little 165 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 1: bit of a wild child. Like I remember, I'm a 166 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 1: couple of years older than him, like, partied pretty hard. 167 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:54,080 Speaker 1: And listen, that's not an aberration for young people in 168 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 1: pro sports or life. But clearly the second half of 169 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:01,079 Speaker 1: his career you saw a guy like met his wife 170 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 1: on Tinder. You know what, that is pretty relatable to 171 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:06,719 Speaker 1: my generation. A lot of people I know met their 172 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: wives on dating apps. You know. For a brother who's 173 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:15,079 Speaker 1: dating like the Michael Jackson of musicians right now, right 174 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 1: in Taylor Swift and it couldn't be any more famous. 175 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:22,080 Speaker 1: Off the field, Jason has like this blue collar, beer drinking, 176 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 1: tough guy attitude. I'm just one of the guys. You 177 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 1: could see me eating a sandwich or drinking a beer 178 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 1: with the uh, you know, the local dude at the 179 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:37,600 Speaker 1: two two union. You know, on a Thursday afternoon when 180 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 1: I'm retired, like that is foreseeable and that represents the city. 181 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 1: And I think anytime you get a player who just 182 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: fits the region and who feels like like Jason Kelsey's 183 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 1: gonna live with the Eagles if you told me one 184 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 1: think about John Elway. John Elway went to Denver, ultimately 185 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 1: came back and ran the Denver Broncos, and just feels 186 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:03,640 Speaker 1: like that area represents like him and John Elway parallel 187 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:06,680 Speaker 1: each other, like they're on the same page with each other. 188 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 1: Maybe a little more intellectual, you know, John Elway, Stanford guy, rich, businessman, 189 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:15,199 Speaker 1: wheeler and dealer. Maybe it fits that community. To me, 190 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 1: Jason Kelsey fits the Eagles community. And it's a sad 191 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 1: day because obviously he's still a really, really good player. 192 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:25,240 Speaker 1: But you don't replace that, like you don't. There's no 193 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:27,560 Speaker 1: way let's just draft the center or let's just move 194 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:30,680 Speaker 1: this guy over, It'll never be the same. You don't 195 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 1: replace a player who's going to be a first ballot 196 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:35,600 Speaker 1: Hall of Famer, especially not just because with his play, 197 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:38,840 Speaker 1: but because of the standard in which he mandates to 198 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 1: everyone playing around him. If you ever get a chance, 199 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 1: if you want to nerd Out, which is a fantastic podcast. 200 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:46,720 Speaker 1: Travis and Jason on the New Hypes podcast had on 201 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 1: Jordan Mylotta, who was drafted in whatever the seventh round. 202 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 1: Who's now you know they're left tackle from Australia. Just 203 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:57,079 Speaker 1: a fantastic podcast because they kind of get nerdy on 204 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:01,320 Speaker 1: football and Jordan talks about first getting there watching Kelsey 205 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 1: and Stoutland the offensive line coach. He's like, it's like 206 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:07,320 Speaker 1: they were speaking Chinese. I had no clue what was 207 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:10,680 Speaker 1: going on and what he represented in that offensive line room, 208 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 1: the leadership he showed between the transition of the Wentz 209 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 1: and Jalen Hurts transition, and how much he believed in Jalen, 210 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 1: how much he supported the coaching staff. With Nick Sirianni, 211 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 1: it's a huge blow and it doesn't feel like, you know, 212 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 1: in years past, they did a lot of convincing him, 213 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,840 Speaker 1: almost begging him to stay. It wouldn't shock me if 214 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 1: he immediately goes into the front office and is one 215 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:36,200 Speaker 1: day the general manager, you know, for the Philadelphia Eagles 216 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 1: in ten fifteen years, right. And I think anytime you 217 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:41,600 Speaker 1: get a guy that you know is not just one 218 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 1: of yours, he's only played for your team, but it's 219 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 1: never leaving the region. It's staying with you. You know. 220 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 1: The Lakers had that with Kobe, right, they have that 221 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 1: with Jason Kelcey, you know. Not the Patriots don't even 222 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 1: have that with Tom because he was booted and he's 223 00:12:56,840 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 1: never living in Boston again. So it's it's a pretty 224 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 1: special relationship that we don't see very often in sports 225 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:09,040 Speaker 1: now with and it's gonna sound negative, but the mercenary 226 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 1: nature of the transactions, like you gotta go when the 227 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 1: money's hot, and when you're a free agent, you use 228 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:18,120 Speaker 1: your leverage. Sometimes you get traded when new coaches come in. 229 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 1: And Kelsey has lasted through a lot of coaches from 230 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:24,479 Speaker 1: Andy Reid to Chip Kelly to Doug Peterson and Nick Sirianni. 231 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 1: And it doesn't look like he's gonna see belichicker vverybel 232 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 1: uh that was a joke, but maybe not. And uh so, 233 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:35,840 Speaker 1: hat tip to you, Jason, because it was a fantastic 234 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 1: player to watch. You represent everything I like about football, 235 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:42,320 Speaker 1: and I think you also represent not just Philadelphia, but 236 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:45,920 Speaker 1: why football resonates with so many people in this country 237 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 1: and why it has lapped all the other sports and 238 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 1: become the bohemoth than it has because guys like him 239 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:56,200 Speaker 1: just very relatable. Despite being super rich, despite making you know, 240 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 1: ten plus million dollars for many years now, he feels 241 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 1: like a guy that we all know. And that's one 242 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:06,680 Speaker 1: thing that the NFL still has. They have a relatability 243 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 1: even with their players. John Schneider talked today and he 244 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 1: basically admitted what we talk about a lot. Most gms 245 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 1: in this modern day football are not in control. They're 246 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 1: not the highest guy in the food chain because why well, 247 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:28,240 Speaker 1: their coach makes triple them. If you make five million 248 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 1: dollars and you work for a fifteen million dollar coach, 249 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 1: who do thinks in charge? Right the coach? There's probably 250 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 1: not an organization in the NFL that the coach doesn't 251 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 1: make more in the GM. The Eagles might have been 252 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 1: the rare one with Syriana who probably makes seven eight 253 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:47,800 Speaker 1: million dollars in how he might make ten. But most teams, 254 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 1: even though they have a quote unquote GM, if the 255 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 1: coach wants something Shanahan McVeigh and the again, these people 256 00:14:56,560 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 1: have very very good relationships with their general manager and 257 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 1: often compromise and give in and let them run stuff. 258 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 1: But they are the boss, and the GMS will admit 259 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 1: this definitely off the record. Well, John Sneyder told you 260 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 1: I had no control over the coaching staff. I did 261 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 1: not control the roster. Now I influenced it. Pete listened 262 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: to me. And this goes back to Russell Wilson when 263 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 1: he pounded the table. Obviously Pete let him draft players 264 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 1: in recent memory. It's why their team's pretty talented. But 265 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 1: John was not the power broker in that building. Pete 266 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 1: Carroll was. Because back to what I was just saying, 267 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 1: Pete Carroll's making like eighteen million dollars, you think John Schneider, 268 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 1: let's just guess making six or seven has more pull 269 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: than him. In what business does that take shape? There 270 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 1: is not an organization that's a billion dollar business where 271 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:50,200 Speaker 1: the guy making double triple the other guy ever answers 272 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:52,880 Speaker 1: to that guy. That's not the way it works. Now. 273 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 1: It doesn't mean that John Schneider might not hire a 274 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:57,840 Speaker 1: coach that's now making more than him, but he did 275 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 1: admit I now run personnel. I now get say over 276 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 1: the coaching staff. And this is a somewhat of a 277 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 1: dying breed, and a dying I would say job description 278 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 1: in the National Football League. So John Schneider now Pete 279 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 1: Carroll's a legend in Seattle. He resurrected the program. He 280 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 1: not only made them relevant, but won a Super Bowl 281 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 1: and just kept them winning year in year out, and 282 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 1: now proved that like it wasn't no Russell Wilson shipped 283 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 1: him out of town and I won eighteen games. Now, 284 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:31,920 Speaker 1: we didn't make the playoffs the second time, and we 285 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 1: barely made it the first time, but we were very, very 286 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 1: competitive both years. When we traded Russell Wilson and we 287 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 1: kind of reset the franchise and put ourselves in a 288 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:42,840 Speaker 1: position to be competitive moving forward. But it was time, 289 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 1: and I think John Schneider now has the opportunity to 290 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 1: kind of really put his stamp on this organization. Gutikins 291 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 1: was given the same right when they transitioned from Ted 292 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 1: Thompson and Mike McCarthy and kind of that era, and 293 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 1: Brian Goodikins was named the GM and then he hired 294 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 1: Matt Leon and they trade it up to get Jordan Love. 295 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 1: And now you're looking at and I'm not trying to 296 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:07,880 Speaker 1: jump the shark here, because we got a long way 297 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 1: to go to standing success in pro sports is really 298 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:14,119 Speaker 1: really hard. We have seen we saw Blake Bortles and 299 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 1: the Jags have an anomaly year get to the AFC 300 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:20,000 Speaker 1: Championship gap. But I think it's fair to say this organization, 301 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 1: the structure, their history, you would bet on the Packers 302 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:26,600 Speaker 1: like not going away. Well, if Jordan Love is just 303 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 1: a consistent pro bowler moving forward and you drafted him 304 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: and you hired Lafleur, guess what you know, you become 305 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:37,760 Speaker 1: a pretty legendary general manager in that organization. And I 306 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:40,920 Speaker 1: think John Schneider has that opportunity now, and he comes 307 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:44,680 Speaker 1: from Green Bay originally with that mindset where the GM 308 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:46,520 Speaker 1: is still has a lot of juice, has a lot 309 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:49,920 Speaker 1: of pull. So I'm fascinated to watch you. They hire right, 310 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:51,959 Speaker 1: and I think he's got to be very careful. I 311 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 1: just wouldn't go back fishing from the pete Carroll Tree. 312 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 1: I wouldn't touch Dan Quinn with a ten foot pull. 313 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:58,160 Speaker 1: Not because I don't like him, not because I'm even 314 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 1: overreacting to the Packer game, like let's start fresh, let's 315 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 1: not bring in some of like anything connected to the Pete. 316 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 1: I think this is a good opportunity to just hire 317 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:12,560 Speaker 1: the best coach available. Look, at Alabama. Right, they're replacing 318 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 1: Nick Saban, who, even relative to the program, is infinitely 319 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:19,360 Speaker 1: more important than Pete Carroll. And it would have been 320 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 1: pretty easy to be like, let's do whatever we have 321 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 1: to do to hire a former Nick Saban guy who's 322 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 1: having success. Let's make an offer where Steve Sarkizi and 323 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 1: Sank can't say no, Lane Kiffen, you know whoever. And 324 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 1: they went and got Kaitlin Duboor. Why cause he's really good. 325 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:37,840 Speaker 1: He knows what he's doing and his style is completely 326 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 1: different than Nick. He has no ties to Nick Sable, 327 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:43,360 Speaker 1: but you feel pretty good, like, yeah, he's probably gonna win, 328 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:46,119 Speaker 1: He's probably gonna be pretty successful. He immediately brings his 329 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 1: offensive coordinator with the Nick Saban tried to hire last year, Like, 330 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 1: I got news for he. It's gonna work. Hell if 331 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:53,800 Speaker 1: Nick Saban they just pay him to recruit a little bit. 332 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:55,960 Speaker 1: So Dubor. I don't know how great of a recruiter is, 333 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 1: but the school's gonna recruit itself, or at least a 334 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:04,639 Speaker 1: foreseeable future. If I'm John Schneider, I do not like Honestly, 335 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 1: I try to avoid it, I really do, and I 336 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:11,120 Speaker 1: just try to hire the best coach possible, and dan Quinn, 337 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:13,679 Speaker 1: to me, is not that guy. And luckily you have 338 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:18,040 Speaker 1: an organization that's willing to pay. And I'm fascinated to 339 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 1: watch this because it's hard. Right. The Niners are rolling, 340 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 1: they're going nowhere, The Rams are on the come, and 341 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:26,600 Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals, despite having a lot of questions and 342 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 1: a lot of holes in their organization that they're just 343 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: always feisty. They just play the other three teams just 344 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:36,880 Speaker 1: consistently that they're a problem. Right, So it's a very 345 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:41,920 Speaker 1: very difficult division. But I'm rooting for John Sneider. I've 346 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 1: always defended him. Defending him is even the that's the 347 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 1: wrong way to put it. I've always just said I 348 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:49,240 Speaker 1: think he's one of the best channel managers you know 349 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:51,359 Speaker 1: in the league. Well, now he gets this chance to 350 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:54,000 Speaker 1: really validate that. Because you hire the right coach, you 351 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 1: start winning again, taking this team to the playoffs. Draft 352 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:01,680 Speaker 1: a quarterback. No one can ever say, shit, let's look 353 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 1: at the quarterbacks, because it's pretty fascinating group. Right. You 354 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:10,400 Speaker 1: got Godfirs Baker, you got Purty Verse Love, you got 355 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:13,640 Speaker 1: the Marquee matchup the modern day. When I say modern day, 356 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 1: they were the modern day, the ultra modern day Manning 357 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:22,919 Speaker 1: brady In Allen versus Mahomes and CJ. Stroud versus Lamar Jackson. 358 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 1: And the crazy thing is seven of the eight of 359 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:28,960 Speaker 1: these guys are first round picks, and beside Lamar, six 360 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:31,520 Speaker 1: of them are. I guess Jordan Love is in the twenties. 361 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 1: I mean, Goff and Baker were number one overall, Josh 362 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:37,639 Speaker 1: Allen was the seventh with like a thirty percent completion 363 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:41,399 Speaker 1: percentage in college. Patrick Mahomes was ten, and c. J. 364 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:43,840 Speaker 1: Stroud was two, So I mean there's a lot of 365 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:48,440 Speaker 1: premium draft capital invested in these individuals. And Jordan Love, 366 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 1: I mean, one of the more controversial picks of all time. 367 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 1: And Lamar clearly if you read that draft, Josh Allen 368 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: goes one, he goes two, and then it's like we'll 369 00:20:57,119 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 1: figure it out from there. But that was him going 370 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 1: thirty two, who is crazier than even Purty going seventh 371 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:06,080 Speaker 1: round because everyone was like, wait, this guy won the Heisman. 372 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:08,639 Speaker 1: He's pretty fucking good and immediately validated it like two 373 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 1: years in when he wins the Most Valuable Player. But 374 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:15,880 Speaker 1: I think all these guys represent something, and especially Baker 375 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:19,879 Speaker 1: and Jared Goff, two guys that one dude played in 376 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:24,199 Speaker 1: a Super Bowl, like one guy was the quarterback for 377 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:27,240 Speaker 1: a team that consistently won and got to a Super Bowl. 378 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 1: And if it wasn't for one of the great defensive 379 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:33,680 Speaker 1: game plans of all time, Flores, Bill Belichick just punking 380 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 1: Sean McVay, which would be harder in twenty twenty four 381 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:40,440 Speaker 1: than then, but they did it. You know who knows, 382 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:42,520 Speaker 1: because I don't think Sean mcvayh ever looked at him 383 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:45,119 Speaker 1: the same. And the Baker stuff Odell Beckham kind of 384 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:47,840 Speaker 1: falls apart. The dude won a playoff game, beat the 385 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:51,400 Speaker 1: fucking Pittsburgh Steelers with the Cleveland Browns and they ran 386 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 1: him out of town and then he went to Carolina. 387 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 1: It got weird. But both those two guys, obviously Josh Mahomes, 388 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 1: cj Lamar, even Love and Party, they all have people 389 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 1: that believe in them behind them, and they all come 390 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:11,119 Speaker 1: different shape sizes, different price points. But I think the 391 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:15,200 Speaker 1: power of belief in a coach, in someone you work with, 392 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:19,480 Speaker 1: in your parents is so important. I mean, the way 393 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:24,199 Speaker 1: Dan Campbell talks about and supports Jared Goff is the 394 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 1: complete opposite of the way it ended with Sean McVay. 395 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:32,119 Speaker 1: I've been in different spots in my career where it 396 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:34,160 Speaker 1: was clear, like this is probably not gonna go well 397 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 1: for me, and people just stop supporting you and you 398 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:39,919 Speaker 1: start losing your self confidence. I don't care if you're 399 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:42,119 Speaker 1: a scout, you're a radio host, you're a quarterback, you're 400 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:45,080 Speaker 1: a car salesman. When the guy you work for or 401 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:51,119 Speaker 1: the leader of your company slash business doesn't show you support, 402 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:54,360 Speaker 1: you don't feel like they have confidence in you. We're 403 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:57,680 Speaker 1: all human beings. You're gonna naturally lose it when they 404 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 1: believe in you. Demko says over and over. Now he's 405 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:03,879 Speaker 1: justifying it. But this team goes as far as this 406 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:07,959 Speaker 1: guy takes us. This guy is the reason we're here. Like, 407 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:10,480 Speaker 1: you don't think that confidence CJ gets from his head 408 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 1: coach matters. You think it's all it's just natural talent. 409 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:16,520 Speaker 1: He's just dominating. He would do it no matter what bullshit. 410 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 1: Andy Reid, the support that he has behind Patrick Mahomes 411 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:24,720 Speaker 1: good game, bad game. Same thing with Josh, that organization, 412 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:28,160 Speaker 1: that city, the belief. Now a lot of this is earned. 413 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:32,400 Speaker 1: But like this offseason, I'll never forget I call them 414 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:35,920 Speaker 1: the Twitter gutter rats. There was a segment of forty 415 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 1: nine er fans who thought that Brock Party should not 416 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:42,879 Speaker 1: be the quarterback, that thought the quarterback position should be 417 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:45,119 Speaker 1: handed back to Trey Lance and Party should be the 418 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:48,520 Speaker 1: backup and they should cut Sam Darnold again. These people 419 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:51,639 Speaker 1: are fucking imbeciles, and they were morons at the time. 420 00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 1: But Kyle Shanahan was getting asked about this a lot 421 00:23:54,680 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 1: during training camp and never wavered, never wavered once all 422 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:03,879 Speaker 1: in on Purty and what did it lead them to do? 423 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 1: Be the number one seed and for a guy that 424 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 1: was the last pick in the draft to be just 425 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 1: in the most Valuable player mix, It's fucking incredible accomplishment 426 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:16,200 Speaker 1: for the seventh for the last pick, to pick two 427 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:20,920 Speaker 1: sixty two, and Baker had to call Tampa Bay, Hey, Jason, 428 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 1: I think this would be a great spot. Tampa didn't 429 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 1: reach out to him. He called Jason Light or his 430 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:28,640 Speaker 1: agent did, like, hey, I'm really interested in coming there. 431 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:30,280 Speaker 1: And then he gets there and they have nothing but 432 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:33,919 Speaker 1: believe in them, and they support him and listen. For 433 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:36,120 Speaker 1: the most part, if you're gonna get a good quarterback, 434 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:39,360 Speaker 1: you usually have to draft them high. There are outliers. 435 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:42,520 Speaker 1: You can find starting quarterbacks in different rounds. You might 436 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:45,720 Speaker 1: have opportunities to trade for guys, but in the history 437 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 1: of the league, most of the best players have been 438 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,159 Speaker 1: first round picks. Now, not all number one picks, but 439 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:54,879 Speaker 1: when I just start listing off names, they've been drafted 440 00:24:54,880 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 1: in the first round, right, Peyton Manning, John Elway, Dan Marino, 441 00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:07,200 Speaker 1: uh Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, Justin Herbert, C. J. Stroud, 442 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:10,159 Speaker 1: Like you go through the league right now, Philip Rivers, 443 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:13,120 Speaker 1: Eli Manning, Joe Flackell. I mean, all these guys won 444 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:16,920 Speaker 1: super Bowls. It doesn't mean I can't find solid players. Listen, 445 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:19,359 Speaker 1: everyone's shitting on Dak rightfully, so he had a terrible game. 446 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:20,920 Speaker 1: But you can find a guy like that third fourth 447 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 1: round Kirk Cousins, same thing, Jimmy Garoppolo, second round, Derek carstagernd. 448 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:27,440 Speaker 1: You can find starters in other rounds, but in the 449 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:29,880 Speaker 1: history league that usually have to be high. But no 450 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 1: matter what, one thing that will never change, whether you 451 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:35,560 Speaker 1: know it's the guy you draft number two overall or 452 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:37,479 Speaker 1: the guy you take in the fifth round. When you 453 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 1: believe in that player and that player believes that you 454 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 1: believe in them at the quarterback position because there's a 455 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:45,680 Speaker 1: lot going on. Because for him to know he's got 456 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:48,920 Speaker 1: belief in people above him, everyone on that team is 457 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:51,359 Speaker 1: looking at him, so he better be. He can't afford 458 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:53,880 Speaker 1: to not be confident. If he's not confident, your team 459 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:58,160 Speaker 1: has no shot, none, zero. It's what I never understood 460 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:00,800 Speaker 1: about Trubisky. You're like, you're watching guy. He's not confident. 461 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 1: He has no confidence, he has no confidence. You watch 462 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:06,320 Speaker 1: Mason Rudolff, you go listen. I don't know how good 463 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:09,040 Speaker 1: he is, but he definitely shows some confidence on the field. 464 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 1: Matt Stafford there is he knows that that organization has 465 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:17,439 Speaker 1: nothing but belief in his abilities, and then he plays 466 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,359 Speaker 1: like that and everyone rallies behind him. And I just 467 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:25,240 Speaker 1: think that this group represents, especially the NFC, because the 468 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:28,320 Speaker 1: NFC is unlike the AFC is. I mean, Josh Allen 469 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:30,680 Speaker 1: and Mahomes is like eight hundred million dollars with a quarterback. 470 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 1: Lamars signed a two hundred and fifty million dollars quarterback, 471 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:35,960 Speaker 1: saved Harbaugh's ass, and CJ. Stroud the number two pick 472 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:38,240 Speaker 1: in the draft, is a rocket ship. But this other 473 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 1: group's pretty fascinating. Goff Baker perty Love. I mean, you 474 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:44,879 Speaker 1: could argue the two groups a little different, but I 475 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 1: do think the support doesn't change, you know, whether it's 476 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:50,919 Speaker 1: Peyton Manning talking with Bruce Arians and the belief that 477 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,960 Speaker 1: Bruce Arians showed in him that when he was so 478 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:56,880 Speaker 1: terrible his rookie year and Bruce never pulled him out 479 00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:58,840 Speaker 1: of the game, So the only way you're gonna learn 480 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:01,919 Speaker 1: is through your failures. And Peyton said that really benefited 481 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 1: me the next couple of years as we got it 482 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:07,399 Speaker 1: turned around and no different than Jordan Love like that organization. 483 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:09,439 Speaker 1: It felt like they were wavering a little bit. Now 484 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:11,399 Speaker 1: he wasn't playing that well, but the moment he showed 485 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:13,600 Speaker 1: some signs of life, they pushed all their chips in 486 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:15,800 Speaker 1: the middle of the table on the guy. I think 487 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:19,480 Speaker 1: Jared Goff's probably the best example because I can't get 488 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:23,159 Speaker 1: over you never see this happen. Listen. I say this 489 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 1: all the time about coaches and gms, especially when they 490 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 1: get mad at me, like, oh, you're just a shit talker. 491 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:31,640 Speaker 1: Everything I say is on the record. Every single thing 492 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:34,280 Speaker 1: I say is here on a podcast. You know I'm 493 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:37,720 Speaker 1: saying it literally publicly. I talk shit just as much 494 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 1: as you guys do. The difference of me and you 495 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:43,280 Speaker 1: is everything. It has my name on it. You're constantly 496 00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:46,920 Speaker 1: leaking shit anonymously. That's being a coward. Now I understand 497 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:50,120 Speaker 1: why you do it. You can't run a team by 498 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:51,800 Speaker 1: putting your name on it. But let's not act like 499 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 1: we're the same. Because I've been around coaches, I've been 500 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:59,960 Speaker 1: around gms. They're crushing everyone constantly, and you're constantly questioning 501 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:04,480 Speaker 1: your group, your quarterback players. But when you believe in him, 502 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:08,199 Speaker 1: it's a really really powerful thing. And what Sean McVay did, 503 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:11,359 Speaker 1: and he even apologized for he said that I probably 504 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:13,399 Speaker 1: crossed the line because I did think he crossed the 505 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:15,719 Speaker 1: line on Jared Goff. Now he wasn't playing well, but 506 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 1: you don't publicly talk like me like that's tough. And 507 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:21,840 Speaker 1: luckily they were able to pivot. It was a win 508 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:24,520 Speaker 1: win for everyone. But that had to be and Jared, 509 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:28,080 Speaker 1: you know, is a mild mannered, you know, kind of 510 00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:33,560 Speaker 1: surfer vibe from Marin. You know, it's not Belichick or 511 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 1: Brady that would have double middle fingers up. But that 512 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:39,080 Speaker 1: had to feel pretty good. That had to feel. It's 513 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 1: one thing to win it for the city It's another 514 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:44,360 Speaker 1: thing to win it against a guy that told you 515 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:47,080 Speaker 1: basically you're not any good. I don't want you here, 516 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:51,120 Speaker 1: I want to get rid of you. So yeah, man, 517 00:28:51,160 --> 00:29:02,640 Speaker 1: this is gonna be a fun weekend. Okay, let's dive 518 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 1: into the mailbag at John middlecoff is the Instagram and 519 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:09,200 Speaker 1: get your question answered here on the show. Two f's 520 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:13,240 Speaker 1: at John middlecoff Instagram DMS wide open fire. In those 521 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:18,520 Speaker 1: direct messages Eagles fan here after the playoff lost, I'm 522 00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:22,480 Speaker 1: torn on what to do with the head coach. Is 523 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:25,200 Speaker 1: it worse to keep a coach that melts down and 524 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:29,280 Speaker 1: possibly lost the team or keep firing a coach after coach? 525 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 1: All Ah, The Browns, Jets, Raiders, Carolina aka the bad teams. 526 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:41,080 Speaker 1: You're not them the Do you know what the Jets? 527 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:44,600 Speaker 1: The Raiders would do to make the playoffs three straight years? 528 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:48,120 Speaker 1: They sell their left leg? Do you know what those 529 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:50,200 Speaker 1: franchises would they Jets haven't made the playoffs in like 530 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:53,600 Speaker 1: fifteen years. The Raiders have been the playoffs twice in 531 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 1: two decades, twice twice. Think about that, say that out 532 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:01,840 Speaker 1: loud twice and they've been wor worked both times. So 533 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:05,320 Speaker 1: you're not have anything in comp your standards are high, 534 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:07,720 Speaker 1: so part of like being a winner, like is the 535 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:09,680 Speaker 1: guy good enough or not? I think it's fair to 536 00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:12,000 Speaker 1: ask the question, is this guy good enough to keep? 537 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:16,720 Speaker 1: My answer is no, I would fire after what we 538 00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:20,600 Speaker 1: just witnessed. I think that's a fireable offense. I think 539 00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:23,760 Speaker 1: you can fire a coach and go, we're not the Raiders, 540 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:26,760 Speaker 1: We're not the Jets because you're not you were not, 541 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:31,160 Speaker 1: So I don't think it's that crazy to make a 542 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:36,640 Speaker 1: move and still look at yourself differently than that. I 543 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:38,600 Speaker 1: was wondering if you had any ideas on how to 544 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:42,240 Speaker 1: possibly grow this. I've done some local marketing around Montana, 545 00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:46,800 Speaker 1: but I'm trying to go more nationally. Any suggestions. Huge 546 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:49,120 Speaker 1: fan of the pod listens the question is I just 547 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:52,600 Speaker 1: started a clothing reliant. There's the Instagram page. Basically it's 548 00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:54,880 Speaker 1: a cattle brand and when a letter is on the side, 549 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:58,479 Speaker 1: it's considered lazy, so hence the lazy af for the logo. 550 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:03,040 Speaker 1: I reach you out if I say you some gear, okay, I'll. 551 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:05,680 Speaker 2: Respond on an email. I'll give you my email address, 552 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:07,560 Speaker 2: and then you just shoot me an email. Do that 553 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,040 Speaker 2: way shout they got my email address? Probably not a 554 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:14,240 Speaker 2: great question here for the podcast. Okay, finished listen today's pod. 555 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:18,200 Speaker 2: Kind of an odd question. I love football the Colts. 556 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:21,200 Speaker 2: I'm a season ticket holder and I'm glued to my 557 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:25,120 Speaker 2: TV on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays. In the process of 558 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:28,120 Speaker 2: starting a pod, I know everyone had a pod nowadays. 559 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:31,160 Speaker 2: This is just a hobby though, to share my opinions, 560 00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:35,160 Speaker 2: how do you balance family with doing your job? You 561 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:37,840 Speaker 2: obviously need to watch the games, you speak on it. 562 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:41,480 Speaker 2: I'm recently engaged, don't live with my fiance yet, but 563 00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:43,760 Speaker 2: she gets kind of agitated with the fact that I 564 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:47,080 Speaker 2: love football this much. How do you balance watching football 565 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:51,040 Speaker 2: for your job with the family, Well, she just me 566 00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:51,400 Speaker 2: and her. 567 00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:54,200 Speaker 1: I don't have kids yet, which I've already thought, like 568 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:56,360 Speaker 1: I'm gonna have to, And I've thought about this since 569 00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:59,040 Speaker 1: I've moved here. You know, get an operation, build an 570 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:03,240 Speaker 1: operation here in general, but in office. You know, I'm 571 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:06,080 Speaker 1: not going to travel far, so somewhere in the couple 572 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:08,920 Speaker 1: mile radius from where I'm at. But like, this is 573 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:11,920 Speaker 1: not my hobby, this is not a passion project. This 574 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:15,520 Speaker 1: is my life. So when I'm spending time with the 575 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:17,880 Speaker 1: people I love, like they get it, you know, that 576 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:23,200 Speaker 1: this is not it's it's hard to describe any other 577 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:25,800 Speaker 1: way than that. Now, I also think if I was 578 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:30,400 Speaker 1: doing this and not, you know, I almost forty years old, 579 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:33,840 Speaker 1: so if I wasn't making any money doing this, it 580 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:37,360 Speaker 1: would be very fair for people to ask questions, right, 581 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:42,200 Speaker 1: But that's not the case. So financially, I think helps 582 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:45,840 Speaker 1: kind of quiet the burdens that it's just unique. It's 583 00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:48,560 Speaker 1: not like it's not very relatable to anyone, Like what 584 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:50,560 Speaker 1: do you do? Yeah, just watch games, talk about it. 585 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:53,400 Speaker 1: I just watched TV and talk about it. That's essentially 586 00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:56,920 Speaker 1: my job, right, just have opinions on things that I 587 00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:01,520 Speaker 1: watch on television or the internet. And I think at 588 00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:05,320 Speaker 1: first it not that it throws people off, but it's 589 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:08,520 Speaker 1: just is this real? Right? And I can understand parents 590 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:11,840 Speaker 1: questioning it, like wait, you're gonna marry my daughter and 591 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:15,200 Speaker 1: do this? Like they're like, oh damn, it's a nice house. 592 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:16,960 Speaker 1: How how much you spend on the room? Oote? What'd 593 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,560 Speaker 1: those money coming? It's pretty lucrative profession. I was taking 594 00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:23,080 Speaker 1: me a while, but I think that's part of it. 595 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:28,640 Speaker 1: So totally understand what you're saying. It helps, you know, 596 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:32,800 Speaker 1: my girlfriend likes football, My parents and my family and 597 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:36,840 Speaker 1: people I associate with like sports, right, it would be 598 00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:42,840 Speaker 1: harder in a situation, especially starting a relationship, if they 599 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:50,160 Speaker 1: just didn't like it, they it would probably wouldn't be sustainable. Now, 600 00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:53,200 Speaker 1: the amount I watch can drive anyone crazy in a 601 00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:56,320 Speaker 1: Dutch That's why I got, you know, six TVs in 602 00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:58,000 Speaker 1: the house, so like I can go to other rooms. 603 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:01,040 Speaker 1: But it can be a lot, I mean it can't. 604 00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:05,240 Speaker 1: But any job, you know, can be that someone takes 605 00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:07,480 Speaker 1: a lot of time to do. And I spent a 606 00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:09,279 Speaker 1: lot of hours doing this shit, just like I'm sure 607 00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:10,759 Speaker 1: a lot of people listening spend a lot of hours 608 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:13,600 Speaker 1: at work, Like it comes with the territory. You know, 609 00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:17,920 Speaker 1: most people don't have success by just working a couple 610 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,239 Speaker 1: hours a day, right, So that there's a there's a 611 00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:24,520 Speaker 1: balance of life that we all there's no right or 612 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:27,920 Speaker 1: wrong answer, there's no easy way to do this. But 613 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:31,080 Speaker 1: like Thursday nights during the fall, like I can't really 614 00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:32,920 Speaker 1: go like I don't go out, Like we don't go 615 00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:36,000 Speaker 1: like out to dinner or anything. Right Monday, that same thing, 616 00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:39,440 Speaker 1: so Sundays, I'm here all day. You just kind of 617 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:42,920 Speaker 1: build your life around different days, just like anyone that works. 618 00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:46,120 Speaker 1: Some people work the night shift, some people hours are differently, 619 00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:49,359 Speaker 1: some people travel a lot. It's life. You just kind 620 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:53,600 Speaker 1: of figure it out. Longtime listener, I believe that you're 621 00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:57,440 Speaker 1: going to explode in the industry. I like this, will guy. 622 00:34:57,520 --> 00:35:01,279 Speaker 1: Here's my question. We're exploding. By the way, what do 623 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:04,439 Speaker 1: the Broncos do with the twelfth overall pick this year? 624 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:07,560 Speaker 1: If Williams, May and Daniels are off the board, they 625 00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:11,880 Speaker 1: will be I think Pennix could work in the system, 626 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:14,879 Speaker 1: but given his injury history, is he worth the risk 627 00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:20,840 Speaker 1: at pick twelve? Do they move up and definitely grab Daniels. Well, 628 00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:24,280 Speaker 1: let's think about Sean Payton. What he's desired right post 629 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:28,160 Speaker 1: Drew Brees. He has wanted a more athletic quarterback. One 630 00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:30,840 Speaker 1: of the knocks with Russell Wilson was like, bro, you 631 00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:33,200 Speaker 1: got fat last year. So what did they harp on? Like, 632 00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:36,279 Speaker 1: lose some weight, gain some of your mobility back. And 633 00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:39,520 Speaker 1: he did. But the problem was is playmaking wasn't there. 634 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:44,000 Speaker 1: It's why he had such high aspirations for Taysom Hill 635 00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:46,759 Speaker 1: because he wanted, like this playmaker. Now he's not that guy. 636 00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:49,440 Speaker 1: Even though Tasom Hill is a good football player. Tasom 637 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:51,560 Speaker 1: Hill could play on my football team any day of 638 00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:54,439 Speaker 1: the week. He's not a quarterback. He's like this running back, 639 00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:57,760 Speaker 1: hybrid fullback tight end thing. But he's a good NFL 640 00:35:57,760 --> 00:36:00,799 Speaker 1: football player. He's just not a quarterback. Seany you know 641 00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:02,759 Speaker 1: in the Saints realize that over time. I don't know 642 00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:06,400 Speaker 1: if Sean ever did, but I think the problem with 643 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:10,400 Speaker 1: Pennix is he's a lot like Drew Brees, which is 644 00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:13,680 Speaker 1: a good thing, I'm not saying, but no mobility. And 645 00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:18,080 Speaker 1: I think moving forward, the desire for coaches, modern day 646 00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:20,320 Speaker 1: offensive coaches to have some mobile You don't have to 647 00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:22,719 Speaker 1: be Lamar Jackson, but you've got to be able to move. 648 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:25,840 Speaker 1: Look at Jordan Love's movements, look at brock Perty's movements. 649 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:28,279 Speaker 1: You know, the Baker goff is a little bit of 650 00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:32,200 Speaker 1: a throwback. Obviously, Baker moves better than Goth Josh and Mahomes. 651 00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:34,120 Speaker 1: I mean, Josh is an elite athlete, Mahomes is a 652 00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:37,160 Speaker 1: fantastic athlete. CJ's proven to be a pretty good athlete, 653 00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:38,880 Speaker 1: and Lamar is one of the greatest athletes we've ever 654 00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:42,839 Speaker 1: seen in the position. So I think mobility is key, man. 655 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:46,640 Speaker 1: I think that's what John Payton's gonna want so. Pennix 656 00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:49,840 Speaker 1: is a good player. I really like him. I seeing 657 00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:53,440 Speaker 1: what the what Sean Payton has wanted over the last 658 00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:56,560 Speaker 1: four or five years of his coaching career. I'd be 659 00:36:56,560 --> 00:37:01,680 Speaker 1: a little shocked if they went that way. I told you, 660 00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:04,319 Speaker 1: we don't talk Dak anymore. Let some other team deal 661 00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:07,400 Speaker 1: with this mediocrity. You can have him for your team 662 00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:09,520 Speaker 1: if you like him so much, We'll take a second 663 00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:14,400 Speaker 1: round pick. I don't even know what this guy's talking about. 664 00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:17,320 Speaker 1: Sending this again to get on the top of the impacts, 665 00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:20,800 Speaker 1: not to be annoying. We've seen how the star NFL 666 00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:24,640 Speaker 1: quarterback contracts keep resetting the market. Do you feel like 667 00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:27,080 Speaker 1: the same can be true on the downside when you 668 00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:29,600 Speaker 1: look at the disasters like Russ and de Shaun Watson? 669 00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:33,239 Speaker 1: In other words, will teams be more hesitant to give 670 00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:36,400 Speaker 1: these types of guarantees in the future or these just 671 00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:39,920 Speaker 1: examples of the downside risk of doing business? I think 672 00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:43,240 Speaker 1: it's somewhere in the middle. Anytime you give a massive contract, 673 00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:46,760 Speaker 1: I understood Jason, excuse me, Jalen Hurt's getting a big contract. 674 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:49,360 Speaker 1: He literally just looked better than Patrick Mahomes and the 675 00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:51,759 Speaker 1: Super Bowl as a thrower, what are you gonna do, 676 00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:54,279 Speaker 1: like not give him a contract. He's not going to 677 00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:57,399 Speaker 1: accept some low end deal, so they gave him. Now 678 00:37:57,440 --> 00:38:00,960 Speaker 1: he looked dramatically worse this season. Nound, I don't care. 679 00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:04,840 Speaker 1: Like someone in my Twitter replies was like his analytics 680 00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:08,320 Speaker 1: and all the advanced stats say, are you fucking watching 681 00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:11,440 Speaker 1: him play? He looks worse than the last season. We 682 00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:14,719 Speaker 1: all agree to that, and whether it's banged up, whether 683 00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:18,000 Speaker 1: it's sustainability, and as an executive told me, he looks 684 00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:20,759 Speaker 1: much closer this year to the guy a lot of 685 00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:23,759 Speaker 1: people were unsure of coming out Oklahoma, not the guy 686 00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:25,960 Speaker 1: we saw last year. So I think the question is, like, 687 00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:29,960 Speaker 1: you can't be fooled by these anomalies, right, Like I'm 688 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:31,920 Speaker 1: not giving brock Purty a lot of money until he 689 00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:34,239 Speaker 1: does it year after year after year. And I think 690 00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:38,000 Speaker 1: sometimes you pay these guys until they've proven it, right, Like, 691 00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:40,360 Speaker 1: I'm sorry to what you're playing on the twenty three million. 692 00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:43,120 Speaker 1: I can't extend you. How could you extend to a 693 00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:45,160 Speaker 1: tongue of I Lowa right now? I don't mean to 694 00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:47,520 Speaker 1: cut him. I don't need to trade him. It's what 695 00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:50,799 Speaker 1: makes dak so complicated. Wait, I'm gonna give Dak an extension, 696 00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:55,480 Speaker 1: so then I'm just stuck with him again. Now there 697 00:38:55,480 --> 00:38:57,239 Speaker 1: is a fine line of like, and this is where 698 00:38:57,239 --> 00:38:58,759 Speaker 1: the cowboys are kind of stuck, like how are they 699 00:38:58,800 --> 00:38:59,320 Speaker 1: gonna upgrade? 700 00:38:59,320 --> 00:38:59,719 Speaker 2: Over deck? 701 00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:02,880 Speaker 1: But is that just the mindset any human always has, Oh, 702 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:04,920 Speaker 1: how can we upgrade? How can we upgrade? Well, if 703 00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:07,120 Speaker 1: you just stick with that mindset, you just you're never 704 00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:09,400 Speaker 1: gonna try anything. You're just gonna stay in your lane 705 00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:12,440 Speaker 1: and you're gonna get lapped, Like eventually you gotta take 706 00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:14,920 Speaker 1: some swings because once upon a time, like, how are 707 00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:17,040 Speaker 1: you gonna upgrade Drew Bledsoe? Well, this guy in the 708 00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:21,200 Speaker 1: sixth round named Tom Brady is dramatically better. Maybe not today, 709 00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:24,319 Speaker 1: but in three years it won't even be close. And 710 00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:27,279 Speaker 1: if Bill Belichick didn't have the kahonus to say, like, yeah, 711 00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:29,759 Speaker 1: we're not going back to Drew Bledsoe, We're going with 712 00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:32,719 Speaker 1: this guy because it's easy to go. Well, let's give 713 00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:36,680 Speaker 1: Trey Lance another shot? How about not? How about we 714 00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:39,560 Speaker 1: don't right, it took a lot of balls. I don't 715 00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:41,560 Speaker 1: care how weird things got to go. You know what, 716 00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:45,560 Speaker 1: we're gonna trade Aaron Rodgers. We're gonna go with Jordan 717 00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:47,279 Speaker 1: Love just like it took a lot of balls for 718 00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:49,359 Speaker 1: them to go. You know what, Brett Farv, We're done 719 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:52,080 Speaker 1: with this crap. We're gonna go with Aaron Rodgers. It's 720 00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:54,040 Speaker 1: easy to look back and go. Of course you do that. 721 00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:57,319 Speaker 1: It wasn't the same at the time, everyone thinking Ted 722 00:39:57,320 --> 00:39:59,759 Speaker 1: Thompson was a loon. A lot of people thought like 723 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,799 Speaker 1: Aikins on the floor, Man, this thing's gonna get I 724 00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:05,920 Speaker 1: thought that. So sometimes in life you gotta just have balls. 725 00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:08,600 Speaker 1: You gotta just be willing to take some slings. You 726 00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:11,440 Speaker 1: gotta be willing to fail, right if you're just gonna 727 00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:14,440 Speaker 1: stay in the slow lane or the middle lane, Like 728 00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:17,640 Speaker 1: watch all the cars pass you in the left lane. Now, 729 00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:19,160 Speaker 1: sometimes you get in the left lane, you go little 730 00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:21,320 Speaker 1: fashion might get a crash, but you get a crash 731 00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:24,040 Speaker 1: in the slow lane too. Just because you stay with 732 00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:31,760 Speaker 1: what you've been doing doesn't guarantee it's gonna work either. So, uh, 733 00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:34,439 Speaker 1: the contracts are tough because there is no like, yeah, 734 00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:36,320 Speaker 1: just let's just give the guy one hundred million instead 735 00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:38,160 Speaker 1: of two hundred and fifty million, Like that doesn't exist. 736 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:40,800 Speaker 1: But I do think you gotta draw a line in 737 00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:42,759 Speaker 1: the sand, be like, yeah, we're not giving this much 738 00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:44,600 Speaker 1: money to this I've never understand this. In the NBA, 739 00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:46,000 Speaker 1: it's like, hey, let's just give this guy the max, 740 00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:48,200 Speaker 1: give this guy the backs. No wonder. Ninety percent of 741 00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:52,080 Speaker 1: you suck, Like why are you paying these guys? Well, 742 00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:54,040 Speaker 1: we got to how do you upgrade? It's like, what 743 00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:56,640 Speaker 1: the fuck are you doing? No wonder. The majority of 744 00:40:56,680 --> 00:41:00,399 Speaker 1: teams are so irrelevant. Good for the players, like they're 745 00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:02,960 Speaker 1: making a ton, but most of them don't impact winning. 746 00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:08,360 Speaker 1: A huge fan of the Pod for a couple of 747 00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:10,480 Speaker 1: years now. While I appreciate the football takes and the 748 00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:13,440 Speaker 1: betting discussions, was stucky, let us not afford and nor 749 00:41:13,520 --> 00:41:15,279 Speaker 1: the fact that you're the hottest golf better in the 750 00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:19,319 Speaker 1: game right now. Figala now posting. Nice work, Let's keep 751 00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:23,839 Speaker 1: it rolling. Do you have any feelings on Lakita? I do. 752 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:27,359 Speaker 1: I just I went to cash my JT posting bet 753 00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:30,839 Speaker 1: got a nice little four figure return. I actually went 754 00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:33,040 Speaker 1: to the ATM i posted it, and I'm just gonna 755 00:41:33,239 --> 00:41:34,960 Speaker 1: having go to the casino every time, Like, why don't 756 00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:37,680 Speaker 1: I just use the DraftKings app? So now I'm just 757 00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:42,320 Speaker 1: using the DraftKings app and we will put those out Wednesday. 758 00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:44,239 Speaker 1: I'll put my bets out because I just made a ton. 759 00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:48,040 Speaker 1: I'm gonna keep riding JT posting he's hot. Ok, Shay 760 00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:51,040 Speaker 1: Battia Up, Gonna ride him, Billy Horschell, gonna ride him. 761 00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:55,520 Speaker 1: I think Justin Thomas and Jason Day are two good 762 00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:57,200 Speaker 1: guys to keep an eye on. Maybe a little win 763 00:41:57,320 --> 00:42:00,680 Speaker 1: equity top five, but top ten are what I'm gonna 764 00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:03,839 Speaker 1: continue hammering. I almost hit three top tens last week 765 00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:06,640 Speaker 1: that would have paid about forty five hundred dollars in 766 00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:10,319 Speaker 1: about seven hundred dollars worth of best I missed it 767 00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:14,279 Speaker 1: by a three putt and a shitty chip Ox. Shay 768 00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:16,520 Speaker 1: had two three putts on the back nine, missed the 769 00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:20,080 Speaker 1: top ten by one shot, and Eric Cole just had 770 00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:24,879 Speaker 1: a couple bad holes. I have a theory I want 771 00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:27,160 Speaker 1: your take on. For years now, I've heard the most 772 00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:32,920 Speaker 1: important positions in football or quarterback, left tackle, edge, and corner, 773 00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:36,840 Speaker 1: which I don't disagree with, and by the way with 774 00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:39,120 Speaker 1: by the way, but could I make the argument that 775 00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:42,680 Speaker 1: the inside linebacker is what really makes a defense. Yeah, 776 00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:45,000 Speaker 1: you could. If you look at the two best teams 777 00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:47,600 Speaker 1: in the league, Baltimore and San Francisco. They have what 778 00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:50,799 Speaker 1: no other team other than Tampa has, and that's two 779 00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:53,840 Speaker 1: elite inside linebackers. Elite would be strong. 780 00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:54,279 Speaker 2: You know. 781 00:42:54,520 --> 00:42:56,680 Speaker 1: I think there is a drop off between Roquan and 782 00:42:56,719 --> 00:43:00,560 Speaker 1: Patrick Queen, and there's definitely a drop off between Warner 783 00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:02,320 Speaker 1: and Dre green Lop. But I know what you're saying. 784 00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:05,520 Speaker 1: I think their ability to cover with these guys can 785 00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:08,400 Speaker 1: almost completely shut down offenses because they never have to 786 00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:12,120 Speaker 1: sub one out for a secondary player and make them 787 00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:15,360 Speaker 1: vulnerable in the run like Dallas. They also can completely 788 00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:17,279 Speaker 1: shut down the middle of the field throws and make 789 00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:20,520 Speaker 1: an offense completely operate outside the numbers, which is why 790 00:43:20,520 --> 00:43:22,600 Speaker 1: I think the Niners own the Cowboys and the Eagles, 791 00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:26,000 Speaker 1: because they make limited quarterbacks beat you with really hard 792 00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:28,719 Speaker 1: throws and they aren't known for making I've always said this, 793 00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:31,440 Speaker 1: and listen, I work for the Eagles, who do not 794 00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:34,600 Speaker 1: take the middle linebacker position seriously. And then immediately I 795 00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:37,200 Speaker 1: started being around the Harbaugh Niners with Bowman and Willis, 796 00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:40,320 Speaker 1: and then I've seen this Niner team with Fred Warner, 797 00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:42,120 Speaker 1: and I've seen it for years in the league. It's 798 00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:44,759 Speaker 1: my favorite position on defense. Ray Lewis is one of 799 00:43:44,800 --> 00:43:48,200 Speaker 1: my favorite players of all time, but Brian Urlacker, Louke Keakley. 800 00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:51,680 Speaker 1: When you get that player, it changes your defense because 801 00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:54,640 Speaker 1: they can cover tight ends. They can make twelve to 802 00:43:54,680 --> 00:43:58,200 Speaker 1: fifteen tackles in the run game or in space. Think 803 00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:01,000 Speaker 1: how many plays that lee to a first down or 804 00:44:01,040 --> 00:44:04,479 Speaker 1: wheel routes or you know some play around the line 805 00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:07,400 Speaker 1: of scrimmage. Well, who makes the majority of those tackles? 806 00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:11,399 Speaker 1: Your middle linebacker, right, and then their ability to Let's 807 00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:14,080 Speaker 1: look at the Rams who got dramatically better on defense 808 00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:16,640 Speaker 1: this year. Why do you think did you watch fifty 809 00:44:16,640 --> 00:44:19,360 Speaker 1: three Jones play? I think Ernest Jones the second I 810 00:44:19,360 --> 00:44:21,920 Speaker 1: think his name is He's awesome. Like to me, he's 811 00:44:21,960 --> 00:44:23,680 Speaker 1: like one of the most underrated players in the league. 812 00:44:24,120 --> 00:44:27,320 Speaker 1: This is not my I didn't create this saying. I 813 00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:30,920 Speaker 1: stole it, but it's so true, Michael Lombardi says, and 814 00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:33,760 Speaker 1: he's been saying it for years. When your middle linebackers fast, 815 00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:37,080 Speaker 1: your defense is fast. When your middle linebackers a baller, 816 00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:40,920 Speaker 1: typically your defense is solid. I mean, is there a 817 00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:43,279 Speaker 1: reason that some of the great middle linebackers in the 818 00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:46,000 Speaker 1: history of the league have all been on the best defenses. Ever, 819 00:44:46,400 --> 00:44:48,160 Speaker 1: so this notion, do you know what I think is 820 00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:52,320 Speaker 1: the most overrated position in the league. Corner. I swear 821 00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:55,320 Speaker 1: to God, I would much rather have Ray Lewis, Patrick Willis, 822 00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:59,560 Speaker 1: Luke Keigley, Fred Warner and figure it out outside. Like 823 00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:02,160 Speaker 1: the forty nine ers, they made it to a championship 824 00:45:02,239 --> 00:45:06,440 Speaker 1: game with no corners none. What's his name that used 825 00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:09,120 Speaker 1: to play for the Redskins and the Panthers, Josh Norman 826 00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:11,880 Speaker 1: was playing corner for them. He couldn't cover me or you, 827 00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:15,360 Speaker 1: but their linebackers and their d line were elite. I 828 00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:20,279 Speaker 1: think any team that overlooks linebacker are just not doing 829 00:45:20,280 --> 00:45:24,359 Speaker 1: it correctly. Seriously. To me, middle linebacker is easily one 830 00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:27,040 Speaker 1: of the most important positions. Here's the other thing. A 831 00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:29,840 Speaker 1: lot like tight end, they're cheap. They don't cost that 832 00:45:29,960 --> 00:45:32,160 Speaker 1: much money. So when you do hit on a star 833 00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:35,120 Speaker 1: linebacker or a star tight end, you don't pay them 834 00:45:35,160 --> 00:45:39,040 Speaker 1: defensive end or wide receiver money. Google how much Fred 835 00:45:39,040 --> 00:45:43,520 Speaker 1: Warner makes, Look how much Roquan Smith makes. You want 836 00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:46,200 Speaker 1: to pay Trent Williams or pay t J. Watt like 837 00:45:46,480 --> 00:45:49,120 Speaker 1: they're expensive? You know you want to trade for DeVante 838 00:45:49,120 --> 00:45:51,239 Speaker 1: Adams or Tyreek Hill Look how much those guys make. 839 00:45:52,120 --> 00:45:55,839 Speaker 1: Think how much money Justin Jefferson and Jamar Chase are 840 00:45:55,880 --> 00:45:59,719 Speaker 1: gonna make this offseason. So to me, tight end and linebacker, 841 00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:02,799 Speaker 1: you get Laporta. Laporta is not just gonna be one 842 00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:04,600 Speaker 1: of the best players in the league. He's gonna be 843 00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:08,320 Speaker 1: one of the great values easily in the NFL, just 844 00:46:08,360 --> 00:46:11,200 Speaker 1: like Travis Kelcey, just like George Kittle, just like Mark Andrews. 845 00:46:11,239 --> 00:46:14,400 Speaker 1: Like these guys are not that expensive. Same thing with linebackers. 846 00:46:14,440 --> 00:46:18,320 Speaker 1: They do not cost you thirty two million dollars. I 847 00:46:18,360 --> 00:46:20,040 Speaker 1: don't know how much Fred makes, but I'm pretty sure 848 00:46:20,040 --> 00:46:23,600 Speaker 1: it's like thirteen fourteen to fifteen million dollars. I hear you. 849 00:46:23,719 --> 00:46:26,360 Speaker 1: That's a great That's not a theory, that's that's a reality. 850 00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:29,600 Speaker 1: You get a good little middle linebacker. How many teams 851 00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:31,640 Speaker 1: in the league would go Look at did you watch 852 00:46:31,719 --> 00:46:36,040 Speaker 1: the Buccaneers play last night? Levonte David and Devon White 853 00:46:36,160 --> 00:46:40,040 Speaker 1: flying around making all those tackles Seattle forever. Obviously they 854 00:46:40,040 --> 00:46:42,880 Speaker 1: had good players. One of their best players was Bobby Wagner. 855 00:46:43,239 --> 00:46:46,360 Speaker 1: When your middle linebacker is a stud, it's hard for 856 00:46:46,400 --> 00:46:49,279 Speaker 1: your defense to suck hell. And if you do if 857 00:46:49,280 --> 00:46:51,440 Speaker 1: you hit on a couple other players on that defense, 858 00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:54,600 Speaker 1: your defense is usually awesome. Is it shocking that the 859 00:46:54,680 --> 00:46:58,359 Speaker 1: Ravens traded for rokwand Smith? Is it like they were 860 00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:02,200 Speaker 1: the team that wanted him? If the Bills lose the 861 00:47:02,280 --> 00:47:05,239 Speaker 1: Chiefs again this year, is it time to fire McDermott. 862 00:47:05,680 --> 00:47:07,799 Speaker 1: This is the weakest Chiefs team of the last five 863 00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:10,000 Speaker 1: years and you have them at home. If you can't 864 00:47:10,040 --> 00:47:12,600 Speaker 1: beat them this year, win can you? Given the plus 865 00:47:12,600 --> 00:47:15,080 Speaker 1: thor row of coaching candidates out there, it might be 866 00:47:15,120 --> 00:47:18,120 Speaker 1: time to make a move. As crazy as it sounds, 867 00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:20,759 Speaker 1: because won the division four straight times, won a ton 868 00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:24,040 Speaker 1: of playoff games. I don't think you're crazy. I think 869 00:47:24,040 --> 00:47:26,239 Speaker 1: there's legiti pressure. The Bills have to win this game. 870 00:47:26,920 --> 00:47:29,720 Speaker 1: This is must win for the Bills and the Chiefs 871 00:47:29,719 --> 00:47:33,239 Speaker 1: this year. This is their throwaway season. They are as 872 00:47:33,280 --> 00:47:35,560 Speaker 1: crazy as it sounds because they got Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes. 873 00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:39,000 Speaker 1: This is a house money game. This is the first 874 00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:41,880 Speaker 1: time he's ever played on the road, Patrick Mahomes in 875 00:47:41,880 --> 00:47:46,080 Speaker 1: the playoffs, and he's an underdog. When's the last time 876 00:47:46,360 --> 00:47:48,279 Speaker 1: the Chiefs have been an underdog in a playoff game. 877 00:47:49,560 --> 00:47:52,520 Speaker 1: All of the pressure is on the Buffalo Bills this weekend, 878 00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:58,880 Speaker 1: all of it. So if he were to lose, I 879 00:47:58,920 --> 00:48:02,400 Speaker 1: think that, like you said, given the given the options 880 00:48:02,400 --> 00:48:06,080 Speaker 1: out there, I think there would be some rumblings. I do, 881 00:48:06,239 --> 00:48:09,040 Speaker 1: and he's done an awesome job. But I expect him 882 00:48:09,040 --> 00:48:12,920 Speaker 1: to win, I would say, And I don't bet against 883 00:48:12,920 --> 00:48:16,080 Speaker 1: Andy and Mahomes. I mean, I think they are going 884 00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:18,040 Speaker 1: to when it's all said and done. They got four 885 00:48:18,040 --> 00:48:20,040 Speaker 1: super Bowls in them. They've already won two. I think 886 00:48:20,080 --> 00:48:23,279 Speaker 1: they got two more because I'm telling you they're gonna 887 00:48:23,360 --> 00:48:26,000 Speaker 1: they're gonna turn this thing around in the next offseason 888 00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:28,879 Speaker 1: or two. They're gonna be better in three years from 889 00:48:28,880 --> 00:48:32,120 Speaker 1: now than they were last year. I'll promise you that. 890 00:48:32,320 --> 00:48:35,279 Speaker 1: I would bet money on that. But the Bills, like 891 00:48:35,320 --> 00:48:38,320 Speaker 1: you gotta take advantage of these opportunities. You've got to 892 00:48:38,320 --> 00:48:40,880 Speaker 1: take advantage of these opportunities. So I'm with you. I 893 00:48:41,040 --> 00:48:46,439 Speaker 1: think there is tangible pressure on Buffalo more this game 894 00:48:46,719 --> 00:48:48,560 Speaker 1: the next week gets the Ravens like they'll they'll be 895 00:48:48,560 --> 00:48:50,680 Speaker 1: an underdog in that game on the road, assuming that 896 00:48:50,719 --> 00:48:53,719 Speaker 1: the Ravens beat the Texans. But I don't think you're 897 00:48:53,760 --> 00:48:58,239 Speaker 1: crazy on this one. So good question. Question for the 898 00:48:58,239 --> 00:49:02,000 Speaker 1: Steelers and team discipline. Tomlin, I guess told the team 899 00:49:02,200 --> 00:49:04,520 Speaker 1: in his team exit meeting that he plans on returning. 900 00:49:05,560 --> 00:49:08,799 Speaker 1: I don't put much stock into that. I still think 901 00:49:08,840 --> 00:49:11,080 Speaker 1: there's a chance. Everything's on the table with Mike Tomlin. 902 00:49:11,719 --> 00:49:14,200 Speaker 1: For years, Coach T has been public with his willingness 903 00:49:14,239 --> 00:49:18,520 Speaker 1: to tolerate what I would call behavior detrimental to the team. 904 00:49:19,360 --> 00:49:22,640 Speaker 1: The comments of some players after the Bills loss, notably Harris, 905 00:49:23,239 --> 00:49:26,919 Speaker 1: point to this as a problem that has come home 906 00:49:26,920 --> 00:49:32,320 Speaker 1: to roost. Is Coach T and the Steelers are Coach 907 00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:35,920 Speaker 1: T and are the Steelers as an organization less discipline 908 00:49:35,960 --> 00:49:39,320 Speaker 1: than other NFL teams when it comes to setting standards 909 00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:43,560 Speaker 1: and forcing the rules. I read some of Naji's comments, 910 00:49:44,280 --> 00:49:46,360 Speaker 1: who I thought actually played pretty well down the stretch 911 00:49:46,360 --> 00:49:48,880 Speaker 1: of the season. I've been critical of that draft pick 912 00:49:48,920 --> 00:49:50,520 Speaker 1: because I didn't think he was that good, but I 913 00:49:50,560 --> 00:49:52,440 Speaker 1: thought he had a solid season, especially the second half 914 00:49:52,440 --> 00:49:57,360 Speaker 1: of the year. I think what he's alluding to is basically, 915 00:49:57,360 --> 00:50:00,759 Speaker 1: I came from Alabama, and we didn't tolerate bullshit. Now 916 00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:05,360 Speaker 1: it's easier in college if someone's screwing around to bench 917 00:50:05,400 --> 00:50:08,000 Speaker 1: that guy for the next guy because the gap is 918 00:50:08,040 --> 00:50:12,919 Speaker 1: not that wide. I think he's essentially saying, like, George Pickens, right, 919 00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:17,960 Speaker 1: can do things that would not have been tolerated at Alabama. 920 00:50:18,320 --> 00:50:21,320 Speaker 1: George Pickens would have been benched, cut, forced to transfer. 921 00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:23,479 Speaker 1: I don't care how good he is. Nick Saban would 922 00:50:23,520 --> 00:50:26,399 Speaker 1: not have tolerated that. In the NFL, it's a little 923 00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:29,399 Speaker 1: more difficult, it truly is. Now you can argue what 924 00:50:29,440 --> 00:50:32,760 Speaker 1: you tolerate, you allow in your organization, and that spills 925 00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:37,120 Speaker 1: over to everything. He's also easily their best weapon. Now 926 00:50:37,320 --> 00:50:42,279 Speaker 1: is he good enough to allow to, you know, just 927 00:50:42,320 --> 00:50:48,160 Speaker 1: cause problems. I think that's a fair argument. But and 928 00:50:48,200 --> 00:50:49,719 Speaker 1: they've dealt with these guys and it's not like they 929 00:50:49,760 --> 00:50:52,120 Speaker 1: ever won a Super Bowl with Antonio Brown or Le'Veon 930 00:50:52,200 --> 00:50:56,920 Speaker 1: Bell and now with George Pickens. But I think it's 931 00:50:56,960 --> 00:51:01,080 Speaker 1: an easier thing to say what Naje was saying, like 932 00:51:01,520 --> 00:51:03,759 Speaker 1: essentially like this is not allowed at Alabama. Well, yeah, 933 00:51:03,800 --> 00:51:06,720 Speaker 1: no shit. You know, if they had the next George 934 00:51:06,719 --> 00:51:10,960 Speaker 1: Pickens who was acted like DeVante Adams or Cooper Cupp, 935 00:51:11,120 --> 00:51:14,920 Speaker 1: they would bench George Pickens. But they don't. They need him, 936 00:51:15,160 --> 00:51:18,319 Speaker 1: and the reason he can be a problem is his talent. Now, 937 00:51:18,320 --> 00:51:20,800 Speaker 1: you could argue like, why are they always taking flyers 938 00:51:20,840 --> 00:51:25,160 Speaker 1: on these guys because it's worked for them in the past, right, 939 00:51:25,400 --> 00:51:28,360 Speaker 1: Remember James Harrison, pretty big red flag guy. Say that 940 00:51:28,400 --> 00:51:29,719 Speaker 1: guy turned out to be a pretty good player for 941 00:51:29,760 --> 00:51:33,120 Speaker 1: them and the historically that organization they got a little 942 00:51:33,200 --> 00:51:36,040 Speaker 1: raiders Al Davis to him, which I'm not opposed to 943 00:51:36,600 --> 00:51:39,799 Speaker 1: Andy Reid, Pete Carroll that so do they. So there's 944 00:51:39,840 --> 00:51:42,919 Speaker 1: no right or wrong way to do it. There really isn't. 945 00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:46,600 Speaker 1: But and George Pickens was a huge red flag coming 946 00:51:46,600 --> 00:51:48,319 Speaker 1: out of college. But as you see him play like, 947 00:51:48,360 --> 00:51:53,880 Speaker 1: he's clearly pretty talented, got a lot of ability, but 948 00:51:53,960 --> 00:51:55,680 Speaker 1: he might not block on a run and play and 949 00:51:55,760 --> 00:51:59,759 Speaker 1: say he doesn't want to get hurt. I don't know. 950 00:52:00,520 --> 00:52:04,000 Speaker 1: I don't think that's the issue with with Tomlin. I 951 00:52:04,040 --> 00:52:05,960 Speaker 1: really don't. I think he's just very dependent on his 952 00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:09,480 Speaker 1: offensive coordinator and his quarterback like most defensive coaches. And 953 00:52:09,600 --> 00:52:12,960 Speaker 1: right now he's got a trio of quarterbacks who you know, 954 00:52:13,040 --> 00:52:15,279 Speaker 1: the best one is probably Mason Rudolph, like Mason Roil 955 00:52:15,400 --> 00:52:18,880 Speaker 1: is probably better. Can you picktt? Think about that? So 956 00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:21,480 Speaker 1: why if I'm Mike Tomlin, I want out. I want 957 00:52:21,480 --> 00:52:24,239 Speaker 1: to go somewhere else. I'd want out. I don't want 958 00:52:24,239 --> 00:52:25,640 Speaker 1: to go to Washington. I don't want to go to 959 00:52:25,680 --> 00:52:28,800 Speaker 1: Adam Peters draft a quarterback, high start over, kind of 960 00:52:28,840 --> 00:52:32,000 Speaker 1: get toward home. Not that you know as you get older, 961 00:52:32,080 --> 00:52:34,680 Speaker 1: what's home. But I'm just saying, get a lot of money, 962 00:52:35,000 --> 00:52:37,759 Speaker 1: just get a fresh start, be appreciated. I don't think 963 00:52:37,800 --> 00:52:40,120 Speaker 1: he gets the appreciation there. Not I'm talking about from 964 00:52:40,160 --> 00:52:42,640 Speaker 1: the Rooneyes. But I think the fans are down on him. 965 00:52:44,040 --> 00:52:47,600 Speaker 1: I'm a big believer divorce when it comes to coaching 966 00:52:47,719 --> 00:52:51,840 Speaker 1: is very healthy with successful guys. Pete Carroll, Andy Reid. 967 00:52:51,960 --> 00:52:54,080 Speaker 1: Look at Mike McCarthy got a fresh start in Dallas. 968 00:52:54,400 --> 00:52:57,160 Speaker 1: He got an incredible opportunity. He just didn't take care 969 00:52:57,160 --> 00:53:01,800 Speaker 1: of it. Belichick running out of Cleveland. It happens to 970 00:53:01,800 --> 00:53:04,799 Speaker 1: a lot of places. Man, the Shanahan family was and 971 00:53:04,840 --> 00:53:07,800 Speaker 1: all those guys were fired in Washington. I think sometimes 972 00:53:07,840 --> 00:53:09,520 Speaker 1: you just need a fresh start. You just need to 973 00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:12,000 Speaker 1: take a deep breath. Mike Tomlin's a really good coach. 974 00:53:12,560 --> 00:53:14,200 Speaker 1: I want to see him coach somewhere else because I 975 00:53:14,480 --> 00:53:17,880 Speaker 1: think that's he's I think he's peaked in Pittsburgh, which 976 00:53:18,040 --> 00:53:20,920 Speaker 1: is not bad. The eighty percent of the league would 977 00:53:20,960 --> 00:53:24,520 Speaker 1: like to be as consistently successful as him. But I mean, 978 00:53:24,600 --> 00:53:26,600 Speaker 1: if you're him, like, don't you want to get back 979 00:53:26,640 --> 00:53:28,319 Speaker 1: to the next level? And I just don't think you're 980 00:53:28,320 --> 00:53:35,000 Speaker 1: getting there. In Pittsburgh, the volume