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Speaker 1: no matter how many good quarterbacks and how many good

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Speaker 1: The one comp I kind of got from a couple

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Speaker 1: like pick sixteen? And I think this guy is one

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Speaker 1: type guys. They're athletic. He's a good athlete, he ran

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Speaker 1: he definitely was in college. But I think this guy

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Speaker 1: he's proven it. The problem is when you have a

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Speaker 1: last year. Anthony Lynn's son, who was their defensive coordinator,

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Speaker 1: And this is where the doctors get involved, right, because

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Speaker 1: That's what they do for a living. So when these

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Speaker 1: So I don't know. I wouldn't call him Dallas Turner

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Speaker 1: but there are very, very intriguing prospects at this spot,

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Speaker 1: Turner end up being a thirteen fourteen sack guy. I'm

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Speaker 1: taking that risk, especially because medically he's a lot clearer

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Speaker 1: don't think anyone whoever takes him. If he somehow falls

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Speaker 1: rusher in the draft, just like Michael Pennix. If Michael

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Speaker 1: Penix was twenty one years old and had never been injured,

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Speaker 1: he'd be a top five pick. But when you're older

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Speaker 1: and you've been hurt, it rightfully, so Scar steams. But

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Speaker 1: don't have issues, right, And then guys that have been

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Speaker 1: not usually how it works. And I would imagine a

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Speaker 1: they're going to take a quarterback I think we all

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Speaker 1: agree it's a pretty good quarterback class right. Obviously, Caleb

428
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Speaker 1: big time prospect, but Jaden's really good. Drake May in

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Speaker 1: any given draft, even with some of his flaws, is

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Speaker 1: a top ten player. And JJ McCarthy I have comped

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Speaker 1: to Alex Smith right with a better army. Alex Smith

432
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Speaker 1: went number one in a draft with Aaron Rodgers Alex Smith.

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Speaker 1: If you get Alex Smith, you take that guy in

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Speaker 1: the top five. So I feel pretty confident that for

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Speaker 1: the quarterbacks are going to go in the top five.

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Speaker 1: Maybe Arizona gets stuck and they end up taking Marvin

437
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Speaker 1: Harrison to just get Kyler Murray a guy because they

438
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Speaker 1: got an extra pick in the first round, and then

439
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Speaker 1: maybe the Chargers trade back or vice versa. Maybe the

440
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Speaker 1: Cardinals trade back and all quarterbacks go top four. But

441
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Speaker 1: this is a good quarterback draft. The Bears are obviously

442
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Speaker 1: very equipped to in at a quarterback right, good offensive line, weapons,

443
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Speaker 1: good defense. You could argue it's one of the best

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Speaker 1: landing spots for a top pick of my life. Usually

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Speaker 1: a top overall pick, Matt Stafford goes to a team

446
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Speaker 1: that didn't win a game. Peyton Manning went to the

447
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Speaker 1: Colts who were dogshit. Trevor Lawrence went to Urban Meyer

448
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Speaker 1: and the Jags right Andrew luck was somewhat unique because

449
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Speaker 1: they had the number one pick because Peyton Manning had

450
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Speaker 1: hurt his neck, but they had been to the playoffs

451
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Speaker 1: for a decade straight and had a ton of high

452
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Speaker 1: end players. But most times you go to a really

453
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Speaker 1: bright young i mean an awful team. Kyler Murray Caleb

454
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Speaker 1: gets to go to a good spot, but Jayden Daniels

455
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Speaker 1: also gets to go to a good spot. They got

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Speaker 1: some pieces skill wise, they got a ton of picks

457
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Speaker 1: to add offensive linemen. They need to get a defense,

458
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Speaker 1: but just in terms of what's around him, he has

459
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Speaker 1: an experienced offensive play caller, not really my style, but

460
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Speaker 1: Cliff's called enough plays on Sundays now that you can't

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Speaker 1: really argue that's not normal. Usually these guys go to

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Speaker 1: shit teams, right, And that's what the New England Patriots

463
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Speaker 1: are Historically. The New England Patriots, with the skill they

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Speaker 1: have on their team, is a team that drafts number

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Speaker 1: one overall. Here's the thing. They don't have a general manager.

466
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Speaker 1: The Crafts refuse to name one. They have Drod Mayo,

467
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Speaker 1: who was a really good player, team captain level, got

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Speaker 1: high end. Guy has been an assistant coach for less

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Speaker 1: than half a decade. So you get in a situation

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Speaker 1: where you go to a team that's awful. It's almost

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Speaker 1: set up to fail. I saw it once upon a

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Speaker 1: time with Alex Smith. I mean it happens all the time.

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Speaker 1: Is it crazy that if New England's like, you know what,

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Speaker 1: let's trade back, load up the team and just figure

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Speaker 1: this out as time goes? What is the rush? Because

476
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Speaker 1: Drake May? If we assume Jayden Daniels is going to

477
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Speaker 1: go number two overall the betting market says says that

478
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Speaker 1: Coward said he's heard that everyone thinks that are you

479
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Speaker 1: in position to take Drake May, who is a legit project?

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Speaker 1: With all the needs you have? Now you can go.

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Speaker 1: Are you gonna have the opportunity to ever be in

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Speaker 1: this spot again? I would say decent chance. Yeah, I

483
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Speaker 1: would say if I was a betting man, I would

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Speaker 1: be stunned if the Patriots weren't drafting in the top

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Speaker 1: five in twenty twenty five. I would bet fucking ten

486
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Speaker 1: thousand dollars right now on that. I don't think you

487
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Speaker 1: can gamble on that, but I feel really strongly about

488
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Speaker 1: that they are going to suck. Now, I've said that

489
00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:36,359
Speaker 1: before and been wrong, but I feel pretty confident on

490
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Speaker 1: this one. So because ultimately, like last year, I thought

491
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Speaker 1: the Rams were gonna suck and the Bucks were gonna suck. Well,

492
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Speaker 1: the Rams had a bunch of high end players and

493
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Speaker 1: Stafford was healthy. The Bucks entire team full of Pro

494
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Speaker 1: Bowl guys from the previous Tom Brady regime still there,

495
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Speaker 1: and Baker played well and they won whatever, nine games,

496
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Speaker 1: ten games, whatever, I want a playoff game, but they

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Speaker 1: have high end players. How many Patriots would start on

498
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Speaker 1: the Bucks? How many Patriots would start on the ramps?

499
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Speaker 1: Guy's wrong because I bet on Stafford's health against it

500
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Speaker 1: and I didn't think Baker was any good. Turns out,

501
00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:13,400
Speaker 1: Bakers still got a little in the tank. I don't

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Speaker 1: see that with the Patriots at all. If I'm the Patriots,

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Speaker 1: I would definitely entertain trading back. Now, obviously the ownership

504
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Speaker 1: plays a role in this. Maybe he wants some hope

505
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:25,119
Speaker 1: because hope is powerful. Heard Colin talking about that the

506
00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:27,800
Speaker 1: most powerful part about the NFL draft is hope that

507
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Speaker 1: this guy can become a high end player. And when

508
00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:32,240
Speaker 1: you do hit on the guy. It can change your franchise.

509
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Speaker 1: I just don't know if they're equipped to do that.

510
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Speaker 1: And honestly, if you get a spot where you can

511
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Speaker 1: add first round picks, second round picks, that might be

512
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Speaker 1: the move because if Jaden's off, to me, McCarthy makes

513
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Speaker 1: no sense there. He's much more as everyone And I've

514
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Speaker 1: said Alex Smith, if you're Alex Smith, you have to

515
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Speaker 1: be in a spot with a good team. When Alex

516
00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:56,320
Speaker 1: was on good teams, he was fine. When you put

517
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Speaker 1: him on the bad Niner teams, it was a disaster.

518
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Speaker 1: You put JJ McCarthy on the Patriots, I don't think

519
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Speaker 1: they're winning a game. You put them on the Vikings

520
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Speaker 1: in one he doesn't have to play against a red

521
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Speaker 1: shirt that year. Like it makes some sense. You put

522
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Speaker 1: them on the Giants. I'm out. I don't like it.

523
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,840
Speaker 1: So your fit batters. So much is out of your

524
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Speaker 1: control as a quarterback. Who your play caller is, who

525
00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:21,280
Speaker 1: your receivers are, who your offensive line is. I don't

526
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Speaker 1: feel good about any of that. Patriots offensive coordinator Alex

527
00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:27,840
Speaker 1: Sandpelt was just fired by the Browns. Their offensive line

528
00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:31,360
Speaker 1: is hideous, their skill guy's best player is probably Kendrick Bourne,

529
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Speaker 1: who's like the fourth wide receiver on the Niners four

530
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Speaker 1: years ago. I like Kendrick Bourne, but got issues, so

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Speaker 1: I would entertain again. I would like I would try

532
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Speaker 1: to get a hole, Like I wouldn't just trade back

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Speaker 1: a pick to not take quarterback. But if you could

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Speaker 1: move back like five spots get a hole, I think

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Speaker 1: that's probably the move. Okay, Middlecoff mail back time. You

536
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Speaker 1: guys know the drill, very very easy to get involved

537
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Speaker 1: at John Middlecoff at John Middlecoff is the Instagram fire

538
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Speaker 1: in those dms. Get your questions answered on the show.

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Speaker 1: We'll start with Tyler as more NFL teams who are

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Speaker 1: up for a new stadium opt to build multi billion

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Speaker 1: dollar indoor stadiums, of course, to host a Super Bowl.

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Speaker 1: Do you think Godell fears the NFL will eventually have

543
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Speaker 1: an arena football league feel to it, losing its tradition

544
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Speaker 1: of being a sport played outdoors. It seems like every

545
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Speaker 1: turn I, every time I turn around, a new team

546
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Speaker 1: is building a dump. I fear in fifteen to thirty

547
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Speaker 1: years there will be no outdoor stadiums. Football and baseball

548
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Speaker 1: deserves to be played outdoors. Well that's a good question.

549
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Speaker 1: What the wait and see on Is Buffalo's new stadium

550
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Speaker 1: going to be indoors? Chicago, you know, is something to monitor.

551
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Speaker 1: I would say lambeau Field's never going away. That's outdoors.

552
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Speaker 1: I would say MetLife was built, is not going away.

553
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Speaker 1: That has two teams that's not going outdoors or not

554
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Speaker 1: going indoors. Foxboro not going And then you just kind

555
00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:16,960
Speaker 1: of go around the country. The West coast teams. You know,

556
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Speaker 1: Seattle that's here to stay, Niners here to stay. Some

557
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Speaker 1: of the Southern teams. I guess Atlanta's in a dome,

558
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Speaker 1: Dallas in a dome. Yeah, I mean it's I like

559
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Speaker 1: outdoor football. I'm with you. But think about some of

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Speaker 1: the AFC North Baltimore outdoors, Pittsburgh outdoors, Philly outdoors, Washington.

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Speaker 1: I would imagine if you know that he just hired

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Speaker 1: some consultant from DC to help them build a new stadiums.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully they keep that outdoors. I think it's a point

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Speaker 1: of difference. It's something you should want to keep. So yeah,

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Speaker 1: some of these new stadiums for sure. Right, Raiders are

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Speaker 1: a good example. Raiders played outdoors now they're indoors. Chargers

567
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Speaker 1: played out now they're indoors. Saint Louis was already indoors,

568
00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:07,400
Speaker 1: so they're indoors again. But I don't disagree with you.

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Speaker 1: I like outdoor stadiums. I fear being the arena league. No,

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Speaker 1: but I also wonder too. Think about this. Put yourself.

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Speaker 1: Let's say me and you ran a team and we

572
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Speaker 1: were going to build a new stadium and we were

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Speaker 1: in a cold weather city. Well, if I have a dome,

574
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Speaker 1: I can get Taylor Swift to come. I can get

575
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Speaker 1: the Rolling Stones to come, I can get George Strait

576
00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:35,520
Speaker 1: to come, I can get whoever post Malone. Much harder

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Speaker 1: to do a concert in snowstorm and freezing cold. Right,

578
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Speaker 1: So there is This is a business, you know, at

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Speaker 1: the end of the day, this is about making money.

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Speaker 1: So I get it. I'm with you. I do not

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Speaker 1: want to see domes everywhere, but I do get it

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Speaker 1: from their standpoint. What's up, John, the players in this

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Speaker 1: upcoming draft should the Ravens select that you think wouldn

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Speaker 1: tribute right away and make the team a clear Super

585
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Speaker 1: Bowl contender. They pick thirty sixty two ninety three in

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Speaker 1: the first three rounds, specifically wanting to know what players

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Speaker 1: could they take well, I don't have my big board

588
00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:18,840
Speaker 1: out here, but let's think about the Ravens right now.

589
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Speaker 1: They who they lose. They lost the linebacker. Well, there's

590
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Speaker 1: not a linebacker going in the first round, so I

591
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Speaker 1: could definitely see now they have guys coming up. Here's

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Speaker 1: the thing with Baltimore. It is hard for younger players

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Speaker 1: on a team that is equipped, like they let a

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Speaker 1: lot of guys walk in free agency because they usually

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Speaker 1: have backups who are pretty good. So you could always

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Speaker 1: go corner, right, Humphreys been banged up and getting a

597
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Speaker 1: little older. Safety plays good, defensive line is good. You

598
00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:51,320
Speaker 1: could always go with a defensive lineman, could always go

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Speaker 1: with an offensive lineman. Have a quarterback, could always draft

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Speaker 1: a running back in the middle rounds wide receiver. They've

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Speaker 1: invested in that position pretty heavily, right, Zay Flowers. They

602
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Speaker 1: drafted Bateman a couple of years ago in the first round.

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Speaker 1: They still got Mark Andrews. They got that other dude

604
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Speaker 1: who's pretty good, Lively likely Lively, So I would imagine

605
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Speaker 1: they you can never have enough defensive lineman. You know,

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Speaker 1: the linebackers, they always prioritize that position, and defensive back.

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Speaker 1: I would imagine they go defense would be my gut.

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Speaker 1: And you know, I guess they signed Derrick Henry, but

609
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Speaker 1: that's probably a one year thing. Specific players. You probably

610
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Speaker 1: need to like listen to Dane Brugler for that. But

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Speaker 1: those would be the positions that kind of jump out

612
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Speaker 1: to me when I think about them. They're gonna be good.

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Speaker 1: I mean they should. You'd put them right behind the

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Speaker 1: Chiefs as the team that should be right back in

615
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Speaker 1: the AFC Championship. To me, the Ravens are going to

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Speaker 1: be a super Bowl contender when Lamar has really good

617
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Speaker 1: playoff games against Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen, like he

618
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Speaker 1: is going to have to play a high end against

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Speaker 1: another top five quarterback. You're not in the Super Bowl

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Speaker 1: right now because you lost to a team that scored

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Speaker 1: seventeen points. Not all his fault. Your offensive coordinator was bad,

622
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Speaker 1: Your roster's always good. Comes down to your quarterback play.

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Speaker 1: When your quarterback play has been good and he got hot,

624
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Speaker 1: you won a Super Bowl a decade ago with Flacco

625
00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:22,920
Speaker 1: a little over now, you know what I mean? Like

626
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Speaker 1: you didn't win the Super Bowl last year because Lamar

627
00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:27,759
Speaker 1: had a bad game against the Chiefs. Was I'm not

628
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Speaker 1: blaming him completely. But that was not the Lamar that

629
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Speaker 1: we saw throughout the season. That was not that Lamar

630
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Speaker 1: we saw play the Niners on Christmas Eve. That was

631
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Speaker 1: not that Lamar we saw in the second half against

632
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Speaker 1: the Texans. Here's the problem. The Texans team wasn't nearly

633
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Speaker 1: as good as the Chiefs, and Lamar kind of freaked

634
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Speaker 1: and just wasn't good. So he if he plays well,

635
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Speaker 1: regardless who you draft, you can win a super Bowl, period,

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Speaker 1: point blank in a story. But he's gonna to play

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Speaker 1: well for three weeks. He basically played well in your

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Speaker 1: two play games for a half. He's a fifty million

639
00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:08,400
Speaker 1: dollar player, rightfully so several times, multiple time MVP, and

640
00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:10,239
Speaker 1: one of the more fun players we've ever seen in

641
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:14,320
Speaker 1: the NFL, and all that stuff's great. Like Josh Allen

642
00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:17,160
Speaker 1: is not one advanced far enough in the playoffs. It

643
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:21,800
Speaker 1: hasn't been his fault. His defense has screwed him multiple times.

644
00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:26,320
Speaker 1: Your defense kind of came to play. They scored seven,

645
00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:28,200
Speaker 1: they did not score a point in the second half.

646
00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:32,200
Speaker 1: That one's on Lamar in the OC, and to me,

647
00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:34,120
Speaker 1: that's gonna be the thing next year. Lamar in the

648
00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:36,640
Speaker 1: OC in the big moments, you're gonna be in the

649
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:43,000
Speaker 1: playoffs if he's healthy, that's a lock. As a Lions fan,

650
00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:47,000
Speaker 1: our GM Brad Holmes has said he will draft the

651
00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:51,320
Speaker 1: best player available over anat What do you think of

652
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:53,680
Speaker 1: this as a strategy and do you believe the best

653
00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:57,719
Speaker 1: teams employed this in their draft room. I think it's

654
00:36:57,760 --> 00:37:00,440
Speaker 1: an easy thing to say, take the best player on

655
00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:04,719
Speaker 1: the board, but you also have to be realistic, right Like,

656
00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:08,120
Speaker 1: if the best player on the board is a running back, like,

657
00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:10,040
Speaker 1: you wouldn't take a running back if you're the Lions.

658
00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:15,080
Speaker 1: If the best player on the board is a tight end,

659
00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:17,480
Speaker 1: you wouldn't take a tight end. So there is a

660
00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:21,320
Speaker 1: balance to it. If the best player on the board

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00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:23,799
Speaker 1: is an offensive lineman and you already have a good

662
00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:27,400
Speaker 1: starter there, that's where you're like, okay, you do that anyway.

663
00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:29,840
Speaker 1: If the best player on the board is a pass rusher,

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Speaker 1: I think where you get into trouble is dB for example,

665
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:40,319
Speaker 1: obviously the Lions defensive backfield. I know they invested into

666
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:43,360
Speaker 1: it this offseason, but still I would say a place

667
00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:45,680
Speaker 1: of need and emphasis for that team to take the

668
00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:49,280
Speaker 1: next step if there is not a corner worth taking,

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00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:51,440
Speaker 1: and you take a corner because you're like, we really

670
00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:53,759
Speaker 1: need a corner. That's where you get in trouble. So

671
00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:56,960
Speaker 1: I think that's what he's talking about. But there is

672
00:37:57,280 --> 00:37:59,360
Speaker 1: you're not going to take a player who is redundant

673
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:01,239
Speaker 1: on your own team, especially if you have a young player,

674
00:38:01,239 --> 00:38:02,800
Speaker 1: and you guys have a lot of good young players

675
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:06,360
Speaker 1: in a lot of different positions. So like, would you

676
00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:08,840
Speaker 1: take a wide receiver in the first round, I'd go,

677
00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:12,400
Speaker 1: probably not what you need. You got Saint Brown, you

678
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:17,160
Speaker 1: got Jameson Williams, you got Laporta. You know, I would

679
00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:20,360
Speaker 1: say D Lineman or dB and luckily in that spot

680
00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:22,720
Speaker 1: where you guys are drafting, probably should be a player.

681
00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:25,480
Speaker 1: But I would say that's kind of the universal comment

682
00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:29,919
Speaker 1: for most gms, and they they kind of, I don't

683
00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:31,920
Speaker 1: want to say they're saying it tongue in cheek, or

684
00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:34,040
Speaker 1: they're saying it because that's the thing you're supposed to say.

685
00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:36,840
Speaker 1: But it's the easy thing to say. And then you

686
00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:40,719
Speaker 1: get in the position and sometimes you feel it's just

687
00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:43,120
Speaker 1: especially when you're drafting at the end of the rounds,

688
00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:48,160
Speaker 1: you go this player. For example, let's say you love

689
00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:50,840
Speaker 1: a dB. It's like most teams have them in the

690
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:53,439
Speaker 1: middle of the second round. Well, if you're Brat Holmes,

691
00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:55,319
Speaker 1: you go, well, we don't pick again for a while,

692
00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:57,560
Speaker 1: so this guy's never going to be there when we

693
00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:01,080
Speaker 1: pick next. And we love this player. Ideally we'd like

694
00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:04,040
Speaker 1: to draft in ten spots later, but we don't have

695
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:08,239
Speaker 1: the fortieth pick. We pick twenty ninth or thirtieth or

696
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:11,879
Speaker 1: whatever your pick. Who else, Raven, you're probably picking twenty ninth,

697
00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:16,240
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So I think most gms

698
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:19,840
Speaker 1: say that they do believe that, but you also have

699
00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:22,279
Speaker 1: to put it in practice because you're not going to

700
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:27,000
Speaker 1: take a player who you already have. Question regarding GM

701
00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:32,160
Speaker 1: decision makers perspective versus a fan perspective, you rarely see

702
00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:36,000
Speaker 1: anyone ever purchase an offensive lineman's jersey as opposed to

703
00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:40,080
Speaker 1: other skill positions, let alone right after the draft. Let's

704
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:44,600
Speaker 1: use wide receiver as an example when drafting alignment. Though

705
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:48,319
Speaker 1: admittingly very essential, it can be seen as a boring pick.

706
00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:52,160
Speaker 1: True unless it's a top one or two with their position.

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00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:56,040
Speaker 1: I personally would rather have drafted a first round wide

708
00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:59,720
Speaker 1: receiver and watch him bust than a first round lineman

709
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:03,560
Speaker 1: and watch him bust. Does that logic play any role

710
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:06,360
Speaker 1: in drafting a player as in, there going to be

711
00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:08,960
Speaker 1: more pressure as a GM that if you go for

712
00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:12,320
Speaker 1: a quote unquote less attractive position and miss, then you

713
00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:14,319
Speaker 1: are going to be on the hot seat sooner than

714
00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:16,800
Speaker 1: the assumption there is a need for both and you

715
00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:20,319
Speaker 1: have them graded not too far apart. Well, let's use

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Speaker 1: tackle as an example. Let's say you're picking in the

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00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:26,920
Speaker 1: twenties and they are still like this draft. For you know,

718
00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:31,239
Speaker 1: coming up there are good tackles in the draft, you

719
00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:33,160
Speaker 1: would go, well, it's much easier to get a wide

720
00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:35,240
Speaker 1: receiver in the next couple of rounds. All these tackles

721
00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:36,879
Speaker 1: are not going to be there when we pick again

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00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:40,800
Speaker 1: at pick fifty five. So yeah, it's quote unquote not

723
00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:43,960
Speaker 1: as sexy. They don't give a shit about Jersey sales.

724
00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:48,640
Speaker 1: And when you draft a player, the reality is you

725
00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:52,200
Speaker 1: don't think he's going to bust. You're drafting him because

726
00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:55,800
Speaker 1: you think he's going to be good, So I you

727
00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:59,719
Speaker 1: basically choose to be optimistic. Max Holmas said this the

728
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:03,960
Speaker 1: other day on coming into Sunday at the Masters. He's like,

729
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:06,839
Speaker 1: I keep telling myself whenever I think something bad's gonna happen,

730
00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:09,960
Speaker 1: when I'm sitting around waiting, you know, at night or

731
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:11,640
Speaker 1: in the morning, before I have to go to the course,

732
00:41:12,239 --> 00:41:15,240
Speaker 1: I force myself to think, well, what if something good happens,

733
00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:18,560
Speaker 1: what if it goes well? I mean there have been

734
00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:22,520
Speaker 1: studies that optimistic people are dramatically more accessible successful than

735
00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:25,839
Speaker 1: pessimistic people, which makes sense. I mean, we've all been

736
00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:28,400
Speaker 1: around negative people. Now there's a difference. Like I'm not

737
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:31,480
Speaker 1: saying successful rich people can't be negative, because all of

738
00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:35,920
Speaker 1: us can fucking be pouty. It's human nature. But when

739
00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:39,360
Speaker 1: you're making big decisions, and I would say this would

740
00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:43,279
Speaker 1: go across any industry, I think you have to be

741
00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:48,200
Speaker 1: kind of cautiously optimistic. If you're pessimistic or negative, like, ah,

742
00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:51,399
Speaker 1: this could bust. Of course, any player can bust. Any

743
00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:55,320
Speaker 1: player cannot be good. But it is it's harder to

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00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:58,520
Speaker 1: find offensive tackles than it is wide receivers. It's just this.

745
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:02,520
Speaker 1: Most good offen tackles are drafted higher than good wide receivers.

746
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:06,000
Speaker 1: We have seen all over the NFL second third rounders

747
00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:08,839
Speaker 1: be really good players at the wide receiver position. Most

748
00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:11,719
Speaker 1: of the high end tackles are not. Jordan Malatta from

749
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:16,759
Speaker 1: Australia to be a multiple contract guy. They're usually drafted high.

750
00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:19,920
Speaker 1: Think about some of the good young ones, Pina Sewell,

751
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:26,759
Speaker 1: Thomas Worse. I mean, they're usually first, definitely high, top

752
00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:32,680
Speaker 1: twenty picks. So offensive linemen are just more important a

753
00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:36,600
Speaker 1: good one. The edges are the tackles. So if I

754
00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:39,000
Speaker 1: have the tackle and a wide receiver grated the same

755
00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:42,160
Speaker 1: and I need both positions, I'm taking the tackle every

756
00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:45,480
Speaker 1: single time. And like you said, like the wide receiver

757
00:42:45,560 --> 00:42:48,919
Speaker 1: could suck, the tackle could suck, and if the wide

758
00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:52,680
Speaker 1: receiver sucks, we talk about it more because, like you said,

759
00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:56,280
Speaker 1: people buy the jerseys. But the importance of the line

760
00:42:56,719 --> 00:43:00,799
Speaker 1: is just more important. Plus it is harder to slow

761
00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:03,960
Speaker 1: down all these good defensive linemen in the league. So yeah,

762
00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:08,160
Speaker 1: I totally agree it's a boring pick. There's no doubt

763
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:10,959
Speaker 1: about it, especially like wait, he took an offensive tackle

764
00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:13,640
Speaker 1: pick twenty two. But if that guy is a ten

765
00:43:13,719 --> 00:43:17,080
Speaker 1: year starter, you get a lot more credit than finding

766
00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:19,719
Speaker 1: the wide receiver. And most guys are not going to

767
00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:22,560
Speaker 1: be justin Jefferson to pick twenty two. But I know

768
00:43:22,680 --> 00:43:27,120
Speaker 1: what you're saying. Been a Giants fan all my life. Well,

769
00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:28,640
Speaker 1: if you're of a certain age, you've seen a bunch

770
00:43:28,640 --> 00:43:31,320
Speaker 1: of Super bowls. I think we need a quarterback. Daniel

771
00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:33,680
Speaker 1: Jones is obviously not the answer. Do you think this

772
00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:35,720
Speaker 1: draft is going to be the one for the history books.

773
00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:39,120
Speaker 1: All of the quarterbacks feel like first round picks based

774
00:43:39,120 --> 00:43:43,080
Speaker 1: on quarterback inflation. I listened to Peter Schrager who put

775
00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:46,200
Speaker 1: out his mock draft on a podcast. He had the

776
00:43:46,320 --> 00:43:50,040
Speaker 1: Giants trading up with the Cardinals to get JJ McCarthy

777
00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:55,200
Speaker 1: at pick four. And I've said over and over, obviously

778
00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:58,520
Speaker 1: taking a position player, specifically a wide receiver in theory

779
00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:02,960
Speaker 1: makes sense. You don't have playmakers. But if you tell

780
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:05,040
Speaker 1: me they draft one of the wide receivers and Daniel

781
00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:07,120
Speaker 1: Jones is your quarterback, I don't think that guy's gonna

782
00:44:07,120 --> 00:44:10,240
Speaker 1: have a good rookie year. So if you like JJ McCarthy,

783
00:44:10,360 --> 00:44:12,279
Speaker 1: it is much easier to get from six to four.

784
00:44:12,920 --> 00:44:15,560
Speaker 1: Then it is even from Minnesota to get from eleven

785
00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:18,400
Speaker 1: to four. Because if you're Arizona, I trade back a

786
00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:22,600
Speaker 1: couple spots, maybe I add a second or third round pick,

787
00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:25,560
Speaker 1: and I still get Marvin Harrison, or I still get

788
00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:28,960
Speaker 1: the wide receiver I want Roma Doonsay or Malik Neighbors.

789
00:44:30,080 --> 00:44:32,279
Speaker 1: That's the easiest thing to do if you're Arizona. We

790
00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:34,600
Speaker 1: already did a big trade back last year to accumulate

791
00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:36,879
Speaker 1: another pick. That's the other thing. They have two first

792
00:44:36,960 --> 00:44:40,160
Speaker 1: round picks, so if the Giants want to get aggressive,

793
00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:45,000
Speaker 1: they are in green light position to trade up and

794
00:44:45,120 --> 00:44:48,839
Speaker 1: get probably JJ McCarthy. I guess the Patriots could dig

795
00:44:48,920 --> 00:44:50,840
Speaker 1: JJ McCarty, and also the Patriots could trade back and

796
00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:53,080
Speaker 1: someone could trade up and get j J McCarthy. But

797
00:44:53,239 --> 00:44:56,000
Speaker 1: you guys are in position as a Giants fan to

798
00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:58,920
Speaker 1: take quarterback. There is no disputing that, and John Marrow

799
00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:01,160
Speaker 1: went on record saying I gave them the thumbs up,

800
00:45:01,239 --> 00:45:04,239
Speaker 1: go get it if you like them. Now, if I'm

801
00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:10,000
Speaker 1: day Ball, I want a player because if I let's say,

802
00:45:10,080 --> 00:45:13,360
Speaker 1: let's use JJ McCarthy, I take JJ McCarthy, he's probably

803
00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:15,960
Speaker 1: got start in Week one, and if he does have

804
00:45:16,120 --> 00:45:19,200
Speaker 1: to play, decent chances. We're kind of struggling. And I've

805
00:45:19,239 --> 00:45:22,640
Speaker 1: been Daniel Jones after we'd two and five, Well, if

806
00:45:22,640 --> 00:45:26,000
Speaker 1: we end up going I don't know, six and eleven

807
00:45:26,400 --> 00:45:30,120
Speaker 1: or seven and ten, am I getting fired? Like John?

808
00:45:30,120 --> 00:45:33,800
Speaker 1: They're not. They fired back to back coaches after two seasons.

809
00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:39,480
Speaker 1: What would give John Mara hesitation if you have two

810
00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:44,120
Speaker 1: awful years to keep day Ball around. So if I'm Dayball,

811
00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:48,040
Speaker 1: there's a little job preservation of what do I have

812
00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:50,960
Speaker 1: to do to win? Now? I want to say win,

813
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:52,600
Speaker 1: I don't mean the Super Bowl. I just mean compete.

814
00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:55,600
Speaker 1: So I wonder if internally now him and Shane are

815
00:45:55,640 --> 00:45:59,120
Speaker 1: really close. Joe Shane the GM right, they were a

816
00:45:59,200 --> 00:46:02,160
Speaker 1: package deal come from Buffalo. But I bet it's a

817
00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:05,160
Speaker 1: complicated conversation. Not we all know they need a quarterback.

818
00:46:06,120 --> 00:46:08,520
Speaker 1: But like Joe, Shane's probably going to get a second coach,

819
00:46:09,160 --> 00:46:11,160
Speaker 1: is stay Ball getting a fourth year if this year

820
00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:13,680
Speaker 1: doesn't go well? That's where I think it's really complicated.

821
00:46:14,040 --> 00:46:17,080
Speaker 1: So I don't know. I think the Giants. I think

822
00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:19,560
Speaker 1: the Giants and the Patriots are two great wild cards.

823
00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:22,000
Speaker 1: I think the Patriots could easily trade back, and I

824
00:46:22,040 --> 00:46:25,200
Speaker 1: think the Giants could easily trade forward. I also think

825
00:46:25,239 --> 00:46:27,040
Speaker 1: that Patriots could just stay and take a quarterback and

826
00:46:27,040 --> 00:46:29,000
Speaker 1: the Giants could just stay and take a position player,

827
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Speaker 1: specifically a wide receiver. I have a degree in an

828
00:46:32,680 --> 00:46:36,040
Speaker 1: emphasis in human resources and would love nothing more than

829
00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:38,239
Speaker 1: to work in the NFL league office or a team.

830
00:46:38,880 --> 00:46:41,960
Speaker 1: Do these entities have hr departments, and if so, what

831
00:46:42,040 --> 00:46:43,440
Speaker 1: would be my best way to get my foot in

832
00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:46,560
Speaker 1: the door. Before my mom passed away, she was an

833
00:46:46,680 --> 00:46:48,960
Speaker 1: HR and love football because it brought my family together

834
00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:51,479
Speaker 1: every weekend. So it'd be a dream combined a career

835
00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:54,759
Speaker 1: if possible. It's a good question. Yeah, I mean I

836
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:58,359
Speaker 1: would imagine any company with a certain amount of people

837
00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:01,240
Speaker 1: has an HR department. In the NFL, teams one hundred

838
00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:05,239
Speaker 1: percent have HR departments. I don't exactly know how to

839
00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:09,279
Speaker 1: get a hold of every team's HR department, but they are.

840
00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:12,880
Speaker 1: What I would recommend is go to LinkedIn, type in

841
00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:16,279
Speaker 1: wherever you live, or all thirty two NFL teams type

842
00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:20,719
Speaker 1: in their human resource director, connect with them and send

843
00:47:20,760 --> 00:47:24,560
Speaker 1: them a DM through LinkedIn that or find them on

844
00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:27,160
Speaker 1: Instagram and then DM them that way. That would be

845
00:47:27,239 --> 00:47:30,080
Speaker 1: my approach on that. But yeah, all these NFL teams

846
00:47:30,239 --> 00:47:34,320
Speaker 1: one thousand percent have HR departments. Even when a football

847
00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:37,560
Speaker 1: like a coach gets fired or GM gets fired, you

848
00:47:37,640 --> 00:47:39,719
Speaker 1: know that there's a process of the HR. Like in

849
00:47:39,800 --> 00:47:42,680
Speaker 1: any company, you said HR person like, hey we need

850
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Speaker 1: a meeting, you know you're fucked. As a Steelers fan,

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Speaker 1: I generally feel like this is our final year with

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Speaker 1: coach Tomlin. If you were in charge of the Steelers draft,

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Speaker 1: what would you do? What positions do you feel they

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Speaker 1: need to make a run to the super Bowl. This

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Speaker 1: is hard because I don't think they're any closer than

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Speaker 1: they've been. They have some really high end defensive players.

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Speaker 1: Pickens is an interesting guy. Obviously they traded Deontay Johnson.

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Speaker 1: You know, Nage had best. I thought he played his

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Speaker 1: best year as a pro. Obviously, Warren's a good little player.

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Speaker 1: I think it's hard because there's a lot of emphasis

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Speaker 1: take a wide receiver, and they easily could, but they've

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Speaker 1: had a lot of success not taking wide receivers in

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Speaker 1: the first round and getting excellent players later. So you

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Speaker 1: can never have enough defensive lineman, you know, get another

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Speaker 1: young corner to go along with Joey Porter junior or

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Speaker 1: the second I'd be a little stunned if they took

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Speaker 1: a wide receiver in the first round. That's not really

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Speaker 1: their their mo it's just and maybe I'd have to

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Speaker 1: look through all their drafts, but it feels like most

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Speaker 1: of their wide receivers a hit on or not top

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Speaker 1: thirty picks. So I thought they should have moved on

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Speaker 1: from Tom and last year, Like I said, it's time

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Speaker 1: for a new start. Sometimes you just need a restart.

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Speaker 1: Not every breakup is acrimonious like some awful divorce. So

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Speaker 1: I'm like, yeah, we just time to go our separate ways.

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Speaker 1: That's what I thought. Now this year is gonna be

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Speaker 1: much more polarizing because you add Russell Wilson, you had

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Speaker 1: Justin Fields. Well, if you have the same outcome as

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Speaker 1: last year, it's gonna feel even worse because like, oh yeah,

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Speaker 1: of course fucking didn't go anywhere with Mason Rudolph or

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Speaker 1: can he Pickett? No shit, this one's gonna feel fair

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Speaker 1: or not, like your high end and your ceiling should

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Speaker 1: be a little higher, and I just I don't know

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Speaker 1: if it is. So I think the Steelers are in

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Speaker 1: a little trouble now. They're not gonna be terrible, but

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Speaker 1: I kind of view them as the same, you know,

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Speaker 1: kind of range. They've been in nine ten wins in

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Speaker 1: a one and done playoff team. I would expect Justin

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Speaker 1: Fields to be their starting quarterback by the middle of October.

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Speaker 1: That's one prediction. I feel pretty strongly that we're gonna

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Speaker 1: see Justin Fields much sooner than later. The volume