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Speaker 1: What is going on everybody? John mill Coop Freeing Out Podcast.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for joining me. How's everyone doing on this beautiful Tuesday.

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Speaker 1: Maybe it's Wednesday. I don't know, it could be any day.

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Speaker 1: It's a great part of our podcast. You know, you

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Speaker 1: don't You can listen whenever you want. Just finished watching

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Speaker 1: the Monday night football game. Raiders got a pretty big

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Speaker 1: win and just beat the Saints by ten points. Your

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Speaker 1: boy had the over made a little cash. Uh, Derek

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Speaker 1: three or four years. Uh, Drew Brees not so much.

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Speaker 1: We'll we'll dive into that. We're going to dive into

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Speaker 1: a lot of stuff, you know, coming up on some

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Speaker 1: things I saw with coaches around the league this weekend.

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Speaker 1: Some justin Herbert had a big kind of you know

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Speaker 1: break out. The Sunday night game was fantastic. It is

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Speaker 1: Cam Newton back, I mean that was that was awesome.

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Speaker 1: Cam Newton look like a grown man in that game.

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Speaker 1: And Russell Wilson was exceptional as well. And it'll just

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Speaker 1: dive some little things that I saw or I noticed,

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Speaker 1: as well as the Middlecoff mail bag at John Middlecoff

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Speaker 1: have to dive into all the injuries, but let's start

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Speaker 1: with the Monday night football game, and I think the

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Speaker 1: story coming out. We'll dive into the Raiders here in

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Speaker 1: a second. But I do think it's fair to say

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Speaker 1: that for my entire life there was an age limit

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Speaker 1: on playing professional sports. I remember growing up hearing these

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Speaker 1: stories about Nolan Ryan being able to play into his

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Speaker 1: mid forties and seeing that video of him beating Robin

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Speaker 1: Ventura's ass, and just like this old guy, you should

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Speaker 1: not be doing this. And forever it was about guys

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Speaker 1: in their twenties, maybe their early thirties, but but but

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Speaker 1: you got cut off at like thirty five. And then

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Speaker 1: we had the Baseball PD scandal when these dudes were

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Speaker 1: in their late thirties hitting like sixty bombs and it

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Speaker 1: was clear it was just all fake. And listen, I

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Speaker 1: liked it. Barry Bonds, I'm a Giants fan. I thought

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Speaker 1: it's not humanly possible to do it without help. And

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Speaker 1: the thing I think, you see Tom Brady, who is

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Speaker 1: still really good, but he's not what he once was.

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Speaker 1: And Drew Brees. You saw it tonight, Listen, Drew Brees

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Speaker 1: is an A plus human being. He's a Hall of

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Speaker 1: Flame quarterback, and I think he kind of gets considered

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Speaker 1: the greatest quarterback, the most accurate greatest quarterback. I personally

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Speaker 1: would go Steve Young. I don't know where you guys

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Speaker 1: take peque Steve Young or peque Drew Brees, because I

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Speaker 1: But I'm not going to diminish Drew Brees's career at

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Speaker 1: all for a long period of time. He has eviscerated people.

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Speaker 1: But he's forty freaking years old and a little And

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Speaker 1: this is why I compared Baker Mayfield the Drew Brees

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Speaker 1: not very athletic. But the most important thing, he doesn't

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Speaker 1: position changes. And Drew Brees right now, I don't want

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Speaker 1: I just think he's not the same guy. But I'm

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Speaker 1: with when guys get I don't know, past forty years old,

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Speaker 1: Looking back. I watched Peyton Manning fall for Cliff that

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Speaker 1: their offense kind of fell off. But just for that

428
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Speaker 1: tenure run where it's like I'm watching the greatest quarterback

429
00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:02,800
Speaker 1: of all time in the peak of his power, just

430
00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:06,600
Speaker 1: to viscerate people, and Aaron Rodgers probably from like eleven

431
00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:09,000
Speaker 1: to fifteen, when you're like, you know, I'm gonna tell

432
00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:12,040
Speaker 1: my kids about this. I'll never forget this. I might

433
00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,960
Speaker 1: forget individual plays, but I will go to the mat

434
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Speaker 1: saying I didn't grow up on Elway or Marino. Those

435
00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:20,119
Speaker 1: guys were. I was born in the mid eighties, So

436
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Speaker 1: I can't get into a legit argument and argue against

437
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Speaker 1: Marino Railway, but I can for sure go to the

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Speaker 1: mat for three guys Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, and Aaron Rodgers.

439
00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:35,479
Speaker 1: And I'm gonna throw Russell Wilson in that category now

440
00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:38,560
Speaker 1: as well, because he is easily one of the best

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Speaker 1: players in any sport, let alone in the NFL I've

442
00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:45,080
Speaker 1: ever seen. And what makes him unique is like, I've

443
00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:49,439
Speaker 1: stood by Peyton Manning. He's fucking a monster. He's huge,

444
00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:53,520
Speaker 1: stood by Tom Brady, also a monster. Aaron Rodgers a

445
00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:56,440
Speaker 1: little smaller, but I think I feel pretty confident, probably

446
00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:59,040
Speaker 1: beside far off, like the most lively arm we've ever seen.

447
00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:02,600
Speaker 1: I've still by Russell Wilson. I'm the same height. I

448
00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:05,080
Speaker 1: got news for you. I would never sniff playing in

449
00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:07,480
Speaker 1: the NFL. Why because most guys my size don't play

450
00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:11,240
Speaker 1: in the NFL. He's not very big. A famous story

451
00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:15,720
Speaker 1: the Wisconsin Pro Day. Everyone we didn't know how tall

452
00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:18,080
Speaker 1: he was gonna be. I remember working in the office

453
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Speaker 1: and everyone, I remember the Eagles. We loved him. I

454
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Speaker 1: think a lot of people liked him. Every scout loved him.

455
00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:27,720
Speaker 1: And he went to go get measured and it was

456
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Speaker 1: like five nine and a quarter or like three quarters,

457
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Speaker 1: and he kind of propped up and he got to

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Speaker 1: five ten. And the rumor is every scout clapped, they

459
00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:39,240
Speaker 1: were that happy that he hit the five ten mark.

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Speaker 1: The reality is, he's not five ten. He's like five

461
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Speaker 1: nine and three eights or four eights or whatever. Four

462
00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:47,480
Speaker 1: eights would be a half. But you know what I'm saying,

463
00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:51,360
Speaker 1: he's under five ten and he's easily becoming a top

464
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Speaker 1: ten quarterback we've ever seen. And they talked about on

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Speaker 1: the broadcast on Sunday night. The voting and he's never

466
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Speaker 1: received a vote. It's not like baseball. It's not like basketball.

467
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Speaker 1: You don't get second place votes. Last year, I think

468
00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:05,600
Speaker 1: Lamar was fifty out of fifty. Uh, you just get

469
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Speaker 1: one vote. I think pretty confident that he's gonna get

470
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Speaker 1: some votes this year, right, I mean, he's he's a

471
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Speaker 1: remarkable player in the peak of his powers. This is

472
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Speaker 1: like Rogers two thousand fourteen. They added DK Metcalf, and

473
00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:22,720
Speaker 1: it's just perfect. Sometimes you know when like you have

474
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Speaker 1: a friend and he starts dating like some girl you knew,

475
00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:27,800
Speaker 1: or like a friend of a friend, and it just works.

476
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Speaker 1: It's like, damn, they were just like meant for each other.

477
00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:33,280
Speaker 1: A year later they're engaged or they're married, Like you know,

478
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Speaker 1: I knew it, like the second time we hung out, Like, yeah,

479
00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:39,840
Speaker 1: they're gonna make babies, They're gonna be together forever. It's

480
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Speaker 1: like Russell Wilson and DK Metcalf. It's like I remember

481
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Speaker 1: going to the Seattle game last year at Levi Stadium

482
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Speaker 1: watching DK Metcalf against Richard Sherman on blocking place and

483
00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:56,760
Speaker 1: DK didn't hesitate. I'm like that dude, that dude has it,

484
00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,400
Speaker 1: and we all know Russell Wilson is the greatest deep

485
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Speaker 1: ball thrower you've ever seen. Turns out d k his

486
00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:05,520
Speaker 1: his track speed translates to the league and then he's

487
00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:09,160
Speaker 1: tough as shit. Sunday, he's like him and Gilmore getting

488
00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:11,560
Speaker 1: into it. Gilmore is the best corn league. He's not

489
00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:14,760
Speaker 1: scared and he's talented. It just pops. Chris Carson's like

490
00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,120
Speaker 1: the whole thing. Their team is really good. They're back

491
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Speaker 1: in cover wise little flawed. But Russell's just the best

492
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Speaker 1: player in the league right now. Now Mahomes is overall,

493
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Speaker 1: Like if we had to build a team, the guy

494
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Speaker 1: we'd pick for sure, and you'd still argue Mahomes is

495
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Speaker 1: the best player in the league over the last couple

496
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Speaker 1: of years. But just right now, the way they're playing,

497
00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,760
Speaker 1: like these first two weeks, it just doesn't get any

498
00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:41,240
Speaker 1: better than that. Like these first two weeks, Russell Wilson

499
00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:43,080
Speaker 1: has been better in my homes now, I would rather

500
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Speaker 1: have my homes. But we get what we're arguing technically

501
00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:49,240
Speaker 1: talking about the two best players. But this guy, like,

502
00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:50,760
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be able to go to the mat and

503
00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:52,399
Speaker 1: argue him the rest of my life. And I like

504
00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:55,359
Speaker 1: that about sports, Like I feel very confident about what

505
00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:59,640
Speaker 1: I've seen with Russ, what he's become, and just how

506
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Speaker 1: he's aged the franchise that up until he got there,

507
00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:04,800
Speaker 1: the majority of my life, beside a couple of Home

508
00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:08,840
Speaker 1: Green years, was pretty irrelevant and pretty shitty. And now

509
00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:12,880
Speaker 1: he's made them into an NFL stalwart, into a team.

510
00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:15,600
Speaker 1: When you put on Sunday Night Football, you're glued to

511
00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,840
Speaker 1: your couch while you're actually jumping up off of it

512
00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:22,119
Speaker 1: often because he's making plays that you've never seen before.

513
00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,359
Speaker 1: Just enjoy it because that was awesome. And on the

514
00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:31,000
Speaker 1: flip side, here's a reality. We all kind of look

515
00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:33,879
Speaker 1: at Cam differently. You know, he had moments in his

516
00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:37,240
Speaker 1: career that I hated, always doing the first down stuff.

517
00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:40,600
Speaker 1: I bet against him in the Super Bowl one money

518
00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:43,880
Speaker 1: because I didn't trust him. But one thing I know

519
00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:46,560
Speaker 1: as a as a young guy, as someone in their

520
00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:49,359
Speaker 1: mid thirties, I'm matured a lot from the time I

521
00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:52,879
Speaker 1: was twenty to thirty. I've grown a lot between thirty

522
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Speaker 1: and thirty five. I would imagine by the time I

523
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Speaker 1: get to forty, I'll be a lot different than thirty five.

524
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Speaker 1: And I watched Cam Newton and I watched the way

525
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Speaker 1: that Belichick and Josh McDaniels likes him. We know the

526
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Speaker 1: standards set in New England, Like, it's not exactly some

527
00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:11,480
Speaker 1: country club environment. It's not a huge screw around place.

528
00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:16,040
Speaker 1: And they've seen Cam's praises. They clearly really like him,

529
00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:18,679
Speaker 1: and then you watch him play You're like, here's what

530
00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:21,720
Speaker 1: we do know. Cam had one of the greatest college

531
00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:24,840
Speaker 1: seasons we've ever seen. Cam was the number one overall

532
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,399
Speaker 1: pick and it wasn't even an argument. Cam went to

533
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Speaker 1: a joke franchise, made them relevant, went to the playoffs

534
00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:34,240
Speaker 1: countless times, won an m v P. His talent when

535
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Speaker 1: he is healthy is undisputable, like it it is elite.

536
00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:43,480
Speaker 1: Now he has flaws. He can be an inaccurate passer,

537
00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:47,200
Speaker 1: but in terms of size, arm strength, and just the

538
00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:50,120
Speaker 1: ability to make every throw on top of being able

539
00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:54,320
Speaker 1: to run, you don't need to be you know, Rick

540
00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:58,040
Speaker 1: Spielman or Howie Roseman or John Schneider to realize how

541
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Speaker 1: special Cam's talent is. One thing watching him on Sunday

542
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,840
Speaker 1: Night is clear. The last two years you kind of

543
00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:07,360
Speaker 1: got to throw away his foot, his shoulder, He was

544
00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:09,920
Speaker 1: really banged up. He did not look like he's looked

545
00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:12,880
Speaker 1: these first two weeks, because these first two weeks he

546
00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:14,960
Speaker 1: looks like a guy that I remember seeing in two

547
00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:17,880
Speaker 1: thousand fourteen, two thousand fifteen, two thousand sixteen, just the

548
00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:21,560
Speaker 1: elite talent. Now it's gonna be difficult in New England.

549
00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:24,880
Speaker 1: Randy Moss ain't walking through that door, and Julian Edelman

550
00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:28,160
Speaker 1: doesn't get to work Jamal Adams in coverage every week,

551
00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:31,240
Speaker 1: and I don't think you can depend on Basically, I

552
00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,680
Speaker 1: think Julian Edelman almost had two hundred yards in the

553
00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:36,720
Speaker 1: air from Cam Newton. That's not realistic. They're gonna need

554
00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:40,200
Speaker 1: more on any kill Harry, but Cam is special, and

555
00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:42,520
Speaker 1: I give Cam a lot of credit. He's gone there

556
00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:46,800
Speaker 1: because New England doesn't fit in for you, like they don't.

557
00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:49,920
Speaker 1: They're not gonna change for whoever comes there. You're gonna

558
00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:52,520
Speaker 1: have to fit in for them. And it's clear that

559
00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:55,920
Speaker 1: from the day one. Now granted it started, you know,

560
00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:58,160
Speaker 1: two months ago, right when training camp because we didn't

561
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Speaker 1: have o t as, we don't have a summer. Hell,

562
00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:01,920
Speaker 1: he got signed end over the summer. His Cam has

563
00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:05,360
Speaker 1: been all in and the praises Belichick said about him

564
00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:08,840
Speaker 1: while they practiced all during training camp, going up to

565
00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:12,200
Speaker 1: that week one game against Miami, continued throughout this week

566
00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:14,600
Speaker 1: getting ready for this Sunday night. I don't think he's

567
00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:16,800
Speaker 1: just blowing smoke up his ask to make him feel good.

568
00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:19,760
Speaker 1: Clearly Cam's worked really hard. And here's the other thing.

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Speaker 1: Clearly Cam's healthy. So I don't know if New England.

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Speaker 1: Here's what I do know. They're They're not a Suita

571
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Speaker 1: Bowl contender with the offensive weapons they have, but they

572
00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:33,160
Speaker 1: are a playoff contender. And I would say if Cams

573
00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:36,720
Speaker 1: play sixteen games at his health, they're a playoff lock.

574
00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:41,520
Speaker 1: Like you give me Belichick, Josh McDaniels, and healthy Cam Newton.

575
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Speaker 1: What do we know about all three? Well, one, I

576
00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:45,840
Speaker 1: get the greatest coach of all time too. I get

577
00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:48,720
Speaker 1: a guy that's proven over the last decade. He's one

578
00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:51,680
Speaker 1: of top five or six offensive coordinator in the league

579
00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:54,280
Speaker 1: that is open minded and can change his offense. And

580
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Speaker 1: what is Cam Newton proven? He can? He's a Pro

581
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Speaker 1: Bowl level guy. So you give me a pro Bowl

582
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:02,640
Speaker 1: level quarter act with Bill Belichick, a defense that's solid.

583
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:04,720
Speaker 1: I know Russ got him, but I mean rust in

584
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,280
Speaker 1: the peak of his powers, and you get Miami and

585
00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:10,160
Speaker 1: the Jets on your schedule. There's four wins, right, They've

586
00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:13,200
Speaker 1: already got one out of those three. And I'll take

587
00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:15,880
Speaker 1: a coin flip between maybe they can split with Buffalo.

588
00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:19,120
Speaker 1: I don't feel one confident Sean mcdermot's my guy, and

589
00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:22,400
Speaker 1: I'm hell Josh Allen's balling right now that Buffalo is

590
00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:25,120
Speaker 1: just a lock to sweep them, Not with a healthy Cam,

591
00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:30,080
Speaker 1: not with the game plan of Belichick, not with their culture. Uh.

592
00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:34,000
Speaker 1: And here's a reality in football. When you act like

593
00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:37,160
Speaker 1: an Antonio Brown or Terrell Owens and you truly can't

594
00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:40,719
Speaker 1: get along, you're an outlier. It's a fit in the league.

595
00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:44,280
Speaker 1: So yeah, and listen, Cam has gotten on my nerves before,

596
00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:48,640
Speaker 1: but he fit in with Carolina Ron Rivera, who is

597
00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:52,160
Speaker 1: a old school football coach, just to begin with, who's

598
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:55,400
Speaker 1: a military son who. When I think Ron Rivera, I

599
00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:59,080
Speaker 1: think discipline, I think toughness, love Cam. They got along

600
00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:02,640
Speaker 1: very very well. I don't beside just some like basic

601
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:06,640
Speaker 1: football disagreements. Ever felt like they have an issue. So

602
00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:09,560
Speaker 1: maybe we overcomplicated this stuff, like, hey, I's not gonna

603
00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:13,560
Speaker 1: get along and New England, he ain't Antonio Brown. We're

604
00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:17,360
Speaker 1: not talking about some loser here like some criminal like

605
00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:22,280
Speaker 1: Greg Hardy, did we overcomplicate the marriage between Bill Belichick

606
00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:25,800
Speaker 1: and Cam Newton, A talented guy that has something to prove,

607
00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:29,719
Speaker 1: who's not making much money, who when healthy, is you know,

608
00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:32,600
Speaker 1: one of the more talented guys in the league. And

609
00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:35,640
Speaker 1: no one's ever questioned his work ethic, or heart or desire.

610
00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:39,480
Speaker 1: And Belichick has enjoyed being around him, and they've built

611
00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:42,240
Speaker 1: their entire offense around him. And every time they get

612
00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:47,000
Speaker 1: in that jumbo formation towards the goal line, directsnap to Cam.

613
00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:49,080
Speaker 1: I know what, I know what I thought was coming

614
00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:52,080
Speaker 1: a touchdown and he scored a couple and I had

615
00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:54,920
Speaker 1: Seattle in that game minus four. I mean, I just

616
00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,880
Speaker 1: assumed once they got that final play that he was

617
00:32:57,920 --> 00:32:59,640
Speaker 1: gonna find a way to score. Great play by the

618
00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:02,280
Speaker 1: Seattle All defensive lineman call Year, which was the first

619
00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:04,640
Speaker 1: round pick last year. That was basically a healthy scratch

620
00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:08,520
Speaker 1: for the majority of their games. But that that game

621
00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:10,920
Speaker 1: also shows you why the NFL is kink. I mean

622
00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:17,640
Speaker 1: that game, Cam Russ, Pete Belichick, the effort on both levels,

623
00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:21,920
Speaker 1: that the physicality, the big plays, the drama, Like there's

624
00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:24,280
Speaker 1: a reason the NFL's in a different stratosphere as the

625
00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:27,040
Speaker 1: other league's. And I'm not trying to bemoan or talk

626
00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:30,760
Speaker 1: shit about basketball or baseball. I watched those sports, but

627
00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:34,320
Speaker 1: the majority of Americans do not. And one thing is like,

628
00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:36,920
Speaker 1: even when you hear the ratings are down, twenty million

629
00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:39,440
Speaker 1: people watch a game like that. You know what the

630
00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:41,800
Speaker 1: NBA would give for a regular season game to get

631
00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:44,200
Speaker 1: ten million people. Adam Silver would give his left nut

632
00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:46,760
Speaker 1: for that to happen. You know what Rob Manfred would

633
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:48,720
Speaker 1: do for eight million people to watch a big regular

634
00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:52,120
Speaker 1: season baseball game. Do you understand what they would do

635
00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:55,400
Speaker 1: to get that type viewership? And I'm not trying to

636
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:58,360
Speaker 1: be like Roger Goodell's mouthpiece here, but that's just a fact.

637
00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:03,280
Speaker 1: The more and more segment did that media and entertainment gets,

638
00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:05,840
Speaker 1: it's harder to get eyeballs, it's harder to get viewers.

639
00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:08,560
Speaker 1: And the NFL, if it's up five percent or down

640
00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:12,000
Speaker 1: five percent, is still getting a number that every other

641
00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:14,880
Speaker 1: sport you could combine them all, they wouldn't even equal that.

642
00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:16,880
Speaker 1: And it's because you just watch it. You're like, that

643
00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:20,200
Speaker 1: is an incredible drama, incredible effort. And we bet and

644
00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:24,440
Speaker 1: play fantasy as well. But Cam Newton's back people like

645
00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:26,919
Speaker 1: it's and listen, I've been someone to question him over

646
00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:30,040
Speaker 1: the years, but I've never questioned his talent. And if

647
00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:33,880
Speaker 1: he's healthy, they have themselves a Pro Bowl level talent.

648
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:37,040
Speaker 1: And we know that Belichick just finds a way to you.

649
00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:40,000
Speaker 1: He'll just find a way to make it work. Okay,

650
00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:42,000
Speaker 1: let me talk about a couple of coaching things that

651
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:46,600
Speaker 1: I saw around the NFL. I just these these things

652
00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:50,560
Speaker 1: bother me. Let me start with one. I know, the

653
00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:55,520
Speaker 1: Cowboys pulled the win out of their behinds with the

654
00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:58,719
Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons. Dack through for over four hundred yards and

655
00:34:59,239 --> 00:35:03,240
Speaker 1: they were down huge and somehow one forty thirty nine,

656
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:08,160
Speaker 1: but Matt Ryan threw four touchdowns on him, and they

657
00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:11,640
Speaker 1: were just consistently getting worked in the air. And I

658
00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:13,640
Speaker 1: like Mike McCarthy, and I think that he kind of

659
00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:17,279
Speaker 1: got a bad rap. Those last however long in Green Bay,

660
00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:19,000
Speaker 1: maybe a year and a half. The last season I

661
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:20,760
Speaker 1: think they went eight and eight. And then that season

662
00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:22,600
Speaker 1: where he got fired, people started talking about, like the

663
00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:26,279
Speaker 1: village idiot. He's not the village idiot. But when you're

664
00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:29,760
Speaker 1: a head coach, it's more than just getting your team prepared.

665
00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:33,080
Speaker 1: It's more than just coaching an offense or a defense,

666
00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:36,239
Speaker 1: one job that I don't think we really talk about

667
00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:40,280
Speaker 1: until the season is going. That is equally as important

668
00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:43,240
Speaker 1: as basically everything you're gonna do besides some game day stuff.

669
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:45,839
Speaker 1: And it just it's impossible to differentiate because it's part

670
00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:50,120
Speaker 1: of game day. It's the coaches you hire. And Mike

671
00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:53,920
Speaker 1: McCarthy went to work for Jerry Jones, who surely told him, listen,

672
00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:57,879
Speaker 1: whatever you need in terms of a page, in terms

673
00:35:57,880 --> 00:35:59,719
Speaker 1: of a blank check to go get yourself the top

674
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:03,680
Speaker 1: d nsive coordinator. Here's your check. And he came back

675
00:36:03,719 --> 00:36:07,520
Speaker 1: with Mike Nolan. Now I get it. Everything in life

676
00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:11,120
Speaker 1: turns out to kind of be personal, right, who gave

677
00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:14,920
Speaker 1: you your start, who helped you do this, who introduced

678
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:19,759
Speaker 1: you to your wife? You know what, what company gave

679
00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:22,440
Speaker 1: you your first deal, wherever you made your first sale

680
00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:25,840
Speaker 1: to you become kind of, you know, have some obligation

681
00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:29,400
Speaker 1: to an individual. But there has to be a balance.

682
00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:33,040
Speaker 1: And when Mike McCarthy hired Mike Nolan to be as

683
00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:36,840
Speaker 1: defensive coordinator, I almost threw up in my mouth. And

684
00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:42,040
Speaker 1: this was obviously back in January, but Mike Nolan hired

685
00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:44,440
Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy, a guy that not many people knew that

686
00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:46,680
Speaker 1: much about to be as offensive coordinator back in two

687
00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:49,480
Speaker 1: thousand five. The following year he became the Green Bay

688
00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:53,239
Speaker 1: Packers coach. So for changed his life, right, he became

689
00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:57,160
Speaker 1: a Super Bowl champion. Uh, he just let a team

690
00:36:57,160 --> 00:37:00,040
Speaker 1: that want a shipload of games that eventually, because of

691
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:03,399
Speaker 1: that resume, allowed him to get the Cowboy job. He's

692
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:05,719
Speaker 1: gonna you know right now, in his resume he's been

693
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:07,480
Speaker 1: the head coach of the Green Bay Packers and the

694
00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:09,920
Speaker 1: head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. They'd be like, Oh,

695
00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:11,279
Speaker 1: who have you been a coach of? You'd be like,

696
00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:13,640
Speaker 1: Ah'd be like pat Riley, New York Knicks and l

697
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:16,279
Speaker 1: A Lakers. You know, it's like Joe Tory, you know,

698
00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:20,080
Speaker 1: Yankees and the Dodgers. Yeah, the Packers and the Cowboys

699
00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:24,040
Speaker 1: changed his life. So I I get feeling obligated to

700
00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:26,840
Speaker 1: do something for this guy. But there is not another

701
00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:30,440
Speaker 1: coach in America that would have made Mike Nolan a

702
00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:33,799
Speaker 1: defensive coordinator in the NFL. Mike Nolan was never going

703
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:37,279
Speaker 1: to be a defensive coordinator again in his life. And

704
00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:39,439
Speaker 1: he might be a nice guy. I think he works hard,

705
00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:44,720
Speaker 1: all that bs he's not good enough and listened. I

706
00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:48,040
Speaker 1: I believe sometimes winning can band aid issues. And that

707
00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:52,160
Speaker 1: win because some bozo on the Atlanta Falcons couldn't jump

708
00:37:52,239 --> 00:37:53,960
Speaker 1: on the ball when it's right in front of his

709
00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:56,600
Speaker 1: feet and the Cowboys can't touch it on an onsite

710
00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:59,719
Speaker 1: kick is beyond me. But I know there then they

711
00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:02,719
Speaker 1: sell brand in the locker room and Jerry's rips off

712
00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:06,399
Speaker 1: his mask and it's whoa. It's like, I, I can't

713
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:08,680
Speaker 1: take the Dallas Cowboys seriously with Mike Nolan as your

714
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:11,320
Speaker 1: defensive coordina, and I would imagine most Cowboy fans listening,

715
00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:14,359
Speaker 1: I would agree with me that for as cool as

716
00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:16,759
Speaker 1: that win is, these first couple of weeks have to

717
00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:19,440
Speaker 1: just have you scratched your head. Is Mike Nolan. This

718
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:21,799
Speaker 1: guy's gonna be the defensive coordinator of the team for

719
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:24,759
Speaker 1: the next couple of years. Mike McCarthy gonna have the

720
00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:28,360
Speaker 1: balls to fire a friend. It's just it's just a

721
00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:32,160
Speaker 1: bad situation. And then two other guys like on the

722
00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:35,719
Speaker 1: flip side, when you know, you know, think about how

723
00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:38,920
Speaker 1: often when you're dating someone or you're working for someone

724
00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:40,959
Speaker 1: and you're just telling yourself every day like I gotta

725
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:44,279
Speaker 1: get out of this relationship. I can't keep working in

726
00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:47,440
Speaker 1: this for this company or for this boss. I am miserable.

727
00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:51,080
Speaker 1: This sucks. I know it, but you keep doing it because,

728
00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:53,400
Speaker 1: let's face it, a lot of times, the easiest thing

729
00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:56,799
Speaker 1: to do is the opposite of the hard thing. Quit

730
00:38:56,840 --> 00:39:01,239
Speaker 1: the job, dumper. You know it's difficult to do that

731
00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:04,759
Speaker 1: because it creates uncertainty. Well, where am I going to

732
00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:06,399
Speaker 1: find another job? Am I gonna be able to find

733
00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:09,040
Speaker 1: another girlfriend? Am I? Am I gonna be able to do?

734
00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:12,000
Speaker 1: Do you think how many people that get divorces. I've

735
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,920
Speaker 1: known so many people and so many friends of friends

736
00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:18,200
Speaker 1: that have got divorces. I was told about a couple

737
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:20,440
Speaker 1: they got a divorce. They got was like seventy eight

738
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:23,359
Speaker 1: years old, and someone saw him like a week later,

739
00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:26,000
Speaker 1: and he's like, it's crazy. It took me fifty years

740
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:28,719
Speaker 1: to do this. It's been the happiest week of my life.

741
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:30,920
Speaker 1: You meet so many divorce men that are like I

742
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:33,040
Speaker 1: should have done this ten years ago. But it's complicated.

743
00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:36,320
Speaker 1: You have children, you have shared assets. So many people

744
00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:39,680
Speaker 1: just work at a job they despise, even talented people.

745
00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:41,399
Speaker 1: They can get another job and they and they never

746
00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:44,920
Speaker 1: leave just because they're scared of the uncertainty. Well, the

747
00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:47,360
Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons last year, we know dan Quinn is not

748
00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:50,200
Speaker 1: good enough. Who cares that? He wants some meaningless games

749
00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:53,200
Speaker 1: down the stretch. Oh he beat the Niners week fift.

750
00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:55,960
Speaker 1: Richard Sherman wasn't there and Julio Jones went for like

751
00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:58,160
Speaker 1: a hundred fifty yards Richard Sherman to play in that

752
00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:00,440
Speaker 1: game and they win that game? Is dan quinsti the coach?

753
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:05,680
Speaker 1: Like Arthur Blank, you created I mean, you became a

754
00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:08,759
Speaker 1: billionaire for a reason, your gut instincts, you know what

755
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:12,040
Speaker 1: you're doing. You allowed really your last two coaches him

756
00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:15,080
Speaker 1: and Mike Smith, Like, once you get enough evidence, get

757
00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:16,920
Speaker 1: rid of the guy. Why why do you keep hiring

758
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:19,319
Speaker 1: basically the same type coach? And if I hear dan

759
00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:22,239
Speaker 1: Quinn give fake optimism about where they're going or what

760
00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:25,279
Speaker 1: they're doing, well, it's like, bro, you're the head coach

761
00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:28,759
Speaker 1: of a team that was in a position up you know,

762
00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:31,680
Speaker 1: twenty plus points in the second half. But even for

763
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:34,400
Speaker 1: blowing a lead that happened sometimes they still had to

764
00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:37,279
Speaker 1: kick an onside kick within their two minutes to put

765
00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:39,520
Speaker 1: themselves in a position to beat you. And then the

766
00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:42,640
Speaker 1: onside kick. The kick was so terrible. It was standing

767
00:40:42,719 --> 00:40:44,279
Speaker 1: right in front of your sitting right in front of

768
00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:47,040
Speaker 1: your guys, at like seven yards. The Cowboys could not

769
00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:49,279
Speaker 1: touch the ball, and you guys just looked at it.

770
00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:52,080
Speaker 1: And as Belichick would say, you're either coaching it or

771
00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:54,480
Speaker 1: allowing it to happen. So you can point the special

772
00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:57,200
Speaker 1: teams coach, you can point the player. It starts with you,

773
00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:02,759
Speaker 1: the head coach. That was embarrassing. I can't take the

774
00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:04,720
Speaker 1: Falcon seriously. And listen, I have a lot of respect

775
00:41:04,719 --> 00:41:07,720
Speaker 1: for Arthur Blank as a businessman, I can't take him seriously.

776
00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:11,080
Speaker 1: He should have fired dan Quinn last year. He took

777
00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:13,799
Speaker 1: the easy route staying with dan Quinn, and he got

778
00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:16,719
Speaker 1: the easy result, not making the playoffs again, because that's

779
00:41:16,719 --> 00:41:21,000
Speaker 1: surely where the Atlanta Falcons are headed. Adam Gaze, I've

780
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:23,480
Speaker 1: watched the Jets the last two weeks. I watched them

781
00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:27,040
Speaker 1: much closer this week against the Niners. In defense of

782
00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:30,440
Speaker 1: Adam Gaze, I will say this, he has the worst

783
00:41:30,520 --> 00:41:35,040
Speaker 1: roster in the NFL. Even after these injuries and for

784
00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:37,560
Speaker 1: all these crappy teams like the Giants loose a Quon

785
00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:40,920
Speaker 1: I don't even think it's close. His team is the

786
00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:45,440
Speaker 1: least talented NFL roster by a decent margin. I feel

787
00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:48,399
Speaker 1: for you Jets fans, but I think you all will

788
00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:52,560
Speaker 1: acknowledge you've had some down and obviously, if you're my age,

789
00:41:52,560 --> 00:41:54,480
Speaker 1: you've seen some good teams, right, You've seen some a

790
00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:57,080
Speaker 1: f C Championship teams, some of those teams in the

791
00:41:57,080 --> 00:41:59,279
Speaker 1: early two thousands with her, and we're really competitive. Like

792
00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:01,200
Speaker 1: you guys know what a good team looks like. You

793
00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:04,000
Speaker 1: know what a crappy team looks like. But when's the

794
00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:07,680
Speaker 1: last time your team has been this bad? When Keishawn

795
00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:11,640
Speaker 1: Johnson went number one? Overall? This team is a joke. Now,

796
00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:17,080
Speaker 1: Adam Gates gots to go, but it's not totally his fault. Now,

797
00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:20,520
Speaker 1: Greg Williams and some of his antics, I mean, I

798
00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:24,120
Speaker 1: just I can't take any of them seriously. But whenever

799
00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:26,720
Speaker 1: this ends, whether they fire them when they're owing five,

800
00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:28,800
Speaker 1: whether they wait till the end of the year, however

801
00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:31,400
Speaker 1: they do it, and they'll blow out the entire coaching staff,

802
00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:34,960
Speaker 1: there is gonna be a ton of pressure on Joe

803
00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:39,759
Speaker 1: Douglas to hire a rights coach, you know, because not

804
00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:43,600
Speaker 1: a GM is about more than just the draft. And

805
00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:46,520
Speaker 1: you know, who are you gonna cut when the fifty

806
00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:50,040
Speaker 1: three man cut down happened September one, you better hire

807
00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:52,640
Speaker 1: the right coach because you could argue that's even more

808
00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:55,440
Speaker 1: important than picking the quarterback. And Joe douglasn't picked this quarterback,

809
00:42:55,480 --> 00:42:58,040
Speaker 1: so there's no there's no lock that Sam Donald's just

810
00:42:58,320 --> 00:43:00,759
Speaker 1: gonna stay here forever. Now it's I don't. I'd say

811
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:04,280
Speaker 1: Sam Donald is the least of their worries and uh

812
00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:06,839
Speaker 1: and Adam Gates would probably be two. More talent, would

813
00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:10,320
Speaker 1: be number one, But it's just it's just Adam lifeless,

814
00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:13,880
Speaker 1: team zero creativity. You know these I remember reading a

815
00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:16,359
Speaker 1: story last year, I think on Bleacher Report. They stays

816
00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:18,839
Speaker 1: in the office. He's there to like one in the morning, Like, bro,

817
00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:21,719
Speaker 1: what what could you possibly be doing until one in

818
00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:24,759
Speaker 1: the morning? Just go home at dinner time? What are

819
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:26,800
Speaker 1: you doing with this? Like why are you staying in

820
00:43:26,840 --> 00:43:31,240
Speaker 1: the office this late? What you're gonna scheme some backup practice?

821
00:43:31,239 --> 00:43:35,600
Speaker 1: Squad guy? Open? You won't. So just just enjoy the

822
00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:38,480
Speaker 1: money that's coming your way and try to do some

823
00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:41,160
Speaker 1: creative because who's gonna hire Adam Gates next year? To

824
00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:44,200
Speaker 1: be their offensive coordinator. Seriously, is he gonna be an

825
00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:47,920
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator again this year? I don't remember a guy

826
00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:50,560
Speaker 1: they became a head coach, even like Josh McDaniels the

827
00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:52,600
Speaker 1: game head coach and then boom as bad as it

828
00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:55,600
Speaker 1: was in Denver, Remember he immediately became an offensive coordinator again.

829
00:43:56,280 --> 00:43:59,000
Speaker 1: A lot of guys like Pat Shermer ugly in New York,

830
00:43:59,040 --> 00:44:02,239
Speaker 1: but offensive corps nator immediately with Vick fan Jie, you

831
00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:06,080
Speaker 1: see it, guys bounced back. I don't know if you could.

832
00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:08,560
Speaker 1: You know, I couldn't hire him if I was a

833
00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:11,479
Speaker 1: head coach or allow it as a general manager. Next

834
00:44:11,560 --> 00:44:14,080
Speaker 1: year we hire a coach, he needs an offensive coordinator.

835
00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:16,520
Speaker 1: I wouldn't touch Adam Gates with a ten foot poll.

836
00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:20,879
Speaker 1: The most embarrassing thing I saw on Sunday was Anthony Lynn.

837
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:24,200
Speaker 1: And if you've been listening to podcast for a while,

838
00:44:24,280 --> 00:44:27,799
Speaker 1: you know I've been hard on Anthony Lynn. And I'm

839
00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:30,720
Speaker 1: still not really sure what he does, but after watching

840
00:44:30,760 --> 00:44:33,919
Speaker 1: Hard Knocks, here's what I know. He's a very, very

841
00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:37,640
Speaker 1: impressive guy. I would like Anthony Lynn to be my friend.

842
00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:40,440
Speaker 1: I understand why people would hire him as a coach

843
00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:43,720
Speaker 1: on their staff. Is he good enough head coach? Jury

844
00:44:43,719 --> 00:44:46,719
Speaker 1: is still out, But after Tyro I got banged up

845
00:44:46,719 --> 00:44:49,680
Speaker 1: and Justin Herbert's thrown into action. And if you watch

846
00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:52,200
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert play, he had some good things. He had

847
00:44:52,239 --> 00:44:57,520
Speaker 1: some bad things, but a little like a young Cam Newton. Uh,

848
00:44:57,560 --> 00:45:00,640
Speaker 1: I actually saw some like a young Kaepernick there. He didn't.

849
00:45:00,680 --> 00:45:04,000
Speaker 1: He's not quite as fast, but I gotta I stole

850
00:45:04,040 --> 00:45:06,720
Speaker 1: that from my my other podcast partner and Guy Haberman,

851
00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:08,920
Speaker 1: and he's kind of right. You kind of compared the

852
00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:12,959
Speaker 1: situation when Justin Herbert went in for and injured Alex Smith,

853
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:16,800
Speaker 1: and while he pipped him the differences, the forty Niners

854
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:19,840
Speaker 1: never flinched and never went back, and Alex had accomplished

855
00:45:19,840 --> 00:45:24,880
Speaker 1: a lot more in Tyrod Taylor. Again, these are just words.

856
00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:27,879
Speaker 1: I judge you off action, So I hate being hypocritical

857
00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:31,319
Speaker 1: to my own life mottos. So until I see it

858
00:45:31,360 --> 00:45:34,759
Speaker 1: in action, I'm gonna preface this. I'm just basing this

859
00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:36,480
Speaker 1: off what he said, and I'm gonna take him at

860
00:45:36,520 --> 00:45:40,319
Speaker 1: face value because I know Colin and Doug and got

861
00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:42,200
Speaker 1: Leave and these guys know a lot of people with

862
00:45:42,280 --> 00:45:44,440
Speaker 1: the Chargers, and they've been adamant like They're gonna stick

863
00:45:44,480 --> 00:45:46,520
Speaker 1: with Tyrod. They have a plan they know to let's go,

864
00:45:47,239 --> 00:45:51,360
Speaker 1: which I don't agree with. It's two thousand twenty. Herbert

865
00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:54,080
Speaker 1: had been a four year starter at Oregon. I know

866
00:45:54,239 --> 00:45:57,960
Speaker 1: Tyrod Taylor's ceiling is not very high. I don't know

867
00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:00,439
Speaker 1: what Justin Herbert's is. But I just drafted the guy six.

868
00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:02,839
Speaker 1: Throw him in there. He's not Mr Bisky. He didn't

869
00:46:02,840 --> 00:46:05,200
Speaker 1: start one year in college. He's been a full time

870
00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:11,200
Speaker 1: starter since like two thousand seventeen. Excuse me, sixteen, sixteen seventeen,

871
00:46:11,320 --> 00:46:14,520
Speaker 1: eighteen nineteen. I get no O, T, A S and

872
00:46:14,560 --> 00:46:19,000
Speaker 1: all that crap. I understand it. Just play the kid.

873
00:46:19,200 --> 00:46:22,160
Speaker 1: But Anthony Lynn says, when Tyrod Taylor is healthy, he's

874
00:46:22,200 --> 00:46:26,000
Speaker 1: our starter. It's just how do you say something like that.

875
00:46:26,080 --> 00:46:28,239
Speaker 1: Were you just watching the same game on Sunday that

876
00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:32,560
Speaker 1: I was watching? Like he made he made throws physically

877
00:46:32,880 --> 00:46:35,120
Speaker 1: that look like the other quarterback on the other side

878
00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:38,719
Speaker 1: of the field who happens to be Patrick Mahomes, who

879
00:46:38,760 --> 00:46:40,919
Speaker 1: happens to get a ten year, four and fifty million

880
00:46:40,920 --> 00:46:45,040
Speaker 1: dollar contract, And we all think it's kind of undervalued. Now.

881
00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:46,959
Speaker 1: I don't think Herbert's ever going to be that good.

882
00:46:47,120 --> 00:46:51,840
Speaker 1: But physically he is super gifted and I'm a huge believer.

883
00:46:52,280 --> 00:46:53,840
Speaker 1: I learned this is where I went to college at

884
00:46:53,880 --> 00:46:56,759
Speaker 1: how Paula. You learn by doing, I don't. I don't

885
00:46:56,880 --> 00:47:00,040
Speaker 1: learn on boards. The reasons I don't like politicians is

886
00:47:00,080 --> 00:47:02,839
Speaker 1: they always talk in theories. That's why I have nothing

887
00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:05,960
Speaker 1: that not that much in comedy. With academia, you know,

888
00:47:05,960 --> 00:47:08,000
Speaker 1: if you do this, this is the outcome. Well, it

889
00:47:08,040 --> 00:47:10,360
Speaker 1: looks great on the white board. Let's get in the

890
00:47:10,400 --> 00:47:13,560
Speaker 1: real world. It's easy to talk about selling in a class.

891
00:47:14,360 --> 00:47:15,920
Speaker 1: Let me give you a product and tell you to

892
00:47:15,960 --> 00:47:17,640
Speaker 1: go to five people you don't know and try to

893
00:47:17,680 --> 00:47:21,759
Speaker 1: sell that product. But anyone listening who's in sales goes

894
00:47:22,600 --> 00:47:25,120
Speaker 1: that first year trying to sell stuff is a mother

895
00:47:26,360 --> 00:47:29,359
Speaker 1: it is. It's tough, but you know what you learn.

896
00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:31,640
Speaker 1: You then create a couple of relationships. You find out

897
00:47:31,680 --> 00:47:33,520
Speaker 1: what you're good at, you find out what you're bad at,

898
00:47:33,840 --> 00:47:37,600
Speaker 1: and you go from there. No different with quarterbacks. He

899
00:47:37,719 --> 00:47:40,919
Speaker 1: threw a pick in that game is my favorite player

900
00:47:40,920 --> 00:47:43,800
Speaker 1: of the game for him because you know what he'll realize.

901
00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:45,680
Speaker 1: You know, I could have done that against Oregon State.

902
00:47:45,760 --> 00:47:47,920
Speaker 1: I could have done that against Utah. I can't do

903
00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:50,480
Speaker 1: that against the Kansas Chiefs. I can't do that in

904
00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:54,200
Speaker 1: the NFL. But the only way to learn where your

905
00:47:54,239 --> 00:47:57,000
Speaker 1: physical gifts end and where you have to make plays

906
00:47:57,040 --> 00:48:01,040
Speaker 1: with your mind is by playing the sport at quarterback.

907
00:48:01,480 --> 00:48:05,240
Speaker 1: You gotta play that. There's no way to get around

908
00:48:05,320 --> 00:48:09,680
Speaker 1: it without playing. And clearly he's way more talented than Tyrod.

909
00:48:09,960 --> 00:48:11,759
Speaker 1: Now I could have told you that six months ago.

910
00:48:12,080 --> 00:48:15,080
Speaker 1: For some reason, Anthony Lynn, I don't know who doesn't

911
00:48:15,120 --> 00:48:18,040
Speaker 1: want to admit it. Loves Tyrod. I get it. I

912
00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:22,880
Speaker 1: get loving a guy Tyrod. Just scouting him in the league,

913
00:48:23,120 --> 00:48:26,120
Speaker 1: always liked him, high character guy, you watch hard knocks.

914
00:48:26,160 --> 00:48:29,680
Speaker 1: He's an impressive individual. He's gonna be successful the rest

915
00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:31,839
Speaker 1: of his life when he's done playing football, and he's

916
00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:34,439
Speaker 1: not close to being done playing football. So he's gonna

917
00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:36,480
Speaker 1: be in the league as a backup for year a cup,

918
00:48:36,560 --> 00:48:38,840
Speaker 1: three or four or five years. But he's not a

919
00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:41,759
Speaker 1: starter on a good team, especially when his backup for

920
00:48:41,760 --> 00:48:45,000
Speaker 1: the number six overall pick named Justin Herbert just put

921
00:48:45,080 --> 00:48:47,960
Speaker 1: him in the game, making the starter moving forward, make

922
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:51,480
Speaker 1: Tyrode the backup. It's not that complicated. You don't need

923
00:48:51,560 --> 00:48:54,520
Speaker 1: to be Bill Walsh to just watch that game, and

924
00:48:54,560 --> 00:48:56,239
Speaker 1: Anthony Lynn had a better seat than me because he

925
00:48:56,280 --> 00:48:58,879
Speaker 1: was literally on the sideline to go. This guy gives

926
00:48:58,960 --> 00:49:01,560
Speaker 1: us a better chance to go further, and he definitely

927
00:49:01,560 --> 00:49:03,560
Speaker 1: gives us a better chance to go farther in years

928
00:49:03,600 --> 00:49:07,839
Speaker 1: to come if he can learn this year. So if

929
00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:10,400
Speaker 1: I was Dean Spanos, if I was Tom to LESCo,

930
00:49:10,640 --> 00:49:12,840
Speaker 1: I would throw my body in front of this decision

931
00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:16,759
Speaker 1: under no circumstances. If Justin Herbert's healthy, is he's not

932
00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:20,520
Speaker 1: the starting quarterback moving forward. It's honestly, I think it's

933
00:49:20,560 --> 00:49:24,200
Speaker 1: embarrassing to even say that because it's an easy one. Listen,

934
00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:29,280
Speaker 1: we don't know what to revaluate Tyrod's injury. Uh, everything's

935
00:49:29,360 --> 00:49:32,840
Speaker 1: up for discussion now. It's a simple one. Players aren't dumb.

936
00:49:33,920 --> 00:49:36,880
Speaker 1: Do you think Keenan Allen and Mike Williams don't realize

937
00:49:36,880 --> 00:49:38,799
Speaker 1: what they just saw and the balls to getting thrown

938
00:49:38,840 --> 00:49:41,279
Speaker 1: their way, and the and the the arm strength. Now,

939
00:49:41,560 --> 00:49:45,040
Speaker 1: he needs to develop much more touch, Like you know,

940
00:49:45,080 --> 00:49:47,920
Speaker 1: two thousand and twelve, Kaepernick a lot of power, not

941
00:49:48,040 --> 00:49:52,239
Speaker 1: much touch. Now, Kaepernick never developed touch ever. It's one

942
00:49:52,280 --> 00:49:56,160
Speaker 1: thing the media has forgotten about as the Kaepernick discussion

943
00:49:56,239 --> 00:49:58,080
Speaker 1: now it's it's really convoluted and there's a lot of

944
00:49:58,120 --> 00:50:00,320
Speaker 1: different elements to it. But just from a foot all

945
00:50:00,480 --> 00:50:03,319
Speaker 1: standpoint in a vacuum, never had any touch, couldn't throw

946
00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:06,680
Speaker 1: a wheel route, couldn't you know, throw a little lob passes.

947
00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:10,719
Speaker 1: And Justin Herbert was just throwing fastballs and when when

948
00:50:10,760 --> 00:50:13,200
Speaker 1: it hits, it looks fantastic. He threw a ball Keenan

949
00:50:13,200 --> 00:50:15,160
Speaker 1: Allen over the middle against Chiefs it was like whoa.

950
00:50:15,600 --> 00:50:17,480
Speaker 1: But he also threw some out routes. You know that

951
00:50:18,640 --> 00:50:21,040
Speaker 1: through tempt feed over the guy's head. But the only

952
00:50:21,040 --> 00:50:23,640
Speaker 1: way to improve is a play. Did you see what Josh?

953
00:50:23,760 --> 00:50:26,480
Speaker 1: What has Josh Allen done? Played from the jump, gotten

954
00:50:26,520 --> 00:50:29,640
Speaker 1: better and better and better. And three years into his

955
00:50:29,680 --> 00:50:32,120
Speaker 1: career he's on a team that we think it's gonna

956
00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:36,759
Speaker 1: compete to win twelve thirteen games because he's better. Well,

957
00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:38,719
Speaker 1: if you want to be talking about in two years,

958
00:50:38,760 --> 00:50:40,319
Speaker 1: you know this Charger team is gonna be really good.

959
00:50:40,320 --> 00:50:44,440
Speaker 1: Why because Justin Herbert is ready. Hell, it could be

960
00:50:44,520 --> 00:50:47,600
Speaker 1: next year when Derwin comes back. Do you have all

961
00:50:47,640 --> 00:50:49,800
Speaker 1: these guys in our contract? This this team is built

962
00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:53,799
Speaker 1: for the next several years. But I like this team

963
00:50:53,800 --> 00:50:57,120
Speaker 1: a lot more next year, hell, even this year when

964
00:50:57,160 --> 00:51:00,759
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert's under center or in the shotgun, which he's

965
00:51:00,760 --> 00:51:03,440
Speaker 1: clearly comfortable doing. Here's why you don't like the Chargers

966
00:51:03,520 --> 00:51:06,799
Speaker 1: when Tyrod Taylor plays. And if Anthony Lynn can't figure

967
00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:12,560
Speaker 1: that out, maybe I'm back to, you know, crushing him again. Okay,

968
00:51:12,640 --> 00:51:15,160
Speaker 1: let me hit on a couple of quick stories that

969
00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:20,480
Speaker 1: have happened over the last materialized, really materialized on Monday.

970
00:51:20,480 --> 00:51:23,479
Speaker 1: One kind of late Sunday, but definitely one during Monday

971
00:51:23,520 --> 00:51:27,560
Speaker 1: night football. And I've talked about this before about the

972
00:51:27,560 --> 00:51:30,759
Speaker 1: the NFL getting mad about the coaches wearing masks. Well,

973
00:51:30,840 --> 00:51:35,360
Speaker 1: then Pete Carroll, Kyle Shanahan, Vic Fangio. I mean I

974
00:51:35,880 --> 00:51:39,400
Speaker 1: haven't watched every snap of Vic Fangio. I did the

975
00:51:39,400 --> 00:51:41,160
Speaker 1: first week, I watched a lot of the second week,

976
00:51:41,200 --> 00:51:42,960
Speaker 1: actually had some money on the Broncos and somehow with

977
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:46,680
Speaker 1: Jeff Drisco, they covered that game. Vic Fangio doesn't even

978
00:51:46,719 --> 00:51:51,520
Speaker 1: pretend to care. Pete Carroll, same thing. Kyle Shanahan has

979
00:51:51,560 --> 00:51:54,080
Speaker 1: not once put the mask over his face. I'm sure

980
00:51:54,080 --> 00:51:56,040
Speaker 1: by the time you're listening to Sean Payton will have

981
00:51:56,160 --> 00:51:59,520
Speaker 1: also been fined, even though he's had the corona and

982
00:51:59,560 --> 00:52:03,879
Speaker 1: has the antibodies and cannot transfer the virus. But they're

983
00:52:03,920 --> 00:52:06,960
Speaker 1: finding coaches a hundred thousand dollars for not putting the

984
00:52:07,000 --> 00:52:08,880
Speaker 1: mask over their face, and then on top of that,

985
00:52:08,960 --> 00:52:13,600
Speaker 1: finding the team two fifty thou dollars. So I think

986
00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:16,560
Speaker 1: someone tweeted over a million dollars of fines were handed

987
00:52:16,560 --> 00:52:20,440
Speaker 1: out on Monday, and by the time you listen to this,

988
00:52:20,480 --> 00:52:24,160
Speaker 1: I would be shocked if Sean Payton doesn't get fined

989
00:52:24,760 --> 00:52:27,840
Speaker 1: as well. I'd say Gruden would probably be on the fence,

990
00:52:27,920 --> 00:52:30,680
Speaker 1: though he might be on the fence close enough that

991
00:52:30,719 --> 00:52:36,040
Speaker 1: he'll survive. Here's my take. I I texted some people

992
00:52:36,080 --> 00:52:38,560
Speaker 1: in the league and I didn't hear response. Maybe it's

993
00:52:38,560 --> 00:52:40,719
Speaker 1: a really sensitive issue and some people on the on

994
00:52:40,760 --> 00:52:43,239
Speaker 1: a team that that's just happened to. And my my

995
00:52:43,360 --> 00:52:48,640
Speaker 1: question was simple, did they find Kyle because of the

996
00:52:48,719 --> 00:52:54,240
Speaker 1: optics of it or because that they are just doing

997
00:52:54,400 --> 00:52:59,600
Speaker 1: everything to cover their ass and keep the the ability

998
00:52:59,640 --> 00:53:02,799
Speaker 1: to make money, which is the game's alive. Even though

999
00:53:02,960 --> 00:53:08,480
Speaker 1: every single person on the field, players and coaches are

1000
00:53:08,520 --> 00:53:14,480
Speaker 1: tested daily and the players are literally sweating and spitting

1001
00:53:15,280 --> 00:53:18,000
Speaker 1: all over each other all game and they're tested just

1002
00:53:18,120 --> 00:53:21,359
Speaker 1: like the coaches every day, and the coaches and who

1003
00:53:21,400 --> 00:53:23,080
Speaker 1: as you see all the assistants are wearing them. A

1004
00:53:23,120 --> 00:53:24,520
Speaker 1: lot of times it's just the head coach. And a

1005
00:53:24,520 --> 00:53:26,400
Speaker 1: lot of these head coaches are play collars like Fangio

1006
00:53:26,440 --> 00:53:29,680
Speaker 1: calling the defense, Kyle calling the offense, whatever. And I

1007
00:53:29,680 --> 00:53:31,480
Speaker 1: can't imagine in the heat trying to wear it and

1008
00:53:31,520 --> 00:53:33,960
Speaker 1: be a pain in the ass. But if they're just

1009
00:53:34,120 --> 00:53:37,120
Speaker 1: doing it for optics, and maybe they are, because a

1010
00:53:37,120 --> 00:53:38,920
Speaker 1: lot of people like they're just doing it too because

1011
00:53:38,960 --> 00:53:42,520
Speaker 1: the media. I don't think the NFL gives a ship

1012
00:53:42,640 --> 00:53:47,240
Speaker 1: about the media. If I ran a business, I couldn't.

1013
00:53:47,719 --> 00:53:50,080
Speaker 1: If you're trying to play kate to the media, you've

1014
00:53:50,080 --> 00:53:54,000
Speaker 1: got it all wrong. Do not worry about the media.

1015
00:53:54,080 --> 00:53:56,399
Speaker 1: So I don't think the media has any pool now.

1016
00:53:56,440 --> 00:54:00,040
Speaker 1: One thing that might have happened the NFL threatened to

1017
00:54:00,120 --> 00:54:03,600
Speaker 1: everyone after Week one, in my take, was a c

1018
00:54:03,840 --> 00:54:06,520
Speaker 1: y A strictly all about the money, because that's what

1019
00:54:06,560 --> 00:54:09,400
Speaker 1: the NFL has been all about from day one, the money,

1020
00:54:09,600 --> 00:54:11,480
Speaker 1: as they should. They run a business. They don't run

1021
00:54:11,480 --> 00:54:14,680
Speaker 1: a charity that they're not teaching the youth life lessons.

1022
00:54:14,719 --> 00:54:17,000
Speaker 1: They're trying to make money, and the games are their

1023
00:54:17,000 --> 00:54:20,600
Speaker 1: cash cow for themselves and the players, given that their

1024
00:54:20,640 --> 00:54:26,600
Speaker 1: revenue sharing partners. But if the reason they find them

1025
00:54:26,800 --> 00:54:29,120
Speaker 1: was because they threatened it and basically guys like Kyle

1026
00:54:29,160 --> 00:54:32,560
Speaker 1: Shanahan said, I'm just gonna keep operating, that to me

1027
00:54:32,640 --> 00:54:34,960
Speaker 1: is so stupid. If you're finding them because they're being

1028
00:54:35,000 --> 00:54:38,359
Speaker 1: defiant for wearing something that makes no sense. I mean,

1029
00:54:38,640 --> 00:54:42,840
Speaker 1: Sean Payton has literally had the coronavirus, has the antibodies,

1030
00:54:43,239 --> 00:54:46,880
Speaker 1: can't catch it or give it. I know I have

1031
00:54:46,960 --> 00:54:48,640
Speaker 1: the antibodies. I've been around a lot of people that

1032
00:54:48,680 --> 00:54:50,840
Speaker 1: have have it. For whatever reason, I can't get it.

1033
00:54:50,840 --> 00:54:52,719
Speaker 1: That's whether it's the first time I got a flu

1034
00:54:52,800 --> 00:54:54,839
Speaker 1: shot in ten years, I don't really know. I mean

1035
00:54:54,880 --> 00:54:56,759
Speaker 1: I've been around a lot of people that got it.

1036
00:54:56,960 --> 00:54:58,359
Speaker 1: I was at an area where a lot of people

1037
00:54:58,400 --> 00:55:01,440
Speaker 1: got it, and I've never been faced. Kind of crazy.

1038
00:55:01,480 --> 00:55:04,359
Speaker 1: I can't quite sum it up, but it just because

1039
00:55:04,440 --> 00:55:07,520
Speaker 1: my immune system just kick ass, you know, thirty five

1040
00:55:07,600 --> 00:55:11,359
Speaker 1: going strong baby. I just think it's really stupid, and

1041
00:55:11,520 --> 00:55:17,120
Speaker 1: I despise when people in businesses do things for optics

1042
00:55:17,640 --> 00:55:20,480
Speaker 1: and it's why that I really am uncomfortable with a

1043
00:55:20,560 --> 00:55:24,960
Speaker 1: lot of commercials from different companies about the coronavirus and

1044
00:55:25,040 --> 00:55:27,560
Speaker 1: mixing things in. It's like they're trying to profit off

1045
00:55:27,600 --> 00:55:31,040
Speaker 1: these times that absolutely suck, that are ruining so many

1046
00:55:31,040 --> 00:55:34,640
Speaker 1: people's lives. It really bothers me. And if the NFL

1047
00:55:34,719 --> 00:55:37,040
Speaker 1: are finding these guys, and I don't care if you

1048
00:55:37,080 --> 00:55:39,800
Speaker 1: make six million dollars and a hundred thousand dollars relative

1049
00:55:39,920 --> 00:55:41,640
Speaker 1: is not like a hundred thousand dollars to me or

1050
00:55:41,680 --> 00:55:44,960
Speaker 1: you or to ninety eight percent of America is a

1051
00:55:45,000 --> 00:55:48,160
Speaker 1: ton of money, right, I mean, the average American incomes

1052
00:55:48,160 --> 00:55:52,000
Speaker 1: like fifty the fine is huge, and two dollars to

1053
00:55:52,040 --> 00:55:54,399
Speaker 1: a team, and granted the team makes a lot of money,

1054
00:55:54,400 --> 00:55:56,959
Speaker 1: but still that's that's a hefty fine, right. Think about

1055
00:55:56,960 --> 00:55:58,600
Speaker 1: some of the bigger fines in recent memory, like a

1056
00:55:58,600 --> 00:56:01,920
Speaker 1: million dollars. I think it's a little egregious for people.

1057
00:56:02,160 --> 00:56:05,400
Speaker 1: The testing numbers are out. They have been fantastic. Clearly,

1058
00:56:05,440 --> 00:56:08,600
Speaker 1: the players and coaches are doing everything in their power

1059
00:56:08,719 --> 00:56:12,080
Speaker 1: to avoid you know, they're not fucking around here and

1060
00:56:12,120 --> 00:56:14,200
Speaker 1: they're taking it very seriously. And if you're if you're

1061
00:56:14,200 --> 00:56:16,239
Speaker 1: getting mad on game date when clearly when they're around

1062
00:56:16,239 --> 00:56:19,640
Speaker 1: the facility and doing stuff and they're interacting with people,

1063
00:56:19,640 --> 00:56:22,480
Speaker 1: they're not wearing the mask seven. If you're doing it

1064
00:56:22,480 --> 00:56:25,440
Speaker 1: for optics, shame on you. NFL, Like get over yourself,

1065
00:56:25,560 --> 00:56:28,319
Speaker 1: like what are we doing here? You know, because it's

1066
00:56:28,360 --> 00:56:32,279
Speaker 1: just to me, it's just so stupid that really it's

1067
00:56:32,320 --> 00:56:34,840
Speaker 1: just if I was if I was Fangio and I

1068
00:56:34,840 --> 00:56:36,520
Speaker 1: got fine, I'd refuse to pay it, kind of like

1069
00:56:36,600 --> 00:56:39,720
Speaker 1: a parking ticket in college. And my other thing would

1070
00:56:39,719 --> 00:56:42,360
Speaker 1: be a lot of people have asked me, like, do

1071
00:56:42,360 --> 00:56:44,840
Speaker 1: you think all these guys are getting injured because the turf,

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00:56:45,440 --> 00:56:48,759
Speaker 1: because they didn't practice, because there's no preseason games. There

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00:56:48,800 --> 00:56:51,120
Speaker 1: was a ton of injuries, right. I'm sure many of

1074
00:56:51,160 --> 00:56:53,080
Speaker 1: you saw the list or the tweets or whatever of

1075
00:56:53,120 --> 00:56:56,880
Speaker 1: all the names, the boss kwans, guys dropping like flies.

1076
00:56:57,239 --> 00:57:01,800
Speaker 1: The Niners had three plays who in a three play stretch,

1077
00:57:02,120 --> 00:57:04,520
Speaker 1: two guys get carted off with torn a c else.

1078
00:57:04,880 --> 00:57:07,760
Speaker 1: Never seen anything like that before in my life. They're

1079
00:57:07,760 --> 00:57:11,759
Speaker 1: starting quarterback, they're starting defensive end, they're starting running back.

1080
00:57:12,320 --> 00:57:15,279
Speaker 1: All go out within like a handful of place. It was.

1081
00:57:15,320 --> 00:57:17,560
Speaker 1: It was insane as they're already missing their starting corner,

1082
00:57:17,600 --> 00:57:20,080
Speaker 1: they're starting tight end. They kind of have the market corner,

1083
00:57:20,200 --> 00:57:25,200
Speaker 1: but obviously around the league guys dropping like flies. I'm

1084
00:57:25,200 --> 00:57:29,000
Speaker 1: not a medical schoodent student. I don't understand like I

1085
00:57:29,360 --> 00:57:32,400
Speaker 1: can't tell you anything about the human body. Besides just

1086
00:57:32,480 --> 00:57:34,160
Speaker 1: when I see a guy limping, I can kind of go, oh,

1087
00:57:34,160 --> 00:57:35,560
Speaker 1: it might be as a c L. Right, I'm just

1088
00:57:35,600 --> 00:57:37,560
Speaker 1: a sports fan. I've seen enough injuries. I had a

1089
00:57:37,560 --> 00:57:43,360
Speaker 1: decent idea. I don't necessarily believe that just because they

1090
00:57:43,360 --> 00:57:46,800
Speaker 1: did not play preseason games that were getting these injuries. Now,

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00:57:46,840 --> 00:57:48,800
Speaker 1: I do believe texting with some people with the Niners,

1092
00:57:48,800 --> 00:57:51,520
Speaker 1: and I'm sure you saw some of the tweets, there

1093
00:57:51,520 --> 00:57:53,400
Speaker 1: are a lot of people that played in that game

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00:57:53,440 --> 00:57:57,720
Speaker 1: that met life turf is bad turf. Now, I've never

1095
00:57:57,760 --> 00:58:00,320
Speaker 1: been there. I've been to games there before. They changed

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00:58:00,360 --> 00:58:03,120
Speaker 1: the turf this year. The old turf, I I never

1097
00:58:03,200 --> 00:58:05,440
Speaker 1: even when I was working for the Eagles going to

1098
00:58:05,440 --> 00:58:08,200
Speaker 1: advance scout stuff, it always looked fine to me. Maybe

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00:58:08,200 --> 00:58:10,920
Speaker 1: this new turf screwed up. I clearly the players were

1100
00:58:10,960 --> 00:58:14,880
Speaker 1: uncomfortable on it. That and and Zack Banner, the Steelers

1101
00:58:15,280 --> 00:58:17,680
Speaker 1: offensive lineman towards a c L the previous week that

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00:58:17,720 --> 00:58:19,720
Speaker 1: they've had a bad stretch there, they might have a

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00:58:19,720 --> 00:58:22,840
Speaker 1: turf problem. But I just think overall around the league,

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00:58:23,800 --> 00:58:28,800
Speaker 1: uh something Malie Cooker, Achilles obviously, Marlon mack tur you

1105
00:58:28,800 --> 00:58:31,000
Speaker 1: know towards a c L. Wasn't last year, you know,

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00:58:31,040 --> 00:58:33,200
Speaker 1: Sutton a c L. We just had a ton of injuries.

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00:58:33,840 --> 00:58:35,800
Speaker 1: I do think there's just some randomness to football, and

1108
00:58:35,840 --> 00:58:38,760
Speaker 1: it feels really crazy. Did At the end of the day,

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00:58:38,800 --> 00:58:41,320
Speaker 1: football is a very violent game and we see a

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00:58:41,320 --> 00:58:45,680
Speaker 1: lot of non contact injuries, let alone contact injuries. Uh,

1111
00:58:45,800 --> 00:58:49,600
Speaker 1: maybe there's something to not you know, playing in games.

1112
00:58:49,600 --> 00:58:52,439
Speaker 1: But they all played last week, right, they were doing

1113
00:58:52,480 --> 00:58:55,680
Speaker 1: full they were doing scrimmages and hitting and practices like

1114
00:58:55,720 --> 00:58:57,760
Speaker 1: they did have a lot of physical practice. Maybe not

1115
00:58:57,840 --> 00:59:03,280
Speaker 1: full on games, But I don't know. I don't think

1116
00:59:03,280 --> 00:59:06,600
Speaker 1: it's as crazy conspiracy because they didn't play preseason games.

1117
00:59:06,880 --> 00:59:08,880
Speaker 1: College never plays preseason games, and they don't have a

1118
00:59:08,920 --> 00:59:13,280
Speaker 1: ton of injuries, right, just or not anything. It feels

1119
00:59:13,320 --> 00:59:18,720
Speaker 1: like out of the realm of craziness. So I guess

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00:59:18,760 --> 00:59:22,160
Speaker 1: my overall take would be I do think there's just

1121
00:59:22,200 --> 00:59:24,800
Speaker 1: some randomness to it and just some bad luck to

1122
00:59:24,880 --> 00:59:30,919
Speaker 1: the situation, not just because they didn't play preseason games. Okay,

1123
00:59:31,000 --> 00:59:34,920
Speaker 1: let's go a little Middlecoff mail bag at John Middlecoff

1124
00:59:35,000 --> 00:59:38,880
Speaker 1: Instagram handle. It's how we that's how we interact in

1125
00:59:38,920 --> 00:59:42,360
Speaker 1: two thousand twenty. We DM each other. You know. So

1126
00:59:42,480 --> 00:59:46,200
Speaker 1: people like I DM and definitely tax, but I DM

1127
00:59:46,240 --> 00:59:49,520
Speaker 1: a lot too, way more than I talk on the phone.

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Speaker 1: I mean I can count on two hands the people

1129
00:59:52,280 --> 00:59:55,000
Speaker 1: I talk on the phone. Do I mean? I I

1130
00:59:55,120 --> 00:59:58,200
Speaker 1: DM in text? Just how we communicate, I'd say, it's

1131
00:59:58,200 --> 01:00:00,440
Speaker 1: just how my my age. I would much rather just

1132
01:00:00,640 --> 01:00:03,520
Speaker 1: text you. Now. There is something in business for sure too.

1133
01:00:04,360 --> 01:00:05,800
Speaker 1: You know, you gotta get on the phone everyone. So

1134
01:00:05,840 --> 01:00:08,160
Speaker 1: if I gotta call cowdor to gotta call Coward, right,

1135
01:00:08,760 --> 01:00:10,640
Speaker 1: guy who did the other podcast? What I gotta call him?

1136
01:00:10,680 --> 01:00:14,040
Speaker 1: I gotta call him my mom or brother, I call

1137
01:00:14,240 --> 01:00:18,280
Speaker 1: girlfriend whatever. But that's list is short, you know, list

1138
01:00:18,280 --> 01:00:22,200
Speaker 1: is short. I'm stoned watching all these games so far

1139
01:00:22,280 --> 01:00:25,280
Speaker 1: this season. I kind of wish I was too, And

1140
01:00:25,360 --> 01:00:28,960
Speaker 1: I'm blown away by all these damn injuries. If I

1141
01:00:29,080 --> 01:00:31,880
Speaker 1: was a GM, I would be scared to pay big

1142
01:00:31,920 --> 01:00:35,080
Speaker 1: for anyone right now. Do you think it's simply because

1143
01:00:35,120 --> 01:00:37,160
Speaker 1: guys are going so hard in these early games without

1144
01:00:37,200 --> 01:00:40,800
Speaker 1: properly getting into game shape this offseason, Like what's going on?

1145
01:00:41,560 --> 01:00:44,840
Speaker 1: Maybe one thing I missed talking about it earlier. I've

1146
01:00:44,920 --> 01:00:48,400
Speaker 1: had this thought, and I've watched, probably like most people listening,

1147
01:00:48,520 --> 01:00:51,360
Speaker 1: the Thursday Night game, a ton of Sunday games both weeks,

1148
01:00:51,880 --> 01:00:54,760
Speaker 1: and the three Monday night games so far, I think

1149
01:00:54,800 --> 01:00:57,920
Speaker 1: the effort and for the first time week two, I

1150
01:00:57,960 --> 01:01:00,400
Speaker 1: think you really notice besides obviously the cow Boy game,

1151
01:01:00,520 --> 01:01:02,840
Speaker 1: Jerry had people and it actually looked like a lot

1152
01:01:02,880 --> 01:01:06,680
Speaker 1: of people, Like Seattle, the Almost to the Oakland, the

1153
01:01:06,760 --> 01:01:10,080
Speaker 1: Vegas game. It does look a little weird when just

1154
01:01:10,240 --> 01:01:12,600
Speaker 1: no one's there in these primetime games. It's the first

1155
01:01:12,640 --> 01:01:14,760
Speaker 1: time I didn't notice it week one. I noticed a

1156
01:01:14,840 --> 01:01:18,840
Speaker 1: week two the places being empty. But the effort has

1157
01:01:18,920 --> 01:01:24,000
Speaker 1: been elite. I think the effort. I mean it's been

1158
01:01:24,040 --> 01:01:25,560
Speaker 1: as close to a ten out of ten as you

1159
01:01:25,560 --> 01:01:28,000
Speaker 1: can get. And sometimes, you know, I think in the

1160
01:01:28,000 --> 01:01:31,720
Speaker 1: other sports we always reripped the NBA because it's true,

1161
01:01:31,880 --> 01:01:34,240
Speaker 1: right in the regular season, they don't try hard. Most

1162
01:01:34,280 --> 01:01:36,000
Speaker 1: of the games you watch, it's can be very hit

1163
01:01:36,080 --> 01:01:40,080
Speaker 1: or miss. Baseball is not really a huge effort sport.

1164
01:01:40,200 --> 01:01:43,480
Speaker 1: It can just look kind of slow. In football, there

1165
01:01:43,560 --> 01:01:46,400
Speaker 1: is something like when you watch two SEC team Georgia

1166
01:01:46,400 --> 01:01:48,440
Speaker 1: play Florida and both teams are playing well. You're just

1167
01:01:48,680 --> 01:01:51,640
Speaker 1: glued to the TV Penn State, Ohio State and it's

1168
01:01:51,680 --> 01:01:54,000
Speaker 1: a close game. They're playing their ass off. The best

1169
01:01:54,040 --> 01:01:58,480
Speaker 1: part about the NFL is like, besides the Jets. Actually,

1170
01:01:58,520 --> 01:02:00,600
Speaker 1: in fairness of the Jets, I don't think they don't

1171
01:02:00,600 --> 01:02:04,080
Speaker 1: play hard. They just suck. I watched him against the Niners,

1172
01:02:04,120 --> 01:02:07,160
Speaker 1: like I didn't think they were just not playing. I

1173
01:02:07,160 --> 01:02:09,400
Speaker 1: just don't think they're any good. I I really do

1174
01:02:09,560 --> 01:02:14,480
Speaker 1: believe most teams are playing their ass off and despite

1175
01:02:14,520 --> 01:02:16,040
Speaker 1: no one being there, and part of it is just

1176
01:02:16,360 --> 01:02:19,160
Speaker 1: the sport of football when no one's there, if you

1177
01:02:19,240 --> 01:02:22,000
Speaker 1: don't play hard, you will just get hit and knocked

1178
01:02:22,040 --> 01:02:24,480
Speaker 1: out and just hit hard and it hurts, so you

1179
01:02:24,600 --> 01:02:27,360
Speaker 1: just naturally like if you go and I've been lucky enough,

1180
01:02:27,400 --> 01:02:28,720
Speaker 1: I know probably a lot of people listening, I haven't

1181
01:02:28,720 --> 01:02:31,160
Speaker 1: gone to NFL practice. If you go to an NFL practice,

1182
01:02:31,200 --> 01:02:34,080
Speaker 1: you start going live. The effort is pretty damn good.

1183
01:02:34,160 --> 01:02:37,439
Speaker 1: It's not quite game effort just because you are going

1184
01:02:37,520 --> 01:02:40,960
Speaker 1: up against your teammate, but it's pretty damn good. If

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01:02:41,000 --> 01:02:43,640
Speaker 1: anyone listening is got like you guys go to big

1186
01:02:43,680 --> 01:02:45,800
Speaker 1: schools and you go to a spring game or been

1187
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Speaker 1: lucky enough to go to like a big college practice,

1188
01:02:47,800 --> 01:02:51,200
Speaker 1: like you go live in practice, Like it's it's no joke.

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Speaker 1: Anyone that played high school football like you go live,

1190
01:02:53,720 --> 01:02:56,480
Speaker 1: you go live in the the NFL, the best players

1191
01:02:56,520 --> 01:02:59,320
Speaker 1: in the world. I think the effort has just been unreal.

1192
01:03:00,080 --> 01:03:02,720
Speaker 1: And these guys train. The thing is with the modern

1193
01:03:02,800 --> 01:03:05,600
Speaker 1: day athlete. You know, back in the day, you always

1194
01:03:05,640 --> 01:03:08,360
Speaker 1: heard the stories of like the seventies and eighties. You know,

1195
01:03:08,400 --> 01:03:10,760
Speaker 1: he just he just showed up fat and used trading

1196
01:03:10,800 --> 01:03:13,280
Speaker 1: camp to get in shape. You know, Larry Bird just

1197
01:03:13,360 --> 01:03:17,840
Speaker 1: draking beers all year, all summer long, shows up to UH,

1198
01:03:18,280 --> 01:03:21,040
Speaker 1: shows up to camp, and just gets himself in shape.

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Speaker 1: Like those days are over. Like the one thing we

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01:03:24,240 --> 01:03:26,360
Speaker 1: know now, especially with social media, is these guys work

1201
01:03:26,360 --> 01:03:28,840
Speaker 1: out all year long. And I don't blame him. How

1202
01:03:28,960 --> 01:03:30,680
Speaker 1: is a pro athlete like my body would be an

1203
01:03:30,680 --> 01:03:35,880
Speaker 1: elite shape. See, just building up towards games. So it's

1204
01:03:35,880 --> 01:03:39,240
Speaker 1: clearly not like these guys showing up fat. Right, every

1205
01:03:39,240 --> 01:03:42,280
Speaker 1: guy that I see, for the most part, like looks fantastic.

1206
01:03:42,640 --> 01:03:45,680
Speaker 1: The speed of the game is wild. I really I

1207
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Speaker 1: don't have a good answer. I don't know. I really

1208
01:03:49,280 --> 01:03:54,200
Speaker 1: just I really just don't know. Chiefs fan here, I'm

1209
01:03:54,240 --> 01:03:56,560
Speaker 1: watching the Browns game and can't stop thinking about how

1210
01:03:56,600 --> 01:03:58,640
Speaker 1: scary the Chiefs would be if Kareem Hunt was still

1211
01:03:58,640 --> 01:04:01,280
Speaker 1: on the team. Also, don't understand how Hunt is not

1212
01:04:01,400 --> 01:04:04,160
Speaker 1: starting over Chubb. He's a better pass catcher and a

1213
01:04:04,200 --> 01:04:07,040
Speaker 1: better runner. I know he's had multiple off the field issues,

1214
01:04:07,080 --> 01:04:09,400
Speaker 1: but there's no ways in number two back. I don't

1215
01:04:09,440 --> 01:04:11,800
Speaker 1: see him being there long. If he were to move,

1216
01:04:11,800 --> 01:04:16,360
Speaker 1: which team would he fit in his best besides Cleveland? Well,

1217
01:04:16,920 --> 01:04:19,520
Speaker 1: he signed a contract extension I think before the Thursday

1218
01:04:19,600 --> 01:04:22,440
Speaker 1: night game. I do think Nick Chubb is a better runner.

1219
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Speaker 1: Now I'd have to really study it. You're right, Um,

1220
01:04:27,480 --> 01:04:31,280
Speaker 1: you know Kareem Hunt is a great pass catcher. I'd

1221
01:04:31,320 --> 01:04:32,960
Speaker 1: have to really I'd have to text some people in

1222
01:04:32,960 --> 01:04:34,760
Speaker 1: the league about Chubb as a pass catcher like Kareem

1223
01:04:34,800 --> 01:04:38,080
Speaker 1: Hunt is really good at that. Chubb is an elite

1224
01:04:38,480 --> 01:04:40,680
Speaker 1: as a running back. He's probably a top four or

1225
01:04:40,680 --> 01:04:43,360
Speaker 1: five running back in the league. Now Kareem Hunt is

1226
01:04:43,360 --> 01:04:45,320
Speaker 1: probably like a top twelve running back in the league.

1227
01:04:45,680 --> 01:04:49,439
Speaker 1: I think it just speaks to Baker Mayfield has by

1228
01:04:49,720 --> 01:04:54,080
Speaker 1: four let me repeat, by a country mile, the best

1229
01:04:54,160 --> 01:04:56,160
Speaker 1: running back t Handem in the league. He had a

1230
01:04:56,240 --> 01:04:58,560
Speaker 1: running back that started on one of the best offenses

1231
01:04:58,760 --> 01:05:02,000
Speaker 1: in league history three years ago, Kareem Hunt, who I

1232
01:05:02,000 --> 01:05:04,160
Speaker 1: think it was a rookie that year. And clearly he

1233
01:05:04,200 --> 01:05:07,760
Speaker 1: has Nick Chubb who went to Georgia Premium pick, who's

1234
01:05:07,800 --> 01:05:10,960
Speaker 1: been a star. So he has to basically start running backs.

1235
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Speaker 1: It's pretty crazy. So like, yeah, just I don't think

1236
01:05:13,200 --> 01:05:14,680
Speaker 1: he's going anywhere. I think he's just gonna be on

1237
01:05:14,760 --> 01:05:20,520
Speaker 1: the Browns. As a lifelong Bills fan who has been

1238
01:05:20,600 --> 01:05:23,560
Speaker 1: forced to listen to the national media tell us this year,

1239
01:05:23,560 --> 01:05:26,080
Speaker 1: how Josh Allen and Sam Donald is a close debate,

1240
01:05:26,520 --> 01:05:29,360
Speaker 1: I appreciate you being certain for a while that Alan

1241
01:05:29,520 --> 01:05:32,960
Speaker 1: is the number two quarterback in that draft. Yeah, I mean,

1242
01:05:33,080 --> 01:05:35,480
Speaker 1: right now, is just not a debate. You know, clearly

1243
01:05:36,120 --> 01:05:39,200
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson has established himself as the best quarterback in

1244
01:05:39,240 --> 01:05:42,040
Speaker 1: that draft. And he's a superstar. I wouldn't call it

1245
01:05:42,120 --> 01:05:45,760
Speaker 1: Josh Allen a superstar yet. And he's gonna play in

1246
01:05:45,800 --> 01:05:48,040
Speaker 1: big games this year. You know, both New England games

1247
01:05:48,040 --> 01:05:50,440
Speaker 1: against cam will be huge. He's playing the Raiders in

1248
01:05:50,480 --> 01:05:52,280
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks that will be huge. He plays

1249
01:05:52,320 --> 01:05:54,440
Speaker 1: the Niners in a couple like, he's got some big games.

1250
01:05:55,040 --> 01:05:57,800
Speaker 1: I think Josh Allen has clearly gotten better. I think

1251
01:05:57,800 --> 01:06:02,360
Speaker 1: the Bills levin twelve win team, and Josh Allen is

1252
01:06:02,400 --> 01:06:05,680
Speaker 1: gonna be a big reason for that. Now, his first

1253
01:06:05,680 --> 01:06:07,560
Speaker 1: two games have come against the Jets and the Dolphins.

1254
01:06:07,960 --> 01:06:10,920
Speaker 1: He's been fine, he's been solid, and he's clearly really talented.

1255
01:06:11,240 --> 01:06:13,560
Speaker 1: But they're the one thing with him. And I'm a

1256
01:06:13,640 --> 01:06:16,000
Speaker 1: huge Josh Allen fan, and I think he has the

1257
01:06:16,080 --> 01:06:19,040
Speaker 1: chance to be like a multiple time pro bowler. I

1258
01:06:19,080 --> 01:06:21,080
Speaker 1: was texting with a buddy in the NFL that told

1259
01:06:21,120 --> 01:06:22,720
Speaker 1: me because when he was coming out, one of the

1260
01:06:22,720 --> 01:06:25,160
Speaker 1: things I think I was I had this podcast. I

1261
01:06:25,240 --> 01:06:27,360
Speaker 1: kind of cry. I said, I would not mess with

1262
01:06:27,400 --> 01:06:30,480
Speaker 1: that guy. I don't mess with inaccurate quarterbacks coming out.

1263
01:06:30,480 --> 01:06:32,640
Speaker 1: I said the same thing about Lamar, then burned on

1264
01:06:32,680 --> 01:06:37,720
Speaker 1: both guys. Now I've once Lamar started like nobody cares

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Speaker 1: work harder. I'm like, I love this guy's attitude. I

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01:06:39,760 --> 01:06:44,040
Speaker 1: became a Lamar guy fast. Now I don't like I'm

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01:06:44,080 --> 01:06:46,760
Speaker 1: still with Lamar, Like, can you just play like that forever?

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01:06:47,760 --> 01:06:50,560
Speaker 1: I think we know that's not possible, right, And does

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01:06:50,600 --> 01:06:53,000
Speaker 1: that work in the playoffs, No, it hasn't historically, it's

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01:06:53,000 --> 01:06:54,800
Speaker 1: never worked in the playoffs. A guy like that doesn't

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Speaker 1: win the playoffs. So for them to win the playoffs,

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01:06:57,040 --> 01:06:59,320
Speaker 1: we know Lamar is gonna have to pass and sometimes

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01:06:59,360 --> 01:07:01,280
Speaker 1: I look up and the marstrow until he passes, so

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01:07:01,840 --> 01:07:06,680
Speaker 1: they might be okay. Unlike Lamar, Josh touch is still

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01:07:06,720 --> 01:07:08,760
Speaker 1: a little bit of an issue, and we'll just see

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01:07:08,800 --> 01:07:11,600
Speaker 1: him against the really, really good teams. Like Lamar has

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Speaker 1: already played in a lot of huge games and we've

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01:07:14,160 --> 01:07:16,440
Speaker 1: seen him play well, Like Josh is gonna have to

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01:07:16,440 --> 01:07:19,080
Speaker 1: play in those two New England games, the game against

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01:07:19,080 --> 01:07:21,280
Speaker 1: the Niners, the game, I mean, if that Raider game,

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01:07:21,320 --> 01:07:24,120
Speaker 1: if the Raiders were to beat the New England and

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01:07:24,160 --> 01:07:26,920
Speaker 1: I gotta look who Bills play this week, be two

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01:07:27,000 --> 01:07:29,200
Speaker 1: three and oh teams playing in a couple of weeks,

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01:07:29,400 --> 01:07:31,400
Speaker 1: that would be a big game. So it's just it's

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01:07:31,400 --> 01:07:33,680
Speaker 1: just something to keep an eye on. But I'm I'm

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01:07:33,880 --> 01:07:40,800
Speaker 1: a Josh Allen fan for sure. Falcons fan here, what

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01:07:40,920 --> 01:07:43,320
Speaker 1: are the chances to find the Falcons finally get rid

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01:07:43,320 --> 01:07:44,920
Speaker 1: of dan Quinn and the rest of the sub bar

1289
01:07:45,000 --> 01:07:48,120
Speaker 1: coaching staff since the Super Bowl loss, it's been embarrassing

1290
01:07:48,160 --> 01:07:51,320
Speaker 1: to watch so much talent on offense and our defense

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01:07:51,400 --> 01:07:53,960
Speaker 1: when healthy have had enough good players to be decent.

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01:07:54,560 --> 01:07:57,080
Speaker 1: At this point watching these games, it has to be

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01:07:57,120 --> 01:08:00,760
Speaker 1: the scheme in the play calling, ak the coaching. Do

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01:08:00,760 --> 01:08:02,560
Speaker 1: you think they should try to throw everything and try

1295
01:08:02,600 --> 01:08:04,960
Speaker 1: to land? Eric b. Enemy would love to get your

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01:08:04,960 --> 01:08:07,400
Speaker 1: thoughts on how the Falcons could finally turn the page

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01:08:07,840 --> 01:08:11,240
Speaker 1: to consistency. Side note, the loss to Dallas pushed me

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01:08:11,280 --> 01:08:14,320
Speaker 1: over the edge with the staff. Finally. The problem you

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01:08:14,360 --> 01:08:19,920
Speaker 1: have right now is Dick quicksip of water is that

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01:08:20,360 --> 01:08:23,920
Speaker 1: it's tweak too, and he brought these guys back. You're

1301
01:08:23,960 --> 01:08:26,880
Speaker 1: stuck with him this year. So you probably got a

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01:08:26,920 --> 01:08:29,639
Speaker 1: six seven win team where you're gonna lose some heartbreakers.

1303
01:08:29,680 --> 01:08:31,320
Speaker 1: You're also gonna win some games because you have an

1304
01:08:31,400 --> 01:08:34,120
Speaker 1: explosive offense, Matt. Maybe you don't win seven your defense

1305
01:08:34,240 --> 01:08:38,160
Speaker 1: is pretty shitty, But like like I said earlier, when

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01:08:38,160 --> 01:08:41,040
Speaker 1: you know, you know, and they knew last year and

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01:08:41,040 --> 01:08:44,120
Speaker 1: they let some meaningless games down the stretch influence their

1308
01:08:44,200 --> 01:08:50,280
Speaker 1: decision that I that onside kick I steal every time.

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01:08:50,520 --> 01:08:52,000
Speaker 1: Like I'll just be like I was in the car

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01:08:52,080 --> 01:08:54,640
Speaker 1: today and just across my mind, I just thought of

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01:08:54,680 --> 01:08:57,320
Speaker 1: the onside kicks spinning kind of like a Drado and

1312
01:08:57,360 --> 01:09:00,280
Speaker 1: the dude on the Falcons just staring at it, Like

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01:09:00,600 --> 01:09:04,120
Speaker 1: I can't even imagine being like a die hard Falcons

1314
01:09:04,160 --> 01:09:08,080
Speaker 1: fan watching that play. I I would have I would

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01:09:08,080 --> 01:09:11,160
Speaker 1: have thrown something at a wall and broken something for sure,

1316
01:09:11,360 --> 01:09:16,120
Speaker 1: and maybe you did. Eric B. Enemy. One thing though,

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01:09:16,120 --> 01:09:17,960
Speaker 1: it is like you have a good offense. So who

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01:09:17,960 --> 01:09:20,120
Speaker 1: are the top coaches? Someone dm me a while ago.

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01:09:20,160 --> 01:09:23,000
Speaker 1: Who are the top coaching candidates? It's like I can't

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01:09:23,040 --> 01:09:25,439
Speaker 1: even quite get there yet. Clearly Eric B. Enemy is

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01:09:25,439 --> 01:09:27,120
Speaker 1: going to be at the top of the list. I'll

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01:09:27,120 --> 01:09:28,800
Speaker 1: be a little shocked if he doesn't get a job.

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01:09:29,240 --> 01:09:31,280
Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean, I I don't know that much

1324
01:09:31,320 --> 01:09:34,040
Speaker 1: about Eric B. Enemy. I know talking to Andy, just

1325
01:09:34,080 --> 01:09:36,320
Speaker 1: asked him at the combine, just asked him about him.

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01:09:36,320 --> 01:09:38,439
Speaker 1: He really likes him. I have buddies obviously Beach and

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01:09:38,479 --> 01:09:41,120
Speaker 1: some other buddies on the staff that really like him.

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01:09:41,240 --> 01:09:43,280
Speaker 1: Uh So yeah, I mean i'd I'd give him a

1329
01:09:43,280 --> 01:09:46,360
Speaker 1: shot for sure. But it's not like Eric. You just

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01:09:46,400 --> 01:09:48,519
Speaker 1: get Eric B. Enemy and you become really good, Like

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01:09:48,600 --> 01:09:51,519
Speaker 1: that's not you're not guaranteed that right. To me, if

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01:09:51,520 --> 01:09:53,679
Speaker 1: I'm the Falcon, the one thing I'd try to do,

1333
01:09:54,640 --> 01:09:58,080
Speaker 1: like I actually think the Falcons need, Like when I

1334
01:09:58,120 --> 01:10:02,560
Speaker 1: say the retread sounds bad, but like you know, a

1335
01:10:02,720 --> 01:10:05,760
Speaker 1: Ron rivera type off that second job. We'll see about

1336
01:10:05,800 --> 01:10:08,360
Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy and Mike Nolan, but like that type coach,

1337
01:10:08,760 --> 01:10:11,519
Speaker 1: Like they don't need can this guy do it? Like

1338
01:10:11,680 --> 01:10:13,280
Speaker 1: they don't need to take their chance on Like I

1339
01:10:13,280 --> 01:10:15,120
Speaker 1: know it's working out with la Floor, but that was

1340
01:10:15,160 --> 01:10:18,360
Speaker 1: a pretty big risk. They need when a guy like uh,

1341
01:10:19,720 --> 01:10:21,519
Speaker 1: I'm trying to even think of an example. I can't

1342
01:10:21,520 --> 01:10:23,400
Speaker 1: even think of one. It wouldn't be Anthony Land if

1343
01:10:23,400 --> 01:10:26,360
Speaker 1: you were to get fired. Maybe there isn't a guy

1344
01:10:26,400 --> 01:10:28,760
Speaker 1: out there like that, now that I think about it,

1345
01:10:29,680 --> 01:10:34,200
Speaker 1: you know, like Bruce Arians. Again, that's it's like Bruce

1346
01:10:34,200 --> 01:10:36,439
Speaker 1: Arians just aren't walking around the streets. See, It's like

1347
01:10:36,680 --> 01:10:38,880
Speaker 1: maybe they just take Eric b Enimy. My My point

1348
01:10:38,960 --> 01:10:41,519
Speaker 1: is you get Eric b Enemy or the next Lafleur,

1349
01:10:42,040 --> 01:10:44,400
Speaker 1: your team might still just be average the next year.

1350
01:10:44,960 --> 01:10:48,360
Speaker 1: You know, there's no guarantee for it to work, but

1351
01:10:48,439 --> 01:10:52,040
Speaker 1: you got dan Quinn's gots to go. Should the Bears

1352
01:10:52,080 --> 01:10:54,719
Speaker 1: make a play for Gardner Minshew this offseason. The Jags

1353
01:10:54,720 --> 01:10:56,240
Speaker 1: will likely have a top two pick and have a

1354
01:10:56,320 --> 01:10:58,479
Speaker 1: chance at Lawrence and Minshew seems like a large step

1355
01:10:58,560 --> 01:11:02,679
Speaker 1: up on Trabiski. Well, I would one million percent rather

1356
01:11:02,760 --> 01:11:06,240
Speaker 1: have Minshew than Trabisky. So if you get Gardner Minshew, yes,

1357
01:11:06,320 --> 01:11:09,280
Speaker 1: I would get Gardner Minshew. Do I see the Jags

1358
01:11:09,320 --> 01:11:11,840
Speaker 1: getting rid of Gardner Minshew if he's good? I probably don't.

1359
01:11:12,439 --> 01:11:16,880
Speaker 1: But if Gardner Minshew is available, I'm with you they

1360
01:11:16,920 --> 01:11:21,559
Speaker 1: should get Gardner Minshew. Falcons fan here after watching this

1361
01:11:21,600 --> 01:11:24,160
Speaker 1: weekend's game against Dallas. Do you think our loss was

1362
01:11:24,200 --> 01:11:26,880
Speaker 1: more because of our defensive injuries midgame Tach and Allen

1363
01:11:27,200 --> 01:11:28,840
Speaker 1: or just proof that we don't have a real coach

1364
01:11:28,840 --> 01:11:31,559
Speaker 1: in Dan Quinn. I'd love to hear your thoughts. I've

1365
01:11:31,600 --> 01:11:34,839
Speaker 1: clearly talked about this a lot, and I listen. I've

1366
01:11:34,840 --> 01:11:39,760
Speaker 1: been around code the impact coaches have on games like that.

1367
01:11:39,880 --> 01:11:42,000
Speaker 1: There's a reason Belichick just doesn't lose that game, or

1368
01:11:42,080 --> 01:11:44,280
Speaker 1: Andy Reid doesn't lose that game, or Sean Payton doesn't

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01:11:44,280 --> 01:11:45,640
Speaker 1: lose a game when there are up twenty points in

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01:11:45,640 --> 01:11:48,439
Speaker 1: the second half. They's just it's not possible. I think

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01:11:48,479 --> 01:11:50,040
Speaker 1: we've all seen the stat I have to go look

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01:11:50,040 --> 01:11:51,439
Speaker 1: it up now that I've already kind of forgot it.

1373
01:11:51,479 --> 01:11:54,680
Speaker 1: That a team up twenty that didn't give any turnovers

1374
01:11:54,720 --> 01:11:57,880
Speaker 1: and they got three turnovers, like never lost a game

1375
01:11:57,880 --> 01:12:01,160
Speaker 1: in NFL history. It's just it's unheard of. It seems

1376
01:12:01,160 --> 01:12:03,320
Speaker 1: like a nice guy. He really does. And he's a

1377
01:12:03,320 --> 01:12:05,639
Speaker 1: bald guy like me, so I I you just when

1378
01:12:05,680 --> 01:12:07,760
Speaker 1: you're bald. For those of you with hair, we just

1379
01:12:07,920 --> 01:12:11,920
Speaker 1: naturally root for our own. But I don't. I'm not

1380
01:12:12,000 --> 01:12:17,040
Speaker 1: rooting for Damn Quinn anymore. It seems like a disproportionate

1381
01:12:17,160 --> 01:12:19,960
Speaker 1: amount of starters are going down with serious injuries. Could

1382
01:12:20,080 --> 01:12:21,960
Speaker 1: be because starters went from zero to a hundred with

1383
01:12:22,040 --> 01:12:24,519
Speaker 1: live contact and everything, they didn't have a chance in

1384
01:12:24,560 --> 01:12:27,400
Speaker 1: preseason games to get used to the speed. Okay, here's

1385
01:12:27,439 --> 01:12:29,439
Speaker 1: one other pushback I'd have on the on the fucking

1386
01:12:29,439 --> 01:12:34,640
Speaker 1: preseason games. Mc vey hasn't played a starter in preseason

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01:12:34,640 --> 01:12:39,400
Speaker 1: games in two three years I watched. Seattle doesn't play starters.

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01:12:39,520 --> 01:12:42,439
Speaker 1: Uh maybe that maybe Pete Carroll does. But I'm just

1389
01:12:42,479 --> 01:12:45,559
Speaker 1: trying to think, like every year, I just find myself

1390
01:12:45,600 --> 01:12:48,280
Speaker 1: watching a couple of preseason games, and it'll be like, oh,

1391
01:12:48,280 --> 01:12:50,800
Speaker 1: they're all starting lineups down, it'll be Week three. A

1392
01:12:50,840 --> 01:12:52,840
Speaker 1: lot of teams have kind of gone against the grain

1393
01:12:52,960 --> 01:12:58,800
Speaker 1: and not played starters. Matt Naggi hasn't played starters. Andy Reid.

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01:12:58,880 --> 01:13:02,560
Speaker 1: I think Andy does am arians Like if do you

1395
01:13:02,600 --> 01:13:03,920
Speaker 1: think that he would have played Tom Brady in the

1396
01:13:03,920 --> 01:13:07,280
Speaker 1: preseason even as a new player. I don't know. Probably not,

1397
01:13:08,240 --> 01:13:09,760
Speaker 1: Like I'm just thinking off the top of my head.

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01:13:09,800 --> 01:13:13,160
Speaker 1: A lot of guys don't play in preseason games. Look

1399
01:13:13,240 --> 01:13:17,680
Speaker 1: like Roethlisberger historically, he's just sitting there and sweats. So

1400
01:13:17,760 --> 01:13:21,599
Speaker 1: it's like or your start running back or star corner.

1401
01:13:22,080 --> 01:13:23,800
Speaker 1: I I really don't think a lot of these guys

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01:13:23,840 --> 01:13:27,120
Speaker 1: play in the preseason games. I just think there's some

1403
01:13:27,240 --> 01:13:29,880
Speaker 1: randomness to this. That's that's my take now. I don't know,

1404
01:13:30,920 --> 01:13:33,519
Speaker 1: it's just a feel for watching football. I just don't

1405
01:13:33,600 --> 01:13:35,960
Speaker 1: think it's like, why does this randomly get hurt in

1406
01:13:36,000 --> 01:13:38,519
Speaker 1: Week two because there's some wear and tear from week one.

1407
01:13:40,920 --> 01:13:42,960
Speaker 1: I don't know, like would Nick Bosa have torn Like

1408
01:13:43,040 --> 01:13:46,160
Speaker 1: Nick Bosa has torn in a c L before, Nick

1409
01:13:46,200 --> 01:13:48,840
Speaker 1: boss towards a c L in college, so it's not like,

1410
01:13:48,880 --> 01:13:51,240
Speaker 1: you know, Nick bos has never been hurt. He's been

1411
01:13:51,280 --> 01:13:54,720
Speaker 1: hurt in high school. He got hurt in college. I

1412
01:13:54,840 --> 01:13:57,360
Speaker 1: was at his first ever mini camp, pulled his hamstring.

1413
01:13:58,000 --> 01:14:00,240
Speaker 1: He got hurt in his first training camp. Now, he

1414
01:14:00,560 --> 01:14:03,799
Speaker 1: was pretty durable as rookie year, and he was awesome

1415
01:14:04,640 --> 01:14:06,439
Speaker 1: towards a c l. On the other need that he

1416
01:14:06,520 --> 01:14:09,760
Speaker 1: hurt in high school, I think we two. But I

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01:14:09,760 --> 01:14:13,840
Speaker 1: saw an independent doctor on Twitter, for example, I I

1418
01:14:13,880 --> 01:14:15,720
Speaker 1: saw the Sue play. To me, that looked like a

1419
01:14:15,720 --> 01:14:18,200
Speaker 1: play that just kind of a freaky injury. So the

1420
01:14:18,240 --> 01:14:22,880
Speaker 1: independent doctor said that type injury would have happened on

1421
01:14:23,000 --> 01:14:25,920
Speaker 1: any turf or any year, Like it's just laid kind

1422
01:14:25,920 --> 01:14:28,679
Speaker 1: of got caught as he was getting driven to the ground.

1423
01:14:29,400 --> 01:14:34,120
Speaker 1: So I don't know. I mean, I I just that

1424
01:14:34,120 --> 01:14:36,000
Speaker 1: that one's a hard one for me because I'm not

1425
01:14:36,080 --> 01:14:38,880
Speaker 1: really on one side or the other. But I actually

1426
01:14:38,960 --> 01:14:41,840
Speaker 1: tend to lean that there's just I don't think it's

1427
01:14:41,920 --> 01:14:44,200
Speaker 1: I just my my pushback is maybe if you want

1428
01:14:44,200 --> 01:14:46,439
Speaker 1: to factor in off seasons and not being around and

1429
01:14:46,479 --> 01:14:49,040
Speaker 1: build up as a team, I can hear that, But

1430
01:14:49,120 --> 01:14:52,160
Speaker 1: the preseason games, I don't think they mean a goddamn thing.

1431
01:14:52,840 --> 01:14:55,120
Speaker 1: I I really don't. I see people get hurt in

1432
01:14:55,120 --> 01:14:58,200
Speaker 1: preseason games. But again I got back to most good

1433
01:14:58,200 --> 01:15:00,920
Speaker 1: players now in the NFL. When's the last time Aaron

1434
01:15:01,000 --> 01:15:03,599
Speaker 1: Rodgers played in the preseason game. I'm pretty sure thinking

1435
01:15:03,600 --> 01:15:05,160
Speaker 1: about it last year with the floor, he didn't play

1436
01:15:05,160 --> 01:15:08,360
Speaker 1: in the preseason. I could be wrong Packer fans. I

1437
01:15:08,400 --> 01:15:10,120
Speaker 1: definitely know he didn't play in that second game that

1438
01:15:10,160 --> 01:15:13,559
Speaker 1: he went to Canada where they had the crabby They

1439
01:15:13,560 --> 01:15:17,280
Speaker 1: had the crabby turf against the Raiders and they played

1440
01:15:17,320 --> 01:15:19,360
Speaker 1: on like an eight yard field. He definitely didn't play

1441
01:15:19,400 --> 01:15:22,240
Speaker 1: in that game. But I if I'm thinking back correct,

1442
01:15:22,320 --> 01:15:23,920
Speaker 1: I don't think he played the reason game. I just

1443
01:15:24,439 --> 01:15:26,080
Speaker 1: if I was a head coach, I'd go Sean McVan,

1444
01:15:26,120 --> 01:15:27,920
Speaker 1: I wouldn't play any of my guys in the preseason game.

1445
01:15:29,720 --> 01:15:31,640
Speaker 1: I'll end it on that. I'm so tired to talk

1446
01:15:31,680 --> 01:15:33,960
Speaker 1: about these preseason games because in these injuries, I just

1447
01:15:34,000 --> 01:15:36,080
Speaker 1: I'm with you. I want them to go away. That sucks.

1448
01:15:36,520 --> 01:15:39,520
Speaker 1: No one wants to see Nick Bosa, se Kwan Barkley,

1449
01:15:39,640 --> 01:15:42,120
Speaker 1: these guys go down. It's terrible. I mean it's awful.

1450
01:15:42,360 --> 01:15:46,800
Speaker 1: Sutton Drew Lock. I enjoyed watching Drew Lock Week one.

1451
01:15:46,880 --> 01:15:49,120
Speaker 1: I want to see all these guys play. I think

1452
01:15:49,160 --> 01:15:51,760
Speaker 1: sometimes we need to rewind. We need to remind ourselves

1453
01:15:52,800 --> 01:15:55,400
Speaker 1: when a guy's laying on the turf shitty as it is,

1454
01:15:56,680 --> 01:15:59,479
Speaker 1: it is football, and guys do just get hurt. I

1455
01:15:59,479 --> 01:16:03,040
Speaker 1: think it is I'm what unavoidable. Now, maybe they're more.

1456
01:16:03,400 --> 01:16:05,599
Speaker 1: I mean, there's will never know. This is something that's

1457
01:16:05,600 --> 01:16:09,160
Speaker 1: a great part about. I mean, it's not a great conversation,

1458
01:16:09,240 --> 01:16:11,600
Speaker 1: but I guess the interesting part of this conversation is

1459
01:16:11,600 --> 01:16:14,639
Speaker 1: there's not like some finality to it. We we can't

1460
01:16:14,720 --> 01:16:17,840
Speaker 1: quantify right and wrong. Now, maybe next year if there's

1461
01:16:17,920 --> 01:16:20,599
Speaker 1: less injuries because there's a preseason. But are aren't they

1462
01:16:20,600 --> 01:16:22,880
Speaker 1: trying to get rid of the preseason, which I'm fine

1463
01:16:22,920 --> 01:16:27,560
Speaker 1: with there's no preseason college I might push back is

1464
01:16:27,680 --> 01:16:30,840
Speaker 1: I'm not blaming preseason games. I'm just not how many

1465
01:16:30,840 --> 01:16:34,160
Speaker 1: snaps would say Quanta played in the preseason. Do you

1466
01:16:34,240 --> 01:16:36,840
Speaker 1: think Joe Judge would give him fifty snaps? I made?

1467
01:16:36,920 --> 01:16:39,920
Speaker 1: Would played like ten? Max? Okay, I'm I'm out. I

1468
01:16:40,000 --> 01:16:42,920
Speaker 1: gotta ten o'clock, send this off and go to bed.

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Speaker 1: God speed. Talk to you guys next week. S