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Speaker 1: Back at it? Another week? Uh? That that that little

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Speaker 1: think just actually right as I'm recording this, officially hired

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Speaker 1: Steve Spagnola as the defensive coordinator. There was an interesting

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Speaker 1: like the football guy scouts are just displeased with the analytics,

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Speaker 1: with one thing, and I've said this before on this podcast,

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Speaker 1: and I think we all learned differently, uh, No, different

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Speaker 1: Everyone just learns differently. I don't learn very well. I'm

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Speaker 1: just not that smart of a human. Somehow I had

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Speaker 1: Kong third rounder. We're not, no, I'm not a football factory.

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Speaker 1: One double a blue collar program. You know, about thirty

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Speaker 1: But the motto of the school, which just kind of

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Speaker 1: I do think that it works for most people. You

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Speaker 1: you you have to actually do it. Like the more

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Speaker 1: And I think when you look at the super Bowl,

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Speaker 1: you can easily in in this environment where technology gets

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Speaker 1: more important, right every year, every six months, it just

431
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Speaker 1: becomes more in the forefront of being able to use it. Right,

432
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Speaker 1: Like ten years ago, a lot of people didn't email.

433
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Speaker 1: Can you imagine saying you don't email anymore? Imagine saying,

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Speaker 1: or you don't text like into And I'm not I'm

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Speaker 1: just relaying this to scouts that, like in two thousand nineteen,

436
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Speaker 1: I do so much of my business and the commerce

437
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Speaker 1: that comes my way, or that I generate other people

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Speaker 1: off emails and texts. I don't call that much anymore.

439
00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,359
Speaker 1: I don't need to. Now. I'm not saying that's a

440
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Speaker 1: great thing. You know, sometimes you like to have a

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Speaker 1: personal relationship with people, but you don't necessarily have to

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00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:21,440
Speaker 1: have it anymore. If you can just you know, back

443
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Speaker 1: up how many downloads I got if I'm selling a

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Speaker 1: podcast or selling periscope show on Twitter. Well, you know,

445
00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:31,679
Speaker 1: in two thousand nineteen, these scouts you do have to

446
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Speaker 1: think outside the box. And anyone that's seen Moneyball knows

447
00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:37,720
Speaker 1: the way he talked to his scouts. I do think

448
00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:41,160
Speaker 1: you can look at it and say, well, you don't

449
00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:43,640
Speaker 1: need to be Billy Bean here, but you do have

450
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Speaker 1: to bring something else to the table than just saying

451
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Speaker 1: he's fast, he can jump, like, yeah, we've heard that

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Speaker 1: a bunch of times, and we've missed a lot of

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Speaker 1: times on that. Can you back it up? And I

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Speaker 1: I think that's where we're headed. I don't think there's

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Speaker 1: just gonna be some mass wipe out of scouts. But

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Speaker 1: I do think the more dynamic scouts, the people that

457
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Speaker 1: understand how to mesh the numbers. And again they've always

458
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Speaker 1: used numbers but the more in depth numbers with the

459
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Speaker 1: tape and are great judges of people are always gonna last,

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Speaker 1: They're always gonna have jobs. And I also understand why

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Speaker 1: there is some detesting, right why there is some anger

462
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Speaker 1: from one side. It's natural when when I start forcing

463
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Speaker 1: you to change. Humans don't like change. We don't like

464
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Speaker 1: to to be scared that whatever we're doing in life

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Speaker 1: might not have value. And that's what I think a

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Speaker 1: lot of guys are thinking, Well, the smart ones, and

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Speaker 1: there are a lot of smart ones, I know a

468
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Speaker 1: lot of them, especially a lot of young ones. You

469
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Speaker 1: gotta just slowly adapt and you'll be fine if you're

470
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Speaker 1: good at anything in life. The cream always rises at

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Speaker 1: the top, and I think these two sides will continue

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Speaker 1: to mesh. And it's it's a little bit of a

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Speaker 1: blown out of proportion deal right now. Okay, let's dive

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Speaker 1: into the Senior Bowl. Uh. The two t game is coaching.

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Speaker 1: This game happened to be in my backyard, Gruden Shanahan,

476
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Speaker 1: and you know it's it's arguably the most important draft

477
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Speaker 1: in Raider history. I mean, the reason you got here,

478
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Speaker 1: you're draft in the top five is because you suck

479
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Speaker 1: and you traded one of the great defensive players in

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Speaker 1: recent memory, Khalil Mack, and you traded one of the

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Speaker 1: better players you've had in the last ten years in

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Speaker 1: Amari Cooper. So you have to do. That's three picks

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Speaker 1: in the top and obviously the Niners have the second

484
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Speaker 1: overall pick. Well, when you draft second, that also means

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Speaker 1: you draft really high in the second round. I think

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Speaker 1: the pick is thirty six. Because the Raiders, Niners, and

487
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Speaker 1: Jets all have the same record, it kind of rotates

488
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Speaker 1: after the first round, so the Niners draft second, and

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Speaker 1: then it kind of flips. I think the Jets draft

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Speaker 1: second in the second round, the Raiders draft third, the

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Speaker 1: Niners draft fourth. But there is no disputing this game.

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Speaker 1: I was just doing a little research on the Senior

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Speaker 1: Bowl website because I knew it was a lot uh

494
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Speaker 1: and obviously a lot of top quarterbacks. So this game

495
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Speaker 1: has become a lot more sexy the last four or

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Speaker 1: five years. Baker Mayfield, Josh Allen, Carson Wentz, you know,

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Speaker 1: Derek Carr, Jimmy Garoppolo. A lot of quarterbacks over the

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Speaker 1: last you know, probably half decade have played in this game.

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Speaker 1: And the quarterbacks in this game Drew lock Uh Daniel Jones,

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Speaker 1: a kid from Duke is a guy that I've heard

501
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Speaker 1: a lot of good things about and someone like you

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Speaker 1: can't if you're Gruden. He comes from the ron Wolf

503
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Speaker 1: school of thought. Like for the forty Niners, Jimmy Garoppolo

504
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Speaker 1: is gonna come back off the A c L and

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Speaker 1: it's clear Nick Mullins is going to be the backup quarterback.

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Speaker 1: Good find it is an undrafted free agent. But when

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Speaker 1: it comes to the Raiders, like they got Nathan Peterman

508
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Speaker 1: and a Jim McCarron, they got to find a backup,

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Speaker 1: and he comes from the ron Wolf school of thought.

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Speaker 1: Andy Reid home grin all those guys. Reggie mackenzie did

511
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Speaker 1: it a couple of years ago with Connor Cook. He

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Speaker 1: drafted Connor Cook even though they had just backed out

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Speaker 1: Derek Carr. You always look, you know, to add quarterbacks,

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Speaker 1: and I really think the Raiders are gonna be in

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Speaker 1: position after coaching this game. You know Gruden's affinity for quarterbacks.

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Speaker 1: I will be shocked if he doesn't draft a guy,

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Speaker 1: you know, probably between round three and five, whether it's

518
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Speaker 1: Trace McSorley, whether it's you know, Gardner Minshew he's gonna

519
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Speaker 1: like one of these guys, one of these guys from

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00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:17,159
Speaker 1: this game is gonna be on their team. Now. I

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Speaker 1: think the last two years, it's average about thirty three

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Speaker 1: of the draft has come from this game. I saw

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Speaker 1: John Lynch today on with NFL Network. He's like Fred Warner.

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Speaker 1: He was one of their better rookies this year. Came

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Speaker 1: from the Senior Bowl. Now, obviously they had scattered him

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Speaker 1: during the year, but they loved him during the Senior Bowl.

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Speaker 1: Both these two teams like the hardest part of scouting.

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Speaker 1: Like anyone could tell you Rashaan Gary Sweet right, anyone

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Speaker 1: can tell you Nikkil Harry is really good. Anyone can

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Speaker 1: tell you guys are really good. And it's clear at

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Speaker 1: this practice. You know, I don't know how many people

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Speaker 1: are listening. You know, you guys probably are at work

533
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Speaker 1: so they're not able to watch the practice. Like there

534
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Speaker 1: are certain guys. Deebo Samuel's from South Carolina is just

535
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Speaker 1: dominating at wide receiver. This guy I didn't even know

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Speaker 1: that much about. And he's right down the street from

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Speaker 1: my house where I grew up. Keelan Doss, a wide

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Speaker 1: receiver from U C. Davis, is kicking ask I mean,

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Speaker 1: there are gonna be so many guys from this game,

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Speaker 1: you know. Obviously, once the underclassman come out, they usually

541
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Speaker 1: litter the first round. But this game usually gets four

542
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Speaker 1: to six players in the first round, but then it

543
00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,960
Speaker 1: just litters the second, third, and fourth rounds. So these

544
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Speaker 1: two teams, like the hardest part of evaluating talent is

545
00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:26,960
Speaker 1: not whether guy can run, not whether guy can catch,

546
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Speaker 1: not whether guy can pass rush. It's how does he tick? Like,

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Speaker 1: how does he respond in a meeting. So when you

548
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Speaker 1: yell at a guy on the field and then you

549
00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:37,040
Speaker 1: go correct in the meeting room and then you go

550
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Speaker 1: back to the field, does the guy get it? Does

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Speaker 1: he understand that? And these two teams get a front

552
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Speaker 1: row seat, they get to do it, you know. And

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Speaker 1: I'd argue this is it's not a make or break

554
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Speaker 1: year for Lyncher Shanahan, but they need a big year.

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Speaker 1: I mean, they drafted now in the top ten two

556
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Speaker 1: years in a row. Obviously this year number two overall.

557
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Speaker 1: Now you gotta put it in contact. Jimmy Garoppolos hurt.

558
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Speaker 1: But next year with Jimmy back and you're million time

559
00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:04,160
Speaker 1: to win. Gruden, you trade all these players, like you

560
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:06,840
Speaker 1: better nail this draft. Well, you can't ask for a

561
00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:10,440
Speaker 1: better opportunity. And I know Gruden has like him and

562
00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:14,680
Speaker 1: Mayock have like a mail erection at this game. I mean,

563
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Speaker 1: there are not two guys, I promise you the one

564
00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:20,719
Speaker 1: I do appreciate about this, about both them, and I

565
00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:24,239
Speaker 1: think John Lynch really likes it. Would Kyle rather not

566
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Speaker 1: be doing it yet I've heard yes, and I don't

567
00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:29,200
Speaker 1: totally blame him. But Gruden is like a kid in

568
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Speaker 1: a candy store. So it is fun having just watched

569
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Speaker 1: the practice, how much joy he's getting on the field.

570
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Speaker 1: And we all know that Mayock, I mean freaking lifts

571
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Speaker 1: for the Senior Bowl and the Combine, Like you could

572
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:45,600
Speaker 1: just rename that Mike Mayock. So I think both these

573
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Speaker 1: two teams, they're scouts are going into meetings like for

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Speaker 1: those that don't realize, Like at the Senior Bowl, two

575
00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:54,239
Speaker 1: of the thirty two teams coach the Senior Bowl, So

576
00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:58,960
Speaker 1: those coaches get those players in in actual install meetings.

577
00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:03,440
Speaker 1: Now at there's like kind of a huge ballroom slash

578
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Speaker 1: convention center where all the scouts can come and you

579
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Speaker 1: interview and guys can sit down with head coaches. You know,

580
00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:12,520
Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin, and I mean all the coaches or gms

581
00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:15,680
Speaker 1: are present, so they're interviewing these guys one on one

582
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Speaker 1: or as a group. So it's not like they necessarily

583
00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:22,360
Speaker 1: have a lot more inside access, but there is an

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Speaker 1: inside access where tomorrow's Friday, well, if you're listening to

585
00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:28,240
Speaker 1: this is probably Friday or Saturday. The the all the

586
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Speaker 1: NFL personnel people bone out of town Thursday night or

587
00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:34,440
Speaker 1: Friday morning, So the Niners and Raiders get those guys

588
00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:38,640
Speaker 1: for like an extra thirty two forty plus hours just

589
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Speaker 1: one on one with them. And I think I saw

590
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Speaker 1: Drew lock was saying that he sat down to breakfast

591
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Speaker 1: and Gruden started drilling him about passes you know that

592
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Speaker 1: he screwed up during the season against Alabama, and then

593
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Speaker 1: you can I mean, you're gonna have this conversation with

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Speaker 1: this guy over breakfast. Then it's just a unique situation

595
00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:58,240
Speaker 1: and it's really more powerful for the teams than it

596
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Speaker 1: is for the players. And I've all he said for

597
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:04,360
Speaker 1: the players, you never there's been like two major injuries

598
00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:06,920
Speaker 1: in the last you know, ten years there. You go

599
00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:10,120
Speaker 1: to make money. It's hard to lose money there, especially

600
00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:11,760
Speaker 1: as a quarterback. If you have a good arm you

601
00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:15,160
Speaker 1: should go if invited. And if you're fast and you

602
00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:18,520
Speaker 1: you're a wide receiver, you one go because fast always

603
00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:22,240
Speaker 1: jumps off the field and good pass rushers. My last

604
00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:26,280
Speaker 1: year in the NFL, Ziggy Anza was like this raw product.

605
00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:29,480
Speaker 1: It was clear he was like six five to sixty whatever,

606
00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:32,280
Speaker 1: could run like the deer. But he wasn't Like you

607
00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:33,920
Speaker 1: watched him at b YU was like, he doesn't know

608
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Speaker 1: what he's doing. Well, of course he doesn't know what

609
00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:38,680
Speaker 1: he was doing. He had moved from Africa like three

610
00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:41,720
Speaker 1: and a half years before. I think the coaching staff

611
00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:44,479
Speaker 1: found him like on campus. Oh he's playing pick up

612
00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:47,040
Speaker 1: hoops and one of the dudes was like, bro, you

613
00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:49,400
Speaker 1: should come out for the team. And they introduced him

614
00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,200
Speaker 1: to Bronco Menden Hall. So yeah, he was really raw.

615
00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:54,120
Speaker 1: And then he went to the Senior Bowl practice and

616
00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:58,240
Speaker 1: wasn't even that good. And I vividly remember Brett Veach,

617
00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:00,840
Speaker 1: I think was on the Chiefs by then, text me like, bro,

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00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:05,440
Speaker 1: you gotta watch the game tape because sometimes you know Saturday,

619
00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:07,480
Speaker 1: like this Saturday, I'm going to play golf. I won't

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00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:10,200
Speaker 1: watch the game live. Scouts are out their families. Whatever

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Speaker 1: you might not watch the game live. You go back

622
00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:15,920
Speaker 1: and watch the tape, and Ziggy dominated the game. It

623
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,600
Speaker 1: was like a high school recruit that's going to Alabama.

624
00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:20,880
Speaker 1: You're like, oh my god, and then what happened. The

625
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,760
Speaker 1: dude went fifth overall. And I think the guy Sweat

626
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,280
Speaker 1: right now from Mississippi State is doing that and it's

627
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,200
Speaker 1: pretty clear that he's gonna be a top ten player.

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00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,600
Speaker 1: It's really probably I was thinking about this today. It

629
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Speaker 1: might be the most lucrative college job interview in America.

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Speaker 1: I mean it really for seniors in college in all

631
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Speaker 1: of America. I mean, how many seniors in you know

632
00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:43,880
Speaker 1: get to go to a job convention That's what this

633
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:47,360
Speaker 1: is and basically interview for a job that's gonna pay

634
00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:51,880
Speaker 1: them anywhere from you know, a fifteen million dollar bonus

635
00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:55,960
Speaker 1: to a minimum five thousand dollars a year. Like it's basketball,

636
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:57,920
Speaker 1: obviously you can make a lot too, But none of

637
00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:00,200
Speaker 1: the top guys ever worked out at the combine. And too,

638
00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:03,720
Speaker 1: they only have two rounds. When football, you can eventually

639
00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,200
Speaker 1: become a millionaire if you get drafted in the fourth round. Right,

640
00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:08,560
Speaker 1: you play three sweet years and then you get extended.

641
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Speaker 1: So it's just an incredible opportunity for all these guys,

642
00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:14,600
Speaker 1: and it is a fun game to watch, Like I

643
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:17,200
Speaker 1: never understand this, And I think a lot of people

644
00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:20,520
Speaker 1: that listen to me like college football, but sometimes pro people,

645
00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:24,280
Speaker 1: uh don't love college football? Well, if you love the NFL,

646
00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:28,360
Speaker 1: why wouldn't you like watching now specific college football games

647
00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:30,560
Speaker 1: when you go, well, they got three first rounders, Like,

648
00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:32,560
Speaker 1: how would you not be interested? It's like the minor

649
00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:34,920
Speaker 1: leagues that's where the guys come from. Now. I know

650
00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:37,040
Speaker 1: a lot of people that aren't maybe not that into

651
00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:39,720
Speaker 1: college football start getting into it now with these ball

652
00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:42,160
Speaker 1: get or with the Senior Bowl and then the Combine,

653
00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:44,720
Speaker 1: and then we start getting a pretty good idea of

654
00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:48,160
Speaker 1: who's gonna go where give or take. The marketplace kind

655
00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:51,920
Speaker 1: of starts, you know, playing itself out. What pick will

656
00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:54,560
Speaker 1: I have to use to get that guy? How many

657
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:56,680
Speaker 1: picks would I have to trade up to get him?

658
00:33:56,960 --> 00:34:00,479
Speaker 1: Could I trade back from five to five team and

659
00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:03,800
Speaker 1: still get the guy I want? That's really kind of

660
00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:07,200
Speaker 1: in full swing right now, and I think they're feeling

661
00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:11,640
Speaker 1: it out. The other story that's kind of national, and

662
00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:13,680
Speaker 1: it's kind of it's kind of local for me, and

663
00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:16,040
Speaker 1: I've talked about it on my other podcast on my

664
00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:18,600
Speaker 1: Periscope show, so I already I can't even talk about

665
00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:21,480
Speaker 1: it that much more. Uh, Derek Carr getting into it

666
00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:24,960
Speaker 1: with a first take, Guy, Listen, I don't take. I've

667
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:26,920
Speaker 1: met steven A a a couple of times. I like stephen A.

668
00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:30,200
Speaker 1: He's a TV entertainer. I don't go to him for

669
00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:33,799
Speaker 1: opinions on anything but probably maybe a little bit of

670
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:36,719
Speaker 1: basketball Max Kellerman. I've never heard him utter a word

671
00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:39,480
Speaker 1: that I take seriously ever, so I don't care what

672
00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:42,839
Speaker 1: he says. But I think Derek needs to get out

673
00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:45,640
Speaker 1: of this. Like clearly he's a little defensive right now,

674
00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:48,919
Speaker 1: and airing your stuff on Twitter is a can't win proposition.

675
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:51,640
Speaker 1: But I think he needs to get out of the business.

676
00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:54,520
Speaker 1: Like we all know, especially people around the Bay Area,

677
00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:57,560
Speaker 1: like your high character guy. You work hard, You've played

678
00:34:57,560 --> 00:34:59,800
Speaker 1: through broken backs, you came right back from a we

679
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,200
Speaker 1: at it. But like when you always say I'm gonna

680
00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:04,319
Speaker 1: keep working hard, I'm gonna you know, part of being

681
00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:07,040
Speaker 1: a pro is you're just expected to work hard like

682
00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:09,040
Speaker 1: anyone listening. If you have a big boy job and

683
00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:11,160
Speaker 1: you make a lot of money, like no one is

684
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:13,480
Speaker 1: you know, checking the clock. When you get to work,

685
00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:15,520
Speaker 1: you're just expected to be there early and stay late.

686
00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:17,480
Speaker 1: You know, anyone that makes a lot of money and

687
00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:19,759
Speaker 1: owns a company, you just put in. You don't count ours.

688
00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:22,520
Speaker 1: You just grind like it's just part of the expectation.

689
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:24,880
Speaker 1: It's part of the standard. Like Tom Brady is just

690
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,680
Speaker 1: working his ass off, you know, Peyton Manning forever just

691
00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:31,839
Speaker 1: grinding like Russell Wilson grinds like. It's part of the beat.

692
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Speaker 1: Deal with being a star quarterback making million. Here's the

693
00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:37,920
Speaker 1: other thing. Part of the reason you get all the

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Speaker 1: money is because you get all the praise. Well, usually

695
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Speaker 1: when someone gets all the praise, that also means when

696
00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:45,640
Speaker 1: it doesn't go well, you get all the blame. It's

697
00:35:45,719 --> 00:35:47,640
Speaker 1: usually why you get all the girls. That's why you

698
00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:49,880
Speaker 1: get all the fame. It comes with being a quarterback.

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Speaker 1: This is part of the deal with being a franchise quarterback.

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00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:55,279
Speaker 1: You get shipped on sometimes it sucks, you know, but

701
00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:58,600
Speaker 1: you make an astronomical amount of money and it's part

702
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:01,120
Speaker 1: of the reason. You are the face of the franchise

703
00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:03,880
Speaker 1: with the good and the bad. You know, you're the

704
00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:07,359
Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the NFL are basically like NBA superstars. They

705
00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:10,600
Speaker 1: just mean more to the franchise. They are just more popular,

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00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:13,520
Speaker 1: they are more well known. They probably get too much

707
00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:15,640
Speaker 1: credit when it goes well, and they probably get too

708
00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:18,080
Speaker 1: much blame when it goes shitty, But it's part of

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Speaker 1: the deal. Sometimes you just gotta suck it up, you know.

710
00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:23,920
Speaker 1: But you can't, like once you get to a certain

711
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:27,719
Speaker 1: age in life, you know, probably over like I don't know,

712
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Speaker 1: twenty four, you can't really brag about how hard you were.

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Speaker 1: You know why, because most people in this country that

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Speaker 1: are successful work hard. Just as a wise man once

715
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Speaker 1: told me, my partner got Haberman. That's the price of admission.

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00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:44,200
Speaker 1: You know, you're getting million dollars. You're not only expected

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Speaker 1: to work, expecting to win games. It's a great part

718
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:48,400
Speaker 1: about pro sports. Like you, you just need to not

719
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:50,839
Speaker 1: say anything. Just come back and win games and play well,

720
00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:53,160
Speaker 1: because that's the only thing we care about in pro sports.

721
00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:55,640
Speaker 1: We don't care like I'll to give you an example,

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00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:57,759
Speaker 1: No one in the Bay Area ever complains about how

723
00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:00,600
Speaker 1: much Steph Curry makes. You know what, it makes thirty five.

724
00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:02,440
Speaker 1: He's gonna make like forty million dollars ext year. You

725
00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:05,160
Speaker 1: know why? He just wins m vps and championships. That's

726
00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:08,480
Speaker 1: all he does. He just kicks ass. You know who

727
00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:11,680
Speaker 1: we do complain about around here, Jeff so Marja for

728
00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:14,920
Speaker 1: the Giants, makes about twenty million dollars. Can't get a

729
00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:18,840
Speaker 1: guy out to save his life, you know in pro sports,

730
00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:21,080
Speaker 1: just get the job done. When you don't get the

731
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:23,840
Speaker 1: job done, like for example, Aaron Rodgers this year they

732
00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:26,919
Speaker 1: started losing, he started getting a lot of crap. Why

733
00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:29,879
Speaker 1: because I think he literally made eighty million dollars over

734
00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:33,560
Speaker 1: six months. So it was like the money we you know,

735
00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:36,400
Speaker 1: just coming the average guy in this country kind of

736
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:39,120
Speaker 1: resents wealth. Now we'll respect it. If you're just kicking

737
00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:41,319
Speaker 1: ask there's nothing we can say. Like you can talk

738
00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:43,759
Speaker 1: crap about Jeff Bezos all you want, like we all

739
00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:46,480
Speaker 1: use the product. Like you can hate on Tom Brady

740
00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:48,200
Speaker 1: all you want, but no one can dispute. All the

741
00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:51,040
Speaker 1: guy does is win, right, It just it is what

742
00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:53,920
Speaker 1: it is. But when you're the star quarterback and things

743
00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:57,399
Speaker 1: did not go well and you're drafting four overall, like yeah,

744
00:37:57,640 --> 00:37:59,960
Speaker 1: you're a good guy, you're a high character guy. You've

745
00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:02,160
Speaker 1: played well at a high level, but you haven't played

746
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:05,319
Speaker 1: well lately. So just there's no reason to clap back.

747
00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:08,280
Speaker 1: You know, it's a it's a it's a never ending

748
00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:10,600
Speaker 1: cycle that you will not win as a player. It's

749
00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:14,200
Speaker 1: why most quarterbacks don't say anything. And it's it's probably

750
00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:16,759
Speaker 1: harder for Derek and even the guys younger than him

751
00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:19,640
Speaker 1: because they've grown up on social media. They all all

752
00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:23,440
Speaker 1: say this, Like I I really think millennials, you know,

753
00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:25,759
Speaker 1: they take a lot of crap. They are a very

754
00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:29,680
Speaker 1: very friendly generation. Like they're more friendly personally than like

755
00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:32,359
Speaker 1: I'm the older end of millennials at thirty four. I'd

756
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:36,720
Speaker 1: say thirty four, like four, early forties much just meaner humans.

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00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:40,080
Speaker 1: Most people I know in their twenties are just very friendly,

758
00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:42,919
Speaker 1: and I think it's hard for them sometimes just because

759
00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:44,520
Speaker 1: they're so active and they see it all and they

760
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:47,080
Speaker 1: watch it all now, not that they always didn't, but

761
00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:49,799
Speaker 1: it's just you can't keep fighting those battles because you

762
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:53,200
Speaker 1: will not win them. Okay, let's get in to this

763
00:38:53,239 --> 00:38:55,960
Speaker 1: thing called the Middlecoff mail bag. Slide them into my

764
00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:59,640
Speaker 1: d M s at John Middlecoff and ask away. I

765
00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:02,840
Speaker 1: actually just had a question again at John Middlecoff on Instagram.

766
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:05,360
Speaker 1: Slide up into those d M s. I think I

767
00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:09,279
Speaker 1: just deleted a question. It was basically, why does the

768
00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:11,080
Speaker 1: media I don't even know if the media just us

769
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:13,840
Speaker 1: in general people when we talk about football, like Brady's

770
00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:19,640
Speaker 1: playing golf, Russell Wilson's playing you know, Dak even though

771
00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:22,319
Speaker 1: it's this isn't basketball. It's not like they're on the

772
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:25,160
Speaker 1: field at the same time. And I think the answer

773
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:28,920
Speaker 1: is pretty simple. Uh, quarterbacks are just the most famous people.

774
00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:31,160
Speaker 1: So that's just that's just who we talk about. You know,

775
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:33,800
Speaker 1: if if you have an all Pro guard, the casual

776
00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:38,080
Speaker 1: fans not gonna be like, you know what, Anthony Moonios.

777
00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:41,040
Speaker 1: You know, it's just not how they talk. I don't

778
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:42,960
Speaker 1: know why I dropped Anthony Moonios. I couldn't think of

779
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:45,560
Speaker 1: a sweet guard off the top of my head. Um,

780
00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:48,759
Speaker 1: you know, Zack Martin, whoever. But you just it's just

781
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:50,799
Speaker 1: not the way we talk. Even though those guys get

782
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:54,719
Speaker 1: highly compensated. You know, quarterbacks are just you know, like

783
00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:56,400
Speaker 1: I was just talking about with car are just the

784
00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:58,359
Speaker 1: most important player. They get paid the most, they get

785
00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:00,640
Speaker 1: talked about the most, they get the most praized, they

786
00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:03,840
Speaker 1: get the most blame. Uh, they get it all. You know,

787
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Speaker 1: It's just it's just the deal. Longtime listener could be

788
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:10,520
Speaker 1: wrong on a couple of points here, but I believe

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Speaker 1: Wade Phillips was the defensive coordinator for Kubiak on the

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00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:17,960
Speaker 1: Broncos team that won Super Bowl fifty and Vaughan was

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00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:19,800
Speaker 1: the m v P. They also beat the Patriots in

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Speaker 1: the a f C Championship game. I think he was

793
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:25,800
Speaker 1: the only he was one of only a few times

794
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:28,560
Speaker 1: that Brady has ever seemed overwhelmed with an elite pass

795
00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:30,960
Speaker 1: rush like Denver Head. Do you think this will be

796
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:35,160
Speaker 1: the storyline on game day Brady versus Phillips defense. Haven't

797
00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:39,480
Speaker 1: heard anyone talk about phillips previous success against Brady. That's

798
00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:41,760
Speaker 1: a good question. Let me give a little thumbs up emoji.

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Speaker 1: I. I I do think it's a little different in the

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Speaker 1: sense that when Brady got his ass kicked in that

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Speaker 1: a f C Championship game, and if you remember that,

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00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:54,120
Speaker 1: you know, I'm pretty sure Gronk wasn't a percent healthy,

803
00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:59,480
Speaker 1: but their defensive line was. And I watched so much

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Speaker 1: of them because as they were, that wasn't like that

805
00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:03,839
Speaker 1: their heyday, and they were playing the Raiders twice a year.

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00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:07,360
Speaker 1: I just I just watched them a lot. Uh and

807
00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:09,200
Speaker 1: I'm sure probably a lot of people listening to watch

808
00:41:09,239 --> 00:41:10,319
Speaker 1: him a lot. They were one of the best teams

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00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:12,319
Speaker 1: in the league, so they were always on national television game.

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00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:15,200
Speaker 1: It wasn't just Vaughan, you know that, the it was

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00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:19,920
Speaker 1: Malik Jackson. It was Derek Wolfe and he's a coaching now.

812
00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:22,239
Speaker 1: But DeMarcus Ware was still on the team. And then

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00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:24,719
Speaker 1: I think they had Shaquille Barrett coming off the uh,

814
00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:27,560
Speaker 1: coming off the bench. Shane Ray I think had just

815
00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:29,720
Speaker 1: been a first round pick and he wasn't even that good.

816
00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:33,840
Speaker 1: But their defensive line was just stupid. And that was

817
00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:37,879
Speaker 1: a year people forget this. Dante Scardneckia who actually went

818
00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:40,120
Speaker 1: to college with my uncle. They've been good friends for

819
00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:44,520
Speaker 1: like fifty years. Uh, we had retired and they had

820
00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:47,480
Speaker 1: another offensive line coach. I think his name was like Guillermo.

821
00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:49,359
Speaker 1: I can't even say his name. He was actually just

822
00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:52,120
Speaker 1: the offensive line coach for the Colts and they just

823
00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:55,000
Speaker 1: fired him. But my point was that it was just

824
00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:56,480
Speaker 1: kind of a weird year. And this is an all

825
00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:59,680
Speaker 1: time great defensive line, I mean Von Miller, Super Bowl,

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Speaker 1: m V, the Hall of Famer. Malik Jackson turned out

827
00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:05,040
Speaker 1: he was a max player Derek Wolfe before some injuries,

828
00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:08,160
Speaker 1: was an elite player. DeMarcus Ware Hall of Famer. So

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Speaker 1: I think it's and if if you look back on

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Speaker 1: the defenses that gave him trouble with New York uh

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Speaker 1: Justin Tuck. I met Justin Tuck. He's like in his

832
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Speaker 1: prime six six to seventy, can run like a deer.

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Speaker 1: J p p Kiwa, Nuka uh O c back in

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Speaker 1: oh seven stray Hand. I mean they had dudes. When

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Speaker 1: I look at this Rams defensive line, Aaron Donald, Hall

836
00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:34,360
Speaker 1: of Famer, Sue when he plays hard is a mother.

837
00:42:35,239 --> 00:42:37,520
Speaker 1: I get this guy. Credit never been a huge fan.

838
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:41,040
Speaker 1: But Fowler Jr. Who they traded for from Jacksonville, former

839
00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:44,520
Speaker 1: top five pick, has looked a lot better. So their

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00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:48,000
Speaker 1: defensive line. I mean Aaron Donald, you know, I put

841
00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:51,480
Speaker 1: Von Miller three or four years ago, was elite. It's

842
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:54,200
Speaker 1: like Aaron Donald, you know. I wouldn't say Sue is

843
00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:55,960
Speaker 1: quite as good as those other guys, but yeah, I

844
00:42:55,960 --> 00:42:59,479
Speaker 1: mean it could happen. I would say one thing though,

845
00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:03,799
Speaker 1: this Patriot team and just the coaching staff, because they've

846
00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:07,440
Speaker 1: lost some of those games. There's not you could argue.

847
00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:10,600
Speaker 1: Maybe maybe like Walsh and there were probably a couple

848
00:43:10,719 --> 00:43:16,360
Speaker 1: like late eighties Parcels Belichick game plans. This is probably

849
00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:19,000
Speaker 1: a top two or three game planning staff in the

850
00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:22,720
Speaker 1: history of the NFL. That being the combination of Brady,

851
00:43:23,160 --> 00:43:26,760
Speaker 1: Josh and Bill, Like the combination of the three of them,

852
00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:30,799
Speaker 1: like they're just gonna see things getting ready these two

853
00:43:30,840 --> 00:43:35,560
Speaker 1: weeks that you know, beside Parcels and probably Walsh wouldn't

854
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:38,520
Speaker 1: even notice. I'd be a dead series. I mean, it's

855
00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:41,200
Speaker 1: just it's probably the greatest think tank. Unlike because it

856
00:43:41,239 --> 00:43:43,640
Speaker 1: was just Walsh, I got news for you. I love

857
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:46,520
Speaker 1: the guy. He's a legend. Joe Montana's not the smartest guy.

858
00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:49,520
Speaker 1: Uh and Parcels really had Belichick and he said in

859
00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:52,080
Speaker 1: the thirty for thirty that he leaned on Bill, like

860
00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:56,320
Speaker 1: Bill's probably Belichick. That is probably the smartest football coach,

861
00:43:56,440 --> 00:43:59,080
Speaker 1: just smartest football coach besides being the best football coach

862
00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:03,040
Speaker 1: of all time. Josh McDaniels, say what you want about him.

863
00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:08,000
Speaker 1: He is an elite coordinator, an elite game planner. And

864
00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:12,320
Speaker 1: Brady has just turned into like he's morphed into Peyton

865
00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:15,759
Speaker 1: Manning the crazy thing in the early two thousands, Like

866
00:44:15,760 --> 00:44:17,000
Speaker 1: when I was in high school and then I went

867
00:44:17,080 --> 00:44:19,480
Speaker 1: to college. Probably like a lot of people, I love

868
00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:21,920
Speaker 1: Peyton Manning. I thought he was a badass, and I

869
00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:25,719
Speaker 1: was rooted for him against the Patriots, and then like

870
00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:28,200
Speaker 1: eventually it kind of flipped and I kind of became

871
00:44:28,239 --> 00:44:31,359
Speaker 1: a Brady guy. I still like Manning, but remember back

872
00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:34,560
Speaker 1: in the day, people are like, oh, Tom's just winning

873
00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:38,000
Speaker 1: because of the defense and the coaching staff. He can't

874
00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:41,200
Speaker 1: carry the team. Like the last ten years, he's been

875
00:44:41,239 --> 00:44:44,400
Speaker 1: on a war path, a war path of greatness of

876
00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:47,640
Speaker 1: just kicking ass, winning m vps and winning chips, you know,

877
00:44:47,719 --> 00:44:49,680
Speaker 1: and just going to the super Bowl. He kind of

878
00:44:49,719 --> 00:44:52,319
Speaker 1: became Peyton Manning with like a better arm, you know.

879
00:44:53,120 --> 00:44:55,680
Speaker 1: It's just a genius think tank. So yeah, I think

880
00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:59,279
Speaker 1: it'll be a storyline. I Aaron Donald's a monster, but man,

881
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:01,839
Speaker 1: they get rid of the ball so fast. And uh,

882
00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:04,600
Speaker 1: Dante Scarneki is back, and as I think Brady said

883
00:45:04,600 --> 00:45:07,120
Speaker 1: on his w e I show this week, he's the

884
00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:09,160
Speaker 1: greatest offensive line coach in the history of the league.

885
00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:12,000
Speaker 1: I had agree. Middlecoff mail back. You mentioned Sean Payton's

886
00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:15,319
Speaker 1: bad play calling in UH in your last episode. Does

887
00:45:15,360 --> 00:45:16,759
Speaker 1: he get a bit of a free pass? As a

888
00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:19,520
Speaker 1: head coach. McCarthy just got killed for only winning one

889
00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:22,000
Speaker 1: Super Bowl with Aaron Peyton has only won one with

890
00:45:22,080 --> 00:45:24,279
Speaker 1: Breeze and missed the playoffs nearly half the time, five

891
00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:27,279
Speaker 1: out of a twelve season. Is he a bit overrated?

892
00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:30,239
Speaker 1: A guy lean on in the league. An assistant coach

893
00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:35,320
Speaker 1: coordinator has told me multiple times, you think Sean Payton's

894
00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:37,440
Speaker 1: the best offensive mind in the league. Now that could

895
00:45:37,480 --> 00:45:42,600
Speaker 1: be argued. Uh, you know, I think, like like Andy,

896
00:45:42,920 --> 00:45:45,640
Speaker 1: they're very dependent on their defensive coordinator. So a lot

897
00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:48,239
Speaker 1: of those seasons that he missed, their defense was historically bad.

898
00:45:48,239 --> 00:45:52,719
Speaker 1: They always dominated on offense. I think this team, uh,

899
00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:55,799
Speaker 1: they made a little bit of a calculated risk. Like

900
00:45:55,880 --> 00:45:59,279
Speaker 1: remember they traded up in that draft to get Marcus Davenport.

901
00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:00,759
Speaker 1: And I was tech to a buddy in the league

902
00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:02,960
Speaker 1: and like it is Mark Staffnport good because they don't

903
00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:04,560
Speaker 1: have a first round pick this year And he's like, yeah,

904
00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:06,759
Speaker 1: he's pretty good. He's a little stiff, but I mean

905
00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:09,480
Speaker 1: he's like six, he's a monster, but he's not like

906
00:46:09,560 --> 00:46:11,319
Speaker 1: he didn't have a rookie season, Like, is he gonna

907
00:46:11,320 --> 00:46:14,160
Speaker 1: be Khalil Mackravon Miller or Aaron Donald. You know, it

908
00:46:14,200 --> 00:46:16,040
Speaker 1: doesn't quite look like that. When you trade up in

909
00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:19,200
Speaker 1: first round pick, you're basically a player away. Well, now

910
00:46:19,200 --> 00:46:22,080
Speaker 1: it's gonna hurt him this year because they're always kind

911
00:46:22,080 --> 00:46:23,279
Speaker 1: of tight with the cap because they have a lot

912
00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:26,200
Speaker 1: of highly paid players. They only have two players on offense,

913
00:46:26,560 --> 00:46:29,040
Speaker 1: Michael Thomas and Alvin Kamara. So I think it's a

914
00:46:29,040 --> 00:46:31,800
Speaker 1: long way of saying I think Sean Payton is really good.

915
00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:34,720
Speaker 1: I think he's a consistent top five coach in the league.

916
00:46:35,320 --> 00:46:37,120
Speaker 1: I think it's it's just hard to win in the NFL.

917
00:46:37,560 --> 00:46:40,240
Speaker 1: Like he's had some powerhouse teams these last two years

918
00:46:41,160 --> 00:46:44,200
Speaker 1: he won. It's hard to lose at home. I'll say

919
00:46:44,239 --> 00:46:47,640
Speaker 1: that like last year they lost to Minnesota, but that

920
00:46:47,719 --> 00:46:50,360
Speaker 1: game was on the road. So that this year, losing

921
00:46:50,360 --> 00:46:53,520
Speaker 1: at home and you're the one seed to Jared Goff,

922
00:46:53,640 --> 00:46:55,560
Speaker 1: I didn't think. Now part of it is I mean

923
00:46:55,600 --> 00:46:58,680
Speaker 1: Drew Brees is forty years old, and these last two

924
00:46:58,680 --> 00:47:02,279
Speaker 1: games he looked forty years old. Now again, I think

925
00:47:02,360 --> 00:47:04,880
Speaker 1: part they don't have great offensive weapons. They have one

926
00:47:04,920 --> 00:47:08,200
Speaker 1: elite receiver and one elite running back that's basically like

927
00:47:08,239 --> 00:47:11,279
Speaker 1: a pseudo slot receiver. To like Alvin Kamara is kind

928
00:47:11,320 --> 00:47:16,399
Speaker 1: of you know, Darren Sprawls in his prime on steroids,

929
00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:19,320
Speaker 1: meets like Christian McCaffrey, you know what I mean. He's sweet,

930
00:47:19,440 --> 00:47:22,759
Speaker 1: but you're better off having a little balance, and that

931
00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:26,080
Speaker 1: really kind of hurt him in that game. So over,

932
00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:28,920
Speaker 1: I think he's properly rated. I think there's one all

933
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:31,680
Speaker 1: time great coach in the league who's arguably the best

934
00:47:31,719 --> 00:47:34,480
Speaker 1: coach ever in Belichick. He's in his own little category.

935
00:47:34,800 --> 00:47:36,440
Speaker 1: And then there's a I think a group of four

936
00:47:36,520 --> 00:47:39,360
Speaker 1: or five guys that are just awesome, you know, that

937
00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:43,359
Speaker 1: are just consistently really good. They're flawed, you know, just

938
00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:47,120
Speaker 1: like most players are flawed. Even great players have flaws.

939
00:47:47,120 --> 00:47:49,359
Speaker 1: Like Kevin Durant, you know, he turns them all over.

940
00:47:49,719 --> 00:47:53,040
Speaker 1: You know, Sean Payton, he's got some flaws. Andy Reid

941
00:47:53,080 --> 00:47:55,960
Speaker 1: has some flaws. Pete Carroll has some flaws. They're better.

942
00:47:56,239 --> 00:47:58,600
Speaker 1: They run circles around most of the league. I mean,

943
00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:01,439
Speaker 1: they really do. Now know, Andy hasn't won a Super Bowl,

944
00:48:01,520 --> 00:48:03,000
Speaker 1: but I think we'd all agree he's one of the

945
00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:05,000
Speaker 1: best coaches in the league. You just don't win it

946
00:48:05,000 --> 00:48:08,760
Speaker 1: every year unless you're Belichick. You know, throw Doug Peterson

947
00:48:08,800 --> 00:48:10,279
Speaker 1: there He's pretty damn good too. There's just a lot

948
00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:12,480
Speaker 1: of good coaches in the league right now. McVeigh Naggy,

949
00:48:12,520 --> 00:48:16,040
Speaker 1: a lot of young blood still like I make fun

950
00:48:16,040 --> 00:48:18,360
Speaker 1: of Zimmer being a meathead, but Zimmers are still a

951
00:48:18,400 --> 00:48:22,920
Speaker 1: really good defensive coach. Uh John big fan of the podcast.

952
00:48:23,040 --> 00:48:26,400
Speaker 1: What is your opinion on the Nebraska corn Husters future

953
00:48:26,480 --> 00:48:30,600
Speaker 1: under Scott Frost? Will Frost forecast hype? Will the hype

954
00:48:30,680 --> 00:48:33,520
Speaker 1: come true? Or are we gonna see them continue to

955
00:48:33,560 --> 00:48:37,360
Speaker 1: be average? I'm a big Adrian Martinez guy, their quarterback,

956
00:48:37,360 --> 00:48:42,440
Speaker 1: their true freshman quarterback who from Fresno, had some moments

957
00:48:42,520 --> 00:48:45,279
Speaker 1: last year, got banged up. Yeah. I talked to a

958
00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:47,400
Speaker 1: buddy that work with Scott Frost. I think he's big time.

959
00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:50,480
Speaker 1: I believe in Scott Frost. I just think the quarterbacks

960
00:48:50,480 --> 00:48:53,200
Speaker 1: pretty special and if they can keep them healthy. Their

961
00:48:53,200 --> 00:48:56,279
Speaker 1: coaching staff has proven, you know it. I was gonna

962
00:48:56,320 --> 00:48:58,879
Speaker 1: say USF, but it's u CF. I mean, they can win,

963
00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:01,759
Speaker 1: they know how to coach. You just meet need more

964
00:49:01,800 --> 00:49:04,680
Speaker 1: talent in that conference. The conference is good, right Wisconsin,

965
00:49:04,719 --> 00:49:08,680
Speaker 1: Penn State, Michigan, Ohio State. I mean that's that's four

966
00:49:09,040 --> 00:49:11,240
Speaker 1: in Michigan. State's pretty damn good. I mean the conference

967
00:49:11,320 --> 00:49:14,759
Speaker 1: is damn good and it's physical. But I think they

968
00:49:14,800 --> 00:49:17,879
Speaker 1: got a quarterback with Uh. I was trying to think, Yeah,

969
00:49:17,960 --> 00:49:20,680
Speaker 1: Dwayne Haskins is coming out, so I mean they might.

970
00:49:21,080 --> 00:49:24,399
Speaker 1: I like, I take Adrian Martinez over Uh, the kid

971
00:49:24,520 --> 00:49:28,360
Speaker 1: from from Michigan. I'm trying to his name escapes me,

972
00:49:28,560 --> 00:49:32,239
Speaker 1: Shaye Patterson. I'll tell you that much. I I like Nebraska. Now,

973
00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:34,800
Speaker 1: it's just hard. You know, there's a reason usually coaching

974
00:49:34,840 --> 00:49:37,719
Speaker 1: staffs turnover. It's probably a little more difficult than you

975
00:49:37,800 --> 00:49:41,200
Speaker 1: think to bounce back. But as he showed at UCF,

976
00:49:41,239 --> 00:49:43,880
Speaker 1: he'll bounce back fast. Now it might be eighting for

977
00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:46,600
Speaker 1: it might not be like eleven and one, but I

978
00:49:46,600 --> 00:49:50,399
Speaker 1: think maybe by Adrian's junior year, so a year from

979
00:49:50,680 --> 00:49:53,640
Speaker 1: like not this fall, but the falling fall, they could

980
00:49:54,040 --> 00:49:57,360
Speaker 1: be a legit team. Anyways, was wondering your thoughts. Another

981
00:49:57,440 --> 00:50:00,840
Speaker 1: question on the Seahawks ESPEC. Actually, now that they're in

982
00:50:00,880 --> 00:50:04,800
Speaker 1: the that the NFC West is loaded with the these

983
00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:08,680
Speaker 1: offensive coaches McVeigh, Clay Cliff, and how you think that

984
00:50:08,760 --> 00:50:11,600
Speaker 1: Pete and Russ are gonna match up? Well, I know

985
00:50:11,719 --> 00:50:14,400
Speaker 1: this right now, the Rams are the cream of the crop.

986
00:50:14,800 --> 00:50:17,560
Speaker 1: Seattle's played him really well. Actually, the last two years

987
00:50:17,920 --> 00:50:20,239
Speaker 1: they had a game I think it was two years

988
00:50:20,239 --> 00:50:22,200
Speaker 1: ago in l A. They went toe to toe with them.

989
00:50:22,200 --> 00:50:25,760
Speaker 1: They played him really well both times. This year easily

990
00:50:25,800 --> 00:50:28,160
Speaker 1: could have won both the games. So as long as

991
00:50:28,200 --> 00:50:30,479
Speaker 1: you have Pete Carroll and Russell Wilson, like, you're gonna

992
00:50:30,520 --> 00:50:33,560
Speaker 1: be good, Seattle is to me, is gonna be better

993
00:50:33,760 --> 00:50:35,600
Speaker 1: next year than they were this year. I think how

994
00:50:35,600 --> 00:50:38,560
Speaker 1: many young players they have. You know, Rashad Penny is

995
00:50:38,560 --> 00:50:41,160
Speaker 1: gonna be a year older. Uh, he should take a step.

996
00:50:41,160 --> 00:50:43,839
Speaker 1: I mean they did draft him in the first round. Uh,

997
00:50:43,880 --> 00:50:46,160
Speaker 1: they have a hot much higher first round pick this

998
00:50:46,280 --> 00:50:48,920
Speaker 1: year because you know, they got knocked out in the

999
00:50:48,960 --> 00:50:51,560
Speaker 1: first round. So that when are they ever drafted in

1000
00:50:52,040 --> 00:50:54,160
Speaker 1: you know, like high twenties or they might even be

1001
00:50:54,200 --> 00:50:59,080
Speaker 1: like nineteen or twenty. I think they're twenty one. But yeah,

1002
00:50:58,280 --> 00:51:02,600
Speaker 1: I love them. You know, I think that I'm bullish

1003
00:51:02,600 --> 00:51:05,799
Speaker 1: on on Kyle and the Niners if Jimmy's healthy. But

1004
00:51:06,040 --> 00:51:08,279
Speaker 1: I can't just chock them up that they can beat

1005
00:51:08,320 --> 00:51:11,239
Speaker 1: Pete Carroll and Russell Wilson like I I've seen some

1006
00:51:11,320 --> 00:51:14,440
Speaker 1: of the best teams, Like listen, I know they didn't

1007
00:51:14,440 --> 00:51:16,279
Speaker 1: win the Super Bowl. But I've been watching the forty

1008
00:51:16,400 --> 00:51:19,839
Speaker 1: Niners since probably like that I can remember like ninety one,

1009
00:51:19,840 --> 00:51:23,200
Speaker 1: so I've seen some pretty good teams. That Niners team

1010
00:51:23,239 --> 00:51:25,040
Speaker 1: is one of the best teams ever, like the not

1011
00:51:25,160 --> 00:51:28,200
Speaker 1: the hardbo Niners in their peak were unreal, never won

1012
00:51:28,239 --> 00:51:31,879
Speaker 1: a championship, no rings, but that team was could hang

1013
00:51:31,920 --> 00:51:34,960
Speaker 1: with anyone, any era, you know. I I know what

1014
00:51:35,040 --> 00:51:38,480
Speaker 1: I saw, and Pete Carroll could give them a game.

1015
00:51:38,760 --> 00:51:41,440
Speaker 1: Pete Carroll can coach like you can put him in

1016
00:51:41,480 --> 00:51:44,399
Speaker 1: a parking lot against whoever, and his team's gonna hang.

1017
00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:48,240
Speaker 1: So I I yeah, I mean, I'm always bullish on Seattle.

1018
00:51:48,440 --> 00:51:51,160
Speaker 1: As long as they have they have Russ and Pete,

1019
00:51:51,280 --> 00:51:53,279
Speaker 1: I think it's up to the Rams have proven they

1020
00:51:53,280 --> 00:51:56,960
Speaker 1: can beat him. But the Niners and Cardinals, uh, clearly

1021
00:51:57,040 --> 00:51:59,960
Speaker 1: Kyle hasn't. And Cliff Kingsbury, I mean Ship, he's never

1022
00:52:00,080 --> 00:52:03,880
Speaker 1: coached U Dayan, you know, an NFL game in his life,

1023
00:52:04,040 --> 00:52:07,960
Speaker 1: So I I think he's gonna be okay. Actually, but

1024
00:52:08,440 --> 00:52:10,919
Speaker 1: I I can't just say like I would expect him,

1025
00:52:11,000 --> 00:52:13,600
Speaker 1: just knowing what I know now, to lose both games

1026
00:52:13,640 --> 00:52:15,839
Speaker 1: to Seattle. I think it's gonna be hard for Cliff

1027
00:52:15,920 --> 00:52:20,040
Speaker 1: Kings Bear to win divisional games this year. I'm seriously

1028
00:52:20,080 --> 00:52:24,080
Speaker 1: considering going into sports analysis and wanted to know recommendation

1029
00:52:24,160 --> 00:52:28,239
Speaker 1: for a great school. My first couple of choices our

1030
00:52:28,360 --> 00:52:32,880
Speaker 1: full Sale and Hofstra. Any advice. Well, I went to

1031
00:52:32,920 --> 00:52:35,800
Speaker 1: cal Poly and was an agg business major and basically

1032
00:52:35,800 --> 00:52:39,319
Speaker 1: transferred into major's a normal business major. I think the

1033
00:52:39,400 --> 00:52:42,480
Speaker 1: key is now with all the avenues from YouTube to

1034
00:52:42,600 --> 00:52:45,879
Speaker 1: Twitter to just everything on the internet, it doesn't really

1035
00:52:45,920 --> 00:52:48,880
Speaker 1: matter what you major in. Uh, you know, I know

1036
00:52:48,920 --> 00:52:53,160
Speaker 1: there are some broadcasting school Syracuse, Missouri, you name it.

1037
00:52:53,200 --> 00:52:55,200
Speaker 1: There's some big ones. I think you can go wherever

1038
00:52:55,400 --> 00:52:58,640
Speaker 1: Cream rises. Just work on your craft. That's what I'd recommend.

1039
00:52:58,920 --> 00:53:00,680
Speaker 1: Just if you want to get into bride casting, whether

1040
00:53:00,680 --> 00:53:02,839
Speaker 1: it's play by play, whether it's opinions, whatever. You want

1041
00:53:02,840 --> 00:53:05,640
Speaker 1: to get into scap behind a mic, start recording, that's

1042
00:53:05,640 --> 00:53:08,120
Speaker 1: a great thing. iPads. I mean I do a daily

1043
00:53:08,160 --> 00:53:11,520
Speaker 1: periscope show on my iPad and make money off it,

1044
00:53:11,640 --> 00:53:13,480
Speaker 1: So I mean you can do that. You do it

1045
00:53:13,480 --> 00:53:16,399
Speaker 1: on your phone. You know, technology is is your friend.

1046
00:53:16,480 --> 00:53:19,520
Speaker 1: You don't need to be you know, I'm lucky that

1047
00:53:19,680 --> 00:53:23,319
Speaker 1: Colin reached out. But now I couldn't. I wouldn't have

1048
00:53:23,360 --> 00:53:25,600
Speaker 1: the reach clearly. But at me, you know, I just

1049
00:53:25,640 --> 00:53:27,759
Speaker 1: started up. I've been doing a podcast for a while

1050
00:53:27,800 --> 00:53:29,759
Speaker 1: before I started doing this one, So you can just

1051
00:53:29,840 --> 00:53:32,080
Speaker 1: do the I mean, I just have an Apple computer

1052
00:53:32,200 --> 00:53:35,160
Speaker 1: right now talking into a MacBook Pro. Uh. It's a

1053
00:53:35,160 --> 00:53:37,480
Speaker 1: great part about technology. It's really kind of there for

1054
00:53:37,560 --> 00:53:40,640
Speaker 1: you to do what it. You don't really need other

1055
00:53:40,680 --> 00:53:43,080
Speaker 1: people now you eventually do to make money, and I

1056
00:53:43,120 --> 00:53:45,200
Speaker 1: get to all that. I'm not just trying to sell

1057
00:53:45,200 --> 00:53:48,239
Speaker 1: you on a dream here, but you can start now

1058
00:53:48,360 --> 00:53:51,719
Speaker 1: with kind of bare minimal essentials that you probably already have.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, good luck. Just you know, you don't need

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Speaker 1: to go to the to the best school. I mean,

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Speaker 1: so's the guy that couldn't get into any of the schools.

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Speaker 1: One more question. I know you've talked about how baseball

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Speaker 1: is dying and only old people watch it. What do

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Speaker 1: you think about Major League Baseball expanding and creating new

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Speaker 1: buzz de younger generation. There's been rumors at the A's

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Speaker 1: relocating in Portland being a viable option UH and financial

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Speaker 1: support from Russell Wilson and SIRA. Do you think that

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Speaker 1: would UH reinvigorate the casual baseball fan, maybe in Portland.

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Speaker 1: I I just think that the NFL, and I say

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Speaker 1: it all the time, Like, listen, I watch NBA games

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Speaker 1: every day, you know, I watch over a hundred sixty

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Speaker 1: baseball games. Like I'm kind of a sports loser, but

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Speaker 1: I know most people don't. I think a huge element

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Speaker 1: is just gambling and fantasy football. I I do think

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Speaker 1: that the A's could eventually move to Portland. I also

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Speaker 1: think that Seattle is going to get a basketball team,

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Speaker 1: having scouted a little bit in that area. The University

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Speaker 1: of Washington, Uh, Portland State, Oregon. I mean, it's just,

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Speaker 1: it really is one and I went my little brother

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Speaker 1: got married. We took his assler party abandoned dunes. It

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Speaker 1: is one of like Oregon and and just the state

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Speaker 1: of Washington is probably one of the more underappreciated just

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Speaker 1: areas in all of America. No one really talks about it,

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Speaker 1: but anyone that knows knows. Like if you if you're

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Speaker 1: a golfer and you want to play bandon dunes, it's

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Speaker 1: pretty incredible. I mean, I shot, and I'm a decent golfer.

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Speaker 1: I shot a hundred and had of the time of

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Speaker 1: my life. I mean it's it's awesome. It's really cool.

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Speaker 1: Went up there for a couple of days party, played golf,

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Speaker 1: and obviously I've gone to I've actually never been to

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Speaker 1: a Seattle Seahawks game in Seattle, but I went to

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Speaker 1: University of Washington game when they were playing there. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think baseball would work. You'd have to

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Speaker 1: go a dome because it rains so much. I think

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Speaker 1: that's why. I mean, my favorite baseball team ever growing up,

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Speaker 1: even as the Giants fan, was that you know, ninety

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Speaker 1: Seattle team with Griffy and a Rod in the big unit,

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Speaker 1: J Buner. I mean I batted like J Bunor in

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Speaker 1: Little league for like five straight years. I couldn't hit ship,

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Speaker 1: but I had that open dance and now I'm bald,

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Speaker 1: so it kind of it kind of works. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean I think that it's just hard. It's just

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Speaker 1: a lot of inventory and people aren't as interested. But

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Speaker 1: appreciate everyone. Uh, keep hitting me up Instagram at John

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Speaker 1: Middlecoff and uh, you know, I'll talk to you guys.

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Speaker 1: Have a good weekend. I'll talk to you on Tuesday

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Speaker 1: and we'll start getting ready for the Super Bowl. John

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Speaker 1: middlecop three and out podcast out