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Speaker 1: What is up? Everybody? John Middlecoff three and Out podcasts.

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Speaker 1: Back at it again. Hopefully everyone's doing well, not as

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Speaker 1: like coolness factor. They played in the Super Bowl. They

428
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Speaker 1: parlayed that into just a lot of people paying attention.

429
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Speaker 1: Then Travis started Dayton Taylor Swift. It's just a good

430
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Speaker 1: life lesson whenever you get an opportunity to strike while

431
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Speaker 1: the iron's hot, you gotta do it because you never know.

432
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Speaker 1: There have been a lot of athletes that have tried

433
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Speaker 1: podcasting and are trying it currently that are just never

434
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Speaker 1: going to be big. And these guys, I think most

435
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Speaker 1: people would have thought, when they may, it'll be kind

436
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Speaker 1: of entertaining. Send one hundred million dollar contract, now is

437
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Speaker 1: it really worth that. I talked to someone in the

438
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Speaker 1: space that said, I don't know how any company could

439
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Speaker 1: even break even given the quantity of content they're producing. Now,

440
00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:09,440
Speaker 1: maybe that changes. Jason's now retired, maybe he starts doing

441
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Speaker 1: stuff for Amazon because that's technically the parent company that

442
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Speaker 1: owns Wondery. But props to those guys, because that's freaking awesome.

443
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Speaker 1: They are. They've been a rocket ship operation. There's no

444
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Speaker 1: question about it. And I saw that one thing's going

445
00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:31,280
Speaker 1: to be pretty clear. Heading into this weekend with college football,

446
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Speaker 1: five million people watch Florida State, Georgia Tech. It was

447
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Speaker 1: the most watched. I heard McAfee say this week zero

448
00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:42,919
Speaker 1: game in the history of Week zero games. Now, if

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Speaker 1: I remember correctly, there have been some bad Week zero games,

450
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Speaker 1: But regardless, I think college football this year is going

451
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Speaker 1: to do massive numbers. My friends of State Bulldogs play

452
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Speaker 1: Michigan on Saturday night NBC. I'm on a text chain

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Speaker 1: with a bunch of guys that live in Fresne. A

454
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Speaker 1: couple guys played there, and I said, I hope everyone

455
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Speaker 1: realizes there will be more eyeballs on this game than

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Speaker 1: any game Fresne State has ever played, and it will

457
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Speaker 1: not even be close. And Fresne's played Wisconsin, Tennessee, Ohio State,

458
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Speaker 1: Nebraska played big team USC. They have played big games

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Speaker 1: for decades. In the amount of people, They're gonna turn

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Speaker 1: that thing on and turn on these games this weekend,

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Speaker 1: the next couple of weekends, LSU USC on Sunday night.

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Speaker 1: It might not do an NFL number like twenty twenty

463
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Speaker 1: five million people that typically watch Today Night football, but

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Speaker 1: I bet it breaks a record. And listen, people ask

465
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Speaker 1: me all the time, like do you play fantasy? And

466
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Speaker 1: it's like, I never really got into fantasy. I respect

467
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Speaker 1: it and I know how big it is, but I gamble.

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Speaker 1: That's kind of what I do. And clearly, now with

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Speaker 1: the ability for more people to dabble in that space

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Speaker 1: and I'm not I get turned off a little bit

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Speaker 1: by all these media guys talking about gambling, like have

472
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Speaker 1: you really been gambling? Or are you just doing it

473
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Speaker 1: now for the money? Like some of us, it's in

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Speaker 1: our blood. I start sneaking into a casino when I

475
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Speaker 1: was like fifteen, sixteen years old, Cash Creek, Northern California.

476
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Speaker 1: I love it. I like the juice, and so does

477
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Speaker 1: anyone listen to this. If you like the gamble, you

478
00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:24,320
Speaker 1: just kind of get that itch. But a lot of

479
00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:26,080
Speaker 1: people talk about it now and you can tell, like

480
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Speaker 1: this guy. This guy wouldn't bet a fucking dollar on

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Speaker 1: a game, but a lot of people will. It's why

482
00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:35,600
Speaker 1: Michael Jordan resonates with us unlike Lebron because we can relate.

483
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Speaker 1: He's got gambling problems, likes to booze, likes to smoke cigars.

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Speaker 1: It's like like a lot of people. I know, Michael's

485
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Speaker 1: my goat, always will be, always has been. That'll never

486
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Speaker 1: change part just because I think his relatability and every

487
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Speaker 1: time you hear a story it's about him gambling on

488
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Speaker 1: the golf course, drinking booze. I'm like, shit, like to

489
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Speaker 1: hang out with this guy, but I think the gambling

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Speaker 1: out The NFL has always had it. The NFL is

491
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Speaker 1: just bigger than college football. It's just in bigger cities.

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Speaker 1: But now that it's kind of made its way to

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Speaker 1: college football on just this national level, that you get

494
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Speaker 1: people in these urban areas that might not care that

495
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Speaker 1: much about college football betting on the games. And we

496
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Speaker 1: better buckle up because it's gonna be big. And that's

497
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Speaker 1: why I want to hit on three things really quick

498
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Speaker 1: as we headed into this college football season that I

499
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Speaker 1: feel pretty strongly about. First and foremost, I root for

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Speaker 1: West Coast teams. I was a PAC twelve homer. I

501
00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:41,160
Speaker 1: want like when USC was awesome, it was sweet, it

502
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Speaker 1: was fun. I'm not anti USC, but I think they're

503
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Speaker 1: gonna stink this year. I think they are a six

504
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Speaker 1: to seven win team. They're going to be way worse

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Speaker 1: at quarterback. How could they not be losing Caleb Williams

506
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Speaker 1: and I just and I've said this for a while now,

507
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Speaker 1: I don't think it's a fit. And sometimes I was

508
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Speaker 1: thinking about this the other day, Like Lincoln at Oklahoma,

509
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Speaker 1: and Lincoln clearly knows what he's doing calling offense a

510
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Speaker 1: lot like Ryan Day knows how to call offense. They

511
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Speaker 1: both inherited a Mercedes, like Oklahoma was rolling. Ohio State

512
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Speaker 1: had won national championship with Urban Meyer. They were recruiting

513
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Speaker 1: the best of the best, and listen, they maintained it

514
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Speaker 1: and they did a great job, both of them. Their records, obviously,

515
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Speaker 1: Ryan Day's record at Ohio State and Lincoln Riley's record

516
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Speaker 1: Oklahoma speak for themselves. Winning conferences, going to BCS games,

517
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Speaker 1: going to the Final four. I'm not arguing that they

518
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Speaker 1: can't handle that, but going to programs that are in disarray.

519
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Speaker 1: That's what Jim Harbaugh did when he got to Michigan

520
00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:56,840
Speaker 1: and started winning ten games and then won a national championship.

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Speaker 1: That's why everyone freaked out when he said the dude

522
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Speaker 1: was born on third base. All he's saying is the

523
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Speaker 1: guy took over a program. It wasn't that difficult to

524
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Speaker 1: do what he did. A lot of people have done it.

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Speaker 1: When Nick Saban got to Alabama, it was bad. It

526
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Speaker 1: was not easy. Like that was a tough, tough turnaround.

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Speaker 1: If anyone can get Florida rolling again, if it doesn't

528
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Speaker 1: work out this year and they hire a new coach,

529
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Speaker 1: that's difficult. What Lane Kiffin is doing at Ole Miss,

530
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Speaker 1: that's impressive, right, What Kaylin do bore when he got

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Speaker 1: to Washington and they were a disaster and then flipped

532
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Speaker 1: him and had him in the national championship two years ago.

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Speaker 1: It's like, that's why he got the Alabama job. That's

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Speaker 1: not for everybody. If you put Lincoln right now, at

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Speaker 1: if Lincoln Riley had taken over for Alabama, like Alabama

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Speaker 1: be fine. Are they gonna rattle off seven national championships

537
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Speaker 1: in fifteen years? Probably not, but they'll be good. That'll

538
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Speaker 1: be top ten team every year. I just don't. I

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Speaker 1: don't see it, and I do not think it's gonna work.

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Speaker 1: And I'm not some USC hater because there are a

541
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Speaker 1: lot of them that ain't me. I'm really more of

542
00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:06,840
Speaker 1: a Notre Dame Ohio State hater. But I respect those

543
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Speaker 1: brands in those programs, and I think college football is

544
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Speaker 1: better when they're all good. But I always kind of

545
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Speaker 1: celebrate when they lose, but they don't, especially Ohio State,

546
00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:20,080
Speaker 1: they don't lose very often. Nebraska, I think they have

547
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Speaker 1: a chance to be the most fascinating team in the

548
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Speaker 1: country this year simply because this quarterback. Now, this happens

549
00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:31,080
Speaker 1: a lot in college football. A young five star rumors

550
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Speaker 1: that he got three four million dollars, never taking a snap.

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Speaker 1: You know, part of the reason I think he's not

552
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Speaker 1: at Georgia is because Kirby smart rightfully so doesn't go

553
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Speaker 1: hit certain amounts with high school recruits. I mean, they'll

554
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Speaker 1: pay them, but they weren't willing to pay what Nebraska's

555
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Speaker 1: willing to pay. They'll pay established starters, which to me

556
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Speaker 1: is the move. I would be very hesitant paying high

557
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Speaker 1: school recruits, especially at quarterback, millions of dollars, because over

558
00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:03,080
Speaker 1: half of them are not gonna turn into NFL players

559
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Speaker 1: or superstars. But Nebraska had no choice. His dad had

560
00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:08,480
Speaker 1: played there and he was a legit five star could

561
00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:11,360
Speaker 1: have got Ohio State Georgia like they both wanted him.

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Speaker 1: If this guy is good, I think Nebraska's gonna be

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Speaker 1: really interesting. This is why when I look at USC

564
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Speaker 1: like they're not beating Penn State, I don't know how

565
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Speaker 1: good Michigan's gonna be, but like I can't just chuck

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Speaker 1: them up to beat Michigan. And when they play random

567
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:29,320
Speaker 1: teams like Wisconsin Minnesota, like are they just a lock

568
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Speaker 1: to win these games? No chance? The other team that

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Speaker 1: I think everyone's kind of written off because he needs

570
00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:41,360
Speaker 1: to make fun of he says some random stuff and

571
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Speaker 1: he's anti the portal, so everyone's kind of ripped him

572
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Speaker 1: for it is Clemson, and I do wonder if we're

573
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Speaker 1: gonna see Clemson this year. We see Florida State. DJ stinks,

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Speaker 1: so they're gonna have problems. Miami's coach is just it's

575
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Speaker 1: hard to trust, you know that people are the high

576
00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:03,040
Speaker 1: behind Miami is putting a lot of faith in Mario Chrystobal.

577
00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:06,800
Speaker 1: Whenever Mario had to play real coach at Oregon, he lost.

578
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Speaker 1: And then on top of that, he does some of

579
00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:13,800
Speaker 1: the dumbest shit you'll ever see, taving him twice now,

580
00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:16,000
Speaker 1: not kneeling the ball, running the ball, and sled to

581
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Speaker 1: fumbles and losses. And the other thing is cam Ward,

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Speaker 1: who I watched a lot at Washington State, is a

583
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Speaker 1: pretty big wild card. Like he might be good, he

584
00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:30,520
Speaker 1: also might throw three picks in two of the biggest

585
00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:33,680
Speaker 1: games in Miami loose. What if Clemson is good this

586
00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:36,240
Speaker 1: year because they yeah, they don't do the transfer portal,

587
00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:39,760
Speaker 1: but they recruit at an elite level. So what if

588
00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:41,560
Speaker 1: this is the year that, like some of the teams

589
00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:44,760
Speaker 1: that won national titles, they're just stacked with future NFL players,

590
00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:47,560
Speaker 1: which they always are, but like it kind of clicks

591
00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:53,719
Speaker 1: and everybody, and I mean everybody is going Georgia is

592
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:57,000
Speaker 1: gonna kill them, gonna destroy them. And I'm not saying

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Speaker 1: they're gonna be Georgia, but I think this is a

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Speaker 1: pretty easy year for Davo to kind of motivate and

595
00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:06,440
Speaker 1: rally the troops. They had some momentum coming off last

596
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:09,400
Speaker 1: year because they actually played pretty well with some major

597
00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:12,400
Speaker 1: question marks at quarterback. So I would say USC. I

598
00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:16,319
Speaker 1: think they're gonna suck relative to the standard there. I'm

599
00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:18,520
Speaker 1: not saying two three wins, but I think they're much

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Speaker 1: closer to a six to seven win team than a

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Speaker 1: ten win team. I can't wait to watch Nebraska, and

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00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:36,759
Speaker 1: I think people are sleeping on Clemson. Okay, mail back

603
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Speaker 1: time at John Middlecoff. At John Middlecoff, it's the Instagram

604
00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:42,640
Speaker 1: firing those dms. Get your question answered on the show,

605
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:47,040
Speaker 1: diehard Pats fan, and I was wondering what your take

606
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Speaker 1: on this would be. Swap out Mac Jones and Drake

607
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Speaker 1: by So Mac out Drake in with Josh as the

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Speaker 1: OC and Belichick running the D meaning Belichick's head coach.

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Speaker 1: Where would they be at right now. I believe that

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Speaker 1: Drake's talent plus some time to grow under Josh would

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Speaker 1: be a better spot than we are in now. Well,

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Speaker 1: would you take Joh would take head coach Belichick and

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Speaker 1: Josh McDaniels, would Drake may or Drod Mayo and Alex

614
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:23,080
Speaker 1: van Pelt. It's I mean, what are we talking about here?

615
00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:28,040
Speaker 1: I think the problem one, Yeah, you would, it would now.

616
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:32,800
Speaker 1: They they struggled with drafting receivers. They still had some issues,

617
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Speaker 1: but clearly once Josh left Bill it kind of derailed

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Speaker 1: everything and he got a head coaching job. He made

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Speaker 1: six years. I mean I heard Mark Davis owed him

620
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Speaker 1: and Ziegler like eighty million dollars remaining on the two

621
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Speaker 1: contracts because he had paid Josh a lot. Ziegler was

622
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Speaker 1: making a lot, they were on long term deals. It

623
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Speaker 1: was time for a change. So it's hard to argue

624
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Speaker 1: that like they're not they didn't do the right thing,

625
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:05,800
Speaker 1: because they did by just breaking up with Bill now

626
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Speaker 1: hiring a guy who feels like he's over his head.

627
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Speaker 1: And this is the scary part for Drake May. You

628
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:16,080
Speaker 1: get in a situation where, even though you're physically gifted,

629
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Speaker 1: the offensive line is gonna be awful. Are you thrust

630
00:36:19,840 --> 00:36:22,440
Speaker 1: into action really soon? Is your team just getting their

631
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:26,799
Speaker 1: teeth kicked in? It feels like it could be an

632
00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:31,680
Speaker 1: uphill battle, and the only the mentally tough make it

633
00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:35,400
Speaker 1: through that. It takes out a lot of people because

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Speaker 1: most people aren't Peyton manning to just that are gonna

635
00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:40,760
Speaker 1: be good no matter what I saw it with Alex Smith,

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Speaker 1: Mike Nolan, Mike Singletary. The teams were bad. It was hard,

637
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Speaker 1: and it was ugly, and he was going through new

638
00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:53,480
Speaker 1: offensive coordinators every year. And for most people in Alex

639
00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:57,000
Speaker 1: Smith's situation, they just washed out of the league. But

640
00:36:57,120 --> 00:37:00,520
Speaker 1: somehow he just persevered. He was mentally tough, and then

641
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:04,040
Speaker 1: Jim Harbaugh came and saved him. So I would imagine

642
00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:06,840
Speaker 1: if Drake may does become a really good player, it

643
00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:13,720
Speaker 1: won't be with this head coach and offensive coordinator. Kickoff idea.

644
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:17,040
Speaker 1: The mailback people can't seem to agree on the thirty

645
00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:19,880
Speaker 1: yard line or the thirty five yard line for touchbacks.

646
00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:23,919
Speaker 1: Teams kickoff five to six times per game. What if

647
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:27,680
Speaker 1: each touchback adds one yard to the ball placement on

648
00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:31,000
Speaker 1: the next kickoff for each team. This will lead to

649
00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:35,760
Speaker 1: more late game kickoff returns and even more exciting overtime kickoffs.

650
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:39,040
Speaker 1: It gives the NFL a look at what touchbacks look

651
00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:41,640
Speaker 1: like at the thirty yards and also the thirty five

652
00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:45,880
Speaker 1: yard line. It's also slightly handicapped team that score a

653
00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:52,279
Speaker 1: lot and provide parody the NFL wants if it is

654
00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:55,920
Speaker 1: a problem early on, which Bill Belichick expects it to be,

655
00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:58,759
Speaker 1: and to me, he's saying that from an educated standpoint,

656
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:00,799
Speaker 1: like I would imagine a lot of coaches or bs

657
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:04,439
Speaker 1: and with Bill over the last couple months, especially about

658
00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:08,880
Speaker 1: special teams, I think the NFL will change it because

659
00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:11,320
Speaker 1: a touchback has to be more putative because at the

660
00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:14,960
Speaker 1: end of the day, the thirty it's just worth going

661
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:19,440
Speaker 1: to the thirty and not thirty five. I mean, obviously,

662
00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:22,560
Speaker 1: but I'm just saying, like, if there is any question

663
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Speaker 1: about the guy back, think about a ty game and

664
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Speaker 1: you're playing the Dolphins and they put Tyreek Hill back there.

665
00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:30,160
Speaker 1: Think about a ty game and you're playing the forty

666
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:33,319
Speaker 1: nine ers and they put Deebo Samuel back there. Right,

667
00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:35,480
Speaker 1: I mean, you get in some of these situations, and

668
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:37,399
Speaker 1: I mean there are countless players all over the league

669
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:39,799
Speaker 1: that you could do this with what if Andy did

670
00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:44,920
Speaker 1: it with Xavier Worthy, What if, you know, trying to

671
00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:46,799
Speaker 1: think just you're starting running, what if the Eagles did

672
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:51,680
Speaker 1: it with Sakwon Barkley, you know, ty game Dallas Cowboys

673
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Speaker 1: for the Division. Now, that would be a long way

674
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Speaker 1: down the road, but you know what I mean, And

675
00:38:57,400 --> 00:38:59,120
Speaker 1: I just think the teams are just gonna wave the

676
00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:03,759
Speaker 1: white flag on it, which is exactly, you know, counterproductive

677
00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:05,920
Speaker 1: from what the NFL wanted. Was this to be a

678
00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:08,480
Speaker 1: real play. And if it turns into the same exact

679
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:12,279
Speaker 1: result of people just kicking it through, whether it's at

680
00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:14,600
Speaker 1: the thirty or the twenty, it's still the same thing.

681
00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:17,680
Speaker 1: The play doesn't matter, and it's just a complete waste.

682
00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:20,520
Speaker 1: I think Week one is gonna be fascinating. I honestly,

683
00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:23,840
Speaker 1: I think Thursday and Friday Night with the Eagles and

684
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:29,160
Speaker 1: the Packer Eagle and Eagles Packers and Chiefs Ravens is

685
00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:31,480
Speaker 1: gonna give us a pretty good insight because if in

686
00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:33,479
Speaker 1: those two games they're just booting it forward. I thought

687
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:37,560
Speaker 1: Bill had the best idea, just go normal kickoff and

688
00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:40,560
Speaker 1: move them back, have the kicker be at a spot

689
00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:43,200
Speaker 1: where it would take the greatest kicker of all time

690
00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:45,080
Speaker 1: to get it halfway through the end zone, let alone

691
00:39:45,080 --> 00:39:49,680
Speaker 1: through the end zone. I still don't feel great about

692
00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:53,520
Speaker 1: the rules, Like I don't learn by studying. I learned

693
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:57,600
Speaker 1: by watching or I learned by doing so like I

694
00:39:57,600 --> 00:40:00,520
Speaker 1: feel like I've learned more watching it. But it's also

695
00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:02,759
Speaker 1: the preseason, so you're totally not locked in. I think

696
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Speaker 1: once the regular season week one of a pretty good

697
00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:09,440
Speaker 1: idea on exactly what is going on, but I couldn't

698
00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:14,439
Speaker 1: give like a tutorial on the kickoff right now. Very

699
00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:18,799
Speaker 1: native living in Raleigh, North Carolina. I first heard you

700
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Speaker 1: a decade ago on the radio question about holdouts and injuries.

701
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Speaker 1: Is there any data showing the significance of holding out

702
00:40:27,239 --> 00:40:30,760
Speaker 1: of training camp and the impact of season long nagging injuries.

703
00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:34,040
Speaker 1: I feel like there's a high correlation between the two.

704
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:39,000
Speaker 1: I could be wrong. It's just my instinctive belief. For instance,

705
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:42,319
Speaker 1: see Lamb and Brandon Ayuk both have missed pretty much

706
00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:44,560
Speaker 1: all of training camp. I know they're working out on

707
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:47,360
Speaker 1: their own, but I feel like working out and practicing

708
00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:51,399
Speaker 1: football are two totally different things. When I see guys

709
00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:54,000
Speaker 1: sit out all of training camp, my thought is, watch

710
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:57,280
Speaker 1: them get hurt in the next few weeks. I would

711
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Speaker 1: imagine that they are definitely more susceptiol to an injury

712
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Speaker 1: than a guy that's been practicing since July twenty fifth.

713
00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:08,680
Speaker 1: You don't even need data to go. This guy has

714
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Speaker 1: not been doing what everyone else is going to be doing,

715
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Speaker 1: and then he's gonna be thrust into a situation where

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00:41:13,520 --> 00:41:17,200
Speaker 1: we know that week one is way faster than any practice,

717
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Speaker 1: let alone any preseason games. I saw today that CD's

718
00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:23,600
Speaker 1: now in like a phase where they get them back

719
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:25,359
Speaker 1: up to speed so they don't just throw them out

720
00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:28,200
Speaker 1: there right away. But they don't have that much time

721
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Speaker 1: because Thursday, Friday, Saturday Sunday are off, so there is

722
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Speaker 1: no practice. And yeah, but what are you supposed to do?

723
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Speaker 1: Like Seed Lamb's holding out until you give him the

724
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Speaker 1: number he wants. Brandon Ayuk, I don't even know how to.

725
00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:48,080
Speaker 1: I mean, how would you even describe the situation? I

726
00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:52,160
Speaker 1: feel like Brandon Ayuke's situation is unprecedented. They've offered him money,

727
00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:53,880
Speaker 1: he says no, he said he wanted a trade. They

728
00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:58,239
Speaker 1: found him trades and he said no, I don't I

729
00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:00,920
Speaker 1: don't really understand what's going on. He wants to be

730
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Speaker 1: a Niner and he wants CD Lambs contract. The forty

731
00:42:04,239 --> 00:42:05,960
Speaker 1: Niners want him as a Niner, but they want to

732
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Speaker 1: pay him twenty seven million dollars a year and they

733
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Speaker 1: will never pay him CD Lambs contract. Question for the mailbag,

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Speaker 1: what was ultimately wrong with your dog? Did you get

735
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Speaker 1: a diagnosis? I'm a veterinarian in Michigan who listens to

736
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Speaker 1: your show. It's called like I am, I am h A.

737
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Speaker 1: It's some immune disorder that I guess smaller dogs get.

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Speaker 1: She's had it now since Wednesday. We're on Tuesday. She

739
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:37,960
Speaker 1: is doing a lot better when you look at her

740
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Speaker 1: and moving around, but we took her to the doctor today.

741
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Speaker 1: Her red blood cell count is still really low and

742
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:47,520
Speaker 1: she might have to get a blood transfusion tomorrow. So

743
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Speaker 1: I might be saying that name wrong, but she has

744
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Speaker 1: an immune disorder that screws with her blood count, and

745
00:42:56,760 --> 00:42:58,600
Speaker 1: she's kind of been a shell of herself. She can't move,

746
00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:03,960
Speaker 1: she breeze hard. They say that like thirty forty percent

747
00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:09,840
Speaker 1: of dogs die within the first week. So yeah, fun times.

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Speaker 1: Lions fan here, been listening to you for about a

749
00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:17,920
Speaker 1: year now. I wanted to know what your thoughts are

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Speaker 1: about the Lions' chances of making it back to the

751
00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:23,960
Speaker 1: conference championship. I know Colin has the Packers winning the

752
00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:27,279
Speaker 1: division and the Lions still making the playoffs. I want

753
00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:29,560
Speaker 1: to know what your thoughts are and if you think

754
00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:32,439
Speaker 1: they have a chance to get back to the super Bowl.

755
00:43:32,719 --> 00:43:34,040
Speaker 1: I think they have a very good chance to be

756
00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:37,759
Speaker 1: the number one seed. I'm gonna I'll probably do I

757
00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:40,680
Speaker 1: guess division picks next week, but I'm picking the Lions.

758
00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:43,120
Speaker 1: I actually think there are a lot of easy to

759
00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:49,600
Speaker 1: do divisions to pick Lions the Chiefs. I'm picking the

760
00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:52,800
Speaker 1: Bills until they don't win that division. There are obviously

761
00:43:52,880 --> 00:43:55,680
Speaker 1: some tough divisions. I don't think your division is that tough.

762
00:43:56,640 --> 00:43:59,160
Speaker 1: I think the Lions are just better than the other teams.

763
00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:06,000
Speaker 1: Your major question mark was defensive backs. Well you double

764
00:44:06,080 --> 00:44:08,359
Speaker 1: down on that position in the draft and in free

765
00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:11,560
Speaker 1: agency trades. So your front seven we know is going

766
00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:13,680
Speaker 1: to be good. Aiden Hutchson is one of the best

767
00:44:13,719 --> 00:44:18,040
Speaker 1: pass rushers. I think he'll establish himself as that this year.

768
00:44:18,719 --> 00:44:21,680
Speaker 1: And we know how loaded your offenses, best offensive line

769
00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:26,680
Speaker 1: arguably in the NFL, A veteran quarterback who's proven he

770
00:44:26,680 --> 00:44:28,640
Speaker 1: can win in the playoffs, let alone be an excellent

771
00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:33,719
Speaker 1: regular season player, star tight end, stud wide receiver, a

772
00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:35,759
Speaker 1: deep threat that feels like maybe he's coming into his

773
00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:42,160
Speaker 1: own Jamis and Williams awesome backfield. I don't see what's

774
00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:45,280
Speaker 1: not to like about the Lions. I think the Packers

775
00:44:45,320 --> 00:44:48,000
Speaker 1: still have two question marks. One is this just who

776
00:44:48,120 --> 00:44:50,799
Speaker 1: Jordan Love is? He's had a grade eight games, Like

777
00:44:50,920 --> 00:44:53,239
Speaker 1: is he's just gonna play at a pro bowl level

778
00:44:53,239 --> 00:44:56,800
Speaker 1: all season? I like Jordan Love a lot, but until

779
00:44:56,840 --> 00:45:02,360
Speaker 1: you do it, who knows? And defense? And defense? I

780
00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:04,920
Speaker 1: would say sitting here, I wouldn't be shocked if the

781
00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:07,680
Speaker 1: Bears are better than the Packers. I wouldn't bet on that,

782
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:12,400
Speaker 1: but it wouldn't be shocking. I think the Lions win

783
00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:18,680
Speaker 1: twelve thirteen games. Again, Hey John, lifelong Pats fan. Here,

784
00:45:19,080 --> 00:45:21,040
Speaker 1: been a great twenty five years so far. As a

785
00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:25,080
Speaker 1: football fan, have been very privileged to watch the grandest

786
00:45:25,160 --> 00:45:31,520
Speaker 1: dynasty of all time. My question is the Pats handling

787
00:45:31,560 --> 00:45:35,680
Speaker 1: of the current quarterback situation. I understand the reasoning behind

788
00:45:35,719 --> 00:45:39,960
Speaker 1: sitting May and I understand it's only preseason, but Drake

789
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:42,640
Speaker 1: has looked miles better than any other quarterback we have,

790
00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:46,520
Speaker 1: so why not just start him when Mahomes sat for

791
00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:48,960
Speaker 1: a year. The Chiefs were very successful and had a

792
00:45:49,040 --> 00:45:51,800
Speaker 1: very good quarterback in place ahead of them. Same with Rogers,

793
00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:58,719
Speaker 1: same with Jordan Love. I think the main problem with

794
00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:01,560
Speaker 1: the Patsite situation with Drake May because there is no

795
00:46:01,640 --> 00:46:05,000
Speaker 1: disputing Jacoby presents not very good. You could argue a

796
00:46:05,080 --> 00:46:07,280
Speaker 1: ten million dollars he's stealing, but that's what the pastor

797
00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:08,759
Speaker 1: we're willing to pay him. And he's a good guy,

798
00:46:09,160 --> 00:46:10,840
Speaker 1: so you know you're paying like an extra three or

799
00:46:10,840 --> 00:46:14,200
Speaker 1: four million for vibes. But he can't move like. He's

800
00:46:14,320 --> 00:46:16,640
Speaker 1: not an athlete, he's a statue back there. He's going

801
00:46:16,680 --> 00:46:22,480
Speaker 1: to get killed. Their O line sucks, it is really bad.

802
00:46:23,239 --> 00:46:26,480
Speaker 1: So yeah, he's way better, and I'm a huge proponent

803
00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:30,280
Speaker 1: of learn by doing, But would this guy get killed

804
00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:34,960
Speaker 1: being Drake May? Now? Is Jacoby gonna last a month?

805
00:46:36,640 --> 00:46:39,360
Speaker 1: Let's say Jacoby is healthy, the shoulder injury is not

806
00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:42,359
Speaker 1: a big deal, and he starts week one. What's the

807
00:46:42,400 --> 00:46:46,359
Speaker 1: over under of games he plays before he's injured three

808
00:46:46,400 --> 00:46:48,680
Speaker 1: and a half, two and a half. It's not very big.

809
00:46:49,520 --> 00:46:52,719
Speaker 1: So it's inevitable that Drake's gonna play because there's no

810
00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:55,680
Speaker 1: way on God's Green Earth that Jacoby can play seventeen

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Speaker 1: games as a pocket quarterback behind this offensive line, especially

812
00:46:59,640 --> 00:47:02,120
Speaker 1: because not good. So what does that mean they're gonna

813
00:47:02,120 --> 00:47:05,319
Speaker 1: be behind? What does that mean they gotta throw They're

814
00:47:05,320 --> 00:47:07,720
Speaker 1: gonna be in a lot of second and third and lungs,

815
00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:11,719
Speaker 1: So he's gonna be in compromise situations. I think in

816
00:47:11,840 --> 00:47:16,160
Speaker 1: theory they're doing the right thing, but it's unavoidable. It's

817
00:47:16,239 --> 00:47:20,439
Speaker 1: unavoidable to throw them out there. The concern is is if,

818
00:47:20,520 --> 00:47:23,000
Speaker 1: like he's still in their minds a pretty big project,

819
00:47:23,000 --> 00:47:25,799
Speaker 1: you throw them out there. He's running for his life.

820
00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:30,000
Speaker 1: Young people lose confidence fast. Humans lose confidence fast, so

821
00:47:30,200 --> 00:47:32,719
Speaker 1: it takes a while to build it. It does not

822
00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:35,560
Speaker 1: take long to lose it in any walk of life.

823
00:47:36,080 --> 00:47:39,120
Speaker 1: It's always a big thing in golf. When you got

824
00:47:39,160 --> 00:47:42,000
Speaker 1: it going on, you think you'll never you know, you're

825
00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:44,080
Speaker 1: always nervous you're gonna lose it. And when you lost it,

826
00:47:44,120 --> 00:47:47,799
Speaker 1: you think you're never gonna get it back. And I

827
00:47:47,840 --> 00:47:52,600
Speaker 1: think you're very concerned about throwing him in at a

828
00:47:52,640 --> 00:47:56,160
Speaker 1: disadvantage to just get killed. It's one thing like we're

829
00:47:56,160 --> 00:48:00,200
Speaker 1: gonna struggle whatever, what if Bryce Young's never the same

830
00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:05,719
Speaker 1: after last year. I appreciate your realistic and not so

831
00:48:05,840 --> 00:48:08,560
Speaker 1: off the wall takes. Maybe I should be a little

832
00:48:08,600 --> 00:48:11,440
Speaker 1: more off the wall. I was wondering if you had

833
00:48:11,440 --> 00:48:15,160
Speaker 1: a chance, if you had a take on Jason Bean

834
00:48:15,239 --> 00:48:17,880
Speaker 1: out of Indy. I'm a KC and KU fan, so

835
00:48:17,920 --> 00:48:19,839
Speaker 1: I've watched quite a bit of Bean over the last

836
00:48:19,840 --> 00:48:24,600
Speaker 1: few years, filling in for Jalen Daniels. I've always thought

837
00:48:24,600 --> 00:48:28,120
Speaker 1: Bean was a better quarterback, considering how unreliable Daniels has

838
00:48:28,120 --> 00:48:30,920
Speaker 1: been due to injury. I've watched him return to a

839
00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:33,080
Speaker 1: quarterback he is today. I kind of thought he had

840
00:48:33,080 --> 00:48:36,320
Speaker 1: the potential to be a starting quarterback. And Shane Stiken

841
00:48:36,360 --> 00:48:38,880
Speaker 1: as head coach in OC, Yeah, I don't have a

842
00:48:38,920 --> 00:48:42,880
Speaker 1: take there. Considering the rumors that have gone out about

843
00:48:42,960 --> 00:48:46,239
Speaker 1: Richardson choosing to run rather than throw the ball, what

844
00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:48,520
Speaker 1: do you think the odds are Bean would ever get

845
00:48:48,520 --> 00:48:53,240
Speaker 1: a start? They're all in on Anthony Richardson. I watched

846
00:48:53,239 --> 00:48:56,840
Speaker 1: Shane Steiken on rich Eisen the other day. He's gonna

847
00:48:56,840 --> 00:49:00,480
Speaker 1: go the ship is gonna sync with Anthony Richardson, and

848
00:49:01,320 --> 00:49:03,080
Speaker 1: I was a big believer. I was like, should I

849
00:49:03,080 --> 00:49:05,640
Speaker 1: I was thinking about picking the Colts I'm still gonna

850
00:49:05,640 --> 00:49:08,560
Speaker 1: pick the Colts, I think to make the playoffs because

851
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Speaker 1: I think Shane Sychen is such a star coach and

852
00:49:10,600 --> 00:49:14,080
Speaker 1: he'll work with it. And I know it's only preseason,

853
00:49:14,239 --> 00:49:18,320
Speaker 1: but the one thing you see with Anthony Richardson touch

854
00:49:19,360 --> 00:49:22,919
Speaker 1: and accuracy is going to be a work in progress. Now,

855
00:49:22,960 --> 00:49:26,680
Speaker 1: he's a great runner, but can he stay healthy while running?

856
00:49:27,320 --> 00:49:29,920
Speaker 1: And can he function enough in the passing game when

857
00:49:29,960 --> 00:49:33,759
Speaker 1: stuff's open and hit guys? Like, if you're telling me

858
00:49:33,800 --> 00:49:35,520
Speaker 1: the Colts don't make the playoffs, I'd be like, I

859
00:49:35,600 --> 00:49:38,080
Speaker 1: bet he has a really inaccurate season and Anthony Richardson

860
00:49:38,080 --> 00:49:41,200
Speaker 1: plays all year. I bet his completion percentages in like

861
00:49:41,200 --> 00:49:44,120
Speaker 1: the mid to high fifties, which is a problem in

862
00:49:44,160 --> 00:49:47,200
Speaker 1: this modern day NFL. But can they run the ball enough,

863
00:49:47,239 --> 00:49:51,680
Speaker 1: play defense, ride Jonathan Taylor, ride the quarterback run game

864
00:49:51,760 --> 00:49:58,279
Speaker 1: while keeping him healthy, which is tough, man. But your

865
00:49:58,320 --> 00:50:02,040
Speaker 1: guy's ceiling is Anthony Richardson, and you see it, like

866
00:50:02,080 --> 00:50:03,799
Speaker 1: when you watch him in the preseason game. Who are

867
00:50:03,840 --> 00:50:06,400
Speaker 1: they playing the Bengals? I think it was the Bengals.

868
00:50:08,520 --> 00:50:12,480
Speaker 1: He is oozing with talent. It's like, this is everything

869
00:50:12,520 --> 00:50:17,040
Speaker 1: you want in a project. Good guy, physically. I mean,

870
00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:22,480
Speaker 1: he throws the ball effortlessly with like effortlessly and it's going,

871
00:50:22,560 --> 00:50:24,879
Speaker 1: but it's going one hundred miles an hour. So can

872
00:50:24,880 --> 00:50:27,560
Speaker 1: he develop a change up? Can he just develop He

873
00:50:27,600 --> 00:50:30,120
Speaker 1: doesn't have to be Peyton Manning or Drew Brees, but

874
00:50:30,320 --> 00:50:34,640
Speaker 1: just some sort of touch and accuracy and he can

875
00:50:34,680 --> 00:50:37,200
Speaker 1: be a really good player. But if you can't do that,

876
00:50:37,239 --> 00:50:40,319
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a problem. But I have no take

877
00:50:40,360 --> 00:50:44,600
Speaker 1: on your Kansas quarterback I'm sorry. Your whole offensive defensive

878
00:50:44,600 --> 00:50:47,560
Speaker 1: coach theory is bullshit. You prop up Shanahan mcveag like

879
00:50:47,560 --> 00:50:50,480
Speaker 1: they are superior guys like Tomlin when I don't see

880
00:50:50,560 --> 00:50:53,160
Speaker 1: him getting to the playoffs with a below average quarterback play.

881
00:50:53,560 --> 00:50:56,560
Speaker 1: Shanahan's offense with Nick Mullens not the same. And not

882
00:50:56,640 --> 00:50:58,960
Speaker 1: only did those teams not make the playoffs, they were

883
00:50:58,960 --> 00:51:01,960
Speaker 1: one of the worst teams in the McVeigh couldn't even

884
00:51:01,960 --> 00:51:04,520
Speaker 1: make the playoffs with Baker Mayfield. In fact, he already

885
00:51:04,520 --> 00:51:07,640
Speaker 1: missed the playoffs twice. As great of a head coach,

886
00:51:07,640 --> 00:51:14,879
Speaker 1: he is, Listen, Mike Tomlin in these defensive guys. When

887
00:51:14,920 --> 00:51:19,720
Speaker 1: there are questions at quarterback, Kyle Shanahan is winning big

888
00:51:19,760 --> 00:51:22,160
Speaker 1: with Brock Purty, who was the last pick in the draft.

889
00:51:22,719 --> 00:51:27,239
Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan won playoff games with Jimmy Garoppolo, who I

890
00:51:27,239 --> 00:51:30,400
Speaker 1: got news for You might just stink now, he didn't

891
00:51:30,400 --> 00:51:32,319
Speaker 1: stink when he was playing with him, but he was

892
00:51:32,600 --> 00:51:37,719
Speaker 1: always pretty average. The offensive head coach can manipulate the

893
00:51:37,760 --> 00:51:41,840
Speaker 1: quarterback position. Yeah, No one can win with the shittiest

894
00:51:41,880 --> 00:51:45,800
Speaker 1: quarterback possible. Sean McVeigh got Baker Mayfield late in the season.

895
00:51:46,400 --> 00:51:50,360
Speaker 1: Sean McVay didn't play off season with Baker Mayfield. Remember

896
00:51:50,400 --> 00:51:53,000
Speaker 1: he was playing with a bunch of random guys. And

897
00:51:53,040 --> 00:51:55,319
Speaker 1: then they got Baker later in the regular season when

898
00:51:55,360 --> 00:51:59,600
Speaker 1: he beat the Raiders. But that was that was either

899
00:51:59,600 --> 00:52:03,840
Speaker 1: a late November early December. The theory is not bullshit.

900
00:52:04,239 --> 00:52:09,040
Speaker 1: It's an offensive leak. So I want my coach to

901
00:52:09,120 --> 00:52:13,239
Speaker 1: be able to coach the quarterback. It kind of matters.

902
00:52:14,280 --> 00:52:18,080
Speaker 1: How's that even debatable at this point? It really is not.

903
00:52:19,400 --> 00:52:22,040
Speaker 1: We have seen Andy Reid for two decades, two and

904
00:52:22,080 --> 00:52:26,239
Speaker 1: a half decades, win with countless players. Why because he's

905
00:52:26,239 --> 00:52:30,399
Speaker 1: a quarterback greer and he's the offensive play color. Yeah,

906
00:52:30,440 --> 00:52:32,839
Speaker 1: it matters defense, and it used to matter a lot

907
00:52:32,920 --> 00:52:36,239
Speaker 1: more on a weekly basis, when teams ran the ball

908
00:52:36,280 --> 00:52:39,600
Speaker 1: all the time, scoring was lower. Though scoring was technically

909
00:52:39,680 --> 00:52:45,920
Speaker 1: lower last year, but in twenty twenty four. In twenty

910
00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:49,160
Speaker 1: twenty four, I'm not disputing Mike Thomas not a good coach,

911
00:52:49,960 --> 00:52:52,480
Speaker 1: or that if he was fired he wouldn't immediately be hired.

912
00:52:53,280 --> 00:52:58,839
Speaker 1: But if we did a coaching draft tomorrow and it

913
00:52:58,920 --> 00:53:02,799
Speaker 1: was based on the draft order so started with Carolina

914
00:53:02,920 --> 00:53:07,400
Speaker 1: all the way to thirty two, think of the coaches

915
00:53:07,440 --> 00:53:10,879
Speaker 1: that would go in the top ten. Andy would go one.

916
00:53:12,440 --> 00:53:16,120
Speaker 1: I think Kyle and McVeigh would be locks for at

917
00:53:16,200 --> 00:53:21,479
Speaker 1: least two of the next three picks. I think Shane

918
00:53:21,520 --> 00:53:26,359
Speaker 1: Steiken would go really high. Obviously, Jim Harbaugh. I think

919
00:53:26,400 --> 00:53:32,120
Speaker 1: Jim Harbaugh would go above his brother. Before Lamar Jackson

920
00:53:32,160 --> 00:53:34,799
Speaker 1: the Ravens started struggling. John Harbaugh couldn't do anything with

921
00:53:34,880 --> 00:53:38,920
Speaker 1: the quarterback. Joe Flaka looked like a complete scrub. You

922
00:53:38,960 --> 00:53:42,480
Speaker 1: saw Joe Flacco with Robert Sala didn't look that good.

923
00:53:42,560 --> 00:53:46,400
Speaker 1: So I'm with Shane Sikein or Stefanski all of a

924
00:53:46,440 --> 00:53:51,040
Speaker 1: sudden good. You know why, because Stefanski and Shane Steikin

925
00:53:51,120 --> 00:53:55,480
Speaker 1: can manipulate that position. So yeah, it's easier to win

926
00:53:55,520 --> 00:53:58,120
Speaker 1: when you've got John Elway or Peyton Manning, no shit,

927
00:53:59,560 --> 00:54:02,920
Speaker 1: But can you win with random guys like Eric Spolster

928
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:06,400
Speaker 1: can kind of compete with just random guys. Most NBA

929
00:54:06,480 --> 00:54:09,120
Speaker 1: coaches can't sniff wins if they don't have a star.

930
00:54:12,640 --> 00:54:15,800
Speaker 1: So you take defensive coaches. I'll take offensive coaches in

931
00:54:15,840 --> 00:54:18,040
Speaker 1: twenty twenty four, moving forward, and we'll see where the

932
00:54:18,120 --> 00:54:21,680
Speaker 1: dust settles. I feel pretty confident Mike Tomlin hasn't won

933
00:54:21,719 --> 00:54:28,120
Speaker 1: a playoff game in a decade almost. It's not even

934
00:54:28,120 --> 00:54:31,680
Speaker 1: a theory. These are the guys dominating Dan Campbell. What's

935
00:54:31,680 --> 00:54:38,240
Speaker 1: his background offense? I love the show in your takes.

936
00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:41,279
Speaker 1: Why was it that Jeff Fisher was so good at

937
00:54:41,320 --> 00:54:43,600
Speaker 1: the Titans coach there for sixteen years and almost won

938
00:54:43,640 --> 00:54:46,600
Speaker 1: a Super Bowl and got to multiple AFC Championships, but

939
00:54:46,640 --> 00:54:52,480
Speaker 1: when he went to the Rams he was mediocre. Well,

940
00:54:52,480 --> 00:54:55,520
Speaker 1: he had a really good quarterback, like he had Steve

941
00:54:55,640 --> 00:55:00,000
Speaker 1: McNair for whatever from ninety five to two thousand and five.

942
00:55:00,840 --> 00:55:02,759
Speaker 1: So he had a guy that won an MVP. He

943
00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:05,840
Speaker 1: had a guy going to Pro Bowls in the league

944
00:55:05,920 --> 00:55:08,960
Speaker 1: like this was an old school defensive guy who learned

945
00:55:08,960 --> 00:55:12,080
Speaker 1: from Buddy Ryan. So in the nineties and even the

946
00:55:12,080 --> 00:55:14,600
Speaker 1: two thousands, Like whenever on Instagram it comes up like

947
00:55:15,800 --> 00:55:19,840
Speaker 1: enjoy highlights from the nineties or highlights from the two thousands,

948
00:55:20,080 --> 00:55:23,240
Speaker 1: it looks like a different sport. So what he did

949
00:55:24,160 --> 00:55:29,960
Speaker 1: was very important to the way the game was officiated. Toughness, leadership,

950
00:55:30,120 --> 00:55:33,640
Speaker 1: run the ball, old school conservative coach. That's not really

951
00:55:33,680 --> 00:55:38,080
Speaker 1: football the last ten fifteen years, once Brady and Manning

952
00:55:38,160 --> 00:55:42,000
Speaker 1: got older, Rogers came into the league, it became a

953
00:55:42,280 --> 00:55:52,240
Speaker 1: throwing league. That's not him. He's really he was built

954
00:55:52,239 --> 00:55:56,120
Speaker 1: for a different time and he was good and his

955
00:55:56,160 --> 00:56:01,279
Speaker 1: shit translated, and then the league changed on him with

956
00:56:01,400 --> 00:56:04,719
Speaker 1: the successive young quarterbacks. Could Jerry Jones be eyeing a

957
00:56:04,800 --> 00:56:08,200
Speaker 1: complete overhaul. I can see paying an up and coming

958
00:56:08,200 --> 00:56:10,440
Speaker 1: o see enough money they can't refuse to be the

959
00:56:10,480 --> 00:56:13,440
Speaker 1: head coach, having him pick a guy in the draft

960
00:56:13,960 --> 00:56:18,320
Speaker 1: yours Milroe whoever, and maybe trading CD to the AFC

961
00:56:18,680 --> 00:56:21,560
Speaker 1: for the capitol to do so. Once you give CD

962
00:56:21,680 --> 00:56:24,160
Speaker 1: that amount of money, he's on the team. I don't

963
00:56:24,160 --> 00:56:26,920
Speaker 1: think Jerry is okay with being the second most popular

964
00:56:26,960 --> 00:56:30,520
Speaker 1: football team in Texas. Your thoughts, I think you have

965
00:56:30,560 --> 00:56:34,279
Speaker 1: to rephrase that he has a potent. We'll see how

966
00:56:34,320 --> 00:56:36,560
Speaker 1: this year plays out. He would be the second best

967
00:56:36,560 --> 00:56:39,400
Speaker 1: team in Texas. They are by far, not just the

968
00:56:39,440 --> 00:56:42,080
Speaker 1: most popular team in Texas, they're the most popular team

969
00:56:42,080 --> 00:56:47,360
Speaker 1: in America and definitely the most talked about. Jerry's eighty

970
00:56:47,719 --> 00:56:51,440
Speaker 1: one years old, so I have a hard time seeing

971
00:56:51,480 --> 00:56:54,920
Speaker 1: him do a complete overall. To me, if he was

972
00:56:55,080 --> 00:56:59,440
Speaker 1: sixty eight, it's on the table. You do a complete

973
00:56:59,480 --> 00:57:02,520
Speaker 1: overhaul at eighty one, you might not be alive to

974
00:57:02,560 --> 00:57:05,480
Speaker 1: ever see the thing turn around. And the thing with

975
00:57:05,600 --> 00:57:09,200
Speaker 1: Jerry is like they are pretty good right now, and

976
00:57:09,239 --> 00:57:12,160
Speaker 1: what if they win ten eleven games again? That's four

977
00:57:12,160 --> 00:57:14,640
Speaker 1: straight years of double digit wins. Part of the reason

978
00:57:14,680 --> 00:57:16,400
Speaker 1: they fired Garrett is like he was the king of

979
00:57:16,400 --> 00:57:19,840
Speaker 1: the eight and eight king of the almost Like Mike

980
00:57:19,920 --> 00:57:22,080
Speaker 1: McCarthy is getting you to the playoffs. What if Mike

981
00:57:22,120 --> 00:57:24,720
Speaker 1: McCarthy wins the division again, even if they lose in

982
00:57:24,720 --> 00:57:27,680
Speaker 1: the first or second round. So he's won the division

983
00:57:27,720 --> 00:57:30,760
Speaker 1: three out of four years, you're gonna fire him. I

984
00:57:30,800 --> 00:57:33,240
Speaker 1: feel like this year I'm gonna come to Mike McCarthy's defense.

985
00:57:34,360 --> 00:57:35,960
Speaker 1: How are you gonna fight? How are you gonna upgrade

986
00:57:36,000 --> 00:57:40,880
Speaker 1: off Mike McCarthy. He's the offensive play caller, he's winning games.

987
00:57:41,640 --> 00:57:45,280
Speaker 1: He's really good with quarterbacks, like really good with quarterbacks.

988
00:57:47,240 --> 00:57:48,920
Speaker 1: So it's like, Okay, we're gonna fire him for some

989
00:57:49,040 --> 00:57:52,160
Speaker 1: up and coming OC. Well, there's no guarantee that guy

990
00:57:52,160 --> 00:57:55,280
Speaker 1: can be the head coach and handle the quarterbacks because

991
00:57:55,280 --> 00:57:58,800
Speaker 1: some guys get overwhelmed or Mike's proven he knows how

992
00:57:58,840 --> 00:58:00,200
Speaker 1: to be a head coach and he knows had to

993
00:58:00,240 --> 00:58:02,840
Speaker 1: coach a quarterback. I mean, Dak had the best year

994
00:58:02,880 --> 00:58:05,840
Speaker 1: of his career, and really since he's been the head coach,

995
00:58:05,880 --> 00:58:09,360
Speaker 1: Tack's been really good. Not in the playoffs obviously, but

996
00:58:11,240 --> 00:58:13,880
Speaker 1: I don't know. I feel like I'm gonna be on

997
00:58:13,920 --> 00:58:15,920
Speaker 1: the opposite side of what I've been when it comes

998
00:58:15,960 --> 00:58:20,360
Speaker 1: to McCarthy, Like fire McCarthy for who I think we've

999
00:58:20,440 --> 00:58:24,120
Speaker 1: kind of acknowledged, like belichicking work for Jerry. Hard time

1000
00:58:24,160 --> 00:58:27,640
Speaker 1: seeing that Mike Vrabel is a good coaching candidate, but

1001
00:58:28,080 --> 00:58:32,439
Speaker 1: you're gonna hire a defensive guy. I have a hard

1002
00:58:32,440 --> 00:58:37,880
Speaker 1: time seeing that. So I feel like McCarthy's gonna end

1003
00:58:37,960 --> 00:58:41,520
Speaker 1: up surviving if they win double DIGG games again, especially

1004
00:58:41,520 --> 00:58:43,440
Speaker 1: if they win the division. Regardless of what happens in

1005
00:58:43,480 --> 00:58:46,720
Speaker 1: the playoffs. That'll do it. Thanks for listening to everybody,

1006
00:58:46,920 --> 00:58:49,200
Speaker 1: and have a great rest of your week. We'll have

1007
00:58:49,240 --> 00:58:51,560
Speaker 1: one more podcast coming out on Thursday, a little college

1008
00:58:51,560 --> 00:58:56,200
Speaker 1: football preview with a couple of college football guys, and

1009
00:58:56,240 --> 00:59:02,880
Speaker 1: then we'll just enjoy the weekend watch some football. The

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Speaker 1: volume