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Speaker 1: Be Around the NFL Podcast. The history is very rich here.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to another edition of the Around the NFL Podcast.

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Speaker 1: My name is Dan Jansas. I am in a room

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Speaker 1: that's build with heroes, Mark Sessler, Chris Westling, Colleen Wolf herself,

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Speaker 1: and Greg Rosenthal. What's up people? Hey? Ann, I don't

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Speaker 1: appreciate this. Poor Colleen? What was this? What was the

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Speaker 1: source information on that one? The history is very rich here.

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Speaker 1: This is this is never gonna leave me ever. I

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Speaker 1: can't believe this. I can't believe you figured this out.

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Speaker 1: That was from your your job working for the Poconos

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Speaker 1: Valley Golf Course. What was it called? Yeah, it was

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Speaker 1: it was a show called Inside Golf. Did you feel

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Speaker 1: that way about the setting when you were there? Were

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Speaker 1: you that swept up? Um? There's multiple comments like that

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Speaker 1: was beautiful. Uh. This is the Tuesday edition in Around

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Speaker 1: the NFL Podcast. Apologies for promising a show Monday, but

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Speaker 1: then at the same time, it's like, well, well what

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Speaker 1: did it cost? What did it cost you? You know?

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Speaker 1: It did not a sense, so slow down with your

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Speaker 1: criticis didn't show up. We decided because we we did

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Speaker 1: a juicy supersize show on Saturday. Let that sucker breathe, um,

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Speaker 1: get the tiny box back from Dallas, get Sessler back

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Speaker 1: from Jerry duty, and have a real powerhouse show. Because

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Speaker 1: this is uh one of my favorite shows of the

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Speaker 1: off season, which is around the a f C in

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Speaker 1: forty eight minutes. This is the whole reason, this is

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Speaker 1: the genesis of this. UH segment was in a big spot.

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Speaker 1: Well that that will be Friday or Thursday. When is

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Speaker 1: It started once upon a time because when we used

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Speaker 1: to be able to play music, I just wanted to

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Speaker 1: have something to build around this. Uh, the deaft punk

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Speaker 1: World by deaf punk. This is taken me back to Dallas, yes,

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Speaker 1: our rights free library. So we can't play that punk.

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Speaker 1: But that's the vibe we're going for. I think when

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Speaker 1: you get into like the idiom electronica world, like the

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Speaker 1: knockoff to most people there's almost no discernible difference from

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Speaker 1: definitely daft punk. If we did, like what do they

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Speaker 1: you would have said, who who? They're not even singing,

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Speaker 1: who spends this song? Whoever thing? Who spends this song?

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Speaker 1: I would have said, certainly daft punk. Um calling a

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Speaker 1: of music, a lot of nights out. I actually the

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Speaker 1: hosted the Draft? What did you say? And I just

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Speaker 1: up close look at each of the thirty two teams

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Speaker 1: three minutes. Lindsay, full time behind the Glass is a

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Speaker 1: very important show for you because you are in charge

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Speaker 1: we're gonna go through every team this year. I'm mixing

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Speaker 1: that sometimes I go by division in the past. This year,

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Speaker 1: alphabetical order. Isn't this Andy Reids song? Next level crowd confusion.

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Speaker 1: You're creating the alphabetical order. Alphabetical order three minutes a team. Uh,

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Speaker 1: each of us will take our turn. We'll go through

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Speaker 1: it three times with Mark. You you're a lucky man.

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Speaker 1: You got a fourth team. So we're excited for what

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Speaker 1: let's go marks, get us going with the Baltimore Ravens.

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Speaker 1: All right? When the Ravens win the Super Bowl two

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Speaker 1: during this year's draft? Will they buy Aussie a fleet

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Speaker 1: pass rusher. If you can have one of the better

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Speaker 1: pass rushes in the league, then you've got a chance.

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Speaker 1: The other thoughts, let's move on next up, back to

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Speaker 1: Mark the Houston Texas I deduced that was coming to

431
00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:52,200
Speaker 1: me because there's no team in the a f C

432
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Speaker 1: whose city name begins with E. So I knew that

433
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Speaker 1: h was coming around the mountain there. Anyways, I realized

434
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Speaker 1: that the Texans they didn't alf that knowledge there we go.

435
00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:05,399
Speaker 1: They didn't. They didn't pick until the third round, and

436
00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:07,040
Speaker 1: so I feel like they kind of just got forgotten

437
00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:09,840
Speaker 1: this weekend and they really did. It's like, but at

438
00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:11,639
Speaker 1: the same time, I like to pack and why that

439
00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:14,000
Speaker 1: didn't happen because they got to Shaun Watson last year

440
00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:16,680
Speaker 1: and I still look at a team that their biggest

441
00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:20,120
Speaker 1: issue was that offensive line, and they did a lot

442
00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:23,240
Speaker 1: in free agency to shore up that line with versatile

443
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Speaker 1: guys they can move around. They got someone in the

444
00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:28,520
Speaker 1: third round as well, Martinez ranking a Dan Hansas prospect

445
00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:31,159
Speaker 1: along the line. So you're now given to Shaun Watson,

446
00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:34,280
Speaker 1: who had this insane five weeks stretch where they they

447
00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:36,679
Speaker 1: averaged thirty five points a game under him, and then

448
00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:39,679
Speaker 1: the whole thing went away. Why can the Texans not

449
00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:42,480
Speaker 1: be an a f C title game team because I

450
00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:44,240
Speaker 1: think last year they were one of the weird teams

451
00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:46,359
Speaker 1: that could have beat New England in the playoffs. They

452
00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:48,920
Speaker 1: haven't changed that much except for improving the line. Why

453
00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:56,119
Speaker 1: is what on earth is happening things? Well? Is the

454
00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:58,800
Speaker 1: offensive line actually improved because the guys they brought in

455
00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:02,160
Speaker 1: it couldn't be worse rejects from other teams. There guys

456
00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:04,760
Speaker 1: nobody else wanted, and they're not that impressive to me.

457
00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:07,560
Speaker 1: So the offensive line is the first question I have.

458
00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:09,720
Speaker 1: In a second one, can J. J. Watt stay healthy?

459
00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:12,480
Speaker 1: That's a real question now, Well, they were flaming teams

460
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Speaker 1: without J. J. Watt last year. That's why I'd say

461
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Speaker 1: on offense, like if you're scoring, they scored fifty seven

462
00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:19,200
Speaker 1: points against the Titans, easy to forget that kind of

463
00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:21,600
Speaker 1: a game that was. It was eye opening what Watson

464
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Speaker 1: did and and it's very exciting to think what he

465
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Speaker 1: could do, uh in sixteen games. But the what thing?

466
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Speaker 1: And you don't want it to turn into one of

467
00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:30,680
Speaker 1: these what ifs, because there's nothing worse than when there's

468
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Speaker 1: a real, like all time type star that you get

469
00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:35,280
Speaker 1: to see it for five years and then it just

470
00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:39,440
Speaker 1: disappears due to injuries. And now it's fair to ask,

471
00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:42,199
Speaker 1: last year you can still stay positive and back all right,

472
00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:44,560
Speaker 1: he's finally over it. But now is whatever you're gonna

473
00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:47,199
Speaker 1: be wat again and I thought you. David Clowney took

474
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Speaker 1: another step next year, but he still isn't maybe the

475
00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:52,360
Speaker 1: superstar that they thought he was gonna be. They there

476
00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:54,320
Speaker 1: is room for growth on that defense. I love what

477
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Speaker 1: they've done with the secondary though, when you bring in

478
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Speaker 1: Tyron Matthew and Aaron Colvin and then you draft justin

479
00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:02,280
Speaker 1: read that I mean their secondary. When they had a j.

480
00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:05,080
Speaker 1: Bouier there it was great, and then when he was gone,

481
00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:07,840
Speaker 1: they that was a major weakness for them last year.

482
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Speaker 1: So I think that that's really improved over the off season.

483
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Speaker 1: I can't tell if I think they're gonna they're a

484
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Speaker 1: candidate to be four and twelve or twelve four like

485
00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:18,680
Speaker 1: they could be either way because they their problems are pronounced.

486
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Speaker 1: They kind of look like a top heavy roster with

487
00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:24,240
Speaker 1: some stars but then some big issues. Uh and maybe

488
00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:27,040
Speaker 1: not great depth. But O'Brien's always been able to figure

489
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Speaker 1: it out. And if Deshaun Watson is half as good

490
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Speaker 1: as he looked, and would that include teams, Like with

491
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Speaker 1: the sample size that you got from Deshaun Watson, the

492
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Speaker 1: teams have used time to and to what he I

493
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Speaker 1: think it's fair to not expect DeShawn Watson, you know,

494
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Speaker 1: to not light up the league quite as much as

495
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Speaker 1: because it'd be insane if he did. Four and twelve

496
00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:51,560
Speaker 1: would be maybe a Vince Young, ask Downturn Chris wessling

497
00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:56,360
Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Cults after their drafting free agency and how

498
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Speaker 1: Calm West comes in very under control. Go ahead was

499
00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,080
Speaker 1: start playing that music under and see what happens. Mr

500
00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:05,159
Speaker 1: Rogers sweater on and he's in complete control. Given the

501
00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:07,600
Speaker 1: three minutes, Given three more minutes, go ahead, West, well

502
00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:12,000
Speaker 1: with Andrew talk for three stray minutes. Andrew Luck returning

503
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Speaker 1: to health, starting guards in each of the first two rounds, UH,

504
00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,320
Speaker 1: some interesting running backs and wide receivers late in the draft.

505
00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:20,800
Speaker 1: It's easy for mid me to believe the Colts will

506
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Speaker 1: have one of the most improved offenses in the league.

507
00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:27,120
Speaker 1: But the other side of the ball, is there any

508
00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:33,120
Speaker 1: defense in the NFL worst than Indianapolis Colts. You cannot

509
00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:35,879
Speaker 1: expect rookies to come in and all of them to beat.

510
00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:39,760
Speaker 1: Most rookies are competitive liabilities in their first year, and

511
00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:43,119
Speaker 1: they're gonna be playing a lot of rookies the secondary.

512
00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:44,840
Speaker 1: I can't even make a depth chart out of their

513
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Speaker 1: secondary and they need guys that they took part of

514
00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,879
Speaker 1: it is last year's you know draft class, Mili Cooker,

515
00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:54,480
Speaker 1: Quincy Wilson, that those guys need to be their their ballards,

516
00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:56,880
Speaker 1: guys that they need to step up and matter. What's

517
00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:00,360
Speaker 1: your favorite type of frog? Yeah, I mean you look

518
00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:03,639
Speaker 1: at their almost every position group and it's who are

519
00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:06,560
Speaker 1: your blue chip like five star players that you're anchoring

520
00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:08,880
Speaker 1: the last four or five teams to talk about J J. Watt,

521
00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:11,560
Speaker 1: Von Miller, rookies that are coming in that our game

522
00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:13,399
Speaker 1: changers and with the with the Colts, he had so

523
00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:17,159
Speaker 1: much to do. They've got your balls here. Know what

524
00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:19,680
Speaker 1: they need? They need like a Saints like draft because

525
00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:22,959
Speaker 1: they took this Darius Leonard, the outside lambbacker around two,

526
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:27,520
Speaker 1: they took Kimoco Terrey had a Rutgers and then another

527
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Speaker 1: defensive end, uh, twelve picks later. So they are obviously

528
00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:33,440
Speaker 1: they see what you see and they just need to

529
00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:36,359
Speaker 1: hope that they're saying four second round picks. That's unheard of.

530
00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:40,240
Speaker 1: Four second round picks back to back guards. I've never

531
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Speaker 1: heard of it though for them, like that's a perfect

532
00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:47,720
Speaker 1: it's that's the best guy that they could have gotten

533
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Speaker 1: in the first round for that offensive line. Dan, Are

534
00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:55,520
Speaker 1: you jealous that Chris Ballard this week invited reporters down

535
00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:59,000
Speaker 1: into their lab to watch film with him so that

536
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Speaker 1: they could understand and why they drafted who they drafted.

537
00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:05,919
Speaker 1: I like that little pullback in the curs Ballard out

538
00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:11,040
Speaker 1: a departure from most scared NFL personnel around the league,

539
00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:13,480
Speaker 1: who think that everyone's trying to get their secrets. Wait,

540
00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:15,960
Speaker 1: but why would I have an issue with that? Just

541
00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:18,119
Speaker 1: because you're a big Ballard fan. You just want that

542
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:22,600
Speaker 1: quality time I don't know other people are getting quite

543
00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:24,439
Speaker 1: makes sense. Yeah, but it's good that I didn't know

544
00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:26,840
Speaker 1: that nug. That's a good nug. Little b a qt

545
00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:29,800
Speaker 1: qt big time in a big spot. I just hope

546
00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:33,159
Speaker 1: Andrew Ux playing for the Cults come on, buddy and

547
00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:36,720
Speaker 1: they stretch it out right. That's their blue chip talent,

548
00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:40,080
Speaker 1: and they drafted like guards high and so in theory

549
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:42,280
Speaker 1: that helps out their running game. But the running game

550
00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:45,760
Speaker 1: is either Marlon Mack or two third day guys that

551
00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:48,560
Speaker 1: they drafted this year finds and welcome or it works

552
00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:53,600
Speaker 1: the awakening. Kristen Michael, who resigned with the don't pull

553
00:27:53,680 --> 00:28:01,960
Speaker 1: us back into this alright, next tiny box signing box

554
00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:05,000
Speaker 1: is on the clock here, all right. So I like

555
00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:08,399
Speaker 1: what they did, uh in the draft. They when I

556
00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:11,160
Speaker 1: looked at these wide receivers before the draft, I mean

557
00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:14,679
Speaker 1: letting go of Allen Robinson and Alan Hearns, it was

558
00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:17,560
Speaker 1: a mess and it still is a little questionable. They

559
00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:21,200
Speaker 1: drafted d J. Chark, who's a really explosive wide receiver um,

560
00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:24,960
Speaker 1: but beyond that they have Dante Moncrief, Marquiseley, Rashad Green.

561
00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:27,760
Speaker 1: It's not a great group of pass catchers. I do

562
00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:30,679
Speaker 1: really like what they did at defensive tackle Tavin Bryan,

563
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:33,520
Speaker 1: so they kind of are doing what the Eagles did

564
00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:35,919
Speaker 1: last year. They have a ton of depth there and

565
00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:39,200
Speaker 1: they can rotate guys in. But really, how much do

566
00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:42,440
Speaker 1: you guys trust the Jags can continue to climb in

567
00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:45,640
Speaker 1: the a f C with Blake Bortles and this group

568
00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:49,600
Speaker 1: of pass catchers outside of the most important position in

569
00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:52,200
Speaker 1: professional sports, their roster is better than anyone else in

570
00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:57,840
Speaker 1: the NFL. Right. Here's the thing, though, is their offense

571
00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,880
Speaker 1: that is is it great at all? For net? I

572
00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:03,640
Speaker 1: still think the book is out on how much of

573
00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:05,560
Speaker 1: a difference maker he's gonna be And then the rest

574
00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:09,040
Speaker 1: of the offense. He already was a difference maker. I

575
00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:11,840
Speaker 1: guess I literally was a difference I want to see.

576
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:13,640
Speaker 1: First of all, they had their best games of the

577
00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:16,040
Speaker 1: year without him. I think that was a coincidence. But

578
00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:18,960
Speaker 1: it's just a fact that I think he has to

579
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,360
Speaker 1: prove to me that he's in that sort of upper

580
00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:23,880
Speaker 1: echelon of like running backs like the Todd Gurley that time.

581
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:25,880
Speaker 1: I don't know if he's there, like I I watching

582
00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:27,280
Speaker 1: him game after me, I don't know if he's there

583
00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:30,120
Speaker 1: and the rest of the offense, not just Bordles. Yeah,

584
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:33,600
Speaker 1: Colleen mentioned it well. I like that they went out

585
00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:35,760
Speaker 1: and got Andrew Norwell at left guard, where we just

586
00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:38,200
Speaker 1: saw the Titans last year. Who would have thought, Oh,

587
00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:41,160
Speaker 1: the Titans are going to completely lose this identity that

588
00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:44,040
Speaker 1: under John Robinson we thought was such a nice change

589
00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:46,520
Speaker 1: in Tennessee. For once there's something to latch onto. It

590
00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:50,080
Speaker 1: vanished entirely. I don't think the Jaguars do because their

591
00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:53,880
Speaker 1: defense is up and down. A completely badass team that

592
00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:56,200
Speaker 1: can's not I don't see a regression on defense. Now

593
00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:58,120
Speaker 1: listen to this year from now. I'm probably laughing for myself,

594
00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:00,720
Speaker 1: but I still think that it can run the ball.

595
00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:02,480
Speaker 1: They still have a good offensive line, And I don't

596
00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:04,160
Speaker 1: doubt for not the way that you do in terms

597
00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:06,600
Speaker 1: of like being a true difference, I don't. I don't

598
00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:11,080
Speaker 1: doubt him. I just think he hasn't shown that like

599
00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:13,120
Speaker 1: next level of like this is a guy you're build

600
00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:15,800
Speaker 1: an offense round. He's shown he's a solid starting running

601
00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:18,400
Speaker 1: back and he does some things here here's what their moves,

602
00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:21,720
Speaker 1: including the way they played in the playoffs, show me

603
00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:26,800
Speaker 1: that Blake Bortles psyche is so fragile he can't possibly

604
00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:29,840
Speaker 1: face competition or even a high quality backup from that roster.

605
00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,600
Speaker 1: And that's how you end up with Cody Kessler. Now,

606
00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:37,440
Speaker 1: if times can, if times get tough in that organization,

607
00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:40,440
Speaker 1: and they are, you know, four and six or four

608
00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:44,880
Speaker 1: and five, and the quarterback is what's killing him, Cody Kessler,

609
00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:49,040
Speaker 1: that's the guy that's the problem. To answer your question,

610
00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:51,200
Speaker 1: I'm not I'm not confident that they can take the

611
00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:52,720
Speaker 1: next step because I think it's one of the hardest

612
00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:54,600
Speaker 1: things in the NFL to do, to be a top

613
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:57,280
Speaker 1: five team more than one year in a row. And

614
00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:00,280
Speaker 1: it's easier if you're good on offense. I always thinking,

615
00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:11,320
Speaker 1: all right, it's halftime, yeah already, And now another edition

616
00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:21,840
Speaker 1: of keeping up. You remember Maurice bow Ranger, You remember Mobo?

617
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,320
Speaker 1: This is game into the draft in two thousand sixteen

618
00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:28,520
Speaker 1: with the Vikings didn't make it with the team a

619
00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:32,840
Speaker 1: roster limit casualty before season kicked off. You thought Mobo

620
00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:36,080
Speaker 1: was gone. You're wrong, baby, because the former sixth round

621
00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:39,320
Speaker 1: pick other Vikings signed with the Cincinnati Bengals. He was

622
00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:43,280
Speaker 1: added to their roster via the league's International Player Pathway program.

623
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Speaker 1: The team announced as part of the program, four teams Cincinnati, Cleveland, Baltimore,

624
00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:50,800
Speaker 1: and Pittsburgh that's the a C North interesting will each

625
00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:54,400
Speaker 1: carry a player from the program until the end of

626
00:31:54,640 --> 00:32:02,600
Speaker 1: training camp. And that was another edition, not beyond we're

627
00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:07,520
Speaker 1: just assuming that the people don't make the team. I

628
00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:09,960
Speaker 1: mean that Murray's Bowe Ringer, who we never heard a

629
00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:12,240
Speaker 1: peep out in Minnesota, will not make the Bengals. You

630
00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:14,080
Speaker 1: know how, sometimes you have to kind of like explain,

631
00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:17,440
Speaker 1: like try to you know, tell you to explain a

632
00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:19,400
Speaker 1: reference for the listener. That's the first one I needed

633
00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:21,520
Speaker 1: to explain to me. It's been so long since was

634
00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:24,680
Speaker 1: that you two that was playing kind of uh, Kansas

635
00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:28,800
Speaker 1: City Chiefs. It's German music, the Kansas City Chiefs. Uh.

636
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,760
Speaker 1: The splashy focus of this offseason for Casey is centered

637
00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:34,240
Speaker 1: around the trade of Alex Smith and the rise of

638
00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:38,000
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes, But the real question facing this team is

639
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:40,920
Speaker 1: whether their defense is worth a damn certainly didn't look

640
00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:42,680
Speaker 1: that way in the playoff loss of the Titans, where

641
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:45,720
Speaker 1: they couldn't got a stop in the second half. My god,

642
00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:48,960
Speaker 1: what a disgrace. Casey invested their first five draft picks

643
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:50,840
Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the ball last week, But

644
00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:53,840
Speaker 1: will this unit actually be any better? Trading Marcus Peters

645
00:32:53,840 --> 00:33:01,640
Speaker 1: away probably won't help. I don't trust their secondary at all. No,

646
00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:03,400
Speaker 1: I don't think their defense is going to be better

647
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:05,840
Speaker 1: on paper. There's not much reason to think it's much

648
00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:09,640
Speaker 1: better other than they just got rid of some old, aging,

649
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:12,880
Speaker 1: slower guys who are maybe being held on a little

650
00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:14,680
Speaker 1: too long because of their names, which is it's a

651
00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:16,520
Speaker 1: smart thing, the smart thing to do. I don't think

652
00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:18,840
Speaker 1: bringing in David Amerson as a starter is gonna make

653
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:22,040
Speaker 1: your secondary better. They played, they played Anthony. They paid

654
00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:24,400
Speaker 1: Anthony Hitchens a ton of money. One of the most

655
00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:27,920
Speaker 1: surprising contracts in the league. I thought this offseason because

656
00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:29,760
Speaker 1: they think he's going to be a pretty big difference.

657
00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:31,760
Speaker 1: They believe in Reggie Raglan is a guy that can

658
00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:36,600
Speaker 1: be difference. Kendall Fuller is a good pickup and people,

659
00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:38,800
Speaker 1: you know, he's one of the better slot cornerbacks in

660
00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:41,239
Speaker 1: the league. They should be better because I don't think

661
00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:42,720
Speaker 1: it's gonna be hard for them to be much worse

662
00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:45,120
Speaker 1: than they were. But that's I mean, they need to

663
00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:47,760
Speaker 1: be better than a little better. Yeah, I don't think

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00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:51,280
Speaker 1: adding a slot corner is the solution to to replacing

665
00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:53,840
Speaker 1: Marcus Peters. The team could still be a lot of fun.

666
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:55,800
Speaker 1: I think they could still. They also get Eric Barry.

667
00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:58,640
Speaker 1: You know, I want to get Berry back a year

668
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:00,760
Speaker 1: or older and coming off a series injury. But you

669
00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:03,720
Speaker 1: you don't doubt a guy like that. But their offense

670
00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:05,880
Speaker 1: is gonna be exciting. They're gonna score points if Mahomes

671
00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:08,800
Speaker 1: is good. There is there I don't you know, Cheese

672
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:10,640
Speaker 1: fans out there, I'm not wishing this upon you, but

673
00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:13,680
Speaker 1: there is a dark scenario where all the assumptions that

674
00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:18,320
Speaker 1: Mahomes can step in immediately a quarterback if there's growing

675
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:22,040
Speaker 1: pains or God forbid, he's not actually that good, then

676
00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:24,520
Speaker 1: they might actually be a bad team. They could really

677
00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:26,319
Speaker 1: take a big step back this year. I like it.

678
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:28,759
Speaker 1: I like pairing a rookie quarterback with Kareem Hunt better

679
00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:31,879
Speaker 1: than some of the other rookie cornerbacks out there. And

680
00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:34,120
Speaker 1: you know you went out, You've got Sammy Watkins, you

681
00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:36,440
Speaker 1: still have a lot of speed, you have Tyreek Hill.

682
00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:40,320
Speaker 1: I feel like they they prioritized putting stuff around Patrick

683
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:44,760
Speaker 1: Mahomes to help him succeed. But unquestionably it's a variable.

684
00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:47,360
Speaker 1: We've seen one game and was a promising game, and

685
00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:49,080
Speaker 1: they love him. But it's like you gotta see it.

686
00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:51,200
Speaker 1: It's seen in twenty years of Andy Reid, and that's

687
00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:53,759
Speaker 1: the kind and and what he's done, especially in Kansas City.

688
00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:55,319
Speaker 1: That's kind of why I don't doubt it. I'm just

689
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:58,200
Speaker 1: saying we shouldn't assume it. Yeah, No, it's quite possible

690
00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:00,680
Speaker 1: that they'll be much more exciting to watch and much

691
00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:03,480
Speaker 1: less effective in the one lost column. Yeah, it could

692
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:06,600
Speaker 1: be a really explosive offense. Like it's really interesting to

693
00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:10,279
Speaker 1: think about Sammy Watkins as that downfield threat, but also

694
00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:12,520
Speaker 1: like I mean, it's not just the second area as

695
00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:15,799
Speaker 1: you mentioned uh in terms of the defense. That run

696
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:18,839
Speaker 1: defense was a major problem last year. That's what got

697
00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:22,080
Speaker 1: them killed in the playoffs. Get a STOPGA Tennessee offense

698
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,360
Speaker 1: that was not blowing people's doors off last year. How

699
00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:30,920
Speaker 1: about my guy Brett mackenzie. Now he's your guy, Greg,

700
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:35,359
Speaker 1: your boys, the Los Angeles Superchargers. Yeah, well, after you know,

701
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:39,919
Speaker 1: Tom Talasco had another excellent draft, Derwin James falling to him.

702
00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:42,200
Speaker 1: A lot of people who you know, look, I don't know,

703
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:46,480
Speaker 1: but people who know better love Uchenna Nus their second

704
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:48,840
Speaker 1: round pick. And it got me thinking this was a

705
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:54,360
Speaker 1: defense heavy draft. Uchenna Na that's correct. At which is

706
00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:56,759
Speaker 1: better because they're both They're pretty stacked on both sides,

707
00:35:56,800 --> 00:36:01,160
Speaker 1: which is better. The Charger's offensive, the defense, that defense,

708
00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:03,400
Speaker 1: and you're feeling good about it. And that's the question.

709
00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:06,000
Speaker 1: This might be a defense first team. Now what is

710
00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:12,200
Speaker 1: more amazing? The first of all, great question, great question.

711
00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:15,600
Speaker 1: This team is absolutely loaded. They remind me of the

712
00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:18,799
Speaker 1: Jaguars where everyone said, hey, I'm not gonna believe in

713
00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:22,279
Speaker 1: the Jaguars, even though that December before they showed that

714
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:23,680
Speaker 1: they were one of the best teams in the league.

715
00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:25,640
Speaker 1: The Charges showed us they're one of the best teams

716
00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:27,680
Speaker 1: in the league down the stretch, and I think they're

717
00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:32,239
Speaker 1: ready to take that. The personnel is is it's almost unmatched.

718
00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:35,520
Speaker 1: I mean I would want to know. I would take

719
00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:37,880
Speaker 1: the defense because the strength of this team is the

720
00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:41,240
Speaker 1: best pass rush in the NFL with Bosa and ingram

721
00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:44,920
Speaker 1: as the two pass rushers. Now you add Noosu and

722
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:47,120
Speaker 1: the offensive line to me still has some question marks

723
00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:50,000
Speaker 1: that the running game never found itself last year. The

724
00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:52,400
Speaker 1: offensive line. A lot of that sack total, which is

725
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:53,920
Speaker 1: one of the best in the league, is because Philip

726
00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:56,239
Speaker 1: Rivers is a genius before the snap and he gets

727
00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:58,279
Speaker 1: rid of the ball quickly. I think the defense is

728
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:01,040
Speaker 1: legitimately what was like a top three Rivers that you

729
00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:05,000
Speaker 1: had passed into another quarterback. Oh, Paxton Lynch got sacked.

730
00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:07,440
Speaker 1: He's been sacked eighteen times in his career on one

731
00:37:08,120 --> 00:37:10,960
Speaker 1: eight attempts. Philip Rivers got sacked eighteen times last year

732
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:13,640
Speaker 1: and nearly six hundred attempts. Oh my god, I mean,

733
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:17,239
Speaker 1: you've got Caleb Sturgis in there at this point. Listen,

734
00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:18,640
Speaker 1: here's the thing You're not going to start the year

735
00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:20,319
Speaker 1: oh and four and the one thing that kind of

736
00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:22,360
Speaker 1: gets forgotten is that there was a kind of a

737
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:26,319
Speaker 1: mid season game against the Patriots where they Chargers gave

738
00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:29,319
Speaker 1: the Patriots a run for the money. And you're gonna

739
00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:32,239
Speaker 1: you're gonna go four and no more likely than nine

740
00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:33,960
Speaker 1: and seven, eight and eight, seven and nine, nine and seven.

741
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:39,000
Speaker 1: I'm just saying you could say the same thing about

742
00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:45,279
Speaker 1: the Jaguars before last year. That's shocking. That's the three

743
00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:49,080
Speaker 1: minutes we could go on and on about the Charge

744
00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:53,640
Speaker 1: around the Chargers podcast coming up Saturday night. The Miami Dolphins.

745
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:57,360
Speaker 1: Mark Sesler, Alright, someone solved this Nancy Drew level mystery

746
00:37:57,440 --> 00:38:01,000
Speaker 1: for me. Who are the Miami Dolphins? What is the

747
00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:04,520
Speaker 1: plan here? What is the identity? When will this become

748
00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:08,960
Speaker 1: evident to anyone living on earth? Too bad, Lindsay, nice

749
00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:15,560
Speaker 1: try with the question he got you, what's their identity?

750
00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:17,680
Speaker 1: Helped me out. I came out of the draft even

751
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:22,480
Speaker 1: ultra frustrated with the Dolphins. I got nothing important. I mean,

752
00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:24,400
Speaker 1: I don't know what their identity is. I don't know

753
00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:27,799
Speaker 1: what the plan is. I feel like he couldn't have

754
00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:30,920
Speaker 1: he couldn't have broadcast that to us more strongly, and

755
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:32,880
Speaker 1: he didn't want I mean, I guess what was the

756
00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:36,160
Speaker 1: draft gonna do to change it unless they took a quarterback,

757
00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:38,879
Speaker 1: Because they took me Patrick, who is kind of what

758
00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:41,120
Speaker 1: they could use as a versatile guy that they can

759
00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:43,960
Speaker 1: move around in their secondary. They drafted Mike Kaski, which

760
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,960
Speaker 1: is about as exciting athletically at tight end, a huge

761
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:49,840
Speaker 1: position of need. So they did add guys that you

762
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:53,680
Speaker 1: that's their biggest problem on defense. They didn't even they

763
00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:56,680
Speaker 1: never replaced in Dominican sue. That's the one thing that

764
00:38:56,719 --> 00:38:59,400
Speaker 1: they really needed to do. You let the other two,

765
00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:03,279
Speaker 1: you know, low level wanting teams in your division, go

766
00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:06,240
Speaker 1: out and at least try on quarterbacks while you did nothing.

767
00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:08,960
Speaker 1: And and I get the belief in Ryan Tannehill, but

768
00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:12,000
Speaker 1: I mean, we're we've seen Ryan Tannehill. Well, I don't,

769
00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:14,640
Speaker 1: I can't. I can't kill him for that. Like they

770
00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:16,600
Speaker 1: think they like Ryan Tannehill, but they have so many

771
00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:19,200
Speaker 1: other issues to worry about. If they believe in Tannehill

772
00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:21,759
Speaker 1: for now, if they stink like everybody seems to think

773
00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:26,600
Speaker 1: they're gonna stinkin', I don't know about stink. That's the

774
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:30,200
Speaker 1: thing they're trying to keep their jobs from from gaze

775
00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:33,400
Speaker 1: to their defensive coordinator as a new guy, you know,

776
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:36,640
Speaker 1: Matt Burke to the front office. Like all of them

777
00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:39,239
Speaker 1: are just trying to make it to nineteen. On some level.

778
00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:43,280
Speaker 1: I'm just struggling. Flavorless team that did live very little

779
00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:45,719
Speaker 1: to give us any indication of what their flavor is.

780
00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:49,360
Speaker 1: They Yeah, I mean they lose Jervis Landry. Obviously they

781
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:54,480
Speaker 1: got Danny m and Dola. I don't know if that exciting.

782
00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:57,200
Speaker 1: There was a little. I like Kennan Drake a lot.

783
00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:01,719
Speaker 1: Maybe he's the focal into that offense. And Tannehill comes

784
00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:05,160
Speaker 1: back and he's efficient and accurate and the best version

785
00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:07,439
Speaker 1: of Bryan Tannhill. I love how hard you're trying. They're

786
00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:09,719
Speaker 1: just trying to balance it. I know you. I don't

787
00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:11,480
Speaker 1: like the Dolphins. No, you're doing a great job. I

788
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:14,200
Speaker 1: admire that. But even when we said, when you threw

789
00:40:14,239 --> 00:40:16,839
Speaker 1: out like about them possibly thinking, everyone was quickly like, no,

790
00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:22,000
Speaker 1: we don't think they're on the road. They replaced the

791
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:24,640
Speaker 1: interior of their offensive line. They're on the hamster wheel.

792
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:27,719
Speaker 1: They are, but it's not. Yeah, it's weird because it's

793
00:40:27,719 --> 00:40:30,279
Speaker 1: not like the NBA where you have to bottom out. No,

794
00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:33,120
Speaker 1: you don't. There is an old Parcels is um and

795
00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:37,080
Speaker 1: maybe Tannehill fits this mold that certain guys are labeled

796
00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:41,080
Speaker 1: progress stoppers. They're not You're not building towards something. They're

797
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:43,160
Speaker 1: not guys that you actually can count on. They're just

798
00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:46,000
Speaker 1: there and that doesn't allow your organization and grow. Maybe

799
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:49,000
Speaker 1: that's Tannahill. Dolphins have to hope that's not the case.

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00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:57,040
Speaker 1: Nobody has more parcellsisms than parcels. True, Bill parcels as parcellsism. No,

801
00:40:57,160 --> 00:40:58,799
Speaker 1: I just meant like he does have a lot of

802
00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:03,680
Speaker 1: these bond modes. People throw room. That's one of multiple

803
00:41:04,600 --> 00:41:08,120
Speaker 1: of his Sessler's favorite sandwiches. No one's ever eating one

804
00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:09,799
Speaker 1: those again, if I can control it. Do we have

805
00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:12,279
Speaker 1: any sanwiches coming this week? I mean, you know, we

806
00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:14,520
Speaker 1: used to all hang out together, like in the office

807
00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:16,719
Speaker 1: during the work week. Now no one's ever together on

808
00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:19,200
Speaker 1: the same page, so it's harder to have group meals.

809
00:41:19,239 --> 00:41:21,680
Speaker 1: Next time we're together, I'll get sandwiches. I got a

810
00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:26,960
Speaker 1: new place that cars caps the sandwiches in the city.

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Speaker 1: The defending a f C Conference champions, the New England

812
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:37,960
Speaker 1: Patriots Chris Westley. The FC sometimes looks like west ramping

813
00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:41,600
Speaker 1: it up again. An FC sometimes looks like the NBA's

814
00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:46,239
Speaker 1: Eastern Conference. Has any a f C team done enough

815
00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:49,120
Speaker 1: to stop our annual tradition of penciling the Patriots right

816
00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:54,040
Speaker 1: into the Super Bowl? Well, you know, I'd always take

817
00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:59,280
Speaker 1: the field, especially in the NFL. I I on paper,

818
00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:02,080
Speaker 1: the Steelers still look great to meet. They haven't done

819
00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:04,399
Speaker 1: anything to get better, right, but team in fact, they've

820
00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:07,800
Speaker 1: gotten worse because all the time without like obvious offseason

821
00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:10,960
Speaker 1: with Tennessee Titans, I really like, maybe maybe I'm getting

822
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:12,840
Speaker 1: too excited, but I like overall what they did in

823
00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:15,440
Speaker 1: the draft and in general, I think the field's done enough. Yes,

824
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:19,920
Speaker 1: the Steelers are they Maybe they haven't done anything. We

825
00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:22,000
Speaker 1: just talked about Ryan Chase here the loss of him.

826
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:24,960
Speaker 1: Did they adequately address that defense? Ryan Chase he er

827
00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:27,840
Speaker 1: who there are weeks when he played like the defensive

828
00:42:27,840 --> 00:42:30,040
Speaker 1: player of the year. Like, that's not a small loss.

829
00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:33,439
Speaker 1: He was by far the most important defensive player. Maybe

830
00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:35,560
Speaker 1: the number one thing that other a FC teams have

831
00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:40,839
Speaker 1: going for them um is organizational decay from within This

832
00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:45,520
Speaker 1: from an interview Jim Gray and Tom Brady, do you

833
00:42:45,560 --> 00:42:49,239
Speaker 1: feel appreciated by them and do they have the appropriate

834
00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:53,480
Speaker 1: gratitude for what you have achieved. I plead the fifth.

835
00:42:55,719 --> 00:42:58,080
Speaker 1: I mean, think of where we are now and where

836
00:42:58,080 --> 00:43:01,000
Speaker 1: we were in December that he's actually now. Tom Brady

837
00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:03,080
Speaker 1: is saying, I plead the fifth when I asked if

838
00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:05,880
Speaker 1: he's appreciated about his own organization, knowing that that response

839
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:08,440
Speaker 1: is gonna blow up all over there, and he quickly,

840
00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:12,200
Speaker 1: he quickly added three paragraphs of how much he loves

841
00:43:12,239 --> 00:43:15,120
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick, how much he values him, and that that

842
00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:18,839
Speaker 1: he knows that Belichick thinks essentially not giving it up

843
00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:20,960
Speaker 1: for Brady is the best thing to get it out

844
00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:23,759
Speaker 1: of Brady. Right. It's called backpedaling. Why did you say?

845
00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:27,520
Speaker 1: Why did you open your statement with that stuff? How

846
00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:31,480
Speaker 1: could you completely Tom Brady knows exactly what he's saying.

847
00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:33,879
Speaker 1: He went out of his way to put that out

848
00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:36,440
Speaker 1: there in the public. It's just that question feels like

849
00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:39,200
Speaker 1: a plant to begin with. It was a planted question,

850
00:43:41,560 --> 00:43:46,239
Speaker 1: of course, it's absolutely something. But I think ultimately the

851
00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:48,520
Speaker 1: answer that he gave he was having it both ways,

852
00:43:48,640 --> 00:43:51,879
Speaker 1: was in the end, I know that I'm gonna be there.

853
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:54,040
Speaker 1: He said he's gonna be there for two more seasons,

854
00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:56,480
Speaker 1: and he knows that in the end, he had to

855
00:43:56,520 --> 00:43:58,960
Speaker 1: sort of like add that other part of it because

856
00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:00,560
Speaker 1: he knows he's going to be aim there. When I

857
00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:02,600
Speaker 1: look at the Patriots, I'm not really concerned about any

858
00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:04,480
Speaker 1: of this off field stuff. I'm more concerned that they've

859
00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:07,720
Speaker 1: had an incredible amount of turnover this offseason. Their roster

860
00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:10,680
Speaker 1: is as different as almost any a f C team

861
00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:12,840
Speaker 1: in the league. Maybe that'll work out, maybe it won't,

862
00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:14,560
Speaker 1: but they have a ton of new starters on both

863
00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:16,440
Speaker 1: sides of them. I just think from that seth Wickersham

864
00:44:16,560 --> 00:44:19,719
Speaker 1: article till now between with Gronk and with Brady are

865
00:44:19,760 --> 00:44:22,080
Speaker 1: now saying out in public. It just shows you it's

866
00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:28,440
Speaker 1: characteristic that continues coach Brady as hard as he wants.

867
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:34,000
Speaker 1: He doesn't need to have sources growing Brady under the bus.

868
00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:38,600
Speaker 1: With Brady's response, Connie Fox, the New York Football Jets,

869
00:44:38,840 --> 00:44:44,800
Speaker 1: how about those Jets excited about them? That's my question. So, yeah,

870
00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:48,200
Speaker 1: they finally they get Sam Donald. Your whole thing worked

871
00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:52,120
Speaker 1: out scamming for Sam. But my whole thing is, even

872
00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:54,759
Speaker 1: if Sam Donald doesn't start right away because they have

873
00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:57,799
Speaker 1: Josh McCollen there, because they have like seventy quarterbacks on

874
00:44:57,840 --> 00:45:00,560
Speaker 1: the roster, even if he doesn't start right away. Do

875
00:45:00,680 --> 00:45:03,920
Speaker 1: they have enough there to surround him to succeed? I mean,

876
00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:07,040
Speaker 1: you talk about that offensive line was a problem last year.

877
00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:08,520
Speaker 1: I know they brought in a couple of guys, but

878
00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:12,319
Speaker 1: is that enough. They the past catchers, they're the tight ends.

879
00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:14,839
Speaker 1: Austin Sefari and Jenkins is gone. I mean the tight

880
00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:17,400
Speaker 1: ends they have on the roster right now have barely

881
00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:22,040
Speaker 1: caught any passes in a game, let alone played NFL snaps.

882
00:45:22,719 --> 00:45:26,480
Speaker 1: So you know, maybe Terrell Prior hits, maybe Isaiah Crowell does,

883
00:45:26,760 --> 00:45:28,759
Speaker 1: and that would be great for him, but I just

884
00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:32,000
Speaker 1: don't know. That's that's the ends of West. I didn't

885
00:45:32,080 --> 00:45:34,439
Speaker 1: Dare bring up the Jets when he said who's ready

886
00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:37,480
Speaker 1: to challenge the Patriots? They're not ready yet, but they

887
00:45:37,480 --> 00:45:39,160
Speaker 1: have some pieces in place, and now they have a

888
00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:43,440
Speaker 1: potential franchise quarterback. So now the rebuild is in place,

889
00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:45,960
Speaker 1: and I'm hoping as a Jet fan, what I'm hoping

890
00:45:45,960 --> 00:45:51,360
Speaker 1: for this year is Donald starts twelve games, ten twelve games,

891
00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:54,359
Speaker 1: and he shows something and they, you know, they start

892
00:45:54,440 --> 00:45:56,920
Speaker 1: to look like a team that's building towards something and

893
00:45:56,960 --> 00:45:59,280
Speaker 1: doing a rebuild the right way, which they very rarely

894
00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:02,280
Speaker 1: have in their you just go are they just wasting

895
00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:04,920
Speaker 1: a year? Is this Mitch Drabinski with John Fox? Is

896
00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:07,560
Speaker 1: this Jared Goff with Jeff Fisher? Because I don't really

897
00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:10,080
Speaker 1: get into I don't buy any sort of rebuild if

898
00:46:10,080 --> 00:46:12,239
Speaker 1: you're gonna have a new general manager or certainly a

899
00:46:12,239 --> 00:46:14,319
Speaker 1: new coach a year from now, do they have the

900
00:46:14,360 --> 00:46:16,560
Speaker 1: patients to go four and twelve, five and eleven, because

901
00:46:16,560 --> 00:46:18,799
Speaker 1: I kind of doubt Todd Bowles feels that way. He

902
00:46:18,840 --> 00:46:21,600
Speaker 1: probably feels like, I gotta win eight nine games, this

903
00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:24,560
Speaker 1: is my year. And if not, I'm looking at it like,

904
00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:26,960
Speaker 1: are we just you know, wasting the defense of the

905
00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:29,560
Speaker 1: defense of the Jets? They have been if if nothing else,

906
00:46:29,560 --> 00:46:31,680
Speaker 1: they've been stable. I mean they've showed a lot of

907
00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:35,279
Speaker 1: patients with this regime, and we'll find out now. I

908
00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:36,799
Speaker 1: feel like, now we're really going to find out if

909
00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:41,080
Speaker 1: this is I thought this is mcagnet's plan. Yeah, I

910
00:46:41,239 --> 00:46:44,080
Speaker 1: think that. On balance, I think he's doing a nice

911
00:46:44,160 --> 00:46:46,359
Speaker 1: job with this team. It hasn't been easy. They haven't

912
00:46:46,360 --> 00:46:48,640
Speaker 1: had a lot of results, but I think I'm really

913
00:46:48,640 --> 00:46:50,839
Speaker 1: excited to see where this team goes this year because

914
00:46:50,840 --> 00:46:52,920
Speaker 1: I think they can compete in the A f C.

915
00:46:53,080 --> 00:46:55,800
Speaker 1: I don't think you put pressure on this group of quarterbacks,

916
00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:58,439
Speaker 1: and especially Donald in year one, said have to get

917
00:46:58,480 --> 00:47:00,479
Speaker 1: ten wins or you blow up the organist station because

918
00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:02,479
Speaker 1: now you can build around your quarterback with The Jets

919
00:47:02,520 --> 00:47:04,560
Speaker 1: have not been able to do outside of a couple

920
00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:07,719
Speaker 1: of seasons since Dan was born. Essentially Peyton Manning went

921
00:47:07,719 --> 00:47:10,120
Speaker 1: three at thirteen is a rookie. Things turned around quick,

922
00:47:10,120 --> 00:47:11,520
Speaker 1: but it's not You can't ask the Jets to do

923
00:47:11,560 --> 00:47:15,239
Speaker 1: it all this season. This collection of talent overachieved in

924
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:18,279
Speaker 1: the games Josh McCown played last year. I think when

925
00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:21,120
Speaker 1: the Jets are good again, they're gonna have a whole different,

926
00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:23,440
Speaker 1: new group of nucleus players. I don't see nucleus players

927
00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:27,480
Speaker 1: on this offense. There's no defense. The defense isn't bad.

928
00:47:27,480 --> 00:47:31,960
Speaker 1: By the way, defense, defense isn't bad. And if Donald

929
00:47:31,960 --> 00:47:33,840
Speaker 1: comes there and make some plays and they have some

930
00:47:33,880 --> 00:47:38,680
Speaker 1: wide receivers and playmakers, I'm excited. I'm glad it's not

931
00:47:38,719 --> 00:47:43,480
Speaker 1: time next up the Oakland Raiders. Oh that's me. I

932
00:47:43,480 --> 00:47:46,560
Speaker 1: get so excited about talking about the Jets. John Gruden

933
00:47:46,600 --> 00:47:49,719
Speaker 1: has been a busy man since returning to the Raiders. Uh.

934
00:47:49,719 --> 00:47:52,879
Speaker 1: They've made seven trades, nine draft picks, host the free

935
00:47:52,880 --> 00:47:56,400
Speaker 1: agent pickups. Uh, it's a fairly radical overhaul for a

936
00:47:56,440 --> 00:47:58,960
Speaker 1: team that was one of the NFL's biggest disappointments last year.

937
00:47:59,400 --> 00:48:02,400
Speaker 1: Was such an overhaul truly necessary? Do we think the

938
00:48:02,480 --> 00:48:07,960
Speaker 1: Raiders will actually be any better than last year's disappointing finish?

939
00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:09,960
Speaker 1: All I'd say is that a lot of people came

940
00:48:09,960 --> 00:48:13,320
Speaker 1: out of last year sounding like players and others unhappy

941
00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:16,719
Speaker 1: with that coaching staff, and a lot of fingers being

942
00:48:16,760 --> 00:48:19,520
Speaker 1: pointed at how the coaching staff handled that season. So

943
00:48:20,480 --> 00:48:23,160
Speaker 1: I guess, in theory, you've just put ten dollars in

944
00:48:23,239 --> 00:48:26,399
Speaker 1: a multibillion dollar bet down on the fact that John

945
00:48:26,480 --> 00:48:28,920
Speaker 1: Cruden is the best possible coach you could have gotten.

946
00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:31,759
Speaker 1: If that's the case, how could you be worse? You

947
00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:33,839
Speaker 1: better be better? Even though I don't like what they've

948
00:48:33,840 --> 00:48:37,480
Speaker 1: done this offseason particularly much at all, well, not just

949
00:48:37,640 --> 00:48:41,480
Speaker 1: offensively in terms of Gruden, that's to me an X factor,

950
00:48:41,560 --> 00:48:43,360
Speaker 1: like how much better he like? Is he going to

951
00:48:43,400 --> 00:48:45,560
Speaker 1: be a difference maker as a coach? That Paul Gunter,

952
00:48:45,719 --> 00:48:47,960
Speaker 1: one of the more respected defensive guys in the league,

953
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:49,880
Speaker 1: is taking over for what was one of the worst

954
00:48:49,920 --> 00:48:53,040
Speaker 1: defensive staffs in the league. So the coaches should be better.

955
00:48:53,360 --> 00:48:55,160
Speaker 1: They should have the same players, and they have many

956
00:48:55,160 --> 00:48:57,560
Speaker 1: different players, but they should be better. I'm not crazy

957
00:48:57,600 --> 00:49:00,120
Speaker 1: about what they did in terms of free agency an

958
00:49:00,200 --> 00:49:03,040
Speaker 1: offense signing Jordy Nelson, Doug Martin. I mean that that

959
00:49:03,160 --> 00:49:06,520
Speaker 1: to me really really isn't great, especially for a quarterback

960
00:49:06,520 --> 00:49:08,799
Speaker 1: who's coming off a down season where he was hurt.

961
00:49:09,160 --> 00:49:11,759
Speaker 1: Is this even the third best team in their own

962
00:49:11,760 --> 00:49:16,319
Speaker 1: division or they clearly the fourth best. Fourth best is

963
00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:19,000
Speaker 1: not the way to say it the worst. To me,

964
00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:22,920
Speaker 1: it's about like their offensive line was so good two

965
00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:26,120
Speaker 1: years ago and it was pretty good past protecting last

966
00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:30,200
Speaker 1: year Penn assembly Hudson, Gabe Jackson, like that was maybe

967
00:49:30,440 --> 00:49:32,799
Speaker 1: the best offensive line in the league. If they are

968
00:49:32,960 --> 00:49:35,520
Speaker 1: near that level, then they can do a lot rephrase

969
00:49:35,640 --> 00:49:38,400
Speaker 1: question for us. Do the Raiders of any a f

970
00:49:38,440 --> 00:49:41,760
Speaker 1: C team have the highest ceiling to lowest floor ratio?

971
00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:44,560
Speaker 1: Is it the biggest difference. I think that's a fair

972
00:49:44,600 --> 00:49:48,799
Speaker 1: assessment because I could see the offense going back to

973
00:49:48,840 --> 00:49:52,719
Speaker 1: the heights of two thousand sixteen, and Greg's point is

974
00:49:52,719 --> 00:49:56,800
Speaker 1: good about Paul Gunther. I don't see the defensive personnel

975
00:49:56,840 --> 00:50:00,400
Speaker 1: that's gonna make them like go from towards bottom of

976
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:03,400
Speaker 1: the league two middle of the pack. They might be

977
00:50:03,400 --> 00:50:05,560
Speaker 1: able to cobble a front seven together. I don't trust

978
00:50:05,560 --> 00:50:07,839
Speaker 1: that secondary at all. It could be the worst group

979
00:50:07,840 --> 00:50:12,719
Speaker 1: of cornerbacks in football and they didn't take anyone. But

980
00:50:12,800 --> 00:50:15,640
Speaker 1: it's in that it's in that conversation. That's a bad

981
00:50:15,640 --> 00:50:17,319
Speaker 1: conversation to be. You don't want to be in the

982
00:50:17,360 --> 00:50:20,640
Speaker 1: modern NFL when you need like four quartery Niners are

983
00:50:20,640 --> 00:50:23,160
Speaker 1: in that mix, maybe like there there are some. Yeah,

984
00:50:23,200 --> 00:50:26,160
Speaker 1: they don't. And it's not like their safeties are great either.

985
00:50:26,719 --> 00:50:28,680
Speaker 1: I mean we're saying Houston go four and twelve or

986
00:50:28,680 --> 00:50:30,840
Speaker 1: compete for the ANFC title game, depending on who you

987
00:50:30,880 --> 00:50:34,200
Speaker 1: talk to. So that's another high high is my high

988
00:50:34,280 --> 00:50:36,279
Speaker 1: ceiling when I think it could blow up. But I

989
00:50:36,320 --> 00:50:45,640
Speaker 1: think the Bengals are like that too, ir relic of

990
00:50:45,640 --> 00:50:48,000
Speaker 1: the odds. Like the Raiders season, we ran out of

991
00:50:48,560 --> 00:50:51,040
Speaker 1: things to show the fans on that segment. With a

992
00:50:51,080 --> 00:50:55,200
Speaker 1: solid ten seconds to go, the Pittsburgh Steelers defending h

993
00:50:55,480 --> 00:51:00,040
Speaker 1: a f C North champions I'm gonna pivot based on

994
00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:05,040
Speaker 1: something our editor David Ealy sent me during this size.

995
00:51:05,160 --> 00:51:09,319
Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger quoted Thursday saying the Mason Rudolph era, it's

996
00:51:09,320 --> 00:51:11,640
Speaker 1: not gonna be for a while. And my question is, like,

997
00:51:12,120 --> 00:51:15,200
Speaker 1: is there any quarterback you would rather be drafted behind

998
00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:21,160
Speaker 1: less than Ben Roethlisberger right now? Um, that is not

999
00:51:21,200 --> 00:51:25,160
Speaker 1: the guy I want in the room with me. If

1000
00:51:25,200 --> 00:51:28,760
Speaker 1: you're Mason Rudolph, his generosity to help a young quarterback,

1001
00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:31,520
Speaker 1: He's not in a Sam Doarnold situation. I mean, are

1002
00:51:31,520 --> 00:51:34,279
Speaker 1: we facting in everything associated with Big Ben because his

1003
00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:36,640
Speaker 1: injury history would make me say as a quarterback, yeah,

1004
00:51:36,680 --> 00:51:39,360
Speaker 1: I kind of like that. That's interesting. Yeah, I'm with

1005
00:51:39,440 --> 00:51:41,120
Speaker 1: West on this, but you're taking sort of a Brett

1006
00:51:41,160 --> 00:51:44,040
Speaker 1: Farve Aaron Rodgers type angle here. I don't think we're

1007
00:51:44,080 --> 00:51:46,800
Speaker 1: working under the assumption that Ben Roethlisberger, which I'm not

1008
00:51:46,880 --> 00:51:49,520
Speaker 1: even prepared to do, actually is a total monster to

1009
00:51:49,600 --> 00:51:52,759
Speaker 1: his teammates. Uh, and won't be helpful when we'll try

1010
00:51:52,760 --> 00:51:59,840
Speaker 1: to aggressively stunt his understudies development. Uh. Big Ben's not

1011
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:02,759
Speaker 1: worried about job security. One minute, he wants to retire

1012
00:52:02,920 --> 00:52:05,200
Speaker 1: the next. It's like this is never gonna happen. I'm

1013
00:52:05,200 --> 00:52:07,240
Speaker 1: playing forever. I don't know if he thinks about anything

1014
00:52:07,400 --> 00:52:11,879
Speaker 1: been going on side of the same issue. I'm looking

1015
00:52:11,880 --> 00:52:15,239
Speaker 1: at every starting quarterback here and Greig is You're not

1016
00:52:15,280 --> 00:52:17,239
Speaker 1: wrong that he's got to be high on that list.

1017
00:52:17,280 --> 00:52:19,120
Speaker 1: Big Ben. I don't know if Aaron Rodgers is school

1018
00:52:19,160 --> 00:52:22,000
Speaker 1: with his understudies. I mean Brady got Garoppolo traded. How

1019
00:52:22,040 --> 00:52:24,759
Speaker 1: about I was gonna say Tom Brady almost got him killed.

1020
00:52:27,040 --> 00:52:28,879
Speaker 1: It's a little bit of pride with some of these guys,

1021
00:52:28,880 --> 00:52:30,360
Speaker 1: but I think I think Big Ben has got to

1022
00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:33,360
Speaker 1: be top two, top three. It cuts a good spot

1023
00:52:33,560 --> 00:52:36,520
Speaker 1: for Rudolph if they do play, because I know you

1024
00:52:36,520 --> 00:52:38,840
Speaker 1: you you mentioned as has the Steelers gotten better this

1025
00:52:38,880 --> 00:52:41,160
Speaker 1: hop scene? Yeah, maybe not, but I think it's It's

1026
00:52:41,200 --> 00:52:44,400
Speaker 1: still the best roster in the NFL overall. Don't we

1027
00:52:44,400 --> 00:52:47,080
Speaker 1: think quarterbacks is a sneaky jersey. I don't know who

1028
00:52:47,120 --> 00:52:50,080
Speaker 1: is better his head. No, I don't think their defense

1029
00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:53,279
Speaker 1: is good at all without Ryan Shay's ear. Yeah, they

1030
00:52:53,360 --> 00:52:56,200
Speaker 1: just they gave up five yards twice in five games

1031
00:52:56,239 --> 00:52:59,239
Speaker 1: without him. Cameron Hayward stepone to it. They should be

1032
00:52:59,239 --> 00:53:03,000
Speaker 1: better than than they are. T J Watt decent secondary.

1033
00:53:03,280 --> 00:53:06,239
Speaker 1: I'm penciling them in again for twelve wins, whether or

1034
00:53:06,280 --> 00:53:08,520
Speaker 1: not that's good enough to get a home game against

1035
00:53:08,560 --> 00:53:11,439
Speaker 1: the Patriots, because that will probably decide whether they get

1036
00:53:11,680 --> 00:53:14,960
Speaker 1: by the Patriots. My feeling on that whole rivalry has

1037
00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:17,520
Speaker 1: not changed, no matter the defections in New England and

1038
00:53:17,600 --> 00:53:19,520
Speaker 1: the loss of Ryan Shazier and whether or not we

1039
00:53:19,560 --> 00:53:21,759
Speaker 1: thought they adequately replaced him. I feel like these two

1040
00:53:21,760 --> 00:53:24,439
Speaker 1: teams are still it's like the old Yankee Red Sox

1041
00:53:24,520 --> 00:53:26,719
Speaker 1: rivalry and the odds. You just feel like they're on

1042
00:53:26,760 --> 00:53:29,320
Speaker 1: a collision course again. I wonder if anything will change

1043
00:53:29,400 --> 00:53:32,560
Speaker 1: with Todd Haley not there anymore, that offensive coordinator they

1044
00:53:32,600 --> 00:53:38,440
Speaker 1: I mean him and Roethlisberger. Yeah, so so maybe it's

1045
00:53:38,440 --> 00:53:40,799
Speaker 1: a good thing, Maybe it improves. Yeah, but for all

1046
00:53:40,840 --> 00:53:42,960
Speaker 1: of that, you know, you can make fun of Todd Haley.

1047
00:53:43,120 --> 00:53:45,840
Speaker 1: They were a good offense. He just likes to have

1048
00:53:45,920 --> 00:53:48,880
Speaker 1: a good time at the bar. His balance, I'm not

1049
00:53:53,719 --> 00:53:58,719
Speaker 1: literally a little tipsy. I've never seen you take a spill.

1050
00:53:59,239 --> 00:54:02,040
Speaker 1: Oh that's about a fifty chance every time I walk

1051
00:54:02,080 --> 00:54:05,239
Speaker 1: out the door. Close it out. The Tennessee Titans were

1052
00:54:05,280 --> 00:54:09,520
Speaker 1: actually nice. You took a real belly wop rounding second

1053
00:54:09,560 --> 00:54:12,400
Speaker 1: running to third ones. I remember on the shield. Yeah,

1054
00:54:12,480 --> 00:54:15,000
Speaker 1: probably when the sniper got my hamstring, he got sniped.

1055
00:54:15,520 --> 00:54:20,080
Speaker 1: Lee Harvey got your all right. The Tennessee Titoons, excuse me,

1056
00:54:20,120 --> 00:54:24,040
Speaker 1: the Titans turning over a new leaf in Marxas. I

1057
00:54:24,080 --> 00:54:26,320
Speaker 1: am just looking at what they did with four picks

1058
00:54:26,440 --> 00:54:30,480
Speaker 1: in the draft, and I came out and loving general manager.

1059
00:54:32,120 --> 00:54:34,200
Speaker 1: I don't know what's happening, just played long with it.

1060
00:54:34,719 --> 00:54:38,960
Speaker 1: But what team did more with their four picks than

1061
00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:41,120
Speaker 1: the Titans. I feel like Greggy wrote a good piece

1062
00:54:41,120 --> 00:54:43,920
Speaker 1: where you felt like they jumped up knowing the Patriots

1063
00:54:44,480 --> 00:54:48,400
Speaker 1: and snagged Patriots types players ahead of New England and

1064
00:54:48,600 --> 00:54:51,000
Speaker 1: they came in with very little. But I think even

1065
00:54:51,200 --> 00:54:55,000
Speaker 1: on the top of Rashaan Evans and Harold Landry, there

1066
00:54:55,080 --> 00:54:58,640
Speaker 1: is no chance of them resigning mac Castle this summer

1067
00:54:58,719 --> 00:55:01,920
Speaker 1: because they also took a back west. Also, Matt Castle

1068
00:55:02,000 --> 00:55:07,799
Speaker 1: signed with the Lions. That also help. I mean, what's

1069
00:55:07,840 --> 00:55:13,279
Speaker 1: going on in this with this production? Just such a

1070
00:55:13,800 --> 00:55:16,440
Speaker 1: such a tired bit, but you will keep at it

1071
00:55:16,560 --> 00:55:18,480
Speaker 1: and I and I actually questioned Dan about it in

1072
00:55:18,480 --> 00:55:20,239
Speaker 1: the middle of the show. So I know that Dan

1073
00:55:20,400 --> 00:55:22,560
Speaker 1: is the ringleader because to look at the on his

1074
00:55:22,640 --> 00:55:30,680
Speaker 1: face right now, how could you put it together? All right?

1075
00:55:32,960 --> 00:55:37,480
Speaker 1: Just having some phone I have this jet shirt that

1076
00:55:37,560 --> 00:55:41,239
Speaker 1: I bought for Dan. It's actually it's it looks like

1077
00:55:41,360 --> 00:55:43,839
Speaker 1: more of a woman's shirt for maybe it's for Dan's wife.

1078
00:55:44,120 --> 00:55:48,680
Speaker 1: Going right back in the bag. Spot it on the

1079
00:55:48,760 --> 00:55:52,040
Speaker 1: weekend with my own money, and you could thank Lindsey

1080
00:55:52,120 --> 00:55:58,600
Speaker 1: for that. How the word is turned with his own money,

1081
00:55:59,360 --> 00:56:02,120
Speaker 1: on his own bit, with my family's money as a

1082
00:56:02,200 --> 00:56:04,480
Speaker 1: gift for your family. Why does this? Why did these

1083
00:56:04,520 --> 00:56:07,320
Speaker 1: conversations always happen when we get to the Titans? Is

1084
00:56:07,400 --> 00:56:10,920
Speaker 1: it too late to apologize work? Let's see, I'm tire

1085
00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:12,160
Speaker 1: to you at the end of the show. If I'm

1086
00:56:12,200 --> 00:56:17,759
Speaker 1: feeling nice the history Titans deserve a little bit of

1087
00:56:18,320 --> 00:56:21,120
Speaker 1: bonus time, I think on rewarding. All right, let's give

1088
00:56:21,200 --> 00:56:25,840
Speaker 1: them two minutes. Wow, I love this. I feeling like

1089
00:56:25,960 --> 00:56:29,520
Speaker 1: this is it's a Titans type of time. Titans year like,

1090
00:56:29,840 --> 00:56:33,160
Speaker 1: I am feeling the mic rabel. Yeah, it's a little familiar,

1091
00:56:33,200 --> 00:56:35,000
Speaker 1: but I'm feeling the mic rabel of it all. I

1092
00:56:35,160 --> 00:56:38,800
Speaker 1: like we've wanted their defense to have a little more difference, makers,

1093
00:56:38,840 --> 00:56:41,520
Speaker 1: a little more fire. I think they have added that

1094
00:56:41,600 --> 00:56:44,280
Speaker 1: to some degree in the draft and with Malcolm Butler

1095
00:56:44,480 --> 00:56:47,080
Speaker 1: and a Dory Jackson certainly last year. I like that

1096
00:56:47,120 --> 00:56:49,200
Speaker 1: they kept taking I just I think they have a

1097
00:56:49,280 --> 00:56:52,200
Speaker 1: nice balance, a kind of continuity and youth and just

1098
00:56:52,320 --> 00:56:54,160
Speaker 1: a lot of forms a little better, a lot of

1099
00:56:54,200 --> 00:56:56,040
Speaker 1: different things that you're looking for in a young team.

1100
00:56:56,080 --> 00:56:58,479
Speaker 1: The secondary is going to be probably one of the best.

1101
00:56:58,880 --> 00:57:01,360
Speaker 1: On paper, it looks awesome. It's a big year for

1102
00:57:01,440 --> 00:57:04,120
Speaker 1: Marks Mariota, isn't it. It's a huge here, And I

1103
00:57:04,200 --> 00:57:07,040
Speaker 1: think when I watched the Titans, the one thing they've

1104
00:57:07,160 --> 00:57:11,480
Speaker 1: been missing to me is playmakers. Guys who command and

1105
00:57:11,560 --> 00:57:15,520
Speaker 1: draw double teams or beat double teams on defense, and

1106
00:57:15,600 --> 00:57:17,040
Speaker 1: I'm not sure if they have that or not. Dion

1107
00:57:17,160 --> 00:57:19,640
Speaker 1: Lewis could be one. Corey Davis, a guy they drafted

1108
00:57:19,720 --> 00:57:21,520
Speaker 1: last year and was injured most of his rookie year,

1109
00:57:21,600 --> 00:57:25,520
Speaker 1: could be one. Delaney Walker is one on defense. Maybe

1110
00:57:25,600 --> 00:57:27,840
Speaker 1: Harold Landry and Rashaun Evans, the guys you drafted can

1111
00:57:27,880 --> 00:57:29,960
Speaker 1: be those guys right now. To me, when I look

1112
00:57:29,960 --> 00:57:31,760
Speaker 1: at their defense, Drill Casey is the only guy who

1113
00:57:31,800 --> 00:57:35,040
Speaker 1: fits that description. And maybe Malcolm Butler comes in and

1114
00:57:35,280 --> 00:57:37,439
Speaker 1: sets the world on fire. But I do think they're

1115
00:57:37,480 --> 00:57:39,840
Speaker 1: much improved. I just wonder if those difference makers are

1116
00:57:39,880 --> 00:57:45,240
Speaker 1: on the roster a little on the nose. The Patriots poach, Oh,

1117
00:57:45,720 --> 00:57:49,000
Speaker 1: this is like New England South. Yeah. Sometimes when that happens,

1118
00:57:49,040 --> 00:57:51,360
Speaker 1: you just feel like it's it's a little bit too cute.

1119
00:57:51,720 --> 00:57:54,680
Speaker 1: It doesn't work, it doesn't work out right. Maybe this does.

1120
00:57:55,160 --> 00:57:58,240
Speaker 1: I mean the moves make sense, the Patriots that they imported.

1121
00:57:58,320 --> 00:58:01,880
Speaker 1: But when I went back and looked at all the drafts,

1122
00:58:02,040 --> 00:58:05,440
Speaker 1: I realized, like, no one's happy with their general managers

1123
00:58:05,600 --> 00:58:09,160
Speaker 1: drafts like history, like there's so many more misses than hits.

1124
00:58:09,320 --> 00:58:12,360
Speaker 1: But John Robinson had two great drafts. He has two

1125
00:58:12,440 --> 00:58:14,800
Speaker 1: for two and having great drafts, and when you start

1126
00:58:14,880 --> 00:58:17,600
Speaker 1: stacking those up, then you start seeing results. But it

1127
00:58:17,640 --> 00:58:20,800
Speaker 1: doesn't matter general managers. All draft is saying Greg, he's

1128
00:58:20,800 --> 00:58:24,880
Speaker 1: on at We don't have time to go down to

1129
00:58:24,960 --> 00:58:26,600
Speaker 1: the lab. All right, I'm giving you this Jet shirt

1130
00:58:26,600 --> 00:58:29,040
Speaker 1: back because I really don't even want it so but

1131
00:58:29,120 --> 00:58:31,400
Speaker 1: I want you to have it soft. It's very soft.

1132
00:58:31,440 --> 00:58:33,360
Speaker 1: I think it is a my wrong, it's not a

1133
00:58:33,520 --> 00:58:37,560
Speaker 1: it's not a shirt now it's gonna it's it's a

1134
00:58:37,600 --> 00:58:41,040
Speaker 1: scoop lack top. It's for Emily. I have no evidence

1135
00:58:41,080 --> 00:58:42,640
Speaker 1: that she cares about the Jets at all. And it

1136
00:58:42,760 --> 00:58:46,000
Speaker 1: is odd that clothing for your wife. This is beautiful, Mark.

1137
00:58:47,200 --> 00:58:50,640
Speaker 1: See it long motor Uh Avenue here in Los Angeles,

1138
00:58:50,720 --> 00:58:53,400
Speaker 1: there was a bin of of shirts like that, and

1139
00:58:53,440 --> 00:58:55,840
Speaker 1: I thought Dan's and at a coming off a high

1140
00:58:55,880 --> 00:58:58,080
Speaker 1: point draft and is this on your way back home

1141
00:58:58,120 --> 00:59:00,600
Speaker 1: on Saturday? Now that was no, this was on a Sunday.

1142
00:59:00,640 --> 00:59:01,920
Speaker 1: Just walk up. How do you feel about the way

1143
00:59:01,920 --> 00:59:07,200
Speaker 1: that Dan trees your friendship? It's largely positive outside of

1144
00:59:07,960 --> 00:59:12,800
Speaker 1: outside of some of these networks like like arrangements. Please, Mark,

1145
00:59:12,840 --> 00:59:15,480
Speaker 1: thank you very much. You're very welcome. And Emily on

1146
00:59:15,840 --> 00:59:19,600
Speaker 1: her behalf, she thanks you as well. I'm not convinced

1147
00:59:19,640 --> 00:59:21,560
Speaker 1: she's gonna wear she I've never heard her talk about

1148
00:59:21,560 --> 00:59:23,480
Speaker 1: the Jets. No, she's not a sports fan, but she'll

1149
00:59:23,560 --> 00:59:26,800
Speaker 1: she'll wear it. I really stay on Sunday outfit. I

1150
00:59:26,920 --> 00:59:29,000
Speaker 1: like it. I really to work. Enjoyed the look on

1151
00:59:29,080 --> 00:59:31,000
Speaker 1: Mark's face as he was looking at the T shirt

1152
00:59:31,200 --> 00:59:35,120
Speaker 1: mid sentence and realized it's a woman No, no, no,

1153
00:59:35,320 --> 00:59:39,040
Speaker 1: actually I know. I had other people tell me very

1154
00:59:39,120 --> 00:59:40,960
Speaker 1: quickly that's not a man's shirt, and I was like, yeah,

1155
00:59:41,040 --> 00:59:45,360
Speaker 1: you're probably right. Um, we will be back on Thursday.

1156
00:59:46,120 --> 00:59:47,600
Speaker 1: The old Juicer is gonna be out of town. But

1157
00:59:47,680 --> 00:59:49,400
Speaker 1: Connie Fox, you're going to be in the hosting chair.

1158
00:59:49,440 --> 00:59:52,160
Speaker 1: I'm gonna hold it down, and uh, I know you're capable,

1159
00:59:53,200 --> 00:59:54,960
Speaker 1: just don't be don't be too good, because then I'm

1160
00:59:54,960 --> 00:59:58,280
Speaker 1: gonna get all the text like, oh, Connie's coming for

1161
00:59:58,440 --> 01:00:02,720
Speaker 1: Dan's job. I calmed down, take your time coming back, Yeah,

1162
01:00:02,840 --> 01:00:08,400
Speaker 1: take your time. Look out, Damnen's on the prowl. It's like,

1163
01:00:08,400 --> 01:00:13,400
Speaker 1: all right, calm down, I am that's true. So yes,

1164
01:00:13,680 --> 01:00:15,600
Speaker 1: this was around the a f C and forty eight

1165
01:00:15,680 --> 01:00:19,600
Speaker 1: minutes on Thursday, around the n f C in forty

1166
01:00:19,640 --> 01:00:21,120
Speaker 1: eight minutes. I hate to miss it. I love this,

1167
01:00:21,320 --> 01:00:24,440
Speaker 1: but I will listen and it won't be the same

1168
01:00:24,520 --> 01:00:27,000
Speaker 1: without you. I'll do some pod grading and i'll share

1169
01:00:27,040 --> 01:00:29,400
Speaker 1: them on Monday's show. The follow I'm sure will be

1170
01:00:29,480 --> 01:00:34,400
Speaker 1: graded highly. Try extra hard. Until then. This is Dan

1171
01:00:34,440 --> 01:00:40,040
Speaker 1: Hanson signing off for wyat Storm. This is Distracted the Mailman,

1172
01:00:40,800 --> 01:00:45,120
Speaker 1: Connie Fox, the old boss, Lindsay full time behind the

1173
01:00:45,200 --> 01:01:00,760
Speaker 1: glass on the ones and twos until Thursday. Now