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Speaker 1: What is going on? Everybody? John Middlecop three and Out podcast,

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Speaker 1: Back at it again on this Monday afternoon. Waited a

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Speaker 1: little while because I knew there was gonna be some

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Speaker 1: I don't think it's set in stone, but it's probably

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Speaker 1: concrete enough for me to put together a little podcast.

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Speaker 1: And that's what we will be in embarking on in July,

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Speaker 1: coming down the home stretch here where teams are reporting

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Speaker 1: and we can get back to I guess some you know,

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Speaker 1: semblance of normalcy we got. I gotta see baseball on

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Speaker 1: in the background. I uh NBA players, no no positive tests.

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Speaker 1: So sports sports feel like they're kind of coming back,

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Speaker 1: you know, golfs in full swing. Uh, let's just let's

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Speaker 1: just keep charging through baby. Uh got a lot to

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Speaker 1: talk about, some some thoughts on these new training camps

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Speaker 1: and and really more centered around the preseason games. And

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Speaker 1: as I'm recording this, this is very fluid, but it

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Speaker 1: looks like there will be no preseason games. Have have

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Speaker 1: some thoughts on that. Because there's gonna be no preseason games.

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Speaker 1: I picked my top five most stable franchises to be

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Speaker 1: able to handle this uh, and then of course the

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Speaker 1: Middlecoff mail back at John Middlecoff is my Instagram handle.

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Speaker 1: Slide in those d m s. I welcome all, any

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Speaker 1: and all questions. For those of you that have I

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Speaker 1: of you listen on Collins Feed, but I'd greatly appreciate

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Speaker 1: if you subscribe to that podcast as well. A lot

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Speaker 1: of people ask just it's probably easier that way. Um.

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Speaker 1: And yeah, so let's dive in to what I just learned.

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Speaker 1: Schefter tweeted out, rap sheet tweeted out, and again, this

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Speaker 1: is a fluid situation, but if the NFL agreed to this,

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Speaker 1: it it sure feels like the NFL p A will

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Speaker 1: agree to this as well. That there will not be

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Speaker 1: any preseason games this fall. And it got me thinking,

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Speaker 1: I would imagine many people listening at one point in

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Speaker 1: time in their life, whether it was college or right

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Speaker 1: speak from my experience an internship my senior year in college.

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Speaker 1: You know, I'm gonna believer. I'm not that religious of

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Speaker 1: looks like there's not gonna be preseason games, I don't

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Speaker 1: see how the six, seventh and undrafted free agents make

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Speaker 1: I don't see how an undrafted free agent now gets

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Speaker 1: I understand their name and their college film. If you're

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Speaker 1: Every year we look up by week three or week four.

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Speaker 1: And all these guys that were on your practice squad

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Speaker 1: maybe you have two spots. If you're a shitty team,

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Speaker 1: Most good NBA teams at most have one. In baseball,

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Speaker 1: are determined by service time. In football, they're legitimately. Even

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Speaker 1: Joe Judge, it might be twenty spots up for grabs.

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Speaker 1: So those preseason games I mean are just or like

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Speaker 1: So it's going to be very, very fascinating. I think

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Speaker 1: I guess last year, but how he's been the boss

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Speaker 1: now for you know, ever since Chip left Number two Seattle. Uh,

432
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Speaker 1: the head coach, the general manager, and the quarterback have

433
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Speaker 1: been arguably the most beside Belichick and Brady, the most

434
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Speaker 1: consistent you know, Trio in the league for the last

435
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Speaker 1: eight nine years and kind of like Philly, just like

436
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Speaker 1: the Ravens in New England, this group has drafted all

437
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Speaker 1: these players they got actually the you know, they really

438
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Speaker 1: benefited last year from DK Metcalf taking a huge role

439
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Speaker 1: for that team, right, and I you know, the Clowney situation.

440
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Speaker 1: He doesn't even have a team yet. But there are

441
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Speaker 1: some questions for them on defense, but their roster on

442
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Speaker 1: defense the last several years has been nothing like it was,

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Speaker 1: you know, those first four or five years of kind

444
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Speaker 1: of there of that l ob run. Right. They win

445
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Speaker 1: now with their quarterback making plays. They're gonna try to

446
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Speaker 1: run the ball down your throat. Pete Carroll and his

447
00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:09,360
Speaker 1: culture and Russell Wilson's gonna save the day. So when

448
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Speaker 1: you've got John Schneider, when you got Pete Carroll and

449
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Speaker 1: most importantly Russell Wilson, whether it's coronavirus or whether it's

450
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Speaker 1: just regular times, I believe you're equipped to handle it

451
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Speaker 1: pretty seamlessly. And Number one, this was a really really

452
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Speaker 1: easy choice, was the Kansas Chiefs. They returned twenty of

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Speaker 1: twenty two starters. Their general manager and head coach have

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Speaker 1: worked together for a decade and a half. Uh, they've

455
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Speaker 1: reached now has been a GM. I think going on

456
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Speaker 1: three years Andy has coached in this league. Is there

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Speaker 1: any coach in the league beside Belichick that has coached

458
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Speaker 1: more in the NFL? You know what's Andy going into

459
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Speaker 1: his twenty second season in the league. Uh. Even Pete

460
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Speaker 1: Carroll obviously left for a while to coach college. Andy

461
00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:55,639
Speaker 1: knows the league like the back of his hand, veaching

462
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Speaker 1: him speak the same language. They have the best player

463
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Speaker 1: in the league on a roster, who they happen to

464
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Speaker 1: extend this offseason, arguably their third or fourth or second

465
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Speaker 1: best player in Chris Jones. They also just extended Kelsey

466
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Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill offensive line honey badgery. They were just equipped

467
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Speaker 1: to defend their championship before this virus ever hit. And

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Speaker 1: I I just think there there's a common thread here.

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Speaker 1: There's consistency in all these front offices that you know

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Speaker 1: in Pete Carroll, John Schneider, Howie Roseman, Doug Peterson, Belichick

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Speaker 1: and Belichick the Costa Harbor. They speak the same language,

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Speaker 1: so they know what they're looking for. The hardest part,

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Speaker 1: as we talked about in the earlier segment, was knowing

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Speaker 1: who to keep, knowing who not to keep, knowing what

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Speaker 1: guys to cut, knowing what veterans are over the hill.

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Speaker 1: When you've been working together for a while, you know

477
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Speaker 1: exactly what that guy is gonna think. Or you can

478
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Speaker 1: have contentious discussions and they can get to a you know,

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Speaker 1: a positive resolution. It's gonna be difficult. For example, Mike

480
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Speaker 1: McCarthy's never worked with Jerry Jones in a football setting,

481
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Speaker 1: So once practice is going on, maybe Mike wants to

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Speaker 1: keep a guy that Jerry doesn't, or Steven doesn't want

483
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Speaker 1: to keep. Maybe Joe Judge doesn't want to keep a

484
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Speaker 1: guy that Gettleman wants to keep. Maybe Ron Rivera thinks

485
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Speaker 1: the guy sucks. And you know, I don't even know

486
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Speaker 1: Kyle Smith or whoever is running the Redskins right these situations,

487
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Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury and Steve Kin look around. I mean Bill O'Brien,

488
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Speaker 1: who knows with him on any given game or day. Right,

489
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Speaker 1: there's Minnesota, for example, would be a team that I

490
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Speaker 1: could have put on this. But there's gonna be a

491
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Speaker 1: lot of pressure on that franchise. They have a lot

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Speaker 1: of new guys coming in. They cut a lot of

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Speaker 1: veterans over the off season. There's a lot of unknown

494
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Speaker 1: The off season would have been huge for a team

495
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Speaker 1: like that, Like Digs, Everson Griffin ain't walking through the door.

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Speaker 1: Those guys, those guys, those guys are Xavier Rhodes, and

497
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Speaker 1: I know he hasn't been good, but he knew what

498
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Speaker 1: he was doing. Now, whether he did it well, we

499
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Speaker 1: can argue that all day, all day long. But like

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Speaker 1: when the honey Badger shows up, he knows Pagnola's defense,

501
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Speaker 1: he knows what what is expected. Bobby Wagner can tell

502
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Speaker 1: every guy exactly what Pete and Russell and John Schneider

503
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Speaker 1: and get everyone on the same page. The Ravens all

504
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Speaker 1: speak the same language when Bill Belichick talks. That's all

505
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Speaker 1: the matters Philly. I mean that they've shown their kind

506
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Speaker 1: of character in the last couple of years with weird

507
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Speaker 1: things going on. So they're used to weird things going on.

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

509
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Speaker 1: you look at the Seahawks, when you look at the Eagles,

510
00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:25,879
Speaker 1: when you look at the Ravens, and when you look

511
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Speaker 1: at the Patriots, these teams are just equipped for this.

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Speaker 1: I mean, unprecedented, bizarre coronavirus training camp. Okay, like always,

513
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Speaker 1: Middlecoff mail back at John Middlecoff is the uh is

514
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Speaker 1: the Instagram. I don't know if you if you guys

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Speaker 1: fall Colin. He gave me. He gave me a little

516
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Speaker 1: love this weekend on the golf course. I'm a big

517
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Speaker 1: golf guy. Uh got a got a draft. I've been

518
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Speaker 1: playing a lot of draft kings golf fantasy. You want in.

519
00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:55,960
Speaker 1: I always put the link up on on my Instagram.

520
00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:58,359
Speaker 1: It's fun if you like golf. And we'll do that

521
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Speaker 1: a lot in the fall with football, as long as

522
00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:03,880
Speaker 1: football happens. But I'm pretty confident football is gonna happen.

523
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Speaker 1: It's gonna be a weird year. Middlecoff mail Bag at

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Speaker 1: John Middlecoff d MS wide open. You guys know the drill.

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Speaker 1: Also again leave a review greatly appreciated. Um, We're gonna

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Speaker 1: have a lot more, you know, these last couple of

527
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Speaker 1: weeks typically when I had vacation. But you know, when

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Speaker 1: you're a podcaster, you can I've kind of been on

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Speaker 1: a on a vacation staycation. I've been playing a bunch

530
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Speaker 1: of golf. You can still just you know, take forty

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Speaker 1: five minutes to record great business model. I I love

532
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Speaker 1: the podcasting field. I highly recommend it. Love the pod.

533
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Speaker 1: Listen every episode. AM Minnesota Vikings fan who has a

534
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Speaker 1: love hate relationship with Kirk Cousins, especially with all the

535
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Speaker 1: money the Bikes are paying him. In your opinion, do

536
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Speaker 1: you think the Viking has made the right move and

537
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Speaker 1: extending his contract when there is an influx of young

538
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Speaker 1: quarterback talent and when the front office deep down knows

539
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Speaker 1: that Kirk Cousins probably is a super Bowl caliber quarterback.

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Speaker 1: What are your thoughts. Here's what I didn't get. And

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Speaker 1: I obviously know people in that division. Uh, they think

542
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Speaker 1: very very highly a Spielman. Everyone I know in the

543
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Speaker 1: NFL thinks Rick Spielman is an excellent GM. From an

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Speaker 1: outsider's perspective, I agree. He has put together a very

545
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Speaker 1: very good roster, very very good over the last four

546
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Speaker 1: or five years, and pivoted well this year. I got

547
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Speaker 1: a first round of for digs. Uh, he's impressive. I

548
00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:23,520
Speaker 1: didn't get that. And I know cousins agent, and I listen,

549
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,679
Speaker 1: I Cousin is a really high level guy. You know,

550
00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:29,520
Speaker 1: they were part of the reason they did this deal right,

551
00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:32,879
Speaker 1: was to hit free agency again next year. So it

552
00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:34,840
Speaker 1: was like, are you gonna tag me? So you're gonna

553
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Speaker 1: tag him for thirty five or whatever million, It was

554
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Speaker 1: gonna get my pushback because they gave him sixty million

555
00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:42,960
Speaker 1: dollars or whatever, basically a little over thirty each of

556
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Speaker 1: the next two years, you know, an extension after this season.

557
00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:49,600
Speaker 1: Who would have paid him that much money? Like, there

558
00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:52,320
Speaker 1: does get to a point we always hear this, Well,

559
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Speaker 1: it's just the going market. That's just what guys get paid.

560
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Speaker 1: You do good do good teams overpay. You know, he's

561
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Speaker 1: not a bad player, he's somewhere between like ten and

562
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Speaker 1: fifteen cousins. Biggest issue because he's when when he's in

563
00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:08,640
Speaker 1: rhythm and you're running the ball, he can kick your

564
00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:11,520
Speaker 1: ass and he's he's put up good stats. As a

565
00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:14,160
Speaker 1: pro scout described to me the last couple of years,

566
00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:18,520
Speaker 1: he can't play out of rhythm. So if his reads

567
00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:21,040
Speaker 1: aren't there immediately and he has to scramble, he's done.

568
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Speaker 1: Like that's where Mahomes, where Rogers, where uh Russell Wilson.

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Speaker 1: They kick your ass out of rhythm. I mean that's

570
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Speaker 1: that they're always out of scrambling around, keeping things out

571
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Speaker 1: of the context of the offense. That is kind of

572
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Speaker 1: the new age quarterback. It's why I like mobile guys

573
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Speaker 1: like Carson Wentz in theory, Sam Donald, Josh Allen, why

574
00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:44,120
Speaker 1: they have a chance to get a lot better Lamar Jackson.

575
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Speaker 1: Now you can say Tom Brady, yeah, the day and

576
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Speaker 1: agent playing like that are probably over Cousins is, you know,

577
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Speaker 1: the ultimate pocket quarterback. I wouldn't have done it. Uh. Now,

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Speaker 1: I understand where they're coming from that they think he's solid,

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Speaker 1: he's you know, he's what, he's two years old in

580
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Speaker 1: the quote unquote prime of his career. But I'm with you.

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Speaker 1: Am I into paying They gave five million dollars an

582
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Speaker 1: extra sixty not a math major, So what would that

583
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Speaker 1: be about? Would I be into giving a hundred million

584
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Speaker 1: dollars give or take, I mean somewhere around that number

585
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Speaker 1: to a guy that I know every morning when I

586
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Speaker 1: look in the mirror, I can't win a super Bowl

587
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Speaker 1: with this guy. I couldn't do it. I have no

588
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Speaker 1: problem with him giving him his first contract, and I

589
00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:29,320
Speaker 1: just don't think he quite lived up to it. And

590
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Speaker 1: he hasn't been bad, but he's just I'm not into

591
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Speaker 1: giving my philosophy simple I pay premium to premium players.

592
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Speaker 1: If if you know, Dalvin Cook's a bad example because

593
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Speaker 1: he's running back. Danell Hunter wants huge money, Harrison Smith

594
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Speaker 1: wants money, Kendricks wants money. Pay those guys. I'm just

595
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,800
Speaker 1: not paying John Randall, Randy Moss, whoever. You're good players

596
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Speaker 1: in the history. Adrian Peterson, Kirk Cousins. I just I

597
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Speaker 1: couldn't have done it, and I listen. I I like

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Speaker 1: the guy. I like the person players, Okay, I I

599
00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:06,920
Speaker 1: don't know why they extended him. I find that retired

600
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:10,520
Speaker 1: players in the NFL are vastly superior and more enjoyable

601
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Speaker 1: in the media than retired NBA players. Easy's easiest example

602
00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:18,280
Speaker 1: are Pat McAfee compared to clown Kendrick Perkins. Do you

603
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Speaker 1: agree and why do you think it's like that? I

604
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Speaker 1: think the biggest issue in the NBA is that the

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Speaker 1: NBA is this isolated little bubble where you can't say

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Speaker 1: anything bad about your friends. Where your friends when you're

607
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Speaker 1: with them on teams, you never get yelled at. You

608
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Speaker 1: yell at the coach, you get the coach fired. The

609
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Speaker 1: NFL is different. When you sit down in a team

610
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Speaker 1: meeting and Ron Rivera's up there and Mike Zimmer's up there,

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00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:48,440
Speaker 1: and Bill O'Brien's up there, Bill Belichick's up there. You

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Speaker 1: know any of these coach Sean Payton, at any moment,

613
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Speaker 1: you could get in trouble or called out at any

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Speaker 1: moment at practice your position, coach can light your ass

615
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Speaker 1: up and hold you account bowl And that's what coaching is.

616
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Speaker 1: And want to say I light your ass up, I

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Speaker 1: mean get on you, push you like any coach would do.

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Speaker 1: In the NBA, that doesn't happen. So in the NFL,

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Speaker 1: guys are like legitimately used to kind of a contentious

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Speaker 1: environment with coaches. Obviously locker rooms, there's a lot of

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Speaker 1: guy talk and gribbing each other, which happens in basketball,

622
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Speaker 1: but the coaching aspect, to me, guys just in the

623
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Speaker 1: NFL a thicker skin. Now sometimes skill guys can be

624
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Speaker 1: thin skinned and and every humans a little different. But

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Speaker 1: I think players are used to just being a little

626
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Speaker 1: more real the the NBA, it's you're only allowed to

627
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Speaker 1: be fake positive and then if your friend is a

628
00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:40,320
Speaker 1: certain player, you gotta crush the other player, like you know.

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Speaker 1: Part of the reason Kendrick Perkins hates on Steph Courier

630
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Speaker 1: is because Lebron hates Steff. You know, it's just it's

631
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Speaker 1: just stupid stuff. It just doesn't that doesn't happen. Uh.

632
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Speaker 1: In the NFL. The NFL is just more of a

633
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Speaker 1: blue collar league, and blue collar people can just, I

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Speaker 1: don't know, just handle stuff a little bit better. That's

635
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Speaker 1: that's I guess, my long way of saying, just I

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Speaker 1: just think, and I don't think some NFL analysts aren't great. Uh.

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Speaker 1: In some NBA, like Charles Barkley. Look at Charles Barkley,

638
00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:10,400
Speaker 1: like that era of players like that, he can say

639
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:13,120
Speaker 1: whatever he wants. This new era, players that pick and

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Speaker 1: choose who they like. My question is that the other

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Speaker 1: day you were praising, and rightfully so, the Kansas c GM,

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Speaker 1: but what about John Robinson of the Titans. Has anyone

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Speaker 1: else handled it in cretically incredibly difficult offseason better? He

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Speaker 1: got Tanney Hill to sign for two million less than

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Speaker 1: the tag and Henry to signed for four million less

646
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Speaker 1: than the tag. He signed both players and still has

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Speaker 1: twenty four million to Chase Clowney, Goodkowski or a wide receiver.

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Speaker 1: I think his draft class has a chance to be special,

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Speaker 1: but then most of his draft classes do. I think

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Speaker 1: the Titans have a top three coach GM Combo out there.

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Speaker 1: John Robinson is my guy. I'm I'm a huge gen

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Speaker 1: Robinson guy. I mean, he's one of the g ms

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Speaker 1: in the league that I know. I mean, I'm a

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Speaker 1: big fan. I've only met Rabel really briefly over cocktail

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Speaker 1: with a bunch of other people around. I love it.

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Speaker 1: Variables a bad ask. I'm a Titans fan. I like

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Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans. John Robinson is really good at his job.

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Speaker 1: He's one of I guess Rabel kind of too. They're

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Speaker 1: the Belichick guys that can just be themselves. They're not insecure,

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Speaker 1: they don't worry about, you know, trying to be exactly

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Speaker 1: like Bellet. They just they're They're good at their job.

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Speaker 1: John Robinson is a legit scout and that's how he

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Speaker 1: cut his teeth and now he's turned into an excellent

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Speaker 1: general manager. And when he made the decision two years

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Speaker 1: ago to get rid of the coach and however veriable,

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Speaker 1: it's probably the best thing he's ever done. And the

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Speaker 1: Tanny Hill move worked out perfectly. You know. Taking the

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Speaker 1: kid from Mississippi State last year looks like a genius move.

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Speaker 1: UH drafted a j Brown in the second round. Legit

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Speaker 1: getting Henry basically on a two year contract when he's

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Speaker 1: the best player in their team. Smart having a backup

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Speaker 1: plan for Marcus Mariota. I mean, he's just John Robinson

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Speaker 1: is a really good GM, I would agree. The only

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Speaker 1: reason I mean I've known Veach. I guess I've I've

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Speaker 1: actually known John Robinson longer because I I knew him

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Speaker 1: when I was working at Fresno State. But I mean

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Speaker 1: I worked with each and at the end of the day,

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Speaker 1: Veach was a I mean, the leading force in MA homes.

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Speaker 1: So I mean, I just that's But again we're nip picking.

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Speaker 1: I mean, there's there's a reason those two guys met

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Speaker 1: in the a f C Championship game. They're good at

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Speaker 1: their jobs. Die hard Pats fan from Maine. My entire life,

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Speaker 1: Brady has been our quarterback, so without him, the past

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Speaker 1: look pretty bland. Aside from grabbing camp, however, I'm really

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Speaker 1: looking forward to seeing the kill Harry's potential. I feel

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Speaker 1: like from the small sample size of game time, he's

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Speaker 1: gotten shown few flashes and some free plays. What are

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Speaker 1: your thoughts? Also, let me know when you're ready to

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Speaker 1: find your main vacation home. Just quit my job to

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Speaker 1: p to real estate full time. Love the pod, keep grinding,

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Speaker 1: hashtag no days off. More of a West Coast vacationer,

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Speaker 1: you know. So, I don't know if I'll be in

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Speaker 1: Nantucket with Belichick or anytime soon. If you got I

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Speaker 1: would love to buy a second home in like Tahoe

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Speaker 1: or maybe the Monterey area. So if you know anyone

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Speaker 1: there now, I needed a little more money to do that.

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Speaker 1: I probably need to buy my first home first. But

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Speaker 1: you know, we can always dream big. Uh. I was

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Speaker 1: a huge Nikkil Harry fan coming out of college. He

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Speaker 1: reminded me a lot of Juju Smith and his season.

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Speaker 1: He missed the first AID games last year, and it's

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Speaker 1: well documented how difficult it is for young players to

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Speaker 1: get on the same page as Tom It never it

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Speaker 1: didn't work out. I think Nickiel Harry is gonna be

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Speaker 1: a good player in the NFL. Here's the other thing.

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Speaker 1: Cam Newton has survived and thrived with players that have

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Speaker 1: big catching radiuses because he's not Drew Brees or Steve Young.

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Speaker 1: He's not pinpoint accuracy. Well that's Nikil Harry. He is

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Speaker 1: a jump ball wide receiver. I actually think He's Taylor

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Speaker 1: made for Cam Newton. So I love I love the

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Speaker 1: Cam Newton to kill Harry Combo. I'm gonna kill Harry

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Speaker 1: stand I'm gonna ride for nickil Harry uh I like

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Speaker 1: I kind of like. I love Juju Smith, I love

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Speaker 1: Davante Adams. These were West Coast players. They were kind

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Speaker 1: of not because they were a little slower. I watched

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Speaker 1: a lot of pack twelve foot ball. I believe in

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Speaker 1: the guy. I think he can play, and I think

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Speaker 1: it will be, in a weird way, a little easier

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Speaker 1: without Tom there, because it can be difficult with with

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Speaker 1: Brady in your ass about not knowing as crazy as offense.

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Speaker 1: Texas fan here, in my opinion, we are bound to

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Speaker 1: be an eight ten win team for the next five

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Speaker 1: years with a chance to win the Super Bowl. They

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Speaker 1: squandered the Shawn's rookie contract, and I don't believe they

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Speaker 1: have enough elite level players and challenge. The Chiefs traded

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Speaker 1: Hopkins for a box of chocolates and JJ is only

727
00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:30,960
Speaker 1: getting older. What moves would you make to get them

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Speaker 1: to a Super Bowl caliber level? Also watch Australian rules football.

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Speaker 1: After listening to the last mail bag and the Ship

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Speaker 1: is absolutely bananas. So when I think the Texans, what

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Speaker 1: do they really lack? You know, offensively in theory, they

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Speaker 1: should be explosive enough. Now they got deeed. Uh. I

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Speaker 1: almost called DJ like these Uh Dustin Johnson, David Johnson.

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Speaker 1: Problem is he's always hurt. Deshaun's a star. Their offensive

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Speaker 1: line should be better, Yeah, Larmy Tunsil. They draft a

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Speaker 1: couple of guys the last couple of years. Their offensive

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Speaker 1: line should be better. They are depending on a lot

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Speaker 1: of injured guys, right, Brandon Cooks and and David Johnson

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Speaker 1: and UH and Fuller to contribute. Those guys get hurt

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Speaker 1: a lot. But if those guys are healthy, like, that's

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Speaker 1: a legitimate NFL playoff offense. To me, their defense hasn't

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Speaker 1: been good enough. You know, they lost Clowney. Like you said,

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Speaker 1: JJ is a little bit older. Do they cover well enough? Uh?

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Speaker 1: Like to me, their defense just hasn't been on the

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Speaker 1: level in which it has to be for them to

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Speaker 1: make a legit run. And I think it's hard when

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Speaker 1: you don't have the draft picks because when you usually go, well,

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Speaker 1: where do they get Clowney? Where do they get J. J. Watt? Well,

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Speaker 1: they draft him really high. Usually to get good defensive

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Speaker 1: players you draft, you pick them high in the draft.

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Speaker 1: They had Honey Badger who they got on one your

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Speaker 1: contracting the left And it's not all their fault. I

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Speaker 1: know they wanted them back. I just I'm with you.

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Speaker 1: I think Bill brian is a good coach. I think anytime,

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Speaker 1: even if you gave Bill O'Brien the best roster in

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Speaker 1: the league, I don't think you'd probably you'd be a

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Speaker 1: you might not win the super Bowl. You know, he's

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Speaker 1: not a bad coach by any means, but he's not

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Speaker 1: I don't see super dynamic. But they have a star

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Speaker 1: quarterback now. I I don't really know. You're kind of

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Speaker 1: stuck because you're paying tons of a bunch of money.

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Speaker 1: You're about to pay Watson a bunch of money. If

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Speaker 1: j J gets hurt again and retires or whatever falls

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Speaker 1: off the cliff, how do you replace him? It's difficult.

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Speaker 1: You know, O'Brien be likely to like do a clear

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Speaker 1: mactype trade. Uh. I'm I'm usually not short on opinions.

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Speaker 1: But I don't know really what you do. You're kind

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Speaker 1: of you're just kind of stuck. You hope you catch

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Speaker 1: lightning in a bottle. You hope you get the right seating.

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Speaker 1: The Patriots are gone, who knows, you know, you gotta

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Speaker 1: get you gotta try to get home field advantage. You

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Speaker 1: can't be going on the road to play the Kansa

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Speaker 1: Chiefs because you're not better than them. And if you

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Speaker 1: gotta go to Kansas City, got no chance. Now maybe

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Speaker 1: this year with no fans not as big a deal.

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Speaker 1: But you think Titans are top five NFL team if

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Speaker 1: they could sign Clowney. I don't see any glaring weakness

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Speaker 1: on our team if we sign him and we don't

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Speaker 1: get any more respect, even if we go to the

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Speaker 1: Navy Championship game. Uh, if they got Clowney, I mean

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Speaker 1: you know, I think the NFS, excuse me, the a

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Speaker 1: f C South sneaky, pretty freaking good because you've got

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Speaker 1: the Colts, who are really good you know, in theory

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Speaker 1: should be good. If let me pull that back, who

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Speaker 1: are good? I don't know if they would be really

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Speaker 1: good when you got Philip Rivers your head is your

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Speaker 1: starting quarterback. Titans just went to the f C Championship game.

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Speaker 1: Then you got the Texans who go to the playoffs

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Speaker 1: all the time. So I would expect Yeah, man, if

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Speaker 1: you got clowney, you could feel pretty good about being

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Speaker 1: a playoff team, as you should be. So I would

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Speaker 1: say top five might be strong. Sorry, my food order

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Speaker 1: just called distracted me for a second. But yeah, I

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Speaker 1: think the f C South has a chance to be

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Speaker 1: if Philip Rivers is good, could be a three team

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Speaker 1: playoff division. Big fan of the pod. What are your

797
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Speaker 1: thoughts on the Madden twenty one rating and Kyler Murray

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Speaker 1: rated so low? Philosophy zero refused to have any opinions

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Speaker 1: on Madden Madden ratings and I growing up was a

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Speaker 1: huge Madden guy. I don't play video games anymore though.

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Speaker 1: On the anti video games, I just I can't even

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Speaker 1: pretend to give a ship. I I really can't. You know,

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Speaker 1: if I had to guess, they probably gave him like

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Speaker 1: a high seventies, low eighties. Uh. He's just you know,

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Speaker 1: he's a young player, so you know it is what

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Speaker 1: it is. No opinion, Okay, let's big hat A couple

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Speaker 1: more questions here. Uh. As an NFL fan from New Zealand,

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Speaker 1: we were a little a little upset down here when

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Speaker 1: Marquette King claimed that he could dominate if he came

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Speaker 1: over to play rugby. I realized that NFL players are

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Speaker 1: freaks of nature, and if they had played rugby their

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Speaker 1: whole lives, they could be amazing on the rugby field.

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Speaker 1: But having seen a lot of players transfer from other

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Speaker 1: sports rugby, I doubt many could transition as well. Basically,

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Speaker 1: my question is this, what is the general vibe of

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Speaker 1: NFL players and those in the league toward other sports

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Speaker 1: like rugby and rugby league. How are these sports viewed

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Speaker 1: in terms of physicality and difficulty difficulty. I don't think

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Speaker 1: most players even think about it. I think they would

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Speaker 1: respect it if you, you know, throw it on TV,

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Speaker 1: But I don't think by any means that they are

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Speaker 1: Most guys wouldn't have an opinion. Marquette King is a punter,

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Speaker 1: so now he's an athletic punter, But to think that

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Speaker 1: he would dominate, I'm with you, I'm calling bullshit. He's

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Speaker 1: We're not talking like Ray Lewis or Barry Sanders. Guy's

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Speaker 1: a punter. So Marquette King, it's not even in the NFL,

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Speaker 1: Like he was out of the league by like his

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Speaker 1: late twenties. So no, I mean, Marquette King should not

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Speaker 1: be speaking for NFL players but I think if you

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Speaker 1: showed like physical Rugby Lee, I think a lot of

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Speaker 1: NFL players would respect it. It's also a lot different.

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Speaker 1: You know, these guys are used to hitting the big hitters.

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Speaker 1: They have pads. You don't have pads. Uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: it's just it's just different. Has a number one overall

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Speaker 1: pick ever had better weapons if healthy and big if

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Speaker 1: because a lot of them are often hurt than Joe Burrow,

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Speaker 1: A j John Ross, Tyler Boyd, T Higgins, and Joe Mixon.

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Speaker 1: Joe burrows under pressure rate was very similar to Andy

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Speaker 1: Dalton's and Ryan Finley's last year, so I believe the

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Speaker 1: offensive line talk is a bit overblown, although I know

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Speaker 1: they aren't the culture of the Cowboys. I'm curious to

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Speaker 1: hear if any number one pick has better potential weapons

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00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:20,480
Speaker 1: Week one pretty good point. I mean Joe Mixon's stud

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Speaker 1: a j Green, legit star, but he's hurt a lot,

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Speaker 1: and I mean literally hurt a lot. He was hurt

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Speaker 1: last season. John Ross, another guy injured a lot, Tyler Boyd,

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00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:36,960
Speaker 1: good player, Tee Higgins rookie. But I hear you, uh,

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Speaker 1: I'd have to think I mean Jared goff right, he

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Speaker 1: I guess he had Todd Gurley, but Todd Gurley was injured.

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Speaker 1: I'm just trying to think in recent memory, Baker Mayfield.

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Speaker 1: I guess by year two he had some dudes. Yeah,

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00:43:51,239 --> 00:43:56,520
Speaker 1: I mean it's it's pretty good roster on paper offensively, Um,

853
00:43:56,640 --> 00:43:59,520
Speaker 1: but wasn't their offensive line pretty terrible? I don't know

854
00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:01,480
Speaker 1: much about out the guy, and I mean I've never

855
00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:07,640
Speaker 1: met him, but um, is the coach any good? You know,

856
00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:11,040
Speaker 1: it's probably more important as the number one overall pick.

857
00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:13,560
Speaker 1: If you could say, would you want really good weapons,

858
00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:18,319
Speaker 1: average to blow average coach or average weapons, really good coach,

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00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:20,799
Speaker 1: I'll take the coach. So I I just don't know

860
00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:24,759
Speaker 1: if Zach Taylor, I mean, are we sure? And I'm

861
00:44:24,760 --> 00:44:27,480
Speaker 1: not saying he's bad. We just don't know. That's asking

862
00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:29,920
Speaker 1: a lot. Now, you're right that they're players on paper. Now,

863
00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:33,319
Speaker 1: the division, the the the Browns are gonna have a

864
00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:36,840
Speaker 1: good defense. Steelers defense is good and so is the Ravens.

865
00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:41,799
Speaker 1: It's a tough defensive division. It's a really really tough

866
00:44:42,600 --> 00:44:47,719
Speaker 1: defensive division. So to me to be able to that division, man,

867
00:44:47,719 --> 00:44:52,520
Speaker 1: that's six games against the Steelers and the Ravens and

868
00:44:52,520 --> 00:44:55,000
Speaker 1: and the Browns you know, should be good. We'll see,

869
00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:57,399
Speaker 1: but just player wise on defense, they got some dudes.

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00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:00,920
Speaker 1: What's that? Brother? Huge fan? As fellow Niner fan, what

871
00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:03,000
Speaker 1: are your thoughts heading into the season. I strongly believe

872
00:45:03,040 --> 00:45:05,759
Speaker 1: players are truly bought into Kyle system. There may be

873
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:08,200
Speaker 1: a drop off since the division is tough, but can

874
00:45:08,200 --> 00:45:10,960
Speaker 1: they possibly go deep again? Yeah? You know, I think

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00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:12,880
Speaker 1: on paper, they're one of the best teams in the league.

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00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:15,000
Speaker 1: I think Kyle is clearly one of the best coaches

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00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:18,200
Speaker 1: in the league. I'm I'm more of a Jimmy fan,

878
00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:21,400
Speaker 1: I guess than some but no excuse, I mean they

879
00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:24,920
Speaker 1: should have you know, besides, like the Saints, as good

880
00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:27,279
Speaker 1: of a team as there is in the NFC. Now

881
00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:31,120
Speaker 1: they're depending on Buckner excuse me, kin Law to replace

882
00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:34,239
Speaker 1: Buckner and I used to just be good. So they're

883
00:45:34,239 --> 00:45:38,040
Speaker 1: depending on two first round rookies to impact them. Now.

884
00:45:38,080 --> 00:45:40,359
Speaker 1: They got Jalen Heard, the kid from Tennessee coming back.

885
00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:45,760
Speaker 1: They lost Joe Stalley, got Trent Williams. Uh So, Yeah,

886
00:45:45,840 --> 00:45:49,480
Speaker 1: you know, they got a million running backs, which Kyle

887
00:45:49,760 --> 00:45:53,919
Speaker 1: Or's dad make look like stars. And you know their

888
00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:56,560
Speaker 1: defense is still really really good. I guess they have

889
00:45:56,719 --> 00:45:59,920
Speaker 1: their main question on the team is is corner up

890
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:02,480
Speaker 1: sit Richard Sherman and if Richard were to get hurt.

891
00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:06,799
Speaker 1: Their corner depth is not great. But their linebackers are good.

892
00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:10,919
Speaker 1: Their defensive line is loaded, their safeties are good, their

893
00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:15,560
Speaker 1: old lines good, tight ends a star, Their wide receivers

894
00:46:15,560 --> 00:46:20,359
Speaker 1: are talented. Quarterback solid, running backs gash. Because Kyle's colin

895
00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:23,960
Speaker 1: plays use checks the study, they should be good. You know,

896
00:46:24,120 --> 00:46:27,680
Speaker 1: they should be you know, compete to make a run.

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00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:32,279
Speaker 1: I'd say them, the Saints them in. The Saints to

898
00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:34,400
Speaker 1: me are there's clear two best teams now. The Seattle

899
00:46:34,440 --> 00:46:37,200
Speaker 1: will play the Niners tight, and the Rams do too,

900
00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:40,000
Speaker 1: so you're you're right. The division is tough. I don't

901
00:46:40,040 --> 00:46:42,960
Speaker 1: take the Cardinals as serious. Is some Their coach never

902
00:46:43,040 --> 00:46:46,040
Speaker 1: won more than seven games in college, never won more

903
00:46:46,080 --> 00:46:49,760
Speaker 1: than seven games. That's all you need to know. Uh.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate everyone listening again, subscribe to this podcast, leave

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Speaker 1: a review. I tip my hat to you. Enjoy. I

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00:46:56,840 --> 00:46:59,360
Speaker 1: got baseball on the back. I had to take some

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00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:01,959
Speaker 1: phone calls, so I'm recording this a little later. This part,

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00:47:02,040 --> 00:47:04,719
Speaker 1: after the beginning part. I've had baseball. I got the

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00:47:04,719 --> 00:47:07,239
Speaker 1: Giants A's game. The Yankees game was on. Starting to

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Speaker 1: get I'm starting to feel a little normal sports. You're

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00:47:09,280 --> 00:47:12,920
Speaker 1: coming back, no fans, but hey, we can't get greedy

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Speaker 1: right now. Better than nothing, you know, And I know

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Speaker 1: a lot of people wanted to shut it all down forever.

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Speaker 1: I am just I'm happy that we got some some

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Speaker 1: athletic endeavor's going on on my television. Enjoy the week,

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Speaker 1: Talk to you soon. Po