WEBVTT - NFL Cover Zero: Let the NFL Games Begin! 0:00:06.423 --> 0:00:08.893 NFL Cover Zero with Matt Jones and Drew Franklin is 0:00:08.933 --> 0:00:11.903 a production of the NFL and iHeart Podcast. 0:00:21.082 --> 0:00:21.822 Welcome, everybody. 0:00:22.003 --> 0:00:25.573 It is NFL Cover Zero. We are finally here for 0:00:25.613 --> 0:00:30.533 the season. Week one starts on Wednesday night. I am 0:00:30.673 --> 0:00:36.463 currently in Bristol, Connecticut. Billy and Drew are in Lexington, 0:00:36.483 --> 0:00:38.103 and the season is upon us. 0:00:38.343 --> 0:00:39.663 It feels like we have waited. 0:00:40.933 --> 0:00:43.923 I guess it's something about Drew doing a podcast about 0:00:43.963 --> 0:00:46.662 the NFL during the offseason that makes it seem like 0:00:46.703 --> 0:00:49.123 it took a lot longer for it to get here. 0:00:49.143 --> 0:00:53.143 And part of it is it's later in September. 0:00:53.223 --> 0:00:55.773 We're starting, I think, a little later than is normal 0:00:55.793 --> 0:00:56.893 because of just the calendar. 0:00:57.133 --> 0:01:00.013 But it feels like this has been the most, I 0:01:01.053 --> 0:01:05.053 don't know, the most I've ever been anticipating an NFL season. 0:01:05.513 --> 0:01:08.733 I don't even remember since I walked. Well, we've each 0:01:08.753 --> 0:01:11.133 been NFL fans a long time. Last year was our 0:01:11.202 --> 0:01:14.702 first season really doing this podcast and getting together twice 0:01:14.743 --> 0:01:17.663 a week. And on Sunday night, when that grind kind 0:01:17.702 --> 0:01:20.363 of ended with the Super Bowl, it got quiet. We've 0:01:20.383 --> 0:01:21.902 been itching to get back. So even though we were 0:01:21.923 --> 0:01:23.863 doing those weekly episodes, now we're ready to get back 0:01:23.902 --> 0:01:27.163 into the full swing. I actually spent a little. 0:01:26.982 --> 0:01:27.762 Bit of time. 0:01:28.932 --> 0:01:31.332 I flew to New York today to then come to 0:01:31.353 --> 0:01:35.153 ESPN here in Bristol. It's about usually a two-hour drive, 0:01:35.212 --> 0:01:37.672 but there was all this traffic. It probably took me 0:01:37.712 --> 0:01:40.572 about three hours. I did something that I don't do 0:01:40.633 --> 0:01:41.712 during the season. 0:01:41.783 --> 0:01:42.682 I would never.... 0:01:43.723 --> 0:01:47.963 We disparage our fellow podcasters. That's not my style. But, 0:01:47.983 --> 0:01:50.163 you know, there are different kinds of podcasts, right? There's 0:01:50.263 --> 0:01:54.213 podcasts for NFL that maybe are like for entertainment. I mean, obviously, 0:01:54.293 --> 0:01:58.173 Billy Burns News. But we're just we're trying to have fun. 0:01:58.213 --> 0:02:00.153 But then there are the people who like really break 0:02:00.193 --> 0:02:04.523 stuff down. So, last year I listened to the Athletics 0:02:04.763 --> 0:02:06.983 NFL podcast. Have you ever heard that before? 0:02:07.003 --> 0:02:07.983 I have. 0:02:08.043 --> 0:02:10.403 I've tuned in. They really nerd out on there. I mean, 0:02:10.423 --> 0:02:14.793 they nerd out. They use stats I didn't know were stats. 0:02:15.473 --> 0:02:16.933 And I was like, okay, I'm going to listen to 0:02:16.973 --> 0:02:22.033 their season preview. And they did two hours on each division. 0:02:23.113 --> 0:02:23.633 Okay. 0:02:24.233 --> 0:02:28.643 And that's a lot. They do 30 minutes on each team. 0:02:30.063 --> 0:02:33.923 That's a lot. So I was like, OK, what division 0:02:34.623 --> 0:02:37.853 do I know the least about? And I couldn't pick 0:02:37.893 --> 0:02:40.853 the NFC or AFC South because they are the most 0:02:40.893 --> 0:02:45.173 boring divisions. And so I chose the AFC West. And 0:02:45.233 --> 0:02:48.383 on my drive from New York to Bristol, I listened 0:02:48.403 --> 0:02:50.843 to two hours of the nerdiest. 0:02:50.903 --> 0:02:52.963 And I say this with affection. I give them a 0:02:53.003 --> 0:02:54.502 lot of credit. It's not it's like. 0:02:55.043 --> 0:02:58.533 If you were around a gardener who really loves flowers 0:02:58.853 --> 0:03:01.173 and you were to just listen to them be excited, 0:03:01.193 --> 0:03:05.973 these dudes and their nerdiness about football, they're so excited. 0:03:06.013 --> 0:03:08.603 They'll be like, they're third in the box of the 0:03:08.663 --> 0:03:13.083 French of the Zone Blitz, cover two. And you're like, 0:03:13.243 --> 0:03:16.243 I do. Unbelievable. So I will tell you, as we 0:03:16.263 --> 0:03:19.323 get into today. When it comes to the AFC West, 0:03:19.533 --> 0:03:23.113 you're looking at the smartest person that you've ever met, 0:03:23.193 --> 0:03:24.873 thanks to the Athletic Podcast. 0:03:25.793 --> 0:03:27.353 Well, I'm glad you're brushed up. That's one of the 0:03:27.393 --> 0:03:30.113 best divisions this year. You know, we previewed our divisions. 0:03:30.213 --> 0:03:34.243 Ours lasted more like 9 to 12 minutes per division. 0:03:34.523 --> 0:03:38.803 Maybe. But we got right to the point. That's right. 0:03:39.503 --> 0:03:45.233 They did a 10-minute breakdown of how Brock Bowers chews carrots. Yeah. 0:03:46.373 --> 0:03:50.193 I was pretty impressed at how these guys love some 0:03:50.253 --> 0:03:53.993 Brock Bowers. So I'm ready when those games come. And 0:03:54.013 --> 0:03:57.063 of course, we're going to get started with Wednesday night. 0:03:57.103 --> 0:03:59.383 But before we do that, you know, there's been a 0:03:59.383 --> 0:04:01.643 lot of news since the last time we got together. 0:04:01.663 --> 0:04:05.003 I asked Billy to find the five most important news 0:04:05.143 --> 0:04:06.583 items for us to discuss. 0:04:07.183 --> 0:04:09.263 And Billy, go ahead. What do you got? 0:04:10.433 --> 0:04:13.173 Yeah, excited to get the season started. Heading into week one, 0:04:13.193 --> 0:04:15.963 the initial quarterback questions have been answered. 0:04:16.263 --> 0:04:18.702 We've got... Wait, I like you still have your NFL hat. 0:04:20.003 --> 0:04:22.582 Yes, I mean, the season's here. It's the best time 0:04:22.603 --> 0:04:23.462 to wear the hat, right? 0:04:23.503 --> 0:04:25.043 But for people who don't know, Billy is the only 0:04:25.082 --> 0:04:28.153 person on earth who just wears a hat solely with 0:04:28.193 --> 0:04:33.013 the NFL logo. No team. And it's a white, plain 0:04:33.133 --> 0:04:35.232 hat with just the logo. 0:04:35.253 --> 0:04:36.253 It is. 0:04:37.272 --> 0:04:39.373 Only you would wear that hat, but it makes me 0:04:39.452 --> 0:04:40.013 really happy. 0:04:40.793 --> 0:04:42.513 I got to keep the tradition of going. Me and 0:04:42.553 --> 0:04:44.573 Rob Lowe, I feel like, are the only two that 0:04:44.592 --> 0:04:47.452 have this hat. But I'm a proponent of the shield. 0:04:47.483 --> 0:04:50.863 Roger Goodell, who finally got extended four more years on 0:04:50.883 --> 0:04:51.722 his deal. 0:04:51.983 --> 0:04:53.982 Was that one of his items? It was, if you 0:04:54.022 --> 0:04:55.443 wanted to jump the gun a little bit. 0:04:55.462 --> 0:04:57.162 Go ahead and do that one then. Okay, yeah. I 0:04:57.222 --> 0:04:57.962 hope you lead it off. 0:04:57.983 --> 0:05:00.943 Yeah, we'll start there. The NFL teams were notified Sunday 0:05:00.983 --> 0:05:04.702 that Commissioner Roger Goodell now has finalized a new four-year 0:05:04.823 --> 0:05:08.753 extension that runs through the 2030 league season. That contract 0:05:08.793 --> 0:05:12.153 expires March 31st, 2031. At the end of his newest deal, 0:05:12.753 --> 0:05:15.313 Roger Goodell will be 72 years old and will have 0:05:15.392 --> 0:05:17.832 served as the NFL commissioner for 24 years. 0:05:20.063 --> 0:05:24.423 It does feel like these commissioners stay in office. They're 0:05:24.462 --> 0:05:27.342 like kings of the British monarchy in terms of how 0:05:27.383 --> 0:05:31.043 long they stay. I mean, just in our lifetime. How 0:05:31.063 --> 0:05:34.033 many NFL commissioners have there been in our lifetime? 0:05:34.092 --> 0:05:34.513 What is it? 0:05:34.573 --> 0:05:38.212 Just... Keith Roselle, Paul Tagliabue, and Roger Goodell. 0:05:38.332 --> 0:05:40.913 It's like three in 47 years. Is that it? 0:05:41.553 --> 0:05:42.952 I mean, those are the only three I can name. 0:05:43.013 --> 0:05:47.092 And Pete was in the early 80s. So, yeah, it's 0:05:47.113 --> 0:05:49.553 got to be that for me. I think that's right. 0:05:49.592 --> 0:05:51.652 And then even in the NBA, what? David Stern and 0:05:51.733 --> 0:05:53.832 Adam Silver, that's it, right? 0:05:54.332 --> 0:06:00.443 Yep. In baseball, I guess. Who's the commissioner now? Oh, God. 0:06:01.022 --> 0:06:02.922 Rob Manfred? Is that a person? 0:06:03.363 --> 0:06:04.003 I believe so. 0:06:04.043 --> 0:06:06.813 He was at one time. That sounds like a current one. 0:06:07.623 --> 0:06:14.162 And then I think Bud Selig, A. Bartlett Giamatti, and 0:06:14.582 --> 0:06:17.232 Faye Vincent. Where am I coming up with these names? 0:06:17.392 --> 0:06:20.633 Yeah. Did you just black out? I think I did. 0:06:20.652 --> 0:06:25.323 I haven't thought about the name Faye Vincent. Maybe ever, 0:06:25.363 --> 0:06:26.602 and I think I just said it. 0:06:27.123 --> 0:06:29.303 But my point is, people say for a long time, 0:06:29.722 --> 0:06:32.702 Roger Goodell is easy to beat up on. He's also 0:06:32.722 --> 0:06:34.763 technically our boss, so I'm not going to beat up 0:06:34.842 --> 0:06:38.402 on him. But he's been obviously insanely successful. The league 0:06:38.423 --> 0:06:42.513 has probably quadrupled in value since he's been the commissioner, 0:06:42.553 --> 0:06:44.092 so I'm not surprised they extended it. 0:06:44.993 --> 0:06:45.732 No, not at all. 0:06:45.772 --> 0:06:48.233 I mean, all sports across the board are growing and 0:06:48.253 --> 0:06:50.373 getting more eyeballs on them, but nothing like the NFL. 0:06:50.392 --> 0:06:52.592 It has just exploded lately. Heck, how many. 0:06:53.363 --> 0:06:55.683 international games earlier this year. They're just adding to that 0:06:55.722 --> 0:06:59.053 schedule all the time. He's made it global. For as 0:06:59.073 --> 0:07:01.412 far as growing the game, he's done about as good 0:07:01.452 --> 0:07:04.443 a job as you could. Also, you said he'll be 72. 0:07:04.443 --> 0:07:07.163 He's a young-looking late 60s, whatever he is right now. Yeah, 0:07:07.183 --> 0:07:09.503 for 72. That threw me off when you said he'll 0:07:09.523 --> 0:07:10.862 be 72 at the end of this. 0:07:11.103 --> 0:07:14.013 I don't think there's any moment where I would go, 0:07:14.083 --> 0:07:16.853 Roger Goodell's a good-looking guy. That wouldn't be the first 0:07:16.893 --> 0:07:18.893 thing I would use. But I will tell you, now 0:07:18.913 --> 0:07:21.953 that you're telling me he's going to be 72, I 0:07:21.993 --> 0:07:24.593 got to give that guy a lot of credit. He 0:07:24.613 --> 0:07:28.812 looks very handsome for a 72-year-old. And we're so grateful 0:07:28.853 --> 0:07:29.373 for that day. 0:07:29.393 --> 0:07:31.473 He called each of us personally and invited us to 0:07:31.493 --> 0:07:33.982 be a part of the NFL Podcast Network. 0:07:34.033 --> 0:07:36.903 So he helped us live out our dreams here. Congratulations, Roger, 0:07:37.243 --> 0:07:37.883 or Mr. Goodell. 0:07:38.943 --> 0:07:43.003 That was a great moment when he did that. By 0:07:43.043 --> 0:07:46.173 the way, not to go back to a Bartlett Giamatti, 0:07:46.793 --> 0:07:49.853 but do you know, Billy, who his son is? 0:07:50.333 --> 0:07:50.573 No. 0:07:51.133 --> 0:07:51.253 No. 0:07:51.273 --> 0:07:54.053 Who's that? Actor Paul Giamatti. 0:07:54.513 --> 0:07:57.653 Hmm. Not a very common last name. 0:07:57.983 --> 0:07:59.223 Yeah. 0:07:59.303 --> 0:08:01.963 That's kind of a random, interesting thing, isn't it? 0:08:01.963 --> 0:08:03.963 Yeah. 0:08:04.323 --> 0:08:04.543 Yeah. 0:08:04.563 --> 0:08:05.223 I mean, who knew? 0:08:05.243 --> 0:08:06.183 Not me. 0:08:06.993 --> 0:08:13.553 Well, not you, barely. What's your favorite Paul Giamatti character? 0:08:16.193 --> 0:08:18.922 Well, I like when he's in all of his side 0:08:19.003 --> 0:08:21.763 interests in that Showtime show, Billions. 0:08:22.123 --> 0:08:23.163 Yeah, he's great. 0:08:24.363 --> 0:08:27.823 When the first episode comes on and next thing you know, 0:08:27.843 --> 0:08:29.922 I don't know if we can get into what you 0:08:29.963 --> 0:08:32.693 see Paul Giamatti doing, but it's not what I thought 0:08:32.703 --> 0:08:33.343 it was going to be. 0:08:33.403 --> 0:08:36.043 I will tell you that. I think that might be 0:08:36.083 --> 0:08:36.803 his best role. 0:08:38.113 --> 0:08:39.893 That or Promet Parts. 0:08:40.693 --> 0:08:44.553 Yeah, I was Jake Vomit, and he was in Sideways. 0:08:47.213 --> 0:08:49.992 Well, this has nothing to do with the NFL, but nevertheless, 0:08:50.633 --> 0:08:53.723 I'm glad to have educated you. So congrats to Roger Goodell, 0:08:54.263 --> 0:08:56.223 and 24 years has been commissioned. 0:08:56.243 --> 0:08:58.203 That's really unbelievable. All right, what's next? 0:08:58.503 --> 0:09:00.463 Really, the only person I'd like to sign this hat 0:09:00.563 --> 0:09:02.443 is Roger Goodell. Maybe we can make that happen at 0:09:02.463 --> 0:09:03.103 the next Super Bowl. 0:09:03.853 --> 0:09:06.653 You really wouldn't want to have Roger Goodale sign your hat? 0:09:07.053 --> 0:09:08.923 On the NFL logo hat? I feel like it's the 0:09:08.963 --> 0:09:09.863 only person that should. 0:09:09.883 --> 0:09:11.663 Wow. 0:09:11.823 --> 0:09:15.663 So you like having businessmen sign your... You. 0:09:15.423 --> 0:09:18.443 Don't want Joe Montana's signature. No. 0:09:18.463 --> 0:09:20.723 You would like Roger Goodale's. Yep. 0:09:20.823 --> 0:09:22.663 I'll have him scan my digital business card at the 0:09:22.703 --> 0:09:26.303 same time. It'll be a great networking event. But heading 0:09:26.353 --> 0:09:28.713 into week one, guys, some of the initial quarterback questions 0:09:28.733 --> 0:09:32.053 have been answered. Here are four of the starting quarterbacks 0:09:32.073 --> 0:09:33.913 for week one. You tell me which quarterback will have 0:09:33.953 --> 0:09:37.433 the best season. Atlanta is going with Tua Tungvaloa as 0:09:37.463 --> 0:09:40.723 their starting quarterback with Michael Penick still out. Las Vegas 0:09:40.783 --> 0:09:44.923 is named Kirk Cousins, their starter ahead of Mendoza, the 0:09:44.983 --> 0:09:48.153 number one pick. Kyler Murray is the starter in Minnesota 0:09:48.293 --> 0:09:51.553 over J.J. McCarthy. And Deshaun Watson has been named a 0:09:51.573 --> 0:09:52.453 starter in Cleveland. 0:09:54.493 --> 0:09:56.633 Well, I would like to pass if those are my 0:09:56.673 --> 0:09:58.763 four choices. But if I have to pick one, I'll 0:09:58.783 --> 0:10:01.503 say Kyler Murray. I mean, I actually think Minnesota's got 0:10:01.523 --> 0:10:03.383 a pretty good roster. He's going to be able to 0:10:03.423 --> 0:10:06.413 throw it to Justin Jefferson. So I think that gives 0:10:06.453 --> 0:10:09.553 him a leg up. So I'm going to go Kyler Murray. 0:10:09.593 --> 0:10:10.953 I'm not sure any of the guys. 0:10:10.733 --> 0:10:11.413 Will be great. 0:10:12.133 --> 0:10:15.713 The most recent decision is Tua. Well, first of all, Drew, 0:10:15.733 --> 0:10:17.293 do you agree with me on Kyler Murray or would 0:10:17.313 --> 0:10:20.123 you pick one of the other ones? I would definitely 0:10:20.143 --> 0:10:23.183 go Kyler, but only because of the situation. You said Jefferson. 0:10:23.203 --> 0:10:25.423 He also has Jordan Addison, Juwan Jennings. 0:10:25.463 --> 0:10:28.363 That's one of the better trios of wide receivers in 0:10:28.383 --> 0:10:30.083 the entire NFL and a pretty good team. 0:10:30.183 --> 0:10:32.023 So it's not so much him as it is being 0:10:32.063 --> 0:10:33.493 in Minnesota, but I think that's the answer. 0:10:33.523 --> 0:10:37.273 It's also amazing how when somebody has a bad quarterback, 0:10:37.313 --> 0:10:40.693 you can forget they're in the league. Like Justin Jefferson, 0:10:41.093 --> 0:10:44.933 no one has mentioned his name in a year. but 0:10:44.953 --> 0:10:47.453 he's still probably the best wide receiver in the league. 0:10:47.533 --> 0:10:50.953 But I think people forget because, you know, he's having 0:10:50.973 --> 0:10:54.953 to have so many terrible, if people throw it to 0:10:54.973 --> 0:10:57.673 him last year, I expect to see a little bit 0:10:57.703 --> 0:10:58.803 of a bounce back from him. 0:10:59.203 --> 0:11:00.363 Let's go to Tua. 0:11:00.683 --> 0:11:03.163 I mean, it's clear the Falcons would like to have 0:11:03.223 --> 0:11:07.683 started Billy at quarterback, but just Michael Penix, I guess, 0:11:07.743 --> 0:11:11.443 is just not ready. Apparently he told the coach this 0:11:11.523 --> 0:11:12.982 week he was not going to be able to go. 0:11:15.613 --> 0:11:20.323 Tua makes me sad. Like, I just want to give 0:11:20.363 --> 0:11:23.143 him a hug. I don't want to see him get hit. 0:11:23.323 --> 0:11:28.363 I find watching him play football like really a painful proposition. 0:11:28.403 --> 0:11:30.523 And I'm not even really joking. I kind of feel 0:11:30.563 --> 0:11:33.313 like I'm always worried he's going to get hurt. I 0:11:33.373 --> 0:11:36.693 really just kind of hate that he won the job. Yeah. 0:11:37.693 --> 0:11:39.453 I think of the two, you know, coming up in 0:11:39.493 --> 0:11:41.673 Alabama and being a star and how he was a playmaker. 0:11:41.693 --> 0:11:43.373 And now he looks so timid back there. 0:11:43.453 --> 0:11:45.102 He does have Vita Robinson. 0:11:45.523 --> 0:11:48.963 Kyle Pitts had kind of a breakout year last year. 0:11:48.983 --> 0:11:51.243 I mean, there is a world where he could be good, 0:11:51.283 --> 0:11:53.533 but I just don't feel like anybody really believes that's 0:11:53.573 --> 0:11:54.053 going to happen. 0:11:54.813 --> 0:11:57.433 Thanks to my good friends at the Athletic Podcast. 0:11:57.473 --> 0:12:00.573 They were talking about Tua's numbers, and it's easy to 0:12:00.593 --> 0:12:03.273 forget how good Tua was before those hits. I mean, 0:12:03.313 --> 0:12:04.893 he had about a year and a half where he 0:12:04.963 --> 0:12:09.242 played really amazing. He gets the ball out quicker than 0:12:09.483 --> 0:12:13.143 any other quarterback in the league. I think that's intentional, 0:12:13.183 --> 0:12:16.063 so he doesn't get hit. And how many games before 0:12:16.103 --> 0:12:23.493 Mendoza starts for the Raiders? I'll say the midway point 0:12:23.553 --> 0:12:23.913 of the season. 0:12:23.933 --> 0:12:26.413 They'll get... Eight games in, and then go to them. 0:12:27.193 --> 0:12:28.853 I'm not sure if you're a Raiders fan what you 0:12:28.913 --> 0:12:29.693 even root for. 0:12:29.713 --> 0:12:33.613 Right? Because if they play well, and they're in the 0:12:33.633 --> 0:12:35.253 playoff hunt, they're not going to play them. 0:12:36.253 --> 0:12:36.593 Right? 0:12:37.313 --> 0:12:39.453 And if you play poorly, then you're going to play them, 0:12:39.573 --> 0:12:40.613 but you don't want to lose. 0:12:40.673 --> 0:12:41.933 You look at the Raiders' schedule. 0:12:42.743 --> 0:12:44.903 outside of division games, they actually have a chance to 0:12:44.923 --> 0:12:45.763 win some games. 0:12:46.063 --> 0:12:48.633 Their schedule's not that bad. I don't know. 0:12:48.773 --> 0:12:50.773 I mean, if you were a fan, I guess you 0:12:50.813 --> 0:12:52.773 root for your team to win, but you want to 0:12:52.843 --> 0:12:54.303 see Mendoza. 0:12:53.723 --> 0:12:54.463 Play, right? 0:12:55.393 --> 0:12:57.253 Yeah, I mean, if Cousins goes out there and wins 0:12:57.273 --> 0:12:59.232 you some games, that's exciting because you want your team 0:12:59.253 --> 0:12:59.553 to win. 0:12:59.573 --> 0:13:01.473 But he's almost 40 years old. Your future is not 0:13:01.493 --> 0:13:03.073 with Kirk Cousins. It's with Mendoza. 0:13:03.113 --> 0:13:05.493 So it would almost just be like some false hope 0:13:05.533 --> 0:13:08.232 or wasting time until you get to Mendoza. But I 0:13:08.253 --> 0:13:10.883 think Cousins is good enough that he'll keep it for 0:13:10.903 --> 0:13:12.443 a while until they give it to Mendoza at the 0:13:12.483 --> 0:13:13.943 end of the year to make the decision for next 0:13:13.963 --> 0:13:14.663 year what they need to do. 0:13:15.123 --> 0:13:17.663 With that team, I just want to see Ashton. I mean, 0:13:17.683 --> 0:13:19.103 we've had basically two. 0:13:18.963 --> 0:13:22.643 Years where we I mean, he's twenty five, twenty six 0:13:22.663 --> 0:13:25.263 years old. And I just worry that we're going to 0:13:25.303 --> 0:13:27.383 look at his career and he's just never going to 0:13:27.523 --> 0:13:30.143 because of where he got drafted. Just I'm never going 0:13:30.163 --> 0:13:31.753 to be good. I feel the same way about Jeremiah 0:13:31.793 --> 0:13:32.773 Love in Arizona. 0:13:32.833 --> 0:13:32.993 Right. 0:13:33.053 --> 0:13:35.093 I mean, he's just a rookie. But you do wonder 0:13:35.133 --> 0:13:38.033 when you get these running backs picked on these terrible teams. 0:13:38.963 --> 0:13:40.473 You know, you just don't want to see their career 0:13:40.493 --> 0:13:43.893 just be wasted. And I kind of worry about it. 0:13:43.973 --> 0:13:47.533 I think had again, thanks to the athletic podcast, had 0:13:47.573 --> 0:13:51.863 the fewest yards per attempt of any part, even though 0:13:51.883 --> 0:13:53.903 I got a thousand yards, he ran it so much. 0:13:54.423 --> 0:13:55.743 I just want to see him be able to have 0:13:55.763 --> 0:13:58.423 a good year because I think he was so electric 0:13:58.483 --> 0:13:59.043 in college. 0:13:59.263 --> 0:14:00.013 All right. What's next? 0:14:00.233 --> 0:14:02.873 Listen to this guy, Drew. Yards per attempt stats thrown 0:14:02.953 --> 0:14:05.613 out on us. I mean, he did listen to a podcast. 0:14:05.713 --> 0:14:08.173 If you educated about the fire points of the game 0:14:08.273 --> 0:14:11.543 from four nerds on the athletic podcast, then maybe you 0:14:11.583 --> 0:14:12.602 could learn something, too. 0:14:14.663 --> 0:14:17.023 So we have our first NFL game in Australia coming 0:14:17.083 --> 0:14:20.423 up between the 49ers and the Rams. It's a 17-hour 0:14:20.483 --> 0:14:23.793 time difference between the Bay Area and Australia. And it's 0:14:23.833 --> 0:14:26.893 safe to say Kyle Shanahan is still getting used to 0:14:26.913 --> 0:14:29.413 the time zone change. Let's play a clip here. You 0:14:29.433 --> 0:14:30.313 tell me, guys, what you think. 0:14:31.093 --> 0:14:33.393 We did our totally normal routine. I'm not sure because, 0:14:33.413 --> 0:14:36.523 like I said, we're a little confused. When I look 0:14:36.543 --> 0:14:38.283 at my clock and it says the time, then I 0:14:38.323 --> 0:14:40.443 try to see my family's time, and it says the time, 0:14:40.463 --> 0:14:41.343 but it says yesterday. 0:14:41.363 --> 0:14:41.443 Okay. 0:14:41.623 --> 0:14:42.743 I don't even get how that's possible. 0:14:43.563 --> 0:14:44.783 So I feel like I'm in the future. 0:14:44.803 --> 0:14:46.943 And then also when we play on our Friday, which 0:14:46.963 --> 0:14:48.633 I think is a Thursday in the U.S., we're such 0:14:48.693 --> 0:14:49.413 creatures of habit. 0:14:49.433 --> 0:14:51.473 So I call today Tuesday. No, wait. 0:14:51.493 --> 0:14:54.173 Sorry, I call today Wednesday, which is the first day 0:14:54.193 --> 0:14:57.323 we put in a game plan. But I think it's Monday. However, though, 0:14:57.343 --> 0:14:58.863 it's Sunday in the present. 0:14:59.243 --> 0:14:59.603 So, like. 0:15:00.063 --> 0:15:00.663 I'm going to mess. 0:15:00.543 --> 0:15:02.143 That up all week if you guys ask me. But 0:15:02.183 --> 0:15:02.603 today is. 0:15:02.543 --> 0:15:04.083 Just our first day of the game plan, which is 0:15:04.103 --> 0:15:07.153 a Wednesday. We'll put in some on a Thursday. Friday 0:15:07.173 --> 0:15:09.793 is the final part of the game plan. Saturday we 0:15:09.833 --> 0:15:11.733 walk through when we play on Sunday, which is a 0:15:11.773 --> 0:15:14.423 Friday in Australia and a Thursday in the U.S. 0:15:14.463 --> 0:15:16.263 So don't ever make me do that again. 0:15:18.603 --> 0:15:22.393 That's the best bunch of nonsense I've ever heard someone say. 0:15:22.693 --> 0:15:24.793 But what's odd, Drew, is I kind of followed him, 0:15:25.033 --> 0:15:27.853 sort of. I mean, it was dumb what he said, 0:15:27.873 --> 0:15:30.023 but I kind of was able to follow him. He 0:15:30.063 --> 0:15:31.173 was saying.... 0:15:32.143 --> 0:15:37.093 I think it's tomorrow if I'm on California time. That's 0:15:37.173 --> 0:15:40.133 weird to me. But I keep the schedule as if 0:15:40.213 --> 0:15:43.073 it was for a normal week. So it's Wednesday, but 0:15:43.193 --> 0:15:46.133 actually it's a Tuesday. But then in California, it's a Monday. 0:15:46.213 --> 0:15:49.313 I kind of followed him, which makes me more worried 0:15:49.433 --> 0:15:51.873 something's wrong with me that I was able to follow 0:15:51.913 --> 0:15:52.593 that gibberish. 0:15:52.633 --> 0:15:56.033 But I did kind of understand him. I mean, I 0:15:56.073 --> 0:15:58.053 got to say, when we go to the SEC tournament, 0:15:58.113 --> 0:16:00.493 that's one time zone over in Nashville. 0:16:00.513 --> 0:16:01.493 And even we get confused. 0:16:01.533 --> 0:16:03.713 You'll talk in Eastern time zone while some of us 0:16:03.753 --> 0:16:06.083 are looking at our phones. So I kind of get 0:16:06.133 --> 0:16:08.463 him being on the other side of the world having 0:16:08.483 --> 0:16:12.023 to deal with Australia. Did you see what happened with 0:16:12.143 --> 0:16:13.783 Raheem Morris, his assistant coach? 0:16:14.343 --> 0:16:19.133 No. Time change. So Raheem Morris, his 50th birthday is 0:16:19.213 --> 0:16:21.473 September 3rd. It was September 3rd. 0:16:22.543 --> 0:16:25.883 They left San Francisco the evening of September 2nd and 0:16:25.963 --> 0:16:28.753 landed in Australia on September 4th. So he did not 0:16:28.763 --> 0:16:32.183 get a 50th birthday. September 3rd just did not exist 0:16:32.213 --> 0:16:34.993 for him. So he's going to be perpetually 49. 0:16:34.993 --> 0:16:36.413 Yes. 0:16:36.793 --> 0:16:39.533 They time traveled and never, well, he never had the third. 0:16:39.553 --> 0:16:43.343 I mean, my guess is somewhere over the ocean. He 0:16:43.363 --> 0:16:46.243 was 50 for at least a few minutes. And maybe 0:16:46.323 --> 0:16:48.743 nobody noticed it. But I like that. I think that's 0:16:49.083 --> 0:16:49.743 very neat. 0:16:49.843 --> 0:16:52.763 I knew a person once who was born on leap year, 0:16:53.083 --> 0:16:53.563 like on. 0:16:53.523 --> 0:16:56.723 The leap, what do you call it? Leap day, the 366th. 0:16:56.743 --> 0:16:59.883 What do you call that actual day? 0:17:00.183 --> 0:17:03.373 That's the extra day. Leap day, right? 0:17:03.533 --> 0:17:04.873 Yeah, February 29th. 0:17:05.673 --> 0:17:06.832 Is it called leap day? 0:17:06.853 --> 0:17:07.273 Yeah. 0:17:09.302 --> 0:17:10.263 OK, I didn't know. 0:17:10.303 --> 0:17:13.903 But anyway, I know somebody born on that day and 0:17:13.943 --> 0:17:16.443 they were like 28. So they go, they just say 0:17:16.483 --> 0:17:20.223 they're seven, which is why, which is weird. 0:17:20.443 --> 0:17:23.203 But but yeah, I guess Raheem Morris gets that, too. 0:17:23.523 --> 0:17:25.683 I also thought to ask Kyle Stanton what he thought 0:17:25.703 --> 0:17:29.883 about Australia. And he said something like, if it's a 0:17:29.963 --> 0:17:33.643 really Melbourne is a really nice city. I just assumed 0:17:33.703 --> 0:17:38.873 it was all brush woods and kangaroos. Which tells me 0:17:38.953 --> 0:17:43.263 he only got his info, like, from a cartoon. I mean, 0:17:43.303 --> 0:17:45.743 did he really not? I mean, Australia is the size 0:17:45.783 --> 0:17:48.173 of America. Did he really think it was just brush? 0:17:49.483 --> 0:17:52.403 Yeah, he watched Crocodile Dundee 1, 2, and 3 before 0:17:52.443 --> 0:17:55.743 he tripped. This has been a very eye-opening trip for Shanahan. 0:17:55.783 --> 0:17:59.173 He's learned about Australian culture and how clocks work. 0:17:59.673 --> 0:18:02.353 Well, we know he didn't do well in school, in 0:18:02.393 --> 0:18:05.093 social studies, geography, or physics. 0:18:05.893 --> 0:18:09.003 So I wonder what Shanahan was good at when he 0:18:09.043 --> 0:18:09.733 was growing up. 0:18:10.793 --> 0:18:13.153 What do you think about the Rams and 49ers have 0:18:13.173 --> 0:18:16.373 taken different approaches where the 49ers went a week early 0:18:16.723 --> 0:18:18.703 and the Rams are going the day before the game? 0:18:18.903 --> 0:18:22.763