1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: Sports Radio. I am Ahmed Freed, first time here, first 3 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:11,400 Speaker 1: time in the man Cave. So we have pretty good 4 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 1: studios at NBC Sports. I mean the Premier League studio, 5 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:17,080 Speaker 1: which I've been in. I've been locked in that like 6 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: the last five days. Huge TV's in there. Huge TV 7 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:23,440 Speaker 1: is in the background everywhere, and it's like, I've never 8 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 1: seen a studio like that before. So I walked into that. 9 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 1: I was intimidated. I walk in here. We have basketball courts, 10 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: we got helmets everywhere, and then I just saw this 11 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:37,840 Speaker 1: my favorite player of all time. I'm from Michigan. Barry 12 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: Sanders signed jersey on the wall. Are you gonna try 13 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: to take it? Can I have it? Is it like 14 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:46,920 Speaker 1: a parting gift? Like you don't need it? I don't know. 15 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:49,519 Speaker 1: Dan doesn't give stuff up very much. You can't see it, 16 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: you really can't. It's like off camera, so honestly, you 17 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 1: probably wouldn't even miss it. You know, Dan's got a 18 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 1: long history at Barry Sanders, going back to the draft. 19 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: He interviewed them, and he talked to him like the 20 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: day he retired, and they've got a long history. He 21 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 1: was you know as a Lions fan growing up, you 22 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 1: had very few things to be happy about. They really were. 23 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 1: I mean you might have like Eric Kramer was our 24 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 1: best quarterback and like, no one knows who Eric Kramer is, 25 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: but he was like my best quarterback growing up. And 26 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: Barry Sanders was that guy. It's like, we're not making 27 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 1: the playoffs, we're probably not even gonna get close, but 28 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 1: we have Barry Sanders, who has the most exciting one 29 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:30,119 Speaker 1: yard runs of anyone in NFL history. But the problem 30 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:31,960 Speaker 1: was it was like that was most of his run, right, No, 31 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: it's like in some games that was it. They were 32 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: super cool. I loved Barry. I loved him. Studio is 33 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 1: so I was gonna say, like the Premier League studio 34 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 1: is intimidating because he's got the TVs. This is intimidating. 35 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: This is this is big. But I mean, how long 36 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 1: did it take to get all this stuff? Wow, that's 37 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 1: a big question. I believe a lifetime. I think about 38 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: half the stuff in here is just from Dan's attic 39 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: that we took when we moved and we opened this 40 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: studio about two years ago on TV. And if you 41 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: look around, there'll be like a pair of socks and 42 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 1: there Arnold palmer Stock you know, or there's like a 43 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 1: helmet from you know, Robert Griffin. It's kid. So we 44 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 1: have three hours, right, we can spend the whole three 45 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:18,640 Speaker 1: hours just I'm just like looking around looking at the 46 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:23,079 Speaker 1: book covers. We do have three guests though today, and 47 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:24,799 Speaker 1: three really good guests, and a couple of them I 48 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: know really well. Matt Mayoko. I used to work with 49 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 1: him out in the Bay Area. I was out in 50 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 1: San Francisco for about five or six years. He has 51 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 1: covered the forty nine ers for ever or a week 52 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:42,079 Speaker 1: away from the draft, and the forty nine ers really 53 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:45,239 Speaker 1: do have one of the most interesting picks in the 54 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 1: draft because I think a lot of people think Trevor 55 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 1: Lawrence going number one, obviously, got Zach Wilson going number two, 56 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: number three, Who's going number three? I do a podcast 57 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 1: at NBC Sports with Chris Simms, who, by the way, 58 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: when you guys ask me, you go, who do you 59 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: want on the show? I was like, all right, get 60 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 1: someone to talk Premier League. Let's get Chris Sims on 61 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 1: the show if we can. And then I'm watching Tuesday, 62 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 1: there's Chris Simms on the show. Rebecca Low's on the 63 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: show two days before I get here. I was like, 64 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 1: he stole my ideas. You took him, took him from me, 65 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 1: just blocked her every every turn that everyone that you 66 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:21,839 Speaker 1: had planned to talk to his previous guests. No, it's good. 67 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: We got We got Robbie Earl talking talking to Premier League, 68 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 1: so we did get one of my friends there. But yeah, 69 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 1: Matt Mayoko will break down kind of what the forty 70 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: nine ers are going to do with the number three pick, 71 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 1: and it really does. And there's been so much debate 72 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 1: on what they should do, what they could do. Who 73 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 1: is the better quarterback because clearly you have the flashy 74 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: can do it all. Run throw new age quarterback out 75 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 1: of the Kyler Murray, Josh Allen, mold In, justin Fields 76 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 1: or maybe Trey Lance if you like him a little 77 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: bit better. And I get that, but I, like I said, 78 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 1: do a podcast with Chris Simms, who loves Mac Jones 79 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 1: loves him, and a lot of people in the NFL 80 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: love him too. Polly, you worked out there for a while, 81 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: you know, the Niners. And Jimmy Garoppolo is twenty nine 82 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 1: years old, twenty seven touchdowns, was in the Super Bowl 83 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 1: and was maybe two first downs away from having a 84 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:16,039 Speaker 1: super Bowl ring is premature to get rid of them 85 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 1: is obviously they're going in a different direction. That's a 86 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: great question, right, What changed? Nobody's talking about that? That 87 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 1: is a premature What changed because they spent a second 88 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:28,239 Speaker 1: round pick on him and he was their new quarterback 89 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:30,039 Speaker 1: because all the talk before that was Kirk Cousins going 90 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 1: to come here. At some point Kirk Cousins I was like, 91 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: well that's not going to happen. Let's get our guy then, 92 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 1: and that guy was Jimmy Garoppolo. And I will be 93 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 1: so interested to ask Matt what happened there? What changed 94 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:45,600 Speaker 1: over this past year? Mclovin, He only doesn't Jimmy G 95 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: only play six games a year at a certain point 96 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: ten year window. Maybe they don't think he's durable. And 97 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 1: part of it too, I wonder, you're right, you need 98 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 1: a guy who's durable and can be there. And they 99 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 1: have seen how the whole season, every NFL team sees 100 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 1: how every season it can all fall apart if you 101 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 1: lose your quarterback. I wonder if Jimmy G can still stay. 102 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 1: There are some people to say, no, you cannot keep 103 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 1: him he's got to go. He makes a lot of money, 104 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 1: but I think that's a good way to convince him. Hey, 105 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 1: Jimmy g you make a lot of money. You can 106 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:17,600 Speaker 1: make a lot of money over there just as well. 107 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 1: We might need you. I don't know I'm gonna pick 108 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 1: Matt's brain about that, but I'm fascinated with mac Jones. 109 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 1: And one of my pet peeves is, right around this 110 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 1: time of year, we get drunk on some draft value. 111 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: Do you know what I mean, Poullie. It's like, it's like, 112 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 1: if mac Jones goes number three, that's crazy. He doesn't 113 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: have a strong enough arm. That's a bus type pick. 114 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:45,840 Speaker 1: But if mac Jones goes mid first round, end of 115 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 1: the first round, great pick. He's accurate quarterback, he can 116 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 1: make all the plays. That's a good spot to have 117 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 1: mac Jones. It's like we're talking about two different humans here. 118 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 1: If the Dan always says this, if the Bears had 119 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: taken Mitch Trubisky in the first pick of the second round, 120 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:02,160 Speaker 1: then he would have been a really nice quarterback and 121 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 1: a nice value and not expensive. Remember Andy Dalton, I 122 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 1: think mclawn he was a second rounder, right high second rounder. 123 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 1: He was a really high end production guy for a 124 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:13,040 Speaker 1: second round. Yeah, Dad's big one was Reggie Bush. Reggie 125 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 1: Bush had been a second rounder. He did have a 126 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 1: nice little career. Yeah, but he was I think the 127 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 1: second overall pick. It's a different story altogether. And I 128 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 1: get it with Mac Jones. He's not flashy. He doesn't 129 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:26,479 Speaker 1: look great in or out of a uniform. You know, 130 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: it's like I get it. So but he's highly successful 131 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 1: in that one year at Alabama. And so yeah, we 132 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:38,800 Speaker 1: do have the death of the Super League. We're gonna 133 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 1: make sure it's still dead. Right the super League it 134 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:45,239 Speaker 1: was born. I was there. I was sitting on set 135 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:50,119 Speaker 1: with Robbie Earrol and Robbie Musto and doing the Premier 136 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 1: League show on Sunday, and our producer in my ear, 137 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 1: Adam Goes, goes, hey, I think we got to talk 138 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 1: about this Super League thing. It's kind of see it 139 00:06:57,600 --> 00:06:59,159 Speaker 1: broke when you guys were on the air. It broke 140 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 1: one hundred percent when we're on the air, and it 141 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 1: was during halftime of our game, and I we go, okay, 142 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 1: we'll mention it because the New York Times had just 143 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 1: come out with a big story on it that this 144 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: is happening and Robbie Arrow was a little skeptical because 145 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: we've heard this before. It's like we've heard Super League. 146 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 1: We've been hearing this for ten twenty years, all these 147 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 1: big clubs are going to get together in Europe. But 148 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: there was something really different about this and we did 149 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 1: see it because all the clubs made the formal announcement 150 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 1: that had never been done before, that we are joining 151 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: this big European football league. And so Robbie and Robbie, 152 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 1: the two Robbies were despondent almost because we're talking, you know, 153 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 1: top four. This win could get this team into the 154 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 1: top four. West Ham's in there, Chelsea's trying to get in. 155 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 1: And then they get done saying that and they go 156 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 1: does that even matter anymore? Because top four normally gets 157 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 1: you into the Champions League? But as the Champions League 158 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 1: even gonna be around, so they understood in the moment 159 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 1: what that would mean to the Premier League and the 160 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 1: second tier teams in the other leagues. And I mean, 161 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 1: is that what happened there that they went too big 162 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 1: too soon and the reaction was overwhelming. They didn't they 163 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 1: should have consulted the two Robbies or any other football 164 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 1: fan you know, and part of me is like, I 165 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 1: get it right. You want to have the biggest clubs 166 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 1: playing each other all the time. If in the Premier 167 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 1: League we didn't have Manchester City Manchester United playing twice 168 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:19,679 Speaker 1: a year or Arsenal Tottenham playing twice a year, we'd 169 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 1: say what are we doing? We should those teams should 170 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 1: be playing all the time. And so I get it 171 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 1: from the owner's standpoints of like Real Madrid in Manchester 172 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 1: City what we've played maybe three times in the past 173 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 1: twenty years. I don't know. You'd have to look at 174 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: it if if you happen to meet in the Champions League, 175 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 1: that's basically the only time you're going to play some 176 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 1: of those big European clubs from other countries. So I 177 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:42,200 Speaker 1: get it, but it was just the structure there is 178 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:46,080 Speaker 1: so different, and it's what they hold on to. These 179 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:48,679 Speaker 1: smaller clubs can rise up in that idea, even if 180 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:51,960 Speaker 1: they never do. They could. I'd be curious to know 181 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 1: from Robbie Earl where this is going to be in 182 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:57,320 Speaker 1: five years or ten years, right, because like you said, 183 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: the concept has been rumored for ten or twenty years 184 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:03,079 Speaker 1: and it's clearly not going away as because last I 185 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 1: saw Real Madrid and Barcelona, We're still in. It's just odd. 186 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 1: But so what happens in five years, say like the 187 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 1: economic fallout of all this right, or even of COVID Right, 188 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 1: that every sports franchise is dealing with what happens in 189 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:18,439 Speaker 1: five or ten years from now, where the super League 190 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:20,320 Speaker 1: or the European League is still very much on the 191 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: table because the big clubs are still gonna want an 192 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 1: ownership of some of those biggest tournaments out there. They're 193 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:31,079 Speaker 1: still gonna want to guarantee profits and guarantee their valuation. 194 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 1: And I do think some of this maybe all the 195 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 1: sports leagues. Honestly, every business around the world this past 196 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: year has seen where they are vulnerable. They see where 197 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 1: their business is vulnerable. If it all goes away, we 198 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 1: have another pandemic boom, this is where we're vulnerable. This 199 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 1: is where we could have some trouble. And so I 200 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 1: don't doubt that the football world saw that and said, wow, 201 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: we have invested millions and billions of dollars into some 202 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 1: of these clubs and we just saw in a year 203 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:00,120 Speaker 1: how it could all go away. Let's try to think 204 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:02,959 Speaker 1: of a different way to make this structure. And yes, 205 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 1: so we'll see if that if that can happen. NFL 206 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 1: some rule changes proposed, actually voted on and are going 207 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 1: to happen. Nothing major in the NFL, but we do 208 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:23,319 Speaker 1: have some interesting new rules. We've got Ben Volan on 209 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 1: from the Boston Globe, senior writer. We'll talk about some 210 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:32,200 Speaker 1: Patriots stuff. They didn't get my favorite rule of the 211 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 1: no on side kick anymore, but you get you want 212 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:38,800 Speaker 1: to eliminate. I want to. I would. I'd be open 213 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 1: to it. As you'll find out in these three hours, 214 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 1: I'm open to some crazy changes. They might turn out 215 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:49,080 Speaker 1: to be terrible and then I'll say they weren't my idea. 216 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 1: But I've always opened to some crazy changes. What about 217 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:55,679 Speaker 1: the overtime spot and choose that got shot down yesterday 218 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 1: where the teams we talked about this like a month ago, 219 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 1: where the team will win as a coin flip gets 220 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:04,200 Speaker 1: it aside who gets the ball and where that whole 221 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:06,679 Speaker 1: it's very complicated. Yeah, you can say, like the other 222 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 1: team gets the ball out to twenty. I didn't get 223 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:13,520 Speaker 1: the benefit of it. So one team would pick the 224 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 1: spot on the field where the ball would be right 225 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 1: and the other team would say, all right, we want 226 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 1: to be offens or defense. Right, So wouldn't that just 227 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 1: you end up putting it on the twenty five every 228 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 1: time or thirty five. You're own right, it's like named 229 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 1: that tune, named that yard line, like we're gonna go 230 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:32,240 Speaker 1: to the the thirty one, we'll go to thirty eight. But 231 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 1: it would be like Wheel of Fortune. You know how 232 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 1: Wheel of Fortune turned into rst N l N E. Wait, 233 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 1: not two ends, but you know what I mean? Yeah, 234 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:42,440 Speaker 1: And so everyone just kept doing that. So then we'll go, 235 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 1: all right, we'll just give you those letters and now 236 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 1: give us three extra letters. So is that that's what's 237 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: on Wheel of Fortune? Now, I haven't seen the show 238 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:52,560 Speaker 1: in years. They give you R S and LT. Yes, 239 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 1: I no, I haven't watched it in a few years, 240 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:57,240 Speaker 1: but last time I watched it, you're right right, LT 241 00:11:57,440 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 1: and E. And then you get at least another two 242 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 1: continents an avow three concents avow. It's like almost half 243 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:05,559 Speaker 1: the alphabet does already exactly. So everyone would go up there, 244 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:09,199 Speaker 1: this is the final right at the end, rst l 245 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 1: N E. And then Pat say, Jack and Vanna got 246 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: sick of it, and they go, all right, you will 247 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: give you those and it's we got to be at 248 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: least fifteen years into them doing that. Seriously, I mean, 249 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:23,840 Speaker 1: oh yeah, yeah, and now I haven't watched that show 250 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: in at least a decade and they did it then, 251 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 1: So yeah, why wouldn't they give you letters? I know, 252 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:34,679 Speaker 1: it's obvious new thing they're doing. Yeah, does the prices right? 253 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:36,719 Speaker 1: Give you the first two numbers of the how much 254 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 1: of refrigerator costs? Do you think Bob Barker is still 255 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 1: the host? Bob's not, He's gone but a minute? What? Uh? Yeah? So, 256 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 1: but wouldn't it be like that, like every NFL team 257 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 1: would figure out the yard line that's optimal and that 258 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 1: that would be at every time, And then I guess 259 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 1: it's just the other team with they trusted their offense 260 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:57,839 Speaker 1: or their defense more. But you said you were into 261 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:00,320 Speaker 1: crazy rule change. I know that's a crazy rules but 262 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 1: it doesn't make sense to me. I don't get the 263 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:04,320 Speaker 1: benefit of that one. The on side kick one is 264 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:09,199 Speaker 1: interesting to me because that proposal, right, is that you 265 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 1: would have instead of an onside kick, you have a 266 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 1: fourth and fifteen from like your own what was it 267 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 1: twenty five or something like that, So your own twenty 268 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 1: five fourth and fifteen. If you get it, you just 269 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 1: keep going drive as usual. If you don't get it, 270 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 1: the other team gets the ball right there. Oh, so 271 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:27,000 Speaker 1: if it was an incomplete pass right at the line 272 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: of scrimmage, or if you get ten yards, they get 273 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:31,960 Speaker 1: it there on the field. And I thought that was 274 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 1: going to pass because on side kicks have become no 275 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 1: one recovers on side kicks anymore. Well, they got a 276 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 1: couple of years ago, they got rid of the run up, 277 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:42,960 Speaker 1: so they I think it was down to let it 278 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 1: was four percent a couple of years ago. I think 279 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 1: it was down to two percent of onside kicks are recovered, 280 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 1: and I think it was something even less of team's 281 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 1: winning after they recovered the on side kicks. So even 282 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 1: in the rare cases where a team would get the 283 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:59,080 Speaker 1: on side kick, they didn't win the game. They might 284 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 1: go to over time. So I was intrigued by this because, Okay, 285 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:06,559 Speaker 1: this gives teams an alternative, But I think what happened 286 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 1: with that rule and why teams are reluctant to accept it, 287 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,320 Speaker 1: is it does seem to favor the teams that have 288 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 1: a quarterback that have an offense. If you're the Bears 289 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 1: and you have Mitchell Trubisky. You're probably saying, no, I 290 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 1: don't know that. I want to do the fourth and 291 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:28,120 Speaker 1: the fourth and fifteen. Thanks for listening to The Dan 292 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 1: Patrick Show podcast. Be sure to catch us live every 293 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 1: weekday morning nine to noon Eastern or six to nine 294 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 1: Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. Find your local station for 295 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: The Dan Patrick Show at Fox Sports Radio dot com, 296 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:43,120 Speaker 1: or stream us live every day on the iHeartRadio app 297 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 1: by searching f s R, or stream us live on 298 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:52,720 Speaker 1: the Peacock app. Let's welcome in Ben Volan from Boston 299 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 1: Globe senior NFL writer. Hello, Ben, thanks for taking time 300 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 1: to talk to us here today. I register worry about 301 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 1: the rule changes. So just right off the bat here, 302 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 1: what do you think the rule changes that should get 303 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 1: us most excited for this coming season? Doesn't seem like 304 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 1: anything major, but what would you say? No, they really 305 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 1: didn't try to do anything major, especially in a COVID year. 306 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: They didn't want to, you know, rock the boat too much. 307 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:23,160 Speaker 1: But the most interesting thing is adding these responsibilities to 308 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 1: the instant replay judge. And they're they're towing the line 309 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 1: very very carefully. Here. You can tell it's it's like 310 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:33,920 Speaker 1: a half measure to appease the coaches who want less 311 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 1: pressure on them to have to challenge, and the coaches 312 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: just want the calls to be made right. And there's 313 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:41,720 Speaker 1: a lot of people in management and the competition committee, 314 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:44,880 Speaker 1: the ownership level who aren't very comfortable with the idea 315 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 1: of the instant replay official having sway, you know, on 316 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:50,920 Speaker 1: officiating and throwing a flag from the booth and let's 317 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 1: slow everything down to the nanosecond and frame by frame 318 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 1: to see if there should have been an offensive holding calls. 319 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 1: So this is kind of like a half measure that 320 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 1: I think some people all inside the NFL are viewing 321 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 1: a little skeptically because it is taking them to another 322 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:06,760 Speaker 1: threshold that they don't usually like. They did that for 323 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 1: a year when they allowed instant replay to be reviewed, 324 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 1: and they hated it and they got rid of it. 325 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 1: So this is kind of a measure to make the 326 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 1: coach is happy. John Harbaugh from the Ravens and the 327 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 1: Coaches Subcommittee were the ones who really pushed this role, 328 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 1: and so they're making them happy, but they're also kind 329 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 1: of towing the line. And I think there are a 330 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 1: lot of people skeptical of allowing the replay official to 331 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: have too much influence. Is it almost to prevent the 332 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 1: disasters like the big egregious missed call, just the big 333 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 1: play they don't want because I almost feel like I've 334 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: seen officials over the past couple of years, and I 335 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 1: don't know how much communication is between New York and 336 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 1: on the field, but you know, dressed as officials, they 337 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 1: come out with the earpiece in. It seems like there 338 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 1: is some communication already going on. But is this going 339 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 1: a little bit further? Ben, No question, it's going a 340 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 1: lot further. And I think the thing that Rich McKay, 341 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 1: who's the chairman of the Competition Committee, he's the Falcons president, 342 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 1: what he said yesterday is they're only going to allow 343 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,639 Speaker 1: the replay judge to view objective things. What did a 344 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:14,480 Speaker 1: guy step on the line, was the ball over the 345 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:18,240 Speaker 1: goal line? Things that you would think would be objective, 346 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:20,359 Speaker 1: although anyone who's watched football know there's a lot of 347 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:23,679 Speaker 1: gray area in a lot of that stuff. Interestingly, this 348 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:28,439 Speaker 1: proposal would not fix the Saints defensive pass interference call 349 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:30,479 Speaker 1: for the NFC Championship a few years ago, because that's 350 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 1: a that's a judgment call, that's a penalty. This is 351 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:35,679 Speaker 1: only four very objective things that the guys step on 352 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 1: the sideline, did he complete the catch, did the ball 353 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 1: hit the ground. So they're trying to finesse it, and 354 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 1: we'll see how it works this year. But I think 355 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:47,639 Speaker 1: certainly this is something to appease the coaches. Clearly they 356 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 1: don't want to have to challenge anymore. They want the 357 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:52,720 Speaker 1: decision taken away from them. So I think the NFL, 358 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 1: you know, in a best case scenario, this helps get 359 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:57,679 Speaker 1: the calls right, but it doesn't take away from the 360 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:00,439 Speaker 1: powers of the officials on the field. But see how 361 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 1: it works, you know, in reality. Of the other rules, Ben, 362 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 1: what was most interesting to you? I mean, they're all 363 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 1: kind of boilerplates of I mean, the jersey thing is 364 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 1: very interesting. They have opened up the single digit uniforms 365 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:16,920 Speaker 1: to linebackers and wide receivers and everyone's gonna be fighting 366 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 1: for number one and number two, and you know, they're 367 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 1: old college uniforms. But what I found so fascinating about 368 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:25,160 Speaker 1: this I didn't know this rule existed until this rule 369 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 1: got approved yesterday. But if you're a player and you 370 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:30,360 Speaker 1: change your jersey number for next year, you have to 371 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 1: buy all your excess jerseys that are hanging around the 372 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:36,240 Speaker 1: warehouses for the NFL shop. You have to buy out 373 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 1: the jerseys. But if you say I'm going to change 374 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: my uniform in two years from now, that gives the 375 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,880 Speaker 1: NFL enough time to still sell your jersey for next year. 376 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 1: So there's a big financial component to this. And guys 377 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 1: have to decide is it worth changing their jersey if 378 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:52,080 Speaker 1: they have to spring for four thousand jerseys of their 379 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:54,479 Speaker 1: old numbers. So not only do you have to decide 380 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:56,399 Speaker 1: if you want to change your number, Ben, you have 381 00:18:56,520 --> 00:19:00,240 Speaker 1: to call around to warehouses throughout the world, how money 382 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:02,520 Speaker 1: do you have, how many do you have in my jersey? 383 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 1: How much you're selling them for. That's a lot of 384 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:07,560 Speaker 1: work for these players. And I'm like, Okay, you just 385 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 1: bought three thousand of your own jerseys and you're gonna 386 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:11,359 Speaker 1: and you change the numbers, So what are you gotta 387 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 1: do with them? It's it's a fascinating dilemma. Is there 388 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 1: a rule Ben that was not approved that you expected 389 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 1: to get approved, or maybe it's been tabled for years 390 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:26,840 Speaker 1: to come. The only thing that surprised me, frankly, was 391 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:30,040 Speaker 1: that they did approve this rule that gave the expanded 392 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 1: responsibilities to the replay. Judge, I actually didn't think the 393 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:36,399 Speaker 1: NFL was going to move that far. They had a 394 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:38,880 Speaker 1: bunch of fun proposals, and basically all the fun ones 395 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:41,359 Speaker 1: got voted down. And I think I did see that coming, 396 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:44,160 Speaker 1: just because the NFL, like a lot of these owners, 397 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 1: they don't do change lightly. And you know, instituting fourth 398 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 1: and fifteen as an alternative for the onside kick sounds great. 399 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:53,679 Speaker 1: I love it. It'd be a lot of fun. You know, 400 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 1: it might make the NFL look a little arena football ish, 401 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 1: so I think the end of the owners are always 402 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:02,040 Speaker 1: kind of wary of that guy, Judge. As I said before, 403 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 1: the NFL does not really want to take that step 404 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:06,719 Speaker 1: if they don't have to, and said they created a 405 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:09,680 Speaker 1: half measure. You know, the Bills had an interesting proposal 406 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 1: about the timeline for when you can hire coaches. They 407 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:15,800 Speaker 1: think it's a distraction for their coaches who are in 408 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:18,720 Speaker 1: a playoff run to be interviewing for jobs, and maybe 409 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:20,879 Speaker 1: they're at you're at a disadvantage if you make it 410 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:22,480 Speaker 1: all the way to the super Bowl and the hiring 411 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:24,880 Speaker 1: team just wants to move on for the NFL table 412 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 1: and all that stuff. So we've seen it. The last 413 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 1: two years, there have been fewer proposals, and the NFL 414 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 1: has accepted fewer proposals just with COVID. They're not trying 415 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 1: to rock the boat. They're trying to keep things as 416 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 1: normal as possible. Hey, Ben, if you'd asked me a 417 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 1: couple of years ago, I would have said the on 418 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:41,520 Speaker 1: side kick is gone. It's going to be gone within 419 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:45,520 Speaker 1: five years, too dangerous player safety. Now it almost seems 420 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:48,960 Speaker 1: like they're trying to make it work, and I wouldn't 421 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:52,120 Speaker 1: bet against it sticking around for years to come. Am 422 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 1: I wrong in that? Ben? No? And you know that's 423 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:58,119 Speaker 1: another area where they approved of a half measure. You know, 424 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:01,119 Speaker 1: fourth and fifteen would would have taken a blowtorch to 425 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 1: the onside kick. Instead, they're like, let's see if we 426 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 1: can bring the play back. You know that they change 427 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:08,840 Speaker 1: the kickoff rules so much because of health and safety 428 00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 1: that it rendered the onside kick completely, you know, impossible 429 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:15,119 Speaker 1: to recover. I think the numbers I saw were that 430 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 1: four of sixty seven on side kicks last year were recovered. 431 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 1: That's like five percent. You need more than that. You 432 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:24,719 Speaker 1: need the play to be competitive again. So they instituted 433 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:27,960 Speaker 1: this half measure where they're limiting the number of players 434 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 1: the defense can have in the box. You can now 435 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 1: only have nine players in the box. The offense can 436 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:36,200 Speaker 1: only have five on either side. So you know, maybe 437 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 1: that maybe that measure will will help improve the odds 438 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 1: of the on side kick. It's just a one year thing. 439 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:44,840 Speaker 1: The fourth and fifteen will always be around, and if 440 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 1: they just can't get the on side kick, you know, 441 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:49,639 Speaker 1: back to a competitive play, then I think, you know, 442 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:51,560 Speaker 1: then they'll seriously look at fourth and fifteen, But they 443 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:54,120 Speaker 1: don't want to just take that major step. They want 444 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 1: to see if they can fix the play. First, Ben, 445 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:57,919 Speaker 1: I'm going to give you a chance to be wrong. 446 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:00,880 Speaker 1: What do you think Bill Belichick and the Patriots due 447 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 1: on Draft night? Well, that's an area specialty. Especially being 448 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:08,240 Speaker 1: wrong about the Patriots in the draft is my specialty. Look, 449 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 1: I think the play for the quarterback is definitely there. 450 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:13,480 Speaker 1: I don't think there are as many teams in front 451 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 1: of them that want, you know, the final two quarterbacks, 452 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 1: whoever they may end up being, whether it's Lands and Fields, 453 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:22,120 Speaker 1: maybe Matt Jones. But I think a lot of teams 454 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:24,040 Speaker 1: would like to trade out of their picks, and I 455 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,000 Speaker 1: think the Patriots really have to be more worried about 456 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 1: the teams behind them trading up in front of them 457 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:30,680 Speaker 1: for a quarterback like a Washington or a Pittsburgh or 458 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:34,480 Speaker 1: New Orleans then you know, Atlanta, Philly, Carolina. I just 459 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:36,440 Speaker 1: don't see these teams being in it right now. So 460 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:39,080 Speaker 1: of course, you know, the play is there for the 461 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 1: Patriots to go get Trey Lance, and I think that'd 462 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:44,960 Speaker 1: be terrifics sat him beside Kim Newton for a year, 463 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:47,720 Speaker 1: maybe even find a role for Trey Lance, you know, 464 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:50,479 Speaker 1: while maybe do the two quarterback thing like the Saints 465 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:53,439 Speaker 1: did with Taysom Hill and Drew Brees. You know. So 466 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:55,560 Speaker 1: I would like the Patriots to make a bold move 467 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:57,960 Speaker 1: to get one of these quarterbacks. And I think the 468 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,800 Speaker 1: opportunity is there. That said, this is the Patriots. They'll 469 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:04,399 Speaker 1: probably take a guard from Rutgers, you know. And I 470 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:06,360 Speaker 1: do like the idea too. Maybe they take a real 471 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,399 Speaker 1: player at fifteen, but they can always trade up into 472 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 1: the back end of the first round, go get number 473 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 1: thirty one, and go get Kellen Mond or Kyle Trask 474 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:16,520 Speaker 1: or whoever they like there. So to me, it's a 475 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:19,280 Speaker 1: major disappointment if the Patriots don't come out of the 476 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:21,200 Speaker 1: first two days of the draft, the first three rounds 477 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 1: if they don't have a quarterback, because clearly they just 478 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:26,400 Speaker 1: don't have the answer on their roster and they can't 479 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:28,639 Speaker 1: keep doing this where they're just kind of hoping and 480 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:30,719 Speaker 1: praying that a quarterback falls in their lap. They need 481 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 1: to be bold and go do something about it. If 482 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 1: you could pull the fans right now, who do you 483 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 1: think they would pick to be their quarterback next year 484 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:43,240 Speaker 1: and maybe into the future. Cam Newton rookie quarterback or 485 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:49,119 Speaker 1: trade back for Jimmy G. Jimmy Garoppolo. Yeah, Jimmy G 486 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:52,240 Speaker 1: is the guy that I think fans realistically won as 487 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 1: the answer. I just don't think it's going to happen 488 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:57,920 Speaker 1: this year. I just get the sense the Niners feel 489 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:00,760 Speaker 1: they have a championship caliber roster and they're not ready 490 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,440 Speaker 1: to turn that team over to some rookie, especially coming 491 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:05,560 Speaker 1: off a COVID year and a you know, a strange 492 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 1: pre draft process. So I think they're serious about keeping Garoppolo. 493 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:12,440 Speaker 1: I think I do think he'll be a play next offseason, 494 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:15,359 Speaker 1: but I just don't see it right now. The Patriots 495 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:17,800 Speaker 1: fans are not into Cam Newton. There's been a lot 496 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:20,639 Speaker 1: of unrest from the fans, like this is the best 497 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 1: that you guys could do again after the season that 498 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 1: Cam just had. So we'll see. But clearly rookie. You know, 499 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:29,439 Speaker 1: the fans are ready for the team to invest in 500 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:32,280 Speaker 1: a rookie. I don't get the sense that they necessarily 501 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 1: want fields over Lance or anything of that nature. I 502 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:37,320 Speaker 1: keep hearing that Lance would be a tremendous fit for 503 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:40,320 Speaker 1: the Patriots offense. Again, he's a guy who needs to sit. 504 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:43,040 Speaker 1: So that's, you know, no pressure situation with the Patriots. 505 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 1: Cam can play for this year and then and Trey 506 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 1: Lance could sit. But the fans overwhelmingly want this team 507 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:52,600 Speaker 1: to go big, go bold, and invest in a quarterback. Well, Ben, 508 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 1: I'm rooting for you. I don't want you to be wrong. 509 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:56,480 Speaker 1: I want you to be right. You're right about a 510 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:59,919 Speaker 1: whole lot. Ben Vollan, senior NFL writer for the Boston Global. 511 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:01,600 Speaker 1: A lot of great insights on the rule changes in 512 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:03,800 Speaker 1: the NFL and what the Patriots may or may not do. 513 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:07,080 Speaker 1: Thanks Ben, all right, thanks a lot. Thanks for listening 514 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:09,480 Speaker 1: to The Dan Patrick Show podcast. Be sure to catch 515 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:12,440 Speaker 1: us live every weekday morning nine until noon Eastern six 516 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 1: to nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, and you can 517 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:19,359 Speaker 1: find us on the iHeartRadio app at FSR or stream 518 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:23,920 Speaker 1: us live on the Peacock app. Welcome in, Matt Mayoko, 519 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:26,400 Speaker 1: who I used to work with over at NBC Sports 520 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:28,919 Speaker 1: Bay Area. Matt, great to see you again. I know 521 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 1: this has been a crazy month for you. But ever 522 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:35,960 Speaker 1: since that trade happened, what has it been like covering 523 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:38,879 Speaker 1: a draft pick that's not going to happen for like 524 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:42,639 Speaker 1: four or five weeks. Well, it's been great from the 525 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:45,959 Speaker 1: standpoint that we've been able to provide a lot of 526 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 1: contents on three quarterbacks that the forty nine ers Kyle 527 00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:53,639 Speaker 1: Shanahan and John Lynch in particular, have flown around the 528 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:57,440 Speaker 1: country to watch. So with the number three overall pick, 529 00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 1: we assume that Trevor Lawrence is going to be off 530 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:01,960 Speaker 1: the board and Zach Wilson is going to be off 531 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,679 Speaker 1: the board. So the forty nine ers have racked up 532 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:07,240 Speaker 1: some I would say frequent flyer miles, but I think 533 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:12,800 Speaker 1: they're private jet miles going to Tuscaloosa to Columbus and 534 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:15,880 Speaker 1: too Fargo, and I know most STEMS people go there. 535 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 1: It's to you relax in vacation three great vacation spots. 536 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:22,960 Speaker 1: But the forty nine ers have been working to figure 537 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 1: out which quarterback they will select with that number three 538 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 1: overall pick. And frankly, they really haven't supplied any clues 539 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:34,600 Speaker 1: to which way they're leaning with that, all right, So 540 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:38,400 Speaker 1: no clues out there. You hear media reports, You hear 541 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:42,439 Speaker 1: a lot of mac Jones initially, and then he shows 542 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:46,080 Speaker 1: up in in Columbus and justin Fields now is the 543 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:49,119 Speaker 1: betting favorite, and then no, Trey Lance is coming strong. 544 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:50,880 Speaker 1: Now now I think mac Jones is back to being 545 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:54,400 Speaker 1: the betting favorites. So if you were to put your 546 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 1: own hard earned money, Matt Mayoko on one of those quarterbacks, 547 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 1: which one do you think it would be that the 548 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:03,840 Speaker 1: forty nine ers are going to call at number three? Well, 549 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 1: I would say from the beginning, the guy that kind 550 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:11,399 Speaker 1: of stood out to me as the person who best 551 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 1: fits the description of a Kyle Shanahan quarterback is mac Jones. 552 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:22,679 Speaker 1: And I know there's a very wide disparity and wide 553 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:27,120 Speaker 1: range of opinions about him, and that you know, I'm 554 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:29,879 Speaker 1: sure he does not at all fit what some teams 555 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:33,879 Speaker 1: want to do. I think other teams he fits very well, 556 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:35,919 Speaker 1: and I think the forty nine Ers are one of 557 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:40,800 Speaker 1: those teams from just the standpoint of playing traditional quarterback. 558 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:43,320 Speaker 1: And you'll, no, he's not going to run around and 559 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:47,199 Speaker 1: make plays and make plays off script and all that stuff. 560 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:50,040 Speaker 1: But I don't think Kyle Shanahan wants a guy who's 561 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 1: going to necessarily make plays off script, because Kyle Shanahan 562 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:57,320 Speaker 1: is very confident in his own ability to draw up 563 00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:01,400 Speaker 1: plays against a certain defense, and he expects the ball 564 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:04,120 Speaker 1: to come out on time and to be on target 565 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:07,240 Speaker 1: and to get yards after the catch. And that's why 566 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:10,160 Speaker 1: I certainly leaned toward Mac Jones as being that selection 567 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 1: at number three. So I know you work with Jeff Garcia, 568 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,639 Speaker 1: NFL quarterback eleven years, five years with the forty nine Ers. 569 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm curious if you talked with him 570 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 1: at all about those three rookie quarterbacks and his thoughts 571 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:24,200 Speaker 1: on some of the pros and cons of each of them. Yeah. 572 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:27,920 Speaker 1: I haven't specifically here in the last few weeks, but 573 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:33,000 Speaker 1: I do believe that he's a justin fields guy, and 574 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:35,840 Speaker 1: you know, the fan base out here certainly wants to 575 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 1: see justin fields. You know, from my standpoint, I think 576 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:45,000 Speaker 1: I'd be probably more inclined to lean toward Trey Lance. 577 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:48,880 Speaker 1: I think Justin Fields, I mean both all three of 578 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 1: these guys are really outstanding or we're really outstanding collegiate quarterbacks. 579 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 1: They're all off the charts smart as far as just 580 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:05,480 Speaker 1: football knowledge and just smarts in general. The one thing 581 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:08,880 Speaker 1: that that kind of gives me pause about Justin Fields, though, 582 00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:11,880 Speaker 1: is just the high number of sacks that he took 583 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:15,240 Speaker 1: while at Ohio State. For whatever reason. You know, we 584 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:20,120 Speaker 1: know that Ohio State, just as Alabama and North Dakota 585 00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:24,720 Speaker 1: State at the FCS level, all those teams, all those 586 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:28,640 Speaker 1: programs are a cut above the competition they're facing by 587 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:31,080 Speaker 1: and large on a weekly basis up until, of course, 588 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:34,880 Speaker 1: the playoffs. And for Justin Fields to take as many 589 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:37,960 Speaker 1: sacks as he takes, to me, is a little bit 590 00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:41,960 Speaker 1: alarming because it's not like it's going to be easier 591 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,720 Speaker 1: once you get to the NFL level, and so much 592 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:47,880 Speaker 1: of it is getting rid of the ball on time 593 00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:53,280 Speaker 1: and not relying on your escapeability. And that's something that 594 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 1: I think in the NFL you see is that you 595 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:59,040 Speaker 1: know quarterbacks who are able to keep plays alive longer 596 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:03,400 Speaker 1: and make more big plays off script. Are also the 597 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:06,800 Speaker 1: quarterbacks who get sacked more. I think that would would 598 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:09,520 Speaker 1: bear out if you look at the quarterbacks in the 599 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:12,560 Speaker 1: NFL level. And so I just I don't think that 600 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:16,520 Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan wants those negative plays. I mean, for him, 601 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:19,640 Speaker 1: a negative play is if it wasn't drawn up properly, 602 00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:22,960 Speaker 1: or it's the wrong play call against the wrong defense. 603 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:26,920 Speaker 1: Get rid of the ball and live to play another down. 604 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:29,920 Speaker 1: It's not necessarily run around and maybe there's a chance 605 00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:32,000 Speaker 1: that he can break off a fifteen yard run, but 606 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:35,040 Speaker 1: also there's a chance that he's going to be dropped 607 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:37,200 Speaker 1: for a twelve yard sack. So I just don't think 608 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:41,920 Speaker 1: that balance is something that necessarily would fit with Kyle Shanahan. 609 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:45,920 Speaker 1: That said, of course they'll end up taking justin field 610 00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:49,400 Speaker 1: and we'll play this tape back. Matt, please do, yeah, 611 00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:51,400 Speaker 1: please do. Matt Maoke has been covering the forty nine 612 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:53,920 Speaker 1: ers for years with NBC Sports Bay Area. So what 613 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:56,840 Speaker 1: happened with Jimmy g How did this all turn? Because 614 00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:59,040 Speaker 1: it wasn't long ago they were trading a second round 615 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:01,719 Speaker 1: pick form there m a lot of money which they 616 00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:04,240 Speaker 1: are still paying him. He almost won a Super Bowl, 617 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:07,400 Speaker 1: came one or two passes away from doing that. What change? 618 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:10,520 Speaker 1: Why have they soured on Jimmy g You think, yeah, well, 619 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:13,080 Speaker 1: I'll try to make this as brief as possible, But yeah, 620 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:14,840 Speaker 1: I mean they acquired him in the middle of the 621 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:17,719 Speaker 1: twenty seventeen season. He had about a week or I'm 622 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:20,320 Speaker 1: sorry a month to learn the playbook and he was 623 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:23,360 Speaker 1: basically learning it a game plan by game plan. Wasn't 624 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:25,720 Speaker 1: learning the entire offense. He gets in at the end 625 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:29,040 Speaker 1: of the twenty seventeen season and just let it fly 626 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:32,360 Speaker 1: in the forty years, won five games, he played exceptionally well, 627 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:35,000 Speaker 1: and then they award him that contract. But really what 628 00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:39,400 Speaker 1: happened with Garoppolo is he never really took that next step. 629 00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:41,880 Speaker 1: And I think there was a lot of frustration on 630 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:45,120 Speaker 1: the part of Kyle Shanahan of drawing the play up, 631 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:49,880 Speaker 1: explaining during the week what your reads are and this 632 00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:52,120 Speaker 1: is going to pop open. All you have to do 633 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:54,680 Speaker 1: is trust it and let it fly. And I don't 634 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:59,760 Speaker 1: know that he made those kinds of anticipation. Throws up 635 00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:02,480 Speaker 1: to the liking of Kyle Shanahan. So if there was 636 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:05,760 Speaker 1: some frustration there, and even in the Super Bowl, not 637 00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:08,840 Speaker 1: even talk about the Emmanuel Sanders overthrow, but there were 638 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,200 Speaker 1: a couple plays before that where if he had just 639 00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:16,760 Speaker 1: trusted his coaching and throwing the ball on schedule, the 640 00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:19,720 Speaker 1: forty nine is probably win that game. And then you 641 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:22,640 Speaker 1: factor in so that frustration along with the fact that 642 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:25,640 Speaker 1: two of the past three years he hasn't remained healthy. 643 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:28,880 Speaker 1: In twenty eighteen, the forty nine Ers appeared to be 644 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:31,320 Speaker 1: ready to kind of break through and perhaps be a 645 00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:34,280 Speaker 1: playoff team, and he gets injured a third game of 646 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:37,720 Speaker 1: the season, an ill advised a play on his part 647 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:39,760 Speaker 1: to try to cut it back inside when he should 648 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,280 Speaker 1: have just run out of bounds, tears his ACL and then, 649 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:45,120 Speaker 1: of course last year a couple of different high ankle sprains. 650 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:48,360 Speaker 1: So I think that the combination of a little bit 651 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:51,800 Speaker 1: of frustration of how he was running the offense as 652 00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:56,000 Speaker 1: well as the major frustration of not having him available 653 00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:58,760 Speaker 1: for by and large two of the past three seasons, 654 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,040 Speaker 1: and the forty nine Ers have decided we can't continue 655 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:05,680 Speaker 1: to risk this. We need our best quarterback on the field, 656 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:08,320 Speaker 1: so let's go get a new best quarterback, all right, 657 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:12,080 Speaker 1: So then last one Matt after that, after they take 658 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:15,080 Speaker 1: a quarterback, which everyone thinks they're gonna do what happens 659 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:17,880 Speaker 1: with Jimmy Garoppolo, because there's this thought, and you mentioned 660 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:19,960 Speaker 1: it there that if Jimmy g stays on the roster, 661 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:21,960 Speaker 1: wins the job, has a really good year, they go 662 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:25,000 Speaker 1: to the playoffs, and then then what do you do? 663 00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:27,200 Speaker 1: And I say to them, you're talking to a Detroit 664 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:31,280 Speaker 1: Lions fan and you're painting playoffs with a quarterback as 665 00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:33,760 Speaker 1: a bad case scenario. I would love that as with 666 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:36,280 Speaker 1: two quarterbacks. So what do you think they do? Can 667 00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:39,920 Speaker 1: they trade Jimmy Gee? We talked to Ben Voland from 668 00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:42,800 Speaker 1: Boston said Patriots fans would love to have him back. 669 00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:44,840 Speaker 1: Do you think they ultimately keep them as as an 670 00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:48,560 Speaker 1: insurance policy or trade them? That that is one that's 671 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:51,440 Speaker 1: very difficult. They answer. I would think that if they 672 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:54,960 Speaker 1: get somebody like Mac Jones or even Justin Fields. I 673 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:58,280 Speaker 1: think guys who have played a lot of football here recently, 674 00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:03,000 Speaker 1: I think that they could definitely look to trade Jimmy Garoppolo. 675 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:08,879 Speaker 1: And so with no guaranteed money, also, you know they 676 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:11,120 Speaker 1: can trade him, they can cut him. I don't think 677 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:13,640 Speaker 1: they would cut him, but they can get rid of 678 00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:16,760 Speaker 1: that contract and save that twenty five million for future. 679 00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:19,359 Speaker 1: You know guys who are coming up on deals such 680 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:23,480 Speaker 1: as Nick Bosa, Fred Warner, Mike McGlinchey, and some others 681 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:27,440 Speaker 1: with if they were to get a trade Lance, I 682 00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:30,319 Speaker 1: would think just because he hasn't played much football here 683 00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:32,439 Speaker 1: in the last year and a half, they would hold 684 00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:35,439 Speaker 1: on to Garoppolo. Now. Before the news broke on March 685 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:37,880 Speaker 1: twenty sixth that they were trade making this trade up 686 00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:42,040 Speaker 1: to three, Kyle Shanahan reached out to Jimmy Garoppolo and 687 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:45,640 Speaker 1: basically what's been told him is do what Alex Smith 688 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:49,680 Speaker 1: did with the Kansas City Chiefs in twenty seventeen, and 689 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:53,080 Speaker 1: that was, you know, you're the air apparent is behind you. 690 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:56,479 Speaker 1: In the case of Patrick Mahomes, if you go out 691 00:34:56,840 --> 00:35:00,799 Speaker 1: play well, the team benefits because, as you mentioned, could 692 00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:03,879 Speaker 1: be playoffs, could be a march to the Super Bowl, 693 00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:07,640 Speaker 1: who knows. But ultimately, if Garoppolo stays on the field 694 00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:12,000 Speaker 1: and produces while also grooming the rookie behind him, now 695 00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:15,239 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, he can parlay that into a 696 00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:19,960 Speaker 1: great situation in twenty twenty two with another team. And 697 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:22,080 Speaker 1: in the case of Alex Smith, when he moved on 698 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:26,360 Speaker 1: to Washington, he got a really nice contract. So you 699 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:29,839 Speaker 1: know what's been pitched to Garoppolo is, yeah, you're disappointed, 700 00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:32,360 Speaker 1: you're pissed off all that stuff, but go out and 701 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:37,120 Speaker 1: play good football and everybody benefits, first and foremost yourself. 702 00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:40,600 Speaker 1: It's gonna be fascinating what they do when they're on 703 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:43,239 Speaker 1: the clock. A week from today, Matt Mayoko will be 704 00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:45,160 Speaker 1: all over it. You can follow him on Twitter, he's 705 00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:48,000 Speaker 1: got a podcast, he's on TV, he is everywhere. Matt 706 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:51,279 Speaker 1: Mayoco my good friend from NBC Sports Bay Area. Be good, 707 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,919 Speaker 1: my friend. 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