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Speaker 1: Be Around the NFL podcast comes up with new bits

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Speaker 1: faster than Greg can kill. There from the Chris Westling

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Speaker 1: podcast studio, It's around the NFL. I'm Dan Jansas. Got

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Speaker 1: some heroes here, Greg roseatal Mark Sessler, Apologies, I missed

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Speaker 1: Monday's show. I haven't killed a bit in a while.

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Speaker 1: By the way, are we allowed to say where you were? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Well you know I missed the show. Like Tom Brady, Um,

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Speaker 1: I had a personal matter and uh, I needed to

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Speaker 1: step away in August tend to some issues, but I'll

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Speaker 1: be back and I am back. That personal matter was

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Speaker 1: taking my two children with my wife, uh to Legoland

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Speaker 1: two nights, two days. It's a lot um the dense

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Speaker 1: voyage I've been there. It's yeah, it's uh. There's literally

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Speaker 1: a song in the Lego universe called this Song is

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Speaker 1: Gonna Get Stuck Inside your Head that plays on Loop there.

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Speaker 1: It's a lot Uh. Tuesday morning, we were at the

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Speaker 1: breakfast buffet in Um, one of the hotels on the grounds.

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Speaker 1: Emily comes up to me and says, I think there's

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Speaker 1: a famous guy around the corner. And as I go, okay,

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Speaker 1: and she's like, I thought at first he was a guy.

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Speaker 1: He looks like a southern boy. I thought maybe I

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Speaker 1: went to college with him, but now I think he

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Speaker 1: might be famous. And I turned the corner and there

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Speaker 1: he is, and I think this is a safe space.

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Speaker 1: I don't feel like I'm blowing up his spot because

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Speaker 1: by the time people listen to this, there's no way that, um,

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Speaker 1: you could do more than two days and lego land,

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Speaker 1: he's gone unless you were actually trapped there. Um. Drew

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Speaker 1: Brees was there with his wife and what appeared to

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Speaker 1: respected uh Drew Brees for being in this mess hall

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Speaker 1: chowing down on room temperature sausage and scrambled scrambled eggs

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Speaker 1: that had been battered by the heat lamp over the

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Speaker 1: over hours, just real like every guy stuff. So we

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Speaker 1: made awkward eye contact at one point, uh to just

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Speaker 1: two NFL giants, you know, by happenstance, thrown together. Um,

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Speaker 1: And it was a special moment. I would ask, like

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Speaker 1: number one, if people were, you know, noticing him and

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Speaker 1: approaching him, But where they noticing you and approaching you?

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Speaker 1: I didn't know. I didn't get it. There were no sightings,

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Speaker 1: no spottings of a t N from a t N

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Speaker 1: fans um, although um I did. It did get me

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Speaker 1: ruminating on fame and true fame when I saw Breeze,

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Speaker 1: because Drew Brees is Drew Brees. And one thing that

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Speaker 1: look like superhuman like so many pro athletes. It looks

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Speaker 1: like a regular dude. But it's also yeah, he's also

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Speaker 1: one of the most recognizable professional athletes in this country

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Speaker 1: of the last twenty years. Saved to your wife who

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Speaker 1: thought it was a college boyfriend, Yeah, well I don't

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Speaker 1: think a boyfriend and I wouldn't again, like when that's where,

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Speaker 1: that's where I go with it. But when you talk

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Speaker 1: about my wife, you know, let's let's take it easy.

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Speaker 1: So with the uh insinuation and he immediately goes there,

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Speaker 1: I know that was where my my memory was. Its tasteful,

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Speaker 1: in college then. But that's even more vague and bizarre.

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Speaker 1: But anyway, yeah, I imagine I hope he wasn't bombarded

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Speaker 1: But I don't know how it doesn't happen. Did you

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Speaker 1: make um while you were there, because you know they

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Speaker 1: with the legos. Did you make anything? Did you sit

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Speaker 1: down with them and make anything out of legos yourself?

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Speaker 1: And if so, what? I never touched a lego? No,

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Speaker 1: I can't even imagine what is on those legos. And

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Speaker 1: the children were sanitizing the hands at a furious level.

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Speaker 1: Put it that one. That's a logical argument to have

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Speaker 1: to stay away. Um, but I'm happy to be back,

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Speaker 1: and UM, thank you to Patrick Claibon for sitting in

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Speaker 1: today's show. We are going to listen. It's not March madness, Greggy,

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Speaker 1: gonna be September madness because we have, uh, we're gonna

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Speaker 1: break down all of the Week one games. They're sixteen

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Speaker 1: and we're gonna do it bracket style, March madness style, uh,

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Speaker 1: the Rams and Bills. I can imagine that, but our

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Speaker 1: that really drilled down down onto what game is gonna be? What?

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Speaker 1: What does the game that gets you? What's the one

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Speaker 1: external power. So if Greg, if Greg says I want

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Speaker 1: So that would be just being honest. Well here's my concern.

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Speaker 1: I'm concerned because Greg is already saying he wants to

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Speaker 1: is well documented their relationship. Maybe the Rams aren't gonna

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Speaker 1: go in chalk. Spice is good all right, Yeah, we

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Speaker 1: don't want to go chalk um, but before that, let's

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Speaker 1: do some news. Yes, Dan Tallica a k a. Dan Campbell,

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Speaker 1: head coach of the Detroit lines from episode two of

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Speaker 1: Hard Knocks, and if if you love Hard Knocks or

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Speaker 1: if you love this show, if you love both, you

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Speaker 1: gotta check out the Hard Knocks podcast with me and

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Speaker 1: Colleen Wolf. Episode two dropped last night. We talked about

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Speaker 1: Dan Campbell, of course, but it wasn't all Campbell an

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Speaker 1: episode two, Mark. There was a lot of your boy

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Speaker 1: sweet what was that, Dave? And there was a little

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Speaker 1: bit of a better sweetness to it all because it

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Speaker 1: didn't end in a storybook way an episode two. That

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Speaker 1: is the nature of David Blow. There's a reason he's

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Speaker 1: often forgotten by the public for months at a time

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Speaker 1: is a sense of tragedy to his on field career potentially,

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Speaker 1: but the person himself. Um, I thought did a nice

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Speaker 1: you know, we'll we'll just save it for your guys

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Speaker 1: comments you and Colleen. I mean the show is great. Um.

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Speaker 1: I I just I find this to be my favorite.

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Speaker 1: I've had issues with Hard Knocks when it follows just

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Speaker 1: the Detroit Lions tangibly from everything we thought about them

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Speaker 1: the entire time we've done this show. They're the ultimate

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Speaker 1: UK fans listening to this show Hard Knocks drops for

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Speaker 1: and then check out the podcast with Connie and I check.

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Speaker 1: That's how long it takes to send the tapes across

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Speaker 1: the city. It is in some levels, it's still one.

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Speaker 1: Let's get into it. Let's start with the Chargers who

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Speaker 1: get a deal done with Derwin James. Four years, seventy

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Speaker 1: six point four million dollar extension, forty two million guaranteed.

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Speaker 1: He's the highest paid safety in league history. Don't tell

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Speaker 1: Jamal Adams. It's like information campaign announce Seattle, just shutting

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Speaker 1: care of financially. Sure, I mean sure, I'm sure he's

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Speaker 1: fine anyway, Derwin James fantastic, Uh when healthy hasn't always

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Speaker 1: that's another one. And spoiler, um, a lot of spoilers. Yeah,

426
00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:19,960
Speaker 1: it's been a while, although it kind of spoiled it

427
00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:23,280
Speaker 1: because at some point I would watch pulp fiction again

428
00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:25,560
Speaker 1: and by now I've forgotten that I actually didn't. I

429
00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:27,520
Speaker 1: have no well, that's what happened, That's what happened to

430
00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:29,720
Speaker 1: Peter Scheger, I think, But I I also don't have

431
00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:31,520
Speaker 1: a lot of sympathy for the concept of that. Not

432
00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:36,439
Speaker 1: it's not an anti Peters. He's wonderful that it's not.

433
00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:38,359
Speaker 1: I think a lot of people. I think if you

434
00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:40,960
Speaker 1: watched it in and I have not watched it since,

435
00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:42,960
Speaker 1: it would be easy for things to escape, right. I

436
00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:46,520
Speaker 1: think at this point though Schreeger and Marks relationship, I

437
00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:48,440
Speaker 1: don't know if it's going to recover it. It's great,

438
00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:51,320
Speaker 1: I tweeted out him and he tweeted right, Elevator incident

439
00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:53,840
Speaker 1: is something that we don't you know, that was a

440
00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:58,439
Speaker 1: positive in respect You're you're attempting to frame it a

441
00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:00,480
Speaker 1: certain way, as you've been doing all show the variety

442
00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:02,520
Speaker 1: of topics, but that's this is just, you know, another

443
00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:04,840
Speaker 1: one of those things. But to your point, good that

444
00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:07,879
Speaker 1: NASA got a job because I did. I remember, like

445
00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,160
Speaker 1: you look at his PF grade last year, he played

446
00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:13,040
Speaker 1: quite well. Yeah, back in March when he got released,

447
00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:15,040
Speaker 1: I said on the show was like, keep an eye

448
00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:18,440
Speaker 1: on this one because now if he doesn't get signed

449
00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,240
Speaker 1: this it would not be good optics for the league.

450
00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:24,080
Speaker 1: And I'm glad he's still and on on some level,

451
00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:26,560
Speaker 1: even though you'd like to think it's not a factor,

452
00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:30,119
Speaker 1: it's not a total surprise that it's Todd Bowles and

453
00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:34,400
Speaker 1: this buck staff that's giving him the job, like the

454
00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:38,080
Speaker 1: the most kind of open and diverse uh staff in

455
00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:41,000
Speaker 1: NFL history. Essentially, they're probably lucky that cam Gill had

456
00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:42,840
Speaker 1: a foot injury too. That's sort of what opened the

457
00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:44,520
Speaker 1: door for this. But you're but you're right there. They're

458
00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:47,719
Speaker 1: they're thin there. They do not have a third rusher.

459
00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:50,960
Speaker 1: In other news to Man, we talked about the Blauhard

460
00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:56,560
Speaker 1: Nation Um. Kim Dam DJ Nation is in mourning today,

461
00:23:56,600 --> 00:24:01,320
Speaker 1: the former first rounder. He was cut by the forty

462
00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:05,080
Speaker 1: niners um and is he gonna sing a song? No,

463
00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:08,159
Speaker 1: I'm not the songs I like to sing the songs

464
00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:11,320
Speaker 1: during times of hope for Kim DJ when he's joining

465
00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:15,639
Speaker 1: a new team. This makes me concerned because you know

466
00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:18,960
Speaker 1: now several teams have said goodbye, he's not getting younger.

467
00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:22,200
Speaker 1: I hope, I hope I sing about him d J again,

468
00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:26,560
Speaker 1: but we don't know. And finally in the news, speaking

469
00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:32,640
Speaker 1: of players who had wild pre draft stories, I want

470
00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:34,600
Speaker 1: to bring this up because I watched it last night,

471
00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:42,320
Speaker 1: the Man Titeo documentary on Netflix. It's called Untold. It's

472
00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:46,240
Speaker 1: part of a series The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist. And

473
00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:50,199
Speaker 1: if you were someone that works in football, or is

474
00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:52,760
Speaker 1: a football fan, or just remembers the story, I cannot

475
00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:56,680
Speaker 1: recommend this enough because it really does give you such

476
00:24:56,720 --> 00:25:01,560
Speaker 1: a better understanding of everything behind it. Both the victim

477
00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:05,200
Speaker 1: in this and make no mistake, Manteo was very much

478
00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:09,480
Speaker 1: a victim UH in this catfishing scam and the man

479
00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:14,840
Speaker 1: now woman identifies as a transgender woman UM who catfished

480
00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:20,400
Speaker 1: um Teo during his final years at Notre Dame. And

481
00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:24,280
Speaker 1: I think it's really sad. It's a really sad story.

482
00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:28,560
Speaker 1: And we we were covering the NFL for NFL Media

483
00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:31,840
Speaker 1: when all this went down. I remember um I was

484
00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:36,480
Speaker 1: at that combine where he spoken of that. I remember

485
00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,720
Speaker 1: being the second level at Radio City Music Hall, interviewing

486
00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:44,240
Speaker 1: than Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly um about the TEO.

487
00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:46,880
Speaker 1: When he got drafted finally by the Chargers, he fell

488
00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:49,520
Speaker 1: out of the first round because of this scandal. He

489
00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:52,679
Speaker 1: and then you learn more about him. He speaks on

490
00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:55,280
Speaker 1: how it's stuck with him after as you would expect,

491
00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:58,000
Speaker 1: and he said it affected him on the football field.

492
00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,560
Speaker 1: It changed. It kind of changed the way he coached life,

493
00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:03,399
Speaker 1: the way he felt about things. His instincts weren't the same.

494
00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:06,160
Speaker 1: And you know, you could say, all right, but also

495
00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:09,200
Speaker 1: maybe he wasn't a guy that was a good fit

496
00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:11,560
Speaker 1: in the NFL. Maybe he wouldn't to last. And he

497
00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:15,080
Speaker 1: did hang around with the Chargers than the Saints. He

498
00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:17,200
Speaker 1: bounced around a little bit. He's currently out of the league.

499
00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:20,360
Speaker 1: Eight year career. Yeah, so, which is is nice. But

500
00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:23,040
Speaker 1: the falling out of the first round cost a millions

501
00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:26,200
Speaker 1: and the fact that he probably didn't get to reach

502
00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:31,080
Speaker 1: I believe him after um watching this, that that had

503
00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:34,400
Speaker 1: a took a toll on him mentally and physically. So

504
00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:37,879
Speaker 1: check it out. I I can't I can't endorse it more.

505
00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:40,280
Speaker 1: If you're someone that wants to hear the human side

506
00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:45,480
Speaker 1: of that story. I'm looking forward sounds strange because it's

507
00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:47,120
Speaker 1: a it's a strange story, but I am looking forward

508
00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:50,439
Speaker 1: to watching that. I think if you weren't around for

509
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:53,359
Speaker 1: that time, to me, it's like the definitive dead Spin

510
00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:59,280
Speaker 1: era story, Like it was a different online culture at

511
00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:02,679
Speaker 1: that moment and more more than anything, and maybe it

512
00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:04,000
Speaker 1: was like kind of a sign of things to come.

513
00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:06,720
Speaker 1: There's certainly stories that just take over the Internet now too,

514
00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:09,640
Speaker 1: but that was like one of the first unique stories.

515
00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:11,960
Speaker 1: I think that just to me was like Internet culture

516
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,000
Speaker 1: in a nutshell. And I forgot being in our newsroom

517
00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:19,240
Speaker 1: when that story launched, and suddenly, you know, loud newsroom,

518
00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:21,639
Speaker 1: it goes silent because everyone in there is starting to

519
00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:23,520
Speaker 1: read it, and it took It's a long epic of

520
00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:25,760
Speaker 1: a tale, and they were quiet for a long time,

521
00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:28,640
Speaker 1: and and dead's been we we hear from and see

522
00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:31,600
Speaker 1: some of the principal people behind the piece and the

523
00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:34,880
Speaker 1: reporting that kind of exposed the lie. And I guess

524
00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:37,800
Speaker 1: I should say maybe some people don't know that met Dtao,

525
00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:42,479
Speaker 1: who was a star linebacker, had um a girlfriend online,

526
00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:45,000
Speaker 1: an online girlfriend that he had not met that he

527
00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,679
Speaker 1: um fell fell in love with and and thought he

528
00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:50,600
Speaker 1: was in a real relationship. It turned out not to

529
00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:54,359
Speaker 1: be um even a woman and um, and it became

530
00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:57,520
Speaker 1: a huge story because this woman man at the time

531
00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:59,920
Speaker 1: it attempted to get out of it by saying that

532
00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:04,159
Speaker 1: his girlfriend had died. So when his grandmother died the

533
00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,440
Speaker 1: same day that he was told that his girlfriend died,

534
00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:08,560
Speaker 1: he said that to the media and it became a

535
00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,639
Speaker 1: huge story. But it turned out to be not true,

536
00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,560
Speaker 1: so it was it was blown up, and uh, it

537
00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:18,040
Speaker 1: was just a crazy story and interesting how society has

538
00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:22,439
Speaker 1: changed because he was vilified by people Teo and a

539
00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:25,040
Speaker 1: lot of the conversation was, oh, he must be gay.

540
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:27,960
Speaker 1: That was what everyone was asking about Man Tai Teo

541
00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:30,879
Speaker 1: after this, instead of taking his word for it or

542
00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:33,080
Speaker 1: giving him the benefit of the down. Really sad in

543
00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:37,239
Speaker 1: some ways, uh many ways. Actually, all right, let's take

544
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:51,960
Speaker 1: a break and when we come back, September madness, welcome back,

545
00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:59,840
Speaker 1: March madness whatever, not such a big deal. The ones

546
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:05,520
Speaker 1: onning moment we care about is September, September football, September madness.

547
00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:09,040
Speaker 1: Is there a word instead of madness that allows us

548
00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:11,920
Speaker 1: to have that sizzle, the double M sizzle and s

549
00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:17,400
Speaker 1: s September sizzle. Yeah, I mean it was right there

550
00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:21,000
Speaker 1: for I like, it's September sizzle. Do you want to go?

551
00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:26,360
Speaker 1: I don't know. To two writers, I thought September. What

552
00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:31,680
Speaker 1: if you flip in like sensuous September? You like to

553
00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:34,080
Speaker 1: have the month first? Okay, Um, all right, let's work

554
00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:40,800
Speaker 1: September sex gone in the wrong direction. All right, this

555
00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:43,440
Speaker 1: is what we're doing. We are excited for week one.

556
00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:44,800
Speaker 1: How could you not be excited for a week one?

557
00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:47,440
Speaker 1: Like Greg said, like the reason why I love the draft.

558
00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:51,280
Speaker 1: For instance, it's hope season. Everyone's feeling good about their team,

559
00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:54,720
Speaker 1: and everybody tell it like four o'clock Eastern. Alright, calm down,

560
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:59,640
Speaker 1: tortured Browns fan. Everyone is thrilled for the start of

561
00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:01,880
Speaker 1: a new season. I can remember being a kid and

562
00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:06,600
Speaker 1: getting up early, and you know, I was like, Mom,

563
00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:09,560
Speaker 1: I'm going to church early. You gotta I'm going to

564
00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:11,920
Speaker 1: the eleven a m mess. I need to clear the

565
00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:14,719
Speaker 1: decks for the start of another season. I woke up

566
00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:16,200
Speaker 1: with a bounce of my step, and I still do

567
00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:18,600
Speaker 1: on some level, even after all the years of misery

568
00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:21,880
Speaker 1: from my own fandom. So there's hope for everyone, Yes,

569
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,960
Speaker 1: even Jets fans, even Browns fans. Well, let's not talk

570
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,000
Speaker 1: about the Browns, but we will talk about the Browns

571
00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:30,240
Speaker 1: because we're gonna go through each game in week one

572
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:35,040
Speaker 1: bracket style. And yes you can't. Don't get mad at me.

573
00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:39,240
Speaker 1: I am. Don't shoot the messenger. The Selection Committee has

574
00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:44,800
Speaker 1: ranked all sixteen games one through six. Committee. Again, we

575
00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:47,880
Speaker 1: don't need to dive in. This is like the JFK assassination.

576
00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:49,640
Speaker 1: This is not the time or place to try to

577
00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:53,800
Speaker 1: figure things out. Don't investigatings happen. Yeah, there's no conspiracy here.

578
00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:58,680
Speaker 1: This is what case closed. The Selection Committee has come

579
00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:02,560
Speaker 1: in with a through six teen. Let's start um with

580
00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:05,200
Speaker 1: the bracket and if you're watching on YouTube, you can

581
00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:07,600
Speaker 1: see this beautiful bracket behind never there's a show to

582
00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:10,240
Speaker 1: watch on YouTube. This is it. Soon we have Randy

583
00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:12,720
Speaker 1: playing a van a White roll, but that's coming up

584
00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:15,120
Speaker 1: in a little Yeah, Chevez Ravine is in studio for

585
00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:17,400
Speaker 1: the first time. I'm excited about that. So let's start

586
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:20,880
Speaker 1: and again, like we said at the top, the Buffalo Bills,

587
00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:24,720
Speaker 1: who are everyone's Super Bowl Darling pick this year, are

588
00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:28,800
Speaker 1: traveling to Sophie Stadium to face the defending champion Rams

589
00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:32,280
Speaker 1: on Thursday night. In the kickoff game on September eight.

590
00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:36,360
Speaker 1: That's obviously a big favorite to win this bracket, but

591
00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:39,000
Speaker 1: we'll see. We'll start with the one seed. Of course,

592
00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:42,800
Speaker 1: it's Buffalo at Los Angeles against the sixteen seed. And

593
00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:45,960
Speaker 1: again I am not I didn't choose these, but if

594
00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:49,000
Speaker 1: you have any issues with the seatings, absolutely share that.

595
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:50,920
Speaker 1: That's a good way to get into conversation about these

596
00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:53,640
Speaker 1: games as well. So it's Buffalo at Rams number one

597
00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:59,840
Speaker 1: against Jacksonville at Washington sixteen seed. Uh, and again Jaguars

598
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:03,920
Speaker 1: ends commanders fans. I understand we're about to you know,

599
00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:07,520
Speaker 1: take command on a new season, but um, somebody had

600
00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:10,600
Speaker 1: to be and well you did what CBS is gonna do?

601
00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:13,000
Speaker 1: Or Fox. I'm not really sure they're gonna get the

602
00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:16,680
Speaker 1: seventh you know, broadcast team, but it does. This seeding

603
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:18,840
Speaker 1: does get to sort of what are you looking for

604
00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:21,240
Speaker 1: in Week one? And as much as I'm not gonna

605
00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:24,520
Speaker 1: be like two hip story and pick Jags Washington here,

606
00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:27,760
Speaker 1: there is part of me that is more interested in

607
00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:32,400
Speaker 1: seeing the Jaguars specifically play a game of football in

608
00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:36,200
Speaker 1: the year two, especially week one. Then I am about

609
00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:38,920
Speaker 1: the Rams and the Bills just because I expect the

610
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:40,400
Speaker 1: Rams and the Bills to be there at the end

611
00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:42,240
Speaker 1: of the year, and if they start out slow or

612
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:46,479
Speaker 1: something crazy happens where it's a one sided game Bills Rams,

613
00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:49,120
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna read too much into that because I

614
00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:52,160
Speaker 1: trust that these organizations are as consistent as any in

615
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:55,400
Speaker 1: the NFL and they'll get there in the end, whereas Jags,

616
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:57,880
Speaker 1: like the Jags are all new e t n s new,

617
00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:00,680
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence in his second year, like, I am very

618
00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:04,840
Speaker 1: intrigued to watch this Jaguars team, and it almost it

619
00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:07,040
Speaker 1: almost makes me want to vote for them right off

620
00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:10,200
Speaker 1: the bat. To be a little uh sixteen verses to St.

621
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:13,200
Speaker 1: Mary's Mount St. Mary's by the way, which is in

622
00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:15,640
Speaker 1: West l A. And I just I don't know where

623
00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:18,000
Speaker 1: it is, and yet I've probably driven by it every

624
00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:20,440
Speaker 1: every time Mount St. Mary. And that said, the committee,

625
00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:23,320
Speaker 1: I'm not sure who's on the committee nailed the sixteen

626
00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:25,720
Speaker 1: seat here because it is very clearly that game. And

627
00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:29,600
Speaker 1: I do find the Jaguars intriguing because they they went

628
00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:31,880
Speaker 1: through it like a traumatic experience last year. So how

629
00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:34,600
Speaker 1: do how does Trevor Lawrence recover? What does it look

630
00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:37,720
Speaker 1: like with Doug Peterson not being piste off and you

631
00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:39,880
Speaker 1: know in operating with a new team with a new

632
00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:42,840
Speaker 1: chance there, Uh, Washington does not intrigue me as much.

633
00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:44,760
Speaker 1: I feel like if they if Washington were to lose

634
00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:47,920
Speaker 1: this game, it begins a journey that could be very

635
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,280
Speaker 1: troubling for a team that does not have a lot

636
00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:52,560
Speaker 1: of juice and that I struggled to believe. And I

637
00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:55,040
Speaker 1: I don't find their playoff birth a couple of years ago,

638
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:58,240
Speaker 1: um genuine, And I think what happened last year was

639
00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:00,880
Speaker 1: much closer to reality. And you have to be an

640
00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:05,120
Speaker 1: anarchist Greg for me to join you on voting. Voting,

641
00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:07,720
Speaker 1: I'm not voting because of Washington, but if I was,

642
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:09,840
Speaker 1: you'd make the our game this might be as interesting

643
00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:12,239
Speaker 1: as Washington is all year. Would you not say that

644
00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:16,799
Speaker 1: Bill's Rams is the best kickoff game we've had in

645
00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:19,480
Speaker 1: a very long time. I'm searching for one that intrigued

646
00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:22,000
Speaker 1: me more. I can't think of one up to It's

647
00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,839
Speaker 1: a great game. Good job by the schedule makers. Um,

648
00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:27,359
Speaker 1: so let's move on, and a Chevez ravine is gonna

649
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:30,080
Speaker 1: update over here playing the John King roll on the

650
00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:37,680
Speaker 1: already Bills the Rams um Bills move on out of

651
00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:41,759
Speaker 1: that bracket. Let's now go to the two fifteen and

652
00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:45,319
Speaker 1: this one. This I think of surprising people. Um, we

653
00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:47,960
Speaker 1: have Raiders at Chargers. A lot of talk about the

654
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:49,920
Speaker 1: a f C West and what a fun division that is.

655
00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:53,160
Speaker 1: Right off the gate, we got Raiders Chargers again here

656
00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:55,880
Speaker 1: at so far that's that's an accident, not an accident.

657
00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:58,480
Speaker 1: That's not that was not on purpose. That's not some

658
00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:02,359
Speaker 1: l A by s. None of us are Los Angeles fans.

659
00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:05,319
Speaker 1: Maybe Mark is now for the Bolts, but they are

660
00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:10,120
Speaker 1: the two seed here. Interesting against the fifteen seed. Duck

661
00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:15,800
Speaker 1: in the tomatoes, sensitive folks, incoming giants at the number

662
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:19,759
Speaker 1: one seed in the a f C last year the Titans.

663
00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:24,640
Speaker 1: So Raiders at Chiefs versus Giants at Titans. Who's coming

664
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:27,120
Speaker 1: out of this matchup? Well? I definitely am more intrigued

665
00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:30,520
Speaker 1: by the rematch of the Chargers Raiders, which was maybe

666
00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:32,840
Speaker 1: the game of the year in Week eighteen. But I

667
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:36,560
Speaker 1: do find it interesting. The committee feels very different differently

668
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:39,279
Speaker 1: than the broadcast teams. Now. Week one is one of

669
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:41,480
Speaker 1: is the only week I believe all season. Maybe there's

670
00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:44,080
Speaker 1: some at the very end where there's two national games

671
00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:47,080
Speaker 1: in the late window, but there's only four games total,

672
00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:49,719
Speaker 1: and these two games that are matching up here are

673
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:52,480
Speaker 1: the two ones that aren't National Raiders. Chargers is getting

674
00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:55,120
Speaker 1: buried with like a fourth team, and so is this

675
00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:58,960
Speaker 1: Giants Titans game. But I as much as I'm curious

676
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:02,560
Speaker 1: to see what's happening this Giants team specifically because there's

677
00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:05,720
Speaker 1: such a mystery to me with their offense and Dable

678
00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:10,000
Speaker 1: and Quan's looking good and it's like five slot receivers. Uh,

679
00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:13,600
Speaker 1: this is this is not a that intriguing. Imagine. This

680
00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:15,680
Speaker 1: is more in for me that that the Giants have

681
00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:17,640
Speaker 1: been in a long long time. And so I I

682
00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:19,480
Speaker 1: want to watch this game, and I think, I know

683
00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:22,000
Speaker 1: this is a constant drumbeat. And I don't always buy

684
00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:26,440
Speaker 1: Titans fans with their a NonStop irritation with everything on

685
00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:29,040
Speaker 1: how they're dealt with by the press. But this is

686
00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:31,239
Speaker 1: disrespect for them to be the fifteen seed. They were

687
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:33,520
Speaker 1: the number one seed in the a f C. I

688
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:35,680
Speaker 1: mean in any other year, if that were the Ravens

689
00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:39,000
Speaker 1: or the Steelers, they'd be on prime time getting buried here.

690
00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:41,800
Speaker 1: It's it's a tough one because all of these babies

691
00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:45,520
Speaker 1: are beautiful. I I hate to I don't even want

692
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:49,240
Speaker 1: to be problematic adults. They do. But just they're coming

693
00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:52,280
Speaker 1: out the womb a week one game. They're all beautiful

694
00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:54,560
Speaker 1: to me. So I don't like talking negatively about anything.

695
00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:56,560
Speaker 1: Why don't we Why don't we build a separate bracket

696
00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:59,000
Speaker 1: of all the number one seeds that have come out

697
00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:01,239
Speaker 1: of the conferences is in the last twenty years? And

698
00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:04,319
Speaker 1: tell me how the Titans doing that. I hear what

699
00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:07,120
Speaker 1: you're saying. It's just that it's a strange place for

700
00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:08,839
Speaker 1: them to be. But I would I would rather watch.

701
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:12,960
Speaker 1: I mean Daniel's chance to see fifth round pick Kyle

702
00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:17,720
Speaker 1: Phillips as their slot receiver. That doesn't get me going um.

703
00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:23,120
Speaker 1: Also a little for the Giants. The camp reports have

704
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:26,560
Speaker 1: not been great in recent days about the offense. Was

705
00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:28,319
Speaker 1: so just when I was getting sucked in like, oh,

706
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:30,719
Speaker 1: maybe they'll be frisky, and maybe they will be, but

707
00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:33,400
Speaker 1: the defense is destroying the offensive. Late in the Daniel

708
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:37,040
Speaker 1: Jones hype articles have slowed down. Uh do we? So

709
00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:39,920
Speaker 1: we feel like the Raiders charge. I think the seating

710
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:43,160
Speaker 1: was correct. It holds chalcolds on that one. Let's move

711
00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:46,480
Speaker 1: back to the other side of the this. He's a

712
00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:49,360
Speaker 1: Raiders fan. He loves seeing his team back in the spotlight.

713
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:54,160
Speaker 1: Maybe he's not a Raiders, he's actually a Packers. Nice job, Greg. Alright,

714
00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:56,759
Speaker 1: how about a little nine eight action? This is always fun.

715
00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:58,239
Speaker 1: This is the one in March that you want to

716
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:02,880
Speaker 1: check out. How about the Philadelphia Eagles at Detroit Lions

717
00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:07,719
Speaker 1: squaring off against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals. Oh,

718
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:12,520
Speaker 1: this is a toughie again, Majority rules. What do you

719
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:16,000
Speaker 1: think of Mark? Yeah, initially, I I've made my own

720
00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:18,799
Speaker 1: rankings of the games, and I never would have thought

721
00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:20,320
Speaker 1: this would have been the case. Um, a couple of

722
00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:23,719
Speaker 1: years ago, Eagles at Lions, and I'm a victim of

723
00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:25,359
Speaker 1: the moment with hard knocks. I get with the Lions.

724
00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:26,640
Speaker 1: I just want to see what they are in real

725
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:28,560
Speaker 1: life come Week one. And I think the Eagles, if

726
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:31,800
Speaker 1: you look what they did on that first drive, Jalen

727
00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:33,959
Speaker 1: Hurt six for six, They're announcing we're not just gonna

728
00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:35,960
Speaker 1: run the ball five hundred times this year. We've got

729
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:38,280
Speaker 1: a J Brown, we've got weapons. They're gonna be different.

730
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:40,680
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna be a very intriguing team in

731
00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:43,040
Speaker 1: that division, which they could flat out when the Cowboys

732
00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:45,600
Speaker 1: are in distress and maybe go deeper than that. And

733
00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:48,480
Speaker 1: so I am gonna go against what I would in

734
00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:50,920
Speaker 1: the past. I've seen the Steelers. To me, I want

735
00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:53,200
Speaker 1: to see where they are by week four. Joe Burrow,

736
00:38:53,239 --> 00:38:55,720
Speaker 1: I'm assuming he'll play. But he announced this that today

737
00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:58,960
Speaker 1: the day had a ruptured uh appendix. It wasn't just

738
00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:01,080
Speaker 1: it was just it does not how strange about that

739
00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:03,200
Speaker 1: the whole time where he was gone for weeks and

740
00:39:03,239 --> 00:39:05,760
Speaker 1: they wouldn't talk about it. But he is back at practice.

741
00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:08,160
Speaker 1: He is. We'll see what happens there. But by the

742
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:11,680
Speaker 1: way the Bengals last year, he'll play. But the one

743
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:13,400
Speaker 1: thing I liked about the Bengals last year, and this

744
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:15,680
Speaker 1: is remember when like a round November, when I started

745
00:39:15,719 --> 00:39:17,440
Speaker 1: to get real amped up on them and they'd be

746
00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:19,040
Speaker 1: up and down. It's because here's what they did to

747
00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:22,000
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh against them. Yes I did on our television show,

748
00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:25,399
Speaker 1: Yes I did. Here they beat the Steelers twenty four

749
00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:29,319
Speaker 1: to ten and forty one to ten, and they beat

750
00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:32,680
Speaker 1: the Ravens forty one to seventeen, forty one to twenty one.

751
00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:35,879
Speaker 1: So they basically, I thought, announced to everyone, we can

752
00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:38,640
Speaker 1: dominant early statement game here because if they don't. They don't.

753
00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:40,759
Speaker 1: They don't win this one. Then suddenly you're like, Okay,

754
00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:43,200
Speaker 1: they're not feel like they're being overlooked and people are

755
00:39:43,239 --> 00:39:45,160
Speaker 1: not They're not being treated like the a f C

756
00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:47,920
Speaker 1: title team. I'm with you, they really aren't. But I'm

757
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:51,239
Speaker 1: gonna go Eagles line. It pains me because Eagles Bengals

758
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:54,319
Speaker 1: is maybe the super Bowl, the most realistic super Bowl

759
00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:56,600
Speaker 1: I want to see. So you're so my two like

760
00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:59,880
Speaker 1: two teams. I'm just rooting for uh going up against

761
00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:02,839
Speaker 1: the other. And Eagles Lions was a terrible game last year.

762
00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:05,160
Speaker 1: Remember I like who the Lions. They're in every game? No,

763
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:08,080
Speaker 1: not against the Eagles. The Eagles wiped the floor with

764
00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:11,880
Speaker 1: them a year ago, and so maybe the matchup is

765
00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:14,919
Speaker 1: problematic for their defense. But there's no way I'm going

766
00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:17,640
Speaker 1: against Eagles. And I want to see this Eagles team

767
00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:19,319
Speaker 1: in Week one, and I want to see this Lions team.

768
00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:21,479
Speaker 1: I think it's cool that the games in Detroit too,

769
00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:24,560
Speaker 1: so you get all this build up to the game. Um,

770
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:27,080
Speaker 1: you know, my vote is Pittsburgh and Cincinnati because I

771
00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:29,440
Speaker 1: like a f C North slobber knockers. I want to

772
00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:32,759
Speaker 1: see what's going on. Um with Cincinnati if they'll have

773
00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:36,000
Speaker 1: a letdown that the quarterback situation obviously in Pittsburgh is

774
00:40:36,239 --> 00:40:38,400
Speaker 1: so muddled still, I don't I don't know, but I

775
00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:40,520
Speaker 1: will go with that. But you guys both have Philadelphia

776
00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:43,560
Speaker 1: and Detroit. So that is the choice the first upset.

777
00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:47,279
Speaker 1: Moving on moderate and eight nine, No, no, it's but

778
00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:51,359
Speaker 1: it is. It is technically tectically speaking absolutely on the

779
00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:53,560
Speaker 1: other side, how about a ten seven show down? You're

780
00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:55,680
Speaker 1: doing great, Randy Shop that is, by the way, very professional.

781
00:40:55,680 --> 00:40:59,960
Speaker 1: I apologize about the Raiders is embarrassed speaking of the

782
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:03,239
Speaker 1: af C North, Speaking of Marks uh former favorite team,

783
00:41:03,239 --> 00:41:08,520
Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns are a ten seed against the Carolina Panthers,

784
00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:13,960
Speaker 1: So Baker Mayfield against his old team that is spicy

785
00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:18,240
Speaker 1: at ten uh and are up against the Patriots at Dolphins.

786
00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:20,680
Speaker 1: I like this one. This is a tough one because

787
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:24,959
Speaker 1: the Patriots, obviously there's there's intrigue around them every year.

788
00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:28,279
Speaker 1: This year you're wondering what version of the Patriots are

789
00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:30,520
Speaker 1: we gonna get. How's the offense gonna look with Josh

790
00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:34,239
Speaker 1: McDaniels gone and everything, a new offense being installed there?

791
00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:37,520
Speaker 1: Mac Jones, what does he do in year two? And

792
00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:41,520
Speaker 1: of course, Miami expectations are through the roof from the

793
00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:45,640
Speaker 1: Dolphins after um, they're big acquisitions in the off season.

794
00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:47,359
Speaker 1: So I think the Dolphins need to win this game.

795
00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:48,799
Speaker 1: I think they need to make a statement in the

796
00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:51,080
Speaker 1: AFC East out of the bat, right off the bat.

797
00:41:51,120 --> 00:41:54,840
Speaker 1: But Baker v. Cleveland's pretty nice, it is. But I'd

798
00:41:54,840 --> 00:41:58,520
Speaker 1: be fine watching kind of that out of the on

799
00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:00,879
Speaker 1: the side, just to see moment with Baker and see

800
00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:03,080
Speaker 1: what's happening because they're so Mark on a Sunday thing

801
00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:06,120
Speaker 1: is gonna be strange here with the Browns not going

802
00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:09,759
Speaker 1: to be assigned Browns games, you know. Yeah, well, we'll see.

803
00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:12,600
Speaker 1: Let's see where there are things that Mark can control

804
00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:15,080
Speaker 1: in terms of the message, and there are things that

805
00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:19,040
Speaker 1: will be able to see just by working with him

806
00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:21,400
Speaker 1: on Sundays, or you could go to the source. I

807
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:24,759
Speaker 1: have no interest. I'm not saying. I'm saying, and this

808
00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:29,080
Speaker 1: isn't too impune upon your integrity, Mark, I'm saying, once

809
00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:33,680
Speaker 1: the season starts and the Browns are playing, will you

810
00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:36,200
Speaker 1: not be involved. We'll see it has been in a

811
00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:39,759
Speaker 1: transition in many ways, and in the Browns have been

812
00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:41,960
Speaker 1: have been the baby thrown out with the Bathwater on

813
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:45,640
Speaker 1: on many on many fronts, So I'm not interested. Well,

814
00:42:45,719 --> 00:42:47,879
Speaker 1: I'm not interested in the Cleveland here's the thing. They're

815
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:50,440
Speaker 1: dead team. They're the least interesting team in the NFL

816
00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:52,760
Speaker 1: to me. And it's not just because like I'm rooting

817
00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:56,200
Speaker 1: against them because of what the Deshaun Watson trade and

818
00:42:56,239 --> 00:43:00,719
Speaker 1: I am uh, they're boring. They're starting Jacobe set. At

819
00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:03,120
Speaker 1: some point this week, most likely we'll learn how long

820
00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:06,440
Speaker 1: Watson's gone for, and it's gonna be long enough. I

821
00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:10,560
Speaker 1: anticipate too crippled their season. They're not interesting. And even

822
00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:16,080
Speaker 1: though the Baker versus Browns thing is spicy, I can

823
00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:18,880
Speaker 1: see the Browns and I'm projecting a lot here, but

824
00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:21,960
Speaker 1: to be the Browns are defensive team. It might not

825
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:25,879
Speaker 1: be an incredibly watchable game. Even though Bake I would

826
00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:28,560
Speaker 1: expect a kind of a low scoring, slug it out

827
00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:30,759
Speaker 1: type of game with Jacoby Brissette throwing a lot of

828
00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:33,000
Speaker 1: four yard passes. This thing isn't close. I want to

829
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:36,040
Speaker 1: see MCD and what whatever is going on in New England,

830
00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:38,160
Speaker 1: because that's a mess. I do think from the from

831
00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:42,839
Speaker 1: the Patriots game, they saw this, they saw the set

832
00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:45,040
Speaker 1: up here, and they're like seven ten. See, we got

833
00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:46,719
Speaker 1: a good d We're in this world. We're in this

834
00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:49,200
Speaker 1: trying to give Western Kentucky a tensee because they won

835
00:43:49,239 --> 00:43:51,839
Speaker 1: their kind. Everyone saying the Patriots are in chaos, right,

836
00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:56,240
Speaker 1: the Patriots are lost. Bill Belichick has finally been passed

837
00:43:56,280 --> 00:43:59,560
Speaker 1: by He's a defensive coach that has no concept of

838
00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:02,440
Speaker 1: how on offense, saying he's handed his offense over to

839
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:05,839
Speaker 1: Joe Judge and Matt Patricia Jones his career. Well, all

840
00:44:05,840 --> 00:44:08,080
Speaker 1: this stuff is what's happening right now, and he's going

841
00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:11,840
Speaker 1: up against a totally different version of coach Mike McDaniel,

842
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:14,719
Speaker 1: offensive boy genius. I kind of love the idea of

843
00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:17,400
Speaker 1: New England coming in here and being like, not so fast.

844
00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:19,400
Speaker 1: So this game is more intrigued in this game, by

845
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:22,319
Speaker 1: the way, back to back years. Uh, and they you

846
00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:28,160
Speaker 1: know they're they're close, not not, they have historically not performed.

847
00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:29,799
Speaker 1: Well there, you're right in South Beach and it's gonna

848
00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:32,680
Speaker 1: be hot and humid. Anyway, if if Baker was going

849
00:44:32,760 --> 00:44:35,480
Speaker 1: to Cleveland, that's different. That would have gotten my vote.

850
00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:37,360
Speaker 1: But because it's not that way, the game will be

851
00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:39,400
Speaker 1: in Charlotte. Yes, I'm with you, A nice a f

852
00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:41,960
Speaker 1: C East showdown between two teams that are looking to

853
00:44:42,040 --> 00:44:44,600
Speaker 1: take out the Bills. So it will be New England

854
00:44:44,600 --> 00:44:47,120
Speaker 1: and Miami that moves on. Greg, I'm sure you're pumped

855
00:44:47,120 --> 00:44:49,239
Speaker 1: about that. Okay, So we're halfway through the first round.

856
00:44:49,239 --> 00:44:51,520
Speaker 1: That's usually where um, you have a day off in

857
00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:53,200
Speaker 1: the n C E turn It's take a day off,

858
00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:57,759
Speaker 1: we'll see you tomorrow. It's like yeah, cut, yeah, cut

859
00:44:57,800 --> 00:45:02,360
Speaker 1: to the postgame show and Charles bar is just like um,

860
00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:05,719
Speaker 1: having strong opinions about a team he didn't watch. Let's

861
00:45:05,719 --> 00:45:09,239
Speaker 1: take a break and we'll keep going. All right, we're back.

862
00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:14,320
Speaker 1: Here's uh number four seed Denver at Seattle, number thirteen

863
00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:18,440
Speaker 1: Saints at Atlanta. And I know Greg's gonna be upset

864
00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:22,120
Speaker 1: with the committee because where the committee does what the

865
00:45:22,160 --> 00:45:24,640
Speaker 1: committee does. Here he's trying the committee is trying to

866
00:45:24,719 --> 00:45:30,440
Speaker 1: set up. Committee is to create the best possible tournament.

867
00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:32,840
Speaker 1: Now what you tried to do, because you are the

868
00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:37,600
Speaker 1: committee was given the Saints, uh Falcons the worst possible

869
00:45:37,719 --> 00:45:40,520
Speaker 1: match up here, and it doesn't matter. I'm still gonna

870
00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:42,520
Speaker 1: vote Saints Falcons. I don't care. That is the game

871
00:45:42,560 --> 00:45:46,239
Speaker 1: I want to see. But but obviously Bronco would you

872
00:45:46,239 --> 00:45:47,920
Speaker 1: mind telling me why that is the game you want

873
00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:51,719
Speaker 1: to see. Although it is Geno versus Greg, You've got

874
00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:53,840
Speaker 1: at some point you've got to check in with, you know,

875
00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:58,040
Speaker 1: your internals. So you have Russell Wilson going to Seattle

876
00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:02,680
Speaker 1: and then the time but off Geno Smith will be

877
00:46:02,719 --> 00:46:09,480
Speaker 1: the quarterback going against Russell Wilson football. It's probably moving

878
00:46:09,520 --> 00:46:11,760
Speaker 1: on in this bracket. You're right. The reason I wouldn't

879
00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:16,080
Speaker 1: just is just football wise. Saints and Falcons are two

880
00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:18,359
Speaker 1: of the team's why I love Week one so much

881
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:21,520
Speaker 1: because I just like, to me, they're total to use,

882
00:46:21,560 --> 00:46:23,840
Speaker 1: like something market like a beautiful mystery. I actually I

883
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:26,480
Speaker 1: want to see what this Falcons team looks like. I

884
00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:28,759
Speaker 1: want to see what this jamis Winston Saints team looks

885
00:46:28,800 --> 00:46:30,600
Speaker 1: like with all these new weapons, like and this will

886
00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:32,160
Speaker 1: be the first time for both of them, and it's

887
00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:35,040
Speaker 1: a great rivalry that you know. So it's I think

888
00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:37,160
Speaker 1: they got job by the committee, but I I changed.

889
00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:39,560
Speaker 1: I know. I'm sorry, Mark, I'm hollow on the Saints

890
00:46:39,600 --> 00:46:42,839
Speaker 1: as well. I just the Falcons are, like you guys

891
00:46:42,880 --> 00:46:46,360
Speaker 1: are saying about um the Browns. They just to me

892
00:46:46,600 --> 00:46:49,239
Speaker 1: Lex Sizzle, So it makes it to me so there

893
00:46:49,320 --> 00:46:51,560
Speaker 1: seems so much more watch they might. But here's the

894
00:46:51,560 --> 00:46:54,239
Speaker 1: one thing I think that Arthur Smith, we're gonna learn.

895
00:46:54,280 --> 00:46:56,239
Speaker 1: They won seven games a year ago with nothing, with

896
00:46:56,280 --> 00:46:58,759
Speaker 1: a nothing roster. I think he's a better coach and

897
00:46:58,800 --> 00:47:00,799
Speaker 1: way more creative than he's getting credit for. I looked

898
00:47:00,840 --> 00:47:02,719
Speaker 1: at what he did with Cordarrell Patterson and even in

899
00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:05,560
Speaker 1: their first preseason game, the way that they used Marcus

900
00:47:05,560 --> 00:47:08,040
Speaker 1: Mariota and then Desmond Ritter, and I could see both

901
00:47:08,040 --> 00:47:10,280
Speaker 1: of them in game, in the game and various ways

902
00:47:10,680 --> 00:47:12,960
Speaker 1: as ground quarterbacks. Like I just find I think they're

903
00:47:12,960 --> 00:47:15,200
Speaker 1: gonna be a weird watch and so I'm intrigued to

904
00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:16,960
Speaker 1: watch them, but I'm not going to vote for them

905
00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:19,400
Speaker 1: over this Monday Night clash. It's just like it's like

906
00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:21,680
Speaker 1: they all like, hey, they can play in a parking lot,

907
00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:27,440
Speaker 1: and these teams would go at it disrespect there. Just

908
00:47:27,520 --> 00:47:30,040
Speaker 1: for the tweets from Falcons and Saints fans, this is

909
00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:31,719
Speaker 1: a great right. On the other side of the bracket,

910
00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:36,200
Speaker 1: we have the three seed Tampa at Dallas. Interesting, so,

911
00:47:36,880 --> 00:47:42,040
Speaker 1: um tom Brady going to uh North Texas to face

912
00:47:42,120 --> 00:47:46,319
Speaker 1: the Cowboys always we hope most likely Tom Brady and

913
00:47:46,320 --> 00:47:51,920
Speaker 1: then against the four teen seed Colts at Texans, So listen.

914
00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:55,839
Speaker 1: I will say I'm interested to watch the Colts with

915
00:47:55,880 --> 00:47:58,520
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan, just like everyone else, to see if the

916
00:47:58,560 --> 00:48:01,200
Speaker 1: offense takes that step and it can be just better

917
00:48:01,239 --> 00:48:04,319
Speaker 1: and more functional and professional than it was certainly down

918
00:48:04,360 --> 00:48:07,640
Speaker 1: the stretch with Carson Wentz. I'm not buying into the

919
00:48:07,960 --> 00:48:10,120
Speaker 1: some of the Texans heat that's popped up a little

920
00:48:10,120 --> 00:48:15,200
Speaker 1: bit around these parts. Yet maybe they will be over here. Yeah, no,

921
00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:17,400
Speaker 1: I'm not. I'm not. You know, I'm not dumping on

922
00:48:17,440 --> 00:48:19,640
Speaker 1: the Texans. I'm just saying, okay, let's see it before

923
00:48:19,680 --> 00:48:23,920
Speaker 1: I'm actually in. But I have two bucks against Bucks.

924
00:48:23,960 --> 00:48:26,560
Speaker 1: Tom Brady at Dallas. To me as a football fan,

925
00:48:26,760 --> 00:48:29,160
Speaker 1: it scratches the itches that I like. That's that's a

926
00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:31,600
Speaker 1: big game, that's a big vibe, and I think it

927
00:48:31,600 --> 00:48:34,080
Speaker 1: will be fun just to watch Tom Brady every time

928
00:48:34,080 --> 00:48:36,600
Speaker 1: he plays for however long. This last. The one thing

929
00:48:36,640 --> 00:48:39,040
Speaker 1: I like about cults Texans, and I do think the

930
00:48:39,040 --> 00:48:41,840
Speaker 1: Texans are gonna be a tougher out than people expect.

931
00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:45,440
Speaker 1: Um Damian Pierce the running back looks awesome, Davis Mills

932
00:48:45,520 --> 00:48:48,359
Speaker 1: is competent, Brandon Cook's Nico Collins, They have, They're not

933
00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:50,720
Speaker 1: the offense from a year ago. If you're the Colts,

934
00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:54,320
Speaker 1: you crumbled and had to reorganize the entire offense, starting

935
00:48:54,320 --> 00:48:56,720
Speaker 1: with your quarterback because you could not beat the Jags

936
00:48:56,719 --> 00:48:58,759
Speaker 1: in Week seventeen in the must win game. If they

937
00:48:58,760 --> 00:49:01,080
Speaker 1: come out of here and used to the Texans that

938
00:49:01,160 --> 00:49:03,080
Speaker 1: you're back in another disaster. So there's a lot of

939
00:49:03,120 --> 00:49:06,560
Speaker 1: pressure on the Cults. I I think the Cowboys who

940
00:49:06,640 --> 00:49:09,279
Speaker 1: had I think seventeen penalties in the first preseason game

941
00:49:09,480 --> 00:49:12,000
Speaker 1: after leading the league and penalties a year ago and

942
00:49:12,080 --> 00:49:15,040
Speaker 1: having a disastrous penalty situation and their playoff loss to

943
00:49:15,040 --> 00:49:17,799
Speaker 1: the Niners that at Mike McCarthy order already having to

944
00:49:17,840 --> 00:49:20,359
Speaker 1: back off and answer questions about yes, we're disciplined, yes,

945
00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:22,560
Speaker 1: or discipline. That feels like a tire fire in the

946
00:49:22,600 --> 00:49:24,680
Speaker 1: making to me. But I just want to see the

947
00:49:24,719 --> 00:49:26,560
Speaker 1: Bucks and what the what what they can be. So

948
00:49:26,600 --> 00:49:29,239
Speaker 1: I'm obviously gonna go Dallas Tampa Bay. Yeah, we don't

949
00:49:29,239 --> 00:49:31,799
Speaker 1: and they need to go too long. But technically, this

950
00:49:31,880 --> 00:49:37,319
Speaker 1: is the fifth CBS Morning game and it's ranked five.

951
00:49:37,360 --> 00:49:40,239
Speaker 1: They put them in order, so you're and they did,

952
00:49:40,480 --> 00:49:42,960
Speaker 1: and they have one more game than Fox, and technically

953
00:49:42,960 --> 00:49:47,520
Speaker 1: the lowest ranked broadcast team by at least in the

954
00:49:47,560 --> 00:49:50,680
Speaker 1: eyes of the broadcast. There's CBS will be on this,

955
00:49:50,800 --> 00:49:52,600
Speaker 1: Colts texts and if you're if you're one of those

956
00:49:52,600 --> 00:49:55,960
Speaker 1: broadcasters listening to what they think, please excuse Greg's inability

957
00:49:56,000 --> 00:49:57,920
Speaker 1: to build. I mean, I don't know who it's gonna be.

958
00:49:58,040 --> 00:50:01,320
Speaker 1: There's some great deep deep cuts there, there's some not

959
00:50:01,320 --> 00:50:04,399
Speaker 1: not as in two uh and I believe you said,

960
00:50:04,520 --> 00:50:11,840
Speaker 1: um week seventeen, mark that game. I understand. We just

961
00:50:11,840 --> 00:50:14,200
Speaker 1: want to get things right on this show. You know

962
00:50:14,239 --> 00:50:19,320
Speaker 1: what I meant, game and our season. Well, I cannot

963
00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:25,239
Speaker 1: argue this is a water Gate level disaster. Alight, All right,

964
00:50:25,280 --> 00:50:29,239
Speaker 1: here we go. Here's the twelve seed Ravens um at

965
00:50:29,360 --> 00:50:33,000
Speaker 1: the New York Jets, a little Flacco versus Ravens most

966
00:50:33,040 --> 00:50:37,879
Speaker 1: likely up against the number five seed Chiefs at Cardinals.

967
00:50:38,120 --> 00:50:40,200
Speaker 1: I like putting the Chiefs on the road in week one.

968
00:50:40,239 --> 00:50:44,839
Speaker 1: I like Kyler Murray on his redemption tour after what's been, yes,

969
00:50:44,840 --> 00:50:47,440
Speaker 1: a very well paid offseason, but also one where the

970
00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:49,719
Speaker 1: doubters have come out. See where the Cardinals are, no

971
00:50:49,840 --> 00:50:53,520
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins, see where the Chiefs are um obviously with

972
00:50:53,560 --> 00:50:56,920
Speaker 1: no Tyreek Hill. This is even though the Jets fan

973
00:50:56,960 --> 00:51:00,239
Speaker 1: and I'll obviously be watching Jets Ravens, this was like

974
00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:03,480
Speaker 1: an easy, easy one to pick. Yeah, there's four quarterbacks

975
00:51:03,520 --> 00:51:08,880
Speaker 1: between these two games. Yeah, Lamar Jackson, Patrick mahomes Kyler Murray,

976
00:51:08,920 --> 00:51:12,800
Speaker 1: and Joe Flacco. It's like, whichever game has the Joe Flacco,

977
00:51:12,880 --> 00:51:15,560
Speaker 1: You're gone. Well, I mean, just because how about we

978
00:51:15,680 --> 00:51:18,480
Speaker 1: count Super Bowl rings and Super Bowl MVPs and red

979
00:51:18,480 --> 00:51:20,920
Speaker 1: corvettes on the field after the game? I'm talking about,

980
00:51:20,920 --> 00:51:24,040
Speaker 1: what do I want to watch? Three the three best

981
00:51:24,120 --> 00:51:27,960
Speaker 1: examples of like generation of quarterbacks? And you know, can

982
00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:30,360
Speaker 1: I can I share my other It's not great for

983
00:51:30,400 --> 00:51:32,440
Speaker 1: the Jets because this is not the way they were

984
00:51:32,440 --> 00:51:35,719
Speaker 1: supposed to develop, and it's not good news for Joe Douglas.

985
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:37,759
Speaker 1: But not only do I think that Joe Flacco is

986
00:51:37,760 --> 00:51:39,400
Speaker 1: gonna have to play in a lot this season, I

987
00:51:39,400 --> 00:51:42,960
Speaker 1: think he's gonna have a potentially good year. Well, all

988
00:51:42,960 --> 00:51:49,000
Speaker 1: the camp reports are glowing fourteen for seventeen like last year,

989
00:51:49,080 --> 00:51:51,399
Speaker 1: and there's a lot of reason to think he and

990
00:51:51,560 --> 00:51:53,520
Speaker 1: even Mike White, might you know there's a chance they're

991
00:51:53,520 --> 00:51:57,799
Speaker 1: they're they're better. Yeah, two games and one of them

992
00:51:57,880 --> 00:52:00,960
Speaker 1: was better than basically Zach Wilson's best. That mag White

993
00:52:00,960 --> 00:52:04,040
Speaker 1: game never happened. I've decided the game against the Bengals,

994
00:52:04,360 --> 00:52:06,200
Speaker 1: go back and try to find it in the archives.

995
00:52:06,760 --> 00:52:10,080
Speaker 1: It didn't, it didn't exist. I'm with you, Flacco might

996
00:52:10,080 --> 00:52:12,680
Speaker 1: get off to a good start and then begin to

997
00:52:12,760 --> 00:52:15,319
Speaker 1: look out. No, because let's say he gets off to

998
00:52:15,360 --> 00:52:19,000
Speaker 1: a good start. When Wilson's healthy, he's the number two pick.

999
00:52:19,120 --> 00:52:21,640
Speaker 1: He's gonna go back in. But if he's Zack Wilson's

1000
00:52:21,640 --> 00:52:23,960
Speaker 1: it like you did in year one and the Jets

1001
00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:28,719
Speaker 1: are you know, here's the box. It's it's two and

1002
00:52:28,719 --> 00:52:30,960
Speaker 1: we're talking about Joe Flacco for like the fourth time

1003
00:52:30,960 --> 00:52:34,080
Speaker 1: on this show. That that's the problem. I absolutely am

1004
00:52:34,080 --> 00:52:38,120
Speaker 1: going Kyler Murray after everything that has happened this offseason. Yeah,

1005
00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:42,879
Speaker 1: I can't think of It's like this is this isn't

1006
00:52:42,880 --> 00:52:47,440
Speaker 1: a totally writing it in Randy's that's Randy of saying,

1007
00:52:47,480 --> 00:52:52,920
Speaker 1: move on, guys, really steering the show properly. All right. Finally,

1008
00:52:54,120 --> 00:52:57,680
Speaker 1: the opposite bracket, we have the number eleven seed forty

1009
00:52:57,760 --> 00:53:02,959
Speaker 1: Niners at the Chicago Bears up against the number six

1010
00:53:03,040 --> 00:53:07,560
Speaker 1: seed Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Viking Mark Vikings. Mark,

1011
00:53:07,600 --> 00:53:10,200
Speaker 1: you raised your hand almost in discussed an issue with

1012
00:53:10,239 --> 00:53:12,080
Speaker 1: the selection committee on this one. No, no, no, I

1013
00:53:12,280 --> 00:53:13,960
Speaker 1: I don't. It's just that it's so clear to me.

1014
00:53:14,200 --> 00:53:15,880
Speaker 1: It's so clear to me. It's like, I get it.

1015
00:53:15,960 --> 00:53:17,880
Speaker 1: I want to see the Vikings come out and say

1016
00:53:17,920 --> 00:53:21,240
Speaker 1: this is a different version under Kevin O'Connell, of of Kirk,

1017
00:53:21,320 --> 00:53:23,560
Speaker 1: of Kirk Cousins and this team maybe you are. You

1018
00:53:23,600 --> 00:53:24,920
Speaker 1: have to win this game to prove that to me.

1019
00:53:25,239 --> 00:53:28,040
Speaker 1: Trey Lance, after what we just saw in that preseason game.

1020
00:53:28,600 --> 00:53:30,800
Speaker 1: I I think Kyler Murray is the most interesting watch

1021
00:53:30,840 --> 00:53:32,920
Speaker 1: for me as a quarterback just out of weirdness. But

1022
00:53:32,960 --> 00:53:35,520
Speaker 1: the most interesting debut around the league is Trey Lance

1023
00:53:35,560 --> 00:53:37,840
Speaker 1: and how it translates because if he is what we

1024
00:53:37,880 --> 00:53:39,640
Speaker 1: saw in that game, and it was only five attempts,

1025
00:53:39,640 --> 00:53:41,440
Speaker 1: so I don't want to overreact to it. There's more

1026
00:53:41,480 --> 00:53:44,279
Speaker 1: to go. It's a bad Bears team, it certainly looks

1027
00:53:44,320 --> 00:53:47,480
Speaker 1: like it. This Niners team suddenly looks completely different to me,

1028
00:53:47,560 --> 00:53:49,960
Speaker 1: complexion wise and are and they become a team. I'm

1029
00:53:50,000 --> 00:53:52,960
Speaker 1: fascinated with love both this game, both these games, tough

1030
00:53:53,040 --> 00:53:55,480
Speaker 1: draw for both teams. You know that tough came out

1031
00:53:55,520 --> 00:53:58,279
Speaker 1: and they're just like they're disappointing. But week went to

1032
00:53:58,320 --> 00:54:01,160
Speaker 1: me is about new stuff. And to me, even the Bears,

1033
00:54:01,239 --> 00:54:05,000
Speaker 1: that's new. This this offense with Justin Fields, Trey Lance,

1034
00:54:05,080 --> 00:54:08,000
Speaker 1: that's new. We've seen a lot of cousins Verus Rogers.

1035
00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:10,840
Speaker 1: It is a different coaching staff. The Packers defense is intriguing.

1036
00:54:11,320 --> 00:54:13,200
Speaker 1: I think this they might be catching the Packers. So

1037
00:54:13,440 --> 00:54:15,520
Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to that. Both these games a lot,

1038
00:54:15,560 --> 00:54:17,680
Speaker 1: But to me, it's an easy This is a big upset.

1039
00:54:17,680 --> 00:54:20,040
Speaker 1: This is an eleven o verse six. Okay, forty Niners

1040
00:54:20,080 --> 00:54:22,799
Speaker 1: are the eleven. Yeah, I'm going I'm going Bears, forty Niners. Yeah,

1041
00:54:22,840 --> 00:54:25,160
Speaker 1: I'm going. I'm going Packers Vikings. I think it's gonna

1042
00:54:25,160 --> 00:54:28,040
Speaker 1: be a much better game. That's a good point. It

1043
00:54:28,040 --> 00:54:30,799
Speaker 1: could be I did the committee possibly. I don't think

1044
00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:34,120
Speaker 1: they want a close game. I think I think they're

1045
00:54:34,480 --> 00:54:38,279
Speaker 1: needed an upset. I think there's certain teams that this

1046
00:54:38,320 --> 00:54:40,480
Speaker 1: side of the table aligns on. And you guys have

1047
00:54:40,560 --> 00:54:42,960
Speaker 1: a torrid love affair for the forty Niners, so they

1048
00:54:42,960 --> 00:54:45,640
Speaker 1: were gonna advance this committing table. Is the committee being

1049
00:54:45,719 --> 00:54:48,000
Speaker 1: one human? Now the Bears the Bears, what does that mean?

1050
00:54:48,440 --> 00:54:51,279
Speaker 1: Your your side of the table. No, you're you're you

1051
00:54:51,360 --> 00:54:55,640
Speaker 1: said this side of the table, meaning you we've agreed

1052
00:54:55,680 --> 00:54:57,680
Speaker 1: too much, and then it's to nothing. And then his

1053
00:54:57,800 --> 00:54:59,800
Speaker 1: one doesn't help. Well, he says, a host, do you

1054
00:54:59,800 --> 00:55:02,000
Speaker 1: want it's the best program. There's a little I'm not

1055
00:55:02,120 --> 00:55:05,680
Speaker 1: just a host. Um, there's a little um group think

1056
00:55:05,719 --> 00:55:12,759
Speaker 1: going on with He's just like providing analysis there. I

1057
00:55:12,800 --> 00:55:15,279
Speaker 1: need to say there are a few teams, um that

1058
00:55:15,440 --> 00:55:17,120
Speaker 1: it's on my radar a little bit that you guys

1059
00:55:17,160 --> 00:55:20,239
Speaker 1: are completely locked in step on and I'm just gonna

1060
00:55:20,280 --> 00:55:23,799
Speaker 1: be tracking this very closely and things change, we jump

1061
00:55:23,880 --> 00:55:28,520
Speaker 1: off boards. But if the Niners, the Texans, the Saints,

1062
00:55:28,560 --> 00:55:30,440
Speaker 1: I mean the Texans, I don't want to the Texans

1063
00:55:30,480 --> 00:55:32,239
Speaker 1: are not one of my teams. I just love that

1064
00:55:33,360 --> 00:55:35,840
Speaker 1: there couldn't be a critical thing said about any of

1065
00:55:35,880 --> 00:55:38,360
Speaker 1: those teams on this side of the table the news.

1066
00:55:38,719 --> 00:55:41,799
Speaker 1: So it's pushing against the concept that the people just

1067
00:55:41,840 --> 00:55:44,600
Speaker 1: calling the Texans like just like four and a half.

1068
00:55:44,640 --> 00:55:49,120
Speaker 1: I'm a businessman. I think they'll get seven maybe six. Anyways, Listen,

1069
00:55:49,239 --> 00:55:51,839
Speaker 1: I like it. That's that's an underdog. Let's see if

1070
00:55:51,840 --> 00:55:54,160
Speaker 1: the forty Niners can be beaten into That's a good

1071
00:55:54,160 --> 00:55:58,160
Speaker 1: point though, Dan, you want the best game possible. Uh,

1072
00:55:58,200 --> 00:56:00,640
Speaker 1: And that's a good point to make that I think

1073
00:56:00,680 --> 00:56:03,440
Speaker 1: I think that Packers Vikings might be the game of

1074
00:56:03,440 --> 00:56:05,360
Speaker 1: the week or something in terms of coming down to

1075
00:56:05,400 --> 00:56:07,560
Speaker 1: the end. So even though I'm sticking with my pick,

1076
00:56:07,680 --> 00:56:11,200
Speaker 1: I feel like times and there's there. I don't think

1077
00:56:11,200 --> 00:56:13,640
Speaker 1: Green Bay at Minnesota had any chance with Mark either,

1078
00:56:13,680 --> 00:56:17,359
Speaker 1: because he despises both those teams. UM So that was weird.

1079
00:56:17,400 --> 00:56:20,160
Speaker 1: That is a bad draw. I think it was a

1080
00:56:20,200 --> 00:56:22,320
Speaker 1: bad draw. It was a bad draw for their. Packers

1081
00:56:22,320 --> 00:56:24,560
Speaker 1: and Vikings were on the right. Here we go, now,

1082
00:56:24,680 --> 00:56:27,480
Speaker 1: let's get into it. You're watching on YouTube. You can

1083
00:56:27,520 --> 00:56:31,239
Speaker 1: see Randy jez are ving maybe maybe it's just the

1084
00:56:31,320 --> 00:56:35,160
Speaker 1: name of um we were ready for this. Chevez has

1085
00:56:35,160 --> 00:56:37,240
Speaker 1: a great head of hair in the in the lighting excellent,

1086
00:56:37,320 --> 00:56:39,759
Speaker 1: totally showing it all right. So if you can move

1087
00:56:39,760 --> 00:56:41,840
Speaker 1: out of the way, Randy, so the audience, and you

1088
00:56:42,040 --> 00:56:44,480
Speaker 1: can stand right in the middle, actually the end in

1089
00:56:44,520 --> 00:56:46,399
Speaker 1: the middle and then point with two hands, no move

1090
00:56:46,440 --> 00:56:48,239
Speaker 1: over a little bit, a little bit over and like

1091
00:56:48,320 --> 00:56:51,520
Speaker 1: audio listeners who are like, hey, either hand, you're forgetting

1092
00:56:51,520 --> 00:56:55,800
Speaker 1: about us. This is like one time in one thousand

1093
00:56:55,800 --> 00:57:02,960
Speaker 1: and fifty episodes. Here we go, Rams Bills against Eagles Lions.

1094
00:57:03,120 --> 00:57:05,480
Speaker 1: I love it. So you have the number one seed

1095
00:57:05,520 --> 00:57:08,520
Speaker 1: against the number nine seed. Here, let's throw the seeds

1096
00:57:08,520 --> 00:57:11,480
Speaker 1: on there, Randy, just to help me out as well, Um,

1097
00:57:11,640 --> 00:57:14,279
Speaker 1: what do you think? I want to hear what you think.

1098
00:57:14,320 --> 00:57:17,400
Speaker 1: I feel like we've been going first too often, I think. Um,

1099
00:57:18,320 --> 00:57:20,120
Speaker 1: I'm with you, guys. I don't want it to because

1100
00:57:20,160 --> 00:57:22,160
Speaker 1: you guys are pretty unlocked in on the Lions as well,

1101
00:57:22,200 --> 00:57:25,600
Speaker 1: it seems. In general. I'm intrigued by the Lions. I

1102
00:57:25,640 --> 00:57:29,520
Speaker 1: think they're further away potentially than people want to talk

1103
00:57:29,560 --> 00:57:32,160
Speaker 1: about because they're just such a fun story. But seeing

1104
00:57:32,200 --> 00:57:34,840
Speaker 1: them in Ford Field open the season after this, this

1105
00:57:34,960 --> 00:57:38,920
Speaker 1: all this optimism, that's fun. The Eagles, you know again,

1106
00:57:39,160 --> 00:57:42,040
Speaker 1: I'm not as in love with Eagles as Greg Rosenthal is.

1107
00:57:42,280 --> 00:57:45,400
Speaker 1: I'm intrigued by them. It's a good matchup, but Rams

1108
00:57:45,440 --> 00:57:48,479
Speaker 1: Bills is just to me, that could be very well

1109
00:57:48,560 --> 00:57:50,720
Speaker 1: be the super Bowl, So I don't want to overthink it.

1110
00:57:51,680 --> 00:57:55,040
Speaker 1: I'm with you. I I think the Eagles Lions uh

1111
00:57:55,320 --> 00:57:56,800
Speaker 1: got as far as they need to go if they

1112
00:57:56,800 --> 00:57:59,760
Speaker 1: were the real Tournament's been a nice season. Um, but

1113
00:57:59,840 --> 00:58:02,440
Speaker 1: I'm going Ram Spills, because it's like they're like I

1114
00:58:02,560 --> 00:58:05,040
Speaker 1: try to like imagine who what is the motivation here?

1115
00:58:05,200 --> 00:58:07,800
Speaker 1: The game had a nice season, you're saying, I mean,

1116
00:58:07,840 --> 00:58:10,040
Speaker 1: I'm treating them like a team like it's it's essentially

1117
00:58:10,080 --> 00:58:15,280
Speaker 1: they're a SI job thing. It's like Peterson, Yeah, you know, no,

1118
00:58:15,360 --> 00:58:18,440
Speaker 1: not that Peter said. I mean Dan Campbell and Syrianni

1119
00:58:18,560 --> 00:58:21,000
Speaker 1: are both like they're cooking up ways for this to

1120
00:58:21,040 --> 00:58:24,960
Speaker 1: be and keep it close, guys, really proud of you.

1121
00:58:25,040 --> 00:58:29,000
Speaker 1: Inanimate object matchup. I gotta say that the matchup last

1122
00:58:29,080 --> 00:58:31,720
Speaker 1: year where the Eagles dog walked them and then the

1123
00:58:31,760 --> 00:58:36,320
Speaker 1: Lions defense is my concern. On paper, up front, they're good,

1124
00:58:37,320 --> 00:58:39,960
Speaker 1: but they were bad. They were struggled last year and

1125
00:58:40,040 --> 00:58:42,960
Speaker 1: this matchup was not good for them. Uh and so

1126
00:58:43,000 --> 00:58:45,320
Speaker 1: I do worry that the Eagles could walk away with it.

1127
00:58:45,360 --> 00:58:47,360
Speaker 1: I'm with you, Ram Spills. All right. Let's move on

1128
00:58:47,400 --> 00:58:51,200
Speaker 1: then to the opposite bracket. We have that a f

1129
00:58:51,280 --> 00:58:54,840
Speaker 1: C West showdown. West is so fun this year. As

1130
00:58:54,880 --> 00:58:57,040
Speaker 1: we know, you can make a case really for any

1131
00:58:57,040 --> 00:58:59,240
Speaker 1: of the teams in the division, and two of those

1132
00:58:59,240 --> 00:59:03,600
Speaker 1: teams the charts in the Raiders face off in Week one,

1133
00:59:03,680 --> 00:59:05,880
Speaker 1: so the number two seed game up against now at

1134
00:59:05,920 --> 00:59:10,560
Speaker 1: a f C East showdown. Uh, Pats Dolphins. Greggy, you

1135
00:59:10,600 --> 00:59:13,160
Speaker 1: are a Patriots fan. I know you're intrigued by these

1136
00:59:13,160 --> 00:59:15,680
Speaker 1: Dolphins like we all are. Do they have enough to

1137
00:59:15,720 --> 00:59:17,800
Speaker 1: take out the a f C West, the best division

1138
00:59:17,800 --> 00:59:21,480
Speaker 1: in the league. Oh, people didn't see this coming. And

1139
00:59:21,560 --> 00:59:23,800
Speaker 1: you know what, I'm a little like Mark is trying

1140
00:59:23,840 --> 00:59:26,440
Speaker 1: to be here. I like turned down the fan volume.

1141
00:59:26,560 --> 00:59:30,120
Speaker 1: I skip watching Patriots live for about half the games

1142
00:59:30,160 --> 00:59:32,000
Speaker 1: this season because I like to spread around, like what

1143
00:59:32,040 --> 00:59:34,920
Speaker 1: I'm watching live to do throughout the season, you know, disconnect,

1144
00:59:35,000 --> 00:59:38,080
Speaker 1: not get as emotional. But I just think pure football wise,

1145
00:59:39,080 --> 00:59:42,200
Speaker 1: this Patriots team could be anything. This Dolphins team could

1146
00:59:42,240 --> 00:59:44,840
Speaker 1: be anything. The Dolphins are as intriguing as almost any

1147
00:59:44,840 --> 00:59:46,680
Speaker 1: team in the league to me, and as as much

1148
00:59:46,720 --> 00:59:50,320
Speaker 1: as this was a great matchup Chargers Raiders, those teams

1149
00:59:50,360 --> 00:59:53,080
Speaker 1: could be anything. Also. That's the whole hook of Week one.

1150
00:59:54,480 --> 00:59:57,680
Speaker 1: How can you say those teams can't be anything? That's

1151
00:59:57,720 --> 01:00:01,080
Speaker 1: fair that they're kind of like similar roster. I guess

1152
01:00:01,120 --> 01:00:07,840
Speaker 1: they don't have a Yeah, that's not Uh, Chargers are

1153
01:00:07,840 --> 01:00:09,920
Speaker 1: a team I'm familiar with. This matchup is a matchup

1154
01:00:09,960 --> 01:00:12,520
Speaker 1: I'm familiar with. I guess for some reason, I'm just

1155
01:00:12,600 --> 01:00:15,880
Speaker 1: I feel like the Dolphins are totally this fresh egg

1156
01:00:16,200 --> 01:00:20,840
Speaker 1: and the Patriots craziness in the preseason where everyone's talking

1157
01:00:20,880 --> 01:00:23,640
Speaker 1: about how bad they look actually makes me more intrigued

1158
01:00:23,680 --> 01:00:25,320
Speaker 1: about them, because I just want to see what well.

1159
01:00:25,320 --> 01:00:28,360
Speaker 1: It makes me more intrigued about the Raiders because the

1160
01:00:28,440 --> 01:00:31,800
Speaker 1: Raiders are thematically the reason that the Patriots are a mess,

1161
01:00:31,840 --> 01:00:35,040
Speaker 1: because that Josh McDaniels left New England, leaving them in

1162
01:00:35,080 --> 01:00:38,040
Speaker 1: a hot mess and goes to the Raiders, and the

1163
01:00:38,080 --> 01:00:40,440
Speaker 1: reports are that the offense is looking intriguing, and you've

1164
01:00:40,480 --> 01:00:44,120
Speaker 1: got Davonte Adams with Derek Carr. Derek Carr always playing

1165
01:00:44,160 --> 01:00:46,160
Speaker 1: the card of like no one's paying attention to us,

1166
01:00:46,200 --> 01:00:49,200
Speaker 1: like even the pent of sports writers thinks they'll they'll

1167
01:00:49,240 --> 01:00:52,560
Speaker 1: probably make the postseason. I'm going justin Herbert and the

1168
01:00:52,640 --> 01:00:54,640
Speaker 1: Chargers first, the Raiders, all right, so I get to

1169
01:00:54,640 --> 01:00:57,880
Speaker 1: break the tie on this one. I I think Chargers

1170
01:00:57,960 --> 01:01:01,360
Speaker 1: Raiders is the game that end. This is no shade

1171
01:01:01,360 --> 01:01:03,120
Speaker 1: to the a f C East match up here, because

1172
01:01:04,000 --> 01:01:06,720
Speaker 1: when I start to watch the games on Monday for

1173
01:01:06,720 --> 01:01:09,920
Speaker 1: power rankings, if the Dolphins Patriots is a good game.

1174
01:01:09,960 --> 01:01:12,200
Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to watching that game. But there's a

1175
01:01:12,240 --> 01:01:14,920
Speaker 1: lot of juice in the Chargers, and they are a

1176
01:01:14,920 --> 01:01:18,720
Speaker 1: Super Bowl potential contender, and was Dafante Adams and that

1177
01:01:18,920 --> 01:01:21,360
Speaker 1: Raiders offense look like at home? The black Hole is

1178
01:01:21,360 --> 01:01:23,960
Speaker 1: such a fun vibe even the beginning. I don't know

1179
01:01:24,320 --> 01:01:26,200
Speaker 1: this is supposed to be what we believe in. I

1180
01:01:26,240 --> 01:01:29,840
Speaker 1: have a hard time believing Dan hands this Monday morning,

1181
01:01:30,920 --> 01:01:36,080
Speaker 1: September has these two games they both end. He'd already

1182
01:01:36,080 --> 01:01:37,960
Speaker 1: knows both of them were good. Let's say they both

1183
01:01:37,960 --> 01:01:41,200
Speaker 1: went down to the end that he's choosing Chargers Raiders.

1184
01:01:41,280 --> 01:01:43,040
Speaker 1: I think the a f C East in him. He's

1185
01:01:43,640 --> 01:01:48,200
Speaker 1: Dan's later lose the game. Let's say they lost. Let's

1186
01:01:48,200 --> 01:01:53,000
Speaker 1: say they lost like the Dolphins either though, No, I

1187
01:01:53,000 --> 01:01:56,000
Speaker 1: I'm Justin Herbert, and my son Harrison loves Justin Herbert.

1188
01:01:56,000 --> 01:01:59,360
Speaker 1: I'm going with that game. So uh No, okay, chock

1189
01:01:59,480 --> 01:02:02,160
Speaker 1: so far in two see into the semis. All right,

1190
01:02:02,240 --> 01:02:06,000
Speaker 1: Let's move on to the four four fifteen matchup. No.

1191
01:02:06,160 --> 01:02:10,600
Speaker 1: Four or five matchup Denver Seattle again, and then you

1192
01:02:10,640 --> 01:02:14,080
Speaker 1: have Casey in Arizona. So again you have uh to

1193
01:02:14,280 --> 01:02:16,360
Speaker 1: not to reiterate too much but you have the Russell

1194
01:02:16,400 --> 01:02:20,120
Speaker 1: Wilson revenge game with Gino Smith promptly involved, and let's

1195
01:02:20,120 --> 01:02:22,400
Speaker 1: be honest, Mark, let's leave Greg out of the second.

1196
01:02:22,560 --> 01:02:24,880
Speaker 1: That's a detriment to the game that Geno Smith's involved.

1197
01:02:25,280 --> 01:02:28,360
Speaker 1: So you've got a factor that in. Um. Meanwhile, you

1198
01:02:28,400 --> 01:02:33,880
Speaker 1: have Kyler Murray against Patrick Mahomes. Uh two highlight real quarterbacks.

1199
01:02:34,400 --> 01:02:37,520
Speaker 1: Uh that's my pick. I think Ksey Arizona a slight

1200
01:02:37,680 --> 01:02:41,760
Speaker 1: upset moves. It's it's mine too, because I I want

1201
01:02:41,760 --> 01:02:44,520
Speaker 1: to see what I want to see what the Chiefs offense.

1202
01:02:44,600 --> 01:02:47,919
Speaker 1: You can speak on. Maybe I feel like we've touched

1203
01:02:47,960 --> 01:02:50,120
Speaker 1: on Geno Smith, like forty eight episodes in a row,

1204
01:02:50,200 --> 01:02:52,439
Speaker 1: but uh, let's see what the Chiefs look like. And also,

1205
01:02:52,480 --> 01:02:54,240
Speaker 1: again I'm just gonna say what I said before about

1206
01:02:54,280 --> 01:02:56,080
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray. It's like it's I can't wait to see

1207
01:02:56,120 --> 01:02:59,040
Speaker 1: what what happens to this is. This is the this

1208
01:02:59,080 --> 01:03:03,120
Speaker 1: is not talking about inspiracy. This is the anti Gino cabal.

1209
01:03:03,680 --> 01:03:06,680
Speaker 1: Give me a break. They had I don't remember if

1210
01:03:06,680 --> 01:03:08,800
Speaker 1: it was a w NBA game or a soccer game,

1211
01:03:08,800 --> 01:03:10,640
Speaker 1: but they had some I think it was Sue Bird's

1212
01:03:10,720 --> 01:03:15,080
Speaker 1: last game in Seattle, A tribute video of Seattle grates

1213
01:03:15,160 --> 01:03:18,160
Speaker 1: all saying thank you, Sue Bird. What a legend your

1214
01:03:18,240 --> 01:03:22,040
Speaker 1: last home game in Seattle. Everyone's watching it. On on

1215
01:03:22,240 --> 01:03:26,320
Speaker 1: comes Russell Wilson to say congratulations to Sue Bird. You

1216
01:03:26,320 --> 01:03:30,200
Speaker 1: know what happens a stadium full of booze for Russell

1217
01:03:30,240 --> 01:03:34,000
Speaker 1: Wilson in Seattle for a tribute for Sue Bird. It's

1218
01:03:34,000 --> 01:03:37,720
Speaker 1: gonna be nasty there. I mean, Russell Wilson go into

1219
01:03:37,720 --> 01:03:40,920
Speaker 1: Seattle and possibly there people say revenge game. This is

1220
01:03:40,920 --> 01:03:44,120
Speaker 1: a legit revenge game. Him and Pete Carroll ultimately didn't

1221
01:03:44,160 --> 01:03:46,400
Speaker 1: like each other and they had We're gonna have a divorce.

1222
01:03:46,640 --> 01:03:48,640
Speaker 1: And I can just see this game being I don't

1223
01:03:48,720 --> 01:03:51,400
Speaker 1: care what you think about Gino Smith. Maybe it's not

1224
01:03:51,440 --> 01:03:53,960
Speaker 1: gonna be stylistically beautiful. It's gonna be close in the

1225
01:03:53,960 --> 01:03:57,480
Speaker 1: fourth quarter. That's what Pete Carroll st do. And to me,

1226
01:03:57,520 --> 01:03:58,960
Speaker 1: there's just gonna be a lot at stake. I was

1227
01:03:59,000 --> 01:04:01,360
Speaker 1: gonna take this to the to the championship. This was

1228
01:04:01,400 --> 01:04:04,000
Speaker 1: my number one pick. It was gonna be the game

1229
01:04:04,080 --> 01:04:06,800
Speaker 1: that like it survived a tight first round game and

1230
01:04:06,800 --> 01:04:08,480
Speaker 1: then it goes all the way to the title. And

1231
01:04:08,520 --> 01:04:12,920
Speaker 1: you guys, you've you've been ousted, you're out, case closed.

1232
01:04:13,040 --> 01:04:16,160
Speaker 1: And by the way, Seattle Seahawks fans come back to us,

1233
01:04:16,960 --> 01:04:20,800
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna read some Seahawks quarterbacks before Russell Wilson

1234
01:04:21,280 --> 01:04:26,280
Speaker 1: was around. You remember Charlie Whitehurst, Seneca Wallace, Tavars, Jackson,

1235
01:04:26,400 --> 01:04:32,560
Speaker 1: Rick Meyer, John Kittner, Matt Hasselbeck, Trent. Matt Hasselbeck did

1236
01:04:32,600 --> 01:04:34,640
Speaker 1: take him to a Super Bowl very well, like one

1237
01:04:34,680 --> 01:04:36,960
Speaker 1: of the worst super bowls ring on. I'm just saying,

1238
01:04:36,960 --> 01:04:42,800
Speaker 1: he well, it totally cooked. Super well, you're right back

1239
01:04:42,840 --> 01:04:46,400
Speaker 1: in that world, old Warren Moon. I mean, let me

1240
01:04:46,440 --> 01:04:50,280
Speaker 1: just say something here. If you really you see Russell

1241
01:04:50,360 --> 01:04:53,200
Speaker 1: Wilson on the JumboTron and you boo, And by the way,

1242
01:04:53,280 --> 01:04:55,840
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson is paying tribute to one of the great

1243
01:04:55,920 --> 01:04:59,560
Speaker 1: sports heroes of the city's recent history, shame on you.

1244
01:05:00,400 --> 01:05:03,080
Speaker 1: And may you be cursed with a million Geno Smiths

1245
01:05:03,080 --> 01:05:06,000
Speaker 1: from here on forward. But doesn't it And I'm not

1246
01:05:06,000 --> 01:05:07,720
Speaker 1: looking to pick a fight with Seattle fans, but you

1247
01:05:07,840 --> 01:05:11,760
Speaker 1: gotta understand, like I would love to have Russell Wilson.

1248
01:05:11,840 --> 01:05:13,520
Speaker 1: You know how many teams would die to have ten

1249
01:05:13,600 --> 01:05:17,160
Speaker 1: years of Russell Wilson. And you blew him because he

1250
01:05:17,160 --> 01:05:19,520
Speaker 1: couldn't get away. It couldn't get along with the coach anymore.

1251
01:05:19,560 --> 01:05:21,560
Speaker 1: Who by the way, he might be losing his fastball

1252
01:05:21,760 --> 01:05:24,080
Speaker 1: throwing eighty six miles per hour at this point, but

1253
01:05:24,280 --> 01:05:27,280
Speaker 1: management sided with the coach throwing eighty six with a

1254
01:05:27,320 --> 01:05:31,480
Speaker 1: flat slider. Greg, why are you celebrating that I'm enjoying

1255
01:05:32,080 --> 01:05:36,160
Speaker 1: his Dan's mad dog like random? Uh? Really more friends

1256
01:05:36,200 --> 01:05:38,680
Speaker 1: A bad job by you with Seattle fans. It was

1257
01:05:38,720 --> 01:05:40,560
Speaker 1: really more friend cessa now that I think of it,

1258
01:05:40,600 --> 01:05:44,320
Speaker 1: but it did end off beautifully. H I love that

1259
01:05:44,400 --> 01:05:46,080
Speaker 1: the NFL put this week one. At first I was

1260
01:05:46,120 --> 01:05:48,320
Speaker 1: like why, But now I like because I think the

1261
01:05:48,440 --> 01:05:51,400
Speaker 1: emotions are as raw as they're gonna be and just

1262
01:05:51,440 --> 01:05:54,720
Speaker 1: get it do it first. This thing is beautiful. I think.

1263
01:05:54,720 --> 01:05:57,160
Speaker 1: I'm as I think that's my number one pick, and

1264
01:05:57,200 --> 01:05:59,840
Speaker 1: not to not to mention. If you're Gino Smith fan,

1265
01:06:00,680 --> 01:06:02,120
Speaker 1: you know you make sure you get to see him

1266
01:06:02,120 --> 01:06:04,280
Speaker 1: before he gets benched, so you get week one there you.

1267
01:06:04,480 --> 01:06:06,320
Speaker 1: I was gonna say, there's no downside here, but of

1268
01:06:06,360 --> 01:06:09,880
Speaker 1: course there's downside. He could play terribly, but there is

1269
01:06:10,400 --> 01:06:13,880
Speaker 1: a glorious upside chance which I am hopeful for, which

1270
01:06:13,920 --> 01:06:16,959
Speaker 1: is that the Gino Smith Seahawks win this freaking game.

1271
01:06:17,080 --> 01:06:19,200
Speaker 1: All right, Well, guess what They're out of this tournament.

1272
01:06:19,520 --> 01:06:22,160
Speaker 1: Let's move on to the final game to to for

1273
01:06:22,200 --> 01:06:26,760
Speaker 1: our final four. The Cowboys and the Bucks the number

1274
01:06:26,800 --> 01:06:30,880
Speaker 1: three seed against almost impossibly the San Francisco forty Niners

1275
01:06:31,160 --> 01:06:34,920
Speaker 1: and Chicago Bears the eleventh seed. Make the case, boys,

1276
01:06:36,240 --> 01:06:39,120
Speaker 1: mm hmm, I don't even know. I kind of want

1277
01:06:39,120 --> 01:06:41,600
Speaker 1: you guys to make the case to me. I'm I'm

1278
01:06:42,160 --> 01:06:44,680
Speaker 1: feelings I try to vote out the Chicago Bears game.

1279
01:06:44,880 --> 01:06:48,000
Speaker 1: All right, So Mark, we can actually there's no rules

1280
01:06:48,000 --> 01:06:51,000
Speaker 1: and actually we can speak and here, uh we can

1281
01:06:51,040 --> 01:06:53,440
Speaker 1: decide whether we want to, you know, join as a

1282
01:06:53,480 --> 01:06:56,720
Speaker 1: tannement and give this some spice getting eleven seed to

1283
01:06:56,760 --> 01:07:00,240
Speaker 1: the Semis or not. No, I'm gonna go Dallas Tampa Bay. Nice.

1284
01:07:01,280 --> 01:07:05,640
Speaker 1: I love you also, all right, yeah, I mean I

1285
01:07:05,680 --> 01:07:07,680
Speaker 1: have no problem with that. I can't wait. I the

1286
01:07:07,720 --> 01:07:10,200
Speaker 1: Bucks are one of those teams that are totally familiar,

1287
01:07:10,640 --> 01:07:13,200
Speaker 1: you know. I am I'm kind of buying the Julio heype.

1288
01:07:13,240 --> 01:07:17,120
Speaker 1: By the way, Well that's your opinion. I'm kind of

1289
01:07:17,160 --> 01:07:20,000
Speaker 1: buying him, like beating Xavian Howard and the joint practice

1290
01:07:20,040 --> 01:07:21,840
Speaker 1: and being like he's the one help, but you know,

1291
01:07:21,920 --> 01:07:24,440
Speaker 1: his his feet and his lower half. I guess to

1292
01:07:24,480 --> 01:07:27,480
Speaker 1: go through he's probably gonna be on the I don't

1293
01:07:27,480 --> 01:07:30,360
Speaker 1: practice during the season planned, but he's still gonna make

1294
01:07:30,360 --> 01:07:32,120
Speaker 1: it through games. It's gonna be a great game. The

1295
01:07:32,960 --> 01:07:36,520
Speaker 1: other one has too much blowout potential. UH and don't

1296
01:07:36,560 --> 01:07:41,800
Speaker 1: forget this was a fantastic Week one opener last year

1297
01:07:42,560 --> 01:07:45,720
Speaker 1: at UH at wesley manor. Well, we'll miss going to

1298
01:07:45,720 --> 01:07:48,840
Speaker 1: to Wesleyan Manor we watched that game with Lakisha last

1299
01:07:48,920 --> 01:07:52,720
Speaker 1: year to to start the season. Lakisha is doing great

1300
01:07:53,520 --> 01:07:57,000
Speaker 1: um in St. Louis. Let's UH now moved to the

1301
01:07:57,000 --> 01:08:01,080
Speaker 1: final four Rams Buffalo Bills the one seed again, Chiefs

1302
01:08:01,120 --> 01:08:06,080
Speaker 1: Cardinals the five seed. I gotta, I gotta go, I

1303
01:08:06,120 --> 01:08:08,360
Speaker 1: gotta go, Chalk gotta do it, and I don't. I

1304
01:08:08,360 --> 01:08:11,360
Speaker 1: don't want this to end in a deflating manner the segment,

1305
01:08:11,440 --> 01:08:14,080
Speaker 1: But again, I don't want to overthink this. I think

1306
01:08:14,080 --> 01:08:17,840
Speaker 1: the Chiefs Cardinals game is fun and potentially a shootout,

1307
01:08:18,600 --> 01:08:21,160
Speaker 1: but also DeAndre Hopkins isn't there. That kind of deflates

1308
01:08:21,200 --> 01:08:24,000
Speaker 1: the Cardinals balloon a little bit for me. So I

1309
01:08:24,040 --> 01:08:26,200
Speaker 1: will go with the one seed making it to the finals.

1310
01:08:26,360 --> 01:08:30,600
Speaker 1: I I didn't approach this exercide with like multiple crusades

1311
01:08:30,600 --> 01:08:32,760
Speaker 1: that must occur. I mean, I think the Chiefs and

1312
01:08:32,880 --> 01:08:36,200
Speaker 1: Cardinals got to where they deserve to go. And the

1313
01:08:36,479 --> 01:08:40,040
Speaker 1: best game of the week is Rams Bills. Yeah, it's

1314
01:08:40,040 --> 01:08:43,160
Speaker 1: a it's a I'm with you, it's a it's strange

1315
01:08:43,200 --> 01:08:46,080
Speaker 1: exercise because ultimately, when I look at these games, I

1316
01:08:46,120 --> 01:08:48,400
Speaker 1: have more affection for some of the role players out

1317
01:08:48,439 --> 01:08:51,599
Speaker 1: there rather than the superstars. Like the superstar in this

1318
01:08:51,680 --> 01:08:55,120
Speaker 1: case is Rams Bills. And yet Jack's Commanders. I think

1319
01:08:55,120 --> 01:08:57,360
Speaker 1: they're coming off the bench and hitting like three threes

1320
01:08:57,400 --> 01:08:59,680
Speaker 1: in four minutes, and you're like, oh, Jack's Commanders, how

1321
01:08:59,720 --> 01:09:01,840
Speaker 1: about But they're not gonna win the game for you.

1322
01:09:01,840 --> 01:09:05,719
Speaker 1: You need your superstars. I like that. That's a good take, um.

1323
01:09:05,760 --> 01:09:09,280
Speaker 1: And moving to the other bracket, Chargers Raiders all the

1324
01:09:09,320 --> 01:09:12,919
Speaker 1: way to the final finals, proud of you game against

1325
01:09:12,960 --> 01:09:18,839
Speaker 1: Cowboys Bucks. So the NFC East Champion against the NFC

1326
01:09:18,880 --> 01:09:22,120
Speaker 1: South champion. But that was last year. Who do you

1327
01:09:22,160 --> 01:09:25,240
Speaker 1: have in this one? Greg? Now do announcers play a role?

1328
01:09:25,840 --> 01:09:28,920
Speaker 1: It's the experience of watching the game, for sure. That's

1329
01:09:28,920 --> 01:09:31,840
Speaker 1: why I'm not factoring him that we're gonna be at

1330
01:09:32,160 --> 01:09:34,439
Speaker 1: Ram's Buffalo. In fact, I could dig it for that

1331
01:09:34,520 --> 01:09:37,160
Speaker 1: because I kind of like sitting and watching it with

1332
01:09:37,160 --> 01:09:40,000
Speaker 1: with the announcing team there who's calling that Thursday night opener,

1333
01:09:40,280 --> 01:09:42,960
Speaker 1: is that it's gonna be Al Michael's. And now it's

1334
01:09:42,960 --> 01:09:45,200
Speaker 1: gonna be Sunday Night Crew, it's gonna be the Sunday

1335
01:09:45,280 --> 01:09:47,519
Speaker 1: Night Crow. It's gonna be Tarko. And but the great

1336
01:09:47,560 --> 01:09:49,640
Speaker 1: thing about week one is you get him twice, you

1337
01:09:49,680 --> 01:09:53,160
Speaker 1: get him on Bucks Cowboys Sunday Night too. They're doing

1338
01:09:53,360 --> 01:09:56,280
Speaker 1: their own doubleheader. And tell Collinsworth he doesn't know yet.

1339
01:09:56,360 --> 01:09:59,840
Speaker 1: That's That's one reason, hey man, that guy loves ball

1340
01:10:00,360 --> 01:10:02,160
Speaker 1: every day the week. That's one reason I'm gonna go

1341
01:10:02,200 --> 01:10:04,680
Speaker 1: with them. It's also another reason you should should have

1342
01:10:05,040 --> 01:10:07,880
Speaker 1: convinced you guys into the Geno Bowl, because that's gonna

1343
01:10:07,920 --> 01:10:14,760
Speaker 1: be Foxes. I mean, ESPN's buckets insane. But it's gonna

1344
01:10:14,760 --> 01:10:18,839
Speaker 1: be Russell Wilson fucking Aikman on Monday Night football's debut.

1345
01:10:19,000 --> 01:10:21,560
Speaker 1: And you gave it, and you just gave Chiefs. But

1346
01:10:21,640 --> 01:10:23,960
Speaker 1: it doesn't mean I won't watch it. I just I'm

1347
01:10:24,000 --> 01:10:27,679
Speaker 1: going to I'm going to literally contractually obligated to watch

1348
01:10:27,720 --> 01:10:30,040
Speaker 1: the game. I'll be watching it and I'll be enjoying it.

1349
01:10:30,400 --> 01:10:34,439
Speaker 1: But it ain't the Geno Bowl Bus Cowboys. What a

1350
01:10:34,479 --> 01:10:38,720
Speaker 1: way to cap that first Sunday? Your void doesn't matter, No,

1351
01:10:38,840 --> 01:10:40,720
Speaker 1: it doesn't, and it's it's I actually would have gone

1352
01:10:40,760 --> 01:10:43,800
Speaker 1: the other way, but that, you know, all right, takes

1353
01:10:43,880 --> 01:10:45,760
Speaker 1: us to the finals. How about a little drum roll

1354
01:10:45,800 --> 01:10:53,080
Speaker 1: here Rams Bills against Cowboys Bucks one point working out.

1355
01:10:53,080 --> 01:10:57,880
Speaker 1: If you're watching this on YouTube, this looks insane. I

1356
01:10:57,920 --> 01:11:00,679
Speaker 1: think Chevez Ravine did a really nice with the brackets.

1357
01:11:00,800 --> 01:11:02,880
Speaker 1: Usually here it looks great, but it's just on that

1358
01:11:03,000 --> 01:11:06,040
Speaker 1: screen there, it's it looks like madness. Right, it doesn't

1359
01:11:06,080 --> 01:11:09,120
Speaker 1: like Oswald. Maybe it didn't act alone. It was Chavez.

1360
01:11:09,840 --> 01:11:18,080
Speaker 1: He's doing great. It's time. Where are you going stuff?

1361
01:11:18,439 --> 01:11:20,360
Speaker 1: I know you don't want the one seed to don't

1362
01:11:20,360 --> 01:11:22,760
Speaker 1: want the one seed to win, but I also understand

1363
01:11:23,760 --> 01:11:26,000
Speaker 1: that it is the best matchup in week one, and

1364
01:11:26,040 --> 01:11:29,439
Speaker 1: it's a it's a to me. It's a shout out

1365
01:11:29,520 --> 01:11:32,280
Speaker 1: to the schedulemakers who are smart enough to give us

1366
01:11:32,800 --> 01:11:35,599
Speaker 1: a banger in week one. I don't like, Oh, I

1367
01:11:35,600 --> 01:11:38,519
Speaker 1: don't like when you have a huge division game on

1368
01:11:38,560 --> 01:11:41,040
Speaker 1: the Thursday night. Open with you because you need those

1369
01:11:41,040 --> 01:11:43,160
Speaker 1: games to marinate a little bit. But give me one

1370
01:11:43,160 --> 01:11:46,080
Speaker 1: of these, an intra conference, a f C favorite, Verse

1371
01:11:46,240 --> 01:11:49,000
Speaker 1: NFC favorite. See where they're at, see it, you know,

1372
01:11:49,040 --> 01:11:50,800
Speaker 1: really get the season off to a good start. It's

1373
01:11:50,800 --> 01:11:54,120
Speaker 1: the best game. It's my pick. What about you, guys? Well,

1374
01:11:54,240 --> 01:11:57,160
Speaker 1: so here's the thing, Dallas Tampa Bay. You mentioned it.

1375
01:11:57,200 --> 01:11:59,120
Speaker 1: We all got together and watched it a year ago

1376
01:11:59,160 --> 01:12:02,559
Speaker 1: in Week one. It's amazing, it was. But I don't

1377
01:12:02,600 --> 01:12:04,679
Speaker 1: I'm not going to double down with the same matchup

1378
01:12:04,720 --> 01:12:06,680
Speaker 1: two years in a row when I already and not

1379
01:12:06,720 --> 01:12:09,800
Speaker 1: that intrigued by the Cowboys. I pulled for that this

1380
01:12:09,880 --> 01:12:13,679
Speaker 1: matchup over and over because of Tampa Bay. But Rams Bills,

1381
01:12:14,439 --> 01:12:17,080
Speaker 1: it's I guess the exercise. Um, I wouldn't call it,

1382
01:12:17,280 --> 01:12:19,000
Speaker 1: you know, mute. It's like it is. We did what

1383
01:12:19,080 --> 01:12:21,000
Speaker 1: we did. But it is the best game. And I

1384
01:12:21,040 --> 01:12:23,680
Speaker 1: think it had a tough journey to get here, but

1385
01:12:23,760 --> 01:12:26,840
Speaker 1: not really, it's just simply the best contest. It's my pick.

1386
01:12:27,000 --> 01:12:29,040
Speaker 1: It's one of those things. It's not about the destination,

1387
01:12:29,360 --> 01:12:33,280
Speaker 1: it's the journey. The journey was enjoyable, it's this journey. Uh. Well,

1388
01:12:33,280 --> 01:12:36,080
Speaker 1: the Rams, you know, they're always they're always complaining they

1389
01:12:36,080 --> 01:12:38,400
Speaker 1: don't get enough pop from your power rankings. Like you were.

1390
01:12:38,760 --> 01:12:42,000
Speaker 1: You actually weirdly ranked them, you know, number four something

1391
01:12:42,080 --> 01:12:45,080
Speaker 1: after they won the Super Bowl. You just like, I'm

1392
01:12:45,120 --> 01:12:47,559
Speaker 1: just joking there, but at some you know, you can't

1393
01:12:47,560 --> 01:12:50,400
Speaker 1: got some members of the RAMS kept burying the unhappy

1394
01:12:50,439 --> 01:12:55,000
Speaker 1: about round power ranking. Right, so here we're giving them

1395
01:12:55,040 --> 01:12:59,479
Speaker 1: their shine. And I do think the Bills weird training

1396
01:12:59,560 --> 01:13:02,000
Speaker 1: camp where I don't think Tevious White is playing in

1397
01:13:02,040 --> 01:13:03,519
Speaker 1: this game. Will have plenty of time to talk about

1398
01:13:03,520 --> 01:13:04,920
Speaker 1: this game, but I don't think he's playing in it.

1399
01:13:04,920 --> 01:13:08,799
Speaker 1: And their cornerbacks like little shaky. And you know, the Rams,

1400
01:13:08,800 --> 01:13:11,439
Speaker 1: as much as you tried to campaign against them, Mark,

1401
01:13:11,479 --> 01:13:13,880
Speaker 1: you know what they did last year in all four games.

1402
01:13:14,680 --> 01:13:19,080
Speaker 1: They delivered entertainment all four of those playoff games. Well, uh,

1403
01:13:19,560 --> 01:13:22,200
Speaker 1: here's the thing. I just voted for them every time

1404
01:13:22,240 --> 01:13:25,559
Speaker 1: in a row. Well, it shows what a pro you are,

1405
01:13:26,400 --> 01:13:29,360
Speaker 1: But I'm not the The anti thing was probably closer

1406
01:13:29,400 --> 01:13:32,040
Speaker 1: to like the Jeff Fisher era of this whole business, right,

1407
01:13:32,120 --> 01:13:40,320
Speaker 1: and that was the playoff. You know, part of all

1408
01:13:40,320 --> 01:13:42,200
Speaker 1: this is about the stadium and that we were going

1409
01:13:42,280 --> 01:13:44,280
Speaker 1: to be next to them, and you had this image

1410
01:13:44,320 --> 01:13:46,120
Speaker 1: that like every day when we showed up to work

1411
01:13:46,240 --> 01:13:48,360
Speaker 1: standing Cronki is punching our time car. Yeah, but you

1412
01:13:48,360 --> 01:13:50,920
Speaker 1: know what, you know what changed, Matthew Stafford changed the

1413
01:13:50,920 --> 01:13:52,400
Speaker 1: field of that team. For me, It really did in

1414
01:13:52,479 --> 01:13:54,080
Speaker 1: the way that they went and got him, and that

1415
01:13:54,080 --> 01:13:57,360
Speaker 1: that was a that was a different moment. So it's like,

1416
01:13:57,400 --> 01:13:59,400
Speaker 1: I'd like to take this and throw it out the winter.

1417
01:13:59,479 --> 01:14:02,720
Speaker 1: This is not AM's house. This is this is a

1418
01:14:02,760 --> 01:14:06,080
Speaker 1: podcast that uh covers the teams that are the most

1419
01:14:06,160 --> 01:14:08,479
Speaker 1: interesting and just so happens to the team that plays.

1420
01:14:08,680 --> 01:14:10,840
Speaker 1: The two teams that play across the street are very

1421
01:14:10,840 --> 01:14:14,599
Speaker 1: interesting teams right now. When they suck, oh you'll see,

1422
01:14:15,520 --> 01:14:19,639
Speaker 1: they won't be talked about nearly as much the only team.

1423
01:14:19,720 --> 01:14:21,679
Speaker 1: Yeah there are a few will see. Yeah, we'll see.

1424
01:14:21,720 --> 01:14:25,439
Speaker 1: But I feel confident that the Rams Chargers get talked

1425
01:14:25,439 --> 01:14:28,200
Speaker 1: about the Chargers like the Chargers or the Rams have

1426
01:14:28,280 --> 01:14:31,719
Speaker 1: like Geno Smith is their quarterback, and we talked about

1427
01:14:31,720 --> 01:14:33,920
Speaker 1: as much. I mean, the Charges were not talked about

1428
01:14:34,000 --> 01:14:36,559
Speaker 1: that much relatively on this podcast a couple of years ago.

1429
01:14:36,640 --> 01:14:38,800
Speaker 1: And the crazy thing is it's hard to imagine these

1430
01:14:38,840 --> 01:14:44,280
Speaker 1: teams really struggling just because it's hadn't happened under Sean McVeigh.

1431
01:14:44,560 --> 01:14:47,360
Speaker 1: And then the other one is Justin Herbert. All right,

1432
01:14:49,360 --> 01:14:51,080
Speaker 1: a lot of pop by the way, Mark people are like,

1433
01:14:51,160 --> 01:14:59,800
Speaker 1: you know Justin Herbert, Michael Jordan's who is that? Who

1434
01:14:59,840 --> 01:15:03,440
Speaker 1: is who is Justin Herbert? Who is the NBA comp

1435
01:15:03,560 --> 01:15:07,200
Speaker 1: for where Justin Herbert is? Right now? I saw somewhere,

1436
01:15:07,720 --> 01:15:10,400
Speaker 1: I believe on the sub reddit someone said, Luca dot,

1437
01:15:11,520 --> 01:15:14,720
Speaker 1: that's pretty good. That's a good one that fits. That

1438
01:15:14,760 --> 01:15:17,479
Speaker 1: sounds about right. You gotta win. We also, I think

1439
01:15:17,479 --> 01:15:21,080
Speaker 1: we've compared maybe nine NFL players to Michael Jordan on

1440
01:15:21,080 --> 01:15:23,320
Speaker 1: this podcast over the years. But you're expecting him to

1441
01:15:23,360 --> 01:15:26,240
Speaker 1: be an all time great do um? No? I know,

1442
01:15:26,720 --> 01:15:30,160
Speaker 1: but he's still haven't. You still have to do it

1443
01:15:31,240 --> 01:15:33,960
Speaker 1: through a couple of wars. We gotta see what he looks.

1444
01:15:34,000 --> 01:15:36,120
Speaker 1: What am I? What is happening if he becomes that?

1445
01:15:36,160 --> 01:15:37,640
Speaker 1: And then I tell you he's that? What are we

1446
01:15:37,680 --> 01:15:40,680
Speaker 1: doing there? Oh? You're telling Michael Jordan? Then I tell

1447
01:15:40,720 --> 01:15:43,519
Speaker 1: you he's believe he will be Michael, what's the point

1448
01:15:43,560 --> 01:15:48,200
Speaker 1: of me telling you will win six Super Bowl championships.

1449
01:15:48,439 --> 01:15:52,599
Speaker 1: The nflved the NFL is a little bit different than

1450
01:15:52,680 --> 01:15:56,639
Speaker 1: than the NBA. Michael Jordan's. If you say Michael Jordan's,

1451
01:15:57,000 --> 01:16:00,280
Speaker 1: it means best player to ever play the sport and

1452
01:16:00,600 --> 01:16:05,599
Speaker 1: six for six never lost the championship. That's what Michael Jordan's.

1453
01:16:05,600 --> 01:16:12,840
Speaker 1: Some people are Tom Brady withs hated West hated when

1454
01:16:12,840 --> 01:16:17,120
Speaker 1: people compared Lebron to m j And although I was

1455
01:16:17,160 --> 01:16:19,320
Speaker 1: a bigger fan of Lebron than West, I understood what

1456
01:16:19,360 --> 01:16:22,920
Speaker 1: he meant because people almost forget And I'm glad that

1457
01:16:23,000 --> 01:16:27,080
Speaker 1: documentary came out last year. Like what Jordan was, which

1458
01:16:27,160 --> 01:16:30,439
Speaker 1: was one of one never will be another guy like that, Well,

1459
01:16:30,479 --> 01:16:33,519
Speaker 1: I would never I ient with West on the Lebron first.

1460
01:16:33,560 --> 01:16:35,880
Speaker 1: Jordan's argument is absurd to me. And I don't know

1461
01:16:35,920 --> 01:16:39,120
Speaker 1: why we always need to make other NBA players Michael Jordan,

1462
01:16:39,200 --> 01:16:41,639
Speaker 1: whether it was Kobe or anyone else. I mean, I watched,

1463
01:16:41,680 --> 01:16:45,280
Speaker 1: and I'm sure you did too. You just you just

1464
01:16:45,400 --> 01:16:47,840
Speaker 1: made Justin Herbert. But I'm saying in the same sport,

1465
01:16:48,240 --> 01:16:50,120
Speaker 1: like there is only one Michael Jordan. But a lot

1466
01:16:50,160 --> 01:16:52,400
Speaker 1: of people who are comparing player X to Michael Jordan.

1467
01:16:52,479 --> 01:16:54,840
Speaker 1: The NBA right now did not watch Michael tom Brady,

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Speaker 1: though tom Brady has lost more Super Bowl than any

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Speaker 1: quarterback ever. Yeah, but I mean like football is completely

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Speaker 1: different than basketball. I mean you don't. It's like I

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Speaker 1: I that's I mean that because he made more championships,

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Speaker 1: he didn't you know, you know, lose as many in

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Speaker 1: the conference. Uh, no one will ever do what tom

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Speaker 1: Brady did. That's and that is I think Herbert why

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Speaker 1: people sometimes pushed back because I'm not just think you're

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Speaker 1: going just for title title count and I hear what

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Speaker 1: I'm saying, but ever most championship or perfect championship record

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Speaker 1: in the equivalent of the NBA five. I think here's

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Speaker 1: the thing that Justin Herbert has the kind of body,

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Speaker 1: like the with sports science in two that would allow

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Speaker 1: him to play until he's forty something. I think we're

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Speaker 1: going to be in that world. I do. I don't

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Speaker 1: think there's been a bigger like I couldn't be a

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Speaker 1: bigger Justin Herbert fan and believer and and that's the

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Speaker 1: for the whole last two years. So I'm with you.

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Speaker 1: But to be Michael Jordan's he would have to be

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Speaker 1: stand apart not only from like he'd have to be

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Speaker 1: considerably better than Patrick mahome in Lamar Jackson, and then

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Speaker 1: you'd have to be considered better than Brett far other

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Speaker 1: things that I threw it out there, all right. It

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Speaker 1: wasn't like we were, you know, down at like Cook's

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Speaker 1: tavern talking about it and then it gets it gets

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Speaker 1: lost in the wash. He gets it gets I don't know,

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Speaker 1: it gets commented on. It's like I just said it.

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Speaker 1: I do think he will be one's throw out. Jordan's

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Speaker 1: you and you're talking about his build and sports science.

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Speaker 1: You're talking Tom Brady and Tom Brady because Jordan wasn't

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Speaker 1: known for his incredible longevity. Brady of course, the stats

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Speaker 1: the Super Bowl this time it made sense you're saying

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Speaker 1: he's the next Tom Brady when you say Justin Herbert

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Speaker 1: is the next inserts superstar all time, he'd be the person.

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Speaker 1: He'd be the person I would pick. But that but

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Speaker 1: a lot of that because it's not the NBA where

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Speaker 1: you just get two or three your friends and you

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Speaker 1: win three titles. It's like you have to be in

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Speaker 1: the right environment, on the right team, and that's that's

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Speaker 1: not entirely justin Herbert's control. All right, great little Capper

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Speaker 1: there thank everybody for listening. We'll be back on Thursday

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Speaker 1: with another episode of Around NFL. We appreciate your support.

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Speaker 1: Until then, he the call, This is the first time

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Speaker 1: I've gotten excited about football since probably last December. Really,

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Speaker 1: what about the Patriots Chiefs Championship that was a great game.

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Speaker 1: Saying he's keeping it real, No, you at some point

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Speaker 1: have a super Bowl didn't really excite me. But but

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Speaker 1: some of the playoff games. How about every game the

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Speaker 1: Saints played basically sat one of the best. It was

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Speaker 1: maybe the best game of the year. The Saints Eagles

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Speaker 1: was a terrific game, and then the NFC Championship game

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Speaker 1: was not the best game, but it was exciting. Both

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Speaker 1: Saints Rams games were good. Yeah, come on, good stuff.

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Speaker 1: West is excited again. I guess let's start with West.

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Speaker 1: Then that that we he has a week one game.

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Speaker 1: What's getting you started? Well, so many different ways I

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Speaker 1: could go, but let me start with Rams at Panthers.

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Speaker 1: I like these matchups that kind of make a statement

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Speaker 1: at the beginning of the year, how good is this team?

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Speaker 1: And I think the Panthers I'm looking at them to

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Speaker 1: be the Panthers that they were in the first half

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Speaker 1: of last season when they looked like a legitimate playoff contender,

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Speaker 1: and their defensive line is better now, some of their

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Speaker 1: skill position players are better. So can a guy like

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Speaker 1: Curtis Samuel Uh? Can he make a kind of leap

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Speaker 1: like Christian McCaffrey did last year. So to me, that's

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Speaker 1: a good LISTMAS litmus test. Going against the NFC representative

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Speaker 1: from the Super Bowl, the Rams. I would not consider

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Speaker 1: the Rams a heavy favorite in that game. I think

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Speaker 1: it's a statement game.