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Speaker 1: What is going on everybody? The National Football League makes

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Speaker 1: its long awaited return. We got a real game. Week

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Speaker 1: I want to celebrate that because it's been a long

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Speaker 1: This is beautiful day. It really is. My favorite part

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Speaker 1: Stroud to be I would bet on him to be

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Speaker 1: year and I was proven wrong simply by going who

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Speaker 1: goes from Rogers or excuse me far to Rogers to

428
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Speaker 1: another really good quarterback. It's like, statistically that's impossible, Like

429
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Speaker 1: Montana to Young de Garcia is like an all time trio,

430
00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:35,000
Speaker 1: probably the best of all time. How Alex Smith the

431
00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:38,359
Speaker 1: Mahomes is one of the greatest handoffs we've ever seen,

432
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Speaker 1: So to go from that, I just kind of believe

433
00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:45,840
Speaker 1: in Lafour as an offensive coach. He showed me a

434
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Speaker 1: lot last year. So I'm going with the Packers in

435
00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:50,879
Speaker 1: my top five. My bottom five is pretty easy. I

436
00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:54,080
Speaker 1: think there are some bad teams. The Pats are atrocious.

437
00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:58,080
Speaker 1: I mean they are they are. If they're on TV

438
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Speaker 1: and they're playing another non playoff team, you might not

439
00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:05,040
Speaker 1: even give that a box. They're not even worth watching.

440
00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:08,639
Speaker 1: I think Carolinea is gonna be pretty bad. I know

441
00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:11,840
Speaker 1: a lot of people are trying to zag. I still

442
00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:15,760
Speaker 1: think they're gonna be pretty terrible until proven otherwise. It's

443
00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:18,600
Speaker 1: hard for me to get behind a quarterback who's that tiny.

444
00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:21,400
Speaker 1: It really is. And listen, I liked them coming out

445
00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:24,159
Speaker 1: of college. I did, but when you see the visual

446
00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:28,560
Speaker 1: of the body next to other NFL players, it's pretty jarring.

447
00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:33,639
Speaker 1: The Raiders, I know they caught lightning in a bottle.

448
00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:37,840
Speaker 1: The moment they cost fired, Josh McDaniels and Antonio Pierce

449
00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:41,240
Speaker 1: took over. But I just think this thing is gonna

450
00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:43,600
Speaker 1: be a disaster. I really do. There's already a lot

451
00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:47,320
Speaker 1: of buzz about DeVante getting traded. It's hard to win

452
00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:52,879
Speaker 1: when your quarterback room is Garner Minshew and Aid O'Connell.

453
00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:57,280
Speaker 1: And here's the thing. O'Connell beat the Chiefs. They literally

454
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Speaker 1: beat the Chiefs, who had one of the worst games

455
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Speaker 1: they've ever had in the Andy Reid era. Aidan O'Connell

456
00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:06,840
Speaker 1: did not complete a pass in the second quarter, the

457
00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:11,159
Speaker 1: third quarter, or the fourth quarter. I'd say that's a

458
00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:14,280
Speaker 1: pretty an all time fluky NFL win. Not that fluky.

459
00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:17,160
Speaker 1: The defense kicked mahomes ass. I'm just saying, how often

460
00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:19,960
Speaker 1: does a team win when that is the case, and

461
00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:22,160
Speaker 1: I just think the quarterback play. I'm sorry, I can't

462
00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:25,280
Speaker 1: get behind. Washington is a team so many people are

463
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Speaker 1: really high on. I'm not not because Adam Peters rooting

464
00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:32,160
Speaker 1: for him like them. Jayden Daniels clearly a big time talent.

465
00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:34,440
Speaker 1: Their rosters just not very good and they're gonna be

466
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Speaker 1: depending on a lot of young players. Cowboys and Eagles

467
00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:40,000
Speaker 1: are good. I think the hype on this thing, I

468
00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:44,000
Speaker 1: understand it because it's exciting, but I don't see it.

469
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Speaker 1: I don't see it at all. I think they are

470
00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:51,520
Speaker 1: competing to be a top five drafting team with positivity,

471
00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:53,639
Speaker 1: like you can still draft in the top five and

472
00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:56,440
Speaker 1: have a lot of moments with the quarterback. To me,

473
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Speaker 1: that's the best case scenario. You'd rather win four games

474
00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:02,840
Speaker 1: then win seven. What would a seven and ten do

475
00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:05,000
Speaker 1: for you? Four gets you in the mix to get

476
00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,280
Speaker 1: a sweet player in the draft, and then next year, boom,

477
00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:09,320
Speaker 1: your eight or nine wins. But they got a long

478
00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:11,160
Speaker 1: way to go. The kid's gonna be running for his life,

479
00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:15,119
Speaker 1: and you know, I kinda it's hard. I mean, there

480
00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:16,680
Speaker 1: are a lot of teams that kind of feel that

481
00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:19,720
Speaker 1: six to seven win games that's kind of the Giants

482
00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,400
Speaker 1: to me. I don't think they're as bad as those

483
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Speaker 1: teams I just listed, but I think when Daniel Jones

484
00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:29,320
Speaker 1: is your quarterback, it's just hard to win. So their

485
00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:33,280
Speaker 1: defense should be pretty solid. Obviously, my league neighbors is

486
00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:36,440
Speaker 1: a hard player not to like. But over the course

487
00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:38,479
Speaker 1: of the season, I'm just out on Daniel Jones. I mean,

488
00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,080
Speaker 1: somehow they won nine games. He threw fifteen touchdowns two

489
00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:44,480
Speaker 1: years ago. When you look at divisions, the Bills easiest

490
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Speaker 1: pick on the board, Like, you couldn't pay me to

491
00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:51,240
Speaker 1: pick Miami after last year, and they're worst. Obviously the Jets,

492
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Speaker 1: I mean, at any moment, a couple injuries, see you,

493
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Speaker 1: and the Pats suck. I had waffled back and forth

494
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Speaker 1: on the AFC North thinking, you know, like go with

495
00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:06,480
Speaker 1: the Colts, and then one morning during the preseason, flipped

496
00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:10,840
Speaker 1: on NFL Network and the culture plan playing the Bengals.

497
00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:13,960
Speaker 1: Maybe I forget other Bears, forget the game. But Anthy

498
00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:17,639
Speaker 1: Richards started, so I'm like, okay, and he's just throwing

499
00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:21,320
Speaker 1: a hundred mile an hour fast balls two guys that

500
00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:23,960
Speaker 1: were within a ten yard radius of them, and it's like,

501
00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:26,040
Speaker 1: this is gonna be a pretty big work in progress

502
00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:28,480
Speaker 1: for Shane Ssych who's an excellent coach, and I think

503
00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:31,120
Speaker 1: if he can just corral him like he did Jalen

504
00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:34,080
Speaker 1: Hurts a couple of years ago. Not might not be

505
00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:36,520
Speaker 1: an MVP candidate right away, but you can make the playoffs.

506
00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:38,760
Speaker 1: But it's hard for me to pick you to win

507
00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:42,000
Speaker 1: the division when the Texans have a quarterback who dominates

508
00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:45,560
Speaker 1: from within the pocket tank. Dell's a stud Nico Collins.

509
00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:47,560
Speaker 1: If you don't know about him, you're gonna know about

510
00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:50,720
Speaker 1: him fast. And I just think they're gonna be excellent

511
00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:54,040
Speaker 1: to me. Demiko's just one of those guys. He was

512
00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:56,200
Speaker 1: just meant to win, and that's what the guy does.

513
00:27:56,680 --> 00:28:00,240
Speaker 1: He won as a player, he's won as an assistant coach.

514
00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:04,280
Speaker 1: He won immediately as a head coach. Everyone around him

515
00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:07,399
Speaker 1: wants to either promote him as a team captain. They

516
00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:09,800
Speaker 1: want to promote him from a position coach to a coordinator,

517
00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:11,480
Speaker 1: from a coordinator to a head coach. He's just a

518
00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:14,680
Speaker 1: rocket ship, and I don't bet against rocket ships. I'm

519
00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:17,840
Speaker 1: telling you, I think the Texans, if that defense can

520
00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:19,879
Speaker 1: come along and these offensive skill guys, can take the

521
00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,879
Speaker 1: next step. I think they're a sleeper to compete with

522
00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:26,040
Speaker 1: the Chiefs to win the AFC the North's really hard

523
00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:29,320
Speaker 1: for me. I went the Bengals. I don't feel great

524
00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:33,639
Speaker 1: about this. If them, probably the Bengals and the Ravens

525
00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:37,240
Speaker 1: or the playoff teams from that division. Steelers are always winning.

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Speaker 1: I'm shorten them this season. I don't think they're gonna

527
00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:42,000
Speaker 1: be terrible, but maybe this is the year that they

528
00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:43,840
Speaker 1: go eight to nine, not nine to eight or ten

529
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Speaker 1: and seven. And then obviously the AFC North. You don't

530
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Speaker 1: even need or excuse me, the AFC West. Do we

531
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Speaker 1: even need to talk about it. It's not who's gonna

532
00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:54,000
Speaker 1: win the division. We know who's gonna win the division.

533
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Speaker 1: I think the question mark is could the Chargers or

534
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Speaker 1: the Broncos make the playoffs? And rowing these bets out right, Denver,

535
00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:04,400
Speaker 1: you get six to one to make the playoffs, the

536
00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:06,920
Speaker 1: Chargers were asleep. I think like four or five to

537
00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:09,880
Speaker 1: one to make the playoffs. If you can find a

538
00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:13,840
Speaker 1: way to parlay Chargers or the Broncos to make the playoffs,

539
00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:15,800
Speaker 1: I think one of those two teams makes it. Now,

540
00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:18,160
Speaker 1: anytime you got a rookie quarterback, there could be ups

541
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Speaker 1: and downs. Love them, Love the Broncos. Week one, get

542
00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:24,360
Speaker 1: six points on the road in Seattle. But I think

543
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:27,400
Speaker 1: one of those two teams make it. Look around the AFC,

544
00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:29,960
Speaker 1: Sean Payton and Jim Harbaugh are two of the best

545
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,800
Speaker 1: coaches in the conference, hell in the league. If you

546
00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:37,760
Speaker 1: did a coach draft from scratch, I mean, Jim Harbass

547
00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:41,040
Speaker 1: probably going in the top four or five. Sean Payton

548
00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:43,000
Speaker 1: just because a little bigger, you know, kind of a

549
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:46,320
Speaker 1: little crazier, likes a little more power, still going in

550
00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:49,720
Speaker 1: the top ten. So this is a coaching quarterback league.

551
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,080
Speaker 1: We know Herbert's a good player, and if bo Nicks

552
00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:54,080
Speaker 1: becomes a good player like him as offensive rookie the

553
00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:58,080
Speaker 1: year ten to one, it's gonna work. When I look

554
00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:02,960
Speaker 1: at the NFC East, I've gone back and forth. I'm

555
00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:05,840
Speaker 1: pro both the teams. I think we see what we've

556
00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:09,400
Speaker 1: seen the last couple of years. They're both good, and

557
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:11,560
Speaker 1: the other two teams in the division just aren't good.

558
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,200
Speaker 1: And what we've seen when the Eagles and Cowboys play

559
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:16,240
Speaker 1: each other, games are really close, games are really fun.

560
00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:20,200
Speaker 1: I ended up going just I guess a little counterculture.

561
00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:23,200
Speaker 1: Everyone's picking the Eagles. I like the Eagles. I think

562
00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:26,440
Speaker 1: whoever doesn't win this division is more than likely the

563
00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:31,440
Speaker 1: fifth seed in the playoffs, so probably playing my Saints.

564
00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:35,320
Speaker 1: But I went with Dallas, and I think he's gonna

565
00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:37,040
Speaker 1: be close, come down in the last couple of weeks.

566
00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:41,600
Speaker 1: But I think Dallas one advantage they have over the

567
00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:45,040
Speaker 1: Eagles because this matters to me, who's your coach, who's

568
00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:48,280
Speaker 1: your quarterback? Well, what coach do you like? More macarthy

569
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:52,480
Speaker 1: or Sirianni? Well? I see McCarthy rattling off twelve wins

570
00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:55,080
Speaker 1: every year for Dallas, and now he calls place and

571
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,680
Speaker 1: unlike Sirianni, he's proven he can call the place now.

572
00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:01,160
Speaker 1: I like Kellen Moore a lot too. The dynamics there.

573
00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:03,080
Speaker 1: It can just get i lived in Philly for a

574
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:05,160
Speaker 1: couple of years. I've seen how weird things get for

575
00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:09,480
Speaker 1: the Eagles. It's just it's hard now their talent top

576
00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:14,240
Speaker 1: to bottom roster. I'd probably lean the Eagles, But Cowboys coaching.

577
00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:18,000
Speaker 1: The other thing is Cowboys. Eagles draft well. Cowboys draft

578
00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:20,600
Speaker 1: well too, Like they have a long history. Said what

579
00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:24,000
Speaker 1: about their running backs? Guys, this isn't nineteen eighty nine.

580
00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:27,360
Speaker 1: They were not depending on you know, Walter Payton and

581
00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:30,600
Speaker 1: Barry Sanders to carry my franchise passing league. You can

582
00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:34,240
Speaker 1: go who are their extra wide receivers? But I like Ferguson.

583
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,040
Speaker 1: And here's the other thing, Mike Zimmer. So you lose

584
00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:39,560
Speaker 1: Dan Quinn, which in theory can be a big blow.

585
00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:42,240
Speaker 1: He was excellent beside the playoff game for the Cowboys,

586
00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:44,600
Speaker 1: but like Mike Zimmer's kind of a big time. I

587
00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:47,480
Speaker 1: think they're gonna be okay. So I gave the Cowboys

588
00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:50,480
Speaker 1: the slight edge. Also like the Eagles to make the playoffs.

589
00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:56,080
Speaker 1: And this is a division that the NFC South every

590
00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:57,880
Speaker 1: one of their mother's picking Atlanta. I'm sorry, I'm not.

591
00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:00,600
Speaker 1: I said I think the best value you you could

592
00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:03,120
Speaker 1: argue in the entire NFL is the Saints. They went

593
00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:06,520
Speaker 1: nine to eight last year. They hired a real offensive

594
00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:10,760
Speaker 1: coordinator this year. Their defense is really really good, and

595
00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:14,480
Speaker 1: the division is not great. Like everyone annoying thing in Atlanta,

596
00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:17,200
Speaker 1: like their Belichick and Brady, give me a fucking break.

597
00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:20,920
Speaker 1: I like Cousins, he's gotten a lot better, but for

598
00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:23,360
Speaker 1: a lot of his careers like this, Kirk Cousins, what's

599
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,360
Speaker 1: his deal? And now we're just annoying him, like signing

600
00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:28,360
Speaker 1: Peyton Manning or something. It's a good signing for them.

601
00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:30,200
Speaker 1: They didn't have a choice, but they also used a

602
00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:33,640
Speaker 1: first round pick if someone that's not even gonna play,

603
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:36,120
Speaker 1: So they had a top ten pick and they get

604
00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:38,560
Speaker 1: nothing out of it in theory if Cousins keeps playing.

605
00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:41,600
Speaker 1: So I like the Saints. I've liked the Saints for

606
00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:43,600
Speaker 1: a long time, and I like them even stronger now.

607
00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:47,120
Speaker 1: And everyone that wants to short short the Saints, I

608
00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:49,560
Speaker 1: don't know. Maybe I'm high on drugs. We'll find out,

609
00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:51,600
Speaker 1: but I like the Saints a lot and then a

610
00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:55,280
Speaker 1: lot Like the Cowboys and the Packers, I think there's

611
00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:57,920
Speaker 1: a little bit more separation here, Like I think the

612
00:32:58,000 --> 00:32:59,959
Speaker 1: net Lions or the clear pick for me to win

613
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:03,480
Speaker 1: the division, but I think like whoever doesn't win it

614
00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:06,000
Speaker 1: out of Dallas in Philly, I like the Packers right there,

615
00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:08,440
Speaker 1: you know, as a five to six seed, So I

616
00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:11,240
Speaker 1: think the Packers if Jordan Love is really good. The

617
00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:14,200
Speaker 1: one thing the difference of Dallas and Philly, Like if

618
00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:16,360
Speaker 1: Jordan Love looks like he did the last eight games,

619
00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:19,800
Speaker 1: I'm taking Jordan Love over Daker Jalen ERDs without question.

620
00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:24,320
Speaker 1: And in theory he's more talented than Jared Goff, but

621
00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:27,480
Speaker 1: the way Jared what Jared Goff has in that offensive

622
00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:29,760
Speaker 1: line and those skill guys, I mean, Jared Goff's top

623
00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:33,240
Speaker 1: ten quarterback in the NFL. So if their defense, especially

624
00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:36,360
Speaker 1: the secondary, is better than it was last year, I mean,

625
00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:38,840
Speaker 1: I think Lion's can win the Super Bowl. So that's

626
00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:41,000
Speaker 1: just you got to see it play out. But I

627
00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:44,480
Speaker 1: would expect Adon Hudchinson to have a massive, massive season,

628
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:48,080
Speaker 1: I mean massive year, and I think we end up

629
00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:51,360
Speaker 1: looking back and go, why didn't he go number one overall?

630
00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:56,240
Speaker 1: How did that happen? And then the NFC West, I'm

631
00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:59,920
Speaker 1: picking the Niners. I think it's pretty simple. Kyle Shanahan

632
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:02,520
Speaker 1: has in that defense, has owned Geno Smith, beat him

633
00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:06,440
Speaker 1: five straight times. Obviously McVeigh got him in the biggest

634
00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:09,839
Speaker 1: game they ever played, in the NFC Championship. But Kyle

635
00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:14,239
Speaker 1: owns McVeigh and you know, Kyler's tough. But you're talking

636
00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:16,160
Speaker 1: a team that's gonna go four and two, five and

637
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:19,319
Speaker 1: one in the division, like the Niners are winning it again.

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Speaker 1: You know now they have It's funny they have one

639
00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:26,400
Speaker 1: of the oldest teams in the NFL. It's like twenty

640
00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:30,920
Speaker 1: seven point one years old, right, and then like the

641
00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:34,239
Speaker 1: fourteenth oldest team, so like you cut it in half,

642
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:39,879
Speaker 1: is like twenty six point one. So I've been twenty six,

643
00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:42,320
Speaker 1: I've been twenty seven. There's no difference. Now. If you

644
00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:45,040
Speaker 1: want to say Trent wins thirty six, that's fair. George

645
00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:48,120
Speaker 1: Kittle's thirty A lot of wear and tear. That's those

646
00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:53,839
Speaker 1: two individual players. But deebo I Yuku, you know, McCaffrey

647
00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:56,880
Speaker 1: has been pretty healthy since he's been a forty nine er.

648
00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:01,680
Speaker 1: And Fred Warner like a keep an eye on a

649
00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:05,000
Speaker 1: guy named Diamadoor or Leonora. He is going to become

650
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:08,880
Speaker 1: a star corner this year. Tarvarius like, they have the

651
00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:12,400
Speaker 1: difference to me between them and the Rams. Obviously, if

652
00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:15,960
Speaker 1: Stafford is humming, he is a better player than Party

653
00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:20,279
Speaker 1: but one. Stafford is pretty hit or miss in terms

654
00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:22,480
Speaker 1: of like he can be really streaky. He can have

655
00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:25,040
Speaker 1: like two or three weeks where he leads the league interceptions,

656
00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:28,080
Speaker 1: and they're very, very dependent on some young guys. I

657
00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:32,360
Speaker 1: like Jared Vers, I think Braydon Fisk, the defensive tackle

658
00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:35,440
Speaker 1: that obviously Florida State misses those two guys, but like

659
00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:38,760
Speaker 1: pretty dependent on some young guys. You know you lose.

660
00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:42,160
Speaker 1: I don't know someone pretty important. Well, oh, Aaron Donald.

661
00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:45,200
Speaker 1: Aaron Donald. Now I like the Rams to make the playoffs.

662
00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:50,360
Speaker 1: I think, to me, Eagles, Cowboys, Lions, Packers, Niners, Rams.

663
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:56,360
Speaker 1: That's division winners and the wildcards. But I think a

664
00:35:56,400 --> 00:36:00,439
Speaker 1: lot of people there's still some question marks with the MS.

665
00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:02,759
Speaker 1: I think there are less question marks with the forty

666
00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:05,120
Speaker 1: nine ers, and then just based on their success in

667
00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:07,640
Speaker 1: the division against the people, I feel pretty good about it.

668
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:12,120
Speaker 1: So I think the two wild card teams in the

669
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:16,080
Speaker 1: AFC and NFC. For the AFC, it's the Colts. As

670
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:19,120
Speaker 1: we talked about, just what does Anthony Richardson look like?

671
00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:21,440
Speaker 1: If you could tell me he has games where he

672
00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:23,800
Speaker 1: throws for four touchdowns and runs for another two, and

673
00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:25,399
Speaker 1: you can tell me he has games where he throws

674
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:28,000
Speaker 1: five interceptions, I don't know. And he's probably gonna have

675
00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:30,640
Speaker 1: some of those games like you just see Anthony Richardson

676
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:33,879
Speaker 1: bust off a seventy yard run and then he's gonna

677
00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:36,279
Speaker 1: have a game like did Anthony Richardson just throw back

678
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:38,719
Speaker 1: to back passes that were pick sixes? And how they

679
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:40,719
Speaker 1: balance that because they do have a really talented team.

680
00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:43,040
Speaker 1: Their defense is gonna be good, I think, but I

681
00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:44,480
Speaker 1: don't know. I don't know what to expect, and I

682
00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:46,960
Speaker 1: think the Bears are another team. The hype on them

683
00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:50,160
Speaker 1: is outrageous. Everybody and their mother is gonna bet on them.

684
00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:53,160
Speaker 1: I would imagine Week one against the Titans me not

685
00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:55,120
Speaker 1: because I don't like the Bears, just because I think

686
00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:58,040
Speaker 1: Week ones we gotta pump the brakes a little bit.

687
00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:01,320
Speaker 1: The hype is pretty nuts. But to me, the Bears

688
00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:04,919
Speaker 1: can be a really really solid eight to nine win team,

689
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:08,440
Speaker 1: or if Caleb just has the CJ. Stroud type year,

690
00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:10,200
Speaker 1: because their defense is good, because the weapons they have

691
00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:13,279
Speaker 1: on offense, they could win eleven games. But I think

692
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:16,640
Speaker 1: that I don't know, and it's never as easy for

693
00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:19,439
Speaker 1: rookie quarterbacks as we think it's gonna be. Given the hype.

694
00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:23,600
Speaker 1: What CJ. Stroud did, what Andrew Luck did typically doesn't happen.

695
00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:26,360
Speaker 1: Doesn't mean it can't with Caleb. I definitely think that

696
00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:28,080
Speaker 1: with Jayden, like everyone wants to pump the brakes a

697
00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:30,040
Speaker 1: little bit, doesn't mean they're not gonna have great games,

698
00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:32,640
Speaker 1: doesn't mean they can't win like Week one, but over

699
00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:36,959
Speaker 1: the course of a season, every single week seeing good

700
00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:39,920
Speaker 1: teams game. The more film that gets out of about you,

701
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:42,560
Speaker 1: the more they know what you know, your weaknesses are

702
00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:45,920
Speaker 1: and force you to that this is no one's going

703
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:50,040
Speaker 1: to class in this league. No one's fucking going to

704
00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:53,400
Speaker 1: study hall, the study halls in the meeting room twenty

705
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:56,560
Speaker 1: four to seven, three sixty five. These coaches are getting

706
00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:59,600
Speaker 1: paid millions of dollars. It is just really really hard

707
00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:03,239
Speaker 1: for young players, especially ones with the weight of the

708
00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:06,440
Speaker 1: world on their shoulders. And Caleb's I think he's an

709
00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:09,320
Speaker 1: impressive guy, and I think Ryan Poles has done a

710
00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:13,120
Speaker 1: great job. But it's gonna be really really intense, especially

711
00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:17,239
Speaker 1: given their division, Like the Lions are fucking good. The

712
00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:20,719
Speaker 1: Packers have been winning for thirty years. You know, It's

713
00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:23,640
Speaker 1: just it's hard. It's like Caleb save us, which I understand.

714
00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:26,040
Speaker 1: I don't blame any Bears fan for saying that, but

715
00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:30,040
Speaker 1: I think they could have a positive like next three years,

716
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:33,520
Speaker 1: and this year doesn't go win lost record as well

717
00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:37,320
Speaker 1: as people think, and overall this is just a home

718
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:41,960
Speaker 1: run kind of you know, team building exercise for the team,

719
00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:44,319
Speaker 1: like in two years, Like damn, the Bears are really good.

720
00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:47,759
Speaker 1: But I just think we're kinda Sometimes you gotta walk

721
00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:50,000
Speaker 1: before you run, and I feel like we've put the

722
00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:52,720
Speaker 1: cart in front of the horse, like Bears super Bowl contender,

723
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:56,080
Speaker 1: or could the Bears win the division? Like I don't know,

724
00:38:56,160 --> 00:38:58,560
Speaker 1: they got a rookie quarterback. You know how difficult that is,

725
00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:00,480
Speaker 1: even if this is one of the best situas ever

726
00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:03,560
Speaker 1: for a rookie tour. When you're playing, you could argue

727
00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:17,239
Speaker 1: that it's the best division in football. So buckle up, baby, Okay,

728
00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:19,759
Speaker 1: let's dive it in the mailbag at John Middlecoff is

729
00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:23,560
Speaker 1: the Instagram firing those dms get questions answered here on

730
00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:25,799
Speaker 1: the show. A lot of you guys are firing in there.

731
00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:29,319
Speaker 1: I try to get to everybody I can. Instagram makes

732
00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:31,879
Speaker 1: it a little weird too. You know, it's not really

733
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Speaker 1: in an Excel spreadsheet. But I try my best. I

734
00:39:35,239 --> 00:39:38,920
Speaker 1: honestly do. We'll start with Austin two questions for the mailbag.

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Speaker 1: Are we still one head injury away from Tua being

736
00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:46,640
Speaker 1: done with football? I'll just answer that question. I don't know.

737
00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:49,360
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm never like one of these media guys

738
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:53,040
Speaker 1: like it's no football for him. Guy wants to play football.

739
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:55,120
Speaker 1: It's his choice, it's his life. He's a grown up.

740
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:57,839
Speaker 1: He's getting paid a lot of money. If he got

741
00:39:57,880 --> 00:39:59,680
Speaker 1: a concussion, I would imagine he would just go into

742
00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:01,440
Speaker 1: the proto call and if he cleared, didn't come back.

743
00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:06,520
Speaker 1: So now the reaction by the Big Jays would.

744
00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:07,640
Speaker 2: Be like, this is not right.

745
00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:11,080
Speaker 1: He doesn't care what they think, and listen, I'm not

746
00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:14,759
Speaker 1: I'm the doctor. Obviously. You know the way that he

747
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:17,600
Speaker 1: got knocked out in that one game was that Christmas.

748
00:40:18,719 --> 00:40:21,839
Speaker 1: I can't was that Christmas against the Packers. It was bad,

749
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:23,560
Speaker 1: but it felt like he had had a concussion the

750
00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:25,600
Speaker 1: previous week and they didn't check him out. I don't know.

751
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:30,840
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think he's one headed injury, but

752
00:40:31,040 --> 00:40:33,359
Speaker 1: if that is something that doesn't go away, I mean,

753
00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:37,240
Speaker 1: it happened to Keikley, but his position is obviously different

754
00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:39,600
Speaker 1: than some of these guys that you know, running backs

755
00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:43,840
Speaker 1: or linebackers. To get hit every play is the media craziness,

756
00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:46,400
Speaker 1: a setup for Dion to have an out after this

757
00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:50,560
Speaker 1: year and take the Cowboys job or another NFL job. Well,

758
00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:53,240
Speaker 1: I saw a lot of people like let's say Mike Norvel.

759
00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:55,439
Speaker 1: They have a terrible season, they win like five six

760
00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:58,080
Speaker 1: games in Florida State's mad at him now, granted he

761
00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:02,480
Speaker 1: just went thirteen and one. Dion's job next year. How

762
00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:06,560
Speaker 1: many games Deon gonna win? Is he gonna beat Nebraska

763
00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:11,279
Speaker 1: this Saturday? I'd imagine he does not. Is he gonna

764
00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:14,080
Speaker 1: win a lot of big twelve games? Is he beating Arizona?

765
00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:17,120
Speaker 1: Is he beating Oklahoma State? Is he beating Kansas or

766
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:20,440
Speaker 1: Kansas State? Is he beating Utah? Like? What if he

767
00:41:20,560 --> 00:41:25,200
Speaker 1: goes five and seven, You're just gonna hire him? How

768
00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:27,640
Speaker 1: many games would he have to win for Jerry to

769
00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:31,320
Speaker 1: feel good about hiring You made a ball game, he

770
00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:33,960
Speaker 1: went six and six, You're to hire the guy. I

771
00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:37,839
Speaker 1: don't know. You know, this is not one of those

772
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:41,359
Speaker 1: situations like you hire Jalen Brunson's dad and you get

773
00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:43,400
Speaker 1: him as a free agent, Like ultimately, shadoor I has

774
00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:45,040
Speaker 1: to go into the draft and if he's really good,

775
00:41:45,080 --> 00:41:46,840
Speaker 1: someone's gonna draft him high. I at the Cowboys a

776
00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:52,640
Speaker 1: decent So I I don't know, man, I I think

777
00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:56,160
Speaker 1: we gotta pump the brakes on Deon jumping jobs until

778
00:41:56,160 --> 00:41:58,279
Speaker 1: he proves he can win like seven eight games. I

779
00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:01,200
Speaker 1: mean there they're defense and he's a defensive guy. I

780
00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:03,239
Speaker 1: know he's like a CEO head coach, but he's a

781
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:09,000
Speaker 1: defensive guy. They can't tackle a soul question for the back, well,

782
00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:11,160
Speaker 1: it's more of an idea that I need somebody to

783
00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:14,839
Speaker 1: publicly call stupid before I keep talking about it. I'll

784
00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:17,520
Speaker 1: play that role. Although I don't think tanking is a

785
00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:20,520
Speaker 1: massive problem in the league, I do believe most top

786
00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:23,880
Speaker 1: five draft pick teams are better than their record shows.

787
00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:27,280
Speaker 1: If you're a crappy team, there's obviously way more incentive

788
00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:29,359
Speaker 1: to be in the top three than in the six

789
00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:32,200
Speaker 1: to seven range, where you can't get a quarterback. I'm

790
00:42:32,239 --> 00:42:34,759
Speaker 1: not saying those teams are trying to lose, but there's

791
00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:37,680
Speaker 1: not much incentive to win either, especially at the end

792
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:42,640
Speaker 1: of the year. Here's my solution, draft lottery, but slightly

793
00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:46,400
Speaker 1: different from the NBA. The most lottery tickets goes to

794
00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:49,880
Speaker 1: a non playoff team with the best record. They won't

795
00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:53,040
Speaker 1: get as many tickets as the top NBA pick, but

796
00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:55,000
Speaker 1: enough to give them a real shot at the number

797
00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:58,320
Speaker 1: one overall spot. However, there's still enough slice of the

798
00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:01,120
Speaker 1: pie tickets for the worst record to get the number

799
00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:04,959
Speaker 1: one spot. Slowly based on chance This creates a true

800
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:08,320
Speaker 1: competition incentive to win up until the last game of

801
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:11,320
Speaker 1: the season. And I truly believe no NFL team is

802
00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:15,000
Speaker 1: bad enough to win two or three games Carolina was

803
00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:18,600
Speaker 1: last year. I don't think it's a problem though in

804
00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:24,400
Speaker 1: the NFL, like teams, how often do we see The

805
00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:29,680
Speaker 1: Dolphins offered Flores allegedly one hundred K a game to lose,

806
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:33,239
Speaker 1: and he won three of his last five games, and

807
00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:36,160
Speaker 1: it was the difference of getting Joe Burrow and they

808
00:43:36,239 --> 00:43:40,120
Speaker 1: ended up with a fifth overall pick, and he's not alone.

809
00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:45,120
Speaker 1: Like all these teams try extremely hard till the last moment.

810
00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:50,160
Speaker 1: It really doesn't parallel the NBA at all. Maybe you know,

811
00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:55,840
Speaker 1: obviously teams like teams rest starters week seventeen or eighteen

812
00:43:56,280 --> 00:43:58,680
Speaker 1: if they're going to the playoffs in the seating set.

813
00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:03,799
Speaker 1: But I I don't feel unless you have injuries, it's

814
00:44:03,840 --> 00:44:07,000
Speaker 1: an issue at all. I don't hear anyone, honestly. I

815
00:44:07,080 --> 00:44:10,600
Speaker 1: hear fans complaining the other way. It's like, guys, we

816
00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:13,120
Speaker 1: do not need to win this game. It happens all

817
00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:17,239
Speaker 1: the time. So I just think the conversation in the NBA,

818
00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:20,319
Speaker 1: it has to happen because you already hear like Winhorse, Well,

819
00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:24,880
Speaker 1: everyone's got Cooper Flagg circled. About five teams are already

820
00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:27,359
Speaker 1: trying to tank. It's like guys, you guys haven't even

821
00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:30,440
Speaker 1: opened up training camp. Nobody talks like that in the NFL.

822
00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:33,920
Speaker 1: I'm a diehard fan from Brazil. I visited the USA

823
00:44:34,080 --> 00:44:36,600
Speaker 1: more than a dozen times and even attended NFL games.

824
00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:39,120
Speaker 1: I heard what you said about playing a game in

825
00:44:39,160 --> 00:44:41,400
Speaker 1: Brazil on your last podcast. To be honest, if I

826
00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:44,000
Speaker 1: were an Eagles fan, indeed, I would be pissed if

827
00:44:44,040 --> 00:44:46,200
Speaker 1: the leagues took away the home game to play another

828
00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:50,040
Speaker 1: to play in another country, taking that out of the way. However,

829
00:44:50,680 --> 00:44:52,840
Speaker 1: most of what is being said about Brazil on the

830
00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:57,080
Speaker 1: perspective of safety is bs. Brazil is a large country,

831
00:44:57,680 --> 00:45:00,239
Speaker 1: like the US. Most of what people know of about

832
00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:05,200
Speaker 1: Brazil is about Rio. Rio is a tragedy. I don't

833
00:45:05,239 --> 00:45:07,800
Speaker 1: feel safe there either, But the game is going to

834
00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:12,120
Speaker 1: be hosted in sal Paulo, which isn't that bad at all.

835
00:45:12,680 --> 00:45:16,680
Speaker 1: Is violence indexes, for example, are better than Dota dot.

836
00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:21,880
Speaker 1: Philly Uh no one said, you know, uh what is it?

837
00:45:22,840 --> 00:45:26,480
Speaker 1: Is it? East Philly past Temple can get kind of sketchy.

838
00:45:27,080 --> 00:45:30,680
Speaker 1: The big issue with San Piolo has to do with pickpocketing,

839
00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:34,280
Speaker 1: which is also a problem in Europe. Try to attribute

840
00:45:34,320 --> 00:45:38,360
Speaker 1: the violence of one specific city in Brazil to another. Listen.

841
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:43,120
Speaker 1: I have no geopolitical take on Brazil. Never been there.

842
00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:46,560
Speaker 1: I was just going based on one. Like you said,

843
00:45:47,239 --> 00:45:50,040
Speaker 1: they should have just played this game, whoever's home game

844
00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:51,680
Speaker 1: it was, it should have been in Lambeau or Philly.

845
00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:55,720
Speaker 1: And two AJ Brown's being told don't They're not allowed

846
00:45:55,719 --> 00:45:59,880
Speaker 1: to leave the hotel. So it's like, if that's the measure,

847
00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:03,600
Speaker 1: I'm with you, Like you know, most of us talking

848
00:46:03,680 --> 00:46:09,160
Speaker 1: about it. I would imagine most the overwhelming majority of

849
00:46:09,239 --> 00:46:14,239
Speaker 1: people that will watch the Eagles in America that will

850
00:46:14,280 --> 00:46:16,640
Speaker 1: watch the Eagles play the Packers have never been to Brazil.

851
00:46:17,840 --> 00:46:21,160
Speaker 1: I think it's more about making these teams fly eight

852
00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:24,320
Speaker 1: nine hours to a game. It just seems a little egregious.

853
00:46:25,600 --> 00:46:29,160
Speaker 1: Keep doing your thing. I like this guy already. What

854
00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:34,080
Speaker 1: about this rule change proposal? Thirty yard field goals and

855
00:46:34,200 --> 00:46:39,440
Speaker 1: then two points thirty one to sixty three points, sixty

856
00:46:39,640 --> 00:46:46,279
Speaker 1: plus yard field goals four points? Don't hate it? Yeah,

857
00:46:46,640 --> 00:46:51,360
Speaker 1: I'm in question for the mailbag. What does being a

858
00:46:51,480 --> 00:46:54,399
Speaker 1: scout look like, as far as day to day, are

859
00:46:54,480 --> 00:46:58,280
Speaker 1: you traveling to watch players or is it almost all digital?

860
00:46:58,800 --> 00:47:01,840
Speaker 1: Does the team assign you just scout the offense or

861
00:47:01,880 --> 00:47:04,680
Speaker 1: the defense or certain positions. Also, I think you could

862
00:47:04,719 --> 00:47:09,480
Speaker 1: do something like Collins Blazing five during the season. Yeah,

863
00:47:09,480 --> 00:47:12,440
Speaker 1: I don't hate that idea. We'll do that. Come. I

864
00:47:12,520 --> 00:47:15,200
Speaker 1: have Stucky on every Thursday, and maybe I'll do something Friday.

865
00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:20,680
Speaker 1: I need some fun names, so hit me with names

866
00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:25,200
Speaker 1: for either my you know heard Hierarchy, he's a great name.

867
00:47:25,280 --> 00:47:27,440
Speaker 1: Blazing five, He's got some good names. I'll give him that.

868
00:47:27,600 --> 00:47:31,640
Speaker 1: I struggle sometimes with that day to day. I think

869
00:47:31,680 --> 00:47:35,160
Speaker 1: as it depends, you have a region, right, so you

870
00:47:35,320 --> 00:47:40,080
Speaker 1: have like the SEC, so you would have Arkansas to Florida,

871
00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:44,000
Speaker 1: maybe up to North Carolina and kind of that region,

872
00:47:44,080 --> 00:47:46,960
Speaker 1: which is obviously all the SEC teams, you know, the

873
00:47:47,040 --> 00:47:49,479
Speaker 1: Appalachian State type team, some of the D one Double

874
00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:53,279
Speaker 1: A teams, and you clearly spend more time at the

875
00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:58,399
Speaker 1: Alabama's and the Georgia's than the smaller schools. But when

876
00:47:58,440 --> 00:48:01,040
Speaker 1: I was scouting and when I worked in people would

877
00:48:01,080 --> 00:48:04,759
Speaker 1: come to your school and watch tape. Now, because of

878
00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:08,840
Speaker 1: the iPad and you can download everything from talking to buddies.

879
00:48:09,360 --> 00:48:12,880
Speaker 1: People don't watch tape as much at the schools. A

880
00:48:12,960 --> 00:48:15,640
Speaker 1: lot of guys don't do it at all. So you

881
00:48:15,880 --> 00:48:20,600
Speaker 1: evaluate the players on your own in your hotel room

882
00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:23,399
Speaker 1: at night, you do your own reports where I think

883
00:48:23,880 --> 00:48:26,040
Speaker 1: historically a lot of people used to do that part

884
00:48:26,320 --> 00:48:29,480
Speaker 1: at the school. So you show up to the school

885
00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:32,880
Speaker 1: when they tell you that you can meet up with

886
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:36,080
Speaker 1: the pro liaison, and every school has something called a

887
00:48:36,160 --> 00:48:38,839
Speaker 1: pro liaison, and a lot of the big schools now

888
00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:41,680
Speaker 1: it's either their GM or their director of football OPS.

889
00:48:42,360 --> 00:48:45,160
Speaker 1: And you basically go through all their draftable players and

890
00:48:45,239 --> 00:48:48,400
Speaker 1: he kind of goes, this is John Middlecoff. He's from Davis, California.

891
00:48:49,400 --> 00:48:51,799
Speaker 1: He's a great kid. People love him. I'd let him

892
00:48:51,880 --> 00:48:57,040
Speaker 1: date my daughter. Team captain, great leader, just an incredible person,

893
00:48:57,120 --> 00:49:00,040
Speaker 1: incredible player, great work ethic. Or it's like, hey, we

894
00:49:00,120 --> 00:49:02,919
Speaker 1: got this guy John Middlecoff. He's fucking driving us nuts.

895
00:49:03,040 --> 00:49:05,399
Speaker 1: He doesn't listen. He might be the most talented guy

896
00:49:05,440 --> 00:49:09,279
Speaker 1: on the team, but his study habits are shitty, you know.

897
00:49:09,400 --> 00:49:14,480
Speaker 1: He just he's had some issues around campus. Volatile individual.

898
00:49:14,840 --> 00:49:17,840
Speaker 1: Our strength coach says he's lazy, you know, So you

899
00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:20,480
Speaker 1: just get kind of gained that information. In some places,

900
00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:25,360
Speaker 1: if you don't know the people, they can be less

901
00:49:25,560 --> 00:49:28,640
Speaker 1: less forthcoming with information. So you got to know who

902
00:49:28,719 --> 00:49:30,799
Speaker 1: you can trust, and then you kind of make the rounds.

903
00:49:30,840 --> 00:49:33,680
Speaker 1: You go from that guy you know, to position coaches

904
00:49:33,719 --> 00:49:37,480
Speaker 1: if you can, to coordinators, to the strength coach, to

905
00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:41,160
Speaker 1: the trainer, to the academic advisor, and you're kind of

906
00:49:41,160 --> 00:49:43,120
Speaker 1: like a detective. You know. It's like if you're watching

907
00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:45,920
Speaker 1: one of those like murder shows, when a detective just

908
00:49:45,960 --> 00:49:48,480
Speaker 1: starts kind of working different people. It's kind of what

909
00:49:48,560 --> 00:49:52,280
Speaker 1: you're doing, just trying to accumulate information, and that's obviously separate.

910
00:49:52,840 --> 00:49:55,520
Speaker 1: You just give the guy a greade off playing, and

911
00:49:55,640 --> 00:49:59,160
Speaker 1: then you try to figure out, like Jalen Carter, everyone's

912
00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:01,080
Speaker 1: great on Jalen Carter as a player, was like this

913
00:50:01,160 --> 00:50:03,640
Speaker 1: guy could be the best player in the draft, but

914
00:50:03,800 --> 00:50:06,279
Speaker 1: that wasn't the work you're putting in. The work you're

915
00:50:06,320 --> 00:50:08,560
Speaker 1: putting in is like you got to get people to talk.

916
00:50:09,200 --> 00:50:12,719
Speaker 1: That's your job to be a detective, so that that's

917
00:50:12,760 --> 00:50:14,839
Speaker 1: the majority of your job, and you spend a lot

918
00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:19,040
Speaker 1: of time on campus, especially when you're talking about talented players.

919
00:50:19,280 --> 00:50:21,640
Speaker 1: You know, guys in the first three rounds. You better

920
00:50:21,719 --> 00:50:24,560
Speaker 1: have as much information as humanly possible. So you spend

921
00:50:24,560 --> 00:50:26,640
Speaker 1: a lot of time on campus doing that stuff. You

922
00:50:26,719 --> 00:50:29,960
Speaker 1: go to practice, you look at the bodies, you know,

923
00:50:30,640 --> 00:50:32,560
Speaker 1: you get a good feel for him. You might hell,

924
00:50:32,640 --> 00:50:34,160
Speaker 1: you might even talk to them if you see them,

925
00:50:34,320 --> 00:50:37,719
Speaker 1: you know, around the facility. And that's kind of your job.

926
00:50:38,280 --> 00:50:39,560
Speaker 1: And then you drive to the next school and do

927
00:50:39,600 --> 00:50:43,440
Speaker 1: it again. I mean, it's kind of monotonous. I was

928
00:50:43,480 --> 00:50:46,000
Speaker 1: telling someone the other day, oh, what oh, I was

929
00:50:46,040 --> 00:50:49,839
Speaker 1: at the gym, and I this gym that I used

930
00:50:49,840 --> 00:50:52,080
Speaker 1: to go to in Walnut Creek was pretty big locker

931
00:50:52,160 --> 00:50:55,480
Speaker 1: room and it wasn't like you couldn't even get your

932
00:50:55,520 --> 00:50:57,719
Speaker 1: own locker. Every locker was up for grabs. It just

933
00:50:57,760 --> 00:50:59,960
Speaker 1: had its own digital code. And I would kind of

934
00:51:00,120 --> 00:51:03,399
Speaker 1: rotate between three or four lockers. But sometimes I would

935
00:51:03,440 --> 00:51:05,839
Speaker 1: just completely forget where I put my stuff, so I'd

936
00:51:05,840 --> 00:51:07,640
Speaker 1: be like punching the code. It wasn't that lock or

937
00:51:07,680 --> 00:51:09,399
Speaker 1: punching another code. I have to go get a guy

938
00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:12,080
Speaker 1: at the front. And it happened to this guy the

939
00:51:12,160 --> 00:51:14,320
Speaker 1: other day at the gym here in Scottsdale, and I'm like,

940
00:51:14,360 --> 00:51:16,279
Speaker 1: hey man, that used to happen to me. All the time.

941
00:51:16,400 --> 00:51:18,560
Speaker 1: And then we started sharing some stories and I said,

942
00:51:18,600 --> 00:51:20,160
Speaker 1: you know, it's funny. And this guy was a pilot.

943
00:51:21,680 --> 00:51:24,960
Speaker 1: It's flying pj's not like American airlines. And I was like,

944
00:51:25,080 --> 00:51:26,920
Speaker 1: when I used to I didn't tell him scout, but

945
00:51:27,040 --> 00:51:28,320
Speaker 1: this job I used to have, I used to be

946
00:51:28,400 --> 00:51:30,960
Speaker 1: in a hotel every different night for like two weeks

947
00:51:31,000 --> 00:51:34,279
Speaker 1: on end. When you stay in a different hotel for

948
00:51:35,680 --> 00:51:40,360
Speaker 1: potentially eleven straight twelve straight days, by the time you

949
00:51:40,440 --> 00:51:43,440
Speaker 1: get to like your fifth or sixth room, especially if

950
00:51:43,440 --> 00:51:45,480
Speaker 1: there are similar properties, like if you're staying at like

951
00:51:45,800 --> 00:51:49,640
Speaker 1: basic Marriotts or spring Hill Suites or whatever, you start,

952
00:51:49,880 --> 00:51:52,280
Speaker 1: it starts messing with your mind. You're like two twelve,

953
00:51:52,560 --> 00:51:53,800
Speaker 1: and then you go to the room, You're like, no,

954
00:51:53,960 --> 00:51:58,000
Speaker 1: I'm actually in three thirty. Just you kind of get wharfed.

955
00:51:58,440 --> 00:52:01,120
Speaker 1: So it's just a lot of time, you know, eating

956
00:52:01,200 --> 00:52:06,840
Speaker 1: cliff bars, slamming coffees, and diet mountain dew and zens

957
00:52:06,880 --> 00:52:10,160
Speaker 1: didn't even exist. My friend zones these are great. I

958
00:52:10,200 --> 00:52:14,080
Speaker 1: would fire those things down. But back then, yeah, I'm

959
00:52:14,160 --> 00:52:17,080
Speaker 1: just eat a lot of beef jerky and subway sandwiches.

960
00:52:18,360 --> 00:52:21,399
Speaker 1: But you don't have a you evaluate every player did

961
00:52:21,480 --> 00:52:24,239
Speaker 1: I get blackballed. This was a question he had. My

962
00:52:24,440 --> 00:52:27,320
Speaker 1: question since you haven't used the dac one crying emoji.

963
00:52:27,800 --> 00:52:30,440
Speaker 1: If the Rams are rolling this year and Donald decides

964
00:52:30,560 --> 00:52:33,480
Speaker 1: to come out of retirement, how does that contract work?

965
00:52:35,280 --> 00:52:37,600
Speaker 1: Pretty sure this is his contract. Like what it would

966
00:52:37,600 --> 00:52:42,000
Speaker 1: have been like that he would just unretire, He would

967
00:52:42,040 --> 00:52:45,200
Speaker 1: go from the retirement and I NFI list or whatever,

968
00:52:46,320 --> 00:52:48,120
Speaker 1: and he would just come back up in. That contract

969
00:52:48,160 --> 00:52:50,600
Speaker 1: would kick in. And because they gave him a bunch

970
00:52:50,600 --> 00:52:52,680
Speaker 1: of guaranteed money like they're I think he's still on

971
00:52:52,760 --> 00:52:57,680
Speaker 1: the books from dead cap space. But I'm pretty sure

972
00:52:57,719 --> 00:53:01,160
Speaker 1: that's how it works. You don't have to like sign

973
00:53:01,239 --> 00:53:04,080
Speaker 1: them to a new contract. I know your take on

974
00:53:04,160 --> 00:53:07,360
Speaker 1: college football is that elite programs shouldn't be playing small

975
00:53:07,440 --> 00:53:10,759
Speaker 1: programs in the early weeks. But until they expanded the

976
00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:14,439
Speaker 1: college football Playoff even further, I don't think that will change.

977
00:53:15,440 --> 00:53:17,960
Speaker 1: We will have to see how this season plays out,

978
00:53:18,280 --> 00:53:20,279
Speaker 1: but I could see a few two loss teams not

979
00:53:20,440 --> 00:53:23,720
Speaker 1: making the playoff. Just take LSU and USC as an example.

980
00:53:24,480 --> 00:53:26,480
Speaker 1: Great game for the casual fan, but if you're an

981
00:53:26,560 --> 00:53:29,719
Speaker 1: LSU fan, you probably want at least one warm up

982
00:53:29,840 --> 00:53:33,839
Speaker 1: game to work out the kinks. I couldn't disagree more.

983
00:53:34,560 --> 00:53:37,360
Speaker 1: We will well from the two conferences that have all

984
00:53:37,400 --> 00:53:40,279
Speaker 1: the teams, we will not have a two loss team

985
00:53:41,000 --> 00:53:44,799
Speaker 1: from the Big ten or the SEC left out. Could

986
00:53:44,840 --> 00:53:47,840
Speaker 1: there be a two loss team from the ACC or

987
00:53:48,080 --> 00:53:52,480
Speaker 1: the Big twelve left out potentially, But that's why those

988
00:53:52,520 --> 00:53:57,239
Speaker 1: conferences are going to keep getting I would say combined

989
00:53:57,280 --> 00:54:01,399
Speaker 1: and condensed. I think it's more that the TV money

990
00:54:01,600 --> 00:54:04,640
Speaker 1: is paying for all this stuff, and the more the

991
00:54:04,800 --> 00:54:06,680
Speaker 1: ratings go up, the more TV's going to be willing

992
00:54:06,760 --> 00:54:10,720
Speaker 1: to pay. Nobody wants to see any of these teams.

993
00:54:11,160 --> 00:54:14,960
Speaker 1: Like this week, n C State is, Who's NC State

994
00:54:15,040 --> 00:54:20,520
Speaker 1: planned playing someone good? Miami? No, that's a conference game,

995
00:54:21,480 --> 00:54:27,280
Speaker 1: It's a game I want to watch. But Nebraska, Colorado, Texas, Michigan.

996
00:54:27,480 --> 00:54:30,600
Speaker 1: Like that's what that's what the consumer wants, that news free.

997
00:54:30,600 --> 00:54:33,319
Speaker 1: The consumer is always right. The reason these ratings were

998
00:54:33,400 --> 00:54:38,480
Speaker 1: so high Nebraska, Colorado, Like, I can't be more excited

999
00:54:38,560 --> 00:54:43,000
Speaker 1: for these games. So like, if you just look at

1000
00:54:43,040 --> 00:54:45,319
Speaker 1: the top twenty five this week, if I just bring

1001
00:54:45,480 --> 00:54:53,799
Speaker 1: up the schedule, let's n CAA football, Texas Michigan, awesome game,

1002
00:54:54,760 --> 00:54:59,560
Speaker 1: Penn State Bowling Green Well Bowling Green I can live

1003
00:54:59,640 --> 00:55:03,520
Speaker 1: with that. To me, you're allowed to play power non

1004
00:55:03,880 --> 00:55:06,640
Speaker 1: Power five programs. I just have an issue with playing

1005
00:55:06,680 --> 00:55:11,600
Speaker 1: the D one double A programs. Oklahoma State, Arkansas real game,

1006
00:55:12,160 --> 00:55:22,080
Speaker 1: k State two lane real game, Tennessee Tech, Georgia not

1007
00:55:22,239 --> 00:55:30,919
Speaker 1: a real game, Utah, Baylor, Iowa, Iowa State, Louisville, Jackson State, Ole,

1008
00:55:31,000 --> 00:55:36,120
Speaker 1: miss MTSU. Don't quote me on this, but his MTSU A.

1009
00:55:38,040 --> 00:55:41,920
Speaker 1: I don't know if that's Division one or not. Miami

1010
00:55:42,120 --> 00:55:49,960
Speaker 1: Florida A and m Bama South Florida real game, Missouri

1011
00:55:50,000 --> 00:55:55,239
Speaker 1: Buffalo real game, Kansas, Illinois real game. Oh, it's NC State,

1012
00:55:55,320 --> 00:56:00,799
Speaker 1: Tennessee awesome game. Houston might suck, but Houston Oklahoma real game.

1013
00:56:02,560 --> 00:56:05,360
Speaker 1: Even Clemson is playing app State sneaky hard one, Oregon,

1014
00:56:05,440 --> 00:56:10,600
Speaker 1: Boise State, USC, Utah State. I am fine with USC

1015
00:56:10,719 --> 00:56:14,040
Speaker 1: playing Utah State, Oregon playing Boise State. I have an

1016
00:56:14,080 --> 00:56:18,480
Speaker 1: issue with USC playing UC Davis. We're Oregon playing Cal

1017
00:56:18,560 --> 00:56:21,680
Speaker 1: paul A or Sack State. That's my issue. I know

1018
00:56:21,760 --> 00:56:23,560
Speaker 1: the D one DOAA program is better on the West

1019
00:56:23,600 --> 00:56:25,560
Speaker 1: coast than I do. Obviously they exist on the South,

1020
00:56:25,680 --> 00:56:29,560
Speaker 1: but we kind of run it north Dakota State West.

1021
00:56:31,360 --> 00:56:35,520
Speaker 1: That's all I want just real games. That's what we

1022
00:56:35,600 --> 00:56:44,560
Speaker 1: all want, not that complicated. Appreciate everyone. Listen the volume