1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:11,559 Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up, 2 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:17,280 Speaker 1: straight Fire fan? It's me Jason McIntyre, Straight Fire for Monday, 3 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: December twelfth. It was quite a weekend, ladies and gentlemen, 4 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 1: super busy on the sports front, personal and obviously NFL 5 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: World Cup. I thought I could work in Austin Reeves 6 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 1: saves the Lakers against the Detroit Pistons. Reference but a 7 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 1: last We'll have to wait for a few days later 8 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 1: than today to talk about the NBA. UM. Yes, I 9 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: woke up this morning to a barrage of tweets. Did 10 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 1: you see what Taylor twelveband said? Taylor Twelban said, did 11 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: you see Taylor Twelman he re he rebutted what you 12 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:51,559 Speaker 1: had said about the US soccer team? What do you say? 13 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: What do you say? All the and every time I 14 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: clicked on a profile this morning, it's somebody who doesn't 15 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: follow me, just some random JABRONI who is a soccer 16 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: fan saw what I said, the Geo Rana stuff. We'll 17 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:02,639 Speaker 1: get to that later in the podcast. Yes, I read 18 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: Wood Twellman said, We'll get to it. Um. We do 19 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 1: have to start, obviously with not my son's volleyball tournament. 20 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 1: They finally lost a game that the incredible run was over. 21 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: They lost in the semifinals over the weekend. Um, I'm 22 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:19,760 Speaker 1: not gonna start with the soccer, which was amazing on Friday. 23 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:25,399 Speaker 1: Literally Argentina Netherlands was maybe the greatest like final thirty 24 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: minutes and overtime and PK's that I've seen in soccer. Ever, 25 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 1: it was an outstanding finish to the match. Luckily I 26 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: was on Argentina. UM did not get as fortunate with 27 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:40,039 Speaker 1: Brazil getting bounced. Um, we've got soccer tomorrow. We'll do 28 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:42,399 Speaker 1: some best bets for Monday night football as well as 29 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 1: our henna against Croatia. I got a good buddy who 30 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 1: I've known out here in l A for probably five years. 31 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: The biggest Croatia fan I know goes to the World 32 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: Cup if Croatia's in it, and you know, he's beyond 33 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: geeked about how they've performed at the World Cup. But 34 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,559 Speaker 1: obviously it's a month, it's a Monday, so we're gonna 35 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 1: start with the NFL. And I you know, I'm really 36 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:09,919 Speaker 1: loath to dive into silly discussions that I don't think 37 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: carry any weight or matter. But for some reason, two 38 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: of us Justin Herbert became a thing and it was 39 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: so embarrassingly not a thing Sunday night at the game. Now, listen, 40 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 1: I should probably open with the gambling, as this was 41 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: back to back very very very good weekends on the front. 42 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 1: I went five and oh in the contest if you 43 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: parlayed them, I put the picks out on Instagram, as 44 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 1: I do every week Saturday. The picts are due by 45 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 1: what one pm Pacific, So I put them out there 46 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: on I G if you parlay them. Some people they 47 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: tell me they parlayed anties if you probably didn't tease them. 48 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: You smash the ball out of the park and you're 49 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: getting a lot of new Christmas presents. My first five 50 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 1: and over the season, twelve and three run, Folks, I've 51 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 1: gone from there's like four thousand two people I think 52 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 1: in this contest, I went from sevent hundred. I'll probably 53 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 1: slip a little bit tonight when somebody wins Monday Night Football. Um, 54 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:07,799 Speaker 1: but it's been a good run. I just need to 55 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 1: do it again if I want to get anywhere near 56 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: the money. But this just to open with the Chargers 57 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:16,920 Speaker 1: and Dolphins. This to a stuff is getting silly. Everybody thought, 58 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 1: including myself, Oh, he'll he'll bounce back. I just had 59 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: the Chargers getting the points. I thought two would bounce 60 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 1: back and be good, and he was anything but. And 61 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 1: if you're a Miami Dolphins fan, not only are you 62 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 1: quiet because your guy to A was a woful ten 63 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 1: for twenty eight for a buck forty five. They were 64 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: never in this football game if not for a flukey 65 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: Tyreek Kill fumble return for touchdown. Yes, Tyreek Kill. With 66 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: a fumble return and one Tyreek Hill bomb, Miami could 67 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 1: generate no offense whatsoever. Folks. They had one wide receiver 68 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: making place Tyreek Hill, and he got hurt. Jayalen Waddle 69 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 1: to catches thirty one arts. Brandon Staley, who has taken 70 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: a ton of heat in the last month. Coach defensively 71 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 1: one of his best games of the season. We saw 72 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 1: a lot of press coverage on the Dolphins. Speedy receivers 73 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: really jammed him up, and the Chargers were able to 74 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: get at to with pressure despite not having Bosa, despite 75 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 1: not having one of the best safeties in the league 76 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:24,840 Speaker 1: in Derwin James. The press coverage really rattled to A 77 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: and McDaniel And fun fact, the Miami Dolphins ran a 78 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 1: grand total of zero plays in charge of territory until 79 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: the final drive the t a fumble. If you guys 80 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 1: remember Wilson peeled off a big run fumbles and then 81 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 1: Hill scoop and score fifty something yards and then there 82 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 1: was the Hill bomb for the touchdown. They didn't run 83 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: any plays in charge of territory until the final drive 84 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: of the game, which you could argue with garbage times 85 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: since they were down nine. Okay, so you know, we 86 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: we expected Tour to struggle against the against US MY. 87 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 1: We expected to and the offense to struggle against the Niners. 88 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:05,600 Speaker 1: Last week check we thought he would bounce back. They 89 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:07,479 Speaker 1: stayed on the West coast. We've been talking about this 90 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:10,159 Speaker 1: three game stretch for Miami for a good while now, 91 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:14,039 Speaker 1: all right, we may have even mentioned the preseason the 92 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 1: Charges was supposed to be a bounce back spot. This 93 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 1: is not a very good Chargers team. The Miami Dolphins 94 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 1: were favored all week and to a late a massive 95 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: colossal leg And meanwhile, Justin Herbert, the quarterback who beat him, 96 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:34,279 Speaker 1: was simply phenomenal thirty nine fifty one for three hundred 97 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: sixty seven yards a touchdown, seven point two yards per attempt, 98 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: Here's this is my favorite stat. According to next Gen Stats, 99 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:47,159 Speaker 1: Herbert completed thirteen passes on the run and they're deeming 100 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 1: on their own eight miles an hour or greater. Those 101 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 1: thirteen passes two more than any other player has had 102 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 1: in a game in six years. Essentially, Miami blitz the 103 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 1: hell out of her bird and they did get to 104 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 1: him four times, four sacks they hit. They hit him 105 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:05,919 Speaker 1: seven times, they got after him. Bradley Chubb had has 106 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: solid game. Christian Wilkins was impactful inside. Um. The problem 107 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 1: is Herbert and his frame and his speed can escape anything, 108 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:22,799 Speaker 1: can absorb hits and then still throw dimes, darts, lasers. 109 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 1: I think just hopefully has sealed whatever nonsense was going 110 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:30,039 Speaker 1: on out there, people blathering about, Oh Herbert's not that good, 111 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 1: Into is better, Like it's just you know, I I 112 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 1: am loath to use the word clickbait, but it feels 113 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:40,599 Speaker 1: like somebody or something, you know, some some fan based 114 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 1: desperate to get in there. Oh we'll beat up on 115 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: a bunch of bad teams. You gotta look at him. 116 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:47,279 Speaker 1: Remember he was an m VP candidate four weeks ago. 117 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 1: Let's be realistic. Two was not in the same class 118 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 1: as justin Herbert. And now if you're Miami, all of 119 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:55,679 Speaker 1: a sudden, it's like, well, let's stop focusing on ta 120 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 1: and let's kind of right the ship here. Suddenly Losers 121 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: have two straight, only eight and five. Fortunately from Miami. 122 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:07,480 Speaker 1: The Jets also lost, although they showed well against the Bills. 123 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: Miami now eight and five, and all of a sudden, 124 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 1: you forget the tour of stuff, forget beating the Browns 125 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 1: without the Shawan, and the Texans and the Bears and 126 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: the Lions and the Steelers. Let's let's focus on your 127 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 1: own team here. Forget about the quarterback. You've gotta now 128 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 1: go to Buffalo Saturday night on the road builds in 129 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 1: a revenge spot. And if you watch the Bills Jets closely, 130 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 1: you know this. The Bills were basically three yards in 131 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 1: a cloud of dust in the fourth quarter once they 132 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 1: got some separation from the Jets. They did not cover 133 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 1: against the Jets. By the way, the Bills are saving 134 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 1: a lot for this game. This is gonna be a 135 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 1: tough one for tah and after that it doesn't totally 136 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 1: ease up. They do get the Packers at home, but 137 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 1: then they have to go back to the Northeast. It's 138 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 1: gonna be cold on New Year's Day against the pay Trades, 139 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 1: and they close out with the Jets, and what could 140 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 1: be a game that has a playoff implications. We'll see 141 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: the Jets are extremely beat up. But so it's put 142 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: to rest now to uh, he's not an MVP candidate. 143 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: To uh, we don't even know if he could leave 144 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 1: Miami to the playoffs. And let's be realistic. Beating up 145 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 1: on really bad teams a bunch of teams that are 146 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: not heading to the playoffs. So Dolphins win looks legit 147 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 1: in hindsight because Miami has been playing well, but that 148 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 1: defense is nothing great. We know this, Come on too. 149 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: U his struggling right now, and you've got to wonder 150 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:36,079 Speaker 1: how wobbly the confidence is after what happened to it 151 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:39,320 Speaker 1: in an Island game against the Charger's team missing their 152 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 1: two best defensive players. No way, no. But speaking of 153 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 1: struggling quarterbacks, Baltimore Ravens went into their Steelers game with 154 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,560 Speaker 1: the backup because Lamar's out and the backup got hurt. 155 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 1: Anthony Brown got got the job done, got us the cover. 156 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:55,240 Speaker 1: We don't know who's starting for the Ravens this week 157 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 1: they're in the playoff mix. Russell Wilson, listen, I know 158 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 1: that people were clowning HI when they were down twenty seven, 159 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,559 Speaker 1: nothing as they should. He threw a terrible pick six, 160 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 1: but Russell Wilson fought hard, Denver fought back. Denver actually 161 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 1: hit it over. I did not do well in the 162 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:15,959 Speaker 1: totals this week. I'll be going avoiding the totals. I 163 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,199 Speaker 1: thought I maybe had something with December and bad weather 164 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 1: and UM divisional matchups that no, not good. Russell Wilson 165 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 1: performed well until he got k owed on on a 166 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 1: brutal hit. You see his head slow motion hit the ground. 167 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:36,439 Speaker 1: He looked out, then his eyes open and they looked 168 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:40,560 Speaker 1: totally glazed, and I was like, Oh, get him out 169 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 1: of there. And I don't think Russell Wilson. My guess 170 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 1: is he's gonna want to come back, but they would 171 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 1: be smart to not let him come back. Speaking of 172 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:52,199 Speaker 1: backup quarterbacks, Mike White take it to the hospital after 173 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 1: the Jets lost to the Bills. Mike White a hero 174 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: and I'm not gonna do it here because the Jets lost. 175 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 1: If they had one, I would have opened the podcast 176 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 1: with it. But I'll tell you right now. Mike White 177 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 1: won over a lot of people. I had multiple fans 178 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:07,080 Speaker 1: of teams who are not the Jets, guys I'm friends 179 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:11,320 Speaker 1: with being like, yo, Mike White, this guy's tough. I 180 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:14,559 Speaker 1: like it. I mean, Mike White is taken body shots 181 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:19,960 Speaker 1: from Tyson. Okay, he got knocked out literally of the game, 182 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 1: Like he got hit so hard to get to come 183 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 1: off the field. Joe Flacco comes in. Then he got 184 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 1: hit later like folded over bent. It looked like remember 185 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 1: when Andrew Luck took that really violent shot inside the 186 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 1: tent and he tried to tough that out and played. 187 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: They were like, oh, basically, what happened to his body 188 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:39,480 Speaker 1: was body was a kidney laceration. This is you get 189 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 1: that kind of uh impact on your kidney in like 190 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:45,560 Speaker 1: a car accident. And then Andrew Luck had to miss 191 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 1: a bunch of games. So I'm a little nervous about 192 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:50,439 Speaker 1: Mike White bouncing back instantly. But Mike White was heroic 193 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 1: in Buffalo despite the loss. I don't know, some people 194 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:54,680 Speaker 1: are gonna be like, you're an idiot, can't be heroic 195 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 1: and defeat. Yes, you can go watch the highlights on YouTube. 196 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 1: Mike White was dealing Garrett Wilson was cooking up to 197 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:05,080 Speaker 1: Dave as White. Corey Davis when he was what he 198 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 1: didn't get when he before he got hit it left 199 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 1: the game with an injury. Corey Davis had a good game. 200 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 1: The tight end camp blocked me coming off the edge. 201 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 1: He really he struggled conklin Um Jets of fighters they 202 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:18,680 Speaker 1: have detroited home this week. I'll tell you right now, 203 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 1: I'm already leading to the Jets. I gotta see obviously 204 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:23,800 Speaker 1: the Mike White status, but the backup quarterback of the 205 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:29,439 Speaker 1: weekend has to be one Brock Purdy. Tell me if 206 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 1: you if you thought this would ever be an NFL 207 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:37,439 Speaker 1: sentence this season. Back in Week one, Kyle Shanahan pulled 208 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:42,440 Speaker 1: Brock Purty early up thirty five seven or was it six? 209 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 1: Up a million points against Tom It was against Tom 210 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 1: Brady early in the fourth quarter. Brock Purdy, he was pulled. 211 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 1: Brock Party had one of the best first halves you 212 00:11:56,880 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 1: will see fourteen of eighteen hund five to TDS touchdown run. 213 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:03,560 Speaker 1: This was just in the first half. Now, this stat 214 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:05,600 Speaker 1: I don't know if this was next gen stats, but 215 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:08,439 Speaker 1: I think it is. Just let this sink in for 216 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 1: a second, listen closely, Purty through the first deep past 217 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:18,720 Speaker 1: touchdown this season by the forty Niners outside the numbers. 218 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:22,080 Speaker 1: Everything else has been middle of the field, where we 219 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:28,160 Speaker 1: know Shanahan loves and yack him short passes. Debo by 220 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:31,840 Speaker 1: deep brock brock Purty just gave you deep past TV 221 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:36,200 Speaker 1: outside the numbers. That is a new element that previously 222 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 1: was not being used by Kyle Shanahan. Obviously, Trey Lance 223 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 1: didn't stay healthy enough to be able to make those throws, 224 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:45,959 Speaker 1: and Jimmy Garoppolo, I don't think he's trusted to make 225 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 1: those throws. Brock Purty clearly is. Christian McCaffrey caught it. 226 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 1: It was a great catch in the hand zone, and folks, 227 00:12:56,880 --> 00:13:00,240 Speaker 1: brock Purty is pretty damn good. This forty nine inners 228 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 1: team is down nine and four with their third string quarterback. Now, 229 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 1: they did lose Deebo Samuel to what looks like a 230 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:11,960 Speaker 1: pretty nasty ankle injury. Regardless, I'm gonna go ahead and 231 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,839 Speaker 1: assume Deebo Samuel probably sitting for the rest of the 232 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 1: regular season. Right If it's a high ankle spraining, you 233 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 1: don't want to risk it. This is a super Bowl team. 234 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:22,319 Speaker 1: This is the Super Bowl team. I know they've got 235 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 1: to go through the Eagles. Cowboys sputtered but prevailed Minnesota. 236 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 1: We are finally and the market spoke out heavily against 237 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:36,520 Speaker 1: Minnesota guys. All week. It was like Detroit Detroit, Detroit, Detroit, 238 00:13:36,559 --> 00:13:39,960 Speaker 1: and the Detroit led soup to nuts be beating the Vikings. 239 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 1: I don't want to say handily because it was relatively close, 240 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 1: but a great performance from the Lions, who are not 241 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 1: out of the playoff mix. But you start to see 242 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:50,719 Speaker 1: a little and again it's one week, you don't want 243 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:55,840 Speaker 1: to totally bash them. I'm not saying that the Cowboys 244 00:13:56,800 --> 00:14:00,080 Speaker 1: messing around with the Texans and needing a ninety eight 245 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 1: yard driving the fourth quarter to win. I'm not saying 246 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: that Dallas because of that is not a contender. But 247 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 1: they looked pedestrian. Dak looked marginal. Minnesota's defense looked awful. 248 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 1: Getting lit up like a Christmas tree by Jared Goff. 249 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 1: Holly held off was good. And for the Niners to 250 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 1: be nine and four under third backup this season, and 251 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: you could say, oh, Deebo Samuel went out, damn it, 252 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 1: all right, you know what, We're gonna hand the ball 253 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 1: to Christian McCaffrey fourteen times. He's gonna rack up a 254 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 1: hundred nineteen yards every time. McCaffrey had a run eight 255 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 1: point five yards per carry holes all over the place. 256 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 1: And oh, by the way, I barely mentioned the opponent. 257 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 1: It's Tampa Bay, one of the top defenses in the NFC. 258 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 1: The NFC is a flat out joke, ladies and gentlemen. 259 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:48,160 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay cannot get anything right. Tom Brady was horrendous. 260 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 1: I know he thirty four or fifty five the numbers, oh, 261 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:54,440 Speaker 1: two interceptions, but two or fifty three yards. Look at 262 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 1: the look at the average four point six yards per pass, 263 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 1: four point six brock Party eight point eight. Brady cannot 264 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 1: throw the ball down the field. He's struggling. And you know, 265 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 1: I know there was a report from Ian Rappaport about 266 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 1: where Brady is gonna be playing next year. There's six 267 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 1: and seven. I think deep down, Brady knows this is 268 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 1: no Super Bowl team. I think Todd Bowles knows. Ship Man, 269 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:23,560 Speaker 1: what am I going to my owner with that? I 270 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 1: take over a Super Bowl team from two years ago 271 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 1: they lost in the playoffs with I'm gonna go ahead 272 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 1: and guess the same starters I know Grant missing and 273 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 1: Antonio Brown missing, but like Tristan Worth's was down. But folks, 274 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 1: I'm not even sold that Tampa's gonna win their home 275 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 1: playoff game. I thought, okay, they will probably get Dallas, 276 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 1: and I think Tampa can win that. I don't know 277 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 1: that they can win that game. Tampa Bay does not 278 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 1: look good at all. Again. They have to expend a 279 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 1: lot of energy Monday coming back late to beat the Saints, 280 00:15:57,240 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 1: that it was a short week to play the best 281 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 1: defense in the league. San Francisco is a bad, badass 282 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 1: teat group of team group of teams, does any make sense? 283 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 1: Is basically best defense in the league, and good luck 284 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 1: if you're fixing them in cold weather and you can't 285 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 1: mix it up on the ground or through the air. 286 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:19,760 Speaker 1: And if you fall behind fourteen nothing because of the 287 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 1: defense or seventeen nothing, it's over. I mean, this is 288 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 1: a feeding frenzy. San fran is a awesome team brock party, 289 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 1: super duper impressive. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports 290 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 1: talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows 291 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 1: at Fox sports radio dot com and within the I 292 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 1: Heart Radio app. Search f s R to listen live. 293 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 1: Other NFL uh notes that I think are kind of worthy. 294 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals quietly right, Browns took money all week. Shaun 295 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 1: Watson does not look good. Cincinnati struggled. We saw that 296 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 1: big good um so zero zero, and for whatever reason, 297 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:06,479 Speaker 1: Cleveland does the stupid thing where you run into the 298 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:09,199 Speaker 1: punter and it was like when the punter was inside 299 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 1: his own ten yard line. So instead of great field position, 300 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:15,320 Speaker 1: you get an automatic first down, and you know what happens, 301 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:20,119 Speaker 1: like what six seven plays later? Touchdown Bengals. Brown's never 302 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:23,040 Speaker 1: really recovered. Bad read by me. Thankful that I did 303 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:27,679 Speaker 1: not put them in the contest. It's interesting because that 304 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:30,840 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh game, and again I forgot to mention they lost 305 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:34,959 Speaker 1: Kenny Pickett to a concussion. Trabisky came in, and remember 306 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:37,240 Speaker 1: I think, I told you guys, I want the Ravens. 307 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:43,280 Speaker 1: I want the Ravens. If you told me Jason Tyler 308 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 1: Huntley is going to get injured and the backup quarterback 309 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:48,400 Speaker 1: for the Ravens he's gonna have to finish the final 310 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 1: three quarters, I would have said, who is the backup 311 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:54,720 Speaker 1: quarterback for the Ravens. The third stringer's name is um 312 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:58,320 Speaker 1: Anthony Brown. And I was like At first glance, I 313 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:00,679 Speaker 1: don't know that name. Then I look it up. He 314 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:04,160 Speaker 1: played in Oregon, extremely limited as a passer, and basically 315 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 1: hardball said we're gonna ride the defense to glory. Don't 316 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 1: do anything stupid, Mr Brown, get us home, and of 317 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:15,480 Speaker 1: course they just keep it simple. Brown does very little work. 318 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:19,239 Speaker 1: They kick another Justin Tucker field goal locks it up. 319 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 1: It's never pretty with the Ravens, but they're nine in four, 320 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:27,640 Speaker 1: so now I think it's pretty clear Ravens and Bengals 321 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:30,120 Speaker 1: are going to the playoffs and the Jets are gonna 322 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:31,840 Speaker 1: be battling it out for the wild card. That Chargers 323 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 1: win was massive for Brandon's Daley's job security. And by 324 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,640 Speaker 1: the way, yes Daley he was again. He was excellent 325 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 1: in shutting down the Miami high octane offense. The other 326 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:43,879 Speaker 1: team in the a f C real quick that was 327 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:46,920 Speaker 1: interesting was Jacksonville. Now I did put them in the contest. 328 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 1: They were it seemed like the side all week. I'm 329 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:52,639 Speaker 1: guessing a lot of people did well because teams it 330 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 1: took money this week did a damn good job. And Jacksonville, 331 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 1: now they were struggling early, but Tennessee kept turning the 332 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 1: ball over Rare Derrick Henry fumble. I think there was 333 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 1: a Tannehill pick they got. Um, they had an interception 334 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 1: go right through a guy's hands and then Zay Jones 335 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:12,280 Speaker 1: catches in the end zone for a touchdown. Bizarre stuff. 336 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 1: But Jacksonville keep an eye on them. They're only two 337 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 1: games behind Tennessee. I don't think they're totally done. Um 338 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:22,960 Speaker 1: Denver officially eliminated from playoff contention. I think we can 339 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:29,919 Speaker 1: put the final nail in Mr Nathaniel Hackett's coffin. Not 340 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 1: a ton happening in the NFC, I think right now. Honestly, 341 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:36,679 Speaker 1: besides the Eagles locking up a playoffs stop spot with 342 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:38,800 Speaker 1: a I'm telling you they were up twenty one, nothing 343 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:41,520 Speaker 1: like basically before my pizza arrived. You guys know I 344 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 1: love that halftime pizza. It was over. The Giants were 345 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 1: never close. And I'm just telling you, guys, I did 346 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:50,920 Speaker 1: like the Giants. I have some futures on them to 347 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:53,600 Speaker 1: make the playoffs. They started seven and two, they're now 348 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:58,080 Speaker 1: seven five and one. Last six games New York Giants 349 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: have one win, four losses and a tie. I'm sorry, yeah, 350 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:05,879 Speaker 1: four losses, one tide. That's only five games. Did I 351 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:09,159 Speaker 1: mess up my notes. They were seven and two, yes, okay, 352 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 1: from seven and two to seven five and one, and 353 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 1: now trying to hold off the Detroit Lions in the 354 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 1: wild card hunt. I'm not even gonna talk about the 355 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:22,200 Speaker 1: NFC South. Thank you, though, Panthers and Sammy d Sam 356 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 1: and Donald for crawling within one game of the Bucks 357 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:27,600 Speaker 1: right now. If you have to ask me, I don't 358 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:30,400 Speaker 1: think anybody's a believer in Seattle there now owing four 359 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:33,400 Speaker 1: against the spread in their last four games. You can 360 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:36,200 Speaker 1: see the lack of running game really hurts some lot 361 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:39,680 Speaker 1: of pressure on Gino Smith to deliver. And we know, folks, 362 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 1: Gino Smith he does not deliver. All right. I wanted 363 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 1: to try to make a case because I'm firing hot 364 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:51,560 Speaker 1: here in the NFL, I would love to look at 365 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 1: next week's schedule briefly and give you a read on 366 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:57,719 Speaker 1: some of the games I'm looking at. Here's the problem. 367 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 1: I looked at the schedule. It is brutal. Number one, 368 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:03,920 Speaker 1: no teams on a buy. That's supposed to be good news. 369 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 1: But you've got three games on Saturday, Colts Vikings, that's 370 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:12,480 Speaker 1: Vikings or nothing for me, Ravens, Browns, I don't know 371 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:15,399 Speaker 1: who the quarterback is going to be for Baltimore and 372 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 1: then Dolphins Bills. I'm sorry, I'm I would love the Bills, 373 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 1: but man, I thought Miami would bounce back against the 374 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 1: Chargers and then you'd be able to easily pound the Bills. 375 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:28,959 Speaker 1: But you guys have talked about this, and it's it's 376 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:32,879 Speaker 1: just a simple metric. Teams that did not cover the 377 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 1: week prior vers teams that did well. Just just a 378 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:39,400 Speaker 1: couple of them from Week fourteen. Jets did not cover 379 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 1: the week before against Minnesota Bills did the Jets covered Texans, Cowboys, Ravens, Steelers. 380 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:51,640 Speaker 1: Now that to two that did not hit are interesting. 381 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 1: San fran Tampa member Tampa did not cover on Monday 382 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 1: Night Football thirty five nothing San France. I actually believe 383 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:04,160 Speaker 1: that San Francisco is a little undervalued with brock Purty. 384 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:06,320 Speaker 1: We will see this week though they go on the road. 385 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:10,600 Speaker 1: This is gonna be a super interesting game, San Francisco, 386 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 1: Thursday Night Football at Seattle. So now you've got brock 387 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 1: Purty on a short week, forty Niners feeling themselves for 388 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 1: easily dispatching Tom Brady at home. Now you've got to 389 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 1: go brock Purty first road start. But I just looked 390 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:34,159 Speaker 1: to the defense of the fort Are you kidding me? 391 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:36,560 Speaker 1: How is Seattle gonna move the football? And these guys 392 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 1: do you remember the earlier meeting. It was one of 393 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:43,479 Speaker 1: the easiest bets of the season. Everybody loves Seattle. They 394 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 1: couldn't do anything. They had a fake I think it 395 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 1: was a fake field goal or block field goal touchdown, 396 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:50,720 Speaker 1: something whacking on special teams. The offense could do nothing. 397 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:55,480 Speaker 1: Gino Smith against Damiko Ryan's I don't know how you 398 00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:57,399 Speaker 1: bet Seattle here. A lot of people are gonna want Seattle, 399 00:22:57,400 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 1: but I think it's gotta be San Frand And then 400 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: the other one for did not cover versus did Chiefs 401 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:07,679 Speaker 1: Broncos one of probably Denver's craziest gave me the season. 402 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 1: They were down twenty seven to nothing midway through the 403 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,800 Speaker 1: second quarter. I would love to see data on teams 404 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:18,040 Speaker 1: that lead by that are favored by single digits. How 405 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:22,040 Speaker 1: often do they cover. I'm just gonna guess it's at 406 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 1: least nothing, and you don't cover now it was on 407 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 1: the road my homes to a couple of dumb interceptions. 408 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:34,560 Speaker 1: Denver did Denver things craziness, and they did not look good. 409 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:38,440 Speaker 1: It was like Kansas City stopped trying essentially Kansas City. 410 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 1: This week, they are let's see you. They're phrasing at 411 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 1: the Houston Texas. It's a hard pass anyway. I've already 412 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:50,119 Speaker 1: looked at them for this week, and obviously that's depending 413 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:55,159 Speaker 1: tonight's outcome. Browns did not cover Ravens. Did if the 414 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:59,440 Speaker 1: third stringer versus de Shawn? Do you gotta take de 415 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:03,640 Speaker 1: Shawn right? Steelers did not cover Panthers? Did Is it Drobisky? 416 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 1: I don't know that I can back Drobisky on the road. 417 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:11,159 Speaker 1: Caroline's defense actually kind of good. Cowboys did not cover Jaguars? 418 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: Did that? Jack? That's a really interesting game because this 419 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:18,359 Speaker 1: Jack's team seems like it's good. I'm starting to feel 420 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:21,720 Speaker 1: Trayvon Walker um the secondary. I don't want to say 421 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:23,960 Speaker 1: they're head hunting, but if you guys remember the Chiefs game, 422 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 1: they were looking to hurt people, and that defense put 423 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:31,360 Speaker 1: I think it was quarterman. The linebacker put arguably the 424 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:34,040 Speaker 1: strongest that I've ever seen on Derrick Henry. Henry kind 425 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:36,960 Speaker 1: of spun out of the first tackle right into fifty 426 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:41,520 Speaker 1: quarterman who left his feet drilled. Henry declared him and 427 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:45,480 Speaker 1: he dropped the ball, huge turnover. UM Jacks are feisty, 428 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:48,639 Speaker 1: but did not cover means you should look at Dallas. 429 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 1: UM Chiefs did not cover Houston Texans. Did I haven't 430 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:56,639 Speaker 1: seen a big adjustment and that's really the crux of this. 431 00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:59,320 Speaker 1: Did not cover overst Did you're gonna lay four team 432 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 1: with Kansas City after they did not cover nine and 433 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 1: a half in Denver back to back road games. Titans 434 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 1: did not cover Chargers did. I think you have to 435 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:11,440 Speaker 1: really really look hard at the Tennessee Titans. But who 436 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 1: wants that? Are they gonna? Are they gonna? The fans 437 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:15,960 Speaker 1: of the Titan's gonna travel well to l A in 438 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 1: the middle of December. It'll be interesting. Charges you love 439 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 1: him as a as a dog, be careful as a favorite. 440 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:28,200 Speaker 1: And finally, Tampa Bay Cincinnati Cincinnati favorite by three and 441 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:33,159 Speaker 1: a half at home. Remember this is a bad Tampa 442 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:36,840 Speaker 1: Bay team. They had the Monday night game, then they 443 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 1: flew across the country for San Franz. They got beat up. 444 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:42,879 Speaker 1: Now they got to go home and then back to 445 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 1: Cincinnati to one of the hottest teams in the league. Oh, 446 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:48,680 Speaker 1: I'm sorry the game is in Tampa. Wow, Cincinnati's favorable 447 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:53,720 Speaker 1: in Tampa by over a field goal. That is no 448 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 1: respect whatsoever. All right, quickly we talked to NFL. I 449 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 1: just want to address, you know, obviously the saddest story 450 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 1: of the weekend. And now you guys know, I used 451 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:08,480 Speaker 1: to be in media as a guy who started a 452 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:13,160 Speaker 1: website and I would interview people in sports media. One 453 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:16,680 Speaker 1: of the guys who read the site initially and I interviewed, 454 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 1: I mean this is way back, was a guy by 455 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 1: the name of Grant Wall. He was a big time 456 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 1: basketball writer and the first time I met him was 457 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:32,120 Speaker 1: at the Lebron versus Carmelo Anthony High school basketball game 458 00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 1: in Jersey. I don't know if you guys remember, but 459 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:38,720 Speaker 1: it was televised. Lebron was a junior, Carmelo was a senior, 460 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:42,119 Speaker 1: and at the time it was being hyped as holy caw, 461 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 1: these are the two next best superstars, and Lebron got 462 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 1: the better of him, and Grant Wall was there to 463 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:52,480 Speaker 1: do a takeout on Lebron. It would end up being 464 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:56,359 Speaker 1: the chosen one s I cover of Lebron when he 465 00:26:56,400 --> 00:27:01,960 Speaker 1: was like sixty or seventeen, whatever it was. And Grant 466 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,439 Speaker 1: Wall was the nicest guy. So then I I was 467 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:07,560 Speaker 1: covering at a newspaper in Jersey at the time, Sports 468 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,160 Speaker 1: and I went and covered that game. It was fun. 469 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:16,480 Speaker 1: Then I started covering soccer, Metro Stars and some US 470 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:19,679 Speaker 1: soccer and I ran into Grant Wall and he was 471 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:25,000 Speaker 1: just the nicest guy, super friendly. He moved from s 472 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:28,120 Speaker 1: I to I think he did TV with Fox. He's 473 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 1: been a lot of places. He's a he decided I'm 474 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 1: not gonna write about basketball. I'm gonna go all in 475 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:38,040 Speaker 1: on soccer and become the soccer guy. Um. So he 476 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:45,239 Speaker 1: died covering the World Cup on Friday. He was in 477 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:49,000 Speaker 1: the press box I think it was second half of 478 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 1: penalties of Argentina Netherlands and apparently he collapsed and they 479 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,200 Speaker 1: try to do CPR, they rested the hospital and nothing 480 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:00,119 Speaker 1: could be done. Now, this guy's like forty nine. I 481 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:04,000 Speaker 1: think it just turned forty nine in Qatar. He's healthy, 482 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:08,360 Speaker 1: and obviously there was rampant speculation and I'm I don't 483 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 1: think that's gonna stop about what happened. But it was 484 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:13,399 Speaker 1: one of those moments where I heard about this. I 485 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker 1: got a text from somebody, do you know Grant Wall. 486 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:19,440 Speaker 1: I was like, yeah, why, Like I already just died 487 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:23,919 Speaker 1: and I was floored, like literally floored, what this is 488 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:27,359 Speaker 1: a young dude? What the hell? And I had this 489 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:29,760 Speaker 1: weird thing Friday night. Guys, I was in a real funk. 490 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:33,520 Speaker 1: I was like, died at the World Cup. You know, 491 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:35,959 Speaker 1: he doesn't have kids, he has a wife. It's just 492 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:39,880 Speaker 1: like it was one of those moments where you're just 493 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:44,280 Speaker 1: thinking about your mortality and it's like, well, you're gone, 494 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:50,480 Speaker 1: that's it done over, don't get to say by any 495 00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:55,760 Speaker 1: no formal goodbyes, You're just gone. At got so much 496 00:28:55,840 --> 00:29:00,040 Speaker 1: life left. And I had one of those just it 497 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 1: was it was like a weird, tough couple of hours. 498 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:04,400 Speaker 1: I mean, I listen, I've been around, I've had some 499 00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:07,640 Speaker 1: other people close issue to me pass away, and it 500 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:13,000 Speaker 1: obviously hits hard. But this guy was like pretty much 501 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:18,440 Speaker 1: healthy in his forties and just died. It just it 502 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:21,120 Speaker 1: was weird. I don't know. So obviously, prayers up to 503 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:27,000 Speaker 1: his family, his family, his um, his wife, and you know, 504 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:28,640 Speaker 1: there were a million tributes out there. I would just 505 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:30,600 Speaker 1: suggest go reading some of them. I I don't even 506 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:33,040 Speaker 1: want to recommend one because I'm sure I'll miss out 507 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:34,640 Speaker 1: on some great ones. But a lot of piece known 508 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:37,600 Speaker 1: a lot of people, and it's universal. He's a great guy. 509 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:41,840 Speaker 1: He was a great human being, great soccer writer, great person, 510 00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:44,200 Speaker 1: and it got I actually thought about it. I was, 511 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:47,440 Speaker 1: I know, this is so maccabb for a Monday morning. 512 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:54,720 Speaker 1: What if I died? What you kind of wonder what 513 00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:56,640 Speaker 1: what would people say about you? I'm sure the angry 514 00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:58,800 Speaker 1: haters on Twitter. I don't really care about them, but 515 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:01,040 Speaker 1: it's like, you know, you're, hey, friends, you want to 516 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:05,200 Speaker 1: leave a lasting imprint on people and their kids and 517 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:09,200 Speaker 1: just help people be nice, all the easy cliche stuff. 518 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:12,479 Speaker 1: I don't know. I just kind of spiraled their Friday. 519 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:15,840 Speaker 1: It was it was. It was weird. Um, but I 520 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:18,080 Speaker 1: guess it happens, right, even though I haven't talked to 521 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:21,360 Speaker 1: this guy in years, it's over a decades as I've 522 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:24,280 Speaker 1: talked to him, but um, it was just I don't know, 523 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:27,320 Speaker 1: for the dad's out there, it was one of those moments. 524 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:32,680 Speaker 1: It was just very sadder depressing. Fox Sports Radio has 525 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:35,640 Speaker 1: the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all 526 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:39,040 Speaker 1: of our shows at Fox Sports Radio dot com and 527 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:41,640 Speaker 1: within the I Heart Radio app. Search f s R 528 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:46,320 Speaker 1: to listen live. Let's wrap up this part with um 529 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:51,720 Speaker 1: some World Cup picks for well, now you know, before 530 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:53,440 Speaker 1: we do work up. But let me look quickly address 531 00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:58,000 Speaker 1: this Taylor Tollman thing. Okay, So Sunday, what was it 532 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:03,640 Speaker 1: Sunday night? I see my I'm looking there was fireworks 533 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:05,320 Speaker 1: in the South Bay. So you know, we're hanging out 534 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:07,320 Speaker 1: with friends. I'm watching the game on the phone and 535 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:10,920 Speaker 1: I start getting some text. Did you see this? What 536 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:13,880 Speaker 1: you said on Some of the stuff you said on 537 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:18,800 Speaker 1: the podcast kind of interesting And it's getting a lot 538 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:23,680 Speaker 1: of pickup because the story is out on ESPN sources. 539 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:30,280 Speaker 1: USA almost sent home midfielder Giovanni Raina during the World Cup. 540 00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:33,680 Speaker 1: Now we had Eric Ronaldo on at that when we 541 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:35,640 Speaker 1: when we had him on, I had no intel as 542 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:38,720 Speaker 1: to what happened. Obviously, you guys gets eliminated. People start 543 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:48,760 Speaker 1: talking and year stuff. According to this report, um and 544 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:52,600 Speaker 1: this started because US manager Greg BurrH Halter was at 545 00:31:52,680 --> 00:32:00,400 Speaker 1: some moral leadership summit in New York and a I 546 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:02,320 Speaker 1: guess like three or four days later, his comments were 547 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:06,360 Speaker 1: published in some newsletter in which he said the US 548 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:10,280 Speaker 1: had a player that was clearly not meaning expectations on 549 00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:13,040 Speaker 1: and off the field, one of twenty six players. So 550 00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:15,520 Speaker 1: it stood out as a staff. We sat together for 551 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:19,160 Speaker 1: hours deliberating what we were going to do with this player. 552 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:23,680 Speaker 1: We were ready to book a plane ticket home. That's 553 00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:26,720 Speaker 1: how extreme it was. Now let that sink in for 554 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:32,920 Speaker 1: a sec. They were going to send him home, and 555 00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:35,160 Speaker 1: burr Halter went on to say, what it came down 556 00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:37,719 Speaker 1: to was we're going to have one more conversation with him. 557 00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:40,040 Speaker 1: And part of that conversation was how we're going to 558 00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:43,200 Speaker 1: behave from here on out. There aren't going to be 559 00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:45,520 Speaker 1: any more in fractions. But the other thing we said 560 00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:47,560 Speaker 1: to him was you're gonna have to apologize to the group, 561 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:52,240 Speaker 1: but it's gonna have to say why you're apologizing. It's 562 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:54,360 Speaker 1: going to have to go deeper than guys, I'm sorry, 563 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:58,880 Speaker 1: and that prep the leadership group with this. I said, Okay, 564 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:01,080 Speaker 1: this guy's gonna apologize to you as a group, to 565 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:04,880 Speaker 1: the whole team. He didn't burr Halter at the time 566 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:08,240 Speaker 1: during this leadership conference did not mention Rainaw. MLS Soccer 567 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:10,400 Speaker 1: dot Com was the first to mention it was RAINW 568 00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:14,240 Speaker 1: and the athletic went on to say Raina was nearly 569 00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:19,000 Speaker 1: sent home because of poor training. I mentioned a lot 570 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:23,320 Speaker 1: of this without getting too specific because listen. I've been 571 00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:25,720 Speaker 1: in this long enough. You break a story, people try 572 00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:28,160 Speaker 1: to crap all over. I don't need these headaches. I 573 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:29,800 Speaker 1: can allude to a lot of stuff, just as I've 574 00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:31,800 Speaker 1: done with Kyler Murray on this podcast for the last 575 00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:37,080 Speaker 1: three months, about what's going on in Arizona. I'm not 576 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:39,160 Speaker 1: going to get into the super specifics, but then when 577 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:41,840 Speaker 1: the story emerges, then I can say everything else I've heard. 578 00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:44,720 Speaker 1: There is more to Kyler Murray. I just haven't mentioned 579 00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:47,320 Speaker 1: it because again I don't want to uh to. A 580 00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:51,000 Speaker 1: lot of it revolves around a couple of prominent names 581 00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:56,160 Speaker 1: in Arizona, and if I mention it, those guys are 582 00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:59,000 Speaker 1: gonna get barages with questions. Though obviously they're gonna deny 583 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:00,600 Speaker 1: it because you don't want to do that in season. 584 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:02,760 Speaker 1: You don't want to make the Kyler Murray the kid 585 00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:07,360 Speaker 1: look bad. But there's some stuff so this rain of situation. 586 00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:11,480 Speaker 1: What I tweeted Sunday night was this is exactly what 587 00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:13,320 Speaker 1: I talked about now, just so just for the doubters 588 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:15,239 Speaker 1: and the people who are parachuting into this podcast, we 589 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:18,080 Speaker 1: want to come after me. When I heard this, I 590 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:21,920 Speaker 1: think it was like Tuesday, I mentioned it to a 591 00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:24,440 Speaker 1: couple of guys that I know who are huge soccer players. 592 00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:26,680 Speaker 1: They had heard nothing, So I even asked them, hey, 593 00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:32,240 Speaker 1: how closely do you follow Dortmund where rain A plays? 594 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:34,319 Speaker 1: And they're like, I mean, I followed the team, but 595 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:37,080 Speaker 1: I I was like, would any reporter know if this 596 00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:40,600 Speaker 1: kind of stuff was happening there? And that was one 597 00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:42,400 Speaker 1: of the other things I heard that this is not 598 00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:44,560 Speaker 1: like a one off. He wasn't all of a sudden 599 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:51,160 Speaker 1: acting up at camp. This was Ray now carrying over 600 00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:54,080 Speaker 1: from his attitude at Dortmund where he's around a couple 601 00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:57,000 Speaker 1: of the best players in the world. They like him. 602 00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:00,520 Speaker 1: Is it possible that he sees how they're acting major 603 00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:05,600 Speaker 1: stars and says, well, I'm a major star. I could 604 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:09,040 Speaker 1: I kind of slack off and be disrespectful and not listen. 605 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:12,120 Speaker 1: We've seen this with superstars problems. Raina hasn't done jack 606 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:14,920 Speaker 1: squad for the national team, and per Halter was right 607 00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:16,480 Speaker 1: to put him in his place. But this has been 608 00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:19,920 Speaker 1: going on for a much longer time than just the 609 00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:25,399 Speaker 1: World Cup, and so as it's going on the World Cup, 610 00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:27,960 Speaker 1: ber Halter eventually set up, you know what, put this 611 00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:31,080 Speaker 1: to a team vote and the players had the choice 612 00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:35,840 Speaker 1: whether Raina would stay or go, because apparently whatever the 613 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:41,400 Speaker 1: captains were saying was not getting through to Raina. And 614 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:43,840 Speaker 1: they voted to keep Raina and the vote was thirteen 615 00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:49,719 Speaker 1: twelve twelve. It was almost split. What the players think 616 00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:55,640 Speaker 1: of Raina's attitude and his ego and what the hell 617 00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:59,160 Speaker 1: his problem is. And so of course, once I put 618 00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:02,200 Speaker 1: that out there, all these soccer fans come out of 619 00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:03,919 Speaker 1: the world work. It's like, where did all these people 620 00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:09,840 Speaker 1: come from? And Taylor Twellman, who's at ESPN, used to 621 00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:12,400 Speaker 1: know him. He used to I mean, I think we 622 00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:16,120 Speaker 1: exchange messages nothing in like the last five ten years. 623 00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:19,600 Speaker 1: And he comes in and says, whoa. There was no 624 00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:23,080 Speaker 1: vote among the players, but among the coaching staff there was. 625 00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:27,800 Speaker 1: They would never ber Halter, would never ask the players 626 00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:32,880 Speaker 1: what to do and let me get the exact wording. 627 00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:41,120 Speaker 1: He says. I even asked three agents if the players 628 00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:47,360 Speaker 1: voted on Geo and that wasn't happened. That's not what happened. 629 00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:54,399 Speaker 1: The staff voted. Well, again, I don't anticipate anybody coming 630 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:56,520 Speaker 1: out and say, yeah, we voted on Ray now whether 631 00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:58,560 Speaker 1: or not he would be sent home. Come on, when 632 00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:00,440 Speaker 1: do you think Christian Poulistic is going to step up 633 00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:02,400 Speaker 1: and say something like that, and you want them to 634 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:07,279 Speaker 1: kill Raina's confidence? Then it went if this is ever confirmed, No, 635 00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:10,799 Speaker 1: it won't be. Do you really want Raina looking over 636 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:12,600 Speaker 1: his shoulder? Dam who are the twelve guys who didn't 637 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:15,600 Speaker 1: vote for me? Do you? I mean, do you think 638 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:17,520 Speaker 1: that's gonna happen? Of course not. There's no way now 639 00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:21,319 Speaker 1: what will happen Eventually? It's more details will trickle out 640 00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:24,160 Speaker 1: and we're gonna find out that rain Are you gonna 641 00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:28,040 Speaker 1: fall in line? I thought the smartest thing Iroquanala said 642 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:31,160 Speaker 1: on that entire podcast was burr Halter could move way 643 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:35,200 Speaker 1: at the center forward, where they were getting mostly nothing 644 00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:39,319 Speaker 1: from Hajji Right Sergeant, I mean Hayes's Ferrara, who I 645 00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:43,200 Speaker 1: loved and championed going to the Cup for, did freaking 646 00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:47,120 Speaker 1: nothing in that half that he played against netherless like 647 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:51,040 Speaker 1: total non factor. So you move Waya to center forward, 648 00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:53,640 Speaker 1: you put Raina at right wing, and then you've got 649 00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:59,600 Speaker 1: a polistic way A rain A triumphant, which could be formidable. 650 00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:03,359 Speaker 1: I don't like the idea of burr Halter trying to 651 00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:06,600 Speaker 1: teach a lesson to a kid at the World Cups, 652 00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:08,359 Speaker 1: one of the best players only I don't like that, 653 00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:12,799 Speaker 1: but on some level, I very very much respect that 654 00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:16,000 Speaker 1: burr Halter was pushing back against the superstar whose dad, 655 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:20,800 Speaker 1: by the way, has a lot of clout in USA soccer, 656 00:38:21,719 --> 00:38:23,719 Speaker 1: and he has because he's been a legend since the 657 00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:29,919 Speaker 1: mid nineties when he was in Virginia just just dominating. Now. 658 00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:35,080 Speaker 1: I wonder if Claude Arena would admit what happened with 659 00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:37,840 Speaker 1: him and burr Halter several months ago. Burh Halter knows 660 00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:40,360 Speaker 1: who tried to get him shoved out because he knew 661 00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:43,160 Speaker 1: that this was coming. This has been a long time coming. 662 00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:47,239 Speaker 1: So I wonder if burr Halter would talk about what 663 00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:49,080 Speaker 1: he thinks about what's happening with the reign of family. 664 00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:52,880 Speaker 1: Bur Alter probably wouldn't And listen, I've been split, guys. 665 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,919 Speaker 1: I this is I have no dog in this fight. Yes, 666 00:38:55,960 --> 00:39:00,279 Speaker 1: I own a stake in a Mexican soccer team in 667 00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:03,480 Speaker 1: League I'm X. We're having a good offseason, made the 668 00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:06,880 Speaker 1: playoffs both times since we've taken our our group has 669 00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:10,839 Speaker 1: been added to the ownership. I love soccer, I'm a fan. 670 00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:13,160 Speaker 1: I have zero steak and raina versus burr Halter. You 671 00:39:13,239 --> 00:39:15,040 Speaker 1: can look at my old tweets for the for three 672 00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:17,120 Speaker 1: weeks I was calling from more Rain up at the 673 00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:22,600 Speaker 1: World Cup, and I I do I like burr Halter's 674 00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:26,919 Speaker 1: philosophy of win with defense. I mean, it's it's tough 675 00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:29,040 Speaker 1: tough to argue with what Morocco has done in the 676 00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:33,200 Speaker 1: World Cup. They've given up a freaking goal. Two world 677 00:39:33,239 --> 00:39:38,440 Speaker 1: powers like Spain, Croatia, Portugal called him all of the 678 00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:40,719 Speaker 1: more winning with defense. It can be done, and it's 679 00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:44,720 Speaker 1: pretty clear that's what burr Halter wants to do. Defense 680 00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:47,600 Speaker 1: is gonna be our calling card. It's not great on 681 00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:50,399 Speaker 1: the eyes. Again, I even said this on social media, 682 00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:54,280 Speaker 1: Like I used to coach my kids in soccer. Defense. First, 683 00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:58,239 Speaker 1: let's how you win. Other teams can't score, they can't 684 00:39:58,239 --> 00:40:00,560 Speaker 1: beat you. Then you get your fast word up front 685 00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:04,840 Speaker 1: and a quick counter and bing bang boom um. I 686 00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:11,200 Speaker 1: just don't think Morocco's style is especially aesthetically pleasing, but 687 00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:16,360 Speaker 1: it's working. And so this burr Halter philosophy is going 688 00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:21,320 Speaker 1: to be interesting. I don't know, we'll see it. Sounds 689 00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:23,160 Speaker 1: like he's going to survive this. Everything I've heard is 690 00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:26,560 Speaker 1: they'll be keeping him. But again, things can change pretty 691 00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:29,480 Speaker 1: quickly here. Now. US Soccer would be dumb to move 692 00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:32,640 Speaker 1: off of him and not have an ironclad lock in 693 00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:35,600 Speaker 1: the background. The same thing with the Chargers in the NFL. Right, 694 00:40:38,080 --> 00:40:41,520 Speaker 1: Brandon Staley has been very bad for large partitions of 695 00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:45,160 Speaker 1: this season. They know they have Sean Peyton waiting in 696 00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:48,600 Speaker 1: the wings if they want them. But you don't want 697 00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:55,080 Speaker 1: to fire Staley without having Sean Payton locked up. Continuity matters. 698 00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:57,520 Speaker 1: We know this guy's I'm bullish on the US and 699 00:40:57,560 --> 00:41:01,360 Speaker 1: the World Cup in all right, wrap up with Monday 700 00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:05,759 Speaker 1: night football and uh my World Cup bets. World Cup bets. Man, 701 00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:09,239 Speaker 1: I got killed on Portugal. It's been a great World 702 00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:16,560 Speaker 1: Cup financially. Portugal hurt badly, Brazil hurt. Argentina was good. 703 00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:20,000 Speaker 1: England I had England winning but still won money because 704 00:41:20,560 --> 00:41:24,520 Speaker 1: the props hit. Harry Kane scored. Most goals scored were 705 00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:28,000 Speaker 1: in the second half. It was. It was a good result, 706 00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:30,680 Speaker 1: but I was sad for England because you know, the 707 00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:34,560 Speaker 1: team left the root for It's like messy England. So 708 00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:40,080 Speaker 1: what we've got early tomorrow morning is Argentina and then 709 00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:44,200 Speaker 1: um not the Netherlands. Goodness gracious Argentina to Croatia. Argentina 710 00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:48,280 Speaker 1: not as big of a favorite as you'd think. Total 711 00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:51,719 Speaker 1: is two. So I think what that's telling me the 712 00:41:51,719 --> 00:41:54,640 Speaker 1: market is saying gonna be low scoring. Somebody probably wins one. 713 00:41:54,719 --> 00:41:58,680 Speaker 1: Nothing if we learned anything in the quarterfinals. Once you 714 00:41:58,719 --> 00:42:01,840 Speaker 1: get this deep end of the tournament, yeah you'll have outliers. 715 00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:05,120 Speaker 1: You'll have a Germany seven, Brazil one. But by and large, 716 00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:11,240 Speaker 1: defense rules a roost. I mean you had Brazil scoring 717 00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:15,000 Speaker 1: I think with like eight minutes maybe ten minutes left, 718 00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:20,680 Speaker 1: and then Croatia answering with about four minutes left. Not 719 00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:22,879 Speaker 1: a lot of not a ton of offense in that one. 720 00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:26,440 Speaker 1: Then you look at Portugal Morocco one goal around mark 721 00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:30,400 Speaker 1: and then nothing the rest of the way. Once you 722 00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:32,400 Speaker 1: get the lead, you just don't want to screw it up. 723 00:42:32,440 --> 00:42:35,560 Speaker 1: That's what these teams are doing. They're trying to avoid losing. 724 00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:41,319 Speaker 1: I do, but I gotta pick Argentina here, right, I mean, 725 00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:44,560 Speaker 1: Croatia is the KG veteran team. Do they run out 726 00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:48,000 Speaker 1: of gas? Which will be a popular narrative if you're 727 00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:52,440 Speaker 1: looking for any time goal scorer Leonel Messi, you know, 728 00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:57,040 Speaker 1: pretty much the greatest soccer player of all time. He's 729 00:42:57,080 --> 00:43:02,040 Speaker 1: plus one thirty four to score the first goal. Messi 730 00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:04,160 Speaker 1: is plus four fifty. Or if you think it's gonna 731 00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:06,439 Speaker 1: be one nothing and you want to have some skin 732 00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:10,040 Speaker 1: in the game for Messy to deliver, why wouldn't you 733 00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:14,880 Speaker 1: just take plus four fifty. Argentina's defense has been extremely sound. 734 00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:18,240 Speaker 1: I mean Netherlands did nothing against them until the eighty 735 00:43:18,239 --> 00:43:21,000 Speaker 1: third minute when they were down to nothing and it 736 00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:25,560 Speaker 1: was all out offense. This Croatia defense can lock down 737 00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:30,680 Speaker 1: I mean one nothing Argentina. How does that sound? Let 738 00:43:30,680 --> 00:43:37,520 Speaker 1: me see exact goals um exact goals for Argentina or 739 00:43:37,640 --> 00:43:41,279 Speaker 1: exact total goals one goal plus two sixty zero would 740 00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:46,960 Speaker 1: be plus seven hundred. So how's this. Croatia decides We're 741 00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:50,839 Speaker 1: gonna just really play tight defense. We're gonna double put 742 00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:55,080 Speaker 1: the two fullbacks right Brackett met Messy and we just 743 00:43:55,080 --> 00:43:57,399 Speaker 1: don't want to give up a goal at all. If 744 00:43:57,440 --> 00:43:59,080 Speaker 1: we get beat by some one of the young kids, 745 00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:02,400 Speaker 1: or martine As comes in or unheld Maria comes off 746 00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:07,480 Speaker 1: the bench, fine, but exact goals plus seven zero is 747 00:44:07,480 --> 00:44:09,359 Speaker 1: plus seven hundred. And then you go to penalty kicks, 748 00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:15,160 Speaker 1: where Croatia's lethal, although Argentina did deliver um against Devil 749 00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:17,600 Speaker 1: Point that was tense um. So yeah, I would go 750 00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:20,759 Speaker 1: I would lean toward Argentina and all my bets in 751 00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:26,480 Speaker 1: that one. We'll talk about Morocco and France tomorrow. As 752 00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:29,960 Speaker 1: for Monday Night football, there's some some Sundays where you 753 00:44:30,040 --> 00:44:32,200 Speaker 1: just have hit on everything and you're like, well, why 754 00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:36,080 Speaker 1: am I gonna mess it up with Patriots Cardinals. The 755 00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:41,160 Speaker 1: only like, the biggest edge I would say in this 756 00:44:41,239 --> 00:44:45,360 Speaker 1: game is the obvious one, Bill Belichick against Cliff Kingsbury. 757 00:44:45,560 --> 00:44:50,480 Speaker 1: Arizona doesn't even play well at home historically. Under Kingsbury, 758 00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:52,439 Speaker 1: they did cover against the Charges a couple of weeks ago. 759 00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:57,239 Speaker 1: Arizonas off the extra rest. You've got a total of 760 00:44:57,320 --> 00:44:59,480 Speaker 1: forty four, which seems a little bit low because we 761 00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:02,320 Speaker 1: saw mac Jones against the Vikings when the Vikings defense 762 00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:05,080 Speaker 1: was shoddy, and Arizona is pretty shoddy and they love 763 00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:09,080 Speaker 1: to advance. Joseph loves to dial up the blitz. They 764 00:45:09,120 --> 00:45:11,640 Speaker 1: can't get home with four. So now you've got Arizona 765 00:45:11,680 --> 00:45:15,040 Speaker 1: blitzing a lot. A mediocre Arizona secondary app let's go 766 00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:18,960 Speaker 1: below average, below average Arizona secondary. Matt Jones can cook 767 00:45:19,040 --> 00:45:21,440 Speaker 1: himself up here. All we've been hearing is and I 768 00:45:21,480 --> 00:45:25,960 Speaker 1: love to fade the narrative. Oh, Matt, Patricia stinks Mac 769 00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:29,000 Speaker 1: Jones has regressed. The offense terrible. You gotta go Arizona. 770 00:45:29,400 --> 00:45:32,759 Speaker 1: What about the over over forty four? Now, I know 771 00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:37,480 Speaker 1: primetime unders have been just incredible, Chargers Dolphins never sniffed 772 00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:41,360 Speaker 1: the over. I did miss the over on Thursday with 773 00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:47,719 Speaker 1: the Baker Mayfield revenge game against the Raiders, but well, 774 00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:50,640 Speaker 1: and by revenge I mean, like to the entire NFL 775 00:45:50,719 --> 00:45:53,480 Speaker 1: the mere fact that he's on a roster um. So 776 00:45:53,560 --> 00:45:57,000 Speaker 1: I would lean to the over on Patriots Cardinals UM. 777 00:45:57,040 --> 00:45:59,440 Speaker 1: If I find any props, I will dump those on 778 00:46:00,239 --> 00:46:03,480 Speaker 1: Instagram stories later today. But that's a long Monday podcast. Guys. 779 00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:07,680 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening. More tomorrow. Hopefully no more Georana drama, 780 00:46:07,719 --> 00:46:11,680 Speaker 1: although I do love to talk about soccer, all right, 781 00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:12,359 Speaker 1: talk to you then,