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Speaker 1: other than that, there are fun times. We got the

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Speaker 1: wanted to dive into Michael Pennox first. And one thing

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Speaker 1: you know, whether it's the NFL. A lot of people

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Speaker 1: But every single guy, like I understand why Caleb's gonna

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Speaker 1: Harball the clip, I believe this Jim Harbaugh's parents, Jack

426
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Speaker 1: and Jackie. If you haven't seen the clip, just google it.

427
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Speaker 1: They're on the field. His mother was stunned that they won.

428
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Speaker 1: I mean stunned that they won, which was just funny.

429
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Speaker 1: Obviously is like a twenty five year old version. I

430
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Speaker 1: think Jim sixty. I'd guess Jack's eighty five, early mid eighties,

431
00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:10,399
Speaker 1: and he's like Jim Harball right now lives. Colin said this,

432
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Speaker 1: I think they're next door neighbors. Imagine Jim building a

433
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Speaker 1: house and family means a lot to the Hartball's which

434
00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:18,359
Speaker 1: I always get emotional having lost my dad, seeing that

435
00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:20,680
Speaker 1: type stuff like that's that's powerful, that's really cool. I

436
00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:23,280
Speaker 1: don't think we talk enough about that in society, Like

437
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Speaker 1: the power of the you know, the family and the

438
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Speaker 1: loyalty of the Harball family. Like that's I get emotionally

439
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Speaker 1: moved when I see stuff like that. But you know,

440
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Speaker 1: Jim's not like Nick Saban's a college coach. That's truly

441
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Speaker 1: who he is at his Kirby smart These guys are

442
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Speaker 1: college coaches. Jim Harbaugh played quarterback in the NFL for

443
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Speaker 1: fifteen years, right, so when you see some of these

444
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Speaker 1: guys like Frank Reich or Doug Peterson or Jason Garrett forever,

445
00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:54,320
Speaker 1: like he's used to not only being in the NFL,

446
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Speaker 1: but being the guy in the huddle that the other

447
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Speaker 1: ten fucking guys look at in the pros where everyone

448
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Speaker 1: was getting paid. Now, I get it in college people

449
00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:05,399
Speaker 1: get paid, but clearly there's an itch deep down with

450
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Speaker 1: Jim Harbaugh. Here's the other thing in the NFL. From

451
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Speaker 1: you know, whenever training camp starts to whenever the season ends,

452
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Speaker 1: whether it's the last week of the season or through

453
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Speaker 1: the playoffs, it's all football, all the time, it's just football, football, football,

454
00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:25,120
Speaker 1: and football. In college, it's not just football. You gotta

455
00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:26,680
Speaker 1: worry about your guy's going to class. You gotta worry

456
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Speaker 1: about your guys staying eligible. Now you gotta worry about nil.

457
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Speaker 1: Every guy on your team is a free agent. Think

458
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Speaker 1: about that when you start the season, Every single guy

459
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Speaker 1: on your roster is a free agent. So you not

460
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Speaker 1: are only recruiting high school kids and have to worry

461
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Speaker 1: about this transfer portal that you have no clue. Like

462
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Speaker 1: in the NFL, when I worked in the office for

463
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Speaker 1: two years and I was a pro scout, you knew

464
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Speaker 1: who all the impending free agents were. You knew who

465
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Speaker 1: all the impending restricted free agentc are. You could even

466
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Speaker 1: tell based on contracts guys likely to be cut after

467
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Speaker 1: the season, right Like Russell Wilson's a good example. He

468
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Speaker 1: would have been a guy that every team interested in

469
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Speaker 1: a quarterback would have been evaluating this year because you go, well,

470
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Speaker 1: this guy could become available if they cut him at

471
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Speaker 1: the end of the season. And he's a high level example.

472
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Speaker 1: But there are guys like that all over the NFL.

473
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Speaker 1: So you have a ninety five percent idea of everyone

474
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Speaker 1: who's going to be available in you know, February, right

475
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Speaker 1: from free agents to restricted free agents and guys getting

476
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Speaker 1: cut because of contracts. And then obviously things change a

477
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Speaker 1: little bit as coaches get fired. New coaches go to

478
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Speaker 1: teams and they don't want a guy, and maybe a

479
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Speaker 1: guy becomes available for trade that you didn't know was

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Speaker 1: available for trade. Like that that happens in college. You

481
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Speaker 1: have no fucking clue. You're just keeping an eye on everything.

482
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Speaker 1: It's way harder in terms of three hundred and sixty

483
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Speaker 1: five days. Those six months in the NFL are very intense,

484
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Speaker 1: long days, scheming practice, just NonStop football. But once the

485
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Speaker 1: offseason starts, let's say you your first round team and out,

486
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Speaker 1: you might get two weeks off from your head coach.

487
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Speaker 1: Then you kind of loosely maybe go to the Senior Bowl.

488
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Speaker 1: It's not like you've even watched any of these guys.

489
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Speaker 1: A lot of guys, you know, coaches now don't even

490
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Speaker 1: send their assistance to the Senior Bowl. So you just

491
00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:23,000
Speaker 1: start doing self scouting, which nine to five type days

492
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Speaker 1: the combine. You don't really play a role. Again, a

493
00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:28,440
Speaker 1: lot of teams no longer even send you to the combine.

494
00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:32,040
Speaker 1: And then the draft process is pretty light for the coaches,

495
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Speaker 1: little evaluating, but it's a lot. It becomes a lot

496
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Speaker 1: more nine to five. And there is no such thing

497
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Speaker 1: as nine to five in college three sixty five. Not

498
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Speaker 1: just during the season, immediately when the season ends, then

499
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Speaker 1: spring ball, spring recruiting, the offseason, you got camps. It

500
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Speaker 1: never ends. So just in terms of time, if you

501
00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:54,920
Speaker 1: have a family, which listen, football, guys likes spending time

502
00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,840
Speaker 1: around football. So whether it's a little extra time, I

503
00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:00,760
Speaker 1: don't know if it totally you know bothers. But in

504
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Speaker 1: the NFL, you know, like we have this much cap space,

505
00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:05,840
Speaker 1: we have these many draft picks. In college, it's so

506
00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:09,600
Speaker 1: fluid and so unknown that it can't be that fun.

507
00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:12,280
Speaker 1: It's why all these coaches listen. A lot of coach,

508
00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:15,400
Speaker 1: like most of these guys, if you're making six, seven, eight, nine,

509
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Speaker 1: ten million dollars, even if they're complaining, they understand it's

510
00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:22,280
Speaker 1: an incredible job to make money. Right. Jim Harball was

511
00:27:22,359 --> 00:27:25,040
Speaker 1: rich when he got hired at Michigan. Jim Harba had

512
00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:27,080
Speaker 1: made millions before you even got to the forty nine ers,

513
00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:30,600
Speaker 1: and that was, you know, ten years ago. To whoever

514
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Speaker 1: Jim Harbaugh, whether Michigan gives them one hundred and twenty

515
00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:35,639
Speaker 1: million dollars, whether orn NFL, it's it's not about the money.

516
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:38,639
Speaker 1: It's just about his lifestyle now and what he wants.

517
00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:42,719
Speaker 1: So if he doesn't like the setup currently and he's

518
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Speaker 1: already said like the players should get a cut of

519
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Speaker 1: the revenue, well guess what happens In the NFL They

520
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Speaker 1: revenue share. The reason it's basically fifty to fifty is

521
00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:52,680
Speaker 1: because the players the salary cap is based on the

522
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Speaker 1: league's revenue, so you don't have to deal with any

523
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Speaker 1: of this unknown, this uncertainty, things that you can't control. Now,

524
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Speaker 1: you could argue that at Alabama, Georgia, Michigan, Ohio State,

525
00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:09,240
Speaker 1: you're less likely to lose a lot of guys because

526
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Speaker 1: you can financially afford to keep them. And you know,

527
00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:15,440
Speaker 1: it's obviously an incredible place to play, but it's also

528
00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:19,120
Speaker 1: for younger players harder to crack the lineup. So if

529
00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:20,800
Speaker 1: you get there as a freshman, you might look up

530
00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:22,359
Speaker 1: and you go got him might be two years before

531
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Speaker 1: even get on the field, even though that guy within

532
00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:27,199
Speaker 1: two years could be a really good player for you.

533
00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:29,800
Speaker 1: It's much easier if you're that guy to go to

534
00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:33,239
Speaker 1: a lesser program to go to Nebraska or wherever and

535
00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:36,520
Speaker 1: just immediately be the starter. So just that element alone

536
00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:41,600
Speaker 1: has made the sport much more challenging. So Jim Harbaugh's wiring. Listen,

537
00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:45,280
Speaker 1: he's out there. He's a different cat. I can't even

538
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Speaker 1: pretend to no one can't to think like he thinks.

539
00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:51,840
Speaker 1: But I just think, if you thought logically, what industry

540
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Speaker 1: would you rather work in? The one where you can

541
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Speaker 1: control a lot of it or the one where, yeah,

542
00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:00,320
Speaker 1: it's technically easier because you're gonna have quote unqung vote

543
00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:04,920
Speaker 1: easier games. Right, You could argue, depending on the schedule,

544
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Speaker 1: four to seven games, Michigan is an enormous favorite, and

545
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Speaker 1: if they just play solid, they're winning easily. And then

546
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Speaker 1: another four or five games where it's definitely the talent

547
00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:16,680
Speaker 1: GAP's a little smaller, especially now that they've added the

548
00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:18,920
Speaker 1: PAC twelve teams, and he's got to be pretty locked in.

549
00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:21,320
Speaker 1: In the NFL, every game's hard, So it's like, wait,

550
00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:23,440
Speaker 1: we're all kind of on an even playing field. We

551
00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:26,360
Speaker 1: all have the same we everyone has the same salary

552
00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:28,680
Speaker 1: cap space in draft capital, you just choose how you

553
00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:32,360
Speaker 1: want to use it. The Broncos chose to trade for

554
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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson and pay him all that money. But they

555
00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:36,840
Speaker 1: have no different in the draft capital than the Houston

556
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Speaker 1: Texans or the Cleveland Browns. You just get to, well,

557
00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:42,400
Speaker 1: why do the Cleveland Browns not have picks? They chose

558
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Speaker 1: to use the capitol on Deshaun Watson. You just get

559
00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:48,960
Speaker 1: not everyone has the same capital. Now in college, he's

560
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:51,080
Speaker 1: had a team with a lot of money. But maybe

561
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Speaker 1: he's bored. Maybe it's like, I'm just playing now for

562
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Speaker 1: the playoffs. Now you could argue for his resume if

563
00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:59,760
Speaker 1: he loses and leaves and then they get popped, it's

564
00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:02,960
Speaker 1: not great. It's probably true. But I think it's pretty

565
00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:05,600
Speaker 1: clear that win or lose Monday, and as a guy

566
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Speaker 1: with a pretty large ticket on Washington, I hope they lose.

567
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:10,719
Speaker 1: It does feel like he's gonna go to the pros.

568
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Speaker 1: One guy, I've thought about this for a while, that

569
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Speaker 1: Eagles loss. I don't even know if I've really talked

570
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Speaker 1: about it. I think it's one of the worst losses

571
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Speaker 1: in years. I still can't get over. It's one thing

572
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Speaker 1: to lose. They got their ass kicked in that game. Listen,

573
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Speaker 1: Nick Sirianni. Even if they were to lose the Giants

574
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Speaker 1: and then lose in the first round. I don't know

575
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Speaker 1: he's not gonna get fired, but I wonder if the

576
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Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles think they got a little problem on their

577
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Speaker 1: hands because one thing, Listen, he has no impact on

578
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Speaker 1: the defense. That's on the organization. Hired the right defensive coordinator.

579
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Speaker 1: They wanted Fango. The Gannon situation, you could argue they

580
00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:49,880
Speaker 1: got screwed a little bit. They were on the right guy.

581
00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:53,360
Speaker 1: It just broke the wrong way. But offensively, like the

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Speaker 1: AJ Brown made some comments after the game, kind of

583
00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:59,360
Speaker 1: walked them back, said, listen, I'm all for that. I'm

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Speaker 1: pro the code, which I'm pro Brian Johnson. It's getting

585
00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:04,480
Speaker 1: a little weird in Philly, which can't The moment you

586
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:07,800
Speaker 1: start losing with high expectations with the Eagles should get

587
00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:10,000
Speaker 1: out of whack quick. While I was thinking about, like

588
00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:15,280
Speaker 1: if Emerald Lagassi or Gordon Ramsay had a restaurant, you

589
00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:18,200
Speaker 1: would never be like, well, we got to change the menu,

590
00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:20,120
Speaker 1: We need to bring in a new chef. No, that

591
00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:23,440
Speaker 1: guy's the fucking chef. No one ever goes like, listen,

592
00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:27,120
Speaker 1: the Chiefs offense is completely broken. They're screwed. New offensive coordinator. No,

593
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:29,080
Speaker 1: it's like, we'll just get better players. We got Andy,

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Speaker 1: We'll be okay. Right, anytime things are off in San

595
00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:36,440
Speaker 1: Francisco or the Rams, you go, well, Kyle McVeigh. Ultimately

596
00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:39,280
Speaker 1: they'll figure it out. They're the play caller. But we go, well,

597
00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:41,600
Speaker 1: they got some offensive issues. Big picture, how do we

598
00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:44,920
Speaker 1: get Jalen back on track? We need a new offensive coordinator?

599
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:48,080
Speaker 1: What the fuck's the coach doing? Nick Sirianni is an

600
00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:51,760
Speaker 1: offensive guy, and I hear NonStop talk about the offensive coordinator.

601
00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:54,000
Speaker 1: I know, I'm like forty nine er Land if we

602
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:57,320
Speaker 1: were just talking NonStop talk about the offensive coordinator and

603
00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:00,160
Speaker 1: your head coach was Kyle Shanahan, be like, what, why

604
00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:02,160
Speaker 1: don't you call the plays? Why don't you do that? Well,

605
00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:04,000
Speaker 1: we saw sirian do that a couple of years ago,

606
00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:08,400
Speaker 1: utter disaster. So it's like, okay, so who are you?

607
00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:13,000
Speaker 1: You're basically an offensive version of John Harbaugh? Right, Well,

608
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,800
Speaker 1: say this about John Harbaugh. When they had some quarterbacks,

609
00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:18,760
Speaker 1: their team was always tough and physical. Right, John Harbaugh

610
00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:21,680
Speaker 1: and the Harbaugh family tough physical guys. Same thing with Tomlin. Right.

611
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Speaker 1: They might have his offensive issues, but you know they're

612
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:25,959
Speaker 1: defense gonna have some guys. You know, they're gonna make plays. Obviously,

613
00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:29,200
Speaker 1: their defense and shambles. So is Sirianni like some tough guy.

614
00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:33,480
Speaker 1: I just wonder if this thing implodes. Now they should

615
00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:35,640
Speaker 1: beat Tampa in the first round of the playoffs, assuming

616
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Speaker 1: Tampa beats the pamp what if they don't. What if

617
00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:41,000
Speaker 1: they don't? How could you feel good big picture about

618
00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:44,720
Speaker 1: Nick Sirianni Because what's his next pitch? Right? What is

619
00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:48,680
Speaker 1: his next move? Fire Brian Johnson, hire some other offensive coordinator.

620
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Speaker 1: So we're just acknowledging he's just pure CEO head coach.

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Speaker 1: He has nothing to do with anything beside motivation in

622
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Speaker 1: leadership seems pretty risky. It's one thing when you got

623
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Speaker 1: a sixty five year old guy doing that. It's another

624
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:02,040
Speaker 1: thing when you got a guy in his early forties

625
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:05,200
Speaker 1: doing that who's supposed to be an offensive guy. That

626
00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:08,840
Speaker 1: would make me a little nervous. So I think the

627
00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:15,080
Speaker 1: Eagles have serious problems, serious problems that loss. I don't

628
00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:17,480
Speaker 1: know if you shake that Arizona loss. I just don't

629
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Speaker 1: think you do. And I definitely think it's on the

630
00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:23,160
Speaker 1: table that they could be a one and done situation. Now.

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Speaker 1: It would still be obviously an upset if Tampa were

632
00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:28,200
Speaker 1: to beat them, But how could you trust this team

633
00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:30,680
Speaker 1: right now? How could you trust them at all? I mean,

634
00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:33,320
Speaker 1: their defenses and shambles, and their offense just doesn't click.

635
00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:36,200
Speaker 1: It simply just doesn't click. And their head coach is

636
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Speaker 1: an offensive guy. Last, but not least, this is a

637
00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:42,120
Speaker 1: big week. Like when you see the headline Carson Wentz

638
00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:44,719
Speaker 1: against Sam Darnold, a lot of people like, huh, not

639
00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:47,680
Speaker 1: watching that thing, and listen, I don't blame now. Game

640
00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:51,239
Speaker 1: doesn't mean anything. The Rams waving the white flag, just

641
00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:53,120
Speaker 1: going to the playoffs, and the forty nine ers have

642
00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:56,520
Speaker 1: nothing to play for, right the ravens lamar Tyler Huntley.

643
00:33:57,360 --> 00:34:00,920
Speaker 1: This is a big time moment. Like when you're a scout,

644
00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:06,560
Speaker 1: you evaluate backups a lot of time off preseason film.

645
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:09,160
Speaker 1: If all they do is like play special teams right

646
00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:11,520
Speaker 1: in a lot of positions over the course of a year,

647
00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:14,279
Speaker 1: like if you're the fourth wide receiver, there's eventually going

648
00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:16,160
Speaker 1: to be an injury and you'll get a couple starts,

649
00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:19,400
Speaker 1: Or if you're the last linebacker, by the time the

650
00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:22,960
Speaker 1: season ends, you'll have got so many defensive plays. Well,

651
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,879
Speaker 1: if you're the backup quarterback. There's a chance you never

652
00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:29,600
Speaker 1: take a snap during the season, not one. So when

653
00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:31,960
Speaker 1: I evaluate a guy like, well, what's the grade on

654
00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:34,799
Speaker 1: him heading into the offseason if he's a free agent, Well,

655
00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:37,440
Speaker 1: it's just based on the preseason and based on the

656
00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:40,719
Speaker 1: grade we had on him before wherever he signed with

657
00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:42,920
Speaker 1: that team, Right, it's all based on the previous what

658
00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:45,240
Speaker 1: if he got better? So when I see that Carson

659
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Speaker 1: Wentz and Sam Darnold are playing each other, let's start

660
00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:51,440
Speaker 1: with Carson Wentz. This was a guy that no one

661
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:53,799
Speaker 1: in the league would touch till a month ago. And

662
00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:56,000
Speaker 1: not like Joe Flacco where everyone just thought he was

663
00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:58,279
Speaker 1: old and not good, like that was just thirty eight

664
00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:03,040
Speaker 1: year old guy. It happens, dude, like ow old scars

665
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:06,600
Speaker 1: and Wentz thirty years old. Wasn't that long ago. He

666
00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:07,840
Speaker 1: was in the mix to win an MVP in like

667
00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:11,200
Speaker 1: twenty seventeen. He's out of the former number two overall

668
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:13,440
Speaker 1: pick out of the league. No one will touch him, toxic.

669
00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:16,480
Speaker 1: Then he goes to the Rams. Now he's got a

670
00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:20,120
Speaker 1: chance to get a game. Well if he throws three touchdowns.

671
00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:23,600
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield last year in like four starts for the

672
00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:26,799
Speaker 1: rams through four touchdowns and through sixty four percent and

673
00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:29,200
Speaker 1: got an opportunity four million dollars to become a starter

674
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:31,120
Speaker 1: and became a starter this year and probably gonna make

675
00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:33,520
Speaker 1: the playoffs. Now, I think a lot of people putting

676
00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:35,440
Speaker 1: out some numbers on Baker Mayfield. To me, he's like

677
00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:38,399
Speaker 1: Tampa rolls it back. Maybe one year ten million dollars,

678
00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:41,160
Speaker 1: one year, twelve million dollars. But still this looked like

679
00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:42,680
Speaker 1: a guy who was trending to be like out of

680
00:35:42,719 --> 00:35:44,759
Speaker 1: the league. All of a sudden, four million dollars makes

681
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:48,600
Speaker 1: another eleven million dollars starter starter, like kind of resurrected

682
00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:52,440
Speaker 1: his career. Carson wentz, what if Sean McVay comes out

683
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:54,920
Speaker 1: and goes listen, We've loved having him around. He's been

684
00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:56,840
Speaker 1: a really good teammate. Other guys on the team. We

685
00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:58,440
Speaker 1: like the guy. And then he goes out and he

686
00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:00,719
Speaker 1: looks solid. We've seen the quarterback. I mean they're rolling

687
00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:04,759
Speaker 1: out Jaren Hall, the Raiders are playing Aiden O'Connell. You're

688
00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:07,160
Speaker 1: telling me if this guy looks like just a capable

689
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:11,680
Speaker 1: player again that he can't immediately resurrect his career. Game

690
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:15,440
Speaker 1: film always trumps everything else, and sometimes you gotta be humbled, clearly,

691
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:18,000
Speaker 1: Carson Wiz and he's got to play well. Now. I

692
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,520
Speaker 1: mean you throw three or four picks, not good. But

693
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Speaker 1: even if you're playing, you know, an average Niner defense

694
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:26,719
Speaker 1: given if they rest, you know, Bosa and Fred and

695
00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:29,560
Speaker 1: some of these guys, it's still game tape that you know,

696
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:32,000
Speaker 1: a lot of guys don't get the opportunity at quarterback.

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00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:34,320
Speaker 1: This year is a little different. I think like sixty

698
00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:36,719
Speaker 1: plus guys have started at that position. But for the

699
00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:38,600
Speaker 1: most part, there are a lot of teams on a

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Speaker 1: given season where their backup quarterback may take under twenty snaps,

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00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:45,040
Speaker 1: maybe a rolled ankle here, he comes in for a

702
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:47,480
Speaker 1: couple of snaps, comes back out, maybe a couple kneel downs,

703
00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:51,759
Speaker 1: but not much so. I think Carson Wentz has of

704
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Speaker 1: all the players this Sunday with something on the line,

705
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Speaker 1: I guess there are a couple of games Saturday too,

706
00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:59,960
Speaker 1: has a lot to earn. Ken really with a good performance,

707
00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:03,960
Speaker 1: it's kind of opened some eyes. Now, Sam Darnold, I

708
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:06,160
Speaker 1: would imagine the forty nine ers are gonna want him back,

709
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Speaker 1: you know, on a similar contract, especially because they're not

710
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:11,839
Speaker 1: paying Purity that much. But he could be a guy

711
00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:15,279
Speaker 1: like you go play for McVeagh or Shanahan and I go, God,

712
00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:17,839
Speaker 1: maybe he looks better. Maybe that year of coaching under

713
00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:20,440
Speaker 1: that guy has really helped him out, and maybe he

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Speaker 1: gets an opportunity like Baker just got Hey, we'll give

715
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Speaker 1: you a six seven million dollars, try to be our

716
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Speaker 1: bridge quarterback. If that's something he's interested in doing. I

717
00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:30,960
Speaker 1: know one thing he's talked about is he values, you know,

718
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,560
Speaker 1: being on the West Coast and stuff. But it gets

719
00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:37,640
Speaker 1: hard in the NFL. I remember Jeremy Fowler covers the NFL,

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Speaker 1: I think a couple of weeks ago, when the Russell

721
00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:42,200
Speaker 1: Wilson thing went down. He's like, agents are saying it's

722
00:37:42,239 --> 00:37:44,880
Speaker 1: gonna be hard for the Broncos to land free agents.

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Speaker 1: That's the dumbest fucking thing I've ever heard. If the

724
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Speaker 1: Broncos offer more money, they will get whoever is the

725
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,440
Speaker 1: guy they wanted. If the other team is offering less.

726
00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:55,879
Speaker 1: Nobody cares this notion that the league looks weird about

727
00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:58,719
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson. How many friends in the NFL does Russell

728
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:02,120
Speaker 1: Wilson have. It's not like they're treating some guy that's

729
00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:04,520
Speaker 1: beloved in the NFL. Yeah, if he had done that

730
00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:07,600
Speaker 1: to like Aaron Donald or Fred Warner or some like

731
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Speaker 1: player that a lot of people, Trent Williams, some people

732
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Speaker 1: that people like Lane Johnson, Jason Travis Kelcey. Yeah, okay,

733
00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:17,040
Speaker 1: maybe some people, red flags would go up. No one

734
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Speaker 1: cares how Russell Wilson was treated. He was paid a

735
00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:23,440
Speaker 1: premium to underachieve. That's a fact, Jack. So this notion

736
00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:27,080
Speaker 1: that like that was that pissed me off, to be

737
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Speaker 1: honest with you, But I don't want to even talk

738
00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:31,240
Speaker 1: about that situation because it bores me at this point.

739
00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:40,440
Speaker 1: But ultimately, I'm very fascinated to watch Carson Wentz this weekend. Okay,

740
00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:42,800
Speaker 1: you guys know the drill. Let's go a little middle

741
00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:47,879
Speaker 1: Cough mail bag at John Middlecoff. Two. F's my last name,

742
00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:51,840
Speaker 1: John Middlecoff. Fire in those dms and get your questions

743
00:38:52,239 --> 00:38:55,600
Speaker 1: answered here on the podcast. See if I can find

744
00:38:55,600 --> 00:39:00,760
Speaker 1: my Instagram there it is. Let's start here for the mailbag.

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00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:03,560
Speaker 1: You have mentioned previously that if Harbaugh was to leave

746
00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:07,560
Speaker 1: for the NFL, one of the top targets would be Dubor.

747
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:10,560
Speaker 1: Do you think that now that they are meeting in

748
00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:14,239
Speaker 1: the National Championship and Washington is joining the Big Ten,

749
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Speaker 1: that would still be a possibility, especially if Washington beats Michigan.

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00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:24,160
Speaker 1: What Kaylin Dubor has done at Washington is remarkable. He's

751
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:29,520
Speaker 1: clearly really good. It is easier to consistently win at

752
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:34,480
Speaker 1: Michigan than it is at Washington. Now, when you're a

753
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:37,319
Speaker 1: really good coach, no matter where you go, you're going

754
00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:41,200
Speaker 1: to have success. So if he stayed at Washington, they

755
00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:44,880
Speaker 1: would be good. But I think on a consistent basis,

756
00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:49,200
Speaker 1: Michigan is a much better job than Washington, and Washington's

757
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:51,880
Speaker 1: a damn good job. Michigan's a top five job in

758
00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:55,160
Speaker 1: the country, right I mean, Michigan's the cream of the

759
00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:58,000
Speaker 1: crop as you're seeing what Harbaugh's doing right there with

760
00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:00,000
Speaker 1: Ohio State, which is easily one of the best jobs

761
00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:04,560
Speaker 1: in the country. LSU, Georgia, Bama. It's a small list.

762
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:07,800
Speaker 1: You know. You could argue Organs really become that because

763
00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:13,000
Speaker 1: of Phil Knight's backing. But I think the question would

764
00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:16,359
Speaker 1: be if Harbaugh leaves, if they lose, if do Bore

765
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:18,799
Speaker 1: were to beat him in Harbaugh leaves. Let's say the

766
00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:21,920
Speaker 1: Raiders are the Chargers or the Commanders or wherever I

767
00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:24,000
Speaker 1: got no clue where's going to go. I would guess

768
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:26,600
Speaker 1: the Raiders or Chargers because he's been a West Coast guy,

769
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Speaker 1: but now he's been in an arbor for whatever since

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Speaker 1: twenty fourteen, so who knows would be I do wonder

771
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Speaker 1: if Sharon Moore, the offensive coordinator, would take over. Pretty

772
00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:40,040
Speaker 1: risky though, and I know he won some games, but

773
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:44,800
Speaker 1: that to me feels a little bit like a stretch.

774
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Speaker 1: I think the likelihood that du Boor would be their

775
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Speaker 1: first call, and then Ryan Grubbed, the offensive coordinator, would

776
00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:54,400
Speaker 1: probably take over Washington What would be my guess, but

777
00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:56,680
Speaker 1: it is possible. I guess they could give it to more.

778
00:40:57,239 --> 00:41:00,440
Speaker 1: They also could call Mike McDonald, who was now the

779
00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:03,440
Speaker 1: Ravens offensive court or defensive coordinator, who was at Michigan,

780
00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:05,960
Speaker 1: but he was only there one year. I think, if

781
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Speaker 1: do Boar beats him, If do Boar beats Michigan and

782
00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:14,920
Speaker 1: then Harbaugh bounces, how does Michigan not offer him the job? Now?

783
00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:18,600
Speaker 1: I don't know. Listen, do Bors from the Dakota's, you

784
00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:21,680
Speaker 1: know he's not some elitists. This isn't Steve Sarkizi and

785
00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:23,680
Speaker 1: who was born on third base, started coaching at USC

786
00:41:23,719 --> 00:41:26,040
Speaker 1: at twenty six years old, right, I mean, this guy

787
00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:30,719
Speaker 1: beat the bushes. In the shitty programs, nobody was paying

788
00:41:30,719 --> 00:41:33,600
Speaker 1: attention coach. A bunch of guys were probably laying sheet

789
00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:38,040
Speaker 1: rock and uh, you know, running delies right now or

790
00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:41,319
Speaker 1: cutting trees whatever you do in the Dakota's right. So

791
00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:44,560
Speaker 1: this guy came up the hard way. I'd hire Deborn

792
00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:47,000
Speaker 1: on a heartbeat. Are you gonna get out golf bets

793
00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:50,320
Speaker 1: on your go lo podcast? Once the season gets underway?

794
00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:52,799
Speaker 1: Does a bear shit in the woods? I mean, come on,

795
00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:56,680
Speaker 1: I was looking at the board for the century. For

796
00:41:56,719 --> 00:41:59,760
Speaker 1: those of you that don't follow golf, obviously, the PGA

797
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:01,920
Speaker 1: Tour and Live are still kind of going at it.

798
00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:04,800
Speaker 1: There's a golf tournament this week. It's called the Tournament

799
00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:07,760
Speaker 1: a Champion, So everyone that won last season is playing

800
00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:11,000
Speaker 1: no cut event in Kapalua. I've never played there. My

801
00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:14,680
Speaker 1: brother has. It's pretty awesome, true and property. The problem

802
00:42:14,719 --> 00:42:17,040
Speaker 1: is there's no cut event. It's hard to bet on.

803
00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:20,000
Speaker 1: I'm not messing with this week. I might dabble next week,

804
00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:22,520
Speaker 1: depending on what happens now. The only guy missing this

805
00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:25,360
Speaker 1: week is obviously John Rahm, who won last year. Not there,

806
00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:28,600
Speaker 1: but I'm not going to wager on this tournament. If

807
00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:32,160
Speaker 1: I was Thigala fifty to one, I'm not gonna lie.

808
00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:35,279
Speaker 1: I checked the board, but it's hard, you know. I'm

809
00:42:35,320 --> 00:42:37,719
Speaker 1: Scottie Scheffler. Just I can see Justin Thomas having a

810
00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:42,640
Speaker 1: big year Kendall from Atlanta. If you ask me, Dan Cambon,

811
00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:45,640
Speaker 1: the Lions were screwed, and I believe this all began

812
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:50,040
Speaker 1: with the player eligibility. The NFL recently put out a

813
00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:54,680
Speaker 1: statement saying that players fifty to seventy nine must declare eligibility.

814
00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:58,600
Speaker 1: Same old, same ole. But the NFL has done away

815
00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:02,840
Speaker 1: with number eligibile. We have d lineman wearing single digit numbers.

816
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:05,440
Speaker 1: To me, the craziest number this year by a mile,

817
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:09,399
Speaker 1: is Clowney wearing twenty four. Whenever I see Clowney twenty four,

818
00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:13,239
Speaker 1: I'm like, this is this is weird? Not gonna sound like,

819
00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:15,600
Speaker 1: get off my lawn, old guy. Don't really like it.

820
00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:18,440
Speaker 1: He's had an awesome season. I'd rather have him were

821
00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:21,600
Speaker 1: in single digits. We're in the nineties. Twenty four don't

822
00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:25,560
Speaker 1: love but listen to each his own. Should the Lions

823
00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:28,239
Speaker 1: give all the linemen numbers in the forties that way,

824
00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:30,960
Speaker 1: no one has to declare. Again, I'm the rules expert.

825
00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:34,520
Speaker 1: Not everyone could be eligible, right, You have to have

826
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Speaker 1: five people on the line of scrimmage that block that

827
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Speaker 1: aren't eligible. You can have six people eligible, one including

828
00:43:41,120 --> 00:43:43,440
Speaker 1: you know, is always the quarterback. So you usually have

829
00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:46,399
Speaker 1: five players, whether it's running backs, tight ends, wide receivers.

830
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Speaker 1: I think there's a DM. I was kind of scrolling

831
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Speaker 1: through that asked me, why don't you have a guy

832
00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:56,880
Speaker 1: eligible every single play? You know, an offensive lineman. Why

833
00:43:56,920 --> 00:43:59,799
Speaker 1: would you want your offensive lineman. They're way easier to cover.

834
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:02,600
Speaker 1: They don't move as well, even if you get like

835
00:44:02,680 --> 00:44:05,120
Speaker 1: Lane Johnson or Jason Kelsey in his prime, It's like

836
00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:09,080
Speaker 1: they don't move as well as wide receivers and tight ends.

837
00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:12,440
Speaker 1: So it's I think we're overthinking this a little bit.

838
00:44:12,680 --> 00:44:17,080
Speaker 1: We're overthinking ref screwed up Lions got a little over aggressive,

839
00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:21,040
Speaker 1: had multiple guys tacking up their hands even though that's allowed. Listen,

840
00:44:21,120 --> 00:44:26,160
Speaker 1: screw up referees constantly, nothing new, But I just listen.

841
00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:28,520
Speaker 1: I don't think it's as complicated as we're making it.

842
00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:31,000
Speaker 1: I've been wanted to write into the mailbag for a while,

843
00:44:31,040 --> 00:44:33,160
Speaker 1: but I had a conversation that I wanted your opinion on.

844
00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:37,280
Speaker 1: Been a long time Penn State fan, and just today

845
00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:41,000
Speaker 1: we got Julian Fleming in the transfer portal. A coworker

846
00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:43,560
Speaker 1: of mine went ballistic about how he thinks a guy

847
00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:47,560
Speaker 1: who went to Ohio State should not be welcome and

848
00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:50,359
Speaker 1: that if he wasn't good enough there, he should lay

849
00:44:50,560 --> 00:44:55,640
Speaker 1: in his grave. Quote. I think he means stay there. Right.

850
00:44:56,400 --> 00:44:59,280
Speaker 1: I'm on the belief that anything that could potentially elevate

851
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:01,759
Speaker 1: this team, especially offense, is never a bad thing. What

852
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:06,600
Speaker 1: are your thoughts? Keep up the amazing work. We live

853
00:45:06,640 --> 00:45:10,440
Speaker 1: in different times. Right in the history of the sport,

854
00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:13,600
Speaker 1: pre nil and the transfer rule where you don't have

855
00:45:13,640 --> 00:45:17,520
Speaker 1: to sit out, I would say most transfers, because when

856
00:45:17,560 --> 00:45:20,520
Speaker 1: I got to Fresno State, we had a couple guys

857
00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:23,279
Speaker 1: that were like Oregon transfers. They turned out to not

858
00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:25,839
Speaker 1: be very good players. But when you get a chance

859
00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:28,000
Speaker 1: to get a bounce back at a smaller school, it's

860
00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:30,200
Speaker 1: a you kind of take them right because you never

861
00:45:30,200 --> 00:45:31,920
Speaker 1: could have recruited the guy out of high school. It

862
00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:33,680
Speaker 1: turns out like they didn't play there for a reason.

863
00:45:33,719 --> 00:45:35,839
Speaker 1: They couldn't play for you. They weren't any good. Now

864
00:45:35,840 --> 00:45:38,080
Speaker 1: it's a lot different, right, you get Jordan Addison's you

865
00:45:38,120 --> 00:45:41,840
Speaker 1: get you get high end players, non quarterbacks transfer and

866
00:45:41,880 --> 00:45:47,400
Speaker 1: all the time. I do understand the older players going,

867
00:45:47,560 --> 00:45:50,680
Speaker 1: like if I went to a school, especially a good school, right,

868
00:45:51,080 --> 00:45:53,480
Speaker 1: let's pick the top twenty schools, Like if you go

869
00:45:53,520 --> 00:45:55,560
Speaker 1: to Oregon, you go to Washington, you go to USC,

870
00:45:56,080 --> 00:45:57,920
Speaker 1: you go to Penn State. I know they're not winning

871
00:45:57,920 --> 00:46:04,720
Speaker 1: any real games, but they're they're a real program. Ohio State, Michigan, Bama, Georgia, LSU, right, Texas, Oklahoma.

872
00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:08,640
Speaker 1: And then I transfer to a direct rival. Little weird

873
00:46:09,360 --> 00:46:12,080
Speaker 1: because you're taught at those programs, Like if you go

874
00:46:12,080 --> 00:46:16,160
Speaker 1: to LSU, you're taught to fucking hate Florida and hate Alabama.

875
00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:20,560
Speaker 1: Right then, well what if I transferred to Alabama? Now,

876
00:46:20,600 --> 00:46:22,880
Speaker 1: I understand once you get money, it kind of shows

877
00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:25,080
Speaker 1: you we're just kind of numb to everything, which I

878
00:46:25,120 --> 00:46:29,279
Speaker 1: do think the big picture, like one problem. Listen, I

879
00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:32,080
Speaker 1: can talk about problems in the NBA as much as

880
00:46:32,120 --> 00:46:35,600
Speaker 1: anyone not named Ethan Sherwood Strauss the NBA when I

881
00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:39,200
Speaker 1: was a kid, when it was humming Michael Jordan, you know,

882
00:46:39,239 --> 00:46:41,320
Speaker 1: carrying the league, making it as big as the NFL,

883
00:46:42,040 --> 00:46:44,759
Speaker 1: everyone hated each other, right, Even though Michael would like

884
00:46:44,760 --> 00:46:47,800
Speaker 1: play golf with Charles Barkley during the finals, it turns

885
00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:50,520
Speaker 1: out he was playing mental warfare because he tried to

886
00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:52,839
Speaker 1: kill him on the court, and the ultimately did. But like,

887
00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:55,320
Speaker 1: the same guys stayed at the same place as forever

888
00:46:55,680 --> 00:46:59,240
Speaker 1: and they developed rivalries. You know, Gary Payton and Sean

889
00:46:59,360 --> 00:47:03,000
Speaker 1: Kemp and Reggie Miller and his crew, and Scottie and

890
00:47:03,040 --> 00:47:05,239
Speaker 1: Michael and Patrick Ewing, and you just had the same

891
00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:08,799
Speaker 1: guys on the team forever. In college football, historically, the

892
00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:12,680
Speaker 1: same guys on the team until they graduated or went pro. Now,

893
00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:15,120
Speaker 1: you know, you have like I play at USC It's like,

894
00:47:15,120 --> 00:47:18,160
Speaker 1: oh shit, I'll go to Oregon. I was like, it's

895
00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:20,680
Speaker 1: a little weird, right, Like it'd be really weird to

896
00:47:20,680 --> 00:47:23,399
Speaker 1: go Michigan, Ohio State or Alabama to Georgia. But it's

897
00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:26,200
Speaker 1: gonna happen. It's inevitable. Now, you can say money talks,

898
00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:30,040
Speaker 1: shit walks, and it's true for Texas and Oklahoma, but

899
00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:34,040
Speaker 1: I wouldn't say it's diluted the product. But if you're

900
00:47:34,120 --> 00:47:35,720
Speaker 1: the other team and you think the guy's an upgrade,

901
00:47:35,760 --> 00:47:38,560
Speaker 1: what are you gonna do say no. I understand the

902
00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:43,759
Speaker 1: coaches wanting him like I do think from a player standpoint,

903
00:47:43,960 --> 00:47:46,879
Speaker 1: be a little weird. But maybe I'm just kind of old.

904
00:47:46,960 --> 00:47:48,520
Speaker 1: Maybe you're just numb to everything because we do it

905
00:47:48,560 --> 00:47:52,400
Speaker 1: in industries all the time. Jump around competition. It's all

906
00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:54,719
Speaker 1: about money, it's all about having success. So maybe it's

907
00:47:54,760 --> 00:47:57,640
Speaker 1: not that crazy. I don't know the specific player. I'm

908
00:47:57,680 --> 00:48:01,160
Speaker 1: not super locked into every college roster. But if you're

909
00:48:01,239 --> 00:48:05,000
Speaker 1: Penn State and you can get one of Ohio State's

910
00:48:05,040 --> 00:48:08,919
Speaker 1: good players, what are you gonna do? Say no? It's

911
00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:11,719
Speaker 1: just bizarre. I get we're older players. I heard t

912
00:48:11,920 --> 00:48:14,880
Speaker 1: Bob on snaps talking about this, like we were bred

913
00:48:15,280 --> 00:48:19,960
Speaker 1: to hate certain teams, despise them, right, so if you

914
00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:22,600
Speaker 1: transfer into our program, I'm supposed to like you. It's

915
00:48:22,640 --> 00:48:27,000
Speaker 1: kind of weird, But it's twenty twenty four different times.

916
00:48:28,560 --> 00:48:30,600
Speaker 1: I enjoy your insights on the NFL. That being said,

917
00:48:30,680 --> 00:48:33,000
Speaker 1: I have to question why you think the Bills are

918
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:36,239
Speaker 1: scary but you can't trust the Chiefs. If you're giving

919
00:48:36,239 --> 00:48:38,480
Speaker 1: the Bills a chance because of their quarterback, how does

920
00:48:38,520 --> 00:48:41,839
Speaker 1: that not apply to Mahomes. When I say scary, it's

921
00:48:41,920 --> 00:48:45,120
Speaker 1: because I've seen their high end this season a couple

922
00:48:45,120 --> 00:48:47,120
Speaker 1: weeks ago against Dallas, and that was better than the

923
00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:51,399
Speaker 1: Chiefs high end. Like, the Chiefs offensively have just kind

924
00:48:51,400 --> 00:48:54,319
Speaker 1: of sucked this year, and they have an all time

925
00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:56,800
Speaker 1: great offensive coach, they have an all time great quarterback.

926
00:48:57,520 --> 00:49:01,520
Speaker 1: I was watching last week MVS on a crossing route

927
00:49:01,520 --> 00:49:03,360
Speaker 1: that he would have walked in the end zone. It

928
00:49:03,400 --> 00:49:06,080
Speaker 1: went right off as belly hit the ground. It's like

929
00:49:07,640 --> 00:49:09,359
Speaker 1: whenever I read on social media, like why do they

930
00:49:09,440 --> 00:49:12,200
Speaker 1: keep playing him? They don't have anyone else. I mean,

931
00:49:13,120 --> 00:49:16,120
Speaker 1: they're not doing this because they don't have a choice.

932
00:49:17,440 --> 00:49:19,719
Speaker 1: I just think this year their snake bit. It just

933
00:49:19,719 --> 00:49:21,919
Speaker 1: feels a little bit like their snake bit. It does

934
00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:26,319
Speaker 1: the Chiefs. They won the division easily that they're down

935
00:49:26,360 --> 00:49:28,160
Speaker 1: as ten wins in a playoff victory. Do you know

936
00:49:28,239 --> 00:49:32,200
Speaker 1: how many teams in the league would line up that's

937
00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:35,720
Speaker 1: your shitty season. If I was a betting man right now,

938
00:49:36,120 --> 00:49:39,120
Speaker 1: Chiefs win a playoff game, I think the Bills beat

939
00:49:39,120 --> 00:49:41,960
Speaker 1: the Dolphins, then the Chiefs beat the Dolphins in the

940
00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:45,120
Speaker 1: first round, and then depending on the matchup, I do

941
00:49:45,200 --> 00:49:47,000
Speaker 1: think I don't think the Chiefs would be a lock

942
00:49:47,520 --> 00:49:51,160
Speaker 1: not to win another game, but I would say this

943
00:49:51,239 --> 00:49:53,520
Speaker 1: year does feel like more than likely they'd be out

944
00:49:53,520 --> 00:49:55,759
Speaker 1: and round two. Could they easily win two playoff games?

945
00:49:55,760 --> 00:50:00,759
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, elite coach, elite quarterback, feisty defense, but their

946
00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:05,120
Speaker 1: receivers can't catch. I mean Valdez scantling that drop he

947
00:50:05,239 --> 00:50:07,880
Speaker 1: had on Sunday, the guy would have walked into the

948
00:50:07,960 --> 00:50:11,319
Speaker 1: end zone. Listen, it's football, guys drop balls. Every time

949
00:50:11,360 --> 00:50:14,440
Speaker 1: you watch the Chiefs the balls on the ground. They

950
00:50:14,480 --> 00:50:16,520
Speaker 1: lead the league in drops. And it's not because they

951
00:50:16,520 --> 00:50:18,960
Speaker 1: don't have good offensive coaching. They have elite offensive coaching,

952
00:50:19,280 --> 00:50:22,600
Speaker 1: they have elite offensive scheme, they have an elite quarterback.

953
00:50:23,280 --> 00:50:25,520
Speaker 1: Their offensive line personnel wise, has kind of struggled this

954
00:50:25,560 --> 00:50:29,839
Speaker 1: year too. Is there something stopping Alignment from reporting every play?

955
00:50:30,880 --> 00:50:32,960
Speaker 1: I just think this gets back to we're kind of

956
00:50:33,000 --> 00:50:36,279
Speaker 1: overthinking it because it's the topic of the moment. You

957
00:50:36,360 --> 00:50:39,160
Speaker 1: don't want one some of the best players in the

958
00:50:39,160 --> 00:50:41,680
Speaker 1: other team are consistently their defensive lineman, So you're gonna

959
00:50:41,680 --> 00:50:44,360
Speaker 1: want your best offensive lineman blocking. So more often than not,

960
00:50:45,080 --> 00:50:48,359
Speaker 1: the Lions are gonna want Decker to block your pass rushers. Right,

961
00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:52,840
Speaker 1: and two, he's not getting open consistently. Right. The reason

962
00:50:52,880 --> 00:50:54,560
Speaker 1: you do the trickeration. You did this back in the

963
00:50:54,640 --> 00:50:56,120
Speaker 1: day with JJ Watt, you do it now with some

964
00:50:56,160 --> 00:50:59,960
Speaker 1: tackle eligibles. Is because it's a trickeration if you constantly

965
00:51:00,120 --> 00:51:02,239
Speaker 1: you do it like I can run pass plays all

966
00:51:02,280 --> 00:51:05,120
Speaker 1: day long with Tyreeker, DeVante Adams or my you know,

967
00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:08,840
Speaker 1: David Najoku because they can get open. Part of it

968
00:51:08,920 --> 00:51:12,359
Speaker 1: is getting open, and most offensive lineman can't get open

969
00:51:12,920 --> 00:51:16,360
Speaker 1: without you know, deception, right, And that's why the tackle

970
00:51:16,400 --> 00:51:19,200
Speaker 1: eligible play is about deception, not because these guys are

971
00:51:19,200 --> 00:51:22,839
Speaker 1: good at getting open. You're good at what you practice, right,

972
00:51:22,920 --> 00:51:26,040
Speaker 1: what do offensive line practice blocking? I've heard other pundits

973
00:51:26,040 --> 00:51:28,200
Speaker 1: say it doesn't make sense for the NFL reps to

974
00:51:28,239 --> 00:51:30,040
Speaker 1: be full time because they only need them to work

975
00:51:30,080 --> 00:51:33,680
Speaker 1: one day week. My question is, why couldn't get them

976
00:51:33,719 --> 00:51:36,319
Speaker 1: do training three or four days a week, going over

977
00:51:36,360 --> 00:51:39,719
Speaker 1: game tape, reviewing the rule book, or even playing dodgeball

978
00:51:39,920 --> 00:51:43,960
Speaker 1: so they are agile enough not to trip over Lamar Jackson.

979
00:51:46,120 --> 00:51:50,280
Speaker 1: I would imagine a lot of these guys work throughout

980
00:51:50,280 --> 00:51:54,240
Speaker 1: the week, spend time studying their craft. Maybe I'm naive,

981
00:51:54,239 --> 00:51:56,920
Speaker 1: maybe I'm wrong, Maybe they don't do shit, but I

982
00:51:56,960 --> 00:52:01,239
Speaker 1: would guess you don't just memorize, you know, the rule book.

983
00:52:01,320 --> 00:52:04,120
Speaker 1: You're constantly going over that. You're constantly doing some stuff

984
00:52:04,160 --> 00:52:06,440
Speaker 1: throughout the week, kind of like a side job. I

985
00:52:06,480 --> 00:52:10,239
Speaker 1: would imagine some people listening have a normal W two

986
00:52:10,360 --> 00:52:13,439
Speaker 1: job and have a side hustle, and you spend time

987
00:52:13,520 --> 00:52:17,640
Speaker 1: on the side. However, many hours, five, ten, twenty hours

988
00:52:17,680 --> 00:52:20,960
Speaker 1: on the side doing stuff. I would imagine now this

989
00:52:21,120 --> 00:52:23,280
Speaker 1: is you know, it feels different than a side hustle.

990
00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:27,759
Speaker 1: I just don't know, like all day game tape. They're

991
00:52:27,800 --> 00:52:30,319
Speaker 1: just not gonna do that. I think a lot of

992
00:52:30,360 --> 00:52:33,759
Speaker 1: this stuff sounds good in theory. It's like academia. A

993
00:52:33,760 --> 00:52:36,200
Speaker 1: lot of stuff you go into a classroom makes perfect sense.

994
00:52:36,440 --> 00:52:38,680
Speaker 1: You're an econ one oh one or accounting, you're like, oh,

995
00:52:38,680 --> 00:52:40,600
Speaker 1: that makes a perfect sense. Then you get in the

996
00:52:40,640 --> 00:52:43,239
Speaker 1: real world you're like, yeah, they ain't gonna work. So

997
00:52:43,440 --> 00:52:45,319
Speaker 1: it made a little more sense on the whiteboard. It

998
00:52:45,320 --> 00:52:47,080
Speaker 1: happens in football too. You draw a play up on

999
00:52:47,120 --> 00:52:49,240
Speaker 1: the whiteboard. Then you get out and it's like, well,

1000
00:52:49,960 --> 00:52:52,200
Speaker 1: that made a lot more sense till fucking Roquan Smith

1001
00:52:52,280 --> 00:52:54,839
Speaker 1: was running at me. You know, that made a lot

1002
00:52:54,920 --> 00:52:58,040
Speaker 1: more sense till my right tackle whift and TJ. Watt

1003
00:52:58,120 --> 00:53:03,160
Speaker 1: was in my ear hole, so I doing game tape,

1004
00:53:03,160 --> 00:53:06,080
Speaker 1: practicing the rules like I think they're doing that. I

1005
00:53:06,160 --> 00:53:09,080
Speaker 1: just think it's one of those jobs that you could

1006
00:53:09,120 --> 00:53:11,520
Speaker 1: invest more. I don't think the ROI changed as much.

1007
00:53:11,680 --> 00:53:14,359
Speaker 1: I truly believe that. Maybe I'm wrong, Maybe I'm wrong.

1008
00:53:15,040 --> 00:53:17,799
Speaker 1: I don't think making them full time, what would they

1009
00:53:17,800 --> 00:53:20,319
Speaker 1: do all week? What would they do all week? I

1010
00:53:20,440 --> 00:53:22,520
Speaker 1: just don't know what they would do all week? They

1011
00:53:22,560 --> 00:53:26,480
Speaker 1: would justify because one some of these guys probably making three,

1012
00:53:26,520 --> 00:53:30,600
Speaker 1: four or five hundred grand off the field, you're gonna

1013
00:53:30,600 --> 00:53:36,280
Speaker 1: pay them a million dollars? Is the ROI does anything change?

1014
00:53:36,440 --> 00:53:37,960
Speaker 1: I think a lot of people think that it would

1015
00:53:38,000 --> 00:53:42,520
Speaker 1: just be seamless. No chance. We're dealing with human beings,

1016
00:53:42,520 --> 00:53:44,919
Speaker 1: some of the best athletes in the world going rapid speed.

1017
00:53:44,960 --> 00:53:49,640
Speaker 1: They're gonna be screwups. I've said it forever. As a fan,

1018
00:53:49,880 --> 00:53:52,240
Speaker 1: you hate it when the ref screw up. Your coaches

1019
00:53:52,440 --> 00:53:54,279
Speaker 1: hate it when the players hate it when the ref

1020
00:53:54,280 --> 00:53:57,680
Speaker 1: screw up. Me as someone, if I'm betting on the

1021
00:53:57,680 --> 00:53:59,959
Speaker 1: game or rooting for a team or against, it piss

1022
00:54:00,200 --> 00:54:03,719
Speaker 1: me off. The league office does not care. They do

1023
00:54:03,719 --> 00:54:09,400
Speaker 1: not care. Money is flowing ratings are up, they're not changing,

1024
00:54:10,640 --> 00:54:14,719
Speaker 1: and the owners ultimately ain't gonna pay more. Do you

1025
00:54:14,760 --> 00:54:17,880
Speaker 1: think the NFL will ever address the half the distance penalty.

1026
00:54:18,280 --> 00:54:20,399
Speaker 1: At the end of the Lions Cowboys game, they were

1027
00:54:20,400 --> 00:54:23,080
Speaker 1: on the two and then they were penalized five yards

1028
00:54:23,080 --> 00:54:26,120
Speaker 1: back to the seven. Then the Cowboys were penalized five yards,

1029
00:54:26,320 --> 00:54:29,440
Speaker 1: but the Lions were only given half the distance, so

1030
00:54:29,560 --> 00:54:32,680
Speaker 1: only back to the three and a half. Seems if

1031
00:54:32,719 --> 00:54:35,160
Speaker 1: you commit a five yard penalty and your opponents immediately

1032
00:54:35,160 --> 00:54:37,239
Speaker 1: commits a five yard penalty, the ball should go back

1033
00:54:37,239 --> 00:54:41,839
Speaker 1: to the two. It's a very interesting question. I don't

1034
00:54:41,920 --> 00:54:45,560
Speaker 1: quite understand now. I'm sure the logic in the competition

1035
00:54:45,640 --> 00:54:48,120
Speaker 1: committee and when all the coaches and you know, the

1036
00:54:48,160 --> 00:54:51,479
Speaker 1: gms and the officials are in there, I makes sense

1037
00:54:51,520 --> 00:54:54,520
Speaker 1: to me. You get the penalty for screwing up, even

1038
00:54:54,560 --> 00:54:56,560
Speaker 1: though they technically didn't screw up. The refs did, but

1039
00:54:56,560 --> 00:54:58,200
Speaker 1: they might have because he might not have been covered.

1040
00:54:58,200 --> 00:55:00,440
Speaker 1: But we're not gonna keep getting into that. If you

1041
00:55:00,440 --> 00:55:02,320
Speaker 1: go to the seven, well then you commit a penalty,

1042
00:55:02,480 --> 00:55:04,359
Speaker 1: and you know, because it's not ten yards, we don't

1043
00:55:04,360 --> 00:55:06,799
Speaker 1: get an even amount. I only get to go half

1044
00:55:06,840 --> 00:55:09,239
Speaker 1: the distance. I'm with you. It should go right back

1045
00:55:09,239 --> 00:55:14,080
Speaker 1: to the two. Even Lions fans have to admit going

1046
00:55:14,120 --> 00:55:18,640
Speaker 1: for the two at the seven. Little nuts, little crazy,

1047
00:55:19,560 --> 00:55:23,480
Speaker 1: kind of stupid Broncos fan, We're gonna draft a quarterback

1048
00:55:23,520 --> 00:55:25,439
Speaker 1: this year. I absolutely fell in love with Penis this year,

1049
00:55:25,719 --> 00:55:28,719
Speaker 1: especially in the Texas game, but as injury history scares me,

1050
00:55:29,080 --> 00:55:31,160
Speaker 1: I can't help but think bow Nicks is a better pick,

1051
00:55:31,480 --> 00:55:35,799
Speaker 1: especially for Payton System. What's your thoughts. I think Michael

1052
00:55:35,840 --> 00:55:37,880
Speaker 1: Panics would be really good and shot paid system. He

1053
00:55:37,920 --> 00:55:39,840
Speaker 1: gets rid of the ball fast, he processes quick, and

1054
00:55:39,840 --> 00:55:42,520
Speaker 1: he's very accurate. So even if it's Dnkin and Duncan

1055
00:55:42,680 --> 00:55:45,160
Speaker 1: or short passes like, he's good at that, and he

1056
00:55:45,239 --> 00:55:48,480
Speaker 1: adds a vertical element. I think the bow Knicks thing

1057
00:55:48,520 --> 00:55:52,240
Speaker 1: gets back to the Oregon thing that quarterbacks make me nervous.

1058
00:55:52,360 --> 00:55:55,640
Speaker 1: I'll never forget Mariota. Who's you know, you could argue

1059
00:55:55,640 --> 00:55:57,680
Speaker 1: one of the best players in the history of the program.

1060
00:55:58,320 --> 00:56:01,240
Speaker 1: I thought he was kind of overrated, wasn't very accurate,

1061
00:56:01,960 --> 00:56:04,240
Speaker 1: you know, if you watched him play, he missed some passes,

1062
00:56:04,640 --> 00:56:08,600
Speaker 1: and physically like unlike Herbert, he wasn't as Thick, didn't

1063
00:56:08,600 --> 00:56:11,279
Speaker 1: have as big of an arm and that offense guys

1064
00:56:11,280 --> 00:56:15,239
Speaker 1: are just wide open more often than not because they're

1065
00:56:15,280 --> 00:56:18,359
Speaker 1: just they's just a well coached offensive machine, and they

1066
00:56:18,360 --> 00:56:20,920
Speaker 1: have been for a long time, you know, with this

1067
00:56:20,960 --> 00:56:23,439
Speaker 1: staff and obviously previous stafts with Chip Kelly and even

1068
00:56:23,480 --> 00:56:26,360
Speaker 1: early on in the hell for years. But I the

1069
00:56:26,400 --> 00:56:28,360
Speaker 1: bow Knicks thing would scare me a little bit. To me,

1070
00:56:28,640 --> 00:56:32,560
Speaker 1: Pennix is dramatically a better prospect, but I do think

1071
00:56:32,680 --> 00:56:38,040
Speaker 1: Knicks would have some similarities with what I think he

1072
00:56:38,120 --> 00:56:42,239
Speaker 1: always wanted when it came to Tasom Hill. Nick's a

1073
00:56:42,239 --> 00:56:46,279
Speaker 1: better passer. Tasom's bigger. Now. Taysom's you know, forty years

1074
00:56:46,320 --> 00:56:48,680
Speaker 1: old at this point, but I mean legitimate. I think

1075
00:56:48,719 --> 00:56:51,879
Speaker 1: Tasom's like thirty four years old. I could see bow Knicks.

1076
00:56:51,880 --> 00:56:54,520
Speaker 1: I can see Champagne like Boonex. I think bow Knicks

1077
00:56:54,600 --> 00:56:57,719
Speaker 1: is an interesting guy. I think the Oregon offense a

1078
00:56:57,760 --> 00:57:00,320
Speaker 1: little bit like the Ohio State offense, makes people know ners.

1079
00:57:01,120 --> 00:57:03,240
Speaker 1: What do you think about the Patriots keeping both bills,

1080
00:57:04,120 --> 00:57:07,399
Speaker 1: keeping both bills and drafting Michael Pennix at number three,

1081
00:57:07,560 --> 00:57:10,960
Speaker 1: Whether they end up wherever they end up. I honestly

1082
00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:12,799
Speaker 1: believe that if Penix was on the Patriots this year.

1083
00:57:12,840 --> 00:57:15,400
Speaker 1: They could have won nine to ten games. Hell, they

1084
00:57:15,440 --> 00:57:17,680
Speaker 1: would have swept the Bills this past week. I have

1085
00:57:17,720 --> 00:57:19,720
Speaker 1: Penix as my number one player in this coming draft,

1086
00:57:19,760 --> 00:57:21,479
Speaker 1: but totally get Caleb be in the number one because

1087
00:57:21,480 --> 00:57:23,960
Speaker 1: it's a better prospect and Penix has the injury history.

1088
00:57:25,400 --> 00:57:29,280
Speaker 1: But from watching Pennix, I think he's gonna be next year. Stroud, Burrow,

1089
00:57:29,360 --> 00:57:35,120
Speaker 1: Luck Well. I would say Stroud would be different than

1090
00:57:35,120 --> 00:57:37,640
Speaker 1: Burrow or Luck because Burrow and Luck were viewed as

1091
00:57:37,720 --> 00:57:40,640
Speaker 1: lock number one picks and then went in and immediately

1092
00:57:40,640 --> 00:57:43,920
Speaker 1: we're sweet Stroud while he went number two, I think

1093
00:57:43,920 --> 00:57:45,720
Speaker 1: there were a lot of question marks on him. I

1094
00:57:45,760 --> 00:57:47,840
Speaker 1: don't think there were any question marks with Burrow or Luck.

1095
00:57:48,840 --> 00:57:50,480
Speaker 1: I think when the dust settles, how does Panix I

1096
00:57:50,560 --> 00:57:53,080
Speaker 1: go top five overall? But like I say, I think

1097
00:57:53,120 --> 00:57:56,360
Speaker 1: he easily could go to maybe Listen, the draft is

1098
00:57:56,400 --> 00:57:59,280
Speaker 1: about you know, traits as much as it is what

1099
00:57:59,360 --> 00:58:02,800
Speaker 1: you do on the which is crazy. But someone's gonna

1100
00:58:02,800 --> 00:58:04,720
Speaker 1: fall in love with this guy. He's gonna get drafted

1101
00:58:04,760 --> 00:58:08,040
Speaker 1: really high. The only thing to me that could really

1102
00:58:08,080 --> 00:58:14,200
Speaker 1: derail teams from his scent would be if medical is

1103
00:58:14,280 --> 00:58:17,840
Speaker 1: like he has a degenerate knee, which happens sometimes. It

1104
00:58:17,880 --> 00:58:20,680
Speaker 1: happens to running backs who have had knee injuries. They

1105
00:58:20,720 --> 00:58:22,800
Speaker 1: go to the combine, they go to the medical check

1106
00:58:23,360 --> 00:58:26,680
Speaker 1: and it sets off red flag alarms. And if there

1107
00:58:26,720 --> 00:58:30,040
Speaker 1: are buzz or word that we don't know if his

1108
00:58:30,120 --> 00:58:32,520
Speaker 1: knee will hold up for a second contract, that could

1109
00:58:32,560 --> 00:58:36,040
Speaker 1: derail the situation. Now, as we've seen, like doctors aren't

1110
00:58:36,040 --> 00:58:39,280
Speaker 1: always right. Like they said, Drew Brees was never going

1111
00:58:39,320 --> 00:58:42,360
Speaker 1: to be the same. That's why the Miami Dolphins didn't

1112
00:58:42,360 --> 00:58:44,960
Speaker 1: sign him. Let's say that turned out pretty well. Now,

1113
00:58:45,120 --> 00:58:47,600
Speaker 1: fifteen twenty years later, I saw Drew Brees as his

1114
00:58:47,640 --> 00:58:49,800
Speaker 1: shoulder doesn't even work now. He can't even throw his kids.

1115
00:58:51,280 --> 00:58:54,720
Speaker 1: So they just they were just off on the timeline. Hey,

1116
00:58:54,760 --> 00:58:56,960
Speaker 1: didn't Harbaugh lose a NFC Championship game in the rain

1117
00:58:57,040 --> 00:58:59,600
Speaker 1: having a rookie catching fumble punts? Didn't he almost blow

1118
00:58:59,640 --> 00:59:01,680
Speaker 1: the game having a fucking freshman fumble a punt on

1119
00:59:01,720 --> 00:59:04,680
Speaker 1: the three? The dude deserves to get a thirty five

1120
00:59:04,720 --> 00:59:08,360
Speaker 1: to three beat down in the finals. Well, I think

1121
00:59:08,360 --> 00:59:10,520
Speaker 1: if you go back to Kyle Williams, who was the

1122
00:59:10,560 --> 00:59:14,640
Speaker 1: returner against the New York Giants in Eli's second Super Bowl.

1123
00:59:15,240 --> 00:59:18,600
Speaker 1: The Niners offensive weaponry was not great. They did not

1124
00:59:18,800 --> 00:59:22,840
Speaker 1: It wasn't exactly like deebo Ayuk. You know in company.

1125
00:59:23,400 --> 00:59:26,480
Speaker 1: Their wide receiver sucked, so he was out there. I

1126
00:59:26,520 --> 00:59:29,000
Speaker 1: would say more on necessity than him just throwing back

1127
00:59:29,040 --> 00:59:32,360
Speaker 1: a rookie. It was also pouring rain. Listen, it's easy

1128
00:59:32,360 --> 00:59:34,680
Speaker 1: to blame special teams coaches. I like doing it. You

1129
00:59:34,760 --> 00:59:37,360
Speaker 1: like doing it. Eventually the player has to use his

1130
00:59:37,360 --> 00:59:41,000
Speaker 1: head right, like what are you doing? One? I think

1131
00:59:41,000 --> 00:59:44,920
Speaker 1: the player freaked out because he called a fair catch.

1132
00:59:45,000 --> 00:59:48,080
Speaker 1: They weren't even that close to him. I think he

1133
00:59:48,200 --> 00:59:51,760
Speaker 1: kind of just had a mental brain fart, calls fair catch,

1134
00:59:52,360 --> 00:59:55,520
Speaker 1: then just gets scared, drops the ball, and let's face,

1135
00:59:55,560 --> 00:59:59,600
Speaker 1: they got very lucky if they would have lost on

1136
00:59:59,640 --> 01:00:02,840
Speaker 1: either safety, whether you know he had fumbled it in

1137
01:00:02,920 --> 01:00:05,360
Speaker 1: picks it up and they tackled him, or he fumbles

1138
01:00:05,400 --> 01:00:07,040
Speaker 1: it and they fell on it and touchdown. And that's

1139
01:00:07,040 --> 01:00:10,400
Speaker 1: how Harball lost that game. I think that would have

1140
01:00:10,400 --> 01:00:13,360
Speaker 1: been the worst loss in the history of football beside

1141
01:00:13,480 --> 01:00:17,680
Speaker 1: Harbaugh's play against Michigan State. Then you get a punt

1142
01:00:17,680 --> 01:00:19,560
Speaker 1: block for a touchdown or a field goal block for

1143
01:00:19,600 --> 01:00:21,720
Speaker 1: a touchdown like his first or second year. I forget

1144
01:00:21,720 --> 01:00:26,760
Speaker 1: the exact moment, but definitely had one of those longtime

1145
01:00:26,800 --> 01:00:30,560
Speaker 1: Eagles fan very disappointed with their recent performances and coaching.

1146
01:00:31,040 --> 01:00:33,400
Speaker 1: What are your thoughts on Harbod of the Eagles seems

1147
01:00:33,400 --> 01:00:35,680
Speaker 1: like a good fit. Can Howie and Larry pull it off?

1148
01:00:38,440 --> 01:00:42,880
Speaker 1: I would be a little stunned on that one. I

1149
01:00:42,920 --> 01:00:45,600
Speaker 1: don't see that. I don't see that happening. I don't

1150
01:00:45,600 --> 01:00:48,640
Speaker 1: see that happening. I think even if Sirianni were to

1151
01:00:48,680 --> 01:00:51,240
Speaker 1: lose out losing the Giants and then losing the first round,

1152
01:00:51,280 --> 01:00:54,560
Speaker 1: he's coming back. He's coming back, I mean just a

1153
01:00:54,560 --> 01:00:56,600
Speaker 1: month ago, but his ten and one. But I do

1154
01:00:56,640 --> 01:00:59,040
Speaker 1: think he'd be in major trouble. I do think he's

1155
01:00:59,080 --> 01:01:01,880
Speaker 1: getting another year. But like I said, you know on

1156
01:01:01,920 --> 01:01:05,880
Speaker 1: the podcast part, if your head coach is an offensive

1157
01:01:05,920 --> 01:01:10,520
Speaker 1: coach and your offense is a question your quarterbacks underachieving,

1158
01:01:10,600 --> 01:01:12,360
Speaker 1: like that's kind of a reflection of the head guy.

1159
01:01:13,040 --> 01:01:14,920
Speaker 1: Being a head coach is about more than just motivation.

1160
01:01:15,360 --> 01:01:18,440
Speaker 1: It's about scheming and developing and improving. And right now

1161
01:01:18,480 --> 01:01:20,640
Speaker 1: Sirianni feels like he's kind of dropping the ball on

1162
01:01:20,640 --> 01:01:25,479
Speaker 1: that one. I would be stunned if Sirianni, no matter

1163
01:01:25,520 --> 01:01:28,360
Speaker 1: how ugly it gets, I guess if they got shut

1164
01:01:28,400 --> 01:01:30,880
Speaker 1: out this weekend and shut out in the playoffs. You

1165
01:01:30,960 --> 01:01:36,160
Speaker 1: never say never, But Jim Harbott Philly, I don't quite

1166
01:01:36,200 --> 01:01:39,240
Speaker 1: feel that one. This is a real question. Would you

1167
01:01:39,280 --> 01:01:43,680
Speaker 1: have sex with brock Purty's log of poop in the toilet? Thanks,

1168
01:01:44,040 --> 01:01:48,160
Speaker 1: and keep up the good work. That's a real DM.

1169
01:01:48,200 --> 01:01:50,840
Speaker 1: I just got question for the Three and Out podcasts.

1170
01:01:51,360 --> 01:01:55,440
Speaker 1: I'm a Washington Commander fan. Sadly, what quarterback would we

1171
01:01:55,480 --> 01:01:58,520
Speaker 1: go after in the draft at number two? We're not

1172
01:01:58,600 --> 01:02:00,960
Speaker 1: going to get Caleb Williams, but I'm not convinced Drake

1173
01:02:01,000 --> 01:02:03,840
Speaker 1: may is as good as advertised. I agree. Do you

1174
01:02:03,880 --> 01:02:06,280
Speaker 1: recommend we get May or Daniels in round one or

1175
01:02:06,400 --> 01:02:08,680
Speaker 1: shore up our old line and try to get a

1176
01:02:08,720 --> 01:02:12,080
Speaker 1: guy like Bo Nicks in round two? He also said Pennix,

1177
01:02:12,120 --> 01:02:14,000
Speaker 1: but I think it's pretty clear Penick's not gonna be there.

1178
01:02:14,960 --> 01:02:17,400
Speaker 1: I say this all the time anytime we have these questions,

1179
01:02:17,560 --> 01:02:22,400
Speaker 1: Patriots commanders, any offseason question, until I know who your

1180
01:02:22,400 --> 01:02:27,600
Speaker 1: coach is, it's a wasted exercise. Like to me, Commanders,

1181
01:02:27,720 --> 01:02:31,120
Speaker 1: obviously Ron's getting fired Monday morning, who's their next coach?

1182
01:02:31,520 --> 01:02:34,120
Speaker 1: Who's their next coach? If you told me Bill Belichick's

1183
01:02:34,120 --> 01:02:36,960
Speaker 1: in that coach, I could see him just loading up

1184
01:02:37,000 --> 01:02:39,440
Speaker 1: the roster and playing a season with Sam al or

1185
01:02:39,480 --> 01:02:42,120
Speaker 1: drafting a guy in the mid rounds. I do not

1186
01:02:42,160 --> 01:02:43,560
Speaker 1: think he'd be a lock to take a quarterback in

1187
01:02:43,640 --> 01:02:46,200
Speaker 1: number two. Do not think. But if you told me

1188
01:02:46,240 --> 01:02:48,800
Speaker 1: like Ben Johnson was their next coach, they would take

1189
01:02:48,800 --> 01:02:51,320
Speaker 1: a quarterback. A young coach more likely to take a

1190
01:02:51,400 --> 01:02:53,760
Speaker 1: quarterback to me than even Jim Harbaugh. If you told

1191
01:02:53,800 --> 01:02:55,520
Speaker 1: me Jim Harbaugh was the next coach, I can see

1192
01:02:55,600 --> 01:02:59,720
Speaker 1: him taking like an offensive lineman. So I until we

1193
01:02:59,800 --> 01:03:03,360
Speaker 1: know a coach, the management structure of any team, it's

1194
01:03:03,360 --> 01:03:06,640
Speaker 1: impossible to guess what's gonna happen moving forward. It really is.

1195
01:03:07,360 --> 01:03:12,400
Speaker 1: And I think obviously Oakland or Vegas Chargers, who else

1196
01:03:12,400 --> 01:03:16,800
Speaker 1: went missing? Temper Commanders, you know the Saints if they

1197
01:03:16,800 --> 01:03:19,800
Speaker 1: missed the playoffs, he's getting fired, you know the Patriots situation.

1198
01:03:20,760 --> 01:03:22,320
Speaker 1: I'm sure there are gonna be several others that we

1199
01:03:22,360 --> 01:03:26,520
Speaker 1: don't even quite Atlanta. It's just impossible to know Chicago

1200
01:03:27,400 --> 01:03:30,160
Speaker 1: even guessing, like, well, who's making the decision, who's making

1201
01:03:30,200 --> 01:03:32,920
Speaker 1: the decision because if you tell me the Bears win

1202
01:03:32,960 --> 01:03:34,960
Speaker 1: this weekend and they bring everybody back, like, yeah, maybe

1203
01:03:34,960 --> 01:03:39,560
Speaker 1: they do. Kid fields it Fields outplays Jordan Love, because

1204
01:03:39,560 --> 01:03:41,600
Speaker 1: if he outplays Jordan Love, you feel pretty good about

1205
01:03:41,600 --> 01:03:43,080
Speaker 1: Like that's the guy you gotta beat. Jordan Love's not

1206
01:03:43,120 --> 01:03:45,760
Speaker 1: going anywhere. He's through thirty touchdowns. So if we can

1207
01:03:45,840 --> 01:03:48,160
Speaker 1: beat him on the road in Lambeau when they got

1208
01:03:48,160 --> 01:03:51,360
Speaker 1: a win to get into the playoffs, maybe he survives.

1209
01:03:51,680 --> 01:03:53,800
Speaker 1: How did Tomlin have Mason Rudolph as the thirst string

1210
01:03:53,880 --> 01:03:56,400
Speaker 1: quarterback coming into the season. I know he has only

1211
01:03:56,440 --> 01:03:58,480
Speaker 1: played two games at this point, but he's clearly an

1212
01:03:58,520 --> 01:04:03,520
Speaker 1: improvement over Trubisky and he pick it. The mismanagement is

1213
01:04:03,560 --> 01:04:05,280
Speaker 1: the reason I feel the Steelers need to move on

1214
01:04:05,320 --> 01:04:10,120
Speaker 1: from Tomlin. If you want to argue with me about Trubisky.

1215
01:04:11,040 --> 01:04:14,480
Speaker 1: And I've seen some comments whenever I've said that Trubisky's

1216
01:04:14,520 --> 01:04:16,960
Speaker 1: contract is the worst in the NFL, and people like

1217
01:04:17,200 --> 01:04:22,960
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson, Russell Wilson, those guys are starting quarterbacks. Deshaun's

1218
01:04:22,960 --> 01:04:25,560
Speaker 1: obviously not wasn't very good this year, but when he played,

1219
01:04:25,560 --> 01:04:28,720
Speaker 1: their team won, they went like five and one. Russell's

1220
01:04:28,760 --> 01:04:30,680
Speaker 1: not a fifty million dollar guy. But you play him,

1221
01:04:30,920 --> 01:04:33,320
Speaker 1: you can throw touchdowns, he can keep you in games.

1222
01:04:34,200 --> 01:04:38,920
Speaker 1: You start Trubisky, you are guaranteed to lose. Guaran teed

1223
01:04:39,200 --> 01:04:43,520
Speaker 1: to lose. That's with TJ. Watt, Fitzpatrick, some other good players.

1224
01:04:43,600 --> 01:04:48,000
Speaker 1: High Smith guaranteed to lose, guaranteed not just lose, but

1225
01:04:48,080 --> 01:04:52,440
Speaker 1: look fucking terrible. Eight million dollars. You paid eight million

1226
01:04:52,480 --> 01:04:56,000
Speaker 1: dollars for a guaranteed loss. Yeah, Russell's overpaid, but I

1227
01:04:56,000 --> 01:04:58,840
Speaker 1: can win a game. Deshaun Watson's overpaid. I can win

1228
01:04:58,880 --> 01:05:02,120
Speaker 1: a game. You could. You lose. You missed the playoffs

1229
01:05:02,120 --> 01:05:04,560
Speaker 1: because of mister but you don't even sniff the playoffs

1230
01:05:04,920 --> 01:05:07,200
Speaker 1: if he's your starter. And when you make him in

1231
01:05:07,200 --> 01:05:10,080
Speaker 1: your backup, he's one snap away from starting the whole season.

1232
01:05:10,720 --> 01:05:14,360
Speaker 1: So you can't blame Matt Canada for that. I do

1233
01:05:14,440 --> 01:05:18,000
Speaker 1: not believe you can blame the ownership for that. Maybe

1234
01:05:18,120 --> 01:05:21,440
Speaker 1: there was organizational pressure from the new GM. I don't know.

1235
01:05:22,120 --> 01:05:25,720
Speaker 1: I'm with you that move. It'd be one thing if,

1236
01:05:25,720 --> 01:05:28,560
Speaker 1: like you know, they haven't looked that much better they've

1237
01:05:28,560 --> 01:05:32,440
Speaker 1: won it. They look dramatically better. They look like this

1238
01:05:32,520 --> 01:05:36,120
Speaker 1: team would be a real wild card team. This version

1239
01:05:36,760 --> 01:05:39,320
Speaker 1: is like, God, if they were the sixth seed, could

1240
01:05:39,320 --> 01:05:41,240
Speaker 1: they beat the Chiefs with this Mason? I don't know

1241
01:05:41,280 --> 01:05:45,720
Speaker 1: if they could, but you would take them seriously. If

1242
01:05:45,760 --> 01:05:49,560
Speaker 1: I'm a Steeler fan, I'm pretty pissed off. Right Listen,

1243
01:05:49,600 --> 01:05:51,560
Speaker 1: can you pickt under a Chiefs? You drafted him, you

1244
01:05:51,560 --> 01:05:53,800
Speaker 1: had to play him whatever the moment he gets hurt.

1245
01:05:54,200 --> 01:05:56,800
Speaker 1: We not only went to Trubisky, we went with him

1246
01:05:56,800 --> 01:06:00,600
Speaker 1: for a while. What was the game the Holtz game

1247
01:06:01,080 --> 01:06:03,480
Speaker 1: when they threw in Mason at the end the like

1248
01:06:03,520 --> 01:06:05,760
Speaker 1: two minutes left to go in the game. Why didn't

1249
01:06:05,800 --> 01:06:09,960
Speaker 1: we fucking do this at halftime? That game alone cost

1250
01:06:10,040 --> 01:06:12,480
Speaker 1: you the playoffs if you could have just went to

1251
01:06:12,560 --> 01:06:16,160
Speaker 1: him in the bullpen at halftime. There was this loyalty

1252
01:06:16,160 --> 01:06:22,840
Speaker 1: to Trubisky like he was Roethlisberger crazy. Michael Lombardi mentioned

1253
01:06:22,840 --> 01:06:25,800
Speaker 1: that Vrabel's contract is up. If true, he'd be a

1254
01:06:25,840 --> 01:06:30,600
Speaker 1: top candidate for most teams. No Chargers. Yeah. One thing's

1255
01:06:30,640 --> 01:06:34,880
Speaker 1: pretty clear is the buzz on Vrabel was not that

1256
01:06:34,960 --> 01:06:37,000
Speaker 1: he was gonna get fired, which kind of felt like

1257
01:06:37,000 --> 01:06:38,880
Speaker 1: a couple months ago. It's like, what's going on there?

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Speaker 1: He doesn't like it right? And what he clearly doesn't

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Speaker 1: like the structure something with ownership this new GM, and

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Speaker 1: he's got options because anytime you've won playoff games, you

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Speaker 1: have his resume as a player, you have his respect

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Speaker 1: around the league. He would be a lock higher. You

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Speaker 1: could argue of him and Tom, we're available, like who

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Speaker 1: would you rather have? Similar guy? Right in terms of

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Speaker 1: just tough, old school. The other thing, if Arthur Smith

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Speaker 1: gets hot fired, if you're Mike Vrabel, you just bring

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Speaker 1: Arthur Smith as your offensive coordinator. And after what we

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Speaker 1: just witnessed in Atlanta, I mean Arthur Smith like he

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Speaker 1: can't get another job for a couple of years. So

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Speaker 1: you basically get Arthur Smith and Vrabel. It's why I

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Speaker 1: think Belichick is kind of interesting as a head coach.

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Speaker 1: Obviously he's Bill Belichick, but like he gets to reunite

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Speaker 1: with Josh McDaniels if he wants to, so part of

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Speaker 1: it. It's a package deal. If I'm gonna hire a defensive coach,

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Speaker 1: who's your offensive coordinator? So I like, you know, Collins

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Speaker 1: big thing on offensive coaches because when I hire you,

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Speaker 1: you call the place. I give Sean Payton ninety million dollars. Listen,

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Speaker 1: we might have issues. I know that guy's calling the plays,

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Speaker 1: Andy Reid McVeigh, Kyle Lafour, what's the fuck Sirianni doing?

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Speaker 1: Even Daball CEO head coach. Your offense is terrible. Dabele's

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Speaker 1: offense is atrocious. You're the offensive coach. Your defense is good.

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Speaker 1: The defense courter doesn't want to be there anymore. I

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Speaker 1: think we end on that, So keep firing those d

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Speaker 1: ms at John Middlecoff. Have a good uh. Hopefully everyone's

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Speaker 1: happening a good week. We only get to say Happy

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Speaker 1: New Year for a couple a couple more days, so

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Speaker 1: happy New Year. See soon. The volume