1 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:14,240 Speaker 1: What is going on? Everybody? John middlecop Threeing Out podcast. 2 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: We are officially in summer. It's middle of June. Football 3 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 1: is officially on hold for the next month till training 4 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: camp stars the next time we get real football. It's 5 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 1: actually football season. I mean, I got couldn't be any 6 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: more summer. The NBA is over, just finished the US Open, 7 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 1: went to Pebble on Friday. It was freaking awesome. Got 8 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:38,559 Speaker 1: the College World Series on here in the background. It's 9 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: a great time of year. The problem for me and 10 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:45,319 Speaker 1: this show is there's not that much going on. Might 11 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 1: have to do some hypothetical shows and some stuff as 12 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,240 Speaker 1: a summer goes on. Luckily, we got a pretty packed 13 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 1: show today. But we're gonna need you in the Middlecoff 14 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: mail bag at John Middlecoff is my Instagram handle. Go 15 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 1: up on those d m s. My direct message is 16 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: a wide open. You send me a message and I'll 17 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 1: answer the question. On this show. Uh, we're very interactive here, millennial, 18 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 1: you know, for the younger generation. I see the demos. 19 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 1: We got older people too. You actually got older people 20 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 1: slide into the d m s as well. D ms 21 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: are always wide open. Follow me on. You don't even 22 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:19,959 Speaker 1: need to follow me, you can just slide it wouldn't 23 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 1: mind follow But you know, I'm gonna do a lot 24 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 1: of interacting. May may just do a couple of big 25 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: mailbag shows, depending on how this summer goes. Fourth of 26 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,119 Speaker 1: July is that far away, but pretty excited today. Basically, 27 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: the big Anthony Davis trade got me thinking, Uh, and 28 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: I think there are some parallels with that people can 29 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 1: follow when it comes to the NFL and then just 30 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 1: being at the being at the US Open. Uh. Something 31 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: really stood out to me that I think really with golf, 32 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: and it plays into the part with the NFL of 33 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: just intrigue and interest and the great unknown. But I'm 34 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 1: gonna start with this. Anthony Davis, one the most talented 35 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 1: players the league seen in the last twenty years, just 36 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: got traded to the Lakers. And they traded an absolute 37 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: boatload to get them. You know, several first round picks, 38 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 1: the number four overall draft pick, multiple former number two 39 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 1: overall picks, which you could argue that a Lonzo and 40 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: Brandon Ingram are a little a little flawed, but they 41 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 1: still have value. And it really got me thinking. And 42 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: I know Colin has used this on his show before 43 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 1: and I remember when Jerry Jones said it, and it's 44 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: so true. Now. It doesn't work for everything in life, 45 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: but I would say, if you took this formula, if 46 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 1: you ever pay a premium, for a premium, it's usually 47 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 1: worth it. Right, Like you ever overpay for beachfront property, 48 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 1: you're not gonna get screwed. You ever overpay I don't know, 49 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: let's say for Mercedes, You're probably gonna be okay. Now, 50 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 1: if you overpay for something shitty, you're in some trouble. 51 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 1: Right if you if you ever overpaid that, I don't know, 52 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 1: help your children out. You're you're probably gonna be okay. 53 00:02:58,160 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 1: I'm a big believer. I'd never have a big problem 54 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: with overpaying for things that I really want. I remember 55 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:07,399 Speaker 1: when Steve Bomber I was I had a radio show 56 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 1: at the time and the Warriors were playing the Clippers, 57 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: and remember the the audio came out about Donald Sterling 58 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 1: saying whatever to his girlfriend and they forced him to 59 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 1: sell the team. Steve Bomber, who money doesn't even mean 60 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: that much to pay two billion dollars cash. Let me 61 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 1: repeat two billion dollars cash for the Clippers, the second 62 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: team the I mean, it not even close they might 63 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:34,360 Speaker 1: as well be the fourth team in l A. Literally, 64 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: they might be when you factor in the Lakers, USC football, 65 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 1: the Dodgers. Now the Rams are big. And people thought 66 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: he was nuts, And I bet he'd tell you today 67 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 1: it's the easiest thing I've ever bought my entire life, 68 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: because for when it's an NBA team to the NBA 69 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: teams make money three he really wanted it, and there 70 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: aren't many of them on the market. It was an 71 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 1: easy thing to buy. But I think when it comes 72 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: to players, you see a lot of this Historically in 73 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 1: the NBA, A lot of top players that want to 74 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: get out of a situation are traded for a shipload. 75 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 1: It's kind of like you see in the NFL when 76 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: it comes to quarterbacks in the draft, people trade up 77 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 1: and be people give a ton look at the last 78 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 1: couple of years. A couple of years ago, the Chiefs 79 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: gave up basically two number ones to get Patrick Mahomes. 80 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:24,359 Speaker 1: If you told coach read today it would have cost 81 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 1: you four number ones to get them, would you have 82 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:29,919 Speaker 1: done it? The answer would be one thousand percent. Yes. 83 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 1: Now I read this once upon a time, and it's 84 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:36,279 Speaker 1: so true. The profit is actually in the buying, not 85 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 1: the cell, the sale of whatever the asset. Now with 86 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: a quarterback, when you buy, as long as you get it, 87 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 1: you're never selling, like you're gonna have Patrick Mahomes till 88 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:48,720 Speaker 1: you can't play anymore. But because they only gave up 89 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:50,920 Speaker 1: to number one picks, they were able to use one 90 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 1: of the number one picks the first year that they 91 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: started getting them back because they had already you know, 92 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 1: paid everything. Who they traded with, the Cleveland Browns or 93 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:01,279 Speaker 1: was it the Buffalo It might have been the Buffalo Bills. 94 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 1: Because the Browns traded with the Texans that they were 95 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 1: able to trade for D four this year. Excuse me, 96 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 1: they traded D four they were able to get Frank Clark, 97 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 1: so they had more AMMO. So they didn't overextend because 98 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,039 Speaker 1: they didn't have to. But at the end of the day, 99 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 1: if they knew Mahomes was gonna be this good and 100 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: you never know at the time, they would have right. 101 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 1: The Texans did the same thing with Shaun Watson. Best 102 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 1: thing they've ever done, obviously Sam Donald, who I think 103 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:27,360 Speaker 1: is gonna be really good. They gave up a ton 104 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: They flipped once last year from three to six, and 105 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 1: they get out three second round picks. But quarterbacks, no 106 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: one's ever gonna argue that. You know, It's like you 107 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 1: would if you knew the guy is gonna be a 108 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:39,280 Speaker 1: top six or seven quarterback. You do it every day 109 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 1: of the week and twice on Sundays. But I think 110 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,160 Speaker 1: you see it with other players. Last year, I had 111 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 1: a front row seat when everyone reacted with Khalil Mack 112 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 1: got traded. Now, most people thought Gruden was an idiot, 113 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: but I think a lot of people were like, damn, 114 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 1: you gave up a lot for Khalil Mack because they 115 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:58,239 Speaker 1: had to pay him too. Well, I know this. Ask 116 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: anyone with the Chicago Bears, and I literally have they 117 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: think they underpaid? What Khalil Mac means of that team 118 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: and how good he is, he was worth three first 119 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 1: round picks. They actually kind of fleeced the Raiders because 120 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: their second, their first round pick this year was picked 121 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:15,160 Speaker 1: twenty four and they turned into a running back. They 122 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 1: gave him their first round pick next year or you 123 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: know this upcoming year, Well, the Bears are gonna be good, 124 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 1: but they flopped the second, so the the Raiders get 125 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 1: their third round pick and they get the Raiders second. 126 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:28,279 Speaker 1: So it's actually not that crazy of a deal, but 127 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 1: at the time it was like, damn, they gave up 128 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 1: a lot, and again, looking back, is the easiest thing 129 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 1: they've ever did. If Aaron Donald and every team in 130 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 1: the league was interested, and should have been, because you 131 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: always pay a premium for a premium. If Aaron Donald 132 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: would have been available last year, like Khalil Mack, he 133 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 1: would have been worth multiple first round picks. Now, unlike 134 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the NFL, position players there's only a select few. 135 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 1: Remember once upon a time Thomas de Metrof had Matt 136 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:58,559 Speaker 1: Ryan and he goes, how the hell am I gonna 137 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 1: get him an elite receive either. Now, I can swing 138 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:03,920 Speaker 1: in the second and third rounds for guys, but we're 139 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: gonna be pretty decent. I might not hit one, or 140 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:08,919 Speaker 1: I can roll all the dice, put all my chips 141 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: in the middle table, and swing for the fence on 142 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 1: a guy that I look at and think is basically unbustable. Now, 143 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 1: even did they think Julio Jones is gonna be this good? 144 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 1: Probably not, but they kne Julio Jones is gonna be 145 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 1: pretty damn good. Right. Number one high school recruit was 146 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 1: an elite college player had all the measurables, had you know, 147 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 1: the desire and the work ethic, so it was a 148 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: calculated risk. But he put all his chips in the 149 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 1: middle of table, and you know what he ended up doing, 150 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 1: drafting a Hall of Famer and getting his star quarterback. 151 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 1: Now we can argue about Matt ryano we want, but 152 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 1: I think we'd all acknowledge he's a good player for 153 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:46,119 Speaker 1: some flaws. But Julio Jones changed the landscape of Matt 154 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 1: Ryan's career, let alone the Falcons and Thomas Demitrov's. But 155 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: a wise man and this guy, you know, you could 156 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 1: argue the smartest football mind ever told him not to 157 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 1: do it, Bill Belichick. And again it's it goes against 158 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick's philosophy because usually he doesn't do that, and 159 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 1: if he does, he's like the ultimate businessman when it 160 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 1: comes to football. He's always thinking like, Okay, I'll give 161 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 1: a first round pick for Brandon Cooks, but if I 162 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 1: don't like him, I'm gonna flip him for a first 163 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: round pick. Where most people like the Bears, like the 164 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 1: Lakers with Anthony Davis, like the Atlanta Falcons did once 165 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 1: a day, all they're thinking about is this guy's gonna 166 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 1: finish his career with my team. So I'm gonna be 167 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 1: like Steve Balmer, whatever it costs for me to acquire 168 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 1: this player, will worry about the ramifications later because I 169 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 1: want this player on my team and the Lakers. If 170 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis goes on to play at an all NBA level, 171 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: which he's shown he's capable of for the next seven 172 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: eight years, which is a big question mark because has 173 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 1: some injuries, it was a no brain or trade. When 174 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:49,319 Speaker 1: Khalil Mac one day knock on wood, he never gets hurt. 175 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 1: He's going to the Hall of Fame. He's gonna go 176 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 1: into the Hall of Fame as a Bear. Think about 177 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 1: say that out loud. The Chicago Bears gave up two 178 00:08:56,640 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 1: first round picks. Oh they got a good player. Yes, 179 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 1: they got a Hall of famer. What did Thomas to 180 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:05,319 Speaker 1: meetrof when he gave up all those picks for Julio Jones? 181 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 1: He got a Hall of Famer. Now it can go bad, 182 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 1: but that's why I mean, these are calculated risks. Right 183 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 1: the the NBA is not gonna fold. But so you 184 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 1: could say that arguably Steve Bomber would never lose out 185 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: on those two billion dollars. But again, it's life crazy, 186 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:21,840 Speaker 1: shi it has happened. There could be a huge, huge 187 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 1: scandal with something in the NBA that crippled the league, 188 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 1: which feels, I mean, basically impossible. But let's just say 189 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 1: it happened in the whole league folded. Steve Bomber be 190 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 1: out of money, but the end of the day, he 191 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 1: has so much money it wouldn't crush him. But ultimately 192 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 1: my point is, and you see it with Anthony Davis. 193 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:40,319 Speaker 1: He saw it with Khalil Mack. You saw it with 194 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 1: Julio Jones. We all see it with the quarterbacks. But 195 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 1: I think when you get transcendent players, and I think 196 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 1: Odell Beckham is gonna be a great example. I do 197 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 1: know this. If Odell Beckham stays on the field, even 198 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:55,359 Speaker 1: with the drama and all the bs that comes with him, 199 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 1: that's the easiest trade John Dorsey will ever make. Now 200 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 1: his curveball a little like a Thanny Davis. Can the 201 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: dude stay healthy? And that's like when you acquire a building, 202 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 1: you're really just like, well, if I need to get 203 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:09,920 Speaker 1: it rezoned, do I know the right people? You know? 204 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 1: Am I in a am I in an economic area 205 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:15,200 Speaker 1: where we're recession proof. Am I in an area where 206 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 1: I can fill it if it is a commercial building, 207 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 1: if it is residential, do we have college local schools 208 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 1: where I'm gonna be able to fill it with tenants 209 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 1: or business doing well enough. It's a lot different of 210 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 1: when you acquire a building in the Bay Area, you know, 211 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:29,960 Speaker 1: for example, than just up the road in Sacramento. There's 212 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:32,440 Speaker 1: a lot more risk in Sacramento. Now the price to 213 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 1: buy it in Sacramento is also a lot cheaper, so 214 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:37,600 Speaker 1: it's easier to make a lot more money, where in 215 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 1: the Bay Area you might not make as much and 216 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: it costs more to get in. But it's basically not 217 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 1: gonna flop and not gonna fail because a recession isn't 218 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:47,840 Speaker 1: gonna hit it. His heart well, the only way you 219 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 1: know a recession proof player like Khalil Mac recession proof player. 220 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:54,760 Speaker 1: The only way he is not good is if he's hurt. 221 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 1: Other than that, as long as he's on the field, 222 00:10:57,040 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: he's kicking ass and taking names, like as long as 223 00:10:59,880 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 1: you have Anthony Davis. And again, as long as he's 224 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: on the court, he's kicking ass and taking names. So 225 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 1: I and I think you see this a lot more 226 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:09,679 Speaker 1: with GM's in the NFL now, the Howie Roseman's, the 227 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 1: John Schneider's, the less needs you know, the forty Niners actually, 228 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 1: who are historically conservative relationship when it comes or organization 229 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 1: when it comes to that type stuff, has been much 230 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:22,199 Speaker 1: more aggressive the last couple of years. D for Jimmy 231 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:24,960 Speaker 1: Garoppolo trying to get Odell Beckham. You have to be 232 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:30,199 Speaker 1: aggressive for premium players because more often than not, it's 233 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 1: gonna hit, and at the end of the day, if 234 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 1: you're good a late round even if it's your first 235 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 1: round pick, like like the Chiefs they give a first 236 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 1: round pick for Frank Clark. Frank Clark's, you know, a 237 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:42,680 Speaker 1: top five pass rusher in the NFL. Their pick was 238 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:45,839 Speaker 1: twenty nine. Who cares, you know, they wouldn't have done 239 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:47,160 Speaker 1: it if the pick was four. They just would have 240 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 1: taken a pass rusher in the draft. But it wasn't 241 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:51,840 Speaker 1: and the players at twenty nine aren't as good. So 242 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:55,040 Speaker 1: I would always recommend for most things in life, let 243 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 1: alone football or basketball, overpaying for something that, even if 244 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 1: it's not great, has the potential to be great. Okay, well, 245 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:09,200 Speaker 1: I got to go to Pebble on Friday. My Guy 246 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:12,960 Speaker 1: hosts my other podcast with Guy Habrman. You have described 247 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:15,720 Speaker 1: that podcast, Go listen. He also radio show on Pack 248 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 1: twelve with Ryan Leaf. Ryan Leaf really good golfer. They 249 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 1: had Ryan Leaf at the celebrity tournament. Dude hooked us 250 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:25,479 Speaker 1: up with passes for the weekend. We just went on Friday. 251 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 1: But it was cool and I'm a big golf guy 252 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 1: and I know actually most people aren't. The one thing 253 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 1: big takeaway when you go to a golf tournament is 254 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 1: I've been to a lot of NFL football games. Like 255 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 1: NFL football games have a wide range of just people, 256 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 1: you know, low income people, high income people, just all 257 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 1: over the spectrum. At the most part, do you go 258 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 1: to these golf tournaments. It's a richer consumer, you know, 259 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 1: And like the tickets were a hundred and twenty five 260 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:57,679 Speaker 1: the bare minimum. The ones we had like to fifty 261 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:00,320 Speaker 1: and it really doesn't even get you that much sitting 262 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:02,960 Speaker 1: in the gallery gets used this one special tent. But 263 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 1: it was pretty cool event. It is a cool event, 264 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:07,840 Speaker 1: and actually think it has a lot of parallels to 265 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 1: like the NFL. Definitely the new way they do NFL draft. 266 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 1: My first year in the NFL, they sent me to 267 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 1: Radio City Music Hall. Well, not that many people got 268 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 1: to participate. Now they go to Nashville, Chicago, wherever, you know, Vegas, Philly, 269 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:25,560 Speaker 1: and it's just hundreds of thousands of people and you 270 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 1: make a ton of money. It's pretty genius. But by 271 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 1: one takeaway watching the tournament, and golf has been like 272 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 1: this forever. It's why Tiger Woods was, says an outlier. 273 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 1: When you watch a golf tournament, yeah, there are three 274 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 1: or four favorites, and I love to gamble on golf, 275 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 1: but there are also a lot of random people that 276 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 1: can win it. There's a lot of suspense, and I 277 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 1: think it's the one thing sports television and why sports 278 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 1: still does so well because it still has the greatest 279 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:55,600 Speaker 1: amount of unknown in terms of its television products. You 280 00:13:55,679 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 1: don't know what's gonna happen in certain sports and like 281 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:02,600 Speaker 1: and I think that's why we all like movies because 282 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 1: we don't know how movies are gonna end. Why was 283 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:05,839 Speaker 1: everyone still in the game of their owns, especially the 284 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: last season, because you know how I was gonna end. 285 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 1: It's why finalities and the last show of a I 286 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: don't even know finality and finalities is a word, but 287 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 1: just the final episode of every major television show always 288 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 1: has on the edge of the seat Seinfeld Sopranos. I 289 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 1: remember watching The Shields, you name it because you don't 290 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 1: know exactly what's gonna happen. Well, the thing with golf 291 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 1: is Gary Woodland was a hundred to one, one hundred 292 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: to one underdog or I guess you know, that was 293 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:38,160 Speaker 1: his odds going into the U S Open, and he 294 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 1: beat Bait. They weren't head to head, but they kind 295 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 1: of were. Brooks Capito, who was the heavy betting favorite. 296 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 1: Look at the NFL odds. He was getting a hundred 297 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 1: to one. You probably couldn't even get like the hundred 298 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:50,400 Speaker 1: to one they have been in the playoffs in years. 299 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 1: So that you have a huge amount of intrigue in 300 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 1: golf because you don't have random people going. And football 301 00:14:56,920 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 1: has that too. And the one thing football really has 302 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 1: over the other sports is urgency. Right, every game matters. 303 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 1: Their inventory is low. Like in baseball, the Giants are 304 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 1: playing the Dodgers. As I'm recording this games in like 305 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 1: an hour, my first response is who gives a ship? Now, 306 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:15,400 Speaker 1: part of that is the Giants are awful, so the 307 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:18,000 Speaker 1: games don't matter. But even if the Giants were good, 308 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 1: the games wouldn't really matter that much, like these games 309 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 1: now the Dodger ahead of the playoffs, they don't mean anything. 310 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 1: I've had a front row seat for the Warriors like that. 311 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 1: They haven't played a meaningful regular season game in like 312 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 1: three years. They only play meaningful games in the playoffs. 313 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:35,840 Speaker 1: And when you look at the NBA, for example, the 314 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 1: Warriors have been a five straight NBA Finals until this year. 315 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 1: Lebron James has been eight straight. Like, the top players 316 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 1: and the top teams are gonna go to the NBA 317 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 1: Finals basically every year. It's been pretty consistent historically even baseball, 318 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 1: Like most of the teams in baseball are awful and 319 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 1: have no chance. You can count on one hand the 320 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:58,080 Speaker 1: teams to do Dodgers, Yankees, Red Sox are down this year, 321 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:00,440 Speaker 1: but they they've been damn good in the Astro. That 322 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 1: to me is the group. Maybe maybe the Brewers if 323 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 1: they trade to get a starting pitcher. But it's like 324 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 1: it's already set. We're in football. Every year we have 325 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 1: a worst to first. I went through the Super Bowl 326 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 1: just for the last ten years, and obviously New England 327 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 1: is the one outlier in football, and I think That's 328 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 1: what's fascinates so many of us and why they get 329 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 1: so much hatred because the sports not set up for 330 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 1: them to do that. Because when I look at just 331 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 1: the last ten years, beside New England, I I can 332 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:36,239 Speaker 1: list ten different teams Philly, Atlanta, Seattle, Denver, Carolina, San Francisco, Baltimore, 333 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:39,480 Speaker 1: the New York Giants, Green Bay, Pittsburgh. So ten other 334 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:42,840 Speaker 1: teams have been to the Super Bowl in the last 335 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 1: ten years, and obviously New England has been there several times. Well, 336 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:48,480 Speaker 1: even think about this with New England, their run is 337 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 1: coming to an end. I mean their quarterbacks forty two 338 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 1: years old. He doesn't just get to play in perpetuity 339 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 1: like it's going to end. And when it does, you'll 340 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:58,360 Speaker 1: even have more more turnover, like college football doesn't even 341 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 1: have that. It's just the NFL and golf. We're like 342 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: randoms can win it every year. I don't think that's 343 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 1: gonna happen. But if you told me the Cleveland Browns 344 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:07,639 Speaker 1: were in the a f C Championship Game, I believe it. 345 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:10,360 Speaker 1: Last year everyone thought Seattle was gonna suck. They made 346 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:14,919 Speaker 1: the playoffs, Dallas, Philly, I mean, you know, you just 347 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:17,440 Speaker 1: go through the Saints that Falcons could be good again 348 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 1: this year. The Bears last year came out of kind 349 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:24,160 Speaker 1: of came out of nowhere to be dominant. Minnesota Vikings 350 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:26,080 Speaker 1: were in the a f C or NFC Championship the 351 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:28,639 Speaker 1: year before then they missed the playoffs. That's the awesome 352 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:31,679 Speaker 1: part about football. That's why every game matters. So you 353 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:35,159 Speaker 1: combine the urgency of each week because they do matter 354 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 1: to that every year your team kind of has a chance. 355 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 1: Like I don't think it's that complicated. Why the NBA's 356 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:44,680 Speaker 1: in trouble. They have a massive tanking epidemic, and Baseball 357 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 1: kind of has this too, and their players are always 358 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:50,119 Speaker 1: moving all over the place. Like I, I say this 359 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:52,360 Speaker 1: about fans all the time. At the core of who 360 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:55,399 Speaker 1: you are as a fan, you were for a team first. 361 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,440 Speaker 1: Because whether you're born like me and Davis, California in 362 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:01,200 Speaker 1: the Niners or an hour and away, whether you're born 363 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 1: in Philadelphia, whether you're born in Boston, whether you're born 364 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:07,160 Speaker 1: in a certain area Texas, where you're born in Seattle, 365 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:10,560 Speaker 1: you're regionally, just lock up who you root for. You know, 366 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 1: if I had been born in New York, I probably 367 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 1: wouldn't live in the Bay Area, I'd probably root for 368 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:18,879 Speaker 1: the Yankees and the Giants are Jets, right those in 369 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 1: the Nicks, those would probably be my teams. Most of 370 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:23,399 Speaker 1: you that are listening that always send me, Hey, I'm 371 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:25,919 Speaker 1: a big Bengals fan. Hey, I'm a big Cowboy fan. Hey, 372 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 1: I'm a big Eagles fan. I don't know where exactly 373 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 1: you live now, but I would bet my ass that 374 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:34,960 Speaker 1: you grew up or were born in that city. Like, yeah, 375 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 1: I'm a big Bengals fan. I live in Tampa now, 376 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:40,200 Speaker 1: but I'm born and raised in Cincinnati. Right. Hey, I 377 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 1: work in Wall Street now, but I'm born and raised 378 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 1: in Dallas. Die hard cowboy fan now, Sometimes like Cowboys, 379 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:50,439 Speaker 1: Lakers and Yankees can be a little different and just 380 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 1: given when you grow up. You know, if you grew 381 00:18:53,119 --> 00:18:55,439 Speaker 1: up in the I don't know, the seventies, you might 382 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:57,400 Speaker 1: have just been a Cowboy fan, maybe a Raider fan, 383 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 1: but for the most part, you grew up each league 384 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:03,399 Speaker 1: and the thing football has shown over That's why the 385 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 1: Raiders and Browns take so much crap, because how can 386 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:09,440 Speaker 1: you not make the playoffs for that many years? It 387 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:12,639 Speaker 1: shouldn't be possible. And luckily, I mean, how the Raiders 388 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 1: made the playoffs two years ago. Think about that. You know, 389 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 1: that's the thing. I'm watching golf, and I love the 390 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:19,920 Speaker 1: sport of golf. But the days of Tigers just kicking 391 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:23,680 Speaker 1: everyone's asks are long over. Most of these guys, everyone 392 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 1: has a chance. If you make these tournaments and you're 393 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:27,639 Speaker 1: like the top fifty in the world, you got a chance. 394 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:30,359 Speaker 1: Like if you've got a decent quarterback this year, you 395 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:33,400 Speaker 1: got a chance. You convinced me Seattles in the second round, 396 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:37,120 Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings bounced back win the division. Dallas Philly could 397 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:39,960 Speaker 1: win that division. You could convince me Atlanta bounces back 398 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 1: wins the division. You convinced me that Cleveland Browns are good. 399 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:45,120 Speaker 1: You convinced me the Steelers are good. Hell, you could 400 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,679 Speaker 1: convince me the Ravens somehow figure it out because they 401 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 1: got such a good coach. It's go around the league. Like, 402 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:52,879 Speaker 1: what if the Denver Broncos have the best defense in 403 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:55,680 Speaker 1: the league, they couldn't win nine games. What if the 404 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:59,119 Speaker 1: Raiders Antonio Derek Carr gets back and figures it out. Now, 405 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:01,560 Speaker 1: their schedules were really hard. But you know what I'm saying, 406 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 1: and you do not have that in the other sports, 407 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:07,720 Speaker 1: and I think the urgency met with the unknown is 408 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:12,679 Speaker 1: something that football just has naturally in its sport, and 409 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:15,240 Speaker 1: it's why I will believe and I'll be adamant in 410 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 1: this new c b A. And the media naturally is 411 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:20,119 Speaker 1: very pro player anti establishment, so they always root against 412 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 1: the teams, and I don't root for the teams or 413 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 1: against the players or for the players and against the thing. 414 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:27,679 Speaker 1: I really don't care. I just want a good product. 415 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:30,439 Speaker 1: I want the business to thrive because that's good for 416 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:31,879 Speaker 1: my business. And at the end of the day, I'm 417 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:34,880 Speaker 1: not a journalist. I'm actually I care more about money 418 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:36,920 Speaker 1: than I do journalistic integrity because I didn't go to 419 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,760 Speaker 1: journalism school. I don't care at all. I just want 420 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 1: to entertain, you know. And the better the NFL does, 421 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:46,159 Speaker 1: better I do. You know. I want the NFL to thrive. 422 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:48,440 Speaker 1: And why has it done so well over the last 423 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:50,159 Speaker 1: ten years. I mean it's always done well, but it 424 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:53,760 Speaker 1: really took off because unlike the other two sports, they 425 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:56,920 Speaker 1: have major issues. People are not watching. You can say 426 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 1: what you want, like they have economic issues. They're overpaying 427 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:01,679 Speaker 1: players that are good enough. Certain guys are worth it, 428 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 1: like Mike Trout's worth an unlimited amount of money. But 429 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:07,120 Speaker 1: I don't know if Manny Machado is hell, I don't 430 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:09,360 Speaker 1: know if Bryce Harper is, but you have to pay 431 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:11,399 Speaker 1: him because their unions have so much control. The best 432 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:13,280 Speaker 1: part about the NFL, their union doesn't have that much 433 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 1: juice and they don't get tied to guarantee contracts on anyone. Really, 434 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:20,440 Speaker 1: beside a quarterback, you would never want that. Like here's 435 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:23,320 Speaker 1: an example. I love Luke Keickley. He's been probably my 436 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 1: favorite player of the last four or five years, really 437 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 1: probably since he was drafted. He's a bad he's awesome 438 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:31,880 Speaker 1: non quarterback. I love Luke kick At no point past 439 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 1: like a year three, once he started getting the concussions, 440 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:36,919 Speaker 1: would I have ever felt comfortable of giving him what 441 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:39,719 Speaker 1: he's probably worth, like five years a hundred million dollars 442 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:42,120 Speaker 1: fully guaranteed, Like if he was an NBA player, that's 443 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:44,400 Speaker 1: what he would get. But I just can't because any 444 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:48,359 Speaker 1: moments like career Cannet, even like with Donald and Mac 445 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:51,439 Speaker 1: who I just talked about being like a recession proof player, 446 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:55,959 Speaker 1: that their contracts you better keep you better, you know, 447 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:58,360 Speaker 1: keep your fingers crossed if you're the GM, that they 448 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:00,920 Speaker 1: never go down because if they get hurt, and let's 449 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:02,640 Speaker 1: call it what it is, players just do get hurt 450 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 1: in the NFL, it's crippling your team. So the NFL 451 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:09,040 Speaker 1: has the most urgency. They're all their teams in the 452 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 1: league have the best chance to win given the other 453 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:14,560 Speaker 1: three sports, just because every team has money and the 454 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 1: contract situation. So I hope that never changes because it's cool, 455 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:21,679 Speaker 1: like Gary Woodland would be like the equivalent if the 456 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:25,359 Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns made the a FC Championship game, it really would, 457 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:27,520 Speaker 1: or the Dallas Cowboys next year won the Super Bowl, 458 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:31,080 Speaker 1: or the San Francisco forty Niners win the Division, Like 459 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 1: that's the Cowboys probably a bad example because it already good. 460 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:36,560 Speaker 1: But like the Browns the Niners, like it's good for 461 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 1: those fan bases to every three or four years cycled 462 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:42,199 Speaker 1: teams in and out. And and the Patriots and I love, 463 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:45,919 Speaker 1: I love, I I respect the Patriots because it's stupid 464 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 1: what they've accomplished over the last twenty years. But like 465 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:52,600 Speaker 1: Tiger Woods, and like just Tom Brady's age and it hell, 466 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:54,840 Speaker 1: it might not end for a couple more years, but like, 467 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:56,800 Speaker 1: is he gonna be winning super Bowls at forty eight? 468 00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:59,200 Speaker 1: It's hard to say no at this right because doesn't 469 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:01,200 Speaker 1: seems like he's going to. But eventually it's gonna end, 470 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,959 Speaker 1: and then someone will take that spot, whether it's the Jets, 471 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:10,480 Speaker 1: the Bills, the Dolphins, someone will. It's just it's inevitable, 472 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:14,760 Speaker 1: it's cyclical. It's just it's it's going to happen, and 473 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:19,320 Speaker 1: that's why we love football so much. Okay, let's uh, 474 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 1: let's dive into the middle Coff mail bag here from 475 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:27,159 Speaker 1: Instagram at John Middlecoff d MS wide open, slide up 476 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:32,320 Speaker 1: in it and let's see where we got going. Okay, John, 477 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:35,320 Speaker 1: quick question, why don't more teams that are trying to 478 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:38,639 Speaker 1: rebuild for focus on the running back and the running game. 479 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:41,760 Speaker 1: I keep hearing GM say the franchise quarterback are so 480 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:44,840 Speaker 1: hard to find, but good running backs are so easy. 481 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 1: It's a good question. I mean, I think the Giants 482 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:49,920 Speaker 1: are a good example of that. I had a buddy 483 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:52,880 Speaker 1: in the league tell me last week that he thought 484 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:55,399 Speaker 1: se Kwon Barkley might already be the best running back 485 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 1: in the league. He said he'd take him over Zeke 486 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 1: obviously with girls knee being screw would take him over him. 487 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:03,359 Speaker 1: I mean, Levian is a pain Levian hasn't played in 488 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:06,680 Speaker 1: the year. Uh, but look at the Giants, and I 489 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:08,760 Speaker 1: think they're gonna go through this transition. I don't know 490 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:10,920 Speaker 1: how good Daniel Jones is. I think we all think 491 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 1: he's not very good, but they have this elite running 492 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:16,960 Speaker 1: back and the best example of all time was Barry Sanders. 493 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:19,280 Speaker 1: Could they could never get a quarterback around him. And 494 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:21,439 Speaker 1: if Sae Kwon Barkley is a Hall of Famer and 495 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 1: he looks like a Hall of Fame talent, right, he 496 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 1: really does. I don't even feel that crazy saying that 497 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 1: that canny make up for it. And I also think 498 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:32,560 Speaker 1: your point is just that they're easy to find. Philip lindsay, 499 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:35,240 Speaker 1: you should use the Denver Bronco. He was a Pro 500 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:39,719 Speaker 1: Bowl player. He was awesome. Yet case Keenum was so 501 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:44,760 Speaker 1: bad for them that they were awful. And I just 502 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:48,400 Speaker 1: think that you do need a semblance of a passing 503 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 1: offense now more than ever, you know, I mean, you 504 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 1: you have to be able to be balanced. But to me, 505 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,919 Speaker 1: the franchise quarterback, I think it is a little overblown, 506 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:02,040 Speaker 1: Like you don't need Patrick Mahomes to win. You can 507 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: now you probably need Patrick Mahomes to sustain winning, but 508 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 1: you can make the playoffs or for a couple of 509 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:10,199 Speaker 1: years with Kirk Cousins. In theory, I just use him 510 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 1: as example, Andy Dalton, Alex Smith. But you you do 511 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:18,960 Speaker 1: need a quarterback like you can't overcome I mean, you 512 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 1: couldn't overcome Eli Manning now he's old. You couldn't overcome 513 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,440 Speaker 1: Joe Flacco. You can't overcome some of these old stiffs. 514 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:29,200 Speaker 1: So I hear what you're saying, and I don't think 515 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:32,359 Speaker 1: you're you're crazy off, like you could overcome like if 516 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:35,040 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins, like in theory with Dalvin Cook, he should 517 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:39,399 Speaker 1: be okay, like if you gave I'm just you know, 518 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 1: peak Andy Dalton a really good running back. Look at 519 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:44,760 Speaker 1: Alex Smith, you got to the you got to the Chiefs, 520 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 1: the Jamal Charles who was sweet. Hey, fine. So I 521 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:53,119 Speaker 1: think it's about hitting the sweet spot for a quarterback 522 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 1: like yeah, Aaron Rodgers, Mahomes, Brady Peyton, Manning, guys like that, 523 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:01,360 Speaker 1: Drew Brees. They can hit or miss, give or take 524 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:04,880 Speaker 1: on years to overcome average running backs. But you've gotta 525 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 1: be able to throw the ball man, big Redskins guy. 526 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 1: And my question is we made the trade for Keenum, 527 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:13,600 Speaker 1: who was a decent quarterback, but we drafted one of 528 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,000 Speaker 1: the better young quarterbacks coming to the league in Haskins, 529 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:21,480 Speaker 1: who gets the start week one. My guests will be Haskins. 530 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:25,720 Speaker 1: If he doesn't, I would imagine Haskins starting by like 531 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 1: week three or four. I can't see case Keenum starting 532 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:32,320 Speaker 1: many games. Financially, they have him for pretty cheap Jay Gruden. 533 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:34,920 Speaker 1: I mean, he's joked about it before. He's in ultimate 534 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,720 Speaker 1: what must win mode. If he does not make the playoffs, 535 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 1: he's gonna get fired. So I would be shocked that 536 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:44,960 Speaker 1: if at the latest case Keenum is not out of 537 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,919 Speaker 1: there by October one, and he might just beat him 538 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 1: outain training camp, which Detroit adding new offensive coordinator Darryl 539 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 1: Bevil who was a pent and gonna pound the ground game. 540 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:59,680 Speaker 1: I agree you're two with Patricia promising young players at 541 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 1: all new talent this year, Hawkinson, Trey Flowers, Danny Amndola, 542 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:05,159 Speaker 1: Justin Coleman. God, they did add it. They had a 543 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:10,400 Speaker 1: pretty good offseason. Do you believe Detroit is at least 544 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 1: a rising stock? And will this become the most hard nosed, 545 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 1: blue collar football team in the NFL? And her Patricia 546 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:20,520 Speaker 1: and bebel Well, who are there running backs? Is off 547 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:22,359 Speaker 1: the top of my head. They drafted the kid from Auburn, 548 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:25,080 Speaker 1: who's a pretty good player. Stafford still a good player. 549 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:27,960 Speaker 1: Like you said, Hockinson adds a you know, a pretty 550 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:31,679 Speaker 1: dynamic tight end, but he's a tough blocker. I like 551 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:34,479 Speaker 1: that pick. Their receivers even last year when they got 552 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:38,640 Speaker 1: rid of Golden Tater, pretty good. Uh defensively, like you said, 553 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:41,360 Speaker 1: they added Trey Flowers, who's gonna be big for him 554 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 1: Justin Coleman. Yeah, I I if Stafford plays well, they 555 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:49,480 Speaker 1: could be a very competitive team. The problem is the 556 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:54,000 Speaker 1: Bears are stacked. The Vikings on paper are stacked. Now, Cousins, 557 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,200 Speaker 1: he's a play a little better. The Packers they still 558 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:58,600 Speaker 1: got this guy named Aaron Rodgers. The division is really hard. 559 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:02,040 Speaker 1: So I and I just don't know. I see what 560 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:04,880 Speaker 1: Patricia's trying to do. I get it, but I don't 561 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 1: know if he's a good coach. Like when he was 562 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:09,639 Speaker 1: defensive coordinator with New England, their downfall was always defense. 563 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 1: They got rid of Patricia clearly Belichick just gave it 564 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,760 Speaker 1: to Flores. Now, obviously Belichick always has a hand in it, 565 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:20,000 Speaker 1: but they were just way better. I mean, are their 566 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:22,800 Speaker 1: personnel for Detroit is not bad? I just question is 567 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:27,280 Speaker 1: Patricia good coach? Because last year my takeaway with the 568 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:29,880 Speaker 1: way he acted, the way handled himself. I mean when 569 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:33,679 Speaker 1: you do things like when you do things like practice 570 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 1: outside when you're gonna play in a dome that that weekend, 571 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:40,280 Speaker 1: to like try to establish toughness, I think you're kind 572 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:44,920 Speaker 1: of an idiot. I mean, seriously, Belichick practice outside because 573 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:49,400 Speaker 1: they play outside. You know, if you're going to that'd 574 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 1: be like, Hey, I'm I'm facing the right handed hit 575 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:55,200 Speaker 1: her tonight, but I'm gonna take I'm gonna warm up 576 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 1: against a lefty. Well you're facing you know, I'm trying 577 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:01,240 Speaker 1: to Ben think of a good right handed pitcher. I 578 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:02,440 Speaker 1: can't even that's out of my head. It feels like 579 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:03,920 Speaker 1: they're all left handers. But you know what I'm saying. 580 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:08,040 Speaker 1: So if I think Patricia is a little too into 581 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:11,200 Speaker 1: the motivational crap, like bro, just get your guys to trush, you, 582 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:15,680 Speaker 1: get your guys to believe in you coach correctly, and 583 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:17,960 Speaker 1: you can do the culture bs that you love. And 584 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:20,280 Speaker 1: I get it. Belichicks big on that and everyone's pro 585 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:23,120 Speaker 1: culture and doing it the right way. But I think 586 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:24,880 Speaker 1: he crossed the line last year on some ship, like 587 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,720 Speaker 1: practicing outside when you're playing in the dome. I guess 588 00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:32,880 Speaker 1: that's moronic. I it's just moronic. I've never played football, 589 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:34,880 Speaker 1: but I wat since I was little. What can I 590 00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 1: do while watching the game to get more out of 591 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:41,680 Speaker 1: the game, Notice coverages, routes, et cetera. You know, for 592 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:44,680 Speaker 1: the most part on television, you can't really see the 593 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:49,000 Speaker 1: route past like five yards. The coverages are you can't 594 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:52,960 Speaker 1: see those either, because you need the the kind of 595 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:55,400 Speaker 1: bull you know, the blimp. I almost called it the balloon, 596 00:29:55,600 --> 00:30:00,320 Speaker 1: but yeah, the balloon too, just from above. Uh, I 597 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:02,480 Speaker 1: don't know. I mean, I just I'll be honest, I 598 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:04,920 Speaker 1: just kind of watch. I think most coaches now they 599 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:06,880 Speaker 1: may look for plays here and there, but when you're 600 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 1: just watching on TV. This is a TV product. Now, 601 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:12,840 Speaker 1: maybe you can, I mean, I take notes in the game, 602 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 1: but it's more like, if you know, if I'm watching 603 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:17,360 Speaker 1: a game that I'm gonna talk about, especially with the 604 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:20,840 Speaker 1: Nyers and Raiders, it's more just on basic things like 605 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:23,680 Speaker 1: the quarterback, how the quarterbacks playing, you know, plays they 606 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 1: consistently run For a quarterback, you know, quarterbacks are humans, right, 607 00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:31,800 Speaker 1: They they prefer to do certain things and they don't 608 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:34,360 Speaker 1: prefer to do other things. And the best coaches keep 609 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:36,800 Speaker 1: doing things that guys are good at. Now, the one 610 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:39,719 Speaker 1: thing you can tell is, you know quarterbacks that are 611 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:42,320 Speaker 1: checking the changing the play at the line of scrimmage. 612 00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:46,400 Speaker 1: I'm always fascinated by that. Some quarterbacks have more, you know, 613 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:48,840 Speaker 1: just power at the line of scrimmage, and and some don't. 614 00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:51,480 Speaker 1: You know, Jared Goff is basically just Sean McVeigh junior 615 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:53,440 Speaker 1: out there. Ka Sean mcveagh's telling them everything to do. 616 00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:56,840 Speaker 1: I don't even know. I have to. I have to 617 00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:59,040 Speaker 1: watch a game to even think about what I'm looking at. 618 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:00,880 Speaker 1: It's hard in the office reason to really think about 619 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:03,160 Speaker 1: what I look at. But I I'll be honest. I mean, 620 00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:05,120 Speaker 1: I just don't look at the game that much different 621 00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:08,720 Speaker 1: than most people. Now. Maybe I notice more things because 622 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:10,840 Speaker 1: I've been taught Once the game's going on, but I 623 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:13,160 Speaker 1: don't go in looking like I wonder if they're gonna 624 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:17,360 Speaker 1: come out with two tight ends. You know, nine percent 625 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:19,440 Speaker 1: of the time, I don't really think about it like that. 626 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:22,080 Speaker 1: You know, now you have to if you're advancing the team, 627 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:25,040 Speaker 1: if you work in the NFL. But from my standpoint, 628 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:28,160 Speaker 1: I'm mainly just watching the quarterbacks, watching the skill guys, 629 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:31,520 Speaker 1: and I'm a big believer in watching like the tempo 630 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:35,840 Speaker 1: of defenses, how hard they hit, how relentless their pass rushes, 631 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:38,360 Speaker 1: Like I like teams that hit you in the teeth. 632 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:40,600 Speaker 1: That's why I have nothing but respect for the way 633 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:43,680 Speaker 1: Pete Carroll's team plays, because if you play Seattle, You're 634 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:45,960 Speaker 1: gonna buckle your chin strap. Like. At the end of 635 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:49,320 Speaker 1: the day, I enjoy football as much as I love 636 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:52,560 Speaker 1: watching like Rams and Chiefs. I'm really more of a 637 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:56,960 Speaker 1: sucker for a low scoring, just brawl. I want to 638 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,000 Speaker 1: see a couple of guys get ko. Now. Is that 639 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:02,120 Speaker 1: the PC thing to say? Probably not, But I'll be honest. 640 00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:05,200 Speaker 1: I don't apologize for watching football knowing the CT exists. 641 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,440 Speaker 1: I enjoy watching, just like I don't apologize for watching 642 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:11,000 Speaker 1: you know what, m M a fight. It's you know, 643 00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:13,880 Speaker 1: probably people shouldn't be doing that, but I enjoy it, 644 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:15,880 Speaker 1: and so do you, so do a lot of people. 645 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:20,720 Speaker 1: That's why the ratings are through the roof. But I 646 00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:22,520 Speaker 1: ask me that again during the season, I'll try to 647 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:24,840 Speaker 1: revisit because I on the top of the Off the 648 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:27,320 Speaker 1: top of my head, I don't really have an answer 649 00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:33,120 Speaker 1: for you. Okay, let's see if I can find something else. 650 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:36,520 Speaker 1: How would you rank the postseason for home field advantage 651 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:40,280 Speaker 1: between the four major sports NHL, NBA, major League playoffs 652 00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:43,880 Speaker 1: in the NFL. Well, I think clearly number four would 653 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:46,480 Speaker 1: be the NHL. It's proven. It doesn't mean a goddamn thing. 654 00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:49,120 Speaker 1: I mean the NHL over the history of my life, 655 00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:51,880 Speaker 1: and I am of all the sports, hockey is my 656 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:54,920 Speaker 1: It's not my least favorite because I do enjoy watching 657 00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:57,920 Speaker 1: playoff hockey. I just have the least interest in it. 658 00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:00,160 Speaker 1: Like I when I'm watching a sweet hockey game. I 659 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:03,240 Speaker 1: like it, skill, the speed, the toughness, it has it all. 660 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:06,400 Speaker 1: Just maybe maybe I'm just a West Coast guy. I 661 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:09,480 Speaker 1: don't like the cold. But it's proven over and over. 662 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:11,680 Speaker 1: I mean, hell, it just happened to the Stanley Cup Finals, 663 00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:13,440 Speaker 1: the Bruins one on the road in Game seven, so 664 00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:17,760 Speaker 1: I'd go NHL last. I put NBA first because the 665 00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:21,720 Speaker 1: crowd really affects the game. Football probably not too far behind, 666 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:24,200 Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, how many elite 667 00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:27,880 Speaker 1: home crowds are there in the in the pros, Seattle, 668 00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:36,320 Speaker 1: Kansas City, New England solid, Philly solid. But in baseball, 669 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:38,920 Speaker 1: I mean I don't think baseball matters at all. I 670 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:41,880 Speaker 1: mean it's about you know, the old saying in baseball 671 00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:45,240 Speaker 1: is like momentum, it's your day. Starting pitcher like bum 672 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:48,480 Speaker 1: Gardner one Game seven against canc Royals on the road 673 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:51,000 Speaker 1: in Game seven, coming out of the bullpen, like he 674 00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:53,720 Speaker 1: would just locked down. You know, if if you have pictures, 675 00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:55,040 Speaker 1: you can win on the road. Look at the last 676 00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:57,239 Speaker 1: year the Red Sox came to l A and won 677 00:33:57,280 --> 00:34:00,440 Speaker 1: a game, but obviously they won the series. But they 678 00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:03,040 Speaker 1: win in five? Do they win the World Series in Boston? 679 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:06,440 Speaker 1: I think they might have. So I would go NBA 680 00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:11,000 Speaker 1: one by a mile. I'd put NFL two. Then I'd 681 00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:14,480 Speaker 1: go Baseball NHL. It's a pretty good question, like like 682 00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:20,200 Speaker 1: what uh like where you're going with that one? Okay, 683 00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:22,920 Speaker 1: who will be the best college quarterback this year? To 684 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:25,160 Speaker 1: a from or Lawrence? And how do you think the 685 00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:28,120 Speaker 1: Pac twelve will play out this year? Best college quarterback 686 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:32,640 Speaker 1: this year? I'm gonna go just because everyone's picking Lawrence, 687 00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:36,400 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with Toua. I think Alabama's gonna have 688 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:38,239 Speaker 1: a chip on their shoulder, and I was like, oh, 689 00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:40,040 Speaker 1: they had a rough season. Yeah, they got blown out 690 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:41,920 Speaker 1: in the National Championship Game. A lot of teams will 691 00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:44,040 Speaker 1: die for that. But I think they're gonna be piste off. 692 00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:46,640 Speaker 1: And as a wise man once said a k ray 693 00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:50,040 Speaker 1: Lewis to Stanford in the n i T Basketball Tournament, 694 00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:52,960 Speaker 1: I think they're gonna be piste off for greatness this year. 695 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:56,359 Speaker 1: So I expect to it to be unreal. And how 696 00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:58,120 Speaker 1: do I think the PAC twelve will play out this year? 697 00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:00,239 Speaker 1: Not very good. I think the two best teams. I 698 00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:02,479 Speaker 1: think Oregon is pretty overrated because I don't trust the coach. 699 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:05,520 Speaker 1: I think Washington and Washington State will be good. I 700 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:08,640 Speaker 1: don't really trust any of the other teams. Stanford's just 701 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:11,400 Speaker 1: I mean, they're just quarterback play. Is that Costello is 702 00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:13,759 Speaker 1: not bad? I think Cal is just kind of an 703 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:16,280 Speaker 1: overachieving program. I don't know if you saw the story 704 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:20,239 Speaker 1: players hate Chip Kelly Shocker, who saw that coming? Clay Hell, 705 00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:22,839 Speaker 1: It was just not very good. Arizona State just has 706 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:26,960 Speaker 1: new quarterback, lost their best player the wide receiver. So yeah, 707 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:31,359 Speaker 1: I just Utah will be solid, Colorado be terrible. I'd 708 00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:35,160 Speaker 1: say Washington or Washington State just wins the conference. Middlecoff 709 00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:37,720 Speaker 1: mail back, should Kevin Durant do what Colin said Lebron 710 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:39,799 Speaker 1: should have done and take it last year off, take 711 00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:43,160 Speaker 1: the year to sit out and recruit. Well, now he 712 00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:45,759 Speaker 1: literally is out because he tore his achilles. And I'll 713 00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:48,399 Speaker 1: be fascinating. And Richard Sherman said this a while ago 714 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:51,440 Speaker 1: on Twitter, and I wonder if this happened to Kevin Durant, 715 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:54,799 Speaker 1: because remember Richard had an Achilly strain, and I think 716 00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:56,960 Speaker 1: when you have an Achilly strain again, not a doctor, 717 00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:59,040 Speaker 1: went to cal Poly and then he got masters at 718 00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:02,400 Speaker 1: Present State. So just a school guy that Kevin. That 719 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:05,200 Speaker 1: Richard Sherman, when he towards Achilles, had been playing all 720 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:08,800 Speaker 1: season on a on an achille strain. I do wonder 721 00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:11,960 Speaker 1: if Kevin Durant was playing with an achilles strain. And 722 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,319 Speaker 1: there is a chance and this I would imagine if true, 723 00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:17,840 Speaker 1: we'll get out that they said, listen, your achilles was 724 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:19,640 Speaker 1: bound to pop. We're gonna have to We're gonna have 725 00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:21,080 Speaker 1: to fix it no matter what, so you might as 726 00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:23,879 Speaker 1: well play through it. But you know, I don't think 727 00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:30,160 Speaker 1: it matters. Uh, Hey, John Jiants fan is Daniel Jones 728 00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:32,520 Speaker 1: the worst draft pick in recent memory? Every other fan 729 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:34,759 Speaker 1: base and team seems to think so. But Gettleman and 730 00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:37,080 Speaker 1: the fanboys just say, we'll have to wait and see, 731 00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:40,960 Speaker 1: but we don't have to wait to know he was overdrafted, 732 00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:43,520 Speaker 1: And so I feel like, if it works out, is 733 00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:47,200 Speaker 1: just getting freaking lucky. You think that makes sense? I 734 00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:49,920 Speaker 1: like where you're going, Daniel Jones will be Mr Bisky 735 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,600 Speaker 1: best case scenario and we are screwed until we make 736 00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:55,399 Speaker 1: some front office changes. Am I two down on my team? 737 00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:57,120 Speaker 1: Or is watching Sa Kwan all I have to look 738 00:36:57,120 --> 00:37:00,400 Speaker 1: forward to this fall? Sa Kwan is pretty sweet to me. 739 00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:02,560 Speaker 1: The biggest thing with the draft pick in fairness to 740 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:05,520 Speaker 1: the White and Zee crowd, you have to wait and 741 00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:09,120 Speaker 1: see on every draft pick every year. But I do 742 00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:11,520 Speaker 1: think you can get piste off when you go Dave, 743 00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:14,480 Speaker 1: in what world would you not have been able to 744 00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:17,440 Speaker 1: get Daniel Jones a seventeen? And I'll answer there was 745 00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:19,760 Speaker 1: no world. Of course you could have gone him at seventeen, 746 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:24,960 Speaker 1: So could you got Josh Allen from Kentucky or I 747 00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:28,879 Speaker 1: mean taking anyone else? Taking the lineman from Alabama at 748 00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:32,280 Speaker 1: pick six and then taking Daniel Jones at seven instead 749 00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:34,600 Speaker 1: of or seventeen. Instead of taking Daniel Jones at six 750 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:38,080 Speaker 1: and taking a nose tackle, let me repeat a nose 751 00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:42,239 Speaker 1: tackle at seventeen. Now, I don't think David Gettleman is 752 00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:44,520 Speaker 1: very good, listen. I don't think Pat shermer' is that 753 00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:48,000 Speaker 1: good of a head coach. But if you are going 754 00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:51,319 Speaker 1: to be a one man band, you basically want to 755 00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:55,640 Speaker 1: be the Detroit Lions and have Barry Sanders, And that's 756 00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:57,400 Speaker 1: basically what you are as a Giants fan. So you 757 00:37:57,480 --> 00:38:00,640 Speaker 1: got Sae Kwan freaking Barkley, and I'll tell you he's 758 00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:02,279 Speaker 1: one of my favorite players in the league. So I 759 00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:05,000 Speaker 1: think for as bad as it sucks, and it does 760 00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:08,319 Speaker 1: kind of suck, that it doesn't suck that bad Because 761 00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:10,520 Speaker 1: I know this. When I was a little kid in 762 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:13,120 Speaker 1: like junior high and I'd played Madden, I would be 763 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:14,719 Speaker 1: the Lions all the time, and I just give it 764 00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:17,319 Speaker 1: to Barry Sanders every play, Like if I played Madden now, 765 00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:19,640 Speaker 1: and I don't play video games really, but if I 766 00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:21,600 Speaker 1: ever made a comeback and played Madden, I'd be the 767 00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:24,480 Speaker 1: Giants and I just rushed Sakawon Barkley forty times a game. 768 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:27,000 Speaker 1: When I used to play Madden a lot, especially in 769 00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:29,959 Speaker 1: college in the early two thousands, my go to team 770 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,520 Speaker 1: was the Denver Broncos right when they traded for Clinton Portis, 771 00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:34,560 Speaker 1: and I'd give it to Clinton Portis, like every play. 772 00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:37,360 Speaker 1: I love Clinton Portis. Who do you think emerges on 773 00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:39,960 Speaker 1: the Steelers offense this next year? To Juju, one of 774 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,040 Speaker 1: the guys we already have one of the new rookies, 775 00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:45,480 Speaker 1: I think it's got to be the kid from Oklahoma State, 776 00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:50,279 Speaker 1: James Washington. I think it just you draft him in 777 00:38:50,280 --> 00:38:52,319 Speaker 1: the second round. You look at the Steelers history of 778 00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:55,600 Speaker 1: drafting guys high that I think when you look, you 779 00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:58,480 Speaker 1: go boom. Devin Bush becomes a good player. Juju stays good. 780 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:03,239 Speaker 1: Uh Wa. Shington kind of emerges. James Conner is even better. 781 00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:06,800 Speaker 1: I'm telling you. I know Collins really high on the Steelers. 782 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:10,120 Speaker 1: Just talking to a buddy this weekend in the NFL, like, 783 00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:12,560 Speaker 1: why can't the Steelers win ten games? I kind of 784 00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:17,520 Speaker 1: think they will win ten games. Cardinal fan in Australia, 785 00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:20,000 Speaker 1: how quickly do you see the franchise turning around from 786 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:21,880 Speaker 1: the whole a cent? Any chance Murray can be a 787 00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:24,879 Speaker 1: success right away or is it impossible to predict because 788 00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:27,440 Speaker 1: no one knows what to expect from I'll be honest, 789 00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:30,680 Speaker 1: my first gut reaction when you say Arizona Cardinals, I 790 00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:34,000 Speaker 1: think they're gonna suck. Now. It has actually less to 791 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,719 Speaker 1: do with Kyler Murray and more about the coach. The 792 00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:40,840 Speaker 1: coach who was in the Big twelve when beside Oklahoma 793 00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:43,319 Speaker 1: and Oklahoma State was solid. I mean they were better, 794 00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:46,000 Speaker 1: they were good. The conference was kind of down in 795 00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:49,640 Speaker 1: Texas was not good, and Kansas State was kind of 796 00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:51,759 Speaker 1: fallen on some hard time. He could not win, He 797 00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:54,719 Speaker 1: couldn't even get five. Wasn't a five coach. So to 798 00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:57,480 Speaker 1: think that he's gonna come to the NFL, an area 799 00:39:57,520 --> 00:39:59,520 Speaker 1: where he's never coached, and he played. He had a 800 00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:01,239 Speaker 1: couple of cars fee but it's not like he was 801 00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:03,239 Speaker 1: a tenure vet, you know, It's not like it was 802 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:06,480 Speaker 1: Jason Garrett or Doug Peterson. It's one thing if you're 803 00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:09,120 Speaker 1: a backup and you kind of go right from being 804 00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:11,520 Speaker 1: a backup to being an offensive coordinator. Well, if you're 805 00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:14,240 Speaker 1: a backup for fifteen years like Jason Garret or Doug Peterson, 806 00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:16,200 Speaker 1: you gotta frank right, you got a pretty good feel 807 00:40:16,239 --> 00:40:18,600 Speaker 1: for the league. Cliff Kingsbury was in the NFL a 808 00:40:18,719 --> 00:40:20,360 Speaker 1: very short time and then boom, he went right to 809 00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:23,239 Speaker 1: work in college football. So I just questioned whether he'll 810 00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:26,120 Speaker 1: have a great just on the most basic level, like 811 00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:30,000 Speaker 1: what will his scouting reports beyond defensive players? Because I 812 00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:33,000 Speaker 1: know this when Andy Reid, Sean Payton, just go to 813 00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:37,000 Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan Sean McVeigh. When they play a game week one, 814 00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:40,560 Speaker 1: most of the players, even if they're an uncommon opponent, 815 00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:44,680 Speaker 1: they've seen or scouted in the NFL. Cliff Kingsbury, what 816 00:40:44,719 --> 00:40:46,399 Speaker 1: the hell is he gonna know? If the guy wasn't 817 00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:48,880 Speaker 1: in his conference, I'll tell you he won't know anything. 818 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:51,880 Speaker 1: And let's face it, Big the Big twelve is not 819 00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:55,520 Speaker 1: producing a bunch of defensive players. So he's their offensive coordinator. 820 00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:57,719 Speaker 1: It would be one thing if he was a defensive coordinator, 821 00:40:57,719 --> 00:40:59,359 Speaker 1: and he'd be like, well, he's seen a lot of 822 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:02,240 Speaker 1: offensive eyes, right, He's seen my homes, he's seen Baker's. 823 00:41:02,239 --> 00:41:04,400 Speaker 1: You know he's not he has nothing to do with 824 00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:06,920 Speaker 1: that side of the ball. So yeah, I actually think 825 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:09,440 Speaker 1: Kyler can be solid and I think they should be 826 00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:11,160 Speaker 1: kind of intriguing, though I don't really know what they'll 827 00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:13,400 Speaker 1: look like. But I do think it's pretty clear that 828 00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:18,080 Speaker 1: I'm just I'm just if I was shorting, like picking 829 00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:20,520 Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals as a stock, I would just short it. 830 00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:23,320 Speaker 1: I just think it's gonna fail. And again I don't 831 00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:27,640 Speaker 1: think it's because of Kyler. Okay, that's about it. Middlecoff 832 00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:30,879 Speaker 1: mail Bag. Appreciate everyone listening, Have a good week. Summers here, 833 00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:34,600 Speaker 1: football not too far away. Slide up in those d ms, 834 00:41:34,680 --> 00:41:37,440 Speaker 1: need those questions. Uh just just kind of emptied the 835 00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:41,560 Speaker 1: clip there at John middlecoff Instagram. Hit me up on 836 00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:43,720 Speaker 1: Twitter you want to b s about football or anything 837 00:41:43,719 --> 00:41:47,399 Speaker 1: else going on? And uh and yeah, enjoy the week, 838 00:41:47,440 --> 00:42:01,680 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, godspeed, peace out the same