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Now signed up with promo code Colin so 10 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 1: they know we sent you and Fan Duels now live 11 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: in Ohio. What is going on everybody? John Middlecoff Three 12 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: and Out Podcasts. What a season? Pretty incredible, crazy, how 13 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 1: fast it goes? No more football, I don't count the 14 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: XFL or the USFL. No more NFL football or college 15 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:11,040 Speaker 1: football obviously till early September. Luckily for us, the combine 16 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: free agency the draft will keep us rocking and rolling 17 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:18,399 Speaker 1: for a while. Still have some thoughts on what we 18 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 1: witnessed last night in the Super Bowl. We will discuss that. 19 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: What a game, what an outcome, What a legacy definer 20 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: for the Chiefs and Mahomes and Andy. We will discuss 21 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 1: that as well as you listen. I'm still very bullish 22 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 1: on the Eagles moving forward. I've heard some negativity or 23 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 1: seeing it on the interweb about why they might be 24 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:41,679 Speaker 1: in trouble moving forward cap wise and some of their 25 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:44,759 Speaker 1: free agents. I want to discuss some of the positive 26 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: things that got going for him. One of the big 27 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: stories over the weekend that me and Coward didn't get 28 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 1: to discuss on Sunday Night was car exercises no trade 29 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 1: clause and will be released. Have some thoughts there as 30 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 1: well as the middle cop mailback, I need you, guys, 31 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 1: need you. This is what I ride you guys at 32 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 1: John Middlecoff. Is the Instagram fire in those dms. Pepper 33 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 1: me with any question you have football life, you name it. 34 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: Fire in those dms at John Middlecoff and get your 35 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: question answered down here on the show. We do them tuesdays. 36 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: We put one out on the weekend. Might actually transition 37 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: that one to Friday's podcast now we will see. But 38 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: my Instagram fire in those dms as well as if 39 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: you listen on Collins Feed, make sure you subscribe to 40 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,359 Speaker 1: three and out feed. Check out the Volumes YouTube page. 41 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: A lot of content going. I'm obviously, full speed ahead. 42 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 1: The Golf podcast starts up this week, Go Low just 43 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: on this feed, Tiger returns Waste Management, which was just 44 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 1: in my backyard. The Netflix special Full Swing starts, so 45 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: we will have a lot of content. I've already lost 46 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 1: a lot of money gambling on golf and one a 47 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:57,920 Speaker 1: little and one a little thanks to Maxhoma, so we 48 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 1: will dive deep into that, and yeah, we're go. I 49 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 1: want to start here before I dive into the Chiefs. 50 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: On one thing that really stood out. I spent a 51 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: lot of Sunday night watching the two quarterbacks talk, obviously 52 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 1: Mahomes kind of running around the field and watching Jalen's 53 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 1: postgame press conference. Those guys and really the majority of 54 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 1: young quarterbacks. This is why with the draft not far away, 55 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:29,800 Speaker 1: and there's definitely three quarterbacks that are going to be 56 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:34,519 Speaker 1: discussed at nauseum, Bryce Young, CJ. Stroud, and Will Levice. 57 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 1: Character and wiring means so much at that position. You 58 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 1: can get away with it at other positions. You clearly 59 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: do get away with it at other positions, but it's 60 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: a tried and true formula. The higher level guys are 61 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: usually the higher level players, and Mahomes it's just the 62 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: total package. I mean, you watch him talk after the game, 63 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: the praise he gives his coaches, his teammates. He never 64 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 1: ever feels like a me eye guy. For this guy 65 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: who's an absolute legend in the biggest sport in America, 66 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: and he's twenty seven years old. To have that type 67 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 1: of maturity, I mean, just think about it yourself. I'm 68 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 1: thirty eight. He's more mature than me. You know, most people, 69 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 1: I know, most of my friends in our mid thirties 70 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 1: are not that mature relative to the weight of a franchise, 71 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 1: of a fan base. The way he handles himself. Colin 72 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 1: mentioned it last night, like it's just reflective of your 73 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 1: parents and who raised you, and Jalen's the same thing, 74 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: son of a coach. The wiring the guy has. Mahomes 75 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 1: clearly has more natural ability, especially when it comes to 76 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: his arm. You know, Jalen's a better runner. But Jalen 77 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: has gotten so much better in three years. The way 78 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 1: you improve. We often and rightfully so, give a lot 79 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 1: of credit to coaches, and they get paid a lot 80 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: of money to improve these guys. But just six month 81 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:01,280 Speaker 1: year of sport, right He's is kind of a joke. Now, 82 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:05,600 Speaker 1: it's a lot of it's on you, your discipline, your focus, 83 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: your desire, your drive. And this is something you know, 84 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: back when the day when I was going to these 85 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 1: scouting meetings and during the draft and free agency, you 86 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:18,280 Speaker 1: spend so much time discussing because ultimately you're signing the 87 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 1: human being, the human the guy is much as the player, 88 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 1: and you're either getting better you're getting worse. And these 89 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:29,320 Speaker 1: are two guys that just constantly get better. And obviously 90 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 1: Mahomes is the peak. You know, it just doesn't get 91 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 1: much better. I mean, he's gonna go down as one 92 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: of the greatest athletes in the history of this country. 93 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:39,719 Speaker 1: But Jalen, what he has done and what he has 94 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:46,360 Speaker 1: accomplished is remarkable because improvement. When I did not think 95 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 1: he was going to be this good. Hell, I thought 96 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 1: he was going to be a running back. He couldn't 97 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 1: throw in college, and anyone listening to this that watched 98 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 1: him has to agree he was not a great thrower. 99 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:58,719 Speaker 1: He's dramatically better thrower now he is good enough to 100 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 1: win a Super Bowl. Will die into some of the 101 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: eagle stuff. But when I think about the Chiefs, and 102 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:07,359 Speaker 1: I was obviously in Philly around, Brett, Veach and coach read. 103 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: The number one thing to me, having just twenty four 104 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:13,239 Speaker 1: hours to think about that stands out to me about 105 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:17,600 Speaker 1: their franchise is synergy and how everyone in that organization, 106 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 1: at least their three most important employees, the coach, the GM, 107 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 1: and the quarterback are all on the same page. They 108 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 1: speak each other's language. When Mahomes talks about the team, 109 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:32,480 Speaker 1: first two people he often mentions Andy Reid, Brett Beach, 110 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:38,040 Speaker 1: and now he has hard evidence that they will do 111 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 1: whatever it takes for that team to win. And for 112 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 1: him specifically, remember just a couple of weeks ago, when 113 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 1: he hurts his ankle against the Jacksonville Jacks. Most coaches 114 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 1: do not care. We'll just go down with the ship. 115 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 1: That guy limping around, Andy Reid told him, pointed at 116 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:55,720 Speaker 1: the back, You're not going back in that game, Patrick 117 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 1: until you get an X ray, and if the X 118 00:06:57,720 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: ray is cool, you can come back in the game. 119 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 1: And like, listen, in the heat of the moment, a 120 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:05,279 Speaker 1: lot of coaches might have been like, oh, go tough 121 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 1: it out now. Ultimately came back in the game and 122 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 1: he turned out to be fine, and he was obviously 123 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 1: able to play from there on out. But Patrick has 124 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 1: seen the coach who not only believed him as a player, 125 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 1: but loves him as a human and takes care of 126 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 1: him as a player and a general manager. That last offseason, 127 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 1: I wouldn't say made a controversial move, but they traded 128 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 1: one of the best players in franchise history and one 129 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 1: of the greatest deep threats we've ever seen. And they 130 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 1: came back the next year, locked and loaded with talent everywhere. 131 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: They were much more of a complete team. Their defense 132 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 1: was dramatically better. He has seen over the last couple 133 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 1: of years, their defense dramatically improved. Offensively, he can land 134 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 1: a seventh round rookie who be a stud. He can 135 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 1: revamp the offensive line. So Patrick Mahomes now has a 136 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 1: front row seat of Obviously, his coach is a future 137 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: Hall of Famer and an all time great. But as 138 00:07:56,400 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 1: GM can just revamp an organization. So this organization has 139 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: three guys that have complete trust in each other. Brett 140 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: Veach's career started as Andy Reid's personal assistant and now 141 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 1: he's his general manager with the Kansasy Chiefs and putting 142 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 1: together a Hall of Fame resume as an executive. So 143 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 1: when I think the Chiefs, I think synergy, and I 144 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:26,960 Speaker 1: think cohesion. It's one thing because ultimately with the Patriots 145 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: for a long time, it wasn't three people because Bill 146 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 1: was also the GM. It was just two. Now, it 147 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 1: doesn't mean you're always going to agree. It doesn't mean 148 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 1: you're always going to be singing kumbayaw but mahomes or 149 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:42,679 Speaker 1: excuse me, Brady and Belichick. Brady always knew that Belichick 150 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:45,640 Speaker 1: would do what it took to put the best team forward, 151 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 1: and for twenty years they consistently won at the highest level. 152 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: And I think these three guys now are just operating 153 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 1: on a level that just, for the most parts in 154 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 1: a different world than everyone else in the league from 155 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 1: the sense of they just have the best quarterback and 156 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:06,320 Speaker 1: they have the best coach, and obviously it's a great 157 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 1: fan base. They have a really talented team, they have 158 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: a really good talent evaluator. They're just kind of the 159 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:14,680 Speaker 1: total package right now, and they're probably another super Bowl 160 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 1: in the next couple of years. Start calling this thing 161 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 1: a dynasty. They're clearly the number one franchise in the 162 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: league right now in terms of five straight and AFC 163 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:26,079 Speaker 1: Championship games. Patrick Mahomes has never played Think about this, 164 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 1: He's never played a road playoff game, only home playoff 165 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 1: games beside the Super Bowl. So in five years as 166 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:36,960 Speaker 1: a starter, he has been only home playoff games and 167 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 1: been three Super Bowls. So they are just kicking ass 168 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 1: and take a name. And speaking of the coach, I'm 169 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 1: a big believer with talented people that the cream always rises, 170 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:53,080 Speaker 1: that eventually the talent rises above everyone else. Now, one thing, 171 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:57,079 Speaker 1: as you aide, you realize not everyone's path to success 172 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:01,720 Speaker 1: is the same line. There is no direct path that 173 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 1: if if I do something a specific way and have 174 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 1: success and then you ask me for advice and I 175 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 1: tell you just to copy me, it's not possible. We 176 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:12,719 Speaker 1: all have to run our own race. We all have 177 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 1: to take you know, different lines to where we want 178 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 1: to get. Not every road goes in the same direction 179 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:22,839 Speaker 1: in our individual careers. But I believe to my core 180 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,200 Speaker 1: that if you're really good at what you do, you 181 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:28,480 Speaker 1: obviously have to possess some things. A strong work ethic 182 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 1: is very important, and a will to not kind of 183 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 1: tap out, whether you consider that discipline, whether you consider 184 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 1: that a relentless mindset, grit, whatever, however you want to 185 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 1: describe it just a willingness every day or you know, 186 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 1: five six days a week to just keep on swinging 187 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:52,440 Speaker 1: and not be detoured by failure because I don't care 188 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 1: what you do, they're going to be setbacks. I don't 189 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 1: care how good you are. Belichick got fired, Steve Jobs 190 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 1: got fired. You know, very successful people go bankrupt, like 191 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 1: welcome to life. It's hard. Andy Reid got fired once 192 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 1: upon a time. I know I was there. I got 193 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:11,080 Speaker 1: fired about three or four months later. But Andy's a 194 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:15,360 Speaker 1: great example in my life. He is. His work ethic 195 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 1: is unparalleled. Never seen anything like it, because part of 196 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 1: it was just his energy. He has an energy. And 197 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 1: I'm a big believer in this that in most human 198 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:29,960 Speaker 1: beings that you know, definitely like talk for a living. 199 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 1: Motivational people. They always tell you this, but I do 200 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 1: believe it's true that find what you're passionate about and 201 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 1: do that for a living. It's not because it makes 202 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:42,840 Speaker 1: life super happy and every day is great. It's because 203 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 1: it's so much easier to work when you like what 204 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 1: you do, right. I don't care whether you talk about 205 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 1: football for a living, whether you sell software, or whether 206 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:56,040 Speaker 1: you make turkey sandwiches at the number one Delhi in America. 207 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 1: There are gonna be days when you're mad, when you're angry, 208 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:01,719 Speaker 1: when you don't want to go to work. That's we're 209 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:05,079 Speaker 1: all human beings. But when you do enjoy it at 210 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:08,720 Speaker 1: its core, you are more likely to work. You know, 211 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 1: you're more likely to just Hey, I'm working on Sunday 212 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 1: night and it doesn't feel like work. Hey I'm in 213 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 1: the office Friday afternoon when my buddies are playing golf. 214 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 1: I got you to do. This is part of the deal. 215 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 1: And Andy's work ethic, I think, is it's got to 216 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 1: be and listen, football did These guys are wired kind 217 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 1: of crazy. The amount of hours they work is not 218 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 1: like many industries. Maybe Wall Street, maybe some financial you 219 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:41,840 Speaker 1: know jobs, but it's pretty rare. I don't care what 220 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 1: you do to work one hundred hour weeks, and that's 221 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 1: what a lot of coaches do. And his ability, even 222 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 1: in his mid sixties, to be just doing this now 223 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:51,199 Speaker 1: for thirty plus years in the NFL. I mean, he's 224 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: been coaching for forty plus and to love it as 225 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:57,440 Speaker 1: much now as he did when he was thirty years 226 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 1: old is honestly why a lot of coaches they have 227 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 1: success because it keeps him young because it's you're still 228 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:07,080 Speaker 1: coaching a kid's game, but you get paid a lot 229 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 1: of money to do it. And clearly Andy is he's 230 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 1: got two things going for him. Right. He has a 231 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:16,559 Speaker 1: natural feel for offensive play calling. I think I don't 232 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 1: know if you're born with that. I mean, you're clearly 233 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 1: taught that over time, but I think we have evidence 234 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:24,720 Speaker 1: that some guys are better at it than others. Right. 235 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 1: And the other thing that I don't know if he 236 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 1: quite gets enough credit for, is he's unreal with players. 237 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:35,320 Speaker 1: Players love him, whether he trades you, whether he cuts you, 238 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 1: that he just resonates with them at a very personal 239 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 1: level and it comes natural to him. That's a natural 240 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 1: kind of way that he interacts with guys. And I 241 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:49,680 Speaker 1: think he just cemented himself as a Hall of famer. 242 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 1: But he's a good example for a long period of time. 243 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:55,200 Speaker 1: It's like, ah, he's just not good enough to win 244 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:57,200 Speaker 1: the big one. He's got all these wins, but he 245 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:00,840 Speaker 1: doesn't have a championship to show for it. And being 246 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:04,839 Speaker 1: a football coach is probably not much different than most businesses. 247 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:07,679 Speaker 1: A lot of things are out of our control, right, 248 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 1: Even if you know whether you're in real estate, you 249 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:14,440 Speaker 1: get to purchase the land. But if a major recession 250 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 1: hits over something that you had nothing to do with 251 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 1: and no one could foresee coming, you might be in 252 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 1: some trouble. It does not mean that that land wasn't 253 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 1: a good purchase. He drafted Donovan McNabb, several time pro bowler, 254 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 1: really good player, had some flaws. He was out of 255 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 1: shape in a Super Bowl. Hard for me to puking 256 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 1: on the final drive. Hard for me to put that 257 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 1: one on the coach Alex Smith, really really solid player, 258 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 1: clearly had a very very low ceiling. Even Michael Vick, 259 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:48,040 Speaker 1: who had the incredible year, he got him out of 260 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 1: fucking prison. So now think of the great coaches of 261 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 1: our lifetime. Right, I'm thirty eight, So let's just go 262 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 1: the last like forty years. Bill Walsh, Bill Belichick, Let's 263 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 1: you know, Bill Parcels. All three of them are really 264 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: defined by one player. Walsh, Montana Parcels, Lawrence Taylor, Belichick, Brady. 265 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 1: There's like three of the greatest five players in the 266 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 1: history of the league. Like Bill Belichick is not Bill Belichick. 267 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 1: If he stumbles into Donovan McNabb, Bill Walsh is not 268 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 1: Bill Walsh. If his quarterback is Boomer Simson, who's a 269 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:31,880 Speaker 1: good player. Right, So every great coach has to have 270 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 1: a great player. Phil Jackson and I always say this, 271 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 1: it's hard. Like, let's face it, most coaches, whether you're 272 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 1: good high school coach, whether you're a good college coach, 273 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 1: or whether you're a good pro coach, can take a 274 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 1: solid starter and get him to overachieve, can get an 275 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 1: overachieving player and have him have a good season. Like 276 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 1: that's most coaches worth their salts can function with that. 277 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:58,200 Speaker 1: But not most coaches can handle elite players. And I 278 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 1: would say one of Andy's great his traits is you 279 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 1: give him the cream of the crop. That's who he 280 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 1: coaches the best, and those guys excel under his watch, 281 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: just like they did with Belichick, just like they did 282 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 1: with Bill Walsh, just like they did with Bill Parcells, 283 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 1: just like they did with Phil Jackson. To be a 284 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 1: great coach, you need great players. But then with those 285 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 1: great players, can you have them sustain their level of 286 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:24,960 Speaker 1: play year in year out. I think Mike Tomlin said 287 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 1: that on I think he said that to McVeigh and 288 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 1: Schrager on their podcast a couple of years ago. That's 289 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 1: what any coach can take a C player turn him 290 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: into a B. But can you take my A player 291 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: and have him play like an A every single year? 292 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 1: And that's what Andy's doing with the best thing that's 293 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 1: ever happened to when Patrick mahomes and now he's kicking 294 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 1: everyone's ass consistently. I mean, he's won the division six 295 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 1: straight years. Well, who's going to pick them to not 296 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 1: win the division next year? Not me, not you. So 297 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:57,720 Speaker 1: very happy for coach reads success and well deserved, and 298 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:00,520 Speaker 1: it just shows you you just keep swinging. You just 299 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:03,360 Speaker 1: keep swinging if you have talent. We all go through 300 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:06,240 Speaker 1: shitty times. He's gone through. He got fired ten years ago. 301 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:10,720 Speaker 1: He got fired. Thinking about that, fired fired. How many 302 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:12,920 Speaker 1: of you listening have been fired? Probably not that many, 303 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:15,440 Speaker 1: you know, I mean people all the time, like, never 304 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:18,960 Speaker 1: been fired. 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And one thing, you know, Colin and I 342 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:26,040 Speaker 1: talked about, anyone worth their salt that watched that game 343 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 1: had to be like, God, damn, they have a quarterback 344 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:32,159 Speaker 1: who you can win a Super Bowl with. Now? Is 345 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:34,880 Speaker 1: Jalen ever gonna be consistently a top two or three 346 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:37,919 Speaker 1: guy year in year out. Probably not. Like I wouldn't 347 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 1: take Jalen over, wouldn't take him over. Mahomes wouldn't take 348 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 1: him over Allen. I wouldn't take him over Herbert, right, 349 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:47,720 Speaker 1: you know, I just wouldn't Trevor Lawrence. I'm betting for 350 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:50,360 Speaker 1: the next ten years. Like I'm still leaning that way. 351 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:52,640 Speaker 1: But if you wanted to argue with me, I would 352 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 1: listen to you. Jalen has turned into a fantastic quarterback. 353 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: And even if it becomes the best version of like 354 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:03,280 Speaker 1: Dak Cousins and kind of that, you know, eight to 355 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:06,480 Speaker 1: twelve tier, you can win a Super Bowl with that 356 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 1: crew if you do a good enough job building your team. 357 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 1: And here's what I know. The eagles greatest asset is 358 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 1: their general manager. Howe is one of the great wheeler 359 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 1: and dealers in the NFL. Think about it. A couple 360 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:22,679 Speaker 1: of years ago, Carson Wentz was clearly damaged goods. They 361 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 1: got a first round pick for last year. They had 362 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,159 Speaker 1: all these first round picks. They weren't going to use 363 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 1: them all. They preyed on the New Orleans Saints, who 364 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:37,399 Speaker 1: in what world could convince themselves they were a player away. 365 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:40,320 Speaker 1: The Eagles have the tenth pick in this draft on 366 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 1: top of their own picks. But so yeah, they have 367 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:45,919 Speaker 1: some free agents. But here's what I know about the Eagles. 368 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:48,280 Speaker 1: They have a quarterback who is good enough to win 369 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 1: a super Bowl with, but you have to have more 370 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:52,600 Speaker 1: than that. Well, they have a really good offensive line 371 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:56,159 Speaker 1: with several guys under contract, and arrow pointing up, they 372 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:59,360 Speaker 1: have two stud wide receivers who are not going anywhere. 373 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:02,920 Speaker 1: They have a tight end who's a top five tight 374 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 1: end in the NFL. They have several impact defensive linemen 375 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:09,919 Speaker 1: all under contract, and like I said, they have the 376 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:12,760 Speaker 1: tenth pick in the draft, so they can get an 377 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 1: impact player. And how he is always one of the 378 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:20,639 Speaker 1: more active traders in the NFL, I would feel very good. 379 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 1: And overall, the other thing that you should be the 380 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 1: most bullish on, like unlike the Chiefs, every year you 381 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: make a Super Bowl in the ANFC, Like, God, damn, 382 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:29,520 Speaker 1: that was hard. We had to go through Burrow, we 383 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 1: had to go through Josh Down, We had to go 384 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:34,479 Speaker 1: through the Jags. Herbert. I mean, he's got Maybe Deshaun 385 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:36,560 Speaker 1: Watson gets good again, even though I don't know if 386 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 1: i'd bet on that one. Maybe Sean Payton gets the 387 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:42,680 Speaker 1: Broncos rolling. It's hard, you know, the Jets get Aaron Rodgers. 388 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 1: There's just teams everywhere with a lot of talent. I 389 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:48,880 Speaker 1: think the NFC, I mean, think about the NFC. Who 390 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 1: is really good? Forty nine Ers, I mean they still 391 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 1: got major questions at quarterback. The Cowboys, I mean there 392 00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:59,160 Speaker 1: are three teams. Do you feel like pretty confidently they're good? 393 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 1: The Vikings kind of. I mean they got a couple 394 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:03,400 Speaker 1: of good players. Their defense I don't trust at all. 395 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 1: The Giants, I mean, their quarterbacks not even under contract. 396 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 1: Their best player on the team is a free agent, 397 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 1: and most times you immediately resign him. He's a running back, 398 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:18,920 Speaker 1: not resigning and overpaying a running back. They just saw 399 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:23,240 Speaker 1: the Keendency Chiefs, the best running back they've had since 400 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 1: Jamal Charles. It's a fucking seventh round pick. God, that 401 00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:31,400 Speaker 1: guy is good. Isaiah Pacheco is a monster, a monster. 402 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:35,960 Speaker 1: So it just shows you the NFC is wide open, 403 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 1: but it's really not. They're like three or four teams. 404 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 1: They're dramatically better than everyone else. Starts with the Eagles 405 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:45,080 Speaker 1: and the forty nine Ers and probably the Cowboys. The 406 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:48,120 Speaker 1: Vikings are clearly not on their tier, and the Giants, 407 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 1: while I believe in their coach, just have a lot 408 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:54,919 Speaker 1: of holes on their roster and have some major free agents. 409 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,720 Speaker 1: So I just think the NFC kind of sucks. And 410 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 1: part of the way your conference gets good bad is 411 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 1: the quarterbacks. Well, Jann Hurts probably the best quarterback in 412 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:08,560 Speaker 1: the NFC, he would not be a top three quarterback 413 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 1: in the AFC. Probably wouldn't be a top five quarterback 414 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 1: in the AFC. So I would be bullish if I was. 415 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:18,360 Speaker 1: The Eagles never easy losing a Super Bowl, especially one 416 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:20,960 Speaker 1: where for a large percentage of the game you outplayed him. 417 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 1: One issue I do have with the Eagles, and I 418 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 1: mentioned this on Sunday Night's Pod, is that I'm a 419 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:33,119 Speaker 1: big believer in linebacker play impact linebackers because when I 420 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:35,880 Speaker 1: got out of the NFL and I started getting into 421 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:38,480 Speaker 1: this business, I was around the forty nine or hard 422 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:41,920 Speaker 1: bought teams, and I saw the impact of Bowman and Willis, 423 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 1: and then over the last four or five years with 424 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:47,680 Speaker 1: the forty nine ers, I saw the impact of Fred 425 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:52,120 Speaker 1: Warner and Drey Greenlaw. And watching the game yesterday, one 426 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 1: massive disadvantage slash advantage was the linebacker play. The Eagles 427 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:02,879 Speaker 1: linebacker play isn't that good. The Chiefs linebacker play just 428 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 1: from a speed perspective and physicality perspective is way better. Bolton, 429 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:12,399 Speaker 1: the young middle linebacker is a stud. He's everywhere. Your 430 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:16,920 Speaker 1: run defense is gonna suck if your linebackers suck, because 431 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,880 Speaker 1: this is not high school football. Just because you have 432 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 1: Reddick Hardgrave sweat, they're not gonna make every single play 433 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:27,520 Speaker 1: in the running game. Your linebackers are typically going to combine. 434 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:30,159 Speaker 1: Let's say you've got two starting linebackers are going to 435 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:34,240 Speaker 1: combine for twenty tackles a game. So if those guys 436 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:37,640 Speaker 1: are not playmakers, you're at a disadvantage. You are not 437 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 1: gonna have like they were gonna be a lot of 438 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 1: two yard plays for teams with good linebacker plays, they're 439 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:46,359 Speaker 1: gonna turn into seven yard plays. And I thought that 440 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 1: happened a lot. And the Eagles do not value the 441 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:53,280 Speaker 1: linebacker position. That is something that I would change, but 442 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:55,399 Speaker 1: we'll see now. I don't think they're gonna take you 443 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:57,560 Speaker 1: out with a tenth overall pick, but they need an 444 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 1: impact linebacker. I think that's very, very important. So fantastic game, 445 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:08,480 Speaker 1: very very fun season, a lot of storylines, a lot 446 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:12,480 Speaker 1: of just meat. I mean it was, it was very 447 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:15,920 Speaker 1: very enjoyable. And now we're basically on a twenty twenty three, 448 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 1: and it starts here in a couple of weeks of 449 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:20,760 Speaker 1: the combine, and then we'll rock and roll right into 450 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:23,200 Speaker 1: free agency, which is not far away. And speaking a 451 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:28,040 Speaker 1: free agency, it became official that Derek Carr has asked 452 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:31,920 Speaker 1: or I guess he wouldn't wave his no trade class. 453 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 1: So essentially the raiders are going to cut him. And 454 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:38,359 Speaker 1: I'd argue the majority of deals that are made at 455 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:41,840 Speaker 1: a high level in any business, both sides gotta feel 456 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:45,479 Speaker 1: pretty comfortable. The majority of deals being made are not 457 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 1: one side getting railroaded. Now, it may lead out to 458 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:52,199 Speaker 1: that big picture long term, but at the time you 459 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:55,840 Speaker 1: sign the deal, there shouldn't be some huge disadvantage for 460 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:59,119 Speaker 1: one side. This is not you know, a seller's market 461 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:01,879 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one one, where every person selling a house 462 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:05,720 Speaker 1: was taking the buyer to the woodshed, Deshaun Watson and 463 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 1: his agent against the Browns, like that was a one 464 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:13,240 Speaker 1: sided affair. Those are kind of outlier situations most contracts, right, 465 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,680 Speaker 1: even remember we're all scratching our head over the Kyler 466 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:19,520 Speaker 1: Murray trade or I mean the Kyler Murray contract, Like, 467 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 1: how does this make any sense? Didn't make any sense? 468 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:27,439 Speaker 1: Like when you paid and traded for Tyree Hill and 469 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 1: DeVante Adams. It costs a lot trade assets and money. 470 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 1: Both those guys delivered I'd argue as a win win 471 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:39,680 Speaker 1: for both organizations. Tyreek Hill was like the borderline MVP 472 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:43,200 Speaker 1: the league. He was worth every penny, same with DeVante Adams, 473 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 1: absolutely kicking ass. I like to have win win deals, 474 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 1: and the Raiders last year wanted they couldn't upgrade their 475 00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:57,159 Speaker 1: quarterback position, and because Derek was going to be a 476 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,879 Speaker 1: free agent after this season, they tried to kind of 477 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:02,840 Speaker 1: have their cake and eat it too by put him 478 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 1: on this modern day contract of paying him essentially like 479 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:09,480 Speaker 1: high thirties forty million dollars a year, but make it 480 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 1: a year to year deal, which no starting quarterback signs anymore. 481 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:16,200 Speaker 1: Who's any good? Who's the top fifteen quarterback? That's not 482 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:19,159 Speaker 1: the way that business is done. But the way that 483 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,960 Speaker 1: they got him to do that is they gave him 484 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 1: this you know, random arbitrary date February fifteenth, that he 485 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:29,280 Speaker 1: had the right to. You had to pay me a 486 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:32,440 Speaker 1: month before free agency, and I get a no trade 487 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:36,199 Speaker 1: clause like I'm Jannis entered the kumpo or you know, 488 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 1: fucking Luca don Chich. But they gave him that in 489 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 1: the moment. They did because think about this, Carson Wentz 490 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:49,200 Speaker 1: massive contract, first round pick traded for Matt Ryan shot Old, 491 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:52,359 Speaker 1: not good anymore making a lot of money. Third round 492 00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:57,159 Speaker 1: pick quarterbacks because the scarcity in the market and the 493 00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:01,479 Speaker 1: demand far outweighs the supply. Even when your quote unquote 494 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:04,480 Speaker 1: damage goods were making a lot of money, I can 495 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:08,359 Speaker 1: always trade you for a second day pick, and if 496 00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:10,520 Speaker 1: you're just showing any signs of life, that pick might 497 00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:12,119 Speaker 1: be in the second round, and sometimes it gets in 498 00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:16,399 Speaker 1: the first round. Yet the Raiders, because they really wanted, 499 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:20,400 Speaker 1: they wanted no part of giving Derek any truly guaranteed money, 500 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,760 Speaker 1: which is like, okay, you might as well like looking back, 501 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:26,800 Speaker 1: that was they should have just played it out because 502 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 1: even if he was going to be a free agent, 503 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 1: you know what they could do. They could tag him, 504 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 1: and you know what they could do when they tagged him, 505 00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:34,919 Speaker 1: they could trade him somewhere. But they don't have that 506 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,320 Speaker 1: right because they gave him this no trade clause and 507 00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 1: now they're losing a quarterback who, yeah, he's coming off 508 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 1: a bad season, but his resume kind of speaks for itself. 509 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 1: He's like a top eleven to fifteen quarterback. I got 510 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 1: news for you. Those guys got fucking value and the 511 00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:51,440 Speaker 1: Raiders are gonna get zero value. He's just gonna walk. 512 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 1: And oh they saved some money, no money on the cap. 513 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 1: I think it's just terrible business. And looking back, and 514 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:00,440 Speaker 1: I was thinking about this, thinking about like the Chiefs 515 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:02,800 Speaker 1: and Andy and Veach, how they're on the same page. 516 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 1: They're really good at their job. Howie Roseman can just 517 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:09,560 Speaker 1: remake teams, can hire coaches, can draft quarterbacks, like just 518 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:13,400 Speaker 1: put his team in success. There is just no guarantee 519 00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:17,720 Speaker 1: that the Josh McDaniels Ziegler have any clue what they're 520 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:21,600 Speaker 1: doing because they're going to release a quarterback who's just 521 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:25,520 Speaker 1: gonna walk for free. That is low level NFL business. 522 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:31,960 Speaker 1: Some of these coaches moving places. Damiko Ryan Ryan's has 523 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:36,120 Speaker 1: hired one of Kyle Shanahan's minions. It looks like both 524 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 1: Eagles coordinators. Shane Steiken is going to be the Colts 525 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:44,320 Speaker 1: head coach. It kind of feels like Jonathan Gannon is 526 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:48,360 Speaker 1: going to be the Cardinals coach. Here's what I know 527 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:54,280 Speaker 1: if I was hiring a coach. Obviously, leadership, mental, toughness, mental, 528 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 1: you know, being able to handle stress and anyone at 529 00:29:57,800 --> 00:29:59,680 Speaker 1: the top of the food chain, all the boxes you 530 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:04,640 Speaker 1: have to check about the wiring upstairs really matters. But 531 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:07,720 Speaker 1: I think being talented and having a point of difference 532 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:12,000 Speaker 1: as a scheme guy in twenty twenty three is really important. 533 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:14,080 Speaker 1: And the one thing I'd say if I'm the Colts 534 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:17,000 Speaker 1: and I'm hiring Shane Stikeen, I feel pretty good about that. 535 00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 1: I've seen him have a dominant offense and I've seen 536 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:23,560 Speaker 1: him directly coach a quarterback who a couple of years 537 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:27,000 Speaker 1: ago everyone would have agreed was limited and two years 538 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:29,720 Speaker 1: later makes him an MVP level candidate and a guy 539 00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:31,840 Speaker 1: that easily could have won a Super Bowl. If I'm 540 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:35,240 Speaker 1: hiring Damiko Ryan's I think. I know he's a good leader. 541 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:38,080 Speaker 1: He's been a team captain, He's a high level player. 542 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:41,200 Speaker 1: But then as a coach, as a defensive coordinator, he 543 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:44,200 Speaker 1: can lead a top defense. So I can see him 544 00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:48,080 Speaker 1: scheming Jonathan Gannon if he is actually the Cardinal's head coach. 545 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:51,959 Speaker 1: Seems like a pretty big extreme because the people I 546 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,440 Speaker 1: know in Philly, they love the guy. I think as 547 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:58,480 Speaker 1: a human being very impressive. People think very highly of 548 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:02,040 Speaker 1: the human which is important. But I watched his defenses 549 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:05,280 Speaker 1: and I just see a little something there to be desired. 550 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:09,239 Speaker 1: So yeah, I can bring him to Arizona and he 551 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:12,880 Speaker 1: can bring good character and leadership, but you also got 552 00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:16,760 Speaker 1: a scheme on the field. And this is why it's 553 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:20,840 Speaker 1: such a hard job to hire these coaches, because it 554 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:23,160 Speaker 1: has to encompass so much like ultimately, you know what 555 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:28,640 Speaker 1: Andy brings the table, leadership, ability to handle stress, tough 556 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:32,080 Speaker 1: situations and coach the fucking team. The same thing with 557 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:34,240 Speaker 1: Sean Payton, same thing with Pete Carrollson, thing with Sean 558 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:37,719 Speaker 1: mcfah and Kyle Shanahan. Some of these coordinators like, if 559 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:41,800 Speaker 1: your defense or offense wasn't that good, how are you 560 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:44,400 Speaker 1: going to be good now? And I think it's no 561 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:48,360 Speaker 1: different when you hire an offensive coordinator. When Robert Sala 562 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:54,000 Speaker 1: took Laflour's brother, Mike Lafloor to the Jets, he'd obviously 563 00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:55,640 Speaker 1: spent a lot of time with him in San Francisco, 564 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:58,320 Speaker 1: but he had never actually called place and then two 565 00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:00,520 Speaker 1: years later he has to fire him. Clearly he was 566 00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:02,840 Speaker 1: kind of over his head. And I see Demiko doing 567 00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:05,680 Speaker 1: the same thing when you're a defensive coach or an 568 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:08,480 Speaker 1: offensive coach and you hire the opposite side of the ball, 569 00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:11,320 Speaker 1: when you hire a younger coordinator who's never done it, 570 00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:14,400 Speaker 1: that is a massive risk. And the number one thing 571 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:17,440 Speaker 1: I would do as a head coach early on would 572 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:20,040 Speaker 1: try to just mitigate risk, to just try to get 573 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:22,440 Speaker 1: the train back on the tracks, not to have everyone 574 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:24,760 Speaker 1: kind of learning on the job. And that was I 575 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:26,800 Speaker 1: remember Guy told me a couple of years ago. They're like, 576 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:32,000 Speaker 1: the one thing that's interesting about solid staff. Every coordinator 577 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,280 Speaker 1: he has is a first time coordinator, so you got 578 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:35,880 Speaker 1: a lot of people and obviously he's a first time 579 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:39,680 Speaker 1: hit coach that are just think about yourself. Anytime you 580 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:42,560 Speaker 1: get the first time that you get hired to a job, 581 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:44,960 Speaker 1: the first time you walk into an office, take some time. 582 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:48,000 Speaker 1: The difference is a lot of jobs, there's some leeway. 583 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:50,480 Speaker 1: The pressure is not as crazy as I don't know, 584 00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:53,720 Speaker 1: running an offense or defense in the NFL, where you 585 00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:56,920 Speaker 1: get judged by millions of people seventeen times a year. 586 00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:00,480 Speaker 1: And I'm fascinated with some of these hires. Some of 587 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:02,560 Speaker 1: them are most of them are gonna fail. That's just 588 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:07,240 Speaker 1: a fact. Most of them are gonna utterly fail, and 589 00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:11,440 Speaker 1: it's gonna be interesting to see who it is because 590 00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:15,760 Speaker 1: you never know. I remember when, was it whatever, Doug 591 00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:18,840 Speaker 1: Peterson's year that he got hired. Was it fifteen or sixteen? 592 00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:22,200 Speaker 1: He got an F and I think Hugh Jackson, you know, 593 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:24,600 Speaker 1: and the Browns got an A. So I can't pretend 594 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:27,000 Speaker 1: to have any clue, but I just know it's clearly 595 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:34,280 Speaker 1: not easy because most people are not good at that role. Okay, 596 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:38,400 Speaker 1: let's bang out a couple quick middlecof mailbag questions. Add 597 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:43,440 Speaker 1: John Middlecoff is the Instagram fire in those dms. Moving 598 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:45,720 Speaker 1: on from whether the Colin Bradberry was the right call, 599 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:48,440 Speaker 1: it was, Allowing your defense to get a penalty in 600 00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:51,640 Speaker 1: that spot is one of the all time coaching blunders 601 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:55,040 Speaker 1: in history. At the house I was at, we all 602 00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:57,200 Speaker 1: knew at the two minute warning that a TV doesn't 603 00:33:57,280 --> 00:34:01,280 Speaker 1: kill Philly, but a penalty does. Philly also called a 604 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:04,280 Speaker 1: time out right before the play. So that's two times 605 00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:09,160 Speaker 1: to rewind your defense of situational awareness for a coach 606 00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:13,200 Speaker 1: who doesn't even call plays on either side. Bill parcels 607 00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:16,720 Speaker 1: here if Sirianni didn't inform his team of this before 608 00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:20,560 Speaker 1: the ball. Then he deserves as much blame as Bradberry, 609 00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:23,920 Speaker 1: because if you aren't informing of time and situation, then 610 00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:26,680 Speaker 1: what the fuck are you doing beside making hand gestures 611 00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:29,520 Speaker 1: across the field while heart tells you to focus on 612 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:33,440 Speaker 1: the sideline. Losing Shane and Gannon could really fuck this 613 00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:38,160 Speaker 1: team next year. Well, Gannon to me, that's also on Gannon, 614 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:41,120 Speaker 1: like part of it is situational awareness. Is also the 615 00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:45,200 Speaker 1: defensive coordinator when his defense was getting smoked in the 616 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:48,759 Speaker 1: second half. Good point. That is why we have the 617 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:51,960 Speaker 1: mail back. Hadn't really thought about that because they were 618 00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:54,520 Speaker 1: clearly cool with the very next play letting them score. 619 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:57,319 Speaker 1: So under no circumstances can you get a penalty. It 620 00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:01,239 Speaker 1: essentially loses you the game, so you know whether you 621 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:05,440 Speaker 1: play off. Yeah, it's it's a good point. I mean, 622 00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:10,839 Speaker 1: I I always struggle with you know, Serrianti when he's 623 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:15,560 Speaker 1: doing like the bash brother things. It's like, bro, I mean, 624 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:20,479 Speaker 1: you're not calling the place, so you're not some offensive genius, 625 00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:24,560 Speaker 1: you know, are you really some great motivator? Like you 626 00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:26,480 Speaker 1: got guys that have won Super Bowls? Like, are you 627 00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:30,960 Speaker 1: motivating Jelon Jason Kelsey or Lane Johnson or Brandon Graham. 628 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:34,360 Speaker 1: I'm not saying he's impacting them negatively, but like, is 629 00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:36,680 Speaker 1: he getting that much credit for those guys? Not really? 630 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:41,920 Speaker 1: Uh so, yeah, I hear you. It can't happen, but 631 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:46,840 Speaker 1: it did and they lost. Is the not catchable factor 632 00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:50,399 Speaker 1: only implicated on past interference where they call holding even 633 00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:53,839 Speaker 1: at the ball isn't targeted at them? Good point? Uh yeah, 634 00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:57,200 Speaker 1: I think it is, but they don't really call the 635 00:35:57,560 --> 00:35:59,399 Speaker 1: you know that when the ref does over the head 636 00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:03,120 Speaker 1: gesture on pass interference, it doesn't feel like they make 637 00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:08,120 Speaker 1: that call ever. So I don't know, man, I just 638 00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:13,160 Speaker 1: I'm as anti reffs as anyone. Now, I am the 639 00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:16,680 Speaker 1: first to acknowledge it's a difficult job. But how consistently 640 00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:21,560 Speaker 1: I think it's so stupid, Like on the play Miles 641 00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:24,600 Speaker 1: Sanders caught the ball and fumbled. He caught the ball, 642 00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:28,640 Speaker 1: Like that's a catch? What are we doing? Why are 643 00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:32,080 Speaker 1: we Why are we making this so complicated? Like I 644 00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:37,160 Speaker 1: understand on plays DeVante Smith's catch against the Niners clearly 645 00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:39,080 Speaker 1: bounced off the ground, but there were a couple of 646 00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:42,080 Speaker 1: plays yesterday it's like, yeah, it's a catch, Like Miles 647 00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:44,120 Speaker 1: Sanders caught the fucking ball. And then they got lit 648 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:46,359 Speaker 1: up in the balls on the ground, Like we got 649 00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:48,759 Speaker 1: to do a better job. Certain things are pretty black 650 00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:51,120 Speaker 1: and white, whether you're playing on the playground, whether you're 651 00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:52,920 Speaker 1: playing in high school, where you're playing on the NFL. 652 00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:57,799 Speaker 1: That's a catch, Dallas Goddard, that's a catch, you know, 653 00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:01,200 Speaker 1: DeVante Smith against the Niners, that's a drop. We gotta 654 00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:04,239 Speaker 1: get these plays. We got to stop overthinking it. It 655 00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:08,680 Speaker 1: just is not that complicated, John, What would you say 656 00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:11,960 Speaker 1: is the biggest reason Patrick Mahomes has been so good 657 00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:15,879 Speaker 1: other than going to Andy Reid in the Chiefs. It's 658 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:19,239 Speaker 1: a good question. I think he has a lot of 659 00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:23,759 Speaker 1: physical characteristics that are elite in the NFL. Obviously has 660 00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:28,000 Speaker 1: a special arm. He's very accurate with that arm. He 661 00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:31,200 Speaker 1: can throw it from multiple platforms of his body while 662 00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:35,480 Speaker 1: being a It's not like he's an athlete that can 663 00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:38,520 Speaker 1: run away like Kyler Lamar, but he is an excellent 664 00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:42,879 Speaker 1: athlete and he is very instinctive with his feet, so 665 00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:45,279 Speaker 1: he's able to keep these plays alive and then make 666 00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:49,839 Speaker 1: these throws that are incredibly difficult to make, but make 667 00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:54,239 Speaker 1: them very accurately. And I think sometimes we overthink this. 668 00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:58,279 Speaker 1: You're not born a great player, but I'd say by 669 00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:01,560 Speaker 1: the time you're like in your teens, we all know 670 00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:04,520 Speaker 1: whether you're playing high school football, where you're playing pickup basketball. 671 00:38:04,719 --> 00:38:07,320 Speaker 1: Some guys just kind of got it, like the instincts 672 00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:11,360 Speaker 1: of playing the sport. His instincts for playing football are elite, 673 00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:15,279 Speaker 1: and then the coaching aspect of it, with the first 674 00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:17,200 Speaker 1: couple of years a little bit more of a gun slinger. 675 00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:21,319 Speaker 1: Now he's in complete control and he's able to play compromised, 676 00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:27,560 Speaker 1: so an element that it's impossible to quantify, but his 677 00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:31,160 Speaker 1: brains to play the position. We don't discuss him because 678 00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:34,120 Speaker 1: he's kind of the modern day five, but he actually 679 00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:36,799 Speaker 1: has some like do you know what he is? He's 680 00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:39,680 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers meats Brett for if you can combine those 681 00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:42,480 Speaker 1: two players, that's what you'd get. You get the boast 682 00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:48,160 Speaker 1: of best of both guys, the accuracy, the playmaking, the 683 00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:52,880 Speaker 1: actual not turning the ball over in big spots, the 684 00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:57,839 Speaker 1: mesmerizing throws. Because he's not like Peyton, Manning and tomb 685 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,600 Speaker 1: He doesn't play like those guys, even though he can 686 00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:04,120 Speaker 1: do the things that they do. But his athletic ability 687 00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:07,040 Speaker 1: makes him pretty special. I don't know, I mean, you 688 00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:08,560 Speaker 1: just watch him and you go, yeah, it's one of 689 00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:11,040 Speaker 1: the best players I've ever seen. And part of it 690 00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:14,600 Speaker 1: is like how smooth he is as a mover, how 691 00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:20,120 Speaker 1: naturally he makes tough plays look, and just how miraculous 692 00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:22,480 Speaker 1: he can be. Part of being a great player is 693 00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:26,120 Speaker 1: also going above and beyond, and I think he can 694 00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:29,719 Speaker 1: He can go above and beyond and make a play 695 00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:32,600 Speaker 1: that you just go wow, Right, Michael Jordan could do that. 696 00:39:32,719 --> 00:39:37,239 Speaker 1: Tiger Woods can do that. You know, great players and 697 00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:41,000 Speaker 1: sports can do that. And I Ken Griffey Jr. He's 698 00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:45,200 Speaker 1: kind of got this. The production, with the pizzazz, with 699 00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:50,520 Speaker 1: the leadership. I just think he's the total package. I mean, 700 00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:54,520 Speaker 1: I don't know what else to say. Can we say? 701 00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:58,200 Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts is better than Lamar? Lamar has been dining 702 00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:00,840 Speaker 1: off that MVP for three years, has done nothing in 703 00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:03,680 Speaker 1: the playoffs. He has a competitor and says all the 704 00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:06,600 Speaker 1: right things, but the weirdness with his mom agent and 705 00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:10,800 Speaker 1: the contract stuff. Meanwhile, Hurtz played phenomenal in a loss, 706 00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:13,360 Speaker 1: and I think is developed into clearly a better passer 707 00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:19,680 Speaker 1: than Lamar and close to a similar rushing threat. Thoughts, Yeah, 708 00:40:19,719 --> 00:40:21,920 Speaker 1: I mean I would say, Jalen's much more of a 709 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:25,680 Speaker 1: power runner, where Lamar's more of an explosive runner. So 710 00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:30,080 Speaker 1: even if we say they're running styles, you know, close 711 00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:32,920 Speaker 1: to you know, canceling each other out, I'm with you. 712 00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:36,520 Speaker 1: I think Jalen is a much better outside the numbers passer. 713 00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:40,960 Speaker 1: What I think he has a chance to become is 714 00:40:41,040 --> 00:40:45,480 Speaker 1: the go route that Russell Wilson, you know, kind of 715 00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:49,000 Speaker 1: dominated for so long that outside the numbers just kind 716 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,680 Speaker 1: of airball. He kind of has that down now. He's 717 00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:54,799 Speaker 1: never going to pick you apart, but neither's Lamar. But 718 00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:57,839 Speaker 1: he actually made some throws last night or two nights ago. 719 00:40:58,000 --> 00:40:59,560 Speaker 1: I guess if you're listening to this two nights ago, 720 00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:04,080 Speaker 1: the goddard throw at the sideline, he made some fantastic throws. 721 00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:07,920 Speaker 1: So yeah, I would say he he is a better 722 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:12,600 Speaker 1: thrower if you were betting on a player. I know this. 723 00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:15,120 Speaker 1: If I could get Jalen for cheaper than Lamar, I 724 00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:20,960 Speaker 1: would take Jalen. I feel like Jalen just a stronger, 725 00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:23,560 Speaker 1: feels like a more durable athlete. Now you could also 726 00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:26,720 Speaker 1: he got hurt this year too. You know, when running 727 00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:28,600 Speaker 1: is such a huge part of your game, like it 728 00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:31,759 Speaker 1: is for those two guys, health is always going to 729 00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:34,720 Speaker 1: be somewhat of a concern because you're just gonna take 730 00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:41,359 Speaker 1: some hits that even a Mahomes can't avoid, right, and 731 00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:43,960 Speaker 1: it's just not going to run into because running the ball, 732 00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:46,759 Speaker 1: I mean thinking about their two point play when they 733 00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:48,560 Speaker 1: had to have it, what they do. They ran the 734 00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:51,680 Speaker 1: smart play. They ran basically like a quarterback sweep, and 735 00:41:51,719 --> 00:41:53,640 Speaker 1: they did that a couple of times. Some quarterback draws 736 00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:56,800 Speaker 1: and when it hits. He's a natural runner man, he 737 00:41:57,360 --> 00:42:01,480 Speaker 1: really is. I would be if I was an Eagles 738 00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:03,719 Speaker 1: fan and just a fan of football, like he's a 739 00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:06,400 Speaker 1: legit top ten quarterback. We could not have said that 740 00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:10,200 Speaker 1: a year ago. His improvement was I would say it's 741 00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:13,960 Speaker 1: one of the crazier one first to second year starting jumps. 742 00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:16,000 Speaker 1: I know it's his third year, but like full time 743 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:20,800 Speaker 1: starter last year to this year, what an incredible amount 744 00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:24,600 Speaker 1: of improvement in a short period of time. Mailback, My 745 00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:27,040 Speaker 1: Vikings are in a weird spot this offseason. We have 746 00:42:27,120 --> 00:42:29,840 Speaker 1: twenty plus million over the cap and we'll be losing 747 00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:34,239 Speaker 1: multiple starters to free agency, center, nose, tackle, cornerback. Additionally, 748 00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:36,400 Speaker 1: due to trades, we only have five picks in the 749 00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:41,120 Speaker 1: upcoming draft. It's pretty obvious Cam will be attempting to 750 00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:46,600 Speaker 1: trade away cap casualties. I guess that's your GM, like Cook, 751 00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:50,000 Speaker 1: Hunter and Thilan, who would you keep and who would 752 00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:54,239 Speaker 1: you let go? I would say one element to your 753 00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:58,400 Speaker 1: team that is a reason that you have lost in 754 00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:00,320 Speaker 1: the playoffs this year. In a couple of years ago, 755 00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:05,480 Speaker 1: there's a softness to your line. You need a better 756 00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:08,440 Speaker 1: offensive line now. I know that left tackle you hit 757 00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:10,080 Speaker 1: on this year looks to be a really good player. 758 00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:14,880 Speaker 1: I would always invest in offensive lineman now. Feeling sometimes 759 00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:17,120 Speaker 1: as a player gets older, there's nothing you can do. 760 00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:20,719 Speaker 1: The backup running back for you is a very, very 761 00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:23,960 Speaker 1: physical runner. It feels like some of your core guys 762 00:43:24,040 --> 00:43:27,480 Speaker 1: on defense have got a little longer in the tooth 763 00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:30,720 Speaker 1: just because they're older, you know, even though they're still 764 00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:35,120 Speaker 1: highly productive players. But your past defense has been pretty 765 00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:39,000 Speaker 1: shitty now for a while. Your cornerback situation is not good. 766 00:43:39,160 --> 00:43:43,400 Speaker 1: Patrick Peterson stud human being can't run it. It was 767 00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:44,880 Speaker 1: kind of like Xavier Rhades towards the end. He just 768 00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:49,520 Speaker 1: couldn't cover anybody. So it's hard. I mean, this is 769 00:43:49,560 --> 00:43:52,120 Speaker 1: why you pay the general manager. I'd have to do 770 00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:55,360 Speaker 1: like a full breakdown of your roster, and see, you 771 00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:58,680 Speaker 1: know you're gonna be very predicated on playmakers. You got 772 00:43:58,719 --> 00:44:02,759 Speaker 1: justin Jefferson, you have Husins under contract I would keep 773 00:44:03,239 --> 00:44:06,479 Speaker 1: And again I haven't followed it closely enough. You're gonna 774 00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:09,239 Speaker 1: get rid of Dalvin Cook. I know he gets banged up, 775 00:44:09,239 --> 00:44:11,680 Speaker 1: but god, he's still a pretty damn good player. Were 776 00:44:11,680 --> 00:44:14,000 Speaker 1: you gonna get your pass rush from right? So if 777 00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:17,080 Speaker 1: you're cutting Hunter, like, who's your pass rusher? Like a 778 00:44:17,080 --> 00:44:19,319 Speaker 1: couple of years ago, it felt like you you had 779 00:44:19,360 --> 00:44:21,480 Speaker 1: a pretty good front. You had a really good defense, 780 00:44:22,080 --> 00:44:25,000 Speaker 1: and now that defense doesn't feel as good anymore. So 781 00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:27,240 Speaker 1: part of the reason, like the Chiefs are having success. 782 00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:29,919 Speaker 1: Obviously Mahomes plays a big their defense is pretty good. 783 00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:33,200 Speaker 1: With the Eagles defense, the Niners defense, the Cowboys defense. 784 00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:36,480 Speaker 1: When you have a good defense, it takes less pressure 785 00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:40,320 Speaker 1: or it takes pressure off your offense. When your defense sucks, 786 00:44:40,400 --> 00:44:41,880 Speaker 1: like you play in some of these games, you've got 787 00:44:41,960 --> 00:44:44,640 Speaker 1: to score every single drive. Hell, that kind of happened 788 00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:46,400 Speaker 1: to the Eagles in the Super Bowl. It's like, if 789 00:44:46,400 --> 00:44:48,719 Speaker 1: they're not scoring here, they're in trouble. Okay, let's call 790 00:44:48,760 --> 00:44:51,000 Speaker 1: that a show. A little post supa bull show, keep 791 00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:53,719 Speaker 1: a little shorter and need you guys in the mail 792 00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:57,200 Speaker 1: bag at John Middlecoff. Fire in those DMS, questions on football, 793 00:44:57,600 --> 00:45:00,920 Speaker 1: questions on the draft, questions on life not whatever, I'm 794 00:45:00,920 --> 00:45:04,920 Speaker 1: board offseason, keep him coming and uh and let's rock 795 00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:08,200 Speaker 1: and roll. Let's enjoy these next couple of months and 796 00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:10,839 Speaker 1: keep the podcast rolling. Thanks for everyone for listening, Talk 797 00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:34,360 Speaker 1: to you soon. Peace the volume