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Speaker 1: Chad Milman, Chief Content Officer of the Action Network. We

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Speaker 1: are all ready to the end of the March. It's

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Speaker 1: been a wild month. We've got Academy Awards that we discussed,

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Speaker 1: we talked March Madness. We sat down with NFL pro

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Speaker 1: bowler fellow podcaster Chris Long. It's time to get back

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Speaker 1: to business listeners and viewers. We're talking NFL free agency,

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Speaker 1: We're talking looming NFL Draft, which is exactly one month away.

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Speaker 1: How is all of this impacting, How our rankings in

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Speaker 1: the league, How we're thinking about betting the league, whether

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Speaker 1: it's Super Bowls or visions. I am joined as always

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Speaker 1: professional better Simon Hunter Eto. So I am in.

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Speaker 2: Hello cha, Yeah, April right around the corner. It comes so.

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Speaker 1: Fast, dude, you and the Super Bowl, and you're like,

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Speaker 1: We have gone through an entire free agency cycle with

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Speaker 1: just a few names on the board, and some of

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Speaker 1: the moves have been crazy impactful, crazy different than we expected.

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Speaker 1: A lot of the trades have been have gone in

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Speaker 1: the Action Network YouTube page. All right, one thing to say, Simon,

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Speaker 1: we do want to talk about this a little bit.

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Speaker 1: We're going to go much deeper on the Shohei Otani

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Speaker 1: story and the press conference he had yesterday. On Thursday.

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Speaker 1: We also will have an author, Keith O'Brien, who is

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Speaker 1: a New York Times best selling author, fellow New York

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Speaker 1: Times best selling author who has a great new book

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Speaker 1: about Pete Rose, a biography about Pete Rose. There is

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Speaker 1: a story on the Action Network site today that Keith

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Speaker 1: O'Brien wrote, pulling news from the book, that explains MLB

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Speaker 1: was onto Pete Rose and his gambling habits and the

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Speaker 1: concerns they had about his gambling habits eleven years before

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Speaker 1: everything came to light about what he was doing to

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Speaker 1: bet on Baseball. Keith is going to be on the

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Speaker 1: show on Thursday, Simon. I know we want to take

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Speaker 1: into this story so badly.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I'm cool with waiting. Like you said, the

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Speaker 2: more the more time we wait, the more information we get.

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Speaker 2: So I'm I'm I'm good with it. Every day that's

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Speaker 2: gone by, you get more information. And yeah, pretty shocking story.

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Speaker 2: And I think you know my view on it. Where

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Speaker 2: you know, my life in media is one life. In

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Speaker 2: my life in sports betting, dealing with bookies and not

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Speaker 2: the most you know, desirable people is just part of

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Speaker 2: my job. And you know, I'm always hearing rumors, child

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Speaker 2: Like I told you, I'm always hearing rumors and I

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Speaker 2: I will say with the Otani stuff, they are they

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Speaker 2: didn't mess up at the beginning. Again, we'll talk more

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Speaker 2: about it. They messed up the beginning. But I do

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Speaker 2: think him playing it now that hit the dude's just

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Speaker 2: big time liar. His uh, you know interpret there is

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Speaker 2: and he had no idea what's going on. I'm with it,

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Speaker 2: that's the move. If this interpreter is going to fall

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Speaker 2: because I don't think they did realize that they were

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Speaker 2: so Otani's camp, you know, he's got a ton of money,

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Speaker 2: You're just lost, You're not you don't understand how this works.

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Speaker 2: people in the media they are saying that, yes, that's

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Speaker 1: Chad fronting five hundred k for an interpreter making three

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Speaker 1: By the way, not just that, the fact that the

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Speaker 1: So we can listen to the press conference, we can

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Speaker 1: hear what they're saying. We can you know, say all right,

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Speaker 1: see if the industrious journalistic community in sports continues to

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Speaker 1: pursue this. I mean, ESPN Tisha Thompson has done an

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Speaker 1: Keith O'Brien, who wrote this book Charlie Hustle, which is

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Speaker 1: great out today, has insights into betting and baseball that

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Speaker 1: most people don't have. There are three things we want

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Speaker 1: biggest NFL free agency and trade moves and how it's

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Speaker 1: talk about the two divisions in the NFL that we

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Speaker 1: got to talk about the JJ McCarthy moves, the late

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Speaker 1: start your favorite team, Philadelphia Eagles. Right they are making moves.

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Speaker 2: I love it. I love the moves they made and

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Speaker 2: what they're doing. But we talk all the time. It's like,

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Speaker 2: Every year we bet the Cowboys and if they win

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Speaker 2: but that's just what this division is at flip Flop.

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Speaker 2: just blindly taking the Eagles. Eagles. We're ten and one

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Speaker 2: So the Cowboys won the division last year. Now they'll

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Speaker 2: Why would you not reset with a rookie draft and

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Speaker 2: Caleb Williams. It's just the money makes sense, and Caleb

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Speaker 2: I mean that is just I feel bad for Bears fans,

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Speaker 2: why wouldn't we be nine and eight? Like that? Just

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Speaker 1: plus two fifty to win the NFC North. Honestly, that

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Speaker 1: And that's another one. This just move in, move in,

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Speaker 1: This is a team. You know. There's a lot of

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Speaker 1: this all feels like irrational exuberance from Bears fans and

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Speaker 2: No, I just I think you know, if the kid

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Speaker 2: I should say that's a good year. Right. The the

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Speaker 2: especially when they're on the road. So yeah, the excitement

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Speaker 2: That was what the the excitement was with Justin Fields.

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Speaker 2: get the slam dunk number one pick, no doubt about it.

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Speaker 2: Like most seasons are like that Baker season where it's

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Speaker 2: So Caleb Williams, there's not an expert out there like

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Speaker 2: There's none of that at all with Caleb Williams. But

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Speaker 1: The questions are going to be attitude. You know what's funny.

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Speaker 1: But I freaking loved the interview And if he doesn't

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Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely.

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Speaker 1: does it even matter because Will Levis is the quarterback?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? Pretty crazy and I like the moves. If they

431
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Speaker 2: were a more veteran team. But you're right, like this

432
00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:40,119
Speaker 2: is a lot to be banking on with Will Levis,

433
00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,480
Speaker 2: and it feels a little bit like Atlanta, Like Atlanta

434
00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:45,719
Speaker 2: had built this incredible car, but they had no engine

435
00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:47,480
Speaker 2: for the car. They didn't have a quarterback. So it

436
00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:49,639
Speaker 2: could be the same Yere at Tennessee, where you know,

437
00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:52,119
Speaker 2: it's an incredible car, but there's I mean there's nothing,

438
00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:54,520
Speaker 2: there's nothing to drive it, like, there's just no engine.

439
00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:56,719
Speaker 2: And Will Levis, we have no idea what this kid is,

440
00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,280
Speaker 2: but he's got no excuse. Right, They've surrounded him with

441
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Speaker 2: the talent. Now hopefully keep addressing the offensive line and

442
00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:04,720
Speaker 2: that will be the key to their success. If he

443
00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:07,560
Speaker 2: takes an if he takes the second year step that

444
00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:10,640
Speaker 2: was a slam dunk draft pick, they could pull off

445
00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,639
Speaker 2: a huge, you know run and win this division. But

446
00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:16,639
Speaker 2: we talked about this, this division quickly turned from a

447
00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:19,879
Speaker 2: joke to one of the toughest in all football. You know,

448
00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:22,680
Speaker 2: the culture kind of left for dead here. We don't

449
00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:24,520
Speaker 2: really know what to think of them with Anthony Richardson.

450
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Speaker 2: But then you just look at the Jaguars in Houston,

451
00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:29,360
Speaker 2: like those are also teams that are like win now

452
00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:33,400
Speaker 2: mode pushing for championship, like Houston's making moves that they

453
00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:36,760
Speaker 2: know this is their window. Sam goes for the Jaguars,

454
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Speaker 2: So I like the moves for Tennessee. But it still

455
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Speaker 2: feels like, I don't know what to you, Chab. They

456
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Speaker 2: still like they're the fourth team in this division, just

457
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Speaker 2: because of all the quarterbacks in this division. I still

458
00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:49,440
Speaker 2: have will love us behind Anthony richards I just don't

459
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Speaker 2: have any faith in him yet.

460
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Speaker 1: Yeah, he hasn't proven anything. You know, Anthony Richardson in

461
00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:58,880
Speaker 1: the few games that he played, show of playmaking ability

462
00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:03,040
Speaker 1: that was beyond fly off your back foot throat as

463
00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:05,000
Speaker 1: far as you can to DeAndre Hopkins and hope that

464
00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:09,719
Speaker 1: he catches it right. And his ability to get outside

465
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Speaker 1: the pocket. Obviously he was injured running the ball. That's

466
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Speaker 1: going to be something that they need to take care

467
00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:17,560
Speaker 1: of and pay attention to. But he was making all

468
00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:19,960
Speaker 1: the throws that you needed to make in coverage, in

469
00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:22,960
Speaker 1: tight coverage windows. They were accurate. It was short, it

470
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:26,480
Speaker 1: was medium, it was long. He was playing real professional quarterback,

471
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Speaker 1: not sort of schoolyard. I've got a great arm. I'm

472
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Speaker 1: just going to throw it to the fastest guy down

473
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Speaker 1: the field, So I agree with you this sort of

474
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Speaker 1: every move you want to make is kind of irrelevant

475
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Speaker 1: until you've got a real understanding of what Will Levis is.

476
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Speaker 1: And all of a sudden, you're signing these guys Ridley

477
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Speaker 1: at twenty nine, Pollard, who proved that he probably wasn't

478
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Speaker 1: the every down back, Lugerius Snead, probably one of the

479
00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:55,679
Speaker 1: best cornerbacks in the NFL. You're signing him to a

480
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Speaker 1: three to four year deal. By the time you figure

481
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Speaker 1: out what the quarterback situation is. Great, you got a

482
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Speaker 1: lockdown corner against quarterbacks like Anthony Richardson and Trevor Lawrence

483
00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:11,840
Speaker 1: and c. J. Stroud, But if you kind of wasted

484
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Speaker 1: it because he didn't have a quarterback in place. So

485
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Speaker 1: interesting moves. Speaking of Houston twenty to one to win

486
00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:21,000
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl open to twenty two to one, they

487
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Speaker 1: made two huge moves that I think matter, and if

488
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Speaker 1: not for one other team that we're going to discuss,

489
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Speaker 1: they would be one of the more interesting longer shot

490
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Speaker 1: bets to win the Super Bowl. Traded for and extended

491
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Speaker 1: Joe Mixon, signed Danil Hunter to rush the quarterback opposite

492
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Speaker 1: Will Anderson. Love both of those moves.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and championship moves where the deal hunter is like

494
00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:54,800
Speaker 2: literally like a two year deal I believe. Yeah, but

495
00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:58,760
Speaker 2: he's our mercenary. He's coming in there all business. I'm

496
00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:02,560
Speaker 2: right there with you. I love the move of you know, obviously,

497
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Speaker 2: this team traded their first round pick, I believe for

498
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Speaker 2: this season, right or Will Anderson, So they don't have

499
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Speaker 2: a pick. Not that big a deal obviously because it's

500
00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,720
Speaker 2: been towards the back end of the draft, but they

501
00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:15,440
Speaker 2: needed to address a lot of a lot of stuff

502
00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:17,239
Speaker 2: in free agency just because of that though, like they

503
00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:19,040
Speaker 2: need to go after and make try to make moves here.

504
00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:23,280
Speaker 2: So yeah, you're you're right, Chad. It's like the piggy

505
00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:25,720
Speaker 2: back of the Tennessee team. I hope Tennessee struggles will

506
00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:28,359
Speaker 2: coming year because that means next year, if we like

507
00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,000
Speaker 2: what we saw a little bit from Will Lewis, we'll

508
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,240
Speaker 2: get a great discount on Tennessee next year. So obviously

509
00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:36,479
Speaker 2: Tennessee's not on my raider all this year. Same thing

510
00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:38,520
Speaker 2: kind of goes with Houston here this year. It's going

511
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:40,440
Speaker 2: to be too much of a public team, too much

512
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Speaker 2: love for this team. Have the offensive rookie year, the

513
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Speaker 2: defensive Rookie of the Year. I don't bet that way.

514
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:50,320
Speaker 2: It's too simple, it's too public. I'll look I'll look

515
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Speaker 2: for value elsewhere, especially during the season if if Houston

516
00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:57,200
Speaker 2: gets out to a quick start, but you assume, which

517
00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:00,840
Speaker 2: we see a lot is after a quarterback place for

518
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:04,040
Speaker 2: a full season, teams tend to adjust to it in

519
00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:06,000
Speaker 2: the offseason and see what they like to do, and

520
00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:07,560
Speaker 2: then they're able to kind of counter that for the

521
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Speaker 2: upcoming season. Now, you know, I don't know if there's

522
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:11,800
Speaker 2: a lot of things you can do to counter the

523
00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:15,320
Speaker 2: god given ability up CJ. He's incredible, He's an incredible passer.

524
00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:17,960
Speaker 2: I mean, he's just in his pocket too. His comfort

525
00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:19,960
Speaker 2: level for a first year start, it was crazy. So

526
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Speaker 2: I get white people love them, and I know a

527
00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:24,120
Speaker 2: couple of pros who have gone in early here on

528
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:27,240
Speaker 2: Houston's win total. But for me, I just don't see

529
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Speaker 2: the value in a team that's going to be a

530
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Speaker 2: little overrated and you're really banking on him taking a

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Speaker 2: next step that it's really hard to project, Like it's

532
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Speaker 2: you know, there's so many good quarterbacks in that AFC conference.

533
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Speaker 2: Now he's got the first place schedule chat. It's just

534
00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:44,280
Speaker 2: really hard for me to get behind Houston with that

535
00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:47,280
Speaker 2: much stacked against them that they're not sneaking up on anybody.

536
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Speaker 2: Everyone knows they're coming now. So Houston fans, please don't

537
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Speaker 2: get mad at me. I just I love you, guys,

538
00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:55,520
Speaker 2: but I'm going to be fading you pretty hard. Won

539
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Speaker 2: the future market.

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Speaker 1: We are going to talk about one of those quarterbacks

541
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Speaker 1: and one of those t ts where there is value.

542
00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:09,120
Speaker 1: Right after Simon, can you name the fastest growing ticketing

543
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Speaker 1: app in the United States?

544
00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:12,000
Speaker 2: Game Time?

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Speaker 1: That's right, It's game Time. I love game Time for

546
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Speaker 1: two reasons. First, they still sponsor their show. Second, I

547
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Speaker 1: actually use game Time all the time. They have amazing

548
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Speaker 1: last minute deals, including pro and college sports. I'm actually

549
00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:28,880
Speaker 1: opening the game Time app right now. Look at what

550
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Speaker 1: I found. Opening Day coming up. We can get in

551
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552
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553
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Speaker 1: No matter where you live, download the game Time app,

554
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Speaker 1: get out and have some fun this week. You deserve it.

555
00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:51,040
Speaker 1: You can redeem code favorites for twenty dollars off first

556
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Speaker 1: purchase terms apply again. Just download the game Time app

557
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Speaker 1: and use code favorites for twenty dollars off your first purchase,

558
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Speaker 1: last minute tickets, lowest prices guaranteed. All right, I've been

559
00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:04,640
Speaker 1: teas it long enough. AFC North last year goes down

560
00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:09,120
Speaker 1: Probably is one of the best divisions in football in

561
00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:13,280
Speaker 1: a generation. Each team went over their season win total.

562
00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:15,680
Speaker 1: They went into the year with the highest season win

563
00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:19,120
Speaker 1: totals of any division in the NFL. No team was

564
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Speaker 1: below eight and a half. They all went above their

565
00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:27,440
Speaker 1: season win totals. This is a very interesting division. You

566
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Speaker 1: could argue some of the moves have been highest profile,

567
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:36,520
Speaker 1: most questioned in the NFL free agency market. This year. Baltimore,

568
00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:40,560
Speaker 1: which decided not to run the ball against the defense

569
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Speaker 1: that was willing to give them the run and lost

570
00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:47,760
Speaker 1: the AFC Championship because of it, signed Derrick Henry at

571
00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:53,160
Speaker 1: thirty years old. They let Patrick Queen, one of the

572
00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:56,200
Speaker 1: core of that linebacking unit that you talked about earlier,

573
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Speaker 1: walk to sign a big free agent deal with the

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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Deers. Pittsburgh Steelers signed Russell Wilson for a very

575
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Speaker 1: small deal. Trader for Justin Fields. Could be a fun

576
00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:12,640
Speaker 1: quarterback competition. They have new thinking when it comes to

577
00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:16,480
Speaker 1: offensive strategy Cleveland Browns, and the Cleveland Browns they haven't

578
00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 1: done much, they can't do much because they're wrapped up

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Speaker 1: into Shaun Watson. Then there are the Cincinnati Bengals. I'm

580
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Speaker 1: going to interrupt this program right now full reminder that

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Speaker 1: we are on the Bengals hype train, and I'm not

582
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Speaker 1: gonna lie. I bet the Bengals are fifteen to one

583
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Speaker 1: to win the Super Bowl. They're now at thirteen to

584
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Speaker 1: one in some books, so six shortest odds. This team's

585
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:51,440
Speaker 1: getting better just by getting healthy, you know what I mean,

586
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Speaker 1: and they improve their defensive backfield. So Bengals fifteen to one,

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Speaker 1: Bengals plus one seventy five to win the division. Simon,

588
00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:02,600
Speaker 1: are we buddies on this?

589
00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:06,320
Speaker 2: Yeah? I think we talked about that. You know Joe

590
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:07,840
Speaker 2: Burrow what he has going for me. He's he's the

591
00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:11,680
Speaker 2: guy that has zero fear of Mahomes and that Chiefs team.

592
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Speaker 2: He's the one that usually beats them in the regular

593
00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:16,160
Speaker 2: season and in the playoffs. Historically, he's done really well

594
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Speaker 2: against them. So don't don't mind it. I love it.

595
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Speaker 2: But you're also banking on a Joe Burrow who it

596
00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:25,360
Speaker 2: hurts to say people but he's been hurt in two

597
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:27,640
Speaker 2: seasons in his career. Like we say it all the time,

598
00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:32,520
Speaker 2: availability is very important in football, and for him to

599
00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:35,360
Speaker 2: stay upright, it's a big deal. So last year, people

600
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Speaker 2: will remember I basically was all in on this division

601
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Speaker 2: that anybody I could. I was gonna win money as

602
00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:43,720
Speaker 2: long as everybody could win. But the Bengals. The Bengals

603
00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:45,160
Speaker 2: are the only team I was gonna lose money on.

604
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Speaker 2: And it was a simple bet of there's no way

605
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Speaker 2: this team's gonna win this division three years in a row. Right,

606
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Speaker 2: It's just it just can't happen. You just need so

607
00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:55,760
Speaker 2: much luck to win a division, especially this one that's

608
00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:58,640
Speaker 2: so competitive. But this season I see I see the

609
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Speaker 2: Ravens taking a big step back, Like it feels like

610
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Speaker 2: they didn't have the best offseason right with their signings,

611
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Speaker 2: and they just don't They don't have the money to

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Speaker 2: really spend. You know, last year was just such a

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Speaker 2: perfect season for them. They had so much talent, so

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Speaker 2: many guys playing way above their head. It was just

615
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Speaker 2: all there where you expect the Ravens to have it

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Speaker 2: down here compared to the season before. So that right there,

617
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Speaker 2: you want to give a leg up to the Bengals.

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Speaker 2: But you know, this division, like you just said, Schad,

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Speaker 2: it's gonna be really competitive. Like we still don't know,

620
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Speaker 2: really know what Deshaun Watson is. We know he's not

621
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Speaker 2: the old Deshaun Watson, but you know he had flashes

622
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Speaker 2: where it like he looks like his old self. So

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Speaker 2: it's really hard to project out the Browns. Sam goes

624
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Speaker 2: with Pittsburgh. I like what the moves Pittsburgh has made here.

625
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Speaker 2: I like the coaching hires they've made. You know, Russell Wilson.

626
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Speaker 2: I think they told him he was gonna be the

627
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Speaker 2: quarterback and that's why they're playing it really nice in

628
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Speaker 2: the media. But I think day one of spring practice,

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Speaker 2: once they see Justin Fields out there with them, it's

630
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Speaker 2: just different. It's different seeing a young, twenty year old

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Speaker 2: movie compared to a guy in his thirties that's been

632
00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:04,560
Speaker 2: around for a long time. So you know, it all

633
00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:07,160
Speaker 2: depends what Tom's looking for. But I think the upside

634
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Speaker 2: of Justin Fields plays into that. So really fun division.

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Speaker 2: Like I just said, if you want to go boring Chalk,

636
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Speaker 2: I do like Chad's pick of the Bengals. I do

637
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Speaker 2: think to me, they're the best team in this division.

638
00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:21,080
Speaker 2: But I'm probably gonna talk myself into Pittsburgh. I'm not

639
00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:23,320
Speaker 2: gonna lie. I can't quit Justin Fields. I can't quit

640
00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:25,680
Speaker 2: that Pittsburgh team and all the talent they have. So

641
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,040
Speaker 2: do not be shocked if I get sucked. And I

642
00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:30,480
Speaker 2: haven't yet. I have not bet it yet, but I

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Speaker 2: just knowing myself, there's just so much I love about

644
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Speaker 2: that Pittsburgh team. I think they have good value right

645
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:35,840
Speaker 2: now for this division.

646
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Speaker 1: Well, look, Pittsburgh's is ten Pittsburgh is ten to one

647
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:39,680
Speaker 1: to win the division.

648
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Speaker 2: Right, Yeah, no chance, But I just love the value.

649
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:47,240
Speaker 1: Well, it isn't no chance. Look, it's not like there's

650
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:51,480
Speaker 1: no history here with Tomlin and his team's being competitive

651
00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:54,560
Speaker 1: no matter who the quarterback is and no matter how

652
00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:57,120
Speaker 1: bad the offense is. Just look at last year like

653
00:35:57,400 --> 00:35:59,279
Speaker 1: they were in it. They were in it for the

654
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:05,360
Speaker 1: entire season. And he is unwavering in his confidence and

655
00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:08,120
Speaker 1: in his ability to build the team for the end

656
00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:11,319
Speaker 1: of the year. And you'll see Justin Fields is a

657
00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:14,919
Speaker 1: tantalizing talent. The coaches will see that, and who knows,

658
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:20,240
Speaker 1: maybe a different head coach and a different mentality will

659
00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:24,160
Speaker 1: give him an opportunity to succeed in ways he hasn't before.

660
00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:26,560
Speaker 1: I don't anticipate Russell Wilson is going to be a

661
00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:31,120
Speaker 1: great mentor for him. It doesn't seem like that's necessarily

662
00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:34,920
Speaker 1: the game that they're going to want to play. I

663
00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:38,600
Speaker 1: don't find, by the way, the Bengals to be Chalky

664
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Speaker 1: plus one seventy five. It's the second shortest odds in

665
00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:47,200
Speaker 1: the Vision, so technically not Chalky. But I do feel

666
00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:50,040
Speaker 1: like the Bengals value at fifteen to one, you know.

667
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:52,040
Speaker 2: What I mean? Everyone loves them. Who doesn't love the Bengals?

668
00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:52,719
Speaker 2: What's not the love?

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Speaker 1: Well, look not everyone is talking about the Bengals as

670
00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:57,840
Speaker 1: much as we are. Everyone is talking about the Lions,

671
00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:01,359
Speaker 1: everyone is talking about the Bills, everyone is talking about

672
00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:04,359
Speaker 1: the Chiefs, everyone is talking about the Niners. No one

673
00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:07,279
Speaker 1: is talking about the Bengals. Like the only people who

674
00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:09,400
Speaker 1: are talking about the Bengals and saying, wait a second,

675
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:13,440
Speaker 1: this doesn't make sense. The Bengals are being graded as

676
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:17,120
Speaker 1: if Joe Burrow played last year and was just terrible.

677
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:19,480
Speaker 1: They're not being greater as if Joe Burrow was hurt

678
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:22,719
Speaker 1: literally from the time the season started and never got

679
00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:26,319
Speaker 1: healthy and now this defense has gotten even better, so

680
00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:29,920
Speaker 1: and their coaching staff returns. So to me, there's just

681
00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:35,200
Speaker 1: tremendous value in the Bengals right now. Love it, damn

682
00:37:35,239 --> 00:37:39,799
Speaker 1: straight you love it. As a reminder for the second time,

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Speaker 1: you can catch every episode of The Favorites live on YouTube.

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686
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Speaker 1: All Right, the NFL Draft is one month away. Just today,

687
00:37:55,440 --> 00:38:00,320
Speaker 1: JJ McCarthy news a lot of buzz about him ing

688
00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:02,879
Speaker 1: up the draft charts. A month ago, on this show,

689
00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:06,279
Speaker 1: we noted how Todd McShay draft expert Ketcham on Ryan

690
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:11,480
Speaker 1: Risolo's podcast was hearing scouts loved McCarthy. So that was

691
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Speaker 1: an early sign that there was starting to be buzz.

692
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:16,600
Speaker 1: And honestly, it feels like there has been more talk

693
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:19,239
Speaker 1: about McCarthy this week or last week, Jim Harbaugh saying

694
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Speaker 1: he's the best quarterback in the draft. Everyone wants to

695
00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:29,640
Speaker 1: figure out if he's sort of that under evaluated, tantalizing prospect.

696
00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:34,800
Speaker 1: So this week the odds on McCarthy to go number

697
00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:40,360
Speaker 1: two have shrunk again, opened north of twenty to one

698
00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:44,719
Speaker 1: on Monday. He went from ten to one to four

699
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Speaker 1: to one to be the second overall pick. Simon your take.

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Speaker 2: Never saw it coming, just from watching his tape and

701
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:57,640
Speaker 2: talking to scouts. I never would have bet that this

702
00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:00,799
Speaker 2: was going to happen. But no, it's that time of here, Chad.

703
00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:05,320
Speaker 2: Incredible smoke screen by the GM of the Commanders. Apparently

704
00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:09,279
Speaker 2: they're all up at the owners meeting. This GM is

705
00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:11,600
Speaker 2: going around telling people that he loves JJ and he

706
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:14,799
Speaker 2: might take him at pick two. And now teams might

707
00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:16,839
Speaker 2: you know, trade up to go to that number two

708
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Speaker 2: pick because they like JJ that much they're going to

709
00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:20,880
Speaker 2: take him there. I just I can't buy it. I

710
00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:22,839
Speaker 2: just can't buy the Commanders traded out of there either.

711
00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:26,600
Speaker 2: It's like, are they really going to pass on you know,

712
00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:30,000
Speaker 2: these once in a lifetime QB prospect even if it's

713
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:33,200
Speaker 2: not the number one guy. It feels like, you know,

714
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Speaker 2: even if you want to take Drake Drake May great.

715
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:39,120
Speaker 2: But you know, to me Daniels, when we talked, you know,

716
00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:41,480
Speaker 2: late February, I just bet him because I was like, Okay,

717
00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:43,040
Speaker 2: his odds are too big. I think the race is

718
00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:45,480
Speaker 2: closer to him and Drake May than people realize. I

719
00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:47,080
Speaker 2: don't have any idea who's going number two. I don't

720
00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:50,600
Speaker 2: think anyone does. So this GM can troll people all

721
00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:52,640
Speaker 2: he wants. What I do know for a fact is,

722
00:39:52,719 --> 00:39:55,160
Speaker 2: unlike Carolina, the owner is not going to make the

723
00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:57,799
Speaker 2: decision for Washington. Apparently he has taking a step back

724
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Speaker 2: and he is letting the GM make this choice, which

725
00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:03,160
Speaker 2: is a big deal because I feel like once it leaks,

726
00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:06,520
Speaker 2: we're really going to know who it is. And just

727
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Speaker 2: going by the odds, to me, there's been no leaks,

728
00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:10,640
Speaker 2: Daniels is still the favorite. I believe that minus one

729
00:40:10,680 --> 00:40:14,319
Speaker 2: seventy in most books, no one knows. If you wake

730
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Speaker 2: up and Daniel's up to minus five hundred, that would

731
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Speaker 2: mean something's been leaked overnight, or the professional has got

732
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Speaker 2: word that that's what's going to happen. They've hit that number.

733
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Speaker 2: So for someone like me that likes to hedge my position,

734
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Speaker 2: I was just gonna hedge out on Drake May. But

735
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Speaker 2: now this whole JJ thing has kind of scared me

736
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Speaker 2: a little bit because all these quarterbacks do have a

737
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Speaker 2: weakness that you could point to be the reason why

738
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Speaker 2: you didn't want to take them, And you know, some

739
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:41,520
Speaker 2: people out there really puff their chest out and love

740
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Speaker 2: Drake May I've never felt that way about him. You know,

741
00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:47,880
Speaker 2: a quarterback playing in the ACC and doing well is

742
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Speaker 2: much different than a quarterback playing well in the SEC,

743
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Speaker 2: and I think scouts know that as well. So as talented,

744
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Speaker 2: as great as he's looked, it's just hard to really

745
00:40:57,360 --> 00:41:00,160
Speaker 2: want to take an ACC quarterback over an SEC that

746
00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:02,759
Speaker 2: number two pick. And that's why again I facked into

747
00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:05,560
Speaker 2: that when I'm talking about Daniels and his big plus numbers.

748
00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:09,520
Speaker 2: So the JJ stuff is really interesting, but I personally

749
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:11,359
Speaker 2: think it's all smoke screen. I think it's like we

750
00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:14,279
Speaker 2: talked last year about the Will Levis. Will Levis, all

751
00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:16,480
Speaker 2: of a sudden, this Reddit post and all these rumors,

752
00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:17,960
Speaker 2: and all of a sudden his odds went way up

753
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Speaker 2: to be the number two pick overall. At one point

754
00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:22,200
Speaker 2: he was minus two hundred to be the number two

755
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Speaker 2: pick on the draft. On the day of the draft,

756
00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:27,759
Speaker 2: mind you like it was crazy. So me and you

757
00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:29,920
Speaker 2: talk all the time people, there's a lot of noise.

758
00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:32,920
Speaker 2: It's tough to sift through it. But I think the

759
00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:36,120
Speaker 2: JJ stuff is just it's just noise. Even when you

760
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:39,080
Speaker 2: see Harball talking about it. Of course, Horrorball is gonna

761
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:41,799
Speaker 2: talk talk up his former quarterback and he's sitting there

762
00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:43,920
Speaker 2: at the fifth pick. This man is dying for four

763
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Speaker 2: quarterbacks to go before the fifth, fifth pick, and he

764
00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:49,960
Speaker 2: could take Sam Martin Harris or whoever at that position.

765
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Speaker 2: So yeah, it's it's all going to right now, it's

766
00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:55,360
Speaker 2: all going to plan like someone from the outside. You

767
00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:57,279
Speaker 2: got the ex coach talking them up. You got a

768
00:41:57,360 --> 00:41:59,680
Speaker 2: GM throwing smoke screens because he thinks the Bikings are

769
00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:02,000
Speaker 2: gonna try up to first round picks to go get

770
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Speaker 2: this kid at the fourth pick. So this is this

771
00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:06,120
Speaker 2: is my favorite time of year. It's just there's so

772
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Speaker 2: much bs. It's just really fun to break it all down.

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Speaker 1: Well, that's exactly what it is. There's so many there's

774
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:16,640
Speaker 1: so much noise in the signals. Uh to flip it around, right,

775
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:21,120
Speaker 1: JJ McCarthy does not have the resume that Jaden Daniels

776
00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:24,120
Speaker 1: have has, does not have the numbers, does not have

777
00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:26,440
Speaker 1: the stature that Drake May has. And I say this

778
00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:30,399
Speaker 1: as a guy who from the beginning has not been

779
00:42:30,719 --> 00:42:36,000
Speaker 1: on the Drake May bandwagon. There's no reason for a

780
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:39,279
Speaker 1: conversation about him to all of a sudden be a

781
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:44,560
Speaker 1: top two pick. It is all conjecture rumor. This is

782
00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:50,960
Speaker 1: the Tommy Year when NFL reporters, NFL gms, NFL owners

783
00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:55,399
Speaker 1: are all in the same place. They're gossiping, They're chit chatting. Oh,

784
00:42:55,880 --> 00:42:58,279
Speaker 1: like this guy, it's really interesting, you know. I like

785
00:42:58,320 --> 00:43:01,120
Speaker 1: the way he does this, and like everyone wants to

786
00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:05,200
Speaker 1: find something special that nobody else can see. In the

787
00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:12,200
Speaker 1: entirety of American life, people believe in other people's superpowers

788
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:14,919
Speaker 1: and ability to see something that no one else can see.

789
00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:18,960
Speaker 1: It's why people love betters. They believe they can see

790
00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:22,880
Speaker 1: the future. They think they have some kind of secret

791
00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:25,719
Speaker 1: that nobody else has that has allowed that allows them

792
00:43:25,719 --> 00:43:31,279
Speaker 1: to see something and benefit from that power. This is

793
00:43:31,320 --> 00:43:34,680
Speaker 1: the JJ McCarthy story right now. He's not going number

794
00:43:34,719 --> 00:43:37,000
Speaker 1: two overall, No.

795
00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:39,040
Speaker 2: No, But I would to be shocked to v win three,

796
00:43:39,160 --> 00:43:41,279
Speaker 2: just because there are ways you could talk him over

797
00:43:41,560 --> 00:43:45,759
Speaker 2: Drake May but yeah, over Daniel's. It's just it's just

798
00:43:45,760 --> 00:43:47,399
Speaker 2: hard for me to wrap my head around that one

799
00:43:47,719 --> 00:43:51,880
Speaker 2: h at pick two just for the upside. But yeah, JJ,

800
00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:56,919
Speaker 2: you know the tape, it's hard to break down the tape,

801
00:43:56,920 --> 00:43:58,560
Speaker 2: but the whole, the whole thing that a team could

802
00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:01,359
Speaker 2: talk themselves into is just the fact that there is

803
00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:03,279
Speaker 2: so much unknown to him. But what you do know

804
00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:05,279
Speaker 2: is he did lead a team to quote unquote a

805
00:44:05,320 --> 00:44:08,120
Speaker 2: national title, and he played in a horrible offense, which

806
00:44:08,239 --> 00:44:11,520
Speaker 2: is a pro offense. So there are things that can

807
00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:14,360
Speaker 2: be talked into it. I just if I'm drafting for upside,

808
00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:16,200
Speaker 2: which every team should be drafting for, I just why

809
00:44:16,239 --> 00:44:19,200
Speaker 2: would you not take Drake May if you're the Patriots

810
00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:22,520
Speaker 2: instead of JJ. But again, a ton of smoke screen.

811
00:44:23,560 --> 00:44:25,960
Speaker 2: You know, it's all the agents as well working together.

812
00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:29,279
Speaker 2: I've been proven wrong. I never in my life would

813
00:44:29,320 --> 00:44:31,560
Speaker 2: have believed Bryce Shong would have been the number one pick.

814
00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:35,279
Speaker 2: And again that's not even try to shoot on now.

815
00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:37,480
Speaker 2: People are trying to shoot on Bryce Shong a year later.

816
00:44:37,560 --> 00:44:39,200
Speaker 2: It's like, you know, none of us would be shocked

817
00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:41,360
Speaker 2: if he is better. But I think all of us

818
00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:43,440
Speaker 2: can agree he never would have the ceiling that CJ

819
00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:46,200
Speaker 2: had And that's just proven out. And the same thing

820
00:44:46,280 --> 00:44:49,239
Speaker 2: kind of goes here where JJ. I just don't know

821
00:44:49,239 --> 00:44:51,160
Speaker 2: if his ceiling is close to the other guys in

822
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Speaker 2: the top three, where I do think he is gifted

823
00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:55,440
Speaker 2: and it's fair to have him above you know, these

824
00:44:55,440 --> 00:44:59,040
Speaker 2: other quarterbacks at Penix and bo Nicks. But yeah, it's

825
00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:00,880
Speaker 2: it's tough for me to get there for him being

826
00:45:00,920 --> 00:45:02,520
Speaker 2: a top three pick. But I told you guy, I

827
00:45:02,520 --> 00:45:04,720
Speaker 2: told you a man, Mitchell, what was that a month ago?

828
00:45:05,320 --> 00:45:07,440
Speaker 2: You know, scouts were talking about six quarterbacks going in

829
00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:10,000
Speaker 2: the first round. Yeah, and I didn't believe it because

830
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:13,440
Speaker 2: it's like, I can't find the six. Now, if JJ

831
00:45:13,560 --> 00:45:17,160
Speaker 2: does go top four and then Denver is coming up

832
00:45:17,160 --> 00:45:19,759
Speaker 2: and taking bow knicks, and then the Bucks are coming

833
00:45:19,840 --> 00:45:22,160
Speaker 2: up to take Pennix at the back end of the

834
00:45:22,160 --> 00:45:27,040
Speaker 2: first that's six quarterbacks. So pretty pretty exciting draft if

835
00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:28,920
Speaker 2: you're a big fan of the quarterback drafts, like this

836
00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:30,360
Speaker 2: is this is as good as it gets, Like this

837
00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:33,400
Speaker 2: is really crazy that you know this is already starting

838
00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:36,160
Speaker 2: this early. But yeah, JJ being a top three pick,

839
00:45:36,239 --> 00:45:38,279
Speaker 2: that would be a pretty big shocker draft for the

840
00:45:38,280 --> 00:45:39,080
Speaker 2: silcoming draft.

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Speaker 1: Mike Tannemb, I'm former GM at the Dolphins, current ESPN analyst,

842
00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:49,840
Speaker 1: posted a GM's view of a mock draft today and

843
00:45:50,560 --> 00:45:58,160
Speaker 1: he had Molik Neighbors growing ahead of Marvin Harrison Junior.

844
00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:02,080
Speaker 1: First time I've seen someone say that. I know there's

845
00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:05,360
Speaker 1: been a lot of conversation about those two getting closer,

846
00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:08,760
Speaker 1: and the upside of Harrison not being that much higher

847
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:11,280
Speaker 1: than the upside of neighbors, and that you might actually

848
00:46:11,280 --> 00:46:14,680
Speaker 1: be paying a premium for the name and Marvin Harrison.

849
00:46:15,719 --> 00:46:20,640
Speaker 1: Or are you hearing anything about positioning for wide receivers.

850
00:46:22,239 --> 00:46:24,720
Speaker 2: I think it comes down to what the team wants

851
00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:28,520
Speaker 2: and what their mentality is. You know, our ball known

852
00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:30,920
Speaker 2: has had a better look coming in the NFL than

853
00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:33,640
Speaker 2: him going against Harris. So if Ferris is there pick five,

854
00:46:34,360 --> 00:46:37,040
Speaker 2: his four quarterbacks went, maybe he'll do it, or maybe

855
00:46:37,080 --> 00:46:38,800
Speaker 2: he knows something we don't know and he passes on

856
00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:41,719
Speaker 2: them to take a different receiver. So the drama I

857
00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:45,839
Speaker 2: do know is real where you know, Marvin Rrison Junior

858
00:46:45,920 --> 00:46:49,360
Speaker 2: is incredible, but these top three receivers are all incredible

859
00:46:49,360 --> 00:46:51,640
Speaker 2: in their own way. I think they're all I hate

860
00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:52,920
Speaker 2: to say it, but it does feel like they're all

861
00:46:52,960 --> 00:46:56,080
Speaker 2: can't miss guys, right, these three receivers, each one would

862
00:46:56,080 --> 00:46:58,200
Speaker 2: be a number one pick if they were there in

863
00:46:58,239 --> 00:47:00,680
Speaker 2: any given draft by themselves. Which thing they all do

864
00:47:00,719 --> 00:47:03,440
Speaker 2: well the other one doesn't do is great vice versas.

865
00:47:03,480 --> 00:47:06,240
Speaker 2: So I wouldn't be shocked by it, but I would

866
00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:10,160
Speaker 2: be surprised just because it's like Marvin Harris Junior is

867
00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:13,480
Speaker 2: ready made. He would have been probably number one receiver

868
00:47:13,560 --> 00:47:16,200
Speaker 2: drafted last year if he came out into the So

869
00:47:17,160 --> 00:47:19,520
Speaker 2: the only knock of him is he didn't look like

870
00:47:19,560 --> 00:47:21,440
Speaker 2: he was trying that hard. Toward the end of the season.

871
00:47:21,560 --> 00:47:23,040
Speaker 2: There's a couple of things you saw where he looked

872
00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:25,920
Speaker 2: like he took plays off. Maybe teams got rubbed the

873
00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:28,040
Speaker 2: wrong way because he was like, I'm not doing it

874
00:47:28,040 --> 00:47:30,160
Speaker 2: in your you know, cat and mouse game. I'm not

875
00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:32,239
Speaker 2: playing your guys game getting ready for this combine. I'm

876
00:47:32,239 --> 00:47:34,680
Speaker 2: doing my own thing. I'm not worried about training for

877
00:47:34,719 --> 00:47:37,200
Speaker 2: the combat. I'm just training for the upcoming season. So yeah,

878
00:47:37,239 --> 00:47:39,160
Speaker 2: some teams might take a rubber let him rub it

879
00:47:39,239 --> 00:47:41,279
Speaker 2: the wrong way. I would not pass on him like

880
00:47:41,360 --> 00:47:44,680
Speaker 2: this kid feels like, you know, Justin Jefferson two point zero.

881
00:47:44,760 --> 00:47:47,560
Speaker 2: Like everything he does, he's so smooth, he's got incredible hands,

882
00:47:47,600 --> 00:47:50,600
Speaker 2: he's a good blocker. I would take him fy then

883
00:47:50,719 --> 00:47:53,399
Speaker 2: one pick. But people keep seeing it's here, say that

884
00:47:53,960 --> 00:47:55,840
Speaker 2: a different receiver could go and the number the number

885
00:47:55,840 --> 00:47:57,920
Speaker 2: one receiver. I don't think it is. I think it's

886
00:47:57,920 --> 00:48:00,200
Speaker 2: all about the team's preference. And once again. And if

887
00:48:00,239 --> 00:48:03,000
Speaker 2: it's the Chargers that pick five, har Ball has seen

888
00:48:03,040 --> 00:48:04,879
Speaker 2: this guy play a ton. If he doesn't like them,

889
00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:07,000
Speaker 2: he wants to take it there a receiver or maybe

890
00:48:07,040 --> 00:48:08,920
Speaker 2: you take an offensive lineman, which is really crazy if

891
00:48:08,920 --> 00:48:11,600
Speaker 2: they pass on our receiver roll together. But yeah, that

892
00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:14,320
Speaker 2: is possibilit with the Chargers. I just I think that

893
00:48:14,480 --> 00:48:16,920
Speaker 2: go receiver because it's like, what are they doing for Herbert? Right?

894
00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:18,839
Speaker 2: They're not gonna give Herbert a weapon here? Like that's

895
00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:22,520
Speaker 2: that's crazy to me. So yeah, it is crazy where

896
00:48:22,520 --> 00:48:24,520
Speaker 2: I thought that was not going to happen two months ago,

897
00:48:24,560 --> 00:48:27,319
Speaker 2: I thought, no doubt Marvin Harris will be the first

898
00:48:27,520 --> 00:48:30,239
Speaker 2: player position taking off the board now, Chad. But with

899
00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:33,520
Speaker 2: the trade rumors, we'll see if the air's our trades out,

900
00:48:33,520 --> 00:48:35,560
Speaker 2: I could see a different team taking a different receiver

901
00:48:35,640 --> 00:48:36,320
Speaker 2: than number one.

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