1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: Be Around the NFL podcast has tips for Steve Bartin's 2 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:14,960 Speaker 1: podcasts from the Chris Wesley podcast studio. It's Around the NFL. 3 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: I'm Dan Kanzas joined by heroes Greg Rosenthal, Mark Sessler. 4 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 1: What's while money tag comes along? And I don't know 5 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: what the hell is about? Zero context? Um, we look 6 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: at each other, we do a little, you know, kind 7 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: of fable giggle, and then we move on because it 8 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: does no meaning. Does Steve Martin have a podcast? Who doesn't? 9 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:39,600 Speaker 1: I don't know. I know he's got a banjo Uh 10 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: maybe it's a banjo podcast. I don't know. Do you 11 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: know anyone that does not have? I mean, literally every 12 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:47,480 Speaker 1: human I know is is operating some sort of show 13 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: with this about simone life with the Sessler's pod. I 14 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 1: would definitely listen to that. She does not, So you've 15 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 1: already foiled my theory. But you're right. This is the 16 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 1: Tuesday show Around the NFL Podcas asked Greg is made 17 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:05,039 Speaker 1: it out of the BTS concert alive? You were able 18 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 1: to navigate, Your daughter and your wife made it out 19 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 1: of the venue. You got out and home apparently because 20 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:14,680 Speaker 1: you're here now, unless you never got them and there's 21 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: still at the stadium somewhere. I don't know, Oh, I 22 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:20,760 Speaker 1: thought you were getting it. Took a while to get 23 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 1: out that night, but it is nice. You know, we 24 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:25,399 Speaker 1: work here. It was nice when we walked over from 25 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: the Chargers game the other night, and this time I 26 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:29,959 Speaker 1: just said, yeah, meet me at the bottom of the 27 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 1: stairs outside of NFL Network, And there they were, you know, 28 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 1: right after the show. Took took a long white way 29 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:38,960 Speaker 1: to get home. But what a what a tough cookie. 30 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:43,120 Speaker 1: You know that ellis is loses a tooth about an show, 31 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: getting bloody, go, you know, running up to a bathroom, 32 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 1: washed it out, get back to the seat in time 33 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 1: for the show, standing up for three straight hours having Yeah, um, excellent. 34 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 1: So bts is still owning the world where we live. 35 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 1: But we have football to discuss. We gotta go one today. Uh. 36 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 1: Brian Baldinger, the King of tape. I call him the 37 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: tape Pitbull because he's the most fearsome of all tape dogs. 38 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: That's new. I don't know if that's gonna take, but 39 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: I think what I'm trying to get across is that 40 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 1: he's peerless and ferocious, and anyone that tries to step 41 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 1: to him, that's a level above a tape dog. Sure, 42 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 1: I mean I hear where you're going with that. Everyone 43 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: else is a tape golden retriever. When you get to 44 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:30,920 Speaker 1: Baldy and his ability to study, and I think we 45 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: need his help because we need the game. And there 46 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: are questions we have about what's going on in a 47 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:40,080 Speaker 1: very strange NFL season. We seek answers, so we turned 48 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 1: to Baldi. He's coming up a little bit later. Also, 49 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:47,919 Speaker 1: Thursday Night Football, can you believe it? Week thirteen will 50 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 1: kick off in just two short days in the Dallas Cowboys, 51 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 1: who probably wish they had a normal schedule at some 52 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: point where they play on a Sunday with all their 53 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 1: COVID issues and injury issues. They are on a short week, 54 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 1: although I guess they played last Thursday, so it's not 55 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,079 Speaker 1: a short week. But you know what I'm saying. Uh, 56 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 1: they play against the Saints, who are free falling out 57 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 1: into nothing right now. Uh, they are going to try 58 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: to keep their seasonal. I we'll get to that in preview, 59 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:17,639 Speaker 1: that with Connie Fox the Tiny Box. But before that, 60 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: you know what we mark, you know what we do 61 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 1: around here. We're going to another aspect of football that 62 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 1: occurred this week. Absolutely. We closed the door on week 63 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: twelve with our Monday Night Football recap sponsored by not 64 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 1: a goad damn thing. You hold it to no one 65 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: holds mostly to nobody until they tell us. Then we 66 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 1: are under lock and key with a zero control. Good 67 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 1: little boys, Yeah, alright. Ricky Wilson takes the stack, looks 68 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 1: over the middle. Then I grown into the df may 69 00:03:56,280 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 1: teams the league. Now they just need a kick off. Ah, 70 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 1: there it is. The Seattle Seahawks had a chance for 71 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 1: a miracle comeback, could not get it done. Russell Wilson 72 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: line drive incomplete pass Taylor Heineke throws his arms up 73 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:17,040 Speaker 1: and rejoices on the sideline because the Washington football team 74 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:19,839 Speaker 1: is alive and well in the NFC after a seventeen 75 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 1: fifteen win at FedEx Field. My goodness, Mark. So it's 76 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: funny because and we'll get to the Seahawks, which it's 77 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:36,600 Speaker 1: a whole other thing with him, but uh, montest sweat. 78 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 1: He goes out for the year. Then Chase Young blows 79 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:42,280 Speaker 1: out his knee. He's out for the year. That's coming back, right, 80 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 1: I think? So is he coming back? Oh? He had 81 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 1: the jaw tough injury. There he'll come back at some point. 82 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:51,600 Speaker 1: He's still seat, but without these players, the defense has 83 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: come alive and they're playing that Ron Rivera ball that 84 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 1: Ron loves, running the ball forty three times for a 85 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:00,160 Speaker 1: buck fifty two and a touch in this game game. 86 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:04,160 Speaker 1: So Washington is relying on a old school style football 87 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: and against the Seattle Seahawks team that cannot get out 88 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:08,840 Speaker 1: of its own way, that was good enough on Monday night. 89 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: It is Uh, Greg and I were talking, I think 90 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 1: before last week's preview show that Ron Rivera kind of 91 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 1: does this everywhere he goes where it's like, let's start 92 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:20,599 Speaker 1: wicket slow, then round into shape, form an identity that 93 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:22,919 Speaker 1: looks a lot like Ron River and start kicking people's 94 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 1: butt and often, like with teams that don't even end 95 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 1: up that good. Remember that seven eight and one Panthers 96 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 1: that won the division by winning force straight and then 97 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 1: they did a similar thing last year and here they 98 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: go again. They did they did. That was the game 99 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: where they won three to two in the wildcard round 100 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,599 Speaker 1: and Cam completed like twelve centers passes and then was 101 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 1: posing and smiling on the sideline like they just well, 102 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:51,600 Speaker 1: that's what victory that cardinal, right, who was that game anyway? 103 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:56,280 Speaker 1: Uh Yeah, So Washington uh gets it done with their defense, 104 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 1: with their running game, Ron Rivera is feeling it and 105 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 1: uh more are fun with Taylor Heineke, who uh didn't 106 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 1: really stand out on a high level, but still twenty 107 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 1: seven thirty five. And I just again appreciate the way 108 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: he runs this offense, and I thought he made a 109 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:15,839 Speaker 1: lot of smart decisions as well. When he could have 110 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 1: maybe forced it the way we've seen in the past, 111 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 1: the way Russell Wilson has been known to do at 112 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 1: times this year, he instead took the shorter option and 113 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: kept them on this path, which was, Hey, Seattle stinks 114 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:30,599 Speaker 1: on offense, We're not gonna take extra chances. We're gonna 115 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:32,719 Speaker 1: count on our defense. And it paid off. Yeah. I 116 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 1: mean it's the forty one minutes of possession had something 117 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 1: to do with the football team and something to do 118 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 1: with Seattle's defense. They beat them up on both lines, 119 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:47,840 Speaker 1: Washington and Taylor Heineke twenty three twenty five on passes 120 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: a fewer than ten plus air yards. I mean they 121 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 1: were hitting intermediate little shots and getting yards after the catch, 122 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 1: and their ground game has really come to life. I 123 00:06:57,240 --> 00:06:59,040 Speaker 1: mean they you know, JD mckissic, who I don't think 124 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:04,280 Speaker 1: it's been mentioned on this podcasts like all year. Well, 125 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:06,479 Speaker 1: then I've just mentioned him for the fifth time, and 126 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:08,719 Speaker 1: it's due. He deserves a little bit of a nod. 127 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm with you. I mean, Taylor Heinekey. I 128 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: get that the debate goes on whether or not he 129 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: would continue on as um a functional starter after this season, 130 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: But what more do you need to do to be 131 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 1: watchable to run this offense? And they are? They are 132 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 1: a team to me that like I had these little 133 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: pet teams to shield the dislike of my own team 134 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 1: and what they're doing to me inside. Um, Washington has 135 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 1: shifted right into that. And I'm surprised because I've never 136 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 1: really been into Washington on any Yes, well, they've got 137 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: watch It's not surprising to me. Mark likes sixteen play 138 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 1: drive absolutely often that end in field goals, Like that's 139 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 1: what Marks into. At one point in this game, before 140 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 1: that last Seas drive, it was seventy nine plays to 141 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 1: thirty five. They had a fifteen play field goal drive 142 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 1: in the first quarter, a couple of long ones in 143 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: the middle, and then the biggest reason to give this 144 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: offense some credit is that sixty play nine dr drive 145 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: that they couldn't quite finish out because they didn't have 146 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 1: a kicker. They would have kicked a field goal to 147 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: win the game. Essentially, they didn't have it. The an 148 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 1: overturned call that was questionable on the goal line, you know, 149 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 1: ended that drive. But they held the ball for over 150 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 1: eight minutes, and it's very similar to how they ended 151 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 1: the game against Tampa. All that said, I don't want 152 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 1: to give the offense like too much credit in a 153 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 1: game where they went three and out about five times, 154 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 1: like the defense was the star here for Ron Rivera 155 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: and for Washington. Uh no, I mean Washington, I mean 156 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 1: went three and out at least four or five times 157 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 1: in this game. Seattle took it to the next level. 158 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: They got the drive consecutive times. And there's only two 159 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 1: teams in the season. A lot of times you don't 160 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:44,439 Speaker 1: get the ball back that many times if you keep 161 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:46,599 Speaker 1: there's only two teams in the NFL this season that 162 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 1: have gone three and out five consecutive drives, and somehow 163 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 1: it's the Seahawks twice. It's not surprising when you watch 164 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:56,679 Speaker 1: them though, it's just like historically shocking. It's it's unbelievable 165 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 1: that it's gotten to that. But the end of the 166 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,560 Speaker 1: game just real quick. Uh, it's kind of a cliche. 167 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:04,679 Speaker 1: I don't even know what to catches anymore, like that, 168 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 1: that's the thing that people say all the time. Right 169 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:10,680 Speaker 1: to night, I thought about West with that because nothing 170 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 1: drove him crazy. That was his thing for about four 171 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 1: years on this show, right, he said it drove him 172 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 1: crazy to catch. At some point he thought. We kind 173 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:20,839 Speaker 1: of thought they fixed it in the last couple of weeks. 174 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: I don't know that that touchdown catch at the end 175 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:26,599 Speaker 1: of the game that has to stand there and it 176 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: and it kind of gets wiped away. I think it 177 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: was Logan Thomas. Uh, it's ruled to catch on the field. 178 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:36,319 Speaker 1: There's no to me clear evidence. You kid know a 179 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 1: catch when you see one, and and yet they overturn it. 180 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 1: And thankfully, at least that's where my perspective on it, 181 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:44,839 Speaker 1: not just because the Jets draft pick keeps getting better 182 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:48,319 Speaker 1: because Seattle keeps losing. It's like Washington deserved to win 183 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 1: that game. They made every play they needed to make, 184 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:53,080 Speaker 1: and then you make this arbitrary ruling that opens the 185 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 1: door for Seattle to have this miracle come back. I 186 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 1: didn't like that. The fact that they then recover the 187 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 1: onside kick Seattle and go from missing the two point 188 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 1: conversion uh to tie it at seventeen too, potentially getting 189 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 1: the ball back near midfield to win on a field goal, 190 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 1: only that then gets wiped away because one of the 191 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 1: guys was lined up on the wrong side of the 192 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 1: hash market. I mean, it's Seattle season in a nutshell. 193 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 1: The frustration, there's just layers of it. That two point 194 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:23,959 Speaker 1: conversion you know that we heard before. To me, said 195 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 1: it all about Russell Wilson, like that ball has gotta 196 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 1: come out. I'm telling you, if like that was, I'm 197 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 1: trying to think of a mid level quarterback Mac Jones 198 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:38,559 Speaker 1: or Cousins most likely, or Tannehill. It's just like a 199 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:43,760 Speaker 1: timing throw and the guy's open right, and DK is 200 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: open to his second receivers open too, and Russell Wilson 201 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 1: just holds it. And I know they had that last 202 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 1: minute drive where it felt like they're the Seahawks again. 203 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 1: But even within that drive, there was that sack that 204 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:57,160 Speaker 1: I know you tweeted about, Dan, where Wilson's just holding 205 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:00,280 Speaker 1: the ball forever, forever and never. You could almost see 206 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 1: him thinking it never gets to the thought, I gotta 207 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:05,080 Speaker 1: throw the ball away and get sacked there. And so 208 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 1: even even in that comeback attempt, which should have been great, 209 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 1: like that two point conversion, left me with such a 210 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 1: sour taste because I'm just thinking, like, what is going 211 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:14,840 Speaker 1: on with Russell Wilson. I mean he is he is 212 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:19,079 Speaker 1: in the most non functional offense by far of his career. 213 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 1: He leads the team last night with sixty functional earlier 214 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 1: in the season. That's the part I don't get. I'm 215 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:27,560 Speaker 1: just saying where they are now, I mean he's not. 216 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:30,199 Speaker 1: He's It's like it's not just on Russell Wilson. He's 217 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,320 Speaker 1: not playing well, but I mean there's like they're out 218 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,439 Speaker 1: of tune. Like DK Metcalf doesn't get a caste in 219 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:39,440 Speaker 1: the game on Shane Waldron. How much have we put 220 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: on Russell Wilson? How much should be put on the 221 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:44,440 Speaker 1: fact that Russell Wilson uh came back early from the 222 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:47,560 Speaker 1: thumb the finger surgery. He says his fingers absolutely fine. 223 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 1: So if he's telling but then that's not the team missed. 224 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 1: He's missed a lot of throws since he's come back. 225 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 1: In the DK Metcalf thing is, Greg you were kind 226 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 1: of beating the drum on this, uh for a couple 227 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 1: of weeks now it almost looked like he took himself 228 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,240 Speaker 1: out of that game. Uh do you know who he 229 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 1: was complaining to you on the sideline too. That's the 230 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 1: Yaks Twitter love that they're like, there's something going on here. 231 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:11,959 Speaker 1: You know, it's always been a guy that keeps a 232 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 1: locker room together. One thing that I know he d 233 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 1: k Baca was just venting. But to get Brian Greasy 234 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 1: criticizing Russell Wilson for not seeing the field, it's like 235 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 1: it takes, it takes a lot. I think. I think 236 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:29,079 Speaker 1: they're just so hesitant. I'm not saying it's all in 237 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:31,319 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson. It's not like they were lighting it up 238 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:35,080 Speaker 1: with Gino. But they weren't much. They weren't different, that's 239 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 1: for sure. And I know his fingers hurt, but a 240 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 1: lot of it just seems like there's open guys and 241 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:42,560 Speaker 1: he's not throwing it to him. And Pete Carroll came 242 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:44,559 Speaker 1: about as close as he could. He was very supportive 243 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 1: Russell Wison. But to just admitting that, I think it 244 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 1: anyone that watches his film right now can can see 245 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 1: that that for whatever reason, he has scrambled. Yeah, and 246 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 1: I can I just say something, we have emergency quarterbacks. 247 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:00,440 Speaker 1: This is going to sound like a bit because I 248 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:03,320 Speaker 1: talked about the kicker club. But doesn't this happen enough 249 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 1: now we see this enough during a season. We're losing 250 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 1: your kicker and he popped the hamstring. The Washington kicker, 251 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 1: um Joey Slid popped the hamstring on that extra man. 252 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 1: That was kind of a crazy game. The p a 253 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:20,560 Speaker 1: T block that turned it to two points for the 254 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 1: Seahawks to make it nine nine before the half, Like 255 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 1: that really changed so much in that game, right down 256 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 1: to what we're talking about. They couldn't just kicked the 257 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 1: field go to ice the game and it almost cost 258 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 1: them the game. Why isn't there some type an emergency 259 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 1: kicker situation. I know you say, oh, roster space, this 260 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:39,679 Speaker 1: and that, all right, then making a fifty four van roster. 261 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 1: It's strange to me that it that it's that you 262 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 1: have no security blanket. It's happened with multiple teams this 263 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 1: season too, in a weird in a weird campaign. But 264 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 1: you can't hit an extra point or you can't have 265 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 1: some wide receiver he used to be a soccer player, 266 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 1: practice guest, these are like premier athletes. You think that almost. 267 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: I mean I was on, like, up, I've told you this, 268 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:58,439 Speaker 1: you might play Pop Warner. We had a kid that 269 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 1: could kick extra points? Oh yeah, everyone. I mean it's like, 270 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:03,600 Speaker 1: how do you not have at least five people that 271 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 1: have kicked extra points in their life? Maybe there just 272 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 1: wasn't confidence in them, but that that was another by 273 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:12,560 Speaker 1: the way, um struggle with the situational football from this 274 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 1: Monday Night football crew. They just they didn't mention that 275 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 1: that whole drive and that was this it was this 276 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 1: anvil hanging over that whole drive. He kept hitting the 277 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:22,040 Speaker 1: third in the fourth downs and it was like, that's 278 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 1: so huge because they don't have a kick. Didn't mention 279 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:27,120 Speaker 1: it one time until the like about ten seconds left 280 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 1: on the planet. You're out for blood. I do every 281 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 1: time the Man cast isn't on now, it really does 282 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 1: my Monday viewing experience. Like there, I tweeted about. I said, 283 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 1: like I feel like these guys are my friends now. 284 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 1: It was actually a really heartwarming little social media moment 285 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 1: for the old Zuser tug Boats mentions. We're all like 286 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 1: that's how we feel listening to your show that there 287 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 1: you go, Mark, I mean, alright, that's Monday night football, weird, 288 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:01,960 Speaker 1: funky little game. It's fun. Let's take a break and 289 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 1: then all right, now it's time for a guest. Listen. 290 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 1: We don't have a ton of guests on the podcast, 291 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 1: and when we do have one, it's because you know, 292 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: they're the goods and it's one of our favorites. He 293 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 1: is the great Baldi of NFL Network, Brian Baldinger, one 294 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 1: of the great tate men in the league, one of 295 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 1: the great adventurers of the universe, and and Baldi before 296 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: we get into what's some questions we have about things 297 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 1: we can't figure out in the NFL and you're you're 298 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 1: hopefully gonna help us, and I'm sure you will. Greg 299 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 1: took his or Greg's wife took their daughter to the 300 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 1: BTS show at Sofie Sofi Stadium this past weekend and 301 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 1: it did get me thinking, what's the last concert that 302 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 1: Baldy went getting loose? Well, well, you have to fill 303 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 1: me in. What is BTS like a k pop Korean 304 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 1: pop band, but they're like they're like in sync um 305 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 1: but like worldwide and don't act like you don't know. 306 00:15:55,160 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 1: It's zeitgeist education in this Well they've played four well, 307 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 1: I mean that's a big stadium, so they must be 308 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:09,840 Speaker 1: pretty popular. But you have to understand, I live in 309 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 1: a bubble, like a very small, little narrow bubble, and 310 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 1: if BTS isn't being played on one of my screens, 311 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 1: then I have no idea who they are right now. 312 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 1: It's good, it's good. Well, what about you your last concert? 313 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 1: My last My last concert was Billy Joel Billy Joel 314 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 1: at the Garden Madison Square Garden, New York City, probably 315 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:37,080 Speaker 1: just before the pandemic. So it's been a it's been 316 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:39,680 Speaker 1: a low stretch now. Even though I'm a native New Yorker, 317 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 1: I've never been a Billy Joel guy. It was always 318 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 1: more of a Springsteen guy. But I have to say 319 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 1: this about Joel. Joel figured it out. He got out 320 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 1: of the game as a recording artist in like ninety three. 321 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 1: He did the River of Dreams album. He said, I'm out. 322 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 1: But you know what I'm gonna do. I'm not hitting 323 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 1: the road and touring in my sixties. I'm setting up 324 00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 1: a residency. Oh you're gonna go to some dump in 325 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 1: Vegas or go down to Atlantic City. No, Bro, I'm 326 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 1: playing MSG. I'm playing the Garden once a month forever, 327 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 1: how long I want. That's actually one of the great 328 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 1: baller moves in rock touring history. Well, I've been good 329 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 1: friends with it, with the guys in the band for 330 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:19,640 Speaker 1: a long time. He's a Long Island guy. His drummers 331 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:24,120 Speaker 1: original drummer Liberty de Vitos from my town, Massipiqua. So 332 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 1: in all the roadies are like some of my best friends. 333 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 1: So Larry Dobe Senior's son, Larrydobe Jr. You know, does 334 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:35,160 Speaker 1: all the lightning form. So like I get, I get 335 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:37,040 Speaker 1: treated like a rock strong when I go I get 336 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 1: to go back there and tinker around with somebody guitars 337 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:43,000 Speaker 1: and pianos and stuff. So you know, it's it's been fun. 338 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 1: It's been a fun. It's yet more evidence that there 339 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 1: is the lives that we live, and then there is 340 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:52,040 Speaker 1: Baldi's existence, which is on about a level thirty levels 341 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:58,200 Speaker 1: above my level. Alright, let's turn to football, Baldi. Now, 342 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 1: this is what we want to talk about out here. Um, 343 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:03,719 Speaker 1: we're trying to figure out this NFL season. It's a 344 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 1: tough one. This is a toughie even beyond other seasons. 345 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 1: There are mysteries that we have and we need help. 346 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:11,640 Speaker 1: We need a real tape dog, a premier tape dog 347 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 1: like Baldy sees the game in a different way. So Mark, 348 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:16,840 Speaker 1: why don't you get us going something that you need 349 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:19,160 Speaker 1: assistance with that? Bald he can help you. Well, look 350 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 1: at um, I this is on brand. Uh, Bald do 351 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 1: you know that I'm a Browns fan and I just 352 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 1: have to ask you. Let's let's just microcositive down to 353 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:30,680 Speaker 1: what happened in the Baltimore game. Uh, and feel free 354 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:33,200 Speaker 1: to go beyond. But they were as healthy as they 355 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:37,480 Speaker 1: had been in eons in months. Everyone's there, everyone's there's 356 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:42,120 Speaker 1: no excuses. They flatline, they fall apart um. They look 357 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:44,320 Speaker 1: nothing like the team from last year or even at 358 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:46,919 Speaker 1: high points earlier this year. When you're watching, I know 359 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 1: you love the row line and stuff, but when you're 360 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:52,919 Speaker 1: watching this offense, help me, help me not just simply 361 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 1: fall off a cliff psychologically? What is going on here? Well, 362 00:18:57,359 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: you know the Ravens, they you know wink Mark and 363 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 1: now he I mean understands what the Browns are trying 364 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:04,159 Speaker 1: to do. Uh. They give him a lot of different looks. 365 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:07,160 Speaker 1: They're not easy to prepare for. Uh. You know, when 366 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:08,879 Speaker 1: you look at a guy like Tie his Bowser in 367 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:11,320 Speaker 1: that game, he lined up everywhere, he was manned man 368 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 1: on the tight ends, he was rushing the quarterback. They 369 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:16,639 Speaker 1: really went after the right tackle in Cleveland, you know, 370 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 1: the backup to Jack Conklin. So, Uh, they found some 371 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 1: weaknesses and they exploited it, and they just couldn't take 372 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:26,200 Speaker 1: advantage of the field position or the extra at bats 373 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:29,119 Speaker 1: that they had in that game. And they looked like 374 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 1: a ten point offense. You know, coming out of that game. 375 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 1: Defense couldn't play a whole lot better than what they played. 376 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 1: So let me ask this bother because Stefanski dismissed it 377 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:41,439 Speaker 1: out of hand after the game. When you watch Baker 378 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:43,720 Speaker 1: in the state, do you think there's a case or 379 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,439 Speaker 1: case Keenum taking over and trying to juice this offense 380 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:48,960 Speaker 1: if they're at ten point offense. That kind of tells 381 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:52,080 Speaker 1: me the answer. But I'm curious what you think. Well, 382 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:54,400 Speaker 1: I know, you know, look, I I feel like i'd 383 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:56,679 Speaker 1: know Baker, like I've watched him since he was at 384 00:19:56,720 --> 00:20:00,119 Speaker 1: Texas Tech, Uh, just doing Big twelve games, and so 385 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 1: when I watch him right now, he doesn't look like 386 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:04,760 Speaker 1: the same guy, Like, I don't know what it's like 387 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:07,159 Speaker 1: to throw a football with your other shoulders strapped to 388 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:10,440 Speaker 1: your chest, you know, and what that feels like Baltimore 389 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:13,679 Speaker 1: planted him into the turf a number of different times 390 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:16,199 Speaker 1: in that game, and so you know, when I watch him, 391 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:19,680 Speaker 1: I don't know just the mechanics of what you gotta 392 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 1: do to compensate for that. And I said weeks ago 393 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 1: that this is a ticking time bomb. I don't know 394 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 1: if he can survive the season or not. He bristled 395 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:31,040 Speaker 1: a week ago when people said he wasn't playing well. 396 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:33,679 Speaker 1: He wasn't playing well. I mean, like I know that 397 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:36,719 Speaker 1: that offense is not that difficult to figure out. There's there, 398 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 1: there's openings to throw the football and where it's got 399 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:43,160 Speaker 1: to be. And he he has not gotten the ball 400 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 1: too his receivers consistently where he's got to get it 401 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:47,760 Speaker 1: to him. And so some of it is on Baker, 402 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 1: uh and some of it is everything else around him 403 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 1: right now. Takes a lot of hits to Baker that 404 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:54,960 Speaker 1: that he could avoid. I mean that that's part of 405 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:57,919 Speaker 1: the reason he keeps getting hurt in that game, Like 406 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:01,800 Speaker 1: I expected the Browns offensive line to do better in general, 407 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 1: that they're one of the best groups in the league. 408 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,080 Speaker 1: And you know, we're coming off talking about this Washington 409 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 1: football team on Monday night, and I look at what 410 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,479 Speaker 1: the Patriots have done, and I look at the forty 411 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:13,800 Speaker 1: Niners right now and the Eagles, and it feels like 412 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 1: it's one and all these defenses that are are so 413 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 1: light are now getting counteracted by guys like Bill Belichick 414 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,920 Speaker 1: who want to play with these heavy fronts and they 415 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:26,200 Speaker 1: want to play pounded out football. They want to bring 416 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 1: it back to the eighties and nineties. Do you think 417 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:31,119 Speaker 1: that there's a little bit of a seat change in 418 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 1: the way the offenses are trying to win a lot 419 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 1: of running heavy teams getting it done in this season. Well, 420 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 1: if you want to get if you want to get 421 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 1: fixed right now, Like for example, I was just watching 422 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:46,360 Speaker 1: the Rams. The Rams don't move the line of scrimmage 423 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:48,880 Speaker 1: at all. All they do is position block. And that's 424 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:51,400 Speaker 1: why the forty is handed it to him, and that's 425 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:54,560 Speaker 1: why the Packers just handed it to him. And you 426 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 1: know this, the quarterback isn't great right now, but they 427 00:21:57,320 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 1: can't move the line of scrimmage. But when you do, 428 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 1: when you watch the Eagles. I mean, it's a shame. 429 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:03,960 Speaker 1: They should never even they should just play academy football 430 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 1: the Eagles. They should never throw the football, just run it, 431 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 1: like they would have scored if they just did that 432 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:14,000 Speaker 1: against the Giants. Um. But yes, the forty niners right now. 433 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:17,679 Speaker 1: The Washington football team looked really good last night. The 434 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:20,959 Speaker 1: teams that are the Patriots have been. When you commit 435 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:24,040 Speaker 1: to it, it does make life easier for your quarterback. 436 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:27,359 Speaker 1: He does take less hits, You generally do turn the 437 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:30,679 Speaker 1: ball over less when you commit to the run. And 438 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 1: so you look at these teams that are kind of 439 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 1: surging right now. You can look to the offensive line 440 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:38,679 Speaker 1: and how they're playing the game and how often and 441 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 1: frequently they're turning around and handing the ball off. And 442 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 1: I don't want to leave Cincinnati, which which like line 443 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 1: really get well. I mean, well you gotta watch Landon 444 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:57,080 Speaker 1: Dickerson and Jorge my Lotta right now. I mean, you know, 445 00:22:57,160 --> 00:23:00,159 Speaker 1: that's that's like um that, I mean that that's like 446 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 1: a feature on HBO right there, Like that's that's the 447 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 1: main event, you know. But like you know, but even 448 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:08,240 Speaker 1: though I'm going back to I was like out there 449 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 1: on the field Sunday at MetLife Stadium, and there's Jeff 450 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:14,200 Speaker 1: Stoutland the offensive line coach and the Eagles, and there's 451 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 1: Landon Dickerson and there's you know, Jordan my Lotta, and 452 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:20,879 Speaker 1: they're just working on fundamentals for an hour straight before 453 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 1: the game. Now I'm saying this, and they lost the game, 454 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:25,040 Speaker 1: so I look like an idiot. But I don't see 455 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:27,120 Speaker 1: anybody from the Giants working on it. I don't see 456 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:29,920 Speaker 1: anybody doing extra work before the game just to sort 457 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 1: of tighten things up on looks we're gonna get. And 458 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,280 Speaker 1: sometimes it's just that simple, like you gotta work on 459 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:37,359 Speaker 1: the things that you need to get work on. And 460 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 1: the Eagles they'll get back to what they gotta do 461 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 1: here pretty soon, probably this week. But yeah, I mean, 462 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:46,640 Speaker 1: but we're watching that group right now is as good 463 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 1: as there is. The Giants don't look like a team 464 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:51,639 Speaker 1: that needs to be doing extra works, so that checks out. 465 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 1: Get on that front, all right. I'm looking at the 466 00:23:56,920 --> 00:24:01,680 Speaker 1: playoffs right now, the way it's set up if you today, 467 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:04,919 Speaker 1: uh and I see Washington moved into the seventh spot 468 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:07,920 Speaker 1: with the Monday night win. You got the Chargers who 469 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 1: fell into that seventh spot. In the a f C. 470 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna throw out I'm gonna throw out six teams, dud. 471 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:15,439 Speaker 1: And you could tell me which one of these fringe 472 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 1: teams right now, not only you think have it in 473 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:20,960 Speaker 1: them to make a run and get a playoff spot, 474 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:23,960 Speaker 1: but win a game, win a game in January in 475 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:29,000 Speaker 1: the playoffs, a team you think could really cause some havoc. Chargers, Raiders, Broncos, 476 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 1: Washington Vikings, Falcons. I would I would still say I 477 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 1: think the I just cut myself. I don't know what 478 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 1: I did. Um anyways, Uh, the Vikings will take it 479 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 1: out and post. I just I just I got to 480 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:50,440 Speaker 1: talk about the offense line. I just scratched myself. It's 481 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:55,200 Speaker 1: just beautiful. Yeah. I still think like the Vikings. I mean, 482 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:58,879 Speaker 1: obviously they were disappointing against San Francisco this week, but 483 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:01,199 Speaker 1: that offense is a good offense. And I don't know 484 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:04,359 Speaker 1: what Dalvin Cook's situation is right now that can make 485 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,800 Speaker 1: a difference. He's a game changing type player, So I 486 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 1: don't know what a situation is. Uh. I feel like 487 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:14,440 Speaker 1: if Washington got to the postseason, they would be tough 488 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:18,040 Speaker 1: because of the way that they play like they play 489 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:20,719 Speaker 1: keep away because that's how the quarterback and I mean 490 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 1: they just they I think uh forty eight of their 491 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 1: seventy something touches last night went to mckiszick or went 492 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:32,440 Speaker 1: to Antonio Gibson. Like they play a very different style 493 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 1: of football than just about anybody else. Now McLaren can 494 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:37,480 Speaker 1: still get deep on you. Logan Thomas will help him 495 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 1: now that he's back. But I think the way that 496 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:42,879 Speaker 1: they play right now, defensively, they're doing a lot and 497 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 1: they're playing hard for a change. They didn't play hard 498 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:47,720 Speaker 1: the first half of the season, and they were hard 499 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 1: to watch because they didn't play hard. Now they're playing hard. 500 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,880 Speaker 1: They understand how hard you gotta play. And then offensively, 501 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,399 Speaker 1: the quarterback doesn't make a lot of mistakes. I feel 502 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 1: like that is a team if they get there. I 503 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,840 Speaker 1: think that's a team that can with a playoff game. Baldi, 504 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:05,200 Speaker 1: this blood on your on your face is now going 505 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:07,960 Speaker 1: down the whole side of the face. Not I don't 506 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 1: know if you're bothered by it because it's an audio show. 507 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:13,040 Speaker 1: To me, it's perfect that you are the first guest 508 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 1: to literally have bloody down your face like this is 509 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:19,400 Speaker 1: a remember one before J J Walk got the surgery 510 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,159 Speaker 1: to the plastic surgery, and he would just open up 511 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:24,159 Speaker 1: that gash in his forehead and it was kind of 512 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:26,800 Speaker 1: like the most badass thing possible for you to do 513 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 1: it in front of a team cam at NFL Films headquarters. 514 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:33,400 Speaker 1: You are the ultimate grind. You gotta be careful. You're 515 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,359 Speaker 1: wearing a nice suit right now. But like, if you 516 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:37,639 Speaker 1: had asked me, who's the perfect guest to have a 517 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:42,000 Speaker 1: bloody face while he's talking a lot, it's Baldi. Well, 518 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:44,040 Speaker 1: you know you asked me about concerts. I was thinking, 519 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: like I've been to a kiss concert when Gene Simmons 520 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:49,120 Speaker 1: is like spowing blood right, you know, from the ceiling, 521 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 1: so that that kind of ties together, And like, it's 522 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:55,320 Speaker 1: not really a good day unless I'm drawing blood somehow, 523 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 1: like something, you know, like I'm walking to a rose 524 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:01,639 Speaker 1: bush and I'm scratched or I scratched myself talking about 525 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:04,440 Speaker 1: offensive line play, Like it's not really a good day 526 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:06,960 Speaker 1: unless I'm drawing some blood. That's good. Well, there is 527 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,280 Speaker 1: only one Baldy. We've figured that out. I will attempt 528 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:12,080 Speaker 1: to bring us back into the world of the grid iron. Here. 529 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:14,960 Speaker 1: I I the bills. I think that they drive me 530 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 1: a little bit nuts. Um the Jacksonville Jaguars game. What 531 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:21,480 Speaker 1: happened there? The way they were stamped by the cults. 532 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 1: They've got an acid test showdown with the Patriots, and 533 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 1: I would when you watch them, do they just simply 534 00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:31,399 Speaker 1: not match up well with rugged offenses like Indie and 535 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:33,280 Speaker 1: New England that want to come in and run on you. 536 00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 1: I mean, they've been a statistically devo a wise, a 537 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:39,480 Speaker 1: very good defense. What do you think about this team? 538 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:41,439 Speaker 1: Why are they so up and down compared to a 539 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:45,800 Speaker 1: year ago? Well, I mean, Tremaine Edmonds didn't play against Indianapolis. 540 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,160 Speaker 1: I'm not saying that he would have shut down Jonathan Taylor, 541 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 1: but they were they would have been better inside with 542 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:53,879 Speaker 1: his presence there against Taylor. Uh. You know they're a 543 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 1: passing team, and so uh, last year everything went well, 544 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 1: Like when the play isn't there, Josh Allen could create 545 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:05,399 Speaker 1: a play and he'd find Stefon Diggs or you know, 546 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 1: he'd find Gabriel Davis, who whoever. They don't seem quite 547 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:13,160 Speaker 1: as creative when things don't go right right away right 548 00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 1: now the way they once did last year. And so 549 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:18,679 Speaker 1: I think that's part of it. And they kind of 550 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:22,159 Speaker 1: you know, the running game is just it's it's really 551 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,320 Speaker 1: just a chance for Josh Allen to rest his arm. 552 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:26,720 Speaker 1: That's what it looks like to me. Like it's it's 553 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:29,400 Speaker 1: it's not really any kind of a commitment to it. 554 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,959 Speaker 1: So when those kind of teams start blitzing you and 555 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:36,200 Speaker 1: chasing your quarterback, like what how do you slow that down? 556 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:38,960 Speaker 1: Most teams, if you had a balanced offense, you could 557 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,040 Speaker 1: run it and you could take the blitz out of it. 558 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:43,760 Speaker 1: They don't really, you know, have that luxury because they 559 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,280 Speaker 1: don't really commit. Like maybe Matt Breed is gonna be 560 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 1: their running back right now. They look it's like they're 561 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:52,360 Speaker 1: looking for it. And Zach Boss wasn't even active last week. Um, 562 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 1: they can't get pushed around up front like the Colts 563 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:58,120 Speaker 1: did push them around pretty good. They're vulnerable to that. 564 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 1: You know, the Patriots play them on Monday night. I'm 565 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:04,040 Speaker 1: sure you'll see I information Jacob Johnson at fullback, and 566 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:06,680 Speaker 1: I'm sure you know they'll get tested by a pretty 567 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:09,000 Speaker 1: good run blocking offensive line of the Patriots. Yeah, I 568 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:12,120 Speaker 1: was thinking like them just running Josh Allen Moore, that 569 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:13,920 Speaker 1: could solve it. Like you might not want to make 570 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 1: your living doing that all regular season, but as you 571 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:20,400 Speaker 1: get closer to the playoffs, like, let's make it a 572 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:23,640 Speaker 1: little more like Cam Newton for Josh Allen, Like go 573 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:26,680 Speaker 1: go chase that championship. I thought when we saw the 574 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:29,720 Speaker 1: Chargers life to Justin Herbert running, you know, really help 575 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:32,040 Speaker 1: that Chargers team out. They are a team I can't 576 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:35,240 Speaker 1: figure out at all offensively, Like I don't want to 577 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:37,880 Speaker 1: put much of it on Herbert because it feels to 578 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:39,520 Speaker 1: me like he's playing well and making a lot of 579 00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:42,920 Speaker 1: big plays, and yet the offense seems to just get confused. 580 00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:44,880 Speaker 1: They're stuck in my like, what what do you see 581 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:48,400 Speaker 1: there with that team? That's maybe the number one team, 582 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:50,960 Speaker 1: especially on offense, and I just can't get a handle 583 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 1: on m Yeah, well then they're a little past happy 584 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:56,960 Speaker 1: and how they want to do it. A lot of 585 00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,920 Speaker 1: these teams are listening to these analytics experts and they're 586 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:02,720 Speaker 1: just going, Okay, you know, if we flipped this coin 587 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:04,840 Speaker 1: a thousand times, just what you gotta do in order 588 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:07,200 Speaker 1: to win? And I, you know, sometimes I just think 589 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:10,719 Speaker 1: if they just ran behind Matt Feather and Rashawn Slater, 590 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:13,720 Speaker 1: like you couldn't go wrong. Um, you know, Austin Ekeler 591 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:16,320 Speaker 1: behind those guys and sometimes they get away from that. 592 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:18,640 Speaker 1: So I think they could run it a little bit more. 593 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:22,640 Speaker 1: Um you know, when you know, when Justin Herbert does 594 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:25,080 Speaker 1: take off with it like he did against Pittsburgh, they 595 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:27,640 Speaker 1: look a lot more dynamic. But when you gotta just 596 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:30,720 Speaker 1: drop back and throw it right now, Uh, too many 597 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:33,040 Speaker 1: bad things are happening to him. He's throwing these interceptions, 598 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:36,240 Speaker 1: the balls glancing off Austin Ekeler, you know, into the 599 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:39,520 Speaker 1: opponent's arms like it did on Sunday. Uh, you know 600 00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:43,240 Speaker 1: there's Patrick Surtan taking it to the end zone. Um. 601 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:46,120 Speaker 1: You know, I think when you look at if you 602 00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:49,200 Speaker 1: play the Denver Broncos, I mean, make them stop the run. 603 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:51,959 Speaker 1: That seems like that's been an issue for them, and 604 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,840 Speaker 1: don't play to their strengths, which is their secondary. And 605 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:58,040 Speaker 1: so I thought their secondary outplayed their receivers throughout that 606 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:01,000 Speaker 1: game last Sunday. And know Justin Herbert the end of 607 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:05,400 Speaker 1: the day look pretty pedestrian. All right, there is a 608 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:09,960 Speaker 1: final Billy Joel concert and uh here comes the encore 609 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:15,960 Speaker 1: and you got what's your drinking choice, Baldi? Well, whatever's cold? 610 00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:20,720 Speaker 1: You know you got because of your buddy the drummer 611 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:24,040 Speaker 1: and all the ROADI guys, you're actually side of the stage, 612 00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:27,200 Speaker 1: so you're there for the last ever Billy Joel concert. 613 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:31,600 Speaker 1: At the encore, three songs pick them baby m hmmm, 614 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:34,960 Speaker 1: uh well bottle red Bottle, right, I mean when we 615 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:38,120 Speaker 1: can sing along with that one, that would be good. Yeah, 616 00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:41,440 Speaker 1: I would say, uh, Lenning Grad is a good one. 617 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:48,480 Speaker 1: I like that. Um little Uh well, I haven't and 618 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:51,400 Speaker 1: that's a little too pop for me. Um, you know, 619 00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:53,200 Speaker 1: I guess you know. Well, the encore will just go 620 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:57,080 Speaker 1: straight piano. Man, we'll just have like nineteen thousand people's guards. 621 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:01,640 Speaker 1: The lights come on. You've nailed it. You did nail it. 622 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:05,040 Speaker 1: You even nailed your own face opening up a woman 623 00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:08,400 Speaker 1: that will heal in time. But we'll always have this 624 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:13,200 Speaker 1: to remember. Baldi from NFL headquarters there in Jersey Mount Laurel, 625 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,720 Speaker 1: where he is grinding out the tape. And if you 626 00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:17,760 Speaker 1: want to come into that room, as he said to 627 00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:20,520 Speaker 1: us before, you could come in, but you better come 628 00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:22,760 Speaker 1: into play because I don't want you sleeping on the 629 00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:24,680 Speaker 1: couch behind him when he's in the twelfth hour of 630 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 1: tape grinding. You come into dog, you'd be a dog. Yeah, yeah, 631 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:31,600 Speaker 1: get your get your red bull in your early or 632 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:34,600 Speaker 1: no nose or whatever your choices. You know, you get 633 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:37,800 Speaker 1: get your your extra vente or whatever it is like, 634 00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:40,640 Speaker 1: you get it, get it if you have to find 635 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:42,280 Speaker 1: it wherever you need it to stay up all night 636 00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:44,920 Speaker 1: with Baldi. Ideally no civilians would be bothering you, but 637 00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:47,120 Speaker 1: in this plan, they're coming off the street to bug you. 638 00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:51,920 Speaker 1: I don't like that. All right, thank you, you got 639 00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:56,600 Speaker 1: guys good? There he goes the great Ryan Baldinger. It's 640 00:32:56,640 --> 00:33:00,960 Speaker 1: a contact sporting on our show, you know. I mean 641 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:04,160 Speaker 1: we're known as the most physical podcasters around. I mean 642 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:07,160 Speaker 1: that's just facts. You know, that's big facts. As they 643 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:11,360 Speaker 1: say right now, we out physical the other pods, uh 644 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:14,080 Speaker 1: that we compete. I would say we can hold our 645 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:17,240 Speaker 1: own in the against the other football podcasts. I mean, Greg, 646 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:19,280 Speaker 1: you know, it's also the first time anyone's ever been 647 00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:22,440 Speaker 1: slashed on our show. So there's there the statistics. The 648 00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:25,440 Speaker 1: analytics suggests that we're not as physical of it as 649 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:28,360 Speaker 1: we think. Greg would be the shift, the sprowls, like guy, 650 00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:31,120 Speaker 1: he could dart around, maybe get behind a guy, and 651 00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:32,960 Speaker 1: then I'll use my half to like push a guy 652 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:36,400 Speaker 1: over and then Mark you just need to, like remember 653 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:40,520 Speaker 1: the old Nintendo hockey game, middle guy. Yeah, you're middle guy, 654 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:44,040 Speaker 1: fat guy, middle middle guy. Your job is just to 655 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:47,560 Speaker 1: fill in all the gaps, right, Uh, I use middle 656 00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:49,400 Speaker 1: You could pick your line up on that Nintendo hockey 657 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:51,000 Speaker 1: game and you have to. It's a blend. You have 658 00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:53,280 Speaker 1: to learn over the course of many defeats the blend 659 00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:56,360 Speaker 1: and middle guy is core. Do it. But you can't 660 00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:59,200 Speaker 1: just have middle guy. You need bigger guy, smaller guy. 661 00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:01,320 Speaker 1: The problem is that other football podcast. I feel like 662 00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:03,400 Speaker 1: if Mark was on those, he'd be the small guy. 663 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:05,840 Speaker 1: That might be more his role. And now I'm pushing 664 00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:09,399 Speaker 1: him into middle guy. And we're a lightweight grow Yeah, well, 665 00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:13,080 Speaker 1: I got bills to pay. We're like the bills. We're 666 00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:15,520 Speaker 1: a finesse team. Right, You're like you It's like you 667 00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:17,600 Speaker 1: don't have a number one receiver. Somehow I am the 668 00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:20,120 Speaker 1: middle sized person, which is a problem. Why are we 669 00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:22,920 Speaker 1: still maybe, yeah, yeah, why are we still talking about it? 670 00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:28,840 Speaker 1: Let's take a break, all right, we're back up next. Well, 671 00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:32,520 Speaker 1: we're doing Thursday night football, so let's start with the Queen. 672 00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:39,080 Speaker 1: Queen Jonas. But I know you've gotta and I don't 673 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:41,719 Speaker 1: want to spoil it, but I'm working on stuff behind 674 00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:45,160 Speaker 1: the scenes. You know my feelings about Will I Am 675 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:48,720 Speaker 1: and how he slathered really bad about the leaving production 676 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:52,680 Speaker 1: all over this otherwise a perfect song. Okay, come oh, 677 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:59,319 Speaker 1: I'm working on a anti will I Am mix, so 678 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:05,200 Speaker 1: stay tuned everybody, and now lightly vindictive, but I route 679 00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:07,359 Speaker 1: you on in that project and now joining us. Yes, 680 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:10,279 Speaker 1: she's the queen of Thursday Night Football. You know who 681 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:13,440 Speaker 1: I'm talking about. It's the Tiny Box. It's Connie Fox, 682 00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:15,840 Speaker 1: Colleen Wolf. Colleen, you should know this. How are you 683 00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:17,799 Speaker 1: by the way, I'm great. I know the answer to that. 684 00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:22,520 Speaker 1: You shouldn't. You should know this? That um Greg's daughter 685 00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:31,319 Speaker 1: lad for for the Korean pop group Like, yes, she 686 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:35,480 Speaker 1: lost the tooth. She wasn't headbutted by a football helmet 687 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:38,799 Speaker 1: or anything. She didn't, although that would have been an 688 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:40,960 Speaker 1: amazing story if one of the members of BTS gave 689 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:43,440 Speaker 1: her the broken tooth, that probably would have made the news. 690 00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:47,440 Speaker 1: But anyway, so blood there. We just had baldy on 691 00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:51,319 Speaker 1: bleeding during our interview with him. I just opened up 692 00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:53,680 Speaker 1: a gash on his head like j J Watt, I 693 00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:56,719 Speaker 1: don't doing this getting excited and he scratched himself, like 694 00:35:56,760 --> 00:35:58,799 Speaker 1: I didn't you know he's got It wasn't the one 695 00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:01,319 Speaker 1: finger that's just joined, did it. It was the other hand. 696 00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:04,680 Speaker 1: But it scratched the cheek and suddenly the lighting didn't 697 00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:06,560 Speaker 1: make it totally evident. But he turned to one point 698 00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:08,960 Speaker 1: and just saw a little river of red coming down 699 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:11,919 Speaker 1: the cheek. Battle scars. I love it. So the question is, well, 700 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:14,319 Speaker 1: Colleen will bleed for the Around the NFL podcast, Well, 701 00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:17,960 Speaker 1: I did just put a band aid on so when 702 00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:22,840 Speaker 1: it's a mini mouse spin, but it's covering up a burn. 703 00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:27,080 Speaker 1: So alright, Connie, so great to have you, and you 704 00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:30,080 Speaker 1: burned yourself cooking Thanksgiving dinner. I did I let my 705 00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:32,800 Speaker 1: finger on fire by accident? You broke your finger catching 706 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:36,200 Speaker 1: all from Kurt Warner. I mean, you're a bit of 707 00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:38,120 Speaker 1: a disaster. But that's part of the reason we love 708 00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:41,040 Speaker 1: you exactly. I'm not perfect. I I know it's hard 709 00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:45,400 Speaker 1: to believe, but I too have flaws. Alright, Cowboys Saints, 710 00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:53,839 Speaker 1: You're going down to New not Miami family for this 711 00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:57,600 Speaker 1: Cowboys Saints game. And it's a story, Connie, of two 712 00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:01,279 Speaker 1: teams that are searching right now that Cowboys searching to 713 00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:04,440 Speaker 1: get healthy searching to get guys back on the field, 714 00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:07,080 Speaker 1: searching for a way to avoid the COVID nine team 715 00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:10,400 Speaker 1: bug uh. And then a Saints team that has not 716 00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:12,319 Speaker 1: been able to get out of its own way during 717 00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:14,440 Speaker 1: a losing streak that has really kind of sent their 718 00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:16,640 Speaker 1: season into a dark place. Somebody's gonna be feeling a 719 00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:19,200 Speaker 1: lot better at the end of Thursday night. Somebody is 720 00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:21,480 Speaker 1: going to feel like the walls are falling in. Yeah, 721 00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:24,200 Speaker 1: And this really is the story of these two teams 722 00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:28,000 Speaker 1: just not having guys available, whether it's because of injuries, 723 00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:30,880 Speaker 1: whether it's because of COVID. I was texting with Jane Slater, 724 00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:32,480 Speaker 1: who's going to be the reporter at the game on 725 00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:36,399 Speaker 1: Thursday before this pod, and she was saying that right 726 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:40,360 Speaker 1: now the Cowboys are up to thirteen players or coaches 727 00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:43,960 Speaker 1: that will be sidelined because of COVID. Now that actually 728 00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:46,600 Speaker 1: does include Amari Cooper, so it could be fewer, but 729 00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:50,200 Speaker 1: we know that his symptoms are ongoing, so his status 730 00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:52,600 Speaker 1: is still up in the air for this game. Right 731 00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:55,880 Speaker 1: Tackle Terrence Steele, he's out, And then you have a 732 00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:59,600 Speaker 1: slew of coaches, multiple coaches on the offensive line or 733 00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:03,200 Speaker 1: out as well. Strengthen conditioning. So the big one is 734 00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:06,279 Speaker 1: obviously a Marii Cooper following his status to see if 735 00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:09,560 Speaker 1: he's going to be available Ceedee Lamb. He did practice 736 00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:12,919 Speaker 1: in full um so they will at least have him. 737 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:16,120 Speaker 1: But this is a bad stretch for them. They've lost 738 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:18,959 Speaker 1: three of their last four after starting six and one, 739 00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:21,080 Speaker 1: and they haven't been able to run the ball well. 740 00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:23,960 Speaker 1: Zeke he's banged up his knee. This is the worst 741 00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:28,319 Speaker 1: four game stretch of his career. Pollard he has the explosion, 742 00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:30,520 Speaker 1: We've all seen that from Tony Pollard, but he doesn't 743 00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:33,360 Speaker 1: have that same power as Zeke when he's healthy. So 744 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:36,440 Speaker 1: they're just not running the ball effectively. And that's also 745 00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:40,360 Speaker 1: hurting Dac and the passing game too. And the thing is, though, 746 00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:43,279 Speaker 1: in this game, I wonder if things will switch if 747 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:46,760 Speaker 1: Dac is feeling better or if zeke knee is feeling better. 748 00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:50,360 Speaker 1: Because the Saints run defense that has typically been really 749 00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:53,360 Speaker 1: good to start the season, that's actually been a pain 750 00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:56,600 Speaker 1: point for them. So they were fabulous. They held eight 751 00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:58,880 Speaker 1: of nine teams to fewer than one hundred rushing yards 752 00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:01,280 Speaker 1: to begin the year, and now back to back weeks 753 00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:04,200 Speaker 1: it's been a problem. The Eagles around two forty two 754 00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:06,799 Speaker 1: rushing yards on them. Part of that is due to 755 00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:11,520 Speaker 1: injuries on the Saints defensive front. Marcus Davenport, Tanno Passengo, 756 00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:14,960 Speaker 1: they've been hurt. Neither practiced on Monday, so it's gonna 757 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:17,439 Speaker 1: come down Dan to who controls the line of script. 758 00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:21,000 Speaker 1: I don't even know what to catch anymore. They're they're 759 00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:23,160 Speaker 1: the Saints sera mess. I mean the Cowboys are catching 760 00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:25,880 Speaker 1: them at the right time. You can flip it and 761 00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:28,200 Speaker 1: say it's true the other way. But Tyrone Smith's at 762 00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:31,560 Speaker 1: least back. He looked good on Thanksgiving. Ceedee Lamb being 763 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:35,040 Speaker 1: back is massive. It's like, oh, it turns out, actually yeah, 764 00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:37,920 Speaker 1: Amari Cooper and Ceedee Lamb matter. It'd be nice to 765 00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:40,560 Speaker 1: have like the best, you know, wide receiver combo in 766 00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:42,200 Speaker 1: the league if you have one of them. It sounds 767 00:39:42,239 --> 00:39:45,879 Speaker 1: to me like Cooper's trending to not playing. That makes 768 00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:49,439 Speaker 1: a big difference because the Saints are probably getting Camara back. 769 00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:52,719 Speaker 1: He was limited in practice and Ingram said he's fully back. 770 00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:55,400 Speaker 1: He's back, but they didn't have either of their tackles 771 00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:57,839 Speaker 1: to ourn Armstead are Ram checked back, It's like you've 772 00:39:57,880 --> 00:40:00,520 Speaker 1: just taken too many pieces away, but at least you're 773 00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:03,200 Speaker 1: adding one to make this a little more watchable. And 774 00:40:03,239 --> 00:40:06,319 Speaker 1: that's Taysom Hill. I mean, assuming our guy rap sheet 775 00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:11,120 Speaker 1: is right that Trevor Simeon bus went off right now, 776 00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:16,880 Speaker 1: I don't want to see Trevor Simeon behind fourth and 777 00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:20,280 Speaker 1: fifth string tackles anymore. I want to see what happens 778 00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:22,840 Speaker 1: with Taysom Hill at least add a little of craziness 779 00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:25,319 Speaker 1: and yeah, a little juice to the Saints who are 780 00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:28,000 Speaker 1: dealing with so much. At least Hill gives you some 781 00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:31,520 Speaker 1: element of excitement because that's been lacking under Simeon. Yet. 782 00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:34,120 Speaker 1: I feel like I was the one banging the drum 783 00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:36,520 Speaker 1: for Taysom Hill for a couple of seasons there, and 784 00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:38,640 Speaker 1: I don't feel the excitement around Taysom Hill more so 785 00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:42,200 Speaker 1: than Trevor Simeon. I mean, that's a you know, stale 786 00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:44,719 Speaker 1: milk at this point. But uh, the Saints, I mean, 787 00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:47,120 Speaker 1: what's it doesn't solve what's around Taysom Hill. If you 788 00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:49,640 Speaker 1: get Kamara back, that's a big thing, because they haven't 789 00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:51,359 Speaker 1: been able to they've been able to run the ball either. 790 00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:53,480 Speaker 1: And then if the whole idea was get Ingram and 791 00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:56,840 Speaker 1: Kamara back together, and you've got a functional backfield because 792 00:40:56,880 --> 00:41:00,200 Speaker 1: they are an empty cupboard at wide receiver. I it's 793 00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:01,920 Speaker 1: just a mess. And DeMarcus Lawrence is going to be 794 00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:04,440 Speaker 1: back for the Cowboys too, So you got Michael Parsons, 795 00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:06,800 Speaker 1: you got, you got Lawrence. I mean, I just don't 796 00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:08,719 Speaker 1: like the matchup for New Orleans at all. They've been 797 00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:12,919 Speaker 1: really watchable. They've been a really tough minded team coached well. 798 00:41:13,239 --> 00:41:18,960 Speaker 1: But it's just like you're Thanksgiving night. They weren't watchable 799 00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:21,879 Speaker 1: against the Eagles. That the floor kind of fell out 800 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,640 Speaker 1: of this team. Now Camar and Ingram Retorney and maybe 801 00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:27,160 Speaker 1: maybe they get at least one of the tackles back. 802 00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:29,680 Speaker 1: Armstead did finish that game. So that's confusing to me. 803 00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:31,880 Speaker 1: Like if you all right, then then they've been this 804 00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:34,920 Speaker 1: like feisty defense that right now, Like the Cowboys keep 805 00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:37,960 Speaker 1: being favored in these games, like they were heavy favorites 806 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:40,120 Speaker 1: against the Raiders, couldn't get it done. They're pretty heavy 807 00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:42,759 Speaker 1: favorites in New Orleans, Like they gotta prove it too. 808 00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:45,400 Speaker 1: Last time I checked, I think the Cowboys are laying 809 00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:48,080 Speaker 1: four and a half in this game. Um, I thought 810 00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:50,520 Speaker 1: about locking it up, but there's just too much indecision 811 00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:53,200 Speaker 1: around Dallas right now. There's too many question marks. Dan 812 00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:56,560 Speaker 1: Quinn is uh in from Mike McCarthy as head coach, 813 00:41:56,600 --> 00:41:59,000 Speaker 1: and we just don't know what's gonna happen. Who knows it. 814 00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:02,560 Speaker 1: More positive test pop up between now and Thursday, so 815 00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:04,160 Speaker 1: it's just kind of like a stay away and see 816 00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:06,239 Speaker 1: how it all plays out. It should be noted that 817 00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:08,319 Speaker 1: there was some reports out there early in the week 818 00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:12,200 Speaker 1: that Zeke Elliott has this knee injury that is could 819 00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:14,080 Speaker 1: use a break, like put him on the bench or 820 00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:17,600 Speaker 1: really lessen his role and have Tony Pollard take on more. 821 00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:20,640 Speaker 1: Jered Jones came on the radio on Thursday morning or 822 00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:23,600 Speaker 1: Tuesday morning said Zeke will have a quote serious load 823 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:27,959 Speaker 1: on Thursday. Well, yeah, I heard that. He also said 824 00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:31,120 Speaker 1: he fully expected a Mari Cooper to play. So it's like, 825 00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:33,960 Speaker 1: you know, the Jerry Jones radio segment weekly, it's a 826 00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:36,840 Speaker 1: little bit of science fiction mixed mixed with potential fact. 827 00:42:36,880 --> 00:42:41,040 Speaker 1: That's how I take Joe. It's like him saying the 828 00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:44,200 Speaker 1: most optimistic things possible, and then the coach is always correct. 829 00:42:44,239 --> 00:42:48,480 Speaker 1: They're just thinking like, now, that's that's not true. Jerry's 830 00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:51,920 Speaker 1: a part of the job. Need Dak to play a 831 00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:54,560 Speaker 1: little better. He finished out that game well, but he 832 00:42:54,719 --> 00:42:56,279 Speaker 1: has been out of sorts a little bit. You know, 833 00:42:57,360 --> 00:42:59,520 Speaker 1: you know that thing that well maybe some of us, 834 00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:03,000 Speaker 1: the your aunt would have hanging in the hallway, and 835 00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:08,280 Speaker 1: it's the the footsteps on the beach and the man asked, Jesus, 836 00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:11,400 Speaker 1: why you know, why aren't you there for me? I 837 00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:16,319 Speaker 1: heard you out. Let's finish out and it's like, why 838 00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:19,520 Speaker 1: did you betraying or leaving? It's not a tray scenario 839 00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:21,959 Speaker 1: correcting myself. Why did you leave me in my time 840 00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:24,120 Speaker 1: of need? He's like, no, No, those footsteps I was 841 00:43:24,239 --> 00:43:27,399 Speaker 1: carrying and you know I brought it home Mark, And 842 00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:30,440 Speaker 1: that's what the Cowboys kind of need from Dak. He's 843 00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:33,680 Speaker 1: got to be their personal Jesus, like get us through 844 00:43:33,719 --> 00:43:36,400 Speaker 1: these hard times. Because since he's come back from the 845 00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:38,480 Speaker 1: calf two out of three games, he's been part of 846 00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:41,480 Speaker 1: the issue as well. So Dak has to show that, like, listen, 847 00:43:41,520 --> 00:43:43,040 Speaker 1: get on my back. I am one of the best 848 00:43:43,080 --> 00:43:45,080 Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the league. I'm gonna kick some mass on 849 00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:47,560 Speaker 1: Thursday night. Football'm gonna be on the Dais with Connie 850 00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:50,520 Speaker 1: Fox and the Gang, like let's make that happen. That's good, 851 00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:52,759 Speaker 1: that's ratings dynamite. I would love that because you know, 852 00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:55,960 Speaker 1: Irv would be out of his mind. If the Cowboys won, 853 00:43:56,080 --> 00:44:02,080 Speaker 1: it would be be bring balanced, very balanced during this 854 00:44:02,239 --> 00:44:04,719 Speaker 1: This won't be tilted in any way. My favorite thing 855 00:44:04,719 --> 00:44:07,000 Speaker 1: about Michael Irvin is that he takes self He has 856 00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:09,600 Speaker 1: to take a selfie with the star of the game 857 00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:12,480 Speaker 1: on his phone after every interview, and we all make 858 00:44:12,520 --> 00:44:14,439 Speaker 1: fun of him for it. Now, so I'm sure he's 859 00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:17,040 Speaker 1: going to be all over whoever it is. But if 860 00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:19,719 Speaker 1: it's a Cowboy, it'll be there. And be honest, no one, 861 00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:23,040 Speaker 1: no one's listening. Where's the relationship between Irvin and Steve 862 00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:26,680 Speaker 1: Smith right now? Because there's been you know, heat in 863 00:44:26,719 --> 00:44:29,280 Speaker 1: the past. I think Steve Smith promised to kick Urban's 864 00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:31,560 Speaker 1: ass once and it was not joking about it. Have 865 00:44:31,640 --> 00:44:34,440 Speaker 1: there been any run ins or any heat, any drama 866 00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:36,680 Speaker 1: in the air between these two wide receiver grades? Can 867 00:44:36,719 --> 00:44:40,439 Speaker 1: I just tell you these two I have watched their 868 00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:46,040 Speaker 1: relationship completely turned and blossom into something beautiful and real 869 00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:49,680 Speaker 1: and genuine, and it has been the strangest journey I've 870 00:44:49,719 --> 00:44:53,840 Speaker 1: ever been on. But they legitimately will talk and help 871 00:44:53,880 --> 00:44:56,640 Speaker 1: each other and show each other notes, and it's kind 872 00:44:56,680 --> 00:44:58,719 Speaker 1: of a door or anybody a little disappointed. They were 873 00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:03,960 Speaker 1: strange journeys to just like lit up he has for 874 00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:06,359 Speaker 1: this journey that they've been on. It it makes sense 875 00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:09,359 Speaker 1: because it's like when you're too similar to me. They 876 00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:12,560 Speaker 1: seem like they have a lot of similar DNA here, 877 00:45:12,920 --> 00:45:15,440 Speaker 1: So at first you know that you find that person 878 00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:17,680 Speaker 1: annoying at first, but then once you got a little 879 00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:21,200 Speaker 1: time together there there it's seeing the it's Will Ferrell's 880 00:45:21,280 --> 00:45:24,279 Speaker 1: character and John c Riley's character and stepbrothers like they 881 00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:27,040 Speaker 1: want to destroy each other. In the beginning, it's like, 882 00:45:27,080 --> 00:45:30,120 Speaker 1: are we best friends? Now? That's I think we're It 883 00:45:30,120 --> 00:45:32,400 Speaker 1: sounds like that's what's happening. Does Joe Thomas sort of 884 00:45:32,440 --> 00:45:34,560 Speaker 1: the odd man out here? It feels like we all 885 00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:37,920 Speaker 1: like they're all just like bros. Now, it's Joe Thomas's 886 00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:40,520 Speaker 1: birthday on Thursday as well. It's I think it's actual 887 00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:43,759 Speaker 1: birthday is on Saturday, but he's going to celebrate Saturday. 888 00:45:44,040 --> 00:45:46,279 Speaker 1: We got the birthday to Joe Thomas and then I 889 00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:49,520 Speaker 1: never remember like my best friend's birthdays, and Mark knows 890 00:45:49,600 --> 00:45:52,359 Speaker 1: Joe Thomas. Well, I was informed. I didn't. I didn't 891 00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:56,200 Speaker 1: know that out of hand. All right, let's pick the game. 892 00:45:56,320 --> 00:45:59,200 Speaker 1: Why not? What the hell? I got Cowboys thirty one 893 00:45:59,520 --> 00:46:06,200 Speaker 1: twenty Cowboys fifty eight Saints twelve because I wanted to happen. 894 00:46:06,239 --> 00:46:09,000 Speaker 1: If the Saints can get chimera and at least one 895 00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:11,440 Speaker 1: of the tackles back, I think they can cover this 896 00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:13,200 Speaker 1: game at least and make it like a field goal 897 00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:15,840 Speaker 1: game at the end. If if they're missing the tackles, 898 00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:21,080 Speaker 1: forget to score, kill them low scoring. I hate You're 899 00:46:21,080 --> 00:46:24,319 Speaker 1: not allowed to. I always bet they do on the game. 900 00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:28,000 Speaker 1: I'm not allowed to, but I do anyway. I'm a rebel. 901 00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:33,440 Speaker 1: Someone's not watching t NF preview, gangerous female TNF preview 902 00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:40,640 Speaker 1: Cowboys twenty seven to something weird is going to happen. 903 00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:44,600 Speaker 1: Everyone in the control room. She can't do that. She 904 00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:52,360 Speaker 1: can't give she she she she's the host, apoplectic producer person. 905 00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:59,080 Speaker 1: That is my favorite like stupid TV thing in sports television. Hey, listen, 906 00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:02,920 Speaker 1: can't do it, James Brown, can't give you a right, 907 00:47:03,160 --> 00:47:07,200 Speaker 1: God forbid Moses leading us through the haze with your score, 908 00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:09,960 Speaker 1: James Brown. The dumbest thing, though, actually is when they 909 00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:12,719 Speaker 1: pan to like the back room on Christmas and like 910 00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:15,800 Speaker 1: everyone's sitting there like waving, like they're in a hostage scenario, 911 00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:19,839 Speaker 1: like wait, you finally get your moment in the sun please. Well, 912 00:47:19,920 --> 00:47:22,040 Speaker 1: that actually is kind of a warm thing. I like 913 00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:24,960 Speaker 1: those people. I'm saying, it's it's a minor. They should 914 00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:29,239 Speaker 1: receive more attention they get. They get no attention. It 915 00:47:29,320 --> 00:47:32,439 Speaker 1: feels very back then it was. You know, they're wearing 916 00:47:32,520 --> 00:47:36,040 Speaker 1: Christmas threes around their change. You like, you like the people, 917 00:47:36,120 --> 00:47:39,080 Speaker 1: but you despise all their kids and wives and families, 918 00:47:39,080 --> 00:47:42,200 Speaker 1: no wanting to see daddy. That's a nice narrative by Greg. 919 00:47:42,239 --> 00:47:44,920 Speaker 1: I am saying that essentially they deserve more of a nod. 920 00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:48,160 Speaker 1: Maybe give them their own show behind the scenes. But 921 00:47:50,200 --> 00:47:52,080 Speaker 1: it's like an hour and a half of that ninety 922 00:47:52,080 --> 00:47:55,279 Speaker 1: minutes show is always the better show. I'm not gonna lie. 923 00:47:55,360 --> 00:47:58,160 Speaker 1: It's so much CBD. I feel like that's what the 924 00:47:58,200 --> 00:48:02,200 Speaker 1: kids called gaslighting, what Mark was doing. Now you know, 925 00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:06,520 Speaker 1: I'm annoyed with Greg wanted because this is just every 926 00:48:06,520 --> 00:48:10,560 Speaker 1: time Mark speaks, Greg concoct some lie, a total lie 927 00:48:10,640 --> 00:48:13,520 Speaker 1: about Mark not facolating anyone. I have to say if 928 00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:15,600 Speaker 1: you do, miss because I do miss Steve Smith wanting 929 00:48:15,640 --> 00:48:18,800 Speaker 1: to kill Michael Irvan. You can tune into this podcast 930 00:48:18,800 --> 00:48:25,040 Speaker 1: when Mark wants to kill Gregg Last. To be fair, 931 00:48:25,120 --> 00:48:26,720 Speaker 1: yes we all get it every once in a while, 932 00:48:27,160 --> 00:48:28,960 Speaker 1: but I mean if you're looking for a real like 933 00:48:29,120 --> 00:48:35,120 Speaker 1: replacement heart, All right, Connie, you've said it all, you've 934 00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:37,920 Speaker 1: done it all, You've lived a life in the industry, 935 00:48:37,920 --> 00:48:41,719 Speaker 1: and you're just getting started back with my family, my 936 00:48:41,920 --> 00:48:46,439 Speaker 1: family in Miami, Yes Angeles, all right, there she goes 937 00:48:46,719 --> 00:48:51,400 Speaker 1: the Queen Thursday, and there we go. We will be 938 00:48:51,440 --> 00:48:54,680 Speaker 1: back on Thursday, of course with the week thirteen preview, 939 00:48:55,520 --> 00:48:58,440 Speaker 1: also the recap of the game you just previewed. You 940 00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:02,280 Speaker 1: can catch that Thursday as well. It's gonna be Greg Rosenthal, 941 00:49:02,960 --> 00:49:09,359 Speaker 1: one of our favorite overseas exports imports. We imported him. 942 00:49:09,400 --> 00:49:13,799 Speaker 1: We didn't they exported him. We imported him. That's how 943 00:49:13,840 --> 00:49:18,120 Speaker 1: trades were, trade deals. My favorite things as a teenager 944 00:49:18,360 --> 00:49:21,600 Speaker 1: was at the height of my fandom for the UK 945 00:49:21,719 --> 00:49:26,399 Speaker 1: band Oasis, go into that, traveling to Times Square, going 946 00:49:26,480 --> 00:49:29,600 Speaker 1: to the Virgin Mega Store and finding those imports singles 947 00:49:29,640 --> 00:49:32,120 Speaker 1: that had all these great b sides on it. That 948 00:49:32,239 --> 00:49:34,320 Speaker 1: was living. That was like you know, like when you 949 00:49:34,400 --> 00:49:37,759 Speaker 1: used to watch the control room when you said this, 950 00:49:39,160 --> 00:49:41,879 Speaker 1: that's what I think about nineties six, taking the bus 951 00:49:41,880 --> 00:49:43,880 Speaker 1: to Times Square to get those in the same thing. Dad. 952 00:49:43,960 --> 00:49:45,120 Speaker 1: You know how you always tell me that I'm going 953 00:49:45,160 --> 00:49:47,560 Speaker 1: to be a great old lady. I can now I 954 00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:49,959 Speaker 1: see that within you, You're gonna be a great old lady. 955 00:49:53,400 --> 00:49:55,799 Speaker 1: I'm already there. That is the nicest compliment anyone's ever 956 00:49:55,800 --> 00:49:59,680 Speaker 1: given me. Thank you. All Right, here we go. That's enough. 957 00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:06,200 Speaker 1: H What do you take Caaracas? Thinking like the show's 958 00:50:06,239 --> 00:50:08,040 Speaker 1: fifteen minutes too long? Why she's not in a car 959 00:50:08,120 --> 00:50:11,440 Speaker 1: driving and it's not over? Quiet storm, Candie Bog the 960 00:50:11,480 --> 00:50:14,279 Speaker 1: old box, Tricky Hollywood. He's a call