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Speaker 1: that's the show. Appreciate everyone listening. I hope you guys

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Speaker 1: dinner though tonight to watch the Monday night football game,

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Speaker 1: and uh spit a podcast. So we're gonna talk. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna dive right into the Monday night football game,

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Speaker 1: then going all around the league, from the Niners, the

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Speaker 1: But let's start with the Monday night football game. And

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Speaker 1: I saw this thing that went viral over the weekend.

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Speaker 1: This guy that like work with Navy Seals, and he

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Speaker 1: like asked what they look for in a Seal Team

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Speaker 1: six member, and they used to chart and on one

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Speaker 1: you know, a perpendicular I guess it was a right

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Speaker 1: charts like the supply and demand chart. One side of

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Speaker 1: the chart was production, and one side of the chart

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Speaker 1: was trust. And he related to actually to a football team, like,

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Speaker 1: you know, everyone wants a productive, trustworthy player. But let's

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Speaker 1: face it, the majority of guys aren't Tom Brady, aren't

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Speaker 1: Khalil Mack. And just like in the Seal Team six,

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Speaker 1: what the Navy Seals want, they would choose trust over productivity.

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Speaker 1: And I think it relates a lot to business because

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Speaker 1: in business it's just pretty black and white, like do

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Speaker 1: you produce or do you not produce? And a lot

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Speaker 1: of businesses get rid of really talented people. Maybe they

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Speaker 1: have an off quarter, maybe they have an off year,

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Speaker 1: who knows, but those people are very integral in their

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Speaker 1: there are things when listen I scouted players and was

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Speaker 1: around a football team, there are things that guys bring

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Speaker 1: to the table that you can't quantify. When I was

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Speaker 1: of what we did, and you couldn't You couldn't quantify

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Speaker 1: what he did just based off catches right, just what

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Speaker 1: the way he acted in the facility, the way he

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Speaker 1: carried himself in the lunch room. Every team has these guys,

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Speaker 1: every single team, like the forty nine. When I'm around

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Speaker 1: a lot, they have Joe Staley, Like you can't quantify

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Speaker 1: what he's meant to the organization over the last ten

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Speaker 1: this there ten and two. I think they might be

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Speaker 1: the least talented ten and two team in the history

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Speaker 1: Wagner has been excellent forever. Clowney little over hype, but

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Speaker 1: he's a solid member of the squad. But for the

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Speaker 1: It's what the guys that they're playing top to bottom.

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Speaker 1: because clearly John Snyder, Pete Carroll there is no such

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Speaker 1: football team. They crushed people. They lay it all on

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Speaker 1: understand how they won on Monday night football, the games

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Speaker 1: at home. Seattle's crazy at night. Dalvin Cook once he

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Speaker 1: It kind of snowballed on him, even though Minnesota ended

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Speaker 1: that that is never quantifiable in football. It's why, at

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Speaker 1: the end of the day, the analytical movement can only

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Speaker 1: do so much in football. Can can you bring to

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Speaker 1: the table how violent Chris Carson touch the rock every

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Speaker 1: single time he gets the ball? Can you bring what

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Speaker 1: they trade for that Digs guy mid season from the Lions,

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Speaker 1: How violent he plays? Attempt to quantify that. All I

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Speaker 1: he's trying to break your face mask. And that it

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Speaker 1: was like that when I didn't know who Cam Chancellor

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Speaker 1: Sherman was, but these guys, like when their first and

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Speaker 1: when they all started coming together. Geez Louise, these guys

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Speaker 1: are nuts. They are coming for blood. And since two

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Speaker 1: on Monday Night football, they've had the same mentality. They're

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Speaker 1: a heavyweight fighter like Chuck Lydell, who want to hit

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Speaker 1: They'll get back up and keep swinging. Now something they're

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Speaker 1: gonna lose some fights, but that they're gonna be ready

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Speaker 1: every time they enter that ring, every time they play

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Speaker 1: a team Minnesota, top to bottom, more talented team. Now,

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Speaker 1: in football, the quarterback has a huge, you know, percentage

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Speaker 1: of impact on a squad. So Russell Wilson is and

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Speaker 1: Kirk Cousin is not bad, but Russell Wilson's infinitely better.

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Speaker 1: There was not a person in the history of the

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Speaker 1: the intensity, what's on the line, how hard players play like.

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Speaker 1: That game would have looked the same if it was

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Speaker 1: That's not the case in football. Coaching matters. Like I said,

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Speaker 1: the intangibles matter. The the environment. I mean, Seattle is

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Speaker 1: one of the rare places in the NFL. Like the

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Speaker 1: the intensity of the crowds. Well that place and see battle.

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Speaker 1: I've actually never been to a Seahawks game. I've been

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Speaker 1: about the top type guys they locate and they bring

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Speaker 1: obviously the wild card is Russell Wilson that just consistently

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Speaker 1: dive into the Minnesota Vikings. I still think they're a

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Speaker 1: good football team. They are really, really talented. They had

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Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook, fumble the ball got hurt, also hurt Digs. Luckily,

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Speaker 1: thirty four to seventeen. Obviously, Minnesota had a crazy comeback,

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Speaker 1: but it was it fell short. Minnesota controlled their own

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Speaker 1: to go Russell Wilson, hey, guys, get on my back

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Speaker 1: not let them score. Belichick has been saying for years

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Speaker 1: yards are very overrated. And I don't have the box

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Speaker 1: score up. But the defense did their job. Their offense

430
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Speaker 1: just couldn't score. But the one thing they do really

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Speaker 1: well on offense is run the football. And when you

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Speaker 1: can run the football and you've got to go into

433
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Speaker 1: inclement weather, that will always translate when you gotta play tough,

434
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Speaker 1: physical defense, that will help. And that's what Kyle Shanahan

435
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Speaker 1: did it yesterday with the Whee Mostert. He's done it

436
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Speaker 1: with Matt Breida, He's done it with Tevin Coleman. He's

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Speaker 1: done it with this Jeff Wilson Jr. It doesn't matter

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Speaker 1: who he throws. His dad did it forever with the

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Speaker 1: Orlando Gary, with the Mike Anderson's with the Member when

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Speaker 1: they got to Washington, Alfred Morris. It's what they do well.

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Speaker 1: And when they can get a good defense with that

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Speaker 1: run game, they're gonna have a chance. And I say

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Speaker 1: this all the time about Jimmy Garoppolo, like Lamar Jackson's

444
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Speaker 1: a tough, tough dude. Jimmy Garoppolo also very tough, now

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Speaker 1: do they both? The guys have some flaws, you know,

446
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Speaker 1: especially like Jimmy will throw some just whoa what are

447
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Speaker 1: you throwing into He's a work in progress. He has

448
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Speaker 1: as many starts to Sam Donald. But the one thing

449
00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:34,159
Speaker 1: that's abundantly clear, he ain't scared and he will not flinch.

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Speaker 1: He might play bad, but it's not because he's scared

451
00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:41,719
Speaker 1: and can't hang when it's thirty forty degrees and raining

452
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Speaker 1: and you're playing the Baltimore Ravens. So that's a that's

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Speaker 1: a good start. Now. The problem for the Diners is

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Speaker 1: they could be tending two and when all the dust settles,

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Speaker 1: might be playing on the road in the playoffs and

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Speaker 1: loose and like, god, we have this great season we

457
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Speaker 1: lost in the NFC is so good. But that they

458
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Speaker 1: are clearly trending. The two most impressive games for the

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Speaker 1: Niners have been to you know, kind of backbreaking losses,

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Speaker 1: the Seattle game where they lost with no time left

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Speaker 1: and overtime, in this game on the road in Baltimore

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Speaker 1: where they lost with no time left in regulation, to

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Speaker 1: you know, walk off field goals, so the Niners are

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Speaker 1: really good. The Ravens are really good. That game was sweet.

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Speaker 1: The NFC East, I don't know. I'm at a loss.

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Speaker 1: I picked the Cowboys to win the NFC. I think

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Speaker 1: every human with a brain thought the Eagles are gonna

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Speaker 1: be really good, and right now they both stink and

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Speaker 1: it's pretty wild. It's one of the great elements of

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Speaker 1: the sport of football is this unknown. Every year we've

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Speaker 1: all heard the stats forever of the Every year there's

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Speaker 1: a worst the first team. Right. Every year there's a

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Speaker 1: team that we think is going to be some powerhouse

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Speaker 1: that's not. And it's the intrigue. Like in basketball, we

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Speaker 1: know the playoff teams. In baseball for the most part,

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Speaker 1: you know who's gonna be good. Hell, you know, I

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Speaker 1: gamble and love golf. You got a pretty good idea.

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Speaker 1: In the majors, who's gonna be in the mix, give

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Speaker 1: or take a couple of guys. In football every season

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Speaker 1: beside the Patriots, you know, you get a bunch of

481
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Speaker 1: shockers now because both these two teams stink. That and

482
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Speaker 1: the Redskins and the Giants are just a train wreck.

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Speaker 1: This division does mean a lot to the NFL. Cowboys

484
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Speaker 1: are the biggest brand. That's why when the Cowboys played

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Speaker 1: the Patriots, the two biggest brands, they did the highest

486
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Speaker 1: rated game of the year since the Super Bowl. The

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Speaker 1: Eagles are a big deal. They're in a major market,

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Speaker 1: they have famous players, they always win, They draw huge

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Speaker 1: television ratings. Obviously New York number one media market. Train

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Speaker 1: wreck d C has been terrible forever. But if they're

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Speaker 1: just competitive, a lot of people watch right now. This

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Speaker 1: division is really down. Uh. And the thing with the

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Speaker 1: Eagles are the only team that go, yeah, we feel

494
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Speaker 1: good about our coach. Want a super Bowl with the

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Speaker 1: guy last year. We want a playoff game. The coaching

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Speaker 1: in this division is the Redskins zone have one. Uh,

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Speaker 1: Jason Garrett is surely going to get fired. Pat Shermer,

498
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Speaker 1: see a buddy. I told you from the jump he

499
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Speaker 1: was not a head coach. Nice guy, probably solid offensive coordinator,

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Speaker 1: not head coach material, and we're learning that clearly. But

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Speaker 1: when I look at Dallas, and when I did the

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Speaker 1: podcast for Friday, I had recorded before the game. By

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Speaker 1: about halftime, You're like, the Cowboys are gonna lose. They're

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Speaker 1: not as good as the Buffalo Bills. And I look

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Speaker 1: at Philly and Dallas, And what is the identity of

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Speaker 1: these two teams? Look at Dallas, what is their identity?

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Speaker 1: What do they do really well in theory? Kind of

508
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Speaker 1: throw the ball kind of? I mean, Amory hasn't been

509
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Speaker 1: right for the last couple of weeks. Their defense is

510
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Speaker 1: very hit or miss. Their head coach doesn't really hang

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Speaker 1: his hat on one thing in theory. He's an offensive guy,

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Speaker 1: but he doesn't call the plays, hasn't for years. I

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Speaker 1: wouldn't want Jason Garrett calling the play ads even if

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Speaker 1: he wanted to. The Eagles, who when they won the

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl a couple of years ago, had a clear identity,

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Speaker 1: right Their pass rush was awesome. Whence that year was

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl, you know, he was m v P caliber.

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Speaker 1: He felt like he was gonna win the Super Bowl.

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Speaker 1: Have a chance. Their weapons urts out, Sean, we're just

520
00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,880
Speaker 1: kicking ask and taking names. Nelson Aghilor had a big year.

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Speaker 1: They were really, really good. And now you got Dallas

522
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Speaker 1: getting shoved around by the Buffalo Bills as they should.

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Speaker 1: Sean McDermott has a clear identity. His teams are gonna

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Speaker 1: be smart, physical and just out tough of you. And

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Speaker 1: that's what they've done. Josh Allen at that fumble where

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Speaker 1: he grabs it and jumps over the goal line pumping

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Speaker 1: his chest. The defense flying around, just crushing dock. Buffalo

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Speaker 1: is better because they're tougher. Do they have better players,

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Speaker 1: man demand, probably not, but they just outcoached them, out

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Speaker 1: physical them. The Eagles, who there at Hillies Heel for

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Speaker 1: the most of the season, beside the last three or

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Speaker 1: four weeks when Wentz has been struggling, has been their

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Speaker 1: defensive backs. They can't cover anybody. They made DeVante Parker

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Speaker 1: look like Jerry Rice give it up? How many was it?

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Speaker 1: Three or twenty four points in a second? To the

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Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins and Ryan Fitzpatrick both these two teams, like

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Speaker 1: you couldn't make an argument, And I get the way

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Speaker 1: this is never gonna change, but on certain years, maybe

539
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Speaker 1: have a rule that if you don't have a winning

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Speaker 1: team in your division, like the team that wins your

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Speaker 1: division is eight and eight, your your division doesn't get

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Speaker 1: to go to the playoffs, like this year, it would

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Speaker 1: be Seattle, San Francisco, Green Bay, Minnesota, New Orleans and

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Speaker 1: then probably like the Rams. But I'm sorry, NFC East,

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Speaker 1: you don't belong in the playoffs at all. Neither of

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Speaker 1: your teams are good, and it's not the problem is

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Speaker 1: one of these two teams is going to host a

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Speaker 1: playoff game. Think about that. The Dallas cow Boys at

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Speaker 1: eight and eight could host a playoff game. Like they're

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Speaker 1: playing the Bears this weekend. I think this Thursday. Why

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Speaker 1: do I feel confident that the Cowboys are gonna win

552
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Speaker 1: this game? No confidence? The Eagles just every week something

553
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Speaker 1: goes wrong, even when they kind of were playing welles

554
00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:19,240
Speaker 1: like they're kicking the Dolphins, but watching at the bar,

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Speaker 1: watching at the corner of my eye, up a couple

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Speaker 1: of touchdowns when staffs aren't bad, and then the second

557
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Speaker 1: half goes they can't cover anybody. So it's just the

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Speaker 1: most important division top to bottom from a rating standpoint,

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Speaker 1: which equals money, is having the worst season in the

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Speaker 1: division in recent memory. It's pretty wild, but it's also

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Speaker 1: what makes the NFL great. Okay, let's talk about two

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Speaker 1: teams that actually turns out they play each other this week,

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs and the Patriots, and they both feel like

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Speaker 1: they're trending in opposite directions. The Chiefs, who just hosted

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Speaker 1: their division rival, which I don't know how it's a

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Speaker 1: rivalry because the Chiefs have owned the Raiders over recent memory.

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Speaker 1: Played in a game where you know, Mahomes was kind

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Speaker 1: of screwing around, and I don't totally blame him, it

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Speaker 1: was a game that he could not loose there. He

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Speaker 1: is so much better than anything the Raiders have could

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Speaker 1: possibly roll out. Oakland can't score points in cold weather

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Speaker 1: because their quarterback just crumbles in that situation. I mean,

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Speaker 1: Derek Carr is awful in weather games, and Gruden, who

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Speaker 1: Andy Reid right now just owns oh four no against him.

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Speaker 1: So they killed the Oakland Raiders. But as you see,

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Speaker 1: Mahomes's health, which is by far the biggest issue for

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Speaker 1: them heading into the playoffs. If he's one healthy, they

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Speaker 1: got a shot every game they play. I don't care

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Speaker 1: who they're playing. And their defense, which you know, you

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Speaker 1: talk to people with the Chiefs. You know you're implement

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Speaker 1: a new defensive system, You're adding some new defensive players.

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Speaker 1: You know, Frank Clark had been banged up earlier in

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Speaker 1: the season. It just took Chris Jones has been banged up.

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Speaker 1: It's taken them some time, but watching the last couple weeks,

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Speaker 1: are starting to get their mojo a little bit. We

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Speaker 1: know when push comes to shove in as we come

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Speaker 1: down the home stretch. And then in January, Andy Reid, Mahomes,

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Speaker 1: Tyree Kill, Travis Kelsey, Sammy Watkins, whoever they're playing at

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Speaker 1: running back will put up points on the scoreboard. The

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Speaker 1: only question with the Kansas City Chiefs can they stop people?

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Speaker 1: And yesterday they held the Raiders. They held him the

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Speaker 1: three points that the Raiders got a garbage uh, they

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Speaker 1: got a garbage touchdown late in the game that the

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Speaker 1: Chiefs ended up blocking the p a t and then

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Speaker 1: returning it and that was the only reason it was

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Speaker 1: four did in nine. That was a massacre. I think

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs are I kind of actually like him already

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Speaker 1: against New England this week we'll dive into some of

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Speaker 1: New England's issues. But when you have a quarterback like Mahomes,

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Speaker 1: you got a chance to win it every year as

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Speaker 1: long as he's healthy. Entering the playoffs. Now they got

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Speaker 1: a battle back because they went through one of the

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Speaker 1: toughest stretches of the Andy Reid Kansas City era where

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Speaker 1: they just didn't play that well. Even in games where

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Speaker 1: they did play well, their defense got shredded and and

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Speaker 1: they lost a bunch of games. It's the reason I

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Speaker 1: think they had to stretch where they lost four of

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Speaker 1: six games. Now, granted one of those was with Matt

609
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Speaker 1: Moore on Sunday night against the Green Bay Packers, but

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Speaker 1: that Tennessee game was a pretty devastating loss. They just

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Speaker 1: weren't playing very well. And you watch him now, it

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Speaker 1: feels like the Chiefs kind of got their mojo back.

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Speaker 1: And if they can come down the home stretch beat

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Speaker 1: the Patriots and rattle off some wins, if you can

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Speaker 1: somehow get to that, because the Patriots, there is no guarantee,

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Speaker 1: Like if the Chiefs can win out and beat the Patriots,

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Speaker 1: Patriots probably lose another game and all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: you're bow twelve and four. Maybe the Patriots have to

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Speaker 1: play that first weekend and the Chiefs can get a

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Speaker 1: home filled by This game is massive. But when you

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Speaker 1: look at New England, you go, well, the Texas just

622
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Speaker 1: threw the ball all over them. And their number one

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Speaker 1: positive attribute on the squad has been their defensive backfield.

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Speaker 1: You have not been able to throw it on them.

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Speaker 1: And every time I looked up at the television yesterday,

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Speaker 1: full or hopky and someone just running down the field

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Speaker 1: catching bombs from Watson, Like, what is going on here?

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Speaker 1: Because we do know about the Patriots. Their offense has

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Speaker 1: been bad this year. It has been bad. Their passing

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Speaker 1: game has been a nimic. Julian Edelman, who is their

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Speaker 1: best wide receiver, is banged up, and at the end

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Speaker 1: of the day, he's a small slot receiver. While Jules

633
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Speaker 1: is one of my favorite players in the last decade,

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Speaker 1: there is not another slot receiver I'd rather have in

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Speaker 1: a big game than a healthy Julian Edelman. He said

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Speaker 1: game winners in the Super Bowl. He's made big plays

637
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Speaker 1: over and over and over again in his playoff career.

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Speaker 1: He's a ward daddy. But he's about all they got

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Speaker 1: right now. Because Nikil Harry, who I'm a big fan

640
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Speaker 1: of his coming back from injury reserve, and we know

641
00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:42,200
Speaker 1: how hard this offense is on young players. Jacoby Myers

642
00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:44,560
Speaker 1: is he's an undrafted free agent, so he's who we

643
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:46,200
Speaker 1: thought he was. It's just gonna be hard as an

644
00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:48,480
Speaker 1: undrafted free agent to make a you know, a huge

645
00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:51,640
Speaker 1: splash all season long on the Patriots. And then Mohammed

646
00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:55,200
Speaker 1: Sanu has already hurt, so in Antonio Brown's long gone.

647
00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:57,960
Speaker 1: They can't pass the ball, and Tom Brady in a

648
00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:00,600
Speaker 1: league that he's the greatest quarterback of all time. But

649
00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:02,600
Speaker 1: I say it all the time. In this league, you

650
00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:04,160
Speaker 1: have to be able to move around a little bit

651
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,840
Speaker 1: at quarterback. The day and age to me of seeing

652
00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:11,560
Speaker 1: guys like Brady, you know, Eli, Peyton, Flacco, and then

653
00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:15,080
Speaker 1: obviously Eli and Flacco when they were better, rivers are dead.

654
00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:18,000
Speaker 1: Those quarterbacks are not coming into the league anymore. Look

655
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,120
Speaker 1: at the quarterbacks the last handful of years that have

656
00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:24,960
Speaker 1: come into the league, Sam Donald, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson,

657
00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:29,799
Speaker 1: uh Carson Wentz like Jared Goff is much more like

658
00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:32,160
Speaker 1: those old school guys. Can't move and he's getting destroyed

659
00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:34,320
Speaker 1: until he played Vance Joseph, which will dive into a

660
00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:37,200
Speaker 1: little bit later. But Brady, when you can't get open

661
00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:39,719
Speaker 1: and they can't get rid of the ball immediately, he's

662
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:41,600
Speaker 1: kind of shipped out of luck in the sense that

663
00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:44,120
Speaker 1: he can't really move around. And you're like, well, of course,

664
00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:48,319
Speaker 1: Johnny can't move around. But their entire offense is predicated

665
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:51,480
Speaker 1: on getting the ball really away, really fast, or when

666
00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:53,680
Speaker 1: they have someone on the outside, whether it's a gront

667
00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:55,920
Speaker 1: to push the ball down the scene or a speed

668
00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:57,960
Speaker 1: demon on the outside to push the ball down the scene.

669
00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:00,480
Speaker 1: And they don't have that, so they only have an

670
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:03,799
Speaker 1: intermediate passing game and no one can get open. And

671
00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:06,839
Speaker 1: I think we saw yesterday on the television broadcast when

672
00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:10,799
Speaker 1: Brady's yelling at those guys, be more explosive, be more aggressive,

673
00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:16,480
Speaker 1: play faster. I love you, Tom, but that's impossible. Maybe

674
00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:19,040
Speaker 1: you can improve on that over the off season with

675
00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:22,719
Speaker 1: work in training. There's no way mid game you can

676
00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:25,960
Speaker 1: just quote unquote play faster. Know that your guys are

677
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,239
Speaker 1: as fast as they are, they can't get open. They're

678
00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:30,120
Speaker 1: just not good enough. Some of these guys are young,

679
00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:32,200
Speaker 1: they don't even know the tricks of the trade. They're

680
00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:33,839
Speaker 1: just not gonna be able to get open. That's just

681
00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:36,880
Speaker 1: the reality. So can they be more explosive? No, they

682
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:40,920
Speaker 1: They are as explosive as they are. That's your problem.

683
00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:43,200
Speaker 1: In the run game last night worked for a split second.

684
00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:44,600
Speaker 1: I guess it was two nights ago if you're listening

685
00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:46,799
Speaker 1: this on Tuesday, and they didn't really stick with it.

686
00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:49,680
Speaker 1: Now the problem was, in fairness to Josh McDaniels, they

687
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:51,680
Speaker 1: were down big, so you can't really stick away with

688
00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:54,080
Speaker 1: stick with a run. When you're down multiple touchdowns in

689
00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:56,319
Speaker 1: the second half, you gotta be aggressive, and they're just

690
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:58,799
Speaker 1: not good enough to be aggressive. And when you think

691
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:00,759
Speaker 1: about some of the Patriots win this year is taking

692
00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:03,640
Speaker 1: trick plays to win games. Now, they've used trick plays

693
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:06,279
Speaker 1: before to win games. It usually happens in the playoffs,

694
00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:09,279
Speaker 1: not in just random regular season games. They need to

695
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:11,440
Speaker 1: get over the hump. And that's what it kind of

696
00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:13,560
Speaker 1: feels right now that their offense feels lost because they

697
00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:16,160
Speaker 1: don't have the personnel. Their wide receivers are just not

698
00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:18,640
Speaker 1: good enough. And I think when you look at Kansas City,

699
00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:21,840
Speaker 1: you go they do have the personnel to be awesome

700
00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:24,400
Speaker 1: on offense, and they have the personnel on defense to

701
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:27,239
Speaker 1: just be functional. And then it comes down to in

702
00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:30,640
Speaker 1: playoff games, I don't care how many yards you give up.

703
00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:34,200
Speaker 1: It's kind of irrelevant. Belichick's always said, give up a

704
00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:36,799
Speaker 1: thousand yards. If we only give up fourteen points will

705
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:39,200
Speaker 1: win the game. If we give up you know, eight

706
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:41,319
Speaker 1: hundred yards in the game and we give up fifty points,

707
00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:44,719
Speaker 1: we're screwed. But if we give up you know, three

708
00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:47,400
Speaker 1: yards and we give up twenty eight points would be

709
00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:50,439
Speaker 1: in trouble too. So it's about points. That's the point

710
00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:52,879
Speaker 1: of the game. Score more points in the opposition. Your

711
00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:55,759
Speaker 1: red zone defense is huge, So if Kansas City can

712
00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:59,040
Speaker 1: tighten up their red zone defense, we know they're gonna

713
00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:01,040
Speaker 1: be able to score points. I don't know if the

714
00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:03,960
Speaker 1: Patriots can score points even with their defense if it's

715
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:06,799
Speaker 1: playing well, like in a playoff game. Are we sure

716
00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:10,680
Speaker 1: they can get to twenty points? I'm not. I know

717
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:12,880
Speaker 1: yesterday they got to twenty two, but it was just

718
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:16,520
Speaker 1: such garbage time. They felt the majority of that game

719
00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:18,920
Speaker 1: watching them, they were a single digit offense, Like you

720
00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:22,319
Speaker 1: guys are scoring seven, eight, nine points, and they're just

721
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:25,520
Speaker 1: they're not planning very well right now. And it's not

722
00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:28,279
Speaker 1: it's not because they're coaching their scheme. It's just their

723
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:34,080
Speaker 1: players on offense are just not very good. I'm sure

724
00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:36,399
Speaker 1: by the time you're listening to this, at every take

725
00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 1: possible has been out there on Freddie Kitchen's in the shirt.

726
00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:44,000
Speaker 1: Uh So there's nothing probably I can say that's new

727
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:50,960
Speaker 1: regarding the Pittsburgh starved it besides that him wearing that shirt.

728
00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:54,560
Speaker 1: I don't know how you can have a working brain

729
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:58,880
Speaker 1: and not say that's moronic. The Steelers, who are the

730
00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:06,719
Speaker 1: Browns Daddy for my entire lifetime, the Browns Steelers. I mean,

731
00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:11,080
Speaker 1: what are you doing, Freddy? But wearing that shirt isn't

732
00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:14,480
Speaker 1: just on Freddie Kitchens. It's a reflection on the Cleveland

733
00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:18,760
Speaker 1: Browns I've heard forever like John Dorsey, the guy knows talent.

734
00:38:19,239 --> 00:38:23,520
Speaker 1: He knows talent. Part of being a general manager, and

735
00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:27,360
Speaker 1: I say it all the time, is not just the draft,

736
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:33,520
Speaker 1: it's free agency. It's you could argue beside picking the quarterback. Hell,

737
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:36,640
Speaker 1: you could argue it's even more important to get the

738
00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:39,279
Speaker 1: coach right that picking the quarterback. And right now with

739
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:42,239
Speaker 1: the Browns, we don't know if they got either. But

740
00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:45,480
Speaker 1: I I'm not giving up on Baker yet. Though the

741
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:48,960
Speaker 1: pictures after the game when he had this hand wrapped up. Baker, man,

742
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:51,879
Speaker 1: I got the same problem too. We all gotta mix

743
00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:54,680
Speaker 1: in some salads. You're not a good enough athlete to

744
00:38:54,760 --> 00:38:57,640
Speaker 1: just get overweight. And right now Baker looks overweight. He

745
00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:01,279
Speaker 1: looks terrible physically. He really does us like, come on, man,

746
00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:04,520
Speaker 1: this is this is the National Football League. This isn't

747
00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:07,640
Speaker 1: like the beer drinking club. He looks bad. And when

748
00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:09,799
Speaker 1: you look at Freddie Kitchens wearing that shirt like that's

749
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:13,160
Speaker 1: a reflection of John Dorsey. That's a reflection of Jimmy

750
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:15,960
Speaker 1: Haslum and Flying Jay, who have had their own issues

751
00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:19,520
Speaker 1: of Jimmy Haslum given John Dorsey the autonomy and the

752
00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:22,680
Speaker 1: power to hire Freddy Kitchens. How does that happen? How

753
00:39:22,719 --> 00:39:25,919
Speaker 1: could that possibly happen in a million years? You hire

754
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,680
Speaker 1: Freddy Kitchens to be your head coach. When they started

755
00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:31,080
Speaker 1: out two and six, I saw so many people saying, well,

756
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:34,120
Speaker 1: and it was true. Their schedule is really hard early

757
00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:36,440
Speaker 1: in the season. The schedule gets a lot easier as

758
00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:38,600
Speaker 1: the season goes on. They could rattle off a bunch

759
00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:41,520
Speaker 1: of wins, and they kind of did. But the one

760
00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:45,640
Speaker 1: thing everyone with any sort of knowledge on the way

761
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:49,480
Speaker 1: the NFL works goes that team with that head coach.

762
00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:51,879
Speaker 1: Even if they do get an easier schedule there two

763
00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:54,600
Speaker 1: and six, to get to nine and seven, they'd have

764
00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:57,520
Speaker 1: to go seven and one down the stretch. We we

765
00:39:57,600 --> 00:40:00,680
Speaker 1: all said, no chance to go sick and two down

766
00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:02,799
Speaker 1: the stretch. That that's just to go six and two,

767
00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:04,160
Speaker 1: is just to get to eight, and Nate, you went,

768
00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:08,000
Speaker 1: that's probably unrealistic too. Now you look at their schedule.

769
00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:10,520
Speaker 1: They still got the Bengals twice, they got the Cardinals,

770
00:40:10,680 --> 00:40:12,480
Speaker 1: and they got the Raves. So maybe they could get

771
00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:13,960
Speaker 1: to eight in Nate. That would be six and two

772
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:16,080
Speaker 1: on the second half of the season, which would be

773
00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:19,319
Speaker 1: an improvement. But why is anything going to change with

774
00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:22,040
Speaker 1: Freddy Kitchens. Here's their ultimate problem though. If they go

775
00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:24,520
Speaker 1: eight and eate, do they get Freddy Kitchens another year,

776
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:27,959
Speaker 1: because there would have to be conversation between between John

777
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,440
Speaker 1: Dorsey and Jimmy has them. You know, we don't want

778
00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:34,120
Speaker 1: to change, we want to keep the cohesion. Uh we

779
00:40:34,160 --> 00:40:36,120
Speaker 1: obviously went to six and two down the second half

780
00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:40,600
Speaker 1: of the the season, so let's stick with Freddy Kitchens.

781
00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:42,719
Speaker 1: You're just asking to get the same thing to happen

782
00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:45,480
Speaker 1: to you next year. Because in the game when you

783
00:40:45,560 --> 00:40:50,520
Speaker 1: played Duck Hodges, he had four less completions than Baker

784
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:53,800
Speaker 1: Mayfield and the more yards and the same amount of touchdowns.

785
00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:56,799
Speaker 1: There's that lines look exactly the same. Mayfield eighteen at

786
00:40:56,840 --> 00:41:00,680
Speaker 1: thirty two one nine, one touchdown, one pick, Hodges fourteen

787
00:41:00,760 --> 00:41:03,719
Speaker 1: or twenty one. I guess he had a lot less attempts,

788
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:09,480
Speaker 1: one touchdown, one interception. How is that possible? How can

789
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:12,279
Speaker 1: that happen. It's coaching, because the Steelers go into this

790
00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:14,960
Speaker 1: hell for the last couple of months. James Connor has

791
00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:17,600
Speaker 1: been in and out. Juju missed this game. They had

792
00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:20,040
Speaker 1: to go to Mason. Mason gets hit with a helmet,

793
00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:22,160
Speaker 1: they bench him because he sucks. They go back to

794
00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:25,040
Speaker 1: Duck Hodges and they're just seven and five, and when

795
00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:29,240
Speaker 1: all the dust settles, Steelers probably be nine and seven.

796
00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:33,360
Speaker 1: Pulling up their schedule right now. They they got the

797
00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:35,799
Speaker 1: Cardinals this week, then they played the Bills at home,

798
00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:39,480
Speaker 1: then they go to the Jets and the Ravens. It's realistic.

799
00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:43,960
Speaker 1: I mean, nine and seven is probably worst case. If

800
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:47,920
Speaker 1: somehow they could take out the Bills, they could be

801
00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:50,080
Speaker 1: ten and five going into that last week with the

802
00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:52,640
Speaker 1: Ravens that Bills. A game is gonna be hard. But

803
00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:56,120
Speaker 1: as Sunday night uh in Pittsburgh, that's that's a pretty

804
00:41:56,160 --> 00:41:59,400
Speaker 1: good game. Like Mike Tomlin is a big boy coach,

805
00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:01,840
Speaker 1: that's a eight to ten million dollar coach. That's a

806
00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:05,960
Speaker 1: Super Bowl champion, that's a high level guy. Freddy Kitchens

807
00:42:06,239 --> 00:42:09,000
Speaker 1: not a high level guy. Everything you need to know

808
00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:14,560
Speaker 1: was by the by the shirt he wore. John Dorsey epic,

809
00:42:14,719 --> 00:42:18,719
Speaker 1: epic mistake in hiring Freddy Kitchens. He signed up for

810
00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:21,480
Speaker 1: this the reason they're five and seven and they are

811
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:24,960
Speaker 1: one of the truly great underachieving teams we've seen in

812
00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:27,719
Speaker 1: recent memory, because you do watch me. God, they got

813
00:42:27,719 --> 00:42:32,160
Speaker 1: talent everywhere, Beckham Jarvis, the running backs, they got dudes,

814
00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:35,279
Speaker 1: and that when the dust settles, they'll be under five

815
00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:39,040
Speaker 1: hundred and the things that will define their season will

816
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:41,640
Speaker 1: be their star defensive end swing a helmet at a

817
00:42:41,719 --> 00:42:45,120
Speaker 1: dude's head, and their head coach wearing a T shirt

818
00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:50,200
Speaker 1: that is the Cleveland Browns in two thousand nineteen. Okay,

819
00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:55,240
Speaker 1: let's uh, let's go around. I guess football over the weekend.

820
00:42:55,280 --> 00:42:59,239
Speaker 1: Let's start with college hard Baugh. I'm a big Jim

821
00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:03,960
Speaker 1: Hardba guy, but his five years in Michigan have been underwhelming. Obviously,

822
00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:08,160
Speaker 1: he's not terrible. I mean, he's winning ten nine, worst

823
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:11,600
Speaker 1: case scenario eight games, but when Michigan got him, they

824
00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:15,640
Speaker 1: were expecting maybe not national championships, but to make the playoffs,

825
00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:19,960
Speaker 1: and he's over five missing the playoffs. He's also over

826
00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:23,480
Speaker 1: five against Ohio State. But the biggest issue that I

827
00:43:23,560 --> 00:43:27,400
Speaker 1: see is he's the fourth best team at best in

828
00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:31,320
Speaker 1: his own conference. Obviously, Ohio State, they've been better Michigan forever.

829
00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:33,840
Speaker 1: I know Colin had a good tweet over the UH

830
00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:36,399
Speaker 1: over the weekend. Michigan has never been Ohio State. Maybe

831
00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:39,479
Speaker 1: on a given year, but historically it ain't even close.

832
00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:43,520
Speaker 1: But the issue did I see is that Penn State

833
00:43:43,880 --> 00:43:47,360
Speaker 1: beat Michigan beat him now back to back years. Wisconstant

834
00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:50,520
Speaker 1: kicked their ass, so Michigan in five years. All these

835
00:43:50,520 --> 00:43:53,680
Speaker 1: players are Jim Harboss. He's getting worked by Ohio State

836
00:43:53,719 --> 00:43:56,120
Speaker 1: every every year and he can't beat the next two

837
00:43:56,120 --> 00:43:58,960
Speaker 1: teams in the conference. It's just it hasn't gone as

838
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:04,800
Speaker 1: planned by botom Line period. End of story. Ohio State's

839
00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:07,799
Speaker 1: really good. L s U is really good. Clemson. I'm

840
00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:10,600
Speaker 1: not quite Sharon, but I would lean they're really good

841
00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:13,640
Speaker 1: for my fourth team, and it's gonna be a hard

842
00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:16,600
Speaker 1: game Friday night at Levi Stadium in the Bay Area.

843
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:19,160
Speaker 1: I hope Utah wins because I'd like to see Utah

844
00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:21,760
Speaker 1: get their shot. I was eating lunch today in Hawaii

845
00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:25,120
Speaker 1: and I googled Kyle Whittingham. He has been at the

846
00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:28,880
Speaker 1: University of Utah since nineteen for a long period of

847
00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:30,719
Speaker 1: time as the d line coach. Then he became the

848
00:44:30,760 --> 00:44:35,800
Speaker 1: defensive coordinator. The obviously became the head coach since twenty

849
00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:38,319
Speaker 1: five years of the same school. The guy guys a

850
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:41,440
Speaker 1: tough team. They hang their hat on two things, playing

851
00:44:41,480 --> 00:44:45,919
Speaker 1: defense and running the rock. Zack Moss future pro. They're

852
00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:48,760
Speaker 1: just good and I would love to see the final

853
00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:52,719
Speaker 1: four b Ohio State, l s U, Clemson, Utah. I'm

854
00:44:52,719 --> 00:44:54,960
Speaker 1: good with that, but man, our body needs to pick

855
00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:56,480
Speaker 1: a ship up because right right now it is just

856
00:44:56,520 --> 00:45:00,000
Speaker 1: not as good, not good enough. Chris Peterson, who stepped

857
00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:02,279
Speaker 1: down from University of Washington day, that's a big blow.

858
00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:04,040
Speaker 1: I mean, he's been one of the best coach in

859
00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:06,920
Speaker 1: the country for the last decade plus. What he did

860
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:10,280
Speaker 1: at Boise was unreal. I mean they were kicking everyone's

861
00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:15,400
Speaker 1: ass Georgia, Oregon, he was beating Chip TCU, he was

862
00:45:15,440 --> 00:45:18,120
Speaker 1: beating everyone in his path. The guy is a big

863
00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:21,960
Speaker 1: time football coach, super smart guy. U C. Davis guy.

864
00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:25,160
Speaker 1: I think his best team he made the playoffs at Washington,

865
00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:28,200
Speaker 1: but I stand by his best team of his career

866
00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:31,600
Speaker 1: was the two thousand eleven Boise team. Uh that that

867
00:45:31,719 --> 00:45:35,080
Speaker 1: was the team that Kaepernick beat. Uh last second field goal.

868
00:45:35,120 --> 00:45:37,200
Speaker 1: I think Nevada hit Boise had missed a field goal.

869
00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:40,040
Speaker 1: I can't remember the exact sequence, but that team I

870
00:45:40,040 --> 00:45:43,480
Speaker 1: think had eleven or twelve guys drafted. That that that

871
00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:45,840
Speaker 1: team could have won the national championship despite being a

872
00:45:45,840 --> 00:45:49,040
Speaker 1: mid major. That that team was awesome. Chris Peterson, it's

873
00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:52,080
Speaker 1: just a badass. I'm gonna miss him because that's a

874
00:45:52,160 --> 00:45:55,040
Speaker 1: that's a big blow for the University of Washington. Let's

875
00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:57,799
Speaker 1: get to the NFL. The New York teams start with

876
00:45:57,800 --> 00:45:59,840
Speaker 1: the Jets. You know, anytime you're not a good football

877
00:45:59,840 --> 00:46:01,600
Speaker 1: team team and I think you start feeling yourself after

878
00:46:01,640 --> 00:46:04,640
Speaker 1: a win or two, you're due for to get hit

879
00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:06,359
Speaker 1: in the mouth. And they play the Bengals and they

880
00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:09,560
Speaker 1: got killed. It also showed you the Bengals should never

881
00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:12,959
Speaker 1: bench Andy Dalton for Ryan Literley, Like that's that shouldn't happen.

882
00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:15,759
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton's worst day. He's better than that guy. He

883
00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:17,960
Speaker 1: gives you the best chance to win. But at the

884
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:20,600
Speaker 1: end of the day, big picture, as long as Adam

885
00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:23,000
Speaker 1: Gaze is the guy, and who knows, I mean, I

886
00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:25,279
Speaker 1: know he's not he's gonna return next year, but he's

887
00:46:25,280 --> 00:46:27,719
Speaker 1: got to be better. I do think they got a

888
00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:31,080
Speaker 1: quarterback that they can build on. Uh, and the Jets

889
00:46:31,080 --> 00:46:34,560
Speaker 1: could maybe not be a factor next year, but should

890
00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:37,320
Speaker 1: be much improved because obviously that that division is the

891
00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:39,640
Speaker 1: Patriots and the Bills are light years ahead of the

892
00:46:39,719 --> 00:46:45,360
Speaker 1: Jets and the Dolphins. I guess the New York Giants

893
00:46:45,480 --> 00:46:48,640
Speaker 1: and Pat Shermer like that they're just bad. Daniel Jones

894
00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:51,479
Speaker 1: is not good. The Packers didn't even play that well

895
00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:54,040
Speaker 1: and one with ease. Gotta love a good snow game.

896
00:46:54,719 --> 00:46:57,960
Speaker 1: But you would imagine the Giants and John morrel I

897
00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:00,400
Speaker 1: have to be thinking about firing everyone, and to me,

898
00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:03,080
Speaker 1: that's probably the move. Then the question mark is who

899
00:47:03,120 --> 00:47:05,120
Speaker 1: do they hire? Isn't even that good of a job,

900
00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:07,279
Speaker 1: because part of it is you're taking over a job

901
00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:09,640
Speaker 1: where you have Daniel Jones, who you just drafted in

902
00:47:09,719 --> 00:47:12,839
Speaker 1: the first round that that incoming coach might not even

903
00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:16,440
Speaker 1: like it took the Arizona Cardinals, who vance Joseph and

904
00:47:16,480 --> 00:47:19,480
Speaker 1: I think is a terrible football coach. Jared Goff, who

905
00:47:19,480 --> 00:47:21,160
Speaker 1: had been one of the worst players in the league

906
00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:24,200
Speaker 1: the last several weeks. He had three hundred plus yards

907
00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:27,200
Speaker 1: at halftime against them at thirty two forty three four

908
00:47:27,239 --> 00:47:31,480
Speaker 1: and twenty four yards and just eviscerated the Arizona Cardinals.

909
00:47:31,640 --> 00:47:34,640
Speaker 1: The Arizona Cardinals are gonna end up probably like four

910
00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:41,560
Speaker 1: eleven in one. Uh despite having a really really productive

911
00:47:41,600 --> 00:47:45,120
Speaker 1: season from their young quarterback. It's all defense. Their defense

912
00:47:45,239 --> 00:47:48,120
Speaker 1: is atrocious. It's like Swiss cheese. You can just you

913
00:47:48,120 --> 00:47:50,600
Speaker 1: can light them up like a Christmas tree. The Titans

914
00:47:50,600 --> 00:47:53,120
Speaker 1: are hot. The best thing they ever did was make

915
00:47:53,200 --> 00:47:55,480
Speaker 1: that move to Ryan Tannehill. I know the elephant in

916
00:47:55,480 --> 00:47:57,400
Speaker 1: the room is like, what if Ryan Tannehill had been

917
00:47:57,440 --> 00:47:59,360
Speaker 1: the starter from the jump? I don't know if you

918
00:47:59,360 --> 00:48:04,319
Speaker 1: can necessarily play that game. But they're really hot right now.

919
00:48:04,360 --> 00:48:06,560
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry is one of the most productive players in

920
00:48:06,600 --> 00:48:09,400
Speaker 1: the league weekend week out since Tanny Hills kind of

921
00:48:09,440 --> 00:48:12,160
Speaker 1: jumped on board. Tanny Hill has given them life in

922
00:48:12,160 --> 00:48:14,279
Speaker 1: the sense of, you know, you turn on their game

923
00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:16,880
Speaker 1: the last month. He's running over guys on the goal line.

924
00:48:17,480 --> 00:48:19,840
Speaker 1: His toughness is on a different level than Mariota. And

925
00:48:19,840 --> 00:48:21,760
Speaker 1: then as a thrower, he's just he's a better player

926
00:48:21,760 --> 00:48:24,879
Speaker 1: than Mariota. I once said on Twitter that I thought

927
00:48:24,920 --> 00:48:27,279
Speaker 1: Mariota could be a better version of Alex Smith and

928
00:48:27,320 --> 00:48:30,759
Speaker 1: Titans Twitter came at me like they were an army,

929
00:48:31,239 --> 00:48:34,160
Speaker 1: and it turns out I was wrong. Marcus Mariota can't

930
00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:37,719
Speaker 1: hold Alex Smiths jock, you know, on his best day,

931
00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:39,919
Speaker 1: and I think his days of being a starter are over.

932
00:48:40,080 --> 00:48:42,600
Speaker 1: And props to Ryan tanney Hill for Tyans are gonna

933
00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:44,840
Speaker 1: make the playoffs and they still play the Texans twice

934
00:48:44,840 --> 00:48:46,560
Speaker 1: down the stretch of Hell. They could win the division.

935
00:48:47,080 --> 00:48:50,040
Speaker 1: Charges of four and eight. Chargers made the playoffs last

936
00:48:50,080 --> 00:48:53,359
Speaker 1: year and one a playoff game made the playoffs, one

937
00:48:53,400 --> 00:48:55,640
Speaker 1: a playoff game, twelve and four this year their four

938
00:48:55,640 --> 00:48:58,200
Speaker 1: and eight, and I mean, I get they were missing

939
00:48:58,239 --> 00:49:02,000
Speaker 1: Derwin James, but four and A see Anthony Lynn. But

940
00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:04,960
Speaker 1: it's not Anthony Lyn's fault. Anytime you pay a head

941
00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:08,240
Speaker 1: coach the lowest going rate in the NFL, you deserve

942
00:49:08,440 --> 00:49:11,400
Speaker 1: to not be consistent. You deserve to lose. Could the

943
00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:15,680
Speaker 1: Chargers have any less momentum going into this new stadium

944
00:49:15,840 --> 00:49:18,680
Speaker 1: in Los Angeles? I I don't think they could. Foals

945
00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:23,360
Speaker 1: has Nick Foles had the most bizarre career in NFL history.

946
00:49:23,480 --> 00:49:25,600
Speaker 1: He was drafting the third round when I was in Philadelphia.

947
00:49:25,680 --> 00:49:28,640
Speaker 1: Everyone liked them. Then Chip came and Vic got hurt

948
00:49:28,680 --> 00:49:30,640
Speaker 1: and he became the starter. He had the great year.

949
00:49:30,680 --> 00:49:33,800
Speaker 1: Then he gets traded to the car uh St Louis Rams,

950
00:49:33,840 --> 00:49:37,520
Speaker 1: his career fails, Then he almost retires. Then Andy Reid

951
00:49:37,560 --> 00:49:39,960
Speaker 1: talks him out of it. Then he goes back to Philly,

952
00:49:40,040 --> 00:49:43,400
Speaker 1: becomes a backup for carsonal Wentz. Carson's having an MVP season.

953
00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:46,799
Speaker 1: He jumps in, wins the Super Bowl. Your Carson comes

954
00:49:46,840 --> 00:49:50,719
Speaker 1: back playing like ship, gets hurt again, false comes back,

955
00:49:50,880 --> 00:49:53,840
Speaker 1: wins a playoff game, gets huge money to go to

956
00:49:53,840 --> 00:49:57,320
Speaker 1: the Jacksonville Jaguars, breaks his collar bone, misses the majority

957
00:49:57,320 --> 00:50:00,359
Speaker 1: of the season, comes back, gets a starting job. Back

958
00:50:00,480 --> 00:50:04,040
Speaker 1: within two games, he's benched again. You couldn't make this

959
00:50:04,080 --> 00:50:06,799
Speaker 1: thing up in a movie. It really is bizarre. I

960
00:50:06,880 --> 00:50:09,240
Speaker 1: root for Nick Foles. Turns out he's just not that good,

961
00:50:09,520 --> 00:50:11,840
Speaker 1: but he's had some hot moments. He beat Tom Brady

962
00:50:11,840 --> 00:50:15,640
Speaker 1: in Super Bowl. I mean, he hosted the NFC Championship

963
00:50:15,680 --> 00:50:18,080
Speaker 1: Trophy after a blow out against the Minnesota Vikings. He

964
00:50:18,160 --> 00:50:20,480
Speaker 1: went on the road against Chicago Bears last year in

965
00:50:20,560 --> 00:50:22,800
Speaker 1: vic Fangie the best defense in the league in one

966
00:50:23,320 --> 00:50:27,240
Speaker 1: I get they missed a kick, but still you just Foles.

967
00:50:27,760 --> 00:50:31,640
Speaker 1: You can't make this stuff up. Okay, let's get to

968
00:50:31,719 --> 00:50:36,560
Speaker 1: the Middlecoff mail bag, big Raider fan living in Mali. God,

969
00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:38,560
Speaker 1: I should have hit you up. We'll move to Vegas.

970
00:50:38,640 --> 00:50:42,000
Speaker 1: Be better for the franchise fan base, free agent appeal, realistic,

971
00:50:42,440 --> 00:50:45,560
Speaker 1: realistically will help them get to be a legit contender.

972
00:50:46,200 --> 00:50:49,239
Speaker 1: That's a good question. I would say in theory, it

973
00:50:49,320 --> 00:50:53,480
Speaker 1: should help they My league sources tell me that last

974
00:50:53,520 --> 00:50:56,480
Speaker 1: fiscal year they were the second lowest revenue in the NFL,

975
00:50:56,880 --> 00:51:00,200
Speaker 1: which they've consistently been them the Chargers, the Bengals make

976
00:51:00,239 --> 00:51:03,560
Speaker 1: the least the amount of money. I think their issue

977
00:51:03,600 --> 00:51:06,200
Speaker 1: though they're not very good. So let's say they go

978
00:51:06,320 --> 00:51:08,600
Speaker 1: seven and nine. Is Derek Carr going to be the

979
00:51:08,680 --> 00:51:11,719
Speaker 1: quarterback next year? Like? What are they selling now the

980
00:51:11,760 --> 00:51:15,800
Speaker 1: first year? Anytime you move, it's cool, people will go. Clearly,

981
00:51:15,840 --> 00:51:19,400
Speaker 1: the casinos and the corporate money have bought the majority

982
00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:22,520
Speaker 1: of tickets and they plan on giving those, you know,

983
00:51:22,640 --> 00:51:25,759
Speaker 1: to their fan base. They're not their fan base. But

984
00:51:25,880 --> 00:51:28,719
Speaker 1: like to the whales, to the guys coming to Vegas. Well,

985
00:51:28,719 --> 00:51:30,960
Speaker 1: if I'm in Vegas and I'm betting, and I'm a

986
00:51:31,000 --> 00:51:34,400
Speaker 1: whale and I'm spending huge money, and I got a

987
00:51:34,520 --> 00:51:37,799
Speaker 1: ten thousand dollar a night date and I'm playing in

988
00:51:37,840 --> 00:51:41,439
Speaker 1: card games with six and seven figures. I'm not going

989
00:51:41,480 --> 00:51:44,279
Speaker 1: to watch that Raider team now if they are dramatically better,

990
00:51:44,320 --> 00:51:46,359
Speaker 1: which I don't see how they're gonna be dramatically better

991
00:51:46,480 --> 00:51:49,680
Speaker 1: next year. Here's the problem for the Raiders. Like, quote unquote,

992
00:51:49,680 --> 00:51:52,840
Speaker 1: they made progress, did they really? Their defense couldn't be

993
00:51:52,840 --> 00:51:57,360
Speaker 1: any worse. Do they have any uh building block pieces

994
00:51:57,400 --> 00:52:00,800
Speaker 1: on defense beside Max Crosby? Let me answer that. No. Oh.

995
00:52:00,880 --> 00:52:03,160
Speaker 1: On offense, they have a really good running back, they

996
00:52:03,160 --> 00:52:05,839
Speaker 1: have a really good tight end. Derek Carr is very

997
00:52:05,920 --> 00:52:08,880
Speaker 1: hit or miss. Who else do they have? Like Antonio

998
00:52:08,920 --> 00:52:11,080
Speaker 1: Brown a rewalking through that door? Now, they do have

999
00:52:11,120 --> 00:52:13,759
Speaker 1: some draft picks, but as we know, draft picks are

1000
00:52:13,880 --> 00:52:16,840
Speaker 1: hit or miss. I mean they drafted a box safety

1001
00:52:16,920 --> 00:52:18,880
Speaker 1: in the first round this year. Do you want an

1002
00:52:18,920 --> 00:52:22,839
Speaker 1: I are after a game like, it's just tough. So, yeah,

1003
00:52:22,840 --> 00:52:24,759
Speaker 1: they in theory they should have more money, but they

1004
00:52:24,760 --> 00:52:27,560
Speaker 1: owe a lot of money. They will relocation fees. They

1005
00:52:27,600 --> 00:52:29,960
Speaker 1: got to pay the bank back of what they owe.

1006
00:52:30,680 --> 00:52:35,239
Speaker 1: They just in theory, yes, I I just I think

1007
00:52:35,239 --> 00:52:37,759
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a little more difficult till they like,

1008
00:52:38,040 --> 00:52:40,520
Speaker 1: they don't even have their quarterback position answered as of

1009
00:52:40,640 --> 00:52:43,200
Speaker 1: right now? Who do you think wins the NFC West

1010
00:52:43,200 --> 00:52:46,160
Speaker 1: Seahawks are forty Niners? Also, do you think that team

1011
00:52:46,160 --> 00:52:48,680
Speaker 1: will have the number one seed? This is not going

1012
00:52:48,719 --> 00:52:51,319
Speaker 1: to be a cop out, but I would say that

1013
00:52:51,520 --> 00:52:55,960
Speaker 1: right now, if the forty Niners lose due the Saints

1014
00:52:56,040 --> 00:52:59,320
Speaker 1: this weekend, Seattle will win the division. If the forty

1015
00:52:59,360 --> 00:53:02,280
Speaker 1: nine or some somehow pull out the upset this week,

1016
00:53:02,840 --> 00:53:05,120
Speaker 1: they'll have a chance. Now do I feel confident that

1017
00:53:05,200 --> 00:53:08,000
Speaker 1: forty Niners are gonna go into Seattle? And if that

1018
00:53:08,080 --> 00:53:10,760
Speaker 1: game is for the NFC West, that game will surely

1019
00:53:10,840 --> 00:53:14,520
Speaker 1: be flex to prime time Sunday night football. I wouldn't

1020
00:53:14,560 --> 00:53:18,160
Speaker 1: have much faith though. Like I've said, the forty Niners

1021
00:53:18,880 --> 00:53:22,720
Speaker 1: do things well that translate to traveling in tough environments.

1022
00:53:22,760 --> 00:53:26,600
Speaker 1: They run the ball, and they play defense. And I

1023
00:53:26,680 --> 00:53:29,520
Speaker 1: was at the game when the Niners played Seattle without

1024
00:53:29,640 --> 00:53:32,320
Speaker 1: George Kittle, and it's pretty clear the Niners have better players.

1025
00:53:32,560 --> 00:53:35,560
Speaker 1: But as I talked about earlier in this podcast, Seattle

1026
00:53:35,760 --> 00:53:38,560
Speaker 1: most games they play, don't have the better roster. That's

1027
00:53:38,600 --> 00:53:41,359
Speaker 1: not what they hang their hat on. The Seal team

1028
00:53:41,400 --> 00:53:44,960
Speaker 1: six members aren't even the best Navy Seals sometimes, right,

1029
00:53:45,040 --> 00:53:47,879
Speaker 1: I mean they are for that given Seal team, but

1030
00:53:48,040 --> 00:53:50,600
Speaker 1: maybe are they the fastest, Are they the smartest? Or

1031
00:53:50,719 --> 00:53:54,680
Speaker 1: they the toughest? Are they the most trustworthy? And Seattle

1032
00:53:54,800 --> 00:53:59,600
Speaker 1: is just they got these intangible stuff that I don't know.

1033
00:53:59,640 --> 00:54:03,080
Speaker 1: It's hard to ride against him. I've been I'm talking

1034
00:54:03,320 --> 00:54:06,279
Speaker 1: about him forever, and they just won't go away. Do

1035
00:54:06,320 --> 00:54:08,000
Speaker 1: you think the Cowboys could take a long look at

1036
00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:10,759
Speaker 1: Greg Roman as their next head coach? Would he be qualified?

1037
00:54:11,120 --> 00:54:13,560
Speaker 1: I feel Dac is so underutilized as an athlete and

1038
00:54:13,600 --> 00:54:15,239
Speaker 1: could be interesting to see what he looked like in

1039
00:54:15,239 --> 00:54:19,080
Speaker 1: that type offense. Not a terrible idea, but I think Dac,

1040
00:54:20,040 --> 00:54:24,040
Speaker 1: unlike Lamar, is a good enough passer to run what

1041
00:54:24,160 --> 00:54:27,000
Speaker 1: you need to do to sustain. Like if you run

1042
00:54:27,040 --> 00:54:29,640
Speaker 1: that offense, you do run the risk of getting your

1043
00:54:29,719 --> 00:54:33,280
Speaker 1: quarterback killed, of getting his leg broken, getting his arm broken,

1044
00:54:33,320 --> 00:54:36,520
Speaker 1: getting him slammed, getting him hurt. And DA's at the

1045
00:54:36,520 --> 00:54:39,600
Speaker 1: point where he can carry you throwing the ball that

1046
00:54:39,680 --> 00:54:42,640
Speaker 1: you could incorporate stuff like that, which which actually great.

1047
00:54:42,719 --> 00:54:44,719
Speaker 1: Roman once upon a time tried to do with Kaepernick

1048
00:54:45,080 --> 00:54:48,359
Speaker 1: in San Francisco. He was just incapable of doing it.

1049
00:54:48,640 --> 00:54:50,799
Speaker 1: The media doesn't like bringing that up, but I had

1050
00:54:50,800 --> 00:54:53,080
Speaker 1: a front row seat for it. I haven't forgotten he

1051
00:54:53,160 --> 00:54:55,520
Speaker 1: was it was he was incapable of running a just

1052
00:54:55,600 --> 00:54:58,480
Speaker 1: a throwing offense. He could run the zone red stuff,

1053
00:54:58,520 --> 00:55:00,120
Speaker 1: but at the time they had figured it out, you

1054
00:55:00,120 --> 00:55:05,000
Speaker 1: couldn't really run it anymore. I would say that they

1055
00:55:05,360 --> 00:55:08,800
Speaker 1: don't need their offense, you know. I guess it's sputtered

1056
00:55:08,840 --> 00:55:11,920
Speaker 1: a little of late, but it would be interesting. I

1057
00:55:12,200 --> 00:55:14,439
Speaker 1: just think that if you're paying back thirty five million

1058
00:55:14,520 --> 00:55:18,800
Speaker 1: dollars a year. I know James later told Colin today

1059
00:55:18,800 --> 00:55:21,520
Speaker 1: that they actually might franchise them, that would be pretty

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00:55:21,600 --> 00:55:24,759
Speaker 1: risky to kind of incorporate that offense. I know the

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00:55:24,920 --> 00:55:27,560
Speaker 1: r PO is called a run pass option, but could

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00:55:27,600 --> 00:55:29,320
Speaker 1: you break it down how it works or the average

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00:55:29,320 --> 00:55:32,279
Speaker 1: football fan can understand how it works? Well. I don't

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00:55:32,280 --> 00:55:35,480
Speaker 1: really hang my hat on being a scheme guy, but

1065
00:55:35,800 --> 00:55:38,319
Speaker 1: and I might be wrong on this description, but to me,

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00:55:38,400 --> 00:55:42,120
Speaker 1: a run pass option is you either, obviously, you hand

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00:55:42,160 --> 00:55:44,680
Speaker 1: the ball off to the guy coming downhill behind you

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00:55:44,760 --> 00:55:47,680
Speaker 1: in the pistol, let's say, or the guy in the shotgun,

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00:55:48,080 --> 00:55:50,279
Speaker 1: or you throw it immediately and part of having to

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00:55:50,320 --> 00:55:53,279
Speaker 1: throw it immediately. Is the linemen are blocking because the

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00:55:53,360 --> 00:55:56,040
Speaker 1: lineman on an RPO they don't know what the quarterback

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00:55:56,120 --> 00:55:59,719
Speaker 1: is gonna do. Now, obviously there are called gives in

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00:55:59,760 --> 00:56:01,920
Speaker 1: the idle. It's an r p O, but it's an

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00:56:01,920 --> 00:56:04,920
Speaker 1: automatic give, just like there's an rp O that's probably

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00:56:04,920 --> 00:56:09,880
Speaker 1: an automatic play fake pass. You'd have to get probably

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00:56:09,920 --> 00:56:11,759
Speaker 1: like a Greg Roman, and maybe I'll have to have

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00:56:11,840 --> 00:56:14,120
Speaker 1: him on to just break down the r p O.

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00:56:14,600 --> 00:56:17,919
Speaker 1: But to me, the most basic levels are, uh, like

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00:56:18,120 --> 00:56:20,680
Speaker 1: what Foles was doing a couple of years ago when

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00:56:20,680 --> 00:56:23,560
Speaker 1: they made their run. Is it's if you don't hand

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00:56:23,560 --> 00:56:25,480
Speaker 1: the ball off and the running back and it turns

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00:56:25,480 --> 00:56:28,239
Speaker 1: into a play action pass it you have a one read,

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00:56:28,280 --> 00:56:31,280
Speaker 1: you gotta throw the ball. So basically, it either functions

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00:56:31,320 --> 00:56:34,279
Speaker 1: immediately or it's a dead play not it's obviously not dead,

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00:56:34,320 --> 00:56:36,960
Speaker 1: but you're kind of screwed. Now I could be describing

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00:56:37,000 --> 00:56:40,239
Speaker 1: that wrong. Uh, there are people much more qualified to

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00:56:40,280 --> 00:56:42,840
Speaker 1: describe the r p O. I just know that the

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00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:48,759
Speaker 1: r p O, when when run correctly, dominates. Hey, John

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00:56:48,800 --> 00:56:51,200
Speaker 1: love the pod. I see why Colin likes you and

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00:56:51,239 --> 00:56:53,719
Speaker 1: gave you a chance on this podcast network. Yeah, I

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00:56:53,760 --> 00:56:57,120
Speaker 1: appreciate that. Do you mind going into your relationship with Colin?

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00:56:57,160 --> 00:56:59,120
Speaker 1: How you first met him, how long have you known him,

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00:56:59,480 --> 00:57:01,799
Speaker 1: and why did he approach you to host a podcast?

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00:57:02,640 --> 00:57:04,680
Speaker 1: People often asked me, like, how do you know Colin?

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00:57:05,440 --> 00:57:08,239
Speaker 1: I think we met out through Twitter, you know, I

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00:57:08,239 --> 00:57:12,160
Speaker 1: I I've probably been listening to a show since two

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00:57:12,200 --> 00:57:15,480
Speaker 1: thousand seven, two thousand eight, since my last couple of

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00:57:15,560 --> 00:57:18,360
Speaker 1: years in college. And I listened to him all through

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Speaker 1: my NFL career and then even when I got out

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00:57:21,560 --> 00:57:23,840
Speaker 1: of the NFL. I mean, he was idolized the guy,

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00:57:23,920 --> 00:57:26,200
Speaker 1: just because I loved to show, like many of my

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00:57:26,240 --> 00:57:28,280
Speaker 1: friends in the NFL do, like many of my friends

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00:57:28,280 --> 00:57:31,440
Speaker 1: outside the NFL do. I mean, he's just he's the best.

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00:57:32,000 --> 00:57:34,640
Speaker 1: And then I remember he followed me one time on Twitter.

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00:57:35,120 --> 00:57:37,360
Speaker 1: Maybe we DMed a little bit, and then he had

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00:57:37,400 --> 00:57:39,800
Speaker 1: me on a show a couple of times, and I

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00:57:39,800 --> 00:57:43,720
Speaker 1: guess we just developed a relationship that way. Uh. You know,

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00:57:43,720 --> 00:57:48,120
Speaker 1: it's just kind of organic in the in the millennial age,

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00:57:48,480 --> 00:57:51,280
Speaker 1: you know, just through social media. It really it's not

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00:57:51,360 --> 00:57:53,800
Speaker 1: some crazy story, like you know, I sat outside his

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00:57:53,880 --> 00:57:56,720
Speaker 1: office and I begged him for a shot. No, I

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00:57:56,800 --> 00:57:59,680
Speaker 1: just he just I vividly remember when two people followed me,

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00:57:59,720 --> 00:58:02,120
Speaker 1: Colin Howard and Adam Schefter. Pretty cool moments, you know,

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00:58:02,160 --> 00:58:05,600
Speaker 1: it's just kind of surreal. Just a guy that you

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00:58:05,600 --> 00:58:07,880
Speaker 1: know hosted a radio show at the time and it

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00:58:07,440 --> 00:58:11,240
Speaker 1: was cool. So yeah, that's pretty much the extent of it.

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00:58:11,320 --> 00:58:13,280
Speaker 1: And then when I was at I used to host

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00:58:13,320 --> 00:58:16,480
Speaker 1: a radio show in San Francisco, and when of cowards

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00:58:16,520 --> 00:58:19,880
Speaker 1: old producers John Doolay, who obviously you know now works

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00:58:19,880 --> 00:58:23,680
Speaker 1: with Colin again at Fox, uh, then came over and

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00:58:23,680 --> 00:58:25,840
Speaker 1: then maybe our relationship strength and there got to know

1122
00:58:25,920 --> 00:58:29,840
Speaker 1: him through Goolay a little bit better. But it's it's

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00:58:29,840 --> 00:58:33,440
Speaker 1: really not some crazy story. That's probably the extent of it.

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00:58:33,760 --> 00:58:35,880
Speaker 1: He likes my football takes. I think we're you know,

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00:58:35,920 --> 00:58:39,800
Speaker 1: pretty like minded. Uh most sometimes people like Colin stole

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00:58:39,840 --> 00:58:42,000
Speaker 1: your football take or you're just I just think we

1127
00:58:42,080 --> 00:58:45,000
Speaker 1: think alike, you know. I Mean, it's really that simple.

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Speaker 1: Who are the main vets you think make it cut

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00:58:47,280 --> 00:58:49,440
Speaker 1: after the season due to salary cap reasons? Can the

1130
00:58:49,520 --> 00:58:52,200
Speaker 1: Niners cut Solomon Thomas after this year and save money? No?

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00:58:52,960 --> 00:58:54,680
Speaker 1: I'm also going to Mallie in two months, and if

1132
00:58:54,720 --> 00:58:58,920
Speaker 1: you've got some suggestions, would love them. We're golfing the

1133
00:58:58,960 --> 00:59:01,160
Speaker 1: same course you already you played. Yeah, I played the

1134
00:59:01,160 --> 00:59:05,800
Speaker 1: Wailea golf courses. I played the Gold and the Emerald. Uh,

1135
00:59:05,840 --> 00:59:07,680
Speaker 1: they're like a hundred and fifty each, but they're they're

1136
00:59:07,720 --> 00:59:11,280
Speaker 1: really cool. I mean, the the the ocean views are badass.

1137
00:59:12,040 --> 00:59:16,520
Speaker 1: The restaurants Monkey Pod a must, the Mighty There is elite.

1138
00:59:16,840 --> 00:59:19,960
Speaker 1: And I'm not some fufu drinker, but the Mighty There

1139
00:59:20,160 --> 00:59:22,520
Speaker 1: is bomb. You know when in Rome, right, you gotta

1140
00:59:22,600 --> 00:59:27,640
Speaker 1: drink my ties. Uh. The Big Beach by the Grand Wailea,

1141
00:59:27,720 --> 00:59:30,800
Speaker 1: it's a public beach, is pretty cool. And yeah, just

1142
00:59:30,920 --> 00:59:33,400
Speaker 1: I mean the restaurants are cool and just enjoy it.

1143
00:59:33,880 --> 00:59:37,000
Speaker 1: I honestly, on the guys getting cut, I haven't even

1144
00:59:37,520 --> 00:59:40,280
Speaker 1: I don't even know. You know. It's it's typically older

1145
00:59:40,280 --> 00:59:42,880
Speaker 1: players that make a lot of money that have limited

1146
00:59:42,880 --> 00:59:45,560
Speaker 1: dead money, you know, that will hit the impact the

1147
00:59:45,600 --> 00:59:50,040
Speaker 1: salary cap for dead space. So all right, well we'll

1148
00:59:50,040 --> 00:59:53,040
Speaker 1: get into that probably like the February. That's I'm not

1149
00:59:53,120 --> 00:59:56,120
Speaker 1: my head is not really there yet. Been a been

1150
00:59:56,120 --> 00:59:59,040
Speaker 1: a fan for a long time. Keep dominating, appreciate it.

1151
00:59:59,080 --> 01:00:00,880
Speaker 1: I'm a big bears face and and I want to

1152
01:00:00,920 --> 01:00:04,240
Speaker 1: know where we go from here. Naggy's your guy, and

1153
01:00:04,280 --> 01:00:06,480
Speaker 1: we crushed it last season, but this season hasn't been

1154
01:00:06,520 --> 01:00:09,720
Speaker 1: the best. What are your thoughts on the Bears long term? Answer? Well,

1155
01:00:09,760 --> 01:00:12,680
Speaker 1: there's six and six right now. To me, if they

1156
01:00:12,680 --> 01:00:15,160
Speaker 1: can somehow finish like nine and seven, that would be

1157
01:00:15,200 --> 01:00:18,520
Speaker 1: a pretty remarkable finish. Also would be bad for the

1158
01:00:18,560 --> 01:00:20,880
Speaker 1: Trabinsky haters, which I would say I would be one.

1159
01:00:21,440 --> 01:00:23,640
Speaker 1: I would say the biggest thing regardless of whether they

1160
01:00:23,640 --> 01:00:26,000
Speaker 1: finished eight and eight, nine and seven or seven and nine,

1161
01:00:26,800 --> 01:00:29,160
Speaker 1: would be they got to figure out their quarterback situation

1162
01:00:29,160 --> 01:00:32,280
Speaker 1: because they do have talent. They you know, they're gonna

1163
01:00:32,320 --> 01:00:35,200
Speaker 1: get offensive talent just because their coach has been around

1164
01:00:35,200 --> 01:00:37,920
Speaker 1: a lot of offensive talent under coach read defensively, they

1165
01:00:37,960 --> 01:00:40,200
Speaker 1: have a ton of good players on their team. But

1166
01:00:40,520 --> 01:00:43,560
Speaker 1: is Mitt Robinsky good enough to carry you? We have

1167
01:00:43,640 --> 01:00:45,960
Speaker 1: our answer, And I know there's been some stats floating

1168
01:00:45,960 --> 01:00:50,080
Speaker 1: around like he's been equally as productive as Tom Brady

1169
01:00:50,360 --> 01:00:52,680
Speaker 1: since like Week five, Like bullshit, I mean, I just

1170
01:00:52,800 --> 01:00:55,640
Speaker 1: we all watched the guy. He's just he's just a guy.

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01:00:56,200 --> 01:00:58,680
Speaker 1: You know, we see the good young quarterbacks what they

1172
01:00:58,720 --> 01:01:01,600
Speaker 1: look like. He's not one. So who can you get

1173
01:01:01,640 --> 01:01:04,560
Speaker 1: that's better than that, Like, does Andy Dalton become available?

1174
01:01:04,960 --> 01:01:07,600
Speaker 1: Can you get can you get Cam? Would you take

1175
01:01:07,640 --> 01:01:09,440
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers for a year just to see if you

1176
01:01:09,440 --> 01:01:12,439
Speaker 1: can get some lightning in a bottle. I just think

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01:01:12,480 --> 01:01:15,160
Speaker 1: that's the most important thing. And then obviously the kicker

1178
01:01:15,240 --> 01:01:18,640
Speaker 1: situation Panniro sucks again that you've got to be good

1179
01:01:18,640 --> 01:01:20,760
Speaker 1: on special teams because you're not gonna be a super

1180
01:01:20,840 --> 01:01:23,000
Speaker 1: high scoring team and you're gonna be a defensive squad.

1181
01:01:23,120 --> 01:01:27,720
Speaker 1: So to me, the Keyes quarterback and because when you

1182
01:01:27,720 --> 01:01:29,280
Speaker 1: look at the year they had a really good season,

1183
01:01:29,440 --> 01:01:31,960
Speaker 1: how many didn't the defense lead the league and takeaways

1184
01:01:32,000 --> 01:01:35,240
Speaker 1: and have like eight touchdowns? You know, it was stupid

1185
01:01:35,240 --> 01:01:38,200
Speaker 1: the amount of touchdowns they had, which really wasn't sustainable.

1186
01:01:38,600 --> 01:01:41,000
Speaker 1: This year, they actually haven't been that bad, you know,

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01:01:41,040 --> 01:01:43,320
Speaker 1: they've they've still been pretty good. The problem is they

1188
01:01:43,320 --> 01:01:46,040
Speaker 1: haven't stayed at their same standard because the standard was

1189
01:01:46,080 --> 01:01:50,560
Speaker 1: basically unsustainable. So I I just think they need to

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Speaker 1: figure the quarterback situation out first and foremost. I haven't

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01:01:53,400 --> 01:01:55,760
Speaker 1: asked Matt. He wouldn't even tell me what he thinks

1192
01:01:55,760 --> 01:01:59,000
Speaker 1: of Mitch. I just watched his public comments. I know

1193
01:01:59,080 --> 01:02:01,640
Speaker 1: people in the building they like the guy he's he's

1194
01:02:01,680 --> 01:02:05,240
Speaker 1: a very very likable human, right, high character, hard working,

1195
01:02:06,600 --> 01:02:08,120
Speaker 1: but he's just I just don't think he's good enough.

1196
01:02:08,200 --> 01:02:11,280
Speaker 1: The problem is the GM that does have some juice

1197
01:02:11,320 --> 01:02:14,160
Speaker 1: in the organization. He picked them, and he's made some

1198
01:02:14,200 --> 01:02:17,560
Speaker 1: comments like he still really likes them, and I think

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01:02:17,560 --> 01:02:20,280
Speaker 1: the GM like is probably afraid to admit he's wrong.

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01:02:20,320 --> 01:02:22,360
Speaker 1: But there's nothing wrong with admitting you're wrong. You've put

1201
01:02:22,360 --> 01:02:25,440
Speaker 1: together a good team, you've had back to back years. Well,

1202
01:02:25,480 --> 01:02:27,600
Speaker 1: you won the division two years ago, and then if

1203
01:02:27,600 --> 01:02:29,600
Speaker 1: this year you can go eight and eights, nine and seven,

1204
01:02:29,880 --> 01:02:32,360
Speaker 1: you had a solid year with having a terrible quarterback,

1205
01:02:32,640 --> 01:02:39,000
Speaker 1: just move on and try to make the playoffs next year. Uh,

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01:02:39,400 --> 01:02:42,200
Speaker 1: let's see one more question before I get you all

1207
01:02:42,200 --> 01:02:44,560
Speaker 1: out of here. At what point do we need to Okay,

1208
01:02:44,560 --> 01:02:46,160
Speaker 1: this is the one I wanted to answer. At what

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01:02:46,200 --> 01:02:49,320
Speaker 1: point do we think about Doug Peterson's job security? If

1210
01:02:49,360 --> 01:02:51,640
Speaker 1: your guy Howie is the genius that you say is,

1211
01:02:52,040 --> 01:02:54,400
Speaker 1: can't the shortcomings of his team be blamed on the

1212
01:02:54,440 --> 01:02:57,280
Speaker 1: guy who is the head coach in the O C. Well,

1213
01:02:57,760 --> 01:03:01,880
Speaker 1: two years ago, the phil Elfie Eagles won this thing

1214
01:03:01,960 --> 01:03:05,720
Speaker 1: called the Super Bowl with their backup quarterback. In the

1215
01:03:05,800 --> 01:03:08,920
Speaker 1: history of the Philadelphia Eagles, they had never won this

1216
01:03:09,000 --> 01:03:12,840
Speaker 1: thing called the super Bowl. Last year, when they didn't

1217
01:03:12,840 --> 01:03:15,439
Speaker 1: look like they were going to make the playoffs, made

1218
01:03:15,440 --> 01:03:18,560
Speaker 1: the playoffs again with their backup quarterback, and then they

1219
01:03:18,600 --> 01:03:22,720
Speaker 1: happened to win a road playoff game against that Bears

1220
01:03:22,720 --> 01:03:25,560
Speaker 1: team that had the best defense in the league. So

1221
01:03:25,800 --> 01:03:29,400
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson in a three year span has one two, three,

1222
01:03:29,560 --> 01:03:35,120
Speaker 1: including the super Bowl, four four playoff victories, and I listen,

1223
01:03:35,160 --> 01:03:39,200
Speaker 1: I love the intensity of Philly. I loved how passionate

1224
01:03:39,240 --> 01:03:42,520
Speaker 1: people were about sports there. It's just it's no different

1225
01:03:42,560 --> 01:03:45,440
Speaker 1: than me as a human. I'm equally as passionate. I've

1226
01:03:45,480 --> 01:03:48,600
Speaker 1: dedicated my life to it. But I I think sometimes

1227
01:03:48,680 --> 01:03:51,480
Speaker 1: we jumped the shark on some of this ship. Like

1228
01:03:51,600 --> 01:03:54,840
Speaker 1: we're talking Doug Peterson's job security. He won four playoff

1229
01:03:54,920 --> 01:03:58,320
Speaker 1: games in two years, including the Lombardi Trophy. I think

1230
01:03:58,360 --> 01:04:02,200
Speaker 1: he's earned even from the fans who have high standards

1231
01:04:02,240 --> 01:04:04,280
Speaker 1: as well as they should. Team means a lot to

1232
01:04:04,320 --> 01:04:06,400
Speaker 1: a lot of people, the benefit of doubt for a

1233
01:04:06,400 --> 01:04:10,160
Speaker 1: couple of years. You know, this is a big offseason. Obviously,

1234
01:04:10,200 --> 01:04:12,880
Speaker 1: the I think the thing that hurts this year because

1235
01:04:12,920 --> 01:04:15,960
Speaker 1: you go, God, the NFC East might be the worst

1236
01:04:16,000 --> 01:04:18,320
Speaker 1: year in the NFC East ever. We would we could

1237
01:04:18,320 --> 01:04:19,840
Speaker 1: have won the division by two games if we would

1238
01:04:19,840 --> 01:04:21,560
Speaker 1: have just gone ten and six. And I think what

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01:04:21,680 --> 01:04:25,280
Speaker 1: hurts also is most people, the fans in Philly, the

1240
01:04:25,320 --> 01:04:27,520
Speaker 1: outsider fans like me all around the country. I thought

1241
01:04:27,520 --> 01:04:30,880
Speaker 1: the Eagles were locked playoff team, and at five and seven,

1242
01:04:31,480 --> 01:04:35,760
Speaker 1: you're not going to playoffs. So listen, Doug Peterson deserves

1243
01:04:36,080 --> 01:04:39,560
Speaker 1: somewhat of a Hall pass this season. I know that's

1244
01:04:39,600 --> 01:04:42,480
Speaker 1: not maybe what you want to hear, but again, four

1245
01:04:42,480 --> 01:04:45,640
Speaker 1: playoff victories two years, including the thing they call the

1246
01:04:45,680 --> 01:04:49,200
Speaker 1: Lombardi Trophy. Appreciate everyone listening. Headed back to the I

1247
01:04:49,440 --> 01:04:52,520
Speaker 1: say it's the States, this is actually America. But I

1248
01:04:52,600 --> 01:04:55,400
Speaker 1: promise you, Maui does not feel like America. For those

1249
01:04:55,400 --> 01:04:57,800
Speaker 1: of you that live probably in the Midwest and the Northeast,

1250
01:04:58,640 --> 01:05:00,480
Speaker 1: you probably don't come to Hawaii. If you ever get

1251
01:05:00,520 --> 01:05:03,880
Speaker 1: a chance to play badass, I would highly recommend it. Maui.

1252
01:05:04,640 --> 01:05:10,280
Speaker 1: It's it's sweet. Thanks for listening, enjoy the week, and

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01:05:10,600 --> 01:05:13,360
Speaker 1: UH see you a little later. Audio. Peace,