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Speaker 1: What's going on everybody? John middle Kop another edition of

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Speaker 1: the Three and Out Podcast. We're only a couple of weeks.

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Speaker 1: Just finished watching the Monday night football game. We got

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Speaker 1: Week sixteen, we got Week seventeen, and then we got

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. Baby. Uh, you know, it's it's an exciting time.

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Speaker 1: So we're kind of hitting We've already hit the stretch run.

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Speaker 1: We're really just kind of capping off the season. We

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Speaker 1: now know the Panthers are done, the Saints are you know,

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Speaker 1: a lock one or two seed. Can the Rams hold on?

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Speaker 1: Can the Bear sneak in? You know, a lot to

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Speaker 1: be learned really this week, and we'll dive in more

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Speaker 1: to the playoffs scenarios probably on Friday, uh, just because

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Speaker 1: so much is up in the air, uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: with the six seed in the a f C, the

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Speaker 1: six seed in the NFC, the seating in the NFC,

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Speaker 1: the seating in the a f C. I think we'll

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Speaker 1: have when when I'm recording this next week, we will

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Speaker 1: have a much clearer picture. And the playoffs are the best, man,

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's just one and done, best by far.

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Speaker 1: Games to gamble on the lines are the truest you

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Speaker 1: can take advantage, like, oh, I can't wait a bet

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Speaker 1: against Lamar Jackson, especially if he has to go to

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Speaker 1: Foxboro that first weekend. Also, I'm already kind of I

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Speaker 1: And if Minnesota can play a little better, they might

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Speaker 1: get a pretty big line going to Chicago, which could

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Speaker 1: be tough. They shoot the Bears they play in week seventeen.

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Speaker 1: Could they beat him three straight games? But we'll dive

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Speaker 1: into all that um and just a lot going on

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Speaker 1: just kind of roll around the league in what happened yesterday.

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Speaker 1: But I'm gonna start with this Monday night football game.

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Speaker 1: You know, I'm like most people probably have to watch

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Speaker 1: it on mute. It's it's it's hard to take some

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Speaker 1: of the comments, but you know, in fairness, broadcasting is hard.

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Speaker 1: I I wasn't good when I first got a mic

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Speaker 1: in front of me six seven years ago, so you know,

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Speaker 1: you learned by doing, as we like to say it

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Speaker 1: my alma mater, cal Poly. But to me, my biggest

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Speaker 1: takeaway to night was the losing team, the Carolina Panthers,

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Speaker 1: and I think a couple of things. I like Ron Rivera.

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Speaker 1: I met him a couple of a couple of times.

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Speaker 1: He's a Bar Area guy. The one time I talked

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Speaker 1: to him last year actually when I went with for

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Speaker 1: the Three and Out podcast to the Combine. We saw

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Speaker 1: each other in the hallways. I I, you know, introduced myself. Uh.

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Speaker 1: He couldn't have been any nicer. I mean it was

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Speaker 1: So I just liked him. I've always liked him. I

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Speaker 1: actually think he's one of the more underrated coaches in

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Speaker 1: the league when you check his resume. But this year's

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Speaker 1: kind of falling apart on him. And listen, I I'm

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Speaker 1: not big on owners over reacting to one bad season

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Speaker 1: when a guy has a resume. I mean, two years

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Speaker 1: know what's nuts? Despite being a max quarterback and one

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Speaker 1: of the you know, biggest freaks this league has ever seen.

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Speaker 1: Just from a physical standpoint at quarterback, He's never even

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Speaker 1: m v P year, Luke Kickle has always been the

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Speaker 1: best player on the Carolina Panthers. I really don't even

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Speaker 1: think it's close. But we'll get into cam here in

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Speaker 1: a second. When you pay two point two billion dollars

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Speaker 1: cash for anything, he paid two point two billion dollars

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Speaker 1: he sold like eight he liquidated over eight or like

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Speaker 1: right around eight hundred million dollars worth of Apple stock,

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Speaker 1: being Dave Tepper not that long ago, just peeking into

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Speaker 1: you can't even the level of his wealth is just stupid.

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Speaker 1: But when you pay anything, and I believe this you

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Speaker 1: you quote, I don't think he overpaid, but he paid

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Speaker 1: I don't. I would not fire Ron Rivera. I would

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Speaker 1: Like if he wants to overreact make some harsh, dis

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Speaker 1: huge decisions at the end of this season for a

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Speaker 1: team that has notoriously around league circles, has been very

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Speaker 1: get it, though, I would hope that he sits down.

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Speaker 1: Ron Rivera is a cow guy, a high level guy,

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Speaker 1: That the new owner takes a deep breath because trying

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Speaker 1: to overreact I think you could make a poor decision.

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Speaker 1: And I get, what are they now? Six and eight?

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Speaker 1: They started six and two. I didn't go to Harvard,

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Speaker 1: but that's a six game losing streak. Not ideal. Uh,

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Speaker 1: I have a big I'm a big believer just bad teams,

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Speaker 1: fighting for something, just any team. When you play on

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Speaker 1: Monday night football, you, of the most part, you give

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Speaker 1: your best effort, especially late in the season. Every person

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Speaker 1: He can run like a deer, run over guys. He's

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Speaker 1: Carolina is screwed. And he is you know, his best

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Speaker 1: days are behind him. It's just it's simple. Listen. I

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Speaker 1: and I and I bet one of the biggest bets

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Speaker 1: I've ever made in my life came against him at

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Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. Made a large four figure, you know

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Speaker 1: It was stealing money and I attended it. It was.

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Speaker 1: And yeah, I bet against his inaccuracy. I bet against

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Speaker 1: just consistently inaccurate and back to what Witten said, he said, yeah,

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Speaker 1: like I've always said the analytic guys love in baseball

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Speaker 1: that the postseason is you cannot put any more emphasis

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Speaker 1: Cam's not even close now again it's this injury. His

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Speaker 1: Not that that's a conversation. He's still a pretty young guy,

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Speaker 1: it's all said and done. But when I watched Cam Newton,

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Speaker 1: I've never once thought now, like going into the game. Now,

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Speaker 1: room or you're in a serious relationship or whatever, you

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Speaker 1: you know, yourself confidence goes up a little higher. You

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Speaker 1: become confident, more confident in everything you are doing. It

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Speaker 1: carries over in life, it really does, and it goes.

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Speaker 1: It goes the other way too, but not not as bad,

431
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Speaker 1: but definitely when you're dating a girl that's better looking

432
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Speaker 1: than you probably should be dating, you get really confident.

433
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Speaker 1: Uh and it really adds to just your daily swag,

434
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Speaker 1: even if you already are a pretty confident guy and

435
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Speaker 1: and have some swag. And I thought about the Chicago

436
00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:27,800
Speaker 1: Bears coming into this season, they were gonna be a

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Speaker 1: seven and eight, you know, competitive type win team. You know,

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Speaker 1: seven and nine, eight and eight would be a team that,

439
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Speaker 1: as of the middle of December, we would have been

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Speaker 1: talking about competing for the playoffs. I thought they had

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Speaker 1: that kind of just talent on the roster. But the

442
00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:45,360
Speaker 1: moment Jon Gruden decided to make one of the dumbest

443
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Speaker 1: arguably the dumbest trade in NFL history, uh Khalil Mack

444
00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:54,159
Speaker 1: added something that franchise that no one in the roster

445
00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:57,879
Speaker 1: could have done. That they were gifted, you know, the

446
00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:01,000
Speaker 1: best looking girl in the league and who just happens

447
00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:04,480
Speaker 1: to be one of the great players we've ever seen.

448
00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:09,400
Speaker 1: Just true, one of the true great non quarterback difference

449
00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:13,080
Speaker 1: makers we've ever seen. I'm a Matten Naggie guy. I've

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Speaker 1: known him for since two thousand and ten when he

451
00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:20,159
Speaker 1: was an intern for coach Read and I was anyone

452
00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:22,280
Speaker 1: that's listening to this a long time. I believe in

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Speaker 1: Matt Naggie. I love Matt Naggie. Matt Naggie is the man,

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Speaker 1: and I believe that he was gonna get them rolling.

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Speaker 1: And I had full confidence again that they were going

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Speaker 1: to be competitive. But Khalil Mack and even talking with

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Speaker 1: a buddy on that staff, he said, yeah, I kind

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Speaker 1: of agree, I think we would have been. And he

459
00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:41,760
Speaker 1: was a little more bullish than me. He's like, I

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Speaker 1: think we might have been an eight or nine win team,

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Speaker 1: but Khalil made us an eleven and twelve win team.

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Speaker 1: And it will depend on how hard the Bears try

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Speaker 1: maybe week seventeen, uh, whether they get to twelve wins.

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Speaker 1: But to me i watched them, that they've been a

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Speaker 1: twelve win team. They have been that good and that

466
00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:01,960
Speaker 1: the irony is a quarterback hasn't played that well. But

467
00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:04,040
Speaker 1: it's because every time they step on that field and

468
00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:06,960
Speaker 1: you look around and they got good players everywhere on defense.

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00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:10,760
Speaker 1: I mean, Eddie Jackson has been an elite safety this year.

470
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Speaker 1: Just a ball hawk. Uh. And if you're a Bears

471
00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:15,440
Speaker 1: fan and keep your fingers cross, hope he's okay because

472
00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:17,720
Speaker 1: you need him for your playoff run and it should be.

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Speaker 1: It was kind of a freaky deal when he rolled

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Speaker 1: his ankle. Akeem Hicks the most dominant player in the

475
00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:24,920
Speaker 1: league that the casual fan does not know about ro

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Speaker 1: Kwan Smith, best linebacker prospects since Kik Lee. But Khalil

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Speaker 1: mack Is is a Lawrence Taylor or Reggie White. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he's a franchise changer. It's like Dayton Cindy Crawford. When

479
00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:41,040
Speaker 1: you've been single for a while. Every room you're gonna

480
00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:43,520
Speaker 1: walk in, you're gonna think you're better then, even if

481
00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:46,520
Speaker 1: you're not better than your opponent or the guy you're

482
00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:48,920
Speaker 1: trying to do a deal with, your confidence goes through

483
00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:52,560
Speaker 1: the roof. And the guy, the guy that changed that

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Speaker 1: for them is number fifty two. He changed the entire franchise.

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Speaker 1: They would not have won the division without him. I

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Speaker 1: I feel I can't say one but no chance and

487
00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,840
Speaker 1: they just would not have won the division. He changed

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00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:11,160
Speaker 1: the franchise. He changed just the culture and the mindset

489
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Speaker 1: with Matt Naggie. Matt Naggie played a role in that.

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Speaker 1: But when everyone in that building right before week one,

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Speaker 1: we just landed Khalil Mack and like Khalil Mack with

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Speaker 1: with my you know, hot chick analogy. Here's the thing

493
00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:30,320
Speaker 1: about him. It's not like you acquired some crazy player,

494
00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:34,159
Speaker 1: Like how did we get this guy? He's got drug problems. Uh,

495
00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:37,240
Speaker 1: you know, she's she hasn't been in a committed relationship along.

496
00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:39,760
Speaker 1: I don't know if she's gonna be faithful. Khalil's a

497
00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:43,639
Speaker 1: high character, great guy that everyone the building loves, and

498
00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:46,520
Speaker 1: he's the hardest worker. I mean, it'd be like dating

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Speaker 1: Cindy Crawford who also loves to cook, great mother and

500
00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:54,159
Speaker 1: as rich. I mean, it's like, oh my god. This

501
00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:57,639
Speaker 1: you talk to people with the Bears, they will constantly

502
00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:00,440
Speaker 1: tell you this is like still too good to be true.

503
00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,879
Speaker 1: Because Khalil Mack is too good to be true. You

504
00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:09,199
Speaker 1: do not find elite defensive players that are high character,

505
00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:13,120
Speaker 1: no maintenance, the hardest worker on your team, and every

506
00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:15,359
Speaker 1: guy in the building loves him. I'm talking from the

507
00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:20,560
Speaker 1: secretary to the coach to the Cook and that's what

508
00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,320
Speaker 1: they acquired, and that's once upon a time what the

509
00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:27,720
Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers acquired in Reggie White lt. Was a

510
00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:32,240
Speaker 1: little different obviously off the field, but this is it

511
00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:37,359
Speaker 1: cannot be overstated the impact that this individual had, this

512
00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:42,119
Speaker 1: individual player that does not play quarterback in a quarterback league,

513
00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:45,639
Speaker 1: how he changed this franchise. And I have kept a

514
00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:49,320
Speaker 1: close particular eye on this team. I have found them

515
00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:53,120
Speaker 1: to be as enjoyable of a defensive team as we've

516
00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:56,560
Speaker 1: had in this league since, like the Niners in Seattle

517
00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,840
Speaker 1: were humming five or six years ago. They are throwback

518
00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:03,879
Speaker 1: old school, but with these new wrinkles of fun. Because

519
00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:06,560
Speaker 1: Matt Naggy and again I tell him this a little

520
00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:09,520
Speaker 1: too cute sometimes for my liking, but the players eat

521
00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:13,040
Speaker 1: it up that they really do on offense and so

522
00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:15,879
Speaker 1: and it works for them, you know, it's it's worked

523
00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:18,760
Speaker 1: perfectly for them. Really, if they hadn't had a couple

524
00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:20,680
Speaker 1: of screw ups, they could easily be like a one

525
00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,200
Speaker 1: win team right now, you know. I mean, they're they're

526
00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:27,399
Speaker 1: like two plays away from basically being undefeated. But a

527
00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:29,919
Speaker 1: big reason they've even had the chance to be in

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00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:34,800
Speaker 1: that conversation is fifty two. Khalil Mack the future when

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Speaker 1: he and he when he goes into the Hall of

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Speaker 1: Fame one day, think about this, Think about what Gruten traded.

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Speaker 1: He'll be wearing a Chicago Bears jersey after three or

532
00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:47,120
Speaker 1: four straight All pros, with the Bears changing their franchise,

533
00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:50,160
Speaker 1: leading them to the playoffs. He left a franchise that

534
00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:53,920
Speaker 1: doesn't have a home to one of the one of

535
00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:59,959
Speaker 1: the truly great old school original franchises in football history,

536
00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:02,480
Speaker 1: in a bigger media market that he left. And I

537
00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:04,800
Speaker 1: got news for you. We're depending on where you look,

538
00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,640
Speaker 1: you know, fourth or fifth in the Bay Area, greater

539
00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:10,240
Speaker 1: media market. It's not LA or New York in Chicago,

540
00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:13,760
Speaker 1: but it's would be third by many metrics. And that's

541
00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,440
Speaker 1: where he's at in a big boy franchise with stability,

542
00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:20,840
Speaker 1: just shining like he would shine with with the Raiders,

543
00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:24,960
Speaker 1: he shined with the Patriots, he shined anywhere he went.

544
00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:27,960
Speaker 1: That that's how special of a player Khalil Mack is.

545
00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:34,040
Speaker 1: Let's dive into the Philadelphia Eagles. And you know the

546
00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:38,080
Speaker 1: famous saying, I think Tom Hanks said it in Apollo thirteen,

547
00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:42,920
Speaker 1: maybe different astronaut movie. Houston. We have a problem. Pretty

548
00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:48,080
Speaker 1: sure that's a Paul thirteam. Philadelphia. We have a problem,

549
00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:52,880
Speaker 1: and the problem is your franchise quarterback. I watched, you know,

550
00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:55,760
Speaker 1: I follow a lot most NFL teams on Twitter, but

551
00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:59,640
Speaker 1: I I stumbled upon I was on Twitter when Doug

552
00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:02,880
Speaker 1: Pete person met the media on Friday. This is the

553
00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:07,880
Speaker 1: one thing I appreciate about, Uh, the Northeast, the just

554
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:12,680
Speaker 1: the fervor and intensity fervor's I think the word the

555
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:16,720
Speaker 1: intensity in which the sport is covered. Uh. The entire

556
00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:19,400
Speaker 1: twelve minute press conference, this was two days before the

557
00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:24,240
Speaker 1: Rams game, was all about medical doctors, injury updates, all

558
00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:30,160
Speaker 1: surrounding Carson Wentz And in fairness to the reporters, that's

559
00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:33,840
Speaker 1: the only question that mattered. What is the deal with

560
00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:37,320
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz Now? In fairness to Doug Peterson and Belichick

561
00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:40,440
Speaker 1: is always smart when he takes this tactic. He the

562
00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:42,920
Speaker 1: coach is not a doctor. Like I'm sorry, I don't

563
00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:46,240
Speaker 1: blame the coach for not knowing information, for lying with

564
00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:50,320
Speaker 1: the medical information, like for shooting it down. Uh. And

565
00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:55,400
Speaker 1: several players some like has been players or never was players,

566
00:30:56,120 --> 00:31:00,360
Speaker 1: one of the Acho brothers, a couple other scrubs on Twitter,

567
00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:03,080
Speaker 1: we're taking shots to the Eagles doctors like I'm sorry,

568
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:07,080
Speaker 1: I don't put much stock into that because I don't

569
00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:11,560
Speaker 1: think that they're circumventing anything with their franchise quarterback. But

570
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:15,720
Speaker 1: I do think the problem lies within the simple question

571
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:19,520
Speaker 1: of is this guy gonna be available when you need

572
00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:22,680
Speaker 1: him the most? Because right now I have two years

573
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:26,440
Speaker 1: of data. Last year they won the Super Bowl without

574
00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:29,480
Speaker 1: him because he tores a c L. Let's even throw

575
00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:32,160
Speaker 1: out the a c L injury and just go, Okay,

576
00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:34,600
Speaker 1: A c L injuries are a little random. I said

577
00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:37,000
Speaker 1: the same thing with Jimmy Garoppolo. I'll give him the

578
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,040
Speaker 1: benefit of doubt on the a c L injury, but

579
00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:42,680
Speaker 1: I watched him attempt to start when Tom Brady disappeared

580
00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:45,600
Speaker 1: and he lasted a game and a half. Carson Wentz,

581
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:50,240
Speaker 1: he didn't become a starter in college till his junior year,

582
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:53,880
Speaker 1: and then he got hurt his senior year, broke as

583
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:57,560
Speaker 1: thumb I think, broke something broken arm and broke a thumb,

584
00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:01,640
Speaker 1: then tears day c L year two, and then by

585
00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:04,720
Speaker 1: year three he's got back issues. Couldn't even make it

586
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:08,560
Speaker 1: sixteen games, obviously, couldn't start the season coming back for

587
00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:10,640
Speaker 1: ma c l injury and then can't finish the season

588
00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:13,680
Speaker 1: with a separate injury. It's one thing to have setbacks

589
00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:17,720
Speaker 1: with the same injury. It's another thing to have other injuries.

590
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,640
Speaker 1: Like eventually they catch up. And I was texting with

591
00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:23,440
Speaker 1: a buddy in the league. I said, Man, I mean

592
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:26,040
Speaker 1: as Carson Wentz, what do you think injury prone? And

593
00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:29,600
Speaker 1: he's his style. It takes a lot of hits. And

594
00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:32,920
Speaker 1: watching Cam Newton tonight, he's the same thing. When you're

595
00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:36,960
Speaker 1: that big and that just destructive of a human being,

596
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:40,360
Speaker 1: you think you can take on anyone. And in the NFL,

597
00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:43,400
Speaker 1: I say it all the time, Man, I don't care

598
00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:46,640
Speaker 1: if the strong safety, you know, like for the Raiders,

599
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:49,200
Speaker 1: for example, Karl Joseph who went in the first round,

600
00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:52,320
Speaker 1: is like five eight and a half two hundred pounds,

601
00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:56,200
Speaker 1: but he will hit you so hard if you're not, like,

602
00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:59,720
Speaker 1: he'll break your rips. In the NFL, like, can you

603
00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:02,720
Speaker 1: iagine what Khalil Mack and Aaron Donald and the Dominican

604
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:05,239
Speaker 1: Sue and those type guys will do to you. You

605
00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:08,200
Speaker 1: have to avoid hits. It's my issue with Lamar Jackson,

606
00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:10,720
Speaker 1: beside the fact that he's not an accurate pastor. He

607
00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:15,520
Speaker 1: doesn't slide like you. You have to sustain in the NFL.

608
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:18,480
Speaker 1: It's not just about having one big year. It's about

609
00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:22,040
Speaker 1: when you're to become a great player. It's about sustaining

610
00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:25,200
Speaker 1: it and doing it for a while, especially at quarterback

611
00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:28,840
Speaker 1: like Carson. They will give you the max contract, they

612
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:31,680
Speaker 1: want to build this thing around you. But so far

613
00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:35,160
Speaker 1: last year they make a playoff run. Your nowhere to

614
00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:38,560
Speaker 1: be found because you got a knee surgery. Okay, this year,

615
00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:41,720
Speaker 1: I'm back alive again, and I look around, your nowhere

616
00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:44,280
Speaker 1: to be found, your backs going. So I get all

617
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:46,680
Speaker 1: these people tweeting at me and texting me like you

618
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:48,920
Speaker 1: always like do you think they should pay so and

619
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:55,000
Speaker 1: so it's usually like Dak Deshaun Watson, Jared Goff, Carson Wentz. Like,

620
00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:58,880
Speaker 1: the only way I'm paying Carson Wentz this offseason is

621
00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:01,880
Speaker 1: if I get a massive discount. I can't maxim out.

622
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,720
Speaker 1: I'm not saying that he's not a max player. I

623
00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:08,239
Speaker 1: think when he is healthy and what he was showing

624
00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:11,120
Speaker 1: last year, it was clear he was gonna become an

625
00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:14,520
Speaker 1: elite player. But there's been a lot of players in

626
00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:18,279
Speaker 1: the history of sports that had elite talent and had

627
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:20,880
Speaker 1: the mindset that work ethic and everything you want, like

628
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:25,439
Speaker 1: Carson is just, for whatever reason, always get hurt. Now,

629
00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:29,319
Speaker 1: Carson can't avoid some of these hits, cannot always take

630
00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:34,200
Speaker 1: unneeded shots. But there is some element of luck, life,

631
00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:37,719
Speaker 1: whatever that you can't quantify of. This guy just might

632
00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:40,239
Speaker 1: be injury prone. And that makes me sad even thinking

633
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:42,799
Speaker 1: about it, because I'm a Carson Wentz guy. I love

634
00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:46,479
Speaker 1: watching him play, but he can't stay healthy. Like that's

635
00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:49,640
Speaker 1: that's the point we're at now, injured in college towards

636
00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:52,200
Speaker 1: a c L as a stretch fracture in his back.

637
00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:56,160
Speaker 1: I mean, it's just I can live with, like you know,

638
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Speaker 1: you broke a toe or you pull the hammy, but

639
00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:00,799
Speaker 1: I mean you start adding up some of these major

640
00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:04,880
Speaker 1: knee injury, Okay, broken bone, torn a c L. It's like, Jesus,

641
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:07,399
Speaker 1: is this guy gonna be able to last? How can

642
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:10,520
Speaker 1: you extend this guy? Which the Eagles would have no

643
00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:13,400
Speaker 1: problem if he was healthy, paying them huge cash, but

644
00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:15,560
Speaker 1: how can they do it right now? The answer is

645
00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:18,640
Speaker 1: they can't, And the answer is for the first time

646
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Speaker 1: with this guy, Like say what you want about Jared

647
00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:25,839
Speaker 1: Goff or Dak and Carson is a better player than

648
00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:28,600
Speaker 1: both those guys, more talented player than both those guys.

649
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:32,719
Speaker 1: But right now, and again this is just it is

650
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Speaker 1: what it is. I'm just going off the pure data.

651
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Speaker 1: Two guys can play all the games, they don't get injured.

652
00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:42,120
Speaker 1: One guy can't stay on the field. Like these are

653
00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:45,239
Speaker 1: just facts. And again I would take Carson over both

654
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Speaker 1: those two guys, and I just randomly yank those two

655
00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:51,560
Speaker 1: guys for my example. But like you know, it's it's

656
00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:54,880
Speaker 1: an issue right now, it's a major issue. They're lucky

657
00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:57,319
Speaker 1: enough to have Nick Foles, who's you know, if not

658
00:35:57,440 --> 00:35:59,800
Speaker 1: the best, the top two or three backup in the league.

659
00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:02,719
Speaker 1: But they need that right right now. You need a

660
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:05,520
Speaker 1: top backup in the NFL. When I worked for the Eagles,

661
00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:08,719
Speaker 1: I remember after Michael Vick kind of came on the

662
00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:11,800
Speaker 1: scene and almost won that m v P that entire offseason,

663
00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:14,319
Speaker 1: Coach Reid wanted Alex Smith. He wanted to pay him

664
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Speaker 1: like five or six million dollars to be the backup

665
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Speaker 1: when we couldn't get him. The mistake was made on

666
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Speaker 1: Vince Young, but I think we paid him like four

667
00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:24,000
Speaker 1: million dollars. I thought he was a good backup again.

668
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:26,880
Speaker 1: Bad mistake. But the in theory, he just knew the

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Speaker 1: need to backup because Vic would go down. Like same

670
00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:32,960
Speaker 1: thing with Wentz. Like part of the package right now

671
00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:36,640
Speaker 1: based off the information we have is you would need

672
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Speaker 1: a backup, a good backup, like you couldn't just roll

673
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Speaker 1: into the season with an average And I say the

674
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Speaker 1: same thing about the Niners. I put the Niners in

675
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Speaker 1: the same category. The difference is they've already invested a

676
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Speaker 1: huge contract into Jimmy uh and this year, you know

677
00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:55,879
Speaker 1: it was a lost cause because he got hurt. And

678
00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:59,480
Speaker 1: you are so dependent when you pay or you invest

679
00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:02,320
Speaker 1: a you know, a high draft pick for these guys

680
00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:05,680
Speaker 1: to stay healthy if they if your quarterback that you've invested,

681
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:08,880
Speaker 1: you've gone all in, either with the number one overall

682
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:11,120
Speaker 1: pick or like the Eagles. Basically you know he was

683
00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:13,239
Speaker 1: a two second pick, but the way they traded up

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Speaker 1: for him, they treated him like the number one overall pick,

685
00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:18,480
Speaker 1: and when you pay him, you are dependent on that

686
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Speaker 1: guy staying on the field. Like say one thing about

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Speaker 1: Tom Brady, besides two thousand and eight when he toreds

688
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:27,280
Speaker 1: a c L he's there. The only time he missed

689
00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:30,840
Speaker 1: over that period of time was when Roger Goodell, you know,

690
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:32,839
Speaker 1: kind of screwed him. Let's call it what it is.

691
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:37,880
Speaker 1: You know, Philip Rivers, Eli Manning, Joe Flacco, all these guys,

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Speaker 1: even the Flacco and Eli for example, that beside their

693
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Speaker 1: Super Bowl years, you know, been hit or miss, at

694
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Speaker 1: least they've always been available. At least they've there's something

695
00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:51,760
Speaker 1: to be said for that. Not missing games, being able

696
00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:54,680
Speaker 1: to depend on you. That was the big you know

697
00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:57,759
Speaker 1: question mark this offseason on Andrew Luck, like what's gonna

698
00:37:57,760 --> 00:37:59,879
Speaker 1: be his deal? Well, it turns out just protect him,

699
00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:03,560
Speaker 1: shoulders back. He's back, like he's you know, he can

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00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:06,880
Speaker 1: play full seasons. Like how many how many sixteen games seasons?

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Speaker 1: Is Carson Wentze? I got the answer for you. One

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00:38:10,239 --> 00:38:13,000
Speaker 1: rookie year, Like that's a that's an issue, you know.

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Speaker 1: I I need his sixteen game seasons to come, you know,

704
00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:19,600
Speaker 1: in his third, four, fifth, six, seventh year. That's when

705
00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:24,959
Speaker 1: we're gonna rattle off playoffs. You know, that's that's that's important. Man.

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Speaker 1: Durability They say, uh, you know, availability is a skill

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Speaker 1: and you can't make the club in the tub. Well,

708
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:35,239
Speaker 1: guy like Carson Wentz is gonna make the club but

709
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:38,040
Speaker 1: if you're always in the tub, you definitely can't help

710
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Speaker 1: the club. You like my little rhyming right there? Yeah,

711
00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:43,760
Speaker 1: me too. Uh So, you just gotta keep your fingers

712
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Speaker 1: crossed because as a as someone that loves watching him play,

713
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:50,719
Speaker 1: he's starting to make me nervous. Okay, one last thing

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Speaker 1: before we get to the Middlecoff mail bag at John

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Speaker 1: Middlecoff my d m S. One thing you'll see on

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Speaker 1: on social media heavily is how great a rookie season

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Speaker 1: Sa Kwan Barkley has had. And he's been unreal. I

718
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:08,920
Speaker 1: mean he's he's gonna end ninety plus catches. You know,

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00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,399
Speaker 1: he's had over a thousand yards. He's been awesome. He's

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Speaker 1: been a game breaker. He's an elite player. He's a special,

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00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:19,440
Speaker 1: special player. And Sam Donald for the most part, has

722
00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:24,880
Speaker 1: been roasted this year. Like Sam Donald, that guy sticks,

723
00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:28,440
Speaker 1: Like what's I'm just not seeing it with Sam Donald?

724
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:34,279
Speaker 1: This better Barkley? Are you crazy? And listen, there have

725
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Speaker 1: been some moments when Sam Donald did not look good.

726
00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:40,279
Speaker 1: He had a rough stretch and Sa Kuan has made

727
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Speaker 1: some just incredible runs. I mean he runs like a

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Speaker 1: three eight forty. You know, he can't fly so he

729
00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:48,960
Speaker 1: gets a little daylight, he's out the gates. But I

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Speaker 1: got news for you, sa Kwan Barkley has had an

731
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Speaker 1: unreal season. Besides Sunday when he got shut down and

732
00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:58,359
Speaker 1: they got their ass kicked by the Tennessee Titans. He's

733
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Speaker 1: been awesome. They're five even nine. You know, they are

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Speaker 1: five and nine with you know, more than likely the

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Speaker 1: rookie of the year and a guy that's dominated start

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Speaker 1: to finish. Sam Donald, who has been up and down

737
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Speaker 1: and a lot more down than up, is coaching with

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Speaker 1: his head coach, is gonna be fired here in the

739
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:19,919
Speaker 1: next week or two. His GM might be blown out.

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Speaker 1: They might just start at scratch. Has the worst skill

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Speaker 1: positions in the league. His team's four and nine. Can

742
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Speaker 1: you imagine if say one and this is my argument

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Speaker 1: back to why you never take a running back when

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Speaker 1: you need a quarterback and there's a quarterback on the board,

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Speaker 1: Sakewan Barkley, who has dominated the NFL, I mean, just

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Speaker 1: had some just I mean the offensive rookie of the year.

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Speaker 1: Looks like he's a guy. If he can stay healthy,

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Speaker 1: he's gonna be a Hall of Famer. His team is

749
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Speaker 1: five and nine. Sam Donald has struggled mightily as their

750
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:57,759
Speaker 1: best weapon is Robbie Anderson. They don't have running backs.

751
00:40:57,760 --> 00:41:02,279
Speaker 1: Their offensive lines of train wreck again. Their coach. I

752
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:04,640
Speaker 1: worked with Todd Bols for a year. He's good defensive coach.

753
00:41:04,719 --> 00:41:08,040
Speaker 1: He doesn't know anything about offense. Defensive coaches don't, couldn't,

754
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:10,719
Speaker 1: couldn't tell Sam Donald the difference between a three and

755
00:41:10,719 --> 00:41:12,840
Speaker 1: a seven step drop. I got news for you. No

756
00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:16,680
Speaker 1: defensive coaches can't. Uh. So his defense, his head coach

757
00:41:16,719 --> 00:41:19,319
Speaker 1: can't help him out. And he's gonna be blown out

758
00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:23,000
Speaker 1: here soon there four nine and as you saw on

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Speaker 1: Saturday night, Like if if I need to hold your hand,

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00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:29,920
Speaker 1: if you're a football fan and you don't think Sam

761
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Speaker 1: Donald is talented? Now, is he good yet? Can he

762
00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:36,279
Speaker 1: be consistently good at the NFL level? Uh? Can he

763
00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:38,440
Speaker 1: take a step when he gets a better coach, hopefully

764
00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:40,839
Speaker 1: it's an offensive guy. They get better skills around him. Yeah,

765
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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm betting on him, but he has not

766
00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:45,600
Speaker 1: done that yet. But if you can't see it, if

767
00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:49,200
Speaker 1: you watch that game on your couch, you know, with

768
00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:52,720
Speaker 1: some buddies by yourself having a pop and just watching

769
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Speaker 1: Sam Donald play and just you're just watching him against

770
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Speaker 1: the Houston Texans on Saturday. I guess it would have

771
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:02,279
Speaker 1: been at her day the night game at least from

772
00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:04,960
Speaker 1: me at one thirty on the West coast. And you

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00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:08,719
Speaker 1: can't see it. I can't help you. Uh, should you?

774
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:12,200
Speaker 1: Should you quit watching football? I wouldn't go that far,

775
00:42:12,719 --> 00:42:17,520
Speaker 1: but I'd say maybe just rewatched the game, because his

776
00:42:17,719 --> 00:42:21,719
Speaker 1: innate instincts as a player are pretty special. And it's

777
00:42:21,760 --> 00:42:24,880
Speaker 1: not like he's twenty five years old. He was a

778
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Speaker 1: retchart sophomore when he went pro. He as my buddies

779
00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:32,640
Speaker 1: told me that in the in the in the weight

780
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Speaker 1: room when they got when you get when you get

781
00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:39,399
Speaker 1: your height and your weight at the NFL Combine, you're

782
00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:42,360
Speaker 1: you're in a pair of like the equivalent. It's like

783
00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:44,759
Speaker 1: a girdle, you know, or a pair of underwear. So

784
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Speaker 1: you're standing there. Everyone said, God, his body is terrible. Well,

785
00:42:48,560 --> 00:42:52,080
Speaker 1: because it's underdeveloped, he'd never lifted. It's basically like remember

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00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:55,080
Speaker 1: Tom Brady, the famous combine picture of him wearing the

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Speaker 1: long cotton shirt and just bad body. That's kind of

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Speaker 1: Sam Donald. The difference is Sam Donald is a pretty

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Speaker 1: good fleet and he's just an instinctive athlete, and as

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00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:05,560
Speaker 1: you saw against the Texans. He can just make some

791
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:08,839
Speaker 1: special plays. I think the parallel he can be a

792
00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:12,120
Speaker 1: better version of Tony Romo. He needs a lot of help.

793
00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:15,319
Speaker 1: His running back stink, his receivers are worse. He has

794
00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:17,960
Speaker 1: no tight end, like they got a long way to go.

795
00:43:18,560 --> 00:43:21,200
Speaker 1: But all I know is this, if you told me

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Speaker 1: for the next five years, I get to pick one

797
00:43:24,200 --> 00:43:26,239
Speaker 1: or the other, and I need a running back and

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00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:29,640
Speaker 1: I need a quarterback, and they were both on the board,

799
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Speaker 1: just the two of them. I would take Sam Donald

800
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Speaker 1: still to this day, even if the information we have

801
00:43:34,680 --> 00:43:37,200
Speaker 1: because we see how great Sae Kuan has been there

802
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Speaker 1: five and nine, if he had been the equivalent of

803
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Speaker 1: a quarterback doing what he's doing at running back, you know,

804
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Speaker 1: just let's say through thirty touchdowns, they'd be at minimum

805
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:49,840
Speaker 1: five hundred health, the Giants might be in the playoffs.

806
00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:52,000
Speaker 1: Like a running back can only impact the game so much,

807
00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:56,680
Speaker 1: you know, like Sam Donald carried his team against what

808
00:43:56,880 --> 00:43:59,640
Speaker 1: might be what's the Texans the number two seat. He

809
00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:02,360
Speaker 1: just threw him on his back and carry him and

810
00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:04,120
Speaker 1: they ended up losing. But they were only in the

811
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Speaker 1: game because of him. So my argument, and I feel

812
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Speaker 1: strong about this about the running back thing. I don't

813
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Speaker 1: care if the guy's sake one Barkley, and I think

814
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Speaker 1: sa Kwan Barkley is a Hall of Famer, and I

815
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Speaker 1: talked about it last week on my podcast. He might

816
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Speaker 1: be the best running back in the NFL right now,

817
00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:21,680
Speaker 1: depending on who you talked to. I mean serious, that's

818
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Speaker 1: how good he's been. And I still the version I

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00:44:24,640 --> 00:44:28,319
Speaker 1: have right now, Sam Donald, the underdeveloped body, the guy

820
00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:30,440
Speaker 1: that's still makes some mistakes, the guy that's had a

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Speaker 1: up and down rookie year. I wouldn't even hesitate. I mean,

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Speaker 1: if I was the Giants, if I could redo the pick,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I wouldn't even flinch. Se Kwan Barkley happened

824
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Speaker 1: a historic work year. I might not win six games.

825
00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:45,520
Speaker 1: If I'm Pat Shermer. I mean, if I had Sam

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Speaker 1: Donald with Odell Beckham, let's say Nick Chubb, you know,

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Speaker 1: instead of se Kwan Barkley Ingram Shepherd. I mean they

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Speaker 1: might be eight and eight. Okay, let's get into the

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Speaker 1: middle Coff mail bag at John middle Coff, you slide

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Speaker 1: up into those d M s. I answer your questions

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Speaker 1: right here. Middle Coff mail back. How long do we

832
00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:08,480
Speaker 1: have to put up with Boog and Whittnam money at football,

833
00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:12,200
Speaker 1: how bad is the relationship between ESPN and is there

834
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Speaker 1: any chance they to lose the money and Night Football spot? Uh,

835
00:45:15,960 --> 00:45:17,799
Speaker 1: you know, not to beat the dead horse on this one,

836
00:45:18,120 --> 00:45:19,880
Speaker 1: but I do think this is a good question. Given

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Speaker 1: that Florio tweeted out a link. I just skimmed through it,

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00:45:25,760 --> 00:45:29,400
Speaker 1: so maybe he interviewed. Maybe they actually I think they

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Speaker 1: were interviewed by that What it was, it was an

840
00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:34,600
Speaker 1: article in The Athletic uh, where you can also find

841
00:45:34,600 --> 00:45:38,279
Speaker 1: my articles coming out Monday and Friday in the Bay

842
00:45:38,280 --> 00:45:42,680
Speaker 1: Area version. Just shameless plug that that Witten and Bug

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Speaker 1: will be back and same with I would imagine tests

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Speaker 1: here here's my biggest you know, beef with the whole thing.

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Speaker 1: And I'll be the first to say I've never called

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Speaker 1: a football game. It would be hard. It's difficult, you know.

847
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Speaker 1: I I have another podcast that I work with, a

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Speaker 1: play by play guy Habrman up and coming play by

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Speaker 1: play guy called game this year on Fox Sports one

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Speaker 1: Pack twelve network in his early thirties Future Star. It's hard,

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Speaker 1: Like I do not ever take away how difficult it is,

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Speaker 1: but the broadcast is atrocious. Test it tour having been

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Speaker 1: someone that you know, I i'd call my someself somewhat

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Speaker 1: of a broadcast critic. I watched him very intently. Uh,

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Speaker 1: he's an NFL game will take care of itself. You

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Speaker 1: don't all like the one thing that's good about Gus,

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Speaker 1: for example, is he's doing college games, so he makes

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Speaker 1: them feel bigger. He did it in the tournament and

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Speaker 1: he obviously does it on college games now with Clatt

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Speaker 1: the NFL games, you don't really need to act like

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Speaker 1: that unless it's like, you know, the Miami Miracle or something,

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Speaker 1: but the game kind of creates a feel on its own.

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Speaker 1: It's the NFL. He's way over the top. Witten, who

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Speaker 1: is clearly a really high level smart guy, is not

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Speaker 1: a media personality to going Monday night football. And does

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Speaker 1: Monday night football mean as much like I got news

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Speaker 1: for your Thursday night Now is more important? Fox is

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Speaker 1: running circles around them with with Aikman and Buck, the

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Speaker 1: Sunday night game with Michaels and collins Worth is better.

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Speaker 1: So you need a maddened Gruden type personality. It's not

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Speaker 1: as much about breaking down the XS and nose and

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Speaker 1: giving me some crazy insight. Not that he does that,

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Speaker 1: but it's about being a big personality, and that's what

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Speaker 1: Madden was and obviously what Gruden was. Witten just doesn't

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Speaker 1: have the personality. And then Bookers doesn't know the league

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Speaker 1: that well. I mean I could name I know the

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Speaker 1: league better clearly, but shameless plug. But it's just you

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Speaker 1: it's hard to know the league. You have to follow

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Speaker 1: it closely. You know, I I could call most NBA games,

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Speaker 1: you know. I know I could name the the starting five's.

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Speaker 1: You know, they're only twelve players on a roster. Even

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Speaker 1: baseball is a little more difficult because it's double that.

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Speaker 1: Football is hard. And even the NFL, you know, decent

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Speaker 1: amount of star players, but still, like in a broad podcast,

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Speaker 1: you end up talking about like the backup linebacker or

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Speaker 1: safety or the second tight end. Like you just have

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Speaker 1: to know a lot of players. I remember when I

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Speaker 1: first got in the NFL, I thought it was overwhelming,

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Speaker 1: just the amount of players, the practice squad, guys that

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Speaker 1: turnover as the season goes. You know, it's not just

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Speaker 1: a bunch of Odell Beckham's. It's a bunch of guys

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Speaker 1: that you haven't heard of. You know, even if you

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Speaker 1: anyone listening to this knows your team, like, whoever your

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Speaker 1: team is, I'll just pick a random team, the Tampa

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Speaker 1: Bay Buccaneers. There's a random team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Speaker 1: They got a couple just you know, Jamis Winston, DeShawn Jackson,

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Speaker 1: Mike Evans. And then every year you got brand new

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Speaker 1: defensive lineman, brand brand new linebackers, a new corner of

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Speaker 1: highly drafted safety. Uh you know, a brand new running back.

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Speaker 1: They might not be playing because the seventh rounder beat

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Speaker 1: him out. And then the guy from practice squad is

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Speaker 1: you know, once O. J. Howard goes down, is now

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Speaker 1: your tight end again? I mean, these this hypothetical, it's

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Speaker 1: actually great. I mean, but it's just hard to keep

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Speaker 1: up with all these players. I've worked in the league

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Speaker 1: and thought, God, it's just it's difficult. That's why I

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Speaker 1: was around smart people. And they have been around the league.

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Speaker 1: Howie Roseman, Lewis Riddeck, these guys have been around the

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Speaker 1: league forever, and it just takes a while to get

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Speaker 1: a grasp on it. You know, Brett Veach. Once you've

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Speaker 1: been in the league for like ten years, you've seen

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Speaker 1: the full cycle of guys go through. But when you

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Speaker 1: first start talking about the league or working in the

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Speaker 1: league from college and he was an SEC guy. It's

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Speaker 1: impossible to know the league, it really is, and it shows.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's one guy played in the league last year.

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Speaker 1: The other guy had been covering the SEC and they

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Speaker 1: struggled to get a grasp on it. It just it's

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Speaker 1: it's by far the most difficult league, just because the

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Speaker 1: amount of players. There's just an endless amount of players,

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Speaker 1: because the amount of guys in the roster, of the

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Speaker 1: amount of guys that get hurt, the amount of guys

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Speaker 1: that then come up on practice squad that you might

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Speaker 1: have saw late in a couple of preseason games, then

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Speaker 1: end up starting a game for random teams by you know,

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Speaker 1: early November. It's just I've lived it. I know how

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Speaker 1: overwhelming and difficult. You can study all day every day

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Speaker 1: and you you still can't keep up in year one

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Speaker 1: or two. You just can't. And as a player, you're

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Speaker 1: not focused on the league, You're focused on the opponent.

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Speaker 1: So Jason Witten, you know he plays obviously the NFC

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Speaker 1: East three times a year. You know those three teams twice, Well,

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Speaker 1: those teams if you play the Giants twice by October

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Speaker 1: their roster is changed by the end of the year,

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Speaker 1: and then you're rotating all the other teams in the league.

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Speaker 1: So it's not like you're locked in. You play the

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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers, for example, once every four years. Like it's

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Speaker 1: just it's hard, you know, it's just I have a

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Speaker 1: memory for this type stuff and it was. It was

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Speaker 1: difficult for me. It still is. You just you can't

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Speaker 1: keep pace. Luckily now in my job, I talked more

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Speaker 1: about the stars and the impact players. We don't get

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Speaker 1: into like the nitty gritty of like who the starting linebacker?

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Speaker 1: You know, Luke Kickley is about as deep as we

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Speaker 1: go because that's what the casual fans gonna know. Well

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Speaker 1: on Monday night football broadcast, you have to dive a

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Speaker 1: little deeper than just the surface, and you have to

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Speaker 1: know some interesting nuggets, like what was the scouting report

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Speaker 1: on this? I was texting with a buddy in the league.

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Speaker 1: It was just like, God, this is terrible. And again

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Speaker 1: I'm not trying to beat a dead horse. I know

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Speaker 1: this is hard, so I you know, criticizing over and over,

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Speaker 1: but there is just some natural chemistry on television or

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Speaker 1: radio or any media medium that comes across and I

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Speaker 1: I you can't fake it and usually know it right away,

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Speaker 1: and that they don't have it. And they also just

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Speaker 1: don't have like why did that guy go in the

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Speaker 1: sixth round instead of the second round? That's type stuff

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Speaker 1: fans eat up. Well because he had a major knock

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Speaker 1: on something. It's like they're just not gonna know that stuff.

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Speaker 1: And I'll give even group could give me little things

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Speaker 1: like that. Well, this guy when he was five years ago,

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Speaker 1: you know, coaching with the New York Giants. Now he's

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Speaker 1: on the Campa City chief staff. He used to like

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Speaker 1: to bring this, you know, and now he's in this

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Speaker 1: Like you just gotta bring me something. You know. I

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Speaker 1: don't need to learn eight new things again, but at

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Speaker 1: least you got to bring me a couple of things like, God,

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Speaker 1: I didn't know that, and I'm just I'm not talking

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Speaker 1: about me, like it's gonna be hard to give me

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Speaker 1: a new nugget. And again you're not talking to me.

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Speaker 1: But like, if my mom's watching, can can you give

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Speaker 1: her something that Like if she's just a casual fan,

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Speaker 1: she knows Cam Newton went to Auburn, Uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: she knows Drew Brees a story. Can you give her

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Speaker 1: something that like, well, I didn't know that about him,

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Speaker 1: and that's what I don't feel that anyone's getting appreciate.

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Speaker 1: Everyone listening, have a good week, and I'll see you

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Speaker 1: guys again Friday.