Speaker 1: The volume instant reaction on the steelers humiliating loss to
Speaker 1: Baltimore twenty eight to fourteen. I thought they'd hang around
Speaker 1: in this game without Zay Flowers, but instead Baltimore decided
Speaker 1: to just run fifteen straight times against Pittsburgh over the
Speaker 1: course of the first half. And I think that's what's
Speaker 1: most humiliating, is I mean, you knew that. You know,
Speaker 1: the Steelers offense has been really lifeless since George Pickens
Speaker 1: got hurt. He came back and made some big catches.
Speaker 1: He's a tremendous talent. But it's time for the Steelers
Speaker 1: to change direction with their coaching staff. This is not
Speaker 1: good enough. In the last eight years, the Jaguars have
Speaker 1: three playoff wins. The Steelers have none. I mean, just
Speaker 1: let that sink in. You know, I was looking over
Speaker 1: the course of this game. I was just fishing around
Speaker 1: on stuff. The last seven years, the Steelers have either
Speaker 1: missed the playoffs or lost by at least double digits
Speaker 1: in the first round. They're just not a competitive team
Speaker 1: in the upper tier. And remember it is easy to say, well, well,
Speaker 1: you know, they don't. They don't have losing records. I mean,
Speaker 1: a third of the teams in this league are a disaster.
Speaker 1: I mean, look, who's at the top of the draft. Again,
Speaker 1: it's your Tennessee's and your Jacksonville's and the Raiders and
Speaker 1: the Jets and the Bears, And it's the same twelve
Speaker 1: teams at the top of this draft seemingly every year
Speaker 1: or every other year. So I mean to say, you're
Speaker 1: better than those teams. So what I mean if you
Speaker 1: look at the league right now, for the last five years,
Speaker 1: it's been the same teams at the top, Baltimore and
Speaker 1: Buffalo and Kansas City and Philadelphia. San Francisco pulled back,
Speaker 1: they're in a bit of a rebuild, but the Rams
Speaker 1: are good again, the Lions for the last couple of years,
Speaker 1: Green Bay. It's the same teams at the top, and
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh is in that group. I mean, they're Listen. I'll
Speaker 1: get to Baltimore in a second, because you know, once
Speaker 1: again Lamar Jackson is dominant and he's now won three
Speaker 1: playoff games. Uh, he's gonna go probably to Buffalo in
Speaker 1: the next round, which is tough. But this game was
Speaker 1: really not just about the Ravens. They were almost ten
Speaker 1: point favorites at home, and they were gonna win this
Speaker 1: football game. It's the dominance of it without Zay Flowers.
Speaker 1: I mean, if you're Pittsburgh, you know what they're gonna do.
Speaker 1: They're gonna run the football a Flowers. You have no
Speaker 1: downfield attack and still jumped out to a lead. Pittsburgh
Speaker 1: was never competitive in this football game. And you know,
Speaker 1: I was looking at the rushing yards throughout the course
Speaker 1: of the game. It ended with about three hundred rushing
Speaker 1: yards for the Ravens and twenty nine for the Steelers,
Speaker 1: so that Pittsburgh can't even run the ball anymore. They
Speaker 1: can't run it. They got pushed around. They're not innovative.
Speaker 1: What are they? I mean if I said to you,
Speaker 1: what are they, well, they're physical. Well they got pushed
Speaker 1: around that Ipi Baltimore. And let's be honest. If Cleveland
Speaker 1: in the draft lands cam Ward of the Miami Hurricanes
Speaker 1: or Shador Sanders of Colorado, Pittsburgh will have the fourth
Speaker 1: best quarterback in this division. The answer is not Russ.
Speaker 1: He just you know, they's just limitations. He looks for
Speaker 1: the first guy, can't see over the line many times.
Speaker 1: He doesn't have the elusiveness justin fields. How many quarterbacks
Speaker 1: in the NFL history, whose first five years in the league,
Speaker 1: you know, had a low passer rating, low completion percentage,
Speaker 1: got hurt a lot popped and became superstars. It doesn't happen.
Speaker 1: You can see it very very quickly. You know, people
Speaker 1: can complain about Justin Herbert, but Justin Herbert has put
Speaker 1: up prodigious numbers this year. He had a terrible game today,
Speaker 1: but he had a very good year. Justin field isn't
Speaker 1: the answer. I don't think Mike Tomlin's the answer. They
Speaker 1: need to be innovative and creative. Just because of the
Speaker 1: structure and stability of the owner ship. They're a top
Speaker 1: half team in the league. They're already in the top sixteen.
Speaker 1: But you start looking around at the emergence of some
Speaker 1: of these young quarterbacks. I mean, we just had a
Speaker 1: draft where it looks like Michael Pennix can play, and
Speaker 1: Jayden Daniels can play, and Bo Knicks can play, and
Speaker 1: you know, I mean, Kayleb Williams has a ton of talent.
Speaker 1: I mean every year it feels like we're adding more
Speaker 1: and more good quarterbacks. And yet Tomlin, a defensive coach,
Speaker 1: has never really sensed the urgency on offense. He's stuck
Speaker 1: with offensive coordinators that couldn't engineer an offense. The offensive
Speaker 1: line always feels like it's kind of second class. The
Speaker 1: run games a little better this year, but I mean,
Speaker 1: at some point, what are your standards? I mean, when
Speaker 1: you can't compete in the last two times, you can't
Speaker 1: compete against Baltimore, another physical football team. I mean, you guys,
Speaker 1: this is like the thirty eighth time or thirty ninth
Speaker 1: time Harbaugh and tomlin A faced off. I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: it's it's like an anniversary. I mean, they these guys
Speaker 1: know each other back and forth, and and Baltimore's missing
Speaker 1: their only real home run hitter receiver, and it's still
Speaker 1: twenty one nothing at half. I just at this point,
Speaker 1: I don't, I don't get it. Like I don't. I
Speaker 1: don't get the arguments. I mean, three AFC teams haven't
Speaker 1: won in the last month. The Titans who are drafting
Speaker 1: number one, the Browns who are drafting number two, and
Speaker 1: the Steelers what are we doing? And I heard al
Speaker 1: Michaels he and Herb Street. You know, they've gotten some
Speaker 1: stinkers this year, but they're they do a really good
Speaker 1: job and They're obviously very prepared. And at the end
Speaker 1: of the broadcast, as I was walking in here to
Speaker 1: do this, they I think it was Al said, you know,
Speaker 1: we've got some big They got some big decisions to make,
Speaker 1: and I don't know if the Steelers are capable of
Speaker 1: making them. I think everybody in Pittsburgh. I don't listen
Speaker 1: to Pittsburgh sports talk radio, but I mean, I think
Speaker 1: the conversation over the last several years has been pretty
Speaker 1: one sided on Tomlin, which is he's clearly competent. You know,
Speaker 1: he is one of the great underdog coaches. In fact,
Speaker 1: I think he is the best underdog coach from a
Speaker 1: betting perspective in the league the last decade. But now
Speaker 1: he's not good at that either. I mean, tonight was
Speaker 1: really embarrassing. They didn't do anything particularly well. I mean,
Speaker 1: the offense has basically thrown at to George Pickens and
Speaker 1: cross your fingers, but they don't have the quarterback right.
Speaker 1: The protection wasn't good tonight. They didn't really get after
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson. I mean Lamar Jackson in the first half
Speaker 1: was thirteen to fifteen, one hundred and forty four yards,
Speaker 1: two touchdowns and eleven rushes at six yards of pop Jesus. Now,
Speaker 1: I want to talk about Lamar Jackson, so you can
Speaker 1: vote whoever you want MVP, anybody that's listened to me. No,
Speaker 1: I don't care about awards. I do think it's it's
Speaker 1: strange that how good Josh Allen has been since he
Speaker 1: entered the league and he doesn't have an MVP, But
Speaker 1: if Lamar went another, he went another. I've said this before.
Speaker 1: I don't think there's a single player in the NFL
Speaker 1: that feels like his city and his organization like Lamar
Speaker 1: Jackson does to Baltimore. He's the identity of the team.
Speaker 1: It's just toughness, physicality, intensity. He just feels like Baltimore
Speaker 1: is the perfect place for him. He's just a tough kid.
Speaker 1: He keeps getting better. He cares so deeply. I find
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson to be a fascinating player. I love watching
Speaker 1: him play. I've said this before. You know, with Mahomes
Speaker 1: he wins so automatically. There's a little less drama when
Speaker 1: you watch Lamar Jackson. I'm fascinated by him because he
Speaker 1: does disappoint people in big spots, but he is just
Speaker 1: an all time talent and he is now a very
Speaker 1: good pocket passer, and if they do play the Buffalo Bills,
Speaker 1: that is going to be one for the ages. That's
Speaker 1: just going to be. I mean, it's just great. The
Speaker 1: two top quarterbacks in terms of production this year and
Speaker 1: stats in the NFL. Love both. But Baltimore is such
Speaker 1: a raw, solid organization, and I think if you're a
Speaker 1: Steeter fan, this is what should really trouble you. You know,
Speaker 1: for years and years, the Steelers and the Ravens have
Speaker 1: been well run, They draft well, they develop winning coaches.
Speaker 1: I mean, they always felt like they were, you know,
Speaker 1: like like relatives that didn't get along, Like they kind
Speaker 1: of had the same toughness and psyche and intimidation. Baltimore
Speaker 1: has completely separated with Lamar Jackson from Pittsburgh. They've completely separated.
Speaker 1: They're more innovative, they're more creative, They're more willing to
Speaker 1: take big swings and take chances. I just love everything
Speaker 1: about the Baltimore Ravens. I find, you know, I don't
Speaker 1: even know if I've ever been to Baltimore. I just
Speaker 1: love the organization, the ownership, the way they draft. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's easy to like Kansas City. I mean, they're winning
Speaker 1: all the trophies, but it's if you really examine how
Speaker 1: the Baltimore Ravens run their business. I think they're the
Speaker 1: best run organization in the NFL top to bottom. I
Speaker 1: mean Kansas City's and Baltimore, so they separated from Pittsburgh.
Speaker 1: I mean, I mean it's just everything I think, coaching, innovation,
Speaker 1: risk taking, quarterback play. I mean, just that line by
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson that's like thirteen of fifteen six yards of rush,
Speaker 1: knowing that Zay Flowers isn't there. That's humiliating for Pittsburgh.
Speaker 1: That's like taunting. You know. I don't think the Steelers
Speaker 1: quit on Tomlin, but I didn't see a lot of juice.
Speaker 1: I just did not see a lot of effort. I
Speaker 1: mean at Baltimore took over. I'm reading a couple other
Speaker 1: things sent to me. Here are some quarterbacks that have
Speaker 1: more recent playoff wins than the Steelers, John Wolford, Blake Bortles,
Speaker 1: case Keenum, Daniel Jones, and Marcus Mariota. Steelers had two
Speaker 1: first downs in the first half. I mean, did they
Speaker 1: practice this week? I mean, how can you defend the
Speaker 1: Steelers anymore? Like Mike Comin, You'll get a job somewhere else.
Speaker 1: But it's just there's just nothing here. There's nothing to defend.
Speaker 1: Thank god they have stability and ownership, or they would
Speaker 1: be a bottom tier team. It's time to stop settling
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Speaker 1: Okay, well, instant reaction. First, Let's start with the Chargers
Speaker 1: thirty two to twelve lost to the Texans. So it's
Speaker 1: interesting that it was the Texans who last year as
Speaker 1: Demiko Ryans and CJ. Stroud re build the Houston Texans.
Speaker 1: They were the Chargers. They faced the Baltimore Ravens, got
Speaker 1: crushed in the playoffs, only had ten first downs today
Speaker 1: in a Baby Steps league. The Chargers were last year's Texans,
Speaker 1: so Justin Herbert four picks didn't have a good day.
Speaker 1: But it was always about the big picture with this franchise.
Speaker 1: So it was a really good job. But it wasn't
Speaker 1: a really good locker room. It wasn't a good culture,
Speaker 1: and they had to let their best receiver go to
Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears. So we all knew as they were
Speaker 1: winning this year, and I predicted ten to eleven wins,
Speaker 1: I thought they would be really good immediately. But their
Speaker 1: defense is more set than their offense. They need a
Speaker 1: running back, they need another receiver or two, they need
Speaker 1: another tight end. They don't have enough playmakers, and so
Speaker 1: it forces Justin Herbert to make plays that in against
Speaker 1: good teams on the road are tough to make. You
Speaker 1: just have to remember about this. Young quarterbacks have bad
Speaker 1: playoff games. Older quarterbacks do. But Joe Montana years and
Speaker 1: years ago, it was a strike abbreviated season. I think
Speaker 1: the Niners went twelve and two, thirteen and two, and
Speaker 1: they were going to play a playoff game against Minnesota Vikings.
Speaker 1: Montana got benched. He was so bad in the playoff game.
Speaker 1: Joe Montana got benched the goat before Tom Brady was
Speaker 1: benched in a playoff game. Brett Farve, who could be
Speaker 1: wild and a bit reckless, once through six interceptions in
Speaker 1: a playoff game. Go look it up. It was against
Speaker 1: the Rams. I think it was the greatest show on
Speaker 1: turf Rams. It was early two thousands, two thousand and
Speaker 1: two thousand and one. You know, Brett was trying to
Speaker 1: make plays and to keep up with the Rams. Six
Speaker 1: picks in a playoff game. I remember when I was
Speaker 1: a kid. It's like a trivia question. Dan Fouts, who
Speaker 1: to me was like Drew Brees accurate. To me, he
Speaker 1: was the most accurate thrower of the football. I don't
Speaker 1: know what his career completion percentage was, but Dan Fouts
Speaker 1: was an incredibly accurate quarterback. Beautiful feathery touch. He had
Speaker 1: five his worst, probably worst day as a pro. I
Speaker 1: don't know all his days, but it had to have
Speaker 1: been his only five interception game in the playoffs. And
Speaker 1: one player had four of them. I mean Dan Fouts,
Speaker 1: Joe Montana, Brett Farv again, quarterbacks trying to make plays.
Speaker 1: Quarterbacks you know as big favorites. Joe Montana, it happens.
Speaker 1: I mean Lamar started zero and two in the playoffs.
Speaker 1: Peyton Manning Owen to Eli Manning Owen two, it's hard
Speaker 1: and this offense again, they're best receivers in Chicago. They
Speaker 1: need I mean, you know, they they needed a right
Speaker 1: tackle and they drafted Lad Maconkey. But it was just
Speaker 1: the beginning. This second draft, this second free agent period.
Speaker 1: They also had a bunch of you know, cap limitations.
Speaker 1: This year it was about steps. Just like last year
Speaker 1: when Houston took over, it was a mess as a franchise.
Speaker 1: The fact they got to the playoffs was remarkable. And
Speaker 1: like Herbert you know, very early last year, c J.
Speaker 1: Stroud's pretty good and he was also it should be
Speaker 1: noted that c J. Stroud, as a young quarterback, is
Speaker 1: a much better quarterback at home. So the Houston Texans
Speaker 1: this year were a hard team to figure out. I
Speaker 1: said this, well, I picked them to make the playoffs,
Speaker 1: I think, but a lot of people thought they would
Speaker 1: step back, and they did. But c J. Stroud was
Speaker 1: a little bit all over the map when he didn't
Speaker 1: have Von Diggs or he didn't have Joe Mixon. But
Speaker 1: at home, I said this Friday on TV, at home,
Speaker 1: he's very good at home. He's now twelve and five
Speaker 1: with a passer rating over one hundred, like a lot
Speaker 1: of quarterbacks. He is more comfortable when he's at home.
Speaker 1: He's got pretty decent protection. He was spinning it. So
Speaker 1: Houston had four hundred yards of offense the Chargers. And
Speaker 1: we saw this about a month ago with the Chargers
Speaker 1: when they got blown out by Tampa. When they get
Speaker 1: up against an offense that's humming or Herbert struggling to
Speaker 1: get time to throw and he starts forcing stuff. Remember
Speaker 1: they got Chargers got blown out at home by Tampa,
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield and the Buccaneers that gave up a forty spot.
Speaker 1: So I just think it's about this was a bad team,
Speaker 1: now it's a good team. This was a bad culture,
Speaker 1: Now it's a good culture. Last year I thought the
Speaker 1: Chargers with Keenan Allen and Mike Williams had more firepower.
Speaker 1: And Austin Eckler, well they're all gone, and so it's
Speaker 1: it's you know, I stayed away from this game. I
Speaker 1: did not make it part of my Blazing five. I'm like,
Speaker 1: it's a stay away game. I did think the Chargers
Speaker 1: were a team that matched up with some of the
Speaker 1: better teams in the AFC. I thought they matched up
Speaker 1: with Kansas City pretty well. You know a team that Again,
Speaker 1: Kansas City's got a lot of good players, good coach,
Speaker 1: good quarterback, good pass rush, but kind of you'd want
Speaker 1: him to have one or two more offensive pieces. I
Speaker 1: thought they matched up very well with Kansas City, but
Speaker 1: will never know as they go down to defeat. It's again,
Speaker 1: I just look at what Jim Harbaugh's future is going
Speaker 1: to be. Remember Jim Harbaugh and Michigan last the beginning
Speaker 1: of his career ten wins, first season. What happened to
Speaker 1: Jim Harbaugh first several years at Michigan. He made the
Speaker 1: team immediately good, couldn't win bowl games, couldn't be the
Speaker 1: Ohio State struggle to beat Michigan State. So it's just
Speaker 1: a process. One of the things that frustrates me is
Speaker 1: that I try to stay away from recency bias and
Speaker 1: confirmation bias, and I make mistakes all the time on that.
Speaker 1: But go back Jim Harbaugh. It was amazing to watch
Speaker 1: all these commentators in college football crushing Jim Harbaugh for years.
Speaker 1: Michigan with Brady Hoak was a mess. The Chargers with
Speaker 1: Brandon Staley were a mess. Your first year, first year,
Speaker 1: Nick Saban was at Alabama. He lost to Louisiana and
Speaker 1: Row at home. The first year is about building culture,
Speaker 1: changing the locker room, and Harbaugh did that. I didn't
Speaker 1: feel great about this game. I didn't make it one
Speaker 1: of my five picks. I didn't expect this. I thought
Speaker 1: they would win. I thought they had the better coach
Speaker 1: and the better quarterback. But it's a road game for
Speaker 1: a Charger team that's still trying to break through chargering,
Speaker 1: and even good plays, I mean they get the touchdown
Speaker 1: and the Pats blocked other way for two points. I mean,
Speaker 1: if you could have guessed a team that happened to
Speaker 1: in the playoffs, you'll be well, that would happen to
Speaker 1: the Chargers. It happened to the Chargers. Listen, Justin Herbert
Speaker 1: had more interceptions today four than he had all season three.
Speaker 1: And I think there's a mindset in the regular season,
Speaker 1: you live for another play, you live for another day.
Speaker 1: But in the playoffs, it's sudden death and you get
Speaker 1: into a game and you're on the road in trailing,
Speaker 1: you're gonna try to squeez stuff in. That's that is
Speaker 1: what has happened to even great quarterbacks in playoff games.
Speaker 1: You get on the road, you face a high octane offense,
Speaker 1: or you start to trail. There is no tomorrow. So
Speaker 1: I think a lot of times a quarterback can be
Speaker 1: a little bit more patient in the regular season. But
Speaker 1: there's a lot of great quarterbacks with a lot of
Speaker 1: bad playoff games. Carson Palmer, you can look it up,
Speaker 1: had one of these where the game starts rolling, it
Speaker 1: gets out of your hands. You gotta make place. What
Speaker 1: are you gonna sit back? You're gonna play it safe.
Speaker 1: And I thought Herbert tried to squeeze some balls in
Speaker 1: and again he had a big play to Lad mconk
Speaker 1: But I mean mconkey is not a number one in
Speaker 1: this league. He's a two, and he could be a
Speaker 1: very good two as a slot guy. But you know,
Speaker 1: you start squeezing stuff in, you try to force it
Speaker 1: and it happens. Herbert is a six to six, two
Speaker 1: hundred and forty pound smart, dependable, reliable, strong arm kid
Speaker 1: who can move a little bit. He's going to be fine.
Speaker 1: He's more athletic in my opinion, than c. J. Stroud,
Speaker 1: and they have some similarities. They're big, strong kids who
Speaker 1: can move a little. They can be very accurate throwers,
Speaker 1: and they have bad games. It happens. There's a reason
Speaker 1: Jim Harbaugh took this job. There's a reason the Chargers
Speaker 1: were the number one job last year. It wasn't because
Speaker 1: of their left tackle. It wasn't because of the owners
Speaker 1: or the overall roster. It was because of Justin Herbert.
Speaker 1: It's the same reason Mike Rabel is going to take
Speaker 1: the Patriot's job, because Drake May is a really, really
Speaker 1: good looking young quarterback with a bright future. I want
Speaker 1: to discussed this as well. So I had said this
Speaker 1: Thursday or Friday, I listed the jobs, the NFL job openings,
Speaker 1: the six NFL job openings, and I said, New England
Speaker 1: was the best job. And I said, I put myself
Speaker 1: into it. What would I look for? And I've said
Speaker 1: this forever. You can't chase just money in the world.
Speaker 1: Money matters, not saying that it absolutely matters, but to me,
Speaker 1: it's always been two to good management, always in my career,
Speaker 1: and I believe this. So the Bears management, the Jets management,
Speaker 1: the Raiders management, the Jags management. You start looking around
Speaker 1: Robert Kraft and your quarterback for the future, Drake May.
Speaker 1: That made New England the best job, and reportedly Jordan
Speaker 1: Schultz putting it out there. Mike Rabel is negotiating with
Speaker 1: New England, probably brings Josh McDaniel. You know, they say
Speaker 1: you can't go home again, but there are multiple examples
Speaker 1: for a lot of people going home again. I know
Speaker 1: a lot of people in my life, broadcasters who have
Speaker 1: started out and they had to travel around it two
Speaker 1: or three markets, and they end up going back to
Speaker 1: the place they grew up or the market they love,
Speaker 1: and they're so much happier. There's so much comfort. Mike
Speaker 1: Frable has comfort, you know, Ohio State guy. New England guy,
Speaker 1: he's got comfort in that cold weather and physical football,
Speaker 1: and the New England market loves it. And I've been
Speaker 1: saying this for years. Find me a lot of great
Speaker 1: long term dynasties in the NFL and warm weather. Find them.
Speaker 1: New England had one, Kansas City had one, the Pittsburgh
Speaker 1: Steelers had one. I mean, Miami was great with Don Shula.
Speaker 1: How many Super Bowls they get to, Dan Marino got
Speaker 1: to one. I think the lifestyle, the warm weather, the
Speaker 1: dome teams get you get comfortable. You look at the teams,
Speaker 1: the best teams in the NFL right now, it is Philadelphia,
Speaker 1: it is Baltimore, it is Buffalo, it is Kansas City. Tough, physical,
Speaker 1: cold weather. I can remember as a kid growing up
Speaker 1: and loving Big East basketball. Here I am, you know,
Speaker 1: growing up in the coast of Washington, and I loved
Speaker 1: Big East basketball where John Thompson and the late Louis
Speaker 1: Carniseca and Roley Massamino and PJ. Carlssimo. And the reason
Speaker 1: I loved that because it was tough, Big East fight
Speaker 1: and physical, and there is something to be said about
Speaker 1: that in football, cold weather, tougher players, tougher team, tougher identity.
Speaker 1: You know, the Seahawks and that crappy, windy, rainy cold
Speaker 1: weather in Seattle and November, December, January almost built a dynasty.
Speaker 1: So I think vrabel fits New England. I think stability
Speaker 1: at ownership. Robert Kraft has a reputation is frugal, most
Speaker 1: billionaires are, and I think Drake May looks really, really talented.
Speaker 1: And the other thing is you're entering an organization that
Speaker 1: you're familiar with, you're comfortable with, and that you trust.
Speaker 1: That's really an important thing. I've gone on and on
Speaker 1: about this. It's hard to trust coaches it's hard to
Speaker 1: trust owners now they're all billionaires, They're getting crazier. There's
Speaker 1: never been a time in my life we've had more
Speaker 1: crazy owners. Thankfully Dan Snyder's gone. We got rid of
Speaker 1: one that just kind of inappropriate and a bad pro
Speaker 1: sports owner. And the guys now that run Washington look
Speaker 1: to be on the up and up and really formidable people.
Speaker 1: But ownership it all starts were there and the crafts
Speaker 1: don't have a history. I mean, girod Mayo didn't work.
Speaker 1: It didn't work. It's okay again, the only perfect people
Speaker 1: are anonymous trolls on the internet. When you put yourself
Speaker 1: out there as an owner, as a mayor, you take swings,
Speaker 1: you miss. It's okay. People with high confidence and feel
Speaker 1: good about themselves put themselves out there. It's okay. You
Speaker 1: can swing in a coach and miss. I think Vrabel
Speaker 1: to New England. I think it's the best job. I
Speaker 1: think he's the best candidate. Last year I thought the
Speaker 1: best job and the best candidate was Harbaugh and the Chargers.
Speaker 1: And I also think because the Jets and Dolphins history
Speaker 1: of instability and chaos outside of Buffalo, you're going to
Speaker 1: be battling you know for the number two spot in
Speaker 1: that division for years. Josh Allen's probably gonna win it
Speaker 1: the next five years in his prime. But hill Age,
Speaker 1: they do. I like Frabel, Not even Brady could talk
Speaker 1: him into the Raiders. Mike Rable's too smart. Brady leaned
Speaker 1: on him. Brady met with him, Brady talked to him.
Speaker 1: Brady wanted to talk him into taking that Raiders. Gig
Speaker 1: Rabel's too smart. Can't do it. You can't trust Mark
Speaker 1: Davis not. At this point the volume