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Speaker 1: of a sudden, we have like five quarterbacks who eventually

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Speaker 1: all get that second big contract. The league's better when

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Speaker 1: the quality of quarterback is better. That's indisputable. And we've

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Speaker 1: of Sam Donald, and this is why I think he's

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Speaker 1: young that is, Kenny Pickett is already twenty six years old.

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Speaker 1: Sam Donald come in very very young. They're both big enough,

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Speaker 1: defensive coaches Todd Bowles and Drawn Mayo shaky o lines,

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Speaker 1: no current when they enter it, no current cultural or

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Speaker 1: Donald enters the league in twenty eighteen, faces Belichick twice

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Speaker 1: may gets Sean McDermott and Robert Salah. Now McDermott's top

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Speaker 1: Denver has an offensive coach, a brilliant one. Denver's good

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Speaker 1: Then Denver also drafts Troy Franklin, bo Nix's great college

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Speaker 1: I don't think Drake Mays as talented as Caleb Williams.

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Speaker 1: But I think he's bigger, stronger in moves just as

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Speaker 1: Last year, when everybody was saying, hey, Rams were in

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Speaker 1: a rebuild, I said, time out, it's a coach quarterback, weapons,

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Speaker 1: three to four weeks. Weapons, great left tackle, running back

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Speaker 1: that can catch out of the backfield, smart offensive coach.

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Speaker 1: It will all come down Donald because all the components

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Speaker 1: and Stafford got down to the playoffs. No, Donald's not

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Speaker 1: Matt Stafford. So this will be I'll get my comeuppance

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Speaker 1: on Sam Donald because my takeaway as their schedule is

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Speaker 1: tough early, but it is. When you were selling the

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Speaker 1: Rams last year, I said, if it's a coach quarterback,

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Speaker 1: weapons protection, pass rush league, the Rams have it Minnesota does.

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Speaker 1: The question is can the trigger guy Sam Donald pull

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Speaker 1: it off. I've got my doubt. He's frankly just not

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Speaker 1: accurate enough. His career completion percentage hovers around fifty nine

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Speaker 1: and a half percent with Kevin O'Connell. But with most

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Speaker 1: be in the sixty five to sixty six percent. And

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Speaker 1: that's the difference. With Donald's guaranteed mistakes. He can be wrecked.

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Speaker 1: You've got to build him in. He just will not

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Speaker 1: They are bib. Minnesota is built to be the surprise

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Speaker 1: Smart offensive coach, protections, fine, a couple of weapons, generate

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Speaker 1: somewhat of a pass rush. It's all there for Minnesota,

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Speaker 1: and it's all there for Sam Darnel. It would be

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Speaker 1: virtually guarantee it if Caleb was walking into this league

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Speaker 1: with Kevin O'Connell or Jaden Daniels was walking into this

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Speaker 1: league with Sean Payton. It does make it tougher. I mean,

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Speaker 1: Belichick's the best coach of all time. Tom Brady has

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Speaker 1: I mean, you're watching the Steelers justin field Russell Wilson,

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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson have in like five series? Steelers can't get

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Speaker 1: Pete Carroll to me in the end, his personnel on

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Speaker 1: the offensive line was better than production. Pete Carroll couldn't

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Speaker 1: So all this stuff matters. It's like, you know, there's

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Speaker 1: a saying that parents use, you know, set your kid

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Speaker 1: him in situations where there's a lot of anxiety. It's

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Speaker 1: the same for quarterbacks. There's only been four or five

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Speaker 1: Caleb Williams, I think can overcome obstacles, bad coaching, cruddy gms.

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Speaker 1: Not saying they've all had it, but I think they're

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Speaker 1: They're just not. Jayden Daniels, Bone Nicks, JJ McCarthy, Michael Pennix,

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Speaker 1: Drake May. I don't think they're gifted enough to overcome

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