1 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 1: What is going on? Everybody? John Middlecoff Three and Out Podcast, 2 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:21,239 Speaker 1: Back at it again, Happy Friday. Uh, we got football weekend. 3 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 1: I'm recording this late Thursday night. President just tested positive 4 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 1: for the coronavirus. So we got a lot going on. 5 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 1: You know, welcome to two thousand twenty. But there's a 6 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: football podcast, so we're gonna talk about football here and uh, 7 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:42,199 Speaker 1: the Thursday night game happened. I don't have that much 8 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: to say on that, but I got a lot coming 9 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: up on the Steelers, the Titans wins, no fans in 10 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 1: the stands, Alabama three for the money, talk about it all. Obviously, 11 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 1: your questions at John Middlecoff is my Instagram handle, slide 12 00:00:57,680 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: up in those d m s get answered here on 13 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: the podcast. If you like the podcast, subscribe to the 14 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 1: podcast on Apple iTunes Three and Out Podcast. I know 15 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: if some of you guys listen on Collins Feed, just 16 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 1: go to that and subscribe there as well. My overall 17 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:13,679 Speaker 1: take tonight for the Thursday night game zero takes on 18 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: the Broncos. They're playing with their third string quarterback. They 19 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 1: got a million injuries. They clearly have some talent to 20 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:21,320 Speaker 1: players on their team, but I don't know what to 21 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:23,319 Speaker 1: make of them with a million injuries. I'm a Vic 22 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:27,399 Speaker 1: Fangio fan. Uh, They're not gonna win many games. The 23 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:30,680 Speaker 1: New York Jets lost by you know, more than one 24 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:34,480 Speaker 1: score to a third string quarterback. And I think the 25 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: big question with this franchise, and I've been getting these 26 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 1: d m s for weeks now, is what do you 27 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:43,319 Speaker 1: do with Sam Donald? And my dad told me this 28 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,480 Speaker 1: a long time ago, and it it honestly didn't resonate 29 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: that much when he told me this, But like, just 30 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 1: how lucky I was to be born into like a 31 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: two parent household. You know, my parents had gone to college. 32 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 1: They both had jobs, right I had I was born into. 33 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 1: I had a home, I had food on my table 34 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: every day. I was really and really it was much 35 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:08,920 Speaker 1: more than that. Like my dad was very educated. His 36 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: dad was a professor at Cow. Like he made sure 37 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 1: academics were big in my life. I had to do 38 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 1: well in school and it forced and ultimately I had 39 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:18,959 Speaker 1: options when I was able to get into college because 40 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: I had good grades, because I didn't have a choice. 41 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 1: He was always on my ass and I was just 42 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 1: in a position to succeed as a human being because 43 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: of my parents and I did not control you know 44 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: who had me? Right, I just popped out and it's me. 45 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 1: But it could have been anywhere in the world, and 46 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 1: it could have been really shitty. But I was born 47 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 1: to Jeff and Joe Middlcoff in Davis, California, and my 48 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 1: life was pretty solid. I've turned out pretty well, I think. Uh. 49 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:53,959 Speaker 1: But in the NFL, you don't get to pick where 50 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: you go in the draft. So if you're lucky enough 51 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:00,040 Speaker 1: to get drafted by I don't know, be jim the 52 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: Garoppolo and get drafted by Bill Belichick or Patrick Mahomes, 53 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 1: to get drafted by Andy Reid, you should thank the 54 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: football gods a lot. And hell, Jimmy Garoppolo then got 55 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,799 Speaker 1: traded at Kyle Shanahan, right, Jared Goff got drafted to 56 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 1: Jeff Fisher, but boom, they got Sean McVeigh immediately. So 57 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,640 Speaker 1: where you get drafted in the NFL is out of 58 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 1: your control, especially as a quarterback. And the Jets are 59 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:30,239 Speaker 1: beyond dysfunctional. They he's on his what second coach, He's 60 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:33,639 Speaker 1: gonna be on his third coach next year. He has 61 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 1: a GM that didn't draft him, and who knows if 62 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 1: the GM likes him. The GM surely evaluated him when 63 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: he came out of college, so he's gonna have an 64 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: opinion on him as a as a prospect. Then he's 65 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: gonna get two years to be around the guy. He's 66 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 1: had some weird moments, right, he got Mono. Now he 67 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: didn't whoever he made out with or wherever he got Mono. 68 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 1: He didn't mean to get Mono. And it's not his 69 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 1: fault that every dude on the team gets injured. But 70 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 1: it doesn't look great. And I actually with a couple 71 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 1: of people in the league tonight because you go listen, 72 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: I'm a Sam darned fan. He has quote unquote talent, 73 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: but the talent right now isn't really working. It's doesn't 74 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 1: You just see a guy who's a little lost, who's 75 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: there was a play when we thought he broke his 76 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: collar bone tonight he was laid on the throw and 77 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 1: there's just there's just something missing. Now, even if he 78 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 1: was really good, the team would still stink, but they 79 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:31,160 Speaker 1: would be better. And there's just his field, vision, his timing, 80 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 1: not all his fault. If you're born into poverty and 81 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: you you don't make it, it's not always your fault. 82 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: But if you tell me that he goes somewhere else 83 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: and it doesn't work, I'll believe you. He's a little 84 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: like Jamis. Jamis has a lot of talent, Like you 85 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 1: watched Jamis play last year, Like I, he's got NFL talent. 86 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:56,840 Speaker 1: He's an NFL player, and if he's on, he can 87 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: be a really good NFL player. But he clearly doesn't 88 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,720 Speaker 1: out of dumb ship. And I watched Sam Donald like, 89 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 1: I don't know if he sees it, And I get 90 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 1: a text from an executive he's like, I just don't 91 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:10,839 Speaker 1: think he sees the field, and sometimes he doesn't. Is 92 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: that bad habits is a coaching, it's a combination of 93 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 1: it all. He is not in a good environment right now. 94 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: He has no talent around him. Everyone hates his coach. 95 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 1: You know the field the terse awful, Uh, But I don't. 96 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: It's not headed in a good direction. And if Sam Donald, 97 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: you know, people go, If they get Trevor Lawrence, what 98 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,359 Speaker 1: are they gonna do? Sam Donald will be gone. I 99 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:36,840 Speaker 1: think they will trade Sam Donald. But you gotta pick 100 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 1: up his fifth year option after this year? Are you 101 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:42,039 Speaker 1: gonna pay him million dollars that fifth year? He doesn't 102 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 1: look like twenty six million dollar player to me right now, 103 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:48,719 Speaker 1: this is the pros. This isn't college sports where you're like, wow, 104 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,039 Speaker 1: he's only a sophomore. Give like you're paying guys, and 105 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 1: the cap is probably gonna go down because there weren't fans. 106 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: So I don't necessarily have an answer on this one. 107 00:05:57,240 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 1: I just know it's a complicated situation and I don't 108 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 1: really like what I see as someone who was a 109 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: fan of the player. It's not trending well, and the 110 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: Jets are clearly trending. I mean, they couldn't be trending 111 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 1: any worse. But Sam's part of that. He he really is. 112 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:16,160 Speaker 1: And whatever they get as a new coach, what if 113 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 1: the new coach wants a new quarterback with the number 114 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:19,840 Speaker 1: one overall pick, I want to take Trevor Lawrence, Like, 115 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 1: bye bye, Sam. And if you're Sam, you just hope 116 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:25,480 Speaker 1: whoever they trade you to a coach that is good. 117 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:27,720 Speaker 1: You get a McVeigh, you get a Kyle, you get 118 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: an Andy, you get a Bruce arians and maybe it 119 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 1: gives you a chance to resurrect your career. But if 120 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:36,839 Speaker 1: you get given to like, uh, some crappy coach who 121 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 1: doesn't care about offense, like I don't even know a 122 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 1: good example. You might fail and your career just ends. 123 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 1: Like is Josh Rosen as bad as Josh Rosen has 124 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:49,279 Speaker 1: actually become? Probably not, But he got put in the 125 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: worst situation, and then he got put in even a 126 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 1: worse situation, and he played a part of that. Like 127 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 1: clearly he wasn't as good as we thought. But his 128 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 1: career has just kind of got derailed. And it does 129 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,720 Speaker 1: feel like Sam Donald's career is heading down a path 130 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 1: towards some ugliness which I never would have I never 131 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 1: would have believed you if it if you would have 132 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 1: told me it was this ugly three and a half 133 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 1: years ago when he was coming out in the draft. 134 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 1: It's it's crazy, and that's what kind of makes football 135 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 1: fun is we never truly know when a guy gets 136 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 1: drafted how good or how bad he might turn out 137 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 1: to be. Okay, let's dive into the Steelers tightened situation 138 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 1: really quick. As of recording this, the game has officially 139 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 1: been postponed, and up until it was officially postponed, they 140 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: had planned on playing on Monday, and I think they 141 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: had some more positive tests today, so they just kind 142 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 1: of officially waved the white flag and pushed it back. Now, 143 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 1: let me start in the immediate and as of leading 144 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 1: up till today. All week they had been talking about 145 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 1: playing it on Thursday or excuse me, Monday, and having 146 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 1: a Monday double header, which I was like, hell yeah, 147 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 1: Monday double header. Sweet. A big thing was that the 148 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 1: Titans were not going to be able to practice, really, 149 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 1: they had closed down to facility at the earliest it 150 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:00,040 Speaker 1: was gonna be this weekend. They were gonna have to 151 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 1: do everything zooms and like walk throughs at their own houses. 152 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 1: And the reaction from many former players, many people in 153 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 1: the media to me was very predictable. You cannot do this. 154 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 1: This is not fair, This is not fair, and I 155 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 1: could not disagree more two thousand twenty and the reason 156 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 1: all these leagues came back had nothing to do with 157 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 1: being fair. What we've seen in the NBA. Now, listen, 158 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 1: Lebron was probably gonna win the championship no matter what. 159 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 1: But the bubble is not real basketball. Scottie Pippen said 160 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 1: it the other day. This is an AU pick up 161 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 1: tournament baseball. I'm watching these games. There's no fans. You 162 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:42,560 Speaker 1: ever made, no playoffs baseball game there's a lot of 163 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: edge when your team's down or up in those games. 164 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 1: It's just not the same football. Like they didn't even 165 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: have a training camp barely. They're just playing. They're just 166 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 1: doing this for money. All these leagues. It's not about 167 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 1: like we got a legit champion. And listen, everyone's playing 168 00:08:57,840 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: by the same rules and laws. So the Chiefs win 169 00:08:59,880 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 1: the championship, the Rams win, whoever wins the Super Bowl, 170 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 1: like you were the Super Bowl champ this year. But 171 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:07,839 Speaker 1: let's not act like this is normal football. I'll get 172 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: into the impact of no fans is having around the league. 173 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:16,320 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers hard counted the Saints on the road in 174 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 1: a dome arguably the loudest place in the league. So 175 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 1: again I'm I'm and I'm pumping Aaron Rodgers for m 176 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 1: v P. Let's just listen, this year was about one thing, 177 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 1: and the media doesn't often get this because they just 178 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 1: tend to be very anti business. You can't run a business, 179 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: whether it's a five dollar business or ten billion dollar 180 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:37,719 Speaker 1: business like the NFL or Major League Baseball or the 181 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:40,680 Speaker 1: NBA or any these prot sports. They're worth billions of 182 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 1: dollars and just go to zero to to maintain businesses. 183 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:48,680 Speaker 1: You need revenue coming in. So you can't just be like, oh, 184 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 1: no big deal, No, just shut it down, take the 185 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 1: year off, No big deal, because your expenses, you're overhead, 186 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:58,960 Speaker 1: don't change. And the reason that they played this season 187 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:02,120 Speaker 1: for football was to get games on TV and to 188 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: keep the revenue streams going, get the players paid, get 189 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:07,559 Speaker 1: the owners paid lesson they would have normally made. Now 190 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:10,559 Speaker 1: the players are making the same right because their contracts 191 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 1: are guaranteed. The owners are taking hit this year. But 192 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 1: they did it strictly because they're in business. The TV 193 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 1: networks needed. It's all about money. That's the only reason, 194 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 1: not the only reason, but the main reason they're playing 195 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:28,439 Speaker 1: all these sports on television. It's because of the cash. 196 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 1: So it's not gonna be fair, and they're gonna be 197 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 1: a week maybe if there's another test where a team 198 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 1: is gonna have to play without being able to practice. 199 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 1: Ship sucks, So does two thousand twenty. Welcome to the 200 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: real world. It's not fun for any of us. I'm 201 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 1: sure many of you have little kids, kids in school, 202 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 1: are stay at home and every day Is that normal? 203 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 1: Is that what you want to be doing? No, of 204 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 1: course not. People are losing their minds. So it's just 205 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 1: the cards we were dealt this year. And I love 206 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:59,319 Speaker 1: Mike Rabel and I love Mike Tomlin's mindset because they 207 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:01,559 Speaker 1: just have Mike comblin to day. Once they officially postponed 208 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 1: in the game, you might have to play thirteen weeks. 209 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:05,600 Speaker 1: What are your thoughts, he says, We do not care. 210 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:10,960 Speaker 1: Do you think Vrabel and Tomlin got to the top 211 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 1: of the mountain at their profession Verbel as a player, 212 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 1: Tomlin as a coach because they play some victim because 213 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:19,200 Speaker 1: they're gonna bitch and moan like you know so many 214 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 1: people like on social media do all day and now 215 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 1: winners just keep their head down and keep swinging. This 216 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: is this is the cards that they were dealt to 217 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:29,239 Speaker 1: all of us this year, and probably no two individuals 218 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 1: are more equipped to handle it than guys like Vrabel 219 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 1: and Mike Tomlin. Here's the other thing I said. The 220 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:37,959 Speaker 1: moment the coronavirus hit time was on football side. They 221 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 1: had all off season, so they got to watch all 222 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:41,560 Speaker 1: the other leagues come back and then they came back 223 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 1: and it's been very smooth. Well, now they have this 224 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:45,960 Speaker 1: little outbreak with the Titans. What do they also have 225 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 1: on their side. Why don't they They can push the 226 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 1: season back, they can push playoffs back. They're not on 227 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 1: some timeline. For example, the NBA, alright, for something, I 228 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: bet on the heat, it's gonna backfire. They already have 229 00:11:57,640 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 1: a bunch of injuries. I'm gonna lose a hundred bucks 230 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:02,679 Speaker 1: on that, uh more, just because I hate the Lakers. 231 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 1: But the NBA typically, their their Finals is going on 232 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 1: right now, starts on Halloween. Think about that. I saw 233 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:15,679 Speaker 1: Adam Silver told some news network or maybe at his 234 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:18,079 Speaker 1: press conference, he gives on the finals that they might 235 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 1: not start till May March. Maybe like they don't know. 236 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 1: But that's a problem their whole timeline. They're all their season. 237 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:27,560 Speaker 1: It's all out of whack. Now everything is screwed. And 238 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 1: it's not it's not no fault of his own. It 239 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:31,480 Speaker 1: just it hit in the middle of their season. It 240 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 1: derailed everything. Baseball was lucky. They just said, listen, we're 241 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:37,680 Speaker 1: just gonna go the short season. And they're actually back 242 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:40,680 Speaker 1: on track. But basketball is way out of the NFL. 243 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:43,440 Speaker 1: Let's say they have to miss some games, postpone some 244 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 1: games throughout the season. Why don't they just push back 245 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:49,440 Speaker 1: the playoffs two weeks maybe three, who cares. They can 246 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:53,680 Speaker 1: do whatever they want because their following season doesn't start 247 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 1: until next September, right, and they've already proven this year. 248 00:12:57,040 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 1: They're like, yeah, we'll cancel o t A s, we'll 249 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:02,439 Speaker 1: go for a tool, maybe you can limit the oks whatever. 250 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 1: None of that matters. So it sucks and it's not ideal. 251 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 1: You know, if you're a Steeler fan Titan fan, your 252 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:10,559 Speaker 1: team is really good, you wanted to watch the game 253 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:13,720 Speaker 1: this weekend, but at the end of the day, like 254 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 1: this is, this is two thousand twenty. It's not fair, 255 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 1: it's not normal, and you just have to adjust. We're 256 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:23,840 Speaker 1: not getting BP fastballs this year. We're getting crazy you know, 257 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 1: Barry Zero in his peak, not giants, version a's version curveballs. 258 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 1: Let's use Clayton Kershaw, Clayon Kershaw curveballs. And they're coming 259 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 1: and they're coming, and you just got to adjust because 260 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 1: if you if you don't make adjustments at the plate, 261 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 1: you're gonna strike out. In the NFL, they'll adjust, they 262 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 1: always have, always will, and they'll be okay, and you're 263 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 1: gonna need and I think the players from everyone that 264 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 1: I've talked to in the league are doing everything they 265 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:48,840 Speaker 1: possibly can to follow the rules, but they're gonna be 266 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 1: things that are out of your control. They're they're just are. 267 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 1: Another story that I saw on Thursday, Aaron Rodgers told 268 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 1: Pat McAfee that he often pretended that his headset didn't 269 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 1: work so that he couldn't hear the play call over 270 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 1: the years, and he could call his own play. And 271 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 1: my reaction was, of course he did. If I was 272 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 1: in his shoes, I would do the same thing. I'm 273 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 1: sure many people listening have done the same thing in 274 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 1: their life, professionally or personally. How often, growing up or 275 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 1: even as you get older, do your parents tell you 276 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 1: something and you think, yeah, listen, mom, dad, you guys 277 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 1: raised me, but that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard, 278 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 1: and you just smile, You're like, yeah, I'll do that, 279 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 1: and then you do the complete opposite and it works. 280 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 1: How often does your boss tell you, you know, this 281 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:32,720 Speaker 1: is what we gotta do, and you're thinking, in your head, 282 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 1: that's the dumbest fucking thing I've ever heard, and you 283 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:38,920 Speaker 1: do the opposite and it works. It happens all the time. 284 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 1: We'll imagine you being the best employee at your business 285 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 1: and hearing things come in and go. You know, I 286 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 1: don't agree with that. I'm gonna do something else. I 287 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 1: would imagine a lot of great quarterbacks over the history 288 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 1: of time have done that and it works. You know why, 289 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 1: because they're elite. Most of them are just gonna be 290 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 1: better than their coat. There are only so many Kyle Shanahan, 291 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 1: Sean Payton's and and Andy Reid. And I think even 292 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:07,920 Speaker 1: Andy Reid would tell you, like, not every play call, 293 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:10,640 Speaker 1: he's gonna make his right if he could. Sometimes I'm 294 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: sure the quarterback here or something he would do something different. 295 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 1: And they also give them the ability to make changes 296 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:17,600 Speaker 1: at the line. But when I see that Aaron Rodgers 297 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 1: has not listened to his headset like, I don't think 298 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 1: that's a that's a story. I think that's being a human. 299 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 1: We all do it, We've all done it, and we 300 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 1: all will continue to do it. Doesn't mean you're gonna 301 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 1: be right all the time, but there's a reason that 302 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 1: whatever you do, you're gonna know better than the guy 303 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 1: that is not in your shoes and have a better feel. 304 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 1: So don't we all break some rules all the time. 305 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 1: Imagine if every business in America followed every single little 306 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 1: rule by the you know, by the letter of the law. 307 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 1: And I'm not talking legally of the law, but just 308 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 1: never colored outside the lines, we never really have innovation. 309 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 1: A lot of companies would never make it big. I mean, 310 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 1: the reason that Aaron Rodgers has become Aaron Dgers is 311 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:03,800 Speaker 1: because he colors outside the line. You know that at 312 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:06,360 Speaker 1: the end of the day, when you like the actions 313 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 1: on the edges, right, I mean, that's that's where the 314 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 1: action is. If you want to stay in the slow lane, 315 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 1: you're probably never get in a crash. You might, you 316 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:16,160 Speaker 1: might get re ended. But if you want to get 317 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 1: in the fast lane, it's a little more going on 318 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 1: over there. You're gonna get to your destination a little 319 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 1: bit faster. And guys that push the envelope are people 320 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 1: that I admire, are people that I relate to. And 321 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 1: when I saw that story, my first reaction was, yeah, 322 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 1: it's a non story. I would imagine Peyton Manning, Tom 323 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 1: Brady and guys over the years have done similar because 324 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,080 Speaker 1: they know they're gonna be times when they're just more 325 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 1: knowledgeable about an individual situation. Just like I'm sure many 326 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 1: of you sales jobs whatever has had your boss say 327 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:50,200 Speaker 1: something where you think to yourself, Yeah, that's stupid, I'm 328 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 1: not doing that, and you go another direction and at 329 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 1: the end of the day it works. Your company makes 330 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 1: money and your boss goes a good job. Right. How 331 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 1: many touchdowns did Aaron Rodgers throw over the years where 332 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy want him do something different? You think Mike 333 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:04,160 Speaker 1: McCarthy didn't Eve give him a high five. He high 334 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 1: fived him, and he talked to the press after a 335 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 1: win and smiled, That's the way the world works. One 336 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:13,920 Speaker 1: thing you read about a lot growing up, and then 337 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:16,159 Speaker 1: as you get older in your twenties and definitely in 338 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:20,159 Speaker 1: your thirties, and the saying rings true is that you 339 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:26,960 Speaker 1: learn so much more about yourself about any situation through adversity, 340 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:30,560 Speaker 1: through failure, than you do through any sort of success 341 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 1: you know, personally or financially. And it doesn't actually sink 342 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:39,320 Speaker 1: in at least from me. I can only speak from 343 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 1: my own personal you know experiences until you go through it, 344 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: and once you go through really tough times, you go God. 345 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 1: I learned a lot about myself because it's easy. What 346 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:53,639 Speaker 1: what makes like the Belichicks and the bezos Is and 347 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:59,440 Speaker 1: the Warren Buffets. I think such outliers is they're equally 348 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 1: if not or driven during successes. Most humans are the 349 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 1: most driven when kind of ship hits the fan, when 350 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:10,680 Speaker 1: your back is against the wall and you don't really 351 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:12,960 Speaker 1: have a choice and you just have to grind through 352 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 1: it and kind of come out on the other end. 353 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 1: And I'm a huge believer in that that you failure 354 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:24,119 Speaker 1: is not only good, but it is the best learning tool. 355 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:28,679 Speaker 1: Now it's not fun, right, uh for me? If like 356 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 1: Colin Coward goes, I'm I'm cutting off my partnership with Middlecoff. 357 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:38,199 Speaker 1: He's a loser. I'm never working with him again. And 358 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: he tweeted that out like that would suck right that 359 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:44,720 Speaker 1: that's a I have a public job, I guess so 360 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:48,479 Speaker 1: it was. Other people would see it when I got fired, 361 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 1: for example, And even even when I was a scout 362 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:54,920 Speaker 1: in the NFL and Chip Kelly came, no one knew 363 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:58,119 Speaker 1: the West Coast scout got fired. It was like it 364 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:00,280 Speaker 1: was like a line on a press release. No one 365 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:02,959 Speaker 1: gave a ship. But when I got fired in radio, 366 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 1: people like, what the hell, where's Middlecoff show? And it 367 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 1: was a public firing. Now I can't relate to being 368 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:13,840 Speaker 1: a head coach to being a player, to being anyone, 369 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,239 Speaker 1: quote unquote really famous. When you go through a really 370 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:19,480 Speaker 1: hard time, it's a very very public you know, divorce 371 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:23,639 Speaker 1: or your your struggles are just out there for everyone 372 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 1: to see. And nothing more than in football, right when 373 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:34,920 Speaker 1: a head coach or a quarterback struggles, it's a polarizing 374 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 1: time for that franchise. And for those two individuals, it's 375 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:41,440 Speaker 1: a tough time because they're the guys getting the most heat. 376 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 1: They also consistently get the most fame. Now, the coach 377 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:47,879 Speaker 1: doesn't necessarily get the most money the quarterback does, but 378 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:51,200 Speaker 1: you know, he's making eight to ten million dollars if 379 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:53,959 Speaker 1: he's a good, accomplished coach. And when you look at 380 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:57,720 Speaker 1: Carson Wentz and we look at Doug Peterson, Doug's accomplished more. 381 00:19:57,720 --> 00:19:59,359 Speaker 1: Obviously he was the head coach for a team that 382 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 1: won the Super Bowl. Now, Carson has had great moments 383 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:05,600 Speaker 1: in the NFL. Right in seventeen, he was on his 384 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 1: way to win the m v P. Got hurt. Uh 385 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 1: last year, coming back from back to back years injured, 386 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 1: you know, really turned it on towards the end of 387 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:16,679 Speaker 1: the season, helped carry the team to the playoffs. I 388 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 1: think we all acknowledge even though he's really struggling right now. 389 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 1: He's a he's a big time talent. But they're going 390 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:26,919 Speaker 1: through a a very rocky time right now in Philadelphia. 391 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:30,119 Speaker 1: It is just not working now. It's not all the 392 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 1: coaches fault, and it's not all the quarterbacks fault. You 393 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:36,120 Speaker 1: got injuries left and right to your offensive line. You're 394 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 1: running backs missed the first game, you got wide receivers 395 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 1: injured left and right. You now lose your tight end. 396 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:47,120 Speaker 1: It's it's tough, but I do believe because I got 397 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 1: news for Eagles fans. It's just people that are just 398 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:51,639 Speaker 1: kind of if you're a fan of the Cowboys or 399 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:53,560 Speaker 1: the Giants, kind of rooting for the Eagles to suck. 400 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:55,920 Speaker 1: It actually might get a little more difficult, and it 401 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 1: could get uglier. These next three weeks. They play the Niners, 402 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:03,200 Speaker 1: this Eelers, and the Ravens. So there is i'd say 403 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 1: a decent chance that they start oh five and one. 404 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:10,160 Speaker 1: They could play well these next three weeks and lose 405 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 1: all these games. You could argue, depending on who actually 406 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:16,440 Speaker 1: plays for the Niners, this is gonna be the easiest 407 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:19,879 Speaker 1: game this week of the three games, though it is 408 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:22,200 Speaker 1: a cute long travel and I do think the Niners 409 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:26,440 Speaker 1: are getting a ton of guys back. But here's the thing, 410 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 1: regardless what happens these next three weeks, Doug Peterson and 411 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 1: Carson Wentz are gonna learn a lot about each other 412 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 1: because they really, even last year, they were always alive. 413 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:40,160 Speaker 1: They knew they controlled their own destiny, and they ultimately 414 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 1: did and made the playoffs. And I know they lost 415 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 1: in the first round, but Carson got a concussion, and 416 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:48,879 Speaker 1: it was easy to just it was understandable. I mean, 417 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:51,280 Speaker 1: they had to play a backup quarterback who technically wasn't 418 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:54,200 Speaker 1: their backup quarterback, McCown, who was also like a football 419 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 1: coach for a high school, who tour you know, a 420 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:01,400 Speaker 1: muscle in the game and was on around, couldn't really run, 421 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:03,840 Speaker 1: couldn't move. I mean, it was just it was understandable 422 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 1: why they lost once Carson went out. Coming into this season, 423 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:10,240 Speaker 1: expectations high again pretty clear the division was gonna suck. 424 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 1: If you just win nine or ten games, it was 425 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 1: gonna be easy to cruise into the playoffs. Then all 426 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:15,640 Speaker 1: of a sudden you look up in your oh two 427 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 1: and one and and your quarterbacks look like shit. But listen, 428 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:22,480 Speaker 1: I'm a huge Philip Rivers guy. Well, not necessarily anymore, 429 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 1: but just to have a lot of respect for his career. 430 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:29,080 Speaker 1: He had some terrible seasons, and the mentally tough quarterbacks 431 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 1: in this league can go through a terrible year and 432 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:37,399 Speaker 1: bounce back. Now, Brady Manning, even Rogers don't have that 433 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:40,280 Speaker 1: many down years, but they are all time outliers. I mean, 434 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 1: those are the best quarterback of all time, a top 435 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:45,439 Speaker 1: five quarters, two top five quarterbacks of all time. Carson 436 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 1: Wentz was probably never gonna be that. If you're a 437 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:51,120 Speaker 1: top quarterback of all time, you know, somewhere between ten 438 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:54,040 Speaker 1: to thirty, let's say, you probably had some crappy years. 439 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:56,919 Speaker 1: It's football. It's hard. The other guys and the other 440 00:22:56,920 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 1: team get paid too. And I do believe that through 441 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 1: this adversity and through these potential upcoming losses, that these 442 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:08,480 Speaker 1: guys can learn something about themselves and whether that propels 443 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:10,399 Speaker 1: them in the second half of the season when they 444 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 1: play a lot more division games, or they just have 445 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,720 Speaker 1: a down year and they bounce back next year, it'll 446 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,960 Speaker 1: help them out. Now, it could also blow up and 447 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:22,680 Speaker 1: their relationship could really splinter and never be the same. 448 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 1: But they're not going anywhere. Carson Wentz is dead cap 449 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:29,840 Speaker 1: next year sixty million dollars, breaking news, he'll be on 450 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:34,200 Speaker 1: the team. Doug Peterson won the first Eagles Super Bowl 451 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 1: in franchise history. He's been at the playoffs the last 452 00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:42,440 Speaker 1: two years. He got a contract extension within the last year. 453 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,720 Speaker 1: He's going nowhere. So these guys are tied at the hip. 454 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 1: And this quote unquote adversity, these losses that they're going through, 455 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 1: this terrible offensive production, should if they kind of get 456 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:02,800 Speaker 1: together and utilize this time and make the most of it, 457 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 1: should help them out big picture. Now will it, I 458 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,960 Speaker 1: don't know, But here's what I do know. Doug Peterson 459 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:12,440 Speaker 1: has a history in this league of winning. As he's 460 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 1: been the head coach, the Eagles have consistently won. In 461 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:17,879 Speaker 1: one year, they won really big. The last couple of 462 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 1: years with a ton of injuries, they've been really competitive. 463 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 1: Now you can push back and say, well, they played 464 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:24,399 Speaker 1: in a shitty division, and that's kind of true, but 465 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:28,640 Speaker 1: they've taken advantage of the situation. I do believe that 466 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:32,119 Speaker 1: if this next three games gets away from him, it'll 467 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 1: probably be difficult to win the division. But given that 468 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 1: they're only a half game out of first place, you're 469 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:41,760 Speaker 1: never technically out of it. In the NFC East, I 470 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:45,640 Speaker 1: don't and I'm not just gonna write off this quarterback though, 471 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:47,439 Speaker 1: And I know Colin went on a rant how you 472 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 1: can't just quit on and that's everyone wants to back, 473 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:54,440 Speaker 1: you know, bench the player. You're not benching your franchise quarterback. 474 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 1: You're just gonna live through a down year. And hopefully 475 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 1: he can use these experiences to figure out what he 476 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:07,240 Speaker 1: has to do better, what makes him a better player, 477 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:11,440 Speaker 1: What when not to throw the ball to the other team, 478 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:15,440 Speaker 1: what situations he can push the envelope on a pass, 479 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:18,280 Speaker 1: and which ones he can. Now I'm not defending him 480 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 1: because I've watched all three of his games and his 481 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 1: the He threw one pick that I guess you could defend. 482 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:26,760 Speaker 1: It was tipped to the line in the Bengal game, 483 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:31,359 Speaker 1: but the second pick was awful. It was terrible. He 484 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 1: threw a pick in the Rams game in the red 485 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:37,440 Speaker 1: zone which was atrocious. So he has to be better. 486 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 1: But sometimes to get better, you have to hit rock bottom. 487 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:42,920 Speaker 1: And he'd be like, well he hit rock bottom before, 488 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:45,399 Speaker 1: Well he was. I think he'd look at it and 489 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 1: just go I was hurt, I was playing well. Now 490 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 1: his place stinks, and there's this elephant in the room 491 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 1: with Nick Foles, And I do think the Eagles probably 492 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,399 Speaker 1: benefit from no fans being around because the full starts 493 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 1: winning with the Bears. It's hard to shake that the 494 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,840 Speaker 1: guy that actually won the Super Bowl for the Eagles 495 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 1: is now on this other team, and then he just 496 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:06,679 Speaker 1: miraculously won a game last week, and who knows. The 497 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 1: Bears are just pretty equipped because they got a good 498 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:12,000 Speaker 1: defense and good skill guys that why wouldn't they keep winning. 499 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:14,399 Speaker 1: There's that that kind of elephant in the room. But 500 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:17,560 Speaker 1: that guy's not coming back. He's the Bears quarterback. Carson 501 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:19,719 Speaker 1: Wentz is your quarterback if you're the Eagles. So if 502 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:21,960 Speaker 1: you're an Eagle fan, you just have to hope that 503 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 1: he learned something from this. I know most of us, 504 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 1: I'm sure many people listening go, yeah, I've learned a 505 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:31,400 Speaker 1: lot from my lowest moments in my career. Right the 506 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 1: times that I've screwed up the most is when I've 507 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:37,520 Speaker 1: battled back and kind of got the train back on 508 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:40,120 Speaker 1: the tracks. And that, to me, is the only way 509 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:42,040 Speaker 1: if you want to be optimistic with Wentz, that you 510 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:45,480 Speaker 1: have to look at it. I think we've all noticed, 511 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:51,520 Speaker 1: whether you watch the bubble, whether you've watched these baseball playoffs, 512 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:57,160 Speaker 1: whether you've watched the majors in golf, and clearly when 513 00:26:57,160 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 1: you're watching football the NFL or college football having no 514 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:09,400 Speaker 1: fans has an enormous impact. A huge part of collegiate 515 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:14,919 Speaker 1: and definitely pro sports are a large number of people. 516 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:19,159 Speaker 1: Whether it's basketball you know twenty thousand, whether it's baseball, 517 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:25,240 Speaker 1: whether it's football, se College a hundred did have a 518 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:29,679 Speaker 1: major impact on the game. If you go play Penn 519 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:32,919 Speaker 1: State or Michigan, there are a lot of people rooting 520 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:36,280 Speaker 1: against you. If you go play the Seattle Seahawks, where 521 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:40,360 Speaker 1: you go play the New Orleans Saints, those places are 522 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 1: fucking loud, and anyone that's ever been to a baseball 523 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:51,119 Speaker 1: playoff game knows it feels like the sec underrated event 524 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:55,480 Speaker 1: to ever attend Major League Baseball playoff game. They're badass. 525 00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:59,360 Speaker 1: They're just the whole places on tilt every pitch. It's sweet. 526 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:04,119 Speaker 1: I've end up countless playoff games, nlcs is in World 527 00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:08,000 Speaker 1: Series games. They're they're badass. They really just go for 528 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:12,199 Speaker 1: the atmosphere. Have some beers it's awesome. You impact the 529 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:16,760 Speaker 1: game because the people on the field are humans. Now, 530 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,280 Speaker 1: the sport that it impacts the game, I would say 531 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:23,280 Speaker 1: the most would be football and basketball. Historically. In basketball, 532 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:26,960 Speaker 1: in the in the NBA playoffs, role players play better 533 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:30,080 Speaker 1: at home, right, you're not getting screamed at. But in 534 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:35,359 Speaker 1: football it actually impacts the sport, right the quarterback trying 535 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:38,840 Speaker 1: to uh. I mean Aaron Rodgers and my partner on 536 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 1: the other podcast, Guy, I wasn't really thinking about it live. 537 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,400 Speaker 1: I was kind of just, you know, eating dinner, watched 538 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:46,720 Speaker 1: the game in the background. Aaron Rodgers is hard counting 539 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 1: the Saints on the road, like that's just not happening. 540 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:53,400 Speaker 1: Greasy talked about it on the Monday Night Game of 541 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:57,280 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes just on the road in Baltimore. It's just quiet, 542 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:00,080 Speaker 1: So it's not normal. Now, I'm not everyone's play and 543 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,040 Speaker 1: by the same rules, so it's like I'm not holding 544 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:05,600 Speaker 1: it against everybody. But I think we'd all acknowledge that 545 00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:11,080 Speaker 1: this is the sports different. An underrated part though, that 546 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:14,440 Speaker 1: I think it's different in a way that wouldn't necessarily 547 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 1: impact performance, but would definitely impact management and the way 548 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:22,040 Speaker 1: the team has covered and talked about by the fans 549 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:26,960 Speaker 1: is the environment for the shitty teams. Have you ever 550 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:29,040 Speaker 1: been and I've been to a couple of Raider and 551 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 1: Niner games when they were drafting in the top five 552 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:36,400 Speaker 1: like teams in the second half when they were god awful, 553 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:41,640 Speaker 1: the crowd and the Raiders probably worse than Niners because 554 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:43,280 Speaker 1: Niners were in Levi so they kind of had a 555 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:47,440 Speaker 1: higher end consumer there. The Raider fan at Colosseum, it 556 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:51,840 Speaker 1: got pretty edgy, and rightfully so, getting booed piste off. 557 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 1: Two teams right now, to me that benefit dramatically from 558 00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:02,960 Speaker 1: not having fans to impact ownership, to impact management are 559 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:06,640 Speaker 1: the Jets and the Giants. Can you imagine some of 560 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:09,840 Speaker 1: the signs, some of the pictures that would go viral 561 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:15,040 Speaker 1: of bags overheads, the consistent booing that would go on 562 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:20,400 Speaker 1: at just throughout this season for those two teams the Mecca, 563 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:24,200 Speaker 1: right they call it the Mecca, and their two football 564 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:28,600 Speaker 1: teams are got awful. I think two other teams that 565 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:30,520 Speaker 1: you know are kind of flying under the radar that 566 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:33,240 Speaker 1: would be ugly. I mean obviously the Eagles, I mean 567 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:35,760 Speaker 1: that tie to the Bengals that their fans would have 568 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:38,400 Speaker 1: been there would have been really ugly, and depending on 569 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:41,120 Speaker 1: how the Cowboys start playing that, I think that place 570 00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:43,680 Speaker 1: would turn on them a little bit. So when you 571 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:46,880 Speaker 1: suck like it's one thing you're getting yelled at by 572 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:49,160 Speaker 1: your coaches, you don't have to get booed. There's no 573 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:52,400 Speaker 1: one booing you like that. That there is to me 574 00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:56,480 Speaker 1: a benefit there of Obviously, the Chiefs and the Ravens 575 00:30:56,480 --> 00:31:00,440 Speaker 1: in Seattle, like their places would be going berserk. But 576 00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:04,200 Speaker 1: the Jets, the Giants, the struggling Eagles, like, they don't 577 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:07,520 Speaker 1: have to get booed right now, there's nothing just crickets, 578 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:14,000 Speaker 1: So an unattended consequence this season for the bad teams, 579 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:17,840 Speaker 1: it's actually a little easier to suck. You just do 580 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:21,120 Speaker 1: your press conference on zoom and go home. You don't 581 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:23,440 Speaker 1: actually need to face anybody in person, and you definitely 582 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:25,640 Speaker 1: don't need to look at any fans that have paid 583 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:28,080 Speaker 1: their hard earned dollar, because anyone that's been to an 584 00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:33,880 Speaker 1: NFL game knows those tickets are not cheap. Those tickets 585 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:37,240 Speaker 1: are not cheap at all. You don't have to hear anything. 586 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:39,840 Speaker 1: You just get to pack up, suck and go home. 587 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 1: When I was on the road as a scout and 588 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 1: I was always just you kind of were eating out 589 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,680 Speaker 1: of your car. You know. I was always pretty good 590 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:50,640 Speaker 1: at working out. I've always you know, I'm one of 591 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:53,840 Speaker 1: those kind of fat guys that just has to work 592 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:57,800 Speaker 1: out so I'm not really fat. And uh, I enjoy 593 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,200 Speaker 1: working out like I'm never gonna have a six pack 594 00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:02,080 Speaker 1: or anything. I do it more. I just I feel 595 00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:05,280 Speaker 1: good and I think better when I work out. You know. 596 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:07,920 Speaker 1: I try to work out six or seven times a week, 597 00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:09,840 Speaker 1: and a lot of that is just hour on the 598 00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:13,400 Speaker 1: treadmill or whatever, throwing a podcast, watch a game. You know, 599 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:16,800 Speaker 1: the technology is incredible right now because of the coronavirus 600 00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:19,760 Speaker 1: my gym that shut down, I ordered a bike, go 601 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:22,680 Speaker 1: running outside, or it just helps me, helps me mentally 602 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:25,840 Speaker 1: feel better, it helps me think clear, and it just 603 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:28,080 Speaker 1: I'm able to sleep at night. That's really what I 604 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:30,800 Speaker 1: do it for. Not not to like look great with 605 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:34,400 Speaker 1: my shirt off. Never have, never will. But I always 606 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:36,000 Speaker 1: try to eat healthy when I was on the road, 607 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:40,280 Speaker 1: or at least healthier, and McDonald's I found had some 608 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:44,840 Speaker 1: sneaky healthy options, especially for breakfast. They as the coffee 609 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:47,280 Speaker 1: craze really took off over the last fifteen years, they 610 00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:50,120 Speaker 1: really adapted when I was growing up, when you thought 611 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:53,720 Speaker 1: McDonald's it was just like Big Max chicken nuggets, just 612 00:32:53,880 --> 00:33:00,840 Speaker 1: dirty eating. I'd say, Now they got something for everybody. Salad, coffee, burgers, raps, 613 00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:03,040 Speaker 1: you name it. They got it all that they are 614 00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:06,720 Speaker 1: equipped for two thousand and twenty. I've always marveled about 615 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:12,560 Speaker 1: how well McDonald's adapted as the time's changed. Right, you think, like, 616 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,840 Speaker 1: maybe I don't frequent these joints anymore, but like I 617 00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:20,080 Speaker 1: don't feel like Carl's Jr. Or Or Jack in the 618 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:23,920 Speaker 1: Box have And maybe I'm wrong, but to me, McDonald's 619 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:26,760 Speaker 1: was always at the forefront of being the first to adapt. 620 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:30,760 Speaker 1: That's why I think they consistently kick everyone's ass. And 621 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:33,320 Speaker 1: I'm still a fan. I like their coffee. They got 622 00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:35,400 Speaker 1: great little vanilla cream. If you if you're ever just 623 00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:38,320 Speaker 1: on the road, like you see a Starbucks, you see McDonald's. 624 00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:40,240 Speaker 1: Like sometimes it's McDonald's coffee. I just go there and 625 00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:44,360 Speaker 1: get coffee. I've done it, do it all the time. Actually, uh, 626 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:46,520 Speaker 1: there's not a McDonald's really that close to me, but 627 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:49,000 Speaker 1: if there was, I'd probably go there three or four 628 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:52,440 Speaker 1: times a week just to get coffee. Well after the debate, 629 00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:56,520 Speaker 1: the other night, which I'm sure most people listening probably watched. 630 00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,040 Speaker 1: It was just it was a lot to take in, 631 00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:02,120 Speaker 1: you know. It's just as a huge fan of America, 632 00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:05,360 Speaker 1: I was like, God, damn, you know, is this this 633 00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:08,640 Speaker 1: what we've come to? Like this is my dad would 634 00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:10,800 Speaker 1: be like turnover in his grave. Like it was a 635 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:16,040 Speaker 1: rough night for the United States of America. And I'm like, 636 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:18,320 Speaker 1: I need to watch something else. So once it ends, 637 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:21,080 Speaker 1: I'm flipping around the channels and I stumble on the 638 00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:26,560 Speaker 1: Alabama game and Alabama played Missouri, and I start watching it, 639 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:29,399 Speaker 1: and they just kicked the ship out of them. I mean, 640 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:34,880 Speaker 1: their quarterback looks awesome. Waddle number seventeen looks fantastic. Uh Smith, 641 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:37,440 Speaker 1: the guy that returned with Waddle. I mean, they looked 642 00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:42,120 Speaker 1: it looked unreal. But they look so much different. And 643 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:44,319 Speaker 1: really they have the last couple of years than they 644 00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:49,040 Speaker 1: did a decade ago. Nick Saban adapted and changed with 645 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:51,759 Speaker 1: the times better than I think he gets credit for. 646 00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:55,520 Speaker 1: I'm watching him Starks his offensive coordinator. They have a 647 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:59,080 Speaker 1: spread offense. They have all these small linebackers that can 648 00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:02,400 Speaker 1: run and cover. I go, this looks like nothing of 649 00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:04,880 Speaker 1: the team that seven eight years ago beat the crap 650 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:06,880 Speaker 1: out of Notre Dame with a bunch of two d 651 00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:10,480 Speaker 1: fifty pound middle linebackers, multiple tight ends, slam it down 652 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:13,839 Speaker 1: your throat starks going four or five wide, putting wide 653 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:18,160 Speaker 1: receivers in the backfield. I'm like, does any guy adapt better? 654 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,960 Speaker 1: Nick Saban? But not quite get enough credit because he's 655 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:23,560 Speaker 1: like Nick Saban, this old school guy. I don't really 656 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:26,400 Speaker 1: know how old school Nick Saban is. He'll do anything 657 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,760 Speaker 1: it takes to win. He'll just change with the times. 658 00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:33,880 Speaker 1: I mean they they his first big recruit was Julio Jones. 659 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:37,240 Speaker 1: But I'd say up until the last three or four years, 660 00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:40,680 Speaker 1: maybe a Marii Cooper and even a Marie Cooper, like 661 00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,880 Speaker 1: wasn't playing with four or five other NFL guys. They 662 00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:49,160 Speaker 1: weren't viewed as like some Oklahoma level pumping out wide receivers. 663 00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:52,920 Speaker 1: Right it felt like they had one guy. Now I 664 00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:55,080 Speaker 1: watched them the last several years, and they had a 665 00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:56,840 Speaker 1: couple of young guys make plays in that games, like 666 00:35:56,880 --> 00:35:59,239 Speaker 1: how many sweet wide receivers they have? And then they 667 00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:03,120 Speaker 1: got this quarterback Mac Jones. Everyone's blowing to uh and rightfully, 668 00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:05,680 Speaker 1: so you went fifth in the draft. I got news 669 00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:07,680 Speaker 1: for you. Keep an eye on Mac Jones. Sure looks 670 00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:10,680 Speaker 1: like a first rounder to me. So now he's turned 671 00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:15,600 Speaker 1: the program from a defensive first big huge guys, slam 672 00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:19,239 Speaker 1: it down your throat run game to producing NFL quarterbacks, 673 00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:24,000 Speaker 1: NFL whiteouts, and spread offenses. Like if McDonald's just rolled 674 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,640 Speaker 1: out burgers in two thousand and twenty, they would not 675 00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:30,400 Speaker 1: make as much money, but they got salads, they got wraps, 676 00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:33,400 Speaker 1: and they definitely got coffee. I highly recommend changing it. 677 00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:36,120 Speaker 1: Like I'm watching Nick Saban and I go he's like 678 00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:40,120 Speaker 1: a mixture of Oklahoma, you know, meets what they used 679 00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:43,040 Speaker 1: to be, meets what you need to be. Now it's 680 00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:47,080 Speaker 1: perfect and it works and their team. Also, here's the 681 00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:51,319 Speaker 1: other thing. And I'm telling you, in like six eight, 682 00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:55,319 Speaker 1: twelve months, when society gets really back on track and 683 00:36:56,239 --> 00:36:59,719 Speaker 1: the coronavirus is just gone in the sense of we 684 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:02,440 Speaker 1: don't need to like wear masks everywhere we go, whenever 685 00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:07,040 Speaker 1: that ends, they're gonna be people that crush it and 686 00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:09,040 Speaker 1: everyone's gonna be like, oh, this guy just got so 687 00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:11,880 Speaker 1: lucky right place right time. I'm telling you, people are 688 00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:14,879 Speaker 1: putting in the work the last six months, they will 689 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:20,120 Speaker 1: be ready to strike when things open up and and 690 00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:24,000 Speaker 1: we get back to a normal society and everyone will 691 00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:26,800 Speaker 1: be like, oh, the guy just got lucky, fell into it. Bullshit, 692 00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:29,799 Speaker 1: he he has worked his ass off. I know so 693 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:31,799 Speaker 1: many people did you have just said the guy I've 694 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:35,759 Speaker 1: worked harder than I ever have over the coronavirus. And 695 00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:37,239 Speaker 1: I think a lot of those people are gonna just 696 00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:38,960 Speaker 1: be put like, oh, I just he fell into this. 697 00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:41,319 Speaker 1: You know, he got this great deal because you know 698 00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:44,279 Speaker 1: so and so the market tank to No. He he 699 00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:46,319 Speaker 1: was poised and he was ready and he had got 700 00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:49,319 Speaker 1: his ducks in a row. Well, I'm watching Alabama going 701 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:53,000 Speaker 1: you think the coronavirus through saving for a loop. Hell no, 702 00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:57,360 Speaker 1: he stays locked and loaded. He could coach in the coronavirus, 703 00:37:57,600 --> 00:37:59,919 Speaker 1: he could coach in the Spanish flu. He could coach 704 00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:03,480 Speaker 1: in two thousand eighteen. We got no issues. It doesn't matter. 705 00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:07,000 Speaker 1: Like I'm watching Bama going that they could play in 706 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:13,239 Speaker 1: a pandemic, they could play anything, anytime, anywhere, and they're 707 00:38:13,239 --> 00:38:18,080 Speaker 1: gonna be ready to roll. I was just baffed, Like, listen, 708 00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:20,360 Speaker 1: obviously they got really good players, and they're better in Missouri, 709 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:24,440 Speaker 1: but the level of focus and execution that they had 710 00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:30,960 Speaker 1: coming out of Just Game one was pretty eye opening. Again, 711 00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:34,680 Speaker 1: expected them to be good, but to watch them just 712 00:38:34,719 --> 00:38:36,760 Speaker 1: within a blink of an ib up twenty eight nothing 713 00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:41,719 Speaker 1: and the execution, the tackling, the physicality, the speed, like 714 00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:46,120 Speaker 1: this is a Nick Saban operation. And the best people 715 00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:49,080 Speaker 1: that the most talented people, the most driven people, and 716 00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:53,000 Speaker 1: the most focused people are the people running circles around everyone. 717 00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:57,160 Speaker 1: Remember six months ago, the media said, everyone shut it down, 718 00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:00,920 Speaker 1: just watch Netflix for the next twelve month, don't do anything, 719 00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:03,880 Speaker 1: and us normal people are like, wow, we got bills 720 00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:06,560 Speaker 1: to pay, we gotta keep working. That's not really feasible. 721 00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:09,399 Speaker 1: And they're like, just shut it down Netflix and Chill. 722 00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:13,160 Speaker 1: I would imagine Nick Saban did not Nextflix and Chill 723 00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:16,839 Speaker 1: one day. Think about this, your competition, whatever you're doing 724 00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:20,719 Speaker 1: over the last six months, if you've got corners, don't 725 00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:23,160 Speaker 1: be surprised if that guy hasn't and he takes a 726 00:39:23,239 --> 00:39:25,200 Speaker 1: market share. And if you're the guy that I if 727 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:28,160 Speaker 1: your competition cut corners and you haven't, you're gonna pounce 728 00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:31,720 Speaker 1: and you'll steal market share, you'll steal some of his business, 729 00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:36,239 Speaker 1: and you'll ultimately win. Because everything Nick Saban could have 730 00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:39,080 Speaker 1: done over the last six months. Everything humanly possible, he 731 00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:41,719 Speaker 1: was allowed, He did it, and I think you'll see 732 00:39:41,719 --> 00:39:43,680 Speaker 1: in that. Why do you think Belichick has a skip 733 00:39:43,719 --> 00:39:46,480 Speaker 1: to beat? Why do you think Andy Reid came they 734 00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:47,880 Speaker 1: just want a Super Bowl? I think he rested on 735 00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:50,520 Speaker 1: his laurels. You think he just Netflix and chilled all 736 00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:54,680 Speaker 1: summer even though you couldn't practice or anything. Hell no, 737 00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:56,920 Speaker 1: you think that Andy Reid when they just played the 738 00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,120 Speaker 1: Ravens on Monday Night. You think the first time he 739 00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:01,920 Speaker 1: ever watched the raven was last week? Because I got 740 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:06,959 Speaker 1: news for you. I'll bet thousands of dollars Andy spent 741 00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:10,000 Speaker 1: a week on his own over this offseason getting ready 742 00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:14,239 Speaker 1: for that game, if not two weeks, if not, put 743 00:40:14,239 --> 00:40:17,120 Speaker 1: it part of his weekly calendar for a month. Like 744 00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:21,560 Speaker 1: these guys, the elites, it doesn't matter what the situation is, 745 00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:24,920 Speaker 1: what the circumstances are, that they stay locked and loaded, 746 00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:27,319 Speaker 1: because you never know when it just goes okay, we're opening, 747 00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:30,479 Speaker 1: ready to go, open for business, Okay, game this week 748 00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:35,120 Speaker 1: go just we don't control it. We we've learned that 749 00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:38,440 Speaker 1: in two thousand twenty. But if you don't stay ready, 750 00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:42,359 Speaker 1: and Nick Saban clearly stays ready, you're gonna get, You're 751 00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:46,560 Speaker 1: gonna lose, you know, in life on the field, it's 752 00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:51,920 Speaker 1: just it's just the reality of the world we're in. Okay, 753 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:55,160 Speaker 1: let's dive into three for the money and not to gloat. 754 00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:58,880 Speaker 1: Six and three on the season. So you know, if 755 00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:01,760 Speaker 1: you're bet in a hundred dollars game six and three, 756 00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:03,520 Speaker 1: you would have made six. You would be up three 757 00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:07,640 Speaker 1: hundred dollars. Not bad, tip my hat. It's pretty good. 758 00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:10,600 Speaker 1: The only bad part is I haven't bet on all 759 00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:12,160 Speaker 1: these games that I've been given out. I've been on 760 00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:14,040 Speaker 1: some of them, but I also bet on games I 761 00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:15,880 Speaker 1: didn't even believe it, and I've lost. If I just 762 00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:21,279 Speaker 1: followed my own advice, I never lose. Uh. This week, though, 763 00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:26,040 Speaker 1: I feel pretty good because I've taken a philosophy and 764 00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:28,799 Speaker 1: we we've done this on my other podcast, Hebrminum middle Coff. 765 00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:32,760 Speaker 1: We we each threw in some money and we bet 766 00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:35,719 Speaker 1: one game a week. We have a philosophy which we 767 00:41:35,719 --> 00:41:38,760 Speaker 1: we bet like two d fifty dollars on one game 768 00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:41,080 Speaker 1: week one, and that's all we were putting into the pot, 769 00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:44,680 Speaker 1: and whatever we won, we were going to If we 770 00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:47,200 Speaker 1: lost week one, we were done. And we're just gonna 771 00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:49,200 Speaker 1: see how long we can go. Well, we we've won 772 00:41:49,239 --> 00:41:52,000 Speaker 1: three weeks in a row. And our philosophy was simple, 773 00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:56,960 Speaker 1: anytime we could get a playoff team against a team 774 00:41:57,000 --> 00:42:00,560 Speaker 1: that drafting in the top probably five or six, we 775 00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:02,879 Speaker 1: were gonna take it every time, no matter what else 776 00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:06,160 Speaker 1: was on the board. And week one we did Pittsburgh 777 00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:09,319 Speaker 1: against the Giants, win. The last two weeks we've done 778 00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:12,920 Speaker 1: Niners against the Jets and the Giants win win. I 779 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:15,759 Speaker 1: don't think Vegas has done a good job of understanding 780 00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:19,840 Speaker 1: just how shitty some of these teams are. The impact 781 00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:23,359 Speaker 1: of really good teams with no fans. So any time 782 00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:26,440 Speaker 1: that I can get a playoff team, a double digit 783 00:42:26,480 --> 00:42:32,000 Speaker 1: win team against the Jets against the Giants, uh, those 784 00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:34,640 Speaker 1: are my two main culprits. I'm gonna throw Washington the 785 00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:37,799 Speaker 1: Redskins in there as well, and I'm gonna bet against him. 786 00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:42,680 Speaker 1: So here are my three bets, starting with the Rams 787 00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:47,040 Speaker 1: hosting the Giants. Now the line is thirteam. I don't care. 788 00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:50,200 Speaker 1: As you saw last week, the Rams are potent. They're 789 00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:53,440 Speaker 1: gonna win ten plus games. They have an elite offense, 790 00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:57,560 Speaker 1: they have the best defensive player in football. They're coming 791 00:42:57,560 --> 00:43:01,160 Speaker 1: off a loss, they're gonna be piste off. And the 792 00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:05,239 Speaker 1: Giants aren't just bad, they're awful. Their quarterback stinks, their 793 00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:09,200 Speaker 1: offense stinks, their defense is worse. Nick Mullins just through 794 00:43:09,239 --> 00:43:11,759 Speaker 1: for three yards on them. I could not like the 795 00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:16,520 Speaker 1: Rams anymore. In this game. I'm taking the Ravens minus 796 00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:19,800 Speaker 1: thirteen against the Redskins. Like I said, my philosophy simple. 797 00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:23,920 Speaker 1: When I can get top teams against really crappy teams 798 00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:25,960 Speaker 1: that are gonna be drafting in the top five, I'm 799 00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:28,880 Speaker 1: gonna hammer it. I like Ron Rivera, but you know 800 00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:31,240 Speaker 1: I don't. I don't. I've never believed in Dwayne Haskins 801 00:43:31,840 --> 00:43:33,279 Speaker 1: word it is. I don't know if he does either. 802 00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:36,759 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna take the Ravens minus thirteen coming off 803 00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:42,600 Speaker 1: a loss, an embarrassing loss. I like John Harbaugh with 804 00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:44,960 Speaker 1: a team that is really good. Are they as good 805 00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:47,040 Speaker 1: as the Chiefs? No? Do I think they're gonna win 806 00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:49,279 Speaker 1: in the playoffs? No, I don't do. I think they're 807 00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:52,959 Speaker 1: gonna kick the living ship out of the Washington football team. 808 00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:55,440 Speaker 1: That I do. I might have called him the uh 809 00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:57,279 Speaker 1: that other word that I guess you're not supposed to 810 00:43:57,280 --> 00:43:58,960 Speaker 1: call him anymore. So I'll just call him the Washington 811 00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:01,960 Speaker 1: football team. I don't really I can't keep up with everything. 812 00:44:02,719 --> 00:44:06,160 Speaker 1: Um love the Ravens and love the Ramps. I mean 813 00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:09,520 Speaker 1: I couldn't love any of those two games anymore. If 814 00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:11,799 Speaker 1: you parlay those two games, you can almost get three 815 00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:15,839 Speaker 1: to one odds. I plan on doing that my last game. 816 00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:18,040 Speaker 1: This was tough. I kind of like the Bears getting 817 00:44:18,040 --> 00:44:19,920 Speaker 1: some points at home. Big Dick Nick hard to bet 818 00:44:19,920 --> 00:44:23,800 Speaker 1: against his He just Foles has some special magic. Don't 819 00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:28,759 Speaker 1: hate that game, Uh, Cowboys Browns was intriguing, But I 820 00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:31,320 Speaker 1: think I'm gonna go against the Bills, a playoff team, 821 00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:34,799 Speaker 1: and the Raiders, who listen, they kick the crap out 822 00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:36,880 Speaker 1: of the Saints. Turns out the Saints might not be 823 00:44:36,960 --> 00:44:39,960 Speaker 1: that good, and the Raiders are missing a guy that 824 00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:43,440 Speaker 1: makes their offense go in Henry Rugs. Brian Edwards, their 825 00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:46,239 Speaker 1: other wide receiver, is not gonna play this week. They've 826 00:44:46,239 --> 00:44:48,640 Speaker 1: had a bunch of other injuries. Their middle linebacker has 827 00:44:48,719 --> 00:44:51,040 Speaker 1: been banged up, Trent Brown has been banged up. They're 828 00:44:51,080 --> 00:44:54,319 Speaker 1: starting corner. The rookie Damon our Nette is out now 829 00:44:54,360 --> 00:44:56,600 Speaker 1: with a thumb injury. He already had a broken thumb 830 00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:58,759 Speaker 1: but he reinjured it last week. They just have a 831 00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:01,600 Speaker 1: ton of injuries. The Bills have a top notch defense, 832 00:45:01,680 --> 00:45:04,279 Speaker 1: a top notch coach, and a quarterback who's playing just 833 00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:06,799 Speaker 1: out of his mind. Now, I don't like this game 834 00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:09,120 Speaker 1: as much as the other two, but I'm just gonna 835 00:45:09,120 --> 00:45:11,440 Speaker 1: stick with my philosophy. A playoff level team against a 836 00:45:11,440 --> 00:45:14,239 Speaker 1: team like now. I think the Raiders, if healthy, are 837 00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:16,720 Speaker 1: competing for a wild card spot. With all these injuries, 838 00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:19,160 Speaker 1: they're not a wild card team, so I can get 839 00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:21,680 Speaker 1: three points. The Bills are coming off a win but 840 00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:24,479 Speaker 1: still like enough for mcdermock can get on them because 841 00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:26,680 Speaker 1: the game turned out to be close right in the 842 00:45:26,680 --> 00:45:28,759 Speaker 1: second half when they came storming back to me. A 843 00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:31,439 Speaker 1: big reason for that is no fans. The place would 844 00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:34,680 Speaker 1: have been going bananas. So I'm going Rams minus thirteen, 845 00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:39,680 Speaker 1: Ravens minus thirteen, Bills minus three. And I don't love 846 00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:44,080 Speaker 1: taking all huge favorites, but in two thousand twenty, I 847 00:45:44,120 --> 00:45:46,440 Speaker 1: think this is stealing again. I'm six and three, so 848 00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:50,880 Speaker 1: riding the hot hand, baby. Okay, let's uh, let's do 849 00:45:50,880 --> 00:45:55,080 Speaker 1: a little Middleoff mail bag at John Middlecoff. He is 850 00:45:55,120 --> 00:45:57,480 Speaker 1: the Instagram you guys know the deal by now come 851 00:45:57,520 --> 00:46:00,000 Speaker 1: in the d m S and uh we'll answer questions 852 00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:06,800 Speaker 1: pretty pretty easy, pretty basic. Let's roll from Carson not Wentz. Alright, 853 00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:09,080 Speaker 1: So this may be a goofy question, but it's something 854 00:46:09,120 --> 00:46:12,160 Speaker 1: I've noticed throughout these couple past weeks of the season, 855 00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:14,600 Speaker 1: and I'm convinced it's the real thing. Throughout some of 856 00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:17,840 Speaker 1: these games, you see quarterbacks and coach smiling on the 857 00:46:17,880 --> 00:46:20,760 Speaker 1: field and sidelines as they're calling plays as a result 858 00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:24,080 Speaker 1: of huge games. I've noticed it with Mahomes, Rogers, Gruden 859 00:46:24,360 --> 00:46:26,600 Speaker 1: because it doesn't wear a mask. Oh well, but my 860 00:46:26,680 --> 00:46:29,920 Speaker 1: question is that's a funny joke. But my question is 861 00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:32,560 Speaker 1: do you think the reason offense has been so potent 862 00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:35,880 Speaker 1: this season is because the lack of fans adding more security, stability, 863 00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:38,719 Speaker 1: and complexity to every team's offense. Love the pod. I 864 00:46:38,760 --> 00:46:40,880 Speaker 1: think you provide some of the realist football content in 865 00:46:40,920 --> 00:46:45,839 Speaker 1: the biss Appreciated Dog. Uh yeah, I mean I think 866 00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:49,399 Speaker 1: the offense, as I talked about earlier, is at such well. 867 00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:51,520 Speaker 1: The bad teams have an advantage with no fans because 868 00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:55,920 Speaker 1: they're not getting booed. The offenses are at such an advantage. 869 00:46:56,560 --> 00:47:01,280 Speaker 1: Road offenses are always at a disadvantage actually in New Orleans, 870 00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:06,359 Speaker 1: Kansas City, Seattle, Baltimore, New England, any of these places. 871 00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:08,760 Speaker 1: We say, I saw it last year with Levi Stadium 872 00:47:08,760 --> 00:47:11,239 Speaker 1: for the first time I ever got really loud. It's 873 00:47:11,280 --> 00:47:14,719 Speaker 1: just it doesn't exist that there is no noise. So 874 00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:17,879 Speaker 1: I I think it's like it's the NFL. But it's 875 00:47:17,960 --> 00:47:21,200 Speaker 1: as close you get is seven on seven as you're 876 00:47:21,239 --> 00:47:26,040 Speaker 1: gonna see on Sunday. So yeah, man, it's uh. I 877 00:47:26,080 --> 00:47:27,960 Speaker 1: think they're smiling because they know it ain't fair. They 878 00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:30,480 Speaker 1: know they can't hit them, they know that they can 879 00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:32,879 Speaker 1: take advantage of the defenses of the line of scrimmage. 880 00:47:33,320 --> 00:47:36,920 Speaker 1: It's just it's wild Patriots fan here. With how successful 881 00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:39,200 Speaker 1: the CAM experiment has been in New England, what are 882 00:47:39,239 --> 00:47:41,680 Speaker 1: the chances he gets his extension this offseason or at 883 00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:44,879 Speaker 1: least one more year in the franchise Tag, I think 884 00:47:44,920 --> 00:47:47,200 Speaker 1: we jumped to conclusions a lot with a lot of 885 00:47:47,200 --> 00:47:49,480 Speaker 1: people like, what do you think about Lamar's contract extension? 886 00:47:49,640 --> 00:47:53,239 Speaker 1: Like Lamar's contract extension was a rush. Now that there 887 00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:55,759 Speaker 1: is a little rush with Cam just because it's a 888 00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:58,040 Speaker 1: one year deal. But like you said, you can franchise, Tag, 889 00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:01,080 Speaker 1: I would imagine that number be pretty big next year. 890 00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:04,600 Speaker 1: We're only in week three. They got the Chiefs. Let's 891 00:48:04,600 --> 00:48:07,280 Speaker 1: see how he looks against the Bills. You got time. 892 00:48:07,400 --> 00:48:09,839 Speaker 1: Let's just let's just see it play out. I think 893 00:48:09,880 --> 00:48:12,239 Speaker 1: everyone rushes to we gotta pay this guy. We gotta 894 00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:14,520 Speaker 1: pay this guy. Yeah, if your name is Patrick Mahomes, 895 00:48:14,680 --> 00:48:17,200 Speaker 1: if your name is anything else. Oh wait, remember we 896 00:48:17,239 --> 00:48:20,319 Speaker 1: gotta pay Deak. We gotta pay Dak. Do we or can't? 897 00:48:20,360 --> 00:48:23,360 Speaker 1: We just see how Doc looks. Let's just let's just 898 00:48:23,360 --> 00:48:26,759 Speaker 1: take our time. So Cam's unique because he's just not 899 00:48:26,840 --> 00:48:29,200 Speaker 1: a one year deal. I I just I don't think 900 00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:32,640 Speaker 1: you need to make any determinations now. Just let it 901 00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:36,879 Speaker 1: play out. See how he keeps playing. Uh yeah, that 902 00:48:36,880 --> 00:48:40,000 Speaker 1: that to me would be my philosophy. And that's clearly Belichick, 903 00:48:40,040 --> 00:48:43,759 Speaker 1: who's the most patient negotiator ever. What are your parameters 904 00:48:43,760 --> 00:48:46,879 Speaker 1: for sports betting? What is the best advice of how 905 00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:50,319 Speaker 1: to avoid trap games and bets? One thing I've done 906 00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:52,640 Speaker 1: in two thousand twenty and I've made more money in 907 00:48:52,680 --> 00:48:55,120 Speaker 1: a four week span than i have in like three years, 908 00:48:55,160 --> 00:48:58,280 Speaker 1: just because I'm not making stupid bets. Talked about it earlier. 909 00:48:58,280 --> 00:49:01,719 Speaker 1: I'm just betting on against bad teams, and I'm looking 910 00:49:01,760 --> 00:49:04,920 Speaker 1: for value. I'm betting on good teams against really shitty teams. 911 00:49:05,360 --> 00:49:07,120 Speaker 1: I try to stay away from two teams that are 912 00:49:07,120 --> 00:49:09,760 Speaker 1: evenly matched. Like I want to bet on the Bears 913 00:49:09,760 --> 00:49:12,120 Speaker 1: this week, and I might, but like them playing the 914 00:49:12,520 --> 00:49:16,200 Speaker 1: Colts is a true coin flip game, right, Like the 915 00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:19,080 Speaker 1: Chiefs Kansas City. That's risky because I've got Belichick going 916 00:49:19,120 --> 00:49:21,719 Speaker 1: up against Andy short week for the Chiefs, they have 917 00:49:21,800 --> 00:49:24,840 Speaker 1: nothing to prove, just a risky game. I like betting 918 00:49:25,160 --> 00:49:30,600 Speaker 1: good teams Rams Ravens against shitty teams, Redskins and the 919 00:49:30,840 --> 00:49:34,600 Speaker 1: h and the Giants. When the Jets play good teams, 920 00:49:34,680 --> 00:49:38,400 Speaker 1: bet against them. To me, that's that those are my traps. 921 00:49:38,440 --> 00:49:41,800 Speaker 1: And I love betting on good teams when they're playing 922 00:49:41,840 --> 00:49:45,359 Speaker 1: a lower level team off the loss. So if you're 923 00:49:45,400 --> 00:49:50,560 Speaker 1: playing a non playoff team awful loss, I feel pretty 924 00:49:50,560 --> 00:49:55,399 Speaker 1: good about you. Hello, big Fan, finally made an ID 925 00:49:55,480 --> 00:49:57,520 Speaker 1: account so I can get on the People's Show. I 926 00:49:57,560 --> 00:50:00,920 Speaker 1: appreciate it. You had a great take regarding the nature 927 00:50:00,960 --> 00:50:03,879 Speaker 1: of John Harbaugh's coaching career. He has had a ton 928 00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:08,160 Speaker 1: of success. Two super bowls is husual John's hardball. Two 929 00:50:08,160 --> 00:50:12,560 Speaker 1: super Bowls, I think he's been one. Uh, I guess 930 00:50:12,600 --> 00:50:14,600 Speaker 1: he's been to two as he went to as an 931 00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:18,960 Speaker 1: assistant coach with Andy Reid. However, is the guy Is 932 00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:20,879 Speaker 1: he the one that can take Lamar to the next level? 933 00:50:20,920 --> 00:50:24,080 Speaker 1: Both hardballs have been livinged offensively, and clearly Lamar needs 934 00:50:24,120 --> 00:50:27,040 Speaker 1: more than just a great talent to beat elite teams. 935 00:50:27,280 --> 00:50:30,040 Speaker 1: He needs great offensive play calling. Could the Ravens pull 936 00:50:30,080 --> 00:50:33,800 Speaker 1: the trigger Alex Smith style and get a young, fresh 937 00:50:33,960 --> 00:50:40,080 Speaker 1: offensive mind like Lincoln Riley or is it too aggressive? Well, listen, hardball, 938 00:50:40,440 --> 00:50:44,000 Speaker 1: you're winning every year, So I would say I would 939 00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:46,799 Speaker 1: be floored if they were to make a move like that, 940 00:50:47,160 --> 00:50:50,600 Speaker 1: because you're actually winning with John Harbaugh. Now, Greg Roman, 941 00:50:50,719 --> 00:50:54,040 Speaker 1: to me has a ceiling when it comes to passing. 942 00:50:54,560 --> 00:50:56,920 Speaker 1: I saw with Kaepernick. Now that might have just been 943 00:50:57,000 --> 00:51:00,279 Speaker 1: Kaepernick who's not a natural thrower of the football. Lamar 944 00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:03,120 Speaker 1: is a better thrower of the football than Kaepernick. His 945 00:51:03,320 --> 00:51:06,000 Speaker 1: arms not as strong, but he has more touch. But 946 00:51:06,040 --> 00:51:09,279 Speaker 1: they might just not be elite throwers, right, They're not 947 00:51:09,360 --> 00:51:12,040 Speaker 1: my Homes, they're not Rogers, they're not Russell, they're not 948 00:51:12,280 --> 00:51:15,160 Speaker 1: you know, Rivers in his prime, Roethlisberger. Those guys are 949 00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:18,239 Speaker 1: throwing quarterbacks. The Lamar at the end of the day 950 00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:21,719 Speaker 1: is a run first quarterback. Now, he's had moments where 951 00:51:21,719 --> 00:51:24,000 Speaker 1: he's been really accurate. Against the Chiefs, he was kind 952 00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:25,800 Speaker 1: of all over the map. People like, well, they dropped 953 00:51:25,840 --> 00:51:28,640 Speaker 1: some balls. A couple of those are really, really difficult catches. 954 00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:30,520 Speaker 1: I'll give you a drop when it hits the guy 955 00:51:30,520 --> 00:51:33,080 Speaker 1: in stride. Mark Andrews like laying out with one hand, 956 00:51:33,800 --> 00:51:36,560 Speaker 1: So I I don't think they're changing. I think they're 957 00:51:36,560 --> 00:51:40,160 Speaker 1: all in. Greg Roman, John Harbaugh would be a ballsy move. 958 00:51:40,200 --> 00:51:42,640 Speaker 1: I'd be all for it. Lincoln Riley pretty sure. John 959 00:51:42,640 --> 00:51:46,400 Speaker 1: Harbot has got a contract extension. So it's cool to 960 00:51:46,440 --> 00:51:48,120 Speaker 1: talk about, cool to think about, but I don't think 961 00:51:48,120 --> 00:51:51,360 Speaker 1: it's happening. Is this where I slide in the Middlecoff 962 00:51:51,400 --> 00:51:55,399 Speaker 1: mail bag? Yes, it is Fletcher. I'm a Colds fan, 963 00:51:55,480 --> 00:51:59,520 Speaker 1: and I think Frank Reich and Chris Ballard are smart guys. 964 00:51:59,560 --> 00:52:02,160 Speaker 1: My question and though, is with Rivers, Brissette, t Y, 965 00:52:02,320 --> 00:52:06,040 Speaker 1: Justin Houston, Xavier Rhodes and Marlon Mack be an upcoming 966 00:52:06,080 --> 00:52:09,120 Speaker 1: free agents, how do the Colts pivot this coming offseason 967 00:52:09,160 --> 00:52:13,200 Speaker 1: to maintain cat flexibility and be competitive. I think there's 968 00:52:13,200 --> 00:52:15,239 Speaker 1: a chance of Rivers if they have success and make 969 00:52:15,239 --> 00:52:18,160 Speaker 1: the playoffs, comes back on a one year deal. Marlon Mack, 970 00:52:18,200 --> 00:52:22,400 Speaker 1: you just drafted Taylor, He's probably gone. T Y. I 971 00:52:22,440 --> 00:52:25,040 Speaker 1: don't watch him closely enough to me, it's probably time 972 00:52:25,080 --> 00:52:29,480 Speaker 1: to move on. Jacoby cu justin Houston is really old. 973 00:52:29,560 --> 00:52:31,719 Speaker 1: Davier Rhodes I think had a pick six last week, right, 974 00:52:31,760 --> 00:52:35,239 Speaker 1: So I wouldn't throw him to the Wolves. Uh yeah, 975 00:52:35,280 --> 00:52:37,320 Speaker 1: I just think that's the great part about the NFL. 976 00:52:37,800 --> 00:52:40,200 Speaker 1: You're gonna have the ability to sign other players, to 977 00:52:40,280 --> 00:52:44,120 Speaker 1: make trades, to be aggressive. The only guy to me 978 00:52:44,239 --> 00:52:46,640 Speaker 1: that you think about bringing back would be Rivers if 979 00:52:46,680 --> 00:52:50,200 Speaker 1: he has a good season. And I'll be completely honest, 980 00:52:50,280 --> 00:52:52,439 Speaker 1: I didn't watch the last game they're playing the Jets. 981 00:52:52,440 --> 00:52:55,040 Speaker 1: You couldn't pay me to watch that thing. When they 982 00:52:55,080 --> 00:52:57,920 Speaker 1: played uh, when they lost the Jaguars in Week one, 983 00:52:57,960 --> 00:53:00,160 Speaker 1: I mean, he made some pretty bad mistakes. This is 984 00:53:00,160 --> 00:53:03,120 Speaker 1: a big week week for Rivers on the road Chicago, 985 00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:06,880 Speaker 1: a big time defense, Like, we'll see how he plays, 986 00:53:07,680 --> 00:53:09,719 Speaker 1: you know. To me, it's games like this to find out, 987 00:53:09,719 --> 00:53:11,920 Speaker 1: like are they gonna be in the quarterback market this offseason? 988 00:53:12,800 --> 00:53:16,319 Speaker 1: Because Rivers is what like almost forty and his best 989 00:53:16,320 --> 00:53:18,680 Speaker 1: football is behind him for sure, but if you can 990 00:53:18,719 --> 00:53:20,920 Speaker 1: get them to the playoffs, I I wouldn't be opposed 991 00:53:20,920 --> 00:53:26,600 Speaker 1: to rolling it back. Big Packer fan from Austria Here. 992 00:53:26,640 --> 00:53:28,919 Speaker 1: The popularity of American football has been on the rise 993 00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:31,080 Speaker 1: for the last couple of years. In all of Europe. 994 00:53:31,200 --> 00:53:33,120 Speaker 1: Love it. As far as I can tell. The London 995 00:53:33,160 --> 00:53:35,799 Speaker 1: games have been huge success, and I know many people 996 00:53:35,880 --> 00:53:37,640 Speaker 1: went to see those games that wouldn't have had a 997 00:53:37,719 --> 00:53:40,319 Speaker 1: chance to go to an NFL game elsewhere. Do you 998 00:53:40,360 --> 00:53:42,800 Speaker 1: think we're gonna get more European games in the future. 999 00:53:43,080 --> 00:53:45,439 Speaker 1: Which market do you think they're gonna expand to next? 1000 00:53:45,800 --> 00:53:47,840 Speaker 1: I think playing games in Germany would probably make a 1001 00:53:47,840 --> 00:53:50,040 Speaker 1: lot of sense. Huge fan of the pot appreciate it. 1002 00:53:51,239 --> 00:53:55,359 Speaker 1: That's a great question. I mean, I my European landscape. 1003 00:53:55,360 --> 00:53:58,040 Speaker 1: I went in college. I've been to Spain, I've been 1004 00:53:58,040 --> 00:54:01,480 Speaker 1: to Italy, and I've been to Amsterdam. Amsterdam does not suck, 1005 00:54:02,400 --> 00:54:04,399 Speaker 1: and that's about the extent of my knowledge. I've never 1006 00:54:04,440 --> 00:54:07,280 Speaker 1: been to England the UK where they've played the games. 1007 00:54:07,480 --> 00:54:12,000 Speaker 1: I think clearly the league likes that area. Wembley Stadium. 1008 00:54:12,239 --> 00:54:13,920 Speaker 1: I think I'm not I don't I might be talking 1009 00:54:13,920 --> 00:54:16,160 Speaker 1: out of turn here, but if they were ever gonna 1010 00:54:16,239 --> 00:54:20,280 Speaker 1: move there, I think it would be the UK. Germany. Uh, 1011 00:54:20,520 --> 00:54:23,080 Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, I'm not an international expert 1012 00:54:23,120 --> 00:54:24,600 Speaker 1: and I don't know people in the league off is 1013 00:54:24,600 --> 00:54:26,919 Speaker 1: what they're thinking about that. I think they were going 1014 00:54:26,960 --> 00:54:31,960 Speaker 1: to China or Japan next year. I think Japan. Maybe. 1015 00:54:32,200 --> 00:54:34,919 Speaker 1: I thought they were doing an a game next year 1016 00:54:34,960 --> 00:54:37,759 Speaker 1: in Japan for the preseason with like the Rams or 1017 00:54:37,800 --> 00:54:40,680 Speaker 1: the Niners or the Raiders. I thought that I'd have 1018 00:54:40,719 --> 00:54:42,600 Speaker 1: to look that up. Now. I don't think they would, 1019 00:54:42,960 --> 00:54:44,799 Speaker 1: you know, put a team over there. Obviously it's too 1020 00:54:44,800 --> 00:54:48,480 Speaker 1: far away. But yeah, I think they're definitely into international, 1021 00:54:48,560 --> 00:54:51,719 Speaker 1: into growth. Listen, you're either growing or you're dying. And 1022 00:54:51,800 --> 00:54:56,399 Speaker 1: the NFL's they like their money. Uh, they love their money. 1023 00:54:56,440 --> 00:54:59,120 Speaker 1: I mean who doesn't. So yeah, I wouldn't put it 1024 00:54:59,120 --> 00:55:01,520 Speaker 1: past them to play a game in Germany one day. 1025 00:55:01,640 --> 00:55:06,399 Speaker 1: Appreciate everyone listening, Have a great weekend, godspeed, Hopefully your 1026 00:55:06,440 --> 00:55:09,960 Speaker 1: team wins. Hopefully you win some money. Follow my picks 1027 00:55:10,160 --> 00:55:13,280 Speaker 1: six and three. No big deal. Audios