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Speaker 1: a two year contract. But uh, it's human reacting. I'm

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Speaker 1: just glad that the NFL, you know, they treated this

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Speaker 1: free agency like it was just any other normal year,

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Speaker 1: because it's it's pretty wild. It would be one thing

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Speaker 1: if just the Cowboys had the money, but it feels

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Speaker 1: like the majority of teams in the NFL, if they

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Speaker 1: want to, if they have the cap space, can spend

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Speaker 1: on whoever they want. The Patriots think how long they've

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Speaker 1: been saving money. They've had cash in the bank for

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Speaker 1: two decades, and now it's like pay you pay, you pay,

435
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Speaker 1: you pay, you pay. You For as fun as today was,

436
00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:20,920
Speaker 1: and don't get me wrong, it was very entertainment. I

437
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Speaker 1: enjoy all these transactions. I like talking about him. For

438
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Speaker 1: many of you like talking about him, like reading about him.

439
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Speaker 1: It's entertainment. It's great entertainment. Actually, it's awesome. Glad today happened,

440
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Speaker 1: because if it didn't, I don't know what the hell

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Speaker 1: I want to talk to you guys about. So thank

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Speaker 1: you NFL for having free agency. Here's the thing. History

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Speaker 1: would show us that this week doesn't make or break teams.

444
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Speaker 1: It just doesn't. Why it's a quarterback leak, you win,

445
00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:54,000
Speaker 1: you go as far as the guy playing quarterback right

446
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Speaker 1: A restaurants only as good as food. Hell, a podcast

447
00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:00,280
Speaker 1: only as good as host. An NFL team is only

448
00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:04,000
Speaker 1: as good as really as coaches. Quarterback And I think

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00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:07,480
Speaker 1: the craziest part about this free agency is we still

450
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Speaker 1: have a lot of quarterback questions. Is Sam Donald gonna

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Speaker 1: be gonna stay on the Jets or is he gonna

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Speaker 1: get traded? As I was recording this, I just saw

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Speaker 1: Jamis Winston went back to the Saints. So I think

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Speaker 1: it's fair to say that Saints are gonna roll with

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Speaker 1: Jamis Winston this year. Maybe they draft a guy, but

456
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Speaker 1: Jamis Winston is gonna be their quarterback. What happens with

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Speaker 1: Sam Donald? Are the Dolphins gonna roll with two a

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Speaker 1: tongue of Valoa? I mean, the Dolphins won ten games

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Speaker 1: last year, that's a pretty big question. Do they roll

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Speaker 1: with toa and he's not as good as Ryan Fitzpatrick

461
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Speaker 1: was last year and they take a step back and

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Speaker 1: the Patriots pass him? It's gotta be on the table.

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Speaker 1: How about this? One of the best players in the NFL,

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Speaker 1: A Hall of Fame quarterback which we've talked a lot

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Speaker 1: about on the show, has recently caused the stink? Is

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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson gonna get traded from Seattle? I mean, I'm

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Speaker 1: not necessarily expecting it, but I'm not. I don't have

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Speaker 1: it in the back of my head like it's not

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Speaker 1: gonna happen, because if he does move, that changes the

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Speaker 1: landscape of the NFL. Who would they trade him to?

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Speaker 1: I know there are reports the Bears are ready to

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Speaker 1: go all in with what if Seattle is gonna trade him?

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Speaker 1: They have to trade him to a team with the quarterback.

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Speaker 1: We've talked about this, but do they actually pull the trigger?

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Speaker 1: Does he end up on the Raiders? Do the Raiders

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Speaker 1: end up with Derek Carr? What about Deshaun Watson? Is

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Speaker 1: he gonna move teams? Because if Shaun Watson, Russell Wilson,

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Speaker 1: and even Sam Donald or two are on different teams,

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Speaker 1: that has huge ramifications. Then who's drafting these rookies? A

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Speaker 1: couple of these rookies can end up on good teams.

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Speaker 1: Who knows that is going to determine this fall Because

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Speaker 1: the other thing about this fall is there is an

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Speaker 1: extra game. We're playing seventeen games, so the war of attrition.

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Speaker 1: A lot of these guys sign a contracts are gonna

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Speaker 1: get hurt. You're only as good at your quarterback now

486
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Speaker 1: more than ever. You're gonna need good quarterback seasons you

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Speaker 1: always do with that extra game. I mean the Packer,

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Speaker 1: the teams a good quarterbacks are gonna win twelve to

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Speaker 1: fourteen games. Sow the lead works, and I mean, as

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Speaker 1: of recording this, I was nervous to do this podcast

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Speaker 1: because by the time you're listening it, maybe it's like, Boom,

492
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Speaker 1: Sam Donald has been traded, Boom, Jimmy Garoppolo has been traded, Boom,

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Speaker 1: the bombshell of I mean, if Russell Wilson got traded,

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Speaker 1: that'd be one of the biggest trades in NFL history.

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Speaker 1: I'm not even talking about the compensation. I'm just saying

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Speaker 1: if Russell Wilson were to get traded this week or

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Speaker 1: before the draft, that would easily I have to do

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Speaker 1: a research project on this, probably be like a top

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Speaker 1: two or three trade. Ever, because if you just factor

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Speaker 1: in how many Hall of Fame quarterbacks have been traded

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Speaker 1: in their prime, it would probably be a small list.

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Speaker 1: And I'm not talking about like Steve Young when he

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Speaker 1: got traded, you know, wasn't viewed as that great, right.

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Speaker 1: I'm talking about a guy that is elite that gets traded,

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Speaker 1: who's in his early thirties in a league now where

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Speaker 1: you can easily play forty that that that would be

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Speaker 1: pretty nuts. So today was awesome. I expect the next

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Speaker 1: couple of days to be cool. A lot of movement,

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Speaker 1: but the league, in the landscape of the hierarchy of

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Speaker 1: teams is determined by your quarterback, and so far, no

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks have changed teams. Breeze retired. I'll get into that

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Speaker 1: in a minute. Obviously, they just kept Jamis, so nothing

513
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Speaker 1: really changed there. I think they'll be solid with James Hell.

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Speaker 1: Jamis might be better than Drew Brees. But what about

515
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Speaker 1: the Pro Bowlers? Do the two Pro Bowl marquee guys

516
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Speaker 1: move teams? I think we all assumed Deshaun Watson will

517
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Speaker 1: eventually move teams my guest, as he does during the draft.

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Speaker 1: But Russell Wilson is one of the great curve balls

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Speaker 1: in the history of the off season, because it's not like,

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00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:44,720
Speaker 1: you know, remember when Aaron Rodgers got traded at thirty two?

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Speaker 1: Remember when uh, you, let's go through go through some

522
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Speaker 1: of the elite guys. That never happened. It's never even

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Speaker 1: a conversation. So that's just something I'm kind of keeping

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Speaker 1: an eye on because if that were to happen, I

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Speaker 1: would suck for see Attle fans. Can you imagine being

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Speaker 1: a Seattle fan, especially if you're like my age thirty five.

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00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:08,360
Speaker 1: Most of your life, the team sucked. And then even

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Speaker 1: when they were good for a couple of years at home, grint,

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00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:12,760
Speaker 1: it was just a well balanced team, it wasn't. I mean,

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Speaker 1: Hassleback was the quarterback. You finally get this star guy.

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Speaker 1: You have a stud coach, You just have a stud operation.

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Speaker 1: And now eight years in, it feels like it's deteriorating.

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Speaker 1: If I was a fan, I'd be like, guys, fucking

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Speaker 1: figure it out. Russell Pete get in a room, and

535
00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:30,920
Speaker 1: I've said over and over the problem. Why It's gonna

536
00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:33,159
Speaker 1: be hard to figure it out. It's too rich alpha

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Speaker 1: males with no mediat with no one to mediate the conversation.

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00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:42,040
Speaker 1: Right the owners passed away. It's hard. John Snyder can't.

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00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:44,680
Speaker 1: It's a tough position to be in. But I know this.

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Speaker 1: If I was a diehard fan of season ticket holder,

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Speaker 1: I under no circumstance would I be okay with any

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Speaker 1: sort of trade. Hey, guys, figure this out. Russell Wilson

543
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Speaker 1: cannot change teams, But I mean it doesn't feel like that.

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00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:01,920
Speaker 1: He's like dead set on I'm back. Obviously Seattle would

545
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Speaker 1: have to trade him, but who knows. I mean, Pete's

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Speaker 1: in charge. Pete is the boss makes probably twelve thirteen

547
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Speaker 1: million dollars a year, can do whatever he wants. If

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Speaker 1: he wants to trade Russell Wilson, Russell Wilson get traded,

549
00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:20,480
Speaker 1: so that's for his Like I said, today was really cool,

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00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:25,280
Speaker 1: But if any of these quarterbacks move teams, that one

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Speaker 1: move would be as big as every single move that

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Speaker 1: happened today. One thing I learned when I was in

553
00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:35,600
Speaker 1: radio that actually doesn't really happen in podcasts is you know,

554
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:37,480
Speaker 1: if you have a radio show, and I had a

555
00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:39,760
Speaker 1: show in the Bay Area from ten to noon for

556
00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:43,920
Speaker 1: like four years, and I was I never really took

557
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Speaker 1: vacation because when you take vacation and you have a

558
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Speaker 1: show and it happens on television two, someone has to

559
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Speaker 1: fill in for you. And I was just the way

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Speaker 1: I was wired, like I didn't want someone else doing

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Speaker 1: my job. The only other real job I ever had

562
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Speaker 1: was an NFL scout. Well, when you if I take

563
00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:04,800
Speaker 1: the summer off like scouts do, no one does your job.

564
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:08,240
Speaker 1: That's your job the entire time. But the moment I

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Speaker 1: go on vacation for a month in the summer when

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00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:13,280
Speaker 1: nothing's going on on radio show, you have a guy

567
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Speaker 1: fill it in for you, and maybe the guy sounds good.

568
00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:17,800
Speaker 1: Maybe I'm paranoid, but I just know a lot of

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Speaker 1: media people think like this. I don't want to give

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Speaker 1: my show up. I never left. Unless you're established guy

571
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Speaker 1: like Colin, then you don't even think twice about it.

572
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Speaker 1: But I was very, very paranoid doing that. Why because

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Speaker 1: several times while I was doing that show, the morning

574
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Speaker 1: show would go on vacation and they would move us

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Speaker 1: to the morning morning drive, the highest paying radio job.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's a dying position now, but uh, forever

577
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Speaker 1: when radio was in his hey day, you wanted to

578
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Speaker 1: be on morning drive, and they put us in for

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Speaker 1: a couple of weeks and then come back like, god,

580
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Speaker 1: your ratings were really good. And and I would hear

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00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:57,800
Speaker 1: some rumblings like you know, they they thought about maybe

582
00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:02,720
Speaker 1: moving you guys to a drive timest obviously, because if

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Speaker 1: you're paying a morning drive guy five grand, I would

584
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Speaker 1: have gladly at that time, taken a lot less money

585
00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:12,520
Speaker 1: than that, you know, whatever, the money is right, cheaper

586
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:14,680
Speaker 1: option who can do the same numbers, if not better.

587
00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:18,680
Speaker 1: You see it in TV. You're like, you know, a guy,

588
00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:21,840
Speaker 1: a TV host takes some time off happens in late

589
00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:24,960
Speaker 1: night shows and guys get to fill in. It's an audition,

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00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,800
Speaker 1: even though a quote unquote is not an audition. Everything

591
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:30,880
Speaker 1: I think about in life, any time you get the

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00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:35,520
Speaker 1: opportunity to do anything, you're always auditioning, whether it's not

593
00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:38,680
Speaker 1: even talking about to get the job, future clients, future

594
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:40,920
Speaker 1: business partners, like people are always paying attention. If you

595
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:44,560
Speaker 1: keep that mindset, helps keep you on your toes. And

596
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:47,840
Speaker 1: so Drew Brees retired. He went on The Today Show.

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00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:49,800
Speaker 1: I had a text from my mom this morning, like

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Speaker 1: seven like played perfectly to that out and she's like, wow,

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00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:55,480
Speaker 1: Drew Brees going into broadcast. I'm like thinking to myself, Yeah, Mom,

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Speaker 1: he announced that like a year ago, but you know,

601
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Speaker 1: for the casual fan that they didn't know. And then

602
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Speaker 1: I saw what he's doing for a job, and he's

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Speaker 1: he's gonna be calling Notre Dame football with Mike Rico.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna give you a prediction right now, within the

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Speaker 1: next twenty four months also known as the next two years,

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Speaker 1: Mike to Rico and Drew Brees will be the Sunday

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Speaker 1: Night football crew on NBC. Because you can't Mike to

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Speaker 1: Rico could do Sunday night football. He has done it.

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Speaker 1: I mean he's called Monday night football. He could do

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Speaker 1: it tomorrow. He could do it in his sleep. But

611
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Speaker 1: Drew Brees needs some reps. For example, Lewis Riddick, before

612
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:39,360
Speaker 1: he got the Monday night football job in two thousand twenty,

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Speaker 1: he called college football games in two thousand nineteen. Al

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Speaker 1: Michaels is getting up there in age. He's closer to

615
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Speaker 1: eighty than he is seventy. Chris Collinsworth, who is good.

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Speaker 1: I got no issue with Chris Collinsworth is sixty two,

617
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Speaker 1: hasn't played a meaningful down in the NFL since I

618
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Speaker 1: was a kid. I'm thirty six year old. Ball gay.

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Speaker 1: Those guys are on borrow time now. It's tough. I

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Speaker 1: think they're gonna. Al would have to kind of retire.

621
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Speaker 1: But it's clear what's gonna happen. Drew's gonna get a

622
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Speaker 1: year maybe two doing Notre Dame football, and they're moving

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Speaker 1: those two guys to Sunday Night football. That feels like

624
00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:22,200
Speaker 1: to me the biggest lock going. And collins Worth, I'm

625
00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:25,480
Speaker 1: sure it's not. He's a smart guy realizes what's coming.

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Speaker 1: Al has been doing. Hell he called you know the

627
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Speaker 1: U the USA hockey game in nine, So it's not

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Speaker 1: like Al gets it. He's old, retire hang out in

629
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Speaker 1: l A and chill. But it's clear what they're doing.

630
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Speaker 1: They are grooming a big name. Now, maybe there's a

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Speaker 1: chance that Drew stinks because I don't know if he's

632
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Speaker 1: a lock to be good, Like I think Philip Rivers

633
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Speaker 1: would be excellent TV. He this is a huge personality.

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Speaker 1: He's just very, very aggressive with his words. He doesn't swear,

635
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Speaker 1: so he doesn't even need to like overthink it. He

636
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Speaker 1: can just talk. I don't think Drew necessarily does either,

637
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:01,840
Speaker 1: but I just wonder and it will be interesting, like

638
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:04,480
Speaker 1: what Drew sounds like on television. I don't view Drew

639
00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:07,520
Speaker 1: Brees as a made for TV guy and Drew is.

640
00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:13,040
Speaker 1: I mean, Drew's very impressive individual. Obviously, he's not just

641
00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:14,799
Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame player, he's a hall of fame person.

642
00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:17,800
Speaker 1: But this is hard, like just get in front of

643
00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:21,040
Speaker 1: Mike and giving your takes and rapid fire. I've never

644
00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:24,440
Speaker 1: called college football game or an NFL game, but it's

645
00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:26,200
Speaker 1: clear the good ones and the bad ones. Like, it's

646
00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:28,480
Speaker 1: not an easy position to be in. You have to

647
00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:32,400
Speaker 1: give quick, you know, takes on the action that just

648
00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:39,320
Speaker 1: happened in a smart, comprehensive, you know angle that is

649
00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:45,920
Speaker 1: digestible for the average fan. That the broadcasts are not

650
00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:48,880
Speaker 1: for the die hearts, are not for the guys that

651
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:51,560
Speaker 1: want to dive into the xs and ohs of the

652
00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:55,000
Speaker 1: deep all twenty two films. But you have to be

653
00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:58,319
Speaker 1: able to talk about that at like an elementary level.

654
00:34:59,239 --> 00:35:02,239
Speaker 1: It's just difficult. There aren't many good ones, right, It's

655
00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:05,279
Speaker 1: it's an entertainment position. When I think about the best

656
00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:08,760
Speaker 1: analysts of the of my lifetime, it was maddening. Gruden

657
00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:12,319
Speaker 1: and they were very surface level guys, but what were

658
00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:17,359
Speaker 1: they Huge personalities, just huge alpha's in the booth. They

659
00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:19,720
Speaker 1: just you just felt their presence when you were watching

660
00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:23,920
Speaker 1: a game they were calling, and like, Troy is good,

661
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:26,680
Speaker 1: but he's just kind of smooth. He's just I would

662
00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:30,279
Speaker 1: just call Troy Aikman a pro, right, Like to me,

663
00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:35,319
Speaker 1: Gruden and Madden were rock stars, and I'd say Collinsworth

664
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:37,320
Speaker 1: is a pro. So you could argue NBC is not

665
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:40,560
Speaker 1: looking for a quote unquote rock star Drew Brees by name,

666
00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:46,400
Speaker 1: rock star, huge name, very very famous. Will you be

667
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:50,320
Speaker 1: good enough to do this. I don't know, but you know,

668
00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:53,759
Speaker 1: anyone that knows anything about this business, it's clear where

669
00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:57,640
Speaker 1: they're going and if he's good. If you watch Notre

670
00:35:57,719 --> 00:36:01,240
Speaker 1: Dames games this year and you just Tariko and Breeze

671
00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:04,200
Speaker 1: feel like Nance and Romo that first year, Romo was unique, right,

672
00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:07,040
Speaker 1: he just immediately got the a chair, never even had

673
00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:09,840
Speaker 1: basically never even had an audition. Maybe had to do

674
00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:11,960
Speaker 1: like an audition tape. I don't even think. I mean,

675
00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:13,520
Speaker 1: he just hit the ground run and it was on

676
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:16,680
Speaker 1: Drew at least, I mean has to call some games

677
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:19,680
Speaker 1: to earn his quote unquote stripes with the with the

678
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:23,520
Speaker 1: company organization slashed the league. But the league wants a

679
00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:26,759
Speaker 1: big name star on Sunday night football. And collins Worth

680
00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:29,719
Speaker 1: again is really good. But he's sixty two years old.

681
00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:33,680
Speaker 1: The average person under fort he couldn't tell you what

682
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:37,279
Speaker 1: team he played for. They want a big name. Why

683
00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:40,880
Speaker 1: Romo such a easy transition? Hell, even Troy Aikman, Like

684
00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:44,840
Speaker 1: everyone knows where Troy Akman played in, what position? Quarterbacks

685
00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:47,120
Speaker 1: moved the needle. Now you gotta be good, right. The

686
00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:52,279
Speaker 1: NBA is full of really famous broadcasters, you know, analysts

687
00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:56,279
Speaker 1: who are Chris Webber from Sacramento. He was just He's

688
00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:59,160
Speaker 1: one of the most overrated players of all time. He's

689
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:02,920
Speaker 1: terrible on TV. Reggie Miller also bad, like they use

690
00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:05,880
Speaker 1: former players. It's not any good, but it's hard. I mean,

691
00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:08,640
Speaker 1: it's it's a tough position to be in. I think

692
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:11,640
Speaker 1: about baseball, Baseball's hit or miss. Some are some are

693
00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:14,560
Speaker 1: a lot better than others. Football, I think it's fair

694
00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:16,680
Speaker 1: to say the majority of them. And again, maybe I'm

695
00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:18,680
Speaker 1: too hard on these guys. Maybe I'm negative. I think

696
00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:21,759
Speaker 1: most of them suck. I think most broadcasts that I

697
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:26,200
Speaker 1: watch are awful. I mean they really are now. And

698
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:28,200
Speaker 1: like I said, I don't think it's an easy thing

699
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:31,160
Speaker 1: to do. I don't think the majority of people could

700
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:34,200
Speaker 1: do it smoothly. But I think the way that it's

701
00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:36,640
Speaker 1: set up, it's very difficult for guys to succeed a

702
00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:39,719
Speaker 1: small amount succeed. Now, you could argue most things in life,

703
00:37:39,719 --> 00:37:42,360
Speaker 1: a small percentage of people actually have success. So that

704
00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:44,680
Speaker 1: that's the way in any high level, you know, industry

705
00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:49,040
Speaker 1: or profession. But if Drew is just like a seven

706
00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:51,600
Speaker 1: or eight out of ten, it might be a year

707
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:54,719
Speaker 1: and the kne's on the in the NBC booth, so

708
00:37:54,840 --> 00:37:56,960
Speaker 1: you heard your first prediction, Drew Brees Mike to Rico

709
00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,560
Speaker 1: Sunday Night Football the next couple of years. Okay, I

710
00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:02,640
Speaker 1: said I wasn't gonna do it, but you know, I

711
00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:04,239
Speaker 1: saw a couple of things and I got excited, and

712
00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:07,840
Speaker 1: I want to talk about them. Some transactions, some specific moves,

713
00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:11,600
Speaker 1: and listen. Free agency is about filling needs. The draft

714
00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:14,800
Speaker 1: is about picking great players. Right. The draft is b

715
00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:17,759
Speaker 1: p A. Take the best player available, especially early in

716
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:21,000
Speaker 1: the first and second round. Don't force needs. Take the

717
00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:24,439
Speaker 1: best players on your board, develop them, hopefully they become

718
00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:28,600
Speaker 1: stars or just really good starters on your team. Free

719
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:31,520
Speaker 1: agency is about plugging holes. You need a wide receiver,

720
00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:34,520
Speaker 1: go buy a wide receiver, but don't just buy any

721
00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:38,160
Speaker 1: wide receiver. Pick the scheme fit. You know what offense

722
00:38:38,239 --> 00:38:41,360
Speaker 1: you run. You evaluate all these guys in the NFL,

723
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:43,480
Speaker 1: and you watch what they do well, and you pick

724
00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:45,160
Speaker 1: the guy that fits, and you go, this is what

725
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:48,080
Speaker 1: we want. He does that well, Boom, plug and play.

726
00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:53,600
Speaker 1: Same with lineman, defensive line, linebackers, whatever. The draft is

727
00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:55,880
Speaker 1: about projecting, how is this gonna work? How can we

728
00:38:56,000 --> 00:39:00,080
Speaker 1: develop them? You're not developing Bud Dupree or yeah, I

729
00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:03,520
Speaker 1: can dock Way or Nelson Aguilar like, they're ready to

730
00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:06,920
Speaker 1: play right now, and they have strengths and weaknesses, and

731
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:10,680
Speaker 1: the best evaluators and the best teams signed the guys

732
00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:12,880
Speaker 1: that their weaknesses they're not going to ask them to do,

733
00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:16,080
Speaker 1: and their strengths are gonna be what hopefully the coaching

734
00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:19,879
Speaker 1: staff asked that guy to excel with right what he does, well,

735
00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:21,600
Speaker 1: that's what I'm gonna ask you to do. What you

736
00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:23,320
Speaker 1: don't do, well, we're not gonna waste time on that.

737
00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:28,720
Speaker 1: That's what free agency is, plugging holes on your team. Okay,

738
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:31,000
Speaker 1: I mean a move that just had to happen. We

739
00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:33,920
Speaker 1: talked about this guy last week, John grub. Their defense

740
00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:40,240
Speaker 1: is atrocious, it's slow, they generate no pressure. So they

741
00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:43,000
Speaker 1: signed Yannick and dock Way to actually a very team

742
00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:46,680
Speaker 1: friendly deal two years, six million dollars. They give him

743
00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:50,520
Speaker 1: twenty two million dollars guaranteed. As a buddy in the

744
00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:54,080
Speaker 1: league told me he's basically a healthy DeFord. He's a

745
00:39:54,280 --> 00:40:00,040
Speaker 1: speed pass rusher. Mike Mayock someone you know ripped and

746
00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:02,359
Speaker 1: when the draft was going on, However, many years ago

747
00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:05,399
Speaker 1: in two thousand sixteen, when Yannick was drafted, called him

748
00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:09,839
Speaker 1: a DPR known in the NFL is a designated pass

749
00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:15,160
Speaker 1: rusher known as you can't play the run, I bring

750
00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:17,400
Speaker 1: you in on passing downs. De Ford made the Pro

751
00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:20,239
Speaker 1: Bowl that way speed rusher. That's what Yannick does well.

752
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:23,040
Speaker 1: Gus Bradley been around this guy. They should know him.

753
00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:25,600
Speaker 1: If they asked this guy to play the run, he's

754
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:28,080
Speaker 1: gonna get rolled. If they asked him to come in

755
00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:30,160
Speaker 1: second and third and long and just pin his ears

756
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:33,240
Speaker 1: back and chase the quarterback, they got themselves to steal

757
00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:35,880
Speaker 1: because this guy can rush to the passer and they

758
00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:37,800
Speaker 1: didn't really give him that much money. I like the

759
00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:41,080
Speaker 1: deal for the Raiders. Now their defense is still never good,

760
00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:45,359
Speaker 1: but that that makes sense. The Chargers have a young

761
00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:48,600
Speaker 1: star quarterback. What do you need to do with the

762
00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:52,160
Speaker 1: young star quarterback? What happens when you don't protect him?

763
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:56,759
Speaker 1: They can get scars, they can get derailed. They can

764
00:40:57,239 --> 00:40:59,440
Speaker 1: not live up to their potential. So what did they

765
00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:02,640
Speaker 1: do today? They signed Corey Lindsley from the Packers. They

766
00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:06,360
Speaker 1: signed another offensive lineman from the Pittsburgh Steelers. With position versatility.

767
00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:10,360
Speaker 1: Going heavy on the offensive line, you know why they

768
00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:13,680
Speaker 1: got good defensive lineman. They have a good defense. They

769
00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:15,920
Speaker 1: have a head coach who coaches on the defensive side

770
00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:17,560
Speaker 1: of the ball. That unit. He was just at with

771
00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:19,680
Speaker 1: the Rams, they were number one in the league. They

772
00:41:19,719 --> 00:41:21,239
Speaker 1: have good skill guys. They had Keenan Now and they

773
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:24,880
Speaker 1: got Mike Williams. They need to protect Justin Herbert. So

774
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,640
Speaker 1: props of them for not being quote unquote too sexy,

775
00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:32,240
Speaker 1: but just going with good players up front to protect

776
00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:35,839
Speaker 1: the franchise because for many years with Philip Rivers, their

777
00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:39,600
Speaker 1: offensive line was terrible and it hurt their chances to

778
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:42,360
Speaker 1: be a really good team. I give the Jets credit.

779
00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:44,800
Speaker 1: They have a long way to go and they have

780
00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:47,920
Speaker 1: a lot of draft picks, but they signed two solid

781
00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:54,040
Speaker 1: starting players today, Carl Lawson of the Cincinnati Bengals pass

782
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:58,640
Speaker 1: rusher and Corey Davis, wide receiver the Tennessee Titans. One

783
00:41:58,680 --> 00:42:01,560
Speaker 1: thing the Jets really laughed and it was evident when

784
00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:03,320
Speaker 1: you watched them play last year they just didn't have

785
00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:08,200
Speaker 1: many NFL solid starters. These guys are high I wouldn't

786
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:11,920
Speaker 1: say high end, but above average starters, and they need

787
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:14,399
Speaker 1: to continue to add impact players. Right you think back

788
00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:17,160
Speaker 1: then can be an impact player? Can they land a

789
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:20,200
Speaker 1: couple more impact players in this draft, and if they

790
00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:22,520
Speaker 1: keep Sam Donald, which as of recording this he's still

791
00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:25,000
Speaker 1: on the team. If you surround him with enough quote

792
00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:28,080
Speaker 1: unquote impact players, you can be a competitive team. Because

793
00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:32,120
Speaker 1: it's clear right the Bills are really good, the Dolphins

794
00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:35,480
Speaker 1: are solid. The Patriots added half the free agents on

795
00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:37,800
Speaker 1: the open market today, like you gotta be good in

796
00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:41,239
Speaker 1: this division. It went from the division sucked for twenty years.

797
00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:43,280
Speaker 1: It was just Belichick and Brady. Then now it feels

798
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:45,520
Speaker 1: like the division is a lot deeper, especially the Jets.

799
00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:48,719
Speaker 1: If sal is good and Joe Douglas is good, the

800
00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:51,359
Speaker 1: division could be This division could be deep. It's weird

801
00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:53,360
Speaker 1: to say about the NFCS. We think about it sucking,

802
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:58,920
Speaker 1: but who knows. The Tennessee Titans. One thing the Tennessee

803
00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:02,160
Speaker 1: Titans lacked at last year when you watched him play

804
00:43:03,239 --> 00:43:06,759
Speaker 1: was their defense was not good, but their pass rush

805
00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:11,799
Speaker 1: was awful and a huge part of their DBS off

806
00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:14,160
Speaker 1: to got people talk about their DBS like they couldn't

807
00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:18,120
Speaker 1: cover anybody. When you can't rush the pastor it's hard

808
00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:21,120
Speaker 1: to cover. So what did they do today? They went

809
00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:23,440
Speaker 1: out and they got Bud Dupree, who did tear his

810
00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:27,920
Speaker 1: a c L, which is not ideal. But as we've

811
00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:30,480
Speaker 1: seen in the NFL, guys come back from tornado c

812
00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:34,440
Speaker 1: ls pretty seamlessly. And he was a guy who was

813
00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:38,799
Speaker 1: I'm gonna get a ton of money if he was healthy.

814
00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:41,719
Speaker 1: So I like this move, and I like to move

815
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:44,920
Speaker 1: a lot for the tendency Titans. They also added de

816
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:49,879
Speaker 1: Nico Autrey, who's a good versatile interior. You can play

817
00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:52,839
Speaker 1: him at multiple positions. He's like, he's just a good

818
00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:57,319
Speaker 1: pass rusher. He's long, he's huge, he's like six six. Uh.

819
00:43:57,680 --> 00:44:00,239
Speaker 1: Remember when he played for the Raiders this first couple

820
00:44:00,239 --> 00:44:02,520
Speaker 1: of years. I really liked him, and he's had a

821
00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:05,960
Speaker 1: really good kind of career renaissance with the Indianapolis Colts.

822
00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:10,040
Speaker 1: So a team whose defense wasn't any good who last

823
00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:13,719
Speaker 1: year Clowney was a disaster for them, added two really

824
00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:17,759
Speaker 1: good defensive lineman. Like I said, the key to free

825
00:44:17,800 --> 00:44:23,080
Speaker 1: agency is to plug holes. Raiders speed outside rusher. They

826
00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:28,200
Speaker 1: desperately needed that Chargers offensive line. The Jets just players,

827
00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:31,799
Speaker 1: good players. We obviously talked about the Patriots. They had

828
00:44:31,800 --> 00:44:37,440
Speaker 1: a ton of holes. The Titans, multiple pass rushers, the Chiefs.

829
00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:40,719
Speaker 1: What happens they cut two offensive tackles, they signed an

830
00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:45,600
Speaker 1: offensive lineman. It's about plugging holes. That's the key. And

831
00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:48,759
Speaker 1: a lot of these teams are just doing smart pragmat

832
00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:52,560
Speaker 1: not giving you know, eighty millions, seventies sixty million dollars guaranteed,

833
00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:55,520
Speaker 1: just signing good players who can help you win. Now,

834
00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:58,319
Speaker 1: none of these guys that I just mentioned are gonna

835
00:44:58,400 --> 00:45:01,480
Speaker 1: make or break teams. Like we talked about about the quarterbacks,

836
00:45:02,120 --> 00:45:04,560
Speaker 1: It's gonna come down to the execution between your coach

837
00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:09,080
Speaker 1: and your quarterback. But to win in this league big,

838
00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:11,480
Speaker 1: you know, double digit games, to win the playoffs, you

839
00:45:11,560 --> 00:45:14,080
Speaker 1: have to have a good team. Like what has been

840
00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:17,120
Speaker 1: the downfall of the Packers. They just they haven't been

841
00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:21,319
Speaker 1: well rounded enough. Their defense always lets them down, right

842
00:45:22,080 --> 00:45:24,120
Speaker 1: always this year with the why do the Chiefs losing

843
00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:26,880
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl? The Bucks were just way better to

844
00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:28,680
Speaker 1: win the whole thing. And that is the goal of

845
00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:32,440
Speaker 1: all these playoff level teams, the Titans, obviously the Chiefs,

846
00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:36,480
Speaker 1: but make long runs in the playoffs, you have to

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Speaker 1: have a good team. When you have major holes in

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Speaker 1: the NFL, it gets exposed the moment, Like that's why

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Speaker 1: these coaches get like half the league's coaches are making

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Speaker 1: eight to ten million dollars a year. If you have

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Speaker 1: a major weakness, that coach will expose that weakness over

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Speaker 1: and over and overall game. Some some of it's out

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Speaker 1: of your control, right the amount of injuries we're gonna

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Speaker 1: add a game. Who knows how the offseason plays out

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Speaker 1: in terms of training and O T A. S. But

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Speaker 1: depth on your roster is so key because it's inevitable

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Speaker 1: you're gonna lose players. They're gonna go on ir they

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Speaker 1: might come back. You're gonna lose them for a month.

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Speaker 1: Lose this guy, lose that guy. As long as you

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Speaker 1: don't lose your quarterback. If you build your team the

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Speaker 1: right way, if you're good on the lines, to me,

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Speaker 1: that's the key. Be good on the offensive and defensive lines. Now.

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Speaker 1: I love linebacker, I love tight end, I love good corners.

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Speaker 1: I like all these positions, But to me, it starts there.

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Speaker 1: Once you have the quarterback, offensive and defensive line, then

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Speaker 1: you got a chance to be really good and you've

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Speaker 1: got a chance to just compete with anybody. It's so cliche,

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Speaker 1: it's like, oh, whinning the trenches. Well, ship's true. You

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Speaker 1: see the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They fucking dominated in the trenches.

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Speaker 1: The year before, the forty Niners walked the Super Bowl

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Speaker 1: because they dominated in the trenches. The Chiefs that year

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Speaker 1: Ultimate really took down the Niners because they had a

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Speaker 1: pretty good officive line. It's about winning up front. It's

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Speaker 1: never sexy to sign a guard. It's never sexy. One

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Speaker 1: of my biggest quote unquote misses as just someone that

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Speaker 1: talks about this stuff, was I thought Chris Ballard was

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Speaker 1: an idiot. Idiot would be strong. I thought the value

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Speaker 1: was crazy for drafting Quentin Nelson in the top ten,

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Speaker 1: a guard in the top ten. I was wrong because

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Speaker 1: if he's an elite Hall of Famer, it's always worth

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Speaker 1: taking an offensive lineman in the top ten. Take you

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Speaker 1: take Hall of Fame offensive lineman number one overall guards, center,

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Speaker 1: I don't care. I'll take elite offensive lineman all day long.

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Speaker 1: It's one thing I've changed, same with defensive lineman. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks the most important position, but there's not another position

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Speaker 1: that holds a candle to any of the offensive he

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Speaker 1: defensive line if the guy is an elite player, because

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Speaker 1: those guys make such a big difference, and it makes

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Speaker 1: just the whole unit much better. So I I love

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Speaker 1: teams to just build in the trenches because that's again

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Speaker 1: we make fun of these guys like, oh, what a

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00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:05,759
Speaker 1: cliche thing to say, and then that team's usually way

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Speaker 1: and the team with no offensive lineman but a bunch

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Speaker 1: of sexy skill guys you know, goes six and ten. Uh,

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Speaker 1: that's it. Once you have a great week, stay positive

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Speaker 1: and see a little bit later this week piece