1 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: What is going on? Everybody Friday name you're listening. It's 2 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:17,959 Speaker 1: on Saturday. We got NFL games. Saturday, we got NFL games. Sunday, 3 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:21,599 Speaker 1: we got NFL games. A game Monday night, Big One 4 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 1: Packers at Minnesota. The problem is, as I'm recording this late, 5 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:31,319 Speaker 1: you know, about dinner time Thursday, there's no NFL game on, 6 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 1: and I'm one of it looks like one of the 7 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 1: rare millennials according to the ratings, that likes the NBA. 8 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 1: This Laker Bucks game. That's the problem for the NBA. 9 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 1: Your games in December don't matter. This game is meaningless. 10 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: I missed the NFL. Roger Goodell, if you're listening, I 11 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 1: doubt you are, But give us Thursday night games. You 12 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:51,960 Speaker 1: just don't. Don't take those away from us. You know, 13 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 1: It's funny everyone crushed the Thursday night game back when 14 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 1: they first became a norm. When I first got to 15 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 1: the NFL in two thousand and ten, there were like 16 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: three or four year maybe there were five. Now obviously 17 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: every team has one, but they're missed. The the country 18 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 1: rallies around them. They consumed them at historic numbers because 19 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 1: the ratings are really high. We need football in our life, 20 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: and I need the NFL in my life on Thursday night. 21 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: Now I get December nineteen. You know, some of these 22 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 1: teams have been at a buy for a while. It 23 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:25,319 Speaker 1: would be tough. So you know, I'll tip my hat. 24 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 1: You give me three Saturday games, and really two of 25 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 1: them are really good. Yeah, you could argue the first one, 26 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: Houston at Tampa, is not bad. Uh, I got a 27 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: lot going on today. I'm gonna start with Tom Coughlin 28 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 1: and the Jaguars. Then we'll dive into Dabbo and what 29 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 1: he did during recruiting. You know, he's kind of turned 30 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 1: Clemson into what USC was fifteen years ago, the fun, 31 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: cool place to be. It's just it was easy to 32 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: understand why people wanted to go to l A with 33 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 1: Pete Carroll, Hollywood agents, money, glamour women. Clemson. What he's 34 00:01:55,600 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: doing is it's pretty unprecedented because you know, Ohio State, Bama, Florida, 35 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: those school the hit Michigan's of the world. Even us 36 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 1: see the history. Clemson to be this good and this 37 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: dominant and this cool, it's pretty crazy. And then we'll 38 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 1: dive into all the weekend games and of course at 39 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:16,800 Speaker 1: John Middlecoff is my Instagram handle and you can slide 40 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 1: into my d MS middlecoff mail bag at the end 41 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 1: of the show. Easiest way to get ahold of me 42 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: is Instagram or Twitter, same same Twitter handle, but my 43 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: d ms aren't open. There only for the babes and 44 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 1: uh and media people. But let's start with Tom Coughlin. 45 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: He was relieved of his duties the other night, and 46 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 1: I've been trying to think of some analogies to sum 47 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: this up. I don't I don't even know how to 48 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: quite describe what he was attempting to do. When you're 49 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: the head coach, you're basically, you know, the disciplinarian of 50 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,519 Speaker 1: the family. You know my parents. I grew up in 51 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: a two parent household, but my dad worked a lot 52 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: whatever was gone on business, and I just remember being 53 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 1: in trouble. You know. My mom would be like, when 54 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: your dad gets home, well, if he's gonna be gone 55 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 1: for a week, You're like, you know whatever, I'm get 56 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 1: in trouble for a while, So you push the envelope. 57 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 1: Now you'd call back. Then you didn't have cell phones, 58 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 1: pick up the phone. You know, he'd be like, are 59 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 1: you being good? And you pretend you have being good? 60 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 1: Even though you knew you were screwed when he got home, 61 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 1: but ultimately he was the guy to get you in trouble. 62 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: You know, now your mom could come at you with 63 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:22,239 Speaker 1: a with a spoon or something if she was pretty 64 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: freaked out. And again, I was a bad guy. Bad 65 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:26,799 Speaker 1: guy would be strong. I was a trouble making kid. 66 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 1: I like to push the envelope like, no different than 67 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 1: a lot of NFL players. I'm sure right, you know 68 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 1: I can show up five minutes late for rehab and 69 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: Tom Coughlin a stickler for details. To me, what Tom 70 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 1: Coughlin stands for are the right things being on time? 71 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: Like isn't that one of the most basic premises of 72 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 1: being successful in life? If you just show up your 73 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: head of like, whatever the stats are of your competition, 74 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: just showing up, you just wipe people out. And that's 75 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: Tom Coughlin takes that to a whole another level. It's 76 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 1: not just showing up. You gotta show up on time. No, 77 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 1: not actually on time, you gotta show up early, which 78 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 1: again are good habits in any walk of life. Where 79 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: I think Tom Coughlin jumped the shark is when you're 80 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 1: the head coach, you can draw a line in the sand. 81 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 1: When you're the dad, you can draw a line in 82 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:16,719 Speaker 1: the sand. But if my mom like ran over to 83 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 1: my neighbor's house and it was like, Chuck, well, I 84 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:21,840 Speaker 1: need you to help corral John. You think I'm gonna 85 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 1: listen to my neighbor, of course not so these players 86 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:27,839 Speaker 1: looked at Tom Coughlin. Clearly Jalen Ramsey had no respect 87 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: for him, like, yeah, Tom, you've won a couple of 88 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 1: Super Bowls, but you're now a seventy one year old 89 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 1: guy that's technically the GM president. We don't even quite 90 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 1: know what you do. But I I answered the head coach, 91 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 1: and I answered the owner, I'm not really sure what 92 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 1: you're doing. And for an old guy that was very rigid, 93 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 1: clearly you would think he'd be a little open minded. 94 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 1: But he wasn't just rigid and closed minded. He was 95 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 1: breaking the rules. He was finding Dante Fowler reading up 96 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:57,919 Speaker 1: on the seven thousand dollars, and he find him for 97 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: things that you can't even find him for from January 98 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 1: to March when they're not it's the off season, for 99 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:06,599 Speaker 1: not showing up to the facility to do to conduct 100 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 1: his rehab when the rules, you know, specifically state he 101 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: can do rehab wherever he's at. He does not have 102 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 1: to come into the facility. And then Leonard Fournette got 103 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 1: ninety nine thousand back for sitting on the bench. Like Tom, 104 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: you were not the head coach. You're drawing these lines. 105 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 1: You created a lot of dissension in the building. What 106 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 1: what Tom Coughlin did these last I'd say twelve months 107 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: is beyond embarrassing. You know, it won't necessarily be a 108 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: blemish on his resume just because as time goes on 109 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: you just remember the two Super Bowls, but it should 110 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 1: be a blemish on his resume. He what he did 111 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: to himself. I mean, this is like clown activity. This 112 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 1: is the type stuff that Al Davis with the UH 113 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 1: with the what was it called the transparency the overhead 114 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 1: projector or something that Jimmy Haslum and Joe Banner, you know, 115 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 1: or something would have done in Cleveland four or five 116 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 1: years ago. That's the level of just people around the 117 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,720 Speaker 1: league laughing, are you kidding me? And then for the 118 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 1: NFL p A to put out a statement that basically saying, 119 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:14,719 Speaker 1: we would recommend you thinking twice before you play here. 120 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:17,479 Speaker 1: He left shot Khan no choice but to fire the 121 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 1: old guy. And I'm not anti old people, though, when 122 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:25,720 Speaker 1: you conduct yourself like this, I can imagine it was very, 123 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 1: very difficult for Tom to be a general manager slash 124 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:32,719 Speaker 1: whatever the hell his you know, actual role was. I've 125 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 1: heard he had a lot of power and he was 126 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: living just in archaic times. One of the big reasons 127 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:41,479 Speaker 1: I've heard Leonard fournettez on that team is he led 128 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 1: the charge a between the tackles, running downhill, running back. 129 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 1: Think about drafting a guy like that in the top 130 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 1: five in the last four or five years. I mean, 131 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 1: it was jaw dropping when he did it. Now, I 132 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 1: didn't love McCaffrey as high as the Panthers drafted him, 133 00:06:56,839 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 1: but at least you could understand what he brought to 134 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 1: the table catching the football. I mean, Ezekiel Elliott is 135 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 1: a much more balanced player than Leonard Fournette when it 136 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: comes to all the aspects of the of the position. 137 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: So I just it's hard for me to wrap my 138 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: head around Tom Coughlin in the finds that he was 139 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 1: giving out two players that he was legally not allowed 140 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 1: to do it. And the owner deserves some deserve some 141 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 1: criticism for this too. You hired this guy. Why because 142 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: he was a big name, a classic move that owners make. 143 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: Oh he's Tom Coflin, he's won Super Bowls. But you 144 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 1: didn't really have a position for him. You already had 145 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 1: a general manager and you weren't hiring him to be 146 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 1: your coach. What the hell was he gonna do? But 147 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:42,240 Speaker 1: at his core, it's hard. What what's the saying? You 148 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 1: don't treat you don't uh, you don't teach old dogs 149 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 1: new tricks. At seventy two years old, Tom Coughlin was 150 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 1: not going to change. But his authority in that building, 151 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 1: not being the head coach, and that is who the 152 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 1: player's answer to. Yet they know this guy is pushing 153 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 1: these agendas just cause problems. Because you watched the Jaguars 154 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 1: the last couple of years, you went, wow, they have 155 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 1: a lot of talent. Clearly the dysfunction was at an 156 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 1: all time high, and Tom Coughlin was a big, big 157 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: reason for that. I blame Tom Coughlin. Now, when you 158 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: see these things coming out, when you see these grievances 159 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:21,720 Speaker 1: being overturned, and then you see players all around the 160 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: NFL and people think I'm just like Mr Pro management. 161 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:28,360 Speaker 1: Now I'm just pro the right What's right and what's wrong. 162 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 1: And usually I'm pro management because i'm pro fan, I'm 163 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:34,839 Speaker 1: pro the sport. And usually when players just go all 164 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:37,559 Speaker 1: over the place NBA style or have a bunch of power, 165 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 1: it doesn't work and your your your business suffers. So 166 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 1: I think the balance of the NBA at the NFL 167 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: tends to be the Obviously the front office has more power, 168 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 1: but some players have some juice. Jalen Ramsay had some juice. 169 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 1: The good players in any sport are always gonna have 170 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 1: some jewics. But I'm just pro doing the right thing. 171 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 1: What Tom Coughlin was doing was moronic. Like I just 172 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 1: I'm still baffled bad at a couple of days later 173 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,679 Speaker 1: that this happened and that no one inside the Jaguars 174 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:08,839 Speaker 1: said anything. Though I understand he's a pretty intimidating old guy, 175 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:12,200 Speaker 1: but I think the Jaguars have a legitimate, you know, 176 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 1: public relations problem on their hand right now, and getting 177 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:19,319 Speaker 1: rid of Tom helps, but overall, they gotta show everyone 178 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 1: that this is a place that's that's pro player, that's pro, 179 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:25,199 Speaker 1: and I pro players the wrong word, but just pro. 180 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 1: We're not out to get you. And it felt like 181 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 1: Tom coflin like this was the wild Wild West. He 182 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:32,559 Speaker 1: was just trying to take out guys. You don't remember 183 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 1: what Jalen Ramsey. His issue, everything that came out publicly 184 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 1: was with Tom coflin. Why is Tom Coughlin involved with 185 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey, Like stay away. Most general managers are out 186 00:09:44,679 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 1: of sight, out of mind, even in the building. I'm 187 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 1: not saying you can't have friendly relations with players, but 188 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:53,840 Speaker 1: you shouldn't. They shouldn't be intimidated by you. That if anything, 189 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:56,679 Speaker 1: that's the coach's job. So if you're a player, you're 190 00:09:56,679 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 1: intimidated by the coaching staff because they're on you, they're 191 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:01,959 Speaker 1: holding you to high standards, they're pushing you, and you're 192 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 1: worried about this old guy potentially finding you screaming at you. 193 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 1: What a dysfunctional mess and what just what a bad 194 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 1: look for Tom Coughlin that there really is is no 195 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 1: way around it. Like I didn't view when he left 196 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:17,080 Speaker 1: New York it was time, but he left with his 197 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:20,559 Speaker 1: head held high. He had a very respectable career. He's 198 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 1: going out a legend. When as many Super Bowls there, 199 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 1: I mean Parcels won too, he wont to. So he's 200 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 1: right there with Bill Parcels in term of Super Bowl 201 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 1: rings with the New York Giants. It was a really 202 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 1: big deal. He beat Belichick twice. I would say he's 203 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 1: one of the more respected guys in the league. I 204 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 1: remember going to the combine when I was an intern. 205 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 1: The young guys had to get there really early at 206 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 1: the weigh ins, and I remember getting there at like 207 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 1: six am and he was already sitting there, and it 208 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 1: was like, this guy is just this guy's a beast, 209 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: you know. I always I always held him in such 210 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 1: high regard. I lost some respect for him over this. 211 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:52,680 Speaker 1: I really did like have a feel for the room, 212 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 1: you know, and for as smart and as tough as 213 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: certain guys can be, they also can be dumb sometimes. 214 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 1: And this was this is a very bad look for 215 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 1: the UH, for Tom Coughlin and I. You know, you 216 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 1: give the owner some credit, but he also created this 217 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 1: mess by hiring him some fake position, and then he 218 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:16,959 Speaker 1: created all this divisiveness within the organization. So hopefully they 219 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 1: can move on, but just what a disaster. Well, I 220 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 1: I don't pretend to know that much about recruiting. Besides 221 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:26,600 Speaker 1: just a couple of the super famous guys, a couple 222 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 1: of the five star guys, you know, a couple of 223 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:32,960 Speaker 1: the kids. Whenever you know Barry Sanders kids year ago, 224 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 1: you know, four or five years ago. I went to 225 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:37,679 Speaker 1: Stanford Emmett Smith's kid. This year, I think o Jo 226 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:40,679 Speaker 1: Sinko's kid, Jerry Rice's kid were all recruited. That's kind 227 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 1: of cool to see, even though Jerry Rice a littolder. 228 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 1: No Joe Sinko. But one thing that really jumped out 229 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 1: to me in recruiting is the Dabbo Sweeney is the 230 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:54,840 Speaker 1: new Pete Carroll. But the difference is that Pete Carroll 231 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 1: took over one of the more historic programs that was 232 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 1: just down in USC And when you take over a 233 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 1: historic program that's quote unquote down, it's not that hard 234 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 1: to get it kickstarted. Ohio State, Michigan, Obama, l s U. Like, 235 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:13,080 Speaker 1: if you do it right, you can go from you know, 236 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 1: driving a solid car to Ferrari quickly and you never 237 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:19,760 Speaker 1: look back. And that's what Pete Carroll did. That's what 238 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:23,080 Speaker 1: you know Saban did at Alabama. That's what when Urban 239 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:25,559 Speaker 1: got to Ohio State took it to another level. Same 240 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 1: thing when Urban got to Florida, Like you can flip 241 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 1: a switch because you don't have to go that for 242 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 1: you know that you know the book good too great. 243 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:35,720 Speaker 1: I'd argue it's harder to go from nothing too good, 244 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:38,199 Speaker 1: you know. It's it's really incredible when you get to 245 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 1: a program and create something. You know, like what Bill 246 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 1: Snyder did at Kansas State, what the guys doing at 247 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 1: Iowa State, what Mike Leach did at Washington State two 248 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 1: years ago, most wins in in uh in school history. 249 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 1: Like I'm not trying to diminish what Chip Kelly did 250 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 1: at Oregon, but I also think it takes away from 251 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 1: how good of a program Mike Ballotti had hum in 252 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 1: there out Chip Kelly took him just another inch up, 253 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: but they were a damn good program the rest of 254 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 1: the majority of my life. Like what Bruce Feldman told 255 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:11,480 Speaker 1: me one time on a radio interview that he thought 256 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:14,320 Speaker 1: the Jim Harbaugh coaching job at Stanford was the most 257 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 1: incredible turnaround job you'd ever seen. It was remarkable. I 258 00:13:17,559 --> 00:13:19,480 Speaker 1: think when he got the job they were one and eleven. 259 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 1: Three years later they're beating Pete Carroll and when in 260 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 1: you know, double digit games going to the BCS. It 261 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 1: was remarkable. So Dabbo Sweeney, Clemson has historically produced a 262 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 1: lot of NFL players. I know, a long long time 263 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 1: ago they had won national championships, but for a long 264 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 1: time they kind of felt like an underachieving, like an 265 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 1: Arizona state of the South. I looked at their recruits. 266 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 1: Obviously they got a lot of guys from the South, 267 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 1: but they stole people from Georgia when Georgia's humming. They 268 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:52,440 Speaker 1: went into Alabama when Alabama's hunting. But they've become so cool. 269 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 1: Maryland boom got their best player, their best overall recruit, 270 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 1: who I think is a second and third guy depending 271 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 1: on where you look, is the quarterback from St. John 272 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:05,440 Speaker 1: Bosco's in Los Angeles who's also going to Clemson. Now, 273 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 1: a big reason that a lot of these Southern schools 274 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 1: I think are coming into l A and having success 275 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:13,640 Speaker 1: is because USC's down in Oregon only has so many spots. 276 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:16,200 Speaker 1: I I give tipped my hat to Mario. He's the 277 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 1: only guy out West recruiting like it's the SEC trying 278 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: in same with Washington. But Dabbo Sweeney. When you think 279 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 1: of college football coaches, the best ones kind of assholes, right, 280 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 1: I mean Nick Saban, you know he's kind of a dick. 281 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 1: Even Urban Meyer, like he's an intense dude. Think of 282 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 1: like what Jimmy Johnson was in his prime, or you know, 283 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 1: even Bob Stoops. You know, pretty intense guys. And I'm 284 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 1: not saying Dabbo or Pete are not intense, because clearly 285 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 1: they are at the highest level. They're also pretty happy guys. 286 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 1: They're also pretty optimistic guys that you feel like you 287 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 1: would want to be around at all times. Like would 288 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 1: you want to spend that much time around Nick Saban, 289 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 1: I mean he would if you were a football coach 290 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: of Steel's ideas. He would also are you out just 291 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 1: kind of some of his negativity and intensity. There's a 292 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: difference between Dabbo and Pete's intensity, which is all positive. 293 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 1: And what Dabble has done at Clemson is absolutely amazing. 294 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 1: For Clemson to have the number one recruiting class, they 295 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 1: won two of the last three national championships. I actually 296 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 1: think they're a sleeper to win this national championship. I 297 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: like them to beet Ohio State in that first round game. 298 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 1: But then to him to go to areas like Alabama 299 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 1: when the Crimson Tide are humming, to go to Georgia 300 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 1: and out recruit the University of Georgia when they have 301 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 1: been consistently a top ten program these last two or 302 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 1: three years. He goes into Maryland like it's no big deal, 303 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 1: and then he comes out to California and gets the 304 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 1: top guy in Santa California. Again. It feels very very 305 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 1: Pete Carroll right now. Uh, to win all over the 306 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 1: country with his positive vibe, his cool vibe. I keep 307 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 1: hearing that Dave Tepper is gonna want Josh McDaniels. If 308 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 1: you're Dave Tepper, how would you not talk to this guy? 309 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:57,840 Speaker 1: How does he not feel like Pete Carroll or Jimmy Johnson? 310 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 1: How could you look? Now? I understand that Pete had 311 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 1: had NFL experience, it was a little different. But Jimmy 312 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:08,080 Speaker 1: Johnson's a guy that took Miami to a whole another level. 313 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 1: Jerry hired him and he never looked back. And Dabbo 314 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 1: has like would Dabbo work in California? He's perfect for 315 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 1: the South. You know, there is a a And I'm 316 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 1: not pro or anti religion or anything, but talking about 317 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 1: God and stuff. We don't really do that out here. Uh, 318 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:28,240 Speaker 1: It's it's a big deal in the South. It resonates 319 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 1: with your bass. So I do think he really, if 320 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:33,600 Speaker 1: I was him, I would stay at Clemson. If Bama called, 321 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 1: I don't know about Obviously he went to Alabama, maybe 322 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: he would go there one day. I personally, if I 323 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:40,080 Speaker 1: was him and even wanted to go back to Alabama, 324 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 1: I would let someone go to Alabama first, fail and 325 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:46,000 Speaker 1: then come in second. But I would imagine that Dave 326 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 1: Tepper is gonna call it. He'd be crazy, he would 327 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 1: be insane if he doesn't try to get an ultra 328 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 1: secret meeting with Dabo Sweeney. Now, Dabbo makes a ton 329 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 1: of money, and rightfully so, he deserves to arguably be 330 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 1: the highest paid coach in college football. He's beaten say 331 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 1: been multiple times. He's recruiting the best players in the country. 332 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:06,520 Speaker 1: He has now become a national brand, and part of that, 333 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:10,640 Speaker 1: social media and the Internet and television has really helped 334 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 1: these southern schools. As someone that lives in California, never 335 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 1: been to an SEC game, been in Florida a couple 336 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 1: of times for NFL games, the Dolphins and the Bucks. 337 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 1: I've been a new I've never been to a Saints game, 338 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 1: but I've been to UH I've been in New Orleans 339 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:27,880 Speaker 1: and Bourbon Street before, so I've been by the Dome. 340 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: Know how cool it is that the SEC and the South. 341 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 1: And then I would argue the South like Miami when 342 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 1: I was a kid, or like in junior high d J. Williams, 343 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:40,879 Speaker 1: who was he played for the Broncos for a while 344 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 1: but was the number one overall recruiting the country, was 345 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:45,240 Speaker 1: at dalya South. He went to the Miami. So we've 346 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 1: always had top guys go to Southern schools, but to 347 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:51,479 Speaker 1: come out here and get our number one quarterback like 348 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 1: USC And I'll give Oregon credit, they were going after 349 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:56,879 Speaker 1: him very, very hard. But it's cool to go to 350 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 1: Clemson now. But I don't blame that guy from St. 351 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 1: John Osco's going to Clemson at all. I'd go there too. 352 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,679 Speaker 1: It's a badass. Look at all the sweet players in 353 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 1: the NFL. I mean, I'm thinking today back in the 354 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:12,639 Speaker 1: two thousands, like with with the Deshawn's and Marshawn's and 355 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:14,720 Speaker 1: a bunch of guys that came out of California, would 356 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:17,080 Speaker 1: they have even lasted Like would they have gone to 357 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:18,879 Speaker 1: the Pack twelve or would they have ended up at 358 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:21,920 Speaker 1: Alabama or would they have ended up at Georgia Clemson? 359 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 1: And it's really remarkable Dabbo being able to rise even 360 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:30,919 Speaker 1: while the SEC has crushed. Obviously, Nick Saban crushes it. 361 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:33,680 Speaker 1: Nag Harris, one of you know, starting running backs from 362 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:38,120 Speaker 1: five minutes away from me. Georgia's getting guys. Georgia's the 363 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:42,480 Speaker 1: top running back they got is from Fresno, California, and 364 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 1: Dabbo is still like finding a way to get the 365 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 1: players he wants. It's really remarkable, and I really do 366 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 1: think there are a lot of parallels to Pete Carroll. 367 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:54,200 Speaker 1: His program is fun to watch, has become an NFL program. 368 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 1: They have the best assistant coaches, they have the best 369 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: talent on you know, last year, how many first rounders 370 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:01,679 Speaker 1: they had. They're gonna have more first rounders this year. 371 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 1: They're gonna have a future number one overall quarterback in 372 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 1: two years. They already got one, Deshaun Watson, who was 373 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:09,959 Speaker 1: kicking ask and taking names for the Houston Texans. So 374 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 1: you just gotta tip your hat. You know, they say 375 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:15,680 Speaker 1: a rising tide lifts all boats. Obviously, the SEC has 376 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 1: kind of created this competition down there, and Dabbos found 377 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:23,399 Speaker 1: a way. I understand, like it's easier for him to 378 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:26,200 Speaker 1: navigate the regular season when you're playing in a SEC schedule, 379 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 1: but you can't argue the players he's getting. He would 380 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 1: easily compete in the SEC because we see when he 381 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 1: plays Alabama and he beats him. He's beat him twice 382 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 1: in the biggest game going, and last year at Levi Stadium, 383 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 1: he kicked the crap out of him. What he's doing 384 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:43,440 Speaker 1: is just absolutely remarkable. I have nothing but admiration for 385 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 1: the guy. And again, if I'm David Temper, there is 386 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:48,640 Speaker 1: I'm not taking no for an answer. Maybe he won't 387 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:50,560 Speaker 1: be my coach, but I'm getting to sit down with 388 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 1: the guy. Okay, let's go Sunday games. Actually we'll start 389 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:58,640 Speaker 1: on Saturday. Uh. You gotta love the NFL. They realized 390 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:00,240 Speaker 1: we got I guess we got some Bowl games games, 391 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 1: but crappy ones. Houston at Tampa. Uh, listen, Houston's the 392 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:08,959 Speaker 1: craziest team in the league. On a given week, they 393 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,080 Speaker 1: could blow out a good team or they could get 394 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:13,680 Speaker 1: smoked by a bad team. You really don't know who's 395 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,440 Speaker 1: gonna show up, you know. I think it's clear that 396 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 1: when when Kenny still is on the field to go 397 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:22,400 Speaker 1: with Hopkins and Shawn Carlos, Tis actually had a pretty 398 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 1: good season. Their offense is really good. Their defense has 399 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:27,560 Speaker 1: played a lot better the second half of the season. 400 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 1: They were they were really good. I thought last week, Uh, 401 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:33,760 Speaker 1: Tampa one of those weird bad teams. I don't even 402 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 1: know if you can consider them bad anymore. There seven 403 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:37,240 Speaker 1: and seven. Who would have thought there seven and seven? 404 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:40,360 Speaker 1: They started three and seven. They're getting plus three at home. 405 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:45,879 Speaker 1: Godwin's banged up, Evans is out, but Jamis you know, 406 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:47,959 Speaker 1: for all the picks he throws, he does throws a lot, 407 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,200 Speaker 1: throw a lot of touchdowns. This is one of those 408 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 1: weird games. It would not shock me to see Tampa 409 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:57,200 Speaker 1: play well. I would lean Houston, but as a gambling man, 410 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:00,440 Speaker 1: I would stay away. To me, this is another game 411 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 1: I would stay away because Bills at the Patriots. I 412 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 1: think we're all thinking take the Bills plus six, which 413 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:08,959 Speaker 1: is a pretty good bet when you just factor in 414 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 1: they got an elite defense and the Patriots offense is 415 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 1: a train wreck. Here's the issue, though, just with the game, 416 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 1: the Bills barely average over twenty points and the Patriots 417 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 1: had the best scoring defense in the league. How are 418 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:24,080 Speaker 1: the Patriots, excuse me, how are the Bills, who just 419 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:27,040 Speaker 1: really struggled against the Steelers. And the Steelers are good 420 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:30,040 Speaker 1: on defense too, but how are they gonna win in 421 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:34,159 Speaker 1: New England? It's way harder. There's this mythological element to 422 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:36,119 Speaker 1: the Patriots too, when you factor in the Bills have 423 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 1: been in this division forever. I love Sean McDermott. It's 424 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 1: it's kudos and them making the playoffs again. And I 425 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:46,640 Speaker 1: love their defense. And Edelman. I saw a clip at practice. 426 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:50,800 Speaker 1: He looks terrible physically, He's hurt. Patriots can't run the ball. 427 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 1: Brady's old. Is he gonna leave in free agency? I 428 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:57,359 Speaker 1: just I can't pick against the Patriots till they just 429 00:21:57,520 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 1: prove it to me over and over. So I would 430 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 1: lean New England in but six points. I think the 431 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 1: first game in Buffalo, right was sixteen to ten to me, 432 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 1: This kind of feels like twenty three fourteen type game 433 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:14,920 Speaker 1: even for maybe, so I'd probably go New England minus six. 434 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:17,920 Speaker 1: Game of the Night because it's actually the only game 435 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:20,639 Speaker 1: on in the night. Rams at the Niners in that 436 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:22,359 Speaker 1: first game when the Niners played him in l A, 437 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:25,000 Speaker 1: they kicked their ass. Their defense was a lot healthier. 438 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 1: De Ford played that game before. It's not playing in 439 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:29,879 Speaker 1: this game. But the Niners coming off a bad loss 440 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:31,879 Speaker 1: to the Falcons, I mean kind of a bad loss. 441 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 1: Julio Jones was the guy kicking their ass, and they 442 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 1: were missing Richard Sherman. Richard Sherman's back their nickel corner. 443 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:40,920 Speaker 1: Kwan Williams is also back. So I actually think the 444 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:43,400 Speaker 1: Niners defense, which has not been that good the last 445 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:45,880 Speaker 1: couple of weeks, should be a lot better. Just they 446 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 1: get Sherman back, who's very important. Boast has been bawling 447 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:52,720 Speaker 1: Buckner Armstead. The Rams offensive line is a train wreck. 448 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:55,240 Speaker 1: The weird part though about this game is the Rams 449 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:59,359 Speaker 1: are technically still alive, and because Minnesota doesn't play until 450 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:01,920 Speaker 1: Monday night, you gotta win this game to just keep 451 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 1: your playoff hopes alive. You lose this game, it's it's over. 452 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:07,760 Speaker 1: The Rams have to win the next to Minnesota has 453 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:09,480 Speaker 1: to lose the last two. So if the Rams lose 454 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 1: this game, just say bye bye the playoffs. So they're 455 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:14,879 Speaker 1: gonna come out swinging now if the Ninders can get 456 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:18,000 Speaker 1: it early lead games at home. I saw on weather 457 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 1: dot com. I mean, I live here, but it's supposed 458 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:24,359 Speaker 1: to rain, I guess in northern California on Saturday night, so, 459 00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:28,359 Speaker 1: you know, I don't know who necessarily that benefits the Rams. 460 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:31,720 Speaker 1: Todd Gurley is kind of a shell of himself. Their defense, 461 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:33,719 Speaker 1: beside last week where they got their ass kicks, has 462 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:36,560 Speaker 1: actually been a lot better since they got Jalen Ramsey. 463 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:39,400 Speaker 1: I'd probably take the Rams plus six and a half, 464 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:41,080 Speaker 1: but kind of like all three of these games, I 465 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:43,200 Speaker 1: think they're just stay away. This is a hard, hard 466 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 1: week to gamble. Jacksonville Atlanta, Uh, Atlanta's sneaky kind of hot. 467 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 1: You know, they've won four their last six games. Julio 468 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 1: Jones is going nuts. Matt Ryan looked good. Jacksonville was 469 00:23:56,359 --> 00:23:58,879 Speaker 1: begging to get their ass kicked last week and the 470 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 1: Raiders just refused because the Raiders suck even more than 471 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 1: the Jaguars, and the refs helped him out a little bit. 472 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 1: The Falcons minus seven and a half. Is there a 473 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:09,360 Speaker 1: chance if Dan Quinn wins these last couple of games 474 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,440 Speaker 1: he's gonna keep his job? If they end up going 475 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:13,479 Speaker 1: seven and nine their five and nine right now, if 476 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:15,680 Speaker 1: they went out, is he keeping his job or zee 477 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:17,679 Speaker 1: a lock to be fired? Because it felt like he 478 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 1: was a lock to be fired. I still feel like 479 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:22,720 Speaker 1: he's gonna get fired, but I would probably remove the 480 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 1: word lock. And then with Jacksonville, it feels like everyone's 481 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:28,400 Speaker 1: gonna get fired. Kind of a shitty deal there, so 482 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:31,400 Speaker 1: I would lean the Falcons there. New Orleans at Tennessee 483 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:36,399 Speaker 1: the Saints. You just need to keep winning because if 484 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 1: the Niners, you know, slip up, or Seattle slips up, 485 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 1: they can get the one seed. They have the tiebreaker 486 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 1: over Seattle. If the forty Niners went out and they 487 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 1: would get the one seed because they have the tiebreaker 488 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:48,240 Speaker 1: over New Orleans. But if New Orleans wins these next 489 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:50,439 Speaker 1: two games, they're a lock to get a by So 490 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 1: this game is big and Tennessee at what are they eight? 491 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:58,919 Speaker 1: What's their record right now? Eight and six? You know 492 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:01,600 Speaker 1: with the stealer or who are playing the Jets. This 493 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 1: is borderline must win games at home. Saints coming off 494 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 1: a short week now, I don't feel good about Tennessee 495 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:12,359 Speaker 1: winning this game, but you gotta win to even have 496 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:16,720 Speaker 1: the final week against Houston in Houston even matter. And 497 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:18,760 Speaker 1: if the Steelers were to win, and we'll talk about 498 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 1: that game next, bye bye, Tennessee. If you lose this game, 499 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:25,040 Speaker 1: So there is a lot on the line. Giants at Redskins. Actually, 500 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 1: let's talk about this game next, because there's nothing to say. 501 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:31,160 Speaker 1: Who cares? Even if you're a Giants fan, I would 502 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:33,520 Speaker 1: probably boycott watching this. And if you're a Redskins fan, 503 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:36,680 Speaker 1: I think you've already boycotted the season. What just a 504 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 1: you might as well just put a dumpster in the 505 00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 1: at the fifty yard line, throw a bunch of trash 506 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:44,159 Speaker 1: in the dumpster, and then just throw some gasoline and 507 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:46,119 Speaker 1: then light the thing on fire, because that's what this 508 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 1: game is, a dumpster fire Redskins joke. Giants, you could 509 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 1: argue a bigger joke because they actually thought they were 510 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:57,080 Speaker 1: gonna be good. What a debacle. I mean, if Jay 511 00:25:57,119 --> 00:25:59,520 Speaker 1: Gruens already fired, it is Pat Schremer next, you would think. 512 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,600 Speaker 1: Me The question with the New York Giants is Dave 513 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:06,960 Speaker 1: Gettleman survived Steelers at the Jets? Like I said, I mean, 514 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:08,640 Speaker 1: this is a big game for the Steelers. They are 515 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:11,200 Speaker 1: still in the six spot if they win out there 516 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 1: in the playoffs, you're playing the Jets, who haven't really 517 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 1: played that well since they had that one game against 518 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:19,400 Speaker 1: the Raiders when they looked awesome. They've kind of turned 519 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:21,879 Speaker 1: back into the Adam Gates Jets. Here's the thing with 520 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:25,400 Speaker 1: the Steelers, though, is their offense isn't very good because 521 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:28,240 Speaker 1: their quarterback situation. And I'm rooting for Duck Hodges. He's 522 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 1: a cool story, but if he's your quarterback, you've got 523 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:34,480 Speaker 1: some issues. And then the Jets just too many injuries. 524 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 1: Just kind of a last year. Bengals at the Dolphins 525 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:41,440 Speaker 1: the Burrow ball? Can we call it the Burrow ball? 526 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:43,720 Speaker 1: You know, if you're the Bengals, you want no part 527 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:46,800 Speaker 1: of winning this game none, And if you're the Dolphins, 528 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:51,040 Speaker 1: they just keep on playing hard. Was they have three 529 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 1: wins right now? I think I have to double check that, 530 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:56,960 Speaker 1: but this game actually has a little more intrigue. Like 531 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:00,399 Speaker 1: I crushed the Giants Redskin game, but I'm kind of 532 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:02,879 Speaker 1: giving this love. I don't know if that's fair, but 533 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 1: I do appreciate the way the Miami Dolphins they play. 534 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:11,320 Speaker 1: I mean, they play really hard. You have to give 535 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:14,240 Speaker 1: Brian Floor has a lot of credit. So right now, 536 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 1: the Bengals have one win, I guess it because the 537 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:20,320 Speaker 1: Dolphins have three, they would still be in the driver's 538 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 1: seat because the Redskins and the Giants are right behind 539 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,119 Speaker 1: them in the draft order. But they play, So someone 540 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:28,680 Speaker 1: is gonna win that game. That sucks for the Redskins 541 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:32,560 Speaker 1: and the Giants. Whoever wins that game, he's gonna screw 542 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:35,720 Speaker 1: themselves for draft spots. God, that would If I was 543 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 1: John Mara, I would mandate my team loses. So actually 544 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:40,840 Speaker 1: it doesn't. It's not the Burro Bowl because the Bengals are. 545 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:43,320 Speaker 1: The Bengals are gonna get Joe Burrow, and if they 546 00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:45,160 Speaker 1: lose this game, it's a lock to get Joe Burrow 547 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:48,720 Speaker 1: unless he denies going there, which I would recommend. The 548 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:51,879 Speaker 1: Panthers at the Colts, there's really not much on the 549 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:55,200 Speaker 1: line in this game. The Colt season is over after 550 00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:58,200 Speaker 1: losing just several games in a row. Who would have thought, 551 00:27:58,240 --> 00:27:59,600 Speaker 1: I mean, I think most of us thought they were 552 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 1: gonna be real good. T Y Hilton got hurt, uh 553 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:05,600 Speaker 1: Jacoby hurt his knee, and then it kind of derailed 554 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:07,200 Speaker 1: their season. Now they're sixth and eight and they look 555 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,200 Speaker 1: like they're headed for like a seven and ninth season. 556 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 1: The Panthers, I thought they'd have a little more life 557 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 1: once Ron Rivera was fired, but that hasn't really been 558 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:18,720 Speaker 1: the case. And it turns out Kyle Allen just isn't 559 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 1: that great of a player. M hmm, Sorry, I got 560 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:25,520 Speaker 1: something in my throat or something. The Ravens at the Browns. 561 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 1: I would say the biggest upset so far of the 562 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:31,960 Speaker 1: season is the Browns beating the Ravens earlier in the year, 563 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:34,480 Speaker 1: and you know, you come all the way to week 564 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:38,160 Speaker 1: sixteen and you go, the Browns at home are a 565 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 1: ten point underdog. So that tells you everything to know 566 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:44,960 Speaker 1: that's happened since that game. I always just kind of 567 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:48,000 Speaker 1: bet against a team, like, are the Ravens that started 568 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,680 Speaker 1: two in two really gonna win twelve straight games and 569 00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:53,840 Speaker 1: finished fourteen and two? And I'm not demitted, Like they're awesome. 570 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:55,320 Speaker 1: They're the best team in the league right now, and 571 00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 1: they probably have the m v P with Lamar Jackson 572 00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:00,520 Speaker 1: and John Harbop probably deserves to be the coach of 573 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:03,880 Speaker 1: the Year. But you know, if you're them, I don't 574 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:07,280 Speaker 1: know if a loss kind of just to refocus everyone. 575 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:09,080 Speaker 1: Now you could argue John, why do they need to refocus? 576 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:11,240 Speaker 1: Or kicking the crap at everyone? I mean, like that's fair. 577 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 1: The Ravens, they didn't play until since last Thursday. The 578 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:20,080 Speaker 1: Browns got Jarvis screaming at people, And I don't know 579 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:21,920 Speaker 1: how you pick against the Ravens in this game. But 580 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:24,760 Speaker 1: that's what's weird about late, you know, in the season 581 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:28,520 Speaker 1: NFL games, you know, it's is this really a rivalry game? 582 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:30,240 Speaker 1: I mean, do the Ravens look at the Browns like 583 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:32,920 Speaker 1: some rival now? Is there going to be a little 584 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:35,280 Speaker 1: revenge factor because they beat them so early in the season, 585 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:37,240 Speaker 1: or do they even care? They've kicked so much assid 586 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:40,080 Speaker 1: and everyone's been blowing them since why do they even 587 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:43,520 Speaker 1: care about the Browns? So I would probably take the 588 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:46,360 Speaker 1: Browns plus ten just that's a lot of points. The 589 00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:48,320 Speaker 1: Browns do have some good players. I just I just 590 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:50,560 Speaker 1: wanted you just wonder if the if the Ravens are 591 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:53,720 Speaker 1: bound to have just kind of a mental lapse because 592 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:57,520 Speaker 1: they're clearly a way better team, way better coached, and 593 00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:01,080 Speaker 1: they just have more cohesion with their town. But you 594 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:03,000 Speaker 1: would just think if if I was on the Ravens, 595 00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 1: would I say super focused? You know, four game at Cleveland, 596 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:07,760 Speaker 1: I don't even know if I care. But then again, 597 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 1: I'm recording into a mic and they're playing in the NFL. 598 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 1: Lions had the Broncos, I don't have much to say here. 599 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,760 Speaker 1: A little surprising. I guess Patricia and Bob Quinn were 600 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 1: retained for this this next season, with the owner basically 601 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:22,720 Speaker 1: saying we better make the playoffs or these guys are 602 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:28,000 Speaker 1: done the Broncos. It's weird because in his first two starts, 603 00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:33,640 Speaker 1: Drew locked through five touchdowns. Five touchdowns. He looked like 604 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:37,720 Speaker 1: Elway in the one game against uh against the Houston Texans. 605 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:39,960 Speaker 1: Came back to earth a little last week against the 606 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:43,040 Speaker 1: Kansasy Chiefs. But playing at Arrowhead in the snow, that's 607 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:45,160 Speaker 1: a pretty tough environment. You should get your ass kicked. 608 00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:47,680 Speaker 1: I kind of like the Broncos might have six and 609 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:50,959 Speaker 1: a half, especially they're starting that blow guy. Raiders at 610 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:54,840 Speaker 1: the Chargers another game I have no feel for. The 611 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:58,640 Speaker 1: Raiders are just in shambles. Trent Brown their starwright tackle 612 00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:00,920 Speaker 1: I R. Josh Jacob is not an I are, but 613 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:04,160 Speaker 1: he's not playing this week. The Chargers, I would feel 614 00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:07,160 Speaker 1: very uncomfortable gambling on them, but they do have a 615 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:09,600 Speaker 1: lot of good players, and you would think they would 616 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:12,840 Speaker 1: expose a backup right tackle and the Raiders missing their 617 00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:17,440 Speaker 1: best offensive peace. Plus, the Raiders have lost four straight games, 618 00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:19,560 Speaker 1: and in three of those games they got blown out. 619 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:22,239 Speaker 1: And their fourth loss was to the Jacksonville Jaguar. So 620 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:27,600 Speaker 1: I like the Chargers here, Cowboys at the Eagles. I 621 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:30,120 Speaker 1: would say this is the marquee game of Sunday, with 622 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:32,680 Speaker 1: a couple of those good games on Saturday, and with 623 00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:34,880 Speaker 1: Chicago not being that good. So there's not much on 624 00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:38,480 Speaker 1: the line. Where do we start the big news of 625 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:42,200 Speaker 1: the week. Because Dak Prescott hasn't practiced. Now, I've been 626 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:44,560 Speaker 1: around the NFL and covering it and talking about it 627 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:48,000 Speaker 1: long enough to know this is not high school sports. Hell, 628 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,840 Speaker 1: this isn't college. Not practicing once you're a pro, and 629 00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:54,200 Speaker 1: especially once you're a veteran, is not that big of 630 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:57,800 Speaker 1: a deal to me. The bigger issue is is Amari 631 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:01,320 Speaker 1: had to comment the day didn't make a throw in 632 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:03,440 Speaker 1: the Rams game and he said something to him in 633 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:05,960 Speaker 1: the huddle and acts like god, I just something's hurting 634 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:08,920 Speaker 1: right now. So is is he this guy legitimately hurt? 635 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:13,280 Speaker 1: Because if Dak Prescott is let's say seventy, the Cowboys 636 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:15,320 Speaker 1: are no lock to win this game. If the Cowboys 637 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:18,160 Speaker 1: has full health, they're just way better than the Eagles 638 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:20,440 Speaker 1: because the Eagles are missing a million players. But if 639 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:23,880 Speaker 1: you tell me that Dak Prescott is nowhere near I 640 00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:27,440 Speaker 1: got this game red flagged. Now, if Dak is sevent 641 00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:30,560 Speaker 1: and still can make the majority of the throws and 642 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:32,680 Speaker 1: Zeke can dominated on the ground, it still should be 643 00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:36,400 Speaker 1: advantaged the Cowboys, mainly because the Eagles all Shawn's gone, 644 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:39,880 Speaker 1: Deshawn's gone? Is Lane Johnson's hurt? Like how many guys 645 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:42,920 Speaker 1: can you miss? There? Depending on Greg Ward Jr. Which 646 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:45,600 Speaker 1: I like Greg Ward watched it in the last three 647 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:48,320 Speaker 1: or four weeks. I probably need a text, Howie that 648 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:52,120 Speaker 1: guy is a player? But that's that's depending on a 649 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:55,360 Speaker 1: lot in a basically a playoff game, and that's what 650 00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:57,960 Speaker 1: this is. Now. The advantage Philly has his games in 651 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:01,080 Speaker 1: Philly and those people hate the Cowboys and that place 652 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,760 Speaker 1: is going to be going ape shit. And Carson Wentz 653 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:06,640 Speaker 1: has showed signs of life the last two weeks. The 654 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:10,520 Speaker 1: problem is it's taken him elevating his game in the 655 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:13,160 Speaker 1: second half against two terrible teams and the Redskins and 656 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,480 Speaker 1: the Giants for them to win the last two games. 657 00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:18,440 Speaker 1: So sometimes winning can band aid some of your issues, 658 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:20,680 Speaker 1: Like they're not playing that well and it's not even 659 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:23,640 Speaker 1: their fault. They're missing so many players. But they found 660 00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:26,360 Speaker 1: this Greg Ward Jr. Guy. He's a bawler. Miles Sanders 661 00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:29,360 Speaker 1: finally coming on, Carson getting some of his mojo. Now 662 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:32,840 Speaker 1: they get to come home. I mean, trust me, I 663 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,320 Speaker 1: want to pick Philly so bad in this game, but 664 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:38,320 Speaker 1: I just don't see, assuming Dak Prescott is not like 665 00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:41,600 Speaker 1: fIF how the Cowboys can't win this game. They just 666 00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:45,240 Speaker 1: have way more healthy players. They have more impact players 667 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:49,440 Speaker 1: that are available. But Doug Peterson much better coach coach 668 00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:52,920 Speaker 1: than Jason. You know, the the Jerry Jones kind of 669 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:57,640 Speaker 1: the ghost of him always around making everyone uncomfortable. I'm 670 00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:01,840 Speaker 1: rooting for Philly. Uh My, my heart says Philly, My 671 00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:06,560 Speaker 1: head says the Cowboys. Arizona at Seattle. I know Arizona 672 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:09,640 Speaker 1: just beat down the Browns at home, but I just 673 00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:11,400 Speaker 1: see no way they're gonna go up to the to 674 00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:15,120 Speaker 1: the twelves and Hank. I would expect now nine and 675 00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:17,040 Speaker 1: a halfs a lot of points in Arizona can back 676 00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:20,680 Speaker 1: door cover because Kyler makes plays. But if Seattle is 677 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:24,160 Speaker 1: legitimately gonna win, win the West and be a one seed, 678 00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:26,200 Speaker 1: I don't think you just win this game. You you 679 00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:28,960 Speaker 1: win it by ten plus points. So that this should 680 00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:31,440 Speaker 1: be a statement game for Seattle going into which I 681 00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:34,879 Speaker 1: would imagine if the Niners win and Seattle's wins, even 682 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:38,360 Speaker 1: though neither team has to win. Week seventeen for the 683 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:41,880 Speaker 1: NFC West will be Sunday Night Football, which is pretty cool. 684 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:46,200 Speaker 1: Chiefs at the Bears. Chiefs are humming four straight games 685 00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:48,520 Speaker 1: under twenty points. Their defense is playing great. Gotta tip 686 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:52,200 Speaker 1: your hat to Spags obviously, my homes Tyreek Hill, Kelsey. 687 00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:55,040 Speaker 1: Their offense is awesome. If their defense plays well, I 688 00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:57,480 Speaker 1: think they could easily win the Super Bowl. Here's the 689 00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:01,239 Speaker 1: thing with the Bears. They're feisty averag team, and the 690 00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:04,359 Speaker 1: problem mainly is Robisky because he's just not very good. 691 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:07,000 Speaker 1: He can bitch all he wants. Point the finger, Naggi's 692 00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:09,480 Speaker 1: not calling the right plays, like Mitch, We've seen you 693 00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:13,760 Speaker 1: missed basic throws. I'm talking elementary throws. In the business, 694 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:17,160 Speaker 1: we call them lay up throws. Just keep your mouth quiet, buddy, 695 00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:19,719 Speaker 1: Just just just set this one out. When someone asks 696 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:22,920 Speaker 1: you your opinion on stuff and anything relates to the 697 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:26,040 Speaker 1: coach or any of the play calling, even if you disagree, 698 00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:29,040 Speaker 1: just just keep that one in the house. You you 699 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:33,040 Speaker 1: have negative equity right now, And I hope Ryan Pace 700 00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:35,640 Speaker 1: doesn't pick up his fifth year option and moves on 701 00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:37,719 Speaker 1: from him. Not because everything I've heard about Mitch is 702 00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:40,200 Speaker 1: a great guy. He's not a good enough player. It's 703 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:43,279 Speaker 1: just that simple. Now where I get nervous is Ryan 704 00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:46,279 Speaker 1: Pace drafted this guy number two overall. He traded up 705 00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:48,759 Speaker 1: for three, and he traded a third and fourth round 706 00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:51,319 Speaker 1: pick to move up one spot. And he didn't just 707 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,400 Speaker 1: move up one spot. He passed on two guys. I 708 00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:56,399 Speaker 1: don't know if you've noticed, Deshaun Watson Patrick Mahomes turned 709 00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:59,760 Speaker 1: out to be pretty good players, and one was acquired 710 00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:01,560 Speaker 1: by Andy and the other one was Bill O'Brien. And 711 00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:03,279 Speaker 1: those guys go to the playoffs every year with those 712 00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:06,520 Speaker 1: two guys. So Ryan Pace, is he gonna be willing 713 00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:09,520 Speaker 1: to admit how wrong he was, even though we all 714 00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:12,480 Speaker 1: on the outside no how wrong he was. We see 715 00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:15,319 Speaker 1: it all the time. It's hard for general managers to 716 00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:20,520 Speaker 1: admit defeat. So I would guess, as crazy as it sounds, 717 00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:22,200 Speaker 1: that they pick up his fifth year option, I hope 718 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:24,600 Speaker 1: they don't. I'm I'm a Bears fans, I'm rooting for 719 00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:27,600 Speaker 1: them not and this is I don't have any inside information. 720 00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:30,160 Speaker 1: I don't know Ryan Pace, but I think it's gonna 721 00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:31,880 Speaker 1: be very difficult for him not to pick up the 722 00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:34,399 Speaker 1: fifth year option on his quarterback. Though it's the right move. 723 00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:36,560 Speaker 1: I like the Chiefs in this game, but if I 724 00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:38,960 Speaker 1: was gambling, I take the under. It's probably gonna be 725 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:43,080 Speaker 1: freezing cold. Casey's defense is playing well, Obviously Chicago's defense 726 00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:48,640 Speaker 1: is solid, and UH should be a decent Sunday night game. Okay, 727 00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:51,160 Speaker 1: let's do a couple of middle cough mail bag questions. 728 00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:53,839 Speaker 1: I'm gonna bang out a couple UH keep it short, 729 00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:57,000 Speaker 1: you know, get you ready for the holidays. I guess 730 00:36:57,080 --> 00:37:00,080 Speaker 1: we got the holidays, Christmas, and everything's next week, so 731 00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:04,080 Speaker 1: we'll figure out next week's schedule. I haven't really thought 732 00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:06,840 Speaker 1: about that yet, but probably just keep on humming, you know, 733 00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:11,320 Speaker 1: no UH, as Belichick would say, no days off. First question, 734 00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:13,760 Speaker 1: do you think Jonathan Taylor will go in the first round? 735 00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:17,359 Speaker 1: He had an amazing career running the ball, but needs 736 00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:19,080 Speaker 1: to catch the ball better. Running Backs don't go in 737 00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:23,200 Speaker 1: the first round often. I haven't studied him besides just 738 00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:25,920 Speaker 1: watching him on television, so I can't speak to I. 739 00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:28,720 Speaker 1: I don't know. Is that the knock that he doesn't 740 00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:30,920 Speaker 1: catch the ball. Well, I know watching him in that 741 00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:33,799 Speaker 1: conference championship game against Ohio State, he had one run 742 00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:36,120 Speaker 1: that was just like he had a first round run. 743 00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:38,880 Speaker 1: And I've seen him enough to know he's a first 744 00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:41,680 Speaker 1: round type runner in terms of physicality. He can run inside, 745 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:44,360 Speaker 1: he can run outside, he can break tackles. Probably the 746 00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:47,920 Speaker 1: one knock would be elite top end speed. But to me, 747 00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:51,240 Speaker 1: there's some se Kwon Barkley of just just an absolute 748 00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:54,000 Speaker 1: playmaker with the ball in his hands. But yeah, I 749 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,560 Speaker 1: mean I would guess if I had a guess right now. 750 00:37:57,719 --> 00:37:59,759 Speaker 1: Not really, I wouldn't even say it's an educated guests 751 00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:03,120 Speaker 1: because I haven't text around, I haven't really studied them, 752 00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:05,640 Speaker 1: because you gotta catch the ball. To me, in two 753 00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:08,120 Speaker 1: thousand twenty, a running back is not going in the 754 00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:10,479 Speaker 1: first round. If they can't catch the ball. They gotta 755 00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:12,759 Speaker 1: be Zeke, they gotta be McCaffrey. The days of Leonard 756 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:14,800 Speaker 1: four Nett types going in the first round are done. 757 00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:17,680 Speaker 1: You know, I personally wouldn't take one in the first round. 758 00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:19,959 Speaker 1: But if you can get Jonathan Taylor in the second round, 759 00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:23,000 Speaker 1: be like getting Nick Chubb in the second round. So 760 00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:27,319 Speaker 1: my guests. Uneducated guest right now, second round. From what 761 00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:29,400 Speaker 1: I've seen of them, though, I'm a huge fan. The 762 00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:33,839 Speaker 1: dude's a Baller Niners fan from Palo Alto but living 763 00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:37,400 Speaker 1: in Vegas since city Baby been watching the Raiders stadium progress. 764 00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:40,080 Speaker 1: I'm not too sure the stadium is gonna be done 765 00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:42,440 Speaker 1: in time. A lot to be done. Wouldn't shock me 766 00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:45,440 Speaker 1: if they dropped the ball in this too. Ha. So 767 00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:48,480 Speaker 1: I guess not even middle golf mail. Bad question. Yeah, 768 00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:52,400 Speaker 1: I mean there's a reason the Raiders got a lease 769 00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:54,960 Speaker 1: for next year at the Coliseum. To think there's some 770 00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:57,560 Speaker 1: lock to be there next year, it's just not a fact. 771 00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:00,880 Speaker 1: The Raiders are always behind there. They're always struggling to 772 00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:04,680 Speaker 1: get things done. Could it be done? Sure? Could it not? Yeah? 773 00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:07,640 Speaker 1: I mean it's it's on the table. It's I heard 774 00:39:07,719 --> 00:39:11,520 Speaker 1: Kevin Clark for the Ringer. He's awesome NFL follow falling 775 00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:16,480 Speaker 1: on Twitter. Uh. He was on Rucillo's podcast, and I 776 00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:19,080 Speaker 1: think Ryan wasn't quite quite a understanding, like dud A 777 00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:21,080 Speaker 1: black of people in the Bay Area even care, and 778 00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:23,799 Speaker 1: Clark's like no, no, no one gave a ship. They've 779 00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:26,440 Speaker 1: been faking to move for like five straight years. I 780 00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:29,000 Speaker 1: mean that they've been they've had the final game at 781 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:32,919 Speaker 1: the Colisseum for three straight years. You can only cry 782 00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:36,080 Speaker 1: wolf so many times before someone doesn't come to help you. 783 00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:39,239 Speaker 1: Finally the wolf's there and you get eaten. You know, yeah, 784 00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:44,080 Speaker 1: just you create apple apathy and just it's hard to 785 00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:47,880 Speaker 1: maintain incredible emotions. Now, some people there had him, but 786 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,520 Speaker 1: just on the whole, if you would have asked, like 787 00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:53,120 Speaker 1: people watching the Raider game, the casual person around the bear, 788 00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:54,799 Speaker 1: I don't think most people knew that was the final 789 00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:57,880 Speaker 1: game of the Colosseum. No one cares. It's their own fault. 790 00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:01,919 Speaker 1: Do you want to in an NFL bracket pool question mark? 791 00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:04,399 Speaker 1: It's similar to March Madness, but for NFL. I think 792 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:07,000 Speaker 1: this should get more popular, and I've been running one 793 00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:09,120 Speaker 1: for a few years. Just let me know. I'll send 794 00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:11,520 Speaker 1: everything out and you just have to fill one out 795 00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:14,080 Speaker 1: and send it back text for emails, fine, fifteen dollar entry. 796 00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:18,720 Speaker 1: You can invite anyone else should be interested. Another question 797 00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:21,320 Speaker 1: that is clearly not a mail bad battlecop mail back question, 798 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:24,080 Speaker 1: But this is not a terrible idea to do a 799 00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:27,439 Speaker 1: little playoff. Maybe we could do a three and out 800 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:33,280 Speaker 1: playoff bracket. That's not a that's not a terrible idea 801 00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:35,520 Speaker 1: at all. I might have to look into that. This 802 00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:38,799 Speaker 1: guy sparked a little get my mind humming. I like that. 803 00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:43,359 Speaker 1: How does Lane Kiffin keep falling up failing up? How 804 00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:46,000 Speaker 1: would any school parent trust him to lead a program 805 00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:49,280 Speaker 1: or trusted with a young man's future. That's a pretty 806 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:53,200 Speaker 1: good question. Uh. You know, his last name certainly doesn't hurt. 807 00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:56,120 Speaker 1: I think what he did the last three years at 808 00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:57,680 Speaker 1: f a U. I mean two of the years they've 809 00:40:57,719 --> 00:41:00,239 Speaker 1: won double digit games. They're playing in a ball game 810 00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:03,680 Speaker 1: this weekend. He does have a long history of colin 811 00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:07,359 Speaker 1: plays and being a dynamic offensive mind. I I think 812 00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:09,840 Speaker 1: I've said it before on this podcast. If I watched 813 00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:11,759 Speaker 1: this press conference when he got hired at all Miss, 814 00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:16,040 Speaker 1: he sounded like a new guy. He really did. And 815 00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:21,680 Speaker 1: I think he's matured. You know, I I don't think parents, 816 00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:26,600 Speaker 1: most parents when their kids getting recruited, the majority of 817 00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:32,040 Speaker 1: them don't know that much about you know, colleges and coaches. 818 00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:36,680 Speaker 1: They're just open minded and humans and there you know, 819 00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:40,200 Speaker 1: impacted by people that you can be faked out, you know, 820 00:41:40,239 --> 00:41:42,799 Speaker 1: if someone can just if if you can sell which 821 00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:44,600 Speaker 1: a lot of college football. Coaches have to be able 822 00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:47,279 Speaker 1: to sell you just believe them, you know. I think 823 00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:49,520 Speaker 1: a lot of people get fooled. Most kids that are 824 00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:52,279 Speaker 1: being recruited, their dad didn't play in the NFL, their 825 00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:55,000 Speaker 1: parents didn't play college football, so they don't they don't know. 826 00:41:55,719 --> 00:41:57,680 Speaker 1: So if you just meet Lane Kiffin and he smiles 827 00:41:57,719 --> 00:42:00,479 Speaker 1: and he shows you his resume, you think, wow, link 828 00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:03,120 Speaker 1: freaking Kiffins. Guy worked for Nick Saban and Pete Carroll 829 00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:05,200 Speaker 1: and he's been a head coach a bunch of places. 830 00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:07,920 Speaker 1: This guy's young, he's got a big smile, and he's tall. 831 00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:10,800 Speaker 1: I almost called him skin anybody's put on some LB's. 832 00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:13,239 Speaker 1: I just think, you don't know what. You don't even know. 833 00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:16,160 Speaker 1: You're just it's just awesome to see guys come through. 834 00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:18,279 Speaker 1: This guy's from the SEC. He wants my kid to 835 00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:21,239 Speaker 1: go there. Boosters are willing to, you know, transfer a 836 00:42:21,239 --> 00:42:24,879 Speaker 1: little cash into the then the savings account. You just 837 00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:27,080 Speaker 1: you don't again, you don't know what. You don't even 838 00:42:27,120 --> 00:42:30,280 Speaker 1: know how he keeps failing up. Jimmy Sexon's is his agent. 839 00:42:30,719 --> 00:42:32,480 Speaker 1: So when you when you got Jimmy on your side, 840 00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:36,200 Speaker 1: you're in, Uh, You're you're in pretty good shape. Appreciate 841 00:42:36,239 --> 00:42:39,920 Speaker 1: everyone listening. Enjoy the weekend, Enjoy the Saturday and Sunday 842 00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:43,279 Speaker 1: and then even leading up to Monday. NFL look forward 843 00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:47,239 Speaker 1: to talking to everyone next week. And uh so, I 844 00:42:47,239 --> 00:42:49,240 Speaker 1: don't even need to say Happy Honica or Merry Christmas 845 00:42:49,239 --> 00:42:51,439 Speaker 1: because I'll see you next week. Enjoy the games. Thanks 846 00:42:51,480 --> 00:43:10,360 Speaker 1: for listening. To tell all your friends