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Speaker 1: Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks. What's up? Everybody? Welcome to Move

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Speaker 1: the Sticks presented by FedEx, DJ and Bucky back here

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Speaker 1: as we continue to look back on the uh the

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Speaker 1: now getting a chance to I don't know about you,

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Speaker 1: but for me, one of my favorite exercises pull up

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Speaker 1: our lads dot com, go to the depth charts and

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Speaker 1: see all these new rookies sprinkled in and you get

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Speaker 1: a feel for what these overall teams look like. That's

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Speaker 1: that's kind of what we're doing today. Yeah, this is

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Speaker 1: also talk about what we say is always the theme

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Speaker 1: of when you're building your team, the best way to

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Speaker 1: build a champion is you have to build it to

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Speaker 1: win the division. And then once you win a division,

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Speaker 1: you get into the playoffs, and so everyone has to

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Speaker 1: know surround them what the division rivals are doing, what

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Speaker 1: the top teams have in place, and why they were

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Speaker 1: in to catch up to those rivals. So it'd be

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Speaker 1: great to kind of take a look at all eight divisions,

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Speaker 1: jump in here and look at a division that's changed

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Speaker 1: for the first time in gosh twenty years, right with

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Speaker 1: other roster changes. Buck. But when you look at the

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Speaker 1: based off what we've seen now through the offseason, who

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Speaker 1: has made the most ground up on the Patriots? Well,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think the natural team to put in

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Speaker 1: They've done a really good job of building what I

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Speaker 1: the time. But Buck, I gotta be honest when I

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431
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Speaker 1: the Charges and even the Broncos, so much speed and

432
00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:27,200
Speaker 1: explosiveness on both sides of the ball. You could tell

433
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Speaker 1: that that was the theme for the Broncos. There's another

434
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Speaker 1: theme that was also at play that we have discussed

435
00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:35,640
Speaker 1: when it comes to young quarterbacks and and helping them

436
00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:39,960
Speaker 1: uh really mature quickly. Uh let them play the first

437
00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:43,199
Speaker 1: year and then the second year come and filling the

438
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Speaker 1: gaps for what you see that they need. Drew Lock

439
00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:48,760
Speaker 1: needed a better play callers, so they go and get

440
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Speaker 1: Pat Shermer. Then they needed more weapons and skilled on

441
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Speaker 1: the outside. So then you added Jerry Judy, who's a

442
00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:58,960
Speaker 1: polished route runner to go with Courtland Sudden, the big

443
00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:03,560
Speaker 1: body playmaker. A J. Hammler gives them the vertical stretch player, um,

444
00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:05,920
Speaker 1: the running game and all those things that they want

445
00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:09,480
Speaker 1: to add to that by getting a Melvin Gordon, much

446
00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:13,680
Speaker 1: better team, better position, now the trick will be it.

447
00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:16,120
Speaker 1: I mean, it's almost like looking at an ArenaBall game.

448
00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:18,159
Speaker 1: I don't know how much time you paid attention to

449
00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,080
Speaker 1: Adrenable and ArenaBall. You're just trying to get one or

450
00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:24,600
Speaker 1: two stops a game. Denver. The Chargers and the Raiders

451
00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:28,680
Speaker 1: are just trying to stop the Chiefs a handful of times.

452
00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:30,760
Speaker 1: And they got to hope that their offense is clicking

453
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Speaker 1: at an efficient level. That's the only way that you

454
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Speaker 1: can overtake them. Yeah, and you know, getting to the

455
00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:38,240
Speaker 1: Chargers in free agency, they upgrade the offensive line. Um,

456
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Speaker 1: they make the trade for trade Turner to put him

457
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Speaker 1: in a guard. You get Brian Blaga, so they should

458
00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:44,359
Speaker 1: be better up front of the offensive line. But I

459
00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:47,800
Speaker 1: feel like overall they went the other way where you

460
00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:51,359
Speaker 1: had Denver and oh And in Vegas talk about trying

461
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Speaker 1: to outscore them. I thought the Chargers, a team that

462
00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:56,240
Speaker 1: held my homes under two hundred yards both times they

463
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Speaker 1: played him last year. Said, you know what, we think

464
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Speaker 1: our scheme can match up them, maybe a little bit

465
00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:03,240
Speaker 1: better than some of these other teams defensively, So we're

466
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Speaker 1: gonna try and keep the score down. They go out

467
00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:07,680
Speaker 1: and make that trade for Kenneth Murray. They bring in

468
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Speaker 1: Linval Joseph to clog up the middle, which is gonna

469
00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,040
Speaker 1: let Bosa and Ingram really rush off the edge. Um

470
00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:15,560
Speaker 1: and they make the They make the signing there of

471
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Speaker 1: Chris Harris to be able to play inside and the

472
00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:21,000
Speaker 1: nickel and matchup in there. So now you start looking

473
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Speaker 1: at this defense in a sub situation where you can

474
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Speaker 1: have Drew Trankfell who can fly at linebacker, uh Chinna

475
00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:30,000
Speaker 1: Newosa who can do a lot of different things, rush

476
00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:33,679
Speaker 1: or drop, Kenneth Murray can can rush or drop, Derwin

477
00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:37,000
Speaker 1: James can. They have all lot of speed and versatile

478
00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:39,399
Speaker 1: chess pieces to try and match up inside this division.

479
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Speaker 1: So I think they want the other way compared to

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00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:43,439
Speaker 1: the other teams. Yeah, the other thing that's going to

481
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Speaker 1: help them go to the other way. Um, Anthony Lynn

482
00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:50,680
Speaker 1: offensively talking about running the ball more Tyrod Taylory taking

483
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Speaker 1: care of the ball. I would expect if the Chiefs

484
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Speaker 1: are one of the teams that play at a faster clip,

485
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Speaker 1: I would expect the Charges to play at a slower

486
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Speaker 1: clip on offense. So if we're contrasting styles, they will

487
00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:07,720
Speaker 1: play like Wisconsin basketball Virginia basketball in the n C

488
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Speaker 1: Double A tournament, where the Kancity Chiefs are trying to

489
00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:14,000
Speaker 1: fast break. They're walking the ball up the court, shrinking

490
00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:15,840
Speaker 1: the game, trying to get into the fourth quarter where

491
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Speaker 1: their defense can make a player too to set up

492
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Speaker 1: a scoring opportunity. Yeah, it's a great analogy. Princeton go

493
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Speaker 1: a little Princeton. There you go in Wisconsin, I go Princeton.

494
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Speaker 1: The same difference. How about let's go over to the NFC,

495
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Speaker 1: the NFC East. The Philadelphia Eagles won that division last

496
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Speaker 1: year even though they were very beat up. Um, but

497
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Speaker 1: when you look at that division, a what you've seen

498
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Speaker 1: from the Eagles and be who is who's knocking on

499
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Speaker 1: the door. Well with the Eagles that the Eagles won

500
00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:43,720
Speaker 1: in spite of their flaws, their flaws where they didn't

501
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Speaker 1: have enough weapons around Carson Wentz, not enough speed on

502
00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:49,480
Speaker 1: the field, didn't couldn't generate the explosive player. I mean

503
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Speaker 1: they were playing with anybody and everybody at whid receiving

504
00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:53,440
Speaker 1: the fact that he was able to throw for four

505
00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:55,560
Speaker 1: thousand yards and didn't have a receiver with over five

506
00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:58,760
Speaker 1: hundred receiving yards is amazing and really a testament to

507
00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:02,159
Speaker 1: how great heat is um. I think what the Eagles

508
00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:05,720
Speaker 1: did they forced every organization to flush their coach. Every

509
00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,120
Speaker 1: team in this division has a new hit coach. Ron

510
00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:11,200
Speaker 1: Rivera with the Skins, Joe Judge with the Giants, Mike

511
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Speaker 1: McCarthy with the Cowboys. The team that is the most

512
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Speaker 1: dangerous and and built best prepared to take over the

513
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Speaker 1: Eagles of the Dallas Cowboys. The Dallas Cowboys are best

514
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Speaker 1: position because one, they have a really good coach in

515
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Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy, and he got beat up on the way

516
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Speaker 1: out from Green Bay. But make no mistake, someone who

517
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Speaker 1: wins about fifty five of his games is a really,

518
00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:35,040
Speaker 1: really good coach, and they're giving him the kind of

519
00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:38,800
Speaker 1: weapons offensively that he can operate with and and make

520
00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:41,280
Speaker 1: things happen, and even though Kellen Moore is the offensive coordinated,

521
00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:43,959
Speaker 1: make no mistake, Mike McCarthy would put his his stamp

522
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Speaker 1: on this offense. Ceedee Lamb coming over to join with

523
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Speaker 1: a Mariy Cooper and Michael Gallup with Ezekiel Ellett in

524
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Speaker 1: the backfield, that is scary to deal with. I don't

525
00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:55,080
Speaker 1: know how many teams in this division have three corners

526
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Speaker 1: that can match up with those guys. But we're gonna

527
00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,760
Speaker 1: find out very very quickly who can match up and

528
00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,520
Speaker 1: you can match you up while also defending Zeke Elliott

529
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Speaker 1: the Cowboys on offense, I mean, they were number one

530
00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:07,880
Speaker 1: offense last year. They they're talented, but I think now

531
00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:11,280
Speaker 1: they can control the game even more with Zeke being

532
00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:13,280
Speaker 1: a greater emphasis on the run game but still having

533
00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:17,960
Speaker 1: explosive players. Defensively, I think Mike Nolan's defense, it may

534
00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,359
Speaker 1: take a while for it to click, is drastically different

535
00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:22,119
Speaker 1: than the way that they played. But this is a

536
00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:25,119
Speaker 1: team that needed to create turnovers, and Mike Nolan is

537
00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:30,200
Speaker 1: all about turnovers, taking the ball away, creating uh pressure

538
00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:33,119
Speaker 1: opportunities to generate turnovers. They gotta get the ball, but

539
00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:34,680
Speaker 1: if they can get the ball back to that offense,

540
00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:36,280
Speaker 1: they can score more points. They score more points, they

541
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Speaker 1: can win more games. And I look at the other

542
00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:40,280
Speaker 1: two teams, I think, you know, the Giants trying to

543
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Speaker 1: get better up front. They do that in the draft,

544
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Speaker 1: getting Andrew Thomas there with the fourth pick. Um you

545
00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:48,120
Speaker 1: look defensively, Xavier McKinney was a great value pick for them,

546
00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:49,720
Speaker 1: would come in and start at safety. I think you

547
00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:52,200
Speaker 1: can make a case they got better. But I think

548
00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:54,639
Speaker 1: in Washington with Chase Young, they're gonna have one of

549
00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:56,520
Speaker 1: the better defensive fronts. I just don't know they have

550
00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:59,280
Speaker 1: the personnel and the in the inconsistency at the quarterback

551
00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:01,520
Speaker 1: position at this point in time to really challenge those

552
00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:04,640
Speaker 1: top two teams. It feels like a split division to me, Buck,

553
00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:06,679
Speaker 1: I mean, it just feels like you've got the Cowboys

554
00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:08,880
Speaker 1: and the Eagles in the main event, and then you've

555
00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:10,680
Speaker 1: got the Redskins and the Giants kind of playing on

556
00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,200
Speaker 1: the undercard. Uh. And I'm with you on the Cowboys.

557
00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:15,119
Speaker 1: When you start looking at the personnel that they have

558
00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:19,959
Speaker 1: now offensively, um Man, that's that's a challenge to defend

559
00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:22,159
Speaker 1: that group. I mean, Zeke Elliott should have a monster

560
00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:24,399
Speaker 1: year with all the weapons. That's gonna create more space

561
00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:27,320
Speaker 1: for him. Uh, he's set up for a big time year. Yeah,

562
00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:29,840
Speaker 1: light light boxes. He should face more light box and

563
00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:31,800
Speaker 1: if they don't light in the box, then they should

564
00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,040
Speaker 1: be able to create one on ones. That's everything that

565
00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:36,760
Speaker 1: an offensive coordinator uh wants to be able to do.

566
00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:40,080
Speaker 1: They want to play if then football, meaning if you

567
00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:42,800
Speaker 1: do this, then we're going to counter with that, and

568
00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:44,520
Speaker 1: that's what they have. I will say this about the

569
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Speaker 1: Washington Redskins. I think Ron Rivera took notice of what

570
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Speaker 1: the San Francisco forty Niners were able to do by

571
00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,160
Speaker 1: building up their team on defense with all those former

572
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Speaker 1: first round picks. Washington Redskins have five former first rounders

573
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Speaker 1: and that d line, that front line roads ation that's

574
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Speaker 1: going to give them a chance to make up ground.

575
00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:05,359
Speaker 1: They won't be able to close the ground immediately this year,

576
00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:07,199
Speaker 1: but I think you can see where they're building and

577
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:08,880
Speaker 1: where it would be coming all right. The Green Bay

578
00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:11,840
Speaker 1: Packers buck Um. Obviously a lot of attention on the

579
00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:14,159
Speaker 1: Jordan level thing. We've discussed that, but when you just

580
00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,800
Speaker 1: look at this team where they are now compared to

581
00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,280
Speaker 1: last year, and then what do you expect in terms

582
00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:20,760
Speaker 1: of the teams coming up right behind them. You know,

583
00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:22,640
Speaker 1: it's tough because I don't know if they'll get immediate

584
00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:26,560
Speaker 1: contributions from anybody in their draft class. And this is

585
00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:30,680
Speaker 1: a team that despite going thirteen and three, UM, I

586
00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,240
Speaker 1: would kind of call them a bit of a paper tiger. Uh.

587
00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:34,879
Speaker 1: They won a lot of games, but I think in

588
00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:37,720
Speaker 1: those matchups when you saw with the San Francisco forty Niners,

589
00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,640
Speaker 1: their talent level isn't quite there with like the top

590
00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:43,960
Speaker 1: teams in the NFC. I will say second year Matt

591
00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:47,080
Speaker 1: Lafleur's reign, what he wants to do is continue to

592
00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:50,680
Speaker 1: be a little more balanced. UM. Offensively, they need to

593
00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:52,240
Speaker 1: be able to run the ball. I think that's where

594
00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:54,560
Speaker 1: a J. Dillon may come into play. And even though

595
00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:57,800
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones had a great year in terms of taliing

596
00:26:57,880 --> 00:26:59,840
Speaker 1: up scrimmage yards, I think they kind of want to

597
00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:01,720
Speaker 1: be a little more of a physical team. I think

598
00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:04,360
Speaker 1: that's the thing that kind of resonated with them. San

599
00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:08,119
Speaker 1: Francisco just beat them up. They didn't match them with

600
00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:11,080
Speaker 1: making moves that make them a more physical team. So

601
00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:13,679
Speaker 1: I don't know, maybe they come a little back to

602
00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:17,120
Speaker 1: the pack. Uh. The team that is what The Minnesota

603
00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:19,439
Speaker 1: Vikings are well positioned to obvio see the team that

604
00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:21,200
Speaker 1: makes to run. I mean they were a team that

605
00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:24,040
Speaker 1: was in the mix last year. Uh. They got rid

606
00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:26,440
Speaker 1: of some veteran players that were key players for them.

607
00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:28,920
Speaker 1: But man, the newbies that they brought in. You talked

608
00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:31,800
Speaker 1: about having so many picks at one point, but fifteen

609
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:36,040
Speaker 1: picks they had um in the draft. That's that's crazy.

610
00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:39,800
Speaker 1: Mike Zimmer um being able to kind of redo this

611
00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:43,440
Speaker 1: this team on the flow. And then Gary Kubiak is

612
00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:46,280
Speaker 1: an upgrade over Kevin Stefanski as a play caller. Gary

613
00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:51,080
Speaker 1: Kubiak Um, Kevin Stefanski was running Kubiak system. Gary Kubiak

614
00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:53,719
Speaker 1: knows the system, he built the system. This will be

615
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,760
Speaker 1: uh an even better offense. We saw the moves match

616
00:27:56,840 --> 00:28:00,240
Speaker 1: up with Ezerk Cleveland, Uh coming over. You think about

617
00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:03,560
Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson giving him another wide receiver. Uh. The boot

618
00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:07,159
Speaker 1: play action game with Kirk Cousins should really flourish and

619
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Speaker 1: offensively they may have to the offense may have to

620
00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:11,320
Speaker 1: carry the load a little bit early in the season.

621
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Speaker 1: Mike'simmer find a way to fix the defense though, and

622
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Speaker 1: I think Ezrith Cleveland could be key because it allow

623
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Speaker 1: you to kick Riley reefense side. The guard Um and

624
00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:20,879
Speaker 1: pat alf line just didn't play well last year. So

625
00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:23,679
Speaker 1: if nothing else, you have competition, healthy competition along that

626
00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:26,480
Speaker 1: offensive line. They've got guys that really fit what they do.

627
00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:29,080
Speaker 1: I mean, just on paper. Right now, Buck, I like

628
00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:32,159
Speaker 1: Minnesota more than green Bay. Sorry to Bill, but I do.

629
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Speaker 1: I think Minnesota's got a better roster right now. Yeah,

630
00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:36,320
Speaker 1: I think you can say that and like and and

631
00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:38,960
Speaker 1: and I'm serious, like to be a thirteen and three

632
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:40,880
Speaker 1: team like they were last year. I don't think they're

633
00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:44,280
Speaker 1: their talent on paper necessarily equated to that. Like he

634
00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:46,240
Speaker 1: kind of worked out for him, So we'll see what

635
00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:49,480
Speaker 1: they're like, uh going forward. I will say this about

636
00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:53,600
Speaker 1: the Bears. The Bears quarterback competition will be critical to

637
00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:57,320
Speaker 1: be critical, uh for Nick Foles or mitchar Durbisky, whoever

638
00:28:57,400 --> 00:28:59,760
Speaker 1: is playing there, UH to be able to do it. Defensively,

639
00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:02,959
Speaker 1: they have enough firepower to be able to compete offenses

640
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,120
Speaker 1: where they've really been lacking. They haven't had enough consistency

641
00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:09,640
Speaker 1: and explosive plays where they can put points on the board.

642
00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:12,320
Speaker 1: That's really kind of help them from overtaking those teams

643
00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:13,920
Speaker 1: in the division. We'll see if they can kind of

644
00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:15,640
Speaker 1: get it back. I did like one of the picks

645
00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:17,960
Speaker 1: I like for them, a value pick, Darnell Mooney, wide

646
00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:19,440
Speaker 1: receiver they got in the fifth round. Just keep an

647
00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:21,440
Speaker 1: eye on him at a two lane. He did a

648
00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:23,560
Speaker 1: nice job when you watch him against Auburn last year.

649
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:25,920
Speaker 1: They stepped up in competition. He brought his game up,

650
00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:29,560
Speaker 1: So I like him. I thought Detroit, you know overall, uh,

651
00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:31,440
Speaker 1: you know, I think they're kind of just want to

652
00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:33,680
Speaker 1: play a physical brand of football. And you could see

653
00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:36,200
Speaker 1: that with the moves that they made. Who they brought

654
00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,680
Speaker 1: in there again, I mean just brought in every everybody

655
00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:41,200
Speaker 1: who's been around the Patriots. They brought in anybody who

656
00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:44,240
Speaker 1: was a Patriot, anybody who practice squad, been around. It

657
00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:46,920
Speaker 1: had to work out. If you were a former Patriot,

658
00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:50,440
Speaker 1: they brought you in. I will say they're trying to play, uh.

659
00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:52,080
Speaker 1: They trying to bring in players to play to the

660
00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:54,520
Speaker 1: strengths of this style of play that they want. Uh

661
00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:57,800
Speaker 1: Man and Man corners, Desmond true Font, they bring in Jeffercuda.

662
00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:00,360
Speaker 1: I don't know if Akuta or true Fin or upgrades

663
00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:03,120
Speaker 1: over Darius Late. I would say no. But look, they're

664
00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:06,560
Speaker 1: committed to doing it. They're trying to culturally um recreate

665
00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:08,840
Speaker 1: what existed in New England. We'll see if they have

666
00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:11,080
Speaker 1: enough time. Because they're on a mandate, they have to

667
00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:13,080
Speaker 1: get to the playoffs and so Matt Patricia has to

668
00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:16,800
Speaker 1: pull it together quickly. I do like the DeAndre Swift pick.

669
00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:19,400
Speaker 1: DeAndre Swift gives them the most talented running back that

670
00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:22,280
Speaker 1: they've had in well over a decade. I would think

671
00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:24,680
Speaker 1: that he would tell you a bunch of yards. But man,

672
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:26,600
Speaker 1: it's it. It's gonna be tough. It's gonna be tough

673
00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:28,360
Speaker 1: for them to gain ground on their rivals. Well, I

674
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:30,760
Speaker 1: think you know, last year, if I'm not mistaken, I

675
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:34,040
Speaker 1: believe that you had Josh Jacobs on offense and then

676
00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:37,960
Speaker 1: you had um Max Crosby on defense. I think both

677
00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:40,160
Speaker 1: of them finished in the top two or three in

678
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,160
Speaker 1: the Rookie of the Year voting for the same team.

679
00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:44,800
Speaker 1: Obviously with the Raiders. I think this year, I think

680
00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:48,320
Speaker 1: Akuda is a is a legit defensive Rookie of the

681
00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:51,400
Speaker 1: Year candidate, and I think Swift is a legitimate offensive

682
00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:53,600
Speaker 1: Rookie of the Year candidate. Those two guys can be stars.

683
00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:56,360
Speaker 1: No I think they absolutely can be starts, and they're

684
00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:57,960
Speaker 1: gonna need them to be stars right away. That's a

685
00:30:58,000 --> 00:30:59,760
Speaker 1: lot of pressure to put on a first year player

686
00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:02,760
Speaker 1: coming out, but they have to have it like where

687
00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:05,360
Speaker 1: they are right now, the regime and everything, like, they

688
00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:09,120
Speaker 1: gotta get it going and so um with this COVID

689
00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:12,880
Speaker 1: nineteen situation where you can't necessarily get around them, um,

690
00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:15,840
Speaker 1: they have to find a way to accelerate their growth

691
00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:18,080
Speaker 1: and speed up that learning curve so those guys can

692
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:20,280
Speaker 1: make contributions this season. All right, let's get to the

693
00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,680
Speaker 1: south here of New Orleans. What you've seen from them

694
00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:25,239
Speaker 1: in the off season, Buck and who's who's endiping at

695
00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:27,920
Speaker 1: their heels here? Man seanpagne Is Champaign is a g

696
00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,080
Speaker 1: He just understands how to how to get it done.

697
00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:32,320
Speaker 1: Like this is a team that is as good as

698
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:36,400
Speaker 1: they were last year, they're better this year. Emmanuel Sanders.

699
00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:40,280
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders gives them a legitimate number two receiving options.

700
00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:42,280
Speaker 1: They didn't have that last year. They were playing with

701
00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:45,400
Speaker 1: one guy that you're worried about, Michael Thomas, and they

702
00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:47,760
Speaker 1: were so good designing plays that he still beat you.

703
00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,080
Speaker 1: And so now you get another guy got on the

704
00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:53,080
Speaker 1: other side, who is a legitimate route runner. Um, it's

705
00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:56,600
Speaker 1: gonna be different. And also Alvin Kamar banged up for

706
00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:58,520
Speaker 1: most of the year last year, didn't play at the

707
00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:01,800
Speaker 1: level that we've seen him. If he is healthy and

708
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:03,680
Speaker 1: ready to go. I just saw a video with him

709
00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:06,680
Speaker 1: doing some balanced drills. If he's able to do any

710
00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:09,080
Speaker 1: of that stuff they he did two years ago. Having

711
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:13,240
Speaker 1: him in the backfield with Sanders and Thomas offensively, man

712
00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:16,080
Speaker 1: that it's a nightmare Taysom he will coming back, gives

713
00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:17,960
Speaker 1: them kind of that Swiss Army knife and then the

714
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,360
Speaker 1: moves that they've been able to make the defensively. Zach

715
00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:22,840
Speaker 1: Bond was a good get. The medical stuff kind of

716
00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:25,160
Speaker 1: crushed him, dropped him down the board. But he is

717
00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:28,120
Speaker 1: a player and he will be a really good player

718
00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:30,800
Speaker 1: for them. I just like what they're doing in the

719
00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:34,320
Speaker 1: backup quarterback situation with Jamis Winston coming in. If he

720
00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:39,680
Speaker 1: finalizes that deal, perfect situation for him, perfect situation from them.

721
00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:43,880
Speaker 1: You talk about a quarterback and they need Jamis Winston

722
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,680
Speaker 1: is only twenty five years old. If they can fix

723
00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:51,080
Speaker 1: the flaws that kind of overshadowed the good parts of

724
00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:54,040
Speaker 1: his game. Man look out. The guy through for a

725
00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:57,120
Speaker 1: million yards last year and had thirty three touchdowns. We

726
00:32:57,120 --> 00:32:59,080
Speaker 1: can talk about the interceptions. There are a lot of

727
00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:01,000
Speaker 1: quarterbacks in this league. They have not thrown for thirty

728
00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:04,280
Speaker 1: three teschdowns. All right, Buck, Um, I'm with you on

729
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:06,520
Speaker 1: the on the on the Saints. And one of the

730
00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:09,160
Speaker 1: things I want to talk to you about is they

731
00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:12,360
Speaker 1: draft Adam Troutman right in the third round. So you've

732
00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:14,280
Speaker 1: got Jared Cook, they already have Josh Hill. We bring

733
00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:16,960
Speaker 1: in Adam Troutman. Which leads me to one of the

734
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:18,640
Speaker 1: things I want to ask you about because talking to

735
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:21,800
Speaker 1: some of the top offensive minds, Um when we were

736
00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:23,280
Speaker 1: going to the combine, had a chance to visit with

737
00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:26,120
Speaker 1: a bunch of people, and and I kept hearing the

738
00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:28,800
Speaker 1: same theory kind of over and over again. Remember two

739
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:32,000
Speaker 1: years ago was eleven personnel league. Everybody was in eleven personnel,

740
00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:35,480
Speaker 1: one back, one tight end. Now I'm telling you everybody

741
00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:38,240
Speaker 1: I talked to, Buck, they're obsessed with twelve. They want

742
00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:40,239
Speaker 1: to play in twelve personnel. We saw it with the

743
00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:43,360
Speaker 1: Eagles right with the two tight ends was zach Ertz

744
00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:46,320
Speaker 1: and with Dallas Goddard Um the forty Niners love playing

745
00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:48,520
Speaker 1: with two tight ends. I think when you look at

746
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:50,520
Speaker 1: the Saints going out and getting troutman and they can

747
00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:53,120
Speaker 1: play with Jared Cook, I think that's the that's the

748
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:55,600
Speaker 1: kind of in vogue personnel group we're gonna see here

749
00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:58,240
Speaker 1: in this next season. Is everybody's gonna be living in

750
00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:00,800
Speaker 1: that because especially when you got birth those virsail tight ends,

751
00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:02,640
Speaker 1: you can do so many different things. You just go

752
00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:05,480
Speaker 1: back to that Patriot offense and we remember that when

753
00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:08,319
Speaker 1: that took off, and I think it was copied for

754
00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:09,800
Speaker 1: a little bit and then it kind of went away

755
00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,160
Speaker 1: and then the eleventh thing took off. I'm telling you

756
00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:13,960
Speaker 1: you're gonna see two tight ends on the field a

757
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:18,280
Speaker 1: lot this year. Here's why DJ so the the beauty

758
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:21,640
Speaker 1: of twelve personnel uh comes in in in so many

759
00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:25,280
Speaker 1: different dimensions. When you have two tight ends on the field,

760
00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:28,000
Speaker 1: it gives you the opportunity to play what we call

761
00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:31,919
Speaker 1: ace formations, meaning you have tight ends on opposite side

762
00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:35,160
Speaker 1: of the fields and wide receivers there. That balances up

763
00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:37,759
Speaker 1: the defense and it leaves it vulnerable on one side

764
00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:40,480
Speaker 1: because you can't play an eight man front against that

765
00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:44,120
Speaker 1: because there are too many gaps. You're you're one gap short. Also,

766
00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:45,880
Speaker 1: when you have two tight ends on the field, if

767
00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:48,200
Speaker 1: one of those guys has enough versatility to be a

768
00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:51,520
Speaker 1: truly blocker one, then you can get into twenty one

769
00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:56,240
Speaker 1: personnel formations, meaning your traditional eye formations and those things

770
00:34:56,239 --> 00:34:58,759
Speaker 1: that are problematic for the defense. You can do that.

771
00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:02,400
Speaker 1: If that tight end also has the ability to maybe

772
00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:05,640
Speaker 1: displaced and play as a slot receiver, you now can

773
00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:09,640
Speaker 1: do those eleven personnel things. So from one personnel package,

774
00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:13,719
Speaker 1: you can give defenses a myriad of formations to have

775
00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:17,759
Speaker 1: to defend. And it just makes it very difficult for

776
00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:20,719
Speaker 1: the defense to try out the right personnel because do

777
00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:24,480
Speaker 1: we stay based, do we go nickel depending on that

778
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:28,000
Speaker 1: one little chess piece that you have. And all of

779
00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:31,040
Speaker 1: the teams that were the top rushing teams last year,

780
00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:35,600
Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings, the San Francisco forty Niners, the Baltimore Ravens,

781
00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:39,640
Speaker 1: they played with twelve or twenty one personnel. People take

782
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:42,680
Speaker 1: notice and they saw how difficult it was to defend

783
00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:45,120
Speaker 1: teams that wanted to beat you up. And because of

784
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:48,480
Speaker 1: the late reaction to the eleven personnel stuff where everybody

785
00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:51,560
Speaker 1: went out got these speed rushers that are lighting fast.

786
00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:54,480
Speaker 1: They can't take on blocks, and so when you can't

787
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:56,279
Speaker 1: take on blocks, you run it right at them. I

788
00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:58,520
Speaker 1: think it's fascinating, man, you just explain that so beautiful.

789
00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:01,120
Speaker 1: That's why I love how these conversations with you, Buck,

790
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:02,840
Speaker 1: to be able to just put that, uh in a

791
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:05,440
Speaker 1: beautiful picture for everybody to see just how complicated it

792
00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:08,360
Speaker 1: is to to deal with that type of formation and

793
00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:11,560
Speaker 1: the personnel grouping as a defense. When you look at

794
00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:14,200
Speaker 1: the teams to give this guy some fits, um, I mean,

795
00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:16,160
Speaker 1: I look, when you add the greatest quarterback of all time,

796
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:17,640
Speaker 1: I know Tom Brady is not coming off of a

797
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:19,960
Speaker 1: great year, Buck, and you can we can all see.

798
00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:22,279
Speaker 1: I mean, the skills have declined a little bit. But

799
00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:24,360
Speaker 1: when you look at the team that they have around

800
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:27,520
Speaker 1: him now, and you look at the weapons that they have, UM,

801
00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:29,840
Speaker 1: and they've got better on the offensive line with Tristan

802
00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:32,560
Speaker 1: Worth's UM. You look on the defensive side of the ball,

803
00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:35,520
Speaker 1: They've they've got a pretty talented defensive front. Vita v

804
00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:39,000
Speaker 1: I think it's kind of a star that nobody talks about. Um.

805
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:42,800
Speaker 1: You look up the middle Antoine Winfield adding him at safety,

806
00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:44,799
Speaker 1: I think that team is pretty good on paper. Man,

807
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:47,080
Speaker 1: The team is really good on paper. The team is

808
00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:51,839
Speaker 1: really good on paper. The trick will be UM can

809
00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:54,839
Speaker 1: A preserve tom Brady enough that he can be at

810
00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:59,200
Speaker 1: his best down to stretch, meaning that we talk about

811
00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:03,759
Speaker 1: a truck's trailers UH league or description of the quarterback.

812
00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:08,160
Speaker 1: What they need is they need to set the team

813
00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:11,359
Speaker 1: up where Tom Brady can be a trailer until they

814
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:13,920
Speaker 1: get down the last part of the some of the

815
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:16,480
Speaker 1: last four games in the playoffs, where then he can

816
00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:19,680
Speaker 1: flip into being the truck. I don't want to put

817
00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:22,000
Speaker 1: all of it on tom Brady to have to carry

818
00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:24,880
Speaker 1: the team the entire season. Buck. You know. The one

819
00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:26,880
Speaker 1: thing about this division, I think it's interesting if you

820
00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:29,640
Speaker 1: if you look around and we talked about Tampa and

821
00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:32,240
Speaker 1: Tom Brady being a new quarterback in this division without

822
00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:35,480
Speaker 1: an off season, Carolina Teddy Bridgewater new quarterback without an

823
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:37,480
Speaker 1: off season, even though he is familiar with it from

824
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:40,640
Speaker 1: his time with Joe Brady. Um. The Saints obviously have

825
00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:42,799
Speaker 1: the familiarity there. They're the top of the division. But

826
00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:45,319
Speaker 1: I think the Atlanta Falcons, the continuity that they have

827
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:48,000
Speaker 1: with Matt Ryan offensively is going to help them going

828
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,160
Speaker 1: through this offseason. And I think They're kind of a

829
00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:52,160
Speaker 1: team you just you kind of forget about them. Nobody

830
00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:55,160
Speaker 1: really talks about him. But they they've got a talented group.

831
00:37:55,239 --> 00:37:57,160
Speaker 1: I mean, they've got a really good group. And I

832
00:37:57,200 --> 00:38:00,120
Speaker 1: think the fact that that Matt Ryan, his familiarity with

833
00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:02,640
Speaker 1: the surroundings, with the system, all that stuff is going

834
00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:04,640
Speaker 1: to benefit them and this kind of different year that

835
00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:07,880
Speaker 1: we find ourselves in. Yeah, eleven first rounders, eleven former

836
00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:10,319
Speaker 1: first rounders on that offense, the only team to ever

837
00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:14,480
Speaker 1: have that. Maddie Ice has a ton of weapons around

838
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:19,200
Speaker 1: him on the outside. Calvin Ridley, Uh, Julio Jones. Uh,

839
00:38:19,239 --> 00:38:22,480
Speaker 1: maybe we see a reinvigorated girl le playing in front

840
00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:25,920
Speaker 1: of his people, his Georgia fans down there and the domes. Um,

841
00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:30,640
Speaker 1: it could be interesting. Defensively, Raheim uh and Jeff Obrick

842
00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:34,040
Speaker 1: taking over the defense helped them stylistically down the stretching.

843
00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:37,040
Speaker 1: It was kind of a cleaner defense and it played better. Um,

844
00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:39,200
Speaker 1: we'll see if a j Toorell can step in and

845
00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:41,319
Speaker 1: be that number one corner that they need. They need

846
00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:44,239
Speaker 1: better play on the outside, because to be honest, in

847
00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:46,320
Speaker 1: this division, if you don't have corner, good quarnerback, but

848
00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:48,920
Speaker 1: you can't compete. There are too many good wide receivers.

849
00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:51,000
Speaker 1: The ball flies all over the yard too much. You

850
00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:54,719
Speaker 1: have to be able to to cover people in this division. Yeah,

851
00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:59,840
Speaker 1: but they're well positioned. Um, the Buccaneers, the Falcons, Bible contenders.

852
00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:02,960
Speaker 1: This is the vision that notoriously flips every year. So

853
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:05,839
Speaker 1: we'll see. But I think we have to at least

854
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:08,200
Speaker 1: mention the Carolina Panthers and what they did commend seven

855
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:12,279
Speaker 1: picks on defense, trying to add more speed. Offensively, this

856
00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:14,440
Speaker 1: looks like an offense that should be ready to go

857
00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:18,520
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey, UH the holdovers that they have. Offensively, we'll

858
00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:22,040
Speaker 1: see how Joe Brady adjust to UH coaching at the

859
00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:25,560
Speaker 1: pro level in terms of running an offense when he's

860
00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:27,600
Speaker 1: never really been a full time play callers. So we'll

861
00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:30,520
Speaker 1: see how that goes. But defensively, there's no doubt in

862
00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:33,359
Speaker 1: my mind that they're building a fast team. It may

863
00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:35,080
Speaker 1: take a year or two before we see kind of

864
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:36,879
Speaker 1: like the fruits of their labor, though, Yeah, I think

865
00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:39,680
Speaker 1: defensively they're gonna be fast. With Jeremy Chen, you bring

866
00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:42,160
Speaker 1: over Derek Brown to help up front, your tour gross

867
00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:45,399
Speaker 1: matos to rush off the Edgman was all defensive draft, so, uh,

868
00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:47,279
Speaker 1: they're they're gonna be better on that side of the ball,

869
00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:50,480
Speaker 1: no doubt. Offensively, man, I just tell you what, Buck,

870
00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:54,240
Speaker 1: you got to keep Christian McCaffrey healthy. If something happens

871
00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:56,400
Speaker 1: to Christian McCaffrey, I don't know how they're gonna be

872
00:39:56,440 --> 00:39:58,600
Speaker 1: able to generate a whole lot of offense. So you know,

873
00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:01,640
Speaker 1: I like Robbie Anderson and his be d J. Moore. Um,

874
00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:03,680
Speaker 1: you've got Curtis Samuel, that's a. That's a that's a

875
00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:06,319
Speaker 1: good group there. But I still think the offensive line

876
00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:08,799
Speaker 1: is just so so and uh and this whole thing

877
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:10,759
Speaker 1: runs through McCaffrey. So they've got to find a way

878
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:14,319
Speaker 1: to keep him healthy. Yeah, No, I think I think

879
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:17,319
Speaker 1: it is about Chris McCaffrey, keeping him healthy, keeping him right,

880
00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:20,399
Speaker 1: making sure that he has uh the juice when they

881
00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:22,080
Speaker 1: need it. Uh. It's tough. They paid him a lot

882
00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:23,480
Speaker 1: of money, so they obviously got to make sure they

883
00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:26,319
Speaker 1: utilize him, But you gotta do it smart, Like can

884
00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:29,640
Speaker 1: they work him smarter, not harder, and still get kind

885
00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:31,680
Speaker 1: of the benefits of him being one or more dynamic

886
00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:33,919
Speaker 1: layers in the league. Yeah, I do think we before

887
00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:36,920
Speaker 1: we leave this division. Also, UM, I failed to mention Gronk,

888
00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:38,960
Speaker 1: you know, being there with Tampa, so that add him

889
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:40,400
Speaker 1: to the mix that they have there with the Tampa

890
00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:43,239
Speaker 1: Bay Bucks. UM. It's gonna be uh, it's gonna be

891
00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:45,319
Speaker 1: interesting division to follow this year with all a lot

892
00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:47,799
Speaker 1: of those new pieces, that challenges how long can you

893
00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:50,400
Speaker 1: take how long does it take for these new pieces

894
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:52,360
Speaker 1: and new places to get in the groove with the

895
00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:54,879
Speaker 1: with the unusual offseason, that's gonna be a challenge really

896
00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:57,040
Speaker 1: for all these teams we've been talking about. Yeah, no,

897
00:40:57,160 --> 00:40:59,560
Speaker 1: it's it's a challenge in some teams, veteran teams. I

898
00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:01,600
Speaker 1: didn't know what and saying, so saying ay, veterans, you

899
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:03,520
Speaker 1: you take care of what you need to take care of,

900
00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:05,320
Speaker 1: take care of your families. Will work on the rookies

901
00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:07,839
Speaker 1: and we'll get together in training camp. Other teams are

902
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:11,680
Speaker 1: already grinding. I saw where maybe Durant the Rams uh

903
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:13,640
Speaker 1: spending about an hour and a half each day with

904
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:17,080
Speaker 1: their players, four days a week. So we'll see how

905
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:18,880
Speaker 1: it goes. I think the guys who have kind of

906
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:21,360
Speaker 1: been through situation similar to this, like the lockout in

907
00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:24,480
Speaker 1: twenty eleven, UH, they have a plan for getting their

908
00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:27,080
Speaker 1: team ready to play, uh what I would call like

909
00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:28,520
Speaker 1: old school where you used to have to go to

910
00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:30,759
Speaker 1: training camp for six weeks and get it done. If

911
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,480
Speaker 1: you understand that, I think there's more than enough time

912
00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:35,840
Speaker 1: to do it. You just can't over you can't tax

913
00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:38,680
Speaker 1: your team uh too much. You can't blow their minds

914
00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:40,320
Speaker 1: up before you get a chance to really get around

915
00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:43,040
Speaker 1: no doubt. All right, let's get to the final division

916
00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:46,640
Speaker 1: here the NFC West San Francisco. Man it was a

917
00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:49,520
Speaker 1: razor thin margin with them in the Seahawks, but they

918
00:41:49,560 --> 00:41:51,440
Speaker 1: got it done thanks to the tackle by trip by

919
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:54,759
Speaker 1: Dre Greenlaw in their final meeting. But San Francisco where

920
00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:56,759
Speaker 1: they are? Buck and then who do you vision as

921
00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:59,400
Speaker 1: the as the biggest challenger? Now? I think the hardest

922
00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:02,360
Speaker 1: thing to doing our business is to be honest, is

923
00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:04,480
Speaker 1: to be honest with your evaluation, to be able to

924
00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:07,000
Speaker 1: look at your team critically and say we have to

925
00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:09,440
Speaker 1: get better. I think San Francisco, FORDA and Honors were

926
00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:11,719
Speaker 1: able to look at a team that man, they were

927
00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:14,360
Speaker 1: a half a quarter away from being crowned as the

928
00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:17,160
Speaker 1: Super Bowl champions and to say, hey, we gotta get better.

929
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:20,400
Speaker 1: There's some things that we need to improve. Um. The

930
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:24,239
Speaker 1: Forest Buckner move was fantastic because they got rid of

931
00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:26,920
Speaker 1: the Forest buck and a good player and brought backup

932
00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:30,359
Speaker 1: player a younger, cheaper model in Javon kin Law at

933
00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:34,440
Speaker 1: wide receiver. They lose Emmanuel Sanders, who gave them some maturity,

934
00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:36,960
Speaker 1: gave them some experience on the outside. But man, they

935
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:41,040
Speaker 1: brought in over an explosive, dynamic god with some toughness

936
00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:44,840
Speaker 1: and Brandon Ayuk the team with deepo Samuel Um you

937
00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:48,640
Speaker 1: have was born Kendry Borne who comes back. They they

938
00:42:48,640 --> 00:42:52,160
Speaker 1: are good on the outside, their physical the running game. Look,

939
00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:54,319
Speaker 1: they gatried in Matt Breta, but they find a way

940
00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:56,719
Speaker 1: to continue to run the ball and run the ball successfully.

941
00:42:56,760 --> 00:42:59,400
Speaker 1: That's what they do. Um, this is a team that

942
00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:02,480
Speaker 1: is just really, really solid. I think they've attacked their

943
00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:05,640
Speaker 1: needs and weaknesses and now I think the product going

944
00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:08,200
Speaker 1: forward is gonna be a better product. Because swap out

945
00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:11,799
Speaker 1: Joe Stay for Trent Williams. You can say maybe it's

946
00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:14,320
Speaker 1: an upgrade team. Well position, it's gonna be a fight

947
00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:17,640
Speaker 1: in the IF in the industry West because the teams

948
00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:20,600
Speaker 1: that they're facing are also good. But man to forty

949
00:43:20,680 --> 00:43:22,720
Speaker 1: nine is a poison to be the champions all over again.

950
00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:24,920
Speaker 1: And I think it's easy to point to Seattle and

951
00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:27,200
Speaker 1: look at them as as a team that was right

952
00:43:27,239 --> 00:43:28,960
Speaker 1: there or whisker away from one of this division as

953
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:31,200
Speaker 1: being the biggest threat. And you can make that case.

954
00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:34,200
Speaker 1: UM had some changes along the offensive line, some new

955
00:43:34,239 --> 00:43:37,000
Speaker 1: faces in there going forward, We'll see how that comes together.

956
00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:40,320
Speaker 1: I think Jordan Brooks very athletic. They throw him in

957
00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:43,080
Speaker 1: the mix on defense and put him next to Bobby Wagner.

958
00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:45,719
Speaker 1: You've got some real speed there, which they always cover

959
00:43:45,760 --> 00:43:47,880
Speaker 1: it up there in Seattle. But and I love what

960
00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:50,359
Speaker 1: the Rams. Did you know in the Rams after having

961
00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:51,960
Speaker 1: a part with a lot of veteran players in free

962
00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:54,440
Speaker 1: agency and not having a first round pick, man that

963
00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:56,000
Speaker 1: I thought they had a home run draft of their

964
00:43:56,040 --> 00:43:58,239
Speaker 1: outstanding job with what they're able to get accomplished in

965
00:43:58,239 --> 00:44:01,359
Speaker 1: the draft. But I'm telling you, Buck, I just get

966
00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:03,560
Speaker 1: the feeling I look at this division, at the team

967
00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:08,120
Speaker 1: that scares me is Arizona because if Kyler Murray kind

968
00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:11,279
Speaker 1: of take that next step, UM, and this is a

969
00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:13,480
Speaker 1: team that goes out in the draft, and you add

970
00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:17,920
Speaker 1: Isaiah Simmons and his athleticism on defense, they bypassed the tackle,

971
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:19,960
Speaker 1: which I thought, Man, they need another tackle if they're

972
00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:21,959
Speaker 1: going to really get more guys out in the route

973
00:44:21,960 --> 00:44:23,680
Speaker 1: and operate this offense the way it was meant to go.

974
00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:26,319
Speaker 1: But then Josh Jones, Uh, they're able to get him

975
00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:28,200
Speaker 1: in the draft, so I think he's got a chance

976
00:44:28,239 --> 00:44:31,040
Speaker 1: to plug and play as a starter as a rookie. UM.

977
00:44:31,160 --> 00:44:34,120
Speaker 1: And then you bring over DeAndre Hopkins, who's a legit

978
00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:37,239
Speaker 1: top five receiver in the NFL, to go along with

979
00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:38,960
Speaker 1: Christian Kirk and what he can do and all these

980
00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:43,040
Speaker 1: other young receivers plus Larry Fitzgerald. UM. I just think

981
00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:45,160
Speaker 1: this offense has a chance to be very dynamic. And

982
00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:47,120
Speaker 1: I think they added some good athletes on the defensive

983
00:44:47,120 --> 00:44:49,319
Speaker 1: side of the ball as well. Their secondary should be

984
00:44:49,360 --> 00:44:52,200
Speaker 1: outstanding with all the different pieces they can use there.

985
00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:56,000
Speaker 1: You know, they're really good team, really explosive. I don't

986
00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:58,759
Speaker 1: know if the defense can keep up with the heavyweights.

987
00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:01,759
Speaker 1: Isaiah Simmons gives down a big time playmaker. They have

988
00:45:01,840 --> 00:45:05,000
Speaker 1: to piece it together offensively. They certainly should be fun.

989
00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:07,600
Speaker 1: When I look at this team right now, UM, I

990
00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:09,920
Speaker 1: think they're they're right in the middle of the pack,

991
00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:12,640
Speaker 1: and I think depending upon what Kyla Murray is able

992
00:45:12,680 --> 00:45:14,359
Speaker 1: to do, that could be the difference in being an

993
00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:16,960
Speaker 1: eight and eight or nine and seven or whatever team.

994
00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:22,200
Speaker 1: But the division is tough. Um Seattle San Francisco the

995
00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:25,279
Speaker 1: physicality and toughness and talent um, It's gonna be tough.

996
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:27,120
Speaker 1: But man, the San Francisco Foyta nine is in the

997
00:45:27,120 --> 00:45:31,840
Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks. That rival read that competitiveness between those two teams,

998
00:45:32,560 --> 00:45:35,360
Speaker 1: razor thin margin you talked about like that, that played

999
00:45:35,360 --> 00:45:38,200
Speaker 1: it kind of that pushed the San Francisco forty nine

1000
00:45:38,200 --> 00:45:40,880
Speaker 1: is into the playoffs as division champion. It can come

1001
00:45:40,880 --> 00:45:42,640
Speaker 1: down to that all over again. And I just think

1002
00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:46,000
Speaker 1: when you go to the Rams real quick, outgoes Todd Gurley,

1003
00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:50,600
Speaker 1: incomes cam Akers, outgoes Brandon Cook's incomes Van Jefferson. I

1004
00:45:50,600 --> 00:45:52,880
Speaker 1: think a nice job of replacing those two stars with

1005
00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:54,799
Speaker 1: those two players. How about this, I'm gonna go out

1006
00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:56,560
Speaker 1: on the limit. I'm gonna say that cam Akers may

1007
00:45:56,640 --> 00:45:59,200
Speaker 1: rush for twelve yards this year. I know people that

1008
00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:01,600
Speaker 1: penciled in Arrow Henderson, but cam Akers is a much

1009
00:46:01,640 --> 00:46:05,080
Speaker 1: better player. And whatever took place with Todd Gurley, where's

1010
00:46:05,080 --> 00:46:08,040
Speaker 1: the injuries? Whether it was the chemistry to fail connects

1011
00:46:08,080 --> 00:46:10,799
Speaker 1: with him and Sean McVeigh, I don't know, but I

1012
00:46:10,840 --> 00:46:14,640
Speaker 1: think Sean McVeigh was humbled enough that he wants to

1013
00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:17,000
Speaker 1: get right. He not only wants to win, but he

1014
00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:19,360
Speaker 1: wants to repair his reputation as being one of the

1015
00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:21,440
Speaker 1: best play calls, if not the best play call in

1016
00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:24,320
Speaker 1: the league. I think we're going to see cam Akers

1017
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:27,600
Speaker 1: featured in a prominent role as a running and receiver

1018
00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:30,200
Speaker 1: that is going to put the shine back on Sean

1019
00:46:30,280 --> 00:46:32,719
Speaker 1: McVeigh as a play caller, because I think everyone in

1020
00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:35,839
Speaker 1: the organization understands the importance of the running game as

1021
00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:38,960
Speaker 1: it relates to Jerry Golf. I think cam Akers is

1022
00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:41,960
Speaker 1: going to be a superstar for them in the role

1023
00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:44,719
Speaker 1: that they eventually put him in. I'm with him, I'm

1024
00:46:44,760 --> 00:46:47,239
Speaker 1: I'm all in on cam Akers should be uh be

1025
00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:49,399
Speaker 1: one of my favorites for Offensive Rookie of the Year.

1026
00:46:49,760 --> 00:46:51,360
Speaker 1: I think he's a great fit in that system, and

1027
00:46:51,360 --> 00:46:53,279
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna play behind a better offensive line

1028
00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:55,640
Speaker 1: than the one he had there at Florida States. You're

1029
00:46:55,640 --> 00:46:58,040
Speaker 1: gonna see a big time here from cam Akers. All right, man,

1030
00:46:58,080 --> 00:47:00,640
Speaker 1: it's been fun, Buck, It's been great to catch up,

1031
00:47:00,719 --> 00:47:02,719
Speaker 1: great to see a great to uh to go through

1032
00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:06,879
Speaker 1: all these teams. Um, it's weird. You've build up all

1033
00:47:06,880 --> 00:47:09,080
Speaker 1: this time talking about the draft and all of a sudden,

1034
00:47:09,080 --> 00:47:11,839
Speaker 1: it's just like boom, it's gone and now and now

1035
00:47:11,840 --> 00:47:14,279
Speaker 1: you start looking forward. And normally we'll be talking about

1036
00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:16,280
Speaker 1: these guys getting on the field at rookie mini camp

1037
00:47:16,280 --> 00:47:18,200
Speaker 1: and how do they look and talking to your buddies,

1038
00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:21,319
Speaker 1: and now they're on conference calls. You know, they're on

1039
00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:24,640
Speaker 1: video conference calls right now. So it's a one another

1040
00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:27,600
Speaker 1: reminder of just we're living at a different time right now. Man, Yeah,

1041
00:47:27,640 --> 00:47:29,760
Speaker 1: a different time. It'd be interested in they are going forward,

1042
00:47:29,800 --> 00:47:31,879
Speaker 1: like how the offseason plays out, like what we're able

1043
00:47:32,360 --> 00:47:35,440
Speaker 1: uh to gleam from our guys on the inside. But yes,

1044
00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:37,200
Speaker 1: it's interesting time. But look, this has been great. It's

1045
00:47:37,200 --> 00:47:39,759
Speaker 1: been a great uh lead up to the draft, and

1046
00:47:39,800 --> 00:47:42,360
Speaker 1: then that we've completed, we're able to reflect or whatever

1047
00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:44,879
Speaker 1: I think the next few weeks, like when we're able

1048
00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:47,640
Speaker 1: to kind of decompress or whatever. I think it'd be

1049
00:47:47,719 --> 00:47:50,880
Speaker 1: interesting when we do reconvene down the line to just

1050
00:47:50,920 --> 00:47:55,520
Speaker 1: talk about the lessons learned from an evaluation standpoint on look,

1051
00:47:55,719 --> 00:47:58,200
Speaker 1: where guys got picked and not necessarily like where guys

1052
00:47:58,200 --> 00:48:01,720
Speaker 1: get picked high determines how you change. But what themes

1053
00:48:01,800 --> 00:48:04,880
Speaker 1: came out of this draft when it comes to evaluating

1054
00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:07,800
Speaker 1: and selecting players, and how we can take those lessons

1055
00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:09,719
Speaker 1: and using going for it, no doubt. Well, I know

1056
00:48:10,160 --> 00:48:12,400
Speaker 1: some of you listening right now while be thinking, Okay, well,

1057
00:48:12,680 --> 00:48:15,239
Speaker 1: I guess we'll catch Move the Sticks podcast and the

1058
00:48:15,239 --> 00:48:17,799
Speaker 1: Fall when football comes back, if it comes back on time.

1059
00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:20,080
Speaker 1: But no, no, we're gonna keep going here. We've got

1060
00:48:20,120 --> 00:48:22,880
Speaker 1: some we've got some great content stored up, and we're

1061
00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:24,920
Speaker 1: gonna be bringing new stuff as well. But we had

1062
00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:28,279
Speaker 1: opportunity to go to the Baseball Winner meetings and talk

1063
00:48:28,360 --> 00:48:31,520
Speaker 1: with a bunch of general managers and talk to Don Mattingly,

1064
00:48:31,560 --> 00:48:33,960
Speaker 1: all kinds of great people and talk about the differences

1065
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:37,080
Speaker 1: between running a baseball team and running a football team,

1066
00:48:37,160 --> 00:48:39,239
Speaker 1: lessons that that we could share with each other, and

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Speaker 1: it was fascinating conversations with all these guys. Um, So

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Speaker 1: we're gonna have some of that content coming your way

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Speaker 1: once the baseball season uh kicks are starts, hopefully sooner

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Speaker 1: rather than later. We've been collecting all these stories about

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Speaker 1: the greatest high school football player you've ever seen. We've

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Speaker 1: we've asked former players, coaches, everybody, and we've got some

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Speaker 1: fantastic worries that we're going to share with you. And

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Speaker 1: also we get a chance again preview uh this upcoming

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Speaker 1: season with the NFL, which I do I believe we

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Speaker 1: will see and what we can expect from that as well.

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Speaker 1: So the content is not going anywhere, Buck, We're gonna

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Speaker 1: be here now, We're absolutely gonna be here. This is

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Speaker 1: the fun part of year. We get to put some

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Speaker 1: of those projects into play. So I'm looking forward to

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Speaker 1: seeing how I goes there. You go, well, that's gonna

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Speaker 1: do it for us today. Do you want to thank

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Speaker 1: Mark and the Bill for helping get this thing off

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Speaker 1: the ground and guiding us through as we made it

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Speaker 1: through the draft. I do appreciate all their hard work,

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Speaker 1: our Juna as well, Ryan Bartlett as well, David Singer

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Speaker 1: who's got us so many great guests during the during

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Speaker 1: the draft season. So we have really a team of

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Speaker 1: people that have done a wonderful job. I want to

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Speaker 1: thank all of them. But that's gonna do it for

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Speaker 1: us to stay. Thank you so much for listening, Uh,

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Speaker 1: to move the sticks presented by FedEx. I got up

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Speaker 1: to a moment