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Speaker 1: What is going on? Everybody? Can you guys say week

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Speaker 1: one is finally here? What's going on? John middlecop that's

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Speaker 1: me three and Out podcast. Thanks for listening, Colin Cowards

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Speaker 1: Podcast Network. That's where we're at and we're getting ready

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Speaker 1: for the National Football League to officially start today. If

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Speaker 1: you're listening Tuesday or Wednesday, you were about you could

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Speaker 1: be eight hours away from game one Thursday night. We'll

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Speaker 1: every Friday. And the great part about I mean starting

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Speaker 1: to the games every night. And just what happened over

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Speaker 1: the weekend. Great weekend of college football, not a great

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Speaker 1: but a lot going on. Bill O'Brien basically went Al

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Speaker 1: Davis slash John Gruden this weekend just insanity. I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: gonna dive into Melvin Gordon. Melvin Gordon, you know the

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Speaker 1: classic two thousand nineteen take like the players always the victim.

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Speaker 1: It's like, Okay, Melvin, go find a trade, holler back

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Speaker 1: at us, tell us what you can get. Oh, Crickets, Shocker,

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Speaker 1: the way that game played out that that was awesome.

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Speaker 1: You know, there there's something special about football. Uh. You know,

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Speaker 1: just just watching that game this weekend, it's like, no, wonder,

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Speaker 1: It's like they're just like they don't mean anything. The

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Speaker 1: The Miami Dolphs are officially going Sam Hinky and I

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Speaker 1: more complicated than you may think. Uh. And then we'll

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Speaker 1: get into the Middlecoff mail bag as always at John

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Speaker 1: Middlecoff is my Instagram handle you go to at John

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Speaker 1: Middlecoff my Instagram handle do I'm gonna do videos all

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Speaker 1: the time during the NFL season and in college football season,

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Speaker 1: stories and just regular videos. D m s are wide open.

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Speaker 1: You slide up in them, you answer you asked me

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Speaker 1: your questions. I love podcasting. I'm just a die hard

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Speaker 1: podcaster now, absolutely love it. Thanks for everyone for listening,

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Speaker 1: and I'm so fired up for this fall. But I

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Speaker 1: want to start with with Bill O'Brien and the disaster

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Speaker 1: been years in the making, like Bill O'Brien was years

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Speaker 1: But again I'm not blaming. It wasn't this weekend In March,

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Speaker 1: Laramie Tunsil, they are extension eligible. And here's the other thing.

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Speaker 1: They're desperate. When's the worst thing you can ever do?

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Speaker 1: if you listen to Colin, have some common sense. You go, yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know, I don't know if i'd pay Melvin Gordon

426
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Speaker 1: like eleven million dollars a year for five years. Like

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Speaker 1: I I understand where the charges are coming from, So

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Speaker 1: what the charges? Finally said, they say, you know what, Melvine,

429
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Speaker 1: because you know I've gotten this argument before. Is the

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Speaker 1: NFL true capitalism? You know, especially for rookies who are

431
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Speaker 1: under contract for five years in the franchise tag, they

432
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Speaker 1: never truly get to hit the market to find out

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Speaker 1: what their value is. Because that's the best part of

434
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Speaker 1: most industries. Right Eventually, you're gonna whatever you're worth, you're

435
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Speaker 1: gonna get to prove it on the open market. If

436
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Speaker 1: you're good at whatever you do, people bid for your services.

437
00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:10,800
Speaker 1: You're able to make more money supply demand. Right, Well,

438
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Speaker 1: they said, you know what, Melvin, You're free to seek

439
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Speaker 1: a trade. Here is if I'm Tom to LESCo. I

440
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Speaker 1: will forward you and your agent every single GM and

441
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Speaker 1: head coaches phone number throughout the entire league, and you're

442
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Speaker 1: free to seek any trade you want and any contract

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Speaker 1: you want, and will will support you. And if we

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Speaker 1: agree with the compensation, god speed to you, buddy. And

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Speaker 1: you know what we've heard in the last forty eight

446
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Speaker 1: hours since they've granted in permission to seek a trade. Crickets.

447
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Speaker 1: You know why, because they're in the team in this

448
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Speaker 1: league that would even think about offering the contract that

449
00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:44,920
Speaker 1: the Charges were offering it close to ten million dollars

450
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Speaker 1: a year. It's why I said, Originally the man on

451
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Speaker 1: the moon could say, hey, Melvin, if they're really offering

452
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Speaker 1: you almost ten million dollars a year, and they clearly

453
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Speaker 1: are because that hasn't been disputed anywhere, and you're already

454
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Speaker 1: making good coin. You can double the amount of money.

455
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Speaker 1: Because you were scheduled to make about thirteen million dollars

456
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Speaker 1: the next two years. I think with the pay bump,

457
00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:05,280
Speaker 1: it was gonna be close to about thirty million dollars

458
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Speaker 1: and guaranteed money. Melvin, I'm telling you, just put on

459
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Speaker 1: your nikes, tie those bad boys up wherever you are,

460
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Speaker 1: whether you're in Cabo, whether you're in Los Angeles, just

461
00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:17,600
Speaker 1: starts sprinting and head right to where your facility is

462
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Speaker 1: and bring a pen. I have a pilot G two

463
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Speaker 1: bick in my hand right now, the point zero seven one.

464
00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:26,080
Speaker 1: I like a little finer, but this one gets the

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Speaker 1: job done. And say Tom wears the contract, I'll sign

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Speaker 1: it on the dieted line. Because I'm sure, as you've

467
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Speaker 1: seen in the last two days, you can follow all

468
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Speaker 1: the people you want on Instagram and Twitter and all

469
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Speaker 1: the teams. No one's trading anything of value for you

470
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Speaker 1: one And to definitely, no one's giving you a contract

471
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Speaker 1: more than levan bill. That's not happening. And clearly the

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Speaker 1: charges are willing to do that. Why because they know

473
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Speaker 1: you the best. They clearly like you. Uh, you have

474
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Speaker 1: been played by an agent who has his greedy hands

475
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Speaker 1: written all over this, who wants more money for himself,

476
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Speaker 1: not necessarily for you. You've gonna make if you did

477
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Speaker 1: sign this contract. I think you've already made like fifteen

478
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Speaker 1: million dollars. You had an another third. You're talking forty

479
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Speaker 1: five million dollars to play running back in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: Like you know this isn't anymore. That's really good money.

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Speaker 1: I mean, that's great money. Now. Uh No, you're not

482
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Speaker 1: playing the victim card. No one's feeling bad for you.

483
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Speaker 1: You're not, you know, a top seven or eight running

484
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Speaker 1: back in the NFL. They value you more than the

485
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Speaker 1: rest of the league. You gotta you gotta swallow your

486
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Speaker 1: pride and I guess some of your ego. And the

487
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Speaker 1: good thing is it's not that hard to swallow your ego.

488
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Speaker 1: You know a guy that's way better than you, his

489
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Speaker 1: name's Levian Bell, didn't sign a contract for that much

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Speaker 1: this offseason. So I'll promise you another thing. You don't

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Speaker 1: want to hit free agency, Melvin, because we just saw

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Speaker 1: what Levian Bell, who again on his worst day, is

493
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Speaker 1: better than you. On his best day, he got He

494
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Speaker 1: barely got twenty six million dollars. So I'm telling you

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Speaker 1: sign this deal. I've been saying over and over anyone

496
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Speaker 1: listening to this podcast that knows Melvin, tell him to

497
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Speaker 1: sign the deal. Because when you always play this victim

498
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Speaker 1: and this is the clutch move and it's the lebron

499
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Speaker 1: and it's the NBA, people like that's not in the

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Speaker 1: real world. No one feels bad for you. The other thing,

501
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Speaker 1: it's aren't to feel bad for you when the market,

502
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Speaker 1: when the entire league goes man. You're not worth that,

503
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Speaker 1: and this team is willing to pay you money that

504
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Speaker 1: you're probably not even worth because if you get free agency,

505
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Speaker 1: no one in the free agent market is paying you

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Speaker 1: that much money. So just very very poorly played by

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Speaker 1: Melvin Gordon. And one of those things that was, you know,

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Speaker 1: we could see coming from a mile away this this

509
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Speaker 1: was easily avoidable. He could have been there all camp

510
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Speaker 1: and been a much much richer human than he already is. Okay,

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Speaker 1: let's get into Oregon and Auburn, which you know I

512
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Speaker 1: mentioned earlier. But the best part about football, and it's

513
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Speaker 1: the one thing that the other sports just can never have,

514
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Speaker 1: and it's just the natural way the sport is set up,

515
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Speaker 1: is just urgency. Right, is that you only play so

516
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Speaker 1: many games in college twelve or thirteen in the pros

517
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Speaker 1: now that the preseason doesn't matter. Most teams play sixteen.

518
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Speaker 1: If you're lucky enough to get into the playoffs. Every

519
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Speaker 1: game matters. It's why we, you know, we overreact to

520
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Speaker 1: NBA regular season game. No one even talks about baseball anymore,

521
00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:06,600
Speaker 1: but a regular season baseball game means absolutely nothing unless

522
00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:08,199
Speaker 1: it's like the last day of the season to get in.

523
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Speaker 1: But in football, every game matters. And in college football

524
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Speaker 1: now obviously games really matter, especially when you have big

525
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Speaker 1: time matchups. And the game this weekend, the number one

526
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Speaker 1: game of the weekend, and I talked about it on Friday,

527
00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:26,639
Speaker 1: was Auburn in Oregon, and I was rooting for Oregon.

528
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Speaker 1: I want to see the Pack twelve do well. But

529
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Speaker 1: my heart, that was my heart, My head told me

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Speaker 1: to take Auburn. Now I ended up not even betting

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Speaker 1: the game, but I was pretty hard on Mario. I

532
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Speaker 1: just I. I just questioned, despite their talent, which is clear,

533
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Speaker 1: he's been recruiting at a high level. And now one

534
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Speaker 1: thing is clear that Willie Taggart has been completely exposed,

535
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Speaker 1: completely exposed at Florida State, like a complete fraud. And

536
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Speaker 1: you know what it happens in football because my my

537
00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:58,760
Speaker 1: theory now it's not even a theory. The reality is

538
00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:01,960
Speaker 1: with with it's the hype meter. Like in basketball, we

539
00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:05,200
Speaker 1: hype players, you know, we really hype up players. Look

540
00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,480
Speaker 1: at Zion like if he's not Lebron James is gonna

541
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Speaker 1: be The hype is incredible, but Devin Booker's Karl Anthony Towns.

542
00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:14,239
Speaker 1: We just hype players did, haven't improven. People have been

543
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Speaker 1: calling Chris Paul the second best point guard in NBA

544
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Speaker 1: history forever, like Chris Paul is not even a top

545
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Speaker 1: five point guard. Ever, He's not even the best point

546
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Speaker 1: guard of his own generation. Steph has ranch circles around

547
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Speaker 1: him for years now. He's an all time flop in

548
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Speaker 1: the playoffs. But the media hypes up players in football.

549
00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:32,760
Speaker 1: The media hypes up coaches, especially college football, and part

550
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Speaker 1: of that now is their agents. You know what happens.

551
00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:38,760
Speaker 1: Everyone's calling Josh daddis this superstar at Michigan, and I

552
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Speaker 1: want to like him too. I went and watched a

553
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Speaker 1: bunch of his youtube' and then I texted around some

554
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Speaker 1: people I know, some people that have worked with him,

555
00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:47,240
Speaker 1: and they said, yeah, I don't know, but the hype

556
00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:50,040
Speaker 1: on every list football school. My guy Bruce Feldman, everyone

557
00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:52,439
Speaker 1: has him as the number one assistant coach, and he's like, uh,

558
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Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't see it. But the hype

559
00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:58,880
Speaker 1: is just hypes there. Now. I would say Mario doesn't

560
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Speaker 1: necessarily have the hype, but because he was at the

561
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Speaker 1: school and Willie Tigger took them. He got kind of

562
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Speaker 1: lucky to get the job, because if Mariot Christo Baul

563
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Speaker 1: would have been the old line coach at the time

564
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Speaker 1: at Alabama, not the assistant head coach, an old line

565
00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:11,840
Speaker 1: coach at Oregon, he would not have got the Oregan job.

566
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Speaker 1: But he took advantage of his opportunity and he's recruited

567
00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:16,960
Speaker 1: his ass off. And I'll give him credit for this.

568
00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:21,040
Speaker 1: He's had two crippling losses in two years, Stanford and

569
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Speaker 1: Or and Auburn, and both those games his team came

570
00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:26,560
Speaker 1: ready and we're kicking ass and taking names. But in

571
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Speaker 1: Division one football, just like in the NFL, you this

572
00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:33,160
Speaker 1: is not Malibu, California. We're not giving out participation trophies.

573
00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,680
Speaker 1: Either win or you'll lose. And when you have a

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Speaker 1: lead and you kick the crap out of Auburn in

575
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Speaker 1: the first half and then you're up eight in the

576
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Speaker 1: fourth quarter to a national powerhouse, you have to find

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Speaker 1: a way to win. And at the end of the day,

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Speaker 1: and I've used this quote a couple of times. I

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Speaker 1: can't stop using it. It's so great. Dan Orlovski of ESPN,

580
00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:54,440
Speaker 1: former backup quarterback, was just Keep said, he tweeted this

581
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Speaker 1: like a week ago that the assistant coach that he

582
00:27:57,359 --> 00:27:59,959
Speaker 1: played with earlier in his career said, man, you may

583
00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:03,119
Speaker 1: only get one shot to be a starting quarterback. And

584
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Speaker 1: when that opportunity comes, and I think this this relates

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Speaker 1: to anyone in any business, whatever you do, whatever position,

586
00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:12,960
Speaker 1: you're playing, football, whatever you may do in life, when

587
00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:16,000
Speaker 1: you get a huge opportunity, you have to be willing

588
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:19,160
Speaker 1: to throw a Haymaker's why most successful people in this

589
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,720
Speaker 1: world are not the smartest people. They just tend to

590
00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:26,159
Speaker 1: have the biggest stones, the biggest balls. They have cohonas

591
00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:29,400
Speaker 1: they're not scared. It's why so many coaches to get

592
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Speaker 1: their shot. And then they will under the pressure, like

593
00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:35,159
Speaker 1: they're down three in the fourth and they punt. It's like,

594
00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:37,360
Speaker 1: you gotta have the balls to go for it. And

595
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Speaker 1: twice two of the last someone's blowing me up two

596
00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:46,040
Speaker 1: of the last three possessions for Oregon and UH and Auburn.

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00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:50,120
Speaker 1: Auburn was up eight. Excuse me, sorry, that phone call

598
00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:52,920
Speaker 1: threw me off. Two of the last three possessions and

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Speaker 1: not counting the Hail Mary was the last. So the

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Speaker 1: last two ones beside the Hail Mary if you watch

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Speaker 1: the game, they're up eight points. It's third and seven.

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00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:04,440
Speaker 1: Now they're kind of backed up, but he runs the ball.

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00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:08,200
Speaker 1: He runs the ball. They're up eight points. They pumped

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Speaker 1: the ball. Auburn then scores, makes it a one point game.

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00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:14,800
Speaker 1: They get the ball back there, up one at midfield.

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00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:19,000
Speaker 1: It's fourth and one, and they were in a tough

607
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Speaker 1: spot because Justin Herbert, who's you know, potential top ten pick,

608
00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,840
Speaker 1: gets yanked out of the game. They end up running

609
00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:28,960
Speaker 1: the ball off tackle and get destroyed by one of

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Speaker 1: the best front sevens in the country. To me, regardless

611
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Speaker 1: of what happened and every other point of the game,

612
00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:37,880
Speaker 1: the game was lost right there. You ran the ball

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Speaker 1: on two critical downs up late in the fourth quarter.

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00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:44,560
Speaker 1: That's that's embarrassing. It just is. For all the hype

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Speaker 1: and I was critical of him, his team was ready

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Speaker 1: and they came out swinging. They played winning football in

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Speaker 1: the first half. Then they're up late in the game.

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Speaker 1: You're up eight points. You're up eight points in the

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Speaker 1: fourth quarter against a national powerhouse. It's basically a road

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Speaker 1: game for Oregon because that a t n T. Though

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Speaker 1: a lot of Oregon fans were there, and he ran

622
00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,240
Speaker 1: it twice on third and seven and fourth and one.

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Speaker 1: You deserve to lose if you're gonna play scared scared money,

624
00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:12,000
Speaker 1: don't make money right like you get your one shot, Mario,

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00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:15,360
Speaker 1: and you didn't throw a haymaker. You got your shot

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Speaker 1: and you did not throw a haymaker. Now in two years,

627
00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:21,560
Speaker 1: so basically a season and a game in two games,

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Speaker 1: the two biggest games he's played in now Stanford and

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Speaker 1: an Auburn. He just he blew it. I mean he

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Speaker 1: got and in this one even more than the state.

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Speaker 1: I'll give you a little bit of benefit doubt that

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00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:36,040
Speaker 1: that Stanford game, whatever weird ship happens, could happen to

633
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Speaker 1: any coach. But in this game, you've had all off season,

634
00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:43,040
Speaker 1: your team's ready, your team's loaded, the whole country's watching.

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Speaker 1: I'm on the I'm you who everyone listening, were on

636
00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:49,760
Speaker 1: the edge of our seat. Third and seven, run fourth

637
00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:53,280
Speaker 1: and one to put a dagger a stake in their throat.

638
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:57,240
Speaker 1: You run off tackle play against one of the best

639
00:30:57,280 --> 00:31:00,960
Speaker 1: defensive lines in the country. I'd also say this, there

640
00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:05,400
Speaker 1: was a Herbert got injured and I didn't know this rule,

641
00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:08,040
Speaker 1: and Herb Street and Fowler didn't know this rule. Did

642
00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:09,640
Speaker 1: he call the time out, and he thought he could

643
00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:11,760
Speaker 1: put Herbert back into the game, but he couldn't. You

644
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,000
Speaker 1: had to keep him out because in college football is

645
00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:15,440
Speaker 1: different in the NFL, you gotta keep him out for

646
00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:17,800
Speaker 1: a play. Now, if I don't know that rule, and

647
00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:19,680
Speaker 1: you don't know that rule, and Herbstreet doesn't know that rule,

648
00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:22,520
Speaker 1: that's okay. But if the head coach, the head coach

649
00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:25,920
Speaker 1: is paid millions upon millions of dollars to know that rule,

650
00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:28,520
Speaker 1: so he didn't know the rule. Not not that necessarily

651
00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:29,920
Speaker 1: would have changed the play call because he ended up

652
00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:34,800
Speaker 1: running the play with the backup quarterback. But that's inexcusable. Honestly,

653
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,680
Speaker 1: it's inexcusable. And in Oregon, they're paying him a lot

654
00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:39,960
Speaker 1: of money. Try to win a national championship and get

655
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,120
Speaker 1: to the playoffs, and they would have been. They still

656
00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:43,840
Speaker 1: might not have made the playoffs. Who have won this game,

657
00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,120
Speaker 1: but they would have been a top five or six team.

658
00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:48,680
Speaker 1: They would have jumped way up. They were I think eleven.

659
00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:51,640
Speaker 1: They probably would have been five or six, maybe six

660
00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:54,240
Speaker 1: or seven, but they would have been in the driver's seat.

661
00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:56,600
Speaker 1: Especially if Auburn then went on to have a good season.

662
00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:58,320
Speaker 1: They might be able to lose a game and get in.

663
00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:01,920
Speaker 1: That's a crippling law and a loss that you're winning.

664
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Speaker 1: It would be one thing if they were playing from

665
00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:06,920
Speaker 1: behind and you're like, okay, whatever, they got outplayed, they

666
00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:10,320
Speaker 1: outplayed Auburn. That's that's the thing that has to crush

667
00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:12,920
Speaker 1: you as an Oregon fan. Is now in two of

668
00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:15,440
Speaker 1: the biggest games, but especially this one against you know,

669
00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:17,719
Speaker 1: gust mills an't say what you want, and I know

670
00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:20,040
Speaker 1: Auburn hates him. I mean, he's he's probably a top

671
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:23,080
Speaker 1: ten coach in the country. Uh, he's going X his nose.

672
00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:25,080
Speaker 1: He's right there with him. And when it was nut

673
00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:28,040
Speaker 1: cutting time, you know, he got tight and he and

674
00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:30,560
Speaker 1: he ran the ball because because I think at your core,

675
00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:33,200
Speaker 1: you can't shake who you are. And Mario is a

676
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:36,400
Speaker 1: conservative coach. And when you get conservative and he kind

677
00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:40,360
Speaker 1: of coach scared, I I can't like, you deserve to lose.

678
00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:42,640
Speaker 1: You deserve to lose. It's not fair to your kids

679
00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:44,840
Speaker 1: who are clearly ready for the game, your assistant coach,

680
00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:47,800
Speaker 1: that your assistant coaching staff that put together a good plan.

681
00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:50,800
Speaker 1: But I don't believe for a second Mario, who's not

682
00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:53,000
Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator is not in the headset going run

683
00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:56,600
Speaker 1: the ball and you end up losing by you know whatever,

684
00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:58,200
Speaker 1: six points once they get the ball back and they

685
00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:01,000
Speaker 1: drive the field. But the aim wasn't lost on that

686
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,959
Speaker 1: final drive when bow nicks, you know, through that sweet

687
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,880
Speaker 1: touchdown pass. It was lost on third and seven when

688
00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:08,920
Speaker 1: he when he ran the ball. It was then lost

689
00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:10,920
Speaker 1: on fourth and one when they ran an off tackle

690
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:13,040
Speaker 1: against one of the best arguably the best front seven

691
00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:16,200
Speaker 1: maybe in the country and got destroyed. Like if you

692
00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:18,920
Speaker 1: are going to run and play bootleg, roll them out,

693
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:22,160
Speaker 1: do something. Hell, I even punt, make the true freshman

694
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:23,840
Speaker 1: go ninety. You know, I guess you didn't have to

695
00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:25,600
Speaker 1: go ninety because they were down one at the time.

696
00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:28,040
Speaker 1: So a field goal wins it, but it goes sixty

697
00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:30,160
Speaker 1: like you're gonna run it right in. You might as

698
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:32,040
Speaker 1: well just just say, hey, man, we'll go to the the

699
00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:34,240
Speaker 1: locker room. You guys win, we'll go home. But you

700
00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:38,600
Speaker 1: cannot coach scared in these big games. Let's get into

701
00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:44,240
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins who are going full Sam Hinky and uh,

702
00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:48,200
Speaker 1: it's just it's really crazy. The the trend Sam Hinky started.

703
00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:50,760
Speaker 1: And I think when you look back on Sam Hinky

704
00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:54,440
Speaker 1: and the tape tank job that is the Sixers. He

705
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:59,320
Speaker 1: nailed Joel Embiid Simmons. Yeah, he missed on a lot though.

706
00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:02,520
Speaker 1: You ever heard of Janice Anti to kompa guy just

707
00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:04,600
Speaker 1: won the m v P passed on him. You ever

708
00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:09,680
Speaker 1: heard of Jalil Okafer? Yeah, Hinky drafted him, Michael Carter Williams.

709
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:13,080
Speaker 1: Hinky picked him. So Hickey was not Hinkey was just

710
00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:15,319
Speaker 1: taking a lot of swings. He clearly was not a

711
00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:18,080
Speaker 1: very good evaluator. He missed on way more than he hit.

712
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:21,560
Speaker 1: I don't even think it's disputable now in his process,

713
00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:25,160
Speaker 1: his process made sense to truly suck to try to

714
00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:28,000
Speaker 1: get the number one overall pick. Now, in football, if

715
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,560
Speaker 1: you try to truly suck, it's easier to get the

716
00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:35,040
Speaker 1: number one pick because unlike professional basketball, there's not a lottery.

717
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:37,359
Speaker 1: So if you have the worst record, you will get

718
00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:40,960
Speaker 1: the number one overall pick. So the Miami Dolphins trade

719
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:44,040
Speaker 1: the best player on their team to the Houston Texans

720
00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:46,840
Speaker 1: and get a lot They got two first round picks

721
00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:48,839
Speaker 1: and they got a second round pick. That is, they

722
00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:53,960
Speaker 1: got more compensation for Laramie Tunzil than the Chicago Bears

723
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,640
Speaker 1: gave up for Khalil Mack. Now, they also included Kenny Steels,

724
00:34:56,680 --> 00:34:58,200
Speaker 1: but it was clear that I don't think Brian Flores

725
00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:00,840
Speaker 1: was a big Kenny Steels fan. So it's crazy is

726
00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:02,759
Speaker 1: Kenny still has a twelve touchdowns over the last two

727
00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:04,160
Speaker 1: years and at one point in time was really good

728
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:06,040
Speaker 1: player in this league. Kind of feels like just like

729
00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:08,680
Speaker 1: an extra throw in, you know, like a classic Major

730
00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:10,920
Speaker 1: League Baseball player to be named later. But Kny Stills

731
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,160
Speaker 1: is not bad. But I think we all view those

732
00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:16,920
Speaker 1: picks were mainly given up for Laramie Tunzel because what

733
00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:18,759
Speaker 1: would Kenny Stills have got on the open market, like

734
00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:22,120
Speaker 1: a fourth round pick maybe, so they gave up all

735
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,239
Speaker 1: that from the Laramie Tunzel. Now, I think here's the

736
00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:27,279
Speaker 1: problem because as we saw it with Inky, and as

737
00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:29,799
Speaker 1: we saw with the Browns, this notion of life. See

738
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:33,120
Speaker 1: what Sashy Brown did for the Browns. Slashy Brown passed

739
00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:36,920
Speaker 1: on Carson Wentz. The thing that Sashy Brown would have

740
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:40,520
Speaker 1: picked Baker Mayfield is laughable. I have no clue who

741
00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:42,919
Speaker 1: Sashy Brown would have picked, or like, maybe he would

742
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:45,799
Speaker 1: have liked Lamar Jackson the most. I don't know but

743
00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:48,840
Speaker 1: did Sashy Brown set them up for success? Yes? With

744
00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:51,760
Speaker 1: Sashy Brown the right guy to start picking the players.

745
00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:56,120
Speaker 1: Hell no, you know, and I I know nothing about

746
00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:58,680
Speaker 1: Brian Flores or even I don't even know his general

747
00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:02,440
Speaker 1: manager's name. I I I understand trading a player, like

748
00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:05,160
Speaker 1: every player should have a price. Non quarterback, someone's gonna

749
00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:07,200
Speaker 1: offer you two ones and a two. I guess you

750
00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:09,160
Speaker 1: have to think about it. Do you have to do it?

751
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:11,320
Speaker 1: I mean, this guy is a twenty year old, ascending

752
00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:15,120
Speaker 1: elite tackle. But that's a lot you're trying to lose. Okay,

753
00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:18,360
Speaker 1: I understand, but let's look at some different parts. Didn't

754
00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:21,520
Speaker 1: make this a little complicated the tank, and make this

755
00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:27,200
Speaker 1: tanking idea just some unequivocal no brainer, you know, like

756
00:36:27,239 --> 00:36:29,360
Speaker 1: the Browns to try to pull off years ago, and

757
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:31,279
Speaker 1: now that the Dolphins are gonna try to pull off,

758
00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:33,359
Speaker 1: let's start with one. I just I just wrote down

759
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:37,239
Speaker 1: some things that I got red flag. Are we sure

760
00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:40,120
Speaker 1: there are some can't miss quarterbacks coming along? Because I

761
00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:41,920
Speaker 1: watched Justin Herbert and I got news for he's not

762
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:44,719
Speaker 1: a can't miss quarterback. I'm not even sure a lot

763
00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:46,560
Speaker 1: of NFL people are gonna like him. There's some questions

764
00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:49,879
Speaker 1: about his personality. He's clearly talented, and I mean there's

765
00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:52,800
Speaker 1: no disputing his talent, but he's just some no brainer

766
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:56,080
Speaker 1: overall number one pick. Hell, though I watched them to

767
00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:58,880
Speaker 1: it like I like to it really accurate. Doesn't have

768
00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:01,600
Speaker 1: a great arm. Uh, doesn't have a great arm at all.

769
00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:03,919
Speaker 1: And the part of playing in Miami. Who mean, who's

770
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:05,560
Speaker 1: the best quarterback in the history of the franchise? I

771
00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:08,040
Speaker 1: don't know. This guy named Dan Marino. He was basically

772
00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:11,480
Speaker 1: the Nolan Ryan of football, Uh quarterbacks. You know, he's

773
00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:14,279
Speaker 1: probably is the best arm beside far ever, because who

774
00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:15,799
Speaker 1: do you have to play in that division? I don't know.

775
00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:17,959
Speaker 1: The Patriots usually late in the season it is cold.

776
00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:20,200
Speaker 1: I don't know, the Jets usually pretty cold, and I

777
00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:22,560
Speaker 1: don't know the Bills tends to be pretty cold Buffalo,

778
00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:25,439
Speaker 1: So you need a big arm quarterback. Probably win there,

779
00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:27,799
Speaker 1: that would make some sense. Probably a big reason they

780
00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:30,319
Speaker 1: haven't really won the last twenty years. So are there

781
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:33,640
Speaker 1: any camp miss quarterbacks in this quarterback class? No? Now,

782
00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:35,440
Speaker 1: could they be so crappy in two years they get

783
00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:38,520
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence? Sure, but as we see every year, it's

784
00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:41,600
Speaker 1: pretty hard to just actively take because coaches try to

785
00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:44,000
Speaker 1: win and the players on the field even if they

786
00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:46,320
Speaker 1: even if they suck, and you may have the worst

787
00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:48,720
Speaker 1: roster in the league, you're still trying to win games.

788
00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:50,879
Speaker 1: You are. I saw it last year with forty Niners

789
00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:54,080
Speaker 1: and the Raiders. Both those two teams were actively trying

790
00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:56,560
Speaker 1: to lose towards the end, and they both won games

791
00:37:56,560 --> 00:37:59,040
Speaker 1: in December. They couldn't even help it, just because your

792
00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:01,520
Speaker 1: players just kind of start making plays and they didn't

793
00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:03,960
Speaker 1: even want to win, especially the Raiders. I mean, the

794
00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:05,880
Speaker 1: Raiders beat the Steelers late in the game, late in

795
00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:08,000
Speaker 1: the season, and they were they actively tried to take

796
00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:10,319
Speaker 1: and they couldn't even take right because it's impossible to

797
00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:14,759
Speaker 1: take in the NFL. So here's another one. Your best

798
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:16,799
Speaker 1: asset right now on your team is a guy named

799
00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:20,040
Speaker 1: Josh Rosen who was just picked tenth overall a year ago,

800
00:38:20,239 --> 00:38:22,359
Speaker 1: and then you acquired for a late second round pick.

801
00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:25,680
Speaker 1: How on God's Green Earth? Am I supposed to judge

802
00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:28,799
Speaker 1: Josh Rosen whenever he gets to play because they didn't

803
00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:31,279
Speaker 1: name him the starter, which doesn't seem as crazy. Now,

804
00:38:31,360 --> 00:38:33,200
Speaker 1: they trade their best offensive lineman, one of the best

805
00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:36,560
Speaker 1: wide receivers. How am I supposed to judge Josh Rosen

806
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:39,640
Speaker 1: on a team that's gonna stink? I mean, seriously, how

807
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:42,040
Speaker 1: am I going to have any clue after this year,

808
00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:45,680
Speaker 1: whether Josh plays ten or eight games. What I have

809
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:48,879
Speaker 1: I don't think you'll have. It is a complete guessing game.

810
00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:52,640
Speaker 1: Complete so your best asset on the team, whenever you

811
00:38:52,719 --> 00:38:56,640
Speaker 1: do put him into the game, it's gonna be very,

812
00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:58,839
Speaker 1: very difficult to find out if this guy is good

813
00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:02,359
Speaker 1: or bad. As we last year, it's impossible to know

814
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:05,520
Speaker 1: what Josh Rosen was with the Arizona Cardinals. They're the

815
00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:07,920
Speaker 1: worst team in the league. Literally, they drafted first overall

816
00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:10,560
Speaker 1: and they had the worst offensive lin the league. Well,

817
00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:13,120
Speaker 1: the Dolphins just got rid of their left tackle, so

818
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:15,960
Speaker 1: their offensive line's gonna stink because now they're starting a

819
00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:19,360
Speaker 1: backup and I'm gonna have to judge this guy who's

820
00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:22,560
Speaker 1: not that mobile behind an offensive line. Now one of

821
00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:24,960
Speaker 1: his best receivers gone. I don't even know what to say,

822
00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:26,480
Speaker 1: And I don't know what the Dolphins are gonna do.

823
00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:30,920
Speaker 1: They won't really know. And three, here here's the biggest thing.

824
00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:34,520
Speaker 1: When you trade for two first round picks, Like if

825
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:37,960
Speaker 1: I trade when I traded Odell Beckham, if I'm the

826
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:41,360
Speaker 1: New York Giants to the Cleveland Browns, I knew what

827
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:44,799
Speaker 1: the pick was. They were giving me the seventeenth overall pick,

828
00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:47,040
Speaker 1: Jabrill Peppers and then a late third round pick. But

829
00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:50,400
Speaker 1: I knew exactly what that pick was, right, knew exactly

830
00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:52,959
Speaker 1: what that pick was. When a couple of years ago,

831
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:56,879
Speaker 1: when when the Chiefs and the Houston Texans when they

832
00:39:56,920 --> 00:40:00,920
Speaker 1: traded up for their quarterbacks, those two teams knew exactly

833
00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:03,479
Speaker 1: where they were going, and they knew that that team

834
00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:05,040
Speaker 1: was probably gonna be pretty good. In both those two

835
00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:08,880
Speaker 1: teams were playoff teams. Right when last year when the

836
00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:13,520
Speaker 1: Raiders traded the Bears before the season, the reason it

837
00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:16,399
Speaker 1: even came out, the reason they chose the Bears over

838
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:19,560
Speaker 1: the Bills, over the Niners, over all these teams the

839
00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:22,080
Speaker 1: entire league was lined up for clil Mack was because

840
00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:24,280
Speaker 1: they thought the Bears were gonna be the worst team

841
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:26,440
Speaker 1: out of the group attempting to trade form. Well, what

842
00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:29,359
Speaker 1: happened to the Bears. They weren't the worst team. They

843
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:31,080
Speaker 1: were a playoff team and they won the division. That

844
00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:35,759
Speaker 1: pick turned into the overall pick and turned into Josh Jacobs.

845
00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:37,360
Speaker 1: So now we know what the pick was and we

846
00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:40,640
Speaker 1: know the player. So what any team right now in

847
00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:44,799
Speaker 1: the NFL trade Josh Jacobs and a future one on

848
00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:47,240
Speaker 1: a pretty damn good team. More than likely the Bears

849
00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:50,120
Speaker 1: are gonna be in the playoffs again, But like pick

850
00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:55,719
Speaker 1: twenty five Josh Jacobs and pick for Cleil Mac, absolutely not. Well,

851
00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:57,719
Speaker 1: what do you say about the Houston Texans? Well, I

852
00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:00,640
Speaker 1: kind of crushed the trade. I do acknowledge they're better

853
00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:01,960
Speaker 1: now and they're more than likely going to be a

854
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:05,360
Speaker 1: playoff team this year, though Clowney is a pretty big loss,

855
00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:07,560
Speaker 1: and the two guys they got. As a guy in

856
00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:10,280
Speaker 1: the league text me the actual I think Martin Jacob

857
00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:14,120
Speaker 1: Martin he like Martin Morton Mingo. But regardless, let's just

858
00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:15,839
Speaker 1: say they're a playoff team again. So let's say their

859
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:20,040
Speaker 1: their draft picked as they were this year. Would anyone

860
00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:23,840
Speaker 1: trade Laramie Tunzel for pick five and pick twenty four,

861
00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:26,080
Speaker 1: because you do. You would do it if you're the

862
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:29,280
Speaker 1: Dolphins for pick ten and the following year pick twelve.

863
00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:32,440
Speaker 1: But in the twenties, those picks aren't good because if

864
00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:34,560
Speaker 1: you talk to anyone in the league, they'll constantly tell you,

865
00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:39,120
Speaker 1: especially the good GMS, we don't have twenty first round grades.

866
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:43,080
Speaker 1: On a typical year, we have probably somewhere between fifteen

867
00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:47,319
Speaker 1: and twenty first round graded players. There's a reason why

868
00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:52,360
Speaker 1: John Snyder, Brett Veach, Bill Belichick, Roseman these guys. Typically

869
00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:54,600
Speaker 1: sometimes they trade up when a guy falls, but a

870
00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:57,000
Speaker 1: lot of times they go the other way. They go

871
00:41:57,080 --> 00:41:59,680
Speaker 1: from in the mid twenties back to the early in

872
00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:02,359
Speaker 1: the second round because they go, well, we're gonna draft

873
00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:04,720
Speaker 1: a second round player anyway. We view all these guys

874
00:42:04,719 --> 00:42:06,920
Speaker 1: on our board a second round picks, so let's go back.

875
00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:10,520
Speaker 1: So the only way to me, going hinky makes sense

876
00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:12,839
Speaker 1: is when you trade with the shitty team, a team

877
00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:15,520
Speaker 1: that's gonna give you potential top ten picks because you're

878
00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:19,040
Speaker 1: trading a top ten player. So if you're the picture

879
00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:21,359
Speaker 1: getting back or in the mid twenties, like the way

880
00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:25,799
Speaker 1: it worked out for Khalil Mack, that stings. That hurts,

881
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:27,400
Speaker 1: Like it was cool when you traded the Bears for

882
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:29,319
Speaker 1: two first round picks. When you think, yeah, hopefully a

883
00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:31,400
Speaker 1: couple will be in the top fifteen, Well when they

884
00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:33,800
Speaker 1: turned into twenty four and that guy turns into a

885
00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:36,759
Speaker 1: running back cool. I like Josh Jacobs, but it ain't

886
00:42:36,760 --> 00:42:39,200
Speaker 1: no Khalil Mack. And if the Bears are better this year,

887
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:42,359
Speaker 1: Let's say the Bears make the NFC Championship. Let's say

888
00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:44,040
Speaker 1: worst case scenario for the Bears they go eight and

889
00:42:44,080 --> 00:42:45,880
Speaker 1: eight and they missed the playoffs. That picks still what

890
00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:49,880
Speaker 1: eighteen nineteen? So you traded Josh Jacobs and picked nine

891
00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:52,600
Speaker 1: team for Khalil Mack. Deal, I'll do that all day long.

892
00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:55,719
Speaker 1: Give me Khalil Mac. I'll give you that right now.

893
00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:57,640
Speaker 1: Would I give you like the forty Niners. Why didn't

894
00:42:57,640 --> 00:42:59,680
Speaker 1: the forty Niners get Odell Beckham this year because they

895
00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:01,959
Speaker 1: didn't to trade the second overall pick. Would I trade

896
00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:04,879
Speaker 1: Laramie Tunzel for the second overall pick and a pick

897
00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:07,680
Speaker 1: in the twenties. Yeah, probably would. But the Houston Texas

898
00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:10,880
Speaker 1: ain't drafting second overall unless Deshaun Watson gets hurt. And

899
00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:12,960
Speaker 1: now it's less likely for Deshaun Watson to get hurt

900
00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:15,759
Speaker 1: because he has a lead offensive lineman protecting him and

901
00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:17,880
Speaker 1: their offensive line in theory should be a lot better.

902
00:43:18,239 --> 00:43:20,560
Speaker 1: So this notion that, like tanking, it's hard to take

903
00:43:21,480 --> 00:43:23,920
Speaker 1: one because I don't know even if you do tank correctly,

904
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:27,600
Speaker 1: how good the quarterbacks? You're gonna pick our two, your

905
00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:29,839
Speaker 1: best asset on your team. What if Josh Rosen actually

906
00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:31,279
Speaker 1: turns out to be good? You might end up winning

907
00:43:31,320 --> 00:43:33,360
Speaker 1: some games, and then you're drafting like eight because you

908
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:36,000
Speaker 1: went six and ten instead of three and thirteen, and

909
00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:38,920
Speaker 1: three of these picks Louren likely are gonna be that good.

910
00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:41,400
Speaker 1: So for Bill O'Brien, I think he would counter me

911
00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:43,360
Speaker 1: when I was questioning his deal when he traded for

912
00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:47,520
Speaker 1: Laramie Tunzel, Like I've traded two picks in the twenties now,

913
00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:49,759
Speaker 1: I'd say, yeah, more than likely. Are. I always like

914
00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:52,239
Speaker 1: to have a contingency plan. Now, My bigger issue is

915
00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:54,879
Speaker 1: you can't trade for Laramie tunzil give up that much

916
00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:58,760
Speaker 1: if he doesn't immediately sign an extension immediately. Like part

917
00:43:58,840 --> 00:44:01,400
Speaker 1: of you getting the two for first round picks is

918
00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:05,080
Speaker 1: contingent on him signing the extension. But that's neither here

919
00:44:05,120 --> 00:44:07,560
Speaker 1: nor there. I just think that this the Dolphins are

920
00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:10,239
Speaker 1: gonna go full hinky good luck. I don't think it's

921
00:44:10,239 --> 00:44:14,839
Speaker 1: gonna quite work as seamlessly as they think. Okay, let's

922
00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:19,640
Speaker 1: go Middlecoff mail back at John middlecoff my Instagram d

923
00:44:19,760 --> 00:44:23,520
Speaker 1: MS wide open answer your answer your questions here? Would

924
00:44:23,560 --> 00:44:27,040
Speaker 1: you rather have Frank Clark or Clowney? Also for fantasy purposes,

925
00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:29,560
Speaker 1: do you think Hide will start in Houston? And would

926
00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:34,480
Speaker 1: you rather have Shady or Damian Williams? Answer the running back.

927
00:44:34,719 --> 00:44:37,879
Speaker 1: I don't think Carlos Hide is very good. Uh. When

928
00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:39,720
Speaker 1: I say not very good, I mean if he's're starting

929
00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:41,520
Speaker 1: running back, you're in a little bit of trouble. So

930
00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:44,439
Speaker 1: I think they're just gonna siphon through some guys, bring

931
00:44:44,520 --> 00:44:48,319
Speaker 1: up practice squad guys, and ultimately Carlos hides time with

932
00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:50,520
Speaker 1: them will be short lived. I mean, he's a solid

933
00:44:50,680 --> 00:44:53,400
Speaker 1: rotational guy, but when you look at his numbers, his

934
00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:55,520
Speaker 1: yards per carry have been pretty bad the last couple

935
00:44:55,520 --> 00:44:58,960
Speaker 1: of years. Uh, Shady or Damian Williams. You know, it's

936
00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:01,000
Speaker 1: crazy about fantasy and I just follow a lot of

937
00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:05,080
Speaker 1: fantasy people on Twitter. When a team signed someone like Shady,

938
00:45:05,840 --> 00:45:08,239
Speaker 1: like the Chiefs. When they signed Shady, you would have

939
00:45:08,239 --> 00:45:10,399
Speaker 1: thought Damian Williams just towards a c L like, Oh

940
00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:13,680
Speaker 1: my god, Damian Williams his value, Oh he's screwed. Like

941
00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:16,520
Speaker 1: they're gonna play both. It's gonna be fun. Like both

942
00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:18,400
Speaker 1: guys that will play a lot. I don't think it

943
00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:21,279
Speaker 1: kills value at all. Actually think it helps. It'll keep

944
00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:24,640
Speaker 1: him fresher. Would I rather have Frank Clark or Clowney?

945
00:45:25,080 --> 00:45:27,600
Speaker 1: As I said earlier, I think they're pretty close. Frank

946
00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:30,560
Speaker 1: Clark's a monster, you know, he's a beast first to run.

947
00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:34,640
Speaker 1: You probably lean if character and everything is the same,

948
00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:36,960
Speaker 1: and I don't know much. I think both have some

949
00:45:37,040 --> 00:45:40,000
Speaker 1: questions off the field for various reasons. Clowney has had

950
00:45:40,040 --> 00:45:44,640
Speaker 1: some injuries. I would lean Frank Clark, but I don't

951
00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:47,440
Speaker 1: think you'd go wrong with either. Uh, you know, because

952
00:45:47,480 --> 00:45:50,439
Speaker 1: basically the way Seattle looked at it, we're like, would

953
00:45:50,440 --> 00:45:53,480
Speaker 1: you rather have Frank Clark for you know what the

954
00:45:53,560 --> 00:45:55,839
Speaker 1: Chiefs game like fifty million dollars? Or would you rather

955
00:45:55,880 --> 00:45:59,200
Speaker 1: have Clowney and give up a third round pick and

956
00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:01,560
Speaker 1: get a first and second? So I would rather be

957
00:46:01,640 --> 00:46:07,080
Speaker 1: Seattle and have Clowney and give a first and a second. Now,

958
00:46:07,120 --> 00:46:10,439
Speaker 1: if I was the Chiefs, like, I'd probably rather Frank Clark.

959
00:46:10,719 --> 00:46:12,759
Speaker 1: He's just a more consistent player. At this point in time.

960
00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:14,759
Speaker 1: I think they feel pretty good about it. To me,

961
00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:16,960
Speaker 1: these are you know, when you look at the top

962
00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:21,040
Speaker 1: tier of of pass rushers, Khalil one, Von Miller one

963
00:46:21,080 --> 00:46:25,760
Speaker 1: A you know, Aaron Donald, like that little group, the elite,

964
00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:28,719
Speaker 1: elite group, and then there's kind of the next here,

965
00:46:29,560 --> 00:46:33,440
Speaker 1: you know, Yannick and dock Way, Frank Clark, Clowney. So

966
00:46:33,560 --> 00:46:35,640
Speaker 1: I mean, I think you could pick your poison on

967
00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:39,160
Speaker 1: it on any of those guys. I like, I think

968
00:46:39,160 --> 00:46:42,279
Speaker 1: they're very very similar. Uh. The one thing that I

969
00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:46,719
Speaker 1: don't think that, uh that Clowney and Frank Clark get

970
00:46:46,840 --> 00:46:49,279
Speaker 1: enough credit for because we don't hype this up. They

971
00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:53,520
Speaker 1: dominate versus the run dominate. Run at them at your

972
00:46:53,560 --> 00:46:56,080
Speaker 1: own peril. It's like Khalil. You know, if you want

973
00:46:56,080 --> 00:46:58,799
Speaker 1: to run a Kleil Mack, good luck, he's gonna win.

974
00:46:59,360 --> 00:47:01,280
Speaker 1: That's the one that you can run at Young Dockway,

975
00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:04,440
Speaker 1: you can run at Von Miller a little bit. You

976
00:47:04,480 --> 00:47:08,640
Speaker 1: can't run it. Clowney or Frank Clark or Khalil can't

977
00:47:08,640 --> 00:47:12,279
Speaker 1: be done. They will not be run on Like Peak J. J. Watt.

978
00:47:12,280 --> 00:47:16,200
Speaker 1: You ain't running at him. So I like more completely defensive. Lineman.

979
00:47:17,360 --> 00:47:19,280
Speaker 1: I don't know about you, but I'm starting to question

980
00:47:19,320 --> 00:47:21,840
Speaker 1: our conversation from June maybe, oh, you will run the

981
00:47:21,880 --> 00:47:25,520
Speaker 1: table at least through the Big twelve thoughts. Yeah, I

982
00:47:25,520 --> 00:47:29,160
Speaker 1: mean Lincoln's stud man and Jalen and I think I

983
00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:31,600
Speaker 1: realized this last night. You don't start at Alabama and

984
00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:33,600
Speaker 1: the peak of their powers is a true fraction without

985
00:47:33,600 --> 00:47:36,279
Speaker 1: being an absolute stud And you listen to Jalen and

986
00:47:36,280 --> 00:47:39,359
Speaker 1: I watched after the game he talked to I don't

987
00:47:39,360 --> 00:47:41,280
Speaker 1: even know who the sideline of Holly Row or whatever

988
00:47:41,920 --> 00:47:44,040
Speaker 1: that too is why that guy's been around Nick Saban.

989
00:47:44,080 --> 00:47:47,319
Speaker 1: He didn't even smile, and he broke like records for

990
00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:49,960
Speaker 1: the first ever start for Oklahoma rushing and passing I

991
00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:53,120
Speaker 1: think touchdowns. He didn't even smile. He wasn't even faced.

992
00:47:53,440 --> 00:47:56,120
Speaker 1: Of course he's not faced. He comes from the highest

993
00:47:56,160 --> 00:48:00,080
Speaker 1: standard in all of college football at Alabama, or the

994
00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:04,720
Speaker 1: only thing that is tolerated is national championships in kicking

995
00:48:04,760 --> 00:48:07,520
Speaker 1: the crap out of everyone you play. That's their standard.

996
00:48:07,600 --> 00:48:10,680
Speaker 1: That's what he's used to. So he's coming to Oklahoma like, yeah,

997
00:48:10,719 --> 00:48:12,520
Speaker 1: we didn't we won one game. We don't. We don't

998
00:48:12,560 --> 00:48:14,799
Speaker 1: celebrate after winning one game. Now, I think you do

999
00:48:14,920 --> 00:48:17,800
Speaker 1: have to, you know, kind of balance it out, Like Jalen,

1000
00:48:17,880 --> 00:48:20,799
Speaker 1: you did have a really good game. Celebrate it. But

1001
00:48:21,080 --> 00:48:23,640
Speaker 1: I I was floored. I mean, I know some people

1002
00:48:23,640 --> 00:48:26,560
Speaker 1: in Oklahoma had Drew Hill on this their head of

1003
00:48:26,640 --> 00:48:29,719
Speaker 1: recruiting on the show before. They love him. I mean,

1004
00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:33,480
Speaker 1: his character is pristine. He became a team captain immediately.

1005
00:48:33,840 --> 00:48:35,560
Speaker 1: If he throws the ball as well as he did

1006
00:48:35,640 --> 00:48:38,360
Speaker 1: last night, just consistently, He's obviously a great runner and

1007
00:48:38,400 --> 00:48:41,880
Speaker 1: a great leader. The big difference though, is that defensive coordinator.

1008
00:48:41,920 --> 00:48:44,040
Speaker 1: They got the guy that was with Mike Leach a

1009
00:48:44,040 --> 00:48:46,920
Speaker 1: couple of years ago, that uh that changed their defense

1010
00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:49,640
Speaker 1: and then went to Ohio State last year. If Oklahoma

1011
00:48:49,680 --> 00:48:51,960
Speaker 1: plays defense, and I think Blacklitch said it pretty well

1012
00:48:51,960 --> 00:48:55,040
Speaker 1: on the broadcast the other night, was like they've had

1013
00:48:55,080 --> 00:48:57,640
Speaker 1: a national championship offense the last three or four years

1014
00:48:57,840 --> 00:49:00,279
Speaker 1: under Kyler and Baker, like that their offense was good

1015
00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:02,080
Speaker 1: enough to win a Natty. They couldn't play defense. It

1016
00:49:02,120 --> 00:49:04,719
Speaker 1: couldn't stop a soul. If they can play defense, you

1017
00:49:04,719 --> 00:49:06,799
Speaker 1: don't need to be the eighty five Bears. I'm just

1018
00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:09,920
Speaker 1: talking about open field tackle and get some three and ounce.

1019
00:49:10,440 --> 00:49:12,799
Speaker 1: Oklahoma will be in the playoffs now. I do think

1020
00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:16,080
Speaker 1: Texas a lot better. But man to me, I Lincoln's

1021
00:49:16,080 --> 00:49:18,440
Speaker 1: His quarterbacks are gonna be sweet. It's gonna be can

1022
00:49:18,480 --> 00:49:21,120
Speaker 1: They played defense and they were playing some d last night.

1023
00:49:21,160 --> 00:49:23,920
Speaker 1: I'm I'm high on Oklahoma right now. Whoa that was?

1024
00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:27,239
Speaker 1: That was impressive? Okay, let me get to some more.

1025
00:49:32,480 --> 00:49:38,200
Speaker 1: Uh okay, let me got I gotta go into my

1026
00:49:38,360 --> 00:49:44,000
Speaker 1: inbox here. What the hell are the Dolphins doing? Uh tanking?

1027
00:49:44,080 --> 00:49:46,680
Speaker 1: I mean, I think it's a full on tank, a

1028
00:49:46,719 --> 00:49:52,080
Speaker 1: borderline embarrassment, you know. I I understand why their owner

1029
00:49:52,120 --> 00:49:54,479
Speaker 1: would give the green light, because they've tried the last

1030
00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:57,919
Speaker 1: several years, they consistently go seven and nine, eight and eight,

1031
00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:00,840
Speaker 1: nine and seven. I think they're They're average record for

1032
00:50:00,880 --> 00:50:03,120
Speaker 1: the last twenty years is eight and eight. I mean,

1033
00:50:03,160 --> 00:50:06,600
Speaker 1: they are the ultimate mediocre team. And to me, the

1034
00:50:06,640 --> 00:50:11,759
Speaker 1: craziest stat I saw probably of the recent memory, they

1035
00:50:11,760 --> 00:50:15,759
Speaker 1: have fifty one million dollars in dead cap space, Sue's thirteen,

1036
00:50:16,280 --> 00:50:20,960
Speaker 1: Tanny Hills eighteen, t J McDonald's four. The amount of

1037
00:50:21,120 --> 00:50:23,400
Speaker 1: dead cap space they have this year on guys that

1038
00:50:23,480 --> 00:50:26,480
Speaker 1: aren't even on their team is eye opening. I mean,

1039
00:50:26,480 --> 00:50:31,080
Speaker 1: it's laughable, it's insane. But they they've been poorly managed,

1040
00:50:31,360 --> 00:50:34,640
Speaker 1: they've been poorly run, so maybe maybe when you do

1041
00:50:34,800 --> 00:50:36,680
Speaker 1: take a step back, it's not that crazy, Like, what

1042
00:50:36,960 --> 00:50:38,400
Speaker 1: the hell else is gonna happen there? It's gonna go

1043
00:50:38,440 --> 00:50:40,879
Speaker 1: seven to nine again, it sucks. You might as well

1044
00:50:40,920 --> 00:50:44,760
Speaker 1: just bottom out. But like I said previously, it's bottoming

1045
00:50:44,760 --> 00:50:48,520
Speaker 1: out in the NFL doesn't guarantee anything. It really doesn't.

1046
00:50:48,600 --> 00:50:51,200
Speaker 1: And you know, you're very dependent. It's hard to get

1047
00:50:51,239 --> 00:50:53,520
Speaker 1: the number one overall pick. This isn't a draft lottery.

1048
00:50:53,960 --> 00:50:56,520
Speaker 1: It's hard to just actively try to lose games because

1049
00:50:56,560 --> 00:51:00,840
Speaker 1: players don't and even assistant coaches don't. And then I

1050
00:51:00,840 --> 00:51:03,080
Speaker 1: don't know, you're kind of dependent on the quarterbacks coming out.

1051
00:51:03,080 --> 00:51:04,360
Speaker 1: What if we go through a couple of years or

1052
00:51:04,480 --> 00:51:07,399
Speaker 1: good quarterbacks just don't come out. So I I don't

1053
00:51:07,480 --> 00:51:10,600
Speaker 1: see this as any guarantee that they're gonna just figure

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Speaker 1: this out. I'm a big fan of the show. If

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Speaker 1: Drew Brees were injured, would Taysom Hill be the best

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Speaker 1: choice to start? And would he'd be successful? I think

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Speaker 1: you'd have to go with Teddy Bridgewater. But the good

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00:51:21,400 --> 00:51:23,760
Speaker 1: thing with the Saints is they would have immediate options.

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Speaker 1: I think they would start Teddy Bridgewater. Let's say Breeze.

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Speaker 1: Let's say he you know, rolled his ankle and was

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Speaker 1: gonna miss a couple of games with a bad ankle sprain,

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Speaker 1: it couldn't walk. I think they would start Teddy Bridgewater,

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Speaker 1: but if for whatever reason, they'd have packages for Taysom Hill,

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Speaker 1: and if Teddy wasn't moving the ball and Taysom was,

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Speaker 1: they could just make the switch. They're in a pretty

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Speaker 1: unique situation now. Is Tastom good enough to beat you know,

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Speaker 1: a good Panther or Atlanta Falcon team or the Eagles

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Speaker 1: or something like that in a game? I would lean no,

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Speaker 1: but he clearly gives some options. He's been now it

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Speaker 1: feels like a Saint. Doesn't feel like Taysom Hill has

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Speaker 1: been a Saint for twenty years, even though I think

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Speaker 1: he's been there for like four. But I sort of, God,

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Speaker 1: it feels like, you know, he's one of those college

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Speaker 1: players that you're like, God, hasn't this guy been on

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00:52:05,840 --> 00:52:07,440
Speaker 1: the team. It's kind of like an eighth year senior.

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Speaker 1: That's what it feels like. Taysom Hill with the UH

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Speaker 1: with the Saints. But I think if they had to

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Speaker 1: start a game and Drew Brees went out, I mean

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Speaker 1: I would be floored. If Teddy Bridgewater didn't get the call.

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Speaker 1: I have a question for the mail back with the

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Speaker 1: final cuts coming this past Saturday, the Eagles waves Smallwood

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Speaker 1: and Adams. With that being said, do you think the

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Speaker 1: committee approach will be Sanders, Clement and Howard will be

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00:52:31,480 --> 00:52:34,360
Speaker 1: beneficial for the Eagles and for other committee approaches in

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00:52:34,400 --> 00:52:36,640
Speaker 1: the NFL given that one guy can't really get a

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00:52:36,680 --> 00:52:40,160
Speaker 1: rhythm going. Yeah, but I think the thing with the

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Speaker 1: committee is your rhythm is dictated, like you just start

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00:52:44,880 --> 00:52:47,520
Speaker 1: playing a hot hand. So, yeah, you've got three guys.

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Speaker 1: If Jordan Howard's going, Jordan Howard stays in the game,

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Speaker 1: like it's easy with Zeke or Levan, they're gonna they

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00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:55,239
Speaker 1: are the committee. You're just gonna play them and when

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00:52:55,280 --> 00:52:58,239
Speaker 1: they need a blow that come out. But that your

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00:52:58,320 --> 00:53:00,960
Speaker 1: success in the run game is depending it on them,

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00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:03,319
Speaker 1: Like if they're having a good day, you just run them. Now,

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00:53:03,360 --> 00:53:05,600
Speaker 1: good players like those two guys are gonna have good days.

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Speaker 1: But when you have a running back unit by committee,

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00:53:09,120 --> 00:53:10,640
Speaker 1: like if this guy is not really working, to use

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00:53:10,640 --> 00:53:12,640
Speaker 1: the next guy. If this guy's not really you working

1099
00:53:12,640 --> 00:53:15,479
Speaker 1: to use the next guy. So I and then once

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Speaker 1: one of the guys starts eating a little bit. You

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00:53:17,400 --> 00:53:20,760
Speaker 1: keep feeding them. So I like it, you know, I

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Speaker 1: I think in theory, you know, Jordan Howard is probably

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Speaker 1: the better one. But if the rookie Sanders starts making plays,

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Speaker 1: keep feeding him the pill. I I don't think it's

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00:53:30,120 --> 00:53:34,640
Speaker 1: ever black and white. It's like, you know, betting on stocks.

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00:53:35,520 --> 00:53:38,560
Speaker 1: You want to diversify your portfolio. Like part of having

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00:53:38,640 --> 00:53:41,240
Speaker 1: a good backup running back Austin Neckler was when Melvin

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Speaker 1: Gordon holds out, You're like, whatever. That's the thing about

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Speaker 1: running backs, you know, it's hard to like most teams

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Speaker 1: don't have a good backup quarterback. In theory, every team

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00:53:48,320 --> 00:53:51,640
Speaker 1: would love to have Joe Montana and Steve Young, but hell,

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00:53:51,800 --> 00:53:54,279
Speaker 1: most teams are just praying for like Jimmy Garoppolo and

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00:53:54,280 --> 00:53:56,720
Speaker 1: then let's just figure out the backup. In a perfect world,

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Speaker 1: you want three deep at every position, and running back

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00:54:00,680 --> 00:54:02,800
Speaker 1: is the one position that's actually kind of easy to

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Speaker 1: go three deep. So I think the I think the

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00:54:06,320 --> 00:54:09,120
Speaker 1: Eagles are in pretty good shape. They'll just they'll just

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Speaker 1: ride who you ever's hot that game, enjoy the show.

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Speaker 1: Per sexist in the NFL. What will allow the NFL

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Speaker 1: to improve offensive line play in the NFL. Is it

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00:54:18,680 --> 00:54:20,520
Speaker 1: a good goal to be a high school coach build

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00:54:20,520 --> 00:54:23,760
Speaker 1: a powerhouse. What is your opinion on Pro Football Focus

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Speaker 1: grading system and them as a company. Yeah, I mean

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Speaker 1: I don't really use PFF. Their numbers and like where

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Speaker 1: they great, it means nothing to me. I think that,

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Speaker 1: you know, following some of the PF guys on Twitter,

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00:54:34,640 --> 00:54:36,040
Speaker 1: I think some of the guys definitely know what they're

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Speaker 1: talking about. But like, an individual player's grade doesn't mean

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Speaker 1: shipped to me, because if you don't have the play

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Speaker 1: sheet and know the play, you can't give a guy

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Speaker 1: proper grade now. And I also think, like if you

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00:54:46,400 --> 00:54:48,239
Speaker 1: don't know the play, guessing if the guy screwed up

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00:54:48,320 --> 00:54:51,040
Speaker 1: or not, it's just impossible, Like only the coach truly

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Speaker 1: knows that. But I do think you can. I like it.

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Speaker 1: For give me the percentage how often a guy lines

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Speaker 1: up in the slot, Give me a percentage of contested catches,

1137
00:54:59,560 --> 00:55:02,400
Speaker 1: drop eight, stuff like that. I love that. Stuff's cool,

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Speaker 1: But like their individual grades on players, I don't care.

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Speaker 1: And it's why I always defend players that are gonna

1140
00:55:06,600 --> 00:55:08,680
Speaker 1: hate PFF. Of course they are. If you tell me

1141
00:55:08,680 --> 00:55:11,279
Speaker 1: I'm shitty at my job, if I'm an NFL player,

1142
00:55:11,360 --> 00:55:13,279
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say screw you, especially if I'm a starter.

1143
00:55:13,440 --> 00:55:16,319
Speaker 1: I'm a good in my productive player, and the hell

1144
00:55:16,400 --> 00:55:18,879
Speaker 1: they may even be right, but I don't. I never

1145
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Speaker 1: blame players forgetting mad at PF because a lot of

1146
00:55:22,320 --> 00:55:25,799
Speaker 1: times PF are saying critical things of players, right or wrong.

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Speaker 1: Hi John, longtime listener and first time caller, What is

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Speaker 1: going on? What kind of production do you expect that

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00:55:32,880 --> 00:55:35,799
Speaker 1: a turn from Kareem Hunt once he returns from his suspension.

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Speaker 1: Kind of like talking about with the Eagles, you play

1151
00:55:39,160 --> 00:55:42,120
Speaker 1: the hot hand now. The difference here is I think

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Speaker 1: that the Browns might have a bell cow running back.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think Nick Chubb is a yard you know,

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Speaker 1: uh yards a year guy, like I think he can

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00:55:53,520 --> 00:55:55,680
Speaker 1: be a bell cow do it all. Give him three

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00:55:55,719 --> 00:55:58,359
Speaker 1: hundred plus touches in the past game, in the run game,

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Speaker 1: feed him the rock. The difference here is Kareem Hunt's

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Speaker 1: coming off suspension, what does he do for eight games?

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Speaker 1: I think he's a great wild card. I wouldn't be

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Speaker 1: confident that he's gonna come in and just take the

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Speaker 1: world by storm, you know, like the way he played

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Speaker 1: with the Chiefs. I think it's always hard to transition

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Speaker 1: with a new team after you've been suspended for a

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00:56:16,800 --> 00:56:20,799
Speaker 1: long period of time. So I would say that I

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00:56:20,840 --> 00:56:27,520
Speaker 1: would be very, very hesitant, and uh, I wouldn't be

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Speaker 1: confident that he's gonna come in and look like the

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Speaker 1: Kareem Hunt we knew with the Chiefs. Now he's clearly

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Speaker 1: a talented player, but I also think that speaks more

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Speaker 1: of Nick Chubb and just what a badass he is,

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Speaker 1: because I think Nick Jubb is the real deal. I

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Speaker 1: really do. Thanks everyone for listening. I can't wait for

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Speaker 1: football season. Slide in the Middlecoff mail bag at John

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Speaker 1: Middlecoff is my Instagram. We answer your questions, score around

1174
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Speaker 1: on Instagram, Twitter, find me all over the internet. Uh

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Speaker 1: and uh, let's get ready, baby, we got we got

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Speaker 1: NFL season starting this Thursday. As I'm just finishing recording it.

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Speaker 1: I at Notre Dame starting in about twenty minutes. I

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Speaker 1: love football. Talk to you guys soon, audios. Have a

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Speaker 1: great week. May the peace be with you.