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Speaker 2: why we've talked at nauseum why football so popular. It's

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Speaker 2: And I found like, I'm supposed to hate the Dodgers, right,

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Speaker 2: Didn't even win a Super Bowl. Clearly they have the

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Speaker 2: Like it's a great media topic. It's awful for the consumer,

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Speaker 2: the most detailed, putting in the most effort, and working

429
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Speaker 2: the hardest. Now, working hard into twenty twenty four in

430
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Speaker 2: most industries is a lot different than like what my

431
00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,399
Speaker 2: dad told me to do. But you're not gonna get

432
00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:10,359
Speaker 2: rich digging ditches and digging ditches is a lot harder

433
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Speaker 2: than sitting at a desk. But him describing how seriously

434
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Speaker 2: Peyton Manning took his pregame warmups, him describing how Andy Reid,

435
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Speaker 2: when you'd watch when you'd play his Chiefs team, how

436
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Speaker 2: seriously they took their pregame warmups. One of my big

437
00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:32,280
Speaker 2: takeaways away from the Combine was you go to the

438
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Speaker 2: Combine and you see all these different team logos, and

439
00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:40,520
Speaker 2: then just because of people I know, I just happen

440
00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:42,399
Speaker 2: to know guys on the Ravens, guys on the Chiefs,

441
00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,840
Speaker 2: guys in the forty nine ers, whatever. You realize that

442
00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:49,480
Speaker 2: you're competing against seven eight teams, max that the majority

443
00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,760
Speaker 2: of the league, over half the league, doesn't have a

444
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Speaker 2: snowballs chance in hell to win. I'm not saying win

445
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Speaker 2: an individual game, but be a factor come January. They're

446
00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:06,399
Speaker 2: just not gonna be the details, the work ethic, and

447
00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:11,640
Speaker 2: the overall standard that's set. Tomlin's been saying this for years.

448
00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:15,560
Speaker 2: The standard is the standard. It's like, Mike, I've watched

449
00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,639
Speaker 2: your guys standard and hasn't been great. But think about

450
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Speaker 2: in football, and I think it's a lot like this

451
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Speaker 2: in all sports. When you're playing the best player or

452
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Speaker 2: the best team and they take everything more seriously than

453
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Speaker 2: you do, how the hell are you gonna beat them?

454
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Speaker 2: I think about this in my own business, like I

455
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Speaker 2: try to take everything pretty seriously and sometimes I feel

456
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Speaker 2: I'm not doing a good enough job. I bet a

457
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Speaker 2: lot of younger people can relate to this. You're like,

458
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Speaker 2: am I putting in enough effort? Am I doing the

459
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Speaker 2: right things? Am I detailed enough? What could I be

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Speaker 2: better at? And I think part of continuing to achieve,

461
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Speaker 2: whether you're a football player, a football coach, you own

462
00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:05,159
Speaker 2: a car dealership, is just continuing to kind of chase

463
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Speaker 2: more and through that typically is about doing more and

464
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Speaker 2: doing it the right way. And that was one thing

465
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Speaker 2: the Patriots always hung their hat on. It never felt

466
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Speaker 2: and this is kind of why they disintegrated as time

467
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:22,320
Speaker 2: went on. They didn't feel buttoned up, they didn't feel

468
00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:25,520
Speaker 2: detail oriented. Now, clearly they weren't as talented as some

469
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Speaker 2: of the teams, But as I said earlier, probably the

470
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Speaker 2: most fascinating team of the last twenty plus years was

471
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Speaker 2: Randy Moss New England team that went undefeated in the

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Speaker 2: regular season and throughout the playoffs till they met the

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Speaker 2: New York Giants. Yet a lot of the teams in

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Speaker 2: the mid twenty tens, they won three Super Bowls and

475
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Speaker 2: went to another one with the Patriots, I don't think

476
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Speaker 2: were quite as talented as that group. But they had

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Speaker 2: guys like Julian Edelman, they had guys like Devin mccordy

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Speaker 2: separate even obviously they had Tom but Don high Tower,

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00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:07,840
Speaker 2: who clearly took everything seriously. And I just think that's

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Speaker 2: whenever I hear these stories. When you meet someone who

481
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Speaker 2: played against Brady, who played against Tiger Woods, who played

482
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Speaker 2: against Michael, and they just talk about the relentlessness, the focus,

483
00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:24,320
Speaker 2: it's like, Oh, they're already better than you, and they're

484
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Speaker 2: more dialed in than you. Good luck. Okay, let's end

485
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Speaker 2: on a little draft daily during this time, you know,

486
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Speaker 2: some people on the internet call them top thirty visits.

487
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Speaker 2: I think that disingenuous is not the right way to

488
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Speaker 2: put it, but it's not the correct way to frame it.

489
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Speaker 2: Because you're not bringing in the top thirty players on

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Speaker 2: your draft board. You're allowed thirty prospects to come visit

491
00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,960
Speaker 2: you for twenty four hours and take them to dinner.

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Speaker 2: You can put them through meetings, do whatever the hell

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Speaker 2: you want with them. Besides, I don't think you're allowed

494
00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:05,719
Speaker 2: to work them out. But everything beside something on the field.

495
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Speaker 2: You meet with the owner, meet with the GM, meet

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Speaker 2: with the head coach, meet with the coordinator, meet with

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Speaker 2: the strength staff, meet with whoever you want, go to dinner,

498
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Speaker 2: and it's a great time. You're not just bringing in

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Speaker 2: obviously we're going to talk about Caleb, but you can

500
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Speaker 2: bring in third round level guys you might have some

501
00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:23,720
Speaker 2: question marks with do you just want to sit down

502
00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:27,159
Speaker 2: and talk with You also could and teams definitely do

503
00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:30,399
Speaker 2: this kind of throw out some smoke screens, bring a

504
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Speaker 2: guy in that you don't have that much interest in

505
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Speaker 2: to kind of throw a team off the scent, which

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Speaker 2: you could argue that's a little bit of a waste

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Speaker 2: of a resource and kind of overthink in the room.

508
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Speaker 2: And I don't know if that happens as much as

509
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Speaker 2: some people would imagine, but you can't do that if

510
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Speaker 2: you want, but you're only allowed thirty of them. And

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Speaker 2: Caleb is a good example of it. Was just reported

512
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Speaker 2: that he just had his visit with the Bears. Now

513
00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:59,280
Speaker 2: at the pro day, a lot of teams, you know,

514
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Speaker 2: with the high level prospect and even just a random prospect,

515
00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:05,960
Speaker 2: try to have either a scout an assistant GM. Maybe

516
00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:08,040
Speaker 2: if the GM and a head coach are going to

517
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Speaker 2: either go to dinner or go to lunch with the

518
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Speaker 2: guy the day before the day after and just spend

519
00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:14,280
Speaker 2: some time, because you can kind of double dip. And

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00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:16,640
Speaker 2: clearly the Bears did that when they went to the

521
00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:19,960
Speaker 2: USC pro date is I think they went out to

522
00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:22,680
Speaker 2: dinner with him the night before and by all accounts

523
00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:25,480
Speaker 2: that they really liked the guy. And I think at

524
00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:29,320
Speaker 2: this visit, I think if you're the Bears, you can

525
00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:32,760
Speaker 2: kind of already start the process for OTAs Like to me,

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00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:36,640
Speaker 2: I'm already giving him the playbook. I'm already It's less

527
00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:39,960
Speaker 2: about bringing him in and peppering him on his football knowledge,

528
00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:42,400
Speaker 2: Like we have to feel comfortable if we're going to

529
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Speaker 2: draft him with his football knowledge now, maybe how he

530
00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:49,040
Speaker 2: likes to learn and what he's comfortable with, But I'm

531
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Speaker 2: leaving him with my playbook. I want him to start

532
00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:55,040
Speaker 2: learning that, because, let's face it, this is not nineteen

533
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Speaker 2: ninety two. The moment Week one comes, he's going to

534
00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,479
Speaker 2: be under center or maybe in the shotgun, depending on

535
00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:05,720
Speaker 2: the offensive play call. But this is now just we

536
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:08,640
Speaker 2: feel comfortable with the guy. We like the guy I

537
00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:12,280
Speaker 2: think I saw either Poles or Eberflus might have been.

538
00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:14,920
Speaker 2: Poles said when they went to dinner with him at

539
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Speaker 2: the pro day. One thing one of his guys mentioned

540
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Speaker 2: to him after they had dinner, when they were back

541
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Speaker 2: at the hotel, was like, did you notice he didn't

542
00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:27,520
Speaker 2: even bring out his phone. I'd say that's most young

543
00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:30,400
Speaker 2: people help. Most old people can't pull that off in

544
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:33,720
Speaker 2: twenty twenty four at a dinner leave your phone in

545
00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:38,080
Speaker 2: your pocket. But I think this has been sealed for

546
00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:41,600
Speaker 2: a long time. This was sealed well before Justin Fields

547
00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:45,239
Speaker 2: was traded. I think this now, if you're Chicago is

548
00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:48,200
Speaker 2: starting to get the ball rolling, So when the pick

549
00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:51,440
Speaker 2: is actually in, he's already ahead of the game in

550
00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:55,080
Speaker 2: anything we can do right now to help him learn

551
00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:58,680
Speaker 2: our playbook, help him learn our players, help him just

552
00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:00,920
Speaker 2: learn what we're all about out and what we're gonna

553
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:04,160
Speaker 2: expect when he gets here. The easier that transition is

554
00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:06,160
Speaker 2: going to be, because, let's face it, if you're eber

555
00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:09,880
Speaker 2: Flus kind of coaching for your job, I just don't

556
00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:11,360
Speaker 2: think he's gonna be able to keep his job with

557
00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:14,000
Speaker 2: seven or eight wins. Now, if he went nine to

558
00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:16,959
Speaker 2: eight or ten and seven and still missed the playoffs,

559
00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:19,920
Speaker 2: that's probably a different conversation, But I think we'd all agree,

560
00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:23,720
Speaker 2: and especially Bears fans, if you go under five hundred

561
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:28,840
Speaker 2: with Caleb Williams and this newly equipped roster, I just

562
00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:31,680
Speaker 2: don't think the coach survives. So if I'm the coach

563
00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:35,719
Speaker 2: separate from Poles, I'm doing everything possible to get this

564
00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:38,000
Speaker 2: guy ready to roll. Because the other thing is this

565
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,840
Speaker 2: division is going to be a mother There's no way

566
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:45,200
Speaker 2: around that. Right. We know the Packers, they've added Jacobs,

567
00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:46,840
Speaker 2: we know they were one of the youngest teams, I

568
00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:50,320
Speaker 2: think the youngest team in the NFL. Their coach has

569
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:54,480
Speaker 2: clearly proven to be good, and the Lions are stacked

570
00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:56,440
Speaker 2: and they didn't lose anybody when it comes to their

571
00:31:56,480 --> 00:32:01,040
Speaker 2: coaching staff in Minnesota. Who knows, right, They definitely have

572
00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:03,920
Speaker 2: some talent, So I think this bears team man that

573
00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:07,400
Speaker 2: there's gonna be a lot of pressure when it comes

574
00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:13,120
Speaker 2: to the coaching staff. Fugazi Friday or as someone and

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Speaker 2: this is we do this every week where you guys

576
00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:18,000
Speaker 2: hit me up with some dms. I've been kind of

577
00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:21,200
Speaker 2: using them. I haven't seen anything lately that really struck

578
00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:24,880
Speaker 2: my fancy, but this is something that's interested in a lot

579
00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:27,360
Speaker 2: of people, so we're gonna keep it rolling. I got

580
00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:31,320
Speaker 2: this DM from I took a screenshot of it, so

581
00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:33,120
Speaker 2: I don't have the name of the person, but I

582
00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:36,400
Speaker 2: appreciate it because love the content. Can I make a

583
00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:40,840
Speaker 2: suggestion about Fugazi Friday. We need to pronounce it differently.

584
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:45,160
Speaker 2: Watch Donnie Brasco and you'll get it. Well. I went

585
00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:47,280
Speaker 2: to YouTube and I haven't seen Donnie Brasco in a while.

586
00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:54,600
Speaker 2: Great movie, and Pacino I'm not Italian calls it a fugazi. Now,

587
00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:58,000
Speaker 2: maybe I've been saying it incorrectly the entire time. I

588
00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:01,840
Speaker 2: kind of like fugazi more than fugazi. I think there's

589
00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:07,800
Speaker 2: a movie where fugazi Fugazi but yeah, Pacino fugaze. Obviously,

590
00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:12,840
Speaker 2: in Italian mob movies it's typically pronounced fugazi, so maybe

591
00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:16,800
Speaker 2: we will eventually transition to fugazy Friday. Let's get to

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00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:24,040
Speaker 2: a couple fugazi Friday. Arbi's advertising roast beef sandwiches and

593
00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:29,120
Speaker 2: charging extra for cheddar. Come on, man, it's always been

594
00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:34,480
Speaker 2: roast beef and cheddar. They know we're going to add it.

595
00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:39,400
Speaker 2: What a joke. That's funny. I where I used to

596
00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:42,800
Speaker 2: live before I moved to my house. We used to

597
00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:49,680
Speaker 2: live in Paradise Valley and kind of like this, I

598
00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:51,400
Speaker 2: don't even know how to describe it. There was just

599
00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:53,680
Speaker 2: it was kind of like strip malls, but there was,

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00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:56,440
Speaker 2: you know, a ton of like Chipotle's and Red Robins

601
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:58,320
Speaker 2: and all this other stuff. There was an Arby's there,

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00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:00,600
Speaker 2: and where I used to get a Starbucks when I

603
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:03,360
Speaker 2: used to drive to the golf course, there was an

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00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:07,160
Speaker 2: Arby's right next to it. And when you leave the Starbucks,

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00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:09,160
Speaker 2: you're just kind of pointing right at the Arby's. And

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00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:12,359
Speaker 2: I haven't had Arby's, and I I'm on a little

607
00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:14,920
Speaker 2: bit of a diet, got a little fat, but I

608
00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:17,600
Speaker 2: can't eat dirty with the best of them, and I

609
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:20,319
Speaker 2: don't like fast food doesn't sit as well with me,

610
00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:22,640
Speaker 2: but I've eaten as many fast food meals by the

611
00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:27,520
Speaker 2: time I was twenty five. For a fucking army Arby's

612
00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:31,720
Speaker 2: is pretty dirty. But I hear you. When you think Arby's,

613
00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:35,960
Speaker 2: you think a meat barbecue, roast beef, and cheddar. So

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00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:39,640
Speaker 2: if they're gonna charge for the cheddar, that's fucked up.

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00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,319
Speaker 2: This is gonna sting a bit for some. But I

616
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:48,279
Speaker 2: know the notion of work life balance is a huge fugazi.

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00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:52,640
Speaker 2: I'm not saying spending time with family or relaxing or

618
00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:56,839
Speaker 2: whatever isn't important. It absolutely is. But I have yet

619
00:34:56,880 --> 00:35:02,880
Speaker 2: to encounter anyone that accomplished anything noteworthy, either in sports

620
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:07,400
Speaker 2: or business, that subscribes to this thought process. And furthermore,

621
00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:10,200
Speaker 2: those that get too caught up in making sure they

622
00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:14,239
Speaker 2: have balance between work and play just make it that

623
00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:18,279
Speaker 2: much easier for others to lap them. I know this

624
00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:22,160
Speaker 2: is a pretty overarching in everyone's situation is different, but

625
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:25,719
Speaker 2: working hard and sacrificing to move forward has been a

626
00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:30,080
Speaker 2: recipe since the beginning of time. It doesn't mean work

627
00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:34,720
Speaker 2: yourself to death, but calculated sacrifices. Now can buy yourself

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00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:38,800
Speaker 2: so much time and freedom later as a business owner.

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Speaker 2: I'd love to hear your thoughts. Well, I don't think

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00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:46,680
Speaker 2: it's really debatable if you're going to be successful at

631
00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:50,960
Speaker 2: whatever you do. Obviously if you run a business, but

632
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:54,880
Speaker 2: even if you're an employee in a competitive field, you

633
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:58,279
Speaker 2: are going to dedicate a lot of time to doing that.

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Speaker 2: And obviously there's only so much time in a day.

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00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:02,680
Speaker 4: Now.

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Speaker 2: I can only speak for and someone asked me this.

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Speaker 2: I went on a listeners. They had a school project.

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Speaker 2: He goes to ASU and he's in a sports management class,

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00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:15,760
Speaker 2: and he asked me, like, how does work life balance work?

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00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:20,120
Speaker 2: And I said, well, it obviously depends on the individual.

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Speaker 2: But if you really want something really bad, right, like

642
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Speaker 2: it's you're gonna have to sacrifice time things that you

643
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:35,040
Speaker 2: would quote unquote like to do for things that you

644
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:39,839
Speaker 2: need to do professionally. And like there were times when

645
00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:43,160
Speaker 2: I was a kid my dad just wasn't at an event.

646
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,279
Speaker 2: It wasn't because he was at the bar drinking or

647
00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:51,680
Speaker 2: playing golf. He was working for me and my family.

648
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:58,000
Speaker 2: So part of sacrificing some quote unquote balance, I would say,

649
00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:01,399
Speaker 2: for the most part is because of what you want

650
00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:05,399
Speaker 2: to do and provide for your family something nicer, an

651
00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:10,520
Speaker 2: upgrade in life. And I would say this also, sometimes

652
00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:18,560
Speaker 2: sacrificing whatever time fucking around benefits you in the long term. Now, listen,

653
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:21,279
Speaker 2: I understand that people hate their job and don't want

654
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:24,280
Speaker 2: to be at work like that's everyone gets a choice.

655
00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:26,880
Speaker 2: That's a great part about America. You can choose to

656
00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:29,520
Speaker 2: do whatever you want to do. If you don't want

657
00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:31,920
Speaker 2: to do shit, you can figure out a way to

658
00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:35,160
Speaker 2: not do shit. If you want to be a millionaire,

659
00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:37,520
Speaker 2: there is not an easier place in the world to

660
00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:42,320
Speaker 2: figure that out than right here. But for ninety percent

661
00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:45,280
Speaker 2: of people, no one's gonna hand you a bunch of money.

662
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:49,000
Speaker 2: Most of us aren't going to inherit millions. You're gonna

663
00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:52,080
Speaker 2: have to figure it the fuck out. And typically to

664
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:55,839
Speaker 2: figure it out takes a long time. And even as

665
00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:58,520
Speaker 2: you start to figure it out, the bigger you get,

666
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:02,680
Speaker 2: the more things happen, sometimes the more time that needs

667
00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:04,880
Speaker 2: to be dedicated on how to figure out the next step.

668
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:09,040
Speaker 2: So listen, my life isn't very balanced, never has been.

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Speaker 2: And I don't want to say lost friends. I've just

670
00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:17,919
Speaker 2: you drift apart in life because professionally in my world

671
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:19,680
Speaker 2: and sounds like you two and sounds a lot of

672
00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:23,520
Speaker 2: people listening. I'm sure it means a lot. It doesn't

673
00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:27,680
Speaker 2: mean my girlfriend gonna be, my fiance, be my wife,

674
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:30,040
Speaker 2: and my children one day won't mean everything to me

675
00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:33,359
Speaker 2: as well. But I meant everything to my parents, and

676
00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:38,640
Speaker 2: they worked NonStop and I benefited from that, and I

677
00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:42,279
Speaker 2: think any kid worth their salt. At the time, you

678
00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:46,520
Speaker 2: don't know it, but as you get older, it's honestly

679
00:38:46,640 --> 00:38:49,400
Speaker 2: lessons that stay with you and help you kind of

680
00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:55,239
Speaker 2: transition in life. The other thing is when you don't

681
00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:58,400
Speaker 2: have a balanced life when you're young, and again I

682
00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:01,200
Speaker 2: can only speak from experience, I think it helps you

683
00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:04,040
Speaker 2: weed out and figure out who to date and who

684
00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:08,600
Speaker 2: to be with, because if someone you're with can't understand that,

685
00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:14,040
Speaker 2: then it's not gonna work. So I've always thought the balance,

686
00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:17,640
Speaker 2: What does that even mean? Seriously, what does that mean?

687
00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:20,680
Speaker 2: You should have two hours a night to watch Netflix?

688
00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:25,800
Speaker 2: You should have every Friday afternoon to Sunday to do nothing. Okay,

689
00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:32,719
Speaker 2: do that, That's fine. I don't care, but I hear you.

690
00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:36,279
Speaker 2: The other thing is I don't really worry about what

691
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Speaker 2: other people like, who cares what other people think. Like

692
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Speaker 2: you said you want more people to do less so

693
00:39:41,719 --> 00:39:46,560
Speaker 2: you can lap them, because yeah, I mean I saw

694
00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:52,400
Speaker 2: who was it? Oh, Steve Cohen, the owner of the Mets.

695
00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:54,719
Speaker 2: He's like, I think we're gonna be in a four

696
00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:58,920
Speaker 2: day work week. And then the guy asked him, like, well,

697
00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:01,400
Speaker 2: what about your staff. He's like, well, if the markets

698
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:05,480
Speaker 2: are open, yeah, we'll be working. Like so it's like, yeah,

699
00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:07,319
Speaker 2: a lot of America is gonna be four day work week,

700
00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:10,640
Speaker 2: Like I won't be. Doesn't sound like you will be.

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00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:12,799
Speaker 2: I don't even want to be, like you get bored.

702
00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:15,960
Speaker 2: The other thing is like, for example, I can't a

703
00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:19,440
Speaker 2: lot of people talk about retiring early, Like I don't

704
00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:23,399
Speaker 2: really plan on retiring right now. I'm in a job

705
00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:25,640
Speaker 2: that I can do till I can't think or speak.

706
00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:29,279
Speaker 2: But this is why my advice will always surround do

707
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:32,480
Speaker 2: what you enjoy doing, so like retirement doesn't even cross

708
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:35,520
Speaker 2: my mind. Like even sometimes my girlfriend gets mad at me,

709
00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:37,359
Speaker 2: like we should go on vacation or whatever. It's like, yeah,

710
00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:40,279
Speaker 2: it's the drafts right around the corner. The Masters is

711
00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:43,120
Speaker 2: next week, Like I got things that I really enjoy now.

712
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:47,000
Speaker 2: There is a balance to figuring out a way to

713
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Speaker 2: making people in your life and sacrificing when the time

714
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Speaker 2: is theirs and making it count. But I hear you.

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Speaker 2: I think work life balance is the dumbest fucking line

716
00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:02,319
Speaker 2: ever because it's so different for every person. But like

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00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:06,799
Speaker 2: you said, most people living in the nicest neighborhoods that

718
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Speaker 2: are the most successful people in their industry don't have

719
00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:13,600
Speaker 2: a four hour workweek. Never read that book. I just

720
00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:19,280
Speaker 2: I've seen it before. I agree with a Fugazi Friday comment.

721
00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:21,880
Speaker 2: I agree with all the spam and email comments. The

722
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:24,000
Speaker 2: one thing I added to the mix is that I

723
00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:27,640
Speaker 2: won't use an internal unsubscribed button because of how likely

724
00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:32,440
Speaker 2: there can be to phishing and other cybersecurity issues. I

725
00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:35,480
Speaker 2: just block the sender and push it into a junk

726
00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:41,560
Speaker 2: spam folder. Hi, John, Fugazi Friday for you. When applying

727
00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:46,800
Speaker 2: for a mortgage, anyone who has bought a house knows

728
00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:49,000
Speaker 2: that there is not a bigger pain in the ass.

729
00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:54,040
Speaker 2: The amount of documents, the amount of things you're like,

730
00:41:54,239 --> 00:41:56,799
Speaker 2: do you need? Can I just give you my entire life?

731
00:41:58,120 --> 00:42:02,200
Speaker 2: It's an exhausting process. The credit bureaus charge the home

732
00:42:02,239 --> 00:42:06,759
Speaker 2: buyer or lender eighty dollars for a credit pull. The

733
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Speaker 2: credit bureaus then also turn around and sell the home

734
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Speaker 2: buyer's info to other mortgage companies that have paid a

735
00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:19,759
Speaker 2: fee to the credit bureau for this information to try

736
00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:23,880
Speaker 2: and steal a lead. Essentially, the home buyer is paying

737
00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:27,280
Speaker 2: the credit bureau to sell their information to a bunch

738
00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:31,240
Speaker 2: of mortgage companies. It's called trigger leads and is definitely

739
00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:36,600
Speaker 2: a fugazy I might start mixing it up a little bit. Yeah,

740
00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:41,239
Speaker 2: I hear you. I mean I I never understand that

741
00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:45,759
Speaker 2: when I've always like, hey, I guess it happens the

742
00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:47,959
Speaker 2: most when you're trying to buy something, can we pull

743
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:51,480
Speaker 2: your credit? But I guess it happens some other times,

744
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:53,880
Speaker 2: maybe for buying a car or you know, there are

745
00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:56,600
Speaker 2: some other instances where they go, hey, can we pull

746
00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:59,440
Speaker 2: your credit? And I think, excuse me if I'm speaking

747
00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:01,480
Speaker 2: out a turn here, but every time they pull the credit,

748
00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:04,160
Speaker 2: it dings your credit a little bit. I've never once

749
00:43:04,239 --> 00:43:06,480
Speaker 2: now again, I've always paid my bills on time, so

750
00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:08,359
Speaker 2: never thought about having bad credit where I go, yeah,

751
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:11,800
Speaker 2: pull my credit. But clearly, whenever you get your credit pulled,

752
00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:15,080
Speaker 2: you get a lot of spam and different people calling

753
00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:19,160
Speaker 2: you for sure, but I can't speak enough to the

754
00:43:19,160 --> 00:43:21,919
Speaker 2: mortgage business, but you sound like you're onto something. Gott

755
00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:25,080
Speaker 2: a fugazi for the pod. Could just be me, but

756
00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:27,319
Speaker 2: I feel like it's been happening for a bit. But

757
00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:30,880
Speaker 2: just how often commercials show up in short video clips

758
00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:35,040
Speaker 2: that we watch is an absolute fugazi in my mind,

759
00:43:35,719 --> 00:43:40,000
Speaker 2: doesn't need to happen so often. Thoughts, Well, I'm obviously

760
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:44,719
Speaker 2: biased on this one. I would say this. We live

761
00:43:44,760 --> 00:43:48,120
Speaker 2: in a world where content on YouTube and this podcast

762
00:43:48,440 --> 00:43:51,920
Speaker 2: is completely free. Obviously, you have to buy an iPhone

763
00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:55,400
Speaker 2: or however you consume Spotify, you know, a phone to

764
00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:58,240
Speaker 2: be able to download these apps, but anything you listen

765
00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:02,360
Speaker 2: to is free, and their ads. If you're watching this

766
00:44:02,440 --> 00:44:04,600
Speaker 2: on video, they're gonna be ads. If you're listening to

767
00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:08,040
Speaker 2: this on podcasts, you obviously hear ads, but you're not

768
00:44:08,080 --> 00:44:10,880
Speaker 2: paying a penny for this content, and you are not

769
00:44:10,920 --> 00:44:15,279
Speaker 2: obligated to use any of those ads. Hell, there's a

770
00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:17,640
Speaker 2: little thing called the skip button, which, let's be honest,

771
00:44:17,800 --> 00:44:23,080
Speaker 2: we all use. So I hear you it can be annoying,

772
00:44:23,680 --> 00:44:25,360
Speaker 2: and I agree. I mean, sometimes I just want to

773
00:44:25,360 --> 00:44:27,400
Speaker 2: watch something in an ad. Sometimes I'll be watching a

774
00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:30,279
Speaker 2: YouTube and in the shower, you know, put my phone

775
00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:32,399
Speaker 2: up on the ledge and all of a sudden AD

776
00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:34,360
Speaker 2: will come on. I'm soaking wet. I can't change it.

777
00:44:34,840 --> 00:44:38,200
Speaker 2: But I'm not paying for any of it. So I

778
00:44:39,960 --> 00:44:44,920
Speaker 2: again I'm acknowledging I am completely biased on this one.

779
00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:47,680
Speaker 2: I do think it can be hard to complain, like

780
00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:52,160
Speaker 2: seriously complain about things you don't pay for that are

781
00:44:52,239 --> 00:44:56,040
Speaker 2: completely free. Is there a better way to do it?

782
00:44:56,760 --> 00:44:59,120
Speaker 2: If there was, I would start that company or that

783
00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:02,720
Speaker 2: business and be worth billions of dollars. But right now,

784
00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:05,640
Speaker 2: like I understand if you subscribe to The Athletic and

785
00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:08,920
Speaker 2: they still hit you with ads. Hell, I in my car,

786
00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:12,400
Speaker 2: I have Serious XM Radio. I fucking pay twenty nine

787
00:45:12,520 --> 00:45:16,040
Speaker 2: ninety nine for it, and there are ads in between segments.

788
00:45:16,440 --> 00:45:20,200
Speaker 2: It's like they're double dipping. If I was charging you,

789
00:45:20,600 --> 00:45:23,000
Speaker 2: I'm just using myself as an example, or the volume

790
00:45:23,080 --> 00:45:27,279
Speaker 2: or whoever for this content, and still inundated, you'd you'd

791
00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:31,680
Speaker 2: have a beef. It's all free, right. Part of this

792
00:45:31,719 --> 00:45:34,000
Speaker 2: whole segment has been we're able to complain when we're

793
00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:38,920
Speaker 2: paying because we're paying for something. So you have a right,

794
00:45:39,680 --> 00:45:43,360
Speaker 2: whether you're right or wrong with your gripe is a different,

795
00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:48,439
Speaker 2: you know, different question. But I think when things are free,

796
00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:52,080
Speaker 2: it's like, I don't know, man, if I hand you

797
00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:54,600
Speaker 2: a cookie and you hate the cookie, it's like, well

798
00:45:55,480 --> 00:45:57,200
Speaker 2: a lot different when you go to a store and

799
00:45:57,239 --> 00:45:59,840
Speaker 2: you buy a cookie and and then it sucks. So

800
00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:03,680
Speaker 2: I do think you've got a factor in that all

801
00:46:03,719 --> 00:46:06,040
Speaker 2: this stuff is free now anything you pay for with

802
00:46:06,120 --> 00:46:09,200
Speaker 2: that type of stuff, totally understand why a lot of

803
00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:13,280
Speaker 2: people pay for Spotify or Pandora. I don't, but I'm

804
00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:15,360
Speaker 2: so numb to it. I don't even care. I'll just

805
00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:17,640
Speaker 2: listen to it, skip it. If I can't skip it,

806
00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:31,400
Speaker 2: I'll just wait. It's all free. Okay, let's do a

807
00:46:31,440 --> 00:46:33,719
Speaker 2: little mail bag. You guys know the Drill, which is

808
00:46:33,800 --> 00:46:37,000
Speaker 2: my instagram at John middlecoff DM's white open fire them.

809
00:46:38,080 --> 00:46:40,960
Speaker 2: Let's start with Josh big fan of the rest of

810
00:46:40,960 --> 00:46:45,799
Speaker 2: the volume family, Nerd Sash Temph. We like all those

811
00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:50,439
Speaker 2: guys as a Giants fan. What do the next few

812
00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:54,000
Speaker 2: years look like? Our defense is finally coming together on

813
00:46:54,080 --> 00:46:57,160
Speaker 2: paper at least, and the young old line is developing

814
00:46:57,280 --> 00:47:00,360
Speaker 2: very nicely. Despite all of that, we have zero in

815
00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:05,160
Speaker 2: an offensive league and seemingly no optimism this upcoming season. Yeah,

816
00:47:05,160 --> 00:47:09,480
Speaker 2: I mean, I think the easiest way to get optimism

817
00:47:09,560 --> 00:47:12,279
Speaker 2: would be to take a quarterback and then everyone would

818
00:47:12,320 --> 00:47:15,920
Speaker 2: be intrigued. But like you said, you lose Sakwan, who's

819
00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:21,000
Speaker 2: your best offensive weapon. I don't even does Waller still

820
00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:23,600
Speaker 2: see alive? Did he retire? I know he's banged up

821
00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:26,040
Speaker 2: last year, He's been banged up for a long time now.

822
00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:31,120
Speaker 2: Really talented guy in his heyday. But my guess is

823
00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:34,560
Speaker 2: what happens is that you guys take a wide receiver

824
00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:37,880
Speaker 2: and just try to band aid it with Daniel Jones.

825
00:47:38,480 --> 00:47:41,400
Speaker 2: But it doesn't matter how good your offensive line is.

826
00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:45,359
Speaker 2: If and you could easily take an offensive line men,

827
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Speaker 2: but I don't think you'll do it at six is

828
00:47:48,719 --> 00:47:51,000
Speaker 2: if your quarterback play shitty and you don't have any

829
00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:54,840
Speaker 2: wide receivers and it's like hard to function in twenty

830
00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:59,960
Speaker 2: twenty four. So I'm with you. I think they're one

831
00:48:00,040 --> 00:48:03,120
Speaker 2: of the more intriguing teams. You can't rule them out

832
00:48:03,120 --> 00:48:06,600
Speaker 2: for a quarterback. But if you're Brian day Ball, the

833
00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:10,240
Speaker 2: way everything went last year, just how acrimonious the coaching

834
00:48:10,239 --> 00:48:14,040
Speaker 2: staff situation was, I just don't know if you can

835
00:48:14,120 --> 00:48:15,760
Speaker 2: risk take in a quarterback because if you have another

836
00:48:15,960 --> 00:48:18,800
Speaker 2: if you have a six win season, are you getting

837
00:48:18,800 --> 00:48:24,680
Speaker 2: a fourth year? I don't know. Man, love the pod.

838
00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:29,400
Speaker 2: It's become one of my daily pleasures. I like this guy.

839
00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:32,240
Speaker 2: What would you think if the NBA extended the play

840
00:48:32,680 --> 00:48:35,680
Speaker 2: into the fifth seed. I think an additional round of

841
00:48:35,760 --> 00:48:39,560
Speaker 2: play in games would not only create more urgency, but

842
00:48:39,600 --> 00:48:42,360
Speaker 2: would also make part of the regular season more meaningful

843
00:48:42,719 --> 00:48:47,040
Speaker 2: as most teams try to avoid the plan, so they

844
00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:49,720
Speaker 2: could allow the top four seeds to draft the play

845
00:48:50,760 --> 00:48:53,800
Speaker 2: the playing opponents they want to play in the first round.

846
00:48:54,280 --> 00:48:56,239
Speaker 2: I also think for All Star weekend they should try

847
00:48:56,280 --> 00:48:58,480
Speaker 2: a three on three tournament to replace the All Star Game.

848
00:49:00,040 --> 00:49:03,360
Speaker 2: I actually think you're onto something, because, let's face it,

849
00:49:03,560 --> 00:49:08,320
Speaker 2: the regular season has been rendered meaningful in the NBA

850
00:49:08,880 --> 00:49:12,040
Speaker 2: ratings historically low. They just don't feel like they matter.

851
00:49:12,960 --> 00:49:15,600
Speaker 2: I don't hate that idea at all, I really don't.

852
00:49:15,719 --> 00:49:19,520
Speaker 2: I mean, it's it's the NBA's worst nightmare that their

853
00:49:19,560 --> 00:49:22,160
Speaker 2: two biggest brands are going to potentially play the nine

854
00:49:22,160 --> 00:49:25,400
Speaker 2: to ten game like that is a disaster for the NBA.

855
00:49:26,080 --> 00:49:28,440
Speaker 2: That Lebron or Steph is going to knock the other

856
00:49:28,480 --> 00:49:31,840
Speaker 2: one out immediately. I mean, that's that's a problem and

857
00:49:31,960 --> 00:49:35,680
Speaker 2: worst case scenario because the nine ten team plays the

858
00:49:35,680 --> 00:49:39,440
Speaker 2: winner of the eight to nine game or the seven

859
00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:41,680
Speaker 2: eight game. But what if they lose that game. I mean,

860
00:49:41,719 --> 00:49:44,239
Speaker 2: it could just be both those teams could not make it,

861
00:49:44,680 --> 00:49:48,319
Speaker 2: which is not good for business. Even though that's the

862
00:49:48,360 --> 00:49:52,400
Speaker 2: way the cookie crumbled. I love that idea. Everyone's a

863
00:49:52,440 --> 00:49:57,200
Speaker 2: play in, you know, ten to ten to five, so five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten,

864
00:49:57,840 --> 00:49:59,840
Speaker 2: and then, like you said, have the top four teams.

865
00:50:00,640 --> 00:50:02,919
Speaker 2: So if you're the one seed Denver, you get to pick.

866
00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:06,239
Speaker 2: You could argue the NFL should do that as well.

867
00:50:07,080 --> 00:50:13,120
Speaker 2: I'm never against picking opponents as a television special and

868
00:50:13,239 --> 00:50:16,239
Speaker 2: have the general manager and head coach sitting there. We

869
00:50:16,280 --> 00:50:22,560
Speaker 2: want the Eagles, we want the Sacramento Kings. That is,

870
00:50:23,400 --> 00:50:29,080
Speaker 2: we're in the entertainment business. The players, you know, I

871
00:50:29,080 --> 00:50:32,560
Speaker 2: I'm not clearly they hated like the draft, remember the

872
00:50:32,600 --> 00:50:35,759
Speaker 2: All Star Game. Draft players are like uncomfortable doing it.

873
00:50:35,760 --> 00:50:37,920
Speaker 2: It's like, what are we talking? This is all entertainment.

874
00:50:38,719 --> 00:50:42,480
Speaker 2: I'm a Seahawks fan since twenty thirteen. Bandwagon I know,

875
00:50:43,239 --> 00:50:46,520
Speaker 2: I live here in Seattle. We recently hired McDonald the

876
00:50:46,560 --> 00:50:49,919
Speaker 2: best defensive coordinator last year, our offense is pretty good,

877
00:50:50,239 --> 00:50:55,440
Speaker 2: weapons everywhere. Logically, we hired the best DC available. Shouldn't

878
00:50:55,440 --> 00:50:57,759
Speaker 2: our defense be much better next season and make us

879
00:50:57,760 --> 00:51:01,200
Speaker 2: a real contender? Kind of like the line. Last season

880
00:51:02,840 --> 00:51:05,319
Speaker 2: he gave a fugazi Friday pay YouTube premium to get

881
00:51:05,320 --> 00:51:07,319
Speaker 2: away from the ads fifteen dollars. But now a lot

882
00:51:07,320 --> 00:51:11,560
Speaker 2: of sports related videos have in video ads. They're around

883
00:51:11,560 --> 00:51:14,319
Speaker 2: three to five minutes of video content. When exercising, I

884
00:51:14,360 --> 00:51:17,680
Speaker 2: have to pull my phone these ads game time gambling. Yeah,

885
00:51:17,680 --> 00:51:20,560
Speaker 2: I mean, why we build him in It's a business, baby,

886
00:51:22,400 --> 00:51:29,000
Speaker 2: it's how we get around that. I would say on

887
00:51:29,120 --> 00:51:34,080
Speaker 2: the Seattle thing is interior defense should be a lot better.

888
00:51:35,640 --> 00:51:41,480
Speaker 2: But part of the Baltimore success is their personnel, right.

889
00:51:41,560 --> 00:51:44,480
Speaker 2: Obviously McDonald was really good last year. My buddy that

890
00:51:44,560 --> 00:51:46,000
Speaker 2: worked with him the last couple years called in the

891
00:51:46,040 --> 00:51:49,960
Speaker 2: boy genius, like he's schematically a high level guy. But

892
00:51:50,040 --> 00:51:53,239
Speaker 2: they had fucking sweet players. I mean, their defensive line

893
00:51:53,320 --> 00:51:56,520
Speaker 2: had a hundred million dollar guy. Clowney had the best

894
00:51:56,560 --> 00:52:01,120
Speaker 2: year of his career. They're two linebackers. You know you

895
00:52:01,120 --> 00:52:04,720
Speaker 2: could argue those two and Fred Warner and Drake Greenlaw

896
00:52:04,800 --> 00:52:07,640
Speaker 2: best duos in the league. They had good dbs, they

897
00:52:07,680 --> 00:52:10,040
Speaker 2: had a fan tat. I mean, Kyle Hamilton's a stud

898
00:52:10,760 --> 00:52:13,080
Speaker 2: like I don't know, I'd have to bring out your

899
00:52:13,120 --> 00:52:16,520
Speaker 2: guys depth chart. But Witherspoon's a really good young player.

900
00:52:17,360 --> 00:52:20,280
Speaker 2: I mean, I think your personnel on defense is somewhat

901
00:52:20,320 --> 00:52:23,640
Speaker 2: in question. Should you be better one hundred percent? And

902
00:52:23,680 --> 00:52:25,960
Speaker 2: at the end of the day, your quarterback is still

903
00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:30,440
Speaker 2: Geno Smith, so that's somewhat of an issue for your upside.

904
00:52:31,440 --> 00:52:33,759
Speaker 2: What are your thoughts on the tax for a stadium?

905
00:52:34,400 --> 00:52:37,880
Speaker 2: Seeing Kansas City vote no, I think more city cities

906
00:52:37,920 --> 00:52:40,480
Speaker 2: are saying no to tax for teams to build a stadium.

907
00:52:40,880 --> 00:52:43,719
Speaker 2: I'm a huge sports fan. However, I don't think it's

908
00:52:43,840 --> 00:52:46,160
Speaker 2: right for them to use tax money so they can

909
00:52:46,200 --> 00:52:49,960
Speaker 2: make millions more for free. Then the stadium makes the

910
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:54,120
Speaker 2: team value rocket skyrocket. I know why owners do it.

911
00:52:54,200 --> 00:52:56,399
Speaker 2: If I owned a team, i'd probably do the same. No,

912
00:52:56,440 --> 00:52:59,560
Speaker 2: you wouldn't. Probably you one hundred percent would. If you

913
00:52:59,600 --> 00:53:03,319
Speaker 2: can ever have someone else pay for something. If you

914
00:53:03,320 --> 00:53:05,640
Speaker 2: were buying a million dollar home and you have to

915
00:53:05,640 --> 00:53:08,320
Speaker 2: put one hundred and fifty thousand dollars down, and someone

916
00:53:08,320 --> 00:53:10,319
Speaker 2: else would put one hundred and fifty thousand dollars down

917
00:53:10,680 --> 00:53:12,359
Speaker 2: and you don't have to and you get to own

918
00:53:12,400 --> 00:53:15,760
Speaker 2: the home. You would do that, now, I'd be lying.

919
00:53:15,800 --> 00:53:18,560
Speaker 2: If this story doesn't interest me that much, I just

920
00:53:18,640 --> 00:53:23,400
Speaker 2: simply do not give a shit. But I did read

921
00:53:23,520 --> 00:53:27,360
Speaker 2: a blurb on Pro Football Talk that the city owns

922
00:53:27,560 --> 00:53:32,600
Speaker 2: the stadium. Could be wrong Chiefs fans. I'm pretty positive

923
00:53:32,640 --> 00:53:36,040
Speaker 2: I read that the Chiefs don't own the stadium or

924
00:53:36,080 --> 00:53:40,080
Speaker 2: the land, maybe both. So I do think it can

925
00:53:40,120 --> 00:53:43,360
Speaker 2: be complicated. Like, for example, I can speak on this

926
00:53:43,360 --> 00:53:46,160
Speaker 2: because I lived through it. When the forty nine ers

927
00:53:46,200 --> 00:53:50,879
Speaker 2: built Levi Stadium. They share in the revenue, but they

928
00:53:50,880 --> 00:53:55,319
Speaker 2: don't own the ground, and they split the ownership of

929
00:53:55,360 --> 00:53:59,680
Speaker 2: the stadium with the city. For example, Joe lacop he

930
00:53:59,760 --> 00:54:03,560
Speaker 2: built he'll Chase Center in San Francisco. He self financed

931
00:54:03,560 --> 00:54:07,719
Speaker 2: that himself, so he gets all the benefits now part

932
00:54:07,760 --> 00:54:09,839
Speaker 2: of it. He knew in California he would never be

933
00:54:09,840 --> 00:54:13,560
Speaker 2: able to pass any sort of measure. Were the raiders

934
00:54:14,440 --> 00:54:17,080
Speaker 2: because Vegas is a little shady. It didn't even go

935
00:54:17,080 --> 00:54:20,160
Speaker 2: to a vote. It was a twelve person committee that

936
00:54:20,360 --> 00:54:22,120
Speaker 2: just voted it. Yeah, so when you go stay at

937
00:54:22,160 --> 00:54:25,480
Speaker 2: the Blaggio or New York, New York or whatever. You

938
00:54:25,520 --> 00:54:28,600
Speaker 2: get an added tax that pays for the Raiders stadium.

939
00:54:29,280 --> 00:54:32,000
Speaker 2: So I have no problem with someone not wanting to

940
00:54:32,040 --> 00:54:35,560
Speaker 2: pay the tax. I wouldn't either. I think the situation

941
00:54:35,640 --> 00:54:38,520
Speaker 2: of the ownership's a little more complicated, but I think

942
00:54:38,520 --> 00:54:41,920
Speaker 2: it's just human nature. If in business you could have

943
00:54:42,000 --> 00:54:46,480
Speaker 2: someone else front the bill and you benefit financially, he

944
00:54:46,600 --> 00:54:52,000
Speaker 2: always do it, so I ultimately my takeaway is they'll

945
00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:54,840
Speaker 2: get this figured out. Clark Hunt, I think historically a

946
00:54:54,840 --> 00:54:57,880
Speaker 2: little cheap, but if he's got to open his pockets

947
00:54:57,920 --> 00:54:59,520
Speaker 2: for a couple hundred million dollars, is gonna have to

948
00:54:59,520 --> 00:55:04,480
Speaker 2: do it right. So I don't know. Obviously it's a

949
00:55:04,520 --> 00:55:08,000
Speaker 2: little bit of an older stadium. I do not think

950
00:55:08,880 --> 00:55:13,040
Speaker 2: that they are a threat to leave Kansas City. But yeah,

951
00:55:13,280 --> 00:55:15,720
Speaker 2: I have no issue if I'm just the average Chiefs

952
00:55:15,719 --> 00:55:18,799
Speaker 2: fan making seventy five grand in Kansas City voting no, like,

953
00:55:18,880 --> 00:55:21,160
Speaker 2: totally understand it. You know why, because I know eventually

954
00:55:21,160 --> 00:55:24,280
Speaker 2: it'll happen. You don't need my money. You can figure

955
00:55:24,320 --> 00:55:27,839
Speaker 2: it out. But I also don't blame the owners or

956
00:55:27,880 --> 00:55:32,320
Speaker 2: anyone in business for doing this type stuff. You always

957
00:55:32,360 --> 00:55:35,840
Speaker 2: avoid costs whenever you can. Welcome to the real world.

958
00:55:36,280 --> 00:55:38,120
Speaker 2: I tailed your picks for the first time in the

959
00:55:38,120 --> 00:55:41,680
Speaker 2: players in the golf pool at work and did way

960
00:55:41,680 --> 00:55:44,080
Speaker 2: better than I ever have. So thanks, no problem, just

961
00:55:44,120 --> 00:55:47,919
Speaker 2: out here given winners. Also a big time Ravens fan

962
00:55:48,840 --> 00:55:51,880
Speaker 2: for fifteen plus years, and it seems like the next

963
00:55:51,920 --> 00:55:54,520
Speaker 2: ten will be tough to get through the Chiefs. My

964
00:55:54,680 --> 00:55:57,839
Speaker 2: question is this, do you think Lamar can one day

965
00:55:58,000 --> 00:56:02,080
Speaker 2: go toe to toe with Mahomes Manning versus Brady style

966
00:56:02,840 --> 00:56:05,600
Speaker 2: or do you think the entire AFC is screwed for

967
00:56:05,680 --> 00:56:08,040
Speaker 2: a while? Texans are looking up as well, and do

968
00:56:08,120 --> 00:56:13,000
Speaker 2: the Ravens keep up in the arms race? I think

969
00:56:13,080 --> 00:56:17,160
Speaker 2: last year was a perfect storm. The Chiefs scored seventeen points,

970
00:56:17,760 --> 00:56:20,080
Speaker 2: they did not score a touchdown in the second half.

971
00:56:20,880 --> 00:56:24,680
Speaker 2: You could have beat them. Lamar did not play very well.

972
00:56:25,719 --> 00:56:28,080
Speaker 2: He was very uncharacteristic of the way he had looked

973
00:56:28,080 --> 00:56:31,120
Speaker 2: throughout the season and as someone with the Ravens told me,

974
00:56:31,400 --> 00:56:32,840
Speaker 2: and it was pretty evident if you were sitting on

975
00:56:32,880 --> 00:56:37,080
Speaker 2: your couch now. The offensive coordinator, I would say, first

976
00:56:37,080 --> 00:56:41,080
Speaker 2: and foremost was shitty. Todd Munkin was terrible that game.

977
00:56:41,680 --> 00:56:45,960
Speaker 2: Refuse to run the ball run Lamar, it made no sense.

978
00:56:46,560 --> 00:56:48,400
Speaker 2: This is someone that had five thousand dollars on the

979
00:56:48,400 --> 00:56:51,040
Speaker 2: game that no longer has five thousand dollars because the

980
00:56:51,120 --> 00:56:59,040
Speaker 2: Ravens lost. But Lamar tried to play like Mahomes. Part

981
00:56:59,040 --> 00:57:03,640
Speaker 2: of what makes Lamar great is the dual threat, and

982
00:57:04,480 --> 00:57:07,400
Speaker 2: he just felt like the moment Mahomes had that first drive,

983
00:57:07,640 --> 00:57:09,920
Speaker 2: it's like, I'll go toe to toe with you, Lamar,

984
00:57:10,040 --> 00:57:12,920
Speaker 2: that's not the way you play. They would have won

985
00:57:12,960 --> 00:57:15,360
Speaker 2: that game if Lamar ran for one hundred yards the

986
00:57:15,480 --> 00:57:17,560
Speaker 2: previous game, and the reason I put money on the

987
00:57:17,640 --> 00:57:20,520
Speaker 2: Ravens and why most people picked the Ravens to win

988
00:57:20,560 --> 00:57:23,080
Speaker 2: the game. Josh Allen ran for like eighty yards the

989
00:57:23,080 --> 00:57:25,880
Speaker 2: week before. Lamar is a better and more explosive runner,

990
00:57:26,920 --> 00:57:30,600
Speaker 2: and they just kept forcing the pass against the team

991
00:57:30,640 --> 00:57:35,400
Speaker 2: with like unlimited dbs. So yeah, and this is where

992
00:57:35,840 --> 00:57:40,480
Speaker 2: scheme matters. I ranked the quarterbacks Mahomes won Allen to

993
00:57:41,160 --> 00:57:46,360
Speaker 2: Lamar three, but both Josh and Lamar for them to

994
00:57:46,360 --> 00:57:48,800
Speaker 2: be successed, like Patrick, Mahomes doesn't have to run at all,

995
00:57:48,880 --> 00:57:52,320
Speaker 2: can just throw Josh and Lamar their added element of

996
00:57:52,400 --> 00:57:55,120
Speaker 2: running because it's so elite. Josh a little more powerful.

997
00:57:55,400 --> 00:57:57,960
Speaker 2: Lamar a little more explosive is a huge part of

998
00:57:58,000 --> 00:58:01,040
Speaker 2: that their game, and when you get away from it,

999
00:58:01,040 --> 00:58:04,160
Speaker 2: it limits your ability. Now, some things went wrong. Obviously

1000
00:58:04,160 --> 00:58:06,680
Speaker 2: this a Flowers fumble, but Lamar also threw an interception

1001
00:58:06,720 --> 00:58:12,160
Speaker 2: in a triple coverage. So yeah, Joe Flacco beat fucking Peyton.

1002
00:58:12,280 --> 00:58:16,800
Speaker 2: You know, Tom Brady, Eli Manning beat Tom Brady, Peyton.

1003
00:58:16,800 --> 00:58:20,480
Speaker 2: Manning's been beat by some random quarterbacks. It's about playing

1004
00:58:20,520 --> 00:58:23,520
Speaker 2: well on an individual day. We've seen Lamar had really

1005
00:58:23,520 --> 00:58:28,800
Speaker 2: good games. Obviously, he's won multiple MVPs, but in this

1006
00:58:28,920 --> 00:58:32,760
Speaker 2: playoffs for a game and a half because he did

1007
00:58:32,800 --> 00:58:34,560
Speaker 2: not play well in the first half against the Texans.

1008
00:58:34,600 --> 00:58:39,240
Speaker 2: They just didn't have enough firepower. His playoff resume has

1009
00:58:39,280 --> 00:58:42,640
Speaker 2: been pretty underwhelming. Second half against Texans awesome. He's just

1010
00:58:42,680 --> 00:58:44,800
Speaker 2: gonna have to put together a couple good games. Now.

1011
00:58:45,440 --> 00:58:48,960
Speaker 2: Maybe their defense is gonna be as good, right McDonald's gone.

1012
00:58:49,440 --> 00:58:52,760
Speaker 2: Maybe it's just not quite as good. Patrick Queen's gone.

1013
00:58:54,520 --> 00:58:57,360
Speaker 2: So but I mean, typically they'll just find the next guy.

1014
00:58:57,760 --> 00:59:00,160
Speaker 2: But you know what I mean, I do think he

1015
00:59:00,160 --> 00:59:04,000
Speaker 2: could have in a big spot, a good game, but

1016
00:59:04,160 --> 00:59:06,240
Speaker 2: he's got to do it first. Forever, it's like, you

1017
00:59:06,240 --> 00:59:08,400
Speaker 2: know James Harden eventually is gonna break through. It's like,

1018
00:59:08,400 --> 00:59:10,920
Speaker 2: oh no, he actually never did. And I hate comparing

1019
00:59:11,000 --> 00:59:13,960
Speaker 2: James Harden, who literally is quit on teams, to Lamar Jackson.

1020
00:59:14,040 --> 00:59:18,840
Speaker 2: That is not fair. But the point of I'll just go, yeah,

1021
00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:23,160
Speaker 2: I think he can, but I know from a gamble,

1022
00:59:23,200 --> 00:59:26,919
Speaker 2: I'm not betting on it again. I'll promise you that, right,

1023
00:59:27,640 --> 00:59:31,520
Speaker 2: And yeah, I just think now you could argue the

1024
00:59:31,560 --> 00:59:34,800
Speaker 2: Chiefs defense might not be as good this next time around,

1025
00:59:34,840 --> 00:59:39,720
Speaker 2: but maybe their offense is better. So you're in a

1026
00:59:39,760 --> 00:59:43,520
Speaker 2: good spot. You have Lamar Jackson. He has some questions

1027
00:59:44,760 --> 00:59:48,080
Speaker 2: and they're all revolving around games in mid to late January.

1028
00:59:48,440 --> 00:59:50,680
Speaker 2: If those are your question marks, you're in a really

1029
00:59:50,680 --> 00:59:53,680
Speaker 2: good spot. But like I would say, there are a

1030
00:59:53,760 --> 00:59:55,800
Speaker 2: ton of pressure on him, and you know the difference

1031
00:59:55,800 --> 00:59:59,840
Speaker 2: between him and Josh. Josh has played outstanding in playoff games,

1032
01:00:00,680 --> 01:00:05,080
Speaker 2: Lamar is not. Josh has played out standing against Mahomes.

1033
01:00:06,200 --> 01:00:10,840
Speaker 2: Lamar is not. So I by no means would write

1034
01:00:10,920 --> 01:00:14,720
Speaker 2: his story like as this is how it's gonna be forever.

1035
01:00:15,440 --> 01:00:18,160
Speaker 2: But there's just kind of the elephant in the room

1036
01:00:18,200 --> 01:00:21,880
Speaker 2: as we work with the Ravens in the playoffs moving forward?

1037
01:00:22,920 --> 01:00:24,720
Speaker 2: Is this the time he figures out or is it

1038
01:00:24,760 --> 01:00:26,360
Speaker 2: like it's always gonna be one of the It happened

1039
01:00:26,360 --> 01:00:29,080
Speaker 2: to Peyton Manning for a long time. The guy just

1040
01:00:29,360 --> 01:00:32,960
Speaker 2: crumbles in the playoffs. And then two thousand and six happened.

1041
01:00:33,920 --> 01:00:35,320
Speaker 2: What were they down twenty four to three and a

1042
01:00:35,360 --> 01:00:38,480
Speaker 2: half and then they won that game. Another thing, Ernie

1043
01:00:38,520 --> 01:00:41,920
Speaker 2: Adams said it on the on the podcast with Jewels,

1044
01:00:42,720 --> 01:00:45,800
Speaker 2: that was Super Bowl. We all knew it, Both teams

1045
01:00:45,840 --> 01:00:50,200
Speaker 2: knew it. The Bears were not beating either one of us.

1046
01:00:52,320 --> 01:00:54,280
Speaker 2: Let's face it, if the Ravens had won that game,

1047
01:00:54,320 --> 01:00:56,479
Speaker 2: they had just beat the Niners, like seventy to ten,

1048
01:00:57,040 --> 01:01:01,320
Speaker 2: they beat the living crap out of them. Got to

1049
01:01:01,320 --> 01:01:03,480
Speaker 2: take down Mahomes. It's hard and maybe we just look

1050
01:01:03,560 --> 01:01:07,040
Speaker 2: back like no one ever beat Michael Jordan really right

1051
01:01:07,360 --> 01:01:10,640
Speaker 2: after the late eighties, no one really could take down

1052
01:01:10,640 --> 01:01:13,080
Speaker 2: Tiger Woods when he had the leader. So it's just

1053
01:01:13,120 --> 01:01:15,640
Speaker 2: one of those things. Maybe it's just Mahomes. He's not

1054
01:01:15,680 --> 01:01:19,280
Speaker 2: gonna win every Super Bowl, but he may win every

1055
01:01:19,320 --> 01:01:25,280
Speaker 2: AFC for a while. The volume