1 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: What is going on? Everybody? Job middle Coop Free and 2 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: Out Podcast Back at it again August ten. How was 3 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: everyone doing? I hope you're already good weekend? Uh? I 4 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: didn't do much. I ate and I watched golf. The 5 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: majority of my weekend's weird. Usually during August i'd be 6 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 1: going to training camp practices and just be kind of 7 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:34,159 Speaker 1: soaking it all in. But I'm sure many of you 8 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: guys know, trying to follow your team. Nothing's really happening 9 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: in the NFL, and it it just shows you that 10 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: there's something to be said. You can hate on the 11 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 1: media all you want, but when practices are happening and 12 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: we're all going to practices, I don't even like to 13 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:50,880 Speaker 1: consider myself a member of the media, but just someone 14 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 1: that talks about football. There's just a huge buzz and 15 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: a vibe going around for the season. And listen, I 16 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: hate the preseason games as much the next guy, but 17 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:04,680 Speaker 1: it does start the momentum and right now, the NFL 18 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: is gonna be fine and be a lot of people 19 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: a lot of interest whenever it starts. But it's it's 20 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: it feels weird right now. There's no way around it. 21 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: I mean that they haven't even started practicing yet, they 22 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:17,119 Speaker 1: haven't put on pads. It's it's August ten. It's August tent. 23 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:19,759 Speaker 1: Uh No, No, there's nothing they can do. They had 24 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: to do it this way, and I commend them for 25 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: getting rid of the preseason. It was the right move. 26 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: But you just you do kind of feel it in 27 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: the air that there's not that much buzz in the air, 28 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: which is kind of weird. But then again, two thousand 29 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:35,120 Speaker 1: twenty has been really weird. We'll dive into the college 30 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:38,760 Speaker 1: football situation, and as I'm recording this, uh, you know, 31 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 1: a little after lunch on Monday, nothing has really changed 32 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 1: beside people just screaming at each other on Twitter. And 33 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: I guess the Big Ten is kind of threatened to cancel. 34 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: But the coaches don't all seem to be on the 35 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 1: same page. Uh something about that. I was reading Albert 36 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 1: Brier's MMQB and Matt Rule was talking about how this 37 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: season is gonna benefit him in the sense of he's 38 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: used to running a training camp where one you can't 39 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: really change your roster that much until you don't play 40 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: any games. And I'm I'm gonna dive into something that 41 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,639 Speaker 1: I had me thinking that you know, NFL g ms 42 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 1: and just the way the league works are pretty spoilt, 43 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: especially relative to the other sports. And some of my 44 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 1: notice in golf, Uh, the PGA Championship Colin Marcawa cal 45 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: Grad won the PGA Championship was unreal over the weekend 46 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,399 Speaker 1: and why it actually might have some parallels and he's 47 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: killed it after you know, Uh, the restart for the 48 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 1: after the Corona shut down actually might benefit I think 49 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 1: the three rookie quarterbacks they probably fall into a camp 50 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 1: similar to him. And then of course Middlecoff mail bag 51 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 1: at John Middlecoff is my Instagram handle d MS wide Open, 52 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 1: shoot a question, answer it here, and uh, that's how 53 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: we take you guys. It's like the equivalent of phone 54 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 1: calls for for a podcast, but it's two twenties, so 55 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 1: we we gotta adapt or die, right And for those 56 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 1: of you that have greatly appreciate it. For those of 57 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 1: you that haven't in like the podcast, subscribe on Apple iTunes. 58 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,359 Speaker 1: I know some of you listen on Collins feed and 59 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: leave a review five stars preferably, but if you could, 60 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: I would tip my hat massive respect to you guys. 61 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:18,799 Speaker 1: Start with the college football disaster, and I worked in 62 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 1: college football in two thousand eight, in two thousand and nine, 63 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: and I guess the spring of two thousand and ten 64 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:26,799 Speaker 1: for Fresno State. So I'm about a decade remove from 65 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 1: college athletics. In Fresno State, we were a mid major. 66 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:32,919 Speaker 1: We were not Division one. And then with my job, 67 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 1: I was lucky enough to go through major universities every 68 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 1: Pack twelve school. I've been to Penn State numerous times. 69 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: And I'm friends with people that work in the SEC 70 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: or the Big ten or the Big twelve in recruiting 71 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: and no, and talk to those guys, you know, just 72 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 1: you know over time. And I think there are some 73 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 1: misconceptions right now about college football. One and I learned 74 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: this at Fresno State. They're way too many cooks in 75 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: the kitchen. Do you notice in the NFL when they 76 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: have an issue. And I would imagine some businesses that 77 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: people you're listening you can agree and others would be 78 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 1: like yeah, or the opposite, when you have too many 79 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 1: cooks in the kitchen. You know, when you have boards 80 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:18,720 Speaker 1: and you have presidents and you have assistance and you 81 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:21,280 Speaker 1: have all these people that need to make a decision 82 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 1: and a lot of them have nothing to do with 83 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 1: the product. You have an issue in the NFL. Think 84 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: about this general managers and coaches who have a huge 85 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 1: influence on the sport on Sunday, I really have no 86 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: say when it comes to CBA negotiations. When they were 87 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:45,280 Speaker 1: trying to figure out everything with coronavirus, it was all 88 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 1: the owners and the players Association. Now they brought in 89 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: Andy Reid. I think ian rap sheet or chefter reported 90 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 1: they brought him in to talk to the owners about 91 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 1: we need to be a little more forward thinking here 92 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 1: and almost be free to lead to their side, like 93 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 1: we need to approach us the right way. We all 94 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 1: want to play. We all need to be in this together. 95 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 1: But ultimately it wasn't coach Rees's decision because when it 96 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 1: comes to football, there are two decision makers. There are 97 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: the owners and there is the players union, and they're 98 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: heavy hitters. That's all that matters when it comes to 99 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:20,919 Speaker 1: the money. Now, when football starts, the coaches and the 100 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:24,599 Speaker 1: g MS cut players decide who plays where. But that 101 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: has nothing to do with the business deals they do 102 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:30,360 Speaker 1: with the way we consume it as a fan when 103 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: you're sitting there on Sunday. The reason it's on network 104 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 1: is because of the league office slash, the owners and 105 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 1: the players union, they negotiate the terms. In college football, 106 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:46,039 Speaker 1: you have administrators that wouldn't know the difference between a 107 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 1: first down and a home run. They are trying to 108 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 1: pull the strings over the sport of football who literally 109 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 1: pays their salaries. And then you have the influence in 110 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 1: the sport. It just in an athletic department. And I 111 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 1: learned this in Preston State. I didn't know Title nine 112 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 1: was before I got to Fresen State. When I was 113 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 1: at Fresne State, when we wanted to get something for 114 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: the football team, it had to be okayed by for 115 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: Title nine because the women's softball team, the women's soccer team, 116 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 1: they had to get the same thing. Now, clearly at Alabama, 117 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 1: at l s U, at Ohio State they're able to 118 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:22,600 Speaker 1: somehow circumvent parts of that. But it is not a 119 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 1: normal business. You know, you have assistant athletic directors that 120 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 1: are making three dollars and some of these universities that 121 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: have nothing to do with the football program, and yet 122 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:35,600 Speaker 1: the football program is at most schools the only program 123 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 1: making any money. And some of these schools, obviously men's 124 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 1: basketball makes some cash too. But when you talk about 125 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:43,720 Speaker 1: men's baseball, and I like these sports soccer, both men's 126 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 1: and women's volleyball, they don't make any money. They lose money. 127 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 1: If this was a normal business, and you see it 128 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:51,840 Speaker 1: all often with the media when the corona hit. And 129 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: this is why I I sleep well at night knowing listen, 130 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 1: I don't want anyone to die. But I also will 131 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:00,719 Speaker 1: never ever root for businesses to go under. And essentially, 132 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:03,600 Speaker 1: when you just rooted for the shutdown, you route, you 133 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 1: rooted for people to lose their jobs and lose their businesses. 134 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 1: And when that happens, the people most economically impacted are 135 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 1: always gonna be the people at the lower end of 136 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 1: the spectrum. The richer people are always gonna be able 137 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 1: to handle it much easier, why they have more money. 138 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 1: So it's and it has socio economic impacts. But that 139 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: that's nuanced, and you can't have that conversation on social media. 140 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 1: So I just stopped even arguing. But here's what I 141 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 1: do know about college athletics that in normal business, all 142 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 1: those other sports would be cut because not only they 143 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 1: don't make any money, they're here there in the red. 144 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 1: They cost you a lot of money. So The one 145 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: thing I've always agreed with the football players is they 146 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 1: are getting the short into the stick. But here's why 147 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 1: they're getting the short in the stick. They're paying for 148 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 1: all these other athletic directors and all these other coaches salaries. 149 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 1: Without them, those salaries wouldn't even exist. Those sports, you know, 150 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 1: technically just on a spreadsheet, should not exist. Now clearly, 151 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: maybe one day I'll have a daughter, she'll be a swimmer. 152 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 1: I want her to be able to get us scholarship. 153 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 1: But I'm not naive enough to think that like her 154 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 1: sport actually generates any money, because it doesn't. And I 155 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 1: know that her coach, especially if you're like Stanford or Texas, 156 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: ain't making fifty grand you're making or she's making a 157 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: d fifty. In no other world where you were with 158 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 1: a company that was not making any money, would I 159 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: pay you that type money. It doesn't make any sense. 160 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 1: It's just a very very complicated situation. And you have 161 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: the presidence of the university. It's not a normal business. 162 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 1: Here's what you also see the SEC unlike the Big 163 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:33,200 Speaker 1: Ten and the Pact twelve that always seem to freak 164 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 1: out about everything, they never do because they prioritize, and 165 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: what you prioritize in life, you usually make and do 166 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 1: everything possible to make work. And clearly in the SEC 167 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 1: country in the South, football comes first because you know 168 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 1: what they've learned. With football coming first, it makes the 169 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 1: most money. And what runs downhill the money. So what 170 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 1: has happened to their basketball programs? Schools like Georgia are 171 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 1: able to pay Tom Creen like four million dollars. Arkansas 172 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 1: has got Musclement. They have so much money for their 173 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:03,960 Speaker 1: other sports. They kill it at baseball. They're good at 174 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:06,320 Speaker 1: all the Olympic sports now because they have made so 175 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 1: much money through football and prioritizing football that everyone has benefited. 176 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 1: And when the football coach wants something at those schools, 177 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:15,560 Speaker 1: they get it. That's not the case I know for 178 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: a fact. Out on the West coast, fact well does 179 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 1: not work like that. You have to deal with other sports, 180 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 1: especially the California schools in the SEC. What Saban, what 181 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 1: Ocean what? Jimbo? What? What Kirby? What? Dan Mullen? What 182 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:31,200 Speaker 1: those guys want they get And that's how it should 183 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 1: be because in any other business and many ones that 184 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 1: you listen, that you guys work for that you're listening 185 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 1: to whatever is the number one cash cow, and you're 186 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 1: given business. Whatever that entity is or that product is, 187 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 1: it gets prioritized at the top of the list, and 188 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 1: those people working on that project or that product or 189 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 1: that you know, individual acquisition, they get what they need 190 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 1: because they should, because it has the best opportunity to 191 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 1: make the most amount of money, and then everyone else 192 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 1: in the company benefits. Here's another just reality with the 193 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:09,079 Speaker 1: sec uh and listen, this is an uncomfortable topic sometimes, 194 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 1: but they pay their players. They give them cash they 195 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 1: have well before I was born, and they'll be doing 196 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 1: it well after I'm gone unless rules change. It's a 197 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:22,600 Speaker 1: shady conference. And I'm pro paying players. I'm pro capitalism, 198 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 1: I'm pro free market. And if it costs fifty dollars 199 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 1: in cash and some cars and some jobs, I don't care. 200 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 1: You know why, because I like watching their product and 201 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 1: let's be real, most of their guys and most of 202 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:37,440 Speaker 1: their talent, sure as hell seemed to be worth it. 203 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:39,679 Speaker 1: I know for a fact that it's much harder to 204 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 1: do that in the Pac twelve. I know, in the 205 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 1: Big twelve, like you know, they're just on you at 206 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 1: a different level. The Big ten. I think we can 207 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 1: pick and choose the schools that are doing it, but 208 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:51,560 Speaker 1: the schools that are winning that they're cheating. You know, 209 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:54,080 Speaker 1: we we know for a fact this isn't even opinion anymore. 210 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 1: This happens in basketball. That's why I'm always a little 211 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 1: uncomfortable with the people on social media that in the 212 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 1: media that acted like, how these players not getting paid. Well, 213 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 1: we've seen in college basketball they're all getting paid hundreds 214 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:09,080 Speaker 1: of thousands of dollars. Like they all got federally indicted, 215 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: which was stupid at waste of our taxpayer money. But 216 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: through that we saw the information of how much top 217 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 1: players out of high school were getting paid. We know 218 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 1: for a fact, we've seen these investigations going on with Zion. 219 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 1: When a top player goes to a pro program in 220 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:25,080 Speaker 1: college basketball, he's getting paid a lot of money. Numbers 221 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 1: I heard ten years ago when I worked in the 222 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 1: NFL with college basketball were like five thousand dollars for 223 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 1: the top player. Now football, because there's way more players, 224 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 1: it's different. But because of the competition in recruiting and 225 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:39,160 Speaker 1: the amount of money that's on the line in the South, 226 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 1: there's a reason these guys families move all across the 227 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:46,280 Speaker 1: country to that given town. It's just it's pretty clear 228 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:48,960 Speaker 1: what's going on, and I'm for it. But that's why 229 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 1: the SEC you haven't seen many people complaining, and why 230 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 1: they all football is gonna go on because they prioritized it, 231 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:56,000 Speaker 1: They paid a lot of money for it, and they 232 00:11:56,080 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 1: understand its importance and old a metally. I think this year, 233 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 1: and I'm not sure how many games these guys are 234 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 1: gonna play, what conferences are gonna play. Saw Scott Frost 235 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 1: today say that like if the Big Twelve, if the 236 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 1: Big Ten doesn't play, we'll go playing the Big Twelve 237 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 1: over the SEC. We're playing hardball. Tweeted out a long 238 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 1: statement like we're ready to play. Ohio State the day 239 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 1: that it was announced that the Big Ten might cancel 240 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 1: practiced on on on Monday. You think Ohio States not 241 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 1: gonna play football? I mean seriously, I'd be like you 242 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 1: think Bill Belichick is gonna take the year off? Like 243 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 1: they just say that out loud, like no chance, zero chance. 244 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:37,800 Speaker 1: I see Ohio State not doing everything humanly possible to 245 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 1: play football, moving conferences, scheduling, random doing whatever it takes. 246 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:46,559 Speaker 1: And this year, because one thing we know, with no 247 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:50,480 Speaker 1: nonconference games and depending on how many actual conference games 248 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:52,560 Speaker 1: they can get through, because it's gonna be complicated because 249 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 1: unlike pro sports, where there actually is a ton of 250 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:58,720 Speaker 1: hard cash on the line, you get cut, you won't 251 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 1: get your salary. Uh, the standards and the protocols are 252 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:06,679 Speaker 1: very black and white in college football. Like young people 253 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 1: in general, I just know. I mean, I'm thirty five, 254 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:11,480 Speaker 1: and my friends and family, they're probably between their late 255 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 1: twenties to their early forties, are just not scared of corona. 256 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 1: I mean, they're just not worried about getting it. I 257 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 1: know countless people that have got it and didn't really 258 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 1: got sick for like a couple of days flu like 259 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,720 Speaker 1: and then bounce right back. Didn't really phase them. Uh, 260 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 1: They're they're just not living, you know, their life on 261 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 1: a daily basis, worried about this anymore in the middle 262 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 1: of August, not necessarily, Like the the the ramifications and 263 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:35,720 Speaker 1: the shutdowns are out of our control. What the what 264 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:38,400 Speaker 1: the rules are? The rules? You know, I've said all along, 265 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 1: I just tell me to wear a mask, will wear 266 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 1: a mask. Tell me I don't have to wear a mask, 267 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 1: you know, I just I'll just follow the rules. So 268 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 1: you tell me what to do I do it. It's 269 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:47,600 Speaker 1: not that complicated. I don't know. I don't control any 270 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:50,200 Speaker 1: of this ship. Now I can think what's right or wrong. 271 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 1: I don't want you to tell a business that they 272 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:54,320 Speaker 1: can't open and this business can open. I think a 273 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 1: lot of it's arbitrary. But I think about that in 274 00:13:56,679 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 1: non Corona. I think a lot of this world is 275 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:02,320 Speaker 1: very arbitrary. I do I pay historic tax rates in California, 276 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 1: or if I just go across the street and fuck Nevada, 277 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:07,559 Speaker 1: it's zero. It doesn't make any sense. It's just pulling 278 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:10,200 Speaker 1: stuff out of their ass and seeing what sticks. And 279 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 1: it's not like we actually help anyone in California with 280 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 1: all this exorbitant amount of tax revenue that we make. 281 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: We lead the country in poverty. So you're like, it 282 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 1: doesn't even add up. I got no problem helping a 283 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 1: single mom or you know, doing whatever I have to 284 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 1: do to build some schools. But that's not even my text. 285 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 1: I'll just get weights on stupid projects. So I've been 286 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 1: a big believer that a lot of this stuff's arbitrary, 287 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: just most things in life. That's how I think. So 288 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 1: I think with Corona, this is gonna have huge financial 289 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 1: and it's gonna happen this like way in society too, 290 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 1: ramifications on the sport of college athletics, because like I said, 291 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 1: all those sports and all those scholarships get financed by football, 292 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 1: well football, whatever the pie is, it's not gonna equal 293 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 1: a hundred percent this year because they're gonna lose a 294 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: ton of fans because a lot of these schools won't 295 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 1: even allow fans, and who knows how many games we're 296 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: gonna get. College athletics may never look the same, like 297 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 1: there's a lot of these sports will not exist. And 298 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 1: the argument that you often see about the endowment. I 299 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 1: think what people struggle with is the endowment is not 300 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 1: there for college athletics. It's just not Now. I don't 301 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 1: pretend to be the president of a Stanford university and 302 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 1: understand like how you can allocate it. But it's not 303 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 1: just as black and white as we got ten billion 304 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 1: of an endowment I can use. You know, I need 305 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:23,080 Speaker 1: five million right now to float for the women's soccer 306 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 1: team and the wrestling program in the baseball program. Pretty 307 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 1: sure that's not in the byloss. Doesn't just work like that. 308 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 1: I know it's easy to tweet out that's not the 309 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: way the real world works. You know, So I I 310 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 1: think this whole situation could get really really ugly in 311 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 1: two thousand and two thousand twenty two, which will promote change, 312 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 1: which I'm pretty sure that the name, image and likeness 313 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 1: which these players have been fighting for, which they should 314 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 1: be allowed to do. You should be able allow to 315 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 1: sell your name. If you want to go to a 316 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 1: car dealership and sign autographs, go do it. Who gives 317 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 1: a ship? Here's another thing these old stiffs don't understand. 318 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 1: They think that, like the bank is gonna cut Trevor 319 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 1: Lawrence a check. You know who's gonna pay Trevor Lawrence 320 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 1: like YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, like random companies targeting young people. 321 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 1: Who do you think Trevor Lawrence is following? Is fifty 322 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 1: year old men? Now it's like twenty year olds. These 323 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 1: athletic departments are terrified to lose, like their cash cows, 324 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 1: car dealerships, banks, financial institutions. Those people are not going 325 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 1: to go to the kids. You know, just gonna give 326 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 1: the kid money. Trevor Lawrence, hey man, we'll give you 327 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 1: split on the your YouTube channel that does huge numbers 328 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 1: because you're the starting quarterback for Ohio. Stay if you're 329 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 1: just a field Trevor Lawrence for Clemson. A lot of 330 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 1: these old people don't understand this is not I literally 331 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 1: like make money and make a really good living from 332 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 1: my home office talking into a mic and then I 333 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: press a button, I send it, and it goes out 334 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 1: on Colin's feed and now on my podcast and gets 335 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 1: over like one point five million listens a month. That 336 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 1: wasn't even impossible ten years ago. You could argue five 337 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 1: years ago that would have been tough. The game has changed, 338 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 1: and I think the way we think, like, who knows, 339 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:06,159 Speaker 1: maybe these guys start a podcast, start making a ton 340 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 1: of money. They can't do that right now, but it's 341 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 1: very very easy. These people have this jaded, warped view 342 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:16,520 Speaker 1: of how these kids are gonna make money. It's it's 343 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:20,679 Speaker 1: gonna be technologically driven and which doesn't really impact the 344 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:23,920 Speaker 1: athletic department's budget or the n C double A and listen. 345 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 1: I think Mark Emirate's a cloud. I think most of 346 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:28,679 Speaker 1: these presidents of the university. I have nothing in common 347 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:32,120 Speaker 1: with any of them. It's like, I'm pro the football 348 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:35,360 Speaker 1: coach and what he wants because he's the revenue generator. 349 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 1: It's like I'm pro the player of a college football program. 350 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 1: They are the breadwinner for the entire university in terms 351 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 1: of the athletic department. They carry the whole freaking thing. 352 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 1: Without them, it doesn't exist. It's not financially feasible to 353 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:54,399 Speaker 1: finance it. It doesn't It does not exist. And depending 354 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:57,439 Speaker 1: on how ugly this gets, it could wipe out a 355 00:17:57,440 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 1: ton of sports. Okay, I was reading MMQB Albert Brier's 356 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: piece used to be Peter King's now Breer writes, and 357 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:09,119 Speaker 1: he was talking to Matt Rule, and Matt Rule was 358 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:13,640 Speaker 1: telling him how first terrible is this Corona first year 359 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 1: in the NFL has been. The training camp actually has 360 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,280 Speaker 1: a lot of parallels to what he's been used to 361 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:24,240 Speaker 1: in college. Because in college, in training camp two things. One, 362 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 1: you don't play any games. You don't play a game 363 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:29,640 Speaker 1: until your first game, which is usually that last week 364 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:33,280 Speaker 1: in August, you know, first couple of days in September. Two, 365 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 1: your roster doesn't change. The guys you take to training camp, 366 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:42,639 Speaker 1: the scholarships and the twenty walk ons, that's your team. 367 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:46,240 Speaker 1: And while in football, you know, a big part of 368 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:48,959 Speaker 1: my job when I was in the NFL was helping 369 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 1: Howie Roseman helping, Lewis Riddick helping the front office, and 370 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 1: I was more in charge of like the logistics of 371 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,680 Speaker 1: it in terms of keeping the lists and just making 372 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:02,879 Speaker 1: sure that always had a list of practice. When guys sucked, 373 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 1: we cut them and my first year I drove them 374 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 1: to the airport. My second year I was I helped 375 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:13,200 Speaker 1: evaluate guys that we should, you know, pick up instead 376 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:15,199 Speaker 1: of the guys that we had on the team. And 377 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:18,600 Speaker 1: you're constantly turning over your roster in training camp in 378 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:20,840 Speaker 1: the NFL, same thing in O t S. It's a 379 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 1: huge part of being in in the pro scouting department. 380 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:26,440 Speaker 1: You're just always trying to just turn, churn and turn 381 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:29,440 Speaker 1: and turn. Doesn't change in the regular season. Guys start 382 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:31,640 Speaker 1: playing shitty, you cut them, you sign a guy from 383 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:35,920 Speaker 1: another practice squad. Well, this year, in two thousand twenty, 384 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:38,200 Speaker 1: the roster you take to camp and I think it's 385 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,399 Speaker 1: at a nineties eighty because of Corona. You're not going 386 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:43,880 Speaker 1: to be bringing in guys left and right. One. You're 387 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 1: only having like thirteen or fourteen padded practices, so hopefully 388 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 1: you can avoid some injuries. You're not playing in any 389 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:51,119 Speaker 1: preseason games, so you're not gonna lose those guys that 390 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:54,159 Speaker 1: every year you lose countless three or four. You know, 391 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:57,160 Speaker 1: starters are backups in preseason games that that won't happen 392 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 1: this during this camp. But you don't have the time 393 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 1: to sign a guy off the street, bring him in, 394 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 1: have him, quarantine test him. Four or five days later 395 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 1: he's allowed to practice. You're gonna practice with what you got, 396 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:11,960 Speaker 1: so your roster, you're eighty guys. I'm not saying a 397 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 1: guy won't get cut during training camp, but usually once 398 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 1: preseason game starts, four or five guys get cut a 399 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:22,760 Speaker 1: team after every preseason game, Undrafted free agents, maybe just 400 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:24,760 Speaker 1: a late round pick that can't play dead in the 401 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 1: Western and you're just getting rid of them by the 402 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:30,119 Speaker 1: middle of August. I I don't think that's gonna be 403 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 1: the case, just because time is not on your side. 404 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 1: You're trying to get ready for a training camp. Some 405 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:35,920 Speaker 1: guy that hasn't been with you during the virtual o 406 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 1: t A s not gonna know what's going on. Typically 407 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:41,199 Speaker 1: in training camp that doesn't necessarily matter because you just 408 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:42,719 Speaker 1: throw him out of practice and just kind of let 409 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:47,680 Speaker 1: him go. So these coaches that and listen the NFL 410 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,760 Speaker 1: and this is one of its greatest attributes, is the 411 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:54,480 Speaker 1: no guaranteed money for the players, because you can constantly 412 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 1: get rid of bad contracts. It's one of the worst 413 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:59,880 Speaker 1: parts about the NBA and Major League Baseball. You get 414 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:03,480 Speaker 1: stuck with dead weight. And as a fan, for example, 415 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:06,720 Speaker 1: I gotta watch Jeff so Marjia give up meatballs for 416 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:09,440 Speaker 1: the last five years. It was clear after year one 417 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 1: they overpaid him by about seventy million dollars. He's terrible, 418 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:17,119 Speaker 1: and he's gonna play out five years on the Santrasco Giants. 419 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 1: And I'm sure anyone listening who is a fan of 420 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:23,120 Speaker 1: any different baseball team you have an example. Unless you're 421 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 1: team is a small market, any big market, you know, 422 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 1: operation signs players that don't for every You know Mike 423 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 1: Trout and he's not a free agent, but you get 424 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:34,200 Speaker 1: what I'm saying. Or Max Scherzer. There are a lot 425 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:36,720 Speaker 1: of misses in baseball. The Yankees, Red Sox, they have 426 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 1: them all the time. The Phillies, you just get rid 427 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 1: of them. You just either pay him to go away 428 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:42,120 Speaker 1: or just let him play it out. You're just kind 429 00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 1: of screwed. In football, you literally just get rid of 430 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:46,639 Speaker 1: his contract. The moment, you have no dead money on 431 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:50,920 Speaker 1: the cap because regardless of what rap sheet tweets out 432 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 1: the moment some guy signs, we truly know, the only 433 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:56,200 Speaker 1: number that always matters is a guaranteed money. And how 434 00:21:56,200 --> 00:22:00,399 Speaker 1: it affects your salary cap well, a huge part of 435 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 1: that is in training camp typically, you know with the 436 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:07,919 Speaker 1: preseason games, the veteran players, if you're like a seventh 437 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 1: year guy and you make six million dollars, well, the 438 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:13,400 Speaker 1: moment and we've talked about it here, but just the 439 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,200 Speaker 1: hammer at home, if you're on the roster week one, 440 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 1: your salary for that six or five or three or 441 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:22,119 Speaker 1: whatever you're making is guaranteed the rest of the season 442 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:25,159 Speaker 1: if you play week one. It's a big reason that 443 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:28,240 Speaker 1: on the big cutdowns, a lot of veteran players get 444 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 1: replaced by fifth, six, seventh, and undrafted free agent because 445 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:37,600 Speaker 1: they prove in the preseason in the game specifically that 446 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:40,639 Speaker 1: they might not even be better, but they're just as 447 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:44,120 Speaker 1: good and they're way cheaper. That's just not gonna take 448 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 1: place this year because the veteran guy is gonna know 449 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 1: what to do. You're not gonna have enough reps to 450 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 1: beat them out. So your team and I would imagine 451 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:53,320 Speaker 1: all the coaches worth their salt. And this is why 452 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 1: I think, listen, the Patriots roster a shell of itself 453 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 1: right of what they've been in the last two days. 454 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 1: On paper, not very good, you know, especially if you 455 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 1: factor in Cam Newton is still a major question mark. 456 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:08,400 Speaker 1: If Cam Newton was two as in fifteen Cam Newton, 457 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:10,440 Speaker 1: you'll be like, I think that'd be pretty good because 458 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 1: he's played on worst teams in Carolina and had ten 459 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:15,560 Speaker 1: to eleven win seasons and their division sucks. But it's 460 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:17,359 Speaker 1: fair to say, just based on what the New England 461 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:21,240 Speaker 1: Patriots standard is, their roster stinks. But here's the reality. 462 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:25,919 Speaker 1: No coach adapts quicker than Belichick. They don't have a scheme. 463 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:30,120 Speaker 1: He'll call a play like it's what good college coaches 464 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,520 Speaker 1: do once they get a star player. If that guy 465 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:34,679 Speaker 1: is better at doing something else that not his scheme, 466 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:38,080 Speaker 1: they'll adapt it around him, saving change the scheme all 467 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:42,400 Speaker 1: the time. So when you look at Belichick like, that's 468 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:44,880 Speaker 1: why I'm not counting them out, because this training camp 469 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:46,639 Speaker 1: is going to expose a lot of coaches because you 470 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:48,800 Speaker 1: just get spoiled and GM's you're used to getting rid 471 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,239 Speaker 1: of guys cutting guys making for trade. I guess it's 472 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:53,200 Speaker 1: gonna be harder to do intol jointing. It's not really, 473 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:57,119 Speaker 1: it's not possible. And then you look at you know 474 00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:59,879 Speaker 1: a lot of these teams that have open minded coaches, 475 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 1: and I think the smart coaches have been in contact 476 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:06,439 Speaker 1: with their contact with their good buddies in college and 477 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:09,919 Speaker 1: figured out how they run training camp. Because if you're 478 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:13,359 Speaker 1: Sean Payton or Andy Reid, since this new cb A, 479 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 1: your training camp has probably been pretty consistent for the 480 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:19,119 Speaker 1: last since two thousand eleven. Once you got the new rules, 481 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 1: you've done it one way, and it's based around preseason 482 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:25,560 Speaker 1: games and ramping your veterans up and then ramping them back, 483 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 1: that all gets thrown out the window. So if I 484 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:30,439 Speaker 1: was one of those guys, and you know, I know, 485 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:32,640 Speaker 1: like Coach Red's good friends with Kyle waiting Ham at Utah, 486 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 1: let's just say Sean Payton's good friends with Nick Saban 487 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:37,639 Speaker 1: or Dan Mullen. You know, let's say so and so 488 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 1: is good friends with Urban Meyer, so and so was 489 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:44,760 Speaker 1: friends with whoever. Lincoln Riley. You call that guy and 490 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 1: you say, hey, man, can I can I see your 491 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:49,960 Speaker 1: guys training camp manual, or have your director of football 492 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:53,280 Speaker 1: operations send my director of football operations, how you guys 493 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:55,400 Speaker 1: set up training camp for the month of August, because 494 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:57,240 Speaker 1: typically they don't have a game, but they'll mix in 495 00:24:57,280 --> 00:25:00,000 Speaker 1: a couple of scrimmages, they'll mix in a bunch of walkthroughs. 496 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 1: Because ultimately, right now NFL training camps are just turning 497 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:06,959 Speaker 1: into college college training camp. That's exactly what it is. 498 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 1: And I think the coaches that are in contact with 499 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 1: the college coaches or I mean, they would have had 500 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:14,360 Speaker 1: to bend over the summer, and then those that are 501 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 1: most open minded and they're not stuck to a certain 502 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:20,080 Speaker 1: schedule are gonna have the best chance to succeed. And 503 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 1: the one and I've talked about this definitely in my periscopes, 504 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,880 Speaker 1: it kind of feels it sucks right now that there's 505 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:30,159 Speaker 1: not that much buzz for training camp because there's no 506 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:32,880 Speaker 1: practices going on. I mean, we're almost the middle of August. 507 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:35,679 Speaker 1: But it's no one's to blame. I mean, it's just 508 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:37,919 Speaker 1: the cards we were dealt with. I'm glad the season 509 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:41,399 Speaker 1: is just happening, but typically, like I would have already 510 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:46,159 Speaker 1: been to countless training camp practices took Twitter videos and 511 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 1: hyped up videos and things I saw, and it would 512 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:52,399 Speaker 1: have been the case for every single training camp across 513 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:55,560 Speaker 1: the country. Constant videos and Joe Burrow making a pass. 514 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:59,480 Speaker 1: How does TWA look Tom Brady and Tampa is ma 515 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 1: homes even better? You know, as DK Metcalf taking a 516 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,800 Speaker 1: big step? How Justin Jefferson looks with the Vikings? Is 517 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 1: Nick Foles beating out Trabiskie? What's up with Carson Wentz? 518 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 1: How's Cam Newton? None of that's going on? Is Dak 519 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:15,360 Speaker 1: Prescott piste off about his contract? What's the scheme look 520 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:18,199 Speaker 1: like with Mike McCarthy, how do all these new weapons 521 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:21,360 Speaker 1: look for to Shaun Watson? What's it like with uh? 522 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:23,919 Speaker 1: With Hopkins and Kyler Murray? We don't get any of that. 523 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 1: I mean, it sucks. So you know, the buzz and 524 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 1: the hype of training camp is just not gonna really 525 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,400 Speaker 1: be there. And this is coming from someone that talks 526 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:36,640 Speaker 1: about it, but it's just it doesn't exist. We don't know. 527 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 1: Like I saw today Mike McGlinchey for the forty Niners talk, 528 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 1: the media had to ask him like, oh, so, who's 529 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:47,680 Speaker 1: your guys starting lineup? Who's your starting guards, and he's like, well, 530 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:49,920 Speaker 1: this guy and this guy are mixing in. Typically we 531 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,640 Speaker 1: just be at practice and be reporting those two guys 532 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:54,720 Speaker 1: are mixed in. But you have to ask the players, 533 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 1: and you know, some of these operations are gonna let 534 00:26:57,040 --> 00:27:00,800 Speaker 1: their players talk about it. So it's just and we've 535 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:02,960 Speaker 1: known this, but it's finally here. You kind of start 536 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 1: feeling it. It's like this is the most uninformed as 537 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:10,400 Speaker 1: a fan, you know, And that's I'm closer to being 538 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 1: a fan now than I am like a team employee 539 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:15,720 Speaker 1: that we've been in a long, long day maybe ever, 540 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 1: maybe in my lifetime. I've got no clue what's going on. 541 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:20,520 Speaker 1: And I know people to work for these operations, but 542 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:22,159 Speaker 1: they have time to text me back right now. They 543 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:24,159 Speaker 1: too busy trying to cram everything in for the season. 544 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 1: It sucks, but again they gotta look at the bright side. 545 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:29,920 Speaker 1: At least we're here. Football is not that far away. 546 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:32,760 Speaker 1: It'll be like opening a president on Christmas. I'm no 547 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:38,960 Speaker 1: clue what's coming come week one. Okay. You know, I've 548 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:41,720 Speaker 1: always considered myself a sports guy, Like even when I 549 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:45,440 Speaker 1: worked in the NFL, I loved baseball. I love basketball, 550 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 1: and I love golf. The older you get, you know, 551 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:51,639 Speaker 1: and I know many people that are married that I 552 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:55,359 Speaker 1: have kids. You know, I'm dating someone right now. You 553 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:58,120 Speaker 1: just your life changed a little bit and you're not 554 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 1: able to consume. I'm not watching a baseball game every 555 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:03,960 Speaker 1: night now. One you couldn't pay me to watch the 556 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:08,080 Speaker 1: game Kapler led Giants. Uh. But even if the Giants 557 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 1: were the equivalent of the New York Yankees, I would 558 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 1: watch a lot more of them. But I'm not watching 559 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:17,360 Speaker 1: nine innings even sixty games. That's just not humanly possible. 560 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 1: In the NBA, which you know, when if the Warriors 561 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:22,919 Speaker 1: are good, I'll pay attention when they're not, Like I 562 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:26,240 Speaker 1: just I don't really care. And luckily that the numbers 563 00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:28,800 Speaker 1: showing right now. I've struggled to get into the bubble. 564 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:31,720 Speaker 1: And again, I love basketball. It's I always thought it 565 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:34,080 Speaker 1: was like my favorite sport because I always played, probably 566 00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:36,040 Speaker 1: until my late twenties, like I played a lot of 567 00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 1: pickup hoops. How I stayed in shape. Uh. Now I'm 568 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:40,920 Speaker 1: just afraid to pop in achilles. I can't afford to 569 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:44,680 Speaker 1: go on crutches. But I've struggled to get into this NBA. 570 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:47,080 Speaker 1: Now I love golf I play golf. It's the one 571 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:50,080 Speaker 1: sport that I consistently still play. You can argue it's 572 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 1: not really a sport, but it's it's the one activity 573 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:55,720 Speaker 1: that I really like, and luckily at the viewership the 574 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:59,320 Speaker 1: numbers are skyrocketing. It's a fun sport to gamble, play 575 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:03,720 Speaker 1: a lot of fantasy fantasy golf. It's sweet. Obviously football special, 576 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,440 Speaker 1: there's nothing quite like. It is the ultimate team game 577 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 1: for fans. It's the best sport. You don't have to 578 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:11,640 Speaker 1: worry about losing your star players, you know, the free agency. 579 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:14,760 Speaker 1: It's a great sport to bet. Every game matters. Guys 580 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:18,560 Speaker 1: try hard. The people are just pretty relatable, you know, 581 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:20,320 Speaker 1: despite them making a lot of money, like they can 582 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:23,040 Speaker 1: get they can lose their jobs. There aren't many scholarships 583 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:26,040 Speaker 1: in the NFL. Uh. It's a great sport. But the 584 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:28,160 Speaker 1: one thing I appreciate golf is like, you want to 585 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:31,560 Speaker 1: make money, you gotta you gotta play, you gotta make cuts, 586 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 1: like you if you show up and you don't make 587 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:37,360 Speaker 1: the cut, you don't get paid. And like every other 588 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,120 Speaker 1: sport was hit with Corona and all I heard all off, 589 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:42,640 Speaker 1: like how are these guys gonna work out well? Lebron 590 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:45,360 Speaker 1: didn't stop working out, Dame Lotard didn't stop working out. 591 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:47,560 Speaker 1: All the good players didn't stop working out. I follow 592 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:50,880 Speaker 1: Bryce Harper. He kept hitting, like you prioritize what you 593 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:54,760 Speaker 1: want to prioritize, even during this crazy pandemic. And typically 594 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:59,960 Speaker 1: the more disciplined humans can handle chaos better just because 595 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 1: they're more used to just taking care of business on 596 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:05,600 Speaker 1: their own. Discipline is something. As I've gotten older, I've 597 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:09,240 Speaker 1: really battled and I've always been a relatively disciplined individual. 598 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:11,400 Speaker 1: But there are certain things in my life I wasn't 599 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:15,240 Speaker 1: disciplined with. One of them was food, because from definitely 600 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:18,360 Speaker 1: all my twenties and even my early thirties, I don't 601 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:21,240 Speaker 1: I don't love working out. I just always did it 602 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:23,640 Speaker 1: like six or seven days a week because it just 603 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:25,680 Speaker 1: helps with my stress and I love to sweat, and 604 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:28,560 Speaker 1: I just feel better and it helps me just it 605 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:30,800 Speaker 1: helps me feel better. I don't work out to be shredded. 606 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:33,280 Speaker 1: I've never had apps, but I go to the gym 607 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:35,960 Speaker 1: like basically seven days a week before Jim shut down 608 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:39,200 Speaker 1: because it just gets my mind right. But I've learned 609 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:41,040 Speaker 1: as I've gotten older, like I used to be able 610 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:42,640 Speaker 1: to eat whatever I want and go to the gym 611 00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:44,920 Speaker 1: seve and just if I just work out. Now, I 612 00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:47,240 Speaker 1: got fat and I was working out because like God, 613 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:48,880 Speaker 1: I just can't eat whatever I want. Him. I had 614 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:51,920 Speaker 1: to change and it just had to be more disciplined. Well, 615 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:54,360 Speaker 1: the one thing you see out of the coronavirus this 616 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:57,440 Speaker 1: guy Colin Markala who went to cal who was a 617 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:00,360 Speaker 1: hoss business school. Cow's the number one public university in 618 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:03,320 Speaker 1: the world. I mean it's I I couldn't sniff go 619 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:06,400 Speaker 1: in there. My grandpa tak there. They wouldn't even you know, 620 00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:09,680 Speaker 1: they wouldn't even let me apply. Uh, you gotta be 621 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:13,480 Speaker 1: really really smart. And unless you're like a football player 622 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:15,280 Speaker 1: on the Jed Tedford era, then you could get in. 623 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:17,640 Speaker 1: But for them, I mean Aaron Rodgers smart. But you 624 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:20,040 Speaker 1: get my drift, Like it's it's really hard school to 625 00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:21,920 Speaker 1: go do and even for athletes like you do have 626 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:24,840 Speaker 1: to go to class. This isn't the SEC. And again 627 00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:27,000 Speaker 1: I'm pro the SEC. I I went to cal Poly, 628 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:28,800 Speaker 1: I didn't really go to class either, so I'm pro 629 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:30,360 Speaker 1: not going to class. So I don't think I'm some 630 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:32,720 Speaker 1: like intellectual elitist. I don't give a shit about school. 631 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:35,080 Speaker 1: But I do respect that school. It's very, very difficult. 632 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:38,920 Speaker 1: Colin Marcowa just won the PGA Championship. He also won 633 00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:42,479 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago. This dude, who is twenty 634 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:45,240 Speaker 1: three years old, came out of the coronavirus ready to go. Now. 635 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:48,040 Speaker 1: He's an elite. He was an elite player in college. 636 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,920 Speaker 1: He won several times All American. Like this guy was 637 00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:52,760 Speaker 1: a blue Chipper. This would be the equivalent of to 638 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:55,720 Speaker 1: this guy is pretty focused, Like he didn't just when 639 00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:58,920 Speaker 1: coronavirus hit and the PGA tour stopped, didn't just screw around. 640 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:00,960 Speaker 1: It's pretty clear if you just pay attention to like 641 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,600 Speaker 1: baseball and basketball, Like you know what Aaron Judge wasn't 642 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:07,120 Speaker 1: doing all day over Corona when they weren't playing watching 643 00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:10,320 Speaker 1: Netflix all day and just chilling. I guarantee you he 644 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:12,560 Speaker 1: was working out, because every time I look up now 645 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:15,280 Speaker 1: he's killing people. Every time I look up, there's Mike 646 00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:17,320 Speaker 1: Trout hitting a bomb. You know what Mike Trott was 647 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:20,400 Speaker 1: doing over coronavirus probably not Netflix and chilling all day. 648 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:23,880 Speaker 1: You know what Colin Markowe was doing hitting balls? You 649 00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:25,760 Speaker 1: know what I would imagine And I was thinking about 650 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:29,160 Speaker 1: this today three guys that I actually it's gonna be 651 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:32,040 Speaker 1: very difficult for young quarterbacks this year. No O t 652 00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:35,240 Speaker 1: A s and the training camp being very weird. But 653 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:37,520 Speaker 1: I think the three young quarterbacks that were drafted in 654 00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:40,560 Speaker 1: the top six are actually really really equipped for this 655 00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:44,320 Speaker 1: season because, like Colin Marcawa of golf, they're pretty high 656 00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:47,640 Speaker 1: level guys. Right, Let's start with Herbert, the last guy drafted. 657 00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:53,280 Speaker 1: He when Mariota got drafted, he took over and he 658 00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:56,719 Speaker 1: was a four year starter and he's obviously had, you know, 659 00:32:57,120 --> 00:33:00,040 Speaker 1: a very very successful career as a starter for it, 660 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:02,960 Speaker 1: and he's just a really high level guy. Everyone that 661 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:05,600 Speaker 1: I know that was around him, with the program, media 662 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:08,600 Speaker 1: people that are around him, I mean, he's just really 663 00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:12,520 Speaker 1: really an impressive individual. Now, he has some flaws mechanically 664 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:14,840 Speaker 1: and he can be a little robotic, and some football 665 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:17,160 Speaker 1: things that need to be worked on, but I guarantee 666 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:18,760 Speaker 1: you this, when he showed up to the l A 667 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:21,640 Speaker 1: Chargers training camp for the first time, he was as 668 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:24,360 Speaker 1: ready as humanly possible he could be as a rookie. 669 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:27,160 Speaker 1: And there are gonna be several rookies all around the 670 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:29,640 Speaker 1: country that are just gonna be out of shape, just 671 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:31,360 Speaker 1: just because they're gonna be a lack of discipline that 672 00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:33,200 Speaker 1: those guys are gonna have in three or four years. 673 00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:37,880 Speaker 1: Most humans are not supermature. It's it's stupid actually what 674 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:41,520 Speaker 1: Colin Marcawa is doing Gulf wise, especially given that they 675 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:44,840 Speaker 1: had a they halted the season for like three months 676 00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:48,000 Speaker 1: and he's come back and he missed a put like 677 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:51,000 Speaker 1: two months ago where he ended up losing an extra holes. 678 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:53,120 Speaker 1: He could have won three times so far the restart. 679 00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:55,160 Speaker 1: The guy's twenty three year old. He's basically a rookie. 680 00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:58,200 Speaker 1: So when I see that, to uh, now, there's a 681 00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:00,520 Speaker 1: question mark with his health. But here's I know about 682 00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:05,160 Speaker 1: to Nick Saban swears by him. The the staff at 683 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:08,760 Speaker 1: at Alabama swears by him as a person, as a leader, 684 00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:12,400 Speaker 1: as a worker. Like the same thing with Joe Burrow. 685 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:15,560 Speaker 1: Think about that. He couldn't win the job at at 686 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:18,680 Speaker 1: Ohio State. His dad was a football coach. Remember he 687 00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:21,960 Speaker 1: got injured. Dwayne Haskins just beat him out. Transferred to 688 00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:25,200 Speaker 1: l s U, then graduated, didn't have a great junior season, 689 00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:28,120 Speaker 1: came back for a senior season, clearly put in the 690 00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:30,719 Speaker 1: work and was dedicated and changed his life. Was the 691 00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:32,719 Speaker 1: number one overall, pick had one of the greatest, you 692 00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:36,759 Speaker 1: could argue the greatest individual season we've ever seen. And 693 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:39,120 Speaker 1: I don't know as much about Joe Burrow. I don't 694 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:40,640 Speaker 1: know anyone l s U. You just following him, and 695 00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:42,239 Speaker 1: he could be a little cocky or whatever, but he's 696 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:45,200 Speaker 1: clearly a pretty locked and loaded guy. Did all three 697 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:46,920 Speaker 1: of these guys in a time where they haven't been 698 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:49,399 Speaker 1: around a team for basically the last six months. They've 699 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:52,440 Speaker 1: done some virtual meetings, yet they're all three tasks to 700 00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:53,960 Speaker 1: be the leader of the team. Now we'll see what 701 00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:56,279 Speaker 1: two in his health, though it sure feels like some 702 00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:57,959 Speaker 1: of the things I'm reading out of Miami, he'll probably 703 00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:01,480 Speaker 1: be the starting quarterback that and I don't know if 704 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:04,120 Speaker 1: it's necessarily going to translate to looking like Colin Markle 705 00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:07,480 Speaker 1: was winning. And it's different with individual sports. As a quarterback, 706 00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:11,560 Speaker 1: you're more dependent on others. But I think all three 707 00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:14,120 Speaker 1: of these guys have a chance. Right. Why did Baker 708 00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:17,080 Speaker 1: Mayfield suck last year? Well, he's immature. Uh, he was 709 00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:19,799 Speaker 1: out of shape, you know, things that were in his 710 00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:23,520 Speaker 1: control he screwed up on. Now, Freddy Kitchens being terrible 711 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:26,319 Speaker 1: isn't his fault, though, he pushed for Freddy Kitchens. You 712 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:28,239 Speaker 1: should never listen to your rookie quarterback who he wants 713 00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:31,000 Speaker 1: to be a coach. But like the things that he 714 00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:34,239 Speaker 1: could have controlled, he didn't. You know, like part of 715 00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:36,759 Speaker 1: Trabinsky sucking. If you talk to people in Chicago, he 716 00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:39,800 Speaker 1: works hard, he tries hard, he wants He's just not accurate. 717 00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:43,239 Speaker 1: He's not very good. You know. Baker actually was kind 718 00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:45,279 Speaker 1: of good his rookie year and then just kind of 719 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:48,399 Speaker 1: start feeling himself and then sucked. Like, I don't think 720 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:49,960 Speaker 1: you have to worry about with these three guys like 721 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:52,760 Speaker 1: coming and feeling themselves. They'll come in locked and loaded. 722 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:55,520 Speaker 1: Now the Bengals, you know, in the Dolphins, those teams 723 00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:58,040 Speaker 1: might just be really bad and their team and their 724 00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:00,799 Speaker 1: stats might look really bad. But the more I thought about, 725 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:04,400 Speaker 1: I wonder if these guys, at least two of the 726 00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:06,480 Speaker 1: three of them might shock you with just god they 727 00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:08,879 Speaker 1: you know, they were ready to roll. That they're gonna 728 00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:13,719 Speaker 1: be mature rookies. I promise you that. Okay, let's dive 729 00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:18,840 Speaker 1: into the Middlecoff mail bag at John Middlecoff is the 730 00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:22,440 Speaker 1: the Instagram handle. The direct messages are open. Leave a 731 00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:24,480 Speaker 1: question that's how we do it here on the podcast. 732 00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:28,239 Speaker 1: Also remind you again subscribe to the podcast if you 733 00:36:28,239 --> 00:36:30,879 Speaker 1: listen through Collins Feed three and out iTunes and leave 734 00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:36,360 Speaker 1: a review. Would greatly appreciate its check out these direct messages. 735 00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:40,760 Speaker 1: With all the concerns in COVID, what are the odds 736 00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:44,960 Speaker 1: that some dude pull pulls a Vince Papali this NFL season? 737 00:36:45,719 --> 00:36:49,480 Speaker 1: For those of the younger people listening, Vince Papali was 738 00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:52,320 Speaker 1: the dude that Marky Mark plays in the movie Remember 739 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:55,399 Speaker 1: Dick for Meal coach the Eagles held like open tryouts 740 00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:59,440 Speaker 1: makes the team? Uh, movies good? Is it Invincible? Or 741 00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:01,680 Speaker 1: is that a different movie? What you just google it? 742 00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:06,120 Speaker 1: It's it's it's market markets. It's a good watch. I 743 00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:08,600 Speaker 1: would say kind of slim the nune just that a 744 00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:11,000 Speaker 1: random guy would make the team just because they were 745 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:14,200 Speaker 1: gonna be so many undrafted free agents and guys that 746 00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:16,600 Speaker 1: have been drafted the last couple of years just kind 747 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:19,160 Speaker 1: of floating around due to that played in the XFL. 748 00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:23,200 Speaker 1: Maybe an XFL guy makes some noise. I could see 749 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:27,680 Speaker 1: the XFL equivalent of Vince ma Pali, Like some XFL 750 00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:30,520 Speaker 1: guy leads a team with catches or you know, it's 751 00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:33,600 Speaker 1: a starting defensive lineman for a good team, or you know, 752 00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:36,440 Speaker 1: you find your left tackle, maybe not left tackle, but 753 00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:39,719 Speaker 1: left guard. You know from the XFL something I could 754 00:37:39,719 --> 00:37:42,360 Speaker 1: see the XFL equivalent of vince M Palley. Do I 755 00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:44,359 Speaker 1: think that just a random guy is going to make 756 00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:48,839 Speaker 1: the team. Probably not. I don't know why it's taken 757 00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:51,120 Speaker 1: so long as it has, but you've gained a new listener. 758 00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:55,080 Speaker 1: Appreciate it from Liam. Uh really enjoyed that. Now answer 759 00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:57,520 Speaker 1: me this. I've been trying. I've been crying in front 760 00:37:57,560 --> 00:37:59,320 Speaker 1: of the TV since I was six years old. With 761 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:02,080 Speaker 1: the exception of ten games in two twelve with RG three, 762 00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:05,080 Speaker 1: I didn't think it could get much worse until arguably 763 00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:08,640 Speaker 1: the most embarrassing NFL offseason of all time. I've always 764 00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:11,040 Speaker 1: known it's been a culture issue, and I love Rivera 765 00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:13,560 Speaker 1: del Rio for being the guys there to fix it, 766 00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:16,840 Speaker 1: but I'm not sure about them as coaches, to be honest, 767 00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:20,640 Speaker 1: Is this the staff that could finally turn my dead 768 00:38:20,680 --> 00:38:23,480 Speaker 1: skins around? And if not? As someone who's been behind 769 00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:25,759 Speaker 1: closed doors in the NFL, what is the issue there? 770 00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:30,080 Speaker 1: I think it's pretty clear that the owner's nuts. I 771 00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:34,239 Speaker 1: know this. When Ron what Ron did with Carolina like 772 00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:35,799 Speaker 1: they were a joke. When he took over, they had 773 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:37,960 Speaker 1: the number one pick. They made the playoffs four of 774 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:42,480 Speaker 1: the last nine years. I saw what Jack did when 775 00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:45,160 Speaker 1: he came to Oakland and he made the playoffs in 776 00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:47,800 Speaker 1: the year two. He won seven games with the Raiders, 777 00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:50,640 Speaker 1: who had been a joke for fifteen years. And when 778 00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:53,560 Speaker 1: he was a defensive coordinator, he was pretty damn good 779 00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:56,520 Speaker 1: in Denver for John Fox, Like they won a lot 780 00:38:56,560 --> 00:39:00,400 Speaker 1: of games. And I think those two guys, when Jackson 781 00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:04,080 Speaker 1: is a big culture guy and clearly Ron is too, 782 00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:07,600 Speaker 1: I think those guys bring a tough guy element that 783 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:10,719 Speaker 1: when you need to change the culture, it's it's imperative. 784 00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:13,239 Speaker 1: You can't do it without just kind of being an 785 00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:16,479 Speaker 1: old school badass. And I know being old school isn't 786 00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:19,080 Speaker 1: cool on social media anymore, but to me, it still 787 00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:22,080 Speaker 1: resonates like it's it still works in real life, especially 788 00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:24,239 Speaker 1: in the sport of football. Now you have to be 789 00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:28,480 Speaker 1: progressive with your schemes. But I think, like I saw 790 00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:31,000 Speaker 1: what Jack did with clear Mack, it worked. Like I 791 00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:33,560 Speaker 1: saw what Ron did with Luke Kikley and those guys, 792 00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:37,440 Speaker 1: it worked. You know. Now the key is neither one 793 00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:41,480 Speaker 1: of those guys, our offensive guys. It will be very 794 00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:45,840 Speaker 1: very to have success. For Ron, it's on his quarterback 795 00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:48,719 Speaker 1: and his offensive coordinator, but specifically his quarterback. If he 796 00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:52,080 Speaker 1: can get a top ten quarterback, they'll win. Like I'm very, 797 00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:54,640 Speaker 1: very confident on that they'll win. All you gotta do 798 00:39:54,680 --> 00:40:00,720 Speaker 1: is watch Carolina Uh the year that Amazon on Prime 799 00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:04,080 Speaker 1: did the equivalent of Hard Knocks for them, and you 800 00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:06,440 Speaker 1: can't watch that and go, yeah, this guy is a badass. 801 00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:10,319 Speaker 1: Ron Rivera is a badass, you know, he just and 802 00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:13,800 Speaker 1: he's a nice guy, high character guy. I just it's 803 00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:17,040 Speaker 1: it's not easy to overcome Dan Snyder as much as 804 00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:20,360 Speaker 1: clear we have enough evidence. But I think those guys 805 00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:22,799 Speaker 1: and just kind of that the mindset they have going in, 806 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:25,239 Speaker 1: they're they're equipped to do it. Now. At the end 807 00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:27,560 Speaker 1: of the day, the football is about the Jimmy's and 808 00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:29,960 Speaker 1: the Joe's and the excess and knows. Like in the NBA, 809 00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:31,960 Speaker 1: it's about the Jimmy's and the Joe's. The excess and 810 00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:34,600 Speaker 1: knows do not matter. You got Lebron, you got stuff. 811 00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:36,680 Speaker 1: You got Kevin Durant. You ain't winning if you've got 812 00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:38,919 Speaker 1: Kauai because if you don't, you're not winning. I don't 813 00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:41,640 Speaker 1: give a ship. What inbounds plays you run? You better 814 00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:44,520 Speaker 1: have multiple stars or don't even talk to me about 815 00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:47,920 Speaker 1: your team have been a chance. Right in baseball it's 816 00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:49,759 Speaker 1: pretty clear too. You gotta be able to pitch, and 817 00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:52,440 Speaker 1: you gotta have studs in the playoffs. Like in football, 818 00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:54,400 Speaker 1: you gotta have stars and you gotta have the scheme, 819 00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:59,320 Speaker 1: but you gotta have the quarterback. And whether Dwayne Haskins 820 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:01,840 Speaker 1: is the guy, I don't know. You know, I watched 821 00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:05,399 Speaker 1: him that year you at Ohio State, and he was good, 822 00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:07,759 Speaker 1: but their team was so loaded. I mean, last year 823 00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:09,560 Speaker 1: was a joke. But their whole team was a joke. 824 00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:11,680 Speaker 1: If you ask me, like, what do you think of 825 00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:14,400 Speaker 1: Dwayne Haskins at the August ten, I'd just be like, 826 00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:17,080 Speaker 1: you know, I don't really have an opinion. I I don't. 827 00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:19,920 Speaker 1: I don't know. I'll just I'll give him a blank slate. 828 00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:22,040 Speaker 1: I just I'll watching this year and form one because 829 00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:24,480 Speaker 1: right now I don't have one. He could be good. 830 00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:27,439 Speaker 1: I mean, it's not like you don't. You don't beat 831 00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:29,359 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow out and become the starter of the House 832 00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:32,520 Speaker 1: state without having legit talent so like he's got a chance, 833 00:41:32,719 --> 00:41:34,640 Speaker 1: you know, like I I don't. I'm not writing the 834 00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:37,560 Speaker 1: guy off. I would probably lean being a little negative, 835 00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:39,520 Speaker 1: but I'll just I'll go into this year open slate. 836 00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:42,680 Speaker 1: I was watch him. I wasn't impressed last year when 837 00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:44,879 Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson remember when he became the starter in Adrian 838 00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:47,040 Speaker 1: Peterson was like on Wednesday, was like you had to 839 00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:49,080 Speaker 1: tell him after the game, like, bro, you gotta learn 840 00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:52,280 Speaker 1: the place. Like that was mid season. That's that's not ideal. 841 00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:55,719 Speaker 1: Now he's young. Not everyone is matures at the same rate. 842 00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:59,920 Speaker 1: Not everyone's Peyton Manning, you know, maturity wise. So let's 843 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:02,640 Speaker 1: and I'm a church slow. I wasn't locked and loaded 844 00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:06,200 Speaker 1: at twenty two years old either. Which super Bowl team 845 00:42:06,239 --> 00:42:08,680 Speaker 1: is more likely to have a slump? And why, I 846 00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:11,399 Speaker 1: know you're a forty Niners fan, but I know you're 847 00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:15,880 Speaker 1: also objective. Which Super Bowl teams? Are you counting? The Chiefs? 848 00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:18,239 Speaker 1: You know, I think the Chiefs are gonna be a 849 00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:20,520 Speaker 1: I mean, the Chiefs are gonna be really good. They 850 00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:24,200 Speaker 1: returned twenty of twenty two starters, and they got Patrick 851 00:42:24,239 --> 00:42:27,040 Speaker 1: Mahomes and Andy Reid, Like they're a lock to win 852 00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:29,239 Speaker 1: the division. Like I don't see how they don't now, 853 00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:31,440 Speaker 1: I guess the Corona if Mahomes were to get on 854 00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:33,680 Speaker 1: the COVID list or something like that. Obviously there are 855 00:42:33,719 --> 00:42:37,399 Speaker 1: curveballs this year unlike normal years, but the Chiefs are 856 00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:42,360 Speaker 1: the heavy favorite to win the the West. For the Niners, 857 00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:45,480 Speaker 1: like their division is good Seattle as Jamal Adams, they 858 00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:47,920 Speaker 1: have the best quarterback in the division, they have a coach, 859 00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:51,880 Speaker 1: and the coordinators that have have have now consistency, right 860 00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:54,080 Speaker 1: Ken Norton has been there a couple of years. You 861 00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:58,120 Speaker 1: have what's Schottenheimer and Russell Wilson say what you want 862 00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:01,200 Speaker 1: like it worked last year, and Russell's just Houdini. Then 863 00:43:01,239 --> 00:43:04,440 Speaker 1: they add Jamal Adams. Uh, the Cardinals, who I am 864 00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:07,040 Speaker 1: not buying indo necessarily, but they're tough. If they're the 865 00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:09,239 Speaker 1: worst team in your division, they're tough. And the Rams 866 00:43:09,239 --> 00:43:11,759 Speaker 1: still have a lot of good players. But I also 867 00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:15,080 Speaker 1: just like the Niners out of Trent Williams. Now, to me, 868 00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:17,120 Speaker 1: if like Jimmy Garoppolo were to take a big step 869 00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:19,000 Speaker 1: back and their defense wasn't gonna be as good like 870 00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:22,359 Speaker 1: they could have, I guess quote unquota slump. I think 871 00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:24,719 Speaker 1: the Chiefs are I think they won eleven games last year. 872 00:43:25,719 --> 00:43:27,719 Speaker 1: If this was a non Corona year, I'd be like, 873 00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:32,080 Speaker 1: they're gonna win fifteen. Remember the year after the Packers 874 00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:34,480 Speaker 1: won the Super Bowl, they ended up losing the playoffs 875 00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:36,479 Speaker 1: next year of the Giants, but they went fifteen and one. 876 00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:39,520 Speaker 1: Like I know, Colin picked the Ravens to go sixt 877 00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:41,400 Speaker 1: you know I would pick the Chiefs to go sixteen. 878 00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:43,960 Speaker 1: You know, I think the forty Niners are gonna be 879 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:45,839 Speaker 1: really good, just because I think Kyle's elite. I think 880 00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:47,759 Speaker 1: they still have a ton of good players. But you know, 881 00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:50,480 Speaker 1: they probably win like ten games, so if you know, 882 00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:53,440 Speaker 1: probably you might not win the division though, I mean 883 00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:55,320 Speaker 1: I would probably bet on them to win the division. 884 00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:56,839 Speaker 1: But if one of the two teams was to take 885 00:43:56,880 --> 00:43:59,160 Speaker 1: a step back, like it would be the Niners. Just 886 00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:01,200 Speaker 1: they got more questions as answer at the end of 887 00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:03,560 Speaker 1: the day that Chiefs have my homes Hey, John Big 888 00:44:03,560 --> 00:44:06,760 Speaker 1: fan of the pod promo code hamp Love Long questions 889 00:44:06,840 --> 00:44:09,960 Speaker 1: or possible features Predictions for the year division standing standout 890 00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:12,120 Speaker 1: performers of each team, Rookies to look out for last 891 00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:15,399 Speaker 1: Chance of Saloon. For example, Raiders Josh Jacob Rugs, Derek 892 00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:18,480 Speaker 1: Carr keep up the good workpiece. Last year, I did 893 00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:22,439 Speaker 1: a big preview of all the divisions. I guess maybe 894 00:44:22,440 --> 00:44:26,680 Speaker 1: it's just because it's Corona. I haven't really attacked it yet. 895 00:44:26,719 --> 00:44:29,399 Speaker 1: Maybe I'll do that the next couple of weeks. We'll 896 00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:33,120 Speaker 1: do some division previews. Maybe we'll do conference previews. It's 897 00:44:33,120 --> 00:44:35,560 Speaker 1: just I'll be honest, it just feels a little different 898 00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:38,759 Speaker 1: right now, you know. And I love football as much 899 00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:41,799 Speaker 1: as everyone, right but it doesn't like it's hard for 900 00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:43,239 Speaker 1: me to get in the swing of it, even though 901 00:44:43,239 --> 00:44:47,319 Speaker 1: it's here. Practices aren't happening. But we'll we'll dive into 902 00:44:47,360 --> 00:44:50,719 Speaker 1: some definitely some divisions, some conferences, you know, do some predictions. 903 00:44:51,239 --> 00:44:55,400 Speaker 1: I did that the breakdown last year. Uh, we'll do 904 00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:57,360 Speaker 1: something like that over the next couple of weeks. Some rookies. 905 00:44:58,239 --> 00:45:01,120 Speaker 1: We'll definitely talk about that. You know, it's a big 906 00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:03,479 Speaker 1: year for the Raiders. I mean, Derek has to play better, 907 00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:05,600 Speaker 1: you know. I saw Derek say that he's tired of 908 00:45:05,600 --> 00:45:08,279 Speaker 1: being disrespect Like Derek, He's gotta play better, bro. You 909 00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:11,080 Speaker 1: just you gotta play better. You got Jacobs, you got Rugs, 910 00:45:11,120 --> 00:45:13,000 Speaker 1: you drafted some other wide receivers, you got a good 911 00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:15,680 Speaker 1: offensive line. Now you got Darren Waller, who was a 912 00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:19,960 Speaker 1: pro bowler. Like times now, as we all know, where 913 00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:21,759 Speaker 1: a player gets drafted has a lot to do with 914 00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:25,879 Speaker 1: the length and success of their NFL career as fans see. 915 00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:27,319 Speaker 1: I don't know if it necessarily has to do with 916 00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:29,600 Speaker 1: the success of their career, but it does impact their 917 00:45:29,640 --> 00:45:32,040 Speaker 1: career as fans. I feel like we have a decently 918 00:45:32,040 --> 00:45:34,759 Speaker 1: good sense of good versus average first bad players, but 919 00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:37,120 Speaker 1: we are highly influenced by the media to think this 920 00:45:37,160 --> 00:45:40,640 Speaker 1: way and oftentimes as a former NFL scout, can you 921 00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:43,320 Speaker 1: give two examples of current players that are general media 922 00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:46,480 Speaker 1: views as average to below average that would pop if 923 00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:51,080 Speaker 1: they were in the right situation. Okay, well, I think 924 00:45:51,440 --> 00:45:53,759 Speaker 1: Cousins is an example of that. You know. I think 925 00:45:53,840 --> 00:45:57,440 Speaker 1: Cousins got pretty and fairly kind of criticized and shipped 926 00:45:57,440 --> 00:46:02,120 Speaker 1: on in in Washington. He's been pretty damn good in Minnesota. Now, 927 00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:04,439 Speaker 1: he's not my cup of tea, but he's a He's 928 00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:08,719 Speaker 1: a playoff quarterback on a good team. Uh. I think 929 00:46:08,760 --> 00:46:10,799 Speaker 1: Carson Wentz kind of gets put through the ringer. I 930 00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:13,240 Speaker 1: think if you ask majority of people in the NFL, 931 00:46:13,320 --> 00:46:16,239 Speaker 1: they would take Carson Wentz without blinking an eye. He's 932 00:46:16,239 --> 00:46:18,920 Speaker 1: an elite talent. I also think Dac is one of 933 00:46:18,920 --> 00:46:21,360 Speaker 1: those polarizing people by the media. I think he's highly 934 00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:24,879 Speaker 1: respected in the NFL. Uh, But I mean, I think 935 00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:27,319 Speaker 1: there's a lot of times, like Mitch Robiski gets shipped on. 936 00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:29,799 Speaker 1: I think people in the NFL think he stinks. You know. 937 00:46:29,880 --> 00:46:32,719 Speaker 1: I think it's I think for a long time, like 938 00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:35,560 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson was that way. I think most people, I 939 00:46:35,560 --> 00:46:37,680 Speaker 1: think we're all on the same page. We agree he's 940 00:46:37,680 --> 00:46:40,000 Speaker 1: really good. I think where you see it and I 941 00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:43,040 Speaker 1: saw Albert Brier tweeting about it this weekend. Is a 942 00:46:43,040 --> 00:46:47,320 Speaker 1: lot of times with players coming out on social media 943 00:46:47,440 --> 00:46:49,799 Speaker 1: becomes very polarizing when you call the guy like, yeah, 944 00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:51,759 Speaker 1: this guy is not a good guy. This guy's a 945 00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:55,480 Speaker 1: bad guy. And I'm privy to information just because I 946 00:46:55,520 --> 00:46:57,799 Speaker 1: know people that go into these schools, and I'll be 947 00:46:57,800 --> 00:46:59,640 Speaker 1: talking about a player and I'll get a text from 948 00:46:59,640 --> 00:47:02,080 Speaker 1: a friend like if you know during the draft period 949 00:47:02,560 --> 00:47:05,120 Speaker 1: and he's like, Bro, you're way too low on that guy, 950 00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:07,879 Speaker 1: or you're way too you're way too bullish on that guy. 951 00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:12,759 Speaker 1: He's a bad guy. After I don't I'm not gonna 952 00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:14,279 Speaker 1: just throw this guy under the bus. But this guy 953 00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:18,000 Speaker 1: got drafted, And I tweeted, like this guy's steel and 954 00:47:18,080 --> 00:47:20,759 Speaker 1: I immediately get a text from a college director going, 955 00:47:21,160 --> 00:47:24,479 Speaker 1: he's a turd, he's a bad guy, and he's already 956 00:47:24,520 --> 00:47:28,319 Speaker 1: been in trouble this offseason. So you just and you 957 00:47:28,360 --> 00:47:30,280 Speaker 1: see it with Darius guys And I read a headline 958 00:47:30,320 --> 00:47:32,320 Speaker 1: today like he admitted to the cops that he strangled 959 00:47:32,400 --> 00:47:35,040 Speaker 1: until she went unconscious. Like he was a legit character 960 00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:38,200 Speaker 1: concerned coming out, like he was a bad guy, And 961 00:47:38,239 --> 00:47:41,919 Speaker 1: I was like, had legit red flags. But I also think, 962 00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:45,800 Speaker 1: like you can't sometimes like Honey Badger was off most 963 00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:48,239 Speaker 1: of the boards. Look at Honey Badger. He's been a 964 00:47:48,239 --> 00:47:52,560 Speaker 1: team captain on three different three playoff teams. He was 965 00:47:52,600 --> 00:47:55,120 Speaker 1: a major reason that the Chiefs won the Super Bowl, 966 00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:58,120 Speaker 1: and he was viewed as a bad guy coming out. 967 00:47:58,200 --> 00:48:03,640 Speaker 1: So people do change, But you know sometimes like Jalen 968 00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:07,360 Speaker 1: Ramsey for example, Jalen Ramsey has never been in trouble 969 00:48:07,400 --> 00:48:09,040 Speaker 1: with the law, but is he a big pain in 970 00:48:09,080 --> 00:48:12,040 Speaker 1: the ass? And like, depending on who you ask in 971 00:48:12,040 --> 00:48:14,200 Speaker 1: the NFL, would they want him to be the best 972 00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:18,400 Speaker 1: player on their team? I think you would get fearing answers. 973 00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:21,640 Speaker 1: Not everyone would be on the same page there. Some 974 00:48:21,680 --> 00:48:23,440 Speaker 1: people would want him, some people would go, I'm not 975 00:48:23,480 --> 00:48:26,000 Speaker 1: touching them, given what you have to pay him, right 976 00:48:26,040 --> 00:48:28,880 Speaker 1: and given what they gave up when you trade. For 977 00:48:28,920 --> 00:48:32,040 Speaker 1: example of Khalil Mack, like Khalil Max, no issues, no problems, 978 00:48:33,440 --> 00:48:35,279 Speaker 1: so you get them now. I don't. I don't even 979 00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:37,720 Speaker 1: think Khalil played that well last year relative to his standards. 980 00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:41,040 Speaker 1: I know he's a little banged up, But like character, 981 00:48:41,120 --> 00:48:44,960 Speaker 1: stuff factors in big time, and that's why certain coaches 982 00:48:45,040 --> 00:48:47,880 Speaker 1: like really value it. You know, I see what Kyle shanahany, 983 00:48:47,920 --> 00:48:51,080 Speaker 1: he's really valuing it. You know, Belichick over the years 984 00:48:51,200 --> 00:48:54,720 Speaker 1: has really valued it. Uh. You know, I think Andy 985 00:48:54,840 --> 00:48:57,240 Speaker 1: and Sean Payton, you know, I think they'll they're open 986 00:48:57,320 --> 00:49:00,480 Speaker 1: minded to stuff. Now, if you screw up upon their watch, 987 00:49:00,520 --> 00:49:03,239 Speaker 1: they'll get ready you quick. But I think they're just 988 00:49:03,280 --> 00:49:05,759 Speaker 1: maybe more open mind to stuff and maybe their personalities. 989 00:49:05,800 --> 00:49:08,520 Speaker 1: And someone asked me last week, they're just they're real 990 00:49:08,560 --> 00:49:11,360 Speaker 1: more comfortable with it. I think Kyle and his situation 991 00:49:11,440 --> 00:49:13,080 Speaker 1: was like saw it in Washington. They got burned a 992 00:49:13,080 --> 00:49:16,880 Speaker 1: couple of times by high talent bad guys. Remember Haynesworth. 993 00:49:16,880 --> 00:49:20,160 Speaker 1: Remember when Shanahan showed up in Haynesworth like refused to 994 00:49:20,280 --> 00:49:23,520 Speaker 1: run the the wind sprints and he like laid there. 995 00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:25,800 Speaker 1: I mean, and he was a high spaid guy on 996 00:49:25,840 --> 00:49:28,600 Speaker 1: the team. You know, the stuff is complicated because you're 997 00:49:28,600 --> 00:49:32,240 Speaker 1: paying individuals a lot of money, especially good players, and 998 00:49:32,800 --> 00:49:38,399 Speaker 1: you just the media. You know a lot of people 999 00:49:38,400 --> 00:49:43,680 Speaker 1: in the media, especially nowadays with just so many different outlets, 1000 00:49:43,680 --> 00:49:46,840 Speaker 1: so many different podcasts. If you don't know people that 1001 00:49:46,960 --> 00:49:50,319 Speaker 1: work for the team or talk to players about other 1002 00:49:50,320 --> 00:49:53,000 Speaker 1: guys on their team, you don't really know what's going on. 1003 00:49:53,320 --> 00:49:56,360 Speaker 1: It's all based on perception. It's like most things that 1004 00:49:56,440 --> 00:50:00,640 Speaker 1: I talked about are educated conversations based on things that 1005 00:50:00,680 --> 00:50:03,239 Speaker 1: I've heard. You know, if some players follow me, I'll 1006 00:50:03,239 --> 00:50:05,120 Speaker 1: shoot them at d M. I can shoot friends that 1007 00:50:05,160 --> 00:50:07,880 Speaker 1: work in the league questions. Now, I have my own 1008 00:50:07,880 --> 00:50:11,000 Speaker 1: opinions on stuff, but I'm not just gonna shoot on 1009 00:50:11,040 --> 00:50:14,040 Speaker 1: a player beside his ability on the field that I 1010 00:50:14,080 --> 00:50:16,520 Speaker 1: can easily figure out on my own. But I'm not 1011 00:50:16,520 --> 00:50:18,600 Speaker 1: gonna call the guy bad guy or a character issue 1012 00:50:18,680 --> 00:50:20,880 Speaker 1: unless I hear it from someone around them, Like I 1013 00:50:20,920 --> 00:50:23,360 Speaker 1: have no problem. Like when I went in on Baker 1014 00:50:23,360 --> 00:50:25,960 Speaker 1: Mayfield over the last year. Immaturity stuff the way Now 1015 00:50:25,960 --> 00:50:27,759 Speaker 1: we saw that kind of from the outside, the way 1016 00:50:27,760 --> 00:50:29,880 Speaker 1: you acted with the media, but you just heard stories 1017 00:50:29,920 --> 00:50:33,160 Speaker 1: behind the scenes. It was it was embarrassing. And I 1018 00:50:33,239 --> 00:50:34,960 Speaker 1: you know, we hold these guys do a high standard 1019 00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:38,000 Speaker 1: because there's a lot especially when you're quarterback a lot. 1020 00:50:38,280 --> 00:50:39,759 Speaker 1: You get paid a lot of money, You get all 1021 00:50:39,800 --> 00:50:41,600 Speaker 1: the praise, but you get all the blame for a reason. 1022 00:50:42,400 --> 00:50:44,320 Speaker 1: You know, you control a lot of it, say with 1023 00:50:44,360 --> 00:50:47,600 Speaker 1: a head coach, and I you know, sometimes it's it's 1024 00:50:47,600 --> 00:50:49,319 Speaker 1: easy to tell the media members that know what they're 1025 00:50:49,320 --> 00:50:52,279 Speaker 1: talking about. It's like the dude on the Giants that 1026 00:50:52,400 --> 00:50:55,839 Speaker 1: got when he got arrested, and you've seen the way 1027 00:50:55,880 --> 00:50:59,480 Speaker 1: the situation played out. Baker from the Giants is being 1028 00:50:59,560 --> 00:51:02,839 Speaker 1: charged like it's it seems like he did something, and 1029 00:51:03,040 --> 00:51:06,000 Speaker 1: Dunbar from Seattle is pulled off the exemption list and 1030 00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:07,920 Speaker 1: it's not being charge of anything. So it's kind of 1031 00:51:07,920 --> 00:51:10,239 Speaker 1: clear that one guy was probably much more responsible than 1032 00:51:10,280 --> 00:51:13,520 Speaker 1: the other guy. Well, when that situation happened, I tweeted 1033 00:51:13,560 --> 00:51:17,080 Speaker 1: something and immediately the guy that covers the Giants hits 1034 00:51:17,120 --> 00:51:20,400 Speaker 1: me up, and it's like bad guy all the guys 1035 00:51:20,440 --> 00:51:23,640 Speaker 1: on the team do not like him. They just is 1036 00:51:23,680 --> 00:51:26,359 Speaker 1: he's not a good guy, and he had huge red 1037 00:51:26,400 --> 00:51:30,000 Speaker 1: flags coming out major whiff by David Gettlman disaster pick. 1038 00:51:30,040 --> 00:51:31,640 Speaker 1: I mean, they traded up in the first round to 1039 00:51:31,640 --> 00:51:35,160 Speaker 1: get him. It's like the forty Niners when they traded 1040 00:51:35,239 --> 00:51:37,480 Speaker 1: up in the first round to get Ruben Foster. I 1041 00:51:37,520 --> 00:51:40,279 Speaker 1: loved Reuben Foster on the field, but my friends that 1042 00:51:40,320 --> 00:51:43,080 Speaker 1: went into Alabama were like, listen, he's not like a 1043 00:51:43,120 --> 00:51:46,799 Speaker 1: malicious person, but you cannot trust this individual. And what 1044 00:51:46,880 --> 00:51:49,759 Speaker 1: turned out to be true he got arrested several times 1045 00:51:49,760 --> 00:51:51,520 Speaker 1: for the Niners. He got arrest at the team hotel 1046 00:51:51,560 --> 00:51:53,560 Speaker 1: and they had to cut him that day. Proved not 1047 00:51:53,640 --> 00:51:56,960 Speaker 1: to be true. So I think the character thing that 1048 00:51:57,120 --> 00:52:02,160 Speaker 1: often turns people off. Remember what Skip Bayless once called 1049 00:52:02,200 --> 00:52:05,400 Speaker 1: Johnny Manzel and alcoholic the media freaked turn out to 1050 00:52:05,400 --> 00:52:07,879 Speaker 1: be right. I'm not saying Skip Bayliss is always right, 1051 00:52:08,080 --> 00:52:13,239 Speaker 1: but sometimes those conversations are tough to have, and you 1052 00:52:13,280 --> 00:52:15,000 Speaker 1: can't have these conversations. I see it all the time, 1053 00:52:15,040 --> 00:52:18,319 Speaker 1: like about conversations with money, when people are like, why 1054 00:52:18,320 --> 00:52:20,520 Speaker 1: are you talking about someone else's money, because we're talking 1055 00:52:20,520 --> 00:52:23,440 Speaker 1: about salary cap league, so how much people make it's 1056 00:52:23,440 --> 00:52:24,920 Speaker 1: part of the This is a this is a big 1057 00:52:24,960 --> 00:52:27,200 Speaker 1: boy conversation. If you want to sit the little kids table, 1058 00:52:27,400 --> 00:52:29,920 Speaker 1: go sit over there. But we have to talk about 1059 00:52:29,920 --> 00:52:34,080 Speaker 1: salaries when we're talking about building a team. I don't 1060 00:52:34,080 --> 00:52:37,080 Speaker 1: need to talk about costs necessarily with Apple because if 1061 00:52:37,239 --> 00:52:38,880 Speaker 1: if it doesn't work, then get rid of it. They 1062 00:52:38,920 --> 00:52:41,840 Speaker 1: don't have a salary cap. But when you're signing players 1063 00:52:41,880 --> 00:52:46,840 Speaker 1: to contracts, how much you pay them matters and it 1064 00:52:47,120 --> 00:52:51,799 Speaker 1: influences everything. So it's part of the conversation. And when 1065 00:52:51,800 --> 00:52:54,719 Speaker 1: you draft guys in the first round, you're tied to 1066 00:52:54,760 --> 00:52:57,880 Speaker 1: them for four years because you guarantee their contract. So 1067 00:52:57,920 --> 00:53:01,480 Speaker 1: talking about the character stuff is always what what I've 1068 00:53:01,520 --> 00:53:06,040 Speaker 1: seen the biggest misconception about bad guys now sometimes we 1069 00:53:06,120 --> 00:53:09,160 Speaker 1: overvalue good guys. You know, you put one thing I 1070 00:53:09,280 --> 00:53:12,319 Speaker 1: learned when I scouted, and I I tried to do 1071 00:53:12,360 --> 00:53:15,280 Speaker 1: this in life now too. And hopefully my business grows 1072 00:53:15,360 --> 00:53:18,040 Speaker 1: and I can hire people. You know, once we ever 1073 00:53:18,040 --> 00:53:20,880 Speaker 1: get out of Corona and we just grow and things change, 1074 00:53:22,160 --> 00:53:25,040 Speaker 1: you can't and and unlike in a in a normal business, 1075 00:53:25,040 --> 00:53:27,479 Speaker 1: if you're hiring an intern, you know you're not paying 1076 00:53:27,520 --> 00:53:30,760 Speaker 1: him much whatever. But when you're hiring an NFL player 1077 00:53:31,040 --> 00:53:34,400 Speaker 1: or you're scouting an NFL player, you can before you 1078 00:53:34,400 --> 00:53:36,319 Speaker 1: go in, especially if you're going into a usc of 1079 00:53:36,400 --> 00:53:39,440 Speaker 1: Texas and Alabama, there's gonna be a perception on that player. 1080 00:53:39,480 --> 00:53:41,359 Speaker 1: You might follow him on Twitter, you might have read 1081 00:53:41,440 --> 00:53:44,080 Speaker 1: articles good or bad about him, and you already have 1082 00:53:44,160 --> 00:53:47,279 Speaker 1: a jaded mindset while you're evaluating. So if you've read 1083 00:53:47,320 --> 00:53:50,560 Speaker 1: an article about what a great guy this is, and like, 1084 00:53:50,680 --> 00:53:53,520 Speaker 1: let's say he's fed the homeless and he's got his 1085 00:53:53,560 --> 00:53:56,480 Speaker 1: high school girlfriend, and all the coaches rave about him, 1086 00:53:56,480 --> 00:53:58,359 Speaker 1: say he's the highest character guy on the team, you're 1087 00:53:58,360 --> 00:53:59,960 Speaker 1: just gonna be like, I'm gonna want to like this guy. 1088 00:54:00,080 --> 00:54:01,640 Speaker 1: And you might be watching him and go, God, this 1089 00:54:01,680 --> 00:54:04,200 Speaker 1: guy is not that good, but you might bump them 1090 00:54:04,280 --> 00:54:06,359 Speaker 1: up in your mind because you like the person, and 1091 00:54:06,480 --> 00:54:08,839 Speaker 1: vice versa. You might think, God, this guy is kind 1092 00:54:08,840 --> 00:54:10,600 Speaker 1: of a ship ahead, I've heard all these bad stories. 1093 00:54:10,800 --> 00:54:12,759 Speaker 1: And then you're watching him play and you might ding 1094 00:54:12,840 --> 00:54:15,000 Speaker 1: him as a player because you don't think he's a 1095 00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:17,920 Speaker 1: good guy, and you've got to kind of separate it both. 1096 00:54:18,239 --> 00:54:21,520 Speaker 1: And it's hard because the player and the person ultimately 1097 00:54:21,560 --> 00:54:25,680 Speaker 1: become the same thing, right, the downfall of Antonio Brown, Like, 1098 00:54:25,840 --> 00:54:27,839 Speaker 1: it's not like he forgot how to play. He's gonna 1099 00:54:27,840 --> 00:54:29,040 Speaker 1: be out of the league for a couple of years 1100 00:54:29,120 --> 00:54:32,160 Speaker 1: because of the person. And I think you see that 1101 00:54:32,239 --> 00:54:36,160 Speaker 1: with with a lot of guys, is you get the 1102 00:54:36,200 --> 00:54:40,400 Speaker 1: total package, right? We all would like just to Patrick Mahomes, 1103 00:54:41,239 --> 00:54:44,560 Speaker 1: you know, or Stephan Gilmour or Tom Brady or you know, 1104 00:54:44,600 --> 00:54:48,720 Speaker 1: Fletcher Cox, But those guys, some guys usually have flaws 1105 00:54:48,880 --> 00:54:50,960 Speaker 1: in their game or as a person. That's just the 1106 00:54:51,000 --> 00:54:53,880 Speaker 1: reality of life. And that's the thing that the media, 1107 00:54:53,920 --> 00:54:56,160 Speaker 1: I think. And unless you're really locked into whatever team 1108 00:54:56,200 --> 00:54:59,360 Speaker 1: you're covering, you're just not gonna know all the information, 1109 00:54:59,480 --> 00:55:02,560 Speaker 1: especially if you don't know anyone with the team. You 1110 00:55:02,680 --> 00:55:05,840 Speaker 1: just you don't have enough information to like say stuff, 1111 00:55:05,960 --> 00:55:08,319 Speaker 1: unless you're just pulling stuff out of your butt, you know, 1112 00:55:08,360 --> 00:55:10,120 Speaker 1: it's just making it up on the fly, which I 1113 00:55:10,160 --> 00:55:11,799 Speaker 1: think we all can agree we read a lot of 1114 00:55:11,800 --> 00:55:14,879 Speaker 1: that stuff. I mean that just that happens a lot. Uh. 1115 00:55:15,000 --> 00:55:16,840 Speaker 1: That's a long winded way of answering your question. I 1116 00:55:16,880 --> 00:55:20,319 Speaker 1: appreciate everyone reaching out. Keep firing in the Middlecoff mail 1117 00:55:20,360 --> 00:55:24,719 Speaker 1: Bag at John Middlecoff enjoy the week. Enjoy uh I 1118 00:55:24,719 --> 00:55:28,600 Speaker 1: guess summer kind of I mean, can we even enjoy anything? 1119 00:55:29,400 --> 00:55:30,520 Speaker 1: Talk to you later this week so