Speaker 1: From the King of Sports Books comes the Key sports
Speaker 1: podcast Unleashed, presented by MGM. Here's your host, Olivia Harlan Decker.
Speaker 1: Welcome back to Unleashed from the King of Sports Books
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Speaker 1: this week we're talking NFL preseason headlines. There's always so
Speaker 1: much going on this time of year, and then after
Speaker 1: we talk about it, we're gonna break it down with
Speaker 1: the great Ron Dworsky Jaws seventeen season NFL Quarterback vet,
Speaker 1: and then we're gonna tell you how you can win
Speaker 1: five hundred dollars in credit for bet MGM. Yeah, I'm
Speaker 1: not lying around five dollars, so you're gonna want to
Speaker 1: catch that. Then we're gonna hang out with our friend
Speaker 1: Peter Andrew with our Lions locks. He's going to tell
Speaker 1: you what to bet on this weekend in the NFL
Speaker 1: preseason games, there's a full slate. We cannot wait. Janice,
Speaker 1: how are you, my friend? I'm doing good, doing good.
Speaker 1: Watched a little baseball, watched a little preseason football, watched
Speaker 1: my Giants not do much. Okay, yeah, very impressed with
Speaker 1: Zack Wilson and I may become a Jets fan, maybe
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills fan, definitely a Toronto Raptors fan. Who So,
Speaker 1: did you watch the Field of Dreams game? I did
Speaker 1: watch the Field of Game. I just wanted to tune
Speaker 1: in to see if Kevin Costner hadn't he worked done?
Speaker 1: He looks good. Hey, he looks more than good. He
Speaker 1: looks good. Did you watch Yellowstone? I haven't seen Yellowstone? Know? Okay, well,
Speaker 1: I'd highly suggested get the popcorn. But it's um. There's
Speaker 1: something about an old, leathered tan cowboy. I will say
Speaker 1: that is that's that's a good genre. I think Marlboro
Speaker 1: maybe put that in our heads with Marlboro man. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean Kevin Costner. I love gol Durham. His sports movies,
Speaker 1: the baseball ones are legendary. But then he did water
Speaker 1: World and his career went in the water. So it's
Speaker 1: good to see that he's back. Oh, he's back. He's back.
Speaker 1: I think Yellowstone if anything, Yeah, secured that he's back.
Speaker 1: But he throws the first pitch. I mean, how cool
Speaker 1: that he was going to be there, the players walking
Speaker 1: out of the cornstocks, and then the way it ends,
Speaker 1: I mean it was Cinema. It was beautiful, really well
Speaker 1: done by Fox. It almost felt like they wrote it.
Speaker 1: It almost felt like it was they did last week.
Speaker 1: He had a couple of conspiracies. Do you think they
Speaker 1: I saw a couple of meatballs over the plate where
Speaker 1: you're thinking, like, are they just tossing him up there? Now?
Speaker 1: I think it was a great game. I think maybe
Speaker 1: there was a little magic of baseball in there. Who knows.
Speaker 1: I mean I got goose bumps when they walked out
Speaker 1: of the corn field. It was funny to watch Stanton
Speaker 1: and Judge walk out because they were above the core.
Speaker 1: That was like, it looked like your husband walking out.
Speaker 1: I mean, those are two big kids, so they needed
Speaker 1: to grow the corner a little because they couldn't hide.
Speaker 1: I saw him before they appeared, because they were just
Speaker 1: they were like a head above the corn when they
Speaker 1: walked out. But it was it was goosebump city. That's
Speaker 1: what they should have called the goose bump city. You know,
Speaker 1: I'm a resident Midwest correspondent and it's been a dry summer,
Speaker 1: so easy on the corn. Okay, we're so insensitive, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm a coastal New York kid. We forget where the
Speaker 1: food comes from. Right, don't forget us, don't forget our
Speaker 1: fire over states. Hey, you mentioned Zach Wilson earlier. Let's
Speaker 1: talk about him. So he came from b y U.
Speaker 1: Now he's with the New York Jets, not making the
Speaker 1: headlines that fields or lands are. He had a rough
Speaker 1: start to camp, but scouts did see some promising things
Speaker 1: and some throws over ten yards, so they like his
Speaker 1: arm Um. I think it's all about getting him some
Speaker 1: big targets, and they did that. They got him Corey Davis,
Speaker 1: Denzel Sims, a veteran like James and Crowder Elijah Moore
Speaker 1: out of all miss I like him a lot, the
Speaker 1: rookie and two first rounders on his O line, and
Speaker 1: that's I think where they went wrong with Sam Donald,
Speaker 1: their number three picken. He didn't have much around him,
Speaker 1: and he struggled greatly going thirteen and twenty five and
Speaker 1: three seasons. He's now with Carolina. What do you think
Speaker 1: from Zack Wilson and the Jets spending and the Jets? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I know what you say. I think is you know
Speaker 1: it's like you need an OH line, you need peace
Speaker 1: around you, you need targets. I felt that way about Eli,
Speaker 1: my beloved Eli Manning the Goat and my Giants in
Speaker 1: those last couple of years before he got replaced. Like
Speaker 1: his on line was he wasn't taking him out to
Speaker 1: dinner enough or something happened. So you're right, I think
Speaker 1: with those complimentary pieces, the only thing is he's on
Speaker 1: the Jets, so things seem to go wrong on the Jets.
Speaker 1: So that's the only concern I have about Zack Wilson
Speaker 1: is his uniform. Okay, Okay, I like that there's so
Speaker 1: much attention on these rookie quarterback that's run through the
Speaker 1: rest of them. Trevor Lawrence with the Jacksonville Jaguars, number
Speaker 1: one overall pick, Heisman winner, amazing head of lettuce, and
Speaker 1: he's listed as the co number one next to Gardner
Speaker 1: Minshew urban Meyer. The new coach is not going to
Speaker 1: name him number one. Do you think that's so crazy
Speaker 1: or do you think he's still in a college mindset
Speaker 1: where a lot of coaches do that they don't want
Speaker 1: to list QB one. Yeah, I mean it's football seems
Speaker 1: to be the only sport that like, uh, when you
Speaker 1: got a star like that number one pick projected to
Speaker 1: be offensive rookie of all that stuff. You just it's
Speaker 1: the only sport where they feel like they need to
Speaker 1: give the quarterback time. I say, let him go. He's ready.
Speaker 1: He's so good, he was so good in college. He
Speaker 1: played three years at Clemson. He's ready to throw the
Speaker 1: pig skin. Let the kid throw the pigskin, and let's
Speaker 1: see those locks flow around out to the you know
Speaker 1: the bottom of his helmet. Yeah, let him go. I
Speaker 1: mean there are but you know I would. I'm very
Speaker 1: I was very impressed just by at one throw from
Speaker 1: Trey Lance. He threw for eighty yards, and I'm wondering
Speaker 1: if Garofolo is gonna be his backup. Okay, this adds
Speaker 1: perfectly to my narrative that you don't know people's names.
Speaker 1: You know, it's Garoppolo, Garolo, Garofolo, same thing. He's an
Speaker 1: Italian kid. You know they tried to attack with the
Speaker 1: World War two. I'm a Greek, and since that happened,
Speaker 1: I don't learn any of their names, including my wife's.
Speaker 1: Oh man, a brick tie instead of Brittany. Okay, okay,
Speaker 1: you know I would believe it. I don't believe it.
Speaker 1: I still can't believe you still get my name right
Speaker 1: every week. Um, but you mentioned Trey Lance. I like
Speaker 1: to call him Ginne and Garoffalo. Okay, well we'll stick
Speaker 1: with that for our loyal listeners. I hope they know
Speaker 1: every week that is who we're talking about. Um. But yeah,
Speaker 1: Trey Lance. He's a guy who has a lot of
Speaker 1: attention because he fits the bill. He looks good getting
Speaker 1: off the bus, he passes the eye test. He was
Speaker 1: sacked four times in his first NFL game. But his coach,
Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan, he said, you know, I didn't want it
Speaker 1: to go perfectly. You kind of almost like that this
Speaker 1: is what the preseason is for. But yeah, Jay Lance
Speaker 1: has a lot of attention. And then justin Fields in Chicago,
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton is still quarterback one according to their coach, Mattnege.
Speaker 1: And I want to ask jobs about this, about having
Speaker 1: that rookie quarterback who has so much promise and you
Speaker 1: bring in a vet to kind of hold their hand.
Speaker 1: A lot of teams do it, and a lot of
Speaker 1: teams feel like that works. Coach was the quarterback coach
Speaker 1: in Kansas City when Patrick Mahomes was behind Alex Smith.
Speaker 1: So they're following a formula here. This is a model
Speaker 1: from But look the fans they want Justin fields. They
Speaker 1: go crazy when he's on the field. He gets standing ovations,
Speaker 1: he gets the US and Oz has crazy speed. I
Speaker 1: think he's the Aston Martin, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: He's asked in Martin. Andy Dalton is like your reliable
Speaker 1: old Ford. Yeah yeah, yeah, I mean Lebron LEBRONI who
Speaker 1: was going crazy tweeting about him. So let them give
Speaker 1: the fans what they wanted. In other news, you know,
Speaker 1: the rosters round the NFL get trimmed down to eighty
Speaker 1: five this week. So this week is major. If you
Speaker 1: watch Hard Knocks, you know what that looks like. Do
Speaker 1: you watch Hard Knocks? I do. I used to watch it.
Speaker 1: I haven't watched this season yet. I used to watch
Speaker 1: it all the time. It was great. I remember the
Speaker 1: I think the best one was the Ravens. It was
Speaker 1: one of the first Hard Knocks and it was really
Speaker 1: great because ray Lewis was just like I think Goose
Speaker 1: was on the team, right am I saying his name? Right,
Speaker 1: the big dude Goosa what was his name on the
Speaker 1: Ravens and Garoffalo I don't remember his name, but that
Speaker 1: was a great camp to watch. I think it was
Speaker 1: the year after they wanted Goose Ruffalo. He's a sideline
Speaker 1: reporter now he's about He's a big, big guy. He
Speaker 1: was he was alignment and I just can't remember his
Speaker 1: name like I can Chris STAPs Porzgis. I think it
Speaker 1: is his day. Yeah, there he is Sarah Goose. So
Speaker 1: that was his name, Sarah Goo. Yeah, they called him
Speaker 1: Goosto was his nickname? Right? So did you have you
Speaker 1: watched it? Are you tuning in? Yep? I watched the
Speaker 1: first one and that show always makes me cry. It
Speaker 1: makes me laugh. It is so well done and it
Speaker 1: really does make you feel for these players. In fact,
Speaker 1: I told you I was going to lambeau Field for
Speaker 1: the Texans at Packers game and watching like some third
Speaker 1: fourth string receiver drop a pass. I'm like, oh, it
Speaker 1: kills me because you know their whole families watching, and
Speaker 1: you know their whole neighborhood where they grew up watching.
Speaker 1: Everyone wants that kid to make it, and it just
Speaker 1: it like breaks my heart. I get really soft in
Speaker 1: the preseason, like regular season it's on game time, but preseason,
Speaker 1: I just want everyone to make the team. I do.
Speaker 1: I feel bad for him. See that's why, you know.
Speaker 1: I hate to say this, but that's why you can't.
Speaker 1: I don't think women. You guys are nurturing you. I know.
Speaker 1: I'm just if you were the coach, there might be
Speaker 1: like a roster of a hundred and fifty players because
Speaker 1: everyone would make it. Yeah, or I make like a
Speaker 1: B squad and we just have like a dinner party
Speaker 1: or something that you can tell a jersey and tell
Speaker 1: your friends that you're on the team. Yeah, that's so. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that walked to the coach's office as always. And yeah,
Speaker 1: and that show it's filmed, so it's tough. It's tough
Speaker 1: to watch, but it makes for good drama and it's
Speaker 1: a it's yeah, especially the guys on special teams when
Speaker 1: they met, like, you just have such a limited opportunity
Speaker 1: to make something happen. You make one quick mistake. Sometimes
Speaker 1: it comes down to split hair things. Guys don't make it.
Speaker 1: It's tough, you know. I mentioned I went to lambeau Field.
Speaker 1: Jordan's love is playing quarterback in Green Bay. He suffered
Speaker 1: a shoulder injury in that game. He hasn't practiced since
Speaker 1: the first preseason game. He had one scoring drive, one turnover,
Speaker 1: and the Packers lost to Houston. So Green Bay this
Speaker 1: week is bringing in some quarterbacks. They play the Jets Saturday.
Speaker 1: New York is the two point favorite at minus one ten.
Speaker 1: That's for most of the preseason games. Risk a hundred
Speaker 1: ten dollars to win a hundred dollars. You know, I
Speaker 1: would take the Jets this week in Green Bay because
Speaker 1: at this point Rogers isn't playing. They've said it, and
Speaker 1: David Batiari, the left tackle, is not playing, and now
Speaker 1: Jordan's love they're gonna heaze him out. I feel really
Speaker 1: sad that he's hurt, but that is one bet. As
Speaker 1: I'm looking at this slate of games this weekend, I
Speaker 1: think I'll take the Jets. All right. Well that's that's
Speaker 1: one of the only times you'll hear I'll think I'll
Speaker 1: take the Jets. So in preseason to stay bet during
Speaker 1: the season, I mean, you better have money to lose.
Speaker 1: But he looked good. Though he looked good, it looked
Speaker 1: like a wise draft pick by the Packers because he
Speaker 1: did look good. Yeah, it depends who you ask. Here
Speaker 1: in the Wisconsin media, people are really hot and cold
Speaker 1: on him. I didn't think he looked that bad. His
Speaker 1: one scoring drive was great. Um I tell you what.
Speaker 1: He had one pass that was like thirty four yards
Speaker 1: or something and the place went crazy. But before it
Speaker 1: was like this pent up energy. You could tell people
Speaker 1: were nervous because they want him to do well. So
Speaker 1: it's a it's a double edged sword, but that's what
Speaker 1: the preseason is all about. We get to see backups,
Speaker 1: we get to see third and fourth string guys, and
Speaker 1: we get to see who makes the team again. Ross
Speaker 1: ters are trimmed down to eighty five players this week
Speaker 1: and then it goes to fifty three. So this is
Speaker 1: make it or break a time. But that's not for
Speaker 1: us to discuss. Let's bring in someone who knows what
Speaker 1: they're talking about in Ron Jaworsky. He is coming up next.
Speaker 1: We welcome in Ron Dworski, also known as Jaws, named
Speaker 1: by Doug Collins. I had to look that one up.
Speaker 1: I didn't know Doug Collins came up with the name.
Speaker 1: That was before the one Super Bowl. He's also referred
Speaker 1: to as Rifle Ron and the Polish Rifle. He played
Speaker 1: seventeen seasons in the NFL. He's a legend in Philadelphia
Speaker 1: sports and NFL history. How are you Jaws Olivia. Great
Speaker 1: to be with you. I'm doing terrific. Just came back
Speaker 1: from the Eagles scrimmage against the Wingland Patriots, So I
Speaker 1: got that football feeling right now. You know, I'm already
Speaker 1: to go. I love it here, the pads crashing, the
Speaker 1: whistles blowing when we're your biggest takeaways from Jalen Hurts especially,
Speaker 1: let's start there. Well, Jalen Hurts clearly is the guy
Speaker 1: that must perform this year for the Eagles. You know,
Speaker 1: he's a second round pick two years ago, played four
Speaker 1: games last year, he was uneven. We saw flashes of
Speaker 1: consistent play, but for the most part, I would say
Speaker 1: it was uneven. So it's really critical that he has
Speaker 1: a good preseason, a good training camp. He had a
Speaker 1: rock solid game last week in the season opener in
Speaker 1: a preseason against the Steelers. But the Eagles also did
Speaker 1: a y thing of bringing in a veteran like Joe Flacco,
Speaker 1: you know, former Super Bowl m v P, fourteen year
Speaker 1: NFL veteran to be the backup for Jalen Hurt. So
Speaker 1: and I think that's a good thing in this regard.
Speaker 1: I believe strong and have a veteran backup quarterback to
Speaker 1: a young quarterback. There's also a comic relationship with the
Speaker 1: Joe Flacco as well. Joe has been through the through
Speaker 1: the Ringer per se, and even at practice, I noticed,
Speaker 1: you know, they had good dialogue throughout the practice. I
Speaker 1: think they're developing a strong relationship. But Jalen has to
Speaker 1: be the guy. I was just gonna say, do you
Speaker 1: think we're gonna be saying that about Garoffalo week two
Speaker 1: or week one? I think Jimmy is the guy. You know.
Speaker 1: I haven't seen how their training camp is going from
Speaker 1: a viewership perspective. You know, I'm here at all the
Speaker 1: good reports about both quarterbacks there. Jimmy is a rock
Speaker 1: solid player if he's healthy. I mean, obviously took to
Speaker 1: one super Bowl. If he's healthy, you know, he's a
Speaker 1: guy that's gonna be hard to sell planned. So you know,
Speaker 1: we'll see how it all plays out. But I think clearly,
Speaker 1: you know, Jimmy's a solid football player. We see dynamics
Speaker 1: like that all around the league, bringing in the veteran
Speaker 1: to kind of hold the hand of the rookie year
Speaker 1: quarterback the second year quarterback, and Janis and I were
Speaker 1: earlier talking about just headlines around the NFL, so much
Speaker 1: attention every season goes on the young quarterbacks. What young
Speaker 1: quarterback around the league do you feel like is in
Speaker 1: a position to make a big jump? Before I answered that,
Speaker 1: the one thing I was looking at today was Mac Jones,
Speaker 1: the quarterback from Alabama who's there apparent to the Patriots
Speaker 1: quarterback job behind Cam Newton right now, and I Mac
Speaker 1: coming out of Alabama. He had a great quarterback presence
Speaker 1: in the pocket. His movement was outstanding, always in a
Speaker 1: position to deliver the football. But he didn't have a
Speaker 1: gun on his shoulder, didn't have the big, strong armor.
Speaker 1: I didn't see enough of those type of throws you
Speaker 1: know at Alabama. So I watched him very closely today.
Speaker 1: I will say this, he does not have a gun,
Speaker 1: but he does have enough arm strength, and I think
Speaker 1: he could be successful in the NFL. So I watched
Speaker 1: Mac Jones very carefully today. I like what I saw
Speaker 1: as far as quarterbacks. Now that I see that on
Speaker 1: the horizon, the NFL is the quarterbacks league. We all
Speaker 1: know that if you don't have that position, you're gonna
Speaker 1: struggle every week to get victories. A guy that I
Speaker 1: really liked, and I think he's ready for a breakout season.
Speaker 1: Is Daniel Jones with the New York Giants. I mean
Speaker 1: he's a big, strong guy that could rip throws. He
Speaker 1: showed some toughest last year playing with a plethora of injuries.
Speaker 1: Uh and, and the Giants went out and got him
Speaker 1: some help. I mean, you know, so you you put
Speaker 1: speedy wide receivers say Kwan Barkley, and improved offensive line.
Speaker 1: I think Daniel Jones could have a breakout year. Nice,
Speaker 1: I'm a giant finn. Here you go. I want to
Speaker 1: keep you happy. He's fast as long as he just
Speaker 1: can stay on his feet when he runs, Now, don't run.
Speaker 1: It drives It drives me crazy. When you know, in
Speaker 1: the preseason we watched a lot of quarterbacks run and
Speaker 1: everyone gets all excited. Oh he ran for fifteen yards.
Speaker 1: You know, you know, you get in the NFL. Quarterbacks
Speaker 1: they're not supposed to run. They're supposed to orchestrate offense.
Speaker 1: Hand the ball off, deliver the ball to the open receiver.
Speaker 1: If you start counting your quarterback to make plays with
Speaker 1: his legs, you're going to find yourself in trouble. Yes,
Speaker 1: they get the crowd excited, but I'm a firm believer,
Speaker 1: maybe because I was a quarterback, that you play the
Speaker 1: position from the pocket first, and you take running opportunities
Speaker 1: when they present themselves. Play quarterback first, That's what you're
Speaker 1: supposed to do. You mentioned surrounding Jones with a bunch
Speaker 1: of talent, but New England did that as well with
Speaker 1: Mac Jones bringing in an NFL record money and free
Speaker 1: agency and obviously the first first round quarterback under Bill Belichick.
Speaker 1: Now do you feel like New England is in position
Speaker 1: to make that jump regardless of who's under center. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I do. It's last year was such a hot mess,
Speaker 1: you know, with the with the pandemic and what coaches
Speaker 1: had to deal with. And I will stick to my
Speaker 1: guns on this as well. I truly believe not one
Speaker 1: coach should have been fired last year. The circumstances coaches
Speaker 1: had to deal with were extraordinary and so difficult to
Speaker 1: deal with. I don't think anyone should have lost their job.
Speaker 1: And you mentioned the pages. I believe they had seven
Speaker 1: or eight you know, players declare they're out the due
Speaker 1: to COVID and a lot of starters. So you can
Speaker 1: imagine the troubling year that was for Bill Belichick and
Speaker 1: his coaching staff, and Bill is, you know, arguably the
Speaker 1: greatest of all time. You know, I was fortunate to
Speaker 1: play for Don Shulo for two years and he would
Speaker 1: be in that That mixed a conversation of some of
Speaker 1: the greatest coaches of all time. Belichick owes how to
Speaker 1: win and he hates to lose, and that's where it starts.
Speaker 1: Bill hates to lose. I spent a few moments with
Speaker 1: this morning and you actually a smile on his face,
Speaker 1: So he must be feeling pretty good about his team.
Speaker 1: Although it's early in the preseason, and they did have
Speaker 1: a good scrimmage this morning, so I think he felt
Speaker 1: pretty good about it. But the Patriots are a world
Speaker 1: class organization from top to bottom. They know how to win.
Speaker 1: Now you can look at the a f C East.
Speaker 1: Now Buffalo is the team to beat. The Jets are
Speaker 1: coming on with Zack Wilson, you know, two of down
Speaker 1: in Miami. They're they're they're an up and coming teams.
Speaker 1: So the FC Easter no longer the doormat for Bill Belichick,
Speaker 1: so it'll be tougher. But you know, a Bill knows
Speaker 1: how to win. I've seen the metamorphous of his offense
Speaker 1: this year. Now we signed multiple tight ends. You know,
Speaker 1: he still got Cam Newton, Mac Jones and and Brian
Speaker 1: Hoyer who's still there by the way. Uh So they
Speaker 1: have three, you know, capable quarterbacks. It'll be Cam's job,
Speaker 1: I think eventually to lose to mac Jones. What do
Speaker 1: you think about Trevor Lawrence his debut as a freshman.
Speaker 1: I still remember, you know, at Clemson. I'm that that's
Speaker 1: how how worldly he looks as a quarterback. And you
Speaker 1: know I can remember just I can see it. You know,
Speaker 1: I said that guy is a freshman. You know, he
Speaker 1: looked like a polished NFL quarterback as a as an
Speaker 1: eighteen year old. So clearly there'll be some growing pains
Speaker 1: like there are for every young quarterback, especially going to
Speaker 1: a team in Jacksonville that really does have a great
Speaker 1: supporting cast. They will build around him. But from a
Speaker 1: talent perspective, I mean, the sky's the limit for Trevor Lawrence.
Speaker 1: He's he's got it all. As we look at your
Speaker 1: career kind of through media, and it's so fun just
Speaker 1: hearing you talk about football because for so many of
Speaker 1: us growing up, that's what we would see. We turn
Speaker 1: on ESPN and and you were as big of NFL
Speaker 1: seasons as anyone on TV. What was that transition like?
Speaker 1: And some of the people that you got to work with,
Speaker 1: You've got to be with your former coach, Dick for Meal,
Speaker 1: brad Nessler, Mike Terrico, some big names that are giants
Speaker 1: in the industry, what was that transition like. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: was very fortunate to work with, you know, only outstanding
Speaker 1: coaches throughout my seventeen year career. But then I transitioned
Speaker 1: to my work with ESPN and Monday Night Football and
Speaker 1: you name it, every platform that ESPN has. I was
Speaker 1: on during the season and I loved it. And I'm
Speaker 1: so grateful, uh for those experiences and people that I
Speaker 1: worked with. And I would probably tell you that Mike
Speaker 1: Arrico probably had the biggest influence on me. And I
Speaker 1: come on out of the NFL playing seventeen years and wow,
Speaker 1: you know, I didn't know what Cameron look at when
Speaker 1: I went in the studio, you know, I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: I knew football, but I didn't know the nuances of
Speaker 1: being on television. And Mike Rio is just you know,
Speaker 1: kind of went behind the ears out of out of Syracuse,
Speaker 1: and Mike really really taught me the business. And we
Speaker 1: were together for I don't know, eighteen nineteen years doing
Speaker 1: the countdown shows Monday night football together. But he really
Speaker 1: taught me the broadcast business. So I'm surely deeply grateful
Speaker 1: to Mike Trico what he taught me. And you know,
Speaker 1: working with the John Gruden and Tony Corners, you talked
Speaker 1: about two different people now and talk about changing your
Speaker 1: game plan. You know, when I worked a couple of
Speaker 1: years with with Tony, uh, it was different. Tony was
Speaker 1: awesome and work with I love to this day, love
Speaker 1: the guy. After two years, I get Jon Gruden and
Speaker 1: John is like coming in like he's coaching a Super
Speaker 1: Bowl team. Just a pleasure to work with. But you
Speaker 1: gotta be a Camille. You've gotta change your colors all
Speaker 1: the time. So I went from Tony Kornheiser to John Gruden.
Speaker 1: Well that's a change we were talking about in the
Speaker 1: first segment. We were talking about the field of dreams
Speaker 1: games and how amazing it was in baseball. Do you
Speaker 1: think football should do something like that, throw some leather
Speaker 1: helmets on, played both sides of the ball. Hell No,
Speaker 1: Although I love the baseball game, it was spectacular. I
Speaker 1: I thought it was a great idea that Fox came
Speaker 1: up with the show that game. I thought it was
Speaker 1: it was crazy. But I don't want to see a
Speaker 1: football game with leather helmets. You know. It's hard enough
Speaker 1: that with the technology that the players now play with,
Speaker 1: but man leather helmets. Uh, my dad played football in college.
Speaker 1: He told me they used to hit less hard because
Speaker 1: of the leather helmets because they didn't want to get
Speaker 1: injured when they hit the guy. That's quite possible. You're
Speaker 1: not gonna stick your you know, you're you're facing an
Speaker 1: oncoming running back or wide receiver if you have no protection. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, we we had a we had a trainer
Speaker 1: when I came to the Eagles by the name oth
Speaker 1: O Davis, who was one of the iconic athletic trainers
Speaker 1: in the country. And our locker room was kind of
Speaker 1: a museum and he he went back to the leather
Speaker 1: helmets everything in there, and the nose protector was this
Speaker 1: kind of steel thing that came down over the helmet.
Speaker 1: Almost looked like these Roman gladiators and that was their
Speaker 1: nose protection. I would say, oh, are you kidding me?
Speaker 1: Players actually played with that thing. Oh, Yeah, that protective,
Speaker 1: getting your nose busted up. I said, that wouldn't protect anything.
Speaker 1: In today's game. The guys are bigger, stronger, faster, meaner, nastier.
Speaker 1: I wouldn't want to wear a leather helmet, but they
Speaker 1: definitely let the In your era, the quarterbacks really took
Speaker 1: a licking compared to this era. They really kind of
Speaker 1: you know, they pampered the quarter backs. Now what do
Speaker 1: you feel about that? Well, Jack Lambert, you say you
Speaker 1: could put a dress on some quarterbacks, you know, and
Speaker 1: and the way they're protecting the quarterback down, maybe you
Speaker 1: could you know that, Uh, I'm all for Yeah, I'm
Speaker 1: I'm all for it. You know, protect the quarterback. It's
Speaker 1: a heartbeat of the football team. Come on, guys, you
Speaker 1: gotta protect the quarterback. But you can't take the violent
Speaker 1: part of the game away. And I think Roger Goodell
Speaker 1: has had been on a mission, and I think it's
Speaker 1: a very important mission for players safety. And in the
Speaker 1: beginning when Roger started changing all the rules, you know,
Speaker 1: lead with your helm. You can't leave your helmet, you
Speaker 1: can You're gonna get in certain areas the field of
Speaker 1: the body. I gotta be honest, I was like, oh,
Speaker 1: he's ruining the game. I was like one of these
Speaker 1: grumpy old players, you know, out of ruin in the game.
Speaker 1: But as I've seen the game evolved. Now the game
Speaker 1: is definitely better and healthier. So I plaud what the
Speaker 1: commissioner has done making the games safer for today's players.
Speaker 1: But I will sell you this. I'm out there practice
Speaker 1: this morning, and I'm thinking back to my training camp days.
Speaker 1: Seventeen years in the End fell with the Rams, ten
Speaker 1: years of the Eagles, two years of the Dolphins, a
Speaker 1: year in Kansas City working with your dad, Olivia. I mean,
Speaker 1: I'm thinking of training camp. I was at a country
Speaker 1: club this morning. These guys are out there an hour
Speaker 1: and minute practice. I mean there's no tackling, there's no hitting,
Speaker 1: you know, I think a dick for real, Chuck Knox,
Speaker 1: Don Schuler, Marty shot iron. If guys were bleeding, it
Speaker 1: wasn't a good practice, you know. I mean, the game
Speaker 1: has changed. These guys now three preseason games. I remember
Speaker 1: playing seven and we got two hundred dollars a game.
Speaker 1: Oh boy, playing seven preseason I sound like I'm whining, right,
Speaker 1: But the game certainly has The game certainly has changed.
Speaker 1: If I saw if I started Trevor Lawrence from behind
Speaker 1: an address, I might buy him a drink. The kid
Speaker 1: has a nice hair. I love that, and I love
Speaker 1: talking to someone from your generation of the NFL. Even
Speaker 1: watching clips back, I was watching you with Harold Carmichael,
Speaker 1: your former wide receiver, football's tall list wide receiver. And
Speaker 1: he was awarded football's highest honor this month, going in
Speaker 1: the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Now you've said if
Speaker 1: you could design a receiver on a computer, it would
Speaker 1: be Harold Carmichael. What do you mean by that? And
Speaker 1: what were your thoughts watching him go in the hall. Well,
Speaker 1: first of all, congratulate Harold Carmichael. I was in Canton
Speaker 1: with Harold and his family, and and and and I
Speaker 1: bawled for about a half hour. You know, that's how
Speaker 1: And I even get emotional thinking about it, because Harold,
Speaker 1: it was not only a great football player, And you know,
Speaker 1: all too often we evaluate players on what they did
Speaker 1: in the field, and and Harold certainly deserved recognition as
Speaker 1: being a Hall of Famer. He should have been given
Speaker 1: that honor a long time ago. From seventy eight two,
Speaker 1: with the best receiver in the National Football League for
Speaker 1: over a decade. But Harold is a better person than
Speaker 1: he is a football player. He's the consummate professional when
Speaker 1: he was on the field, and he's a dear friend
Speaker 1: off the field. We're still very close. I felt like
Speaker 1: I was going in the Hall of Fame. That that's
Speaker 1: how how good I felt for Harold, because he deserved it.
Speaker 1: And it took a long time coming, but he finally
Speaker 1: got in. But but Harold and I just such an
Speaker 1: amazing guy. Just he can't say six eight. In fact,
Speaker 1: I was with him this morning he was out of
Speaker 1: the Eagles Patriot scrimmage, and he's just a tad under
Speaker 1: six eight tad under. So he grew as if he
Speaker 1: had one of those big old af rows the day,
Speaker 1: he probably would have been six ft eight. But the
Speaker 1: thing that was uncommon about Harold, which he didn't get
Speaker 1: credit for, was his speed. Now he's six ft eight,
Speaker 1: his arms touched the ground as he walks, and he's
Speaker 1: he's got catchers amidst for hands. And you know, even
Speaker 1: just a unique player to play with, fiercely competitive. Wood
Speaker 1: Block could run and we used to have this a
Speaker 1: goal line audible and whenever someone would come inside to
Speaker 1: five yard and press up on Harold that he's six eight,
Speaker 1: you got some you know, I'll comes to piss hand
Speaker 1: quarter cornerback out there. You know, five nine, we had
Speaker 1: this play. I would just grab my face basketball, just
Speaker 1: kind of adjusted my helmet, and that would be Harold,
Speaker 1: meet me at the corner. And that's what we call
Speaker 1: it me. I would throw the ball to the corner
Speaker 1: of the end zone, the pieline, and Harold just knew
Speaker 1: whenever I grab that face, no matter what the play was,
Speaker 1: it was to meet me at the corner. And we
Speaker 1: had great success with that play because he could just
Speaker 1: mean out, muscle out, maneuver, I'll jump, or he was
Speaker 1: just too big to defend the two of you out
Speaker 1: in Philly in those weekend nights after a big win
Speaker 1: or something. Would you ever do the same thing that, Hey,
Speaker 1: I'm ready to leave this place. Let's go to the
Speaker 1: next bar, meet me at the corner. Oh yeah, it
Speaker 1: wasn't only a Harold was a lot of my teammates
Speaker 1: wanted to maybe at the corner bar. Yeah. See, I
Speaker 1: love this about the NFL. In one second, we're saying
Speaker 1: if they're not bleeding, it's not practice, And then a
Speaker 1: grown man can cry talking about another grown man. I
Speaker 1: this is what's beautiful about the game, truly, it is
Speaker 1: you're absolutely red to live. Yeah, I mean, I think
Speaker 1: that's the beauty of the game. You know, there's a
Speaker 1: fierceness to it, a competitiveness to it, and yet there's
Speaker 1: a soft side to all the players as well. You
Speaker 1: don't always see that on Sunday or Monday night or
Speaker 1: you know, whatever the game may be played, but there's
Speaker 1: there's a side of the players that clearly a lot
Speaker 1: of people don't know and don't understand that. That to me,
Speaker 1: that was always the kind of beauty of NFL films,
Speaker 1: you know, where I spent almost thirty years with you know,
Speaker 1: breaking down tape and working with Steve Sable and Ed
Speaker 1: Sable and Ross kat Over, the wonderful people there. They
Speaker 1: humanized the game, and I think it's one of the
Speaker 1: key successes, integral parts of the success of the NFL
Speaker 1: that ended the NFL through NFL films humanized the game
Speaker 1: and it just once wasn't a bunch of slugs beating
Speaker 1: the hell out of each other. So I mean that
Speaker 1: helped grow the game. Herschel Walker, how does how does
Speaker 1: a soft side? He did ballet, which is as soft
Speaker 1: as you can get. Did you know that? I did
Speaker 1: know that, but I never did ballet in college. I
Speaker 1: took modern and folk dancing is one of my courses
Speaker 1: I got. I got an help with footwork. Yeah. Absolutely
Speaker 1: can't get out of here without me asking this question
Speaker 1: as a giant fan. You talking about how I getting
Speaker 1: into the Hall of Fame? What about Eli? Is he
Speaker 1: a Hall of Famer? No, he's gonna be close. There's
Speaker 1: there's always, at least for me, a natural reaction yes
Speaker 1: or no, And I'm normally pretty good at it and
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna say no or yes. I think he
Speaker 1: has kind of right in that bubble area. But we'll
Speaker 1: see as time goes on. I think he's deserving. You look,
Speaker 1: you know, super Bowl championships do mean a lot. They
Speaker 1: do mean a lot, and he's played his best in
Speaker 1: big games. You gotta give him credit for that. There
Speaker 1: are some lulls in this career that I think which
Speaker 1: will hurt him a little bit. But I'm not saying
Speaker 1: he's not going to get in. But I don't think
Speaker 1: he's a he's a he's a guarantee like Peyton was. Okay,
Speaker 1: but if you're in the playoffs. You can pick one
Speaker 1: Manning in the playoffs. Okay, you got a strong offensive line.
Speaker 1: Which Manning are you picking in a time? You know,
Speaker 1: I'm very close. I am very close to Arch and Olivia.
Speaker 1: Just I want you to know that your honest and
Speaker 1: I could not pick one of their sons over the other.
Speaker 1: I don't want to make parents mad at me. What
Speaker 1: about Art Manning? Yeah, I wouldn't take Art. I wouldn't
Speaker 1: take Art. I love Art. Hey, there's another Manning coming up,
Speaker 1: by the way. You know, Cooper's son is playing down
Speaker 1: in the New Orleans and he's like a sophomore. I
Speaker 1: think this year I'm talking about Art. Yeah, you talk
Speaker 1: about Are you talking about my contemporary? Oh? No, you
Speaker 1: might be right to Olive you. There's a young Arch
Speaker 1: coming up that is dynamite. He has college football's attention.
Speaker 1: I'll tell you that kid right now. Absolutely. Hey, I
Speaker 1: wanted to ask you. You've written a book called The
Speaker 1: Games That Changed the Game, and it highlights seven NFL games.
Speaker 1: But this is now eleven years old since that game
Speaker 1: was published. What are some games that you would now
Speaker 1: put in that book that have changed the NFL? I
Speaker 1: do have some games on my radar. By the way,
Speaker 1: the Seven Games I'm working on the sequel. Dave Plout
Speaker 1: and I who collaborated with me on the first book,
Speaker 1: and Great co Sol we've had discussions about there have
Speaker 1: been some games, uh that that clearly have changed the game.
Speaker 1: And it was so much fun doing that book. It
Speaker 1: took two years. I mean, I'm I'm a football geek,
Speaker 1: what every gonna call it, But to figure out seven
Speaker 1: games that really changed the way the NFL was played
Speaker 1: up until that time, it was very very difficult. I
Speaker 1: mean I researched a Patriots Chargers game in a museum
Speaker 1: in Boston and find the act, found the actual game
Speaker 1: film of that game. So because I want to talk
Speaker 1: about a championship game that the Charges and the Patriots played,
Speaker 1: and I got it. So it was one of the
Speaker 1: games I used. And by the way, there are the
Speaker 1: game changes but it still remains the same, which is
Speaker 1: kind of bizarre. But I I, you know, I gotta
Speaker 1: do something about Andy Reid and the Chiefs. It was
Speaker 1: one of the as I look at a game, I
Speaker 1: gotta find a specific game mighty be the super Bowl,
Speaker 1: but a game that I think Andy changed how we
Speaker 1: think about the passing game and and that's that would
Speaker 1: probably one of I think it's probably about two or
Speaker 1: three games. I would address one with defense. You know,
Speaker 1: the Ray Lewis defense is and the Ravens defense for
Speaker 1: years was was just phenomenal some of the concepts they had.
Speaker 1: But I have to find a specific game that really
Speaker 1: showed me what their defensive scheme was all about. But yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm working on a couple of couple of tricks. You
Speaker 1: do a lot off the field. How about the way
Speaker 1: the field goal has changed the game a little bit
Speaker 1: now that guys can kick past the fifty yard line.
Speaker 1: I mean, you never used to see a game and
Speaker 1: you know that used to be out of range. Now,
Speaker 1: I mean, who knows guys are gonna be kicking eighty
Speaker 1: yard or soon. It's funny you say that, I got
Speaker 1: I got Jason Jones, my assistant, sitting with me right here,
Speaker 1: and we're at the practice morning and and they're kicking
Speaker 1: field goals and I'm going, this is incredible, the legs
Speaker 1: that these guys have. Now the distance they kicked the football.
Speaker 1: And remember I held for Tom Dempsey, who, for a
Speaker 1: long period of time, you know, held the longest held
Speaker 1: the record the longest field of sixty three yards and
Speaker 1: Tom was about two hundred and sixty five pounds only
Speaker 1: on the day we had to weigh in other natives
Speaker 1: about to eighty five and people. I remember Tom was
Speaker 1: born with a club foot and had just like four
Speaker 1: by four two by four on the front of his shoe,
Speaker 1: and he could bomb. I mean, he could bomb the football.
Speaker 1: But I'm watching these guys now, these soccer style kickers,
Speaker 1: are you know, fifty pounds They're knocking these seven yard
Speaker 1: field goals at practice. Though the town is definitely getting better,
Speaker 1: you should well, you know, if Sam didn't get drafted
Speaker 1: by Toronto, Olivia was about to get drafted because if
Speaker 1: you go scroll back on her Twitter, she kicked the bomb,
Speaker 1: a game winner right through the uprights. Yeah, very nice,
Speaker 1: looked like Trevor Lawrence. Well, Johns. We won't take up
Speaker 1: any more of your time, but we gotta live with
Speaker 1: one question. As you kind of look at an a
Speaker 1: f C favorite and NFC favorite, and you're gonna be
Speaker 1: covering games for Westwood one this season, who are you
Speaker 1: really interested to see? And do you have a pick
Speaker 1: for both conferences? Yeah? I think Tampa Bay is is
Speaker 1: going to be very difficult to beat that. You know,
Speaker 1: Tom's got all his weapon backs. Every player in the
Speaker 1: offense inve side of that football has already signed up
Speaker 1: for the Bucketeers. So you know, remember they didn't start
Speaker 1: out very well ash year, and they really they really
Speaker 1: peaked at at the end of the season. They were
Speaker 1: they were just dynamic as a season. War On and
Speaker 1: Bruce arians now is it's just a cool dude, you know,
Speaker 1: coaching the football team. I've known Bruce back from his
Speaker 1: days at Temple and he hasn't changed a bit. You know.
Speaker 1: He just a good football coach and relates to people, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, a lot of different ways. And the guys
Speaker 1: love to play for him. They love to play for him.
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna say in the NFC, the Tampa by
Speaker 1: Buccaneer is gonna be hard to beat. And I'm gonna
Speaker 1: pick this one with my heart a little bit because
Speaker 1: I was born and raised just outside of Buffalo, New York.
Speaker 1: It was a Buffalo Bills season ticket holder growing up.
Speaker 1: So I think the Bills are the team to beat
Speaker 1: in the a f C this year. I mean, Josh
Speaker 1: Allen has had just been unbelievable the growth, the maturation.
Speaker 1: Sean mcdermot's a terrific football coach, particularly from the defensive
Speaker 1: side of the football. And I think this might be
Speaker 1: the year of the Buffalo Bills. Janice, how do you
Speaker 1: feel about that? Well, it's a New York team, so
Speaker 1: I'll take it. I mean, I know, definitely Bills reside
Speaker 1: and play in New York. Giants gonna go over to
Speaker 1: my state of New Jersey to play their games, so
Speaker 1: the Bills are should be New York's team. You That
Speaker 1: is a very good point. Yes, and they made one
Speaker 1: good point anyway, that's good. Yeah. I mean, you guys
Speaker 1: can't get the football in the end zone. I may
Speaker 1: become a Bills field fan myself. So that first preseason game,
Speaker 1: it looked like a middle school soccer game. I mean
Speaker 1: it was like, didn't nobody scored until like the last
Speaker 1: couple of minutes. So they mean nothing, they mean nothing.
Speaker 1: Forget it, get out of here, they mean nothing. Every
Speaker 1: time the big plays it means something to me. So
Speaker 1: all right, no, no, don't don't get don't get all
Speaker 1: bound up about the preseason games. They're you know what
Speaker 1: they're called exhibition games. That's what they are. Absolutely well,
Speaker 1: this start was a pleasure. We really appreciate your insight
Speaker 1: rifle Ron the Polish rifle. That's my favorite. Johns, thank
Speaker 1: you so much, you bet, thank you guys. Great to
Speaker 1: be with you. Let's do it again down the road.
Speaker 1: Every week we finish off our show with the Lions
Speaker 1: lock and we bring in Peter Andrew from bed MGM
Speaker 1: to help us know what bets we should be looking
Speaker 1: at this weekend. It's gonna be really fun once we
Speaker 1: get in regular season NFL play. Peter, I can't wait.
Speaker 1: But this weekend we've got a full slate of preseason games.
Speaker 1: Tell me what you're looking at, Tell me what you like. Yeah,
Speaker 1: well I heard you just talking about it before. I
Speaker 1: love the Jets against the Packers. Just frankly, not a
Speaker 1: lot of people playing for Green Bay. They are playing
Speaker 1: for absolutely nothing. If anything, playing guys might be a detriment,
Speaker 1: getting them hurt potentially. On the other side, you have
Speaker 1: the Jets who are playing for a lot. New coach.
Speaker 1: He's trying to build a structure around that team. Zack
Speaker 1: Wilson I think looked pretty good. He got some time
Speaker 1: with some um, you know, first team offense against first
Speaker 1: team defense, I think he looked fairly well for his
Speaker 1: first game. Ever, I think they are restricting him a
Speaker 1: little bit. We know he can run with the ball,
Speaker 1: we know he's a four or five guy. So it's
Speaker 1: gonna be interesting how that unfolds over the first couple
Speaker 1: of preseason games. But I love the Jets this week.
Speaker 1: As we go to other teams, I think there's a
Speaker 1: couple that stand out to me. Baltimore Ravens and and
Speaker 1: John Harball. Eighteen straight wins in the preseason. I don't
Speaker 1: get it. I'm sure, I'm sure it'd be nice if
Speaker 1: that translated over to regular season wins, but it doesn't.
Speaker 1: But their minus minus three and a half against Carolina
Speaker 1: this actually would tie or maybe even beat the record
Speaker 1: for most preseason games one consecutively. So I feel like
Speaker 1: you need to go with them. So um so Ravens
Speaker 1: with the spread three and a half. And then as
Speaker 1: you look across a couple of other games, I think
Speaker 1: you have to look at Trey Lance justin fields. Those
Speaker 1: guys are playing for something. They're going to be playing
Speaker 1: with first team offenses. They're gonna be, you know, playing
Speaker 1: against first team defenses. Real opportunity for them to solidify
Speaker 1: themselves as potential starters. Justin fields, I mean, an amazing
Speaker 1: couple of drives my expectations. He plays close to a
Speaker 1: half for Saturday. I like them to cover and I
Speaker 1: like the over thirty eight and a half. I think
Speaker 1: you're gonna start seeing more teams kind of developed with
Speaker 1: their first team. I love the opportunity he has to
Speaker 1: to really push himself over a guy like Andy Dalton.
Speaker 1: The Aston Martin reference he gave it is spot on.
Speaker 1: He's the shiny toy that takes them somewhere from A
Speaker 1: to B faster. So if they want to accelerate this
Speaker 1: kind of rebuild, he's the guy to do it. We
Speaker 1: were just talking with Jaws about Eagles and Patriots. That's
Speaker 1: Thursday night when this airs. Eagles are one and a
Speaker 1: half point. Dog quarterback Jalen Hurts is really impressing. That's
Speaker 1: what Rondorski was saying. In their joint practice with the Pats.
Speaker 1: They also have rookie wide receiver Heisman winner Davante Smith's
Speaker 1: brained mc l and training camp. He's on track to
Speaker 1: play Week one and be the lead receiver. So I
Speaker 1: like them in the season, but with this game Thursday night.
Speaker 1: What are you thinking, Eagles one and a half point? Dog?
Speaker 1: I like the paths. I like the paths to win
Speaker 1: out right. I think you have the combination of of
Speaker 1: Mac Jones trying to prove himself. You have Cam Newton,
Speaker 1: who's I think solidified himself as a Week one starter.
Speaker 1: But between the two of them, over the course of
Speaker 1: a preseason game, you're probably gonna see at least a
Speaker 1: half of football from them. Again, this is the common
Speaker 1: team for me. Is guys that are playing in first teams,
Speaker 1: that are playing most of the game. I think they'll
Speaker 1: traditionally do better. Whereas some of the teams like the
Speaker 1: Packers that we just talked about, are going to be
Speaker 1: playing a lot of second and third string guys. Those
Speaker 1: guys are playing for jobs. You have the guys like
Speaker 1: Mac Jones that really need to prove something. Given Cam
Speaker 1: always getting hurt, good chance that Mac Jones starts this year. Um,
Speaker 1: so I like them to win out right, Nice, I
Speaker 1: know who to bet on, all right, So we got
Speaker 1: both of you behind the Jets. You're calling the Pats
Speaker 1: two teams. I would never within my heart root four.
Speaker 1: But I'm on a street right now, so I'm gonna
Speaker 1: I'm gonna put money on those two teams because I'm onnestdreak. Hey,
Speaker 1: you know, I will say to all our listeners, you've
Speaker 1: got to follow Janice on Twitter. It took me a
Speaker 1: minute to understand his language and that absolutely nothing he
Speaker 1: says is serious. But then once you listen that way
Speaker 1: and read that way, he is such a good Twitter follower.
Speaker 1: So are you such a good Twitter follow? Yeah? I
Speaker 1: mean you gotta have a strong stomach for it because
Speaker 1: I go in, but I appreciate it. Can you tell
Speaker 1: us about some prop bets for this weekend? So what
Speaker 1: I've seen first couple of preseason games, there's a couple
Speaker 1: of players love and a coach I love too, So
Speaker 1: this is more for you know, full season. Obviously a
Speaker 1: lot of our props or future bets for for the
Speaker 1: full season of all seventeen weeks or all the team weeks.
Speaker 1: I should say this year you talked about m VP odds.
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry is a sneaky one plus five thousand. He
Speaker 1: got Julio Jones in the midst. Normally you'd see Derrick
Speaker 1: Henry eight in the box. Everybody defended him. Julio Jones
Speaker 1: probably the best receiver in the league. He's gonna garner
Speaker 1: a lot of attention. Derrick Henry seems like an easy one,
Speaker 1: especially at that price. UM not saying it's a sure thing,
Speaker 1: but given the odds plus five thousand, you know, a
Speaker 1: hundred dollar beat lands a pretty significant amount of money.
Speaker 1: I love him to start from last week, you saw
Speaker 1: a defensive rookie of the year, Patrick Surtan, a second
Speaker 1: dad was a pretty damn good cornerback. He's no different.
Speaker 1: He had to pick six in his first ever preseason game.
Speaker 1: Love his chances. And then you obviously go to the
Speaker 1: offensive rookie. The year you saw a lot of line movement.
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence went from tow to plus three twenty five,
Speaker 1: so he's regressed a little bit, but that's a lot
Speaker 1: to do. You know, Justin Fields again in trade Lance,
Speaker 1: those guys went from plus three fifty to plus seven hundred.
Speaker 1: Trade Lance went down from six hundred to plus seven fifty.
Speaker 1: I think this is really the year of the quarterback,
Speaker 1: and one of these guys is gonna take it. You know,
Speaker 1: my money is on Justin Fields. I think there's such
Speaker 1: an opportunity for him to just again go over Andy Dalton.
Speaker 1: He's going to be a superstar on this league and
Speaker 1: people are about to find out sooner or later. Um,
Speaker 1: so you know you're investing a little bit early in
Speaker 1: some of these prop bets. But I think you have
Speaker 1: potentially you know, big winnings come into the season in
Speaker 1: January February in the sports gambling world. And from your
Speaker 1: perspective in your office, do you feel like fans get
Speaker 1: too caught up in preseason and offseason storylines when they
Speaker 1: start to make these bets? One thousand percent yes. I mean,
Speaker 1: so Trey Lance has played one game and within one
Speaker 1: game he's played twenty five snaps or thirty snaps. He's
Speaker 1: actually fifteen percent of our handle or our liability for
Speaker 1: offensive Rookie of the year. He's barely played, and I
Speaker 1: think there's a great chance he's a backup to Jimmy G.
Speaker 1: If Jimmy g stays healthy, he may not even play
Speaker 1: this season. So people do, you know, over invest their
Speaker 1: time and in the preseason, But that's kind of what
Speaker 1: it's for, is you get excited about some of these
Speaker 1: new guys. Kyle Pitts was another one the Falcons tight
Speaker 1: end and then obviously Trevor Lawrence being the first overall pick.
Speaker 1: We need something to talk about. We're going crazy without NFL,
Speaker 1: without n C Double A, without basketball hockey and all
Speaker 1: that stuff. So we need something to some sort of
Speaker 1: rumors and some sort of some sort of information about
Speaker 1: our attention. Drama. We love it, we love the storylines. Hey, honest,
Speaker 1: did you hear the Jimmy G. I think you're safe
Speaker 1: with that one. Let's let's screwge Garoffalo and stick with
Speaker 1: Jimmy G. Jimmy G. Yeah, Janine Garoffalo, Jimmy G. What
Speaker 1: do you think about his chances to to actually remain
Speaker 1: the starter with how good Trey Lance looked on that
Speaker 1: one eight yard bomb? Well, first off, I think we're
Speaker 1: gonna have to do one of those picture and of
Speaker 1: pictures where we can buy Jimmy G and Tony Sierra Grusa.
Speaker 1: So so we make the true Garoffalo. But it really
Speaker 1: comes down to, uh, and I'm biaseduse I'm an I
Speaker 1: understand Jimmy G stays the quarterback and he gets into
Speaker 1: the playoffs if he stays healthy. If he doesn't stay
Speaker 1: healthy and he ends up missing out on the game
Speaker 1: or two, I think that's it. It's almost the Kaepernick
Speaker 1: Alex Smith situation. Alex Smith got hurt. You know, it's
Speaker 1: almost ten years ago now, and Colin Kaepernick became me
Speaker 1: the facto starter and stayed that way and they ended
Speaker 1: up trading Alex Smith to the Chiefs. Jimmy g can
Speaker 1: be that good. He's a proven winning quarterback. I think
Speaker 1: there's no doubt about that. But he just can't stay healthy.
Speaker 1: I've I've kind of joked with my friends and said,
Speaker 1: you know, he can start the season five and oh,
Speaker 1: it gets hurt in Game six and then that's the
Speaker 1: last time we've seen again for the year. So it
Speaker 1: really comes down to that knee, comes down to that ankle,
Speaker 1: and we'll see what happens. Well, it's really fun talking
Speaker 1: futures with you. Let's continue to do that throughout the
Speaker 1: month of August as the preseason goes on, and for
Speaker 1: all of our listeners, make sure you check out our
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