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NFL 🏈 Football Season Preview ft. Wild Card Mar & Sports Professor
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IOW Sports' Late Night Owl "NFL Football Season Preview" ft. Wild Card Mar & Sports Professor
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Transcript
Introduction and Show Kickoff
00:00:01
Speaker
Yeah, Solid Hill, TDS, what's up? Yeah, come on. IOW Sports Network, Late Night Edition.
00:00:12
Speaker
Let's go. Come on. We about to raise the bar. Wild Card Mark. Everybody grab a seat. As you know, we about to spark.
Engaging with the Audience
00:00:21
Speaker
Late Night Sports Talk.
00:00:23
Speaker
Hold on that low little cigar. Man, you don't want to start. Wild Card Mark.
00:00:31
Speaker
Wild Car Mar Everybody grab a seat Cause you L Boogie with the hot flame Ashtray full of top names.
Collaboration with Ballin' Buds
00:00:47
Speaker
Little tree for your membrane. This the nine hour time frame.
00:00:51
Speaker
just snatched up a six pack. Got my hands on a lid pack. Whipping up a little batch snacks. Yeah man, I think I'm all set. Late night. Can't sleep. Go ahead and just tap in. Better grab you a cold one. And we about to get some laughs in. Wild card on the microphone. He'll hit you with a cup of flurries. Y'all need to just strap in for some entertainment sports commentary. Everybody grab a seat, cause you know we bout to spark Late night sports talk, hold on that little cigar Man, you ain't wanna start, wild card
00:01:31
Speaker
ma Everybody wanna stop, cause you know it star. Everybody wanna stop, cause you know it is a wanna stop, cause you know it is a star. Wild, come on, yeah, wild, come on, wild, come on. Yeah, you know he is a star.
00:01:45
Speaker
Putting all these streams, you better know he take it really far. He will give you them sports takes, and he'll hit you in the head, and you gonna end up six feet dead, rum red, murder rum red. You better kill it. No, I'm just kidding. Y'all know what it is. Y'all what it is. You may want to come off back in the building. Yes, it is Taco Tuesday.
00:02:04
Speaker
No, that is not my boy, Randy Rebbert. He was on last night, but no stranger to the IOW fam. Here's our brother for another mother representing Ball and Bud Sports and Entertainment.
00:02:17
Speaker
We are here tonight. Grace, once again, by his presence, it is, ooh, baby, the sports professor. ah baby Yo, yo, yo, what up, my friend? How are you doing your today, my brother? My brother, you know I can't complain. I am alive, feeling good, feeling great, feeling great, feeling good. And of course, always a pleasure to always chop it up and talk sports with you.
00:02:45
Speaker
And hey, man, I always appreciate you. You know, when I just like, hey, it was about four hours ago. I was like, yo, bro, what you doing tonight? He was like, say less one time.
00:02:55
Speaker
And I love that. I love that. So here we are again. But before we get busy, y'all know what we got to do. My man, you gots to plug. yeah Now, my man is over a thousand subscribers.
00:03:09
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in our world so to help him get more subscribers as y'all should already like share subscribe to iw sports but make sure you like share subscribe to ball and buzz sports and entertainment my brother oh do the pleasure and let these folks know where they can find you at my man Yes, yes, I really appreciate you and that plug. You can see right here on the sign, Ballin' Buds on YouTube, B-A-L-L-A-N-D-B-U-D-S. Again, make sure you subscribe on YouTube. That is most important. We did break that 1,000-mark barrier. We're now up to 1,300, and so we're super excited about that. Got a new logo and all that, and you know.
00:03:49
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is just trying to build it up for the team. And, you know, we all we always partnering with our brothers here at IOW, and we always like to make sure we collab. So, as always, yeah, please. Yeah, man. As always. Hey, make sure you tap in. ah but Look, and I know I told O what we're going to talk about, but before we get there, obviously, I definitely love the collab that you did with ah Jersey Boy MJ, Round of Diamonds.
MLB Season Analysis
00:04:15
Speaker
the jersey's finest uh you also had him on uh you know a ball and bus uh your baseball special uh but before get heavy into our nfl talk hey look for my baseball heads out there real quick What have been some of the biggest surprises for you so far in the baseball season? I mean, you know, obviously ah baseball can kind of get lost in the sauce. Obviously between the ending of, a you know, NBA in the summertime and the training camp shit starts picking up. So baseball can sometimes get lost in sauce.
00:04:48
Speaker
kind of li Bring these people back into what's really good in the MLB world, man. Talk to the folks, man. What's going on in MLB world? Yeah, for those of you that maybe tuned out after the NBA was done and wanted to go on a summer vacation, I completely understand. But as an MLB diehard, me and Mar, we've been paying attention, watching the games. keep So if you've missed it, the Detroit Tigers were the hottest team in the first half.
00:05:16
Speaker
They kind of stumbled out of the break, but they have picked it back up. and are still leading in the division. The Yankees and Mets have stumbled since the All-Star break horribly. Aaron Judge got hurt. The Yankees faltered.
00:05:30
Speaker
The Mets have just been horrible until winning today um over the Braves. They had lost eleven at twelve This may turn them around, but it wasn't looking good. Other teams want to look at, the Cubs, Wowsers, led by PCA Pete Crow Armstrong, a future MVP in the league.
00:05:48
Speaker
The Cubs are a team to look out for ah in the playoffs for sure. They're in the Brewers. The Brewers are the hottest team in the league right now. They swept my Mets a couple days ago. um i think they're 10 of 12 now.
00:06:00
Speaker
and they're Sorry, 12 of 14 in their last 14. Also, you want to look at some players, right? Obviously, Aaron Judge getting hurt doesn't help the Yankees. um But you look at other really good players that have come up in the L. Cal Raleigh, the big dumper. o Yes, the big dumper.
00:06:18
Speaker
On his way to... Carry a big stick. Pause. Pause. Wow. Reckless. But that big stick is going to carry him to 60 homes, I believe. So, ah you know, whether it's the badonkadonk or the big stick, whatever Mar wants you to think about, you i just know that Kyle Rollins up in there.
00:06:39
Speaker
Wow. We are all fucking starting tonight. Yeah, aren't we? um Aren't we? do Dodgers in the past week have faltered a bit, but you're still one of the favorites there as well in the West.
00:06:52
Speaker
It's been an all out really good season. The trade deadline was really dynamic. The Padres went all out for it GM AJ Preller, as he's known to do, went ahead and traded 12 out of their top 20 prospects. I was like, wow, that's that's just crazy. But, you know, they're San Diego. They're going to go for it when they can.
Mike Trout's Career Decisions
00:07:10
Speaker
and So it's been a really good baseball season. And just looking down the stretch, it's going to be a dogfight in these divisions as to who's going to come out into the playoffs.
00:07:19
Speaker
Oh, and the Baltimore Orioles have been the biggest disappointment of the year. yeah Yeah, well, I mean, especially seeing what they were doing the last couple of years, and then you kind of just have this, ah well, let's be honest, at the trade deadline, they were probably one of the biggest sellers at the trade deadline.
00:07:37
Speaker
ah So i you saw Cedric Mullins get moved. You saw a couple of other pieces get moved ah from Baltimore. So no surprise that they were sellers. ah No surprise that ah Colorado were sellers. No surprise at all. ah i Look, I know you kind of talked about this, you and MJ, but ah it went why is Mike Trout still sticking around in Anaheim? well what it where when like This dude, a he, to me, is comparable to almost Dame Lillard in the NBA, where he's just like, his loyalty is just...
00:08:14
Speaker
is is is is not causing him dollars it's causing him opportunities at championships and if you ask me a player of his caliber the first thing you're looking for when you look at his resume when he hangs up the cleats is where's the world series championships
00:08:35
Speaker
talk to me oh i mean something look it's some something's got to give at some point in time what's going on man Yeah, so, yeah I mean, you hit it right on the head. That's a perfect comparison that I, mean I mean, I'm very apt, right? Damian Lillard being very loyal to the Portland Trailblazers for a long time, not wanting to leave there. You can look at Kevin Garnett with the Minnesota Timberwolves, something like that, right? Just very loyal to a team that you don't want to leave because they brought you up, but at the same time, you're not going to win.
00:09:02
Speaker
ah You've given it your all. You're on the tail end of your career. You've made all the money you're going to make. Why not try to win a championship? Now, he did sign a 12-year contract, ah the biggest in MLB at the time when he signed it.
00:09:19
Speaker
We do talk all the time about athletes not wanting to hold to their agreements and wanting to get paid more, especially in football. mayor ah So... At the very least, hes he's being upstanding on his part of his contract. Now, does that preclude him for asking for a trade? Does that mean that he should not take one, especially if you know they tried, which if he can get himself up to half of what prime maltro Mike Trout was, he could probably fetch something on the market that a team would give up couple prospects for.
00:09:55
Speaker
So it's not going to happen this year, obviously, but the Angels are headed nowhere. So if I'm the Angels, yeah, you want to keep somebody your whole career. He's the guy. He's been the face of the franchise. But if you can still get a couple of good prospects for him just on name value alone. Yeah.
00:10:14
Speaker
It's something you might want to think about doing. so but ah But Mike Trout should and and and be willing to take a trade at any point in time. Is he going to ask for one? I don't know. But eventually, Dame Lillard got fed up. And eventually, Kevin Garnett got fed up. And eventually, the everybody gets fed up.
00:10:31
Speaker
Eventually, you get fed up because here we are. They're in fourth place. They're nine and a half back. I'm not saying it can't be done, but... Yeah, they're yeah they're out.
00:10:46
Speaker
They're not better than Texas, not better than Houston, not better than Seattle. All right. built the Three teams and had of them that were probably kicked their ass on nine out of 10 times. So let's just be frank about it.
00:10:58
Speaker
But reason why I bring that up is because I would hate to see ah him in his career in a place that had no shot at getting him a championship. The best opportunity for me, I think that he had was with Shoah and Tony and he is now two years in l LA and the moment that he left and walked out the door, and I thought that that should have been in him asking the same, you know, professional gesture from the franchise to say, hey, send me to somebody that has a chance to one, take on some of this money that on my contract and two, more than likely has a chance to win.
00:11:42
Speaker
a championship and it's only a few teams that you can really think of in MLB right now that could probably fit those criterias and of course him being an East Coast boy Philly would have been obviously one of those places that I thought would have made perfect sense and who would ever thought that there would be a day that Bryce Harper and Mike Trout would have been on the same squad but ah Here we are now in 2025.
00:12:11
Speaker
oh Bryce Harper is still one of the better players in MLB. and Mike Trout, you know despite ah certain back injuries, um you know once was one of those guys. But Yeah, man.
00:12:27
Speaker
I just hate to see the guy just ah in his career without a championship ring. i mean, because we especially with issues that he's having, or ah you know, when it especially comes to the back, as David write about that situation. Yep.
00:12:43
Speaker
I was just about to say, I know very well about that. Yeah. Spinal stenosis ruined the career of our captain. I know very well about that. Quickly. Yeah. quickly and uh because that guy was trending towards a hall of fame career and a shoe in hall of fame career and shit turned around quickly so um Yeah, man, i yeah I would just hate to see it. Just hate to see it. but Yeah, we'll see. I mean, there's nothing they can do now. They would have to wait until the offseason to trade them And even then, I don't say i don't see them trading him unless it's like a trade deadline thing where someone came next year and was like, hey, we'll give you this, this, and this yeah just to get him ah just to get them off of you. We'll give you some extra.
00:13:24
Speaker
Because I think at this point for the Angels, it's a loyalty thing too. yeah I think for them, it's kind of face of the franchise. Let's keep him here his whole career so we can say we had somebody, you know, put him in Monument Park, whatever. But you're right. I mean, the best chance they had was with him and Shohei and they didn't even make the playoffs.
00:13:40
Speaker
No, ever. Not not once. The one you want. yeah like if we're giving you uh you know a supporting cast like that and and they tried they you know brought in uh randolph that didn't work out that did not work at yeah that did not work out at all that horrible only thing you got from him was a a meme that he wanted to punch him uh you know fan for calling him the so that was about as what uh you know what i i'm i'm i'm a baseball purist and That will forever irk me that you signed that big of a contract and then the next year just turned around and just stopped wanting to play.
00:14:18
Speaker
Like what? You ain't, you have no inkling of that before you signed as big as contract. Now all of a sudden you don't like baseball anymore and you'd rather just live your life and do whatever and not care. Okay.
00:14:31
Speaker
and That's very convenient. a Hey man, sometimes I, Hey, you know, some It's crazy, but hey, get your bag and keep it moving. eight I'm all for getting your bag. not no I'm not for stealing bags, okay? I'm not for heisting the Brinks truck like he did, okay?
00:14:52
Speaker
hey Give that bag to Dennis Schroeder, please. He needs it. That's crazy. That's crazy. But ah let's move on because what we really are here to talk about is football. And before, a you know, obviously, ah you know, I know who I root for. And it's so crazy how ah me and my brother have this great chemistry. But it's football turns. We should really hate the shit out of each other.
00:15:18
Speaker
But, yeah, turn it around. Go ahead. yeah A couple of things that are Raiders related in the news.
00:15:33
Speaker
State of Nevada has ah a backed up ah John Gruden.
John Gruden's Legal Situation
00:15:39
Speaker
What is that? what Just, you know, off a gut feeling or when you first heard the news, they what what was kind of your your first thoughts and emotions when you hear that State of Nevada pretty much, you know, kind of backed up or i guess in ah in a way, ah John Gruden feels vindicated now.
00:16:00
Speaker
Kind of give give your thoughts about your former coach, man. Yeah, Chucky, man. I've been... us sticking with this story the whole time since it started back when the emails between him and Bruce Allen of the commanders was revealed years ago when they were an aforementioned different name. um this is not This is not complete vindication yet. It does give him the ability to continue in his pursuit for what he considers to be justice or what was the injustice done to him as emails being leaked and
00:16:36
Speaker
um you know, improper persuasions that caused him to get fired and things of this nature. Whether or not the NFL, you know, and the people that were involved in this actually, you know, but all were behind it, were all involved in trying to screw him, which, I mean, obviously there's a lot of a lot of loose ends there that may suggest that this was done to make him a scapegoat for a much bigger ah issue at large with owners and GMs and communications and how they talk about players and things that come out, especially after the NBA and what happened with the Clippers owner, who doesn't even deserve a ah name mentioned, but you what I'm talking about. Yeah.
00:17:29
Speaker
So, yeah, we don't mention races. Fuck them. So anyways, ah so this isn't yet vindication, though, because it did not necessarily say that, OK, the NFL did anything wrong. It's just saying that Chucky is or John Gruden is not a employee.
00:17:46
Speaker
And since he's a former employee, this allows his the ability for the case to continue on and for him to continue to sue them for improper loss of job or whatever else he's suing for.
00:17:58
Speaker
um But but at this moment, that's all that does is just allow him to continue because the NFL was trying to just stop him the case from going forward at all. But the NFL plans on appealing this as well.
00:18:10
Speaker
I read today. But yes, in terms of vindication for going forward and actually trying the case. Yes. That holds out very well when a judge holds your your case up. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. um the Now, I will say I think he was wrong. I think he was wrong. If you want my professional opinion, if you look at all the loose, I apologize to step on. No, no, go ahead.
00:18:31
Speaker
Oh, no, break it down. if you If you look at all the loose ends, because, again, I did a whole like mind of the professor segment met on this. So when the email first came out. The emails were between him and Bruce Allen. Bruce Allen the former was the former GM at the Raiders when when John Gruden and him took us to the championship the last time we went and got our ass whooped in 2000 by the Baltimore Ravens.
00:18:54
Speaker
ah So that was they had and they have been longtime colleagues and friends since then. They've obviously had email communications over those 20 years. 25 years, whatever.
00:19:07
Speaker
So why is it that these certain communications all of a sudden come into effect Not saying that what he did or what he said wasn't wrong, because it was.
00:19:18
Speaker
yeah It was racist. It was abhorrent. It was disgusting. I'm not supporting anything. He said it was wrong completely. That being said, it was wrong. And that does not mean that he should but should have lost his job for it, because they used him as a scapegoat in order. Why did Bruce Allen keep his job?
00:19:39
Speaker
Why have all these other owners who have been caught saying things kept their job, right? so But anyways, I think John Gruden had a couple people that didn't like him, some enemies that decided, you know what, we're going to go get him out for a – he's going to be back.
00:19:55
Speaker
He'll be back coaching. He was already, you know, been coaching in training camps for different teams every offseason. So he'll be back. Don't worry. Once this all blows over in like five years, he'll be coaching again.
00:20:06
Speaker
Yeah, um it's crazy that you say that because especially when you speak about the... And hopefully with my Raiders. Look, don't like a racist, but I'll take a good coach because probably most of them are racist anyway, so who the fuck cares?
00:20:18
Speaker
and All the owners are... We had this conversation. We had this conversation like three years ago when we first started streaming together. What did say? Like 90% of the owners are racist anyway, so what does it matter? yeah It's...
00:20:30
Speaker
it's a yeah uh yeah you guys have to go back and watch that episode oh but it's um when it comes to the uh he'll be in the scapegoat in the cover-up thing i i think when you say that he he has a possible cause of like profession to say ah he he was wrongfully terminated um yeah that was the worry Thank you. wrongfully determined Yeah, but when you when you look at a a you know, just him ah being in that position, ah like you said, he'll be coaching again. He'll, ah you know, because I was just looking at him ah talking with ah at the LSU team and, you know, knows whether it will be in him.
00:21:14
Speaker
professional or NFL or college race. He'll get ah another opportunity off people want to deny it or not. His name still carries weight in n NFL, in the football world.
00:21:29
Speaker
right let's Let's be honest about that. But it Hey, man, there's a lot of things, especially in the NFL, that, you know, i can get overlooked.
00:21:41
Speaker
ah You know, obviously, him suing the NFL probably has no bearing. yeah You know, Brian Flores was still able to get a job with his ongoing lawsuit.
00:21:53
Speaker
um ah Unfortunately, he'll probably never get a head coaching job. But a i don't i don't i don't I don't believe that to be true. I think Flores could get a job next year.
00:22:04
Speaker
I don't think that to be true. I don't i think they're all in cahoots, Doug. They're all cahoots. Like, this is all tied in together, and whether you even use it a scapegoat, they're going to bring you back because you are who you are and you bring money to the league.
00:22:17
Speaker
I'm just curious as in because NFL never really released the the actual findings of everything else that was imparted part of the investigation. and Why is that?
00:22:30
Speaker
That stumbled upon the John Gruden discovery. So, yeah you know, I obviously there's is some more behind that that, you know, ah he can use, like you said, he can probably use that for it ah as as leverage to say. Why didn't anybody else go down? Why was I the only one to lose my job?
00:22:49
Speaker
Come on now. Oh, I don't, you don't have to be a genius to connect these dots. All right. You don't have to be a genius to connect.
Raiders Team Dynamics
00:22:59
Speaker
So, um but let's look at now present Las Vegas Raiders.
00:23:06
Speaker
Uh, Crazy release with the Christian Wilkins. day gang Obviously, you're a Raiders fan. Give us more insight on it.
00:23:18
Speaker
What was that? What was going on? yeah A guy that you literally just gave a lot of guaranteed money to a year ago and is one and done. Didn't play much because of the injury.
00:23:29
Speaker
And then poof, he's out of here a year later. and they're talking about that a year later. it A year later, and he had a $56 million dollars signing bonus.
00:23:41
Speaker
So they're going to try to recoup on insurance about $28.5 million. So I have my, you know, I know plenty of people within the organization. So I talked to some of my sources. So they're going to try to recoup $28.5 million based on insurance purposes or up to, depending on how much insurance decides to give them back on that, um whether they do that by percentages or whatever, they're going to get some sort of money back on that signing bonus. But you're still looking at $2.5 million.
00:24:07
Speaker
25 30 million for one for six games before he got injured with a foot injury and so what happened after that they went into the offseason expecting okay you have this it wasn't a list frank but it was kind of like sort of close to something like that um and They expected throughout the offseason for things to get better. Things never got better.
00:24:30
Speaker
but The progression in his rehab just never improved. his foot was you know You hear these stories sometimes when players get injuries and just things don't get better. and theyre yeah so Right. And so the Raiders said, okay, well, you need to get a – you have to get a surgery. Right. You need to get a surgery so we can get this fixed and get you back on the field. He refused.
00:24:49
Speaker
Yeah. to get a surgery. They even said, look, you don't have to trust us. Go out and get another doctor's opinion. The Raiders said that to him. They like, go get another opinion, see if you need it or not. But we're pretty sure they're going to tell you this. He didn't want to even go get a second opinion.
00:25:04
Speaker
So not only did he refuse the the the surgery, but he also refused to kind of let let competing doctors have opinions. And the Raiders just aren't putting up with that anymore, especially with the new ownership with Tom Brady coming in and everything like that.
00:25:21
Speaker
They're definitely about culture, especially bringing in Pete Carroll. And they figured that if he didn't want to get on board with having a surgery to try to get back on the field, that he was in breach of his contract basically.
00:25:33
Speaker
And so they were willing to let him go. hoping to recoup some of that money and just moving on from what they didn't see as a positive solution. Wow.
00:25:44
Speaker
And that's crazy, crazy scenario. ah Shout out to my guy, Chris, Chris down. It does the area T podcast with me. He brought up a good point. He said, you know,
00:25:57
Speaker
ah getting rid of your man Christian Wilkins. It's kind of like one of those situations where i is it worth well, especially for the Raiders, they did it at the right time releasing him ah and saying, hey, we're going to get this money back because NFLPA is in a whole jumbled mess and something like this could easily fall for the cracks where he, you know, i and and I heard obviously NFLPA said they're going to file a grievance on Christian's behalf.
00:26:29
Speaker
ah They just appointed their interim i head of NFLPA a few days ago. I i forget his name and he escaped me. ah So I apologize for that. But, um you know, they're a whole bunch of mess. This is what I would say if I were the Raiders.
00:26:48
Speaker
First of all, and NFLPA, how about you get all your ducks in a row? How about you get your house on order? How about we stop going to Magic City and putting shit on the NFL business card like some dumbos?
00:27:03
Speaker
Okay. All right. Look, I am a known connoisseur of a gentleman's club. But I am not going to be putting that shit on my business tab and trying to charge that shit to the IRS like some big dummies.
00:27:15
Speaker
Both of y'all deserve to be fired. And NFLPA don't be bringing me no lawsuit until you get your ass figured out first. You ain't even got a real director right now.
00:27:26
Speaker
That's what I'm saying. He's still on interim terms. So. ah Look. You gotta be kidding me, Doug. But I'm saying, like, if if you know if you're gonna say, like, this is the time that you you want to recoup some payment from a board.
00:27:38
Speaker
Hey, hey, hey. That shit gonna slide right under the radar. Under the radar, because they are dealing with so much mess and turmoil and trying to clean up their own damn bullshit, dude. They got the government and the IRS to deal with right now. They ain't worried about Christian Wilkins. No, we ain't give a damn about some grievance, bro.
00:27:59
Speaker
yeah but but We about to be sued for fraud right now. We don't get one. Yeah, we worried about the bigger fist to fry in this joint, but... i Give me, give me. yeah That's crazy though, right? You can't just use the business card at a club like that. and like At the magic city of all places, bro.
00:28:19
Speaker
I mean, I don't know if it was a magic city, but wherever. It was it was at a gentleman's club. was that and She's going to show up on the statement. Like, what are what are you doing? Sometimes they try to hide it. You know, sometimes they try to hide it like paradise, entertainment or something like that.
00:28:33
Speaker
Well, let's be honest, El. That would be a move that either I or you would probably do. I'm not going to lie, but... I said that on my show. I was like, this is something I would be accused of doing, but even I wouldn't do something so stupid.
00:28:47
Speaker
but It was still a numbschool move, but regardless... ah Obviously, you you spoke about Gino, Pete Carroll, part of that new ah culture change that they're bringing in.
00:29:00
Speaker
What are your expectations ah of the Raiders this year? Obviously, like you said, a lot of change and hopefully, you know, for the better and bringing culture and things like that.
00:29:11
Speaker
ah Just give me give me you get you kind of ah your positives and some of the things you're concerned about ah going into the regular season.
00:29:21
Speaker
I want to say first and foremost, I was completely wrong about, not wrong, but I was completely miss i'm completely misjudged the peak car o higher ah I know Pete Carroll is a good culture guy. I knew he was a good you know players coach. I knew that he is a perennial ah winner or at least good performer at at the at the worst. um He actually hasn't lost he hasn't ah had any seasons in the NFL with less than seven wins.
00:29:55
Speaker
So um I thought when he came in, i said I don't care for this hire because he's too advanced. don't want to say old. He's old.
00:30:09
Speaker
He's old. He's old. And he only has a few years left, and we're not in the position to win right now, nor are we going to be any time within his – you know, his, his, his career that I can think of. And especially, and you know, this, cause I say it all the time, Patrick Mahomes is still the best quarterback in the world.
00:30:30
Speaker
And until that fact is no longer the case, the Raiders are in the same division as Kansas city and are never going to make the playoffs. And those other teams are going have harder times too, but we're still not better than the Chargers or the Broncos.
00:30:43
Speaker
So yeah, My thought was, why are you bringing in a coach who, by the way, he why did he take the job? Why don't you go somewhere where you can win another championship? You're not going to win a championship with us.
00:30:55
Speaker
We're not going to win it. So, like, why didn't we get somebody we could build with, somebody younger, you know, Liam Cohen, Ben Johnson, something like that we can build with over time. Whatever. I was wrong. Pete Carroll has completely changed this franchise around for the better. He has installed a culture that the Raiders have not had.
00:31:13
Speaker
Since that 2000 era when we had the Rich Gannon and the Tim Brown and the Jerry Rice and the leadership was impeccable. Right. So the culture that he's brought in, the no nonsense, but yet very player friendly, very loose vibes kind of culture has really done wonders for the Raiders, not only as a team, but more importantly, as a franchise in the background.
00:31:37
Speaker
And pairing that with, again, I'll say, I i will say i was wrong about this. And this was more because I am a hater, ah ah former formerly known as Tom Shady.
00:31:50
Speaker
I will no longer call him that. I will respect his governmental and call him Tom Brady from now on. And it was mostly out of hate that I didn't want it. But I must say that Tom Brady has as well brought a air of winning, an air of a culture of positivity and growth and things like that. Right. Tom Brady is the owner. Players now want to play harder. Right. It might not be a conscious thing, but those are just like unconscious tangibles.
00:32:19
Speaker
that bring to an organization that has been in the depths, in the in the in the in the dredges, in the mires of NFL for the past 25 years.
00:32:30
Speaker
I mean, we almost went to the playoffs with Chucky once there and with Del Rio once. That's two times since 2002 when we went last went to the Super Bowl. So it's like, you know, we need to – We needed this change of culture for the future, and I'm happy because, yes, he's not going to win us a championship, but this bridge is going to bring us to a better place that in three years when his contract is done and when Patrick Bowles' career is ending and and maybe the Raiders can then start being at the top of the AFC West.
Raiders' Future Prospects
00:33:02
Speaker
Yeah, ah I'll say this. ah bringing him in a head coach, a culture changer, a tone setter like Pete Carroll and bringing in some ah people that he's trusted, like Gino on the three year deal. You take the competitiveness and the of Tom Brady as being a part owner.
00:33:26
Speaker
i and Hopefully some of the, just their football IQ and knowledge can rub off on, on the rest of building. Hopefully as a Raiders fans, hopefully that's what you, you and championship pedigree rubs off on everybody else. That's what you're hoping for. I get right.
00:33:46
Speaker
um And especially when it comes to this year, when you look at the first, ah I want to say first nine, first seven, nine games of this schedule, um,
00:33:57
Speaker
pretty pretty doable for these Raiders is pretty doable. And who knows what happens when you start believing in yourself, start believing in your coach and believing in everyone.
00:34:12
Speaker
And you get on a good start because, you know, if anybody's looked at the Raiders' schedule, just take a look at their first seven, first seven to nine games. And there's the possibility a By time they reach Kansas City in in about mid-October, there's a possibility.
00:34:30
Speaker
I'm not saying it's going to happen. that your Raiders might be well above 500 before they have their first. I'm just saying there's a possibility. I'm not saying it's going to happen.
00:34:41
Speaker
Look, i I love you like a play cousin, my brother. um And shout out Clever D for that one. That's his go-to. ah And I know because we already did the the preview with the Raiders last time a few weeks ago for the AFC West.
00:34:59
Speaker
I know how you feel about their schedule, but you also know how I feel. And I do not agree with that at all. And I think where you think we could be five and two, I think we could be oh and seven.
00:35:10
Speaker
That's where we differ. I get, i obviously you're more in tune with your team than I am, but I've seen Pete Carroll just do some magical shit in football and he wasn't supposed to do it. And here he does.
00:35:28
Speaker
So I'm not going to write it off until I see it fail. I can't write Pete Carroll off until I see it fail. I, it's something about that guy.
00:35:39
Speaker
He gets the best out of programs, ah franchises. I mean, USC was dead as a fucking cow on the side of a Texas road in damn August.
00:35:54
Speaker
Yeah. it Ran over by a tractor dead on the next thing you know, boom, they turn around and and end up being one of the most craziest college football dynasties of all time with him at the head.
00:36:09
Speaker
It was crazy. And then he takes a Seattle franchise that was floundering. Yeah, they had a cute little Super Bowl appearance, but they got dragged out of that thing. Mike Holmgren could only take him so far.
00:36:23
Speaker
Next thing you know, he gets ahead of that franchise and him and John Snyder turned him into a damn, should have been a dynasty. They should have had at least two. Should at least two. All right? At least two.
00:36:35
Speaker
all right so we could we could have that conversation and and and look at what they did and then look until it is proven that he can't touch this shiting to go i'm looking at that first first seven and looking like it ain't i'll right i'm just saying it out the realm of possibility i Now, realistically, probably it is just going to be you're saying 0-7, maybe more about I say. No, I was the i was over aged i was exaggerating. Probably not 0-7.
00:37:12
Speaker
Maybe more if you're being realistic. 2-5, 3-4. two and five three big
00:37:20
Speaker
I'm just saying. You know how realistic I am about my team, man. And we've sucked for 20. Why am I supposed to? Now, I will give you this. That stat, though, ah about the Pete Carroll, the seven wins, that that made me take the Raiders with seven this this season. I was like, well, then, yeah, I don't think they're going to win less than that.
00:37:39
Speaker
so I'm at least taking them at seven. I've upped it to seven. I... Yeah, i was I was probably a little bit too weed-sauced that day and said nine, but i also can feel I also feel that Denver might take a step back, and so will L.A. L.A.
00:37:57
Speaker
i already, first of all, already he lost their left tackle. Uh-oh. Yes. Oh, huge loss. Yeah, Rashawn Slater. Already lost to him. And I know he's like... Two weeks after signing a new contract as the highest yeah paid left tackle. And you know what? That's crazy.
00:38:15
Speaker
And you know what? His timing was impeccable because it's like, bro, that guaranteed money and that ink on that contract is dry. You can't do shit. Dry. Dry. You ain't getting none in his back. You better get it.
00:38:29
Speaker
i I hope you took insurance out. I hope you got some insurance. Man, man, y'all hope you got contract insurance on this shit because this shit's still getting my money. Please.
00:38:40
Speaker
when No, perfect timing on him to sign that contract. ah They already lost him. ah They keep having these retreads at wide receiver with Mike Williams. He already has retired ah but before even hitting training camp.
00:38:53
Speaker
And Keenan Allen, oh, okay. Yeah, let's see if he makes it halfway. Hold on. Hold on. I got I have good feelings about Keenan Allen. Let's look at this for a second. Now, Keenan Allen last year in Chicago, his first half was horrendous. Nothing to write home about, right?
00:39:12
Speaker
yeah Then OC Shane Waldron got fired and his second half was much better and much more reminiscent of his San Diego days. Now, if you look back,
00:39:25
Speaker
to the year, his last year in San Diego two years ago, that was his best season of his career at 31 years old with Herbert. He averaged eight receptions in 95 yards a game.
00:39:37
Speaker
So if he can stay healthy, even Allen could. I was waiting for you to get to it all. I mean, yeah, you're right. You're right. Yeah, look at it.
00:39:49
Speaker
He got to stay healthy. No, I was going let you cook because you were cooking, but I was waiting for him. I'm waiting for him to drop the very special ingredient that's about to go in. yeah um boy I was waiting. I was like, okay. But still, I mean, having that that familiarity too, right, at least brings something to the – I just think Jim Harbaugh such a good coach.
00:40:12
Speaker
it's not even with It's not even me about San Diego as a team per se, although, I mean, we're not going front like if the defense, again, can stay healthy, which seems to be a theme with this team. But if the defense can stay healthy, they still got Khalil Mack. They still got Bosa. They still got all the pieces there.
00:40:29
Speaker
And Bumble. Oh, that's right. Bullshit did go to Buffalo. No, you're right. They got Khalil Mack, though, still. That's right. I forgot he went to Buffalo. bla william That's crazy. But if darwinda ace if Darwin James healthy, you've got the best safety in the league, if you ask me.
00:40:45
Speaker
But that's a whole other conversation. And Denver, what about Denver's defense? Their defense is at least top five in the league, probably. Well, i I mean, obviously, they they drafted very heavy on the defensive side because they was like they're getting tired of looking at Patrick. it's So, I mean... i Exactly right. they get they They drafted the cornerback, i and forgive me for not remembering his name.
00:41:09
Speaker
ah Then they go in in to add to the other side probably one of the best three corners in the league in Patrick Sertain Jr. So... Yeah.
00:41:20
Speaker
i I mean, denver's Denver's not playing around. Obviously, they did a ah lot to make sure that list lists let's slow down that guy right there at 15 and try to, you know, as best as you can, try to help ah the development of Bo Nix.
00:41:38
Speaker
You know, I hate to say it because I would hate for Jake to get a hold of this content. let him you Don't let it happen. No, um...
00:41:49
Speaker
look, they're going play hellified defense. The question is, is Bo Nix. He's a question, all right? i There's a difference between, you know, the the little, the success that he did have last year and ah when it comes to having a year two with pressure, more tape, more film, defensive coordinators, not only in the NFL, but, you know, directly in this division, have now put more time and effort in looking at you tendency-wise.
00:42:22
Speaker
What do you do? What are you great at? What are you bad at? And they're going to start having more of a, you know, mental pick you apart this year. So we'll see what gets.
00:42:33
Speaker
um But let's go around the league. Oh, and because I want to pick your brain on on on some of the stuff around the NFL. and Hey, I got ready and I did all my records just in case you asked. So I got of ready.
00:42:47
Speaker
Yeah, because I want to get some of your, your you know, see if we can get some good NFL hot takes to at clip in in in here and get people engaged with with some things that you're going to say. Yeah.
00:43:02
Speaker
If there was a coach that you think his team is hotter than Helter Skelter, would you name that coach?
NFL Coaches Under Pressure
00:43:15
Speaker
um
00:43:18
Speaker
I would have, and i don't I don't like to say this because I think that he is a good coach, but Because of, and actually, this is a really a two-part answer, but one of the ones I think you'll get a pass. But I'm say this guy.
00:43:42
Speaker
think he's a really good coach. I really, really do. But in the NFL, if you are not able to get your team to play at the right level and win a championship, it does not matter how good of a coach you are.
00:43:56
Speaker
Bill Parcells has been fired. John Gruden has been fired. Like every good coach. has been fired because in sports, it's not how good of a coach you are or what you've done in the past. It's what are you doing now?
00:44:11
Speaker
How has your record been in the past couple of years? What is your projection looking like in the next couple of years? And if that shit ain't jiving, You're out no matter who you are or what your name is.
00:44:23
Speaker
Mike McDaniel, if you do not get the Miami Dolphins to the playoffs, your ass could be looking for a new job next year.
00:44:33
Speaker
Well, oh yeah. You know what sucks about his situation? is His situation and his success was primarily tied to Tua Tagovailoa.
00:44:49
Speaker
And, um, yep.
00:44:54
Speaker
You talk about durability problems? Yeah, that that one a that one is probably the one that probably sticks out like a sore of thumb. So, and especially with the position that he plays is is obviously. ah And that does suck, right? Because, and I just, not to step on you, but when he did, because you said injury, when he tied himself to Tua and Tua had those concussion problems, that was his head coaching position was tied to that.
00:45:21
Speaker
yeah And you already signed So, um a you know, congratulations on Tua to making sure that he stayed healthy enough to get the contract. But they got yeah I still i was still had been leery as a franchise and still would probably made and you know a backup ah plan B.
00:45:42
Speaker
ah Definitely. ah Definitely a plan B. And to be fair, i don't i don't think one year would have been enough for me to say that you can stay healthy. That's just me. ah No, and i wouldn't have given him five years. I'd have been like, sorry, bro.
00:45:55
Speaker
I know that's the going rate, but now we're going to to three years. or or yeah I'll give you a little higher annual average value, but we ain't doing no five years. No, no. The five years, that's fine. has died too long and for a uh a guy that has a lot of question marks when it comes to durability and i you know i think he does uh make himself a good you know offensive uh probably he'll still get a job as an offensive coordinator if he does get fired Oh, yeah, of course. sure Like you said, I just think your situation is ah just a case of misfortune when it comes to the injury bug.
00:46:31
Speaker
if we If we're having ah ah injury-free tour, talking mallo we're having a different conversation, and not only about Mike McDonald, but we're having different conversation about the Miami Dolphins. Yes, agreed.
00:46:43
Speaker
I said when when he had that that season that he came in for Jalen Milrow, Alabama, I said, this kid is going to be a superstar in the NFL and in five years into the league.
00:46:56
Speaker
And he would have been if it wasn't for the injuries. But unfortunately, you know, hey, sport, you get injured, your potential now goes down, no matter who you are. Look at Christian McCaffrey.
00:47:08
Speaker
I mean, look at his value the past few years that he's been injured. So no matter who you are, man, sports, if you get injured, that that's a huge part of it.
00:47:17
Speaker
Any other coaches you see asses need to get in gear before they yeah get the peak slip?
00:47:25
Speaker
So the other one um that I was thinking about, and again, I think he's going to get a pass just because he's been there and they can't expect him to win too much with a rookie quarterback. But Brian Dayball has to start proving something with the Giants. He should already ah been let go once he tied himself to Daniel Jones.
00:47:44
Speaker
um But Again, I think they'll give them a pass this year because they can't expect to win that many games. No offense to Randy. I know I agree with them. I think the the Giants are a sleeper team, actually. I think they're going to be a lot better than people think they're going to be. I do think Jackson Dart is going to be a capable NFL quarterback in the future, but it ain't going be this year, and I still think they're going to win six games, maybe seven.
00:48:11
Speaker
So, bri Brian Dayball, why not make – I mean, I guess who who who can you find better is then the question at that point, right? Because, yeah, you can get rid of coaches, but who is better on the market at that point that you can get that to replace that? And Brian Dable, wow.
00:48:30
Speaker
Again, this just comes down to results. I'm not saying he's not a good coach. I think if you put Brian Dable in Buffalo, i think he'd be doing an amazing job. yeah Right? But Buffalo and Giants are two different levels of of competition.
00:48:45
Speaker
personnel, how they are ran by the management. So everything I understand, I this understand, i say you know, especially Giants front office, they're trying to ah recreate some Eli Manning magic where they can get back in the Super Bowl conversation. But it just hasn't.
00:49:05
Speaker
um That's the problem. They just haven't found quarterback since losing Eli Manning to retirement. So that's the only problem. um Well, the New York media doesn't like it when you lose.
00:49:18
Speaker
and that Well, that's that I think that's a that's another ah monster they they got to tackle on, you know,
00:49:28
Speaker
a ye Trying to even, you know, a say what you want about the Jets. You know, the misfortunes of their franchise is literally on front page in that June's market.
00:49:42
Speaker
So, ah you know, at least the Giants have been able to kind of keep their fan base at bay because they at least won a couple within the last. Won a couple Super Bowls. They're enough to kind of keep them at bay.
00:49:59
Speaker
uh but yeah the man i can only imagine being a player and dealing with that that market i can only imagine you gotta have you gotta be one of the strongest mental motherfuckers on the planet ah It's not even as bad as it is in other sports. Because football, right, unless you're the quarterback or the receiver or the running back, something like that, it's not going to be as bad as basketball or baseball, yeah where the media in New York will just be on your ass. If you're the Knicks or the Yankees and you suck, nah, man, nah. You're going to hear it all damn day.
00:50:35
Speaker
Man, they're finding your address and they will leave you a big birdie-match dog shit on your front door.
00:50:47
Speaker
I promise you. Yeah. No, you're not wrong at all. Shit. They will dox the fuck out of you. That doorbell, you come in, you see that flaming bag. Flaming bag of dogs. Don't step on it. Don't step on it. Don't do it. Just take it out.
00:51:03
Speaker
Yeah. You got money. You got a fire extinguisher somewhere. That's tremendous. Oh, man. Um,
00:51:13
Speaker
If there was a ah player that you think is going to absolutely break out, it could be on your team, any team, a player that you think is due for a breakout season this year, ah you it don't have to be one. it Just kind of throw some memes out there that you kind of got a gut feeling. Some guys are going to help somebody bring a fantasy football trophy home this year.
00:51:41
Speaker
Oh, are we talking fantasy or regular? I thought we were talking regular. Regular fantasy. ah You can lump them all together. You can separate them.
Potential Breakout NFL Players
00:51:49
Speaker
Because obviously I think when you break out as a player, oh ah really it it affects the fantasy as well. So, you know, you you can crossbreed them or or or tackle it however you see fit.
00:52:01
Speaker
Let's see. Players that are going to break out. I definitely think that – DJ Stroud had a down year as a sophomore slump. I think the offensive line is going to be a little better this year. Yeah, they got rid of Laramie Tunzel, but they revamped the whole offensive line in hopes that they would make it a little better. And if they can keep him upright and not let him get sacked 50 times again, 50 times again, I think.
00:52:27
Speaker
CJ Stroud could have some good upward mobility as as the superstar that we thought he was going to be his rookie season. um Who else we got? I think in terms of Running backs, I do like Keaton Mitchell with the Ravens um and as well Chase Brown with the Bengals, especially fantasy-wise. Chase Brown should be somebody you were looking to pick up in that first round.
00:52:57
Speaker
With the Bengals, they used him at a 75% usage last year, and they they are not slowing down ah this year at all. Also, in terms of high usage fantasy-wise for running backs, Ashton Gentry.
00:53:12
Speaker
Pete Carroll has already come out said that he's going to run him into the ground. So you can kick that to the bank. ah yeah You already kind of knew what that was. like The moment that he drafted him, I'm like, that's his beast mode.
00:53:26
Speaker
said I'm going to run this mother. like He is beast. That's right. um lad mcconkey i like out of san diego i think that he's gonna take that step forward with them not having that real number uh uh one kind of receiver there per se uh defensively abdul carter i think is gonna be amazing for the giants i know y'all talked about him the other day and i agree completely i think he's gonna be a menace watching him in this preseason the way that he uses his moves and and the way that he's on he's he's able to get penetration um pause with uh with ease effort um all ky no jelly uh but uh nice tool be nice tool uh exactly yeah you gotta be a little kind i i and look man i i don't think that he is going to start uh the first
00:54:25
Speaker
maybe seven, eight games of the season, but at some point he's going to come in. And at some point people are going to start having to reckon themselves with why Shadour Sanders was a fifth round pick. e Now let's, let's, let's, let's have that conversation right there.
00:54:44
Speaker
Is it in a Browns uniform?
00:54:49
Speaker
Hmm. Hmm.
00:54:52
Speaker
so So pretty much everything that's just been saying is just kind of smoking mirrors and then, you know, what where what I guess you yeah You know what is it, that old ah old trick where you talk bad about something, make it look lesser than ah the value of it, and then you... Oh, yeah, backhanded compliment.
00:55:11
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, but then deep down inside, you know that it's a diamond in the rough, I guess. i But I think what Shadour did in his first game, for me, it was already something that i expected, you know, or not i should say I wasn't surprised.
00:55:30
Speaker
uh because i mean the guy you know all right he he went to hbcu and balled out and then they said hey we'll go to the d1 level and do it then he went to the d1 level and he had a damn near solid career yeah obviously the team success in colorado year one you can say uh you know it wasn't there and then they kind of had a better season year two but But isn't that all the more better for him seeing how they had it such a shitty off offensive line and he still played so well?
00:56:03
Speaker
I mean, I would think that would be better on him. Hey, Mel Kuyper stood 10 toes down on the situation during the draft. And he seems like the only guy that was. But again, it's preseason. I get it, right? I get it. It's preseason.
00:56:20
Speaker
He was playing backups, whatever. It doesn't matter because I thought he was good in college and I never thought the Raiders should have let him pass the second round. I thought we should have drafted him in the second round.
00:56:31
Speaker
So there's no reason that he should have lasted to the fifth round. And whether or not it's against backups or not, he went out and showed the same skills that he showed in college.
00:56:42
Speaker
yeah You know, oh I hate when people want say oh, it's only preseason. Well, it's still, for me, it's still a ah competitive professional setting because some of these guys that you're playing are not guaranteed to even have a job.
00:56:59
Speaker
So some of these guys... playing. They're playing, Paul. Some of these guys, you gotta put this, this is an interview for not only the team that has you in their camp, but there's 31 other guys, GMs, well 30 if you're have you Packers got it. No, he had it right.
00:57:18
Speaker
One of the GMs. Oh, yeah, yeah. The team GM. Yeah, I guess they don't technically have a GM right. good So if you're looking at... a I see what you did there. That was good, Mark. That was good. that My thing is, it's like, I hate when people always only appreciate it. Like, no. They're still playing their butts off.
00:57:37
Speaker
They're still guys playing their ass off because they have to. Because... ah Yeah, did the little, you know, unfortunately, they're not going to be like your top 5% of the NFL that has guaranteed money and has endorsement deals and ah living in a big ass house on a resort that looks like a resort. They they don't have that luxury. There's guys that are driving and fucking beat up Nissan Altima right now and are trying to, you know, just make sure the fucking ends meet.
00:58:07
Speaker
ay and they're chasing the dream. So let's not... I hate when people want to poo-poo on always just preseason. ah Look, I understand what preseason is for. It's for you to work out kinks, get familiar, get chemistry, especially if, you know...
00:58:25
Speaker
especially in the field as a revolving door, you don't have that ah always same team every year. you want to keep as much as you can. That looks familiar, especially if you've had success, but ah there's no guarantee you're going to, and that 53-man roster is always going to change every year. So i for me, preseason has its place, has its importance, but I just hate when people want to poo-poo on it. Like, oh, it's only preseason.
00:58:53
Speaker
All right, so you go... If you were ever in a position where it says that everything you do, every rep that you give, ah every answer you give in class, every ah opportunity you get in a game in preseason, and comes down to the... ah right before week one and you want to cut and it's something that you just didn't get right.
00:59:20
Speaker
Or one guy just did something better than you. And then she know you you out the door. a I mean, we've seen cats get cut in training camp because they snuck a little piece of pussy in, man.
00:59:35
Speaker
You know what I'm saying? like yeah I'm just saying like like this is this is this is not your average job. This one is not your... and And it is commensurate too, right? So, yeah, he's not playing, you know, Khalil Mack and whoever, but he's also just coming out of college and doesn't have any NFL experience.
01:00:00
Speaker
So he's playing against people he should be playing against skill-wise, level-wise at this point in time until he can prove himself to be better. And I think i think that he will.
01:00:12
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, yeah. um If you were Travis Hunter,
01:00:22
Speaker
would you stick to one side are you going to stick this thing out and play both sides?
Travis Hunter's Dual Role in NFL
01:00:26
Speaker
Yeah.
01:00:28
Speaker
Oh, no, no doubt about it. I'm playing both sides. Hey, I want to be known as that dual threat player that actually was able to do it for a long period of time. Yeah, we have Charles Woodson and others who have played both receiver and and and cornerback, but no one has ever actually been dual. Well, let me take that back.
01:00:54
Speaker
No one that I know. I don't know. Maybe po back in the 40s and 50s, they had some dual-firm guys that were playing both ways. But we have not in the modern era seen someone be able to play both ways at a high level that he is projected to be able to play it.
01:01:13
Speaker
Now, They already have said that he's going to play mostly offense. Liam Cohen played him 11 out of the 12 plays in the first preseason the game. The only play he took off was when they went down to two wide receivers.
01:01:26
Speaker
So he is going to be on the field for the offense for the majority of the time. I also suspect from hearing, i talked to one of my sources down in not – Not Jacksonville, but Tampa Bay.
01:01:38
Speaker
And he has sources in the Jacksonville organization. And he was telling me what he's heard is that he expects him to have a nickel package on defense. Also, making sure that he's coming in at the most opportune times.
01:01:54
Speaker
where they need a playmaker on the field for defense, but that they're not going to wear him out where he's there, you know, first down, second down, third down, so on and so forth. So you should expect to see an 80-20 split offense and defense, maybe even a little more 85-15, but he is going to be on the field for defensive snaps, the most important ones to be certain.
01:02:18
Speaker
Yeah. Hey, um I'd play them both ways 50-50. I'd be like, get out there and do it, you dog. you're a You're a beast. i I don't care. Just go play. Now, obviously, that's not sustainable, and you can't do that for his health and for his career. But you know in ah in a in a utopian world, I'd be like, you're going to be out there every day and play is what you're going to do. So, hear me out on this.
01:02:42
Speaker
Obviously, he's a first-round pick, so he has four years, fifth-year option.
01:02:49
Speaker
If I'm him, I would... Before I even get to that fourth year, I might decide... If he's feeling okay health-wise and he's balling... I know where you're going with this. and if hes If he's balling and and has the health, then yes.
01:03:13
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i would I would make precedent that, hey, look at the... top five average wide receiver. Top five average for cornerback.
01:03:25
Speaker
yeah And I want you to combine them motherfuckers. Go ahead and talk numbers. Because I'm just saying, if he's about to go into year four and he's playing 80 85% of the games at high clip,
01:03:43
Speaker
of the games at a high clip I gotta talk about, hey man, I'm available. And not only am I available, I'm available on both sides. I have to, cause this, and I'm gonna take this back to Le'Veon Bell who tried to play his role in this when he was the number two wide receiver behind Antonio Brown and was the number one wrestler for the Pittsburgh Steelers. And it was a year he was trying to get the money. He said, yo, you gotta pay me for both reductions.
01:04:15
Speaker
If I'm your number two wide receiver, And I'm your number one running back. And we got to talk numbers on the production what those will look like. So in relative term, I would say, hey, man, I need T. Higgins type of money as as a number two.
01:04:34
Speaker
And I need, ah you know, ah Christian McCaffrey money because I'm your number one running back. I'm giving you productions in both fields on the same ah offense, same football,
01:04:47
Speaker
same quarterback and i'm giving you crazy numbers on both the receiving and rushing in travis hunter's terms if i'm being your number one cornerback which if you look at the roster you can have that debate right now that just him joining the roster he's already probably their number one best corner ah so wide receiver.
01:05:12
Speaker
he's ah you know You put him on that roster, you can have that debate that he walks in being their best number two wide receiver. ah Because Brian Thomas is in that desk. No, yeah he's not better than Brian Thomas. shit no no she know yeah No, no.
01:05:28
Speaker
So if if he keeps that production going and available, you're going to year four a jacksonville might would would literally have to come off like a history making precedent type of uh contract at least if i if i was travis hunting me and my peoples would have to have that conversation hey man we're doing transcendent right here we need a transcendent contract yeah you're you're gonna ask for it and i can tell you exactly what they're gonna say
01:06:00
Speaker
Well, you play 85% of your time at this position. So how much does the receiver make? All right we'll take 85% of that. And we'll take 15% of the quarterback, and we'll match those together and take your $40 million and shut the fuck up and go play football. And that's my in and that's why at some point, like you said, hey, man, they they're going to look at those snaps and say,
01:06:26
Speaker
Yeah, all right, well, we'll come up with a transcendent contract by percentage of what you play, sir. Hey, no, no, I hear you.
01:06:37
Speaker
hear you. That's why i'm I'm an advocate that if it's me. I mean, that's what they did with Shohei. They said, okay, you're half batter, half pitcher. Okay, then you get half the best batter and half the best pitcher and we'll put them together. 750 or 700. There you go. Boom.
01:06:53
Speaker
Yeah. 350 as a hitter, 350 as a pitcher. Boom. There you go. Yeah. and And be honest, like, I would, i would you know, I would choose to go to that wide receiver market, you know? that's ah it's Oh, yeah, of course. It's a lot deeper than that cornerback. Not saying he couldn't get his money at corner, but, man, I'm just saying, wait just look at what these wide receivers are getting. is they're They're not too far behind the quarterbacks, and we already know. And we've seen it with the tight ends, too, with the tight ends to try to reclassify themselves as wide receivers to get more money. Darren Waller tried to do that with us.
01:07:29
Speaker
No, buddy. No, it doesn't matter. Yeah, because you can say, hey, man, if I'm lining up right here all the time, that's that's not a tight end. That's a wide receiver. I get it.
01:07:40
Speaker
And, hey, that wasn't bad strategy on his team's part. No, not at all. Yeah, yeah. Hey, try to play every angle you can to get that bag. Yeah, get that bag. Yeah.
01:07:53
Speaker
what ah What are some of the things that you're kind of feeling?
NFL Season Predictions
01:07:57
Speaker
Like, you know, going into each year, you like, man, I got a gut feeling on this team might come out and surprise somebody or this team might absolutely be dog shit. Like, what what what what are the teams that you're kind of feeling are going to make a lot of noise? And what are some of the teams that you think are just going to absolutely be ah booty juice, basura, smet?
01:08:22
Speaker
A little bit of the booty juice. A little bit of the basuda. Let's start with the booty juice basuda. oh ah Look, the the Indianapolis c Colts are going to be absolute booty juice.
01:08:36
Speaker
Absolute dripping off the crack of my summer ass booty juice. That is absolute. I am a mama cobra.
01:08:46
Speaker
Oh, God. ah ah Why do I keep the law here i keep hearing a lot of people saying that coaches are just going to absolutely be dog shit. And I'm like, I don't know. i I'm kind of conflicted. It's like. Five and 12.
01:09:05
Speaker
Five and 12. I mean, look, and Anthony Richardson is hurt now. I know the injury came back clean. The x-rays came back clean. But that's a pinky injury. and One more hit to that hand, and he could be done for the season.
01:09:19
Speaker
If they're running with Daniel Jones, am I supposed to expect more than five, six wins with the Daniel Jones-led team? No, I'm not. So, unless Trent Richardson can stay stay healthy in the whole season, which I don't expect him to be able to do, then I'm not seeing them winning more than five or six games.
01:09:36
Speaker
My man, Champy, says the Cards are winning the NFC West. ah I think they'll compete because I think San Francisco, we don't know what they are to get older.
01:09:49
Speaker
um sure uh obviously they still got some studs on both sides of the football ball that's that's not the problem uh we also talk about durability for other players that's also kind of been near achilles heel is durability injuries right yep um and especially to some of the key players uh obviously brendan iu keeps coming back from a very serious injury from last year ah you move off of debo uh you know, love George Kittle, but you know, I think George Kittle has a little bit of a Gronkowski kind of tendency to him where we know what his talent in and can be if he's on the field 100% of the time. But that's the problem. He's not always on the field 100% of the time.
01:10:37
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um
01:10:40
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Brock Purdy. Now you got a rich contract. You got a lot to prove. It comes with a lot of pressure. um
01:10:50
Speaker
I don't know what San Francisco is. I and know what I know Arizona was pretty scrappy ah last year. i you know Probably won some games they shouldn't have or been in some games that they shouldn't have been in.
01:11:04
Speaker
i Kyler Murray, is is a he's two up and down. It's just crazy for me is the talent. That's exactly right. problem is not the talent is literally everything else is like where's your head at sometimes, you know, I know they made fun of him and be in the call of Call of Duty warrior guide is entrenched in that more than he is in his playbook and.
01:11:30
Speaker
he might be and that might be the reason but hey who knows and then you can never for some reason every time i try to write off matthew stafford and sean mcveigh they always reinvent themselves a themselves so i can't write them off until matthew stafford decides to get out of la um and get away from sean mcveigh because obviously their their chemistry is just ah Top tier right now is quarterback, coach, a chemistry, right league.
01:12:02
Speaker
And ah Seattle, i don't I don't know what Seattle is. um They were scrappy, but they had too many ups and downs as well last year. I don't i don't know. The NFC West is is, if you're asking me right now, it's this Rams to lose, and they have to.
01:12:20
Speaker
um I just think that division is so, it's an oddball. It's like a they got the potential to be probably a ah good division overall, but also got the potential to be ah wacky and trashy at the same time. So it was kind of like, I don't know which way to go until I can see, obviously, shit goes down during the season. Yeah.
01:12:44
Speaker
i But I don't know about the call. mean, yeah, you're you're right. It's up in the air. And I'm not going to disagree with Chompy to the point where I do think the Arizona Cardinals are going to be a very much improved team.
01:12:55
Speaker
um But I still only have them with seven wins this season, even being improved off of last season. so I do think Marvin Harrison Jr. is going to have a break. breakout season, be one of those players we talked about.
01:13:08
Speaker
But as you mentioned, Kyler Murray is two up and down. It's win-loss, win-loss, win-loss, good performance, bad performance, good performance, bad performance. And I don't see that changing, even with Marvin Harrison being better. And you're playing in a division that, yeah, the team's maybe up in the air right now due to injury, especially with Stafford. You don't know if he's going to how healthy he's going to be. If he's not going to be that healthy, then you obviously got to knock down the Rams a notch.
01:13:31
Speaker
And obviously the 49ers, it's all been about health the past few years. But if health were at the optimum, which and starting at the beginning of season, that's all we can go off of. The 49ers are still the best team in that division with the Rams in second and then the Seahawks in third. Cardinals are still bringing up at fourth. Now you could switch to Cardinals and Seahawks there, depending on how you think.
01:13:56
Speaker
ah Sam Darnold is going to play, and I think he's going to turn back into the pumpkin that he proved he was in the playoff. Hey.
01:14:07
Speaker
But I think the rest of the team is really good in Seattle. So I think even without him, he'll get eight, nine wins. But yeah, no, Sam Darnold's going to turn back into a pumpkin. And that's why Geno Smith is going to be good.
01:14:18
Speaker
They're both not good outdoors. If you look at the splits for Geno Smith last year, indoors versus outdoors, he was a he was a Pro Bowl quarterback indoors and a ah anyway ah but below average quarterback outdoors.
01:14:33
Speaker
But he played in Seattle in the outdoors. Now he's going to play with the Raiders indoors. Geno Smith is going to have a much better season, and Darnold is going to go just back to how he was when he was with the Jets.
01:14:45
Speaker
Seeing ghosts is crazy. ah You're not the first person that that feels that way. I think Randy has kind mentioned that, too, and and I'm kind of worried that he might turn back into that pumpkin, too, because I'm – If we are being honest about Sam Darnold, it was coaching really failed him when he first got into the league. and that And that's fair. okay so I think he came in the league too young, too.
01:15:14
Speaker
I think he came in way too young. He should have stayed another year at USC. Well, I just think that he kind of just wanted to go ahead and it was like, I think this is as hot as my iron is going to get. Let me jump yeah in and take Hey, get that back. Yeah.
01:15:32
Speaker
yeah um And then you look at the situation in in New York. It wasn't conducive for him to win, period. All right.
01:15:41
Speaker
Carolina really, you know, he has some injury bugs that kind of follow him there. and So that didn't work out. i Now, when he got to San Francisco, I actually thought that was a good situation for him, ah being in San Francisco with with Kyle Shanahan.
01:15:59
Speaker
And I was looking at some of the preseason games and Sam Darnold was looking kind of good. And, you know, this is Brock Purdy coming off that injury ah in the NFC Championship game. So I'm like, oh, well, you got a solid option ah kyle shany hand pair with paired with Sam Darnold and look, you know, solid. ah And then, ah you know, when I think Brock Purdy got hurt a couple of games. and I think he played in in the regular season, had a couple of good performances. i might be wrong about that.
01:16:37
Speaker
But i when he went to ah Minnesota, i you also kind of look at when he gets paired with Kevin O'Connell, who, you know,
01:16:50
Speaker
by all accounts is is probably one of the better offensive, ah you know, coaches in the game right now as well. So I think he, yeah you know, Sam Donald looked like a actual quarterback with, you know, I i guess, uh, uh, uh,
01:17:07
Speaker
you know, comparable coaching over the last couple of years with Kevin O'Connell and Kyle Shanahan. And forgive me for not remembering the OC in Seattle, but you can't be too great because Seattle's offense has been very lackluster over the last few years.
01:17:31
Speaker
ah So that doesn't bode well for... ah guy that guy like Sam Darnold, where he's going to revert back to, so like you said, that pumpkin and see it goes. Because, and again, the lack of comparable coaching, I don't think is going to be there. and And look, I get it. Cooper Cup is there.
01:17:50
Speaker
Cute. and That guy has, um you know, some, some, uh, uh, problems staying on the field as well uh especially now because he is a a lot older now and so i i don't know i i'm not sold on seattle so hey if anything probably just their young and very aggressive defense we could keep them in some games uh i don't like that so I don't know. and they And they got the defensive coach in Mike McDonald from Baltimore.
01:18:24
Speaker
So they should be really good defensively. Now their offensive coordinator is Ryan Grubb, famously from college. So we'll see how that translates over. But again, it' not necessarily about their offense because we both think Darnold's going to turn into a pumpkin, but this defense can still carry them to eight wins probably.
01:18:42
Speaker
Fair, fair. And that'll be as as good as you get. i Go ahead and throw some of your predictions, division winners, if you want to go ahead and throw those out, if you got them.
01:18:55
Speaker
Sure. Yeah, yeah. All right. Let's run through real quick. Let's start where we were. Yeah, let's start where were just at. Wait a second.
01:19:06
Speaker
but don care So in the West, I got San Francisco and LA tied at the top 10 and seven apiece. Again, I don't know what Matthew Stafford injury is going to hold, but I do believe if San Francisco can stay healthy, they will take the division there.
01:19:21
Speaker
ah Moving over to the NFC North, I believe that Detroit, even though they took that devastating loss to DC in the playoffs, I believe, you know, after recouping,
01:19:32
Speaker
one year where they lost their both of their coordinators at the same time. Obviously hard to come back from, but they still got All their good players there. If Jameer Gibbs can stay healthy, Dan Campbell, obviously coaching up a good squad there. I got Detroit winning the North, but I got that very close all the way down.
01:19:51
Speaker
I got Green Bay at 10 wins. I got Minnesota at nine wins with JJ McCarthy. I think they're going to be very good. A lot of good reports coming out of the Minnesota camp on how JJ has performed, especially from the connection with Justin Jefferson.
01:20:04
Speaker
And then I got Chicago as seven and 10 there. Moving into the south, I've got the Buccaneers. Again, it's just their division. There's no other reason to think any otherwise when you've got Baker Mayfield and Mike Evans um and obviously that that that defense, Veya, and the rest of the cats over there.
01:20:21
Speaker
ah So I got them there. Atlanta, eight nine if Pennix can be what people think he is. i They can get 8-9 wins. I don't think any more than that. Booty juice alert.
01:20:32
Speaker
Get your dude wipes and make sure you get a good clean on that booty juice because the Carolina Panthers and the New Orleans Saints are bringing up the rear, pun intended.
01:20:45
Speaker
Wow. Wow. No surprise right there. It's definitely the Saints. I i think the Saints are going to be one of the worst teams in the league this year. um
01:20:55
Speaker
Is it? I think this is probably the most craziest thing I thought I would never say. um
01:21:05
Speaker
Baker fucking Mayfield has been playing fucking fantastic football since he got it in Tampa Bay. Went to Tampa Bay. Yep. I don't know what the hell happened. How do the Cleveland fucking Browns feel now?
01:21:18
Speaker
and a Man, Carolina didn't work out for him. a The Rams. Well, I remember when he went to the Rams on short notice and gave the Raiders. And he beat the Raiders. Yeah, I remember. I was pissed.
01:21:35
Speaker
You lost the damn ah replacement quarterback in two days on Monday night. What is wrong with you assholes? I don't know what the hell has happened with Baker fucking Mayfield, but this son of a gun has turned me into a ah Baker Mayfield fan. And it kind of gives me the itch because I never liked the guy, but it's like this tells you that I'm very impartial when it comes to my sports because this son of a gun has been playing phenomenal quarterback since he's put on a Buccaneer uniform. i don't know what the hell happened, but this, look,
01:22:14
Speaker
Now, what about the Liam Cohen situation? He's losing his offensive coordinator. Does that hurt him at all? he lost He lost the other one last year.
01:22:25
Speaker
That's true. That's a good point. And Canales went to ah Carolina. And I thought the same thing. And then next year you know, he has another great season. I'm at this point right now where I – I was absolutely fucking wrong about Baker Mayfield. I thought he was ah just a real flash in the pan in Cleveland. I'm like, ah this son of a bitch is about to be a backup for the rest of his career. this son of my book goes down to Tampa Bay and this guy is a gunslinger and not scary and he's leading the team and it looks like he's the perfect fit for them post Tom Brady and i ah I can't explain it and this is crazy that I'm giving Baker Mayfield props on my fucking podcast and this is crazy
01:23:12
Speaker
i I can't. i Oh, I thought I'd never see the day that I would have glowing and glaring love for Baker Mayfield.
01:23:23
Speaker
But the son of a gun has been playing good damn football the last couple of years. i Look, I was not a Baker Mayfield fan coming out of college. I thought the Oklahoma Baker Mayfield was very cocky for the subpar play that he had. Yeah, he had good comebacks and was flashy. And, okay, cool, fun, fun and games. ah Oh, we got the progressive commercials. We're sleeping in the and and in the in the bowels of the stadium in Cleveland, but we're not really winning games.
NFL Team Contract Management
01:23:51
Speaker
But when Cleveland let him go, i said, what the hell are y'all doing? who the hell are you going to get that's going to be any better than Baker Mayfield? And then they went out and made the dumbest move in football history, signing Deshaun Watson to a five-year fully guaranteed contract, which has absolutely done nothing for them. They would have been much better off of Baker Mayfield and probably with Pittsburgh having you know, a few 500 seasons or a little better the past few years, they might have been competing with the Baltimore Ravens for the North and the Bengals. But, you know, one bad decision will cost you your franchise.
01:24:29
Speaker
Yeah, the Lennon season and beat Pittsburgh in that playoff game.
01:24:36
Speaker
But I didn't think he would have turned into this. I'm just being honest. I didn't. i Sure. I see that. Yeah. So, yeah, man, he's been. Also, the South is a little weak, right? So, he's playing yeah um week you know six weak games a year.
01:24:55
Speaker
He definitely has definitely has four gimmies. So, that's that's it for sure. oh And, a you know, obviously, the two he has with Atlanta is probably going to be his stiffest competition. But there's four gimmies right there. But.
01:25:08
Speaker
But, yeah, ah continue with your a division winners, man. I just had to get off my chest. No, please. Yeah, no, that was great. Yeah, I like that. Christ, this guy's been playing good football. Yeah.
01:25:18
Speaker
No, you're completely right. um In the NFC East, you got the Eagles. I don't see any reason that there should be that they lose 12 games. Yes, i love I know they lost, um you know, especially on defense, right?
01:25:32
Speaker
I mean, it's very hard to lose Josh Sweat, Milton Williams, Bryce Huff, Brandon Graham, um You know, also Darius Slay, CJ Gardner-Johnson in the backfield.
01:25:44
Speaker
Losing those many players is hard, but when you draft like they do and you have the Jalen Carters, the Kobe Deans, you go out and you trade for Zach Bond who turns into a all pro the first year that he's there.
01:25:57
Speaker
Nolan Smith, you've got. Then you've got col Cooper DeGene coming out as a rookie, having the interception in the Super Bowl. Quinion Mitchell. I mean, they just keep restocking and restacking.
01:26:09
Speaker
Philadelphia takes that division. But I do like my hometown D.C. commanders. I think that they are not a fluke. I don't think Jalen Daniels will play. Jaden, excuse me, Daniels. I do not think that he's going to have a sophomore slump like a lot of quarterbacks do at that point.
01:26:26
Speaker
ah So I got them down for 10 wins. Dallas Cowboys. I've been vacillating back and forth on eight and nine wins. for them. I would love right now just to shit on Jerry Jones a little bit.
01:26:43
Speaker
I'd love to go back to your beautiful segment on the Audible podcast. Shut the fuck up and pay the man, please. um Because... I mean, it's ridiculous. This just continues to happen year after year after year, and it's every single time. I mean, go go back and look at the history of the Dallas Cowboys. You can go all the way back to when Elmett Smith held out in 1993, and they lost the first two games and had to bring them back.
01:27:15
Speaker
This happens with him year after year with all of his star players. Do you know that – Since the start of when they could have signed or should have signed Micah Parsons to an extension a couple years ago, all of these other players, including Jamar Chase, Bosa, so on and so forth, have signed.
01:27:32
Speaker
It has cost them $40 million. million dollars in extra payments because now they're going to have to beat all of those contracts to have the most money and they could have saved all that money a long time ago but apparently this super yacht motherfucking habit invite me to the yacht jerry damn it you want to blow some money invite me we can blow some money together and i mean that in all literal ways that i just said that shit so j that's your boy No, you need a money. i don't need to be on that. yard Just hand me the money. in know i' a disperse of That money, how I see fit.
01:28:09
Speaker
But no, I don't know what to be on that. Yeah. i do well You see what I'm saying? Like, I mean, the money, he must have money to blow. Oh, he must have money to blow. I do not want to be a cult conspirator. That's not and a damn thing. all right so I do not need to be on that yacht at all. what i've heard i've heard I've heard about the rich and the the eat that they eat the humans and stuff. I don't know. Damn it, I'm sexy, so i ain't trying to be on the menu. Right. so right um You got that chocolate skin. Pause. That was and shit. Oh
01:28:46
Speaker
necklaces have but no uh
01:28:52
Speaker
but no uh look jerry does this every year we know this but the problem that he is is doing and And I get it. He knows that he is a walking ATM owning the Dallas Cowboys. I know that because he's in a he's a good businessman.
01:29:11
Speaker
But you can save your team a lot of money on the cap because you keep being the last guy at the end of the line. That's the thing. It's not baseball. It's not just unlimited salary cap. There are caps. I mean, yes, there's a luxury tax on baseball now, but in the NFL, there's a salary cap.
01:29:30
Speaker
So it's like, come on, man. It's about business. It's about fitting yourself under those financials. You're businessman. should know this. He knows this. And what do what do we always say, Mark?
01:29:41
Speaker
What do we always say? today's price is not yesterday's price. Micah's price went up as soon as it is it's going up about a minute.
01:29:54
Speaker
Million dollars every day. It's just going up a million dollars every day, Jerry. Jerry! Because Micah's at the end of the line. He's at the end of the line.
01:30:05
Speaker
But he shouldn't have been. No! have been at the front of the line. And look, and this is another thing that drives me crazy with the Eagles. And they're so smart. They're doing it. They signed Devante Smith and AJ Brown ahead of the curve.
01:30:21
Speaker
Yep. Both of them are locked in. So, yeah, it looks like, man, why would you give these guys this kind of money right now? All right. You saw what happened after that. Jalen Waddle got money after that.
01:30:33
Speaker
Tyreek Hill came back and restructured his. Then you see Jamar Chase, ah Justin Jefferson, T. Higgins. i I mean, just so on and so forth. Ray Hendrickson, Joey Bosa, they all these people getting contracts.
01:30:48
Speaker
He can't be at the end of the line. And Jerry continues to be at the end of the line. And that's probably going to be the detriment to his to him not getting a Super Bowl ring because him being at the end of the line, it causes for you to not have that money to fill in the rest of your roster with adequate talent.
01:31:06
Speaker
And how about the fact that now you don't get time with the new defensive coordinator? You're not in training camp. Now, granted, it can't be that hard to just say, Micah, go fucking tackle with the ball carrier. Yeah. But, you know what I'm saying?
01:31:20
Speaker
No, no. No trust. i you you You just say, hey, Micah, go. Just go get the quarterback. and and Got it. but still it it's you don't want him to not be in football shape you don't want to be using game one week one right you to get in shape he needs to already have his game shape and game of legs about him ah because otherwise just being a spot guy in those first two weeks but you're not getting in game shape because you're gonna just going to be used for pass road situations every so often right so
01:31:56
Speaker
And what about other players getting used to playing with you? They don't know how to play with you. Some of these rookies and stuff. Yeah. When you go on a stunt, they they need to know how how do you stunt. i my Because they got to figure out how to get around you.
01:32:11
Speaker
ah You know, how to make the stunt work properly. You know, if you not like you said, I think that's ah that's another great point. Your teammates need to get to know that. ah Because Lawrence, he's no longer there.
01:32:24
Speaker
DeMarcus Lawrence is gone. uh you know your part pretty much michael parsons is pretty much on the new defense uh you know there's some pieces in the back end that might be there and coming back from international last year but it's gonna be tough because this california defense it's it's it was a lot of swiss cheese and you know it wasn't too great it wasn't a lot of positives so not at all yeah uh I will say this about the Giants, though. That front seven is going to keep them in a lot of football games on defense.
01:33:03
Speaker
ah You have Carter! Carter earlier, and you put ah de sexy Dexie,
01:33:15
Speaker
Thibodeau, Ryan Burns. Ryan Burns, just, oh my God, that defense is nasty. That front seven is just disgusting. Nasty, nasty work.
01:33:26
Speaker
Nasty work. And I do think Jackson Dart will be good eventually, but he's going to have his rookie growing pains. And again, yeah when you have a division with D.C. and um and Philadelphia, you just can't expect, you can only expect to win so many games.
01:33:43
Speaker
I do agree with you on the 10 wins with DC. I think that just because obviously the stiffer competition or schedule-wise for them this year, I don't think Jaden Daniels steps back.
01:33:59
Speaker
I think it's... I know one thing. i Why y'all fucking with Terry McLaurin? What's good?
01:34:11
Speaker
Stop it.
01:34:14
Speaker
Stop it. By all accounts, and again, I'm from D.C., a model citizen on and off the field, does not miss games, by the way, has never had a co-receiver with over 700 yards, but has gone on to have 1,000 yards every single season of his career.
01:34:34
Speaker
Stop it. Stop playing with Terry McCoy. Say that, man. And I'm saying that with all sincerity is because if you want Jaden Daniels to avoid a sophomore slump, you might want to be your best offensive weapon.
01:34:56
Speaker
Okay. Yeah. 12 wins that you got last year. there's There's a lot that had to do with motherfucking Scary Terry. All right.
01:35:07
Speaker
see yeah See if you get close to 12 this year without that guy ah not ah not in that damn 17 uniform. All right. Keep playing if you want to.
01:35:17
Speaker
Yeah. ah No, I agree completely. they' They need to pay him. I know the difference is right now that he was drafted in the same draft as DK Metcalf and DK Metcalf just got that new deal at $33 million a year.
01:35:29
Speaker
And then Cortland Sutton came in and signed a four year, 23 million, which really depressed the value. so now the rest, I'm used to DC, the commanders want to pay him in the middle of that or even at the Cortland Sutton level, which is wild to me.
01:35:45
Speaker
But they want to pay him more in the middle of that and not give him the DK Metcalf money. I'm like, just give him the DK Metcalf money for three years and call it a day. I'm sorry. I can't.
01:35:55
Speaker
If I'm Terry McLaurin, if you don't put me near CeeDee Lamb, I don't even want to talk to you. I'm being dead serious. Look his production. Look at his production.
01:36:06
Speaker
and then look And then look at or what he's been having to throw him the damn football.
01:36:14
Speaker
Yeah, he's been on a horrible team. Especially before Jayden Daniels. Especially before Jayden Daniels. That was a bad offense. It ain't his fault. It ain't his fault why the team can't keep a damn name and can't keep consistently in the playoffs. It ain't his fault.
01:36:30
Speaker
and And yeah, you weren't here as this ownership group during all that shit, but damn it, this what you inherited. So you inherited me, so I need you to inherently change my life in my family's life.
01:36:42
Speaker
Inherently.
01:36:46
Speaker
No, i ever if if I'm Terry McLaurin and my people don't even come near me if we ain't even near C.D. Lamb. I'm just saying.
01:36:56
Speaker
i I mean, I don't think i don't think he's going to get C.D. Lamb money, but I'm with you. I would at least ask for it. Realistically, yes. I agree with you. Realistically, yes. I agree with you. I'm just saying, if if i if there's somebody that deserving of crazy money right now and with It's not like he doesn't have the numbers to back it up.
01:37:19
Speaker
And he stays healthy. And he's a model franchise player. And he goes out and works in the community. And shit like that. so like yeah i if If I'm his team, I'm using every damn positive in the world to make Terry McClurin look like the damn Mother Teresa of the NFL and give that franchise every damn reason why he deserves X amount close of money near CD.
01:37:45
Speaker
And like you said... And Debo Samuel is not the player he was, so they're going to need him. No, they're going to rely on Terry McClurin. Heavily. ah Look, I'm with you. i don't I'm not saying Debo is past his prime, but I'm saying he's not the same Debo that it was that got him that fame.
01:38:09
Speaker
over to your AFC and we'll get up out of here. All right, let's do it. going to save the best for last. AFC East.
AFC Division Predictions
01:38:18
Speaker
Obviously, Buffalo, nothing else to be said there. 12 wins.
01:38:21
Speaker
We talked about Miami. Miami. think uh mike mcdaniel does save his job nine and eight i think they sneak in at the last wild card uh seven and ten for the patriots i know a lot of people are high in them i am not um i think drake may will be decent in the future but i still think they got a long way to go and the neo jets you were talking about it with uh i believe it was either know Bobby G or or Randy, I watch all your shows, so I don't how they all blur together.
01:38:51
Speaker
But you were talking about the Jets and how much of a mess they've been ever since Aaron Glenn used to play when he was there in like 95, and now he's the coach and they're still going to be a mess. e Booty juice.
01:39:04
Speaker
Booty juice. I'm talking about when I wake up in the morning and I got to go hit the constitutional, I'm talking that kind of booty juice. Crazy. ah that's That's that. That's that.
01:39:15
Speaker
drink too many beers, and in how dare I eat that Taco Bell at 2 in the morning type of bubble guts, bro. That's that Splatterhouse
01:39:30
Speaker
Oh, I just painted the back of the wall of that toilet. Y'all better clean this commode, bro. yeah you know Like a port-a-potty on Halloween Eve. Stop. Stop.
01:39:43
Speaker
I don't know why i picked Halloween, but anyways. All right, we're moving it on to the AFC North. Baltimore, 12-5. Look, I picked them to go to the Super Bowl last year, and they disappointed me. And I'm going to pick them again because I'm going to keep picking them until they win because they're going to win the fucking Super Bowl at some point. The Baltimore Ravens will.
01:39:59
Speaker
Cincinnati, 11-6. They are not going to have the same start that they have had. So bold. They ain't got no damn defense, bro.
01:40:09
Speaker
I don't care. They're going outgun and out shoot their opponents and win every game 28 to 24. I'm telling you. and they're going to go 11 and six. And actually, I might have to downgrade them to 10 and seven. But either way, they're going to have a better start than than they usually have.
01:40:25
Speaker
Pittsburgh, I'm not taking Mike Tomlin out of his streak. Nine and eight. Let's go. Cleveland. He said, I'm not taking Mike Tomlin out of his streak.
01:40:38
Speaker
yeah um man over 500 his whole career i'm not gonna stop him now he somehow some way figures how to win nine games every year crazy story bobby i i what what talk man awesome awesome was it was a crazy time it was fun but it was awesome awesome texas is different man yeah no i can't wait to visit austin i gotta do that at some point um Cleveland.
01:41:06
Speaker
ah Cleveland, another just ah booty juice. And this booty juice is when the massage therapist starts to get on your back and starts to rub it real deep and you start getting nervous because you think you might pop a woody. And trying to not pop the woody.
01:41:24
Speaker
And you got the sweat trickling down your back and the crack of your ass. And the sweat just, did that type of booty juice. That's what I'm talking about. but he I had no idea where the hell you were going with that. I did not envision that.
01:41:43
Speaker
But damn. ah when did you what What was your prediction for Cleveland? 5 and 11. If that. They might go 4 and 12. They may go 4 and 12. I'm not sure. crazy at It's bro. It's going to be bad.
01:41:56
Speaker
No, it's because I'm a visual person and you just really fucked my head up. Oh ah my God.
01:42:09
Speaker
He said I already got a fire. I don't know.
01:42:18
Speaker
Oh, shit. That's hilarious, yo. All right. Let's move it to the AFC South. 10-7, Houston. This division is going to suck. This division, you know what?
01:42:30
Speaker
This whole division is on the booty juice list aside from Houston. Jacksonville might get eight wins if they're lucky, probably seven. i wanted to give Tennessee six. I couldn't. I downgraded them to five.
01:42:42
Speaker
We already talked about Indianapolis. Let them have Daniel Jones. They may go for four. This is the booty juice division of the NFL this year is the AFC South. Moving on, final and the best division on earth always has been, always will be, division of champions, the AFC West.
01:43:02
Speaker
Moving on into the AFC West, I mean, obviously, I'm not um'm a realistic football fan. I'm the professor for a reason because I don't tell you incorrect things. The Chiefs are going to win this division. There's no ifs, ands, or buts about it, and the only way that doesn't happen is, God forbid,
01:43:18
Speaker
Patrick Mahomes gets injured because, again, I'm a football fan, but I'm not a mean person, and I don't wish injury against anybody, even if he is our rival. Kansas City gets 12 wins easily, walks into the playoffs probably first or second seed.
01:43:31
Speaker
San Diego, 10-7. Like I said, I just like Jim Harbaugh. I think as a coach, he's an awesome coach. I can't see him you know winning less than 10 games going forward the rest of his career.
01:43:43
Speaker
I just think him and his brother are those type of coaches. They're going to win you 10 to 12 games every year as long as they have a good enough team. I take Jake. You suck, and so do your Broncos.
01:43:54
Speaker
ah Don't do that to Jake, no.
01:44:05
Speaker
Hey, yo, that is great. hate you, Jake, and I hate your ponies. I was going to go 8-9, but I figured that would probably be unrealistic. So I'm going 9-8, but only because of your defense. That doesn't mean I still don't like you. By the way, Mar, I would like to extend – Say who's San Diego.
01:44:24
Speaker
Oh, did I say San Diego? shit i killed I wrote San Diego on my sheet too. Damn, you know I'm old school. Hey, I still call him San Diego from time to time. Or i like I'll be like, Los Angeles, I catch myself calling him better callingin samy egg all the's i knowing or about worry about it, bro.
01:44:43
Speaker
That's funny. So 9-8 for the Broncos. By the way, Mark, I want to extend an invitation to you tomorrow. If you're not busy, I'm doing a bottom line sports reunion with Ken and Jake. We'd love to get you on Tussin Sports if you want to join us.
01:44:58
Speaker
What's tomorrow? Yes, sir. Yeah, we can probably do that. Eight, you see? Yeah. All right, you're on. All right, and then finally, my team coming in last place. That's okay.
01:45:12
Speaker
Because like I said, Pete Carroll giving us seven wins. Seven and ten. The Raiders at least are respectable. I feel that. I feel that.
01:45:23
Speaker
Seven wins. That's fair. I think I had y'all around that. I'm going to have to go over my predictions. I think you gave us nine. Yeah. I'm very happy about that, but I can't see it. So I think, I think a nine and eight and I think matter fact, I think I went at three rate tie nine and eight between all you. Oh, that's right. You did. Yeah. Yeah.
01:45:41
Speaker
And LA and LA. So, um, and I think I went 13 and four with the city, but, uh, man,
01:45:52
Speaker
That's that's that's that's professor right there, man. We got some hot NFL takes from i had to get my man on and I always appreciate him just hopping on. Literally ah last minute I was like, yo, what you got going on? So y'all make sure y'all tap in with the bro.
01:46:10
Speaker
Ball and they be dropping some great content. Love what they do. Obviously, we love the collab.
01:46:21
Speaker
That's the only time that you get a Chiefs and Raiders fans in the same room and not really to kid each other. So, hey, this is what we do.
01:46:33
Speaker
You say you try to call us in your squad out here committing VL.
01:46:38
Speaker
Wow. hey though we have moved We have moved on from Henry Ruggs, sir. I think you need to stop bringing up Ulster. That is crazy. The shooting shots is crazy.
01:46:49
Speaker
May she rest in peace. Her and her dog, Tina Tinter, was her name. That is crazy. I will always remember her name because, look, man, we all make mistakes in life. Yeah. And I cannot say that I have not drank in Jova in my life because I have.
01:47:05
Speaker
i think it's been... And, you know, I can't say that, you know, something like that couldn't have happened to me. So, um you know, thank God and never did. But, you know, we just pray for the pray for the family and that girl that lost her life. And, you know, hopefully, I mean, they're they're able to.
01:47:21
Speaker
Yes, that's that's a has a hard thing to deal with, but he's he's giving his his he's paying his. punishment to society. yeah One day he'll get out and hopefully he will be a renewed and refreshed man ready to continue his future.
01:47:35
Speaker
So, you know, we only wish the best for everybody in this situation. yeah That being said, Ball and Buds, um make sure you catch Mar tomorrow.
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01:47:43
Speaker
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01:47:51
Speaker
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01:48:03
Speaker
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01:48:22
Speaker
Hey, especially with Bud Crawford and Canelo coming up in September. I'm pretty sure I can't wait for you guys' coverage on that as well. Well, hey, so y'all make sure y'all tap on over to the homies content. Again, all in Buds Sport and Entertainment.
01:48:40
Speaker
right, you dig? Hey, we out here. As always, y'all know what it is. Hey, y'all catch me tomorrow for the last show of the week. That's what know I got planned for y'all.
01:48:53
Speaker
We'll see what kind of shenanigans we can get into. Bobby, don't do that, Bobby. Yeah, yeah. I didn't want to do it. I didn't want to do it that quick, but I didn't know how to train you.
01:49:03
Speaker
But nah, man. Hey, we out here, but y'all know what it is. Hey, take care yourselves. Take care of each other. Hey, God willing, we'll see y'all crazy ass motherfuckers tomorrow, man.
01:49:14
Speaker
Peace love. I'll let y'all.
01:49:18
Speaker
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Speaker
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Oh, boy, there's no list of guys. Man, you don't want to start.