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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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Introduction and Show Atmosphere
00:00:01
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Yeah, Silent Hill TDS, what's up? Yeah, come on. IOW Sports Network Late Night Edition.
00:00:13
Speaker
Let's go. Come on. We about to raise the bar. Wild car, man. Everybody grab a seat. As you know, we about to spark. Late night sports talk. Oh, hello, let's a guy. Man, you ain't gonna start.
00:00:27
Speaker
wow car bar we bought the bread bar while car barle Everybody grab a seat, cause you know we bout to spark. They nice sports talk, oh oh yeah, no less a gop. Man, you don't wanna start, oh wow, Karl Marx.
00:00:44
Speaker
El Boogie with the hot flame, ass trade full of top names, little tree for your membrane. It's that 9 hour time frame, I just snatched up a 6. Got my hands on a lid pack, whipping up a little bit 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, it'll hit you with a couple flurries. Y'all need to just strap in but in a timest sport comment tear of the red bar while calm on everybody grab a sea catch you know we bug this for
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Hell no less a god, man you don't wanna starve
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Everybody wants stuff, he it is star Everybody wants cause he know it is star Everybody wants stuff, cause he know it is star Everybody wants he know it Everybody wants stuff, cause know it is know what
Special Guest Introduction and NFL Insights
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it is. You may want come on back in the building. Yes, it is Taco Tuesday.
00:02:04
Speaker
No, that is not my boy, Randy Weber. 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
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We are here tonight. Grace, once again, by his presence, it is, ooh, baby, the sports professor. My baby. yo, yo, yoo what up my friend? How are you doing today, my brother?
The Importance of Subscriber Growth
00:02:35
Speaker
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, ah like I always appreciate you. You know, when I just like, hey, it was about four hours ago. was like, yo, bro, what you doing tonight? He was like, say less one time And I love that, I love that So here we are again But before we get busy, y'all know what we gotta do My man, you gots to plug Now now My man is over a thousand subscribers, which is big thing in world. So ah to help him get more subscribers, as y'all should already like, share, subscribe to Adobe Sports, but make sure you like, share, subscribe to Ball and Buzz Sports and Entertainment.
00:03:24
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ah brother O, 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.
MLB Mid-Season Review and Trade Dynamics
00:04:02
Speaker
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 Jersey Boy MJ, Round of Diamonds.
00:04:15
Speaker
the jersey's finest you also had him on you know ah ball and buzz your baseball special ah but before get heavier into our NFL talk 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 ah you know, NBA in the summertime and the training camp shit starts picking up. So baseball can sometimes get lost in the sauce.
00:04:48
Speaker
Yeah. Bring these people back into what's really good in the MLB world, man. Talk to the folks, man. What's going on in the MLB world, man? 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. Horrible until winning today um over the Braves. They had lost 11-12. This may turn them around, but it wasn't looking good. Other teams you 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 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. 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. But you look at other really good players that have come up in the L. Cal Raleigh, the big dumper. Who?
00:06:16
Speaker
Yes, the big dumper. and On his way to... Carry your big stick. Pause. Pause. Pause. Wow. Reckless. But that big stick is going to carry him to 60 homes, I believe.
00:06:31
Speaker
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 Colorado is up in there. Wow. We are on to great fucking start tonight. Yeah, yeah. Aren't we? Aren't we?
00:06:45
Speaker
um Dodgers in the past week have faltered a bit, but you're still one of the favorites there as well in the West. 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. 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.
Mike Trout's Loyalty and Career Decisions
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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 ah 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
So i you saw Cedric Mullins get moved. You saw a couple other pieces get moved ah from Baltimore. So no surprise that they were sellers. ah No surprise that Colorado were sellers. No surprise at all. ah oh i i Look, I know you kind of talked about this, you and MJ, but ah it went went why is Mike Trout still sticking around in Anaheim? well what it wait when made This dude, a he, to me, is comparable to almost Dame Lillard in the NBA, where it'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, something's got to give at some point in time. What's going on, man? Mm-hmm. 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? Gamey and 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.
00:09:03
Speaker
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
a We do talk all the time about athletes not wanting to hold to their agreements and wanting to get paid more, especially in football. ba ah So... At the very least, 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 maltra Mike Trout was, he could probably fetch something on the market that a team would give up couple prospects for. it
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, it's something you might want to think about doing.
00:10:16
Speaker
so but 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, Dave Lillard got fed up. And eventually, Kevin Garnett got fed fed up. And eventually, everybody gets fed up.
00:10:30
Speaker
Yep. Eventually you get fed up because ah 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 you know they're big yeahre out you know you you're not better than Texas, not better than Houston, not better than Seattle. all right built the Three teams and head of them that will probably kick their ass on nine out of ten times.
00:10:56
Speaker
ah so Let's just be frank about it. The 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 Shoei Atoni, and he is now two years in l L.A. And the moment that he left and walked out the door, I thought that that should have been him asking the same, ah you know, professional
00:11:27
Speaker
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, ah more than likely has a chance to win a championship and there'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 have thought that there would be a day that Bryce Harper and Mike Trout would have been on the same squad but
00:12:09
Speaker
ah Here we are now in 2025. oh Bryce Harper is still one of the better players MLB. Mike Trout, you know despite ah certain back injuries, um you know once was one of those guys. But...
00:12:27
Speaker
Yeah, man. 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, ah you know, when it especially comes to the back, as David Wright about that situation. Yep.
00:12:43
Speaker
I was 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. Because that guy was trending towards a Hall of Fame career. and A shoe-in Hall of Fame career. and shit turned around quickly.
00:13:04
Speaker
Yeah, man. i i I would just hate to see it Just hate to see it. But Yeah, we'll see. I mean, imagine there's nothing they can do now. They would have to wait till the offseason to trade him 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 him off for you. We'll give you some extra.
00:13:24
Speaker
um 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, never. Not once. just The fuck you want. If they're giving you you know a supporting cast like that and and they tried, they they you know brought in Rondon.
00:13:53
Speaker
That didn't work out. That did not work at all. Yeah, that did not work out at all. That was horrible. The only thing you got from him was a a meme that he wanted to punch him a you know fan for calling him a if You know what? i'm i'm i' I'm a baseball purist and...
00:14:11
Speaker
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. Like what? You ain't, you may have no inkling of that before and you signed this big ass 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. Hey man. Sometimes I, Hey, uh, you know, Hey, it's crazy, but, uh, Hey, get your, get your bag and, and, and keep it moving. Hey, 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?
00:14:53
Speaker
Give that back 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
John Gruden's Controversies and NFL Future
00:15:03
Speaker
football. and before a you know Obviously, ah you know yeah know who I root for. yeah in and It's so crazy how ah me and my brother have this great chemistry, but in football terms, we should really hate the shit out of each other.
00:15:18
Speaker
But Yeah, turn it around. Go ahead. wow 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. ah What is that? when 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.
00:16:18
Speaker
um and this she's not This is not complete vindication yet. It does give him the ability to continue in his life. pursuit for what he considers to be justice or what was the injustice done to him as emails being leaked and, um you know, improper persuasions that caused him to get fired and things of this nature.
00:16:44
Speaker
Whether or not the NFL... you know And the people that were involved in this actually all were behind it, were all involved in trying to screw him, which, I mean, obviously there's a lot of there's a lot of loose ends there that may suggest...
00:17:04
Speaker
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 know i'm talking about. Yeah.
00:17:29
Speaker
Yeah, we don't mention racist, fuck them. So anyways, ah so this isn't yet vindication, though, because it did not necessarily say that, okay, 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 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, and that holds out very well when a judge holds your your case up. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:18:21
Speaker
um 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 this. No, no, go ahead. no 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 on this.
00:18:38
Speaker
So, when the email first came out, The emails were between him and Bruce Allen. Bruce Allen 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.
00:19:08
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. yeah It was racist.
00:19:20
Speaker
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 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, Anyways, I think John Gruden had ah had a couple people that didn't like him, some enemies that decided, you know what, we're going to make this go, get him out for a couple.
00:19:54
Speaker
He's going to be back. 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, oh it's crazy that you say that because especially when you speak about the... And hopefully with my Raiders. Look, I don't like a racist, but I'll take a good coach because probably most of them are racists 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 it's ah yeah ah yeah Yeah, you guys have to go back and watch that episode. oh But it's ah yeah when it comes to him being a scapegoat and the cover-up thing, i I think when you say that he he has a a possible cause of like profession to say ah he he was wrongfully terminated... Thank you, wrongfully terminated.
00:20:54
Speaker
Yeah, but when you when you look at... a a you know just him ah being in that position, 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 professional or NFL or, you know, ah college ranks. He'll get ah another opportunity off, the you know,
00:21:24
Speaker
People want deny his name still carries weight in the NFL, in the football world. All right? yeah lets Let's be honest about that. um 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, yeah im 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 pay he'll probably never get a head coaching job. But, you know, i don't i don't i don't I don't believe that to be true. I think Flores can 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 in cahoots. Like, this is all tied in together, and whether you even use it as 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 and NFL never really released ah the actual findings of everything else that was in part of the investigation. is Why 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 ah as as leverage to say. Why didn't anybody else go down? Why was I the only one to use 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 those dots.
Las Vegas Raiders' Financial Strategies
00:23:02
Speaker
Let's look at now present Las Vegas Raiders. ah Crazy release with the Christian Wilkins. day gang Obviously, you're a Raiders fan.
00:23:14
Speaker
Give us more insight on it. What was that? What was going on? A guy that you literally just gave a lot of guaranteed money to a year ago and is one and done. i 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 talking about that A year later, a year later, and he had a $56 million dollars signing bonus. 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 $20.
00:23:56
Speaker
depending on how much insurance decides to give them back on that, 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 $25, $30 million for one for six games before he got injured with a foot injury. And so what happened after that?
00:24:16
Speaker
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
The progression in his rehab just never improved. his foot with you know the You hear these stories sometimes when players get injuries and just things don't get better. and they Yeah. so Right. And so the Raiders said, okay, well, you need to get a, note 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 yeah to get a surgery.
00:24:51
Speaker
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 were 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. So not only did he refuse the the the surgery, but he also refused to kind of let let competing doctors have opinions.
00:25:12
Speaker
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. a They're definitely about culture, especially bringing in Pete Carroll. And they figured that if he didn't want to get on board,
00:25:27
Speaker
with having a surgery to try to get back on the field that he was in breach of his contract, basically. 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.
00:25:43
Speaker
Wow. And that's crazy, crazy scenario. Uh, shout out to my guy, uh, Chris, uh, Chris down. It does the area T podcast with me. He brought up a good point. He said, uh, you know, um,
00:25:57
Speaker
ah getting rid of ah 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.
00:26:20
Speaker
And something like this can 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. ah They just appointed their interim president.
00:26:33
Speaker
head of NFLPA a few days ago. I i forget his name and 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, NFLPA. How about you get all in 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. Yeah, he's still on interim terms, so... ah Look. You gotta be kidding me, Doug. But I'm saying, like, if you're gonna say, like, this is the time that you you want to recoup some payment from a player. Sure. Hey, hey, hey. That shit gonna slide right into the radar. Because they are they are dealing with so much mess and turmoil and trying to clean up their own damn bullshit, dude.
00:27:50
Speaker
They got the government and the IRS to deal with right now. ain't worried about Christian Wilkins. No. yeah david damn my betel agreement is broken yeah but but We about to be sued for fraud right now. we don't give a damn about... Yeah, we worried about the bigger fist to fry in this joint, but...
00:28:07
Speaker
i Give me, give me. a 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. I mean, I don't know if it was a magic city, but wherever. it was it was at a gentleman's club.
00:28:23
Speaker
She's going to show up on the statement. 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. Well, let's be honest, Elle.
00:28:34
Speaker
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... i Obviously, you you spoke about Gino, Pete Carroll, part of that new culture change that they're bringing in.
00:28:59
Speaker
o What are your expectations ah of the Raiders this
Pete Carroll's Influence on the Raiders
00:29:03
Speaker
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 a 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 I completely misjudged the Pete Carroll hire.
00:29:35
Speaker
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 winner or at least good performer at at the at the worst.
00:29:49
Speaker
um He actually hasn't lost he hasn't had any seasons in the NFL with less than seven wins. So think 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. 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 anytime within his...
00:30:21
Speaker
you know, his career that I can think of, and especially, and you know this because say it all the time, Patrick Mahomes is still the best quarterback in the world, 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, 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 before.
00:31:13
Speaker
Since that 2000 era, when we had the Rich Cannon 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,
00:31:34
Speaker
But more importantly, as a franchise in the background, comparing that with, again, I'll say I i will say i was wrong about this. And this was more because I am a hater,
00:31:47
Speaker
formerly known as Tom Shady. 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.
00:31:58
Speaker
But I must say that Tom Brady has as well brought a air oh of winning, an air of a culture of positivity and growth and things like that. Right. Tom Brady's the owner. Players now want to play harder. Right. It might not.
00:32:15
Speaker
be a conscious thing but those are just like unconscious tangibles 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 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 um 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 Bones' career is ending and and maybe the Raiders can then start being at the top of the AFC West.
00:33:02
Speaker
Yeah, I'll say this. ah Bringing in a head coach, a culture changer, a tone-shatter like Pete Carroll, and bringing in some ah people that he's trusted, like Gino, on the three-year deal.
00:33:18
Speaker
You take the competitiveness and b ah of Tom Brady as being a part owner. i it Hopefully, some of...
00:33:30
Speaker
Just their football IQ and knowledge can rub off on on the rest of the building. Hopefully. ah you know As a Raiders fan, hopefully that's what you... That championship pedigree rubs off on everybody else. That's what you're hoping for. I get that.
00:33:46
Speaker
um Especially when it comes to this year. When you look at the first... I want to say first nine, first seven, nine games of this schedule...
00:33:58
Speaker
pretty doable for these Raiders. It's pretty doable. And who knows what happens when you start believing in yourself, start believing in your coach and believing in everyone. And 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.
00:34:22
Speaker
And there's the possibility a possibility they can, by time they reach Kansas City in in about mid-October, there's a possibility. I'm not Look, I...
00:34:43
Speaker
I love you like a play cousin, my brother. um And shout out to Colby 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 0 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 doesn't.
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. It's something about that guy.
00:35:39
Speaker
He gets the best out of programs, franchises. i mean sure USC was dead as a fucking cow on the side of a Texas road in damn August.
00:35:54
Speaker
ye He ran over by a tractor. dan on the and 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. all right all right so we can we can have that conversation and and and look at what they did and then look until it is proven that he can't touch this shit and to go i'm looking at that first first seven and looking like yeah
00:36:55
Speaker
It ain't. I'll be right. I'm just saying it's an alphorama possibility. i Now, realistically, probably it is just going to be you're saying 0-7, maybe more about.
00:37:08
Speaker
I was exaggerating. Probably not 0-7. Maybe more 3-4 if it's being realistic. 2-5, 3-4. maybe more three and four for being real three five three four date yeah
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's 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 agree. Yeah, i was I was probably a little bit too weed-sauce that day and said nine, but that i also didn 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 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 is 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 of this back. You better get it. 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.
00:38:39
Speaker
Please. the note 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, who already has retired 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.
00:39:08
Speaker
His first half was horrendous. Nothing to write home about, right? But then, O.C. 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...
Impact of Player Health on Team Success
00:39:25
Speaker
through 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, Steven 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
You got to stay healthy. not No, I was going to let you cook because you were cooking, but I was waiting for an um waiting for him to drop the very special ingredient that's about to go in his kitchen. I was waiting. I was like, okay. what do i mean 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. but will That's crazy. But if Darwin a at 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 league, probably. Well, i I mean, obviously, they they drafted very heavy on the defensive side because they're getting tired of looking at Patrick. So, I mean,
00:41:02
Speaker
i nothing right they get they ah they drafted the cornerback, ah and forgive me for not remembering his name. ah Then they go in in ah to add to the other side, of ah probably one of the best three corners in the league, and Patrick Sertain Jr., sir.
00:41:19
Speaker
Yeah, i I mean Denver's diver's not playing around. Obviously they did a ah lot to make sure that list list let's slow down that guy right there in 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 look, they're going to play hellified defense. The question is, is Bo Nix.
00:41:54
Speaker
He's a question, all right? ah 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 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 cause I want to pick your brain ah 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 all of them ready.
00:42:47
Speaker
Yeah. Cause I, I want to get some of your, your you know, and see if we can get some, my some good NFL hot takes to ah clip in, in, in here and get people engaged with, with some things that you're going to say. Um,
00:43:02
Speaker
If there was a coach that you think his team is hotter than Helter Skelter, would you name that coach? ah on
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 there really a two-part answer, but one of the ones I think you'll get a pass. But I'm going to this guy.
00:43:42
Speaker
I think he's a really good coach. I really, really do. Winning 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. Mike McDaniel, if you do not get the Miami Dolphins to the playoffs, Loaz 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 in his success was primarily tied to Tua Tagovailoa.
00:44:49
Speaker
and yep
00:44:54
Speaker
You talking about durability problems? Yeah, yeah that that one day that one is probably the one that probably sticks out like a sore thumb. so um 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 his head coaching position was tied to that.
00:45:21
Speaker
Yeah, and you already signed him. So... i You know, congratulations on Tua to making sure that he stayed healthy enough to get the contract. But they got 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, I wouldn't have given him five years. I'd have been like, sorry, bro.
00:45:56
Speaker
I know that's the going rate, but now we're going to have to do three years. I'll give you little higher annual average value, but we doing five years. No, no. Five years. Has died too long And for a guy that Has a lot of question marks when it comes to durability And I you know I think he does i ah Make himself a good You know offensive Probably he'll still get a job as an offensive coordinator If he does get fired But Oh, yeah, of course. Like you said, I just think your situation is ah ah just a case of misfortune when it comes to the injury bug. If we're having an injury-free tour, we're having a different conversation, and not only about Mike McDonald, but we're having different conversation about the Miami Dolphins.
00:46:42
Speaker
Yes, agreed. 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 in the past few years that he's been injured. So it don't 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 as 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.
00:47:46
Speaker
But um 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 Dayball, 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 Dayball in Buffalo, i think he'd be doing an amazing job. Yeah. Right? But Buffalo and Giants are two different levels of of competition. Yeah.
00:48:45
Speaker
personnel, how they are ran by ah ah by management. is so Everything. i I understand. I 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,
00:49:30
Speaker
yeah trying even you know a say what you want about the Jets you know the misfortunes of their franchise is clearly on front page in that huge market so 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 one a couple Super Bowls they're enough to kind of keep them at bay But, yeah the man, I can only imagine being a player and dealing with that market.
00:50:05
Speaker
I can only imagine. You got to be one of the strongest mental motherfuckers on the planet.
Media Pressure on New York Players
00:50:15
Speaker
And it's not even as is not even as bad as it is in other sports. Because football, right, unless you're the quarterback or the receiver or the running him 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. No, man, no. 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. they That doorbell, you come in, you see that flaming bag. Flaming bag of dogs. Don't step on it don't take 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 ah ah player that you think is going to absolutely break out, it could be your your team, any team, a player that you think is due for a breakout season this year, 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. Because obviously, I think when you break out as a player, oh really it affects the fantasy as well. So, you know, you you can crossbreed them or tackle it however you see fit.
Predictions for Young NFL Talents
00:52:01
Speaker
Let's see. Players that are going to break out. i definitely think that D.J. 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 Tunsil, 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 set 50 times again, ah fifty 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.
00:52:50
Speaker
um Especially fantasy-wise, Chase Brown should be somebody you were looking to pick up in that first round. With the Bengals, they used him at a 75% usage last year, and they they' are not slowing down.
00:53:05
Speaker
this year at all. Also, in terms of high usage fantasy-wise for running backs, Ashton Jinty. 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.
00:53:18
Speaker
yeah yeah You already kind of knew what that was. like The moment that he drafted him, I'm like, that's his beast mode. He I'm going to run this mother... He is beast mode. That's right.
00:53:30
Speaker
um lad mcconkey i like out of san diego i think that he's gonna state that take that step forward with them not having that real number uh uh one kind of receiver there per se uh defensively abdol 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 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 jelly uh but uh nice tool be nice to him exactly yeah you gotta be a little kind 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. a Now, let 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 you know, where 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.
00:55:26
Speaker
you know or not i should say I wasn't surprised ah because i mean the guy you know ah right he he went to and balled out. Then they said, hey, we'll go to the D1 level and do it.
00:55:41
Speaker
Then he went to the D1 level and he Had a damn near solid career. yeah Obviously, the team's success in Colorado year one, you can say wasn't there. and then it kind of had a better season year two. But isn't that all the more better for him, seeing how they had such a shitty 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 on the on the situation during the draft. and right know 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 until 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, I hate when people want to oh, this is 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.
00:57:00
Speaker
That's true. playing. They're playing, Paul. Some of these guys, you've got to put this, this is an interview for not only you're the team that has you in their camp, but there's 31 other guys, GMs, well, 30 if and you know Packers got one. He had it right. Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:57:21
Speaker
The team GM. Yeah, I guess they don't have technically have a GM right. Gotcha. So if you're looking at a... I see what you did there. That was good, Mar. That was good. I see what did. thing is, it's like, I hate when people always only preachers. 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 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 a fucking beat-up Nissan Altima right now and are trying to, you know, just make sure the fucking ends meet.
00:58:07
Speaker
a 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 especially if, you know – Especially in the NFL, it's revolving door. You don't have that ah always same team every year.
00:58:31
Speaker
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 – and that 53-man roster is always going to change every year. So, it 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
guys 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, ah every ah opportunity you get in a game in preseason, it comes down to the... ah 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
Well, one guy just did something better than you. And then she, you know, you, you out the door. a i mean, we've seen cats give 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 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 and play both sides? Yeah.
01:00:28
Speaker
Oh, no, no doubt about it. I'm playing both sides. 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 threat.
01:00:53
Speaker
Let me take that back. No one that I know, I don't know, maybe back in the 40s and 50s, they had some dual-frame guys that were, yeah, 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. 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 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... um Not Jacksonville, but Tampa Bay, and he has sources in the Jacksonville organization.
01:01:41
Speaker
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 effective.
01:01:53
Speaker
opportune times 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.
01:02:04
Speaker
So you should expect to see 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 in both ways 50-50. I'd be like, get out there and do it, you dog. 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, might decide... and If he's feeling okay health-wise and he's balling... I know where you're going with this. and if he's If he's balling and and has the health, then yes.
01:03:13
Speaker
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. i oh We'll have to talk numbers. Because I'm just saying, if he's at ah about to go into year four and he's playing the games at high clip,
01:03:43
Speaker
of the games at a high clip I got to talk about, hey, man, I'm available. And not only am I available, I'm available on both sides.
01:03:54
Speaker
I have to... I'm going to 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 got to 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 and what those will look like. So it in relative term, 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 that's I'm your number one runner back. I'm giving you productions in both fields on the same offense, same football, same quarterback, and I'm giving you crazy numbers on both the receiving and rushing.
01:04:53
Speaker
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 cornerback.
01:05:08
Speaker
ah so Wide receiver he 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 you're in that desk no i he's not better than Brian Thomas no no she yeah no never no so if if he keeps that production going and available and you're going to year four a Jacksonville might would would literally have to come off like a history making precedent type of
01:05:42
Speaker
a 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 shit right here we need a transcendent contract ah You're going to ask for it, and I can tell you exactly what they're going to 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 why in And that's why at some point, like you said, hey, man, big they're going to look at those snaps. It's like,
01:06:26
Speaker
Yeah, all right, we'll come up with transcendent contract by percentage of what you play, Hey, no, no, I hear you. I hear you.
01:06:38
Speaker
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.
01:07:05
Speaker
You know? it that's ah it's oh yeah, of course. oh yeah It's a lot deeper than that cornerback. Not saying he can get his money at corner, but, man, I'm just saying wait just look at what these wide receivers are getting. this they're They're not too far behind the quarterbacks. and we already know And we've seen it with the tight ends, too.
01:07:22
Speaker
With the tight ends that try to reclassify themselves as wide receivers to get more money. Darren Waller tried to do that with us. And butd now, buddy, now it's not. because you can say, hey, man, if I'm lining up right here all the time, that's that's not a tight end. and That's 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. I mean, hey, try to play every angle you can to get that bag. Yeah, get that bag. Yeah.
01:07:53
Speaker
what are What are some of the things that you're kind of feeling? Like, you know, going into each year, you're 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, i wait 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 booty juice, basura, smet?
01:08:22
Speaker
um you bit a A little bit of the booty juice. A little bit of the basura. Let's start with the booty juice basura.
Colts' Season Challenges and NFC West Uncertainties
01:08:29
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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 bottle of Cobra.
01:08:46
Speaker
Oh, my God.
01:08:51
Speaker
Why do I keep hearing a lot of people saying that coach is just going to absolutely be dog shit? And I'm like, I don't know. I'm kind of conflicted. It's like. Five and 12.
01:09:05
Speaker
Five and 12. I mean, look, when 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.
01:09:18
Speaker
Cool. If they're running with Daniel Jones, am I supposed to expect more than five, six wins with a Daniel Jones-led team? No, I'm not. So, unless Trent Richardson can stay healthy 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, ah Cards are winning the NFC West. That's a problem. I think they'll compete because I think San Francisco, we don't know what they are to getting older.
01:09:49
Speaker
um Sure. Obviously, they still got some studs on both sides of the football. That's that's not the problem. ah We also talk about durability for other players. That's also kind of been near Achilles' heel is durability. Injuries, right. Yep.
01:10:04
Speaker
ah Especially to some of the key players. ah Obviously, Brandon Ayuk, he's coming back from a very serious injury from last year. ah you move off of Debo. Yeah.
01:10:16
Speaker
you know Love George Kittle, but you know ah think George Kittle has a little bit of 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 um
01:10:40
Speaker
Brock Purdy, now you got a rich contract, you got a lot to prove, ah comes with a lot of pressure. um I don't know what San Francisco is.
01:10:52
Speaker
i and know what I know Arizona was pretty scrappy and 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 too up and down. It's just crazy for me. is that yeah The is exactly right. problem is not the talent. It's literally everything else. It's like, where's your head at sometimes?
01:11:21
Speaker
You know, I know they made fun of him and being a Call of Duty warrior guy that's entrenched in that more than he is in his playbook. And 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 McVay, they always reinvent themselves. Yeah.
01:11:45
Speaker
I can't write them off until Matthew Stafford decides to get out of LA and get away from Sean McVay because obviously theyre their chemistry is just top tier right now. It is quarterback, coach chemistry right the league. Seattle, i don't I don't know what Seattle is.
01:12:06
Speaker
um They were scrappy, but they had too many ups and downs as 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 Rams to lose.
01:12:18
Speaker
And they have to. um I just think that division is so... It's an eyeball. It's like... the They got the potential to be probably a ah good division overall, but also got the potential to be wacky and trashy at the same time. So it's kind of like, I don't know which way to go until I can see, obviously, shit goes down during the season.
01:12:44
Speaker
i But I don't know about the card. I 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. 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.
01:13:05
Speaker
breakout season be one of those players we talked about 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 uh 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 gonna how healthy he's going to be. If he's not go 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, and starting at the beginning season, that's all we can go off of.
01:13:42
Speaker
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.
01:13:57
Speaker
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 playoffs. I agree.
01:14:07
Speaker
But I think the rest of the team is really good Seattle. So I think even with that, they still 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 Pro Bowl quarterback indoors and a ah and a ah below average quarterback outdoors.
01:14:33
Speaker
But he played in Seattle in the outdoors. Now he's going 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 was with the Jets.
01:14:44
Speaker
Seeing ghosts. Seeing ghosts is crazy. ah You're not the first person that that feels that way. I think Randy has kind of mentioned that, too. and And I'm kind of worried that he might turn back into that pumpkin, too, because – If we are being honest about Sam Darnold, it was coaching really failed him when he first got into the league.
01:15:09
Speaker
And that's fair. okay so I think he came in the league too young, too. 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. and Let me jump in and take it.
01:15:29
Speaker
Hey, get that back. 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. 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 like oh well a but you got a solid option ah we kyle anyny hand ah pair with paired with Sam Darnold and look you know solid ah and then i you know when I think Brock Purdy got hurt a couple of games. and I think he played in in the regular season and 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 an actual quarterback with, you know, I i guess, a ah you know comparable coaching over the last couple of years with Kevin O'Connell and Kyle Shanahan.
01:17:14
Speaker
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
So that doesn't bode well for A guy that like Sam Darnold where he's going to revert back to, so like you said, that pumpkin and see a ghost. Because, then 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. That guy has, um you know, some... some my oh problems staying on the field as well uh especially now because he is a ah lot older now and so i i don't know i i'm not sold on seattle so if anything probably just their young and very aggressive defense can keep them in some games uh i do 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 Donald'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. All right. Go ahead and throw some of your predictions, division winners, if you want to go ahead and throw those out, if you got them. Sure. yeah.
01:18:56
Speaker
All right. Let's run through real quick. Let's start where we were. Yeah, let's start where we were just at.
NFC Division Predictions and Surprises
01:19:03
Speaker
um Wait a second. Hold on. Yeah, so in the West, I got San Francisco and L.A.
01:19:10
Speaker
tied at the top, 10-7 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
Moving over to the NFC North, I believe that Detroit, even though they took that devastating loss 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.
01:19:44
Speaker
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. I got Green Bay at 10 wins. I got Minnesota at 9 wins with J.J. McCarthy. I think they're going to be very good.
01:19:57
Speaker
A lot of good reports coming out of the Minnesota camp on how J.J. has performed, especially from the connection with Justin Jefferson. And then I got Chicago at 7 and 10 there. Moving into the South, I've got the Buccaneers. Again, it's just their division.
01:20:11
Speaker
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, Vea, and the rest of the cats over there. So I got them there. Atlanta, eight nine If Pennix can be what people think he is, i they can get eight nine wins.
01:20:29
Speaker
I don't think any more than that. Booty juice alert. Get your ah 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 think the Saints are going to be one of the worst teams of the league this year. Yeah.
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 into Tampa Bay. Went to Tampa Bay, yep. I don't know what the hell... How do the Cleveland fucking Browns feel now?
01:21:18
Speaker
and a Man, Carolina didn't work out for him. a a The Rams. Well, he I remember when he went to the Rams on short notice and and gave the Raiders. And he beat the Raiders. Yeah, I remember. I was pissed. You lost a damn replacement quarterback in two days on Monday night. What is wrong with you assholes?
01:21:42
Speaker
I don't know what the hell has happened with Baker fucking Mayfield, but this son on a gun has turned me into a ah Baker Mayfield fan. and its It kind of gives me the ics because I never liked the guy, but it's like...
01:21:59
Speaker
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 took it on a Buccaneer uniform. i don't know what the hell happened, but this... ah Now, what about the Liam Cohen situation? He's losing his offensive coordinator.
01:22:20
Speaker
Does that hurt him at all? He lost he lost the other one last year. That's true. That's a good point. And Canales went to ah Carolina. And I thought the same thing. And then next thing you know, he has another great season.
01:22:34
Speaker
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 a bitch 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.
01:23:04
Speaker
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 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 a 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. It was flashy. And, okay, cool, fun, fun and games. Oh, we got the progressive commercials. We're sleeping in and and in the in the bowels of the stadium in Cleveland, but we're not really winning games.
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, citing 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.
01:24:13
Speaker
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. Yeah, they have a little win season and beat Pittsburgh in that playoff game.
01:24:33
Speaker
They did.
01:24:36
Speaker
But I didn't think he would have turned into this. I'm just being honest. I didn't. i think Sure. I see that. Yeah. um So yeah, man, he's been... Also, the South is a little is a little weak, right? So he's playing...
01:24:51
Speaker
yeah six-week games a year. He definitely has definitely has four gimmies, so that's that's 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 oh yeah ah Continue with your division winners, man. I just had to get off my chest. cause No, please. That was great. yeah I like that. Jesus Christ, this guy's been playing good football. 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 lost 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, C.J. 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 an all-pro the first year that he's there, Nolan Smith, you've got then you got co Cooper DeGene coming out as a rookie,
01:26:01
Speaker
having interception in the super bowl quion mitchell I mean, they just keep restocking and restacking. Philadelphia takes that division. But I do like my hometown D.C. Commanders.
01:26:14
Speaker
I think that they are not a fluke. I don't think Jalen Daniels will. 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 here.
01:26:58
Speaker
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 Emmitt Smith held out 1993, and they lost the first two games and had to bring them back.
01:27:15
Speaker
This happens with them year after year with all of the 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 haven't invited 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 that's your boy No, Jimmy, just hand me the money. I don't need to be on that yacht. Just hand me the money. I would disperse that money how I see fit, but no, I don't want to be on that yacht. You see what I'm saying? He must have money to blow. He must have money to blow.
01:28:16
Speaker
we must have money to blow I do not want to be a co-conspirator. That's not a damn thing. all right so i do not need to be on that yacht at all. well i've heard i've I've heard about the rich and the the the date 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 Necklaces? Hell!
01:28:52
Speaker
But no, i look, Jerry does this every year. We know this, but the problem that he is is doing... And in I get it. He knows that he is a walking ATM owning the Dallas Cowboys. I know that because he's 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 a 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's going up about a minute. Million dollars every day. It's just going up a million dollars every day.
01:29:59
Speaker
Jerry. Jerry! Because Micah's at the end of the line. He's at the end of the line. But he shouldn't have been. No! should 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.
01:30:16
Speaker
They signed Devontae Smith and A.J. Brown ahead of the curve. ye Both of them are locked in So yeah it looks like Man why would you give these guys this kind of money right now Alright you saw what happened after that ah Jay Luano got money after that Tyreek Hill came back and restructured his Then you see Jamar Chase ah Justin Jefferson Tee Higgins i I mean just so on and so on Craig 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 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's you don't want him to not be football shape.
01:31:36
Speaker
You don't want to be using game one, week one, two to get in shape. He needs to already have his game shape and game legs about him. 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 used for pass rush situations every so often. Right.
01:31:55
Speaker
So, 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.
01:32:07
Speaker
like my Because they got to figure out how to get around you. ah You know, how to make the stunt work properly. You know, if you're not like you said, I think that's ah that's another great point. ah Your teammates need to get to know that.
01:32:20
Speaker
ah Because Tank, Lawrence, he's no longer there. DeMarcus Lawrence is gone. ah you know, your part pretty much, Michael Parsons, is pretty much on the new defense.
01:32:32
Speaker
You know, there's some pieces in the back end that that might be there and coming back from the injury from last year, but it's going to be tough because this Dallas Cowboys defense, it was a lot of Swiss cheese.
01:32:46
Speaker
It wasn't too great. It wasn't a lot of positives. Not at all. Yeah. ah I will say this about the Giants, though. That front seven is going to keep them in a lot of football games on their defense.
01:33:03
Speaker
ah You have a no Carter. Yeah. brought it I mean Carter earlier in and you put a sexy Dexie with a Thibodeau Ryan Burns Burns. Oh my God. That defense is nasty. That front seven is disgusting.
01:33:24
Speaker
Nasty. Nasty work. Nasty work. And I do think Jackson Dart will be good eventually but he's going to he's going to have his rookie growing pains and again yeah When you have a division with D.C. and 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 D.C. I think that just because i obviously the stiffer competition or schedule-wise for them this year, I i and don't think Jaden Daniels steps back. I think it's I know one thing.
01:34:02
Speaker
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. oh Yeah. 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 of $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 risk, 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. 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
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If I'm Terry McCoy, if you don't put me near C.D. Lamb, I don't even want to talk to you. I'm being dead serious. Look at his production. Look at his production and then look and thent look at or what he's been having to throw him the damn football.
01:36:14
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Yeah, he's been on a horrible team, especially before Jay Daniels. Especially before Jay Daniels. That was a bad offense for years. 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 is what you inherited. So you inherited me. So I need you to inherently change my life in my family's life.
01:36:43
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Inherently.
01:36:46
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No, I if if if I'm Terry McLaurin and my people who don't even come near me if we ain't even near C.D. Lamb. I'm just saying.
01:36:56
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I mean, I don't think he's going to get City 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 it it's not like he doesn't have the numbers to back it up.
01:37:19
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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 good 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 ah 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 Deebo Samuel's not the player he was, so they're going to need... No, they're going to rely on Terry McClurin. Heavily. i 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
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on over to your AFC and we'll get up out of here. All right, let's do it. We're going save the best for last.
AFC Division Insights and Humorous Takes
01:38:16
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AFC East, obviously, Buffalo, nothing else to be said. There are 12 wins.
01:38:21
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We talked about Miami. think Mike McDaniel does save his job. Nine and eight. I think they sneak in at the last wild card. ah Seven and ten for the Patriots. I know a lot of people are high on them. I am not.
01:38:36
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I think Drake May will be decent in the future, but I still think they got a long way to go. And the New York Jets. You were talking about it with... ah I believe it was either know Bobby G or Randy. I watch all your shows, so I don't know. They all play together. 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.
01:39:01
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Mm-hmm. Booty juice. Booty juice. I'm talking about when I wake up in the morning and I got to go get the constitutional, I'm talking that kind of booty juice.
01:39:12
Speaker
Crazy. ah that's that's that That's that drink too many beers and in how dare I eat that Taco Bell at two in the morning type of bubble guts, bro. That's that splatter house booty juice. That's it.
01:39:30
Speaker
Oh, I just painted the back of the wall of that toilet. Y'all better clean this commode, bro. yeah Like a port-a-potty Halloween Eve.
01:39:43
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don't know why I picked Halloween, but that 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 till they win because they're going to win the fucking Super Bowl some point. The Baltimore Ravens will.
01:39:59
Speaker
um 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. I don't care. They're going outgun and out-shoot their opponents and win every game 28-24, I'm telling you.
01:40:17
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And they're going to 11-6. And actually, I might had to downgrade them to 10-7. But either way, they're going to have a better start than than they usually have. Pittsburgh, I'm not taking Mike Tomlin out of his streak. Let's go Uh, Cleveland. He said I'm not taking Mike Townley out of the street.
01:40:39
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ah man Over 500 his whole career. I'm not going to stop him now. He somehow, some way figures how to win nine games every year. Crazy story, Bobby. ah What talk, man? Austin was a crazy time. It was fun, but it was Austin.
01:40:57
Speaker
Austin, Texas different, man. yeah Nah, I can't wait to visit Austin. I got to do that some point. Cleveland. 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.
01:41:21
Speaker
And so you're trying to not pop the woody and you got the sweat and got the sweat trickling down your back they crack your ass and the sweat just... That type of booty juice. I
01:41:37
Speaker
had no idea where the hell you were going with that. I did not envision that. But damn. What was your prediction for Cleveland?
01:41:48
Speaker
5 and 11. If that. They might go 4 and 12. They may go 4 and 12. I'm not sure. ah crazy i It's to be bad. No, it's because I'm such a visual person and you just really fucked my head down know Oh my God.
01:42:12
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He said I already he got a fire. out
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
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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 stuff. Moving on, final and the best division on earth always has been, always will be, division of champions, the AFC West.
01:43:02
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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, Chiefs 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.
01:43:26
Speaker
Kansas City gets 12 wins easily, walks into the playoffs probably first or second seed. 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
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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.
01:43:55
Speaker
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 and 9, but I figured that would probably be unrealistic, so I'm going 9 and 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 Diego.
01:44:24
Speaker
Oh, did I say San Diego? shit i hate 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 like I'll be like, Los Angeles, start I catch myself calm back calling San Diego all the No one anymore.
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. you're not busy, I'm doing a bottom line sports reunion with Ken and Jake. We'd love to get you on custom sports if you want to do this.
01:44:58
Speaker
What's tomorrow? Yes, sir. Yeah, we can probably do that. 8-6? Yeah. All right. You're right. And then finally, my team,
01:45:10
Speaker
Coming last place, that's okay. Because like I said, Pete Carroll giving us seven wins. Seven and ten. The Raiders at least are respected. I feel that.
01:45:22
Speaker
I feel that. Seven wins. That's fair. I think I had y'all around, and I might have to go over my predictions again. think you gave us nine. Yeah. I'm very happy about that, but I can't see it.
01:45:34
Speaker
I think nine and eight. Matter of fact, I think I went three-rate tie, nine and eight between all you. Oh, that's right. You did. Yeah, yeah, yeah. In L.A. And I think went 13-4 with Kansas City. But, man. Man.
01:45:47
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and the city but man best test That's the professor right there, man. We got some hot hot NFL takes from i had to get my man on and I always appreciate him just hopping on.
01:46:03
Speaker
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. Ball and Bud Sports and Entertainment him and Clever they be dropping some great content love what they do obviously we love the collab that's the only time that you get a Chiefs and Raiders fans in the same room and not i really to kid each other so hey this is what we do yeah you say you try to call us and your squad out here committing me laughing
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 old stuff. That is crazy. The shooting shots is crazy. May she rest in peace.
01:46:51
Speaker
Her and her dog, Tina Tinter, was her name. That is 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 if... and 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 it 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, it's 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. That being said, Bowling Buds, make sure you catch Mar tomorrow.
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01:47:43
Speaker
Did you think that the Raiders and the Chiefs were going at it? Tomorrow you get the Raiders, Chiefs, and Broncos if you really want to see some fireworks.
01:47:51
Speaker
Join Wildcard Mar, Hattay, Jake, Kan, the stat man, and myself. We're doing a little mini Bottom Line Sports reunion with Wildcard Mar tomorrow night, 8 p.m. Eastern at Bowling Buds, B-A-L-L-A-N-D.
01:48:03
Speaker
BUDS. Make sure you subscribe on YouTube. And one last programming note, Mar, if you would not mind. I even know you mentioned Clubber D. Thursday night, 8 p.m. Eastern. Clubber the Combat G's Combat Sports Special for UFC 319 this weekend as well. We will talk boxing. So check us out at Ball and Buds. Nice, nice.
01:48:23
Speaker
Hey, especially with Bud Crawford and Canelo coming up in September. I'm pretty sure I can't wait to see guys' coverage on that as well. Well, hey, so y'all make sure y'all tap on over the homies' content. Again, all in Buds, sport and entertainment. All right, you dig?
01:48:41
Speaker
Hey, we out here. As always, y'all know what it is. ah Hey, y'all catch me tomorrow for the last show of the week. That's what you know I got planned for y'all. We'll see what kind of shenanigans we can get into. Bobby, don't do that, Bobby. I didn't want to do it like i know i do it that quick. I didn't know how to treat it. We out here, but y'all know what it is.
01:49:06
Speaker
eight Take care yourselves. Take care of each other. hey God willing, we'll see y'all crazy ass motherfuckers tomorrow, man. Peace and love. I'll let y'all.
01:49:20
Speaker
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