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Is Joe Burrow Overrated? Why Sports Has No Patience Anymore | Off the Bench London S2 W4 · Off the Bench - London

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  What up, what up, what up? What's going on?
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  Well, you know, just living the dream one day at a time. Yeah.
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  Did you get any sleep this weekend? I w this weekend was busy. I'm still catching up.
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  I'm still catching up. I don't think I'm ever gonna catch up. You know what?
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  When we We're so busy in our regular lives and then we we get more stuff going and then
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  and then get calls for random things.
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  And you're like, I can't we can't miss this opportunity. This is gonna be amazing.
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  you know what's crazy? It's like How long it was?
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  That, but on top of that conversation, it's just like We put in we put in an offer to get
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  into this. And then didn't hear back September.
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  Beginning of September I I I said, Hey, like, I see this going on.
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  I'd like to be involved in some capacity.
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  Week of the event, 'cause like obviously w yeah turned down.
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  I was totally respect like I get it. There's a lot moving pieces, get it.
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  And then Big Al gives us a call and he's just like, Yo, I need your help.
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  It's like, Well, what do you need?
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  And then and then That's what I think is funny when it's like And we get the no no we got
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  we got people do we don't don't have any room for ya.
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  And then he gets forced into it and he's like, Hey guys I need ya. Yeah.
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  And I'm still compiling, I'm still compiling.
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  But we might as well tell them what we're talking about. Yeah, that okay.
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  So over the weekend October third. Mean Girls Day. yeah, it was Me and Girls Day.
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  Was Mean Girls Day. Okay, okay.
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  There was some mean girl there was only the one fight with the girls?
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  It was one w only one mean girl. I mean I would argue that there were two.
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  But yeah, you know what you're right. There were mean girls. They had a great fight.
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  They were young too. Yeah. Yeah.
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  But what we're talking about basically is at a 100 Kellogg's in the sentry room where we c
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  I and I keep talking to you about this place is bigger than anything.
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  There's it's there's rooms on top of rooms on top of rooms.
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  this place keeps going and he finally got to see another aspect of this building that not
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  a lot of people get to see. So like we were saying, Big Al gave us a call.
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  So it was you myself and my cousin Bronson Fridell showed up. Need a little bit of help.
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  A little bit of help, yeah, for sure.
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  But showed up to to 100k logs and we were at The Rising Stars. Next generation.
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  That was amazing. It was amazing. Yeah. Man, They put on a a wild show.
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  They have amazing fighters.
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  Like, you know they're gonna be it's gonna be a great show when the organizers are ex UFC
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  guys. Okay, so yes, hundred percent. Your first interview, you were nervous as hell.
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  I I can tell how nervous you were.
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  Because you had an opportunity to stand in front of somebody that I've like That's like a
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  huge name.
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  Like I realize he's from here and a lot of people that are in London like know him
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  personally and But it's one of those things where you let them know who we're talking
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  about. Sam Hands of Stone Stout. Yep. Sir Sir Stone sir But It was cool.
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  Like, you know when you're like you grow up seeing the seeing it on TV.
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  Like I remember watching them when you'd go to your buddy's place and we'd box each other
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  in the basement while we watch UFC. Mm-hmm.
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  Or like we'd we would do that or we would way back in the day There'd be eight of us and
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  we'd be hammered off of a single case of beer. The good old days when it was cheaper.
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  Yeah. exactly. Now we're a little bit more seasoned.
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  Well, I mean we were super young back then.
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  But it like it was crazy because like I think he his career was like I wanna say 2003 to
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  2015-ish. Yep. Something like that.
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  But no, it was really cool seeing them put on a show and like they have all the fighters
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  that they've been working with and trying to grow.
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  And well when you talk to Chris Hudeki, who was the MC for the night.
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  and go or the announcer going over the man of many hats. Yeah, exactly.
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  But you talk to him after and he's like, no, we don't try to find tomato cans for our
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  fighters to beat up.
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  We go around and we try to find the best people that we can so we can grow this.
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  No, you're not wrong. And I don't I was never expecting to see some fights like this.
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  Ma it was intense.
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  having people from even Chicago come up and and do the show, like for example, and just to
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  give you some like understanding of this how big this event was, we arrived at two thirty
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  and we didn't leave 'til basically two AM in the morning. Right?
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  Yeah, I think it was like one thirty when we pulled out. About that, about that.
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  it's still the after party popping. Yeah. yeah, at at the beer kitchen.
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  What I'm saying though is like the f There was 21 fights. from boxing.
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  From boxing to kickboxing to MMA. It was fantastic.
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  But each one had like a different feel. It it felt like a a URC show. Yeah.
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  Because it was it was an o well oiled machine to the point where the intermission was
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  about a half an hour so they can change the ring. And then it kept going.
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  Yeah, because they had to add an extra extra rope. And then it kept going.
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  It there was no confusion. It was just, this is what's happening. We're not starting late.
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  We're just gonna keep going and going and we're gonna give the fans what they wanted.
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  And then we saw some bangers.
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  I mean Hands of Stone is is is maybe his nickname, but like those the next generation
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  definitely brought it. It was intense. Yeah. Hands of Stone is right.
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  Did you shake his hand? Yes I did. Right? Yes I did. Like that's legit. Yeah.
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  I don't know, man.
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  Like it was it was impressive just to be in the same room as some of these people that I I
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  feel personally can go pro.
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  And we saw them at an amateur well amateur, but like they were like bringing the beef.
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  They were bringing their their A game. Yeah. They they were listening to their coach.
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  Like We w we talked on our little segment that it's still I'm working on.
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  and I'll have that posted soon.
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  One of the biggest things is these guys have been training so hard and are trying to gain
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  as much experience as they can before they go pro. And you can see like security events.
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  Yeah, they have ridiculous amounts of like experience.
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  Like the amount of fighters that were like I've had sixty fights, I've had thirty fights.
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  Yeah, there was one n I remember he even told you he like, you know, realistic what I
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  count, I've had about seventy fights and w we're looking like like I'm thirty seven and
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  like man, you had how many fights? H here's a great example, Jay.
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  this year he's basically had about forty fights. Not really, but you know what I mean.
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  Like he basically fights almost every other week. Yeah.
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  Well he does he d he's very active. Yes.
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  Like I But the thing is like those are the sanctioned ones. Yep. Yep. Yep.
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  That doesn't include all of the sparring sessions. true, true, true, true.
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  Like all all these.
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  Because you're walking in, no coach, no game plan, you're like, I'm doing it on my own.
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  It's feel, it's touch. Yeah. It's it's it's senses.
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  It's getting into the gameplay and seeing, all right, what mistakes can I make so I don't
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  have to make them in the ring. And like but like there was there were mistakes.
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  There were mistakes in the ring.
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  And you saw the moment a mistake was made, people capitalized. Capitalized in a heartbeat.
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  And then to the point where like some of them were even showboarding a little bit because
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  they knew you've made way too many mistakes, I've already capitalized, I'm gonna have fun
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  now. Yeah, and okay. There's two crazy knockouts. Do tell, do tell.
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  Did you ever think in person you would see a spinning backfist knockout in a kickboxing
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  match? Never, never. Never. It w okay. It was so smooth.
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  And like And it was out of nowhere.
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  And you see the replay and it was just perfect on the button. Mm-hmm.
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  It wasn't like he caught him with the wrist or anything.
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  It was like, no, no, it was textbook. Yep. No, absolutely fantastic. It was stunning.
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  and like you can tell like I think at that point I was I was doing a little bit of the
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  editing and I heard the reaction from the crowd.
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  Like literally the moment it happened everyone stood up and started cheering.
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  I'm like what in that And then everyone ran over to look at the replay. Yeah.
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  And then I went over and looked at the replay and I was like, my God. Yeah.
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  And then I s looked at the replay, looked at the ring and he's still on the ground.
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  And I was just like, alright, this is legit. Yeah.
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  We might we might be seeing some future all stars right now.
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  Well th that's exactly what it is, it's rising stars. Yeah.
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  I w no, absolutely it was absolutely fantastic.
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  And just say even seeing some of her friends in the ring was like fantastic.
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  Like Well, 'cause you're you're so connected with boomers. Yeah.
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  Jason Hackers, seeing him, for example, get into that ring and I know his opponent trained
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  for about a month, it's all since August, and was preparing and was like, you know, a
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  hundred pounds more, you know, I could get this. And then seeing Jason Hackers move again.
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  Fantastic. He's like I've seen that's the second fight I've seen of his.
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  And he's moving signific like if he fought like that the first time the last time I saw
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  him, I guess when I had a chance. You know what I mean? A hundred percent.
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  He's he's clearly been putting the work in. What'd you think of Ash TurnQuest?
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  That was crazy.
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  Like there was certain moments where you could see the the fighter like see blood in the
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  water.
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  They would clip him and then they would be just going, Okay, I saw that just happened.
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  I'ma take his head off.
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  Well There was a couple that he literally left his feet swinging so hard.
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  You're not wrong. You're not wrong. If he had of connected on those, that he's gone.
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  It was crazy, 'cause like obviously and then in the first round and I felt like I was in
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  the ocean and he had a blade on him and it was just one drop of blood and the shark came
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  out. Yeah. it was like, you're done? you took a knee? Boom. G like done.
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  To the point where the ref came in and just had to call it right there and then. Yeah.
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  Like Ash's punches are so hard that even if he's trying to tap you, he might give you
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  concussion. Yeah. Concussion. I can't even speak. But it was wow.
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  That's that's the guy who's gonna be going pro sooner or later.
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  Most likely, let's be honest. there's a few others. Joe Hugh, man, he fought hard.
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  He had such a good fight. Yeah. Yeah. It just the guy was younger, right?
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  He got more heart, more energy. Joe put up a really great fight against them.
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  obviously he unfortunately took the the loss in that situation.
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  But it's not like he lost, he helped that kid learn. Yeah. You know what I mean?
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  Like it was more of a learning experience.
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  and a and it was a battle and it was it was beautiful to watch. That's exactly it.
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  Like you see these fights and everybody looks at just like in all sports.
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  Like I've talked about this before, how everyone looks at it either you win and you're a
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  hero or you lose and you're garbage. It's true.
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  And people take that so much to heart that They don't realize you go through months and
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  months of training, preparation, work and you come up just shy.
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  And every everyone says everything you did, it's all for naught.
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  You're the worst person ever. I feel like this is gonna lead to something else later on.
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  Probably. But when you're that you're that close.
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  There's certain things that you can't take away from people. True.
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  And stepping in that ring, regardless of the result, you did everything to get there.
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  This is just that last step in the journey. I agree. How many fights were in Punch Out?
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  Ton. There's too many. Too many to count. There was a lot. There was a lot. It was great.
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  How many people lost? Half.
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  Were those people those were half of the people that came and competed and tried their ha
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  their best worthless? Absolutely not. No, no. No, never.
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  That's one thing that I hate these days about how everything is either you win and you're
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  a hero, you lose and you're not. Like kinda like the Browns.
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  All of a sudden Deshaun Watson is well, it turns out he was probably innocent all along.
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  Don't even start on that though.
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  People just start jumping down that rabbit hole and you're like But not that long ago this
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  is the same fan base that was cheering when he got injured. When he got injured.
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  So now you win a couple games that Yes he played he he's played well in the last couple
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  games. But it is a team sport. Yep.
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  But they're we'll get into this later, but with wins being so much of a quarterback stat
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  than anybody else. If you win, your quarterback's a hero.
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  If you lose, your quarterback is nothing.
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  The the old saying used to be, and if we're gonna flip this back to defense or a football
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  chart, defense wins championships. Yeah. Offense just gets you there. It's true.
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  You know what I mean?
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  That but when it comes to like and then flip it back to like the rising rising stars you
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  saw defense, you saw all that. Man, some of the guys in there move so ridiculously.
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  What I'll what I'll say is we've moved so far in a generation that no one understands the
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  concept of patience. Everything everyone wants things now. They I need to be the best now.
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  I don't have time to learn.
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  I need to and like this comes down to like our generation where when we grew up, you know,
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  out of high school Either you go to your post secondary education or you get a full time
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  job and then five years later you're buying a house.
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  Five years later you're you're getting married.
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  Five years later that from there you're you're having a child.
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  Ha you know, like had expectations that had to be met and then unfortunately being a
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  millennial, reality kicked in. Yeah, yeah. And then the job market changed.
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  You know what I mean? So everyone has to pivot.
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  Some people are given great opportunities, like the Kansas City Chiefs.
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  And then other people have to go through the ringer, like the Detroit Lions, where y you
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  know what? One year you might have to go on sixteen.
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  So then you can build a great program later on.
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  Like people don't realize that You have to sometimes slow down and see what life's giving
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  you. If you're religious, a lot of times God will put you in a situation that you're gonna
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  succeed. If you're not religious, sometimes just having patience.
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  A better opportunity might come to you. You may not know.
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  Like how, you know, we could have been like figured out something else to do on Saturday,
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  and then we got a call and say, hey, we have a great opportunity. You you're interested?
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  Yeah. be able to say yes when the right opportunity comes. Well life is all about that.
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  Right opportunity, the right time. Yeah. Nothing happens before it's time.
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  Everybody says they've planned every planned it all out. That's why I hate type A.
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  However, a lot of things are so much of luck of the draw. Yeah.
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  One of the things I saw this is a long time ago, but and I'd like to think this is a joke.
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  But a company is hiring for a position. Okay. They get a hundred resumes in.
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  Well that's a lot of resumes to go through.
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  So they take half the stack and just get rid of them.
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  Like, we don't want those people, they're unlucky.
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  They're unlucky because I they happen to be in the pile that I threw out. Yeah.
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  But So you don't realize how much of random luck of the draw or like someone happening to
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  stumble across something. Especially the way algorithms and everything work these days.
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  You don't know what's gonna go viral. It's true.
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  Some people everyone thinks they have it all figured out.
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  But sometimes it is just the most random things. It is literally luck or who you know.
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  for example, and you this one person who worked at this restaurant and everyone would
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  always bring their resumes trying to get a hired on because it's one of their favorite
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  restaurants and they would always say no.
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  And then the one day that a report says, Hey, here's my notice and the next person that
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  walks into the door with their resume may actually get hired because it's the right time.
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  Yeah, it's just luck of the draw. Yeah.
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  So For a lot of fighters, sometimes it was It's not your time. Not your time.
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  You know what I mean? It's it's just crazy that way.
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  And obviously there was fighters there that had just there was the one who he
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  unfortunately was on the the losing end of his fight, but he took that fight on six hours
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  notice. my god. We were there. Put this into perspective.
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  We were probably at Kellogg in this building when he took the fight. Yeah. Yeah.
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  Which is crazy. Yep.
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  He took it on six hours notice, the fight was probably what time do you say would you say
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  that fight was at? Maybe eleven o'clock? Because you got yeah, about eleven o'clock.
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  About eleven o'clock? Yeah. So he accepted that fight. Just before Yeah.
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  Just before cutoff. Yeah. Just before the cutoff. But he was he obviously he was training.
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  But yeah.
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  Yeah, and well that was a that was one of the other craziest probably the craziest
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  knockout we'll ever see. A slam knockout? Yes. Yes. Honestly, well and I I hope he's okay.
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  I hope he's okay to this day.
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  Because it was a little scary because as you got flipped, he landed it looked like he
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  landed on his neck. He didn't land on his neck. It looked like it didn't. Yeah, I know.
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  You you that's your immediate thought when you you see the slam, but it was more like
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  sideways and then his head bounced off the canvas. But man.
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  But those farm boys He was another one of those farm boys.
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  There w there was a bunch from all over Tilsonburg, yeah.
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  There was Tilsonburg, Montreal, Chicago. There was Woodstock, Sarnia. Yeah.
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  All the like a bunch of small smaller places. Like it was just crazy. for sure.
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  But yeah, that's between a a slam knockout and a spinning back this knockout in the same
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  night. That's That's nuts. Ridiculous. The main event on on Saturday was good.
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  The co main event was fantastic. Yeah the Yeah, that one was nuts too.
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  so basically no word saying all these names, I'm still editing, so give me a few more I
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  hope to have it done by tomorrow at the latest.
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  I say that probably Wednesday at the latest because I know my schedule.
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  My biggest goal is gonna ha everything's gonna be compiled, have the fighters' names,
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  their apps, everyone who came in, and be able to then post that for not only off the
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  bench, but for rising stars town rising stars. so it's just gonna be a mix of everything.
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  obviously giving them g having a great opportunity like that, we we have to show some of
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  finished product. So Yeah, trying to find all the names. But honestly it was great.
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  yeah, you texted to me. Yeah, the the co made event you're talking about, Braid and Todd.
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  Yes. Okay, so Braid and Todd, let's talk about that one for a second.
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  the craziest thing about and thank God we have these on because Y'all won't be able to
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  hear it, but it's packed in clubhouse right now.
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  The one thing I'll say about Brayden Todd is that fight boring as hell. At the beginning.
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  At the beginning. And then he got punched.
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  And what I mean that bo that fight was boring as hell, it was to the point.
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  It was to the point where everyone was quiet, having their own conversations.
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  They were just like playing patty cake. He gets punched.
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  And then it's like a a ticker went off and he went crazy to the point the whole arena, I
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  guess you could say, arena went off. But it was just nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing.
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  Boom! Go go go go go and just started firing. Slam back into it. Punches crazy.
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  I think it was the only one slam. Then they both were fighting.
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  And then next thing you know, he gets on his back. Got his back, choke. Choke hole.
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  I was like, how do you go from being so aggressive and like pop off like that to being so
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  calm to get him in a rare naked chokehold to the point where he had top there. Yeah.
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  Well, there's a reason that he he wants redemption for the that belt.
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  Yeah, he said that he was training he's been training non-stop. And it looks like it.
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  Training non-stop after his loss.
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  for for submissions and you could definitely see that in it.
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  Yeah, he's an absolute animal. No, I was yeah. Trying to pull that up.
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  But man, like some of those fighters were like intense.
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  Well yeah and then right after that there was your boy taking home the belt.
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  okay so talk about championship belts right Mohammed. Okay.
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  We can talk about that and then soon we gotta we gotta transition a little bit, but
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  Mohammed during the weigh-ins He talks so much. I love it.
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  During the weigns, him and his his opponent get face to face and then, you know, start
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  chirping like typical I'm gonna beat you, blah blah.
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  That that belt's I'm gonna get that belt and then it's gonna stay here, you're not taking
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  it. But still got a little chirpy to the point where some of it you're like, like, is this
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  just performative?
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  And then you're like, wait a second, they don't even realize people are recording right
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  now. Nope. Nope.
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  They did not realize they would be doing this regardless of whether anyone's recording.
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  He brought the heat.
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  But it was it was it was crazy because Everyone had to separate them at the weigh- ins.
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  Yeah. And it was like save it for the fight, save it for the fight.
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  But a lot of people were concerned that it would have spilled over before the fight even
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  happened. And you know what? They were just doing their own thing, enjoying it.
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  Then the fight happened.
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  I think part of it is like they see each other and they're just like, No, I'll just go
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  chirp in front of everybody. Yeah. See if I can get going.
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  But then like when they're working out, they're like they got their their own system of
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  getting ready for a fight. Because it was a long night. Think about think about that.
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  When you get there, let's say they got there at 2 o'clock. You don't fight until midnight.
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  So that's 10 hours of just hanging out.
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  rehydrating or whatever if you need to but for Mohammed he got his boys to get him snacks.
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  So he he got two little snacks. He But that point you're like, do I have a nap?
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  Some did, some took a nap. Yeah.
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  Some the like you then guys like, you know, I took a nap, I warmed up, I choked, do my
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  thing. It was intense though. Yeah. But yeah man, honestly it was it was fantastic.
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• 35:05
  So Yeah. Football. This is as much as the Life and Sports Podcast, we we do talk football.
• 35:11
  it was a rough weekend. I mean it was an exhausting weekend.
• 35:17
  So it was very hard to watch everything that I wanted to watch.
• 35:22
  But the games I did watch just made me sad and annoyed. You're not wrong.
• 35:28
  for starters, the Steelers Browns game, okay, okay on Thursday night was a banger.
• 35:34
  Twenty seven and I hate that. Twenty-seven to twenty-four. What a what a football game.
• 35:41
  I know. And the fact that the Browns actually won, the Browns are leading the division.
• 35:47
  I think th the the biggest thing is the Browns beating the Steelers when the Steelers just
• 35:54
  squeaked past the Bengals when the Bengals shit the bet all over the place.
• 36:00
  It's so frustrating to me 'cause now everyone's like, well, the Steelers beat the Bengals
• 36:06
  and the Browns beat the Steelers.
• 36:09
  So I guess the Bengals are the absolute worst and they're like God, I hate this so much.
• 36:15
  We'll get there soon.
• 36:18
  It's watching football is the most frustrating thing in the world because it's just you're
• 36:24
  just like, come on, I know this is we all know in our hearts these are not the results
• 36:30
  that should be happening, but they just keep happening.
• 36:34
  Because they it's such a t like you don't realize how tight the league is.
• 36:41
  And part of me wants to say in how screwy things can be when random plays go one way.
• 36:47
  If the if the league wants things to happen, things will happen.
• 36:52
  But God, it was so frustrating watching them play a good game after the watching the
• 36:59
  Bengals play a frustrating game. And then watching them play a frustrating game again.
• 37:05
  God, I hate them so much sometimes.
• 37:08
  So the one there's a few highlights I want to talk about about the Steelers and Brown's
• 37:15
  game. Aaron Rodgers made Metcalf look good finally. It was a great game for Metcalf.
• 37:21
  It was a great game for everyone.
• 37:24
  Three touchdowns, two interceptions, still threw for 299 yards. Yeah.
• 37:29
  But the biggest thing that I noticed was, I'm not gonna lie.
• 37:34
  Deshaun Watson is playing it almost looks like he's playing what would you say?
• 37:40
  I would say playoff football right now?
• 37:43
  Like the way he's trying the way he's trying to win right now is ridiculous.
• 37:49
  I kinda hope he plays just well enough for the Browns to give him another huge extension.
• 37:56
  Just for fun.
• 37:58
  At this rate, he's earning his contract, so he'll just I don't know what they'll make the
• 38:04
  mistake. When they've but he's been with the this this is like his fifth year with them.
• 38:11
  Almost. This is I'm pretty sure this is his last year on this contract.
• 38:17
  Well technically he's been injured so often that it gets pushed. Yeah.
• 38:22
  But like it just blows my mind that like All of a sudden like you said, he you get a
• 38:28
  couple wins and you go from you're the absolute worst, should this guy even be in the
• 38:35
  league to VP? I won't go that far yet. give it time. Give it time.
• 38:41
  They still have one loss, but like I won't they're playing winning football. Yeah.
• 38:47
  The biggest thing that I've noticed is and here's the here's the biggest thing that that
• 38:54
  I've noticed with Deshaun Watson is his receivers that he's passing the ball to are all
• 39:00
  rookness. Yeah. It's like these guys don't know his past.
• 39:05
  They don't like they know his past. We all know his past.
• 39:10
  Yeah, but they're in high school. But they yeah.
• 39:14
  So they can perform and he can have faith and all he has to do is earn their trust.
• 39:20
  He doesn't have to earn the trust of his peers.
• 39:25
  And that whole team has been reconstructed other than them drafting and I I'll say sh
• 39:31
  what's his name? Sanders. Shadur Sanders. Shadur.
• 39:35
  Other than drafting Shadur, 'cause Shadur should have went been drafted somewhere else.
• 39:40
  A lot sooner. And having Dylan Gabriel doesn't make sense.
• 39:45
  Their draft picking has been phenomenal.
• 39:47
  They've had well, they mean they've been picking pretty high for the last while.
• 39:53
  And you if you're and they've been trading people away and getting draft picks, they've
• 40:00
  been collecting.
• 40:02
  It's finally showing and like you can see progress and then you see stagnation in
• 40:08
  Pittsburgh. Yeah. Right?
• 40:10
  Like I'm sorry, like me personally, I'm looking at like pass alone, the Browns look like a
• 40:16
  force to be reckoned with.
• 40:19
  Defense is playing well, offense is playing well, special teams is playing well.
• 40:24
  Like, wow. I wish we could have three phases play well for a whole game. That'd be crazy.
• 40:31
  Well we'll get there. We'll get there.
• 40:34
  obviously it's week four, so there's a few things going on.
• 40:39
  obviously like the quotes and the commanders. We could talk about that.
• 40:44
  I don't think it's necessary. Did you see that?
• 40:48
  One of the things that this is another thing that drives me nuts. I'm listening.
• 40:54
  There was there Their rookie once Mariota got injured, which is unfortunate. Yeah.
• 41:00
  But the backup came in, got hit frame for frame, exactly the same as Mahomes did against
• 41:06
  Miami. Nothing. I think Aten Ain? Ahen Calakamecas or Calikamis or something like that.
• 41:12
  But it was literally like you look at it and you're like That is exactly this the body
• 41:19
  positioning is exactly the same. Is it actually? Exactly the same. Okay.
• 41:24
  Well when you have an idol you kinda Yeah.
• 41:28
  But y that's when you get those they get those the calls that you're like They're like,
• 41:35
  Well if it goes either either way you're getting the call. It's true.
• 41:40
  If it goes either goes either way, the rookie's not getting the call. It's true.
• 41:46
  it's a for me it's a horrible weekend though. When the Cowboys win.
• 41:52
  Cause I honestly did think Houston would have woken up. The defense plays well. Yeah.
• 41:58
  But I wanna say this. It was definitely a CeeDee Lamb day. CeeDee Lamb went.
• 42:05
  He like 17 receptions. It's like when in doubt, he's over there somewhere.
• 42:10
  And there was times where he was wide open and they didn't throw it to him.
• 42:17
  CeeDee Lamb is definitely earning that that jersey number though.
• 42:21
  That's all I'm gonna say. Michael Irving? Yeah.
• 42:25
  Well, but the thing is, when you have a number two like George Pickens, this is the same
• 42:31
  the same thing when Whenever Chase and T Higgins T.
• 42:36
  Higgins are on the field at the same time, you can't cover both. One will always be open.
• 42:42
  Yes, yes. You can't double team both of them. It's true.
• 42:47
  So if you keep trying to cover George Pick I bet you next game, George Pickens is gonna go
• 42:53
  off. At this rate I'd bet for that. At this rate I'd bet for that.
• 43:00
  Just because they'll be like, CeeDee Lamb got the ball so much last week, they're gonna
• 43:06
  that that's their game plan. We gotta make sure we got him.
• 43:12
  And then they'll completely forget about George Pickens on the other side.
• 43:17
  And he'll go off. But cause George Pickens is a number one receiver.
• 43:22
  He'd be number one receiver on any other team. A bunch of teams. Any other team.
• 43:29
  Except, yeah. Patriots and the Bills. Okay, who would have thought?
• 43:34
  Who would have thought I don't understand?
• 43:37
  The Patriots would be like I don't know what what it is about the Patriots having the
• 43:43
  Bills number. It's just funny.
• 43:46
  Like at a certain point you're just What's it's the same thing with with the Bengals and
• 43:52
  the Steelers. It doesn't matter what's happening. That will be a a super tight game.
• 43:59
  And it all they always just tend to go one way. Sure, sure. It's just it's frustrating.
• 44:05
  But I saw Josh Allen broke a broke another record.
• 44:10
  I was either like All time scrimmage touchdowns top five forget what it is.
• 44:16
  But he's up there. the new Bills franchise scrimmage touchdown rec record.
• 44:21
  Which is cool for him to get in the new state. was that a home game for them?
• 44:27
  Yeah, it's a new state. Yeah, a hundred percent.
• 44:31
  Because we need to have a tailgate party again. That'd be sick.
• 44:36
  But That's nor here or there.
• 44:39
  we can finally talk to the about the game that we really really need to talk about.
• 44:46
  and I'm gonna say, before we even talk about the game, I have a question for you.
• 44:52
  And you're not gonna like me for this question. god. I know exactly what you're gonna ask.
• 44:59
  Is Joe Burrow overrated? No. He's just been on the wrong side.
• 45:04
  of those random things that just keep happening.
• 45:08
  I know when it's like like he just has like the worst luck ever.
• 45:14
  Things just always h it's always just one play. But that's like there's a reason. Preach.
• 45:20
  Talk. There's a reason that everyone's like, he's one and thirty five in single possession
• 45:27
  games. In the fourth quarter. Okay. But it's just He's always right there. Okay.
• 45:32
  It's the most frustrating, infuriating thing in the world. Talk your truth.
• 45:38
  Because it's always. It's always they're right there.
• 45:41
  If they just lost the whole game, like there's times where you're just I wish they would
• 45:48
  just like lose by more.
• 45:50
  Because then you're just like, it's fine, they lost, the other team was better.
• 45:56
  But instead, it's every game, it's like these Assholes should have won again.
• 46:02
  You're talking about you. It's so frustrating. You gotta answer my question though.
• 46:07
  Is he overrated or is he underrated?
• 46:10
  No, he is He is everyone starts to say he's not elite. He is still elite.
• 46:17
  He is net he never was an elite. When he's on the field, he is elite.
• 46:24
  There's just the random shenanigans that keep happening around him. You're true.
• 46:29
  Whether it's special teams giving the other team perfect positioning. Okay.
• 46:33
  Whether it's the defense not being able to get the ball back, whether it's a receiver
• 46:40
  running the wrong route. Whether it's the refs deciding, you know what?
• 46:45
  That was a nice that was a really nice play.
• 46:50
  I think I'll call holding, even though it's the same way they've been pass protecting the
• 46:56
  entire game. Or you know what? They could just run into the receiver.
• 47:02
  He d he didn't pretend to hold his hands up or anything.
• 47:07
  He just ran into him shoulder to shoulder. It's fine.
• 47:11
  I know the ball was on its way there. It's fine. It doesn't matter.
• 47:17
  It's just stupid things that always happen. And it is so goddamn infuriating.
• 47:23
  And then there's other teams that that those things never happen to.
• 47:28
  And I understand that is it is luck.
• 47:31
  But like ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the visionary. I'm so frustrated with all of it.
• 47:38
  I'm I'm like this close to being like I'm just gonna stop watching sports. Are you done?
• 47:45
  Probably not. Talk your truth! This this is as much as it's my truthfulness.
• 47:50
  Fourth quarter. You're down by six.
• 47:53
  You can pick any quarterback in the league to get you a touchdown. Who are you picking?
• 48:00
  I would take Burrow. I would take Matthew Stafford in a heartbeat. See. Can I pick my OC?
• 48:06
  Can I can I pick my play caller? 'Cause Zach Taylor needs to go too.
• 48:13
  Yes, I understand He blows away. I understand that. I also look at this concept too.
• 48:19
  It's just like it does get to a point where I look at Joe Burrow and You don't think he He
• 48:26
  can't get it done in the fourth quarter.
• 48:30
  He can't get it done because every time we talk about Joe Burrow being around him sucks.
• 48:36
  Every time we talk about Joe Burrow being this elite quarterback, you know, we never talk
• 48:43
  about degrading him due to d we know we talk about degrading him when he doesn't get the
• 48:49
  job done. We make an excuse for his defense.
• 48:53
  We make an excuse for you gotta pay this person. You know, he can't be healthy.
• 49:00
  At some point you gotta put him in the same situation as Lamar Jackson.
• 49:06
  The only difference between Lamar Jackson and Joe Burrow is Joe Burrow was at the Super
• 49:12
  Bowl and lost. Okay, but in any way, shape, or form.
• 49:17
  Would you ever look at Lamar Jackson and be like, that guy's not elite?
• 49:23
  People will judge Lamar Jackson and be like, he's a one-dimensional quarterback.
• 49:28
  'Cause he can't get the job done and you give him X and them X in the number of of weapons
• 49:35
  and he can't get the job done.
• 49:38
  I'm talking from the same concept of look at what they're doing with Jalen Hurts. Right?
• 49:45
  Yeah, but there's maybe three teams in the entire in the entire NFL that would not take a
• 49:51
  phone call or to maybe a change. Talk about a trade for Joe Burrow or Lamar Jackson.
• 49:58
  You can't even say that. Okay, okay, here's here's here's another statement I'll say.
• 50:04
  Josh Allen works with less than Joe Burrow works with in a heartbeat.
• 50:09
  And I get more production from Josh Allen than I do from Joe Burrow.
• 50:15
  Yes, because he is a tight end playing quarterback. He is the bar. You can't be like.
• 50:22
  I'm look even looking at God, I hate- I hate this argument so much.
• 50:28
  It is infuriating to me because you're like, I the stats and the s like none of the stats
• 50:34
  are on on his side. No. But everyone knows it.
• 50:39
  You can't sit you can't look at people and be like, is he good?
• 50:44
  And it was like, no, he he's just the stats are the you're like it is infuriating.
• 50:51
  But for me it's not just the stats, it's the eye test.
• 50:56
  Because I look at Justin Herbert and I had faith in him in this year.
• 51:02
  And I had faith No, he's fallen off comp like fallen apart completely.
• 51:08
  Justin Herbert is Trevor Lawrence, in my opinion.
• 51:12
  We had so much faith in in Justin Herbert that at this rate, my faith goes from Justin
• 51:18
  Herbert to Trevor Lawrence. Yeah. Right? And Trevor Lawrence is not playing amazing.
• 51:24
  His team is is a little bit more stacked. I we can say an excuse for coaches.
• 51:30
  We can say an excuse for OC. No. We can we can't.
• 51:35
  As an organization, they just keep letting him down. All the disasters.
• 51:41
  Things just whether it's random people around him or like it's just stupid things keep at
• 51:47
  and like the thing is All yes, all these stupid things ha keep happening. Yeah.
• 51:53
  There are times where it is his fault. There's a lot of times where it's not his fault.
• 52:00
  Yeah. However, he always keeps getting them right there.
• 52:04
  He o like there's a reason how many how many teams have that many close losses? Not a lot.
• 52:11
  As basically bangles, not a lot.
• 52:13
  Basically, every single one of their losses is within one score. You're not wrong. Always.
• 52:20
  You're not wrong. It's so infuriating. As a fan, it is the biggest piss-off ever.
• 52:26
  I will I will agree with you with that. God, I hate it. I hate it so much.
• 52:33
  But I can I I can bring in stats.
• 52:37
  It's like this this conversation is very similar to like I know. MJ and LeBron.
• 52:43
  And then Because you can make an argument for stats. The problem is And then the eye test.
• 52:50
  It's the i it is the eye test. You see that and you're like I just like I hate it so much.
• 52:56
  dollars that couldn't finish that game and that's the wide receiver and I totally
• 53:02
  understand that if you don't have your number one receivers in the game the whole team's
• 53:09
  ha team has to pivot. Yes. The problem is they can't pivot. That's what I mean.
• 53:15
  But I look at all these other quarterbacks that are more elite than Joe Burrow able to
• 53:22
  pivot in certain ways.
• 53:24
  And then there's one quarterback in the league that just gets gifted everything, Patrick
• 53:30
  Mahomes, that I'm sick and tired because him getting Kenneth Walker is not fair.
• 53:36
  And if they get and if they get Tyreek Hill, even if even if Tyreek Hill is operating at
• 53:42
  seventy percent, that is still not fair. It's so infuriating.
• 53:47
  So it it's like to me it's like Watching the kid that has had comes from I don't know a a
• 53:53
  broken home, his his house randomly burns down.
• 53:57
  I he's working for a company and the company goes bankrupt.
• 54:02
  And then there's this other guy who comes silver spoon and everyone just keeps wanting to
• 54:08
  help him out.
• 54:10
  And like but he just walks into the office and goes, yeah, I just I just ran into the CEO
• 54:17
  and he offered me a job. nice, that's cool. Like my dad owns the company.
• 54:23
  These just like those things that like things just keep I get there's people out there
• 54:29
  that are gifted great things and other people have to work for it.
• 54:35
  But it's just annoying when it's like Burrow has had it so hard.
• 54:41
  And it's just not it's in it's so frustrating to watch.
• 54:45
  Even just seeing it on him, like if you just watch him throughout the entire game, the
• 54:52
  amount of times that he's just like like there'll be plays where you know it should be
• 54:58
  there should be a call or there should be the guy should have caught it.
• 55:05
  And he just instead of getting angry like Other teams would. Yeah.
• 55:10
  And then arguing and then probably just randomly getting the call half the time.
• 55:16
  Or getting those miracle plays.
• 55:18
  He just walks away with his head shaking because he's just like, God damn it, not again.
• 55:25
  I hate this.
• 55:27
  It's one of those like But if you were to flip a coin a hundred times Somehow it would be
• 55:33
  75% against them. Even though it's 50-50. Fair?
• 55:37
  You know when you're like those fifty-fifty balls, you seem to lose them a hundred percent
• 55:43
  of the time. That's fair. Where you're like, this can't possibly be even.
• 55:49
  It just feels like that a lot of the time. That's fair, that's fair.
• 55:55
  What what I will also say is like I think at this point for Joe Burrow, he needs to change
• 56:02
  the scenery.
• 56:03
  And because like I I I think at this rate, Joe is the modern day Matthew Stafford.
• 56:10
  Kind of. I I think they need there's no doubt about it.
• 56:15
  I think they need to get rid of Zack Taylor because he has not helped them at all.
• 56:22
  I agree, but I think him being in Cincinnati is like Y'all might benefit getting rid of
• 56:28
  Joe Burrow. The thing is we're so frustrated.
• 56:32
  And this is exactly what I was talking about.
• 56:36
  It goes from You're amazing, you're amazing, you're amazing. To You're absolute garbage.
• 56:41
  Whoa, whoa, whoa, I never said boom, garbage. No. But hear me out. I'm listening.
• 56:48
  You go from they're amazing to they're awful. He needs to be traded.
• 56:53
  He needs a fresh he needs to get out of there before they take him down with him.
• 57:00
  They're two and two, it's week four. I n no no, you're right, you're right.
• 57:06
  There's still more season to go through.
• 57:09
  It's that's the crazy and they're t they're two and two, it's week four.
• 57:15
  They've lost by a combined how many points? What, six points? Like Yeah, nine points.
• 57:22
  Yeah, yeah, but maybe. So like but that's a touch a touchdown and a kick and a field goal.
• 57:28
  You've lost by nine points over two games and we're going they're absolute garbage.
• 57:34
  I didn't say they're absolute garbage.
• 57:37
  No, but you know I mean like I'm not I'm not say I'm just saying I'm at absolute garbage.
• 57:43
  But you're going from he's not elite.
• 57:47
  I'm just saying He's lost two cl two close games and he goes from I'm more so saying that
• 57:53
  the narrative is slowly trying to try to change for me due to the fact that For me, I saw
• 58:00
  a Jared Goff. Yeah. But almost wheel the lines back.
• 58:04
  And I know like unfortunately a lot of these teams wins and losses is more of a reflection
• 58:11
  on the quarterback than it is on anybody else.
• 58:15
  It is, but at the same time it's a whole team thing. It is a whole team.
• 58:21
  But the the biggest case is.
• 58:24
  If the team didn't let them down so much, they wouldn't be down in the fourth quarter.
• 58:31
  that's the point I'm kinda getting at.
• 58:34
  It's just like I'm looking at it, it's like I look at the Jags.
• 58:40
  I'm not I'm not sitting here and being like Trevor Lawrence is this amazing quarterback.
• 58:46
  He will the team to win. I will say his defense shocked the world. Yeah.
• 58:53
  Especially Tra I I believe this was Travis Hunter's come out game.
• 58:58
  man, that inter the interception and then ruining T. Higgins apples. Yeah.
• 59:03
  You might have to bleep that one out. But I'd rather bleep out all of this.
• 59:09
  this is gonna be a segment. I hate it so much.
• 59:14
  But at the end of the day we gotta talk about it.
• 59:19
  It's just like Joe Burrow may be at the point where it's a little bit overrated.
• 59:26
  And due to the fact that he's not the necessary leader that's making that team be
• 59:32
  successful. I now I'm not at the same time and the same breath.
• 59:38
  Zach Taylor needs to take accountability. Yeah.
• 59:41
  It's Analytics needs to take accountability.
• 59:44
  It's so frustrating to me when it's like so many things that it's like But I'm done with
• 59:51
  the excuses. And it's This this pisses me off so much.
• 59:55
  This isn't the same thing with when everything just happens to fall, when the when the
• 1:00:02
  deck is just shuffled perfectly for the Chiefs.
• 1:00:06
  And then when everyone when when everyone tells them, yeah, obviously you won, you're
• 1:00:11
  playing with a loaded deck, and their response is cry about it.
• 1:00:17
  And it's pisses me off so much because you're like, you can't actually you can't say
• 1:00:23
  anything. No, you can't. Because there's nothing you can do. You're not right.
• 1:00:29
  But it's it's when you're like Okay. I'm gonna pivot here. Pivot.
• 1:00:34
  I know you wanna pivot, because you went off this. I'm just gonna get on a rant more.
• 1:00:40
  Okay. With all right, here's a fun pivot. The WMBA. Okay.
• 1:00:45
  Did you see all the stuff with The Vegas and like the Aces and the Fever, their playoff
• 1:00:52
  matchup? No.
• 1:00:54
  So Vegas is everyone's saying how the fever got kicked out of the playoffs by by the aces.
• 1:01:00
  now they're just crying about it.
• 1:01:03
  I'm like, yeah, because they didn't get like there were so many calls where you're just
• 1:01:10
  like these easy one off fouls but they just slowly add up and add up and add up. Yep.
• 1:01:16
  This when it's like all these games, it's a game of inches when you're getting a boost
• 1:01:23
  that matters. You're not wrong.
• 1:01:25
  Even like when in football when they when certain teams just coincidentally keep getting
• 1:01:31
  ver getting healthy spots. You know what I mean? Yeah.
• 1:01:36
  When it's this could be even if it's the first like the first play, you're like, it's the
• 1:01:42
  first play, he w he went for six yards. But they put it at six and a half yards. Okay.
• 1:01:49
  Then the second play, he goes for three yards.
• 1:01:53
  And they put it at the like third and inches in when really it should be Third and a a
• 1:01:59
  full yard.
• 1:02:01
  But it's th those little healthy spots that like yeah, they're just like getting that all
• 1:02:08
  they gotta do is just get go couple inches instead of this far.
• 1:02:13
  But it like that adds up throughout the game.
• 1:02:17
  And when it just keeps adding up like that, it starts getting so frustrating to watch for
• 1:02:24
  everybody.
• 1:02:26
  But it's things like that and then you see all the stuff like the shenanigans going on
• 1:02:32
  with the rafts.
• 1:02:34
  putting things and there were there were actually there were t two refs that got
• 1:02:41
  suspended. for real? Yeah. From the Bengals game? No. No, of course not.
• 1:02:46
  The NFL hates the Bengals. It's a known fact.
• 1:02:50
  But the it was the one that swore was swearing at Trey McBride.
• 1:02:56
  because obviously that was on camera. I wonder how much of that happens not on camera.
• 1:03:02
  Yep. So and then it was in the Vikings game.
• 1:03:07
  When he a player got blocked into the ref and the ref jumped up and started screaming at
• 1:03:13
  him and throwing flags because he ran into him and he like he's like, I was literally
• 1:03:20
  running in a straight line and I got shoved into you, but somehow that's on me. Yeah.
• 1:03:26
  Well unfortunately the ref only sees what he needs to see.
• 1:03:31
  yeah, but they the ref should have his head more on a swivel.
• 1:03:37
  Especially if they're that close to the play.
• 1:03:40
  But It's just th things like that and then everyone It's the same thing like all the Ca
• 1:03:47
  Caitlin Clark stuff.
• 1:03:49
  It was it's so infuriating to watch because they have this this incredible talent that the
• 1:03:55
  entire league has decided we hate you and we want you out.
• 1:04:00
  It's how we feel about the Chiefs, I get it. Yeah.
• 1:04:05
  No no but the league as a whole is just not allowing them to be successful. I get you.
• 1:04:12
  Well not allowing her to be successful. There's yeah. There's more to it.
• 1:04:17
  I think f when it comes to Caitlin Clark, I think it's a little bit more deeper due to the
• 1:04:24
  fact that a lot of the women are now getting recognition and they feel offended that it
• 1:04:30
  took Caitlin Clark to come into the league for them to get recognition.
• 1:04:36
  It's not like MJ where MJ was just that much more elite.
• 1:04:41
  It was just like why does everyone care about you?
• 1:04:45
  I've been doing this for three to four years, five years.
• 1:04:50
  And now we're getting on the purse because you're here?
• 1:04:55
  It's crazy to me, cause it's not like it n the MBA doesn't the WMBA does not like her.
• 1:05:01
  Yes, they use they've used her for a bunch of branding and stuff.
• 1:05:07
  But as a whole complaining. Yeah, but it's not even the complaining.
• 1:05:12
  It's just like she got she caught an elbow in the face. It's over her teeth are bleeding.
• 1:05:18
  She goes up to the ref and you know what the ref says? Cry about it. Basically.
• 1:05:25
  And meanwhile, the refs are like smiling and making like like having a la giggling
• 1:05:31
  conversation with the other team before the game.
• 1:05:35
  It it it's just like It makes sports very infuriating for me to watch sometimes.
• 1:05:41
  It makes it infuriating but also makes it like really amazing for betting.
• 1:05:47
  Because it's it's situations like that.
• 1:05:50
  We I have a feeling or I feel like this team's gonna win.
• 1:05:55
  But do I feel the refs are gonna Yeah, but and that should not be the case.
• 1:06:02
  Understandable, but it makes betting a little bit more complicated.
• 1:06:06
  You go with your feel and you go with your gut, or you go with Probably this is what's
• 1:06:13
  gonna happen. Well, that's la so last Monday.
• 1:06:16
  I think it was seventy percent of the betting was for the Eagles over the Bears. Yep.
• 1:06:23
  I can't believe the Bears won. That's crazy. You know what I mean?
• 1:06:28
  Like for like for me, we'll we'll go it. I'm in a I'm in a weekly pool.
• 1:06:35
  And this week I picked the LA Rams to beat the Eagles.
• 1:06:40
  Because I had a feeling after the loss last week, and I know we weren't getting Devontae
• 1:06:47
  Smith this week, I was just like I don't have faith right now in one of coaching staff.
• 1:06:53
  And I don't necessarily Yeah, let's talk about your team being awful for that.
• 1:06:59
  I d I don't have enough faith that Jalen Hurts is in the right mindset yet.
• 1:07:06
  Should he be traded? Is he not elite? They've also lost two games of the I will say this.
• 1:07:12
  And these those games were not even close. I will say this.
• 1:07:17
  The difference between the Eagles and the Bengals.
• 1:07:21
  It's the Bengals should be winning, the Eagles shouldn't be winning.
• 1:07:26
  You're funny with that statement, but no.
• 1:07:29
  The difference is all the pressure to succeed doesn't fall on Jalen Hurts on the Eagles.
• 1:07:36
  Because our team is designed that the bar is level between everybody.
• 1:07:41
  Whether it's comes from defense, 'cause their production on defense is fantastic.
• 1:07:46
  I look at our wide receivers. We have a really good w reci receiver court.
• 1:07:52
  Saquon Barkley is not moving the ball up because our O-line is not getting the job done.
• 1:07:59
  Well now he got injured, so that's even worse.
• 1:08:03
  My biggest thing right now is when it comes to the Eagles, we don't build the team based
• 1:08:09
  off of our quarterback. Right?
• 1:08:12
  We don't base our we don't build our team based on his emotions and how he feels.
• 1:08:18
  It's like this person can get us yards, this person can get us yards.
• 1:08:24
  Just Jalen Hurts, do the bare minimum. That's all we need.
• 1:08:29
  The thing is the Eagles GM is better. Yeah, I'm not denying it. I'm not denying it.
• 1:08:36
  And regardless of whether they're rotating OCs in and out every single year.
• 1:08:41
  I I I know this segment's gonna be more like Cincinnati and Eagles like us debating our
• 1:08:48
  teams.
• 1:08:50
  But here's the other thing is The Bengals have been making so much money off the likeness
• 1:08:56
  of Joe Burrow. Jamar Chase, Tee Higgins, and Chase Brown. Chase Brown, yeah. Right?
• 1:09:02
  That is your mix in his brother's name in there and Dexter Lawrence. Yeah.
• 1:09:08
  You know, the sexy Dexie. what I mean?
• 1:09:12
  You're making so much money off of them that even if you lose, it doesn't matter to them
• 1:09:18
  because you're all make like success like this is like similar to the leafs.
• 1:09:24
  All you need is not it's not the same. The Bengals are the leafs of the NFL.
• 1:09:31
  But it it is one of those things where No, they're not the Leafs of the NFL.
• 1:09:37
  I would say the Bills are the Leafs of the NFL. Okay, first round.
• 1:09:43
  First round no C C D couple players. you know what?
• 1:09:48
  Right now I'm gonna s no, I have to say In the past five years, the Bengals are the leafs
• 1:09:55
  of the NFL. Past five years. I wouldn't say that.
• 1:09:59
  Because the Leafs always make the playoffs.
• 1:10:02
  The Bang the Bengals have been destroying their own hopes long before that.
• 1:10:08
  Okay, okay, fair.
• 1:10:10
  But I I know what you mean when it's like I a lot of these teams have owners that can pump
• 1:10:16
  money into the team. Whereas we want I the Bengals This is their only thing.
• 1:10:22
  So like they need the team to create revenue. It's not the same as The Eagles.
• 1:10:29
  The Eagles where they're just like the owner walks in and goes, Nope, fix it.
• 1:10:35
  Like there's that's part of the reason why the Bengals I think have had Zack Taylor as
• 1:10:42
  long as they have. Because they can't afford anyone else.
• 1:10:46
  Not because they can't afford it, because the owners are cheap and don't want to be paying
• 1:10:53
  two head coaches.
• 1:10:55
  Because you can cut it, you can get rid of him, you still have to pay a salary. Yep.
• 1:11:01
  Whereas other other owners are like, I don't care, he's not helping us get rid of him.
• 1:11:08
  Sir. But they're this is the last year of his contract, unless he gets extended for some
• 1:11:14
  reason. He won't get extended. But he probably won't get extended. No.
• 1:11:20
  Maybe that's why what's his name? Mike Tomlin's been holding out.
• 1:11:24
  Because he wants to be the Bengals head coach. That'd be interesting.
• 1:11:30
  At Least your defense would be better. Our defense is good now. Yeah.
• 1:11:35
  But it would be even better with Mike Tomlin. Yeah.
• 1:11:39
  I can't promise your offense any promise, but Yeah, well. At least yeah, we'll we'll see.
• 1:11:46
  But I don't know. It's back to your team being garbage.
• 1:11:51
  I did you see how bad their third did they get a third down conversion? The Eagles.
• 1:11:57
  And then in h in that whole game? I feel like they didn't. So No they did.
• 1:12:04
  Let me just look that up real quick. I'm pretty I'm pretty sure it was they didn't.
• 1:12:11
  And Nope, the Eagles were one and four on fourth down and and twelve on first downs.
• 1:12:17
  They had sixty-eight passing yards.
• 1:12:20
  a hundred and seventy-two yards total, but still somehow got twenty points.
• 1:12:25
  That it is what it is though. But that it's just this is what I mean.
• 1:12:31
  You're like there's still but then they still only lost by four points.
• 1:12:37
  And you're like mind you, it didn't se it didn't feel like that close during the game.
• 1:12:43
  No it didn't. We were up. And then Matthew Stafford in the fourth quarter.
• 1:12:49
  Yeah, that's probably why you're like, I'd rather have him.
• 1:12:54
  Well no, it's because I've seen it so many times in Detroit.
• 1:12:59
  So that's why when I saw Jared Goff do it, it's like This brings out memories of Matthew
• 1:13:05
  Stafford. He just analytics are what's ruining the lions.
• 1:13:09
  Where for the eagle sometimes it's just fe bad feel. Yeah. But it is what it is.
• 1:13:16
  I don't know.
• 1:13:18
  This year things are just sports are just so f infuriating sometimes when you're just like
• 1:13:24
  things just don't go the way they should.
• 1:13:28
  And you're like, But that's why we play the games. That's why we play the games.
• 1:13:35
  That's true, it's true.
• 1:13:37
  The one the other thing that I really want to make a a small mention of is Jameis Winston.
• 1:13:43
  Jameis Winston is back to being a starter.
• 1:13:47
  And he was very vulnerable a few days ago where he was talking about the fact that he
• 1:13:53
  started to have self-doubt in himself where he didn't think he could throw the ball.
• 1:14:00
  Since being in New York and taking back that starting role for the time being, 'cause it's
• 1:14:06
  situational. He's gained so much more confidence. He's enjoying playing football.
• 1:14:11
  He can throw, he can sling, he can do his thing, and he's confident again. Yeah.
• 1:14:18
  And it's like having coaches and having a right scenario around you can uplift a lot of
• 1:14:24
  players. And that's what I'm saying.
• 1:14:27
  For Joe Burrow, like I know we're putting a lot of pressure on Joe Burrow.
• 1:14:33
  And that's why I say maybe it's at it maybe it's at the point where like I'm not saying
• 1:14:40
  that he needs to leave, but I think it might be.
• 1:14:45
  He needs a better When I say he needs a better situation, he needs a better head coach.
• 1:14:51
  I but I think the culture's also been set there. Those kids have in different Yes and no.
• 1:14:58
  I think he a good a different coach can come in and change a lot of things very quickly.
• 1:15:04
  It's also very late in Joe Burrow's career where he's kinda had has bad habits.
• 1:15:11
  The way This is what I also see. It's like, look at Chicago.
• 1:15:16
  It was Caleb Williams' first year and he looked like dog shit. Yeah.
• 1:15:22
  Gets b Ben Johnson from the Detroit Lions. Nip the bad habits in the butt. Plays amazing.
• 1:15:28
  But then we're looking at it and it's just like, is it Caleb Williams or is it that Is it
• 1:15:35
  the system that's been built? That's the Yeah built.
• 1:15:39
  So then now we see two games where it's like been a different quarterback.
• 1:15:45
  And it's like, huh. It may not actually be Caleb Williams, it's the coach.
• 1:15:51
  But I think okay, so I think but I think some of the the Joe Burrow magic factor is I'm
• 1:15:57
  not saying he can only do it when he has the most elite but the reason they're that elite
• 1:16:04
  is because they have that connection. Okay.
• 1:16:07
  When you take a like combo like quarterback wide receiver combos, when they know each
• 1:16:14
  other, they know it they've known each other for so long, there's a reason Jamar Chase
• 1:16:20
  looks as good as he does.
• 1:16:23
  And there's a like he makes they make each other look so much better.
• 1:16:29
  Like I know part of it has to do with Detroit not having a defense at all but Bryce Young
• 1:16:35
  with McMillan McMillan that is a connection and they're and Chibo Harbor exactly they like
• 1:16:42
  they're building that chemistry and once they have that chemistry it's the same thing with
• 1:16:48
  Brady and Gronk or Mahomes and Kelsey they just have that connection where it's almost
• 1:16:54
  telepathy, they just know where the other guy is.
• 1:16:58
  They're on the same wavelength all the time.
• 1:17:02
  And a play will blow blow up and they just know where that guy just gonna happen to run.
• 1:17:08
  So they just glance over there, they're there, they hit them.
• 1:17:13
  But it's it's just having the people around you like that's that offensive call like
• 1:17:20
  that's why the Bengals offense when it's clicking is so good because it's like that.
• 1:17:26
  And then one thing then you see some dirty hits and people go down and Yeah, but that's
• 1:17:32
  that's nor here or there.
• 1:17:35
  like it I even feel it now in like coaching high school football. I I totally get it.
• 1:17:41
  there's sometimes you have to blow it up 'cause the chemistry is not there.
• 1:17:47
  And you have to put someone else that might have better chemistry or like It happens all
• 1:17:54
  the time, it's just like kids don't necessarily know that they don't have good chemistry.
• 1:18:00
  It's coach's job to be like, This is not working.
• 1:18:05
  You need to find a way to make it work or I need to move you. Yeah.
• 1:18:11
  Well, it's exactly it, like you You see that in every sport, like certain people just play
• 1:18:18
  well together. Yeah.
• 1:18:20
  It's kinda like your your wife and her twin brother who play terribly together.
• 1:18:26
  They a great wavelength on some things and then but when it comes to sports it's it's
• 1:18:32
  different. But yeah, you know something also on when it comes down to there's a breakaway.
• 1:18:39
  Well not even a breakaway, when when the when I need defense the twins do step up
• 1:18:45
  together. Yeah. You know what I mean?
• 1:18:49
  So So they they have a really good connection when they're playing defense. Yeah.
• 1:18:54
  As long as they don't have to court and any anyway, it's just funny. She won't listen.
• 1:19:01
  Yeah.
• 1:19:03
  I know I know we're getting to the point where you know the game's on a little bit behind
• 1:19:10
  us and we need to start getting tickets out for everybody.
• 1:19:14
  But But yeah, and and that is my rant. That's very you you t you talked your truth.
• 1:19:21
  I gotta I gotta so frustrated. I do have to ask though.
• 1:19:26
  Are you caught up on any T V shows like Lanterns or Ted Lasso? Or do I need a shit?
• 1:19:33
  I'm caught up on Ted Lasso. Yes. That ending was really good. Okay. Okay.
• 1:19:38
  I Lanterns I have not seen yet because what I was watching it on, it hadn't been released
• 1:19:45
  yet and then it was all of a sudden Sunday at like Yeah. Sure.
• 1:19:51
  We can talk about Lantern season finale next week. Yeah.
• 1:19:55
  I'll make sure that we talk about it 'cause I need to talk about it.
• 1:20:02
  but we c spoiler alert, we can talk about Ted Lasso. Yeah. All right.
• 1:20:08
  I really liked How do you feel about Ted Laster's season four right now? I liked it.
• 1:20:14
  Is May dead? What? Is May dead? I think so. Okay. Fair.
• 1:20:19
  I think so, and I think it was one of those a heart attack? Yeah. Yeah.
• 1:20:26
  Because like I there's a lot of theories that I had going on my head.
• 1:20:32
  And then I rewatched it today, and like I was still on one the scene the episode before
• 1:20:39
  where she was in the cellar.
• 1:20:42
  I was like, is by chance she's part partnering with Zelda to buy the team off of like to
• 1:20:48
  have majority shares.
• 1:20:50
  Then I realized it's impossible because she has the owner has fifty one.
• 1:20:56
  So there's no way that she will lose the majority share.
• 1:21:00
  no, I I don't think she has fifty one.
• 1:21:04
  She ha no, she said it earlier that she has fifty one percent shares.
• 1:21:10
  So I was trying to figure out how like 'cause Zelda was talking about, I can get majority
• 1:21:17
  share.
• 1:21:19
  It's funny cause the students in the ep th the one episode when they were like, Follow the
• 1:21:25
  anger I knew for a fact it wasn't Rupert. So it was smart.
• 1:21:31
  The reason why they said Rupert, 'cause they showed his name at the end of the episode,
• 1:21:37
  'cause he passed away last year. that's why we haven't seen him.
• 1:21:43
  He did records, but he passed away last year, so that's why they said Rupert and did in
• 1:21:49
  memory of Anthony Head, 'cause he's the one who passed away.
• 1:21:54
  But yeah, follow the I knew I knew it was gonna be that other girl for the Zelda.
• 1:22:00
  Especially from the beginning when she randomly just popped into the show like a crazy
• 1:22:07
  person and then but like and then all of a sudden that's just an act. To an extent.
• 1:22:13
  So I have a few theories in my head that I think are happening because my main thing is
• 1:22:20
  kinda like now done.
• 1:22:22
  Here's what I think and I can't wait for this week's episode on Wednesday.
• 1:22:28
  Yes, it is Wednesday. Maids is the mother of the of the girls who's at the theater.
• 1:22:34
  That Ted Lasso and she inherits the pub and that's how those two get together.
• 1:22:41
  Remember when Ted Lasso went to the play?
• 1:22:44
  And he saw that girl backstage and said started whistling in the back and she's like,
• 1:22:51
  Whoa, stop whistling. That's bad luck in the theater. yeah.
• 1:22:55
  And then he went later on, a few episodes later, and asked her out, and she said she's
• 1:23:02
  seeing somebody. I think her mom is May. Interesting.
• 1:23:06
  And she's about to inherit the pub, and that's how those two potentially get together.
• 1:23:12
  Yeah, that'd be interesting.
• 1:23:14
  I'm gonna have to pay it re rewatch the map so sorry, after watching lanterns, I picked
• 1:23:21
  every little detail.
• 1:23:23
  And you're gonna understand why I said that, because the season finale makes you want to
• 1:23:29
  pay attention to every small detail.
• 1:23:32
  I like a good show that like that, that it rewards you for paying attention.
• 1:23:38
  Like one of my favorite shows.
• 1:23:41
  I I know completely off topic, but if you have ever seen it, psych?
• 1:23:47
  Never seen It's basically about a guy who His superpower is he has photographic memory and
• 1:23:54
  he's just hyper observant. Uh-huh.
• 1:23:56
  But he pretends to be a psychic because he just uses all the little things that he
• 1:24:03
  notices.
• 1:24:05
  Like, I could look at you right now and be and seem amazing by saying, how's your dog?
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  And you'd be like, How do you know I have a dog?
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  Meanwhile, I see the dog hair on you, but I go, But all of these things are like things
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  that if you're paying attention, you can also notice.
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  But it puts it in you in that mindset of like paying attention to stuff.
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  And like well, it's in movies and stuff, they nothing is done by mistake.
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  It's true, it's true. Like everything has a purpose. Everything has a purpose.
• 1:24:45
  That's why you gotta pay attention to the wording. That's why I hate bad TV.
• 1:24:51
  It's like back in the day, I think it was iPhones. Apple had a clause that They still do.
• 1:24:58
  Yeah. They can never be villains. Yeah, the guy the guy the bad guy can't use an iPhone.
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  Yes.
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  So if you see someone if you see a group of people and like four of them are using iPhones
• 1:25:13
  and one of them is using an Android, that's the bad guy. Yeah. Yeah.
• 1:25:19
  It's just like you're like what? Yeah. It's just one of those small things, yeah. Maybe.
• 1:25:25
  But Alright, so I know we have the game going on behind us. Who do you think's gonna win?
• 1:25:32
  ATL or New Orleans? I think Atlanta might be on a roll now.
• 1:25:37
  Now that it with Michael Panixs on it.
• 1:25:41
  You worked so hard on getting his name right, I'm so proud of you.
• 1:25:47
  Your hard work truly does pay off. Sure. Now who's the other quarterback on the Saints?
• 1:25:53
  Tyler Self. Not even close. I can't r I I can't remember. It's not important.
• 1:26:00
  It's funny 'cause everyone e it's either show or Shuck. Sure, true, sure, true.
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  Depending on who you ask. Sure, you're not wrong. It's the same thing with H N.
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  Is now H N. Yes, it's H N. Yeah. Yeah. He's definitely.
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  But I think technically Kelsey is actually Kelsey.
• 1:26:21
  I th I'm pretty sure I saw that somewhere. Okay.
• 1:26:25
  But everyone coaches all just said it wrong and he was just like, sorry I live my life
• 1:26:32
  now. That's fair. It's like if someone called you Noel instead of Noel.
• 1:26:37
  The amount of times that happens it's it's actually kinda funny.
• 1:26:42
  Like Or how I get Han all the time. But Well, another great episode.
• 1:26:48
  This is one of our longer ones in season two. Well, that's what happens when I'm annoyed.
• 1:26:55
  You talk to your truth, so Yeah. My frustrating, frustrating truth.
• 1:26:59
  Well on that note, I'm Malcolm the Milkman. Scott the Visionary Hohn. And we out.
• 1:27:06
  So peace.