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Are NFL Refs RUINING Football? Bad Calls, Angry Fans & the NFL's Biggest Problem! · Off the Bench - London

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What's going on? What up? What up? We're back.
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And we're back. Back at it for another week.
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100%. 100%. We're back. I mean, I feel like I'm
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in a good mood this week. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You
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know what? I forgot my beer. Yeah, me too. I'm
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going to go get mine. It ain't a podcast without
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a powerhouse beer. Let's be honest. Now I feel
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properly weighted and even. Man. All right. Week
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seven. We are back. Off the bench. I'm Malcolm
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the Milkman. Let's get it in this time. I'm Malcolm
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the Milkman. Scott the Visionary Hone. This is
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off the bench. Was that like an hour earlier
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than last time we said that? 100%. 100%. Maybe
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later. I don't know. Man. Ah, man. So the date
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today is October 26th. So I'm going to have to
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post this today because I want to get this episode
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out before we know who's the mayor. Oh, right,
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right, right. For all those people who don't
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vote out there, it's very important that you
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vote. Yeah, because otherwise you're not allowed
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to complain about anything. That too. If you
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don't like BRT or... or rapid transit or whatever.
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Don't complain about traffic. Don't complain
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about the situation of the city. Don't complain
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about anything if you didn't vote. It's kind
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of crazy to me that last time, what was it, 12
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,000 people only voted? Yeah. Kind of sad. Out
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of 400 ,000? That's like not good. Well, here's
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the thing. I've been talking to a few people
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about it, and it's the concept that kind of annoys
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me, and I don't want to turn this into a political
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podcast. That's one of the things that I've said
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from the get -go. Way to kick it off there. I
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do not want to make this a political podcast.
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But what I will say is it is kind of sad when
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you look at it from a concept of not a lot of
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people are voting. And when you want to vote
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for somebody, instead of voting for the person
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you want, you have to look at the strategic voting
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of people potentially about to vote. So then
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you're not voting the right person in. Yeah,
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I mean, I feel like you're overthinking it and
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kind of gamifying it. I want to say gamify, but...
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But, like, you know what I mean? You're trying
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to play the game and trying to, like, move...
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're, like, just starting
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it this way sounds like it was, like, in the
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90s when it was, like, shut up and vote. Like,
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all those t -shirts. Yeah, yeah. That, like,
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I... My mind goes to Paris Hilton. Oh, my God.
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Wearing that shirt and then not voting herself
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or something. Yeah, yeah. something dumb. It's
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a political scheme. I don't know. It is what
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it is. It's all a mess. I'll try to get this
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episode out, but for all y 'all, make sure you
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go out there and vote. You have 45 minutes as
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of while we're taping this podcast. This is going
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to be obviously after, so hopefully the right
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candidate wins. Hopefully you're voting right
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now. I don't know. You know what I mean. It is
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what it is. I'm done with that. Alright, so this
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week, it's been a... It's been a busy week. A
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lot of things have happened. See, and you always
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rip on me for saying it's been a busy week. It's
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always a busy week. Now, since I'm coaching Clark
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Road. How's that going? Well, it's playoffs now.
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So Thursday, we'll be playing South. There we
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go. Do you know who went to South? Oh, the Twins.
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Yeah. And Von Martin. True. It's funny. There's
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three NFL players all went to the same high school.
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See, some of that you have to look at it and
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be like, is that a coaching thing? Or is that
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just like they randomly happened? I mean, two
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of them are twins. That's not really fair. But
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the other one is just coincidence. No, because
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like Von Maher was a freak athlete and he didn't
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have to go to a prep school. And then so after
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he went to Western, dominated Western and then
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went straight to the NFL. Right. So there was
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that. That's a rare. That's rare. That is. crazy
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now the twins they did junior football they did
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one year senior and then they went to a prep
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school in the state yeah so then it was a little
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bit easier for a transition for them um in that
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concept because they're exposed to the nfl you
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know it's not going through like the canadian
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way they're ready in america yeah so it was almost
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i would say easier for the for the easier i don't
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know i don't think any of it's easy it's not
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easy but i'm saying what It's easier because
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the exposure was a little bit easier for them
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to get seen down there, right? Because they were
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able to get scholarships to the colleges because
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there were skilts there ready to see them. Where
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Vaughn was just a freak athlete and dominated
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the scene, even at Western, to the point where
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he got them in, right? Yeah. So that's what I
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mean. I feel like in Canadian football, you have
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to stand out that much more for them to look
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at you and be like, oh. Well, yeah, you need
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to be a freak athlete. Shout out to Von Martin
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for that because he was crazy. Wild. Damn. He
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was big. He was fast. Oh, man. He was a freak
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of nature back then. He still is, but I haven't
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seen him in a minute. I don't think he comes
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around London anymore. Yeah, he's got that NFL
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money. It's true. It's true. It's true. But we're
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going to talk about traveling. Speaking of traveling.
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Not being home. Okay. How wild is it all of the
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travel that they're doing in the NFL now? Like
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all these international games, I feel like they
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need to figure it out. And what concept? Well,
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why is it that like these teams that are worth
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billions of dollars are just based, it seems
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they say they have all these sleep experts, they're
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doing all these studies, doing all these different
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things, but it always seems like they're just
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guessing on travel plans for these international
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games that just ruin their sleep. Understandable.
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And I feel like it's ruining some of the games.
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Like, even Aaron Rodgers was saying, like, granted,
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the Steelers are an older team, but when they
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went to France and in Paris, they got there,
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like, they flew like a red -eye and got there,
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like, Friday night, were there for 24 hours,
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and then they're starting the game. Same thing
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with the Rams. True, true. Granted, the Steelers
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won, but, like, it wasn't a pretty game by any
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means. The one thing I'll say, though, is at
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least none of them had blood clots. That's true.
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That's true. You know, you got to watch out for
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that. And those old guys, unfortunately, unfortunately,
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that's what I'm not. I'm not excited. Cause like
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the next international game is the Bengals and
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Falcons. So I'm just like, ah, Zach Taylor does
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a lot of silly things. And the owners are kind
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of cheap. So they're not going to want to spend
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money to have their, the team be over there for
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a week. Cause like, it's not just 53 players.
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It's gotta be like over at least a hundred people.
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So with the international games, I'm kind of
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curious to see where the money revenue goes.
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Yeah. Right. Because the way I view it, if I
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was owning a team, I wouldn't want my team to
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go to an international game because where does
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that money for the stadium go? Right. Yeah, exactly.
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Now my stadium is empty and I have to fill it
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in with concerts or whatever. Well, you're building
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a billion dollar stadium that's only gets not
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used eight times a year, but like eight or nine
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times a year. That's what it's there for. if
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you're taking away one or two of those, like,
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when... I can't believe we're siding with the
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billionaires, but continue. Yeah, right? Ah,
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what is life? You know what I mean? We're siding
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with the billionaires, but... Well, it's not
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even that. It's more just, like, for the fans.
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Like, if you have season tickets... You lose
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one game. You lose one game. Now, it's a travel
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game, so there's people who travel, and in the
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States, it's a little bit cheaper to travel compared
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to us, where our prices are ridiculously high.
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You can travel across America easier. International,
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their dollar's stronger than ours, so a little
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bit easier to travel over there, but it's not
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the same experience. No. I mean, it would be
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cool, but like, well, even the Jags, they're
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building this crazy stadium, but the league has
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built the Jags up as like London England's team,
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like the team of the UK. They've had games there
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so many times. Yeah, you're not wrong. You're
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not wrong. Mostly because at the beginning, they
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were just moving the teams that were like...
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dumpster fires true and now some of those teams
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are rising up but if you built a billion dollar
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stadium i'd be like no we're not doing international
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games i know international game just sounds weird
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to me but the nfl is definitely growing and they're
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trying to expand it to the same level as fifa
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soccer yeah i mean soccer for us football for
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over there they're trying to build the sport
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to a degree where everyone no matter what time
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zone you are you're going to tune into the game
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I still wake up early in the morning to watch
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Tottenham. We finally won our second game this
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week. So we won two games in one week. That's
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so impressive. I woke up early just to watch
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those games, right? So I think that's what the
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NFL is trying to do. At the rate they're going,
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they're going to be behind Man City if they deduct
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all those points. Nor here or there. Take your
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time. Slow down. It's a vibe thing. It's a vibe
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thing. Sure. It's a vibe thing. Just give me
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this. In one week, we won two games. That's all
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I need. what i'm what i'm getting at it's like
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with these international games the amount of
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revenue that's coming from europe whether it's
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england or france or germany you're just expanding
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the game so super bowl is going to be that much
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more bigger or the environments can be like a
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little bit more bigger due to the fact that people
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now from europe may travel down for the super
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bowl that's true right which is more money for
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the nfl not saying we want more billionaires
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to have more money I'm going to say tax, though.
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I said not a political podcast. Don't eat the
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rich. Feed the rich. You know what I mean? They're
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not hungry enough. But... I don't know. I have
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a solution. I'm listening. I have a crazy solution.
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I'm listening. And it stems from something that
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Joe Burrow said years ago. Oh, my God. I'm worried.
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I'm worried. Why are you worried? I'm always
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worried when you talk. Because I never know what
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you're actually going to say. I never know what
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I'm going to say. It's probably going to be off
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the cuff. No, he said this a long time ago. But
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they could... They could do it to fit in the
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international games and make it more of an experience
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and have the teams there longer. Okay. Add an
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extra game. Okay. So make it an 18 -game season.
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Add an extra bye week. Okay. Shorten preseason.
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I think I just got a text about what you're thinking.
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I'm listening. Oh, really? Yeah. That's wild.
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Shorten preseason. Okay. Add an extra game. Okay.
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Add an extra bye. Okay. put their international
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game. Every team gets an international game and
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it's right in the middle. I just got updated
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that. Yeah. The advantages of having people here,
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they can text you while we're on air. And like,
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yes. So that concept, that does make total sense,
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right? It does. Every team. And then it's fair
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for everybody. And you can actually spend some
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time in the country doing PR. Smart. The teams
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will be there a little bit longer. They can.
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go do some things. And it's not going to be like
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a fly overnight, get off the plane. Like a Superbowl,
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but it's like the international, make it a big,
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the international bowl. Yeah. Okay. I actually
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do like that. I actually really do like that
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concept. Cause like it's fair. And like, I know
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it's, it's adding a game, but, or everyone has
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the same bi -week. So everyone does international
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week. You can stay an extra week. You have to
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space it out because you can't have all the international
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games at the same time. Imagine if all international
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games were all at the same time. That's actually...
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Like international week? Yes. That'd be interesting.
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Or do it over like three weeks. Because you can't
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just have a whole week and nobody is doing anything.
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Actually, it'd be fair for everybody. I mean,
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it would be fair for everybody, but it'd be just
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weird because you'd be like, midterms of the...
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It's like how F1 has a mid -season random break.
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True. Like the international break? The first
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week could be international week where all the
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games are played internationally, right? So for
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that whole week, you're building up the NFL season
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and the first games are international. Yeah.
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Then your second game will be your home opener.
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Obviously, some teams will have to. Third game
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will be the other team's home openers and so
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forth. But if you have a dedicated... You're
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saying start the season? Start the season...
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Internationally? You can start the season internationally
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and then draw the internationals in because...
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We're already invested in North America. That's
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true. You get them in at the beginning of the
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season and then they're like, oh, that's cool.
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Right? That way, the money flow doesn't really
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change, right? You get a whole week of building
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the NFL internationally. You can have the stadium
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still available because usually the weather is
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better the first week. So you can fill the stadium
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up with people to watch on the Titantron or whatever
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or do experiences, right? So then... The first
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week is international week. And then you bring
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in the regular. So there's no, I feel like the
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problem with that is then it would just turn
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into, Oh, it's just a preseason game and no one
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cares, but it counts to the regular. Well, yeah,
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but like that, but that, that'd be smart. Right.
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Cause like, I remember when the NBA did something
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similar to that, where it was like a full few
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days of international before it was just back
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to normal rotation. And in that way, you don't
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root it for the regular fans who are local because.
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You might have saved up X amount of dollars and
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this week would have been the perfect week. And
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next thing you know, they're international. Yeah,
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see, I'm more thinking like... Week 18 is an
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international week. If you add a game... No,
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then you'd have... Yeah, because... But if you
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add a game and then add a buy, then the players
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are kind of like looking forward to it because
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it's like they have week off, international game,
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week off. So they can actually get a little bit
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of rest. fair or like halfway through it's international
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week yeah because if it's in the middle of the
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season that's when you want your buys you don't
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want it at the beginning that's silly like international
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like think of it international week will generate
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so much money and then if we all knew a team
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is going international you can hop on it on a
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train and like you don't have to have every game
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on sunday now Don't get me wrong. Everything
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is blocked on Sundays. Nah, it'd be weird if
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it wasn't on Sundays. Remember the Wednesday
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game? That was weird. That was so weird. It was
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out of rotation. We didn't like that. International
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week could be very significant. Yeah. I do like
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that idea. I do like that idea. Shout out to
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Shane for that. International week would be great.
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All right. I'll just hang out. No, no, no, no,
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no. He said put it all in one week. He said put
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it all in one week. You're not wrong. I like
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your idea too. This guy over here getting his
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comments from a teleprompter. Wow. Okay. Shots
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fired. I see how it is. Honestly, I would love
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an international week and then you and your buddies
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can plan the week where it's like, do we go to
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this game, this game, this game? That's what
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I mean. If it was over a three -week window.
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It would be like a movie road trip. Yeah, but
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it could be over a three -week window. Okay.
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Because then they're obviously not all at the
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exact same time. But when they're spread out
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over right in the middle of the season, based
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around people's bi -weeks. True, true. I feel
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like it would work out better that way. Because
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then people could go to multiple games. Because
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if they're all the same week. Yeah, but how many
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people can afford to spend three weeks in Europe?
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Billionaires. I don't care about the billionaires.
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That's all I'm saying. I don't care about the
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damn billionaires. Driving, buying Teslas to
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the game. But an international week in one location,
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like say it's England, France, Germany, so forth.
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It'll be a lot easier, especially for us, especially
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when we're like, we know it's international week
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where we're setting our fantasy football. So
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then. We don't get confused when it's a 9 .30
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a .m. And I was like, I'll just wait. It's only
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until 1 o 'clock. Wait, there's a game at 9 .30?
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They're like, ah, damn it. Yeah. Right? I think
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that caught me off guard because I forgot that
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Pittsburgh was playing in France. Sometimes you
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forget about those ones because there's a handful
16:56
of them now. I mean, they're usually at 9 .30
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if you're over there. But even that, that messes
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with the players so much. Oh, you're not wrong.
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But my point is, I still don't understand how
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they haven't figured it out yet. It's like these
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people that have never traveled before. I would
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say it's a mix of non -traveling before as well
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as they might be billionaires, but they're cheap.
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So it's like, yeah, we know what we should do,
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but do I want to spend that money? It's kind
17:25
of similar to the Carolina Hurricanes. At that
17:30
point, if I was a player and I get paid $30 million
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a year, I'd be like, Guys, guys, we should just
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go a week early. I'm going to go, like, let's
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go. All right, so you say that. Would your GM
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of the Bengals do that? No, absolutely not. They're
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cheapskates. That's what I mean. They had to
17:51
sell the naming rights just for Borough. Yeah.
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Hey, whatever, man. That's worth it. I remember
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a couple weeks ago when you were saying he was
17:57
overrated. That second half was wild. Yeah, yeah,
18:01
yeah, yeah. First half, not so much. They came
18:04
out slow after the bye week. They were trying
18:06
to do all the things that they focused on their
18:09
bye week. And it turns out playing under center
18:13
is not their thing. That's fair. That's fair.
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Right now, I know I'm going to switch off just
18:19
a little bit. Yo, NBA is on hype right now. That's
18:23
true. Okay. There's some 3 -0 teams. And there's
18:29
some 0 -3 teams that are shocking. The one thing
18:31
I'm going to say right now is the Minnesota Timberwolves
18:34
are catching me off guard right now. Why? The
18:37
reason why they're catching me off guard. That's
18:39
such an exciting team. Okay, so I can't believe
18:43
I'm talking on this podcast about the Minnesota
18:45
Timberwolves. That's the first thing I'm shocked
18:48
about. So what I'll say is shout out to Rory
18:50
Mitchell because that's his favorite team. I'm
18:52
going to show him. But like, yo, that is street
18:56
ball. That is like the art of basketball. I don't
18:59
know what you expected with Lomelo Ball and Anthony
19:02
Edwards. No, no, no. What I'm saying mostly is
19:05
that the formula is back, where it's just like
19:08
the art of basketball can come back now. It's
19:11
not like the proven, you have your ball carrier,
19:14
you have your center, like the Kobe and Shaqs,
19:16
or you know what I mean? Just to circle back
19:19
to the previous topic, Lomelo definitely traveled.
19:22
He did travel. He definitely traveled. Traveled
19:25
really far, almost internationally. Even his
19:28
brother called him out. And then LaMelo goes,
19:30
oh, he's just a Hayden. He's just Hayden. He's
19:33
Hayden. But yo, like LeBron coming back from
19:35
29 points in Philadelphia. Ridiculous. Yeah.
19:39
Like showing that he's just exciting. The NBA's
19:42
energy is back. And it's like there's clarity
19:46
around the league. Watching Luka Doncic beat
19:50
up the Golden State Warriors last week was. It
19:53
was fun to watch. What was it, 52 points? Yes.
19:57
Crazy. And it's like, I know Curry's going through
20:00
a transitional period where a lot of people are
20:01
still injured, but it's like, okay, my Lakers
20:04
are doing well. Watching LeBron do well is great.
20:07
It's great for publicity, great for ratings.
20:09
Well, at the same time, Curry, I feel like once
20:11
he loses a step, he can't do it the same. But
20:14
I do find it funny that, was it, where's Klay
20:18
now? Klay's on the heat. Yes. They're bad. Him,
20:21
I think, Is it Iguodala they have? Iguodala's
20:24
retired. Is he retired? There's another guy that...
20:27
Giannis. No. Giannis and Baumanabado. They have
20:30
another guy that used to be on the Warriors.
20:33
Oh, Andrew Wiggins. Wiggins. That's who I was
20:35
thinking of. But I saw that and I was like, oh,
20:36
man. The heat. Like, you look at this team and
20:39
you're like, man, they're 0 -3 now. Yes, they
20:42
are. And you're thinking, this team would have
20:44
been sick five years ago. Well, here's the thing
20:46
is, and Pat Rowley kind of like doubled down
20:50
on... the 83 points. But Bam Adebato is not playing
20:54
like a superstar. He's just playing like a regular
20:56
player. Yeah. Right? Then you have Giannis and
20:58
then you have, I'm sorry to say, Scrubs. Really
21:01
good Scrubs. Yeah. Because like, over the hill.
21:04
You can't compare to them. Over the hill. But,
21:07
over the hill people that are younger than us
21:09
probably. There is no real team in Miami right
21:11
now. Right? I love watching Miami. Like, I even
21:15
went to the stadium when we were coming back
21:17
from the cruise. I had to take a picture with
21:18
Dwayne Wade. The statue. That was sick. Where
21:21
did you touch him? Stop. Stop. But what I'm going
21:26
to say is I don't understand why the heat are
21:28
so bad, but it's like, it's a chemistry thing,
21:31
right? When you have new players on, there's
21:33
times where the jaw doesn't fit. They know getting
21:36
in the groove and then figure out their, their,
21:38
their motion. Well, exactly. And like, except
21:40
for Philadelphia where it's just like, you know,
21:43
you have to win game one to go 82 at all. Well,
21:48
I mean, that's which we'll think. I don't think
21:50
the Sixers could ever go 82 -0 for the sheer
21:55
fact that, one, that's impossible. But, two,
21:58
they like to sit Embiid too much. Did you see
22:03
him complaining about it? He was like, no, I
22:05
want to play, and they keep telling me to sit.
22:08
Don't complain about me. Complain about everyone
22:11
who's telling me I'm not allowed to play. I get
22:14
you. I get you. But he is an accident waiting
22:16
to happen. This is true. Because he doesn't work
22:19
out hard enough in the offseason. Yeah. But I
22:23
don't know. I feel like there's been a lot right
22:25
now about teams either forcing players to play,
22:28
like Jalen Hurts, or forcing players to not play
22:32
for their health. But it hurts it for the fans.
22:36
It's like, what if, I know he's probably not
22:39
anyone's big favorite player in the world. Maybe
22:42
he is. If you only bought tickets to go see one
22:45
Sixers game in your entire life and the GM decided,
22:49
nah, we're not, we're packing it in for this
22:51
game. We're like, he's a healthy scratch for
22:54
this game. He'd be kind of disappointed. I'd
22:56
be furious. But that's why I like Anthony Edwards
22:59
because he is that guy that will be like, no,
23:03
I do. He's the same. He has that Kobe mentality
23:06
who is, I'm doing this for the fans. I'm doing
23:10
this for the people that may only see one game
23:12
ever. So, I had an opportunity when I was younger
23:15
to go see the Raptors play the Heat. And this
23:18
is when Jimmy Butler was still on the team. And
23:20
Derrick Rose was still on the team. Oh, geez.
23:22
So, I spent a lot of money just to go to this
23:25
game. Derrick Rose was on the Heat? Sorry, not
23:26
the Heat. The Bulls. Bulls. Okay. The Bulls.
23:28
My apologies. The Bulls. So, it was the Raptors
23:31
versus the Bulls. Sorry. I know Jimmy Butler's
23:33
gone around a bit. And D -Rose were supposed
23:37
to play that game. So, I'm all high job. I'm
23:39
like, I get to see like... The young Michael
23:41
Jordan. Yeah. At the time, right? Because we
23:43
all thought he was the young Michael Jordan that
23:45
he was going to. May or may not be his kid. Who's
23:47
to say? Who's to say? Who's to say? But the one
23:52
thing I'll say is, like, I was so hyped up. And
23:54
then I got the update as we were driving to Toronto
23:56
that both Jerry Butler and Derrick Rose were
23:59
not playing that game. That's what I'm saying.
24:01
They were just going to sit on the bench. And
24:03
Bulls still won. Don't get me wrong. But it was
24:07
very, it was sad to see that the one person that
24:10
you really. Spent your money too. $300 or whatever
24:13
at the time. You're like, I got my jersey on
24:15
to this guy. I want to go see. Yeah. I'm ready
24:18
to be that villain being like, yo, Jimmy Butler's
24:20
going off today. You know what I mean? I'm in
24:22
the building. I'm going to be his good luck charm.
24:24
And then to get the update, he's not going to
24:25
play. It's just like, I can't return my ticket
24:27
now. Yeah. Right. And it sounds like they come
24:30
to Toronto all the time. So like, that is very
24:33
frustrating when all these updates where it's
24:35
like management or time management or whatever,
24:38
like the Kawhi thing, load management, sorry.
24:40
Yeah. comes into effect. And it's just like,
24:43
people are paying a lot of money to see people
24:45
be available. And when a person is not available,
24:49
it's frustrating. See, it's the funny part because
24:52
we're like, last week we were saying how they
24:55
need to worry about the player's health. This
24:57
week we're saying, oh, they need to let them
25:00
play. There's a healthy balance. Exactly. Like
25:04
in the NFL, there's what? There's 18 weeks in
25:06
a week, right? You play 17, you get a bot. Yeah.
25:09
Right? In the NBA, it's 82 games. Yeah. Right?
25:12
But how many of those players actually play 82
25:15
games? I... It's very rare that players play
25:19
every single game. Correct. Correct. But at the
25:21
same time, you're like, do you sit your guys
25:23
for home games or do you sit them for away games?
25:25
If anything, you're sitting them for away games.
25:27
Exactly. Which kind of makes it sad for people
25:30
that are like, hey, Jimmy Butler's only playing
25:33
in Canada one time. Like, one time this season.
25:37
If I was a business owner, I would say away games
25:39
because I want you to be there to be available
25:41
for that one person who comes to our stadium.
25:44
That's the draw. I paid X amount of money for
25:47
you to come to my stadium. Not to go to anyone
25:49
else's stadium, but to mine. It just sucks when
25:51
we don't have the ability to go over there. I
25:54
would love to go to LA, but I ain't dealing with
25:57
that traffic. I hate our traffic here. I ain't
25:59
going to LA. Let's be honest. Our transit system
26:04
sucks here. Our congestion sucks in London. Imagine
26:07
going to L .A. I ain't waiting. Hey, if you voted
26:10
at this election, you could be a part of fixing
26:12
that. It'll take four years to balance the book.
26:14
It'll be another four years. Well, at least if
26:17
this is not a political party, get me going.
26:20
You can complain. You voted. You voted. You voted.
26:22
You can complain. It's allowed. Just don't get
26:27
me going, please. But yeah, it's the same thing
26:31
with when Messi, Messi in Miami. Teams were pissed
26:35
when he was sitting on away games because they
26:38
were being able to sell their tickets for twice
26:40
as much because of the Messi factor. And all
26:44
of a sudden they find out late he's... Messi's
26:46
different, right? Because I like what MLS did
26:50
with Messi. It was smart because technically
26:52
he gets a portion of ticket sales across all
26:56
games in MLS. That's crazy to me. Right? So when
27:00
he's not available to play in your stadium...
27:02
He shouldn't get those ticket sales. Yeah. But
27:04
it's smart because it's messy. And let's be honest.
27:08
People are not talking as much about the MLS.
27:11
Sorry. People are talking more about the MLS
27:13
now than they ever have before. Well, yeah. Well,
27:16
it's the same thing. Just to bring up another
27:17
one. WNBA. Okay. Angel Reese finals. Yeah. Yeah.
27:22
I don't know. We'll see how that goes. But a
27:26
lot of people stopped watching when Caitlin Clark
27:29
got out. Fair. I think it's crazy that. The WNBA
27:33
was so ill -prepared for their own finals that
27:37
I think it's game six. They haven't announced
27:40
where they're playing yet. For game six of the
27:42
finals. They just didn't expect them to be there.
27:45
And the Hawks have a game the same day in the
27:47
same stadium. They're debating moving into another
27:50
stadium. And that one has a capacity of 3 ,500
27:53
instead of 17 ,000. That's crazy. That's insane.
27:57
That is crazy. And the series is now 2 -2. Yeah.
28:02
So it's definitely going to be going to game
28:05
six. Most likely. And that's supposed to be scheduled
28:09
for the 31st. Or no, the 29th. You heard it here.
28:14
We follow WNBA sometimes. No, I'm just... WNBA
28:20
has so many controversies right now with the
28:23
whole what is a woman thing and Royce White and
28:26
Dennis Cantor. Not a political podcast. I know.
28:29
Not a political podcast. I know, but they just
28:32
need to figure it out. Um, I'm going to, I'm
28:35
going to switch off. I'm going to say this, like
28:37
I'm going to, it's in the same tangent, but like
28:39
what I'll say is one of the controversial, one
28:42
of the biggest things in today's society is the
28:45
words that we use. Yeah. Right. Some people don't
28:48
realize certain things that you say, whether
28:51
you mean it or not. If, if you say a certain
28:53
word, it could send you in a different tangent,
28:56
like in the WNBA. where it's like, what is a
28:58
woman? It's not defined. Yeah, it's crazy. You
29:04
know what I mean? I'm trying to stay on a tangent
29:06
where it's not political. But there's very good
29:10
motivational speakers. Ted Lasso is a great one,
29:13
for example. And I know that's scripted, but
29:17
Ted Lasso is a really good one. Another great
29:19
speaker is Obama. Yeah. You know, obviously Martin
29:23
Luther King. Gotta do the Obama point. No, it's
29:26
the... Yeah, there's that. There's like a lot
29:31
of really good speakers that key on the words
29:34
that they use, right? Because when you break
29:38
it down, you can say something and I'll pick
29:41
up a keyword and be like, oh, he doesn't actually
29:43
mean it. Or his body language isn't matching
29:46
the words that he's using. You know what I mean?
29:48
Being a bartender. Yeah, don't digest me. Dissect
29:52
me? That makes more sense. Being a bartender,
29:57
these are things that I can pick up on. Oh yeah.
29:59
I'm trying to sell that extra beer and I can
30:01
see by your body language. Oh, okay. I can probably
30:04
just pour for you and you, you might make a silly
30:07
comment, but I'm still going to charge you for
30:09
it. You know what I mean? Like it wouldn't be
30:12
like a negative thing or is like, I'll start
30:14
pouring. It's like, Oh no, no, no, no, no. And
30:16
just like, Oh, just splash. Like, like, you know,
30:18
you know, your boundaries. Yeah. And a lot of
30:21
people don't understand that. That's why the
30:24
controversy with the WNBA is getting bigger because
30:28
they just went too broad. Leaving the door open
30:31
where if they define things a little bit and
30:36
made things a little bit tighter, so then a lawyer
30:38
can be like, you said this, I can come in through
30:41
the back door. You know what's the funniest league
30:43
or the funniest thing about having an insane
30:47
rule book? What's the funniest sport with an
30:49
insane rule book? Insanely specific. Insanely
30:52
just... Other than the NFL? No, way worse than
30:55
the NFL. Well, it's definitely not the MLB. It's
31:00
not something you'll probably think of off the
31:01
top of your head either. I'm going to guess sumo
31:02
wrestling. No, that's a crazy answer. Also, I
31:08
have literally no idea. Okay, guilty pleasure.
31:11
I actually do watch sumo wrestling. Yes, I do.
31:14
It is actually pretty sick. Don't get me wrong.
31:18
Yeah, I mean, it is sick. watching sumo wrestling.
31:23
If someone wants to sponsor us, international
31:25
trip, we'll travel to go to sumo wrestling. I
31:30
will do it in a heartbeat. It is sick to watch.
31:33
It's a beautiful sport to watch. I would be so
31:35
down for that. Anyway. No, F1. Oh my god. Like,
31:45
their rulebook is insanely specific. Perfect.
31:50
Okay. Um, I follow a guy on Instagram. Yeah.
31:55
It's so funny. And it's like a board meeting
31:58
every week. And they're like, he cheated. They're
32:02
like, how did he cheat? I don't know. He's just
32:04
faster than us. Okay. It's like a weirdly specific
32:10
things. And it's like, you can't do this, but
32:13
it doesn't say you can't do this. So then like
32:16
the rule book just keeps getting longer and longer
32:18
and longer every year. Oh my God. You're not
32:21
wrong. Actually, that's basically the tangent
32:25
I was kind of going on. You have to be specific.
32:28
Because people are subjectively going to find
32:31
a way around it. F1 is perfect. It is the most
32:35
specific, but the most like, oh, let's exploit
32:40
the rules. And then you see it at the beginning
32:43
of the season where one team just has a car that
32:45
is just insanely better than everyone else's.
32:49
And it's not because... The driver is that much
32:53
better. It's their equipment is that much better.
32:56
Yes. All of the drivers are like neck and neck.
32:59
But what's like, I don't know if in the NFL,
33:04
one team decided, you know what we're going to
33:06
use? Receiver gloves. And the other teams don't
33:09
have them. But it's so funny to me, like how
33:11
weirdly specific it is. But a lot of other leagues,
33:14
like I realize that's a ridiculous example, but
33:17
they need to do a better job at defining things.
33:19
Defining the words. Yeah. So then there's no...
33:22
There's no controversy there. Correct. But honestly,
33:25
I realize the NBA players doing that to the WNBA,
33:29
that's all they're trying to get them to do.
33:31
They don't seriously want to play in the WNBA.
33:34
No, no, no. But it's great publicity. Yeah, it
33:37
is. It's really good publicity. Extra people
33:39
are going to go and watch those games now due
33:41
to that fact. Yeah. You know what I mean? We'll
33:43
get an NBA player to sign your jersey. Oh, well.
33:51
Oh, well. Damn. I still really want to go to...
33:57
There's two things I want to do. Sumo wrestling?
34:00
I want to go to sumo wrestling. Darts. I want
34:02
to see darts. Don't get me wrong. Sumo wrestling,
34:04
darts. I want to go see a lacrosse game. Lacrosse?
34:07
Yeah. I want to see Toronto Rock play. I'm down
34:09
to go see that. Right? I really want to go see
34:11
a lacrosse game. So if you have any connections,
34:15
hook us up. Hook us up. Hook us up. We travel.
34:18
Does that count as international? It's cross
34:21
-country. It's international. International to
34:27
us because it's outside of London. Not really.
34:30
Cross -country. I recently learned that a flight
34:33
from one airport to a different airport is technically
34:36
called cross -country even if you're flying from
34:40
London to Cambridge. Technically, that counts
34:43
as cross -country. Look, man, I'm not. How? I
34:48
didn't read the rule. I didn't read the rule.
34:52
You're not across, you're cross province. Yeah,
34:55
but I don't know. I don't think there's cross
34:58
province. I don't think that's like a distinction.
35:01
From London to Cambridge? Cross province, because
35:04
you haven't left the province. Talk to a pilot
35:06
and ask. I will. You'll find out. I have connections.
35:09
That's what I'm saying. All right. And you're
35:12
going to ask and they're going to say, yeah,
35:13
no, that's cross country. Just ask and be like.
35:16
Does a, is a flight from London to Cambridge.
35:18
If you're listening, if a flight from London
35:21
to Cambridge count as cross country, does it
35:24
count as cross country? The answer is yes. It
35:26
should be known, but whatever. It should be known
35:29
that the answer is yes. Oh my God. You're hilarious.
35:34
You're hilarious. Okay. Okay. All right. There's
35:37
a few things you can do, but I think we should
35:39
pay some bills. We got lots of bills. We always
35:41
got lots of bills. Yeah. Um, I'll let you start.
35:44
Did you see, I don't know if, I know it is AI,
35:49
but did you see that Pest Case Scenario won an
35:53
award? He's the son of a magazine. Son of a magazine.
36:01
I think he won handsomest exterminated. Bob from
36:07
Pest Case Scenario. Shout out to Pest Case. Pest
36:10
Case is the best case. Pest Case is the best
36:13
case. If you have any situation, whether it's
36:16
cockroaches, bedbugs, bats, mices, anything that's
36:20
crawling in your house, call Pest Case Scenario
36:22
because it's probably in your best case to call
36:25
Pest Case. And if you need a magazine cover,
36:28
he has the prompts for it. Yes, he does. That
36:33
was sick. That was sick. Shout out to Clubhouse,
36:36
obviously. You can't do this place without this
36:39
place. 100%. This place is huge, though. We keep
36:43
talking about it every week, and it gets bigger
36:45
and bigger and bigger. And it's just, like, little
36:47
things. Like, for the Halloween event, they have
36:50
an elevator, a scare elevator, which is kind
36:53
of cool. They have that. I saw there's a corn
36:56
maze out back. But, like, there's so many other
37:00
small companies in here. You got Powerhouse.
37:02
You got the Hard Rock Hotel. You got the Speakeasy
37:06
1913 downstairs. I should be quiet about that
37:09
one. You got the other one. You got Paradon.
37:12
You got poppies. We got... Hey, hey, hey. Hey.
37:17
But... Well, if you know, you know. Yeah, if
37:19
you know, you know. There's... I don't know.
37:22
There's just so much... So many different spaces
37:24
here to do events. Oh, for sure. Like, upstairs,
37:27
you could do... Like, you could have a whole
37:29
wedding here. I've seen some. You could do literally
37:32
an entire wedding of... Your friends could fly
37:35
in cross -country from Cambridge. They could
37:39
stay in the Hard Rock. Yep. They could... come
37:42
to your wedding. They could go to some speakeasies.
37:45
They could do all of the different things here.
37:47
You could have your reception here. You could
37:49
have your wedding here. You could do literally
37:51
everything without leaving the building. It's
37:53
so true. So if it's raining, who cares? No, it's
37:57
crazy. Clubhouse is amazing. And obviously, we
37:59
fund this podcast on our own. Everything we do
38:02
comes out of our own pockets. So go buy some
38:06
merch. So buy some merch. Sweet merch. I've been
38:08
updating more and more recently. Um, there's
38:11
going to be a few deals coming out soon. Uh,
38:13
it's going to be, it's going to be worth it.
38:15
Um, you got me really excited about the one.
38:17
It's up. Is it up? It's up. That's so funny.
38:20
I actually, I might get you to actually pay for
38:22
it. Cause I need you to, I need you to test something
38:24
for me, but that's not here or there. Um, but
38:27
like it's the website keeps getting better and
38:29
better. And I was, there was a point where I
38:31
was thinking of doing another initiative and
38:33
I'm thinking of changing that and bringing them
38:35
back to off the bench. Uh, and I think our first
38:38
guest. for Where the Difference. That's a project.
38:42
It's going to be Off the Bench, Where the Difference.
38:44
Who's the difference? Where the Difference. Where.
38:47
Keyword. Okay, gotcha. Difference. So it's going
38:50
to be Off the Bench. I thought you said we're.
38:51
It's going to be Off the Bench, X, Where the
38:54
Difference. Ah, gotcha. Right? And our first
38:56
guest that I really want to bring on is Joe from
38:59
Hooded House. That'd be sweet. And it's going
39:01
to be a one -on -one interview. Either you or
39:04
I are going to do it. And it's just going to
39:06
talk about Hooded House and bring that. connection,
39:09
which is going to be that episode will be sponsored
39:11
by the Milky Way Apparel so that it shows like
39:13
the concept of bringing community together. I
39:16
love it. The one thing that we've been talking
39:18
about on this podcast so much is how we want
39:21
to focus on community. We've built a community
39:23
on off the bench. How do we expand that community
39:26
to the point where local businesses and charities
39:29
and nonprofits can also expand from what we bring?
39:31
So potentially us going to a location, shooting
39:34
an episode. We're Japan lighting through more
39:37
wrestling. You know what I mean? Like we're highlighting
39:39
nonprofits or other charity events, bring it
39:43
all together with off the bench. Cause obviously
39:45
sports community, right. All comes together.
39:48
So that's one of the initiatives I'm working
39:50
on right now. Uh, and obviously stay tuned. More
39:53
will come. Um, but our first guest for that will
39:57
be none other than Joe. Have you talked to Joe?
39:59
Yes, I have. Okay. I feel like Joe's like, Yeah.
40:03
He was the kind of guy that was like, we were
40:05
supposed to record a few weeks ago, but I got
40:07
really, really sick. Oh, and then it got backtracked
40:10
and then now pivoting and bring it all in one.
40:13
Cause I have the studio that works perfectly
40:15
and we can bring it anywhere. Yeah. That's, that's
40:17
the best thing about how we set up this podcast
40:19
is we're mobile. We can go anywhere we want.
40:22
We want to build our community. We want to make
40:24
it more, not just about sports, but about life
40:26
as well. Hey, they have a, uh, is it rude awakening?
40:31
Roots. Roots Awakening. Yes. They have a docu
40:34
-series that's just launching. It's so good.
40:37
Yeah, I saw they were... They were at TIFF, weren't
40:40
they? Maybe. They were at some film festival
40:45
recently. I saw they were on a panel. It was
40:47
actually kind of cool. But what 100 House is
40:49
doing is actually pretty impressive. I obviously
40:51
would love to highlight that. We both worked
40:53
there, so it's like... It was a great time. All
40:56
right, let's talk a little football. Oh, right,
40:59
that thing. That thing. We're going to start
41:02
backwards. Start backwards with what? I just
41:04
want to get this out of the way. I just want
41:06
to get this out of the way. Dallas versus...
41:08
Oh, you just don't really want to talk about
41:11
it. I really don't want to talk about it, so
41:12
I'm just going to get it out of the way. All
41:13
right, real quick. Who do you think is going
41:15
to win, and do you even care? I don't care. Probably
41:19
Dallas. At this point, you're like, I just...
41:23
I just want to get it out of the way. Due to
41:24
the fact that... Here's the thing. It's going
41:26
to be... Saquon Barkley is literally... He's
41:29
the only one there. He's the only starter. Because
41:31
Devontae Smith is out again. Wicks is out. Wicks
41:33
is out. Devontae Smith's out. Hurts is obviously
41:36
out. Jalen Hurts is obviously out. Landon retired.
41:41
So, I got a message this week. And they're asking
41:44
me my opinion on the Dallas and Eagles game.
41:46
And I said, if Tanner McKee is the quarterback,
41:50
Dallas is probably going to win. If it was Joe
41:53
Milton, there was a chance that the Eagles could
41:55
potentially win. I feel like... At least they
41:58
grabbed a young quarterback that they can kind
42:01
of work with. Understandable. And it'd be interesting
42:03
to see if Jalen Hurts can be a mentor role to
42:08
him. I 100 % think he could. Yeah. 100 % I think
42:11
he could. But here's my biggest thing with this
42:14
game right now is I've lost all faith in Nick
42:17
Sirianni. I do not believe he is a good enough
42:20
coach to even help a backup quarterback. Yeah.
42:23
He does not even remind me anything close to
42:25
like Doug Peterson. That's what I'm saying. He
42:27
doesn't help. He doesn't really do anything.
42:30
He's more of a detriment to the team than he
42:32
is a positive influence. Speaking of detriment,
42:37
I got a funny one to talk about. I look back
42:39
at previous games with Nick Sirianni, Jalen Hurts,
42:43
Devontae Smith, even A .J. Brown. It was like
42:46
the players were doing their own thing and Nick
42:49
Sirianni was just claiming fame. Yeah, that's
42:52
what I mean. He's just there. He just had to
42:54
be the face of it, and the players are going
42:56
rogue. And he was just, oh, yeah, I knew what
42:59
they were doing. He's just trying to reign them
43:00
in. Yes, and now that he actually passed the
43:03
coach, it's starting to show how Mike McDaniels
43:08
in the Chargers is like, oh, that's a... I feel
43:10
like Mike McDaniels in the Chargers is a different
43:13
issue entirely. Yeah, it's just, I don't have
43:16
faith in Nick Sirianni. Whether the Eagles win
43:19
today or not, I'm still going to bet on the Eagles
43:21
to win, just in case. Just in case? Hey, at least
43:24
you'll get lots of money, just in case. Just
43:26
in case. But I don't actually have faith. Because
43:29
as much as I say that, I don't think Dallas is
43:33
a better team. No, that whole division's a mess.
43:35
I'm enjoying... The NFC least. I'm enjoying the
43:39
Giants the most out of that division. Well, what's
43:43
-his -name just lost his job. Who? Jameis Winston.
43:47
Yeah, but was it ever really his? Like, he's
43:49
a backup quarterback. They just brought in a
43:52
new number one. He's always, like, he's the epitome
43:56
of a perfect backup quarterback. He can go, like,
43:59
if JJ goes down now, he will, Jameis Winston
44:03
will go in, say some crazy stuff. I just want
44:05
him back on a team on a regular basis. Yeah.
44:09
Wow, whatever. He'll always have highlights on
44:11
the sideline. Did you hear the one, the one,
44:14
uh... What's it called? When he was calling,
44:17
like, starting the play. He's like, are we ready?
44:21
Are we set? Yes. Like, hot one, hot two. Yeah.
44:26
Like, hand the ball to Scam Scataboo for 44 yards.
44:31
Yeah, that was so funny. But Scataboo, he got
44:35
benched. He got no touches the one game. And
44:37
then he went off for his first 100 -yard game.
44:40
Yes. Ran through a guy's face. Got a penalty
44:43
because of it. Yep. which seems kind of silly.
44:46
Honestly, at this rate, he should get traded
44:48
to the LA Rams. He's literally a billy goat.
44:52
But I think that's the running that a lot of
44:56
teams are dying for. So there was him breaking
45:02
tackles. Sorry, right after he gets benched for
45:06
a game, the next game he comes back, he does
45:08
all this. One of his biggest plays, his touchdown
45:11
run that he was running over people. does a backflip
45:14
in the end zone, cuts to his own commercial.
45:18
Talk about PR. Yeah, I was like, talk about PR.
45:21
I was like, the man is back. Damn. It's exciting
45:26
to watch. You know what's crazy, though? We're
45:29
in week seven, right? This is episode seven.
45:31
Yeah. There's one undefeated team left. Thank
45:35
God. And nobody would have thought about it.
45:37
Who would have thought the Minnesota Vikings?
45:41
Minnesota, they have one script for their game,
45:44
and their defense has been unreal. I think they
45:48
only have 125 total points, which is on par,
45:52
like points four, which is on par with a lot
45:56
of the teams that are terrible. I think it's
45:59
like 75 points against, which is crazy for week
46:02
seven. Oh, for sure. For sure. But it's crazy
46:06
to me because I'm looking at it from this perspective.
46:09
I was talking about it last week. The opposite
46:12
happened this week is that I didn't think a single
46:14
team would have been able to test San Fran and
46:18
then the Falcons beat them. Well, I mean, the
46:21
Falcons have been on a roll lately, but also
46:23
that power plant is working overtime. Yeah. Like
46:26
CMC missed some time throughout the game. Yeah.
46:29
Kittle had a fumble that sucked. Yep. And they
46:35
just, Mike Evans being injured. Who are their
46:39
receivers? That's a good question. Really good
46:41
question. Debo's out. Yeah. Like, it's back to
46:43
the injury train. Yeah. Like, they'll never get
46:49
around that. You're not wrong. It sucks because
46:52
it's like, they're such a good team, but they
46:54
just get randomly caught with this bug. Yeah.
46:57
And you can't get around it. No, you can't. You
46:59
can't. Shout out to you, though. Shout out to
47:01
your boys. But, like, you're beating up a bangled
47:04
up Ravens team. Yeah. But. So it was a little
47:08
sketchy in the first half, obviously. So they're
47:13
down 13 -0 at the end of the first half. Their
47:16
offense was terrible. I blame a lot of that on
47:21
Zach Taylor, to be honest. Typical. At one point,
47:26
Boye Mafe got blocked into somebody, and then
47:30
he got called on a penalty. So Zach Taylor, being
47:34
the excellent coach that he is, started screaming
47:37
at the ref. Didn't get a penalty or anything.
47:39
But he called a timeout to scream at the ref
47:43
for longer. How dumb is that? I think that was
47:46
in the first half. But still, that's stupid.
47:50
You needed to make his point. What's your point?
47:53
To make a point. Obviously, it's dumb. But when
47:56
has yelling at a ref ever fixed anything other
48:00
than piss them off and get calls going the wrong
48:02
way? That is so true. So true. But honestly,
48:05
in the second half, once they stopped, playing
48:08
under center as much. They just let Joe Burrow
48:10
do his thing. And he just lit them up. Okay.
48:15
The defense, it's amazing how good a defense
48:18
can look when the offense is clicking. Okay.
48:21
Like, honestly, the defense in the first half
48:23
wasn't even that bad. Okay. Because realistically,
48:26
it was one big play right at the beginning of
48:29
the game. That's seven points. Yep. And then
48:31
they got two field goals. Granted, the Ravens
48:36
kind of did it to themselves by going on. fourth
48:39
down a couple times, but then the Bengals offense
48:42
started rolling, which you're expecting, but
48:45
like 35 points and a half is crazy. Could you
48:48
imagine if they kept that pace the entire game?
48:50
Joe Burrow would have eight touchdowns. Well,
48:53
there's no way. Perfect passer rating in the
48:57
second half. Not too bad for an overrated quarterback.
49:00
You want to talk about overrated? You want to
49:02
talk about overrated? Let's talk about the Seattle
49:05
versus Kansas City game. Seattle had this game
49:08
marked on their calendar. So one person and one
49:11
person only. Yeah. Chris Collinsworth. Okay.
49:20
Okay. I'm shocked because Seattle stopped Kansas
49:25
City to three points. Three points. Zero red
49:28
zone trips. First time in Mahomes' career. Three
49:30
points. Here's the thing, though, is like, shout
49:33
out to Seattle. Shout out to all the Seattle
49:35
fans. Just overall, wow. Y 'all had vengeance
49:40
over Kenneth Walker. Y 'all had a point to prove.
49:43
Yeah. And, like, that being said, the running
49:46
backs in Seattle didn't really do much. It wasn't
49:49
like... No, I mean, they have... Charbonnet is
49:50
coming back soon. Yes. And he is, like, their
49:53
goal linebacker, but they don't have... Because
49:55
they have their top two backs where I've been
49:56
out all year. Exactly. Like, I'm looking at that,
50:00
and I was just like, holy cow. Seattle, like...
50:02
Well, Sam Donald had a game. The defense played
50:07
lights out, but it's like they had a vengeance
50:09
because they wanted to hurt K -9. Well, yeah.
50:11
But, like, it's weird because K -9 wanted to
50:15
stay in Seattle. That's the craziest thing. Like,
50:18
he wanted to stay there, but they didn't pay.
50:21
And then he wanted more money. So the reason
50:24
he left was over, like, $4 million a year, which,
50:26
I mean, I would probably move for $4 million
50:29
a year. As someone whose career is probably,
50:33
like, 10 years. that's okay it's weird because
50:36
like four million is not pocket change but when
50:39
you're already making millions does four million
50:41
really make that much of a difference because
50:43
you're yeah i mean no no like here's the thing
50:46
like do you you will get that four million in
50:48
sponsorship deals you'll get that four million
50:51
in other ways like when we talked about tom brady
50:53
always doing the hometown discount yeah he was
50:56
doing the hometown discount but he was on so
50:58
many other avenues i get all the different sponsorships
51:00
so like yes you want more money But I think some
51:05
of it has to do with agents wanting the money.
51:07
Agents want you to go get paid somewhere else
51:09
because they get a percentage. Understandable.
51:12
Understandable. But, like... But, yeah, I don't
51:14
know. It leaves a bad taste in your mouth when
51:17
someone leaves from a team and, like, goes somewhere
51:20
else. You're like, ugh. I'm just... And then
51:24
the way he just dipped and didn't shake anyone's
51:27
hand. Yeah. That's kind of not a good look. It
51:30
is what it is, though. It is what it is. Hey,
51:33
watching Butker miss field goals is fun. That
51:37
was exciting. This is the first year I didn't
51:40
have him on fantasy. Good for you. And I lost
51:42
my first week of fantasy basketball. Like, it
51:46
was close. Yeah. But, oh, man. Like, no. Like,
51:49
I know we're talking about it, and it's just
51:51
like $4 million. If you're going to pay $20 million.
51:55
Think how much travel you could afford. To sumo
51:58
wrestling. Yeah. To F1. To lacrosse games. Yeah,
52:02
that'd all be fantastic. But overall, I don't
52:06
know. I don't think it would really matter that
52:09
much because I would get that sponsorship money
52:11
back and I would build royalties from them. It
52:14
also depends how big of roots you have somewhere
52:17
too. That too, that too. Because like, yes, they
52:20
drafted you, but like, I don't know where he's
52:23
from. It's a good question, let's find out. But
52:26
maybe that's closer to where... he's from. Maybe
52:29
the situation he had over there was not, like,
52:33
outside of football. Arlington. He's from Texas?
52:37
Yeah. It's closer, actually. That's significantly
52:39
closer. That's a really good point. It's closer
52:43
to home. Yeah, so you never really know. It's
52:45
true. It is closer to home. Like, everyone has,
52:47
like, different situations and, like, different
52:50
motivations behind doing things. Yeah, you're
52:52
not wrong. You're not wrong. You're not wrong.
52:54
That's why I always find it funny when, like,
52:56
everyone's like, oh, no. No, it's the money.
52:58
That's all. He just wants the money. Maybe he
53:00
just wants to be closer to home so he could go
53:03
home on a bye week easier. Maybe he wants to
53:07
be closer to home so his friends and family could
53:10
come out to a couple games. It's the states,
53:12
though. Traveling within the states is cheap.
53:14
Especially when you're paying for it anyways.
53:16
With $4 million. Yeah, nor here nor there. My
53:26
favorite thing in the entire game was when something
53:30
happened and Chris Collinsworth just crickets.
53:33
At least something shut him up. If I was running
53:38
the NFL, I would literally say stop treating
53:41
Patrick Mahomes like a god. Even in other games
53:45
where he still results back. He is dynamic and
53:49
can randomly game break things for you. But at
53:53
the same time... soaking a lot of other quarterbacks.
53:56
Yep, I agree. And the NFL is a lot of a, what
54:01
have you done for me lately? You're not wrong.
54:04
And this year he's been meh. Granted, they are
54:07
5 -1 now. They're 5 -1, yeah. They're definitely
54:11
going to make the playoffs. Well, yes. That's
54:14
a no -brainer. It's a no -brainer. I know there's
54:17
one game you really wanted to talk about, so
54:19
I'll leave the last game to them. Green Bay versus
54:23
Detroit. So this game is just frustrating. I'm
54:28
listening. Talk your truth. The amount the refs
54:31
had to do with things in it. Talk your truth.
54:34
It's just frustrating when you can... I know
54:37
we've talked about this a million times, but
54:39
how often is it that a game gets completely blown
54:42
up by the refs in obvious fashion? And you look
54:47
at it that it's so bad to the fact that even
54:49
Tom Brady is going, what is that? on a roughing
54:53
the passer call. If he's saying that, talk the
54:55
truth, you know it's bad. Granted, both teams
54:58
were trying their hardest to lose the game. It
55:02
seemed like that. It definitely seemed like that.
55:05
They're dropping passes left, right, and center,
55:07
committing dumb penalties, getting penalized
55:13
for things that weren't penalties. Did you see
55:15
the one play when, I think it was right at the
55:18
end of the game. I think it might have been the
55:20
game ceiling first down. Green Bay Packer went
55:26
offside. Yes. And all of the Lions turned into
55:30
Fortnite kids. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. It was
55:33
bad. It was very, very bad. And you're like,
55:35
at that point, you're like, is that not just
55:37
embarrassing? It ruins the integrity of the league.
55:40
Yeah. It ruins the integrity of the game as a
55:42
whole. But watching that, I was infuriated because
55:47
I expected a certain class from the refs to hold
55:51
the game. People are betting on this. People
55:54
are putting their hard -earned money on it. And
55:55
it's like you don't care about the product that
55:57
you're offering us. A lot of people pay a lot
56:00
of money to watch the NFL because now it's on
56:03
Amazon Prime or it's on here, it's on here. And
56:07
the refs are hurting the game. It's getting so
56:10
expensive to be a football fan. Hey, hey, you're
56:15
not wrong. That's why I do what I do. Yeah. Like
56:19
literally the only way for people to afford it
56:22
is to just like, you know, hit a couple, hit
56:24
a couple parlays. You almost have to sell a kidney
56:28
just to watch and have all the resources. Cause
56:30
like you have to have your red zone. You have,
56:33
well, you don't have to send a ticket. You know,
56:36
each game could be YouTube or Amazon or Netflix.
56:42
Yeah, it's it's becoming a lot. But honestly,
56:45
it's just it's so frustrating when when refs
56:48
do things like that. They'll call things randomly.
56:51
Sometimes they won't like in the Browns Titans
56:53
game. I'm sure a lot of people were not watching
56:56
that. No, no. But in the shout out to the Browns.
56:59
Yeah, they're doing shocking. I don't know. They
57:02
haven't won a game by more than like. Five points.
57:04
I can't wait until they play the Bengals. Same.
57:07
I'm going to be so mad when the Bengals absolutely
57:10
just poop all over themselves. Probably. Probably.
57:14
Yeah. But that play, there was a guy who jumped
57:19
offside so bad. No, a false start. It's so bad.
57:24
Yep. Yep. Right before. Chief level. It was chief
57:27
level. Yes. But he jumped offside so bad, and
57:31
then the refs just completely ignore it. I know
57:35
people that are, believe it or not, I know Browns
57:38
fans. So do I. I know one fan I just recently
57:43
found out when I was at Tasting Room that works
57:45
here is actually a Browns fan. And his dad was
57:47
a Browns fan. I was like, wait, I only know one.
57:51
There's more than one now? Right. Either way,
57:53
even they're going, they see the ball thrown
57:57
and they're like, yep, that's coming back. Fair.
57:59
But it's just crazy to me that they'll... let
58:03
certain things go. It's happened in so many games,
58:06
and when it's all one -score games, when it's
58:09
this close, it's just frustrating when the refs
58:14
have such a hand in the results of the game.
58:16
Oh, for sure, for sure. It's annoying. It's annoying.
58:18
Absolutely annoying. And now then some teams
58:21
think about analytics too much and make silly
58:25
calls that way. Yeah, but that's always frustrating.
58:28
Overall, you know, it is what it is. As you can
58:33
see from the bottom of our screen, the game already
58:37
started. Not the top, just the bottom. The middle.
58:41
We're just making sure that we don't get fined
58:44
by Daddy No Fun League. Yeah. You know what I
58:48
mean? So far, we've been doing so well on our
58:51
podcast where we haven't been plagued for anything.
58:54
We're still on track to be monetized. Oh, there
58:57
you go. We're almost at a dollar. on Spotify.
59:02
So if you listen to this podcast, if you watch
59:05
on YouTube, greatly appreciate you. If you listen
59:07
on Spotify, greatly appreciate you. Cause like
59:12
we have a monetization with our ads there. Really
59:14
appreciate you listening. And it helps. It goes.
59:17
Yeah. If you really want to help us out, buy
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some merch, get some down, support us. I'm on
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my stuff. We got a new shirt where it says talk
59:25
your truth off the bench. Just so every time
59:28
you have a rant, I'll be like, talk your truth.
59:30
Talk your truth. That also makes me mad. That
59:34
just makes me more mad. Talk your truth. It's
59:39
like you see someone getting mad. You're like,
59:42
calm down. But you're just like, hey, get more
59:46
annoyed. Honestly, the sound bites are great.
59:51
Shout out to Emily. Emily Gout. Sorry. Emily
59:55
Gout. Because she ended up sending me a few messages
59:57
and being like, yo, this would be a great thing
1:00:00
for a t -shirt. Well, it's a good thing I own
1:00:02
a clothing company because I can make that a
1:00:04
reality. And that being said, I'm really trying
1:00:10
to focus on trying to get more clothes out there.
1:00:12
Yeah, you really teased me there. I thought we
1:00:14
were getting sponsored by Bluetooth. I was like,
1:00:17
we made it. We're a real podcast. We're sponsored
1:00:22
by Viagra. Cryptocurrency, gambling, and Bluetooth.
1:00:26
Yeah. Get another t -shirt. Yeah. We're getting
1:00:34
there. We're getting there. Yeah. It's a work
1:00:35
in progress. Yeah. Every day is progress. My
1:00:38
biggest goal is I want us to be sponsored by
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Sleeper or Monster League. All right. All right.
1:00:46
Or, like, I already put on my thing out there.
1:00:49
No Yahoo. Yahoo, if you're listening, we don't
1:00:54
want you unless you give us money. Honestly,
1:00:58
like I said, like I said last week, this podcast
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has come a long way and I appreciate a lot of
1:01:04
people who keep listening to our podcast week
1:01:06
in and week out. I apologize. It took me a little,
1:01:09
this week was really busy that it took me forever
1:01:11
to upload this episode, last week's episode.
1:01:14
Finally up. It's been up. It's a good listen.
1:01:18
It is really good. I'm looking forward to more
1:01:22
episodes. A few guests that we've talked about
1:01:24
having on the podcast. Obviously, Joe for the
1:01:26
Where the Difference. That would be huge. There's
1:01:31
rumors about a U15 coach for baseball. Softball.
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Girl softball. For softball. He's going to come
1:01:39
on eventually. He decided to come and check out
1:01:41
our facilities first. See how we operate it because
1:01:44
this is the first time he's seen us operate our
1:01:46
podcast. So shout out to him. Also, one of the
1:01:51
best things about owning a podcast like we do
1:01:53
is that you guys can come and watch us record.
1:01:57
We're live. We do this in front of a live audience.
1:02:00
And then they have their own discussions and
1:02:02
they talk. Then they talk over us and move our
1:02:05
stuff and ignore everything we say and they don't
1:02:08
listen to the podcast back. So we can talk about
1:02:10
them right now and they will not even know. They
1:02:14
listen to Peaks and then they go into their own
1:02:17
tangents. I'm going to take a picture while we're
1:02:20
recording of some of the people that are literally
1:02:23
here. Love it. If you listen to the podcast and
1:02:28
you see a picture of a live audience, you understand
1:02:31
why. Recorded in front of a live studio audience.
1:02:35
We don't have a laugh track though. Not yet.
1:02:38
We need to get more merch sold. We need to get
1:02:41
more sponsorships. Once you get all that, you
1:02:44
know, what we'll do is expensive. What we'll
1:02:47
do is we'll probably just buy the sim. It'll
1:02:50
be the off the bench sim. By the sim? By the
1:02:52
whole sim. The sim will be the off the bench
1:02:54
sim with our merch, our photos. That's kind of
1:02:57
neat. So then every time someone rents a sim,
1:03:00
it's like you're renting off the bench. That'd
1:03:02
be cool. That would be a really cool idea. Yeah.
1:03:04
We got to float that. All right. Shall we wrap
1:03:08
it? Hopefully wrap it. All right. This episode
1:03:16
was sponsored by Bluetooth. Oh, my God. It wasn't.
1:03:21
They haven't given us anything. I'm not going
1:03:27
to cut it. I'm not going to cut it. Yeah. Oh,
1:03:30
my God. All right. Anyway, so I welcome the milkman
1:03:35
Scott to Fishery Hall. And this is week seven
1:03:38
of Off the Bench. And that's a wrap. We out.
1:03:46
Oh, God. We'll see you next week. We'll catch
1:05:50
you next episode.