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Ep.33: Toe · Football Junkies podcast

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Make it back alert make it back alert may go back alert folks. That's right. It's been a while
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I know it's been a lot spent a week, but it feels like it's been longer, but we got a lot to talk about
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Okay, between the first week of football till now there's gonna be a lot of things we have to catch up on
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So that means guess what more episodes it's gonna have to be made this week
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So we have a lot to talk about okay. No gray gets paid Jalen Ramsey gets paid
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Pathfinder move gets paid Spencer Brown gets paid that recessed the market Harrison Phillips gets gets an extension
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Colorado and in the Nebraska game the chiefs in the Ravens game the Eagles in the Packers game and to
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Gets another concussion. We have so much stuff to talk about that. There's no point in even doing an intro
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But we're still gonna do the intro anyway because why we need the intro without the intro
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None of this really goes the way that it's supposed to go. Okay, so we got a lot to talk about
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I would not be surprised if this episode creses over to an hour
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I would not be surprised, but hey, who knows all right who knows all right. I know it's been a while
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I know we haven't really talked about a whole lot, but I decided we got to
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Do everything at one time so for the next few for next few days are gonna be playing catch-up
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And let's see how quick can we catch up and get prepared for for next week's matchups and whatnot
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So all of this and more okay on the 33rd episode. Okay. Yeah, I know it it feels
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Man, I'm I feel rusty. I feel like I'm out of it. I feel like it's been a while
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But you know what it's all right. We're gonna get back into the groove of things. Okay
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I miss you guys. I know you guys miss me. It's all all that good stuff and more
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Okay, all this and more the 33rd episode of the football monkeys podcast. I am your host your GM
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Okay, who was away?
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Looking and giving advice and scouting
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Going from the west coast to the Midwest to the east coast to down south to up north
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Here they're everywhere went to Washington State got me a hot dog didn't like it went to Texas got me some brisket
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Gave me some food poisoning went to Florida left the game a little bit early because that game sub against what we landed back here in
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Pennsylvania got ourselves a good cheese they can we're good to go. So, you know what you already know what I'm getting ready to say
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Okay, one three one two three. Let's lock in. Oh
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All right folks, let's just get into the meat and potatoes of everything
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That has happened from the first week up until the end of this week
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It's a lot to talk about. So let's just let's just go into it. Okay. No a gray tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs
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Inc'd a three-year 18 million dollar deal. He gets a six million dollar signing bonus
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Tim ten million fully guaranteed at signing
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He'll be making six million a year according to Adam Schefter now when we look at his stats for 2023
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41 targets for 28 receptions 305 yards to touchdowns. He averaged 10.9
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9 yards a play. I'm whoo. Yeah, it's definitely been a lot. It's definitely the coffee
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He had a 68.3 catch rate percentage was actually pretty good
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141s and I came to speak in a hundred and 41 yards after the catch according to NFL pro now when we look at this here folks
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It's not necessarily, you know an earth shattering deal where it's like, oh, what are the chiefs going to do what not?
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This is making sure that they take care of a player that plays somewhat of a of a pivotal role on the chief's offense
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Okay, aside from Travis Kelsey, they have to have somebody else that's going to be productive as well
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And you know, no a great has been productive. He's not necessarily been, you know, this ultra super productive person
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But you know when he gets the ball he does make plays and it shows so his stats, you know
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Not necessarily, you know speaks, you know speaks. Oh, this is a legendary player anything like that
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No, it doesn't do any of those things
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But what it does say is that, you know, the team values him and that they were going to make sure that they were going to lock him up
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And so in doing so they did it and you know, honestly, it's a great situation. It's a team friendly deal
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It's not that bad of a deal. It's not something where, you know, they're gonna have to restructure it, you know
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In two years or whatever like it's a really good team friendly deal
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He gets paid the teams keep the chiefs keep, you know
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One one of their one of their, you know functional pivotal players and you know, it's a one-man situation altogether
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Now when we look at the other player that got a back alert as well
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We we sort of have to I don't really understand it, but I guess we have to talk about it
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So Jaylin Ramsey ain't a three-year 72.3 million dollar extension to stay with the Dolphins
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Okay, he gets 24.3 million guaranteed at signing as well as in total guarantees
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He would making 24.1 million a year which technically makes him the highest pay corner in the league
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Now when we look at his stats, okay 30 he was targeted 37 times
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Okay, only allowed 22 receptions for 269 yards to touchdowns and had three picks
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Now when we look at this extension here, I don't understand why
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necessarily they would give him such a big extension
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Honestly, but I guess maybe it's to
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Try to you know keep him
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But at the same time realize that he is still that his market is still relatively high and he is still, you know
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He is still somewhat of an elite corner, I guess, but I mean when we look at it here
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He you he doesn't really the the the extension really doesn't start to kick in until two years from now, right?
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And both 2026 and 2027 he'll be making
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10 million a year and his cap hit for both of those years would be 25 million and 26 million 26.8 million
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Excuse me for 2027 his last year is when his base salary sort of, you know jumps a little bit more, okay?
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21 million is what will be his base salary in his cap. It will be 36 million
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I can guarantee you that there's nine times out of ten this this deal is going to be restructured again
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And they're probably going to probably push a majority of that money
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That would have been on the back end of the deal and probably maybe push it back up
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Maybe convert into a signing bonus maybe do something a little bit different, okay?
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Because again, I don't think the dolphins are going to let him just go all the way through this extension
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I just don't at some point either he wants to be in a better situation or they're going to be put into a you know
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somewhat of a
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I'm gonna say rock in a hard place but in a difficult situation where they may have to let a
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Veteran person like him go or trade him or whatever the case may be right so
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Again, I just don't I'm sort of a little pond. I'm a little
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Questioned by it, but I guess you know, I guess they just wanted to keep him. I guess I
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Now on to Pat Friar move okay move as we call him, okay
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Inked a four-year
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48 million dollar deal with the Steelers, okay?
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He gets a 10.5 million dollar signing bonus
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11.6 million guaranteed at signing as well as in total guarantees and he will be making
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12.1 million a year, okay now when we look at his stats, okay?
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47 targets for 32 receptions for
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308 yards to touchdowns he averaged
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9.6 receiving yards per reception a
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68.1 catch rate in a hundred and forty seven yards after the catch according to NFL Pro now when we look at this, okay?
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Pat Friar move is definitely one of those tight ends
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Well, it's definitely one of those young players that it's starting to get a lot more
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Popularity and whatnot and he is a really good player
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Okay, because if we're being real here the only reason why that the Steelers
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Drafted Pat Friar move was because Eric E. Braun was not living up to the extension that the Steelers gave him right because remember
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The Steelers got Eric E. Braun in free agency and they were thinking they were going to get the same Eric E. Braun
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I think that you know the Colts and everybody else got but when but once he came to Pittsburgh
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It was a whole different ballgame. Okay, he could barely stay on the field. He was very inconsistent
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He looked like he was having a big drop problem
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He just was not the same player that he once was and you know, the Steelers were in a situation where they needed, you know a
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Productive tight end and you know leading up to that draft class
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The the running question was where the Steelers going to draft Creed Humphrey or Pat Friar move and eventually they drafted Pat Friar move
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The chiefs, you know drafted
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Creed Humphrey and the rest is history now not to say that you know drafting Pat Friar move was a bad was a bad move
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No, he's been he's been their most productive tight end
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I would say probably since maybe Jesse James or Vance McDonald maybe possibly, you know that that says a lot
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Right and granted. It's no disrespect to Eric E. Braun or anything like that
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But bro you you they paid you the money that they paid you because they thought that you were going to be the guy and
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You wasn't the guy and it showed and then in doing so they had to go in a different direction
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And you know here we are at this point now when we look at this deal
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This deal is not a really it's a really good deal honestly speaking. It really is Omar Khan once again
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You know is doing con artists things okay because next year his base salary is only 10.7 million
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And then after that it's only 7.6 8.5 and 6.9
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Those are really bad numbers. Those are really good numbers. This is a deal
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We're honestly speaking if you get into a situation where you need to you know
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He wants to be put in a different situation or you need to you know do a restructure
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Or you just need to cut him whatever the case may be right? It's a very easy deal to deal with okay
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Even with his cap hits his cap hit next year
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12.8 the year after that 11.2 the year after that 12.1 and then his final year 10.4 million
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That's very manageable very manageable very easy to deal with okay, and you know
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This is you know, how am I gonna say this?
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Pathfinder move to me feels like he's going to be a two-contract type player. I do believe that
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I do think that he does have the skill set to probably re-up and get another deal just because
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He plays such a pivotal role on this offense and the Steelers have you know in in recent years since he familiar
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Have started to value the tight end position a whole lot more
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So I mean you might as well want to lock in somebody like a pat fryer move up
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Basically for the rest of his career honestly speaking. I'm just saying not to mention it's somewhat of
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You know of an insurance policy as well just in case of if things go left so all in all it's a win-win situation
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Now on to Spencer Brown. Okay, right tackle for the bills
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He ain't a four-year 72 million dollar deal to stay with him
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He gets a six point four million dollar signing bonus nineteen point eight million guaranteed at signing as well as in total guarantees
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And he'll be making eighteen million a year now when we look at this here folks
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The bills recently have been investing more into their offensive line because they've been wanting to protect
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I'm drawing a blank here. They wanted to protect Josh Allen more right so he doesn't take all these hits that he's been taking as well as
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You know do all these outrageous places
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He has to do in order to extend the play or to score touchdown or whatever the case may be right and you know Spencer Brown
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Has been a really productive, you know tackle right they locked up both of their tackles deon Dawkins and now Spencer Brown
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So all in all it's a great signing. It's a it's a great situation for them even when they drafted or
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What's his name Osiris or Osiris Torrance?
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Those were those are really good pickups. They low-key. They have a really good offensive line
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I like their offensive line unit. Okay, and Spencer Brown has definitely been a really productive right tackle for them
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And then even when you look at you know, the structure of his deal
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The structure of his of his deal is somewhat back loaded
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The last two years is when he's gonna be is when you're really gonna see that that spike in
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His base salary going up as well as his cap hits, right?
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Because the last two years he will be making 14.7 million
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For his base salary as well as 16.8 million for his last year, right?
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And then even with the cap hits the cap hits for the
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The the I came to speak. I'm so excited. I miss you guys so much. I really did. I really did miss you guys so much
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I really missed doing this when we look at it, right in
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2026 his cap hit 19.4
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2027 19.9 and then 2028
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22.1 now I can guarantee you like I've been saying for the other players as well
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This doesn't mean that you know this contract is set in stone
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everybody's contract at some point goes through a restructure and
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You know money is moved around in different and you know in different areas and one not and maybe is given to them in a signing bonus or
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Converted or whatever the case may be right just you know
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Just to create cap space or to be able to go after somebody just things happen, right?
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And so Spencer Brown has definitely been an anchor on that right side
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He continues to be consistent and you know the the bills
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Are rewarded him for it by giving him an extension and you know, it's a great situation
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It is it's a great situation it this right here shows you that this team is one
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Committed to trying to will try their best to protect Josh Allen while at the same time making sure
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That they invest into the offensive line as best as possible now onto the controversial
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Bag alert yes, because I'm yes, I'm saying it's controversial because of what happened
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Yesterday, okay, that presscott did it. I called it. Yes. I said it. I called it. I said it
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I called it. I said it. I told you he was gonna hit 60 million and guess what he did
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He did it 60 million on the dot four years 240 million
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Okay at 80 million dollar signing bonus
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129 million guaranteed at signing
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231 million in total guarantees and he's making 60 million a year. Okay now when we look at his stats, okay?
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410 completions out of
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590 attempts
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4516 yards 36 touchdowns 9 picks
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105.9 pass a rating he averaged
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7.7 yards per attempt and he had a completion percentage of
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69.5 now. This is what I will say
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About this whole debacle right and was gonna be completely honest here. I think this was probably a really bad sign
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I I do I I truly believe that and I will stand on this
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Did this is just my perception as a former GM and in all these various different things, right?
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The quarterback should not be the highest paid on the team
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He should not be the highest paid. Yes, he should be taking care of financially
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But he should not be you know top five or top ten when when it comes to his position market
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Because when you do that it it literally puts a chokehold on what the team can do
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From a from you know from a building standpoint
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They won't be able to go after you know the the the star player and free agency instead
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They're gonna have to go after this veteran who you don't know if he still has it or not, right?
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And you know it shows because when you look at some of the highest paid quarterbacks right now a lot of them are
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Not winning a lot of them have not been to a Super Bowl a lot of them have not won a MVP
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A lot of them have not really shown a whole lot to say okay
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We should be able to give you that type of money look at it Joe Burrow has not been the same
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He has not been the same Joe Burrow since that Super Bowl year
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He is actually regressed if we're being real here. He has regressed and yes, I understand Andrews play
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You know have have definitely played a part, but you can see that he has regressed. He is not the same player
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He is not good
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But when everybody talks about Joe Burrow talk about him all high and all high and mighty
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But when it's people like Lamar Jackson and Jaylen Hurts
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Oh, they're holding their feet to the fire with every little decision that they do whether it be right wrong or indifferent, right?
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And Dak Prescott, I understand yes
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The Cowboys wanted to keep you know, Dak because he's he's definitely been their best quarterback
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You know in recent years and whatnot. I get all of that
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But at some point you have to draw the line in the sand you have to
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because
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60 million
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A year. I'm sorry. I wouldn't even give I I'm sorry
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I'm not going to give 60 million to a quarterback that doesn't even that doesn't have a ring
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Doesn't have an MVP doesn't have an offensive player of the year
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Let alone has even been to an NFC championship game. I'm not doing it under any circumstances
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I don't care what record you broken. I don't care how many touchdowns you throw
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I don't care if you have a perfect season where you don't we you don't throw not one interception
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I don't care. I'm not going to give you 60 million because the minute I give you 60 million
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Guess what that means? That means another player on this team is going is going to have to be sacrificed
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And we won't be able to take care of them because why?
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You want all of your money and granted I understand that that he was he was going to get his money
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Whether it was going to be with the Cowboys or anybody else I get all of that
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But at the same time if I'm Jerry Jones
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I have to I have to think about the future if I'm really trying to win. I have to think about the future
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because because
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I didn't gave all this money to CD land. I didn't gave all this money to dag Prescott
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And I still have to figure out what I want to do with the offensive line
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I still have to figure out what I'm going to do with Michael Parsons because Michael Parsons is that's not going to be a cheap deal as well
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That's going to be someone that he could potentially reset the market to if he wins a defensive player of the year award
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And has a crazier season than what he's had the last two years
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So you have to factor in all these different types of things?
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Yes, I understand the Cowboys value their stars and they take care of their stars very well
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But at the same time there comes a time and point where you just have to say, okay, you know what?
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Maybe we need to go in a different direction
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And maybe try to see if we can get some production from somebody else for a little bit cheaper and maybe see what happens
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Compared to resetting the market for dag Prescott like this is a really bad deal. This is a bad deal
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Through and through okay
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Because after this year his base salary for the next three years
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47.7 40 million 45 million right cap hits
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Cap hits his cap hit next year will be 89.8 million
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I'm going to say that again a little bit closer in the mic so you can hear what I just said
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His cap hit is going to be 89 point
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89 point
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eight million
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dollars
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For a person who has not won a Super Bowl
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An MVP an offensive player of the year let alone has even made it to the NFC
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Championship I want you to think about that for a second think about that
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Someone who has not won any major accolade just reset the market
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We have seen the recipe and every time a quarterback resets the market
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What happens the team is not able to to um to continue to build let alone continue to be competitive
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They're going to have to get rid of another top in a productive player because they won't be able to pay them
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As well as they will start to there will start to be a decline
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Trevor Lawrence since he's gotten his deal. What is he done? Nothing
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Dag Prescott he literally they the Cowboys literally just got smoked yesterday
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smoked habachi grilled baked fried
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seared
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Pan seared reverse seared all of those different ways that you can cook something. Okay, they got cooked too
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It looked like Gordon Ramsay put on a show. Okay. He cooked for every single Dallas Cowboys fan. Okay
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That's how bad it was and you mean to tell me you paid this fool 60 million a year
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no
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No, Jerry most most of times I would agree with you on certain things, but
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This is the one deal where it's just like yo, this is not a good deal
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And it's not going to age well and you want to know the sweetest thing of this all guess what?
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They can't trade him because he has a no trade clause
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So he get to dictate wherever he wants to go to if he wants to be traded
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Now think about that for a second here folks not granted. I understand a lot of corebacks
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They have that clause in their contract, but you gave him all this money
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You're unable to move him unless he wants to be moved and where he wants to go to
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So all in all
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Unless you guys are about to win the Super Bowl this year and whatnot. This is a bad deal
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This is this is a horrible deal. This is going to go down in history is definitely one of the worst deals in NFL history
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You heard it here first now onto
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A more serious matter
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Well, um, actually, you know what? No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
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We're we're we're going to save that where we're we're going to save that for last
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Okay, we're going to continue on with these back alerts
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So Harrison Phillips defensive tackle for the Vikings ain't a two-year 15 million dollar extension with them
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He gets a five million dollar signing bonus 13 million guaranteed at signing as well as in total guarantees
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And he'll be making 7.5 million a year now when we look at his stats
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Two past deflections three sacks six quarterback hits two tackles for loss all in all this is just a
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You know, they just want to lock up a player that they that they value very much, especially on that defensive line
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And you know, he's definitely his
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He's not a player where his stats are going to woo you on the aim whatnot
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But he is a player where if you you know, you don't need to worry about him doing his job
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He's going to do his job. He's going to try to stop the run
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He's going to be a good run stuffer all those different things and more. Okay. It's not something where it's like
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Oh, they they did it to the wrong person. They gave him the wrong. No, no, no, it's it's a basic
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Extension, they just want to lock up a player that they value. That's it. Okay
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That's it. That's all cool. Now. I wonder should we continue to do
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Well, you know what? Yeah. Yeah. Well, we'll we'll save college football for last
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I think that's exactly what we're going to do. We're gonna save college football for last now
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And you know what I'll you know what that's exactly what I'll do
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Let's talk about to okay, because there's going to be other things other other football things we're going to have to talk about
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Let's talk about to now
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For those of you who do not know to a suffered
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um, another concussion
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This this past thursday against the bills now
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This is what I will say
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And I'm going to be completely honest here as someone who has had a concussion himself
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Uh, concussions are not fine. Okay. I don't care. Anyone says concussions are not fun at all
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They are not something to be played with especially, you know in this time in day of age
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We have seen in various documentaries and films the effects of what happens when a player has had multiple head injuries
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Okay, we have seen it. We have seen it
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And you know, I'm not going to be the person I was going to say oh too
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It should retire this and the other blah blah blah
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But I think the most the the first thing that I think needs to be discussed before we can bring up the retirement
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You know talking whatnot. I think he really needs to see a new all uh new all uh, I can't even speak a neurologist
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And he needs to see a concussion doctor. I think he needs to go
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He needs to go under some tests. He needs to see exactly
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to to what extent does he has cte
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And exactly is his brain still operating at a normal level whatnot all those different things because
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You may not see it now
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But there is a chance that it may it may come up later on down the road because we've seen with a lot of former players now
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You know, they they were fine when they were playing but then
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Later on down the road. That's when you started to see a lot of their symptoms
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You know come back and haunt them and you don't want that for toa. You do not want that
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And you know, it's a situation where you know, if I'm the dolphin's front office and especially ownership
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I'm I'm I'm telling you know, Mike, Mike McDaniel. Listen, we're going to sit to a down for a little bit forget about the games
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We're going to sit him down. We need to figure out exactly what
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What is the contingency plan for to a moving for because I understand he he took Brazilian jiu-jitsu classes
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I understand they taught him how to, you know, fall and all those different types of things, but guess what?
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Let me tell you something
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No matter what you do
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Brazilian jiu-jitsu tai jiu-jiu ninjutsu jiu-jiu-jiu wu-ju jiu-jiu whatever
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It's not going to stop you from having a concussion. Okay. It is not
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And every single time that he's had a concussion you can see that like his his hands lock up and everything
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That is not a good sign. That's not a good sign. That's not something that you play with. Okay
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and you know
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You if if you're the dolphins you just invest a lot of money in in to you know in toa
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And so now you have to figure out exactly. What are you going to do?
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You moving forward because again, he can't continue to have
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All of these concussions at some point the line has to be drawn in the same
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We have seen players that have had to retire early because of because of them suffering
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Multiple concussions case in point luke acle
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luke acle was a really good linebacker at one point great
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Really really great. Okay, but here was the one thing
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That basically derailed it. He kept on having concussions
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He kept on having concussions and at some and he he said, you know what at this point
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I don't did everything I probably could do
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It's just time for me to walk away
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that's just what it is because
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You continuing to try to play is not going to do anything. It's just not now
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Now when every single time you're on the field you you're you're you're being
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You know cart away or being put in in concussion protocol. That's not good. That's not good at all
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And so if I'm to a
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I'm I'm thinking things over all options are on the table at this point
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And you know if I'm the dolphins, I'm a little bit concerned because now
29:08
You basically are going to have to hope
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that
29:12
He that he hasn't suffered any major brain brain injuries
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so
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Because you've tied in a lot of money with him and even then even if he was to retire if I'm not mistaken
29:24
There there may be different clauses in in his contract or whatnot. Give him his guaranteed money
29:28
That's over. I think a hundred some million in guarantees
29:32
So, I mean that's
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There there's so there's so many different
29:37
Implications with this situation that it's not something that's just simple like
29:41
A broken leg you can bounce back from a broken leg
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You can bounce back from a torn ACL or torn Achilles and whatnot
29:49
But when it doesn't but when it comes to those head those head injuries that is permanent
29:54
That is not going that is not going to go away. That is not something that
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You know, you take a pill and it's gone or you you put some cream on and it's gone or if you take this therapy
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It's gone. No those things stay with you for the rest of your life
30:10
And you do not want that and even then when we look at it the way that he got this latest concussion
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In some ways it was it wasn't the defender's fault
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He tucked his head in trying to try to I guess he was trying to to truck tomorrow handling or something
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I don't know
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But the the way that he put his head down
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You can see the impact
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Right, you can see the impact and once you see the impact you can see. Oh, he's out
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He's out cold and it's not like I don't I want people to say well the mar hamlin
30:44
You know what was trying to deliver a nasty hit. No, he wasn't he was actually trying to stop him
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He wasn't trying to go low and and hit him or anything like that
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He was just trying to stop him
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If two would have tucked his head a little bit more downward
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And if you would have angled his body a little bit more
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Two or three degrees more he would have had a broken neck
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He would have broken his neck
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That that is how significant
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His his head was was tucked in and granted
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All the coaches nowadays they teach the quarterbacks slide
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Slide slide slide slide slide. That's the that's the one thing that they all teach. They even have sliding drills
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right
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And that was and not not to get off on another tangent
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That was one of the things that derail rg3's career
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Because why he didn't want to slide?
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He did not want to slide and he thought that he would be able to escape everybody and
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Do all those different types of things and guess what it cost to his career
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It cost to his they had
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Baseball players coming in to teach rg3 how to slide you didn't want to do it and guess what it cost to his career
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So if I'm the dolphins after the after the amount of money that I just gave to
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What's how to talk about lower this this offseason?
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I am making sure he sees the best of the best doctors. I don't care how much money it costs
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I don't care put it on their tab because you need to make sure you need to know that you know that you know that you know
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That tula is a okay and he can continue to play
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While at the same time come up with a plan and figure out. Okay
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Maybe we're gonna have to go and get another quarterback
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Um next offseason and you know figure something else out
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That's what they're gonna have to do. Okay, because guess what?
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I don't care if you build him the greatest offensive lineman in the fell history
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I don't care if from from uh, toran arnstead to the all the way to the right side
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It's full of first rounder all pros
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You could get the best offensive lineman in every single position and put them and put them on the line for tula
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It will still not stop him from getting a concussion
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It won't and at some point
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You have to value your life after football and not your life in football. That's a bar right there. I like that
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I might keep that but back to this
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You have to focus on your your your health
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Because if you don't you're going to mess yourself up
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We have seen images of what happens when a when a player suffers a lot of traumatic
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Traumatic brain
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Blows we've seen it. It does not end well for nobody. Okay now moving on to more
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upbeat type of things
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Mary yet. Yeah, you know what let's talk about it. Yeah, let's definitely talk about it. I'm sorry mook
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I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to do it. Sorry Ravens fans. We're going to talk about the ravens and chiefs. Okay
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Now, this is what I will say. Okay. I'm just going to be completely honest here
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I feel like the rest were very ticky tacky with their
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With their calls
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I feel like they were favoring more of the chiefs than the ravens because I felt like they they kept on calling the same
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Call every single time
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On the ravens and the way that they are offensive lineman were lined up when when you look at the replay you can see
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The running Stanley is not is is not violating is not breaking any of the rules
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So then why the world did you keep on calling?
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You know keep on calling a penalty on him
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But you didn't call
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All the times that juwan taylor kept on getting off, you know super early or he was holding or any or any of those things
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Right and it this has literally been been happening since last season since last season
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There's multiple almost every single game. He is getting off well before anybody else
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Well before the ball is even height to patch my home's his hands
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Right, there's even times where he's deliberately holding and nobody calls it. Everyone's just turning a blind eye
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Why is that? I don't know
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But I but but this is what I will say the ravens were very
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um
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Reserved when it came to their their play calling
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You have Derek Henry you have someone who?
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It's going to take him a while to get in his try and the only way that you do that is you got to feed him
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You got to feed the rock to him
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That's the only way that this is going to work and it can it can't work when in the first half
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You want to give him the ball in the second half you barely want to give him the ball at all you can't
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He's going to get his I don't care where anyone says
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Derek Henry is big enough strong enough and he is still a problem for a lot of defenses
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Okay, he is going to get his he is now. He may not be able to get a first down every single time he gets ball
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He may not be able to go and score a touchdown every single time
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But he is going to wear down on a defense
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That is why you get someone like a Derek Henry
35:59
And for them not to be using him the way that he should be used at this point
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Is a little bit concerning very concerning actually
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Because if you weren't going to use him the way the way that he wants to be used and should be used
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Then she then you should have never tried to go after him honestly speaking here. Okay
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um
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What what's another thing that definitely stuck out Rosen garen going up against chris jones 101 no help
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Like I understand. He's a rookie. He has to go through these
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You know, he has to go through everything and whatnot when it comes to being
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Attack on the national football league, but dang can you give him a little bit of help?
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Just you got to put somebody on that side just to help him. You're going up against chris jones
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This isn't just some normal just you know, a little pass rusher that you know
36:48
Could be kind of got one one or two moves you're talking about an all pro super bowl champion
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potential hall of fame defensive lineman and chris jones and you're having him to go one on one
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against a rookie right tackle
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Why would you do that and you don't give him any help? Right?
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That is just the most damn this thing in the world and I will never be able to understand it
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But again, this is the ravens that we are talking about and I think this opens up for a bigger
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Your conversation that probably needs to be had which is you know
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When we look at last year and we look at that offense that offense was it was putting them numbers. Okay
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It was putting up big numbers. They were driving down the field. They were stretching the field
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They were doing all those things. They were passing everybody was basically eating off of that offense last year
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Why haven't we not seen just the glimpse of that this year?
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You cannot be reserved
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Especially when you're going up against the chiefs. You can't I understand it's the first week
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You don't want to show everything in your bag, but you might have you just to beat them because it's the chiefs
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This is a game where not only not only does it send the message to them and everybody else that hey
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We want we we want hours. Okay last year last year. We were supposed to go to the championship
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We screwed that up. So guess what we coming back this year a little bit strong
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We coming back with which are a little bit more intensity a little bit more physicality and whatnot
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But you did it and you allow patron my homes to once again
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Do the things that patron my homes does and it shows it shows even and you know what?
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We we you know what?
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We we we have to talk about it the tell. Yes. That that's going to be the name of this title tell
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tell
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Because let let's be real here that
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That that wasn't that could have that definitely could have been called a touchdown
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It definitely could have been called a touchdown and it doesn't help that patron my homes after you know after the game
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Is basically saying oh, whoa, you should have worn should have worn white cleat. Oh
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Come on man. Come on. Come on dude. Like really you're corning right now
39:02
You're being really corning right now, but best believe it Travis Kelsey would have done that if she rice would have done that
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If anybody else in that team would have done that oh automatically 100 percent a touchdown
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And I'm not trying to say that I'm not trying to come off as Ravens fan of whatnot
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But what I do not like is the is games where they are very ticky tacky when it comes to their their uh
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When it comes to uh, I can't even speak because I'm because I'm so irritated because of the the better, um
39:32
Referring you can't do that. You you have to call it
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Down the middle you cannot just favor one team over the other and it showed there were a lot of times
39:43
Where the Ravens were being called for a lot of ticky tack things and the Chiefs were able to get away scot-free
39:51
And continue to just do whatever they want and that is unacceptable now
39:55
And we look at for the Ravens though. This is going to bite them in the butt when it comes to
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You know when it comes down to the seeding process and everything for the playoffs because you lost to a afc team
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If this is an nfc team, I'm not really concerned about because it's an nfc team, right?
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But every but you should want to try to win the you should you should want to try to win your games
40:18
You know within the afc because that's going to have an effect, you know when it comes to the playoffs
40:24
And you may not feel it right now, but when it comes to that seeding that can be the difference between you going up against a super hot team
40:32
right now that is you know that
40:35
That's going to give you some problems or team that you know just got in because of a technicality or
40:43
You know something
40:45
You know something something crazy happen or whatever the case may be right
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That is that is the difference. There's a difference between you getting a first round by and you having to basically fight all
40:57
the way
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To the Super Bowl
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That's what it is even with them losing to the Raiders
41:03
Yesterday. Yes, I'm going to talk about that in the next episode as well. I'm just I'm just gonna say that
41:09
Not gonna not gonna go anything further, but Ravens fans. I understand you guys are very upset
41:14
You have every right to be very upset because this team is ready to win right now
41:19
Okay, the pieces are in place to win right now and you cannot continue to play
41:25
Reserved, especially when you're going up a team like the Chiefs
41:28
You know that nine times out of ten they are going to come out guns blazing and they're going to give you different looks than what you
41:35
Have seen on tape and so you have to be prepared for it
41:39
And if you're not going to be prepared for it as well as the tiki-tack ref calls that they're going to be doing
41:45
Guess what's going to happen? You're going to lose. You're going to lose. That's just what it is. That is
41:50
That's just what it is now
41:52
Moving on to the other game
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Uh, that definitely needs to be talked about the Packers and the Eagles game
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do I
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I just don't understand why why the league continues to do these to do these games. I just don't I
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I me personally as a fan. I just do not like them. I don't I feel like they are very unnecessary
42:14
It'll be different if you're doing them in europe. Okay, cool. You have a
42:18
A pretty good following in europe, but you really don't I mean when have we done anything in brazil, right?
42:25
The field was atrocious
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very much atrocious
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it was just
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I don't know. I I get it as as as a as a marketer with and i'm trying to think with a
42:37
With a marketing mindset. They're trying to do what the NBA did back in the 90s, which is
42:43
Expand the the reach of the sport, but I guess the way that they're doing it is a little bit off and a little bit
42:49
You know, kelter if that's a word
42:52
And it's it's just not play players really don't like it
42:56
Because that's a 10. That's a 10 plus hour flight that that you're going to have to make
43:00
You can't go out anywhere because of how you know because of the favelas and you know
43:06
The gang activity and all those different type of stuff
43:09
The the field is atrocious. It was people were slipping and sliding everywhere
43:15
like it's it was just
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I'm
43:19
Just horrible just not absolutely horrible now
43:23
These are just a few notes that I definitely jotted down and definitely
43:27
Um, definitely call my eye especially through uh, nfl pro as well
43:31
So and and this offense so far their offensive coordinator if you guys do not know is kellen moore
43:37
The eagles used motion on 48 of 73 plays, which was the highest since 2020. Okay
43:45
Jaylen hurts his strength so far was the intermediate and short passing game
43:49
But was very inconsistent in the deep ball game
43:51
That could be for you know because of the different coverage is that the packers were playing as well as you know, just
43:59
It I just I just feel like both teams were not really like
44:04
They really weren't they were just trying to get the game over with
44:07
I don't think they really was trying to like go all out if that makes sense
44:12
In the 24 carries that that barkley that sacrum Barkley had he generated 109 yards and two touchdowns
44:18
Josh Jacobs was um, you know
44:21
16 attempts for 84 yards. He averaged 5.3 yards a carry, which is good
44:27
But it definitely could have been a little bit more. I think I think the packers wanted to rely on him more
44:33
But I think they were in a situation where they were trying to put points on the board
44:36
And so they just had to you know go and rely on their the receivers and jordan love
44:42
um speaking of jordan love
44:44
Jordan love was 17 completions out of 34 attempts 260 yards two touchdowns one pick
44:50
He averaged 7.6 yards per attempt and had a 50 percent completion
44:54
Uh, completion percentage the only reason why his numbers are the way that they are is because he got hurt during the game
45:01
And basically he was declared out and that is that is why he's not playing
45:05
For a little bit now when we look at jaylon hurts jaylon hurts had 20 20 completions out of 34 attempts
45:12
It's 278 yards two touchdowns two picks
45:15
He averaged 8.2 yards per attempt and had a 58.8
45:18
Compliance and percentage now they were having a little bit of a of a fumbling problem between him and the center
45:24
But I mean that that's probably gonna that's gonna mature over time just because I mean, you know
45:30
He's feeling the shoes of jason kelsey. So it's like, you know
45:34
The way that the the way that jason kelsey used to hike the ball was different from what they have now
45:39
so a little bit of of
45:41
You know a little bit of a of not necessarily a problem
45:44
But just something that you know will definitely grow over time. But oh and all the eagles, you know come away with the victory
45:52
It was a okay game
45:54
Nothing nothing really like super crazy and whatnot. I I want to see more
46:00
Um, I definitely want to see more from this eagles offense. I really do
46:04
I I I feel like them getting killing more
46:07
May be actually a good sign and maybe what they need
46:10
I just want to see how is this going to affect the the deep threats
46:15
As well as you know, the the deep passing that jaylen hurts is gonna have to do because you're gonna have to feed a jay brown
46:21
You're gonna have to do that. So I just want to see how everybody's going to be utilized as the season
46:29
Progress now, let's switch over to college
46:32
Football
46:33
Yes
46:34
College football. Yes, we're gonna there's gonna be I'm letting you guys know now
46:38
There's gonna be some episodes where they where it's going to be strictly just college football
46:42
So giving you a heads up right now. I'll I'll continue to remind you moving forward. But that's just where we are. Okay
46:48
So let's talk about this, uh, colorado in Nebraska game. So
46:52
It was a disaster
46:56
Let's just let let's just put it like that. It was a disaster
46:59
You could definitely tell that Nebraska, you know, definitely had a game plan stuck to that game plan
47:05
And you know, they were just they they were playing crazy. They were getting through that defense was getting through a lot of times
47:12
And creating a lot of pressure and shahdoor was not being able to you know, play now granted
47:18
This is what I will say about colorado
47:20
Colorado makes a lot of noise
47:22
They're loud
47:24
In this situation right now, even though they won against colorado state this weekend
47:29
I think they I think it would be best for them to just quiet it down just a little bit
47:33
Because when you're on a high right when when when they're winning and they're on their highs they're they're on their high high
47:40
Oh, they're talking they're doing this and that and performances and all these different types of things
47:44
But when they're losing they look like they done they done ate a whole lemon
47:49
And now they got the you know, the sour mouth and whatnot. It's not a good feeling
47:53
I get all that but they just they just have to tamper things down a little bit
47:58
They do and they have to focus on the game. They have to focus on winning
48:03
Okay, because winning when you're winning you have leverage you you're able to do certain things
48:10
But when you're losing no
48:13
Having all those celebrities on the sidelines and all those different types of things
48:16
Sure, you can do those things when you're winning, but you cannot do that when one many you're winning then you're losing
48:22
You're you're you're losing then you're winning and all those different types of things
48:25
And granted, I understand that Dion, you know, they landed the five star prospect the the left tackle and whatnot
48:31
And you know, they have an NFL caliber receiver and in Jimmy Horn Jr. Who I think will definitely be
48:37
Drafted a pretty high next year
48:40
But you know when when we look at it the offensive line has has to do a better job
48:45
They have to do a better job and Shaddour has to do a better job. You cannot
48:50
Point the finger at you know at at at your offense line and your offense and just say well
48:58
Uh, well, Nebraska got this this and this and well, what about me? That's that's not how you do it
49:04
That that's not how that's not how you're supposed to answer that type of question
49:08
You should have just said, oh, okay. Well, we just got to you know
49:12
We just have to look at the tape make some adjustments and just move forward, right?
49:16
Compared to pointing the finger and blaming players
49:20
You know based off of what they did and what they didn't do. That's not how you win. That's not how you do it
49:28
Okay, because honestly speaking here
49:31
When I went even even when I looked at the Colorado State game
49:35
That pocket was collapsing very quickly
49:38
If the if Colorado to be a a team that teams are a team that everyone else is going to have to worry about
49:45
Well, you have to start running the ball more
49:47
You have to start mixing mixing up your plays because I do feel like their play calling is a little bit stagnant and reserved
49:53
And start rolling out Shaddour is athletic enough and and fast enough where he can roll out and he can
50:00
You know get a first down if he needs to compared to
50:04
Just continuing to drop back 30 and 40, you know times a game. That's not going to win you
50:09
It's not going to win you games. That's not use them in a creative way. That is the only way that you're going to be able to win
50:17
And if you can't use them in a creative way, I don't know what to tell you got to use
50:21
You have to use any and every option. Okay
50:24
Run the ball
50:25
Do when you run the ball you chew the clock you you you beat up on on the defense. Okay, cool
50:31
Roll out you you give a little bit of creativity
50:34
Everybody is able to to get open and creative play because guess what everyone's going to be everyone knows
50:40
That Shaddour's first option is going to be who Travis Hunter and if it's not Travis Hunter, then it's Jimmy Horn or vice versa
50:46
Right?
50:47
That's just what it is
50:49
Now when we look at on the defensive side the defensive side definitely has to do more
50:54
That defensive line they're not getting through they're not stop. They're not stopping the run and teams realize that teams realize that they can run
51:01
On Colorado because why their defensive line isn't doing anything. They're not stopping them and
51:08
It shows the pass rushers. They have to be able to create more more pressure on the quarterback
51:14
I'm not saying they have to play like Khalil Mackin
51:17
TJ Wadham Miles Garrett or any of those guys
51:20
But you have to be able to get after the quarterback
51:23
You have to put pressure on him if you don't put pressure on him
51:26
He's going to get comfortable and then he's going to cook and you do not want that. I promise you you do not want that
51:34
I mean granted. Yes, they did be Colorado State, but still
51:39
this I feel like
51:42
I feel like a lot of times deon
51:45
Caches checks that the team can't cash
51:48
And this is and the reason why I say that is because a lot of times you'll see the hype videos and you know
51:55
You see what was going on in practice and one not and you're thinking. Oh, okay
51:59
They're going in the right direction
52:01
But when it comes to Saturday or Friday or whenever they play, they're like a deer in headlights
52:08
What what what what what's going on? They run on the ball?
52:14
What are we gonna do? I don't know what to do. No
52:18
No, man, that's not how this thing works
52:20
Because I'm telling you right now if you go up against Georgia
52:23
If you go up against a Michigan if you go up against a Texas if you go up against any of those teams
52:29
Nine times out of ten one, they're going to run the ball at at some point and they're going to run it down your throat
52:37
That that's one two. They're going to mix up their play calling
52:40
They're going to do some probably the quarterback is probably going to roll out a few times
52:44
They're going to do some play action. They're going to do some RPL. They're going to do
52:47
They're going to do a variety of different things
52:51
You have to change it. You have to change the play calling
52:54
You have to
52:56
Control the clock because if you can't control the clock, you're not going to win. Okay, and if I'm deon
53:03
You have to start targeting
53:05
Defensive linemen and pass rushers. You have to start going after them more bro
53:10
You're going to have to because why that is where your money is going to be made
53:15
That defensive line needs to be bolstered up. I don't care if you have you can have warrantsap mean joe green
53:22
deacon jones
53:24
Uh, not not reggie white. Jesus. No, not him
53:28
John Randall and whomever
53:31
To be your coaches the the fact of the matter is
53:34
They the the defensive line needs some talent on there
53:37
They need some dogs on there because if not, guess what?
53:40
Everyone's just going to continue to run up the middle because why your defensive line can't stop it?
53:46
And it shows it shows every single time. They can't stop the run
53:51
They can't create pressure let alone get through and try to and try to sack the quarterback
53:56
The quarterback to and I wouldn't be surprised to be like man
53:59
I'm not even worried about those defensive linemen this defensive line can't even touch me with a 10 foot pole
54:03
Even if they wanted to even even if they got through the line still won't matter. They still not going to touch me
54:08
That's probably the mindset that they have
54:10
and you just
54:12
The team just has to do better the expectations are high for them. They have to meet those
54:19
Expectations they have to meet those standards because if you don't the pressure is going to be on deion and you do not want that
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What do you think about your cars football team? All right? Let me know your your views and your thoughts about that. Okay now
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You guys have been showing out. Okay. You guys have you guys have been doing significant numbers. Okay, and and you know
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I'm definitely going to try to focus on you know doing some
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YouTube strictly youtube content as well as some strictly tick tock content as well
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So a lot of a lot of moving pieces
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Stay tuned for those though. But that will be coming soon, but not like within the next few weeks or whatever
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Who knows who knows
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But as always, I hope I gave you guys the fix that you guys need. I'm a little bit rusty
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It's been a while, but guess what we're we're back into the swing of things. All right. Stay tuned
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We're there's going to be more episodes coming out this week
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Probably not as many bagglers
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We're probably going to be more in-depth analysis about the various games that have happened this past weekend both college football
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and um regular football as well give some hot takes
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And uh drop some truth bombs and whatnot. So as always, I love you guys. I appreciate you guys
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Thank you guys so much for listening to the football junkies podcast. I love you guys. Peace and love. I'm out
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