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  Speaker 1: We have a loaded show today and Herm Edwards going
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  Speaker 1: to join us. Mikey, excited for that? Little Herm Edwards
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  Speaker 1: in our lives.
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  Speaker 3: Who doesn't love Herm Edwards?
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  Speaker 1: Nobody. The city of Philadelphia, the city of Kansas City,
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  Speaker 1: and perhaps the city of New York.
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  Speaker 3: No, we still love him.
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  Speaker 4: You're right. We still love him.
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  Speaker 1: I take it back. I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 5: You know who New York doesn't love, though?
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  Speaker 2: Who?
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  Speaker 5: The New York Yankees.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, go ahead. I mean, he is unhinged today.
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  Speaker 5: And then, Mikey, if it couldn't go from bad to
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  Speaker 5: worse after the Yankees get humiliated getting swept by the
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  Speaker 5: Tampa Bay Rays.
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  Speaker 1: Good team.
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  Speaker 5: I wake up to this from Jimmy Trena. Buster Olney
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  Speaker 5: just said on ESPN that he expects the Yankees to
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  Speaker 5: resign Brian Cashman this off season and that Cashman will
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  Speaker 5: then bring back Aaron Boone. Enjoy your day, Yankee fans. Stu,
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  Speaker 5: this is Groundhog Day. Like, I feel like we are
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  Speaker 5: living the same day over and over. And Mikey, it
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  Speaker 5: was the Blue Jays last year. It was the Rays
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  Speaker 5: this year.
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  Speaker 1: Set your clocks.
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  Speaker 5: And next year, it's probably going to be the Baltimore
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  Speaker 5: Orioles turn to embarrass us on a national stage.
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  Speaker 1: Right. Jimmy T. That's a great report. But I feel
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  Speaker 1: like anyone could have reported that with 100 percent certainty
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  Speaker 1: without any knowledge, without any inside information, without a source.
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  Speaker 1: They could have said that Brian Cashman will return next
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  Speaker 1: season as the Yankees GM. Do you guys agree with that?
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  Speaker 4: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: And it makes it even worse that we might be
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  Speaker 6: headed towards some sort of work stoppage, whether it be
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  Speaker 6: a lockout, whether it's. into the season or not because
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  Speaker 6: no team is going to want to change things up
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  Speaker 6: too much with the uncertainty of how it is which
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  Speaker 6: just means the Yankees are not only going to resign
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  Speaker 6: Cashman they're not only going to bring back Boone they're
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  Speaker 6: probably going to resign either Jazz or Trent Grisham I'm
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  Speaker 6: sure they'll bring back Bednar even though I think they
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  Speaker 6: should We're just setting ourselves up for another year of failure.
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  Speaker 5: My least favorite thing in this whole narrative, besides the
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  Speaker 5: fact that my team stinks and my team is the
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  Speaker 5: joke of baseball today.
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  Speaker 3: Is when people say, if you.
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  Speaker 5: Fire Brian Cashman or if you fire Aaron Boone, somebody's
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  Speaker 5: going to hire them.
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  Speaker 2: Good.
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  Speaker 1: Please. Please.
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  Speaker 3: Red Sox.
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  Speaker 4: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Hopefully Boston.
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  Speaker 3: I'm begging you. Please.
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  Speaker 1: Toronto.
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  Speaker 3: Please.
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  Speaker 4: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: I'm begging you.
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  Speaker 6: The problem is that because I maintain Brian Cashman has
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  Speaker 6: done nothing with all those resources that you couldn't have
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  Speaker 6: picked out anybody on the street wearing a Yankee hat
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  Speaker 6: and they wouldn't have done the same thing except except better.
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  Speaker 1: Except Boston's not dumb enough to hire Brian Cashman. That's
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  Speaker 1: the problem. Sorry, guys. I can't even get a word in.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you guys are so unhinged.
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  Speaker 3: And here's the other thing about.
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  Speaker 4: It.
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  Speaker 1: Don't stop now. I mean, listen, you made it to
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  Speaker 1: the playoffs. You say they failed. It was an F.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I understand the Yankees win the World Series
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  Speaker 1: every single year. It's not a reality. It's not going
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  Speaker 1: to happen. You guys know that by now. Baseball is
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  Speaker 1: such a random sport. I understand you hold your team
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  Speaker 1: to a higher standard. But you guys are sitting here
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  Speaker 1: saying you failed. That's not a failure, making it to
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  Speaker 1: the divisional round. No, a failure is the New York Mets.
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  Speaker 1: That's a failure, guys.
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  Speaker 5: Stu, you say baseball is random. Yet me and Mikey
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  Speaker 5: told you exactly how the season would end in April.
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  Speaker 1: Now that's fair.
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  Speaker 5: You say baseball is random. We have seen the Yankees
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  Speaker 5: get eliminated the same way now for, what, four of
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  Speaker 5: the past five years? Where in the biggest moments, they
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  Speaker 5: look like a team that just forgets how to play baseball.
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  Speaker 5: And all us Yankee fans are saying is like, hey,
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  Speaker 5: let's address the issue. And the Yankees at the end
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  Speaker 5: spit in our face and look at us and say...
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  Speaker 5: You guys don't know what you're talking about. You guys
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  Speaker 5: are just fans. Just keep giving us your money. You
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  Speaker 5: guys don't know any better. We're the ones in charge
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  Speaker 5: of this. We won titles in the 90s.
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  Speaker 3: Trust us.
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  Speaker 5: And it's like, shut up.
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  Speaker 6: This is the longest World Series drought in New York
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  Speaker 6: Yankees history.
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  Speaker 4: Right. Like.
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  Speaker 5: Like since the first one, since the first one.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 6: But like, since they won one, this is, this is
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  Speaker 6: the longest world series drought in their history.
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  Speaker 3: That is mind blowing. And you go back and you
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  Speaker 3: look at some of those teams. I beg anybody.
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  Speaker 6: Go look at the 2006 Yankees and tell me you've
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  Speaker 6: ever seen a better lineup.
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  Speaker 3: Top to bottom Robinson Cano hit.
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  Speaker 1: Ninth, right?
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  Speaker 4: Hmm.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I could sit here all day and watch
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  Speaker 1: the two of you just go back and forth. One's
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  Speaker 1: angrier than the other.
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  Speaker 5: Bobby Abreu.
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  Speaker 1: Bobby Abreu.
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  Speaker 5: Johnny Damon. What was Andy Phillips doing on this 2016?
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  Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of Stu Godson Company
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  Speaker 3: Eastern, 12 p.m. Pacific.
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  Speaker 1: Mikey A. I miss this man so much from our
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  Speaker 1: days at ESPN. I really do. Herm Edwards, nice enough
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  Speaker 1: to join us here. He is fantastic. Herm, I have
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  Speaker 1: to start here because you're beloved at ESPN and I've
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  Speaker 1: talked to you so many times over the years and
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  Speaker 1: you talk about what time you wake up and your
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  Speaker 1: workout routine. So I am wondering what time did Herm
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  Speaker 1: Edwards wake up this morning and what was the workout like?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I woke up at 4. I started at 4.30.
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  Speaker 4: It never changes. And, you know, I do some aerobics.
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  Speaker 4: I try to do aerobics for about an hour. I
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  Speaker 4: can't run anymore, obviously. I got two hip replacements, and
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  Speaker 4: I've got a new knee. And then I'm 72 years old,
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  Speaker 4: so I don't even try to run anymore. I walk,
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  Speaker 4: but I make sure I walk up an incline for
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  Speaker 4: about an hour. And then depending on if I do
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  Speaker 4: some lower upper body, we're fortunate we have a gym
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  Speaker 4: at the home, so that always helps as well.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, but you're a young 72, Herm, right?
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  Speaker 4: I mean, yes. I try to be.
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  Speaker 3: Parts of them.
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  Speaker 4: Parts of them, you're right. That is a good quote.
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  Speaker 4: Parts of me is very young.
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  Speaker 1: It seems like the upper torso. Yeah. Yes. Herm, so
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  Speaker 1: I'm wondering here, the referee stuff is very interesting to me.
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  Speaker 1: The referees being suspended now, two referees for at least
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  Speaker 1: a game here. What did you make of that entire situation?
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  Speaker 4: Well, it's unfortunate. I've always told folks that think about
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  Speaker 4: you if you're an official. In any sport you officiate,
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  Speaker 4: you're needed, obviously, but you never have a home game.
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  Speaker 4: Wherever you go, it's never.
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  Speaker 2: A home game.
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  Speaker 4: The crowd is always mad at you for what you
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  Speaker 4: call and what you don't call. They got a tough job,
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  Speaker 4: but I thought the league... did a good job and
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  Speaker 4: sent a message knowing that, you know, we always say
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  Speaker 4: the National Football League is the standard of how we play,
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  Speaker 4: how we coach, and how we do things is very important.
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  Speaker 4: And it's a trickle-down effect. You know, we are the
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  Speaker 4: standard of football when it comes to football, regardless of
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  Speaker 4: what level you play football at. And so even officials,
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  Speaker 4: they're a part of it. And when things like that happen,
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  Speaker 4: we do know this. If a player was to do that,
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  Speaker 4: we know what would happen to them, right? They'd be suspended.
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  Speaker 1: Know what?
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  Speaker 4: They turned around and said, look, you're no different than
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  Speaker 4: the player. You work for the National Football League. There's
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  Speaker 4: a certain standard you have to keep, and we're going
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  Speaker 4: to suspend you. I think going forward, you'll never have
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  Speaker 4: to worry about official.
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  Speaker 1: Again. We've seen the last of that, is what you're saying.
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  Speaker 1: The NFL, they did their job by eliminating that because, hey,
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  Speaker 1: if you do it, you're going to get suspended again.
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  Speaker 4: Correct. They made a statement, and I get it. Like
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  Speaker 4: I said, those officials... They got a job, man. They do. And,
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  Speaker 4: you know, I think it's the way you handle officials, too.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, I know when I became a head coach,
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  Speaker 4: I purposely, you know, knew guys' names and I would,
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  Speaker 4: you know, talk to them in the pregame and, you know,
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  Speaker 4: visit with them a little while. And, you know, when
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  Speaker 4: you're a team that you're not penalized a lot, they
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  Speaker 4: know that. we were always one of the least penalized
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  Speaker 4: teams in pro football. And so they know that, you know,
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  Speaker 4: you're coaching your team in a way that we're trying
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  Speaker 4: to play it right. And they appreciate that. So it
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  Speaker 4: works both ways.
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  Speaker 6: Coach, your beloved Philadelphia Eagles are sitting at two and two.
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  Speaker 3: But things just don't look right with this team. What
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  Speaker 3: do you think is wrong with them?
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  Speaker 4: Well, look, look, first of all, I'm going to give
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  Speaker 4: kudos to the quarterbacks. Because in six years, this guy's
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  Speaker 4: had five different offensive coordinators.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Herm.
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  Speaker 4: So when people ask me that question, I always say, well,
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  Speaker 4: what is this supposed to look like? It's like when
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  Speaker 4: you get a new car. It's got that new car smell,
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  Speaker 4: but until you start driving it, until you put some
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  Speaker 4: miles on it, you're really not quite for sure what
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  Speaker 4: to do with it, right? That's their offense. It's clunky.
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  Speaker 4: The coach is trying to call plays. He's trying to
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  Speaker 4: get people involved. Look, and I said it last week.
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  Speaker 4: I said, let me get this right. I said, Saquon
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  Speaker 4: Barkley doesn't have a touchdown. In four weeks, he doesn't
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  Speaker 4: have a touchdown. Now he's hurt. I said, how can
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  Speaker 4: that be that he doesn't have a touchdown? Something's wrong
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  Speaker 4: with that pitcher. So I just think they're a team
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  Speaker 4: that's trying to find their way on offense. At the
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  Speaker 4: end of the day, they're probably going to win the
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  Speaker 4: division again because we know the Cowboys. They have a
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  Speaker 4: Super Bowl offense. They ain't fixed that defense yet. It's
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  Speaker 4: still not fixed. Look, here's what the deal is with
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  Speaker 4: the Cowboys. They score 120 points. They can score 32
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  Speaker 4: points or 30 points every week. That ain't a problem.
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  Speaker 4: But they've given up 112. That's just who they are.
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  Speaker 4: And they can't help it. They've got to outscore you.
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  Speaker 4: And hopefully in the fourth quarter they have the ball
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  Speaker 4: to run the game out.
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  Speaker 1: Herm, help me untangle this because Kenneth Walker, you can
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  Speaker 1: make an argument, he's the MVP of the NFL thus far,
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  Speaker 1: but Seattle without him is 3-1. And so I don't
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  Speaker 1: know what to do with just how valuable Kenneth Walker
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  Speaker 1: is or has been for the Kansas City Chiefs. What
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  Speaker 1: do you make of that?
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  Speaker 4: Well, he's very valuable and really think about it. And
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  Speaker 4: I said it when they got him on the offseason.
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  Speaker 4: I said, it's coming back home now for Andy Reid.
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  Speaker 4: You know, Andy Reid is an all-offensive line coach. Offensive
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  Speaker 4: coordinator is the enemy. who played running back. And they're
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  Speaker 4: looking at Patrick Mahomes and they're going, look, we've won
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  Speaker 4: way too much on this guy's plate. He's got to
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  Speaker 4: be Houdini every week. We got to go back to
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  Speaker 4: our roots of running the football and revolve our passing
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  Speaker 4: game around the run, the play action, the boots, and
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  Speaker 4: things we want to do, and a runner will help that.
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  Speaker 4: When I got Walker, and you're right, he could be
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  Speaker 4: the MVP right now. That whole offense looks different now, right?
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  Speaker 4: It's just different. Yes. Because you take the pressure off
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  Speaker 4: Patrick trying to do everything. Right. They got a runner now.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, when you're in second and four on offense,
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  Speaker 4: that's the worst down you can be in on defense.
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  Speaker 4: There's no call for that. You're already looking at your
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  Speaker 4: dollar X on defense going, you know what? they're going
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  Speaker 4: to convert the first down. They got two plays to
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  Speaker 4: make four yards. So you're already on the next series
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  Speaker 4: of when it's going to be first and 10 again. Yep.
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  Speaker 1: Herm, if Michael Penix, this is so fascinating to me
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  Speaker 1: because the Falcons without Penix, without a competent quarterback, put
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  Speaker 1: up 16 points through two weeks. And then Penix comes back,
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  Speaker 1: and they have 80 points over the last two weeks
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  Speaker 1: for the best offense in football. Are you going to
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  Speaker 1: be surprised? Because that team is so talented, especially on offense.
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  Speaker 1: Are you going to be surprised at the Falcons if
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  Speaker 1: Penix continues to play like this, Herm, if they make
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  Speaker 1: a deep run into the playoffs?
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  Speaker 4: Well, first of all, they got a chance to win
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  Speaker 4: a division. Yes. Because as we know, last year— Right.
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  Speaker 4: The winner was 8-9. It was 3-2, so 8-9 in
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  Speaker 4: the division. And I said it on TV last week.
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  Speaker 4: I said, if this division at this rate, if they
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  Speaker 4: keep doing this, we're going to send them to the SEC.
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  Speaker 4: Just send them to the SEC. Just let them go
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  Speaker 4: play in the SEC. But you're right. The Atlanta Falcons.
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  Speaker 4: That was impressive.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 4: That offense, it looked like, oh, this is what it
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  Speaker 4: looks like when the quarterback can get the ball, the
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  Speaker 4: B John, he can get the ball, obviously, you know,
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  Speaker 4: to the wide outs and, and, you know, and, and,
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  Speaker 4: and to the tight end, you know, when Drake London and, and,
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  Speaker 4: you know, they don't, they don't throw a tight end enough.
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  Speaker 4: In my opinion, I guess they mad at him all
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  Speaker 4: the time, but They got London and they got Vijon Robinson,
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  Speaker 4: who's one of the best players in the national football league.
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  Speaker 4: And I'm like looking at this going, man, this offense
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  Speaker 4: is rolling right now.
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  Speaker 3: Coach, the Raiders have been fascinating.
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  Speaker 6: And I would almost argue that they proved they were
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  Speaker 6: for real in the loss to the Chiefs, more so
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  Speaker 6: than the three wins beforehand, because they were right there
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  Speaker 6: with them and a team that has dominated them.
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  Speaker 3: How are they doing this? And is it sustainable?
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  Speaker 4: Well, as long as, and, you know, here's my guy now,
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  Speaker 4: Kirk Cousins. You know, he's famous for, you like that?
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  Speaker 4: He's also famous for, we don't like that. And right now,
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  Speaker 4: we like that. We like what he's doing. And this
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  Speaker 4: offense is running. They've got a good runner. Two fabulous
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  Speaker 4: tight ends. They really do. They've got some skilled players
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  Speaker 4: on offense. I mean, you know, the Raiders have scored
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  Speaker 4: 115 points. The Chiefs only scored three more points than
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  Speaker 4: the Raiders on offense. The Chiefs have scored 118. They've
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  Speaker 4: scored 115. So they can score the ball. They've got
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  Speaker 4: a veteran quarterback and cousins. They're fun to watch. I've
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  Speaker 4: said this, and I mean it. I'm not kidding. The
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  Speaker 4: Raiders need to be relevant. It makes the league better
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  Speaker 4: when the Raiders are relevant, right? You know, like in life,
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  Speaker 4: there's always a bully or a villain. The Raiders have
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  Speaker 4: always been that team in the NFL. You know, they
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  Speaker 4: played with the patch on their eyes. It's a shame
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  Speaker 4: they had to move from Oakland. I thought when they
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  Speaker 4: moved from Oakland, they kind of messed up the mojo
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  Speaker 4: a little bit. But for them to be relevant, it's
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  Speaker 4: fun to watch because it's the Raiders, right? It's just
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  Speaker 4: the Raiders. It's them guys, man. And so hopefully they
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  Speaker 4: can continue to play this way and find themselves in
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  Speaker 4: the playoffs. I don't think they overtake the Chiefs. I
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  Speaker 4: just think the Chiefs are just going at a rate
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  Speaker 4: right now. It's going to be very difficult to unseed
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  Speaker 4: them as a division winner.
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  Speaker 1: Herm, we'll get you out of here on this note.
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  Speaker 1: You were a college football coach at Arizona State. You,
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  Speaker 1: of course, spent a lot of time. out in California,
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  Speaker 1: played college ball in California. And we were having this
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  Speaker 1: discussion last week. I am wondering, is USC, if Lincoln
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  Speaker 1: Riley is let go by USC, is that still a
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  Speaker 1: desirable job? And would Lincoln Riley still be a coach
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  Speaker 1: that upper-tier programs would want to hire?
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  Speaker 4: Well, you know, I think just the three letters say
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  Speaker 4: it all. Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Right?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah. I mean, when you say USC... I don't care
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  Speaker 4: where you're at. You go, oh, okay. And there's a
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  Speaker 4: standard that people believe they have to play at. And
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  Speaker 4: it's almost unfair to them. But you know what? They
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  Speaker 4: brought that on themselves. And I'm going back 30 years
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  Speaker 4: ago when they were so dominant and they were like
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  Speaker 4: the team. They were the team on the West Coast.
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  Speaker 4: It was USC. It wasn't Oregon. It wasn't Washington. It
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  Speaker 4: wasn't any of that. It was USC. They represented the
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  Speaker 4: West Coast in football, along with UCLA had a run, too.
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  Speaker 4: But it was really USC was the dominant force, right?
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  Speaker 4: And so that's never going to go away. And I
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  Speaker 4: think Coach understands that when you go there. But the
• 15:46
  Speaker 4: problem he has now is, I hate to say this, boys.
• 15:51
  Speaker 4: You can buy yourself a football team. Yep. Right?
• 15:54
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 15:55
  Speaker 4: That's what college football is about.
• 15:56
  Speaker 1: Anywhere.
• 15:57
  Speaker 4: And here's the problem with it. Here's the problem with it.
• 15:59
  Speaker 4: And I've said this. All of a sudden, those big
• 16:02
  Speaker 4: time donors, they become GMs. for the school that they're
• 16:08
  Speaker 4: donating the money to to get the players. That's right.
• 16:10
  Speaker 4: And all of a sudden, they want a voice. They
• 16:12
  Speaker 4: want a voice. They're saying, hey, we're donating all this
• 16:15
  Speaker 4: money so we can get all these players. Guess what?
• 16:17
  Speaker 4: I don't like the coach. Or, you know, my son's
• 16:21
  Speaker 4: a friend that plays high school football. We need to
• 16:23
  Speaker 4: recruit him, too. This is a mess, guys. It is.
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: No, it's a total mess. You're right. If you have
• 16:32
  Speaker 1: one alum, Mark Cuban, who wants your program to be good,
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: your program's going to be good, Herm. You're right.
• 16:37
  Speaker 4: And you know, the thing about the NFL, they figured
• 16:39
  Speaker 4: it out because Jerry would have bought everybody.
• 16:41
  Speaker 3: They put a salary cap on it.
• 16:43
  Speaker 4: The NFL has a salary cap. The college has.
• 16:46
  Speaker 1: No salary cap. Mikey, put it on the poll. If
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: there was no salary cap, would Jerry Jones buy everyone? Yes,
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: it's funny. Mikey, you have a question here?
• 16:58
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 16:58
  Speaker 6: So coach, whether we're talking about USC, you're talking to
• 17:01
  Speaker 6: two long suffering jet fans here. And I want to
• 17:04
  Speaker 6: take the conversation a little more general. How do you
• 17:08
  Speaker 6: know when it's time to move on for a coach?
• 17:11
  Speaker 6: And we're not rooting for any coaches to be fired
• 17:13
  Speaker 6: or anything, but at some point you just kind of
• 17:16
  Speaker 6: know this just isn't working out.
• 17:19
  Speaker 3: How do you know that?
• 17:21
  Speaker 4: Well, I think by how the players play. When they
• 17:26
  Speaker 4: stop competing, then you got a problem. When you lose
• 17:29
  Speaker 4: your team, you can see it. I'm pulling for Aaron Glenn.
• 17:36
  Speaker 4: Aaron Glenn played for me when I was the head
• 17:38
  Speaker 4: coach of the Jets. And I think these guys are
• 17:40
  Speaker 4: playing hard for him. They respect him. You know, look,
• 17:43
  Speaker 4: they've lost three in a row. They won a game finally. Defensively,
• 17:47
  Speaker 4: they're hanging in there, right? They're just in a division
• 17:50
  Speaker 4: where that one guy, and he lost last week. And
• 17:53
  Speaker 4: I say it every week. That one guy that plays
• 17:56
  Speaker 4: in Buffalo, he's the best player in the league, guys. Yes.
• 17:59
  Speaker 4: It ain't close. He's the best player in the league.
• 18:01
  Speaker 4: I say it every week when I'm on television. Right.
• 18:03
  Speaker 4: If he's not playing, the Buffalo Bills can win eight
• 18:05
  Speaker 4: games every year. That's about it.
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.
• 18:07
  Speaker 4: They're an eight-win football team without that quarterback.
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: I'd be surprised if they won eight games without him,
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: to be honest.
• 18:14
  Speaker 4: He's just fun to watch.
• 18:15
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 18:16
  Speaker 4: You know, if you've got a young kid growing up
• 18:18
  Speaker 4: and you say, hey, you want to learn how to
• 18:19
  Speaker 4: play football, you need to watch this guy, number 17,
• 18:21
  Speaker 4: that plays for the Buffalo Bills. Don't worry about it
• 18:24
  Speaker 4: because he plays quarterback. Just watch how he competes.
• 18:26
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: Right?
• 18:27
  Speaker 4: Yep. I mean, that's what you want. You want a guy,
• 18:30
  Speaker 4: you want to be like that guy. If you're going
• 18:32
  Speaker 4: to play, he's fun to watch. Obviously the jets are
• 18:36
  Speaker 4: in a, in a division where I don't, they're not
• 18:37
  Speaker 4: going to win the division. It's between new England and Buffalo,
• 18:39
  Speaker 4: obviously Miami rebuilding. But I think, and I said it
• 18:43
  Speaker 4: this year, if the jets can win seven or eight games,
• 18:45
  Speaker 4: they're heading in the right direction.
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: Herm, we appreciate this. It's great to hear your voice.
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: We hope to do it again soon. Thank you for
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: the time. And we miss you, Herm. We miss you
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: a lot. So come around here more often, okay?
• 18:55
  Speaker 4: I appreciate it. Anytime you guys need me, man. I
• 18:57
  Speaker 4: appreciate you.
• 18:58
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• 19:11
  Speaker 1: Our thanks to Herm Edwards for joining us there. It
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: was nice to hear his voice, Mikey. That was nice.
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: I enjoyed that very much.
• 19:16
  Speaker 3: I love that man.
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: I know.
• 19:17
  Speaker 3: I love that man. I wish he was better at coaching.
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: Right. You want him to be. We were so hopeful
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: that he would be the Jets head coach forever because
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: we love Herm Edwards. You're right.
• 19:30
  Speaker 4: Yes.
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: Unfortunately, it didn't go that well. Anyway, you interested in
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: tonight's game? Before we get to if the season ended today,
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: because we haven't talked a lot. of NFL football today
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: because baseball has dominated our show and your guys' hatred
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: for the New York Yankees, specifically Brian Cashman, has dominated
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: the show. Are you into Bucs? tonight?
• 19:52
  Speaker 3: Not even a little bit.
• 19:53
  Speaker 6: I mean, I'm honestly considering going to sleep early because
• 19:57
  Speaker 6: I've spent so many late nights watching baseball and I
• 20:00
  Speaker 6: just need to catch up. I'm actually considering missing this
• 20:03
  Speaker 6: game just because if you told me Baker was.
• 20:06
  Speaker 3: Playing maybe, but.
• 20:07
  Speaker 6: The only thing that's going to make this game relatively
• 20:10
  Speaker 6: competitive is the fact that it's Thursday and anything can happen.
• 20:13
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: What'd you make of, uh, Bomani Jones earlier saying that,
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: you know, if God forbid the bucks lose, Todd Bowles
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: could be fired.
• 20:21
  Speaker 3: I don't believe it.
• 20:22
  Speaker 6: I think it's really hard to fire a co and I,
• 20:24
  Speaker 6: I understand that you think he's untouchable, but I think
• 20:26
  Speaker 6: it's really hard to fire a coach when you're starting
• 20:29
  Speaker 6: an undrafted rookie.
• 20:31
  Speaker 3: Um, Like, that can't be the game you fire him.
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: Well, they weren't good with Baker, I mean, to be fair.
• 20:37
  Speaker 3: They weren't good, but.
• 20:39
  Speaker 6: You got to give Baker a shot, and it doesn't
• 20:41
  Speaker 6: help you to fire him now.
• 20:43
  Speaker 3: It doesn't help you.
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: Thanks to all the guests who joined us today. Fun show,
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: busy show. Let's get to if the season ended today
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: to finish off the show.
• 20:52
  Speaker 3: Ooh, a little NFL music.
• 20:53
  Speaker 4: Yeah. Yeah.
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: What week are we in? What week?
• 20:57
  Speaker 3: This is week five kicks off tonight.
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: Yes, but we are approaching the time of the season
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: where you forget what week it is, right? Like, no doubt. Yes.
• 21:04
  Speaker 3: I never forget because I count them down.
• 21:07
  Speaker 4: I know.
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: Sorry.
• 21:09
  Speaker 6: If the season ended today in the AFC, surprise, surprise,
• 21:13
  Speaker 6: the Kansas City Chiefs have the one seed.
• 21:15
  Speaker 3: They have the bye.
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: No surprise. Well, surprise us all.
• 21:18
  Speaker 3: Your first get matchup.
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: No surprise.
• 21:21
  Speaker 6: The New England Patriots are on the road. at the
• 21:25
  Speaker 6: Jacksonville Jaguars.
• 21:26
  Speaker 4: Wow.
• 21:28
  Speaker 6: We just saw this game. We just saw this game,
• 21:31
  Speaker 6: and I think it'd be a repeat. Give me Jacksonville.
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: Yeah, but the Patriots, I mean, Drake, you weren't encouraged
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: at all by Drake May against Buffalo and that Patriot
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: team against Buffalo last week?
• 21:41
  Speaker 6: No, I think Buffalo has a suspect defense, and I
• 21:45
  Speaker 6: think they're going to just ask Josh Allen to.
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: Do it all. Jacksonville has a very good defense. Trevor Lawrence, man,
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: this is painful to say, but might be good. By
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: the way, the return of Tony Buscelli in two weeks, Mikey.
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: I thought you'd be excited about that.
• 22:00
  Speaker 3: I'm excited. I don't even need to ask him about Jags.
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: I would take the Jags in that game, too.
• 22:03
  Speaker 4: Go ahead.
• 22:05
  Speaker 3: The Raiders head to Buffalo.
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: Wow, they made the playoffs. Wow, the Raiders are for real.
• 22:12
  Speaker 3: They're not even the last seed. Yeah.
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: Where are the Raiders going?
• 22:18
  Speaker 3: They are going to Buffalo.
• 22:20
  Speaker 4: Wow.
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins, we think. Josh Allen, Buffalo. I think the
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: Raiders are just happy to make it to the playoffs.
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: The Bills, of course, are not happy just making it
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: to the playoffs. They have loftier aspirations. I think Buffalo
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: wins that game fairly easily.
• 22:36
  Speaker 3: I agree.
• 22:39
  Speaker 6: But barring injury, Kirk Cousins will be the quarterback for
• 22:42
  Speaker 6: that team at that point.
• 22:44
  Speaker 3: He's earned it.
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: I would agree. Well, yes, if he has taken his
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: team to the playoffs, it'd be an odd time to
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: bench him. And if they are indeed headed towards the playoffs,
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: he's never being benched. So Mendoza will wait another year.
• 22:55
  Speaker 3: And how about this? Last game in the AFC and
• 22:58
  Speaker 3: AFC North.
• 22:59
  Speaker 6: Matchup between the Baltimore Ravens traveling to the Cleveland Browns.
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: Oh, wow. That is rich. I mean, what the storylines
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: are amazing in that game. I actually want that game
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: to happen. I do. I think the Ravens blow him out.
• 23:18
  Speaker 6: In the NFC, the San Francisco 49ers will have the
• 23:21
  Speaker 6: one seed, and the Los Angeles Rams will head on
• 23:25
  Speaker 6: the road to take on the quarterback whisperer himself, the
• 23:28
  Speaker 6: Minnesota Vikings.
• 23:29
  Speaker 4: Wow.
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: He's not a quarterback whisperer.
• 23:32
  Speaker 4: Sure is.
• 23:33
  Speaker 3: 4-0, two seed.
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: The only thing he should be whispering in anyone's ear
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: is a big thank you to Brian Flores. If he
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: did that, Flores would end it. That, too.
• 23:44
  Speaker 4: Yes, that, too.
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: I would take Stafford and the Rams to steamroll the quarterback.
• 23:49
  Speaker 3: As would I.
• 23:51
  Speaker 6: Your next matchup, the Seattle Seahawks, the defending champs had
• 23:54
  Speaker 6: on the road to take on the Jameis Winston led
• 23:58
  Speaker 6: NFC East New York giant champions.
• 24:01
  Speaker 4: Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow.
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: Horvath makes the playoffs. Does it with a backup quarterback?
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: Baltimore's traveling to Cleveland. I'm rooting for Jameis. Um, I'll
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: take Jameis in that game. I will, just simply because
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: I'm rooting for Jameis and I want Jameis to win
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: a Super Bowl.
• 24:22
  Speaker 6: And your guaranteed Sunday night matchup for playoff weekend?
• 24:25
  Speaker 4: Yes.
• 24:26
  Speaker 3: The Chicago Bears on the road at the Carolina Panthers. Fireworks, baby.
• 24:31
  Speaker 3: Week one matchup.
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: Well, we've seen that game. Yes, I think they put
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: up a 50 spot. And Carolina put up 30-something. That
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: would be an exciting game. Caleb Williams should be back.
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: I would take the Bears because he's the greatest quarterback
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: I've ever seen.
• 24:48
  Speaker 3: Bryce Young, too. And by the way, your number one
• 24:50
  Speaker 3: pick if the season ended today?
• 24:51
  Speaker 4: Yes.
• 24:52
  Speaker 3: Houston Texans are on the clock.
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: Wow. With a championship defense that suddenly got a lot worse.