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Set 2: The Return of Simms (w/ Chris Simms) · Stugotz and Company

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  Speaker 1: Big smiles on everyone's face. Oh, my God.
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  Speaker 2: Taylor and Mikey, I have not seen you this happy
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  Speaker 2: in four or five weeks. Chris Sims is on the
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  Speaker 2: Zoom with us.
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  Speaker 1: Is he wearing a Case Keenum jersey? Sims is with
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  Speaker 1: us now. What is that jersey? Why are you wearing that?
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  Speaker 1: That's Gale Sayers right there. Oh, Gale. Okay, good. Gale Sayers.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't see the four. Did you really think that
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  Speaker 1: was the same as Case Keenum? I didn't see the four.
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  Speaker 2: I figured if he was wearing a Bears jersey today,
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  Speaker 2: it would be in celebration of Case Keenum.
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  Speaker 1: He loves a good backup quarterback. So on my podcast
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  Speaker 1: on Fridays and my show, we do Jersey Friday. I
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  Speaker 1: wear a jersey every Friday so far. So try to
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  Speaker 1: break something new out, kind of like a little– You
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  Speaker 1: know how it used to be, like Little League football,
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  Speaker 1: high school on Fridays, you wore your jersey to work
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  Speaker 1: or school. And I'm doing the same thing. All right,
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  Speaker 1: here's a little one for all of you. I don't
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  Speaker 1: know if I was going to ask Taylor because I
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  Speaker 1: know he won't know, but I would like to know
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  Speaker 1: whether old man Stu Gotts or medium old guy Mikey
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  Speaker 1: A would know this. What is Gale Sayers' nickname? What's
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  Speaker 1: his nickname? Oh, wow, I should know this, and I
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  Speaker 1: don't know it. I'm going to tell you right now,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know it. Kansas comment. Whoa! The young guy.
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  Speaker 1: The monster coming in. Man. Yes. Wait, is Taylor in P.
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  Speaker 1: Diddy's holding cell? Where the hell is he? Are you
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  Speaker 1: with P. Diddy in jail right now? You look like you're.
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  Speaker 3: In jail, like in, like, correctional facility. It is a
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  Speaker 3: sad-looking studio. I'm right across the hallway from Stu Gotts,
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  Speaker 3: where Stu Gotts is.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, okay. Damn, I thought you did something. You were
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  Speaker 1: with Diddy in jail or something. No, it's our control room.
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  Speaker 1: It's the best we've got around here, okay? We're not NBC. Taylor,
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  Speaker 1: you looked that up or no? Did you? Yeah, hand up.
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  Speaker 1: I looked it up. I thought you did. I could
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  Speaker 1: see you looking at the computer. You cheating son of
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  Speaker 1: a bitch, you. Unbelievable. It's so good to have you back. Unbelievable.
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  Speaker 1: But this is the Kansas comment. Yes, this is why
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  Speaker 1: we smile. Your abuse, we missed it.
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  Speaker 2: Sims, what are we seeing this season? Put all the
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  Speaker 2: off the field stuff aside. I know that's difficult for
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  Speaker 2: this conversation. But Deshaun Watson on the field, what's different now?
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  Speaker 2: as opposed to what we've seen the last time he played?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, I think one, athletic ability is one thing
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  Speaker 1: I look at right away. I mean, the way he's
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  Speaker 1: moving around, hopping in the pocket, getting out of the pocket,
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  Speaker 1: making some plays with his legs. I do think he's
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  Speaker 1: become more comfortable, and there's more moments of... consistent good throwing. Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe where, you know, in the past you'd go, okay,
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  Speaker 1: that was a good throw, but wait, the next four throws.
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  Speaker 1: And I mean, we saw that on week one, week
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  Speaker 1: one was pitiful. Week two was pretty good. Week three
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  Speaker 1: was kind of like, uh, people thought it was better
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  Speaker 1: than it was. But if you watch the film and
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  Speaker 1: you go, Oh, there was still some ugliness in there.
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  Speaker 1: So it was like in between week one and week two.
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  Speaker 1: But then when we saw last night, again, I think
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  Speaker 1: it's a step in the right direction because, It's not perfect.
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  Speaker 1: Don't get me wrong. But it's still, you know, the
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  Speaker 1: ability to make some plays. He's seeing the field better
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  Speaker 1: and better. He looks more comfortable. He looks more comfortable
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  Speaker 1: as a human being. Like the pressure's been taken off.
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  Speaker 1: And what I'll say with the Browns, and I kind
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  Speaker 1: of just said this on my show. Okay. The Browns are,
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  Speaker 1: they got some sneaky, really good young ballers. Yes, they've
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  Speaker 1: drafted well. Yes. Right. Last night, you'd go, I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: I think the Browns got more talented playmakers than the
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  Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers. That's what I would say. I mean, Denzel
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  Speaker 1: Boston's a budding superstar. Casey Concepcion's going in the right way.
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  Speaker 1: The Harold Fannin tight end is about to be up there,
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  Speaker 1: I think, in the Trey McBride, Brock Bowers conversation. One
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  Speaker 1: of those kind of guys. Quinn Sean, Jenkins is a
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  Speaker 1: star at running back. Now they need to open some
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  Speaker 1: holes in the run game more, but you saw even
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  Speaker 1: in the past game, how explosive he is. Denzel Ward's incredible.
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  Speaker 1: Mason Graham's incredible. I'm sorry. He got injured. Jared verse,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it was a playmaker. And even though he
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  Speaker 1: struggled at times last night, but yeah, so I think
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  Speaker 1: Cleveland's got that and they got a coach who is
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  Speaker 1: a tough SOB and And I like his offense. It's creative.
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  Speaker 1: So that's what Cleveland and Deshaun Watson got going right now.
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  Speaker 2: How funny is the NFL that Miles Garrett left Cleveland
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  Speaker 2: to go to the Rams to win a Super Bowl?
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  Speaker 1: They're 1-2 and the Browns are 3-1. I mean, it's ridiculous.
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  Speaker 1: It is hilarious. It's hilarious. It's crazy. And September is
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  Speaker 1: just always crazy in the NFL right now. It's hard to, like,
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  Speaker 1: really hone in and go, oh, wait. You know, the
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  Speaker 1: teams are a little all over the place. Guys are
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  Speaker 1: still kind of– you know, getting in football shape. Teams
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  Speaker 1: are figuring out who they are as we go here.
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  Speaker 1: And September is just crazy. It really is. But I
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  Speaker 1: still think the Rams will be there when it's all
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  Speaker 1: said and done, you know, when Miles Garrett gets back there.
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  Speaker 1: And it's big they got Puka Nakua coming back this week. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: no doubt.
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  Speaker 2: PFT with Mike Florio every day on Peacock, the Unbuttoned
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  Speaker 2: podcast as well.
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  Speaker 1: Our buddy Chris Sims is with us. What the hell
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  Speaker 1: is going on with Drake Mack? I mean, yeah. Oh, yeah. Issues. Right.
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  Speaker 1: Issues in big ways, because I've gotten this question a
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  Speaker 1: lot during the week. And I would just go, listen,
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  Speaker 1: like they go, what's wrong with the Patriots? And I go,
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  Speaker 1: it's not the Patriots. The defense has been really damn good.
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  Speaker 1: They've been running the ball really damn good. So there's
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  Speaker 1: none of that. It is Drake May and Drake May only. Now,
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  Speaker 1: you know, one, decision-making has been a huge thing. But
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  Speaker 1: the big thing to me, Stu Gatz, is not the decision-making.
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  Speaker 1: It's the fact that he's throwing the ball like crap,
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  Speaker 1: and he has some mechanical flaws that are affecting his game.
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  Speaker 1: And when you have mechanical flaws and you don't know
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  Speaker 1: where you're throwing the football and you don't trust where
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  Speaker 1: it's going to go when it leaves your hand, you've
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  Speaker 1: heard me say this before, it affects your decisions. Right.
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  Speaker 1: Because you start to go, ooh, you know, if you're
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  Speaker 1: on fire, you just go, oh, he's open by an inch.
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  Speaker 1: I can fit it in there. Let me... I got
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  Speaker 1: all the confidence in the world. I'm feeling it. But
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  Speaker 1: when you're not feeling it and you're off as a
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  Speaker 1: quarterback and you don't trust the control of the football, man,
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  Speaker 1: guys can't get open enough. You can see a guy
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  Speaker 1: open by five feet and you're like, oh, I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know if I trust him. Let me look
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  Speaker 1: for an easier throw. And as you know, in the NFL,
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  Speaker 1: like only one guy on a play comes open. So
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  Speaker 1: you pass that up and you're swimming up Schitt's Creek there.
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  Speaker 1: So he does have a mechanical flaw. This is something
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  Speaker 1: I kind of broke down yesterday, but you guys can
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  Speaker 1: watch for it this week. I've never seen anybody get
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  Speaker 1: to this position the way he does. I've never seen
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  Speaker 1: a good quarterback. He pulls the ball back, all right,
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  Speaker 1: and he's got a little bit of a looping delivery.
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  Speaker 1: And as he gets to the top, okay, just say
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  Speaker 1: this is the front of the ball that's supposed to
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  Speaker 1: go to somebody when you throw it, right? He gets
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  Speaker 1: to the top. He's flipping his wrist like this, going
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  Speaker 1: like this at the last second and then trying to
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  Speaker 1: flip it back around to throw the football. That's why
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  Speaker 1: the ball slipped out of his hand last week. That's
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  Speaker 1: why the ball is all over the place. That's why
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  Speaker 1: he doesn't throw spirals sometimes. And yeah, I said a
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  Speaker 1: lot of times during this week out of the 32
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  Speaker 1: starting quarterbacks in the NFL right now, Drake May is
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  Speaker 1: throwing the ball. the worst out of all 32, and
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  Speaker 1: that's something they've got to figure out soon in New England.
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  Speaker 2: Wait, Chris, that motion you just described for us, you
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  Speaker 2: showed it to us on the video here, is that
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  Speaker 2: something he wasn't doing a year ago?
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  Speaker 1: No, he definitely was not. This little wrist flip at
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  Speaker 1: the end? Yeah. Absolutely not. So, you know, that's what's weird.
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  Speaker 1: We know how high level he played during the year
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  Speaker 1: last year and almost won him the MVP, but we
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  Speaker 1: got to late in the year, and I know we
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  Speaker 1: had the shoulder injury and some of that, too. But, man,
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  Speaker 1: it's been a long time since we've seen Drake May
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  Speaker 1: play good quarterback play. And that's got to be a concern.
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  Speaker 1: You know it's a concern. I mean, you know, like
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  Speaker 1: Mike Vrabel said, I don't want to talk about it.
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  Speaker 1: I'm worried about the whole– I mean, he's trying to
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  Speaker 1: say everything he can to not make that a story
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  Speaker 1: because they know it's a story in that building.
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  Speaker 3: Chris, now you're hearing rumored riffs between Vrabel and Drake May.
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  Speaker 3: And with Drake May– Josh McDaniels is obviously a great
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  Speaker 3: offensive mind, but is there something to be said for
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  Speaker 3: pairing your franchise quarterback with a head coach whose entire
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  Speaker 3: philosophy is built around maximizing that quarterback style of play?
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  Speaker 1: Well, yeah, but I think he believed that he could
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  Speaker 1: do that. I think he took that job because he
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  Speaker 1: thought Drake May could be that guy that we saw
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  Speaker 1: last year through the meat and potatoes of the season.
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  Speaker 1: I do. It's weird. I don't think there's a riff.
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  Speaker 1: Why is there a riff? I don't understand it. Because
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  Speaker 1: he kisses Drake Mays' ass every time he makes a mistake?
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  Speaker 1: He's like, oh, you're okay. I think he's got to
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  Speaker 1: stop doing that. I would just say, let him be.
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  Speaker 1: He's got to figure it out at some point. Yes. And,
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  Speaker 1: you know, to me, I always struggle with that altogether
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  Speaker 1: because I just go the great quarterback coach combinations in
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  Speaker 1: the history of the football. It wasn't like, oh, oh, here, quarterback. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: my gosh. No, you can do no wrong. Right. You
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  Speaker 1: can kind of talk about that with Vrabel and Jim
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  Speaker 1: Harbaugh and how he handles Herbert. I don't know. I
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  Speaker 1: came from an era where, like, Bill Walsh was on
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  Speaker 1: Joe Montana's ass like he never won a game in
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  Speaker 1: his life every week. Bill Parcells was like, hey, Phil,
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  Speaker 1: you suck. I know you won the Super Bowl last week,
• 8:59
  Speaker 1: but you suck. Be better. Jimmy Johnson and Troy Aikman.
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  Speaker 1: You look at that, right? I mean, of course, Belichick
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  Speaker 1: and Brady through the years. So, you know, that is, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I kind of question the whole approach right there. But
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  Speaker 1: I don't think there is a riff, Taylor. I think
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  Speaker 1: people are just searching for things. Because they can't figure
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  Speaker 1: out what the hell is going on with Drake May.
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  Speaker 2: Chris, is it fair to say that Brock Purdy right
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  Speaker 2: now through three weeks is playing quarterback better than anyone.
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  Speaker 1: Else in the NFL? Well, he's playing as efficient as anybody.
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  Speaker 1: That's for sure. He's been incredible. It is awesome. Yes.
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  Speaker 1: It's incredible. Yes. Now, again, you know what I always say,
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  Speaker 1: and this goes into like, hey, listen, a lot of
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  Speaker 1: people could throw the five-yard curl to the left where
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  Speaker 1: the guy can pitch it to Debo Samuel and then
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  Speaker 1: he runs for 80 more yards. Yes. A lot of
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  Speaker 1: people can throw to George Kittle wide open down the
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  Speaker 1: middle with nobody in the screen like five times in
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  Speaker 1: a row against the Miami Dolphins. I got a lot
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  Speaker 1: of people on the 49ers social media like, Brock Purdy's
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  Speaker 1: the best quarterback in the NFL. And I'm like, stop.
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  Speaker 1: That's where we got to stop putting the team and
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  Speaker 1: the quarterback and combining it and going, oh my God.
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  Speaker 1: He's taking advantage of everything that's there to be had.
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  Speaker 1: He is making some plays off schedule. There's no doubt
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  Speaker 1: about that. But I would also sit here and go,
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  Speaker 1: Shanahan is on fire right now and they haven't really
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  Speaker 1: played a good defense yet either. So it's like, you know, I, again, it's,
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  Speaker 1: it's really good. It's awesome. But I know people want
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  Speaker 1: me to be like, Hey, he's better than Lamar and
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  Speaker 1: Josh Allen. Right. And it's like, absolutely not. And never
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  Speaker 1: will be. So let's just move on. I just said
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  Speaker 1: through three weeks, that's all I said. No, I know,
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  Speaker 1: but I get a lot of that in my, and
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  Speaker 1: this is where, you know, sometimes I look like as
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  Speaker 1: a hater, as a player, I'm a hater on the player. Um,
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  Speaker 1: What I'm just really hating on the comments in my
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  Speaker 1: social media, and I'm hating on those people who are
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  Speaker 1: trying to tell me what's going on. I understand.
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  Speaker 3: Sims, big weekend this weekend in New York where the
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  Speaker 3: Giants are celebrating the 86 championship team with the 40th anniversary.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: With Jameis Winston at quarterback, it feels like you could
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  Speaker 3: throw away that first game because of a lack of preparation,
• 11:01
  Speaker 3: the second game away for the weather. Is this now
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  Speaker 3: the out-of-excuses game for Jameis Winston?
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  Speaker 1: Definitely. I think you're right about that. You're right. He
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  Speaker 1: gets a free pass from the Monday night game against
• 11:12
  Speaker 1: the Rams. Last week, the weather was so bad. It's
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  Speaker 1: hard to think of what the hell happened. Of course,
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  Speaker 1: the Giants fall apart late and let the Tennessee Titans
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  Speaker 1: back into a game where they were completely controlling it.
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  Speaker 1: I think that We need to see a step in
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  Speaker 1: the right direction with Jameis. I don't think J.J. McCarthy
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  Speaker 1: is brought in here to come in and go, oh,
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  Speaker 1: we want to bench Jameis. It's not about that. It's
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  Speaker 1: about they're protecting themselves in case Jameis maybe doesn't play well.
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  Speaker 1: Or if Jameis gets hurt, John Harbaugh in his first
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  Speaker 1: year of the giant quarter, head coach doesn't want to go,
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  Speaker 1: Jameis is hurt. All right, we're going four and 13.
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  Speaker 1: And now we're going to hear it. Nobody looks back
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  Speaker 1: in history and goes, oh, wait, what was the quarterback?
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  Speaker 1: We're going to go into next year, and if they
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  Speaker 1: lose two games, they were 4-13 last year, and now
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  Speaker 1: they're 0-2, and nobody cares about the quarterback situation. So
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  Speaker 1: he's protecting himself, and then maybe you strike gold with J.J. McCarthy.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you strike gold in that he can be your
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  Speaker 1: backup next year, the year after. Maybe be somebody that
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  Speaker 1: somebody wants to trade for if he does get some
• 12:17
  Speaker 1: time in there. And you've got a quarterback in Jackson
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  Speaker 1: Dart who we know plays the game a little crazy
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  Speaker 1: and can get injured with how he plays.
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  Speaker 2: It is time for this week's edition of Studio Gats.
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  Speaker 2: All lines, courtesy of our friends over at FanDuel and
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  Speaker 2: the FanDuel Sportsbook.
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  Speaker 1: Fade me.
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  Speaker 2: That's the only advice I can give you is fade me.
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  Speaker 2: I had a dreadful week last week, but I'm doomed.
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  Speaker 2: Let's start in college here. Virginia Tech taking on Pitt.
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  Speaker 2: They're minus two and a half. I'm taking Virginia Tech here.
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  Speaker 2: They win. They cover Virginia Tech by seven points over Pitt.
• 12:46
  Speaker 2: Alabama minus five and a half at Mississippi State. One
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  Speaker 2: of the big games this weekend. I'm taking Bama here.
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  Speaker 2: I know everyone loves Mississippi State. They love the quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: I love Alabama. Bama wins. They cover Bama by 13
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  Speaker 2: points over Mississippi State. Ohio State taking on Iowa. Minus 14.5.
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  Speaker 2: Buy it down to 14. Ohio State wins. They cover
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  Speaker 2: Ohio State by 24 points.
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  Speaker 1: Wake Forest. Mikey told me to stop betting against them,
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  Speaker 1: so I'm going to take them.
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  Speaker 2: How about that, Mikey, eh? They're taking on Stanford. They're
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  Speaker 2: minus 13.5. I am taking the Deacs.
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  Speaker 1: They win.
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  Speaker 2: They cover Wake Forest. by 21 points over Andrew Luck
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  Speaker 2: and them boys. Virginia, minus two and a half. They're
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  Speaker 2: at Florida State. Florida State is dreadful. Virginia, sneaky good,
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  Speaker 2: just two and a half points. I like Virginia here.
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  Speaker 2: They win, they cover. Virginia, by 14 points on the road. UMass,
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  Speaker 2: minus five and a half. I never imagined a day
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  Speaker 2: where I'd be telling people to take UMass. We've arrived
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  Speaker 2: at that day. Minus 5.5 over Eastern Michigan.
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  Speaker 1: Take UMass. They win.
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  Speaker 2: They cover UMass by 14 points at home. And finally, Miami.
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  Speaker 2: Minus 16.5 at Clemson. Clemson stinks. Miami might be the
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  Speaker 2: best team in the country. Buy it down to 16
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  Speaker 2: and take the Canes.
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  Speaker 1: They win.
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  Speaker 2: They cover Miami by four touchdowns on the road.
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  Speaker 1: NFL. Bills.
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  Speaker 2: Minus 6.5 over the Patriots. I like the Bills here.
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  Speaker 2: The Bills win.
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  Speaker 1: They cover.
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  Speaker 2: Drake May has forgotten how to play football. I can't
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  Speaker 2: explain it. So the Bills win and cover. They win
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  Speaker 2: by 14 points. The Giants, underdogs at home against the
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  Speaker 2: Arizona Cardinals. Can't figure it out other than Jameis Winston.
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  Speaker 2: They're plus 2.5. Buy it up to 3. They win
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  Speaker 2: the game outright. The Giants win and cover. The Giants
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  Speaker 2: by 3 points at home. The Rams, minus 3.5. They're
• 14:38
  Speaker 2: taking on the Eagles. Buy it down to 3. The
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  Speaker 2: Rams need this game desperately. I like a really good
• 14:44
  Speaker 2: team who was desperate. The Rams are exactly that.
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  Speaker 1: They win.
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  Speaker 2: They cover the Rams by 10 points on the road. Ravens,
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  Speaker 2: 11.5 over the Titans. Love the Ravens here.
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  Speaker 1: The Titans can't score. Poor Robert Sala. They just can't score.
• 14:58
  Speaker 1: Cam Ward's not any good.
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  Speaker 4: Text HOPE-NY, New York. Call 1-877-770-7867, Louisiana. Simms, you're a
• 17:20
  Speaker 4: smart guy, and I tend to listen to you, except
• 17:23
  Speaker 4: the last few weeks when you told us you were
• 17:25
  Speaker 4: going to.
• 17:25
  Speaker 1: Come on and then you didn't. So now I have
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: to question everything you say. And one of the things
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: you said is, I'm the only one talking here.
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: In fairness to Simms, he told me to fuck off, okay,
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: two weeks in a row.
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: He did, yes.
• 17:39
  Speaker 4: I'm questioning everything he says, and then I'm looking back
• 17:42
  Speaker 4: on it and I go, Isn't this the guy that
• 17:44
  Speaker 4: told us the Texans have the best defense and they're
• 17:47
  Speaker 4: going to come out of the AFC?
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: And I'm looking at them and I'm going, they're 0-3.
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: What's going on there? Yeah, they're in big trouble. They are.
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: Their defense is still the number five defense in football,
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: but it hasn't been like it was last year, to
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: your point. Not even close. And I talked about this
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: and broke them down a little bit early in the
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: week with my show. I mean, one... The offense is pitiful,
• 18:10
  Speaker 1: and I don't know if there's one receiver in football
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: that's more important to their team's success than Nico Collins.
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: When they don't have him, you're just like, all right,
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: it's just going to be 17 play drives and going
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: to be ugly as shit all day. That's the way
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: it's going to be. So, yeah, the offense is not good,
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: as we know, and defensively is not as dominant as
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: what we saw last year. And that's where it feels
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: different than last year. When they started off 0-3 last year,
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: you were still like, Man, the defense kept them in
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: every game. Like, they were awesome. Right now, they're tied
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: or third in football for the most explosive plays allowed.
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: There's some of that. And, you know, being a little
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: predictable when I watch them on film, too. Not a
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: lot of disguises going on that way. Week one, the
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: pass rush didn't show up. Week two... The defense played
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: really good against Cincinnati, but the offense shit the bed.
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: And then week three, it was a little bit, hey,
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: the offense stunk and the defense had some moments but
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: still let up some big plays to the Colts. Yeah,
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: I'm worried about them. I think the Cowboys are going
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: to beat them this weekend, Mikey. It's over for the Texans,
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: I think, the way I look at it. And they
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: need to reevaluate how they approach the offseason because this is–
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: three out of four years they've started 0-2. That's crazy.
• 19:23
  Speaker 3: Sims, on the topic of disappointing teams, one of your
• 19:26
  Speaker 3: best takes, stop paying good quarterbacks like they're elite. When
• 19:30
  Speaker 3: you're watching this Bucs team and they pay Baker Mayfield
• 19:33
  Speaker 3: $ 165 million, I know Baker leaves the game hurt, but
• 19:37
  Speaker 3: his performance has left a lot to be desired the
• 19:39
  Speaker 3: first three weeks. Is this kind of validating for you,
• 19:42
  Speaker 3: saying this is why you don't pay him like he's
• 19:43
  Speaker 3: Josh Allen?
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: Well, I mean, yeah, you shouldn't pay him like that, definitely. But,
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: you know, he's worth the of what I think they
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: paid him, I'll say. One, I think Baker Mayfield's a
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: top 10 quarterback in football for me. He's one of
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: those guys where you go, you don't just give him away.
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: You've got a guy here that can lead your franchise.
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: He's not played well. You're right about that. I think
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: there's two things that jump out to me about why
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: they don't play well. One, I've stated on the record
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: since the offseason, I don't understand why they hired Zach Robinson.
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: I mean, Atlanta's offense, I hated it last year. I
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: hated it. I mean, it was pitiful. And the only
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: two games it was good against were the Bucs. And
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: it's like that's why Todd Bowles hired him. He's like, hey,
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: it was good against me. I know the other 15
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: games it was crap, but good against me. Let's hire him.
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: And so I don't understand that. And then also the
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: other thing I'll throw out there to you, Taylor, is–
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: You know, I do think a little with them and
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: their wide receiver thing, this is something to watch for. Yeah,
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: they lost Mike Evans. Chris Godwin's getting up there in age.
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: I mean, this is what, year 10 for Chris Godwin?
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: Emeka Abuka, other than those first five or six games
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: from last year, has really fallen off. And I think
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: the jury is out to how good he's going to be.
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: So they don't have the playmakers I think we thought
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: they would have on that side of the ball. That's
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: another big factor in this. And then I think, you know,
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: Baker's been a little bit careless and missed a few
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: throws that I would say that I haven't seen him
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: miss before. He should have hit that last play in
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: Week 2 for the touchdown. That was kind of shocking
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: he missed that. And, of course, the turnovers in Week
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: 1 against Cincinnati were pretty crazy.
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: Chris, I know you have to run, so some quick
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: ones for you. Mikey, I can't believe I'm going to
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: say it. Trevor Lawrence is good.
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: Don't believe it. You're finally vindicated. I'm vindicated, but I'm
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: not vindicated because I said Zach Wilson was going to
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: be better than him. I don't know. I'm so torn apart.
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: But he's good. He's phenomenal right now. And he'd be
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: a guy that I'd watch for the Under the Radar
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: MVP conversation, right? Because... One, like I've said, like right now,
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: Ben Johnson and Shanahan are on another level on offensive
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: play calling. Liam Cohn would be that next guy down, though,
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: where I'd go, oh, he's almost on their level, but
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: he's just below them with like maybe McVay and some
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: other guys there. But I mean, he's got Trevor Lawrence.
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: playing with confidence that I've never seen before. And Parker
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: Washington has entered the top five wide receiver conversation in football. Wow.
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: He's phenomenal. That's why he turned down $ 25 million a
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: year the day before the season started. He was like, nah,
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: I'm going to get 30-plus this year. You watch. I'm
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: worth 30-plus million. But, you know, watching that game last
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: week with Drake May and Trevor Lawrence, where, like I said,
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: Drake May, he didn't want to throw to people. Trevor
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: Lawrence is so confident right now. I don't know if
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: you saw his interception he threw, but the guy was
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: open by like an inch and he was like, I
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: can hit the bullseye. And he hit the bullseye and
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: the tight end popped the ball up in the air
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: and they got intercepted. But to me, that was like, man,
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: he's got he's feeling it right now. Are the Raiders
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: for real? Like, for real to be, I think they'll
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: be a pain in the butt all year. I'm not
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: going to sit here and tell you I think they're
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: a playoff team yet. Not yet. But I think they're
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: a team that will be in that conversation still in December.
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: The defense is well coached. I don't think they have
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: enough big-time playmakers. Kubiak is awesome on the offensive side
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: of the ball. And Cousins is comfortable in that system.
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: He's been in it with Shanahan and McVay. That's what
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: Kubiak runs. And when Brock Bowers is in there with
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: that Trey Tucker and all that, they can design a
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: few plays every game where I go, ooh, that was cool.
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: What a play there. So, yeah, I think they're a
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: pain in the ass. I'm not ready to say they're
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: back as a playoff team. Not yet, at least. Are
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: the Jets competent? Yes. Yes. All right, we'll take it. Yes.
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: The Jets are a pain in the ass. I think
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: they can upset the Bears this weekend. I'm going to
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: take the Bears to win a close one, but I
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: would not be shocked if we're sitting there in the
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: fourth quarter going, The Jets are up three. Right. Right.
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: I mean, Geno's throwing the shit out of it. Yes.
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: Garrett Wilson and Kenyon Sadiq are scary. Right. So is
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: Brees Hall. Yes. And Aaron Glenn knows how Ben Johnson
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: operates a little bit. You know, those are things I
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: think that close the gap in the game there. And,
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: you know, the Bears are going to be feeling themselves
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: after the Monday night win with Case Keenum and all that.
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: All right. Last one, Sims. Actually, I have two more.
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: Just quick ones. All right. You're good. Don't worry.
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: We do a thing called Think About It Thursday every Thursday.
• 24:21
  Speaker 2: Taylor asked a great question yesterday. As a Giant fan,
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: would you be okay if the Cowboys won the next
• 24:28
  Speaker 2: four Super Bowls if I told you that five years
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: from now the Giants are guaranteed.
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: To win one? That is a great question. No, I
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: would not take that. I would not take that. I
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: would not. Okay, but you get a Super Bowl, Sims, guaranteed.
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: I know. You know what? I'd still rather sit here
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: and go, hey, you know, the Giants, we got two
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: Super Bowls since the Cowboys have last been in one.
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: I'd rather do that than go have to hear all
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: the fake Cowboy fans out there. Oh, we're back, America's team.
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: That would drive me crazy. No, I'd rather have the
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: other way around. Is Texas the best team in the country? No,
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: they're not. I know they're number one. They're damn good.
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: I think other than the fourth quarter against Ohio State,
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: they have not looked like the number one team. No,
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: they have not. To me, I would sit here and go...
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: I think Georgia is the best team I've seen so far. Miami,
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: I want to say that as well. It's just they
• 25:30
  Speaker 1: haven't played anybody. Right. But, yeah, I kind of look
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: at Georgia and Miami to be the teams that I
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: look at that would probably play in the best football
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: as we sit here right now. All right.
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: I don't want to put you in a bad spot,
• 25:44
  Speaker 2: but would you feel confident taking Arch Manning with the
• 25:46
  Speaker 2: number one overall pick in the NFL draft?
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: No, absolutely but not. There's no way I would feel
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: good about that. Arch Manning's real good. When I hear
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: people go, oh, he's the number one pick and this
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: is a march for Arch, I want to go, are
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: you watching college football? I don't know. Again, he's clutch.
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: He had some clutch moments. You guys are watching the game.
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: There's too many throws where you just go, oh, that
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: doesn't look right or that doesn't fly through the air
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: the right way. That's not the best decision in the world. So, again,
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: really good, but I don't think he's playing at the
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: same level as some of the other top-tier quarterbacks in
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: the sport. Trinidad Chambliss, for me, would be the guy
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: I look at to go, that's the best quarterback. He
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: can throw it at a level that I just go,
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: it's special the way he moves. I don't love the
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: smaller quarterback, but, man, he pops to me the most
• 26:38
  Speaker 1: on a weekly basis right now.
• 26:40
  Speaker 2: PFT with Mike Florio every day on Peacock, the Unbuttoned
• 26:43
  Speaker 2: podcast as well. Final question, AI, Bomani's the only person
• 26:47
  Speaker 2: who agreed with me on this. You're a conspiracy theorist.
• 26:51
  Speaker 2: Do you think AI is going to kill us all?
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: Yeah, the way we're going right now, yes, I do.
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: Thank you. Yes, so do I. Absolutely do. Will we
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: make it through the season, though? I mean, what do
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: you think? Yeah, we'll make it through the season. But
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: the way we're trending with AI is scary. I mean,
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: the fact that we're raping the planet's resources to make
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: sure the servers stay cold. I mean, Aaron Brockovich is
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: on the case. Like, what the hell are we doing?
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: What the hell are we doing? Yeah, so, no, it's
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: all a little scary right now there. Okay.
• 27:19
  Speaker 2: Check him out, BFT with Florio every day on Peacock
• 27:23
  Speaker 2: and the Unbuttoned podcast. We'll expand on your thoughts here
• 27:26
  Speaker 2: on AI next week if we can do that, okay?
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: I would love to. I have more thoughts, no doubt
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: about it. Maybe when Taylor gets out of jail, we
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: can expand on it more. And, Mikey, yeah, you were
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: way too quiet today. He was. Well, listen, you were
• 27:38
  Speaker 1: short on time, and he knew it. Yes. Yes. You
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: were short on time. Get out of here. It's good
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: to see your face. We love you, Chris. Always good.
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: We do. Our audience loves you. Don't forget about them, Sid.
• 27:48
  Speaker 1: I won't forget about it. I love your audience, too.
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: I'll see you guys. See you, buddy.