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"Get Uncomfortable..." Episode 73 · DMV Mess Hall

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Hi folks, this is Rick Doc. Walker in DOC, this is John Kind
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and you're listening to the mess hall with rally captain and
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Tailgate 10. What's going on?
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Rally. Happy belated birthday, man.
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Hey man thank you man and and and I got to tell you it feels
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good to be another years old. I'm not going to mention how old
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I am but it feels to be to put another one in the books.
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Thank you Heavenly Father for allowing me to do that and and
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I'm feeling good man. How you feeling?
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I'm feeling good, man. I had a cold past two weeks.
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It's taken me two weeks to get over this thing and it feels
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good to be back to normal Ish and good to be talking about
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some football again with you. If we can actually talk about
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football, man, it's been an interesting week.
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I mean, we make up the run down, so yeah, we can talk about what
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we want to, but I don't know if coach wants us to actually talk
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about football. And for those of you wondering,
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we'll get to those statements in a minute, man.
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But I'm kind of bummed, man. Kind of frustrated, though.
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I don't think you've been watching the Women's World Cup
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like I have. I've been getting up at 2:00 in
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the morning this past Sunday. I got up at 4:30 in the morning
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because it was a knockout stage, right?
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And they had a chance to win three World Cups in a row, which
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has not been done. I don't know if it's ever been
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done, but and if it has hasn't been done in a very long time
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and we have played like ass, They did not do well.
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Those ladies played their best game of the entire cup and then
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it went to penalty kicks and they just, I don't want to say
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choked, but they ended up losing and all I got to say is, and
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you're rocking it right now. Those of you wondering catch
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this on YouTube because we do a video portion for the show.
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The entire show is on YouTube rallies rocking his don't sleep
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energy gear right now. He's got the hat on, he's got
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the shirt. And I had the drinks beside me
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at 6:00 in the morning while the women's team was not doing so
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hot because I was dog tired after staying up, not staying
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up, but after getting up to watch that game.
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And now they're knocked out the World Cup.
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So I don't really have a reason to get up at 3:00 in the morning
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anymore. But I'm still going to drink if
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I don't sleep. Energy.
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Well, I can hear it in your voice, man.
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Your voice still sounds a little raspy there, brother.
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But but it's all good and and and as my cohost said, hey,
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nothing beats Swag Day. And today is Swag Day.
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Partners that don't Sleep Energy drink sent me a hat.
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And a T-shirt. And I gotta tell you this is the
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fit is sweet, so I greatly appreciate it.
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So when they say don't sleep on it, don't sleep on it because
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this is the bomb bro, it really is.
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And I greatly appreciate them. And not only do they have great
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wear, they have a great energy drink that you guys have got to
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try if you haven't had it yet. I mean when it comes in two
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types, you got sugar free. Are regular, you know.
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And Ted, he rocks the sugar free.
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I need the sugar. So I enjoy the sugar all day,
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every day. And I think next episode, I'm
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actually going to present you guys with a can.
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And did we ever get a winner for our contest?
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We didn't, man. We didn't.
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And for those wondering, we put the challenge out there to our
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listers. We know people are buying the
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fourth person that sends us a screenshot of their order from
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Don't Sleep Energy using the promo code DMV Mess Hall.
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I got tickets for you for the Ravens preseason game that
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Monday night game come on out and we're actually going to
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debut a new segment on the show. Call the Commanders player to
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not sleep on. Don't sleep on this Commanders
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player for the Browns game. We're going to save that for the
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end of the show or group or position group that that is
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true. But I'm looking forward to it,
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man. And you're looking good in that
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gear. I I glad I didn't wear mine
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today. I was actually thinking about we
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will look like twins because I just shaved my head too so.
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Well, I'd be the better looking to win, but it's it's all good
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anyway. Let's get back to football,
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brother. Well, Speaking of football,
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those of you that listen to this show and it was actually, it's
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fun man, because I was out of training camp I think 3 days, if
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about four days last week. And there were a couple of fans
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that came up to me and they legit said that we listen to you
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guys for our coverage. The team isn't on broadcast TV
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anymore. They don't have shows on there
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anymore and we catch up with you and rally to kind of find out
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what's going on. And some people may not have
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heard Ron Rivera's comments that have kind of been all over the
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Internet, all over ESPN, Pro Football Talk, different places.
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And I know you heard them because I saw some of your
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tweets and I actually wanted to text you about it, but I kind of
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wanted to save her for the show. But this is actually what Ron
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Rivera said that started up just basically this entire mess.
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Take a listen. Going back to the enemy and its
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intensity, have players had to kind of adapt to that and have
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any? Like I sort of struggled with
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that at times. Yeah I mean they have and and
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and and one of the biggest things is is is you know and I I
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had number of guys come to me and I say just go talk to him.
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I said understand what he's trying to get across to you you
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know and and I think you know I think as they go and they talk
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and they listen to him it's it's been it's been enlightening for
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a lot of these guys and it's a whole different approach.
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You know you again you get a different kind of player from
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from the players back in the past.
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Especially in life, how things are coming out of college
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football. So a lot of these young guys,
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you know, they do struggle with certain certain things and a lot
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of y'all got to take for where they've been.
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I mean guys coming from certain programs are used to it.
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Guys come from other programs aren't as much.
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So you you know us as a coach, you know, I I kind of have to
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assimilate and get a feel for everybody.
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You know, Eric has an approach and it's the way he does things
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and he's not going to change. And, and and because he believes
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in it, Jack has his approach. You know, having been a head
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coach, I think Jack has a tendency to try and figure guys
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out a little bit more as opposed to, hey, this is it, this is the
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way it's going to be, that type of stuff where Eric, Eric hasn't
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had that that, that that experience yet.
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Just that when they came to you it was just they felt like Eric
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was riding them too hard or. Well, they're they just were a
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little concerned, a little concerned.
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The players went to Dad to complain about the enemy,
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coaching them too hard, and kudos to Nikki Javala for asking
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this question. But, she asked Ron and Ron came
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out and aired the team's dirty laundry.
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You don't do that. I I agree with you.
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There's things that you you keep in house.
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There's things that just don't leave the walls of that
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facility. And yes, I get he was asked a
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question, but it was up to Ron on how he wanted to answer that
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question and answering it the way he did to me just completely
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through Eric the enemy under the bus comparing him to Jack Del
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Rio. Because Jack was a head coach
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before and EB hasn't been one for whatever reason.
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And it's well documented that the enemy has tried to be a head
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coach and has been turned down. And Ron basically poured
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gasoline on that fire with his comments in my opinion, and it
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was just unneeded and uncalled for.
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But if you look at it the other way, even if he said that, then
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it also makes his players look just marshmallow soft.
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And that's terrible, man. They're right there.
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I never thought about marshmallow soft and and and I
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can. I can close my eyes and think
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about how a marshmallow is. I mean you make some more of
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them. God dog it.
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Come on man. I'm I'm hoping that
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realistically, Ted, that that as my old coach told me that would
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like a fire underneath my butt to get moving.
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And, and and let me say this, Ted, when those players came to
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Ron, I wish that Ron would have answered it in four words,
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eight, eight and one those 4 words.
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And as far as answering the question to Nikki Giavala the
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way that he did. I would rather have Ron answer
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that question, How? He answers the injury report
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before a game or before? Before they have to officially
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come out with it. What does he always say?
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We'll get back to you with it. Simple.
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I'm not going to answer it simple and move on.
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But Nope, he had to figure that he had to say more.
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And we've always said with Ron Rivera, less is more.
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And I think Ron stopped listening to the show because he
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would have probably caught on by now that less is more.
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And I was calling it to be Mitch and Finley.
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I I was passed yesterday, I was hot.
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And so we're a bunch of callers and some people were defending.
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We actually have a voicemail from Greg who left us on our
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listener line talking about Ron. What's up?
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Big fan of the skin, Big fan of what y'all doing you and.
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Ted and Steve, rally captain, that's my man.
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But on this particular subject about this, the enemy, I mean
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Robbie Bear someone, the enemy on the bus, man.
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Y'all got to take a sleep seat on that bro, the man.
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All he said was that the players came to him.
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Mentioned that you know it maybe it was too intense or whatever
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it was or whatever the whatever the quote was that this his
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press conference. I don't see nothing wrong with
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that the the the it's been put out there for a couple of weeks
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now that the media's been dragging or he's he be is too he
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cussed too much or he does this too much or it's been they've
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been. The the they noticed that the
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practice has been wrapped up. Great though.
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If is a player or grown man, this is a grown man sport I do
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believe. And if they chose, I mean, if
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they have a problem with go to the tour, that's basically he
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told the player to go to the tour, have a conversation with
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EB, A/B said, Hey man, this is what it is.
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They ran with it and everything is good.
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So what's the big deal? Because he said it to the media.
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The media already knew that. It's no big deal.
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The media already knew the question.
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That's why the answer proposed the question.
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He's not supposed to answer it. It's not.
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We're so caught up as a fan base and what Dan Siler did over the
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last 24 years and all the screws and this is nothing.
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Started. You said nothing wrong in the
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interview. I don't listen to the press
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conference four times. I found nothing wrong with it.
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It makes sense. The media asks it.
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He refined to it. I think he did a wonderful job.
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Yeah, he should be fired. He should be gone.
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Ask yourself this. Let me ask you this question.
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In the last three years, when you have Robin, Vere had an
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actual time to coach the football team itself.
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Without all the crazy news it goes on and watching the sport
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and what risk games commanders the football team.
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When has he had a chance to coach the football team?
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Answer that question without the cancer, Without the COVID?
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Without his mom died, Without answering all the stupid ass
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questions that he asked? Excuse me for that, but
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answering all the questions about the team when he wasn't
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even here again and I didn't cut him off, I think his cell phone
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cut off. But Greg, first, thank you for
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calling in. I appreciate you listening,
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appreciate you following, appreciate you chiming in.
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And that's where the appreciation stops because I
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don't agree with you one bit. If this wasn't a big deal, it
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wouldn't be on Sports Center. You wouldn't have Tyree Hill who
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used to play for the enemy, tweeting, man.
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There was no other coach that has your back like EB.
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Take that coaching and get better.
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We all been through. It's tough, but I promise you it
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will make you better. You wouldn't have Jamal Charles
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saying I love EBI, know he coached different, but I don't
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know one thing. He can take another level
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though. You wouldn't have former players
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coming up to defend their former offensive coordinator.
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You wouldn't have Cam Curl who was on this team tweeting.
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We ain't soft, so it's obviously got to the locker room and it's
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obviously got to the media. And Ron did what he tells
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everybody not to do. He made the interesting
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important by opening his mouth and answering the question.
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Nikki did not know that the players had an issue and that
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the players went to Ron to talk about EB.
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The media had no idea. She was just doing her job and
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probing, and Ron did not do his job because he aired out his
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dirty laundry and the team's laundry and it just wasn't
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needed. And they made a mountain out of
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a molehill. He's got no one to blame but
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himself. I'm sorry.
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Don't be sorry. You said what you had to say and
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now I'm going to say what I got to say, Greg, you my man, 50
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grand and you know that. You know you going on, you've
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been on the trip, you going on another trip with me this year,
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so. There's no love lost, you know?
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It's all good, bro. So take what I'm about to say
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the same way I took what you had to say.
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Our show is based off of military DMV mess hall.
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I was in the military and for all my members who are in the
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military currently serving or that have served, you may have a
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feeling about where I'm about to go with this statement.
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And Greg, if you were in the military, then you know what I'm
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about to say as well, or you'll feel what I'm about to say.
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Basic training, you go, you go into basic training as an
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individual, they shave your head, they take away.
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Back in the day, it was a Walkman, cassette tape.
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Whatever civilian outside world traits that you had, they took
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it all away from you. Your individualism to become
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one. And I don't know about you, but
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yeah, I wrote home to my parents and said the drill Sergeant,
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they are rough. And right now Eric Biennimi is
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our drill Sergeant. He's the team's drill Sergeant.
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And yeah, I wrote those letters saying home, saying mom, it's
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it's it's tough out there. But at the same time, 6 to 8
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weeks later after I got out of basic training.
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I was a change person. This organization needed the
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change. And yes, we heard Deon Sanders
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say I'm bringing my luggage to Colorado because Colorado is
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what, One in 14, if I'm not mistaken?
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Well, compute that to the pros 8/8 and 1/7 and 9 and so forth
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and so on. I don't, I don't need to
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continue saying what our record was.
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So you needed someone. To bring the pain, if you will,
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to get these guys starting from a new offense to build up
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something that that can be Super Bowl bound and it's not going to
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happen. Soft, it just isn't.
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We know what soft is, and I'm not saying that our guys are
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soft, but we know what soft looks like One of them is.
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And and Eric. This is true.
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And Eric basically set a mouthful.
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If I don't do my job, I'm going to get fired.
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That's all that needs to be said.
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So in the NFLA lot of times we got guys on the field from the
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team right now that probably should not have a job, But
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because of where they were picked or because they were a
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favorite of some sort, they won't get fired when someone
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else could come in possibly and do the job better.
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So all I'm going to say is we need someone to spark that fire.
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And yes, you're correct. Ron has gone through a lot of
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things, but you also got, I don't remember Greg.
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These are the things he wanted. He wanted to control everything.
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He wanted to do all these things.
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No one may even do it. He could have brought someone in
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as an assistant coach a long time ago to take a lot of this
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heat off of him. Until now, he's just doing that.
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So I love you, bro. I do.
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But like it? You're wrong.
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And I'm sorry. When is Ron Coach?
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He's collecting a paycheck over these past four years, so he's
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been a coach this entire time. And it's sad to say, but he
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should have been fired. Any owner would have fired his
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ass by now going into the season of his contract, but we did not
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do that. They did not do that because
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Snyder would have had to pay his entire contract out and the man
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was selling the team. He has had not had a single
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winning season here as a head coach going 500.
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Is not having a winning season Luck boxing your way into the
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playoffs because Doug Peterson wanted to bench his starting
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quarterback against it when we played the Eagles because they
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want a higher draft pick Does not mean you had a winning
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season. Sorry, Ron had to deal with
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COVID. So did the rest of the NFL.
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Don't give me that excuse. Yes, he had to deal with cancer.
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Okay, that sucks. But you have staff to help you
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out. He's not the only coach that's
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ever faced adversity. And you know what?
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These players are facing adversity right now and he did
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not have to share that one if not more of them had an issue
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with the enemies coaching style because frankly this team needs
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a kick in the ass. And this is actually what
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Reggie, one of our die hard listeners had to say.
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Sup fellas? It's Reggie from NCI got a four
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letter word for y'all SOFT dudes complaining about how EB coaches
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are soft. He is here to win.
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If they're not. With that open up a roster spot.
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For someone who's in on winning, EB is a breath of fresh air.
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Looking forward to see Y'all at the Eagles and Atlanta games.
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Hail. That's not the four letter word
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I thought he was going to say. But you know what?
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I agree with Reggie, man. It's just I've been out at
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practice. I've been to all of them but 3.
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EB yells at you when you mess up, but you can also hear him
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yelling at you when you get it right.
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He is consistent. And this is actually what the
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enemy had to say during his press conference.
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You have a reputation of being you have some intensity about
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you. So I'm curious like you know Ron
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was talking about how like some players maybe had to get used to
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that and they went to him and expressed and said hey sit down
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with with Eric and kind of go yourself what is you know how do
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you approach that and you know the you know do you how do you
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feel about that and and and just having to deal with guys who
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maybe aren't used to that. Well, first of all, one thing I
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am I'm an open book and I always invite players in, but also too.
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As I've I've gone through this process, yes, I am intense and I
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would be afraid too to start if I didn't know it.
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But on top of that, one thing they do appreciate is this.
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I'm always going to be upfront and I'm always going to be
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honest, just like I stated when I first got here, we all got to
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get uncomfortable, to get comfortable, OK?
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There's some new demands and expectations that I expect.
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I expect us to be the team that we're supposed to be.
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It's not going to be easy. And everybody ain't going to
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like the process, but when it's all said and done with my job is
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to make sure that we're doing it the right way.
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There's a way to do it. Now, do they understand that?
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Yes, because they're seeing the results.
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Will everybody buy you? I believe so.
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But if not, it's okay because you know what, my number one job
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is to help take these guys to another level.
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And I can see it because when you think about where we started
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in the spring. To where we are right now.
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We're making a lot of strides. I'm proud of these guys.
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It's been some excuse, my language, some good shit to
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watch. I love it when it curses, man.
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It just to me, he's being real. That's right, the hundred 100%,
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ten toes in man. And last week I complained about
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the offense. They were just getting
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demolished, right? First day of pads.
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I was out there and then we recorded our show.
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Afterwards, they got killed. It kind of sucks that we didn't
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have another show between now and then because I'm looking at
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my notebook. Second day of pads, it was the
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best day to that point that the first team offense had actually
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had. Well, I don't.
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I don't know what they did, whether they listened to our
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show the night before, basically calling them out and just, you
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know, not exactly call them soft but offensive line looking like
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straight garbage. They stepped up and whatever EB
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was doing or whatever he said to them after that first day of
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pads resonated because those guys actually moved the ball.
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And not against the second team. Against the first team, they
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were doing a bunch of quick passes, a bunch of outlets.
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The screens were actually working.
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They were keeping their blocks and they were giving Sam time to
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throw. This past Sunday, they had a
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full pad of practice. They had off on Saturday.
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First team offense, first team defense.
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Actually got into a couple of fights.
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Nick Gates got kicked off the field for throwing a punch.
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I mean, there was a bunch of different guys.
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Benjamin St. Juice mean mugging some.
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I can't remember who it was. And once it was Hodges after
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breaking of a pass and not even trying to pick him up.
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But you've got guys that we talked about it that are showing
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that dog in them and that are stepping up and you're starting
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to see results not just on the defensive side but also on the
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offensive side of the ball. And to me that is the B enemy
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fact that we have not had here forever.
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I can't remember the last time, actually.
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Joe Gibbs 2.0 is the last time I remember seeing any of this and
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it's refreshing to see. But don't air it.
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It is needed, man. It is so needed.
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We're in a new era. Here's the thing, if you if you
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really want to welcome in new ownership, new players, new
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coaches or whatever have you that's new, then you've got to
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really realistically be able to open your mind and free your
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mind of all that old stuff that was there.
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And embrace the new stuff. And yeah, it's going to be
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tough. Learning something new always
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is. It's like my Spanish, it's never
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going to be good, but at the same time, I had learned some of
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it. So you know, it's not easy. 10
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times I wanted to throw the dog on book away.
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But you got to keep going. And that's where we are with
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these guys. Embrace it because it's going to
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make you better. And like we always say.
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I want to be here. There are thirty other teams
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that you can look at. I think that whoever and
25:08
granted, I'd love to know who it was.
25:10
I know it's never going to come out, but I would pay some damn
25:14
good money to find out who it was because it's got to be
25:18
someone on the offense and talk about bulletin board material,
25:22
you know? Can you imagine?
25:24
You know, whoever the hell it is, Michael Parsons just beating
25:29
someone on the offensive line. See, your ass is soft.
25:33
It's just it write. The story writes itself and the
25:37
enemy has created winners in Kansas City.
25:41
We know what that team has done. It is documented.
25:45
And what he did over there, he's bringing over here.
25:49
He is keeping it 100% the exact same and this is actually what
25:54
he had to say about potentially toning down his coaching tactics
25:59
in in examining the way you coach, right?
26:02
Have you ever said, I wonder if I have to tone it down at all or
26:05
you just say this is how I am and I'm just going to roll with
26:08
that? I've been coaching since I
26:09
retired from football, so you got to understand this with the
26:13
group. I'm always going to remain the
26:15
same. I'm always going to be loud, I'm
26:17
always going to be vocal. I'm always going to demand from
26:21
our leaders. But on top of that, I'm watching
26:24
everything Okay, body language, how we're addressing the huddle,
26:29
how we're getting up to the line of scrimmage, how we're
26:31
presenting ourselves. Those things are important
26:34
because you got to send a message to the defense.
26:37
And so I want our guys to clearly understand that we're
26:40
not taking anything for granted, so.
26:44
When it's all said and done with, do I spend time with
26:46
players? Yes.
26:47
You guys have been here. You see me pull players over to
26:50
the side and have long discussions with them just so
26:53
we're all always on the same page.
26:55
So Eric Be Enemy is is who he is, OK?
26:59
Eric Be Enemy knows how to adapt and adjust.
27:02
Eric Be Enemy is a tough, hard nosed coach.
27:05
But also understand I'm going to be the biggest and harshest
27:10
critic, but I'm also the number one fan.
27:13
Because I got they back and I'm going to support them at all
27:16
time. I might start talking about
27:19
Tailgate 10, the third person, and E B's trying to make it
27:22
cool. But I'm telling you, man, it's
27:24
hard to save on the video. But I get goosebumps listening
27:27
to him and we talked about it during mini camp, during OT A's,
27:32
everyone made a big deal. Like Greg said about him cursing
27:35
and him yelling at players and this and that.
27:37
And is it going to get old? Sorry, I don't think it's going
27:41
to get old. I don't think it has gotten old
27:43
being out there, witnessing it, watching it because he's
27:47
consistent the entire time. He pulled the first team offense
27:51
out because it didn't get into a huddle fast enough.
27:55
He is demanding perfection from his players, which we have not
28:00
had. It was well documented.
28:03
Then let me finish this one point that last year the wide
28:06
receivers during drills weren't running the same routes at the
28:10
same depth. That's how unorganized practice
28:13
was. You had Curtis Samuel running in
28:16
in at 5 yards, tear running in at 7.
28:18
I'm just using examples and Diony running it at 10.
28:21
And you wonder why Carson wasn't getting the ball where it was
28:23
supposed to be because he didn't know where people were going to
28:26
go. And he also had a bad arm and it
28:28
was a horrible tuckerback. But still you have consistency
28:33
in coaching, which we have not had forever.
28:38
You know what that shows me, Ted?
28:40
It shows me that I'm that Eric B enemy.
28:45
Coach B enemy is not going to leave any stone unturned.
28:50
Meaning, how many times have guys tried to use a scapegoat?
28:55
Well, no one told me that. Well, we know here BS.
29:00
You were told, you're going to be told, and if you don't do it
29:03
right, you're going to be told again.
29:06
So once again, he can say on the film, hey, no, I told these guys
29:13
what to do and they didn't do it right.
29:16
So now, because they didn't do it right, that's going to be
29:18
your cue to pack your suitcase and go.
29:22
If that has to happen, I never want to see anyone fired.
29:26
I never want to see anyone let go.
29:29
But this is a billion dollar business, Billions of dollars of
29:32
business. How about that?
29:34
And because of it, guys need to be on par.
29:39
That's all he's trying to do, whether they like it or not.
29:42
And I and I think realistically, they know he's telling the
29:45
truth. They know it.
29:47
And I think maybe one day it got to him and I'll give them a
29:52
pass. This one time I'll give them a
29:55
pass. It's human nature to say, man,
29:57
why you riding me? It's human nature, Okay.
30:00
That's your one pass. Get over it.
30:04
Can I'll. I may be mad at you, but I'll
30:07
still be able to break bread with you.
30:08
And that's one of the things that we got to get past it.
30:11
So it's said and done. It's over with.
30:13
That's their past. Show me the improvement.
30:17
Otherwise, as you said, Ted, when they go against Cleveland
30:22
in two days, or as if you said in the military a day and a wake
30:25
up. If they're, if they look soft,
30:29
like you said, bulletin board material, so now is their time.
30:35
If you don't like on riding, you do it right.
30:38
Do it right and you won't have that problem.
30:44
If it wasn't a big deal, Ron wouldn't have came out today and
30:48
those wondering it's Wednesday at 5:18 and literally had a
30:53
prepared statement that he wrote.
30:57
Those of you that missed it, this is actually what Ron had to
31:00
say. And I opened up with this pretty
31:03
much, You know, I realized my comments yesterday took on a
31:06
different life than I intended yesterday.
31:09
And that's on me for not being as clear as I needed to be.
31:12
I'll own that the other day. You know that we're trying to
31:15
build here and we're all aligned, as I've said many times
31:19
since I've hired Eric. I love the overall message that
31:22
he gave to the team his first day.
31:25
And that was basically. We all learn to be comfortable
31:28
when we're uncomfortable, and I think what's happened is for
31:32
those guys on that side of the ball, things are uncomfortable.
31:35
There's been a lot of change and the entire way of doing things
31:40
has changed. On the offensive side, change is
31:42
hard and I've always encouraged our players to have great
31:44
dialogue and build relationships with our staff.
31:47
Since those conversations took place with Eric and the players,
31:51
I've seen the improvements and I can honestly say that the last
31:54
couple of practices. Probably been the best of
31:57
training camp, which I think is great to me.
32:00
That displays. The team is beginning to embrace
32:01
the message and approach to how he does things and how we want
32:05
things done. I also want to clear up the
32:07
reference I made about Jack in comparison Eric.
32:09
I did not communicate that correctly and I met with Eric.
32:12
We had a great conversation and that was cool.
32:15
I think the biggest thing is that we're all on the same page,
32:17
everybody. I'm fortunate to have an
32:19
experienced staff, guys like Eric and Jack, and a roster of
32:22
players who want to help this franchise take the next step.
32:25
We're all working to build a culture where players and staff
32:28
can respect each other's point of views and the way that we do
32:31
things and continue to be very professional with one another.
32:35
At the end of the day, we're all a family and we're working
32:38
towards the same goal and that's to win.
32:39
I just wanted to get that out there so everybody understands.
32:42
I wasn't as clear as I probably needed to be, and I own that.
32:45
And that's on me. You told him you you said you'd
32:51
give him one pass. I hope we don't have to give him
32:55
a second because Ron learned, hopefully his lesson.
33:02
You don't. I.
33:02
Think the overall team did. I think the overall team did.
33:05
Excuse me interrupting you, but the overall team did.
33:09
I just, time will tell because the players, they they just
33:17
complained. But to me, they complained to
33:19
the wrong person. You got a problem with what your
33:22
coach is saying? Go talk to your coach.
33:25
Don't go talk to your coach's boss.
33:27
I mean, there's a chain of command and if you don't want
33:32
the answer that you think you're going to get, then you
33:35
immediately skip that chain and go to the person above.
33:39
No, that's not how life works. That's not how your daytoday job
33:43
works. And this is a job for these
33:45
young men. We all have jobs.
33:48
Those of you listening to this, I'm assuming have jobs.
33:52
You don't immediately go to the president of the company because
33:56
you don't like what your manager told you or because your
33:58
manager's not giving you off for Labor Day or whatever the reason
34:01
may be. You go talk to them and you have
34:03
that discussion and I don't think we will hear anything
34:08
about this again unless the team is not winning because that's
34:15
when stuff starts to leak even more and we haven't even hit the
34:20
first game of preseason and this stuff is happening and I thought
34:25
that we were kind of done with the whole non football stuff.
34:29
This is still technically football because you got your
34:31
players kind of talking about you know he's riding us too
34:36
hard. You know they're not even doing
34:37
2 days. I remember being out there for
34:40
two days, back in the day. You know, they're not even
34:43
hitting like they used to. They're not taking guys to the
34:46
ground. And I get it.
34:47
That's the modern NFL. I'm not trying to sound like an
34:50
old fogey here shaking a cane up at the cloud.
34:52
Just scream with these kids and get off my porch.
34:54
But if you're complaining about this, I mean, come on, this has
34:59
been, I mean, and I'm not the one out there running sprints.
35:02
He's making every running back, regardless if they're on their
35:06
own 20 or if they're on the 45, take the ball to the end zone
35:11
every time, finish that play every time.
35:15
So yeah, that's got to suck in 100 plus degree heat.
35:18
I'm standing there and just hanging out with a hat on,
35:22
sweating my ass off, being miserable.
35:24
I can't imagine having pads on and being miserable.
35:27
But you talked about, you talked about basic training, man, and
35:32
that just prepares you for what you have to do when S counts.
35:38
And to me, that's what the enemy's doing.
35:41
And that that's basically the same thing I was going to
35:45
reiterate, but but you said it so eloquently and the fact also
35:51
Ted is and and this is what bothers a lot of people, you're
35:58
getting paid millions of dollars to do this.
36:04
You're getting paid millions of dollars to do this or for some
36:07
hundreds of thousands of dollars to do it so.
36:11
A lot of people don't have okay. They just don't have that card
36:16
sympathy card for you. They don't and like you said,
36:20
hey we're on the sidelines we're we're we're ruining drinking our
36:24
out of water Gatorade, whatever you want to promote it and and
36:28
they're doing and don't sleep energy.
36:32
You're getting paid to do it and that is your job.
36:36
So don't complain, because it could be a lot worse.
36:41
It could be. There was actually a fan that
36:44
was given, I think it was Troy Apke, some crap on the sideline
36:50
because Apke's been kind of the joke of the fan base and some of
36:54
the media's given him a hard time since he's been here and a
36:59
G stood up for him, said this is hard.
37:03
If you could do this, you'd be out here.
37:04
But you can't. You're on the sideline.
37:06
I'm paraphrasing what a G said. But a G stood up for him, right?
37:10
What they do is tough. I wish I had talent to be able
37:17
to play the game that they're playing.
37:18
Because we do this podcast, because we love this game, we
37:20
love this team. God didn't bless me with that.
37:24
You know? I can stand up on a surfboard
37:26
and cook a meat and burger that. That's pretty much it.
37:29
Those are my talents and I can cheer on this team.
37:32
I've never seen you. I've never seen you serve.
37:35
But I have seen you cook a meat burger, so I I'll give you that.
37:39
So you got to provide some video footage of you serving, bro.
37:42
I mean, come on, man, we'll get there.
37:44
I got to show Miss Tailgate how to use your cell phone and
37:46
actually hit record instead of taking a picture.
37:49
And I didn't say how long I was standing up, by the way, but I
37:52
just stood up. But it's just.
37:55
And I get it, man, what they're doing it, it ain't easy.
37:57
And being in this heat. I remember Rivera last year
38:01
talking about how the heat led to injuries for this team in
38:05
this and that. Well, we'll see if this is going
38:08
to become an excuse, but I want to move on from this.
38:10
But the last clip I want to play, I feel we have to hear
38:14
because it's going to be my new ringtone.
38:20
We did. We talked about it and it's you
38:23
know, and it was just I basically told him I put my foot
38:25
in my mouth. I think what I said wasn't as
38:29
clear as it needed to be and I think the understanding of of of
38:32
it is just the fact that. I think everybody's making, in
38:37
my opinion, a little bit more than needs to be made of this.
38:42
So that was Ron's apology to me. Kind of 1/2 ass backhanded
38:48
apology, but hey, that's his opinion.
38:51
Just like Greg has his opinion. And you know, I if Greg would
38:56
have texted us, I would have thought that that was Ron's
38:58
burner cell phone, But he left us a voicemail, so we know it
39:01
wasn't Ron chiming in. And believe it or not, there
39:04
were other fans that tweeted us back, said no, it's not a big
39:07
deal, No y'all, just need to move on.
39:08
No, the media is stirring stuff up again.
39:11
Hey, I appreciate you guys interacting and chiming in, and
39:15
I appreciate Ron saying I put my foot in my mouth because every
39:18
time I get a scam call on my cell phone now that's what the
39:21
ringtone's going to be because I know I'm not going to pick up
39:23
at. That point drives me crazy, man,
39:28
but we got a football game in two days, depending on when
39:33
you're listening to this. Day and a wake up and it just
39:37
came out that Sam Howe is going to be starting.
39:42
Are you surprised that they came out with that statement?
39:46
No, and I'll tell you why. As we we've all said we know
39:54
what we have in percent. We still really don't know what
39:57
we have in Sam and. I think that in real world
40:01
situations, instead of going up against, as I've always told
40:05
you, our fellow man, you're going up against another jersey
40:09
and it's going to be a more than likely a brown jersey and we'll
40:14
be wearing burgundy. I'm assuming you're going to be
40:17
able to see what the offensive line is going to do to your Q B1
40:22
and can your Q B1 think on the go get it?
40:27
Are the Cobwells been shaken out since the last game that he's
40:30
played? Mind you, we're talking about
40:32
practice and our our defensive studs have been all in this
40:35
space, apparently. So now we get to see how that
40:38
offensive line fires out against another opponent who they don't
40:43
care about. So you still care about your
40:45
friend? I'm a firm believer of that.
40:47
Yeah, everybody's trying to get their starting position, but
40:50
that's still your buddy across from you.
40:53
Now you get to show what you've learned and accomplished against
40:58
someone else. So we'll be able to see that.
41:00
We'll be able to see how Sam reacts.
41:03
Like I said, all the other cobwebs out.
41:05
Did he? Did he?
41:06
Did he retain everything that he needed?
41:08
And I think that he will. Hopefully.
41:10
That's always the rally captain's view.
41:12
I hope that he was able to retain everything and and get
41:15
everything on board because he's still fighting for a job.
41:20
He's Q B1, but he's still fighting for the job, just like
41:23
Perset wants to be that number one if the time comes.
41:27
So do you think there really is a quarterback competition
41:30
happening between Sam and Jacoby?
41:34
No. I don't feel there's a QB
41:36
competition, we'll put it this way.
41:38
If there is, they're doing a good job of keeping it quiet for
41:44
the first time. So I don't think that there is a
41:50
competition. I really don't.
41:52
I think I've said it from the longest time.
41:54
This is Sam's team, it's it's Sam's position to lose.
41:58
This is his opportunity and once again they are, they are are
42:03
really trying to keep that, if you will, out of the that aspect
42:07
of things, out of the media. So Rivera did mention to media
42:12
during one of his pressers, and I was trying to find a clip, but
42:14
I almost feel that the team took it down.
42:16
That there is a competition going on between these guys.
42:20
When he made that comment, Burset had not taken any first
42:25
team snaps. It had been Sam taking all the
42:29
reps with the ones in seven on 711 on 11/9 on seven run
42:34
install. Sam was doing everything well.
42:38
The other day, Jacoby finally took.
42:41
Some reps were the ones, and I almost feel it was because of
42:44
what Ron said during his press conference.
42:47
I don't really think he's that calculated or was doing it
42:50
because of that. But this is actually what he had
42:52
to say about Burset taking those reps.
42:55
We saw Jacoby with the first team just a little bit today.
42:58
I think that was the first time doing that.
43:00
Just kind of walk through the process there.
43:03
Yeah. At some point he's going to have
43:04
to work with them, you know, just so he gets to know them and
43:07
they get to know him. We started talking about that
43:09
the last couple days. Trying to figure out what'd be a
43:12
good opportunity to do it. And so one of the things that
43:15
Eric and Tavita thought this would be a good good one with
43:17
the 10/10/10 practice today. And so we went ahead and gave
43:21
him the last couple in each period.
43:25
So I can appreciate that because those of our listeners that have
43:27
stood with us since day one know that he did not give Sam Howe
43:34
any reps when Taylor Heineke was Q B1 and Carson Wentz went down.
43:41
To me, that made no sense. You were literally 1.
43:44
Heineke close eyes throw the ball up in the air F it, Terry's
43:48
down there from getting knocked out of the game.
43:50
And Hal had never thrown a pass to 17 or back then 10 or one,
43:58
which made no sense to me because that young man Sam could
44:01
have been in there and then you're starting quarterback in a
44:04
second. So I appreciate that Berset
44:07
finally got some snaps, were the ones?
44:10
That it wasn't a ton of them, but he finally got some.
44:13
But I agree with you, there is no quarterback competition here.
44:16
Just like there was no quarterback competition the year
44:18
before with Carson and Taylor, and there was no quarterback
44:20
competition before that with Ryan's Fitzpatrick and Taylor.
44:25
This is Sam's team right now and I don't think we're going to see
44:31
anything. This is preseason.
44:33
We are not going to see a game plan.
44:35
We're going to see a very boring vanilla offense.
44:39
That they just want to see if they can execute.
44:42
Can Sam get the team in and out of the huddle?
44:46
Can he get the plays in from the headset and actually get the
44:49
guys lined up properly? Because the referees were there
44:52
the other day and there were a lot of yellow flags running
44:56
around, guys lined up for illegal formation, illegal
45:00
procedures, false starts, and yes, it's a preseason game.
45:04
I don't think the dog pound up in Cleveland is going to be that
45:07
loud and that crazy. But let me tell you, we weren't
45:11
that loud and crazy at practice at training camp, and you still
45:13
had guys jumping off sides. So it's things like that, that's
45:18
I'm tempering my expectations on what it's going to be like.
45:23
But I am excited to see him mastering whatever offense they
45:30
call. Is he choosing the right guy
45:33
based upon what the defense is doing?
45:35
Based upon how they're lined up? And going back and watching that
45:38
film and that is going to tell us a lot.
45:41
It's going to be tough to see that during the game watching it
45:45
on TV because you just don't get that view and that vantage
45:47
point. But I'm also curious to see
45:51
what's his defense going to do. You know, how are they actually
45:55
going to step up? How many plays is Chase going to
45:57
get? How many plays is Montez going
46:00
to get? You know, what's actually going
46:02
to happen? What's Jayman Davis going to do?
46:05
And so it'd be interesting, you know, not just from an offense
46:07
perspective, because that's true.
46:09
We're only going to go as good as this offense is going to take
46:11
us because we know what the defense can do.
46:13
But do we really know what the defense can do, what this first
46:17
team defense can do? Because I don't know if we do.
46:21
We have a lot of ideas of what they can do, but we also know
46:27
that it's kind of been unchanged and they didn't do what they
46:32
needed to do last year and even though this is a new year.
46:35
So we got to put that away. But to answer one of your
46:38
questions, I feel they're going to run a lot of base just just
46:41
base offense just like you said just to see where they are to
46:45
make sure that the guys can get the the right snap count to make
46:47
sure the guys can line up properly because those are the
46:51
building blocks and if you thought you got yelled at then
46:57
wait till you get back on that plane, come back from Cleveland,
47:01
you don't really get yelled at. That's so be prepared.
47:04
Prepare yourself forward. But it's it's it's part of the
47:07
for the course man this this is what it's all about.
47:10
It's all about building starting from zero and moving your way up
47:15
to 10 or 100 or whatever your denomination is that you're
47:18
trying to strive for. So let's let's not put the cart
47:24
in front of the horse. Let's just let it work itself
47:28
out. And before I get ready to get
47:30
off of this, I'll say that once again.
47:32
It reminds me of 2012 with RG3. New quarterback, new offensive
47:38
coordinators. No one knew what we were going
47:40
to run and we ran a lot of just base stuff.
47:43
But then it all came together during that first game against
47:47
the Saints and we saw what we were working with.
47:51
I was actually remembering that game the other day because the
47:54
junkies were talking about it and no one had any clue at that.
47:58
Point what was going to happen and coming out with that RPO and
48:02
that read option and everything else I remember and this is
48:05
going to sound nasty to some people out there, but no joke.
48:09
I put my boxers in a Ziploc bag after that game because those
48:14
are going to be my lucky boxers for the entire season if we kept
48:17
that offense up. And I was going to put them all
48:20
before the games, have to figure it out at the tailgate, maybe
48:23
get a little changing station and put those things back on.
48:26
Because of that offense could put up those kind of points
48:28
against the Saints out of nowhere.
48:30
Let's be damn sure I'm going to try and keep everything on from
48:33
that day and keep that good luck going.
48:35
And no one knew what Terry was going to be.
48:38
Just going back to something more recent.
48:41
We thought he was just going to be a special teams guy and just
48:44
a regular receiver and now he is wide receiver one.
48:48
And one of the faces of this franchise, they kept that under
48:51
wraps. And to me, the true test is not
48:54
going to be these preseason games for the game this weekend.
48:57
It's going to be that practice that hopefully you're still
49:00
going to against the Ravens and what the team's actually going
49:05
to be able to do. Because what a lot of fans don't
49:07
understand is practices against another team.
49:11
The guys can focus on specific things.
49:13
When I say guys, the coaches can focus on specific scenarios.
49:17
You want to focus on 3rd and seven.
49:19
You want to focus on goal line. You want to focus on your
49:22
two-minute offense. You can go back and forth and
49:25
work on that and agree to do that with Harbaugh and his
49:28
coaching staff. And that's what happens when
49:31
teams practice together. They understand where their
49:35
deficiencies are and you practice them against the other
49:38
team versus in the game, who knows how many snaps Sam is
49:43
going to get. Carson got 22 snaps.
49:47
Basically three series against whoever we played last time in
49:53
the preseason. That first game and you don't
49:56
really control. You won't, not really.
49:58
You don't control those scenarios at that point in time.
50:02
So whoever gets a chance to go out to that Ravens practice and
50:06
when the media is out there, that's what I can't wait to hear
50:09
about. How did that offensive line look
50:12
against them? Because I'm telling you, the
50:14
Cleveland defense isn't going to be doing a bunch of stunts.
50:17
They're not going to be pulling out a bunch of stuff from their
50:20
playbook to truly test our offensive line.
50:24
So just like you said, it's going to be vanilla.
50:28
Rivera actually said the offensive line looks solid the
50:32
other day and I really don't believe him and maybe that's
50:37
just me. I've been burned by him too
50:38
much. But this is actually what the
50:40
enemy had to say about the offensive line when he got asked
50:43
him, and so far EB hasn't let me down.
50:46
How do you feel the O line is coming together?
50:48
You know what? Our young O line, they're doing
50:50
a heck of a job. Like I said, there's been ups
50:53
and downs. There's been some days it hasn't
50:55
been as good, but there's been some days they've done a hell of
50:58
a job. And the thing that I'm loving
51:00
about that group is that they're having fun together.
51:04
O Line groups are very, very unique because everything is
51:07
based on communication. They probably do more
51:10
communicating with each other than any other position outside
51:13
the quarterback. And so I love seeing the
51:16
personalities develop. These guys are working.
51:19
We got some big strong guys up front that are tough, that are
51:24
hard nosed. And then here's the thing,
51:26
that's kind of unfair, which it is good in a sense, obviously
51:30
because we're on the same team. But think about the guys they
51:32
get to work against, OK? Those guys get to help them to
51:37
become better professionals, so. What better challenge than to
51:41
face the front four that we're seeing every single day?
51:45
I love it, I live for it and I can see the improvement in our
51:49
guys now. Has it all been perfect now?
51:52
It's not what training camp is about.
51:53
It's about working and fine tuning and learning how to grow
51:56
together and become one as a team.
51:58
And then once we start putting the pieces together, everything
52:01
else will break. Make us into that fine oil
52:05
machine moving forward. So I love where they are right
52:07
now. I'm going to take his word for
52:12
it. I'm going to take Vietnam's word
52:13
for it that he loves where they are right now because he has
52:16
been realistic. And granted, I don't think he's
52:19
going to call the offensive line a poop show to the media because
52:23
he's not going to want to throw them out of the bus like that.
52:25
But where we are right now in the third week of training camp,
52:30
he's good. We'll see if they really are
52:35
against the Browns and against the Ravens next week.
52:38
Not counting that actual Ravens game, but we tease the new
52:41
segment that we're going to do for the show with Don't Sleep
52:44
Energy. What Commanders player do you
52:48
want to tell the fans, Don't sleep on this guy, Make sure you
52:52
watch this guy because let's be real, Let's preseason.
52:55
It gets kind of boring come the second quarter of the third
52:57
quarter, fourth quarter with a bunch of guys that are not going
53:02
to make this squad or may make the practice squad or be on
53:04
someone else's roster. I'm going to say a position
53:09
group to it and I think that I don't want to sleep on the
53:14
offensive line and I we hear it constantly.
53:17
But let's face it, you got to be able to get it done in the
53:20
trenches. So I'm hoping that the offensive
53:24
line won't let me down and we can't sleep on these guys.
53:28
And I agree with you. It's not just the starting five,
53:32
it's the guys behind them, because we all know that.
53:36
It's a game of attrition. Guys are going to go down can
53:40
their. Backup step up.
53:41
How are they going to be when their names call?
53:44
You know, Sadiq Charles has been unhealthy.
53:46
Chris Paul has been coming in. Paul hasn't been around.
53:49
You know, it's just it's a rotating door of people and how
53:54
will this offensive line because we need to have depth and they
53:58
haven't invested a lot in there. They picked up a new center, I
54:02
think, with Strongbow. You know, they've got some guys
54:04
in there. How are these guys going to step
54:06
up if their name is called and when it's called?
54:07
So to me that's a good one. I'm.
54:09
I'm definitely going to be keying all that off.
54:10
It's a line. I'm going to make sure I don't
54:12
sleep on those guys when I'm watching the game.
54:14
For me, it's running back Chris Rodriguez.
54:19
It's that six round pick from Kentucky because he has looked
54:22
good at camp. He's looked explosive.
54:24
He's got some hands. I want to see what he can do
54:28
given a chance. And we talked to Lake Lewis
54:31
about this. I don't know why Jared
54:33
Patterson's still here. I really don't think he's making
54:35
this roster. He's not making as a special
54:38
team. He's not making a running back.
54:39
They granted it was a six round pick, but teams and coaches
54:44
typically will keep a draft pick because it's an investment.
54:49
Six round, not a big investment, but it's an investment, a G We
54:53
all know what's going on with his contract coming up.
54:55
You know this guy is most likely going to be on this team.
54:58
So what is he going to be able to do?
55:00
And I think we're going to get a steady dose of watching him
55:04
towards the middle to last half of this game.
55:08
And I want to see what that young man can do with his
55:10
opportunities. Can he pick up a blitz?
55:13
Can he actually gain some tough yardage?
55:16
And then I want to see, you know, how he responds to the
55:19
adversity that he's ultimately going to face coming in, being a
55:23
six round pick, so. I'm looking forward to watching
55:27
this game. I'm looking forward to talking
55:28
to you about it next week. I want to change topics to
55:32
something that I'm not really looking forward to talk about,
55:35
but I feel we'd be doing our listeners of disservice without
55:38
bringing it up. Have you seen this serve?
55:43
Not serving? Have you seen this petition
55:46
going around from the Native American Guardians Association?
55:50
I haven't seen the petition that I've heard about it and someone
55:56
did share it with me. But I gotta tell you, Ted, that
56:01
when a lot of that type of stuff comes across my, I can say inbox
56:05
or it comes across whatever, it goes in one ear and out the
56:08
other. Man, I don't pay any attention.
56:11
And I have to tell you that when I did see this, I just went
56:17
ahead and swiped left, if you will, and kept it moving.
56:20
I don't think that it's gonna gain much traction.
56:24
I've been to so many games away games that have had huge
56:28
protests. I think back in, what was it,
56:32
2013 when we played Indianapolis, I got caught up
56:37
with a protest. And I don't speak Native
56:42
American tongue, but I have some friends on my on my list, on my,
56:46
on my fans or or or friends if you will, that do speak it.
56:50
And they said this lady cussed you out from from from sun up to
56:55
sun down, basically. I didn't know what she was
56:57
saying, but it was caught on tape and you know, I just don't
57:02
think it's going to happen now. You never can say never that if
57:06
it's anything I've learned in life, you never say never.
57:09
But I don't think that at this point it's going to happen.
57:12
Will it be good if it does happen or will it be bad?
57:16
I don't know. I mean if it's like the whole
57:20
RFK scenario, will it be good or will it be bad?
57:23
I mean nostalgia wise, yes it's good, but without the parking
57:30
and and a lot of tailgating, will it be good?
57:32
So you got to got to weigh the two.
57:35
And so this is one of the things that I will sit back and just
57:41
get my popcorn ready and and and watch the show if you will.
57:46
And for those of our listeners that don't know what we're
57:48
talking about, there's a online petition that's been circling
57:53
social media. I know that the people that I
57:56
talked to, I think they were down in Bob Beach.
57:57
They're not on social media. And kudos to you guys because
58:00
it's a pain ass. It's a headache.
58:02
There are days when I just wish I wasn't on it, but we're on it
58:05
because of our brands and the show and this and that.
58:08
Well, they apparently just got 72,000 people to sign up and the
58:14
whole thing for the petition is change the name petition to
58:17
Redskins. They're trying to get the name
58:20
to go back. They actually announced that
58:23
they are going to start a boycott against the commanders.
58:27
They are threatening A boycott against the team unless they
58:31
change the name back to commanders.
58:35
And hey, that's off to them. And to me, this started because
58:40
the ownership group started using the old name.
58:45
I couldn't call the team, the Redskins, when I went on TV
58:50
anymore. I had crates and crates of props
58:53
that I would bring on TV with me that I had to put in storage
58:57
because I couldn't have the old logo on.
59:00
TVI was on the NFL draft during COVID.
59:05
And I had to build a man cave in my house, and I couldn't have
59:09
anything with the old name or logo in the background where
59:13
Roger Goodell was doing it from his couch that one time.
59:16
And they had fans in the background.
59:19
So it almost became a word that we couldn't use around here for
59:23
the longest time, least from a media perspective when you were
59:26
talking about the team. And I had different outlets,
59:29
whether it was Fox or NBC or CBS.
59:33
Asking Do you know any super fans that we can talk to that
59:37
want to talk about the team? Not the name, just the team in
59:40
general. And I've got a bunch of people's
59:42
names and numbers in my cell phone.
59:45
I had to ignore a bunch of them because 2/3 of them would not
59:49
use the new name. I'm not talking commanders, I'm
59:52
just talking to Washington football team in general and I
59:54
don't blame them. It's a part of our history.
59:57
So it became taboo to say. But when the Harris group took
1:00:02
over, they referenced the old name.
1:00:05
They brought it up multiple times.
1:00:07
Even before that, the team itself started putting up
1:00:11
different pictures of older logos and the legends in it.
1:00:17
Well, people then started to think, especially because of
1:00:21
Magic Johnson's statement saying, you know, we'll evaluate
1:00:24
this in a year, you know, and hoping and grasping that the old
1:00:28
team name might come back because they're going to change
1:00:31
it again in a year. So then now you've got all these
1:00:34
72,000 fans that are going crazy thinking all, man, we got Snyder
1:00:38
out of here now we're going to get our team name back.
1:00:40
It's going to be back in a glory day, just like it used to be.
1:00:44
I'm sorry, that ain't happening. People forget that merchandise
1:00:50
was taken off the shelves at Amazon, at Target and Nike stop
1:00:56
selling Redskins gear. Yes, FedEx Field at that point
1:01:03
granted to me wanted the name change.
1:01:07
I almost don't want to bring that one up because we all know
1:01:10
the argument between the FedEx Field owner being a part owner
1:01:14
of the team minority, or the team and Dan Snyder and
1:01:16
everything going on there. But when Target, Nike and Amazon
1:01:20
stop selling your gear because of the slur that the name
1:01:27
changed into in the racially charged society that we were in,
1:01:32
that hasn't changed. So Matt Paris actually had a
1:01:38
really good article talking about this and he said those
1:01:40
reasons were well documented. In 2023.
1:01:43
Years ago, the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police set
1:01:47
forth a national reckoning over race related issues.
1:01:51
As part of that movement, which saw numerous entities grapple
1:01:54
with names and images Long deem offensive, the calls renewed for
1:01:58
Washington to change the name that many considered racist to
1:02:01
American idiots that hasn't changed in society.
1:02:07
The team actually came out with a statement and this is what I
1:02:13
was waiting for because the guys were, like I said, were using it
1:02:17
in press conferences and going back and forth well here when.
1:02:22
Did when did they come out with this?
1:02:24
Did they came out with this statement?
1:02:26
Looking at this article? This article's from Wednesday,
1:02:30
August seconds. OK.
1:02:33
Last week. All right.
1:02:35
While we're while we're while we're talking about this, you
1:02:37
know for for everyone who's been to these away games.
1:02:40
I think about Minnesota. I think about Arizona.
1:02:43
I I think about some other teams sites that we've that I've been
1:02:48
to. You guys just don't.
1:02:50
And if you haven't been, I'm going to try to paint a picture
1:02:53
for you. You don't want to be in the
1:02:55
middle of this stuff. You really don't.
1:02:58
And it was bad. It it it, it really was.
1:03:02
And I'm not going to say I fear for my life or anything like
1:03:06
that. But just seeing the passion in
1:03:11
these people's eyes who who really feel as though you're
1:03:16
calling them a mascot and they don't want to be called a
1:03:18
mascot's name or looked at upon as a mascot that.
1:03:24
And spoke volumes to me because I was just like you, our
1:03:28
listening fans. We'll never change the name and
1:03:32
the name should be this way. Well, I mean, once I was in the
1:03:35
middle of it and I and I and I saw everything that was that
1:03:38
happened, there's a part of me that said, well, maybe we
1:03:42
should, you know, and I get it. There are people whose to this
1:03:47
day still comment on my post. With the Redskins, it'll never
1:03:51
be anything else, everything, anything but the Redskins and
1:03:53
and I get it and I always say the same thing in my heart.
1:03:58
It will never change. However the name has.
1:04:00
And at some point in time, at some point in time, you're going
1:04:05
to have to move on. Just like a like a divorce or a
1:04:09
marriage. I mean, if it's over a breakup,
1:04:12
if it's over, it's over. You still love that person, but
1:04:15
they weren't right for you at that point in time anymore.
1:04:18
So. Here we are, and I get that
1:04:22
there are some Native Americans out there that don't have a
1:04:25
problem with the name, but like you, I interacted with the ones
1:04:29
that did. And who am I to tell them you
1:04:31
shouldn't be offended? Words evolve over time, but you
1:04:36
shouldn't be offended. Who am I to tell them that you
1:04:39
know it's okay because these guys are okay with it?
1:04:41
I'm sorry I had to teach my inlaws that using the term
1:04:45
Oriental is not okay. I'm an Asian American calling me
1:04:51
Oriental, and not that they did, but just saying I'm Oriental is
1:04:55
not Okay as an Asian American. To some Native Americans, using
1:05:00
the term Redskins is not okay. Maybe to some Asian Americans
1:05:04
they don't mind being called Oriental, but I do.
1:05:07
I have a problem with that and who am I to tell them I raised
1:05:11
and that we talked about this before.
1:05:13
It was $15,000 I raised for the Black Feet tribe during COVID
1:05:18
for PPE. Gave him a $15,000 check.
1:05:20
Was actually a money transfer, but they were hesitant to take
1:05:25
the money because it was coming from a Redskins fan.
1:05:28
They had an issue with it, $15,000 during COVID.
1:05:33
We all know, and it's documented, how reservations
1:05:36
were hit truly hard during this pandemic and we're giving them
1:05:41
money just as a fan group, something that Hail BBQ did.
1:05:45
And they were reluctant to take the money man, because of who we
1:05:50
cheered for on Sundays. That to me speaks volumes.
1:05:55
Doc Walker won Super Bowls for this team and still to this day
1:05:59
has not called them that name. And he wore the jersey.
1:06:03
He won rings for them and he still won't call him that.
1:06:06
He'll call him the Bergen Eagle, but he won't call him that.
1:06:09
And this is actually the statement from a commander's
1:06:11
spokesperson. The commander spokesperson said
1:06:14
in a statement that Mister Harris's use of the Redskins
1:06:17
moniker does not signify a shift in the team's policy toward its
1:06:22
former name. For nearly 90 years, this
1:06:25
franchise had a different name, and fans and our new owners
1:06:29
alike have fond memories of cheering for that team and
1:06:32
watching it win 3 Super Bowls, a commander spokesperson said.
1:06:36
Making historical reference to watching and rooting for the
1:06:38
Redskins does not signify a shift, nor does it change the
1:06:42
reasons for dropping the names. So hey, we can all hold out
1:06:49
hope. We held out hope that Snyder
1:06:51
would eventually sell the team or we get taken away from them.
1:06:54
So those 72,000 fans that are signed the petition and passing
1:06:59
it on, some of you are attacking me for not promoting it.
1:07:02
Whatever. It's, you know, it's up to you.
1:07:04
I just mute you and move on. If it goes back, great.
1:07:10
But what made it change was money.
1:07:14
These guys just spent $6 billion on this franchise.
1:07:19
Do you think they want the headache of now bringing up a
1:07:24
racial topic again, being center stage for this team when they
1:07:29
can just name it easily Red Hogs or Red Tails and just move on?
1:07:36
Sorry, I don't think we're going to get it back.
1:07:40
This isn't a genie bottle where we get to rub it and make 3
1:07:43
wishes. We got one wish and that wish
1:07:45
was Dan Snyder being out of our lives.
1:07:48
And I'm going to be fine with that.
1:07:51
Whatever we're called you and I have said repeatedly we're going
1:07:54
to root them on is burgundy and gold and that's all that
1:07:57
matters. But stop with all this.
1:08:00
Burgundy and gold until the day I'm dead and cold.
1:08:05
I just. I wish as a fan base we could
1:08:08
just appreciate the sport now but.
1:08:13
It'll never happen to you. I don't.
1:08:17
Because once again, we brought it up before.
1:08:20
If they whatever they decide to name, change your name to,
1:08:24
there's gonna be someone who's not gonna like it.
1:08:28
They just want. And so if these guys boycott it,
1:08:32
hey, you know what? There've been a lot of people
1:08:34
that have been boycotting the scene for a long time.
1:08:36
I'm sorry I ain't going to miss you at the stadium.
1:08:38
I ain't going to miss you at the tailgate.
1:08:40
You're not going to miss them all the way games.
1:08:42
Someone else is going to step up because a lot of people are
1:08:44
buying season tickets, man. And I said it the other day on
1:08:48
Twitter. I haven't cared to watch Sam
1:08:51
Howell or Chase Young at practice.
1:08:53
To me, the highlight has been reconnecting with all of these
1:08:58
former season ticket holders and it has been like a family
1:09:00
reunion out there. That's right.
1:09:02
It's been so amazing to see. And I just wish that these other
1:09:07
people complaining about stuff is not football would just shut
1:09:09
up and just jump on board this bandwagon because it's moving,
1:09:14
man, and it's going to be a juggernaut.
1:09:17
The train is leaving the station and I can't wait to get
1:09:21
everyone's reaction from Friday night's game, as well as giving
1:09:26
you my reaction from Ravens training camp on the pod next
1:09:31
week. And I hear the music in the
1:09:32
background lets me know that we are coming to another end of a
1:09:37
great episode of The Meth Saw DMV Meth all with Tailgate Ted
1:09:40
and Rally Captain. And always in closing, wrap it
1:09:44
hard, but don't wrap it at all. Rally Captain Tailgate, Ted.