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Hour 3 - Request Denied · The Ben Maller Show

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  Speaker 1: Oh, what is going on. Happy Wednesday morning to you.
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  Speaker 1: I hope everything is going great for you. Okay, So
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  Speaker 1: why doesn't the NBA handle trade requests like the NFL does.
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  Speaker 1: A trade request in the NFL is mostly met with yeah, no,
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  Speaker 1: we're not trading you. A trade request in the NBA
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  Speaker 1: is often met with Okay, no problem, we'll get YadA here.
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  Speaker 1: For the most part, that's how it goes. This trade
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  Speaker 1: request from Micah Parsons, star pass rusher from the Dallas Cowboys,
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  Speaker 1: he had this long post on X and went into
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  Speaker 1: great detail of Hey, you know, my dad and I
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  Speaker 1: grew up Cowboy fans. Unfortunately I don't want to be
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  Speaker 1: here any longer. YadA YadA. Went into great detail, and
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  Speaker 1: some of it makes a lot of sense where Jerry
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  Speaker 1: Jones has made some statements publicly where it's just it's
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  Speaker 1: just a stupid way to approach things when he's talking about,
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  Speaker 1: you know, hey, Michael Parsons, he missed six games last season,
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  Speaker 1: which wasn't even true. He missed four games last season,
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  Speaker 1: and Mikeah took exception to that. So Jerry Jones has
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  Speaker 1: done a terrible job handling this situation. And so I
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  Speaker 1: can completely understand how a lot of it would rub
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  Speaker 1: Michael Parsons the wrong way. I think it's recency biased
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  Speaker 1: more than anything. I can understand you. You're ticked off,
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  Speaker 1: you're not getting your money, get me out of here.
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  Speaker 1: Some of that might be real. I think most of
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  Speaker 1: it is just a negotiating tactic. That's your leverage. That's
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  Speaker 1: what you're trying to do to get a deal done,
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  Speaker 1: try to get it going. But the point, the first
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  Speaker 1: part of this is the NFL oftentimes, so many times
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  Speaker 1: a trade request has happened from the player and it's
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  Speaker 1: met with this. Here's Jerry Jones.
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  Speaker 2: Jerry, are you considering trading Michael Parsons.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not, No, not not really no, not thinking about that.
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  Speaker 1: They're a little more from Jerry Jones.
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  Speaker 3: Don't lose in sleepover. So just to be one thing
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  Speaker 3: I would say to our fan, don't lose in sleepover.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, so as far as the negotiation goes, you know,
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  Speaker 1: don't lose any sleep He's basically saying, don't don't freak
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  Speaker 1: out like Michael Parsons is going somewhere else, like, just
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  Speaker 1: don't lose any sleep over there. So again not taking
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  Speaker 1: it seriously. Here's the head coach, Brian Schottenheimer, his thoughts on, uh,
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  Speaker 1: does he expect Michael Parsons to be there?
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  Speaker 4: I expect Michael to be here.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, expects Michael to be even though he made this
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  Speaker 1: trade request and went into great detail. Unfortunately, I don't
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  Speaker 1: want to be here any longer, not buying any of it.
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  Speaker 1: Then he's also detailing where he expects Mike gonna line
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  Speaker 1: up this next season.
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  Speaker 5: We're still planning on moving Mike around and putting him
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  Speaker 5: in all the spots that we see him and using
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  Speaker 5: our fronts the way we want to see it.
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  Speaker 1: So like there's no teeth to this trade request at all.
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  Speaker 1: Has absolutely no teeth to it at all. And and
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  Speaker 1: the Cowboys are not freaking out like, oh, we better
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  Speaker 1: get this deal done. We're not gonna have Micah Parsons.
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  Speaker 1: They're like, yeah, settled down, everything's fine, don't lose any sleep.
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  Speaker 1: We're not thinking of trading him. And shot He's like, actually,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I'm thinking about where I'm gonna line him
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  Speaker 1: up this next season. We'll have him a little bit
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  Speaker 1: at you know, a linebacker, We'll have him at rush,
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  Speaker 1: and well, you don't move him around a little bit here,
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  Speaker 1: he's game planning with Micah like the furthest thing from
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  Speaker 1: his mind is Micah not being there. And so that
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  Speaker 1: to me is it's a huge difference between the way
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  Speaker 1: the NFL handles these things and the way the NBA does.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know why more NBA teams don't do what
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  Speaker 1: NFL teams do. A star NBA player is like, I
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  Speaker 1: want to be traded. Why don't more teams just say no, oh,
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  Speaker 1: we're not trading you, Like you're too valuable to us.
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  Speaker 1: We're not gonna get equal value, So no, that's not
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  Speaker 1: on the table. Why don't they just say no? Now,
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  Speaker 1: there have been times where star players will force their
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  Speaker 1: way out, you know, and NBA teams buckle. I just
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  Speaker 1: don't think NFL teams would buckle the same way that
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  Speaker 1: NBA teams do. We've had stories where, you know, fat
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  Speaker 1: James Harden, he was with Houston at the time, wanted
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  Speaker 1: out and he was gaining all this weight and wasn't
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  Speaker 1: even trying when he was out there on the court,
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  Speaker 1: clearly forcing the rocket's hand, and they eventually buckled and
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  Speaker 1: moved him. There was a Jimmy Butler has done this
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  Speaker 1: a couple of times in Minnesota, most recently with Miami Heat.
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  Speaker 1: We're just forcing his way out. He's getting kicked out
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  Speaker 1: of practice, He's forcing his way out. It's going to happen,
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  Speaker 1: and the organization just buckles and does it. I'm surprise,
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  Speaker 1: and I wouldn't look at the two leagues as completely
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  Speaker 1: polar opposites. I don't like, I don't know why a
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  Speaker 1: team in the NBA wouldn't try to do this and
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  Speaker 1: just say, hey, you know, we're not moving him. The
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  Speaker 1: Cowboys haven't even said, well, we we appreciate where Mike's
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  Speaker 1: coming from, we get it. Blah blah blah. They're just like, yeah, no,
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  Speaker 1: not on the table, not thinking about trading him. And
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  Speaker 1: there's just no teeth to this. You see Michaeh Parsons
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  Speaker 1: at practice, still in his number eleven Cowboys Jersey. Nothing
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  Speaker 1: quite says I'm out of here, like I'm still here.
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  Speaker 1: That's like saying I'm out of this relationship. We are
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  Speaker 1: freaking done. And then you like go to the cheesecake
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  Speaker 1: factory with that person later that night. You know, it's
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  Speaker 1: not saying you're out of here at all. So he's
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  Speaker 1: not going anywhere. But you see this time and time
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  Speaker 1: again in the NFL. You've seen it just in the
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  Speaker 1: last year. Miles Garrett with the Browns. He requested a
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  Speaker 1: trade and the next thing you know, he got this
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  Speaker 1: huge new contract and he didn't go anywhere. The team
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  Speaker 1: was like, no, we're not thinking about moving him. Same
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  Speaker 1: thing with t Higgins with the Bengals. He requested a
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  Speaker 1: trade and they gave him the money and he's still
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  Speaker 1: a Cincinnati Bengal. I think it's gonna happen with all
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  Speaker 1: three of these guys, Trey Hendrickson with the Bengals, Terry
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  Speaker 1: McLaurin with the Commanders, and Micah Parsons with the Cowboys.
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  Speaker 1: I think all three of those guys are gonna get
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  Speaker 1: extensions and are still going to play for their current teams.
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  Speaker 1: I don't see any of them moving on and going elsewhere.
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  Speaker 1: And you could argue that, you know, when you think
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  Speaker 1: of the NBA situations where some players request a trade,
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  Speaker 1: maybe some of them would be appeased if they got
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  Speaker 1: this huge new contract extension and they're like, you know what,
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  Speaker 1: I'll stay, I'm not gonna go elsewhere. Yeah. Maybe, but
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  Speaker 1: you know, as well as I do the batting average
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  Speaker 1: right for trade requests from a players, especially stars, it's
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  Speaker 1: a high batting average, they request a trade, they typically
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  Speaker 1: get moved, and the NFL these teams are just like, yeah, no,
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  Speaker 1: not like, listen to Jerry again.
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  Speaker 2: Jerry, are you considering trading Michaeh.
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  Speaker 1: Parsons?
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  Speaker 3: I'm not.
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  Speaker 1: Just come right out and say I'm not even thinking
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  Speaker 1: about it.
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 1: And now the other part of this is this is
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  Speaker 1: so clunky from the Cowboys. It's so unnecessary and just
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  Speaker 1: so dumb. It's like, I feel like I'm losing time
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  Speaker 1: and energy with this whole thing. And I'm not even
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  Speaker 1: a Cowboys fan. This whole thing is just obnoxious. They're
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  Speaker 1: gonna pay Micah, it's gonna be a huge contract, and
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  Speaker 1: they're gonna look back and be like, what was all
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  Speaker 1: that about? What money did you save? What time and
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  Speaker 1: effort did you gain? Like, where's the gain here? By
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  Speaker 1: dragging this out and then giving a huge contract extension
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  Speaker 1: to Micah Parsons. This is so unnecessary. The drama of
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  Speaker 1: this hole back and forth is so avoidable. And the Cowboys,
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  Speaker 1: yet again, I don't know if it's just for headlines,
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  Speaker 1: it's for clicks, it's for attention. They love dragging this
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  Speaker 1: out and paying more money than they would have to
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  Speaker 1: had they extended the player earlier. It's so dumb and
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  Speaker 1: now we get Hey, is Mica going to be ready
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  Speaker 1: for the first game of the year against the Eagles?
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  Speaker 1: Listen to this. This was earlier, I think on Tuesday.
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  Speaker 1: Check this out.
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  Speaker 4: Getty confident he will be on the shiet against again.
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  Speaker 3: No, absolutely not. That has to a big part of
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  Speaker 3: that is his decision. How about I know that.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, we don't know if he's going to be in
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  Speaker 1: uniform against the Eagles. All right, makes some sense. Now
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  Speaker 1: this is the part. Listen to this answer. This is
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  Speaker 1: the clunkiest, most random answer from Jerry Jones. Just listen,
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  Speaker 1: sit back and enjoy. Does he essentially need to reach
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  Speaker 1: out to you?
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  Speaker 3: Again? If y'all are getting in the uh, what's in
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  Speaker 3: the mind and what's in the said? Uh, this is
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  Speaker 3: a good time. He's a subject matter where uh is
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  Speaker 3: what it is? Is what it is and uh uh
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  Speaker 3: we've we'll work through it or we will uh not
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  Speaker 3: work through it.
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  Speaker 4: Hmm.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, right, it's a legitimate question like does he need
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  Speaker 1: to reach out to you? And I don't know Jerry
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  Speaker 1: just thought that he was asking something else. I guess,
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  Speaker 1: but yeah, I would expect this to get worked out.
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  Speaker 1: This is just the scenic route that's totally unnecessary. This
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  Speaker 1: is the worst scenic route possible, you know what I mean.
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  Speaker 1: Like if you're just sitting on the four oh five
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  Speaker 1: in LA and you're like, I just don't want to
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  Speaker 1: sit in traffic, Let's take the streets and instead of
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  Speaker 1: taking the scenic route, and you're like, all right, let's
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  Speaker 1: let's go to pH you know, let's go the long way.
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  Speaker 1: Or they're like, I'm gonna take the scenic route, and
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  Speaker 1: it's the worst. It's the worst idea ever. It's the
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  Speaker 1: worst streets that it doesn't save you any time. The
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  Speaker 1: stoplights are backed up like crazy. That's basically what the
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  Speaker 1: cowboys are doing with this whole negotiation. It's the scenic
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  Speaker 1: route that doesn't help at all. It actually delayed you
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  Speaker 1: an hour longer on your commute, and it was much
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  Speaker 1: more tedious, annoying, and just cost you that much more energy.
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  Speaker 1: That's where they are. That's where they seem to always be.
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  Speaker 1: But it's another chapter in the book of what should
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  Speaker 1: have been avoided, but seldomly is. That's the cowboys, man,
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  Speaker 1: that's how they get down again. They did this with
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  Speaker 1: CD Lamb, with Dak Prescott, Ezekiel Elliott, Zach Zach Martin,
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  Speaker 1: Like they just drag it out and then give them
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  Speaker 1: huge money. And you're like that that was pretty dumb.
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  Speaker 1: That was dumb right there. And the cowboys are like, yeah, maybe,
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  Speaker 1: but it's kind of fun, right and we're like, no,
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  Speaker 1: it's that fun at Oh, it was really stupid. Actually,
• 11:02
  Speaker 1: what it was eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox?
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  Speaker 1: Is your phone number? Now, Coop? Do we still have Bill?
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  Speaker 1: Is he hanging out getting to his Dodger thought? I
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  Speaker 1: want to get it.
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  Speaker 4: Let me check out. I might have called back, but
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  Speaker 4: I don't think.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, let me see if Bill is there. Because Bill
• 11:17
  Speaker 1: called in to give his Dodger thoughts and we were
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  Speaker 1: up against it at the end of the hour and
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  Speaker 1: he just went, you know, with a little karaoke. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: Bill is gone, no problem. Should we guess is Dodger thoughts?
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  Speaker 1: Probably not. Probably shouldn't do that. All we do have
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  Speaker 1: the high the play of the day, we should do
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  Speaker 1: that because it's Dodger related. Let's time for the tire
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  Speaker 6: And Hener comes to the plate and this ball and
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  Speaker 6: said hi in Dick the center failed way back in
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  Speaker 6: gone a home run Taoscarnn his second of the game,
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  Speaker 6: three run shot, and the Dodgers lean at nine to three.
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  Speaker 6: Oh on a blast oscar.
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  Speaker 1: There you go. Pretty good call, I would say, not
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  Speaker 1: bad at all. That's the way it sounded on five
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  Speaker 1: we got we'll get to the militia here momentarily. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: I see one of the regulars is ready to roll,
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  Speaker 1: so we'll get to the militia here. On the other side. Also,
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  Speaker 1: not an extensive thought here, but let's not act like
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  Speaker 1: doing this is juggling steak knives. Can we please do that?
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  Speaker 1: I'll tell you what that's all about. Coming up next.
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  Speaker 1: real fast. I'll make this a quick and painless all right,
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  Speaker 1: we'll get to the militia here. But I saw a
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  Speaker 1: couple of players in the NFL they're gonna be playing
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  Speaker 1: in the preseason. And one caught my attention in particular.
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  Speaker 1: That would be JJ McCarthy, Vikings quarterback. He's gonna play
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  Speaker 1: in the preseason, get a few reps out there, don't
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  Speaker 1: know how long he'll be on the field, but gonna
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  Speaker 1: get a little bit of action. And I thought that
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  Speaker 1: was interesting because he got hurt in the preseason, right,
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  Speaker 1: That's how he lost his rookie season. Got hurt in
• 14:39
  Speaker 1: the preseason game last year. It didn't take a regular
• 14:43
  Speaker 1: season snap. So I like that Kevin O'Connell is not like,
• 14:48
  Speaker 1: oh no, this could happen again. Definitely, he's not gonna
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  Speaker 1: touch the field during preseason. I don't know why we
• 14:54
  Speaker 1: tend to do this every single year. Look, I have
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  Speaker 1: no issue actually young players getting on the field and
• 15:02
  Speaker 1: getting some reps in the preseason, even some of these
• 15:05
  Speaker 1: guys that are vets the Chiefs play mahomes Like for
• 15:10
  Speaker 1: anybody who's like, what's the point in preseason reps, it's
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  Speaker 1: just really gonna make a difference. It's the same song
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  Speaker 1: and dance every single year. And it's like, if there
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  Speaker 1: was no value whatsoever, then why would the Chiefs play
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  Speaker 1: any of their ones? Why they do play their ones?
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  Speaker 1: They play mahomes. Their ones get action in the preseason,
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  Speaker 1: and they'll get action again this year, and this year
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  Speaker 1: is no different. And you could play that game. Why
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  Speaker 1: don't we just play that game with preseason? Why don't
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  Speaker 1: we do that for more stuff? For anyone who's like,
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  Speaker 1: do you really think it's gonna make a big difference
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  Speaker 1: getting one series with the ones? What's like, okay, well,
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  Speaker 1: then what's the point of joint practices? What's the point
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  Speaker 1: of having your ones out there for that? What's the
• 15:58
  Speaker 1: point of practice in general? You can get hurt in practice. Right.
• 16:01
  Speaker 1: We'll talk about Teddy Bridgewater a little bit later in
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  Speaker 1: the show. He was he had a tryout for the
• 16:07
  Speaker 1: Tampa Bay He's probably gonna sign with Tampa, but he
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  Speaker 1: got his career almost ended because of this hideous injury
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  Speaker 1: in practice. Nobody talks about right, like, it's just a
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  Speaker 1: necessary evil. You gotta practice, you gotta get on the field,
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  Speaker 1: you gotta take live reps, you gotta work on your game.
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  Speaker 1: And with that comes danger. And for whatever reason, the
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  Speaker 1: preseason has turned into the equivalent of like juggling steak
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  Speaker 1: knives and chainsaws while you're on a tight, tight rope
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  Speaker 1: across the Grand Canyon. That's what it's turned into in
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  Speaker 1: the minds of so many people. This is an unnecessary risk.
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  Speaker 1: You are just gambling on your health and the season
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  Speaker 1: by even going out there. It's just so dumb to me.
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  Speaker 1: And this is the way it's gonna play out, like
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  Speaker 1: every single year. Maybe it's a well known player, it's
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  Speaker 1: a starter. He's gonna get on the field in the
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  Speaker 1: preseason and he's gonna get hurt. And then most people
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  Speaker 1: are gonna be like, why was he even out there
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  Speaker 1: to begin with?
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  Speaker 5: Baby, Baby, And I always say every single time, I'm like,
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  Speaker 5: it's just unfortunate, man, Like this is football.
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  Speaker 1: Injuries happen. I don't look at it as unnecessary. It
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  Speaker 1: was stupid for him to even be out there in
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  Speaker 1: the first place. I just look at it as unfortunate.
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  Speaker 1: It's like, yeah, you're getting out there. You're in a
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  Speaker 1: game like situation. It's the closest thing you're gonna get
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  Speaker 1: to the regular season as far as live bullets go.
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  Speaker 1: Get out there in the preseason, get a few reps.
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  Speaker 1: You're a young player like JJ McCarthy, I'm all for it.
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  Speaker 1: Therizona Cardinals. They're gonna have some of their ones out there.
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  Speaker 1: Kyler Murray he's gonna play in the preseason for the
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  Speaker 1: first time in four years. It's four years ago last
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  Speaker 1: time he played in the preseason. But his coach, Jonathan Gannon,
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  Speaker 1: He's like, I think it makes a lot of sense
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  Speaker 1: to get our starters out there, even for limited action.
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  Speaker 1: And I have no issue with that at all. I
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  Speaker 1: really don't. I think there's some value. Again, if there
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  Speaker 1: was no value, Mahomes wouldn't sniff the field. You think
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  Speaker 1: Mahomes needs reps like Andy Reid does. I mean, if
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: Andy Reid thinks there's some value, why would you or
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: I say there's no value whatsoever. I think there's some value.
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: But I'm for a young quarterback like JJ McCarthy getting
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: out there. I think it makes sense. All right, let's
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: get out to the militia here. Mike the Leprechaun is
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: with us. Mike, what's up man? Welcome to Fox Sports Radio.
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: How are things very.
• 18:47
  Speaker 8: Well, bry You're doing a good job. Thank you, Lorena
• 18:51
  Speaker 8: and brilliant.
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: How good was that? That blew my mind? I thought
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: they were going to mess up a line or something.
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: She even Lorena went a cappella. She he's given us
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: verses without anything in the background.
• 19:03
  Speaker 8: Okay, Big Ben. If big And did a song, he
• 19:06
  Speaker 8: should do back to the Bone. That would be my
• 19:08
  Speaker 8: song for him. Okay, anyway, And how would you do, Brian?
• 19:13
  Speaker 8: How do you in the gym? How would you do
• 19:15
  Speaker 8: on the president Presidential Fitness Test?
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: Wow?
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: Man, I can't remember all the events there. I know,
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: pull ups and like what the toe touch and all that.
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: Not as flexible as I used to be, Mike the
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: Leprechaun me neither me.
• 19:28
  Speaker 8: Neither, even though I paid post sports in the old day.
• 19:30
  Speaker 8: But anyway, definitely, the Red Sox are on fire, your
• 19:36
  Speaker 8: Red Sox fan, Mike, you reckon? Yes? I am there, Yeah,
• 19:41
  Speaker 8: yeah yeah. And I have a joke for Coop. I
• 19:44
  Speaker 8: know he won't like me for this. Last week they
• 19:46
  Speaker 8: talked about the Broncos making noise Coop to the field.
• 19:50
  Speaker 8: So what kind of noise will the Broncos make this year?
• 19:53
  Speaker 3: Uh?
• 19:55
  Speaker 4: What time?
• 19:57
  Speaker 8: Oh? Like the sound of a broken his off pipe?
• 19:59
  Speaker 8: I'm highway?
• 20:00
  Speaker 4: Maybe you know.
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: I don't think it was a bad joke at all.
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: I think there might be some truth to that. Don't
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: stop it I think they could fall flat on their face,
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: you know, high expectations, no playoffs.
• 20:14
  Speaker 8: I was actually I was a friendly on that side,
• 20:16
  Speaker 8: but I didn't. I decided not to throw them at
• 20:18
  Speaker 8: Chile on the field.
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, hey man, that might be the next betting market.
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: What color is the sheilelee that gets on the field
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: of an MLB game?
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: You know it's a stick?
• 20:30
  Speaker 8: Okay, I have to do my contribution to the karaoke
• 20:33
  Speaker 8: So this is an honor of football kicking off. Literally
• 20:38
  Speaker 8: all right, you probably recognize the two.
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: Better not be green day there.
• 20:47
  Speaker 8: Say, and I got a woman of it. He the action,
• 20:56
  Speaker 8: he got the motion. Yeah, can't place dedication.
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: How dare you?
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: Wow?
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: He was on a roll right there. You were buying
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: that me.
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: That wasn't me.
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: I didn't do what I was really enjoying. Mike's stopping
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: must have been the update anchor desk that has access.
• 21:21
  Speaker 4: To told I was told to dump.
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: Him really by who? Who told you that?
• 21:28
  Speaker 4: I said, that's enough of that, So it was not me.
• 21:32
  Speaker 6: I was gonna let him go, Mike the leprechn Just
• 21:34
  Speaker 6: know I was on your side for this one the first.
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: I love that coop just like me. But that's good.
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: You know what this does. I couldn't hear everything because
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: the phone was not cooperating, but I did at the
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: last minute. I caught the tune what he was going
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: with right there. But yeah, you know, I think it
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: was more phone quality than anything. Stirring rendition by Mike
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: the Leper. Appreciate his contribution, but he did mention your
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: Broncos there, Coop, And I mentioned at the top of
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: the show that a knockdown, dragout brawl, we're talking verbal
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: fisticuffs right here between me and you is just brewing
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: because of a tweet I saw the other day and
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: I took a screenshot and I sent it to you,
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: and it talked about Zach Allen. So he's a defensive
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: lineman for the Broncos. Signed a nice contract extension four years,
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: one hundred and two million dollars. Sixty nine point five
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: of that is guaranteed. It was sixty nine point five
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: million dollars in guaranteed cash. He's a very good defensive lineman.
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: And one of the tweets, I can't remember if it
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: was Schefter or somebody else, talked about the Broncos signing
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: their star defensive end Zach Allen and I sent it
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: to Coop and I was like, star, Come on, man, now,
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: he's a very good player, don't get me wrong. Not
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: a star. You gotta have star like, not just talent production.
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: You gotta have star notoriety. He does not have notoriety.
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: He does not check the notoriety box, Coop. He is
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: not a star. Do you think that Zach Allen is
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: a star?
• 23:14
  Speaker 4: Absolutely?
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: Okay, I want to hear this argument. Why is Zach
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: Allen a star in your mind?
• 23:19
  Speaker 4: Isn't all pro It doesn't mean you're a star. Yes, no,
• 23:24
  Speaker 4: it doesn't.
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: You gotta have the notoriety as well. Do you think
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: that Zach Allen has the notoriety his star like notoriety?
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: He doesn't. He doesn't.
• 23:35
  Speaker 4: There's He's not a superstar. He's not a.
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: Star either, not a star either. Like my guy Zach
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: Seeler for the Dolphins. He signed a contract extension this
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: week as well, see a star.
• 23:51
  Speaker 4: How much is the contract extension for?
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: Uh? It is not as much as Zach Allen not
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: a star because Zach Allen got the market cornered over there.
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: But it's a pretty good contract extension. I don't know
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: the Zach dollars and says, let me try to get
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: it for you, the Zach Sealer contract extension. Let's see,
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: here we go, here we go. Sorry, and I have
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: to see if he's been at least a pro bowler.
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: But he's a good player, Okay, So we're talking three
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: years worth up to sixty seven million dollars forty four
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: million dollars guaranteed. That's over three years, so not that
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: far away from what Zach Allen's signed for. And Zach
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: Sealer had more sacks last season as a defensive lineman,
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: ten sacks compared to your guy, Zach Allen with eight
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: and a half. Again, neither is a star. They're both
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: very good players, very good productive, not stars. You gotta
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: have notoriety. Let me check on Zach Stealer and he
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: Pro Bowls and he I'll laugh if he's an All
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: Pro noe no Pro Bowls though, don't have that.
• 24:58
  Speaker 9: Zach Allen joined Nick Bosa, Aaron Donald, JJ Watt, and TJ.
• 25:02
  Speaker 9: Watt is the only players ever to record forty or
• 25:04
  Speaker 9: more quarterback hits in a single season. Let all defensive
• 25:09
  Speaker 9: linemen and snaps played at nine hundred and sixty four
• 25:12
  Speaker 9: or over one hundred more than the next highest player.
• 25:14
  Speaker 4: Dude's a star.
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: Again. You could like rewind before this conversation even began
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: and I could talk to NFL fans like legit NFL
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: fans part of the militia calling in. I'm just be like, hey, quick, hey,
• 25:30
  Speaker 1: who does Zach Allen play for? And I guarantee you
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: most of the people would get that wrong. It's not like, oh,
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: Broncos all day, Zach Allen, star stud. A lot of
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: people don't even know what.
• 25:43
  Speaker 4: He plays for us because he's got a generic name.
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: It's because he's not a star, is why. Like there
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: are other players with generic names, but they're they're true
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: stars and you know who they play for. Let me
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: get the All Pro list over here. This is a
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: terrible argument by Coop my gosh, Zach Allen not a star.
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: All Pro twenty twenty four NFL. Okay, I want to
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: see the All Pro team. What's it like a cookie
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: cutter type name. Let's find out real quick. Josh Allen
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: is a pretty common quarterback.
• 26:17
  Speaker 4: You can't compare.
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: I'm just saying as far as just a basic name goes, okay,
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: Jack Fox, that's a pretty basic name. He's a punter.
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: That's not a great example.
• 26:30
  Speaker 4: Let's have no idea who that is.
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: Oh, come on, you know the Lions punter right there?
• 26:34
  Speaker 3: You don't know.
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: Let's see maybe there's a better example right here. Okay,
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: basic name, very basic. Good comparison to Chris Jones. Who
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: does Chris Jones play for stud defensive lineman the Chiefs,
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: of course, because he's a true star as basic good
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: name as you can get. It's not because Zach Allen
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: has a basic name. It's just because people don't know
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: who he is. He's pretty, but he's not a standout.
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: He doesn't have notoriety. You gotta have that to be
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: a true star. You're raging against logic here, kop is
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: what's happening? You know, Like Aaron Donald is a good example.
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: Aaron Donald common name, right, He had talent, production, notoriety.
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: He checked every box. He was a true superstar. He
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: was one of the best defensive lineman ever. And I'm
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: not saying Zach Allen's got to be on that level,
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: but he's just he's one of the other non Patrick
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: Certan guys on that Broncos defense. In terms of notoriety,
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: that's the level he's at not Zach Allen hate does
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: Zach Allen reality over here? That's all. That's all. Not
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: trying to sell him short. But I think that's where
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: we're at.
• 27:52
  Speaker 4: What sounds like you're trying to sell him short.
• 27:54
  Speaker 1: I'm not. We got into this with your boy, Nick Bonito. Nick,
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: Butnita is a very good player. Productive. What do you
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: have double digit sacks last season? It's a really good player.
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: He's not a star.
• 28:08
  Speaker 4: He's gonna be a star.
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: He might be. He very well could be. Coop. I
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: agree with you, he's on his way to being a star.
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: But I think you gotta have notoriety. You can't just
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: be this productive player, even you could be a pro bowler.
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: I don't think that makes it stop.
• 28:24
  Speaker 9: But see, like you're it's kind of like splitting hairs
• 28:27
  Speaker 9: because in the Denver like you know, football, the Denver
• 28:34
  Speaker 9: sports scene, he's a star. Anybody in Denver is gonna
• 28:38
  Speaker 9: know who it is. And so you're seeing an article
• 28:42
  Speaker 9: or a tweet that's saying, you know, the Broncos extend
• 28:45
  Speaker 9: their star defensive and yes, he's the star of the
• 28:49
  Speaker 9: you know, he's one of the stars on the defensive line.
• 28:53
  Speaker 9: By the way, if you go into the crowd at
• 28:56
  Speaker 9: whatever they're calling it now in power field, right, he's
• 29:01
  Speaker 9: gonna be one of the top names that you see
• 29:05
  Speaker 9: on fans backs.
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: Okay, so I just did a quick search over here.
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: Not only is Zach Allen not an All Pro, he's
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: not even a pro bowler. He's never been there in
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: his career. And he's a star. What are we doing?
• 29:21
  Speaker 4: He is an All Pro?
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: When where last year he was not?
• 29:27
  Speaker 4: Yes, he was second team All Pro.
• 29:29
  Speaker 1: There's nothing here, got nothing for Zach Allen. Zach Allen
• 29:35
  Speaker 1: not a pro bowler. Let's see, Yeah, not selected to
• 29:39
  Speaker 1: the Pro Bowl. How are you not selected to? Okay,
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: he was also recognize Okay, second team All Pro? Wow,
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: here you go, second team All Pro. That's where the
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: stars are. There are some stars on second team All Pro.
• 29:51
  Speaker 1: But yeah, and even been a pro bowler, Coop, Come on, Pro.
• 29:55
  Speaker 9: Bowling just doesn't mean anything? Yeah it does, It doesn't,
• 29:58
  Speaker 9: It doesn't anymore.
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: That's a lesser distinction.
• 30:03
  Speaker 9: The last time that you filled in, didn't we talk
• 30:05
  Speaker 9: about this how the Pro Bowl means nothing?
• 30:07
  Speaker 3: No?
• 30:07
  Speaker 9: Because because we have what was it? Who do we
• 30:11
  Speaker 9: bring up some some scrub that.
• 30:14
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it was he's in the news too. It's uh
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: Tyrod Taylor. No, no, no, no, no, no, sorry, it's
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: the guy who just signed with the Browns. It's he's
• 30:22
  Speaker 1: just with the Dolphins. Why am I blanking former Raven
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: Tyler Huntley?
• 30:26
  Speaker 4: Yes, yes, that's it.
• 30:27
  Speaker 1: Yeah, Tyler Huntley technically a pro bowler, which is just
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: a joke. It's it's such a joke, like he wasn't
• 30:34
  Speaker 1: even named that way. Zach Allen still hasn't made the
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: Pro Bowl, even though like everybody gets that distinction as
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: an alternate. You know, it's ridiculous at this point. No,
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: not a star. Not a star. I'd love to have.
• 30:49
  Speaker 1: I'd love to have all sorts of Militia members chime
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: in on this, but I think we've just wasted five
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: minutes in their lives, scoop. You know, it's like Zach Allen, no,
• 30:59
  Speaker 1: not doesn't have the notoriety to be a legit, bona
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: fide star. Not true, untrue, is what I would say.
• 31:07
  Speaker 1: Feel free to check in Militia on the Star, Zach
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: Allen or anything else, anything else you want to get
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: in on eight seven seven nine on Fox. Is your
• 31:17
  Speaker 1: phone number coming up next? It's amazing where one quarterback
• 31:24
  Speaker 1: is and how another quarterback could be right next to him,
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: but is the complete opposite. We'll get to that around
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: the corner. We'll get to the militia. If you're there,
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: stay on hold, We'll get right to you. I'm Brian
• 31:37
  Speaker 1: no In for Big Ben Malor. Keep it locked right
• 31:39
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• 31:40
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• 31:42
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• 31:46
  Speaker 1: It is Fox Sports Radio. I'm Brian no In for
• 31:49
  Speaker 1: Big Ben Malor. Let me get to Raoul. We'll put
• 31:53
  Speaker 1: let's put a bow on the Broncos here real fast,
• 31:56
  Speaker 1: and I'll get to my my other take here. But Raoul,
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: you're up. But what's on your mind?
• 32:04
  Speaker 8: Hey?
• 32:04
  Speaker 2: What's going on?
• 32:05
  Speaker 8: Brian?
• 32:06
  Speaker 1: Not much?
• 32:06
  Speaker 3: Man?
• 32:06
  Speaker 1: Are you doing pretty good?
• 32:08
  Speaker 8: Man? Pretty good?
• 32:09
  Speaker 2: Hey, I'm just I'm trying to rag on Coop's parade
• 32:13
  Speaker 2: because they ring't going no where this year.
• 32:16
  Speaker 1: I like it, Raoul? Yeah, how come on? Are the
• 32:19
  Speaker 1: reasons why you root for another team?
• 32:21
  Speaker 2: Maybe?
• 32:22
  Speaker 8: Yeah, the Raiders.
• 32:26
  Speaker 1: Listen listen to that, listen to that punk Coop just laugh.
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: Do you think you think the Raider is going to
• 32:32
  Speaker 1: have more success? Than the Broncos. Seriously do you think so?
• 32:36
  Speaker 2: Yeah, they'll surprise people.
• 32:37
  Speaker 7: They're gonna surprise the Broncos.
• 32:39
  Speaker 4: Do you watch?
• 32:40
  Speaker 6: Come on now, I'm calling back when they lose to
• 32:44
  Speaker 6: the to the Raiders.
• 32:45
  Speaker 2: I'm calling you back, and you've got to answer me.
• 32:47
  Speaker 4: Coop. All right, Ill, we'll look forward to that.
• 32:51
  Speaker 1: That could absolutely happen. I wouldn't think that's crazy. It's
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: a divisional game. I could see that happening.
• 32:57
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it couldn't be a surprise, but it'll be enough shick.
• 33:01
  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, you're right about that. I saw Gino, your guy,
• 33:04
  Speaker 1: Gino Smith was saying, keep sleeping on us. I like that.
• 33:07
  Speaker 7: Yeah, that's right.
• 33:09
  Speaker 2: Yeah, let's surprise people. You'll see Yeah, I like that.
• 33:14
  Speaker 1: Okay, we'll see Rabul and Coopy. He promises to answer
• 33:17
  Speaker 1: the phone if that does happen.
• 33:19
  Speaker 2: Yeah he will.
• 33:20
  Speaker 1: All right, man, you guys take it easy and uh.
• 33:23
  Speaker 2: I want to welcome you guys. If you guys want
• 33:24
  Speaker 2: to come over to Texas the pastor, we'll do a
• 33:28
  Speaker 2: militia out here for you guys.
• 33:30
  Speaker 1: Very nice. We appreciate the invitation. Raoul, Yeah, maybe that'll happen,
• 33:33
  Speaker 1: who knows. Possibly, you guys are going to be over
• 33:35
  Speaker 1: into Vegas here pretty soon.
• 33:37
  Speaker 4: For me.
• 33:38
  Speaker 1: Yeah, looking forward to that. Very cool. Yeah, I will
• 33:45
  Speaker 1: say real fast on the Raiders because I do like
• 33:47
  Speaker 1: that from Geno Smith. Now, I don't expect the Raiders
• 33:50
  Speaker 1: to have a great season. I don't expect the Raiders
• 33:52
  Speaker 1: to be better than your Broncos this season, just full
• 33:55
  Speaker 1: disclosure coup. But I do love that Geno Smith was like, yeah,
• 33:59
  Speaker 1: keep sleeping on us. You know, we can sneak up
• 34:01
  Speaker 1: on teams that way. I love that because you know
• 34:04
  Speaker 1: how it goes these days, everybody's like they're not giving
• 34:07
  Speaker 1: us our respect. They're not We're better, And I love
• 34:10
  Speaker 1: that Gino just went the other direction. He's like, yeah,
• 34:12
  Speaker 1: keep sleeping on us, keep doing that. We'll use that
• 34:15
  Speaker 1: to our advantage. I like that from him. I don't
• 34:17
  Speaker 1: think it's gonna matter. I don't think it's gonna you know,
• 34:20
  Speaker 1: produce a bunch of wins. But I like that approach
• 34:22
  Speaker 1: from Geno Smith. Likable dude. So a couple of quarterbacks,
• 34:29
  Speaker 1: let me let me say this real fast, because it's
• 34:32
  Speaker 1: kind of like a no name quarterback that unfortunately Teddy
• 34:36
  Speaker 1: Bridgewater is he's a no name quarterback now he's been
• 34:39
  Speaker 1: a journeyman. He visited Tampa. He's expected to sign with
• 34:43
  Speaker 1: Tampa Bay, and this would be his eighth NFL team,
• 34:48
  Speaker 1: And there's this tweet from Adam Schefter, Hey put, this
• 34:52
  Speaker 1: is his third NFC South team to go along with
• 34:55
  Speaker 1: the Saints and the Panthers. Like, assuming that Teddy Bridgewater
• 34:59
  Speaker 1: does signed with Tampa, and I just thought about the
• 35:04
  Speaker 1: first things. First, really unfortunate. Teddy Bridgewater suffered a big
• 35:08
  Speaker 1: time injury when he was still in Minnesota that really
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: impacted his career for sure. But you look at the
• 35:16
  Speaker 1: way his career has played out, it could have easily
• 35:22
  Speaker 1: been the way Baker Mayfield's career played out. And now
• 35:26
  Speaker 1: you look at Baker like his career has been revived
• 35:30
  Speaker 1: in Tampa. If you just look at their two paths, okay,
• 35:35
  Speaker 1: and I think it'll if you hang with me for
• 35:38
  Speaker 1: a couple of minutes, I think you'd be like, Wow,
• 35:39
  Speaker 1: that's pretty crazy if you think about it. If you
• 35:42
  Speaker 1: look at Teddy Bridgewater, so he's in Minnesota, suffers this
• 35:45
  Speaker 1: horrible injury in practice, it took a couple of years
• 35:49
  Speaker 1: to get back. So he's in Minnesota for a couple
• 35:52
  Speaker 1: of years. Then he starts going from team to team
• 35:55
  Speaker 1: to team to team. He was with the Saints for
• 35:58
  Speaker 1: two years, then the Panthers for a year, your Broncos
• 36:01
  Speaker 1: coop for a year, My Dolphins for a year. That's
• 36:03
  Speaker 1: kind of funny. Who went to both of our teams,
• 36:06
  Speaker 1: and then it was with the Lions for two years.
• 36:09
  Speaker 1: So he's a journeyman, right. If you look at Baker
• 36:12
  Speaker 1: Mayfield's career, that's exactly what he was on the fast
• 36:16
  Speaker 1: pass lane toward. He was about to be a journeyman.
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: So if you look at Baker his first four years,
• 36:23
  Speaker 1: he was in Cleveland and then he was out of there,
• 36:26
  Speaker 1: fizzled out toward the end. He started six games for
• 36:30
  Speaker 1: the Panthers and four games for the Rams in twenty
• 36:34
  Speaker 1: twenty two. It was a horrible season, played for two
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: bad teams. He struggled. His value was even lower. And
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: then Tom Brady retired after the twenty twenty two season,
• 36:46
  Speaker 1: and that's when Baker Mayfield signed with Tampa. He signed
• 36:49
  Speaker 1: in twenty twenty three. Get this a one year deal
• 36:53
  Speaker 1: for four million dollars. That's what Baker Mayfield initially signed
• 36:58
  Speaker 1: for with Tampa, and so they're just taking a flyer
• 37:02
  Speaker 1: on the guy. They're like, all right, warm body, Baker Mayfield.
• 37:06
  Speaker 1: He was a number one pick overall for a reason.
• 37:09
  Speaker 1: I guess maybe what are our other options? Let's just
• 37:13
  Speaker 1: give it a try. Kick the tires on him. He
• 37:15
  Speaker 1: played great in twenty twenty three. This is wild too.
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: That twenty twenty three season in the playoffs, Tampa crushed Philly.
• 37:23
  Speaker 1: They won thirty two to nine. That was the year
• 37:28
  Speaker 1: before this past season when the Eagles won everything. Tampa
• 37:33
  Speaker 1: crushed him thirty two to nine, and they played the
• 37:36
  Speaker 1: Lions tough on the road in the playoffs. They came
• 37:38
  Speaker 1: up short. Baker threw a costly interception at the end
• 37:41
  Speaker 1: of that game, but still a very successful twenty twenty
• 37:44
  Speaker 1: three season. Signed a three year extension one hundred million
• 37:48
  Speaker 1: dollars with Tampa. They played great last season also, and
• 37:53
  Speaker 1: what do you know, his career has been revived. So
• 37:56
  Speaker 1: if you look at Teddy Bridgewater, he was with Carol
• 38:00
  Speaker 1: in twenty twenty, Baker Mayfield was in Carolina in twenty
• 38:04
  Speaker 1: twenty two. And I'm telling you the way Bridgewater turned
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: into a journeyman, that's exactly what Baker Mayfield's career was
• 38:14
  Speaker 1: headed toward. And then he went to Tampa to really
• 38:18
  Speaker 1: productive seasons, and now you look at Baker and you're like,
• 38:22
  Speaker 1: he's a top ten quarterback in terms of production. He's there,
• 38:26
  Speaker 1: top ten guy, looked like he was gonna be on
• 38:29
  Speaker 1: a Bridgewater journeyman path and it's anything but that. Now
• 38:33
  Speaker 1: pretty crazy. But now it looks like Bridgewater might be
• 38:37
  Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield's backup quarterback. Just wild, and it's it's not
• 38:41
  Speaker 1: to talk trash on Teddy Bridgewater. That's not the whole
• 38:44
  Speaker 1: point of this. The whole point is Baker Mayfield could
• 38:49
  Speaker 1: have been in the exact same situation and it just
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: worked out. He got an opportunity with Tampa competent supporting cast,
• 38:59
  Speaker 1: he made the most of it, revived his entire career.
• 39:03
  Speaker 1: That's pretty wild to think about, because the way you
• 39:06
  Speaker 1: look at Teddy with Saints two years, Panthers a year,
• 39:09
  Speaker 1: Broncos a year, Dolphins a year, Lions a couple of years,
• 39:13
  Speaker 1: that's exactly what Baker was headed toward. And he just
• 39:17
  Speaker 1: did a sharp left hand turn and all of a sudden,
• 39:21
  Speaker 1: it's like, Wow, careers on track again. It's pretty wild.
• 39:25
  Speaker 1: By the way, the AI version of our doctored pictures Coop,
• 39:30
  Speaker 1: they're freaking weird.
• 39:33
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't get this.
• 39:34
  Speaker 1: Yeah, we got a I'll give a shout out to
• 39:37
  Speaker 1: the person who you know here it is. It's a
• 39:38
  Speaker 1: Mallard Prop. Yeah, he Ellen.
• 39:42
  Speaker 4: Prop always makes the best A.
• 39:44
  Speaker 1: I said, yeah, it's pretty interesting. He has us as
• 39:48
  Speaker 1: rock em sockem Robots because we're disagreeing on Zach Allen's
• 39:52
  Speaker 1: star status. You know, by the way, Robbie the Mariner
• 39:55
  Speaker 1: agrees with you, Coop, And they had a ridiculous reasoning
• 39:59
  Speaker 1: as to why. I. I won't bore you with that.
• 40:02
  Speaker 1: I'm kidding mostly Robbie the Mariner fan. It's all good.
• 40:05
  Speaker 1: But yeah, mallor Prop, I I it doesn't look really
• 40:10
  Speaker 1: anything like me. Coop does because I think that sort
• 40:13
  Speaker 1: of looks like you. Do you think that looks nothing
• 40:15
  Speaker 1: like you?
• 40:16
  Speaker 4: It does a little bit, a little also not, It's
• 40:18
  Speaker 4: just it's not you. It's the Uncanny Valley.
• 40:22
  Speaker 1: Yeah. I don't know who that I turned into. Someone
• 40:27
  Speaker 1: very different. I'm not sure who uh coming up next?
• 40:30
  Speaker 1: This guy is gonna be special, not this special.