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Westbrook or Wilson, Ego vs Leadership? - Week 5 Recap Ep. 5 · Off the Bench - London

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You are now tuned into Off The Bench London,
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with your host, Malcolm Milkman -Noah, and Scott
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Holman, at the Clubhouse on 100 Kellogg Lane.
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We're back. There it is. We're here for episode
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15. Just kidding. So close, right? Five? Episode
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five. This is episode five. It's week five, right?
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Well, we'll just cover some of that. I like covering
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my home jersey. We'll give it away later. True.
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All right. Another episode. Yeah. So how are
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we feeling about this week? Oh, damn it. You
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know what? At least you still got your jersey
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on. Oh, I have to. Press your button. Oh, you
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can't hear it? I'm too quiet? You need me to
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be louder. You don't have headphones on. Better?
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So I need to yell. Alright. Okay, I basically
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didn't touch it, but here we are. Alright, there
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we go. Alright, so a little technical difficulties
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right there. We're back. So this week, I'm glad
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we got it out of the way. Yeah, that's true.
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You got to get that one, but we'll get into that
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in a minute. They're winning, but I feel like
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the team's starting to collapse. It's a mental
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thing. Yeah, it is. It's weird. It's not about
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ability. It's not about skill. It's all mental.
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It's all about communication and so forth. I
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don't know. I feel like they're not, like, the
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communication isn't there. Like, it comes, like,
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I don't know. We were going to, we talked about
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bringing this up a bit, but, like, there's so
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many egos on that team right now. I like how
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you did that little segue. Like, there's so many.
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Like, you got A .J. Brown. Yep. That's a big
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ego. You got Devontae Smith. Yep. He's a quiet
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ego. Quiet assassin. Yeah. He's going to be that
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guy who's just like, all of a sudden, you don't
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realize anything, and then all of a sudden, he's
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like, I want to trade. You'll be like, what?
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Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised, actually. He could
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be a number one on a lot of teams. Oh, every
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team. Yeah. Every single team in the league will
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take him as a number one. Exactly. In a heartbeat.
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And he doesn't really talk back. Yeah. Like,
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he's that quiet guy. And then you get Jalen Hurts,
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who is... Very business -like in his leadership
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style. He's not going to be... He's kind of...
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I don't know. Not the same play style, but gives
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me almost Russell Wilson vibes when it comes
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to that. Another segue. You know what I mean?
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Alright, so this episode is mostly focused on...
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Egos and leadership. Yeah. All right. And the
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reason why I'm bringing this up is because, like,
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in the NFL right now, we have Russell Wilson,
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who was playing for the Giants. Obviously, he
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got benched for Jackson Dart. But Russell Wilson
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in the NBA, who doesn't have a contract, he's
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a free agent. Westbrook. Sorry. Russell Westbrook.
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There's too many Russells. They all have egos.
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Too many Russells. All the Russells. Yeah. Let
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us cook. But Russell. He's in the NBA, and he's
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not on a team. Media day happened. Training camp's
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going on. He doesn't have a home. It's kind of
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frustrating, like, being a fan of Westbrook and
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not seeing him on a team. It kind of sucks. But,
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like, seeing how teammates have, like, stepped
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up and being, like, advocated for his leadership,
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the fact that he's, like, willing to come off
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the bench for any team to provide that spark.
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And then I look at Russell Wilson where all his
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teammates are coming out and being like, oh,
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like he got special treatment. There's a reason
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why we all kind of stayed together. And when
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we left the Seattle Seahawks, we were still pro
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bowlers. Whilst other people. Yeah. Right. So
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I got, I got a few thoughts here. You're speeding
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through these things. Slow me down. Slow me down.
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Well, Russell, Russell Westbrook basketball.
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It's a tongue twister. Not to be confused with
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Russell Wilson, NBA, NFL. This is a mess. This
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is a mess. We need to talk about people with
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different names. The Rush Show. So Russell W.,
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the NBA player. Yes. Westbrook. I think because
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he's taken a lot of steps back, he would be really
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good to, like, Come on as a sixth man. Lead the
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second team. Because, like, he's still explosive.
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He can still blow up plays and get those crazy
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dunks that light up the arena. You just can't
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do it, like, the whole game. Sure. So put him
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in for 15, 20 minutes a game. And let him cook.
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And then Russell Wilson's a whole different ballgame.
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Did you hear when he was in Denver, he had his
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own office and a parking spot? Yep. And teammates,
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his own teammates, his own linemen and wide receivers,
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if they wanted his number, they'd have to go
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through his agent. That's insane. How do you
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build teamwork like that? When he was on Seattle
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and he had to talk to teammates, he called them
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on a private number. Yeah. That's your teammate.
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Like, I'm sorry. I get it. You're married to
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Sierra. Her goodies are probably that good. Okay,
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but so are wins. But so is chemistry. Yeah. So
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when I hear that and I see the decline. You know,
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we're human. If I was a Hall of Fame voter, I
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wouldn't vote him. I would vote a lot of people
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before him. Like, he's not a first ballot now
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because of his attitude. Yeah, 100%. Like, it's
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horrible. But, like, that's the thing. It's just,
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like, when it comes to, like, professional sports
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or just sports in general, you're going to have
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people who have egos who have done things in
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the past. Yes, Russ. Has won a Super Bowl, but
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it wasn't because of him. Does that sound familiar?
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Yeah. Does that hurt a little? You're like, oh,
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no. Is Jalen Hurts Russell Wilson with a different
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mobility package? Oh, don't hit me with that.
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Maybe that's a hot take, but. You know what?
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Yeah, now it's hurting. Yo, that's a dagger right
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there. Yeah. I'm sorry to hit you with that right
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now. Kick him in while he's down. We just lost.
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Look, my quarterback's over the year. I got to
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kick everybody. I get you. You're not wrong.
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Yeah. Because he doesn't have good communication
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with his team. Because he's not like the guy's
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guy like some of these other quarterbacks. Like
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Jimmy G, everyone in the locker room loved him.
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Yeah. Kirk Cousins, everyone in the locker room
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loved him. So like those guys, like Lamar Jackson,
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you hear all this stuff about like everybody
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loves him. The Bengals, everybody loves Joe.
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They have that, like they work as a unit. That's
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true. You see them going to other sporting events
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together. You see them, well, I mean, Joe Burrell
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going to fashion shows and stuff, but that's...
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Fashion Nova. Yeah. Shit. He's got a lot of money,
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and that's what he likes to do. Yeah, well, you
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got to do what you got to do. A little disappointed
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in him by the Batmobile, but his house got broken
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into, and then we all found out he was dating
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a supermodel, so he's living the life. I got
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you. But, yeah, when it comes to, like, the leadership
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and ego, there's, like, some people are just
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emotionless leaders, like Jalen Hurts, where
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it can be good in situations like when you guys
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are down and there's a minute left on the clock,
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no timeouts left, he's a stone -cold killer.
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They didn't win because... AJ Brown's ego got
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in the way because he basically tackled Devontae
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Adams in the end zone. Yeah. So I guess you can't
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get a defensive pass interference on your own
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team. No, you can't. But honestly, you need that
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in some situations. But other situations, you
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got leaders like Baker Mayfield, who's playing
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with a chip on his shoulder all the time, even
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though at this point, everyone knows he's good.
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But I guarantee that whole team, we'll get into
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talking about that game after, but they're missing
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a bunch of pieces. And every next guy that steps
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up is ready to run through a wall for them. Well,
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you have a rookie right now that is playing like
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a veteran in Tampa. But that could also be part
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of the leadership aspect of it and not the egotistical.
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aspect of it like if it was Russ in that situation
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I don't think you'd be elevating all his teammates
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to the same level yeah well you see them joking
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around on the sidelines like man these rookies
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gotta stop disrespecting my passes use two hands
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yes like it's things like that that you're like
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alright like they have that chemistry exactly
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whereas you see other Other teams, when people
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aren't playing well, they start getting emotional.
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They start slamming things on the sideline. You
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see all these guys that have these big egos,
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and one bad thing happens, and now they still
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have the ego, and they lost the step, so now
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they're out of the league. It's true. Look what
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happened to OBJ. He's so dynamic, and I wish
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he was still in the league. Yeah, but once he
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lost the step, his ego took him off a lot of,
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out of a lot of situations. Sure. Because you
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don't want to put up with it. But yeah, I don't
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know. I think when you look at it from the whole
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perspective of sports, yes, you can have people
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who are egotistical. Like, think about the soccer
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field. you want your strikers to have that ego.
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Because you need to be that hungry, mental, I'm
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going to score, I don't care what it's going
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to take if I have to go through people. But then
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you have to take those other people to have the
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leadership to make sure the plays actually happen.
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The defense is cooperating with the offense and
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so forth with your goalie as well. When you look
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at it from that perspective, you never want someone
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to come down and be yelling at your team because
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that's not leadership. No. No, it's such a fine
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line because you want them to be hungry, but
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at the same time, there's lots of mouths to feed.
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So when you build these super teams with a bunch
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of crazy weapons, everyone's got to eat. But
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whoever's not eating is going to be like, hey,
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what about me? Well, when I was thinking about
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the ego and the leadership, it kind of breaks
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down the goat debate. LeBron and Michael Jordan.
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I would say Michael Jordan had that ego, egotistical
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mentality where I'm going to win. I don't care
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what it's going to take. If it takes destroying
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a teammate, I don't care. I'm hungry for that
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goal where LeBron can make it to 10 championships,
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may not win every one of them, but elevates everyone
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else there. Yeah. So when you look at the GOAT
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debate... Unless he's yelling at J .R. Smith
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for doing weird, silly things. Come on! But it's
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like elevating your team versus knocking them
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down so you can get your personal goals. Well,
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yeah, because you see that with a lot of teams,
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though. You see the stat patterns. When you're
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like... Westbrook. Yeah. When you're like, oh,
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he's averaging a triple -double every game. But
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the team isn't winning at all, so what does it
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even matter? Like, you got your points, cool.
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Yeah. But you would have made that last shot
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if you had conserved a little bit more energy
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and passed it to someone else to let them shoot.
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No, and, like, Angel Reese, the rebound queen.
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Yeah, there'll be like two minutes left in the
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game, and they're down by 25, and she's like,
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give me the ball, I want a rebound. Or like I'm
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hunting for that stat when I, as a true leader,
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I'd be like, I don't care about my personal stat.
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I just want to win as a team. But see, the problem
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is those are the people that we pay attention
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to because they're marketable. Well, that and
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fantasy sports are. aren't based on team effort.
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There's no category for leadership. Yeah, that's
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not a thing. It's all hard stats. And if you
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catch that last rebound, everyone loves you because
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you helped them win, and now they're paying more
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attention to you. And now you're worth more in
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fantasy sports, and now your name is bigger,
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so you're going to get bigger sponsorships. More
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eyes are on you. True. I guess we could say Tom
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Brady was a great leader. He was. I mean, he
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even tried to lead Antonio Brown when he was
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like, he was like, come live in my house. Yeah.
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Like, do you think some of these other quarterbacks
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would do that? No. For someone who is a known,
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like, ridiculous person? He came out of Pittsburgh.
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Every wide receiver out of Pittsburgh is a basket
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case. Except for George Pickett this season so
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far. Yeah, because they hadn't had quarterbacks
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to throw them the ball. People start to go a
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little crazy when they're like, I can do all
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this, but you just don't give me the ball. It's
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true. A .J. Brown is starting to go a little
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crazy. And the hits. Well, yeah. But I mean,
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he's a big guy, so the people have to go at him
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really hard. Alright, so if you're going to build
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a team in the NFL right now, Only out of leaders,
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which wouldn't work. How would you construct?
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Who would be your quarterback? Who would be your
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right receivers? Who would your captains be of
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a team that you constructed? Give me five people
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who have amplified the game to a degree where
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you see the leadership on and off the field.
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C, as a Bengals fan. automatically want to be
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like burrow healthy burrow healthy burrow that's
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once it comes back and is the six billion dollar
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man sorry six billion dollar man at this point
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but uh no you gotta have a lot of those guys
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like guys like mike evans who's just clinical
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yep who or even guys like uh Like Keenan Allen,
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who just came back to the Chargers. Yep. He left.
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They couldn't pay him. He left. He tried Chicago
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for a bit. I bet you most people forgot he even
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played in Chicago. That was a quick. That was
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weird. Quick. Left there. Yeah. Came back to
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the Chargers. Now he's a leader. Yeah. I honestly
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feel bad for that team right now. Because like.
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Injuries hurt them hard. Yeah. But it comes down
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to building those team dynamics. Coach is huge.
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I feel like, you know the Eagles. I'm totally
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skipping or making a list. I'm real bad at staying
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on topic. But Nick Sirianni, he does all the
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yelling instead of Jalen Hurts. Yes. He's like,
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I do the yelling and this robot behind me. Like,
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he's similar to, I mean, I guess Derrick Henry
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showed a little bit more emotion this year. But
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that's just because he's not playing well. That's
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mostly due to the fact that he's getting the
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fumble -itis. Yeah. There's been some big cases
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of fumble -itis this year. Sure. We'll get into
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that after, too. But back to that question. And
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I think I saw a lot of it last night. So, like,
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quarterback, if I wanted, like, an extreme leader,
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I probably would go Burrow as well, to a degree.
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I'd go Burrow or Josh Allen. Exactly. Those guys
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are like, I will carry you guys as far as you
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need me to carry you. There's my wide receiver,
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though. It's going to put you in a shock. Stefan
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Diggs. Like, how he's elevating Drake May, it's
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ridiculous. Yeah. Like, I know last night was
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a revenge game, but, like, you can see, like,
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the evolution of that offense. You can see it,
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like, on. Well, I mean, who did they have last
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year? Well, actually, Kendrick Bourne did play
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really well. But that. Well, yeah, Kendrick,
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because now he's on San Francisco now. Yeah.
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And you kind of saw the relationship. Playing
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on the all -IR team. Yeah. But with Stephon Diggs,
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I don't know. I feel like he has a habit of becoming
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a locker room cancer. I think that's over and
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done with. I think he just didn't humble them.
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Between that and he's just been passed around
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the league, it's not the same thing that happened
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with Baker. But you bounce around a little. Similar
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thing that happened with Westbrook. Okay. I know
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it's a different sport, but once you go to bounce
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around a little bit, because you're not that
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guy that everyone wants on your team regardless
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of attitude. You're not him. You're not him anymore.
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Now you've got to be the guy that helps him.
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Yes. So, yeah. I can see that a little bit, but
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I still think he needs to do a lot more to prove
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that, like, He's a team, like, leader, leader.
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Fair. I can't say Jamar Chase. No, he's, I mean,
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he 100 % supports the team. Yeah, but he's not,
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like, overly vocal. No, he's pretty quiet. Like,
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I don't know. He seems like that guy who's just,
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like, cool and just relaxed. Cool and collective.
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Yeah. I'll do my job, run my routes, block that
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what's supposed to. Yeah. Get three tackles.
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Sheesh. And then running backs, if I was looking
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at – I'm an Eagles fan, Saquon. Like, after all
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– He does have a – he actually has a really good
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attitude. Yep. But I think that comes from –
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Being humbled in New York. Yeah. Being the best
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player, like, having to be a leader on a team
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that you know is not going anywhere. is very
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humbling. You know, there is another quarterback,
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and I hate to say his name, and this is, like,
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a great segue back to, like, ego and leadership.
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I'm starting to believe in Jerry Jones. Because
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Dak Prescott, right now... He's playing really
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well. He's playing like an MVP quarterback. Yeah.
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And I hate to say that. I know. The MVP race
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this year is wild. It's staggering. but he's
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playing like an MVP. If you told me who I would
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think were going to be the MVPs this year, Dak
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Prescott was never going to be one of them. Nah,
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he always puts up pretty good numbers. He does.
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Okay. He's been in the MVP conversation before,
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and then he usually just falls flat. But when
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you're like, okay, we got Baker, we got Jared
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Goff, we got Dak. Daniel Jones. Who's resurrected
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his career. If you told me this five years ago,
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you'd be like, what is happening? For however
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long. They've all been in the league for quite
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some time. Yep. We already know who the rookie
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of the year is anyways. Who? Who is it this year?
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The wide receiver. Oh, yeah. Abuka? Yeah. Abuka's
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the new Abuka. There's no other rookie right
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now that's more standout than he is. Well, that
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comes down to, like, perfect situation, too.
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Like, when you're the clear -cut number two receiver
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on your team that has all the skillset. He has
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the same skillset as Puka, though. True. He's
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not the fastest. True. He has amazing hands,
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good route running. He's big. He's strong. So
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you can catch it wherever. But he's also got
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that connection because him and Baker get along
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so well. And that's based off of that leadership.
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Yeah. And when the number one wide receiver goes
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down, he's like, all right, next man up. And
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then next man up turns out to be amazing. A bona
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fide stud. Yeah. That's exactly what happened
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with Puka. Yeah. Cooper Cup went down. Yep. Puka
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started shining. It's kind of sad because Puka,
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his career is kind of... Sorry, Cooper Cup. His
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career is not the same in Seattle. No, I almost
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forgot he was on Seattle. It's weird. After those
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ankle injuries, he can't cut the same. He doesn't
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have the same bite. It's true. That's what it...
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That's why, like, he's going to have to be, like,
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well, at this point, he's like, yeah, I'm an
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all -star number two. Yeah. He's not even that,
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though. Yeah. Sometimes it's hard to see. All
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right. So did you watch a lot of football this
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weekend? Did I ever? I mean, I can't. That's
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kind of what my whole Sundays are. Sundays are
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always football. Sunday fun day. Especially now
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that they're doing all those games all over the
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UK and Ireland. This week's London again, I think?
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Yes, it is. No. I feel like there's one in Germany
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or something. Is it this? Next week. Maybe next
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week. This week was in Dublin. Yes. Because the
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Vikings stayed. Yeah. Yeah. But I think next
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week, I want to say it's like the Steelers and
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Browns maybe. I don't know. I'll have to look.
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Mike Tomlin might get his record. Might get his
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10th win. It might happen. Yeah. I feel like
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it's looking like it's going to happen. Well,
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there's no real competition in the AFC North.
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Yeah, every other team is a disaster. Like the
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one that is like the healthiest team. This is
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the Browns. Yep. Like, what is that? The only
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thing they have that they can't get right is
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the quarterback. That's the most important. Like,
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that's the only other thing that everyone else
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has. They have the defense. They have everything
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else except for that. They have a great running
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back now. Yeah. They have literally every other
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piece. They just don't have a quarterback. It's
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so true. And, well, we'll see. Well, before we
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kick on to, like, how we always talk about football,
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there's a few things we kind of need to talk
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about. Obviously doing this at the clubhouse.
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Yeah. So 100 catalogs. He's rocking the sweater.
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So every Monday we'll be here hosting. So you
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have a chance. If you come join us, you have
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a chance to win a jersey. This week is a Patrick
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Mahomes jersey. You can do what you want with
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it. I know some people have joked about burning
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it on a bonfire. I do not suggest that. We don't
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condone that. But we wouldn't be mad if someone
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sent us a video of it. Yeah, we might end up
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posting that on there. It might happen. Yeah.
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I don't know. It is a nice jersey, though. But,
26:54
like, we also have, like, the full experience.
26:56
So, like, if you want to feel like you're an
26:58
owner, you want to get, like, 10 friends for
27:00
$150, you can rent a booth. Yeah. Watch a football
27:04
game, baseball game, because the Jays are doing
27:06
well right now. Yeah, the Jays are crushing it.
27:08
Hockey starts tomorrow. Yeah. Watch some Leafs
27:12
games. Basketball starts October 21st. So, like,
27:14
tons of sports talk. I guarantee you don't have
27:17
a bigger TV than this at home. Exactly. And get
27:20
served, so you don't have to do the cleanup yourself.
27:22
Exactly. That's the huge part. Best part is not
27:24
having to kick your buddies out. There's always
27:26
that one guy who sticks around way later. Yep.
27:29
It's usually me. But you're like, all right,
27:33
well, we're all going to go to bed, so you got
27:37
to go. You don't have to do that here. You can
27:39
just get up and leave. That's true. And beer's
27:43
fantastic. It's made as locally as you can get
27:46
beer. Literally, like, a stone throw away. It's
27:50
a big building. You'd have to be... have a real
27:54
good arm to throw it that far. But it's the same
27:57
building. Yeah. Yeah. I... Yeah, so you get beer,
28:04
nachos, TV. Don't have to worry about anything.
28:07
Watch any game you want. Also, you know, week
28:12
five, episode five, Let's do things a little
28:15
bit different this week. So we have two tickets
28:19
for the Knights. So basically what we're going
28:22
to do is at 8 .30, there's going to be a post
28:25
that's going on. So by the time y 'all are listening,
28:28
if you're not watching live, all you have to
28:30
do is like, follow, share a photo, and tag your
28:34
friends that you want to come to the game. Wednesday,
28:37
we'll announce the winners, and then you'll be
28:39
able to go to the Knights game this Friday. Yeah,
28:41
so if you want to go to the Knights game? I know
28:43
we'll be there. 100%. Yeah. Front row. Front
28:46
row. So come join us. We'll be off the bench
28:50
and into the stands. I love it. I love it. All
28:58
right. Let's talk some football. Yeah. So Thursday
29:02
night. 49ers and the Rams. That was a game. That
29:07
should have been a gimme. I think. Like, you
29:11
could build an entire highlight for that game
29:15
of just following Mac Jones around. Like, the
29:20
Rams have to be in shambles. Like, they lost
29:23
to Mac Jones. You've seen his shirtless pictures.
29:28
Yep. You're seeing him. At one point during the
29:32
game, he landed funny, and his knee brace, like,
29:35
pinched his leg, and everyone thought he was
29:38
out. Yep, jogs off after. Comes back on. I think
29:42
he ate, like, 12 bananas that game. And, like,
29:46
if you're watching... He was, like, dry heaving
29:48
on the sidelines. The amount of times, like,
29:49
you saw the massage therapist rubbing his arm
29:52
and rubbing his leg. Yeah, just, like, pants
29:54
are falling down. You're like, what is happening?
29:57
He's throwing to, like, guys that were, like,
30:00
not even on teams this year that they just had
30:04
to pick up. Yep. Like... It reminds me of Baker
30:08
Mayfield. Yeah. When he played for the Rams that
30:11
one game. But remember when the Niners got Trey
30:15
Lance? Yeah. How well that worked out? Wait,
30:19
he's still there. No, he's a cowboy. Right. He
30:23
is. Yes, he is. Yeah. And that ridiculous trade.
30:27
You know, it's funny. But they wanted Mac. He
30:30
wanted Mac Jones. He wanted Mac Jones. And they
30:33
were like. They're like, no, Trey Lance is better.
30:36
He's more athletic. And then now he's got Mac
30:40
Jones. And I mean, Mac Jones is playing like
30:45
the best pickup player you've ever seen in your
30:50
life who just doesn't take care of himself at
30:52
all. And he's just like... Fits a 49er right.
30:56
Yeah, it's great. I love it. But like... It was
31:02
great watching it. It looked like I was watching
31:03
Tom Brady on the 49ers. Yeah. I mean, a lot of
31:06
people have joked that, like, Tom Brady is Mac
31:10
Jones' dad, so. Yeah, you never know. Yeah, it
31:13
could be a thing. You never know. But, yeah,
31:18
like, there were some plays that game, like the
31:23
fumbles. When we were talking about there being
31:26
a whole bunch of random fumbles. Yep. Fumble
31:28
on the one -yard, Kyron Williams. Mm -hmm. And
31:31
then they went to Kyron Williams to win the game.
31:37
Stuffed. Yep. Could have kicked it to have another
31:40
tie. In overtime, you have Mr. Comeback Win of
31:47
the Year of the Century. Like, Matthew Stafford,
31:51
just give him the ball. He'll make it happen.
31:53
See, that's the funniest part. Remember in the
31:58
Super Bowl when everyone was like, You have Marshawn
32:02
Lynch. Let him run the ball. But we all knew
32:05
that it wasn't Russ. We all knew it was actually
32:08
Marshawn Lynch that got him to the Super Bowl.
32:11
Yeah, but it's just funny because it goes both
32:15
ways. It does. But we're talking about you want
32:18
to put your playmaker in the best situation to
32:22
win the game. Yeah, it's true. And Kyron Williams
32:25
is not that dude. Let's be honest. Slant to...
32:30
Devontae Adams, Puka Nakua, there's your game.
32:35
Even a slight hitch with Kyron Williams if he
32:39
can catch the ball. Yeah, but you got that, and
32:42
the only place the Niners aren't destroyed is
32:47
their D -line. I say this when we play all the
32:54
time, like playing soccer. You know who the best
32:58
player on the other team is. Yeah, it's clear.
33:00
Clear as day. And it's hard to explain to people,
33:04
play away from them. Don't play into their best
33:09
player. Correct. Take their best player out of
33:11
the game, not by trying to be better than them.
33:16
Just don't put it near them. Yep. Like, if you
33:19
have a number one corner that is the best in
33:22
the league, don't throw it to them. Or if you
33:28
have Fred Warner on defense, don't run it up
33:32
the middle. Because you know where he's going
33:34
to be. Yeah. It just doesn't make sense. But
33:38
the Niners won, and they are 4 -1, and Purdy
33:45
is the one that got the loss. Mack Jones might
33:50
be in the MVP conversation. You know what's crazy?
33:53
Because he's putting up. Brock Purdy numbers
33:56
from last year when he was in the MVP. Well,
33:58
he'll win best comeback player of the year. He's
34:02
already in that tier of like comeback player
34:04
of the year because he's on a different team.
34:06
And so not if Burrow comes back and gets us into
34:10
the playoffs. Except I don't think you need to
34:14
win a game. That's true. With a backup quarterback.
34:20
I still think the fact that. The Ravens are in
34:26
absolute shambles as soon as Lamar Jackson is
34:29
out. It means he's a clear MVP. Yes. And the
34:35
Bengals being absolute garbage as soon as Burrow's
34:40
out. Just holes popping up left, right, and center
34:43
means they're clearly, they should be in the
34:46
MVP competition. If you can do that with guys
34:50
that can't get it together as soon as you walk
34:52
away. It's like, well, you're in the service
35:00
industry. Yeah. You have a manager that's really
35:06
good at running the shift. Okay. They call in
35:09
sick. Yep. You get some other guy who has no
35:13
idea what they're doing, and the whole thing
35:15
collapses. Yes. It's exactly like that. Like,
35:20
you got that leader, and that just shows you
35:23
how much of a leader they are. Because as soon
35:25
as they're not there, it just... That's why I
35:29
also think it shouldn't be the quarterback race.
35:31
Like, the MVP is notorious right now for being
35:33
quarterback. Because, like, I look at Cleveland,
35:37
who clearly don't have a quarterback, and they're
35:39
a great team because of the defense. Yeah, but
35:43
the thing is... I get why, obviously, the quarterback
35:48
is the most valuable person on every team. Yes.
35:50
Because who touches the ball every single play
35:53
aside from the center? The point guard of the
35:55
offense, yes. But, like, it's like, I don't know,
36:01
in the NBA, you're not going to get an MVP. I
36:07
guess the honest one. Well, no, because they're
36:09
now point forwards or point setters. Yeah. Like
36:14
the Joker. Yeah. The ball touches him first before
36:19
anything else happens. Exactly. You know what
36:21
I mean? Giannis, same thing. It has to touch
36:24
Giannis' hand before it goes into anyone else.
36:26
Yeah. So you have your playmakers that make everything
36:30
happen. So that was the Thursday night game.
36:35
We're getting very off topic. Yeah, that's true.
36:37
All right. Vikings and the Browns. 21 -17 for
36:43
the Vikings. I did not think. I thought the Browns
36:45
were actually going to win. So did I. But the
36:49
Vikings pulled off one of their big comebacks.
36:53
They're actually pretty good at those. Well,
36:55
they have a backup quarterback that can adequately
36:57
do the job, and they have an offensive line.
37:01
I'm sorry. That hurts me because it's true. So.
37:08
Yeah, I know. That's what you could do if you
37:12
have an O -line. You can put anyone back there.
37:18
The Niners, they have more of an O -line than
37:24
they have wide receivers. They don't have a tight
37:28
end. They don't have any wide receivers. But
37:31
they have enough of an O -line that can keep
37:35
Mac Jones. upright long enough that a competent
37:40
quarterback can do the job. Yep. Plus, you got
37:44
CMC to dump it off to. Which is always great.
37:47
Yeah. Cowboys and Jets. 37 -22. I was a little
37:56
worried during that game because I got Brees
37:59
Hall in the league. He went down, then he came
38:01
back. I was kind of shocked. But honestly, that
38:05
was one of those games where the Jets are just,
38:09
yeah, yeah, exactly. Like, you got to make your
38:11
layups. You got to make your layups. Yeah, the
38:15
Jets coach was yelling at his team after that
38:18
game. As he should. He just looked, like, depressed
38:22
last game, too. Like, last week, we were watching
38:25
it here. We're sitting here watching. Every time
38:27
the camera panned over to him, he's like, like,
38:31
again. They're like, man. But I don't know. The
38:37
Jets are the Jets. That organization, it's a
38:45
disaster. So many New York teams. I don't know
38:48
what it is. It's because there's too much going
38:50
on in New York? There's so much pressure. And
38:55
there's so much to do in New York. I guarantee
38:58
half the guys on the team could walk around.
39:03
nobody knows who they are. Because that's how
39:05
big New York is. Exactly. It's so big. And they
39:08
play in New Jersey. Exactly. New York is so big
39:13
that they have to play in New Jersey because
39:14
they can't play in New York. Well, I mean, how
39:17
are you going to build a massive football stadium
39:19
in New York? Yeah, you have to. The most expensive
39:22
place. Yes. Like, at least L .A. is big. There's
39:27
so much land mass. Yeah. Like, it's not the same.
39:32
Like, what are they going to do, build an apartment
39:33
stadium? They'll just build it this way. Everyone's
39:38
got harnesses on. It's wild. No, that wouldn't
39:42
work. But, yeah, the Cowboys won again. So they're
39:49
right on the Eagles' heels. Yeah. Yeah, unfortunately.
39:57
All right. Giants and Saints. Speaking of New
40:02
York. 14 -26 for the Saints. The Saints finally
40:06
won a game. They did. Spencer Rattler's first
40:08
win. I'm sure he felt great. Did you see Skadabo
40:17
pancake block a 260 -pound 6 '5 linebacker? So,
40:24
when I was in high school. You got pancaked by
40:27
a 4 '11 guy? Our coach would always make the
40:30
joke, always keep your feet moving. Always keep
40:35
your feet moving. That's not a joke. That's legit.
40:38
It's legit. If your feet keep moving, you keep
40:41
pumping, you're going to keep getting more and
40:42
more power. The way Skadaboo did that with his
40:46
head, it's like he's the juggernaut. Yeah. Like
40:50
I said before, he's a crayon eater. He just fucking
40:52
runs a wall. Plowing through. It was fantastic
40:57
to watch, though. It's fun to see, like, different
41:00
types of running backs again. Yeah. It's not
41:02
just all elusive. It's not all, like, the shady
41:05
McCoy, a .k .a. I'm wearing this jersey. Yeah.
41:08
No, I lied. I'm wearing Ashante Samuels. Super
41:11
awkward. He pretends to be an Eagles fan. Realistically,
41:18
I was going to wear a Marshawn Lynch jersey today.
41:21
But, because I love my running backs. Okay, yeah.
41:24
I love my running backs. Which jersey? A Raiders
41:29
or a Seahawks? Seahawks. Oh, you never know.
41:31
Seahawks. What's up? Vintage Oakland Raiders.
41:37
Let's not talk about the Raiders. We'll get there.
41:41
We'll get there. Oh, man, because the Raiders
41:43
ended up playing the Colts. Man, see the Colts.
41:47
6 -40. But the Colts are looking like a legit
41:53
team. If you can run over those layups, like
41:57
I'm not talking like you win the game, like the
42:00
Eagles were doing with their, you're like, we're
42:03
just winning by like five. Like, no, they're
42:07
running them over. They're like, it's not even
42:11
close. They're running away with the game. And
42:14
those are, it's playing like that that you're
42:17
like, you're not going to lose those layups.
42:20
You're not wrong. Because I feel like, the colts
42:25
for so long had been used to being the layup
42:28
that they just give full effort all the time
42:31
so now they don't take their foot off the gas
42:35
because they're just like we know how easy it
42:37
is to we take our foot off the gas at all and
42:40
we might not win it's true it was like watching
42:44
the jays game the other day when they were up
42:47
like 12 nothing in the third And then everyone
42:52
took their foot off the gas, and then all of
42:54
a sudden the Yankees start getting runs and runs
42:57
and runs. And they're trying to put the pedal
43:01
down. Yeah, and you're like, the ball's rolling
43:04
down the hill. Like, once it starts going. Yeah,
43:07
the momentum shift. There's another game we'll
43:11
talk about in a second that had the biggest momentum
43:15
switch. And you know exactly when it was. I know
43:21
exactly when it was. Pretty much any fantasy
43:23
football owner knows exactly when it was if they
43:25
picked up the guy I'm talking about. What game
43:31
do we got next? Is it the one I'm thinking of?
43:34
Dolphins and Panthers. Nope, not the one I'm
43:37
thinking of. But that was another one. The Dolphins
43:44
are having a rough time right now. But they could
43:46
have won that game. They should have won that
43:48
game. 100%. But they were winning. They let up.
43:55
And the Panthers just kept putting that effort
43:59
in. Because when it comes down to it, again,
44:02
they're professional athletes. All of them are.
44:05
Everybody is. So, like, you give them an inch,
44:08
and they're going to keep going and keep going
44:11
and keep going. And then once you're on the back
44:13
foot. you're skating. That's not good. I think
44:22
Chuba Hubbard might have to fight to get his
44:26
job back. He's not getting it back. Rico Dowdle
44:29
showed out. Yeah. Bryce Young is a different
44:36
story still. He still just looks so small. We'll
44:42
get to that. But I think losing Tyreek Hill is
44:47
a huge blow for them. Yeah, they're not going
44:50
to be the same. They're going to have to learn
44:52
a different style. Them playing with speed with
44:57
Tyreek Hill, this week they're playing through
45:00
Darren Waller a lot. Who looked like he'd ever
45:03
left. Exactly. But he's not the speed. So now
45:09
they have to... slowly chunk down the field instead
45:11
of going home runs. Man, I'm so glad I played
45:15
him in fantasy. I didn't. Yeah, I played him
45:19
in my fantasy lineup. I was like, you know what?
45:21
It can't get any worse. I picked him up in two
45:25
leagues and played against him in one league
45:28
and he sat on my bench in both of them and then
45:33
crushed me in the one that he... Yeah. Not fun.
45:39
Not fun. All right. But that's the ups and downs.
45:42
Mm -hmm. All right. Here's another game. Broncos
45:47
and Eagles. 21 -17. I was like, oh, here we go.
45:52
I was watching this game, and I didn't think
45:57
we would lose it in the fourth. It looked like
45:59
I was watching the Ravens. Like, the fourth quarter.
46:03
No, no. The Ravens, no. The Ravens, at least
46:06
when they're collapsing, they still put points
46:08
on the board. They'll fight, but their defense
46:15
just gives everything up. The Eagles' defenses
46:17
are strong points, so it's just like the offense
46:19
just fizzled. 15 unanswered points by the Broncos.
46:24
That was ridiculous. When they were up, all they
46:28
had to really do was run the ball. Now, Saquon
46:31
is hurt. I understand that. They just became
46:35
a throwing team, throwing team. And I'm sorry,
46:38
Jalen Hurts. They're not used to it. Like, all
46:41
season so far, they haven't thrown the ball because
46:44
they're not clicking right now. No, because they
46:46
have no chemistry. They have no chemistry, and
46:48
I still don't think they're clicking with the
46:50
OC. Yeah, well, a new OC has a lot to do with
46:55
it. But, like, when it's a lot harder to pick
46:58
up new plays, run new systems, when you're...
47:04
The wide receivers might hang out and talk, but
47:06
if the quarterback isn't tight with them, then
47:09
they're not going to have that synergy, especially
47:15
if you're running new stuff. Sure. Because there's
47:18
so much about timing. That's why Jamar Chase
47:21
and Joe Burrow go insane together, because they're
47:26
like brothers. Well, yeah, they went to college
47:32
together. Like that chemistry is there. Yeah.
47:36
You look at it and you're like, oh, it's like
47:38
these guys have been playing together for 10
47:40
years because they have. Yeah. That's why you
47:43
can't break them up. Yeah. But I don't want to
47:50
kick you too much. I've already. It's fine. I
47:53
think losing was the best thing for them. Yeah.
47:57
It's going to probably change a lot of attitudes.
48:00
Yep. I bring them down to earth because you can't
48:04
just be like, oh, whatever, cry, we're winning.
48:09
When it's obvious that the guy's crying on the
48:14
sideline for more touches and not getting them,
48:20
or now they are getting them, but they're getting
48:22
them when he's forcing them. It doesn't work.
48:25
It's not natural. Yeah, it's got to be the right
48:28
flow, and that does come down to the offensive
48:30
coordinator. But it's all the same thing, that
48:34
ego, that leadership. They got to figure it out.
48:40
From the top down. Yeah, but at least they've
48:43
got four wins. They got it out of the way early.
48:49
They got four wins. Like, four and one, that's
48:52
a good start of the year. That's amazing. There's
48:56
a fun fact for you. The Eagles were the last
49:00
professional sports team to lose in 2025. I like
49:09
that stat. I figured you would have known that.
49:13
I appreciate that. I didn't know that one. That
49:14
boosts you up a little bit. Okay, okay. So, I
49:19
mean, like... Everybody is like, we got to win
49:23
every single game. Like, it's impossible to win
49:26
every single game. Especially at this level when
49:28
you're playing with other professionals. How
49:30
many teams have won every single game throughout
49:32
the season? One? Well, are we talking all the
49:36
way through to winning the championships? Yeah.
49:38
1972 Miami Dolphins. One. One. And it was only
49:42
14 games. And the Patriots did all but one. They
49:47
lost the championship. And that season, you're
49:50
just like... all you're thinking about is that
49:52
one loss. Would you rather have lost one throughout
49:55
the season? Yeah. I would rather lose to have
49:59
diversity than to automatically have a target
50:02
on my back and figure out what the other team's
50:04
trying to do to take that target off my back.
50:06
Plus, the loss wasn't even in your division.
50:08
I know. So it doesn't... It does, but it doesn't.
50:11
It still stings. It does. Well, yeah. Yeah, it
50:16
is. I'm over here stinging away because my team
50:19
sucks, but... Texans and Ravens, 44 -10. You
50:26
know, puts a smile on your face. But at the same
50:32
time, it's hard to watch. It is hard to watch.
50:34
It is kind of sad. The downfall is huge. It really
50:38
shows you, like, same thing with Burrow. You
50:42
lose your star, your team is, like. It's not
50:46
just plug and play for some teams. No. Because
50:48
he's such a unique quarterback. There's very
50:51
few people that could step in and actually play
50:54
there. Ironically, Shador Sanders is a similar
50:59
play style. He didn't want to play there, though.
51:01
But he didn't want to be a backup. He didn't
51:03
want to be a backup to Mark because he didn't
51:04
think he would get an opportunity to play. Now
51:06
would have been a great time. Now would have
51:08
been a great time. You know who did start this
51:10
week? Dylan Gabriel. The guy that they drafted
51:14
ahead of Shador Sanders. Yep. That just kind
51:20
of makes you laugh. That's just kind of how the
51:22
world works. You're like, you think you made
51:24
the right call? Well, it's when your ego gets
51:27
too big. Exactly. He's massive ego. He got coddled
51:30
all the way up. He does have talent. I'm not
51:33
saying he does not have talent. You don't make
51:34
it to the NFL without talent. Correct. But his
51:39
ego got, which you're supposed to have. His was
51:42
just too big. Yeah. So. But yeah, the Texans
51:48
needed that, though. Like, they needed a nice
51:50
squishy defense to run up on. Yep. And they have
51:55
a great defense, too. Their offense is not clicking.
52:00
No, but Wayne. It did this week. Well, yeah,
52:04
because it was a perfect game for them. Perfect
52:07
situation. You have a Ravens team who, missing
52:12
Lamar Jackson, their offense is in shambles.
52:14
They're going to give the ball back to you constantly.
52:16
Their defense is in shambles. You're going to
52:19
be able to run up and down the field. It doesn't
52:21
matter if you score because you know they're
52:23
not going to score. You're just going to get
52:25
the ball back. You can be more of a risk taker
52:27
knowing you're going to get the ball back. You're
52:30
playing and you don't have to play. I have to
52:33
protect the ball. You don't have to play it safe
52:37
because you know it's fine. They got to do a
52:42
lot of things that they haven't been able to
52:45
do because They haven't had the wiggle room.
52:49
Perfect time, perfect scenario. It was perfect.
52:53
And then here's another game. Titans and Cardinals.
52:58
This is the fumble game I was talking about.
53:03
I think everyone. I know a few guys that are
53:08
in survival pools. I'm already out. The Chargers
53:12
took me out against the Giants. Yeah, that sucks.
53:16
But everyone thinks that the Titans are just
53:21
a team everyone runs over and comes down to it.
53:26
You give them an inch. Or a fumble. You're running
53:31
into the end zone, and you do the college, I'm
53:35
too good for this, and you fumble it right in
53:37
the end zone, out the back. I had him picked
53:42
up, and, I mean, it was still an 80 -yard. but
53:46
now you take off points for the fumble and you
53:50
don't get six points. So that's an eight -point
53:52
swing. Which was a guaranteed six points at that
53:55
point. Yeah. Plus the bonus. Yeah. And because
54:02
of that, so that happens, then they immediately
54:05
get an 80 -yard touchdown. Yep. So there's a...
54:12
14 -point swing right there, assuming they make
54:15
the extra points, which haven't been given this
54:18
year for sure. But then the Cardinals get their
54:24
redemption. They get a nice interception in the
54:27
red zone. And then they fumble it into their
54:31
own end zone, recovered by the Titans for the
54:34
wildest fumble. Throws an interception, and it's
54:39
a touchdown. You intercept it. roll over to fumble
54:43
it again for the other team to receive it and
54:47
recover it in your own end zone and then they
54:53
end up losing on a last second field goal yeah
54:58
like that is that is the epitome of you take
55:03
your foot off the gas and the you give the other
55:08
team an inch Once their ball starts rolling,
55:11
it's just going to keep going and going and going.
55:13
And now it's like your team's running in mud
55:17
and they're on skates. But Cam Ward got his first
55:20
win in the NFL. He did. He deserves it. So. It's
55:24
going to be a big confidence boost for him. Like,
55:28
I think losing your first few games, because
55:31
no one expects you to go to the Super Bowl your
55:32
first year anyway. No, no. Realistically what
55:35
you want. in your first year quarterback is to
55:40
be learning just being able to soak up a lot
55:47
of this stuff and getting that experience like
55:51
I would take a a team where my a game where my
55:57
team loses by a lot but they played really well
56:04
versus We won by a little, but everyone played
56:09
terrible. Eagles. Yeah. It's one of those, like,
56:17
but speaking of teams that played terribly. Mm
56:21
-hmm. Oh, no, I thought you were going to say
56:24
the next game. Oh. Actually, technically the
56:29
next game is the Buccaneers and the Seahawks.
56:31
Oh, okay. That game was actually amazing on both
56:33
sides. Yeah. Like, that game was wild. That was
56:36
the best game of the week. Yeah. Like, I think
56:41
I saw that with just, like, the first game where
56:44
both quarterbacks had through for over 340 yards
56:48
and had, like, an 80 % completion percentage.
56:52
At one point, both teams, like, Baker and Sam
56:56
Darnold, were 100%, like, three -quarters of
57:00
the way through the game. Like, that's insane.
57:02
That's a great football game. Yeah. Like, it
57:06
was exciting. It was. And, I mean, to be honest,
57:11
I kind of started expecting it out of Tampa because
57:14
they're just like, they're that team that is,
57:17
they play to whoever's level. Yeah. So they could
57:20
play a team that sucks and they're not going
57:23
to roll over them, but they are going to win.
57:26
It's just going to be exciting. But then you
57:31
have Seattle, who's been playing really well.
57:33
Like, their defense is legit. Like, they were,
57:37
like, a top -ten defense. Yep. Probably top -five
57:39
defense. But... Baker and his... I think the
57:46
biggest thing with that game is, unfortunately,
57:49
someone has to lose. Yeah. It's one of those
57:52
situations where someone has to lose. Even the...
57:56
Because Darnold had a pick and a fumble, but...
58:02
Neither of them were his fault. Sure. Like, when
58:06
it's, like, tipped interceptions, like, that's
58:09
someone on the other team making a play. But,
58:15
yeah, somebody had to lose. But, man, that was
58:18
exciting. Lions and Bengals. Oof. So that was
58:25
an ugly game. Like, they need to figure something
58:28
out with Jake Browning. It's bad. Man, he's got
58:33
eight interceptions this year. He started three
58:38
games. Like, that's bad. Hold the fort for a
58:44
second. So, with the Bengals, you've got Chase
58:59
Brown. Tied for third on the team for tackles
59:05
off of the three interceptions. So that's not
59:09
good. But he did actually finally kind of get
59:15
a little bit of chemistry going with Jake Browning,
59:19
but it's still not enough. When you look at it,
59:23
their defense was actually the highlight of the
59:25
team that week. They were forcing punts. They
59:31
were getting turnovers. Jameer Gibbs didn't go
59:34
off like crazy like you'd expect him to. I think
59:37
his longest one was like 20 yards. The Lions
59:42
didn't have any plays. No, his longest was 9
59:47
yards. They didn't have any plays over 20 yards.
59:50
So they were just marching down the field. But
59:54
they're getting lots of turnovers. They're getting
59:57
lots of punts. But when your offense can't do
59:59
anything and your defense starts getting exhausted
1:00:04
because they cause a punt, they cause a fumble,
1:00:08
they get an interception, then they've got to
1:00:11
go right back on the field. And if they're constantly
1:00:14
being back on the field, then they're going to
1:00:17
be gassed, and now they're frustrated. So the
1:00:19
fourth quarter comes along, and they can't do
1:00:22
anything. No, you're 100 % correct. Yeah, it's
1:00:30
not okay that Jamar Chase is on the board near
1:00:39
the top for tackles in a game. That's not good.
1:00:43
That's not healthy. But yeah, their defense was
1:00:48
the highlight. How often can you say the defense
1:00:51
was the highlight for the Bengals? That just
1:00:54
shows you how bad, how much... From being the
1:00:57
worst defense last year to... I honestly think,
1:01:00
like, even with how bad everyone had been playing
1:01:03
all over the field in the last couple weeks,
1:01:07
if they had Burrow or another quarterback, I
1:01:13
bet you they could have... I don't know if they
1:01:15
would have won, but they would have been real
1:01:16
close. Because... Potentially made an effort.
1:01:20
Yeah. But I think the Lions really took their
1:01:22
foot off the gas because, like, they usually
1:01:24
go for fourth downs, but they're also not doing
1:01:26
that because they know, oh, well, their offense
1:01:31
is in shambles, so our defense is just going
1:01:34
to get us the ball back, so it's fine. But Jared
1:01:38
Goff is playing great. Another MVP candidate.
1:01:42
Yeah. For us, he'd be an MVP right now. Yeah.
1:01:47
Week one. for Detroit scared me a little bit,
1:01:50
but ever since then, they're doing their trick
1:01:52
plays. Yeah, they're back. Everyone's doing their
1:01:55
job. They're 100 % back. It's fantastic to see.
1:01:59
It kind of makes you want to go to Detroit and
1:02:00
still go see a game. 100%. Maybe we should get
1:02:03
tickets and go to a game. Yeah, I'm thinking
1:02:05
that might be one of the things we've got to
1:02:07
do. Yeah. Well, we're going to the Knights game
1:02:10
this weekend, or this Friday, so we'll throw
1:02:13
up a post for that. All right. The man came back.
1:02:20
Commanders and chargers. I'm not worried about
1:02:24
the chargers yet, even though they lost 27 -10.
1:02:28
It's still an early season. I'm... But Daniel's
1:02:34
coming back this week. Yeah. It showed you the
1:02:38
change in the commanders, where a leader coming
1:02:42
into the role can change the whole offense. But,
1:02:47
I mean, that just shows you why a starting quarterback
1:02:52
gets paid what they get paid and a backup gets
1:02:56
paid significantly less. Yes. Like, there's a
1:03:00
definite difference between backups and starters,
1:03:04
except unless you're on the Niners. Or the Giants.
1:03:07
Or the Giants. Because that's a rookie that's
1:03:09
trying to earn his contract. Rookies are different.
1:03:11
Yeah. I guess. Not necessarily. Daniels is kind
1:03:16
of a rookie still, but... Yeah, he's still in
1:03:17
his rookie contract. Yeah, but... No, they played
1:03:21
well. The Chargers... The thing that I hated
1:03:26
most about this game was that I was really hoping
1:03:30
that the Chargers would just be able to continue
1:03:32
winning and hold off the Chiefs and take the
1:03:35
division. But the Chiefs are only going to get
1:03:39
stronger from here on out. And... The Chargers
1:03:45
are just getting more and more injured. Their
1:03:48
O -line is a disaster. They just lost their rookie
1:03:52
running back. Yes, out for the season. No, he's
1:03:56
on IR. I don't know if he's out for the season.
1:03:59
I might have seen that. I might be wrong. Yeah,
1:04:02
I think it's like an ankle thing. Hampton, yeah.
1:04:05
Yeah. But we'll see. We'll see if they can pull
1:04:11
it off. I know... hardball is good but like you
1:04:15
can only do so much if you don't have like you
1:04:19
only have so many big guys on your team and when
1:04:22
you're playing your third stringers like their
1:04:25
first team and it's fine on paper until you get
1:04:34
guys like i don't know garrett wilson Just walking
1:04:39
through. Or Miles Garrett. Garrett Wilson's running
1:04:42
back. Wide receiver. I know what you mean. You
1:04:45
know what I mean. Yeah. Miles Garrett. We're
1:04:47
just absolutely running through your O -line
1:04:50
because they can't handle it. Just manhandling
1:04:54
it. It's not going to end well. There's going
1:04:58
to be some pretty tough sledding for them. Patriots
1:05:07
and Bills. The only other undefeated team that
1:05:10
went down last night. So, I did really like the
1:05:17
Bills jerseys. Those were sick. Those were nice.
1:05:21
That was kind of epic. Like the snow jerseys.
1:05:28
It kind of makes you want to get one. It kind
1:05:31
of makes you want to get one, and it also kind
1:05:32
of makes you want to give one away. Because they're
1:05:35
sick. Yeah. Yeah. I think our next jersey we're
1:05:39
giving away is actually a Josh Allen jersey.
1:05:42
Oh, it is, too. But it's a blue one. The classic.
1:05:46
It's not the retro white that they were doing.
1:05:49
No, I think that's a new one all this year. Oh,
1:05:52
yeah. It's like the city jersey. Yeah, like that
1:05:54
color rush kind of thing. It was sick, though.
1:06:03
My favorite joke I saw, though, was everyone
1:06:06
going, yeah, the Buffalo snow jerseys are sweet,
1:06:11
but unfortunately, snow stops in May. Because
1:06:19
Drake May was like, Josh Allen and Drake May
1:06:27
were just like, they were playing the same. Drake
1:06:31
May was... Eat him. Like, I'm telling you. It
1:06:37
helps that Stephon Diggs is pissed. Well, yeah,
1:06:39
he was a revenge game for him. Yeah. It was great
1:06:42
to watch because you could see it in his face.
1:06:44
Like, you know, he was all respectful for us.
1:06:47
And then come time to play, horrible throws,
1:06:50
he was catching on purpose. Yeah. Like, I did
1:06:54
put a bet down to get a touchdown against his
1:06:58
old team, and he didn't get a touchdown. Yeah.
1:07:00
There wasn't a single thrown touchdown. True.
1:07:03
Man, it was slow going. But it was entertaining.
1:07:07
It was a defensive game. That was very much a
1:07:09
classic Patriots game. And the amount of fumbles.
1:07:12
Tom Brady would throw it. The amount of fumbles
1:07:17
and the amount of interceptions. He only threw
1:07:20
one interception technically. Man, that was such
1:07:23
a nice interception though. Baited him. It was
1:07:28
like rookie Josh Allen again. It was a rocket,
1:07:31
and he just dove out and got it. Undercutted
1:07:34
the route, and then Keaton Coleman fumbled the
1:07:38
ball. But Keaton Coleman looked amazing. Yeah.
1:07:44
Buffalo has a lot going for them, and I'm looking
1:07:47
forward to see what they do. Obviously, they
1:07:50
don't have to worry about the Ravens this year.
1:07:52
No. They got to worry about the Colts. Except
1:07:59
no one's going to play the Colts. Nobody good
1:08:01
is going to play the Colts because the Colts
1:08:03
have like a last place schedule. It's like they
1:08:07
have such a good situation going for them. It's
1:08:10
the perfect situation for them. Yeah. And they
1:08:13
deserve it too. Like my buddy Colin, he's a huge
1:08:18
Colts fan. This is his year because every year
1:08:20
he said it was his year. It's like he's a Leaf
1:08:22
fan or something. Trent, that was for you. You're
1:08:25
a Dolphins fan, but you're still a Leafs fan.
1:08:29
Hey, Leafs haven't lost yet this year. It's true.
1:08:33
But I guess the season does start, what, like
1:08:34
tomorrow? The season starts tomorrow. We'll see.
1:08:38
Don't worry. Trent will probably give me my updates
1:08:40
about his team and so forth. Yeah. All right,
1:08:47
so tonight is the Chiefs and the Jags. Chiefs
1:08:50
and Jags. The bottom half, you can kind of see
1:08:52
it's going on as we speak. What are you thinking
1:08:57
tonight? I think the Chiefs have started rolling.
1:09:05
Yeah. Which is annoying and inevitable. Yep.
1:09:09
And they're only going to keep getting better
1:09:11
because people are going to come back and back
1:09:13
and back. Yep. Kelsey's going to be able to take
1:09:16
a back step. Yep. Rasheed Rice is going to come
1:09:19
back from suspension. Yep. And... We'll see how
1:09:24
he is when he first gets back. Fair. Whether
1:09:29
he picks up where he left off or whatever. But
1:09:34
I think the Jags are going to have a rough time.
1:09:41
But I guess we'll find out. The Jags have, I
1:09:47
don't know, with Travis Hunter, I still don't
1:09:51
know what they're going to do with him. Like,
1:09:53
I feel like he's just an emergency corner. Well,
1:09:57
yes. He's only in situations. You can't have
1:10:00
him full time. It's impossible. And you can't
1:10:02
have him, like, it's literally impossible. And
1:10:05
you can't have those pressure situations. You
1:10:09
can't have, be relying on him on both sides of
1:10:12
the ball. No, it's impossible. To end the game.
1:10:14
It's impossible for anybody. Like, no. It just
1:10:20
doesn't happen. You're going to be. put in the
1:10:23
best situation for you to succeed. And if that's
1:10:26
going to be okay, I'm not going to throw the
1:10:30
ball to you every time so you're not going to
1:10:32
get exhausted on offense, then you're not going
1:10:34
to play every snap on defense because I need
1:10:36
you for certain plays on offense. But then it
1:10:39
becomes a Derrick Henry issue. He's on the field,
1:10:43
you know what's happening. Exactly. Yeah. But
1:10:46
like even even if he is on the field, just casually
1:10:50
run like Then he'll go over to defense and be
1:10:53
like, oh, he just did, like, sprinted the whole
1:10:58
length of the field. And now you've got to line
1:11:01
up with him on defense. And if I was an OC, I'd
1:11:06
be like, okay, whoever Travis Hunter lines up
1:11:09
against, just go. Gas him. Gas him. When he comes
1:11:14
back on, we'll burn him then. Rotate through
1:11:19
whoever's making them go for runs. Because that
1:11:24
hurts their offense and their defense. I think
1:11:25
he's going to move closer to wide receiver more
1:11:29
so defense. He had an amazing catch last week.
1:11:35
Trevor Lawrence needs the help, even though Travis
1:11:37
and Tian Jr. is playing well now. Yeah. Every
1:11:42
time I look at the Jags, though. I think he was
1:11:44
scared for his job. True. Every time I look at
1:11:47
the Jags, though, I just think, remember the
1:11:49
Titans. And, like, I'm just waiting for Denzel
1:11:52
to be, like, the next coach of the Jags. Like,
1:11:58
no matter what, I just see that. Yeah. Yeah.
1:12:07
Anything else we got going on? So we got, just
1:12:12
a reminder, we got the jersey we're going to
1:12:15
give away. Probably around halftime. And then
1:12:20
afterwards, we're going to make a post so you
1:12:24
guys can like, share, subscribe. Look at you
1:12:29
doing things when I'm not looking. How do you
1:12:33
do that sometimes? I don't get it. It's like
1:12:36
working all the time. Literally, that's all I
1:12:38
do. Because we don't really have... much going
1:12:43
on behind the scenes. We already worked two jobs,
1:12:45
right? What's three? What's four? What's five?
1:12:50
I don't know. Just trying to make it out there
1:12:54
in life. Thanks for watching, everybody. That's
1:12:58
it for another week. Another episode. Thank you.