This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre.

This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre.

What is up the Great Fire fam? H's me Jason McIntyre Straight Fire for Wednesday, October thirtieth, Only one day left until Halloween. I cannot wait, and I'm not excited about the Jets Texans on Halloween Night, folks. I am very excited to kind of tail my kids from a distance to see them in action. And I will be rocking my not the Ron Burgundy costume my ward to parties over the weekend. I will be wearing a I'm gonna go back to the Cobra kai gotta show off the guns. I know you guys laugh about that or think I'm a loser. Either way, it doesn't really matter whatever. I'm just having fun, living the dream, baby doing me. Yeah, That's That's what I'm gonna do. I don't really care. I'm gonna lean into having fun and not really care what other people think. Right, that's the way to go. Or maybe I'm trying to overcompensate because they keys came. Freddy Freeman thought he'd delivered the knockout blow last night with the early to run homer. All Freddy Freeman does is hit home runs six straight World Series games with Homers. He hits that bomb in the first day. I'm like, oh, Mike, you gotta be kidding. Yanks an't going to get a game. No shot of me going to Game six or seven out here in LA It's is it really you guys rolling over like that? And then the Yankees bats woke up against a pretty shaky Dodger lineup. They just went with a bunch of relievers and tried to cobble together something and it worked spectacularly badly as the Yankees clawed back one in the second. Then they get the Grand Slam from Volpe and then it was just open season. In the eighth inning, they poured on even Aaron Judge got a hit, which is good to see. Judge really really struggling. Poor guy, just big stage, first World Series and he is doing next to nothing. But it doesn't matter. Yankee's got to win down three to one. We have Game five to night from Yankee Stadium, and then if there's a Game six, it's Friday. Game seven would be Saturday. Now Game seven Saturday is interesting because you know what else is Saturday. Penn State Ohio State one of the best college football games of the day. But I think it's probably the best college football game of the day. And so Saturday is shaping up as just an awesome, awesome day in sports, assuming we get to Game seven. But I'm getting ahead of myself. I'm just happy the Yankees got one. More baseball everybody wins, right, I mean, really, really, that's all we can ask for. More games, more sporting events. College basketball is right around the corner. Luka don Chitz last night, how about that. I'm sure you guys saw it. He leaves with a knee injury, did not look good and needed help to the locker room, and comes back and hits the dagger and says, you know, that's what ifing do. And just I love that guy. Man, I love me some Luka Doncic. Anyway, so the Yanks win, but I think, you know, ordinarily I would have just glossed it over and started with the NFL, because my gosh, the NFL is getting crazy, you know. For I think it was two years ago. I thought that because of all all the success in the NBA with offseason player movement and in season trades and all this, like the NBA was winning social media, winning the narratives, the storylines, and the NFL didn't really have that. They've got it this year. Oh my gosh. Like I'm just gonna tell you a couple of the headlines that happened on Thursday. So the Jags, I'm not saying they're mailing in the season, but they essentially traded their franchise left tackle who hadn't been playing like one to the Vikings who lost Darrisol their left tackle. How do you think Trevor Lawrence feel's about that? Is this the beginning of a selloff for the Jags, because, by the way, they're losing the Eagles this weekend, right. So then you've got the Baltimore Ravens saying, oh, I see the Chiefs anning up and going getting DeAndre Hopkins. I see the Bills going get Amari Cooper. Let's get in the act. We're gonna get Deontay Johnson. We talked about this, Who's gonna get Deontay Johnson? Boom the Ravens at him. Okay. Then you've got the Jamison Williams video. I don't know if you guys saw this. The lines receiver who's already suspended two games for peds gets pulled over for speeding by cops in Detroit and they roll up to his car and he's like, I don't think he has quite an arsenal in his vehicle, but he has multiple weapons and again, hey, nothing wrong with that, you know, hey, whatever, And the cops are like, dude, what's going why do you have all these weapons? And he's like, I live in Detroit. Fact that was his response, And you know not, I don't think it's the end of the world. But it's also not a great look when you're suspended. And now the prosecutor's office is were reviewing a warrant request for Jameis Williams to be arrested on a concealed weapon charge. It's like, really, come on, guys, now, the traffic stock actually happened October eighth, but the video only came out now, and it's like, listen, I like Jamison Williams. I think he's a talented guy. He was awesome in Alabama, but if we're being a completely honest, he can't get his act together. He's either injured or suspended, and now he's got this like it's always something with this guy. I don't think the Lions are set enough at receiver that they can just expect to go into the playoffs and make a run to the super Bowl with what they've got. I don't William's going to be around? Is he reliable? Can you count on him? So like tons of fun NFL stories. Oh, I didn't even mention, it's official. Stefan Diggs out for the season with a torn acl And you have to wonder if maybe, just maybe the Texans get in the wide receiver market and make a play for somebody, cause let's be honest, this Nico Collins soft tissue injury, folks, Nico Collins goes down to Texas ay getting in the first round. They don't know, they don't have the offense for it.

What is up the Great Fire fam? H's me Jason McIntyre Straight Fire for Wednesday, October thirtieth, Only one day left until Halloween. I cannot wait, and I'm not excited about the Jets Texans on Halloween Night, folks. I am very excited to kind of tail my kids from a distance to see them in action. And I will be rocking my not the Ron Burgundy costume my ward to parties over the weekend. I will be wearing a I'm gonna go back to the Cobra kai gotta show off the guns. I know you guys laugh about that or think I'm a loser. Either way, it doesn't really matter whatever. I'm just having fun, living the dream, baby doing me. Yeah, That's That's what I'm gonna do. I don't really care. I'm gonna lean into having fun and not really care what other people think. Right, that's the way to go. Or maybe I'm trying to overcompensate because they keys came. Freddy Freeman thought he'd delivered the knockout blow last night with the early to run homer. All Freddy Freeman does is hit home runs six straight World Series games with Homers. He hits that bomb in the first day. I'm like, oh, Mike, you gotta be kidding. Yanks an't going to get a game. No shot of me going to Game six or seven out here in LA It's is it really you guys rolling over like that? And then the Yankees bats woke up against a pretty shaky Dodger lineup. They just went with a bunch of relievers and tried to cobble together something and it worked spectacularly badly as the Yankees clawed back one in the second. Then they get the Grand Slam from Volpe and then it was just open season. In the eighth inning, they poured on even Aaron Judge got a hit, which is good to see. Judge really really struggling. Poor guy, just big stage, first World Series and he is doing next to nothing. But it doesn't matter. Yankee's got to win down three to one. We have Game five to night from Yankee Stadium, and then if there's a Game six, it's Friday. Game seven would be Saturday. Now Game seven Saturday is interesting because you know what else is Saturday. Penn State Ohio State one of the best college football games of the day. But I think it's probably the best college football game of the day. And so Saturday is shaping up as just an awesome, awesome day in sports, assuming we get to Game seven. But I'm getting ahead of myself. I'm just happy the Yankees got one. More baseball everybody wins, right, I mean, really, really, that's all we can ask for. More games, more sporting events. College basketball is right around the corner. Luka don Chitz last night, how about that. I'm sure you guys saw it. He leaves with a knee injury, did not look good and needed help to the locker room, and comes back and hits the dagger and says, you know, that's what ifing do. And just I love that guy. Man, I love me some Luka Doncic. Anyway, so the Yanks win, but I think, you know, ordinarily I would have just glossed it over and started with the NFL, because my gosh, the NFL is getting crazy, you know. For I think it was two years ago. I thought that because of all all the success in the NBA with offseason player movement and in season trades and all this, like the NBA was winning social media, winning the narratives, the storylines, and the NFL didn't really have that. They've got it this year. Oh my gosh. Like I'm just gonna tell you a couple of the headlines that happened on Thursday. So the Jags, I'm not saying they're mailing in the season, but they essentially traded their franchise left tackle who hadn't been playing like one to the Vikings who lost Darrisol their left tackle. How do you think Trevor Lawrence feel's about that? Is this the beginning of a selloff for the Jags, because, by the way, they're losing the Eagles this weekend, right. So then you've got the Baltimore Ravens saying, oh, I see the Chiefs anning up and going getting DeAndre Hopkins. I see the Bills going get Amari Cooper. Let's get in the act. We're gonna get Deontay Johnson. We talked about this, Who's gonna get Deontay Johnson? Boom the Ravens at him. Okay. Then you've got the Jamison Williams video. I don't know if you guys saw this. The lines receiver who's already suspended two games for peds gets pulled over for speeding by cops in Detroit and they roll up to his car and he's like, I don't think he has quite an arsenal in his vehicle, but he has multiple weapons and again, hey, nothing wrong with that, you know, hey, whatever, And the cops are like, dude, what's going why do you have all these weapons? And he's like, I live in Detroit. Fact that was his response, And you know not, I don't think it's the end of the world. But it's also not a great look when you're suspended. And now the prosecutor's office is were reviewing a warrant request for Jameis Williams to be arrested on a concealed weapon charge. It's like, really, come on, guys, now, the traffic stock actually happened October eighth, but the video only came out now, and it's like, listen, I like Jamison Williams. I think he's a talented guy. He was awesome in Alabama, but if we're being a completely honest, he can't get his act together. He's either injured or suspended, and now he's got this like it's always something with this guy. I don't think the Lions are set enough at receiver that they can just expect to go into the playoffs and make a run to the super Bowl with what they've got. I don't William's going to be around? Is he reliable? Can you count on him? So like tons of fun NFL stories. Oh, I didn't even mention, it's official. Stefan Diggs out for the season with a torn acl And you have to wonder if maybe, just maybe the Texans get in the wide receiver market and make a play for somebody, cause let's be honest, this Nico Collins soft tissue injury, folks, Nico Collins goes down to Texas ay getting in the first round. They don't know, they don't have the offense for it.

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But the big story, we'll start there and we'll work backwards, was the Anthony Richardson benching by the Indianapolis Cols. Now, on one hand, you could say, listen, obviously, Anthony Richardson has been terrible, And forget starting the game two for fifteen last week right in the first half ended ten of thirty one. What about after the game, the media asked him, Hey, why did you come out for a play? Was it a hamstring, a foot, an ankle? No, no, man, I was just tired. And of course every former player who's has a podcast, is on the radio, is on television, is on social media, is just blasting him. Bro, that is embarrassing. You can't pull yourself out for a play. Come on, get a clue. This is horrible. And then a day later, I guess Shane Steiken reviewed the tape of the game and they decided to bench Anthony Richardson for Joe Flacco. Now, I've joked about this multiple times in the last few weeks that if I'm gambling, I would much prefer to gamble against Anthony Richardson to Joe Flacco, because I know Joe Flacco is gonna make it interesting. He's gonna be delivering in the air, he can hit the short stuff that Richardson struggles with. I think Flacco is probably better suited for this team, but long term, it's got to be Anthony Richardson. Now this is gonna come off as I'm defending Richardson. I'm not defending. But I just want to be clear. He's played ten games, guys, but that's it. Ten NFL games last year in this year, that's it. Ten starts. He had I think one season only of starts at Florida. He was already not ready to be an NFL quarterback. Did they rush him? I don't know. He's twenty two years old, he's super young. The numbers are ghastly. He's completing forty four percent of his passes. That's not gonna get it done. He has four touchdowns through the air, only one rushing touchdown. But I need to harp on this. He has ten starts. That would be the equivalent of, like, you know, bo Nick starts for two more games is terrible and they bench him or Caleb Williams goes in the tank for the next three games and they bench him. Like the ten games is not a big enough sample size. But here's the problem benching Richardson accomplishes. What exactly is he gonna somehow get better? He was he not ready, So what they needed to do was essentially say, hey, Anthony, we should sit you for a year. The way the and I'm so sick of this analogy. The way the Chiefs sat Patrick Mahomes for a year and let Alex Smith run the show and Mahomes could, you know, get a bunch of reps down. Mahomes was a multi year starter at Texas Texas Tech, so slightly different story. Richardson, a far different player. I think the better comp is go look at Josh Allen's rookie year. You guys remember when he was coming out of Wyoming. There was a huge debate about Josh Allen because again in college, his numbers not great, a his competition was garbage, and then when he stepped up in competition there was only like two games against good teams. He was abysmal completing like Anthony Richardson type numbers. So then Josh Allen's getting ready for the draft and everybody's like, I don't know, he can't really throw and he's got massive issues and blah blah. And then mel Kiper is the lone voice saying, listen, I'm just telling you this guy has every tool known to man. He's going to be a superstar. I was like, okay, okay, mel we got you sure. And next thing you know, Josh Allen is starting almost his entire rookie year. I'm looking at the numbers. Looks like he missed some games in November. I don't know. I'm assuming that was an injury and not benching. But Josh Allen had three games as a rookie where he threw for less than one hundred yards. Okay. He had a fifty two percent completion percentage as a rookie, ten touchdowns, twelve interceptions, rushed for eight scores. Okay, his rookie year. You're like, this guy can't throw. He couldn't hit the broad side of a bar, and he's terrible. He couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat. You guys have heard that fun side note In one of the men's leagues I play in out here, the referees kind of know me, you know, and I'm not this is not a flex but you know, I got the podcast, I'm on the show. They know me in the gym, and I've been this league for a few years, and they'd see me get in sandiary from deep like I'm talking eight nine. I think there was a game where I hit nine threes. But I can get volcanic. I think I used the wrong word back there a minute ago, but I'm all excited telling the story. And then one game we're down a couple dudes, and of course I got the green light and I am jacket and I'm telling you it was a disaster. And the referee at one point goes to me, Jmack, you couldn't hit water if you fell out of a boat tonight, And I started laughing. I was like that, it's one of those nights. It happens. And then you know, I probably made some joke like, well, Steph Curry's gone through plenty of three for twenty five games. You know he hasn't. But I play a lot. It happens, right, and you got to just keep shooting and keep I'm not going to give up basketball. They're not gonna bench me. It's a basketball game.

But the big story, we'll start there and we'll work backwards, was the Anthony Richardson benching by the Indianapolis Cols. Now, on one hand, you could say, listen, obviously, Anthony Richardson has been terrible, And forget starting the game two for fifteen last week right in the first half ended ten of thirty one. What about after the game, the media asked him, Hey, why did you come out for a play? Was it a hamstring, a foot, an ankle? No, no, man, I was just tired. And of course every former player who's has a podcast, is on the radio, is on television, is on social media, is just blasting him. Bro, that is embarrassing. You can't pull yourself out for a play. Come on, get a clue. This is horrible. And then a day later, I guess Shane Steiken reviewed the tape of the game and they decided to bench Anthony Richardson for Joe Flacco. Now, I've joked about this multiple times in the last few weeks that if I'm gambling, I would much prefer to gamble against Anthony Richardson to Joe Flacco, because I know Joe Flacco is gonna make it interesting. He's gonna be delivering in the air, he can hit the short stuff that Richardson struggles with. I think Flacco is probably better suited for this team, but long term, it's got to be Anthony Richardson. Now this is gonna come off as I'm defending Richardson. I'm not defending. But I just want to be clear. He's played ten games, guys, but that's it. Ten NFL games last year in this year, that's it. Ten starts. He had I think one season only of starts at Florida. He was already not ready to be an NFL quarterback. Did they rush him? I don't know. He's twenty two years old, he's super young. The numbers are ghastly. He's completing forty four percent of his passes. That's not gonna get it done. He has four touchdowns through the air, only one rushing touchdown. But I need to harp on this. He has ten starts. That would be the equivalent of, like, you know, bo Nick starts for two more games is terrible and they bench him or Caleb Williams goes in the tank for the next three games and they bench him. Like the ten games is not a big enough sample size. But here's the problem benching Richardson accomplishes. What exactly is he gonna somehow get better? He was he not ready, So what they needed to do was essentially say, hey, Anthony, we should sit you for a year. The way the and I'm so sick of this analogy. The way the Chiefs sat Patrick Mahomes for a year and let Alex Smith run the show and Mahomes could, you know, get a bunch of reps down. Mahomes was a multi year starter at Texas Texas Tech, so slightly different story. Richardson, a far different player. I think the better comp is go look at Josh Allen's rookie year. You guys remember when he was coming out of Wyoming. There was a huge debate about Josh Allen because again in college, his numbers not great, a his competition was garbage, and then when he stepped up in competition there was only like two games against good teams. He was abysmal completing like Anthony Richardson type numbers. So then Josh Allen's getting ready for the draft and everybody's like, I don't know, he can't really throw and he's got massive issues and blah blah. And then mel Kiper is the lone voice saying, listen, I'm just telling you this guy has every tool known to man. He's going to be a superstar. I was like, okay, okay, mel we got you sure. And next thing you know, Josh Allen is starting almost his entire rookie year. I'm looking at the numbers. Looks like he missed some games in November. I don't know. I'm assuming that was an injury and not benching. But Josh Allen had three games as a rookie where he threw for less than one hundred yards. Okay. He had a fifty two percent completion percentage as a rookie, ten touchdowns, twelve interceptions, rushed for eight scores. Okay, his rookie year. You're like, this guy can't throw. He couldn't hit the broad side of a bar, and he's terrible. He couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat. You guys have heard that fun side note In one of the men's leagues I play in out here, the referees kind of know me, you know, and I'm not this is not a flex but you know, I got the podcast, I'm on the show. They know me in the gym, and I've been this league for a few years, and they'd see me get in sandiary from deep like I'm talking eight nine. I think there was a game where I hit nine threes. But I can get volcanic. I think I used the wrong word back there a minute ago, but I'm all excited telling the story. And then one game we're down a couple dudes, and of course I got the green light and I am jacket and I'm telling you it was a disaster. And the referee at one point goes to me, Jmack, you couldn't hit water if you fell out of a boat tonight, And I started laughing. I was like that, it's one of those nights. It happens. And then you know, I probably made some joke like, well, Steph Curry's gone through plenty of three for twenty five games. You know he hasn't. But I play a lot. It happens, right, and you got to just keep shooting and keep I'm not going to give up basketball. They're not gonna bench me. It's a basketball game.

Whatever.

Whatever.

So in the NFL, they just let Josh Allen play through it. So guess what. In his second year in the league, there was some improvement. He went from fifty two percent to fifty eight percent. His interceptions went down as he played more games. They tried to make them a little remove the recklessness from him. And oh, by the way, they made the playoffs. Now I bring up the playoffs for this reason. Do you guys remember Houston twenty two Buffalo nineteen. It was a Saturday afternoon game, Josh Allen versus wait for it, Deshaun Watson. Okay, and Josh Allen had a pretty good first half and then for whatever reason, he hit a wall. And guys, the numbers don't do it justice because he didn't throw a pick, but he had multiple decisions that were awful. He finished twenty four of forty six, no touchdowns, no picks. It was sacked three times and fumbled twice, lost one of them overall, though I'm not saying he cost them the game, but he was really really bad in the second half when it mattered. And you know, Buffalo led this game thirteen to nothing at halftime, and then in the fourth quarter, you know, Josh Allen had a super costly fumble that kind of let them back at let Houston back in the game, and then Alan made some poor decisions and Deshaun Watson leads him down to a field goal in overtime, and you know, they win the game. But at that time, and I remember watching it was like, oh my gosh, Josh Allen cannot play this guy. He Oh goodness, gracious, Okay, Josh Allen turned it around. Now here's the kicker. He's got Brian dabol in Buffalo. So Josh Allen, rough first year, you work out the kicks better second year. But still, you know, fifty eight percent, fifty eight percent completions, that's nothing. Great. What happened in year three, you guys remember your That's when Josh Allen gets Stefan Diggs and makes the jump to light speed. He goes fifty two percent completions to fifty eight and then in year three sixty nine percent, everybody's favorite number. He went to thirty seven touchdowns. That was the year that he beat Philip Rivers in a playoff game. Colts did cover, thank you. Philip Rivers beat Lamar Jackson in a playoff game, and then they had that Chiefs game where at the end of it, Diggs was just staring as a confetti drop because they were upset. They lost thirty eight twenty four. But Allen was fine and you could tell like, oh, Josh Allen runs eighty eight yards on the ground, this guy's here to play. By year three, Josh Allen was instantly a top ten quarterback. It just took some time. Okay, so let's get back to Anthony Richardson. How long do you let this guy continue to screw up, play through his mistakes and become a potential stud in the league. Now, Brian Dabole had some room and as the offensive coordinator, had some rope to like, Hey, we're gonna let him play through the mistakes, we're gonna improve, and by year three, boom he improved. I'm gonna remind you Anthony Richardson's played started ten games. That's it. He got hurt last year as a rookie, Anthon Richardson started four games. That's it to judge someone on ten games. Now, here's where it gets interesting. Brian Dable in Buffalo, for Allen was an offense awesome offensive mind. Shane Stiken is similar. Everybody loves him. He is considered by many to be one of the sharpest young minds in the league. He turned Jalen Hurts from okay, second round pick, He's fine, all right, whatever to oh damn, this guy could play. Holy call. He was an MVP candidate under Stainstike in so naturally everybody thinks, hey, we can do the same with Anthony Richardson. It's just gonna take some time. So nobody has any patience anymore. Social media is just destroying Richardson and listen, he was not good. You've got a owner who amazingly has been largely quiet through this. I haven't heard anything nutty from him, and it's like, well, what message is this sending to your young guy? Clean up your act? Well, I don't know. I heard one of these philosophers talk on a podcast. I kind of got into a philosophy the last few years. Ironically. The guy went on Joe Rogan's podcast, and I usually, honestly, I would check Rogan and if it's a comedian, I'm not. I just don't listen to it. It's all like his crew. I don't need to hear their you know you, I've already heard Adam Sandler's story fifty million times. And then he had a philosopher on, this guy named naval Ravi kant r a v I Kamt and I'd never heard of his name before. I didn't even know what he looked like. I just, you know, listened to the podcast in the car and I was riveted. This guy's stuff was incredible, and he told a story about listen, man, you can work in a business and that's great, but if you want to know what it's like to have your own business, you've got to actually have your own business. You've got to do it, and you've got to take chances. You've got to make mistakes. You've got to fix those mistakes. Like that's the only way you're going to grow. And I thought about that with Anthony Richardson because like, Okay, sitting on the bench is fine. I guess he can watch a lot of tape, but the only way for him to get better is playing through the mistakes. And it's like, you know, my son plays volleyball, and he was on a volleyball team, I think his first year, and he was battling this other guy for libero, which is like, you know, the smallest guy on the team plays it. And they were kind of battling throughout the season, and the coach didn't really let them play through their mistakes. It would be like, if you screw up twice, you're getting pulled. So my son started a bunch and then he had his mistakes and the other guy would start and blah blah blah, and it just turns out like the biggest tournament. I don't know. Like three months into the season, the other guy I had started made a couple of mistakes gets yanked, and my son went in and like didn't make mistakes, had his best weekend ever and was like kind of locked in as the starter for a while after that, And I didn't know what to say to the coach, like are you gonna let the guys play through mistakes? Like two mistakes and you're pulling them and that kind of gets in someone's head. Well, I can't screw up. So then you know, guys aren't going for the volleyball as much because they don't want to, Like, hey, if I dive and don't get it, or if I if I go for this, that's maybe a fifty to fifty ball and I don't get it, that's a mistake, and then he's gonna pull me. And then guys, aren't It just messes with your head. So I just wonder how much this is gonna mess with Anthony Richardson's head, because let's be real, the Colts shockingly are are kind of in the playoff mix in the AFC. We can talk about the Jets all day, they ain't in the mix. Now, the Colts haven't beaten really anybody great yet. They took down the tue list Dolphins, the hapless Titans. They did beat Caleb Williams and the Bears at home again that the Bears really handed them. And they beat the Steelers, who I don't think are good, but whatever the record says otherwise. And they've they've suffered. Their losses are to the Texans and Packers, who are you know, playoff teams, potential contenders, the Jags loss which was with Flacco, and then this recent loss to the Texans. But they've lost two games to the six and two Texans by a combined five points. Anyways, I see this Richardson benching as oh man, they got to face the Vikings and Brian Flores. Brian Flores who blitz is at the second highest rate in the league. Oh, this is not going to go off for Richardson. I had you know, you could you start to look at the game and you're like, oh man, this is a high profile game. This is Sunday night football, Vikings Colts. I think it's Sunday night football. Yeah, and oh boy, richards is going to get him. Maybe Stichen thought about that and it's like, this is just not a good matchup. And by the way, after the Vikings is the Bills and the Jets and the Lions is a tough stretch. After that, it eases up a little. You get Patriots, there's a Titans game in there. But bottom line is like I think you got to get Anthony Richardson back out there. I mean, like Flacco, he gives you a better chance to win now. But okay, let's say you go seven and ten, So what and now you got a quarterback who's only played ten games in two seasons. The clock is ticking. I don't know. I mean, it's obviously not an easy one. I'm sure stain Shane Stikeen's thinking about job security just a little bit. You can't rule that out. But it's a tough one for the Colts. And I don't do a lot of Colts material on this podcast, but man, I it just feels a little bit like a quick hook and a little reactionary to the narrative online than Anthony Richardson kind of quit for a play. But at any rate, I guess what we can do is I don't know. I don't need to go through all the James and Williams dig stuff again.

So in the NFL, they just let Josh Allen play through it. So guess what. In his second year in the league, there was some improvement. He went from fifty two percent to fifty eight percent. His interceptions went down as he played more games. They tried to make them a little remove the recklessness from him. And oh, by the way, they made the playoffs. Now I bring up the playoffs for this reason. Do you guys remember Houston twenty two Buffalo nineteen. It was a Saturday afternoon game, Josh Allen versus wait for it, Deshaun Watson. Okay, and Josh Allen had a pretty good first half and then for whatever reason, he hit a wall. And guys, the numbers don't do it justice because he didn't throw a pick, but he had multiple decisions that were awful. He finished twenty four of forty six, no touchdowns, no picks. It was sacked three times and fumbled twice, lost one of them overall, though I'm not saying he cost them the game, but he was really really bad in the second half when it mattered. And you know, Buffalo led this game thirteen to nothing at halftime, and then in the fourth quarter, you know, Josh Allen had a super costly fumble that kind of let them back at let Houston back in the game, and then Alan made some poor decisions and Deshaun Watson leads him down to a field goal in overtime, and you know, they win the game. But at that time, and I remember watching it was like, oh my gosh, Josh Allen cannot play this guy. He Oh goodness, gracious, Okay, Josh Allen turned it around. Now here's the kicker. He's got Brian dabol in Buffalo. So Josh Allen, rough first year, you work out the kicks better second year. But still, you know, fifty eight percent, fifty eight percent completions, that's nothing. Great. What happened in year three, you guys remember your That's when Josh Allen gets Stefan Diggs and makes the jump to light speed. He goes fifty two percent completions to fifty eight and then in year three sixty nine percent, everybody's favorite number. He went to thirty seven touchdowns. That was the year that he beat Philip Rivers in a playoff game. Colts did cover, thank you. Philip Rivers beat Lamar Jackson in a playoff game, and then they had that Chiefs game where at the end of it, Diggs was just staring as a confetti drop because they were upset. They lost thirty eight twenty four. But Allen was fine and you could tell like, oh, Josh Allen runs eighty eight yards on the ground, this guy's here to play. By year three, Josh Allen was instantly a top ten quarterback. It just took some time. Okay, so let's get back to Anthony Richardson. How long do you let this guy continue to screw up, play through his mistakes and become a potential stud in the league. Now, Brian Dabole had some room and as the offensive coordinator, had some rope to like, Hey, we're gonna let him play through the mistakes, we're gonna improve, and by year three, boom he improved. I'm gonna remind you Anthony Richardson's played started ten games. That's it. He got hurt last year as a rookie, Anthon Richardson started four games. That's it to judge someone on ten games. Now, here's where it gets interesting. Brian Dable in Buffalo, for Allen was an offense awesome offensive mind. Shane Stiken is similar. Everybody loves him. He is considered by many to be one of the sharpest young minds in the league. He turned Jalen Hurts from okay, second round pick, He's fine, all right, whatever to oh damn, this guy could play. Holy call. He was an MVP candidate under Stainstike in so naturally everybody thinks, hey, we can do the same with Anthony Richardson. It's just gonna take some time. So nobody has any patience anymore. Social media is just destroying Richardson and listen, he was not good. You've got a owner who amazingly has been largely quiet through this. I haven't heard anything nutty from him, and it's like, well, what message is this sending to your young guy? Clean up your act? Well, I don't know. I heard one of these philosophers talk on a podcast. I kind of got into a philosophy the last few years. Ironically. The guy went on Joe Rogan's podcast, and I usually, honestly, I would check Rogan and if it's a comedian, I'm not. I just don't listen to it. It's all like his crew. I don't need to hear their you know you, I've already heard Adam Sandler's story fifty million times. And then he had a philosopher on, this guy named naval Ravi kant r a v I Kamt and I'd never heard of his name before. I didn't even know what he looked like. I just, you know, listened to the podcast in the car and I was riveted. This guy's stuff was incredible, and he told a story about listen, man, you can work in a business and that's great, but if you want to know what it's like to have your own business, you've got to actually have your own business. You've got to do it, and you've got to take chances. You've got to make mistakes. You've got to fix those mistakes. Like that's the only way you're going to grow. And I thought about that with Anthony Richardson because like, Okay, sitting on the bench is fine. I guess he can watch a lot of tape, but the only way for him to get better is playing through the mistakes. And it's like, you know, my son plays volleyball, and he was on a volleyball team, I think his first year, and he was battling this other guy for libero, which is like, you know, the smallest guy on the team plays it. And they were kind of battling throughout the season, and the coach didn't really let them play through their mistakes. It would be like, if you screw up twice, you're getting pulled. So my son started a bunch and then he had his mistakes and the other guy would start and blah blah blah, and it just turns out like the biggest tournament. I don't know. Like three months into the season, the other guy I had started made a couple of mistakes gets yanked, and my son went in and like didn't make mistakes, had his best weekend ever and was like kind of locked in as the starter for a while after that, And I didn't know what to say to the coach, like are you gonna let the guys play through mistakes? Like two mistakes and you're pulling them and that kind of gets in someone's head. Well, I can't screw up. So then you know, guys aren't going for the volleyball as much because they don't want to, Like, hey, if I dive and don't get it, or if I if I go for this, that's maybe a fifty to fifty ball and I don't get it, that's a mistake, and then he's gonna pull me. And then guys, aren't It just messes with your head. So I just wonder how much this is gonna mess with Anthony Richardson's head, because let's be real, the Colts shockingly are are kind of in the playoff mix in the AFC. We can talk about the Jets all day, they ain't in the mix. Now, the Colts haven't beaten really anybody great yet. They took down the tue list Dolphins, the hapless Titans. They did beat Caleb Williams and the Bears at home again that the Bears really handed them. And they beat the Steelers, who I don't think are good, but whatever the record says otherwise. And they've they've suffered. Their losses are to the Texans and Packers, who are you know, playoff teams, potential contenders, the Jags loss which was with Flacco, and then this recent loss to the Texans. But they've lost two games to the six and two Texans by a combined five points. Anyways, I see this Richardson benching as oh man, they got to face the Vikings and Brian Flores. Brian Flores who blitz is at the second highest rate in the league. Oh, this is not going to go off for Richardson. I had you know, you could you start to look at the game and you're like, oh man, this is a high profile game. This is Sunday night football, Vikings Colts. I think it's Sunday night football. Yeah, and oh boy, richards is going to get him. Maybe Stichen thought about that and it's like, this is just not a good matchup. And by the way, after the Vikings is the Bills and the Jets and the Lions is a tough stretch. After that, it eases up a little. You get Patriots, there's a Titans game in there. But bottom line is like I think you got to get Anthony Richardson back out there. I mean, like Flacco, he gives you a better chance to win now. But okay, let's say you go seven and ten, So what and now you got a quarterback who's only played ten games in two seasons. The clock is ticking. I don't know. I mean, it's obviously not an easy one. I'm sure stain Shane Stikeen's thinking about job security just a little bit. You can't rule that out. But it's a tough one for the Colts. And I don't do a lot of Colts material on this podcast, but man, I it just feels a little bit like a quick hook and a little reactionary to the narrative online than Anthony Richardson kind of quit for a play. But at any rate, I guess what we can do is I don't know. I don't need to go through all the James and Williams dig stuff again.

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I do want to quickly drill down for a second on the Ravens getting Deontay Johnson. So I'm I'm sure you guys know this. I have been not negative towards the Chiefs, but not as bull not as bullish on the Chiefs. Yes, last year in the playoffs, I had looked at Mahomes's numbers and I said, Brock Purty was having a better season, had a better playoffs. That's all true, guys, if you look at the numbers, if you are someone who you know, the numbers rise in the morning and set at night, and you go by those, Yeah, Rock Perty had a better season than Patrick Mahomes. Patrick Mahomes did win the Super Bowl, Rock Purty did not. Whatever. So now you fast forward to this season and the Chiefs offense continues to struggle. Guys, I can't underestimate how bad Mahomes has been espn athletic. These guys have all done stories on how far the stats are down. I'm just gonna remind you after throwing two touchdowns against the Raiders, Patrick Mahomes on the season eight touchdowns, nine picks. That's on the season. The prior two games before that, again they're seven or zero. I need to get that out of the way before people get angry. The prior two games before that zero touchdown passes. He completed fifty nine percent. Against the Niners, he was not good. He had two picks. Now perty had three, but I digress. Against the Saints, that was the Kareem Hunt game. Mahomes did throw for three thirty one against the hapless defense that anybody can shred. And you just look at the numbers and like, I get it, Patrick Mahomes, he's not really delivering this year. Then you look at the scoop as guys, You're like, oh, I get it. Now you don't have anybody or she Rice is down, but check Go's down. I'll read off the starting wide receivers for the Kansasity Chiefs, Xavier Worthy, Juju Smith, Schuster who's nurse in a hammy, and DeAndre Hopkins. Okay, and this ain't d hop from like Arizona. Okay, Travis Kelcey obviously very good at tight end, but he's up there in age. And the running backs are Kareem Hunt and Samaj p Rhyme. And so I went on the herd yesterday after this trade and I said, whoa, oh my god, Baltimore getting Deontay Johnson. Soltimore's receivers now are undeniably better. It's not even close to what the Chiefs have in Jay Flowers, who's better than anybody. The Chiefs have Deontay Johnson, who's better than anybody. The Chiefs have Healthy that is obviously healthy, and Rashad Bateman, who is touching go, Mark Andrews and Isaiah Likely to me, that's a better tight end duo than Kelsey and Noah Gray. Now you can debate that Mark Andrews has that time look washed, although not in recent weeks, and likely is a freak who has a lot of talent. And then you look at running back Derrick Henry, Justice Hill or Kareem Hunt and samaj p. Ryan. So the Ravens are better at running back, wide receiver, tight end, folks, there's no denying it. The Baltimore Ravens have better skill position players than the Chiefs. You can't even build a credible argument the other way, at least as currently constituted without Rashid, Rice and Pacheco. And then you look at the Buffalo Bills and it's like, oh, well, shoot, they got Amari Cooper. Wait, so the Bills also have better receivers than the Chiefs. Amari Cooper, I would take Shakir over Worthy or Jujus Smith Schuster. I'm sure you guys have seen Shakiro. He's one of the best possession receivers in the league. The last year and a half, he's been unbelievable. Kean Coleman young but had a really nice showing over the weekend in Seattle against the damn good secondary. And then Amari Cooper, who's better than anyone in the Chiefs have at running back. Give me James Coke over Kareemont and you would do it too. Ray Davis even looks pretty good. Like again, the Ravens and the Bills both have better skill position players than the Chiefs, and I don't think it's particularly close. What does that mean, Well, football games aren't played on paper, so obviously we can say, oh, well, I look over here and I see Andy Reid and I look over here and I see Patrick Mahomes and that's games hit match, And yeah, I would say Read is a better coach than Harbaugh and McDermott, And over the course of their career, I'll go Mahomes. But this year, given the weapons they have, I don't necessarily know. Now defensively is where this changes a lot. And the Bills are getting healthier, They're not there yet. Remember Milano will come back. Von Miller's suspension will end. Bernard has been, you know, kind of banged up. They're obviously not as good defensively as the Chiefs, but they're very, very good. Baltimore another situation where injuries have kind of taken their toll. Now they lost their defensive coordinator McDonald. I thought the drop off would be massive. It actually hasn't been massive. But they need a healthy Marlon Humphrey, they need Kyle Hamilton catching the football. Nate Wiggins, the young cornerback. He's been hurt. So when healthy, like they got some dudes away ro qwand Smith, Kyvinoyd, they got guys, I would give an edge to the Chiefs defensively. Let's see where that theoretical game is being played. Whether it's Buffalo, Baltimore or Casey. And I'll just inclosing, I think this is a huge get for Baltimore landing Deontay Johnson. He is very good. I would assume he'll fall in line in a locker room with powerful voices like Lamar Jackson and Derek Henry. I can't imagine Deontay Johnson half assing it the way he did in Pittsburgh his final season before they shipped his ass out to Carolina. I think he'll get the memo, as the kids say. But here's where all of this kind of sort of gets a little dicey. So let's say Patrick Mahomes and company beat the Buccaneers and go to eight. No, how much are they favored by against the Broncos at home six and a half seven, probably in that neighborhood. Then the huge game at Buffalo, which could potentially make the AFC interesting because after that, if they somehow beat Buffalo and they haven't really played their best yet, the Chiefs, I don't think, remember they were getting they were getting beat by the Bengals soundly before some Mahomes magic and questionable flag. But if the Chiefs get by the Bills, on November seventeenth. This is who they play after that at Panthers. That's seven to ten point spread verse the Raiders another seven to ten point spread, maybe double digit, probably double digits since it's at home and they were laying what nine on the road. And then it's at that point they could be theoretically twelve and zero, and then it's Chargers, Browns, Texan Steelers, Broncos.

I do want to quickly drill down for a second on the Ravens getting Deontay Johnson. So I'm I'm sure you guys know this. I have been not negative towards the Chiefs, but not as bull not as bullish on the Chiefs. Yes, last year in the playoffs, I had looked at Mahomes's numbers and I said, Brock Purty was having a better season, had a better playoffs. That's all true, guys, if you look at the numbers, if you are someone who you know, the numbers rise in the morning and set at night, and you go by those, Yeah, Rock Perty had a better season than Patrick Mahomes. Patrick Mahomes did win the Super Bowl, Rock Purty did not. Whatever. So now you fast forward to this season and the Chiefs offense continues to struggle. Guys, I can't underestimate how bad Mahomes has been espn athletic. These guys have all done stories on how far the stats are down. I'm just gonna remind you after throwing two touchdowns against the Raiders, Patrick Mahomes on the season eight touchdowns, nine picks. That's on the season. The prior two games before that, again they're seven or zero. I need to get that out of the way before people get angry. The prior two games before that zero touchdown passes. He completed fifty nine percent. Against the Niners, he was not good. He had two picks. Now perty had three, but I digress. Against the Saints, that was the Kareem Hunt game. Mahomes did throw for three thirty one against the hapless defense that anybody can shred. And you just look at the numbers and like, I get it, Patrick Mahomes, he's not really delivering this year. Then you look at the scoop as guys, You're like, oh, I get it. Now you don't have anybody or she Rice is down, but check Go's down. I'll read off the starting wide receivers for the Kansasity Chiefs, Xavier Worthy, Juju Smith, Schuster who's nurse in a hammy, and DeAndre Hopkins. Okay, and this ain't d hop from like Arizona. Okay, Travis Kelcey obviously very good at tight end, but he's up there in age. And the running backs are Kareem Hunt and Samaj p Rhyme. And so I went on the herd yesterday after this trade and I said, whoa, oh my god, Baltimore getting Deontay Johnson. Soltimore's receivers now are undeniably better. It's not even close to what the Chiefs have in Jay Flowers, who's better than anybody. The Chiefs have Deontay Johnson, who's better than anybody. The Chiefs have Healthy that is obviously healthy, and Rashad Bateman, who is touching go, Mark Andrews and Isaiah Likely to me, that's a better tight end duo than Kelsey and Noah Gray. Now you can debate that Mark Andrews has that time look washed, although not in recent weeks, and likely is a freak who has a lot of talent. And then you look at running back Derrick Henry, Justice Hill or Kareem Hunt and samaj p. Ryan. So the Ravens are better at running back, wide receiver, tight end, folks, there's no denying it. The Baltimore Ravens have better skill position players than the Chiefs. You can't even build a credible argument the other way, at least as currently constituted without Rashid, Rice and Pacheco. And then you look at the Buffalo Bills and it's like, oh, well, shoot, they got Amari Cooper. Wait, so the Bills also have better receivers than the Chiefs. Amari Cooper, I would take Shakir over Worthy or Jujus Smith Schuster. I'm sure you guys have seen Shakiro. He's one of the best possession receivers in the league. The last year and a half, he's been unbelievable. Kean Coleman young but had a really nice showing over the weekend in Seattle against the damn good secondary. And then Amari Cooper, who's better than anyone in the Chiefs have at running back. Give me James Coke over Kareemont and you would do it too. Ray Davis even looks pretty good. Like again, the Ravens and the Bills both have better skill position players than the Chiefs, and I don't think it's particularly close. What does that mean, Well, football games aren't played on paper, so obviously we can say, oh, well, I look over here and I see Andy Reid and I look over here and I see Patrick Mahomes and that's games hit match, And yeah, I would say Read is a better coach than Harbaugh and McDermott, And over the course of their career, I'll go Mahomes. But this year, given the weapons they have, I don't necessarily know. Now defensively is where this changes a lot. And the Bills are getting healthier, They're not there yet. Remember Milano will come back. Von Miller's suspension will end. Bernard has been, you know, kind of banged up. They're obviously not as good defensively as the Chiefs, but they're very, very good. Baltimore another situation where injuries have kind of taken their toll. Now they lost their defensive coordinator McDonald. I thought the drop off would be massive. It actually hasn't been massive. But they need a healthy Marlon Humphrey, they need Kyle Hamilton catching the football. Nate Wiggins, the young cornerback. He's been hurt. So when healthy, like they got some dudes away ro qwand Smith, Kyvinoyd, they got guys, I would give an edge to the Chiefs defensively. Let's see where that theoretical game is being played. Whether it's Buffalo, Baltimore or Casey. And I'll just inclosing, I think this is a huge get for Baltimore landing Deontay Johnson. He is very good. I would assume he'll fall in line in a locker room with powerful voices like Lamar Jackson and Derek Henry. I can't imagine Deontay Johnson half assing it the way he did in Pittsburgh his final season before they shipped his ass out to Carolina. I think he'll get the memo, as the kids say. But here's where all of this kind of sort of gets a little dicey. So let's say Patrick Mahomes and company beat the Buccaneers and go to eight. No, how much are they favored by against the Broncos at home six and a half seven, probably in that neighborhood. Then the huge game at Buffalo, which could potentially make the AFC interesting because after that, if they somehow beat Buffalo and they haven't really played their best yet, the Chiefs, I don't think, remember they were getting they were getting beat by the Bengals soundly before some Mahomes magic and questionable flag. But if the Chiefs get by the Bills, on November seventeenth. This is who they play after that at Panthers. That's seven to ten point spread verse the Raiders another seven to ten point spread, maybe double digit, probably double digits since it's at home and they were laying what nine on the road. And then it's at that point they could be theoretically twelve and zero, and then it's Chargers, Browns, Texan Steelers, Broncos.

Folks.

Folks.

Ah, I hate talking about this because I'm the buffoon who a couple of weeks ago was like, you know what, Yester, she rice injury up. They could miss the playoffs. And then of course they beat the Chargers, beat the Saints and beat the Niners and blah blah blah, and it's like, oh my gosh, so the Chiefs are gonna get probably home field advantage again. I think the biggest game for them is that Buffalo Bills game November seventeenth. If they win that, folks, it's looking like the Kansas City Chiefs will be clean and clear. Home field advantage is theirs because they have the tiebreaker over the Ravens. They would have the tiebreaker over the Bills, and oh, by the way, they would still be undefeated. So if you want to get really bleak about someone taking down the Chiefs again, many of you probably don't have Chiefs fatigue. But I don't find them playing like a fun, good, exciting brand of football now. And I know Chiefs fans don't care. We just want to win, but I just look at this team and I'm like, oh, they're just so mid. I don't think they're dominant, and they'll probably end up in the super Bowl once again. Anyways, we are back tomorrow. I got a good interview lined up. You guys will like it. He's a fan favorite. As a kid. Say, we'll talk to you then,

Ah, I hate talking about this because I'm the buffoon who a couple of weeks ago was like, you know what, Yester, she rice injury up. They could miss the playoffs. And then of course they beat the Chargers, beat the Saints and beat the Niners and blah blah blah, and it's like, oh my gosh, so the Chiefs are gonna get probably home field advantage again. I think the biggest game for them is that Buffalo Bills game November seventeenth. If they win that, folks, it's looking like the Kansas City Chiefs will be clean and clear. Home field advantage is theirs because they have the tiebreaker over the Ravens. They would have the tiebreaker over the Bills, and oh, by the way, they would still be undefeated. So if you want to get really bleak about someone taking down the Chiefs again, many of you probably don't have Chiefs fatigue. But I don't find them playing like a fun, good, exciting brand of football now. And I know Chiefs fans don't care. We just want to win, but I just look at this team and I'm like, oh, they're just so mid. I don't think they're dominant, and they'll probably end up in the super Bowl once again. Anyways, we are back tomorrow. I got a good interview lined up. You guys will like it. He's a fan favorite. As a kid. Say, we'll talk to you then,