The volume. Our divisional reaction is presented by uber Eat. Get game day deals all season long on uber eat. All Right, here we go, let's chop it up. John Middlecoff, former NFL scout, has his own podcasts three and Out. So I mean, listen, Kansas City Buffalo is I think what most of us. I mean, I do think Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes, I think we can say this now. And I feel bad for Joe Burrow. They had to sell naming rights to pay him. It is an antiquated front office. I mean, it's really sad. And Tobin the GM is kind of a powerless guy. So the Chiefs are minus one and a half against the Bills. I'll take Buffalo plus one and a half. I took Buffalo plus one and a half today. I think Buffalo is going to go into Arrowhead and win. They're pretty healthy. Boy Milano again making nice plays. You know that guy doesn't get a ton of credit football. People know he made a couple of big plays near the goal line tonight. So I think I think it's been established obviously where you land matters, And you know Brady got Belichick and Joe Montana got Bill Walsh, but that's just the way it works. I think Josh Allen and Mahomes, to me, John, have separated themselves as the best two quarterbacks.

The volume. Our divisional reaction is presented by uber Eat. Get game day deals all season long on uber eat. All Right, here we go, let's chop it up. John Middlecoff, former NFL scout, has his own podcasts three and Out. So I mean, listen, Kansas City Buffalo is I think what most of us. I mean, I do think Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes, I think we can say this now. And I feel bad for Joe Burrow. They had to sell naming rights to pay him. It is an antiquated front office. I mean, it's really sad. And Tobin the GM is kind of a powerless guy. So the Chiefs are minus one and a half against the Bills. I'll take Buffalo plus one and a half. I took Buffalo plus one and a half today. I think Buffalo is going to go into Arrowhead and win. They're pretty healthy. Boy Milano again making nice plays. You know that guy doesn't get a ton of credit football. People know he made a couple of big plays near the goal line tonight. So I think I think it's been established obviously where you land matters, And you know Brady got Belichick and Joe Montana got Bill Walsh, but that's just the way it works. I think Josh Allen and Mahomes, to me, John, have separated themselves as the best two quarterbacks.

In the league.

In the league.

I like Joe Burrow a lot, but he gets hurt and that's you know, genetics are what they are. You get hurt, it's it's it's part of your legacy. And then I think the next tier of quarterbacks after those two starts with Joe Burrow and Jaden Daniels may be right behind him. We'll get to that later in the podcast. But I kind of feel like I've watched these NFC teams, John, I do not believe. I think Kansas City and Buffalo are going to win the super Bowl one of those two. I just don't think Philadelphia has buttoned up. I think Washington season well, and if it doesn't, they're just not talented enough.

I like Joe Burrow a lot, but he gets hurt and that's you know, genetics are what they are. You get hurt, it's it's it's part of your legacy. And then I think the next tier of quarterbacks after those two starts with Joe Burrow and Jaden Daniels may be right behind him. We'll get to that later in the podcast. But I kind of feel like I've watched these NFC teams, John, I do not believe. I think Kansas City and Buffalo are going to win the super Bowl one of those two. I just don't think Philadelphia has buttoned up. I think Washington season well, and if it doesn't, they're just not talented enough.

Agree or disagree, totally agree. This game feels like forty nine Ers Cowboys nineteen ninety three at Arrowhead and listen. The Chiefs are my people. I probably wouldn't be sitting here with you if it wasn't for them. I do think this is the Bill's year. I think the Bills are gonna win next week, and I think they're gonna win the Super Bowl. And you know, for one year when I was with Philadelphia, Sean was there, and he's just I mean, he's a really really impressive guy. I think he's become a really good head coach. And he hired the right coordinator. I mean, going from Dorsey to Joe Brady has changed their offense. But let's be real about this. The Bills. You know, if you look back when I was younger, Manning Brady was a rivalry. But up until six oh seven, Manning could not beat him and Brady at three Super Bowls. That's kind of what this feels like.

Agree or disagree, totally agree. This game feels like forty nine Ers Cowboys nineteen ninety three at Arrowhead and listen. The Chiefs are my people. I probably wouldn't be sitting here with you if it wasn't for them. I do think this is the Bill's year. I think the Bills are gonna win next week, and I think they're gonna win the Super Bowl. And you know, for one year when I was with Philadelphia, Sean was there, and he's just I mean, he's a really really impressive guy. I think he's become a really good head coach. And he hired the right coordinator. I mean, going from Dorsey to Joe Brady has changed their offense. But let's be real about this. The Bills. You know, if you look back when I was younger, Manning Brady was a rivalry. But up until six oh seven, Manning could not beat him and Brady at three Super Bowls. That's kind of what this feels like.

This.

This.

Lamar Mahomes is not a rivalry. This is the third time in recent memory and the Bills have lost these games, like last year the overtime game where they went three plays fifty yards or whatever. But this is the game. It's Josh versus Moms. And listen, you could make the argument because of the last lack of playoff success, we got to reorder this is it goes Mahomes, Josh, then Joe Burrow and then Lamar Jackson and the one thing and you just mentioned about Joe Burrow. He does not have the infrastructure that Lamar has. I mean the team that he took to the Super Bowl and went toe to toe with Mahomes in the other playoff game that he lost in the AFC Championship game. Like I'm sorry, Like he's just accomplished way more now. I think, you know, I used the NBA comps sometimes, like James Harden or Joel Embiid in that individual sport. I would much rather have Lamar in football than if I was in basketball and have one of those guys. So I and I think big picture, right, I still think the Ravens can win a Super Bowl. But as we sit here in twenty twenty five, like it's been a pretty big letdown given a guy that I mean, the guy could have like four MVPs and he easily could get his third. So it's this is tough. But the Ravens put them so in this position, having to go on the road. They lost a terrible game to Cleveland. The second did the Raiders that first half against the Chiefs. They didn't play very well. I mean that Raiders loss was really really bad. So I mean the Ravens and John Arba put himself in this position.

Lamar Mahomes is not a rivalry. This is the third time in recent memory and the Bills have lost these games, like last year the overtime game where they went three plays fifty yards or whatever. But this is the game. It's Josh versus Moms. And listen, you could make the argument because of the last lack of playoff success, we got to reorder this is it goes Mahomes, Josh, then Joe Burrow and then Lamar Jackson and the one thing and you just mentioned about Joe Burrow. He does not have the infrastructure that Lamar has. I mean the team that he took to the Super Bowl and went toe to toe with Mahomes in the other playoff game that he lost in the AFC Championship game. Like I'm sorry, Like he's just accomplished way more now. I think, you know, I used the NBA comps sometimes, like James Harden or Joel Embiid in that individual sport. I would much rather have Lamar in football than if I was in basketball and have one of those guys. So I and I think big picture, right, I still think the Ravens can win a Super Bowl. But as we sit here in twenty twenty five, like it's been a pretty big letdown given a guy that I mean, the guy could have like four MVPs and he easily could get his third. So it's this is tough. But the Ravens put them so in this position, having to go on the road. They lost a terrible game to Cleveland. The second did the Raiders that first half against the Chiefs. They didn't play very well. I mean that Raiders loss was really really bad. So I mean the Ravens and John Arba put himself in this position.

Philadelphia going to the NFC Championship against Washington again. We'll get the Jade and Daniels later. Philadelphia twenty eight, Rams twenty two. It was thirteen to ten Philly at half, closer than I thought, and I'll give the Rams credit. I still feel they are about four players away. I think again, like I felt last year, they're just incredibly coached, smartly quarterbacked, a little pooka reliant Kyron Williams again a big fumble. He doesn't he fumbles too much. Remember cam Akers, they shipped him out of town. He fumbled too much. I feel like Kyron Williams is getting that point where he's fumbling in big games. But Philadelphia Jalen Carter was spectacular, Sakwan Barkley was spectacular. And when I watched philadelph I mean they have the best interior D lineman in the league along with Chris Jones. They have the best running back in the league, along with McCaffrey, who's hurt it. This team is not led by Jalen Hurts and it's not a knock. I just feel like it's their physicality on that defensive front. I feel like it's these young corners. You know, I was thinking about this with Saquon Barkley. I always root for great players to play with great teams. Lebron to Miami. Otani needed to be a Dodger or a Yankee, not an Angel, and I look at Saquon Barkley and he was just too damn good to be stuck in a circus in New York. Now he maybe he doesn't rise to Otani or Lebron, but I will say this, I really believe this, just in terms of jumping over people. Remember when he jumped over that player backwards. John, he is on a short list of the best running backs I've ever seen. Maybe he's not Walter Payton and Barry Sanders, maybe he doesn't have the dexterity at Christian McCaffrey. John, he's one of the five or six seminal running backs I've seen in my life. In terms of just talent, I think he's sensational.

Philadelphia going to the NFC Championship against Washington again. We'll get the Jade and Daniels later. Philadelphia twenty eight, Rams twenty two. It was thirteen to ten Philly at half, closer than I thought, and I'll give the Rams credit. I still feel they are about four players away. I think again, like I felt last year, they're just incredibly coached, smartly quarterbacked, a little pooka reliant Kyron Williams again a big fumble. He doesn't he fumbles too much. Remember cam Akers, they shipped him out of town. He fumbled too much. I feel like Kyron Williams is getting that point where he's fumbling in big games. But Philadelphia Jalen Carter was spectacular, Sakwan Barkley was spectacular. And when I watched philadelph I mean they have the best interior D lineman in the league along with Chris Jones. They have the best running back in the league, along with McCaffrey, who's hurt it. This team is not led by Jalen Hurts and it's not a knock. I just feel like it's their physicality on that defensive front. I feel like it's these young corners. You know, I was thinking about this with Saquon Barkley. I always root for great players to play with great teams. Lebron to Miami. Otani needed to be a Dodger or a Yankee, not an Angel, and I look at Saquon Barkley and he was just too damn good to be stuck in a circus in New York. Now he maybe he doesn't rise to Otani or Lebron, but I will say this, I really believe this, just in terms of jumping over people. Remember when he jumped over that player backwards. John, he is on a short list of the best running backs I've ever seen. Maybe he's not Walter Payton and Barry Sanders, maybe he doesn't have the dexterity at Christian McCaffrey. John, he's one of the five or six seminal running backs I've seen in my life. In terms of just talent, I think he's sensational.

Yeah, I mean I think in recent memory, just as a pure runner between the tackles, when you talk about vision, power and speed, I think he's got to be on the short list with Derrick Henry and Adrian Peterson, who are two lock Hall of Famers. The difference is Adrian Peterson got to plan some pretty good teams in Minnesota, and obviously Derek Henry had Rabel the Titans, and now he has the Ravens. I thought today and I said this, I did a quick reaction after that game. I thought today was a pretty big Howie Roseman muscle flex because the quarterback. We watch four quarterbacks today, three of them all have something in common when they passed. And then there's Jalen Hurts, who just feels like everyone's so critical of Kellen Moore. It's like, guys, you can call any play you want in the pockets. He's a coin flip. You have no clue what's coming in and usually it's more tails than heads. Sakuon Barkley they got for under thirty million dollars guaranteed in a day and age. When guards you're getting fifty million dollars. Jalen Carter is a good example of let's face it. He was drafted ninth. He was the best player in that draft by a country mile, pure talent, but like from like four to eight, everyone was terrified and it took balls to draft them. But you not only needed balls to take them you needed the infrastructure then of high character leaders. They had Fletcher Cox, Jason Kelce. They had a bunch of Georgia guys. So they took the risk, but they had the infrastructure there. I mean Saquon and Jalen Carter and Jared Verse were the two best players. But Jared Verse, you could argue relatively easy pick if you need a defensive lineman, high character guy, great player. I mean, Jalen Carter was a He had to leave the combine to go to the police station. I mean remember that story. This was a walking red flag. Who is an all time great talent. I mean, honestly one of the more talented guys in the last like five years of the NFL draft. I mean today it was just what is going on their talent with just those two guys, and then on top of the rest of the talent that they have on the team, like how well they can play with their quarterback. They I mean it is conceivable they could win a Super Bowl and he could not throw one hundred and fifty yards in any playoff game or the Super Bowl, like that could be on the table because how good they are.

Yeah, I mean I think in recent memory, just as a pure runner between the tackles, when you talk about vision, power and speed, I think he's got to be on the short list with Derrick Henry and Adrian Peterson, who are two lock Hall of Famers. The difference is Adrian Peterson got to plan some pretty good teams in Minnesota, and obviously Derek Henry had Rabel the Titans, and now he has the Ravens. I thought today and I said this, I did a quick reaction after that game. I thought today was a pretty big Howie Roseman muscle flex because the quarterback. We watch four quarterbacks today, three of them all have something in common when they passed. And then there's Jalen Hurts, who just feels like everyone's so critical of Kellen Moore. It's like, guys, you can call any play you want in the pockets. He's a coin flip. You have no clue what's coming in and usually it's more tails than heads. Sakuon Barkley they got for under thirty million dollars guaranteed in a day and age. When guards you're getting fifty million dollars. Jalen Carter is a good example of let's face it. He was drafted ninth. He was the best player in that draft by a country mile, pure talent, but like from like four to eight, everyone was terrified and it took balls to draft them. But you not only needed balls to take them you needed the infrastructure then of high character leaders. They had Fletcher Cox, Jason Kelce. They had a bunch of Georgia guys. So they took the risk, but they had the infrastructure there. I mean Saquon and Jalen Carter and Jared Verse were the two best players. But Jared Verse, you could argue relatively easy pick if you need a defensive lineman, high character guy, great player. I mean, Jalen Carter was a He had to leave the combine to go to the police station. I mean remember that story. This was a walking red flag. Who is an all time great talent. I mean, honestly one of the more talented guys in the last like five years of the NFL draft. I mean today it was just what is going on their talent with just those two guys, and then on top of the rest of the talent that they have on the team, like how well they can play with their quarterback. They I mean it is conceivable they could win a Super Bowl and he could not throw one hundred and fifty yards in any playoff game or the Super Bowl, like that could be on the table because how good they are.

Josh Harris in twenty eleven buys with a group the Sixers. He still hasn't gotten to an Eastern Conference championship with Joel Embiid, who's always hurt. He buys the Commander's first year NFC championship, which shows you why this league is so great. Houston was the embarrassment of the league playoffs. Washington had a fifteen year smell with Dan Snyder NFC Championship. One of the reasons I love this league. I mean two a year ago, we thought Denver was just you know, they were a heap of tires on the freeway on fire. The Commanders for the next three years can just surround Jaden Daniels with talent, and I want to talk about him. He had a five game stretch middle of the season, he got banged up, bow Nick started to surge and you were like, Okay, Jaden's more athletic maybe, but you know, but his last like eight games, his ability, I've never seen anything like this. His last ten games. It says here, twenty touchdowns, seven picks, ninety eight passer rating and they played some good teams. His ability to he's not Lamar the runner. And I'll tell you why. It's an advantage Lamar is so gifted as a runner, So was Michael Vick. Steve Young was to a large degree to and Josh Allen that you're so great as a runner, it's always an easy out, especially in high school and college. It's just an easy Jaden's fast, but he's not quite a vic or a Josh Allen when he can roll over you. But what he is he's evasive more so than like Kyler Murray. So he's he's fast enough to get out of trouble, but he's not as big and strong as Allen, or as shifty or pure speed as Lamar. So he's never He's always relied on the pocket right like he sits in the pocket. He feels so advanced to me, is a late game pocket passer. I thought Andrew Lucke was the best rookie quarterback I ever saw, but you got downside with him. He was a risk taker. He had little Sam Donold and Carson Wentz. I get no downside with this kid.

Josh Harris in twenty eleven buys with a group the Sixers. He still hasn't gotten to an Eastern Conference championship with Joel Embiid, who's always hurt. He buys the Commander's first year NFC championship, which shows you why this league is so great. Houston was the embarrassment of the league playoffs. Washington had a fifteen year smell with Dan Snyder NFC Championship. One of the reasons I love this league. I mean two a year ago, we thought Denver was just you know, they were a heap of tires on the freeway on fire. The Commanders for the next three years can just surround Jaden Daniels with talent, and I want to talk about him. He had a five game stretch middle of the season, he got banged up, bow Nick started to surge and you were like, Okay, Jaden's more athletic maybe, but you know, but his last like eight games, his ability, I've never seen anything like this. His last ten games. It says here, twenty touchdowns, seven picks, ninety eight passer rating and they played some good teams. His ability to he's not Lamar the runner. And I'll tell you why. It's an advantage Lamar is so gifted as a runner, So was Michael Vick. Steve Young was to a large degree to and Josh Allen that you're so great as a runner, it's always an easy out, especially in high school and college. It's just an easy Jaden's fast, but he's not quite a vic or a Josh Allen when he can roll over you. But what he is he's evasive more so than like Kyler Murray. So he's he's fast enough to get out of trouble, but he's not as big and strong as Allen, or as shifty or pure speed as Lamar. So he's never He's always relied on the pocket right like he sits in the pocket. He feels so advanced to me, is a late game pocket passer. I thought Andrew Lucke was the best rookie quarterback I ever saw, but you got downside with him. He was a risk taker. He had little Sam Donold and Carson Wentz. I get no downside with this kid.

None. If you just look at the best players in the NFL at quarterback, there's like three or four guys, and you know, I think Mahomes and Josh Allen are much more playmakers than Drew pocket quarterbacks. Obviously Lamar's a hybrid. It would really be Burrow and what to Burrow and Jayden have in common. They both had a transfer to LSU. Their first year at LSU did not go well, and their second year they kind of mastered it. Well, think about this. You know, Burrow's the talent he went against on defense every day in practice was better than Jaden's. But think about you play every year Alabama a Nick Saban Alabama, So with several NFL guys on the front, you play A and M who's always loaded with talent, and you just play an SEC schedule. So over the course of a couple of years, after you had already been in another school, got some reps Jayden had played today as U Burrow hadn't, and you kind of get to master your craft because I watched Jayden Daniels and you go, he's pretty calm like Joe Burrow in the pocket, you know which, And he was considered this dual threat because last year was like, well, he's really good neat ball thrower, that was like his Russell Wilson thing. But over the middle of the field blitzes can get him. He looks completely under control. That's the craziest part about his game is how cool, calm and collected he is. To me, he's the more athletic running version of Burrow because he really plays much more like a pocket quarterback. How good is he throwing over the middle of the field. I mean, that's he's the crazy part.

None. If you just look at the best players in the NFL at quarterback, there's like three or four guys, and you know, I think Mahomes and Josh Allen are much more playmakers than Drew pocket quarterbacks. Obviously Lamar's a hybrid. It would really be Burrow and what to Burrow and Jayden have in common. They both had a transfer to LSU. Their first year at LSU did not go well, and their second year they kind of mastered it. Well, think about this. You know, Burrow's the talent he went against on defense every day in practice was better than Jaden's. But think about you play every year Alabama a Nick Saban Alabama, So with several NFL guys on the front, you play A and M who's always loaded with talent, and you just play an SEC schedule. So over the course of a couple of years, after you had already been in another school, got some reps Jayden had played today as U Burrow hadn't, and you kind of get to master your craft because I watched Jayden Daniels and you go, he's pretty calm like Joe Burrow in the pocket, you know which, And he was considered this dual threat because last year was like, well, he's really good neat ball thrower, that was like his Russell Wilson thing. But over the middle of the field blitzes can get him. He looks completely under control. That's the craziest part about his game is how cool, calm and collected he is. To me, he's the more athletic running version of Burrow because he really plays much more like a pocket quarterback. How good is he throwing over the middle of the field. I mean, that's he's the crazy part.

In congested areas, He's just incredible. It's just incredible. And you know what my favorite part of this is, I love I thought like cam Ward was a winner this weekend. You know you're watching, You're watching Jade and Daniels come out of that draft, and Tennessee's probably thinking, well, I mean, cam Ward's like a thicker version of him, like Jade and Daniels' ability to just improvise. I mean, Cliff Kingsbury. Steve Kaiin was texting me, He's like Cliff Kingsbury, you know, after that mess at USC in Arizona. He's like, he earned this and deserved it. But I just think sometimes people are special. And whereas Mahomes gott to sit for his first year and Lamar didn't play until week eleven, this kid was inserted onto a really I would argue at best, second, probably third best roster in that division. And and the other thing is that Brian Kelly said us in college, he said, he's just he's just a great student of the game. He was good early, little turbulent middle of the season, got banged up. He's he's just gotten better. He's a better quarterback now than he was ten weeks ago.

In congested areas, He's just incredible. It's just incredible. And you know what my favorite part of this is, I love I thought like cam Ward was a winner this weekend. You know you're watching, You're watching Jade and Daniels come out of that draft, and Tennessee's probably thinking, well, I mean, cam Ward's like a thicker version of him, like Jade and Daniels' ability to just improvise. I mean, Cliff Kingsbury. Steve Kaiin was texting me, He's like Cliff Kingsbury, you know, after that mess at USC in Arizona. He's like, he earned this and deserved it. But I just think sometimes people are special. And whereas Mahomes gott to sit for his first year and Lamar didn't play until week eleven, this kid was inserted onto a really I would argue at best, second, probably third best roster in that division. And and the other thing is that Brian Kelly said us in college, he said, he's just he's just a great student of the game. He was good early, little turbulent middle of the season, got banged up. He's he's just gotten better. He's a better quarterback now than he was ten weeks ago.

He's just totally I was thinking about this, think about the first three quarterbacks, Caleb, him and Drake. You know, Caleb goes to a place where every coach got fired halfway through the season. Drake goes to a place where clearly the guy was in over his head. And this guy gets to go to dan Quinn, who had taken a team to a Super Bowl, had gone to Kingsbury, who had coached in the NF had been a head coach for a long long time as the play caller, head coach in college, and the pros of just a very stable place immediately because they don't have that much talent. Mclaurin's a good player, but Zach Hurtz is like my age, the brown guy. Most people that follow the NFL don't know that much about. Defensively, Bobby Wagner's been in the league forever. I mean he's on whole seventeen or eighteen of his career.

He's just totally I was thinking about this, think about the first three quarterbacks, Caleb, him and Drake. You know, Caleb goes to a place where every coach got fired halfway through the season. Drake goes to a place where clearly the guy was in over his head. And this guy gets to go to dan Quinn, who had taken a team to a Super Bowl, had gone to Kingsbury, who had coached in the NF had been a head coach for a long long time as the play caller, head coach in college, and the pros of just a very stable place immediately because they don't have that much talent. Mclaurin's a good player, but Zach Hurtz is like my age, the brown guy. Most people that follow the NFL don't know that much about. Defensively, Bobby Wagner's been in the league forever. I mean he's on whole seventeen or eighteen of his career.

It gets best John. At best, it's the twelfth to fifteenth best roster in the league.

It gets best John. At best, it's the twelfth to fifteenth best roster in the league.

At best, I think it's probably closer to low twenties. And what he's doing and the coaching staff's doing. And there's something in football, right, more than these other sports, Like in baseball, I can't even if Bochie's my manager, if I don't have the talent. I can't overachieve against the Dodgers over six seven games.

At best, I think it's probably closer to low twenties. And what he's doing and the coaching staff's doing. And there's something in football, right, more than these other sports, Like in baseball, I can't even if Bochie's my manager, if I don't have the talent. I can't overachieve against the Dodgers over six seven games.

Right.

Right.

If I'm playing the Kadie Warriors or the Shaq Kobe Lakers, I'm fucked. Phil Jackson and doesn't John Wooden could be the coach in football coaching staffs won just the belief coming into a game. I think we saw it today with McDermott and the Bills. They believe they could win that game. That matters a lot. The Lions have had this for a couple of years with Dan Campbell and then the schematics of everything, but there is just an element that they just got this guy. I mean they go for it a lot on these fourth and shorts because they got this guy that's right fourth and two with Jamis Winston or some random quarterbacks is not the same. Like, I think part of the reason he's going for it constantly is this guy. The Lions do it a lot. They got the best offensive line in the league, they got a star tight end, they got a star wide receiver, they got multiple backs. It's a high percentage play. It's not the same if you've got Tommy DeVito in that offensive line, right, So things aren't all equal. I don't think he's this crazy gun slinger. He's just going we have one of the most dynamic players I've probably ever seen.

If I'm playing the Kadie Warriors or the Shaq Kobe Lakers, I'm fucked. Phil Jackson and doesn't John Wooden could be the coach in football coaching staffs won just the belief coming into a game. I think we saw it today with McDermott and the Bills. They believe they could win that game. That matters a lot. The Lions have had this for a couple of years with Dan Campbell and then the schematics of everything, but there is just an element that they just got this guy. I mean they go for it a lot on these fourth and shorts because they got this guy that's right fourth and two with Jamis Winston or some random quarterbacks is not the same. Like, I think part of the reason he's going for it constantly is this guy. The Lions do it a lot. They got the best offensive line in the league, they got a star tight end, they got a star wide receiver, they got multiple backs. It's a high percentage play. It's not the same if you've got Tommy DeVito in that offensive line, right, So things aren't all equal. I don't think he's this crazy gun slinger. He's just going we have one of the most dynamic players I've probably ever seen.

Yeah, and I said this yesterday in my pod, you knew you had something special when a veteran coach, Dan Quinn and you know, a guy who had been a head coach in two plays is Cliff Kingsbury in camp were effusive with their praise. I mean, the rule with rookie quarterbacks is he'll get there. Let's lower expectations. And they kept talking to Dan Quinn. Zach Ertz told me this last week. He's like, yeah, this is different. This doesn't look like this is way better than a rookie quarterback. And I remember people saying that about Andrew lock how he memorized the Colts playbook in like two and a half days. The instincts, the poise. To me, it's just unprecedented. I've never seen anything like it. And again, I wouldn't have guessed he would be the greatest rookie quarterback of all time. In Week eight, he had played bad against Pittsburgh, a couple of picks against the Cowboys. He was banged up his last like eight weeks. It's like, is he a top five quarterback in the league.

Yeah, and I said this yesterday in my pod, you knew you had something special when a veteran coach, Dan Quinn and you know, a guy who had been a head coach in two plays is Cliff Kingsbury in camp were effusive with their praise. I mean, the rule with rookie quarterbacks is he'll get there. Let's lower expectations. And they kept talking to Dan Quinn. Zach Ertz told me this last week. He's like, yeah, this is different. This doesn't look like this is way better than a rookie quarterback. And I remember people saying that about Andrew lock how he memorized the Colts playbook in like two and a half days. The instincts, the poise. To me, it's just unprecedented. I've never seen anything like it. And again, I wouldn't have guessed he would be the greatest rookie quarterback of all time. In Week eight, he had played bad against Pittsburgh, a couple of picks against the Cowboys. He was banged up his last like eight weeks. It's like, is he a top five quarterback in the league.

He may be. I had a scouting buddy texted me last night and said, you know, the Bears didn't even bring in Jade Daniels for a visit. And listen, I'm not trying to write off Caleb's career. We've seen Peyton Manning as bad as a rookie by all means he can give.

He may be. I had a scouting buddy texted me last night and said, you know, the Bears didn't even bring in Jade Daniels for a visit. And listen, I'm not trying to write off Caleb's career. We've seen Peyton Manning as bad as a rookie by all means he can give.

Caleb is not this accurate, no way.

Caleb is not this accurate, no way.

But your job as a GM Adam Peters took a lot of crap because remember he had like all five quarterbacks not named Caleb Williams. He took him to top golf. That's kind of his job. Do we evaluate everybody who's going to be available? So I think you look back at Ryan Poles. It would have taken a lot of balls to not take Caleb Williams. It was the easy pick. But his job isn't to play caate to the media. His job is to get it right and get the right player. And they didn't even look at this guy and listen, Caleb can become a good player. This guy is. It's mind blowing because his team's not that talented. It'd be one thing. It's like, well, he inherited this great roster. They actually traded up from pick twenty to pick two to get them. No, like this team was terrible. It's essentially the same roster that we all made fun of last year with Ron Rivera that ended up at number two. And it's actually not because remember they traded Sweat mid season. They traded Sweat Chase Young. They don't even have a great defensive line. I mean, they don't have many defensive line beside the tackles. It's crazy what he's doing. They're the running backs for Eckler, who's a good little scat back. Yeah McNichols, who Adam Peters likes. And Brian Robinson, who a couple you know. Mid seas started fumbling, so they kind of kicked to the curve. It's not like they're handing the ball to Saquon h That's not what's going on here. It's crazy.

But your job as a GM Adam Peters took a lot of crap because remember he had like all five quarterbacks not named Caleb Williams. He took him to top golf. That's kind of his job. Do we evaluate everybody who's going to be available? So I think you look back at Ryan Poles. It would have taken a lot of balls to not take Caleb Williams. It was the easy pick. But his job isn't to play caate to the media. His job is to get it right and get the right player. And they didn't even look at this guy and listen, Caleb can become a good player. This guy is. It's mind blowing because his team's not that talented. It'd be one thing. It's like, well, he inherited this great roster. They actually traded up from pick twenty to pick two to get them. No, like this team was terrible. It's essentially the same roster that we all made fun of last year with Ron Rivera that ended up at number two. And it's actually not because remember they traded Sweat mid season. They traded Sweat Chase Young. They don't even have a great defensive line. I mean, they don't have many defensive line beside the tackles. It's crazy what he's doing. They're the running backs for Eckler, who's a good little scat back. Yeah McNichols, who Adam Peters likes. And Brian Robinson, who a couple you know. Mid seas started fumbling, so they kind of kicked to the curve. It's not like they're handing the ball to Saquon h That's not what's going on here. It's crazy.

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Big favorites generally in these national championship games roll and after a great opening drive by Notre Dame, they could never duplicate it. And Ohio State nil should stand for not in our league. You can just you know, listen, the number that matters now is sixty six thousand. That's how many kids go to Ohio State. What does that matter? Because big ten graduates don't stay. Lots of them don't stand the Midwest, not enough jobs. They go to the coast, they go make money and they pour it back into the school. And so these gigantic Big ten schools, they're not holding bake sales like Alabama and car washes like Auburn to afford the NIL. I mean, they're fan bases. They've got a lot of Ohio State grads. I know two of them that are big funders of the NIL collective. And you watch that offense sean off defense is I mean, and their offensive lines dinged up. They just got pros everywhere. I mean, it's just it, just I mean, Notre Dame is well coached, good defensively, cannot compete.

Big favorites generally in these national championship games roll and after a great opening drive by Notre Dame, they could never duplicate it. And Ohio State nil should stand for not in our league. You can just you know, listen, the number that matters now is sixty six thousand. That's how many kids go to Ohio State. What does that matter? Because big ten graduates don't stay. Lots of them don't stand the Midwest, not enough jobs. They go to the coast, they go make money and they pour it back into the school. And so these gigantic Big ten schools, they're not holding bake sales like Alabama and car washes like Auburn to afford the NIL. I mean, they're fan bases. They've got a lot of Ohio State grads. I know two of them that are big funders of the NIL collective. And you watch that offense sean off defense is I mean, and their offensive lines dinged up. They just got pros everywhere. I mean, it's just it, just I mean, Notre Dame is well coached, good defensively, cannot compete.

Well, think about this, we get back to back years now Michigan Ohio State dominate and win the national championship. Just full of NFL guys. When you look this year, Penn State is in the final four, Texas is now an SEC team, but come on, I mean they've been there for ten minutes. Last year, Washington's in the final four. We know Oregon's not going away. I think when you look at the SEC, Alabama got there last year and Saban's like two days later. I'm out. So I think the lessen all these rulings are constantly coming out as a fluid situation. But one thing we know, nuts is ever going to go back to the way. It was more money, more funding, more cutting checks for these players, and not just Ohio State. I would say the Big Ten in general Michigan. When I lived in philadel and works for the Eagles, you know, usually local radio in a pro city, they talked a lot of Penn State. Why a lot of graduates live in that area. A lot of people went there and a lot of people watched the game. So I'm with you. I think the Big Ten have a huge advantage moving forward.

Well, think about this, we get back to back years now Michigan Ohio State dominate and win the national championship. Just full of NFL guys. When you look this year, Penn State is in the final four, Texas is now an SEC team, but come on, I mean they've been there for ten minutes. Last year, Washington's in the final four. We know Oregon's not going away. I think when you look at the SEC, Alabama got there last year and Saban's like two days later. I'm out. So I think the lessen all these rulings are constantly coming out as a fluid situation. But one thing we know, nuts is ever going to go back to the way. It was more money, more funding, more cutting checks for these players, and not just Ohio State. I would say the Big Ten in general Michigan. When I lived in philadel and works for the Eagles, you know, usually local radio in a pro city, they talked a lot of Penn State. Why a lot of graduates live in that area. A lot of people went there and a lot of people watched the game. So I'm with you. I think the Big Ten have a huge advantage moving forward.

Yeah, I mean, I have a place in Naples floor. It's a beautiful beach community, very very high end Sarasota Naples area. My wife introduced me to it. It's all Big Ten fans and it I mean, believe me. It is Badger, Buckeye, Wolverine, Spartan flags all over town. And let me just tell you, there is a lot of money in the Big Ten. Those graduates make a lot of money. Because I've been in Naples for about a decade now and I'm always amazed by it. I mean, Tho'll say Rodeo drive downtown and that is absolutely you know, SEC fans go to what they I think they call it the riviera, the redneck rivier or something.

Yeah, I mean, I have a place in Naples floor. It's a beautiful beach community, very very high end Sarasota Naples area. My wife introduced me to it. It's all Big Ten fans and it I mean, believe me. It is Badger, Buckeye, Wolverine, Spartan flags all over town. And let me just tell you, there is a lot of money in the Big Ten. Those graduates make a lot of money. Because I've been in Naples for about a decade now and I'm always amazed by it. I mean, Tho'll say Rodeo drive downtown and that is absolutely you know, SEC fans go to what they I think they call it the riviera, the redneck rivier or something.

I've never been there.

I've never been there.

But then you go down to Sarasota in Naples and that's a different level of money, and that is big ten money. And I'll say this, A lot of people are pushing back. I'm saying this is a one off. No, it's not you and I talked about this, Penn State. Look at the size of these schools, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Michigan, Washington's a huge school.

But then you go down to Sarasota in Naples and that's a different level of money, and that is big ten money. And I'll say this, A lot of people are pushing back. I'm saying this is a one off. No, it's not you and I talked about this, Penn State. Look at the size of these schools, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Michigan, Washington's a huge school.

They're not and.

They're not and.

Those graduates they leave a lot of times their area and they're loyal. And the SEC schools, like when Alabama is think about this. Nick saban is one of the smartest coaches ever. Look how great of a coach he was. NFL teams would fly down and look at how Alabama ran their program, including Belichick. Look how good of a broadcaster he is. Saban Is, He's literally made game day feel huge. And everybody on that's talented. Reese, Pat Herb Street, Howard. I mean, those guys are all talented. Nick is just makes it feel huge, car dealerships, the way he has leveraged his career. Just how smart this guy is the first year the nil opened up. Nick Saban saw it and he got very nervous. I was told about Texas. He told his guys, we can't compete with Texas. That is oil money, it's tech money. Alabama cannot compete with Texas.

Those graduates they leave a lot of times their area and they're loyal. And the SEC schools, like when Alabama is think about this. Nick saban is one of the smartest coaches ever. Look how great of a coach he was. NFL teams would fly down and look at how Alabama ran their program, including Belichick. Look how good of a broadcaster he is. Saban Is, He's literally made game day feel huge. And everybody on that's talented. Reese, Pat Herb Street, Howard. I mean, those guys are all talented. Nick is just makes it feel huge, car dealerships, the way he has leveraged his career. Just how smart this guy is the first year the nil opened up. Nick Saban saw it and he got very nervous. I was told about Texas. He told his guys, we can't compete with Texas. That is oil money, it's tech money. Alabama cannot compete with Texas.

He knew it.

He knew it.

He sounded the alarms the first year. And if Saban, who's the smartest coach arguably in college football, he's certainly on a short list, saw it coming and he got the hell out. Nick could coach today if he wanted to. God the guy come. I look at him on TV. He's just so magnetic and dynamic. Nick's a sharp dude. He knows the truth is that George's got some money. Tennessee's got some money. I think the tide remember Washington's in Seattle. They don't have a huge collective, but Jedfish can recruit. Last year was a rebuilding year. They're going to be closer to Oregon than Iowa going forward. USC's can listen to this. USC's collective now is over twenty million. They've already spent thirty million over the next For the next eighteen months, they have to figure out how to pay all these bills. I think the SEC knows it. I think the smart people in that conference can see it before it's happened. But this year and last year watched the games. There is a game Notre Dame beat Georgia and control Georgia. They got far off the field tonight totally.

He sounded the alarms the first year. And if Saban, who's the smartest coach arguably in college football, he's certainly on a short list, saw it coming and he got the hell out. Nick could coach today if he wanted to. God the guy come. I look at him on TV. He's just so magnetic and dynamic. Nick's a sharp dude. He knows the truth is that George's got some money. Tennessee's got some money. I think the tide remember Washington's in Seattle. They don't have a huge collective, but Jedfish can recruit. Last year was a rebuilding year. They're going to be closer to Oregon than Iowa going forward. USC's can listen to this. USC's collective now is over twenty million. They've already spent thirty million over the next For the next eighteen months, they have to figure out how to pay all these bills. I think the SEC knows it. I think the smart people in that conference can see it before it's happened. But this year and last year watched the games. There is a game Notre Dame beat Georgia and control Georgia. They got far off the field tonight totally.

I think listen, you and I and I turned into an SEC fan during the Saving era. Why was the best players, It was the best games. They still have the best talent. The reality now is when Kirby back in the day, Bobby Bowden, Dabo Sweeney, all the Southern coaches knocked on your door, you were going to go to one of those schools. Now they just call your agent and say, hey, they're offering your five hundred grand, will offer you eight to fifty and some sidecap. So you wanted to pay taxes on. It's not a fair fight, and that's what this has turned into. It is strictly paid to play. It's why I laugh, like forever a great recruiter. Obviously to become a great recruiter, you had to have a personality, but you also had to be at a program that offered you a lot. Right they might even could pay you a little under the table. Now there's we don't even you know, beat around the bush on that. It's like, no, a great recruiter is someone that can offer me eight hundred thousand dollars. I mean, the guy was the quarterback that was going to play for Brian Kelly Underwood. He was going to LSU and then he ended up at Michigan. Not because he loves Sharon Moore and Tom Brady and Dave Portnoy, because they paid him like twelve to fifteen million dollars. Even Brian Kelly's like, yeah, we can't pay him that much. We don't have the money. Look at Nebraska last year.

I think listen, you and I and I turned into an SEC fan during the Saving era. Why was the best players, It was the best games. They still have the best talent. The reality now is when Kirby back in the day, Bobby Bowden, Dabo Sweeney, all the Southern coaches knocked on your door, you were going to go to one of those schools. Now they just call your agent and say, hey, they're offering your five hundred grand, will offer you eight to fifty and some sidecap. So you wanted to pay taxes on. It's not a fair fight, and that's what this has turned into. It is strictly paid to play. It's why I laugh, like forever a great recruiter. Obviously to become a great recruiter, you had to have a personality, but you also had to be at a program that offered you a lot. Right they might even could pay you a little under the table. Now there's we don't even you know, beat around the bush on that. It's like, no, a great recruiter is someone that can offer me eight hundred thousand dollars. I mean, the guy was the quarterback that was going to play for Brian Kelly Underwood. He was going to LSU and then he ended up at Michigan. Not because he loves Sharon Moore and Tom Brady and Dave Portnoy, because they paid him like twelve to fifteen million dollars. Even Brian Kelly's like, yeah, we can't pay him that much. We don't have the money. Look at Nebraska last year.

Now Michigan States boosters. One of them is the guy that owns the Cavs. The other ones the guy that owns the Suns.

Now Michigan States boosters. One of them is the guy that owns the Cavs. The other ones the guy that owns the Suns.

So it's like this, it is going to be they got the talent, but these big tens. Rbit started years ago, right when he went from Florida to Ohio State said we got to get in the South and recruit the players. Well now everyone knows that, but they can just cut the check. So I'm going to be I think Texas, like you mentioned Saban, I didn't know that he said that, but I mean he's got ears eyes and a brain. I mean, it's not hard to figure out. I think A and M as well. I think the two Texas schools that are in the SEC have a massive advantage financially because that's the world we're in. Can you pay the players or not the most? That's where they're going to go.

So it's like this, it is going to be they got the talent, but these big tens. Rbit started years ago, right when he went from Florida to Ohio State said we got to get in the South and recruit the players. Well now everyone knows that, but they can just cut the check. So I'm going to be I think Texas, like you mentioned Saban, I didn't know that he said that, but I mean he's got ears eyes and a brain. I mean, it's not hard to figure out. I think A and M as well. I think the two Texas schools that are in the SEC have a massive advantage financially because that's the world we're in. Can you pay the players or not the most? That's where they're going to go.

Look at this. I was talking to a during the course of this season. I was talking to a general manager and he said, let me tell you he's going to be number one next year. Take quarterbacks out. He goes, Caleb Downs is going to be number one next year. He goes, that kid would start for every single NFL team as a sophomore in college. He goes, there's not an NFL team he wouldn't start for. And then I texted him. That was mid season. I texted him before this game and he said, if because it's a very weak draft, he said, if Jeremiah Smith, the receiver for Ohio State, and Caleb Downs were available, He's like, these quarterbacks are not good enough. He goes, Cam would probably go over those players because Tennessee needs a quarterback. He said, would they go two and three? He's like, these kids are I mean, we watched Jeremiah Smith and and Caleb dew They don't even look like college players. It reminds me when Jamar Chase was at LSU, like a sophomore year, You're like, Okay, this is a pro receiver. Who would who would start? He would make he would start for every team in the NFL. The year before he went and left LSU.

Look at this. I was talking to a during the course of this season. I was talking to a general manager and he said, let me tell you he's going to be number one next year. Take quarterbacks out. He goes, Caleb Downs is going to be number one next year. He goes, that kid would start for every single NFL team as a sophomore in college. He goes, there's not an NFL team he wouldn't start for. And then I texted him. That was mid season. I texted him before this game and he said, if because it's a very weak draft, he said, if Jeremiah Smith, the receiver for Ohio State, and Caleb Downs were available, He's like, these quarterbacks are not good enough. He goes, Cam would probably go over those players because Tennessee needs a quarterback. He said, would they go two and three? He's like, these kids are I mean, we watched Jeremiah Smith and and Caleb dew They don't even look like college players. It reminds me when Jamar Chase was at LSU, like a sophomore year, You're like, Okay, this is a pro receiver. Who would who would start? He would make he would start for every team in the NFL. The year before he went and left LSU.

You could argue, I mean, what's really going to separate are the top five or six programs because of the money, And obviously Ohio State and Oregon are in clearly the top tier. Texas and I would throw Texas A and m in there. I mean they got a little taste of being back this year, of being good and being right there. They have unlimited money. That's that's the sport. Now, what happened to Michigan this shar year? They finally won a national championship. Then they started getting embarrassed and they said, what do you need? What do we need? We or don't want to do this ever again. So that's what And listen, I started at Fresno State, that program wouldn't have existed. I don't know how they maintain it. The Logan Mankins, the Ryan Matthews Washington State. How are they going to function moving forward? The moment you get a guy, yeah, that guy might be a third rounder, Oh he's a sophomore. Every school worth their salts in his DM saying hey, how much you want and they leave. They just automatically leave. What we saw last year with Austin Genty, I don't think we'll ever see again. Even the head coach this year said it. He's like, he turned down seven figures to stay here and all we could offer him was three hundred thousand dollars. I mean, that's that's the world. One day, I was at the gym, probably a couple months ago, and I look up and his first take is just on one of the big TVs and it's a kid, and I'm like, what's going on. I think Shannon and steven A were talking to him, and it's the number one basketball recruit. When I got home, I googled him. He's going to BYU next year. It's like, it's not hard to figure out the Mormons cut that get a massive check and that listen. I have no problem with that. I mean, that's in a weird way, That's what I would say. The sport has always been basketball and football. You know, financing the I got no problem with it, but that that is one hundred percent the world we're living in now, and it's really separating at the top. I mean, think about your guy Lane Ole miss this year, they break the bank and then they don't even make the playoffs. Are they less likely to keep breaking the bank when you don't have results? Yeah?

You could argue, I mean, what's really going to separate are the top five or six programs because of the money, And obviously Ohio State and Oregon are in clearly the top tier. Texas and I would throw Texas A and m in there. I mean they got a little taste of being back this year, of being good and being right there. They have unlimited money. That's that's the sport. Now, what happened to Michigan this shar year? They finally won a national championship. Then they started getting embarrassed and they said, what do you need? What do we need? We or don't want to do this ever again. So that's what And listen, I started at Fresno State, that program wouldn't have existed. I don't know how they maintain it. The Logan Mankins, the Ryan Matthews Washington State. How are they going to function moving forward? The moment you get a guy, yeah, that guy might be a third rounder, Oh he's a sophomore. Every school worth their salts in his DM saying hey, how much you want and they leave. They just automatically leave. What we saw last year with Austin Genty, I don't think we'll ever see again. Even the head coach this year said it. He's like, he turned down seven figures to stay here and all we could offer him was three hundred thousand dollars. I mean, that's that's the world. One day, I was at the gym, probably a couple months ago, and I look up and his first take is just on one of the big TVs and it's a kid, and I'm like, what's going on. I think Shannon and steven A were talking to him, and it's the number one basketball recruit. When I got home, I googled him. He's going to BYU next year. It's like, it's not hard to figure out the Mormons cut that get a massive check and that listen. I have no problem with that. I mean, that's in a weird way, That's what I would say. The sport has always been basketball and football. You know, financing the I got no problem with it, but that that is one hundred percent the world we're living in now, and it's really separating at the top. I mean, think about your guy Lane Ole miss this year, they break the bank and then they don't even make the playoffs. Are they less likely to keep breaking the bank when you don't have results? Yeah?

And I and I also think this is coaches will get poached. You know, A prime example is John It's harder to fire a college basketball coach because he can go to his boosters as donors and his ad and go, I've made the tournament twelve straight years. Okay, you can't get rid of Sark. If Stark makes the playoff, and he will ten to the next eleven years, you're not going to get rid of him if he can win a game or two here and there. And my point being is, so these coaches now are going to make in enormous money, like better than NFL money for a lot of these guys. Can the SEC schools pay for that? I mean, let's just say tomorrow, let's say one of the coaches in the Big Ten doesn't work. Ryan Day's fine, Ryan Franklin's gone. I mean, most of the guys are fine. But let's say, for instance, a school goes and offers Lane Kiffen a job and in the Big ten they say, here's twelve million dollars. Can an sec school fund their collective and pay the football head coach, not the staff twenty million dollars? This is going to funnel down to the coaches? Is now a lot of these guys are suiting giving up for money. Colin Brian Kelly gave a million dollars to help fund the collective. Did you see that story?

And I and I also think this is coaches will get poached. You know, A prime example is John It's harder to fire a college basketball coach because he can go to his boosters as donors and his ad and go, I've made the tournament twelve straight years. Okay, you can't get rid of Sark. If Stark makes the playoff, and he will ten to the next eleven years, you're not going to get rid of him if he can win a game or two here and there. And my point being is, so these coaches now are going to make in enormous money, like better than NFL money for a lot of these guys. Can the SEC schools pay for that? I mean, let's just say tomorrow, let's say one of the coaches in the Big Ten doesn't work. Ryan Day's fine, Ryan Franklin's gone. I mean, most of the guys are fine. But let's say, for instance, a school goes and offers Lane Kiffen a job and in the Big ten they say, here's twelve million dollars. Can an sec school fund their collective and pay the football head coach, not the staff twenty million dollars? This is going to funnel down to the coaches? Is now a lot of these guys are suiting giving up for money. Colin Brian Kelly gave a million dollars to help fund the collective. Did you see that story?

A couple like a month ago? He gave a million dollars of his own salary to the collective? Why because elis do you think you have to do that? Ohio State? But no, it's hard for him to say, I'm making nine and a half million dollars and the collective were a little short. And then you start getting heat. When Underwood goes to Michigan, It's like, well, I got to give in a little bit. That's that to me was a pretty big red flag for LSU. He had to give a million dollars of a sell.

A couple like a month ago? He gave a million dollars of his own salary to the collective? Why because elis do you think you have to do that? Ohio State? But no, it's hard for him to say, I'm making nine and a half million dollars and the collective were a little short. And then you start getting heat. When Underwood goes to Michigan, It's like, well, I got to give in a little bit. That's that to me was a pretty big red flag for LSU. He had to give a million dollars of a sell.

Well, if so, if you telling me that I didn't hear that story, so Saban saying, get me out of here. Brian Kelly giving up a million listen for years and years the SEC, and it was just it was just everybody knew it. They were paying kids through the churches. But I'm talking paying a kid one hundred thousand buck fifty. That is doesn't even I mean, it just doesn't even compete. And I think I'll just say it now. The SEC may never get worse than the second best conference, but if the Big Ten truly cares going forward, they will control college football going forward. And you know, for the record, Michigan won last year, Ohio State won this year. You see Penn State outside of Carter, and that tight end returns everybody Penn States and they're gonna be back.

Well, if so, if you telling me that I didn't hear that story, so Saban saying, get me out of here. Brian Kelly giving up a million listen for years and years the SEC, and it was just it was just everybody knew it. They were paying kids through the churches. But I'm talking paying a kid one hundred thousand buck fifty. That is doesn't even I mean, it just doesn't even compete. And I think I'll just say it now. The SEC may never get worse than the second best conference, but if the Big Ten truly cares going forward, they will control college football going forward. And you know, for the record, Michigan won last year, Ohio State won this year. You see Penn State outside of Carter, and that tight end returns everybody Penn States and they're gonna be back.

Drew Aller.

Drew Aller.

Penn State next year loses a great tight end and a great then these are first round players. But Michigan next year, Washington, Ohio State, Oregon, Oregon's still really good. Like the Big Ten, this was a little bit of a down year. Let's be honest. Michigan in a rebuild, Washington to rebuild, Caleb william leaves USC in a rebuild, all those teams should be better next year.

Penn State next year loses a great tight end and a great then these are first round players. But Michigan next year, Washington, Ohio State, Oregon, Oregon's still really good. Like the Big Ten, this was a little bit of a down year. Let's be honest. Michigan in a rebuild, Washington to rebuild, Caleb william leaves USC in a rebuild, all those teams should be better next year.

Well, the other thing is, and you mentioned Michigan State with their big boosters. I mean, I'm sure you agree. I think Jonathan Smith's a stud and this is the worst team He's gonna have coach in there so they will be better. I mean, he's a high level coach, Nebraska funneling and a bunch of money. I think the problem for the SEC is for about fifteen years in the saving era and when other teams would kind of match them, like LSU want to give a year obviously Georgia at the end, Clemson was basically, as my buddy Phil Savage used to tell me, they were an SEC in their heyday, an SEC school playing an ACC schedule. But they had SEC players, well, their backups right when you start training camp, and you don't know who, like at the time, a freshman or sophomore, who's gonna kind of separate. You just let them battle it out, and then the one guy that wins the job ends up being the first round pick, Well, his backup is still a fourth rounder. And if that guy gets injured, you know, in the seventh game of the season, your backup still a fourth rounder. Well, now that guy goes I'm out and all these other programs are lined up to take them, and he's like, well, I might as well make the same amount of money and go start then be a backup. That was their biggest advantage I always thought is they're too deep. Was the last like right at the beginning of the NIL, right before the NL, when Kirby was basically turned Georgia into Alabama, he went too deep with like, my first rounder is my starter and my backup is a second rounder. Good luck touching me. And you didn't. Well, we saw this year they were a shell of themselves and it's going to be difficult to just maintain that dominance because they do have the talent in the region. But these other schools just we got technology. Now can just send you the offer contract on docu sign. I was like, here's the money, buddy, you want to come And what do you think Their parents and agents are clearly saying, Ohio State's been doing it since Urban got there. But then Hardboss start getting involved. We know Oregon's going to keep funneling out of the SEC in the South. Really, Mario started that Penn State, Like the one thing you say, all those guys going back to Penn State. One thing James Franklin is is a great recruiter. Yeah, if you give him money, his energy and his effort. I do think Texas is going to run the SEC moving forward.

Well, the other thing is, and you mentioned Michigan State with their big boosters. I mean, I'm sure you agree. I think Jonathan Smith's a stud and this is the worst team He's gonna have coach in there so they will be better. I mean, he's a high level coach, Nebraska funneling and a bunch of money. I think the problem for the SEC is for about fifteen years in the saving era and when other teams would kind of match them, like LSU want to give a year obviously Georgia at the end, Clemson was basically, as my buddy Phil Savage used to tell me, they were an SEC in their heyday, an SEC school playing an ACC schedule. But they had SEC players, well, their backups right when you start training camp, and you don't know who, like at the time, a freshman or sophomore, who's gonna kind of separate. You just let them battle it out, and then the one guy that wins the job ends up being the first round pick, Well, his backup is still a fourth rounder. And if that guy gets injured, you know, in the seventh game of the season, your backup still a fourth rounder. Well, now that guy goes I'm out and all these other programs are lined up to take them, and he's like, well, I might as well make the same amount of money and go start then be a backup. That was their biggest advantage I always thought is they're too deep. Was the last like right at the beginning of the NIL, right before the NL, when Kirby was basically turned Georgia into Alabama, he went too deep with like, my first rounder is my starter and my backup is a second rounder. Good luck touching me. And you didn't. Well, we saw this year they were a shell of themselves and it's going to be difficult to just maintain that dominance because they do have the talent in the region. But these other schools just we got technology. Now can just send you the offer contract on docu sign. I was like, here's the money, buddy, you want to come And what do you think Their parents and agents are clearly saying, Ohio State's been doing it since Urban got there. But then Hardboss start getting involved. We know Oregon's going to keep funneling out of the SEC in the South. Really, Mario started that Penn State, Like the one thing you say, all those guys going back to Penn State. One thing James Franklin is is a great recruiter. Yeah, if you give him money, his energy and his effort. I do think Texas is going to run the SEC moving forward.

So yeah, fans can say what they want. Bama is in big trouble. LSU is in big trouble. Big trouble Georgia because they're close to Atlanta. There's some big boosters there. But remember Atlanta's got the Braves, the Falcons. I mean, they've got you know that, They've got a lot of things happening in Atlanta. It's a very splintered market. Yeah, I think we're.

So yeah, fans can say what they want. Bama is in big trouble. LSU is in big trouble. Big trouble Georgia because they're close to Atlanta. There's some big boosters there. But remember Atlanta's got the Braves, the Falcons. I mean, they've got you know that, They've got a lot of things happening in Atlanta. It's a very splintered market. Yeah, I think we're.

Talking when we stay trouble right the day of going twelve and zero and winning that is, you still might win eight nine games, but you're never going to be what probably we've seen in the past.

Talking when we stay trouble right the day of going twelve and zero and winning that is, you still might win eight nine games, but you're never going to be what probably we've seen in the past.

Oh yeah, I don't even think. I mean, that's not even a take. That's not a hot take. I mean, the SEC, the days of running it are over, back to back years and again I'll say it again, Ohio State next year, Jeremiah Smith and Caleb Downs, the two best players in the college football, likextup, are both back. And you know, I mean, and now you're going to how you think the recruiting is going to go transfer portal is going to go off this win. I mean the players, listen, man, those star players, they watch what Ohio State is tonight. It's a factory up there. Their role in it looks like Ryan Day and Chip Kelly. I mean, I thought the game plan tonight for Ohio State looked like a pro game plan. I mean the way if you watch the game plan tonight for Ohio State, those first two drives, it was so Chip Kelly. Let's build up, Will Howard's confidence, easy completions, get the ball to the playmaker. It was just I mean, I watched enough Chip Kelly games and I'm like, oh, this is a clinic. This is Chip Kelly who doesn't probably doesn't think Will Howard's an elite player. But within the system, he can get those twelve yard and in completions. He's accurate. Notre Dame never made Will Howard uncomfortable. I mean, and this is a beat up bowl line. I mean he was. Will Howard was sitting back there at one point, I don't know what he was six for six, seven for seven on third down. Notre Dame just couldn't make him uncomfortable.

Oh yeah, I don't even think. I mean, that's not even a take. That's not a hot take. I mean, the SEC, the days of running it are over, back to back years and again I'll say it again, Ohio State next year, Jeremiah Smith and Caleb Downs, the two best players in the college football, likextup, are both back. And you know, I mean, and now you're going to how you think the recruiting is going to go transfer portal is going to go off this win. I mean the players, listen, man, those star players, they watch what Ohio State is tonight. It's a factory up there. Their role in it looks like Ryan Day and Chip Kelly. I mean, I thought the game plan tonight for Ohio State looked like a pro game plan. I mean the way if you watch the game plan tonight for Ohio State, those first two drives, it was so Chip Kelly. Let's build up, Will Howard's confidence, easy completions, get the ball to the playmaker. It was just I mean, I watched enough Chip Kelly games and I'm like, oh, this is a clinic. This is Chip Kelly who doesn't probably doesn't think Will Howard's an elite player. But within the system, he can get those twelve yard and in completions. He's accurate. Notre Dame never made Will Howard uncomfortable. I mean, and this is a beat up bowl line. I mean he was. Will Howard was sitting back there at one point, I don't know what he was six for six, seven for seven on third down. Notre Dame just couldn't make him uncomfortable.

I would say this, if you've watched Chip Kelly since Oregon, if he's busting explosive runs, you got no shot. And the moment they start hitting big runs, you're in trouble. Especially with the firepower. They have to throw the ball, because then what are you gonna do? Stack the box and let them exploit you and say what you want about Will Howard, I questioned it coming into this playoff run Colin in the first half he was fourteen to fifteen for two touchdowns and he's just you remove the Texas game, which was difficult just endeavor for him, given how good Texas is on defense. He was dominant in the three matches against Tennessee, which has NFL personnel on defense. Obviously, Oregon is loaded with NFL players, and tonight just National Championship Notre Dame to come out. He's played. Really, he's made himself some money. I'm not saying he's gonna get drafted in the second day, but I think he's got to get a drafted in the somewhere between the fourth and the sixth round.

I would say this, if you've watched Chip Kelly since Oregon, if he's busting explosive runs, you got no shot. And the moment they start hitting big runs, you're in trouble. Especially with the firepower. They have to throw the ball, because then what are you gonna do? Stack the box and let them exploit you and say what you want about Will Howard, I questioned it coming into this playoff run Colin in the first half he was fourteen to fifteen for two touchdowns and he's just you remove the Texas game, which was difficult just endeavor for him, given how good Texas is on defense. He was dominant in the three matches against Tennessee, which has NFL personnel on defense. Obviously, Oregon is loaded with NFL players, and tonight just National Championship Notre Dame to come out. He's played. Really, he's made himself some money. I'm not saying he's gonna get drafted in the second day, but I think he's got to get a drafted in the somewhere between the fourth and the sixth round.

First of all, I think the kid at Syracuse, Kyle McCord and Will Howard are going to get drafted late third, fourth, early fifth round. But both big, strong, sturdy kids who throw a nice ball with velocity.

First of all, I think the kid at Syracuse, Kyle McCord and Will Howard are going to get drafted late third, fourth, early fifth round. But both big, strong, sturdy kids who throw a nice ball with velocity.

They'll think I think McCord if he has a good you know this post season before the draft process, could go on the second day of the draft. Or I think Will Howard just because he throws more of a pure ball.

They'll think I think McCord if he has a good you know this post season before the draft process, could go on the second day of the draft. Or I think Will Howard just because he throws more of a pure ball.

Just I looked at him on YouTube today.

Just I looked at him on YouTube today.

Yeah, and you know how these quarterback coaches are, these offensive coordinators are they when you're just sitting out there. I think there's just an element to Will Howard and I would say the same about Riley Leonard. They're just kind of good football players. I don't know how good they would look just in a just shorts T shirts, throwing routes on air in front of the head coach. I mean, they're not exactly throwing it like Josh Allen out there. And they're good runners, but they're not running. You know what Riley Leonard does and it's fun to watch. Is that does that translate to the NFL? Just running over guys? That's hard and that's that's but he listen, he grew on me over this run. He's clearly the high level guy and I think both of them are going to be loved by once the coaches get into the draft process, because they're clearly like just high level kids.

Yeah, and you know how these quarterback coaches are, these offensive coordinators are they when you're just sitting out there. I think there's just an element to Will Howard and I would say the same about Riley Leonard. They're just kind of good football players. I don't know how good they would look just in a just shorts T shirts, throwing routes on air in front of the head coach. I mean, they're not exactly throwing it like Josh Allen out there. And they're good runners, but they're not running. You know what Riley Leonard does and it's fun to watch. Is that does that translate to the NFL? Just running over guys? That's hard and that's that's but he listen, he grew on me over this run. He's clearly the high level guy and I think both of them are going to be loved by once the coaches get into the draft process, because they're clearly like just high level kids.

Chad Millman, co host of the Favorites Sharper Square. All odds provided by DraftKings. So I had a rare I don't think I had an undefeated this year three and ozero last week. And I think it's actually easier in the playoffs. I've had back to back weeks because the quarterbacks are all you know, it's sudden death, it's the best quarterbacks. It's going to start with this before we start with anything. You know, there's this sense that, you know, Kansas City, Jason McIntyre's on this thing about the calls going a certain way, and I always point back, Kansas City's gotten the benefit of the calls. Well, my argument is, we all know coaching matters more in football than managing in baseball or coaching in basketball. We know coaching college or pro. We've seen Jim Harbaugh take over the worst defense make it the best. Coaching matters in football more than other sports. You have like a phone book that offensive players have to memorize, and system scheme, culture building. And I remember when I lived in Connecticut watching all the Patriot games, and I can remember watching for years and it just popping into my head when they were playing a team team fumbled. I'm like, God, I don't think the Patriots have fumbled since Thanksgiving. And you went back and looked and they literally were the team in the league that didn't fumble. And I'd asked Patriot players about this, They're like, oh, yeah, Bill would not let you stretch for extra yards. That was a fine, that was a suspension. You could only do it if it was fourth down in the ends. Otherwise you were not allowed to stretch. And I look at the Chiefs and I say to myself, really good coaches are really good teachers, and you can teach your way out of penalties with good communication, thorough repetition. Damian Woody always told me Patriot practice was different than every other practice has Detroit his Jets practices. So what your take on the Chiefs get all the calls, because if you go back and look at the penalties during the New England era, they were last penalies as well.