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Oh welcome man, it is a Wednesday, live in Los Angeles. It's the Herd. Wherever you may be and however you may be listening. Thanks for making us part of your day. Greg Cosel is going to join us in one hour to wrap up the Super Bowl and talk about a couple of other things. Free agency is going to be a few weeks away. Jmac. The Lakers play again tonight now in Salt Lake. Luca Lebron heading to the Great Salt Lake. I was talking to a friend last night who went to the Luca debut at Crypto, and this is a person that has lived in various parts of the country, gone to a lot of big events, and he said it was the greatest basketball moment he'd been at since Kobe's last game as a Laker. Wow, he said, it's just hard to explain the buzz everybody's standing. He doesn't matter if you were an influencer, if you were forty five years old. He said, there was just butterflies and anticipation. And I was thinking about this with the Lakers, are they the smartest or the luckiest team in the history of American sports? They have feasted on others' mistakes. Let's go back to Kobe Bryant, the closest thing we've ever seen to MJ. They got Kobe Bryant the thirteenth pick in the draft for vlade divots, who smoked after games, who wasn't at the time, an All star, who like many Europeans at the time, was finesse, more of a passer than a scorer. Kobe got five rings two mbps in the finals. Another iconic Jerry West, worked him out at the Inglewood YMCA. They put Michael Cooper on him. This is how good Kobe was out of high school. They put one of the great defenders of all time, Michael Cooper, guarded him in an Inglewood YMCA. Jerry West called it the greatest forty five minute workout he'd ever seen. They got him for a guy that smoked after games. They got pow Gasol from Memphis. What did they give up? A bunch of stuff, including Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittinton, and lower first round picks for pow Gasol, who with Kobe would win two more titles and one of Kobe's great teammates ever. They got Anthony Davis. He think, well, they had to give up quite a haul for Anthony Davis. Well, Lonzo Ball had already shown a prone injury career. He got hurt already. They gave up again lower first round picks because Ad and Lebron together we're going to be a top team in the league. Josh Hart's a good B player. I like him, and Brandon Ingram scores a lot, but there's not much there beyond He makes a lot of money and scores a lot, but he's not a guy that's going to carry you anywhere. And then they get Luca for a six pack of diet coke and Ad at thirty one. I mean, if the Lakers call about your superstar, hang the phone up. They stole Kobe, They pretty much stole pau Gasol. I mean they had to give up some picks at the end of the first round for ad but Luca for one first round pick, one first round pick, and Anthony Davis, who I like a lot but is now hurt and probably out for six to eight weeks. It's really remarkable what they've done. You know, maybe this is just the way business works, that the better teams and the bigger brands manipulate the bad gms and the bad CEOs and the bad brands. But it's remarkable. You'll watch tonight. Utah's not a great team, but Luca's going to start here, probably in about five or six games, once he gets back into shape here because he was off since Christmas, he'll start dropping thirty. Lebron's playing the best he's played in inarguably a decade. Austin Reeves now is a not necessary but a very good three to four. They kept Dalton connect I don't know. I mean to me, they are a rim protector away from being a championship team. Rachel Nichols on the show yesterday talking about this deal again.

Oh welcome man, it is a Wednesday, live in Los Angeles. It's the Herd. Wherever you may be and however you may be listening. Thanks for making us part of your day. Greg Cosel is going to join us in one hour to wrap up the Super Bowl and talk about a couple of other things. Free agency is going to be a few weeks away. Jmac. The Lakers play again tonight now in Salt Lake. Luca Lebron heading to the Great Salt Lake. I was talking to a friend last night who went to the Luca debut at Crypto, and this is a person that has lived in various parts of the country, gone to a lot of big events, and he said it was the greatest basketball moment he'd been at since Kobe's last game as a Laker. Wow, he said, it's just hard to explain the buzz everybody's standing. He doesn't matter if you were an influencer, if you were forty five years old. He said, there was just butterflies and anticipation. And I was thinking about this with the Lakers, are they the smartest or the luckiest team in the history of American sports? They have feasted on others' mistakes. Let's go back to Kobe Bryant, the closest thing we've ever seen to MJ. They got Kobe Bryant the thirteenth pick in the draft for vlade divots, who smoked after games, who wasn't at the time, an All star, who like many Europeans at the time, was finesse, more of a passer than a scorer. Kobe got five rings two mbps in the finals. Another iconic Jerry West, worked him out at the Inglewood YMCA. They put Michael Cooper on him. This is how good Kobe was out of high school. They put one of the great defenders of all time, Michael Cooper, guarded him in an Inglewood YMCA. Jerry West called it the greatest forty five minute workout he'd ever seen. They got him for a guy that smoked after games. They got pow Gasol from Memphis. What did they give up? A bunch of stuff, including Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittinton, and lower first round picks for pow Gasol, who with Kobe would win two more titles and one of Kobe's great teammates ever. They got Anthony Davis. He think, well, they had to give up quite a haul for Anthony Davis. Well, Lonzo Ball had already shown a prone injury career. He got hurt already. They gave up again lower first round picks because Ad and Lebron together we're going to be a top team in the league. Josh Hart's a good B player. I like him, and Brandon Ingram scores a lot, but there's not much there beyond He makes a lot of money and scores a lot, but he's not a guy that's going to carry you anywhere. And then they get Luca for a six pack of diet coke and Ad at thirty one. I mean, if the Lakers call about your superstar, hang the phone up. They stole Kobe, They pretty much stole pau Gasol. I mean they had to give up some picks at the end of the first round for ad but Luca for one first round pick, one first round pick, and Anthony Davis, who I like a lot but is now hurt and probably out for six to eight weeks. It's really remarkable what they've done. You know, maybe this is just the way business works, that the better teams and the bigger brands manipulate the bad gms and the bad CEOs and the bad brands. But it's remarkable. You'll watch tonight. Utah's not a great team, but Luca's going to start here, probably in about five or six games, once he gets back into shape here because he was off since Christmas, he'll start dropping thirty. Lebron's playing the best he's played in inarguably a decade. Austin Reeves now is a not necessary but a very good three to four. They kept Dalton connect I don't know. I mean to me, they are a rim protector away from being a championship team. Rachel Nichols on the show yesterday talking about this deal again.

There wasn't a feeling prior to this trade that the Lakers were headed to the Western Conference finals, and now you can make that case.

There wasn't a feeling prior to this trade that the Lakers were headed to the Western Conference finals, and now you can make that case.

I think there's a lane there.

I think there's a lane there.

I still wouldn't call them the favorite in the West, but I definitely think it's going to be interesting.

I still wouldn't call them the favorite in the West, but I definitely think it's going to be interesting.

And just that.

And just that.

Idea that if they wanted to, the Lakers could play either Luca or Lebron for forty eight straight minutes often both of them is crazy.

Idea that if they wanted to, the Lakers could play either Luca or Lebron for forty eight straight minutes often both of them is crazy.

Yeah, it's more than that. Lakers Lebron Luca again, Game two together, this time in Salt Lake. So, you know, super Bowls always resonate. One thing we do know in the last decade, if you lose a Super Bowl, no matter how good your quarterback is, there's only one exception, and that was the Patriots. Once that you go back and you crush again. Everybody pulls back if they lose a Super Bowl. They get to the Super Bowl, they lose, they don't get back. It's just the way it is. And Travis Kelcey was on his podcast with his brother, and you know, he kind of disappeared last couple of games. He has been their number one target last three four years or longer, and he's just a very important person. He blocks, he's tough, the physicality, the temperament. But it may be time to quit retire.

Yeah, it's more than that. Lakers Lebron Luca again, Game two together, this time in Salt Lake. So, you know, super Bowls always resonate. One thing we do know in the last decade, if you lose a Super Bowl, no matter how good your quarterback is, there's only one exception, and that was the Patriots. Once that you go back and you crush again. Everybody pulls back if they lose a Super Bowl. They get to the Super Bowl, they lose, they don't get back. It's just the way it is. And Travis Kelcey was on his podcast with his brother, and you know, he kind of disappeared last couple of games. He has been their number one target last three four years or longer, and he's just a very important person. He blocks, he's tough, the physicality, the temperament. But it may be time to quit retire.

I know everybody wants to know whether or out I'm playing next year. And right now, I'm just kicking everything down the road. I'm kicking every can I can down the road, and I'm not making any crazy decisions. The fact that we keep going to these AFC Championships and these Super Bowls, and that means I'm playing an extra three games more than everybody else in the in the entire league. And that's a lot of wear and tear on your body, and it's a lot of time spent in the building.

I know everybody wants to know whether or out I'm playing next year. And right now, I'm just kicking everything down the road. I'm kicking every can I can down the road, and I'm not making any crazy decisions. The fact that we keep going to these AFC Championships and these Super Bowls, and that means I'm playing an extra three games more than everybody else in the in the entire league. And that's a lot of wear and tear on your body, and it's a lot of time spent in the building.

Yeah, we've said this about Lebron. Lebron's played over three full seasons of just playoff games. You start looking at Travis Kelcey in the last seven years, he's played another season of NFL football for playoff games. And we ask our tight ends the block often the best athlete on the other side of the field. So let's be honest about Kansas City's offense. Remember when Tom Brady got to the end of New England and there was that piece of video him screaming it. It was a maybe I've been a Thursday night game or a Sunday night game. He's screaming at his wide receivers. Somebody get open. But New England was unable because they were paying other players, including Brady, and they didn't draft wide receivers well. So if you really are honest about Kansas City, in the last three years, they've kind of been patchwork on offense. I mean, all five Super Bowl trips, they've had five different left tackles. They've never had a great left tackle.

Yeah, we've said this about Lebron. Lebron's played over three full seasons of just playoff games. You start looking at Travis Kelcey in the last seven years, he's played another season of NFL football for playoff games. And we ask our tight ends the block often the best athlete on the other side of the field. So let's be honest about Kansas City's offense. Remember when Tom Brady got to the end of New England and there was that piece of video him screaming it. It was a maybe I've been a Thursday night game or a Sunday night game. He's screaming at his wide receivers. Somebody get open. But New England was unable because they were paying other players, including Brady, and they didn't draft wide receivers well. So if you really are honest about Kansas City, in the last three years, they've kind of been patchwork on offense. I mean, all five Super Bowl trips, they've had five different left tackles. They've never had a great left tackle.

Patchwork.

Patchwork.

The wide receivers in the last three Super Bowls, Richie James, McCole, Hardman, Sky Moore, Kadarius Tony, Marquis Valden, Scandling here kind of bounce around the NFL guys, that's all they are. They don't have a ton of stability at running back. I mean, we're doing Kareem Hunt again. Isaiah Pacheco is a great story? Is he a great player? Clyde Edwards Hilaire was a bust. There are warning signs here now. Some of it is Mahomes is super expensive, Travis Kelcey super expensive, Chris Jones super expensive. They have a very good GM and they draft well. But if you remember in the end Tom Brady in New England, Tom Brady was sort of holding that offense up with duct tape. And after I'm watching that game against Philadelphia and the game against Houston. It's only Buffalo. They always score thirty five points or more. You start looking Buffalo's defense. The top corner was out. We don't consider it an elite defense. We don't we consider the offense with Josh Allen and James Cook and Kincaid. That's the part of the Bills that is elite. You just start looking at this team when they played good defenses like Houston and Philadelphia. They got a bunch of b dudes. It's the Brady Patriots at the end. You're just holding it together. It's patchwork guys everywhere. And again, I'll go to the Super Bowl runner up. Since twenty fourteen Patriots won the Super Bowl, You've got four different teams missed the playoffs. You've got teams losing wild card and divisional round stuff. So I think it's pretty clear. And when you draft thirty first in a very very weak draft, where draft people who I lean on say there are twelve, maybe thirteen max elite first round players, Kansas City's getting none of them. And they need one at left tackle, they need another one at tight end, they need another one at running back. And by the way, they need another interior offensive lineman. They gotta spend some time in Capitol on that offensive line that got pushed around for four hours against Philadelphia. So my take on Travis Kelsey has been this is the perfect time for a clean break. He's got tons of money, lots of options, and I think one of the mistakes basketball football teams do is they cling to the end. You could say, well, what about Lebron. Lebron still elite. Lebron's still top seven player in the league. There are knights, he's a top pre player in the league. There's knights that he's the best player in the NBA still depending on the schedule. So to me, this feels like it's time for a clean break. He's expensive, he's a tight end. This is a good tight end draft. If they were gonna move up and be aggressive outside of left tackle, it'd be for tight end. But J Mack, when you lose those Super Bowls and you lose the way they did, it is interesting. It does change your opinion on stuff. Now, you called it, you said it was gonna be a D line rolling over Kansas City. I did not. But it's funny two or three days later, you know it sounds like, oh, it's kind of a recency bias. But when you lose like that, it does change your opinion on a lot of things.

The wide receivers in the last three Super Bowls, Richie James, McCole, Hardman, Sky Moore, Kadarius Tony, Marquis Valden, Scandling here kind of bounce around the NFL guys, that's all they are. They don't have a ton of stability at running back. I mean, we're doing Kareem Hunt again. Isaiah Pacheco is a great story? Is he a great player? Clyde Edwards Hilaire was a bust. There are warning signs here now. Some of it is Mahomes is super expensive, Travis Kelcey super expensive, Chris Jones super expensive. They have a very good GM and they draft well. But if you remember in the end Tom Brady in New England, Tom Brady was sort of holding that offense up with duct tape. And after I'm watching that game against Philadelphia and the game against Houston. It's only Buffalo. They always score thirty five points or more. You start looking Buffalo's defense. The top corner was out. We don't consider it an elite defense. We don't we consider the offense with Josh Allen and James Cook and Kincaid. That's the part of the Bills that is elite. You just start looking at this team when they played good defenses like Houston and Philadelphia. They got a bunch of b dudes. It's the Brady Patriots at the end. You're just holding it together. It's patchwork guys everywhere. And again, I'll go to the Super Bowl runner up. Since twenty fourteen Patriots won the Super Bowl, You've got four different teams missed the playoffs. You've got teams losing wild card and divisional round stuff. So I think it's pretty clear. And when you draft thirty first in a very very weak draft, where draft people who I lean on say there are twelve, maybe thirteen max elite first round players, Kansas City's getting none of them. And they need one at left tackle, they need another one at tight end, they need another one at running back. And by the way, they need another interior offensive lineman. They gotta spend some time in Capitol on that offensive line that got pushed around for four hours against Philadelphia. So my take on Travis Kelsey has been this is the perfect time for a clean break. He's got tons of money, lots of options, and I think one of the mistakes basketball football teams do is they cling to the end. You could say, well, what about Lebron. Lebron still elite. Lebron's still top seven player in the league. There are knights, he's a top pre player in the league. There's knights that he's the best player in the NBA still depending on the schedule. So to me, this feels like it's time for a clean break. He's expensive, he's a tight end. This is a good tight end draft. If they were gonna move up and be aggressive outside of left tackle, it'd be for tight end. But J Mack, when you lose those Super Bowls and you lose the way they did, it is interesting. It does change your opinion on stuff. Now, you called it, you said it was gonna be a D line rolling over Kansas City. I did not. But it's funny two or three days later, you know it sounds like, oh, it's kind of a recency bias. But when you lose like that, it does change your opinion on a lot of things.

You know, There's a clip of Travis kelce you right right around the forty eight yard line near midfield and he runs a little bit of the pass pattern and then just sits at the forty eight yard line because he saw a flag like does not engage in the rest of the play, and Chiefs fans are kind of ticked off online. Patrick mahonmes is scrambling for his life and Travis Kelcey's literally just standing there. And Colin, I know this isn't right to say, but do you think the Chiefs quit a little bit in the Super Bowl when they were down twenty four to nothing.

You know, There's a clip of Travis kelce you right right around the forty eight yard line near midfield and he runs a little bit of the pass pattern and then just sits at the forty eight yard line because he saw a flag like does not engage in the rest of the play, and Chiefs fans are kind of ticked off online. Patrick mahonmes is scrambling for his life and Travis Kelcey's literally just standing there. And Colin, I know this isn't right to say, but do you think the Chiefs quit a little bit in the Super Bowl when they were down twenty four to nothing.

Oh the body language wasn't good. They started making really dumb mistakes lining up off sides. Yeah, I think. You know, this is something else that the pressure of being umber one. I remember listening to a baseball general manager fifteen years ago and he said, what you don't realize He was talking about the Yankees. This was like fifteen when I lived on the East Coast. He said, what people don't realize about the Yankees because they're good every year in the playoffs. Every year, you are taxing your bullpen, you're taxing your starters. It's an unnatural act to throw a ball ninety five miles an hour. He goes, these pitchers go into spring and you got to ramp it up again. He's like, we're playing twenty five more games than everybody else, and they're intense, national TV, high leverage situations. Now in football, you don't have an unnatural act. But you have to remember when you're going to Super Bowls year after year after year like the Patriots are doing, it, beats up on your team. That's a tight end over the course of six years being tackled another one hundred times.

Oh the body language wasn't good. They started making really dumb mistakes lining up off sides. Yeah, I think. You know, this is something else that the pressure of being umber one. I remember listening to a baseball general manager fifteen years ago and he said, what you don't realize He was talking about the Yankees. This was like fifteen when I lived on the East Coast. He said, what people don't realize about the Yankees because they're good every year in the playoffs. Every year, you are taxing your bullpen, you're taxing your starters. It's an unnatural act to throw a ball ninety five miles an hour. He goes, these pitchers go into spring and you got to ramp it up again. He's like, we're playing twenty five more games than everybody else, and they're intense, national TV, high leverage situations. Now in football, you don't have an unnatural act. But you have to remember when you're going to Super Bowls year after year after year like the Patriots are doing, it, beats up on your team. That's a tight end over the course of six years being tackled another one hundred times.

Okay, hold on Colin. Remember they didn't play their starters weekend. Then they had to buy It was like three weeks for Travis Kelcey and he had a good game against the Texans, but then played that had to play the next week, did nothing against the Bills, got the bye week before the Super Bowl, and did nothing in the Super Bowl.

Okay, hold on Colin. Remember they didn't play their starters weekend. Then they had to buy It was like three weeks for Travis Kelcey and he had a good game against the Texans, but then played that had to play the next week, did nothing against the Bills, got the bye week before the Super Bowl, and did nothing in the Super Bowl.

It looked like all the energy they had. You know, we always think Buffalo never beats Kansas City. They actually did two weeks earlier is that all the Chiefs energy went to beat Buffalo.

It looked like all the energy they had. You know, we always think Buffalo never beats Kansas City. They actually did two weeks earlier is that all the Chiefs energy went to beat Buffalo.

That's fair.

That's fair.

They played a great game, they emptied the tank and they had nothing left.

They played a great game, they emptied the tank and they had nothing left.

So let me ask Cooper Cup and the Rams are gonna be parting ways.

So let me ask Cooper Cup and the Rams are gonna be parting ways.

Cooper Cup, you know, injuries.

Cooper Cup, you know, injuries.

Wear and tear not really delivery expensive. The Chiefs go that route with Travis kelce If you're if you're moving off Kelsey, you're saving money. Why would you bring in an older injury. I don't mean bring in Cooper Cup. I just meant the way the Rams are moving off of him. Do the Chiefs say, hey, Travis, thank you for your service. Oh yeah, but that's it's a rap.

Wear and tear not really delivery expensive. The Chiefs go that route with Travis kelce If you're if you're moving off Kelsey, you're saving money. Why would you bring in an older injury. I don't mean bring in Cooper Cup. I just meant the way the Rams are moving off of him. Do the Chiefs say, hey, Travis, thank you for your service. Oh yeah, but that's it's a rap.

I think it is a rap. And that's okay. I think it's a rap. This is not the NBA where players control all those personnel decisions. I think it's a wrap. By the way, it's it's folks, We've all got eyes, we're all watching it. We're watching what's happening. It's the reality with Travis is it's been a remarkable career. But tight ends don't last forever. They're not quarterbacks, they're not kickers. This stuff ends quickly. I mean, Travis Kelcey last year acknowledged he'd had ten surgeries.

I think it is a rap. And that's okay. I think it's a rap. This is not the NBA where players control all those personnel decisions. I think it's a wrap. By the way, it's it's folks, We've all got eyes, we're all watching it. We're watching what's happening. It's the reality with Travis is it's been a remarkable career. But tight ends don't last forever. They're not quarterbacks, they're not kickers. This stuff ends quickly. I mean, Travis Kelcey last year acknowledged he'd had ten surgeries.

Yeah, so they could look a lot different next year with no Travis Kelce.

Yeah, so they could look a lot different next year with no Travis Kelce.

Holy.

Holy.

So I saw something yesterday that is I don't understand. I got an Aaron Rodgers story, I got a Kevin Durant story. But man, I saw a quote yesterday. Do we all understand what is happening to the biggest brand in America? And we'll talk about that next.

So I saw something yesterday that is I don't understand. I got an Aaron Rodgers story, I got a Kevin Durant story. But man, I saw a quote yesterday. Do we all understand what is happening to the biggest brand in America? And we'll talk about that next.

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Greg Co top of our Number two. I was thinking about something the other day. You get into these moments, it never feels like what I'm about to say is true. Is half the biggest brands in sports are hitting. Half the biggest brands in America are hitting, and then half are reeling or rebuilding or remodeling or rebooting. And I was just thinking about the biggest brands in sports, and let's just take a second to think about so like, if you go to Major League Baseball, you know the biggest brands Yankees and Dodgers. So I mean the Yankees just bringing in Paul Goldschmith, Cody Bellinger, Max Freed. They just got to a World Series for the first since two thousand and nine. They didn't get Soto, but they upgraded their pitching Dodgers. Meanwhile, I just I was looking at Jim Bowden article this morning. He thinks the Dodgers are the most improved team in the league and they just won a World Series. They have added all throughout their pitching staff. So the two biggest brands, the Yankees and the Dodgers, are humming in Major leig baseball. Let's go to the NBA. The Luca trade is an unbelievable reboot for the Lakers, and the Celtics are the best team in basketball. Go ass the Knicks that have been run over steamrolled by him twice this year. But I would also put the Knicks as the third biggest brand. Forbes says it's the most valuable and this is the best Knicks team since nineteen ninety seven. And I like the team. I don't think they can beat Boston. I think they can beat everybody else in the league. So Boston Lakers, Knicks very very strong. Let's go to college football, very popular. Sport Ohio State just won to Natty, Michigan won the year before. Notre Dame in Texas are exceptional to me. Those are the four biggest brands in college football. BAM is big in the South, not as big nationally. It's Ohio State, Michigan, Notre Dame in Texas. They are all hummon. Michigan pulled back last year, landed the number one quarterback in the country. They'll be good again and this year I think are they hosting Ohio State this year instead of going on the road. I don't know, but they'll be very, very good. Let's go to college basketball. Last fifteen years Yukon and Duke. Duke's got the number one player Yukon back to back titles. I mean, even non sports, if you look at stock prices, the three biggest brands to be in the in the nation, you can argue just the biggest brands in the country, Apple, Amazon, Coca Cola up year over year and those are about as big a brands as you have in America Coke, Apple, and Amazon. I mean, the only thing that's appears to be missing. Let me think about this. Oh, the Dallas Cowboys are awful. They are the only big, huge, massive brand in America. That is awful. And they just had they just hired a coach and they dumped it on a Friday news dump And Dak Prescott said this yesterday at UH what do they say? The best problem, best way to correct a problem is to acknowledge you have a problem. So Stephen Jones about a month ago said drought. Remember he put it in quotes, drought like we're having at spend twenty nine years. It's a drought. Jerry Jones said over the weekend, Hey, we could have been here, and Dak Prescott talking about the Eagles and the Super Bowl going forward.

Greg Co top of our Number two. I was thinking about something the other day. You get into these moments, it never feels like what I'm about to say is true. Is half the biggest brands in sports are hitting. Half the biggest brands in America are hitting, and then half are reeling or rebuilding or remodeling or rebooting. And I was just thinking about the biggest brands in sports, and let's just take a second to think about so like, if you go to Major League Baseball, you know the biggest brands Yankees and Dodgers. So I mean the Yankees just bringing in Paul Goldschmith, Cody Bellinger, Max Freed. They just got to a World Series for the first since two thousand and nine. They didn't get Soto, but they upgraded their pitching Dodgers. Meanwhile, I just I was looking at Jim Bowden article this morning. He thinks the Dodgers are the most improved team in the league and they just won a World Series. They have added all throughout their pitching staff. So the two biggest brands, the Yankees and the Dodgers, are humming in Major leig baseball. Let's go to the NBA. The Luca trade is an unbelievable reboot for the Lakers, and the Celtics are the best team in basketball. Go ass the Knicks that have been run over steamrolled by him twice this year. But I would also put the Knicks as the third biggest brand. Forbes says it's the most valuable and this is the best Knicks team since nineteen ninety seven. And I like the team. I don't think they can beat Boston. I think they can beat everybody else in the league. So Boston Lakers, Knicks very very strong. Let's go to college football, very popular. Sport Ohio State just won to Natty, Michigan won the year before. Notre Dame in Texas are exceptional to me. Those are the four biggest brands in college football. BAM is big in the South, not as big nationally. It's Ohio State, Michigan, Notre Dame in Texas. They are all hummon. Michigan pulled back last year, landed the number one quarterback in the country. They'll be good again and this year I think are they hosting Ohio State this year instead of going on the road. I don't know, but they'll be very, very good. Let's go to college basketball. Last fifteen years Yukon and Duke. Duke's got the number one player Yukon back to back titles. I mean, even non sports, if you look at stock prices, the three biggest brands to be in the in the nation, you can argue just the biggest brands in the country, Apple, Amazon, Coca Cola up year over year and those are about as big a brands as you have in America Coke, Apple, and Amazon. I mean, the only thing that's appears to be missing. Let me think about this. Oh, the Dallas Cowboys are awful. They are the only big, huge, massive brand in America. That is awful. And they just had they just hired a coach and they dumped it on a Friday news dump And Dak Prescott said this yesterday at UH what do they say? The best problem, best way to correct a problem is to acknowledge you have a problem. So Stephen Jones about a month ago said drought. Remember he put it in quotes, drought like we're having at spend twenty nine years. It's a drought. Jerry Jones said over the weekend, Hey, we could have been here, and Dak Prescott talking about the Eagles and the Super Bowl going forward.

I'm not so like we compete with the Eagles and beat them for the most part, and that we've played them. I don't want to say check the record when that the guy's holding the trophy right now, so they're credit to them.

I'm not so like we compete with the Eagles and beat them for the most part, and that we've played them. I don't want to say check the record when that the guy's holding the trophy right now, so they're credit to them.

They've hearnd and they deserved it by all means. But yeah, very close.

They've hearnd and they deserved it by all means. But yeah, very close.

Okay, not quite acknowledging the issue. We think we can stack up with Philadelphia. You've got two guys who could play Ceedee Lamb and Micah. I'm not sure anybody else gets on the field. And I'm dead serious. Zach Martin maybe, but I'm not sure. The Cowboys have two starters, two that start for Philadelphia and Phillies players. Many of the best ones are like rookies in the second year guys. They're getting better. So I was thinking about this for the record. It also shows you how powerful the NFL is. They just got one hundred and twenty seven million people to watch the Game of record, and Dallas is in the toilet. But I told the staff this morning, if you just went to the NFC, forget the Ravens, forget Harbor, the Chargers, forget the Chiefs, forget Buffalo, forget those teams Houston. Let's just go to the NFC. If you told me next year the top ten teams in the NFC, I don't have Dallas in. I think Philadelphia easily the best roster, Detroit second best roster, Aiden Hutchinson coming back. Rams aren't missing on draft picks of Stafford's days. They Green Bay and Washington with Jayden Daniels are a handful. The Niners will figure it out when Christian McCaffrey gets healthy. I don't think they're a top three or four team, but they'll get better. Minnesota and Seattle have too many good players, and I think I think Baker's better than Dak. I'll put them nine, and I do think Ben Johnson in Chicago's roster will make noise. I don't know if their playoff team. Dallas is not in the same class as Philadelphia, and from what I've seen with Jaden Daniels, they're not close to Washington. So if Shador Sanders landed with the Giants, I'm not so sure Dallas isn't a fourth place team. So yesterday, as sort of a joke, I said the dynasty was dead. In Kansas City, I had a little tombstone. Let's be honest, we have a real tombstone. Go ahead, we can show the real tombstone. It's over. It's the last brand in American sports, I mean huge brand that is in the toilet. And it's not close Dak's second surgery. DAK is going to be the biggest salary cap hit in league history next year unless Jerry, who from what we can tell, is tapped, figures out a way to pay some of it early.

Okay, not quite acknowledging the issue. We think we can stack up with Philadelphia. You've got two guys who could play Ceedee Lamb and Micah. I'm not sure anybody else gets on the field. And I'm dead serious. Zach Martin maybe, but I'm not sure. The Cowboys have two starters, two that start for Philadelphia and Phillies players. Many of the best ones are like rookies in the second year guys. They're getting better. So I was thinking about this for the record. It also shows you how powerful the NFL is. They just got one hundred and twenty seven million people to watch the Game of record, and Dallas is in the toilet. But I told the staff this morning, if you just went to the NFC, forget the Ravens, forget Harbor, the Chargers, forget the Chiefs, forget Buffalo, forget those teams Houston. Let's just go to the NFC. If you told me next year the top ten teams in the NFC, I don't have Dallas in. I think Philadelphia easily the best roster, Detroit second best roster, Aiden Hutchinson coming back. Rams aren't missing on draft picks of Stafford's days. They Green Bay and Washington with Jayden Daniels are a handful. The Niners will figure it out when Christian McCaffrey gets healthy. I don't think they're a top three or four team, but they'll get better. Minnesota and Seattle have too many good players, and I think I think Baker's better than Dak. I'll put them nine, and I do think Ben Johnson in Chicago's roster will make noise. I don't know if their playoff team. Dallas is not in the same class as Philadelphia, and from what I've seen with Jaden Daniels, they're not close to Washington. So if Shador Sanders landed with the Giants, I'm not so sure Dallas isn't a fourth place team. So yesterday, as sort of a joke, I said the dynasty was dead. In Kansas City, I had a little tombstone. Let's be honest, we have a real tombstone. Go ahead, we can show the real tombstone. It's over. It's the last brand in American sports, I mean huge brand that is in the toilet. And it's not close Dak's second surgery. DAK is going to be the biggest salary cap hit in league history next year unless Jerry, who from what we can tell, is tapped, figures out a way to pay some of it early.

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Mark Sanchez, Fox Sports what a gift for us all year calling NFL games all year on Fox Now. But well, we're gonna go to a break eventually and get to the Jalen Hurt stuff. But here I'm thinking about this because I know you're gonna be on today. So listen. This happens all the time. You go into a game as a quarterback and you're like, well, protections not ideal, Okay, you're bringing a second tight end, get roll stuff out. And it was very obvious by the second series. Wow, we're getting beat on the O line man, the man in the in the games in your life where you felt your on line was outclassed. Do you have a lot of options or do you just come to terms very early I'm gonna get hit today. Yeah, I mean is what are you thinking emotionally as a quarterback? Because Patrick pretty early realized this is gonna be one two.

Mark Sanchez, Fox Sports what a gift for us all year calling NFL games all year on Fox Now. But well, we're gonna go to a break eventually and get to the Jalen Hurt stuff. But here I'm thinking about this because I know you're gonna be on today. So listen. This happens all the time. You go into a game as a quarterback and you're like, well, protections not ideal, Okay, you're bringing a second tight end, get roll stuff out. And it was very obvious by the second series. Wow, we're getting beat on the O line man, the man in the in the games in your life where you felt your on line was outclassed. Do you have a lot of options or do you just come to terms very early I'm gonna get hit today. Yeah, I mean is what are you thinking emotionally as a quarterback? Because Patrick pretty early realized this is gonna be one two.

Trouble and he had to move quite a bit even when he hit his back foot on number one. There's guys in his lap, there's guys affecting his vision, his stance in the pocket. He's getting hit all the time. You see the pick right here to Bond, People like, wow, what a bad throat, well, he gets hit literally when he gets rid of the ball, and as soon as he hit his back foot, he was under duress. And you got a credit Clint Hurt and this defensive line, their defensive line coach, and those players up front, they pushed the interior of the pocket. The ends just went off, I mean sweat those guys rushing off the edd. It was incredible. And when we talk about guys rushing rush lane integrity, not chasing the cheese and going for the sack, the sacks happen when you rush together, when you keep your rush lanes, you know true. And they were in lockstep together upfront, and you could say that about them this last really half of the season. And you know when you have Tony's an all pro left guard. He's not a tackle. That's you know, he won two championships with the Patriots, he's won two Super Bowls with the chief Like, he's an excellent player, but he's out of position. That's a really tough job, especially when those two big guys Davis and Carter are getting pressure on the interior where they're normally solid, so he doesn't have anywhere to step up to. They're coming over the walls on the edge. I mean, it's it's a lose, lose and very uncharacteristic of the Chiefs. They you know, their first three third downs before it got to third and nine plus for the rest of the game, their first three third downs were third and three. I believe incomplete, incomplete interception. WHOA what sequence is that? That doesn't that doesn't equate to the Chiefs. So, yeah, they had a rough night. It was a really rough night for him. But credit to the Eagles because they exploited him. Yeah, the.

Trouble and he had to move quite a bit even when he hit his back foot on number one. There's guys in his lap, there's guys affecting his vision, his stance in the pocket. He's getting hit all the time. You see the pick right here to Bond, People like, wow, what a bad throat, well, he gets hit literally when he gets rid of the ball, and as soon as he hit his back foot, he was under duress. And you got a credit Clint Hurt and this defensive line, their defensive line coach, and those players up front, they pushed the interior of the pocket. The ends just went off, I mean sweat those guys rushing off the edd. It was incredible. And when we talk about guys rushing rush lane integrity, not chasing the cheese and going for the sack, the sacks happen when you rush together, when you keep your rush lanes, you know true. And they were in lockstep together upfront, and you could say that about them this last really half of the season. And you know when you have Tony's an all pro left guard. He's not a tackle. That's you know, he won two championships with the Patriots, he's won two Super Bowls with the chief Like, he's an excellent player, but he's out of position. That's a really tough job, especially when those two big guys Davis and Carter are getting pressure on the interior where they're normally solid, so he doesn't have anywhere to step up to. They're coming over the walls on the edge. I mean, it's it's a lose, lose and very uncharacteristic of the Chiefs. They you know, their first three third downs before it got to third and nine plus for the rest of the game, their first three third downs were third and three. I believe incomplete, incomplete interception. WHOA what sequence is that? That doesn't that doesn't equate to the Chiefs. So, yeah, they had a rough night. It was a really rough night for him. But credit to the Eagles because they exploited him. Yeah, the.

When you watch the game, I just said this.

When you watch the game, I just said this.

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Philadelphia is a very aggressive franchise. And I said, I think I'd said this with you. They do things that often bad franchises do. They replace winning coaches, they move off good quarterbacks. But it works for them and Siriani his methodologies. For a lot of towns, you'd be like, dude, you're yelling with the fans. Philadelphia is a very unique the really important players like Saquon and Jalen Hurts. They're mature, they're understated. It's a fact. We talked about this last time. It's a fascinating organization that you have unique insight to. It is a combustible, intense, loud and as I watch them, I wonder if teams around the league watch them and think we're not aggressive enough.

Philadelphia is a very aggressive franchise. And I said, I think I'd said this with you. They do things that often bad franchises do. They replace winning coaches, they move off good quarterbacks. But it works for them and Siriani his methodologies. For a lot of towns, you'd be like, dude, you're yelling with the fans. Philadelphia is a very unique the really important players like Saquon and Jalen Hurts. They're mature, they're understated. It's a fact. We talked about this last time. It's a fascinating organization that you have unique insight to. It is a combustible, intense, loud and as I watch them, I wonder if teams around the league watch them and think we're not aggressive enough.

Sure, well, you got to credit Howie Roseman and some of these draft picks, the guys that have fallen in the draft and landed in their lap, whether it's Nikobe, Dean or Carter or whatever, for whatever reasons, they end up on this team. And Howie Roseman isn't afraid to go sign aj Brown, He wasn't afraid to go sign al Seon Jeffries. Sometimes I'm like, how does he even get the how do they come available? Like who's taking that phone call? But Howie Roseman, I mean, that guy's working his tailoff and it's you know, every other year they have one of the best rosters in the league and it's been impressive. But you look at the coordinators he's hired.

Sure, well, you got to credit Howie Roseman and some of these draft picks, the guys that have fallen in the draft and landed in their lap, whether it's Nikobe, Dean or Carter or whatever, for whatever reasons, they end up on this team. And Howie Roseman isn't afraid to go sign aj Brown, He wasn't afraid to go sign al Seon Jeffries. Sometimes I'm like, how does he even get the how do they come available? Like who's taking that phone call? But Howie Roseman, I mean, that guy's working his tailoff and it's you know, every other year they have one of the best rosters in the league and it's been impressive. But you look at the coordinators he's hired.

You know they've hit, they've missed, but they go right back, they.

You know they've hit, they've missed, but they go right back, they.

Get right back at it, and they keep the same core nucleus of guys with a couple of veterans, whether it's a Brandon Graham Darius Slay on defense, that kind of keep the the emotions in check. They're they're your locker room leaders. Yes. And when you talked about this being like a combustible kind of environment, like it matches the identity of the city, it completely matches. Yeah, where they play their fan base. It's very filly and it's it's exciting to watch. Just think about the two coordinators who got this team going right. They're two and two to start the year right, and you know you see the videos after the game of Philadelphia just like exploding, there's fires everywhere and people going nuts. Well, it was ready to be like that during their bye week week five, people were ready to fire. Everybody sucks. You know how he can't put a team together. It's like, dude, you guys have just been in the super Bowl, Like, relax, Okay, we're gonna be fine.

Get right back at it, and they keep the same core nucleus of guys with a couple of veterans, whether it's a Brandon Graham Darius Slay on defense, that kind of keep the the emotions in check. They're they're your locker room leaders. Yes. And when you talked about this being like a combustible kind of environment, like it matches the identity of the city, it completely matches. Yeah, where they play their fan base. It's very filly and it's it's exciting to watch. Just think about the two coordinators who got this team going right. They're two and two to start the year right, and you know you see the videos after the game of Philadelphia just like exploding, there's fires everywhere and people going nuts. Well, it was ready to be like that during their bye week week five, people were ready to fire. Everybody sucks. You know how he can't put a team together. It's like, dude, you guys have just been in the super Bowl, Like, relax, Okay, we're gonna be fine.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Well, they change up some stuff on defense. They played a lot more single high. They insert Cooper dejen They have two rookies playing in the secondary. Quinna Mitchell is not supposed to start the year, starts the year because Bradbury gets hurt and they get incredible production from two rookies in the secondary. So that in itself tells me vic Fanjo's got these guys dialed and he coached them hard. But look at their last two games, the most important games of their season, the Championship Game and the Super Bowl. The defense generated seven turnovers. The offense scored ninety five points. You can't beat that. You cannot beat that. You talk about running into a buzzsaw, and you talk about everybody's saying, oh, complimentary football, complimentary foot That is complimentary football. Jalen hurts through a really bad interception in the game. Did it last year against San Francisco? The defense got his back. Yeah, the defense just erased it. And that is complimentary football. Give the ball back to the offense, and god forbid the offense gives it away. We got your back. Let's not make a habit of it, but we got your back and it was impressive.

Well, they change up some stuff on defense. They played a lot more single high. They insert Cooper dejen They have two rookies playing in the secondary. Quinna Mitchell is not supposed to start the year, starts the year because Bradbury gets hurt and they get incredible production from two rookies in the secondary. So that in itself tells me vic Fanjo's got these guys dialed and he coached them hard. But look at their last two games, the most important games of their season, the Championship Game and the Super Bowl. The defense generated seven turnovers. The offense scored ninety five points. You can't beat that. You cannot beat that. You talk about running into a buzzsaw, and you talk about everybody's saying, oh, complimentary football, complimentary foot That is complimentary football. Jalen hurts through a really bad interception in the game. Did it last year against San Francisco? The defense got his back. Yeah, the defense just erased it. And that is complimentary football. Give the ball back to the offense, and god forbid the offense gives it away. We got your back. Let's not make a habit of it, but we got your back and it was impressive.

Yeah, I want let me ask you the Travis Kelcey. He had a bite earlier we played on the show on his podcast where he's like, listen, man, I've been playing three extra games for several years, and like Lebron, that's Lebron's played three years in the playoffs. His playoff games equal a season of playing That's right, It's insane. Those are intense and so I'll get Travis Kelcey, and you play a position where you're blocking often the best athlete and the other team, and all these three games, three games, three games, when could and forget the production part. When did you know, physically and emotionally for you, man, I don't want to go to camp. And I asked that respectfully because first of all, season ends, give yourself three weeks off with whoever. But was there an epiphany for you driving around something and thinking I don't want.

Yeah, I want let me ask you the Travis Kelcey. He had a bite earlier we played on the show on his podcast where he's like, listen, man, I've been playing three extra games for several years, and like Lebron, that's Lebron's played three years in the playoffs. His playoff games equal a season of playing That's right, It's insane. Those are intense and so I'll get Travis Kelcey, and you play a position where you're blocking often the best athlete and the other team, and all these three games, three games, three games, when could and forget the production part. When did you know, physically and emotionally for you, man, I don't want to go to camp. And I asked that respectfully because first of all, season ends, give yourself three weeks off with whoever. But was there an epiphany for you driving around something and thinking I don't want.

To do this?

To do this?

Well, the last couple of years, you know, you have this epiphany when you realize the warm up and cool down for practice almost takes longer than practice. You know, the warm up takes longer than the workout. You're like, dang, okay, well let's see how many more we can squeeze out of this thing. And you know, like Draymond Green's, hey, you got to ride it till the wheels fall off because at some point you're gonna be older and wishing you could still play. So I think you still got another year in him. I think they'll take a little bit off of his plate, especially when it comes to blocking. I think they need a true blocking tight end because Haim and Noah Gray are similar skill set. Yeah, so I think that would help him. But I mean, Kansas City's not going anywhere. You got fifteen at quarterback. He laid an egg and one super Okay, fine, Like I'm fine with that. Like whatever. You know, Lebron's lost six champions or something like, We're okay, They're gonna be just fine. They'll retool. I think Kelsey's got got one more season in.

Well, the last couple of years, you know, you have this epiphany when you realize the warm up and cool down for practice almost takes longer than practice. You know, the warm up takes longer than the workout. You're like, dang, okay, well let's see how many more we can squeeze out of this thing. And you know, like Draymond Green's, hey, you got to ride it till the wheels fall off because at some point you're gonna be older and wishing you could still play. So I think you still got another year in him. I think they'll take a little bit off of his plate, especially when it comes to blocking. I think they need a true blocking tight end because Haim and Noah Gray are similar skill set. Yeah, so I think that would help him. But I mean, Kansas City's not going anywhere. You got fifteen at quarterback. He laid an egg and one super Okay, fine, Like I'm fine with that. Like whatever. You know, Lebron's lost six champions or something like, We're okay, They're gonna be just fine. They'll retool. I think Kelsey's got got one more season in.

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The NFL. Now we have another game, they're probably at another game. There's much more international travel. Off seasons for US. It's free agency, it's the draft. You start looking at Philadelphia's roster, Kansas City, there's some great older players. What does an off season look like? Win or lose this game?

The NFL. Now we have another game, they're probably at another game. There's much more international travel. Off seasons for US. It's free agency, it's the draft. You start looking at Philadelphia's roster, Kansas City, there's some great older players. What does an off season look like? Win or lose this game?

Is it?

Is it?

Is it different? When you I mean, you tell me what does an off season for Patrick Mahomes look like? How long do you shut it down?

Is it different? When you I mean, you tell me what does an off season for Patrick Mahomes look like? How long do you shut it down?

Yeah? I think, uh, you're never like completely shut down, but like you're going for a bike ride, you're swimming, you're doing some other stuff just to stay active. But I don't think he's just gonna take like two months off. He can't totally do that. He's probably not gonna start throwing right away, But you know he's he's gonna take a little time, let the emotions settle down, get to the truth of the game. Where was I good? Where was I bad?

Yeah? I think, uh, you're never like completely shut down, but like you're going for a bike ride, you're swimming, you're doing some other stuff just to stay active. But I don't think he's just gonna take like two months off. He can't totally do that. He's probably not gonna start throwing right away, But you know he's he's gonna take a little time, let the emotions settle down, get to the truth of the game. Where was I good? Where was I bad?

What?

What?

What reads did I miss about? How was my folk footwork? You know, grade yourself, tell the truth and then move on and go play again. And he's gonna be once again. He's gonna be just fine. These Chiefs are gonna be just fine. It's they ran into an incredible team that was playing really well as superstars all over the place. And the guys that needed to fill in some holes for him. I mean, you loseing to Kobe Dean and Orn Burks comes in, yeah, and generates turnovers for your offense, like for your defense, gives the ball back to the offense. I mean, the two rookies who had to step in and play. Avonte Maddox doesn't play as much. Then when he does get in later in the year in the Super Bowl, he bats away a crucial third down. I mean, that's a guy who could have easily tanked right. Cooper dejen took his spot after the bye week early in the year and doesn't play as much. I mean, he could have packed it in, but that's a testament to their locker room, to Howie Roseman, to the head coach, to all the guys, getting these guys ready to play, keeping them a part of it. And you know, that's how you build a championship roster. You could tell they were together and once again, Chief slay an egg. They'll be back.

What reads did I miss about? How was my folk footwork? You know, grade yourself, tell the truth and then move on and go play again. And he's gonna be once again. He's gonna be just fine. These Chiefs are gonna be just fine. It's they ran into an incredible team that was playing really well as superstars all over the place. And the guys that needed to fill in some holes for him. I mean, you loseing to Kobe Dean and Orn Burks comes in, yeah, and generates turnovers for your offense, like for your defense, gives the ball back to the offense. I mean, the two rookies who had to step in and play. Avonte Maddox doesn't play as much. Then when he does get in later in the year in the Super Bowl, he bats away a crucial third down. I mean, that's a guy who could have easily tanked right. Cooper dejen took his spot after the bye week early in the year and doesn't play as much. I mean, he could have packed it in, but that's a testament to their locker room, to Howie Roseman, to the head coach, to all the guys, getting these guys ready to play, keeping them a part of it. And you know, that's how you build a championship roster. You could tell they were together and once again, Chief slay an egg. They'll be back.

All right, we're gonna come back. You have some film, some tape on Jalen Hurts.

All right, we're gonna come back. You have some film, some tape on Jalen Hurts.

He's an eraser. He's an eraser. He he just does stuff different than other quarterbacks. He can get away with the li It's pretty fun to watch.

He's an eraser. He's an eraser. He he just does stuff different than other quarterbacks. He can get away with the li It's pretty fun to watch.

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So many of the things Mark Sanchez talks about we can't talk about yet on the air. That's a bummer, but you know what it it fortifies us to pursue what he's talking about and make calls. You're like the whisper, You're a little nugget. You're the personnel whisperer and we just have to do it from there. Okay, So Jalen Hurts, you know, Greg Cosel came on earlier and he said, you know, one of the things they asked him to do and he does really well, is that sideline route. Like, not all quarterbacks can make all throws, but some quarterbacks have throws. They're brilliant at the goball. Yeah, yeah, I mean beautiful, beautiful at it. So let's give it, let's go to the film room.

So many of the things Mark Sanchez talks about we can't talk about yet on the air. That's a bummer, but you know what it it fortifies us to pursue what he's talking about and make calls. You're like the whisper, You're a little nugget. You're the personnel whisperer and we just have to do it from there. Okay, So Jalen Hurts, you know, Greg Cosel came on earlier and he said, you know, one of the things they asked him to do and he does really well, is that sideline route. Like, not all quarterbacks can make all throws, but some quarterbacks have throws. They're brilliant at the goball. Yeah, yeah, I mean beautiful, beautiful at it. So let's give it, let's go to the film room.

I thought he did such an excellent job. And this is credit to Kellen Moore. I mean, the Saints fans, that fan base should be excited about what they're getting in him as a head coach. But he cut the field in half for Jalen Hurts and let him just kind of pick a side. Why to make it easier on the quarterback and to eliminate a lot of the trash from that defense. You get a ton of exotic looks when you play Steve Spagnola. So he wants him to just be dialed in on a two or three man concept and keep his eyes there. And when it wasn't that, when it was essentially a full field read, we talked about a sprinkler going across the grass. Right, he just could start on one side and let everything else come to his vision. So there's like a two man combination, and everything else is chasing that two man combination. And it's a pure progression type idea. When you play exotic defenses, you're not going to know exactly where they're at till the ball snapped, and you don't want to be racing looking, Oh do I pick this side or that side? No, we're going to start on this side. Everything else is going to come into your vision. And then, oh, by the way, this guy can make up for a lot with his legs. Remember his best throw is the go ball. The other best thing he does is you run with the football. He's their leading rusher for a reason. So when you watch this third down, it makes a ton of sense. But he's gonna recognize it's man to man. McDuffie's gonna travel with Devonte Smith. And when McDuffie was playing either AJ Brown one on one, they took some shots up the field and they took their chances and AJ Brown won. Well, when they didn't have him on AJ Brown, they would bracket him and make sure he's not gonna beat him. We got to take away Saquon and we got to find a way to double or you know, get enough pressure so we can't throw it to aj Brown, So this time they double him and then they're gonna go one on one with the back. Bolton a lot of times would cover the back and keep him in the protection so he doesn't leak out and give Hurts easy completions. So these two man combos I was talking about, you cut the field in half, start on the right side, high angle corner, and the out route to god Her It's gonna be Manda Man. He saw the motion, so he knows is gonna take a little longer. He gets to the top of his drop and you're to see there goes the shallow chasing the two man combination. So that's gonna come right into his vision. He can keep his eyes to the right, but he has such good feel in the pocket knowing when it's man to man that if he sees a rush lane, this dude is gone and he gets to top speed fast. He's already looking away from Goddard before this ball, before he breaks on his route. Manning, Brady, Breeze, Golf Stafford, all these guys. That ball goes to Goddard. It's a tight window throw. The ball goes to Goddard, Jalen hurts, he kills you on a third and five and scrambles for nineteen. I mean, those were some of his biggest plays in the game, as he just erased those third downs with his legs. Yeah, and the defense is like, we're in position, We're forcing him to make tight window throws and this guy just tucks the ball and takes off for nineteen on a third and five. I mean, get out of here. Like, I wish I could do that, right, I wish I could do. The quarterbacks pray for that ability, and this guy has it in Spain. And so I think that's where he really elevated his game all year long. And I think Kellen Moore had him in such a good headspace. Nus Meyer had him in such a good frame of mind to get through those progressions and whenever you want, if you feel that crease, you feel that lane, dude, do what you do, go take off. And I mean he really mastered it in that game. It was it was pretty fun to watch.

I thought he did such an excellent job. And this is credit to Kellen Moore. I mean, the Saints fans, that fan base should be excited about what they're getting in him as a head coach. But he cut the field in half for Jalen Hurts and let him just kind of pick a side. Why to make it easier on the quarterback and to eliminate a lot of the trash from that defense. You get a ton of exotic looks when you play Steve Spagnola. So he wants him to just be dialed in on a two or three man concept and keep his eyes there. And when it wasn't that, when it was essentially a full field read, we talked about a sprinkler going across the grass. Right, he just could start on one side and let everything else come to his vision. So there's like a two man combination, and everything else is chasing that two man combination. And it's a pure progression type idea. When you play exotic defenses, you're not going to know exactly where they're at till the ball snapped, and you don't want to be racing looking, Oh do I pick this side or that side? No, we're going to start on this side. Everything else is going to come into your vision. And then, oh, by the way, this guy can make up for a lot with his legs. Remember his best throw is the go ball. The other best thing he does is you run with the football. He's their leading rusher for a reason. So when you watch this third down, it makes a ton of sense. But he's gonna recognize it's man to man. McDuffie's gonna travel with Devonte Smith. And when McDuffie was playing either AJ Brown one on one, they took some shots up the field and they took their chances and AJ Brown won. Well, when they didn't have him on AJ Brown, they would bracket him and make sure he's not gonna beat him. We got to take away Saquon and we got to find a way to double or you know, get enough pressure so we can't throw it to aj Brown, So this time they double him and then they're gonna go one on one with the back. Bolton a lot of times would cover the back and keep him in the protection so he doesn't leak out and give Hurts easy completions. So these two man combos I was talking about, you cut the field in half, start on the right side, high angle corner, and the out route to god Her It's gonna be Manda Man. He saw the motion, so he knows is gonna take a little longer. He gets to the top of his drop and you're to see there goes the shallow chasing the two man combination. So that's gonna come right into his vision. He can keep his eyes to the right, but he has such good feel in the pocket knowing when it's man to man that if he sees a rush lane, this dude is gone and he gets to top speed fast. He's already looking away from Goddard before this ball, before he breaks on his route. Manning, Brady, Breeze, Golf Stafford, all these guys. That ball goes to Goddard. It's a tight window throw. The ball goes to Goddard, Jalen hurts, he kills you on a third and five and scrambles for nineteen. I mean, those were some of his biggest plays in the game, as he just erased those third downs with his legs. Yeah, and the defense is like, we're in position, We're forcing him to make tight window throws and this guy just tucks the ball and takes off for nineteen on a third and five. I mean, get out of here. Like, I wish I could do that, right, I wish I could do. The quarterbacks pray for that ability, and this guy has it in Spain. And so I think that's where he really elevated his game all year long. And I think Kellen Moore had him in such a good headspace. Nus Meyer had him in such a good frame of mind to get through those progressions and whenever you want, if you feel that crease, you feel that lane, dude, do what you do, go take off. And I mean he really mastered it in that game. It was it was pretty fun to watch.

It's interesting. So when he had Shane Stike and he was an MVP, then they went to a coordinator not as good. He goes back to Kellen Moore. I feel like Kellen's really cleaned him up. Now that's not a knock on Stikeen, but all young quarterbacks, you know, this is a fast game. What's great to me about Jalen is you get almost no mistakes anymore.

It's interesting. So when he had Shane Stike and he was an MVP, then they went to a coordinator not as good. He goes back to Kellen Moore. I feel like Kellen's really cleaned him up. Now that's not a knock on Stikeen, but all young quarterbacks, you know, this is a fast game. What's great to me about Jalen is you get almost no mistakes anymore.

You're right the one key interception and the defense erase and it was kind of a well they got pressure on They had a couple free runners on him early and he got rid of the ball. That one he got fooled a little bit on the look at least it was a home run and just launched it, but the defense got on the ball right back. It almost worked out like a punt. They should have got three points out of it, right. But you know, once again the complimentary football stuff, letting him just track his guy across the field, throw the one on one, go balls up the field, like that's what he does. Well, let's let's get him to do that. We know they're gonna try and take away our fastball in Saquon Barkley, and they did. They They're like one of the only teams to slow them down. So he was really essentially a non factor in the run game. But then you gotta count count for the quarterback run and that's where you know they went to the change up the curveball. They have some other pitches there and credit to the Eagles attack man. That was that was That was incredible.

You're right the one key interception and the defense erase and it was kind of a well they got pressure on They had a couple free runners on him early and he got rid of the ball. That one he got fooled a little bit on the look at least it was a home run and just launched it, but the defense got on the ball right back. It almost worked out like a punt. They should have got three points out of it, right. But you know, once again the complimentary football stuff, letting him just track his guy across the field, throw the one on one, go balls up the field, like that's what he does. Well, let's let's get him to do that. We know they're gonna try and take away our fastball in Saquon Barkley, and they did. They They're like one of the only teams to slow them down. So he was really essentially a non factor in the run game. But then you gotta count count for the quarterback run and that's where you know they went to the change up the curveball. They have some other pitches there and credit to the Eagles attack man. That was that was That was incredible.

When you go back to your playoff runs, you're in New York, even though you may not win a super Bowl, you're beating Manning, you're beating Brady. You're a young quarterback. It could be very distracting. Like Jalen Hurts is gonna get commercials. He's a good looking guy. Like go back to your early career. You're in New York, You're beating Brady and Foxborough. It may not be a super Bowl, but man, the world gets big fast. Yeah. I mean seriously, it's it's it's your good looking guy. The world of Jalen hurt.

When you go back to your playoff runs, you're in New York, even though you may not win a super Bowl, you're beating Manning, you're beating Brady. You're a young quarterback. It could be very distracting. Like Jalen Hurts is gonna get commercials. He's a good looking guy. Like go back to your early career. You're in New York, You're beating Brady and Foxborough. It may not be a super Bowl, but man, the world gets big fast. Yeah. I mean seriously, it's it's it's your good looking guy. The world of Jalen hurt.

Oh, it's gonna explode eplow and grow exponentially. It's it's gonna be interesting to watch.

Oh, it's gonna explode eplow and grow exponentially. It's it's gonna be interesting to watch.

You know.

You know.

It's just another challenge for him, another hurdle. This you know he was he they had this revenge kind of you know, rematch kind of chip on their shoulder and people counted us out early. Now you're the favorite and it's you know, uh, overcoming adversity and now it's dealing with success, and the Chiefs have shown a blueprint on kind of how to do that. But for him, now it's now it's kind of expected. Hey, this is who you are. You've proven on the biggest stage that you're gonna play a fish and football. You know you're gonna use your legs, You're gonna beat these defenses and make great decisions. Well, okay, this is now your new normal. The bar has been raised. Let's let's keep seeing it. And you know it's it's gonna be a great challenge for him. But he's got a heck of a team coming back. They got to figure out the OC.

It's just another challenge for him, another hurdle. This you know he was he they had this revenge kind of you know, rematch kind of chip on their shoulder and people counted us out early. Now you're the favorite and it's you know, uh, overcoming adversity and now it's dealing with success, and the Chiefs have shown a blueprint on kind of how to do that. But for him, now it's now it's kind of expected. Hey, this is who you are. You've proven on the biggest stage that you're gonna play a fish and football. You know you're gonna use your legs, You're gonna beat these defenses and make great decisions. Well, okay, this is now your new normal. The bar has been raised. Let's let's keep seeing it. And you know it's it's gonna be a great challenge for him. But he's got a heck of a team coming back. They got to figure out the OC.

But you know, his entire group, his manager all women, That's true, fascinating. He's got a you know his parents are both educators. I think dad was a football coach. This is a guy what I really This really jumps out to me how secure he is in himself. He could be so bitter. Yeah he could, you could. I mean he got he got sat during a national championship game. A lot of doubters, second second round back. I mean the offense this year, you got you got a J. Brown reading on the sideline. Hey, the offense runs through sakes, it's noisy. He's a very secure kid.

But you know, his entire group, his manager all women, That's true, fascinating. He's got a you know his parents are both educators. I think dad was a football coach. This is a guy what I really This really jumps out to me how secure he is in himself. He could be so bitter. Yeah he could, you could. I mean he got he got sat during a national championship game. A lot of doubters, second second round back. I mean the offense this year, you got you got a J. Brown reading on the sideline. Hey, the offense runs through sakes, it's noisy. He's a very secure kid.

To me, it's he's just so I like watching his press conferences because he almost speaks in like I don't know if you've ever seen the Avengers, but he speaks in like Thanos quotes, like he speaks in these you know, he gives like great cliche and you know, like and he's and he's well spoken. You know, he's a real adult. He seems very mature, and it's it's fun a lot. I mean, when you can move the ball like that and go to your you know, off speed pitch, when they take away your fastball, that's that's not easy to do, especially against that team, especially against UH on the biggest s days in the world.

To me, it's he's just so I like watching his press conferences because he almost speaks in like I don't know if you've ever seen the Avengers, but he speaks in like Thanos quotes, like he speaks in these you know, he gives like great cliche and you know, like and he's and he's well spoken. You know, he's a real adult. He seems very mature, and it's it's fun a lot. I mean, when you can move the ball like that and go to your you know, off speed pitch, when they take away your fastball, that's that's not easy to do, especially against that team, especially against UH on the biggest s days in the world.

Let me ask you, there's guy, there's Stafford rumors. I mean there's a lot of rumors.

Let me ask you, there's guy, there's Stafford rumors. I mean there's a lot of rumors.

Wow.

Wow.

Now, let's be honest. We've had in the last four or five years. Russell moved, Kirk Cousins moved, Stafford moved. This is becoming the league. Like there's big swings. So you're let's say you're Aaron Rodgers, you have a very good career, you win a ring MVP, you go to New York, little choppy, and then you're think you're sitting to yourself. Played pretty well, Aaron played pretty darn well.