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It's The Herd. Wherever you may be, however you may be listening. Thanks for making us part of your day. I just got this sent to me. Give Aaron Gleiman credit. The Yankees. We talked about this. I was talking to a friend last night. He goes, when you compare the Yankees to those American League Central teams like the Guardians, they look dominant.

It's The Herd. Wherever you may be, however you may be listening. Thanks for making us part of your day. I just got this sent to me. Give Aaron Gleiman credit. The Yankees. We talked about this. I was talking to a friend last night. He goes, when you compare the Yankees to those American League Central teams like the Guardians, they look dominant.

When you compare them the Yankees, they don't have to go. They don't have enough good players, and when Aaron Judge isn't hitting, they're just not that special of a team. They're totally lopsided. Stanton Soto now has to carry the off. Oh Tami's hurt. Who cares? Bets Freddie Freeman. I mean, Monci will hit, it doesn't matter. Tommy Edmond. It doesn't mean the Yankees literally now have two guys who can deliver power. That's it. The Dodgers don't, so listen to this stat The Yankees are now fourteen and twenty nine in the playoffs since twenty ten when not facing American League Central teams. So they just own the weaker American League Central. They can't beat anybody else, and so they have not won a playoff series versus a non American League Central team since twenty twelve. I hope that's right. I'm reading that. Yeah, yeah, that's I mean, that's what it feels like. They own that division. But I mean they always struggle with Houston. When Houston's on fire, they're getting beaten out of the Dodgers, and it doesn't look it doesn't look necessarily that close. They don't look like they stack up. I was talking to somebody last night. Tommy Edmond is batting like eight or nine is the MVP of the Nationalague Championship Series. I mean, he's doing it defensively, he's doing it offensively, he can run. There's just so much diversity and balance in the Dodgers lineup. I don't think the Yankees can compete in and then Walker Bueller's wiggling out of jams last night. It's like it's over. The series is over all right. We do it every Tuesday at this time. The top ten teams in the NFL. I like the top. I'm not sure about the bottom. Here we go, heard hierarchy, No go.

When you compare them the Yankees, they don't have to go. They don't have enough good players, and when Aaron Judge isn't hitting, they're just not that special of a team. They're totally lopsided. Stanton Soto now has to carry the off. Oh Tami's hurt. Who cares? Bets Freddie Freeman. I mean, Monci will hit, it doesn't matter. Tommy Edmond. It doesn't mean the Yankees literally now have two guys who can deliver power. That's it. The Dodgers don't, so listen to this stat The Yankees are now fourteen and twenty nine in the playoffs since twenty ten when not facing American League Central teams. So they just own the weaker American League Central. They can't beat anybody else, and so they have not won a playoff series versus a non American League Central team since twenty twelve. I hope that's right. I'm reading that. Yeah, yeah, that's I mean, that's what it feels like. They own that division. But I mean they always struggle with Houston. When Houston's on fire, they're getting beaten out of the Dodgers, and it doesn't look it doesn't look necessarily that close. They don't look like they stack up. I was talking to somebody last night. Tommy Edmond is batting like eight or nine is the MVP of the Nationalague Championship Series. I mean, he's doing it defensively, he's doing it offensively, he can run. There's just so much diversity and balance in the Dodgers lineup. I don't think the Yankees can compete in and then Walker Bueller's wiggling out of jams last night. It's like it's over. The series is over all right. We do it every Tuesday at this time. The top ten teams in the NFL. I like the top. I'm not sure about the bottom. Here we go, heard hierarchy, No go.

The top ten NFL teams according to College number ten.

The top ten NFL teams according to College number ten.

I'm gonna put the Commanders in. They had four hundred and eighty yards against the Bears. I thought, I mean, they needed to hail Mary to beat the Bears. I thought they were the significantly better coach team and better team. They've won six of seven games. They're only lost to the Ravens, and that was competitive. They don't give away the ball at all. They're well coached. They only have three giveaways all season. I think they need to go out and get a corner at the trade deadline. I've got the Commanders at ten, number nine Steelers. I mean, they went again. It looks like they found the answer at quarterback. Is it the ultimate answer? Well, Russell Wilson is getting the ball to George Pickens. That is obvious that Pickens now is thriving. Russell Wilson has twenty one straight games with at least one touchdown pass longest active streak, even longer than Mahomes and listen throwing the ball down the field fifteen plus yards. He was eight of ten. So this is Russell like Seattle. You know, it's like Seattle. Light defensive culture, good run game, tough at home, couple playmakers. Russell two or three times downfield, makes a play. Number eight the Texans, Listen, Nico Collins to Von Diggs aren't around, so it's hard to judge this team. What I worry about is the pressure that CJ. Stroud facing, like he's getting hit. Third most SAT quarterback in the NFL. But again, like Washington, I love the young quarterback. I like the coach. They just don't have their playmakers healthy. But I think this is a team that can win a playoff game or maybe two. Number seven Philadelphia big concerns about the coach. But Jalen Hurts I said this, it feels like the last couple of weeks they figured out. Let's close in on what we asked Jalen Hurts to do. He was nine for nine in the second half against the Bengals. He's running more, he's throwing less, he's cutting down on the turnovers, and the Eagles are thirteen and one when Hurtz has no turnovers. So I think Philadelphia has looked at it and said, we're not gonna throw it thirty five times a game. He's gonna run ten times, he's gonna throw twenty times, gonna keep it within certain boundaries. And this roster is excellent. Philliate seven number six the Packers again, Malik Willis is three to zero. You know you worry about I don't worry about much other than Jordan Love's help. But I really like the organization. I think this team could improve more than any in the NFL because they're so young. I think we're just we're on the precipice of seeing this team going a five or a six game heater in December and January, where they could they surpass Detroit. But you got Jordan Loves banged up. It just speaks to the stability and continuity of the franchise that Tennessee bailed on Malik Willis and he is three and oh as a starter and they put him on the roster.

I'm gonna put the Commanders in. They had four hundred and eighty yards against the Bears. I thought, I mean, they needed to hail Mary to beat the Bears. I thought they were the significantly better coach team and better team. They've won six of seven games. They're only lost to the Ravens, and that was competitive. They don't give away the ball at all. They're well coached. They only have three giveaways all season. I think they need to go out and get a corner at the trade deadline. I've got the Commanders at ten, number nine Steelers. I mean, they went again. It looks like they found the answer at quarterback. Is it the ultimate answer? Well, Russell Wilson is getting the ball to George Pickens. That is obvious that Pickens now is thriving. Russell Wilson has twenty one straight games with at least one touchdown pass longest active streak, even longer than Mahomes and listen throwing the ball down the field fifteen plus yards. He was eight of ten. So this is Russell like Seattle. You know, it's like Seattle. Light defensive culture, good run game, tough at home, couple playmakers. Russell two or three times downfield, makes a play. Number eight the Texans, Listen, Nico Collins to Von Diggs aren't around, so it's hard to judge this team. What I worry about is the pressure that CJ. Stroud facing, like he's getting hit. Third most SAT quarterback in the NFL. But again, like Washington, I love the young quarterback. I like the coach. They just don't have their playmakers healthy. But I think this is a team that can win a playoff game or maybe two. Number seven Philadelphia big concerns about the coach. But Jalen Hurts I said this, it feels like the last couple of weeks they figured out. Let's close in on what we asked Jalen Hurts to do. He was nine for nine in the second half against the Bengals. He's running more, he's throwing less, he's cutting down on the turnovers, and the Eagles are thirteen and one when Hurtz has no turnovers. So I think Philadelphia has looked at it and said, we're not gonna throw it thirty five times a game. He's gonna run ten times, he's gonna throw twenty times, gonna keep it within certain boundaries. And this roster is excellent. Philliate seven number six the Packers again, Malik Willis is three to zero. You know you worry about I don't worry about much other than Jordan Love's help. But I really like the organization. I think this team could improve more than any in the NFL because they're so young. I think we're just we're on the precipice of seeing this team going a five or a six game heater in December and January, where they could they surpass Detroit. But you got Jordan Loves banged up. It just speaks to the stability and continuity of the franchise that Tennessee bailed on Malik Willis and he is three and oh as a starter and they put him on the roster.

He hadn't been here a year.

He hadn't been here a year.

They put him on during the fifty three men like Roster cut the kid's barely been in town.

They put him on during the fifty three men like Roster cut the kid's barely been in town.

Number five the forty nine ers.

Number five the forty nine ers.

Now, actually they're undervalued because all their games are standalone or national TV. We pick them apart like the Cowboys. Well, the Cowboys are bad, the Niners are good. They are three and oh this season when Purdy does not have a turnover in fifteen and oh since brought pretty arrive when he doesn't have a turnover, and they're getting healthy, McCaffrey probably plays in a couple of weeks. Jennings is coming back. They're all beat up. But I thought they were overvalued early. Now I think they're as they're getting healthy, they're a bit undervalued.

Now, actually they're undervalued because all their games are standalone or national TV. We pick them apart like the Cowboys. Well, the Cowboys are bad, the Niners are good. They are three and oh this season when Purdy does not have a turnover in fifteen and oh since brought pretty arrive when he doesn't have a turnover, and they're getting healthy, McCaffrey probably plays in a couple of weeks. Jennings is coming back. They're all beat up. But I thought they were overvalued early. Now I think they're as they're getting healthy, they're a bit undervalued.

Number four.

Number four.

I still love the Ravens. But here's the thing with the Ravens. Number one rush defense and yet the worst pass defense, number one total offense. But also they've allowed the most plays of twenty plus yards. So they're gonna be in a lot of track meets and they're gonna win most of these track meets. But you saw it against Cleveland. This is a team where I get so much explosion offensively, but I do think it hurts them in January and February. If you get gashed, you can outplay teams and lose, and that's what Baltimore does. They have the most big plays and surrender the most big plays. Ravens at four, number three, I feel like I'm getting Josh Allen without the mistakes. They're a bully against average teams, six to zero against teams that are five hundred or worse, and they're zero and two against teams like the Ravens and Texans. So sometimes they're not as finely tuned as I like. But again, I feel like Green Bay. I get some cultural stability here within the organization. They're not allowing sacks, the second fewest giveaways in the league, so it's a much cleaner version, a much more polished version offensively than in previous years. Buffalo at three, number two. You could put Detroit at number one, but Kansas City's there until they lose. I mean, this team's blowing people out. They have more touchdowns twenty four than incompletions twenty over the last five games. Best offensive line. Do I trust Dan Campbell situationally in a big spot. I'm not sure if I do. He gets very emotional, but that emotion is what built this culture, and I've got so much respect. I mean, I said this week when they played the Titans, it looked like Bama during the Saban dynasty and Citadel came to town. It wasn't a competitive NFL game. And you get about four of those a season. Number one the Chiefs, It's so funny. They're so nuanced now, second best third down offense, but the fewest big plays. Forget the Tyreek Hill days, those are over. What they are is great in moments, great in goal line stands, great on third down, great on opening drive. They do all the Belichick Brady dynasty and New England things. In the biggest, highest leverage moments, they're great. But the ceiling offensively, now they'll get Rashi Rice, who knows if he comes back, They're going to get Hollywood Brown, Juju Smith, Schuster. So the offense will get some of its big play potential back. But right now, what the Chiefs are is great in moments. I'm not sure it's a great team yet. Only Detroit, however, would be worthy of a one. And until the Chiefs lose, I'll keep him there. And with that, Danny Parkins now Nick Wright not available, so we want Danny Parkins joining US Live, former Chicago radio host, and that's where you grew up. You know, it's funny we go back to the Bears. There's so many issues. I said, I was rooting you sue hail Mary. I feel bad for the losing team. I'm like, oh, they outplayed him. I was rooting for the hail Mary to work. I was so disgusted by some of the Chicago stuff. You've got friends in Chicago's still spend some time there. I'm surprised iber Flus has sort of escaped this criticism. Does he deserve more after that loss? Oh?

I still love the Ravens. But here's the thing with the Ravens. Number one rush defense and yet the worst pass defense, number one total offense. But also they've allowed the most plays of twenty plus yards. So they're gonna be in a lot of track meets and they're gonna win most of these track meets. But you saw it against Cleveland. This is a team where I get so much explosion offensively, but I do think it hurts them in January and February. If you get gashed, you can outplay teams and lose, and that's what Baltimore does. They have the most big plays and surrender the most big plays. Ravens at four, number three, I feel like I'm getting Josh Allen without the mistakes. They're a bully against average teams, six to zero against teams that are five hundred or worse, and they're zero and two against teams like the Ravens and Texans. So sometimes they're not as finely tuned as I like. But again, I feel like Green Bay. I get some cultural stability here within the organization. They're not allowing sacks, the second fewest giveaways in the league, so it's a much cleaner version, a much more polished version offensively than in previous years. Buffalo at three, number two. You could put Detroit at number one, but Kansas City's there until they lose. I mean, this team's blowing people out. They have more touchdowns twenty four than incompletions twenty over the last five games. Best offensive line. Do I trust Dan Campbell situationally in a big spot. I'm not sure if I do. He gets very emotional, but that emotion is what built this culture, and I've got so much respect. I mean, I said this week when they played the Titans, it looked like Bama during the Saban dynasty and Citadel came to town. It wasn't a competitive NFL game. And you get about four of those a season. Number one the Chiefs, It's so funny. They're so nuanced now, second best third down offense, but the fewest big plays. Forget the Tyreek Hill days, those are over. What they are is great in moments, great in goal line stands, great on third down, great on opening drive. They do all the Belichick Brady dynasty and New England things. In the biggest, highest leverage moments, they're great. But the ceiling offensively, now they'll get Rashi Rice, who knows if he comes back, They're going to get Hollywood Brown, Juju Smith, Schuster. So the offense will get some of its big play potential back. But right now, what the Chiefs are is great in moments. I'm not sure it's a great team yet. Only Detroit, however, would be worthy of a one. And until the Chiefs lose, I'll keep him there. And with that, Danny Parkins now Nick Wright not available, so we want Danny Parkins joining US Live, former Chicago radio host, and that's where you grew up. You know, it's funny we go back to the Bears. There's so many issues. I said, I was rooting you sue hail Mary. I feel bad for the losing team. I'm like, oh, they outplayed him. I was rooting for the hail Mary to work. I was so disgusted by some of the Chicago stuff. You've got friends in Chicago's still spend some time there. I'm surprised iber Flus has sort of escaped this criticism. Does he deserve more after that loss? Oh?

I don't think he's escaped this criticism in Chicago, certainly not for my friends or the media, but also colin his players.

I don't think he's escaped this criticism in Chicago, certainly not for my friends or the media, but also colin his players.

It's a very empowered roster that he has.

It's a very empowered roster that he has.

DJ Moore went on the Score the next morning and said, I didn't like the play call of giving the ball to the backup center on the goal line. Kevin Byer, the safety, said we should have played more up on the play before the hail Mary that gave the Commanders an.

DJ Moore went on the Score the next morning and said, I didn't like the play call of giving the ball to the backup center on the goal line. Kevin Byer, the safety, said we should have played more up on the play before the hail Mary that gave the Commanders an.

Extra thirteen yards.

Extra thirteen yards.

Jalen Johnson went on the Score and said we should have called a time out before the hail mary, cole Comet, in his press conference with the media said, we got to respect practice more and have more account during the week. So all of these things you can reasonably conclude as an indictment of its coach, and I certainly would on a few of them. But I talked to a player on the Bears last night who said they like that their coaching staff empowers their leadership council and takes feedback. So I don't think that they're gonna break over this. I don't think that there's gonna be a mutiny over this. But the thing with Matt Eberflus that drives me insane is don't you know what on my shoes and tell me it's raining. He was like, I don't think we needed a time out before the hail mary because everyone was in position. Tyreek Stevenson back was to the ball like everyone wasn't in position. Dan Quinn said the key to the hail Mary was the play before the hail mary, because Jade and Daniels would not have been able to get it to the three or four yard line for the tip if not for those yards. Matt eberflu said, Oh, the play before it didn't matter. It was all gonna come down to the last play of the game anyway. So Matt Eberflus kind of chose the route of denial instead of accountability. And that's the thing, honest, more than the failed execution that bothered me most.

Jalen Johnson went on the Score and said we should have called a time out before the hail mary, cole Comet, in his press conference with the media said, we got to respect practice more and have more account during the week. So all of these things you can reasonably conclude as an indictment of its coach, and I certainly would on a few of them. But I talked to a player on the Bears last night who said they like that their coaching staff empowers their leadership council and takes feedback. So I don't think that they're gonna break over this. I don't think that there's gonna be a mutiny over this. But the thing with Matt Eberflus that drives me insane is don't you know what on my shoes and tell me it's raining. He was like, I don't think we needed a time out before the hail mary because everyone was in position. Tyreek Stevenson back was to the ball like everyone wasn't in position. Dan Quinn said the key to the hail Mary was the play before the hail mary, because Jade and Daniels would not have been able to get it to the three or four yard line for the tip if not for those yards. Matt eberflu said, Oh, the play before it didn't matter. It was all gonna come down to the last play of the game anyway. So Matt Eberflus kind of chose the route of denial instead of accountability. And that's the thing, honest, more than the failed execution that bothered me most.

Yeah, I want to talk about the Mike Tomlin situation. I've been pretty hard on him. I've always said, first of all, he'll be the best former coach ever. On television, he's the funniest guy at the podium. The most is saying he'll be great in media, he'd be unemployed for two minutes. They're not going to get rid of him. But I always felt he was kind of tone deaf offensively. And then I watched he moved off Kenny Pickett, Mason Rudolph, you know, and Justin Fields was four and two and I watched Russ last night and I'm like, it's kind of Seahawks light. They're not as good as Seattle, but defensive coach, defensive culture, big run game playmakers like this Ross and this Steelers. I'm like, yeah, this team could win playoff games. Do you see the same thing?

Yeah, I want to talk about the Mike Tomlin situation. I've been pretty hard on him. I've always said, first of all, he'll be the best former coach ever. On television, he's the funniest guy at the podium. The most is saying he'll be great in media, he'd be unemployed for two minutes. They're not going to get rid of him. But I always felt he was kind of tone deaf offensively. And then I watched he moved off Kenny Pickett, Mason Rudolph, you know, and Justin Fields was four and two and I watched Russ last night and I'm like, it's kind of Seahawks light. They're not as good as Seattle, but defensive coach, defensive culture, big run game playmakers like this Ross and this Steelers. I'm like, yeah, this team could win playoff games. Do you see the same thing?

Yeah, I got to admit it's not fun for people in our positions who admit that we're wrong, but we give so many opinions, we're going to be wrong inevitably. And I've got a lot of bookies who've known over the years how wrong I can be. I was wrong about this, I was wrong about Russ, I was wrong about Mike Tomlin. This year, I thought Justin Fields gave them a better chance. Naj Harris now has three straight games over one hundred yards, two with Russ, one with Fields George Pickens, and the two games that Russ has started is averaging over twenty yards per catch, and they've had over four hundred yards of offenses back to that games.

Yeah, I got to admit it's not fun for people in our positions who admit that we're wrong, but we give so many opinions, we're going to be wrong inevitably. And I've got a lot of bookies who've known over the years how wrong I can be. I was wrong about this, I was wrong about Russ, I was wrong about Mike Tomlin. This year, I thought Justin Fields gave them a better chance. Naj Harris now has three straight games over one hundred yards, two with Russ, one with Fields George Pickens, and the two games that Russ has started is averaging over twenty yards per catch, and they've had over four hundred yards of offenses back to that games.

Yeah, it's the Jets and the.

Yeah, it's the Jets and the.

Giants, but still that's a level of downfield passing that Justin Fields simply wasn't giving.

Giants, but still that's a level of downfield passing that Justin Fields simply wasn't giving.

Pittsburgh and Mike Tomlin.

Pittsburgh and Mike Tomlin.

Took a lot of heat locally and nationally and in the locker room. Justin Fields had a lot of defenders in Pittsburgh that thought that he deserved to remain QB one of the Steelers. He's a very popular guy. Russ is a little weird, a little quirky, and so Fields had allies in Pittsburgh, and Tomlin made the unpopular move went to Russ and it's unlocked it And I gotta say, Mike Tomlin, and this is shocking. He's never one coach of the year. He's ten to one right now to be the NFL Coach of the Year. The Steelers are two to one to win that division. They were picked to be under five hundred for the first time in his tenure. Before the year, their win total was seven and a half. If they win that division, I think Mike Tomlin Coach of the Year, very good chance of happening. I love that wager this week.

Took a lot of heat locally and nationally and in the locker room. Justin Fields had a lot of defenders in Pittsburgh that thought that he deserved to remain QB one of the Steelers. He's a very popular guy. Russ is a little weird, a little quirky, and so Fields had allies in Pittsburgh, and Tomlin made the unpopular move went to Russ and it's unlocked it And I gotta say, Mike Tomlin, and this is shocking. He's never one coach of the year. He's ten to one right now to be the NFL Coach of the Year. The Steelers are two to one to win that division. They were picked to be under five hundred for the first time in his tenure. Before the year, their win total was seven and a half. If they win that division, I think Mike Tomlin Coach of the Year, very good chance of happening. I love that wager this week.

So I said, if you're being honest with yourself and you're an NFL general manager and you're asking yourself, do I have a quarterback capable of winning a playoff game and potentially two? We're not asking you to be a super Bowl team, it's not realistic, but a team that could win a playoff game on the road. Is your quarterback good enough? And there's eight teams where I think the answer is no. There's four in the AFC and there's four in the NFC, So we can put those up. Brown's Colts, Raiders, Titans, Giants, Panther, Saint Seahawks, I think Geno's probably the best of that group, but I don't see him in the NFC as a two playoff win because that means he'd have to beat Detroit or San Francisco and the Niners have owned him, or the Rams or whoever. So what's interesting is that Aaron Rodgers isn't in that group. But in his last twenty five starts, he's not only ten and fifteen, he's the only quarterback without a three hundred yard game and his passer rating is eighty eight. What do you do? He's the prettiest, but Danny, the numbers don't lie. He's not capable of winning two playoff games in the AFC.

So I said, if you're being honest with yourself and you're an NFL general manager and you're asking yourself, do I have a quarterback capable of winning a playoff game and potentially two? We're not asking you to be a super Bowl team, it's not realistic, but a team that could win a playoff game on the road. Is your quarterback good enough? And there's eight teams where I think the answer is no. There's four in the AFC and there's four in the NFC, So we can put those up. Brown's Colts, Raiders, Titans, Giants, Panther, Saint Seahawks, I think Geno's probably the best of that group, but I don't see him in the NFC as a two playoff win because that means he'd have to beat Detroit or San Francisco and the Niners have owned him, or the Rams or whoever. So what's interesting is that Aaron Rodgers isn't in that group. But in his last twenty five starts, he's not only ten and fifteen, he's the only quarterback without a three hundred yard game and his passer rating is eighty eight. What do you do? He's the prettiest, but Danny, the numbers don't lie. He's not capable of winning two playoff games in the AFC.

Is he Coliny's forty? Of course the Jets should draft the quarterback. He's forty years old, and we have no idea if he's going to go into the darkness and never come back after this season. So obviously the Jets need to plan for life after Aaron Rodgers, and we don't know when that is going to happen. And listen, I'm new to this national TV game, right.

Is he Coliny's forty? Of course the Jets should draft the quarterback. He's forty years old, and we have no idea if he's going to go into the darkness and never come back after this season. So obviously the Jets need to plan for life after Aaron Rodgers, and we don't know when that is going to happen. And listen, I'm new to this national TV game, right.

I made my.

I made my.

Bones in local radio.

Bones in local radio.

I get it.

I get it.

It's New York, It's media market number one, he's a first ballot Hall of Famers, celebrity, he's a famous guy. Why are they still interesting? They being the New York Jets. What they have two wins? They beat the Titans and the Patriots, and then the Patriots avenged that loss. This team is not good. They are not interesting. They are not competitive. They're a soap opera. They're dramatic. They fired a coach. They say, they say, they say weird things, but they are not an interesting football team in any way, shape or form or definition of the word.

It's New York, It's media market number one, he's a first ballot Hall of Famers, celebrity, he's a famous guy. Why are they still interesting? They being the New York Jets. What they have two wins? They beat the Titans and the Patriots, and then the Patriots avenged that loss. This team is not good. They are not interesting. They are not competitive. They're a soap opera. They're dramatic. They fired a coach. They say, they say, they say weird things, but they are not an interesting football team in any way, shape or form or definition of the word.

Okay, I want to wrap this up. Danny Parkins Breakfast Ball, author a Pipeline to the Pros by the Way, Great Basketball book, and you can follow him on Twitter at Danny Parkins. So I'm watching the World Series last night and it's really interesting is I was talking to a friend and he goes, you know, if you watch the American League playoffs, the Yankees look very formidable, and then you put them against the Dodgers and you're like, if Aaron Judge isn't hitting, they look like an American League Central team against the Dodgers. And years ago we champion the Hot Stove League. When the Yankees we just go by everybody word this week that the Dodgers will pursue Sodo along with Bett's oh Tani Freeman is that as I watch this and I feel like I'm watching the reality is the Yankees just they're no longer the Yankees. They If Aaron Judge isn't on fire, oh Tani can be hurt. It doesn't matter. They're ninth hitters. Tommy Edmond is that the Yankees just don't have nearly as many good players as the Dodgers.

Okay, I want to wrap this up. Danny Parkins Breakfast Ball, author a Pipeline to the Pros by the Way, Great Basketball book, and you can follow him on Twitter at Danny Parkins. So I'm watching the World Series last night and it's really interesting is I was talking to a friend and he goes, you know, if you watch the American League playoffs, the Yankees look very formidable, and then you put them against the Dodgers and you're like, if Aaron Judge isn't hitting, they look like an American League Central team against the Dodgers. And years ago we champion the Hot Stove League. When the Yankees we just go by everybody word this week that the Dodgers will pursue Sodo along with Bett's oh Tani Freeman is that as I watch this and I feel like I'm watching the reality is the Yankees just they're no longer the Yankees. They If Aaron Judge isn't on fire, oh Tani can be hurt. It doesn't matter. They're ninth hitters. Tommy Edmond is that the Yankees just don't have nearly as many good players as the Dodgers.

They don't, but Soto and Judge is the top two is a pretty damn good top two, right. I mean, Aaron Judge is going to win American League MVP with fifty eight homers this year. So if Juan Soto's the second best player on your team, it's a pretty dynamic team. He's just been nothing in the postseason, which is how he gets the fined. We were talking about it on the show today. He's gonna get cheered before his first at bet, and if the first at bat goes, there's a really good chance that he gets booed the rest of the week. I's the MVP with fifty eight homers. If he does nothing in this World Series, he might be booed on Opening Day next year. So there's no question the Dodgers are the best organization, the best roster.

They don't, but Soto and Judge is the top two is a pretty damn good top two, right. I mean, Aaron Judge is going to win American League MVP with fifty eight homers this year. So if Juan Soto's the second best player on your team, it's a pretty dynamic team. He's just been nothing in the postseason, which is how he gets the fined. We were talking about it on the show today. He's gonna get cheered before his first at bet, and if the first at bat goes, there's a really good chance that he gets booed the rest of the week. I's the MVP with fifty eight homers. If he does nothing in this World Series, he might be booed on Opening Day next year. So there's no question the Dodgers are the best organization, the best roster.

Top to bottom.

Top to bottom.

But I do think the Yankees at least with offensive firepower, not top to bottom, to your point, but if Stanton, Soto and Judge were all performing, that was good enough to get them the one seed in the American League, and you know, give him an MVP. So I think Judge not performing is just such a massive thing. But it's also been clear for a while for the last twelve years. Frankly, they only have the one World Series to show for it. But there's a gap between the Dodgers and the rest of the sport. There's no question about that.

But I do think the Yankees at least with offensive firepower, not top to bottom, to your point, but if Stanton, Soto and Judge were all performing, that was good enough to get them the one seed in the American League, and you know, give him an MVP. So I think Judge not performing is just such a massive thing. But it's also been clear for a while for the last twelve years. Frankly, they only have the one World Series to show for it. But there's a gap between the Dodgers and the rest of the sport. There's no question about that.

All right.

All right.

Danny Parkins, breakfast Ball, Craig Carton, Mark Schlarath every morning. Great seeing you, Budy. I appreciate you stopping by.

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Thank you.

Thank you.

Collen.

Collen.

Yeah, I thought it was really interesting what he said because he's you know, he knows Chicago market. How many people had called out what they were doing, like I like a player. Like most of the time in the NFL, a coach creates a players council. You go to your veterans, you're smart guys. You're important guys. You have like four or five guys, and they run the locker room like we're gonna come to you after a tough loss, big win, big prep, and the players run the locker room. I love the fact that they called them out. We talked about this what the Giants did last night on that Goofy two point conversion. I will defend they have a non dynamic quarterback on the road against the great defense. You've got to fool them. You have to when Chicago hands with a mobile quarterback, good tight ends, good back, good backup back, good receivers. When Chicago's getting cute, that makes no sense. And Washington's defense is their question. It's not their offense, it's their defense we worry about. So it's all it's all situational, it's all circumstantial. You have to contextualize it. A trick play on a two point version from New York is you're not getting three yards against Pittsburgh on the road with Daniel Jones and no sa Kwan Barkley. You gotta come up with something tricky. And sometimes trick plays when you have lesser players trying to execute them, look really ugly. Chicago. Handing off to a backup center with Caleb Williams in the red zone and above average running backs makes no sense to me.

Yeah, I thought it was really interesting what he said because he's you know, he knows Chicago market. How many people had called out what they were doing, like I like a player. Like most of the time in the NFL, a coach creates a players council. You go to your veterans, you're smart guys. You're important guys. You have like four or five guys, and they run the locker room like we're gonna come to you after a tough loss, big win, big prep, and the players run the locker room. I love the fact that they called them out. We talked about this what the Giants did last night on that Goofy two point conversion. I will defend they have a non dynamic quarterback on the road against the great defense. You've got to fool them. You have to when Chicago hands with a mobile quarterback, good tight ends, good back, good backup back, good receivers. When Chicago's getting cute, that makes no sense. And Washington's defense is their question. It's not their offense, it's their defense we worry about. So it's all it's all situational, it's all circumstantial. You have to contextualize it. A trick play on a two point version from New York is you're not getting three yards against Pittsburgh on the road with Daniel Jones and no sa Kwan Barkley. You gotta come up with something tricky. And sometimes trick plays when you have lesser players trying to execute them, look really ugly. Chicago. Handing off to a backup center with Caleb Williams in the red zone and above average running backs makes no sense to me.

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Let's get started with the NFC North matchup on Fox this weekend. Lions heading to Green Bay to take on the Packers. Matt Lafleur will have his hands full against a Detroit team that's rolling. And we still don't know about Jordan Love's status due to the groin, and remember they had the buy next week, so it does make sense to sit him.

Let's get started with the NFC North matchup on Fox this weekend. Lions heading to Green Bay to take on the Packers. Matt Lafleur will have his hands full against a Detroit team that's rolling. And we still don't know about Jordan Love's status due to the groin, and remember they had the buy next week, so it does make sense to sit him.

Here's Lafleur on the matchup.

Here's Lafleur on the matchup.

They're really really good and we knew that, I mean we knew that going into the year. And it's not shocking to me. It's it's a team we're obviously very familiar with, and we're gonna have to play at our best. We've got a lot of players in that room that had played good ball for us, and they're gonna have to go out there and do it against arguably the best team in the NFL.

They're really really good and we knew that, I mean we knew that going into the year. And it's not shocking to me. It's it's a team we're obviously very familiar with, and we're gonna have to play at our best. We've got a lot of players in that room that had played good ball for us, and they're gonna have to go out there and do it against arguably the best team in the NFL.

Yeah, I think there's an argument they are. They're certainly the most explosive. I mean, Kansas City's winning with defense and efficiency on offense. They're winning with explosiveness on offense and efficiency on defense.

Yeah, I think there's an argument they are. They're certainly the most explosive. I mean, Kansas City's winning with defense and efficiency on offense. They're winning with explosiveness on offense and efficiency on defense.

But they're well, you're tossed in special teams from the Lions this past weekend.

But they're well, you're tossed in special teams from the Lions this past weekend.

It was like punt returns, kick returns. Just they're so well built. I don't think everybody's going after their GM.

It was like punt returns, kick returns. Just they're so well built. I don't think everybody's going after their GM.

He has really built an incredible offensive line, tremendous skill position players. The only place they're defision is a little bit on defense, But who plays defense in this league outside the Chiefs anyway?

He has really built an incredible offensive line, tremendous skill position players. The only place they're defision is a little bit on defense, But who plays defense in this league outside the Chiefs anyway?

Yeah, offensively, Yeah, you know, it's funny, as I was doing the Herd hierarchy this morning, it's all the five or six teams. I like, they're all the same every year. Kansas City, Buffalo Baltimore. We knew we liked Detroit Green Bay. I feel like, I mean, there's Houston's a new kid in the club, and Washington, though not a super Bowl winning team, is very interesting. But if you go back to this league, it is always you know, in baseball, we do that. We think NBA and baseball you can predict it because baseball at salary driven, payroll driven. I mean, we know the Dodgers Yankees spend more money than a lot of teams, and we know in the NBA who the stars played for. But if you start looking at the NFL, two things are true. It's the same bad teams, mostly drafting in the top ten every year. What do you know, Jackson will have another great pick, and so all the Giants. And then it's the same tea every week. And I heard hierarchy, it's basically josh Allen, Lamar, Jackson, Patrick Mahomes, the Green Bay Packers last couple of years, the forty nine ers, very few new kids to the club. Houston when healthy is the new kid in the club.

Yeah, offensively, Yeah, you know, it's funny, as I was doing the Herd hierarchy this morning, it's all the five or six teams. I like, they're all the same every year. Kansas City, Buffalo Baltimore. We knew we liked Detroit Green Bay. I feel like, I mean, there's Houston's a new kid in the club, and Washington, though not a super Bowl winning team, is very interesting. But if you go back to this league, it is always you know, in baseball, we do that. We think NBA and baseball you can predict it because baseball at salary driven, payroll driven. I mean, we know the Dodgers Yankees spend more money than a lot of teams, and we know in the NBA who the stars played for. But if you start looking at the NFL, two things are true. It's the same bad teams, mostly drafting in the top ten every year. What do you know, Jackson will have another great pick, and so all the Giants. And then it's the same tea every week. And I heard hierarchy, it's basically josh Allen, Lamar, Jackson, Patrick Mahomes, the Green Bay Packers last couple of years, the forty nine ers, very few new kids to the club. Houston when healthy is the new kid in the club.

We'll see you're still waiting on the digs news. What's your ideal super Bowl matchup?

We'll see you're still waiting on the digs news. What's your ideal super Bowl matchup?

So I think Detroit Detroit. Oh my ideal Buffalo Detroit. Buffalo's never won a Super Bowl. Buffalo and Detroit's a good question. Detroit. First of all, Detroit would be like the Cubs. It would absolutely help. I mean, my wife didn't follow the NFL much. She's into Detroit, like so Detroit would be the Chicago Cubs field to it. So and you go, Josh Allen, not that I'm not. I think Kansas City would be fine because you have the legend Mahomes. But I think Buffalo. I just think again, it's a small market. America would be you have two teams. America is truly rooting for Buffalo. They have been great multiple times and never get the trophy and Detroit's been awful forever and they get one. I think it would set a Super Bowl record.

So I think Detroit Detroit. Oh my ideal Buffalo Detroit. Buffalo's never won a Super Bowl. Buffalo and Detroit's a good question. Detroit. First of all, Detroit would be like the Cubs. It would absolutely help. I mean, my wife didn't follow the NFL much. She's into Detroit, like so Detroit would be the Chicago Cubs field to it. So and you go, Josh Allen, not that I'm not. I think Kansas City would be fine because you have the legend Mahomes. But I think Buffalo. I just think again, it's a small market. America would be you have two teams. America is truly rooting for Buffalo. They have been great multiple times and never get the trophy and Detroit's been awful forever and they get one. I think it would set a Super Bowl record.

Wow.

Wow.

Okay, all right, Let's go to the second story, and that's Trayvon Diggs. We talked briefly about his incident with a reporter. There's a video here on FS one. It's where he saw a tweet after he basically left the field after the loss to the Niners, went to the locker room, picked up his phone, saw tweet, came out to challenge the reporter and dropped an inappropriate thing I probably can't say on air anyways. After the confrontation, Mike McCarthy has now addressed what Digg said after the game.

Okay, all right, Let's go to the second story, and that's Trayvon Diggs. We talked briefly about his incident with a reporter. There's a video here on FS one. It's where he saw a tweet after he basically left the field after the loss to the Niners, went to the locker room, picked up his phone, saw tweet, came out to challenge the reporter and dropped an inappropriate thing I probably can't say on air anyways. After the confrontation, Mike McCarthy has now addressed what Digg said after the game.

We have to be better in those moments. You know, I always talk about staying on a high road. It set's part of our responsibility in this business, you know. But I am not ignorant or iive to the fact that you know, this generation, you know that that's that's part of the world they live in, you know, the social media world, and you have to you have to manage that. You know, that's part of being a professional athlete, and that's part of representing this organization if properly.

We have to be better in those moments. You know, I always talk about staying on a high road. It set's part of our responsibility in this business, you know. But I am not ignorant or iive to the fact that you know, this generation, you know that that's that's part of the world they live in, you know, the social media world, and you have to you have to manage that. You know, that's part of being a professional athlete, and that's part of representing this organization if properly.

Well, he's right, but I also think when you're twenty five, twenty six years old, it's hard. You know, I'm not defending the player, and I'm not I don't know the media guy, but I mean I always I.

Well, he's right, but I also think when you're twenty five, twenty six years old, it's hard. You know, I'm not defending the player, and I'm not I don't know the media guy, but I mean I always I.

Have not a troll the media guy.

Have not a troll the media guy.

I looked into his study. He's not a troll. He's just a regular Dallas reporter. Yeah, he asked what Diggs was doing on the George Kittle play.

I looked into his study. He's not a troll. He's just a regular Dallas reporter. Yeah, he asked what Diggs was doing on the George Kittle play.

I've never had problems with people. Tylu once called yelled at me. It was kind of funny, and I like clearing the air. I've never had a problem with an athlete come up and say, man, you're really hard. I try not to be. But Baker Mayfield and I are are frenemies now we get along. But I have compassion for twenty five year old pro athletes not being able to perfectly handle situations like that. I think that we in the me we're very very I have no problem going after Aaron Rodgers. He has his own media, he does. He puts himself out there. I got no problem Lebron James puts himself out there. A lot of these guys are pro athletes. They don't have any training in this. You know, they're they're going through growth and they get you know, people taking shots at him. I get why some guys are unhappy. I don't feel sorry for the media guys who are empires. I mean, Lebron's got production companies, Aaron's got specialty media appearances. Those guys can handle it, especially when they're older. But I do think twenty three twenty five year old guys like that. Tyreek Stevenson in Chicago Bonehead play, but Chicago's a big loud, aggressive media market. That's a nightmare for that kid. It's a learning experience. But I could get I could get that kid listening his parents listening and thinking, Man, this is rough.

I've never had problems with people. Tylu once called yelled at me. It was kind of funny, and I like clearing the air. I've never had a problem with an athlete come up and say, man, you're really hard. I try not to be. But Baker Mayfield and I are are frenemies now we get along. But I have compassion for twenty five year old pro athletes not being able to perfectly handle situations like that. I think that we in the me we're very very I have no problem going after Aaron Rodgers. He has his own media, he does. He puts himself out there. I got no problem Lebron James puts himself out there. A lot of these guys are pro athletes. They don't have any training in this. You know, they're they're going through growth and they get you know, people taking shots at him. I get why some guys are unhappy. I don't feel sorry for the media guys who are empires. I mean, Lebron's got production companies, Aaron's got specialty media appearances. Those guys can handle it, especially when they're older. But I do think twenty three twenty five year old guys like that. Tyreek Stevenson in Chicago Bonehead play, but Chicago's a big loud, aggressive media market. That's a nightmare for that kid. It's a learning experience. But I could get I could get that kid listening his parents listening and thinking, Man, this is rough.

Let me just I'm trying to think of stuff that's happened good to the Cowboys on the field this year.

Let me just I'm trying to think of stuff that's happened good to the Cowboys on the field this year.

Not much field.

Not much field.

Michael Parsons complaining on his podcast.

Michael Parsons complaining on his podcast.

Trayvon Diggs going after a reporter, Ceedee Lamb barking.

Trayvon Diggs going after a reporter, Ceedee Lamb barking.

At Dak Prescott on the sideline.

At Dak Prescott on the sideline.

It's like Jerry Jones giving interviews to the media three times a week and causing brush fires.

It's like Jerry Jones giving interviews to the media three times a week and causing brush fires.

The Cowboys have had nothing positive happened on the field this year.

The Cowboys have had nothing positive happened on the field this year.

It's been a lot of noise that continued from the offseason and this is just spiral and Colin.

It's been a lot of noise that continued from the offseason and this is just spiral and Colin.

I'm just I don't see a path to success for McCarthy here. It definitely feels over for him in Dallas. If they happen to lose to the Falcons.

I'm just I don't see a path to success for McCarthy here. It definitely feels over for him in Dallas. If they happen to lose to the Falcons.

Falcons aren't great.

Falcons aren't great.

Have you seen them over the Cowboys' next four games, Philly, Texans, Commanders, Falcons, they all won this weekend. They're twenty two and seven. Dallas is in trouble, and you know we both admit, you know what, I can consider McCarthy and he and Sean McDermott, I feel like doppelganger, kind of the same coach, one defense, one offense. We know they're confident. I mean McDermott took the Bills to the playoffs before Josh Allen, Mike McCarthy one with Cooper Rush. So McCarthy and McDermott get a lot of heat because they have high profile teams and you don't feel like you feel like they get outwitted in January and February. But if you fire McCarthy, it's a little like firing Robert Salla. You do get McCarthy as very likely a better offensive coach than the next guy you bring in. So you think you're going to solve your issues, you may go get Belichick. He's a worse offensive coach than McCarthy. Mike Rabilist is gonna offensive coaches McCarthy.

Have you seen them over the Cowboys' next four games, Philly, Texans, Commanders, Falcons, they all won this weekend. They're twenty two and seven. Dallas is in trouble, and you know we both admit, you know what, I can consider McCarthy and he and Sean McDermott, I feel like doppelganger, kind of the same coach, one defense, one offense. We know they're confident. I mean McDermott took the Bills to the playoffs before Josh Allen, Mike McCarthy one with Cooper Rush. So McCarthy and McDermott get a lot of heat because they have high profile teams and you don't feel like you feel like they get outwitted in January and February. But if you fire McCarthy, it's a little like firing Robert Salla. You do get McCarthy as very likely a better offensive coach than the next guy you bring in. So you think you're going to solve your issues, you may go get Belichick. He's a worse offensive coach than McCarthy. Mike Rabilist is gonna offensive coaches McCarthy.

Belichick would go to Dallas and be under I'm.

Belichick would go to Dallas and be under I'm.

Just saying when they fired Saul in New York, they fired the best coach in the building and easily the best defensive coach. Jets have had three straight bad defensive out him. You can fire McCarthy. It's like firing McDermott. We know mcderbott and McCarthy are capable their B plus plus A minus coach. It's just funny. We think McCarthy's the issue. Be very careful about him being the issue. I think on the issue list, he's about sixth.

Just saying when they fired Saul in New York, they fired the best coach in the building and easily the best defensive coach. Jets have had three straight bad defensive out him. You can fire McCarthy. It's like firing McDermott. We know mcderbott and McCarthy are capable their B plus plus A minus coach. It's just funny. We think McCarthy's the issue. Be very careful about him being the issue. I think on the issue list, he's about sixth.

Okay, listening to you, got me a question.

Okay, listening to you, got me a question.

Let's say the Jets end up with the fourth pick and Aaron Rodgers stays okay, Dallas finishes seven and ten fires McCarthy. What is the better coaching job the Dallas Cowboys with Jerry Jones and Dak and all this, or the Jets with Aaron Rodgers and Woody John Dallas Cowboys.

Let's say the Jets end up with the fourth pick and Aaron Rodgers stays okay, Dallas finishes seven and ten fires McCarthy. What is the better coaching job the Dallas Cowboys with Jerry Jones and Dak and all this, or the Jets with Aaron Rodgers and Woody John Dallas Cowboys.

Yeah, I mean, Dak is better right now today than Aaron Rodgers.

Yeah, I mean, Dak is better right now today than Aaron Rodgers.

But at sixty million.

But at sixty million.

Well but well, it's not like Aaron's cheap. And I also think Dak is more manageable. He's more beloved in the locker room. He's more of a unifier. I can as a coach, I can work with that.

Well but well, it's not like Aaron's cheap. And I also think Dak is more manageable. He's more beloved in the locker room. He's more of a unifier. I can as a coach, I can work with that.

But doesn't Jerry Jones cancel out all the positive Dak vibes in the locker room by giving media interviews every week?

But doesn't Jerry Jones cancel out all the positive Dak vibes in the locker room by giving media interviews every week?

No what cancels out Dak is his salary, which limits what they can put in the running back of that too. Yeah, that's what hurts them. And you have now now remember the league with all its gambling revenue, the salary cap may go up exponentially, are greater than predicted, and you may get a break. What Dallas really has to do because the answers firing Mike McCarthy to everybody, I'm not so sure that. Yeah, what they really have to do is hit on their first five draft picks.

No what cancels out Dak is his salary, which limits what they can put in the running back of that too. Yeah, that's what hurts them. And you have now now remember the league with all its gambling revenue, the salary cap may go up exponentially, are greater than predicted, and you may get a break. What Dallas really has to do because the answers firing Mike McCarthy to everybody, I'm not so sure that. Yeah, what they really have to do is hit on their first five draft picks.

But it just feels like McCarthy's toast anyway regardless, like no contract going forward.

But it just feels like McCarthy's toast anyway regardless, like no contract going forward.

But that's the Jets and Cowboy not good jobs.

But that's the Jets and Cowboy not good jobs.

Final story, Colin is the Houston Texans short week of prep ahead of their Jets matchup Thursday night.

Final story, Colin is the Houston Texans short week of prep ahead of their Jets matchup Thursday night.

They are now one two point.

They are now one two point.

Underdogs, two point underdogs the six and two Texans at the two and six Jets, and the Jets are favorite. Stefan Diggs had to leave last week's game with a non contact knee injury. The team is still evaluating it. It does not look good. Nobody seems to think he's gonna play this week. We're seeing Tank Dell is banged up. Nico Collins not back yet. So the Texans, I mean, I don't even know who they're starting a wide receiver this week.

Underdogs, two point underdogs the six and two Texans at the two and six Jets, and the Jets are favorite. Stefan Diggs had to leave last week's game with a non contact knee injury. The team is still evaluating it. It does not look good. Nobody seems to think he's gonna play this week. We're seeing Tank Dell is banged up. Nico Collins not back yet. So the Texans, I mean, I don't even know who they're starting a wide receiver this week.

This is a big loss for Diggs.

This is a big loss for Diggs.

I almost wonder do they get in the wide receiver market here at the deadline.

I almost wonder do they get in the wide receiver market here at the deadline.

I think let's just go all in.

I think let's just go all in.

We're we're good.

We're we're good.

Well you're not paying CJ. Stroud, so I think you have to consider going in getting like a two and number.

Well you're not paying CJ. Stroud, so I think you have to consider going in getting like a two and number.

Deontay Johnson.

Deontay Johnson.

Is Z's on the market interesting now.

Is Z's on the market interesting now.

I don't think Cleveland's a seller, although I don't know if they have third cup stop.

I don't think Cleveland's a seller, although I don't know if they have third cup stop.

They're not moving on.

They're not moving on.

The Rams are more likely to get in wild card contention. By the way they're winning this weekend against Seattle.

The Rams are more likely to get in wild card contention. By the way they're winning this weekend against Seattle.

They're not a great my favorite bet of the week.

They're not a great my favorite bet of the week.

Yeah, yea yeah, I like that.

Yeah, yea yeah, I like that.

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Tonight on Fox, the twenty twenty four World Series continues with Game four as show Hey Otani and the Dodgers take on Aaron Judge and the Yankees. Coverage from the Yankee Stadium begins at seven pm Eastern on five.

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Oh, it's funny. The NFL is not only you know, it's like soccer in the UK, like the English Premier League. It's what people watch, it's what people bet, it's what people talk about. So whenever I hear in the NFL, hey just be patient, it's nonsense. Nobody's patient. Billionaires aren't patient. And so when they drafted Anthony Richardson the Colts did, Everybody's like, hey, only thirteen college starts, you need time. Well, I got news for you. Is Bo Nicks looks good, Jayden Daniels looks good, Kayleb Williams looks pretty good. And Anthony Richardson looks terrible. And it's like suddenly the owner's like, yeah, we made a mistake, and nobody's patient. So the Colts today are benching Anthony Richardson and bringing in Joe Flacco. And I hear this all the time, Hey be patient in Silicon Valley, on Wall Street and in the NFL. Nobody's patient especially, and people never can consider this, what are your rivals doing well? The rivals for the Colts is c J. Stroud. He was good by a second start. And this guy now, Anthony Richardson this year two touchdown, seven picks, He has a passer rating in the fifties and his completion percentage is the worst of any quarterback in twenty four years. And then CJ. Stroud looks really good. And by the way, c J. Stroud this past weekend was way better. So when you play your rival and everybody, including Jim Nursay, watches the who the Texans drafted and they're like, how come they got a good guy and our guy stinks, that's when you make the move. So I don't buy patients patients in the big industries in this country. It doesn't last. And again this is not like when they brought in there. He was behind Alex Smith or Lamar Jackson was behind Joe Flacco. You've had success, You've won games Indianapolis because ers booted Carson Wentz out of town after a twenty seven pick. Here, they've been scrambling at quarterback. Ballard give him credit. He found whence he got Philip Rivers, they had to roll the dice on this and so but the Joe Flacco this year seven touchdowns, one pick. I think Flacco's actually a top fifteen quarterback in the league. But he's so old nobody's gonna build around him. But I think you put him in a game in the fourth quarter and you have a minute forty left and one time out on the road and got to go seventy five yards, He's better than half the league. He's absolutely better than half the league. Big arm, big body, seen every defense in the world. But I think this goes back to everybody preaches patience and it's all a bunch of nonsense, you know. I mean, you start investing stuff in Silicon Valley and multiple billionaires got money into it. Where are the results? They're not waiting eight years. And by the way, I go back to this, why did they do this after they played Houston their rival? Well, Castroud is three and one against the Colts. Okay, your rival is separating from you. And I also think the thing with Anthony Richards. Obviously he's young and he's raw, but when he took himself out of the game, self awareness is so valuable, Like when you take yourself out of the game, and when you're asked about it, you do not say I was tired. You say I thought I pulled a hamstring. You just make something up. You get into that microphone. Why'd you come out and say I thought I tweaked my hamstring. I went to the sideline. I'm like, I'm good, but it scared me. Everybody'd be your ally, everybody would defend you. Uh, has tired. You're a pro athlete. It's forty eight snaps get in the game. So yeah, I get it. And the thing is he works hard, he's an athlete. But we're also falling for this in the NFL because Russell Wilson had so much success in the NFL. He got a bunch of small guys drafted. He got like Johnny Manziel drafted and Baker Mayfield drafted. But the truth is big quarterbacks win. You know what I mean, Go look around the lead right now. Do you think Josh Allen small or Justin Herbert small or Patrick Mahomes as small. It's big quarterbacks are ideal. Don't get fooled by what Russell Wilson did in the Pacific Northwest. The other thing is, hey, this guy is a great athlete. Lamar Jackson is fooling people. No, Russell Wilson was an outlier. Lamar Jackson's an outlier where he was so athletic he could win games as he was developing as a passer. I mean, Lamar was so amazing. He was winning seventy five percent of his games in the first two years. He wasn't great from the pocket, but in the end, you gotta be great from the pocket. So don't be fooled by Hey, little guy runs around. You want big guys at the position, or don't be fool by ooh go guy's a great athlete. Lamar is not only a great athlete, He's the greatest athlete ever doing something. It's like shoe, Hey, Otani. He can bat, he can pitch, he can run, he can defend. There's no other show, hey, on the market. So you can convince you there may be something close to Mookie Betts physically who's not also six ' five. But there's no other show. Hey, O Tanny's on the market. There's no other Lamar Jackson's on the market. There's nothing like him. And so you bring in this kid who's a super athlete, but he's just not good enough in the pocket, and it's like that's where you got to win from. And I would say this, so when you have a quarterback who may not be great from the pocket, and I think, like Tua good from the pocket, can't move, Jalen Hurts can move, not great from the pocket. So Philadelphia knows if you watch Philadelphia in the last three weeks, they've closed the boundaries on Jalen. We'll want you to run more and throw about twenty times and you go in a lot of games that way. So but but Jalen also throws a really good deep ball, and Jalen can make throws. So I think they're I think Indianapolis is trapped. There's no patient. Don't listen to anybody by the second year. Anthony Richardson's second year. But the second year, if you're not moving up fast, the owner's impatient. I mean, think about the Cleveland Browns and Deshaun Watson, and he's bad. But that's a guaranteed, like four or five year deal. They were done four weeks ago. I mean in the building, they were done and they can't get out of it. This is an easy thing to get out if you're not paying him anything.

Oh, it's funny. The NFL is not only you know, it's like soccer in the UK, like the English Premier League. It's what people watch, it's what people bet, it's what people talk about. So whenever I hear in the NFL, hey just be patient, it's nonsense. Nobody's patient. Billionaires aren't patient. And so when they drafted Anthony Richardson the Colts did, Everybody's like, hey, only thirteen college starts, you need time. Well, I got news for you. Is Bo Nicks looks good, Jayden Daniels looks good, Kayleb Williams looks pretty good. And Anthony Richardson looks terrible. And it's like suddenly the owner's like, yeah, we made a mistake, and nobody's patient. So the Colts today are benching Anthony Richardson and bringing in Joe Flacco. And I hear this all the time, Hey be patient in Silicon Valley, on Wall Street and in the NFL. Nobody's patient especially, and people never can consider this, what are your rivals doing well? The rivals for the Colts is c J. Stroud. He was good by a second start. And this guy now, Anthony Richardson this year two touchdown, seven picks, He has a passer rating in the fifties and his completion percentage is the worst of any quarterback in twenty four years. And then CJ. Stroud looks really good. And by the way, c J. Stroud this past weekend was way better. So when you play your rival and everybody, including Jim Nursay, watches the who the Texans drafted and they're like, how come they got a good guy and our guy stinks, that's when you make the move. So I don't buy patients patients in the big industries in this country. It doesn't last. And again this is not like when they brought in there. He was behind Alex Smith or Lamar Jackson was behind Joe Flacco. You've had success, You've won games Indianapolis because ers booted Carson Wentz out of town after a twenty seven pick. Here, they've been scrambling at quarterback. Ballard give him credit. He found whence he got Philip Rivers, they had to roll the dice on this and so but the Joe Flacco this year seven touchdowns, one pick. I think Flacco's actually a top fifteen quarterback in the league. But he's so old nobody's gonna build around him. But I think you put him in a game in the fourth quarter and you have a minute forty left and one time out on the road and got to go seventy five yards, He's better than half the league. He's absolutely better than half the league. Big arm, big body, seen every defense in the world. But I think this goes back to everybody preaches patience and it's all a bunch of nonsense, you know. I mean, you start investing stuff in Silicon Valley and multiple billionaires got money into it. Where are the results? They're not waiting eight years. And by the way, I go back to this, why did they do this after they played Houston their rival? Well, Castroud is three and one against the Colts. Okay, your rival is separating from you. And I also think the thing with Anthony Richards. Obviously he's young and he's raw, but when he took himself out of the game, self awareness is so valuable, Like when you take yourself out of the game, and when you're asked about it, you do not say I was tired. You say I thought I pulled a hamstring. You just make something up. You get into that microphone. Why'd you come out and say I thought I tweaked my hamstring. I went to the sideline. I'm like, I'm good, but it scared me. Everybody'd be your ally, everybody would defend you. Uh, has tired. You're a pro athlete. It's forty eight snaps get in the game. So yeah, I get it. And the thing is he works hard, he's an athlete. But we're also falling for this in the NFL because Russell Wilson had so much success in the NFL. He got a bunch of small guys drafted. He got like Johnny Manziel drafted and Baker Mayfield drafted. But the truth is big quarterbacks win. You know what I mean, Go look around the lead right now. Do you think Josh Allen small or Justin Herbert small or Patrick Mahomes as small. It's big quarterbacks are ideal. Don't get fooled by what Russell Wilson did in the Pacific Northwest. The other thing is, hey, this guy is a great athlete. Lamar Jackson is fooling people. No, Russell Wilson was an outlier. Lamar Jackson's an outlier where he was so athletic he could win games as he was developing as a passer. I mean, Lamar was so amazing. He was winning seventy five percent of his games in the first two years. He wasn't great from the pocket, but in the end, you gotta be great from the pocket. So don't be fooled by Hey, little guy runs around. You want big guys at the position, or don't be fool by ooh go guy's a great athlete. Lamar is not only a great athlete, He's the greatest athlete ever doing something. It's like shoe, Hey, Otani. He can bat, he can pitch, he can run, he can defend. There's no other show, hey, on the market. So you can convince you there may be something close to Mookie Betts physically who's not also six ' five. But there's no other show. Hey, O Tanny's on the market. There's no other Lamar Jackson's on the market. There's nothing like him. And so you bring in this kid who's a super athlete, but he's just not good enough in the pocket, and it's like that's where you got to win from. And I would say this, so when you have a quarterback who may not be great from the pocket, and I think, like Tua good from the pocket, can't move, Jalen Hurts can move, not great from the pocket. So Philadelphia knows if you watch Philadelphia in the last three weeks, they've closed the boundaries on Jalen. We'll want you to run more and throw about twenty times and you go in a lot of games that way. So but but Jalen also throws a really good deep ball, and Jalen can make throws. So I think they're I think Indianapolis is trapped. There's no patient. Don't listen to anybody by the second year. Anthony Richardson's second year. But the second year, if you're not moving up fast, the owner's impatient. I mean, think about the Cleveland Browns and Deshaun Watson, and he's bad. But that's a guaranteed, like four or five year deal. They were done four weeks ago. I mean in the building, they were done and they can't get out of it. This is an easy thing to get out if you're not paying him anything.

La Rams called the Colts say hey, we see you moved off Richardson.

La Rams called the Colts say hey, we see you moved off Richardson.

Any interest in trading him? What do you do if you're the Colts.

Any interest in trading him? What do you do if you're the Colts.

Smart franchise Sean mcvacy benching Richardson. I'm just telling you that, listen, he has not been good.

Smart franchise Sean mcvacy benching Richardson. I'm just telling you that, listen, he has not been good.

He's into fact.

He's into fact.

I don't think they're moving off him yet off ten games.

I don't think they're moving off him yet off ten games.

I think it would be a little early, like this is probably gonna damage his ego a little bit. Hopefully, you know, he's a young guy. He can bounce back from this. But I bet you that, like Minnesota, if they move off Darnold as you I think are predicting or the athletic somebody who's predicting that, somebody's gonna say, hey, can I can we get Anthony Richardson in the building.

I think it would be a little early, like this is probably gonna damage his ego a little bit. Hopefully, you know, he's a young guy. He can bounce back from this. But I bet you that, like Minnesota, if they move off Darnold as you I think are predicting or the athletic somebody who's predicting that, somebody's gonna say, hey, can I can we get Anthony Richardson in the building.

I think people look at how good Shane Steiken is and Anthony's going backwards. Like I always said this when Trey Lance didn't work with Kyle Shanahan, what is Dallas doing giving up a fourth pick, a four round pick? What are you doing? That is dumb? Yeah, if Kyle can't figure it out, then you can't figure it out. It'd be like Belichick saying, yeah, this linebacker, I can't make him work, then you don't. Then you don't take the linebacker. If Nick Saban couldn't get a college corner to cover, then don't draft him. There are certain coaches Jeff Tedford forever with college quarterbacks. If Tedford couldn't get the mechanics right, the guy didn't have workable mechanics.

I think people look at how good Shane Steiken is and Anthony's going backwards. Like I always said this when Trey Lance didn't work with Kyle Shanahan, what is Dallas doing giving up a fourth pick, a four round pick? What are you doing? That is dumb? Yeah, if Kyle can't figure it out, then you can't figure it out. It'd be like Belichick saying, yeah, this linebacker, I can't make him work, then you don't. Then you don't take the linebacker. If Nick Saban couldn't get a college corner to cover, then don't draft him. There are certain coaches Jeff Tedford forever with college quarterbacks. If Tedford couldn't get the mechanics right, the guy didn't have workable mechanics.

So what do you do you think, Richardson, like, what do the Colts do here?

So what do you do you think, Richardson, like, what do the Colts do here?

Then well they just sit him and let him grow and worry about Flacco and winning. By the way, Micah Parsons on his podcast was asked about Anthony Richardson taking himself out because he was tired.

Then well they just sit him and let him grow and worry about Flacco and winning. By the way, Micah Parsons on his podcast was asked about Anthony Richardson taking himself out because he was tired.

When the media asked you why you subbed out? Please lie like they gotta take her to Hey, my corner started being on fire, getting my shoulder. But when media asks you questions, do not tell the truth all the time.

When the media asked you why you subbed out? Please lie like they gotta take her to Hey, my corner started being on fire, getting my shoulder. But when media asks you questions, do not tell the truth all the time.

Is got your job?

Is got your job?

I completely agree. I didn't know this was I didn't know we had that sound bite. I said, I would have gone and said my hammy, I like tweaked it. It freaked me out. I got a little scared. I went to the sideline. I don't mind being lied to I'm not trying to bury anybody. If you gotta lie, I have a right to ask you a question. You have a right to lie to me. I mean seriously, I I have a right to ask you any question I want, But you have a right to avoid the truth. I get it.