Hello, Welcome back to the week Side Podcast. I am Jenny Rerentis, as always here with Connor or the Connor. We are recording on Wednesday. The NFL has moved into phase two of the training camp or ramp up protocols, which means that it's similar to O t A type practices. Players and coaches are out on the field, they can wear helmets, um and they'll gradually keep progressing along. You know, there are still padded practices. Is still down the line for next week, I believe, but things have been on track for the NFL. You know, we're seeing college football in kind of a state of chaos right now, a lot of difficult decisions being made. But for now, the NFL is moving forward. As I said before we started the show, I guess I'll just say that things are progressing, because that's really all we can say at the moment. Yes, Jenny, things are progressing. Uh. And it just it feels weird to to say that, and it might be weirder for us just because like we're here. We're still here, you know what I mean, Like we're not seeing any of it like everybody else. You know. Of course we're contacting people on teams and we're learning about what's happening in these places. But our view of the world of the football world is no different than the lay fan at this point from a visual perspective, right, we're all kind of hooked on these little snippets on Twitter. We're wondering what's happening. Um, you know what, you know, how players look, and it's extremely difficult to even consider live football being played right now because it's such a bizarre circumstance. But I think the segues nicely into what we were talking about before we started recording, and that's, um, you know, Hard Knocks did premiere, uh, the work recording us on Wednesday, premiered on Tuesday, and you know, it's it's happening. You know, it's it's featuring the Rams and the Charters and it's, uh, it's it's going off without without a hit oddly, and you know, I remember being on the conference call when they announced both of the teams and thinking there was no possible way this is going to happen. Um alas it is. And I don't know what was your kind of takeaway from from last night's episode. Yeah, I felt like it was a little bit of an anxious watch. I mean, certainly there is rightly so a large focus on the protocols and players going through the protocols. So you see a lot of nasal swabs, You saw players getting blood drawn for the COVID anibodies tests. You see coaches discussing with players what the protocols are, why it's important, essentially saying we don't just have the game plan for on the field this year, we have the game plan against this other opponent. And so I think it was a really good behind the scenes look about what it's like to go through training camp right now, and I think it was a pretty honest portrayal of that. Um but it was anxious, right you know, I just was watching errors on the field together and saying, oh, that person is not wearing a mask, or that mask is down below his neck. And obviously the testing protocols are in place UM to screen and to prevent, you know, if there is somebody who's infected, to hopefully contain the spread and all of those things. But yeah, I felt like it was a little you know, the same feeling that you have Connor, like if you go into a restaurant to pick up a meal, or maybe you're trying to see your parents and you you know, isolate for a couple of weeks ahead of time, but while you're there, you're still nervous about being too close selderly relatives. Um, that was kind of the feeling that I had watching you know, you said Sean McVeigh in a team meeting, projecting his voice carrying out over the team and no mask, and you're thinking about like, oh my gosh, is the spittle spreading? Um? You know, you see them with the ice shields but no mask. Just you know, different things that came up, and also hearing these honest discussions about like well what should I do here? And I think there was one Chargers coach that was like, told, I don't know exactly how far this could project if I was infected, So nobody's sitting in the first three rows, which I kind of loved that because he was like, just stay twenty feet away, you know, and if you can't handle that, we'll go back to zoom meetings. But I think it reinforced just how everyone's kind of trying to do the best they can. We don't have all the information. There are good protocols in place, thanks to the negotiations between the league and the players union, so they have a much better chance than college football. Um. But yeah, I think it's a jarring reality to see it playing out. We could have been New Zealand, guys. I'm telling you, you know, Jenny and I could be breaking down the Bill's offensive line right now, but instead we're talking about nasal swabs on Hard Knocks. So wear a mask when you're going out next time. Um, but I don't know. Oddly, still, I mean, the fact that the NFL is here and it's happening means we do have a relatively full slave news today. It's just good. I'm always I'm always down for that. Yeah, And before we get to the news topics, obviously, the big revelation of the first episode of Hard Knocks, which came in like the first thirty seconds of the show, was Chargers coach Anthony Lynn saying I got infected. And then you saw the reactions of his players. Joey Bose's eyes kind of bugged out of his head, and you know, they zoomed in on Justin Herbert soon after that, Um, and his point was it's easy to get infected. He later was talking to the team psychologists and said, I don't know where it got it, and I might not have known that my symptoms were COVID, but I happen to be watching golf and there was a golfer who had to pull out because he had body aches, and I thought I have the same symptoms. So his goal, I think was sharing with players how easy it is to get infected, Like if you don't know somebody who's been infected, here I'm somebody, and take this seriously. But yeah, it was like, definitely a jarring thing. That's the third head coach now that we know of, Doug Peterson and Sean Payton and now Anthony Lynn have all said that they've tested positive. So yes, definitely a very strange and of hard knocks. And we did not expect that the opening scene would be a year ago. You would not like have the new ELD to fathom at the opening scene would be a zoom call with a head coach telling his players that he was infected with a highly contagious virus in the middle of a global pandemic. Yeah, boy took a turn, Jenny, and I remember at the end of me proclaiming that was going to be the year of war in Ventus, and I think I meant maybe, yeah, this is not what I was expecting. Yeah, well, okay, so that is a good segue into our first topic. I'll start Connor. Because Matthew Stafford got big mad about its false positive COVID test. The NFL is taking extra measures to prevent the issue from happening again, including administering a point of care tests on the second day of the player is asymptomatic? Is this better or worse for the situation going forward? What I mean by worst there is his reaction to the false positive was alarming to me because you know, at this point, I would rather have a false positive than a miss negative, or like anybody else in the world, I would rather have an immediate false positive than a negative three weeks after I go to urgent care to take the test. You know, I think that these guys need to realize that they're in an incredibly fortuitous position where, yes, they're putting themselves at a greater risk for coronavirus on their own. Um, you know, this is something they decided on their own that they want to do. But also you know, they have the high they have better medical care and access than almost anybody in the country right now, probably outside of our world leaders and politicians. Yeah, I agree, Connor. I mean, I think the idea that a false positive was taken seriously is a good thing. It's it's not an unheard of part of the testing protocol that there would be false positives. Right The NFL said last week they've done more than seventy five thousand COVID tests. If the accuracy rate, which I believe it is, is something like nine percent If you think about it though, that is if you're testing seventy players, that means that one out of a thousand of those negative tests would come up as a false positive. And that is not that's not unreasonable. The tests are still very accurate. It's just that there's a small percentage that come up as false positives. So now they've added this additional protocol. So my understanding is the point of care tests would be the rapid antigen test, and then they would also do the PCR again like they have been doing. So the rapid anagen tests you get the results on the spot. The accuracy rate is lower for the anagen test than the PCR, and the PCR tests then gets sent away as usual. So you can essentially say, well, if this person has a positive test, if it's a false positive, we will know within twenty four hours. That to me seems like a pretty good outcome. You know, obviously his family has wife detailed some stress that their family was under UM but the reality is that false positive happen, false positives happen, and you know, now they've added another step to the testing protocol too. You know, I'll be able to clear those up as soon as possible. So and it just pales in comparison, though, I think to the stress that any of us have gone through. I mean I have not UM taken a COVID test. I mean I asked my doctor actually UM three weeks ago if I could take an in a body test because I thought I had it at the beginning of UM or the end of February, beginning of March, and I was told that it really doesn't matter now. So UM, you know, we're not going to waste our time and resources on giving it to you. And so, you know, I think that there's there needs to be that perspective there that like none of us can get you know, this stuff and get it back within a decent amount of time to be able to plan our lives accordingly and keep our families safe and all that stuff. So hey, if you get a false positive that you know, that's okay. It's part of the draw. There was They've been false positive drug tests in the NFL. I'm sure a couple a couple of times there's been false positive. You know, I don't know, m R. E. S Um. You know how many times have we covered high ankle sprains, Jenny, where once the swelling goes down, the grade changes on the high ankle spraining. You don't holler at the technician or yell at anybody for leaking that out. I mean, this stuff is in its infancy, this testing, and so you know, I just say, let's take it day by day and be thankful that you have access to it, Um, And hey, if you're not happy with it, I'm sure there's a lot of people out there and maybe even some weak side listeners whould like some immediate access to some NFL testing, so we can we can hook that up. And you make a really good point, Connor, that the bigger risk is not the false positive. The bigger risk is the false negative. And if somebody was infected, then they would still be able to spread that while they believe that they test negative or they have it and they don't test soon enough. So um, that I think is the bigger concern rather than you know, somebody missing a day because a day really you know if you can when we're talking about getting closer to games too, and most cases you could get that resolved if something came up quickly enough that I wouldn't impact your availability or anything along those lines. So, um, you know, the introduction of this extra point of care tests is interesting. I mean, that is something that you get the results right away, and as we said, the accuracy rate is a little bit lower, but uh, you know, at least you're kind of getting some peace of mind on the spot, which, as you mentioned, is not something that the general public has access to. Yeah, it'll be interesting moving forward. And my guess is this is not the first time we're the last time we're going to hear about testing issues and you know, all this stuff as it relates to the NFL. But um, you know, so it goes. Um. This one is just kind of a fun one that I threw in here. From number two. The New York Post reported this week that ESPN made a run at Sean McVeigh for the vacant Monday night football job. Who did not Who did they not talk to for that job except for us for some reason. They had said in recent months that he hopes to be coaching for at least the next fifteen years. But a good kind of tip of the captive Pro Football Talk who pulled a couple of interviews that he has done in recent years saying, Yeah, I'm getting married next year. Uh, I would like to have children at some point, So I don't know what's going to happen, you know, I I don't know. You know. The way that I do it now would lead me to believe that I will burn out in the future, which is sort of an interesting point of view for him to have, and I think a very adult point of view for him to have for someone that is our age, you know, and hasn't been in the profession for thirty five years. But um, it's interesting in that I think he would have been great at it, you know, I think he would have been Gruden plus. Um, But I don't know what do you make of that kind of just surfacing at this point, I don't know it was just kind of a fun little nugget there. Yeah, it really was. I did a double take wall scrolling on Twitter because what made them think that there was a possibility. I mean, I was surprised. He's early into his head coaching career. Also kind of a weird year to be making that kind of plea, right, I mean this season at that point when they reached out, But I mean it wasn't a d percent sure. It's still not a sure, so, UM, yeah, I guess I just wondered the dynamics that play there. Is it just kind of like shoot your shot and see if there's an interest level or set something up for the future or if I'm if you were Sean McVeigh and um, which I would say you were the Sean McVeigh of football journalism. So maybe this is like an apt question. But you know, you're at the height of your powers. You're true innovative. This is antithetical to the premise of our Jenny's coming off of a strong cover performance in our last issue, UM, which is like the writer equivalent of the Super Bowl. UM. And unlike Sean, she she won that one. She was on the cover. UM, And so you're at the height of your powers here and someone comes to you and says, yes, a very young but we'd like to offer you insane amount of money to do tan gentle work that is less stressful and you'll get paid more and you know that you can have the job for the next ten years. Is that a difficult thing to turn down in the moment? I don't think so, especially if you feel like you have more to achieve in the career that you're in, which obviously Sean McVeigh does, right. I mean, everyone gets into this job where they like to be in the position for a long time. They'd like to contend for a Super Bowl. Um, it just feels sort of strange to be so young into your head coaching career and have someone reach out and make that kind of offer to you. Like, there's no indications that he's looking to change or he's not really Like, he's not stuck in a bad situation, he's in a good situation. He's good at his job. He could get several other head coaching jobs if this one, if he didn't want to be there, right So, Um, I don't know, Connor that that one was a real head scratcher for me. Here's what I do. I would say, yes, I would stun the football world. I would walk away. I would take my eighteen million a year. And because that's what Tony Romo is making from CBS. So that's the that's that's the floor. Right, that's the floor of the contract. Right, Um, eighteen million dollars a year to broadcast Monday night football. You're young at this point, right, like you're just getting married. Uh, you can have all these adventures. You know, your family can travel with you, and and it just you know, and then you build that Gruden mystique over time, and then you just come back banging ESPN for more money and saying, well, the Raiders want me to come back and coach, the Buccaneers want me to come back and coach. The Eagles want me to come back and coach and make more and more and more and more and more. And then when your kids are out of high school, you know, um, when you've seen all that you can see, jump back in and then and then devote your the rest of your days to do in that, and you'll be fully energized. You'll be picking everybody's rain for eight years or ten years. You've got a photographic memory. You can steal all that stuff. You don't have to worry about Jared Goff or anything like that. Oh man, That's that's just me though. And I like a good Marriott. You know, I like a good We both like a good concierge lounge. And that's your life for basically, you know, ten years, you're floating to the best Marriott wherever at Monday night football is and and that's that's a pretty nice thing. Well, you're right. I mean some people don't get a head coaching opportunity until they're say fifty, So McVeigh could have this whole other broadcast career be this coveted coach Gruden ask that everyone's buying to get to return. But you make an interesting point there, Connor, like if for some reason he just his trust and belief in golf was broken. But they're tied to golf right now with this contract, and maybe that would be his way out. Now. Obviously he didn't take that, so he doesn't feel that way. I guess I just would like to know more about what made ESPN reach out. I say big kudos to whoever shot the shot. That's all I'll say. Because you never know right right, all right, what do we have for topic number three? Jerry Jones said he would show grace in deciding the team's stance on the national anthem this upcoming season. Jones, who famously forgot to remove his cap during the national anthem or your topic writing is always on point. He said that we're insensitive times and that he wants his under fans to understand where the players are coming from. This probably results in another corny, unsatisfying gesture. No for our readers who don't remember, um, Jerry Jones and the team did that weird like simultaneous pre national anthem. I'm just gonna call it. Um. It very much resembled what I when I used to do autumn calgaries is twenty one day fix. It resembles it like like a forward lunch. That's what it was. It was like a simultaneous aerobic stretch and then they austed for the national anthem. I'm not to like the gesture, but that's exactly what it looked like, and it was. I feel like it's so much less stoic and powerful than kneeling for the song. But that is uh, that's my take on it. So one part of his quote that I was confused about. Many of you have written and criticized me for having too much grace and understanding regarding our players. That seemed a little backwards. Um, many of you've written into the weak Side podcast saying how good looking are you Connor? Oh my god, you know, jeez, stop guys. I mean I thought these comments were fell into the category of meeting lists or corny unsatisfying gesture. To be honest, Um, it was saying a lot of words without saying anything. By saying we need to have grace. It's like one of those kind of like squishy things, right. It's just like this phrase that doesn't carry any actual meaning that could be interpreted whatever way that you wanted to trying to satisfy the fans in Texas who still think that kneeling is about the flag, but then also trying not to alienate his players. But that line really perplexed me because several of his players have said, like, we're wondering where Jerry Jones is. Jerry Jones has gone silent. He normally speaks every week, and it was months without hearing from Jerry Jones, So I think he already messed up. And I feel like his comments here didn't do a lot to fix that. I don't know, Um, you know, I know the answer to this question. But it's like, if I owned an NFL franchise, I wouldn't be able to stand idly by and watch people talking about me and what I believe in without weighing in on it. And I'm talking about in this instance, Jerry Jones, Daniel Snyder, UM and who for two very different reasons, we have not heard from very much recently, and if we have, it's been sort of this strange statement legalies or whatever it is. But you know, it's just so funny to me that people who tend to want to be so in command and powerful and have their hands on everything just can't step up and and take a lick one way or the other, you know. And it's like if, if, if you really believe that nobody should kneel for the national anthem, then say it and take the hit, you know, let your players go somewhere else and play for a franchise that they feel more comfortable in. If you believe that they should be able to kneel, say it, Because my guess is people aren't going to stop coming to the two billion dollars stadium you built, and you're not really going to lose that much of a of a ticket at the gate, and nobody's coming this year anyway. UM. So I don't know. I just I get surprised when people kind of who are so active and so controlling and so powerful, all of a sudden just decide to back out and say no, no, not this time, not not me. That's right, That's absolutely right. Connor, if there's something that happens in your country or among the players on the team that you own, you should have an obligation to say something. Ing it's your platform is important. Your silence is obvious. Um. And that was certainly the case over the last few months. So then to be silent for those months and to come up with this total met of a statement or met of comments, UM, just really reinforces why so little has changed with black coaches, black general managers, any decision makers in the NFL. Why there is such a dearth of black decision makers in the NFL. It's clear that the problem starts at the ownership level. And I think these lukewarm comments from owners regarding black lives Matter and regarding their support for players who may choose to kneel is exempt flies exactly the problem we've been talking about Connor, And you're at the twilight of your career, Like, wouldn't you want to go out as a trailblazer, Like you could erase ten years, twenty years of bad stories and ideas and go down in history as somebody who truly did some thing for the league. You know. But so it goes. It seems like that's not something anybody's really interested in right now. Um. Topic number four. Bill's head coach Sean McDermott received a contract extension Wednesday, linking him to the team for six more years through McDermott has made the playoffs in two of his first three years with the team and appears that the club is healthier than it has been in a long time. I would argue probably, Oh, I don't know. Um, they had a good couple, you know, Doug Morons seemed to have them in a decent place. Um, there was some decent years with Chan Gailey. But this seems different, Like this is a formidable, scary roster, uh that I think could in a year or two if the Patriots do end up falling off kind of take their place a little bit. And uh, I don't know. I think it's a good move, right, Yeah, I agree. And he went into a job where scores of coaches ahead of him had not had success in shaking that long playoff terrout and then he went twice three years. Um, Really the partnership with him and Brandon Bean has really seemed to work. Um. There hasn't been any evidence of like internal in fighting. There hasn't been drama. I think the biggest question with the Bills is do they pick the right quarterback? But that you know, that doesn't reflect on McDermott's leadership. You know, that may play into talent evaluation and their selections. Um. But um, you know, I think he's done a really good job in going into a a position that had been a really tough spot to have success for a long time. Yeah. And luckily for him now, I mean, you know, whether or not the Bills would actually keep him through, you know, that does give you a chance to do the next quarterback to if this one doesn't. And we've talked a little bit about you know, the trading for Stephan Diggs is kind of okay, Josh you know this is your time now, you know this is either you're getting a big extension. We're gonna start talking about that after this year, or we're gonna start talking about a Nick Foles situation and Mitch Robisky situation for you the year after that, you know. And I think that that's sort of a big turning point season for him. You hate to put that much pressure on anybody, but he's got a great offensive coordinator, a budding offensive line, UM, better skill position players than he's ever had before. And so good for McDermott that you kind of secure yourself through um the next one here if this doesn't work out. And also kudos to them for making the playoffs and in these circumstances, because you know, I don't know if anybody would peg Josh Allen, who I think the last time I checked was likewy in d v O A, which is the stat I like for football outsires and grading quarterbacks. Um. But you know, the last time I checked, nobody's signing up for that, you know, and saying this is the person that's gonna make us to the take us to the playoffs. So good for good for Sean McDermott. I think one of the coaches that we can agree is probably like you know, is easier to see do well in the NFL, like he see the sound guy. You know. Yeah, every time I've interacted with him, he's very respectful. He and Brandon seemed to really want to work together and you know, build this team together. And so I think that's somewhat refreshing. I mean, there's just so much drama on teams around the league, um, and I feel like that has not been a hallmark of their tenure. So no doubt, um number five. I always save the good uh lebian Bell stuff for Levian Bell. Expert correspondent Jenny rerentis all right, lebian Bell said, sometimes you don't like how people handle things when it comes to Jamal Adams. Well, some could accuse the pot of calling the kettle black. Bell is a respected veteran voice in this equation. Does he have a point? I think so, I mean, you know, but I think it's a good move, right, It's a smart move if you're Levan Bell, right, because um, you know, it's clear that Adam Gaze didn't want you for the price that you had. Probably is eyeing use some sort of a cut. But you're stepping into that leadership position you know that they were hoping you would step into and saying hey, you know, um, if he doesn't want to be here, that's great. You know, he doesn't have to be here. But you know, I'm the voice of the locker room now and this is what I have to say. And so in a way, it's like, yeah, good for you, dude. You know, um, you speak up, And regardless of whether or not you agree with what Jamal Adams doing, I think it's a smart political move. If you're Levyan Bell, I think that's a really good description Connor, because obviously there are some hurt feelings in the locker room. Bell has hurt feelings. I mean, Jamal Adams was one of the people that recruited him to come to the Jets, and it was, you know, part of the decision making process. So clearly there was some hurt there when Adams was you know, clamoring to get out of town and then ultimately got got what he was hoping for. Um. But this is kind of like the move forward saying like, hey, it wasn't our organization. It was a guy that didn't want to be here and he didn't handle it the right way, and so now we've got a team of people that do want to be here and let's move forward together. And also like I'm not letting these hurt feelings linger, Like I'm just saying this was a him problem and I'm happy to be here regardless. Essentially is the message. So I think it's a good uh. You know, it's like it's a totally like coded language or not coded language is totally like this kind of stuff you'd say in a breakup, right, like sometimes you don't like how people handle things like translation being like, you know, they really screwed up, but like I'm doing fine and I'm moving on, you know, accompanied by an Instagram post of like of a brunch and uh and then like the the arm of like a New Mystery m Yeah, like I'm a mosta arm of a New Mystery Man. And then like one of those silver heart emojis. You know, that feels like very on point for like that kind of caption. Sometimes you don't like how people handle things, but I'm handling it my way or something like that, you know makes me miss away messages on instant messengers. I was a big away message fan as well. I um, you know, uh, surprise, surprise Jenny. UM. You know dated a lot in middle school. Oh boy, here we go. It's just like, uh, you know, a segue into Connor's dating adventures. Go ahead, Connor. UM. And I remember, you know, specifically having like a high school sweetheart who would um? You know really, you know, the the away message was the key to what was going on, you know. UM. And so if if you were fighting and really what are you fighting about in high school? Um? But like you know, if if there was a fight, it was this frantically like oh man, like you know, you're just you. You must have been googling like just love on the rocks quotes, you know, and then you know you would just see this, and you know, sometimes you're just logging on to check out what happened in uh in WWF Monday Night Raw the night before, and all of a sudden you pop over the little away message and you're like, oh god, I need to give her a call and see what's going on here. You know, UM, I didn't realize things had gotten this bath, but you know I missed that. I think Instagram is too uh what is it? Um? It's telling and not showing you know, it's like there's too much you know, there's too much of it out there. A I am left a lot to the imagination, you know, and it forced you to eventually communicate with the person. Yeah, those were a good opportunity to really share your feelings, you know. In college, you I don't know, I had ones for like every circumstance. You know, if it was a rainy day, I had a way message about what the rain would be like outside. You know, some song works about rain. I don't know, you know, like, uh, I don't remember what I'm thinking of, but uh I had some go toos that weren't really that funny or weren't really that meaningful. I'm sure they're funnier than you're giving it. I don't think so I would hate I Actually, I have to say it was cleaning recently and I had this book that I use like I would like, um, take a big hardcover book and like I would just do my homework on top of that book. It was like a lapboard essentially, right. So I have this one that's like the big birth book about earthen space. So I've like happened to like have carried it with me through college and somehow got to my apartment in grad school and it's like still here. So when I'm like reading papers or like reading court documents and highlighting this, I used this big book of Earth and Space. I opened it up the other day and I was honest cleaning spree and I was like, what's in this book? And they were like old print outs of a I M. Conversations from Connor. It was horrifying. I immediately tore up the conversation into small pieces and the poet access to that. I was very embarrassed by my sixteen year old self. So no, I mean, it's just part of growing up. Yeah, but like wouldn't recommend printing them and like reading them fifteen years later, just like wouldn't recommend that printing them was an interesting decision. Um, I know what was I thinking? I would say that I would argue that percent of the biggest issues that we encountered as kids in drama in middle school was when someone decided to print the the the I M s you know, um, And I'll leave it at that. But I'm just saying that there was some there were some mine blowing scandals and as the kids would call it today, receipts um easier to manufacture back then. Uh, you know, we were less aware of the deep fake phenomenon. But at the same time, you know, if it was real, you knew it, you know, and there was some serious stuff going on. Wow, this has been a trip down memory. Like Connor, I am glad we got free. Say it was a welcome one. Well maybe it's you know, it's some some way shape or for you know, my user name was Jenny Juniper seven. Oh boy, mine was uh, you don't have to say it. It was Heisman Kid two. UM twenty two is my youth sports football Aim High. They say, you know, I love it. I love it. Connor did not did not win the Heisman Trophy. You know. All right, speaking of Amy High, what do we have for the oracle this week? So, Jenny, I think that my prediction is that not enough people are going to be talking about this appearance that Urban Meyer made on Fox Sports. A just a half naked man appeared behind behind him. And if you haven't seen it, I mean you have to look up look it up on Twitter. This feels like a like one of these things that's just gonna like, you know, there's so much stuff going on, and it's just you know, in the world right now that you know, I think two thousand nine, this would have been the only thing we would have talked about for a week, So lucky for for you or Meyer. But holy smokes. I mean, he's just in the middle of this take on leaders or something like that, and then this shirtless dude just pops up and and and urban Meyer very visibly. It's like, get out of here, you know, you know, And I don't want to speculated any any further, but like, you know, let's find out who this mystery got this here, right So I was doing a deep dive in the comments of that post, and there did seem to be some speculation that urban Meyer was recording from a yacht or maybe just a boat, depending on what do you think. You it did look kind of yatty, like it was a weird background and that this person was wearing their swim trunks and drinking a beer or something along those lines, and just like happened to pop into the mirror behind urban Meyer or something. So the boat situation seemed to make sense because it was kind of a weird background that you couldn't place like it certainly wasn't like a living room or something along those lines. So the boat and the boat passenger who had just gone for a swim seemed to line up. But yes, I'm just like waiting for there to be an official statement or official clarification at least poke some funny yourself. I mean, because he got really incensed when this person came into view, like he was very angry about it. That's not how you handle it. Remember when Brian Nelson was the closer for the Giants, he would have he would do these hits on TV, and then he would have his alter ego named the Machine in this leather s and m gear walking behind him during hits. And that was like a thing that he did on sort of a bit. But like even if it's not you've got to embrace it. And another big mistake, we all remember them. I think he was like an expert on South Korea. Power in South Korea. The guy in the BBC whose daughter walked in and he's trying to like push her face away and get her off the camera. You gotta embrace it, like embracing you gotta you gotta pick the kid up, and you gotta say okay, honey, here's the CNN. You know what he would you know, let's say something to them, or you know, you gotta you gotta roll with it. If you're urban, you gotta say, hey, Jimmy, I'll be I'll be back out on the deck later, like you know, save me a beer or something like that. You can't, you know, freaking out the last thing you want to do there. Like we do when every you know comes in daring report recording, we really embrace it. I mean, we also know that she's the future co host, which is something that's a little sensitive subject for Connors, so we don't talk about it openly. But you are in line to be replaced by your daughter, so you know, you live and you learn. You know, okay, Jenny, So that leads us with the French is consensus for today? Um, what do we got? Well, we talked about this a little bit on our show earlier in the week, but it's still an important thing. So I just want to say this is great. That seems like there's momentum for college football players to unionize. This is what we need. We've been waiting for it. We love unions, We think unions are important and I would love to see college football players be represented the way that they should have been all along. So yea unions' consensus right on. That's all I got to say. All right, Well, so that is our show for today. We will be back next week with some exciting subjects, and I think on Monday, Connor when we record, I think we'll do a little bit of a couple of male items in addition to the rest of our show. We got some good mail from listeners who rode into weekside pod at gmail dot com, so I am excited for that on Monday. So thank you all for listening and we will see you again next week. The mm QB week Side Podcast is Me, Jenny Rendis and Connor Or. We are produced by Shelby Royson Size. Executive producer of podcast is Scott Brodie Ben Eagles, Director of Editorial Projects and product Mark Murravik is a meritus executive director of the mm QB. 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Hello, Welcome back to the week Side Podcast. I am Jenny Rerentis, as always here with Connor or the Connor. We are recording on Wednesday. The NFL has moved into phase two of the training camp or ramp up protocols, which means that it's similar to O t A type practices. Players and coaches are out on the field, they can wear helmets, um and they'll gradually keep progressing along. You know, there are still padded practices. Is still down the line for next week, I believe, but things have been on track for the NFL. You know, we're seeing college football in kind of a state of chaos right now, a lot of difficult decisions being made. But for now, the NFL is moving forward. As I said before we started the show, I guess I'll just say that things are progressing, because that's really all we can say at the moment. Yes, Jenny, things are progressing. Uh. And it just it feels weird to to say that, and it might be weirder for us just because like we're here. We're still here, you know what I mean, Like we're not seeing any of it like everybody else. You know. Of course we're contacting people on teams and we're learning about what's happening in these places. But our view of the world of the football world is no different than the lay fan at this point from a visual perspective, right, we're all kind of hooked on these little snippets on Twitter. We're wondering what's happening. Um, you know what, you know, how players look, and it's extremely difficult to even consider live football being played right now because it's such a bizarre circumstance. But I think the segues nicely into what we were talking about before we started recording, and that's, um, you know, Hard Knocks did premiere, uh, the work recording us on Wednesday, premiered on Tuesday, and you know, it's it's happening. You know, it's it's featuring the Rams and the Charters and it's, uh, it's it's going off without without a hit oddly, and you know, I remember being on the conference call when they announced both of the teams and thinking there was no possible way this is going to happen. Um alas it is. And I don't know what was your kind of takeaway from from last night's episode. Yeah, I felt like it was a little bit of an anxious watch. I mean, certainly there is rightly so a large focus on the protocols and players going through the protocols. So you see a lot of nasal swabs, You saw players getting blood drawn for the COVID anibodies tests. You see coaches discussing with players what the protocols are, why it's important, essentially saying we don't just have the game plan for on the field this year, we have the game plan against this other opponent. And so I think it was a really good behind the scenes look about what it's like to go through training camp right now, and I think it was a pretty honest portrayal of that. Um but it was anxious, right you know, I just was watching errors on the field together and saying, oh, that person is not wearing a mask, or that mask is down below his neck. And obviously the testing protocols are in place UM to screen and to prevent, you know, if there is somebody who's infected, to hopefully contain the spread and all of those things. But yeah, I felt like it was a little you know, the same feeling that you have Connor, like if you go into a restaurant to pick up a meal, or maybe you're trying to see your parents and you you know, isolate for a couple of weeks ahead of time, but while you're there, you're still nervous about being too close selderly relatives. Um, that was kind of the feeling that I had watching you know, you said Sean McVeigh in a team meeting, projecting his voice carrying out over the team and no mask, and you're thinking about like, oh my gosh, is the spittle spreading? Um? You know, you see them with the ice shields but no mask. Just you know, different things that came up, and also hearing these honest discussions about like well what should I do here? And I think there was one Chargers coach that was like, told, I don't know exactly how far this could project if I was infected, So nobody's sitting in the first three rows, which I kind of loved that because he was like, just stay twenty feet away, you know, and if you can't handle that, we'll go back to zoom meetings. But I think it reinforced just how everyone's kind of trying to do the best they can. We don't have all the information. There are good protocols in place, thanks to the negotiations between the league and the players union, so they have a much better chance than college football. Um. But yeah, I think it's a jarring reality to see it playing out. We could have been New Zealand, guys. I'm telling you, you know, Jenny and I could be breaking down the Bill's offensive line right now, but instead we're talking about nasal swabs on Hard Knocks. So wear a mask when you're going out next time. Um, but I don't know. Oddly, still, I mean, the fact that the NFL is here and it's happening means we do have a relatively full slave news today. It's just good. I'm always I'm always down for that. Yeah, And before we get to the news topics, obviously, the big revelation of the first episode of Hard Knocks, which came in like the first thirty seconds of the show, was Chargers coach Anthony Lynn saying I got infected. And then you saw the reactions of his players. Joey Bose's eyes kind of bugged out of his head, and you know, they zoomed in on Justin Herbert soon after that, Um, and his point was it's easy to get infected. He later was talking to the team psychologists and said, I don't know where it got it, and I might not have known that my symptoms were COVID, but I happen to be watching golf and there was a golfer who had to pull out because he had body aches, and I thought I have the same symptoms. So his goal, I think was sharing with players how easy it is to get infected, Like if you don't know somebody who's been infected, here I'm somebody, and take this seriously. But yeah, it was like, definitely a jarring thing. That's the third head coach now that we know of, Doug Peterson and Sean Payton and now Anthony Lynn have all said that they've tested positive. So yes, definitely a very strange and of hard knocks. And we did not expect that the opening scene would be a year ago. You would not like have the new ELD to fathom at the opening scene would be a zoom call with a head coach telling his players that he was infected with a highly contagious virus in the middle of a global pandemic. Yeah, boy took a turn, Jenny, and I remember at the end of me proclaiming that was going to be the year of war in Ventus, and I think I meant maybe, yeah, this is not what I was expecting. Yeah, well, okay, so that is a good segue into our first topic. I'll start Connor. Because Matthew Stafford got big mad about its false positive COVID test. The NFL is taking extra measures to prevent the issue from happening again, including administering a point of care tests on the second day of the player is asymptomatic? Is this better or worse for the situation going forward? What I mean by worst there is his reaction to the false positive was alarming to me because you know, at this point, I would rather have a false positive than a miss negative, or like anybody else in the world, I would rather have an immediate false positive than a negative three weeks after I go to urgent care to take the test. You know, I think that these guys need to realize that they're in an incredibly fortuitous position where, yes, they're putting themselves at a greater risk for coronavirus on their own. Um, you know, this is something they decided on their own that they want to do. But also you know, they have the high they have better medical care and access than almost anybody in the country right now, probably outside of our world leaders and politicians. Yeah, I agree, Connor. I mean, I think the idea that a false positive was taken seriously is a good thing. It's it's not an unheard of part of the testing protocol that there would be false positives. Right The NFL said last week they've done more than seventy five thousand COVID tests. If the accuracy rate, which I believe it is, is something like nine percent If you think about it though, that is if you're testing seventy players, that means that one out of a thousand of those negative tests would come up as a false positive. And that is not that's not unreasonable. The tests are still very accurate. It's just that there's a small percentage that come up as false positives. So now they've added this additional protocol. So my understanding is the point of care tests would be the rapid antigen test, and then they would also do the PCR again like they have been doing. So the rapid anagen tests you get the results on the spot. The accuracy rate is lower for the anagen test than the PCR, and the PCR tests then gets sent away as usual. So you can essentially say, well, if this person has a positive test, if it's a false positive, we will know within twenty four hours. That to me seems like a pretty good outcome. You know, obviously his family has wife detailed some stress that their family was under UM but the reality is that false positive happen, false positives happen, and you know, now they've added another step to the testing protocol too. You know, I'll be able to clear those up as soon as possible. So and it just pales in comparison, though, I think to the stress that any of us have gone through. I mean I have not UM taken a COVID test. I mean I asked my doctor actually UM three weeks ago if I could take an in a body test because I thought I had it at the beginning of UM or the end of February, beginning of March, and I was told that it really doesn't matter now. So UM, you know, we're not going to waste our time and resources on giving it to you. And so, you know, I think that there's there needs to be that perspective there that like none of us can get you know, this stuff and get it back within a decent amount of time to be able to plan our lives accordingly and keep our families safe and all that stuff. So hey, if you get a false positive that you know, that's okay. It's part of the draw. There was They've been false positive drug tests in the NFL. I'm sure a couple a couple of times there's been false positive. You know, I don't know, m R. E. S Um. You know how many times have we covered high ankle sprains, Jenny, where once the swelling goes down, the grade changes on the high ankle spraining. You don't holler at the technician or yell at anybody for leaking that out. I mean, this stuff is in its infancy, this testing, and so you know, I just say, let's take it day by day and be thankful that you have access to it, Um, And hey, if you're not happy with it, I'm sure there's a lot of people out there and maybe even some weak side listeners whould like some immediate access to some NFL testing, so we can we can hook that up. And you make a really good point, Connor, that the bigger risk is not the false positive. The bigger risk is the false negative. And if somebody was infected, then they would still be able to spread that while they believe that they test negative or they have it and they don't test soon enough. So um, that I think is the bigger concern rather than you know, somebody missing a day because a day really you know if you can when we're talking about getting closer to games too, and most cases you could get that resolved if something came up quickly enough that I wouldn't impact your availability or anything along those lines. So, um, you know, the introduction of this extra point of care tests is interesting. I mean, that is something that you get the results right away, and as we said, the accuracy rate is a little bit lower, but uh, you know, at least you're kind of getting some peace of mind on the spot, which, as you mentioned, is not something that the general public has access to. Yeah, it'll be interesting moving forward. And my guess is this is not the first time we're the last time we're going to hear about testing issues and you know, all this stuff as it relates to the NFL. But um, you know, so it goes. Um. This one is just kind of a fun one that I threw in here. From number two. The New York Post reported this week that ESPN made a run at Sean McVeigh for the vacant Monday night football job. Who did not Who did they not talk to for that job except for us for some reason. They had said in recent months that he hopes to be coaching for at least the next fifteen years. But a good kind of tip of the captive Pro Football Talk who pulled a couple of interviews that he has done in recent years saying, Yeah, I'm getting married next year. Uh, I would like to have children at some point, So I don't know what's going to happen, you know, I I don't know. You know. The way that I do it now would lead me to believe that I will burn out in the future, which is sort of an interesting point of view for him to have, and I think a very adult point of view for him to have for someone that is our age, you know, and hasn't been in the profession for thirty five years. But um, it's interesting in that I think he would have been great at it, you know, I think he would have been Gruden plus. Um, But I don't know what do you make of that kind of just surfacing at this point, I don't know it was just kind of a fun little nugget there. Yeah, it really was. I did a double take wall scrolling on Twitter because what made them think that there was a possibility. I mean, I was surprised. He's early into his head coaching career. Also kind of a weird year to be making that kind of plea, right, I mean this season at that point when they reached out, But I mean it wasn't a d percent sure. It's still not a sure, so, UM, yeah, I guess I just wondered the dynamics that play there. Is it just kind of like shoot your shot and see if there's an interest level or set something up for the future or if I'm if you were Sean McVeigh and um, which I would say you were the Sean McVeigh of football journalism. So maybe this is like an apt question. But you know, you're at the height of your powers. You're true innovative. This is antithetical to the premise of our Jenny's coming off of a strong cover performance in our last issue, UM, which is like the writer equivalent of the Super Bowl. UM. And unlike Sean, she she won that one. She was on the cover. UM, And so you're at the height of your powers here and someone comes to you and says, yes, a very young but we'd like to offer you insane amount of money to do tan gentle work that is less stressful and you'll get paid more and you know that you can have the job for the next ten years. Is that a difficult thing to turn down in the moment? I don't think so, especially if you feel like you have more to achieve in the career that you're in, which obviously Sean McVeigh does, right. I mean, everyone gets into this job where they like to be in the position for a long time. They'd like to contend for a Super Bowl. Um, it just feels sort of strange to be so young into your head coaching career and have someone reach out and make that kind of offer to you. Like, there's no indications that he's looking to change or he's not really Like, he's not stuck in a bad situation, he's in a good situation. He's good at his job. He could get several other head coaching jobs if this one, if he didn't want to be there, right So, Um, I don't know, Connor that that one was a real head scratcher for me. Here's what I do. I would say, yes, I would stun the football world. I would walk away. I would take my eighteen million a year. And because that's what Tony Romo is making from CBS. So that's the that's that's the floor. Right, that's the floor of the contract. Right, Um, eighteen million dollars a year to broadcast Monday night football. You're young at this point, right, like you're just getting married. Uh, you can have all these adventures. You know, your family can travel with you, and and it just you know, and then you build that Gruden mystique over time, and then you just come back banging ESPN for more money and saying, well, the Raiders want me to come back and coach, the Buccaneers want me to come back and coach. The Eagles want me to come back and coach and make more and more and more and more and more. And then when your kids are out of high school, you know, um, when you've seen all that you can see, jump back in and then and then devote your the rest of your days to do in that, and you'll be fully energized. You'll be picking everybody's rain for eight years or ten years. You've got a photographic memory. You can steal all that stuff. You don't have to worry about Jared Goff or anything like that. Oh man, That's that's just me though. And I like a good Marriott. You know, I like a good We both like a good concierge lounge. And that's your life for basically, you know, ten years, you're floating to the best Marriott wherever at Monday night football is and and that's that's a pretty nice thing. Well, you're right. I mean some people don't get a head coaching opportunity until they're say fifty, So McVeigh could have this whole other broadcast career be this coveted coach Gruden ask that everyone's buying to get to return. But you make an interesting point there, Connor, like if for some reason he just his trust and belief in golf was broken. But they're tied to golf right now with this contract, and maybe that would be his way out. Now. Obviously he didn't take that, so he doesn't feel that way. I guess I just would like to know more about what made ESPN reach out. I say big kudos to whoever shot the shot. That's all I'll say. Because you never know right right, all right, what do we have for topic number three? Jerry Jones said he would show grace in deciding the team's stance on the national anthem this upcoming season. Jones, who famously forgot to remove his cap during the national anthem or your topic writing is always on point. He said that we're insensitive times and that he wants his under fans to understand where the players are coming from. This probably results in another corny, unsatisfying gesture. No for our readers who don't remember, um, Jerry Jones and the team did that weird like simultaneous pre national anthem. I'm just gonna call it. Um. It very much resembled what I when I used to do autumn calgaries is twenty one day fix. It resembles it like like a forward lunch. That's what it was. It was like a simultaneous aerobic stretch and then they austed for the national anthem. I'm not to like the gesture, but that's exactly what it looked like, and it was. I feel like it's so much less stoic and powerful than kneeling for the song. But that is uh, that's my take on it. So one part of his quote that I was confused about. Many of you have written and criticized me for having too much grace and understanding regarding our players. That seemed a little backwards. Um, many of you've written into the weak Side podcast saying how good looking are you Connor? Oh my god, you know, jeez, stop guys. I mean I thought these comments were fell into the category of meeting lists or corny unsatisfying gesture. To be honest, Um, it was saying a lot of words without saying anything. By saying we need to have grace. It's like one of those kind of like squishy things, right. It's just like this phrase that doesn't carry any actual meaning that could be interpreted whatever way that you wanted to trying to satisfy the fans in Texas who still think that kneeling is about the flag, but then also trying not to alienate his players. But that line really perplexed me because several of his players have said, like, we're wondering where Jerry Jones is. Jerry Jones has gone silent. He normally speaks every week, and it was months without hearing from Jerry Jones, So I think he already messed up. And I feel like his comments here didn't do a lot to fix that. I don't know, Um, you know, I know the answer to this question. But it's like, if I owned an NFL franchise, I wouldn't be able to stand idly by and watch people talking about me and what I believe in without weighing in on it. And I'm talking about in this instance, Jerry Jones, Daniel Snyder, UM and who for two very different reasons, we have not heard from very much recently, and if we have, it's been sort of this strange statement legalies or whatever it is. But you know, it's just so funny to me that people who tend to want to be so in command and powerful and have their hands on everything just can't step up and and take a lick one way or the other, you know. And it's like if, if, if you really believe that nobody should kneel for the national anthem, then say it and take the hit, you know, let your players go somewhere else and play for a franchise that they feel more comfortable in. If you believe that they should be able to kneel, say it, Because my guess is people aren't going to stop coming to the two billion dollars stadium you built, and you're not really going to lose that much of a of a ticket at the gate, and nobody's coming this year anyway. UM. So I don't know. I just I get surprised when people kind of who are so active and so controlling and so powerful, all of a sudden just decide to back out and say no, no, not this time, not not me. That's right, That's absolutely right. Connor, if there's something that happens in your country or among the players on the team that you own, you should have an obligation to say something. Ing it's your platform is important. Your silence is obvious. Um. And that was certainly the case over the last few months. So then to be silent for those months and to come up with this total met of a statement or met of comments, UM, just really reinforces why so little has changed with black coaches, black general managers, any decision makers in the NFL. Why there is such a dearth of black decision makers in the NFL. It's clear that the problem starts at the ownership level. And I think these lukewarm comments from owners regarding black lives Matter and regarding their support for players who may choose to kneel is exempt flies exactly the problem we've been talking about Connor, And you're at the twilight of your career, Like, wouldn't you want to go out as a trailblazer, Like you could erase ten years, twenty years of bad stories and ideas and go down in history as somebody who truly did some thing for the league. You know. But so it goes. It seems like that's not something anybody's really interested in right now. Um. Topic number four. Bill's head coach Sean McDermott received a contract extension Wednesday, linking him to the team for six more years through McDermott has made the playoffs in two of his first three years with the team and appears that the club is healthier than it has been in a long time. I would argue probably, Oh, I don't know. Um, they had a good couple, you know, Doug Morons seemed to have them in a decent place. Um, there was some decent years with Chan Gailey. But this seems different, Like this is a formidable, scary roster, uh that I think could in a year or two if the Patriots do end up falling off kind of take their place a little bit. And uh, I don't know. I think it's a good move, right, Yeah, I agree. And he went into a job where scores of coaches ahead of him had not had success in shaking that long playoff terrout and then he went twice three years. Um, Really the partnership with him and Brandon Bean has really seemed to work. Um. There hasn't been any evidence of like internal in fighting. There hasn't been drama. I think the biggest question with the Bills is do they pick the right quarterback? But that you know, that doesn't reflect on McDermott's leadership. You know, that may play into talent evaluation and their selections. Um. But um, you know, I think he's done a really good job in going into a a position that had been a really tough spot to have success for a long time. Yeah. And luckily for him now, I mean, you know, whether or not the Bills would actually keep him through, you know, that does give you a chance to do the next quarterback to if this one doesn't. And we've talked a little bit about you know, the trading for Stephan Diggs is kind of okay, Josh you know this is your time now, you know this is either you're getting a big extension. We're gonna start talking about that after this year, or we're gonna start talking about a Nick Foles situation and Mitch Robisky situation for you the year after that, you know. And I think that that's sort of a big turning point season for him. You hate to put that much pressure on anybody, but he's got a great offensive coordinator, a budding offensive line, UM, better skill position players than he's ever had before. And so good for McDermott that you kind of secure yourself through um the next one here if this doesn't work out. And also kudos to them for making the playoffs and in these circumstances, because you know, I don't know if anybody would peg Josh Allen, who I think the last time I checked was likewy in d v O A, which is the stat I like for football outsires and grading quarterbacks. Um. But you know, the last time I checked, nobody's signing up for that, you know, and saying this is the person that's gonna make us to the take us to the playoffs. So good for good for Sean McDermott. I think one of the coaches that we can agree is probably like you know, is easier to see do well in the NFL, like he see the sound guy. You know. Yeah, every time I've interacted with him, he's very respectful. He and Brandon seemed to really want to work together and you know, build this team together. And so I think that's somewhat refreshing. I mean, there's just so much drama on teams around the league, um, and I feel like that has not been a hallmark of their tenure. So no doubt, um number five. I always save the good uh lebian Bell stuff for Levian Bell. Expert correspondent Jenny rerentis all right, lebian Bell said, sometimes you don't like how people handle things when it comes to Jamal Adams. Well, some could accuse the pot of calling the kettle black. Bell is a respected veteran voice in this equation. Does he have a point? I think so, I mean, you know, but I think it's a good move, right, It's a smart move if you're Levan Bell, right, because um, you know, it's clear that Adam Gaze didn't want you for the price that you had. Probably is eyeing use some sort of a cut. But you're stepping into that leadership position you know that they were hoping you would step into and saying hey, you know, um, if he doesn't want to be here, that's great. You know, he doesn't have to be here. But you know, I'm the voice of the locker room now and this is what I have to say. And so in a way, it's like, yeah, good for you, dude. You know, um, you speak up, And regardless of whether or not you agree with what Jamal Adams doing, I think it's a smart political move. If you're Levyan Bell, I think that's a really good description Connor, because obviously there are some hurt feelings in the locker room. Bell has hurt feelings. I mean, Jamal Adams was one of the people that recruited him to come to the Jets, and it was, you know, part of the decision making process. So clearly there was some hurt there when Adams was you know, clamoring to get out of town and then ultimately got got what he was hoping for. Um. But this is kind of like the move forward saying like, hey, it wasn't our organization. It was a guy that didn't want to be here and he didn't handle it the right way, and so now we've got a team of people that do want to be here and let's move forward together. And also like I'm not letting these hurt feelings linger, Like I'm just saying this was a him problem and I'm happy to be here regardless. Essentially is the message. So I think it's a good uh. You know, it's like it's a totally like coded language or not coded language is totally like this kind of stuff you'd say in a breakup, right, like sometimes you don't like how people handle things like translation being like, you know, they really screwed up, but like I'm doing fine and I'm moving on, you know, accompanied by an Instagram post of like of a brunch and uh and then like the the arm of like a New Mystery m Yeah, like I'm a mosta arm of a New Mystery Man. And then like one of those silver heart emojis. You know, that feels like very on point for like that kind of caption. Sometimes you don't like how people handle things, but I'm handling it my way or something like that, you know makes me miss away messages on instant messengers. I was a big away message fan as well. I um, you know, uh, surprise, surprise Jenny. UM. You know dated a lot in middle school. Oh boy, here we go. It's just like, uh, you know, a segue into Connor's dating adventures. Go ahead, Connor. UM. And I remember, you know, specifically having like a high school sweetheart who would um? You know really, you know, the the away message was the key to what was going on, you know. UM. And so if if you were fighting and really what are you fighting about in high school? Um? But like you know, if if there was a fight, it was this frantically like oh man, like you know, you're just you. You must have been googling like just love on the rocks quotes, you know, and then you know you would just see this, and you know, sometimes you're just logging on to check out what happened in uh in WWF Monday Night Raw the night before, and all of a sudden you pop over the little away message and you're like, oh god, I need to give her a call and see what's going on here. You know, UM, I didn't realize things had gotten this bath, but you know I missed that. I think Instagram is too uh what is it? Um? It's telling and not showing you know, it's like there's too much you know, there's too much of it out there. A I am left a lot to the imagination, you know, and it forced you to eventually communicate with the person. Yeah, those were a good opportunity to really share your feelings, you know. In college, you I don't know, I had ones for like every circumstance. You know, if it was a rainy day, I had a way message about what the rain would be like outside. You know, some song works about rain. I don't know, you know, like, uh, I don't remember what I'm thinking of, but uh I had some go toos that weren't really that funny or weren't really that meaningful. I'm sure they're funnier than you're giving it. I don't think so I would hate I Actually, I have to say it was cleaning recently and I had this book that I use like I would like, um, take a big hardcover book and like I would just do my homework on top of that book. It was like a lapboard essentially, right. So I have this one that's like the big birth book about earthen space. So I've like happened to like have carried it with me through college and somehow got to my apartment in grad school and it's like still here. So when I'm like reading papers or like reading court documents and highlighting this, I used this big book of Earth and Space. I opened it up the other day and I was honest cleaning spree and I was like, what's in this book? And they were like old print outs of a I M. Conversations from Connor. It was horrifying. I immediately tore up the conversation into small pieces and the poet access to that. I was very embarrassed by my sixteen year old self. So no, I mean, it's just part of growing up. Yeah, but like wouldn't recommend printing them and like reading them fifteen years later, just like wouldn't recommend that printing them was an interesting decision. Um, I know what was I thinking? I would say that I would argue that percent of the biggest issues that we encountered as kids in drama in middle school was when someone decided to print the the the I M s you know, um, And I'll leave it at that. But I'm just saying that there was some there were some mine blowing scandals and as the kids would call it today, receipts um easier to manufacture back then. Uh, you know, we were less aware of the deep fake phenomenon. But at the same time, you know, if it was real, you knew it, you know, and there was some serious stuff going on. Wow, this has been a trip down memory. Like Connor, I am glad we got free. Say it was a welcome one. Well maybe it's you know, it's some some way shape or for you know, my user name was Jenny Juniper seven. Oh boy, mine was uh, you don't have to say it. It was Heisman Kid two. UM twenty two is my youth sports football Aim High. They say, you know, I love it. I love it. Connor did not did not win the Heisman Trophy. You know. All right, speaking of Amy High, what do we have for the oracle this week? So, Jenny, I think that my prediction is that not enough people are going to be talking about this appearance that Urban Meyer made on Fox Sports. A just a half naked man appeared behind behind him. And if you haven't seen it, I mean you have to look up look it up on Twitter. This feels like a like one of these things that's just gonna like, you know, there's so much stuff going on, and it's just you know, in the world right now that you know, I think two thousand nine, this would have been the only thing we would have talked about for a week, So lucky for for you or Meyer. But holy smokes. I mean, he's just in the middle of this take on leaders or something like that, and then this shirtless dude just pops up and and and urban Meyer very visibly. It's like, get out of here, you know, you know, And I don't want to speculated any any further, but like, you know, let's find out who this mystery got this here, right So I was doing a deep dive in the comments of that post, and there did seem to be some speculation that urban Meyer was recording from a yacht or maybe just a boat, depending on what do you think. You it did look kind of yatty, like it was a weird background and that this person was wearing their swim trunks and drinking a beer or something along those lines, and just like happened to pop into the mirror behind urban Meyer or something. So the boat situation seemed to make sense because it was kind of a weird background that you couldn't place like it certainly wasn't like a living room or something along those lines. So the boat and the boat passenger who had just gone for a swim seemed to line up. But yes, I'm just like waiting for there to be an official statement or official clarification at least poke some funny yourself. I mean, because he got really incensed when this person came into view, like he was very angry about it. That's not how you handle it. Remember when Brian Nelson was the closer for the Giants, he would have he would do these hits on TV, and then he would have his alter ego named the Machine in this leather s and m gear walking behind him during hits. And that was like a thing that he did on sort of a bit. But like even if it's not you've got to embrace it. And another big mistake, we all remember them. I think he was like an expert on South Korea. Power in South Korea. The guy in the BBC whose daughter walked in and he's trying to like push her face away and get her off the camera. You gotta embrace it, like embracing you gotta you gotta pick the kid up, and you gotta say okay, honey, here's the CNN. You know what he would you know, let's say something to them, or you know, you gotta you gotta roll with it. If you're urban, you gotta say, hey, Jimmy, I'll be I'll be back out on the deck later, like you know, save me a beer or something like that. You can't, you know, freaking out the last thing you want to do there. Like we do when every you know comes in daring report recording, we really embrace it. I mean, we also know that she's the future co host, which is something that's a little sensitive subject for Connors, so we don't talk about it openly. But you are in line to be replaced by your daughter, so you know, you live and you learn. You know, okay, Jenny, So that leads us with the French is consensus for today? Um, what do we got? Well, we talked about this a little bit on our show earlier in the week, but it's still an important thing. So I just want to say this is great. That seems like there's momentum for college football players to unionize. This is what we need. We've been waiting for it. We love unions, We think unions are important and I would love to see college football players be represented the way that they should have been all along. So yea unions' consensus right on. That's all I got to say. All right, Well, so that is our show for today. We will be back next week with some exciting subjects, and I think on Monday, Connor when we record, I think we'll do a little bit of a couple of male items in addition to the rest of our show. We got some good mail from listeners who rode into weekside pod at gmail dot com, so I am excited for that on Monday. So thank you all for listening and we will see you again next week. The mm QB week Side Podcast is Me, Jenny Rendis and Connor Or. We are produced by Shelby Royson Size. Executive producer of podcast is Scott Brodie Ben Eagles, Director of Editorial Projects and product Mark Murravik is a meritus executive director of the mm QB. 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