Speaker 1: The Around the NFL Podcast will own you on the
Speaker 1: dance floor. Welcome back to another South Around the NFL podcast.
Speaker 1: My name is Dan Hansers, and I'm joined by a
Speaker 1: room filled with some heroes. Marc Scessler to my left
Speaker 1: and Gregg Rose with ball to my right. What's up, boys,
Speaker 1: it's happening. Every once in a while, a uh money
Speaker 1: drop sneaks in. We have no idea money tag sneaks
Speaker 1: and we have no idea where it came from. TV
Speaker 1: just throws him in there. Well, that was one he made,
Speaker 1: obviously right, Comic genius t d on his day off
Speaker 1: just bomb drops us with something that makes no sense.
Speaker 1: Gold Standard keeps picking these ones in the Thursday credit
Speaker 1: just relief. Yes, welcome to Friday's edition to the Around
Speaker 1: the NFL Podcast. Um, of course, this is a week
Speaker 1: in the NFL where the news has slowed down. Its
Speaker 1: slowed down news wise, to the point that for the
Speaker 1: first time in a while, uh, we will not even
Speaker 1: be doing any news. There isn't there's no news to
Speaker 1: talk about. Uh. But you know that doesn't mean there's
Speaker 1: not football to talk about, right, Old Marks Sessler. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean this is the timing, especially sitting downstairs with
Speaker 1: with Dan. He's been digging into the college tape. This
Speaker 1: is when he starts to do that. It's talking a
Speaker 1: little d J. Humphrey's offensive tackle out of where's he
Speaker 1: out of? Dan? Florida, but Florida watching some of his
Speaker 1: tape today, So I just lean on you. And as
Speaker 1: we get up towards draft time, Dan's the man for that.
Speaker 1: And uh well, yes, obviously draft expert here um Chris
Speaker 1: Wesley not with us. This is the first day of
Speaker 1: his uh you know, much deserved vacation. We're all going
Speaker 1: to be taking vacations at some point between now and
Speaker 1: the start of training camp. And this is now West's time.
Speaker 1: He's in Georgia. Tybee Island is a Tybee or Tybee
Speaker 1: Island Tybee type island, not type Tybee Island Tybee. And
Speaker 1: what will do, as we always do whenever West goes
Speaker 1: to Tybee, there's really only one place you're gonna find him.
Speaker 1: It's at the bar huck a Poo's. So, as we
Speaker 1: do every year, we're gonna call call down to the
Speaker 1: old Huck a Poo's pub studying other types of prospects. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and see how he's doing. I mean then if you
Speaker 1: look at we we're taping this at two fifty four
Speaker 1: Pacific time, which means it's right around six o'clock on
Speaker 1: the east coast of the continental United States. So I
Speaker 1: would think West has probably been at that bar in
Speaker 1: upwards of six hours. That's an estimate. That sounds about right.
Speaker 1: I want to see. Well, let's see we've we've there's
Speaker 1: some photographic evidence he's been around Tybee Island, not just
Speaker 1: at the bar, but probably mostly at the bar. Alright,
Speaker 1: so yes, we'll call Chris a little later in the show. Uh,
Speaker 1: we are going to do we have some Greg and
Speaker 1: I and and Mark has been involved as well. On
Speaker 1: some level. Mark Mark a little apprehensive about pitching ideas
Speaker 1: for some reason. I think you maybe the fear of rejection,
Speaker 1: is it? Well, it's not the it's the roof of
Speaker 1: every time, you know, Greg the boss and Dan sitting
Speaker 1: there spitballing ideas like come up with an idea. I'll
Speaker 1: throw something out there now, Yeah, no, that's that's not
Speaker 1: gonna work, and then we end up using it in
Speaker 1: the end. Anyway, Greg and I talked about after Wednesday show.
Speaker 1: We said, oh, let's come up with some new ideas.
Speaker 1: So I left a bunch of post its with ideas
Speaker 1: on the border between Greg and I seat, and then
Speaker 1: when I got to work, Greg and added some posts
Speaker 1: of his own ideas. Mark was just sitting in there.
Speaker 1: I didn't even know this area of the office was
Speaker 1: being used in this way. So listen, no harm, no foul.
Speaker 1: I'm happy to have done nothing. I'm looking forward to
Speaker 1: next gold Standard Friday when the gold Standard is gonna
Speaker 1: run the whole show. He's all of his idea dangerous.
Speaker 1: That's a real thing that's happening, so don't miss that.
Speaker 1: But that was all a long way of me getting
Speaker 1: to the point that we have a new thing. We're
Speaker 1: a new I'm not gonna call it a game, but
Speaker 1: a new segment. Uh, this is speaking of ideas. It
Speaker 1: took a while to come up with a name, and Mark,
Speaker 1: you did, and you nailed this one. I was I called, Oh,
Speaker 1: wh would you rather? Was the idea I came up with? Uh?
Speaker 1: What did you come up with? Greg? It was like, uh,
Speaker 1: actually have a certain way. I came up with the
Speaker 1: idea for the game, but I struggled to name it.
Speaker 1: I think I was gonna go something like broken monitors. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's what I had. Who would you rather than? Greg
Speaker 1: sited like TMZ litigation concerns, so that was thrown out.
Speaker 1: And then Greg said broken monitors, which is kind of
Speaker 1: channeling like a Tom Green type sense of humor, which
Speaker 1: was fine enough. And then Mark comes in and he says,
Speaker 1: what what's your fancy? What's your fancy? By the way,
Speaker 1: no paper wasted, no post it notes, trees continue to grow. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so what's your fancy? Which is a game where we're
Speaker 1: gonna each of us will lay out two options and
Speaker 1: we'll just say, what's your fancy? What would you who
Speaker 1: would you rather have? It's gonna be I think I
Speaker 1: think player base. But the first time we've done the segments,
Speaker 1: so I could go in a number of directions. Uh.
Speaker 1: The other option that is also what's your fancy? Zack?
Speaker 1: You you've lived in how would you say it? In British?
Speaker 1: I don't really know which do you? Fancy would probably
Speaker 1: be the the better term, but I like, what's your fancy?
Speaker 1: For that sounds Old West almost more than fancy. But
Speaker 1: what was that? What was that attempt? Greg? I don't know.
Speaker 1: I just want to see what he would say. Issues
Speaker 1: with the phrasing, didn't he I wanted to do with
Speaker 1: an accent. But then I remember we have people who
Speaker 1: listen to this who actually have that accent. Alright, So yes,
Speaker 1: and then we'll also hit the mailbag. Have a new
Speaker 1: mailbag column coming out uh later today, so look out
Speaker 1: for that, and we're gonna I dig through all those
Speaker 1: questions because inevitably there's a lot of podcast based type
Speaker 1: questions as well, so we'll hit that. So that's what's
Speaker 1: happening today. I'm excited. Big show, big show. So I mean,
Speaker 1: without further ado, I mean, this is the this is
Speaker 1: the segment that we're just teasing. It's it's broken monitors
Speaker 1: with the I had many better names that we can't
Speaker 1: remember them all because they were just ephemeral nonsense. That
Speaker 1: could be another name for this ephemeral nonsense nonsense. It's
Speaker 1: your fancy. Uh So, I don't know how we want
Speaker 1: to start a greg This was one of your post
Speaker 1: that note ideas. So there's a lot of pressure. Yeah.
Speaker 1: So basically, and again to to clarify, you're gonna give
Speaker 1: us two options, right, and we we choose which one.
Speaker 1: I mean, it could be very simple, just player X
Speaker 1: player B you know, I was trying to think of
Speaker 1: something that could work any time a year. We don't
Speaker 1: have a lot of news here. Um or you get
Speaker 1: a little more complicated. I'm sure Mark has done. I
Speaker 1: think Mark is going to send us some weird directions. Look,
Speaker 1: came up with a great game. All right, let's do it.
Speaker 1: Let's start with a relatively simple one. But it's especially
Speaker 1: Look at the block of paragraph texting for Marks. This
Speaker 1: is gonna be do say. I'm looking forward to Mark.
Speaker 1: All right, all right, this is especially for your two
Speaker 1: guys in your situations as fans. You guys, you're a
Speaker 1: Jets fan, Dan Mark your Browns fan. For new listeners,
Speaker 1: for now, who would you rather have? Who do you
Speaker 1: fancy for your team? In Dominican Sue or Ryan Tannehill?
Speaker 1: Who do you fancy Dominican Sue or Ryan Tannehill? Neither
Speaker 1: one of you have quarterbacks? Do you do? You take
Speaker 1: the quarterback who's better than average right now and he's
Speaker 1: ascending and you just have him, You have him for good,
Speaker 1: indefinitely whatever. I want to make sure we're all clear
Speaker 1: on the rules. Also that we're factoring in age contract.
Speaker 1: I don't think because it's very important. If we're talking
Speaker 1: about in Dominan Sue, do I want to be paying
Speaker 1: this guy sixty? Don't even worry about that. Just which
Speaker 1: would you rather have on your team in Dominican Sue
Speaker 1: or Ryan Tannehill long term? I'm throwing out all the
Speaker 1: money and everything else. Yeah, I'll take Sue, give me
Speaker 1: I would too. I mean, if why why he's a
Speaker 1: superior player, Tannehill would be a non superior quarterback. You're
Speaker 1: you're feeling to avoid there for both teams, But the
Speaker 1: Dolphins aren't going to make the playoffs probably with Sue
Speaker 1: and Tannehill. Well you give me a better player? Well,
Speaker 1: I guess I would think you're looking at which is
Speaker 1: more important position to have a chance to have a
Speaker 1: franchise quarterback. I mean, it's arguable and Dominican Susan that
Speaker 1: as good as a player on the Jets defense Mohammed Wilkerson,
Speaker 1: and they've got him and that hasn't really done much
Speaker 1: for him. So I'm just I just was wondering how
Speaker 1: desperate kind of the quarterback the thing is in Tannehill
Speaker 1: feels like the right player to ask this question about.
Speaker 1: It's a good I mean, I get where you're going
Speaker 1: with it, but I can't get away. Yes, everybody wants
Speaker 1: a quarterback. Everybody needs a quarterback. But you're asking me
Speaker 1: if I want a Hall of Fame defensive tackle in
Speaker 1: the prime of his career against a potentially ascendant quarterback.
Speaker 1: But it's kind of hard to tell, as we know,
Speaker 1: and Bill Laser's offense is West is quick to point
Speaker 1: out it's a little bit gimmicky. So his stats going
Speaker 1: up last year maybe doesn't necessarily mean he's a player
Speaker 1: on the rise. Uh So, I like Towne Hill. I
Speaker 1: would love to have Tannell my roster as opposed to
Speaker 1: the the Jets options. And I'm sure Mark the way
Speaker 1: you feel sure this quarterback room. But am I gonna
Speaker 1: pass on Sue? Yeah, we'll let your fun see alright?
Speaker 1: My turn, And and it's good because it ties into
Speaker 1: Ryan Townehill as well. And I will also do what
Speaker 1: Greg did not think about factors like age and contract situation.
Speaker 1: Would you rather have Ryan Tannehill? He's an interesting figure
Speaker 1: in Yeah or Drew Brees Now listen to the tell
Speaker 1: of the tape. Drew Brees is the fourth year of
Speaker 1: a five year deal. He's do eighteen point seven five
Speaker 1: million this season, nineteen point seven five million next year.
Speaker 1: He's thirty six years old. Town Hill finally year of
Speaker 1: his rookie deal do six sixty k this year with
Speaker 1: a one and a half million dollar roster bonus. Ten
Speaker 1: years younger, twenty six years old. If you are a GM,
Speaker 1: who do you want right now? Factoring an age and
Speaker 1: money and skill, Drew Brees, Ryan Townehill. I mean that
Speaker 1: totally depends what teams Wait wait, wait quite less of
Speaker 1: Fantasia Fantasia that it's it's a very team specific, because
Speaker 1: are you a super Bowl ready team that you plug
Speaker 1: in generic team? I go Tannehill because you're building for
Speaker 1: the future. I don't think Breeze is around for more
Speaker 1: than we already saw Breeze decline a little bit last year.
Speaker 1: Maybe that was a fluke. I don't know, but I'm
Speaker 1: gonna go with the younger player. I realize he's not
Speaker 1: Drew Brees, but it's the future. I disagree. I would
Speaker 1: take your chance to win a Super Bowl, and I
Speaker 1: think Drew Brees gives you the chance to do that
Speaker 1: for this year, hopefully another year. And the contract really
Speaker 1: isn't that big of an advantage for Breeze because to
Speaker 1: keep Bryan Danna Hill in this situation, he's going to
Speaker 1: get one of those quarterback contracts sooner than later. He's
Speaker 1: gonna get it next year, so you're gonna have to
Speaker 1: pay him seventeen eighteen million dollars a year. I'm a
Speaker 1: Tannehill faith. I think Tannehill would get that much on
Speaker 1: the open market. Oh yeah, he's getting it. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's just I would think you'd be more in line
Speaker 1: for a Kaepernick type deal that that's kind of that's
Speaker 1: what Kaepernick had basically fourteen five teen. He's he's gonna
Speaker 1: get it. People are getting No question, Breeze is better.
Speaker 1: I just I'm thinking, as a GM, you have to
Speaker 1: keep looking towards tomorrow. I believe Kaepernick is making twelve
Speaker 1: alion this year, probably uh this year, I believe, yeah,
Speaker 1: ten point four base and then two point four. But
Speaker 1: his is that year by year thing averages out and
Speaker 1: ends up being about fifty. He also got a big
Speaker 1: signing bonus to sign, which has to be factors in.
Speaker 1: But yeah, give me, give me some Drew Brees. I
Speaker 1: think we're we're a little too early to give up
Speaker 1: on some of these quarterbacks. Look at Tom Brady just
Speaker 1: had I was too, as a Patriots fan, I thought
Speaker 1: he was really declining. And on the Patriots true brees
Speaker 1: into the Oakland Raiders. And where are you? Who knows
Speaker 1: Market's time for your first year? Okay, you are John Elway.
Speaker 1: I didn't know we could be other people. I asked
Speaker 1: you that downstairs? Can you embody other people? You are
Speaker 1: John Elway and you are haunted by Peyton Manning's aging,
Speaker 1: aging human body while sipping him my tie in your
Speaker 1: study at Dove Valley. The phone rings. It's the Bears.
Speaker 1: They want to send you Jake Cutler, Pernell McPhee And
Speaker 1: this year's number one overall pick for Peyton So Manning
Speaker 1: or Cutler McPhee in the first qualis to Fantasia. I
Speaker 1: really wish I put on more time. I don't even
Speaker 1: have for let me write this down. So it's Peyton
Speaker 1: for Cutler, Pernell McPhee in a number one. What about
Speaker 1: Andy McPhee, Pacy Winter's old girlfriend. Can we throw her
Speaker 1: in there too, Andy McPhee, Is it her like Dawson's Creek? Yes?
Speaker 1: Sure no? In as prime and she's his assistant, continuing
Speaker 1: our tradition of never have any references that terrupt to date.
Speaker 1: We make west for that, but all all ours our data.
Speaker 1: Round pick. I'm not standing this year's first round pick. Alright, great,
Speaker 1: go ahead from I'm taking Cutler. I'm the last man
Speaker 1: on Cutler Island. Probably not gonna in a super Bowl
Speaker 1: with Jay Cutler, but Denver stacked. You get the number
Speaker 1: one pick, and I'm worried. You know, I'm worried about
Speaker 1: Peyton Manning, so I feel like I'll take that return
Speaker 1: for him. I'm staying with Peyton Manning because the and
Speaker 1: John Ellio would not have brought Peyton Manning backband and
Speaker 1: think he still had it in him to make this
Speaker 1: one last run to the super Bowl. Jay Cutler's you know,
Speaker 1: let's be honest, pilot garbage. You know, the quarterback is
Speaker 1: a man. I am sure he's probably okay. Kristen Cavalary
Speaker 1: probably thinks he's excellent, and that's fine, But it's a quarterback.
Speaker 1: I mean, let's let's just look, he's been playing in
Speaker 1: the legal ten years and hasn't done anything except for
Speaker 1: get people fired and go to the playoffs once deep.
Speaker 1: But he is the sixth Anniversary Thursday, rather was the
Speaker 1: sixth anniversary of the J Cutler trade to Chicago. Who
Speaker 1: who won that trade? Do you think? Definitely at the Bears? Well,
Speaker 1: no one one or the Bears did not win, wrong,
Speaker 1: answers J Cutler one. Oh yeah, well and the Broncos
Speaker 1: one too. They got to Marrius Thomas in a sure
Speaker 1: they got Peyton. I'm sticking with Peyton Manning. All right,
Speaker 1: that is my fancy there you go. Alright, Greg, your turn.
Speaker 1: By the way, Jake Cutler higher QBR last year than
Speaker 1: Alex Smith and Teddy Bridge Rutter too highly respected people.
Speaker 1: Is really good in the world. I wish I needed to,
Speaker 1: you know, make mine as elaborate as Marks. I feel like, well,
Speaker 1: you know, we opened the show by saying Mark doesn't
Speaker 1: want to contribute ideas, doesn't want to be part of
Speaker 1: the show. Well, maybe I'm from now and this might
Speaker 1: this might turn into dan I hope you don't get threatened,
Speaker 1: but this could turn into something where Mark is just
Speaker 1: the host throwing things. If he has marked the guy
Speaker 1: that we need to feed him ideas and that he
Speaker 1: hits them out of the park, maybe that's the Maybe
Speaker 1: that's what this is. Yeah, we can work that way.
Speaker 1: He is like the quarterback, just all talent, not much upstairs,
Speaker 1: but you just you put him out there in the
Speaker 1: right system. He's got the most talent of the whole group.
Speaker 1: This has wandered, All right, go ahead, I'm gonna go
Speaker 1: with my most simple one. Next jamis Winston or Teddy Bridgewater.
Speaker 1: I'll go Teddy Bridge everything we know because I think
Speaker 1: what we know about Teddy Bridgewater is positive and certainly
Speaker 1: something you can work with, and you know, he's impressive,
Speaker 1: the most impressive rookie last season. And Winston we don't know,
Speaker 1: So I'll go with what we know at that position.
Speaker 1: I feel like that is a maybe a sound way
Speaker 1: to look at things. But if you're going for the
Speaker 1: home run, give me Winston. Maybe it turns into maybe
Speaker 1: it turns into a legitimate all pro quarterback, and maybe
Speaker 1: Bridge ord will still be that guy. But there's a
Speaker 1: reason why Winston, and as we've said on this problem
Speaker 1: many times before, we're not college experts. But the reason
Speaker 1: why he's the consensus number one overall pick people love him.
Speaker 1: Um as a player seems like a bit of a dunce,
Speaker 1: and potentially, uh what it seems like a dunce. A
Speaker 1: lot of people have said that, you know, well, not
Speaker 1: Dunce like he's stupid, but he causes mischief. So go say,
Speaker 1: in the corner for a while, this guy stole crab
Speaker 1: legs bro uh, so you know you worry about that
Speaker 1: a little bit. But he was also a kid, So
Speaker 1: who knows. I think I'm I'm going with a more
Speaker 1: gutsy move, which is just say, take a shot. Maybe
Speaker 1: this guy's a superstar. Bridgewater is the safe pick to me,
Speaker 1: Dan the GM out of a job. Two years from now,
Speaker 1: I'll just be riding into a new contract. One of
Speaker 1: the things everyone says about Winston that I like it
Speaker 1: when they talk to him is that he's, you know,
Speaker 1: maybe the smartest quarterback in this draft in terms of
Speaker 1: like getting on the chalkboard and he's he's the football guys,
Speaker 1: football guy, Like, that's how many quarterbacks are in this draft.
Speaker 1: I mean there's like four, right, No, no, But that's
Speaker 1: like one of his strengths is that that the mental
Speaker 1: side of thing. But when you watch even my my
Speaker 1: limited knowledge of Jameis Winston, that's talked about as one
Speaker 1: of his big strengths, how smart he is. But he
Speaker 1: throws Jay Cutler like interceptions like really bone headed interceptions.
Speaker 1: So I don't know where that all. Oh, by the way,
Speaker 1: it matches up. By the way, did anybody happen to
Speaker 1: see Teddy Bridgewater is pro day? Are you sure you
Speaker 1: want to invest in a guy like that? That's a
Speaker 1: blow torch asleep at the wheel? How about Mariatta or
Speaker 1: Derek Carr? I know I'm just now cheating car car,
Speaker 1: So you're going with I'm not into I don't know
Speaker 1: enough about Mariota. I don't All right, here we go.
Speaker 1: By the way, you missed your chance to say what's
Speaker 1: your fancy or the spoons? Uh, here's my next one?
Speaker 1: All right, here's it's a three for three swap, mixing
Speaker 1: both coaches and players. Uh, Andrew Luck, t Y Hilton,
Speaker 1: and Chaz Pagano known as the Lame Duck, or Russell Wilson,
Speaker 1: Jimmy Graham and Pete Carroll. Wait, you're gonna have to
Speaker 1: repeat that again, all right? Andrew Luck, t Y Hilton
Speaker 1: and Chuck Pagano or Russell Wilson, Jimmy Graham and Pete
Speaker 1: Carroll le Fantasia, m hmm. That is interesting. Pagano is
Speaker 1: a is a setback here? Yeah, well that's that's the
Speaker 1: hook of it, because he's potentially, even though we all
Speaker 1: love Chuck Strong, maybe not a great head coach, whereas
Speaker 1: Carol read now, he's spotified, big time game for yourself
Speaker 1: loving Chuck Strong. I mean, I don't dislike Chuck Strong,
Speaker 1: but I don't. Oh, you're telling personal personally you think
Speaker 1: he might be a bad guy. He No, No, he
Speaker 1: seems like a total, totally warrior, came back from Canada.
Speaker 1: He's a great guy. He's very likable. But I'm talking
Speaker 1: about as a football coach, Greg Inching towards a pro
Speaker 1: cancer stand I'm gonna go just based on what I
Speaker 1: think is the in the trade, the highest quality product here,
Speaker 1: Andrew Luck, I'll take it and everything that comes with it.
Speaker 1: I agree. I'm gonna take Andrew Luck and t Y Hilton.
Speaker 1: By the way, Hilton versus Graham not as uneven at
Speaker 1: this time as you would think. You'd rather have Jimmy Graham,
Speaker 1: but different players. But yeah, there's some concerns that the
Speaker 1: Saints gave up on Jimmy Graham at his peak and
Speaker 1: was a little injured. Pete Carroll isn't forty four years
Speaker 1: old either, and plus I'm living in this strange universe
Speaker 1: where maybe I can change my coach eventually, I just
Speaker 1: stuck with him. I guess I take my chances. I
Speaker 1: take my chance. Can I get rid of Pogano while
Speaker 1: bringing you have to keep Pagano as long as you
Speaker 1: keep Andrew Luck. Well, when you're saying Carol, you're basically
Speaker 1: saying the Seahawks defense. You're you're thinking he can install
Speaker 1: that defense and get the right people in place eventually.
Speaker 1: So you're talking yourself out of what you just decided.
Speaker 1: And I do want to I had an Andrew Luck
Speaker 1: one to Yeah, you would have to stick with the
Speaker 1: coach as long as you're stuck with the quarterback. So
Speaker 1: if you don't, if Chuck Bogano is not a good coach,
Speaker 1: you're stuck with him for the duration of Andrew Luck's career,
Speaker 1: I'll go for it. I like this game, though, I
Speaker 1: gotta say, yeah, you did a good job, really well.
Speaker 1: It was really marked. I need to come out with
Speaker 1: better questions next time. I have one that wasn't written
Speaker 1: by Mark. Wait, by the way, you just said you
Speaker 1: liked this game, but the one that was just laid
Speaker 1: out was by me. And you're shooting all the credit
Speaker 1: over to Mark. What just I came up with one
Speaker 1: that was a great one. But Madame no, I just
Speaker 1: like the look. I think what happened here was a
Speaker 1: little It got a little edgy downstairs, and we're fine.
Speaker 1: Now everyone's getting enough credit, everyone's feeling good. This was
Speaker 1: the least edgy day at the office we've ever had.
Speaker 1: There cannot be a scenario Mark where there's even credit.
Speaker 1: Someone has to win gold Standard behind the glass. Definitely
Speaker 1: not winning this one. But okay. You're tiptoeing gingerly in
Speaker 1: the fog, halfway down a wooded slope and a strange,
Speaker 1: unfriendly land. A mysterious man in a large hat approaches
Speaker 1: you with two hands outstretched, holding small crystal balls in each.
Speaker 1: In one a vision of dynamic recording artist Jewel Singing
Speaker 1: singing the national anthem at Super Bowl thirty two and
Speaker 1: Majestic Qualcom Stadium. In the other, the Great Faith Hill
Speaker 1: belting out the star Spangled banner in Beautiful in the
Speaker 1: Beautiful Georgia Dome at Super Bowl thirty four. The man
Speaker 1: cautions you that only one is the right answer, and
Speaker 1: the fate of the world depends on it, before whispering
Speaker 1: Qualis sup on to. I love gold Standing. It's so
Speaker 1: easy for me. I can't get through any of that.
Speaker 1: It's so easy. I think I have the same answer
Speaker 1: as Mark. Wait. First of all, I just got to
Speaker 1: give it a round of the flause to. That was solid.
Speaker 1: I wasn't doing my job at all for the last
Speaker 1: ten minutes. That was now it makes sense while you
Speaker 1: you missed that drop earlier. Okay, So basically it comes
Speaker 1: down to you want to cut through all the the bs.
Speaker 1: But why would you? Is Jewel v Faith Hill? And
Speaker 1: if you choose the wrong singer, the world ends? Yeah?
Speaker 1: But what are what's right and wrong? Just best pipes? Best?
Speaker 1: Who would you like to hang out your if your
Speaker 1: job was on the line. Someone said, hey, Greg, you're
Speaker 1: planning the super Bowl between the two who you had
Speaker 1: to total package? Here? Ye wait, this is four. I've
Speaker 1: changed my answer. Oh, it's it's easy for me. This
Speaker 1: is personal preference. But I love her story. Lived in
Speaker 1: a vehicle along the highways. I go Jewel, and I
Speaker 1: like where she was at that time. It's from that
Speaker 1: was the crystal Ball portrayed that performance? Correct? Correct? I'll
Speaker 1: go with Pilture myself. The Jewels Piltre, who sold millions
Speaker 1: of albums uh in the nineties tailed off a little bit,
Speaker 1: but we're picking her in ninety eight when she was
Speaker 1: still an ascendant talent um, you know, has that yodel quality,
Speaker 1: which basically you've rested the fate of the few free
Speaker 1: world one on your your own uh preferences. That's selfish.
Speaker 1: And then to the fact that jewels backstory is like
Speaker 1: Chris Farley's Man Down by the River. She it's the
Speaker 1: story of redemption. And I'm always have been on the
Speaker 1: record that the faith Hill pregame song is ponderous. Wow,
Speaker 1: that's true. And that's really throwing me for Louke because
Speaker 1: my answer is faith Hill, because I'm thinking about the world,
Speaker 1: you're thinking separate sponsors pipes. I think she appeals to
Speaker 1: the masses more and I want the world to live
Speaker 1: so that I can have the choice us in the
Speaker 1: future to listen to Jewel or faith I mean, if
Speaker 1: I just I find Jewel to be fetching and interesting,
Speaker 1: as you say, but probably the what does the troll
Speaker 1: say to gold stand like as in the answer or
Speaker 1: what does he say at the end? This is the
Speaker 1: first one answer, So he says Qualis to Fantasia before
Speaker 1: fading into the ether, and then if you pick, if
Speaker 1: you pick faith Hill, the world ends. So yeah, Mark,
Speaker 1: that's what happened. You gotta no gold standard too. He's
Speaker 1: definitely going Jewel. I love the story. That's good. Now,
Speaker 1: who's up? Mark? All right? Uh, let's see alright, your
Speaker 1: team's head coach is kidnapped by a band of Eurasian
Speaker 1: separatists on the fly. On the fly. You've only got
Speaker 1: a minute to pick here. You can hire either Dave
Speaker 1: damn Aschek or Handsome Hankers your interim head coach until
Speaker 1: the Eurasian Separatists or Deep Six qualas to Fantasia. Well, Hank, yeah, Hank,
Speaker 1: Hank knows more. Hank is hm Aschek is going to
Speaker 1: be fair? Are he offended to hear that? So you
Speaker 1: need to wait as a head coach, as your interim
Speaker 1: head coach taking over what has been kidnapped? No, I
Speaker 1: think Dave is is a smart football mind and everything.
Speaker 1: But I think that Handsome Hank is the notorious d P.
Speaker 1: I mean he's in a management he literally worked in
Speaker 1: NFL Europe. He he's friends with NFL head coach. I
Speaker 1: think Dave is too much of a creative to be
Speaker 1: in that position of power. I don't. I think he
Speaker 1: would struggle to deal with the players, whereas Henry. Have
Speaker 1: you seen Henry get angry like in the office, Yes,
Speaker 1: I have, and some yeah, the daggers will will send
Speaker 1: out with his eyes and that sharp tongue of his. No,
Speaker 1: I think they're think Henry is a good fit and
Speaker 1: a as an authority figure. Let me let me throw
Speaker 1: a bone here to damnage like. I think he's sort
Speaker 1: of a George Allen character from the past. He could
Speaker 1: get everyone excited, you know, interim coaches, you're gonna lean
Speaker 1: on your coordinator's number one, Bill, Bill Veek or whatever. Sure,
Speaker 1: I just think he's He's a character. He'd be beloved
Speaker 1: by the press, so would handsome hank of a noble
Speaker 1: character himself. But just to even this out, to go check,
Speaker 1: here's a problem that would occur. Dave would force everyone
Speaker 1: in the locker room to listen to is like ponderous
Speaker 1: underground hipster music, and it could lead to issues. There's
Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of stuff to that unpacking.
Speaker 1: I'm a big fan of damage X music. Give me
Speaker 1: a break, I know there's some history to that comment,
Speaker 1: and I agree, Yeah exactly. Did you answer, by the way, Yeah, Hank,
Speaker 1: you know he's pavement man. That was about football coaches.
Speaker 1: All right, Well it's your turn, Greg. Oh really all right,
Speaker 1: I'll go here, we go go. No, I don't really
Speaker 1: have a football question. You're all right? How about Andrew
Speaker 1: Luck for two seasons or Matt Ryan indefinitely? You just
Speaker 1: have two seasons and then Andrew Luck has gone, and
Speaker 1: then what do you have. You're looking at the free
Speaker 1: agent pile or draft. You're just starting over again. He's
Speaker 1: going to leave you via free agent? Who is you
Speaker 1: like your team? I'll go under Luck? Are Andrew Luck?
Speaker 1: Love is knowing no bounds right now? Yeah? You get
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan for a decade or whatever it is. How
Speaker 1: old is Met Ryan? Now? He's probably thirty almost Yeah,
Speaker 1: see if he's close to thirty, I'll probably just go
Speaker 1: with Luck and see if I can win a couple
Speaker 1: of rings. Yeah, give me Luck as well. I got on.
Speaker 1: I got Speaking of the Falcons, Julio Jones or Dez Bryant,
Speaker 1: both twenty six years old, both make about the same
Speaker 1: amount of money. Ones franchise tagged ones in the final
Speaker 1: year of his deal. Julio Jones has some foot injury history,
Speaker 1: Dees has some back issues that crop up occasionally. Maybe
Speaker 1: Des a little more of a wild card off the field,
Speaker 1: although he's been his best behavior for a while. Though.
Speaker 1: That's it. That's a tough one. I'm glad that tough
Speaker 1: level wide receivers. I'm gonna go des Bryant. You don't
Speaker 1: seem comfortable, No, I think it's it's a it's a
Speaker 1: coin flip. I'd be thrilled with either, but I'll just
Speaker 1: go des Bryant. When both guys are a peak powers
Speaker 1: there the two best guys in the league. That game
Speaker 1: where Calvin Johnson you got throw in there, although yeah,
Speaker 1: he hasn't been at his Julio Jones shredding, who's a
Speaker 1: Patrick Peterson right before he got hurt at the end
Speaker 1: of last year. Dez Bryant when he gets on those
Speaker 1: runs and he's just you know, making all these guys
Speaker 1: look like high school kids. Julio Jones on fire on
Speaker 1: Monday night towards the end of the season. Just yeah,
Speaker 1: that's to This is tough because I think you have
Speaker 1: to factor in a little bit of the off field stuff.
Speaker 1: With Dez is he is he going to be a
Speaker 1: wild card? Julio Jones is no issue. I'm a little
Speaker 1: more worried about Julio Jones feet than does Bruns. Back
Speaker 1: to I would go Dez Bryant because of the drive
Speaker 1: that he has, like the leadership, even though he's got
Speaker 1: the off field stuff, he's got, like the just he
Speaker 1: wants that ball. He wants to be great, he wants
Speaker 1: to be in the All of Fame. He wants to
Speaker 1: win all the titles, just a little more than maybe
Speaker 1: you get from Julio Jones. Right, yeah, I want both
Speaker 1: of marks. No one of them was Andrew Luck related,
Speaker 1: So let's just go with my last one here. It's
Speaker 1: not as football as Greg would like. No, no, no,
Speaker 1: I wanted. I just wanted to mix them up back
Speaker 1: and for right here, give me a break. Okay, you
Speaker 1: are some micro managing the game. You're somewhere far from here,
Speaker 1: and you're a nice woman in a petticoat, and you've
Speaker 1: been chosen by your rich uncle Stanley at Penguin Books
Speaker 1: to author a book about football. But you don't know
Speaker 1: anything about football or care. Which scientist would you hire
Speaker 1: as your ghostwriter? The boss or the mailman. That's that's
Speaker 1: not fair. What's your fancy? Well, they're both writers. I
Speaker 1: forgot to say what's your fancy again? Last got to
Speaker 1: answer it. That's bad. Uh. Well, I'm gonna say Greg
Speaker 1: because although ilus I honestly think that West would be great,
Speaker 1: as told West privately, I think he would be excellent
Speaker 1: as a writer of a long form or a book
Speaker 1: on football or anything. Really, Greg can fire me. West
Speaker 1: cannot gold standard Gil Brandt is not an option here
Speaker 1: at this time. Okay, all right, then I guess Greg
Speaker 1: because he can fire me too. I can't fire you.
Speaker 1: That's true, you really can't. You're very close to me
Speaker 1: right now, just just physically physically. I like how we
Speaker 1: all think the same. Though I was I was thinking
Speaker 1: of a question I was gonna my last question was
Speaker 1: basically who would you rather be on a road trip with?
Speaker 1: And then make you guys choose between West and one
Speaker 1: or the other. Uh what give us her last one
Speaker 1: work and we'll get out of here. Uh you are
Speaker 1: Ted Thompson. It's been a quiet offseason until line two
Speaker 1: lights up. It's pesky Ryan Griggson, the Colts GM teddy boy.
Speaker 1: He says, I got a deal for you, Andrew Luck
Speaker 1: for Rogers straight up, say yes now or it goes
Speaker 1: away forever, and I'll deny I ever dialed your number,
Speaker 1: your punk, So switch Rogers for Luck or keep Rogers.
Speaker 1: Vast is Fantasia whoa little chairman. I like that ominous
Speaker 1: it is. There's a more of aggressive tone to the
Speaker 1: game now that German has been introduced um first generation.
Speaker 1: You know, blood interesting. All right, So this is a
Speaker 1: great one. It's a great one to end it on
Speaker 1: because alright, so and Aaron Luck is Aaron Luck. Now
Speaker 1: that would be awesome. Aaron Rodgers is thirty one, correct,
Speaker 1: early thirties. He just turned thirty, I believe last year.
Speaker 1: So and Andrew Lucks like or twenty six, so he
Speaker 1: got the five years. Luck Is Rogers is a better
Speaker 1: player at the stage. I think Rogership. I guess I would.
Speaker 1: My initial thought was, you just take Rogers because he's
Speaker 1: the best player in football by far. You don't know
Speaker 1: if Lux ever going to get that high. But now
Speaker 1: that I think about it, if I'm running the team,
Speaker 1: I want five extra years of awesomeness. So I'm taking
Speaker 1: and I'm a little nervous about Aaron Rodgers body. Also,
Speaker 1: really I don't know he You know, he's had injuries
Speaker 1: now that are blown up two seasons for the Packers,
Speaker 1: and and Andrew Luck, by all counts, seems to be
Speaker 1: invincible at this stage of his career. I'm going to
Speaker 1: as much as it pays me, because Aaron Rodgers probably
Speaker 1: my favorite quarterback to watch. Give me Andrew Luck. I
Speaker 1: gotta I got a job, I got kids to fee,
Speaker 1: I got college to pay for. It's a great question, though,
Speaker 1: because everyone there's a feeling almost like Andrew Luck is there,
Speaker 1: But I don't think he's there there and you don't
Speaker 1: and you don't know that he's ever gonna get to
Speaker 1: as good as Aaron Rodgers is, which I would now
Speaker 1: put Aaron Rodgers is peak among the greatest quarterbacks of
Speaker 1: all time. You don't know if Andrew Luck is going
Speaker 1: to get there so well Andrews become the greatest quarterback
Speaker 1: of all time? No, probably not, But like, will he
Speaker 1: even get to that sort of level where he's got
Speaker 1: a couple m v ps? But I'd be surprised if
Speaker 1: after it's all said and done, people don't look at
Speaker 1: Luck is a top fifteen quarterback. Ever, I think he's
Speaker 1: seems to have that type of ceiling. And uh, take
Speaker 1: five extra years of a top fifteen guy over the
Speaker 1: guy that's top three arguably too. And I feel like
Speaker 1: this game's kind of over and over with these questions.
Speaker 1: Told us that we think very highly of went to
Speaker 1: Andrew Luck. Well, you know, I even had an Andrew
Speaker 1: Luck and left in the chamber. That's how how that
Speaker 1: was good. We'll bring this back. West would have liked
Speaker 1: this one, so we'll make sure to get West. Speaking
Speaker 1: of West, let's let's call Hukabo again. It's it's it's
Speaker 1: almost six thirty on the East coast, which means West
Speaker 1: has probably been at this bar for god six and
Speaker 1: a half hours. Now, how you doing? Can I speak
Speaker 1: with Chris Westling? Is he in the establishment? He hasn't
Speaker 1: come yet, Okay, I think he's take a little so
Speaker 1: you're expecting him. Yeah, alright, great. Can you just let
Speaker 1: him know that the around the NFL team was looking
Speaker 1: for him right now? Yes? We are alright, alright, great,
Speaker 1: thanks all. We're gonna have to we have to get
Speaker 1: him on the line. It's with him earlier. Yeah, let's
Speaker 1: get him on Let's call a sell gold standard. Wow,
Speaker 1: it's not a good sign. If he doesn't pick up,
Speaker 1: let's all just be on the same page of that.
Speaker 1: In fact, Gold said that if he doesn't pick up,
Speaker 1: let's let's make sure to call the police. Definitely. I actually, yeah,
Speaker 1: I've already started on the other one. Okay, good, all right,
Speaker 1: it doesn't look like it's gonna pick up. I'm sorry.
Speaker 1: The person you were trying to reach has a voicemail
Speaker 1: box that has not been set up yet. All right,
Speaker 1: all right, we'll make sure we'll get him. Listen, and
Speaker 1: we're not probably gonna get him on this show, but
Speaker 1: trust this is gonna be a long week in TYPEE.
Speaker 1: We're gonna get him before the end of the week. Um,
Speaker 1: all right, let's move on. It's been two years with
Speaker 1: this phone. By the way, I guess he's just not
Speaker 1: going to set up to voicemail at this I mean,
Speaker 1: voicemail is kind of about it, but you probably want
Speaker 1: to have it set up for emergencies and the like.
Speaker 1: But you know, West is a busy man. Is owning
Speaker 1: an island. It now, he owns that place. Right, let's
Speaker 1: hit the mailbag before we get out of here. Uh,
Speaker 1: A lot of great questions as always from you the listeners,
Speaker 1: And why don't we start with a question that came
Speaker 1: up and it might have even been, um, you know
Speaker 1: something that came out of Greg Rosenthal series of tweets,
Speaker 1: This from Joe Bailey at j W Bailey one. What
Speaker 1: sort of Syrians ceiling does Derek Carr have? What current
Speaker 1: QB will be will he be similar to in terms
Speaker 1: of talent? And uh, we'll start Greg. What did you
Speaker 1: lay out earlier this morning that caused some dissensions? Well?
Speaker 1: If it starting to go back watch some of these
Speaker 1: quarterbacks and I'm confused why the conventional wisdom about Derek
Speaker 1: Carr and Gina Smith, for instance, are so different. I
Speaker 1: see them both as quarterbacks that have a chance but
Speaker 1: haven't really shown a lot yet. Derek Carr when you
Speaker 1: watch his rookie he wasn't really that impressive and and
Speaker 1: there is a conversation that he's their franchise quarterback, that
Speaker 1: they're kind of set with Derek Carr. And he's a
Speaker 1: guy that's tools the very fast, big arm. You know,
Speaker 1: he's good, good in the pocket. But it's like he
Speaker 1: had a pretty bad season, let's be honest, Derek Carr um.
Speaker 1: So my my thought is Basically, he's a guy that
Speaker 1: has a chance, but he's a long way from being average.
Speaker 1: Greg Mark, you seem to be on the other side
Speaker 1: of the fence with this. Well no, I my what
Speaker 1: annoys me in general is that all this judgment on quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: You know, sixteen games into the career. It happened with
Speaker 1: Gino Smith, it's happening with car its happened with r
Speaker 1: G three, It's happened with everyone else ever wanted to
Speaker 1: crown r G three after his rookie season, you find
Speaker 1: it completely wrong down the stretch. It's like, look, let's
Speaker 1: be a little more patient before we call anyone in
Speaker 1: the future. So he has a chance, but it wasn't
Speaker 1: the great rookie season night. But listen, here's the thing.
Speaker 1: People go out and whiff noticeably on quarterbacks after one season.
Speaker 1: Plenty of gms do it over and over. I don't
Speaker 1: want I'm not over crediting Reggie mackenzie. But after one
Speaker 1: season of cards not, you can't say, listen, they missed that,
Speaker 1: and they've got to get right back in there and
Speaker 1: take Mariota or swing a deal there. There they've got
Speaker 1: a guy that can say we are comfortable going into
Speaker 1: year two with are there issues, sure, but any young
Speaker 1: quarterback outside of Andrew Luck and your Peyton Mannings is
Speaker 1: gonna have a lot to work on. I do feel
Speaker 1: like there is a narrative that the Raiders have hit
Speaker 1: on Derek Carr. I feel like that's out there. Whether
Speaker 1: it's true or not, I don't know, but well it's
Speaker 1: not true yet. Yeah, I mean I part I partly
Speaker 1: wrote it because I think I guess I like Gino
Speaker 1: Smith better than the average person, and I'm wondering why
Speaker 1: Derek Carr is like, you know, I probably like him
Speaker 1: less than the average person, and that they're they're a
Speaker 1: lot closer than people would think. I think they're basically
Speaker 1: the same type of quarterback. That the advantage that Car
Speaker 1: has is, you know, Gino didn't really progress a ton
Speaker 1: in his second season. That's a bad sign. But Car,
Speaker 1: if you line him up versus all the rookie quarterbacks
Speaker 1: over the years, it's not just that he was on
Speaker 1: the Raiders. He's missing throws, he's missing open receivers. We'll
Speaker 1: see it was only rookie quick first year. Sure, and
Speaker 1: there was a different time. But you're right, Peyton Manning,
Speaker 1: You're that's and people looks back at the stats of
Speaker 1: Troy Aikman, all those guys, none of them were that impressive,
Speaker 1: John Elway, all the rest. But if my I am
Speaker 1: more of an issue with Gino Smith where we're hoisting
Speaker 1: him up, I'm the only one doing it. Yeah, because
Speaker 1: he's a turnover machine and I'm not I'm not selling
Speaker 1: the guy down the river, but I'm very close to
Speaker 1: saying we know what his ceiling is and I've I've
Speaker 1: lost the curiosity he's playing. He's, first of all, he's
Speaker 1: younger than Derek Carr, so I mean they're the I
Speaker 1: know he's played an extra year in the league, but
Speaker 1: they're the same age and he started about the same
Speaker 1: amount of games as Derek Carr. And to me, they're
Speaker 1: very similar in that you can see traits from both
Speaker 1: of them that are promising that you've seen them have
Speaker 1: big moments each and you're like, oh, wow, that could
Speaker 1: that could be pretty special if they get it kind
Speaker 1: of reined in. That's all they've shown. But then, so
Speaker 1: let's say you're you're a team in need of a quarterback.
Speaker 1: You have the choice of two quarterbacks. It's Gino or
Speaker 1: its Car. Who do you take for the future. I'm
Speaker 1: taking gah, I tweeted in but I started close to
Speaker 1: the same amount of games. I don't know. I said
Speaker 1: that Gina started almost all last year. I don't want
Speaker 1: to cheat. Peyton Manning. He didn't have twenty twenty seven
Speaker 1: interceptions right here, he had twenty two, But four years later,
Speaker 1: four years deep into his career, he had a twenty
Speaker 1: nine interception season. So these guys should give be given
Speaker 1: time to develop. They did in the old days. But
Speaker 1: looks like cars touchdown interception ratio. And that's it. And
Speaker 1: I'm just saying, if you want, if you really watch
Speaker 1: the games, I don't know, it wasn't that impressive. And
Speaker 1: when you watch you you know he does a lot
Speaker 1: of impressive things. Everyone just wants to slam your boy.
Speaker 1: This is um he stinks. Here's another Uh, there's an
Speaker 1: interesting thought from Senor Willie at shawnny Gilbo which I
Speaker 1: thought was interesting. So we talked about the Buffalo tax
Speaker 1: as something where the Bills have to overpay to get
Speaker 1: big names because, uh, Western New York maybe isn't the
Speaker 1: most exotic locale for a NFL free agent. Would there
Speaker 1: be a London tax if we ever got a team
Speaker 1: out there. Would it be hard to attract free agents
Speaker 1: to be playing overseas? Senior Willie asks, well, I think
Speaker 1: especially after the initial glow or rush of that opportunity,
Speaker 1: three or four years into that franchise, where you know,
Speaker 1: first of all, you're got to iron out how those
Speaker 1: teams travel and everything else, but you gotta move your
Speaker 1: entire family over. It's very hard to see, you know,
Speaker 1: extended family, blah blah blah. It's just it makes life
Speaker 1: more tough. At the same time, it's going to be
Speaker 1: the right thing for young adventurous players that say this
Speaker 1: is exciting to me, but that's not everyone now, Yes,
Speaker 1: a thousand times yes. I think that's one. That's one
Speaker 1: of the many problems with putting a team in London
Speaker 1: permanently get drafted their players that want to play there. Right,
Speaker 1: I don't even know what the tax situation would be.
Speaker 1: I know that's getting deep into it, but that's high,
Speaker 1: high important. Zach who has lived there, though, do you
Speaker 1: think the NFL players, I mean, I think there's huge
Speaker 1: like you think they'd like to I would love to
Speaker 1: see a team there, but I do think that they're
Speaker 1: attacks visa issues that would the Beatles left England to
Speaker 1: get away from the taxes, didn't they? I mean it
Speaker 1: must be pretty hardcore. Yeah all right? You know who
Speaker 1: else did a little guy by the name of George
Speaker 1: Washington and the rest of those guys old taxation without representation?
Speaker 1: I think a reorganizing our listeners overseas. I think they
Speaker 1: love London as a city in a place to live,
Speaker 1: but it's it's very complex, definitely, and the costs living
Speaker 1: there is astronomical, right, we would love it. Like imagine
Speaker 1: if they were saying, would you like to just move?
Speaker 1: Wouldn't you just move there tomorrow today? I wouldn't nothing
Speaker 1: against the England or Europe. I love the old USA,
Speaker 1: you too, But you know what, we're only We're only
Speaker 1: we're gonna have one, you know life. Maybe it's that
Speaker 1: you haven't had the second kid yet. I think Mark's
Speaker 1: feeling it the second kid. It's like I would go
Speaker 1: to Mars the opportunity to saying, you know what we've got,
Speaker 1: I've got these lovely kids. I love London. We love
Speaker 1: these kids, but you don't want your life to become
Speaker 1: a routine. We've only had one. Give me a little adventure.
Speaker 1: It's a great place London is great. Don't don't come
Speaker 1: after me, listeners. I love it, but I like it
Speaker 1: here too, all right, Eric Vats or Eric vote is
Speaker 1: one way to put it. Another way, Eric at Eric Vats,
Speaker 1: which which current NFL player do you think would make
Speaker 1: the best coach after their playing career is over? Richie
Speaker 1: Incognito came to my mind instantly got top five, and
Speaker 1: then I threw out throughout Charles Tillman as a guy
Speaker 1: that seems to be a leader of men. There you go,
Speaker 1: Charles Tillman. I mean, I'm just gonna go Charles Tillman.
Speaker 1: He was a Walter Baton man in the year, which
Speaker 1: would be a good sight, good place to start. Anyone
Speaker 1: that's won that award probably good dude, although Thomas Davis
Speaker 1: also won that award also would be a great pick.
Speaker 1: I feel like those guys are too smart and too
Speaker 1: much of leaders to be NFL head coaches, you know
Speaker 1: what I mean. They're too broad in terms of their
Speaker 1: maybe their front office guys. No, they don't want to
Speaker 1: work in football because they're there, you know. To be
Speaker 1: a head football coach, you need to be working a
Speaker 1: hundred hours a week, maybe not with your family as
Speaker 1: much one track mind, they seem they're a little too
Speaker 1: smart to be head fun I'll go Peyton Manning because
Speaker 1: all you hear about he's got all these there's there's
Speaker 1: whispers that he'd like to do front office things after
Speaker 1: his career, and he's this obsessive, compulsive guy that watches film.
Speaker 1: I put Brady in the same I don't think Brady
Speaker 1: wants to do that, or maybe he does, we haven't
Speaker 1: heard that. But with with Peyton there seems to be
Speaker 1: a real some buzzer. I'm probably gonna come off as
Speaker 1: very simple minded here. And I know there's Jim Harbaugh,
Speaker 1: but how many other coaches are quarterbacks? I guess Gary Kubiak. Yeah,
Speaker 1: uh well, not a ton of them. Though it's not
Speaker 1: like catchers in baseball, where it's a natural ascension to
Speaker 1: that post quarterback. It's not like you have plenty of
Speaker 1: coaches didn't even play at the NFL level. Tootif of
Speaker 1: fensive linemen have been coaches. This is from Mary at Justin.
Speaker 1: I never came up with an answer, but I still
Speaker 1: don't have one. I was trying to think of, like
Speaker 1: time to think a great backup quarter Let's move on Okay.
Speaker 1: At justin Mary asks what's your dream team to see
Speaker 1: on Hard Knocks This year, the Browns were quickly attached
Speaker 1: and then detached from the show. It doesn't look like
Speaker 1: that's gonna happen NFL films and the NFL is not
Speaker 1: going to force the Browns to do when they have
Speaker 1: their one of the premier players coming out of rehab.
Speaker 1: It's not a good look. I don't see it happening.
Speaker 1: I would like I was throw out Buffalo Bills and
Speaker 1: Rex Ryan Rex. Obviously with the Jets in two thousand ten,
Speaker 1: that was the best Hard Knocks season. A lot of
Speaker 1: exciting players in there. It's a good atmosphere around that
Speaker 1: team right now. The Bills, you know, and their fans
Speaker 1: deserve that type of spotlight. Would be fun, and I
Speaker 1: like the Bills as an option. That would have been
Speaker 1: my first choice. I would go with I just want
Speaker 1: to see what's happening, Tom Sula and a lot of
Speaker 1: change and just let's get a peek behind that one. Uh,
Speaker 1: I mean knowing that it won't be Cleveland, which I
Speaker 1: think would have been intriguing. Uh, you know, in a
Speaker 1: in a disaster film scenario type way, I'll go Arizona Cardinals.
Speaker 1: I love Arians. I think that that team's a real
Speaker 1: potential contender. They've got Carson Farmer coming back. There's a
Speaker 1: lot of characters on that team. Let's go those would
Speaker 1: do it too. In a second. Philadelphia would be another
Speaker 1: fun one. Oh, that would be cool. Ship would not
Speaker 1: green light that, although he would like to let us
Speaker 1: know what about the red Skins? What's going on behind
Speaker 1: that curtain? The genius that he is the Redskins. Some
Speaker 1: interesting stuff happening there that that's true, There would be
Speaker 1: some They're one team that can be it can be
Speaker 1: forced upon them. The thing with hard knocks, So it's
Speaker 1: not predictable. You know what seasons are going to be
Speaker 1: good because one of the worst seasons ever was the Cowboys,
Speaker 1: right in the middle of t O and Romo and stuff.
Speaker 1: I don't think they quite figured out the show by
Speaker 1: that point now, because they had some good ones before there,
Speaker 1: right before with the the early like the first Bengals
Speaker 1: one was one of my favorites, and yet that was
Speaker 1: a totally random team. Uh from good friends Sarah Peters
Speaker 1: Indie Sarah um this is a good one. Heroes. What
Speaker 1: is your dream Jeopardy category? Now this is one question.
Speaker 1: Usually I dropped these questions on you guys in the studio,
Speaker 1: but I gave you guys the heads up for this.
Speaker 1: You have no excuse if you don't have one, because
Speaker 1: I gave you hours of advanced notice. I'll do I'll
Speaker 1: put Greg up third, because clearly you didn't think about one,
Speaker 1: but Mark you did. I did think about one. Um,
Speaker 1: I would like a category, after spending so many days
Speaker 1: at work and nights out with West, a category about
Speaker 1: his work history history, Chris Wesleyan's work history, jobs, various employments.
Speaker 1: I think I could do well in that category. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that would be really unfair to the other contestant. I
Speaker 1: just I get two or three right and they're out. Well,
Speaker 1: that's what all I've thought about his strategy. I want
Speaker 1: to win the game. I want to pick a category
Speaker 1: that I'm going to get all the questions and there's
Speaker 1: no chance anyone will get anything else. That's why I
Speaker 1: I thought about it, and I was trying to think
Speaker 1: like things that I obsessive about that many people aren't,
Speaker 1: especially if the show is taping in Burbank or something,
Speaker 1: and go with Oasis discography like that, or Oasis singles
Speaker 1: I feel like I could name every single in order
Speaker 1: since ninety four, So I can't imagine someone banging me
Speaker 1: on any of those categories even and god forbid for
Speaker 1: the other the other guys in the game. If I
Speaker 1: get a daily double, someone could have done well, like
Speaker 1: thirteen years ago, maybe like some sort of particular what
Speaker 1: does shaker make a daily double? I see if I'm
Speaker 1: going against you that I'm just I'm pressing the button
Speaker 1: in a manser in wonder Wall with you. You know,
Speaker 1: but you negative points? Bro, alright, you're turning. I say,
Speaker 1: I was going to say the same thing. I was
Speaker 1: gonna say Pavement, you know, the band, not the not
Speaker 1: the ground you thing. Just because they figure how many
Speaker 1: people are gonna nail, you'll be in a good position there.
Speaker 1: Maybe Joan Diddy in books. We had a big argument
Speaker 1: this morning about Joan Diddy, and I think I could
Speaker 1: crush people in some Joan Diddy in trivia that's a
Speaker 1: good one too. Do you think you know enough about
Speaker 1: Wes's work, his three that you wouldn't be overthinking and
Speaker 1: end up getting stumped? Well, i's got to get one right, No,
Speaker 1: you need to. I think I know enough. No, do
Speaker 1: I am I is that my obsessive category with every
Speaker 1: fact probably not to be honest, I'm just saying. And
Speaker 1: also it's based on being true. I'm assuming everything he
Speaker 1: said it is true. Yeah, Mark, Well I really thought
Speaker 1: this one out. All right, Let's see a couple more
Speaker 1: answer for these couple more. Our old friend Tristan Uh asked,
Speaker 1: what are the early picks for potential team of a
Speaker 1: t L. I I still feel it's a little too early.
Speaker 1: I don't. I haven't put a lot of thought into
Speaker 1: it yet. Of course, we had the Panthers in year one,
Speaker 1: the Chargers last year. It wasn't was polarizing. In fact,
Speaker 1: I could totally foresee a scenario where we don't even
Speaker 1: name a team of a t L this year because
Speaker 1: the Chargers became so messy. But we're gonna try. I'm sure.
Speaker 1: I think the team we should have chosen last year
Speaker 1: and was right in the mix the whole time was
Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals, and that to me, would be another
Speaker 1: a strong candidate. Again, though I don't. I think they'll
Speaker 1: have a chance to keep an eye on the Cardinals. Uh.
Speaker 1: This one from Kevin Vaughan at keV the Buck. What
Speaker 1: is Joey Watts spending all his fan duel plunder on
Speaker 1: I would think money are women in booze? Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean Joey Watts, you know, for being a celebrated character,
Speaker 1: is a simple person. Not. He doesn't have a savings plan, right.
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna go for the excesses that weren't
Speaker 1: readily available to him before. So Dan's answer is correct
Speaker 1: that you guys are crazy. You don't become Joey Watts
Speaker 1: and win twenty five thousand dollars in one weekend without
Speaker 1: an unbelievable amount of research and a game plan on
Speaker 1: how to get that done. He is reinvesting this into
Speaker 1: more uh football winnings fan duel and he's trying to
Speaker 1: run that number up. This has become a profession. He's crunching.
Speaker 1: Then bers How is putting it all back in and
Speaker 1: he's gonna retire on this isn't enough. If you're Joey Watts,
Speaker 1: you have the desire to be great. That twenty g
Speaker 1: that went out the door next weekend and Rena, let's
Speaker 1: be honest, that's the house always wins. That's part of
Speaker 1: his legends too. Yeah, and then he gets it back
Speaker 1: and He's an up and down type character and that's
Speaker 1: why we love him. Ethan Murphy. At Ethan Murphy, this
Speaker 1: one is to me, will you or Patra ever try
Speaker 1: to win West? As toaster? I feel Patrick's street brawl
Speaker 1: experience give him an advantage. I don't. I don't know
Speaker 1: how Patra's physical prowess would help him in a game
Speaker 1: of of the mind. His braun doesn't help him out.
Speaker 1: I'll never play the game because, uh, first of all,
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna beat West. I know that. And number two,
Speaker 1: it's better if you know that to just back away
Speaker 1: and let the game play, not even as I do.
Speaker 1: That's fair. I think I would not do it. I
Speaker 1: don't think so. Although I would say any one of
Speaker 1: us that's in the room all the time, all day long,
Speaker 1: typing about football, well you got an all. Any man
Speaker 1: can be beat, But who would take Who would keep
Speaker 1: the time? If you? Yeah, see I view the time
Speaker 1: keeping role is that would be air amount to you know,
Speaker 1: the glory that would come with I wouldn't win. Finding
Speaker 1: someone as good at keeping time as you would be
Speaker 1: tougher than it. Listen that I don't like to I'll
Speaker 1: take the praise on this one. Okay, a couple more
Speaker 1: before we get out of here. This from Millets at
Speaker 1: Kellum j Woods. And this is an interesting one. I
Speaker 1: like this one. Speaking of Westling, would you rather have
Speaker 1: a Westling sized baby or a baby sized Westling? Referring
Speaker 1: to Chris Wrestling our colleague and right now and by
Speaker 1: the way, Chris got back to me on text. He's
Speaker 1: garage drinking so he couldn't get to the phone. Does
Speaker 1: the wrestling size baby sized Westling grow into an adult?
Speaker 1: Let me think about it, a wrestling sized baby, so
Speaker 1: the baby is giant the baby want I don't want that, like,
Speaker 1: you know, five ft nine, It's sounds like a horse.
Speaker 1: I don't want that. I want the baby sized Wesseling.
Speaker 1: At least we could I assume you'll have the use
Speaker 1: of his vocal cords and so we still get Wesleyan's
Speaker 1: His choice would probably be elevated, and things like a
Speaker 1: tiny would be there. You can express wants and needs. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the other one just sounds tragic. The other one, I
Speaker 1: don't know what you'd like? A monster? Yeah. I feel
Speaker 1: like we're gonna get some good uh tweets about this one.
Speaker 1: You know, A little photoshop action responsible we don't need
Speaker 1: a malform gigantic, Wesley said, I mean, think of how
Speaker 1: frustrating would be to be Westling and not be able
Speaker 1: to talk to would be's opinions? All right? And finally
Speaker 1: from Matt Selzer at Cells, the most exciting kickoff game
Speaker 1: would be Patriots verse blank question. I'm gonna go Patriots
Speaker 1: verse the Philadelphia Eagles. Do they do um at a
Speaker 1: conference game? Well? I didn't. You know, if we're constraining
Speaker 1: to what they're thinking, and it's probably gonna be some
Speaker 1: a FC team, But I think that they do play
Speaker 1: the Eagles, and I think that's too fascinating storylines right there.
Speaker 1: I don't know if they've ever doesn't mean that they
Speaker 1: shouldn't they do? Oh no, but don't they You start
Speaker 1: and end against the divisions. And I don't know if
Speaker 1: you knew this, but they do host the Eagles too,
Speaker 1: So there you go. I think it makes sense. I
Speaker 1: like that one. What else would it be? I mean,
Speaker 1: I guess Jets would be interesting. Bills would be. I
Speaker 1: smell the Bills as the team. It just feels like
Speaker 1: that that's the right level of Hey, we're the new
Speaker 1: team on the block, were Rex. That's a good week one,
Speaker 1: although the last two years they've gone for the biggest,
Speaker 1: best possible game, and right now that's the Steelers. Steelers,
Speaker 1: we've seen that, but I feel like that exactly the Jaguars,
Speaker 1: that's not gonna happen. I think the Eagles and the
Speaker 1: Bills and the Steelers are probably the three options, and
Speaker 1: just going by past history, I think is probably the
Speaker 1: best one. But Bills is the one I would put
Speaker 1: my Joey Watts ten k on. Yeah, how about that,
Speaker 1: Bills though its fans, you're you're you're buzzy enough, you're
Speaker 1: in the mix now for these sort of freaking hard
Speaker 1: knocks and freaking opening days and potentially a massive letdown. Well,
Speaker 1: you gotta be realistic. You don't have a quarterback. Get
Speaker 1: a quarterback, and I love everything else. It's happening, all right.
Speaker 1: Just let the air out of the balloon and buffalo
Speaker 1: that I am from the state of New York. I
Speaker 1: thought you're from London. No, I lived there, But I
Speaker 1: am from Rochester, New York, which is I adore the Bills.
Speaker 1: But come on, you also say you're from Cleveland. I
Speaker 1: never say that. The other people in these are places
Speaker 1: I've lived Western New York. I was born in a
Speaker 1: hospital in rock Chester, a commune in Boulder, right, yes,
Speaker 1: but I wasn't born there. All right, that's it for
Speaker 1: Friday's edition of the Around the NFL podcast. We'll be
Speaker 1: back on Monday, and again we're gonna make sure we're
Speaker 1: gonna get west on the phone. He's garage drinking right now,
Speaker 1: fruit punch by away. We got the wolf woman in town. Colleen, well,
Speaker 1: we're really looking forward to that will be the first.
Speaker 1: Also garage drinking right now. I don't know about that potentially,
Speaker 1: so we have Colleen and gragging myself and maybe Mark,
Speaker 1: I don't know. We'll see. Yes, Um, we'll be all
Speaker 1: here on Monday to talk about another week of football.
Speaker 1: All right. This is Dan Hansens signing off for the
Speaker 1: Quiet Storm, the Boss, the gold Standard behind the Glass
Speaker 1: and also will the Thrill and the guy at huck
Speaker 1: a Boos and the guy at Huckaboos or the garage
Speaker 1: Christopher Westling until Monday