Club Shay Shay - Nightcap - Hour 1: Tomlin names Russ the starter, Jerry praises Dak, Sean McDermott's bulljive

Episode Date: March 25, 2024

Shannon Sharpe & Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson discuss Mike Tomlin naming Russell Wilson the starting quarterback, Jerry Jones saying the Cowboys can win the Super Bowl with Dak Prescott and much much ...more! 0:00 Introduction03:30 L’Jarius Sneed leaves Chiefs, signs with Titans14:50 Mike Tomlin says Russell Wilson is in “pole position” for starting QB job28:20 Jerry Jones says Dak Prescott can win a Super Bowl42:00 Sean McDermott says it’s narrow-minded to say the Bills haven’t been successful without a Super Bowl49:15 Robert Saleh likes the quietness of the Jets offseason53:00 NFL concerned about the dip in scoring across the league58:40 Jerod Mayo says all options are still on the table for no. 3 pick #Club #VolumeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:04:18 Ocho, our first segment of the day is a news cap. News cap. News Cap. News Cap. We learned over the weekends the Chiefs are trading LeJarrius Sneed to the Tennessee Titans for a 2025 third round pick. We know LeJarrius
Starting point is 00:04:38 Sneed had one of the better had one of the better seasons this year for defensive back, although he was not rewarded for it with a Pro Bowl or an All-Pro selection. Just look at what he was able to do against some of the top receivers that the Kansas City Chiefs faced, and that speaks for itself. But it seems to me a lot of Chiefs fans are upset because they didn't get more.
Starting point is 00:05:01 It's like if you're going to only get a third for him, you might as well keep him. But Ochoa looks, I think from my vantage point, because he doesn't have a Pro Bowl on his resume, because he doesn't have an All-Pro on his resume, he wasn't going to command the ransom that team gave up for Jalen Ramsey or what a team gave up for Stephon Gilmore.
Starting point is 00:05:24 Had he had one of those pelts on his resume. Now we're talking to first, first or late second round of, excuse me, a late first or second round pick, but because he didn't, he got that solely because he's been very, very good.
Starting point is 00:05:38 And the chiefs wanted to reward him. He's been a model citizen in their organization. And I don't want him disgruntled playing on the franchise tag, knowing that we can't pay him. Ain't ain't no sense in us fooling him and saying, hey, if you just played this year for us on the franchise tag, we'll take care of you next
Starting point is 00:05:55 year. They know that. He knows that. Let him move on. You got three Super Bowls out of him. I don't really know what else you could ask. He's been great for you on and off the field. So I think it was a great trade for them. And I'm happy for it. Yeah, I'm happy for him as well.
Starting point is 00:06:11 Obviously, to me, I think he's one of the top three chats. Stay with me real quick here. I think he's one of the top three cover man to man corners in the NFL. Man to man. I don't need no help. If I need to follow your best receiver The entire game, all four quarters I can do that He's one of those that will allow the defensive coordinator
Starting point is 00:06:30 For the Tennessee Titans to be able to do more Defensively Because he can lock down one side of the field And not need safety's help Or need any goddamn Any bluffing and all this Salad dressing that defenses do You know what?
Starting point is 00:06:45 You got number 10 all game. He's able to do that. I'm happy for him. He has the Super Bowl rings. Now you've been compensated for the work you put in. Yeah, now you're getting that check. Now you can play the game you love. Your family is set.
Starting point is 00:07:00 And you're good. You're good. There's really nothing to complain about. And the Kansas City Chiefs understood that there's no way whether he had a pro bowl, whether he had an all pro, we know the type of caliber
Starting point is 00:07:14 player he is once you turn that goddamn film on. Yes. And the Tennessee Titans knew that as well. And so what? Oh, we're going to play you. So now he has an even better season. He goes to the pro Bowl. He becomes an all pro. If you couldn't pay him this year with none of those on his resume, how the hell are you going to pay him next year with those on his resume? So I agree with you, Ocho. And so I like to like tell guys this.
Starting point is 00:07:37 OK, you got your rings. It's kind of like a normal person that works a nine to five. You made all the money. Now go do what you like to do. Okay. He's got the Superbowl rings. Now let's see how much money you can go make because you got the jury. Now let's see if I can secure my family, family, family.
Starting point is 00:07:57 Right. But multiple, multiple generations. So congratulations. He had the big play against the Ravens. Hey, he got up. First of all, play against the Ravens. Got the... Hey, he got up. First of all, he gave up a play.
Starting point is 00:08:09 Then the guy stood up. Oh, the guy stood up over him. Zay Flowers. Remember, he stood up over him. That backed him up. Zay Flowers come back, runs the shallow cross. Legere punches it out on the goal line. Touchback.
Starting point is 00:08:22 Ball comes out. And the Kansas City never really felt threatened after that point and then you remember ocho into the what was that in the wild card game with divisional in the division when he got that quick jam on on tyreek on tyreek yeah yeah yeah yeah man that quick jam with that freeze to get you if you ain't oh yo listen you bet you better be dipping you better be dipping that shoulder one way or another because That quick jam with that freeze to get you. If you ain't. Oh, yo. Listen, you better be dipping. You better be dipping that shoulder one way or another.
Starting point is 00:08:50 Because once you quick jam and he watching the ball, there's really nothing you can do. Because as a receiver, your ass got to be inside looking at the ball. Especially because you're on the road. So you can't hear. You got to look and see at the snap. You can't hear nothing. Yeah. And if I'm Tyreek,
Starting point is 00:09:01 how many times you think somebody tried to put hands on Tyreek and run the risk of missing him? And he do this to you, Ocho? Yeah, yeah. Not very many. Not very many. But you know they play that soft shell, too, now. You know, they play that soft shell.
Starting point is 00:09:14 So he's willing to get up there and challenge like that, knowing that he does have a little help behind him. But neither here nor that. You never, ever, ever really see anybody get their hands on Reek, regardless whether there's help behind him or not. or not but legerius is he's the best i've seen at this in the new school now guys did that a lot that was something that they did a lot because you had to get physical because i believe the receivers were a little bit more physical and you had to play through contact because they allow the db to be a little more handsy than what they do now so you had to play through that contact so guys had to quick jam you because you didn't want one of those guys to get ahead of steam and you got hell
Starting point is 00:09:49 on your hands trying to get him down yeah but uh and you know the question is oh joe how much did this trade impact uh chiefs the chances of three pd well i don't think it impacts him at all i don't think it impacts him at all they still don't think it impacts him at all. They still have a nice core of defensive backs there. I think someone else is just going to step up and sneeze place. Obviously, I think they're probably going to be able to draft well. That's something that Andy Reid and that organization has always done extremely well on the defensive side of the ball and the offensive side of the ball. But again, the pieces to the puzzle, only one piece really matters. That centerpiece, that nucleus.
Starting point is 00:10:30 As long as Mahomes is still there, they're going to always be in contention. We have to remember that this is the NFL, excuse me, this is the NFL-driven league that is run by the quarterback position. Having pieces around, having a great corner and all that stuff is fine and dandy. But Spaggs will do the job he needs to do with the players that he has. And obviously, you might not be able to do some of the things, or you might not have a negerious need on your hands, but you're able to condense that around different, not formations, different, how do you say it? How do you say it? You know how you can only hide your players so much? Yeah, yeah. So they're not exposed? Right exposed right bags knows what he can and can't call based on the personnel that he has i'll put it like that yes i i think also if you look at mcduffie who who was a first team all pro corner
Starting point is 00:11:17 jaylen watson who's the nickel was the starter before mcduffie got there so you don't feel that if we have to start jaylen watson that i don't feel that if we have to start Jalen Watson, that I don't feel that obviously there's some, but we're like, hey, he started for us the lion's share of the season a year ago. And we went to him and won a Super Bowl. So we have to put him in. And Joshua Williams was, I think,
Starting point is 00:11:38 a high draft pick for the Chiefs. The Chiefs, Brent Beach and, as you mentioned, Ochoa, have done a great job of drafting. You look at their drafting players, Kalafas, you look at McDuffie, Brian Cook, Joshua Williams. You look at some
Starting point is 00:11:54 of the guys that they've drafted, Rasheed Rice. They've been great. Now, the only thing is, Scott Moore has got to take the next step. This is his third year, Ochoa. He's a junior now. Hey, this is the make or break of year. This is the make or break of year.
Starting point is 00:12:08 If you're going to arrive on the scene for any position, whether it be quarterback, whether it be DB, whether it be tackle, center, linebacker, this is your year. This is your year. Because at this point now,
Starting point is 00:12:20 you should have had it figured out. Yeah. You should have had it figured out. The speed of the game, the offense. There are no more excuses once you hit your third year. You got to hit the floor running. You got to hit it running. Yes.
Starting point is 00:12:33 So, they still have their nucleus. They have CJ. They have my homeboy. They have Andy. They have Trav. Pacheco. Pacheco. They're going to be... It's interesting to see what they're going to do with McKinnon.
Starting point is 00:12:50 He's their third down back, really do everything, can catch out of the backfield, does a great job of blitz pickup. It's going to be interesting. I don't think he's going to get more than a one-year deal. The question is, does he want to be that one year to be in Kansas City or be somewhere else?
Starting point is 00:13:05 All things being equal, if the money is comparable, I'm coming back because I know I'm going to win. I know my role. I know what to expect. So it's going to be very, very interesting
Starting point is 00:13:15 to see what happens with him. But congratulations to LeJarius Sneed. Job well done. Earned a big payday. Oh, yeah. Wait, wait, wait. Before you even go nowhere,
Starting point is 00:13:24 before you even go nowhere, I know LeJarius Sneed, I know you're going to see this, and I've done this to all DBs and all receivers. You know I play both sides of the ball, so if you really want to get some work in, if you want to get some work in this offseason to make sure you're going to camp, you're going to go into the OTAs on point,
Starting point is 00:13:40 you know, I'm available. We can do some one-on-ones, and the one-on-ones that I do is old school one-on-ones. We start on the goal line and we do as many routes as possible till we get to the opposite side of the field
Starting point is 00:13:50 and that's the kind of work we get in. We take a five-minute break and we bring it on back. Yeah, that's, that's a different kind of workout. That man choked me.
Starting point is 00:13:59 And you shit, you crazy as hell. The Tennessee Strangler. You crazy as hell. He's one of the most the Tennessee Strangler. Listen, listen, listen. His last name won't be Sneed if he cover me.
Starting point is 00:14:11 You hear me? Yeah, it will. Because I'm not the one or the two. Mm-hmm. He got something for you. He got something for you. No, I know he don't. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:14:19 He going to show all that little back shoulder pain. That little back shoulder pain that you going to try to run. That little stutter. Hey, I'm going to tell him. When he hop, let me tell you what he going to show all that little back shoulder pain. That little back shoulder pain that you're going to try to run. That little stutter. Hey, I'm going to tell him. When he hop, let me tell you what he's going to do. Now, when he hop, he's going to try to open you up. He's going to try to run the quicksand on you. So, just stay right there.
Starting point is 00:14:33 Stay right there. You know what? As a matter of fact, I'm going to hop and I'm going to take off. Huh? I'm going to hop and I'm going to take off. Hold on. You're on the goal line. Where are you going?
Starting point is 00:14:42 Fifth row? Who said we was on the goal line? You just said we started on the goal line. Where you going? Fifth row? Who said we was on the goal line? You just said we started on the goal line. No, no. We start on the goal line, work our way out. Okay. Out, not in. Oh, I thought you said start on the goal line, then go back. Okay, we start on the goal line.
Starting point is 00:14:56 No, no, no. Yeah, we do. That's the way I used to do my one-on-ones in the offseason. I start on the goal line. Right. You play man-to-man, you can play off either way. And we move the ball down the field. Wherever I catch it, that's where we start the next rep. You play man to man, you can play off either way. And we move the ball down the field. Wherever I catch it, that's where we start the next rep. And I never go deep.
Starting point is 00:15:10 I ran nothing deep ever. So, from one to six. Guess what? I'm going to go ahead and pick it and I'm done with you for the day. Yeah, what I would do, I'm going to go ahead and pick it.
Starting point is 00:15:18 I'm done with you. Pick who? Pick a poker? I'm going to pick the ball off. Pick your nose? Man, you ain't picking nothing off here. Sheesh.
Starting point is 00:15:28 Hey, Snead, I know you're going to see this, but you want some real work. Real work. Hey, did I hit the prime on you to the end zone? Oh, Joe, Mike Thomas said Russell Wilson is in the pole position at quarterback, and the team has been transparent in the pecking order when it comes to letting fields know that he'll have a chance
Starting point is 00:15:50 to compete when they feel it's the right is it it it is the right time yeah Wilson has a lot of experience in terms of what it takes to be the guy over the course of a 12-month calendar I just think there's something to a younger guy that like Justin can learn from Tomlin saying, okay, the pecking order, pole position, that means you've earned the right to be in the number one spot. To be the starter. That don't mean that's the way it's going to end up now.
Starting point is 00:16:18 That's right. That's right. So now what kind of leash is Mike Tomlin giving him? How long is the leash? Is it a short leash or is it a long leash? Is it a medium-sized leash? A million-dollar leash ain't that long. Oh, I'm with you when you're right.
Starting point is 00:16:35 A million-dollar leash ain't that long, Coachell. Listen, a million-dollar leash isn't that long, but the situation Russell Wilson is going to is in his favor by much. You know, God, God say he has favor, right? Well, he has it for Russell Wilson because the situation that he's going into is in his favor. For one, remember the organization you're going to.
Starting point is 00:16:56 You're going to a winning organization. You're going to a winning coach. They have the pieces offensively where you'll be able to hide any weaknesses that he may have. Any weakness that he may have at this point in the career will be taken care of. Russell Wilson is going to be fine. And I'm saying this as a Bengal legend and allegiance to my Bengals.
Starting point is 00:17:19 He is going to be fine. And again, it's a good thing. It's a good thing. Patrick Mahomes sat behind Alex Smith for a year. Yep. There's nothing wrong with Justin Fields,
Starting point is 00:17:29 who I believe is going to be the quarterback of the future for the Pittsburgh Steelers, sitting behind Russell Wilson and taking some of the small nuances on what it takes to be a leader
Starting point is 00:17:37 from someone who was a perennial playoff quarterback and a Super Bowl champion. Nothing wrong with that. But let me tell you. Nothing at all. Can I play devil's advocate? Yes, sir.
Starting point is 00:17:51 Between Patrick Mahomes' situation and Justin Fields, Patrick Mahomes came in as a rookie. Justin Fields is going into his fourth year. Yeah, I know what you mean. Aaron Rodgers came in as a rookie. Justin Fields is going into his fourth year. And he's been a starter for the Lions Sheriff. It's the better part of his career. So it's a different mindset.
Starting point is 00:18:11 Being a rookie, not starting, not all of a sudden being thrust in, as opposed to being a starter and going to the bench and waiting your turn. And see, maybe this is a good thing, though. The fact that he had to come in, it was thrown to the Sharks. The fact that he had to come in, it was thrown to the Sharks. The fact that he had to come in, it was thrown to the Wolves. And matter of fact, he went to an organization. Can you tell me the last time
Starting point is 00:18:33 that the Chicago Bears organization from top to bottom have developed a decent quarterback? No. At what point? At what point at any point in their historic franchise have they done right by any quarterback and put the pieces around them so they they could succeed offensively when when you think
Starting point is 00:18:53 of the chicago's bear the chicago bears what do you think what think about they're calling the monsters they think of the monsters of the midway the monsters of the midway i think a goddamn refrigerator perry i think of jim mcmahon walter payton and goddamn the peanut punch the midway. The Munsters is the midway. I think a goddamn Refrigerator Perry. I think a Jim McMahon, Walter Payton, and goddamn the Peanut Punch. But it was the defense, the 46 defense, Richard Dent, Mike
Starting point is 00:19:15 Singletary, McMichael, Wilbur Marshall, Leslie, I think Leslie Frazier was on that team. Doug Plank. Wait, which Leslie Frazier? The DB. Wait, Leslie Frazier was on that team. Doug Plank. Wait, which Leslie Frazier? The DB. Wait, Leslie Frazier, that was my D coordinator at Cincinnati? Yeah, he played in the league.
Starting point is 00:19:33 Wait, I ain't no Les Play for the goddamn Bears? You serious or you bull jiving? I will lie to you, Joe. Man, I ain't no Les Play, the DB? Damn, I wish I'd known that while he was
Starting point is 00:19:47 in Cincinnati. I would have lined your ass up on out here, man. Let me see what you got. He put something on you. He was hell. He was hell back then, huh? He didn't have to hold up long. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. That D-line was crazy. Yeah, that D-line was crazy.
Starting point is 00:20:03 Damn, that's a good one. That's dope. That's dope to know. That's dope to know. Yeah, that D-line was crazy. Man, that's a good one. That's dope. That's dope to know. That's dope to know. Yeah. So it's going to be very interesting. It's different. It's one thing, Ocho, to come in and says, okay, I don't really know. I don't know what I know.
Starting point is 00:20:16 And he has to learn the offense. It's not like Russ has a substantial advantage over him, other than he's been in the league a lot longer. He's got to understand the nuances of it. But we both have to learn a new system and go from there but to go from a starter hey you did it when you went to when you went to new england it was a different role for you you just came hey offense up you head to the field now so you stand on the sideline you got to keep your legs warm you gotta keep your mind sharp you might not play for one or two three series then you're going in on third down
Starting point is 00:20:50 you ain't got no rhythm it's different at all at all and you know it's so funny now that you just brought that up i always thought about it you would think so if I had the choice during that time, obviously, if we were in control of our destiny in general, for me, per se, during that time when I got traded
Starting point is 00:21:11 to the Patriots, many people would say, you know what, I wouldn't, that's not a place I would have chosen to go to, huh? If you think about it.
Starting point is 00:21:17 No, hell no. Listen, from an offensive perspective, people say, man, are you crazy? Boy, you going to play with Tom Brady. But listen,
Starting point is 00:21:24 Tom Brady also had players that were already there that understood the system. Deion Branch, for one. You had Wes Welker. Stay with me now. You had Julian Edelman, too. Gronk. Then you had Gronk, and you had Aaron Hernandez. I'm like, come on now. God, I mean, it just wasn't the right fit. Sometimes in life, sometimes in life, some people say, oh, you just plug a player in and you just go. It just didn't
Starting point is 00:21:53 fit, but I didn't have a choice. It didn't fit what you did because that offense worked from inside out. Side out. How come it's only us that understand that? And unless your last name is Moss, that's the only way. If you were an outside receiver who predominantly plays on the outside,
Starting point is 00:22:13 you're going to see that type of production that we're used to seeing. But it worked, though. It worked. But Moss, you're talking about one of the top three receivers that ever played a game of 100 plus? All time. All time. All time. 100-plus years.
Starting point is 00:22:25 That's why I said it. Unless you Moss, and there will be no recreation or reincarnation of him and nobody else. But you know what I'm trying to say. I do. But again, it was a great experience, though. It was a phenomenal experience. But that's the difference.
Starting point is 00:22:38 And a lot of people say, man, why would LeBron do a podcast with JJ? Because there are certain things, nuances to the game, that only somebody that played the game could possibly understand. Me, if he was like, he should have did a podcast with you, to do what? He and I can't talk basketball on that level, just like he can't talk football on the level you and I have in the discussion. Because if I say LeBron, they came out in the over front and they look like they go you go like over what over what front you know i'm saying over front or under front you know i'm saying
Starting point is 00:23:16 they go you know they're gonna run a couple five which is 22 man he don't know what couple five is right right right if we say they run cup you know they're gonna run six kick six kick so it's there's nuances to a discussion that i do i have a general knowledge and an understanding of basketball yes but there are certain things that only a person that have played the game could possibly understand you and i have a conversation said if you look at the Patriots offense and the way it's always been, it's been an inside out type of an offense with the exception of the two to three years that
Starting point is 00:23:51 Randy was there. But if you look at Brady, he mainly worked between the numbers. Numbers, right. And that's okay, but there are certain nuances to a discussion that only someone is like... We were having a discussion that only someone is like uh we were having the discussions uh uh ocho about michael b jordan he says it's hard fighting someone to understand that you got this
Starting point is 00:24:14 craft and you got a gift and you know you want you know you need somebody to understand your sacrifice i'm always a believer that's why movie stars marry other movie stars because they know what it's like to sacrifice because they've been in a situation where they've asked somebody that wasn't in the business to sacrifice and they couldn't possibly understand so when you and I have a conversation, a more nuanced
Starting point is 00:24:37 conversation, we don't really get too in depth because that's not what we're trying to do, we're not trying to impress you with my football knowledge. I think it goes without saying, playing the game the way I played as long as I played, I think most fans understand that I have a great understanding of the game of football, the X's and O's.
Starting point is 00:24:56 Just like LeBron, I mean, you're talking about the brain. There might not be four or five players in the history of the game that has a better understanding of the game, that played the game than LeBron. And then J.J. played, you played 14, 15 years like J.J., obviously they can have a nuanced conversation that LeBron and I could never have. And especially that's just about basketball.
Starting point is 00:25:18 They don't talk about anything else other than basketball. We talk about a lot of other things other than football. So this works for us. But, yeah, I think the thing is, but, hey, you heard what he said. Being transparent, Wilson just got a lot of experience in terms of what it takes to be the guy over the course of a 12-month calendar. And I just think that's something a younger guy, Justin, can learn from. But he didn't say Justin Fields is not going to have a chance to compete.
Starting point is 00:25:51 He said when it comes to letting Justin Fields know that he'll have a chance to compete, when they feel as the time is right. And we know when the time would be right, when things aren't going well. When things aren't going well, they're on a skid offensively. They're on a skid in losing games. Then they will obviously make a change. I mean, it's common sense. We understand how that works when the fans are booing. Now, do I think it will get to that point? I doubt it. I doubt it because right now we already saw a clip of Russell Wilson doing exactly what? He's already out there. He's already out there putting in the work. And I guarantee you, the receivers, the running backs on that team, he's got everybody's phone number.
Starting point is 00:26:31 And at some point, the next thing we're going to see is a video of all them getting work in before they even go back to the offseason program. So when it is time to get together in a structured environment, as a team, they already had an eight ball. Yes. Wake up with football every morning and listen to my new podcast, NFL daily with Greg Rosenthal five days a week. You'll get all the latest news previews, recaps and analysis delivered straight to your podcast feed. By the time you get your coffee,
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Starting point is 00:29:32 Monday through Friday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Look, there are certain things having had the relationship with a quarterback because this is new to them i really didn't have to do a whole lot with john because i spent five six years with him so right in the off season there's no need for us to work because he was far beyond that he got four kids young kids hey he ain't got, and I'm not trying to spend any more time in Denver. Cause when I was back in Denver, I didn't go back to Atlanta.
Starting point is 00:30:09 When I went to Atlanta, I didn't go back to Denver until I absolutely had to. So it wasn't like, man, I can't wait. When I was up out of there, I was up out of there, but you have a general understanding of where he likes to put the ball.
Starting point is 00:30:21 He has an understanding of where you like the ball, where you, how you like to catch the ball. Give you an opportunity to protect yourself because that's all I've asked any quarterback that I've played with, Ojo, is just allow me to protect myself. I understand that there's going to be times, hey,
Starting point is 00:30:35 it's not like he's playing in a phone booth that he's protected and the elements are not on him. Rain, wind, snow, whatever the case may be. But just give me an opportunity. If you possibly can, now if you're getting taken one to the chops, rain, wind, snow, whatever the case may be. But just give him an opportunity if you possibly can. Now, if you're getting taken one to the chops, hey, it is what it is. And that's what the understanding is. But I commend Russ and these guys that go to different teams
Starting point is 00:30:57 and they get bringing the receivers in and you get an understanding of how they run the routes, the timing of the route. Now, you know it's a little different, Ocho, because ain't nobody air. You get a free release. Ain't nobody putting hands on you, anything like that. Ain't nobody, ain't no D lineman, just beat the offensive lineman clean, and now you got to run
Starting point is 00:31:14 for your life. Everything is perfect. But you kind of get a general sense of how he runs the route and the timing, and what's the timing going to be? Three-step, five-step, very few teams take seven steps now. Because everybody's in the gun. So basically, you take three and a half, and you let the ball go.
Starting point is 00:31:30 Right. Oh, yeah. You good? You want to add anything else to that? No, no, no, no. I didn't say it in my piece. I didn't say it in my piece. I didn't say it in my piece.
Starting point is 00:31:41 Jerry Jones says Dak Prescott can win the Super Bowl. Here we go again. Jerry Jones says, I think there are a handful of more quarterbacks playing who haven't won a Super Bowl than will win a Super Bowl. I think Dak is one of them. I'm firm there.
Starting point is 00:31:58 He's one of the ones who can. Now, you remember immediately after the season, Jerry says we're only going to go as far as Dak carries us. And this is as far as he could carry us. Why does Jerry keep doing this? Chat, if there's anybody that's a Cowboy fan here, I apologize.
Starting point is 00:32:18 I apologize that you have to go through this from an owner who seemed to be in denial, who really doesn't understand. I need to do something different for a change. I need to change up my philosophy. I need to change up my way of thinking, the way I'm running business, because maybe if I do that, maybe the results on the back end will be different. Let's talk about Super Bowls real quick. One, it's very, very difficult to win a Super Bowl. Yes. It's very, very difficult. I think we as fans, even myself, even as players, we've been spoiled with Tom Brady and their success. Now, in today's era, we're spoiled with the consistency
Starting point is 00:32:55 that Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs have, being that they have three. So let's go through a few quarterbacks real quick that have won a Super Bowl. We got Drew B, Drew Brees. Great. He has one ring.
Starting point is 00:33:09 One. It took 20 goddamn years. Yep. We got Aaron Rodgers. He has one ring. It took 17 years so far. I'm not saying he can't do it. No,
Starting point is 00:33:18 no, no. He got more. Aaron came in. Didn't Aaron come in in 2005? What? 2005. No, four was what you call them draft with Eli and him, right?
Starting point is 00:33:30 Eli and Big Ben and J.P. Lossman and Phillip. I'm right, right? You got one. He got one, but Aaron Rodgers played like 19 years. 19? Yeah. Okay, okay, okay. I'm off a little bit.
Starting point is 00:33:48 So that's one ring. See how long it took though, right? Yes. Brett Favre played 20 seasons. He has one ring. Went to two Super Bowls, one ring. Correct. Two Super Bowls.
Starting point is 00:33:59 Kurt Warner played 12 seasons. He has one ring. Now, if I'm not mistaken, how many Super Bowls did Steve Young win? I know as a starter. He played 15 seasons. Yeah, but he won.
Starting point is 00:34:11 He was on the team that won in 88, 89. He won one of the starters. As a starter. That's all I'm saying. Yeah, okay. That's all I'm saying.
Starting point is 00:34:20 As a starter. One ring. Do you see how difficult, how difficult, How difficult? These are some of the greatest quarterbacks of all time to win a Super Bowl. And it took so long. Peyton. It took so long.
Starting point is 00:34:33 You got two. Obviously, you know, Peyton has two. We know what Mahomes and we know what Tom Brady have done. It's so difficult to even get to that place to where you can host that Lombardi trophy. But if you look at all the names I talked about, they didn't have an owner. They said the front center of attention, you know, they didn't they didn't have any distractions in the offseason. That's already adding added pressure and fuel to the fire. And they even trying to play fucking football.
Starting point is 00:35:04 So now you go into the season and the first thing you hear about, well shit, your goddamn owner said, you're the one that can get a Super Bowl. Here you go. I believe in it. Come on, why? Why? Why even add that food to the plate and
Starting point is 00:35:19 just let the fellas play fucking football. Let them play football, man. It's simple. Take a back seat. You don't always have to be in front. You know what? I blame the goddamn media.
Starting point is 00:35:32 Stop asking them questions. That's calm. That give them material. Stop asking them questions. Look at Jerry's notes. Look at his copious notes he's taking. He ain't even taking no notes. He just scribbling stuff on there. He just scribbling stuff on there.
Starting point is 00:35:46 He just scribbling stuff. Man, leave that man them copious notes, man. That's fine. Hey. Come on, man. Listen, I mean, to me, I'm a fan of football. I'm a fan of liking players to succeed at their individual craft and position. For Dak to succeed, for Dak to do well,
Starting point is 00:36:10 he needs no added pressure for the person that sits high and looks low the way he's doing. You don't need that. You don't need that in the offseason. Like, come on, man. The fucking position as itself is already hard enough. To get to a Super Bowl is already hard enough. It's not a joke. It's not something you say, hey, in one breath, you know what? We all in. We're going to be all in. And then you've done
Starting point is 00:36:36 nothing this offseason pertaining to you being all in. Now you come back two weeks later, three weeks later. Oh, I believe in that believe in that well hell i believe in them too i believe why you even mentioned the fucking word superbowl let's get past the playoffs first let's start there god damn man i oh joe they said uh we got a poll up say which happens first Cowboys win Super Bowl or the next Haley's Comet now the Haley's Comet happened in 1986
Starting point is 00:37:10 I remember because I saw it because I was in the sixth grade and my science professor Dr. Prentice Buckhalter told us it was coming
Starting point is 00:37:18 so I made sure I looked up into the sky and I saw it the next one arrives in 2061 god damn it only happens between 75 and 79 years I looked up into the sky and I saw it. The next one arrives in 2061. God damn. It only happens between 75 and 79 years.
Starting point is 00:37:29 Right. It was like 77 and a third, 76 and a half. So they just like, okay, it's kind of hard to pinpoint. So let's go between 75 and 79 years. So the chat seemed to think that Haley's Comet is going to happen before the next cowboy Superbowl. Listen, man, I just like it. I'm not going to say it bothers me, but if I'm a cowboy fan, it would bother me. I'm a fan of football in general.
Starting point is 00:38:04 I'm a fan of wanting to see the players on the Cowboys succeed. But you know what? I'm going to of football in general. I'm a fan of wanting to see the players on the Cowboys succeed. But you know what? I'm going to let you take it. No, I want to keep on talking. I want to keep on talking because I'm a Cowboy fan. Because I already know. Because there's nothing, nothing makes you feel more let down than expectations. That's the number one killer, Ocho, is expectations.
Starting point is 00:38:28 Because if you have expectations, like if you got kids and you already know one of them bad, they can call you like, I already know which one it is. But if you got this one that's been a model citizen, you have these expectations. Oh, that's going to be my athlete.
Starting point is 00:38:40 He's going to go to the NFL or she's going to be the doctor or she's going to be the law. And then all of a sudden, instead of going to law school she got three babies by the time she's 20 all of a sudden he ain't he done plunked out of school not college high school you're so disappointed because of the expectations that you had see Cowboys fans have these expectations that they believe every year their team is going to win the Super Bowl. And when it doesn't
Starting point is 00:39:09 happen... Now, the Cowboys fan had these expectations because of who? Who was the person leading them astray? Oh, he gave them false hope, man. Every time. He gave them false hope. And I'm trying to understand. I would love to know
Starting point is 00:39:25 how many Cowboys fans are happy with the way Jerry carries himself as far as from a media perspective and always being in front of the camera. Ash said no, she's not happy. Ash is a Cowboys fan.
Starting point is 00:39:38 Oh, for real? Yeah. She said, no, we're not happy. I don't understand, man. Listen, I love Jerry from a business aspect. And even I, obviously, I'm not in his position. But if I was in his position and things weren't going the way I want them to, I mean, I would be able to see the light. I would be able to see the light in saying, you know what?
Starting point is 00:40:00 If I want things to change, I think they might have to start with me. Because it always starts with yourself and looking in the mirror. That goes for anybody. Ain't that what Mike said? Yeah. Start with the man in the mirror. Yeah, always. Asking him to change his ways.
Starting point is 00:40:15 Bingo. Even people, this is like a life lesson for people in the chat that's watching. Let's say your life, your life ain't going the way you want. You know, you have plans, you got goals, you got aspirations, but for some reason, shit just keep falling by the wayside. It starts with the person right there. Yeah, ask yourself, what am I doing? Ask yourself, what am I doing wrong?
Starting point is 00:40:34 Change up your routine. You know, stop doing it. Maybe stop drinking. Maybe stop smoking. Who knows what it may be, but Jerry, you got somebody around him. If ain't nobody around him going to say nothing because they don't want to mess up their money. Jerry got to see it for himself. Okay.
Starting point is 00:40:50 Like, I'm there and about to cry because for me, this is not... But the kids are just like him though, Ocho. You hear Steven. Who? Steven and the kids. He got a Jerry Jr., Steven, and a Charlotte. That's the daughter. You know what the funny thing about it?
Starting point is 00:41:04 They might not be the same. You know what the funny thing about it? They might not be the same. They might understand what it takes. They might do. They might do. They just can't say anything because they understand that Jerry runs the show and he called the shots. Oh, Joe.
Starting point is 00:41:16 How do we? We're not taught. We don't have any abilities. Everything that we're taught, we're taught that. We don't have any abilities everything that we're taught we're taught we're taught that we don't have senses we're taught to love
Starting point is 00:41:29 we're taught you follow like what time it is to eat where you go to the kitchen where you go to the bathroom you didn't just automatically know that so when you see somebody
Starting point is 00:41:38 do all the things that you what you think they're going to do Stephen Jones be the same thing. Every year, this team reminds me of those Super Bowl teams. So we're taught, Ocho, we're taught.
Starting point is 00:41:55 We're teachers, we're taught things. I think I need to go on down there and holler at Jerry myself. You go right ahead. I go ahead and holler at him. Baby, you got to. Come on now. We need you to take a back seat. Ain't nothing wrong with that.
Starting point is 00:42:10 Well, you're going to get the credit. Don't worry about it. I'm going to make sure you get the credit. No, you won't. No, you won't. I'm going to make sure you get the credit. No, you won't. No, you won't.
Starting point is 00:42:17 Who got the credit when them first two bowls? Jimmy. Jimmy. And then even when he won in 95, what did they say, Ocho? I don't know if you remember. They say you won with Jimmy's players. That's why he would have been so bad right now. See, Ocho?
Starting point is 00:42:30 You see? That's why, man, the egos, you're dealing with alpha alphas. What you think caused Tom Brady and Coach Belichick to break up? I need to get more credit than you. I'm tired of people saying Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom. Well'm tired of people saying Tom Tom Tom Tom Tom
Starting point is 00:42:46 Well it was Tom Tom Tom Tom I'm tired of people saying what happened I'm tired of people saying I can win one without you Shit You know what I'm saying Shit Jerry said I'm going to win one without you So he would
Starting point is 00:42:59 That would be his The three Super Bowls that Jerry had They mean a lot to him. The problem is Jerry had such success so early in his career. Within his first six, seven years, he had three. To win one with a Mike McCarthy or a coach, because if you get Bill Belichick, you're not getting credit. He is.
Starting point is 00:43:20 If you got a Sean Payton, you're not getting credit. He is. He is, yeah. If you can win one with one of these guys that's just a coach in theory a figurehead that really has no power but go ahead none
Starting point is 00:43:33 that would mean more to Jerry than the other three listen I would love I would love for him to win it and not because of Jerry I would love for Dak I would love I would love for him to win it And not because of JR I would love for I would love for Dak I would love for Dak
Starting point is 00:43:47 I would love for Dak Micah fucking host Pull that motherfucking trophy up For CD Lamb You know what it would do For the organization What Ojo
Starting point is 00:43:57 Financially You do real money Financially Even though they're number one Yes they're number one Yes Let's double that Let's triple that
Starting point is 00:44:03 Ojo If Jerry If Jerry If you're such a businessman, how are you not understanding that? You know what? You know what? Damn, I could really double and triple my net worth if we were to actually win a Super Bowl. But if I did things a little different, maybe, just maybe, it can happen. But as long as I'm eating, as long as I'm number one, you know what? I'm just going to keep doing things my way. I'm doing 400 mil a year
Starting point is 00:44:28 and we ain't even come close to winning the Super Bowl. But now I get out of the way. I might make 500 million, but I'm not going to get the credit for it. Hmm. Nah, give me the phone. Give me the phone.
Starting point is 00:44:43 All right. Give me the phone. I ain't the smartest. Hey the phone. I ain't the smart. Hey, listen, I ain't the smartest apple in the motherfucking bunch. But I can see the light at some point. I ain't got,
Starting point is 00:44:56 you ain't got to be the smartest. You got to know. Well, hell, goddamn, doing the same thing over and over and over and over after so long at some point, you know, like my grandma say,
Starting point is 00:45:06 a hard head make a soft ass. A hard head make a soft ass. You're going to keep getting the same results. Yeah. But like I said, I mean, they're learning. How do you think you... I mean, you learn how to run a business through your father or whoever, like, oh, my mentor run a business through your father or whoever.
Starting point is 00:45:26 Like, oh, my mentor. You hear people say to my mentor or. You take the mannerisms of said of said person that you watch closely and the success or the. And you try to like, but that's what they know. So good luck. Sean McDermott, head coach of the Buffalo Bills, says it's a narrow-minded to say, it's narrow-minded to say
Starting point is 00:45:48 we haven't succeeded without a Super Bowl. McDermott says a Super Bowl isn't the only measure of a coach's accomplishment. Yes, it is. And Josh Allen says, yes, it is.
Starting point is 00:45:56 And a team's accomplishment. Yes, it is. I don't know who the head told you. See, that's when you try to sell some bull jive. You try to sell the fans bull jive calling it sauteed spinach no it ain't
Starting point is 00:46:09 it's bull jive he said I think like anything when you talk about the Bills where there's Josh myself our team we've had so much success really okay to say we haven't had success or Josh hasn't had success I think we'd be kind of narrow-minded
Starting point is 00:46:26 that's what the nfl is college is that where you try to take young men and try to mold them in and try to mold them into what they're gonna be boy i'm paying you money here uh-uh hey hey all right you think me to tell me i'm paying you money. Uh-uh. Hey, hey, hey. Mm-mm. You think me to tell me I'm paying you $40, $50 million? And, man, he got to go. Well, he had to go last year. After last year, two years in a row,
Starting point is 00:47:01 you had home field against Cincinnati. They beat the brakes off you. You had home field against Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs and you said that's what you wanted against this team because every time you face this team in the playoffs, they beat you when it's in their place. You say, I want him in my building. He'd had to go,
Starting point is 00:47:18 Ojo. That's what the NFL is. This is a resource business. The NFL is a bottom line business and there's only two things on the menu that a resource business. The NFL is a bottom line business. And there's only two things on the menu that you can order. Wins and losses. That's it. That's it.
Starting point is 00:47:31 That's it. I think maybe from his perspective, maybe his lenses on what he's talking about. Listen, the regular season success can be the only thing he's talking about because in the regular season, they are phenomenal. They are great until they meet the juggerna can be the only thing you're talking about because in the regular season, they are phenomenal. They are great until they meet the juggernaut of the Chiefs.
Starting point is 00:47:49 Right. That's been their Achilles heel. That has been their Achilles heel. And the window of opportunity for the Bills, I wouldn't say it's closing, but if you're going to make it, the pieces you have right now give you the best chance to do so. Well, they've lost a lot of pieces. Look at the defense that they had.
Starting point is 00:48:10 They had to strip down that defense. They lost Gabe Davis. Look, we can dress it up. Diggs isn't happy. He's not happy with his role. I don't necessarily think it's not happy with his role I don't necessarily think his money but his role maybe he wants the worst mistake that you can make
Starting point is 00:48:32 Ocho is measure your success by somebody else's man look at all the targets Justin Jeffers again man look at all the targets Tyreek get look at all these targets man I should be I should be I should be man Ocho you make yourself sick again. Look at all these targets. Man, I should be, I should be, I should be. Boy.
Starting point is 00:48:48 Man, Ocho, you make yourself sick. I know, I feel you, but listen, for a player of his caliber, regards to what people may say, regards to what the chat may think about Stephon Diggs, he is your best offensive weapon. He is. No, he's still the best. Allen's the best.
Starting point is 00:49:06 Well, he's a quarterback. That's what I'm saying. Yeah, he's the best weapon is Allen's the best well he's the quarterback that's what I'm saying yeah he's the best weapon I mean it's okay come on now you know what I mean oh as an oh you're talking about other than the quarterback
Starting point is 00:49:16 the quarterback already had the quarterback has a ball in his hands all the time so the offensive weapon would have to be the weapons he has to use at his disposal I think what you call him.
Starting point is 00:49:25 I think Justin Jefferson is a better weapon than Kirk Cousins. He's he just because it's just more important. OK, all right. All right. But I get what you're saying. You're saying, look, OK, OK. If we get this guy the ball, he opens up the offense and he makes everybody else's life a lot easier. Wide open, Wide open.
Starting point is 00:49:46 Wide open. And what they do is, is the fact that he does make it easy for everybody else, is they allow teams to take him away instead of not forcing the issue, but putting him in position to always continue to make plays instead of allowing him to fall by the wayside. Because you know what? Well, Stephon Diggs, look what they're doing on film. They're covering you. They're making sure they take you away. to make plays instead of allowing him to fall by the wayside because you know what well stefan diggs look what they're doing on film they're covering you they're making sure they take you away there's nothing we can do about it we're going to try to work everyone else into the offense and hope we can have success that way instead of saying well fuck what y'all doing we're going to put our best player in goddamn position and make sure it gives us our best
Starting point is 00:50:24 chance to win and move the ball down the goddamn field and the chains. But no, they decided not to do that on the back end of the season. Wake up with football every morning and listen to my new podcast, NFL daily with Greg Rosenthal five days a week. You'll get all the latest news previews, recaps and analysis delivered straight to your podcast podcast feed by the time you get your coffee. No dumb hot takes here.
Starting point is 00:50:49 Just smart hot takes. We'll talk every single game every single week, but I can't do it alone. So I'm bringing in the big guns from NFL media. That's Patrick Claiborne, Steve Weiss, Nick Shook, Jordan Rodrigue from The Athletic, and of course, Colleen Wolfe. This is their window right now. This is their Super Bowl window. Why would they trade him away? Because he would be a pivotal part of them winning that Super Bowl.
Starting point is 00:51:14 I don't know why, Colleen. Catch the podcast at NFL Daily with Greg Rosenthal every day. Subscribe today, and you'll immediately be smarter and funnier than your friends. And who doesn't want that? Listen now on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Can't get enough football? Look no further than the Good Morning Football podcast. Join me, Jamie Erdahl, alongside Peter Schrager, Kyle Brandt, and Akbar Bajabiamila for a daily breakdown of the league's biggest stories. From game plan analysis and player interviews,
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Starting point is 00:53:22 or wherever you get your podcasts. So, I disagree with Sean. You were brought there to win a championship, and it hasn't happened, and you got one of the, many would believe, a top five quarterback at your disposal. You've had a top five offense for the better part of two to three years. Your defense has been good enough for you to win, and it hasn't gotten done. your disposal. You've had a top five offense for the better part of two to three years. Defense has
Starting point is 00:53:45 been good enough for you to win and it hasn't gotten done. So ultimately, your ultimate success, now you can talk about, oh, we got some great men and we got great fathers and we got great people in the community. I don't want to hear that. Because that ain't what we're
Starting point is 00:54:01 paying you for. I'm happy. I'm glad that, you know, you have great men and great men in the communities and we got great fathers, but I'm not paying you seven, $8 million a year. And I'm not paying Josh Allen $45 million a year to be no great man in the community.
Starting point is 00:54:18 I'm paying him to bring me a damn Superbowl and I'm paying you a king's ransom to do the same. So save that. Now, when you want to go speak to a boy's home and tell him that they're winning in life and things like that, that's fine. I'll accept that then. But don't
Starting point is 00:54:35 you sit your ass down in front of no reporter and talk about, oh, we winning here. No, you have not. He's on the right track. I can say that. He's on the right track. I can say that. He's on the right track. Because every year... Do you know what you have?
Starting point is 00:54:51 Every year, they're one game away. Oh, Joe. Or two games away. Oh, Joe. Every year. Even if you're on the right track, you can still get run over
Starting point is 00:55:00 if you're heading in the wrong direction. Ooh, that's a good one. God damn, I should have had my notepad. God damn it, that's a good one. God damn, I should have had my notepad. God damn it, that's a good one. Hey, hey, that was fire right there, boy. That was a bar.
Starting point is 00:55:12 I'm like, bro. I mean, people kill me with that. Well, oh, we winning. Bro, you know what sports are about. You know this is a bottom line business. And all of a sudden, you want to get philosophical. And there's some people, well, Sheldon, he is winning. He's creating great men.
Starting point is 00:55:29 Hell, go join the military. The military creating great men. Discipline, structure, fight to the finish. Yeah, that's what I'm looking for. He ain't got me running out with that bull jive.
Starting point is 00:55:44 Robert Sala, head coach of the Jets, welcomed the quietness this year after 2023 North. Damn quarterback. There is not so much buzz around the Jets this offseason, which Sala is happy about. I think Joe Douglas has done a really good job adding some really cool pieces to our football team. But yeah, it's quiet.
Starting point is 00:56:04 Last year was a little loud. We welcome a little bit of quietness. It's your damn quarterback. Who was making all the noise, Ocho? Who was that? Listen, he commands that type of attention. He commands because of who he is. He likes to be in front of the camera, too.
Starting point is 00:56:20 Thank you. He likes to be in front of the camera. Bumping his guns. I think the purpose of what salah is doing here is purposely putting it out there and we would like you to come back or when you do come back let's tone it down a little bit that's all that's just that's just a little message so you put the message out there publicly to ask aaron to take a bad seat from the camera from the the talking, from the media. He will.
Starting point is 00:56:47 He will. Especially after Saul came out like this. I'm not saying it's subliminal, but it's just a message getting out there. And there's only one person who makes noise over there in New York. There's only one person. Only one.
Starting point is 00:57:01 Yeah, Ocho. Tell me the guy that had an Achilles injury that was supposed to miss the whole season and had something to say every single week tell me the guy that went on the pat mcafee show and all he did was few conspiracy theories he never really talked about the game he was talking about all the other bull jive and then when people call him to the carpet it's people hating on him no if you keep your mouth shut you're not a medical doctor bro and what happened at COVID in 2020 we're
Starting point is 00:57:32 moving on but you keep bringing up because remember he always thinks he's the smartest guy in the room and he all oh I'm throwing I'm coming back if there's any chance I can prove medical professionals wrong that's, I'm throwing, I'm coming back. If there's any chance I can prove medical professionals wrong, that's what I'm going to do.
Starting point is 00:57:48 You're going to do? He ain't coming back. That was his way of still trying to garner some of the attention because out of sight, out of mind. Yeah. That's what the NFL is about. You can't help us win. You can't do anything.
Starting point is 00:58:01 Ain't nobody talking about Aaron Rodgers. No. We was talking about the foolishness that he was discussing, but we weren't talking about him on the field. So the quietness, you need to talk a blabbermouth over there, your quarterback.
Starting point is 00:58:16 Because he's the one that's causing all the noise. He's the one that's beating on all the drums. He's the one that's banging on all the doors and making the racket. Him. Ain't nobody else doing no talking but him. Yeah, that's why I said this was the message. This was the message strictly for Aaron Rodgers. The quietness.
Starting point is 00:58:33 I'm enjoying the quietness. Strictly him. Let's tone it down a little bit. Let's come into the season. Right path. Silence. Because you're going to hear that. Listen, the media itself
Starting point is 00:58:46 is going to make enough noise simply because you're coming back, you're healthy. You're in New York too. You're in New York. And you don't need to make no noise. The noise is going to make itself. We'll see what's OTAs
Starting point is 00:59:00 or minicamps or once they get in the training camp if it's still quiet. It's quiet now. Ain't nobody doing no talking but Jerry. Ain't nobody doing no talking, Ocho. Ain't nobody doing no football talking. But we'll see.
Starting point is 00:59:17 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, I hear the baby crying. Shit. Hold on, hold on. Go ahead.
Starting point is 00:59:34 The NFL is concerned about a dip in scoring. Competition Committee Chairman Richard McKay says, statistically, what gives us a little bit of score, what concerns a little bit is scoring. Scoring this year was at 43.5, still above the historical marker, but which has kind of been that 43 mark. But we were at 49 points a game in 2020, and we went from 45 in 2021, and we went from 43.76 in 2022, and now we're down to 43.54.
Starting point is 01:00:08 We know Ocho like numbers. That's matter most to the NFL. Money equals TV ratings. TV ratings equal money. Dang, Don King. uh dang don king oh joe i don't know if you heard this but richard mckay chairman of the competition committee said he's concerned about the scoring deal he said in 2020 the scoring was 49 points per game between the teams and then it went to 45 2021, and it went to 43.76 in 22, and it was a dip again, 43.54.
Starting point is 01:00:52 And what I said, scoring equals ratings equals money. Yeah, most definitely. Most definitely. But why is there a different scoring? It shouldn't be a different scoring because you're taking all the advantages away from the defense. It shouldn't be a different scoring at all. You can't do anything. You can't hit nobody.
Starting point is 01:01:12 DBs, they can't jam anymore. Everything is defensive pass interference. You can't hit the quarterback. You can't touch the quarterback. I mean, there shouldn't be a different scoring. So now they're looking for other ways to increase scoring and handicap the game even more. Come on now. They said, I think they're looking for a way to the kickoff.
Starting point is 01:01:35 I don't know what they're going to do with the kickoff. I don't know. It's like, well, maybe you could go. What are they going to try to do with the kickoff? Because I don't understand how you make a dangerous play less dangerous. Right. You can't. You can't.
Starting point is 01:01:51 All these safety rules, all this stuff they're putting in place that they're trying to do. Huh? What? What? No, that they're trying to do. There's no way. It's impossible. The field, the dimensions of the field haven't
Starting point is 01:02:05 changed in years but the players have gotten bigger stronger and faster yeah there's nothing you could do i don't care how much safety you talk about and how many seminars you put on how well the stuff that they make now are better for the players If you drive a car 100 miles an hour into a wall, no matter what you do to it, it's still going to be totaled, no matter what. Yeah. But by admitting the league
Starting point is 01:02:36 wants more scoring, the league invites speculation that certain calls are made or not made in order to heighten the scoreboard. You see? So now they're not going to be calling certain stuff just to make sure. Well, that's the speculation for the longest time.
Starting point is 01:02:55 Right. That when a defensive player did something, you called it. Offensive player did something. There have been a few. There have been a few, there, there, there've been a few. Look,
Starting point is 01:03:08 I understand, Ojo, you know, we're not going, you're not going to get every, I mean, you're human, you're going to air,
Starting point is 01:03:12 to air is human, but there have been calls out of that, bro, how you miss that? The dude right there, come on now, you can't miss that.
Starting point is 01:03:19 You know, matter of fact, speaking of, there was one last year that was a clear PI, the commanders were playing somebody, it was in the end zone, matter of fact, and the PI there was one last year that was a clear PI. The commanders were playing somebody. It was in the end zone, matter of fact. And the PI,
Starting point is 01:03:30 I mean, oh, man, it was a PI clear as day, but they gave they gave God damn, I can't remember that play. I'm sure Chad knows what I'm talking about, though. But, like, what the hell? If I can see it, I know they saw it, and they on the field with the flag in their pocket
Starting point is 01:03:46 and didn't throw nothing. Mm-hmm. Because the thing is, Ocho, is that when you look at it, it says, well, we made some of these rules for the safety of the game. That's what they tell you,
Starting point is 01:03:57 the safety of the game. I ain't heard nothing about that. He's like, uh, uh, uh, uh. Now, if scoring is coming down, but also the game is, and safety is coming down, but also the game and safety is going up, shouldn't that be what you want? Yeah. That's not what they want.
Starting point is 01:04:12 That's not what they want. Because they know with the scoring, it increases the revenue, and we know what the bottom line is at the end of the day. Yep. We know what the bottom line is. Absolutely. So. we know what the bottom line is.
Starting point is 01:04:22 Absolutely. So, so they want to get, they want to increase more scoring. Like we don't have enough scoring. We want it more. You want, so 49.
Starting point is 01:04:35 So that's that sweet spot kind of where you want to be. You want to kind of be like 50 points a game between the two teams. So you really like the 28, the 28, 21 ball game. You don't say it. Oh, Joe, you like the,
Starting point is 01:04:44 you know, the 27, you know, 27,21 ball game. You know what I'm saying, Ocho? You like the 27-24 ball game. Hold on, hold on. Come here. Hold on. Here, take her. Take her to the room. Yes.
Starting point is 01:05:03 Okay, there we go. I'm back. I'm back. LaDawn King is gone. Gerard mayo says quarterback is a priority for us but open to everything at number three gerard mayo the new coach of the new england patron says it's a priority right now but with that being said you really have to be in love with the guy to take him at number three so really all options are still open for us. Jacoby Brissett signed with the Patriots this month, and Mayo said he could absolutely be our starter. No. No.
Starting point is 01:05:33 Patriots fans, I love Jacoby Brissett. There's nothing against him. I love Jacoby Brissett. I love what he's done during his tenure throughout the league. Nothing is open. With number three, you know you have to take a quarterback. The Patriots fans have suffered enough not having somebody at the helm
Starting point is 01:05:50 to replace the big shoes of Tom Brady. So you have to make that number three pick right. You have to make it smart. And it has to be someone that is going to be a generational franchise-changing player. And you can't do that at any other position other than the quarterback position.
Starting point is 01:06:08 And you can't mess up this time. Mack Jones, things didn't work out well. I have nothing against Mack. It just didn't work out well. You had big shoes to fill. I like Zappy. You had big shoes to fill. They need to make this move,
Starting point is 01:06:22 get it right the first time. Get it right the first time so you don't have to do it again. So let me ask you a question. Let's just say for the sake of argument, something unforeseen happens. Chicago Bears select Jayden Daniels. And with the two pick, the commanders select. Select Marvin Harrison Jr. Yes.
Starting point is 01:06:42 And with the third pick, Caleb Williams is there. So they get Caleb Williams, but they say, you know what? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait a minute. How you just skipped over the Bears? I just, I said, just listen to the following.
Starting point is 01:06:54 Stay with me now. Stay with me. Okay. I said, let's say something unforeseen happens. The Bears select at number one, Jayden Daniels. With the number two pick,
Starting point is 01:07:06 Drake May or Marvin Harrison Jr. goes to the commanders. And so Kayla Williams fall into the Patriots lap. But what they do with Kayla Williams, they say you know what? We're going to let our special teams coach and our defensive coordinator call plays for it. How
Starting point is 01:07:21 you think that's going to turn out for it? I like where you're going. I like where you're going. But then I get into the mindset of the game of football is all X's and O's, right? So regardless who's calling those plays, stay with me real quick. Okay.
Starting point is 01:07:40 If Matt Patricia is calling the plays of the offensive coordinator and it's something that he's never done, my mindset, well, shit, whatever's drawn on paper, I got to go out there and execute it regardless of who's calling it.
Starting point is 01:07:52 Now I need those individuals that's on offense to make me look good because who gets coaches fired? The players. Coaches. Well, that too, but I need y'all
Starting point is 01:08:06 to go execute what we worked on all motherfucking week and we get out there Sunday and you have somebody else in front of you outside of our own players, I need you to do it right
Starting point is 01:08:15 regardless of who's calling it. Can you be mad if the guy you have, like you have a chef, but then all of a sudden your chef doesn't show up for work and you say, I want my mechanic to prepare my food and it tastes like crap.
Starting point is 01:08:29 Can you be mad? Or you say, hey, you got to do, hey, you got to do a job, bro. You got a job to do. Yeah, right. You're right. I like when you're going with it. But when I think about the analogy
Starting point is 01:08:41 and the sense of football, and the sense of football and the sense of football. Mack Jones is a quarterback. Right. Matt Patricia is calling the plays. Yes. There's an offense. They're receivers.
Starting point is 01:08:52 There's a running back. Right. Regardless of the plays that's called, we can't blame Matt Patricia on y'all not being, not y'all not being able to execute. He don't know what he's doing. No Joe. He's a D coordinator.
Starting point is 01:09:08 You got a special teams coach. Neither guy has ever, first of all, a Joe Judge has never called a play except the special teams. Hey, return right. Return middle. Return left. Putt block.
Starting point is 01:09:23 Field goal block. That's different intricacies than calling an offense and a defensive snap. So now all of a sudden I'm asking people, the quarterback, you told me the quarterback is the most important position. Now you got people that's never been in that position before, doing things they've never done before. And you ask, well, then why did he look so bad? Why did he look so good his rookie year?
Starting point is 01:09:48 And then subsequently, year after year, that looks worse. It's not an accident, Ocho. It's not an accident. So let me ask you this. You think Joe Judge will ever get another job calling a play? Because if you're good, you should be able to get a job doing something, right? You think he'll ever get a job again on the offensive side of football where he could potentially call plays?
Starting point is 01:10:10 What about Matt Patricia? I got another question for you. Eric B. Enemy was good calling plays, wasn't he? Here's the thing. They said Andy Reid called the plays. So how did he look when he went away from Andy? Who has to execute? See, there we go.
Starting point is 01:10:31 Perfect. Perfect. He went away from Andy. So the players have to execute the plays. The players execute the plays in Kansas City. Yes. But here's the thing. The guy that's calling the plays.
Starting point is 01:10:44 Are you saying that joe judge and matt patricia are the equivalent of andy reed no absolutely not but again the players have to execute the plays no matter who's calling the motherfucking play so let me ask you this so now i'm gonna take who you think is a good okay i'm gonna let andy reed the office guru now you got to call plays for the defense so if the defense falls off you're going to say oh they didn't make the plays or you're going to say well hold on we put a guy in position that he's never been in before and we expect what how do you put somebody in a position when they've never been in a position and expect success forget forget coaching how can you put somebody that's in HR and says, we want you to run the company, or put somebody in a position
Starting point is 01:11:31 they've never been and expect the same level of success that someone that's been in that position for a number of years and they've done it? That's all I'm saying, yes. People have to go out and carry out the assignment, but you have to be able to put people in position to carry out said assignment. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:11:49 See, my issue with it is, mentally, my mindset is a little different. So it's hard for me to even have the right thing to say on the topic, because I'm thinking as a former player, I wouldn't care if my grandma was calling the plays. And excuse me with this. If there's something that she says
Starting point is 01:12:08 or calls a play to be made, I'm going to go execute that motherfucker. So it's kind of different, but I see where you're coming from. I'm not sure if even the chat understands where I'm coming from with that. It doesn't matter who's calling the plays. You still have a job to do
Starting point is 01:12:23 that you're being paid to do regardless of whether the person that's calling them knows what the fuck you're doing or not. No, it doesn't work who's calling the plays. You still have a job to do that you're being paid to do, regardless of whether the person that's calling them knows what the fuck he's doing or not. No, it doesn't work like that, Ocho. That sounds good in theory, because guess what? As a coach, you got to put me in position. You study plays. Now, if we know they're going to be in cover two,
Starting point is 01:12:38 we're going to call a cover two beater, right? Yes, sir. So why would you call something that's not conducive for cover two if you know they're going to be in cover two? So you failed me as a coach. you know you know the good thing on you know the good thing happens is when something like that happens you need a quarterback with the wherewithal that knows well he called this do i have the ability and the power to change it to something that that i like it's great to have the ability. The thing that Patrick Mahomes and the really quarterbacks can do,
Starting point is 01:13:07 they can get off script. I call a play, it doesn't work, I can get off script. Being able to improvise, yeah. But you ain't going to do that 65 times a game, won't you?
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