The Herd with Colin Cowherd - 3 and Out - Pats' Darnold Demolition; Cowboys/Eagles; Sean Payton Flex; Abandon Trubisky; Lamar Longevity; Ramsey Quit

Episode Date: October 22, 2019

In this episode, Middlekauff looks at the Patriots complete and total domination of the Jets on MNF, his takeaways from the Cowboys convincing win over Philly on SNF, why Sean Payton getting the Saints rolling without Brees is the ultimate coaching flex, why Matt LaFleur's biggest accomplishment is making Aaron Rodgers happy, why Lamar Jackson can't last as a run first QB, why Jalen Ramsey quitting on Jacksonville to protect his trade value isn't outrageous, and answers listener questions in Middlekauff's Mailbag. Follow John on twitter @JohnMiddlekauff and go to theherdnow.com to find the latest content. Subscribe now! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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When it was 17-0, the game was officially over. So we'll dive into that. Don't know really have that much takeaway from this Monday night game. But you know we'll dive into the Pats. Obviously Dallas Eagles, the Sunday night game, some thoughts there. The Saints, have they established themselves the best team in the league? the Bears officially have a Mitch Tribesky problem. For some people, they've had the problem for a while,

but I mean, it's over. Aaron Rogers, I've been hard on Matt LaFleur before I even saw him coach a game. I didn't love to hire, as anyone that's listened to show for a while knows. But I have to give him credit, because he's done one thing with Aaron Rogers, which might be the most important thing to happen in Rogers' life in a long time. Lamar Jackson,

Listen, you know, he ran around like a high school quarterback, made a ton of plays, but it's throwing for 100 yards on the road against good teams, a sustainable strategy. Time will tell, I'd bet against it, but I'll give the credit where credits do. The Baltimore Ravens are 5 and 2. We'll dive into that. Jalen Ramsey, you know, Albert Breer wrote about this. Shod Khan was mad about his back injury. I mean, let's call it what it is.

He officially quit on the Jacksonville Jaguar, wires. And at the end of the day, I don't hold any ill will against them. I might have done the same thing if I want it out. So we'll dive into Jalen Ramsey and his new team, the LA Rams. Then of course, the Middilkoff mailbag, at John Middlecoff is my Instagram handle, same as my Twitter handle. My Instagram DMs are wide freaking open. You slide up in them and you get on the show. Easiest way to get on the show is you slide up in those DMs. But let's start with tonight. and I Listen, I don't think there's any hyperbole

with the Patriots. I feel very confident saying this. Bill Belichick is the greatest coach in the history of team sports. Any sport. I honestly don't even think there's a close second right now. I think this Patriot team

takes a lot of heat because they play in the AFC East. Well, aren't we all pretty confident that they would win every single division in the NFL? Because I am. I mean, what they've done over this last 10 plus year stretch of this quote unquote modern day free agency

and them being able to sustain this has been incredible to watch. Is there any team that you are consistently more confident in in big games? Like more consistently delivers in big games. It's like when you go to a Leonardo DiCaprio movie, it's always pretty good. Hell, he got me to the theater with that movie he just did with Braddard. Pit, Tarantino movie or whatever, it was fantastic. Because I know when, and I've been to two movies in the last like seven years. But if DiCaprio's in it and he's giving me an A plus effort, well, one, I know I'm getting

an A plus effort and the movie's going to be good. If I turn on the Patriots on a primetime game, they're going to kick the crap out of someone. When they're playing someone in the AFCEs, they got no shot. But I think it's very easy and almost at this point in time kind of lazy to be like, Oh, the AFC East. I just saw the Jets last week blast the Cowboys, who, as we saw on Sunday night football, aren't that bad.

The Bills, a flawed team, they're 5 and 1. You know what the bills are going to be? They're going to be in the playoffs. The Patriots kick their ass. No matter who the Patriots play, they're going to win more often than not. Because that's all the Patriots do. Now, did I expect to turn on the television

and five minutes in the game to be over? No, that was a little quick. Did I expect them to make Sam Darnold look like he's from UC Davis and a practice squad player? No, I did not. Because I just saw Sam Darnold last week look like Joe Freak in, name it against the Dallas Cowboys. What Belichick is able to do week in, week out on his game plan, offensively, defensively, special teams, you name it, just his team prepared is unlike anything I've ever seen. And I started thinking about the most successful humans in the history of this.

world, it just the best at their craft, just find me someone who's better at their craft than Bill Belichick. Because you can find me people at quarterback, like, this guy has a stronger arm than Tom. This guy might have a quicker release than Tom. Now, I would go to the mat, and I think most people agree. Tom's the greatest quarterback ever, but he's not the greatest, like, he doesn't have the greatest physical attributes ever, he's just won the most Super Bowls. And he's been really one of my favorite players ever, just because he's the ultimate

winner and he's a great teammate. He's just a badass. I'm a huge Brady guy. But I really think Belichick, if I had to pick between one of the two of them, like 20 years ago, you say you get Tom, you got to split him up. You get Belichick or you get Brady. I'd go, well, I'd probably lean Bill because while Tom is basically impossible to find, given he's the greatest quarterback ever, I can't find quarterbacks. So what if I just get Belichick, Philip Rivers, Ben Rotherzberger. What if I find him a Rogers or a Russell Wilson? Just look how prepared his team consistently is.

He lost his defensive coordinator. Back to back years. This is their best defense since like the early 2000s. I don't have the box score in front of me, but I swear to God, there's five minutes left in the game or maybe a little more. They have 15 turnovers tonight. I've witnessed four picks and a fumble,

so at minimum it's five. If you told me that at night's end they had 10 turnovers, I'd believe you. This defense is incredible. And I love this notion. Belichick, he just gets rid of all his players. He never signs guys. That's just false.

That's not a true statement. Even going back, like Raider fans love telling me, Belichick would have got rid of Cleo Mac too. Well, he actually broke Richard Seymour off. When you're good, he keeps you for a while. Logan Mankins, he gave a huge contract. Maybe he'll sell you your 8, 9, 10 as you're trending down. But if he values you and your abilities elite, he keeps you, he extends you, he wins with you.

He did it with Richard Seymour, did it with Logan Mankins. Look at this crew of guys. He's had the same core. Slater's been on the team for like 13 years now. Obviously Brady's been there forever. Hightower's been there forever. McCordy's been there forever. Edelman's been there forever.

They would have let Gromk be there for a long time, but he retired. Good players he keeps. High-level teammates he keeps. And then he finally broke off a guy, the last four or five years, to enormous money. It was Stefan Gilmore, a guy from his division, and that guy's now the best quarterback in football. The guy's a genius.

I don't even know where this rant's going besides... Actually, it's the third quarter still. It's 26-0. He's huddling his team early in the game, and they were up 24-0-0. He's talking to his kid and Brett Beelma right now. They're just so ahead of the curve. and I'm getting a lot of like is Adam Gase won and done to Sam Donald suck?

I don't know. I can never really make a strong opinion on the team Belichick is playing unless you're like close to being a worthy foe like last year of the Chiefs. A couple years ago, the Broncos. Because if you're inferior and he's truly locked in and trying, you're done. He's going to curbstomp you. And that's what he did. I can't imagine being a Jets fan.

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He'd win them all. And if he was in the, all these, if he rotated divisions for the last 10 years, a different division every year, he'd probably end up at the end of 10 years with at minimum eight division championships. He might not win them all because one year, you know, you might have a chiefs team. that goes 14 and 2, or you might have a, you know, that Falcons team that went 15 and 1. There would be a couple outliers here and there if he was in the right division, but he'd win the majority of him. I promise you that, because it's become, has it become too easy for him?

Maybe, because tonight was a bludgeoning. Tonight was, I was high on Sam Donald after last week, and tonight, feel bad for him a little bit, he's miced up, ESPN catches him saying I'm seeing ghosts. it's going to be hard to shake that comment for a while. But man, the Patriots are just, I think the greatest machine I've ever seen in professional sports. And I'm not even sure there's a close second. Teathing can be a real nightmare for your little ones. So are you looking for the best relief to soothe teething pain?

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and the thing I keep coming back to is, like, Collins always had this thing, you know, like rich people. They don't really have excuses. When you grow up with every advantage, your parents are rich and you go to good schools, like you should be successful. You know, you really should. If you're 6'4 and 240,

pounds in high school, like, you're, you don't really have an excuse not to be a division one athlete, assuming you play sports. But there are some people in this world that do have excuses, right? If you grow up in much, much difficult times, let's say than I grow up, your ability to be successful in life is more of a challenge. Just like the cowboys, when you look at the Cowboys and the Eagles, one team legitimately has some excuses. The other team does not. It's why when Dallas lost back to back to back games, it was such a head scratcher. They were my pick coming into the season to win the NFC. I clearly don't feel as good about that anymore.

But as you saw last night, the talent on their team is immense. Even with some nicks and bruises, Vandrech gets hurt and they roll in Sean Lee, who's a backup four-time pro bowler. Actually, it might be his best role because you keep him healthy. Like, you see how good Amari is. Zeke has been dominant. They should have kicked the crap out of the Jets. That loss was embarrassing.

You shouldn't lose the Jets? I don't care if Sam Darnold, you know, was back. That's inexcusable. The Cowboys have had no excuses. None. It's why I think so many people around football were kind of shell-shocked that the Cowboys were getting their butts beat in after they started 3-0, and I get the schedule changed a little bit.

But come on. You shouldn't lose to Teddy Bridgewater, and we'll get it in the Saints later, really good. Hell, they might be the best team in the NFC. But like, I'm watching the Eagles last night. They do have some excuses. One of their best players on defense, Malik Jackson, out for the year. Deshawn Jackson has been MIA with whatever injury since week one, when he dominated.

Their corners stink. Their corners are not very good. But it's really hard. The problem was in this, like, they did draft several corners the last couple years in the early rounds. They turned out to not be very good. like Sidney Joe's not very good player. You miss on picks.

You're like, why didn't they sign one in free agency? Corners don't really hit free agency. And then in the draft, they took a left tackle in the first round instead of maybe taking a corner, which I'm sure many Eagles fans wanted them to do. But Jason Peters is probably his last year on the Eagles. Andre Dillard will be the next tackle for the Eagles. So that was a pretty important pick. But their secondary stinks, mainly their corners are not any good.

You look at the Cowboys defense, they don't really have many holes. they can rush the passer and here's another reality with the Eagles. Like Brandon Graham's just getting old. Fletcher Cox is just a little older. Sometimes your players just get kind of older. Now Carson Wentz can only do so much. And he didn't have a great game.

It's on the road. The environment was tough. But I do think the Eagles have some legitimate excuses. Everyone's like, people, I get all these DMs, like, Howie and Doug, they won a playoff game last year. They won the Super Bowl two years ago. Like, yeah, it's hard.

I think that speaks to what New England does. why it's so crazy. It is very, very difficult to sustain winning in the NFL at a super, super high level. But in the last two years, they've won one, two, three, four playoff games, and one of those is a Super Bowl. So if they, quote, unquote, miss the playoffs, which they're in a tough position right now, it's not that big of a deal when you look at the big picture. Because you know what the Eagles will do?

I've been around Howie. And unlike a lot of analytical people who love to tank, Like, Tankin's the right thing to do, the Sam Hinkies. That word wouldn't cross his mind. That philosophy with the Eagles would never be said. They would jump off the Walt Whitman Bridge before they started selling off pieces. This is not their philosophical belief on how to build the team. That's why if I was an Eagle fan, like, yeah, there's been a tough couple games.

But you know what, I'll hold my head high. Because I know I have one of the most aggressive and smartest GMs in the league. I have one of the most progressive forward-thinking owners that will give you whatever you need to succeed and have a star quarterback. Yeah, this might be a season. You go 8 and 8 because you had major flaws and got hit with some injuries.

Shit happens. But I think back to Dallas, like they don't get a shit happen season. You have too many good players at every freaking position to not make the playoffs and then make an impact in the playoffs. Like Dallas shouldn't just get to the playoffs

and not think that they can't beat Green Bay, beat New Orleans, beat San Francisco. I'm not saying they will, but you see the talent on that team. And the other thing is you go 10 and 6 and let's say you win the NFC West or I mean, excuse me, the NFC East and you're the four seed. You still get a home playoff game. Then you're going to have to go on the road and win a playoff game after that.

But they're going to get a home playoff game as long as they win the division, which they're kind of in the driver's seat now to win the thing. So when I watched yesterday, I really, I was shocked because I didn't necessarily see them the Cowboys blow them out. But I had been, my idea of them had changed. change so much over the last three games. Like, I try not to overreact to one game. You know, everyone's like, and we'll get into Lamar a little later. Like, Middlecalf, you're going to eat Crow on Lamar? Why?

Because he threw for 140 yards and the defense scored 14 touchdowns. And they won a game by 14? You think I'm going to overreact to that? Or, but I am going to overreact to like a month stretch. And the Cowboys were pretty embarrassing over a month stretch. Like, listen, Dak, kind of like Jared Goff has his flaws. I wouldn't want to pay him $110 million. I think there are numbers somewhere in the 80s, even though I understand the way the economics

and the sport work. But he's good enough to win you 11, 12 games with this freaking roster. As long as Jason Garrett just gets out of the way and lets Kellyn Moore call the offense and let's that defense just play really fast, kick ass and take names. Like, Dallas should be better than the Eagles right now. When you just put the rosters side by side and the players they're rolling out, Dallas has a huge advantage. Then we get down to coach.

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You shouldn't have to share one with anybody. Mm-hmm. From navigating friendships and healing to setting boundaries and prioritizing your mental health. These are real honest conversations. We don't always get to have out loud. Totally unreasonable with different parts of life, right? Like, oh, have all three meals and make sure you're mindful during all of them? Absolutely not.

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As I watched Doug Peterson's postgame press conference and they're like, did you guys think those turnovers you weren't prepared? He's like, yeah, I don't know what preparate. Like the turnovers, you just fumble the ball. They had two fumbles early in the game, and it led to touchdowns for the Cowboys. I don't think that has much to do with preparation. They do, like, every NFL team,

ball security drills every day. Sometimes you fumble, sometimes you don't. You know, especially a team that's had a lot of success. I don't think they have, like, some preparation problem. I've seen Doug Peterson in the biggest games in America, and he's out-coached some of the best. multiple times.

Hell, he did Fangio last year down the stretch. He did Belichick once upon a time. The guys had some pretty big Zimmer two years ago in the NFC championship game. My thought process doesn't change. More because once you watch them side by side, you kind of realize, well, the Cowboys should win this division.

This is the year that they should win this division. Now can they get this thing right and start rattling off some wins and be an 11 or 12 win team? Or are they going to be just win the NFC East at 9 and 7 and being an underachieving team. That's where I think the bigger picture when it gets to Jason Garrett and Jerry Jones, is Jerry just going to give him some courtesy

two-year extension if he just makes the playoffs? Or does he legitimately have to win two playoff games to get to the NFC championship game? Because I think that's fair. You get them to the NFC championship game, you get like a two-year extension. But if you don't, you're gone. I think the problem for Jared,

and we've talked a lot about this, and I'm not going to rehash it is Jerry doesn't want to go in a coaching search. And if Lincoln Riley turns them down, maybe Urban Meyer wouldn't. I'd hire Urban Meyer over Jason Garrett, but maybe you could just get Urban Meyer. Maybe he'd do it.

But the problem for Urban Meyer is he has this stress thing that he always blacks out and freaks out and has to quit. So Jerry can't... You think the pressure's high at Ohio State in Florida. The Dallas Cowboys are another level. And I wouldn't say that about many NFL teams. You know, like the Eagles,

it's a short list of teams. Like the pressure for... Listen, the Niners are the biggest team in the California. California for football, the pressure for the 49ers is not the same pressure at like Florida or Ohio State. I feel confident and secure enough to say that. We just, we're not quite as passionate out here, but the Cowboys are a different animal. And I, you know, I think there is some pressure now on Jason Garrett, especially as they

keep playing the season. Like, well, you're going to have to make a legitimate run in the playoffs. This is kind of like the NBA. Like James Hardin, I don't care how many points you score in March against the Memphis Grizzly. Can you consistently do it against the Warriors and get to the next round and make it to the finals? Because that's what I judge you on.

No one gives a shit about your game against Phoenix in December. No one cares. Jason, I give you a thumbs up there, but at the end of the day, we're judging you come January. That's where the Cowboys are going to be judged. And as you saw last night, that's where they should be judged. They have a playoff level roster. They have a top four or five roster maybe in the NFL.

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And I'm going to start with the Saints. I think, yeah, I'm sure most people listening have had shitty things happen to them in their life, right? And you find out a lot more about yourself personally, professionally, when bad things happen. It's just a reality of life. It's hard to be like self-critical when business is booming. Your relationship's great. Just the way the world works. When you get fired, I have.

You know, you got to do some soul searching. When you lose, I lost my dad last year. It's not easy, you know, but I've lost people before. It's tough. You realize, like, the sun comes up the next day. Things just don't stop for you. It sucks. And obviously, being fired and losing your dad aren't even in the same world.

But we all have bad stuff happen to us all the time. And I think the older you get, you realize you're no different. like everyone goes through bad stuff. And it's easier to put perspective when bad things happen. I also think when bad things go down, you can learn a lot about someone. Some people don't handle it well. Some people aren't equipped to handle it well. Others are.

And I think Sean Payton has had the ultimate muscle flex this season. He lost Drew Brees. In the middle of the Rams game, I like most people, were thinking they're done. they are screwed. Teddy looked bad in that game. I thought they had an excellent team, but I just, this team's done. You know, especially when you didn't know what was wrong with the thumb, you're like, they're going to go 8 and 8.

Well, it turns out Drew Bree is eventually going to come back, but they haven't flinched. They not only haven't lost a step. After that Rams game, they put the pedal of the metal, and they have been wrecking shop. They went into Chicago yesterday, or I guess if you're listening to this on Tuesday or Wednesday, a couple days ago, and beat the living crap out of them.

That was an old school ass whooping. They went to Dallas. They took care of business there. They went to Seattle, beat the crap out of them there, beat the crap out of the Jacksonville Jaguars a week ago. They have dominated. I have so much respect, and I always did, and my coaching buddies in the NFL would tell me

they think Sean Payton is as good as it gets. He's a little crazy, but, you know, hell, who's most people that are really good at a profession might have a couple screws loose. You have to be. And he's had some blemishes on his resume. And he went through that period of time when he couldn't get a defense

and they were going 7 and 9, 8, and 8, even though Drew Breeze was putting up historic numbers. What they've done these last couple years putting this team together, they were equipped to handle when Drew Breeze went down. But I didn't think Teddy Bridgewater was good enough. He made them good enough because he actually looked really good against the Bears.

But their defense is unreal. He's empowered Dennis Allen. They lost Alvin, who's one of the best non-quarterbacks in the league. And Latavius Murray looked freaking awesome. And I've been watching Latavis Murray since he was a rookie for the Raiders. He has gotten a lot better, but he's a solid backup. They have a very, very, very well-put-together team.

If I'm ranking the NFC, now we're going to know, here's why it's kind of stupid, because the Niners play the Saints and the Packers. So in like two months, and obviously Seattle and the Rams, they all play each other. So we're going to have an idea. Like when the seating comes at the end of the year in the NFC, we're going to know exactly who the top teams are. Now, that doesn't mean those teams won't be upset when they play each other again in the playoffs, but the Niners and the Packers and the Saints will have all played each other.

And obviously, Minnesota plays Green Bay multiple times and Seattle and LA then play the Niners. So we will understand. Plus, the Niners, the NFC West plays the NFC South. So the Rams and Seattle will also play New Orleans. Seattle already played. I guess they've all played them. The Rams beat them. That was a weird game,

and we've seen the Saints. They got their shit together in the next game, and they pounded Seattle. So I guess now I'm talking through it, I realize those teams have already played. So the Niners game's going to be big because I assume Drew Brie's going to be back.

But I think this game, we have learned so much about John Payton. This has been the ultimate muscle flex, back to what I said, about just his coaching career. To be able to do this and to lose your, I mean, the best player in the history of the franchise,

and to have a team that is just well equipped, and this is tough. Because I think sometimes when you get an offensive coach, teams aren't as tough, but I'm watching the Saints. They throw haymakers. They dominate on defense. Their running scheme is excellent. The way they used Taysam Hill,

they ran a play against the Bears. There was like a triple option. It was incredible. I mean, Sean Peyton, remember when Tom Brady was lost game 1, 2008, and they proceeded to go 11 and 5? Now, granted, they missed the playoffs. It was a weird year.

But they went 11 and 5 with Matt Castle. This team, are they going to go 14 and 2 with Drew Breeze and Teddy Bridgewater and have the number one seat? Because they sure have the ability to do it in front of them. They play the Niners. So they control their own destiny. And I think right now they're the best and most complete team in the NFC. And then we look at the Bears.

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I view as somewhat of an outlier. If you read stories about it, there were really a couple coaches that were really all in on them, and that was Sean Payton and Andy Reid. Those guys are the best in the business at offense. So, most, like Kyle Shanahan didn't like him. A lot of teams didn't like him.

They were turned off by his playing style. You had to be a unique offensive mind to see it. So I'll even throw Patrick Mahomes in the trash. But I heard Michael Lombardi on his podcast make a great point. Ryan Pace drafted Mitch Trubisky, who was from the same conference, the ACC, as Deshawn Watson. From the same freaking conference. Clemson, North Carolina

play each other every year. One guy, one year starter. The other guy, multiple year starter, national champion, one of the best coaches in the country compared to Michael Jordan. Now, sometimes that hyperbole

gets thrown around with prospects from college coaches, but Deshawn Watson was clearly really good. He watched the tape of Deshawn Watson and of Mitch Trubisky and thought Mitch Trubisky

was better. Well, three years later, I'm not, this water into the bridge, they have Mitch Tribisky. It's pretty, Mitch is just not good enough. If you continue to start Mr. Biskie, you will lose.

It's really that simple. It is deflating their defense because they are looking worse and worse by the week because they know their margin for error is zero, is nothing. It's like if you have a baseball team, and I saw it for years with the Giants, the San Francisco Giants, they had elite pitching. Around these parts, we called it Giants Torture. and they had Lincolum, they had Matt Cain, they had Madison Bumgarner,

they acquired this guy named Ryan Vogelsong who made an all-start. They were the best pitching staff, I think they had the lowest ERA in baseball. They couldn't score runs. And baseball is way different now, everyone scores runs. But like in 2010, 2012, they couldn't score runs. So if a starting pitcher gave up three or four runs, the Giants were going to lose. Their margin for error was nothing. Now baseball is a little different.

They were able to consistently do it. Now, granted, they were never winning. in like 105 games, they're winning like low 90s. But it's like the Bears. The Bears know if they give up two touchdowns, the game's over. Because Trubisky is just not capable of making plays. And I don't count plays in the fourth quarter when you're down 30 points. That's just garbage time points.

And the NFL is a garbage time point league where final scores consistently don't reflect the game. Two things I've noticed this year, and I'm sure they've been happening forever, but they stick out like a sore thumb to me, is one, at the garbage time yards and points that are given in the NFL, why it's somewhat difficult to bet. It happens every week, multiple games, where a final score will be like 40 to 32.

You'll be like, oh, that was kind of a close game, when really the final score felt like 40 to 3. You also, I put zero stock now into first drives. Every decent coach has a good first drive. If you don't have a good first drive, I read Flagg U. Like, every coach can move the ball in the first drive. I put little the, the Redskins drove right down the field on the 49ers in the first drive.

It doesn't mean anything to me. But what does mean something to me is Mr. Biskie. Because when you draft a guy in the first round, between your third and your fourth year, you have to pick up their fifth year option. So this offseason, they're going to have to pick up Mitch Trubiskey's fifth year option. I think I can break the news now. The Bears will not pick up his fifth year option. The man on the moon could have told you that.

But are they going to keep playing them? Here's the thing, you can't bench them because Chase Daniels stinks too. So you're not going to bench Mitch Mids Trubisky for Chase Daniels. At least Mitch has more talent than Chase. I think the question is, do you trade for a guy? Would you trade for an Andy Dalton? Would you trade for a Marcus Marriota? Would you just look around the league and maybe get, I don't know, even try a Josh Rosen?

Try something. Because if you just get any decent player to your quarterback, Alan Robinson's a good player. Their defense is still really good. good. I mean, yesterday Cordor L. Patterson was making plays. They got players on their team. If they had an above average quarterback, like

if you flip-flop Kirk Cousins and Mitch Trubisky, the Bears are winning 10 games, and the Vikings would be screwed, right? So I think the hard part about this is, is that the general manager picked this player. The head coach and the coaching staff did not. So Nagy's a great

guy, he's going to say all the right things, but at the end of the day, Mr. Misky's starting to make Matt Nagy look like an idiot. And I'm getting a lot of People DM me like, middle cuff, why aren't you hard on Matt and Aggie? Because his quarterback's terrible and he had nothing to do with acquiring the guy. And he's never told me anything about the guy beside positive things. I'm not going to text him in times of turmoil right now. And he wouldn't tell me anyway.

I wouldn't even put him in that situation. But if you're Ryan Pace, you got to bite the bullet on this one and just tell him, listen, Matt, I screwed up. Let's get our scouting staff. Let's pick three or four players and we'll rank them and we'll try to trade for him. because we're going to try to make the playoffs this year. And we may not, but we keep rolling out Mitch, we're not making it. We have evidence now.

It's not going to work. The league hasn't figured out. He's just not good enough. It's over. You saw the Saints. Teddy Bridgewater was running circles around Mitch Trubisky, and he's a $6 million backup, maybe $7 million. Actually, $7 million well spent.

It's like they were playing different sports. So the Bears just have to ask themselves a question. And it starts with Ryan Pace. You got to take the L on this one. You know what? The quicker you can take L's in life, the quicker you can move on to a W. But when you hold on to an L

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or you get a touchback. I don't understand why people freak out about that penalty. It's a harsh penalty for trying to score a touchdown. Don't do it if you don't want to take the risk. Just run out of the bounce. It doesn't bother me at all. But this isn't about the Raiders, it's about the Packers. And it got me thinking watching him play yesterday,

and really the last several games. And, you know, I was someone that thought Matt LaFleffle would not be a good head coach. and I still am going to stand on the island of, I'm not exactly sure what he's doing, but I do know one thing he's doing, and this is very important. Have you ever been miserable in life? Whether you're at a job you hated?

Think about, I've been in a position where I was at a job where I couldn't stand being around the people I was working with. I didn't trust them. I didn't think they were capable of doing what I wanted to do. I hated the guy I worked for, despise the guy I worked for.

hated it. It is a miserable experience. And texting around the league, and obviously some of the stories that have come out over the last year, everyone in the league knew Rogers couldn't stand McCarthy. They had a toxic relationship. And when you're in a professional toxic relationship,

you know, sometimes in light, you're just kind of stuck. You know, you got a family. It's a little different. Like Rogers, he can't just be like, I want to be a free agent. He's just stuck there. You know, even if you have a job that doesn't pay you 80 million like Rogers got a signing bonus last year. But even if you're making 100 grand, you might not just be able to afford to just leave.

If you have a couple kids at home, life's tough. Sometimes you're just stuck. You got to suck it up. But you're still miserable. And being miserable is miserable. I think we all can agree on that. And Rogers looked miserable these last couple years, especially last year. It was clear when you watch the Packers.

And he wasn't playing that well. But you kind of take a step back. Was he just so mad? and miserable of playing for Mike McCarthy that, you know, some of your ambition, I don't even know if ambition's the right word, but you're just dry can get sucked out of you. I've had it happen to me.

And I'm sure many of you have had it happen to you. Now, it doesn't, hopefully it doesn't stay that way. It might only happen for a month, maybe six months, but it can be really, really draining. And it ruins your mood. And then you know when you come home, you know, you're around your wife, your girlfriend, your family, you're just miserable.

It just, it impacts you greatly. And I think you could see it on Rogers face the last several years. So I will give Matt LaFleur credit on this. Rogers looks really happy. And yesterday is a good example. They started blowing out the Raiders, and LaFleur kept calling past plays in the red zone. And kept letting him, I don't want to say pat his stats,

because he was going to ball out no matter what, he was dialed yesterday. But instead of having a five, touchdown, five passing touchdowns, then a rushing touchdown. He could have easily had maybe three touchdowns and then they mixed in a couple rush touchdowns for the running back. They didn't do that. And Rogers had a huge smile on his face. And it's clear. He feels like the weight of McCarthy and that toxic relationship is out there. Now, does that mean that him and Matt LaFleur agree on everything, that he loves his offense?

I'm not saying that at all. But he looks happy. And so whatever Matt LaFleffor is doing, it's working because yesterday actually the defense wasn't good. The Raiders were gashing, slicing and dicing them. Josh Jacobs was running all over them. Daron Waller was making plays. Maybe Darren Waller was just really good. Maybe Josh Jacobs is a rookie of the year. So maybe we'll look back at the end of the year and go, well, those two guys are pro bowlers. And they might be. Like it looks like Waller's headed to the Pro Bowl. What an incredible story. From drug addict to probably the comeback player of the year in the NFL. Just incredible. Very symbolic of what the Raiders stand for, that type guy. They just don't, they haven't

on a guy like that in years. They finally did. And Josh Jacobs is a stud. So their defense was getting gashed. And really, before the car fumbled the ball, he was playing well. And he did play pretty well for the most part of the game. But Rogers was in a completely different planet. Now, I understand he's playing really well. He's going to be happy.

But I watch a good amount of his press conferences. How could you not? If you follow the NFL, Rogers is one of its biggest stars. And he seems to have a different vibe to him this year. Now winning Cures All. No, if they were two and four instead of five and one. Is that even, yeah, that adds up. Would he have the same expressions?

No. But I do think if you could, and you know, he's pretty guarded at this point in time in his life and his career. If you could have some beers with him and just talk life, I'd be shocked if he didn't tell you how much more joyful it is to come into the office now, how much freer he feels to have McCarthy out of there. And sometimes, you know, besides hopefully the relationship, you have with your wife and obviously like your kids, most relationships are usually meant to end, right?

Professionally, even many personal relationships, you kind of separate from people as you grow, you go down a different path, but definitely professionally. Most professional relationships don't last forever. And when you're in such an intense partnership as a head coach and a star quarterback, like going 10 plus years is a lot.

It's pretty nuts about Brady and Belichick. They've just won so much that they've overcome probably their differences over the years. But you saw those last two years when they started losing, you can't even fake it anymore. And so Matt LaFleur, whatever he's doing to keep his star quarterback happy, it's working. And Rodgers looks like kind of a new human being right now.

Okay, let's get into the Baltimore Ravens and Lamar Jackson. And a lot of people have been DMing and tweeting at me, Middlecough, are you ready to eat crow? Are you going to eat crow? And, no, I'm not. Because I don't even necessarily think I'm wrong yet. Let me state by saying this. I would not have drafted Lamar Jackson. I also would not have drafted Josh Allen.

I've said this many, many times. This is a business for me. This is not personal. I've actually grown to really, really like Lamar Jackson. Watching the game yesterday, like, like something you appreciate the older you get when you're in this business of evaluating and talking about people is when you meet people or when you know people that are around people and they speak highly of them

it's hard to not like them it's easy to root against people that you think are slap dicks it's easy to root against the duches especially when you don't like them as players gets a little more complicated when the guy's a good player you know and kind of a bad guy It's easy for me to root on Lamar Jackson. He seems like a fantastic guy. Yesterday on a delay of game, he went apeshit. So clearly his give a damn is really, really high. You can't not watch him and feel that.

I think Colin tweeted it. He's got some flaws. But his energy and effort and give a damn, it jumps through the screen. But he has a fundamental flaw. He's not very accurate. So to sustain quarterback play in the national footballee, I'm not talking high school football,

and I'm not talking college football, I'm talking about Sundays. And to be consistent on Sunday for the long term, you've got to be able to complete passes. At a really high rate in today's day and age, because of your ability and the way the rules, because of the rules make it for quarterback's ability to just have easy layup passes.

You're going to get a ton of layups. They can't touch your wide receivers. there's this term called defenseless players, even though the receivers running over the middle of the field. Can't touch them, can't hit them. Can't hit the quarterback, can't hit the receivers. It's pitch and catch. It's a receiver quarterback league more than ever,

just because of the rules. I feel for defenders. Yesterday, he completed nine passes. Let me repeat that. Nine passes on the road in Seattle. In what world in the last of this Pete Carroll era could you ever have gone to Seattle and complete nine passes and win the game? It's not happening.

Now, he made some plays with his legs that were just badass. They were incredible. He was making plays on his legs with his legs that looked like a high school quarterback. He's an exceptional runner. I take a little offense when I see Ryan Clark say he's the best running quarterback ever. Now that's Michael Vick. Google Michael Vick. Go check out YouTube.

That's not a criticism of a lot. Lamar, like, Michael was faster. He had a better, he was a better version of Lamar. Now, Lamar might be slightly more accurate. Lamar had some rough drop, so I'm not saying that all his nine completions should have been like 12. But he's just not the most accurate player. And they're telling you, like, they want to run the ball,

and they want Lamar to run the ball. But when some of your go-to plays are quarterback power, or just to have him kind of freelance and make plays with his legs, that's not something that's going to work for 10 plus years. Now, can it get them to the playoffs in back-to-back years? Yes. Are the Ravens now at 5-2 and the Browns suck? Steelers are done.

The Bengals are awful going to make the playoffs? Yes, they are. Am I going to bet the house on them to lose that playoff game? If they play the Bills or the Texans? You bet your ass I am. Did it last year against the Chargers. And Lamar was terrible. Because you have to throw to win big games.

Now, yesterday, it was a big game. They got 14 points off turnovers. People are like, look at Lamar! Give Lamar his crum. credit. He threw for 100 yards. He ran for almost 150 and he was sensational on the ground, making play. But you don't do that, like you're going to do that against New England? You're going to do that against, remember the last year against the Chargers? You think you're going to get into a shooting contest with Andy Reed and Patrick Mahomes? You're going to beat the Colts

that way? No, no. You beat the Saints? You beat the Niners? No, it's not the way you win in this You can lose weight because you just don't eat or fast. That's not a sustainable way to live. Try working out and just eating healthy. That's easier. It's like try completing passes. We saw Cam Newton who is physically the like, and I'm not saying Cam's this way,

but I'm just saying like the steroid version of Lamar. Again, Cam is just a born that way. I have no problem calling out baseball player for steroid. I'm not saying Cam Newton is a steroid user. I'm just saying like that's a steroid user. if you went in the lab and supersized Lamar Jackson, you get Cam Newton, who's way bigger, stronger arm, just physically much more complete. And he was able to do it for seven, eight years.

His body just basically tapped out on him. All these injuries, all these years running quarterback power, running around, done, over. And I don't think anyone would argue that Cam Newton was a much more talented prospect even early on his career than Lamar Jackson. You can be blown away by the quarterback runs. They're awesome. I do like them.

And I'm not anti him doing that. I enjoy watching him run around. I just don't think you can do, like, is he going to be the quarterback of the Baltimore Ravens for the next 10 years? How's he going to sustain doing this? You watch Russell Wilson when he slides and he gets out of bounce.

You watch Lamar Jackson, who dives forward. You know when you do dive forward, you're not giving yourself up when you're in the air and are in like parallel to the ground, these defenders will try to hit you and hit you hard and inflict pain

because the only time of the week they get to hit you. And they can't touch you when you slide or you go out of bounds. That's not really Lamar's style. So unless Lamar dramatically changes his style and learns to win within the pocket, this is not a long-term experiment.

This is going to be short-term. I'm not telling you not to enjoy it and it's not fun to watch and it's not fun to watch just his energy. I like it. I'm a Harbaugh family from Jack Harbaugh to John and Jim. I root for the Harbaugh family. They're just crazy SOBs and I like them.

So I like seeing John win. His teams are just, he's crazy. But do I think they're going to be able to sustain being able to do this forever? No. And maybe they're not even thinking. Maybe just ride him, run him into the ground and then we'll figure it out after. Maybe that's their plan. But I just hope everyone realizes this.

This is a short-term fix, and it's not going to work in the playoffs. It just, it doesn't. So if you, Lamar Jackson Truthers, if you're expecting an apology, you're going to be waiting a while for me. Okay, let's dive into something that I saw. Well, I saw it yesterday, and it was, most of you probably did too. I didn't really even watch the whole game, but I saw the highlights. Jalen Ramsey, making plays. Rams beat the crap out of, you know, a team that's, you know, a team that's.

quit. Let's just call the Falcons what they are. They're a team that's quit. And they have officially quit on Dan Quinn. And the Rams went in there and kicked the living crap out of them. And Jalen Ramsey was making plays. I think he forced a fumble,

might have had a PBU. We started. He played. And I read this morning, Albert Breer, who now writes the MMQB that Peter King used to write, and he said some interesting things. He said that Shod Khan, which we all knew, didn't want to trade him.

But his last and final straw was this back injury, that he went three straight games without playing. And Jalen Ramsey gave some quotes to, back to Albert, basically saying, I don't know why they were getting mad that I wasn't playing. I clearly wasn't practicing. And then he plays for the Rams, a week after being traded. Less than that, right? He was traded, what, Monday?

So he played on Sunday. I watched his thing that he did with Dion Sanders after the game, and they kind of mocked it, and they laughed at it. I don't care how Jalen Ramsey handled his business to get out of there. He hates Tom Coughlin. You do whatever you want, but let's just call a spade a spade. He quit in Jacksonville. He quit, tapped out, had enough, quit.

And I do understand where Shod Khan's coming from. He got paid those weeks, and he just refused to work. You know? And I think Shod Khan, has a right to be a little mad because Payton him thinking that he could work it out and keep him there, and Ramsey got to play him.

And I don't think you very often see this. That Ramsey, in the NFL, it's hard to strong arm your way out of somewhere. I know Gruden loves to say that's what Mack did. He didn't really, though, because he wanted to say there. They just refused to pay him, and they were never going to pay him

because Gruden, you know, potentially the owner didn't have money. whatever. There's conflicting reports, but Mac would have taken their $90 million. That was the going rate. Clearly, the Jacksonville Jaguars were okay with paying him. Jayland didn't want to be there anymore. And he quit on him. You know, Kauai did the same thing a couple years ago to San Antonio Spurs. He quit. He quit.

It's okay to say that. And again, I'm not offended by it. I really don't even care. I mean, Kauai didn't even show up to playoff games when the Spurs were playing the Warriors that year. You could argue at least Jalen was still coming around to team functions, but he quit and he got his way. And it's rare you see this in the league. You know, chalk went up for the player empowerment because I saw Peter King, I think, tweeted either Sunday night or Monday morning, you know, sometimes on Twitter, you get tweets from Dave's before, but you think it's that morning.

And he said an NFL executive had texted him, like the NFL is because, you know, coming like the NBA. And I will always throw a red flag on that. Same thing with the NBA. You don't have to let the player push you around. If he's under contract, you just say, screw you, you're going to play. It's what happens in business. A lot of people just kind of push out.

Now, I don't necessarily think the Jaguars did in this instance because the guy just will stop playing. I think a lot of times, like, okay, like Kyrie Irving a couple years ago demanded a trade and the Cleveland Cavaliers just gave them away for basically nothing. That to me is player empowerment, because they didn't have to just get shoved around like that. Paul George, like, I want out. Well, you could have just said, no, we're not trading you.

Jalen Ramsey, we're not trading you. He's just going to keep faking his back injury, and there's nothing really you can do. But how many players in the NFL really can strong arm their way out of places? Like I said with Khalil Mack, he was just asking for $90 million. That was the going rate once Donald got his case. Ash. Jalen Ramsey just hated Tom Coughlin. Most players in the NFL are good with staying somewhere as long as they get paid.

Clownie just wanted to get paid. He knew Houston wasn't going to pay him. So his holdout was never going to end. Even Melvin Gordon, who held out, kind of realized like, I might as well show back up and get my money. I think making blanket statements like the league's dramatically going to change, I'm just calling BS on that a little bit. But I do appreciate, I guess, I get a laugh, out of the way that Jalen Ramsey just quit on the Jags. Just stop playing. And then faked an injury.

And one of those injuries that it's like, you can't say you've got a broken hand or a pulled hammy. They can run MRI. You just say, I got to hurt back. They're like, what do you mean? You're just like, the back hurts, stiff. There's nothing really they can do. So Jalen Ramsey achieved his goal.

Now he's L.A. Ram. Okay, let's get into the Middilcoff mailbag, where we take your questions. Can we answer them? I just got a... Belichick coaching until he beats Don Shula's record? Maybe. I mean, I wouldn't put it past him.

Is Belichick going to quit coaching anytime soon? Because it's sure hard to see that. Okay, big fan weekly listener. Do you think Travis Kelsey has been somewhat underperforming? If so, do you think he will start getting more opportunities now that Hill is back? I thought, when did I see him? I guess I saw him live when he played Oakland week two. I thought he looked fantastic.

I thought he looked good early in the season. You know, the first couple games, maybe I wasn't super locked in. I guess he probably wasn't that productive against the Colts. Did they just, they had the Denver game? I think he's been fine. I also think, like you said, with Hill Out, he's their number one weapon.

So he's, I would imagine if you went down and broke down the All-22, he was taking a lot of heat. Hill should help him out. Sammy Watkins has been banged up. They've had injuries of their running game. So I definitely think that it'll be okay when it all plays out. Like he's an excellent, he's an elite player. Let's see if I can. Got some of these, you guys send some long questions.

18 INTs in today's NFL is unacceptable. How did Winston throw that many at Florida State in 13 games to get drafted number one overall? That's a hell of a question. I assume the Mannings forced the Eli trade to the Giants to have him and Peyton in separate conferences and play each other only rarely. But now I wonder if they didn't trust the Spanos ownership of the Chargers. Okay, let's start with the second question. Dean Spanos, one of the reasons the Chargers are always in these tight games for the last 10 plus years, ever since Marty Schottonheimer left, because Dean Spanos pays, you know, tiny wages to his coaches.

He always has the lowest paid coach in the NFL, whether it was Mike McCoy, now Anthony Lynn, he likes cheap coaches. You think Dean Spanos in a million years would ever offer Sean Payton $10 million or go after a Lincoln Riley or an Urban Meyer? Of course not. That is not his MO. Dean Spanos gets off looking at his savings account. Can you imagine being born rich and then inherit a football team and still pinch pennies?

Nothing more in life I resent than rich people that are cheap. and I don't mean necessarily like smart decisions with their money but legitimately cheap with everything they do and when I look at Dean Spanos it just screams I'm cheap everything about them it's like bro you deserve to lose

the only reason I don't necessarily root for them to lose because I like Philip Rivers and I like some of their other players too Keenan Allen Bosa and Ingram but man he just his cheapness is disgusting from if you're an NFL fan

especially if you're a charger fan. Winston, I think a lot had to do with just his attributes. You know, he was huge. He actually was really smart. You know, he academically qualified for a dumb player. Because you go, God, he's a low IQ football player, and he is. He's a really smart guy. He was an academic qualifier to Stanford.

Like, he's bright. You know, that's what I think drives people nuts is you get around him, people like them. His teammates liked him. But yeah, he just, it's looking back, that was an enormous red flag. usually, you know, what do they say? A leopard doesn't change his spots. He showed you who he was. We just, and I was the same.

I would have drafted their number one as well. I liked him more than Marietta. It's not like Marietta's any good. But you just, when you throw that many picks, it's just something he does. That's a crazy stat. 18 picks and 13 games. 18 interceptions in college for a guy that went number one overall.

God, that's a hell of a stat by you. This seems obvious to me, but why can't we have an 18 playoff in college? college football. The five champions from Power 5 get in, as well as three wildcards from this gets conference play to mean which the NCAA is worried about and also might let the talent balance out with high-level recruits choosing to play in a weaker conferences like the Pac-12 because it increases their chances of getting into the tournament. Not a terrible idea. So this year, it'd probably be either Utah or Oregon would be in. Oklahoma, Clemson, probably Ohio State,

but don't sleep on Penn State and Alabama or LSU, but I think we'd know right away. So let's say Utah would get, let's say Utah beats Oregon. Well, for shits and giggles, let's say Oregon beats Utah. I know my guy, Jeff Schwartz, Oregon guy. Say Oregon wins the Pact 12. They're in. Alabama wins the SEC they're in.

Clemson wins, they're in. Ohio State wins they're in. And Oklahoma wins there. That's five. Then I think you'd go probably LSU and Penn State would also get a nod. How sweet would that be? Like Penn State's the eight seed, playing Alabama in round one.

LSU's the seven seed playing Clemson or Ohio State in round one. Sign me up for that. Oklahoma, you know, versus Oregon, round one. We could get some great matchups. That's a good question. I like that.

I think we'll definitely head that way in the not so near future. Does that make sense? In the near future? I would imagine maybe three or four years we'll have eight teams. I do think the four teams, though,

pretty solid. It makes all these games matter when Georgia gets upset. We all kind of freak. So yeah, I can see it. Detroit native. Lions fan. Can you do me a big favor? Simply acknowledge on the next three and out that the lion should have beat the Cardinals. Had the game versus the Chiefs won and had the game versus Green Bay won. Somehow they are two, two and one. We easily could be five and oh.

Just acknowledge that one time for me. You're great. Have a great day. well didn't the Lions just lose the Vikings? Yeah, it's just, I feel for you guys, man. I really do because I'm a Matt Stafford guy. I was telling on my other podcast with Guy Haberman, Haberman Middlecoff, go subscribe, that the Lions are basically the chargers of the Northeast.

They just play in, but they lose a lot more of the Chargers. They play in all these tight games. They have all these games won, and they just managed to lose so many of them. I can understand if I'm a Lions fan. Like, we're so damn close, and we just never get over the hump for whatever reason. I feel you.

I will acknowledge that. You did have the Chiefs beat. The Green Bay game, when was that? Oh, yeah, you had the Green Bay. You had that game one. Yeah, you easily could be, you're going to be a six-win team and saying we should be in the playoffs. They just put the NFC North stats on the Monday night football game.

You guys are in last place. And 0-2 in the division. I feel your pain. Approximately 10% of the population is left-handed, yet there are zero quarterbacks in the NFL that are left-handed. That's including quarterbacks. Wait, oh, that's including backups, excuse me. That's not a coincidence, right? Does Tua being left-handed drop his draft stock, or is it something team shouldn't worry about?

I get so fired up. I try to read faster than my brain can inhale the knowledge, shows you I'm not Bill Gates. I think it's pretty random. I've been asked this a lot. Like, did you guys knock guys in the front office for being left-handed? I never heard that come up once. Never once. I'm trying to think of a good left-handed quarterback that was either coming out or that we liked in the league.

Yeah, just, I don't know. Just the law of averages, that's a hell of a stat. I don't really know what to say besides it. It is kind of random. Because if you're a sweet left-handed player, Steve Young, am I missing something? Who's someone kind of recent? Who's the left-hander?

Mark Brunel. If you're a good left-hander, teams will take you. I don't think that... I've never heard it even come up. I swear. I've never heard a coach mentioned it one time.

Chargers fan from M.T. I think that's Montana. Is this team beyond lost or are the injuries have stacked up this much and set us back? The old line is in shambles. I understand injuries are part of the game.

Ours just seem to be all-impact players. With Mahomes out for a few games, can we crawl back up the ladder and salvage a playoff berth with the lack of depth in the AFC? Well, I think we have a loser-lease town game coming up this weekend, right, against the Bears. Now that you guys lost to the Titans, you're 2-5, but you've started slow before.

Last year, the Colts went 0-5, and they ended up making the playoffs. Now you're not going to be able to win the division at 2-and-5, but could you get to 10 and 6? and have yourself a chance, for sure. It just feels like this is not the Chargers year. I'm sure, I know we've said that before, but it sure feels like,

is this year they go 6 and 10? Because I'm starting to feel that way. The way that game ended the other day, where Melvin Gord, where Echler scores gets turnover. They get stuffed, Melvin Gordon scores, he gets stuff short. Then he scores again, or he doesn't score, but he fumbles the ball.

I've never, in the history of Crazy Charger, games, and they've had a lot of crazy charger games. I would argue, and maybe a diehard Charger fan, you guys might have a couple better endings. Remember one time there was like a fourth and 20 and Ray Rice got a first down on you like 10 years ago? Might have been less than that, like eight or nine years ago. That one is pretty nuts. This one might take the cake, though.

Multiple plays overturned and then a fumble on the goal line. All at the goal line. All at the goal line. That's the most Chargers sequence I tweeted it the other day That's the most Chargers game ever All caps ever And I really do think it back

And I've watched a lot of them Because I just stumble upon the CBS Late game I watch a lot of Chargers ending And I think that one takes the cake Thoughts on what Indies should do with Jacoby Lifelong Colts fan And I didn't see Jacoby be in the long term answer

How long should the Colts wait until they draft the future Well he did just throw four touchdowns and they are in first place. So I just think you take it year by year. If you win the division and you win a playoff game, what more do you want? You just draft good players. You got a team that could once,

you know, Adam Schaefter said tonight on Monday night countdown that maybe Tom Brady, his house is for sale, Alex Guerrero's houses for sale, and he can be a free agent, maybe he's going to leave. Then Randy Moss said, like, Adam, where is he going to go? That is a good point. Like, where is he? He's not going to the Bengals.

He ain't going to the Atlanta Falcons. He ain't going to Tampa Bay, so where is he going to go? Would he go to the Niners? Would they kick Jimmy to the curb for Tom Brady? I think they might. But, yeah, I would imagine maybe they draft a guy this year, like in the mid-rounds. But I think you're pretty confident with Jacoby. I mean, I only watched half the game.

I got to watch the second half. I might do that when I send this podcast off. But, yeah, you throw four touchdowns and you beat the Houston Texans. You go back-to-back wins against the Houston Texans and the Kansas City Chiefs. I'm not saying he's Andrew Luck or Peyton Manning, but he's pretty damn good. Why can't he be Kirk Cousins or Jimmy Garoppel? Put him on a good team and win games. That's really all you want out of your quarterback.

Hey John, big fan out of Australia, and I think you fucking rock. Hell yeah, I do. I appreciate that. I'm kidding. I'm not that cocky. What do you think the chances are of the NFL ever bringing a game to Australia, either preseason or regular season? Also, thoughts on the Pats D,

and if it is legit as it seems. I'm a big fan, but doesn't seem to me like they've played a legit quarterback. Well, I think they showed tonight on the Monday night broadcast. They got a lot of legit quarterbacks coming up. I think the problem with Australia, I went to New Zealand once when I was like 13 with my dad. It was a long, long fight. I remember he was already there.

I met him. I don't even know if you could do this. I would have been 12 years old, so this would have been like mid-90s, 95-96. I literally flew at 12 years old. Might have been 11. I was in, I think, 6th grade, all the way from Sacramento, California, to New Zealand.

Now, I know New Zealand's not Australia, but it's a similar length, and it took forever. Now, it's a little different you charter a jet, but it's still, what, a 15-hour flight? That's what I think the problem is, like, even England, how far is that from the West Coast? 10 hours? That extra five hours is basically like America, right?

So I just think that the time is the problem. I also think they can still grow domestically. And I think sometimes it's hard when you spread your wings a little too wide. You've seen that with the NBA, you get yourself in trouble. Now, I'm not saying you guys don't have problems like China and Australia. I think the biggest problem with Australia would just be logistically. It's just really, really far. I mean, really, really far.

Because when they played games before in Japan, And maybe Japan is the same distance for California to Japan as California and Australia. I don't know. I've never been to Japan, but they usually take West Coast teams. Like it'll be Seattle versus L.A. Or L.A. versus San Francisco. I think they're playing a preseason game there next year. So I guess to wrap this up, I don't think you're going to see an NFL game in Australia anytime soon.

See if I can get one more question here. Hey, John, Lifelong Bears fan here. I've been a Mitch defender since we drafted him, but the subpar quarterback play is becoming all too common with him. Pace has put offensive weapons around them, and we have the defensive personnel that has carried us and will continue to. Is there any chance the Bears would move off of Mitch going into fourth year of his rookie contract? I don't feel like we are going to have a good enough draft pick to draft a quarterback.

Well, obviously, you don't have the first rounder because of Cleo Mac. Seems like Marriota will be out of Tennessee this offseason. Would that be a viable option to pursue since we have a... his former offensive coordinator from his time in Oregon. Is Mitch the future or what are the other bear's options? Well, let's think about the, Mitch is not the future. So if you don't pick up his fourth year option and you replace him, can you make Mitch Trubisky the backup?

I don't think you can. You probably just got to bite the bullet and cut him. Well, then what are your options? Mariotta would be an option. James would get cut. He would be an option. I think Andy Dalton would be a potential option. Adam Schaefter did mention that Tom Brady

selling his house and he's going to be a free agent. If you're the Bears, would you go after Tom Brady? Of course you would. Would Tom Brady be the quarterback of the Bears? I don't know. But I would say Tom Brady would be the number one option if he was available. But there's not going to be that many quarterbacks available

when you just kind of look around the landscape. So it would be Marriota, Dalton. It'd be kind of a short list. I just don't think you can roll Trubisky back. if they go seven and nine and he continues to play like crap. They're just, their team's too talented. They have good players on offense. They have great players on defense.

And you just need better player of the quarterback. Appreciate everyone listening. Go share with your friends. Tweet it, retweet it. And thanks again. Keep shooting me your Instagrams at John Middilcoff, DM's wide open. Have a great week.

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