The Herd with Colin Cowherd - 3 & Out - Eagles PREPARED to win again, How will the Cowboys fare, Patriots REACTION to Belichick and UNC

Episode Date: September 4, 2025

On this episode John breaks down why the Eagles still have their foot on the pedal and what that means for the NFC race. He dives into the big question in Dallas, how will the season play out for the Cowboys, and whether they can finally get over the hump.  Plus, a deeper look at whether organizations truly help quarterbacks succeed or if it’s all on the player. And with NFL Sunday Ticket moving, John shares his thoughts on the changes to Red Zone since joining ESPN. Later, John answers your questions in this episode's mailbag segment.  43:57 - Eagles still have their foot on the pedal 14:50 - Cowboys season ahead 23:57 - Who fails who regarding QB's 31:28 - Patriots reaction to Belichick 35:30 - Changes to Red Zone 47:32 - Mailbag Follow John on Twitter, Instagram and YouTube for the latest. Check out Gametime - the fastest growing ticketing app in the US, and the official ticketing app of 3 & Out and GoLow -  for tickets to all of your favorite NFL, NBA, NHL, NCAA teams. Concert and comedy show tickets, too. Go to Gametime now to create an account, download the app and use code JOHN for $20 off your first purchase. #VolumeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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which he's talking about the disease of me, which is essentially when guys have success, they start thinking about themselves way more than they did previously when it was about the team, the team, the team, which is ironic because the guy put it in a book to make money about kind of himself and his ideas, but that's another conversation. Pat Riley's a legend.

But let's face it, the disease of me, is real. It is, I say this all the time. It is so much easier to make changes, to be driven, to work hard, to do everything humanly possible when things aren't going your way or when you're trying to climb up the mountain. Once you get to the top, I always have a lot of admiration and respect for people that are really, really rich, especially older people and still work really hard. Listen, Belichick and UNC might completely be a flop. At 73 years old, when you have as much money and has made as much money as him, for him not to just be retired at 73, 74 years old,

with his 25-year-old girlfriend, Nantucket in the summer, Miami's in the winters. That's what I would do more likely. That's what probably you would do. It's like he's coaching at UNC, a school that's never really won. Listen, Pete Carroll, it's like, bro, just retire, just chill. You're super rich, relax, you're in your 70s. But they're drive, they're aspirational.

You just can't turn that clock off. And I respect it. once you've won a Super Bowl, once you've accomplished anything in life, definitely in pro sports. I do understand, maybe you don't work as hard. You know, that gym session in June during the offseason when you're on vacation, maybe like, yeah, I'll skip today. And then today leads into tomorrow and then you look back to your summer,

you're like, God, I worked way harder two years ago. It is understandable. Like, I always do get when people have had success. Listen, I think it happens in college football all the time. you go to a school like Alabama, and if you're at that level of recruit, you just assume you're going to win. It's not the way it works. The reason they won is because of what Nick Saban mandated they do 365.

It wasn't just because you showed up, you're a great player, and you're automatically going to dominate. That's not how the world works. Right. So I do think the Eagles are pretty equipped moving forward. And this game tonight is going to be, I think, a microcosm of what we're going to see with these two teams, even though I do think Dallas could be somewhat competitive throughout the year because they're

offense. I mean, shit, they've invested enough offensively in terms of money and draft resources, but obviously defensively they're going to stink. Probably going to be a long, tough season. Now, unlike most people that just think they're going to suck. We all agree. The Eagles are going to be good. The average, I would

say 90% of people think the Cowboys are going to suck. I'd be a little surprised if they won like three or four games. Now, 7 and 10. Like, that's a long season. It's a lot of losses. You know, that's a lot of losses. And some of those wins are ugly too. So I do think the Eagles, unlike the Cowboys, and I've said this before, like, their biggest advantage is Howie, right? Their owner, really successful guy, does not meddle in football,

for the most part. I mean, every owner gives his opinions here and there. But unlike Jerry, who's like, I'm always going to be the GM, he's like, Howie, you do everything. Like, I've said it with the Micah Trade. I understand it. Like, I get it. But you don't trade that guy at the end of August, if you are going to ever be open to trading him, you trade him before the draft. Howie Roseman, if he was, let's use an example. If Jeffrey Lurie said, listen, under no circumstances are we going to give Jalen Carter another contract, which obviously he's not going to say, but let's just use this hypothetical. Jalen has another huge year, and he is going to get $170 million guaranteed in like two years.

It's like Howie, trade this guy. And like Micah Parsons or like Khalil Mack, he's a guy that every team, and especially the good teams are going to be very, very interested in. I'll promise you this, that trade happens before the draft. Because when you trade for draft picks in the future, they're not worth as much as ones in the presence, called time value money. And I think the Eagles, one thing I'll never forget spending, I mean, I worked for him for three years, but I was in the office for two, and my office was, you know, first office was probably 15 feet away. My second office was actually closer. They were all in the vicinity. I mean, it's, it's crazy. It's become a little different, but for a long time,

NFL teams are like a mom and pop shop. You know, the coaches, the scouts are all kind of together. You spend every waking moment together. And I'll never forget. It's why I think once I left football, I never went back, is I realized, like, I didn't love football, and clearly I like it a lot. I mean, I've dedicated my life to working in it and talking about it, and this is my profession, but not nearly enough. Because I saw Andy Roseman and Howie Roseman, or I saw Andy Reed and Howie Roseman, and Andy's the first ballot Hall of Famer. Howie's going too.

Won two Super Bowls and two different coaches. I mean, signed multiple, with two different quarterbacks. I guess it's a Hall of Fame resume. Their drive, their love of football, their passion for it was unrelenting. And obviously Howie is smarter than a lot of GMs, but his talent. but really like Andy's work ethic it'll be seared in my memory for life and I remember being at the Combine

a couple years ago I think after they won their second Super Bowl and talking to one of my buddies on the coaching staff and he's like you know the crazy thing is I noticed no difference in Andy than I did in 2009 when I drive by the office

in April on my way to Home Depot on a Saturday morning his truck will be outside and his work ethic his focus and overall it comes from your passion and love of the sport is as big and as strong as humanly possible. He's a football addict and I would say the same thing for Howie.

And a lot of guys, just like a lot of human beings, once they have success, it happens to a lot of players, it happens to a lot of business people. Their drive slows down. And I don't think that will be a factor at all with Howie because he's got this neurotic just kind of chip on his shoulder that doesn't get phased with, like he's been a millionaire for a long time. He won a Super Bowl in 2017.

And his work ethic, the way his mind operates, I think will be completely unfazed moving forward. And you saw this training camp. The dude literally made three trades on a day. I mean, that's the type stuff you do when you're trying to claw your way to the playoffs. He's the defending champs where we all agree he's got one of if not the best roster in the league. and it's like, we can improve here, we can do this, we can make this move. That's just the way he's wired. And that's not going to change whether he was 30 years old or when he's 70 years old.

He will always be like that. So the Eagles' greatest asset, non-player, is clearly their GM, who is one of, I mean, truly, I mean, based on his resume, going to go down as one of the greats of all time. That's just a fact. And the other thing is, listen, when they're asking Nick Siriani about the banner ceremony, it's a really big deal for an NFL team or a college team to win a championship, especially when you're at a place like Philadelphia, the Green Bay Packers, the Pittsburgh Steelers, Alabama, Florida, Georgia,

it means a lot. So for the Eagles to rate, listen, it's a celebration of what happened. It's going to be in a sports sense like a religious experience for these people. I always say in my experience, my biggest takeaway from Philly, was one, love the people, love the food. But what I appreciated about it most is I got to work in football, and that was as important as anything in that city, that football team, the Philadelphia Eagles. And I understand Nick, the disease of me, you're trying to move on. Last year, the championship doesn't help his team. But it's a little cheesy for me, not really my style.

But the one thing I'll give Siriani is a couple years ago when they made the Super Bowl and he was doing that stuff, of pumping his chest, beating Andy Reed, and, you know, not in the Super Bowl, but literally, remember when they played him on the Chiefs on Monday Night Football, he got a little humble pie because they started that season, red hot, like 10 and 1 or 11-1,

they lost a bunch of games, they got their ass kicking the playoffs. He almost got fired. Like, I think it was probably a coin flip from him being axed for William Belichick that probably wouldn't have been the right move. But I don't care who you are.

When you are that close to your professional ending at a place, especially from a coach. And you know it. Like, this isn't, it's not like the elephant in the room anymore, but like, he's not dumb. I think you saw last year, obviously they revamped the staff. He had to fire people. I think one of the guys he fired on that staff two years ago.

If not the best man in his wedding was definitely in his wedding. So it's like, bro, this is not going to be tolerated here. You know why? Because we don't tolerate that this here. Listen, I do respect. I think Alabama fans are going to take a lot of shit. like they're really mad. They've been so spoiled. Well, yeah, that's what they're used to.

For 17 years, they were kicking the shit out of everybody. We're all human beings. You know, you can't win the national championship every year. They didn't win Nick Saban, but they don't expect to go five and five over a 10 game stretch. Like, that's understandable. Like, the Eagles don't expect to look like crap. So that year, two years ago, like, it's just not going to be tolerated there.

Not by the owner and not by the general manager. And I think Siriani learned a valuable lesson. you better just kind of swallow your pride a little bit and change your antics and be careful because this game will humble you really quick. And I do think he got a big, big slice of humble pie and was better for it. And obviously the organization with Jeffrey Lurie,

they're willing to do whatever it takes to buy coaches. Like you look at Jerry Jones, it's like you're going with Brian Schottenheimer and Matt Eberfluse. Meanwhile, the Eagles have one down year where they still made the playoffs. They're like, Vic Fangio, here's three year, 15. million dollars. We want the best defensive coordinator on our staff. Jerry's probably paying Brian Schottenheimer Vic Fangio money and Vic Fanio's their coordinator. So I think the Eagles are

equipped moving forward, at least for the next couple years, again, as you have more success, more guys need to be paid. They do a really good job with the cap and pushing the cap down the road. Obviously their quarterback is completely unfaced by success. To me, he reminds me a lot of like an Andy Reader Belichick in terms of his wiring. It doesn't smile that much in the sense of like not doing huge celebrations onto the next thing, absolute grinder. So I would expect the Eagles to be really, really good this year. And when you look at the Cowboys, and moving forward in general,

as long as Howie's the GM and they have that infrastructure in place. I do think when you look at the Cowboys, you know, we talk, shit would be strong, but like Kirk Cousins getting made fun of a lot. Like, oh, he's this great business man. He made $300 million and what does he have to show for it? Now, in fairness to Kirk Cousins, we never considered him like some top quarterback, but he kind of hovered between 8 to 12. That's a guy, if you do a good enough job building the team, should be able to compete for a Super Bowl.

We have seen Jared Goff lead a team to a Super Bowl, lead a team to the NFC championship. And I think there have been periods like, is Dak, Kirk Cousins, similar mold, similar type player, like never going to be an elite guy, but when he's on, pretty damn good. And I wonder if Dack's career is going to end, and we're going to speak about him like an NBA player. It's like, oh yeah, remember Dak, a guy that made $575 million playing football and never did anything in the playoffs. Actually, it was terrible in the playoffs. But then when it came to getting paid, always needed the most money possible, which hindered his team to build around him. And he's a player that needs help building around him.

And just like, hey, super rich guy, awesome. But nothing to show of any validity and something that you can hang your hat on from a legacy standpoint when it matters the most. If anything, he'll be known. Like, let's face it. He's closer to James Hardin than anyone wants to make it out. Some great regular seasons, a lot of Pro Bowls, and a lot of bad playoff performances. So I think the Cowboys, this game in general,

I think it's easy for everyone to act like they're going to lose by 100 points. And they might, I just know from a gambling standpoint, you've got to be very careful with these divisional matchups. Wouldn't shock me at all if this game gets weird. Same thing Friday night. Listen, it's week one. every team has hope and beliefs. Now, maybe the Micah Parsons thing deflated some people.

By some reports, like some of the players were glad he's gone, but from a football standpoint, it's clearly a big loss. I do just believe you've got to be very careful about overreacting to one game. Now, over the aggregate of the season, it could be long, and it could be pretty ugly. But this is what you sign up for when you give a guy $60 million, who probably most of the time is somewhere between the 9th to 13th, best quarterback. Like he's going to take up a lot of your cap room. He needs help. You know,

Bucky Brooks says tractors and trailers. He needs to be pulled. He needs a good running game. He needs a good defense. He needs a good offensive line. And I think there are a lot of question marks with the defense with the Cowboys, with their offensive line of the Cowboys, because they've got a lot of young players. And I'm sorry, their running back room is pretty shitty on paper. Now, just because you're bad on paper, that's why you play the games. How they look between the white lines? You never know. that's a position to where random guys get created. But I would have said that last year and then nothing got created. They were terrible running the ball.

And a lot of that was, and Collins talked about this, they couldn't decide Derek Henry. Take a million dollars. They didn't have any. They had all their cap space. Going to DAC, going to CD-Lam, going to Lawrence, going to Diggs. I mean, they're paying all these guys. And you got to be very careful. And Jerry said this before.

And I'll never forget it because I try to use this, thinking about whenever I'm making a purchase, like if you're buying a house, if you're going to just purchase whatever that is somewhat of a, on the larger scale for whatever you're, you know, relative to how much money you have, is I've never made a mistake paying a premium for a premium. Well, it's like he's basically talking about paying guys like Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson, Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen. Yeah, you can't, you can't overpay those.

guys. It's impossible to overpay Steph Curry. It's impossible to overpay Aaron Judge. It's impossible to overpay Shohei Otani. What they bring to the table. They're just so much better than everybody else. But if you overpay Dak Prescott, it's going to

be a problem and it legitimately has. And again, I've always defended Dak. I've said, listen, for whatever reason he plays really good in November and December and he gets in these playoff games and he shrinks. I do think he has in him to play a good playoff game against another worthy

opponent. I mean, his best playoff game is obviously that Tampa team that was folding like a cheap tent. But at this point in time, their team's not going to be good for the foreseeable future. And even if they are able to reset it with this trade, which is possible if you make the right picks. Like the reason the Cleo Mac

trade, you could say it was a lose-lose. I would say it was kind of a win for the Bears. They made the playoffs a couple times. They got this elite player who was an all-pro and a pro-baller who was a team captain. The Raiders got all these draft picks and they started whiffing on all the picks. You've got to make the picks look great on paper, but they got them to turn into players. You know, so like trading A.J. Brown for the 17th pick, we laugh at that

because they took Traylon Burks. Well, if they had taken, you know, the equivalent of Justin Jefferson or D.K. Metcalf or just A.J. Brown 2.0, we wouldn't make fun of them as much. They took a guy that most people think stinks, who actually I kind of like coming out in the draft, but clearly he's not a very good player, and now he's injured and it feels like his career is just derailed. So who you take with those picks is ultimately how we judge the trade. So I don't know how you bet against the Eagles tonight. I would just be leery of huge, huge lines when it comes to divisional opponents. We'll see.

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football-wise and college football-wise. And the premise of this article was Kevin O'Connell, who made comments a while back to Rich Eisen that organizations fail quarterbacks, more than quarterbacks, fail organizations. And I think Zach Kiefer was the writer. He talked to Troy Aikman, Peyton Manning, Alex Smith, Matt Hasselback,

all these quarterbacks that have been in all sort of these situations. And from Troy Aikman to Peyton Manning, their early struggles to turning into Hall of Fame, careers to Matt Hasselback starting as a backup. Matt Hasselback said in this article that I was the youngest at the time backup that I was the first guy younger than Brett Farf. And that was his eighth season in the NFL, my first year in the league, and I was his backup.

And I was the first guy throughout those eight years that was younger than him. And that was not by accident. And I'll never forget talking to Veach and the Chiefs guys when they got rid of Alex, traded Alex to the Washington commanders, well they were the Redskins at the time, that one thing that they were going to do with their backup quarterback was sign a married guy. And it turned out to be Chad Henney.

They were not going to sign someone. They weren't going to sign Tyson Badgett or Mac Jones. They were going to sign an older player who was married. And listen, I'm a big believer in that. The Colts did that last year when they brought in Joel Flacco to mentor and be around. Anthony Richardson. Peyton Manning had some great comments.

He said, I never would have been allowed to throw 28 touchdowns if I was playing for Bill Parcells. Said, because you would have been benched? He's like, no, he would have killed me first. And I do think some of those guys, when you look at Troy Aikman, and if you watch the documentary, hell, by his third year, he got kind of injured and kind of got benched down the stretch of the season. Peyton Manning struggled this first couple years. Obviously, we've seen some quarterbacks over the course of their career.

Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, Alex Smith, hit bumpy roads early on in their career. I think one separator, and I think this is true for life too, is mental toughness. And the only way, and Bill Parcells was quoted in this, he said, I wouldn't evaluate a quarterback coming out of college after they throw three or four touchdowns. I would try to dial into them and lock into them, what do they look like after they throw three picks and they lose. And that's easier said than done, but I just. do agree. You learn way more about a person through adversity than you do through success.

Because when you're having success in whatever you do, especially football, most human beings are riding high and don't want to change anything and don't need to because it's working. When your backs against the wall and you are pressed, you got a couple options. Either kind of fold or you mentally power through. It's why I think a lot of successful people and you're using Peyton Manning and Troy Aikman as examples, I'd argue that either one of those guys would have been so successful in any industry. Like when I watched Troy Aikman talk or Peyton Manning talk, like, those guys could have like ran a bank. Those guys could have created a company from nothing. Peyton Manning literally did. So, Troy Aikman. I mean, these guys are outlier

human beings. I guess the point of this is for me to say, I do think there's some truth. Some teams fail guys. But I also think quarterbacks often fail teams slash their skill set isn't that relatable to what you have to do in the NFL. If Caleb fails, it might not be because

his physical talents. He clearly has those. But he has an attribute that he holds on to the ball too long. So do a lot of quarterbacks. And it doesn't usually work in the NFL because you have to get rid of the football. Because even the best offensive linemen, Lane Johnson, Zach Martin, Trent Williams

can only hold a defense. of linemen for so long until they're going to get some pressure. You have to get rid of the ball. And sometimes that means throw the fucking ball away. And Anthony Richardson's a good example. I would argue he probably fails no matter where he goes. Just like Troy Aikman and Peyton Manning, probably figure it out wherever they go. Did Patrick Mahomes benefit from playing for Andy Reed? Of course he did. Did he benefit for a year sitting behind Alex Smith? 100%. do I think Patrick figures it out if you put him on the Cleveland Browns,

if he put him on the Miami Dolphins? I do. Do I think he wins four Super Bowls? Maybe not. But do I think he's clearly one of the best players in the NFL? I do think he does. Because I think there's a wiring and just a focus to certain individuals. Now, certain people,

like the Lamar Jackson we see now is dramatically better than the guy that won the MVP in 2019. So did he benefit from an, organization that could pivot their offense around him and let him grow? Of course you did. But if you watch him like, what would his floor have been? Like what Kyler Murray's doing? And I'd argue it's probably higher than that. And Kyler's been in a chaotic situation. So I'm always been a believer that the cream rises at the top. Obviously, if you don't have the work ethic, if you don't have the mental capability, football's hard. Football's confusing.

There's a lot thrown at you. You can be overwhelmed. But I think for the most part, guys that fail would have failed with most people. There's the occasional player that would, you know, that needs different spots that has to mesh with the right coach. Isn't that kind of life? There's a reason if you date 10 girls and you marry the 11th, it's like, well, maybe you could have married three or four of those girls, potentially seven of them.

You're just like, yeah, I sleep together, but I want no part of this. We all mesh different with human beings. So I just think that, like Deshaun Watson, his style, once he got injured, doesn't translate to anyone's offense. It doesn't work at all. Just freelancing, running around and making plays when you've become an average athlete in your arm's not great anymore. That's not going to work. Caleb, even if he was just a run around and throw the ball guy, his arms so strong, there is value there. Right?

But when I watch Anthony Richardson, he's not accurate. He clearly was overwhelmed. And Chris Bowers quoted in this article that he was swivel. swimming. But to me, the tapping out of the game, like, he doesn't even know what he doesn't even know. But there's a chance that his physical skills, for every Josh Allen that improves his accuracy, I think Warren Moon was a guy back in the day that improved his accuracy. Most guys don't. Like, that's not usually a tangible asset that can grow. It's like, you know, he was extremely inaccurate. By the end of the career, he was one of the most accurate guys in the NFL.

It's not the way it usually works. So I do get what Kevin O'Connell is saying. and clearly J.J. McCarthy is better off going to Kevin O'Connell than he would be going to some random coach in a shitty environment. I'm not disputing that. But like if J.J. McCarthy fails, probably would have failed anywhere. And if J.J. McCarthy becomes one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL, even if he wouldn't have reached his ceiling somewhere else, he probably would have become a good player.

I do believe that. Another thing I said this yesterday, the, I'm sweating right now, so hot in here, I turn on the AC too, uh, the North Carolina Tar Heels banned Patriot Scouts from coming through, which is unheard of. And I said it yesterday, like, nothing's more unbecoming than just old bitter guy. Like, he's just like, bro, why are you so angry? Especially when, like, life's been pretty good to you. But you can't fake your personality.

And Belichick's personality, I'll give him credit, has never changed. Like, this isn't an act. He's not. Mr. Smiley. But to me, to ban the Patriots, it's like, bro, get over. You got fired. That happens in the NFL. Mike Vrable was asked about Belichick's start.

It basically threw a jab saying that, well, Urban Myers first year at Ohio State, he went 12 and 0. That's my experience because Mike Vrable was around then. And I think a lot of people were like, oh, I thought they were boys that they were close. People ask me all the time, like, from how as a fan, how I've changed, who do I root for? the number one thing I would root for over anything, if my fandom was still as strong as it was when I was a little kid, would be this podcast, would be stories, would be things to get the most people listening, would be how do I get Josh Allen or Patrick Mahomes or Sean McVeigh to come I would do anything to improve this and make this bigger over absolutely anything that happens

on the field. That is my number one prerogative when it comes to the sport of football. is this podcast. And when you're a head coach, the only thing you care about is your team in the organization. So, yeah, you played for this guy back in the day and he inevitably traded you. But you're not going to let my scouts

come through your organization because you're mad at my owner that he fired you two years ago from going four and 12th. Guess what, Bill? I got fired as well. It happens. It's football.

So I think this Belichick thing, I do think it's insane that the schedule makers made Bill Belichick play on Monday night and then play a road game the following Saturday against Charlotte, which I don't know that much about. I don't think they're that good at football. But the initial betting line was 24 points.

So three touchdowns and a field goal. It has already been bet down to under two touchdowns. I just think that a lot of people, and Bill's, I think, acknowledging the NFL's never having to be back, double middle fingers, I hate you guys too, and I'm going to be your enemy, which Coward once famously said

that holding a grudge is like chain smoking hate and I've never forgot that because when I was younger and listen I got fired in the NFL I could have easily held grudges and just hated everybody and I was like what's the point of this?

I can text how he how he called me up said we're not renewing your contract I mean he's one of the GMs in my phone it's probably a relationship I want to keep I could have held a grudge to this day what's the point of that

just to be mad about something that happened in the past. Like, move on. Stop looking in the rearview mirror. Isn't that what Belichick's telling his players? Like, let's move forward. We got to get better. Yet he's holding this grudge in the past against this 85-year-old owner. It's not the scouts didn't do this.

You know, Elliot Wolf didn't do this. Mike Vrable had nothing to do this. But you're taking it out against them. So I think Mike Vrabel saying that was because of what's going on behind the scenes with the scouting community. it's an embarrassment. And I've been pro Belichick. I've defended him.

But I'm starting to think like with his mindset, with the way people are, the TikTokification of the youth, he might be fucked. Red zone, which I've never actually watched that much. Occasionally, as a season goes on, I'll have it on one of the four boxes. But I've always been like I watch the games.

Not against the Red Zone. I understand its popularity. and it's definitely good for the NFL. It's like, I don't play fantasy football, but I understand its impact on society gravitating toward the sport of football. It's a good thing.

The more people to play fantasy football, the more people that watch the games, the more people that listen to shows like me. So I am pro fantasy football, even besides some daily fantasy over the years, I haven't really dabbled. I've never been in a leak. Not against, it's just not my thing.

I do understand, I would say, somewhat of, the, way the media landscape works. I've been in radio and now podcasting for a long time. And the goal of, like, this isn't a passion project. This is a business, a for-profit business where we got to make money. That's the whole reason we're doing any of this. I tell people all the time, they're like, how cool is it you get to work in sports? I'm like, I don't, listen, I take, I don't take it for granted, but like I also look at it like, you would a job. You have to, or else you're doing yourself somewhat of

service, right? The mortgage is coming no matter what. And if it's like, just my passion project, good luck to you, because that thing wouldn't get paid. So last year, someone told me this, we were having our weekly meeting for three and out. And I guess they dabbled last year. I kind of vaguely remember this with commercials on, on the Red Zone. And people freaked. And then when this ESPN NFL merger acquisition, however you want to quantify it happen, the writing was on the wall. A company like ESPN, like Fox, like CBS, whoever, would not acquire something like the Red Zone and have it commercial free for seven hours, especially even if there are less people than I think the casual fan would assume are actually watching it. Like the numbers of actual

games are much higher than the Red Zone. But still, if you're getting a million or 2 million people to watch the Red Zone, that can be a very profitable endeavor. So it was announced today, I think Scott Hansen told Pat McAfee, there will be commercial breaks. This is no longer seven hours of commercial free football. Those days are done. Once ESPN purchased them,

you think they were just going to run seven hours commercial free? You think Disney and their board of directors? Yeah, we just have this product that, you know, on a given day, if it's good, 2 million people could watch. we're just not going to advertise that wouldn't be tolerated that's literally not allowed you're not allowed to operate like that

as a public company so I think I understand the freak out if you're a loyal guy and it does suck I'm not acting like it doesn't suck but I say this all the time about streaming when everyone's like it's so unfair look at what the NFL fan

has they got to subscribe to Peacock like do I want to subscribe to Peacock not really but am I bitching him? NBC is not going to exist in 5, 10, 20 years. It won't be around. The only way for them to keep going is for the streaming service to operate. If it doesn't, the network will go under.

I will promise you that. No different than all these companies. Now, I don't subscribe to every single one of them, though it definitely feels like that. I do understand that, like, traditional television is not going to be around in the relatively near future. We just had a meeting today. And after that meeting ended, it was a video meeting on Zoom. I got an email sent to me with a complete hour-long breakdown

of everything we hit in AI. It literally broke down everything. Hey, this is what we're doing on Thursday night. These ads and just like every single topic we hit for big picture stuff for college football stuff. It was like, this is incredible. I honestly I didn't even know it was going on. I just thought

I was like, are we being recorded? I didn't even say anything and I saw it get. I was like, damn, that is fucking remarkable. So, times have changed. And you have to change or you won't survive. It's no different like we do more stuff on YouTube and this will be for the near future, but who knows? If something else happens, Instagram goes away, Twitter goes away, you just pivot. And that's the way and now you pivot faster than ever before because of the changing landscape.

So I don't have any issue with anyone being mad about the commercials, but what do you expect? is not the way the world works. Last but not least, I did a little YouTube scouting today because I basically just sent out Saturday and I was going to watch the three big games. I was going to watch obviously the morning game, Arch, Ohio State. I was going to watch Florida State Alabama and then watch the LSU Clemson game.

I didn't watch Utah. I love Utah. I'm going to bet on Utah, but I don't have time to watch that game. I just didn't have four boxes going. I just wanted to dial in on those games. Well, I went back and watched Bryce Underwood, and the best part about YouTube is you can just type in a guy's throws.

Give me Bryce Underwood's Highlands. Give me John Mateer's highlights. The biggest game this week by far is Michigan going to Oklahoma. Here's the thing with Arch. We all watch the Arch game and we went, I don't really see the arm. You flip on Oklahoma and John Mateer slinging that pill. You turn on Bryce Underwood slinging that pill. You go.

Those are arms. That's what NFL scouts look for. Now, just because you have a strong arm does not mean you're a good NFL quarterback. And John Matier had some balls fly around a little bit. but his talent jumped off the screen. And Underwood's a true freshman, so I'm sure he's going to have some bumps in the road, but his talent oozes off the screen.

You can't miss it. You cannot miss it. So I was in the car the other day, and I heard Brady Quinn, I was flipping around radio channels, and he was on, and he said, I'm soaked right now and sweat, that he's like the craziest part

of watching college football all day Saturday, is how far quarterback play has come. He's like, when I think back to my freshman, sophomore year, he's like, I was terrible. I go back and look, it's like, God, I was awful.

But also, like, I played multiple sports in high school. So when I got to college, I hadn't been working with a quarterback coach, an individual trainer. Like, I hadn't been doing that stuff. And all these kids now

have been going to the Elite 11s. They've done training. They do off season 7 on 7. You just watch Bryce Underwood or John Matier, some of these quarterback, last year, Cam Ward, these guys have had so much

many reps throwing the ball, and even back 20 years ago, but definitely 30 and 40 years, like the Troy Aikman days, a lot of these quarterbacks didn't throw the ball that much in college. These were running offenses. So you get these guys, it's never been easier to evaluate. These teams are throwing the ball nonstop. Now they're going to have some blowout wins against nobody's, but even when, like, Archmannings, first ever real start, still had 30 pass attempts. You know, you look back, I bet if we went to box scores in like the 70s and 80s with like Barry Switzer versus Jimmy Johnson, I bet there were games. where some of these quarterbacks

like threw the ball a lot 16 times right and of those 16 probably four or five of them were around the line of scrimmage I mean you go back that watched the U Michael Irvin started lining up

in a three point stance at wide receiver so the game has revolutionized for the quarterback and throwing the ball it's why even an average fan can go like God there's something there it doesn't mean you're going to be the NFL is way harder in college

but the talent of these guys just oozes off the screen So, John Mateer, watching that guy, like, that's first round talent. Now, we'll have to see how he played. This is a huge game against Michigan. And he's going to have huge games this year against Texas, against, I think they play Alabama again. Like, he's going to play real teams throughout the year. So Illinois State ain't it.

But, like, if that, if he plays well in these games, you could look at a guy going really high. And obviously, Bryce Underwood probably got one of the biggest pay packages in the history of college football. Now, granted, we're early on in. this kind of NIL world. But I get it. Like, I saw it. Like, yeah, understandable. Hey, it's us, the Jonas Brothers.

And guess what? We have some big news. What's the news, huge news? We created our own podcast called, Hey Jonas. We invented a podcast? Well, we didn't invent it.

We just contributed to a... We're the first people to do podcasts. Pretty, yeah, pretty wide range of podcasts. We're starting a trend. But this one's extra special. So how do we actually come up with a name, Hey Jonas, guys? I honestly don't remember.

I think it was on a call about what we should call it. Oh, we were thinking I'm originally calling it one of the early names of our band. Before Jonas Brothers was... This is how you guys remember it going down? Yes. I have a very different memory of this. We were talking about a thing, a bit for the podcast, where people could call in and say, hey, Jonas.

And then I wrote down on my little notepad, Hey Jonas, and offered it up as a potential title for the podcast. But thanks for remembering that, guys. Listen to Hey Jonas on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Just listen. We don't care where you hear it. Another podcast from some SNL, late-night comedy guy, not quite. Unhumor me with Robert Smygel and friends. Me and hilarious guests from Bob Odenkirk to David Letterman help make you funnier.

This week, my guest, SNL's Mikey Day and head writer Streeter Seidel, help an a cappella band with their between songs banter. Where does your group perform? We do some retirement homes. Those people are starving for banter. Listen to humor me with Robert Smigel and Friends on the I-Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The French Open is one of the toughest tests in tennis, and I know firsthand because I competed there myself. I'm Renee Stubbs, and on the Renee Stubbs Tennis podcast, I'm breaking down everything happening at Roland Garris. Every match, every upset, and what it really takes to win on clay.

Jen Chinch won. I mean, she went down at three to. Rabakina, but I'm delighted. She's an outsider to win the French for me. And she likes Clay. Listen, Lena Rubakina is arguably the best player in the world right now. And I actually can win on any surface. Because if she's serving, well, good luck.

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Either way, the podcast's Superhuman documented it all, embedded in the games and with the athletes for a full year. Within probably 10 days, I'd put on 10 pounds. I was having trouble stopping the muscle growth. Listen to Superhuman on the IHard Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Okay, mailback time. At John Middilcoff, at John Middilcoff firing those DMs,

get your questions answered here on the show. That's on Instagram. DM's wide open, fire in them. We'll start with Dave. Call me Judas. But can I push back on the Broncos hype train? Just a little. Obviously as a fan, I'm more excited about this season

than any since the Manning era. But come on. Heard hierarchy had them four, and at least one contingent of every talk show has them winning the division. I'm more confident against the chiefs, charges, and raiders, but come playoff time, do we really think they're going to go into Highmark or M&T and win?

Or going to Philly week five and winning? Maybe I'm wrong, but the hype scares the shit out of me. When I was on the show and he did the herd hierarchy and had them above the chiefs, I had to say this, you can't have them above the chiefs. I do think there was value there like a month ago. I don't know if the value is still there in them winning division. I've come around like,

If you're going to bet, how do you bet against the Chiefs to win this division? But I do think the Broncos can be pretty good. They would need Bo Nix to become a top 10 player. Like, what if he's just better than Dak Prescott? What if he just becomes clearly better than, you know, a bunch of guys that used to kind of, Kirk Cousins, like that, that level guy, if he becomes better than, we know their defense is good. And we know their offense will be good with Sean. So I do think it's on the table.

Second, have you heard anything around the league about Davis Webb as our quarterback coach? bookmark this. He will be an OC in the next two years. No, I just remember when they hired him, basically fresh off playing to be their quarterback coach. Listen, most quarterback coaches, I bet if you looked around the league, you know, I remember when I was in Philly, it was Doug Peterson, who then becomes an OC head coach, Kevin O'Connell, quarterback coach, O.C. head coach. It's kind of a path if the backup quarterback gets into coaching, they kind of go like this. You know, so I I think Davis Webb would fall under that for sure.

I'm not sure if you've seen the article about the Clippers and Balmer paying $28 million for a job he didn't even have to show up, was blatantly done to circumvent the salary cap. But my question is this. Do you think things like this happen in the NFL? I know you'd have to be elite to get this kind of treatment, but do we really think Brady was the only guy making below market value with no other kickbacks all those years in New England? and then in Tampa? Also, is there a dirtier league than the NBA?

Between refs being paid off, draft lottery, malfeasance, cap circumvention, and clear corruption? I was thinking this today when I saw. You know, the NBA got really political for a while, and it obviously backfired in their face. They need to lean into what they've always been. One, just hooping. Two, like, care about money over everything.

And three, like banging chicks. A lot of them. Married or not. Like that is what the players have been notorious for. I saw this PJ Washington video go viral. I was thinking about, I'm with you. It's like lean into who you are, which is actually we can embrace. You got a little mob feel to it.

You got a little porn feel to it. You got the most incredible athletes on the planet in your league. But they always try to pretend they're not something that they are. So I'm with you. Kauai Leonard's an awful business partner. I mean, is there a worse guy to be in business with than Steve Balmer and the business relationship that he's, paid him hundreds of millions of dollars.

If they get in trouble for doing this, I didn't read the article, but I watched like the five minutes, someone forwarded me maybe it was on Twitter like Pablo Torre. I mean, clearly people at the company that probably got fired gave him a bunch of information. Now, I bet Kauai, like

the NBA doesn't have legal standing to go to get information. They're not the cops. So if he didn't do anything wrong, right, you can pay someone and not show up. Now, you can't do that in the NBA, but like what recourse are they going to have to really figure this out? And Kauai could just be like games.

I just didn't want to do it. You know, could be that simple. Now, clearly it looks pretty shady. But I'm totally with you. The NBA always like, they try to have this perception different than reality. I mean, I hear some stories. I get a couple of buddies that, you know, are deep in the league, either as assistant coaches or like close to a certain player.

And you hear some of these stories about some of these players that are, in theory, happily married and some of the stuff going on on the side, you're like, holy shit. I mean, if this ever got out, this would be an enormous TMZ story. And that's not, then I'm talking about LeBron James there, in fairness. But I'm with you. I just shady league. I mean, it's always been. But again, one individual has so much more of an impact.

The shady stuff going behind the scenes, like, if you think Balmer is the only one doing this, you would be crazy. I really think you would be naive to believe that this ain't. Remember when Jalen Brunson took that pay cut a couple years ago? Can we look into the Knicks? Think he's got a little piece of the sphere or something? I wouldn't blame him. I do the same thing.

I'm not anti any of this. I have no problem with Steve Ballmer paying Kauai on the side. My take would be, do you regret going into business, Quay, Leonard? Is there any less dependable of a quote-unquote talent than this individual? It's at least with, you know, if you watch some of these documentaries on like famous musicians. It's like, God, this guy was paining the ass. But it's like, holy shit, he put out some hit records,

and he would sell out every single stadium we went to. The guy was a cash cow. He delivered. Quai doesn't deliver. Doesn't play half the games in the regular season. And when's the last time the Clippers did anything in the playoffs since he's been there? Newsflash, they haven't. So do I think it happens in the NFL?

Probably. Wouldn't shock me. And I have no problem with it. Now, I understand if I was in the league from a business partner, and I was doing it the right way in some way. wasn't it would make me mad. But where I'm sitting, doing what I do, I got no issue with it. Doesn't bother me in the slightest. I wish Adam Silver would just embrace what they actually are. I actually think it would be better for the league. I mean, the league I grew up on,

like everyone just openly talked about Michael Jordan drinking, boozing, and playing hoops and hanging out with chicks while he was married. How can Micah's back be a nothing burger because of the contract, but Stafford's back is a disaster waiting to happen. The Rams also gave a new contract to Stafford. Seems like they're either both potentially fucked or both nothing to worry about. The difference is I think Micah was injured because he didn't want to get fined by the Cowboys. Like it was clear they were in a contract dispute and you can't just say, uh, I broke my leg because the doctor would be like, well, you didn't break your leg. You can't say I pulled my hand.

hamstring because the MRI would say you didn't pull your hamstring. Back injuries are very hard to figure out. Like I said, I do not think that the Packers would have given him $185 million, which I promise you, unless he shatters his leg, he is going to see every penny if his back was a problem. I don't think the Rams thought Stafford's back was a problem when they gave him the contract. But there was also a reason, like they were like, we're going one year max because he was old. They did not, do they have a back injury last year?

He was playing well at the end of the season. I think they're completely different circumstances. If his back is a thing and they just gave him that contract, that's insane. It's a fireball offense if it goes bad. Like if he misses a bunch of game with the back end, that's insane. I can't, I can't fathom that. Maybe I'm being naive because I can't fathom that you would give a guy a max contract who has a back injury. Question for you.

You mentioned a day that you expect. the lines to regret. Regress. My question is, what makes coordinator so much better than other coordinators? Is it play calling? Play calling in the right time, creativity.

When I say regress, I just think that, like, as great as Ben was, it will be impossible for Johnny Morton to be as good as he is. I think there is a level of, I think if you just got Johnny Morton, Ben Johnson, Andy Reid, Sean Payton, Mike McDaniel,

you can go around the league, Brian Dayball, whoever. Every play caller in the league. on a whiteboard, they would all talk football. If you and I were in the room, it would sound like Chinese. What are these guys talking about? It would blow your mind. I think if you got a lot of them on the field,

just coaching up a play, they could do it. I think two things separate. One, your ability to interact and teach the players. So understanding different players, how they're wired, get it through to their head, knows what motivates this guy. So your human interactions with your offense, teaching these guys the offense, obviously how adaptable you are to the playbook. Like, do you just have a playbook and the players have to fit within that? Or as Alex Smith said in this article, like, Andy Reid doesn't have a playbook.

I mean, he has philosophies historically, but he will change if you do something well. He will build plays around what you do well. A lot of coaches go, this is my playbook. Listen, Kyle Shanahan is like, that's his playbook, right? Sean Payton, that's his playbook. Like, it ain't changing. That's Belichick historically for 20 years in New England was like, we don't really have a playbook.

We'll do whatever it takes on a weekly basis. We'll implement an institute new place. So I think it's some of that. And then I think there's just like a player. Some players are instinctive players. Just like some human beings. If you put certain people in a room that are like, hey, there's a big meeting today. There's a cocktail party.

some people are going to come away like oh i've met these three people i got these three contacts i love this guy and they're going to be another guy that comes away like people are like get this guy away from me because certain people have instincts dealing with other humans and certain people have instincts in a meeting certain people have instincts whatever you do i think it's no different with a play caller you just either have the instincts or you don't right like this is not a good time to call this play or there's a good time to set up this other play and obviously with experience you know hey setting these up in the first quarter will benefit me in the third quarter or benefit me when I want to call the one play

that they're going to bite on it's going to lead to an explosive play or a touchdown. That's a huge part about football. And some guys just don't have it. For whatever reason, I don't know, I'm not a coach, but I've just, we've seen it. Middlecough, any wrecks for your preferred streaming service for the NFL college?

graduating from illegal streams now that I'm post college. I appreciate that. I saw today a headline that one of the quote unquote big illegal streamers got shut down. So maybe that's why you're asking the question. I've just been on YouTube TV now for years. So listen, I pay for everything. It's probably unhealthy.

I mean, we got more apps yet I have less to watch besides sports than I've ever had. So when it comes to football and just TV, I've been a YouTube TV guy now for years. And it's incredible. Like when I travel, you can watch YouTube TV. when you're in a hotel. I recommend YouTube TV. Hey, it's us, the Jonas Brothers, and guess what? We have some big news.

What's the news, name? Huge news. We created our own podcast called, Hey Jonas. We invented a podcast? Well, we didn't invent it. We just contributed to it. We're the first people to do podcasts. Pretty, yeah, pretty wide range of podcasts.

We're starting a trend. But this one's extra special. So how do we actually come up with a name, Hey Jonas, guys? I honestly don't remember. I think it was on a call about what we should call it. And we were thinking I'm originally calling it one of the early names of our band before Jonas Brothers. This is how you guys remember it going down? Yes.

I have a very different memory of this. We were talking about a thing, a bit for the podcast, where people could call in and say, hey, Jonas. And then I wrote down on my little notepad, Hey Jonas, and offered it up as a potential title for the podcast. But thanks for remembering that, guys. Listen to Hey Jonas on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Just listen. We don't care where you hear it. Another podcast from some SNL late night comedy guy, not quite. Unhumor me with Robert Smygel and Friends. Me and hilarious guests from Bob Odenkirk to David Letterman

help make you funnier. This week, my guest, SNL's Mikey Day and head writer, Streeter Seidel, help an a cappella band with their between songs banter. Where does your group perform? We do some retirement homes. Those people are starving for banter. Listen to humor me with Robert Smigel and Friends on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The French Open is one of the toughest tests in tennis, and I know firsthand because I competed there myself. I'm Renee Stubbs, and on the Renee Stubbs Tennis podcast, I'm breaking down everything happening at Roland Garris. Every match, every upset, and what it really takes to win on clay. Jen Chinchin win.

I mean, she went down in three to Rabakina, but I'm delighted. She's an outsider to win the French for me. And she likes Clay. Listen, Lernerabakina is arguably the best player in the world right now and I actually can win on any surface. Because if she's serving, well, good luck. Consider this your court side seat to the French Open. Listen to the Renee Stubbs tennis podcast on the IHeart Radio app,

Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Presented by Capital One, founding partner of IHeart Women's Sports. Imagine an Olympics where doping is not only legal but encouraged. It's the enhanced games. Some call it grotesque. Others say it's unleashing human potential. Either way, the podcast's Superhuman documented it all, embedded in the games and with the athletes for a full year.

Within probably 10 days, I'd put on 10 pounds. I was having trouble stopping the muscle growth. Listen to Superhuman on the IHard Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Big Texas fan here, super fan of the game. Arch could possibly be a Ryan Tanny Hill type player, instead of Manning, just give it a thought. Ryan was a wide receiver,

and Arch might have those type traits. Yeah, I feel like Ryan Tanyhill threw the ball a little bit better than Arch. I feel like Ryan Tanyhill didn't have a great arm, but my concern with Arch is he doesn't throw the ball that well. It just doesn't look great. We'll see. Maybe it was just really nervous playing a great defense. I'm not going to bury the kid after one start against a top two or three team on the road.

defending national champs with unlimited football, you know, NFL players. But that to me is the biggest concern. I have no issue with the pick. People throw picks. You know, I have no issue with getting stuffed on a quarterback sneak. Football, it happens.

Do you see any similarities between Andy Reed and Spags like his time in Philly with the late great Jim Johnson? I think there are definitely some similarities. I think if you put Patrick Patrick Mahomes on those Eagles teams. I think Eagles win a couple of Super Bowls. So Donovan was a really good player, wasn't Patrick. So I think if you put Patrick with Jim Johnson and Andy Reid in 2002 and 2003 and 2004, 2005,

they probably win a Super Bowl or two, right? So Jim Johnson's elite. Spaggs learned under Jim Johnson. Now Spag is under Andy and they're elite on defense. So, yeah, I definitely see some traits there for similarities. I've been a Packer fan my whole life. You've lived a pretty good life then. I think this might be the year they returned to glory.

New number one wide receiver. Josh Jacobs. Parsons, eating double teams for Gary. I think they're definitely going to be really good. And, you know, Parsons motivated to prove Cowboys trading them was a mistake. Can he be like defensive player of the year? Get 20 plus sacks. Can Jordan Love have a big year?

Yeah, I don't think, I don't see. why I win in 12, 13 games isn't on the table and them, you know, in the mix to win the NFC. I don't think I wore enough sunscreen in Hawaii. I mean, my shoulders are peeling, my elbows are peeling, my face is like dry and itchy, top of my head's peeling off. I thought I did, but I guess I got to get a little more aggressive. You get older, your skin gets a little thinner. I used to be able to sit out in the sun.

It's probably not. It definitely wasn't healthy. But when I was young, I didn't even know what sunscreen was. I would just get so dark and tan. Now my skin peels off. My days in the sun might be over without wearing like bucket hats and long-sleeved shirts. I'm like a football coach. You know when you see those football coaches that you see highlights if you've ever been to an NFL or college practice?

You go out there. It could be, I mean, the peak of summer. Humidity in the South or like when I was at Fresno State would be 110 degrees. These coaches have long pants, long sleeves, bucket hats. smart move actually Hey John, big fan of the show. Question for the mailbag. I'm a Giants fan.

My family has had season tickets since the 60s. For the first time in a long time, I feel like there is optimism around the team. Yes, Joe Shane has made some head-scratching moves, but I think post-Saquan Barclay, he's actually learned from his mistakes and made some really good football decisions. Dayball can be a hot head,

but I do think he can coach, given what he did with DJ and 22. My question is this. Do you think they will get it? another year and what would you need to see if the team is truly going in the right direction and what would need to happen for that? I think this year will be rough because of the schedule and I do think that for better or worse, Dart will play a lot of football. It looks like by all accounts day ball is in love with Jackson and I can't help but think it would be a mistake.

I do think they're in a little bit of a predicament and this is a tough spot for dayball. I think this is why they made him the number two quarterback because they're probably not going to win nine or ten games. But we kind of think, like, I think that's some pretty good pieces. Good defensive line. I've dual cards. Got a chance to be a beast to go with Burns and Dexter Lawrence. I don't even think K-Bahn's that good, and they, for whatever reason, picked up a

fifth-year option. But if he could be like your fourth best defensive lineman, you're in pretty good shape. Offensively, I mean, neighbors is a monster. If they're running back grooms pretty good, the rookie last year and then Scataboo this year, to go along with Jackson Dart. It's going to be hard. This is where I do agree with like Paid Manning and everyone about the organizations fucking with young quarterbacks. There is no point to let Brian Dayball pick his quarterback, which he did.

Because if you watch the clips that came out of that draft room, Dayball clearly loved him and Joe Shane was in charge of making sure they landed Jackson darned for him. Why would you fire Daibald after a year? So you have to be okay with having a rough stretch. Now, if he wins like two games, it's going to be hard to justify. But if they can win six or seven, if Jackson can show some, I would say, promise. Yeah, I mean, I think Russell Wilson's leash couldn't be shorter. I give Russell Wilson over under three and a half games.

So I think what will have to happen is less about the wins and losses and more just like, how does Jackson Dart look? If Jackson Dart looks good with Brian Daibble, I think they would be in pretty good shape. Siriani deserves more credit. He doesn't pick the players, but he does make it work on the field. There are many stars on the team, and he keeps them rowing in the same direction. His style might look different, but he delivers results. Your thoughts.

I agree. I think, you know, Joe Torrey is a good example. Phil Jackson, I think does get a lot of credit, but I think we act like it's easy to coach Kobe and Jack, or Michael, or the Yankees, or some loaded team. obviously he has advantages. He has one of the best GMs that has a bunch of juice and a bunch of power. He has Fick Fangio. You know, when he had Shane Steichen or last year, Kellan Moore became a head coach.

I mean, he's two offensive coordinators became head coaches. But he is the guy that's in charge of like if Jalen Carter is acting up, you know, when a guy gets a DUI, well, Dom's kind of in charge of that. But you know what I mean? Like he's got to deal with these personalities. And when situations happen, last year that Brandon Graham, Jalen Hertz thing with AJ Brown like that's his problem

like ultimately how he can get involved but he's with those guys in the meeting he's with those guys on the practice field so yeah it's not it's not an easy job at all this is not one of those where like you couldn't fake it this long he definitely brings stuff to the table and he's clearly good at dealing with people

which is important you know because unlike that Brown's assistant GM that was like data points and the fucking robots it's like well Miles Garrett and Shador Sanders and, you know, Jerry, Judy, like, they ain't robots. They're human beings. It's always what baseball managers said.

It's so easy for the analytical guy to come to my office and hand me the lineup. And be like, well, this guy's had seven hits in the last two games. And he's, you benched them for this other guy because you like the matchup. Well, I have to tell him that. And the little nerd gets to go back upstairs. He's probably going to be replaced by AI here pretty soon. And I have to go interact with the first baseman and say that you're out of the line. lineup today. So it's like you can talk about data points and all this stuff, which again,

I'm not anti-data points, but like ultimately he's on Nick Siriani, even if, you know, the Eagles have a pretty big analytical group. It's on him to verbalize that to the players. So yeah, it's a tough job. Coaching in Philly is really, really hard. It's like coaching in SEC football team. It is difficult. Speaking of the SEC, we'll end on this. I know that people are saying Kaylon DuBore's job is in jeopardy after the loss of Florida State. But who could be doing a better job? I know coaching in the SEC requires a certain mindset and energy to be applied to your coaching practice, but he was honestly the best option in the country to replace Nick Sabin. Coming off a national championship appearance with Washington and years of success before that, I don't think there would have been a better

option. Sabin set the bar so high that it's almost impossible to live up to the same performance that he had for such a long period of time. Well, didn't they go after Steve Sarkese and he turned him down? I do think you could have argued, could they have hired Lane Kiffin? Would Nick Saban have okayed Lane Kiffin? At the time, I don't know. Maybe you wouldn't have. I think that's fair.

Lane new Alabama. Lane knows the SEC. I think Stark turned him down rightfully so. I would say at Texas as well. I do think if you look back, should Alabama have hired Lane Kiffin? And I do think there's a nice. undercurrent of, I don't know if, I know they act like they're close, but if Sabin was going to let

Lane replace him. I can't confirm that, but I can put enough pieces of the puzzle together to know, like, obviously Lane would have left Ole Miss for Alabama, but was that an option? Because clearly it wasn't or he'd be there. So I do think it's fair to go, couldn't we have hired Lane Kippen. But I'm with you. Like, who, there weren't that many options. I do understand a lot of these TikToks are going viral of the Alabama guys doing TikToks. I do think you could probably find guys on Georgia or Ohio State doing TikToks. I think the problem is, like, people have downtime. They go on their phone.

They do stupid shit. Yeah, I can't relate to a TikTok dance. I can't. But most 20-year-olds can. They do them. Nick Saban had guys, I'm sure they were on TikTok. You know what? You couldn't be late to a meeting.

You wouldn't have tapped out of a game. You wouldn't have got thrown around. So clearly whatever DeBoer's doing, Kalin DeBoer, sometimes say his name wrong, is just not working. He's proven he's a good coach. I do believe that in certain places, like, being a,

kind of an old school, A-hole works. Like, that's going to work with the New England Patriots. The Northeast. That works. That's what Belichick was. That's what Vrabel is. Gerard Mayo tried to be everyone's friend. It's not going to work.

Now, just to be an A-hole, to be an A-hole, is you got to know what you're talking about. So when Nick Saban screamed at everybody, they all knew a couple things. One, he obviously knows what he's talking about, look at his resume. And two, then he would just tell you what to do football-wise, it would work.

So whatever they're coaching these guys up to do is not working. Now, are they recruiting the right guys? I don't know. I don't know. I don't have the answers to this. But what we witnessed the other day against Florida State, and sometimes last year, was just pretty embarrassing.

and they're going to have some big games this year. We'll just, like, are they going to lose to LSU? Are they just going to get worked by these SEC teams? I don't know. I don't have the answer. I was a big believer in this guy. Something clearly is off. And sometimes, you know, you can set people up on a blind date and be like,

these guys are perfect for each other. You know, she's a lawyer, high achiever. He's an entrepreneur, businessman. They both similar intellectually, both good-looking people, or they're both into this or that and then it just doesn't work. You know, in theory, this really good coach, he's good at offense,

tough guy from the Midwest, should have a chance. He's won everywhere he's been. And it doesn't happen. Does it mean Kalin's some village idiot? No. Does it mean Alabama's a tough place to play? Of course it does.

But maybe like you're right, maybe no one could have replaced him. Maybe unless it was Kirby smart, Or Urban Meyer, or someone that, like, this notion, and listen, if Kalin were to get fired, which I still don't think is going to happen, but let's just say hypothetically, he gets fired. Everyone would hire John Gruden. Listen, I do believe John Gruden's going to get one of these jobs. But I also think we forget.

John Gruden got run out of Tampa at the end. It wasn't really going that great with the Raiders. You know, like, listen, he loves football, and when he talks about football, it's easy to kind of gravitate. like he's a great personality. John Madden was the same, but look at John Madden's resume when he was at the Raiders. He dominated.

John Gruden didn't win much since like 2004. Like, lost a lot. And with the Raiders, it was honestly pretty underwhelming. So this notion that like, okay, let's say, DeBore is fired tomorrow.

It's like, we'll go hire John Gruden. I'd rather have Lane Kiven. I'd be all over Lane Kiven. Knows the SEC and is winning. It's like if you can win 19 games in Ole Miss, you can't win national championships in Alabama. To me, Lane Kiffin should be the number one idea for if Florida flames out this year in Alabama. I would be all, and I don't think Alabama's going to open up, but I would be all over Lane Kiffin.

That being said, I do think Kirby Smart and Lane Kiffin are both going to be in the mix if Mike McDaniels flames out in Florida to replace. Because that owner's going to want a splashy coach. And I was like, who are the really splashy guys? guys in the NFL. Not going to be probably this cycle. But Lane Kiffin and Kirby Smart get some headlines. And whether they work or not, I don't know, but I get to see both those guys tired of dealing with the NIL. No rules. It's just, it's just chaotic. With the NFL's challenging, you've got to land a quarterback, you got to build a team, you got salary gap, you know, restrictions, but at least you know the rules. It's very black and white what you can and can't

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