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So I got to start. It's interesting. So I watched Joe Burrow this weekend. And I thought he was really, really good. you played with one rookie quarterback, Ryan Tannahill. And Ryan's had a nice career. I think Joe Burroughs probably a little more talented, maybe a lot more talented. But when you watched Ryan Tannahill as a rookie, go back and compare it to Burrow,

what did you see with Tanna Hill that you knew he would be able to win games? Like what were the tell signs? Well, you could just see how very athletic he was as a quarterback. And you could see that his ability to take off and run with the football, was there. The skill sets were there. He could throw the football really well, the way he stood in the pocket. His pocket presence was good, but he just didn't have, we didn't give him enough weapons, and he didn't have the experience yet. I think that, you know, he needed to be very successful early on. Obviously, he was coming from a different situation. I think he had only played quarterback

the position, like, for two or three years before he got drafted. So Joe Burrell is going to be better served in his position because he's a true quarterback. You know, I'm sure he's been played quarterback probably since he was a little kid. Yeah. But then we saw how his career and the spotlight started to emerge for him at LSU, where he was kind of thrust into the starting spot and really took advantage of the opportunity and had arguably one of the greatest college football seasons that we've ever seen, you know, in one year from a quarterback.

Everybody says they can handle criticism, but Bruce Ariens was kind of rough on Brady. Do you think in the deep recesses of his mind, Tom's thinking, bra, settle down. It's game one. What do you think Tom's thinking? I'm sure Tom is thinking exactly what you just said. Like, hold on, man, this is only game one. You know, it's not like they had a normal offseason, right? Everybody is dealing with, you know, these adverse conditions, right?

But, you know, we talk about this all the time on our cause football show. the teams that have continuity to have a returning quarterback, returning coach, returning, you know, system, those are going to be the teams that are better served to be successful this year. Tom Brady's coming from New England to Tampa, different environment, different teammates, different circumstances, and then you're asking him to go into New Orleans, the three-time NFC defending champs,

and to beat, you know, to beat the New Orleans Saints, which is hard for anybody to do. So I'm sure Tom Brady was like, yo, Bruce, like just chill out for a second, man. Like, it's going to get better at some point. Listen, it's become more of a wide receiver league. And it's become, you know, this game was always pound the football. It's not like that.

The quarterbacks move. The rules are different. Wide receivers matter more. OBJ is talented. But the grass isn't always greener. You know, he's getting four catches a game. In New York, he was getting six and a half, seven catches a game.

And this team's worse than the giant teams. And if you ever been in a locker room, and listen, I don't, I'm not being critical of pro athletes. If I was a wide receiver in the NFL, unlike the NBA, I'm probably playing for seven years. That's my prime. It's small. You can get OBJ's head injuries. Did you ever play with something? Because I think OBJ, this is a bad September, I think OBJ is about done with it in Cleveland.

He's about done with it because he's a super talent and he's disappearing. I mean, Reggie, he is disappearing in the NFL. Tell me what a player thinks when you're talented. You want to be a team guy, but your career is short. You're a star and you're not getting touches. What is it like? It's tough. And it feels like you got no place to go or you feel like there could be, you know,

no answer, you know, possibly for you because that's a tough situation to be in, especially for Odell, right? You got your way out of New York Giants. and he ended up in Cleveland where it looked like it was going to be a better situation for you, and then you go through one or two coaches, quarterback's not playing the way that you thought he would and you're not getting those same targets. That's why I agree with your statement. The grass isn't always greener.

Somebody else I think about Labion Bell. The grass was not greener for him. I thought that Labion Bell was in a perfect situation where he was in Pittsburgh. Now, obviously, he wished that they could have gotten the money right and the contracts right. but to your point, the grass is not always greener. And for Odell and for any other players that are in those situations, you kind of feel like your best years are being wasted. Yeah.

We talked about that today, even with Sequan Barkley, right? He had 15 carries for six yards. And, you know, the talk was, is Sequan Barclay, you know, washed up, is he overrated? And I don't think he's overrated. I just think that the nature of the beast, he's in a situation where it's out of his control how many times they give him the football. It's out of his control how many times.

they're going to call his number. Yeah. So I'm watching all these quarterbacks now. Kyler Murray's fascinating. 5-9 running around guy. And it's really, I was told Joy this. I think it was yesterday. I'm like, man,

quarterbacks are shapes and sizes now. They just some are like golf. They sit in the pocket. Kyler Murray's running around. Do you worry or think that Kyler Murray running around? Like, is that, a 12-year quarterback? I mean, what do you, when you see him, what do you see?

I see Russell Wilson when I see Kyle Murray. You think about Russell Wilson, he takes off and runs all the time. But he's very shifty, and he never takes the big hit. And so if you can be elusive enough, Rich Callumary is, you see how

short he is already, and he's very fast as well. Those kinds of players are some of the hardest players to tackle. You think about Darren Sproles, right? Darren Sproles, in space, out in the open was one of the hardest players, you know, for any defensive player to tackle. And so for Kyle Murray is the same thing. As long as he can get down, right? As long as he can protect himself, he will stay healthy. And it's literally that simple. But Russell Wilson,

to me, is the pinnacle, right? Because Russell Wilson, year and year out, he proves himself, you know, as a quarterback. But he also proves himself as a person that you can count on. You can count on him to be there. He's not going to get injured. He's not going to get banged up. And that's the same way I see for Kyle Murray. On the flip side, if you think about RG3, you know, Robert Griffin the 3, he took too many hits, right? And we see what happened with his situation. And so

it's all about protecting yourself as a quarterback, right? You live to fight another play. And I think, you know, we can even use examples like Cam Newton was a guy who took, I think, took too many hits as a quarterback. Yeah, no, no, I think Big Ben and Cam, because they were so big, Reggie, they kind of feel invincible. And then all of a sudden you wake up one day and Cam and Big Ben are limping around. It's like you just can't take 260 pound defensive ends banging on you. So the Big Ten, according to a story this morning, is going

to play. And I'm a big believer in social distancing. I'm a big believer in masks. But I also believe you should have the right to either go to school or go to college. And if you don't want, you shouldn't be penalized. But if you do want, you shouldn't be penalized. I think it is kind of you will. You do, but I do think you should opt out as an athlete. You don't get penalized. You don't lose your scali. That's my reaction to today's news. I'm happy for the Big Ten. Where's it land for you? I'm happy for the Big Ten because, for one, I think going forward, we need uniformity across college football. We cannot have three conferences playing football. And then you've got two other conferences that kind of left out there by themselves trying to

figure out a way to best handle and navigate through the coronavirus, which is, something none of us have experience in, right? But at the same time, college football, we're all in this together, right? We can't have three of our conferences playing and two other conferences that are trying to figure this thing out because there's too many great athletes amongst all these conferences. And they all deserve a shot, right? We just want to make sure we give them a fair and safe shot to play a football season. And so that's why I say we need uniformity, maybe one commissioner, maybe one medical doctor that's speaking for everybody instead of having all these differences in opinions

and then you see how things kind of unfolded to where we are right now, praying and hoping that the Big Ten does take off and then where we left with? We're left with now the Pac-12, you know, kind of looking up at everybody else. Yeah. By the way, I got to circle back to the NFL. So I watched a couple of teams this weekend

and most of the teams that I thought were good were good. Most of the teams I thought were bad were bad. And when you're on a team that's not good, you're trying to convince your, I'm watching the Giants last night. And I'm like, this isn't great. This is not great. And I'm watching, you know, I'm watching a couple of teams this weekend. And I'm like Cleveland. I'm like Cincinnati.

I'm like, this is probably not going to be great. When you're an NFL player, when are you finally realistic? Like, what week is it that you go, okay, we're not good? I would say that's probably about week five or six. You really know, okay, are we, you know, we one in five, are we, you know, one in four, are we three and two? Like, where do we stand? Are we two, even two and three, right?

But about week five or six, you really kind of know what kind of season you're in for. And I've been on both sides. I've been on the size where I was in New Orleans where, you know, we started off on fire winning every single game, and I was like, okay, we are going to be nice this year. And then I've been in other situations where I was in Miami or whether it was Buffalo or even Detroit, where we started off pretty bad and you just knew what kind of season you were in for. I'll never forget when I was in Miami.

I actually knew in training camp we weren't going to be that good because we had fights literally every single day. We had the same players showing up late almost every single day. and then they showed up on the football field. So players definitely know, though, everybody has that clock in their head when they know. And it's usually about week five. How depressing is that? Reggie knew in preseason it was over.

That's depressing. God, that's four months of hell. You got a beat on for a... Oh, God, Lord. Reggie Bush, good seeing you, bud. Yes, sir. Thank you, Colin. You bet.

Now the PAC 12 is going to be the only conference not playing it. It bums me out for USC because USC is the one national power that now won't play. There's about seven programs that are really national powers. And USC is the one sitting out there going, all right, we'd like to play. We can't. It's like, I said this years ago to somebody. I said USC should go independent. Just call UCLA Stanford Cal.

Say, we'll play our California partners. We got your back. We'll take care of you, the UC system. But we're going to go independent. We'll play Notre Dame every year. We'll go play Navy every year, a BYU, and we're going to go independent. Well, what about the swimming team? What about them?

I mean, USC football carries the program, carries all the athletic programs. I feel bad for some of these college football powers that pay all the bills for all the programs, and they're told no, sit in the sidelines. It's like, that's when you start thinking as an athletic director, what am I doing here? Why are we playing Oregon State? What's the value for me in this? Why am I playing in Washington State? Why am I playing Arizona?

What do I get out of this? 35 years, you get something out of it. I don't get anything out of it. That's where if I ran one of these big schools, like Ohio State, if they didn't play this year, you know, if I'm Ohio State, I'm like, Ohio State's brand, they can go independent. They can go into, Ohio State can go independent.

We're going to cut our sports down to 12, 11 programs, we're going to go independent, we're going to make our own schedule. If BYU can do it, Ohio State can do it. They can fill a stadium anywhere in the country. 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, 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 I-Hard Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. A win is a win. A win is a win. I don't care which I'm saying. Yep, that's me, Clipper Taylor the 4th.

You might have seen the skits, the reactions, my journey from basketball. basketball to college football or my career in sports media. Well, somewhere along the way, this platform became bigger than I ever imagined. And now I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Clifford Show. This is a place for raw, unfiltered conversations with some of your favorite athletes, creators, and voices that not only deserve to be heard, but celebrated. One week, I'll take you behind the scenes of the biggest moments in sports and entertainment, and the next we'll talk about life, mental health, purpose, and even music.

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Including a recent episode with Mark Lamont Hill, waxing all about crack in the 80s. To be clear, 84 is big to me, not just because of crack. I'm down to talk about crack on day, but just so y'all know. I mean, at this point, Mark, this is the second episode where we've discussed cracks. I'm starting to see that there's a through line. We also have AIDS on the table right now. Thank you for finishing that sentence. Yes.

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Turn on the news. This is the herd line news. Well, week one proved to be costly for some teams that lost some key players to injury. Cowboys tight end Blake Jarwin tore his ACL. He'll be out for the season. Linebacker Layton Van derrash is out six to eight weeks with a fractured collarbone. And offensive lineman Cam Irving will miss time with an MCL sprain. Colts running back Marlon Mack is out for the year with the torn Achilles.

Levy on Bell is expected to miss a couple weeks with the hamstring injury. George Kiddell returned to the 49er Sunday after a little scare, suffering a knee sprain, but he's questionable heading into week two. And there were quite a few other notable injuries. Tranquil, the Chargers linebacker is likely out for the year with a broken ankle. Bengals guard Xavier Suafilo is going to miss a couple weeks with an ankle injury really big for the Bengals. And Joe Burrow, Eagles, defensive end Vinnie Curry will miss time with a hamstring injury. And David and Joku from the Browns is on IR with a knee injury.

he can return in three weeks. So pretty significant amount of injuries around the league for week one. So Jamal Adams has gone. C.J. Mosley's hurt. Lavian Bell's hurt. Sam Darnold once again is a life preserver. That organization is. It's something.

It's pretty remarkable. That was a bad Sunday for the deaths. Think about all the help. Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, get my guy Sammy Darnold's out there on a little dingy in the middle of the ocean and he doesn't have any rows or any. There are any ores.

This league is so unfair. Well, I mean, it matters where you go. That's why I don't get excited about the Jets. I mean, I like, I'm done. I like, are you done? I'm done. You know what? You said you're done.

You said you're done. Gambling on the Falcons. Two teams I'm not betting the rest of the year. Atlanta Jets, I'm out. Stop me, scold me. I told you. Punch me in the forehead. I will be the gatekeeper.

I'll be the gatekeeper. I'm not, I'm not betting the Falcons or the Jets. or the Jets the rest of the year. I am done with them emotionally. I'm done in it's week one. Goulet, how many weeks does this Falcons thing last? No, no. Because I'm guessing that it goes two weeks.

This feels a lot like the coffee thing. Remember that time you quit coffee? First of all, I didn't quit coffee. I quit going and buying coffee at overpriced retail outlets. You said that on a Monday. You bought coffee again on Thursday. I don't even think it was that long. I have a caffeine addiction.

Don't make fun of people. Well, really, really. rough start to the into the NFL season for some teams. So hopefully they'll get some of those guys back. So Tom Brady and Cam Newton switched teams this season and fans rushed out to get their new jerseys. According to Fanatics, the two top the list for the most jersey sales heading into week one with Brady barely beating out his successor in New England.

How's Nick Bosa five? That's a lot for an edge rusher. Yeah, I mean, 49ers. I guess. Fans pretty strong. Brady Cam. The Holmes, Lamar. The top four do not surprise me.

I'm going to tell you something. I'll make a prediction here. By the way, once again, who's disrespected? Russell Wilson. Yeah. Russell Wilson never had an MVP vote. Russell Wilson literally throws a no-hitter. Nick Bosa has sold more jerseys than Russell Wilson.

I mean, at some point, the league should be appalled by how they treat Russell Wilson. I mean, that's those are, that's fans. That's on fans. They're the ones buying the jerseys. If you're a fan, you already have a Seahawks number three jersey. Yeah. All those other players are relatively new or a new team. Yeah.

So the Tom Brady is usually the top of like merchandise sales, but that's not limited to just jerseys. This is specifically Jersey. So it's not surprising to me that Tom Brady and Cam Newton are the top of the jersey sales. Didn't you think it was kind of amazing? Like we always know LeBron has like like Michael Jordan moved the TV ratings. Tiger Woods moved the TV ratings. LeBron moves the TV ratings.

Boy, Brady moves the TV ratings, too. Like, I always knew he was popular, but he's not polarizing. I didn't think it was polarizing. Brady moved the damn rating this weekend. Oh, I think Brady's very polarizing. You think so? Sure. What's polarizing about him?

Patriots, Death Star, Belichick, SpyGate Gate, deflategate. That's not his fault. Six championships. Yeah, no, they're for sure. Oh, yeah. He is definitely polarizing. Apparently, excellence is polarizing. It is.

It is, but he is, he definitely invokes a bit of raid. I no longer am in that camp, but for a long time, yeah. And you're petty. I'm very petty. And you're over it. Well, I'm just over it because I, I don't want to be the person. And I'm in this, this camp with LeBron James as well. I don't want to be the person who didn't enjoy greatness while we had it.

Thank you. So I've suffered through the pain and the agony. And now I'm just going to experience it and enjoy watching it. I'm not rooting it any other way, but I just, I don't want to be. the person that takes that for granted. So the Clippers are facing elimination today against the Nuggets after blowing double-digit leads in the last two games. Doc Rivers says there's no secret why they've struggled recently. The Nuggets are shooting over 60% in both second halves, making a ton of trips to the free-thru-line as well.

But going to into game seven, he's focusing on getting the Clippers back to basics. I'm going to say, let's go win. There's no. Ror-Ros features are very overrated, Dan. They last about three minutes, and you come running out and you're fired up. And three minutes later, you got to focus on playing basketball. So there's no like secret speech. You know, that's where, you know, the movies.

Hoosiers. It's about playing basketball, manning out, moving the ball, doing all the things that we can do. Heats win game one, Clippers win game seven. Nice night of basketball for everyone tonight. You know what? I like Eric Spolstra. Did I tell you my Eric Spolstra moment? No.

So I always thought Eric Spolster was underrated. I really like him as a coach. And apparently, so one time I'm in Hawaii with Ann, and I'm going to, so I didn't even see him. So we're walking by. And Anne goes, there's that handsome coach for LeBron's team. And I'm like, oh, hell, it's. Anna's always spotting everybody. Yeah.

And I was like, she's great with that. How did you know that? So I walked over and I said, I do that. I said, listen, I don't want to bother you. I just want to say, hi. I want to acknowledge that my wife. And he goes, oh, come over here. He goes, my dad loves listening to you.

He goes, I can't. I'm too damn busy. But he goes, my dad says you're saying nice stuff about me all the time. And I was like, well, you're great. And he's really an engaging guy. Yes, that was great. But I never thought Spolstra got the love he deserved because LeBron and Wade and Bosch were so great. The guy can flat out coach.

They disassembled Milwaukee's offense. He is a great coach. And they swept the Pacers. Like Popovich is great, but he got credit. And Kerr's great. And he's getting credit. Spolster is great and he's getting Brad Stevens gets credit. Spolster

is the last coach in the league that we have to acknowledge. Dude can flat coach. Well, part of Spolster not getting credit, I think, is Pat Riley. That's right. This presence that, you know, looms over the organization as he should. He's the godfather. That plays a role in it. That's, not spying on people in Hawaii bars, but it was a nice moment for a

Spolster and I connected. That's a good story. And he was just married at the time, I think. Yeah, they have a, I think, two kids now. Yeah, no, they've just gotten married. Yeah. Joy with the news. Well, that's the news.

And thanks for stopping by. The Hurd-Lie News. Yeah, same thing with Russell Wilson. Pete Carroll's a legend, Marshaun Lynch, Legion of Doom, and the great player in the middle, nobody gives him credit for. And it's like, that's kind of spolstra. I got Riley up there.

I got Wade. I got LeBron. Everybody's like, no, no, no, no. This guy, he's coach of the year. And again, why don't we wait to the playoffs or over to give these stupid awards out? It's a regular season award. Yeah, but that doesn't mean anything. The NBA doesn't matter in the regular season.

Seating doesn't even matter. I'm just saying that's why they do it because it's supposed to be a regular season award. Does any sport get this right? Does any sport vote on the awards after the whole thing's wrapped up? Does anybody do this right? The only reason we watch sports is for like the big games. You have like the finals MVP and the Super Bowl MVP. So there's an additional honor for the highest level of competition.

But I just, and then by the way, then they announced. it like a month after the season. Yeah, I mean, they should announce it earlier. That's for sure. You know what? There should be just one guy in America that is just the commissioner of all sports. I nominate myself. You're just going to make all the rules.

Let's get this crap figured out. There's just a lot of nonsense going on. You do have good ideas. Yeah. All right. Coming up next, what do we got? Oh, oh, it's my quarterback head coach debut report cards. Be sure to catch live editions of the herd weekdays in noon Eastern, 9 a.m.

Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, FS1, and the I-Hard Radio app. 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 I-Hard Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. A win is a win. A win is a win. I don't care what you're saying. Yep, that's me,

Clifford Taylor the 4th. You might have seen the skits, the reactions, my journey from basketball to college football, or my career in sports media. Well, somewhere along the way, this platform became bigger than I ever imagined. And now I'm bringing all of that excitement

to my brand new podcast, The Clifford Show. This is a place for raw, unfiltered conversations with some of your favorite athletes, creators, and voices that not only deserve to be heard, but celebrated. One week I'll take you behind the scenes of the biggest moments in sports and entertainment

and the next we'll talk about life, mental health, purpose, and even music. The Clifford Show isn't just a podcast, it's a space for honest conversations, stories that don't always get told, and for people who are chasing something bigger. So if you've ever supported me or you're just chasing down a dream, this is right where you need to be. Listen to the Clifford Show on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more behind the scenes, follow at Clifford and and at TikTok Podcast Network on TikTok.

Do you remember when Diana Ross double-tap Little Kim's boobs at the VMAs? Or when Kanye said that George Bush didn't like black people. I know what you're thinking. What the hell does George Bush got to do with Little Kim? Well, you can find out on the Look Back at it podcast. I'm Sam J. And I'm Alex English. Each episode, we pick a here, unpack what went down,

and try to make sense of how we survived it. Including a recent episode with Mark Lamont Hill waxing all about crack in the 80s. To be clear, 84 is big to me, not just because of crack. I'm down to talk about crack all day, but just so y'all know. I mean, at this point, Mark, this is the second episode where we've discussed crack. So I'm starting to see that there's a through line. We also have AIDS on the table right now.

Thank you for finishing that sentence. Yes. I don't think there's a more important year for black people. Really? Yeah. For me, it's one of the most important years for black people in American history. Listen to look back at it on the IHeart Radio app, Apple. podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

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as we have real conversations about healing, growth, fatherhood, pressure, and purpose on my new podcast, learn the hard way. Open your free. iHeartRadio app search learn the hard way and listen now week one officially in the books and i thought it's time for report cards now gulay gives me crap because he said i'm a very lenient teacher in the books i don't like to be a buzzkill week one i want my students to feel good about them you're the teacher everyone tries to get because it's an easy grade well

you're the teacher nobody wants to have because um you don't have good hygiene okay that's i'd rather to be me. This is the guy who quit shaving this week. Okay, let's go, Joey. Let's go on our report card. All right, Professor Colin. What grade are you giving Tom Brady? B-minus.

He's getting into a bad habit of pick sixes. Now, Mike Evans was recovering from a hamstring injury. Leonard Fernett is not fully ready to go. They're going to look really good this week against Carolina's defense. But he is getting into, he's thrown a pick six in three consecutive games. So it is, listen, we just got rid of that guy. It's called James Winston. So like, let's get out of that space.

I thought this was a really, really bad throw. That's a bad throw. B minus. Being very kind, week one. All right. What grade are you giving Teddy Bridgewater? I feel harsh, B minus. The Raiders defense is awful.

You're at home. You got to win that football game. You got, you got really good weapons. You got to win that football. Now, he did hit Robbie Anderson for Teddy Bridgewater's longest touchdown pass since his rookie year. but to me you're at home you got Christian McCaffrey you know here's an earth thing and I like and I'm a Teddy Bridgewater supporter you are you got to call a time out and tell Matt Ruhl we're not running that stupid fullback dive I would just say no we're not doing it

you've been in this league long enough that's a rookie head coach you just say we're not running that play I got Christian McCaffrey I'm not giving it to some guy who may not be on the squad in eight weeks What grade are you giving Joe Burrow? B-plus. I thought he looked good. So he throws a terrible interception. Following drive immediately after that. 8 of 11, 70 yards, 7 rush yards.

His best drive of the day was after his biggest mistake. That shows maturity, resilience, toughness. I thought Joe Burrow looked really, really good. And he also, he's a little bigger. It's like he looks about 10, 12 pounds of just, weight room stuff. He looked big and capable. Professor Colin, what grade are you giving Joe Judge? Giants coach D. A lot of bad. First of all, they couldn't run the football at all.

29 rushing yards. Fewest of any team week one. They also committed a delay a game and a fourth and one. First drive of the game. First drive of the game. You've got to delay a game. You can't have 12 play scripted. I mean, come on now. You know, I just the Jets and the Giants did not look well coached early on. What great does Mike McCarthy get this week? They weren't terrible. C-minus. I would say this.

Three points on six drives in the second half. Great coaches are good after intermission. They also went for it in a fourth and three late in the game. They could have tied it up. That's kind of situational football. I do like coaches that go for it. But I want to be pretty hard on coaches. One of the things I like about Pete Carroll,

his teams are very good in the second half. Belichick's team very good in the second half. Come on. You can't have DAC. and Zeke and that old line and Amari and C.D. Lamb and Mike Gallup. And give me three points. Dak is better than three points against that defense. What grade are you giving Cam Newton?

A minus. I mean, I didn't ask a ton of him through the air, but I thought to walk in. Folks, he just got there. 15 to 19, led the Patriots in rushing. This was one of my concerns. This is not an easy offense. This is a complex offense with a lot of variables, a lot of looks, a lot of lot of sets, a lot of movement.

He figured it out quick. I'm not sure. By the way, that Jared Stidham is the next blobbitty, blahbony. That thing's over, right? Oh, my God. What Jared Stidham is on? I forgot about that, actually. Well, what happened to that thing?

Anyway. That was the dumbest story of the half off season. What grade for Matt Rule? C minus. Lucky, I don't flunk him out of the class. That play call, have the ball, minute 26, at home. You hand off to a fullback and fourth and one with Christian McCaffrey. That, by the way, you do realize here, this is a home game for a West Coast team early start time.

You've got to go for it. First of all, when you're a rookie coach at your first game, you got some leeway. If you go for it and you try to throw them a, you know, you do something clever and you don't get it. People are going to say, well, Matt Rule is a college guy, he's clever, he's out of the box. That looks like 1974 NFL football. Matt Rule, that's not who you are. They didn't hire you to do that. I can hire a John Fox to do that.

What grade are you giving Ron Rivera? Highest of the weekend, A-plus. Guy got an IV at halftime. 17-point deficit of 14 quarterback hits on Carson Wentz. He's always been a good defensive coach. But you know what? That's as impressive a thing as the Washington football team has done after a chaotic offseason of nonsense.

I mean, stuff inside the organization. You got Dwayne Haskins who played a very good second half. That is an A-plus coaching job by Ron. And he's got to root for. What great are you giving Phillip Rivers? Let's slow down on the Phillip Rivers Hague. See, they asked him Joy to throw 46 times. He threw 363 passes or 363 yards.

Now, that would have been something. He also lost Marlon Mack. So they didn't have any running game. You cannot ask a quarterback to throw 40, 45 times and then chew him out because he throws a pick. You don't even want my homes throwing that many times. That's ridiculous. So I give him a C.

Finally, Professor Colin, what grade are you giving Kevin Stefanski? D. I don't want to hear about no preseason. Okay, first quarters mean a lot. Joe Judge had a bad first quarter. Adam Gase had a bad first quarter. Kevin Stephansky had a bad first quarter. I don't expect Cleveland to beat Baltimore.

But you got to come out in your first 12 plays offensively. the ball and look organized and not have penalties and turnovers. Not good. I got to tell you, I'm not into firing coaches and he's safe, but I'm dead serious on this. Adam Gase, look at their schedule. They're one in five. I'm not sure it's not time to make the move. He can't get along with anybody.

I don't love firing coaches midseason, but I don't know. Greg Williams, not a bad interim. That's a consistent disaster. That's true, though. Boost your healthy testosterone, burn fat try. M Drive, boost, and burn, lean muscle. What a good Tuesday. See you tomorrow.

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