The Herd with Colin Cowherd - What's Wright - Nick Wright GOES OFF on Lakers "fake" NBA Bubble title, NFL Hall of Fame BOLD PREDICTIONS

Episode Date: July 31, 2025

Nick Wright reflects on the NBA Bubble, the Los Angeles Lakers title, and what it meant for LeBron James’ legacy. Then, Nick previews the return of NFL football with the Hall of Fame Game between the Los Angeles Chargers and the Detroit Lions, and debates which current NFL stars are future locks for the Hall of Fame. Later, Nick addresses the Cleveland Browns' quarterback competition and shares why he believes Shedeur Sanders must start at some point. #VolumeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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It'll be great. I won't miss any podcasts. We'll be back on the air on Tuesday with a regularly scheduled pod. And today we have a ton we're going to get to. I have to help out my buddy, Daryl Morey, because he is being misaggregated a bit. And so we will discuss, however, the comments, he did make the comments. He's not being misquoted, but they are being slightly misconstrued. We will get to that.

Also, Hall of Fame game tonight. So who are the no doubt Hall of Famers playing when you got to keep in mind making the NFL Hall of Fame? It's the hardest Hall of Fame to make. And so it's fewer people than you think. And that actually, when we do that, that's one that you guys, if you're watching live on YouTube and like, rate, subscribe, review on YouTube, Spotify, iTunes, all that stuff. If you're watching live on YouTube, you can help along because we'll go team by team.

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The NBA wants to expand a European footprint over the next few years. And I'm not saying that's because they might be dealing with, you know, a different front of a competitive basketball league war. and they want to stake out some ground, but they might be. Also, I'm not going to get too been out of shape over front office sports exclusive, which was what we told you guys on Tuesday about that. What I said on TV on Monday and then on this show on Tuesday about the Maverick, LeBron, Joker's agents meeting that it was not about LeBron playing for the Nuggets.

It was about the league that Maverick is attempting. to put together. That's fine. You know what I mean? They got some details in it that I didn't not, that I was not, you know, able to share. So there's no issue there. But that is a real thing. And that is something unequivocally to watch. Also evidently Cam Ward, DeMonze, your guy called the Titans offense very mid. I've also decided Cam Ward your guy. I just feel like he's in. Yeah, I just feel like. Yeah. I think he's your guy. And evidently, Tom Cruise and Honaday armas are dating i i love tom cruise i'm not as familiar with anna da armas uh good for them i wish them nothing but happiness um all right before we get to darrell morey's actual comments what he

actually meant and for the one millionth time relitigating the bubble there was a story yesterday that was in the sports world de monse that i don't want to give myself too much credit but i think i might be the best person in the world to discuss this topic. And that was Gilbert Arenas, along with five alleged Israeli gangsters, getting hemmed up by the feds for running an illegal Southern California poker game. So I am going to be,

and maybe even take De Manze off the screen for this, because I want to be very, careful with what I say here, but I also feel like I have real insight, some of which I can share, some of which I can't, and just people that watch and listen to the pod, you know, I owe you honesty, and I also try to educate as best as I can. So I know Gilbert's already, you know, made bail. And I think if you read that, again, if you didn't read the story, it is, the allegation is very simple, that there was a high stakes poker game in Southern California at a house

Gilbert rented. They took a rake. If people don't know how, you know, private games work, you know, a rake is the house is cut out of every hand. So it is, it is totally legal. If me and everyone involved in this pod came over to our house in New York and we played poker for $10 a man or for $10,000 or a million dollars a man, that's actually totally legal.

There is nothing illegal about playing card game with friends or associates for any amount of stakes as long as you don't take a rake. moment the house starts taking a cut it becomes by literal definition any illegal gambling operation um so that is what they are attempting in theory to get gilbert and these five is really again alleged gangsters for all right now the story also probably sounds if you read it a little more sorted because it's like there also were, you know, women at the games who would be waitresses plus masseuses and then the allegation heavily implies also sex workers. So here's why I'm talking about any of this.

Illegal private card games with a rake and with potentially some, sex workers involved are a dime a dozen at any given night in New York City there's at least 20 going on for real money on any given night in Southern California there's at least 30 going on for real money and they all fit this exact description catered food a level of, you know, for those who that's their thing, potential sex work, real money on the table, and the house taking a big cut. And these are, also, there are a couple app games that, where people are raking tens of thousands of dollars a month, okay? And this is not new. And this is not news.

And this also, and this is where I would be a little anxious, and I know his latest post made it seem like he is not, where I would be a little anxious if I were Gilbert. These are not things the feds tend to care about. Now, occasionally, these games get shut down by the DEA because security or somebody there is dealing drugs. and occasionally these get shut down because the sex work component gets raises to the level where people are worried about exploitation. But as far as the actual illegal gambling operation, it's not usually something that the feds are interested in.

so the fact that they were leads me to think there is somebody one of these other you know alleged co-conspirators or somebody above one of them that they are hoping to get some information on and so i am here to tell you my call it semi-educated opinion is Gilbert's path out of this is going to be an uncomfortable one

because I don't think the feds really want Gilbert Arenas to go to jail for allegedly renting a house and part where a big card game was playing I think the feds probably want to know about the other people involved. That's a tricky spot. And so I saw Gilbert's post today.

I'm glad he's out. I also think Gilbert has done a really cool job post career of building a new career. And obviously his son, who was dealt with some injuries, you know, and some scary stuff, but as a star basketball player, Gilbert seems to have a ton of great stuff going for him. I do not think this story is anywhere close to being over, and I don't think we can revisit it. They said trial set for September. Wonder if it ever gets to trial.

I don't think that this is going to be a simple, oh, all right, slap on the wrist situation. And so I would be, I'd be, I'm a little nervous talking about. it um but again there is there's some there's some target from the federal government involved in this and it ain't no chill gill for running a card game allegedly i promise you that but they clearly think he can help not the spot you want to be in so i i will say one other other one other thing to monzae and then all because this obviously was going around all of the you know gambling groups you know this story whatever and somebody somebody that you know what i apologize i'm not going to tell this little anecdote i'm not going to i'll tell i'll maybe tell you off the air um okay but it was there were if you're a if you're a low put it like this if you're a gambler and you read the people who got arrested gilbert wasn't the only name that you were like oh wow so they got him like there there

there was it was so it's i just i think there and i also think there's probably some people other than gilbert they're a little anxious right now in that southern california home game scene all right now let's get to act more things i'm an expert in which is LeBron James Championships. Go ahead. 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, well, 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.

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And it's still a huge debate on its legitness. Darryl said, in quote, everyone I speak to around the league privately agrees that it doesn't truly hold up as a genuine championship. Looking back, how would you measure the bubble championship? Okay, so first, let me help out my pal Daryl because I was shocked when I read this quote, because Daryl has publicly many times talked about how legit he finds that championship to be and how hard it was. And so when I saw it's one thing for, you know, Legion hoops or whatever, one of these kind of fake aggregators to post a quote. It's another thing for ESPN, their social team to post, you know, in quotes, everyone I speak to around the league privately agrees that it doesn't truly hold up as a genuine championship with the source being the athletic.

So I'm going to read you, so I reached out to Daryl and not surprisingly, he explained to me what I thought was going to be the case, which is while he wasn't misquoted, it is being misinterpreted. So I'll read you the full quote and clarify, but then I'll also give you my thoughts on what everybody seems to think. All right. Daryl says, quote, had the Rockets won the title, I absolutely would have seen. celebrated it as legitimate, knowing the immense effort and resilience required. Yet, everyone I speak to around the league privately agrees that it doesn't truly hold up as a genuine championship. Pause for a moment. The privately agrees is what is tripping people up.

He is saying everyone he talks to agrees amongst themselves. Like he is the outlier that says, this, was an amazing accomplishment, but everybody else says not so much. Where people are saying, and I actually understand why people are confused, they are reading it as everyone privately agrees with me. He's saying everyone privately agrees with each other. And so just to, and again, Daryl is my pal, but I also, you know, he deserves to have his actual opinion out there correctly.

he then went on say perhaps lasting legacy of the NBA bubble is that the NBA should be proud of its leadership at both the beginning and the end of pandemic, even though the champion will forever be marked by an asterisk. And he again is saying there, because that's the way seemingly everyone else feels. And so here is, I said to you guys a couple months ago that the vast majority of NBA myths fall into one of two categories, not all, but the last majority of the NBA myths, the vast majority. Category one is uplifting Michael Jordan, and category two is tearing down LeBron James. And there is no greater example of that than the revisionist history on the goddog bubble.

So here is the accurate timeline of the Los Angeles Lakers winning the 2020. NBA championship. Okay. In 2018, LeBron James was universally hailed as by a wide margin, the best player in the NBA, dragging a Cleveland Cavalier team

to the NBA finals with a playoff run that had an all-time record eight 40-point games two true buzzer beaters, two game seven victories, one of which on the road, and what some consider the single greatest individual performance any players ever had, 51, 8, and 8 in game one of the 2018 NBA finals, where with no other, because Kevin Love was not, was, had gotten banged up at the end of the Celtic series

with no one around him against Steph, KD, Clay, Dremont. That's who LeBron was in 2018. In 2019, he goes to the Los Angeles Lakers, who were in the midst of the worst half-decade stretch in the history of their franchise, and is playing a game on Christmas Day when they are a top for as drugged that team to a top four seed in the west and suffers the first major injury of his career but at that moment there was still no argument and no debate over who

the best player in the world was that off season they acquire anthony davis and instantly become the best player the best team in the league that laker team pre-pandemic pre-bubble, pre-everything, with AD, started the year 24 and 3, was running rough shot over everyone. LeBron James was the leading NBA MVP candidate, and they were the favorite to win the championship pre-pandemic. So what we had was The Lakers had the best record in basketball

The Lakers had the best player in basketball The Lakers had made the biggest trade An acquisition of any team That offseason with respect to what the Clippers had done And they were the favorites to win the championship The season then shuts down post shutdown, right before the shutdown, Janice had, you know, really gone on an unbelievable run,

and the NBA MVP debate came down to two guys. Janice or LeBron, with Hardin kind of lurking because Hardin had made the Key and Westbrook thing work, and that team seemed dangerous. and then we get to the bubble and there is no home court which penalized two teams more than any, which were the two teams that had earned home court advantage. LeBron's team and Janice's team. LeBron's team which won the West by four games and Janice's team, which won the East by four games,

and Janice's team which won the East by four games. games and then the bubble happens and the playoff bracket is set and every single potential pitfall or matchup that people are convinced is a bad matchup or the toughest possible path hits the Lakers. we can now pretend it did not happen but Dame and Portland were the scary team that nobody wanted to face in round one

and the Lakers drew them with no home court advantage and after losing game one dispatched of them in five then the Rockets with the one year Hardin and Westbrook work that Rockets team with James Hardin being third an MVP voting that year and Russ, the last actually really good season of his career, at least that involved winning.

It's round two. The Lakers get the Rockets and they lose game one and then dispatch of them in five. And then you get the Denver Nuggets with a healthy Jamal Murray. who would not lose another playoff series with a healthy Jamal Murray for years. And Anthony Davis plays the best basketball of his life. LeBron James in a closeout game goes 38, 16, and 10, and they dispatch of the nuggets in five. And then in the NBA finals, oh, they get a fluke of a team.

that definitely wouldn't have made the finals if not for the bubble. The Miami Heat, who responded, by the way, to that finals trip, by two years later making game seven of the conference finals, and the year after that, making the NBA finals again. And in those finals, LeBron James plays close to perfect basketball, reminding people once again that he's still the best player in the world when he averaged 30, 12, and 9 on 5942 splits.

To finish off a playoff run, where again, the best player in the world, LeBron James averaged for the postseason 28, 11, and nine on 56% from the field. That team won the championship. And then how did they defend their title when the bubble was done? The next season, they started 21 and 6. Well, they, I mean, they started actually 11 and 3. and they had the best record in basketball or in the Western Conference,

it was maybe the Western Conference or basketball, the day Solomon Hill stumbled into LeBron's ankle and he got hurt. So before the pandemic, they were the best team in the league with the best player in the league. During the pandemic, they had their home court advantage they had earned taken from them and got what people were calling at the time a nightmare path. Dame in round one, Hardin and Russ in round two, Joker and Jamal Murray in round three,

and dust them all in five. In the finals, people think, oh, they got lucky. They don't have to face Janus. They don't have to face, I think Toronto was actually the two seed that year. That would have been no problem. and they got this fluke of a team in Miami, except for the fact that Miami, a couple years later, beat Milwaukee again

and came within a jump shot of going back to the finals, and then the next year did go back to the finals. And the best player in the world played peak basketball, and then the next season, they start 21 and 6. The idea that the wrong champion was crowned, The idea that that was an easy or fraudulent or lesser path when the only basketball, tangible basketball thing that was altered was no one had home court. And so the only tangible damage that was done to any of the teams were the teams that would have had home court throughout.

And that was the Los Angeles Lakers. And every single person watching knows that if the Milwaukee Bucks, who were the one seed and had the league MVP, it's like the Lakers who were the one seed and had the second or the runner up for league MVP, if the Bucks had won that title, there's not a person in the world that would be like fake title. if the i don't even know if the warriors made the playoffs that year i don't think they did um certainly though if the clippers with kawai and paul george instead of absolutely mortifyingly folding against denver had won the title no one be calling it a fake title because ultimately that discussion is not about how real or fake a title is,

that discussion is about dis, either dislike or jealousy of LeBron James. And now our chat says, 79% say yes, the bubble title is legit. Our chat probably skews a little LeBron and Laker fan heavy. But you cannot say that, the team with the best record and the best player in the world with a very difficult path

who again, the team they beat in the conference finals validated their appearance there by winning a championship a couple years later. The team they beat in the NBA finals validated their appearance there by making the finals a couple years later. You cannot argue. And then they validated it themselves by being an awesome team the next year before brawn got hurt it's just such horseshit and deep down everybody knows it what's up horse crap is funny uh but yeah i saw it in the rundown last night you went on the rant but i uh i instantly thought like how many of those people that say that it wasn't legitimate just don't like lebron and it's funny that that was like that was the of course i mean that's all it is you can't

everybody knows, everybody knows that if the Clippers, who was everyone's team of the flavor of the month that year, and Kauai had won the title, no one would be saying it doesn't count. And everybody knows if Janice had won the title, because those were the next two favorites. It was Lakers, Bucks, Clippers were the favorites. kind of all year had won the title.

No one would be saying it didn't count. It's just so stupid. Just so incredibly. Yeah, the only real factor is the calm court advantage, but that obviously goes both ways. But it goes both ways, but it hurts the team that's damaged by it is the top seed. Yeah. Like that's the, and so it just such utter silliness. All right.

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We invented a podcast? Well, we didn't invent it. We just contributed. The first people to do podcasts. Pretty, yeah, pretty wide range of podcasts throughout there. But this one's extra special. So how did 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 helped make you funnier. This week, my guest, S&L's Mikey Day and headwriter, Streeter Seidel, help an a cappella band with their between songs banter. Where does your group perform? We do some retirement homes.

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Jenchian went. 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. 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. Last night, a blown call changed a game. This morning, the internet lost its mind. Highlights are trending, opinions are flying, and nobody's telling you exactly what happened. That's where Sports Slice comes in. I'm Timbo. Every episode, we're cutting through the noise,

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and the TikTok podcast network on TikTok. All right, DeMonse, let's keep going. Preseason is here tonight, starting off of the Hall of Fame game with the Chargers and Lions. Trey Lance is going to be starting for L.A. while your guys number five ranked quarterback is watching from the sideline. Which would you rather discuss? Danny Parkins' quarterback rankings or the game itself? Well, there's not much to discuss with the game itself, except Trey Lantz did have, if you remember,

an all-time preseason game last year, I think. Do you the I'm trying to pull it up real quick. The he. Gosh darn it. Can say that maybe one of the producers can get it for me. I the he had a preseason game where I think he had five turnovers and like 400 yards. It was. The.

The. It was. Yeah. I mean, it was the. Here we go. I've got to. it right here. Tray Lance played all 93. Gosh darn it. Traylan, I can't, I'm not signing up for the Shreveport Bossier City Advocate. Listen, I do support local news, but I can't pay for the Shreveport Basie

advocate just to get this Tray Lance info. Um, he is 33 for 49, 323 yards, one touchdown, five interceptions. Yeah, and I, there we go. Thank you guys. And I also think he had like a hundred yards rushing. He had 90 yards. So he had he had 413 total yards two touchdowns, five picks, played every snap. It was just a tour to force game. So that part is actually kind of exciting to see what he does today. But Danny's quarterback rankings are just an abomination. And it just begs the question, why is why do we play the game? games if they're not going to count. And again, they are, I might be being a little harsh because the rankings are actually,

Danny's rankings go, Mahomes, Allen, Burrow, Lamar, Herbert, Stafford, Jaden, Gough, Baker, Hertz. So here's the, when I say they're an abomination, here's what I mean. Or here's, here's what's unfair about that. if he simply flipped Hertz and Herbert, there are a totally legitimate ranking. And that's not, I'm not saying that's how I would have it,

one through 10. But if it went, Mahomes, Allen, Burrow, Lamar, Hertz, Stafford, Jaden,

Gough, Baker, Herbert, that's fine. Like, there's nothing crazy about that. But having Justin Herbert ahead of Matt Stafford, Jaden Daniels, Jared,

Gough, Baker, Mayfield, and Jalen Hertz, for nothing other than vibes. It's just, it's just ridiculous. And, that's pretty good. So the,

now you, DeMonte, do you have an issue with people who put Burrow ahead of Lamar? I, I could see those. I can flip those on any given day, I feel like.

So, I can pull Lamar before, before Burrow. I'm also not mad at Burrow being before Lamar. I'm not mad at Burrow being before Lamar. I'm not mad at Burrow being. ahead of Lamar. However, again, my job on this pod is to just be sports, the sports world, Razal Ghul and, you know, create balance in the world where there otherwise isn't. Let me defend

Lamar for a moment here. It is unfair, in my opinion, to penalize Lamar for bad postseason performances and then lift up Joe Burrow, who the last couple years has had non-existent postseason performances. You know what I mean? So like that is, it's a weird, because you can't argue as great as Burrow has been was in the regular season last year, a lot of the MVP voters, all pro voters, a lot of people thought Lamar was better. and then obviously the year before

Lamar was better in the regular season as Burrow was hurt and wasn't that effective early in Lamar won league MVP and so the knock on Lamar's postseason performances but Burrow hasn't been in the postseason so like that one I do think is a little How much of Lamar is my guy and you're ripping into him the other day on Tuesday

about his postseason success. I really can't argue like that's that's fair but how much of that stuff is Burroughs fault how much of that stuff is Lamar's fault as far as the postseason what happens like with with Joe Burrow you're saying he was banged up and then you got a terrible defense last year I just think of well no that's what I'm saying is yes those are true factors but I'm also not going to use it as a metric like when when ranking them well no I what I'm not going to do is say after the regular season Lamar is higher than

than Burrow. Burrow misses the playoffs. Lamar plays poorly in the playoffs and then Lamar gets dropped beneath Burrow. Like the because you can't, you, showing up to a test and failing it is still better than skipping the test, like not showing up. And so like you got you got more, you got some questions, right? And so like, like, the, you know, the, And so that's the, so I, listen, I don't think having Burrow ahead of Lamar is outrageous, but it's not what I would have. Um, and, and then it starts getting, you know, then we start figuring out where exactly do you have Hertz. And the Hertz ranking is really interesting. And I tried to make this point on TV yesterday and I did it kind of ham handedly, which is Eagles fans right now.

and I get it, they're feeling themselves. You won the chance. Super Bowl should absolutely be thrilled. But they kind of want the best of both worlds. They want everyone to acknowledge how utterly stacked their roster is, how great Howie Roseman's done, how good they are, you know, in every way, shape, and form. They want all of that. But they also don't want any of us to incorporate any of that into our evaluation of Jalen Hertz.

Like they want everyone to bend the knee that they have the best overall roster in football by a mile, but also pretend like we think Jalen Hertz is carrying just a regular team. And so now I think Hertz has been clearly excellent in huge spots. and I think hurting, I think having Hertz 10 like Danny did is too, you know, a bridge too far. But I also think that it is, you view it differently than if Josh Allen had won the Super Bowl last year with the team he had. Jalen winning it last year with the team he had. I just think there is some nuance there. Eagles fans on the other hand want all to be like, you have the greatest roster in the league.

it's Sequin's a Hall of Famer. Howie drafts better than everyone. The best wide receiver duo, the best offensive line, and also Jalen Hertz got no help. Like, which is the, you're not going to get that. All right, let's keep going. Speak, wait, are you going to be betting on the game first off? No, I'm not betting on the Hall of Fame game.

I'm not. All right. I will be betting on football this year, obviously, but I'm not betting on the whole thing. But yeah, speaking of the Hall of Fame game, are there any sure fire Hall of Famers which you would like to plant your flag on right now? So this is something we do every year. And so, and if the producers could just kind of create a running list in the dock,

and if we can, and if the, if anyone in the chat thinks I'm leaving somebody out, tell me because like I'll give you an example like I could I'm not going to now because I mention it but I could forget that von Miller is now on Washington and von Miller is a short you know what I mean but we'll just go team by team and try to do this the Buffalo bills the bills have zero shore fire hall of famers on defense and one and one and one only sure fire Hall of Famer on offense and that's Josh Allen and be Josh was not a sure fire Hall of Famer prior to last year but the unbelievable stats that now go along with a regular season MVP that puts him their hands down hands down's maybe wrong but he's

the Hall of Famer. So we're at one for the Buffalo Bills. The Miami Dolphins have one Shore Fire Hall of Famer and that's Tyreek Hill. There is, I think that, ooh, this is interesting. This is interesting. Tua? No, Tua is not into, two is not even anywhere close. no um i was thinking minka mink but minka fitzpatrick is definitely not sure fire and the the and let me just do something because i the dusty if you're watching in the first things first production room just tell brew i'll talk to him about the mori lebrons story we should do it even though darrell's slightly misquoted I'm getting a thousand texts on this group thread about everybody arguing about this because I can't chime in because I'm doing this.

Minka is Minkas had a very nice career and he's a three-time all pro. So he has a chance, but he's not surefire. Tyreek is surefire. And there is no one else on the dolphins that is anywhere close to it. all right the patriots the patriots have no one right like definitely right now there's certainly no one on their offense and there is certainly no one on their defense now part of that's because the team's so young so like that's not necessary you know that's not uh not to say the team has no talent or anything. But again, the exercise we're doing right now is if they were to retire, are they in

the Hall of Fame, basically. And the Jets are in a similar spot. So in the AFC East, the Shorefire active Hall of Famers are Josh Allen and Tyree Kill. The AFC North, right now, the Cincinnati Bengals have zero. Now, Jamar is and Joe are on Hall of Fame trajectories but they are not anywhere close to having established it.

You know what I mean? Does that make sense? Like if they, Jamar's got to do this for another five years. Joe has to do this for at least another four years. four years plus get some type of he either has to or if he just like won a super bowl like next year that's what i was going to say right he either has to like clip an MVP win a super bowl or just another like six years of these awesome numbers like one one or the other so the bangles have none the browns have one in miles garren

obviously no one on offense. Sorry, Joe Flacco. You're not getting a look. He did win a Super Bowl and has a lot like big numbers, but he's not there. Dinsel Ward, not close. But Miles Garrett is already in. Miles Garrett.

No, I said Flacco. Flacco's not going to make it. He won the Super Bowl and he won the Super Bowl MVP, and he does have. big counting stats, he's not making it. Miles Garrett, six-time all pro, over 100 career sacks, a defensive player of the year, he's obviously in. The Steelers, amazingly, DeMonsei, I think have maybe four.

So the Steelers have, as sure-fire Hall of Famers, Aaron Rock. Rogers and T.J. Watt. Those guys are locked, right? Jalen Ramsey, who is on the Steelers now, I believe he is locked. And then Cam Hayward, five-time all pro, seven-time pro bowler, a Walter Payton man of the year, I think he's getting it. so that is four future Hall of Famers on the Steelers which is kind of crazy yeah and are we the the I mean it so he's getting in

and then the Ravens the Ravens have right now they have two with a couple guys who could get there. Or no, I'm sorry. I apologize.

The Ravens have three with a couple guys who could get there. Lamar is locked. Eric Henry. Derek Henry is locked. And DeAndre Hopkins is going to get there. So, and then the guys who could, but have a long way to go, Kyle Hamilton and Roquan Smith. But those are, they have three locks in Lamar, Henry, and Hopkins.

All right. The Titans have nobody. There's not like an old player on that team that I'm forgetting. No, and Jeffrey Simmons has a chance, but, you know, he's got a ways to go. So the Titans were done with easily. The cults, I feel like Quentin Nelson is getting in. Let me check his accolades. Quentin Nelson, five-time all-pro, seven-time pro bowler, he's in.

So the cults do have one. Shout out Quentin Nelson. Jonathan Stewart's not going to make it. DeForest Buckner is. an underdog to make it, but they've got one in Quentin Nelson. The Jags have none, right? There's no one on the Jags, I'm forgetting. Nope.

And then the Texans, as far as guys that are already, they've already done enough. No one on offense. Joe Mixon's not making it. Nick Chubb's not making it. And their defensive players are two. young. Johncy Gardner Johnson's not making it. Stingley and Will Anderson,

you know, you've got miles to go. Donnell Hunter is not quite that caliber. All right, now to the AFC West, and then we'll see where we're out on the whole AFC. The Broncos, again, I think that Pat

Sartan is building quite the resume, but it's too early. And certainly, no one on their offense has done anything close to enough yet so the Broncos are out the Chargers have

no one on the offense and defensively Khalil Mack I think he's in Khalil Mack let me look at the career five time all pro nine times

Pro Bowl all decades yeah hundred and eight sacks defense player the year Cleo Max in Derwin James as much as I like him I don't think he's in yet so four time all pro four time pro bowler he probably needs a little bit more the Raiders are the Raiders no one on offense obviously and Max hasn't done enough yet. Max is creating a Hall of Fame resume, but he hasn't done enough yet. And then the Chiefs, Mahomes is locked, Kelsey is locked, and Chris Jones is locked, and that's the list.

So in the AFC, the following players are, in the Hall of Fang. Josh Allen, Tyree Kill, Miles Garrett, T.J. Watt, Jalen Ramsey, Cam Hayward, Lamar Jackson, Derek Henry, Dandre Hopkins, Quentin Nelson, Kaleel Mack, Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelsey, Chris Jones. How many guys is that? Five, five, ten. It's 15, I think. So we've got 15 with, again, you know, more, Minka. is probably not making it.

And then Burrow Chase, I would imagine make it, but we can't call him locks yet. Kyle Hamilton, Roque, wants with Pat Sertan, Derwin, James Max Crosby. But 15 locks. And this speaks to why making the Hall of Fame is so damn difficult in this league. So these guys are going to retire.

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and Micah is a great bet to make it, but is too young. You know what I mean? Like, there's nobody from Micah's same draft class as Jamar Chase. He's in the exact same boat where you think that he has a really good chance to do it, but is the, you know, and, oh, and Zach Martin's, you know, their offensive line Hall of Famers are gone now. The Giants, I don't think Russell. is going to make it. Dexter Lawrence needs to do a lot more as is Brian Burns. I think Russell Wilson right now is on the outside looking at.

The Eagles are really interesting because right now, DeMonsé, the Eagles only have one absolute Locke Hall of Famer in Lane Johnson, their right tackle. Sequin is on track now, but needs a little bit more. You know what I mean? Like just because he hasn't had enough great seasons, AJ Brown, I think is on track. And J. Hurtz is on track.

He's at, he has an all pro season. He has been to two Super Bowls. He's won one. But the only guy on the Eagles that could retire today, and get and be certain they're getting in is Lane Johnson. And the commanders, we already said Von Miller, and that's the only guy. Von Miller is a Hall of Famer.

Oh, no, that's not the only guy. I almost screwed that up. Bobby Wagner's definitely making it. They're inside linebacker. Bobby Wagner's, there's no question he's making it. So they're older guys and they're on their defense, but the commanders have two. So, and I, again, I am, I'm not, I'm only saying guys that, so the only guy that I've said is a lock that I actually think might not, nah, he's Walter Payton Man of the Year of Carrey and Cam Hayward.

again, you got to be very choosy with the locks. Friend of the show and host of, I hope he doesn't mind me quoting him on this. I think the best daily NFL podcast there is, NFL Daily. Greg Rosenthal chimes in. Russell Wilson makes the Hall of Fame eventually, but not a lock. Maybe I think he might need one more little push. All right, so let's keep going.

I mean, he just, he was on a great, of Fame trajectory post Seattle, but it's gone so badly for him since then. All right, the Chicago Bears. I think Joe Tooney is now in. Joe Tooney, who has, what does he have, three Super Bowls, uh, four, no, four Super Bowls, four all pros. I think Joe Tuny is in. And I don't think anyone else on that team.

is a lock. I mean, obviously, Caleb's going to make it, but probably too early call the lock. The Lions, that's an interesting one. Do the Lions have a single lock Hall of Famer on the team?

The answer to that question is no, as good as they are. Now, part of that's because they're so young, like on the defensive side of the ball, they're so young. But, and really on often, I mean, they're young. team. Yeah, Penae, I would bet a lot of money that Penae Soule eventually makes it.

Their right tackle. Um, but he again, he's in the same boat as Micah and Jamar, which is, you just haven't done enough yet. The Packers, I'm quite certain have no, have nobody. I mean, they're like, Kenny Clark's been there forever. He's not a Hall of Fame level player. Xavier McKinney's really good. He's not a Hall of Fame level player. Yeah. So the Packers have

nobody. That is a Hall of Fame lock. The Vi- Man, this is tough. I would, Justin Jefferson is going to make the Hall of Fame. But he probably needs

to be a lock for it. He probably needs two more years. I mean, he's four-time all-pro, four-time pro-bowler and an offensive player of the year. It's close. But if he were to walk today,

he's not in yet, but he is as, we can put him in heavy ink. But I'm not going to include him on the list yet just because he hasn't played quite long enough. Jonathan Allen's not a Hall of Famer. So the Vikings,

don't have anyone. It's interesting right now, it seems like, how many more the A's team, the NFC. Oh. Yeah. So much of it, DeMons A is because good teams are young. You know what I mean? Like they're not, um, the Falcons, Jake Matthews is not a whole of, he's been there forever, but he's not a whole of famer. Uh, and, you know, quality player forever, not a whole of famer and they obviously have no one on defense unless I'm forgetting. Jesse Bates is building a resume, but he's not there yet. So the Falcons have nobody. The Saints have one who's going to be a Hall of Famer in Cam Jordan.

I mean, Cam Jordan, his sack numbers are insane. Like, it's really interesting because he's never had like a 20 sack season. in fact i don't even know if he's ever had a 16 sacks season but he's got a hundred and twenty one sacks he's making the hall of fame and demario davis is not and that's obviously nobody on that alvin cameron yeah i don't think he's i don't think he's there uh i think he is in the same boat that my guy, Jamal Charles, is going to be in. Awesome, but not quite there. And Harrison Smith, who Paul mentions,

two-time all-pro, six Pro Bowls is nice. I don't think he gets in. It's too hard. It's too hard, man. All right. For the Bucks, I, the Bucks have one, one guy who at this point is a lock in Mike Evans and no one else

Levanté David is he going to three time all pro no he's a great player can't call Mike Evans is the one lock the bucks have and the Panthers without looking feel confident in saying the Panthers have nobody. I mean, Adam Thieling very nice career, obviously not a Hall of Famer. And, yeah, the Panthers have nobody.

All right, Rams, this is an interesting one. I don't think Stafford is a lock, which means the Rams don't have any lock. Oh, sorry, DeMonte Adams is a lock. Devante is getting in. But Stafford, again, Stafford versus Russ is going to end up being an interesting one that gets debated. But I don't think Stafford's a lot. I think he will get in, but I would not bet my net worth on it.

The Cardinals, do they have anybody? The, O'Claeus Campbell. gosh, I can't believe he's still in the league. He was in the 08 draft class. So Clayus Campbell, 110 sacks, two-time all-pro, but six-time pro bowler and all-decade and a Walter Payton man of the year, he's getting in. Clay is Campbell, call him a lock. And now we're down to two teams.

The Seahawks, Cooper Cuff. is not a Hall of Famer. They, DeMarcus Lawrence is not a Hall of Famer. The Seahawks have nobody. And the 49ers who, you know, lost a lot of their kind of veteran guys. I think the 49ers only have two locks.

Well, no, they probably have three. Trent Williams is a definitive lock. Fred Warner is a definitive lock. And George Kittles a lock. George Kittles five-time all pro. So Trent, Warner, and Kittle are locks. Nick Bosa has a chance. And that's,

that's the end of it. So, oh, I'm sorry. Christian McCaffrey obviously has a chance, but is not in yet. To, you know, he had, it's just doesn't have enough healthy seasons. So here's what we've got in the NFC. Lane Johnson, Vaughn Miller, Bobby Wagner, Joe Tunney, Cam Jordan, Mike Evans, Devante Adams, Calais Campbell, Trent Williams, Fred Warner, George Kittle. in the AFC, Josh Allen, Tyree Kill, Miles Garrett, T.J. Watt, Jalen Ramsey, Cam Hayward, Lamar Jackson, Derek Henry, DeAndre Hopkins, Quentin Nelson, Khali, Patrick Moans, Travis Kelsey, Chris Jones. So that means we have right now, you know, 25 to 30, Locke Hall of Famers, Justin Jefferson, who is going to make it. Jamar Chase, who I would be shocked if he doesn't make it.

You know, Micah, Sequin, Burrow are all in route. Penae Sewell is en route. CMC needs one more great year. But it is, it's just hard to make, man, if you're waiting, and you see these guys retiring, like it's just hard to make the Hall of Fame. I hope that was interesting for the audience. I find it interesting. I love doing that.

Are there any young guys that you, or was as I get in? I mean, well, I mean, I kind of meant the, I consider Justin Jefferson and Micah. And those guys, young guys. Um, but guys like super young guys, no. Hall fame's hard. Not Jaden. No. Well, J, J, listen, Jaden had an amazing first year.

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down to the Shador conversation quickly here because we spent so much time on the the Hall of Fame stuff we're not going to be able to get to every single thing. So Brown's owner Jimmy Haslam has distanced himself from the Shador Sanders pick saying that the GM was the one who made that call

and not him. So why wouldn't he want stake on such a low risk, high reward situation? So listen, I think he is just trying to I don't think he's trying to distance himself as much as what he's trying to do is make it clear or at least clean up a bit. No, the GM's in charge, not me. Here is what I find so interesting about the Shador situation right now.

I was not a Shador guy. I was one of, I think, the first people in the mock draft community that had Shador early in the process slipping to the back half of round one, talking about that the Steelers might not need to trade up if they need to get him. I talked a lot about how I thought there was too much discussion about Shador's personality and not enough discussion about his lack of arm talent. And I just didn't look at him as like a blue chip prospect. So I was not a Shador guy.

And now, however, because of where he is and the quarterback, that he is competing with, I find myself feeling like they've got to start him at some point. Because here's the deal. Kenny Pickett is injured and not an NFL quarterback. There is a 0% chance. Kenny Pickett is the Steelers answer at quarterback. 0%. The Steelers, pardon me.

There is a 0% chance he wasn't the Steelers answer that Kenny Pickett is the Brown's answer at quarterback. So cross him out. Joe Flacco is 40 years old. There is a 0% chance. Joe Flacco is their long-term answer at quarterback. So cross him out. Dylan Gabriel, sorry, and you're not going to like this, Damase. He's too small.

There is a 0% chance. Dylan Gabriel can be a nice backup, maybe a spot starter. there is a 0% chance Dylan Gabriel is the Brown's franchise quarterback three years from now Shador there is a 5% chance Shador is the Brown's franchise quarterback 5% got more than one less than 10 somewhere in there when the other three guys are combined 0% and you're going to be a terrible team the moment, you know, you can start Flacco to start the year, but the moment that the year has gotten away from you, you got to play Shador. And that's the other weird thing. Haslam was like, Andrew picks the players, Stefansky sets the rock, you know, decide two plays, but then also said in that same soundbite, um, obviously both young guys need to play this year.

I mean, Haslam's not the greatest owner. Just, just flatly. Both of them, just saying that this year is like a waste. Well, I mean, I don't, I mean, it seems like. Both young quarterbacks need to play this year. You kind of have an idea of what your seasons are going to look like. Correct. Because they have two first round picks next year and they, yeah, I mean, Haslam's a tough guy to work for.

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