And you see this is exactly why I wait at least 10 to 15 maybe even 20 minutes before
I start recording because you know why?
Guess what happens?
Either someone gets paid, someone gets traded, someone gets cut, someone signs with a new
team.
All those crazy things happen.
All the breaking news things happen right before I'm getting ready to do a new episode
while I'm editing the episode or while I'm getting ready to put out the episode.
It happens every single time.
But guess what?
We got a bag alert folks.
That's right.
We have a bag alert.
A breaking news bag alert.
Garrett Bowles is now going to be a Bronco for life.
Bill Belichick is going back to school.
49ers and Rams tonight.
Washington and New Orleans on Sunday.
Eagles and Steelers on Sunday.
And Lions and Bills on Sunday.
We got some great matchups man.
I cannot wait to try to watch each and every one of these games.
I'm going to have my TV on one game, have my laptop on another game, have my iPad on
another game, and have my phone on another game because guess what?
We are the football junkies podcast over here.
We live, breathe, sleep, football as well as your GM who currently is not on a team
right now.
But don't you worry about it.
Don't you worry your mind about it because you know why?
None of that matters because you know why.
The most important thing that does matter is I am your host, Kale.
You already know what I'm getting ready to say.
This might be a little bit of a long episode.
Hopefully it's not.
Maybe it might be a short episode.
I don't know what I'm saying anymore.
But guess what?
On three.
One, two, three.
All right, folks, let's just get into the meat and potatoes of everything that is going
on in the league right now.
As I said before in the intro, I was literally getting ready to record.
I'm thinking, okay, the most important news of the day is Bill Belichick is the new head
coach for the University of North Carolina.
The next thing I know, guess what happens?
Garibose gets paid.
So we might as well want to talk about it.
This is essentially a four-year $82 million deal that goes up to $86 million a year.
You'll be making $42 million guaranteed according to early reports, which roughly equates to
about $20.5 million a year.
This is actually a really good deal simply because he's the ninth highest paid tackle,
which is fairly good.
And not to mention, he was supposed to be a free agent after this season.
So you lock up your tackle.
He's now going to be a bronco for life.
It's a great deal.
It doesn't necessarily break the bank or anything.
But at the same time, you have a veteran left tackle who was going to be able to protect
bonex in the years to come.
Prior to this point, Garibose was publicly saying that he was dissatisfied with not getting
a new deal and he was hoping to try to get a new deal and things just didn't go in his
direction.
And then we're finally at the last few games of the season and then they decide to reward
him with a deal, which all in all, is great.
If you would have told me that Garibose was going to hit free agency, I would have called
you a liar.
Low key, I had an idea that most likely they were going to try to hash something out.
Now, I didn't expect for them to do the traditional four years, but they locked him up and they
value him and they're winning and he's playing good and whatnot.
So you might as well want to reward him and make him a Bronco for life.
So all in all, great job for them.
Tell them to the more pressing news that everybody wants to talk about.
Bill Belichick is now going to be the next head coach for the University of North Carolina
football team.
Now, this is what I will say.
Actually, you know what?
No, before we get into my opinions and whatnot, let's just go over some junkie nuggets and
some junkie bullet points that needs to be talked about.
So basically this is a multi-year deal.
The details are pending and that'll probably happen once this press conference is happening.
So as of right now, as I'm recording, most likely his press conference is going on right
now.
So once that conference is over with, we'll probably get a little bit more clarity with
exactly how much money will he be making.
UNC has also agreed to increase their NIO commitments from $4 million to $20 million
a year, which is actually pretty surprising.
Michael Lombardi will be the GM for UNC.
He replaces Mac Brown, who went 44 and 33 in his six seasons.
This was his second stint with UNC after the 88-87 run that they had that included six
bowl appearances.
Bill Belichick, of course, spent 23 years with the Patriots and has 333 victories.
And his 14 victories shy of breaking Don Shuler's head coaching victory record.
On one hand, I am happy that Bill Belichick is back in the coaching driver's seat.
However, I do have mixed opinions about this simply because of who Bill Belichick is.
Now, granted, Bill has been on this run within the last few months or whatever of basically
trying to change his public appearance.
Bill Belichick came off as a nonchalant, short talking head coach that really didn't have
to say a whole lot, right?
Some people will call him cutthroat with some of his tactics in football.
Some of them will say he is manipulative when it comes to the rules.
Whoever you go to, they'll have different opinions about Bill Belichick.
My only problem with this is you know that Bill wants power.
When he was the head coach for the Patriots, he had power.
He was both the general manager as well as the head coach.
That's why a lot of those draft picks, especially towards the end of Bill Belichick's tenure
with the Patriots have not really hit that much because why?
He made those picks.
He did.
When they was doing the draft, I think it was the draft during the pandemic.
He had his, you know, they had the camera on him.
He had his laptop up and he would get up and he would walk away for like 20 or 30 minutes,
come back, you'll see his dog, you know, sitting where he's supposed to be sitting and whatnot.
It was just a whole bunch of stuff.
What will be his selling point to players?
Because it'll be different if Bill made this shift prior to the NIL because you know with
Bill's coaching style, he's going to bring the best out of players.
But now that you have the NIL in place, not everyone is going to be as open to the coaching
style that Bill Belichick brings.
Now there may be some players who you may be a one or two or three star prospect or
maybe even a zero star prospect and you just want a chance, then hey, this is probably
your place to go.
But on the other hand, if you are a five star prospect, most likely you are thinking that
you are going to be treated, you know, different than everybody else.
Well, news flash, you are not going to be treated than everybody else.
You're going to be treated just like everybody.
Hell, even look at Tom Brady.
Tom Brady won six championships for the Patriots and not once did Bill Belichick ever treat
him different than everybody else.
Better yet, there were times and you can check in, you can look at other, you know, foreign
players, Julian Oman has a podcast and, you know, other players have podcasts and make
guest appearances.
They've all said the same thing.
Bill Belichick has grilled Tom Brady in front of the entire team like he is a nobody.
That's just who Bill is.
Bill coach is hard.
You would have thought that Bill wouldn't have done this, especially with his buddy
Nick Saban leaving Alabama because Nick Saban was run was about to run into the same thing
that Bill is about to run into, which is what I can't coach you and prepare you to bring
the best out of you to prepare you for the draft and for the NFL.
And we're always talking about money.
I just can't.
That's going to be the roadblock between success and mediocre because when we look at it, how
in the world can you convince a player who is making two, maybe three million a year
who has a pretty good NIO deal to want to take the extra mile, who wants to put in extra
time who, you know, you should be doing this more, you should be doing that more, you should
be more critical, you know, with how you play, you should be more critical when you're in
these situations and that situations.
It's hard to do that when they're making that much money.
And so that was the reason why Nick Saban just decided to say, you know what, hey, I think
it's my time.
I did what I needed to do.
I have basically flooded the league with Alabama players.
I have now made them, you know, one of the, you know, creme de la creme when it comes
to college prospects.
I've won titles.
I got commercials.
I've done it all.
There's no need for me to coach anymore.
I just have so many questions about this move.
I really do.
It's nothing really against Bill Belichick because negative as there is about Bill Belichick,
there is also positive because one thing you cannot take away from Bill Belichick is he
always gives the players that nobody wants to deal with, that nobody wants to give them
a chance.
He brings them in and make them great.
Case in point, Malcolm Butler.
Malcolm Butler is sealed in Superbowl history because of that one play.
If you would have told me that Malcolm Butler would have made a historic play like that,
I would have called you a liar.
Julian Edelman, somebody that nobody wanted to give a chance.
There are so many players on those Patriots Superbowl teams that nobody knew about until
they made a significant play in all those Superbowls.
That is one of the things that you have to love about Bill Belichick.
But at the same time, you also have to be careful because of the ego that comes with
Bill Belichick.
Because granted, you can say, hey, I coached Lawrence Taylor, one of the greatest defensive
players of all time.
I've won this many rings.
I've done this.
I've done that.
But at the end of the day, you've done recently because the last thing that we saw Bill do
was lose.
And mind you, this was post Tom Brady, Julian Edelman, Gronk and Company.
And so what exactly can you sell to these players now that will make them want to go
above and beyond for you?
Because as of right now, Bill has a tall task ahead of them.
And he has to figure out exactly how in the world can he create his little niche, really
cultivate these players and make these players the best players that they can be.
On to tonight's game that really has a lot riding on it, OK?
49ers in rams.
Now, to some people, you'll probably think, this probably isn't a really good game.
But to me, as a football junkie, this is an amazing game because why?
This has major playoff implications because whoever loses this game, most likely, your
chances of making it to the playoffs is slim to none.
But here is just a few junkie nuggets that sort of caught my attention and I think definitely
needs to be talked about leading into this game.
So in the 20 games that Pukinakua and Cooper Cup have played together, they have combined
for 150 and a half receiving yards per game.
These two are probably two of the best receivers in the league right now, OK?
This group, this core, this little Batman and Robin thing that they have, it's amazing.
These two alone diced up the bill's defense.
They couldn't stop them and that's why you kept on seeing holding, passing interference
and all those different types of calls because why?
You couldn't stop Puka and you definitely couldn't stop Cooper Cup.
Now, both teams are coming off of wins, which is pretty good.
The 49ers run has been struggling without Trent Williams, OK?
So when Trent Williams is not on the field, they average 4.3 yards per carry.
But with Trent Williams on the field, they average 5 yards per carry.
Now you're probably thinking that's probably not a whole lot, but that is significant because
we have seen when Trent Williams is on the field, the run game runs a lot smoother and
they're able to get a first down and more compared to when he's not on the field.
Run game is struggling.
So I just want to see exactly how is the 49ers going to scheme against Puka Nakua and Cooper
Cup because right now the 49ers need Nick Bolsa to play and other star players to play
right now because for one, the patch rush has not been able to create a lot of pressure.
And we all know that when Matthew Stafford doesn't have a whole lot of pressure on him,
that's when he starts cooking.
That's when he starts having these type of games like how he had on Sunday against the
Bills.
And mind you, as of right now, which I didn't even realize until I checked it, Washington
is the seventh seed and they are eight and five right now.
If they lose on Sunday, they'll be eight and six.
The Rams right now are seven and six.
So the Rams have to win this game tonight.
I think there is a chance they may be able to get the seventh seed away from Washington
if they start losing some games.
For San Francisco, it's a little bit more difficult for them because they're six and
seven.
I just don't think they're going to make it to the playoffs this year.
I think this is a down year for them, you know, from them battling injuries and losing
a lot of their star players and whatnot.
It's just been a down year for them.
So I would rather for them not to make it to the playoffs and just try to regroup and
replan for next year than to try to, you know, see if they can hope and pray that they can
make it to the playoffs.
Just saying.
I just want to put this out there though, just before we go on to any of the other games
when Cooper Cup, Puka and Kyra Williams are on the field at the same time, right?
The record is 11 and five.
They scored 27 points per game, 338 yards per game and 51 total touchdowns.
But when they are missing one or more, one of these players, they are 68, 19 points per
game, 315 yards per game and 29 total touchdowns according to ESPN stats.
And info also just to put this out there before we go any further.
Apparently Bill Belichick has also confirmed that, you know, with this move of him being
the head coach for UNC that he does not intend to go back into the NFL.
If somebody was to offer him a head coaching position.
Also Bill Belichick has also confirmed that the first quote unquote higher will be former
interim head coach Freddie kitchens will now be on the Bill Belichick staff.
Let's see exactly what exactly he's going to be in charge of.
What aspect are they going to use him?
Is he going to use him to like show him, you know, how they do things, you know, how the
culture is down there?
I don't know, but only time will tell from this point on now back to the other football
games that we have to talk about.
What is the most important game that is going to be happening on Sunday Eagles and Steelers?
Okay, yes, we have to talk about the Eagles and Steelers simply because a lot is riding
on this game.
Okay, because this is an important game for both teams.
All right, but mainly for the Steelers because right now they could continue to possibly climb
and maybe try to see if they can get the second seat.
I'm just saying here, folks, I get, you know, this is probably going to be the most difficult.
I've seen crazier things.
Okay.
The only one takeaway from this Steelers team is they find different ways to win.
They don't just beat you with just, you know, the quarterback doing his thing or the defense
doing his thing.
No, there's been some games where they won based off of just field goal kicks.
There's been games where the defense has been doing the thing.
It's just the Steelers this year are mysterious.
Okay.
When it comes to winning, that's just what it is.
When we get into some of these junkie nuggets, okay, which I didn't even realize this until
I actually found it.
Russell Wilson is undefeated against the Eagles through 13 games.
Seyquan has averaged 124.8 rushing yards per game.
The Eagles are 10 and no at home against the Steelers in the Super Bowl era.
The Steelers are 10th in points per game at 24.8 while the Eagles are eighth in points
per game at 26.3.
And the Steelers close game record is six and three while the Eagles close game record
are seven and one.
Now, the reason why I wanted to highlight the points per game as well as the close game
record is because this is going to be a fairly close game.
This is not going to be a blowout.
I do think the Steelers are going to, you know, hang on in this game, but there's probably
going to come a time and point where a play is going to be made that is going to seal
the game because as of right now, the number one priority in this game for the Steelers
is trying to limit Seyquan Barkley's effectiveness in this game.
And the reason why I say that is because once Seyquan Barkley starts going, that opens things
up for everybody else to start eating and you don't want to do that.
You want to try to contain him as much as possible.
Sure there's going to be some plays where he's just going to do his thing and he's
going to get his yards, but you want to make him fight for it though.
You don't want to try to just give it to him.
No, you want to try to fight for it.
Okay.
You have to figure out what you're going to do with H.A. Brown.
You have to figure out what you're going to do with Dallas Goddard and Avante Smith and
Jahan Dotson if they decide to use him.
So the Steelers defense has their hands full against this Eagles offense because this Eagles
offense has the weapons that can beat you in the air as well as in the ground for the
Steelers offense.
You want to try to put up as many points as you can.
Any time you have a chance of putting points on the board, do it.
Whether that means you make a field goal every single time or a touchdown or whatever the
case may be.
You want to try to keep this game as close as possible, but at the same time, be able
to put a cap on certain players because we know H.A. Brown is going to make a big play.
H.A. Brown is going to make a big play.
Avante Smith is probably going to make a big play.
Dallas Goddard is going to make a big play.
So you have to be able to figure out how you're going to be able to limit all of those stars
on this team.
While at the same time creating enough pressure on Jalen Hertz that can result in turnovers
and field position.
Because again, T.J. White, if I'm not mistaken, he is first in the league when it comes to
force fumbles.
Nick Herbic is right behind him and everybody knows Nick Herbic, T.J. White, Alex Highsmith.
They're going to go after the quarterback.
They're going to create pressure.
They're going to do their thing.
So I cannot wait to watch this game.
I know this is going to be a great game.
Hopefully the Steelers win this game so then I can have some leeway to talk to the Eagles
fans, but if we don't, it is what it is.
Come to another game that is very interesting and sort of has a little bit of a revenge
game into it.
Washington and New Orleans.
And the reason why I say that is because Marshawn Lattimore apparently will be playing
this game.
So who knows?
Maybe he might be able to enact his revenge on the Saints.
I don't know, but I will say this though.
Entering into this week, Alvin Camero leads the Saints in both rushing yards at 938 and
receiving yards at 485.
Both teams are coming off a W and the commanders are fourth in points per game at 28.9 while
the Saints are 17th in points per game at 22.3.
Also this could be the game where we see KJ Osborne suit up in a commander's uniform.
Now onto the last game that we need to talk about and I think it's probably going to be
the most important game that everybody wants to watch.
And that is the Lions in the Bills.
And the reason why I say that is because this game definitely has a lot riding on it for
both of these teams.
Especially for the Bills because with them losing against the Rams on Sunday that could
open up chances for the Steelers to try to get the second seed.
We all know that they're coming off that Orville.
No need to talk about it.
Whereas the Lions are coming off another W. The Lions lead the league in points per game
at 32.1 while the Bills are second in points per game at 30.5.
Most likely this is probably going to be a high scoring game.
Most likely this game is going to come down to the wire.
And most likely this is probably going to be the toughest matchup for the Bills to end
the season.
Because right now outside of this game it's basically cool calm waters.
But you got to get through this game.
And last time I checked Matthew Stafford and Cooper Cup and Pukin and Kuhl put on a clinic
on this Bills defense.
So I would not be surprised if there is a repeat of this again.
But hopefully the Bills get away with this W. Well not really because I don't really
want the Bills to win because I want us to get the second seed.
But nobody cares about that.
So I'm going to end this here.
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