1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:21,280 Welcome in to the newest edition of the Just In Time Sports Podcast. 2 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:23,800 I am your host, Justin Jackson. 3 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:28,120 In this week's episode, I'll be discussing the NFL as training camps begin to open. 4 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:32,400 I'll be discussing the NBA, some quick hitters there, I'll touch on college football, and 5 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:34,000 then we'll have our best for last. 6 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:38,160 Now, as always, don't forget to like, rate, and subscribe to the Just In Time Sports Podcast 7 00:00:38,160 --> 00:00:41,480 on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. 8 00:00:41,480 --> 00:00:46,040 And don't forget to like, follow, and turn on your post notifications for all Just In 9 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:50,560 Time social media for your breaking news, updates, and highlights. 10 00:00:50,560 --> 00:01:18,920 Now as always, don't forget to sit back and get ready to learn something. 11 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:31,800 Welcome into the show. 12 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:37,120 I'm so excited to be with you guys on a Friday afternoon as we've gotten used to recording 13 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:38,120 these things. 14 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:43,800 This will be one of the few podcasts all year that you guys will hear pretty soon after 15 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:44,800 I record it. 16 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:49,120 I mean, it might be one of those instant upload things, like as soon as I finish, edit it 17 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:50,880 and upload it situation. 18 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:53,960 So the news will be current, the information will be current. 19 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:58,880 You won't have a delayed reaction like you guys sometimes have if I record the night 20 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:00,920 before and upload it the morning after. 21 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:01,920 Test that. 22 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:02,920 And a third. 23 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:07,280 But of course, you guys heard in the intro what we have in the NFL, including my full 24 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:13,560 schedule predictions, is when I spend way too much time, about an hour, hour and a half, 25 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:15,520 picking every single game through the season. 26 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:18,400 We'll get into that more in just a few minutes. 27 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:22,480 Of course, we'll have the NBA, we'll have college football, some basketball news as 28 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:26,200 stuff is moving around, and then we'll have our best for last. 29 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:27,600 Everything is always a timestamp. 30 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:32,720 So if you're a football person, you stick around here, your NBA, jump a little further 31 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:36,120 in, your college football, jump a little further in. 32 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,120 And then of course, best for last is going to be on Shohei Ohtani. 33 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:45,000 So if you want to hear a little Ohtani awe and wow, jump into Shohei Ohtani. 34 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:50,080 But as always, we're going to start off with the NFL, which is usually our block, especially 35 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:53,200 when the NFL season is in, it is the NFL. 36 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:54,200 Training camp is open. 37 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,520 And of course, there's usually highlights. 38 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:59,760 There's always some unfortunate injuries. 39 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:10,000 This time, there was some very, very incendiary comments, which is not typical this time of 40 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,400 year, at least not from coaches. 41 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,920 So we're going to jump right into the quick hitters with some injuries before we go into 42 00:03:15,920 --> 00:03:23,680 the main purpose of this A block. 43 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:28,600 And that is, he started off with Jalen Ramsey, a Miami cornerback, Jalen Ramsey suffered 44 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:29,920 a meniscus tear. 45 00:03:29,920 --> 00:03:34,840 He underwent a full complete repair actually today. 46 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:39,840 Few hours ago, actually underwent surgery and it was a full meniscus repair that would 47 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:44,480 not come out until at least December. 48 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:49,040 So unfortunate for him, he was that big acquisition his off season after getting Tyreek Hill last 49 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:53,560 off season, his office when he got Jalen Ramsey this off season to solidify the defense opposite 50 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:58,960 Xavier Howard and the rest of that Miami Dolphins team, especially on that defense and he's 51 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:00,440 out till at least December. 52 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:05,600 Reportedly, he was guarding Tyreek Hill on a pass route, went down grabbing at his left 53 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:06,600 knee. 54 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:11,280 Now Ramsey is not financially incentivized to rush his recovery. 55 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:13,960 He's fully guaranteed this year and he's fully guaranteed next year. 56 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:16,760 He renegotiated on his way into Miami. 57 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:19,280 So he's not financially incentivized at all to rush back. 58 00:04:19,280 --> 00:04:23,560 You see some guys, oh, they're in a contract year or this is the last year they're guarantees, 59 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:27,200 which in the NFL is a contract year or this is the last year where like next year is a 60 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,780 $2 million guaranteed roster bonus. 61 00:04:29,780 --> 00:04:33,600 So they rush back trying to show they're healthy so they don't get released and have to renegotiate 62 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:35,280 a contract and everything. 63 00:04:35,280 --> 00:04:38,760 He's fully guaranteed this year and he's fully guaranteed next year. 64 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:42,680 So he's in no financial incentive to rush back even in the slightest. 65 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:47,480 So it'll be very interesting to see what Ramsey ultimately decides to do. 66 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:51,760 He's tweeted out his end of the season push is going to be legendary. 67 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:53,800 So he's planning on making his return this season. 68 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:55,540 He's a baller, he's a gamer. 69 00:04:55,540 --> 00:04:59,240 He's not one of those guys that I would say, okay, he takes the whole year to come back, 70 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:01,120 make sure he's fully healthy for next year. 71 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:02,120 He's not one of those guys. 72 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:08,240 If they say he's clear for week 10, he's planning week 11, you know, like he's ready to go. 73 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:11,040 He's going to obviously going to work himself back smartly. 74 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:12,040 He's not going to rush it. 75 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,800 But at the same time, he's going to be back this season. 76 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:19,520 I would be highly shocked if Jalen Ramsey does not play this season. 77 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:23,880 So again, full meniscus repair for Ramsey. 78 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:28,720 Expect him back around December ish from that repair. 79 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:33,240 Cincinnati Bengals underwent the scare of a lifetime and Joe Burrow was escaping the 80 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:34,240 pocket outright. 81 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:39,080 I have it posted on my socials escaping the pocket outright. 82 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:44,360 Came up lame, starts limping around the field. 83 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,440 He immediately goes down. 84 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:51,480 Obviously everybody in the state of Ohio, especially in the Cincinnati area collectively holds 85 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:55,360 their breath because Joe Burrow is on the ground. 86 00:05:55,360 --> 00:06:00,880 He ended up being a calf strain, one of those things where it looked a lot worse than thankfully 87 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:05,400 it was. 88 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:11,480 But he goes straight down and people are just absolutely terrified. 89 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:17,160 You know, it gets to the point where we came out, it was a calf strain and the people, 90 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:21,920 the Cincinnati Bengals had to to the social media message out like, hey, stop offering 91 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:22,920 us your calves. 92 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:24,520 That's not how it works. 93 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:26,760 It's going to be fine. 94 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:29,040 Jamar Chase right after practice. 95 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:30,280 Well, they came right out. 96 00:06:30,280 --> 00:06:36,960 Zach Taylor right after practice came right out and was like, hey, you know, no worries. 97 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:37,960 He'll be back. 98 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:39,960 He's fine. 99 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:41,480 Jamar Chase stated right after. 100 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:43,080 No, no, no, he's good. 101 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:46,320 We have this thing where we nod to each other if we're okay. 102 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:47,920 He gave me the nod. 103 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:53,240 So that was definitely helpful for Cincinnati Bengals fans to kind of take a deep breath. 104 00:06:53,240 --> 00:07:00,120 Like I said, understandably, they were nervous. 105 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:10,720 And when any time you get a franchise quarterback scrambling out of the pocket and understandably, 106 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:11,720 there's nerves. 107 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:13,760 Like I said, you get him scrambling out of the pocket. 108 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:14,760 He goes down. 109 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:16,400 It's a non-contact. 110 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:21,640 You always hear about, oh man, non-contact is the worst because that means the body just 111 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:22,640 gave out. 112 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:26,800 It's not a situation where he gets hit and twisted and turned and then he's on the ground. 113 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:33,760 It's just the body quit, which of course strikes fear in the heart of every single Bengals 114 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:35,440 fan or every single Joe Burrow fan. 115 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:37,920 You know, he's an LSU alum just like myself. 116 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:40,200 I definitely want to see the guy healthier than planned. 117 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:49,240 So seeing him go down like that, especially non-contact definitely shook the nerves a 118 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:50,240 little bit. 119 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:59,080 Like I said, it was a quickly reported right after that, that he was able to be diagnosed 120 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:01,960 quickly with a calf strain. 121 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:10,240 So kudos to Joe Burrow there for dodging what again, appeared like a very serious injury 122 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:11,240 at the point of attack. 123 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:16,000 Like I said, your guy scrambles to the right, fairly natural movement, no real pressure 124 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:20,800 because of course it's the quarterback in his training camp and then he pulls up lane. 125 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:24,800 So a lot of nerves went through a lot of people, but he's diagnosed with a calf strain. 126 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:27,640 He'll be fine two to four weeks. 127 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:29,360 He wasn't going to play in the preseason anyway. 128 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:33,520 This is kind of confirms he won't even think about seeing the field and it'll be keeping 129 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:34,520 very light. 130 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:38,760 He should be ready to go for a one or a reason why he shouldn't be. 131 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:45,480 And then we got to the news, the bombshell news, the news that kind of dropped on everybody. 132 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:49,960 From the sky, basically. 133 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:55,040 I've never seen this happen. 134 00:08:55,040 --> 00:09:02,800 This is one of those things that as I read it, I almost was waiting on the, oh, it was 135 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:09,200 off the record that came on the record or a recording that somebody got off a locker 136 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:10,200 room. 137 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:14,440 It felt like when Antonio Brown recorded Mike Tomlin speech in locker room, he went on Facebook 138 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:19,320 live in the middle of Mike Tomlin's post game speech from like behind a locker and 139 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:20,440 like recorded Mike. 140 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:28,480 It felt like something where two friends, Sean Payton and the reporters are friends 141 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:33,440 and they get to talking and the guy just asked him a question and Sean forgets to say off 142 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:34,580 the record. 143 00:09:34,580 --> 00:09:38,520 And then the guy records it and prints it the next day and Sean has to immediately backtrack 144 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:39,520 everything. 145 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:42,240 It felt like one of those moments. 146 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:46,080 Now Sean did backtrack some of it this morning, coach Payton for the Denver Broncos. 147 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:52,120 He backtracked some of his inflammatory comments about Nathaniel Hackett this morning. 148 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:57,040 Pretty much said I was the first guy I saw, first questions I saw really early in the 149 00:09:57,040 --> 00:09:58,040 morning. 150 00:09:58,040 --> 00:09:59,040 I barely had anything in me. 151 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:02,160 I just, he said he just started talking to guys, a friend really good at his job, kind 152 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:03,160 of give him the week, week. 153 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:05,440 They kind of ease me into it kind of thing. 154 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:06,440 He said, I got comfortable. 155 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:11,040 He even mentioned one time, he said, I kind of had my Fox hat on and not my Broncos hat 156 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:15,120 because Sean Payton was an analyst booth where you're, where you're critical. 157 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:19,240 And that was one of the things recently retired players had, they had to toe that line or 158 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:22,600 reaching retired coaches, whatever, had to toe that line of I still have friends in this 159 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:23,600 business. 160 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:25,480 I still know these people. 161 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:27,280 I still may want to come back, especially players. 162 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:28,840 Like I still want to come back coaches. 163 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:30,200 I still may want to come back. 164 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:31,200 Right. 165 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:32,840 So I can't be overly critical. 166 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:33,840 How do I be critical? 167 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:35,160 And he's like, Oh no, it's my job. 168 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:40,840 Like, um, I remember Charles Barkley, the reason him and Michael Jordan fell out. 169 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:46,320 It's because he said something about Jordan's ownership and him enjoying having cool sense. 170 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:51,640 So it's that thing where you got to toe that line of, I still know these people. 171 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:52,960 I worked with him. 172 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:53,960 I coached him. 173 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:54,960 I traded him. 174 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:58,080 I released him, you know, that sort of thing, that balance. 175 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:03,200 So he said he had his Fox hat on and not his Denver Bronco coach hat. 176 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:08,560 And he let Nathaniel Hackett have it. 177 00:11:08,560 --> 00:11:10,440 Holy crap. 178 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:14,080 I've never like everything I thought I saw. 179 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:16,000 And, you know, I think I know for all pretty well. 180 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:20,040 I'm a high school football coach, defensive coordinator. 181 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:24,040 For those who didn't know, um, I watched the games closely. 182 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:25,040 I analyze this stuff. 183 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:26,400 I break it down. 184 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:27,560 I care about it with you guys. 185 00:11:27,560 --> 00:11:32,880 Like I thought I saw stuff and stuff just wasn't adding up for me. 186 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:38,080 But to hear Sean Payton absolutely is excoriate him. 187 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:39,080 My God. 188 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:42,000 I mean, he blamed him for everything. 189 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,760 And he didn't even blame him for too much on the field stuff. 190 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:48,640 It was stuff like they couldn't get pre-snaps. 191 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:49,640 They couldn't get the call. 192 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:50,640 And they were twin at the pre-snaps. 193 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:54,040 And it was both sides of the ball. 194 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:58,760 He blamed the parents for us at the gym and the president and everybody else who watched 195 00:11:58,760 --> 00:11:59,840 it happen. 196 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:03,440 He said everything I heard and Nathaniel Hackett did, we're doing the exact opposite. 197 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:06,120 He said, watch how the Jets go down this year. 198 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:07,760 He was saying he saw the Jets. 199 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:11,600 He said he seen them just before and watched them put together the dream team. 200 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:14,760 He said he was a young assistant with the Giants and watched them put together the dream 201 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:15,760 team. 202 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:18,080 And he was wondering, Oh my God, how are we even going to compete with them? 203 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:19,080 And they won like nine games. 204 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:22,720 He said, watch how the Jets go down this year. 205 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:32,720 I mean, it was just bang, bang, bang, bang, pew, pew, pew, pew, pew all across the USA 206 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:34,780 today on the record. 207 00:12:34,780 --> 00:12:36,360 It was absolutely insane. 208 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:43,680 I mean, I was just sitting there like, I agree, but good Lord. 209 00:12:43,680 --> 00:12:44,680 First of all, let's get that out of the way. 210 00:12:44,680 --> 00:12:46,160 I think the Jets are going to win nine games this year. 211 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:47,360 Wait, what do I have them at? 212 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:48,720 I picked every game this year. 213 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:49,720 I have the Jets at eight. 214 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:50,720 I'm sorry, eight games this year. 215 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:51,720 Let's just get that out of the way. 216 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:52,720 Secondly, Nathaniel Hackett is not very good at coaching. 217 00:12:52,720 --> 00:13:00,200 I don't know why the Jets, if you're going to go get Aaron Rodgers, can you just keep 218 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:04,080 Mike LaFleur because Matt LaFleur is the head coach of Green Bay and Mike LaFleur runs 219 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:08,480 a similar system, they're brothers, I felt like that was an after transition. 220 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:09,480 Maybe I was wrong. 221 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:10,480 Apparently I was wrong. 222 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:14,400 They got rid of Mike LaFleur, brought in Nathaniel Hackett, brought in Aaron Rodgers. 223 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:19,480 Ironically, the Denver Broncos reportedly only hired Nathaniel Hackett because remember 224 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:22,120 the Aaron Rodgers sweepstakes 12 months ago? 225 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:26,640 They were trying to get his office of coordinator from Green Bay as the head coach of Denver 226 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:29,420 and then bring Rodgers from Green Bay into Denver. 227 00:13:29,420 --> 00:13:34,840 The problem was Denver, Green Bay either wasn't sold enough on Jordan Love or wasn't fed up 228 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:39,200 enough with Aaron Rodgers, kept Aaron Rodgers another year, Denver pivots Gugas Russell 229 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:40,200 Wilson. 230 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:45,160 They probably, if they go with Russell Wilson, would have hired the Seattle Seahawks officer 231 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:52,120 coordinator to the head man of Denver and then bring Russell in. 232 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:55,040 Because they were trying to avoid what happened to me with Peyton Manning. 233 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:57,880 Peyton Manning came from Denver, Tom Brady too. 234 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:02,880 Peyton Manning came from Indy, went to Denver, tried to run whatever system they had in Denver 235 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:04,480 for like a week or two weeks. 236 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:05,480 Didn't last long. 237 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:07,320 And then he's like, okay, we're doing this my way. 238 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:10,760 Put his system in, taught it to the coaches basically. 239 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:12,520 This how it's run, this how it's set up. 240 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:15,240 When this happens, it's usually curve boom, boom, boom, boom. 241 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:19,760 Because even at the high school level, once you know a system so well, the quarterback, 242 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:23,560 like I said, even at the high school level and the team should go, okay, it's third and 243 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:24,560 seventh. 244 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:25,560 We usually run boom, boom, boom. 245 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:27,560 It's third and sixth. 246 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:28,560 It's second and eighth. 247 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:29,800 We used to go boom, boom, boom. 248 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:31,960 Okay, we're trailing down 14. 249 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:32,960 This is the sequence of plays. 250 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:35,880 Like you should have it in your brain. 251 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:38,600 So Peyton knew it so well, he could coach it, he could run it. 252 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:42,360 Peyton was running no huddle before anybody was running no huddle pretty much and consistently. 253 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:45,360 Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, touchdown. 254 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:46,480 You know, so Peyton put it in. 255 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:51,440 Tom went to Tampa, running Bruce Arians, no risking, no biscuit, gunning, gunning. 256 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:52,440 They're struggling. 257 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:53,440 Tom's frustrated. 258 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:54,440 They're struggling. 259 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:55,680 They have a bye week. 260 00:14:55,680 --> 00:15:00,120 They said Tom comes in, puts in the Brady's offense, puts in the offense he just running. 261 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:01,560 They take off winning the Super Bowl. 262 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:04,440 Because again, I could teach you what usually happens. 263 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:08,040 Now you can add your own wrinkle and add your own spice to it, but I can teach you the plays, 264 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:09,040 I can give you the playbook. 265 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:12,960 I can teach you what usually happens and they kind of molded it. 266 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:17,200 They took the language their left foot was running already and molded it into Brady's 267 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:18,880 language and what it's supposed to look like. 268 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:21,680 Bam, you win the Super Bowl. 269 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:24,680 Why didn't the left foot get the head coaching job after that? 270 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:25,680 Instead of top bowls? 271 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:26,680 I don't know. 272 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:31,120 But damn, you win the Super Bowl. 273 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:35,640 So last year you took Russell Wilson and put him in the Anarajah's offense, but Nathaniel 274 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:37,200 Hackett was running the show. 275 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:41,080 Nathaniel Hackett sucked the call in the plays and he sucked the game management. 276 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:49,240 So as a head coach, hear me out, as a head coach of a football team, you had to make 277 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:56,080 a choice between giving up game management decisions or giving up play calling decisions. 278 00:15:56,080 --> 00:16:02,040 As the head coach, the only choice there, no bullshit, sorry for my language, the only 279 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:08,960 choice there is giving up play calling decisions because you're the head coach. 280 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:11,100 You have to game and team manage. 281 00:16:11,100 --> 00:16:13,840 That is your choice, period. 282 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:14,960 That's the only option you got. 283 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:17,360 I can't help you any further than that. 284 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:19,920 I really can't. 285 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:23,760 He hires a game management coach. 286 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:25,440 So why are you the head coach? 287 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:29,920 At that point, you're an offensive coordinator with a fancy title because you're not game 288 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:32,800 managing the game because the guy in your ear is telling you what to do with game management 289 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:36,840 decisions based on I'm sure analytics. 290 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:43,080 If you're not managing the game and you suck at play calling, what are you doing? 291 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:47,200 By November, a few weeks before he gets fired, he gives up play calling. 292 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:49,960 So he's not game managing because he's a game management coach. 293 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:53,400 He's not offensive play calling because he gave that up trying to kick start the offense. 294 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:55,320 And of course, he's not defensive play calling. 295 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:57,880 He's there collecting a check. 296 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:01,200 The GM goes and then they fire Nathaniel Hacker. 297 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:07,560 He's 4-13 and he's canned or 2-13, something ridiculous, 4-11, I don't know, but he's 298 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:08,560 canned. 299 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:13,200 Update, Joe Burrow is expected to be sidelined several weeks due to his calf strain. 300 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:20,640 Let me just do what I said, I said he should be ready to go by week one. 301 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:23,200 Several weeks, we're about four weeks out from the regular season. 302 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:27,160 Again, he should be ready to go by week one. 303 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:28,480 And actually, I had a brain cramp. 304 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:31,400 We're about six weeks out from the regular season. 305 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:33,360 Calf strain is anywhere from three to six. 306 00:17:33,360 --> 00:17:38,600 So even if it's one of the worst calf strains that could be a pure strain, he'll be ready 307 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:39,600 to go for week one. 308 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:43,760 It probably took about four weeks to have two weeks to get warmed up, get back into 309 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:44,760 the flow of the offense. 310 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:45,760 It's his offense. 311 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:51,400 So get back into the flow of the offense and he'll be ready to go by week one. 312 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:58,080 But anyway, so back to the Denver Broncos, you shoved Russell Wilson, Square Pegg into 313 00:17:58,080 --> 00:17:59,360 Nathaniel Hacker the round hole. 314 00:17:59,360 --> 00:18:00,600 Nathaniel Hacker was useless. 315 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:01,600 He's fired. 316 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:04,280 That's how you even get a Sean Payton. 317 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:09,920 I mean, what he said was true, but I think you never heard it. 318 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:14,680 And then you've gotten ex-Jets, an ex-Broncos current Jets player, offensive lineman. 319 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:16,960 So he was working with Nathaniel Hacker then. 320 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:19,240 He's working with Nathaniel Hacker now. 321 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:24,400 He said, oh, something along the lines of you're going to realize, or he's saying this now 322 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:29,280 because he realized what he got himself into. 323 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:33,440 But you're going to see basically, you know, basically like, you know what you got yourself 324 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:35,640 into now, you're going to realize what you're saying. 325 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:38,280 It's not because you realize what you got yourself into. 326 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:45,160 Call Sean Payton a bum and to hashtag Bounty Gate, which, okay, take out the Bounty Gator. 327 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:48,840 Sean Payton is a PJ Williams, Miss Tackle in the NFS championship game against the Vikings 328 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:49,840 or NFS. 329 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:52,120 What was the second round? 330 00:18:52,120 --> 00:18:54,520 Because the Vikings seem to play the Eagles of a title game. 331 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:58,040 That's a Nick Folso bowl. 332 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:04,280 And then the following year, he has the infamous Rams no call in the NFS title game to play 333 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:05,720 the Patriots in the Super Bowl. 334 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:06,720 So he's not a bum. 335 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:11,000 He's also in another NFS championship game with his first year on the staff because that's 336 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,040 the year they got Reggie Bush, Drew Brees, everybody came together. 337 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:17,560 They lost to the Bears in the NFS title game in Chicago because Reggie Bush has the famous 338 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:22,360 long run out running Brian Erlich to the end zone from like 70 yards away in the snow. 339 00:19:22,360 --> 00:19:24,240 It was insane. 340 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:28,960 That's the NFS title game as well to play the Colts in the Super Bowl. 341 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:31,000 That's the year Payton wins the Super Bowl. 342 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:32,000 His first one. 343 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:33,840 He's not a bum. 344 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:38,520 So know your history before you call Sean Payton a bum. 345 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:40,360 But I think what Sean Payton does, he said it. 346 00:19:40,360 --> 00:19:42,280 He said people know I'm savvy in the media. 347 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:43,280 He was smart. 348 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:46,520 He excoriated the past coach. 349 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:48,680 He excoriated the past culture. 350 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:51,760 Basically announced to the world, it's a different culture, it's a different team. 351 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:54,680 Those guys who were hacking loyalists are now jets. 352 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:56,800 They got those guys out of here. 353 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:57,800 They're not here anymore. 354 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:04,560 So big, big major kudos to Sean Payton for having the gall to do that. 355 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:08,240 It's not something you would ever see to me. 356 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:11,040 I thought you would ever see from a big time head coach. 357 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:13,800 But I think Sean Payton is speaking with a sense of invincibility. 358 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:17,160 He paid me about a hundred million dollars to come out of retirement. 359 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:18,600 I was fine as a Fox analyst. 360 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:19,600 I was making good money. 361 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:22,280 I paid him about a hundred million dollars to come out of retirement. 362 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:25,040 Probably even pick up the phone. 363 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:28,800 You handed me a situation where I got a team pretty much ready to go. 364 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:36,520 A couple pieces here and there, maybe a standout at running back, maybe an offensive lineman, 365 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:40,960 possibly a linebacker, but they're pretty much ready to go as far as they're ready to 366 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:41,960 go win. 367 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:43,520 Now they're in the division with the Chiefs. 368 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:44,600 That's a pain. 369 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:46,840 And the Chargers now, that's a pain. 370 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:52,800 But other than that, they're ready to go compete for a title right now with a real head coach. 371 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:57,960 It would depend on how much left for Russell Wilson, but I believe in Russell Wilson. 372 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:01,280 So I think they're ready to go compete. 373 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:04,440 And I think Sean knew that and he needed a culture. 374 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:05,880 He's thinking this is my last job. 375 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:07,680 I'm not taking another job after this. 376 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:11,280 I'm going to go back to Fox after this is done. 377 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:14,840 I'm done as far as I don't need to capitulate to anybody. 378 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:17,240 I'm never going to hire Nathaniel Ackett. 379 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:20,560 I don't need to capitulate to anybody and bow down to anybody because this is my last 380 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:21,560 job. 381 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:22,560 I'll go in the booth right after this. 382 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:25,000 Anyway, five minutes, two years, I'm going in the booth with a hundred million dollars 383 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:26,640 richer. 384 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:34,000 So that's something that I think he spoke with the level of impunity and immunity because 385 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:37,520 he knew that he didn't have to deal with the consequences of, oh man, I may have to call 386 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:39,160 the Jets for a job. 387 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:40,160 You know what I'm saying? 388 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:44,040 Or I may have to call friends of whoever for a job. 389 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:45,760 I don't need that. 390 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:46,760 George Patton's friends. 391 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:51,240 I think it's George Patton's friends who was the last GM of the, no, he's the new GM of 392 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:52,800 the Denver Broncos. 393 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:59,040 But you know, like I may have to call Woody Johnson's friends to get a job. 394 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:02,600 Like nope, Robert Salas, nope, not at all. 395 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:05,300 Hackett's friends like, no, it's my last job. 396 00:22:05,300 --> 00:22:08,640 So with that level of comfortability and level of security, he spoke his mind. 397 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:13,200 I'll say he was sleepy and people when they're sleepy, usually can't hold back as much as 398 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,240 they want to so that true feelings come out. 399 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:16,240 But that's how he felt. 400 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:17,600 I'm sure that's how a lot of people felt. 401 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:20,440 He got in one of the worst coding jobs in the history of the NFL. 402 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:21,440 I agree. 403 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:22,440 It was bad. 404 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:23,440 It was God awful. 405 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:28,480 And so Sean Patton spoke his mind and I respect him for doing it. 406 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:31,320 The NFL running back market is the same. 407 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:35,600 Saquon Barkley basically took the same contract he could have signed two months ago or assigned 408 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:42,320 a month and a half now because instead of a one year, 10.1 fully guaranteed franchise 409 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:48,780 tag, he signed a one year, $11 million up to $11 million contract with 9 million fully 410 00:22:48,780 --> 00:22:50,320 guaranteed up to 2 million of incentives. 411 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:52,360 He basically the same contract. 412 00:22:52,360 --> 00:22:55,000 He can make 990 grand more. 413 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,080 I don't get it. 414 00:22:56,080 --> 00:23:02,360 But with this, with the contract set up with the CBA, how the CBA set up, once you didn't 415 00:23:02,360 --> 00:23:06,200 negotiate that longterm contract in that window with that deadline with the deadlines, they're 416 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:07,200 going to play on the tag. 417 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:08,200 They're going to play on the tag. 418 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:09,200 They're going to play on the tag. 419 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:13,880 There's a much lesser known rule that says you can sign a new one year contract. 420 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:17,240 So basically on the tag, you can just up your tag number. 421 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:21,360 So if you get offered, I say $10.1 million is the running back tag. 422 00:23:21,360 --> 00:23:26,520 I make Saquon negotiate a new, he basically got a 990K raise. 423 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:29,520 Good for him, but he probably could have got that deal in a month and a half and not have 424 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:31,600 to deal with camp or pre-season or anything. 425 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:35,440 Show that we weren't ready to go. 426 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:38,640 Or he can negotiate it some big one year, 15 million deal. 427 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:42,520 You know, Saquon could have ran the risk once the tag is offered, it's there. 428 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:45,720 They can't really pull your tag once it goes past the deadline. 429 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:49,560 So he could have ran the risk of the Giants open the season. 430 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:53,040 I have their schedule in front of me, Dallas at Arizona. 431 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:56,240 So they're probably going to win the Arizona game, but at San Fran at home Seattle. 432 00:23:56,240 --> 00:24:01,120 If he was willing to sit out the first month, I have them in that stretch going two and 433 00:24:01,120 --> 00:24:03,720 two, but let's say they go one and three. 434 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:05,640 And pretty much based on my rules, they're going to win. 435 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:07,960 They could very well lose Dallas with one. 436 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:09,360 I think they beat Arizona. 437 00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:10,680 I think they lose Seattle. 438 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:11,680 They lose San Fran. 439 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,080 They lose Miami and lose the Buffalo. 440 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:16,880 So let's say he had the gall. 441 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:17,880 That's with him. 442 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:20,280 Let's say he's tied to sit out and that happens to them. 443 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:21,280 They start off one and five. 444 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:23,680 Oh my God, we need Saquon. 445 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:28,080 Here's one year's 18 million dollars with a no tag and a no whatever, whatever, whatever. 446 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:35,880 I thought I wanted three, no tag, no franchise tag clause and I know, um, whatever, just 447 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:37,680 you're totally free after this year. 448 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:38,680 We just need you back. 449 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:40,200 One year's 18 million dollars. 450 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:41,200 Please come back and save us. 451 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,000 Please say, go on. 452 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:47,440 Now you got your power back instead by not getting a no tag and not getting whatever. 453 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:52,360 You're basically in the same spot you were in last year and you now you have to report 454 00:24:52,360 --> 00:24:58,640 to camp and do what they want you to do for the potential of 990 grand more. 455 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:01,440 The downside is there's a potential for 990 grand less. 456 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:04,720 I got on under or really a million dollars less. 457 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:07,840 I don't understand what the benefit of this was. 458 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:12,160 Now Josh Jacobs is holding out, but the team's going to go to him and say play on 10.1 or 459 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:13,160 what gave the Saquon do. 460 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:16,080 The exact same deal Saquon got. 461 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:19,840 Like, but Jacobs is probably going to say, shit, that's my options anyway. 462 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:23,760 I might as well wait until week one and sign and then come in the building week one and 463 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:24,760 play ball. 464 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:28,040 Like that way he's then don't have to worry about camp and the other stuff. 465 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:30,600 Um, he's not under contract, not under a tender. 466 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:35,720 So the running backs coming together, um, Darwin cooks talking about it. 467 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:39,040 The group chats now there was reported Derek Henry's in it. 468 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:41,000 They're all trying to come together and get their market back up. 469 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:42,720 Um, Nick Wright made a hell of a point. 470 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:46,560 Like the reason why there's going to be more and more quarterbacks coming in. 471 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:48,560 So that mid level quarterback point is going to plummet. 472 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:51,480 The league guys going to be the league guys, but that middle of a quarterback market is 473 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:54,520 going to plummet less and less people going to be running backs. 474 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:57,320 Which means that running back market is going to get hired because it's going to be less 475 00:25:57,320 --> 00:25:58,320 of them there. 476 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:04,720 It's going to be less replacement level players to make the, even a top guy, 80% of him is 477 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:07,000 not going to be available for a 10th of his money. 478 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,080 And that's going to take five, six, seven years. 479 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:13,680 These guys may not be able to benefit from it, but that's basically what's going to happen 480 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:15,360 to the running back market. 481 00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:16,360 So it's going to swing back up. 482 00:26:16,360 --> 00:26:17,840 So the big man is coming back in basketball. 483 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:18,840 It's going to swing back. 484 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:23,120 This is my just take five, six, seven years for it to come back to a running backs are 485 00:26:23,120 --> 00:26:27,920 valuable again, because you can't get, you can't go from league leading Russia to a thousand 486 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:30,760 yard back for instead of $10 million. 487 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:31,760 You get it for $1 million. 488 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:35,040 Like Isaiah Pacheco was the starting running back for the chiefs last year. 489 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:37,800 He made 970 K or something like that. 490 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:42,120 I don't think any, any leading Russian, any football champion for the past 10 years has 491 00:26:42,120 --> 00:26:45,120 made over $1.5 million for that season. 492 00:26:45,120 --> 00:26:49,760 Like, so when that stops being the case, let's say it might take five, six, seven years before 493 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:56,040 that seventh round pick and that first round pick really not that far apart. 494 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:59,080 Then the money will swing back up because you'll be more valued and then it'll ebb 495 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:02,400 and flow just like anything else. 496 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:07,240 But to the highlight of the eight block, it's when I pick literally every single game. 497 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,680 I print a schedule out, I print a schedule grid out. 498 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:16,560 I got this one from print your schedule, print your brackets.com. 499 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:20,160 They had the 2023 schedule every single game. 500 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:25,480 And so I was able to pick them all as I sit down and spot by an hour, turn everything 501 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:26,480 off. 502 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:27,480 I have automatic rules. 503 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:28,480 You split your division. 504 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:31,280 You win every home division game, you lose every real division game. 505 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:34,840 Unless you're a god awful team, you usually, that usually happens. 506 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:39,440 You usually anywhere from two and four to five in one of your divisions. 507 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:41,640 Sweep senior division are rare. 508 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:43,160 Losing every division game is rare. 509 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:46,360 You usually land between two and four and five and one. 510 00:27:46,360 --> 00:27:51,360 This also gives room for games that I pick incorrectly to kind of balance stuff out. 511 00:27:51,360 --> 00:27:53,360 So everyone starts out the year with three wins. 512 00:27:53,360 --> 00:27:57,080 Everyone starts out the year with three losses. 513 00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:59,940 And that takes away the common opponents in your division. 514 00:27:59,940 --> 00:28:03,100 And then you just go from there picking games. 515 00:28:03,100 --> 00:28:06,560 So if there's a green check up here, there's a black check at the bottom. 516 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:08,200 So on and so forth, they balance stuff out. 517 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:10,640 Like I said, literally everything in the game gets picked. 518 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,800 It takes about an hour to do it properly. 519 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:18,400 And so how the records stack out, we're going to go team by team and how the playoffs shake 520 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:19,400 out. 521 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:20,400 I'm not going to go to the playoff bracket. 522 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:24,840 When I redo this again, probably right before week one, that's when I'll go through how 523 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:26,360 I see the season going. 524 00:28:26,360 --> 00:28:29,600 But this is kind of an early prediction. 525 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:32,000 Kind of your early first week of training camp sort of prediction. 526 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:36,600 Oh, Trey Turner, speaking of training camp, Trey Turner for the Saints suffered a ruptured 527 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:37,600 ruptured. 528 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,600 He's out for the season. 529 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:42,560 I can't think of his injury right this second. 530 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:44,560 Ruptured quadriceps. 531 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:46,480 He's out for the season. 532 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:49,040 He was signed this week in New Orleans native LSU players. 533 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:51,280 He's been in the league about nine years. 534 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:53,160 He was signed this season. 535 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:56,320 So BC's home rehabbing is the positive. 536 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,200 I know he really wanted to put on his hometown black and gold. 537 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:03,520 He was on a veteran minimum deal, expected to compete for a starting position. 538 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:04,520 Ruptured his quadriceps. 539 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:06,120 He's out for the season. 540 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:07,400 But back to the schedule. 541 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:10,440 So in the NFC, we're going to go NFC, then AFC. 542 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:15,360 In the NFC North, I have the Lions at 10 and 7, the Bears at 8 and 9, the Packers at 7 543 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:18,840 and 10, the Vikings at 9 and 8, Lions with another division. 544 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:24,960 In the South, I have the Saints winning division at 9 and 8, Falcons coming in second at 6 545 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:29,200 and 11, both the Panthers and the Bucks going 4 and 13. 546 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:33,080 In the West, in the NFC West, I have a three-way tie for first. 547 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:35,760 Ultimately, the 49ers win off tiebreaker. 548 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:42,640 But 49ers at 9 and 8, Rams at 9 and 8, Seahawks at 9 and 8, Cardinals at 6 and 11. 549 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:48,600 For the NFC East, I have the Eagles winning it at 12 and 5, Cowboys at second at 11 and 550 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:52,880 6, Giants third at 7 and 10, Commanders fourth at 6 and 11. 551 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:56,760 They're still in their post-Dan Snyder bliss. 552 00:29:56,760 --> 00:30:02,400 In the AFC North, I have the Cincinnati Bengals winning the division at 12 and 5, Baltimore 553 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:06,880 coming in second at 11 and 6, Cleveland coming in third at 10 and 7, Piercebury bringing 554 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:09,440 up the rear at 7 and 10. 555 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:14,640 For the South, I have the Jaguars winning it at 11 and 6, Titans coming in second at 9 556 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:18,520 and 8, Texans coming in third at 7 and 10, Amphanage just standing the Colts. 557 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:21,760 Bringing up the rear at 4 and 13. 558 00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:25,040 For the West, I have the Chiefs winning it at 12 and 5. 559 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:31,480 The 1 second, I have a two-way tie for second between the Chargers and the Broncos. 560 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:36,880 Chargers coming in second due to tiebreaker at 10 and 7, Broncos coming in third at 10 561 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:37,880 and 7. 562 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:40,400 The Raiders bringing up the rear at 6 and 11. 563 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:45,440 And then for the AFC East, I have the Bills winning it off tiebreaker against the Patriots 564 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:46,440 at 10 and 7. 565 00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:50,240 The Patriots get 10 and 7, the Dolphins and the Jets are tied for third. 566 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:52,840 No one cares who finishes third. 567 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:55,280 At 8 and 9. 568 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:56,720 Which goes into the playoffs. 569 00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:59,640 The NFC will be your number one seeded Eagles getting the bye. 570 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:06,600 Two seed Lions, three seed 49ers, four seed Saints, five seed Cowboys, six seed Vikings, 571 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:09,280 seven seed Seahawks. 572 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:13,440 With the AFC going Chiefs getting the bye with the one seed. 573 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:15,560 Bengals at number two. 574 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:17,760 Jags at number three. 575 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:19,280 The Bills at number four. 576 00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:20,800 Ravens at number five. 577 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:22,640 Chargers at number six. 578 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:25,540 And seven seed New England Patriots. 579 00:31:25,540 --> 00:31:27,520 So that is how the playoffs would shake out. 580 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:32,080 It would be a very nice stacked playoffs especially at quarterback. 581 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:34,560 Which quarterback and head coach, how you win in this league. 582 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:37,200 It would be a stacked playoffs is that was how it would shake out. 583 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:39,080 Like I said, this is my initial predictions. 584 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:43,520 I'll do one of these right again the week one preview show. 585 00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:45,080 Or at least the week. 586 00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:48,680 That week there's an off week between week three of the preseason and week one. 587 00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:52,920 But probably when I do it again, it will be my big prediction show. 588 00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:56,800 Which when I did pretty much all the NFL show. 589 00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:59,000 That'll be when I do the schedule again. 590 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:02,800 When I update the schedule again, I do the playoffs, I do the awards. 591 00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:04,880 All that will be the NFL preview show. 592 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:09,440 And that show usually hits the week between the last week of the preseason. 593 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:11,560 There's an off week and then week one of the regular season. 594 00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:14,640 That off week is when that show will come out. 595 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:18,000 Up next we're gonna shift to the NBA and talk about what's going on with the association. 596 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:55,240 Welcome back into the show. 597 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:58,440 And now we're going to do a little some quick hitters on the NBA. 598 00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:00,600 Sorry about the long A block. 599 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:01,600 It's almost NFL season. 600 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:02,600 I get excited. 601 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:07,920 At one point we're gonna be doing 45, 50 minute hour shows just on the NFL. 602 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:11,400 So again, I apologize for the long A block, but I wanted to get all that information in 603 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:12,400 there. 604 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:15,280 There's a lot of good stuff that's happening in the NFL, so I don't want to talk about 605 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:16,280 that. 606 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:22,520 But shifting over to the association, the Boston Celtics broke the bank. 607 00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:23,520 They did it. 608 00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:27,040 Which I said this a month ago, maybe more. 609 00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:30,040 Maybe on the last show before the break. 610 00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:33,000 I said, hey guys, they got no choice. 611 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:34,400 I didn't live up to that. 612 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:39,880 But once Jalen Brown qualified for the super max, that was the end of the negotiation. 613 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:44,280 Once he became an all star and he qualified for the super max, that was it. 614 00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:45,280 304 was shocking. 615 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:46,280 I thought the number was 296. 616 00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:51,080 Cause that means Jason Tatum's number, I think it's 340 something or something like 617 00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:52,080 that. 618 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:53,080 I thought the number was 396. 619 00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:54,080 It was 296. 620 00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:56,240 I thought it was 600 million being the two of them. 621 00:33:56,240 --> 00:34:03,080 But regardless, or maybe Tatum's 320 something, but regardless, once he became super max eligible, 622 00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:05,480 that was the end of the negotiation. 623 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:08,920 Because unless there's only two things that happen at that moment. 624 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:14,880 Once he became super max eligible, either you trade him in the off season. 625 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:15,880 You don't pay on a contract. 626 00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:16,880 You just trade him. 627 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:19,480 A la the Marcus cousins with the Kings. 628 00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:21,560 The Kings didn't want to pay Boogie. 629 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:25,320 They decide, okay, we're going to trade Boogie before he gets to the point. 630 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:27,280 We're going to trade him before he extends. 631 00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:29,440 Because he was going to extend in New Orleans before he got hurt. 632 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:32,760 And then everything went off the rail. 633 00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:35,240 But before we were going to extend them, we're going to trade them. 634 00:34:35,240 --> 00:34:41,200 So either trade them a la Boogie cousins, risk playing it out. 635 00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:45,480 And the off season comes and he has signs for the higher number. 636 00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:47,720 Or you don't offer him the super max. 637 00:34:47,720 --> 00:34:49,360 You offer him literally anything else. 638 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:55,600 And he says, screw you either trade me or I'm walking in for agency for nothing. 639 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:57,760 Like that was your options there. 640 00:34:57,760 --> 00:34:59,920 You had no other no other weapon to fire. 641 00:34:59,920 --> 00:35:03,400 Like, no, it's not my like, I got all these bags, all these tricks in my bag, and I got 642 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:06,480 all these guns in my host rock and fire all these bullets in the gun. 643 00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:07,480 That was it. 644 00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:12,640 You had three super max trade or risk him walking out the door for nothing if you don't 645 00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:14,240 offer him said super max. 646 00:35:14,240 --> 00:35:17,520 So they paid him five years, $304 million. 647 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:25,160 He's currently the highest paid player in the history of the NBA in a singular contract. 648 00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:28,520 The last year the deal is projected to be about $69 million. 649 00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:35,120 Now, this feels to me like when Mike Conley got paid, Mike Conley was the first person 650 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:36,120 to go over 150. 651 00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:39,840 He signed for five years, 150, I think $4 million. 652 00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:43,000 I was not even eight, nine years ago. 653 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:46,360 He was the first person to go over 150 and people lost their minds. 654 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:49,720 Oh my God, I can't believe Mike Conley is the highest paid player in the history of 655 00:35:49,720 --> 00:35:50,720 the NBA. 656 00:35:50,720 --> 00:35:56,280 And this, that and the third people lost their everlasting minds. 657 00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:59,840 And then in two years and no one cared because we started players started going north of 658 00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:03,240 200 comfortably and no one cared about my comments. 659 00:36:03,240 --> 00:36:04,240 150. 660 00:36:04,240 --> 00:36:09,440 I think it's gonna take a minute for Jalen Browns 304 to get like took the like Mike Conley's 661 00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:11,000 150 guy. 662 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:16,320 But like Shade Gilgis Alexander on the projected pace may cost $400 million on his contract. 663 00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:21,320 Luca Tatum, those guys are going to be Luca things, break it through 50 Tatum is going 664 00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:24,320 to be 330. 665 00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:32,840 Like John in three, four years is going to extend for his super max more than likely. 666 00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:38,040 Zion, if he's healthy, he's going to extend for a super max. 667 00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:40,680 Like Brandon Ingram is an all star ish level player. 668 00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:44,520 If he gets two all stars in this contract, he's going to be super max player. 669 00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:49,480 Like there's 303, 300 and eight, nine years ago. 670 00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:52,160 Oh man, I wasn't even that much. 671 00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:56,280 But at the moment, he's the highest paid player in the history of the NBA and the single contract 672 00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:58,080 and he can't go left. 673 00:36:58,080 --> 00:36:59,080 And everyone knows it. 674 00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:03,080 Like I said, it was one of those things after the finals, Arthur the series, I was saying 675 00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:09,920 like, man, that's a decision because you know that the people in the NBA are openly saying 676 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:12,240 he can't go left. 677 00:37:12,240 --> 00:37:19,240 I was like, I would struggle sleeping at night paying a guy that much money knowing he can't 678 00:37:19,240 --> 00:37:21,080 go left. 679 00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:23,800 And because of this new CBA, you're stuck. 680 00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:25,480 That's before poor lingus. 681 00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:27,840 I'm like, you're stuck pushing. 682 00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:29,320 You're stuck in the second tax floor. 683 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:32,360 You really can't improve your roster at all. 684 00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:34,920 And you've got a guy who can't go left and Brown. 685 00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:39,200 You've got a Jason Taylor who's going to pass Brown as the highest paid player ever. 686 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:42,760 So you're going to have the two biggest contracts in NBA history on your roster because you're 687 00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:45,280 the first team to ever have two full super masses. 688 00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:52,680 I'm not the 25% super max like 30 35% super max, they're going to have two of them. 689 00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:54,480 Like that's insane. 690 00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:59,080 And then poor Zing is just extended for like 30 ish million dollars a year. 691 00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:03,120 Like that is insanity what they're doing in Boston, but they're doing the same thing 692 00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:04,680 in Phoenix. 693 00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:08,240 If you're going to be in the second tax floor, shuff past it. 694 00:38:08,240 --> 00:38:10,200 Don't don't consider it. 695 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:12,280 Don't think, oh, we got to stay right around the bubble. 696 00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:16,160 Once you're in it, all those things apply, whether you're one penny in it or you're 697 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:20,160 $30 million in it, you're still under the same penalties. 698 00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:24,680 So you might as well, like I said, if you're going to go into that second tax floor, shove 699 00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:25,680 past it. 700 00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:27,680 So it used to be teams weren't willing to pay the luxury tax. 701 00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:30,200 I'm not going to pay the luxury tax. 702 00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:31,680 It's just, it's cost prohibitive. 703 00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:36,360 You mean you'd pay it from zero to $4.99999 million. 704 00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:39,760 But like once you got past $5 million, teams won't pay that repeat. 705 00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:42,440 So if you were barely in it one year, you were getting out of it the next year before 706 00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:44,720 you pay the taxes, all the other stuff. 707 00:38:44,720 --> 00:38:49,920 Now with the new CBA and how much money people are bringing in, it's the second apron now. 708 00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:53,040 So I go in the first apron, especially if I'm competing in the playoffs every year, 709 00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:54,040 I get playoff revenue. 710 00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:59,760 If I'm a team that can push a little bit, a couple of rounds, I'll definitely go into 711 00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:01,200 that first level. 712 00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:03,600 That second level, I better be winning a title. 713 00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:06,560 If I'm in that second level three years, I better be in the finals, two of them and 714 00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:09,060 have at least one ring. 715 00:39:09,060 --> 00:39:12,600 Other than that, I spend a whole lot of money for no reason. 716 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:17,600 And so people are making decisions about what to do with salaries. 717 00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:19,520 Boston decided we're going to go into the second level. 718 00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:21,040 We're going to just fly into it. 719 00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:22,040 It doesn't matter. 720 00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:27,280 Phoenix, Matt H.B., a new owner, new money, new ego wants to win. 721 00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:28,280 Screw it. 722 00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:29,280 Let's go into the second luxury. 723 00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:30,280 Let's go into the second tax floor. 724 00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:32,480 Go as far as we can go in it. 725 00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:35,120 How you have basically four max contracts. 726 00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:41,080 Now none of them are super maxes or none of them are the 35% super max. 727 00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:44,800 But you've got basically four max contracts. 728 00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:46,240 You just decide I'm going to go into the luxury tax. 729 00:39:46,240 --> 00:39:48,000 I don't care. 730 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:53,080 So kudos for Isabea and whoever owns the Celtics for deciding we don't care about the luxury 731 00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:54,080 tax. 732 00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:55,160 Where is it going to go into it? 733 00:39:55,160 --> 00:40:03,280 Now Boston did make a luxury tax-ish move by letting Grant Williams walk. 734 00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:05,280 That was a luxury tax-ish move. 735 00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:08,160 It was going super, super insane in the tax. 736 00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:11,640 But they could have easily matched his offer and kept Grant Williams too. 737 00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:13,440 That's also a personnel decision. 738 00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:16,440 They got a hell of a first round pick back. 739 00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:19,760 That 20-30 opportunity to first round pick from Dallas may be a hell of a pick because 740 00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:21,880 that's probably post-Luca and definitely post-Kyrie. 741 00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:28,600 So that could be a beautiful asset for the Boston Celtics. 742 00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:30,640 But again, that's also cleaning up the log jamming big man. 743 00:40:30,640 --> 00:40:35,280 Because if you had Grant Williams, Robert Williams, Chris Stats, Poussingas, some of 744 00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:36,840 them wasn't going to play. 745 00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:41,760 And because of Joe Mazula's offensive tendencies, it was probably going to be Robert Williams. 746 00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:44,480 Because Grant Williams has a much more developed offensive game. 747 00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:46,560 So then what we're going to do with Robert Williams is it's time for him to extend. 748 00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:49,400 He probably wasn't going to resign or you're going to offer him peanuts and he's going 749 00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:50,680 to walk away anyway. 750 00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:53,680 So it was one of those situations where you probably made your best decision for your 751 00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:54,680 roster. 752 00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:59,680 But at the time, it was like a tax, a luxury tax-ish move because Grant Williams was signing 753 00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:02,120 for 54 with the Dallas Mavericks. 754 00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:07,280 Got him to make a full mid-level exception guy. 755 00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:08,880 So that's a move Boston had to make. 756 00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:10,360 I kind of like what they're doing. 757 00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:14,360 Obviously, I think it's pretty obvious now Brogdon is the starter. 758 00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:18,680 Brogdon, Tatum, Brown, Poussingas, Robert Williams probably starting five. 759 00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:20,600 That's a tall, long starting five. 760 00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:22,800 Four of them are capable of hitting jumpers. 761 00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:23,800 So you're going to have the key. 762 00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:24,800 Oh, Derek White's also there. 763 00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:27,080 Derek White, ball Derek White could be your starter too. 764 00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:31,320 So Derek White, Brown, Tatum, like that's still a good lineup that they can deploy, 765 00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:36,080 especially if Hamasula wants to score the ball. 766 00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:38,200 Dame Watch is officially on. 767 00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:39,480 Pause. 768 00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:43,840 No one cares at this point because the NBA is frozen until somebody makes a move because 769 00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:44,840 these salaries are ridiculous. 770 00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:48,720 And all you're doing is creating strife for your organization, yourself, and the organization 771 00:41:48,720 --> 00:41:50,100 you're trying to go to. 772 00:41:50,100 --> 00:41:51,600 So kudos to Dame Lilla for that. 773 00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:53,000 James Harden as well. 774 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:58,520 The Clippers have had what they call unserious talks, or it's being called rather, unserious 775 00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:03,640 talks with the Philadelphia 76ers regarding James Harden. 776 00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:05,720 They're unwilling to part with the assets to get Harden. 777 00:42:05,720 --> 00:42:08,560 The Sixers are unwilling to give him away. 778 00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:11,880 And even if they were willing to give him away, you've got to clear Caspades out to 779 00:42:11,880 --> 00:42:13,760 get James Harden. 780 00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:14,760 That's the problem. 781 00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:19,640 Like, that's the issue with opting in and going for that. 782 00:42:19,640 --> 00:42:23,680 You know, trying to negotiate a signing trade, you see the issue. 783 00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:24,680 Same thing with Dame. 784 00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:28,880 You have 170-ish million dollars left on the contract. 785 00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:32,240 That's oh, I'm sorry, 200-ish million dollars on the contract. 786 00:42:32,240 --> 00:42:34,520 I forgot he signed for that at Supermax. 787 00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:36,920 200-ish million dollars left on the contract. 788 00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:39,200 It's really hard to trade. 789 00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:41,960 Like, very hard to trade. 790 00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:49,600 Especially when you've got so many teams pushing against that second level of the cap. 791 00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:53,520 That is, it's hard to make these deals, man. 792 00:42:53,520 --> 00:42:57,240 It's pretty impossible, especially when teams are looking and saying, I'm not about to 793 00:42:57,240 --> 00:42:59,720 gut my roster for one player. 794 00:42:59,720 --> 00:43:01,920 That makes it really hard. 795 00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:05,480 Especially when that team already has a couple of stars on it. 796 00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:11,880 So we'll be definitely keeping our eye on both, all three of those situations. 797 00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:18,520 Boston, Portland with Dame, and Philadelphia with James Harden, hoping for a resolution 798 00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:20,640 soon rather than later. 799 00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:24,760 But up next, we're going to shift to the Big 12 and discuss what's going down with conference 800 00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:48,040 realignment. 801 00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:54,640 Welcome back into the show. 802 00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:59,120 I think the only thing moving more than the NBA is college football. 803 00:43:59,120 --> 00:44:04,600 For the second offseason in a row, really, we've had major realignment news. 804 00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:09,200 It started off with Texas and Oklahoma speeding up their exit from the Big 12 instead of coming 805 00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:11,280 to the SEC in 2025. 806 00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:14,680 They're coming in for the 2024 season of football. 807 00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:20,040 Now Colorado is one of the teams replacing them in the Big 12, led by, I'm sure, the 808 00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:23,680 popularity with Deion Sanders arriving in Boulder, Colorado. 809 00:44:23,680 --> 00:44:29,600 Colorado actually being a former Big 12 school, they are going home. 810 00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:35,040 The Big 12 commissioner released a statement, a la Michael Jordan, for immediate release 811 00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:40,440 from such and such and such with the quote, they're back in regards to Colorado returning 812 00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:41,720 back to the Big 12. 813 00:44:41,720 --> 00:44:48,520 And they leave the Pac-12 up a creek without a paddle because they have no media deal. 814 00:44:48,520 --> 00:44:50,560 They've lost UCLA, USC. 815 00:44:50,560 --> 00:44:57,760 Now they've lost Colorado and they are quickly losing their talent that exists in the conference. 816 00:44:57,760 --> 00:45:00,040 Oregon, what's Oregon going to do? 817 00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:01,560 Oregon's been linked to the Big 10. 818 00:45:01,560 --> 00:45:05,640 They were trying to jump in the mix when USC and UCLA were going to the Big 10 because 819 00:45:05,640 --> 00:45:10,200 Oregon feels like a Big 10 school, very academic West coast. 820 00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:13,760 Now that's not a Big 10 function, but very academic. 821 00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:15,800 They've got cold, wet weather. 822 00:45:15,800 --> 00:45:17,400 They've got a bunch of cool uniforms. 823 00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:18,400 They're a Nike school. 824 00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:23,520 They've got a rich alumni, a la Phil Knight. 825 00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:24,520 They've got players. 826 00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:26,120 They're good at baseball. 827 00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:27,120 They're good at football. 828 00:45:27,120 --> 00:45:28,120 They're good at basketball. 829 00:45:28,120 --> 00:45:36,040 I'm sure they can probably get a hockey team put together quickly, sooner rather than later. 830 00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:38,920 And so I think Oregon's going to jet. 831 00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:40,840 I think Oregon would be attracted to the Big 12. 832 00:45:40,840 --> 00:45:42,760 Now that's a hell of a travel. 833 00:45:42,760 --> 00:45:46,440 That means officially Big 12 will go coast to coast. 834 00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:51,480 I believe the Big 12 has UCF coming in in 2024. 835 00:45:51,480 --> 00:45:55,600 That'd be great for a TV deal because then they can say we can play at 11, 2.30, 6 and 836 00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:58,600 9 Central time. 837 00:45:58,600 --> 00:46:02,560 That obviously translates that to Eastern and whatever time, but they can play in all 838 00:46:02,560 --> 00:46:08,360 four time slots if they end up getting in an Oregon because then you can say, okay, 839 00:46:08,360 --> 00:46:15,160 Oregon hosts, then they can play Pac-12 at night style at 9 or 10 PM. 840 00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:19,400 And then if UCF hosts, they can play at 11 or 12, you know, and you play it literally 841 00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:21,960 all throughout the day. 842 00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:23,760 You could recruit all across the country. 843 00:46:23,760 --> 00:46:25,400 Like it would be a great for the Big 12. 844 00:46:25,400 --> 00:46:30,760 They'd pull off my American conference theme thing where one conference goes from coast 845 00:46:30,760 --> 00:46:31,760 to coast. 846 00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:32,760 They play all through the middle. 847 00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:33,760 They play around the outside. 848 00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:34,760 They just play. 849 00:46:34,760 --> 00:46:36,440 They have a team all across the country. 850 00:46:36,440 --> 00:46:40,240 Now a pain in the basketball, but in football, you gotta get on a plane either way. 851 00:46:40,240 --> 00:46:43,240 So what's a one hour flight or two hour flight? 852 00:46:43,240 --> 00:46:47,640 Oregon at UCF would be incredibly interesting. 853 00:46:47,640 --> 00:46:51,360 UCF at Kansas is going to be fun. 854 00:46:51,360 --> 00:46:54,640 Some of these matchups are going to be quite interesting, especially in December where 855 00:46:54,640 --> 00:46:56,120 you get a kid from Central Florida. 856 00:46:56,120 --> 00:46:59,120 Now he's playing at Kansas late November. 857 00:46:59,120 --> 00:47:00,120 It's snowing sideways. 858 00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:04,800 So that's going to be a very intriguing matchups. 859 00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:06,760 But the Pac-12 needs to do something. 860 00:47:06,760 --> 00:47:10,120 Now the Pac-12 offered two relief bouts and they did nothing. 861 00:47:10,120 --> 00:47:15,240 They originally had an offer reportedly from the Big 12 to combine conferences. 862 00:47:15,240 --> 00:47:17,560 They said no. 863 00:47:17,560 --> 00:47:20,120 Back on the Big 12 knew they were losing Texas and Oklahoma. 864 00:47:20,120 --> 00:47:22,720 Basically take your top six, my top six, we come together, make one conference. 865 00:47:22,720 --> 00:47:24,800 Or your top seven, my top seven, whatever. 866 00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:26,080 We come together, make one conference. 867 00:47:26,080 --> 00:47:30,400 I don't know what they were going to call it, but that was, that was the crabby patty 868 00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:32,160 formula that was tossed out. 869 00:47:32,160 --> 00:47:33,160 The Pac-12 said no. 870 00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:37,080 Then the Pac-12 put their foot in their mouth last week by saying, Oh, we got Deon and that's 871 00:47:37,080 --> 00:47:40,960 going to be the big kahuna, a big fish for our media negotiations. 872 00:47:40,960 --> 00:47:44,680 And then Deon's Audi 5,000. 873 00:47:44,680 --> 00:47:47,080 So I don't know what the Pac-12 is going to do. 874 00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:48,080 They have no media deal. 875 00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:49,560 They're three biggest brands. 876 00:47:49,560 --> 00:47:54,600 Well, they're two biggest brands and their biggest star are now leaving the conference 877 00:47:54,600 --> 00:47:58,000 in 12 months. 878 00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:01,680 I mean, what are you going to do if you're the Pac-12? 879 00:48:01,680 --> 00:48:02,680 I don't know. 880 00:48:02,680 --> 00:48:06,640 I mean, I think the Pac-12, probably 10 years ago, this was going to come down maybe more 881 00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:10,680 than that, maybe 12, 13 years ago when conference realignment and the super conferences became 882 00:48:10,680 --> 00:48:12,200 a thing. 883 00:48:12,200 --> 00:48:15,560 Somebody was going to die. 884 00:48:15,560 --> 00:48:21,200 We all thought it was going to be the ACC or it was going to be the big 12. 885 00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:26,880 That the ACC, the SEC, the big 10, the Pac-12 would morph into the Pac-16, the big 16, the 886 00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:29,680 ACC and the SEC. 887 00:48:29,680 --> 00:48:32,240 And then the big 12 would just die. 888 00:48:32,240 --> 00:48:34,680 It looks like the Pac-12 is going to be the die. 889 00:48:34,680 --> 00:48:40,640 The team is going to die because that's just, there's no way to answer here. 890 00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:43,560 I think the SEC is holding for now. 891 00:48:43,560 --> 00:48:44,560 Maybe they go into Florida. 892 00:48:44,560 --> 00:48:46,120 Maybe they go call in Miami or something. 893 00:48:46,120 --> 00:48:48,320 I think the SEC is holding for now. 894 00:48:48,320 --> 00:48:55,120 I think the big 10, unless they add Oregon, I think they're probably holding for now. 895 00:48:55,120 --> 00:48:59,200 Oregon's got to get out of the Pac-12 because they'll be carrying the meteorites and that's 896 00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:00,800 just not a good mix for them. 897 00:49:00,800 --> 00:49:03,000 Stanford could be a big 10 school. 898 00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:06,240 Academic, smart, they're good at a lot of sports. 899 00:49:06,240 --> 00:49:08,760 Not really good at basketball right now, but they're good at a lot of sports. 900 00:49:08,760 --> 00:49:09,760 Not academic and they're smart. 901 00:49:09,760 --> 00:49:11,640 You can see Stanford going big 10. 902 00:49:11,640 --> 00:49:13,360 Maybe Oregon goes big 12. 903 00:49:13,360 --> 00:49:18,000 But I just can't see some of those bigger brands sticking around the Pac-12 and watching 904 00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:19,000 it die. 905 00:49:19,000 --> 00:49:23,960 Maybe the WAC takes the big Pac-12 spot, but the Pac-12 has the Rose Bowl. 906 00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:26,680 There's so much convoluted stuff here. 907 00:49:26,680 --> 00:49:30,880 Under the Pac-12, I call the WAC and I say, let's come together. 908 00:49:30,880 --> 00:49:35,320 Under the Pac-12, we become the Pac-14 or Pac-16 or whatever when it gets to the Rose 909 00:49:35,320 --> 00:49:36,320 Bowl. 910 00:49:36,320 --> 00:49:40,000 That would be the thing I would dangle in front of smaller schools. 911 00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:42,240 You win, you're in the Rose Bowl. 912 00:49:42,240 --> 00:49:46,280 So they're going to have to do something because right now it looks like the transfer 913 00:49:46,280 --> 00:49:50,320 portal is open and the Pac-12 is getting absolutely robbed. 914 00:49:50,320 --> 00:49:52,040 So they're going to have to figure something out. 915 00:49:52,040 --> 00:49:59,000 Otherwise, they're going to be a conference without a power or a team in it. 916 00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:02,640 But up next, we're going to shift to our best for last, which is going to be a quick 917 00:50:02,640 --> 00:50:26,720 discussion on Shohei Ohtani. 918 00:50:32,640 --> 00:50:48,520 Welcome back into the show. 919 00:50:48,520 --> 00:50:54,480 And now we're going to talk about the freakish at this point, Shohei Ohtani. 920 00:50:54,480 --> 00:50:56,480 I'm not going to go into what he's doing on the season. 921 00:50:56,480 --> 00:50:58,800 I don't, that's talked about enough. 922 00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:01,640 I want to talk about what he did yesterday. 923 00:51:01,640 --> 00:51:04,320 What he did yesterday should be illegal. 924 00:51:04,320 --> 00:51:06,400 They had a double header yesterday and that's all I want to talk about. 925 00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:08,720 Then we're going to end the show and we're going to wish you guys a happy weekend and 926 00:51:08,720 --> 00:51:09,720 whatever. 927 00:51:09,720 --> 00:51:12,440 I'm going to move on with my life. 928 00:51:12,440 --> 00:51:14,280 Yesterday they had a double header. 929 00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:17,040 Shohei Ohtani pitches the first game. 930 00:51:17,040 --> 00:51:23,340 He has a 111 one hit complete game shutout. 931 00:51:23,340 --> 00:51:26,320 He finishes the game, complete game by himself. 932 00:51:26,320 --> 00:51:29,560 I got it, rest. 933 00:51:29,560 --> 00:51:34,800 Less than two hours later, he's already hit two home runs in the second game. 934 00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:35,800 That's ridiculous. 935 00:51:35,800 --> 00:51:42,920 That's like if Patrick Mahomes decided to throw five touchdowns or Aaron Donald gets 936 00:51:42,920 --> 00:51:45,640 four sacks and then throws three touchdowns. 937 00:51:45,640 --> 00:51:49,280 That's absolutely absurd what he's doing. 938 00:51:49,280 --> 00:51:51,720 Never seen anything like it. 939 00:51:51,720 --> 00:51:55,000 The angels pulled him off the trade market. 940 00:51:55,000 --> 00:51:58,720 It's going to be an incredibly interesting for agency to see what happens. 941 00:51:58,720 --> 00:52:00,640 I think the Yankees are going to throw a blank check out. 942 00:52:00,640 --> 00:52:02,600 I'm going to say sign here. 943 00:52:02,600 --> 00:52:08,000 So it is going to be very interesting to see what happens with Ohtani's free agency. 944 00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:11,760 The angels are about two games out of the last place of the wild card. 945 00:52:11,760 --> 00:52:18,320 So they end up not making the wild card and they lose Ohtani, not trading him. 946 00:52:18,320 --> 00:52:23,640 It may end up being one of the biggest gaffes in sports history because he would command 947 00:52:23,640 --> 00:52:29,680 probably three current major league players and five foreign players easily on the open 948 00:52:29,680 --> 00:52:33,240 market because you get Ohtani, you're contending. 949 00:52:33,240 --> 00:52:41,440 If you're a Yankees, if you're a Yankees fan, but if you're a Yankees, if you're a Rays, 950 00:52:41,440 --> 00:52:49,160 if you're Orioles, if you're Dodgers, if you're Astros, like you're one of these teams that 951 00:52:49,160 --> 00:52:54,880 are in the contention, you just need a superstar, Shohei puts you over the top. 952 00:52:54,880 --> 00:52:58,280 Think about an outfield when Shohei's playing the field of one call, one stand, Aaron Judge 953 00:52:58,280 --> 00:52:59,280 and Shohei Ohtani. 954 00:52:59,280 --> 00:53:00,280 Who's beating that? 955 00:53:00,280 --> 00:53:03,280 And he's in the rotation now. 956 00:53:03,280 --> 00:53:06,720 Him and, oh, I can't think of the guy's name. 957 00:53:06,720 --> 00:53:10,000 The pitch, Gary Cole are the two aces on the Yankee staff. 958 00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:12,800 That's the kind of thing that he's going to command in for agency. 959 00:53:12,800 --> 00:53:14,560 I thought the angels should have traded him. 960 00:53:14,560 --> 00:53:18,520 Highest person, highest bidder wins, but we'll see what happens. 961 00:53:18,520 --> 00:53:21,080 But that is all we have for today. 962 00:53:21,080 --> 00:53:24,200 I hope you guys have a great rest of your weekend. 963 00:53:24,200 --> 00:53:51,280 This is your host and owner, Justin Jackson, signing out.