1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:20,800 Welcome into the newest edition of the Justin Times博 podcast. 2 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,280 I am your host, Justin Jackson. 3 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:26,880 In this week's episode, we'll be discussing the NFL week four and a lot of news going 4 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:27,880 down last week. 5 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:33,000 We'll be discussing NFL week five and previewing it along with giving kind of live updates 6 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,560 to the Thursday Night Football game. 7 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:38,240 We'll have our NFL betting segment, Jax Pack. 8 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:44,000 We will touch on the WNBA and we will have as always to end the show, Jax Hot Take. 9 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,360 Now as always, don't forget to like, rate and subscribe to the Justin Times博 podcast 10 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:50,080 on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. 11 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:54,440 And don't forget to follow the social media handle at JTimesports on all your favorite 12 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:57,440 social media, whether that be Twitter, NowKnowAsEx. 13 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:03,480 Instagram, threads, Facebook, or TikTok for live updates and breaking news. 14 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:32,720 Now as always, sit back and get ready to learn something. 15 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:46,800 Welcome into the show. 16 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:52,480 Justin Times博 podcast season four episode 28 coming to you on a Friday morning by the 17 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:56,880 time you hear this, but recording this Thursday evening. 18 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:00,640 The Thursday Night Football game between the commanders and the Bears have yet to kick 19 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:01,640 off. 20 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,040 We're going to have a warmup, final warmups and stuff now. 21 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:07,040 So we'll keep you guys fairly updated with that. 22 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:13,280 So we're saying Kirk Kerbstrick do NFL football games, but we'll keep you guys fairly updated 23 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:18,560 on that as it happens. 24 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:19,840 But welcome into the show. 25 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:25,840 As you guys heard in the intro, we have NFL last week and this week, we have Jax Pack, 26 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:30,360 a slightly less successful, although still positive, NFL betting segment. 27 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,040 We have the NBA has some huge news coming out of it. 28 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:35,240 And then we'll have our Jax hot take. 29 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:39,360 Let's jump right into some unfortunate news. 30 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:48,080 Dick Buccus, legendary member of the Chicago Bears, man, model toughness, model NFL citizen. 31 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:53,440 One of the truly good guys in the NFL, especially from that time period has passed away. 32 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:59,720 So the Chicago Bears hours before a big Thursday night football game, the entire organization 33 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:07,000 is in mourning because Dick Buccus has passed away. 34 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:12,160 Really kind of an interesting timing, unfortunately, because the Bears are coming off, they lost. 35 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:16,120 The Bears are coming off of Justin Fields most successful game as a quarterback. 36 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:21,480 Career high completion 28, career high yards over 330, career high touchdowns with four. 37 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:24,800 Ultimately, they failed against the Broncos. 38 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:33,760 And coming off that kind of rolling into the momentum of the Justin Fields football game 39 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:36,240 that he plays, his best game was a pro. 40 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:43,320 And then get the unfortunate news hours ago that Dick Buccus has passed away. 41 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:47,880 He was born in Chicago, two time All-American in college, third overall pick by the Bears 42 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:50,240 in 65. 43 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:57,520 Made nine seasons and literally became the like what it means to be a middle linebacker 44 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:59,880 in the NFL. 45 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:00,880 Passed away at 80. 46 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:04,640 He will always be remembered as just this all around tough, like I said, this tough 47 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:05,640 guy. 48 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:11,400 You know, he's quoted as saying some men were meant to be lawyers and doctors. 49 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:13,600 I was meant to play football. 50 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:18,560 And so he was just this physical guy, two time player of the year, Hall of Famer, just 51 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:21,160 all around, great human. 52 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:26,160 And so the NFL world is mourning the loss of Dick Buccus. 53 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:39,160 So we're going to take a couple of second moments of silence for Mr. Buccus. 54 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:42,560 Thank you for those of you who helped observe it. 55 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:46,960 But moving into stuff, we got some big news out of there. 56 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:49,080 So normally we recap some of the games and we'll get to them. 57 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:52,760 But we have some big news personnel wise out of the NFL this week. 58 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:58,960 Jonathan Taylor and Cooper Cups of Windows to practice both were opened. 59 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:01,640 That's pretty major news for those of you who don't know. 60 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:06,240 So when a person gets placed on IR, the injury reserve project of the season, they can be 61 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:07,240 activated. 62 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:09,920 So it used to be the IR back when I was growing up. 63 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:11,600 I'm not that old, 126. 64 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:18,080 So in my youth and being in high schools all day kind of gets me a little aged quickly. 65 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:22,800 But in my youth, once the player went to IR, that was it. 66 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:23,920 There was no going back. 67 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:27,360 It didn't matter if they got put on IR on week two, they had probably get out of week 68 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:29,720 11, their season was over. 69 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:34,560 And so people, a lot of times there was any 30% chance you could come back during the 70 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:39,040 season, they would have to keep you on the roster and just have you being active every 71 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:41,240 week. 72 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:44,720 And so it would get to situations where if a team had a really bad injury luck year, 73 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:48,360 they would have to IR people that they knew were coming back, but they didn't get the 74 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:49,360 roster. 75 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:50,360 They couldn't go into a game. 76 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:54,480 I think in the NFL, you legally can't go into a game with less than I think 40 players 77 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:56,120 or 42 players. 78 00:05:56,120 --> 00:06:00,840 And so if you had 15 guys out with injuries on a 53 man roster, that's only 38. 79 00:06:00,840 --> 00:06:02,880 So then you would have to IR people. 80 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:05,360 It was really weird to get all kinds of waivers. 81 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:11,760 And it was a weird time period as far as how stuff had to be managed as far as injuries, 82 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:16,440 because you couldn't just say like, this guy's hurt, I'm going to use his roster spot for 83 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:17,440 this healthy person. 84 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:22,080 You have to keep the healthy, the health hurt person on your roster, not have space for 85 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:23,080 the healthy person. 86 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:25,440 It was a disaster. 87 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:30,680 So a couple of years ago, not too long ago, I kind of used everything based on COVID to 88 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:33,520 write around COVID time. 89 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:36,440 Matt Eberflu is three and 18 as the Bears head coach. 90 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:41,400 I'm sorry that I know Justin Fitts only won five games of the pro, but three and 18 startled 91 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:42,400 me. 92 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:49,720 But anyway, so having I think right around COVID time, right before or right after the 93 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:52,920 NFL changed the rule where you can do designated to return. 94 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:56,280 So you can only return so many players in a year. 95 00:06:56,280 --> 00:07:00,800 At first, now they just have short term IR where you can return. 96 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:06,680 I think it's still the same ish rule where you can return so many players in a year from 97 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:12,080 injury reserved, but it allows teams to, okay, like for instance, God and Taylor and Cooper 98 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:17,120 Cup, both had injuries entering the season, but everyone knew they weren't seizing any 99 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:19,920 injuries. 100 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:23,000 Everybody knew that they weren't seizing any injuries. 101 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:29,280 And so no one was really looking for them to be out for the season. 102 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:33,000 Twenty years past, they would have had to stay on the roster and just being inactive 103 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:34,000 every week. 104 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:40,840 Now they were able to use Taylor's and Cups roster spot respectively, to get players for 105 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:43,840 their team that can actually help them to play. 106 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:46,040 Even if it was just to get them on the practice squad, you know, even if the practice squad 107 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:49,120 got up, make him inactive and then put another guy on the practice squad. 108 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:53,720 Anything just to keep the regular flow of the 69, 70 ish bodies. 109 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:58,220 You can have actively signed to a team counting the practice squad. 110 00:07:58,220 --> 00:08:05,240 And so, but in order to do that, you have to activate in order to bring so speeding 111 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:11,280 forward now that we got the history, speeding forward, getting into Taylor and Cup specifically, 112 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:13,720 there's a period of activation. 113 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:17,480 So you go to the league and say, Hey, we're going to open up, stay with the Rams, Cooper 114 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:19,400 Cups practice window. 115 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:26,000 Cooper Cup at that point then has 21 days to be activated to the roster from IR or he's 116 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,160 out for the season. 117 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:30,080 So and there's no coming back. 118 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:31,080 It's like the old one. 119 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:33,360 Once he's out, he's out. 120 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:42,080 And so that is huge because teams don't open it unless that person's either playing that 121 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:44,680 week or they're a week away. 122 00:08:44,680 --> 00:08:47,880 You'd never want to do with two weeks out or you never want to say, man, we hope I can 123 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:49,120 clear them for that third week. 124 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:51,040 Like you never want that situation. 125 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:53,440 You don't want him playing that week. 126 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:57,600 So like Cooper Cups activated on Tuesday, there's potential he plays Sunday or worse 127 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,200 come to worse he plays the following Sunday. 128 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:06,600 You know, it's a situation where you by day 14 he should be on the field because if he 129 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:14,200 gets to, you know, you're a pool tweak or something, you know, fun practice and him 130 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:18,880 not being able to pass the physical to get on the field away from him being out for the 131 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:22,040 season just because you mismanage his practice window. 132 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:24,920 So that's kind of stuff you got to take into consideration. 133 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:29,640 The Cooper Cup flat out to me looks ready to produce. 134 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:37,000 He sees Puka Nakua pretty much running a similar location to him in the offense and Puka Nakua 135 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:40,520 is breaking all kind of first four games in history. 136 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:42,760 First three games in history. 137 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:44,800 Fastest person to this fastest person to that. 138 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:50,040 I think Puka is on pace for 2200 yards receiving which ironically is what Tyree Hill wanted 139 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:52,480 to do. 140 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:56,280 And so he's seeing that he's looking like, well, I think I'm better than Puka Nakua. 141 00:09:56,280 --> 00:10:01,800 So if I know I can get back to my spot, then I'm going to, you know, be able to dominate 142 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:09,100 the way Puka is doing and potentially even better because I don't have that I have better 143 00:10:09,100 --> 00:10:10,100 ability than Puka. 144 00:10:10,100 --> 00:10:14,600 Um, no more experience running the system. 145 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:17,640 Jonathan Taylor, on the other hand, is kind of in a different scenario. 146 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:22,560 Jonathan Taylor, when asked about what he wants to do in Indianapolis responded with 147 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:23,560 I'm here for now. 148 00:10:23,560 --> 00:10:30,280 I mean, it was kind of a double shot, kind of a two edge sword on one edge. 149 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:31,280 Literally he's there for now. 150 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:33,680 He's going to focus on this season, try to help this team. 151 00:10:33,680 --> 00:10:36,600 Anthony Richardson is currently a little better than I thought he would be. 152 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:40,560 Um, he's going to get there, try to help this team produce and win. 153 00:10:40,560 --> 00:10:42,160 He's there for now. 154 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:47,480 The other side of it is the reason why I wasn't here to begin with more than likely anything 155 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:52,400 is the fact that I was negotiating a contract and the contract extension has fell through. 156 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:54,560 So literally I'm here for now. 157 00:10:54,560 --> 00:10:58,400 It was, you know, it was a very, it was a double edge sword kind of answer. 158 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:01,120 You picked up what he was putting down if you were paying any kind of attention to the 159 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:02,920 Colts off season. 160 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:07,520 So very interesting kind of reactions to their return. 161 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:12,080 You know, you have Rams fans excited over the fact that Cooper covers coming back and 162 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:16,800 saying that him and Nakua are going to, you know, carry them and carry their offense and 163 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:17,800 stuff like that. 164 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:21,720 And then you have on the Colts side, you know, Jonathan Taylor kind of reaction kind of makes 165 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:27,400 because I've said it before, billionaires have tricked thousandaires into being angry 166 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:28,400 at millionaires. 167 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:34,080 Um, so the owners have tricked the fans to being angry at the players behind trying to 168 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:35,080 get money. 169 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:41,600 Um, and you know, they want the millionaires who have an earning window and max to 45, 170 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:47,080 that's pushes all the way to the max at 45 to give the owner who has way more earning 171 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:51,760 potential dollar wise for way longer, uh, a discount. 172 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:56,000 And so as I was kind of say, like, you know, and you say stuff like, Oh, owners have tricked 173 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:57,600 the fans and da da da da da. 174 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:00,360 And you're like, well, you know, that person has low issues with the team. 175 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:05,120 And I kind of break it down financially that billionaires have tricked thousandaires into 176 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:08,160 going against millionaires in the negotiation. 177 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:14,840 Um, and so it's incredibly interesting how those negotiations go into the public eye, 178 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:16,560 but that's pretty much where we are. 179 00:12:16,560 --> 00:12:21,400 It's the fact that, you know, the fans again are a little bit anti Jonathan Taylor because 180 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:23,240 they're saying you got assigned to tend to came into camp. 181 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:24,240 You probably wouldn't be hurt. 182 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:27,080 We probably be a little bit better right now because they're just looking at it from a 183 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:29,320 team perspective. 184 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:38,720 Uh, Randy Gregory, uh, one year and some change into a five year, $70 million contract, 185 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:40,400 a great pass. 186 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:41,400 Justin Fields. 187 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:48,800 Hey yo, he is dotting right now with DJ more, um, two beautiful passes down the left sideline 188 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:53,040 both times, a bear strike first and 39 football. 189 00:12:53,040 --> 00:13:01,040 And um, you know, about one year and some change into a five year, $70 million contract, 190 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:05,800 free agent contract that he signed away from the town with the Broncos to get away from 191 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:08,680 the Cowboys, even though they had pretty much matching deals. 192 00:13:08,680 --> 00:13:15,040 The Broncos had a little bit better language in it or he was more comfortable with, but 193 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:18,440 anyway the Broncos have released him now for just enough. 194 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:20,080 Not just the fields for Randy Gregory. 195 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:21,480 It's not a bad deal. 196 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:23,200 He played about 15 games. 197 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:25,920 I'm going to get $28 million guaranteed money from it. 198 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:27,480 A little over a million dollars a game. 199 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:29,600 It's not a bad break at all. 200 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:32,960 However, um, now you have to figure out where he lands his next spot. 201 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:35,360 A couple of fan bases have been really active. 202 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:36,920 Dallas is saying come back. 203 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:43,280 Their fan base, New Orleans, um, has also thrown out their name into the ring, um, as 204 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:44,280 well. 205 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:46,680 So, uh, he'll have suitors. 206 00:13:46,680 --> 00:13:49,480 I just don't think, I think that was his last big attempt at a payday. 207 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:55,080 I feel like he should have went a little bit more in depth into getting some more guaranteed 208 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:57,320 money or at least try to make it work in the Denver. 209 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:01,440 It's a little bit more, but ultimately and unfortunately for him and the Broncos, it 210 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:02,440 fell through. 211 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:07,720 And right before they busted out those snow cap elements too, I just got a little disappointed. 212 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:09,200 I'm not going to lie. 213 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:16,240 Um, JC Jackson has been traded to, well, back to the New England Patriots, um, basically 214 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:19,680 in exchange for six, for the 2025 late round picks. 215 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:23,920 Uh, it was a deal that honestly was one of those, it didn't work. 216 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:24,920 It's anything we're in the Gregory. 217 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:26,280 It wasn't a good fit. 218 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:32,320 Uh, JC Jackson and two season Patriots, 17 interceptions was called Mr. I and T, uh, 219 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:35,520 and took a five year, I believe it was 82 and a half. 220 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:39,000 Uh, the number, the number sticks in my head correctly. 221 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:43,040 Million dollar deal with the Los Angeles Chargers to be their number one corner. 222 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:46,600 Um, and ultimately it just didn't work. 223 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:52,200 Um, he looked out of sorts from day one, just like he wasn't comfortable in whatever the 224 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:54,000 charges were asking him to do. 225 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:57,160 Um, and again, one year and some changes to it. 226 00:14:57,160 --> 00:15:05,760 He became a healthy and active, uh, the Patriots step in, um, they send a 2025 seventh rounder. 227 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:13,720 The Chargers send a 2010 JC Jackson, a 2025 six rounder, so the higher pick and they agree 228 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:17,280 to pay, um, most of the remaining of the salary. 229 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:22,960 The Patriots are only responsible for $1.5 million of the $9.33 million left. 230 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:27,800 Oh, two Jackson this season, the rest of the contract stays intact. 231 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:30,720 What that means is there's no guarantee money after the season. 232 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:35,440 Uh, the charges paid most of it up front or in the first, um, already of the contract. 233 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:37,480 The rest of the guarantee money runs out this year. 234 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:40,880 There's no guarantee money left on the rest of the contract for New England. 235 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:43,680 It becomes a literal no hurt bet. 236 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:47,040 We upgraded, we got extra six round draft pick in 2025. 237 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:49,440 We're only paying him $1.5 million. 238 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:54,560 If he's as watched as he looked in Los Angeles, we release him and we only have paid him $1.5 239 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:55,560 million. 240 00:15:55,560 --> 00:16:01,200 Or if he's amazing, we can renegotiate some of the guarantees or we can re-institute some 241 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:06,680 of the guarantee language into the contract, rip up and rip it up and make a whole new 242 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:07,680 contract. 243 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:11,720 Um, just whatever is required to keep him if he's amazing in the system. 244 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:15,240 Um, because that all of a sudden it look like it's what he's supposed to be. 245 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:18,080 He's just comfortable with whatever Belichick is putting out there. 246 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:23,000 Um, and so he was traded back to the New England Patriots. 247 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaking of the Patriots, they're down Christian Gonzalez more than likely for the rest of 248 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:29,560 the season with a shoulder injury. 249 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:36,840 Uh, believe it's a torn, a torn labrum and they're out at least about two months, um, 250 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:38,200 with Matthew Jude on being out. 251 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:43,960 So yeah, they get JC Jackson back, but they lose my candidate for rookie of the year and 252 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:44,960 Christian Gonzalez. 253 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:49,280 Um, and then they lose, uh, Matthew Jude on who had it. 254 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:54,840 It was kind of starting to make a case for a dark horse defensive player of the year, 255 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:56,720 uh, nomination. 256 00:16:56,720 --> 00:17:08,040 So going into the games that happened yesterday, um, I start off with the Houston Texans and 257 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:14,520 their, um, absolute stud of a rookie quarterback, CJ Stroud. 258 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:21,000 He is one of the people that's joining all these lists and, um, accolades and stats that 259 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:26,080 I was referring to that, uh, it was just like I was saying about Pukka Nakulway, the youngest 260 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:28,520 to do this and the first year that the fastest to this. 261 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:31,160 She just shout is, you know, one of four to do this. 262 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:36,720 One of three to do that, uh, whether it be yards efficiency, uh, turn over to turn over 263 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:37,720 to intercession ratio. 264 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:44,360 Like anything that is a positive stat, CJ Stroud is, you know, top four, one of four, 265 00:17:44,360 --> 00:17:48,200 one of five, um, to ever do it in the history of the game. 266 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:53,200 And so that opens up a lot of doors and a lot of access points if you're the Houston 267 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:55,680 Texans in terms of offensive availability. 268 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:59,880 There's one thing that'll slow down and offer as a coordinator when he has a rookie quarterback 269 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:02,920 is the fact that he feels like he has to spoon feed him. 270 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:04,440 He has to take someone's office plate. 271 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:08,960 Like, yeah, the plate can look super complicated, but he's only ever looking to the left. 272 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:10,840 Um, he's reading boom, boom, boom. 273 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:14,480 You know, he's never making full free, full field reads. 274 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:20,120 The OC feels like he has to do everything for the quarterback in order to be successful. 275 00:18:20,120 --> 00:18:23,320 Which takes out a lot of our Swiss combo routes, takes out a lot of different things that you 276 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:27,760 want to really get exotic with as a pass coordinator, or even as an offensive coordinator, you 277 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:31,560 know, with a running game because if something can look pass and no one respects the pass, 278 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:32,560 they're blitzing anyway. 279 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:36,600 And so now usually if you're making something look pass, you're not particularly blocking 280 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:42,200 all that well downfield if you're trying to make something look like a pass. 281 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:48,480 And so, um, that Houston Texans offense is very capable in the hands of CJ Stroud. 282 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:49,880 Kenny Pickett suffered an injury in this game. 283 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:51,320 He probably does not play this week. 284 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:53,480 You know, against the Ravens. 285 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:58,440 Um, you know, TJ, while I was neutralized for the most part, CJ Stroud just looked good, 286 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:00,880 poised and poised one more time. 287 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:03,080 You know, I believe in him going in the draft. 288 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:04,480 I'm going to still believe in him. 289 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:08,280 I have my reason not to. 290 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:11,480 Baker Mayfield made me eat a little crow last week. 291 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:15,800 Um, I pretty much picked the Saints in my lock of the week for Jax Pack. 292 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:16,800 We'll talk about that. 293 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:22,920 Um, obviously in the Jax Pack segment, but I pretty much said Baker started to get expectations. 294 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:23,920 He's bound to mess it up. 295 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:24,920 Now, I don't know. 296 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:28,120 Just like the Cowboys have their little issue with Stephen A. Smith and every time they're 297 00:19:28,120 --> 00:19:33,800 successful people tag Stephen A. Smith like crazy and all this other stuff related to 298 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:37,680 the fact that he said that the Cowboys are accident waiting to happen and whenever you 299 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:41,480 least expect it, they mess it up. 300 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:48,960 I'm not in the boat of every single time Baker has a good game for people to just be talking 301 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:52,080 about, oh, Baker Mayfield played a great game. 302 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:55,960 Um, you know, I thought he was going to disappoint us. 303 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:59,600 He will because he's going to grow in the expectation. 304 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:06,080 See what I didn't expect was for so many people to have a level head about Baker. 305 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:08,840 Baker Johnny Tebow. 306 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:12,080 Three people, people just generally don't have a level head about. 307 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:20,040 Um, I didn't expect such a calm, cool, um, level headed general consensus about Baker. 308 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:23,640 I thought the second he got hot and started winning games, they'd be trying to throw him 309 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:26,880 in the MVP race and Baker's back and all this other stuff. 310 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:31,120 Maybe because I don't want to get babies, but I just knew that, you know, they were 311 00:20:31,120 --> 00:20:37,880 going to have this loud consensus of just he's amazing and I have to divorce a reason. 312 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:40,320 Turns out I'm here to be a little harsh. 313 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:44,840 And people here are very anti Baker. 314 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:48,120 Just looking over social media, you know, he's not winning many people over. 315 00:20:48,120 --> 00:20:52,840 Uh, Tampa fans even still struggling to embrace him, but he's starting to cook a little bit. 316 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:53,840 That's two games in a row. 317 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:55,840 He played really well. 318 00:20:55,840 --> 00:21:01,480 He was efficient, but some touchdown drives and he did some great stuff on the field in 319 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:02,480 New Orleans. 320 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:04,960 Uh, I played Tom Brady struggled to win it. 321 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:08,200 I think Brady, I would already won one game in New Orleans during his time as a New Orleans 322 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:09,200 Saint. 323 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:10,200 I mean, 10, babe, I can near rather. 324 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:11,200 And that was that playoff game. 325 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:16,680 I said to launch him to a soup bowl, but you know, Baker's already went into New Orleans 326 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,080 and won and it wasn't the easiest game ever. 327 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:21,160 He had to fight a little bit, had to battle a little bit. 328 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:23,480 It wasn't like it was just an absolute cakewalk. 329 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:26,520 He's already gone into New Orleans and got a victory. 330 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:27,520 So kudos to Baker Mayfield. 331 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:30,320 I give credit to credit this dude, but don't worry. 332 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:31,320 This one was coming. 333 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:34,320 It always does. 334 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:36,760 Joe Burrow is on one leg. 335 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:39,800 Um, have got thrashed pretty good by Tennessee. 336 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:42,480 Um, I really had to suffer cause he just couldn't move. 337 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:46,520 No, but you know, certain passes that there's a couldn't call and curtain concepts because 338 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:50,400 he either can't drive off the leg or he's got to roll out and all this other stuff. 339 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:55,000 So they have been just leaving him in the middle of the pocket, which is making it easy 340 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:59,440 for a defensive lineman to just tee off at the exact same angle. 341 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:03,840 Um, and so the Bengals are absolutely struggling. 342 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:05,280 Joe Burrow struggling even worse. 343 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:09,400 The offensive coaching staff has to help him out in some shape or fashion. 344 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:14,240 Um, I was telling some of my friends there, uh, that the offensive staff has just not 345 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:16,520 helped Joe Burrow here in this situation. 346 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:18,400 You knew he was going to be injured coming into the season. 347 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:20,440 He should have had an offense ready to go. 348 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:23,720 Uh, there's some semblance of a ready to go for Joe Burrow. 349 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:25,920 In the event he came back early. 350 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:32,280 I said earlier, I give credit where credit is due and I'm giving credit to Zach Wilson. 351 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:35,000 He played a hell of a ball game against the Kansas City Chiefs, especially after that 352 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:36,280 first drive. 353 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:38,040 He played wonderfully. 354 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:46,880 Um, and then, well, he's Zach Wilson did, um, just a very routine situation. 355 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:52,720 He snaps the ball and begins to look at his receivers and who's covered where and the 356 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:58,680 ball hits him in the hands and it ends up on the ground and in the hands of the New 357 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:02,000 England Patriots, all but ending that game. 358 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:08,120 Um, and so, and then Zach's on the sideline growing up a little bit, taking accountability 359 00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:13,000 saying it was his fault for losing the game, which man, it really was. 360 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:20,680 Um, and so that was huge for Zach Wilson in terms of development and growth, but it also 361 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:23,720 showed again, Zach, you're just not that guy. 362 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:26,760 Um, but you'd be one hell of a backup though. 363 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:29,960 You're just not that guy. 364 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:36,920 Um, and then lastly, um, you know, I'm going to have to take Justin Fields out of this. 365 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:41,760 Uh, Justin Fields, Mack Jones, Daniel Jones look like quarterbacks playing on borrowed 366 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:42,760 time. 367 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:45,960 Daniel Jones signed a four year, $160 million contract. 368 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:47,280 Only 80 of it was guaranteed. 369 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:50,640 I think 45 or 50 of it was paid this year. 370 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:59,000 So you know, he, um, it's just, you know, Daniel Jones and Joseph had the same problem. 371 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:02,200 The best attribute of playing quarterback is their feet and whether or not throwing 372 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:03,200 the ball. 373 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:04,200 Mack Jones has that similar problem. 374 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:06,000 It's the fact that he can't run. 375 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:10,840 Um, for some reason, Mack has gotten into fading away when he throws the ball and also 376 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:18,000 scrambling way more than he probably ever has in his life. 377 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:23,240 Um, Daniel Jones is the issue that he's just not good at football. 378 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:30,760 And um, Justin Fields is all the talent in the world. 379 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:32,520 It's just something's going on in Chicago. 380 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:34,000 It's just not conducive to winning. 381 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:38,760 Oh, the LHC fire, Lovey Smith, they have been an absolutely horrible football team. 382 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:39,880 So maybe that could be something to do with it. 383 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:40,880 I don't know. 384 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:42,440 Some hoodoo voodoo stuff's gone down. 385 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:45,040 I have no idea. 386 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:49,240 But up next, we're going to shift to the NFL week five and talk about what's going down 387 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:50,240 there. 388 00:24:50,240 --> 00:25:15,840 Welcome back into the show. 389 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:21,560 And now we're going to jump into NFL week five, that first a block segment, excuse me, 390 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:22,560 with a little long winded. 391 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:27,960 So we're going to try to shorten these other segments to keep you guys under the 45 minutes 392 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:30,320 to an hour time that you guys are used to the show. 393 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:34,400 So how we're going to do the second segment is like always, I'm going to talk about some 394 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:35,400 games. 395 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:37,520 If they're in Jack's pack, I won't pick them. 396 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:43,080 If they're not in Jack's pack, then I will obviously go ahead and pick them in case you 397 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:46,320 guys want to tease these in for money lines or whatever. 398 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:50,600 But the first game we're going to talk about is the Nat Hackett Bowl. 399 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:52,760 Jets versus Broncos. 400 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:54,960 This is coming off both teams are struggling. 401 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:58,080 The Broncos are what two and two, I think. 402 00:25:58,080 --> 00:25:59,400 Maybe they're one and three. 403 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,120 And then the Jets are one and three. 404 00:26:02,120 --> 00:26:07,120 So you're looking at two franchises that are both struggling to proud older franchises, 405 00:26:07,120 --> 00:26:08,360 both has two bowls under their belt. 406 00:26:08,360 --> 00:26:11,040 The Broncos have two with Elway. 407 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:13,040 The Jets have one with Namath. 408 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:18,080 You're looking at two proud franchises who have some very close knit history over the 409 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:19,400 past 12 months. 410 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:24,080 So Nathaniel Hackett was the head coach of the Broncos last year. 411 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:25,840 The team was kind of a mess. 412 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:29,840 And by kind of, I mean really a mess. 413 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:36,920 And so they fired Nat Hackett 12, 13 games to the season. 414 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:41,200 He hired a game management coach, a clock management coach, whatever. 415 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,160 Like two, three games in. 416 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:47,160 His defense was pretty good, but his offense was a joke with Russell Wilson. 417 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:52,000 It was so bad people questioned if Russell Wilson even could play football anymore. 418 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,560 He was someone that was the worst contract in the history of the league because they 419 00:26:55,560 --> 00:27:04,200 were, oh my, DJ Moore is going bonkers right now. 420 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:05,800 Wow. 421 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:09,280 Holy moly. 422 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:10,600 That's his second touchdown of the night. 423 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:13,280 Kudos, DJ Moore. 424 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:17,360 But that's a beautiful throw, beautiful catch. 425 00:27:17,360 --> 00:27:18,360 Both feet. 426 00:27:18,360 --> 00:27:20,360 Yes, that's a touchdown. 427 00:27:20,360 --> 00:27:24,000 Holy mackerel, what a catch. 428 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,320 He threw a fade route on. 429 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:27,320 That's ridiculous. 430 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:29,320 Kendall Fuller was seven yards back. 431 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:32,440 That's going to be on Justin Time's Twitter social media in case you're interested. 432 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:37,000 Kendall Fuller was seven yards back and got beat on a fade ball because DJ Moore ate the 433 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,760 space up, created the gap to the sideline and then ran the fade. 434 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:44,040 That is an all time route. 435 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:48,080 Wow, that is an all time route. 436 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:54,320 That is actually ridiculous by DJ Moore. 437 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:55,320 All time catch. 438 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:58,640 Yeah, that would be all over Justin Time's Twitter social media. 439 00:27:58,640 --> 00:27:59,640 Don't worry. 440 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:01,120 Don't worry at all. 441 00:28:01,120 --> 00:28:04,200 But that's what I was saying. 442 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:09,320 So The Thing Hacker, they end up firing them 12 games in and then ownership changes out 443 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,200 or ownership changes out and they fire The Thing Hacker. 444 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:12,200 It was a weird situation. 445 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:15,320 They fired them, moved on, GM gets swapped out, whatever. 446 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:20,360 So they go and they pay Sean Payton a whole bunch of money to come in and effectively 447 00:28:20,360 --> 00:28:29,760 your job is to fix Russell Wilson because they looked around and they said, okay, if 448 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:37,160 Russell Wilson is good, then we know for a fact that we'll be alright because we have 449 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:41,120 this defense going and Russell Wilson is good. 450 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:47,600 Then Sean Payton came in with fire and brimstone saying that, oh, this is the worst coaching 451 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:50,840 job in the history of football. 452 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:55,800 The Thing Hacker did and everything that I heard they did, we're going to do the opposite 453 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:57,960 and we're not going to have that stuff. 454 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:04,840 Then he came in sounding ultra determined to have Russell Wilson not be Russell Wilson. 455 00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:11,640 He was saying that he told Russell, stop kissing babies when I'm running for office and all 456 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:12,640 this other stuff. 457 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:17,080 It was just like he wanted to come in and flip the entire organization on his head and 458 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:21,240 I think he actually accomplished that. 459 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:24,240 I think he actually accomplished the fact that he flipped the entire organization on 460 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:25,240 his head. 461 00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:29,280 I just think that it ended up being in a negative way and I think they have to get used to it. 462 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:32,160 I'm not one of those people that say fire Sean Payton or get rid of Sean Payton, he's 463 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:33,520 not what he's doing. 464 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:38,680 I think Russell Wilson has to get used to Sean Payton again because he went from a non-QB 465 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:46,880 friendly coach to a really, really, really friendly QB coach to a kind of friendly QB 466 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:47,880 coach to Sean Payton. 467 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:52,280 He's friendly as long as you do what he wants you to do. 468 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:58,400 And then he's trying to flip everything on his head so he's not really that friendly. 469 00:29:58,400 --> 00:29:59,400 It was bad. 470 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:02,600 And so a lot of the players from the Broncos, some of the players from the Broncos, end 471 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:05,480 up going to the Jets with nothing to hack it. 472 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:10,000 And so a couple of the players, I believe Garrett Bowler is one of those guys who's 473 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:14,120 different, who went from the Broncos to the Jets and he's like, people are tired of Nat 474 00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:17,120 Hackett getting disrespected, they want to win this game for Nat Hackett. 475 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:25,200 So it's the Nat Hackett Bowl is going to be a very interesting ball game. 476 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:26,640 I do think the Broncos win it. 477 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:31,200 I think that Russell Wilson is better than Zach Wilson. 478 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:35,600 And their teams oddly kind of mirror each other in a lot of different ways. 479 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:47,400 Pass 13, it's a sauce Gardner, the Broncos have a good-ish offensive, solid offensive, 480 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:49,920 nothing crazy, but a solid offensive line. 481 00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:53,440 The Jets hold the line and solid in spots. 482 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:58,000 Both run games are hit or miss. 483 00:30:58,000 --> 00:30:59,600 Both head coaches. 484 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:03,480 Sean's not proven without Jibrize. 485 00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:06,160 Solid's not proven at all. 486 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:09,800 It kind of fits both teams aligned pretty closely to each other. 487 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:13,240 And so it's going to be a very interesting football game. 488 00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:16,240 Obviously this game was a lot more marquee when you thought it would be Russell Wilson 489 00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:21,560 versus Aaron Rodgers, but it is still going to be a very interesting football game between 490 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:22,560 the Jets and the Broncos. 491 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:26,440 I just think the gap between Russell Wilson and Zach Wilson is too big for the Jets to 492 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:29,280 make up. 493 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:31,480 The Cincinnati Bengals are playing the Arizona Cardinals. 494 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:34,640 What makes this game interesting, I think the Bengals are going to win, but what makes 495 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:41,320 this game interesting was Joe Burrow came out and said they need this win for morale. 496 00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:46,760 And that's an incredibly interesting use of language because it's rare you see an NFL 497 00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:50,120 quarterback, especially one as successful as Joe Burrow. 498 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:56,760 As recently, he started for four years, hurt year one, and then the three years that have 499 00:31:56,760 --> 00:32:02,440 been his two AFC title games and a Super Bowl appearance. 500 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:14,200 You tend to not hear them say stuff like morale because usually morale for them is high. 501 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:15,200 They're winning. 502 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:20,160 Joe Burrow just became the highest paid player in the NFL history. 503 00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:25,440 So usually morale isn't an issue, but he spoke about the fact that it's good for team morale 504 00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:31,360 because you go one and four, you're staring up at the playoffs from a position that is 505 00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:32,360 very untenable. 506 00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:37,040 And what I mean by untenable is you just, that's the spot you're not going to make 507 00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:38,040 the playoffs. 508 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:39,680 You'd have to go take five games out. 509 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:41,720 You'd probably need 10 wins to get in the playoffs. 510 00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:45,400 You have to go, after going one and four, you have to turn around and go nine and four 511 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:50,800 or nine and three to get into the playoffs with 10 wins. 512 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:53,520 And that's if 10 wins gets you in, which it usually does. 513 00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:57,440 But if you start off one and four, you have to go nine and three to get 10 wins to get 514 00:32:57,440 --> 00:32:58,440 into the playoffs. 515 00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:03,120 If you start off two and three, you only get, you got to go eight and four. 516 00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:07,400 And that's a lot more manageable to do, especially for a good team. 517 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:09,360 Joe Burrow nursing a calf injury. 518 00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:13,040 And I got into an argument with friends of mine today about this. 519 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:18,760 Joe Burrow is playing on a one leg and the first week of playing on the one leg, the 520 00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:25,880 team decided to drop back 55 times, 54 times. 521 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:30,200 Those drop backs have decreased, but he's a single read quarterback. 522 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:31,200 Everyone's sending pressure. 523 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:32,480 He can't really move. 524 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:35,120 Joe Burrow's big thing was he could beat the Blitz. 525 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:39,640 Was that he was standing there tough, take that extra wiggle to the left or wiggle to 526 00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:43,880 the right, wiggle backwards and fire the ball across and he's killing you against the Blitz. 527 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:45,080 So you better not blitz him. 528 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:46,960 But now he can't move. 529 00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:51,520 And because they're sending seven V five, six V five, he can't dodge it. 530 00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:54,440 Outside his office line already being porous. 531 00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:56,880 Now he can't dodge the Blitz. 532 00:33:56,880 --> 00:34:00,320 It's just, it's killing the root, the passing game because they're making him a single 533 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:01,320 read quarterback. 534 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:05,480 If whatever the, if whatever the primary route is, isn't wide open or open up, he could throw 535 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:06,880 the ball. 536 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:12,600 Um, it's, it's just, it's a, it's a bad play for the Bengals and the Tennessee did a really 537 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:16,320 good job of sending a bunch of pressure and jamming the receivers. 538 00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:21,160 So that way it took an extra half a second to a full second to get into these routes 539 00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:25,560 that gives the pass rush another half second, full second to affect Burrow. 540 00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:26,560 Who knows? 541 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:30,080 I kind of have a fade this ball away because I can't step into it. 542 00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:34,680 Um, and so that just changed the way the game was played for the Bengals. 543 00:34:34,680 --> 00:34:38,080 I think once Joe Burrow, if he gets health this season, gets healthy, they're going 544 00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:39,080 to roll. 545 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:41,080 I just wonder if it's going to be too late. 546 00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:44,440 Cause even the run game is not working because everyone's blitzing so much. 547 00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:50,240 When Burrow can't kill them on the blitz that there's stuff in the run game by default. 548 00:34:50,240 --> 00:34:57,280 Um, and so I just hope bro can get healthy to give his guys a shot at being successful 549 00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:58,280 this season. 550 00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:03,400 But in the game versus the card, I'll do pick them to win. 551 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:09,400 Um, in a game of interesting young quarterbacks, Falcons versus Texas, Desmond Riddle versus 552 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:10,400 CJ Stroud. 553 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:14,560 This is going to be an opportunity for the world to see CJ Stroud. 554 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:18,480 Um, if you watch Texas football, you know, he's playing really, really well. 555 00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:22,600 Um, but I think this is a way for him to continue to play really well. 556 00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:26,120 Atlanta's got a good pass rush and they also have a good run game on their side to Atlanta. 557 00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:28,860 So the game is going to be a little shorter than Stroud is used to working with. 558 00:35:28,860 --> 00:35:33,080 He may not have that last two possessions used to have in terms of possession count 559 00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:34,080 because B.J. 560 00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:36,200 Robinson runs the air out of the ball. 561 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:40,400 Desmond Riddler has an opportunity against a no, no, okay. 562 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:43,360 Houston Texans defense to really showcase what he can do. 563 00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:47,680 But to me, this is an opportunity for, uh, for CJ Stroud to kind of start to separate 564 00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:52,440 himself from the young, from that generation of young quarterbacks from him. 565 00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:55,760 Jordan Love, um, Kayla Williams is coming in. 566 00:35:55,760 --> 00:35:58,240 Should do his hand is not far behind. 567 00:35:58,240 --> 00:36:03,760 Um, Drake made a Sam Howell, Justin Fields, Mack Jones. 568 00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:10,200 It make it to where it's CJ Stroud and Trevor Lawrence as far as that's, that's the group. 569 00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:11,200 Those are the kings of the group. 570 00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:12,900 And then of course, Kayla Williams is coming. 571 00:36:12,900 --> 00:36:14,760 So those are the kings of the group. 572 00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:20,080 Us two, three, I think should do a chance of getting that makes four pull away from 573 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:23,400 the rest of the young guys in our age group. 574 00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:27,400 And so I think what we're seeing right now is CJ Stroud really showing what I thought 575 00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:29,880 he would be, which to me, he should have been the number one pick. 576 00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:33,680 Um, and I spoke about in the draft, you're asking, and he's already been picked. 577 00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:35,800 You're asking Bryce Young to be one of us. 578 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:37,400 You're asking Bryce Young to be two of one. 579 00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:38,400 He's smaller. 580 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:39,400 He's not overly athletic. 581 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:40,580 His arms aren't that strong. 582 00:36:40,580 --> 00:36:44,420 His main thing is the fact that he's accurate and he's kind of skinny. 583 00:36:44,420 --> 00:36:49,560 So injuries and hits and stuff are going to pile up. 584 00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:51,640 He's already been injured and missed the game as rookie here. 585 00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:56,520 CJ Stroud standing back there tall and dicing people apart. 586 00:36:56,520 --> 00:37:01,880 And so I said, Stroud should have been the one picked to Carolina, but he's in Houston. 587 00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:07,240 And so him versus Trevor Lawrence would be a very lovely battle for the next 10 years. 588 00:37:07,240 --> 00:37:14,680 As for the game, I do have the Houston Texans winning by about a touchdown. 589 00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:19,400 And the big game of the week, Cowboys versus Niners. 590 00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:22,920 This game could be an NFC title game preview. 591 00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:26,440 This game could decide to me who later who wins the Superbowl. 592 00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:28,520 And I think this game could decide home field in the playoffs. 593 00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:30,400 Cause I think their wins are going to be pretty close. 594 00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:33,960 I think I predicted them to be one game apart in the win column. 595 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:38,920 If it comes down to them, again, the one game apart, you know, the tied record, San Fran 596 00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:39,920 gets it. 597 00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:43,520 This could be a situation where if one of them flips the game, the other one gets home 598 00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:44,520 field. 599 00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:47,520 I mean, to me it's going to be a tight race between the two of them for home field. 600 00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:50,200 Of course, Philly's in that mix as well. 601 00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:56,880 But it is going to be a game where even if they meet in the semifinals, you know, where 602 00:37:56,880 --> 00:38:01,640 they meet in the conference semifinals, I guess, the second round of the playoffs and 603 00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:07,080 the games in San Fran instead of in Dallas because San Fran won the game and Dallas didn't 604 00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:08,080 when they played head to head. 605 00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:10,040 So incredibly interesting game. 606 00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:13,640 This is going to be an absolute war of a game, physical kind of game. 607 00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:18,200 I think we're going to see San Fran's glory on full display. 608 00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:23,840 Dallas doesn't like going sideline to sideline, especially if they go at Micah Parsons directly. 609 00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:26,720 They don't like going sideline to sideline. 610 00:38:26,720 --> 00:38:29,080 They prefer to try to keep things in a phone booth. 611 00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:34,960 And so Kyle Shanahan going sideline to sideline with C-Mac and the rest of that crew along 612 00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:38,160 with Brock Purdy just popping passes through there efficiently and accurately. 613 00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:40,800 It's going to be a very interesting contest. 614 00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:44,000 However, Niners don't like going sideline to sideline either. 615 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:48,920 And Dallas kind of picks at the sideline with their passing game, with your CD Lambs, with 616 00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:52,000 your Brandon Cooks, with the tight ends. 617 00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:54,320 I can't think of these Dalton Schultz. 618 00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:58,640 They pick at the sideline going east and west with the pass game. 619 00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:00,720 Of course Tony Pollack can run a stretch. 620 00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:04,760 Deuce Vonk can run the outside as well. 621 00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:08,640 And I just think that the Niners are going to be a little too strong for them. 622 00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:11,800 Thinking in my head, they're going to run a lot of stretch left probably. 623 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:15,800 And Micah Parsons getting blocked by Trent Williams completely neutralizes Micah Parsons, 624 00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:16,800 especially in the run game. 625 00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:19,920 And so I think that would be too much to overcome. 626 00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:28,160 And ultimately the Niners get that game by about six points. 627 00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:33,440 I think it would be something like 30-24, somewhere in there. 628 00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:54,440 What up next? 629 00:39:54,440 --> 00:40:12,640 Welcome back into the show. 630 00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:17,800 Following two, okay to be honest, long-winded segments at Avoc and our B block, we are jumping 631 00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:20,320 into our C block, which is our NFL betting segment. 632 00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:24,560 I still successful in the betting segment, Jax Pack. 633 00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:26,640 Last week we had our first losing week of the season. 634 00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:27,640 It took us a month. 635 00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:29,160 And we went two and three. 636 00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:35,280 We even lost our lock of the week, which the Saints again getting smoked by the Buccaneers 637 00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:39,600 cost us our lock of the week and cost us our positive win streak as well. 638 00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:43,720 So last week we went two and three, which brings our overall record to 11 and nine, 639 00:40:43,720 --> 00:40:48,400 which is 55% still in that professional gambler range. 640 00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:51,640 And then I lost a three and a one. 641 00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:54,320 So again, we're 11 and nine overall. 642 00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:59,400 So if you've bet with me, one unit bet standard, one unit bet, you are positive right now. 643 00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:05,400 If you bet each individual game, if you have not done that, you're in the hole. 644 00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:08,280 If you've picked and choose your own bets, you might be in the hole as well. 645 00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:13,320 But if you were with me strictly doing one unit bets, $5 here, $10 there, if you're a 646 00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:18,520 $100 person, $100 fight at the game, you'd be positive right now. 647 00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:20,800 You'd be in the profits. 648 00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:22,800 But let's jump right into this. 649 00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:25,680 We're going to start off with our lock of the week. 650 00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:28,000 Saints at Pats, the game is a pick them. 651 00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:29,880 I've got the Patriots winning the game. 652 00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:31,480 It means more to them than anyone. 653 00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:33,520 Robbo Craft is coming to practice. 654 00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:36,560 Bill Belichick wants to get to the wins record with Don Shuler. 655 00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:40,040 He knows he's going to need at least another year to get it done. 656 00:41:40,040 --> 00:41:41,800 Mac Jones to me is playing for his job. 657 00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:44,400 I believe he has to go out of New England. 658 00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:46,480 I just I didn't see it before the draft. 659 00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:49,120 I kind of tricked myself into his rookie year. 660 00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:51,400 And then all the blinders came off his sophomore year. 661 00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:57,800 And now I just don't think that he has enough to get it done. 662 00:41:57,800 --> 00:42:03,280 Now, now, I will say that he did have Matt Patricia last year. 663 00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:07,480 I was sitting on my parents couch and I was saying, man, I think Matt Patricia may have 664 00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:13,640 done irreparable harm to Matt Jones development because he had a dead year. 665 00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:16,600 It was just bad language, bad spacing, bad routes. 666 00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:21,800 Throwing them in, getting them killed left and right, green passes 12 times a game, an 667 00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:23,400 offense nobody believes in. 668 00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:24,400 It was just rough. 669 00:42:24,400 --> 00:42:27,040 So maybe Matt Patricia did irreparable harm to Matt Jones. 670 00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:28,040 I don't know. 671 00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:29,040 We'll never know. 672 00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:33,520 However, Matt Jones needs to go and Bill Belichick needs to be evaluated. 673 00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:36,160 Now, I'm not saying Bill Belichick needs to be faded. 674 00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:38,200 I know how the Patriot organization works. 675 00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:40,600 Bill Belichick is the director of operations. 676 00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:42,080 He is the football operations building. 677 00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:43,080 He's a GM. 678 00:42:43,080 --> 00:42:44,080 He's a head scout. 679 00:42:44,080 --> 00:42:48,600 He handles all the scouting exclusively after the Super Bowl. 680 00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:52,120 For that current drive glass, he's based at the Citizen's solely. 681 00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:57,280 He shots for the groceries, makes the groceries, plants the seed like it's all him. 682 00:42:57,280 --> 00:43:02,480 On the football operations side, I think it's why Robert Carr has been so hesitant to relieve 683 00:43:02,480 --> 00:43:07,640 him of his duties because you'd have to rebuild the entire football operations side of the 684 00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:08,640 organization. 685 00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:12,880 Now, I do think a couple of years ago, they were in a good spot to transition. 686 00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:17,360 Josh McDaniel was the coaching waiting and Nick Cesario was like the highest you can 687 00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:20,440 be in the Patriot organization without being GM. 688 00:43:20,440 --> 00:43:25,760 And so I think if this kind of season happens two, three years ago, they may transition 689 00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:26,760 then. 690 00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:30,200 Cesario is the GM, Josh McDaniel is the head coach, and they're figuring this thing out 691 00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:32,120 together in New England. 692 00:43:32,120 --> 00:43:35,840 It did not happen that way, and so he is still there. 693 00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:41,320 But regardless of that, I have the New England Patriots defeating the New Orleans Saints 694 00:43:41,320 --> 00:43:44,880 in a pickle. 695 00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:47,600 Second game is Ravens minus four and a half at the Steelers. 696 00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:48,600 Take the Ravens. 697 00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:49,600 No Kenny Pickett. 698 00:43:49,600 --> 00:43:53,000 Big problem for Pittsburgh, especially with Matt Canada as your OC. 699 00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:54,520 I think the market's hot this week. 700 00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:56,400 Puts up right around 30 points. 701 00:43:56,400 --> 00:44:03,080 They were 28, 27 points, which means the Steelers have to get to 23 points for me to not win 702 00:44:03,080 --> 00:44:04,080 the bet. 703 00:44:04,080 --> 00:44:07,080 No, 24 points. 704 00:44:07,080 --> 00:44:11,240 Nope, 23 points for me to not win. 705 00:44:11,240 --> 00:44:16,440 And so I just don't think the Steelers get there with Kenny Pickett, but definitely without 706 00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:17,440 Kenny Pickett. 707 00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:21,840 So take the Ravens minus four and a half. 708 00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:23,880 Packers plus one at the Raiders. 709 00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:26,040 Take the Packers, even in the money line. 710 00:44:26,040 --> 00:44:32,880 The Packers win this game all right, which the only way, you know, there's only one number 711 00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:33,880 left. 712 00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:34,880 That's zero. 713 00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:36,320 They have to tie if you do not get this. 714 00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:39,880 So in order to win a plus one, you got to win the game. 715 00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:43,120 I just think they win the game straight up. 716 00:44:43,120 --> 00:44:45,520 I don't think it's particularly close. 717 00:44:45,520 --> 00:44:48,040 27-14, somewhere in there. 718 00:44:48,040 --> 00:44:52,280 I feel like the final score for Packers and Raiders, but I've got the Raiders winning that 719 00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:54,320 game straight up on the money line. 720 00:44:54,320 --> 00:44:59,400 So of course I have them covering the plus one they have against the Raiders. 721 00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:03,520 And lastly, but certainly not least, Texans plus one and a half at the Falcons. 722 00:45:03,520 --> 00:45:05,960 This is Vegas telling you Texans are the better team. 723 00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:08,280 Home team gets plus three in the math. 724 00:45:08,280 --> 00:45:14,440 This is, and if you see a spread, anything smaller than plus three for a home team or 725 00:45:14,440 --> 00:45:18,440 minus three for a home team, then that's Vegas telling you they're not really that good. 726 00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:22,440 The fact that the point spread is one, it's Vegas telling you Atlanta's not that good. 727 00:45:22,440 --> 00:45:23,440 Houston should win the game. 728 00:45:23,440 --> 00:45:26,600 I'm going to pick Houston there, or the point spread is one and a half, I'm sorry. 729 00:45:26,600 --> 00:45:29,600 I'm going to pick Houston there to cover that one and a half and to win the game on the 730 00:45:29,600 --> 00:45:30,600 money line. 731 00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:34,280 So that means number one, so I lock it the week. 732 00:45:34,280 --> 00:45:36,200 Pats over the Saints. 733 00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:40,160 Number two, Ravens minus four and a half over the Steelers. 734 00:45:40,160 --> 00:45:42,800 Number three, Packers plus one over the Raiders. 735 00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:45,920 Number four, Dolphins minus 12 and a half over the Giants. 736 00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:47,480 Did I discuss that game? 737 00:45:47,480 --> 00:45:48,960 Maybe I didn't. 738 00:45:48,960 --> 00:45:51,160 That's a really big number and I think I remember that. 739 00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:54,040 I skipped the Giants and the Dolphins, my apologies. 740 00:45:54,040 --> 00:45:58,280 So I would take the Dolphins to absolutely annihilate the Giants. 741 00:45:58,280 --> 00:46:00,400 I don't see the Giants scoring more than 13 points. 742 00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:03,200 I don't see the Dolphins scoring less than 35. 743 00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:07,560 So 12 and a half points is just easy work for the Dolphins in my opinion. 744 00:46:07,560 --> 00:46:08,800 That's only two touchdowns. 745 00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:09,800 That's 28-14. 746 00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:11,760 That's only two touchdowns. 747 00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:16,720 I think that the Dolphins win that game pretty comfortably and cover the bet. 748 00:46:16,720 --> 00:46:18,120 So I guess go back to the top. 749 00:46:18,120 --> 00:46:19,120 Lock of the week. 750 00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:20,120 Pats over the Saints. 751 00:46:20,120 --> 00:46:24,000 Then Ravens minus four and a half at the Steelers. 752 00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:26,600 Packers plus one at the Raiders. 753 00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:29,440 Dolphins minus 12 and a half over the Giants. 754 00:46:29,440 --> 00:46:32,840 And then Texans plus one and a half over the Falcons. 755 00:46:32,840 --> 00:47:02,760 Up next we're going to shift into the WNBA and talk about what's going down there. 756 00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:06,960 Welcome back into the show. 757 00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:12,240 And on behalf of all WNBA fans, welcome to the Bay Area. 758 00:47:12,240 --> 00:47:18,040 Into the WNBA as the WNBA has officially announced the expansion of the league. 759 00:47:18,040 --> 00:47:21,800 It's first of two expected expansions this offseason. 760 00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:26,760 They have officially announced that the Golden State Warriors ownership group led by Joe 761 00:47:26,760 --> 00:47:35,320 Laker and then the other guy who's name escapes me right now, they are bringing in a Bay Area 762 00:47:35,320 --> 00:47:40,760 Golden State WNBA franchise to begin play in the Chase Center in 2025. 763 00:47:40,760 --> 00:47:46,360 Again, this is the first of these expected expansions as Portland is expected to bring 764 00:47:46,360 --> 00:47:49,080 their WNBA franchise back. 765 00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:54,680 As Portland had one previously, they expect it to bring a WNBA franchise back into Portland. 766 00:47:54,680 --> 00:47:59,280 Much of the greater Northwest, Iowa is going to compete with Seattle for market share, 767 00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:04,600 but Portland had a team previously in the WNBA that folded unfortunately. 768 00:48:04,600 --> 00:48:09,320 Like I spoke about before, a lot of these owners in the original W owners were poor 769 00:48:09,320 --> 00:48:10,320 owners. 770 00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:13,680 They didn't see the bigger picture of the league. 771 00:48:13,680 --> 00:48:16,720 They saw, like most people, dollars and cents. 772 00:48:16,720 --> 00:48:22,200 But these new owners are coming in knowing that the league is growing, knowing that they 773 00:48:22,200 --> 00:48:27,480 have an opportunity to be with something much bigger than them. 774 00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:34,200 They have the chance to really grow and to blossom the league. 775 00:48:34,200 --> 00:48:38,240 The Warriors ownership group, or the Golden State ownership group, stated that they're 776 00:48:38,240 --> 00:48:43,160 not only there to win, they're there to basically, when the basketball is hot, we're going to 777 00:48:43,160 --> 00:48:45,960 join the wave, we're going to make this thing hotter. 778 00:48:45,960 --> 00:48:51,480 So they're going to have a huge influx of superstar talent coming in obviously with 779 00:48:51,480 --> 00:48:56,360 your Katelyn Clarks, your Haley Van Lytts, your Adrian Reeses, et cetera. 780 00:48:56,360 --> 00:48:59,200 Your Paige Becker's coming into the league. 781 00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:00,680 That's going to elevate it of course. 782 00:49:00,680 --> 00:49:05,100 And then you get owners who like the Warriors owners trying to be innovative and creative 783 00:49:05,100 --> 00:49:13,920 and have as many unforgettable moments in the W as humanly possible. 784 00:49:13,920 --> 00:49:21,160 So I'm a huge fan, obviously, of the expansion taking place, especially with who's getting 785 00:49:21,160 --> 00:49:22,160 the expansion. 786 00:49:22,160 --> 00:49:27,520 We're just the Golden State ownership group, one of the model ownership groups in the NBA, 787 00:49:27,520 --> 00:49:29,520 not into the WNBA. 788 00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:38,200 And so huge news for the W. And then of course, the WNBA finals begin Sunday between the two 789 00:49:38,200 --> 00:49:43,120 teams that I told you before the season started were on a crash collision course, barring 790 00:49:43,120 --> 00:49:45,760 injury from playing in the WNBA finals. 791 00:49:45,760 --> 00:49:49,480 Now Vegas ends up losing Candace Parker to a knee issue. 792 00:49:49,480 --> 00:49:55,400 And so she never even really contributes to them, especially down the stretch. 793 00:49:55,400 --> 00:50:01,920 And so that is, this is going to be an absolute war between Liberty and the Aces. 794 00:50:01,920 --> 00:50:06,920 Like I was talking about last week, the Liberty is the WNBA's last hope. 795 00:50:06,920 --> 00:50:07,920 Very layup. 796 00:50:07,920 --> 00:50:16,280 New York Liberty, you're our last hope because if Vegas wins again, they're probably going 797 00:50:16,280 --> 00:50:18,240 to go back to back to back. 798 00:50:18,240 --> 00:50:21,600 Now again, basketball has grown off Dynasties, but if you don't want to see a dynasty, the 799 00:50:21,600 --> 00:50:22,960 Liberty is your last hope. 800 00:50:22,960 --> 00:50:26,640 The Aces have lost six games all season, three of them are to New York. 801 00:50:26,640 --> 00:50:34,000 And so they are the best team set to take down the Las Vegas Aces. 802 00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:36,160 I just think the Aces get it done. 803 00:50:36,160 --> 00:50:37,160 I do. 804 00:50:37,160 --> 00:50:38,160 I think the Aces get it done, man. 805 00:50:38,160 --> 00:50:40,520 It's going to take a five game series. 806 00:50:40,520 --> 00:50:42,240 That last game was in Vegas. 807 00:50:42,240 --> 00:50:48,160 And I just think the Aces get it done and hoist their second WNBA trophy in a row. 808 00:50:48,160 --> 00:50:49,600 That's just how I feel. 809 00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:53,040 I haven't seen anything to really dissuade that. 810 00:50:53,040 --> 00:51:01,320 But I just think that the Aces ultimately are holding the polls and holding the trophy. 811 00:51:01,320 --> 00:51:06,560 But up next, we're going to go into Jack's hot take, which is going to be why the Bucks 812 00:51:06,560 --> 00:51:29,120 are still better than Boston. 813 00:51:29,120 --> 00:51:49,320 Welcome into the show. 814 00:51:49,320 --> 00:51:53,960 And now we're going to discuss Jack's hot take, which is that the Milwaukee Bucks are 815 00:51:53,960 --> 00:51:55,760 still better than the Boston Celtics. 816 00:51:55,760 --> 00:51:57,280 Hear me out, Boston fans. 817 00:51:57,280 --> 00:51:59,760 I know you're having a great crowd of calling you Boston haters. 818 00:51:59,760 --> 00:52:01,680 Some of that nature, I don't know. 819 00:52:01,680 --> 00:52:03,400 And personally, I don't care. 820 00:52:03,400 --> 00:52:04,400 The Bucks are still better than you. 821 00:52:04,400 --> 00:52:05,400 Want to know why? 822 00:52:05,400 --> 00:52:06,400 It's off season. 823 00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:12,080 You've moved Grant Williams, Aubrey Williams, as two people that was really good at guarding 824 00:52:12,080 --> 00:52:13,080 Giannis. 825 00:52:13,080 --> 00:52:14,680 I get it. 826 00:52:14,680 --> 00:52:16,680 Drew Holliday's there to clamp up Dame Lillard. 827 00:52:16,680 --> 00:52:17,680 Totally understand. 828 00:52:17,680 --> 00:52:22,680 The final MVP and the MVP of the league is not Dame Lillard. 829 00:52:22,680 --> 00:52:23,680 It's Giannis Ancestor-Cumpo. 830 00:52:23,680 --> 00:52:28,760 Currently, there's nobody in the state of Massachusetts that can legitimately body up 831 00:52:28,760 --> 00:52:32,960 and guard Giannis Ancestor-Cumpo because that's because he gets too skinny and too frail, 832 00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:39,120 or if he's too old or too slow, Jay Carter's too little. 833 00:52:39,120 --> 00:52:44,440 There's no one left to body up Giannis, to physically get in there with Giannis, bang 834 00:52:44,440 --> 00:52:46,120 with him, lean on him, wear him down. 835 00:52:46,120 --> 00:52:47,120 There's no one left. 836 00:52:47,120 --> 00:52:50,560 So yes, you've solved your Dame to launch problem, which is that fact that it's Drew 837 00:52:50,560 --> 00:52:55,320 Holliday and not who knows where. 838 00:52:55,320 --> 00:53:01,480 But Boston's a better team than they were two months ago. 839 00:53:01,480 --> 00:53:04,800 I think Pruzineas and Drew Holliday make them a much better football team. 840 00:53:04,800 --> 00:53:08,280 I'm sorry, basketball team rather. 841 00:53:08,280 --> 00:53:09,280 I apologize. 842 00:53:09,280 --> 00:53:10,760 Watching Thursday Night Football. 843 00:53:10,760 --> 00:53:12,920 They're a much better basketball team. 844 00:53:12,920 --> 00:53:19,960 I just think that the upgrades of Dame Lillard is just... You put Giannis Ancestor-Cumpo, 845 00:53:19,960 --> 00:53:24,880 who I think is the best player in the world, him and Jokic, Dame Lillard is the top 15 846 00:53:24,880 --> 00:53:29,160 player in the world, and you just put those two in there together. 847 00:53:29,160 --> 00:53:32,160 Like Dame said, the pick and roll is going to be deadly. 848 00:53:32,160 --> 00:53:37,080 Either you let Giannis dunk you like crazy and you trap him, or you say you keep falling 849 00:53:37,080 --> 00:53:40,840 back into Giannis and he makes nine threes on you. 850 00:53:40,840 --> 00:53:46,640 Absolutely hellacious kind of decisions that coaches are going to have to make when it 851 00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:48,680 comes to Dame and Giannis. 852 00:53:48,680 --> 00:53:53,680 But that is all I have for today. 853 00:53:53,680 --> 00:53:56,440 I hope you guys have a great rest of your weekend. 854 00:53:56,440 --> 00:53:59,360 I hope you guys enjoy yourself, have enjoyed the pod. 855 00:53:59,360 --> 00:54:03,080 If you have, even if you haven't, leave a comment, like, rate, and subscribe if you 856 00:54:03,080 --> 00:54:04,080 have. 857 00:54:04,080 --> 00:54:07,560 If you have your favorite social media, it's handy. 858 00:54:07,560 --> 00:54:10,040 Type in the handle at JTimesports. 859 00:54:10,040 --> 00:54:14,440 I repeat, at JTimesports for all your updates, breaking news, and coverage. 860 00:54:14,440 --> 00:54:17,640 I hope you have a great rest of your weekend. 861 00:54:17,640 --> 00:54:19,600 This is your host, Jethro Jackson signing out.