WEBVTT 1 00:00:36.439 --> 00:00:39.799 Hey, everybody, welcome to the Mark ass here. Happy Monday morning, 2 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:44.320 read here exciting coming off of USFL Week eight. I have Pat standing by 3 00:00:44.399 --> 00:00:46.960 here. I'm going to take thirty seconds of your time before we get into 4 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:51.039 this. Let me get the banner going here too. Happy CFL kickoff week. 5 00:00:51.119 --> 00:00:54.759 We have our normal Friday episode planned. Andy Murray is going to be 6 00:00:54.840 --> 00:00:57.679 joining me live. We'll figure out the time. I'll post that we'll be 7 00:00:57.719 --> 00:01:00.719 going live talking to XFL offseason in kind of all of that talk. But 8 00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:04.920 if you are a CFL fan, we have our CFL Kickoff pregame show coming 9 00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:10.200 up at four pm Pacific on Thursday. Still waiting to confirm all of the 10 00:01:10.280 --> 00:01:14.200 guests, but if I if I get yeses from everyone that's tentative right now, 11 00:01:14.719 --> 00:01:17.959 this could be an all time great CFL show coming up this week. 12 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:21.159 So I hope you tune in. I'll be posting and promoting a lot on 13 00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:26.439 Twitter here. But CFL Kickoff pregame show four pm Pacific on Thursday before the 14 00:01:26.519 --> 00:01:30.239 BC Lions at Calgary Stampeders game and then our normal Friday live show here. 15 00:01:30.280 --> 00:01:34.040 I have Pat standing by. Normally I don't wear like a tank top on 16 00:01:34.079 --> 00:01:37.599 the show, but Pat was sending videos. I saw Pat was in like 17 00:01:37.599 --> 00:01:38.760 a dress shirt, so I had to dress it down. Pat. How 18 00:01:38.760 --> 00:01:42.760 are you doing? I'm doing well man, how are you? I'm good 19 00:01:42.760 --> 00:01:46.680 now. So I'm blocked by RJ Young on Twitter now. But if RJ 20 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:49.799 Young, like his podcast is like the number one podcast or the number one 21 00:01:49.799 --> 00:01:55.000 called whatever, r We're literally the number one USFL podcasts. I just want 22 00:01:55.040 --> 00:01:57.640 you to understand that record breaking number is this last week. I know it's 23 00:01:57.640 --> 00:02:01.000 a low bar. I did it you and the hard work you do watching, 24 00:02:01.159 --> 00:02:04.400 you know, rewatching and kind of doing all this stuff. I do 25 00:02:04.439 --> 00:02:07.760 what I can tune in. I had weddings this weekend and our wedding show. 26 00:02:07.799 --> 00:02:10.120 But we literally the number one us of all podcast. So hater has 27 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:13.680 come out. But like r J Young, get out of here with all 28 00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:15.879 of his stuff. I'm just telling you numbers don't like Yeah, I mean, 29 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:20.639 I mean, we put in put in the work, despite what people 30 00:02:20.639 --> 00:02:23.840 on Twitter. I think. You know, like I I thoroughly enjoy watching 31 00:02:23.879 --> 00:02:30.599 football, as crazy as that sounds, I thoroughly enjoy watching both of these 32 00:02:30.680 --> 00:02:35.439 leagues, and I think including the CFL, even though my champion Michael Lass 33 00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:38.159 just got cut from the Alouettes. But um, you know, on a 34 00:02:38.199 --> 00:02:42.439 serious note, like I'm you know, I have no problem watching these leagues 35 00:02:42.439 --> 00:02:46.240 and even though sometimes the league does stuff I don't agree with, in the 36 00:02:46.360 --> 00:02:49.879 end, it's not about the shield for either one of these leagues. Like 37 00:02:49.919 --> 00:02:53.080 I don't care about Fox. I don't care about Jerry Cardondale. I don't 38 00:02:53.080 --> 00:02:59.039 care about you know, Danny Garcier or Dwayne Johnson. I care about you 39 00:02:59.080 --> 00:03:01.240 know, Chris Blewett even though he just blow the game this week. And 40 00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:05.840 I care about you know, I guess I care about Jack cone Horn and 41 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:07.400 Ben Danucci. But you know guys like that. You know, I care 42 00:03:07.439 --> 00:03:10.599 about those players, and I care about you know, them making money and 43 00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:15.360 you know, doing what they can to live their dream. Yeah, Pat, 44 00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:17.080 Paton a ton of work for this. I appreciate it. Coming off 45 00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:20.960 of it's just us and all a hard time a year for me to get 46 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:22.919 this. I do what I can. Like I said, we had weddings. 47 00:03:22.960 --> 00:03:24.199 I'm trying to watch before we were going to the game. We're driving. 48 00:03:24.240 --> 00:03:28.159 I got the game on my phone driving to go. Do you know, 49 00:03:28.199 --> 00:03:30.520 photos and stuff like that. But I appreciate it. Exciting a week 50 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:35.639 here a week eight kind of really kind of some of the best football we've 51 00:03:35.639 --> 00:03:38.879 seen. And I know Bratt was excited over at the USFL and XFL fan 52 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:42.319 group on Facebook. You know, his stallion's looking good. We'll get into 53 00:03:42.319 --> 00:03:45.319 all of that, But how are you feeling here? And now we're eight 54 00:03:45.319 --> 00:03:46.680 weeks in? Eight weeks past. We haven't broken you. I think we've 55 00:03:46.719 --> 00:03:50.879 almost broken you. But how have you made a USFL weekend? I mean, 56 00:03:50.919 --> 00:03:53.520 I'm doing pretty okay. I'm all disappointed with the North Division overall. 57 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:59.800 I think everyone is. You know, I think I said I guarantee you 58 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:03.080 three wins from from the South or yeah, three wins from the South. 59 00:04:03.879 --> 00:04:06.840 Um, I kind of thought. I don't remember if I said the Stars 60 00:04:06.919 --> 00:04:10.719 or the Panthers were gonna sneak one out, but obviously that didn't really work 61 00:04:10.719 --> 00:04:14.599 out. Um, those you know, all games were I think decided within 62 00:04:15.080 --> 00:04:18.560 within one score. I praised the kicking this week. Ironically, there are 63 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:23.839 two big missfield goals from Skiba had a missfield goal and Chris Blewett. Obviously, 64 00:04:23.879 --> 00:04:26.399 I think there was like a minute in forty left in the game. 65 00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:31.639 The Muellers, the Muellers, Um, the Muellers the Mueller's Gamblers game. 66 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:36.120 Um, you know, so quarterback play was pretty decent this week. I 67 00:04:36.120 --> 00:04:40.120 felt like, you know, McLeod, McLeod. But overall it was pretty 68 00:04:40.199 --> 00:04:44.160 good performance. Uh, Josh Love played pretty okay, just you know, 69 00:04:44.279 --> 00:04:46.920 same things. Slow start with that team once again. The Michigan team, 70 00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:50.360 Um, you know, Troy Williams a little bit more mobile his legs. 71 00:04:50.439 --> 00:04:55.759 Kenji Bahar went back to that real safe, you know, safe type of 72 00:04:55.800 --> 00:04:59.519 passing and whatnot, whatnot where you know, we kind of saw what Jordan 73 00:04:59.560 --> 00:05:02.759 Tayamu did in the XFL very similar. I think Tayoma was obviously more athletic 74 00:05:02.839 --> 00:05:09.519 than than bihar Um. That run game really really hurting them. But you 75 00:05:09.519 --> 00:05:13.519 know, we saw some some stars come, you know, the defensive side 76 00:05:13.519 --> 00:05:16.319 of the ball now that these offenses and defenses are actually in their stride. 77 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:20.199 Now, in my opinion, I'm actually seeing good defensive players, not just 78 00:05:20.319 --> 00:05:28.040 bad offense taking care of taking advantage of. Are bad offenses being taken the 79 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:33.079 advantage of by decent defensive players? Do we when do we get to cancel 80 00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:38.279 the USFL like people did the XFL for having the losing teams here going into 81 00:05:38.360 --> 00:05:41.519 the playoffs, because We're getting pretty close here in the North. I've got 82 00:05:41.519 --> 00:05:44.279 the Panthers circled here at three and five, but very excited. Yea, 83 00:05:44.319 --> 00:05:46.480 I would take that upisode of this play. I don't. I would just 84 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:49.120 like to see because there was obviously we had a lot of everything with the 85 00:05:49.240 --> 00:05:53.079 Renegades and all of that. Do you are you concerned with the losing team 86 00:05:53.079 --> 00:05:56.680 of the North potentially making it into but like, you know, I think 87 00:05:56.720 --> 00:05:59.759 it's gonna be the Panthers because I think the white flag, Mike Mitchell, 88 00:05:59.800 --> 00:06:02.720 I think Verbatim said that word, like the generals need to wave that white 89 00:06:02.720 --> 00:06:06.600 flag. You know, the Muellers have had some hard luck this year as 90 00:06:06.600 --> 00:06:11.279 well. You know, they could easily be three and four or excuse me, 91 00:06:11.319 --> 00:06:15.120 three and five or two and six obviously, and they could have shook 92 00:06:15.199 --> 00:06:17.439 up the South a little bit. But you know it's gonna suck because every 93 00:06:17.480 --> 00:06:23.199 team in the South is a decent team, and you know it's only a 94 00:06:23.240 --> 00:06:27.800 two a one game playoff, so you know, hey, to sound tacky, 95 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:30.560 but any given Sunday, so we could we could see, you know, 96 00:06:31.040 --> 00:06:34.199 two good football teams not make it, as we saw in the XFL 97 00:06:34.279 --> 00:06:38.959 with the BattleHawks, not making it. But at the same time, I 98 00:06:39.000 --> 00:06:42.360 think it kind of validated it when the Renegade, you know, the Renegades 99 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:46.040 won, but then you got some Saint Louis Yahoo's who are like, oh 100 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:48.040 man, that was our spot we could have been in and all that stuff. 101 00:06:48.079 --> 00:06:51.959 So I mean, very curious to see we did that media week this 102 00:06:53.000 --> 00:06:58.639 week. Surprisingly, my questions were not answered. I forget what my second 103 00:06:58.639 --> 00:07:00.439 one was, but my first one was, and I think we all talked 104 00:07:00.439 --> 00:07:04.680 about on the group chat. The group chat was are they going to expand 105 00:07:04.759 --> 00:07:11.040 rosters for for week, you know, playoffs or at least championship week, 106 00:07:11.600 --> 00:07:14.920 especially when you're coming down And granted, the championship is going to be in 107 00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:16.519 Ohio, so it should be a little bit cooler. But when I did 108 00:07:16.600 --> 00:07:20.600 my Panthers preview the day before, they had what one hundred and forty five 109 00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:26.120 degree heat index on the field. So it's like this, this adds like 110 00:07:26.920 --> 00:07:29.800 these guys are gonna be a little bit more fatigued than they were they would 111 00:07:29.879 --> 00:07:33.439 be in April, obviously, and regardless of the conditioning and Whatnotum, it's 112 00:07:33.439 --> 00:07:35.480 still going to be a little bit of a battle. So I'm very I 113 00:07:35.519 --> 00:07:39.680 would like to see the rosters expand a little bit for that. Um, 114 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:43.000 I think everyone would. I think, you know, and it doesn't seem 115 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:46.480 like a you know, it'll cost people on that active roster and whatnot, 116 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:48.920 but it's not going to cost but like win bonuses. If I'm understanding the 117 00:07:48.959 --> 00:07:53.959 large agreement. It's funny. Yeah, we had are big at us of 118 00:07:54.040 --> 00:07:56.920 a media week. I guess preview in the playoffs you have to and I 119 00:07:57.199 --> 00:08:01.399 didn't have a lot to ask Daryl Johnston and Mike Prayer. Mike Prayer was 120 00:08:01.439 --> 00:08:03.040 doing some funny fart jokes and stuff before we got on the you know, 121 00:08:03.079 --> 00:08:07.360 before like the official call. But I know you have questions. It is 122 00:08:07.399 --> 00:08:11.439 remarkable for Fox to hold the press conference and then just add to entertain questions 123 00:08:11.439 --> 00:08:13.519 from RJ Young and Eric Williams, two Fox employees. I'm like, can 124 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:16.800 RJ pick up the phone and called Daryl, Like if if RJ really has 125 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:20.439 a pressing question like I got Darrel, I gotta know, I gotta know. 126 00:08:22.360 --> 00:08:24.560 I just wasn't amazing to me the other question I was gonna ask you. 127 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:28.240 We will get into the breakdown here the things that are sent to me 128 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:31.959 and I obviously get up later being on the Pacific coast, and especially coming 129 00:08:31.959 --> 00:08:33.240 off of my wedding weekend, I get up a little bit later. But 130 00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:37.200 the things send in that group chat astound me that we're still yelling at people 131 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:41.600 for talking about fans in the stands and then we're talking expansion versus home markets 132 00:08:41.639 --> 00:08:46.840 here going in the next year. Who's that, one of the network guys, 133 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:50.759 what would you rather see USFL expansion in year three year? Actually playing 134 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:54.600 on all eight markets? I mean playing in eight markets with the belle with 135 00:08:54.679 --> 00:09:01.000 thee Yeah, I mean so like So I talked with Shady on his show 136 00:09:01.039 --> 00:09:05.360 a little bit about it. So I think something the USFL has in their 137 00:09:05.399 --> 00:09:11.240 back pocket that the XFL doesn't is Canton. And the reason why is I 138 00:09:11.279 --> 00:09:16.360 think Canton will support a Canton football team, and then you're gonna get residuals 139 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:20.679 from just people visiting the Hall of Fame, right, So arbitrary numbers. 140 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:24.759 If you're gonna have if ten is the max and one is the MIMU, 141 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:28.080 you're gonna have six six people there, right like the capacities at ten, 142 00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:33.200 You're gonna have six people there every weekend. Just if you had the Canton 143 00:09:33.240 --> 00:09:37.080 football team. You know, Canton Legends is the name I like. I 144 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:41.080 think you would get two more people. And I'm simplifying this because it's the 145 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:46.320 math is hard, but um, you know, simplifying this, I think 146 00:09:46.360 --> 00:09:50.519 you would get two more people for you know, just the casuals coming in 147 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:56.320 and now you're at that seven eight, you know threshold. It looks pretty 148 00:09:56.360 --> 00:10:00.120 good, you know, when you have that Canton Legends. So while a 149 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:03.440 lot of people are critical of the Canton Hub, I think it's a good 150 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:07.559 transitionary hub and you might be able to pick up a couple more casuals for 151 00:10:07.639 --> 00:10:15.120 obvious reasons. So go ahead and put a team in New Jersey or Pittsburgh. 152 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:18.879 Maybe take the Philadelphia team, bring them down there, you know, 153 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:22.320 let Michigan be its own thing. And then you know, put the other 154 00:10:22.360 --> 00:10:24.279 two franchises, whether it be Houston, which I think they need to go 155 00:10:24.320 --> 00:10:28.840 to Houston, like figure that out real quick or whatever where the Spring League 156 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:33.919 went. Yeah, and you know, put New Orleans in Canton because now 157 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:39.919 you've exhausted the Birmingham people for the last two years, which these people I 158 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:45.879 will never talk bad about the attendance for the Stallions because those people have been 159 00:10:45.879 --> 00:10:48.919 asked to do so much, and they've done a pretty good job. And 160 00:10:48.559 --> 00:10:52.919 it's also very hot, so you can do that. And if New Jersey 161 00:10:52.039 --> 00:10:56.200 just flops, okay, we're done with the Generals, like we're done, 162 00:10:56.399 --> 00:10:58.519 or phillyges flops, We're done with the Generals. Get New Orleans in their 163 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:03.159 hub in excason, we get New Orleans in a New Orleans stadium, and 164 00:11:03.200 --> 00:11:07.639 then now you can bring this Canton Legends thing up. So I think that 165 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:13.120 Canton Legends can kind of or Canton, Ohio could be kind of used as 166 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:18.679 like a throwaway card until you find eight markets that will support these teams constantly. 167 00:11:18.080 --> 00:11:20.480 Well, I yeah, no, I say it was I can't remember 168 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:24.399 that Ed. I think it was Ed that was on. He was like 169 00:11:24.480 --> 00:11:26.279 with the Canton Observer or whatever, and he would when they did the whole 170 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:30.360 hub announcement, I said, you know, I would. I would do 171 00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:33.399 the hub in Canton, the main hub, like I would do, and 172 00:11:33.480 --> 00:11:35.720 I would just say, hey, with your Hall of Fame ticket, you're 173 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:37.679 get come, hey, we got a game here. You know this is 174 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:43.240 included in You're We went when we did our Almo tour here before the XML 175 00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:45.519 kickoff, like you go see the Almo and they was like, oh, 176 00:11:45.559 --> 00:11:48.039 hey, we got you want to go see the other room with some of 177 00:11:48.039 --> 00:11:50.960 the more nick knacky stuff like here that's included in your ticket. Like I 178 00:11:50.960 --> 00:11:52.399 would just roll that in and say, hey, if you're coming in on 179 00:11:52.440 --> 00:11:56.120 a Saturday, we got a game coming up at two o'clock, Like, 180 00:11:56.120 --> 00:11:58.600 go check it out next door. I just I would include that in and 181 00:11:58.639 --> 00:12:00.879 just kind of get that roll in. I think it's easy. Yeah, 182 00:12:00.919 --> 00:12:05.039 and you know, and exposes people from like, you know, some dude 183 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:07.960 from Iowa who's got no interest in the league, and he's like, yoh, 184 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:11.879 I really like this New Orleans thing because it's a nice color. You 185 00:12:11.960 --> 00:12:13.799 know. Like now he's a New Orleans fan, you know. And if 186 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:16.600 he's not going to the games, he's watching and then he goes to the 187 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:20.080 bar and he turns it out at the bar. You know what I mean. 188 00:12:20.159 --> 00:12:24.360 You expand your demographic, uh to they's flyover states. In my opinion 189 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:31.919 with with Canton, so would there be people on Twitter they yell at him 190 00:12:33.399 --> 00:12:37.559 that he's dumb When this person that doesn't know anything asks about or would they 191 00:12:37.600 --> 00:12:41.559 be would they be accepted to explain? They'd probably harass him. But like 192 00:12:41.679 --> 00:12:46.919 at this point, I have recorded enough like ridiculous European songs that I'm just 193 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:50.320 gonna comment back at people. Okay, okay, all right, so let's 194 00:12:50.360 --> 00:12:52.480 got here. I'm sure we'll get there. This some Marciana gets here. 195 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:56.960 But we got this. We had this, Yeah, this, I caught 196 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:58.000 some of this game a little a little scary. Here. Week eight, 197 00:12:58.039 --> 00:13:01.840 we had the you know, Gamblers, Anthony's Gamblers. I can always tell 198 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:05.679 by our group chat how riveted people are in these games, and when when 199 00:13:05.679 --> 00:13:07.639 I tune in and I'm like, I wonder, what's going on. I 200 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:11.960 look at the group chat. Nothing's going on with this. Anthony was like, 201 00:13:11.960 --> 00:13:13.120 I'm I'm up, I'm up. What did you make of this? 202 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:18.679 Gamblers at twenty to nineteen fifth millers? I mean, what we saw was, 203 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:22.080 like I talked about earlier, was the safe Kenji Bahar game, you 204 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:26.120 know, win eleventh of twenty one hundred and fifty passing Oh yeah, you 205 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:28.639 got on the screen one hundred and fifty passing yards, um about, you 206 00:13:28.679 --> 00:13:33.840 know. And it was the Mark Thompson Show. So it's funny we've been 207 00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:39.600 talking about Mark Thompson a little bit. Is I do believe Alex Magoo has 208 00:13:39.639 --> 00:13:43.559 so defied himself as the MVP, especially with two weeks, and in my 209 00:13:43.639 --> 00:13:46.399 opinion, if they win this week, I wouldn't be surprised to see a 210 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:50.679 very light workload for him. Um. I do want to go into Alex 211 00:13:50.759 --> 00:13:54.799 magoo, you know, talk when we get to that game. But now, 212 00:13:54.879 --> 00:14:01.000 the competition in my eyes is like the most eyes on the prize competition 213 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:03.559 is who's going to be the second all USFL running back in my opinion, 214 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:09.759 because Thompson's at like thirteen touchdowns now and he could easily be, you know, 215 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:13.279 an MVP of Alex mcgo if maybe Jamar Smith is there and he's playing 216 00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:16.440 a little bit more conservative, you know, so, um, it's the 217 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:20.159 Mark Thompson show in my opinion. The defense is pretty pretty pretty fun to 218 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:24.519 watch as well. Um, you know Zuber was a little bit more involved 219 00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:28.200 in the game because I think not Justin Hall, but Anthony Ratliffe Williams went 220 00:14:28.279 --> 00:14:33.320 pretty blanketed and Whatnotum, the run game, the run games continue in the 221 00:14:33.320 --> 00:14:37.919 succeed you know through through that they don't have any off the top receivers that 222 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:43.279 Bahar has really like connected with. I know Hall's had some nice, nice 223 00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:48.759 like long catches and whatnot. But it's been mostly that like quick screen, 224 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:50.559 quick checks, all that stuff, and you know, that's this game, 225 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:54.279 and it's kind of what they had with, like I said earlier, what 226 00:14:54.320 --> 00:14:58.279 Tayammu was doing in the early parts of the season before. But those receivers 227 00:14:58.399 --> 00:15:01.720 that Taomo had versus are completely different. Um. As far as to kick 228 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:07.879 over to the Mallers, this running, this rushing attack is pretty limited. 229 00:15:07.559 --> 00:15:11.559 Anytime I see Madre London making a play, he's making a guy miss at 230 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:16.279 the line of scrimmage. Garrett Groshek. It seems like he's, you know, 231 00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:20.320 got a guy in his face every time. We've been very critical about 232 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:24.519 the offensive line for the Mallers this whole year. UM. Troy Williams obviously 233 00:15:24.519 --> 00:15:28.200 getting back to his leg work a little bit. I said, for the 234 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:31.159 Mullers to be successful, I think they needed like thirty yards from Groschek and 235 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:37.879 like thirty five to forty five from from a Madre London and kind of Doree 236 00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:41.279 a diet version of a three headed attack. They what they rush for a 237 00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:46.399 hundred and twenty. I mean, sometimes the Baulders doesn't go your way, 238 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:48.799 and that's what happened. You know, they were in Williams, did what 239 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:50.440 they needed to do, push the field down and blew it, missed the 240 00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:54.480 field goal. So I mean the team is much better to wash this year. 241 00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:56.679 So if you're like you know, you can poo poo crowds and all 242 00:15:56.679 --> 00:16:00.159 that stuff, but as far as the quality of like a team, I 243 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:04.919 like watching the Mullers compared to the last year. Did you read you know 244 00:16:04.960 --> 00:16:07.159 the missfield goal kick and all of that? Are you do you view? 245 00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:10.759 That? Was that exciting television? There was that like Black Custer, like 246 00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:12.600 you wished special teens would be better. I mean I think I think the 247 00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:18.200 kicking and I have the kicking stats pulled up for this year, and I 248 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:21.960 mean, these guys are doing a lot better. Um, you know, 249 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:26.960 you got Alex Kestman's nineteen of twenty one aguilar Is nineteen of twenty two, 250 00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:36.759 sixteen of seventeen for Chris Coughlin. Coughlin Chris blew at fifteen of nineteen with 251 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:42.000 twenty seven extra points like twenty seven to twenty seven Aubury's eleven of twelve. 252 00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:47.480 Excuse me, Brandon Aubury's twenty seven of twenty seven Cole Murphy eleven to fourteen 253 00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:51.879 with some big misses, like like big misses, as in like over fifty 254 00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:53.480 yard misses. So we can, you know, play that game a little 255 00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:57.200 bit. Schebo is perfect. He's nine to ten now, and you know, 256 00:16:57.240 --> 00:17:00.240 I think overall it's been a lot better than last year. Um, 257 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:04.440 I can pull up the twenty twenty two stats. I'm doing this whole football 258 00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:10.759 dB and sometimes they're oh jacked up. But last year twenty two field goals 259 00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:15.240 was the was the high watermark, and Brandon Aubrey was eighteen of twenty two 260 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:19.359 and then Nick Vogel was eighteen of twenty three, with fourteen of twenty two 261 00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:25.119 from Ramza mod So the kicking has improved tremendously and there's been less kickers as 262 00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:27.039 well. So that means these guys are doing a little bit better of kind 263 00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:32.079 of staying even keeled in my opinion. Well, let's good. I've got 264 00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:33.079 to kind of balance to that too. Mean, we saw last year the 265 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:37.240 Mangals here back with the maulers and being able to not kind of have to 266 00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:38.839 do double dud and figure all this stuff out. I think last year was 267 00:17:38.839 --> 00:17:42.559 a little a little messy in that it's good anything else from this, I 268 00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:47.119 mean Mauler is kind of continuing their downward slow You have two and six now 269 00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:51.119 kind of out of it. Gamblers very much still alive here. It looks 270 00:17:51.160 --> 00:17:53.799 like yeah, and you know, big Big Guy wanted to shout out on 271 00:17:53.839 --> 00:18:00.519 the Maulers. Just Bailey Gaither and Isaiah Henny Henny henything as possible, you 272 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:03.799 know, dynamic guy. This week, his punt returns were a little bit 273 00:18:03.880 --> 00:18:07.920 limited, but overall, you know, they both they both eclipse fifty all 274 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:11.759 purpose yards. I mean, it doesn't get much better than that. These 275 00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:15.920 two receivers are doing a pretty good job. I think either gets you know, 276 00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:19.359 another practice squad cameo once the injuries come in because he's been close, 277 00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:23.000 you know, he's and they're using him more on like jet sweeps than whatnot. 278 00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:26.160 So he's showing a little bit more versatility that he can air quote run 279 00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:30.839 the ball from a rushing standpoint. But he had another seventy yards. Hen 280 00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:33.519 He's at shifty, little slot back slot back. He's a little small. 281 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:37.960 I think we've talked about that multiple times, but in the end, he's 282 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:41.400 still being pretty effective. And I mean we've seen these small guys, these 283 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:45.720 small, shifty dudes in the NFL. So I think he's putting a lot 284 00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:49.359 of people like on not this because last year was kind of buried under Jalen 285 00:18:49.440 --> 00:18:55.759 McCleskey and Trey Walker and Bailey Gaither as their like fourth wide receiver options. 286 00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:57.359 So I mean, he's definitely going to be turning some heads, especially in 287 00:18:57.400 --> 00:19:00.119 the punt return game. And we talk about it all the time. Is 288 00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:03.640 I don't care how many rushing yards you have. I care about your kick 289 00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:07.279 coverage, and I care about what you do on special teams and heny offers. 290 00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:11.680 At hearing this sound, I mean really stacked here, you know, 291 00:19:11.720 --> 00:19:15.160 gamblers at the bottom. It's still obviously a great record. It is weird 292 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:18.559 how parallel this is to the XFL, where it's like either the reverse sliding 293 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:22.960 doors your all world, but with this really really competitive South where it looks 294 00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:26.680 like it's so very much anyone's game. I mean, I know the sounds 295 00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:29.160 and we'll talk about that, but just South overall, what do you make 296 00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:33.079 of the playoff picture? I mean, I hate I think we opened it 297 00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:36.440 opened it a little bit. Um. I hate to see just any of 298 00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:37.920 these teams not make it. You know, I would love to, you 299 00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:44.240 know, in an optimal world, have one more week of like a player, 300 00:19:44.400 --> 00:19:48.319 like if if things aren't working out, maybe if the Breakers in Showboats 301 00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:52.119 or the Gamblers and Showboats or the same record they play, they play and 302 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:56.519 get in you know, a bubble game and whatnot. But the back end 303 00:19:56.559 --> 00:20:00.440 of the schedule is all division games. So these teams are to cannibal cannibalize 304 00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:03.759 each other a little bit. And while we'll all be like, oh, 305 00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:07.240 they're more talented and whatnot, they will have an opportunity to take on their 306 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:11.240 divisions, their division opponents. And just to bring up the schedule um for 307 00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:15.240 week nine because I know we talked about it last week, but I mean 308 00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:19.559 the Breakers and Showboats play on Saturday. That's that's a that's I want to 309 00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:22.200 say, that's a win in you're ind but that's gonna you know, one 310 00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:26.880 of these teams will have six wins, the other will have still five. 311 00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:30.799 And then the Gamblers and Stallions, you know, that could deter some things 312 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:37.319 as well. And then Stallion show Boats Week ten, Breakers Gamblers, Um 313 00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:41.279 Breakers Gamblers on that Sunday game for week ten, So that could kind of 314 00:20:42.359 --> 00:20:45.920 shift some things up. And I think the USFL did a good job as 315 00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:49.240 like making those games matter, and I think and I don't think. I 316 00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:56.400 know that's gonna avoid most likely a lot of these playoff tie breakers and whatnot, 317 00:20:56.440 --> 00:21:00.359 because that last game, if you made that last game see Draft Agins 318 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:04.279 versus BattleHawks, then there's then it's kind of done, you know, because 319 00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:08.039 then whichever team wins, it kind of shuts it down. In my opinion, 320 00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:11.400 you said that good job by the USML this one that confirmed you didn't 321 00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:15.759 say that. Yeah, I know, put that on a good job by 322 00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:19.599 the USFL, bad job by our pre existing good bad job. I was 323 00:21:21.119 --> 00:21:25.319 r J Young bad. I gotta, I gotta know bad. I gotta. 324 00:21:25.599 --> 00:21:27.519 I always say that. Next week, uh, week nine looks really 325 00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:30.240 good for the USFL in terms of scheduling here with you know, we got 326 00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:33.880 Fox NBC, you know, going back four network games. I think that's 327 00:21:33.880 --> 00:21:37.559 going to be good. The week ten we've got the USA, USA, 328 00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:41.720 USA and FS one here. But next week, week nine ratings should be 329 00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:44.920 good. Obviously we'll get we'll get your week eight ratings coming in tomorrow, 330 00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:48.000 gars to see how that works out. I know they're time to build back 331 00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:51.279 up the other week before with Memorial Day and all of that. I get 332 00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:53.920 the over here. Let me get back to my schedule over here, but 333 00:21:55.240 --> 00:22:00.319 coming up at Birmingham Stars, uh, you know or Stallion Stars whatever game 334 00:22:00.359 --> 00:22:03.000 of the weekend. And I've heard from a lot of people as well as 335 00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:04.039 that seeing the parts I did, what did you make of that? And 336 00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:07.160 I'll get the box were pulled up. I mean, it's the Mago Show 337 00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:11.759 right like at this point, like like every week we talk about how good 338 00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:14.720 this guy is. We talk about how much fun he is, We talk 339 00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:18.640 about, you know, his improv and whatnot. Um, I mean, 340 00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:26.359 he's the de facto MVP right now. I still an interesting tweet from Jamar 341 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:30.319 Smith, and I talked with Luke Miller in the d MS about it. 342 00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:33.400 Um and I could try to pull it up, but Jamar Smith said something 343 00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:37.759 along the lines is looking for my next opportunity or something. It was like 344 00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:41.880 a piece out right, He's yeah, yeah, and let me let me 345 00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:45.039 pull it up. Something you think that he yeah. The reading of it 346 00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:48.079 was he thinks this is Magou ship now and he's kind of like, let 347 00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:52.599 me move on here. So Jim Jamar Smiths wrote next chapter away, it's 348 00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:59.880 Red Johnson salute and a piece outside. So I talked with Luke Miller about 349 00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:03.319 this, and I was like, you know, I think mcgoo's gonna get 350 00:23:03.359 --> 00:23:07.880 a shot at the NFL. Now, if I'm Skip Holts, what do 351 00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:11.359 I do? So if Magoo gets a shot at the NFL, I wouldn't 352 00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:17.400 be surprised if because I think Denucci floats on the practice squad. I think 353 00:23:17.880 --> 00:23:22.079 AJ McCarron, someone gets hurt and then he finds a good opportunity for him 354 00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:29.400 to go to another another team in which he can either a push that low 355 00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:34.000 level backup to where maybe he's the QB two QB three. But when when 356 00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:37.319 you know they're maybe that team's five and three, and then they're five and 357 00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:41.039 five and they're like, yo, the second string guy we have isn't working 358 00:23:41.119 --> 00:23:44.599 out. AJ take the start. That's a very real thing we've seen in 359 00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:47.519 the NFL, right, Like AJ's only going to go to the NFL if 360 00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:51.480 the opportunity suits him, Like he's he's good. You know. So you 361 00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:55.319 have a guy like Magoo, I think he gets an NFL opportunity, whether 362 00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:57.920 he sticks in camp or not, then he's in that limbo of what do 363 00:23:59.079 --> 00:24:03.480 I do. I think Skip Holtz needs to have a sidebar conversation with Smith 364 00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:07.720 and be like, hey man, let's see what happens with Alex. But 365 00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:12.599 would it not be the craziest thing if the XFLI gave him ane hundred K 366 00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:18.440 plus salary? Hey man, come here. I think everyone agrees the schedule 367 00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:22.759 is a lot better as far as that recovery period for XFL guys to the 368 00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:27.400 NFL, and that when the XFL season is over the draft, you know, 369 00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:32.480 they have those final roster spots to where a USFL guy is waiting on 370 00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:34.599 injuries and just like a team to fall in love with them, like, 371 00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:38.000 hey, we drafted this guy on Kansas State, but he's not doing well 372 00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:42.200 in OTAs. Let's bring a USFL guy in and play that game. So 373 00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:48.079 I would try to tell a Jamar like, hey man, chill for a 374 00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:52.079 bit. I understand you're frustrated. I understand all this stuff, but let's 375 00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:56.319 not make any decisions about going to play for another team because in the end, 376 00:24:56.400 --> 00:24:57.720 you still need a little bit more tape and I know, maybe he 377 00:24:57.759 --> 00:25:02.920 can get a CFL opportunity and whatnot. You know, there's there's plenty of 378 00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:04.960 things that can happen with with Smith. I think he's capable. I just 379 00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:08.960 think he needs it more film. I really expected him to take that next 380 00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:15.359 step. Obviously, injuries happened, but with McGoo, if I was the 381 00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:19.079 XFL and I lost Kamo, I lost the Nucci, I lost you know 382 00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:23.079 a J. I offered this guy one hundred k to come in. You 383 00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:26.880 know, I don't think Brent Humley comes back next year, so there's an 384 00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:33.519 opportunity. Um Jalen McClendon probably be the next tier of guys coming up. 385 00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:38.440 Quinnon Dormand's another guy that's probably going to be that next higher echelon of quarterback 386 00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:42.200 that we see in in the XFL. Why not? Why not? There's 387 00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:47.440 some money at Alex McGoo you mentioned. I think it was over the weekend 388 00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:51.640 that you think the high level I can't even remember, like the high level 389 00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:53.960 quarterback play in the USFL was was better than the XFL. But overall the 390 00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:57.119 XFL quarterback Wait, what do you make of that? Because yeah, Magoo's 391 00:25:57.119 --> 00:26:00.759 played really good, but like across the board that would and say the USFL 392 00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:03.480 quarterbacks have been outstanding this or what do you how do you look at that? 393 00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:08.759 I think the tier is a little I think the usl FELL quarterbacks overall 394 00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:15.559 are better as in there closer because every week when I did my quarterback stuff, 395 00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:21.720 it just seemed like a j Jordan Ben aj Jordan Ben aj Jordan Ben. 396 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:26.359 And while that makes my life easier than like analysis and I can turn 397 00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:32.200 my brain off with some of the stuff, I feel that while McGoo is 398 00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:36.240 obviously in a class of his own, those two through fours are very close. 399 00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:40.839 And like when you get like Josh Love is picking up, like he's 400 00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:44.079 being a lot more consistent and Cole Kelly's doing a lot of things that you 401 00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:48.480 don't show up in the stat line. It wasn't until McClendon came around that 402 00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:52.480 we had a true number four. And then Louise wasn't that good for the 403 00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:56.359 majority of the year. So until we saw Louise in the back end and 404 00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:59.720 his best games were in the playoffs, you know, it just kind of 405 00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:03.279 fell like a lot of movement and that number four, and like you know, 406 00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:06.799 people will say Jack Cone had over three hundred yards you know, passing 407 00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:07.759 a couple of games, and it's like, yeah, but all he did 408 00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:11.200 was dump off the tight ends. Like it wasn't too crazy, and like 409 00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:15.960 Nick Holley took a couple short passes and whatnot, and Brandon was up there, 410 00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:19.960 but then once Brandon after Week five got hurt, he wasn't anything to 411 00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:25.000 really write home about with John Jry Kirkland getting hurt. So I feel like 412 00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:30.039 the quarterback play is closer and more competitive than it is than it is in 413 00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:33.839 the USFL than the XFL. And they've had some bad weeks. They've had 414 00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:37.319 some, you know, but I mean they have bad weeks in the NFL 415 00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:40.799 as well. So I can't I can't knock either one of these leagues. 416 00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:44.799 Well, you know, I mean, especially now with the the NFL rules 417 00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:48.039 and stuff and more quarterback it's gonna be hard. It's gonna be interesting here 418 00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:51.319 with them, you know, dressing and kind of carrying more guys on that. 419 00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:53.440 Getting back to the game here, you know, I see both these 420 00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:56.680 teams marched in the field like right away, You're like, I'm like, 421 00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:59.920 okay, stars come in, okay, stallions come right back kind of boats. 422 00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:00.960 Seems like they had a walled in and then obviously, you know, 423 00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:03.640 the game picked up as we went along. What did you make finally, 424 00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:08.240 Birmingham? You give this out by three? I mean, big time teams 425 00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:11.359 make big time plays, right, Like that's really it, Like Magoo chips 426 00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:15.440 for down. He needed to make plays. Same thing with Case Cooks. 427 00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:18.680 He played a pretty good game, three touchdowns. I think his interception was 428 00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:22.119 that at the back end of the game, if I remember, I'm trying 429 00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:26.240 to because I knew Josh Love threw a pick at the end, so I 430 00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:30.119 might be getting those games confused. But I mean, Magoo, you know, 431 00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:33.400 make with his mobility, it's not always about you know, all the 432 00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:37.640 rushing yards he gets, It's about buying that extra time. And even though 433 00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:41.480 on one or two of his sacks that he had, it seemed like he 434 00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:45.039 broke broke the pocket, you know, found like was trying to make something 435 00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:48.480 happen and then the receivers just it didn't add up, you know. So 436 00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:52.440 he had two big drops, one from Jay Sternberger that should have been a 437 00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:56.079 touchdown. So I don't remember if they scored after that. But davey on 438 00:28:56.200 --> 00:29:02.200 Davis, you know, former Houston Roughneck has been extremely, extremely valuable for 439 00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:07.480 this team. And I mean the defense played a solid, like you know, 440 00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:10.519 group effort to make plays at the end and you can't you know, 441 00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:11.799 over all, the team's the best team in the league right now. And 442 00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:17.559 when you return I think sixty percent of your roster, almost sixty percent of 443 00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:21.440 your roster that won a championship. You just need to add some key pieces, 444 00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:22.759 and they did. You know, they brought in davy On Davis and 445 00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:26.880 Marlon Williams gets hurt. They pick up the Michael Pettway. Dion Kane is 446 00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:30.960 having a great season as well, you know, from the return aspect to 447 00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:34.440 also just being another NFL caliber receiver. The tight end. They lose Sage 448 00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:40.240 sarat they bring in Jays Sternberger, who's played in the NFL. And when 449 00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:47.240 you really have a a QB one A in QB one B, it makes 450 00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:51.359 your job as an offensive coordinator a lot easier. Yeah. No, I 451 00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.839 and you were talking the air seption. I know Josh Love had that big 452 00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:56.839 Hail Mary interception kind of whatever at the end too, So maybe that and 453 00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:59.119 we can talk about that. They were not looking good there at the end 454 00:29:59.119 --> 00:30:03.920 of Panthers in terms of the stars, you know, still king of the 455 00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:06.880 North. I don't know really what that means here at this point. What 456 00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:08.759 do you make of them? I know it's kind of been it's kind of 457 00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:11.799 a tale of two house this season. Yeah, I mean, their offensive 458 00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:18.000 line play has improved. Fox did a good job of hot highlighting Himmelman. 459 00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:22.720 Um, I think his name is Joel Himmelman. He was a late season 460 00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:27.720 edition that stars defense is pretty is pretty good on the pass rush. Um. 461 00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:32.160 I know Carson Player didn't play this week, but anytime you have Adam 462 00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:36.480 Rodriguez and you know they're linebackers, Joel de Blanco, Joey al Fiery and 463 00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:40.960 Gabriel Sewell are all you know, fringe NFL guys and whatnot. Maybe not 464 00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:44.480 so much Joel de Blanco because he's a little bit limited sideline in the sideline, 465 00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:48.279 but overall, these guys are it's it's it seems like the North is 466 00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:52.920 still there, is still their forte, especially when you have Cookis and Corey 467 00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:56.359 Coleman, Devin Gray, these offensive weapons, and they're down two receivers I 468 00:30:56.440 --> 00:31:00.920 think Chris Rowland's out, and then they have one more. They have another 469 00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:03.240 guy that got hurt as well. So overall, I mean, I think 470 00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:07.799 I wouldn't be surprised to see this matchup in three weeks or four weeks again, 471 00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:11.680 whenever the playoffs come around or the championship comes around a little bit dull 472 00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:15.799 for me, you know, but for all we know the Panthers have a 473 00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:19.039 good game if they make the playoffs and they take out the Stars, and 474 00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:22.960 the number two in the South has a good game and they take out you 475 00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:26.240 know, the Stallions, and then we get a different game. I mean, 476 00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:29.240 I'm still going to obviously watch this championship game, and I think it'll 477 00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:32.640 be a good game. But if we get the twenty seven to twenty four 478 00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:37.119 USFL Championship, I don't see many people complaining about that. At the end 479 00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:41.960 of the this episode that I want to have a little conversation about kind of 480 00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:45.599 the how the USFL and XVEL exists kind of differently, So hopefully we remind 481 00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:49.559 me about that. But the yeah, I don't know. I don't know 482 00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:52.480 if this is the most exciting, but you know, look, you had 483 00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:55.200 the Renegades and all that. I mean they think can happen here with the 484 00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:57.119 one game playoffs, I think it leaves for a lot of unpredictability there. 485 00:31:57.200 --> 00:32:00.480 I like the idea, like you said, I the playoff or something where 486 00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:04.160 we have you know, it's just the eight teams and the ten weeks, 487 00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:07.279 Like, how can we figure out something different than just one seed play two 488 00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:10.759 seed. I like the alleged us of value of the one seed and play 489 00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:15.440 in the other division whatever. I just I think you can experiment more with 490 00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:17.680 that and obviously have it known ahead of the season and not kind of change 491 00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:21.599 stuff. But it is weird that you would think that they would experiment more 492 00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:23.319 than just well, this is the way it kind of feels like it should 493 00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:24.960 be done, and that's the way we're gonna do it. Like you can 494 00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:28.920 experiment with anything here. Yeah, And I think I think maybe that's a 495 00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:32.680 conversation you have prior to the season and that week five you mentioned it and 496 00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:37.359 you sit down the coaches and you're like, hey, man, like, 497 00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:39.359 do you guys want to win the championship or do you want to have jobs 498 00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:44.279 next year? And I know that's a hard question, right, but I 499 00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:49.960 mean if we go in the year three and it's Stars Stallions again, like 500 00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:52.039 what do we do in here? You know? And I think I do 501 00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:54.400 think overall, like it's definitely more competitive in the South, and it was 502 00:32:54.559 --> 00:33:00.680 last year obviously, you know, the the show Boats slash and its last 503 00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:04.640 year tailed off at the end, um tailed off at the end. The 504 00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:07.200 Gamblers where they were competitive, but they went three and seven, and the 505 00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:14.759 Panthers and the the Panthers and them in the in the Mullers where you know, 506 00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:16.319 one and nine and two and eight. So I mean, from a 507 00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:20.920 competitive marketing standpoint, I think they're doing a decent job. But I mean 508 00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:25.960 banking on Alex Magoo to be that highlight reel, you know, and leaving 509 00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:30.200 another game drive like he did this week, or a game winning drive like 510 00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:34.359 he did this week, how does that boats for your ratings? You know, 511 00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:37.000 how does that boat like? It's it's definitely fun. You know, 512 00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:39.440 it was definitely good to see him, you know, doing his Johnny Manziel 513 00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:44.079 impressions and whatnot. And then you know, given the ball back to uh 514 00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:47.799 to the start to the star to the stars with like think fifteen or twenty 515 00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:52.279 seconds or whatnot. But I mean that fourth quarter was competitive. You know, 516 00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:57.160 that's for Stallion Stars. So in the end, especially for the casual 517 00:33:57.279 --> 00:34:00.359 viewer, I don't think they'll care. But for the t for Twitter stand 518 00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:06.440 they might. They might be a little bit more resistant, which at times 519 00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:09.639 it seems like the only people who watched the usfl or xfl are on Twitter 520 00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:14.039 the heat thing? Did you bother? Did that bother? You? Right? 521 00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:16.000 Was it the Stallions game where they were showing the on field they would 522 00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:21.280 I mean, it's it's really hot to play here in Birmingham in Gune. 523 00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:24.880 Yeah, I mean I put it. That's kind of my my high horse 524 00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:30.400 about the expanded rosters. Yeah, you know, just because you know that 525 00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:32.719 fifteen yard rush would take to an extra second. You're gonna need a little 526 00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:36.840 bit more water to feel better, you know after a fifteen yard rush and 527 00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:39.840 whatnot, where you really where you really moved, you know, twenty six 528 00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:43.760 yards because you had to go from the backfield to bump it out to the 529 00:34:43.840 --> 00:34:47.280 outside and whatnot. So I mean, I really really want to see that 530 00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:53.760 expanded roster. Maybe do it kind of like in baseball where they well they 531 00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:59.119 did expand the rosters of forty guys in September, but we'll see what happens 532 00:34:59.199 --> 00:35:01.320 on that. I mean, I don't know the temperatures from last year, 533 00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:07.039 so excuse my ignorance, um, But yeah, with these with these guys 534 00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:09.000 like you know, kind of dog I don't want to say they're dogging it 535 00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:13.480 because they're not, but I mean it's just it's just when it's hot, 536 00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:16.639 you're playing football in pads and you add eight weeks of workload. We're gonna 537 00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:21.440 get tired. It's not a big deal. It's it's not indicative of bad 538 00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:25.800 football. It's just reality coming here. I know Mike Mike and his article 539 00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:30.159 Fords and Ali said, like Mitchell really hard on the General is here showboats 540 00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:35.280 continuing? I like there they posted that, you know, the grim Raper 541 00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:37.039 going and taking out all the teams and here on a five o run. 542 00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:39.920 What do you make of the showboats here? Todd Haley really on top of 543 00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:43.679 the world. I mean, I think they did a great job with their 544 00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:49.559 with their their their marketing department seems pretty on point as far as with the 545 00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:54.159 memes and whatnotum So I really do, I really do appreciate them. I 546 00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:58.760 do like that the grim Raper meme is always good when it comes to sports. 547 00:35:59.280 --> 00:36:01.039 I mean, it comes out on the Ko Kelly through a bad interception 548 00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:06.360 I think in the second quarter, you know, when they down I don't 549 00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:07.639 know if they were at the one yard line or whatnot, but I remember 550 00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:10.480 watching it and just kind of like, WHOA, what's going on here? 551 00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:20.079 This quarterback situation is abysmal for the Generals. They went to Crew Cup obviously, 552 00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:23.800 who through two touchdowns kind of ignited the spark and everything like that. 553 00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:28.840 With his legs, I think he had almost eighty rushing yards if I'm correct, 554 00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:31.920 If you want to pull that down, I want to be very very 555 00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:36.719 clear on this. Yeah, seventy six rushing yards. I want to be 556 00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:38.800 very clear on this. I do think Kyle law Lets should be in an 557 00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:43.440 all football league. I just don't want him starting for my football league. 558 00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:46.639 And I do think Crew Cup has that skill set that's a little bit more 559 00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:52.360 unique. But something that I always felt and they mentioned it so many times 560 00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:57.000 is a time of possession and if you can pull that up. I last 561 00:36:57.079 --> 00:37:01.440 I checked was like forty one minute, like eighteen to the generals and whatnot. 562 00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:07.519 So you got some big boys on that defensive line like Hercules Matafafa was 563 00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:12.280 in that backfield all the time, Chris orr was doing his best and whatnot, 564 00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:15.840 and he got obviously big Toby Johnson there as well. Like you can't 565 00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:20.039 have your defense on the field for forty plus minutes. How many plays did 566 00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:25.199 they run? I know you gotta pulled up players here. Where is the 567 00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:29.760 time of possession? Total play seventy one to forty four? Yeah, I 568 00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:30.719 mean, what do you what do you what do you want? What do 569 00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:36.079 you want a three hundred and fifty pound man to do? Like, like 570 00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:39.360 like come on, dude, Like especially when you got a guy like Cole 571 00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:45.599 Kelly. I know he had two or three fourth down rushes and then he 572 00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:50.039 had two draw plays. I remember as well. So you have this six 573 00:37:50.159 --> 00:37:53.599 seven dude, two hundred and fifty pounds rolling for you know, with that 574 00:37:53.760 --> 00:37:58.679 offensive line behind them, because they had two of those sneak plays and then 575 00:37:58.760 --> 00:38:00.960 he ran some draws. You're asking your defensive line to do a lot, 576 00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:05.400 and then kind of at some time seems that Mike Riley is just kind of, 577 00:38:06.239 --> 00:38:07.800 you know, chilling, living in his best moment type thing. There 578 00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:13.159 were some clock management issues that Mike pointed out that we're a little bit of 579 00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:16.239 concerning and whatnot. But we've talked about in the nauseam with the generals. 580 00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:22.639 They they live and die by the rushing attack one and two. They also, 581 00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:29.119 um, they also have what's his name, DeAndre Johnson who's still hurt. 582 00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:32.480 Um. That's that's sir Brendan Butter. And I've been very vocal about 583 00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:37.280 his improvement as a passer in this league. Like he's definitely a top five 584 00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:42.480 top four when healthy, depending what he does with his legs, and not 585 00:38:42.639 --> 00:38:45.519 to have him in this league right now is really is I think hurts the 586 00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:51.039 overall, just like I don't know, just the fun of it in my 587 00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:53.199 opinion. Are you surprised? And I was thinking about this, you know, 588 00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:58.159 obviously the Loletta prow Cop and all this with that. You know, 589 00:38:58.280 --> 00:39:00.000 last year it felt like, you know, with we saw the Maelers that 590 00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:02.880 you're kind of making quarterback moves here. You know, we're bringing in badly, 591 00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:06.480 we're doing all that stuff. I don't know if it's the existence of 592 00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:09.800 the XFL this year and there's less, but like the generals haven't really even 593 00:39:09.840 --> 00:39:13.159 seemed to address this at ALOGI well, this is who we had, Like, 594 00:39:13.239 --> 00:39:15.360 this is kind of what we're doing. It just seems weird that there's 595 00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:19.719 not as much right like kind of trying to replenish or bring in someone off 596 00:39:19.760 --> 00:39:22.800 the streets here. Yeah. I mean they brought in Eric Barrier, um, 597 00:39:22.320 --> 00:39:25.840 so something that hasn't been tweeted out by the league and shame on. 598 00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:30.519 And I talked to another newsroom guy about it. I don't remember which one, 599 00:39:31.159 --> 00:39:35.840 but um, you know he was on the call with us trol lady 600 00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:44.480 said that I don't know what is this regardless, and I apologize for not 601 00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:51.000 air quote shouting this guy out. But in the end um they seemed that 602 00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:54.079 they made a little bit of a drug deal with the barrier thing because DeAndre 603 00:39:54.360 --> 00:39:59.639 was in red. Helped me out with this if you can that they allowed 604 00:39:59.760 --> 00:40:05.039 the show boats or not the Generals to be at fifty one because of the 605 00:40:05.239 --> 00:40:08.280 NFL rule and nothing. And I got to rewatch it, but no one 606 00:40:08.440 --> 00:40:15.079 has made a tweet about it because of DeAndre Johnson being hurt. Interesting, 607 00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:17.159 Yeah, and they brought it up and they talked about for a minute, 608 00:40:17.280 --> 00:40:21.000 and I was just kind of like, we're just gonna gloss over this real 609 00:40:21.079 --> 00:40:22.280 quick, you know. It was just like, yeah, you know, 610 00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:25.559 the Generals they're having some quarterback issues and we address that. So we're gonna 611 00:40:25.639 --> 00:40:29.840 let them have fifty one because uh, you know, it's good for the 612 00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:31.119 league and whatnot. I'm like and then, oh, by the way, 613 00:40:31.760 --> 00:40:36.400 R J. Young doesn't know that offensive linemanigga this And it was kind of 614 00:40:36.480 --> 00:40:39.840 like that can we can we can we roll that one back please because you 615 00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:44.119 said it really quick and slow, DJ, and I need you to expand 616 00:40:44.239 --> 00:40:49.920 on that and it's just to me like that that's been really the only movement 617 00:40:50.599 --> 00:40:55.079 we've seen, um like sexy signings and whatnot. I know, J Perry 618 00:40:55.159 --> 00:41:00.639 and Brian Lurkey, you know Lurkey and Michigan guy going back up to Michigan. 619 00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:05.480 He's our QB two now EJ Perry up there, jamarsh Smith obviously getting 620 00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:08.920 hurt. They brought back Kyle Sloder who gets to get paid to hang out 621 00:41:08.960 --> 00:41:14.199 with his girlfriend or fiance, which is beautiful, but um, you know, 622 00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:19.920 it's the QB signings haven't been the in during the season, haven't been 623 00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:22.400 the sexy like wow type thing. Well, and like I said, I 624 00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:24.800 just I don't know if that's because everyone else is tied up you know in 625 00:41:25.159 --> 00:41:28.880 arleying turn or whatever. It is weird. And I know we've talked about 626 00:41:28.920 --> 00:41:31.639 this in the group chat that the one team that got literally fined and punished 627 00:41:31.679 --> 00:41:37.039 for our season roster or whatever really has done nothing to address anything with their 628 00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:40.320 roster in the generals and now getting Yeah, this preferential treatment again, interesting 629 00:41:40.400 --> 00:41:44.119 interests. I like that. I like the conspiracy. It's like yeah, 630 00:41:44.920 --> 00:41:49.159 yeah, well you also have like with the if you know this some of 631 00:41:49.199 --> 00:41:52.400 these XFL guys that got signed at the back half of the season, you 632 00:41:52.519 --> 00:41:55.800 know, when there was some quarterback thing, it seemed more of just like, 633 00:41:55.960 --> 00:42:00.679 we just don't want these guys going anywhere, like we out their riots 634 00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:04.880 type thing, like you know, Vinnie Tessa Birdie Jr. Who's one of 635 00:42:04.920 --> 00:42:07.400 the nicest guys I've ever had the privilege of meeting. Like, yeah, 636 00:42:07.440 --> 00:42:09.320 that was kind of a homie thing. But you know, when Ryan left 637 00:42:09.719 --> 00:42:14.880 for the show Boats the BattleHawks, they took Manny Wilkins, who has you 638 00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:16.960 know, who was at the Showcases, spent a year with the Packers. 639 00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:22.440 You know, that's a guy that you know is a good Alt League quarterback. 640 00:42:22.719 --> 00:42:24.760 And then you had some of these IFL guys they took. But Kelly 641 00:42:24.800 --> 00:42:29.480 Bryant was a big guy who you know, maybe not the best quarterback, 642 00:42:29.559 --> 00:42:32.199 but he's got a little bit of a name recognition, success, National championship 643 00:42:32.760 --> 00:42:36.679 and ended up you know, doing pretty well with the Renegades as a read 644 00:42:36.760 --> 00:42:39.199 option type guy. And it kind of seemed like some of these dudes that 645 00:42:39.320 --> 00:42:43.599 you know, we're going to get no burned, like DeAngelo Fulford, I 646 00:42:43.679 --> 00:42:46.880 think he's on the Vegas on Vegas. It kind of seemed that like they 647 00:42:47.000 --> 00:42:50.880 just kind of were like, Yeah, you could go to USFL and make 648 00:42:50.960 --> 00:42:53.000 more money, but do you want to play now? And with players, 649 00:42:53.079 --> 00:42:58.199 you know, they're just especially these back end roster guys in these alt leagues 650 00:42:58.239 --> 00:43:00.920 are just like, you know what, I'd rather make fifteen grand now and 651 00:43:00.039 --> 00:43:04.400 then do my QB training in the back half then you know, go to 652 00:43:04.400 --> 00:43:07.920 the USFL and not really know what's going on type thing. So they took 653 00:43:08.000 --> 00:43:16.559 that that guaranteed like couple grand plus you know, job security versus a little 654 00:43:16.599 --> 00:43:21.039 bit of like a future. I think the Angel of Fulford was in the 655 00:43:21.199 --> 00:43:24.039 USFL during the off season as well, so you know, good for him, 656 00:43:24.199 --> 00:43:27.800 brought in a couple of grand for him. Well, I like, 657 00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:30.639 and we talked about this on the kind of Andy and I with the rookie 658 00:43:30.760 --> 00:43:35.039 draft that they announced here the XFL on the on the Friday Show. But 659 00:43:35.840 --> 00:43:38.400 you know where last summer you had US or XFL. They're kind of deal 660 00:43:38.480 --> 00:43:42.239 whatever USBL Yeah, we're making all these off season right, Yeah, we're 661 00:43:42.280 --> 00:43:45.880 bringing people on and the generals and kind of all that stuff. Having this 662 00:43:45.199 --> 00:43:49.559 draft, and I know that we were critical of the you know, the 663 00:43:49.719 --> 00:43:53.280 rights draft and the the USFL college draft, but where the XL this taking 664 00:43:53.320 --> 00:43:58.239 place, you know here on the sixteen USFL still in season. Yeah, 665 00:43:58.239 --> 00:44:00.239 they're going to be getting out. Then they're going to kind of if they're 666 00:44:00.280 --> 00:44:01.480 head around, Okay, what do we want to do this summer? The 667 00:44:01.639 --> 00:44:05.079 x BEL coming in. Now, all these guys that are sitting around, 668 00:44:05.119 --> 00:44:07.039 Hey, you got a place here, come beyond the roster, we'll ride 669 00:44:07.039 --> 00:44:10.480 out. They're going to kind of supersede that. Where the USFL when last 670 00:44:10.519 --> 00:44:14.480 year really made no sense because it was before the draft and you have all 671 00:44:14.519 --> 00:44:16.719 these players like you know, if you're unless you're aware of, hey, 672 00:44:16.760 --> 00:44:20.000 I'm not going to get drafted. Hey, now I'm in. I'm in 673 00:44:20.079 --> 00:44:22.159 the big draft. I don't need to worry about you, right, and 674 00:44:22.159 --> 00:44:23.559 then whatever it ends up happening with that, you know, you had the 675 00:44:23.960 --> 00:44:28.199 like the pr GAS where your reporters are asking the guy like do you want 676 00:44:28.239 --> 00:44:30.000 to come to the USFL. It's like no, like I'm going to get 677 00:44:30.079 --> 00:44:34.400 drafted here. But I think the timing of this makes more sense and I'll 678 00:44:34.400 --> 00:44:37.599 be curious to see what the USFL does in the offseason. Excuse me this 679 00:44:37.719 --> 00:44:40.280 summer to address that where the XFL. It feels like they're getting the headstart 680 00:44:40.360 --> 00:44:44.360 now going into this signing cycle. This year, I think they're in the 681 00:44:44.559 --> 00:44:47.039 I think the USFL has kind of been a rock in a hard place um 682 00:44:47.519 --> 00:44:53.440 in my opinion, because it's like I'm gonna timestamp that. Okay, I 683 00:44:53.559 --> 00:44:58.280 really, I really think they do. Because now the XFL season's over, 684 00:44:59.079 --> 00:45:02.079 you have all these guys going to OTAs and mini camps and whatnot, and 685 00:45:02.159 --> 00:45:07.360 then from there it's kind of like, Okay, June is here, June 686 00:45:07.440 --> 00:45:10.800 sixteenth this year, I did my mini camp. Or like a guy who's 687 00:45:10.840 --> 00:45:15.320 on the Panthers now, Levi Bell, he was signed for three days, 688 00:45:15.360 --> 00:45:19.840 he was drafted by the USFL and then he got cut and like, I 689 00:45:19.960 --> 00:45:22.840 don't think he even went the OTA's right, So it's kind of like, 690 00:45:22.639 --> 00:45:27.440 okay, what do I do Forever you Levi Bell? There's ten guys who 691 00:45:27.480 --> 00:45:30.360 aren't like Levi Bell who weren't drafted by the USFL. So it's kind of 692 00:45:30.400 --> 00:45:34.039 like, in my opinion that damned if you do, damned if you don't. 693 00:45:34.519 --> 00:45:37.199 Part of me would like to see the USFL do. They're draft in 694 00:45:37.320 --> 00:45:39.800 May, They're college rights draft in May, because now you have all the 695 00:45:40.000 --> 00:45:44.400 Okay, the chips up settled, I didn't get signed, But at the 696 00:45:44.440 --> 00:45:45.559 same time, they're in season. I mean, they're not even going to 697 00:45:45.679 --> 00:45:49.280 do that when they're how are you? How are you going to do that? 698 00:45:49.519 --> 00:45:52.639 Right? So, I mean, what else are they gonna do it? 699 00:45:52.840 --> 00:45:55.280 You know, they're draft, Like do you do a draft after the 700 00:45:55.559 --> 00:46:01.199 XFL draft, Like, I think you're gonna be able the poach in February. 701 00:46:02.039 --> 00:46:09.760 Some fringe guys a little bit quicker that aren't sure of themselves that you 702 00:46:09.840 --> 00:46:13.719 know, because they have the NFL out right, So if like the NFL 703 00:46:13.800 --> 00:46:16.360 team wants to, like I get drafted, I could go play in the 704 00:46:16.480 --> 00:46:20.679 USFL or whatever, I get a call like I'm out, dude, you 705 00:46:20.760 --> 00:46:23.360 know what I mean. So I think the XFL definitely has the upper hand 706 00:46:23.440 --> 00:46:29.440 now that the Chips have settled and whatnot, because it's it's weird, like 707 00:46:30.079 --> 00:46:34.840 sometimes I feel like the USFL has like the upper hand on some like fringe 708 00:46:35.000 --> 00:46:37.400 NFL guys who don't get their futures contracts. And then sometimes I feel like 709 00:46:37.920 --> 00:46:43.400 the XFL kind of because of their timing of their season kind of gets like 710 00:46:44.079 --> 00:46:46.719 I don't want to say strong arm, but like because now they're kind of 711 00:46:46.800 --> 00:46:50.920 doubling down there just like hey, man, if you're not here by week 712 00:46:51.039 --> 00:46:53.679 sixteen, like sucks to suck, dude, you know, like like you're 713 00:46:53.800 --> 00:46:57.400 moving out of the opportunity. And then you're like, Okay, well I 714 00:46:57.480 --> 00:47:00.000 just didn't get a futurest contract. Like do I want to go to the 715 00:47:00.159 --> 00:47:05.159 XFL. It's week five. You know I'm gonna get spun up in two 716 00:47:05.199 --> 00:47:07.400 weeks and then I have three weeks of game film. Like, guy like 717 00:47:07.519 --> 00:47:10.079 Philip Lindsay can do that because we know who he is and we know the 718 00:47:10.159 --> 00:47:13.960 type of running back he is. And at this point, Philip Lindsay is 719 00:47:14.000 --> 00:47:19.280 just trying to go from an eight hundred thousand dollars contract with the Texans to 720 00:47:19.519 --> 00:47:23.159 a million dollar contract with the Cardinals with a two hundred thousand dollars guarantee. 721 00:47:23.239 --> 00:47:27.639 Like that's what Philip Lindsay did when he played in the XFL this year. 722 00:47:28.039 --> 00:47:30.119 He was going to get an opportunity once that running back that's hurt. But 723 00:47:30.239 --> 00:47:34.480 now it's like, Yo, this dude still hasn't we saw three games from 724 00:47:34.559 --> 00:47:37.599 him. Let's bring him in. And that's something I'm very curious about moving 725 00:47:37.639 --> 00:47:42.280 forward. If we're going to have some more rentals for the XFL in the 726 00:47:42.400 --> 00:47:46.559 week five and on type thing. Yeah, I heard some very interesting stories 727 00:47:46.599 --> 00:47:50.920 about Philip Lindsay and just kind of some frustrations with him in the kind of 728 00:47:51.119 --> 00:47:53.679 June and the running game and on that with the c Dragons. But I 729 00:47:53.960 --> 00:47:58.960 was corresponding with one of the someone that's involved to kind of the XFL draft. 730 00:47:59.039 --> 00:48:00.440 I get in all this rand up. I was talking with them last 731 00:48:00.440 --> 00:48:05.800 week because I said, hey, I appreciate just when the USFL did THEIRS, 732 00:48:05.840 --> 00:48:07.119 I'm like, okay, what is this, what's going on? And 733 00:48:07.199 --> 00:48:10.760 I thought the inside the league called the XFL did with Russ and Doug just 734 00:48:12.159 --> 00:48:15.679 I appreciated the transparency, like this is why we're doing this is what's going 735 00:48:15.719 --> 00:48:17.760 on. And they expressed to me, No, we really feel like this 736 00:48:19.039 --> 00:48:21.320 is the right time. We like the time that we're doing this. So 737 00:48:21.400 --> 00:48:23.239 we're going to get a lot more of these people that we draft actually be 738 00:48:23.440 --> 00:48:28.639 in the league because now we're giving them kind of a home from the summer. 739 00:48:28.760 --> 00:48:30.519 I can get my head around, Okay, this is what I'm going 740 00:48:30.599 --> 00:48:36.360 to do. Where with the USFL, it's almost like I think it's maybe 741 00:48:37.119 --> 00:48:39.400 it's not fresh enough because they haven't been drafted. They don't know that they're 742 00:48:39.400 --> 00:48:43.199 not getting drafted. Like I think by now you've processed. Okay, it's 743 00:48:43.280 --> 00:48:45.519 mid June. I'm not making it to the NFL this year. Let me 744 00:48:45.599 --> 00:48:47.920 figure out what else I want to do. I just like the idea of 745 00:48:49.000 --> 00:48:51.960 that. I just a couple of quick go go ahead, and then we 746 00:48:52.000 --> 00:48:52.960 have a couple of quick questions. We'll do the last game and get out. 747 00:48:53.800 --> 00:48:59.559 I mean that's right, Like that's you're the XFL guys are going to 748 00:48:59.599 --> 00:49:02.360 have the ben a fit of figuring their stuff out a little bit more versus 749 00:49:02.440 --> 00:49:07.960 the USFL guy. You know, a guy like Jared Horst was the number 750 00:49:07.000 --> 00:49:10.880 one overall pick. I mean, I'm sure he's got like a seventh round 751 00:49:10.920 --> 00:49:14.599 grade, sixth round grade, and I think he'd be a good player in 752 00:49:14.639 --> 00:49:16.400 the USFL. But at this point he's like, well, let me give 753 00:49:16.440 --> 00:49:21.039 this a shot. I get cut. I can go play in the USFL 754 00:49:21.760 --> 00:49:24.239 next year because I think he's going to be a fringe practice squad guy, 755 00:49:24.400 --> 00:49:29.360 Jared Horst, And let me go get a couple of games on film and 756 00:49:29.440 --> 00:49:31.280 prove that I'm healthy, that my footwork is where it needs to be a 757 00:49:31.360 --> 00:49:36.559 type of thing. A couple of questions here. Dylan wants to know what 758 00:49:36.719 --> 00:49:38.000 is the XL work. Is going to be a televised R on Twitter? 759 00:49:38.440 --> 00:49:43.440 Guarantee will not be televised. We will be doing our show. Is still 760 00:49:43.440 --> 00:49:45.400 waiting to figure out when that's going to be. They kind of said mid 761 00:49:45.480 --> 00:49:50.840 afternoon the evening on the sixteenth, but that will be our normal Friday show 762 00:49:51.199 --> 00:49:52.320 on the sixteenth. We'll figure out, but we will be doing that. 763 00:49:52.920 --> 00:49:55.480 And then Mike says, well, the XL will be allowed to draft quarterback 764 00:49:55.719 --> 00:49:59.719 Malie Cunningham the same way the USFL. I mean, if they want to. 765 00:49:59.800 --> 00:50:02.440 It's like you're drafting their rights. The team's drafting their rights. It's 766 00:50:02.480 --> 00:50:06.440 like the it's like the CFL draft. If this player ever comes up to 767 00:50:06.519 --> 00:50:09.320 Canada, the Argonauts or whoever have him, that's how the draft's gonna work. 768 00:50:09.320 --> 00:50:13.599 I imagine the same with the XFL wherever, Like if they come into 769 00:50:13.639 --> 00:50:16.440 the league, that that team would have first rights on that. Yeah, 770 00:50:17.960 --> 00:50:21.960 like, um, you know Malik, And then it comes down to what 771 00:50:22.079 --> 00:50:23.840 Malik wants to do. You know, I think he's with the Patriots now 772 00:50:24.039 --> 00:50:29.039 or had some workouts. I'd have to look up to see his status. 773 00:50:29.199 --> 00:50:34.599 But in the end, like um, and we could pull up the Patriots 774 00:50:34.719 --> 00:50:39.000 roster because it's even you don't know exactly what every player is exactly. You 775 00:50:39.079 --> 00:50:43.280 need to know every player the second we talk about him. But you know, 776 00:50:43.400 --> 00:50:45.119 you got a guy like he's gonna come in as the QB three and 777 00:50:45.239 --> 00:50:51.360 whatnot. Um, you know he's got to beat out Trace mcswourth, mcslory. 778 00:50:51.440 --> 00:50:53.639 You know, Bailey's App's not going anywhere. Like you know, what 779 00:50:53.840 --> 00:50:57.559 what does Malik want to do? You know, like is does he want 780 00:50:57.599 --> 00:51:00.320 to go play with the Stallions? You know, like I mean, if 781 00:51:00.360 --> 00:51:02.079 I'm him, I don't think the Stallions are a team to go to because 782 00:51:02.719 --> 00:51:07.199 nothing to do with their system that you have. You have Jalen more than 783 00:51:07.280 --> 00:51:10.280 there, who Skip Holds likes, who's got some game time and then some 784 00:51:10.400 --> 00:51:15.800 CFL experience. Jamar Smith, who, despite wanting the lead, is still 785 00:51:15.840 --> 00:51:20.840 on the roster. You've got Kyle Sloder who who you know, regardless of 786 00:51:21.000 --> 00:51:24.079 the ya's or nays about him, he will garner reps over you unless you 787 00:51:24.159 --> 00:51:29.920 blow him out of the water if san Antonio calls. You know, Jack 788 00:51:29.960 --> 00:51:31.400 Cohon didn't like the world up. You know, Paxson Lynch is there, 789 00:51:31.559 --> 00:51:35.880 read Senett. I think is going to get a practice squad thing because that's 790 00:51:35.960 --> 00:51:38.559 kind of our opportunity, because that's kind of his m O. Why would 791 00:51:38.559 --> 00:51:44.920 I not go to San Antonio over Birmingham unless unless there's trades or something like 792 00:51:45.039 --> 00:51:47.119 that. I'm gonna plug the last game. I'm want to go grab my 793 00:51:47.159 --> 00:51:51.480 power cable. So let's get your thoughts here. McLeod kind of getting his 794 00:51:51.559 --> 00:51:52.760 grew back a little bit, still hot and cold. I'm going to meet 795 00:51:52.800 --> 00:51:55.440 myself for a second. I'll be right back. Yeah. So for those 796 00:51:55.719 --> 00:52:00.039 those watching, McLeod did his McLeod Thingum so off real hot. I think 797 00:52:00.079 --> 00:52:05.280 it was four or four, four to six, start out, cooled off 798 00:52:05.320 --> 00:52:08.079 a couple of drops once again. I know Johnny Dixon had a big drop, 799 00:52:08.199 --> 00:52:10.920 which if you look at his stat line, he's still put up over 800 00:52:12.000 --> 00:52:16.960 one hundred Well him, Johnny Dixon and Johnny Jonathan Adams still put up over 801 00:52:17.199 --> 00:52:22.440 a hundred yards. McLeod. You know that second quarterback, that third quarterback 802 00:52:22.480 --> 00:52:25.719 in this league, depending on this week, you know, eclipsing two thousand 803 00:52:25.840 --> 00:52:30.320 yards this season. Um Jordan Tamu was the only one to do that. 804 00:52:30.480 --> 00:52:35.360 Last year he just beat with two games left. I mean, this is 805 00:52:35.400 --> 00:52:37.559 why you paid this guy to be down here. Man. He's you know, 806 00:52:37.719 --> 00:52:39.400 giving you a shot. Even last week, you know, gave that 807 00:52:39.480 --> 00:52:43.559 team a shot and it was the last second interception in the end zone, 808 00:52:43.679 --> 00:52:45.760 you know, granted from forty yards out. But he put them in a 809 00:52:45.840 --> 00:52:53.920 decent position to win. And there was a lot of nonsense. That's okay, 810 00:52:54.559 --> 00:52:59.400 a lot of nonsense with everything going on and whatnot. So right now 811 00:52:59.679 --> 00:53:02.599 we're we're in a pretty good position. I think with the breakers, Panthers 812 00:53:04.239 --> 00:53:09.039 have no excuse me, the Panthers have a decent amount of fighting them. 813 00:53:09.320 --> 00:53:14.519 With how the South and the North is, I perceived them at least sneaking 814 00:53:14.639 --> 00:53:19.480 a victory in the last week. If Philadelphia wins, maybe they get a 815 00:53:19.599 --> 00:53:25.119 light load, uh you know with Badly and and Kevin Thompson getting those reps, 816 00:53:25.119 --> 00:53:28.920 and the Panthers can maybe sneak in another victory. But in the end, 817 00:53:28.960 --> 00:53:30.559 I see Michigan go home one and one and kind of seeing how the 818 00:53:30.639 --> 00:53:37.320 chips fall for these other teams for their possible playoff. Berth we talked about 819 00:53:37.480 --> 00:53:44.679 last week West Hills twenty three carries thirty six yards. He's this guy's tired. 820 00:53:45.360 --> 00:53:49.960 He is tired. Um god, you know he's he's coming up on 821 00:53:50.039 --> 00:53:53.519 a thousand all purpose yards still managed to put up I think he had like 822 00:53:53.639 --> 00:53:58.679 fifty yards or forty yards receiving, so he's still managed to put up almost 823 00:53:58.719 --> 00:54:02.039 eighty all purpose yards, which you know, great effort for running back. 824 00:54:02.119 --> 00:54:07.320 But in the end, like there's a lot of there's a lot going on 825 00:54:07.239 --> 00:54:13.079 with these Panthers defense. Brilin speaks, Leevey Bell continue and Frank Into just 826 00:54:13.159 --> 00:54:16.480 won his third Defensive Player of the of the Week award. And another good 827 00:54:16.880 --> 00:54:23.039 interception is did I fever dream? Did you get shouted out by USFL comms 828 00:54:23.119 --> 00:54:25.320 or is other fever dream? No? I did. Yeah, it was 829 00:54:25.400 --> 00:54:30.280 cool because you know, I got shouted out by USFL comms because of Darius 830 00:54:30.400 --> 00:54:34.599 Victor going over a thousand yards being the first running back to do that. 831 00:54:34.840 --> 00:54:37.039 But um, I don't know. Hopefully we'll see what happens, you know 832 00:54:37.679 --> 00:54:42.320 with this week, because I put out some good content that you know, 833 00:54:42.480 --> 00:54:46.239 got shared a lot by a lot of different people, and and um, 834 00:54:46.480 --> 00:54:50.519 what's the word I'm looking for? You know, Alex Magoo was one of 835 00:54:50.599 --> 00:54:55.199 them, he crossed twenty touchdowns, like total touchdowns. I think he has 836 00:54:55.960 --> 00:55:01.320 sixteen passing and four four rushing, And the only guys have done that since 837 00:55:01.440 --> 00:55:08.360 two thousand were Tommy Maddox, AJ McCarron and and Big Ben Denucci. So 838 00:55:09.000 --> 00:55:15.840 McCarron had twenty five total touchdowns in twenty twenty three. So with two games 839 00:55:15.960 --> 00:55:20.840 left, it's not out of the realm of possibility, which, depending on 840 00:55:20.880 --> 00:55:22.719 what happens, they might not play him on Week ten to keep him healthy. 841 00:55:23.599 --> 00:55:28.840 But it's a very real possibility that Alex mgoo can get to that twenty, 842 00:55:28.920 --> 00:55:34.000 that magic twenty six and create like a new ten game record for a 843 00:55:34.079 --> 00:55:38.360 lot of these guys, which considering how he has missed time in I think 844 00:55:38.400 --> 00:55:43.239 Week four, he missed a couple of series in Week four, and he 845 00:55:43.440 --> 00:55:45.239 obviously didn't play the full game in Week one, I think that's awesome. 846 00:55:46.320 --> 00:55:50.079 How is how's my boy Garrett Marino doing here? I was like, I 847 00:55:50.239 --> 00:55:52.159 kind of wasn't watching the bands. I was like, oh, yeah, 848 00:55:52.400 --> 00:55:53.960 I just haven't heard that a lot of them. We haven't brought him up 849 00:55:54.000 --> 00:55:57.480 a lot this season for kind of all the controversy come with it. I 850 00:55:57.519 --> 00:55:59.800 mean, he had a decent game. I think he had one, two, 851 00:56:00.119 --> 00:56:04.280 three, uh tackles from Austin. Um. You know, he's he's 852 00:56:04.320 --> 00:56:07.920 listed as a starter. They do a decent amount of rotation. I know 853 00:56:07.000 --> 00:56:09.519 he's had two or three sacks. He's he had a nice hit on Cole 854 00:56:09.599 --> 00:56:14.280 Kelly a couple of weeks ago. But I mean, I mean that defense. 855 00:56:14.320 --> 00:56:16.880 You know, he's he's clogging up in the interior with Walter Palmore and 856 00:56:17.039 --> 00:56:22.159 whatnot. Big do you that coming from Missouri? Um? But Levi Bell 857 00:56:22.440 --> 00:56:29.000 and in Brilliance Speaks and Frank Into are the star studied players of that of 858 00:56:29.119 --> 00:56:34.159 that Panther's defense. He's just an enormous man. I watch I was like, 859 00:56:34.159 --> 00:56:37.239 oh my god, like this guy. It's he's crazy. Yeah. 860 00:56:37.519 --> 00:56:43.159 Um, I mean Garrett. Garrett's a you know, obviously he's a very 861 00:56:43.199 --> 00:56:46.519 controversial guy. He's blocked me on Twitter. Um, he's blocked probably a 862 00:56:46.679 --> 00:56:52.760 third of Twitter on Twitter. Whatnot? I mean, I mean, I'd 863 00:56:52.800 --> 00:56:55.239 like to believe he's probably a decent human being in real life. And you 864 00:56:55.360 --> 00:56:59.599 know, when you play football, maybe you know, you just get a 865 00:56:59.639 --> 00:57:01.519 little bit lost in the sauce on it. But in the end, he's 866 00:57:02.360 --> 00:57:07.119 you know, he's definitely not. He's not He's seemed to be keeping his 867 00:57:07.280 --> 00:57:10.559 nose clean, which I mean we could say this is his third opportunity because 868 00:57:10.599 --> 00:57:15.000 you know, he was in the NFL for five minutes and CFL then uh 869 00:57:15.920 --> 00:57:19.000 then um, you know, now the USFL, so you know, maybe 870 00:57:19.039 --> 00:57:22.679 he can keep his nose clean and garner another opportunity to go back up North, 871 00:57:22.760 --> 00:57:24.639 make a little bit more money or and whatnot. I don't know if 872 00:57:24.679 --> 00:57:30.400 he's been banned from the league, but in the end, definitely definitely not 873 00:57:30.519 --> 00:57:34.440 a drag at all. You know, he's he's doing a decent job being 874 00:57:34.440 --> 00:57:38.119 a role player. They started implementing guy out of Syracuse named Jamal Milan in 875 00:57:38.239 --> 00:57:42.639 there. He's younger and Garrett, I believe. So you know, those 876 00:57:42.719 --> 00:57:45.119 three guys have been doing a lot of the Brent work as far as that. 877 00:57:45.320 --> 00:57:49.719 And then you have Ethan Ethan Westbrooks as well as there and he uh, 878 00:57:50.119 --> 00:57:53.480 you know, contributes a decent amount as well. Last question for me 879 00:57:53.679 --> 00:57:57.599 on here. Uh, First of all, I do think Garrett's like soft 880 00:57:57.679 --> 00:58:00.440 band from the CFL. I think there when he cut before I think Ambrose 881 00:58:00.480 --> 00:58:02.480 he came out and said no teams roll out, so I don't know if 882 00:58:02.519 --> 00:58:07.000 that'll, you know, would go over. I was like last thing McLeod 883 00:58:07.199 --> 00:58:09.800 on here, I know Naylor and the tweet, and I don't know why 884 00:58:09.840 --> 00:58:13.599 we're still talking about this, like McLeod going back up to the CF double 885 00:58:13.639 --> 00:58:15.039 dipping, and I know he was on Sam show talking about it, and 886 00:58:15.360 --> 00:58:19.599 he was on our show obviously, and what do you make of him double 887 00:58:19.880 --> 00:58:22.719 I don't see him ever going back up to especially with the argos you're too 888 00:58:22.760 --> 00:58:27.079 crowded right now. Well I could see him going to the CFL in one 889 00:58:27.199 --> 00:58:34.400 capacity of a five week like five week, fifteen grand a week, like 890 00:58:34.519 --> 00:58:36.840 you gotta make it worth it for me, homie, you know what I 891 00:58:36.920 --> 00:58:39.760 mean. But the thing is, and we've and I don't want to say 892 00:58:39.760 --> 00:58:44.039 I'm sick of tired and talking about this, but it's like these guys got 893 00:58:44.119 --> 00:58:47.480 to take naps. They got yes, Like like I know, I don't 894 00:58:47.519 --> 00:58:51.679 know how much traits because I know when you had Trey on your show, 895 00:58:51.760 --> 00:58:53.199 you talked about a little bit, but his big thing on your show was 896 00:58:53.239 --> 00:58:57.840 like getting healthy obviously the cleat stuff. But you know when I talked to 897 00:58:57.920 --> 00:59:00.760 Tray on mine, like you mentioned that a little bit more in depth, 898 00:59:00.920 --> 00:59:05.159 you know, and it's like, yeah, he probably had a good fiscal 899 00:59:05.280 --> 00:59:07.719 year because you know, he more CFL checks. I think he had like 900 00:59:07.880 --> 00:59:13.159 ten and then the US or XFL checks. But let these guys like rest 901 00:59:13.320 --> 00:59:15.639 Man, like yeah, they can't just go no, yeah, and I 902 00:59:15.719 --> 00:59:20.280 think you put it in our group chat and like I think I put it 903 00:59:20.360 --> 00:59:23.239 out like I broke it down, like I was, like McLeod has made 904 00:59:23.480 --> 00:59:29.039 almost a million dollars from the NFL. He's probably made close to them in 905 00:59:29.119 --> 00:59:31.320 the in the CFL like over because he had two he had one or two 906 00:59:31.400 --> 00:59:36.280 big contracts. It was a four fifty for the Artas and then yeah he 907 00:59:36.400 --> 00:59:38.239 had that first year because he's had two years on that, so I mean 908 00:59:38.320 --> 00:59:43.599 that was yeah, I mean probably fifty at least. Yeah. So let's 909 00:59:43.920 --> 00:59:46.760 then then that he played in the UFL. Not not that that was a 910 00:59:46.840 --> 00:59:50.760 financial you know, pipe dream or anything, but that's money. Right. 911 00:59:50.880 --> 00:59:53.960 He does QB training, He probably did QB training at one point. So 912 00:59:54.159 --> 00:59:59.679 since he's come into the in the league and since twenty eleven, he's probably 913 00:59:59.719 --> 01:00:05.400 made playing football just playing football loan almost three million dollars, like granted, 914 01:00:05.480 --> 01:00:07.480 not like you know, that's over eleven years. It's not the most crazy 915 01:00:07.480 --> 01:00:13.079 amount, but regardless, it's coming big gumps as well. And in the 916 01:00:13.159 --> 01:00:15.239 fact that his wife, I don't know, if you know, this is 917 01:00:15.239 --> 01:00:21.000 an executive at Disney probably doing okay, he can just chill, you know 918 01:00:21.079 --> 01:00:23.599 what I mean, Like, and I wouldn't be surprised if he got a 919 01:00:23.639 --> 01:00:29.519 practice squad opportunity in the middle of the season adding some more money on that, 920 01:00:29.880 --> 01:00:31.880 you know, and that's gonna be a way less workloaded on your body. 921 01:00:32.559 --> 01:00:36.000 Well, I just it killed and I don't not that I don't and 922 01:00:36.079 --> 01:00:37.440 this will be kind of my last thing. We'll get out of here here 923 01:00:37.519 --> 01:00:43.480 around the hour. I even this week because one of the guys that oh 924 01:00:43.559 --> 01:00:45.800 line when the XFL got signed to the tie Cats or whatever there's I was 925 01:00:45.840 --> 01:00:47.800 like, oh, like, how many more I get all the how many 926 01:00:47.840 --> 01:00:51.119 more people are going to go up to the CFL or why is the XFL 927 01:00:51.199 --> 01:00:52.360 not a lot? Like how is that? Like you said, these guys 928 01:00:52.760 --> 01:00:57.000 I have to take naps, especially going up to the CFL, Like okay, 929 01:00:57.079 --> 01:01:00.159 so now I need to go fly these secondary home up in Canada four 930 01:01:00.320 --> 01:01:05.280 six months, leave my family. If I have kids, your wife's spouse, 931 01:01:05.360 --> 01:01:07.480 whatever, you'll leave my family, go up there, play you know, 932 01:01:07.519 --> 01:01:10.440 a twenty one week season, come in here, and you know, 933 01:01:10.599 --> 01:01:14.239 deal with all the conversions, deal with all that stuff, deal with the 934 01:01:14.360 --> 01:01:16.280 visas like it is. It's a ton of work. Like yeah, it 935 01:01:16.400 --> 01:01:19.880 sounds easy. Oh yeah, logistically have him go up and sign with the 936 01:01:19.960 --> 01:01:22.599 VC lines wherever. It's very hard to do that. And I just don't 937 01:01:22.599 --> 01:01:25.760 think people like, obviously you want them to have the opportunities and play as 938 01:01:25.840 --> 01:01:30.440 much as anyone wants to, but I just think that the actual logistics of 939 01:01:30.559 --> 01:01:34.880 how difficult that transition is get lost sometimes in this. Yeah, it's just 940 01:01:35.000 --> 01:01:37.440 like it's too much, man, it's too much on your body, Like 941 01:01:37.840 --> 01:01:40.880 you know, everyone talks about like Kavante Turpin. He played in the USFL 942 01:01:42.000 --> 01:01:45.039 and then the X and then the NFL and like he tailed off, but 943 01:01:45.480 --> 01:01:50.239 we conveniently forget that. He played in the Spring League. In twenty twenty 944 01:01:50.280 --> 01:01:53.199 one, he played in Fan Control Football. He played in Europe for like 945 01:01:53.400 --> 01:01:58.840 five games, and back in twenty twenty he played some arena ball. I 946 01:01:58.960 --> 01:02:02.480 think with the first go either. So you're going on twenty twenty to end 947 01:02:02.519 --> 01:02:07.119 of twenty twenty two. All those practices, those reps, plus the training 948 01:02:07.199 --> 01:02:12.639 and whatnot, like and then he plays in a playoff game for the Cowboys 949 01:02:12.679 --> 01:02:15.039 and you're just like bro man, like Tray said it best, Like some 950 01:02:15.159 --> 01:02:20.239 of these vets, like they literally get off your feet, do not move 951 01:02:20.360 --> 01:02:22.639 for that day, like let your feet rest, like you know, like 952 01:02:22.800 --> 01:02:27.519 I had a day. No, not them some premiere athlete, but I 953 01:02:27.599 --> 01:02:30.239 had a day. I was with a client. I didn't bound for seventeen 954 01:02:30.320 --> 01:02:34.960 hours. Like the next day, I could not do that, do anything. 955 01:02:35.039 --> 01:02:37.480 Like my back was hurting because you know, I have gear on my 956 01:02:37.639 --> 01:02:42.320 hip and whatnot. You know, like you know, I'm walking around running 957 01:02:42.360 --> 01:02:45.960 at some points dealing with people different you know, when it gets crowded, 958 01:02:45.039 --> 01:02:47.280 I gotta you know, put a little bend in my knee and whatnot, 959 01:02:47.360 --> 01:02:51.559 and you know, tense up to grab this person out of here. And 960 01:02:51.639 --> 01:02:54.119 it's like, dude, like that's just me doing what I do. And 961 01:02:54.239 --> 01:02:58.840 like the next next day, like I'm out for it. I can only 962 01:02:58.880 --> 01:03:05.639 imagine for sixty in it's hitting someone repetitively. Yeah, well I think we 963 01:03:05.760 --> 01:03:07.960 did good today. I got here. All of us of LT week A 964 01:03:08.159 --> 01:03:12.880 appreciate it. Pat is always doing Lord's work, trying to do my best 965 01:03:12.920 --> 01:03:14.679 to keep up. It's just I tell you, and the same with the 966 01:03:14.719 --> 01:03:17.960 CFL. I was texting with one of the CFL media guys. It's really 967 01:03:19.000 --> 01:03:21.679 hard for me to keep up with these games with my work schedule. Just 968 01:03:21.800 --> 01:03:24.199 not that my work is challenging, just the timing of everything. But do 969 01:03:24.239 --> 01:03:29.280 you my best on here. Appreciate it. Like I said, CFL pregame 970 01:03:29.320 --> 01:03:32.320 show coming up Thursday, four pm Pacific, have got to correspond today, 971 01:03:32.320 --> 01:03:37.079 but should be a loaded show. Andy and I Friday special live show and 972 01:03:37.159 --> 01:03:39.679 then I assume pallably back God Willie next Monday. We'll do this one more 973 01:03:39.760 --> 01:03:43.960 time, a couple more weeks here of USFL and then we'll figure that out. 974 01:03:44.440 --> 01:03:47.000 Anything else from you now, guys, appreciate it as always turning tuning 975 01:03:47.039 --> 01:03:52.599 in. You know, the we talked about it with content and whatnot. 976 01:03:52.840 --> 01:03:55.960 It's you know a lot of football fatigue for some people and whatnot. But 977 01:03:57.199 --> 01:04:00.719 you know, our these videos have been doing a decent amount of you know, 978 01:04:00.920 --> 01:04:05.199 feedback and whatnot. And you know, I got some guys coming on 979 01:04:05.320 --> 01:04:10.039 my show after the season, and you know I got one an XFL guy. 980 01:04:10.119 --> 01:04:14.440 I'm talking to on on Wednesday, so I'll have that at the at 981 01:04:14.480 --> 01:04:17.840 the back end, so you know, just shameless plug from from not only 982 01:04:17.960 --> 01:04:23.000 myself but someone else. UM give him. You know Sam Shady, we 983 01:04:23.280 --> 01:04:27.719 talk about him all the time and he's done a great job. One of 984 01:04:27.880 --> 01:04:30.960 his guys, Michael Washington, who's very knowledgeable. Just an interview with um. 985 01:04:31.760 --> 01:04:39.280 Um. Yeah, so guys, you know a couple of y'all watching 986 01:04:39.360 --> 01:04:42.760 this, go ahead look that up. UM and then obviously you know where 987 01:04:42.760 --> 01:04:46.880 to find me on Twitter is by Pat Raffino and analyze and educating on YouTube. 988 01:04:47.559 --> 01:04:50.440 I think yeah, Sam was talking about having me on at some point 989 01:04:50.559 --> 01:04:56.000 and then uh I curiously once the crack and kicked the crap out of the 990 01:04:56.159 --> 01:04:59.599 Colorado Avaliche to the Standley Cup playoffs. I think Sam got a little guy 991 01:04:59.599 --> 01:05:01.039 a little hour about that. But I think at some point we'll do that. 992 01:05:01.360 --> 01:05:04.880 Pat has always appreciate it. Thanks everyone like and subscribe. We'll see 993 01:05:04.920 --> 01:05:09.280 you Friday or Thursday, and then Friday should be a busy week. Thanks 994 01:05:09.320 --> 01:05:10.480 again, always