WEBVTT 1 00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:16.399 Get some facts and come back and Seebee. Get some facts and come back 2 00:00:16.399 --> 00:00:20.679 and Seebee. Don't fill out salaries or other things. Get some facts and 3 00:00:20.760 --> 00:00:25.000 come back and Seebee. You can't handle the true I told our players you 4 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:27.760 need a bit more like a dog. We don't need a bunch of cats 5 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:31.399 in here looking in the mirror. But I look good. I got my 6 00:00:31.440 --> 00:00:35.280 extra bands on, I got my other shoes. Be a doll. We 7 00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:38.920 don't need no mouns. We don't need no cats. We need more dolls. 8 00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:43.880 Why you're not a detain Oh you're not. At the time, we 9 00:00:43.880 --> 00:00:46.399 weren't good. There's no sense of asking me things about the game. I'm 10 00:00:46.399 --> 00:00:48.960 telling you we laid an egg. So I'm not gonna break it down for 11 00:00:49.039 --> 00:00:53.960 you. He sucks. He sucked. He laid an egg. That's all 12 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:56.079 I have to say. Guys, I'm sorry. I'm not gonna break it 13 00:00:56.079 --> 00:00:59.119 down for you. Nothing went well for us. It's on us. We 14 00:00:59.240 --> 00:01:03.400 have to figure it out everyway. Eight, All right, third hour Here 15 00:01:03.480 --> 00:01:07.000 on Axes and Bros. On a Tuesday. Welcome. I'm Matt Shepard. 16 00:01:07.519 --> 00:01:11.319 Trent Vally is our producer. We are on throughout the Great State of Michigan 17 00:01:11.359 --> 00:01:15.680 on Exes and Bros. Monday through Friday, six until nine. The Meyer 18 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:19.799 hotline eighty six six eight three eight forty eight forty three and the text line 19 00:01:19.799 --> 00:01:22.959 is sports rated to twenty one thousand. Love the stuff that we've talked about 20 00:01:23.239 --> 00:01:26.680 already here this morning. In case you missed a Tigers win in a shutout 21 00:01:26.680 --> 00:01:33.239 one nothing over Cleveland yesterday, Kider Montero was really good six and a third 22 00:01:33.439 --> 00:01:38.079 of just three hit, one walk, four strikeout ball to try now two 23 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:42.159 and two against Cleveland this year twenty or making fourteen and twelve within the division. 24 00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:46.760 Ken Keegan Bradley named US Ryder Cup captain at age thirty eight, the 25 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:53.840 youngest since Arnold Palmer was a player captain back in nineteen sixty three. Here's 26 00:01:53.879 --> 00:01:59.719 our poll question for you, and we've got it on various forms of social 27 00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:01.920 media. You can follow us on Twitter xb mornings and you can go to 28 00:02:01.959 --> 00:02:07.680 our Facebook page x'es and Bros. The pole question is what's the best golf 29 00:02:07.680 --> 00:02:12.120 event to watch any of the four majors, the Ryder Cup or the President's 30 00:02:12.159 --> 00:02:15.599 Cup? Now yesterday you can vote us off in Asia like by the way, 31 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:21.719 yesterday, what our pole question was was the most underrated line? Was 32 00:02:21.759 --> 00:02:27.000 it Jamiir Gibbs, Frank Ragnow, Jared Goff, Eric Anzeloni or other? 33 00:02:27.560 --> 00:02:32.400 What are the final results they're trent of our poll question from Monday. Almost 34 00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:37.879 half of you who voted forty five percent say Frank Ragnow, and I guess 35 00:02:37.919 --> 00:02:39.439 we can kind of leave it at that. Nineteen percent said Jared Goff, 36 00:02:39.520 --> 00:02:44.639 twenty three say Alex Angeloni, and thirteen percent of you say other. I 37 00:02:44.680 --> 00:02:47.280 think that's pretty fair. What do you think forty five percent for Frank Ragnow? 38 00:02:47.599 --> 00:02:50.919 Yeah, you and I said this the other day. Think we think 39 00:02:50.919 --> 00:02:54.280 he's kind of the underrated player. He's the guy that you and I feel 40 00:02:54.879 --> 00:03:00.680 probably doesn't get enough recognition and deserves more. So. I think that's a 41 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:05.000 pretty good barometer right there. Anyway, glad that you were able to vote, 42 00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:07.879 vote as often as you want, any time you want, and we'll 43 00:03:07.879 --> 00:03:12.520 give the results of our poll question around this time tomorrow. Speaking of football 44 00:03:12.639 --> 00:03:17.960 and Frank Ragnow and perhaps guys who are maybe a little underrated and deserve a 45 00:03:17.960 --> 00:03:24.319 little bit more credit, I was reading in the Sporting News yesterday the younger 46 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:32.319 stars or the players who deserve more credit for being a clutch player, Jalen 47 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:38.800 Hurts of the Eagles was named one of the most clutch quarterbacks in the NFL. 48 00:03:38.840 --> 00:03:43.919 This guy's been around just a few years, but has already garnered that 49 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:50.680 type of ability. CJ. Stroud, Patrick Mahomes also were on a list 50 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:58.680 that included the best most clutch players in the NFL, which I found pretty 51 00:03:58.719 --> 00:04:04.280 interesting. Not saying it's wrong. I just found it interesting. What determines 52 00:04:04.520 --> 00:04:15.919 clutch? Is it about comebacks? Is it about salting victories away? When 53 00:04:15.960 --> 00:04:23.720 you talk about clutch performers clutch, Let's use quarterbacks in this case because in 54 00:04:23.759 --> 00:04:28.199 the article they write, Hurts has shown the ability to step up to the 55 00:04:28.240 --> 00:04:32.160 moment on multiple occasions for the Eagles, most notably his Super Bowl performance against 56 00:04:32.199 --> 00:04:39.680 the Chiefs, a comeback effort that was ultimately upended by Mahomes. Heading into 57 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:44.279 this year, Hurts and the Eagles will look to return to that high point 58 00:04:44.319 --> 00:04:48.399 and finish the job well. Again. It goes back to what I've said 59 00:04:48.439 --> 00:04:55.120 before, and what I've said is just because you get there one year and 60 00:04:55.160 --> 00:04:58.199 people think, Wow, I'm really hungry for next year, doesn't mean you're 61 00:04:58.199 --> 00:05:04.240 going to get there. This is all reference to the top ten clutch quarterbacks. 62 00:05:05.279 --> 00:05:12.240 According to the website, who do you think is the number one clutch 63 00:05:12.319 --> 00:05:15.759 quarterback? Well, it's Patrick Mahomes. Of course, they list CJ. 64 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:18.399 Stroud at number two, and this is what they write. Nobody was better 65 00:05:18.439 --> 00:05:23.480 in the clutch than Stroud. Last year, the Texans converted on six of 66 00:05:23.600 --> 00:05:29.680 eight game tying or go ahead drive chances late with Stroud under center his numbers 67 00:05:29.759 --> 00:05:40.040 in those situations a phenomenal seventy seven percent completion rate. Hurtz was third six 68 00:05:40.120 --> 00:05:45.839 total touchdowns, zero turnovers on potential game tying or go ahead drives in the 69 00:05:45.920 --> 00:05:50.319 fourth quarter, number four with Josh Allen, which I found interesting because after 70 00:05:50.639 --> 00:05:56.079 I read what they said about Hertz, I thought Allen's the guy viewed by 71 00:05:56.279 --> 00:06:03.759 most as a turnover machine. The website rights Allans top ten in every criteria 72 00:06:03.879 --> 00:06:09.399 mentioned off the top, including fifth and clutch drive conversion rate. In both 73 00:06:09.439 --> 00:06:15.560 twenty twenty three and for his career, he led three game winning drives as 74 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:25.040 the Bills finished last season on a five game win streak. Number five is 75 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:32.120 your Jared Goff, they write, Jared Goff has more clutch moments in twenty 76 00:06:32.160 --> 00:06:38.519 twenty three than you probably remember. He ranked third in game tying go ahead 77 00:06:38.600 --> 00:06:43.680 drive conversion rate in the fourth quarter. Let me read that again, third 78 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:49.839 in game tying go ahead drive conversion rate in the fourth quarter and overtime. 79 00:06:49.959 --> 00:06:56.639 Last year, he led a game winning drive on opening night in Kansas City, 80 00:06:57.439 --> 00:07:00.480 outlast to Justin Herbert and the Chargers in a track meet, and he 81 00:07:00.600 --> 00:07:04.839 led a twelve point comeback against the Bears in the final five minutes, and 82 00:07:04.920 --> 00:07:10.160 had a game winning drive in the playoffs against the Buccaneers. You know, 83 00:07:10.240 --> 00:07:12.879 Chef, when you brought this up, I thought of that track meet you 84 00:07:12.959 --> 00:07:15.519 mentioned against LA when I think it was fourth and two at the end, 85 00:07:15.519 --> 00:07:17.800 Lions are trying to ice it with a first down to win the game, 86 00:07:17.920 --> 00:07:21.399 and he throws a perfect pass over the middle, and I forget if it 87 00:07:21.439 --> 00:07:25.360 was Brock writer Sam Laporta, but that's instantly where my head went when you 88 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:30.480 said clutch, Jared Goff, Here's where my head goes. And I would 89 00:07:30.519 --> 00:07:32.600 prefer to focus on the positive. I mean, they win the division, 90 00:07:32.639 --> 00:07:36.399 they get twelve wins, they reached the NFC Championship game. He is a 91 00:07:36.519 --> 00:07:42.720 major part of it. Didn't get enough credit, I think during the season, 92 00:07:42.839 --> 00:07:47.079 except from Detroit players who kept saying Jared Goff and then fans obviously latched 93 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:54.600 onto that Detroit blew Is seventeen point. It was a seventeen point halftime lead 94 00:07:54.680 --> 00:07:57.600 right against San Francisco. Yeah, in the NFC Championship game. Yep. 95 00:08:00.720 --> 00:08:05.160 Do you remember Jared Goffer that or do you remember him for all the positive 96 00:08:05.160 --> 00:08:07.839 things that he did. I'm a glass half fall guy, but I don't 97 00:08:07.839 --> 00:08:13.040 blame people if they want to look at the collapse. Yeah, because we 98 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:16.959 always want more, right, That's fair. That's what I mean. That's 99 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:20.000 what fandom is. I mean, you're always you're always wanting more. And 100 00:08:20.079 --> 00:08:24.279 for Lions fans who never tasted that once they finally got a taste of that 101 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:28.560 last season, I can understand why you'd maybe get a little greedy, especially 102 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:33.759 this year. I choose to do what you do. I choose to be 103 00:08:33.799 --> 00:08:39.759 positive. I'm I give him a massive amount of credit. He was better 104 00:08:39.919 --> 00:08:43.559 than I thought he would be, and I think he's better than what Lions 105 00:08:43.600 --> 00:08:48.480 fans thought he would be. And by the way, he's not the only 106 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:52.480 one who led the team on the game winning drive against Tampa. Because his 107 00:08:52.559 --> 00:08:58.559 offensive line had to do work. The wide receivers had to do work everybody 108 00:08:58.559 --> 00:09:03.360 did right, and he's sure as hell isn't the primary reason or the only 109 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:09.960 reason why they blew a seventeen point halftime lead. But he's ranked number five 110 00:09:09.039 --> 00:09:18.639 in clutch. Dak Prescott six, Joe Burrows seven, Daniel Jones of the 111 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:22.519 Giants aides, Lamar Jackson nine, and Justin Herbert ten. Who in their 112 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:31.799 right mind would have thought that Daniel Jones would have been ranked ahead of the 113 00:09:31.840 --> 00:09:39.159 reigning MVP H Not me? I guess I also look at clutch in fourth 114 00:09:39.240 --> 00:09:46.039 quarter comebacks. So, for example, who's the all time leader in fourth 115 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:54.679 quarter comebacks? I'm Brady forty six? Second, is Peyton Manning forty three? 116 00:09:54.080 --> 00:09:58.679 That there isn't he? Then Ben Roethlisberger three, Matt Ryan fo, 117 00:09:58.360 --> 00:10:07.080 Drew Brees five, and Matthew Stafford six, one behind Drew Brees. That's 118 00:10:07.159 --> 00:10:11.600 clutch, and yet he was never viewed that way in Detroit Quick time Out 119 00:10:11.639 --> 00:10:16.000 than back with more after this on Exes and Bros. Deal with us. 120 00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:20.440 Bill Simonson here from my good friend Josh Garvey. Now he's a managing shareholder 121 00:10:20.480 --> 00:10:24.679 at Dorn Mayhew's Grand Rapids office. Their world headquarters are in Troy Michigan on 122 00:10:24.720 --> 00:10:28.720 the east side of the state, and they have locations all around the world. 123 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:35.600 They have over five hundred and fifty motivated accounting professionals ninety years in business, 124 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:39.320 and I mentioned the ten offices worldwide. 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I used to debate people all 140 00:12:03.799 --> 00:12:09.159 the time when it comes to the NFL and quarterbacks, and I would bring 141 00:12:09.279 --> 00:12:15.720 up, look at how many comeback wins this guy may have and people would 142 00:12:15.720 --> 00:12:18.679 say, well, that means his team trailed in the first place. Well, 143 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:22.080 of course, I mean, how many teams are leading wire to wire 144 00:12:24.279 --> 00:12:28.080 it just doesn't happen. Well, how many Super Bowl comebacks have we seen? 145 00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:33.320 Yeah? Right, and plenty. And it's not always the quarterback either. 146 00:12:33.440 --> 00:12:41.720 I mean certain guys make certain big plays. Neil O'Donnell through two picks, 147 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:50.320 Joe Burrow is considered and would you consider him a top five quarterback in 148 00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:56.120 the NFL? Yeah, I would agree with that. He has as many 149 00:12:58.039 --> 00:13:07.679 comeback wins in his career so far as Quincy Carter did, as Gary Danielson 150 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:18.519 did, as Ty Detmer did, as Pat Hayden did five. I'm not 151 00:13:18.559 --> 00:13:24.759 going to read too much into that. I know this. He's above five 152 00:13:24.840 --> 00:13:31.320 hundred in his career twenty nine, twenty two and one. I know he's 153 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:39.720 highly productive. Look at his touchdown passes, look at his completion percentage, 154 00:13:39.840 --> 00:13:45.080 look at the yards he's thrown for when as you said, healthy last year 155 00:13:45.200 --> 00:13:50.000 just ten games, but the previous two years he started every game, and 156 00:13:50.039 --> 00:13:52.879 he's a difference maker. He was the Player of the Year in twenty twenty 157 00:13:52.919 --> 00:14:00.440 one, he was fourth in the MVP in twenty twenty two, and a 158 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:05.000 pro bowler. What's interesting is the you know, as Player of the Year 159 00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:11.399 in twenty twenty one, he wasn't a pro bowler. But anyway, he's 160 00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:15.799 a guy I would like to have under center. I have no problem with 161 00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:20.039 that. But the injuries, and there's been plenty for him, the injuries 162 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:30.120 for him have almost taken center stage. It's almost as if people remember him 163 00:14:30.159 --> 00:14:39.200 more for the injury plague seasons than they have for his highly decorated and productive 164 00:14:39.240 --> 00:14:46.159 seasons. He was on a podcast recently and this is what he had to 165 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:50.960 say about twenty twenty three. Do you think people have forgotten about Joe Burrow. 166 00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:52.440 I believe that. Yeah, that's what happens when you get hurt. 167 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:54.679 Though you don't play football, people forget about you. Yeah, which I 168 00:14:54.759 --> 00:14:58.799 kind of I like the spot you're in right now because I feel like I 169 00:14:58.799 --> 00:15:01.679 love the spot on Yeah. Everyone's like, oh, well, you know, 170 00:15:01.080 --> 00:15:05.840 you know Josh La mar and Patrick CJ. Stroud's like, you're forgetting 171 00:15:05.840 --> 00:15:11.519 one guy. Yeah. I agree. Yeah, but again that's part of 172 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:13.919 the game. You don't if you're not out there and people aren't watching it, 173 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:18.720 then there's nothing to talk about. Yeah, So I'm gonna get people 174 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:22.679 to talk about something to talk about this year. See. I love the 175 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:28.919 moxie, I love the confidence, and I love the fact that he is 176 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:37.399 ready to go out and improve something to people. That's what I want in 177 00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:43.240 a leader. Now, he was labeled Joe Cool. I don't know if 178 00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:46.840 you're too young to remember this, but the original Joe Cool, well maybe 179 00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:52.559 it was Joe Namath, but I viewed the original Joe Cool as Joe Montana. 180 00:15:52.799 --> 00:15:58.600 It's just a I think before Tom Brady, Joe Montana is a great 181 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:03.480 quarterback voltame. Some people could still make that argument. Those are more people 182 00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:07.720 in San Francisco. It's hard to do that, but it's up for debate. 183 00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:11.879 I'm sure Patrick Mahomes is making a strong case for in many people's eyes 184 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:21.519 right now. The bottom line is Joe Burrow is clutch. We just went 185 00:16:21.559 --> 00:16:26.440 over the clutch performances. Conversion rates, game time, go ahead drive chances 186 00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:33.360 forty percent across the board, regular season career, playoff career twenty twenty twenty 187 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:37.879 three, top eleven among current starters in all three major categories. Like that, 188 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:42.240 and it's not perfect, you know. We know that they failed to 189 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:48.000 score on their last five drives against the Rams in the Super Bowl and failed 190 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:55.080 against the Chiefs in twenty twenty two in the AFC Championship Game. But he's 191 00:16:55.080 --> 00:17:03.519 a guy you want under center, right Absolutely. The question is can a 192 00:17:03.599 --> 00:17:10.599 quarterback play with that type of chip on his shoulder? So when I think 193 00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:14.039 of that, when I heard that, when I first heard that from Joe 194 00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:21.359 Burrow, he's out to prove a point. Why do I always why do 195 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:27.799 I think of this and associate proving a point with physicality more than anything else. 196 00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:30.880 In other words, if a guy's going to make a point, it's 197 00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:33.880 going to be more of a running back, it's going to be a defensive 198 00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:40.039 player, quarterbacking. You can have the chip on your shoulder all you want. 199 00:17:40.880 --> 00:17:42.759 Tom Brady always talked about playing with a chip on his shoulder. Drew 200 00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:45.799 Brees talked about playing with a chip on his shoulder. You can have that 201 00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:49.480 all you want. You still have to be precise, You still have to 202 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:53.599 make the right reads. You still have to make sure you're throwing to the 203 00:17:53.680 --> 00:18:00.680 right guy and that it's on target. You have to make sure you're doing 204 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:07.039 so many other things. Then playing with the physicality that it would require for 205 00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:15.119 somebody who plays a different position and has that proverbial chip on their shoulder. 206 00:18:15.799 --> 00:18:18.079 Yeah, Like, how many second string quarterbacks come in young bucks, they 207 00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:22.240 get their shot and they have the chip on their shoulder, right, And 208 00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:26.400 I mean there's some examples of it happen, happening and working out, but 209 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:27.759 most cases, you know, those guys have a chip on their shoulder and 210 00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:33.559 they still don't play well. Right. I mean, look, if it's 211 00:18:33.599 --> 00:18:37.559 about that, and I take Joe Burrow for his word, I think that's 212 00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:41.599 exactly what it is for him, and I give him a ton of credit. 213 00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:47.640 Think of the number of quarterbacks going into this season who should have the 214 00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:55.240 proverbial chip on their shoulder. There should be a ton Yeah, Dak Prescott 215 00:18:55.599 --> 00:18:59.400 playing for a contract and people in Dallas feel like he can't get it done. 216 00:18:59.440 --> 00:19:03.240 Josh Allen, who can't get to that big game. Same with market 217 00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:08.079 because they can't seem to get by Kansas City. Right, Brock Purdy, 218 00:19:08.079 --> 00:19:11.759 you talk about anybody who should be playing with a chip on his shoulder. 219 00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:23.519 He's mister irrelevant. Everybody thinks San Francisco wins despite him. Baker Mayfield not 220 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:30.559 wanted in numerous other spots in his career, Cleveland, Carolina, whatever. 221 00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:36.359 How about Kirk Cousins. Atlanta goes out and pays them and then they draft 222 00:19:36.359 --> 00:19:41.640 a quarterback in the top ten? Excellent example, Perfect example. You said 223 00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:48.799 Lamar Jackson. Yeah, highly paid, highly decorated, two time league MVP, 224 00:19:49.359 --> 00:19:53.359 but there are whispers, no doubt in Baltimore on whether or not he 225 00:19:53.400 --> 00:20:00.400 can truly use his style of game to get his team to a super I'm 226 00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:04.960 not going to bring up guys like Gardner Minshew or Gino Smith and stuff like 227 00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:10.079 that. There's no reason for that. But don't tell me that Bryce Young 228 00:20:10.160 --> 00:20:15.440 isn't playing with a chip on his shoulder, or that Russell Wilson slash Justin 229 00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:21.519 Fields won't be taking the field with a chip on their shoulders. You brought 230 00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:25.599 up the perfect example. There's no doubt Kirk Cousins is going to be playing 231 00:20:25.880 --> 00:20:30.480 with a chip on his shoulder. He probably has since he was first drafted 232 00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:36.400 by Washington. While Robert Griffin third was getting all the love, Kirk Cousins 233 00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:42.799 was trying to make a name for himself. 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Look for it at your local retailer right Roast 261 00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:44.000 number dot com thirty five after the hour. Welcome back Exus and brose Monday 262 00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:52.720 through Friday six until nine. A happy belated birthday to one Jack Lambert out 263 00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:56.119 of Kent State. Remember he's a Mac guy and one of the greatest linebackers 264 00:23:57.160 --> 00:24:00.359 of his generation. Is he one of the greatest linebackers of all time? 265 00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:07.839 I would say yes, and he was probably outside of Dick Butkiss trying to 266 00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:14.640 think here. Outside of I would say Jack Lambert's probably the most intimidating linebacker 267 00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:18.599 you've ever seen. Doesn't mean he's the best, Like I think, Lawrence 268 00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:22.519 Taylor is arguably the greatest football player I've ever seen. People have brought up 269 00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:26.720 Jerry Rice in the past, Joe Montana, Tom Brady, Lawrence Taylor was 270 00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:30.759 an absolute wrecking machine. That's always my answer when people ask me who I 271 00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:33.240 wish I could have seen. You know, I'm only twenty four years old. 272 00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:37.160 I didn't grow up watching that era. But Lawrence Taylor is always my 273 00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:41.559 answer for that unbelievable And I'm sure, knowing the type of sports geek that 274 00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:45.039 you are, you've watched highlights of him. I'm not sure they always do 275 00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:49.119 him justice. He was just amazing. Go back and watch Jack Lambert a 276 00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:53.680 little bit. Lambert. You know, he looked like a hockey player because 277 00:24:53.680 --> 00:25:00.039 he was missing his two front teeth. He was constantly gyro raiding, you 278 00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:06.400 know, kind of anticipating the snap. Quarterback had to look at him every 279 00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:10.039 single time they played that four to three defense. He was an absolute badass 280 00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:14.759 and he wanted to punish you. He wanted to hurt whoever he tackled. 281 00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:19.480 There was no let up for him. He was the second coming of Dick 282 00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:23.920 Butkus. Look at Dick Butkus when he played with the Bears. Look at 283 00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:27.799 Jack Lambert when he played with the Steelers. There's a guy by the name 284 00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:30.920 of Mike Curtis who played for the Baltimore Colts way back in the day. 285 00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:37.920 He was a tough SOB two didn't get the pub don't think they were like 286 00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:42.319 that of a Butkus or a Lambert, but I wanted to I know that 287 00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:47.119 was out on social media. He was such a I don't know if he 288 00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:49.880 was as good as Jack Ham quite honestly, and Jack Camp played, but 289 00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:55.599 he was just super intimidating, super mean and super tough. There was a 290 00:25:55.799 --> 00:26:00.640 great quote from Lynn Swan, who was the first round pick by the Steelers. 291 00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:04.599 I forget which draft. It was seventy three or seventy four. I 292 00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:10.000 think it was seventy four. Lambert was drafted in the second round, I 293 00:26:10.119 --> 00:26:15.480 believe, of that same draft. Okay, so it was Lynn Swan from 294 00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:22.799 USC and it was Jack Lambert from Kent State. And you know, not 295 00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:26.519 many people not Look, let's face it, not many people, especially back 296 00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:32.480 then, knew of Kent State football. I mean it's not like it was 297 00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:37.839 a it was a huge deal. So Lambert was drafted in the second It 298 00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:41.680 was the seventy four draft. Okay, yeah, seventy four draft, and 299 00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:47.720 Linn Swans was standing there. I think it was at a practice. He 300 00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:53.519 told the story and he said Jack Lambert said hey, Swan, and so 301 00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:56.359 lind Swan was kind of excited, and I actually thought, you know what, 302 00:26:57.799 --> 00:27:03.079 Jack's gonna want to talk to me. Cool. So lind Sa Swan 303 00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:07.960 was drafted twenty first overall and Lambert all he said to him was like, 304 00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:14.279 I should have been first, you should have been second. No, there's 305 00:27:14.359 --> 00:27:17.319 I should have been the first round pick and you should have been the second 306 00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:22.599 round pick. Either way. The Pittsburgh Steelers that year got a Hall of 307 00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:26.079 famer in the first round and they got a Hall of famer in the second 308 00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:33.839 round. That's not bad, not at all. That's good. That's called 309 00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:40.519 good scouting, don't you think. Yeah, good drafting development too. Yeah, 310 00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:45.880 something we were we were talking about yesterday. That's how you win, 311 00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:52.559 man, That's how you win titles. It's that some people may call it 312 00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:56.359 luck. That's how when you go about your business. Oh and by the 313 00:27:56.440 --> 00:28:00.240 way, just so you know, in the fourth or out of that same 314 00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:07.559 draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers got another Hall of famer. You know who it 315 00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:17.400 was, John Stalwarth Not bad. They drafted two Hall of Fame wide receivers 316 00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:22.920 in the same draft, and John Stalworth, i believe is now in their 317 00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:30.720 front office. You'll take it right. Of course, Detroit took Dexter Bussy 318 00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:36.759 before John Stalworth and and Dexter Bussy was fine. I mean he had a 319 00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:41.640 productive year or productive career. I should say it wasn't as long, and 320 00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:45.319 it sure wasn't as productive, but he was fine. All right. Off 321 00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:49.960 that I could talk about old football players forever. We had just mentioned them, 322 00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:56.319 We'll move on. But we had mentioned about Joe Burrow and how he's 323 00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:59.359 playing with the chip on his shoulder because he was injured last year and he 324 00:28:59.440 --> 00:29:02.839 feels like he being overlooked while people are talking about c. J. Stroud 325 00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:07.400 and continue to praise Patrick Mahomes and and other quarter of and Lamar Jackson wins 326 00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:11.920 the MVP and other quarterbacks, Joe Burrow feels like he's going to be, 327 00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:15.319 you know, almost forgotten. He's gonna he's gonna show people this year. 328 00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:22.559 He also during the podcast that he was on, he also brought up a 329 00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:26.960 solution to what is eventually going to be. I mean this is there's no 330 00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:29.000 doubt, right, I mean, there's no doubt in your mind that the 331 00:29:29.119 --> 00:29:32.039 NFL is going to an eighteen game schedule, right. It seems inevitable. 332 00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:33.400 Yes, it's inevitable. We know they want to do it. It's been 333 00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:38.160 reported for years. Exactly He's got a he's got a plan for it, 334 00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:45.200 he's got an idea of how it should best be implemented. And when you 335 00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:48.559 look back, when you I should say, when you look forward. When 336 00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:56.640 people tweet about this, their response is an overwhelming thumbs up from the fan 337 00:29:56.759 --> 00:30:03.359 base. Trent, why don't you read what his idea is to implement an 338 00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:07.960 eighteen game schedule for the NFL. So, first of all, Joe Burrow 339 00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:10.599 thinks if there's eighteen games, there needs to be two bye weeks, which 340 00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:12.920 I think we would all pretty much agree with. One of those bye weeks. 341 00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:17.640 One of those by weeks should come around week thirteen for the entire league. 342 00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:21.559 Okay, so you have the other one sprinkled throughout Week thirteen, fourteen 343 00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:25.119 twelve. Somewhere in the middle there the entire league is off, you put 344 00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:29.839 the Pro Bowl games the festivities occurring on that week, similar to how the 345 00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:33.279 NBA does their All Star weekend and the MLB with their All Star weekend coming 346 00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:37.359 up. Not only would this boost ratings for the struggling Pro Bowl, but 347 00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:41.839 by adding a second bye week and an extra game, the Super Bowl would 348 00:30:41.880 --> 00:30:45.359 then fall on the day before President's Day, giving most people the day off 349 00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:48.880 after the biggest game of the year. I think it's genius. I think 350 00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:55.720 it's logic. Here's my question that I didn't get answered. Is there a 351 00:30:55.839 --> 00:31:02.400 Pro Bowl game? Because he's said festivities. Yeah, I think he's alluding 352 00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:04.640 to they'd stick with this Pro Bowl games thing they've been doing for the last 353 00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:10.359 two years, with the catch contest and the dodgeball right, which to me 354 00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:12.680 is an absolute farce. Oh, it's terrible. I think it's awful. 355 00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:18.440 That's not even the debate. I don't even think he believes it's a good 356 00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:22.640 Pro Bowl festivity with dodgeball and all that other crap. No, if guys 357 00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:26.839 and I look, I think it's a better alternative than what they have now. 358 00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:33.240 And I don't even know if there's a perfect solution to this. Here's 359 00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:36.720 my question, though, to you and to him and anybody else who supports 360 00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:42.359 this, what makes us think that a player who is voted to the Pro 361 00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:45.839 Bowl, and it's not like it's an honor like it used to be, 362 00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:52.519 what makes us think they would want to use their second bye week to participate 363 00:31:52.839 --> 00:32:00.240 in these festivities. If the bye week is so valuable to you for your 364 00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:06.200 body and your mind to heal, why do you want to go someplace and 365 00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:12.759 participate in dodgeball and the other Pro Bowl festivities. I'm with you there. 366 00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:15.440 I think that's the biggest plot hole here, because I think the only reason 367 00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:17.759 that some of these players do end up going is because it's at the end 368 00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:21.599 of the season and it's just a chance to unwind and have some fun. 369 00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:25.440 How do you fix I don't even know if it's fixable, but how do 370 00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:31.359 you fix the Pro Bowl? We all know it's the only all star game, 371 00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:35.559 for lack of a better phrase, it's the only all star game that 372 00:32:35.640 --> 00:32:42.160 takes place after the regular season ends. But we also know that football is 373 00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:47.640 arguably the most demanding. Look, all sports are demanding. Baseball is super 374 00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:54.519 demanding from a physical but a mental standpoint as much as anything else. Basketball 375 00:32:54.559 --> 00:33:00.720 and hockey same thing. Football beats you up. Ask any player, especially 376 00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:08.759 later in the season. They're not healthy again until probably Thursday. Now here's 377 00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:14.960 how a football schedule works. You play Sunday Monday, depending on the coach. 378 00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:21.160 Some coaches give you the day off, you know, if you're going 379 00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:24.680 really well. I forget which team it was. I was watching the documentary 380 00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:30.599 on America's Game. The coach was giving them the Monday off. They called 381 00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:36.279 it hat day because they gave them the day off as long as you kept 382 00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:39.039 winning. Yeah, a lot of them do the victory Monday thing. Right, 383 00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:44.000 you win on Sunday, you get Monday off, right incentive. Tuesday 384 00:33:44.119 --> 00:33:49.079 is an automatic day off, that's in the NFLPA agreement. So Wednesday, 385 00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:52.759 you come back, you're watching film, you do the walkthroughs, you begin 386 00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:57.000 your prep. You should be prepping on your own, but you begin your 387 00:33:57.119 --> 00:34:02.400 team prep for the next week's opponent. Thursdays of physical Day, Fridays of 388 00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:08.320 physical Day. Saturday is primarily a walkthrough, okay, or they may go 389 00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:14.920 without pads. It's not necessarily hitting them the like. So if that's the 390 00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:21.159 case, you know you're getting three three strong days of practice. So it 391 00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:25.559 shows you how physical and how demanding it can really be. And and think 392 00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:29.960 about that, by the end of the end of the year, how much, 393 00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:34.440 how many hits you've taken, how much you've had to flush in and 394 00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:40.360 out of your brain about your next opponent, all those things. So I 395 00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:44.480 get why it's at the end of the season. I'm just not sure. 396 00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:45.480 I don't know if you can fix it. I don't know if you can 397 00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:49.599 fix the Pro Bowl. I think you're gonna get guys to play in it, 398 00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:52.920 and that's fine. They've gone to the flag football format. I suppose 399 00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:58.039 that's fine too. I've always been a big proponent of what they used to 400 00:34:58.159 --> 00:35:01.800 do with the Superstar. Now you're too young to remember this, but they 401 00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:06.039 used to have a Battle of the Network stars. They used to have a 402 00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:13.880 Battle of the Stars. They would have sprinting events. Herschel Walker against whatever, 403 00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:17.840 Darryl Green, Okay, and see how fast guys can get, how 404 00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:23.760 strong they may be in different competitions. You can have different competitions for these 405 00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:30.000 guys that don't necessarily require a ton of torque or a ton of wear and 406 00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:36.519 tear on the body. I don't like what they've done with it. I 407 00:35:36.760 --> 00:35:42.559 just don't know what the alternative may be to what they're trying to get people 408 00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:46.039 interested in. When it comes to football players, what are you most intrigued 409 00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:52.440 about with football players that maybe you don't know? Do you look forward to 410 00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:59.559 a quarterback's precision for me, yes, a kicker's strength of leg, yes, 411 00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:02.039 how quick a guy may come off the edge. It's almost like another 412 00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:07.519 combine. If you had something like that, I think that might interest people 413 00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:14.480 a little bit more. We are amazed, For example, at who was 414 00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:17.599 it? Remember Larry Allen, he had passed a couple of weeks back, 415 00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:23.239 and the video out there was him bench pressing five hundred pounds. Do you 416 00:36:23.320 --> 00:36:30.199 remember that? Yes, Okay, do something like that. Who's the strongest 417 00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:34.119 man in football, or at least who's been voted to the Pro Bowl? 418 00:36:34.320 --> 00:36:38.559 Bring guys on, who can squat the most, who can bench the most, 419 00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:45.159 who's got the most accurate throwing, who's got the strongest leg, who's 420 00:36:45.239 --> 00:36:49.320 the fastest wide receiver? So, chef, correct me if I'm wrong here. 421 00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:52.039 You don't really have a problem with it being festivities. You just want 422 00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:58.199 the festivities tweaked so they're actually interesting. That's correct, not dodgeball. Correct. 423 00:36:58.840 --> 00:37:00.360 I don't think dodgeball. I mean I think it's kind of a joke. 424 00:37:00.639 --> 00:37:04.679 Well, because let's I mean, this is probably goes without saying. 425 00:37:04.719 --> 00:37:07.239 But I think we all agree they're never going to play a football game ever. 426 00:37:07.320 --> 00:37:10.079 Again, No, no, they're not around it. No I can't 427 00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:14.840 either. I think that's the right call. But right, so, what 428 00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:16.800 are the things that you really want to see? Look, I've said this 429 00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:22.559 at nauseum about Baseball with the All Star I think the I think the Home 430 00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:27.559 Run derby's a farce. I think it's an absolute joke. I think it's 431 00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:31.039 one big, made up event and it takes too long. It's a television 432 00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:36.639 event, is what it is. And what you could do to showcase your 433 00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:42.000 sport and it's athletes better is in addition to the All Star Home Run Derby, 434 00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:45.360 which is fine if they chopped it down a little bit, the number 435 00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:50.639 of swings and the number of outs you get, it's just it's I think 436 00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:53.400 it goes on way too long. Maybe I'm maybe I'm old fogeyish here and 437 00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:57.559 I think it's ridiculous. Maybe you agree with me or not, but I 438 00:37:57.920 --> 00:38:00.239 just think it's way too much. Well, they also can't decaid on a 439 00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:02.159 format they like, but that's a whole different issue. Yeah, what what 440 00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:07.440 you could do is you could show most accurate arm from right field or the 441 00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:10.400 strongest arm from right field. I mean, who wouldn't have wanted to see 442 00:38:10.760 --> 00:38:15.360 each he row not just be at the All Star facilties, but also showcase 443 00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:20.400 what a great gun he has from right field? Or what about like target 444 00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:22.920 practice for the catchers, you know, try to throw a guy out at 445 00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:30.039 second exactly, or who's the fastest first to third, who's the best This 446 00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:35.920 isn't thrilling for a lot of people. But can you bunt to a certain 447 00:38:36.960 --> 00:38:43.719 target and you get you know, certain points for doing that? Back control? 448 00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:45.800 There are so many different things you could do that I don't think they 449 00:38:45.840 --> 00:38:51.960 even explore because they're so wrapped up in the home run derby. We think 450 00:38:52.039 --> 00:38:57.159 everybody is all about power. You would never get pitchers to who throws the 451 00:38:57.239 --> 00:39:00.559 hardest, who throws the best curveball, who throws the best slider and things 452 00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:05.079 like that. You could make that a possibility. You could approach that with 453 00:39:05.760 --> 00:39:07.960 pitchers, but they feel like, you know, we throw enough already, 454 00:39:08.280 --> 00:39:13.400 you know what I mean. But you could do certain events that would showcase 455 00:39:13.679 --> 00:39:16.880 different skill sets in the sport that would make it more interesting. I think 456 00:39:16.920 --> 00:39:21.440 you can do the same thing in football because I think we're enamored with all 457 00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:25.360 that stuff. How big a certain guy is and how strong he is, 458 00:39:27.679 --> 00:39:30.039 who's the fastest offensive lineman? Look, you may think, ugh, come 459 00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:32.199 on, give me a break. Those guys are faster than you and me 460 00:39:32.920 --> 00:39:38.440 a hell of a lot faster. We just can't get over it. We 461 00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:44.119 don't see it because they're caught in a certain space and you're not watching that 462 00:39:44.280 --> 00:39:46.599 space more oftentimes than not. You know what else is an interesting piece of 463 00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:51.199 this chef is I the players seem to like it. They seem to enjoy 464 00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:54.760 themselves. They're messing around, they're taking pictures. But the problem that Joe 465 00:39:54.800 --> 00:40:00.639 Burrow's alluding to here is no one watches. So obviously the NFL isn't going 466 00:40:00.719 --> 00:40:04.880 to be a fan of that because they're all about what TV revenue exactly. 467 00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:07.960 So you got to toll that line. You got to keep the players invested 468 00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:10.079 and keep them having fun, but you also got to get eyeballs. So 469 00:40:10.239 --> 00:40:15.559 how do you get people to watch? We think it's all about If we 470 00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:21.920 believe that, it's all about the power in other sports hardest shot in hockey, 471 00:40:22.360 --> 00:40:28.639 three pointer in NBA, home run derby, and baseball, why wouldn't 472 00:40:28.639 --> 00:40:35.639 the NFL capitalize on that and do something like a bench press and a leg 473 00:40:35.719 --> 00:40:38.480 press or a squad something that will make you and I go, oh my 474 00:40:38.599 --> 00:40:43.880 god, we are enamored with power. Why do you think golf has that 475 00:40:44.719 --> 00:40:50.239 shot tracker? It shows us where it goes, but how far it goes 476 00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:54.559 too. We can't get over how far a guy can drive the golf ball, 477 00:40:54.880 --> 00:41:00.039 right. It's amazing to us because we just can't do that. We 478 00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:01.719 don't play with anybody who does that. Well, guess what, we don't 479 00:41:01.719 --> 00:41:06.599 play with anybody who can bench like that either. So I think those are 480 00:41:06.639 --> 00:41:08.480 some of the things that football could do. But I do like Joe Burrow's 481 00:41:09.480 --> 00:41:14.599 suggestion you get the two bye week. The problem the NFL would have with 482 00:41:15.079 --> 00:41:19.960 that suggestion is everybody gets week thirteen off everybody. You still have to have 483 00:41:20.119 --> 00:41:25.639 football in the public eye. His suggestion of that's when the Pro Bowl takes 484 00:41:25.639 --> 00:41:30.079 place would exactly do that. It still gives you a chance to talk about 485 00:41:30.079 --> 00:41:36.760 the sport. Maybe Joe Burrow should be commissioner. Our thanks to Trent Bally 486 00:41:37.159 --> 00:41:39.639 for producing our program today, and thanks to you for listening. We appreciate 487 00:41:39.679 --> 00:41:45.719 it very much. 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