Get some facts and come back and Seebee. Get some facts and come back
and Seebee. Don't fill out salaries or other things. Get some facts and
come back and Seebee. You can't handle the true I told our players you
need a bit more like a dog. We don't need a bunch of cats
in here looking in the mirror. But I look good. I got my
extra bands on, I got my other shoes. Be a doll. We
don't need no mouns. We don't need no cats. We need more dolls.
Why you're not a detain Oh you're not. At the time, we
weren't good. There's no sense of asking me things about the game. I'm
telling you we laid an egg. So I'm not gonna break it down for
you. He sucks. He sucked. He laid an egg. That's all
I have to say. Guys, I'm sorry. I'm not gonna break it
down for you. Nothing went well for us. It's on us. We
have to figure it out everyway. Eight, All right, third hour Here
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it Jamiir Gibbs, Frank Ragnow, Jared Goff, Eric Anzeloni or other?
What are the final results they're trent of our poll question from Monday. Almost
half of you who voted forty five percent say Frank Ragnow, and I guess
we can kind of leave it at that. Nineteen percent said Jared Goff,
twenty three say Alex Angeloni, and thirteen percent of you say other. I
think that's pretty fair. What do you think forty five percent for Frank Ragnow?
Yeah, you and I said this the other day. Think we think
he's kind of the underrated player. He's the guy that you and I feel
probably doesn't get enough recognition and deserves more. So. I think that's a
pretty good barometer right there. Anyway, glad that you were able to vote,
vote as often as you want, any time you want, and we'll
give the results of our poll question around this time tomorrow. Speaking of football
and Frank Ragnow and perhaps guys who are maybe a little underrated and deserve a
little bit more credit, I was reading in the Sporting News yesterday the younger
stars or the players who deserve more credit for being a clutch player, Jalen
Hurts of the Eagles was named one of the most clutch quarterbacks in the NFL.
This guy's been around just a few years, but has already garnered that
type of ability. CJ. Stroud, Patrick Mahomes also were on a list
that included the best most clutch players in the NFL, which I found pretty
interesting. Not saying it's wrong. I just found it interesting. What determines
clutch? Is it about comebacks? Is it about salting victories away? When
you talk about clutch performers clutch, Let's use quarterbacks in this case because in
the article they write, Hurts has shown the ability to step up to the
moment on multiple occasions for the Eagles, most notably his Super Bowl performance against
the Chiefs, a comeback effort that was ultimately upended by Mahomes. Heading into
this year, Hurts and the Eagles will look to return to that high point
and finish the job well. Again. It goes back to what I've said
before, and what I've said is just because you get there one year and
people think, Wow, I'm really hungry for next year, doesn't mean you're
going to get there. This is all reference to the top ten clutch quarterbacks.
According to the website, who do you think is the number one clutch
quarterback? Well, it's Patrick Mahomes. Of course, they list CJ.
Stroud at number two, and this is what they write. Nobody was better
in the clutch than Stroud. Last year, the Texans converted on six of
eight game tying or go ahead drive chances late with Stroud under center his numbers
in those situations a phenomenal seventy seven percent completion rate. Hurtz was third six
total touchdowns, zero turnovers on potential game tying or go ahead drives in the
fourth quarter, number four with Josh Allen, which I found interesting because after
I read what they said about Hertz, I thought Allen's the guy viewed by
most as a turnover machine. The website rights Allans top ten in every criteria
mentioned off the top, including fifth and clutch drive conversion rate. In both
twenty twenty three and for his career, he led three game winning drives as
the Bills finished last season on a five game win streak. Number five is
your Jared Goff, they write, Jared Goff has more clutch moments in twenty
twenty three than you probably remember. He ranked third in game tying go ahead
drive conversion rate in the fourth quarter. Let me read that again, third
in game tying go ahead drive conversion rate in the fourth quarter and overtime.
Last year, he led a game winning drive on opening night in Kansas City,
outlast to Justin Herbert and the Chargers in a track meet, and he
led a twelve point comeback against the Bears in the final five minutes, and
had a game winning drive in the playoffs against the Buccaneers. You know,
Chef, when you brought this up, I thought of that track meet you
mentioned against LA when I think it was fourth and two at the end,
Lions are trying to ice it with a first down to win the game,
and he throws a perfect pass over the middle, and I forget if it
was Brock writer Sam Laporta, but that's instantly where my head went when you
said clutch, Jared Goff, Here's where my head goes. And I would
prefer to focus on the positive. I mean, they win the division,
they get twelve wins, they reached the NFC Championship game. He is a
major part of it. Didn't get enough credit, I think during the season,
except from Detroit players who kept saying Jared Goff and then fans obviously latched
onto that Detroit blew Is seventeen point. It was a seventeen point halftime lead
right against San Francisco. Yeah, in the NFC Championship game. Yep.
Do you remember Jared Goffer that or do you remember him for all the positive
things that he did. I'm a glass half fall guy, but I don't
blame people if they want to look at the collapse. Yeah, because we
always want more, right, That's fair. That's what I mean. That's
what fandom is. I mean, you're always you're always wanting more. And
for Lions fans who never tasted that once they finally got a taste of that
last season, I can understand why you'd maybe get a little greedy, especially
this year. I choose to do what you do. I choose to be
positive. I'm I give him a massive amount of credit. He was better
than I thought he would be, and I think he's better than what Lions
fans thought he would be. And by the way, he's not the only
one who led the team on the game winning drive against Tampa. Because his
offensive line had to do work. The wide receivers had to do work everybody
did right, and he's sure as hell isn't the primary reason or the only
reason why they blew a seventeen point halftime lead. But he's ranked number five
in clutch. Dak Prescott six, Joe Burrows seven, Daniel Jones of the
Giants aides, Lamar Jackson nine, and Justin Herbert ten. Who in their
right mind would have thought that Daniel Jones would have been ranked ahead of the
reigning MVP H Not me? I guess I also look at clutch in fourth
quarter comebacks. So, for example, who's the all time leader in fourth
quarter comebacks? I'm Brady forty six? Second, is Peyton Manning forty three?
That there isn't he? Then Ben Roethlisberger three, Matt Ryan fo,
Drew Brees five, and Matthew Stafford six, one behind Drew Brees. That's
clutch, and yet he was never viewed that way in Detroit Quick time Out
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I don't know if that's the final thing. I used to debate people all
the time when it comes to the NFL and quarterbacks, and I would bring
up, look at how many comeback wins this guy may have and people would
say, well, that means his team trailed in the first place. Well,
of course, I mean, how many teams are leading wire to wire
it just doesn't happen. Well, how many Super Bowl comebacks have we seen?
Yeah? Right, and plenty. And it's not always the quarterback either.
I mean certain guys make certain big plays. Neil O'Donnell through two picks,
Joe Burrow is considered and would you consider him a top five quarterback in
the NFL? Yeah, I would agree with that. He has as many
comeback wins in his career so far as Quincy Carter did, as Gary Danielson
did, as Ty Detmer did, as Pat Hayden did five. I'm not
going to read too much into that. I know this. He's above five
hundred in his career twenty nine, twenty two and one. I know he's
highly productive. Look at his touchdown passes, look at his completion percentage,
look at the yards he's thrown for when as you said, healthy last year
just ten games, but the previous two years he started every game, and
he's a difference maker. He was the Player of the Year in twenty twenty
one, he was fourth in the MVP in twenty twenty two, and a
pro bowler. What's interesting is the you know, as Player of the Year
in twenty twenty one, he wasn't a pro bowler. But anyway, he's
a guy I would like to have under center. I have no problem with
that. But the injuries, and there's been plenty for him, the injuries
for him have almost taken center stage. It's almost as if people remember him
more for the injury plague seasons than they have for his highly decorated and productive
seasons. He was on a podcast recently and this is what he had to
say about twenty twenty three. Do you think people have forgotten about Joe Burrow.
I believe that. Yeah, that's what happens when you get hurt.
Though you don't play football, people forget about you. Yeah, which I
kind of I like the spot you're in right now because I feel like I
love the spot on Yeah. Everyone's like, oh, well, you know,
you know Josh La mar and Patrick CJ. Stroud's like, you're forgetting
one guy. Yeah. I agree. Yeah, but again that's part of
the game. You don't if you're not out there and people aren't watching it,
then there's nothing to talk about. Yeah, So I'm gonna get people
to talk about something to talk about this year. See. I love the
moxie, I love the confidence, and I love the fact that he is
ready to go out and improve something to people. That's what I want in
a leader. Now, he was labeled Joe Cool. I don't know if
you're too young to remember this, but the original Joe Cool, well maybe
it was Joe Namath, but I viewed the original Joe Cool as Joe Montana.
It's just a I think before Tom Brady, Joe Montana is a great
quarterback voltame. Some people could still make that argument. Those are more people
in San Francisco. It's hard to do that, but it's up for debate.
I'm sure Patrick Mahomes is making a strong case for in many people's eyes
right now. The bottom line is Joe Burrow is clutch. We just went
over the clutch performances. Conversion rates, game time, go ahead drive chances
forty percent across the board, regular season career, playoff career twenty twenty twenty
three, top eleven among current starters in all three major categories. Like that,
and it's not perfect, you know. We know that they failed to
score on their last five drives against the Rams in the Super Bowl and failed
against the Chiefs in twenty twenty two in the AFC Championship Game. But he's
a guy you want under center, right Absolutely. The question is can a
quarterback play with that type of chip on his shoulder? So when I think
of that, when I heard that, when I first heard that from Joe
Burrow, he's out to prove a point. Why do I always why do
I think of this and associate proving a point with physicality more than anything else.
In other words, if a guy's going to make a point, it's
going to be more of a running back, it's going to be a defensive
player, quarterbacking. You can have the chip on your shoulder all you want.
Tom Brady always talked about playing with a chip on his shoulder. Drew
Brees talked about playing with a chip on his shoulder. You can have that
all you want. You still have to be precise, You still have to
make the right reads. You still have to make sure you're throwing to the
right guy and that it's on target. You have to make sure you're doing
so many other things. Then playing with the physicality that it would require for
somebody who plays a different position and has that proverbial chip on their shoulder.
Yeah, Like, how many second string quarterbacks come in young bucks, they
get their shot and they have the chip on their shoulder, right, And
I mean there's some examples of it happen, happening and working out, but
most cases, you know, those guys have a chip on their shoulder and
they still don't play well. Right. I mean, look, if it's
about that, and I take Joe Burrow for his word, I think that's
exactly what it is for him, and I give him a ton of credit.
Think of the number of quarterbacks going into this season who should have the
proverbial chip on their shoulder. There should be a ton Yeah, Dak Prescott
playing for a contract and people in Dallas feel like he can't get it done.
Josh Allen, who can't get to that big game. Same with market
because they can't seem to get by Kansas City. Right, Brock Purdy,
you talk about anybody who should be playing with a chip on his shoulder.
He's mister irrelevant. Everybody thinks San Francisco wins despite him. Baker Mayfield not
wanted in numerous other spots in his career, Cleveland, Carolina, whatever.
How about Kirk Cousins. Atlanta goes out and pays them and then they draft
a quarterback in the top ten? Excellent example, Perfect example. You said
Lamar Jackson. Yeah, highly paid, highly decorated, two time league MVP,
but there are whispers, no doubt in Baltimore on whether or not he
can truly use his style of game to get his team to a super I'm
not going to bring up guys like Gardner Minshew or Gino Smith and stuff like
that. There's no reason for that. But don't tell me that Bryce Young
isn't playing with a chip on his shoulder, or that Russell Wilson slash Justin
Fields won't be taking the field with a chip on their shoulders. You brought
up the perfect example. There's no doubt Kirk Cousins is going to be playing
with a chip on his shoulder. He probably has since he was first drafted
by Washington. While Robert Griffin third was getting all the love, Kirk Cousins
was trying to make a name for himself. And the last player might be
and a guy who most people believe can't would be a guy like Zach Wilson,
perhaps getting his final chance even though he's still a young player in Denver.
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number dot com thirty five after the hour. Welcome back Exus and brose Monday
through Friday six until nine. A happy belated birthday to one Jack Lambert out
of Kent State. Remember he's a Mac guy and one of the greatest linebackers
of his generation. Is he one of the greatest linebackers of all time?
I would say yes, and he was probably outside of Dick Butkiss trying to
think here. Outside of I would say Jack Lambert's probably the most intimidating linebacker
you've ever seen. Doesn't mean he's the best, Like I think, Lawrence
Taylor is arguably the greatest football player I've ever seen. People have brought up
Jerry Rice in the past, Joe Montana, Tom Brady, Lawrence Taylor was
an absolute wrecking machine. That's always my answer when people ask me who I
wish I could have seen. You know, I'm only twenty four years old.
I didn't grow up watching that era. But Lawrence Taylor is always my
answer for that unbelievable And I'm sure, knowing the type of sports geek that
you are, you've watched highlights of him. I'm not sure they always do
him justice. He was just amazing. Go back and watch Jack Lambert a
little bit. Lambert. You know, he looked like a hockey player because
he was missing his two front teeth. He was constantly gyro raiding, you
know, kind of anticipating the snap. Quarterback had to look at him every
single time they played that four to three defense. He was an absolute badass
and he wanted to punish you. He wanted to hurt whoever he tackled.
There was no let up for him. He was the second coming of Dick
Butkus. Look at Dick Butkus when he played with the Bears. Look at
Jack Lambert when he played with the Steelers. There's a guy by the name
of Mike Curtis who played for the Baltimore Colts way back in the day.
He was a tough SOB two didn't get the pub don't think they were like
that of a Butkus or a Lambert, but I wanted to I know that
was out on social media. He was such a I don't know if he
was as good as Jack Ham quite honestly, and Jack Camp played, but
he was just super intimidating, super mean and super tough. There was a
great quote from Lynn Swan, who was the first round pick by the Steelers.
I forget which draft. It was seventy three or seventy four. I
think it was seventy four. Lambert was drafted in the second round, I
believe, of that same draft. Okay, so it was Lynn Swan from
USC and it was Jack Lambert from Kent State. And you know, not
many people not Look, let's face it, not many people, especially back
then, knew of Kent State football. I mean it's not like it was
a it was a huge deal. So Lambert was drafted in the second It
was the seventy four draft. Okay, yeah, seventy four draft, and
Linn Swans was standing there. I think it was at a practice. He
told the story and he said Jack Lambert said hey, Swan, and so
lind Swan was kind of excited, and I actually thought, you know what,
Jack's gonna want to talk to me. Cool. So lind Sa Swan
was drafted twenty first overall and Lambert all he said to him was like,
I should have been first, you should have been second. No, there's
I should have been the first round pick and you should have been the second
round pick. Either way. The Pittsburgh Steelers that year got a Hall of
famer in the first round and they got a Hall of famer in the second
round. That's not bad, not at all. That's good. That's called
good scouting, don't you think. Yeah, good drafting development too. Yeah,
something we were we were talking about yesterday. That's how you win,
man, That's how you win titles. It's that some people may call it
luck. That's how when you go about your business. Oh and by the
way, just so you know, in the fourth or out of that same
draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers got another Hall of famer. You know who it
was, John Stalwarth Not bad. They drafted two Hall of Fame wide receivers
in the same draft, and John Stalworth, i believe is now in their
front office. You'll take it right. Of course, Detroit took Dexter Bussy
before John Stalworth and and Dexter Bussy was fine. I mean he had a
productive year or productive career. I should say it wasn't as long, and
it sure wasn't as productive, but he was fine. All right. Off
that I could talk about old football players forever. We had just mentioned them,
We'll move on. But we had mentioned about Joe Burrow and how he's
playing with the chip on his shoulder because he was injured last year and he
feels like he being overlooked while people are talking about c. J. Stroud
and continue to praise Patrick Mahomes and and other quarter of and Lamar Jackson wins
the MVP and other quarterbacks, Joe Burrow feels like he's going to be,
you know, almost forgotten. He's gonna he's gonna show people this year.
He also during the podcast that he was on, he also brought up a
solution to what is eventually going to be. I mean this is there's no
doubt, right, I mean, there's no doubt in your mind that the
NFL is going to an eighteen game schedule, right. It seems inevitable.
Yes, it's inevitable. We know they want to do it. It's been
reported for years. Exactly He's got a he's got a plan for it,
he's got an idea of how it should best be implemented. And when you
look back, when you I should say, when you look forward. When
people tweet about this, their response is an overwhelming thumbs up from the fan
base. Trent, why don't you read what his idea is to implement an
eighteen game schedule for the NFL. So, first of all, Joe Burrow
thinks if there's eighteen games, there needs to be two bye weeks, which
I think we would all pretty much agree with. One of those bye weeks.
One of those by weeks should come around week thirteen for the entire league.
Okay, so you have the other one sprinkled throughout Week thirteen, fourteen
twelve. Somewhere in the middle there the entire league is off, you put
the Pro Bowl games the festivities occurring on that week, similar to how the
NBA does their All Star weekend and the MLB with their All Star weekend coming
up. Not only would this boost ratings for the struggling Pro Bowl, but
by adding a second bye week and an extra game, the Super Bowl would
then fall on the day before President's Day, giving most people the day off
after the biggest game of the year. I think it's genius. I think
it's logic. Here's my question that I didn't get answered. Is there a
Pro Bowl game? Because he's said festivities. Yeah, I think he's alluding
to they'd stick with this Pro Bowl games thing they've been doing for the last
two years, with the catch contest and the dodgeball right, which to me
is an absolute farce. Oh, it's terrible. I think it's awful.
That's not even the debate. I don't even think he believes it's a good
Pro Bowl festivity with dodgeball and all that other crap. No, if guys
and I look, I think it's a better alternative than what they have now.
And I don't even know if there's a perfect solution to this. Here's
my question, though, to you and to him and anybody else who supports
this, what makes us think that a player who is voted to the Pro
Bowl, and it's not like it's an honor like it used to be,
what makes us think they would want to use their second bye week to participate
in these festivities. If the bye week is so valuable to you for your
body and your mind to heal, why do you want to go someplace and
participate in dodgeball and the other Pro Bowl festivities. I'm with you there.
I think that's the biggest plot hole here, because I think the only reason
that some of these players do end up going is because it's at the end
of the season and it's just a chance to unwind and have some fun.
How do you fix I don't even know if it's fixable, but how do
you fix the Pro Bowl? We all know it's the only all star game,
for lack of a better phrase, it's the only all star game that
takes place after the regular season ends. But we also know that football is
arguably the most demanding. Look, all sports are demanding. Baseball is super
demanding from a physical but a mental standpoint as much as anything else. Basketball
and hockey same thing. Football beats you up. Ask any player, especially
later in the season. They're not healthy again until probably Thursday. Now here's
how a football schedule works. You play Sunday Monday, depending on the coach.
Some coaches give you the day off, you know, if you're going
really well. I forget which team it was. I was watching the documentary
on America's Game. The coach was giving them the Monday off. They called
it hat day because they gave them the day off as long as you kept
winning. Yeah, a lot of them do the victory Monday thing. Right,
you win on Sunday, you get Monday off, right incentive. Tuesday
is an automatic day off, that's in the NFLPA agreement. So Wednesday,
you come back, you're watching film, you do the walkthroughs, you begin
your prep. You should be prepping on your own, but you begin your
team prep for the next week's opponent. Thursdays of physical Day, Fridays of
physical Day. Saturday is primarily a walkthrough, okay, or they may go
without pads. It's not necessarily hitting them the like. So if that's the
case, you know you're getting three three strong days of practice. So it
shows you how physical and how demanding it can really be. And and think
about that, by the end of the end of the year, how much,
how many hits you've taken, how much you've had to flush in and
out of your brain about your next opponent, all those things. So I
get why it's at the end of the season. I'm just not sure.
I don't know if you can fix it. I don't know if you can
fix the Pro Bowl. I think you're gonna get guys to play in it,
and that's fine. They've gone to the flag football format. I suppose
that's fine too. I've always been a big proponent of what they used to
do with the Superstar. Now you're too young to remember this, but they
used to have a Battle of the Network stars. They used to have a
Battle of the Stars. They would have sprinting events. Herschel Walker against whatever,
Darryl Green, Okay, and see how fast guys can get, how
strong they may be in different competitions. You can have different competitions for these
guys that don't necessarily require a ton of torque or a ton of wear and
tear on the body. I don't like what they've done with it. I
just don't know what the alternative may be to what they're trying to get people
interested in. When it comes to football players, what are you most intrigued
about with football players that maybe you don't know? Do you look forward to
a quarterback's precision for me, yes, a kicker's strength of leg, yes,
how quick a guy may come off the edge. It's almost like another
combine. If you had something like that, I think that might interest people
a little bit more. We are amazed, For example, at who was
it? Remember Larry Allen, he had passed a couple of weeks back,
and the video out there was him bench pressing five hundred pounds. Do you
remember that? Yes, Okay, do something like that. Who's the strongest
man in football, or at least who's been voted to the Pro Bowl?
Bring guys on, who can squat the most, who can bench the most,
who's got the most accurate throwing, who's got the strongest leg, who's
the fastest wide receiver? So, chef, correct me if I'm wrong here.
You don't really have a problem with it being festivities. You just want
the festivities tweaked so they're actually interesting. That's correct, not dodgeball. Correct.
I don't think dodgeball. I mean I think it's kind of a joke.
Well, because let's I mean, this is probably goes without saying.
But I think we all agree they're never going to play a football game ever.
Again, No, no, they're not around it. No I can't
either. I think that's the right call. But right, so, what
are the things that you really want to see? Look, I've said this
at nauseum about Baseball with the All Star I think the I think the Home
Run derby's a farce. I think it's an absolute joke. I think it's
one big, made up event and it takes too long. It's a television
event, is what it is. And what you could do to showcase your
sport and it's athletes better is in addition to the All Star Home Run Derby,
which is fine if they chopped it down a little bit, the number
of swings and the number of outs you get, it's just it's I think
it goes on way too long. Maybe I'm maybe I'm old fogeyish here and
I think it's ridiculous. Maybe you agree with me or not, but I
just think it's way too much. Well, they also can't decaid on a
format they like, but that's a whole different issue. Yeah, what what
you could do is you could show most accurate arm from right field or the
strongest arm from right field. I mean, who wouldn't have wanted to see
each he row not just be at the All Star facilties, but also showcase
what a great gun he has from right field? Or what about like target
practice for the catchers, you know, try to throw a guy out at
second exactly, or who's the fastest first to third, who's the best This
isn't thrilling for a lot of people. But can you bunt to a certain
target and you get you know, certain points for doing that? Back control?
There are so many different things you could do that I don't think they
even explore because they're so wrapped up in the home run derby. We think
everybody is all about power. You would never get pitchers to who throws the
hardest, who throws the best curveball, who throws the best slider and things
like that. You could make that a possibility. You could approach that with
pitchers, but they feel like, you know, we throw enough already,
you know what I mean. But you could do certain events that would showcase
different skill sets in the sport that would make it more interesting. I think
you can do the same thing in football because I think we're enamored with all
that stuff. How big a certain guy is and how strong he is,
who's the fastest offensive lineman? Look, you may think, ugh, come
on, give me a break. Those guys are faster than you and me
a hell of a lot faster. We just can't get over it. We
don't see it because they're caught in a certain space and you're not watching that
space more oftentimes than not. You know what else is an interesting piece of
this chef is I the players seem to like it. They seem to enjoy
themselves. They're messing around, they're taking pictures. But the problem that Joe
Burrow's alluding to here is no one watches. So obviously the NFL isn't going
to be a fan of that because they're all about what TV revenue exactly.
So you got to toll that line. You got to keep the players invested
and keep them having fun, but you also got to get eyeballs. So
how do you get people to watch? We think it's all about If we
believe that, it's all about the power in other sports hardest shot in hockey,
three pointer in NBA, home run derby, and baseball, why wouldn't
the NFL capitalize on that and do something like a bench press and a leg
press or a squad something that will make you and I go, oh my
god, we are enamored with power. Why do you think golf has that
shot tracker? It shows us where it goes, but how far it goes
too. We can't get over how far a guy can drive the golf ball,
right. It's amazing to us because we just can't do that. We
don't play with anybody who does that. Well, guess what, we don't
play with anybody who can bench like that either. So I think those are
some of the things that football could do. But I do like Joe Burrow's
suggestion you get the two bye week. The problem the NFL would have with
that suggestion is everybody gets week thirteen off everybody. You still have to have
football in the public eye. His suggestion of that's when the Pro Bowl takes
place would exactly do that. It still gives you a chance to talk about
the sport. Maybe Joe Burrow should be commissioner. Our thanks to Trent Bally
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