WEBVTT 1 00:00:36.079 --> 00:00:39.799 Well, here we are everyone. Welcome to the mark Cast Live. Little 2 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:44.119 Horse today was at the Krack in seven to win over the Dull Stars last 3 00:00:44.200 --> 00:00:47.960 night, Game three, this end the couple playoffs Round two. Very exciting 4 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:51.240 times. I think this is going to be the true test of the XFL 5 00:00:51.439 --> 00:00:55.799 or of the USFL's drying power. I don't care TV ratings, attendance. 6 00:00:55.840 --> 00:00:59.320 Let's see what the mark Cast does on Monday morning. Just talking to USFL. 7 00:00:59.359 --> 00:01:02.280 I think that will be the true test. We have part Raffino here 8 00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:06.200 and we have Evan Wilsmore. I thought was moving this week, Evan moving 9 00:01:06.239 --> 00:01:07.200 back home for the summer. I said, no, I want to come 10 00:01:07.239 --> 00:01:11.000 on and talk to usfls. We have Evan as well, always happy to 11 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:12.359 have him. Pat, how are you doing? And then we can talk 12 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:17.040 to Evan as well. I'm doing well. Thank you guys for having having 13 00:01:17.079 --> 00:01:19.840 me, you know, especially with Andy doing his Pitbull tour right now. 14 00:01:21.439 --> 00:01:23.879 Yeah, Andy, mister worldwide. Evan, how are you doing today, 15 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:26.920 sir? Yeah? Doing good. Man, A bit tired, but I'm 16 00:01:26.959 --> 00:01:29.519 excited to talk football, just like we dude last week. And you know, 17 00:01:29.560 --> 00:01:32.359 there's a lot to go over between the four games we had so looking 18 00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:37.040 forward to it. Yeah, So just a reminder here programming note, no 19 00:01:37.040 --> 00:01:42.000 normal Friday show this week. We will be live on Saturday from the Riverwalk 20 00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:45.519 in San Antonio. Andy will be flying in from Japan. We have Anthony 21 00:01:45.560 --> 00:01:49.159 Miller joining. I think Jason with the x Fans Show will be there. 22 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:53.840 They're doing the big Shin Dick Friday night. I do not no one corresponded 23 00:01:53.879 --> 00:01:57.879 with me about what like, Hey, I'm flying in about seven o'clock San 24 00:01:57.920 --> 00:02:00.760 Antonio time, so I will be party and I think after the show, 25 00:02:00.760 --> 00:02:04.920 but we will do our big show on Saturday to the four local I'm calling 26 00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:07.360 the Albamo today. I have about ten names on our list if you're going 27 00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:10.520 to be in San Antonio, if you want to be a part of the 28 00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:15.000 Alamo tour, We're doing that ten am Central and then the Big Show two 29 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:20.439 four before the kickoff game. But just USFL talk today, we will try 30 00:02:20.479 --> 00:02:23.039 to do our best. Evan or Pat any thoughts on the u XFL weekend 31 00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:29.280 before we get to just USFL today. I mean not so much with the 32 00:02:29.319 --> 00:02:32.360 game, because I think, in my opinion, I think this championship game 33 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:35.560 can be one of the best games we've ever seen. Or one of the 34 00:02:35.599 --> 00:02:38.919 worst games we've ever seen. I have no idea, and I think if 35 00:02:38.960 --> 00:02:40.919 anyone was to tell you that that they knew that this was going to be 36 00:02:40.960 --> 00:02:45.919 a good game, they'd be lying to you because the renegades. But I'm 37 00:02:45.960 --> 00:02:50.560 pretty excited to see the signings or the camp invites that will leave the signings 38 00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:53.400 in the future. Yeah, a lot of the contraction there, Evan, 39 00:02:53.479 --> 00:02:57.520 I know you've been tracking out as well. You surprise so many camp invites 40 00:02:57.520 --> 00:03:00.680 coming out from the XFL season before we get to you. Uh, yes, 41 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:04.080 and no. I mean a camp invite, you know, isn't the 42 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:07.680 same as a contract, right, Really, everything on or after May fifteenth 43 00:03:07.800 --> 00:03:12.039 is what I'm looking forward to. It is a bit more than I expected, 44 00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:15.560 but I will say, you know, everyone's deserving that opportunity, and 45 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:19.479 I've liked, you know, all the players that have gotten those camp invites 46 00:03:19.479 --> 00:03:21.919 so far. There's a couple that I'm surprised, you know, haven't, 47 00:03:21.919 --> 00:03:24.000 but I'm assuming maybe you know something is in the works, so they're just 48 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:28.520 gonna wait until May fifteenth at this point because we're only a week away from 49 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:32.400 that. So I am tremendously excited as Pat and I know, a lot 50 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:38.280 of USFL brass really grasp onto the USFL the NFL signing, and so I 51 00:03:38.319 --> 00:03:43.240 will be very curious to see how the XFL stacks up with that. This 52 00:03:43.319 --> 00:03:45.719 was an exciting weekend. I watched two of the games. Obviously, I 53 00:03:45.759 --> 00:03:47.280 did not watch a lot of the Stallions game last night. I did have 54 00:03:47.319 --> 00:03:51.759 it on at the bar. I did my part after cracking bar heading to 55 00:03:51.879 --> 00:03:53.800 the game, but I obviously watched the Breakers and then we watched the Gamblers 56 00:03:53.840 --> 00:03:59.560 as well. Pat overall thoughts on the USFL weekend here week four and no, 57 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:01.800 we finally know overlap You've got to worry about the dart in that XF 58 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:05.719 out for a week. So I had the luxury of watching all the games. 59 00:04:05.800 --> 00:04:14.080 I'd say about eighty percent of all the games. Um. The quarterback 60 00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:16.839 play is so weird to me right now because I do my weekly quarterback rankings 61 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:21.759 right and I'm you know, I'm sticking with MBT at number one. But 62 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:28.720 he had a good game, but even statistically lighted up as far as you 63 00:04:28.759 --> 00:04:32.360 know, four touchdowns like he always does and everything like that. Um, 64 00:04:32.399 --> 00:04:35.879 but overall, you know, we're starting and I was looking through the because 65 00:04:35.879 --> 00:04:41.160 I tracked receiving stats as well. This has been my my next, my 66 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:46.319 next phase of my tracking, and I'm going through all the rosters and I'm 67 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:50.879 pretty impressed by a lot of the skill position players the USFL has found. 68 00:04:50.959 --> 00:04:55.600 Slash has been building up because even I'm looking at the Muller's roster and I'm 69 00:04:55.639 --> 00:05:00.399 like, you know, Bailey Gaither definitely not a scrub, you know NFL 70 00:05:00.480 --> 00:05:02.680 experience, you know, it's a fringe practice squad guy, you know who 71 00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:06.639 kind of that Week seventeen when all your receivers are hurt, has an ad 72 00:05:06.839 --> 00:05:11.000 R game and you're like, oh, this guy, you know, Isaiah 73 00:05:11.000 --> 00:05:15.160 Henny has kind of taken the role as this punt return you know, the 74 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:18.800 stud punt returner this year and the generals. You know, DeAndre Johnson isn't, 75 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:24.040 you know, the sexiest quarterback in the league. But when he he 76 00:05:24.279 --> 00:05:27.600 a couple of his incompletions were some of the best passes I've seen him throw 77 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:30.199 in a while. And he's got a good, you know, stable of 78 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:32.759 receivers right now, and the Lonzo Moore, Cam Eccles Looper, those tight 79 00:05:32.920 --> 00:05:39.240 ends, you know, Brandon Bowman and Woody Brandham aren't terrible tight ends at 80 00:05:39.240 --> 00:05:42.279 all, not the most athletics. So it's good to see these skill position 81 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:46.480 players. It kind of seems like they're a little bit ahead than the defense. 82 00:05:46.480 --> 00:05:50.120 And then Troy Williams, you know, he looks better and better each 83 00:05:50.160 --> 00:05:54.160 week, along with Kenji Bahar. And that's the thing is I've talked about 84 00:05:54.160 --> 00:05:58.480 them a lot in my rankings, is they could be the biggest risers because 85 00:05:58.480 --> 00:06:00.480 they just needed experience, you know. And I don't know if then like 86 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:05.319 Williams's NFL game would translate, Well, he's putting together a good film and 87 00:06:05.399 --> 00:06:10.879 he's you know, having you know, he's entertaining, and he looks better 88 00:06:10.920 --> 00:06:14.519 than James Morgan out there. And that's I mean, if we're talking about 89 00:06:14.519 --> 00:06:17.560 the entertainment product, not the NFL translation. You know, he's keeping me 90 00:06:17.680 --> 00:06:21.839 engaged when the Mallers have the football. It's funny. I just saw just 91 00:06:21.920 --> 00:06:25.240 comments and we were sharing a few of them. I think Sam and the 92 00:06:25.319 --> 00:06:29.720 chat where you know, oh, I'm so glad USFL this weekend. You 93 00:06:29.759 --> 00:06:34.079 can't handle the you know, the gimmicky XFL and you know XFL has the 94 00:06:34.319 --> 00:06:40.480 same rollbook. You know, we've COMPI It's weird to me how this narrative 95 00:06:40.519 --> 00:06:42.720 just seems to be right now, like okay, well now like I can 96 00:06:42.839 --> 00:06:46.319 enjoy or this is different kind of football, it feels very similar to me. 97 00:06:46.319 --> 00:06:48.560 I mean, USFL feels like the XFL was in Week four and we 98 00:06:48.639 --> 00:06:51.920 are trying to get there some of these teams. Evan, do you feel 99 00:06:51.920 --> 00:06:56.959 like teams are are further ahead than they should be or less ahead than they 100 00:06:56.959 --> 00:07:00.279 should be here week four and now of USL. I mean, I liked 101 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:03.000 what I saw this weekend. You know, it's it's hard to say. 102 00:07:03.040 --> 00:07:06.240 I mean, like Pat said, I do like the talent level personally, 103 00:07:06.279 --> 00:07:10.800 I think that there is a bit more talent this year than there was last 104 00:07:10.879 --> 00:07:13.279 year. And I kind of like, you know, it's been interesting to 105 00:07:13.279 --> 00:07:15.600 see the development of certain players that I didn't expect, you know, to 106 00:07:15.639 --> 00:07:18.600 do as well. Take Troy Williams, for example, is a really good 107 00:07:18.600 --> 00:07:20.639 one. But I think, you know, they're doing all right. You 108 00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:26.240 know, there's I think they set out on the USFL broadcast yesterday on one 109 00:07:26.240 --> 00:07:28.720 of the games, I forget which one, but they were kind of saying, 110 00:07:28.720 --> 00:07:30.040 you know, week four, week five is the point of the season 111 00:07:30.079 --> 00:07:34.240 where you sort of see the cream of the crop. I guess the term 112 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:36.720 you like to use where that the good teams rise and then the bad teams 113 00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:40.839 kind of follow, and you start to get a bit of separation in terms 114 00:07:40.839 --> 00:07:44.160 of, you know, who might be in playoff contention and who might not 115 00:07:44.279 --> 00:07:47.120 be. So right now, you've got you know, New Orleans and New 116 00:07:47.199 --> 00:07:53.680 Jersey and then let's see else this Birmingham, I guess too. Those teams 117 00:07:53.680 --> 00:07:55.759 are all kind of on the rise, and then you've got you know, 118 00:07:55.800 --> 00:07:58.680 a couple others that are still like, we'll get to Memphis. I like 119 00:07:58.800 --> 00:08:01.360 their performance, but there's down there. Michigan's got a couple of things to 120 00:08:01.399 --> 00:08:05.600 figure out. I know, paddle talk about that um. And then you 121 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:07.360 know, Houston's kind of a wild card day came out and you know, 122 00:08:07.399 --> 00:08:11.759 scored like forty one points or something against Philly, which was a big deal. 123 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:13.439 And then I mean, yeah, the Stars are the other team that's 124 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:16.279 just kind of like, well, you know, they definitely got some stuff 125 00:08:16.279 --> 00:08:18.879 to work out. Bit of regression there. Yeah, So I made the 126 00:08:18.920 --> 00:08:22.759 lead Tiger. So I made the wager I had was turning on the game 127 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:26.920 first thing on Saturday morning, I said, oh, it's Anthony Miller's Gamblers 128 00:08:26.920 --> 00:08:31.240 against my stars. We'll have a big bet. You know, Anthony had 129 00:08:31.319 --> 00:08:35.519 his Kenji Bahar jersey on. I said, whoever whoever loses this game is 130 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:39.679 gonna have to chug a shinerback beer and san Antonio our live show because either 131 00:08:39.720 --> 00:08:43.279 way we're gonna win. Uh, stars look horrendous. I look like you 132 00:08:43.360 --> 00:08:46.000 could not protect. You know, case cook is here with a paper bag. 133 00:08:46.360 --> 00:08:50.480 Why have these stars regressed so much? Here? Pat Well, they 134 00:08:50.559 --> 00:08:56.879 lost two key players and um Sam, Sam and I talked about this offline. 135 00:08:56.279 --> 00:09:01.759 Alex, I can't alex a King Bulo went to the Washington Commanders. 136 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:05.039 He was one of their tackles. In addition to Gunner Vogel who's now in 137 00:09:05.080 --> 00:09:11.039 the XFL. So those are two high quality guys. Vogels had some NFL 138 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:16.200 looks. Akin Bulow was active towards the end of the season. So you 139 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:18.320 have two of these guys who are who are lost, and it seems like 140 00:09:18.360 --> 00:09:22.759 the game planning, in my opinion, is a little bit more linear. 141 00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:28.600 I think when I watch case cookus play, he's getting a little bit of 142 00:09:28.639 --> 00:09:33.360 happy feet because of the offensive mind having more holes in it than Swiss cheese, 143 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:37.080 and it's really disappointing. Because I thought we all thought that case Cookus 144 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:39.799 would take this next step, and we want to pooh pooh him a little 145 00:09:39.799 --> 00:09:43.600 bit because you know, his numbers aren't there, but when you watch the 146 00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:48.840 games, he's not having any time to actually run around and you know, 147 00:09:48.200 --> 00:09:52.360 sit in the pocket and and actually make his reads and whatnot. It's a 148 00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:58.720 little disappointing. The running. The rushing attack, I think they had like 149 00:09:58.759 --> 00:10:01.080 what read like twenty not twenty I want to say it was like forty yards. 150 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:03.679 I know you have it on the screen right now, but Cookis has 151 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:07.120 you know, been a part of their rushing Yeah, forty four yards and 152 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:13.279 the running the ball eleven times. You have two quality NFL level running backs 153 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:18.960 back there with Dexter Williams and Matt Colburn, and obviously they might not be 154 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:22.679 you know, elite running backs in the NFL, but they're serviceable to you 155 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:26.559 know, back in roster slashing. It should be pretty good in the USFL, 156 00:10:26.679 --> 00:10:33.200 and it just seems like they've become very one dimensional with mart Um not 157 00:10:33.799 --> 00:10:37.720 in the passing attack, because they do have a stable of weapons with Corny 158 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:43.360 Coleman, Chris Roland and Devin Gray. Devin Gray back there, but I'm 159 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:46.600 just kind of you can't really It all starts in the trenches, and right 160 00:10:46.600 --> 00:10:50.919 now they're getting dominated up there, and it's disappointing because they did lose two 161 00:10:50.039 --> 00:10:56.399 quality offensive lineman last year and the center, even even the center they I 162 00:10:56.440 --> 00:11:00.440 think his name is Perez, it seems like he's slow off the snap a 163 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:03.840 little bit. So I'd like to do more background than to him on my 164 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:07.679 end for you know, future shows and whatnot to see if that's his natural 165 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:11.320 position, because it just seems like he's not really popping up and engaging and 166 00:11:11.399 --> 00:11:16.000 whatnot. And there were a couple plays where they didn't identify the linebackers. 167 00:11:16.039 --> 00:11:20.919 It look like and the guard is just going straight to the nose or that 168 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:24.320 three that one technique and the linebackers just coming in and then you're asking, 169 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:28.639 you know, we wanted Dexter Williams, who's not a great pass protector, 170 00:11:28.639 --> 00:11:31.360 to take on a linebacker who's running in with a full head of steam. 171 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:35.360 So it's disappointing because we know who case Cooks is. He has that fringe 172 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:39.759 level NFL potential and we're not seeing him take that next step the show, 173 00:11:39.799 --> 00:11:43.440 like, hey, I could be an actual like I can go into an 174 00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:48.600 NFL game and actually make a player too. It feels very much like and 175 00:11:50.120 --> 00:11:52.480 I was just at the Cracking game last night, you know, zero zero 176 00:11:52.559 --> 00:11:56.200 through the first period, right goose eggs, and then we errupt, we 177 00:11:56.240 --> 00:12:00.000 go five one in the second period. It really felt like we were never 178 00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:03.480 kind of felt like this game like I'm watching this game, Philly felt in 179 00:12:03.559 --> 00:12:05.240 it for you. We we go, we have the Drive score at seven 180 00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:07.960 to seven, and then it felt like once, you know, once Houston 181 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:11.159 started to go and they never looked back. It never felt close at all. 182 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:15.200 Harrison has a question here in the chat. One of the things we're 183 00:12:15.200 --> 00:12:18.200 seeing midway through is that a lot of the new coaches are approvements over the 184 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:22.120 guys he replaced. That may be, but it feels like Bart has like 185 00:12:22.240 --> 00:12:24.919 stagnated now and kind of everyone else's running circles around him. Evan, are 186 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:28.279 you just surprises that like Bart has been found out. I think Mike was 187 00:12:28.320 --> 00:12:31.080 talking about that in the group chat as well, like they're just not trying 188 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:35.799 to do anything at all to to deviate from the from the plan. Yeah. 189 00:12:35.840 --> 00:12:39.360 Well, I mean, you know, Pat talked about sort of the 190 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:41.840 one dimensional factor in a way and you know, you could definitely say that 191 00:12:41.879 --> 00:12:46.679 Philadelphia is getting exposed to an extent. To me, I think the biggest 192 00:12:46.679 --> 00:12:48.919 problem is the run game. You know, you can't win a game really 193 00:12:48.919 --> 00:12:52.879 in any pro league if you have forty four yards rushing um. And that's 194 00:12:52.879 --> 00:12:56.919 just from the Star's perspective, you know. I again, they have good 195 00:12:56.960 --> 00:12:58.639 They have a lot of good talent, like Corey Coleman. I remember writing 196 00:12:58.679 --> 00:13:01.639 about, you know, almost two years ago, saying, hey, you 197 00:13:01.639 --> 00:13:03.600 know, look down a line like this could be a guy that comes to 198 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:07.639 the USFL. And here he is on what is supposed to be a premier 199 00:13:07.679 --> 00:13:11.480 team with one of the premier quarterbacks in case Kocas. And so far they 200 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:15.159 only won one game in Week one and they barely squeezed by Memphis, who 201 00:13:15.200 --> 00:13:18.559 just won their first game against Michigan this weekend. So I don't really know 202 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:20.639 what to think of him. You know, it's it's a real shame, 203 00:13:20.679 --> 00:13:26.480 you know. I kind of thought they'd be quick risers because if you look 204 00:13:26.519 --> 00:13:28.159 at, you know, the rest of the league. I just feel like 205 00:13:28.279 --> 00:13:31.440 last year they made the championship game and that was really close with Birmingham, 206 00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:35.240 and I like Bart a lot. I think he's a great coach. I 207 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:39.360 think he's great for these leagues, like he did the Spring League obviously, 208 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:41.759 and that's where you know, he did some great things with Brian Scott, 209 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:45.519 who was with the Stars last year obviously got hurt and then the whole case 210 00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:48.039 Kocas era started. But um, yeah, definitely been a surprise. I 211 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:52.440 can't say the Stars won't turn it around, but they've definitely been the most 212 00:13:52.480 --> 00:13:56.720 shocking team so far. And I don't mean that in a good way. 213 00:13:56.799 --> 00:13:58.519 Yeah, I just I feel like Case is gonna get hurt out there again. 214 00:13:58.559 --> 00:14:03.720 It is really crazy to me, Pat here, here's my think and 215 00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:07.000 this might be the homer in me, but you know, is are the 216 00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:11.480 worst teams worse in the XFL or the USFL because it feels like some of 217 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:13.759 these teams in the USFL, like I just it just feels like more of 218 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:18.159 a divide. I know last year it felt like that in the USFL that 219 00:14:18.200 --> 00:14:20.360 come like week six, we kind of knew it. It didn't matter XFL. 220 00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:24.080 You know, we talked for you at nauseam for weeks like the games 221 00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:26.559 near the end, you know, mattering more because of more parody. Do 222 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:30.960 you what do you make of that, do you think that there's worst teams 223 00:14:30.960 --> 00:14:33.240 in the l or the USFL. Well, when I think of the bad 224 00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:37.039 teams of the XFL, I think of the Brahmas and I think of the 225 00:14:37.039 --> 00:14:43.759 Guardians. And the Guardians were fun to watch because they were extremely competitive and 226 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:48.600 even though the Brahmas had some and the Brahmas had some bad games, their 227 00:14:48.679 --> 00:14:56.559 defense was extremely extremely competitive and they were making plays. So they might be 228 00:14:56.600 --> 00:15:00.960 down fifteen points, but then you might see Delante want A Scott or Tory 229 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:05.440 Williams make a play and then their offense stalls. So it's it's kind of 230 00:15:05.720 --> 00:15:09.639 nice to watch, um, if you look at the Stars defense, because 231 00:15:09.840 --> 00:15:13.720 right now it appears to me that the Stars are the most the least competitive 232 00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:16.799 team to watch, And maybe you know that's incorrect, but regardless, that's 233 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:22.159 how I feel. Um, you know, teams are kind of shining away 234 00:15:22.200 --> 00:15:26.919 from even throwing the ball around Channing Stribbling And I'd actually have to rewatch the 235 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:31.679 old twenty two of the film, but it kind of looks like like and 236 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:33.840 I've talked with a couple of Michigan like U of m guys, because that's 237 00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:39.159 where Stribbling went. Um, you know, strip strip's got some weaknesses. 238 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:43.320 You know, sometimes he's a little too aggressive. He gets to beat a 239 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:46.960 decent amount. He's a very good zone cover corner um. But the thing 240 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:50.879 was is like he was, you know, able to make those those reads 241 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:52.559 and kind of you know, get some cheap interceptions and whatnot. He's a 242 00:15:52.559 --> 00:15:56.960 big guy too, so he's physical. But it seems like we're not even 243 00:15:56.000 --> 00:16:00.159 seeing that, and they're kind of just shying away from him. And because 244 00:16:00.159 --> 00:16:06.200 their defensive like their front seven isn't that isn't that dynamic? You're seeing a 245 00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:08.559 lot of you know, Mark Thompson averaging ten yards a carry, and the 246 00:16:10.360 --> 00:16:15.039 Evan to go back on your rushing totals. When I do rushing statistics and 247 00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:21.879 like evaluate those, unless it's a design quarterback run, I don't really include 248 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:26.519 that. So case Cook has had two carries for sixteen yards, you take 249 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:30.120 away that because they're off script plays. Now we're looking at nine carries for 250 00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:33.759 twenty eight yards. You're not gonna win football games averaging you know, a 251 00:16:33.799 --> 00:16:37.440 tick over three yards a carry. You know, this isn't the Vince Lombardi 252 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:45.440 age anymore. Evan thoughts on you know, Mark Thompson looked great for the 253 00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:48.559 Gamblers, I thought he was tremendous that you know, a lot of a 254 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:51.320 lot of good positions. That are the eighty more thoughts on the Gamblers before 255 00:16:51.320 --> 00:16:52.919 I move on to some of the other matchups. Yeah, I mean the 256 00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:56.679 Gamblers were fantastic. You know. On the other end, I kind of 257 00:16:56.720 --> 00:17:00.320 expect that to be a pretty close game where maybe Philly would have the advantage. 258 00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:03.919 But you know, the Houston's really got it together. It seems like 259 00:17:03.919 --> 00:17:07.720 they're finally, you know, getting in their groove after last year where they 260 00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:10.599 had a really good defense, but the offense would sputter and they you know, 261 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:12.759 blew a lot of late games and it was just kind of a rough 262 00:17:12.839 --> 00:17:15.200 year all around. I'm sure if Anthony were here, he could tell you 263 00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:18.240 all about that. But yeah, no, I mean you look at uh, 264 00:17:18.799 --> 00:17:22.200 you know, Kenji Bahar. He's come a long way and I'm very 265 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:26.440 I've been very surprised in his development too. Again, another one of these 266 00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:29.880 guys that I didn't really view two highly, but you know, he had 267 00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:33.319 a near perfect game yesterday. I mean he had quarterback rating and says they're 268 00:17:33.359 --> 00:17:37.960 of one hundred and thirty nine and then yeah, Mark Thompson you know, 269 00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:41.599 was fantastic. Um, he's really been helpful for them. And yeah, 270 00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:45.640 I mean I just you know, the Gamblers look great. If they keep 271 00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:48.559 that up, I don't think they'll have a problem against you know, even 272 00:17:48.599 --> 00:17:52.880 some of the top talent in the USFL and some of the better teams take 273 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:56.160 like a Birmingham or a New Orleans. I know, they had that close 274 00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:59.440 game with New Orleans that they weren't able to win because of the turnovers, 275 00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:03.799 but that's the main thing. You know, without Bab throwing interceptions this time, 276 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:07.279 you know, his performance with two hundred thirty yards and two touchdowns actually 277 00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:10.279 looked a lot better and the team was able to I mean that game, 278 00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:14.759 you know, was over before it even really began in some ways. Yeah, 279 00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:17.720 I mean, really the only life that Philadelphia ever had was it was 280 00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:21.240 like the miss yeah handoff and they fumbled and Philadelphia was able to get the 281 00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:22.480 ball back, you know, like the thirty five or something. I mean, 282 00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:26.799 it just didn't seem like Philadelphia could do anything. Really disappointing. I 283 00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:29.599 mean, obviously that's the team that like I root for, but it just 284 00:18:29.839 --> 00:18:32.960 you just want teams to be competitive, but it just didn't feel like you 285 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:36.319 know, for the for the sparse fans that were at Michigan, it didn't 286 00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:38.640 seem like that good of a show. A pat any other thoughts we could 287 00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:45.160 move on. Yeah, I think the most impressive thing about Houston is, 288 00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:49.000 and we talked about it in the pregame show or pre preseason show, was 289 00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:55.000 they lost Micah Abernethy at the time, they lost Isaiah Zuber, who's playing 290 00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:56.480 defensive back for them right now. By the way, he was a wide 291 00:18:56.480 --> 00:19:03.039 receiver last year. Um Joey Ivy a good thing. Chris Odom, Donald 292 00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:07.240 Payne, like they lost. I think Ike Brown was on that team as 293 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:11.359 well. Who's with the Raiders and their defense is I don't know if they're 294 00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:15.200 better statistically, but you know, you're you're judged by your win loss record 295 00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:18.599 than you know they they're They're at two wins they had three lash year, 296 00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:23.279 so I think that says a lot of Curtis Johnson. It's also a big 297 00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:26.319 deal to me that, like, I think we all can agree that case 298 00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:33.079 focus is not healthy. He was definitely favoring his right right hand slash arm 299 00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:37.640 yesterday, and I'm very curious to see what happens moving forward. They put 300 00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:41.440 in Kevin Thompson for that fourth and twelve on side kickplay, so it was 301 00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:45.240 good to see and he completed his past for eleven yards. It was obviously 302 00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:49.079 short, but I think it was good to see their both backups play. 303 00:19:49.160 --> 00:19:52.960 Yesterday, Bihar was out. They said he could play, They just took 304 00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:56.599 him out for precautionary reasons. But I think it was good to see Terry 305 00:19:56.640 --> 00:20:00.720 Wilson and Kevin Thompson playing a little bit, just you know, get that 306 00:20:00.799 --> 00:20:07.640 first actual real game snap. So overall, I mean, excuse me, 307 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:11.279 the m the Gamblers our team team to watch. They were competitive last year. 308 00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:15.559 It seems like they're kind of put piecing it together a little bit more 309 00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:19.000 in Bahar only this is his seventh pro start, so he should only get 310 00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:23.039 better. Yeah, Harrison, youre gotta remember you sell early season that week 311 00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:27.680 ends Week four s Week four? I mean, was Arlington is unwatchable as 312 00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:33.640 the Stars were Week four? I don't. I mean, we're going off 313 00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:37.400 recency bias, so obviously we'll say, you know, we'll say no, 314 00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:41.559 but we're also USFL haters, so we have to sing oh right. But 315 00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:45.359 um, I mean Arlington had a lot more fluidity because of you know, 316 00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:51.079 Drew Plitt and then Kyle Sloter and then you know Sloughter did give them that 317 00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:56.319 spark right nine points, ten points, eleven points, So yeah, I 318 00:20:56.359 --> 00:20:59.759 think he went two and one as a starter. So, I mean, 319 00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:03.400 I don't know. The thing was I loved watching at Arlington defense, like 320 00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:07.640 Darnell say. That was when Darnell Sanky, Uh, Darnell Sanky came from 321 00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:11.519 the CFL to the running gage and he was immediate impact and whatnot, and 322 00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:15.319 they had some stunts. Uh. Former I think he was a gambler. 323 00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:21.079 Tomassi Lolli, you know, was playing pretty well. So I just felt 324 00:21:21.079 --> 00:21:23.119 like their defense was way more watchable, Like you kind of tune out when 325 00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:27.440 the running gage offense was on on the TV, but that defense was fun 326 00:21:27.480 --> 00:21:32.839 to watch. We had a yeah Lewis here starting about fifteen minutes late. 327 00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:37.359 Viy that catch out there, Lewis ketch out there. This was the game. 328 00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:41.160 Next game on here. This is when the prompted my release the attendance 329 00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:45.119 reports meme that I posted online. We had the Memphis show Boats here. 330 00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:49.559 Michigan Panthers twenty ninety ten. At Michigan Panthers seemed to be the Edmonton Elex 331 00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:52.759 of the CFL cannot win at home, we cannot perform while at home. 332 00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:56.000 Evan any pounds for me, and then we'll go to the pack because obviously 333 00:21:56.079 --> 00:22:00.559 this is a team that's nearer dear to him. But the continuing sparse attendance 334 00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:03.759 at De Trait Field, Yeah fourd Field and De Trait whatever, right, 335 00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:06.759 you know, right? Yeah, I mean, look, you know, 336 00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:11.079 the marketing thing is is not something I'll go into, you know, deeply 337 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:14.960 here because you know, the USFL again is not in all their home markets 338 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:18.200 and it is a bit of a small turnout. But again, like you 339 00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:19.559 know, for me, it's hard to track, you know, where these 340 00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:23.200 teams are playing on a week to week basis between the four hubs, you 341 00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:27.359 know, and considering the Canton hub doesn't technically have an Ohio team, I 342 00:22:27.400 --> 00:22:32.119 think it's it's Pittsburgh in New Jersey or the home teams they are, right, 343 00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:34.759 I'm not mistaken anyway, I don't know, it's kind of yeah, 344 00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:38.119 it's it's kind of hard to uh to you know, track where the games 345 00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:41.720 are. And I think it's probably you know, again, the team is 346 00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:44.720 already in year two, but because they weren't you know, in Detroit last 347 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:48.599 year, there's you don't have that you know, continuity, um, So 348 00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.640 I don't know what We'll see how it is. You know, maybe next 349 00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:52.960 year once the word has gotten out they're like, hey, you know there's 350 00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:56.319 this pro team um playing at Ford Field. But right now, I mean, 351 00:22:56.359 --> 00:23:00.799 I don't know. It doesn't it doesn't surprise me. The attendance is 352 00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:03.880 somewhat low. Again, we don't even know what the number is unfortunately, 353 00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:06.839 so I can't sit here and you know, go off or base anything around 354 00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:10.599 a certain number, which is difficult. But again just kind of you know, 355 00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:12.400 eyeing it from the TV. I mean, I would like to see 356 00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:17.880 a bit more people there, but I don't know. It wasn't it wasn't 357 00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:22.359 terrible, Like I'll give them that. Like it's it's a step up again 358 00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:25.599 from what they had last year with only the Birmingham hub. So that's the 359 00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:26.359 way I look at it. You know, if you want to have a 360 00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:32.759 positive takeaway is like, hey, you know we're still building right like again 361 00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:36.440 this you know, that's sort of the the USFL doesn't have the advantage over 362 00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:38.839 the XFL is the XFL was already in their home markets year one, and 363 00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:41.880 they brought back a lot of the franchises from three years ago, so you 364 00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:47.359 sort of have that fan base establishment. Again, I've talked about this before, 365 00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:48.799 so I want to talk about it for too long. But you know, 366 00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:52.880 in the USFL they're still working out. They went from one hub to 367 00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:56.119 four hubs and then hopefully next year you have all eight teams, and who 368 00:23:56.160 --> 00:23:59.960 knows next year if they're going to change you know, some of the city 369 00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:03.519 around like if you know, who knows if like Pittsburgh lasts or you know, 370 00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.559 like we'll have to see that. There's, in my opinion, a 371 00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:10.279 couple of things that aren't necessarily permanent. Just going into your two we already 372 00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:12.839 had the Tampa Bay Bandits become the Memphis Showboats, who were about to talk 373 00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:17.880 about here in a minute. Um, so yeah, that's kind of where 374 00:24:17.880 --> 00:24:21.960 I'm at with that. Like it's not it's not bad. But when you 375 00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:26.960 know, when you haven't necessarily marketed yourself and um, you know, when 376 00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:30.960 you're I guess still again trying to figure out all these things and people still 377 00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:33.079 don't know a lot about what's going on, you can't expect, you know, 378 00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:36.000 to fill up an entire well, I mean, they weren't going to 379 00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:38.240 fill up Ford field obviously, but even just filling up in a couple of 380 00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:44.319 sections, I will say, you know, you can talk about attendance being 381 00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:48.079 important, not being important, YouTube subscribers being important, not being important. 382 00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:52.039 You know I wouldn't. I wouldn't run the banner on the thing. I 383 00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:56.880 wouldn't talk about liking and subscribing, if you know, if subscribers weren't important, 384 00:24:56.400 --> 00:25:00.160 don't think the USFL will be running ads at NAZI come to the games. 385 00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:03.920 It's great for kids. Did they really cheap face painting? We've got 386 00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:07.920 the mascot. Like I think attendance is important. I think they can see 387 00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:11.359 whatever they want. It's a TV product. We don't care about that. 388 00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:14.240 You wouldn't be running ads all the time on Fox trying to get people out 389 00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:18.240 to the games if it wasn't pat football time. Thoughts here show boats, 390 00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:22.640 Todd Haley didn't kill anyone on the sidelines this time. That was exciting, 391 00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:26.440 you know, finally getting their first win over the Panthers. Like I said, 392 00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:27.880 we get home. What did you make of this matchup? Well, 393 00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:30.599 first off, I don't know if you knew this, but did you know 394 00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:37.200 Brady White went to Memphis? I might have heard about so and we talked 395 00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:42.799 about a little bit last week. But praisebe that Cole Kelly has gotten full 396 00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:48.799 reign of this offense. I didn't think he'd be air quote this good, 397 00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:55.039 but I was pretty vocal about him being, you know, this big six 398 00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:59.480 seven guy. It's hard to sack them. Breedland speaks is a massive human 399 00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:03.119 being, and he had trouble getting Kelly down. It looked like to me, 400 00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:07.880 because of Kelly's size, he avoided two or three sacks um when I 401 00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:11.519 was watching the game. So that's your guy, man, Rather die with 402 00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:15.440 him. Like I'm a little bit of a show from for Ryan Willis and 403 00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:19.279 I've been I've been on record talking about that a decent amount. But you 404 00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:23.359 know, it's there's been two good weeks from Cole Kelly. The offense is 405 00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:29.119 moving, he's athletic as the Dickens. It's been. It's been great to 406 00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:33.240 see. Um. It kind of seemed like Michigan. Michigan, you know, 407 00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:37.480 didn't play their best game. I think, if you go on record 408 00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:42.200 about it, um, I think Michigan is better than the show Boats. 409 00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:45.839 But you know, it's any given Sunday and whatnot. I'd like to see 410 00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:52.279 Carson Strong Carson Strong get the nod um. You know, Josh loved his 411 00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:55.519 arm like to the outside just doesn't look strong enough, and it seems like 412 00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:59.960 he really only has a lot of success when they're throwing to the seams, 413 00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:06.079 but now it seems like it's been taken away. They went real run heavy 414 00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:10.720 this week, the Panthers did, because the show Boats have won the worst 415 00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:15.920 run defenses in the USFL. And I think that the Panthers still broke over 416 00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:18.480 a hundred yards, you know, But it did seem like Reggie Corbyn was 417 00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:22.960 making a lot of plays in the backfield. So you know, he did 418 00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:26.319 his Garrett Brochek thing where he makes one or two guys miss in the backfield 419 00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:29.880 and then he gets a six yard gain. Obviously, usually Groschek only gets 420 00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:36.519 a three yard gain from it, but man like it. We saw some 421 00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:38.799 good stuff from Carson Strong. He was moving the ball down the field and 422 00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:41.599 then when he threw that one ball up, you know, I think it 423 00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:45.319 was right before half. He threw it short where on that play you want 424 00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:48.680 to throw it more to the pylon. So even if the defender does make 425 00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:52.079 a play on the ball, he's not going to be able to get his 426 00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:56.279 two feet in bounds and whatnot cool thing I saw about Carson Strong is that 427 00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:59.559 he was moving around in the pocket a little bit more. So that's really 428 00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:02.799 good for being as far as watching his knee look like he's a little bit 429 00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:07.799 more mobile. Strong did run a four to eight during his pro day, 430 00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:11.400 so he's a lot faster than we probably think. I know a lot of 431 00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:18.880 people are shilling for Eric Barrier because of Troy Williams's success. Barrier only ran 432 00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:21.960 a four seven, And you know, I talked to another guy about this, 433 00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:25.839 um you know, panther shadow and he was like, well, you 434 00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:29.160 know it's not straight line speed, and yeah, he's right, but like 435 00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:32.599 that's you know, Troy Williams runs a four to five five, probably a 436 00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:34.599 four, you know, a little bit quicker. So it kind of gets 437 00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:38.640 to me, like, I don't think Eric Barrier is the answer right now. 438 00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:42.039 You know, if they're two and six, yeah, if they're Barrier 439 00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:45.559 in there in the last couple of games, whatever, But this team is 440 00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:48.519 still competitive and they have a lot of good pieces on defense to where they 441 00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:53.519 can go on a run by then if you're going off numbers and like statistics 442 00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:59.640 and analytics, as long as they don't play in Michigan. They're good allegedly, 443 00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:02.759 but we'll see what's going on. I think they have the Muellers this 444 00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:06.559 week, so that could be a get right name and whatnot. But we'll 445 00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:10.039 see what the injury port leads as well, because I think Noah Dawkins, 446 00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:14.519 their linebacker, is out for a little bit, so we could see a 447 00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:18.519 little bit more Terry Myrick, who's who's at excuse me, who's a lot 448 00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:22.480 more athletic and you know, kind of put that spy on on Williams so 449 00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:27.160 he doesn't get as elusive and as many of these off script runs. So 450 00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:30.640 I'm happy for the show boats. You know, it's more about the guys. 451 00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:33.880 Once again. They have a good receiving corps. Both these teams do, 452 00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:37.079 so it's good. It's good to see Cole Kelly have some success because 453 00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:41.720 he definitely has that Taysom Hill ye for me to where he could go translate 454 00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:45.640 to an NFL camp and all he needs is the reps. I think the 455 00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:51.000 Panthers need to a start winning at home. It's it's challenging. I think 456 00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:55.359 Detroit is a way different market than the other three hubs for the USFL. 457 00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:57.200 Right where Birmingham and it's you know, I know they love football, but 458 00:29:57.240 --> 00:30:02.319 it's a little bit more like shocks from Birmingham and like I've had roy On 459 00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:04.720 and the guys from Birmingham, like you know, but it's just not it's 460 00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:11.079 not a major whatever. Right You're in Detroit. You've got the Tony's Scotts 461 00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:15.160 of the world right out there. You know, you've got Bill Shay that's 462 00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:18.279 been on my show. You know, coming out, you're you're looking at 463 00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:21.240 the games, You're you know, you're comparing them to the Lions, You're 464 00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:22.720 comparing them to you know, what was there in the eighties, You're comparing 465 00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:26.720 to all these things. I just think it's a tougher market there. Canton's 466 00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:30.000 way different, Memphis is way different. It just you know, it's it's 467 00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:33.319 the biggest market of the four. I think you got the hardest kind of 468 00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:36.680 you got to impress the most people there. Evan, Does that make sense 469 00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:38.920 kind of what I'm saying, Oh, definitely. I mean, yeah, 470 00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:42.359 if you look at the four hubs right now, it's Birmingham, Memphis, 471 00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:47.240 Canton in Detroit. Like you said, Detroit is by far the biggest hub 472 00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:49.319 there, and you know, it's a it's a lot let's just say this, 473 00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:52.200 like a Showboats game, you know, at that Memphis stadium, even 474 00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:56.119 if they don't get a lot of people in there, probably looks a lot 475 00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:57.400 better than if they don't get a lot of people in the Ford field, 476 00:30:57.519 --> 00:31:02.400 because Ford fields in the NFL stadi him and then the stadium they're using in 477 00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:04.880 Memphis is for the University of Memphis where Bretty White played. If you didn't 478 00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:10.039 know, Um, look a joke about that. But I'll just talk about 479 00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:12.559 the game quickly for a minute. Um. So, like Pat said, 480 00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:15.559 Cole Kelly, Um, I went on the show last week and I said 481 00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:18.759 I think Cole Kelly should start for the rest of the season. And that 482 00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:21.519 was only after one game, and um, he proved me right. Again. 483 00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:25.359 It wasn't anything, you know, didn't blow your socks off or anything 484 00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:26.519 like that in terms of the way he played. But he did a good 485 00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:30.440 job, you know, and he kind of got things done, got things 486 00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:33.759 moving. He had two rushing touchdowns. Um yeah. And he's just got 487 00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:37.160 that big frame, right, That's what makes him different. That's why I 488 00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:40.519 think NFL scouts really liked him, even though he came from a smaller school 489 00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:44.400 at Southeastern Louisiana. But yeah, I mean, I mean I think, 490 00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:48.440 you know, at this point, just given how things started, like you 491 00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:51.680 know, you're in week four and you finally found some consistency. Like I 492 00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:55.000 think Cole Kelly's the guy personally, and maybe I've got a bit of bias, 493 00:31:55.079 --> 00:31:57.240 but again, he looked pretty good. Um, just going down the 494 00:31:57.240 --> 00:32:02.839 list here and talk about the Panthers for a minute. Yeah, like Pat 495 00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:06.279 said too, you know, with Carson Strong, it was it was good 496 00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:09.200 to see him and you know, he didn't throw a touchdown this game, 497 00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:13.680 but he was doing some stuff. And yeah, again with the mobility, 498 00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:15.920 that's the major concern with him. You know, one wrong step, one 499 00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:19.480 wrong twist, and that could be the end of his season with you know, 500 00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:22.960 given how fragile that knee is and how concerning it was. During the 501 00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:25.519 NFL draft process, that was the thing that turned a lot of teams away. 502 00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:29.960 That was pretty much the difference between him being a third round pick and 503 00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:31.799 him being undrafted was that knee. That's all it really was, you know, 504 00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:35.640 at least to a lot of people and a lot of teams. But 505 00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:37.039 to see him now kind of getting in his groove, Yeah, I think 506 00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:40.599 he deserves a start, like, you know, a full kind of game 507 00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:45.160 over Josh Love. And that's not to discredit Josh Love. I don't forget 508 00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:46.960 what he did in week one that was great, But um yeah, Josh 509 00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:50.599 Love, I think maybe he's kind of hit his ceiling in a way. 510 00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:53.519 And I don't know if Carson Strung's hit that yet. But then the rushing 511 00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:58.079 attack for the Panthers, I really liked between Stevie Scott and Reggie Corbyn. 512 00:32:58.119 --> 00:33:00.640 I thought they did some nice stuff. Corbyn didn't necessarily average a ton of 513 00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:04.160 yards this game, but that's okay. They were kind of just you know, 514 00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:07.200 shuggling along and you know, getting what they needed when the pass game 515 00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:13.279 wasn't there. And then Joe Walker of the Panthers in the receiving corps, 516 00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:15.720 someone I've really liked to watch this season. I think he's come a long 517 00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:22.160 way. And um, he had another great game. Another Panthers play yesterday. 518 00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:27.079 How'm already forgetting this weekend? Yeah? Saturday? Right? Right? 519 00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:30.119 Um yeah, it was Saturday night. I think, Yeah, now I 520 00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:32.519 remember. Um No, So I like Joe Walker. He had seven catches 521 00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:36.400 seventy six yards in a touchdown. He kind of seems to be the number 522 00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:39.440 one option on that team from the looks of it, and then I don't 523 00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:43.759 know, hoping to get a couple of big games from Isheimen this year too, 524 00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:45.759 because I like him a lot. I would enjoy seeing that down the 525 00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:49.759 line. Um, I think that's about it, you know. I I 526 00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:54.000 was definitely surprised that Memphis won the game by nineteen points, but I knew 527 00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:58.519 they had the chance to win with Kellyott quarterback. And I'm not saying that 528 00:33:58.599 --> 00:34:00.680 was the difference maker in this game, because Kelly only threw for like one 529 00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:05.319 hundred and fifty yards. But you kind of looked at the Panthers and like, 530 00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:07.360 as good as the Panthers are and as much talent they have, like 531 00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:12.159 they're still kind of ironing these things out, and it is kind of weird. 532 00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:14.360 They've got the you know, can't win at homebug right now. So 533 00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:16.239 if they can get over that, you know, maybe things will start looking 534 00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:20.639 better for them. But we'll see, you know, there's a lot of 535 00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:22.199 I mean again, Week four, like I said earlier, is kind of 536 00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:25.679 where you start to see teams separate, you know, the good teams kind 537 00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:29.280 of you know, getting above the bad teams, getting ahead you know, 538 00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:32.079 getting ready for I mean obviously six weeks out from the playoffs still, but 539 00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:36.400 you know, getting into position for that. And the Panthers I don't really 540 00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:38.239 know yet, Like they're kind of that one team where it's like, okay, 541 00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:42.360 I can say, you know, the Stars aren't great. You know, 542 00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:45.239 unless they change some soon, things aren't going to be good for them. 543 00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:49.639 Pittsburgh I didn't talk about earlier, but they you know, they've got 544 00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:51.519 some things to work out. I like what they have, Like they look 545 00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:54.000 better. There's still one and three Memphis still a lot of work to do. 546 00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:57.039 But then Panthers at two and two, they're kind of just like right 547 00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:58.719 in the middle. You know, it's like, I don't know, there's 548 00:34:58.719 --> 00:35:01.440 a couple of different directions where this could go, depending on who steps up 549 00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:06.280 for them. Interesting, here's this a couple of comments. Sorry about you, 550 00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:08.119 Lucy. I think he's still catching up on the show. Watching this 551 00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:13.440 time. We're like watching us, like watch through the show in real time. 552 00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:16.760 Here today we had a question here and this is the only game we 553 00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:22.079 have the the prelimb for John watch another prelimb. NBC always does well coming 554 00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:28.000 and especially coming off to Derby one point five I believe was the first hour 555 00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:31.719 drop to eight hundred and sixty thousand, so it'll probably average around I think 556 00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:36.800 absolutely above a million, probably one one, one, one two in that 557 00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:40.800 range for the NBC, which for whatever reason has always done more than Fox, 558 00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:45.480 even though obviously Fox with the USL pat any thoughts on that that prelimb 559 00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:49.159 rating and then we'll get to New Orleans. I mean yeah, I mean 560 00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:51.880 they got to be happy with that. It's a week four game, and 561 00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:59.920 granted there was the benefit of without um XFL and the Kentucky Derby leading. 562 00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:02.639 But just like playing a football schedule, you play, you know, you 563 00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:07.360 play who's on the schedule type thing, so you know, we can talk. 564 00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:09.559 It's no different than talking about the team who has an air quote played 565 00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:13.920 anyone in the seven to zero. But that was a card that was dealt 566 00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:16.320 this weekend, and the USFL did a good job. And you know, 567 00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:20.400 people who want to poopoo the ratings could be like, well, it's only 568 00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:23.280 because of the derby and no XFL. That's not the USFL's fault. You 569 00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:25.679 know, if anything, they took advantage of it. You know, we 570 00:36:27.199 --> 00:36:30.119 I would rather have that conversation than if they were at like six hundred thousand. 571 00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:35.239 Then you know, and it's like it's like you can't win with people. 572 00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:37.840 You know, it's it's not a big deal. This is the game. 573 00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:42.719 Interesting So New Orleans we had the you know, the breakers to add 574 00:36:42.719 --> 00:36:46.320 the generals here in Canton. This was my two cents, just real quick 575 00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:52.519 read subbox before world lost their minds back and I think it was like week 576 00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:57.880 five. XFL we have the job maca row. We had the Pickaball game 577 00:36:58.000 --> 00:37:01.119 on ESPN to the pickleball term which spoiler alert, drew more viewers, and 578 00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:06.079 the XFLD that day, and the and the XFL had to push the start 579 00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:07.719 of the you know, the the or ESPN and the push and strive the 580 00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:13.039 XFL games like ESPN Plus or whatever. People lost their minds. Oh my 581 00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:19.320 god. This shows absolutely how ESPN views the LADD. Yesterday I turned on 582 00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:22.920 the game at noon. Here I'm watching Orioles Braves going into extra Indians. 583 00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:28.760 Nobody said the damn were Oh see, because it's baseball, that's different. 584 00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:32.079 Obviously, No, it's it's the same difference. It's a live sporting event. 585 00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:36.599 We're pushing this off. It says nothing that NBC or whoever cares about 586 00:37:36.679 --> 00:37:39.159 anything more than anything else. Pather Evan any thoughts on that, because I 587 00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:43.119 was just I was incense that nobody thought and they're like, oh, it's 588 00:37:43.119 --> 00:37:47.159 a totally different situation. I'm biased in baseball. I'll be one. I 589 00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:51.599 care way more about baseball than I knew. Do you pick a ball? 590 00:37:51.760 --> 00:37:57.639 And I think you know? No, I on like taking emotion out of 591 00:37:57.639 --> 00:38:01.800 it. Read you are absolutely correct, But you know I didn't grow up 592 00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:07.039 throwing the pickleball around. You know. My fondest memories with my father are 593 00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:09.320 throwing the baseball around. You know what I mean. I don't care about 594 00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:13.199 pickleball, you know, I you know. And I'm not even the Braves 595 00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:15.480 fan. I'm a Mets fan, despite what this cardinal cardinal had on. 596 00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:22.719 But I mean, I I it's I don't know. It doesn't bother me 597 00:38:22.920 --> 00:38:28.239 either. Either one doesn't bother me because here's the thing. Pickleball and the 598 00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:30.320 whole Pickaball League has been around for a while. Baseball has been around for 599 00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:35.880 nine hundred and a half years, like spring football is now the priority to 600 00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:38.440 these networks as much as we want them to be in my opinion, So 601 00:38:39.159 --> 00:38:43.480 that's that's my take on it. I don't really care either way, you 602 00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:45.360 know, because here's the thing. I'm gonna I'm gonna win and watch the 603 00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:51.119 games. I'm curious to see how the ratings um the ratings feel about that 604 00:38:51.239 --> 00:38:52.960 in the casual viewer, who's like, oh, I wanted to watch USFL 605 00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:57.840 or XFL, but I'm watching pickaball. I'm gonna go get a sandwich and 606 00:38:57.880 --> 00:39:00.280 then you know, you talk to the guy at the Delhi for a little 607 00:39:00.280 --> 00:39:02.039 bit and then you don't watch the game. You know, the whole world. 608 00:39:02.119 --> 00:39:06.559 Yeah, the whole world is that point? Yeah, but I mean, 609 00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:10.800 I mean it's to me, it's I think it's going to hit the 610 00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:15.280 ratings a little bit personally, but I need I need to go back to 611 00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:17.760 the U the XFL ratings as well. On that, I just thought it 612 00:39:17.800 --> 00:39:20.639 was funny. I just thought like, oh, well, this is fine 613 00:39:20.639 --> 00:39:23.760 because it's baseball, and it's not behind because it's it's Twitter too, so 614 00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:31.840 like who who Who's Who's more you know vocal about things on Twitter than you 615 00:39:31.840 --> 00:39:36.280 know when we go down the fan bases, Evan, any facts on that 616 00:39:36.320 --> 00:39:37.679 before we talk football? I no, you don't really don't want to get 617 00:39:37.719 --> 00:39:42.519 into I mean, look, I'll just say this, You're you're definitely right 618 00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:45.599 read like you know, I mean, there's well, I'll say this much 619 00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:51.239 pickleball makes for a better story. Okay, baseball doesn't seem as bad because 620 00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:53.719 a lot of Americans are watching baseball, and that's gonna take priority over spring 621 00:39:53.719 --> 00:39:58.079 football. That's just known. Like again, like Pat said, maybe we 622 00:39:58.199 --> 00:40:00.480 want, you know, them to just hut to the USFL game, but 623 00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:04.360 the rest of America doesn't want that. The rest of America wants to see 624 00:40:04.599 --> 00:40:07.960 the Braves beat the Orioles and the extra innings. So I was there because 625 00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:12.880 I remember that that whole pickleball thing was Week seven. It was Saint Louis 626 00:40:12.920 --> 00:40:15.079 at Houston. I was there. We were sitting in the press box and 627 00:40:15.280 --> 00:40:17.559 we're like, oh, you know, time for the game. What's going 628 00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:20.639 on, Like the players aren't coming out, you know, we haven't kicked 629 00:40:20.639 --> 00:40:22.760 off yet. And then you know there's some chatter going around the press box 630 00:40:22.800 --> 00:40:27.039 and they're like, oh, yeah, you know, John Mcarel pickleball. 631 00:40:27.320 --> 00:40:30.039 You know, we had it up on ESPN and we were looking at that 632 00:40:30.360 --> 00:40:31.360 and we were just like, yeah, like, I guess this is what's 633 00:40:31.360 --> 00:40:35.239 causing the delay. So I don't know that was I was there for that. 634 00:40:35.280 --> 00:40:37.440 It was fun. It was fun to experience. But I don't know, 635 00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:39.960 I didn't think the one yesterday was terrible. It ended pretty quickly. 636 00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:44.079 That's the difference. I mean, I don't know obviously, I don't know 637 00:40:44.119 --> 00:40:46.079 like how many minutes each delay was. But like the pickleball one was pretty 638 00:40:46.119 --> 00:40:49.960 significant. That one was like, you know, a good ten minutes, 639 00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:52.719 you know, after the kickoff time. But anyway, yeah, yeah, 640 00:40:52.719 --> 00:40:55.159 as you said, Reid, I don't really I don't really get involved on 641 00:40:55.199 --> 00:41:00.199 that side of it, so I'll leave that to be fair. This was 642 00:41:00.239 --> 00:41:05.280 a regional baseball game of the Atlanta Braves in the Baltimore Orioles, right, 643 00:41:05.280 --> 00:41:07.079 I mean pickleball is said, that's a nation wide I mean that's a nation 644 00:41:07.079 --> 00:41:13.079 wide the people John McEnroe is a historic figure and that it has anyway going 645 00:41:13.159 --> 00:41:16.119 to in speaking of baseball here, I will say, could the USFL could 646 00:41:16.119 --> 00:41:20.800 we implement the pitch clock here somehow? Because the first half of this game, 647 00:41:21.519 --> 00:41:24.039 by god, like I came up, I took a shower, came 648 00:41:24.159 --> 00:41:29.000 up, change, made a sandwich, sat down to eat. Like we're 649 00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:31.440 still in the two minute warning here for the first half, Pat this. 650 00:41:31.639 --> 00:41:35.360 We got to speed up these games a little bit. I know the USFL 651 00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:37.360 is working with their clocks, but by god, this first half of this 652 00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:43.800 game took about three hours. Yeah, to caveat on some John. First 653 00:41:43.840 --> 00:41:47.559 off, Evan loved the no pho there. I was war story with the 654 00:41:47.639 --> 00:41:52.039 week seven and of fun fact, John mcinroll actually went on a date with 655 00:41:52.199 --> 00:41:58.679 my aunt in nineteen twenty seven or whenever that was, so you know, 656 00:41:58.760 --> 00:42:01.719 he's a queen's guy, you know. So John McEnroe's got a soft place 657 00:42:01.719 --> 00:42:07.480 in my heart. Um, I to keep this girlish figure that I have. 658 00:42:07.679 --> 00:42:13.159 I do like push ups during the breaks and whatnot, and you know, 659 00:42:13.239 --> 00:42:15.360 sometimes it's real quick, right, Sometimes it's like, you know, 660 00:42:15.360 --> 00:42:17.719 I'm getting a good pump in and whatnot. You know, That's why I 661 00:42:17.760 --> 00:42:22.400 was probably in better shape during the XFL season. But this one, like 662 00:42:23.920 --> 00:42:29.320 I tuned out, man like towards towards that last and then and then the 663 00:42:29.360 --> 00:42:31.800 second half comes and I'm like fully engaged, you know, like got a 664 00:42:31.840 --> 00:42:36.239 good pump all and going and everything like that. It was weird because I 665 00:42:36.280 --> 00:42:38.159 was just like, man like, you know, obviously there was a time 666 00:42:38.159 --> 00:42:40.719 delay, but I was like, dude, what's what's going on? Like, 667 00:42:40.719 --> 00:42:44.920 I'm tuning out right now. And then that second half, you know, 668 00:42:44.960 --> 00:42:47.440 everything started clicking a little bit. West Hills put the team on his 669 00:42:47.559 --> 00:42:51.960 back, you know, NBT hit. You know, Sage sat for a 670 00:42:51.960 --> 00:42:55.159 couple of nice passes and whatnot. But I mean, I don't I don't 671 00:42:55.199 --> 00:42:59.559 know what this time clock situation is going to be. It's I haven't felt 672 00:42:59.559 --> 00:43:05.280 that way a football game a while, except that Arlington Orlando game, the 673 00:43:05.360 --> 00:43:07.360 ten nine one that kind of tuned me out. But that first half was 674 00:43:07.400 --> 00:43:12.320 pretty tough to get through. But the second half made up for you know, 675 00:43:12.360 --> 00:43:15.679 became a lot more engaging and whatnot. And it was good for me 676 00:43:15.840 --> 00:43:20.840 on the football side to see DeAndre Johnson like actually looked like a pocket quarterback. 677 00:43:20.880 --> 00:43:22.559 And I love his rushing ability. I think that's great and whatnot. 678 00:43:23.000 --> 00:43:28.000 But even on his incompletions, he was sitting in the pocket and he was 679 00:43:28.039 --> 00:43:30.679 throwing some of the best footballs I've seen him throw up. There were two 680 00:43:30.760 --> 00:43:36.159 drops that I saw him throw that like from the receiver's Randy Sadderfield was one 681 00:43:36.199 --> 00:43:39.320 of them, and the ball just zipped out of his hand and I'm so 682 00:43:39.400 --> 00:43:43.800 glad and this is a big thing. And I don't want to poo poo 683 00:43:43.880 --> 00:43:47.400 the CFL right now because you know, very sensitive group of people. But 684 00:43:47.519 --> 00:43:52.559 when everyone talked about this two quarterback system went Dakota pru Cup, I was 685 00:43:52.639 --> 00:43:54.719 like, he's a slower version of DeAndre Johnson. Like, if you're going 686 00:43:54.760 --> 00:43:58.800 to do a two quarterback system, used Kyle Lalletta, And I don't think 687 00:43:58.840 --> 00:44:04.000 Lalletta's got enough of an upside with his arm to take DeAndre Johnson out of 688 00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:07.960 the game. Luiz Perez last year a very limited guy, especially in the 689 00:44:08.000 --> 00:44:13.880 outside the outside um like throwing to the outside parts of the field and whatnot. 690 00:44:14.360 --> 00:44:17.559 But you know, Perez has way more experience than Johnson did at that 691 00:44:17.639 --> 00:44:22.159 time. Johnson only played in the Spring League where him and Ben Holmes, 692 00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:24.519 you know, battled, battled for the starting job. I think they were 693 00:44:24.559 --> 00:44:28.320 with the Sea Lions. You know, Reid's cousin, brother in law over 694 00:44:28.400 --> 00:44:31.639 there. Um, great Cup champion, Ben Holmes, you know he's watching 695 00:44:31.840 --> 00:44:36.679 by the way, he's weird. Um. But the c Johnson kind of 696 00:44:36.679 --> 00:44:40.880 get full reign of this offense and actually implement uh, you know, his 697 00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:45.199 skill set and the development he's taking. Mike Riley's one of the better coaches 698 00:44:45.199 --> 00:44:47.559 in this league. I don't want to put, you know, put him 699 00:44:47.639 --> 00:44:51.400 on that high pedestill saying he's the best, because there are a lot of 700 00:44:51.440 --> 00:44:53.960 great coaches in this in this league. But to see him take that step 701 00:44:53.960 --> 00:44:59.119 forward, even if he went you know, the stat line changed to like 702 00:44:59.159 --> 00:45:00.800 five or fourteen, when you actually look at the film, he does look 703 00:45:00.800 --> 00:45:05.119 a lot better. Big shout out, by the way to Trey Williams. 704 00:45:06.320 --> 00:45:08.639 For whatever reason, this tweet you know is getting a lot of impressions. 705 00:45:08.639 --> 00:45:15.159 But Trey Williams totaled over a thousand career rushing yards between the after XFL and 706 00:45:15.199 --> 00:45:19.039 the USFL, So that's pretty cool because he does also have NFL experience. 707 00:45:19.039 --> 00:45:23.000 And then Darius Victor as well, pinballing his way and doing that consistent like 708 00:45:23.079 --> 00:45:25.880 give me the rock, you know, three yards, three yards, three 709 00:45:25.920 --> 00:45:29.760 yards, and then he breaks off of a couple of rushes of fifteen and 710 00:45:29.840 --> 00:45:32.840 thirty yards and it's such a well balanced attack because look at the numbers, 711 00:45:32.840 --> 00:45:37.159 they're all with it. You know, Williams had eight carries. Johnson I 712 00:45:37.159 --> 00:45:40.639 think had four carries. A couple of those were actually you know, read 713 00:45:40.679 --> 00:45:45.679 option plays and then Victor had nine. The Generals are starting to hit stride. 714 00:45:45.760 --> 00:45:47.239 They're going to become a little bit difficult to deal with, especially if 715 00:45:47.280 --> 00:45:51.679 Johnson finds consistency and is able to make those play as they have a great 716 00:45:51.719 --> 00:45:58.719 receiving corps, you know, cam eCos, Alonzo Moore, an Alt League 717 00:45:58.880 --> 00:46:01.440 veteran coming up on a thousand yards career in the Old League and whatnot. 718 00:46:02.000 --> 00:46:06.840 And then those tight ends aren't aren't anyone the scoff at as well. Toby 719 00:46:06.920 --> 00:46:09.480 Johnson looks a lot better this year than he did last year, and he's 720 00:46:09.519 --> 00:46:14.639 creating a decent amount of push up and push up front. So this General 721 00:46:14.679 --> 00:46:16.960 seems a lot better than I think people give him credit for. I don't 722 00:46:16.960 --> 00:46:21.199 think they get over the hump um, you know, going to winning the 723 00:46:21.280 --> 00:46:24.960 championship because you know, this league to me runs through the breakers and the 724 00:46:25.039 --> 00:46:30.760 stallions. But overall, you know, they're proving that they could be a 725 00:46:30.679 --> 00:46:35.039 you know, a playoff team once more, which is great for Mike Ridley 726 00:46:35.159 --> 00:46:40.199 and his grandson who's an assistant coach apparently. Yeah, it's this was tough. 727 00:46:40.519 --> 00:46:44.960 This was like the m rob game and I'm a I'm a big Michael 728 00:46:45.039 --> 00:46:47.719 Robinson fan with the Seahawks. I do think this is like the weakest broadcasting 729 00:46:49.039 --> 00:46:52.199 team out there. And talking about McCleod, the oh you gotta extra down, 730 00:46:52.239 --> 00:46:54.719 like it's gotta be easier for him here than the Sea off like this, 731 00:46:54.840 --> 00:46:58.639 some weird takes that way. But this was good, I say, 732 00:46:58.719 --> 00:47:01.119 certainly turned up in the second half. Evan thoughts on that thoughts, I'm 733 00:47:01.119 --> 00:47:05.960 a cloud anything General's breakers. Yeah, I mean, you know, it 734 00:47:06.000 --> 00:47:07.840 wasn't a perfect day for MBT, but still got the job done. Still 735 00:47:07.880 --> 00:47:12.159 had two hundred and seven nine passing yards. Looked like a veteran um. 736 00:47:12.599 --> 00:47:15.840 This was a bit of a difficult game for New Orleans, and I'm not 737 00:47:15.840 --> 00:47:17.800 gonna say it wasn't difficult for New Jersey either, but it really it was 738 00:47:17.840 --> 00:47:21.679 twenty to seventeen. It was a really close game, a really good game. 739 00:47:21.719 --> 00:47:24.559 Definitely lived up to my expectation. West Hills was a bit slower too, 740 00:47:24.599 --> 00:47:27.960 but he still had two touchdowns. I mean, my god, man 741 00:47:28.039 --> 00:47:30.639 like west Hills is uh, he's looking that breaks some pretty you know, 742 00:47:30.960 --> 00:47:36.960 serious stats. I'm I think at least with touchdowns, if if he keeps 743 00:47:37.000 --> 00:47:37.920 up this pace, you know, Pat would have a better grasp on that 744 00:47:37.960 --> 00:47:42.480 than I do. But um, in terms of other things, like Sage, 745 00:47:42.480 --> 00:47:45.800 Sarat has been great. Um. He I knew he was gonna be 746 00:47:45.840 --> 00:47:47.519 good this season. I had a feeling, you know, definitely kept my 747 00:47:47.559 --> 00:47:51.719 eye on him, but he has, you know, really exceeded my expectations. 748 00:47:51.719 --> 00:47:54.320 He nearly had one hundred yards yesterday. And then we haven't really talked 749 00:47:54.320 --> 00:47:58.800 anything defense yet on the show, but um, you know, Vante digs 750 00:47:58.800 --> 00:48:01.239 for the Breakers looked great ye yesterday. I've had my eye on him since 751 00:48:01.599 --> 00:48:05.760 last year too. I think he flashed a lot of potential last year. 752 00:48:05.800 --> 00:48:07.159 Again, I'll have his numbers from twenty twenty two in front of me, 753 00:48:08.400 --> 00:48:10.920 but you know, he was with the Breakers then too, and you know 754 00:48:10.960 --> 00:48:15.599 I look at him now and he had a phenomenal game yesterday. So that 755 00:48:15.679 --> 00:48:19.679 was one. And then from the general's perspective, I talked about DeAndre Johnson 756 00:48:19.800 --> 00:48:22.360 on the show last week, so I won't get too much into him here. 757 00:48:22.599 --> 00:48:27.079 But this was another game where didn't have amazing numbers, at least in 758 00:48:27.079 --> 00:48:30.159 the passing game. But as Pat said, there were a couple of passes 759 00:48:30.199 --> 00:48:32.000 that were dropped and I really liked what he was doing with his arm. 760 00:48:32.039 --> 00:48:36.400 I think, um, you know, he's come a long way, like 761 00:48:36.440 --> 00:48:42.239 he's DeAndre Johnson is a perfect example of why spring football is important for development, 762 00:48:42.440 --> 00:48:45.159 especially the quarterback position, because a guy like DeAndre Johnson, you know, 763 00:48:45.239 --> 00:48:49.599 came out in twenty twenty, was undrafted, then in twenty twenty one, 764 00:48:49.679 --> 00:48:52.239 you know, went to the Spring League with the Sea Lions, and 765 00:48:52.280 --> 00:48:55.360 then you know, last year, obviously he was in the USFL with the 766 00:48:55.400 --> 00:48:59.880 Generals, but Perez was there, and Perez obviously as the upper hand with 767 00:49:00.000 --> 00:49:04.119 his experience and his abilities, so this wasn't really an opportunity for him. 768 00:49:04.159 --> 00:49:07.920 Now, I think DeAndre Johnson is still finished year with like seven hundred passing 769 00:49:07.960 --> 00:49:09.519 yards or something. Last season, like he had a role, you know, 770 00:49:09.519 --> 00:49:13.519 he had a couple of touchdowns, and again they really used that sort 771 00:49:13.559 --> 00:49:15.440 of run element. And I think I said it in the last week's show 772 00:49:15.440 --> 00:49:19.480 too, but I'll repeat it again. Reminds me a lot of what Houston 773 00:49:19.559 --> 00:49:22.880 did in the XFL with Brandon Silvers and Cole McDonald. That was what the 774 00:49:22.960 --> 00:49:24.159 Gens kind of did last year, where you have, you know, a 775 00:49:24.199 --> 00:49:27.880 guy who can just you know, stand in the pocket like Perez and just 776 00:49:27.920 --> 00:49:30.960 you know, throw downfield and then you kind of bring in a guy behind 777 00:49:30.039 --> 00:49:36.159 that on package plays as adding a run element. But now DeAndre has full 778 00:49:36.199 --> 00:49:37.960 control over the offense, and I think it's been really cool to just see 779 00:49:38.039 --> 00:49:42.360 him kind of find his groove. And then the Generals have a couple of 780 00:49:42.360 --> 00:49:45.480 guys too in the receiving department that have come a long way, like a 781 00:49:45.559 --> 00:49:49.440 Cam eccles Looper would be a great example of that. And then yeah, 782 00:49:49.440 --> 00:49:52.360 I mean just all around at Darius Victor. You know, we've talked about 783 00:49:52.440 --> 00:49:53.880 him, you know, plenty of times. I mean, at this point, 784 00:49:53.960 --> 00:49:57.440 he's a veteran. You know, he's I don't know how old he 785 00:49:57.519 --> 00:50:00.679 is now, but he's probably up there twenty eight, twenty nine. You 786 00:50:00.719 --> 00:50:04.880 know, he can still run extremely well. And Mike has said it before 787 00:50:04.880 --> 00:50:10.360 because he covers the Generals. But Darius is having a great USFL. He's 788 00:50:10.400 --> 00:50:14.239 having a really fun time and that's really important. You know, a guy 789 00:50:14.280 --> 00:50:16.360 at his age, you know, finally finding his groove that late after you 790 00:50:16.400 --> 00:50:20.519 know, bouncing around um the NFL for a bit and being in the XFL 791 00:50:20.559 --> 00:50:23.639 in twenty twenty with the Guardians. You know, just happy for guys like 792 00:50:23.719 --> 00:50:27.559 him, you know, it's all again we can talk about you know, 793 00:50:27.639 --> 00:50:30.519 these games, right and how they play out and you know how sort of 794 00:50:30.519 --> 00:50:34.719 the flow of things is and the broadcast people. Again I'm a Mike Robinson 795 00:50:34.760 --> 00:50:38.079 fan. Two. But what's really important to me again in all these leagues, 796 00:50:38.119 --> 00:50:40.559 not just the USFL, but like, you know, just seeing certain 797 00:50:40.599 --> 00:50:45.840 players again, like the DeAndre Johnson's and like the Camael's Loopers and all that, 798 00:50:45.920 --> 00:50:47.400 and even like an MBT even though he's been around for a while, 799 00:50:47.599 --> 00:50:52.440 to see him kind of again have this uh like revival and I mean he's 800 00:50:52.480 --> 00:50:54.880 been good for a while, but just to see him, you know, 801 00:50:55.000 --> 00:50:59.159 do this on a different stage with a different set of people. It's just 802 00:50:59.199 --> 00:51:02.559 all cool that the storylines will never not be cool to me. It's funny 803 00:51:02.639 --> 00:51:07.920 here. Lewis asked the question in the chat, Uh, I wonder the 804 00:51:07.960 --> 00:51:09.639 USFL would allowed groups of fans to own the franchise? Could you send that 805 00:51:09.679 --> 00:51:14.199 Green Bay from that people pulled their money with only take a few moment fans 806 00:51:14.480 --> 00:51:17.000 uh fang and show football man can't hagshom football? Get on it? Get 807 00:51:17.039 --> 00:51:21.079 on it. You can own one of the guys he used to were for 808 00:51:21.159 --> 00:51:22.480 me. Matt Yeah, he's part of the owner of the wild Aces. 809 00:51:22.599 --> 00:51:27.760 That's now the what was it should have been starved or whatever? Paths roll 810 00:51:27.760 --> 00:51:31.880 in his eyes. Uh Andy Murray checking in from from from far East. 811 00:51:31.960 --> 00:51:36.880 The Professor improves of the wicked beer and energy on the stream. Welcome to 812 00:51:37.000 --> 00:51:38.960 the show. Uh yeah, we just had a lot of chat chatter here 813 00:51:38.960 --> 00:51:43.800 in the in the in the chat about only in a USFL franchise movie that 814 00:51:44.320 --> 00:51:45.920 anything else we've We've talked so much we had to get to the last game 815 00:51:45.920 --> 00:51:47.840 before we get out of here for an hour? Who knew we had to 816 00:51:47.840 --> 00:51:51.719 whom? Who knew these haters had so much to say about the US Well, 817 00:51:51.760 --> 00:51:54.079 I actually have to go because I have to go help Ducky drive his 818 00:51:54.159 --> 00:51:59.239 walls real quick. But no, I'm here from the Long hall Um. 819 00:51:59.239 --> 00:52:05.679 The cool thing that that we saw as well as West Hills obviously taking like 820 00:52:05.800 --> 00:52:08.000 another facet of the impact is him in the receiving game. You know, 821 00:52:08.079 --> 00:52:13.400 he had some tough runs and then towards the end kind of broke broke off 822 00:52:13.440 --> 00:52:15.000 a couple more. They inflate the stat line a little bit, but you 823 00:52:15.039 --> 00:52:20.239 know, West Hills putting over I think one hundred and forty all purpose yards 824 00:52:20.239 --> 00:52:23.000 between that, So I think that's a great facet of the game. Something 825 00:52:23.000 --> 00:52:27.199 about breakers tight ends, man, like you know, you put that breakers 826 00:52:27.880 --> 00:52:30.480 uniform on and save Sharratt. He had a couple of bad drops. I 827 00:52:30.519 --> 00:52:36.320 think he had three, so that took his game from like a minus one 828 00:52:36.360 --> 00:52:39.760 hundred yard game to he'd obviously be over a hundred. Someone who's not they 829 00:52:39.800 --> 00:52:44.360 talk about him a little bit, but I had him as my number four 830 00:52:44.480 --> 00:52:47.599 or five player coming into the USFL in twenty twenty three is Jared Fernandez, 831 00:52:49.039 --> 00:52:52.599 and I think he's one of the better linebackers in the league. Pass coverage 832 00:52:52.599 --> 00:52:55.760 is okay, but definitely a top tackler in the league as well. And 833 00:52:55.800 --> 00:53:00.559 I don't think he gets talked about enough. A little bit of MBT shade, 834 00:53:00.760 --> 00:53:06.280 I feel like, and you know, people, I don't know if 835 00:53:06.280 --> 00:53:09.239 you do this, but his wife is also an executive at Disney in Atlanta, 836 00:53:09.360 --> 00:53:13.079 and that's why he came back to it, came back to America to 837 00:53:13.079 --> 00:53:19.800 play football. But m MBT was an All Star in Canada, Like this 838 00:53:19.960 --> 00:53:23.519 dude was a top two, top three passer there not according to the CFL 839 00:53:23.559 --> 00:53:27.159 fans, which is wild to me. I mean, it's wild to me 840 00:53:27.280 --> 00:53:30.800 that I still see comments like, oh, he wasn't even that good in 841 00:53:30.880 --> 00:53:35.599 the CFL. Yeah, um here, all right, I have some copium 842 00:53:36.079 --> 00:53:40.679 for you. Um as people would say, I mean, the guy also 843 00:53:40.719 --> 00:53:44.760 played in the NFL for like seven years, Like yeah, it was a 844 00:53:44.800 --> 00:53:47.480 practice squad guy. But like it's hard, that's that's not an easy thing 845 00:53:47.559 --> 00:53:51.760 to do to be like, oh, our quarterback Scurt, Yeah, let's 846 00:53:51.760 --> 00:53:55.119 bring him the twenty seven year old MBT, like because obviously he's just a 847 00:53:55.199 --> 00:53:59.480 scrub. No, when when your quarterback gets hurt, that means you're putting 848 00:53:59.519 --> 00:54:02.719 in your back up who's also more prone to get hurt because he's not practicing 849 00:54:02.719 --> 00:54:07.039 as much. And now his you know these random yeah, no, like 850 00:54:07.239 --> 00:54:10.320 they're salty john Like that's one percent true. So like you know, give 851 00:54:10.400 --> 00:54:15.000 those guys like these Josh Johnson's and whatnot, like the sign the guy because 852 00:54:15.000 --> 00:54:17.360 you're not you're signing him because your quarterback's hurt. You're like, Okay, 853 00:54:17.400 --> 00:54:22.159 if we have to put another human being in, we have to play this 854 00:54:22.280 --> 00:54:25.960 dude. So I just laughed here in the chat. Sorry, I just 855 00:54:27.360 --> 00:54:30.079 Lewis is we're still on the owning the us franchise, and I think this 856 00:54:30.159 --> 00:54:35.159 is my favorite comment stage ever. No, no, let me let me 857 00:54:35.239 --> 00:54:37.559 die on this hill real quick. Okay, okay, okay. I do 858 00:54:37.639 --> 00:54:43.639 not want anyone who watches this show to buy a USFL franchise. And the 859 00:54:43.719 --> 00:54:47.199 reason being is because, and I'm not trying to pour shame people here, 860 00:54:49.079 --> 00:54:52.199 it is expensive to have this and there's probably some guys who are making three 861 00:54:52.280 --> 00:54:58.599 hundred brands that follow us or whatever. Bro, if I'm buying the franchise, 862 00:54:58.960 --> 00:55:01.440 are gonna be selling a couple helicopters first off, And I'm paying each 863 00:55:01.440 --> 00:55:05.119 one of my guys a minimum of one hundred and fifty K. And I'm 864 00:55:05.159 --> 00:55:07.280 saying, you do not go to the NFL. You work for me. 865 00:55:07.559 --> 00:55:10.719 This is what you're doing. I do not care, because we are going 866 00:55:10.760 --> 00:55:15.280 to run circles through this league. I would bring back herschel Walker. I've 867 00:55:15.280 --> 00:55:17.760 seen the guy. I've seen the guy in person recently. Guy is yoked. 868 00:55:17.840 --> 00:55:22.400 Still, Okay, I'm bringing back people. I don't want anyone that 869 00:55:22.440 --> 00:55:25.960 in this in the price range of what the USFL team is Bro ten million 870 00:55:27.000 --> 00:55:30.519 dollars right now, cash, like dude, man, come on, like 871 00:55:30.679 --> 00:55:37.719 stop, no, no, let's stop do you even run a business if 872 00:55:37.800 --> 00:55:40.800 Dad's high ends in right now, we'll get over here. This is my 873 00:55:40.840 --> 00:55:44.119 favorite jage. You guys still would like to know the price range to a 874 00:55:44.159 --> 00:55:46.719 Fox and value these teams that and then J J K K, who I 875 00:55:46.760 --> 00:55:53.119 think is the US Examel fancies probably at least negative four million. It's my 876 00:55:53.119 --> 00:55:59.960 favorite one million dollars ten dollars. Last game here, Mawlers get the law 877 00:56:00.000 --> 00:56:02.199 All Stallions game in Mallers. You, though I have not looked great, 878 00:56:02.239 --> 00:56:07.079 this season looks better than they have in the past. Evan, any actual 879 00:56:07.920 --> 00:56:12.199 conversation on the Pats had Pat's got too of these impacts in right now? 880 00:56:12.960 --> 00:56:15.199 Yeah, no, I'll keep the football conversation up. I mean, I 881 00:56:15.280 --> 00:56:20.280 study sports business, so everything else around the game is important. But no, 882 00:56:20.360 --> 00:56:23.719 I mean, I'm happy to talk football. Let's see. I'm just 883 00:56:23.800 --> 00:56:28.039 I'm pulling up the stats. So, um, you know this game. 884 00:56:28.119 --> 00:56:30.440 This game was interesting again, another one that didn't exactly go the way I 885 00:56:30.480 --> 00:56:34.480 thought it would. I thought the Stallions would have taken this one, um 886 00:56:34.599 --> 00:56:38.440 a bit more commanding lee. Um you know, but uh, Pittsburgh again, 887 00:56:38.519 --> 00:56:44.280 like Pittsburgh has shown some flashes and they haven't necessarily won a lot of 888 00:56:44.320 --> 00:56:46.360 games. Yet they have one win. But like, again, Troy Williams 889 00:56:46.360 --> 00:56:50.280 looked good. They had you know, less than a hundred rushing yards, 890 00:56:50.320 --> 00:56:52.840 still barely, but like, um, what's the guy's name? Uh, 891 00:56:52.960 --> 00:56:57.719 yeah, Troy Williams on the on the Maulers, the quarterback. You know, 892 00:56:57.760 --> 00:57:00.599 he had a decent day rushing too. And then Garrett Groshek didn't do 893 00:57:00.639 --> 00:57:04.719 a lot, but I think he kind of offers like a unique element to 894 00:57:04.719 --> 00:57:07.960 their run game. And then yeah, I think Pat talked about it earlier. 895 00:57:07.320 --> 00:57:10.920 M Bailey Gaither and Isaiah Heney for the Mallers. I both really like 896 00:57:12.519 --> 00:57:15.719 Isaiah Henny in particular because I've seen him work out in person before. I 897 00:57:15.760 --> 00:57:19.639 was with him, like right before he signed with the Mallers, and he 898 00:57:19.719 --> 00:57:22.679 showed a lot of flashes at that time, and um, you know, 899 00:57:22.719 --> 00:57:23.719 I thought, oh, you know, here's a guy that can maybe do 900 00:57:23.800 --> 00:57:28.679 something. And he signed late last year with Pittsburgh I think, and you 901 00:57:28.719 --> 00:57:30.639 know, again showed a couple of things but nothing serious. And then this 902 00:57:30.719 --> 00:57:34.519 year he's just you know, he looks really good this year. I mean, 903 00:57:34.519 --> 00:57:36.960 he looks like he's found his stride. And him and Bailey Gaither are 904 00:57:36.960 --> 00:57:40.519 definitely sort of like a dynamic duo. And Trey Walker too. Didn't even 905 00:57:40.559 --> 00:57:44.360 mention him, but he's all right. I think he was there last year 906 00:57:44.360 --> 00:57:46.800 as well. And then you want to look at the defense again, because 907 00:57:46.840 --> 00:57:51.079 we haven't talked about defense a lot other than me having my bit about Vante 908 00:57:51.159 --> 00:57:54.400 Diggs and how much I liked him with the breakers. Kiava Tazino, I 909 00:57:54.400 --> 00:57:58.000 think his name is he. He's been all right this year again, led 910 00:57:58.039 --> 00:58:01.320 the team in tackles last night. Another maller from the Kirby Wilson era in 911 00:58:01.320 --> 00:58:06.719 twenty twenty two. And then let's see what else here. I want to 912 00:58:06.719 --> 00:58:08.440 talk about a Stallions for a bit. I mean Pittsburgh, I don't know, 913 00:58:08.760 --> 00:58:12.199 like they had a good game. They gave the Stallions a run for 914 00:58:12.199 --> 00:58:14.639 their money, but at the end of the day, this game, once 915 00:58:14.639 --> 00:58:17.199 again to me, was about Birmingham and yeah, McGoo had a very slow 916 00:58:17.239 --> 00:58:21.880 start, you know, through two interceptions early didn't look that great. And 917 00:58:21.880 --> 00:58:24.079 then I think it was at the two minute warning before the second half it 918 00:58:24.199 --> 00:58:28.320 kind of just seemed like there was a momentum shift and suddenly the Stallions kind 919 00:58:28.320 --> 00:58:30.440 of wrote it out for the rest of the game, especially with that Dion 920 00:58:30.519 --> 00:58:34.679 Kane returned touchdown. That was a fantastic play. I think it was ninety 921 00:58:34.719 --> 00:58:37.440 one yards or something. Good for Dion Kane. And then the other guy 922 00:58:37.480 --> 00:58:43.559 too is Davion Davis, who you know, I know personally, you know, 923 00:58:44.000 --> 00:58:45.480 met him because he used to play for the Roughnecks. He was there 924 00:58:45.519 --> 00:58:49.880 for I want to say, two games and you know, really nice guy, 925 00:58:50.960 --> 00:58:53.480 you know, just fantastic. I mean, he's really come a long 926 00:58:53.559 --> 00:58:57.239 way just in these couple of weeks in the USFL and I knew when he 927 00:58:57.320 --> 00:58:59.719 signed with the Stallions it was a good sign. I figured he was going 928 00:58:59.760 --> 00:59:02.639 to have a big role there and especially now that Marlon Williams is out, 929 00:59:04.000 --> 00:59:06.519 you know, he's really starting to get in his groove and this was a 930 00:59:06.519 --> 00:59:07.960 great day for him. Um. I think he had a he had a 931 00:59:08.000 --> 00:59:10.960 touchdown earlier in the season probably, I think it was a week one um, 932 00:59:12.000 --> 00:59:15.800 but quick shout out to Davion Man. I love that guy. And 933 00:59:15.840 --> 00:59:19.599 then yeah, on defense with the Stallions, you know, Scooby Wright coming 934 00:59:19.599 --> 00:59:22.280 back was a big talking point because obviously he last year, you know, 935 00:59:22.440 --> 00:59:25.719 was a key piece to their defense. And I don't think he's played this 936 00:59:25.800 --> 00:59:30.199 year, but he came back. Um, you know yesterday led the team 937 00:59:30.199 --> 00:59:32.760 in tackles, had a tackle for lost, nothing outstanding. You know, 938 00:59:32.840 --> 00:59:37.360 some of these defensive players, they haven't necessarily had like ridiculous stats, Like 939 00:59:37.440 --> 00:59:40.199 so far in the USFL, we haven't had like a Trent Harris or anything 940 00:59:40.199 --> 00:59:43.920 that comes out with a force that game. And that's totally okay. As 941 00:59:43.920 --> 00:59:45.079 Pat said, there's a lot of guys to fly under the radar, like 942 00:59:45.159 --> 00:59:49.519 Grod Fernandez on the breakers. I'm glad you brought that up earlier, by 943 00:59:49.519 --> 00:59:51.960 the way, but yeah, I mean, you know a Scooby Wright coming 944 00:59:52.000 --> 00:59:54.039 back was a really good look. And you know, overall, like yeah, 945 00:59:54.039 --> 00:59:57.800 the game just going back to the overall sort of flow of things. 946 00:59:59.039 --> 01:00:00.920 You know, Birmingham hims down a couple of guys right now, so like 947 01:00:00.920 --> 01:00:05.039 a bo Scarborough they don't have and you know, obviously Marlin Williams, Jamar 948 01:00:05.079 --> 01:00:07.280 Smith, those guys are out for the year. Alex McGoo kind of came 949 01:00:07.320 --> 01:00:10.559 back down to earth a bit after he's had a couple of really good performances, 950 01:00:10.840 --> 01:00:13.840 but they still got the job done. You know. It's one of 951 01:00:13.840 --> 01:00:15.039 those things. It was the same with the Breakers, right, like they 952 01:00:15.079 --> 01:00:19.480 had a close game with New Jersey, who again I figured the Generals would 953 01:00:19.480 --> 01:00:21.440 give the Breakers a run for their money, and they did. But in 954 01:00:21.440 --> 01:00:23.920 this case, you know, the Stallton's just kind of you know, veteran 955 01:00:24.000 --> 01:00:30.559 like complete roster really showed and again Dion Kane I loved. I was so 956 01:00:30.599 --> 01:00:34.639 happy to see that play because I've been pulling for Deon Kane for a while 957 01:00:34.679 --> 01:00:37.599 and you know, he's I want to say it's his second return touchdown to 958 01:00:37.639 --> 01:00:39.280 the year, but that one in particular at that time in the game, 959 01:00:39.679 --> 01:00:43.239 you know, really helped him out because I think that was after de Troy 960 01:00:43.280 --> 01:00:46.519 Williams touchdown. He had a run decently long rushing touchdown and you know, 961 01:00:46.599 --> 01:00:49.599 just great to see. It was all around, you know, a really 962 01:00:49.679 --> 01:00:52.840 nice win for Birmingham and you know, now at three and one, they're 963 01:00:52.920 --> 01:00:57.719 right behind the Breakers there in the in the playoff running. And it would 964 01:00:57.760 --> 01:01:00.599 be really interesting. I mean, you know, again fast forward however many 965 01:01:00.639 --> 01:01:07.559 weeks um, but it would be really interesting to see a Stallion's Breakers playoff 966 01:01:07.599 --> 01:01:08.960 game. I'm already looking forward to that because I already think it's going to 967 01:01:09.039 --> 01:01:13.440 happen. But that's definitely one to have circled on the on the schedule. 968 01:01:15.360 --> 01:01:17.320 Excuse me, Pat, any thoughts on this. The XFL just tweeted out 969 01:01:17.320 --> 01:01:22.039 they're all x all xfls. We'll talk about that and any other thoughts on 970 01:01:22.079 --> 01:01:25.360 the game. Light tweet this out. Um. I mean, as far 971 01:01:25.639 --> 01:01:30.119 as I've been vocal about this, with Birmingham as they were, I think 972 01:01:30.119 --> 01:01:35.559 they brought back sixty five or seventy almost almost seventy percent of their roster came 973 01:01:35.559 --> 01:01:40.639 back. So when the chips are down and you are met with adversity, 974 01:01:42.239 --> 01:01:45.639 the experience kind of you know, it comes to the comes to fruition. 975 01:01:46.199 --> 01:01:52.800 And the only thing negative out on the sidelines I really saw was you did 976 01:01:52.800 --> 01:01:55.480 see McGoo get a little bit more flustered than what I would like. And 977 01:01:55.599 --> 01:02:01.000 maybe that goes to some an experience whatever, that's another conversation. But he 978 01:02:01.079 --> 01:02:07.119 did regardless, is he knew he wasn't playing his best football to yesterday and 979 01:02:07.239 --> 01:02:12.159 he was still able to leave the team and do what they needed to do. 980 01:02:12.239 --> 01:02:15.199 The defense didn't panic. And something they brought up on the broadcast a 981 01:02:15.239 --> 01:02:20.199 lot is even though the Maulers are doing a great job running up and down 982 01:02:20.199 --> 01:02:22.719 the field, is when they got inside the ten, they could not finish. 983 01:02:22.920 --> 01:02:28.119 And that's something that bothers me a little bit because a couple times on 984 01:02:28.239 --> 01:02:31.400 first down they were within i think the five yard bod and they didn't even 985 01:02:31.440 --> 01:02:35.440 try the power you know, run the power player or anything like that. 986 01:02:36.679 --> 01:02:38.719 I'm not saying that Groschek with a guy in the end zone or anything, 987 01:02:38.760 --> 01:02:44.159 but he's a stocky dude. They had this guy, ironically, his name 988 01:02:44.239 --> 01:02:47.119 is Mason stock Either pullback, you know, they're throwing the ball off to 989 01:02:47.280 --> 01:02:50.960 him. He's a big dude. Like I'd like to see them go under 990 01:02:51.000 --> 01:02:52.239 center and just trying to power it in and you know, if you don't 991 01:02:52.239 --> 01:02:57.719 get on first down and get cute, that's fine. But Birmingham was able 992 01:02:57.719 --> 01:02:59.800 to kind of, you know, not the best game they played, not 993 01:03:00.079 --> 01:03:04.280 Goo's best game through some bad He missed two or three touchdowns I saw. 994 01:03:05.119 --> 01:03:07.960 And then when they were within the like they were on the seventeen, he 995 01:03:08.039 --> 01:03:13.360 missed Davey on Davis, he missed Jays Sternberger. With Sternberger could have caught 996 01:03:13.400 --> 01:03:15.920 that ball. It was a difficult catch, but he did get two hands 997 01:03:15.960 --> 01:03:19.800 on it. And then there was that interception that Dion came what Kane beat 998 01:03:19.920 --> 01:03:23.559 his the defensive back. So it was a little frustrating to see Magoo missed 999 01:03:23.599 --> 01:03:28.079 those throws. If he could make those throws, he'd probably be in the 1000 01:03:28.199 --> 01:03:31.480 NFL. But just kind of putting the team on his back, and you 1001 01:03:31.480 --> 01:03:37.039 know, a collective effort from the rushing attack without most Scarborough was a quandrary 1002 01:03:37.360 --> 01:03:42.280 White, CJ. Marrable doing you know all collectively, I think they all 1003 01:03:42.280 --> 01:03:45.079 had within about forty to fifty yards each. So you put up one hundred 1004 01:03:45.119 --> 01:03:49.239 and forty rushing yards, you're usually going to have a good game. The 1005 01:03:49.360 --> 01:03:53.960 Mueller's you know, we're it comes down the experience for me man like Muller's 1006 01:03:54.000 --> 01:03:58.280 gonna Mueller. We know who they are. You know, they're two wins 1007 01:03:58.320 --> 01:04:02.320 and what fourteen games at this point. It's it's a little bit frustrating, 1008 01:04:02.360 --> 01:04:08.159 but they are overall as a product, way more competitive to watch. Um. 1009 01:04:08.760 --> 01:04:11.440 You know, Evan touched on it with Damien Davis. You know, 1010 01:04:11.559 --> 01:04:14.719 this guy's been a major upgrade, especially with Marlon Williams out. You know, 1011 01:04:14.760 --> 01:04:16.840 we I think we all thought Williams would take that next step and then 1012 01:04:16.880 --> 01:04:20.719 he you know, got hurt, especially with the team not having it Cyrus 1013 01:04:20.719 --> 01:04:28.039 Mitchell and Victor Bolden Bold Victor Bolden this year. But you know, guys 1014 01:04:28.039 --> 01:04:30.320 are stepping up and you know, Magoo, like you saw, I said, 1015 01:04:30.760 --> 01:04:33.519 didn't play his best game but still got it done with his legs. 1016 01:04:33.559 --> 01:04:39.320 And you know that that touch both his touchdowns were awesome and the awareness he 1017 01:04:39.400 --> 01:04:42.599 had by the way it was kind of ticking down to, you know, 1018 01:04:43.000 --> 01:04:45.639 make sure he had appropriate ball placement and tap the end zone, not trying 1019 01:04:45.639 --> 01:04:48.199 to dive or anything. All you have to do is tap that pylon to 1020 01:04:48.280 --> 01:04:53.159 get a touchdown. That says a lot about you know, his football IQ. 1021 01:04:53.599 --> 01:04:58.320 And you know, Magoo's easily a top three, top four pat quarterback 1022 01:04:58.360 --> 01:05:00.960 in this league. And you're the win football games with that, and it 1023 01:05:01.039 --> 01:05:05.880 comes it's gonna come down to the Breakers and uh Birmingham in the South. 1024 01:05:06.360 --> 01:05:11.280 On the flip side, we're seeing a lot more competitiveness from the Maulers. 1025 01:05:11.599 --> 01:05:15.519 You know, they're not as air quote meimable, So it's you know, 1026 01:05:15.760 --> 01:05:18.440 I'm pretty I'm pretty okay with the product. I'd like to see, you 1027 01:05:18.480 --> 01:05:21.280 know, Pittsburgh punching in the end zone get a little bit more aggressive. 1028 01:05:21.360 --> 01:05:26.760 But in the end, if we talked about this last year that the Stallions, 1029 01:05:26.760 --> 01:05:30.360 who obviously won the championship, we're gonna win by four point points against 1030 01:05:30.400 --> 01:05:34.360 the Bullers probably be like, Okay, that's that's that's a good football game. 1031 01:05:34.400 --> 01:05:38.760 It was ugly at times, but overall it was way more engaging than 1032 01:05:39.599 --> 01:05:42.960 than that first half of the Breakers game. Uh, the last thing here, 1033 01:05:42.960 --> 01:05:45.239 We'll get out of here soon. We're over an hour. I appreciate 1034 01:05:45.280 --> 01:05:48.440 Patton Evans time today. Uh. Actually, USVEL did all that. XVEL 1035 01:05:48.519 --> 01:05:51.199 just tweeted that we could probably do a whole episode about this. I'm sure 1036 01:05:51.199 --> 01:05:55.599 we'll talk more about it on the live show coming up this weekend for the 1037 01:05:55.679 --> 01:06:00.440 kick out. But the XFL did send out they're all XFL team xbl's division 1038 01:06:00.519 --> 01:06:04.320 champions led the league and all XFL team honorrees with seven well all eight teams 1039 01:06:04.320 --> 01:06:08.079 had it was at least one player on there. We have Talmu here for 1040 01:06:08.159 --> 01:06:13.480 quarterback, Abraham Smith, running back Deontay Burnette, Key Butler over there, 1041 01:06:13.559 --> 01:06:16.800 Lucky Jackson, Decor Pearson, Cody Latimer, a lot of good names on 1042 01:06:17.000 --> 01:06:20.360 here. Evan any just again, we could do a whole thing about this. 1043 01:06:20.400 --> 01:06:25.239 Maybe any initial thoughts on kind of this All XFL team list is coming 1044 01:06:25.320 --> 01:06:29.039 up. Yeah, I'm just taking a look at it right now because I 1045 01:06:29.079 --> 01:06:31.679 haven't seen it. I see Deontay Burnette made it on there from the Roughnecks, 1046 01:06:31.679 --> 01:06:38.400 so congratulations. Um, I guess, well they say anything about mccaron 1047 01:06:38.440 --> 01:06:41.880 on there, or is that or are we just assuming that that's interesting? 1048 01:06:42.199 --> 01:06:45.280 Maybe I don't know, maybe that means there's better things to come, or 1049 01:06:45.599 --> 01:06:47.159 I don't know, maybe maybe that just means, you know, they favored 1050 01:06:47.199 --> 01:06:50.519 Talmu. But either way, good, good for him. I guess, 1051 01:06:51.639 --> 01:06:54.719 jeez, you really really put me on the spot here, man. I'm 1052 01:06:54.760 --> 01:06:58.480 just like, no, no, you're good. I'm just like, I've 1053 01:06:58.480 --> 01:07:02.239 not seen anything from this. I see Deonta Anderson on their two's someone I 1054 01:07:02.280 --> 01:07:04.840 talked to on a pretty regular basis. I shout out to him as well. 1055 01:07:05.159 --> 01:07:10.320 Um Pete tom a Panu, you have no question there a lot of 1056 01:07:10.320 --> 01:07:14.079 these again, I'm just looking over very m Jack Halflin too. That's a 1057 01:07:14.079 --> 01:07:15.280 good one. Glad they got him on there from the Roughnecks. Again, 1058 01:07:15.519 --> 01:07:18.480 I don't know, just like graze over this. I'll have a deeper look 1059 01:07:18.480 --> 01:07:20.920 into it later and I'll probably put some thoughts up on Twitter. But yeah. 1060 01:07:20.960 --> 01:07:25.440 I mean Mike already put out his you know kind of all XFL team 1061 01:07:25.440 --> 01:07:29.440 and some of this seems to be aligning up with that. So the bottom 1062 01:07:29.440 --> 01:07:31.920 line here is, look, if I can't you know, to stay away 1063 01:07:31.960 --> 01:07:35.079 from the or the players for a minute, even though that's what this is 1064 01:07:35.119 --> 01:07:39.760 about. It's great to see them get some recognition. I mean I won't 1065 01:07:39.760 --> 01:07:43.440 go to you know, deeply in the specific players because like like I said, 1066 01:07:43.480 --> 01:07:45.320 I'm just looking at this for the first time. But um, the 1067 01:07:45.360 --> 01:07:47.559 bottom line is, you know, it's good to see the XFL kind of 1068 01:07:47.559 --> 01:07:51.119 do this, you know, offense, defense, um, special teams, 1069 01:07:51.119 --> 01:07:54.280 you know, because the guy the players deserve this. You know, it's 1070 01:07:54.280 --> 01:07:58.119 not We've talked about it before, but it's um, you know, as 1071 01:07:58.199 --> 01:08:00.719 much as this league is a showcase to get film and yeah, the kind 1072 01:08:00.719 --> 01:08:02.800 of all spring football leagues are. You know, guys want to get to 1073 01:08:02.800 --> 01:08:06.440 the NFL. You know, there was a lot of time and effort and 1074 01:08:06.480 --> 01:08:09.920 money put into this season and you know, people really had to buy in 1075 01:08:09.960 --> 01:08:13.840 if you wanted to win. So this is kind of the fruits of labor, 1076 01:08:13.920 --> 01:08:15.880 you know, being shown in the form of you know, these awards 1077 01:08:15.880 --> 01:08:19.119 and honors and whatever. It's really good to see the league doing that and 1078 01:08:19.159 --> 01:08:21.319 not just saying like, oh, you know, here were a couple of 1079 01:08:21.399 --> 01:08:25.199 good players from our season, you know, and these teams it's like, 1080 01:08:25.239 --> 01:08:28.079 well, you know, they've really put some some thought into this, as 1081 01:08:28.119 --> 01:08:31.119 people like might have with their UM all XFL teams really, any one of 1082 01:08:31.199 --> 01:08:34.239 us who's covering a specific team, UM, it's a lot of time and 1083 01:08:34.279 --> 01:08:38.920 money and effort. Um. So again, just good to see this in 1084 01:08:38.960 --> 01:08:41.920 general. Yeah, they think that's on this before we get out of here. 1085 01:08:42.239 --> 01:08:45.520 I mean, I mean we could talk about we could talk about the 1086 01:08:45.560 --> 01:08:51.239 snub at cornerback when it came to the thrower of So this goes into my 1087 01:08:51.359 --> 01:08:57.359 high horse about who is an MVP, right and when you know, everyone 1088 01:08:57.479 --> 01:09:02.520 kind of throws it to the best player on in the league. And I've 1089 01:09:02.560 --> 01:09:09.600 always been very vocal of I think Andrew Luck should have been the MVP for 1090 01:09:09.720 --> 01:09:13.439 his you know, when he actually played, because at that time the Colts 1091 01:09:13.640 --> 01:09:17.439 were very bad, offensive line was bad, and he is he brought the 1092 01:09:17.479 --> 01:09:24.880 most value to his team of any league. While I do think that Jordan 1093 01:09:24.960 --> 01:09:30.039 Tayamo and you got a factor earned, his rushing ability was very valuable to 1094 01:09:30.079 --> 01:09:33.880 the team. Abram Smith a lot of times kind of you know, shilled 1095 01:09:33.880 --> 01:09:39.600 the rock, and Taamu had some pretty terrible passing games for his for the 1096 01:09:39.680 --> 01:09:44.399 first three games of the year. That all quarterback, all XFL quarterback, 1097 01:09:44.439 --> 01:09:48.560 in my opinion, should have came down to de Nucci or or McCarron and 1098 01:09:48.600 --> 01:09:51.439 then you know, flip a coin. You know, I'm biased towards McCarron 1099 01:09:51.479 --> 01:09:56.680 obviously with the Saint Louis thing, but in the end, like I think 1100 01:09:56.880 --> 01:10:00.039 ninety percent of people would agree that the quarterback position should have down to McCarron 1101 01:10:00.680 --> 01:10:09.000 and McCarron and Denucci. M good to see Jakim Butler on there. You 1102 01:10:09.079 --> 01:10:12.399 know, I feel like Darius Shephard kind of got a snub at receiver. 1103 01:10:13.079 --> 01:10:15.600 When you look at his numbers, they were a lot better, and you 1104 01:10:15.640 --> 01:10:18.800 know, I think he was top seven in yards, in top four in 1105 01:10:18.920 --> 01:10:23.359 receptions, and his touchdowns. I think he had six or seven touchdowns as 1106 01:10:23.359 --> 01:10:27.199 well. Burnett obviously had to drop off, just like a lot of the 1107 01:10:27.239 --> 01:10:30.560 Houston receivers, but in the end, nothing too crazy about that tight end 1108 01:10:30.600 --> 01:10:36.199 looks good to me. A little bit surprised at Stephen Gonzalez he was a 1109 01:10:36.199 --> 01:10:40.800 good, solid player. I think he's gonna give an NFL look, but 1110 01:10:40.960 --> 01:10:44.159 you know, he wasn't, you know, one of the staples of the 1111 01:10:44.359 --> 01:10:46.479 XFL. But you know, he's definitely a solid player and he definitely deserves 1112 01:10:46.560 --> 01:10:50.960 recognition. I'm glad I got he got him. Jared Jones Smith was suspended 1113 01:10:51.000 --> 01:10:55.479 for two games, but when he played, he ranked pretty high. Obviously, 1114 01:10:55.600 --> 01:10:59.279 when I watched him, there's only really one game where I thought, 1115 01:10:59.680 --> 01:11:01.119 man, this guy, you know, change it up a little bit, 1116 01:11:01.159 --> 01:11:04.720 But he ranked PFF wise. I think he was their top player two or 1117 01:11:04.720 --> 01:11:10.720 three times. Lavert Hill statistically had a good season, but I feel like 1118 01:11:10.800 --> 01:11:15.600 Lucas Dennis was a lot better than he was. The best defensive back he 1119 01:11:15.760 --> 01:11:19.680 raided the highest. Would a like to see him get that recognition, but 1120 01:11:19.880 --> 01:11:25.680 ultimately, you know, I don't make that decision. A big snub for 1121 01:11:25.880 --> 01:11:30.640 me on the BattleHawks was Carson Wells, and while Carson Wells didn't have the 1122 01:11:30.760 --> 01:11:36.319 sexiest stats, they lined him up inside on the defensive line as an interior 1123 01:11:36.359 --> 01:11:40.439 defensive lineman. He played the mic, he played the will, he played 1124 01:11:40.439 --> 01:11:45.640 the sam, he played the edge. They played multiple facets of special teams, 1125 01:11:45.640 --> 01:11:48.479 so his versatility. To me, the lack of recognition kind of hurts 1126 01:11:48.520 --> 01:11:54.239 a little bit. I don't think there's much debate with the return specialist. 1127 01:11:54.680 --> 01:12:00.640 Shepherd had almost a grand in returning yards overall. I think he had fifteen 1128 01:12:00.720 --> 01:12:04.479 hundred yards. And there were so many games where they were down and you 1129 01:12:04.520 --> 01:12:08.640 know, or the offense wasn't moving and he, you know, puts them 1130 01:12:08.640 --> 01:12:11.119 on the other side of the fifty. I know there's a couple of games 1131 01:12:11.119 --> 01:12:15.119 he had seventy yard returns. But even you know, the short kickoffs, 1132 01:12:15.840 --> 01:12:18.560 you know, getting them to the midfield, even if you're getting a field 1133 01:12:18.600 --> 01:12:21.479 goal, you know, when you're down ten nothing, and they turned that 1134 01:12:21.560 --> 01:12:24.720 into a ten three. Okay, all of a sudden, there's a ball 1135 01:12:24.760 --> 01:12:29.119 game going on right now. So as far as the BattleHawks, Carson Wells 1136 01:12:29.359 --> 01:12:33.079 and Carson Wells and Lucas Dennis are my big snubs. I mean, I 1137 01:12:33.399 --> 01:12:38.039 don't I don't feel like bothering people with talking about how great Aj is, 1138 01:12:39.119 --> 01:12:43.640 you know, because I think everyone knows knows that. And according to some 1139 01:12:43.720 --> 01:12:49.600 people, he was the MVP of the XFL and given by the official XFL, 1140 01:12:49.720 --> 01:12:54.760 even though it was given by US at an XFL and news Hub and 1141 01:12:54.800 --> 01:12:58.600 I'm pretty sure a lot of people think von Hutchins is white as well based 1142 01:12:58.600 --> 01:13:03.279 off the awards. Well that's good. Today we got a little XFL talking 1143 01:13:03.359 --> 01:13:06.119 there, and you didn't have to charge ourselves too much with the whole USFL 1144 01:13:06.119 --> 01:13:10.359 show. I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. Like I said, reminder, 1145 01:13:10.520 --> 01:13:15.680 we will be live San Antonio Saturday No Friday show this week. Working 1146 01:13:15.720 --> 01:13:17.520 on an interview though that might be kind of cool and we'll put it in 1147 01:13:17.760 --> 01:13:21.319 probably when we get back from Santonio. Evan, any final thoughts from you 1148 01:13:21.399 --> 01:13:25.640 today, we'll toss to Pat. I will be posting all the live show 1149 01:13:25.640 --> 01:13:29.359 information here coming up this week. Anything else from you, M definitely gonna 1150 01:13:29.359 --> 01:13:30.800 have to take a closer look at those, um, you know, the 1151 01:13:30.880 --> 01:13:34.000 all XFL team. But again, glad we could talk about that, and 1152 01:13:34.159 --> 01:13:38.600 I'm looking forward to the XFL Championship um next weekend. I mean, you 1153 01:13:38.640 --> 01:13:41.239 know, we did this entire show about USFL, and keep in mind, 1154 01:13:41.279 --> 01:13:43.960 I watched all the USFL games this weekend too, Just like Pat, I 1155 01:13:43.960 --> 01:13:45.399 had a lot of a lot of time on my hands just kind of hanging 1156 01:13:45.399 --> 01:13:48.159 around, so um, yeah, I was able to do that that was 1157 01:13:48.640 --> 01:13:51.760 that was good. Enjoy the games, enjoy talking about him, and yeah, 1158 01:13:51.760 --> 01:13:56.399 I'm looking forward to you know again, we'll have a bit of USFL 1159 01:13:56.560 --> 01:14:00.520 XFL crossover next weekend again because we'll have one XFL game and you know, 1160 01:14:00.560 --> 01:14:03.119 the four USFL games, But looking forward to it again. After that it'll 1161 01:14:03.159 --> 01:14:06.600 be you know, full USFL and then the CFL will eventually start too. 1162 01:14:06.680 --> 01:14:10.039 For again that crowd, you know, people who are interested in that, 1163 01:14:10.119 --> 01:14:14.520 which might include myself. So I'm excited. I saw Culti fitzar The tweeted 1164 01:14:14.560 --> 01:14:18.720 this morning he's landed in Montreal. He's tweeting that bonesera Montreal. Very excited 1165 01:14:18.800 --> 01:14:24.840 for that and watching the the travels of Clety fitzar the there and then you 1166 01:14:24.960 --> 01:14:28.159 land Pat. Anything else for me, not much. Um, it's gonna 1167 01:14:28.159 --> 01:14:30.079 be a busy week for me as far as articles, doing a bunch of 1168 01:14:30.479 --> 01:14:35.680 battle Hawks follow up from the season USFL quarterback rankings, I'll be doing as 1169 01:14:35.720 --> 01:14:40.600 well, um, so check me out for that. Just do a shameless 1170 01:14:40.600 --> 01:14:44.560 plug, you know, follow me on Twitter by Pat Raffino and on YouTube, 1171 01:14:44.600 --> 01:14:48.800 Analyze and educate. Shout out to Mike glass Um, quarterback of the 1172 01:14:48.800 --> 01:14:54.279 Alouettes, who has just got engaged and he'll be reporting the camp former e 1173 01:14:54.479 --> 01:14:58.000 m you guys, So you know, Fajardo looks like to be taking the 1174 01:14:58.079 --> 01:15:00.439 obviously QB one staffs. But you know, Mike Lass, you know Saint 1175 01:15:00.439 --> 01:15:05.399 Louis Native bounced around IFL guy should have a good opportunity to make that team 1176 01:15:05.399 --> 01:15:10.159 as well. So once again, thank you, you know read for having 1177 01:15:10.159 --> 01:15:14.600 me on. You know um and you know, full full force. We 1178 01:15:14.720 --> 01:15:17.800 got twenty weeks of football right now, so you know, a little bit 1179 01:15:17.840 --> 01:15:20.840 a little bit fatigued, but you know, I'm here for it because once 1180 01:15:20.880 --> 01:15:25.079 the NFL shuts off comes on, I can shut off my brain and just 1181 01:15:25.319 --> 01:15:29.119 Washington games as a fan. Yeah, I've we would between the Stanley Cup 1182 01:15:29.159 --> 01:15:31.239 and the USFL, XFL everything else a lot of a lot that we're in 1183 01:15:31.279 --> 01:15:34.760 the sports world right now. And I am glad that we basically pressured Pat 1184 01:15:34.840 --> 01:15:38.560 last week on the show and that changes us with our handles. So I'm 1185 01:15:38.560 --> 01:15:41.279 glad that we were able to like because we did that, right, we 1186 01:15:41.399 --> 01:15:45.119 kind of like bullied you into changing that. So I appreciate that. Evan. 1187 01:15:45.359 --> 01:15:48.119 Good luck with your move home from college for the summer. Pat, 1188 01:15:48.159 --> 01:15:51.399 good luck with everything in your travels. Thank you everyone. Like I said, 1189 01:15:51.439 --> 01:15:57.000 like and subscribe. We will see you Saturday and hopefully sandy. Birmingham 1190 01:15:57.119 --> 01:15:59.880 looked like there might be some rain, but hopefully sandy or at that burming 1191 01:16:00.079 --> 01:16:02.439 unless San Antonio. Where will I be, Sana Antonio. We'll see you 1192 01:16:02.479 --> 01:16:15.239 guys Saturday. Thanks again, I'm n