WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.880 --> 00:00:04.240 And we continue on Jonas Knox in today for Rodney 2 00:00:04.360 --> 00:00:09.160 five seventy LA Sports the NBA poll by coaches and scouts. 3 00:00:09.199 --> 00:00:10.919 We're gonna have that coming up later on in the 4 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:15.439 hour and get back into the Dodgers and the return 5 00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:18.640 of Evan Phillips. We'll talk about that, all right. Jonas 6 00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:23.079 looks like Ceedee Lamb is locked up, locked loaded, ready 7 00:00:23.079 --> 00:00:23.359 to go. 8 00:00:24.359 --> 00:00:26.800 Yeah, it's too bad. I mean, listen, the Dallas Cowboys 9 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:28.199 do a hell of a job trying to get us 10 00:00:28.199 --> 00:00:31.960 through the slow months. Dak Prescott's contract got us through COVID. 11 00:00:32.719 --> 00:00:36.039 I mean it was either that or those those drug 12 00:00:36.039 --> 00:00:38.439 addicts on Tiger King, Like that's all we had to 13 00:00:38.479 --> 00:00:41.240 go with during COVID. So I just want to thank 14 00:00:41.320 --> 00:00:43.840 Jerry Jones. I want to thank the organization for taking 15 00:00:43.880 --> 00:00:46.119 as long as possible to try and get these deals 16 00:00:46.159 --> 00:00:49.560 done in Dallas. It helps all of us because I 17 00:00:49.560 --> 00:00:52.159 got to be honest with you, like you know, the 18 00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:55.439 WNBA conversation like that was fun for a little bit. 19 00:00:55.880 --> 00:00:58.600 I just didn't really do a lot for me. But 20 00:00:58.799 --> 00:01:00.840 if we can argue back in and fourth about whether 21 00:01:00.880 --> 00:01:03.359 or not a guy should be paid when we all 22 00:01:03.399 --> 00:01:05.799 know deep down the deal's going to get done before 23 00:01:05.879 --> 00:01:08.200 the season, and we're going to look back and go, oh, 24 00:01:08.239 --> 00:01:10.239 that was kind of a waste of time. At least 25 00:01:10.280 --> 00:01:12.000 it got us through and gave us something to talk 26 00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:13.959 about for all these months. So I appreciate it. 27 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:17.560 I've had it fascinating early on in the process when 28 00:01:17.599 --> 00:01:20.480 Jerry Jones was asked, I don't. I don't. No real 29 00:01:20.560 --> 00:01:24.280 urgency here on my part, no rush to get this done. 30 00:01:24.359 --> 00:01:25.840 But of course on my part. 31 00:01:26.359 --> 00:01:28.560 He by the way, I love too the how Jerry 32 00:01:28.640 --> 00:01:31.879 Jones like comes out. He's talking so basically, Mike McCarthy's 33 00:01:31.879 --> 00:01:36.280 a lame duck coach, Dak Prescott's a lame duck quarterback 34 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:38.799 as far as final year of their contract. They can't 35 00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:42.400 franchise tag Dak Prescott. Mike McCarthy's entering the final year 36 00:01:42.439 --> 00:01:44.680 of his deal. And Jerry Jones is like, yeah, as 37 00:01:44.719 --> 00:01:47.120 far as like McCarthy goes, I mean, you know, I 38 00:01:47.159 --> 00:01:48.920 think it does. I think it is a good thing, 39 00:01:48.959 --> 00:01:50.400 you know, to have a little bit of angst going 40 00:01:50.480 --> 00:01:52.560 into your final year and all that stuff. And Michael 41 00:01:52.599 --> 00:01:55.359 McCarthy was talking about and he's like, I don't know 42 00:01:55.359 --> 00:01:57.120 when the hell it became easy to when you know, 43 00:01:57.159 --> 00:01:59.280 we're talking about playoffs, Like when did it become easy 44 00:01:59.319 --> 00:02:02.719 to win twelve games year? Like he's won twelve games 45 00:02:02.959 --> 00:02:05.920 the last three years in a row. Like he's been 46 00:02:06.359 --> 00:02:10.800 fantastic as a Cowboys coach. Any other organization he would 47 00:02:10.800 --> 00:02:13.400 have already gotten an extension by now. And Jerry Jones 48 00:02:13.479 --> 00:02:15.479 is like, yeah, whatever, we will let him wait a 49 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:17.479 little bit, you know, like, ye, screw it, We just 50 00:02:17.479 --> 00:02:18.199 will let him wait. 51 00:02:18.120 --> 00:02:18.439 A little bit. 52 00:02:18.479 --> 00:02:20.759 We'll he's got to prove another year to us. Say, okay, 53 00:02:20.960 --> 00:02:22.919 if they win twelve games again and they win a 54 00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:25.840 game in a postseason and then losing the next round, 55 00:02:25.840 --> 00:02:28.199 are you really gonna move on from him? Like you're 56 00:02:28.199 --> 00:02:30.439 gonna bring in Belichick? You think Belichick wants to deal 57 00:02:30.479 --> 00:02:33.960 with Jerry Jones and his medaling. Like the it's very strange, 58 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:35.800 but it works for them. As we pointed out, listen, 59 00:02:35.919 --> 00:02:38.199 ten billion dollar valuation, the Cowboys are. 60 00:02:38.120 --> 00:02:42.199 So well, what they've done is, you know, the Cowboys 61 00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:46.960 are kind of like the NBA. You you follow what 62 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:50.479 happens in the soap opera as much as you follow 63 00:02:50.599 --> 00:02:53.599 what happens on the field. And Jerry Jones has done that. 64 00:02:54.159 --> 00:02:56.919 He's done a masterful job of that, you know what. 65 00:02:57.039 --> 00:02:59.280 You know what, I don't think it's bad for him 66 00:02:59.280 --> 00:03:01.599 to go into five little year of his deal, you know, 67 00:03:01.719 --> 00:03:04.360 and give him a little ankst maybe give him a 68 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:08.719 little little pepping his step, give him a little kick 69 00:03:08.719 --> 00:03:12.680 in the butt. Does he mean so if he's so, 70 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:14.560 if this is not the final year of his deal, 71 00:03:14.919 --> 00:03:18.199 he's going to try to lose, right, if this is 72 00:03:18.199 --> 00:03:20.240 not the final year of his deal, that he'll phone 73 00:03:20.280 --> 00:03:20.479 it in. 74 00:03:20.879 --> 00:03:22.800 It's like, Jerry, you can fire him at any time, 75 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:24.639 you know, like if he's like, if he's got two 76 00:03:24.719 --> 00:03:27.240 years left and the team rolls out a bag of vomit, 77 00:03:28.159 --> 00:03:30.159 you know, for seventeen weeks in a row, like you 78 00:03:30.240 --> 00:03:32.960 can move on from him, Like that is possible. I mean, 79 00:03:33.039 --> 00:03:35.120 just do it. David Tepper did in Carolina. I mean, 80 00:03:35.159 --> 00:03:37.000 for God's sake, you could just do it, you know, 81 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:39.159 your buddies, that the Chargers did when they got rid 82 00:03:39.159 --> 00:03:41.520 of Marty Schottenheimer after he went fourteen and two. So 83 00:03:41.639 --> 00:03:42.120 there's that. 84 00:03:42.520 --> 00:03:44.800 Yeah, just not a good fit, just not a good 85 00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:47.240 foot anymore now. Yeah he went fourteen and two. 86 00:03:47.479 --> 00:03:50.360 Yeah, I was that. The reasoning, by the way, was 87 00:03:50.360 --> 00:03:52.280 that the reasoning that was it the fit. 88 00:03:53.039 --> 00:03:55.400 We just didn't get along with the GM. Yeah, you know, 89 00:03:55.400 --> 00:03:57.439 there's some issues there, so I'll just go in a 90 00:03:57.479 --> 00:04:00.680 different direction and then we'll fall apart because that's the 91 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:05.759 way we should do it. I am always mystified by 92 00:04:05.800 --> 00:04:10.400 those choices and those decisions you just miss Schuster. Of course. 93 00:04:10.560 --> 00:04:14.800 Now back with the Chiefs, and it's remarkable what they've done, 94 00:04:14.919 --> 00:04:18.000 you know, losing receivers as they did, but they have 95 00:04:18.040 --> 00:04:21.600 Patrick Mahomes and it just makes everybody better. So I 96 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:25.120 guess how important is it to have that all star 97 00:04:25.279 --> 00:04:27.879 stud receiver if you're with Patrick Mahomes. 98 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:30.079 Do you think that's what the thinking is with the Chargers? 99 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:32.639 Do you think they're like, well, listen, we you know, 100 00:04:32.680 --> 00:04:34.560 and we know we love Keenan Allen. He's got a 101 00:04:34.600 --> 00:04:36.920 year left on his deal, like you know, we like 102 00:04:37.000 --> 00:04:39.879 Mike Williams. Yeah, he's got the injury issues. But you know, 103 00:04:40.120 --> 00:04:42.040 as long as we've got Justin Herbert, we can figure 104 00:04:42.079 --> 00:04:45.920 it out. Because it's like, all right, like those are 105 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:49.279 like Keithan Allen's like a really really good player, Like 106 00:04:49.319 --> 00:04:52.240 he's like he's been really good in Bears camp for Chicago. 107 00:04:52.519 --> 00:04:54.879 Like that's and they just decided they're going to move on. 108 00:04:54.920 --> 00:04:57.040 They've got Justin Herbert and we'll figure it out from there. 109 00:04:58.160 --> 00:05:01.839 They needed depth, they needed money, They needed more depth 110 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:04.079 on the roster. That's why they let him go. I 111 00:05:04.079 --> 00:05:06.279 think they asked Keenan Allen, you know when you restructure 112 00:05:06.279 --> 00:05:08.720 and he goes, I'm not restructure, get anything, thank you. 113 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:12.680 I appreciate that. No, and Mike Williams would have been 114 00:05:12.680 --> 00:05:15.839 paid a lot. No, all right, So they had to 115 00:05:15.839 --> 00:05:18.399 spread that money around. They had roster holes to fill. 116 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:23.680 But keep this in mind, Justin Herbert is not Patrick Mahomes. 117 00:05:24.199 --> 00:05:27.560 Justin Herbert is very good, He's not Patrick Mahomes. So 118 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:31.879 you would think he would need more help with his receivers, 119 00:05:31.920 --> 00:05:35.759 and Mahomes would need more help. Do we really think 120 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:40.279 Justin Herbert is as good as Patrick Mahomes. I don't. 121 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:44.120 And I love Justin Herbert. No, but Mahomes is his 122 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:46.240 own guy. He's in his own world. 123 00:05:47.160 --> 00:05:50.120 He doesn't have well. I also think that this will 124 00:05:50.160 --> 00:05:52.279 be the real year like this will like this year 125 00:05:52.319 --> 00:05:56.720 will be interesting for Justin Herbert because Jim Harbaugh's style 126 00:05:56.800 --> 00:05:59.160 of play and the offense he's going to want to 127 00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:04.279 run may not reflect the best offensive output for Justin 128 00:06:04.319 --> 00:06:07.600 Herbert in years past, but they could end up being 129 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:11.480 a better team just based on who Jim Harby is 130 00:06:11.480 --> 00:06:15.959 as a coach. And it's almost as if Justin Herbert 131 00:06:16.040 --> 00:06:20.079 has been he's been kind of shadowed and covered up 132 00:06:20.160 --> 00:06:23.279 by how everybody felt about Brandon Staley, because when Justin 133 00:06:23.560 --> 00:06:26.319 Herbert had a bad game or he played poorly, it 134 00:06:26.439 --> 00:06:29.639 was like that really was a brief conversation and it 135 00:06:29.720 --> 00:06:32.279 was let's get back to Brandon Staley's decision on fourth 136 00:06:32.319 --> 00:06:34.680 down on the third quarter. Like it was like people 137 00:06:34.680 --> 00:06:38.040 had already made up their minds about Brandon Staley and 138 00:06:38.079 --> 00:06:40.079 how it was going to go with this team, and 139 00:06:40.839 --> 00:06:44.319 especially after the playoff loss, nobody was gonna forgive him. 140 00:06:44.399 --> 00:06:46.800 Like that wasn't on Justin Herbert. They're not going to 141 00:06:46.839 --> 00:06:49.040 talk about, you know, the inability to get things done 142 00:06:49.040 --> 00:06:51.160 in the second half. They're only going to focus on 143 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:53.959 the fact that Brandon Staley was the coach. He coughed 144 00:06:54.040 --> 00:06:56.600 up a big time lead at halftime and it was 145 00:06:56.639 --> 00:06:59.560 really before half the things started to slip away, and 146 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:01.680 Justin Herbert didn't really get a lot of the heat. Well, 147 00:07:01.720 --> 00:07:06.319 now we know harbacking coach like he's proven it everywhere 148 00:07:06.360 --> 00:07:09.160 he's gone. Now, I think maybe we'll start to have 149 00:07:09.199 --> 00:07:11.920 the discussion more about all right, so where is Justin 150 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:13.759 Herbert at this point in his career? Because I'm with you, 151 00:07:14.439 --> 00:07:16.560 I don't think he's Patrick Mahomes, but I do think 152 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:18.240 you can win a ton of games with him. And 153 00:07:18.319 --> 00:07:20.319 I think that if you're a team out there in 154 00:07:20.319 --> 00:07:23.480 the NFL, like there's probably twenty to twenty five teams 155 00:07:23.480 --> 00:07:25.759 that are like, we would love to have Justin Herbert. 156 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:29.120 And I'm just curious to see how that dynamic works 157 00:07:29.160 --> 00:07:32.560 with Jim Harbaugh, who listen, if you believe him recently, 158 00:07:32.759 --> 00:07:34.720 if you want to be stuck in an elevator with anybody, 159 00:07:34.800 --> 00:07:38.079 it's Justin Herbert, of course Jim Marva. So there is that. 160 00:07:38.720 --> 00:07:41.319 Yeah, I think that I think it'll be interesting to 161 00:07:41.319 --> 00:07:43.560 see how that plays out this year. But the thing 162 00:07:43.600 --> 00:07:47.839 about the Chargers, so might we look at Justin Herbert differently? 163 00:07:48.399 --> 00:07:52.000 If Brandon Staley had not nay palmed his own team 164 00:07:52.120 --> 00:07:54.560 when he was the coach, what do we view him 165 00:07:54.600 --> 00:07:57.560 differently because Herbert would have won more games? I mean, 166 00:07:57.600 --> 00:08:01.120 Brandon Staley, the Wones were self inflicted. 167 00:08:01.319 --> 00:08:02.639 Yes, if you think. 168 00:08:02.439 --> 00:08:05.680 About how good they could have been, and you know, 169 00:08:05.759 --> 00:08:08.879 those games oftentimes come down to a decision or two. 170 00:08:10.240 --> 00:08:13.800 He would make the wrong decision. He would put his 171 00:08:13.839 --> 00:08:18.720 own team in harm's way. Now, people then applauded him 172 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:20.800 and said, well, you know something, we like a guy 173 00:08:20.839 --> 00:08:22.759 that believes in us, and were like a guy that's 174 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:23.560 gonna go for it. 175 00:08:23.600 --> 00:08:27.439 He's got conviction, you know, like he's got his convictions. 176 00:08:27.439 --> 00:08:29.680 He believes in what he believes in. He's going for it. 177 00:08:29.800 --> 00:08:33.320 Like did he ever one time after a poor decision 178 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:35.200 come out afterwards and say, God, I wish I would 179 00:08:35.240 --> 00:08:36.960 have had that one back, because I swear to God, 180 00:08:36.960 --> 00:08:37.639 I don't recall it. 181 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:42.320 Ever, No, he explained why he did it, and I 182 00:08:42.360 --> 00:08:44.200 thought there would be a point in time where Tom 183 00:08:44.200 --> 00:08:47.559 Tolesco or even Dean Spannels or John Spanos would have 184 00:08:47.559 --> 00:08:49.200 called to him in and said, Okay, we like it, 185 00:08:49.440 --> 00:08:52.720 we love how aggressive you are, but let's revisit this 186 00:08:52.799 --> 00:08:55.559 a little bit. Let's, you know, take the foot off 187 00:08:55.559 --> 00:08:57.600 the gas a little bit in some of these situations 188 00:08:58.159 --> 00:09:03.120 because we're hurting ourselves. We're hurting ourselves. I'll tell you 189 00:09:03.159 --> 00:09:05.559 who else hurt themselves. Dan Campbell last year with the Lions. 190 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:14.000 Yes, that's the other one too, where everyone just assumes 191 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:16.519 that Detroit's going to be back. They just assumed. Listen, 192 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:19.759 and look, I love the roster Jared Goff and the 193 00:09:19.799 --> 00:09:21.840 way things have worked out with him there Am and 194 00:09:21.960 --> 00:09:24.399 Ross Saint Brown, like there's a lot to like about 195 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:26.600 it and a lot of Southern California ties, and the 196 00:09:26.679 --> 00:09:29.480 Rams are opening up at Detroit Sunday Night football to 197 00:09:29.519 --> 00:09:31.879 start off the year. Like, there's a lot to like 198 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:37.320 about the Detroit Lions. But good christ, did Dan Campbell 199 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:40.320 cough up that game in the NFC Title Game and listen, Like, 200 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:43.080 It's not as if the Lions played well all the 201 00:09:43.080 --> 00:09:46.039 way down the stretch, but there were decisions by Dan 202 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:48.120 Campbell that you're like, but I'll give him credit at 203 00:09:48.200 --> 00:09:51.840 least afterwards he goes, yeah, listen, you know, probably could 204 00:09:51.840 --> 00:09:53.960 have redone that one here was my thinking, but probably 205 00:09:53.960 --> 00:09:55.840 could have done this differently. Could probably could have done that. 206 00:09:56.000 --> 00:09:58.440 Brandon Staley had none of that, And I think that's 207 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:00.320 what turned off a lot of Chargers fans, Like there 208 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:04.440 was no accountability, There was no you know, upon further review, 209 00:10:04.600 --> 00:10:06.320 maybe I could have done this a little bit differently. 210 00:10:06.360 --> 00:10:07.840 It was just like, no, this is how I do it. 211 00:10:07.879 --> 00:10:11.279 That's why I did it, to your point, and we 212 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:13.519 live with the results. So he didn't have to live 213 00:10:13.559 --> 00:10:16.440 with the results, Like you didn't have to go for 214 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:19.159 the win the season before, you could have made the playoffs, 215 00:10:19.879 --> 00:10:22.840 like you didn't have to do like all of these decisions, 216 00:10:23.159 --> 00:10:25.399 like you didn't have to do it. But he did those. 217 00:10:25.879 --> 00:10:28.320 So we know there's gonna be significant upgrade for the 218 00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:32.639 Chargers at coach. Like, I'm just wondering how that impacts 219 00:10:32.840 --> 00:10:34.679 Justin Herbert, Like I think he's gonna be fine. Think 220 00:10:34.679 --> 00:10:37.960 he's gonna be still really really good player. It's just 221 00:10:38.039 --> 00:10:40.240 that style of offense may look a little bit different 222 00:10:40.279 --> 00:10:42.519 and the numbers may not be as sharp as they looked, 223 00:10:42.600 --> 00:10:45.159 you know, maybe previously without Jim Harbough there. 224 00:10:45.159 --> 00:10:47.960 Fair but all they asked him to do as the 225 00:10:48.039 --> 00:10:50.639 quarterback is make the plays when you need to make them, 226 00:10:51.039 --> 00:10:54.320 no matter what offense they run. I think Justin Herbert 227 00:10:54.440 --> 00:10:59.559 is very capable of that. I think, you know, healthy 228 00:10:59.799 --> 00:11:01.039 he can make the plays. 229 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:04.480 Also, people forget when Harbaugh got to the Niners, because 230 00:11:04.480 --> 00:11:06.399 if you're looking for the most recent example, if you're 231 00:11:06.440 --> 00:11:08.080 a Charger fan, you're like yeah. Well, listen, he did 232 00:11:08.080 --> 00:11:09.759 it in college. But we've seen coaches do it in 233 00:11:09.799 --> 00:11:11.159 college before and not be able to do it at 234 00:11:11.159 --> 00:11:13.879 the NFL level. Okay, well, we do have an example 235 00:11:13.919 --> 00:11:16.000 of the NFL and it was a four year run 236 00:11:16.080 --> 00:11:18.679 when he was with the Niners. And one of the 237 00:11:18.720 --> 00:11:21.320 things that, yeah, everyone talks about the success he had 238 00:11:21.399 --> 00:11:24.240 and the energy he brought the organization and you know 239 00:11:24.600 --> 00:11:26.639 who did it better than who likes it better than 240 00:11:26.720 --> 00:11:29.320 us or whatever the slogan is, nobody all. That's one 241 00:11:29.320 --> 00:11:32.519 of the things he did do was fix Alex Smith's career. 242 00:11:33.159 --> 00:11:35.399 Like Alex Smith was thought to be a quote unit 243 00:11:35.399 --> 00:11:37.919 even though I hate the word quote unquote bust number 244 00:11:37.919 --> 00:11:40.240 one pick. They chose him over Aaron Rodgers, so on 245 00:11:40.279 --> 00:11:43.759 and so forth. They blew through coach and coordinator. I 246 00:11:43.759 --> 00:11:46.000 think he went through like seven coordinators his first few 247 00:11:46.080 --> 00:11:50.200 years with the Niners. Jim Harbaugh went in there and 248 00:11:50.279 --> 00:11:52.919 they figured out a way to take what Alex Smith 249 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:56.320 did well apply that to the NFL. And before they 250 00:11:56.360 --> 00:11:59.440 turned the keys over to Colin Kaepernick, the Niners were 251 00:11:59.440 --> 00:12:02.960 in an NFL title game. They went to overtime with 252 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:06.240 the Giants in an NFC title game, and that ended 253 00:12:06.320 --> 00:12:09.679 up being the second Giants Patriots Super Bowl that the 254 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:12.600 Giants beat New England at that was that Hail Mary 255 00:12:12.639 --> 00:12:15.799 at the end that Gronk almost caught. The Niners were 256 00:12:15.960 --> 00:12:18.480 an overtime game away, and I believe it was at 257 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:21.320 home like it was in San Francisco from going to 258 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:24.600 a super Bowl. So yeah, Harbuck can do it at 259 00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:26.519 this level, and he can do it with a quarterback 260 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:29.080 that maybe doesn't have as much talent as justin Herbert, 261 00:12:29.279 --> 00:12:32.000 because he finds what the guy does well, he builds 262 00:12:32.039 --> 00:12:35.039 around it, plays to his strengths, and then lets him 263 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:37.639 run and lets him off and let him go figure 264 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:40.080 out and go do what they do, and then figures 265 00:12:40.080 --> 00:12:42.000 out a way to build success around him. So I 266 00:12:42.039 --> 00:12:44.639 think it's going to work. That dynamic, though, is going 267 00:12:44.720 --> 00:12:45.480 to be fun to watch. 268 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:54.039 All right, let's have a word from Jacob. Imagine you 269 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:56.000 are in an over or left. You're sitting in the 270 00:12:56.039 --> 00:12:59.399 back seat driving to your destination. 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Who 290 00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:56.519 will the Rookie of the Year be. Well, we'll try 291 00:13:56.559 --> 00:13:59.360 to look into the crystal ball when we come back. 292 00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:06.519 Jonas Knox in today for Rodney, Dodgers and Orioles. Tonight 293 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:10.200 you'll hear the game right here, Big seven games coming up, 294 00:14:10.279 --> 00:14:14.720 Jonas Big seven games. You talk about a playoff feel 295 00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:17.879 a playoff atmosphere. You've got three against Baltimore, You've got 296 00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:21.759 four against Arizona. It'll be fascinating to see where the 297 00:14:21.759 --> 00:14:23.000 Dodgers end up after all this. 298 00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:26.000 I love it, man, It's fun. This is fun. Like 299 00:14:26.039 --> 00:14:28.159 who wants to run away with a division with a 300 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:31.399 fifteen game lead and thirty games left? Like, who wants that? 301 00:14:31.519 --> 00:14:34.360 It's not fun for anybody. Let's get well, the nerves 302 00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:35.720 roll in a little bit. You don't. 303 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:38.399 No, that's not exactly right. It is fun if you 304 00:14:38.480 --> 00:14:40.720 do that. The problem is if you've done that and 305 00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:42.480 then you get to where it really counts and you 306 00:14:42.480 --> 00:14:44.440 get smacked in the mouth right at the beginning, it's 307 00:14:44.440 --> 00:14:44.840 no good. 308 00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:47.639 Yeah, but I do think there is something too. You 309 00:14:47.679 --> 00:14:53.639 go from kind of chilling, relaxing, feed up, kicking back, 310 00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:58.799 having a modello maybe Mitchellatta if it's a Monday, just 311 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:01.639 kind of watching the end of the regular season, you know, 312 00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:03.679 hanging out, having a Dodger dog, and then all of 313 00:15:03.720 --> 00:15:06.000 a sudden, the playoff starts and it's like, oh god, 314 00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:09.320 the record previous doesn't matter. It's oh no, and we 315 00:15:09.399 --> 00:15:11.600 got to figure it out, like there's there's such a 316 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:15.320 significant drop off at least we've seen also and this 317 00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:18.679 season't just applying to the Dodgers. You've seen teams in 318 00:15:18.759 --> 00:15:20.720 Major League Baseball, and it seems like it happens more 319 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:24.240 in Major League Baseball than it does elsewhere, where a 320 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:26.440 team will come out of nowhere, go on a heater 321 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:28.559 at the end of the regular season and they just 322 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:31.919 carry that momentum through the postseason and like yeah, yeah, 323 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:35.559 and so like whether it's the Braves, whether it was 324 00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:38.759 Arizona last year, whether like you just go through Major 325 00:15:38.840 --> 00:15:42.559 League Baseball, there's always a team that surprises people when 326 00:15:42.559 --> 00:15:44.759 they get into the postseason. They sneak in, they're a 327 00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:47.559 wild card team, they get on that run and then 328 00:15:47.559 --> 00:15:49.919 it just continues on. So if you're the Dodgers, just 329 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:55.440 keep playing hard nosed baseball games that matter, games at count, 330 00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:58.559 get into the postseason and go from there. I've been consistent. 331 00:15:58.600 --> 00:16:00.000 I've said the whole time they're gonna win a World 332 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:02.879 World Series, it's over. What do you mean this year 333 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:06.639 or this yet this year? Like they're winning the World 334 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:08.559 Series this year. I've said that when they were in 335 00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:11.759 a slump, it was myself and Vic the Brick who 336 00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:14.879 were standing there and getting ready to get in the 337 00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:17.639 car and drive off the cliff like Thelma Luiz holding 338 00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:21.159 hands and ready to celebrate a Dodgers World Series. And 339 00:16:21.200 --> 00:16:23.879 everybody around us is like, no, no, no, they got problems, 340 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:28.440 the bullpen, the injuries. Dave Roberts, he hasn't shown the ability. No no, no, 341 00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:31.320 they're winning the World Series. It's going to happen, and 342 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:34.480 it's happening this year. And if you're Major League Baseball, 343 00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:38.919 you just hope that if that's the case, it's against 344 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:42.080 the Yankees, cause if we can get Otani and Aaron 345 00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:45.559 Judge in the World Series, Come on, Fred, who's not 346 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:48.240 into that? With the seasons those two have had thus 347 00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:50.559 far in Major League Baseball? Who would not be into 348 00:16:50.600 --> 00:16:53.600 Aaron Judge versus show, Hey Otani in a World Series? 349 00:16:53.639 --> 00:16:55.080 You imagine that right now? 350 00:16:55.080 --> 00:16:59.320 Who do you want? More? Otani or Aaron Judge. 351 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:04.400 Otani? Yeah, Like, just like, I hope people understand, And 352 00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:06.480 this isn't like being a home or anything. I just 353 00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:13.279 hope people understand how preposterous this statement is. Show, Heyotani 354 00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:19.559 just became the fastest player ever to reach the forty 355 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:24.519 forty club and then the next day threw off the 356 00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:27.079 mound for the first time since Tommy John surgery. 357 00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:28.119 Yeah, we talked about that. 358 00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:31.400 Yeah, like, is anybody like actually taking a step back 359 00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:35.240 and said that statement out loud? Show Heyotani just went 360 00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:38.279 forty forty faster than anybody in the history of the game. 361 00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:40.960 Oh and by the way, he just threw off the 362 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:42.960 mound for the first time as well too, since Tommy 363 00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:49.279 John surgery. Wait, what, like, we're like, we're talking not 364 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:53.400 just rarefied air, but stuff we've never seen before. And 365 00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:56.440 he's doing it in real time in twenty twenty four. 366 00:17:56.799 --> 00:17:59.240 And it's here with the Dodgers in his mind, blowing 367 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:02.200 what this guy's doing. And it's almost like, yeah, we 368 00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:05.519 we recognize how crazy that is, but we don't. And 369 00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:08.440 and I see that statement, I go like, we're never 370 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:12.119 gonna see this ever again. Fred Ever, Well. 371 00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:13.920 I said, if he's already thrown off the mounta, let's 372 00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:16.240 tell him start a game in the playoffs. Rodney thought 373 00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:18.480 that was not a good idea. I said, well, if 374 00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:19.839 he's that good, let's get him out there. 375 00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:23.400 Well, I mean, you know, why don't we at least 376 00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:25.160 get the spring training and like work through some of 377 00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:28.240 this stuff, you know, Like I mean like, well, like 378 00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:29.599 what do you want, like do you want to get? 379 00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:31.039 Like yeah, well it's worth it if we can get 380 00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:33.000 a World Series this year. Let his arm fall off. 381 00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:35.160 It's like okay, well let's let's let's work them all 382 00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:37.559 the way back. But is that like have you ever 383 00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:42.559 seen anything like this, like like a player this talented 384 00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:44.880 And I'm talking like because we've seen talented like bo 385 00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:47.480 Jackson was a freak like Rebeal that don't remember Bo 386 00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:50.559 Jackson like that was but it was such a short 387 00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:53.559 period of time that it was a lightning. It was 388 00:18:53.680 --> 00:18:56.799 light it was a comet or it was whatever. A comet, 389 00:18:56.839 --> 00:18:58.559 not a star whatever I'm trying to say, but it 390 00:18:58.599 --> 00:19:00.480 was lightning in a bottle and you had to see 391 00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:03.960 it with Bo Jackson. And then Dion Sanders went and 392 00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:07.200 was actually really good in the postseason playing Major League 393 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:10.000 Baseball and then would go and do the NFL stuff 394 00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:12.160 and all that and all that was awesome to watch, 395 00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:16.240 but we've never seen this where he's doing what he's doing. 396 00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:18.960 He's lived up to everything that they thought he was 397 00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:21.720 going to be. There's been no concern even though there 398 00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:24.599 was some concern what's his average with runners in scoring position, 399 00:19:24.680 --> 00:19:26.799 all that crap that was going on early in the season. 400 00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:29.400 All and on top of that, he's also a really 401 00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:31.640