1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: Let's I'll start to you to present off the Bench 2 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:06,599 with Jacob Hester and T Bob Abert. 3 00:00:06,679 --> 00:00:08,839 Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah yeah. 4 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:11,919 Speaker 1: Off the Bench with Jacob Hester and T Bob Aber. 5 00:00:12,599 --> 00:00:13,679 Speaker 2: I got to come off the pitch. 6 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:17,359 Speaker 1: Now here's Jacob Hester and T Bob aber. 7 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:25,440 Speaker 2: Welcome in Hour number two, Wednesday edition of Off the Bench. 8 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:27,440 Taylor sharpiter with you filling in for Jacob Hester and 9 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:30,000 T Bob Abear. They are out all week long and guys, 10 00:00:30,039 --> 00:00:33,039 we are rolling right along here on this hump day. 11 00:00:33,079 --> 00:00:34,920 Give you a little recap of Hour number one. We 12 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:37,840 opened up talking LSU spring football. They will be back 13 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:41,240 on the practice field on Saturday. LSU had a surprisingly 14 00:00:41,359 --> 00:00:43,960 interesting baseball game against North Dakota State. We broke that 15 00:00:44,039 --> 00:00:46,640 down as well. Fortunately, we did have to talk a 16 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:49,880 little LSU basketball and I gave you the combine winners 17 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:54,600 and losers of this past weekend NFL combine. Right now, though, 18 00:00:55,359 --> 00:00:57,520 I want to kind of shift back towards LSU football 19 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:01,200 a little bit, as last week lshu's projected win total 20 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:05,519 came out by multiple odds makers and I have an 21 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:09,920 issue with this. So if you remember right after National 22 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:12,560 Signing Day, they do you know the way too early, 23 00:01:12,599 --> 00:01:15,120 top twenty five, the projected win totals, the Heisman favorites, 24 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:18,760 they do it all and LSU's win total was nine 25 00:01:18,799 --> 00:01:24,000 and a half. Since then, LSU was signed the number 26 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,480 seven recruiting class in the country, so at top ten class. 27 00:01:27,879 --> 00:01:31,120 They cleaned up nicely in the transfer portal. Added sixteen 28 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:34,480 transfer portal additions who were all going to play and 29 00:01:34,519 --> 00:01:38,319 play significant time on this football team. That gave them 30 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:42,680 the number one transfer portal class in the entire country. 31 00:01:43,519 --> 00:01:46,959 LSU's projected win total has actually dropped to eight and 32 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:52,680 a half. Why would the wind total go down after 33 00:01:52,719 --> 00:01:56,079 the portal That's my biggest question. Look, they had the 34 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:59,280 top transfer portal class. They got better at a lot 35 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:02,040 of positions of need. I opened the show today talking 36 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,400 about the wide receiver position, how much deeper it is 37 00:02:04,439 --> 00:02:07,079 from a year ago. Not only do you return production 38 00:02:07,439 --> 00:02:11,039 in Aaron Anderson, Chris Soilden Junior's XAVI on Thomas, you 39 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:13,479 added Nick Anderson, a six to five wide receiver from 40 00:02:13,479 --> 00:02:16,680 Oklahoma that everybody wanted. You added Barry and Brown, one 41 00:02:16,719 --> 00:02:21,319 of the fastest players in the SEC. You're also going 42 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:24,599 to move trade as Green around. He lost Mason Taylor. 43 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:26,840 He was so reliable at tight end. What do you do? 44 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:29,039 You go get not one but two transfer portal tight 45 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:32,599 ends in Bower Sharp and Donovan Green. Bower Sharp is 46 00:02:32,599 --> 00:02:34,039 going to be kind of your do it all tight end. 47 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:37,000 Donovan Green blocking specialists. We know how talented and athletic 48 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:40,319 trade as Green is. You're good there. Sure you lost 49 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,080 a lot on the offensive line, there's no question about 50 00:02:44,039 --> 00:02:47,879 you lose Gared Dellinger, Miles Fraser, Will Campbell, Emery Jones. 51 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:51,879 That's awful. The only guy back you had was DJ Chester, 52 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:55,759 who struggled at times at center. However, don't forget you 53 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,439 brought in Braylan Moore from Virginia Tech. I believe Breylin 54 00:02:58,479 --> 00:02:59,960 Moore is going to slide into center. That's going to 55 00:03:00,159 --> 00:03:02,719 allow DJ Chester to take one of those guard spots. 56 00:03:03,199 --> 00:03:06,000 You have carrieus Kerrn coming in, you have five stars 57 00:03:06,039 --> 00:03:09,280 Solomon Thomas coming in but freshman. I get it, But 58 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:12,599 those are really talented players. You ain't got Josh Thompson 59 00:03:12,599 --> 00:03:15,240 from Northwestern. He was one of the highest ranked offensive 60 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:16,840 linemen in the transfer portal. He's a guy that can 61 00:03:16,879 --> 00:03:20,639 play guard or tackle. So while you don't have a 62 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:22,639 ton of returning production. You still have a lot of 63 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:25,719 talent in that room. And that's not to mention about 64 00:03:25,719 --> 00:03:27,439 Bordelan who's been here for a number of years who's 65 00:03:27,479 --> 00:03:29,919 waiting to break through. And the other freshman that you 66 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:34,159 signed in that class. What about your dB route That 67 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:36,680 was a huge question mark for you. All you did 68 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:39,520 was sign the number one corner in high school football 69 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:41,879 and Dj Pigott, Wo's an early enroll lade who's going 70 00:03:41,879 --> 00:03:44,360 to make an immediate impact in all likelihood. You ain't 71 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:46,479 got Jakeem Jackson, who was a multi year starter in 72 00:03:46,479 --> 00:03:49,199 the SEC. You win got Mansor Delane, he was all 73 00:03:49,199 --> 00:03:54,240 acc it's safety. You went and got to Marcus Cooley. 74 00:03:54,599 --> 00:03:56,560 He had a really nice career at NZ State. Now, 75 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:59,360 I think that might be your weakest position, But if 76 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:02,159 Deshaun's can take that next step, if jav and Toviano 77 00:04:02,159 --> 00:04:04,360 can find a home at safety, you might be okay 78 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:07,439 there as well. You're moving Harold Perkins out the Star. 79 00:04:07,599 --> 00:04:10,199 Everyone's been begging you to do that for two years. 80 00:04:10,319 --> 00:04:13,520 Now you're finally doing that, and then you look at 81 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:16,160 the defensive line. I get it. You lost Bo Davis. 82 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:18,920 That is a huge blow. However, this came out before 83 00:04:18,959 --> 00:04:22,360 Bo Davis even took a job. You get Jacobe and 84 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:25,240 Gillery back. It was showing promise before that early season injury. 85 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:29,480 Shoan Washington's back. I mean, all of these guys are 86 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:31,480 back a mod Bros. Another year in he was a 87 00:04:31,519 --> 00:04:35,000 first year defensive tackle. Dominic McKinley six six, three hundred 88 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,439 and fifteen pounds. That's not including the guys you signed 89 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:42,560 in the transfer coming out of high school, Brandon Brown, 90 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:48,879 Zion Williams, Walter Mathis. I mean, these are big time 91 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:52,560 defensive line recruits. You win got side dere Mitchell, the 92 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:55,839 six four, three hundred and fifty pounds defensive tackle from Texas. 93 00:04:56,399 --> 00:04:59,399 These are guys that are going to make an impact. Again, 94 00:04:59,519 --> 00:05:01,439 you have a lot of young, unproven talent, but a 95 00:05:01,439 --> 00:05:03,480 lot like the offensive line, you might be a lot 96 00:05:03,519 --> 00:05:08,120 deeper in terms of talent. Garrett Nussmeyer, let's not forget 97 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,319 about him. We talk about him being in the Heisman 98 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:13,319 conversation going into twenty twenty five, he said his second 99 00:05:13,399 --> 00:05:16,120 year as a starter. We talked about the jump that 100 00:05:16,199 --> 00:05:18,000 Joe Burrow made year one to year two, the Jayden 101 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:20,399 Daniels made to year one to year two, not to 102 00:05:20,439 --> 00:05:22,120 say that Garrett Knowlsmyer will or will not do that, 103 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:23,720 but he certainly has the talent to do so, because 104 00:05:23,759 --> 00:05:28,879 we saw it in flashes last year. LSU returns both coordinators, 105 00:05:29,399 --> 00:05:31,399 So Joe Sloan and Garrett Neilsemyer are only going to 106 00:05:31,399 --> 00:05:35,600 get even more familiar with each other. Sure, the offensive 107 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:37,279 lines are concerned, but outside of that, you may have 108 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:40,160 gotten better at every single position. You return your quarterback, 109 00:05:40,319 --> 00:05:43,519 your deeper at receiver. Talent wise, you lose Josh Williams 110 00:05:43,519 --> 00:05:46,040 a running back, but you signed Harlan Berry and JT. Lindsay, 111 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:48,439 two of the best running backs in high school football. 112 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:52,600 We'll see what Caleb Jackson does. Cayden Durham's going to 113 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,000 be your bell call in all likelihood. And then again, 114 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:58,759 you look at the defense. Corey Raymonds back, you shored 115 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:00,839 up the dB group. He brought in a lot of 116 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:04,319 talent from the transfer portal. And then when Blake Baker 117 00:06:04,399 --> 00:06:07,600 was at Missouri, he took an awful defense and made 118 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:10,959 them respectable his first year, very similar to what he 119 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,800 did at LSU this past year. In Blake Baker's second 120 00:06:13,879 --> 00:06:19,759 year at Missouri, he turned them into a top thirty defense. Overall, 121 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:23,759 why can't he do that here at LSU. The additions 122 00:06:23,759 --> 00:06:26,959 on defense should get people excited. I just talked about 123 00:06:27,199 --> 00:06:30,519 d line secondary. Even the linebacker spot you got wit 124 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:34,360 Weeks West Weeks should be fully healthy. You signed a 125 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:38,800 couple really talented guys at linebacker. Devon Keys showed a 126 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:40,279 whole heck of a lot at the end of the year. 127 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:43,279 He was awesome in that Baylor game. And then again, 128 00:06:43,639 --> 00:06:45,759 the more you shore up that group, the more Harold 129 00:06:45,759 --> 00:06:48,079 Perkins can just stay at Star full time, which I 130 00:06:48,079 --> 00:06:49,959 think he's going to have a big impact there as well. 131 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:54,399 There are certainly weaknesses on this team, but you can't 132 00:06:54,439 --> 00:06:58,360 tell me that before signing class and transfer portal till now. 133 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:04,079 They've actually gotten works. And the weirdest thing about it 134 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:06,319 if you go look at the teams that are actually 135 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:08,839 ahead of them in the SEC in terms of projected 136 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:12,480 win total. Texas nine and a half, that's fine. Look, 137 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:15,040 they're going to have a good defense once again, Archie 138 00:07:15,079 --> 00:07:16,879 Manning's wing to take over at quarterback. You should be 139 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:18,439 able to slide right in there. They still don't have 140 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:22,120 a returning starter at quarterback Tennessee at nine and a half, 141 00:07:24,439 --> 00:07:26,519 I don't Garrett knows Meyer was better than Nico Yama 142 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:29,480 Liiava this year. I think he certainly has more weapons 143 00:07:29,519 --> 00:07:32,560 around him. LSU did better in high school recruiting. They 144 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:35,439 did a lot better in the transfer portal class. Tennessee 145 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:37,399 might have a little bit more of a proven offensive line, 146 00:07:37,399 --> 00:07:39,519 but LSU is still talented at that spot. If a 147 00:07:39,519 --> 00:07:42,519 couple guys can emerge there, you'll be fine on defense. 148 00:07:42,639 --> 00:07:44,639 They lose James Pearce, He's likely going to be a 149 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:47,079 first round pick. How are they going to replace that gap. 150 00:07:47,439 --> 00:07:49,399 I'm not saying Tennessee is not a talented team, but 151 00:07:49,759 --> 00:07:52,800 are you telling me that Tennessee is going to actually 152 00:07:52,839 --> 00:07:54,439 be better than LSU this year? I don't see it. 153 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:56,279 I didn't see it last year when everybody said that. 154 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:59,360 We heard it going into last year. LSU's the most 155 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:01,360 overrated team in the SEC. To to see is the 156 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:04,720 most underrated team in the SEC. They were so comparable 157 00:08:04,759 --> 00:08:06,680 a year ago. I didn't see how any of those 158 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:08,959 can be true. They finished about the exact same way. 159 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:14,120 I see that again. But all things equal, returning production wise, 160 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:15,879 LSU did a heck of a lot better in recruiting 161 00:08:15,879 --> 00:08:17,720 and than the transfer portal I don't see how you 162 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:23,800 can have Tennessee over them Alabama at eight and a half. Look, 163 00:08:23,839 --> 00:08:26,959 Alabama is who they is. I get it, they've won 164 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,240 a lot of titles. I understand that Nick Savan's not 165 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:32,960 there anymore. But who's Alabama's quarterback? It's either going to 166 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,000 be Ty Simpson, who's had three years to win the 167 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:42,240 job and hasn't done it yet, or true freshman Keeland Russell. Also, 168 00:08:42,279 --> 00:08:46,000 Ryan Williams a great player, without a doubt, the best 169 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,480 wide receiver in the SEC. Great who's going to be 170 00:08:48,519 --> 00:08:51,240 next to it? He end at the running back position. 171 00:08:51,399 --> 00:08:54,039 He lose justice hands. He wasn't a great piece, but 172 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:56,440 he was solid. He was a serviceable player. He went 173 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:58,799 in there, he got some tough yardage for you. He 174 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:00,679 played a lot of the Josh william role, which I 175 00:09:00,759 --> 00:09:03,799 just talked about yesterday. So again, I'm not sitting here 176 00:09:03,799 --> 00:09:06,600 saying the Lashue is going to be some juggernaut program. 177 00:09:06,639 --> 00:09:10,039 But you're going to tell me that. With both coordinators returning, 178 00:09:10,279 --> 00:09:12,639 with Garrett nel Smier back at quarterback for a second year, 179 00:09:14,639 --> 00:09:17,480 you get in more weapons on the outside. Your biggest 180 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:20,679 loss on offense the offensive line and Mason Taylor you 181 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:22,480 do about as good of a job as you possibly 182 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:26,360 can to replace the guys you lost. You get two 183 00:09:26,399 --> 00:09:28,240 really good players out of the transfer, Pudal on the 184 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:30,639 offensive line and Braylin Moore and Josh Thompson do a 185 00:09:30,639 --> 00:09:32,720 good job in high school recruiting two five stars with 186 00:09:32,799 --> 00:09:37,679 Carrius Cerns and Solomon Thomas Bower, Sharp, Donovan Green, Tradees Green, 187 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:41,519 they should be able to be more than okay at 188 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:45,279 tight end. And then on the defensive side of things, 189 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:47,720 you're deeper at d line than you were a year ago. Look, 190 00:09:48,039 --> 00:09:50,440 that's the biggest loss is bo Davis, because he had 191 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:52,799 that defensive line group playing a lot better than they 192 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:55,679 actually were a year ago. Even with that, even with 193 00:09:55,759 --> 00:09:59,399 the loss of Jacoby and Gillery, you basically had g Opaiez. 194 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:01,759 You had freshman a mod Bro he'd really never played 195 00:10:01,799 --> 00:10:05,080 defensive tackle up until that point. You'd freshman Dominic McKinley, 196 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:08,720 who was super raw. Searan Washington got in there a 197 00:10:08,759 --> 00:10:11,120 little bit. I mean, you you had to piece together 198 00:10:11,159 --> 00:10:12,919 that day. You have a lot of talent. You have 199 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:15,279 Brandon Brown coming in. I mentioned Walter Mathis, I mentioned 200 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:17,679 Zion Williams. Zion Williams is sixty four to three hundred 201 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:20,720 and thirty pounds Jacobe and Gillory was the only guy 202 00:10:20,799 --> 00:10:22,960 you had last year with any experience who looked like that. 203 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:26,440 Now you have Dominic McKinley on top of that, he's 204 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:28,559 a year in the program. Side dear Mitchell's coming in 205 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:32,799 from Texas. Again, I'm not saying the LSU is going 206 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:34,279 to be some juggernaut, that they should be a top 207 00:10:34,279 --> 00:10:35,879 five team preseason, because I think there are a lot 208 00:10:35,879 --> 00:10:37,799 of question marks on this team. But if you're going 209 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:40,200 to tell me that not only did they drop and 210 00:10:40,279 --> 00:10:45,200 win total after the transfer portal, but the Tennessee is 211 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:49,480 above them, that Alabama is above them, and we know 212 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:55,799 that for certain, I can't get behind that. Look at 213 00:10:55,799 --> 00:10:59,080 the guys in portal. I mentioned sixteen editions Bower, Sharp, 214 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:02,240 Barrion Brown, Michael van Buren. Hopefully Michael van Buren won't 215 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:03,799 have to play, but you've got a really good quarterback 216 00:11:03,799 --> 00:11:06,519 out of the portal, Pestin Hill, Nick Anderson, Braylan Moore, 217 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:10,000 Josh Thompson, Donovan Green. That's just only offense. On defense, 218 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:14,480 jakeem Jackson Man Sword de Lane talked about the edge 219 00:11:14,519 --> 00:11:17,679 position losing Brayden Swinson and saveon Jones. You had a 220 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:21,720 Jamari Butler, Jack Pieburn, Patrick Payton, and you signed Damian Shankle, 221 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:24,840 and you still have Gabriel Reliford back who showed a 222 00:11:24,879 --> 00:11:27,559 lot of flashes a year ago. Again, I'm not saying 223 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:31,519 that this team is going to be top five preseason, 224 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:34,120 but you can't tell me that their wind total should 225 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:36,240 have dropped after the transfer portal. I don't agree with 226 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:37,799 that at all. All right, look, we're going to take 227 00:11:37,799 --> 00:11:41,320 a quick time out when we get back. Hey, uh, 228 00:11:42,039 --> 00:11:44,000 mob draft came out for the New Orleans Saints and 229 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:47,240 a name keeps getting brought up at nine overall, which 230 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:49,639 I am now fully on board with. We'll get into 231 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:51,559 that here on the other side, on off the bench, 232 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:54,559 rof the bench. Get Gordon dot com. 233 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,399 Speaker 3: Get Gordon dot Com is the website, and we tell 234 00:11:57,399 --> 00:11:59,559 you every single day as soon as you go to 235 00:11:59,639 --> 00:12:01,360 the home it's going to pull up, you can have 236 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:04,480 a chat with them right there on the main page 237 00:12:04,519 --> 00:12:07,120 of the website. 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So you can check that 246 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:31,679 out as well, because like we said, I mean, they're 247 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:34,039 always doing something throughout the state. 248 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:35,440 Speaker 2: Speaking of throughout. 249 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:36,960 Speaker 3: The state, if you want to pick up the phone 250 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,759 and give them a call, it is your area code 251 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:45,440 from Shreveport to Rustin, from Rustin to Lafayette, Lafayette to Baton, Rouge, 252 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:46,759 New like wherever you're at. 253 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:47,679 Speaker 2: Put your area cod. 254 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:50,080 Speaker 3: Follow about eighty eight eighty eight eighty eight, Get Gordon 255 00:12:50,159 --> 00:12:51,039 and get it done. 256 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:54,600 Speaker 1: Welcome in to the best morning sports this show around, 257 00:12:55,039 --> 00:12:57,000 Off the Bench with Hester and t Bob. 258 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:02,279 Speaker 2: Welcome back in Wednesday edition of Off the Bench. Taylor 259 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:04,679 Sharper with you, filling in for Jacob Hester and t 260 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:06,919 Bob Abear. They're out all week long. They will be 261 00:13:07,039 --> 00:13:11,799 back on Monday. I haven't had any troll text from 262 00:13:11,799 --> 00:13:14,720 T Bob this morning, A little upset about it. Heard 263 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:18,159 from our guy a little bit yesterday. Quiet morning for 264 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:19,840 our guy, Tea Bay bab Bear. I bet he had 265 00:13:20,159 --> 00:13:22,080 a late night out there in Disney party and a 266 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:26,120 little too hard with Mickey. Okay, I mentioned it before 267 00:13:26,159 --> 00:13:28,039 we went to break there that the Saints are being 268 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:30,200 linked now in the first round to a player that 269 00:13:31,159 --> 00:13:33,600 initially I did not want them to draft, but now 270 00:13:34,399 --> 00:13:36,720 I am all in on this. So yesterday we had 271 00:13:36,759 --> 00:13:42,080 Nick Underhill one and he mentioned that he believes right 272 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:44,039 now the Saints are kind of leaning one of two ways. 273 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:47,679 It's either Ashton Genty or Tyler Warren. Well, the Sporting 274 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:50,759 News they put out their mock draft yesterday, they also 275 00:13:50,799 --> 00:13:53,600 have the New Orleans Saints selecting Penn State tight end 276 00:13:53,639 --> 00:13:56,039 Tyler Warren at number nine. There's a lot of smoke 277 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:58,519 around this right now. He's about as complete of a 278 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:02,279 tight end as it gets. This makes a ton of 279 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:05,720 sense because of your current tight end situation. Initially I 280 00:14:05,759 --> 00:14:08,480 was like, no, you gotta go d line, maybe a 281 00:14:08,519 --> 00:14:11,559 receiver on the outside. I am perfectly fine with going 282 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:13,279 Tyler Warren. As a matter of fact, I'd be thrilled 283 00:14:13,279 --> 00:14:16,279 with it. Look at your tight end room from a 284 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:20,120 year ago. Juwan Johnson is set to become a free agent. 285 00:14:20,279 --> 00:14:22,919 Do you really want to re sign him? I don't 286 00:14:22,919 --> 00:14:24,240 know how. I mean, if the price is right, but 287 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:26,360 you're in cap hill, you can't really pay anybody all 288 00:14:26,399 --> 00:14:29,600 that much. Foster Moro is entering the final year of 289 00:14:29,639 --> 00:14:33,159 his deal. And look, both of these guys, they've been 290 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:35,480 good players. They haven't been great. I mean, they've been 291 00:14:36,159 --> 00:14:40,200 you know, solid NFL tight ends. But how much are 292 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:43,480 you willing to spend or overspend to keep either of 293 00:14:43,519 --> 00:14:46,159 those guys? I love Falseter Moro, He's an LSU guy, 294 00:14:46,279 --> 00:14:49,360 but I mean, look, he's not a top tier NFL 295 00:14:49,399 --> 00:14:51,519 tight end, and that's perfectly fine, but you have the 296 00:14:51,559 --> 00:14:54,240 ability to get one in the upcoming NFL draft. Look 297 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:57,039 if you look at each of them's numbers what they 298 00:14:57,039 --> 00:15:02,279 did this past season. Juan Johnson fifty catches, five hundred 299 00:15:02,279 --> 00:15:05,799 and forty eight yards, three touchdowns, good season. Foster Morrow 300 00:15:07,399 --> 00:15:10,840 similar thirty two catches, four hundred and thirteen yards, five touchdowns, 301 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:18,639 another solid season. Together, they make a really solid tight end. However, 302 00:15:19,279 --> 00:15:22,200 you got to get under the cap number somehow. If 303 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:25,679 you let Juwan Johnson walk, even if you let Foster 304 00:15:25,759 --> 00:15:27,519 Morrow play out the final year of his deal, which 305 00:15:27,559 --> 00:15:29,679 I'm not sure you do, he could become a cap 306 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:32,639 casualty because you've got to get under that number. Let's 307 00:15:32,679 --> 00:15:34,639 say you do cut Foster Morrow. So let's say you 308 00:15:34,679 --> 00:15:38,679 don't re sign Jawan Johnson and you release Foster Morrow 309 00:15:38,759 --> 00:15:41,120 to get under the cap. All you're left with now 310 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:44,039 is Taysom Hill, who is really not a pure tight end. 311 00:15:44,279 --> 00:15:46,200 I mean, Taysom Hill can make things happen for you 312 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:48,919 really regardless of where he's out on the football field, 313 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:51,960 but he's not that pure traditional tight end really in 314 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:57,799 any sense of the work. Enter Tyler Warren. Tyler Warren 315 00:15:57,879 --> 00:16:01,440 is six foot six, two hundred and fifty pounds, and 316 00:16:01,799 --> 00:16:05,080 the resume speaks for itself. This past season, he played 317 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:08,320 in sixteen games. He caught one hundred and four passes 318 00:16:08,919 --> 00:16:11,879 for twelve hundred and thirty three yards and eight touchdowns 319 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:14,879 eleven and a half yards perception. He also ran the 320 00:16:14,919 --> 00:16:20,480 ball two hundred and eighteen yards four touchdowns. Not done, 321 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:22,759 he completed three of six passes for thirty five yards 322 00:16:22,799 --> 00:16:25,720 in a touchdown. He can do a little bit of everything. 323 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:30,080 That makes a lot of sense because Taysom Hill's getting older, 324 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:32,080 he's coming off of an injury, he's about to be 325 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:35,039 thirty five. We know the large cap that he has, 326 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:37,399 and we've talked about it. You probably can't trade Taysom 327 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:39,080 Hill because I don't really know how good his trade 328 00:16:39,159 --> 00:16:43,279 value would be at this point. Not only can Tyler 329 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:46,399 Warren slide in there and potentially be your starting tight 330 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:50,799 end for the next decade. In the immediate future, he 331 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:52,840 can take over that Taysom Hill role. Now, is he 332 00:16:52,879 --> 00:16:54,960 going to be Taysom Hill? Probably not. He's not as 333 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,320 fast as tastem. He's not quite as versatile as Taysum, 334 00:16:57,360 --> 00:16:59,320 but he's done a lot of those things in college. 335 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:01,919 We saw him at Penn State lineup in the quarterback position, 336 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:05,599 take the direct snap quarterback sneak it. I mentioned he 337 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:09,519 completed three passes this year. You had twenty six carries 338 00:17:09,559 --> 00:17:14,279 at Penn State this past season, and that doesn't even 339 00:17:14,319 --> 00:17:15,720 scratch the service on what he can do as a 340 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:17,960 tight end as far as a receiver and a block. 341 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:24,279 I think he's a complete player. But also this is 342 00:17:24,279 --> 00:17:28,880 a very deep tight end class. I believe Mason Taylor 343 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:31,160 could be there in the third round. Gunner Helm could 344 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:34,519 be there in the third round a little bit later 345 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:36,160 on if you want to grab a tight end late. 346 00:17:37,079 --> 00:17:38,880 I get that he played a Bowling green, but Harold 347 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:41,759 Fannin could be there, not necessarily a starter year one. 348 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:44,680 That's if you keep a guy like Foster Morritt. So 349 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:46,319 there's a lot of options. But if you want a 350 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:48,640 guy who is plugging play day one, we want him 351 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:51,720 to be our every down starting tight end. Tyler warns 352 00:17:51,799 --> 00:17:54,559 that guy, and I wouldn't hate it. I think Mason 353 00:17:54,599 --> 00:17:56,440 Taylor can do it. I think Gunner Helm can do it. 354 00:17:56,960 --> 00:17:58,200 And you can say, okay, well that may be the 355 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:00,480 best option because you could wait for rounds two and three. Yeah, 356 00:18:00,519 --> 00:18:02,200 but you can't promise that they're going to be there. 357 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:05,000 Somebody could always reach and fall in love with these 358 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,160 guys and grab them before anybody projects them to go 359 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:09,559 off the board. Then you're just sitting there with no 360 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:15,400 titand in nine overall, if Tyler Warren is there, I'm 361 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:16,880 not saying it's the Saint's big ast need, but it 362 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:19,160 would be really, really hard to pass off when a 363 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:24,400 player of his caliber. Let's say you didn't grab Tyler Warren, though, 364 00:18:24,759 --> 00:18:27,960 Let's say you went Tenero McMillan, or you went somewhere 365 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:31,799 on the defensive line and that drusher. Could you trade 366 00:18:31,799 --> 00:18:36,079 for a tight end. There's free names out there, but 367 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:39,680 again they have to be cheap options because you still 368 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:43,599 have to get under that cap number. I looked at 369 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:46,640 a few teams that have not won but two starting 370 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:51,160 caliber tight ends. The first one I will look at 371 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:55,160 as the green Bay Packers with Luke Musgrave. LUKEA. Mausgrave 372 00:18:55,279 --> 00:18:57,519 was a second round pick coming out of Oregon State. 373 00:18:57,960 --> 00:18:59,599 He is six foot six, he is two hundred and 374 00:18:59,599 --> 00:19:02,240 fifty five pounds. He has the body to be in 375 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:05,400 every down tight end. He's only twenty four years old. Now, 376 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:08,160 if you remember two years ago when he was drafted, 377 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:11,000 Green Bay also took Tucker Kraft in the same class. 378 00:19:11,039 --> 00:19:13,519 They took two tight ends in the same draft, one 379 00:19:13,599 --> 00:19:16,279 round apart. Musgrave went in the second, Craft went in 380 00:19:16,279 --> 00:19:20,759 the third. Now, in twenty twenty three, I mean, Luke 381 00:19:20,839 --> 00:19:22,920 Musgrave looked like he could be in every down tight end. 382 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:26,119 Thirty four receptions, three hundred and fifty four yards, he 383 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:29,720 had a touchdown, and him and Tucker Craft kind of 384 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:33,960 shared time. But Tucker Craft exploded this year. I mean, 385 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:35,680 he was one of the best tight ends in the NFL. 386 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,599 So what happened twenty twenty three to twenty twenty four 387 00:19:38,799 --> 00:19:40,960 I mentioned in twenty twenty three thirty four catches three 388 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,559 hundred and fifty two yards. Last year he was in 389 00:19:44,599 --> 00:19:45,960 and out of the lineup because of injury, but he 390 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:49,200 also got passed up because of Tucker Craft. Luke Musgrave 391 00:19:49,279 --> 00:19:51,960 only played in seven games, started three of them, seven catches, 392 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:59,079 forty five yards, two touchdowns. That's a guy that is talented. 393 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:02,200 You've seen him be able to give you some production 394 00:20:02,799 --> 00:20:07,440 at the tight end position as a rookie. He's also 395 00:20:07,519 --> 00:20:11,559 won a second round rookie contract, which he does one thing. 396 00:20:11,559 --> 00:20:15,640 It makes him affordable, a productive player in a good 397 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:19,359 offense's splitting time. Who wants to be a full time 398 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:21,640 tight end. You need a every down tight end. And 399 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:24,160 he's affordable, and he's gonna make what million and a 400 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:26,559 half two million dollars next year, and he's got two 401 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:28,279 years left on his rookie deal, so you can get 402 00:20:28,319 --> 00:20:30,359 him for two years at that price at about a 403 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:33,640 million and a half two million. The other guy I 404 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:36,039 want to look at his Michael Mayer for the Raiders. 405 00:20:36,559 --> 00:20:39,119 You guys remember Michael Mayer. I mean he was the 406 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:44,680 last Brian Kelly tight end at Notre Damet sixty four 407 00:20:44,839 --> 00:20:46,440 two hundred and sixty five pounds. I mean, there was 408 00:20:46,519 --> 00:20:48,000 rumors that he was going to be the first tight 409 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:51,680 end off the board in twenty twenty three. Now he wasn't. 410 00:20:51,759 --> 00:20:54,160 He fell with the second round. Dalton Kincaid was drafted 411 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:57,400 by the Buffalo Bills in round one. He falls to 412 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:00,440 round two. He was an early round two pick as 413 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:03,799 a rookie, pretty solid numbers twenty seven catches, three hundred 414 00:21:03,799 --> 00:21:08,200 and forty yards, two touchdowns. But then a man in 415 00:21:08,279 --> 00:21:10,119 named by the name of Brock Bowers shows up in 416 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:12,720 twenty twenty four, one of the best tight end prospects, 417 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:14,839 if not the best tight end prospect we have ever seen. 418 00:21:17,079 --> 00:21:19,000 Luke Musgrave falls out of favor a little bit. He 419 00:21:19,039 --> 00:21:21,200 only played in eight games, or he played in eleven games. 420 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:24,799 He had eight starts, twenty one catches, one hundred and 421 00:21:24,839 --> 00:21:29,720 fifty six yards. Very similar to Luke Musgrave. A talented 422 00:21:29,759 --> 00:21:31,400 player who is a high draft pick, who had a 423 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:34,359 lot of hypeout around him coming out of college, who 424 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:36,839 just kind of fell out of favor for whatever reason. 425 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:39,119 To the other tight end, Tucker Kraft passed him up, 426 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:41,160 and Brock Bowers is Brock Bowers. He's a unicorn. I mean, 427 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:43,440 He literally had the best rookie tight end season we 428 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:46,799 have ever seen. He set the record for rookie tight 429 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:50,519 ends for receptions in a season. Brock Bowers is incredible. 430 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:52,720 Rock Bowers is the type of tight end that every 431 00:21:52,799 --> 00:21:55,599 NFL team wants. That doesn't make Michael Mayory any less 432 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:59,240 of a player. And again, a lot like Luke Musgrave, 433 00:21:59,559 --> 00:22:01,559 he's a second round pick, is in the second year 434 00:22:01,559 --> 00:22:03,359 of a four year rookie deal. You'll pay him about 435 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:05,039 a million and a half two million dollars a year. 436 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:08,119 Both of those guys solid options. They're big enough to 437 00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:10,160 be a blocking tight end, They've shown the ability to 438 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,759 catch the ball, they're both twenty four to twenty five 439 00:22:12,839 --> 00:22:17,680 years old, and they're both really cheap. So again, I 440 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:22,640 am all for drafting a guy like a Tyler Warren 441 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:24,920 at nine overall, because I think he's that talent. If 442 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:27,400 you don't, though, you have some options, if you're gonna 443 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:30,680 have to trade for one, because you're gonna pay Foster 444 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:32,599 Moral a little bit more than maybe he's worth at 445 00:22:32,599 --> 00:22:34,839 this point, and it's not a very good free agent 446 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:36,680 market in terms of tight ends, you're gonna have to 447 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:38,000 trade for somebody. But I mean, what can you get 448 00:22:38,039 --> 00:22:42,720 for Luke MOUs Grave Michael mayerifth round pick. I do that. 449 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:45,839 I do that all day long. I think either one 450 00:22:45,839 --> 00:22:47,680 of those guys would be really solid options for the 451 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:50,720 Saints if they do not draft Tyler Warren, which at 452 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:54,640 this point I am fully endorsing. Another mock draft came out. 453 00:22:54,720 --> 00:23:02,039 This one was from zero Line at NFL Network. Kevin Zerline. 454 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:06,799 He has these Saints taking Chamar Stewart in round one. 455 00:23:08,039 --> 00:23:11,799 Chamar Stewart is a good player, but I just don't 456 00:23:11,839 --> 00:23:14,319 think you can do that in round one. Look, Shamar 457 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:16,799 Stewart is a two hundred and ninety one pound defensive lineman, 458 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:20,319 so he has versatility to play inside and outside. If 459 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:21,880 you go to that three four, that could help you 460 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:23,960 because that end's gonna crash down a little bit, so 461 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:27,640 scheme wise, he could be a fit. I just think 462 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:29,559 nine overall is a bit of a reach for this guy. 463 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:31,680 I think there's a lot of good pass rushers similar 464 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:33,319 to the tight end class I just mentioned, there's some 465 00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:35,640 tight ends in rounds two and three that could really 466 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:37,680 make an impact for you. I think it's the same 467 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:42,039 way with defensive line. I think that you can you 468 00:23:42,079 --> 00:23:43,920 can get a guy with maybe a little bit better 469 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:45,920 numbers who might be there a little bit later. Look 470 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:51,079 Shamar Stewart, big strong run stuffer. Walter Nolan could be 471 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:54,640 there in round two. Walter Nolan had sixty two tackles, 472 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:56,759 twenty six tackles for a loss, and eleven and a 473 00:23:56,799 --> 00:23:59,759 half sacks at Old Miss. Reference to Texas A and 474 00:23:59,880 --> 00:24:04,000 M Shamar Stewart sixty five tackles, twelve tackles for a loss, 475 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:07,519 just four and a half sacks. So Walter Nolan, same conference, 476 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:13,039 basically the same position, better numbers, and you can maybe 477 00:24:13,039 --> 00:24:15,720 get him in the second round. I'm about Dion Walker. 478 00:24:15,759 --> 00:24:18,160 He's a guy from Kentucky who has actually been mocked 479 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:20,279 to the Saints in numerous times. In the second round, 480 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,440 now he's a guy that is going to play defensive tackle. 481 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:26,160 He didn't really have quite the versatility of a Shamar 482 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:28,160 Stewart or Walter Nolan, who can maybe kick outside if 483 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:31,640 you need to. Dion Walker is a large human being, 484 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:35,440 sixty seven, two hundred and forty pounds, hit ten sacks 485 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:38,480 in three years at Kentucky in the perimeter or in 486 00:24:38,519 --> 00:24:42,160 the interior of the defensive line. Talk about Brian Percy 487 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:45,440 we've seen flashes. Want to see a little bit more consistency. 488 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:48,119 But you need somebody next to o Brian Perci. How 489 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:51,240 about a big, giant space filler at six seven, two 490 00:24:51,319 --> 00:24:53,240 hundred and forty pounds who was actually really productive at 491 00:24:53,319 --> 00:24:56,279 rushing the passer from the interior. Again, ten sacks three 492 00:24:56,359 --> 00:25:01,240 years at Kentucky. I don't mind Shamar Stewart so much 493 00:25:01,279 --> 00:25:05,680 as a prospect. I just think at nine overall you 494 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:08,640 can't take him. There might be better options later. I think, 495 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:11,400 look again, defensive tackle, defensive end, whatever you're looking for, 496 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:13,599 there's better options. I mentioned most of those guys who 497 00:25:13,599 --> 00:25:15,799 are primarily interior guys. We can play on the edge 498 00:25:15,839 --> 00:25:17,480 as well. If you're looking for an edge guy, Jack 499 00:25:17,519 --> 00:25:19,759 Sawyer from Ohio State, he could be there around two. 500 00:25:20,759 --> 00:25:22,640 When we talk about Brayden Swinton all the time, is 501 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:26,240 maybe a round three pick. There's options out there. You 502 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:29,039 don't need to necessarily reach for a guy at nine 503 00:25:29,039 --> 00:25:32,240 overall like Shamar Stewart. Shamar Stewart solid player. I think 504 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:34,079 he has a lot of potential. I just don't know 505 00:25:34,079 --> 00:25:36,559 if you can draft him in nine overall. But again 506 00:25:36,839 --> 00:25:39,200 going back to Tyler Warren, the more and more I 507 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:41,640 hear about him being mocked to the New Orleans Saints 508 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:44,359 at nine overall, the more I fall in love with 509 00:25:44,599 --> 00:25:46,680 I think that is an excellent pick. I think at 510 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:49,039 this point I would actually prefer him over Ashton Genty 511 00:25:49,039 --> 00:25:51,079 because you have a bigger need at tight end than 512 00:25:51,079 --> 00:25:53,079 maybe you do it running back. And the Saints did 513 00:25:53,079 --> 00:25:56,920 release Jamal Williams yesterday. What can you get from Kendre Miller? 514 00:25:56,960 --> 00:26:00,920 But look, you just extended Alvin Kamara, and I get it. 515 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:02,880 Kamara's not quite the player that he was. But how 516 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:04,799 good is your offensive line going to be to support 517 00:26:04,799 --> 00:26:08,480 a player like Ashton Genty. Anyways, Ginty made up for 518 00:26:08,519 --> 00:26:10,480 a lot at Boise State. I mean, his offensive line 519 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:13,799 wasn't great there, but and the Saints don't exactly have 520 00:26:13,839 --> 00:26:18,240 the most stout offensive line as good as sak Uan 521 00:26:18,279 --> 00:26:21,839 Barkley was this past year. There's two thousand yards. A 522 00:26:21,839 --> 00:26:24,240 lot of that's on the guys up front. Because Philadelphia 523 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:27,359 Eagles have the best offensive line in the NFL. James Cook, 524 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:29,720 he had a breakout year. Yeah, Buffalo Bills top five 525 00:26:29,759 --> 00:26:33,000 offensive line in the NFL. I love Ashton Genty. I 526 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,000 think he's a heck of a player. I don't know 527 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,680 how much impact he's going to make a year one 528 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:39,880 with this offensive line, Tyler Warren could go in day 529 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:42,319 one be your everyday starter at tight end, which is 530 00:26:42,319 --> 00:26:44,160 a big need for this team. All right, Look, we're 531 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:46,720 going to take a quick time out when we come back. Look, 532 00:26:46,799 --> 00:26:49,160 get your questions in the YouTube chat. I want to 533 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:51,359 play a little would you Rather Wednesday? It's something we 534 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:53,920 used to do on OTB for a number of years. 535 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:55,680 For whatever reason, we got away from it. When to 536 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:57,160 get away from sports for a little bit, have a 537 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:58,960 little bit of fun. That's would you Rather Wednesday? It's 538 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:00,960 coming up on the other side here on Off the Bench. 539 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:05,039 Speaker 1: Welcome back to the best morning sports show around sorta. 540 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:07,720 It's Off the Bench with Hester and t Bob. 541 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:11,920 Speaker 2: Welcome back in wednesday edition of Off the Bench. Taylor 542 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:17,400 Sharp sitting in those chair for Jacob Hester and t Bob. Abear. Look, 543 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:19,799 we've been sports heavy today because a lot happened last 544 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:21,799 night and a lot is coming up right now. They 545 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:23,720 want to kind of get away from that a little bit. 546 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:25,559 This is a segment that we used to do on 547 00:27:25,599 --> 00:27:29,400 ATV back when I first started, and I loved it. 548 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:30,960 It was just like it was. It was a lighter 549 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:33,480 hearted segment. We got the audience involved, and it got 550 00:27:33,559 --> 00:27:36,440 us away from sports for a little bit. During the 551 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:40,079 early morning hours, it's time for would you rather Wednesday? 552 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:42,200 We don't have a drop for this or anything like that. 553 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:44,240 Maybe we'll just play a little music under it or something, 554 00:27:44,279 --> 00:27:47,839 but uh, look we're gonna go after it. And look 555 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:50,680 there these are for me, Cassie Alandro, all three of us, 556 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:54,680 whoever the first question, would you rather get rid of? 557 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:58,240 Derek Carr or Mickey Loomis. I'm gonna let the two 558 00:27:58,240 --> 00:27:59,680 of you. I'm gonna let the two of you go first, 559 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:01,279 because I actually I have a lot of thoughts on 560 00:28:01,279 --> 00:28:01,720 this question. 561 00:28:01,839 --> 00:28:04,559 Speaker 4: Mickey Loomis because he is the reason why we have 562 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:07,960 Derek Carr in the first place. I don't know what 563 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:12,519 possessed you to hire a coach that the Raiders did 564 00:28:12,519 --> 00:28:15,759 not want and then grab the quarterback that got that 565 00:28:15,799 --> 00:28:18,640 same coach fired and then kept him for a couple 566 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:21,480 of years. You keep the same quarterback. 567 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:23,839 Speaker 2: I would say I would rather. 568 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:27,359 Speaker 4: Get rid of Mickey Loomis and his gum smacking ass. 569 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:30,160 Speaker 2: Cassie, you're tied into the New Orleans audience. 570 00:28:30,319 --> 00:28:33,240 Speaker 5: Yeah, but I can't really argue with that. That was 571 00:28:33,759 --> 00:28:34,440 a great take. 572 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:37,519 Speaker 2: I would get rid of Mickey Limis. The answer is 573 00:28:37,599 --> 00:28:40,359 Mickey Loomis. For all the reasons she just mentioned. You 574 00:28:40,359 --> 00:28:42,279 get rid of Mickey Lumas, you likely get rid of 575 00:28:42,319 --> 00:28:48,960 Derek Carr. Anyways, I've noticed something from kind of outside 576 00:28:49,039 --> 00:28:52,160 looking in. Look, guys, is Derek Carr a great quarterback? 577 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:52,319 Speaker 5: No? 578 00:28:52,599 --> 00:28:54,240 Speaker 2: Is he ever going to take you to the playoffs. 579 00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:56,640 Even if he does, you're not gonna win anything of 580 00:28:56,640 --> 00:29:02,599 any significance with him. Saints fans haven't irrational hate for 581 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:08,440 Derek Carr. Derek irrational, Elandra. Derek Carr is an average 582 00:29:08,599 --> 00:29:11,359 NFL quarterback. That's what he is. And if you look, 583 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:13,759 if he's one of those guys that I get why 584 00:29:13,799 --> 00:29:15,880 fans are frustrated. He's not bad enough for you to 585 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:18,559 have a top three overall pick, and he's not gonna 586 00:29:18,559 --> 00:29:22,440 take you on a playoff run. I understand that. Look, 587 00:29:22,559 --> 00:29:25,519 part of it is he's the guy that followed the guy, right, 588 00:29:25,559 --> 00:29:26,839 you never want to be the guy to follow the 589 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:28,960 guy he followed Drew Brees. He's not even a fraction 590 00:29:29,039 --> 00:29:30,759 of the quarterback Drew Brees' is. I get it. But 591 00:29:30,839 --> 00:29:34,880 like you got people advocating for Jameis Winston Justin Fields. 592 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:36,839 Come on, guys, like, I get it, Derek Carr is 593 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:39,279 not great, but like, there are a lot worse options. 594 00:29:39,359 --> 00:29:41,960 But the answer is very very clearly. 595 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:44,880 Speaker 4: But this is why, though, Derek, I mean, Mickey Lump, 596 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:47,920 this is why though, Because it's not irrational. He is 597 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:51,559 an average quarterback. You are an average quarterback, so you 598 00:29:51,599 --> 00:29:54,160 can't act the way that you act. He gives like 599 00:29:54,319 --> 00:29:58,400 major d bag energy. And I guess if he was 600 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:02,160 good enough and not average, maybe I could excuse it. 601 00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:06,240 But like, I just he just seems like an annoying person. 602 00:30:07,359 --> 00:30:10,519 He refuses to be like a team player in my opinion, 603 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,920 So I just I don't think it's an irrational hate. 604 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:16,839 Speaker 2: I get it. He does give off that vibe. I 605 00:30:16,839 --> 00:30:18,640 guess what, I'm just looking at his actions. I'm like, 606 00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:22,039 he hasn't really done anything good or bad, like he's 607 00:30:22,079 --> 00:30:24,960 just kind of there. And again, yeah, look, I get it. 608 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:29,599 It's he's not great. You're in perpetual nowhere land where 609 00:30:29,599 --> 00:30:31,119 you're not bad enough to have the top three pick, 610 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:32,839 you're not good enough to make the playoffs. And he 611 00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:34,920 followed Drew Brees, I get it. This ain't. You're just 612 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:37,599 in a bad spot and you throw the blame on everybody. 613 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:40,599 I think Derek Cars the answered quarterback, absolutely not, but 614 00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:43,559 Saints fansact like this, dude's the worst quarterback in the league, 615 00:30:43,599 --> 00:30:45,599 and look he gets paid. His is the eighteenth quarterback 616 00:30:45,599 --> 00:30:47,559 in the NFL. That's about where he is. You're you're 617 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:49,599 kind of getting did you ever pay for him at 618 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:52,359 the beginning? Maybe, but with the quarterback contracts restruction, kind 619 00:30:52,359 --> 00:30:55,000 of getting what you're paying for. So not a whole 620 00:30:55,039 --> 00:30:57,920 lot you can complain about there. Would you rather the 621 00:30:58,039 --> 00:31:01,279 Pelicans or an NHL team play in the Smoothie King Center? 622 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:05,279 Speaker 4: The NHL seems to be in a better trajectory than 623 00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:08,640 the NBA and the Pelicans, so I would say an 624 00:31:08,759 --> 00:31:09,720 NHL team. 625 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:13,240 Speaker 5: Cassie, I know nothing about hockey, but I also don't 626 00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:15,799 watch basketball, so I kind of indifferent. 627 00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:18,519 Speaker 2: I will say that if you've never been to a 628 00:31:18,559 --> 00:31:23,359 hockey game, the in person viewing experience between the difference 629 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:26,960 between watching on TV and watching in person, hockey has 630 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:29,519 the biggest difference between watching it on TV and watching 631 00:31:29,559 --> 00:31:32,720 in person. Hockey games are electric, they're fun, the crowd's 632 00:31:32,759 --> 00:31:35,880 getting involved, everybody's cheering when a fight breaks out. I 633 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:38,319 think an NHL team would be great in New Orleans 634 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:41,759 for two years, and then I think everybody would lose injuries. 635 00:31:41,799 --> 00:31:43,839 I don't think they would support that franchise. People don't 636 00:31:43,839 --> 00:31:47,160 even really support the Pelicans now when they're bad. Look 637 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:49,319 when the Saints are bad, people still go to the games. 638 00:31:49,359 --> 00:31:51,759 They rage. Watch what happens when the Pelicans are bad. 639 00:31:51,759 --> 00:31:55,599 People shut down. It's very similar to LSU basketball. When 640 00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:58,839 football and baseball are bad, people are still going to 641 00:31:58,839 --> 00:32:01,359 tune in. When basketball is bad, people continuously tune out. 642 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:04,000 It's the case with LSU men's basketball. It's the case 643 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:06,079 with the New Orleans Pelicans. I think it would be 644 00:32:06,079 --> 00:32:09,000 the same way with an NHL team in New Orleans. 645 00:32:09,079 --> 00:32:11,200 If they're good, out the gate, people support them. The 646 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:13,759 minute they're bad, that supports are going out the window. 647 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:18,039 I don't think New Orleans can support an NHL hockey team. Okay, 648 00:32:18,279 --> 00:32:23,079 would you rather be stuck on a deserted island Jesus 649 00:32:23,799 --> 00:32:25,960 or live with a Cowboys fan forever? Probably should have 650 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:28,599 read down for guys, it's live with the Cowboys fan forever. 651 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:30,880 I'm not that bad. I'm not one of those irrational 652 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:33,480 people that's like, this is our year. It's never our year. 653 00:32:33,599 --> 00:32:36,079 We're awful. Every team in the NFC has made the 654 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:39,759 NFC Championship more recently than the Dallas Cowboys. Okay, they're 655 00:32:39,799 --> 00:32:42,920 not a good franchise. So many people are like Taylor, 656 00:32:43,039 --> 00:32:45,039 you're a front runner. Guys. If I was a front 657 00:32:45,079 --> 00:32:47,559 runner or a bandwagon fan, don't you think I'd choose 658 00:32:47,559 --> 00:32:50,759 a better team? No, it's it's not that. Would you 659 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:53,359 rather I lived with a cowboy? 660 00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:55,759 Speaker 4: Well? I lived with Cowboys fans. 661 00:32:56,079 --> 00:32:57,599 Speaker 2: Yeah, my brother too, so. 662 00:32:59,119 --> 00:33:02,440 Speaker 4: I could probably deal with the Cowboys fan I did forever. 663 00:33:02,599 --> 00:33:05,599 And uh, I don't know if I could make it 664 00:33:05,759 --> 00:33:07,480 on a deserted island by myself. 665 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:10,759 Speaker 2: Would you rather be better at cooking or cleaning? 666 00:33:11,599 --> 00:33:11,680 Speaker 5: So? 667 00:33:11,799 --> 00:33:14,319 Speaker 2: I don't how cleaning because I'm good at cooking. 668 00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:16,200 Speaker 4: La, I mean, I don't know how you're bad at 669 00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:16,559 This was. 670 00:33:16,559 --> 00:33:18,480 Speaker 2: Gonna say, how are you good or bad at cleaning? 671 00:33:18,519 --> 00:33:20,720 You either clean all the spots or you don't. The 672 00:33:20,759 --> 00:33:23,599 answer is cooking, guys, I'm awful at cooking. I'll tell 673 00:33:23,599 --> 00:33:25,039 you a little bit of a story that if t 674 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:27,079 Bob was here, he would no doubt make fun of 675 00:33:27,079 --> 00:33:30,400 me for it. I have broken my parents microwave cooking 676 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:34,640 Easy Mac before I'm getting break, I'm getting there. Well, 677 00:33:34,799 --> 00:33:38,519 the food caught fire and the no no, it was 678 00:33:38,519 --> 00:33:41,440 in the little easy Mac cup. You'd be surprised what 679 00:33:41,519 --> 00:33:43,640 an extra zero does when you accidentally type it in 680 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:48,359 on a on a microwave. Incredible. So the Easy Mac 681 00:33:48,359 --> 00:33:50,920 it was always three minutes and thirty seconds. I was 682 00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:52,599 in about seventh grade and I thought I hit that. 683 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:55,079 Apparently I hit like thirty three minutes. I'm sitting there 684 00:33:55,079 --> 00:33:57,200 watching TV. It's been like ten minutes and I'm like, bro, 685 00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:01,160 I'm like, okay, that's just dope. I'lly a time. I'm 686 00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:03,440 watching TV and I look down. I'm like a feeling. 687 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:05,440 I put that in a log. It's gotta be done 688 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:07,799 by now. Yeah, it ring did like the microwave go 689 00:34:07,799 --> 00:34:09,800 off and I you didn't hear it. I stand up. 690 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,440 I go into the kitchen. My parents living kitchen is 691 00:34:12,599 --> 00:34:16,519 filled with smoke. It broke the microwave. We had to 692 00:34:16,519 --> 00:34:18,320 take the easy mag and dump it out because it's 693 00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:21,519 just this black pile of mush. It was awful. I 694 00:34:21,599 --> 00:34:25,519 can't cook any zero awareness. Yeah, well, I mean like 695 00:34:25,559 --> 00:34:29,159 that is like zero. I'm I just get done with 696 00:34:29,199 --> 00:34:31,320 football practice. I'm eleven years old, Like I am just 697 00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:34,000 tunnel vision at whatever I'm doing at eleven years old, 698 00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:37,719 And it was just it was a bad side mom 699 00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:40,920 and Dad's not very happy with me. Uh during that event, 700 00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:48,599 if you could imagine, Okay, would you rather but would 701 00:34:48,599 --> 00:34:52,519 I rather what that one's inappropriate? Okay? Would you rather 702 00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:57,480 Marty grawl? Like go to New Orleans for Marty Grawl? 703 00:34:57,639 --> 00:34:59,400 Or do like T Bob and go to Disney and 704 00:34:59,519 --> 00:35:03,280 Universe Universal? Yeah? Can I just pick Universal and leave 705 00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:06,159 Disney out? Like at this point, like I get it 706 00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:08,440 Jake T Bob when they do family vacations, like they 707 00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:11,199 have multiple children. I'm twenty eight years old. I don't 708 00:35:11,199 --> 00:35:14,440 have kids yet, Like there's nothing really for me to 709 00:35:14,599 --> 00:35:17,679 do in Disney World. Universal is a different story. It's 710 00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:21,079 a lot more result awesome. She's a Disney adult. 711 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:24,199 Speaker 5: I am a well I grew so I grew up. 712 00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:26,480 My aunt was Cinderella in Disney's Like I. 713 00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:28,599 Speaker 2: Grew That's actually really cool, Like I grew. 714 00:35:28,519 --> 00:35:30,719 Speaker 5: Up going to Disney so much to see her. So 715 00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:33,000 like I just I still love Disney and I still 716 00:35:33,039 --> 00:35:34,960 have that inner kid in me. And I've never been 717 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:37,440 to Universal, so I don't have anything to compare it to. 718 00:35:37,599 --> 00:35:41,840 Speaker 2: But Disney all the way, would you for me? For me, 719 00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:44,840 it's it's easily Universal. I mean we talked Monday about 720 00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:49,199 you know, Laundra's a disdain for Marty Girl parades. Laandra 721 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:51,440 doesn't even like cinnamon, so I imagine she doesn't eat 722 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:54,360 a ton of King cakes. So yeah, for me, it 723 00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:58,679 is easily Universal Studios. Okay, would you rather be the 724 00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:01,599 lead singer of a band or a professional athlete? 725 00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:04,480 Speaker 4: Lead singer of a band? I feel like I would 726 00:36:04,519 --> 00:36:07,519 be a great performer, Okay, I really do. 727 00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:11,480 Speaker 5: Yeah, I'd agree. I'd want to be a singer. I 728 00:36:11,599 --> 00:36:13,199 like to sing, I'm just not good at it. 729 00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:19,039 Speaker 2: Same every kid my age grew up to be. I 730 00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:21,280 wanted to grow up and be a professional athlete. I mean, 731 00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:24,039 I believe I grew up in the Golden Age of quarterbacks. 732 00:36:24,079 --> 00:36:27,119 It was Tom Brady, it was Peyton Manning, and it 733 00:36:27,159 --> 00:36:30,079 was Eli Manning. It was all these great players. Everyone 734 00:36:30,119 --> 00:36:33,280 wanted to grow up and be a professional athlete. But 735 00:36:33,599 --> 00:36:36,719 the rush I think you would feel walking out on 736 00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:39,320 a stage in front of thousands of people that are 737 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:43,079 singing every word do these songs you wrote and it's 738 00:36:43,119 --> 00:36:45,320 the time you know where the singer stops and the 739 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:48,199 audience just fills in flawlessly and they know every word 740 00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:50,920 to your song. There is no way that there is 741 00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:53,679 a better feeling in the world than that. So as like, 742 00:36:53,679 --> 00:36:55,119 if you would have asked me this five years ago 743 00:36:55,159 --> 00:36:57,840 to been like, oh the answers professional athlete, dull, Like no, 744 00:36:58,119 --> 00:37:00,639 the rush and just the honor of being a lead 745 00:37:00,679 --> 00:37:03,920 singer and having everybody watching you knowing the words to 746 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:06,320 all of your songs. They paid money specifically to come 747 00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:08,679 see you. Yeah, that seems like one of the coolest 748 00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:11,280 things in the world. I would absolutely love that. Plus 749 00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:14,039 going on tour it's probably tiring, but like if you're young, 750 00:37:14,039 --> 00:37:15,679 you know, no, you don't have any kids, like city 751 00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:18,840 to city partying every night, free food like that. That 752 00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:22,599 actually sounds like not a bad life. All right, let's 753 00:37:22,599 --> 00:37:26,719 get one more in here before we go to break. 754 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:32,960 Would you rather Okay, I got one for you guys. 755 00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:37,320 Would you rather give up doctor Pepper for Lynt or 756 00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:38,440 Chick fil A for Lynt? 757 00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:45,159 Speaker 4: Obviously doctor Pepper, because that's what I did. Yeah, I 758 00:37:45,199 --> 00:37:47,960 had my last one yesterday and I've been on the 759 00:37:48,079 --> 00:37:53,400 like like I do Doctor Pepper zero and I had 760 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:56,199 a regular Dr Pepper yesterday because I was like, okay, 761 00:37:56,199 --> 00:37:58,559 that's gonna be my last one. So I had a 762 00:37:58,599 --> 00:38:04,119 regular Doctor Pepper as my goodbye. I don't drink doctor Pepper. 763 00:38:04,719 --> 00:38:09,000 I did decide to give up Chick fil A. You 764 00:38:09,119 --> 00:38:11,840 are okay, I don't know. 765 00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:16,480 Speaker 5: I really the only thing and I'm like kind of 766 00:38:16,519 --> 00:38:17,039 addicted to. 767 00:38:17,119 --> 00:38:21,000 Speaker 2: We're gonna're gonna test this theory. You just wait, you 768 00:38:21,039 --> 00:38:23,719 just wait next week. Don't tell me. Next week. I'll 769 00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:25,559 be going to lunch. I'm gonna send Cassie at text. 770 00:38:25,679 --> 00:38:29,360 You want anything from Chick fil It's gonna go to 771 00:38:29,559 --> 00:38:34,039 the Devil and Taylor's the devil desk right next to 772 00:38:34,079 --> 00:38:37,440 each other. I'm gonna smell You're gonna smell it and 773 00:38:37,559 --> 00:38:40,199 see it when I get back. So, Taylor, you're so 774 00:38:40,519 --> 00:38:43,920 we're gonna we're gonna test. I mean, you gotta test 775 00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:46,159 the theory to see if you're truly truly dead. 776 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:47,559 Speaker 5: I'm not gonna be able to resist. 777 00:38:47,599 --> 00:38:50,840 Speaker 2: That's horrible. All right, Look that was that. That was 778 00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:53,760 a fun little nonsports segment. We're actually gonna have another 779 00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:54,800 one when we get back. 780 00:38:54,639 --> 00:38:58,000 Speaker 1: Guys, welcome back to the best morning sports show around. 781 00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:01,480 It's Off the Bed with Hester and t Bob. 782 00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:05,079 Speaker 2: Welcome back. In final segment, hour number two on a 783 00:39:05,159 --> 00:39:09,920 Wednesday edition of Off the Bench, Taylor Sharp here with you, guys. 784 00:39:11,079 --> 00:39:14,559 I gotta tell you all something. I know that I 785 00:39:14,639 --> 00:39:19,239 told you that last year's Love is Blind season really disappointed. 786 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:24,159 We're back in a big way. Guys. We're back in Victoria. 787 00:39:24,239 --> 00:39:27,920 We watched a few episodes last night. It's actually my idea, 788 00:39:28,679 --> 00:39:33,880 and boy do we have some droma so Elandra, I 789 00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:36,400 still don't know why you don't watch this show, because you, 790 00:39:36,519 --> 00:39:41,639 of all people, would absolutely love this show. The premise 791 00:39:41,719 --> 00:39:47,599 of it is so stupid that it's comedic. So basically, like, okay, 792 00:39:47,599 --> 00:39:49,639 if we were all single, like I would be in 793 00:39:49,679 --> 00:39:51,400 the guys pods, you would be in the girls pots, 794 00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:53,039 and we would talk to each other and have dates 795 00:39:53,639 --> 00:39:56,599 through the walls without ever actually seeing each other. And 796 00:39:56,639 --> 00:39:58,840 then you have to propose before you ever meet this 797 00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:03,239 person face to face, and then you have to plan 798 00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:06,280 your life and do all that after the proposal already happens, 799 00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:08,199 and the goal of the show, which you get married 800 00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:11,280 at the end. Spoiler alert one out of every like 801 00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:14,760 seven couples actually even goes through with it. Shocker. It's 802 00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:17,480 not a good idea. Guys. We got a juicy one. 803 00:40:17,519 --> 00:40:20,960 This guy named Joey, Okay, nice guy, probably nicest guy 804 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:23,800 on the whole show. He proposed with this girl named Monica. 805 00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:25,960 So now they got to go to each other's families. 806 00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:30,760 Monica's sister is frigging salty, so Joey great guy. 807 00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:34,400 Speaker 4: The family lives is this friends like Monica and Joey and. 808 00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:37,000 Speaker 2: No, Monica and Joey are engaged. Okay, they go to 809 00:40:37,119 --> 00:40:38,159 Monica's family's house. 810 00:40:38,199 --> 00:40:40,599 Speaker 4: Monica was engaged to Chandler and they got married. 811 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,320 Speaker 2: Victoria has made that joke about ten times. 812 00:40:44,199 --> 00:40:45,719 Speaker 4: I tell you, I don't know why you're keeping me 813 00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:47,760 in Victorian off friends for this reason. 814 00:40:48,159 --> 00:40:52,119 Speaker 2: What do you mean why only two people ganging up? 815 00:40:52,599 --> 00:40:58,079 It's just it's very obvious. The whole family loves Joey, right, 816 00:40:58,119 --> 00:41:01,480 He's great, he's he's funny. They do like this whole 817 00:41:01,559 --> 00:41:04,760 dance thing in the living room. Her sister takes her outside. 818 00:41:05,559 --> 00:41:08,360 I gotta be honest, I just don't know about Joey, Like, 819 00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:11,360 what do you mean Joey's great? She goes he just 820 00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:14,079 seems like one of those guys that's like too nice 821 00:41:14,599 --> 00:41:17,400 and like maybe he's just really good at acting. And 822 00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:20,599 I'm like, yo, Sarah, maybe he's just a really nice guy. 823 00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:24,519 And then here was where it happened. She goes, well, 824 00:41:24,559 --> 00:41:27,000 you know, me being the older sister, I just I 825 00:41:27,039 --> 00:41:28,679 always thought that I was the one that was going 826 00:41:28,719 --> 00:41:30,719 to get married first, but like, here you are. I Oh, 827 00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:33,320 here we go. She's you're worried about Monica stealing your 828 00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:35,800 thunder like that's a whole move, Like what are we doing? 829 00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:38,840 So she's trying to like ruin the entire engagement. Monica 830 00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:40,719 and Joey are super happy, and then like it ends 831 00:41:40,719 --> 00:41:43,000 the episode and Monica's sitting out there staring into space. 832 00:41:43,039 --> 00:41:45,760 She's like, I wonder if there really are red flags 833 00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:49,559 about Joey. I'm like, dude, your sister's being a salty hoe. Okay, 834 00:41:49,599 --> 00:41:52,199 don't worry about it. Joey's great. You're great. You're the 835 00:41:52,199 --> 00:41:54,559 only couple on this show that I think has any 836 00:41:54,599 --> 00:41:58,480 sort of chance to last. Yeah, and sister Sarah over 837 00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:01,639 there walking in getting in the way of everything. Guys, 838 00:42:01,679 --> 00:42:03,199 I'm gonna give you a ton of updates on this. 839 00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:06,000 When t Bob gets back because he likes to make 840 00:42:06,039 --> 00:42:08,679 fun of me, and this is a shameless love of mine. 841 00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:12,280 This show is hilarious. I watch it for the comedic aspect. Obviously. 842 00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:16,840 There's another couple, Daniel and Taylor, which happened the name 843 00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:19,159 Taylor's in Red Flag to begin with. She's so full 844 00:42:19,199 --> 00:42:21,880 of herself. So after they got engaged. They're all from 845 00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:24,519 the Minneapolis area, she goes, I feel like you've known 846 00:42:24,559 --> 00:42:26,800 me and follow me on Instagram and you're only dating 847 00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:28,800 me because of my looks. I'm like, all right, girl, Like, 848 00:42:29,039 --> 00:42:31,800 let's calm down. Let's be a little less proud of ourselves. 849 00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:33,719 For once, she made him check his phone in front 850 00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,119 of everybody. Yeah, guess what what in following her own 851 00:42:36,159 --> 00:42:38,000 Instagram I I have left her right then and there, 852 00:42:38,039 --> 00:42:41,159 but they're together A right look coming up here an 853 00:42:41,159 --> 00:42:44,920 hour number three, the Saints have added to their offensive staff. 854 00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:47,920 We'll break that down Hunter McCann at WBRZ. He's gonna 855 00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:50,280 hop on whether we're gonna talk to LSU baseball as 856 00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:52,800 well as some LSU football and T Higgins franchise, tug 857 00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:55,519 By the Bingles. That's all coming up after bench