WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:04.599 Little Monday night football on the radio station tonight. Don't 2 00:00:04.599 --> 00:00:06.879 forget we are your home of the NFL in this market. 3 00:00:06.960 --> 00:00:10.279 We've got the Niners and the Lions. Right after we 4 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:12.400 say good night, Let's do some football though on a 5 00:00:12.439 --> 00:00:14.439 Monday with one of our favorites to start the four 6 00:00:14.439 --> 00:00:17.879 o'clock Gower, Austin Gale back on the Drive on a Monday, Austin, 7 00:00:17.879 --> 00:00:21.239 how you doing, man? To a great I'm well, well, 8 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:23.280 I appreciate the time. So I think I've told you 9 00:00:23.320 --> 00:00:25.760 this before. I certainly have talked to my producer about it. 10 00:00:26.239 --> 00:00:30.079 As a long suffering New York Jet fan, I thought 11 00:00:30.800 --> 00:00:34.439 that we had found the solution with Sam Darnold. You 12 00:00:34.439 --> 00:00:36.320 thought I was gonna Saron Rodgers. I know you did, 13 00:00:36.359 --> 00:00:39.119 But I thought we had sound found the solution with 14 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:42.039 Sam Darnald back in the day. So look, I'm not 15 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:44.399 going to take a victory lap because nobody saw this coming. 16 00:00:44.840 --> 00:00:47.600 This is obviously a good problem for the Vikings. But 17 00:00:47.679 --> 00:00:52.159 what sort of questions has Sam Darnald answered with his 18 00:00:52.280 --> 00:00:53.240 performance this year? 19 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:55.200 And what do you think is next for him and 20 00:00:55.240 --> 00:00:56.200 the Vikings. 21 00:00:56.679 --> 00:00:59.200 I love how you framed, man. I think that's exactly 22 00:00:59.240 --> 00:01:02.719 how we should be Sam Donald this offseason. What questions 23 00:01:03.039 --> 00:01:06.519 has he answered? Not? What could he answer? Could he 24 00:01:06.799 --> 00:01:09.480 also do similar things in Las Vegas? Oh, they also 25 00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:11.920 play in at Dome. Oh they have rock towers. Like 26 00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:14.799 he could answer those questions. But what we know is 27 00:01:14.879 --> 00:01:17.560 he works in Minnesota. He works with Justin Jefferson, He 28 00:01:17.599 --> 00:01:20.560 works with TJ. Hockinson and Jordan Addison and Kevin O'Connell 29 00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:24.359 and that offensive line. I think Minnesota knows they can 30 00:01:24.400 --> 00:01:29.040 have a deep, playoff competitive team with Sam Donald at 31 00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:31.000 the helm. It is a good problem to have to 32 00:01:31.120 --> 00:01:32.760 have J. J. McCarthy, who is going to be coming 33 00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:35.200 off with significant knee injury, in a position to sit 34 00:01:35.359 --> 00:01:38.040 again behind Sam Donald. Yes, that would require them to 35 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:40.680 pay Sam Donald's some money. But a fourteen and two season, 36 00:01:40.719 --> 00:01:43.040 potentially a fifteen and two season winning the North, there's 37 00:01:43.079 --> 00:01:45.239 something you know it's not at and like, if he 38 00:01:45.319 --> 00:01:48.799 doesn't have success in the playoffs, those questions become harder 39 00:01:48.879 --> 00:01:52.560 to answer because but if he wins one game even too, like, 40 00:01:52.840 --> 00:01:54.879 I think the answer becomes obvious. I think they have 41 00:01:54.959 --> 00:01:57.719 to bring him back. At worst, they have to tag 42 00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:00.439 him and then consider trading him. But I just don't 43 00:02:00.439 --> 00:02:02.719 see an outcome unless they get blown out in the 44 00:02:02.799 --> 00:02:05.239 playoffs where where that happens. 45 00:02:06.040 --> 00:02:08.759 Are you surprised at how effective he's been because I 46 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:10.560 don't have a frame of reference for whether or not 47 00:02:10.639 --> 00:02:13.960 because we're out here in the former Pac twelve foot print, 48 00:02:14.080 --> 00:02:16.240 so we saw Sam up close playing the utes, and 49 00:02:16.840 --> 00:02:19.479 like I said, I always thought that I thought my 50 00:02:19.599 --> 00:02:22.719 Jets had finally found a quarterback. But are you taking 51 00:02:22.840 --> 00:02:24.879 back at what he's done or did you kind of 52 00:02:24.919 --> 00:02:27.840 see the potential on him all your or all along 53 00:02:27.919 --> 00:02:28.439 in his career. 54 00:02:29.520 --> 00:02:31.639 I think with Sam Donald is said everyone has seen 55 00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:34.280 the potential, every team that has signed him, every fan 56 00:02:34.800 --> 00:02:37.520 that wanted him coming out of USC, every team. So 57 00:02:37.599 --> 00:02:40.080 everyone that's watched Sam Donald play has seen the potential, 58 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:44.000 has seen the flashes. It's been whether or not he 59 00:02:44.080 --> 00:02:46.280 could get over the hump and be consistent. And I 60 00:02:46.360 --> 00:02:47.719 think a lot of the blame was put on him, 61 00:02:47.719 --> 00:02:49.319 and a lot of the blame was put on the franchises. 62 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:52.719 He kind of like muddied his way through. But they're 63 00:02:52.840 --> 00:02:54.759 everyone in the back of their mind going into the season, 64 00:02:54.800 --> 00:02:56.439 and they would be lying if they didn't say, Okay, 65 00:02:56.479 --> 00:02:58.319 maybe Sam Donald should have success here. And I think 66 00:02:58.360 --> 00:03:02.039 that's what we're learning about, not just Sam Donald, Baker Mayfield, 67 00:03:02.400 --> 00:03:07.360 Gino Smith, Like like there's this reclamation project thing happening 68 00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:09.439 in the league now, where if you have a good 69 00:03:09.479 --> 00:03:12.080 offensive play caller and you have some weapons you can 70 00:03:12.199 --> 00:03:14.639 go get you know, a Baker Mayfield and Gino Smith, 71 00:03:14.719 --> 00:03:16.879 the Sam Donald, some of these other guys that can 72 00:03:16.919 --> 00:03:19.479 come in and be competitive, Russell Wilson and Pittsburgh. Like, 73 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:21.680 if you have a good offense and you have good 74 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:24.800 play call and you have good good playmakers, it's quarterbacks 75 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:26.400 with experience that can come in and make play. 76 00:03:27.120 --> 00:03:29.919 Do you think Sam will be in consideration at all? 77 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:32.759 Friend VP? Or is that Lamar and Josh Allen those 78 00:03:32.800 --> 00:03:34.680 two or maybe it's only Josh. What are your thoughts? 79 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:37.439 No, I think it's two horse race. I think that's 80 00:03:37.439 --> 00:03:39.560 where betting markets have it right now. It's probably gonna 81 00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:42.240 be Josh. That's where betting markets are leaning. But it's 82 00:03:42.240 --> 00:03:44.360 a two horse race between Josh and Lamar. I think 83 00:03:44.439 --> 00:03:51.759 statistically you'd lean Lamar, but Josh better, you know, better 84 00:03:51.840 --> 00:03:53.599 record on a hard team. They lost Stefan Biggs and 85 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:55.840 the ravensdad a, Derrick Henry. I feel like kind of like, 86 00:03:56.080 --> 00:03:57.879 you know, what else do you need? I think Josh 87 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:00.599 is more important to the Bills than Lamar is the Ravens. 88 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:03.360 That's not by a wide margin. And Lamar Jackson has 89 00:04:03.360 --> 00:04:05.520 had a ton of success. Hello, he has two MVPs, 90 00:04:05.879 --> 00:04:08.000 but he almost can't kind of kind of give the 91 00:04:08.800 --> 00:04:11.919 Career Achievement Award to Josh Allen and you know, as 92 00:04:11.960 --> 00:04:13.919 a tiebreaker, and that he hasn't won one day. He's 93 00:04:13.960 --> 00:04:16.199 been one of the league best players of the last 94 00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:18.839 few years. I think it's okay to overlook that maybe 95 00:04:18.879 --> 00:04:21.839 Lamara had more statistical success than Josh Allen in this case, 96 00:04:21.920 --> 00:04:23.759 especially with the mark coming off with MVP. That's how 97 00:04:23.800 --> 00:04:25.439 I think voters are going to feel as well. 98 00:04:26.360 --> 00:04:30.160 I will ask you selfishly what you think comes next 99 00:04:30.279 --> 00:04:33.639 with the New York Jets. Look, I gave up hope 100 00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:35.959 on this team long ago, but I'm not one to 101 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:37.240 jump ship. 102 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:39.360 I will be a Jet fan for life. And I 103 00:04:39.519 --> 00:04:41.120 was never on board with the Aaron thing. 104 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:45.079 I understand why you do it, but all of the hype, 105 00:04:45.160 --> 00:04:47.000 all the hope, it never landed with me. 106 00:04:47.279 --> 00:04:49.240 I've been out on him for a long time. 107 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:52.759 I just feel like he's on authentic and outside of 108 00:04:52.839 --> 00:04:55.519 all the weird you know what, off the field, he 109 00:04:55.680 --> 00:04:58.079 just is not near the quarterback he once was, which 110 00:04:58.160 --> 00:04:59.439 is more important to me. 111 00:04:59.480 --> 00:05:01.920 I don't give a rip. Go do ayahuasca, Go talk 112 00:05:01.959 --> 00:05:02.759 to a caterpillar. 113 00:05:02.839 --> 00:05:05.480 I don't care. Just show up on Sunday and play ball. 114 00:05:05.600 --> 00:05:07.759 But I feel like they need to move on. 115 00:05:07.959 --> 00:05:08.920 I don't know how they do it. 116 00:05:09.079 --> 00:05:11.839 So what's next as far as the coach, the quarterback 117 00:05:11.879 --> 00:05:12.959 and everything else with the Jets. 118 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:16.040 Yeah, it's it's tough, right. I think it's a mess, 119 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:17.519 and it's a hard one to even think about how 120 00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:20.040 you clean it up. I know that some have said 121 00:05:20.040 --> 00:05:22.319 that maybe they run it back and you see if 122 00:05:22.360 --> 00:05:24.439 you could get this work again, because there aren't maybe 123 00:05:24.439 --> 00:05:26.800 a lot of other options. I know they're currently slotted 124 00:05:26.839 --> 00:05:28.839 to maybe draft around like sixth or seventh to eight 125 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:31.959 depends obviously how Week eighteen ends up, but like probably 126 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:34.160 not gonna have an opportunity at Shitur Sanders or Cam Warre. 127 00:05:34.680 --> 00:05:37.680 You cannot bring Sam Darnold back, even in a tag 128 00:05:37.720 --> 00:05:40.000 and trade in the fairy tale situation where Minnesota lets 129 00:05:40.040 --> 00:05:42.839 them go. There isn't really a lot of other reason 130 00:05:42.920 --> 00:05:44.800 talent you're gonna go get kirk Cousins. I've seen that 131 00:05:44.920 --> 00:05:46.920 name floating round. You think Jets fans are gonna get 132 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:48.680 up for Kirk Cousins after the year they have with 133 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:51.199 Aaron Rodgers. I think Jeffs fans might be burning jerseys. 134 00:05:51.680 --> 00:05:53.720 You have to do something that inspires the confidence in 135 00:05:53.800 --> 00:05:55.759 the fan base. Do something, do their testing, Talk to 136 00:05:55.879 --> 00:05:58.600 the fans like, obviously they don't know what they're doing. 137 00:05:59.199 --> 00:06:00.800 They don't know what they're doing. It's not a bad 138 00:06:00.879 --> 00:06:02.839 idea to talk to maybe one hundred Jet fans or 139 00:06:02.879 --> 00:06:04.639 two hundred Jet fans like where are we at here? 140 00:06:04.759 --> 00:06:07.639 Like they're in a bad plate. I think they more 141 00:06:07.720 --> 00:06:10.879 than they need wins, they need buying from from the 142 00:06:10.920 --> 00:06:12.240 fan base. I mean, there's a lot of I think, 143 00:06:12.240 --> 00:06:15.560 a disappointment in the direction that they've been and a 144 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:18.120 lot of question marks obviously very fairly on where they're 145 00:06:18.160 --> 00:06:18.399 going to go. 146 00:06:18.720 --> 00:06:20.800 All right. I've been asking all my NFL guests this 147 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:23.040 over the past few weeks because I come from a 148 00:06:23.160 --> 00:06:25.759 split family where me and one of my brothers we 149 00:06:25.839 --> 00:06:27.600 pull for the Jets, and I have two other brothers 150 00:06:27.639 --> 00:06:31.240 that love the Giants, and we've been debating, and I'm 151 00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:34.839 asking this for real Austin. If you combine the Jets 152 00:06:34.879 --> 00:06:38.399 and the Giants roster, they does that roster make the playoffs? 153 00:06:38.439 --> 00:06:42.240 I'm dead serious, Oh man, I don't know who's playing 154 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:45.720 quarterback right, Aaron Rodgers, It's tough. It's tough. I think 155 00:06:45.800 --> 00:06:48.240 that I'd like to say yes. I'd like to say 156 00:06:48.319 --> 00:06:50.560 yes in any situation, even the two worst teams in 157 00:06:50.560 --> 00:06:52.439 the league, which I think maybe we do have here 158 00:06:52.439 --> 00:06:55.360 with the Jets and the Giants that combining their rosters 159 00:06:55.639 --> 00:06:58.199 it would be a playoff competitive team. But I don't 160 00:06:58.240 --> 00:07:00.279 know it would be tough. I think it would be tough. 161 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:02.319 I think depends on who's healthy. I do think that 162 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:05.399 the Jets and the Giants have talent. It's the coaching 163 00:07:05.439 --> 00:07:07.959 staff and obviously the quarterback that they haven't been able 164 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:08.319 to solve. 165 00:07:08.959 --> 00:07:12.720 Who do you think is the best coaching option on 166 00:07:12.879 --> 00:07:15.480 the FRA And maybe there's something that opens up between 167 00:07:15.519 --> 00:07:18.399 now and the offseason. But if you're Woody Johnson, if 168 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:20.879 you're the Jets, who do you think is the number 169 00:07:21.040 --> 00:07:23.680 one potential possibility to coach them next year? 170 00:07:24.199 --> 00:07:26.839 I think the number one possibility on everyone's list is 171 00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:29.319 going to be Ben Johnson, the Lions offensive coordinator who 172 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:33.279 not just has you know solved Jared Goff another one 173 00:07:33.279 --> 00:07:37.120 of those reclamation projects, but also turned the Detroit Lions 174 00:07:37.199 --> 00:07:39.480 offense into one of the best offenses in the league. 175 00:07:40.959 --> 00:07:42.920 Obviously they've hit on a lot of picks as well, 176 00:07:42.959 --> 00:07:45.040 but I think that offense unlock Sing's for golf and 177 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:47.800 those other players that other play callers aren't Caleb b 178 00:07:47.800 --> 00:07:50.519 Love and with where the league is going points points points, 179 00:07:50.519 --> 00:07:51.959 I think he's going to be top of everyone's listen 180 00:07:52.040 --> 00:07:55.079 more about does he wants to go to this place? 181 00:07:55.160 --> 00:07:57.160 You have to like you know him going back to 182 00:07:57.240 --> 00:08:00.319 Detroit two seasons when he's had hey coaching interviews. I 183 00:08:00.360 --> 00:08:02.399 think it's something to think about if you go back 184 00:08:02.439 --> 00:08:04.399 to Detroit, does he wants to stay in offense? Courtier 185 00:08:04.480 --> 00:08:06.480 He'll be, He'll be an interesting name. And I think 186 00:08:06.519 --> 00:08:10.120 the number two list is Mike Rabel. He has to 187 00:08:10.160 --> 00:08:12.680 return you to the NFL sideline. I think this this season, 188 00:08:12.720 --> 00:08:13.800 I think a lot of teams are gonna look for 189 00:08:13.879 --> 00:08:16.399 Able to come in, build up his own staff again, 190 00:08:16.519 --> 00:08:19.000 build up everything, and like for an owner that wants 191 00:08:19.040 --> 00:08:21.040 to just hand the keys off again to someone who 192 00:08:21.120 --> 00:08:24.199 wants the autonomy that I think Mike Brabil wants. I 193 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:26.240 think they're going to jump at that opportunity too, because 194 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:28.800 people forget how well coached those Titans teams were. They 195 00:08:28.879 --> 00:08:31.279 just traded away Ajy Brown couldn't figure out quarterback and 196 00:08:31.480 --> 00:08:33.000 there he went. All right. 197 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:34.879 I want to ask you about one of the teams 198 00:08:34.919 --> 00:08:38.240 that we have on the station tonight, because in our market, 199 00:08:38.440 --> 00:08:41.279 it's interesting. Some of it's based off proximity, some of 200 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:44.120 it's based off of college players that went to play elsewhere. 201 00:08:44.159 --> 00:08:46.799 We have a lot of forty nine er fans in 202 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:48.840 this market. I think a lot of that Steve Young 203 00:08:48.919 --> 00:08:49.480 back in the day. 204 00:08:49.480 --> 00:08:51.559 And of course we have a college football team here 205 00:08:52.159 --> 00:08:55.720 with the University of Utah that has been so crestfallen 206 00:08:55.879 --> 00:08:58.679 and just hit with injuries on an intense level over 207 00:08:58.720 --> 00:08:59.440 the past two years. 208 00:08:59.480 --> 00:09:00.360 It's hard to explain. 209 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:05.720 Is there anything other than health that has caused this 210 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:08.080 Niner season to go south? I mean, we talked to 211 00:09:08.080 --> 00:09:11.519 you preseason Austin when it was Kansas City and San 212 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:14.759 Francisco and everybody else as far as the Vegas ods. 213 00:09:14.840 --> 00:09:16.720 Is this simply a health thing for the Niners or 214 00:09:17.080 --> 00:09:19.159 should nither fans be concerned for the future. 215 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:22.960 I think it's I think the start of this fire 216 00:09:23.759 --> 00:09:26.799 is obviously health right. They went into the season with 217 00:09:26.919 --> 00:09:29.440 the number one overall pick and every fantasy football draft, 218 00:09:30.080 --> 00:09:32.799 but completely not even remotely ready for the season. He 219 00:09:32.840 --> 00:09:35.279 had Achilles ten and nine ers in one calf, and 220 00:09:35.320 --> 00:09:37.039 then four weeks later it's in another, and then two 221 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:39.399 weeks later he's in Germany, Like what was going on? 222 00:09:39.480 --> 00:09:42.039 They're hiding secrets. Jordan Mason in that Week one game 223 00:09:42.639 --> 00:09:44.799 was like, oh yeah, they told me on Friday. Oops. 224 00:09:44.840 --> 00:09:47.200 I wasn't supposed to say that. Things started unravel, Like 225 00:09:47.360 --> 00:09:49.360 as soon as Christian McCaffrey was ruled out in that 226 00:09:49.399 --> 00:09:51.360 money in that football game, and you can just feel 227 00:09:51.720 --> 00:09:55.360 the brand that you contract, the vibes with the Niners team. 228 00:09:55.440 --> 00:09:57.200 I think their heads is just elsewhere coming off that 229 00:09:57.279 --> 00:10:00.840 Super Bowl, lost the emotional hangover. It was a team that, 230 00:10:01.039 --> 00:10:03.440 like Kret Borders had said, he was playing on a 231 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:07.639 broken ink all season, Like this is like they're guys 232 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:09.679 playing for injuries. Their guys are obviously hurt, their guys 233 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:12.480 that are upset. Deebo Samuel doesn't look like the same player. 234 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:17.039 It's hard to find where players improved on this roster. 235 00:10:17.080 --> 00:10:19.919 I think Rock party has in some places, Mustafa has 236 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:22.080 had to the safety there has replaced his song that like, 237 00:10:22.360 --> 00:10:26.519 it's had some improvements. But Devondre Campbell, veteran linebacker, literally 238 00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:29.519 quit on this team and the Niners couldn't be louder 239 00:10:29.519 --> 00:10:31.159 about it. Every player is like, you know, hating on 240 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:33.240 Devondra Campbell. It's just a weird roster. It's a weird 241 00:10:33.360 --> 00:10:37.480 right team. They need to get healthy, obviously, so does 242 00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:39.480 every team in the NFL. What they need, in my opinion, 243 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:41.799 is a culture shift. You don't have players quitting on 244 00:10:41.879 --> 00:10:44.120 football teams if the culture is gravy. I think they 245 00:10:44.519 --> 00:10:45.720 need They need to make some changes. 246 00:10:46.759 --> 00:10:49.600 I referenced earlier that we are in the former Pac 247 00:10:49.679 --> 00:10:52.320 twelve footprint and once upon a time the quarterback for 248 00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:55.759 Arizona State was Jayden Daniels. And I'll just say when 249 00:10:55.799 --> 00:10:58.679 he was there, he looked fine, right, He didn't look 250 00:10:58.799 --> 00:11:02.360 like one of the best quarterback conference and certainly didn't 251 00:11:02.399 --> 00:11:02.960 look like this. 252 00:11:03.559 --> 00:11:05.799 And it's not just that he's affected. He's just so 253 00:11:06.039 --> 00:11:06.840 fun to watch. 254 00:11:06.919 --> 00:11:09.679 What stands out to you Austin year one for the 255 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:12.279 Commanders in Jade and Daniels, I. 256 00:11:12.279 --> 00:11:15.000 Think it's I think it's how well he's I think 257 00:11:15.080 --> 00:11:19.720 taken to coaching in Washington. And that's just assumption. So 258 00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:21.519 I haven't had the opportunity to talk with Jade Daniels 259 00:11:21.559 --> 00:11:23.919 had a talk with Washington's coaching staff, but I know 260 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:27.519 hearing from reporters who have been in those locker rooms 261 00:11:27.559 --> 00:11:30.279 just how much the team loves Jane Daniels, how much 262 00:11:30.320 --> 00:11:32.559 the team is like leaned on him, and he's been 263 00:11:32.559 --> 00:11:37.720 able to withstand it. And his key key notes coming 264 00:11:37.759 --> 00:11:39.559 out of college is like you can't take facts, and 265 00:11:39.639 --> 00:11:41.519 you can't take it's like this, and I feel like 266 00:11:41.519 --> 00:11:43.440 that there's anything he removed from his game out of 267 00:11:43.440 --> 00:11:44.840 the gate. I don't know if you remember those week one, 268 00:11:44.879 --> 00:11:46.960 week two games, it's like, oh, my first read's not there. 269 00:11:46.960 --> 00:11:49.080 I gonna run. First reason, not there, I wanna run. 270 00:11:49.759 --> 00:11:51.320 And then weeks one through seven it was like a 271 00:11:51.399 --> 00:11:55.200 top five offensive all time in terms of EPA for drive, 272 00:11:55.320 --> 00:11:58.559 Like they did the simple things well, they really flowed 273 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:00.519 things down from him out of the gate. And then 274 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:03.000 as he's obviously got more comfortable and as obviously he's 275 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:05.799 got more confident, save up things in the offense, and 276 00:12:05.840 --> 00:12:07.440 they added wrinkles and then next thing, you know he's 277 00:12:07.480 --> 00:12:09.559 on fourtune seven making like two duo Smiths like he's 278 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:11.759 It's allowed him to play comfortable. I think it's a 279 00:12:11.960 --> 00:12:14.679 very impressive, not just with Jaye and Daniels. How a 280 00:12:14.720 --> 00:12:17.240 lot of these rookie quarterbacks have been handled with some 281 00:12:17.360 --> 00:12:20.759 of these coaching staffs. Obviously the Bears excluded what they're 282 00:12:20.799 --> 00:12:23.039 doing with Caleb Williams. Your guest is started than mine. 283 00:12:24.120 --> 00:12:26.320 Yeah, and I do want to get there in a moment, 284 00:12:26.360 --> 00:12:28.279 but I want to stick with the rookie quarterback theme 285 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:32.159 because obviously, due to proximity, we are littered with Bronco 286 00:12:32.279 --> 00:12:35.679 fans in this market. And I will admit because I 287 00:12:35.840 --> 00:12:38.399 was on the sidelines and Oregon rolled up to Utah 288 00:12:38.519 --> 00:12:41.200 last year and smoked them, But I don't know that 289 00:12:41.320 --> 00:12:44.919 I saw anything like this with Bonix coming. I you know, 290 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:48.200 I credit Sean Payton, I credit Denver, and there's plenty 291 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:51.279 left for them and they still have some work to 292 00:12:51.360 --> 00:12:54.200 do to make make the postseason. But from a macro standpoint, 293 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:56.159 does it feel like Denver has their quarterback in a 294 00:12:56.240 --> 00:12:56.759 good future? 295 00:12:57.759 --> 00:13:02.440 I think again, one of my big like memento tattoos, 296 00:13:02.440 --> 00:13:04.120 it's not sure if you saw that seen that movie, 297 00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:06.440 the famous member he tattoos on his body so he 298 00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:08.840 remembers what I remember. What I want to remember for 299 00:13:08.919 --> 00:13:12.039 next year is that coaching matters, and Sean Payton's a 300 00:13:12.080 --> 00:13:13.679 good coach. He's won a Super Bowl, like there are 301 00:13:13.759 --> 00:13:16.919 decisions that that guy's made in his career that even 302 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:19.159 though not every season has been a winning season, he's 303 00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:22.200 been a very accomplished coach in the league. And bo 304 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:25.679 Nicks with not a lot of support supporting cast talent 305 00:13:25.720 --> 00:13:29.240 and Rossavan objectively needs help both offensively and defensively. I 306 00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:31.399 think he has been put in a position to succeed 307 00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:34.519 by a coach that has given ll a ton of confidence. 308 00:13:34.559 --> 00:13:37.919 He compared Sean Payton compared bo Nicks to Patrick Mahomes 309 00:13:38.440 --> 00:13:41.279 because there's a certain way of like handling quarterbacks, especially 310 00:13:41.320 --> 00:13:43.279 coming out of the gates like not but look what 311 00:13:43.519 --> 00:13:45.919 compare what the Colts have done with Anthony Richardson. I 312 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:48.240 think that guy that do you think that guy's confidence 313 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:50.559 is great? He has no idea if they like him 314 00:13:50.639 --> 00:13:52.519 or don't. Who in up building supports them and who 315 00:13:52.600 --> 00:13:55.840 doesn't Bo Nicks, I would imagine given just how Sean 316 00:13:55.840 --> 00:13:58.440 Payton talked about him and just the opposite he's constructed 317 00:13:59.039 --> 00:14:02.120 for Knicks, everything's different. The game plans are always constantly changing. 318 00:14:02.159 --> 00:14:04.360 That's why no one knows in fantasy football if they 319 00:14:04.360 --> 00:14:07.120 should start Courtland Sutton or Vley or the tight end 320 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:09.879 or whoever. Like they're always distributing the ball to the 321 00:14:09.879 --> 00:14:11.879 new players, constantly making things different for the defense. The 322 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:13.720 defense are the defense on the other side of all, 323 00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:16.399 in Denver two is very well coached. I didn think 324 00:14:16.440 --> 00:14:18.600 he just went to a good situation. I think we're 325 00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:19.840 going to go into this draft and we're going to 326 00:14:19.879 --> 00:14:22.879 compare Cam war to Shader Sanders for like five months, 327 00:14:23.559 --> 00:14:26.200 Carson back Quin you weres and at the end of 328 00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:28.720 the day, it's like where are they going, who are 329 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:32.039 are they going to be supported? And that ultimately determined 330 00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:33.080 where we deal with them. 331 00:14:34.159 --> 00:14:36.240 You referenced Caleb Williams and I actually do want to 332 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:38.399 talk about the upcoming draft class a little bit too. 333 00:14:38.440 --> 00:14:41.759 But let's go back there because once again, Pac twelve kid, 334 00:14:41.879 --> 00:14:44.360 we saw him here. Utah actually had some good success 335 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:47.440 against Caleb Williams and that USC team. He just I 336 00:14:47.519 --> 00:14:49.960 think set a rookie record for past attempts without a 337 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:52.320 pick before the prior game which you know he threw 338 00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:55.519 an interception, and there's certainly our moments of what I 339 00:14:55.559 --> 00:14:57.759 would say brilliance that were in college that were in 340 00:14:57.799 --> 00:15:00.600 the NFL as well. What do well, well, First of all, 341 00:15:00.679 --> 00:15:02.919 do you agree that he has what it takes to 342 00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:04.759 be good for a long time? And second of all, 343 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:07.440 what do the Bears have to do to give him 344 00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:10.240 a chance to win consistently at this level? 345 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:14.679 Here's the answer, here's the honest truth that Bears fans. 346 00:15:14.759 --> 00:15:16.399 I think some Bears fans are maybe not willing to 347 00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:21.080 make bits. It's both the coaching staff stinks and Caleb 348 00:15:21.080 --> 00:15:23.960 Williams isn't good enough yet. There are errors in his 349 00:15:24.080 --> 00:15:26.080 game that he had at USC that he's carried to 350 00:15:26.080 --> 00:15:28.679 the NFL. He's holding the ball too long, He's turning 351 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:31.440 every play into a superman put my cape on thing 352 00:15:31.600 --> 00:15:33.519 like it. He needs to be more consistent. He needs 353 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:35.679 to deliver ball with more accuracy, more consistent, but work. 354 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:39.039 He can get away with alternate angles and scrambling all 355 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:41.639 those things because he's uber talented. But if he's going 356 00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:44.960 to be long term successful, week to week successful, he's 357 00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:46.960 going to need one an offensive play caller worth their 358 00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:50.919 salt and going to have to be disciplined and listen 359 00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:53.440 and have more confidence than trust inside the offense. I 360 00:15:53.480 --> 00:15:56.440 don't blame him for not having confident and an offensive 361 00:15:56.440 --> 00:15:58.320 line that's one of the bottom five of the league 362 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:00.840 and not having confidence in a offered the cordinator. They 363 00:16:00.840 --> 00:16:03.519 couldn't get out of the building soon or enough. He's 364 00:16:03.559 --> 00:16:06.279 going to need an improved situation. But Bear fans would 365 00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:09.039 be lying to themselves as they think it's just the 366 00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:10.799 coach that's going to fix this. Caleb needs to fix 367 00:16:10.879 --> 00:16:13.519 this game too. He could be a coach killer if 368 00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:15.879 every single time they're blaming the coach because they see 369 00:16:15.919 --> 00:16:18.320 these little highlights, because they think he can Darnold, they 370 00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:20.320 think he can Baker Mayfield, they think he can Gino. 371 00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:22.120 It might get to a point where there's so much 372 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:25.159 frustration in the buildings. He's not my guy. I didn't 373 00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:27.399 draft him that he could be. In the situation that 374 00:16:27.440 --> 00:16:29.720 the Bears have been improved very long time for one, 375 00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:31.480 GM drafts a guy and it doesn't really work out 376 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:33.159 with the coaching stamps, so they fire the coaching staffs 377 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:36.000 and they bring it a new GM like they need stability. 378 00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:38.639 He needs Caleb Williams and Every player in this league 379 00:16:38.679 --> 00:16:40.559 needs stability, especially at the quarterback position. 380 00:16:41.080 --> 00:16:43.320 I certainly did not plan on making this the former 381 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:46.360 Pac twelve quarterback interview. And maybe it's still sad that 382 00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:48.480 we're no longer a PAC twelve market because of the 383 00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:52.159 leadership of that conference, essentially blowing up a really special thing. 384 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:56.639 But year one, Jim Harbaugh chargers Herbert go, what are 385 00:16:56.639 --> 00:16:57.799 the takeaways. 386 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:02.240 The culture each strategy for breakfast? You know, everyone was 387 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:03.720 questioning like, well, who they get fun the ball to? 388 00:17:04.119 --> 00:17:05.759 Who they gonna throw the ball to? Are they gonna 389 00:17:05.759 --> 00:17:07.599 everage justin her ru enough. You gotta have an high 390 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:11.039 average hip to target. But has anyone falls Jim Harbo's 391 00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:14.240 career that Hede wins football games. He looks at the roster, 392 00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:16.440 he understands the strength, he knows the kind of brand 393 00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:19.160 of football he wants his team to play. They set 394 00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:21.000 a standard and they hit it. They set a standard 395 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:23.519 and they hit it. Now now when people don't agree 396 00:17:23.559 --> 00:17:25.480 to that standard. Who everyone knows about the arguments with 397 00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:28.240 Trent baal Key. You know they maybe go different ways, 398 00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:30.359 but he has proven everywhere he's gone he wins by 399 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:34.160 setting a standard, not just strategically philosophically but also culturally, 400 00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:37.400 and they've drafted good players. They've set their standard. And 401 00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:40.160