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March 4, 2023

What do the lakers look like without Lebron?

What do the lakers look like without Lebron?

LeBron is out for the Lakers. What does that make of their chances?
 
NFL free agency is in two weeks. What does that mean for the Atlanta Falcons?
 
 NFL owners are about to vote out Daniel Snyder. Why is that a good thing?
 
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The Couch Potato Sports Report

LeBron is out for the Lakers. What does that make of their chances?

 

NFL free agency is in two weeks. What does that mean for the Atlanta Falcons?

 

 NFL owners are about to vote out Daniel Snyder. Why is that a good thing?

 

There's a big draft drama with Jalen Carter of the University of Georgia. Will it hurt his chances in the NFL?

 

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1 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:11,730 Good evening. 2 00:00:11,730 --> 00:00:12,390 Good evening. 3 00:00:12,395 --> 00:00:17,340 It's the Couch Potato Sports Report with T-Bird and the other guy. 4 00:00:17,580 --> 00:00:21,150 And Dexter, if you'll notice, Mo's not here tonight. 5 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:25,680 And uh, so me and og, we gonna be rolling with the punches tonight. 6 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:31,110 Og, we got a lot of stuff in the N B A going on with LeBron James. 7 00:00:31,890 --> 00:00:37,620 You know, the Lakers, they got this team, uh, you know, they won a championship in 8 00:00:37,620 --> 00:00:43,140 the bubble and now you know, people don't think they can win it out of the bubble. 9 00:00:43,140 --> 00:00:47,730 And then you got Anthony Davis who supposed to be all this and all that. 10 00:00:47,730 --> 00:00:54,885 And to me he ain't all that, but LeBron's out so, so, What, what do you 11 00:00:54,885 --> 00:00:56,715 think this is going to take their team? 12 00:00:56,715 --> 00:00:58,815 Will they, will they get in the playoff tournament? 13 00:00:58,815 --> 00:01:01,065 Will they make the regular uh, playoffs? 14 00:01:01,485 --> 00:01:07,065 You know, they are, they are a team comprised of all stars and 15 00:01:07,365 --> 00:01:12,915 they're individual all stars and they do not have the cohesion to, 16 00:01:13,185 --> 00:01:15,495 to go very far in the playoffs. 17 00:01:15,495 --> 00:01:18,525 They have all the talent in the world, but they cannot put together. 18 00:01:18,885 --> 00:01:22,965 And that's why even with a full roster, they struggle. 19 00:01:23,115 --> 00:01:26,775 I mean, look at, look at, towards the end of last year and even into this year 20 00:01:26,780 --> 00:01:28,995 with a full, with a full, you know, team. 21 00:01:29,475 --> 00:01:32,985 They're just, they're okay cuz they just don't, they, they 22 00:01:32,985 --> 00:01:34,545 play individual basketball. 23 00:01:34,664 --> 00:01:34,875 Right. 24 00:01:34,875 --> 00:01:35,835 That's the best way to put it. 25 00:01:36,285 --> 00:01:40,395 Well, I mean like, uh, when you think about Anthony Davis, you know, 26 00:01:40,395 --> 00:01:45,645 that was the big get that LeBron wanted to get and he got him, uh, 27 00:01:46,140 --> 00:01:48,360 How many games have this guy missed? 28 00:01:48,420 --> 00:01:50,790 I mean, he, they just giving him money. 29 00:01:50,910 --> 00:01:54,600 I mean, it's just not, I wouldn't want him on my team if you want to know 30 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:56,310 the truth, because he never plays. 31 00:01:56,670 --> 00:02:00,150 And now when he starts to play, he can't carry the team without LeBron. 32 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:01,740 He was supposed to been that guy. 33 00:02:02,070 --> 00:02:06,480 He's, he's, he's not necessarily a number one guy. 34 00:02:07,020 --> 00:02:09,509 And, and, you know, talk about playing hurt, man. 35 00:02:09,509 --> 00:02:14,820 I, I couldn't, I can't think of a, of a center type of player. 36 00:02:14,820 --> 00:02:15,120 Powerful. 37 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:20,310 He's a very big, he's a big, how many big men play consistently? 38 00:02:20,470 --> 00:02:21,990 I, I mean, think about Zion. 39 00:02:21,990 --> 00:02:23,550 Zion misses every other game. 40 00:02:23,580 --> 00:02:25,860 He men out 26 straight games. 41 00:02:26,370 --> 00:02:30,330 Like, come on now, . I mean, like, what's he doing to earn that, 42 00:02:30,335 --> 00:02:31,800 that big old check he's getting. 43 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:36,540 Well, uh, you know, again, you know, I know we, we talked about 44 00:02:36,540 --> 00:02:41,760 it last week, but, you know, the load management thing, uh, I think 45 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:43,260 that's running in the N B A, but. 46 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:49,410 LeBron got a legitimate, uh, injury here and I just really don't 47 00:02:49,410 --> 00:02:53,760 think that they can win without LeBron and, and Anthony Davis. 48 00:02:53,820 --> 00:02:57,570 I mean, he'll tweak something tomorrow and that'll be that. 49 00:02:57,570 --> 00:03:01,200 So what, what do you think their chances are with getting 50 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:03,720 in the playoff without LeBron? 51 00:03:03,990 --> 00:03:05,940 I think it's gonna be a stretch at best. 52 00:03:06,030 --> 00:03:10,200 Um, with LeBron, I think they're, you know, maybe they could get six, 53 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:15,000 seventh, eight seed, but I think play in tournament, if they're lucky without 54 00:03:15,005 --> 00:03:19,560 LeBron, they they very well could miss, just cuz they don't have that guy. 55 00:03:19,590 --> 00:03:23,760 You, LeBron is such a good player to get everyone else involved. 56 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:26,490 And I mean, you need a guy like that. 57 00:03:26,519 --> 00:03:29,130 They don't, they certainly don't have that without him. 58 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:30,269 I mean, definitely not. 59 00:03:30,269 --> 00:03:33,840 And, and AD is not the answer that maybe they, they thought he was gonna be. 60 00:03:33,870 --> 00:03:34,800 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 61 00:03:34,890 --> 00:03:35,850 He's not the answer. 62 00:03:35,850 --> 00:03:41,070 And even if they got in the playoffs, They're not gonna go very far. 63 00:03:41,370 --> 00:03:44,340 Cause LeBron, he's LeBron, but he's 38. 64 00:03:44,460 --> 00:03:45,390 And he's 38. 65 00:03:45,390 --> 00:03:45,810 LeBron. 66 00:03:45,810 --> 00:03:49,350 And he, he, he can't carry them every game like he used to. 67 00:03:49,740 --> 00:03:51,000 Dick, you gotta take on that. 68 00:03:51,570 --> 00:03:56,250 Uh, yeah, I ki I kind of, I, I think it, it be, it be, it's kind of an 69 00:03:56,250 --> 00:04:00,870 interesting question because you have all this game film on LeBron 70 00:04:00,870 --> 00:04:04,620 and that's part of the problem is you have a ton of film and everything 71 00:04:04,620 --> 00:04:07,770 on him, but with everybody else, you don't really have anything on them. 72 00:04:07,770 --> 00:04:11,610 You don't have a, a whole lot of information to see how well 73 00:04:11,615 --> 00:04:13,770 they play together without him. 74 00:04:14,130 --> 00:04:18,720 So what happens now, you know, do you, it it would, it's like you have a chance 75 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:22,980 to decentralize the offense and see what they can do so they can make or break 76 00:04:22,980 --> 00:04:24,150 themselves at this point, you know? 77 00:04:24,270 --> 00:04:24,450 Yeah. 78 00:04:24,455 --> 00:04:26,850 Not to answer a question with a question, but I, I feel like 79 00:04:26,850 --> 00:04:27,880 the whole thing's interesting. 80 00:04:28,290 --> 00:04:28,620 Yeah. 81 00:04:28,625 --> 00:04:34,125 And then they just made, you know, a trade where, Sent Pat, Patrick, Beverly 82 00:04:34,125 --> 00:04:39,585 on this way, and then they got, you know, a new two or three guys and you know, you 83 00:04:39,585 --> 00:04:42,195 gotta get some continuity with those guys. 84 00:04:42,195 --> 00:04:47,055 And the season is about over and again, I think the whole key is ad. 85 00:04:47,385 --> 00:04:51,705 I mean, they should, having LeBron and ad, they should be able to play 86 00:04:51,705 --> 00:04:56,565 with LeBron with AD because he's that dude, but he's not that dude. 87 00:04:56,565 --> 00:04:59,685 He's not Joe, l m b, you know, he's not Giannis. 88 00:05:00,225 --> 00:05:02,895 And he was supposed to have been in the conversation with 89 00:05:02,895 --> 00:05:04,605 those guys, but he's not. 90 00:05:05,025 --> 00:05:08,775 Yeah, he was, he was the dude his first couple years in league 91 00:05:08,775 --> 00:05:12,075 because there wasn't a Zion, there wasn't a Giannis at the time. 92 00:05:12,135 --> 00:05:14,205 He was the best that there was. 93 00:05:14,205 --> 00:05:17,775 And we didn't realize that there were several people better at his 94 00:05:17,775 --> 00:05:18,885 kind of position, if you will. 95 00:05:19,125 --> 00:05:19,325 Right. 96 00:05:19,455 --> 00:05:24,435 And I, I, I, I can't understand for the life of me and y'all help me, I can't 97 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:26,625 understand why that guy's so fragile. 98 00:05:27,105 --> 00:05:29,565 I mean, he's a, he's a big dude. 99 00:05:30,870 --> 00:05:35,580 But it, it's, it's like he got a stress here, he got a stress there. 100 00:05:36,060 --> 00:05:38,159 He's out for 15 games. 101 00:05:38,159 --> 00:05:40,469 I mean, I don't even understand that. 102 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:43,620 I don't, I don't remember guys being out like that back in the day, do you? 103 00:05:43,950 --> 00:05:44,820 No, no. 104 00:05:44,820 --> 00:05:45,360 Definitely not. 105 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:50,099 And, and there have been guys as big as him and, and taller Even the guy 106 00:05:50,099 --> 00:05:51,599 needs to eat a cheeseburger or two. 107 00:05:51,599 --> 00:05:53,010 I mean, put some meat on those bones. 108 00:05:53,010 --> 00:05:56,969 But I mean, he's not the only, only thin, tall guy, but there 109 00:05:56,969 --> 00:05:58,950 are some, some big tall guys too. 110 00:05:59,219 --> 00:06:00,120 Right, right. 111 00:06:00,570 --> 00:06:03,810 And you know, honestly, I, I feel like sometimes his eyebrows 112 00:06:03,810 --> 00:06:04,890 get in the way of his shots. 113 00:06:05,490 --> 00:06:06,390 That's a good point. 114 00:06:06,390 --> 00:06:06,659 Dex. 115 00:06:06,659 --> 00:06:06,960 Yeah. 116 00:06:07,430 --> 00:06:12,480 . You know, I mean, it is just, I just wouldn't, I wouldn't have him on my team. 117 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:16,740 I think, uh, I know when LeBron go on title. 118 00:06:16,740 --> 00:06:17,070 Right. 119 00:06:17,370 --> 00:06:18,300 Okay. 120 00:06:18,305 --> 00:06:21,780 Ad everybody else was standing up and AD was sitting down over there and 121 00:06:21,780 --> 00:06:22,919 they, they asked him, man, what's. 122 00:06:23,414 --> 00:06:24,135 What's up with that? 123 00:06:24,135 --> 00:06:27,825 Why you didn't go, you know, get LeBron his, his flowers, you know, 124 00:06:28,724 --> 00:06:31,604 and, uh, he was talking about it. 125 00:06:31,695 --> 00:06:33,375 It didn't have nothing to do with that. 126 00:06:33,380 --> 00:06:35,715 It was about the way they was playing or something. 127 00:06:35,715 --> 00:06:36,135 Come on. 128 00:06:37,215 --> 00:06:38,385 Are we gonna believe that og? 129 00:06:38,745 --> 00:06:39,375 Yeah. 130 00:06:39,380 --> 00:06:42,315 I, I, again, we got lots of superstars. 131 00:06:42,315 --> 00:06:46,455 Lots of egos and lots of, you know, whatever it, I don't care who you are. 132 00:06:46,484 --> 00:06:50,176 If you are playing on LeBron's team, it's LeBron's team. 133 00:06:50,176 --> 00:06:51,315 It's LeBron's team, no doubt about it. 134 00:06:51,315 --> 00:06:56,054 So he's got a, something, something's doesn't sit well, but he should know 135 00:06:56,054 --> 00:06:57,945 going in that it is LeBron's team. 136 00:06:57,945 --> 00:07:01,664 I don't care who you are, I don't care if he 40, it's still LeBron LeBron's team. 137 00:07:01,724 --> 00:07:02,505 You know what I mean? 138 00:07:02,505 --> 00:07:05,865 Cause that, that there's, that was no call to do that. 139 00:07:05,865 --> 00:07:07,905 I mean, get up, go get a boy's flowers. 140 00:07:08,265 --> 00:07:10,905 Ain't nothing you can say because you done missed more than half 141 00:07:10,905 --> 00:07:13,034 the season with a injury again. 142 00:07:13,395 --> 00:07:13,484 Right. 143 00:07:13,544 --> 00:07:17,544 I mean, in fairness to Anthony Davis, he was sponsored by Haterade. 144 00:07:17,594 --> 00:07:21,525 So , you know, he, he's got a, you know, he is got that contract and everything, 145 00:07:21,525 --> 00:07:25,425 so, Uh, well, hey man, it is what it is. 146 00:07:25,425 --> 00:07:27,015 You know, long lived the Lakers. 147 00:07:27,075 --> 00:07:27,825 Hahaha. 148 00:07:28,545 --> 00:07:32,295 All right, guys, when we come back, we're gonna talk a little N F L 149 00:07:32,295 --> 00:07:36,585 free agency and uh, I wonder what that means for the Atlanta Falcons 150 00:07:36,585 --> 00:07:37,575 coming up back in the minute. 151 00:07:57,270 --> 00:08:01,080 Hey, this is Moeda from the Cal Potatoes Sports Report Graduates upon 152 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:02,850 us and a new car is a great gift. 153 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:07,170 Don't just send them into the world with a reliable ride, but unreliable insurance. 154 00:08:07,500 --> 00:08:11,700 At the Levette Group, we will find the best TaylorMade policy we can 155 00:08:11,700 --> 00:08:13,380 even add on renter's insurance. 156 00:08:13,385 --> 00:08:17,460 For further coverage and a better deal, just call Todd Dean at the Levette Group. 157 00:08:17,970 --> 00:08:22,860 Call Todd Dean at (678) 777-7718. 158 00:08:23,310 --> 00:08:28,980 Again, call Todd Dean at (678) 777-7718. 159 00:08:29,610 --> 00:08:32,610 Hey, this is Producer Dex with the C Potato Sports Report. 160 00:08:33,060 --> 00:08:36,030 Have so much fun watching these guys talk about sports like the 161 00:08:36,030 --> 00:08:37,110 sitting around a water cooler. 162 00:08:37,710 --> 00:08:40,740 There are a few things that can compare to sharing your peace of mind 163 00:08:40,770 --> 00:08:42,120 about something that you care about. 164 00:08:43,425 --> 00:08:45,615 Have you ever thought about telling the world what you know? 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180 00:09:59,685 --> 00:10:03,975 , I feel like we, we talk about this year, every single year, we need 181 00:10:04,065 --> 00:10:08,795 offensive defensive linemen and you know, we need some skill positions. 182 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:13,935 And I think the big question here, so the Falcons have the number eight pick right 183 00:10:13,940 --> 00:10:19,905 now, and there's some talented players on the board, but I think the bigger 184 00:10:19,905 --> 00:10:23,715 question is, is Desmond Ritter the guy? 185 00:10:24,390 --> 00:10:28,860 And, and, and once we answer that question, we can know, okay, who do we 186 00:10:28,860 --> 00:10:31,020 wanna pursue in the free, in free agency? 187 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:35,670 And or who do we wanna look at drafting or, or moving up or back or whatever. 188 00:10:35,670 --> 00:10:38,070 Like what do we do with our pick if Ritter's the guy? 189 00:10:38,370 --> 00:10:42,270 But see, we are not gonna know if Ritter's the guy unless he plays, right? 190 00:10:42,930 --> 00:10:43,140 Yeah. 191 00:10:43,140 --> 00:10:46,920 And, and he, he did start, you know, Mary got benched halfway through the year. 192 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:49,140 He did start, he, he looked decent. 193 00:10:49,140 --> 00:10:54,420 There's some potential, but I don't know if there's enough evidence to, to 194 00:10:54,425 --> 00:10:56,550 really make a, a decision either way. 195 00:10:57,630 --> 00:10:58,770 And there's not. 196 00:10:58,950 --> 00:11:03,420 And uh, uh, you know, let's think now they, they, the bears are talking 197 00:11:03,420 --> 00:11:04,890 about trading the number one pick. 198 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:07,380 That's been the talk all week. 199 00:11:07,380 --> 00:11:09,390 You know, we got the combine going on this week. 200 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:19,500 And if they trade that pick, you gotta think the Falcons are going to try to 201 00:11:19,500 --> 00:11:23,520 make some kind of move, be one of the teams in the conversation because. 202 00:11:24,735 --> 00:11:28,020 of the quarterbacks that's on, that's that can be drafted. 203 00:11:28,980 --> 00:11:34,140 So, you know, again, we don't never know what they're gonna do. 204 00:11:34,145 --> 00:11:36,450 I mean, we think one way and they do something else. 205 00:11:36,450 --> 00:11:39,930 But, and then there was a scenario about the bears. 206 00:11:39,930 --> 00:11:42,600 Were talking about trading, uh, custom fields. 207 00:11:43,060 --> 00:11:45,360 I, I call that a few weeks ago. 208 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:51,720 And I said, if I'm Atlanta, I try to be, I try to get that, I try, I, I try to 209 00:11:51,810 --> 00:11:53,700 trade something to get Justin Fields. 210 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:57,510 He's been the league a couple of years, you know, pretty much know what 211 00:11:57,515 --> 00:11:58,800 you're getting if you can protect him. 212 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:02,340 Uh, what's your, what's your thoughts on those two scenarios? 213 00:12:02,550 --> 00:12:04,110 So I think. 214 00:12:05,190 --> 00:12:09,570 I think we, we need a number one franchise quarterback period. 215 00:12:09,690 --> 00:12:10,860 Would that be Justin Fields? 216 00:12:10,860 --> 00:12:14,070 If you could get him and, and if we can get fields, it would be, it 217 00:12:14,075 --> 00:12:15,480 would check a lot of those things. 218 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:18,810 I think there's enough there that, like you said, you know what you're gonna get. 219 00:12:19,230 --> 00:12:21,720 He Is he a, is he a 10 outta 10 quarterback? 220 00:12:21,900 --> 00:12:27,180 No, but there, I mean, there are very few out there, but he's local to the area. 221 00:12:27,180 --> 00:12:28,950 He grew up right down the street from us. 222 00:12:28,955 --> 00:12:29,280 Yeah. 223 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:30,270 At, at Harrison High School. 224 00:12:30,570 --> 00:12:34,950 And like just the, the, you know, we talk about Trey not 225 00:12:34,955 --> 00:12:36,270 being invested in the community. 226 00:12:36,270 --> 00:12:38,160 Well, well, he grew up in this community. 227 00:12:38,165 --> 00:12:38,280 Yeah. 228 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:40,440 So, so, you know, Justin's gonna be bought in. 229 00:12:41,220 --> 00:12:45,870 I think he would be a lot, he'd, he'd get a lot of fandom and, and fans 230 00:12:45,875 --> 00:12:47,100 interested, you know, local fans. 231 00:12:47,100 --> 00:12:50,520 They've watched him, you know, grow up and I think that, and that 232 00:12:50,550 --> 00:12:52,080 he would be a great opportunity. 233 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:55,230 I would rather go after him than I would the number one overall pick. 234 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:58,230 And I would really go after him than Lamar Jackson. 235 00:12:58,440 --> 00:12:58,620 Yes. 236 00:12:58,650 --> 00:13:02,370 Because if you go after Lamar Jackson, you're gonna be right back in Camp Hale. 237 00:13:03,194 --> 00:13:04,905 Like you win with Matt Ryan. 238 00:13:05,084 --> 00:13:07,305 I don't want and, and don't wanna do that again because 239 00:13:07,305 --> 00:13:09,135 you see, we can't get nothing. 240 00:13:09,375 --> 00:13:13,275 I, I don't want, I don't want Lamar he's, he's, I think he's toxic. 241 00:13:13,844 --> 00:13:15,074 A sidebar on him. 242 00:13:15,074 --> 00:13:17,415 It's sounding like he's signing with the commander. 243 00:13:17,415 --> 00:13:19,365 So what? 244 00:13:19,635 --> 00:13:21,314 Yeah, that's Lamar Jackson. 245 00:13:21,314 --> 00:13:21,704 Yeah. 246 00:13:21,709 --> 00:13:23,685 There, there's some things being finalized tonight. 247 00:13:23,685 --> 00:13:24,974 We're gonna know more later on. 248 00:13:24,974 --> 00:13:30,525 But yeah, he's, uh, I guess they're meeting his conditions. 249 00:13:30,945 --> 00:13:32,925 I'm just wondering how big that bag is gonna be. 250 00:13:32,925 --> 00:13:35,685 So really that's the rumor, man. 251 00:13:36,135 --> 00:13:37,085 Did you hear that news? 252 00:13:37,315 --> 00:13:41,475 I I I, I could see that, remember LA late last year? 253 00:13:41,475 --> 00:13:41,805 We talked. 254 00:13:41,805 --> 00:13:45,045 He probably could have come back one of the last couple games 255 00:13:45,165 --> 00:13:46,665 and he, and he chose not to. 256 00:13:46,725 --> 00:13:46,935 Yeah. 257 00:13:46,940 --> 00:13:50,715 And there was some dissension, you know, there were some guys making some comments. 258 00:13:50,775 --> 00:13:50,955 Yeah. 259 00:13:51,225 --> 00:13:54,915 So maybe there's more going on than we really thought, or, or 260 00:13:54,915 --> 00:13:56,445 put much, much thought into. 261 00:13:57,105 --> 00:13:58,725 And look, Lamar wants to get paid. 262 00:13:58,725 --> 00:14:00,765 He's, he finished out his fifth year option. 263 00:14:00,765 --> 00:14:02,895 He's, he's ready to start his second big contract. 264 00:14:03,075 --> 00:14:07,005 The guy wants to get paid and he sees Deshaun Watson and, and 265 00:14:07,005 --> 00:14:09,765 everyone else getting their money and, and it's all cash, right? 266 00:14:09,825 --> 00:14:10,875 He wants to do the same. 267 00:14:10,935 --> 00:14:13,785 The Ravens may not be able to meet that or, or be willing to do that. 268 00:14:14,115 --> 00:14:16,155 So he's gonna shop himself around. 269 00:14:16,185 --> 00:14:20,295 Yeah, I, I get that, but I, I didn't see that coming with the commanders. 270 00:14:20,355 --> 00:14:20,685 No. 271 00:14:20,685 --> 00:14:23,775 Cause well, they got every, the enemy as their OC now too. 272 00:14:24,015 --> 00:14:27,735 I mean, also, if you think about it, I mean, he doesn't have to sell his home. 273 00:14:28,829 --> 00:14:29,339 That's true. 274 00:14:29,339 --> 00:14:29,760 It is. 275 00:14:30,060 --> 00:14:30,810 It's pretty darn close. 276 00:14:30,910 --> 00:14:31,990 That's true, that's true. 277 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:33,089 That's not from what I understanding. 278 00:14:33,089 --> 00:14:35,579 You know, old mill, so, yeah, but let's think about it though. 279 00:14:35,579 --> 00:14:39,390 The commanders, they've got, they've got a few decent quarterbacks too. 280 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:42,270 Carson Winz, they've got, um, well, he, he's gone. 281 00:14:42,270 --> 00:14:42,780 They released. 282 00:14:42,780 --> 00:14:43,260 Oh, they did? 283 00:14:43,260 --> 00:14:43,680 Okay. 284 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:43,740 Yeah. 285 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:48,390 So they got Henneke, who's, who's been their guy for most of two years or so. 286 00:14:48,569 --> 00:14:48,660 Yeah. 287 00:14:48,660 --> 00:14:50,550 And played well, he's, he's not bad. 288 00:14:51,270 --> 00:14:56,280 I just, I'm not sure if I understand why they would go after 289 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:59,339 someone like Lamar when they've got some, then they've got good. 290 00:14:59,610 --> 00:15:00,555 That's not a need for them. 291 00:15:00,810 --> 00:15:02,459 Well, I think it's a level thing. 292 00:15:02,459 --> 00:15:05,910 I mean, they, they just in their minds and everybody else's 293 00:15:05,910 --> 00:15:08,040 mind, Lamar's next level period. 294 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:12,810 And when you are, when you are a team that hadn't won in a long time and 295 00:15:12,810 --> 00:15:16,920 you're trying to win, uh, you are doing whatever you can, number one to 296 00:15:16,925 --> 00:15:18,510 get people in the house and number. 297 00:15:19,380 --> 00:15:22,110 If that you feel like that's gonna give you the best chance to win. 298 00:15:22,350 --> 00:15:23,430 That's what you, that's what you do. 299 00:15:23,430 --> 00:15:27,900 Because I felt all along that, all these owners, it's a big game to them. 300 00:15:27,900 --> 00:15:29,220 They got so much money. 301 00:15:29,550 --> 00:15:30,960 Alright, I'm gonna beat you. 302 00:15:31,170 --> 00:15:32,819 I'm, you know, I'm gonna beat him. 303 00:15:32,824 --> 00:15:33,630 I'm gonna beat that. 304 00:15:33,630 --> 00:15:36,960 That it's, that's it's, it's a big game to them guys. 305 00:15:38,100 --> 00:15:38,340 Yeah. 306 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:42,689 You know, honestly, I, it kind of makes sense for, uh, Lamar Jackson to go over 307 00:15:42,689 --> 00:15:47,430 there because the enemy's gonna implement the exact same system that he did in 308 00:15:47,430 --> 00:15:52,530 Casey and the, which is similar to the one that, uh, San Francisco used when, 309 00:15:52,620 --> 00:15:54,750 um, uh, Colin Kaepernick was playing. 310 00:15:54,750 --> 00:15:54,810 Yeah. 311 00:15:55,350 --> 00:15:56,730 And send him to the Super Bowl. 312 00:15:56,730 --> 00:16:00,150 So it's, you just need a certain type of quarterback to fit that system. 313 00:16:00,150 --> 00:16:03,840 And he, it, it, it, it looks like it's got a lot of upsides. 314 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:10,380 So, so, and, and we talked about BI Enemy leaving KC a couple weeks ago. 315 00:16:10,385 --> 00:16:10,760 Yeah. 316 00:16:11,130 --> 00:16:15,480 And I, I, I don't know, maybe I just didn't realize it, but I, he doesn't, he 317 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:18,060 didn't call the plays there, so I can see. 318 00:16:18,465 --> 00:16:22,365 You know, his responsibility increased and he's got a bigger role in all that. 319 00:16:22,365 --> 00:16:26,745 But man, that it still seems like a downgrade to me going to the commanders. 320 00:16:26,865 --> 00:16:27,795 It it does. 321 00:16:27,795 --> 00:16:33,105 And you know what I, Andy, Andy Reed to me, is a genius. 322 00:16:33,110 --> 00:16:36,735 But if I'm the oc, I want to call plays. 323 00:16:37,245 --> 00:16:40,485 I mean, I don't know what kinda arrangement they had up there, but, 324 00:16:41,205 --> 00:16:44,805 uh, if I'm, no, see, I don't wanna call the plays because that's how 325 00:16:44,805 --> 00:16:48,075 you get elevated to a head coach. 326 00:16:48,075 --> 00:16:51,765 I guess that was the reason why he wasn't getting elevated to a head coach. 327 00:16:51,765 --> 00:16:54,944 Cause he, in essence, he wasn't calling the plays. 328 00:16:55,305 --> 00:16:55,485 Yeah. 329 00:16:55,515 --> 00:16:59,595 But man, you, yeah, I, I, I, I, I understand it from that perspective. 330 00:16:59,595 --> 00:17:02,415 Uhhuh , you wanna, you wanna, you know, lead the team and you wanna 331 00:17:02,415 --> 00:17:04,305 have that kind of fall on you. 332 00:17:05,204 --> 00:17:08,325 I just, it's hard to, I mean, you've got a winning franchise. 333 00:17:08,325 --> 00:17:09,315 Why, why break? 334 00:17:09,345 --> 00:17:10,815 You know, if, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. 335 00:17:10,815 --> 00:17:11,895 If it ain't broke, don't fix it. 336 00:17:12,870 --> 00:17:14,430 I've got a question for you. 337 00:17:14,910 --> 00:17:16,260 Getting back to the Falcons here. 338 00:17:16,470 --> 00:17:16,740 Yeah. 339 00:17:16,860 --> 00:17:20,670 And their draft, did their, you know, draft pick number eight, if they dec 340 00:17:21,329 --> 00:17:25,620 if there's still a quarterback on the board, do you think they could 341 00:17:26,079 --> 00:17:31,950 convince a, another team to trade up to their, to number eight to get that, 342 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:33,600 you know, get whoever that team wanted? 343 00:17:34,950 --> 00:17:36,900 If there's a quarterback on the board, do you think the 344 00:17:36,900 --> 00:17:38,220 Falcons would trade up to it? 345 00:17:38,270 --> 00:17:38,620 No. 346 00:17:38,625 --> 00:17:42,630 Trade down with the, what situation would, would the Falcons trade down? 347 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:50,310 Uh, I don't think they're trade down because I don't wanna get No. 348 00:17:50,985 --> 00:17:52,185 Low rated quarterback. 349 00:17:52,515 --> 00:17:56,655 I don't care if he is a quarterback, I I want to get the highest rated quarterback. 350 00:17:56,685 --> 00:17:57,825 Am I making sense to you? 351 00:17:57,825 --> 00:18:00,495 Yeah, but if maybe the, if the falcon Okay. 352 00:18:00,500 --> 00:18:01,425 Ritter's our guy. 353 00:18:01,515 --> 00:18:03,315 We don't, we're not looking for a quarterback. 354 00:18:03,495 --> 00:18:03,735 Yeah. 355 00:18:03,825 --> 00:18:06,405 But there are other, there are great quarterbacks in the draft. 356 00:18:06,435 --> 00:18:07,785 Other teams need quarterbacks. 357 00:18:07,995 --> 00:18:12,495 Does it make sense for the Falcons to then trade down and get more picks so that they 358 00:18:12,495 --> 00:18:14,325 can get some more talents in all this? 359 00:18:14,330 --> 00:18:14,495 Yeah. 360 00:18:14,500 --> 00:18:14,535 Yeah. 361 00:18:14,535 --> 00:18:16,245 You can do that because they need a lot. 362 00:18:16,605 --> 00:18:16,785 Yeah. 363 00:18:17,140 --> 00:18:21,045 and, and, uh, you know, number one, we don't know how many people we're 364 00:18:21,045 --> 00:18:24,345 gonna bring back from this past year. 365 00:18:24,350 --> 00:18:26,385 You know, a lot of guys on one year deals. 366 00:18:26,925 --> 00:18:29,955 So you, it's a, it's a must. 367 00:18:30,045 --> 00:18:31,815 We gotta get edge rushers. 368 00:18:31,815 --> 00:18:37,905 We got, uh, we got a couple, but we need some guys that can come in there and 369 00:18:37,905 --> 00:18:41,265 really get to the quarterback and keep bringing those guys along at they home. 370 00:18:41,775 --> 00:18:46,065 Alright, we, we need, uh, uh, D tackles. 371 00:18:46,455 --> 00:18:47,865 Somebody gotta help Grady. 372 00:18:48,270 --> 00:18:50,220 I mean, somebody gotta help Brady. 373 00:18:50,220 --> 00:18:51,720 He can't do it by himself. 374 00:18:52,230 --> 00:18:55,470 And you know, when you get, uh, pressure on the quarterback that makes 375 00:18:55,470 --> 00:18:59,310 your defensive backs, uh, better, you gotta get another, uh, back 376 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:05,970 defensive back to go on the longside of, uh, 24, uh, I forget his name. 377 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:06,600 What's his name? 378 00:19:06,605 --> 00:19:06,720 Mm-hmm. 379 00:19:06,870 --> 00:19:10,710 . Yeah, I can picture, yeah, you gotta get another, uh, you know, 380 00:19:10,710 --> 00:19:12,360 a bookend corner over there. 381 00:19:12,630 --> 00:19:17,760 So we, we really in a good position, number one, we got money. 382 00:19:18,360 --> 00:19:18,450 Mm-hmm. 383 00:19:18,690 --> 00:19:18,810 . Okay. 384 00:19:18,810 --> 00:19:23,310 We probably got close to 80 million cause we just cut Marcus Marietta. 385 00:19:23,315 --> 00:19:24,509 That was $12 million. 386 00:19:24,630 --> 00:19:24,810 Yep. 387 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:25,590 Okay. 388 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:32,700 And number two, we, we, we got, we went seven and 10 twice, right? 389 00:19:32,730 --> 00:19:32,820 Mm-hmm. 390 00:19:33,245 --> 00:19:34,560 Okay with, with. 391 00:19:35,715 --> 00:19:39,585 So you gotta figure when you get something that's at least three 392 00:19:39,585 --> 00:19:40,995 more games, you ought to win. 393 00:19:41,264 --> 00:19:43,485 Well, Aaron Rodgers, uh, here is available. 394 00:19:43,490 --> 00:19:45,915 I don't want Aaron Rods Well, and we ain't got time for that. 395 00:19:45,985 --> 00:19:47,095 We, we got money though. 396 00:19:47,100 --> 00:19:47,745 We got money. 397 00:19:47,745 --> 00:19:48,014 Yeah. 398 00:19:48,014 --> 00:19:50,925 But nah, I, I think you stick with your plan. 399 00:19:51,315 --> 00:19:56,715 Try to get a young, uh, quarterback for the franchise and, and, and you move on. 400 00:19:56,715 --> 00:20:00,135 Then you fi try to fill up all them other holes You got, you got on Dick. 401 00:20:00,915 --> 00:20:01,155 Yeah. 402 00:20:01,155 --> 00:20:05,715 I mean, we talk about Aaron Rods and his age, but one of the underlooked 403 00:20:05,715 --> 00:20:09,165 aspects is if he catches Covid, he's just gonna pretty much be out. 404 00:20:09,165 --> 00:20:11,085 So, yeah, I put it out there. 405 00:20:11,175 --> 00:20:13,695 But remember, he's, he's immunized, remember? 406 00:20:13,700 --> 00:20:14,715 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 407 00:20:14,715 --> 00:20:18,195 Is he immunized from dying as vague of a term as that was? 408 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:18,655 Yeah. 409 00:20:18,659 --> 00:20:18,885 Yeah. 410 00:20:19,905 --> 00:20:24,335 . Well, you know, uh, again, uh, it is free agency all around the league O. 411 00:20:25,500 --> 00:20:28,679 It's probably gonna be a lot of movement before it's all said and done. 412 00:20:28,770 --> 00:20:29,010 Yeah. 413 00:20:29,070 --> 00:20:31,530 March 15th gonna be a lot of activity going on. 414 00:20:31,530 --> 00:20:31,770 Right. 415 00:20:32,460 --> 00:20:33,389 All right, guys. 416 00:20:33,389 --> 00:20:35,669 When we get back, we're gonna talk a little bit more about the 417 00:20:35,675 --> 00:20:38,590 Washington Commanders and Dan Snyder. 418 00:20:48,945 --> 00:20:53,024 Why would you hold onto a still old auto policy when you have a fresh new 419 00:20:53,030 --> 00:20:57,495 car, new ride, new you, new plan, right? 420 00:20:58,814 --> 00:21:03,165 The Levette Group will the new you for a tailored policy that 421 00:21:03,165 --> 00:21:04,725 meets all your requirements. 422 00:21:05,865 --> 00:21:11,514 So why not update your auto needs with a personal line from the Levette group? 423 00:21:11,895 --> 00:21:15,284 Call me Todd Dean to find the best package that fits you. 424 00:21:16,695 --> 00:21:22,185 I can be reached at 6 78 7 7 7 7 7 1 8. 425 00:21:23,264 --> 00:21:31,214 Again, I'm Todd with the Levette Group and you can reach me at 6 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 1 8. 426 00:21:37,169 --> 00:21:40,169 Hey, this is Mo better with the Cast Taylor Sports Report. 427 00:21:40,230 --> 00:21:43,590 I'd love for you to join us for what always promises should be and 428 00:21:43,590 --> 00:21:47,250 entertaining, and live the discussion on the latest news in sports. 429 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:52,199 And trust me, I need all the support I can get because refereeing these matches 430 00:21:52,205 --> 00:21:57,179 with T-Bird and the other guy is no easy task, but it's always a lot of fun. 431 00:21:57,480 --> 00:21:59,040 Tune in Fridays at six o'clock. 432 00:22:13,230 --> 00:22:14,070 All right. 433 00:22:14,074 --> 00:22:14,730 All right. 434 00:22:14,735 --> 00:22:16,919 Come in back on the Couch Potato Sports Report. 435 00:22:16,919 --> 00:22:21,929 Just want to tell you while we're on, you can catch us on Spotify Pod bean. 436 00:22:22,470 --> 00:22:27,510 Uh, followers on the couch spot, uh, from, we're from Cartersville, Georgia. 437 00:22:27,514 --> 00:22:29,730 We do it every Friday at six o'clock. 438 00:22:30,315 --> 00:22:33,945 Uh, any of your streaming services, you know, tap it in. 439 00:22:33,975 --> 00:22:37,815 You can just put in the cash potato sports report and it should pop up on your 440 00:22:37,815 --> 00:22:40,995 screen so you can listen to us anytime. 441 00:22:41,715 --> 00:22:41,895 Yeah. 442 00:22:41,895 --> 00:22:43,755 And, uh, don't forget to share it with a friend. 443 00:22:43,965 --> 00:22:44,145 Yeah. 444 00:22:44,145 --> 00:22:45,615 Um, that's a great way to support the show. 445 00:22:45,795 --> 00:22:47,025 No doubt about it. 446 00:22:47,565 --> 00:22:51,645 So, uh, OG we was talking about free agency, and before we go into the, 447 00:22:51,705 --> 00:22:56,415 uh, Dan Snyder, You, you mentioned a good point to me and you brother. 448 00:22:56,415 --> 00:22:56,775 Of course I did. 449 00:22:57,735 --> 00:22:58,225 . Yeah. 450 00:22:58,225 --> 00:22:59,085 You the smart one, right? 451 00:22:59,895 --> 00:23:04,095 Uh, we were talking about Derek Carl, would he be a good fit in Atlanta? 452 00:23:04,095 --> 00:23:09,625 And I told you that I don't think that he would be a good fit for us considering 453 00:23:09,625 --> 00:23:11,715 the, the way Arthur Smith operates. 454 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:14,475 I, I just don't think he is accurate as we need him to be. 455 00:23:14,745 --> 00:23:18,915 And then we, we did another fit guy, you know, we had that with Marietta. 456 00:23:18,915 --> 00:23:23,355 Now it's time to, in my opinion, it's time to get that, that franchise quarterback 457 00:23:23,355 --> 00:23:25,155 and, and start doing other things. 458 00:23:25,155 --> 00:23:28,845 You know, my, my only cut to that is we didn't have an accuracy guy with 459 00:23:28,845 --> 00:23:33,225 Marietta either, or, I mean, Ritter's, it's still right's still very new, right? 460 00:23:33,435 --> 00:23:38,625 I think, I think D Derek hard did well in Vegas with a good running 461 00:23:38,625 --> 00:23:43,125 game, which we have and, and decent wide receivers we also have, and 462 00:23:43,515 --> 00:23:45,195 he's not the most mobile quarterback. 463 00:23:45,195 --> 00:23:48,915 That may be a problem, just cuz Atlanta protection is not the best. 464 00:23:48,975 --> 00:23:49,275 Right. 465 00:23:49,395 --> 00:23:50,385 But I, I think. 466 00:23:51,014 --> 00:23:55,065 I think if the price is right, I think he could be a good, a good 467 00:23:55,065 --> 00:23:56,805 bandaid for a good couple of years. 468 00:23:57,075 --> 00:24:03,315 But a, a again, o gee, I, um, we, I'm tired of bandaid, you know, 469 00:24:04,125 --> 00:24:05,535 personally I'm tired of bandaid. 470 00:24:06,135 --> 00:24:08,595 It's ti this is year three of Arthur Smith. 471 00:24:08,915 --> 00:24:14,895 It, it, it is time to, to, uh, cross some ts and dot some i's because, you 472 00:24:14,895 --> 00:24:18,465 know, you in the N F nfl and like JK said, if you don't win in this league, 473 00:24:18,470 --> 00:24:20,085 he gonna be selling groceries, right? 474 00:24:20,504 --> 00:24:24,705 . So, you know, you know, you just, it is time to get that franchise guy, 475 00:24:24,710 --> 00:24:28,635 whether it's going be Rita or whether you going, uh, get one in the draft or 476 00:24:28,639 --> 00:24:30,014 whether you gonna make a trade for one. 477 00:24:30,014 --> 00:24:33,735 It's time we, it's time for us to get off that we need a quarterback 478 00:24:33,735 --> 00:24:37,125 thing because you got so many other things you gotta deal with. 479 00:24:37,129 --> 00:24:41,805 So, um, I, again, I would like to see us get that franchise 480 00:24:41,805 --> 00:24:43,485 guy and start dealing with. 481 00:24:44,175 --> 00:24:46,875 Uh, defensive ends, defensive tackles. 482 00:24:47,205 --> 00:24:49,395 We, uh, still need a offensive guard. 483 00:24:49,395 --> 00:24:52,095 We don't know if we gonna bring Caleb McCay back at Wright Tackle. 484 00:24:52,754 --> 00:24:58,875 So, you know, and this cat is, is warranted 70 million this year. 485 00:25:00,135 --> 00:25:03,915 That's, that's hard to believe, but yeah, he can get that on the open market. 486 00:25:04,125 --> 00:25:04,455 Yeah. 487 00:25:04,605 --> 00:25:09,915 I, I just, I'm, we, I, we thought we were looking for a franchise guy last year. 488 00:25:10,004 --> 00:25:10,544 Here we are. 489 00:25:10,550 --> 00:25:13,034 One year later, we the same conversation. 490 00:25:13,185 --> 00:25:14,475 Ah, we need a franchise quarterback. 491 00:25:14,534 --> 00:25:16,695 Well, let's pick one and stick with it. 492 00:25:16,695 --> 00:25:18,105 And if it's Ritter, great. 493 00:25:18,105 --> 00:25:18,825 Let's do it. 494 00:25:18,825 --> 00:25:19,095 Yeah. 495 00:25:19,245 --> 00:25:22,274 But we gotta, we gotta pick something. 496 00:25:22,335 --> 00:25:22,575 Yes. 497 00:25:22,575 --> 00:25:23,475 We gotta pick a direction. 498 00:25:23,504 --> 00:25:24,825 It's time to make a decision. 499 00:25:25,335 --> 00:25:25,725 Alright. 500 00:25:25,725 --> 00:25:30,345 Talking about, uh, Daniel Schneider, the, uh, commander's owner. 501 00:25:30,764 --> 00:25:31,435 Alright. 502 00:25:32,175 --> 00:25:34,995 He's been in the league, I forget how many, it's been a quite a few 503 00:25:34,995 --> 00:25:40,365 years and there's been all kind of controversy surrounding him for years. 504 00:25:41,294 --> 00:25:45,555 Uh, You think the owners are fed up with him and ready to move on? 505 00:25:45,645 --> 00:25:46,095 Yeah. 506 00:25:46,395 --> 00:25:50,625 And, and they have been for a couple years, but recently just some, some, 507 00:25:50,655 --> 00:25:55,875 some more dirt surfaced about some, you know, loan and, and just it's, 508 00:25:55,875 --> 00:26:00,015 he's using the commander's money as a personal piggy bank and mm-hmm. 509 00:26:00,165 --> 00:26:01,365 , all this other stuff. 510 00:26:01,395 --> 00:26:06,645 And he kind of, it looks like he was a bit of a shady dealer in the form of 511 00:26:06,650 --> 00:26:08,745 getting this 55 million loan mm-hmm. 512 00:26:09,315 --> 00:26:13,965 . And at the same time, the other owners don't really like him because he paid a 513 00:26:13,965 --> 00:26:18,405 couple years ago, he paid people to try and kind of get dirt on the other owners. 514 00:26:18,410 --> 00:26:18,745 Right, right. 515 00:26:18,945 --> 00:26:23,025 So like, it's like one of their own, you know, they don't want it, it 516 00:26:23,025 --> 00:26:26,065 just be like me trying to find out secrets on like, you don't Yeah. 517 00:26:26,065 --> 00:26:28,455 Don't want that on, on one of your own to be doing that to you. 518 00:26:28,455 --> 00:26:32,715 That's just so he's not exactly, um, best friends with all the owners, 519 00:26:32,715 --> 00:26:33,945 they probably want him out now. 520 00:26:33,945 --> 00:26:36,675 This is all the more reason just to be done. 521 00:26:37,305 --> 00:26:37,605 Yeah. 522 00:26:37,665 --> 00:26:39,495 I, I find it very funny that. 523 00:26:40,905 --> 00:26:43,035 When he told him he had that dirt on him. 524 00:26:43,605 --> 00:26:45,945 Everything settled down there for a minute, didn't it? 525 00:26:47,325 --> 00:26:47,504 Yeah. 526 00:26:47,955 --> 00:26:53,504 I mean it, you know, it got real quiet that Yeah. 527 00:26:53,504 --> 00:26:56,595 The thing about that is, um, yeah, you can make your anatomy enemy, you 528 00:26:56,595 --> 00:27:00,415 can have, you know, a little dirt on one person here, one person there. 529 00:27:00,645 --> 00:27:05,895 But when you got that many people willing to form a union against you, you 530 00:27:06,465 --> 00:27:08,715 probably did something wrong, I'm sure. 531 00:27:08,715 --> 00:27:13,665 But I'm sure that throughout the league, most, most of all those owners 532 00:27:14,245 --> 00:27:17,325 are, are playing, uh, a dirty game. 533 00:27:18,405 --> 00:27:19,545 Let's, let's be honest. 534 00:27:19,575 --> 00:27:20,385 Let's be honest. 535 00:27:20,385 --> 00:27:22,785 And y'all, if y'all don't agree with it, that's fine. 536 00:27:23,595 --> 00:27:25,095 Most people like that. 537 00:27:25,095 --> 00:27:26,295 That's in the 1%. 538 00:27:27,135 --> 00:27:28,685 They didn't get all that, honestly. 539 00:27:28,785 --> 00:27:29,955 Oh, yeah, of course not. 540 00:27:30,254 --> 00:27:30,585 Okay. 541 00:27:30,585 --> 00:27:31,405 I could touch you that. 542 00:27:31,405 --> 00:27:36,225 So, so you know that they playing them dirty games amongst all their 543 00:27:36,225 --> 00:27:38,295 peers because that's what they do. 544 00:27:39,405 --> 00:27:39,824 Yeah. 545 00:27:39,945 --> 00:27:43,004 The thing about him in particular is, I don't understand. 546 00:27:43,004 --> 00:27:44,655 You're worth four and a half billion dollars. 547 00:27:45,254 --> 00:27:47,564 Why do you need another 55 million? 548 00:27:48,314 --> 00:27:48,855 Like, what is that? 549 00:27:48,915 --> 00:27:50,774 How is that gonna change your life, dude? 550 00:27:50,774 --> 00:27:51,195 Like, come on. 551 00:27:51,195 --> 00:27:52,754 Yeah, that's just, that's just them. 552 00:27:53,345 --> 00:27:53,695 Og. 553 00:27:53,745 --> 00:27:58,784 You know, the other thing, couple years ago he got himself into some trouble 554 00:27:58,814 --> 00:28:05,175 with some sexual harassment claims, and also remember, His, his president of 555 00:28:05,175 --> 00:28:07,754 football operations was the one that exchanged emails with John Gruden. 556 00:28:07,754 --> 00:28:08,715 With the Russell stuff. 557 00:28:08,735 --> 00:28:09,014 Right. 558 00:28:09,014 --> 00:28:09,465 So, right. 559 00:28:09,495 --> 00:28:11,774 So like there's a, we got a track record here. 560 00:28:11,835 --> 00:28:12,135 Right. 561 00:28:12,195 --> 00:28:16,125 And, and he hired a woman coach to, you know, he's the first to 562 00:28:16,125 --> 00:28:19,514 hire a, a, you know, a female woman coach of color and Right. 563 00:28:20,385 --> 00:28:23,295 That's a bandaid on the, but the guy guy's toxic to the game. 564 00:28:23,325 --> 00:28:23,655 Yeah. 565 00:28:23,715 --> 00:28:28,545 And I am glad that in the N F L the, you know, like we talked about 566 00:28:28,545 --> 00:28:31,935 with Moe a couple weeks ago with N B A, that you're, you have to 567 00:28:31,935 --> 00:28:33,764 protect the shield at all times. 568 00:28:33,825 --> 00:28:34,004 Yeah. 569 00:28:34,095 --> 00:28:34,895 And that's what they're doing. 570 00:28:34,895 --> 00:28:37,635 And, and that's why the N F L has the power to basically 571 00:28:37,635 --> 00:28:39,735 force the sale of a team. 572 00:28:40,774 --> 00:28:43,470 . And whereas the nba, it's a little different. 573 00:28:43,770 --> 00:28:48,600 Yeah, they, well, they kinda sorta of, I mean, they forced, uh, that 574 00:28:48,605 --> 00:28:49,710 sale of the Clippers remember. 575 00:28:49,950 --> 00:28:50,280 True. 576 00:28:50,580 --> 00:28:56,760 So, you know, and I just think, uh, but it's gonna be a process to get him out. 577 00:28:56,820 --> 00:28:57,179 Right? 578 00:28:58,139 --> 00:28:58,679 Yeah. 579 00:28:58,919 --> 00:29:01,649 I mean, it's never easy, but they're forcing the sale. 580 00:29:01,649 --> 00:29:06,480 He did actually list his house in Maryland, so I'm sure he's, 581 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:08,220 he knows the end embassy. 582 00:29:08,220 --> 00:29:10,110 I I'm sure they've got enough there. 583 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:12,240 Maybe there's more than we know about it. 584 00:29:12,245 --> 00:29:12,929 Right, right, right. 585 00:29:12,929 --> 00:29:15,149 He, I feel like he knows the end is here. 586 00:29:15,149 --> 00:29:20,700 It's not like he can fight and, and, you know, keep it, well go back og and 587 00:29:20,700 --> 00:29:25,260 if you don't mind research a little bit some of the stuff that, that he had. 588 00:29:25,260 --> 00:29:26,580 Do you, do you remember that? 589 00:29:27,419 --> 00:29:27,659 Yeah. 590 00:29:27,665 --> 00:29:30,480 Let me, uh, let me do that real quick here. 591 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:30,810 All right. 592 00:29:30,810 --> 00:29:31,860 I've got a list. 593 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:36,929 And Dick thoughts on, uh, some you, you are owner in the league. 594 00:29:37,685 --> 00:29:41,745 and you've done some shady stuff and they wanting, they want, they, all the 595 00:29:41,745 --> 00:29:44,985 other owners coming together and saying, look man, it's time for you to go. 596 00:29:44,985 --> 00:29:46,545 How you, how would you feel about that? 597 00:29:46,875 --> 00:29:50,655 Uh, I mean, you gotta remember they're coming in with a 598 00:29:51,125 --> 00:29:53,745 attitude of perpetual saltiness. 599 00:29:53,750 --> 00:29:53,835 Mm-hmm. 600 00:29:54,260 --> 00:29:57,135 just perpetual entitlement and all that. 601 00:29:57,585 --> 00:29:58,845 They can't be told what to do. 602 00:29:59,295 --> 00:30:02,235 But if it were me, I mean, I figure I've done enough shady 603 00:30:02,235 --> 00:30:03,495 stuff in my life and I'm poor. 604 00:30:03,795 --> 00:30:04,965 So yeah. 605 00:30:05,055 --> 00:30:08,415 Maybe they, um, yeah, I, I probably feel some sort of way about it 606 00:30:08,505 --> 00:30:09,495 to be quite honest with you. 607 00:30:09,735 --> 00:30:15,105 I mean, but you know, don't you think that rich people feel like 608 00:30:15,105 --> 00:30:18,795 they can get away with whatever they want to get away with ? Oh yeah. 609 00:30:18,905 --> 00:30:20,235 That's how they, that's how they got Rich. 610 00:30:20,265 --> 00:30:23,625 I mean, that's a whole nother podcast, but yeah, that's how they got where they are. 611 00:30:23,895 --> 00:30:30,465 It's funny cuz I, I just heard about this statistic that it's less than like 12% of 612 00:30:30,465 --> 00:30:32,985 like billionaires or something like that. 613 00:30:33,525 --> 00:30:36,255 Uh, didn't get their money from inheritance. 614 00:30:36,810 --> 00:30:37,350 Or something. 615 00:30:37,410 --> 00:30:37,770 Yeah. 616 00:30:37,770 --> 00:30:38,100 Yeah. 617 00:30:38,100 --> 00:30:42,840 And then like another 30%, uh, didn't add anything to the 618 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:43,710 fortune or something like that. 619 00:30:43,710 --> 00:30:43,920 Right. 620 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:46,530 It's just, it is what it is. 621 00:30:46,530 --> 00:30:47,700 Like these people aren't geniuses. 622 00:30:47,700 --> 00:30:49,740 They were just born in the right area code. 623 00:30:49,740 --> 00:30:50,040 So. 624 00:30:51,030 --> 00:30:51,480 Yeah. 625 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:56,400 Well, I'll tell you what, uh, we going, we gonna take a break right here, and 626 00:30:56,400 --> 00:31:00,570 when we come back, we gonna have some dirt on Daniel Snyder, some of the 627 00:31:00,570 --> 00:31:03,030 stuff he did, and then you at home. 628 00:31:03,730 --> 00:31:06,780 You, you know, I'm sure you'll have an opinion about it 629 00:31:06,780 --> 00:31:08,670 as well back in the minute. 630 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:30,840 Why would you hold onto a still old auto policy when you have a fresh new 631 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:35,310 car, new ride, new you, new plan, right? 632 00:31:36,629 --> 00:31:40,770 The Levette Group will assess the new you for a tailored policy 633 00:31:40,919 --> 00:31:42,629 that meets all your requirements. 634 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:49,580 So why not update your auto needs with a personalized plan from the Levette group? 635 00:31:49,950 --> 00:31:53,429 Call me Todd Dean to find the best package that fits you. 636 00:31:54,689 --> 00:32:00,300 I can be reached at 6 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 1 8. 637 00:32:01,260 --> 00:32:04,710 Again, I'm Todd Dean over the Levette Group, and you can 638 00:32:04,710 --> 00:32:09,460 reach me at 6 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 1 8. 639 00:32:13,725 --> 00:32:16,215 Hey, this is T-Bird from the Couch Potato Sports Report. 640 00:32:16,755 --> 00:32:21,195 I think about Atlanta sports all the time, but I talk about them every Friday 641 00:32:21,195 --> 00:32:23,985 at 6:00 PM Eastern here on pod beans. 642 00:32:24,615 --> 00:32:30,165 Follow the link, join myself, Mo, and the other guy as we'll. 643 00:32:30,165 --> 00:32:35,415 Discuss all Atlanta Sports from the Braves to the Hawks and the Falcons. 644 00:32:35,625 --> 00:32:41,655 Again, join me T-Bird with Mo and the other guy every Friday, 6:00 PM live. 645 00:32:42,015 --> 00:32:44,805 The episodes available on Spotify. 646 00:32:45,075 --> 00:32:45,495 And 647 00:33:01,035 --> 00:33:04,875 all right, back on the Couch Potato Sports Report here in Cartersville, 648 00:33:04,875 --> 00:33:08,265 Georgia on this kind of, uh, wet. 649 00:33:09,315 --> 00:33:11,025 Sunny Friday night. 650 00:33:11,265 --> 00:33:16,575 Uh, but we're, our conversation is we're on Daniel Snyder, the owner of 651 00:33:16,575 --> 00:33:21,045 the Washington Commanders and some of the shady stuff he's done, and 652 00:33:21,495 --> 00:33:25,695 OG has got us a little, uh, intel on some of the stuff he's done. 653 00:33:26,205 --> 00:33:26,505 Yeah. 654 00:33:26,505 --> 00:33:32,265 So Gene State's been, has been, uh, the now commander's, former Redskins 655 00:33:32,325 --> 00:33:38,685 owner since 99, so, you know, 20 or, um, yeah, 20, 23 ish years. 656 00:33:39,405 --> 00:33:43,335 And he's had a number of scandals in the last couple of years. 657 00:33:43,395 --> 00:33:49,335 So it, it started back in 2020 with some, you know, racial, 658 00:33:49,335 --> 00:33:51,955 but more, more specifically 22. 659 00:33:52,530 --> 00:33:55,170 Female employees stepped forward about sexual harassment. 660 00:33:55,380 --> 00:34:01,740 So toxic workplace, N F L launches an investigation and it appeared like 661 00:34:01,740 --> 00:34:07,260 Daniel Schneider hired some folks to maybe interfere with or slow down the 662 00:34:07,265 --> 00:34:12,760 investigation, Uhhuh . Um, but also of those, he had several players, uh, 663 00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:16,380 uh, several employees sign nda, so non-disclosure agreements so that they 664 00:34:16,380 --> 00:34:18,389 couldn't talk about any of those issues. 665 00:34:18,389 --> 00:34:21,240 And during the investigation, that was the whole thing. 666 00:34:21,780 --> 00:34:27,510 But then we, we fast forward a bit and, and we're, we're talking about, um, 667 00:34:31,020 --> 00:34:35,700 and so, so we we're talking then about, uh, the whole John Gruin thing, 668 00:34:35,700 --> 00:34:37,139 that, that certainly played into that. 669 00:34:37,139 --> 00:34:39,389 But then there's the whole financial piece. 670 00:34:39,420 --> 00:34:39,659 Yeah. 671 00:34:39,750 --> 00:34:42,659 And so there was a time where Snyder had. 672 00:34:44,475 --> 00:34:48,074 Minority owners, of course, also billionaires, but it was him 673 00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:49,424 and three other minority owners. 674 00:34:49,424 --> 00:34:53,625 And those minority owners combined had 40%, they had a 40% stake. 675 00:34:54,375 --> 00:35:00,585 Well, he's doing this, he took out this 55 million loan for whatever reason they 676 00:35:00,585 --> 00:35:04,964 didn't know about, but it was against the team, but he was using it for himself. 677 00:35:05,025 --> 00:35:08,085 So personal use, Uhhuh , the team didn't know about, or the, 678 00:35:08,174 --> 00:35:09,285 the owners didn't know about it. 679 00:35:09,285 --> 00:35:16,395 And then in 21, um, the N F NFL find the team 10 million and basically 680 00:35:16,634 --> 00:35:20,295 told that Snyder would be stepping away from day-to-day operations. 681 00:35:20,955 --> 00:35:22,214 well, that came and went. 682 00:35:22,214 --> 00:35:23,174 That didn't happen. 683 00:35:23,295 --> 00:35:30,194 Um, but man, we have like serious, serious financial, you know, implications 684 00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:35,595 going on here because he sued to force the sale, uh, the, the minority owners 685 00:35:35,595 --> 00:35:37,964 to sell back to him and buy 'em out. 686 00:35:38,685 --> 00:35:41,595 And so he gave them, you know, whatever the price was back then. 687 00:35:41,595 --> 00:35:46,380 Well, Right now, today, that's a drastically lower number than it would 688 00:35:46,380 --> 00:35:50,790 be if, if, if the sale goes through, like it's looking like they're gonna, 689 00:35:50,910 --> 00:35:54,840 they're gonna miss out on several, you know, hundreds of millions of dollars. 690 00:35:54,845 --> 00:35:55,370 Ah-huh. 691 00:35:56,070 --> 00:35:58,500 . So all due to this $55 million. 692 00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:01,830 These three guys are gonna miss out on hundreds of millions of dollars. 693 00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:04,890 Know that because he's, he's borrowed money against the team. 694 00:36:04,890 --> 00:36:08,580 That's like, that's like using his business to look, to take a loan out. 695 00:36:08,580 --> 00:36:08,670 Right. 696 00:36:08,675 --> 00:36:11,100 But using it for his own personal bank account. 697 00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:11,520 Right. 698 00:36:11,670 --> 00:36:12,360 You can't do that. 699 00:36:12,780 --> 00:36:20,070 And, and the other owners are in essence coming together and saying he's doing bad 700 00:36:20,075 --> 00:36:24,390 business and we don't want That's, look, that's up on the shield again, right? 701 00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:24,780 Yep. 702 00:36:25,260 --> 00:36:28,080 Uh, and, and, and Dick, what's your thoughts on that? 703 00:36:28,980 --> 00:36:30,720 Um, I don't know, man. 704 00:36:30,720 --> 00:36:36,855 It's, it's went from football to 3D chess for a minute, so, It's hard to say, dude. 705 00:36:36,855 --> 00:36:40,425 I can see those guys being salty about it because the principle of it 706 00:36:40,425 --> 00:36:44,355 is, yeah, these guys are part owners of a team, but this guy went out of 707 00:36:44,355 --> 00:36:46,635 his way to kind of screw them over. 708 00:36:46,635 --> 00:36:48,135 So Yeah, I can, I can see them. 709 00:36:48,165 --> 00:36:48,285 Yeah. 710 00:36:48,585 --> 00:36:52,155 So 10 years ago he, he hires people to dig up dirt on the other owners. 711 00:36:52,155 --> 00:36:54,645 That doesn't look good to your other owner friends. 712 00:36:54,705 --> 00:36:54,855 Right. 713 00:36:55,125 --> 00:36:59,175 And then they can see in the last two years he's had multiple, you know, 714 00:36:59,175 --> 00:37:01,845 harassment, um, claims against him. 715 00:37:01,845 --> 00:37:03,375 I mean, not just one or two, but Right. 716 00:37:03,645 --> 00:37:07,425 We're talking to Sean Watson, size, uh, claim, you know, amount of claims. 717 00:37:07,755 --> 00:37:10,755 And then he is got all this financial stuff, like all the other owners are 718 00:37:10,755 --> 00:37:12,705 saying, look, this guy's got a bad shop. 719 00:37:13,065 --> 00:37:14,415 He's got all these other issues. 720 00:37:14,415 --> 00:37:16,785 It's not just one thing, it's, it's everything. 721 00:37:17,505 --> 00:37:18,525 We gotta get him out. 722 00:37:18,645 --> 00:37:18,975 Yeah. 723 00:37:18,975 --> 00:37:22,035 And so that's where kind of it stands today. 724 00:37:22,035 --> 00:37:24,555 He's, he's likely gonna be forced out. 725 00:37:24,615 --> 00:37:24,945 Right. 726 00:37:25,395 --> 00:37:30,315 Uh, and another issue, uh, guys that I wanna, uh, talk about is, They 727 00:37:30,315 --> 00:37:32,545 changed the name from the Redkin. 728 00:37:32,545 --> 00:37:34,965 Something that the commanders, something that they said they'd 729 00:37:34,965 --> 00:37:36,135 never do, they'd never do. 730 00:37:36,135 --> 00:37:38,595 And then they were the Washington football team for two seasons. 731 00:37:38,685 --> 00:37:38,805 Right. 732 00:37:38,805 --> 00:37:40,065 And now they're the commanders. 733 00:37:40,095 --> 00:37:48,435 And I'm sure that he did that to appease, uh, people for the 734 00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:49,935 cause of the stuff he was in. 735 00:37:50,715 --> 00:37:51,435 You understand? 736 00:37:51,645 --> 00:37:54,015 Because, you know, before he said he wouldn't do it when, 737 00:37:54,345 --> 00:37:55,635 when we didn't know that much. 738 00:37:55,635 --> 00:37:57,675 But now he eased up on that. 739 00:37:57,885 --> 00:38:01,545 But you know, the thing is the, um, the Native American 740 00:38:01,550 --> 00:38:03,165 culture, we're fine with it. 741 00:38:03,225 --> 00:38:05,025 We're fine with it cuz it wasn't derogatory. 742 00:38:05,055 --> 00:38:05,325 Right. 743 00:38:05,325 --> 00:38:05,625 Right. 744 00:38:05,630 --> 00:38:10,965 But it's, it's all the, the, um, you know, pundits, all the pundits that had 745 00:38:10,965 --> 00:38:16,125 all the issues with, oh well, you know, it, it just, it's other people footing 746 00:38:16,125 --> 00:38:17,955 their opinion out on, on the norm. 747 00:38:18,015 --> 00:38:18,075 Yeah. 748 00:38:18,075 --> 00:38:21,765 And, and because he was in all this other trouble, he thought that, hey, 749 00:38:21,765 --> 00:38:25,275 if we change the name, maybe that'll help ease some of the tension. 750 00:38:25,305 --> 00:38:25,965 All of that. 751 00:38:27,255 --> 00:38:33,180 It's funny cuz um, I don't remember hearing that the Native American community 752 00:38:33,450 --> 00:38:37,049 wasn't offended by it then how come? 753 00:38:37,140 --> 00:38:41,160 Uh, that'd be like, I was just saying I didn't hear it, but, uh, did you get 754 00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:42,299 a source or something on that, or what? 755 00:38:42,359 --> 00:38:46,410 Yeah, I re um, I, I could ha I'd have to look it up, but I, I remember it 756 00:38:46,410 --> 00:38:51,029 being talked about on, you know, e s ESPN or somewhere that, hey, it wasn't 757 00:38:51,029 --> 00:38:55,470 necessarily the Native American community that was pushing the hardest for this. 758 00:38:55,475 --> 00:38:58,859 It was the SJWs, it, it was the who? 759 00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:00,270 Social Justice Warriors. 760 00:39:00,299 --> 00:39:00,540 Oh, okay. 761 00:39:00,959 --> 00:39:01,140 Yes. 762 00:39:01,140 --> 00:39:01,979 You never heard of that before? 763 00:39:02,850 --> 00:39:07,410 Yeah, I have, but I, you know, not the initials because it'd be like, 764 00:39:07,470 --> 00:39:10,589 like then how come the Atlanta Braves are still called the Atlanta Braves? 765 00:39:10,589 --> 00:39:10,950 Right. 766 00:39:11,259 --> 00:39:14,819 And, and, and you know, did you said that you know it come 767 00:39:14,819 --> 00:39:19,709 up with the Braves because the Braves said this is what they did. 768 00:39:20,339 --> 00:39:24,240 Uh, they got that community of Native Americans. 769 00:39:24,630 --> 00:39:27,300 They have a, a, I think a Native American night. 770 00:39:27,300 --> 00:39:32,070 They do stuff within their community to ease that tension to where the brave 771 00:39:32,070 --> 00:39:34,350 says We're not gonna change our name. 772 00:39:34,590 --> 00:39:41,040 And I think that gives them a gateway to keeping that by, you 773 00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:45,210 know, being in, with, with the Native America and the, the logo change. 774 00:39:45,210 --> 00:39:47,160 Remember, cuz we used to have the head with the headbands. 775 00:39:47,330 --> 00:39:47,810 Right? 776 00:39:47,810 --> 00:39:48,010 Right. 777 00:39:48,010 --> 00:39:49,230 And now, now it's the chop. 778 00:39:49,260 --> 00:39:49,620 Right. 779 00:39:49,710 --> 00:39:53,040 So, you know, just, just distance ourselves from anything. 780 00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:54,050 I mean Yeah. 781 00:39:54,300 --> 00:39:57,510 Fairness though, Braves could be anything. 782 00:39:57,510 --> 00:40:01,830 It doesn't necessarily have to be, it's a, a bit of a broad definition for 783 00:40:01,830 --> 00:40:04,410 one word, where Redskins was specific. 784 00:40:05,265 --> 00:40:06,075 Native American. 785 00:40:06,075 --> 00:40:06,495 Yeah. 786 00:40:06,500 --> 00:40:07,245 Specifically. 787 00:40:07,305 --> 00:40:11,625 And then the, um, then you also have like the Cleveland Indians, who I 788 00:40:11,625 --> 00:40:13,155 guess are gonna be the guardians now. 789 00:40:13,245 --> 00:40:13,455 Yes. 790 00:40:13,455 --> 00:40:13,545 Yeah. 791 00:40:13,550 --> 00:40:14,325 They're the guardians. 792 00:40:15,195 --> 00:40:19,195 I, I, I just, I mean, those examples make sense to me. 793 00:40:19,195 --> 00:40:19,715 Mm-hmm. 794 00:40:19,795 --> 00:40:22,965 , the changing the Braves kind of doesn't, you know what I mean? 795 00:40:22,965 --> 00:40:27,825 So even my high school, uh, they, did, you know that Thunderbirds 796 00:40:27,825 --> 00:40:30,075 is a, a Native American symbol? 797 00:40:30,765 --> 00:40:32,955 I didn't know, but my high school is a Thunderbirds. 798 00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:35,145 They changed their name to the Thunder, so, okay. 799 00:40:35,195 --> 00:40:35,635 Yeah. 800 00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:35,865 Yeah. 801 00:40:36,015 --> 00:40:40,065 I mean, um, when you look at that, that just tells you how different 802 00:40:40,065 --> 00:40:47,985 the world is today, wouldn't you say, uh, what, 40 years ago, , you could 803 00:40:47,985 --> 00:40:52,155 about call a name, whatever you want to call it, but you can't today. 804 00:40:53,175 --> 00:41:01,904 Cause it, it activates . A lot of different, uh, potentially offensive. 805 00:41:01,965 --> 00:41:03,435 Yes, that's a good word. 806 00:41:03,435 --> 00:41:10,035 And I just, you know, you, we come up with the Cleveland Indians, we 807 00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:15,465 come up with the Washington Redskins, and I, I guarantee you, most people 808 00:41:15,470 --> 00:41:19,965 didn't think nothing about it because that's what we always knew. 809 00:41:20,415 --> 00:41:27,165 But on the flip side, uh, I can see being a Native American and 810 00:41:27,165 --> 00:41:31,904 that would be offensive . Yeah. 811 00:41:31,910 --> 00:41:32,295 Yeah. 812 00:41:32,715 --> 00:41:37,215 You know, it's funny that you say that cuz um, I, uh, I, I was thinking about 813 00:41:37,215 --> 00:41:41,085 this party when the, I was sitting at the Super Bowl party when the Broncos had won. 814 00:41:41,625 --> 00:41:46,695 And, um, I was invited to the party by, uh, a friend and her husband. 815 00:41:47,325 --> 00:41:51,630 Um, he stood up and he said, um, That's right. 816 00:41:51,630 --> 00:41:54,690 You danced that jigga boo dance or something like that. 817 00:41:54,695 --> 00:41:54,850 Oh. 818 00:41:54,855 --> 00:41:56,460 And being the only black guy at the party. 819 00:41:56,460 --> 00:41:56,580 Yeah. 820 00:41:56,580 --> 00:41:57,360 Everybody was quiet. 821 00:41:57,360 --> 00:41:59,400 He looked at me, he was like, Hey, I'm sorry about that. 822 00:41:59,700 --> 00:42:04,380 And I'm thinking I was, I was like, it was so casual how he dropped that. 823 00:42:04,590 --> 00:42:05,100 Yeah. 824 00:42:05,340 --> 00:42:08,550 And then I remembered I live in America, so people j casually dropped that. 825 00:42:08,610 --> 00:42:09,360 You know what I'm saying? 826 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:10,210 Just Yeah. 827 00:42:10,220 --> 00:42:13,770 Uh, and people know actually dropped for so long, you know what I'm saying? 828 00:42:13,770 --> 00:42:14,250 Yeah. 829 00:42:14,250 --> 00:42:21,540 And, and you know, I mean, I, you know, if you say something offensive because 830 00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:27,450 you may say, Hey, og, look man, I'm sorry, I, I didn't mean, uh, but I think, 831 00:42:27,840 --> 00:42:34,740 I think in a lot of cases it's, it's, it, it is inadvertent, but it's con part 832 00:42:34,740 --> 00:42:36,510 of conversation, but it's inadvertent. 833 00:42:36,510 --> 00:42:37,260 That makes sense. 834 00:42:37,290 --> 00:42:37,380 Mm-hmm. 835 00:42:37,830 --> 00:42:38,040 , yeah. 836 00:42:38,130 --> 00:42:39,000 You, you know what I mean? 837 00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:43,350 And like, I didn't mean, and I, I think some, for some people, 838 00:42:43,710 --> 00:42:45,270 they really don't mean that. 839 00:42:45,674 --> 00:42:45,975 Right. 840 00:42:46,035 --> 00:42:50,444 That, that, you know, and I, I think the difference between the Indians, 841 00:42:50,444 --> 00:42:55,004 the Braves, and the Redskins is because from what I understand, 842 00:42:55,095 --> 00:42:58,395 Redskins is a bit of a derogatory term. 843 00:42:58,424 --> 00:43:00,705 Very much versus versus the other ones. 844 00:43:00,734 --> 00:43:01,035 Yeah. 845 00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:01,185 Yeah. 846 00:43:01,189 --> 00:43:06,435 So if we, if we look at other name changes in major sports, we've got the Tampa 847 00:43:06,435 --> 00:43:08,535 Bay, they were used to be the Devil Rays. 848 00:43:08,535 --> 00:43:08,745 Right. 849 00:43:08,745 --> 00:43:09,584 And now they're the Rays. 850 00:43:09,615 --> 00:43:09,944 Right. 851 00:43:09,944 --> 00:43:10,995 I, I understand that. 852 00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:11,895 I get, I understand that. 853 00:43:12,044 --> 00:43:15,345 And then we've got the, the Washington Bullets who are now, 854 00:43:15,495 --> 00:43:19,424 um, the Wizards Wizard, the Washington, I, I get that one too. 855 00:43:19,455 --> 00:43:20,294 Like that makes sense. 856 00:43:20,355 --> 00:43:20,535 Yeah. 857 00:43:20,935 --> 00:43:24,464 I maybe cuz it's the derogatory nature. 858 00:43:24,464 --> 00:43:29,384 I, I think that, but like the Indians maybe, I don't necessarily understand 859 00:43:29,384 --> 00:43:33,794 that one as much, just because it's not talking down about any, if anything it's 860 00:43:33,865 --> 00:43:35,384 kind, it's just talking about the people. 861 00:43:35,415 --> 00:43:35,774 Right. 862 00:43:35,779 --> 00:43:39,225 I, I think if anything the, it was the caricature. 863 00:43:39,825 --> 00:43:40,595 Of the Cleveland Indian. 864 00:43:40,595 --> 00:43:44,145 And that could be, and that could be, I think that was, that was a big, but again, 865 00:43:44,145 --> 00:43:45,915 the logo, cartoonish, that's the logo. 866 00:43:45,964 --> 00:43:47,895 It was, it was kind of excessive. 867 00:43:48,254 --> 00:43:48,855 Oh, okay. 868 00:43:49,395 --> 00:43:52,455 Well, you know, we can go on and on about that and people gonna 869 00:43:52,455 --> 00:43:54,075 have different opinions about it. 870 00:43:54,075 --> 00:43:59,115 But, you know, I, I'm still not with the Cleveland Guardians. 871 00:43:59,174 --> 00:44:02,475 I mean, that's, that right there is still on me. 872 00:44:02,475 --> 00:44:07,455 And I, I, to me, that's not a good baseball name. 873 00:44:07,515 --> 00:44:08,085 You know? 874 00:44:08,265 --> 00:44:14,685 I mean, what is at this point, , they could be the, the, the Brown socks. 875 00:44:15,065 --> 00:44:16,395 . I just think, I just, yeah. 876 00:44:16,395 --> 00:44:19,305 But I just thought that they could have put a little bit more thought in it. 877 00:44:19,484 --> 00:44:22,395 Like the, you know, you think the name, the Cleveland Browns football 878 00:44:22,395 --> 00:44:25,785 team would be a, would had any thought to, they don't even have an 879 00:44:25,785 --> 00:44:27,165 actual logo if you think about it. 880 00:44:27,194 --> 00:44:27,645 No, they don't. 881 00:44:27,865 --> 00:44:28,605 They're just named after a. 882 00:44:30,285 --> 00:44:31,604 Like, we're all with family. 883 00:44:31,694 --> 00:44:32,115 Yeah. 884 00:44:32,805 --> 00:44:33,825 That's up for discussion. 885 00:44:34,095 --> 00:44:37,365 But, so why not make your, your name to the highest bidder? 886 00:44:37,455 --> 00:44:42,645 Like, you know, I'll be the, the, the, uh, Cleveland, Allstate Insurance, 887 00:44:42,645 --> 00:44:47,234 you know, whatevers . Like, I'd take the guardians over the Cleveland 888 00:44:47,234 --> 00:44:52,395 Allstate, or know whatever, insert your, you know, your company, whatever. 889 00:44:52,395 --> 00:44:54,015 Like, why not do that? 890 00:44:54,015 --> 00:44:55,424 Then Why not the sluggers? 891 00:44:55,515 --> 00:44:58,455 I don't know, just some sort of action sounding name. 892 00:44:58,725 --> 00:44:59,234 Okay. 893 00:44:59,984 --> 00:45:01,095 I mean, that ain't bad. 894 00:45:01,095 --> 00:45:02,205 The Cleveland Sluggers. 895 00:45:02,234 --> 00:45:03,884 I mean that, that, I like that. 896 00:45:04,055 --> 00:45:04,875 I, I really do. 897 00:45:04,875 --> 00:45:06,645 Because it's pertaining to baseball. 898 00:45:06,915 --> 00:45:07,694 Yes, this is true. 899 00:45:07,694 --> 00:45:08,115 This is true. 900 00:45:08,115 --> 00:45:11,865 You know, so that's not a, the guardians, I mean, but what 901 00:45:11,865 --> 00:45:13,725 is, what is CBL known for? 902 00:45:14,415 --> 00:45:15,674 Outside of cheese? 903 00:45:15,765 --> 00:45:16,125 Nah. 904 00:45:16,125 --> 00:45:16,305 What? 905 00:45:16,305 --> 00:45:17,354 No, no, that's Wisconsin. 906 00:45:17,504 --> 00:45:17,774 Yeah. 907 00:45:17,774 --> 00:45:19,814 What, what they known for og, they known for. 908 00:45:20,790 --> 00:45:24,779 The, the mustard that they put on hotdogs, cuz I got some by the Cleveland Stadium. 909 00:45:25,319 --> 00:45:26,160 Wait, what? 910 00:45:26,549 --> 00:45:31,319 Yeah, that, that, that, it's that different mustard that you get up there. 911 00:45:31,325 --> 00:45:34,290 I forget the name of it, but I got some, a friend of mine 912 00:45:34,290 --> 00:45:36,540 brought me some and it is good. 913 00:45:36,629 --> 00:45:40,980 I mean, it's, that's what, you know, they don't put ketchup on up there. 914 00:45:41,190 --> 00:45:41,520 Right? 915 00:45:42,180 --> 00:45:43,649 You do you remember that one show? 916 00:45:43,649 --> 00:45:46,109 This is kind of a weird sidebar, but do you remember that one show, 917 00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:49,290 uh, the Drew Drew Carey Show? 918 00:45:49,290 --> 00:45:49,950 Drew Carey Show. 919 00:45:49,950 --> 00:45:50,129 Yeah. 920 00:45:50,129 --> 00:45:50,819 Remember that song? 921 00:45:50,825 --> 00:45:51,299 Cleveland Rocks. 922 00:45:51,299 --> 00:45:51,930 Cleveland Rocks. 923 00:45:51,930 --> 00:45:52,379 Yeah. 924 00:45:52,384 --> 00:45:52,490 Yeah. 925 00:45:52,495 --> 00:45:53,759 Why not the Cleveland Rockers? 926 00:45:54,270 --> 00:45:54,850 There you go. 927 00:45:54,850 --> 00:45:58,950 Uh, there, I mean that, that, oh, there is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame there too. 928 00:45:58,980 --> 00:46:00,870 Dude, y'all can send me the check, man. 929 00:46:00,890 --> 00:46:01,440 Yeah, yeah. 930 00:46:01,440 --> 00:46:07,470 Just send, send the check to Dexter Cartersville, Georgia 3 0 1 2 . All 931 00:46:07,470 --> 00:46:13,350 right guys, we gonna take a break and when we come back, I'm sorry, university of 932 00:46:13,350 --> 00:46:19,589 Georgia fans, but we gonna have to talk a little bit about Jalen Co back in a 933 00:46:19,589 --> 00:46:21,569 minute on the Couch Potato Sports Report. 934 00:46:47,879 --> 00:46:50,879 Hey, this is Producer Dex with the C Potato Sports Report. 935 00:46:51,330 --> 00:46:54,299 I have so much fun watching these guys talk about sports like the 936 00:46:54,299 --> 00:46:55,410 sitting around a water cooler. 937 00:46:56,009 --> 00:46:59,009 There are a few things that can compare to sharing your peace of mind 938 00:46:59,040 --> 00:47:00,569 about something that you care about. 939 00:47:01,725 --> 00:47:03,885 Have you ever thought about telling the world what you know? 940 00:47:05,085 --> 00:47:06,525 That's where Pod Bean comes in. 941 00:47:07,545 --> 00:47:11,115 Podbean is a podcast platform that combines live streaming, analytics, 942 00:47:11,265 --> 00:47:14,085 a website and more all in one place. 943 00:47:14,595 --> 00:47:17,865 You can create record, distribute, manage, and monetize your pod 944 00:47:17,865 --> 00:47:19,545 from a desktop or phone app. 945 00:47:20,205 --> 00:47:24,375 Start with the basic free plan and receive a $100 credit for 946 00:47:24,775 --> 00:47:26,745 advertising to build your audience. 947 00:47:27,135 --> 00:47:30,615 Now go to the show notes, click on the link, and you'll receive a 948 00:47:30,615 --> 00:47:33,405 hundred dollars advertising credit when you start your podcast today. 949 00:47:33,765 --> 00:47:35,335 Also, it's a great way to support the show. 950 00:47:36,285 --> 00:47:39,165 Hey, it's OG from the Couch Potato Sports Report. 951 00:47:39,375 --> 00:47:40,455 You know the smart one? 952 00:47:41,115 --> 00:47:45,015 Listen live every Friday at 6:00 PM on Podbean as I drop some knowledge 953 00:47:45,015 --> 00:47:46,755 on Teer to tell him like it is. 954 00:47:46,815 --> 00:47:51,345 And then he tries to tell me why I'm wrong about Notre Dame being hypocrites. 955 00:47:51,435 --> 00:47:54,795 The Braves repeating, or soccer being better than basketball. 956 00:47:55,335 --> 00:47:58,215 Chat with us live on Fridays or catch it later on. 957 00:47:58,275 --> 00:48:01,035 Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. 958 00:48:16,425 --> 00:48:17,955 All right, back on the couch. 959 00:48:17,955 --> 00:48:20,565 Potatoes porch Report on this Friday night. 960 00:48:21,345 --> 00:48:25,095 T-Bird OG and Mr. 961 00:48:25,695 --> 00:48:27,645 Ds is here tonight. 962 00:48:27,705 --> 00:48:29,355 Uh, mos out. 963 00:48:29,565 --> 00:48:30,825 So we carrying on. 964 00:48:31,620 --> 00:48:36,750 Uh, you know, OG been a lot in the news about the University of Georgia 965 00:48:36,750 --> 00:48:41,760 and, uh, Jaylen Carter, uh, about the incident with, uh, you know, the 966 00:48:41,760 --> 00:48:47,130 young lady, uh, being killed and, um, the other football player there. 967 00:48:48,570 --> 00:48:52,740 And come to find out, uh, Jaylen Carter was there as well. 968 00:48:53,370 --> 00:48:53,640 Yeah. 969 00:48:53,730 --> 00:48:57,090 And come to find out he was racing. 970 00:48:57,120 --> 00:48:58,080 They were racing. 971 00:48:58,085 --> 00:49:01,560 Matter of fact, they got, uh, film on them racing at the traffic. 972 00:49:03,090 --> 00:49:03,450 Of course. 973 00:49:03,455 --> 00:49:09,450 Uh, they both wreck and, uh, they, Colin, they brought him back in from the NFL 974 00:49:09,450 --> 00:49:18,000 combine to face charges for, uh, I think B U I or, or or racist and reckless driving. 975 00:49:18,005 --> 00:49:18,990 And reckless driving. 976 00:49:19,740 --> 00:49:26,700 So, you know, also we had an incident with, um, a quarterback, SSON Bennett. 977 00:49:27,660 --> 00:49:33,330 And now I want, I want you to tell the audience how do you think cultural? 978 00:49:33,330 --> 00:49:35,340 Do you, what do you, what do you think that is? 979 00:49:35,340 --> 00:49:39,930 If Tesson had his this done quieting down, now this is a big thing where 980 00:49:39,935 --> 00:49:41,910 they bring him back in and arrest him. 981 00:49:42,570 --> 00:49:43,770 What, what, what's going on there? 982 00:49:43,830 --> 00:49:48,990 Yeah, I guess, I guess I'm trying not to think too much into it as 983 00:49:48,990 --> 00:49:51,240 far as the timing of jaylen's. 984 00:49:51,330 --> 00:49:54,630 When, when these mis, you know, when these became misdemeanors and it became 985 00:49:54,630 --> 00:50:01,110 a thing, it's right at the NFL combine now, is that timing coincidental? 986 00:50:01,640 --> 00:50:03,360 I, I like to think so. 987 00:50:04,170 --> 00:50:10,110 Um, look, nothing good happens at two 30 or whatever it was in the morning. 988 00:50:10,140 --> 00:50:12,630 I don't, I don't care how old you are, nothing good happens. 989 00:50:13,080 --> 00:50:18,150 And if he was just chasing like we, like you said, off the off air, they'd 990 00:50:18,150 --> 00:50:19,740 sweep that under the rug, no problem. 991 00:50:19,830 --> 00:50:20,040 Right? 992 00:50:20,040 --> 00:50:24,210 But because some folks got killed and there's still questions that. 993 00:50:24,720 --> 00:50:25,740 Need to be answered. 994 00:50:25,860 --> 00:50:30,840 That's why this is a thing all, well, why It's, it's a much 995 00:50:30,840 --> 00:50:33,840 bigger kind of thing in the media. 996 00:50:33,840 --> 00:50:35,520 You know, it's, it's a much bigger event. 997 00:50:36,090 --> 00:50:42,300 Um, but certainly Stetson, uh, was, uh, partying a little too hard mm-hmm. 998 00:50:42,630 --> 00:50:44,850 and had a D U I arrest. 999 00:50:44,855 --> 00:50:47,970 I mean, look, the guy doesn't have to buy a drink in Athens ever. 1000 00:50:48,060 --> 00:50:48,450 Never. 1001 00:50:48,540 --> 00:50:53,730 And so he was, uh, you know, he was enjoying, uh, a night on the town and got 1002 00:50:54,120 --> 00:50:55,770 arrested for a D U I a couple months ago. 1003 00:50:56,280 --> 00:51:03,210 So, look, the, this is not the first time we've had a very successful program. 1004 00:51:03,450 --> 00:51:07,500 Have some, um, legal troubles with some of their, their players. 1005 00:51:07,500 --> 00:51:11,700 I mean, we can look back at, I mean, you name the program every, it seems 1006 00:51:11,700 --> 00:51:14,940 like there's, there's a, there'll be a couple of, you know, you win a couple 1007 00:51:14,940 --> 00:51:18,030 championships and right around the corner you'll have some players get in trouble. 1008 00:51:18,900 --> 00:51:19,920 Is it a culture thing? 1009 00:51:20,445 --> 00:51:25,935 No, but I think the football team needs to make sure that in the future 1010 00:51:26,355 --> 00:51:27,945 they don't have anything like this. 1011 00:51:28,425 --> 00:51:28,755 Yeah. 1012 00:51:28,755 --> 00:51:34,815 I, I seen an article today where, uh, the question came up was, uh, Kirby Smart 1013 00:51:35,025 --> 00:51:42,645 really doing his job now, and I, I get out of that is, you know, is he, is he 1014 00:51:43,125 --> 00:51:49,605 keeping those guys from being so frisky now a coach can only do so much End is the 1015 00:51:49,605 --> 00:51:51,675 off season and, and it's the off season. 1016 00:51:51,735 --> 00:51:56,265 Uh, there's another guy that got, uh, pullover, I think not long 1017 00:51:56,565 --> 00:51:58,005 ago, another football player. 1018 00:51:58,005 --> 00:52:02,415 So, you know, you can try to put that on a coach if you want to. 1019 00:52:02,415 --> 00:52:05,235 I'm sure he's telling them everything that they need to know, but they 1020 00:52:05,235 --> 00:52:06,765 gonna still do what they wanna do. 1021 00:52:07,245 --> 00:52:11,475 Now, going back to, uh, Jalen Carter, they, he came back in. 1022 00:52:13,515 --> 00:52:17,564 They arrested him, he was in jail for, I don't know, 30 minutes, 30 seconds 1023 00:52:17,714 --> 00:52:21,044 or whatever, and then he gets back out and he goes back to the combine. 1024 00:52:21,044 --> 00:52:27,404 But uh, the point is by this young lady and the young man being killed, 1025 00:52:27,944 --> 00:52:31,935 see that stirs up a whole lot of, cause he didn't, because from what 1026 00:52:31,935 --> 00:52:37,575 I understand, he didn't tell them that he was there the first time. 1027 00:52:37,995 --> 00:52:38,685 You understand? 1028 00:52:39,285 --> 00:52:44,265 Then during the investigation we found out he was there. 1029 00:52:44,535 --> 00:52:44,654 Yeah. 1030 00:52:44,654 --> 00:52:45,645 He left and came back. 1031 00:52:45,645 --> 00:52:46,875 He left and came back. 1032 00:52:47,115 --> 00:52:49,274 So that opens up another can of worms. 1033 00:52:49,544 --> 00:52:53,205 And then on the other hand, with SSON Bennett, what he did, they, wow. 1034 00:52:53,745 --> 00:52:55,995 As long as SSON didn't get hurt, they probably welcome that. 1035 00:52:56,115 --> 00:52:58,605 Cause they can get, they can be done with that pretty quick. 1036 00:52:58,845 --> 00:52:59,055 Right. 1037 00:52:59,115 --> 00:53:01,674 But right here we got a whole nother thing that's probably 1038 00:53:01,680 --> 00:53:02,924 gonna drag on for a minute. 1039 00:53:03,975 --> 00:53:08,475 Now, will that affect his status for the N F L draft? 1040 00:53:09,090 --> 00:53:09,420 Yeah. 1041 00:53:09,510 --> 00:53:10,110 A hundred percent. 1042 00:53:10,230 --> 00:53:10,740 Yes. 1043 00:53:11,280 --> 00:53:15,840 And, and I say that because I, I don't think we will, we'll have a finalized, 1044 00:53:16,050 --> 00:53:20,370 you know, outcome and it, there'll still be a lot of unknowns and Jaylen 1045 00:53:20,375 --> 00:53:23,340 won't be able to say anything because it's a open legal investigation. 1046 00:53:23,370 --> 00:53:23,460 Right. 1047 00:53:23,460 --> 00:53:25,710 And so his lawyer will say, oh, you can't say anything about it. 1048 00:53:26,070 --> 00:53:27,930 So it, it's a character issue. 1049 00:53:28,260 --> 00:53:31,560 You know, one he, that he's in this mess in the first place, right? 1050 00:53:31,565 --> 00:53:31,660 Right. 1051 00:53:31,800 --> 00:53:36,210 But also he's, he's interviewing for jobs essentially. 1052 00:53:36,240 --> 00:53:36,510 Right. 1053 00:53:36,690 --> 00:53:38,940 And for a lot of money, for a lot of money. 1054 00:53:38,940 --> 00:53:42,840 And millions and millions of dollars are going, he's gonna 1055 00:53:42,840 --> 00:53:44,070 lose millions of dollars. 1056 00:53:44,075 --> 00:53:45,930 He just lost them when they around him. 1057 00:53:46,280 --> 00:53:50,010 His, he just lo started losing as millions of dollars. 1058 00:53:50,010 --> 00:53:54,600 Cause he gonna go down in the draft and he's getting bombarded 1059 00:53:54,600 --> 00:53:58,980 by all them coaches, by all those teams about his character. 1060 00:53:59,280 --> 00:53:59,730 Yes. 1061 00:54:00,210 --> 00:54:02,730 And, and, and he's gotta answer that. 1062 00:54:03,435 --> 00:54:06,765 In the best way he can and they gonna bring that up, I'm sure. 1063 00:54:07,225 --> 00:54:11,174 Uh, that, because they probably can't ask him specifically about it. 1064 00:54:11,265 --> 00:54:11,625 Right. 1065 00:54:11,685 --> 00:54:15,975 But they're gonna ask about his character, that that's their, everybody's gonna 1066 00:54:15,975 --> 00:54:19,754 know that that's the, the right way to the correct way to ask that question. 1067 00:54:20,714 --> 00:54:24,855 One of the things that kind of gets me, and I don't, this has never been answered. 1068 00:54:25,125 --> 00:54:30,345 What was he doing with a nearly $100,000 vehicle as a college student? 1069 00:54:30,555 --> 00:54:31,785 Well, I'll answer that for you. 1070 00:54:31,845 --> 00:54:32,174 Yeah. 1071 00:54:32,895 --> 00:54:37,575 He plays football on a national championship team that just 1072 00:54:37,575 --> 00:54:39,165 won their second title. 1073 00:54:40,185 --> 00:54:48,345 He's probably got a N I L deal and he probably got the n i, uh, n i l money and 1074 00:54:48,345 --> 00:54:51,165 the car , if you want to know the truth. 1075 00:54:51,254 --> 00:54:51,645 Okay. 1076 00:54:51,915 --> 00:54:55,605 I mean, I'm not, I'm not, you know, emphasizing anything now I'm 1077 00:54:55,609 --> 00:54:58,875 just saying that that's kind of an expensive vehicle for a student. 1078 00:54:58,935 --> 00:54:59,234 Yeah. 1079 00:54:59,234 --> 00:55:00,404 That's how they get that. 1080 00:55:00,410 --> 00:55:00,555 Yeah. 1081 00:55:01,350 --> 00:55:01,830 Broy. 1082 00:55:01,830 --> 00:55:05,010 James got a n i L deal, 7.5 million. 1083 00:55:05,400 --> 00:55:05,730 Come on. 1084 00:55:06,090 --> 00:55:12,870 I mean, 60 million of, of that is his name though, so, uh, yeah, but still I, it is 1085 00:55:12,875 --> 00:55:16,500 just, it's just 7.5 million and Come on. 1086 00:55:16,830 --> 00:55:17,130 No. 1087 00:55:17,135 --> 00:55:20,400 So going back to the topic though, it, it all used to happen, but now 1088 00:55:20,400 --> 00:55:21,520 the n I l they can do it legally. 1089 00:55:21,750 --> 00:55:22,590 They can do it legally. 1090 00:55:22,590 --> 00:55:23,340 That's the only thing. 1091 00:55:23,340 --> 00:55:24,310 They, they, they can do it. 1092 00:55:24,310 --> 00:55:28,050 And, and those guys shop and, and, and I'm sure that's what happened with Jaylen. 1093 00:55:28,080 --> 00:55:28,320 Yeah. 1094 00:55:28,470 --> 00:55:32,790 But, but, but to, to get back to it, so the coaches are gonna ask him about 1095 00:55:32,790 --> 00:55:38,190 his character, how can he look them in the eye and answer that, because 1096 00:55:38,670 --> 00:55:40,080 these N NFL guys are no dummies. 1097 00:55:40,080 --> 00:55:44,490 They've, they've been down the road a long time and they some way, so it seems 1098 00:55:44,490 --> 00:55:48,120 like they can, they can investigate their own and figure a lot of things out. 1099 00:55:48,120 --> 00:55:49,190 And so they probably. 1100 00:55:49,920 --> 00:55:52,770 Pretty much what happened, but it's really, if Jaylen kind of 1101 00:55:52,860 --> 00:55:57,060 tells the right story, they'll know that he's up front and honest. 1102 00:55:57,060 --> 00:56:00,900 But if he's wishy-washy or, or leave up things, that's an issue 1103 00:56:01,200 --> 00:56:02,670 that's gonna cost him a draft pick. 1104 00:56:02,850 --> 00:56:03,450 Correct. 1105 00:56:03,455 --> 00:56:07,710 And they'll ask him point blank, Jaylen, do you have some character issues? 1106 00:56:08,370 --> 00:56:09,870 They'll ask him like that. 1107 00:56:10,259 --> 00:56:17,070 Now what if say, og, he's gonna say, no, I am, I'm taking care of 1108 00:56:17,070 --> 00:56:19,380 my legal issues and it'll come back. 1109 00:56:19,380 --> 00:56:22,170 That I'll be exonerated and I will be, well, you know what? 1110 00:56:22,170 --> 00:56:24,779 Whatever he's gonna, but it'll be, I'm a great person. 1111 00:56:25,140 --> 00:56:29,910 It honestly, I think it, it's not gonna matter what he says because what's gonna 1112 00:56:29,910 --> 00:56:34,170 happen is those guys have already, whoever is planning on drafting him has already 1113 00:56:34,170 --> 00:56:38,850 made in their mind that, hey, now we can get him for cheap because we can use 1114 00:56:38,850 --> 00:56:43,200 this as leverage over him and we'll use it as leverage to keep his nose clean. 1115 00:56:43,440 --> 00:56:48,720 What that, that's true now, but, but this is the, this is the thing. 1116 00:56:49,560 --> 00:56:50,130 Okay. 1117 00:56:50,550 --> 00:56:54,150 If he went from, he was potentially gonna be the first player chosen 1118 00:56:54,420 --> 00:56:57,120 yet Lions at two or three, I think really had their eye on him. 1119 00:56:57,150 --> 00:56:57,660 Okay. 1120 00:56:58,080 --> 00:57:00,180 And the Atlanta Falcons ought to have their eye on him too. 1121 00:57:00,180 --> 00:57:00,930 We at eight. 1122 00:57:01,320 --> 00:57:05,130 Now, I don't know how you could shake and jive and chew them, but if I'm 1123 00:57:05,130 --> 00:57:10,590 the Atlanta Falcon, he's in my radar because I know I can get him cheaper. 1124 00:57:10,710 --> 00:57:11,100 Yes. 1125 00:57:11,130 --> 00:57:11,700 You understand? 1126 00:57:11,790 --> 00:57:14,580 He's more likely to fall, to still be available, to still be, 1127 00:57:14,670 --> 00:57:19,140 he he gonna be gone before the eighth spot or at the eighth spot. 1128 00:57:19,770 --> 00:57:22,320 I mean, he, he, he ain't gonna drop out of the top 10. 1129 00:57:22,560 --> 00:57:22,830 Oh yeah. 1130 00:57:22,835 --> 00:57:25,980 There's definitely gonna be a, a behavior clause on him also. 1131 00:57:26,040 --> 00:57:26,220 Yeah. 1132 00:57:26,220 --> 00:57:30,600 I mean, it would be nice if he ended up in Atlanta, um, because 1133 00:57:30,660 --> 00:57:31,980 he won't have that far to go. 1134 00:57:31,980 --> 00:57:35,130 They already know, you know, what's, what's the whole deal with him? 1135 00:57:35,580 --> 00:57:36,600 We could use the help. 1136 00:57:37,020 --> 00:57:39,090 Uh, so yeah, it would work out. 1137 00:57:39,180 --> 00:57:42,060 But I'm gonna tell you, if I'm the Atlanta Falcons and he drops down to 1138 00:57:42,060 --> 00:57:43,890 number eight, I'm forgetting everything. 1139 00:57:43,890 --> 00:57:44,759 I'm drafting him. 1140 00:57:44,910 --> 00:57:45,419 Period. 1141 00:57:45,839 --> 00:57:46,799 Yeah, because Yeah. 1142 00:57:46,950 --> 00:57:47,310 Yeah. 1143 00:57:47,310 --> 00:57:47,759 Think about it. 1144 00:57:47,759 --> 00:57:50,970 Because there's other quarterbacks, you know, the other, the main 1145 00:57:50,970 --> 00:57:52,169 ones are gonna be gone anyway. 1146 00:57:52,620 --> 00:57:52,799 Yeah. 1147 00:57:52,830 --> 00:57:57,330 And, and I'm drafting him at eight cause I know he can come right in and help me now. 1148 00:57:57,359 --> 00:57:58,830 And we have a need in that. 1149 00:57:58,830 --> 00:57:59,799 And that's a need. 1150 00:58:00,850 --> 00:58:03,629 We don't need a wide receiver, we don't need, you know, running back. 1151 00:58:03,629 --> 00:58:04,470 We, we got that. 1152 00:58:04,500 --> 00:58:04,830 Yeah. 1153 00:58:04,919 --> 00:58:07,589 We, we need somebody just stop somebody. 1154 00:58:07,740 --> 00:58:12,569 But do you really think he's going to still be a top 10 pick? 1155 00:58:12,660 --> 00:58:13,080 Yes. 1156 00:58:13,649 --> 00:58:14,189 Yes, I do. 1157 00:58:14,819 --> 00:58:20,129 I do think he might go from one to nine or one to 10, but I think, I still think 1158 00:58:20,134 --> 00:58:23,939 he'll be a top 10 pick because he's that good And they, they, everybody 1159 00:58:23,939 --> 00:58:25,830 got him on their board rated high. 1160 00:58:26,310 --> 00:58:26,580 Mm. 1161 00:58:27,015 --> 00:58:31,935 And once, and they got lawyers telling them what could happen to him. 1162 00:58:32,235 --> 00:58:35,595 You know, those teams, they got their own lawyers looking into that case, 1163 00:58:35,775 --> 00:58:38,445 saying, now if he does this, they do this. 1164 00:58:38,654 --> 00:58:41,295 So they, they got a good mark on what could happen. 1165 00:58:41,295 --> 00:58:45,645 I'm sure his contract will be, uh, very detailed, I'm sure clauses 1166 00:58:45,645 --> 00:58:48,075 and, you know, like, like said the behavior clause and all that. 1167 00:58:48,255 --> 00:58:51,705 I'm sure, I mean, unless they decide to use his, uh, driver's license 1168 00:58:51,705 --> 00:58:56,505 pick as a, um, mug, mugshot, but, you know, it's all, whatever. 1169 00:58:57,795 --> 00:59:01,395 At any rate, you know, long as he don't go to jail, he gonna play in the nfl. 1170 00:59:01,555 --> 00:59:01,965 I agree. 1171 00:59:01,965 --> 00:59:03,765 I mean, he gon, he may still play. 1172 00:59:03,795 --> 00:59:05,055 If he go still, he may still play. 1173 00:59:05,355 --> 00:59:07,275 Well, there're gonna be some fines. 1174 00:59:07,815 --> 00:59:11,475 He might have to do some community service first offense. 1175 00:59:11,535 --> 00:59:13,005 Think about that first offense. 1176 00:59:13,665 --> 00:59:15,674 And, and did he have something to do? 1177 00:59:15,705 --> 00:59:18,674 The girl was, uh, who, whoever was driving the other car wreck on 1178 00:59:18,674 --> 00:59:20,805 their own, did he cause the wreck? 1179 00:59:20,805 --> 00:59:21,855 That's gonna be a question. 1180 00:59:22,065 --> 00:59:24,325 I mean, whether he caused the wreck or not, he was. 1181 00:59:25,155 --> 00:59:26,835 You know, in essence involved in it. 1182 00:59:28,255 --> 00:59:29,645 He was, he was racing. 1183 00:59:29,815 --> 00:59:30,445 He was racing. 1184 00:59:30,445 --> 00:59:31,005 He was racing. 1185 00:59:31,095 --> 00:59:31,275 Yeah. 1186 00:59:31,275 --> 00:59:34,215 That's his, but he left and came back. 1187 00:59:34,245 --> 00:59:34,395 Yeah. 1188 00:59:34,400 --> 00:59:39,765 So there's that with the question, was he scared and then thought about and 1189 00:59:39,770 --> 00:59:44,205 did the right thing or did he go have to hide something and you know, like there's 1190 00:59:44,355 --> 00:59:46,035 there's a lot to think through there. 1191 00:59:46,395 --> 00:59:46,665 Yeah. 1192 00:59:46,665 --> 00:59:50,805 And it's his first, like that's, I'm proud of him first. 1193 00:59:50,805 --> 00:59:51,855 Best mans a lot of him for that. 1194 00:59:51,860 --> 00:59:52,305 Yeah. 1195 00:59:52,310 --> 00:59:52,405 Yeah. 1196 00:59:52,410 --> 00:59:55,925 First, first record it he could. 1197 00:59:55,925 --> 00:59:57,725 Well, yeah, it's true too. 1198 00:59:57,885 --> 01:00:00,675 He could be just a good kid that was in the wrong place at the wrong time. 1199 01:00:00,865 --> 01:00:01,485 You don't know. 1200 01:00:01,755 --> 01:00:02,505 You never know. 1201 01:00:02,505 --> 01:00:05,985 And, and that, that will probably all come out in essence. 1202 01:00:06,465 --> 01:00:07,905 Was he actually driving though? 1203 01:00:08,205 --> 01:00:12,465 Yeah, he was driving, he was driving one S u v Uhhuh and they 1204 01:00:12,465 --> 01:00:14,205 were in the other SUV V Okay. 1205 01:00:14,205 --> 01:00:15,675 They, it was two black SUVs. 1206 01:00:15,725 --> 01:00:16,045 Yeah. 1207 01:00:16,045 --> 01:00:16,046 Yeah. 1208 01:00:16,051 --> 01:00:18,375 And lemme tell you something, did you see the footage? 1209 01:00:18,435 --> 01:00:20,445 Yeah, it was, uh, oh my God. 1210 01:00:20,445 --> 01:00:20,925 That's pretty crazy. 1211 01:00:20,925 --> 01:00:23,525 That thing, the what the girl and the guy was in. 1212 01:00:24,285 --> 01:00:25,484 Wasn't nobody gonna survive that. 1213 01:00:25,484 --> 01:00:27,404 It was terrible curtains. 1214 01:00:27,404 --> 01:00:28,355 It was terrible. 1215 01:00:28,424 --> 01:00:32,025 So, you know, it's just, Hey, well guy. 1216 01:00:32,025 --> 01:00:33,795 Hey, that was, that was a good, good topic. 1217 01:00:34,395 --> 01:00:36,165 Uh, well come back. 1218 01:00:36,165 --> 01:00:37,755 We got one more for you baby. 1219 01:00:38,444 --> 01:00:41,805 And we talking about the major league baseball. 1220 01:00:41,810 --> 01:00:45,345 You know, that's me and o G's topic and all the new rules. 1221 01:00:45,345 --> 01:00:46,005 Stay tuned. 1222 01:01:05,700 --> 01:01:08,339 Hey, this is Moeda from the Cal Taylor Sports Report. 1223 01:01:08,580 --> 01:01:11,520 Graduation is upon us and a new car is a great gift. 1224 01:01:11,759 --> 01:01:15,839 Don't just send them into the world with a reliable ride, but unreliable insurance. 1225 01:01:16,140 --> 01:01:20,339 At the Levette Group, we will find the best tailormade policy we can 1226 01:01:20,339 --> 01:01:22,020 even add on renter's insurance. 1227 01:01:22,020 --> 01:01:26,129 For further coverage and a better deal, just call Todd Dean at the Levette Group. 1228 01:01:26,609 --> 01:01:31,500 Call Todd Dean at (678) 777-7718. 1229 01:01:31,890 --> 01:01:37,620 Again, call Todd Dean at (678) 777-7718. 1230 01:01:40,830 --> 01:01:43,830 Hey, this is Producer Dex with the Couch Potato Sports Report. 1231 01:01:44,520 --> 01:01:47,279 I have so much fun watching these guys talk about sports like they're 1232 01:01:47,285 --> 01:01:48,359 sitting around a water cooler. 1233 01:01:48,960 --> 01:01:51,990 There are a few things that can prepare to share your peace of mind 1234 01:01:51,995 --> 01:01:53,370 about something that you care about. 1235 01:01:54,690 --> 01:01:56,850 Have you ever thought about telling the world what you know? 1236 01:01:58,050 --> 01:01:59,460 That's where Pod Bean comes in. 1237 01:02:00,480 --> 01:02:04,050 Podbean is a podcast platform that combines live streaming, analytics, 1238 01:02:04,230 --> 01:02:07,020 a website and more all in one place. 1239 01:02:07,500 --> 01:02:10,800 You can create record, distribute, manage, and monetize your pod 1240 01:02:10,800 --> 01:02:12,510 from a desktop or phone app. 1241 01:02:13,200 --> 01:02:17,310 Start with the basic free plan and receive a $100 credit for 1242 01:02:17,750 --> 01:02:19,680 advertising to build your audience. 1243 01:02:20,100 --> 01:02:23,550 Now go to the show notes, click on the link, and you'll receive a 1244 01:02:23,550 --> 01:02:26,340 hundred dollars advertising credit when you start your podcast today. 1245 01:02:26,730 --> 01:02:28,230 Also, it's a great way to support the show. 1246 01:02:40,310 --> 01:02:44,610 All right, we are back on the couch Potato Sports Report, T-Bird, along with og. 1247 01:02:45,660 --> 01:02:46,980 Uh, og. 1248 01:02:47,040 --> 01:02:55,395 You know, we got these new rules in M L B and uh, And I'm 1249 01:02:55,395 --> 01:02:57,645 just, you know, I'm, I'm puzzle. 1250 01:02:57,855 --> 01:02:59,715 You know me, I'm the baseball tradition. 1251 01:02:59,775 --> 01:03:03,615 I like it the old way, but I know we gotta do it a new way. 1252 01:03:03,620 --> 01:03:09,225 But, uh, for instance, I'm just gonna give you this braze in the game the other 1253 01:03:09,225 --> 01:03:14,835 day is six to six, um, bases loaded. 1254 01:03:15,705 --> 01:03:19,665 Less than two outs in the ninth, I think. 1255 01:03:20,085 --> 01:03:26,985 Uh, uh, I think about around the ninth and um, umpire. 1256 01:03:27,045 --> 01:03:28,634 We got two strikes on the guy. 1257 01:03:28,695 --> 01:03:30,134 It's full count, matter of fact. 1258 01:03:31,305 --> 01:03:32,835 Alright, everybody getting ready? 1259 01:03:33,075 --> 01:03:37,634 Umpire caused the batter out because he didn't get in the battles box fast enough. 1260 01:03:37,995 --> 01:03:42,525 You got the base loaded, less than two outs. 1261 01:03:42,555 --> 01:03:44,415 You got a chance to drive home runs. 1262 01:03:45,495 --> 01:03:46,425 And the umpire calls. 1263 01:03:46,425 --> 01:03:46,785 Yeah. 1264 01:03:47,015 --> 01:03:48,525 I I I don't know if I can get with that. 1265 01:03:48,795 --> 01:03:52,905 Yeah, I think, I think there's gotta be a little situational awareness 1266 01:03:52,905 --> 01:03:56,955 here because we, we talk about it in other sports where you can't let 1267 01:03:56,955 --> 01:04:01,305 the umpires, the referees, you know, determine the outcome of the game. 1268 01:04:01,365 --> 01:04:01,635 Right? 1269 01:04:01,640 --> 01:04:01,745 Right. 1270 01:04:02,145 --> 01:04:03,765 And, and same thing happened. 1271 01:04:03,825 --> 01:04:06,135 Uh, there's a picture, same kind of situation. 1272 01:04:06,135 --> 01:04:11,025 He, he, he didn't get on the, on the, the pitch in time and it was a bulk and, 1273 01:04:11,025 --> 01:04:12,885 you know, runners and somebody scores. 1274 01:04:12,905 --> 01:04:13,105 Right. 1275 01:04:14,175 --> 01:04:19,125 I, I, I wish it didn't affect the outcomes of the games or, you know, give the 1276 01:04:19,130 --> 01:04:21,345 guy a warning or, or some something. 1277 01:04:21,735 --> 01:04:23,085 Not just the instant out. 1278 01:04:23,085 --> 01:04:26,655 But again, there's gotta be a balance there cuz we can't have, 1279 01:04:27,045 --> 01:04:30,555 you know, 30 seconds and then you get up and then you back up and 1280 01:04:31,065 --> 01:04:32,445 we gotta have some balance there. 1281 01:04:32,445 --> 01:04:35,835 But I, it should not be determining games. 1282 01:04:35,925 --> 01:04:39,495 Think about when you get in the World Series and you do that man that, 1283 01:04:39,500 --> 01:04:42,015 that them mo powers asking for it. 1284 01:04:42,015 --> 01:04:43,915 You can't do that in the World Series. 1285 01:04:44,520 --> 01:04:46,890 And I know we just starting out, and this is spring training. 1286 01:04:46,890 --> 01:04:48,600 They gotta iron out all the kinks. 1287 01:04:49,049 --> 01:04:51,720 But you do that on a World Series against my team. 1288 01:04:51,720 --> 01:04:54,060 I'm coming after you, , I'm here. 1289 01:04:54,209 --> 01:04:58,259 And, and you know, certainly the, the larger bases have, have, you know, 1290 01:04:58,350 --> 01:04:59,910 yeah, that's been a whole thing. 1291 01:04:59,910 --> 01:05:06,240 But it sounds like the commiss can in fact, uh, make a, make 1292 01:05:06,240 --> 01:05:07,980 a change or tweak the rules. 1293 01:05:08,640 --> 01:05:11,790 It's just a matter of, I'm sure that's a whole thing and a whole 1294 01:05:11,790 --> 01:05:18,000 process and, but it is, he can't technically, um, make a change or, 1295 01:05:18,089 --> 01:05:19,740 or an adjustment to those rules. 1296 01:05:20,009 --> 01:05:23,520 Well, I think they gonna be making tweaks all through the season 1297 01:05:23,520 --> 01:05:25,709 because this is so brand new. 1298 01:05:26,370 --> 01:05:29,549 And guys, you gotta think about, baseball is a routine. 1299 01:05:29,609 --> 01:05:32,490 You, you know, you do your routine to get ready. 1300 01:05:32,819 --> 01:05:36,990 Pitchers got a routine, batters got a routine, and sometimes it takes time. 1301 01:05:36,995 --> 01:05:39,120 So they all having to adjust to that. 1302 01:05:39,870 --> 01:05:42,780 The new routine that they gotta do to get ready faster. 1303 01:05:43,290 --> 01:05:45,180 And it's gonna be hard for some guys. 1304 01:05:45,240 --> 01:05:46,710 And think about it as a batter. 1305 01:05:46,710 --> 01:05:50,970 If you have to almost run up to the batters spot, you can't get 1306 01:05:50,970 --> 01:05:54,720 situated and it's a wasted pitch cuz you're not gonna be ready, nah. 1307 01:05:55,230 --> 01:05:55,530 Mm-hmm. 1308 01:05:55,770 --> 01:06:01,590 But, but the whole, the, all of this is to speed up the game and, and in my opinion, 1309 01:06:02,370 --> 01:06:06,660 analytics are detrimental to baseball. 1310 01:06:06,720 --> 01:06:07,860 Yes, I agree. 1311 01:06:08,010 --> 01:06:10,140 Whereas other sports, it, it's advantageous. 1312 01:06:10,140 --> 01:06:16,050 But in baseball, so teams all, it's all about either strikeouts or home runs. 1313 01:06:16,500 --> 01:06:23,790 And I have a statistic here I took just for you, . So since 1998, the 1314 01:06:23,790 --> 01:06:29,310 number of baseball teams, the team average being below two 40, it 1315 01:06:29,310 --> 01:06:31,380 first year it was tracked was 1998. 1316 01:06:31,890 --> 01:06:34,320 So, 2010. 1317 01:06:34,320 --> 01:06:40,110 So 12 years later was the first time one team was hitting under two 40. 1318 01:06:40,140 --> 01:06:40,530 Okay. 1319 01:06:40,740 --> 01:06:43,740 And then the, you know, it slowly creeped up, creeped up, creeped up, 1320 01:06:44,160 --> 01:06:52,020 and in 20, 22, 14, so almost half the teams in baseball averaging under two 40 1321 01:06:52,020 --> 01:06:54,300 because it's all about hitting the home. 1322 01:06:54,300 --> 01:06:57,300 Run in the long ball, or you strike, there's no small ball. 1323 01:06:57,360 --> 01:06:58,290 There's no small ball. 1324 01:06:58,350 --> 01:07:01,080 And I know that's, uh, you know, near and dear to your heart, 1325 01:07:01,085 --> 01:07:02,940 that's, that's fundamental baseball. 1326 01:07:02,940 --> 01:07:04,080 It's small ball's baseball. 1327 01:07:04,650 --> 01:07:09,660 But, uh, I just, why can't I, I just, I wish we could get back to small 1328 01:07:09,660 --> 01:07:12,750 ball, but instead we've gotta do all these other tweaks and changes because 1329 01:07:12,750 --> 01:07:14,130 everybody's trying to hit the home run. 1330 01:07:14,130 --> 01:07:17,340 Everybody's trying to, all the launch angle and all that. 1331 01:07:17,340 --> 01:07:20,640 Who cares about when you swing in the back, you know, , right? 1332 01:07:20,660 --> 01:07:23,610 But, you know, uh, uh, Dick, you coming in? 1333 01:07:24,300 --> 01:07:24,630 Yeah. 1334 01:07:24,634 --> 01:07:29,880 Um, one of our chatters, um, mentioned that, um, you know, the, the rule about 1335 01:07:29,880 --> 01:07:31,530 the whole, it's actually 20 seconds. 1336 01:07:31,935 --> 01:07:35,505 Yeah, it's, yeah, with it being 20 seconds, I was thinking 20 seconds 1337 01:07:35,505 --> 01:07:38,925 doesn't sound like very long, but then when you're sitting there counting 1338 01:07:38,925 --> 01:07:43,095 it in your head one by one, that's should be plenty enough time to get 1339 01:07:43,095 --> 01:07:46,875 in the box, get your head right, and you know, play your game though, not 1340 01:07:46,875 --> 01:07:49,755 when you are used to stepping out. 1341 01:07:50,805 --> 01:07:53,595 You can only step out I think twice now, right? 1342 01:07:53,955 --> 01:07:54,645 Something like that. 1343 01:07:55,125 --> 01:07:59,295 The pitcher can only only go over to first base twice if you 1344 01:07:59,295 --> 01:08:01,005 can't throw up more than twice. 1345 01:08:01,455 --> 01:08:01,845 Okay. 1346 01:08:02,174 --> 01:08:05,475 So that therefore stolen bases is gonna go up. 1347 01:08:05,475 --> 01:08:07,515 Cause he knows you done threw over there twice. 1348 01:08:07,815 --> 01:08:10,935 So if you want to go on the third or the fourth pitch, he can't throw over. 1349 01:08:10,935 --> 01:08:13,424 You can get off almost as far as you want. 1350 01:08:13,605 --> 01:08:14,995 He still can't throw over. 1351 01:08:15,105 --> 01:08:16,515 He got to go to the plate. 1352 01:08:16,604 --> 01:08:19,515 You can basically walk over the second page. 1353 01:08:19,519 --> 01:08:20,325 Just, just about. 1354 01:08:20,385 --> 01:08:20,595 Yeah. 1355 01:08:20,625 --> 01:08:22,604 Just so you know. 1356 01:08:22,755 --> 01:08:27,314 But, but the, so I guess the account argument to that is a left-handed 1357 01:08:27,404 --> 01:08:29,865 pitcher has a huge advantage Yes. 1358 01:08:30,104 --> 01:08:34,335 In that and some of those guys, man, you could look like you're winding up and just 1359 01:08:34,335 --> 01:08:36,225 make a pitch to first instead of homeboy. 1360 01:08:37,500 --> 01:08:38,100 So what? 1361 01:08:38,220 --> 01:08:39,360 Tough, you know, tough. 1362 01:08:39,960 --> 01:08:45,660 I, I just, I think that is a mistake that I think will, I hope gets 1363 01:08:45,660 --> 01:08:49,680 changed because you should be able to throw over as much as you want. 1364 01:08:49,890 --> 01:08:51,000 No, yeah. 1365 01:08:51,000 --> 01:08:55,410 Anyway, you know, but I, I will tell you this and I will give analytics this. 1366 01:08:55,415 --> 01:08:56,820 They did get this accomplished. 1367 01:08:57,300 --> 01:09:00,840 The game is on average are two hours and 33 minutes. 1368 01:09:01,140 --> 01:09:03,480 So you got what you want. 1369 01:09:03,485 --> 01:09:07,170 All the games that's been going on in minor leagues, I mean in, uh, spring 1370 01:09:07,170 --> 01:09:11,910 training they've been averaging two 30, I think the longest game has 1371 01:09:11,915 --> 01:09:13,650 been three hours in five minutes. 1372 01:09:14,070 --> 01:09:16,800 And that was the average last year before these rules started, right. 1373 01:09:16,800 --> 01:09:17,430 Was 3 0 5. 1374 01:09:17,460 --> 01:09:19,560 But the rest of 'em have been in the twos. 1375 01:09:19,740 --> 01:09:21,540 So they're getting what they want there. 1376 01:09:21,660 --> 01:09:23,820 Cause the game is moving almost. 1377 01:09:24,390 --> 01:09:30,779 Yeah, almost a, again, I'm going to spend $150 at a baseball 1378 01:09:30,785 --> 01:09:32,880 game and I'm there two hours. 1379 01:09:33,150 --> 01:09:35,040 I'm at the movies longer than that. 1380 01:09:35,490 --> 01:09:38,189 Think about the beer that's sacrificed in that time. 1381 01:09:38,189 --> 01:09:38,700 That, that's true. 1382 01:09:38,700 --> 01:09:41,580 We're not, I gotta go back to my car sober. 1383 01:09:41,580 --> 01:09:41,969 Like what? 1384 01:09:41,969 --> 01:09:43,439 That's who came up with this. 1385 01:09:43,439 --> 01:09:44,149 That's true. 1386 01:09:44,154 --> 01:09:47,040 The seventh inning stretch is, you know, an hour and 45 minutes in. 1387 01:09:47,044 --> 01:09:47,669 That's it. 1388 01:09:47,910 --> 01:09:52,620 And, and, and you know, for me, being a baseball traditionalist, I'm, 1389 01:09:52,620 --> 01:09:54,179 I'm not getting my money's worth. 1390 01:09:54,719 --> 01:09:56,730 You know, I'm, I'm, I gotta get there. 1391 01:09:57,419 --> 01:09:58,440 I gotta get there. 1392 01:09:58,500 --> 01:10:01,919 If the game's at seven 30, I gotta get there at four o'clock. 1393 01:10:02,099 --> 01:10:02,160 Yeah. 1394 01:10:02,160 --> 01:10:04,790 To get all I want foot long hotdog. 1395 01:10:04,830 --> 01:10:05,040 Yeah. 1396 01:10:05,190 --> 01:10:07,559 Um, you know, and the, and the soak in. 1397 01:10:08,910 --> 01:10:09,210 Yeah. 1398 01:10:09,210 --> 01:10:10,440 You know, gotta get the crack. 1399 01:10:10,469 --> 01:10:13,259 Hell, you spent a hour in line trying to get some crack jack. 1400 01:10:13,320 --> 01:10:15,990 I was gonna say you spent 30 minutes in line trying to get to the bathroom. 1401 01:10:15,995 --> 01:10:21,464 But, you know, I mean, so again, for me, It's not good for me because 1402 01:10:21,735 --> 01:10:25,514 I don't think that my dollar is being spent that well when I'm at a 1403 01:10:25,514 --> 01:10:27,075 game for two hours and 30 minutes. 1404 01:10:27,525 --> 01:10:31,575 Og We'll see, I I time will tell if the, the average fan, you 1405 01:10:31,575 --> 01:10:36,405 know, J Joe random fan likes the new format in the faster pace. 1406 01:10:36,410 --> 01:10:40,335 Cuz that was the big complaint and that's why all these changes, there wasn't enough 1407 01:10:40,605 --> 01:10:45,884 traditionalists like yourself, uh, to, to continue to support it the way it was. 1408 01:10:45,884 --> 01:10:46,485 All right. 1409 01:10:46,634 --> 01:10:48,014 Say lave man. 1410 01:10:48,014 --> 01:10:48,844 Say Lavie. 1411 01:10:48,884 --> 01:10:49,275 All right. 1412 01:10:49,335 --> 01:10:54,195 Uh, but you know, before we, before we get outta here guys, OG let's move 1413 01:10:54,195 --> 01:10:59,985 over to Quinn Snyder and the Hawks and, you know, they, they, they went 1414 01:10:59,985 --> 01:11:04,184 and got Quinn right after the Allstar break, which we all figured Nate was 1415 01:11:04,184 --> 01:11:05,955 gonna be gone at the Allstar break. 1416 01:11:05,955 --> 01:11:06,974 And we was all right. 1417 01:11:08,025 --> 01:11:11,144 And we, we get Quinn Sny well respected around the league. 1418 01:11:11,144 --> 01:11:14,304 Everybody think that was a big get for the hawks and. 1419 01:11:15,990 --> 01:11:20,309 You know, his first game, uh, we lose his first game he coached, but 1420 01:11:20,309 --> 01:11:23,250 Joe Purdy, he won both of his games. 1421 01:11:24,000 --> 01:11:25,320 Uh, what, what, what are you thinking? 1422 01:11:25,380 --> 01:11:26,460 Why is that gonna take us? 1423 01:11:26,620 --> 01:11:26,969 Og? 1424 01:11:27,210 --> 01:11:29,250 I like Quinn Snyder. 1425 01:11:29,280 --> 01:11:33,360 He's, he's known to have a good, strong kind of locker room and, 1426 01:11:33,389 --> 01:11:37,980 and, and he's got a lot of decision what kind of player decision making. 1427 01:11:38,160 --> 01:11:38,250 Mm-hmm. 1428 01:11:38,790 --> 01:11:43,799 . And so I think this, the, the second half of this season will really tell 1429 01:11:43,799 --> 01:11:48,900 if there's any potential trades coming up or I, I just, if we buy into his 1430 01:11:48,900 --> 01:11:53,040 system and his format all will be well, but he's got enough power over 1431 01:11:53,040 --> 01:11:58,290 kind of player, you know, who, which players we get and who we go after that. 1432 01:11:58,469 --> 01:12:01,769 I think it's a good thing because he's a big enough personality and a big 1433 01:12:01,769 --> 01:12:05,759 enough kind of person to get in your face that he's not gonna take that crap 1434 01:12:05,759 --> 01:12:07,349 from, you know, all, any of that drama. 1435 01:12:07,679 --> 01:12:11,429 Well he's, he's, his job definitely is to get Trey Young 1436 01:12:12,210 --> 01:12:13,980 on the, in, on the same page. 1437 01:12:14,775 --> 01:12:15,855 With the organization. 1438 01:12:16,335 --> 01:12:19,635 You know, Trey being a little bit of a problem child here lately. 1439 01:12:20,145 --> 01:12:23,025 And, uh, so we, we, he's our star. 1440 01:12:23,030 --> 01:12:24,225 He's making 250 million. 1441 01:12:25,155 --> 01:12:27,465 It's time for Trey to lead and do all the right thing. 1442 01:12:27,675 --> 01:12:32,685 Why not be the guy that brings us to prominence? 1443 01:12:32,865 --> 01:12:37,725 Don't be the guy I wanna be in Atlanta, make my millions, and then go to LA 1444 01:12:37,785 --> 01:12:39,465 and make them another champion again. 1445 01:12:39,470 --> 01:12:40,875 Or go to the clippers. 1446 01:12:41,835 --> 01:12:42,735 Why not us? 1447 01:12:42,915 --> 01:12:43,635 It's our time. 1448 01:12:43,755 --> 01:12:45,285 That's why we drafted you. 1449 01:12:45,645 --> 01:12:49,365 So go in there and be the leader that you need to be for our team. 1450 01:12:49,605 --> 01:12:54,735 Bring us the prominence, you know, make other stars want to come to Atlanta 1451 01:12:54,945 --> 01:12:59,625 because they like playing for the Atlanta Hawks and playing with Trey Young and stop 1452 01:12:59,625 --> 01:13:02,655 all that bull crap that we hearing every. 1453 01:13:03,780 --> 01:13:06,390 We, we not lost too many games to be dealing with that. 1454 01:13:06,840 --> 01:13:08,910 You know, we're, we're, we're, we're subpar. 1455 01:13:08,910 --> 01:13:10,410 We're 31 and 31. 1456 01:13:10,680 --> 01:13:15,120 We ought to be in, in the fifth or the sixth spot legitimately with 1457 01:13:15,120 --> 01:13:16,860 the talent we got on this team. 1458 01:13:17,070 --> 01:13:18,390 And we are not. 1459 01:13:18,810 --> 01:13:20,430 And, and I'm sick of it. 1460 01:13:20,760 --> 01:13:24,570 Stop telling John, uh, college you going to trade him every year. 1461 01:13:24,720 --> 01:13:26,820 He don't know whether he going to common. 1462 01:13:27,330 --> 01:13:27,810 You can't. 1463 01:13:27,960 --> 01:13:31,470 The guy has been a good player, but he confused. 1464 01:13:31,530 --> 01:13:33,600 He don't know if you want him or not. 1465 01:13:33,750 --> 01:13:33,900 Yes. 1466 01:13:33,900 --> 01:13:34,650 You understand? 1467 01:13:34,820 --> 01:13:35,750 He's a player. 1468 01:13:35,900 --> 01:13:36,550 Come on. 1469 01:13:36,550 --> 01:13:37,310 He's a good player. 1470 01:13:37,310 --> 01:13:38,230 He's a good player. 1471 01:13:38,230 --> 01:13:43,320 He a good, but he don't know whether you, the, the organization wants him or not. 1472 01:13:43,590 --> 01:13:46,800 I see John Collins every night cheering on his players, dapping, 1473 01:13:46,800 --> 01:13:50,640 everybody up, trying to keep a positive attitude and you telling 1474 01:13:50,645 --> 01:13:52,170 him, we thinking about trading you. 1475 01:13:52,440 --> 01:13:53,130 Come on man. 1476 01:13:53,130 --> 01:13:54,300 Get, get with the program. 1477 01:13:54,305 --> 01:13:54,660 Trey. 1478 01:13:54,660 --> 01:13:55,590 Be that leader. 1479 01:13:56,085 --> 01:13:58,335 And, and, and lead us to the Promised Land. 1480 01:13:58,425 --> 01:13:59,925 We pay you two 50 million. 1481 01:14:01,305 --> 01:14:04,555 Help me, somebody . No, I, I'm with you. 1482 01:14:04,560 --> 01:14:09,825 I mean, I thinks, I think Quinn's is the right guy to hey with the organization 1483 01:14:09,825 --> 01:14:12,855 and just quit playing games with the, with somebody like John Collins suit. 1484 01:14:12,855 --> 01:14:13,785 It's like, Hey, do you love me? 1485 01:14:13,790 --> 01:14:14,355 Or d and I? 1486 01:14:14,360 --> 01:14:14,635 Yes. 1487 01:14:15,045 --> 01:14:17,775 But I think, I think you're absolutely right. 1488 01:14:17,835 --> 01:14:20,985 With the talent we have, we should at least be a strong five seed. 1489 01:14:21,585 --> 01:14:26,685 And, and I think, I think Quinn is the guy to get us there and just bring Trey, 1490 01:14:26,685 --> 01:14:28,515 like we did the first few games Yes. 1491 01:14:28,520 --> 01:14:31,605 With, with, um, with Trey and, and, and the two guard, 1492 01:14:31,635 --> 01:14:34,395 um, uh, the shot Dante, mark. 1493 01:14:34,425 --> 01:14:34,545 Yes. 1494 01:14:34,575 --> 01:14:34,905 Murray. 1495 01:14:34,935 --> 01:14:35,265 Murray. 1496 01:14:35,625 --> 01:14:36,735 I think we can get there. 1497 01:14:36,735 --> 01:14:39,765 And, and Quinn Quinn's teams have played a little defense. 1498 01:14:39,855 --> 01:14:39,945 Yes. 1499 01:14:39,945 --> 01:14:44,755 Which, which is we, this one don't , but Nick, you got. 1500 01:14:45,315 --> 01:14:49,665 Yeah, and I was thinking about, um, you know, again, decentralizing the attack. 1501 01:14:49,845 --> 01:14:53,415 You know, you can't put everything on Trey, and at the same time he should 1502 01:14:53,415 --> 01:14:57,015 be, you know, with his level of talent, he should be getting a lot more sis. 1503 01:14:57,705 --> 01:14:58,335 He really should. 1504 01:14:58,335 --> 01:15:02,025 Well, he's actually, he's getting assist again, but, and that's 1505 01:15:02,025 --> 01:15:03,015 not bad for a score still. 1506 01:15:03,015 --> 01:15:03,575 I mean, yeah, yeah. 1507 01:15:03,580 --> 01:15:06,735 It's, it's great for a scorer, but he, at the same time, he could 1508 01:15:06,885 --> 01:15:11,205 take a lot of load off of himself and make the whole process easier. 1509 01:15:11,505 --> 01:15:14,355 If every time he go it looks like he's about to go up, he passes 1510 01:15:14,355 --> 01:15:15,555 it to someone else that's open. 1511 01:15:15,735 --> 01:15:15,885 Yeah. 1512 01:15:15,885 --> 01:15:16,305 That's all I'm saying. 1513 01:15:16,305 --> 01:15:18,525 He's, he's a bull hog with bad, with bad shooting. 1514 01:15:18,525 --> 01:15:24,405 Average . Well, lemme tell you this, the guy we picked up, uh, what's his name? 1515 01:15:24,405 --> 01:15:26,265 Oh, G come on, come on now. 1516 01:15:26,325 --> 01:15:32,415 Uh, anyway, we picked him up from Detroit and, oh, help me. 1517 01:15:32,775 --> 01:15:33,735 I'm sorry guys. 1518 01:15:33,740 --> 01:15:34,995 I, I had him on my mind. 1519 01:15:34,995 --> 01:15:39,555 But anyway, you know, y'all know that I'm not a big fan of Deandre Hunter. 1520 01:15:39,560 --> 01:15:43,365 I've, I've lost all confidence in Deandre and I think he's so inconsistent. 1521 01:15:44,475 --> 01:15:46,755 I'm he Deandre at the three. 1522 01:15:46,845 --> 01:15:51,075 I'm gonna move in, uh, uh, what's his name? 1523 01:15:51,075 --> 01:15:51,195 Og. 1524 01:15:51,345 --> 01:15:51,975 Look him up. 1525 01:15:53,175 --> 01:15:53,625 . No. 1526 01:15:53,625 --> 01:15:54,525 Nah, not him. 1527 01:15:54,525 --> 01:15:56,085 It is the one we got from Detroit. 1528 01:15:57,315 --> 01:15:57,915 Deandre. 1529 01:15:58,125 --> 01:15:58,965 Not Deandre honey. 1530 01:15:59,205 --> 01:16:00,045 Jaylen Johnson. 1531 01:16:00,225 --> 01:16:01,365 No, we didn't. 1532 01:16:01,395 --> 01:16:02,625 Uh, sad Bay. 1533 01:16:02,715 --> 01:16:03,585 Sadiq Bay. 1534 01:16:03,590 --> 01:16:05,705 Thank you, thank you, thank you. 1535 01:16:05,925 --> 01:16:07,185 And I apologize guys. 1536 01:16:07,185 --> 01:16:12,045 He, I, he, I've been saying it all day and I forgot Sadiq Bay Automatic 1537 01:16:12,045 --> 01:16:13,875 money when he come in off bench. 1538 01:16:14,445 --> 01:16:16,635 He some threes the other night just automatic. 1539 01:16:17,445 --> 01:16:23,895 He is a guy that you can put in late in the game and have a great chance at hit 1540 01:16:24,555 --> 01:16:26,745 three or just doing some good things. 1541 01:16:26,745 --> 01:16:27,975 He plays good defense. 1542 01:16:28,695 --> 01:16:34,905 If, if I'm me, I'm trading Deandre Hunter, moving Sad Bay in my, uh, starting lineup 1543 01:16:35,505 --> 01:16:40,725 and, and moving on from there because Deandre Hunter, he's injury prone. 1544 01:16:41,790 --> 01:16:43,530 He's very inconsistent. 1545 01:16:43,680 --> 01:16:45,059 You don't know what you're gonna give. 1546 01:16:45,059 --> 01:16:47,130 His three shot is horrendous. 1547 01:16:47,610 --> 01:16:50,130 And, and I'm just not a Deandre Hunter fan. 1548 01:16:50,130 --> 01:16:52,620 I, I, I'm, I'm, I've lost all confidence in him. 1549 01:16:52,620 --> 01:16:55,260 So, Sadiq Bay, I'm in your corner. 1550 01:16:55,350 --> 01:16:58,890 I want you in Atlanta for a number of years to help us win a title. 1551 01:16:59,280 --> 01:16:59,910 Hey, there. 1552 01:16:59,910 --> 01:17:00,501 You got it. 1553 01:17:01,590 --> 01:17:02,070 Mike drop. 1554 01:17:03,120 --> 01:17:03,960 He said, Mike drop. 1555 01:17:04,360 --> 01:17:08,490 All right guys, uh, we're gonna get outta here and thanks for joining us this week. 1556 01:17:08,910 --> 01:17:11,880 Hopefully more will be back next week to drive us home. 1557 01:17:12,600 --> 01:17:14,550 And hey, any closing thoughts? 1558 01:17:15,090 --> 01:17:16,050 Enjoy the weekend. 1559 01:17:16,055 --> 01:17:16,740 Stay dry. 1560 01:17:17,460 --> 01:17:21,630 Hey, uh, thanks to all of our chatters, especially Mama G and Light Break. 1561 01:17:21,630 --> 01:17:24,720 We love you guys, um, always listening, and please share the show. 1562 01:17:25,290 --> 01:17:28,890 Uh, if you get a chance, go to the couch spot on Twitter, 1563 01:17:29,760 --> 01:17:32,940 leave a thanks or say hello or a middle finger, whatever you want. 1564 01:17:33,000 --> 01:17:34,559 Um, but yeah, hit us up. 1565 01:17:34,890 --> 01:17:35,130 All right. 1566 01:17:35,280 --> 01:17:36,269 We are out guys.