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We'll talk to Anthony Beck today, our Delco's finest. Of course, AB, NFL, tight end forever. And analyst, NFL analyst, he's a coach in the UFL. His son Rocco is the starting quarterback for Iowa State. So lots to talk about with Anthony and Todd Zalaki. We love Todd. He joined us about 10 to talk about the Phillips. So it was interesting. The Phillies go 30 games over 500 last night. And they were able to do it. Makes you line up, right guys on the shelf. So Topper has the B team in there. And look, they're able to win. The wheelers tremendous. It's amazing how wheeler good. He's got a lead off triple that he's got to navigate it around. He strikes out the side or off a lead off triple. He's out, he is outrageous. Would you actually watch Zach Wheeler pitch? But sometimes I think we take him for granted. He's one of those guys that's in all time Philly. Like he has blossomed here into a true ace, great starter. I mean, that positions early to game, right? He gives up the lead off triple to Lau, who's all third. And he's got the mean of the order up. And boom, strike out, boom, strike out, boom, called third strike. It was just the thing of beauty, man. Because he's one of these guys with a runner on third and less than two outs, he's going for the strike out. He does not want to give up that run. He reminds me so much of Roy Halliday. Speaking of Roy Halliday, the 2011 Phillies. So this Philly team, 30 games over 500, they're 88 and 58. The last time they were 30 games over 500, my man JP reminded me this morning, September 28th, 2011, right? So 2011 of all the years was their best team. 2011, you had the aces, right? Halliday, Lee, Hamels, Ozwall, even Blant, right? So you had that starting rotation was ridiculous. The lineup had suffered. That was post-worth, right? So you had your remissant worth, and peace was on the down slide at that point. But other than that, I mean, that team still had Victorino and Rollins and Utley. And peace was still, you know, in Hamels and Cheuch, if you remember, had a really good year that year. So that 2011 team was probably the best of all the run. They were better. The 2010 team or the 2009 team that lost to the Yankees was a great team because you added Lee, right? You had Pedro, you added some pieces at the end of that. So they were really good too. They were all better than the 2008 team that wins the World Series. So you're wondering, well, this is a conversation on that. Or this on paper, just talent, is this group better than any of those teams, including 2011, since both teams were 30 games over 500. I think so. I think certainly the lineup is light years better. Now, the pitching, obviously, was deeper, was better. But you still have Wheeler, and I don't care what you say about Noah, Noah, and I argue with Cheuch about this all the time, my buddy, like we talk about it. He keeps you in games, man. He just does. Clearly, the pitching started pitching was better. But I think overall, the lineup was so much better than 2011. Now, so I would give a slight edge to today. Now, look at the Eagles. This is another oddity. Again, this is on paper. It's one game, and there's a long season, and you win the Super Bowl, you win the Super Bowl. So in 2017-18, you win the Super Bowl. Now, were they fortunate? They had an easy schedule. They're able to navigate it. We know the story of the Super Bowl. The first round by squeaking past the Falcons, right? Get to play the Vikings in case Keenan until you played the Patriots, who, and remember, they were out without their best defensive player in the Super Bowl. So there's a decree, it wasn't saying you're lucky, but there's a decree of good fortune that helps you win. And by the way, we deserved it, right, right? We mean, we just clearly, we deserved it. But on paper, this Eagles team, how are they not better? And again, on paper. I mean, we've talked about it, the best skilled people in the history of the franchise, it's not even close. Not even close. So you look at them on paper, you go, I think you got to go to this team. Then you throw in the Sixers, and of all the process teams, now, they got to gel, they have to do all that stuff. But of all the process teams, this is the best one. And it's not even close, right? And beat Maxi Paul George, and then you fill in the rest. There's nothing close to that, even the Jimmy Butler. Even the Jimmy Butler piece, because Maxi is the difference. Maxi as a star, and he showed you he's a star, at the garden, in the playoffs. So Maxi is a star, and being, and Paul George, is better than the Jimmy Butler team. Because you still had the ghost, you still had Tobias on that team. So it's just interesting, and again, it's all on paper, and it doesn't mean anything unless you're hoisting the trophy. But three of those teams, and we'll get to the flies tomorrow, because big day rookie camp begins. I'm excited, we're going to talk to Keith Jones tomorrow. But if you look at those three teams, all three of them, you could make an argument, are better today than any other time in this century, right? We just look at this century. Those three teams, you could say on paper, are the best they've ever been. All right, let me get your opinion. Let's them dive into it. J.P. John Zapata. Buenos dias. Buenos dias. V.G. violations, Greg Caputo. Good morning. What do you say? Sweet, sweet, sweet. Sweet, sweet. The Tampa Sweet. Let's go. So let's go. Let's look at it. It's so. Can you make this argument? Now, I know I'm a jolly jolly when it comes to the four for four. But I look at these four on paper. Let's go Phillies first. They're 30 games over 500. 30 games over 500. Last time was 2011. Clearly, we all know that in '08, they were not the best team. '09 was better. '11 was better. Probably 10, too. '11's a good team. Yeah, man. I'm looking back at it. It's a good team. The lineup's pretty good. I thought the lineup would be easily better, but I don't know. Well, go ahead. Run from it. Which pets was its disappointment? And peace was not the peace he was. It was. Chutes a start. Chutes a catcher. He's 283 that year. Six home runs. Great defensive. You leave. I got you. Right? Yeah. Ryan Howard, a first base. He had 253 that year. 33 Dangers. What do you mean? Yeah. Now come on. What? Yes. He's a bumper. Cupboard. He gave us. Over that. Listen. It wasn't the 58 home one. Peace. Come stop Bryce all day. Second base. Chase or stock chase. Chase. Jimmy or Trey. Jimmy. It's close. Yeah. It's a good day. What did Jimmy do that year? He had 268 11 or 16 home runs, 22 doubles, 63 RBIs, two triples. So this was not. 30 stolen bases. This was not. But a 20 triple, the 20 Jimmy. Polanco third base. That lean bone. Yeah. Yeah. What a lean. All day. So it's hard because we got the DAs now. So you can. What do you compare? Swarber to. But you got left field. He's probably better than what we got left field right now. Yeah. But you got to use. You got to use for as a left fielder. All right. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm done with Victorino. A center field. And Hunter Pence. Yeah. Castie. What? Hunter Pest was a disappointment. He hit three. 24. That year. He's on runs. He's on. He's on. He's on. He's on. He's on. He's on. He's on all the way up now. I go. Castie. Castie's come a bit. Including last night. Castie. I mean, Castie's cool, but no. Castie Old Day repacts. No. Castiatos. Take a look at this. Johnny Marks. This is where the bench really shines. There's no. The bench we have. It's not me, Barry. Oh, John. The bench. Horrible. He's stopped. Francis. Stop. Stop. Don Brown. Ross Glood. Don Brown. Walsh Glood. Give me these stops. Oh, backup catcher. Brian Schneider and Dean Sardina. That's horrible. This seems better. Yeah. I mean, it's slightly better. I'm sorry. I disagree. I think it's markedly better. I'll just say starting because better. I love Howard. But he was only the client. Hopper. Way better. You're crazy. Way better. Because that was that way. Remember, he was hurt in 2010. I know, but he still had 30 home runs. Okay. That's all we're asking for. Home runs. No, no, no. That's not all we're in for Bryce. Oh, no, not for Bryce, but for peace. Well, that's what I was saying. Bryce is all around player. Yeah. And you got you completely overrated pets. Pets was a disaster. He had a nice year that year. He was a disaster. It's better with the Giants. He was. So, all right. So now we stand. Position players are a wash better. A little better this year. A wash. Second and shortstop is better in 2010. Listen, the rotation 2011 is obvious. Obviously better. Yeah. I mean, obviously. I mean, that's pretty well. Lee Lee was not as dominant as he was in the old nine. No, but you. I think you look at it. And the playoffs. He blew that lead. Wheeler and Holiday are kind of. A wash. Yeah. And then he's just a little bit more comfortable. And Hamels a wash. And then Lee is just far better than six or so. Yeah. I agree. Yeah. I'm. And then he had Oswald as the four. But you know, I bet. But Oswald that year was not Oswald from previous years. He had Sanchez or a watch. Lee, much better than Ranger. A. I've got an animal. Vance Worley. Baby. The Vadimos. I like that. You have a Vadimos. That's where that year. Yeah. He was good. Eleven and three with a 3.01. And then he's got an animal. Has a pitching clinic in the area. Really? Yeah. In fact, this all season. We had to bring him in. Yeah. I will. This all season. Mossimo. Going to the Vadimos. Oh, right. Yeah. Seriously. Yeah. He's teach his kids. I mean, especially. You didn't leave us off that year. He was 17 and eight with a 2.4 ERA. Wow. That's a good lead. It's a great. It is. Three guys sub three. Yeah. That's sick. They were unbelievable. The rotation was ridiculous. They had four guys sub 3.02. I still. I go. I mean. Twenty. Twenty four. Mm-hmm. You sounds like you lean up. Eleven. I lean eleven. I mean, bullpen's not great. Matt's and Mad Dog was the closer. Eleven or twenty four. I take the shoes. That's not even close. You got Kyle. Not even close. Michael Stupes. Bastardo. David Herndon. Yeah. Slap. Slap. Slap. Slap. That's. J.C. Romero. Don't say what started on Columbia, by the way. Big Mike Zagursky. Mike Zagursky. The. The big. The. The big. The. The. Overall. I go. I think. I think they're better in twenty four. All right. Let's look at. I think. Yeah. So. Fingal. Super Bowl. Twenty. Twenty four. Yes. This skill group. Versus. The Eagles. And you got to. You got to go with. I mean, obviously her. Went to get hurt. And then, you know, St. Nick comes in. So. But if you look at the skill people. And you look at the offense. It's not even close. And it's funny because at that time, we got. We got. We got. We got. We got toy. We're all excited. We got wide receivers. But now you look at. Right. The. I mean, what did you get? It's all paper. He's a Leo. That team was. Accomplished. And won. And. You know, we'll go down and. Fill it up in history. But if you just look at that pure talent. Dude. I mean, honestly, the Eagles won with slop. Yeah. It's a slop roster. It's a lot of. Mid level players. It all came together. They were dominant. On their own line. And their D line. Yes. And the. What was your. What was your. What was your. What was your. Yes. You're right. He is good. What was your own line? It was obviously. He was the. Wayne was there. Brooks. What big. Right. Right. Right. Big. Because J. Spiders went down. Right. Right. Ski. Joe. Mm. See, I'm all started with the finest roster. But it's hard finding stats on it. Look at it. Right. Like this. This. This team is just telling. Like. I don't know if we even realize. Vitae was new ski. Kelsey Brooks Lane. Was this the starter? Yeah. Okay. Let me game. You look at. You look at this team. Yeah. Are you kidding me? I'm not kidding. I would say. Well, Barkley. With AJ Brown and Devontae Smith. I still like my. My jaw drops. Like. Again. She didn't win. Was okay. Yeah. He like if you look at and I watched the tape. Like he was okay. He wasn't horrible. He wasn't great. There were mistakes. Right. There were certain things. He was okay. And I think a lot of it. And I think he would rust and lack of preseason. And he also has to get like the second piece of it is to become that like really good. You got to get that second piece of it. Second third progression. Yeah. It's like his 37th coordinator in four years. Exactly. The only position. I look at this team. I go. But Cal ridiculous. Like he didn't even play great and they scored 34 with ease to mad and fantasy team. It is. It's a great team. It's like it's a great offense. The running back room in 2017. Blunt. Clement. Ajay. Wendell. 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And you look at these teams like good teams that lose the the doink. Oh, yeah, right in Chicago. Yeah, like having to go through the kickers and call guys coming in on the street. Yeah, it's not. It's a good point by you. You know, we don't think about it because you don't think it him like a Tucker, you know, I mean, he's not maybe better than Tucker to be honest or just up there with him. It's sort of very close. Talk to you. He doesn't miss. He doesn't miss. Listen, I agree. He's terrific, but he's a talker's elite. Tucker's got a he's among the best all time. I think he'll be there with him. Yeah. Come on, excuse me. Got to push it too far. Right. Just a little bit. Listen. We're all the flowers in the world. Yeah, but then you take it into the best kicker in the way it's 50 years. I'm sorry. I better. We need some longevity. I think he's just as good. I'm sorry. You know, he's better than Tony Franklin. You know who Tony Franklin was. I have no idea. Tony didn't work for you, right? Yes. You were my job JP. Tony fret was because you know, you weren't watching it follows during Monday night football. Right. You were actually watching football. Now growing up on earth, watching that. Tony Franklin was the Eagles kicker back in the like the 70s and 80s and eat it where he had a barefoot. He kicked barefoot. That's got a heart like that. Two degree weather or something like that. I know. Like the NFC champion gets Dallas. I was a little boy. It was freezing. I was there at my father and I'll never forget. It was freezing. And like he's kicking off barefoot. Did he say it's behind that though? I don't know. I'm a soccer guy. I don't know. No tape. No nothing. No. No. No. We're going to find a clip for the bag. Yeah. Yeah. Dude. A barefoot. He's got to have a gnarly foot. Yeah. He's a foot. I think I'd be nasty. You know what? We should actually, that's a burning question. We should actually try to find him down. I don't know what he's done with us. We'll find out the barefoot. What's the foot like? We should find the most crazy questions. Burning questions. Like, like, what's his foot? I agree. I would have known his foot like. It was just later kicking. It doesn't have like a leather bag. Yeah. Oh, don't worry. I'm not going to be fine. Look for you. Tony Franklin foot. I listen. I think that's genius, man. I do. I want to know what the science is behind that. So we agree that. Well, we didn't look at the. Well, we didn't look defense. I mean, defense. Listen, defense with a team on the on the 18 team 17 18 was good, but it wasn't great defense. They had better defenses. You know, and, and oh, three and oh, four. Yeah. Yeah. No, yeah. Those defenses were like, right? Like, you know, we would try and came back. Kendrick's. Nice. Nice, a brand. That was good. If you stayed healthy. Yeah. That was a problem. I mean, it wasn't trotter. We have our Ph.O.I. a guy, Vinny Curry. Yep. Brandon Graham on the other side. See me journey. I forgot about semi journey again. And Fletch was great. Fletch was great. Chris Long was great. Like, listen, do I think the defense was better than than now? Although when you had Malcolm II. So, you know, clearly had that. But the offense was so much is so much better. That's really what it is that you on scale people. So then you have the third of the triangle third point of the triangle is the Sixers. Yeah. And clearly on pay and again, it's all paper. David, you know, don't anything yet. But on paper, it's their best. It's the best iteration of the process for sure. And it's better in the 2000 team. Yeah. Is that the is that what we're judging it? The 2000 century. Okay. I mean, go go to any process team. Did Jimmy Butler team. I was probably the best team of this century. Yeah. Yeah. And this is better. Do you have that? I have a 2001 up. I mean, I had teams AI. So, you had Ben Simmons, JJ, Rhettick, Jimmy Butler, Tobias and Joe. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I'm still going. I mean, this team is like Maxi is Maxi's ascent, right? Maxi blossoming into a star. Mm hmm. Is the difference to any of those teams. Yeah. Because he's a legit star and now Paul George slides in his the third. Yeah. So, and you can make the argument that he's every bit of Jimmy Butler. I mean, I just think that with those three right there because in the 2018 team, it was really Jimmy and Joe because Ben, we know Ben's mo. Right. Tobias. He was always scared, right? Right. Right. Which is a spot up shooter type of guy. But with this team, we have legitimate three scores on the on the court. And then listen, we'll see what's up with the power for position. But it's probably going to be Caleb Martin. He's got a good he's a good defensive player. I love what Maury did. I have to tell you, I love what he did in the right. I think he did. I give him. We got wing play code. No, I think it's a good. I think it's a good squad. I think it's the best chance of all. And I hate to get my hopes up again. But this is if I'm going to be honest with you, I'm all the way back the roster. He assembled with only two players, basically on the roster. You know, in a cap world is pretty amazing. It really is. Yeah. It's a great team. I mean, they're a content team. You got three year three shots at. Yeah. Yesterday I watched an ESPN NBA show and they're talking about the pressure on the box and can they compete with the Sixers in the Celtics? I mean, he's built a contender in an off season. And the truth of the matter is once you you're Boston and Boston's nasty. Right. So we I complete on the great. But when you win it, it's hard to come back. So I'm actually all you was hungry. I'm anxious. Right. Sixers, man. Sixers are going to be good. They're going to be good. And what edge do you give the 2001 team? Larry Brown, big advantage edge over Nick Nurse? No, I don't think big. But I give advantage. Larry Brown's all favor. Yeah. But I like Nick Nurse. Not like he's Doc Rivers. If he's Doc Rivers, I go big advantage. Larry Brown. Thank you by the way. So that's like I still coach. And it's amazing. And a good team. He's getting a lot of money. You want to come back in life, come back as an NBA coach. All right. You want to talk about stealing? My God. They are just thieves. The greatest thieves of our time. So let's just say, we're the best parks. Sixers have the third best eyes. They're tied for third with a nuggets of Nexus plus 800. Yeah. Saltics and thunder above them. That's outrageous. Right. All right. Here we go. All right. Take it away. V G talks about man. Right. Rough morning this morning with this ragweed stuff. Fall allergies are here. Ragweed's a major culprit. It's off the charts. Sage brush is running around tumbleweed blowing through Moloka Hill. Everyone's allergies are acting up full seasons here. 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So we'll get into a little bit later on joining us right now. I'm a NFL analyst, old friend. And of course, Delco's finest. Our band. Anthony Beck. What do you say? Listen to all the job. You ready? Yeah. So we coach you St. Louis in the U.F.L. And he's a hell of a coach, right? Yeah. And the color analyst for the Jets. All right. NFL analyst and dad to a to the starting quarterback for Iowa State. Just be nice. That's right. Rocco Bet. Nice. What's up, my brother? Oh, I'm doing well. I love the new digs, man. It looks good. I like the setup. This is great. Now, where are you headed right now, Ant? I'm actually me and my wife are driving up I 75 North to go visit my daughter. He's at Florida State. She's a he's a sophomore. So I'm an empty nester. You know, you got to catch up. You got to catch up. Look at you, man. And you're you guys are on the road. Every week you see Rocco play, right? Yeah, no doubt. 65 flights between his games and the jet games between now and January. So I'm going to be a weekend warrior, but it's fun, man. I love it. I love obviously. My son plays is awesome, you know, to, to, you know, not only, you know, see him in college, but, you know, playing at a level that's, you know, at a power for school. It's incredible to see. And you know, the quarterback position, how hard that is. And then, you know, the Jets games. I mean, they call jet games to be around the NFL to do those things. You know, it all kind of is full play for me. And, you know, as a coach that someone who that's my priority and aspirations now as I continue to build by resume. It's really a nice 365 for me throughout the year. Yeah, I, you know, I love it. I think you are spot on. I think you need to get a place in Delco back home. This way you could drive to the, you know, you could drive the jet games and you can fly out of PHL. You know your wife spent half the time. You know your wife. She loved Delco. There's no doubt, you know, it's, it's nice to visit the family. I don't know about, you know, their 24/7 is the best route for all of us. It's nice to come up in the, it's good to come up in the summer time. You know, we still do the shore of the Jersey Shore every summer. That's great. We get to see everybody. But I love Delco, man. It's a great spot. You know, you can't, you can't find better food than that for sure. That's right, brother. That's right. A couple things. So let's look at week one of the NFL and first of all, your squad was interesting because it was Monday night. We just saw them. And dude, when Rogers has that one drive, I'm going, wow, man, this, they could be nasty. That Niners front controlled everything. They're, they're really good. From an Eagle standpoint, that Niners defensive front. I've looked and took the game away. Yeah, I mean, you know, I hate to say it, but just the physicality and the trenches. I mean, the 49ers took it to the Jets on both sides of the ball. Yeah, not not really what I expected. You know, from the Jets defense in this game, just because, you know, they have a history of being a top three defense. But, you know, definitely showed, you know, showed what the 49ers are. You know, I think for the Jets who want to be there who, you know, everybody thinks that they're trending in that direction. I do believe they are. I thought their offense was pretty decent. I thought Rogers played well for the first game. It's hard two years off, 20 months to come back. I thought he threw the ball well. He was protected well. They just couldn't get, you know, things going there with the turnover early and the third down drop, the first drive, but 49ers are the echelon of the league. I mean, Kyle Shanahan is a mastermind. I mean, he's the best play call or I've seen in football now, you know, since I played since Mike Martin, maybe in the greatest show on turf. So, you know, he's just, you know, he out scheme them and, and listen, it's a humbling game, man. They'll definitely bounce back, but the 49ers are, you know, they didn't even play their best game, in my opinion, offensively, and they didn't have their best player either. So, you know, it's a, it's a great start for them. But the Jets, obviously, man, like, you know, I expect to see a different team as they move forward. You got 10 to see this week and we'll see how that goes. So, I know you keep one eye out on the birds and, you know, when you look at them Friday night, again, it was a weird atmosphere, right? It's in Brazil. The field was slippery. But you can see what Barkley means to that offense at AJ Brown, Devonté Smith, Segua Barkley, and Goddard. I mean, the skilled people are ridiculous. Yeah, 100%. I mean, look, Segua Barkley in a real system and a real offense with other weapons around them. That's a problem, right? So, you know, the Giants can't be happy watching that. Obviously, Mara, that was a topic of discussion in hard knocks and, you know, watching that go down in the first game was fun for me. I love Segua Barkley. I think he's a great player, great leader. And, you know, listen, you're right. The field, you get your best out some of your past rosters. I know there's been a lot been said about Hoff not really doing much in the game. That's a factor. I mean, you know, you're coming off the ball as a past roster in a slick situation. He's a good player. You know, the Jets miss him for sure. And, you know, he's going to do big things for you guys this year. But, you know, outside of the turnovers in the game. I mean, there's just a lot of weapons on the field right now for the Eagles. And I just think that's a problem. Now Dallas also played well. And, you know, they do what they had to do versus very good Browns defense. So, listen, it's going to be those two teams throughout the season. And like it normally always is. And I expect it to be all the way to the finish. Yeah, it's funny. You look at Dallas, Detroit look good. You know, again, that Ram team is a good team and they beat them. So, the NFC, it's interesting because the NFC, I think, is deeper, is better than the AFC. When you're looking at teams, the AFC is interesting because you got Kansas City up here. And then you got, I don't know what Buffalo is going to be. Right. Like there's, Alan's great, but they stay black. He lacks weapons. Right. Miami. I don't know about to. And you got your squad. And then, you know, we saw in Cleveland, Watson looks like he's cooked. Right. Like they have a great defense, but their offense was just awful. Right. Like, since it had, he loses. It was a weird kind of first week for the AFC. Yeah, you're right. I mean, listen, you know, it is, like you said, Kansas City is at the top. Then you start sprinkling in some of those four NFC teams. And then you're right. Then there's kind of a little bit of a drop off with the rest of the AFC. Yeah, I mean, listen, you know, it's, it's. Yeah, for sure. And they're a really good team. Well coached. I love what DeMarco Mayans has done so far. But, you know, look, I think there's always some surprise teams. You know how the sleeve works, man. Every single week a team continues to, you know, show consistency and rise in the top. But it seems like, you know, everybody's chasing the Chiefs right now. You know, you just look at what their game, you know, the way they use worthy in that game, the speed that he brings to the table spreads things out. And, you know, Andy is just a mastermind as well as far as adapting to just his players. And the way he gets them the football and then my homes. I mean, you know, he just creates and continues to dominate and do the things that he does. So I love, I thought week one was interesting. Yeah, I didn't think we saw the best out of a lot of teams. I thought there was some maybe I don't want people to think, you know, oh, man, like this is what we got. I just think things change over the first couple weeks of the season. So, you know, after like the fourth game, I think we should we'll start seeing teams that we've, okay, like this team's legit. So, but, you know, Chiefs showed up, well, obviously week one, it was a great game, Baltimore had their chance, man. It was about inches right in that game, but, you know, there's some good teams in the AFC that I think are gradually catching up to what the NFC has. So, what have you learned from being a coach? Like, it's so interesting. Now that you're a head coach. And who, who are you? Who, who's if you pick a head coach in the NFL, who are you modeled after? I'd say I'm a combination of Dan Campbell and John Harbaugh, right? So, these are two guys that, you know, understand culture, you know, understand leadership roles. They are not play callers. They delegate the players and make sure the ship runs. They trust their staff on the offensive and defensive side to do their job and they and they empower those coaches. And it's showed now that, that, that, that we've been frozen out. Yeah, there we go. Sorry. That's right. Yeah, you know, I'm, you know, I just think about for me, my biggest asset outside of the CEO style leadership style, the attention to details on a day to day basis. It's just in game situations. I really take that to heart every single game. I see a lot of coaches lose games for their football teams every single week at every different level. And for me, it's just continuing to, you know, study those, those moments that happen in the NFL and, and college and, and really learn from, you know, what we do. And there's a lot of decisions to be made in our league. You don't just kick an extra point after you scored touchdown. You can go for one, two, three, you know, so there's a lot of different scenarios that come up. And I'd say from a fourth down standpoint, I'm a little bit more aggressive in the sense that, you know, I plan like from the 50 from the minus 45 plus 45, like where I kind of lean on that. And it's not analytics. It's just a feel. It's a gut. It's about, you know, how my team's playing the offense, the defense. And, you know, how you want to kind of set the standard of the game. So those are just fun things. And I can just continue to learn, man. Just soak it in from some of the, some other coaches and what they do, but really make it in my own. What do you think of Siri Annie? He's speaking of CEO coaches. That's the role for, right? He's a CEO coach with you. I'm curious what you think of him. Yeah, I mean, listen, you know, he's consistently one, you know, it's unfortunate. Obviously, when you're a winner, you know, you're, you're top tier coaches, you're OC and DC, they get plucked away and they get hiring, right? So now it's about what is the depth, the depth of your network? What is the depth of the people around you that you could pull in so that you can continue to have that success. So I think he's got, I think he's amped up, obviously his staff this year. But I do like the hires of Kellen and Fangio. And listen, you bring, you bring two coaches that have been there, done that, that, that can honestly run aside of your team and you don't have to worry about it. So as long as you're on top of everything else, I always say this, like, you're a number one job as a coach when, you know, the teams between the lines is making sure you're 100% on the situations in the football game and making sure that you don't cause or you're the reason why the team, you know, fails on Saturdays or Sundays whenever you play and, and it's a vitally important role, man. And, you know, there's guys you have on your staff that assist you in those roles and can help you, but at the end of the day, you got to make those decisions and live and die with them. So, you know, they're not easy, you know, from afar as a broadcaster for so many years, it's easy to kind of second guess it after it happens or it doesn't work. But as a coach in the moment, you really have to be on those things and I just feel like I'm constantly thinking about all those situations at any moment in the game throughout, you know, each quarter that's going on. Like when they score, while we score, how many points, what if they score, how many points we're going to just so I'm prepared and always making sure my coordinators have answers so that my OC knows that we're going forward on fourth down and what the scenario is before the third down plays even called. So those things just ease the comfort and make it smoother in the operation process of your football team. Hey, at the VG here. What's the transition like going from player to coach? When you watch the game, people talk about like the speed when they transition from college to pro. When you went to coach, did you find the game was faster than as a player you thought or slower and how did you change the way you view a game? Well, I'll tell you, it's very hard to see what you want to see on the soccer lines, right? You know, it's, it's, you know, you try to put your eyes on certain areas. But, you know, again, that's why you have your staff to to look at certain things. I mean, I remember certain times in a game we talk about managing football games like, you know, maybe it was a two minute. The other team had the football. We had to get it back. You know, in our league, we use, we get to do a challenge. It's kind of like called a golden flag challenge or you can literally challenge. Anything like if you see a penalty and it's not called, you can challenge and say, hey, there was a hold or a, you know, hands to the face on a certain play and challenge it. Well, imagine if you're like, you're down. The other team is in a four minute motor at the end of the game and you're trying to locate a potential foul that may happen. Well, I may get two of my staff and say, Hey, you know, coach, look, you look at the left side of offensive line. I'm going to look at the right side of the offensive line. I'm going to have somebody look at maybe a matchup and see, like, do we see anything there that we could maybe throw a flag on. So, you know, I don't know if the game's fast. It's just your vigil is tough. Play callers that call plays on the sideline is always interesting to me because, you know, it's just, it's hard to see. Now, you got again, you got guys in the box, but if you always kind of feel like you, your eyes are the best. So if I was a play call, I'd always want to be upstairs. But as a head coach, when you're thinking about, you know, coordinating challenges and things of those natures, you know, it's hard to see it. You don't have the angles. You're trusting other people. And, you know, we only get one of those flags to throw. So, you know, you got to be on it and use it at the right time. So, I don't think the game is really as fast because, you know, as a player, that speed is there from when you play when I play for so long. But as far as just the momentum in the game and how it goes and having a feel of when you got to make those decisions. It is, it's a craft man. It's an arc form. And I give credit to guys like Andy Reed and, you know, maybe John Grune has play callers who did it at an elite level, but can also manage the football game. It's not easy. Hey, bro, listen, I'm curious. How has you think NIL the portal, right? And you talk about college football. But what's what's it like for Rocco? Now, are you managing him, helping him through this process? Because now all of a sudden, like, it's, hey, you get paid. There's a whole deal. There's portal stuff teams recruit you. I mean, how do you navigate this? This is a fascinating time that we're in with college football. A hundred percent. I do. I do manage everything for my son. I help him assist him. You know, he's just fortunate to have, you know, some people around him that, you know, can help him in that. So he doesn't have to navigate that on his own and he can just think about football. You know, obviously it's a little different when you're a quarterback for a power force school. You know, those guys seem to kind of are the headlines for the NIL and things of that nature. So, you know, Iowa State does a great job of really kind of being very proactive in that. And, you know, look, you hear the numbers. You see the schools. You have this lawsuit that's pending that is really going to change the game, honestly, where now it's going to be a level playing field for pretty much every school where they're going to have basically enough money to kind of divvy out and do the things that they want. And it's a changing environment. You know, you see, you see, happily, a guy that left BC to go to Green Bay, like, you see coaches maybe wanting to run away from college. I'd be honest with you as someone that's into this thing and building this resume. I want a college job. I want to be a college ed coach. I like that side of it. I do think players should get paid. But how do you construct that? How do you make it so you can still have a great culture? You can still build a program. You can still offer players money. What is the deciding factor? What's the difference? Now, I'm not talking about Alabama, Georgia, because Ohio State, because they're always going to have the best guys and they're always going to have the most money. But let's just say, if I'm coaching at Vanderbilt, what is my cell to keep a guy at Vanderbilt? What am I going to offer a quarterback, a player that's different than, you know, other teams, other schools? I always believe that, you know, the number one thing for these players outside of making money on I.L. They want to go to the league, right? Well, I can offer, you know, that the pro style system, you know, what they're going to need to take those steps. So, you know, for instance, a quarterback in the system, we run with the battle Hawks, you know, our offense is a West Coast hybrid that quite frankly, you know, translates to about 15 of the top offenses in the NFL. Well, wouldn't that be great if a kid, a quarterback who can, who I can still maybe pay a certain amount of money, but maybe not as much as Georgia and Alabama, but he can get that. So now when he sits in front of someone at the next level, he's going to be able to ban like this kid is on it. He understands it. What is the price that for that? What is the value for that? I think it's huge. So just kind of the culture, the person I am, I just think I sold a vision with the U.F.L. I was not on the radar to become a head coach. I got in front of the right people. I was prepared and I sold them a vision and it made sense to them. And now I'm just, I'm doing my part. You got to win. You got to continue to do what you're doing and show that it works or, you know, it's something that can help the league. And I love the other side of it. You know, the endorsement of League. I'm big on social media. A lot of coaches are trending towards that now. They're getting more on social messaging to the fan base, you know, connecting with people. You know, it's all about people, man. If my player, I think you'd be great at it. You're driving to Florida State. I think that's rough. You know, not a great star for them, but it changes. You know, I mean, and then you look at, look at them, for instance, they went to the portal and brought in all these players. But it's the culture there. Are you still, is Norvell still building what he wants to build? It's like you said, that environment has changed. So when you go, I'm not a big guy, it's not any bigger. We're losing the beat. What's been tough for us, guys? Hey, bro, listen, it's so great catching up with you, man. Have a safe drive. We love you. I know you're going to be a great college coach. You're built for it. I agree. But we'll be talking during the season. You're the best, pal. Thanks, Sam. Appreciate it. Have me on. There he is. The great Anthony Beck, Delco is finest. I'll go, baby. I said my kid to play for him. Right. He's great. He's a great dude. Like, listen, he is Delaware County throwing through. All right, Drexel Hill. He is fantastic. He is. He's great. He's polished for Delco. Yeah. Well, we try to say about Delco, bro. I'm just saying. You know, I'm telling you, my idea, I want to get all the wealthy people. Okay, right in the area. Okay. And I want to go to, and I want Delaware. I think I'm in this country. The University of Delaware. You could be in a scene so far to me. The University of Delaware. How far is it? 40 minutes? I don't have to do Rutgers. Rutgers, Kansas. Rutgers, Rutgers, Kansas. Yeah, we can see it right there. Rutgers, Rutgers, Rutgers, Cards at night. Delaware doesn't give a good ceiling. I don't like a Delaware vibe. You don't like the hand. I don't like Delaware. I don't think Delaware's a falling off. It's like a body state. It's like, I don't know where it feels like it's like, man, middle Pennsylvania, little hickish, Delaware. Delaware. It's more suburbia. It's like, Cherry Hill, Washington, you try to read Delaware. I'm going to go to a couple of parts of Delaware. It wasn't bad. I was still Delaware was close. It was nothing. It's probably like an hour from here. The traffic, though. It's more than an hour from there. I'm mapping it right now. Google mapping. From Cherry Hill, like 22, 21. We need to probably get the temple thing. It's not going to work. No, it's not right. So you can't have temple. Right? So what else? What other college? Again, all you need is money to build a college football program. 52 minutes from here. All right, let's get an hour. We build it up. App. But look at all these major college programs. We're talking about Tuscaloosa. We're talking about Columbus, Ohio. Yeah, you're talking about Delaware. Do you really? Again, I'm just talking about the, listen to me for a second part of about Delaware. How do you rally the city of Philadelphia? Delaware. Like, dude, it's, it's more like games in Delaware County. We mean, you are. Let's go heads. What, what, what, what other school can we use? We can't use Rutgers guys. Because we can't use any of the big five. Yeah, we can't use Rutgers. Do we, we can't, if we can't use table kids build up St. Joe's. Now, do you have a program before I bring my money in for the NIM? All right. They don't have a program in Delaware. How do we feel about Villanova then? Yes. Yeah. I'm all in on Delaware. Vill knows the opposite. Yeah. Oh, you're so excited. He's expanded. You can't trust him because he's a Syracuse guy. So anything he says about college football, you throw out the window. Orange, all right. And, and college sports, because he's a huge guy. Saying saying. Villanova is interesting. Right. I would love to be fat. A horrible commute up. 76. Princeton. Let's go Princeton. Like, it's the same. You're not history. You're not doing Ivy. Yeah. Ivy and NIL. I'm talking about getting wealthy people to come in and build in a program. The reason why I brought up Delaware is you got space. Yeah. You got space to do it. It's a prototypical college program. Right. That's the only reason. And it's close. I'm just looking for something close space that I can recruit to. I'm in on this. I did. 56 minutes close. Not really. Oh my God. Wait, have you seen this? You, your parents, a box county. Yeah. I'll not say that's close. I mean, we're not so you're like seriously. There's got to be something there. Like if we get to you, we got to use this NIL money to build a college program. All right. Well, Kayra did bring up an interesting point. So we all know that New York. Think Winova. So we may be able to not only recruit the kids here, but also those kids up in New York. So we have two markets here to recruit from, for Nova. Well, I'll tell you one. Here's the one thing. It's just the. Yeah. No, that's not bad. All right. You're almost all right. Let's do Western stuff. Yeah. I'm actually Westchester. The Rams. Are they the Rams? Yeah. They like the party too. We went all way because what I want to do is one of the greatest secrets of players, hotbed of players, is South Jersey. There are look, if you look at all the players from South Jersey and, you know, again, the prep, but a lot of those kids from the prep are coming from Jersey. Like the youth programs in Jersey is legit. Trust me. I'm in the middle of it. Now, like there's some great talent. If you kept all the talent here and build up a program. I like growing. Rowan's not bad. Coach Ed Hottle. I'm sure he's done with it. I owe money. Rowan's not bad either. You guys, there was a chickies at peace. Right next to Rowan. See, that's the recruiting point. I'm actually not bad. Rowan Westchester. I got a land. We don't need Delaware. We don't need Delaware. We ain't got to go to Delaware. Well, there's a lot of Delaware heat. It's a man's state. Yeah, but it's really a suburb state. It's like, it's a suburb. So it makes it for me. There's nothing fun. I'm thinking the money. Here's why I'm thinking Delaware because of the money. Like the statistics. No, the credit card, the banking. Yeah, the banking in Delaware gets with the NIL advantage. Provolone Jones on the QVC stadium in Westchester. QVC's out of Westchester. Yeah. QVC's stadium. And by the way, we could use the QVC check. Oh, perfect. Because they have the check. There you go. Westchester. Let's do it. We get the merch lines. Players can do merch lines on QVC. That's not bad. Westchester is sound. And we know like Westchester health training camps. Got good feelings about Westchester. That's not bad. Westchester and Rowan right now. Sweet. I'm Delaware. Now I'm left. I wish why I brought up Delaware too was they have a really good program. Like for that. We're gonna have enough money. We just blow players. I like their uniforms too. I'm one of those guys. I like this. I do. Hypothetical, man. We're missing out on DuPont money down there. Something like a little freaky. Yeah. Dude. This is like a legend. There's money down there, man. Yeah. I'm telling you. I think there's something there. If we can get, we got to get the area. It's my new thing. All right. I always come up with something like a pet project. You'll get a college program out of nothing. I'm not gonna lie to you. I think I want to do this on college for about 25. I want to do the whole whole season. I want to make your plan into the video game. All right. All right. I got it. I was in Chester Heights. Is that close to Westchester? Oh, wow, wow. Money. Come on. Wow, wow. Money is big money. Yeah. Got what plus we can feed them. Yeah. Hoggies every day. Name Hoggies after the players. Yeah. The stuffed pretzel. Here we go. Those soft properties are great. Oh, the jalapeno. 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So Josh Allen, you have his rushing yards, which is really interesting because you know he's going to run the ball. It's 40, the over under and against Miami. I'd like the over. That'd be my play tonight over Josh Allen and 40 plus yards. It's plus 110 right now Miami on the Bette Parks app is a two and a half point favorite tonight. I like the bills. I got to tell you, I think the bills. I think the bills win the game. I also like Khalil Shakir over four yards receiving pays even money. He spent, he was there. He was a lot of targets last year. He started. He got a few ball thrones on week one. Yeah, Matt Collins and him were the primary targets. He's good too. Key on Coleman. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's legit. So I like Buffalo. I think everybody's going to be over Miami tonight to win a half. I like the bills tonight. I think the bills take that game and Bill's defense is legit. So I like Buffalo tonight. Bette Parks app has all the props that we talk about. 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Obviously your focus is football, but is like basketball also in the mindset. Yes, but I'm building a football program. Okay. All right. I'm building football money. This is kind of a decent D2 program. We can build that up. All right. I'm building the football program. Okay. We'll get an entity to coach it. All right. He's a Delco guy. There we go. Right. Bring him home. I just need. And I want to do like Ole Miss state and just go all in on a portal. Don't be scared. I steal all the all the Southeastern PA kids and the Jersey kids. I'm getting a Rams jersey. I'm going to buy that Westchester jersey right now. I like it. I'm going to have to get a hat. I got to see my main Todd's elect he says in the soccer football jersey. This portion of the program is brought to you by True Mark financial credit union. Truemark.com/PHLYC. The credit union difference with True Mark today. Joining us from MLB.com. I love him. I mean, he is the best. Uh, he always there always knows to get great baseball man. I mean, we got great ties on this show. Oh, yeah. Great. Yeah. He's tremendous. The one, the only Todd's a lucky. Yeah. Join us. What up, guys? How are you? Hey, it's good. Let me throw this at you. This idea. All right, guys. Because you're a sportsman. All right. Like you, you are a total sportsman. So college football is fascinating now, right? Because it's all about NIL money. So what I wanted to do, what did you go to college? I went to Minnesota. Did you really? I didn't want to be in Minnesota. Yeah. Yeah. Well, growing up in Wisconsin, back in the day, they used to have, they called it tuition reciprocity between Wisconsin and Minnesota. So you could get in state tuition to go to Minnesota. So I paid in state tuition to get out of state and my mom's from Minnesota. So it was kind of like home away from home. Oh, that's cool. And I also didn't get into Wisconsin. So. Because I thought you went to Wisconsin. I honestly. Oh, yeah. I'm a ghost. That school is ridiculous. So did you go with Madison? Do you grown up, see football games? No, no. So, so when I was a kid, Wisconsin football was terrible. That was before Barry Alvarez got there. So honestly, it was not on my radar as a kid at all. For me, it was all brewers and a little bit of Packers. The Packers were pretty bad when I was when I was a little kid, but so it was all brewers, Packers, no badgers. So I didn't have this huge poll to go to Wisconsin either. Although again, I didn't get into Wisconsin. I didn't have Minnesota though. Got into Minnesota. That was their loss. So I want to use the NIO. Like nowadays, you can create a program. And there's no college football. You grew up in the college football hot bed. Midwest loves college football. And we don't have a real college, but Penn State's so far away. So I want to put one. I want to build a program with all the wealthy. Like I'll get middle to involved, right? All the NIO people. And there's a lot of talent. It's amazing. Baseball and football. The Southeastern PA and Jersey South Jersey. There's great talent here. I want to keep the town home. All right. And I want to build. I want to take over either Westchester, Delaware or Rowan and make it my program. Well, it's funny because I was just thinking about this year today with Minnesota because I was talking with a couple of people in the Phillies clubhouse about how Minnesota and like, you know, PJ Fleck rode the boat. Yeah, that gets into the sun bowl every other year. You know what I mean? Like they're always like, maybe if they play great, they'll go eight and five. And I go, aren't there some rich Minnesota alumni that can throw some money to make us a little bit better. So, yeah, I wonder how that works. Hey, get everybody in South. Just go up and down the main line, start, you know, bring your coffee can out. Have them drop some $100 bills in. And this alone, Pat Croce is an alum. Gino Ariema basketball program is going to get kicked off. And Michael Deaver, he's the founder of Brandywine Asset Management. They managed $66 billion. It's Westchester. That's what I mean. Like, I, like, I wonder why, like, some random school, some, like, like Bill Gates. So I don't where, wherever he went to school say, you know, he can't just go. How about I drop a billion dollars into Washington State or something like that? You know what I mean? And next thing you know, Washington State's blowing Alabama out of the water. Exactly. That's exactly my theory. So the other thing we kicked around today was we were looking at these teams. So the last time the Phillies were 30 games over 500 was September 28 2011. Which team was better? Obviously they had the aces. This team has the offense. This team has the bullpen. That is a great question. Because that, you know, if you go, like, if you look at some of the modern metrics, and I know this because Jim Salisbury and I wrote a book on that 2011 team. That that rotation still ranks based off of, like, Fangrafts War. And I know, like, some people say, immediately dismissed that. But just as a general measuring guide. That literally is the single best single season rotation performance in baseball history that 2011 rotation highest war of any rotation ever in a single season. So that said, man, I, I think this team might be better because it's, it's got a great rotation, not Doc Lee, Hamels, Oswald, but very, very good. And I think this offense is a better that that offense was kind of on the down downward trend. Howard was down because happened after the injury in 2010. He was down. And was in place of worth, which I felt right. It was a big loss. Huge loss. And so I think you still have heart. I know these guys are banged up a little bit, but Harper is in his prime, Turner is in his prime shwarbers in his prime. You know, you have a lot of other good young hitters on that team. So, and this right now, the way this bullpen is throwing, I think I would say that this team could beat up on that team. It'd be tough though, because he'd have to get through Doc and Lee and Hamels and Oswald, but, but I think pound for pound. I might take this team over that team. And that was my theory as well. I thought the same thing. And one of the other things that like, and he was on display last night. It's somehow Zach Wheeler is underrated. Somehow Zach Wheeler. Zach Wheeler is every bit. A holiday type of player like the pitcher. You were the last night. He gives up the lead off triple to loud. Right. And what does he do? And this is why I love him. He go. I'm going to go go for the strikeout strikes out the side after that to strands the runner and save the run. Like his stuff. It reminds me of how they in the sense that he throws a heavy ball. It's so hard to get lift off a Wheeler. I don't get around it the whole month last night, but he's off to really barrel up like that. And also like he's good even when he doesn't have his best command and his best stuff. And he got a lot of swings and misses last night, but you could tell he was not happy with the way he pitched. Right. For a guy that, I mean, he walked the first two batters, I think, was in the third inning or the second inning. So he walked the first two batters in the second inning, gave, gives up a run or, you know, and he still kind of keeps them in the game. So he doesn't pitch his best two runs, six innings, nine strikeouts, gives the team a chance to win the game. And that's when he's not at his best. And so yeah, I think he is underrated. When you think about what he does day in a day out, he hasn't, I don't, I think if you asked Zach about his season and say, what do you think about your, I think he would say, I think it was okay. I think it was pretty good. But he came into the season. Remember in spring training, he said, my goal this year is to win the sciong. I think he's probably going to fall short of Chris sale. But, and so for the, in that sense, I think he's probably going to go, yeah, could have been, could have been better, but it's still really good. It's great. It's great. People would kill to have Zach Wheeler in the rotation. And he's probably like, eh, I was, I was all right this year. And I look back, you know, and obviously, you know, in the Phillies, it's an easy list, right? It's Carlton. And the Schilling. It's, you know, it camels Lee and then Doc. And then you look at what he does. It's almost gets overlooked. It's like it's bizarre to me. Yeah. How Wheeler, like to Wheeler is one day, every bit of wind day. For sure. And then think about like the postseason numbers, like his, his postseason ERA. I'll have to go back and check. But I'm going to last year, it was like 10th. You know, top 10 ERA's in postseason history, and any start over eight starts, career starts or something like that. So not only is he great in the regular season, I mean, postseason, the dude is, is money. Like he just, he puts up. You know, he's just tremendous. So, you know, he's, he's, you know, he's going to get to start getting the big money, you know, next year, the 42 mill a year. But, but he's worth it. You know, think about free agent signings and baseball history. One of the best, you know, when they got him a few years ago, I was an under the radar signing. The Philly, a lot of people kind of like we're going, oh, man, they threw a lot of money, 100 million exact Wheeler. What has he done with the Mets? You know, he's had some good first halfs. Remember Brody Van Wagon in the Mets GM at the time said, I'm glad that we could parlay a couple goods, good for a second half or whatever it was into a big contract with the Phillies and man, he made him look bad for that comment. Yeah, I'm so with you. What's the plan for Ranger, Todd? Boy, Ranger to me is a, I'm not going to say a big concern, but boy, you really want to see him dial it up here in these final three starts. He hasn't looked good. You know, we had on our Philly show podcast yesterday, Reuben was saying that he doesn't really see the same arm speed and doesn't know like physically if he's all there yet. You know, Rob Thompson has been thrown out the word dead arm, like maybe he's going through some dead arm, which kind of doesn't really make a lot of sense because he missed a month. You know, he said, well, this is kind of like a rehab assignment. So this is kind of his four start coming off a rehab assignment. And, and my argument there is like sometimes guys take to rehab starts and rejoin the team. So I don't know if the rehab assignment. This is kind of like his rehab coming back to the team. To me, that really doesn't make a lot of sense because this is his fourth start. So he should be back and he should be sharper and more effective. So I don't know what's going on there, but he's got three more starts to get it going. But as if the playoffs would start today and like don't you say he's your number four starter right now. Right. I mean, yeah, I don't know how you start him over Christopher Sanchez in the best of five series in the game three. Yeah, you know, because he's just so you hope he hope that whatever he's going through, he gets a figured out going in the postseason is that to me. When you talk about the Phillies postseason chances. And you say how do they match up against other teams in the National League or in the World Series potentially. To me, the Phillies big strength is the fact that they are for deep in the rotation with four all star caliber starters. And you know, think about the last couple years, right, like they started to know a synagogue in a postseason game. They started Bailey falter. You know, you know, in the NLCS because of their lack of depth. Now they have four legit guys. So you want to really take advantage of that. You need a good Ranger Suarez. And he just hasn't been been there yet. You know, I'm completely with it because like if you look at the Dodgers, right? You saw Yamamoto. In fact, you were talking about, you saw DeRosa break down Yamamoto and he's just. He looked great. Like he's, he looks really good. They're scary because, you know, their rotation was really banged up. Right. We don't buy glass now, but if they're all healthy. They could be a frightening. That could be a frightening matchup. Yeah. And that's why you need, you need great starting pitching. It kind of combat that to give your, to give your offense an opportunity to, you know, if Yamamoto, you're facing Yamamoto in the NLCS. And it's, it's Suarez as the matchup for whatever reason. You want him to be able to keep you in the game. So maybe Harper can pop one or Swarber can pop on or somebody can pop one to win a game. So, yeah, it's really important that he gets them going. His, his, his velo is, is down the last two starts. I know it crept up a mile per hour in his last start, in his start this week. And he doesn't need a great fastball. He's talked about that in past. He's like, I've had bad fastballs. It's not my game. But still, I mean, you want to see the arm speed there. You want to see him sharper and crisper with his off speed stuff and any, any haven't seen it yet. Hey, Todd. I read a piece of some more about Austin Hayes and his kidney infection. I mean, he did not look impressive when he came here. And he admitted he was struggling with that, I guess. And he finally found out he is some little skitties. Do you expect when he comes back, we see a different Austin Hayes? I certainly hope so, because you're right. I think they're, they were looking for a little bit more. They thought he could be the everyday fielder. And, you know, I, I mean, I've asked Rob Thompson to seem before the before the kidney infection diagnosis. You know, how do you see this working right now? Because I know you said Austin Hayes is an everyday left fielder, but he hadn't really produced as an everyday left fielder. Do you see some, you know, kind of mixing and matching some of these guys in left field, mixing and matching some of these guys in center field? You know, it's, it's just something I think that they, that they need to kind of figure out. I'm sure if Austin Hayes comes back in the next couple of weeks. The next week or whatever, next several days, you know, maybe they can, they can get that figured out, but, but certainly they need to get him straight and they need to see what he can do because in the postseason, they need to have a set plan. You know, it's not, it's not time to kind of feel out Austin Hayes and see what he can produce. They need to, they need to make sure that, you know, they're getting the production that they need in left field because, you know, it's the postseason, man. He can't be messing around with, you know, being loyal or whatever, being loyal to the guy that you traded for the trade deadline. What's, what's the word on bone? He seemed like it was just a mild hand. He's been out a bit, a bit of time. Yeah, it's weird. So like the other day, Rob Tom says, well, he's going to go hit in the cage with a regular bat. He's been swinging with this short bat and then apparently trying to swing the hard bat, the regular bat, the, the, he still felt some pain in his hand. So to me, that's a little concerning. Now I talked to bone. A few of us talked to bone the other day. He does not seem to be concerned in that he will be, he'll be, he seems to think that he will be back in enough time to be ready to go for the postseason that he'll have enough. Whether that's a week or 10 days or whatever, there's only what's 17, 16 games to go. He thinks they'll have enough at bats that he'll be able to hit the ground running once the postseason starts. So we'll see. But yeah, you're right. It's really dragged down a lot longer than I think a lot of people thought it would. Which is JT's deal. I know it's, it's he should be back against what, tomorrow. Yeah. So I mean, Rob Rob seemed to think that he'll be back in the lineup on Friday. So that'd be, that's, that's huge. Oh my God. Yeah. Yeah. They need him. You need a man, you know, and it's been a tough season for him. Injury wise. So you, you, you, they need to get this group. Just ready to, ready to rock a roll. Right. In a couple weeks, man. They absolutely do. And, you know, get, Storber should be back on Friday. They seem to think, you know, they, it sounded like he's, you know, he still felt something in the cage on when he was hitting in the cage yesterday. So they just scratched him like, like, why mess with it. And I think, I think maybe if, you know, say they had a one game lead over the Mets right now, I think you might see some of these guys playing, but I think the fact that they're up eight. And listen, nothing has been one. I get it. But this is not a 64 Phillies situation. Yeah. This team is not, you know, this team is not going to gag it away. They're, they're, they're so well set. They have a nice, comfortable lead. They're going to win the division. Just a matter of like what day next week they probably do it. So I think they're being really careful with Shwarburn, JT and bone. There's no, they feel like there's no reason to rush these guys back. It is crazy how the Mets took over the Braves, isn't it? Yeah. I mean, it's all the low pass lead. It's a, they just lose it guys left and right. Yeah, they, the Mets are, you know, we're talking about this yesterday, like, what kind of team scares you in the postseason. I mean, a hot Mets team would make you nervous just because, man, you just don't want to lose the Mets, you know what I mean? Yeah. You don't want to lose anybody. You want to win the World Series, but you don't want to deal with them. You don't want to deal with them. That's right. I mean, that's, that's a hot team right now. But I think the, if the Phillies are playing the way they can and they're not swinging out of their shoes and they're not chasing. I think they're going to, I think they're the best team in baseball. I really do. I mean, they're the best team in baseball right now based on record. You just get, you know, you just got to avoid what happened in the NLCS last year, which is guys, you know, swinging out of their shoes. You're working on anything. Any big project? No, no big project right now. I mean, hey, who knows? Maybe the Phillies won the World Series. There could be a book coming out of that. You never know, right? But yeah, nothing, nothing like that right now. Yeah, I love your stuff. So I would love to see that. And I'd love to see you write it. So we love your buddy. As always, man, you're the best. Take care. God's a lucky MLB.com. Check it in. Big first Joe's in like that. The Mets. No, I know what he said. I was like, no, no, no, no. We'll think about it. The Mets. No, they're coming up. We're going to do a little meat locker action. I love it. We're going to have some fun with that. But first, JP tells about Empire today. That's right. 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[MUSIC] Let's talk some football. >> Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> I got Baldi Baldi. [MUSIC] >> He likes meat and football. [MUSIC] >> That's right, oh, Baldi is a meatlock tradition presented by Primo's. All right, that's right, not just a hoagie, it's a primo. So listen, I gotta run my, I have to run my idea past. >> Of course he would be my number one guy, right? >> Yeah, you're AD? >> Yes, so I have a, I got an idea. >> Okay. >> But you know I always have ideas. >> Always. >> I'm always running ideas by Baldi. He's my think tank, right? Cuz I have a million ideas all the time. And I always go, boy, what do you think of this one? What do you think of this? >> I had no different keys, no one keys is muted. >> Right, at some point. >> They're all, I mean, listen, you remember my idea about the NFL schedule? It came to fruition. >> Sure did, yep. >> All right. >> So what's the new idea? >> All right, college football, all right. So we know that to build a program, all you need now is money, right? Cuz the NIL world has changed the entire landscape between NIL and portal. We look at Ole Miss, Ole Miss is a title contender because they went and bought, they raided the portal and they bought it, all right? So I wanna commandeer, now we have great football in Southeastern Pennsylvania and South Jersey. But you know, I'm living in South Jersey youth. There's great players here. So what I wanna do is I wanna commandeer. Either Westchester, Delaware, or Rowan. And I wanna create, I wanna go march for investors and I'm gonna go down. And I'm gonna build a title contending NCAA football program. >> All right, all right now, I mean, you're gonna be with me on this. All right, so as soon as you threw the idea out, I knew where you're going. You know the first thing I thought of? >> Wow. >> Gonzaga, Gonzaga in college basketball. >> Yes. >> How does Gonzaga? >> No, I mean, obviously that's not NIL, that's good coaching, recruiting, the type of player. They've got a program. But you could build a Gonzaga in college football at a university that you're talking about, Delaware, Rowan, whatever. You could set up a shot and you could become the Gonzaga of college football. Small school, small program, but play at an elite level, a final four, final 16 level like they do by getting the right kids. And so you don't have to go very far. I mean, all the town, you could go get Joe Flacko out of Audubon. You could go get Franco Harris and Irving Fryer. I mean, you go through the list of all the guys that are just in Philadelphia alone. All the guys out here, Franklin, you go find all those players right here. >> Marver, you could build a good local. I mean, Rutgers should be doing that right now, but whatever. But yes, you could initiate something like that. And it could potentially get done in a very short period of time. >> Right, so here's what I'm thinking. We got a lot of money, there's a wealthy area. We know people with a lot of money. The issue is you can't, you temple is not going to work. Like we already know that temple's not going to work. And the city schools, it's tough to recruit to city schools. There's not cities, it just doesn't exist, right? So that's why I'm looking at either a Westchester, a Rowan, or a Delaware, is that I need some leafy green space, right? So that's kind of my thought process, right? And I know I can come and deer the university. And then use some of the big, thickened people, right? Like listen, in Delaware, the reason why we didn't talk about Delaware, it's close by, right? Rutgers is still New York, like too close to New York. >> You could go to Delaware and you just like, you go to DuPont, right? They've got more money than anybody, right? You go to DuPont and you're like, do you want to fund this? It's DuPont Stadium, you know, it's a little bit like what Kevin Plank did with Under Armour and all the things that he has supported. >> Yes. >> You know, whether USA soccer or, you know, college football, like you go to DuPont family and you go, you want to get behind us? We could put Delaware on the map. Delaware football, you can support this thing. I mean, that's just one. You know, there's plenty of other, you know, big business here in Philadelphia and South, you know, in that area. It's a, you know, it's a perfect state for taxes and certain things. >> The banking? >> Yeah, you could bankroll that. I mean, that's not out of it. In today's world, that's certainly not out of the question. >> And we got, you know, you got Westchester, we got backroaches and alum, right, but there's some famous people, we got wild ones near there. And then Rowan, you got South Jersey. You got that whole area that you can expand all that land. And you could beef that up big time. >> Well, you got to build the facilities. >> Right. >> You know, you need to, you know, you need to bring the international airport like Philly, you know, there's certain things that are in place all within an hour's distance of Philadelphia where you could build that type of a campus, you know, the facilities, the campus, the recruiting centers, the indoor facilities, like it wouldn't take long to build the infrastructure up, to set it up. So let me ask you, what do you want to do? What's your job? What's your-- >> He's got to be recruiting. >> Yeah, he's got a-- >> If he's got recruiting trips with Baldi, lock down. >> Yeah, he's got to be recruiting. >> So Baldi takes him on the field to do Baldi's walk. >> Yes. >> And I felt stated he takes him to Brazil. >> He takes him on overseas to some trips, yep, right? >> Yep. >> I mean, not for nothing, never to say no to him. >> Yeah. >> Dinner over steaks. >> Yeah. >> Your house alone. >> Here's one of the roles that I would take, because I believe that there is a market of international players that haven't-- >> Like where he's going. >> We'll go to Colombia. >> You know, like send me to Australia, all right, for a few weeks to go, you know, find the next Jordan Malata. Send me to-- you know, send me to, I don't know, let's go Holland. Let's send me to Amsterdam. Let me go find some big-- >> Jeremy, send me to Germany. Let me go to Oktoberfest. And let me sit-- >> [inaudible] >> Like send me to the international recruit, all right, and then we'll have-- we're actually going to go old school and part of this program. I'm red shirting my class. I'm red shirt like Michigan won a championship last year. Almost every one of those kids that got recruited and graduated and won a championship were fifth year players. Like I'm going to go old school, recruit this international group, and we're going to red shirt them. And then we're going to get a coaching staff that's going to train the skills and fundamentals and find out what's the best position for them. >> It just so happens he wants to go to all these countries that are like the top super models per capita. >> [ Laughter ] >> I'm going to go. >> I'm going to go to Estonia and-- >> I'm going to Brazil. >> I'm going to Brazil like they're crazy about sports, like send me down to Brazil. I'll recruit right on the beaches of Rio. >> [ Laughter ] >> With the Jesus statue in the background. >> We're going to need good cheerleaders. >> We need a cheerlead squad. >> Hey, so I'm with Vince, Mizuda, our good friend, Philly's sports travel, right? So it has this great event at San Coronado Beach. It's out of Rio. It's outdoors on the beach. They got this cookout, drinks, a van. It's phenomenal, right? So I'm walking back and it's like probably 8.30 at night. And the one thing about the beaches of Rio, which is unique to anywhere else I've ever seen in the world, is they have these floodlights on the beach that keep the beaches lit all night long. >> Wow. >> And so at any given hour of the day, you could have a volleyball match going on here, soccer match over here. So I'm walking down 8.30 at night, I'm watching this like soccer camp, and these kids are drilling on the beach. And so the idea that like one of the reasons why the Brazilians have such a great style of play is they learn the game on the beach or in, you know, in a favela, you know, like they're learning the game without all this like, this instruction, like there's a freedom to how they play the game. It's almost like watching out on Iverson playing basketball. You play on the streets of Virginia, you're whatever, like you become just an athlete, you play football, you can throw a football. >> I feel the same way in Italy and Spain and, you know, you're right, like they're playing these streets. That's our basketball. >> What homes is so good, is he grew up playing every sport. You're in East Texas, you're playing baseball, okay, it's dad's a baseball player. You know, you're popping three pointers like it's layups, you know, like think I put a ball in his hands. And that's kind of like what happens in Brazil. So my point is if I could run some clinics on the beaches with some big Brazilians down there, I could go find you, I could find you four or four or five athletes that we could put on our new camp in Delaware. >> I like it. >> I think black ritties, right? You see, he might be too expensive. >> Yeah, black ritties said that they're going to cost us too much money. >> We lose, our investments are right, all right, that's all we need. >> We're going to have to buy the QVC jet the whole time. >> Yeah, we're not going to get players anywhere. >> We're going to use the QVC jet, all right. So that's, give you a little QVC, you'll be great at it. >> Yeah, I haven't, but I would love to pitch ball these breakdowns. >> Swag, you know, QVC. >> All right, yeah, awesome. >> I want to be a model wearing one of the hoodies. >> Me too. >> By the way, where's our hoodies? >> I'm coming over here the mother of twos, I know you're, I'm going to sit in, I'm going to grab some swag so I can wear it on the show. >> I'll order some out guys, I'll get some more, we'll have something in the house here for you. >> All right, sure. >> All right, a couple things, one, I want to go over the week, the week with you, all right? >> Thursday, and I know you've digested everything. So we'll put together week, put the bed week one, and then I will look ahead at week two. >> Okay. >> So what, what really stood out to week one, who did you love, like who really stood out to, you saw all the tape, you did all your breakdowns, what really popped to your week one? >> Well, I mean, we'll start locally, I mean, you know, sake one's involvement in the Eagles offense was everything that you could have dreamed of, honestly. Like, you know, whether it's a touchdown catch, or whether it's, you know, running between the tackles or fourth quarter, you got to lead, you got to melt the clock, and you just get in one run after another behind MacKay and Lane and, you know, Lane and the whole group. I mean, that was, that was impressive. How Kellamour integrated, sake one, with the amount of carries, the amount of touches, the touchdowns, I mean, it couldn't have gone any better than it did for sake one. And that's in Brazil, difficult conditions, bad feel, like that's just the first week after not playing at all. So I think everybody, like you could pick, you know, they put up 34 points, they scored on, you know, seven or eight possessions, they had 400 yards, I mean, it was, it was a good day, and sake one was a huge part of it. You had to be totally impressed by Dallas's defense. They took Cleveland apart. This Demarvian over Sean, who's a new starting linebacker, like speed is blinding. It's just blinding. And if you look at this rookie fifth round pick playing corner, Kaylin Carson, I remember on the third day of the draft, you know, everybody was saying, oh, the Cowboys going to draft the running back. Well, he didn't, and maybe it's going to come back and bite him. But I remember on the fifth round, they took this Kaylin Carson, and I'm like, okay, you know, he's got, he looked a little bit like Quinon Mitchell, when you watch him at Wake Forest. Like the guys got like lickety split, break on the ball, good eyes, great tackler. I'm watching him on, on Sunday against Amari Cooper, you know, and Jerry Judy, he wears number 21, he's got a little towel hanging off his back, like, I'm like, is this Dion? Like the way he broke on the ball, like it was, they, their speed on defense was blinding, just blinding. And Sean was bad, but the Dallas defense, like they were everywhere. Tank Lawrence played his best game in years. Mike is just, you know, there's nobody like him. So it was, that was impressive. The overtime drive by the line against the Rams. It looked like the black and blue division that they ran a wall seven out of eight plays for 70 yards to not give the Rams a chance. But on the other side, like Sean McVay is just, he's just amazing. You've got a backup to a backup at left tackle. The backup left tackle, Joseph Noteboom goes down. They elevated the kid up from practice squad, who's never played in a league. And he's got eight touches and on his nose. And the way that McVay, and then they got a backup to a backup at right tackle, and then they lose the left guard, who was all world last year to injury reserve. And you're like, and you watching Matt Stafford go to work and how they manipulated past protection. So Stafford could get a tick to get it to Cooper cop after they lose the coup. I was going to ask him about that because it was so impressive, right? How they stayed in the game was why watch the game charted it. I'm going, well, this is where Detroit just blows the door. They can't survive with that line. We saw it before he's amazing that they were able with one play. Good time. Really Cooper caught by 23 targets. Like, are you kidding me? It's just, it's coaching. I mean, coaching is the biggest difference in his business. McVay is as good as anybody. So that was just both sides. It was a great game. It was, you know, it was prime time, Sunday night, it delivered. It was, it was, it looked like a playoff game. >> Yeah. >> To watch what the four, like you think about the 49ers all summer, okay? No IU, no Trent Williams, you know, all this stuff. And they, those two guys went out there like they, like they practiced all summer. >> Yeah. >> It was amazing. Kyle Shanahan is just, and Jordan May, like, I didn't know that McCaffrey was, you know, a game time decision and Jordan Mason gets a start and he runs for 147 yards and they just went the jets on both sides of the ball. Like it was, it was just impressive football by, because the jets are not a bad team. Now they didn't play great and they need a sign on that lineup. Badly, they need a third rusher in a worse way and they're going to really suffer if he doesn't get in there. They don't get things worked out. They're not going to be a great defense. But to see what the 49ers did to him, they took him apart. And I, I do not want to hear anybody tell me that Brock Purdy is a product of a system. Stop it. The guy is a, he's just a great player. I don't care what his name is, how he played the guy, he's a boy, he knows exactly where to go with the ball. He makes you pay, he, he's a, he's a trip. Like those things, right? It's amazing. They're blocking schemes and run blocking schemes is unbelievable. Like it doesn't matter if it's McCaffrey, Elijah Mitchell, remember Elijah Mitchell going in there the latest to having big games when McCaffrey was at, was hurt, like, or it's Mason. Like the way they run, they're scheme, blocking schemes are ridiculous. Well, you know, you know, Kyle is a product of his dad, who's a product of Alex Gibbs, who's brought this whole scheme, Mike McDaniel has copied it and perfected it. You know, Sean McVay knows that like everybody that has been around it sees it. But at the end of the day, what's amazing to me cousin, I've broken this down a number of times, but what's amazing to me is they literally run five plays. Like I, I could, I could draw up all five run plays. Now they do it at a, a variety of formations. There's a motion to shift every play. So if you're the defender, if you're CJ Mosley, the first thing that happens is a motion. Okay. So you, you come out of the huddle, you, you look at 11 players. Now there's a motion. Now there's a reset. Now there's a shift. There's another reset. So you, you've got almost 33 different looks at the format before they snap it. And there's just so much window dressing. It gets guys like CJ Mosley and Quincy Williams are a great tandem of linebackers. They sat there and caught blocks all, all night long. It was something to watch. One other thing, I, I mentioned this on the show with your cause a couple of times, Tampa Bay is a good team. They're just a good book. We thought of you watching them. We thought, how bad are you? Baldi's right. We, we said Baldi's right. Like they, they, they're, I mean, you're right about Baker Baker looked terrific. Well, you know, they, they, Jason lights a general manager and he, I don't know when he hit me up like Sunday night, maybe I'm flying back from Indianapolis. I don't know. He was like, you better watch my rookie center. And I've been watching Graham Barton, the guy's a great player already, like he could be in the pro bowl this year as a rookie. He's upgraded everybody around. They got a running game going, but all the rookies, the rookie running back out of Oregon and Jalen McMillan and Graham Barton, they all showed up. They got just the right blend of veterans, Avida Veyal, you know, you know, across the board, you know, Mike Evans is good red zone receivers we've seen since Randy Moss. They just got a good blend of youth and veterans and then Todd Bowles, like the game is 37 to 13. It's two minutes to go and Todd Bowles is still blitzing, Jay, you know, Jane Daniels. Like he's still seeing an overload, a zone pressure, you know, a back on back or tight blitz. I mean, he never stopped coming with him. And it's almost impossible to prepare for how he's going to attack you because he's going to attack you. All right. So let's go through the week, week two, Miami Buffalo tonight, Josh Allen's fabulous. I'm sorry, I don't care what everybody said, like he, it's amazing with a lack of weapons that he has and he's just such a baller. He's amazing. He's an amazing player. He owns the office. He owns it. Like he's lost twice. And one of them was just a bizarre play at the goal line that they didn't score on, but he's owned them. I mean, there's been a time when he was a rookie. If it was, if they were playing flag football at Hard Rock Stadium, the Dolphins couldn't rip the flag off Josh Allen. Like he's just that elusive. He's just a force. That's awesome. He's just an absolute force. He was last week, Joe Brady has installed a really good rushing attack, the really good up front that they, although they've had injuries on defense, Sean McDermott's a great coach. The system doesn't change, different players change, but the system doesn't change. I've seen them play the Dolphins because where as good as Waddle and Hill are, they couldn't get the ball over their head once the whole day like they did last week, you know, and that come back when against Jacksonville. I, but in, you know, Miami's banged up already, you know, most of it's already out. I don't know if A-chan's playing, but watch this Jalen right at a Tennessee tonight. Just keep an eye on him. That the kid is- I like him. He's a home run hitter. Toa was phenomenal on Sunday down 17, whatever, three, 17, nothing like he just kept firing all the way to the final drive. He's just, he's just really good in this system. I, you know, if you ask me to pick a winner tonight, I would just take, I'd take Miami because they're at home in a short week and it's early in the season and Toa is already off to a good start. So let's look at some of the Sunday stuff. What's the line on that game tonight? Miami's two and a half. That's about right. So it's really predicting Buffalo's a better team, but you know, you know, Miami's getting three points. So, you know, because they're at home on a short week. So that's probably right on, right on is probably going to be a, you know, a field goal game. Uh, Sunday, couple of interesting, I was always interested, but Cowboys and Saints is interesting that now Saints play Carolina and it gets ugly and the whole thing, but how, how good are they? You know, what, how, what do they look like to you? Well, I mean, you look at Tali essay for Wagga at left tackle. He looked like Willie Rofe at left tackle, the guy, you know, Derek Brown is a hundred million dollar defense attack, he's their best player on either side of the ball, period. He's a great player. Um, to see him drive him right off the ball, like it's a one on one, Oklahoma drill is just impressive. He made everybody better, you know, uh, Camaro was better, uh, Derek and Rashid Shahid can run by anybody. They're good. I mean, I can't, uh, New Orleans is a better offense right now with fog. Um, Dallas's defense is just blinding speed wise. I'm anxious to see how the two rookies Cooper BB at, at center and Tyler Guyton hold up against the good Saints front. Um, but I have a feeling that Dallas is going to play pretty good. I mean, I thought that Dak was really good. Um, he didn't do a lot, but you go to Cleveland and there's Miles Garrett and Zenerius and Calvin Thomas and you know, they did a great job of game planning so that Davis guys did not ruin the game against young players. It was really crafty. I, I'd like, I'd like Dallas, I'd like Dallas to be able to hold up. I think Dallas is going to be a pretty good team regardless of all the off season stuff. One thing I know they can do, they can travel and they got some young players out there playing. Um, I mean, you couldn't tell that they were rookies. Well, stating NFC East, the bottom rung of the NFC East squares off the rook, Jayden Daniels and Washington against the giants, the hapless giants. Yeah. It was, it was as ugly a performance as you could ever, I mean, there's a hundred years of celebration in that giants organization, there's Lawrence Taylor and Bill Parcels and they're all there and they watch a quarterback in his sixth season like he was terrible, but they were there. Everybody was terrible. The coaching was bad. They wait in 14 plays to throw it to Malik neighbors. He's their best player. They spent $150 million of Brian Burns. He got shut out by Christian Daresall like they were awful everywhere. Now this Washington's not a great team, but Jayden Daniels, like nobody wants your rookie quarterback to run 16 times, but he's poised. He's fast. He made good decisions. They don't have a good receiving core. It's hard to get the ball to receivers in that offense, the outside McCarnd, there's not much there, um, they, they're, they're going to struggle to score a point like this should be whatever the under is, I take the under, but as a giant, don't bounce back and win this game like the heat on table in that organization after all the things they did on hard knocks this summer, um, it's going to get real loud and real hot real fast. There's some good games, man. Green Bay, Indianapolis. Now obviously to shame because of love was playing, you know, it could have been a real fun one. Uh, I don't think Malik Willis can keep him, can he, I mean, he looked like he was swimming the other night. Well, I mean, look, I mean, he only played a couple snaps, but, um, I said this summer in just watching Green Bay, I said, and I looked at all the backup quarterbacks is Jordan Love really didn't play. I'm like, they better go trade for Taylor Hineke. Like they need a backup court. They don't have a backup quarterback. And here they are trading from Leak Willis, which was bizarre, because Malik's a great kid. You want to meet the quarterback room is your third quarterback, right? He's the third guy, um, he's had a chance to start in Tennessee. He's a chance, he's had a chance to back up. He just got traded for like, I don't know how much the offense he's going to even know, but as good a core of young receivers, they have, I don't know if they have a quarterback that can get the ball to him. So well, it might have looked good 10 days ago as a good game. I don't think it's going to be a good game. Anthony Richardson, I saw him and met him for the first time. Like he's Aaron judge in a football uniform. You have to watch that kid every play. His talent is outrageous. And when Andy Mitchell and him get on the same page, he's a rookie out of, yeah, out of town. He was the fourth receiver taken. But he gets in registering as coaching when he, when they get together, this offense has a chance to be unstoppable. Hey, what, what happened now doing those defense is good. They couldn't pressure, they couldn't protect Barrow. They struggled mightily in the pass game. What did you see there and can they bounce back? It sits at any against, they can play, they can play better. I mean, I'm Jerrod Mayo, coach, a great game. They had two rookies out there, Layden and Kayden. Layden Robinson and Kayden Wallace at a Penn State like those two rookies are out there. They ran the ball. They melted the clock. They played keepaway to the very end. Kyle Dugger made a play at the goal line of Taylor Hudson. If he gets in and scores, Cincinnati probably wins the game. But Keon, why, there's a reason why they traded Batcheon on. They drafted Keon White in the second round of Georgia Tech last year and he's six, five, 285. He's a big body that can rush and he's a great kid. They've got some players. And so that take nothing on me, Cincinnati play great by any stretch and they'll bounce back and they'll play better against Kansas City. But knowing would play a great game. It was every phase of the game. Taking care of the football, you know, what the, what Bursett did was really, really good. They got some young receivers and Jalen Polk and Demario Douglas that played pretty good to go with Hunter Henry and Austin Hooper. Like there was, it was a great game by them. They played exactly the way they have to play it to win games. All right. So the last one we got time for and what's the biggest match up that you're looking at from Monday night? Like just kind of looking ahead, seeing Atlanta coming in here, what's the, what's the biggest match up? You kind of stands out to you after seeing the Falcons and you know, I mean, look, Pittsburgh took Atlanta part. I mean, they had no answer for TJ Watt, they had no answer for the speed of Pittsburgh's defense. Kirk Cousins looked like an age quarterback coming off in Achilles injury. They couldn't run the ball. So I want to see, like I want to see this defensive line, you're like, get after it. You know, I mean, I thought Vic played a coach a really good game. Now they gave up a lot of points in big, some big plays, but I thought, you know, Zach played really good. Um, you know, you saw where, uh, Nikobi has earned the spot as a starting linebacker. He played really, they played really well, um, there's that one. I know you. That's a meat. He deserves a meat award. Zach Bon. He played the best game he's played in the NFL. Um, sometimes you got to go to a different system and, you know, and just get turned loose. I, but I say it all the time, you want linebackers, go to Wisconsin, the Eagles best linebackers out of Wisconsin, he plays for the Bears now. They let him walk. Um, but you go to Wisconsin and get linebackers. They cross train these kids. I don't care. Nick Herbert, you know, Zach Bon, TJ Edwards, like you just go through the list of these guys. Like Leo Shaddal, like they're everywhere in this league and they're all good. Not to mention TJ. So, um, I don't know that Atlanta has much firepower. I know there's be John back there and maybe they get him turned loose. Um, defensively, they're pretty good, but I think Saquan in this line, like they're up to the task. I mean, Macai's a big addition at right guard. Um, I think that Saquan's going to have another big day. Uh, they abuse the Falcons when they come in and they usually come in early in the season whether it's postseason or regular season, like I don't think they're ready for the physicality that Philadelphia has on the offense line and what they're capable of doing. Wow. Baldi. Baldi. How about it? Got a little of that buddy. All right. Well, we're going to work on our, uh, Baldi you or, uh, okay, let me know. Let me know what, what kind of money we have to play with cause. All right. I'm going to be working on it. All right. I need the budget cause I got to work on my international travel here. Okay. Well, I already got you one company or like Philly sports travel. They want to send me down to Brazil, like they know how to travel me. They've got Billy sports trips and food fans travel. That's the one on the same. It's Vince. Yeah. They're fantastic. They really do a good job. Well, you're the greatest brother. We love you. All right. So we'll see you next week because you got buddy. Look forward to it. Man. I'll probably see you tomorrow too as well, man. Yes. Yeah. We have to do some meat locker stuff tomorrow. Nice. Yes. Well, you guys have to be in South guys with some meat. We're looking for a butcher. Right. I got a couple butchers. All right. I love you guys. Surveying butchers. What we're going to need to do I'm, we need to do a whole big like photo shoot videos. Yeah. You could create an opening for the meat locker. Okay. Are we dressed like Rocky? You guys like the rev? Well, it's the meat locker. You're like a surrogate. I know. You guys see this judges while both yours like cut up some meats in front of you. Yeah. You judge. I like that. Yeah. You should direct it. I actually like that. You got to beat up some meat. That's a good meat, you know. Yeah, exactly. Another good point about your college or your college dream here is that we have the meat at company right here. Cause I know it's a lot broadcast all the game. I know. And I like this idea to control or to monitor Baldi's expenses food and drink expenses are going to be pretty. I know. Give me a headache. I know. He is going to be. And I got to get. I need players. Yeah. Like I got to bring our players home. Yeah, man. South Easter Pennsylvania. I don't want to build this plan. No, yeah, no beaches of Brazil. I'm going to go find all this stuff. It's in the backyard. Right. Our beaches are not bad. Speaking of back in the day, we got to do this back in the day brought to us by Rite Aid. You got a nugget. It's national school photo. Oh, yeah. That's the national. Our photo day. September 12th. So this is our Rite Aid back in the day moment. We have our school photos, all of ours when we were kids. Yeah, we do. All right. When I had hair. So let's go. Who are these in order schemes? I will go mine first. Yep. That's a nice one. Yeah. That's a nice one. Yeah. He's back in the day. Yeah. Yeah. Looking like Harry Potter. He stole the Harry Potter class. My parents are very mad that day. Are they real glasses or? No. They're like prop glasses. You could buy like Target. Of course. Neither guys doing prop glasses. No. During his school picture. And I stuck him in my pocket and put him on. Yeah. Yeah. You look good, buddy. All right. JP. All right. I didn't find a school pick, but I found something better. I didn't have one either. Oh, my God. You're adorable. Look at that. Oh, that's fantastic. Yeah, man. He's all happy. You were done. Oh, that's great. Such an all that. So in that limo was Mr. McNab, Donovan's dad, my father, we're riding a limo and to Kirstie Middle School. Man, right? That's awesome. All right. V.G. Look at that hair. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. North East Catholic. Superboys. I love it. And the eighth grade. Here I am in the eighth grade. I'm the one. Go cheese. Yeah. Right behind. In fact, the kid with the glasses in front of me is Mike Rizzo, the he's the AD at Santa Guston. Nice. So there it is. All right, everybody. That's going to do it for us. Black pretty. We love you. Keep seats. Make sure you watch it. We think you guys are the best. Hang with us. Tell why we'll see you in the morning. Bye. Bye. in the morning. in the morning. in the morning. in the morning. in the morning. in the morning. in the morning. in the morning. in the morning. in the morning. in the morning. in the morning. in the morning.
