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bang the table aggressively somewhat
don’t break it but we know you’re
stronger than
Nick live from New York it’s the show
that’s only an hour today and has Coach
man jeie in for Nick it’s first things
first today Brew are you surprised Brady
went with Josh uh well first of all I
think it’s clear at least to me he went
with Josh because he likes Josh are they
buddies I mean he even said I like him
as a guy like a lot of this was that’s
my guy I’m hoping he does it and will
say this coach if they’re that close and
Josh doesn’t always listen to time right
that we’ve seen that on on their
interviews he should be Josh should be
picking his brain about 12 Personnel
right that was huge for New England with
gr Kowski and Aaron Hernandez and they
got two talented tight ends in Buffalo
obviously your receiving core is in flux
at least right now they should be
running that a lot and I think he should
be picking Brady’s brain on that but I
am from a football perspective coach I’m
very surprised because obviously the off
season that the bills have had I think
this is at least to date we’ll see what
they do in the draft and and other moves
but to date this is I think the worst
team they’ve gone into the season with
in the last three or four years all
right you you lost your two best
receivers you lost five of your eight
captains defensively you lost some you
know critical pieces I think they’ll be
good defensively because mcder is good
on that side of the ball and last year
despite a lot of injuries they were good
defensively but still I mean saying that
unless you are saying Mahomes is going
to win it this year and then next year
maybe Josh can come back these are I
would put these quarterbacks ahead of
Allen as far as winning their first
Super Bowl before him right now Lamar
burrow CJ stra just I mean I’m not
saying he’s gonna win it this year but
right now i’ put him ahead of Allen
because of the team and then in on the
NFC side just of the team is great pie
correct uh Jordan love Jared G and M and
maybe Jaylen Herz I’m just saying ahead
of Josh Allen right now because of the
team so tough one for Dak tough list for
Dak yeah D Dak D I got another list D
but not this but yeah coach so football
from a football sense I’m very surprised
it it’s funny you said Tom whether or
not Tom likes uh Josh because that’s the
first thing I looked up does Tom Brady
golfer Josh yes and and he does and
they’re buddies and that’s exactly what
this felt like it’s like okay I’m going
to go with my buddy and when you look at
it Josh has to get over the 18
interceptions that’s a problem they get
rid of Diggs and and whenever you get
rid of a player and you’re going to pay
him $3 million more on the cap than you
would if you had him obviously that’s a
problem so now the chemistry gets better
in the building but you can’t replace
that talent that that he brought on
Sunday then he loses four out of his
five receivers so from a from a forced
multiplier perspective this is the big
test for him whether or not he can
Elevate the offense losing his best
weapon losing all that continuity and
and it’s it’s a big if and and from a
salary cap perspective this is a cleanup
year they 29th in Sal in salary cab this
is not the year that you would predict
them to go win the Super Bowl now that
being said they’re in a division that’s
going to give them a chance to get to
the playoffs because there’s so much
flux they’ve won it what four years in a
row last year they won five games in a
row won the division won a playoff game
so there is some resilience in the
organization Stefon Diggs wasn’t that
big a part of that end of the season run
for him but this did definitely feel
like hey I’m going to throw my buddy a
nod here um let me show you a graphic of
uh because obviously Brady was talking
firstperson perspective so the idea that
momes is the new Brady in terms of
dominating uh Brady is 12-2 in the
playoffs Mahomes 5 and three three Super
Bowl appearances for Brady four for
Patrick Mahomes his rival Payton was two
for for didn’t go to the Super Bowl till
year nine Josh Allen 5 and five so do
you think coach momes and Brady kind of
alluded to it is the biggest obstacle in
his way or is there some other thing
that’s preventing Josh from getting over
the hump yeah momes is the biggest
obstacle in the whole NFL’s way of
winning a Super Bowl and and you know
that’s that’s an issue that everybody’s
got to figure out and overcome and teams
are going to they’re going to structure
their team to be able to beat them
especially if you’re in the AFC but the
bill BS the bills have had a lot of
problems in the last few years and
especially last year there there was
always some kind of There’s Something
Brewing underneath that that they had to
deal with uh and and they put they made
that push financially to get over the
hump and they didn’t and now You’ got to
pay those bills and it’s going to be a
little bit of time I think before
they’re really competing at the highest
level and I think you know I’m big on in
tangs at quarterback and Josh has to
show that he has those we know there was
there were issues with his best receiver
so that is that somewhat on Josh I put
it more on Diggs but still a little bit
some of it’s on the quarterback right
you got to be able to control that and
work it out little B so yeah on Josh I
don’t I don’t think it’s just Josh I
think that it’s a head coach too in the
ad the administration when you make that
decision but I just mean even being able
to control like again I you would like
your quarterback to be able to handle
difficult guys in a locker room
especially if they’re as talented as
stepan digs is and figure out a way to
make him work so that you can at least
get him to Sunday okay let’s head to
Dallas where one NFL executive told
Jordan Reed that they didn’t totally get
how Dallas is building their roster this
off season I don’t really understand the
plan there are so far this off season
but there’s a lot Weighing on this draft
and they seem to be confident about
finding a bunch of starters now they
have had some success in the draft
before obviously with uh CD lamb and
Michael Parsons but brw can you put a
grade on the Cowboys off season well
first of all I’m glad this executive
watches the show because I’ve been
saying this all right so grade you know
I look through everything I’m thorough
with my grades let’s see coach first of
all they tell us they’re Allin we’re 10
toes down and they knew we thought that
meant Allin for a Super Bowl it may have
meant all in to just tear this thing
down eventually we were tired of paying
all his money and no results as far as
Super Bowl wins maybe that’s what they
meant but after that they lose several
key starters two of your best offensive
lineman all right your defensive
coordinator one of your best defensive
pass wresters in dorren Armstrong your
best running back in Tony PD all right
so that’s an issue then you you uh your
Ry receiver CI lamb is talking about
holding out now there are leaks these
are leaks that you you don’t like your
best player all right Michael Parsons
and now you’re not going to pay Dak then
there’s another leak oh we might just
look for another quarterback all right
so I just think coach the way they’re
handl this entire offseason you got
worse on paper on the roster whatever
chemistry you had whatever Good Vibes
you had at least for now those are in
question and you’re a worse team than
you were when the season ended so I’m
Fair it’s fair so when I get when I get
my grade it’s it’s falling which is
appropriate because it’s an F what else
can I give them w i mean a D minus no
they they have they have fallen way
behind the Eagles all right way behind
the Eagles got saquan Barkley I know you
think that funk coach I I think the
Eagles Funk was just I don’t know what
the heck was going on but is going to
solve all you think Kell Moore big Fango
look I I’m not as harsh a grater as you
are but there’s not there’s not much I
can’t I can disagree with you on okay
and when you look at it it’s the cour
the head coach is going to the final
year his contract so he’s going to play
it out so there’s uncertainty there all
the changes that you’re going to have
defensively because whenever you bring
in a new defensive coordinator
philosophically you’re going to change
as much as you may want to stay you may
want to stay the same you can’t your two
best players now are are not are dis
franchise a little bit that they’re
they’re unsatisfied so you’ve got that
component of it you’ve already got all
the the negative energy from the
embarrassing loss to Green Bay you’ve
got the expectations that you built with
your fan base where you tell them you’re
going all in you lose so many key player
I I don’t know as a head coach how you
stand what do you say when you stand up
in front of the team in terms of hey
this is why we’re going to be better
this year than we were last year now you
can get an influx of of talent from the
draft you hope you can but you can miss
just as easily in the draft as as as as
you can hit so what do you say if you’re
standing up in front of those guys in
terms of this is why we’re going to win
the division and this is why we’re going
to win the Super Bowl it’s It’s A Hard
Sell at any point and they’ve only got
three draft picks in the top 150 or
really 170 well they got 174 okay it’s
three in the top 173 four in the top
175 that’s not a lot Kevin wants to give
that
deir and Zimmer the defensive
coordinator onee deal I mean think about
that oneye deal so I think Allin meant
this is it you guys have this year and
if not we may be cleaning house
completely and I like Mike Zimmer a lot
and I think he’s going to do a good job
but from a car from a personality
standpoint he’s very very different than
what they were dealing with with Dan so
those players are going to have to get
used to that too has a little bit more
of an edge than than Dan did not that
Dan wasn’t disciplined but Mike has an
edge um random prediction time you
didn’t prep for this at what point what
week in the season will we say what do
you think about Bill bich to Dallas if
things are going swimmingly I don’t
think we ever talk about it yeah I it’s
hard for me to imagine that things are
going to go
swimmingly early on and knowing the way
that people treat the Cowboys we could
be talking about it week four three W
what do you think so you sound they’re
in danger of missing the Playoffs yeah I
I think that the nfc’s gotten better I
think it’s a combination of when you
when you lose Talent like that and then
you combine that with transition then
you’ve got uncertainty at head coach
quarterback and your two best players
both offensively and defensively that’s
that’s a lot of gunpowder that’s that
can go off in that locker room at any
point okay uh let’s talk about I’m week
four five six
okay Cam Newton sat down with Shannon
and shared some advice for the reigning
MVP one thing that Lamar and the Ravens
organization have to figure out is how
to win the ugly games stop thinking you
know as a chef you can prepare this meal
in so many different ways but everyone
knows your signature you’ve got to find
a way to win the ugly games now we’re
trying to interpret that what the ugly
games are uh here’s where the Ravens
rank this year overall pretty strong
they got to the playoffs and didn’t run
the ball enough but coach what’s your
take on the ugly games uh aspect and
Cam’s advice well I’m going to say
something that I don’t think I’ve said
very often is I totally agree with Cam
Newton wow I I absolutely agree with
what he’s saying and I think cam brings
really unique insight for for Lamar
because there are similarities between
the way the two players played and and
what he’s saying is and I I find this a
lot from from Baltimore you know they
make the move at offensive coordinator
they didn’t want Greg Roman and his
offense tended to be a run first build
play action off of that so now they’re
going to go make a change and now it’s
going to that we’re going to focus on on
how well of a passer Lamar is and and
Lamar has done some good things throwing
the ball but that’s not necessarily his
greatest strength and he can continue to
improve that but he has a very unique
way of playing that’s hard to deal with
that that very other very few other
quarterbacks can can ever present those
challenges but there’s this it seems
like this need from either Baltimore’s
perspective or from Lamar’s perspective
to to change the narrative and and to
say that he can he can be this or he is
this Elite pocket passer and I don’t
think that’s what you should focus on
just figure out whatever you have to do
to win that game and if it means you run
the ball 40 times and if it means that
he’s running quarterback driven runs to
get over the hump then then do that it
it just there there’s been so many times
where it feels like they’re trying to
prove a point instead of trying to to to
do what what really is what they do best
I think that certainly was a problem
against Kansas City I mean we may be
having a whole different conversation if
they just run the ball what I disagree
look I think Baltimore’s culture is
about winning ugly like they’re always
good defensively they they’ve generally
been a run team they won their Super
Bowls with Joe flacko I know he was hot
that postseason Trent dilford the other
super like to to me they went ugly like
Lamar this year was 6 and0 he he was 6
and0 when he didn’t throw for 200 yards
and in none of those games did he even
run for 100 so like but do you ever hear
him talking and embracing that do you
ever hear him saying like hey this is
what we do this is our brand this is our
we’re going to own it we’re going to
embrace no it’s hey we got to move on
from Greg Roman because he definitely
wanted to go in a different direction
this year yeah we got to throw the ball
more we got to get better receivers in
we’ve got to build up the P it’s always
about about proving people wrong in
terms of of of the narrative related to
Lamar and Lamar is great at what he does
and and he’s getting better in a lot of
areas but just embrace the things that
you do really well and give opponents a
lot of it because they can’t handle it I
would think this year they’re G to like
they had to learn coach from that that
AFC title game because it was just
blatantly obvious to everybody that they
went away from the run too much and I
think they got to find that sweet spot
cuz I like like Lamar you know throwing
it the way he did this year but when he
needs to run he’s got to he’s got to
lean into that but but how sick are you
that you had to learn that lesson in
that in that scenario and and you can
hope that you’re going to get back to
that game but there’s no guarantee and
remember Lamar’s come off a couple of
Seasons where he finished the season
injured so this is a season where he’s
healthy they have that opportunity and
now we’re going to prove a point and and
all it did is is end up sending you home
um Brew speaking of the playoff game do
do you think Lamar needs to reach the
Super Bowl to silence all doubters he
needs to win it not just reach it win it
yeah he’s won two MVPs everybody there’s
10 other guys that have won MV MVPs all
quarterbacks except for Jim Brown but
every one of those 10 guys has won at
least one Super Bowl so that’s the class
you put yourself in and so he has to not
just reach a Super Bowl win it like if
he doesn’t win a Super Bowl he’s going
to finish his career yeah he’ll be a
Hall of Famer because of the MVPs and
the winning but we will look at it with
disappoint but he never got that one
ring that’ll help Define his career just
like it does kind of damn marinos now In
fairness even if he didn’t have two
MVP’s coach I think he’d still be you
got to win a Super Bowl because he’s
that good and Wilds you know I’m I’m I
made the sbob famous of for teams for
franchises here’s the sbob quarter backs
coach all right look there’s there’s two
different categories SB quarterback
Super Bowl or bus because of their
individual greatness this is just this
year well this is going forward for yeah
I guess this year momes you know
obviously he’s about winning Super Bowls
Lamar’s got to win one Allen’s got to
win one Burrow’s got to win one the
botom next under that these guys are
approaching that if they have the
seasons this year that they had last
year or Herbert typically has then they
will become sbob quarterbacks where it’s
like okay Jordan Love’s so good now he’s
got to win the Super Bowl that’s what
we’re going to judge him by and the same
for St Herbert the other three on the
bottom are because of their team’s
greatness not that they’re not very good
py obviously I like but with he’s in an
sbob situation like no they’ve been to
the Super Bowl even with Jimmy Garo so
P’s got to win a Super Bowl Dak because
he’s with America’s team has to win
Super Bowl and Herz is kind of floating
in between cuz maybe he is that great
maybe pery too but herdz has to win one
because that team is built to win now
they got a lot of pieces you know I
always love your stuff I don’t know if I
love you love this he notbob guy put
putting CJ there after there question
marks question putting Jordan love there
after one year I struggle with that and
then your boy Brock pie after all he’s
not in a a super roller bus situation no
no I agree but all the stats that you
quote over and over again he doesn’t
even make the second row well no the
second would be so happy with this with
this graphic and this chart right now I
can’t I can’t believe P’s there and
Stroud and love up on that one it’s more
strength of the team okay and again the
question marks do I want don’t the
question marks if golf is not on golf is
not ES Bob is that good for him or is it
problematic for him is he s Bob is he s
Bob I I would think if you were going to
talk about the greatness of a team
Detroit’s got a pretty a pretty talented
team right now yeah maybe and and golf
golf is really I think you want to be
espa you want her cousins as Bob I think
we need to Workshop this a little bit
come back Bob just keeps growing gr get
it y’all look let it marinate next week
you guys will be like Eureka sty
when we put up that style of graphic
with some amorphous pyramid shape and
there there a lot of you’re going to end
upo like Nick it was the same template
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