On today’s episode, Jason discusses why it’s clear after their Monday Night Football debacle that the Dallas Cowboys are an unserious NFL franchise, what’s led to Kyler Murray getting allegedly quietly benched as the Arizona Cardinals starting quarterback, which teams make the most sense in a potential Kyler trade ahead of Tuesday’s NFL Trade Deadline, the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers shocking road win over the Portland Trail Blazers, and why Monday night was great night if you’re a college basketball fan.
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
What is up, Drake Fire, Bayam, It's me Jason McIntyre,
Straight Bowyer for Tuesday, November the fourth. It is election day, everybody.
I know we don't really do politics on this podcast,
but go out and do your civic rite and vote
and I'll leave it at that. We'll get back to sports.
(00:33):
We're recording this after midnight on the East Coast. I
just watched the Dallas Cowboys just embarrass themselves. Gosh, they
look so bad. Arizona thumps them. Arizona coming off the by.
Do you remember two weeks ago on the pod, guys,
I talked about, Man, those first batch of teams coming
off the bye, they look good team largely, not everybody.
(00:54):
Teams that have come off the by have looked fresh,
have looked like they've gotten new tweaks. And in Arizona
defense was everywhere tonight. I mean it just they look
more prepared. And I that's one thing I did not
handicap in. I did a nibble on the over. It
did not come close to hitting because Dallas didn't score
an offensive touchdown till late in the third quarter. I
(01:15):
guess we can shelve Dax MVP candidacy. Just a quick note,
You guys know, I abhor vehemently the MVP discussion this
early in the season. It really is goofy, and as
I think I articulated on the Herd or maybe here
or both, like, it doesn't get real until December, and
then it's all about the marquee standalone games, which the
(01:37):
NFL wisely has. Remember they can flex games. They get
the best quarterbacks, the best teams doing battle on Sunday night,
sometimes Saturday night, Monday night, and so given that, like
it's gonna come down to the good teams playing in
those games. Like it is odd that every time you've
(01:58):
seen the media and social media pump up quarterbacks, Bro
Baker Mayfield, he's got to be the MVP. It's like, Bro,
we're six weeks in and then he gets his ass
kicked by the Detroit Lions. You know, Daniel Jones, he's
playing an MVP level. Come on, Like, he just had
five turnovers against the Steelers and you could toss Dak
in the mix. He was pretty rotten. I wasn't doing it,
(02:22):
but Patrick Mahomes was considered the MVP. Like it's just
very weird. How once this these narratives get out there,
you almost have to fade the quarterbacks. So does that
mean we got to fade Sam Donald next week against Arizona.
It's good because now the hype train is out of control.
And again, I don't know how it's weird like it's not.
(02:44):
There's not a direct line as to how that works.
I think it's more kind of the betting public, right public.
Here's Sam Donald. Sam Donald watched Sam Donald Sunday night football.
Well you gotta bet him. Well, now the line's inflated,
and lo and behold, guess what when the chips are down,
Arizona shows up. Same thing just happened with Dak Prescott.
(03:05):
You know everybody was on Dallas, everybody. I mean this
one from two and a half to three and a
half when Kyler Murray went out. What does it say
We'll get to Kyler Murray shortly? But you know what
does it say that the drop off from Kyler to
Jacoby Brissett is one point? And I think that's gonna shrink.
But just I guess real quick on the game, I
think this not seals the fate of Dallas. I don't
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want to get to Dalton on you shout out to
roadhouse f with Dalton and he'll steal your fate. But
it just it felt kinda like Dallas had a shot
to get back in the in the bounce back from
that Denver loss, and now you lose to the Broncos
and Cardinals back to back. You're gonna beat the Raiders
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next week almost certainly, but after that, guys, it's a rap.
Okay Eagles, I know they played them tough early, but
that will not be easy. Then they but they have
a buy and then the Raiders, then the Eagles, then
the Chiefs, so it goes Eagles four days later, the Chiefs,
then the Detroit at Detroit versus Minnesota, which could be
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popping back. I think that's at least three or four
more losses. So you're now getting at eight or nine losses,
and I don't think that's going to be enough to
get Dallas a wildcard berth not in the loaded NFC.
As I'm recording this, the TV is showing the end
of the Lakers Portland game, and historically when I talk
(04:33):
about games and record the podcast at the same time,
you guys tend to like it. I'm just gonna say
the l eight Lakers are stealing one in Portland. No Luca,
no Reeves, no Lebron, and the Lakers are absolutely cooking.
They are going to take down Portland in what is
(04:53):
a massive shocker, folks. I mean, I don't know what
to say. I don't know what to make of these Lakers.
I mean, you can't just go into Portland. And Okay,
that was kind of a joke, but the Lakers were
I think nine and a half point dogs, and I
came close to betting Portland because all the Lakers were out.
They were on a back to back. I mean Nick Smith,
(05:15):
Nick Smith twenty five points, folks. Nick Smith was left
for dead around the league. People he played. He was
drafted in the first round and uh, I guess Charlotte
gave up on him in like two years. He had
an injury history. He was the number one recruit in
the country. Dude's got twenty five points in twenty four
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minutes against Portland in what is just an awesome victory
for the Lakers. They moved to six and two and
now it's facing women Yama big Vic Wednesday at Staples.
I don't know if I will be there we'll see.
All right, let's go, let's go back to the NFL now.
So I briefly touched on Dallas, which you know, I
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think they're pretty much done. Oh let me add this,
Jerry Jones. You know, I don't want to say the
wrong thing. He's the most powerful owner. You know, I
don't want to get on his bad side. But let's
just be real here. He's hanging out with Stephen A.
Smith and his booth. Why because that ensures that he's
going to get on TV more and get talked about
on ESPN, like, dude, are you that desperate? You're a billionaire,
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what are you doing? And then it gets worse, so
again the Dallas offense can't do anything. The defense once
again gets destroyed. Bland was just roasted by Marvin Harrison
Junior all night and then after the game of course,
because you know the owner's last GM just needs the cameras.
He just absolutely is like a magnet. No, no, I'm
(06:42):
like a moth to a flame. And instantly he's you know,
going to the media and talking, well, we got we
got a trade, it's done, it's there if I want it.
He just this is very uugh, very Trumpian of him
to just always be in the news, doesn't matter what
happened onto the next one, you know. And just like
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this is an embarrassing home loss to the Cardinals, folks,
I got a couple SATs for you. So Arizona was
the only team in the NFL without a drive of
seventy four or more yards this season, only team. What
does that say? They can't consistently drive the ball down
the field, whether it's penalties, turnovers, just general ineptitude. The
Cardinals stink. So now their backup quarterback against Dallas takes
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them on back to back drives of seventy four or
more yards for touchdowns against the Cowboys. Like this Dallas
defense is there with the Bengals. And remember early in
I think it was September, maybe August. Basically I was
calling Dallas the Bengals the of the NFC. All offense,
all gas, no breaks. The problem is they're not always
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getting thirty eight points. At least January, Joe Flacco's back
there slinging it to Chason Higgins and putting up major points.
I mean, I can't imagine those guys getting black. I'm
talking blanked by Arizona at home for two and a
half quarters. That was stunning, And so Jerry Jones, of course,
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is trying to quickly change the subject to some trade,
as if he's got a trade that's going to materially
change things. I mean, hell, if anything, Dallas may consider
being sellers at the deadline, which is today. I think
it's today at four pm or something like that. Like
it just doesn't really make sense. But nothing makes sense
with Jerry Jones. He's made the Cowboys a reality TV show, right,
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That's what he cares about. He wants to be a
reality TV show. Always in the headlines. You know, he's
Love Island meets you know whatever. That show with Glenn
Powell is where he like dresses up as a football
player and tries out for some college team. I don't know.
I don't know the premise of the show. I've seen
a million commercials of it, but it's like they're just
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not a real serious football operation.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
They're not.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
I mean, you know, trading Michael Parsons right before the
season was idiotic and moronic and I don't want to
hear well, we're gonna have more bites at the Apple.
The process of that deal was just so dumb and
now you have all this money investing in dak What
are you gonna do with Pickens?
Speaker 1 (09:12):
Now?
Speaker 2 (09:12):
If you're the Cowboys, I'd love to hear from Cowboys fans.
What's the movie here? You want to sign him? So
then you really becomes the Bengals. And by the way,
how's that working out for Cincinnati? You can't stop anybody.
I mean, I don't know what you do with Pickens?
Do you? I mean I don't know that you trade
him at the deadline? Is are you gonna get anything
in return?
Speaker 1 (09:31):
What are we doing?
Speaker 2 (09:32):
I just Dallas is an absolute mystery and a joke.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
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Speaker 2 (09:48):
The best part of it is two people in our
Survivor took the Cowboys. So here here are the numbers.
My buddy sent me the text. So started with two
thousand and fifteen entries at one hundred of pop. You
can do the math. I'm not gonna say anymore. There
are two hundred and seventy four left and we are
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one of them. I haven't done them. Calculation on what
it's worth are our entry. But yeah, I feel like
we're in good shape. We got good teams left. Almost
certainly we'll be on Denver this week on Thursday Night Football.
And how's this stat on on the Broncos from my
guy TA thirty one teams have played on Thursday Night
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Football following an overtime game, like the Raiders, they are
six and twenty five against the spread since two thousand
and if you take those teams going on the road
after an ot game on Sunday, there are three and
sixteen against the spread. Now, obviously against the spread doesn't
totally matter, but in Survivor it's just win in advance.
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So you know, rolling with Denver, obviously I'll get nervous.
The Gino Smith for the first time in a weeks
or months shows up, brock Powers goes nuts, and because
the Broncos are looking ahead to the Chiefs, they get
caught napping like the Green Bay Packers just did. Is
that possible? I don't know. My hope is Sean Payton
does not let that happen at home, having to go
to altitude after being on the field so long. I mean, listen,
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everybody's taking the Broncos. We're not at the point where
I'm like it's state secrets yet, Like, if you have
the Broncos, you're almost certainly using them because there just
aren't a lot of options this week. All right, let's
pivot to the Arizona Cardinals and give them their dom.
So my guy Ben Garcia, we've had him on the
pod and he does all all those snazzy videos that
I do. He's like my my tech video guy. He's awesome,
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and so he would for the last year and a half.
Get on my case. Oh, Kyler Murz better than Brock Purdy.
Come on, Jay, Kyler Murray number one. Pick he's better.
And a lot of people think that because he's the
number one. Kyler's better. Now Brock Purdy has been hurt,
and I don't know, I'm getting some weird techs from
(12:06):
Niner fans saying, like behind the scenes, everybody's saying that
this Brock thing is not ending anytime soon. So shout
out to my brother. I told him to pick up
Rock Purty in fantasy because when he comes back, he's
gonna cook. And I don't know that he's coming back
this week. It's bizarre, but I think What is even
more bizarre is the fall of Kyler Murray. Again, this
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guy was the most ballyhooed high school quarterback ever. I'm
fairly certain in Texas high school football lore he is
considered the goat. And I'm not just saying that. I
believe he was undefeated in his career, won multiple state championships.
He was just so fast and accurate that nobody could
stop him. I mean, he was drafted number one overall
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in NFL, but he was also a big time baseball prospect.
And he goes to Oklahoma and wins a Heisman Trophy.
Actually started at Texas A and M, and then he
transferred to Oklahoma and then he won the Heisman. And
I mean, obviously, the guy came into the NFL. He
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wasn't amazing out of the gate, took a lot of sacks,
but he was the rookie of the year and they went
so they went five, five, ten and one, eight and eight,
and then nine and five with Kyler and made the
playoffs that year. Twenty twenty one was the year where
Kyler was getting roughed up by Aaron Donald in that
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playoff game. The Rams smashed him and allegedly Kyler Murray's like,
that's I've had enough. I'm not going back in. I
can't do it allegedly, Okay, since that loss, and that
was after that, I'm pretty sure i'd have to check.
But Cliff Kingsbury was a coach I don't remember. At
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some point he got run off and I thought it
was unfair to Kingsbury. By the way, he's bounced back
in great shape in Washington. Obviously, this year hasn't gone great,
and it's it's not like it's Cliff Kingsbury's fault. That
defense everybody knew was a paper tiger, and nobody's healthy
on offense. But after that playoff year, here are the
records for Kyler Murray in Arizona three and eight, three
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and five. Yeah, he's missing a lot of games, eight
and nine. Last year, no playoffs, they totally melted down
the stretch, and then this year he's only played in
five games. So we're talking about a guy who's and again,
quarterback records are just one stat. He's ten games under
five hundred as a quarterback in his career. He's very accurate.
But when you look at some of the stats like
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yards per attempt, they've gone down in recent years, and
that year they made the playoffs seven point nine yards
per atten, so he was like actually throwing the ball
down the field. And then in recent years he started
to run less, which remains a mystery. I don't know
if it's injury related or fear or the coaches wanted
him in the pocket. Either way, he's not nearly as
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effective when he's not running. I know, we love to
talk about Trevor Lawrence as a bust. Everybody loves that.
I mean, if Trevor Lawrence is a bust, what does
that make Kyler Murray?
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Now?
Speaker 2 (15:09):
I know, Kyler Murray wasn't considered as generational as Trevor Lawrence.
He was more in the Andrew Luck category than Kyler Murray.
But everybody loved him. And it's weird he gets some
kind of free pass when I don't know, guys, I
look at Kyler Murray. He's never thrown more than twenty
six touchdowns in a season. I mean, you see all
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these jabbronis online go after Troy Aikman because he didn't
throw like forty to fifty touchdowns. Kyler Murray's not. She
hasn't thrown twenty seven in a season. I mean, he
takes way too many sacks. I just I've never I
haven't seen it. I defended Kyler ury early in his career.
Feels like an eternity ago and I stopped. And now
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you get the situation where Jacoby Brissett comes in, looks
really good and nearly beats the Colts, and then Jacoby
Brissette comes in. I mean, there's it's unclear why Kyler
was not healthy this week. That was the projection coming
out of the by and Jacoby Brissette looked good, and
Jacoby Brissette got the job done and Arizona picked up
a nice win. I mean Brissette, the number is twenty
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one to thirty one, two sixty one, eight point four
yards per attempt. And oh, by the way, he was
sacked five times, two touchdowns, no turnovers. He did fumble
once but recovered it clearly connecting with Marvin Harrison. Junior
Trey McBride was a monster against the Colts. He's down
his top two running backs. So basically, I know people
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don't like Jonathan Gannon. They've just they've had some unlucky
results this season. They're three and five. Arizona is but
they are down to their third string running back in
de Marcado, right, because Benson's out and Connor's out, You're
down to your backup quarterback. And these are your losses.
You lost a one by San Francisco at the buzzer.
You lost a three by Seattle, I think on a
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field goal with the buzzer, or I was at Thursday
night game. Seattle was in control of that. Let me
see what happened at the end. Yeah, Seattle won a
five field goal with the buzzer, but Seattle was up
twenty six in the fourth and then and then kind
of collapse. So they lose to sanfran at the buzzer,
Seattle at the horn. They lose that devastating game to Tennessee,
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which knocked me out of the big money fantasy league
with Baker, Big Money Survivor league. Sorry with Baker, that
loss should have never happened. Tough loss to the Colts,
tough loss to the Packers, but covered and now beat
the Cowboys. So you're losing the teams like forty nine
Ers are one of the best teams in the league.
Record wise, Seattle has the best record in the NFL.
The Titans lost I'm not gonna get a start there
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Colts seven and two, and the Packers are leading their division,
so their losses are to one to three division leaders
and the Niners who are on track to make the playoffs,
and they're all close games and Kyler Murray hasn't really
been a part of any of it. It's like, wow, huh,
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what do you do? Do you do you trade Kyler
Murray in the offseason? I mean the easy answers, yes,
But here's the tough answer. Who wants him? Give me
the market for Kyler Murray? Okay, if just the macro
zoom out, big picture number one overall pick. When he's running,
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he's super dangerous, he is tiny, don't know how he's
gonna hold up in cold weather, has not historically played
well in cold weather. And you know, the work ethic
has been questioned in Arizona. So that's more than a
bunch of negative stuff. But I'll go through the teams
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where I think there could be a fit for Kyler Murray.
So obviously, the Patriots are set, the Bills are set.
I think the Biamy Dolphins are going through a full
on rebuild, and I cannot imagine that they would swap
Tua out in Kyler, Like, that doesn't really make sense.
I don't see that happening the Jets. Everybody keeps mentioning them.
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Let's just be real, guys. They just tried this with
Aaron Rodgers. It failed spectacularly. They'll be drafting in the
top three and they'll take a quarterback. I cannot envision
a scenario where they would go for Kyler Murrie and
then he'd play in a division where he's got to
play road games at Buffalo and New England as well
as play in you know, New York for the Jets.
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So like, none of that makes sense. Steelers are interesting.
I think if Rogers hangs them up, Tomlin's not gonna
want to draft a quarterback in the first round. We
saw that Kenny Pickett thing went. I wonder if Kyler
makes sense there. But again, these cold weather outdoor games
for a warm weather quarterback who's at his best in
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a dome, he'd have to go outdoors to the Bengals, Browns,
and Ravens and play home games. None of that makes sense.
Like he's not a running court like Lamark can handle
the cold weather that's been evidenced. Kyler cannot, so I
don't think any of those teams makes sense.
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The Colts seemingly have their guy in Daniel Jones. I mean,
obviously he did turn into a bit of a pumpkin,
and maybe the wheels fall off there, But as of now,
I don't see the Colts. I don't that maybe could
happen later. Obviously, not the Jags. Obviously not the Texans,
although you know, I don't want to be rumor starter guy,
but there's some chatter out there that his agent is
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the same guy who got Micah out of Dallas. And
you know, is there a world where CJ. Stroud, unhappy
in Houston, forces his way to a different team somewhere else.
I don't have the answer to that, but Stroud has
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weirdly just regressed. I don't have anything concrete on it,
but something seems up in Houston. Tennessee just drafted Camp Moore.
They're not going for Kyler. Denver has bo Nicks. Justin
Herbert is still alive. Patrick Mahomes and then you've got
the Raiders. So the Raiders are probably going to be
drafting high. But Pete Carroll is you know, close to eighty.
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Is he going to want to draft and develop some
guy or say, you know what, Kyler can come indoors
for us at deliver I know by the way Chargers
play indoors. So you only have two outdoor teams, Denver
and Casey. Is there a world where Kyler in Vegas works?
Speaker 1 (21:48):
Maybe?
Speaker 2 (21:49):
So I would put it maybe by the Steelers if
they move on from Rogers, and then may be by
the Raiders. NFC gets tougher because you never want to
really trade a number one pick in the conference. Looks
really dumb if he runs rough shot over the league
and gets to the super Bowl. But Eagles, no, Cowboys,
no Commanders, No. I feel like the Giants love Jackson Dart.
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They're gonna definitely give him another season. Jordan Love No,
Jared Goff, no, Caleb Williams.
Speaker 1 (22:15):
No.
Speaker 2 (22:16):
Everybody wants to push Minnesota. But that's basically just any
time JJ McCarthy has a bad game, well they could
replace him. Guys. They had Darnold and Daniel Jones in
the building. And decided I want JJ McCarthy. They're gonna
give him a chance. He's had three starts. We got
to back off JJ McCarthy. Tampa, No Carolina, probably no.
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I mean, I don't think Bryce Young's been amazing. But
they are five and four and in the wild card hunt.
Pennix in Atlanta, New Orleans is interesting. But again, like
the Jets are drafting top five Seattle and now you're
in your own division Seattle. No. Rams, probably not. But
if Stafford walks away after the season and there's a
glaring hole, now I don't know that that fits. The
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McVeigh less sneed quarterback. They liked their quarterbacks, big armed
and big individuals, Goff and Stafford, So the Rams probably,
you know. And then the forty nine ers, you know,
they paid Purty, so there isn't a big market. And
I went through all the teams just for this reason.
I wouldn't be shocked if Arizona just said fit, we're
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just gonna cut him and swallow the dead caphit the
same way Russell Wilson was cut by the Broncos and
they swallowed the dead cap hit. And Matt Ryan was
cut and the dead cap pit was swallowed. It's not
as punitive as it once was. And I would I
would say, I don't know. I would go seventy five
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percent trade, twenty percent, cut five percent back in Arizona.
I just I don't see this marriage lasting much longer.
Let me quickly pivot to college basketball. You guys know
I love college hoops. Holy hell, was there two good
games in college basketball? So they started a season opposite
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Monday night football. Obviously not smart. But the good thing
is they had a couple games in Vegas, Arizona took
down the defending chimp Florida Gators. And I'm just telling
you this kid for Arizona. I had heard about him
in high school. Co O pete koa pea t my gosh.
I saw a little Benkaro in him, a little boozer,
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even a little Elton Brand not to go to duke heavy,
but he's just a menace around the basket. I mean,
this guy's got skills. He had thirty in his debut
thirty points, seven rebounds, five assists, three steals. I mean
he can do everything. Florida, by the way, won the
national championship and has a lot of guys back and
has veteran Biggs and Pete was just an animal inside.
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I mean, wow, Now I didn't see him shoot a three.
Box score has him not shooting at three, so maybe
there isn't that range which would limit him a little bit.
But I mean he looked like a slam dunk top
ten pick to me. In his UH College of Basketball debut,
the Nightcap featured Who's basically this kid and it's interesting.
(25:19):
He's a great story. I've read so much about him.
His name is A. J. Debanza, and he was like
this ballyhooed high school kid and you're like, how the
heck does he end up Brockton, Massachusetts? How does he
end up at BYU? Well, b Yu's got a really
good team. They're a legit Final four contender, and Debanza
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appears to have the chops to be like a top
three pick. He reminds me a little bit of Tracy McGrady,
not as three point happy, really wants to drive. He
had twenty one, six and three, and there was a
stretch where you know, Villanova got back, they took the lead,
and this guy just takes over. Debansa is just a
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He's a warrior. I like his game. I mean just
watching those two like it was a great night, the
two games of college basketball. Then you had the NFL,
then you had the Lakers. And by the way, the
Lakers game is now over. The Lakers were able to
take down Portland steal a win in Portland. Are the
Lakers now six and two? Oh my gosh, Lakers are
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six and two. Lebron has yet to play a game.
They didn't have Austin Reeves. Jake Loradia is becoming like
a folk hero in LA. But I didn't realize this
till my buddy texted me. This was a DeAndre eight
and revenge game. Remember Portland bought him out eight and
twenty nine and ten. Tell me he stinks he went
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at clinging. Who else was I don't even really know
who was playing center for them? Yeah, Robert Williams, he
just ate those guys up. Awesome, awesome performance. I don't
know why. The Asian kid Yang Hansen, I don't know
why he's not playing. Has he played a game yet now? Yeah,
he's only really getting garbage time minutes. He's like a
preseason superstar for them, the seven foot guy, seven foot center.
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But overall, just a great win for the Lakers, and
I'll say this, I'm this Nick Smith kid. The Lakers
know how to find these gems. Charlotte cut him after
two years. He's twenty one years old. Hit twenty five
points in six assists, five of six from deep Brownie.
James played really good minutes. He had six assists in
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nineteen minutes. I'm just saying, like I know, Jason, you're
getting crazy as the Lakers stop with this la nonsense.
This team looks good. I mean Ruey, yeah, Austin Reeves,
Luca wait till they get Lebron back. Now. I know
the schedule has been favorable, but like this Nick Smith guy, man,
if he can contribute a little bit, you go go
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look up some of his highlights and read about him
when he was in high school number one recruit in
the country. So, like clear, the skill set is there.
Now it's weird. In high school he was listed at
like six five or maybe it was at Arkansas. He's
now six to two. He did not shrink three inches.
They're just in flight heights. But the kids got some skills, man,
and they just unleashed him a little too much one
(28:16):
on one. But you need that guy. You need to
get a bucket guy sometimes while we're on the NBA.
Really nice game winner from Giannis. Bucks continue there winning ways.
Poor Pacers keep it in real guys, they will not
be going to the playoffs this year. I know it's
very early, but it's just I guess something happened to
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my guy out of Arizona. Who's Ben Matherin? I don't
see him in the box score. Listen, you started losing
games as early I stopped paying attention. Also a team
to watch. Boston Celtics lose to Utah Celts only three
and five. It's basically the Jalen Brown Show. They're a
tough watch right now. My adoption, did Houston Rockets quietly
(29:02):
move to four and two. I've always chicken box scores
just because I love hoops, But like it's getting bleak
for Dallas. Two and five, No, A d Cooper flag
is just not ready to be a point guard. So
now they're putting Max Christy on the ball a lot more,
and he had a good game, but it's gonna be
it's gonna be a tough one for Dallas. I don't
know that they're a playoff team. I will say the
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sneakiest best team that I've seen this season is the
Detroit Pistons because Cave Cunningham is just everywhere all the time,
and I like that guy a lot. I'm gonna save
John Morant for tomorrow. When Rob g comes back, we'll
chop it up. But it's John Moran situation is getting ugly.
Had more comments and we're negative. After the loss to Detroit,
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I would say he's gonna get traded, but I don't
like Kyler Murray. I don't know what the market is.
All Right, we're back tomorrow. I'll talk to you then.
This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
What is up, Drake Fire, Bayam, It's me Jason McIntyre,
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I know we don't really do politics on this podcast,
but go out and do your civic rite and vote
and I'll leave it at that. We'll get back to sports.
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We're recording this after midnight on the East Coast. I
just watched the Dallas Cowboys just embarrass themselves. Gosh, they
look so bad. Arizona thumps them. Arizona coming off the by.
Do you remember two weeks ago on the pod, guys,
I talked about, Man, those first batch of teams coming
off the bye, they look good team largely, not everybody.
(00:54):
Teams that have come off the by have looked fresh,
have looked like they've gotten new tweaks. And in Arizona
defense was everywhere tonight. I mean it just they look
more prepared. And I that's one thing I did not
handicap in. I did a nibble on the over. It
did not come close to hitting because Dallas didn't score
an offensive touchdown till late in the third quarter. I
(01:15):
guess we can shelve Dax MVP candidacy. Just a quick note,
You guys know, I abhor vehemently the MVP discussion this
early in the season. It really is goofy, and as
I think I articulated on the Herd or maybe here
or both, like, it doesn't get real until December, and
then it's all about the marquee standalone games, which the
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NFL wisely has. Remember they can flex games. They get
the best quarterbacks, the best teams doing battle on Sunday night,
sometimes Saturday night, Monday night, and so given that, like
it's gonna come down to the good teams playing in
those games. Like it is odd that every time you've
(01:58):
seen the media and social media pump up quarterbacks, Bro
Baker Mayfield, he's got to be the MVP. It's like, Bro,
we're six weeks in and then he gets his ass
kicked by the Detroit Lions. You know, Daniel Jones, he's
playing an MVP level. Come on, Like, he just had
five turnovers against the Steelers and you could toss Dak
in the mix. He was pretty rotten. I wasn't doing it,
(02:22):
but Patrick Mahomes was considered the MVP. Like it's just
very weird. How once this these narratives get out there,
you almost have to fade the quarterbacks. So does that
mean we got to fade Sam Donald next week against Arizona.
It's good because now the hype train is out of control.
And again, I don't know how it's weird like it's not.
(02:44):
There's not a direct line as to how that works.
I think it's more kind of the betting public, right public.
Here's Sam Donald. Sam Donald watched Sam Donald Sunday night football.
Well you gotta bet him. Well, now the line's inflated,
and lo and behold, guess what when the chips are down,
Arizona shows up. Same thing just happened with Dak Prescott.
(03:05):
You know everybody was on Dallas, everybody. I mean this
one from two and a half to three and a
half when Kyler Murray went out. What does it say
We'll get to Kyler Murray shortly? But you know what
does it say that the drop off from Kyler to
Jacoby Brissett is one point? And I think that's gonna shrink.
But just I guess real quick on the game, I
think this not seals the fate of Dallas. I don't
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want to get to Dalton on you shout out to
roadhouse f with Dalton and he'll steal your fate. But
it just it felt kinda like Dallas had a shot
to get back in the in the bounce back from
that Denver loss, and now you lose to the Broncos
and Cardinals back to back. You're gonna beat the Raiders
(03:48):
next week almost certainly, but after that, guys, it's a rap.
Okay Eagles, I know they played them tough early, but
that will not be easy. Then they but they have
a buy and then the Raiders, then the Eagles, then
the Chiefs, so it goes Eagles four days later, the Chiefs,
then the Detroit at Detroit versus Minnesota, which could be
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popping back. I think that's at least three or four
more losses. So you're now getting at eight or nine losses,
and I don't think that's going to be enough to
get Dallas a wildcard berth not in the loaded NFC.
As I'm recording this, the TV is showing the end
of the Lakers Portland game, and historically when I talk
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about games and record the podcast at the same time,
you guys tend to like it. I'm just gonna say
the l eight Lakers are stealing one in Portland. No Luca,
no Reeves, no Lebron, and the Lakers are absolutely cooking.
They are going to take down Portland in what is
(04:53):
a massive shocker, folks. I mean, I don't know what
to say. I don't know what to make of these Lakers.
I mean, you can't just go into Portland. And Okay,
that was kind of a joke, but the Lakers were
I think nine and a half point dogs, and I
came close to betting Portland because all the Lakers were out.
They were on a back to back. I mean Nick Smith,
(05:15):
Nick Smith twenty five points, folks. Nick Smith was left
for dead around the league. People he played. He was
drafted in the first round and uh, I guess Charlotte
gave up on him in like two years. He had
an injury history. He was the number one recruit in
the country. Dude's got twenty five points in twenty four
(05:35):
minutes against Portland in what is just an awesome victory
for the Lakers. They moved to six and two and
now it's facing women Yama big Vic Wednesday at Staples.
I don't know if I will be there we'll see.
All right, let's go, let's go back to the NFL now.
So I briefly touched on Dallas, which you know, I
(05:57):
think they're pretty much done. Oh let me add this,
Jerry Jones. You know, I don't want to say the
wrong thing. He's the most powerful owner. You know, I
don't want to get on his bad side. But let's
just be real here. He's hanging out with Stephen A.
Smith and his booth. Why because that ensures that he's
going to get on TV more and get talked about
on ESPN, like, dude, are you that desperate? You're a billionaire,
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what are you doing? And then it gets worse, so
again the Dallas offense can't do anything. The defense once
again gets destroyed. Bland was just roasted by Marvin Harrison
Junior all night and then after the game of course,
because you know the owner's last GM just needs the cameras.
He just absolutely is like a magnet. No, no, I'm
(06:42):
like a moth to a flame. And instantly he's you know,
going to the media and talking, well, we got we
got a trade, it's done, it's there if I want it.
He just this is very uugh, very Trumpian of him
to just always be in the news, doesn't matter what
happened onto the next one, you know. And just like
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this is an embarrassing home loss to the Cardinals, folks,
I got a couple SATs for you. So Arizona was
the only team in the NFL without a drive of
seventy four or more yards this season, only team. What
does that say? They can't consistently drive the ball down
the field, whether it's penalties, turnovers, just general ineptitude. The
Cardinals stink. So now their backup quarterback against Dallas takes
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them on back to back drives of seventy four or
more yards for touchdowns against the Cowboys. Like this Dallas
defense is there with the Bengals. And remember early in
I think it was September, maybe August. Basically I was
calling Dallas the Bengals the of the NFC. All offense,
all gas, no breaks. The problem is they're not always
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getting thirty eight points. At least January, Joe Flacco's back
there slinging it to Chason Higgins and putting up major points.
I mean, I can't imagine those guys getting black. I'm
talking blanked by Arizona at home for two and a
half quarters. That was stunning, And so Jerry Jones, of course,
(08:08):
is trying to quickly change the subject to some trade,
as if he's got a trade that's going to materially
change things. I mean, hell, if anything, Dallas may consider
being sellers at the deadline, which is today. I think
it's today at four pm or something like that. Like
it just doesn't really make sense. But nothing makes sense
with Jerry Jones. He's made the Cowboys a reality TV show, right,
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That's what he cares about. He wants to be a
reality TV show. Always in the headlines. You know, he's
Love Island meets you know whatever. That show with Glenn
Powell is where he like dresses up as a football
player and tries out for some college team. I don't know.
I don't know the premise of the show. I've seen
a million commercials of it, but it's like they're just
(08:51):
not a real serious football operation.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
They're not.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
I mean, you know, trading Michael Parsons right before the
season was idiotic and moronic and I don't want to
hear well, we're gonna have more bites at the Apple.
The process of that deal was just so dumb and
now you have all this money investing in dak What
are you gonna do with Pickens?
Speaker 1 (09:12):
Now?
Speaker 2 (09:12):
If you're the Cowboys, I'd love to hear from Cowboys fans.
What's the movie here? You want to sign him? So
then you really becomes the Bengals. And by the way,
how's that working out for Cincinnati? You can't stop anybody.
I mean, I don't know what you do with Pickens?
Do you? I mean I don't know that you trade
him at the deadline? Is are you gonna get anything
in return?
Speaker 1 (09:31):
What are we doing?
Speaker 2 (09:32):
I just Dallas is an absolute mystery and a joke.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
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The best part of it is two people in our
Survivor took the Cowboys. So here here are the numbers.
My buddy sent me the text. So started with two
thousand and fifteen entries at one hundred of pop. You
can do the math. I'm not gonna say anymore. There
are two hundred and seventy four left and we are
(10:10):
one of them. I haven't done them. Calculation on what
it's worth are our entry. But yeah, I feel like
we're in good shape. We got good teams left. Almost
certainly we'll be on Denver this week on Thursday Night Football.
And how's this stat on on the Broncos from my
guy TA thirty one teams have played on Thursday Night
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Football following an overtime game, like the Raiders, they are
six and twenty five against the spread since two thousand
and if you take those teams going on the road
after an ot game on Sunday, there are three and
sixteen against the spread. Now, obviously against the spread doesn't
totally matter, but in Survivor it's just win in advance.
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So you know, rolling with Denver, obviously I'll get nervous.
The Gino Smith for the first time in a weeks
or months shows up, brock Powers goes nuts, and because
the Broncos are looking ahead to the Chiefs, they get
caught napping like the Green Bay Packers just did. Is
that possible? I don't know. My hope is Sean Payton
does not let that happen at home, having to go
to altitude after being on the field so long. I mean, listen,
(11:21):
everybody's taking the Broncos. We're not at the point where
I'm like it's state secrets yet, Like, if you have
the Broncos, you're almost certainly using them because there just
aren't a lot of options this week. All right, let's
pivot to the Arizona Cardinals and give them their dom.
So my guy Ben Garcia, we've had him on the
pod and he does all all those snazzy videos that
I do. He's like my my tech video guy. He's awesome,
(11:44):
and so he would for the last year and a half.
Get on my case. Oh, Kyler Murz better than Brock Purdy.
Come on, Jay, Kyler Murray number one. Pick he's better.
And a lot of people think that because he's the
number one. Kyler's better. Now Brock Purdy has been hurt,
and I don't know, I'm getting some weird techs from
(12:06):
Niner fans saying, like behind the scenes, everybody's saying that
this Brock thing is not ending anytime soon. So shout
out to my brother. I told him to pick up
Rock Purty in fantasy because when he comes back, he's
gonna cook. And I don't know that he's coming back
this week. It's bizarre, but I think What is even
more bizarre is the fall of Kyler Murray. Again, this
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guy was the most ballyhooed high school quarterback ever. I'm
fairly certain in Texas high school football lore he is
considered the goat. And I'm not just saying that. I
believe he was undefeated in his career, won multiple state championships.
He was just so fast and accurate that nobody could
stop him. I mean, he was drafted number one overall
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in NFL, but he was also a big time baseball prospect.
And he goes to Oklahoma and wins a Heisman Trophy.
Actually started at Texas A and M, and then he
transferred to Oklahoma and then he won the Heisman. And
I mean, obviously, the guy came into the NFL. He
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wasn't amazing out of the gate, took a lot of sacks,
but he was the rookie of the year and they went
so they went five, five, ten and one, eight and eight,
and then nine and five with Kyler and made the
playoffs that year. Twenty twenty one was the year where
Kyler was getting roughed up by Aaron Donald in that
(13:32):
playoff game. The Rams smashed him and allegedly Kyler Murray's like,
that's I've had enough. I'm not going back in. I
can't do it allegedly, Okay, since that loss, and that
was after that, I'm pretty sure i'd have to check.
But Cliff Kingsbury was a coach I don't remember. At
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some point he got run off and I thought it
was unfair to Kingsbury. By the way, he's bounced back
in great shape in Washington. Obviously, this year hasn't gone great,
and it's it's not like it's Cliff Kingsbury's fault. That
defense everybody knew was a paper tiger, and nobody's healthy
on offense. But after that playoff year, here are the
records for Kyler Murray in Arizona three and eight, three
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and five. Yeah, he's missing a lot of games, eight
and nine. Last year, no playoffs, they totally melted down
the stretch, and then this year he's only played in
five games. So we're talking about a guy who's and again,
quarterback records are just one stat. He's ten games under
five hundred as a quarterback in his career. He's very accurate.
But when you look at some of the stats like
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yards per attempt, they've gone down in recent years, and
that year they made the playoffs seven point nine yards
per atten, so he was like actually throwing the ball
down the field. And then in recent years he started
to run less, which remains a mystery. I don't know
if it's injury related or fear or the coaches wanted
him in the pocket. Either way, he's not nearly as
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effective when he's not running. I know, we love to
talk about Trevor Lawrence as a bust. Everybody loves that.
I mean, if Trevor Lawrence is a bust, what does
that make Kyler Murray?
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Now?
Speaker 2 (15:09):
I know, Kyler Murray wasn't considered as generational as Trevor Lawrence.
He was more in the Andrew Luck category than Kyler Murray.
But everybody loved him. And it's weird he gets some
kind of free pass when I don't know, guys, I
look at Kyler Murray. He's never thrown more than twenty
six touchdowns in a season. I mean, you see all
(15:31):
these jabbronis online go after Troy Aikman because he didn't
throw like forty to fifty touchdowns. Kyler Murray's not. She
hasn't thrown twenty seven in a season. I mean, he
takes way too many sacks. I just I've never I
haven't seen it. I defended Kyler ury early in his career.
Feels like an eternity ago and I stopped. And now
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you get the situation where Jacoby Brissett comes in, looks
really good and nearly beats the Colts, and then Jacoby
Brissette comes in. I mean, there's it's unclear why Kyler
was not healthy this week. That was the projection coming
out of the by and Jacoby Brissette looked good, and
Jacoby Brissette got the job done and Arizona picked up
a nice win. I mean Brissette, the number is twenty
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one to thirty one, two sixty one, eight point four
yards per attempt. And oh, by the way, he was
sacked five times, two touchdowns, no turnovers. He did fumble
once but recovered it clearly connecting with Marvin Harrison. Junior
Trey McBride was a monster against the Colts. He's down
his top two running backs. So basically, I know people
(16:39):
don't like Jonathan Gannon. They've just they've had some unlucky
results this season. They're three and five. Arizona is but
they are down to their third string running back in
de Marcado, right, because Benson's out and Connor's out, You're
down to your backup quarterback. And these are your losses.
You lost a one by San Francisco at the buzzer.
You lost a three by Seattle, I think on a
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field goal with the buzzer, or I was at Thursday
night game. Seattle was in control of that. Let me
see what happened at the end. Yeah, Seattle won a
five field goal with the buzzer, but Seattle was up
twenty six in the fourth and then and then kind
of collapse. So they lose to sanfran at the buzzer,
Seattle at the horn. They lose that devastating game to Tennessee,
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which knocked me out of the big money fantasy league
with Baker, Big Money Survivor league. Sorry with Baker, that
loss should have never happened. Tough loss to the Colts,
tough loss to the Packers, but covered and now beat
the Cowboys. So you're losing the teams like forty nine
Ers are one of the best teams in the league.
Record wise, Seattle has the best record in the NFL.
The Titans lost I'm not gonna get a start there
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Colts seven and two, and the Packers are leading their division,
so their losses are to one to three division leaders
and the Niners who are on track to make the playoffs,
and they're all close games and Kyler Murray hasn't really
been a part of any of it. It's like, wow, huh,
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what do you do? Do you do you trade Kyler
Murray in the offseason? I mean the easy answers, yes,
But here's the tough answer. Who wants him? Give me
the market for Kyler Murray? Okay, if just the macro
zoom out, big picture number one overall pick. When he's running,
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he's super dangerous, he is tiny, don't know how he's
gonna hold up in cold weather, has not historically played
well in cold weather. And you know, the work ethic
has been questioned in Arizona. So that's more than a
bunch of negative stuff. But I'll go through the teams
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where I think there could be a fit for Kyler Murray.
So obviously, the Patriots are set, the Bills are set.
I think the Biamy Dolphins are going through a full
on rebuild, and I cannot imagine that they would swap
Tua out in Kyler, Like, that doesn't really make sense.
I don't see that happening the Jets. Everybody keeps mentioning them.
(19:09):
Let's just be real, guys. They just tried this with
Aaron Rodgers. It failed spectacularly. They'll be drafting in the
top three and they'll take a quarterback. I cannot envision
a scenario where they would go for Kyler Murrie and
then he'd play in a division where he's got to
play road games at Buffalo and New England as well
as play in you know, New York for the Jets.
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So like, none of that makes sense. Steelers are interesting.
I think if Rogers hangs them up, Tomlin's not gonna
want to draft a quarterback in the first round. We
saw that Kenny Pickett thing went. I wonder if Kyler
makes sense there. But again, these cold weather outdoor games
for a warm weather quarterback who's at his best in
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a dome, he'd have to go outdoors to the Bengals, Browns,
and Ravens and play home games. None of that makes sense.
Like he's not a running court like Lamark can handle
the cold weather that's been evidenced. Kyler cannot, so I
don't think any of those teams makes sense.
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The Colts seemingly have their guy in Daniel Jones. I mean,
obviously he did turn into a bit of a pumpkin,
and maybe the wheels fall off there, But as of now,
I don't see the Colts. I don't that maybe could
happen later. Obviously, not the Jags. Obviously not the Texans,
although you know, I don't want to be rumor starter guy,
but there's some chatter out there that his agent is
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the same guy who got Micah out of Dallas. And
you know, is there a world where CJ. Stroud, unhappy
in Houston, forces his way to a different team somewhere else.
I don't have the answer to that, but Stroud has
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weirdly just regressed. I don't have anything concrete on it,
but something seems up in Houston. Tennessee just drafted Camp Moore.
They're not going for Kyler. Denver has bo Nicks. Justin
Herbert is still alive. Patrick Mahomes and then you've got
the Raiders. So the Raiders are probably going to be
drafting high. But Pete Carroll is you know, close to eighty.
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Is he going to want to draft and develop some
guy or say, you know what, Kyler can come indoors
for us at deliver I know by the way Chargers
play indoors. So you only have two outdoor teams, Denver
and Casey. Is there a world where Kyler in Vegas works?
Speaker 1 (21:48):
Maybe?
Speaker 2 (21:49):
So I would put it maybe by the Steelers if
they move on from Rogers, and then may be by
the Raiders. NFC gets tougher because you never want to
really trade a number one pick in the conference. Looks
really dumb if he runs rough shot over the league
and gets to the super Bowl. But Eagles, no, Cowboys,
no Commanders, No. I feel like the Giants love Jackson Dart.
(22:10):
They're gonna definitely give him another season. Jordan Love No,
Jared Goff, no, Caleb Williams.
Speaker 1 (22:15):
No.
Speaker 2 (22:16):
Everybody wants to push Minnesota. But that's basically just any
time JJ McCarthy has a bad game, well they could
replace him. Guys. They had Darnold and Daniel Jones in
the building. And decided I want JJ McCarthy. They're gonna
give him a chance. He's had three starts. We got
to back off JJ McCarthy. Tampa, No Carolina, probably no.
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I mean, I don't think Bryce Young's been amazing. But
they are five and four and in the wild card hunt.
Pennix in Atlanta, New Orleans is interesting. But again, like
the Jets are drafting top five Seattle and now you're
in your own division Seattle. No. Rams, probably not. But
if Stafford walks away after the season and there's a
glaring hole, now I don't know that that fits. The
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McVeigh less sneed quarterback. They liked their quarterbacks, big armed
and big individuals, Goff and Stafford, So the Rams probably,
you know. And then the forty nine ers, you know,
they paid Purty, so there isn't a big market. And
I went through all the teams just for this reason.
I wouldn't be shocked if Arizona just said fit, we're
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just gonna cut him and swallow the dead caphit the
same way Russell Wilson was cut by the Broncos and
they swallowed the dead cap hit. And Matt Ryan was
cut and the dead cap pit was swallowed. It's not
as punitive as it once was. And I would I
would say, I don't know. I would go seventy five
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percent trade, twenty percent, cut five percent back in Arizona.
I just I don't see this marriage lasting much longer.
Let me quickly pivot to college basketball. You guys know
I love college hoops. Holy hell, was there two good
games in college basketball? So they started a season opposite
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Monday night football. Obviously not smart. But the good thing
is they had a couple games in Vegas, Arizona took
down the defending chimp Florida Gators. And I'm just telling
you this kid for Arizona. I had heard about him
in high school. Co O pete koa pea t my gosh.
I saw a little Benkaro in him, a little boozer,
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even a little Elton Brand not to go to duke heavy,
but he's just a menace around the basket. I mean,
this guy's got skills. He had thirty in his debut
thirty points, seven rebounds, five assists, three steals. I mean
he can do everything. Florida, by the way, won the
national championship and has a lot of guys back and
has veteran Biggs and Pete was just an animal inside.
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I mean, wow, Now I didn't see him shoot a three.
Box score has him not shooting at three, so maybe
there isn't that range which would limit him a little bit.
But I mean he looked like a slam dunk top
ten pick to me. In his UH College of Basketball debut,
the Nightcap featured Who's basically this kid and it's interesting.
(25:19):
He's a great story. I've read so much about him.
His name is A. J. Debanza, and he was like
this ballyhooed high school kid and you're like, how the
heck does he end up Brockton, Massachusetts? How does he
end up at BYU? Well, b Yu's got a really
good team. They're a legit Final four contender, and Debanza
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appears to have the chops to be like a top
three pick. He reminds me a little bit of Tracy McGrady,
not as three point happy, really wants to drive. He
had twenty one, six and three, and there was a
stretch where you know, Villanova got back, they took the lead,
and this guy just takes over. Debansa is just a
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He's a warrior. I like his game. I mean just
watching those two like it was a great night, the
two games of college basketball. Then you had the NFL,
then you had the Lakers. And by the way, the
Lakers game is now over. The Lakers were able to
take down Portland steal a win in Portland. Are the
Lakers now six and two? Oh my gosh, Lakers are
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six and two. Lebron has yet to play a game.
They didn't have Austin Reeves. Jake Loradia is becoming like
a folk hero in LA. But I didn't realize this
till my buddy texted me. This was a DeAndre eight
and revenge game. Remember Portland bought him out eight and
twenty nine and ten. Tell me he stinks he went
(26:43):
at clinging. Who else was I don't even really know
who was playing center for them? Yeah, Robert Williams, he
just ate those guys up. Awesome, awesome performance. I don't
know why. The Asian kid Yang Hansen, I don't know
why he's not playing. Has he played a game yet now? Yeah,
he's only really getting garbage time minutes. He's like a
preseason superstar for them, the seven foot guy, seven foot center.
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But overall, just a great win for the Lakers, and
I'll say this, I'm this Nick Smith kid. The Lakers
know how to find these gems. Charlotte cut him after
two years. He's twenty one years old. Hit twenty five
points in six assists, five of six from deep Brownie.
James played really good minutes. He had six assists in
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nineteen minutes. I'm just saying, like I know, Jason, you're
getting crazy as the Lakers stop with this la nonsense.
This team looks good. I mean Ruey, yeah, Austin Reeves,
Luca wait till they get Lebron back. Now. I know
the schedule has been favorable, but like this Nick Smith guy, man,
if he can contribute a little bit, you go go
(27:54):
look up some of his highlights and read about him
when he was in high school number one recruit in
the country. So, like clear, the skill set is there.
Now it's weird. In high school he was listed at
like six five or maybe it was at Arkansas. He's
now six to two. He did not shrink three inches.
They're just in flight heights. But the kids got some skills, man,
and they just unleashed him a little too much one
(28:16):
on one. But you need that guy. You need to
get a bucket guy sometimes while we're on the NBA.
Really nice game winner from Giannis. Bucks continue there winning ways.
Poor Pacers keep it in real guys, they will not
be going to the playoffs this year. I know it's
very early, but it's just I guess something happened to
(28:37):
my guy out of Arizona. Who's Ben Matherin? I don't
see him in the box score. Listen, you started losing
games as early I stopped paying attention. Also a team
to watch. Boston Celtics lose to Utah Celts only three
and five. It's basically the Jalen Brown Show. They're a
tough watch right now. My adoption, did Houston Rockets quietly
(29:02):
move to four and two. I've always chicken box scores
just because I love hoops, But like it's getting bleak
for Dallas. Two and five, No, A d Cooper flag
is just not ready to be a point guard. So
now they're putting Max Christy on the ball a lot more,
and he had a good game, but it's gonna be
it's gonna be a tough one for Dallas. I don't
know that they're a playoff team. I will say the
(29:24):
sneakiest best team that I've seen this season is the
Detroit Pistons because Cave Cunningham is just everywhere all the time,
and I like that guy a lot. I'm gonna save
John Morant for tomorrow. When Rob g comes back, we'll
chop it up. But it's John Moran situation is getting ugly.
Had more comments and we're negative. After the loss to Detroit,
(29:45):
I would say he's gonna get traded, but I don't
like Kyler Murray. I don't know what the market is.
All Right, we're back tomorrow. I'll talk to you then.
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