January 8, 2022 • 45 mins
LaVar Arrington, TJ Houshmandzadeh, and Plaxico Burress look at the biggest matchup of Week 18, as the Chargers and Raiders are facing in a game that determines who will make the postseason. The guys dive into Baker Mayfield's recent feud with the Cleveland media and look at ways the Browns could make a change at quarterback for next season. Plus, the guys make their picks for the biggest games of the week in Up On Game or Down On Game!
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you go check it out on the podcast. Uh man,
I gotta be honest that that's gotta be the best
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with up on Games. So make sure you check us
out on the podcast. Uh. Fellas you know, we we
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talked the whole first hour of Out a B. And
we're going into the final week of of the new
seventeen game season uh for the National Football League. And
even though COVID is trying to challenge things and make
things a little complicated again, it's hair we're here and
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and going into this weekend and this slate of games.
One game that jumps out and really really really has
some interesting implications to it is this Las Vegas uh
Las Vegas Raiders game and obviously uh them going up
against well, you know, the Chargers, and and this being
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a obviously a a big thing. What do we what
do we make of this? Like, what are you know
to two teams that are on the West coast to
a f C West teams? The Raiders have seemingly beat
all odds to be where they are right now. The
Charger seemed to be, uh kind of like a conundrum,
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like you can't really figure out what they are, but
we do know that Herbert is the real deal and
and this is a team that's talented enough to actually
be dangerous in the playoffs. Whoever wins, they're playing for
a playoffs spot. What do you how do you guys
see this playing out? Man? This when when you have
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a divisional opponent last came with a season for a
line for a spot in the tournament. It gets no
better than this. Just anticipation. How you prepare during the week,
you know what's on the line football during that week?
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I mean you focused, no distractions and you say how
you should have been like this all year, But every
game doesn't have this type of magnifying glass on it
with this type of meaning on it. Uh me personally
to talk about the game. I believe the Charges are
the better team that the Raiders, just what all they've
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been through over the course of the season. Just to
be in this position. You have to give Derek Carr
his props. He willed this team. Darren Waller, their best
receiving weapon has been out the last five weeks and
so what they've been able to accomplish has been nothing
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short of remarkable. But if the Chargers are playing the
way they play, that the Chargers should win this game.
I expect the Charges to win the game, but I
want to get a Raider's credit just for being in
this position. You lose your head coach, you had a tragedy,
what will happen with Henry Ruggs, and so that they
fought the battled, I mean they had a lot that
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that may be something for them to playful. Yeah the
Matt deal, right, Yeah, no doubt bought it. But just
like t J said in a think of you know, say, Jake,
I'm not the Charges are the better team. The Los
Angeles Charges on the better football team. UM. I think
Justin Herbert is a better quarterback in Derek car right now. Um,
he has better weapons on outside Keenan Allen and Mike Evans.
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But I think for if the Raiders, if the Raiders
want to have a chance to win this game. It's
gonna come down to two things. It's gonna be ken
Storm Norton the right tackle block Joey Boston and I
believe that's where the game's gonna come down to. And
I think Derwin James Jr. Is one of the most
underrated safeties and all the football be He's a top
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three player at that position. Uh, the Charges have the
best team. They should definitely win this game. And I
think I think this is the only time that this
had this this scenario has ever happened the NFL football.
If even if famth the Pittsburgh still is beat Baltimore,
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It's the crazy situation that I've ever seen as far
as the playoffs are concerned. If the if the Los Angeles,
if the Las Vegas Raiders and the Charges tied tomorrow,
the Charges and the Raiders get into the playoffs. Yeah,
and is unbelievable. Played first. It ain't gonna happen though,
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which they said, everybody was gonna take it. Whatever happened,
everybody's gonna take a knee. Yeah, but you know, both
both teams are playing to win, that is what they say.
But it's gonna almost be impossible for those teams to
both tie to get in, but are definitely taken the
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Los Angeles Charges to win this football game, and they
have the better football team. It is Mike Williams to
us us together on this team. We are a team
of teammates. You see how we have each other's backs.
Because some of y'all jump out there and be like, oh, plexica,
say Mike Evans. Yeah, it's Mike Williams, So screw you.
We we got each other and we'll be putting it
together all the time. You know exactly what he meant
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by I agree with both they receivers, we related to
each other six better. If you under six four better,
you're not considered a big receiver. And if you under
six two, you consider a small corner. You heard that
anything else. You're a small corner player, don't you? Was
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a running back to j you should just stay that
running back, bron. I'm just angry man. Hey, that was
an angry man. Hey. I was. I was watching something
Man the other day and they put a highlight up
of you, and my son was like, he's tass, So
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I started showing him your highlights. Here you called a touchdown.
There was showing some Ben Roethlisberger stuff and he was like,
is that who you do the show with? I was
like yeah. When I started showing him your highlights, he oh,
he's good on that at him like he was good.
Crew to crew. Crew, got them long colt legs, like
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them them legs that the smacking against each other because
he's so long and growing into it yet come from
but he can run that baby shortcam running. God. I'll
tell you what, It's gonna be interesting to see, uh
in years to come if your kids actually end up
being in a game like the one we're discussing right now,
where if they ball out, they're gonna be in that
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next round that they're gonna be in the tournament. I
think that when you think about the Chargers and what
they bring to the table, I really am. I am
really looking at this team. I would be blown away
but not surprised if if Vegas wins this game for
one for two. If Vegas does win this game, I
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now have to shift my attention to them the way
I've shifted my attention towards Philly. A lot of people
are sleeping on Philadelphia. I made the Bowl prediction. And
I know this sounds crazy. You might judge me on this. Um,
we will get the up on game, up on game,
down on game during this this this hour. But I
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think that Philly is gonna win their first round playoff game.
And and when I said that, people are like, well,
it's gonna be Tampa Bay. I believe that Philly is
going to win their first playoff game in the playoff
in the in the first round. I'm looking at these
two teams and I'm saying to myself, whoever comes out
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of this game, which I fully anticipate and expect it
to be the Chargers. But if for some strange reason,
Car gets on fire, he's one of the best in
the game when he's on. The problem with him is
he's not always on. He's not consistently on, and neither
is this team. But if they can put it together
on this game and then get their selves into the tournament,
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I don't look at them as a Super Bowl contender.
I don't think they come out of the as but
I think they're dangerous. I think that they're dangerous team.
Whichever team comes out of this game is a dangerous
team to send home. I'm telling you, I am telling yes,
I I do, I do, and and and listen. I
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would say the same thing about the NFC for any
team that's gonna be a team that sneaks into the
playoffs that isn't really considered to be a dominant team.
But with that being said, one, they have a defense
that travels with the Chargers. If I'm looking at the Raiders,
they have a defense that's good enough with the Raiders.
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They have a good enough defense with the Raiders, and
they can do some things. Now. I don't think they
have as obviously as much weapons as they need on
the outsides to be able to go deep into the playoffs,
but I think they're actually good enough to be able
to surprise some a team or so to get out
of that first round. So, looking at this game, I
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think that this is an opportunity. Here's two things I'm
looking at in terms of the quarterbacks and the teams.
This is an opportunity for both teams to take a
ginormous step forward for their franchises. If you think about it,
Gets gets the can and leaves. Both of these teams
both have new head coaches and one has an inning
room head coach. So looking at where they're at right now,
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they can take a huge step forward. If I'm the
quarterback and I'm looking at this situation, everybody be hating
on car. Everybody hates on car. Nobody knows how to
really A lot of people don't really know how to
appreciate how good the dude is as a player. I
think people find themselves really looking. I don't think any.
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I don't think any just off the off the top
of my head, people well because I think that I
think he plays well. I think he plays well. I
think where people try to place him in terms of
how they look at good quarterbacks versus not good quarterbacks,
or where franchise quarterbacks are, I don't think that they
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have him high enough on the list of really really
good quarterbacks. I think he falls a little bit below
that line, and I don't I think he belongs in
the good like a really I would say about I
think I would say this about their Car. I think
it's a good quarterback. I think he's an even better
quarterback on a on a on a better, better team,
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like a Matthew Stafford. But just unfortunately for him, he's
just playing in He's playing in Vegas with the Raiders,
and defensively they just really can't get off the football
feeling and stop anybody. He has one of the best
tight ends in in in all the football and Mike
Renfroze and he's he's nine catches from breaking a single
seven single season record receptions. Mike, Hey, look look though,
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But then on the other side of it, if you
look at at at Herbert, he has an opportunity in
the young part of his career. This is a moment
that could define him being able to get a m
v P bed for the next season or the season after. Absolutely,
it's super big. They're super big implications. Somebody's quarterback quarterbacks
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in the league. Man, it's just her is what is
a top five quarterback in football right now? Wait? Wait
wait wait wait wait wait wait wait name him? Oh,
here we go, because why we gotta do this every
time with you? Because I just thought it was no
question that Joe Burrow was top five. Because if Herbert
top five, so I would say I would say, I
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would say, just on Herbert, it's five. Who are we
taking out wrestlest He's not in the top five. Some
people say he's top five. Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady Patrick Mahomes.
Now there's two spots left, so it's going to Burrow
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burrow four and I'll take just to her. But five,
So Accent isn't in the top five. He is not.
He is not in the top five quarterback convers Wilson
isn't He is not in the top quarter five quarterbacks
in a conversation who else is? And Rogers Tom, Josh,
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I'm taking Josh Allen over. I'm taking Josh Allen over.
I'm not. I'm not taking Josh Allen over Herbert or Burn. Oh. No, absolutely, absolutely, man,
that's tough man, because Josh Josh Allen is nice. His
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his game fits the city of Buffalo with with with
his playing style and the and the weapons that he
has in that offense. Is he a pure about passy No,
Colin Noords is not in the top five quotaback conversation,
No way, all right, all right, here's what wasn't even
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a pro bowler plex That's right. We're not gonna best.
We're not gonna do our best stuff less until we
get to the off season. So let's let's save this conversation.
Let's table let's back burner. But you know what, we
will talk about. Is Baker Mayfield and what Baker Mayfield's
got going on with the Cleveland media. As Baker versus
the Cleveland media, Who's right, who's wrong, who's on top,
(16:30):
who's on the bottom. Could get real nasty. I don't
know what I just said. Just make sure you stay
safe while you're doing that. It's up on game. That's
t J. Husband's out of plexic coburs. I'm lafar Arrington.
We're gonna take a quick break. But on the other
side of it, you heard what I said, It's gonna
get real, real, real nasty. Whose side are you on,
Baker's or the media? Uh, We'll be right back five
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East nine CD where I'm from, you know, back Withdom Boys,
Bone Thugs by the Thuggas, Ruggish Bone they came from,
you know that that area right there. Uh. I just
I gotta say there has been some very very um
if you're a Cleveland fan, uh, just disturbing developments. As
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we go into this final week of of the season.
Baker will not be playing in the final game. Baker
is a media lead getting that that surgery on the
shoulder to get himself repaired. UH. One of the major
discussion points has been why not finish the season? What's
one week to to getting a surgical procedure and the
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healing process. UM. Things have been stated if things don't change,
that that Baker may want to request the trade. Baker
is saying that those reports are untrue. The source of
of the the article is a person that is a
trusted media uh, person that that is a Beat reporter.
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I'll start here and I'll say this, if you're dealing
with a Beat reporter in your locker room, I have
never met met a Beat reporter that would ever falsify
what it is that they're getting from from the players
in that locker room. For the simple fact that if
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you burn yourself, if you burn yourself in that locker room,
you will never be able to get uh, You'll never
be able to get interviews again, You'll never be able
to get one on one time, and it quite frankly
becomes a very uncomfortable situation for that reporter to be
in the locker room. So I'm just wondering with everything
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that has taken place, UM, what do you guys, what's
your guys take on Baker Mayfield coming out saying I'm
not the media's puppet, and you know, it's almost like
they're trying to destroy his reputation uh in Cleveland and
turn this into something that he didn't want it to become. Uh.
Are y'all buying this or is there truth to it?
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Because in years past, the the reporter in question has
always been one who has put out good, stand up,
bang bang up uh stories about Baker Mayfield in a
very very flattering manner, and now surprisingly Baker comes out
and is, uh, well kind of upset about it. Uh, Dude, Ryan,
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do we have any sound on Baker? I know, I asked,
but do we do we have sound on Baker? He
didn't specifically address it to the media, but I can
read what his tweet was in response to mar tweet.
What what's the tweet? Because originally Mary Kay Cabots said
Baker Mayfield must resolve his differences with Kevin Stefanski soon
in case they need to coexist next season, and she
links her article on the matter. Baker then quote tweeted
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that saying clickbait. You and many other Cleveland local media
continue to be drama stirring reporters with no sources or facts.
Don't put words in my mouth so you can put
food on your table. I'm not your puppet. How y'all
feel about that, don't make me. I mean, for one,
it's off season or soon to beat off season for
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bakerst off seasons because he's not He won't be playing
this weekend. The Cleveland Browns had a disappointing season. That's
an understatement. People expected them to contend for the super Bowl.
They're not even in the playoffs. And a lot of
that falls on Baker Mayfield because the quarterbacks, they get
a ton of credit when things go well, probably more
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than they deserve, and so you're gonna take more of
the blame than you deserve when things don't go well.
I mean, the defense played fantastic for the most part. Offensively,
Baker and those guys they didn't get it done. And
he was the first pick of the draft. When you're
the first pick of the draft, you're going to be
under a microscope. That's just what it is. And he's
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always been snappy and wanting to go at people because
of his chip on the shoulder. But bro, you were
the first pick of the draft. What chip you have
on your shoulder when you drafted number one man? Not
to where you need to be acting like this towards people.
You didn't play well on up to it. Don't give
me I was hurt. Every body's hurt. Everybody's hurting, like, oh,
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you know, I wasn't at a hundred. Nobody's out a percent.
You didn't play well because he was injured. He was injured,
He didn't play up to expectations. The team didn't reach
their expectations. And in our society, in the world of sports,
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it's who's the reason why? There's always has to be
someone or a group of people, why why didn't they
do that? Why didn't we had it? And so in
the world of football, for the most part, it falls
on the quarterback, especially when you're the first pick of
the draft, especially after you played the way you played
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last year and you beat Pitchburg in the playoffs. Coming
into this season, you had all this hype and these
expectations and you failed to reach them. It comes as
part of the territory and you just gotta live with it.
You know what I think for me, and I think
what Baker is realizing about himself. And as a football
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player and being franchise quarterback for this organization. I just
think that the writings on the wall, and we've had
this conversation over and over again about where he stands
as far as being an elite quarterback and this and
in this business and and compared to the guys that
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he was drafted that was that was in his draft,
Labar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes and those other guys, And
he's like years away from where they are right right
now as falls up from a talent standpoint stands right now,
But he's just not the franchise quarterback that the organization
thought it was gonna be. And you know what, I
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think he's looking in the mirror and he's saying to
himself that, you know what, I'm not as good as
I thought I was. I think that's what's happening with
Baker Mayfield. He's getting chippy. He has rabbit ears, and
he's listening to every everything that everybody is saying, which
is which, which can be a demise for any professional
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athlete if you start to listen with everybody's saying on
the outside, listen. I went to the game last weekend
and I watched him in person for the first time.
He had four completions in the first half fifty eight yards.
He went sixteen for thirty eight and he had like
five football's battered down. I think, what's happening now with
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you know, these these shorter quarterbacks that are coming into
the league, to Colin Murray's and and Baker Mayfield and
you know all this. I think what I what I've
seen and what I watched last weekend is I watched
Pittsburgh and t J. Watt, and you know, all those
guys they are playing the quarterback scramble on the way
to the quarterback. When I'm saying that they are keeping
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these smaller guys in the pocket and making them throw
for trees. Because when the Colin Murrays and the Baker
Mayfields get outside of the pocket, they're they're they're highly efficient.
But if you keep those guys in the pocket, I
can almost guarantee you that Colin Murray and Baker Mayfield
probably had the most bad at balls in in the
last two seasons because they can't see over those guys.
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And for me watching Baker in person, you know, he
only has one ball and it's a fast ball. If
you're five yards away from him. You know, it got
mustard on it. It's bouncing off a guy's hands, and
it's going in the secondary. They're picking it off and
all those things. He's not that kryd of quarterback with
the accuracy to throw guys open. You know, he has
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that laser that fastball that you know if he puts
it right on guys. He doesn't have those touch throws
that you need to make over you know, lineman defensive linement,
jumping up, trying to back the ball down or or
things like that. He doesn't have that for nessing those
those touch throws that you know that that a Ben
has or maybe you know, uh, you know um Tom
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Brady where they can just float it over guys and
in different situations. He has one ball as a fastball
and planning in the NFL, that's not gonna get it
because you have to be accurate to the point to
where you know you can place the ball anywhere you
want to at any time and throw guys open. And
for me just watching them, that's what I noticed, and
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and and just just sat him playing in person for
the first time. But he's not the guy that Cleveland
thought that they drafted, and he's looking into the mirror
and saying to himself, you know what I am not
as a good as a football player. That I even
thought out was let me get y'all some names. Ben Roethlisberger, Uh,
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Matt Ryan. Uh there there there. There are a few
few names out there Russell Russell, Wilson and Aaron Rodgers
and Deshaun Watson will be tradeable possibly after this season nowhere.
But then you start to look at if already said that,
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you start to look at the free agents that are
going to be available out there. Andy Dalton will be available,
uh uh, Trabinsky will be available on the free agency market.
There's not one quarterback. See the thing about it is,
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it's it's like process of elimination. Unless you're going to
get one of those three off the top Rogers uh uh,
Wilson or or Watson. The rest of the field is
not an upgrade. It is at best a lateral movement
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to bring in a different quarterback. So to talk about
where where Baker Mayfield is skill wise and talent wise,
really it doesn't matter unless you believe that karral or
or Hitchens uh is a Hitchens picket pick. It from
from Pitt are going to be guys that can actually
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be upgrades in the future. Listen, man, the Cleveland Browns,
they have a roster that's ready to win. Now. Now,
you you can't draft a Ricky and unless you can
get those first three guys that Luval Mitchick. So there
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is an upgrade. Who the guys that Okay, I'm gonna
tell you this. It looks like you remember Stefanski? When
do you have his best year prior to come to Cleveland?
His best year Kevis Stefanski, he had his best year
in Minnesota? Who was the quarterback in Minnesota? Kirk Cousins
and that offense, Kirk Cousins and that off offense is
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a better player than Baker Mayfield. He's He's proven. Kirk
Cousins makes thirty million. Now do the Cleveland Browns want
to pay that? Well, Minnesota be willing to take on
Baker and nineteen. That's a huge different. So you're saying
Kirk Cousins is an upgrade from Baker Mayfield and that offense. Absolutely,
in that offense, with that run game, that defense, that
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offensive line. Absolutely, he's proven. I can't go out there
with y'all on that plank. I can't walk that plank
with Kirk as a state guy. He's a Michigan State dog.
I love the death, but you know, I think they're
right plexical on the same line. Plexical. Look at the
track record that is not that is not a what
(31:46):
you can look at and be positive to yourself as
a general manager and the head coach and say, you
know what, Kirk Cousins is a definite one upgrade from
Baker Mayfield. You cannot say that. You know. Lets you
look if you look at his track and that's that
(32:06):
he comes in and plays better than Baker Mayfield. You
look at the bass with him in Minnesota and you said,
if he had what we have in Cleveland, would he
would we be doing better as a team. If Kirk
Cousins was a quarterback of the Cleveland Browns, would they
be better as a team? Would they be in the playoffs?
You know? You know what I say? Hey, if I
would have played in the Dome? Is I re see?
I would have had more yards too? And how to
(32:27):
played in Pittsburgh, I would have been a Hall of
Famer if I would have played in the Dome and
I would have had more yards. You can't say that.
You can't say that. You gotta deal with the situation
that you every everything is based on um hypotheticals. Everything
we do is based on if this, if that. But
don't sit there and tell me that hypothetically that Kirk
Cousins is a definite upgrade from Baker is not listening
(32:52):
to this. He's sitting there quietly saying, I sure would
when you get the talking d Shaun Wahson and Rogers,
those guys, those are definite upgrades from Baker. Oh yeah, yeah,
those are like not even not even that's what we're
talking about. We're not talking about rolling the dice. Come
on seven with your okay, you know what rolling the
(33:14):
dice is saying, Okay, let's get Mitchell Jobisky over Baker.
That's rolling the dice, the dice. That's that's your left,
your job. Let's take that's taking all mete. Mitchell Robinsky
has been in more playoff appearances than Baker Mayfield. But
it's it's not rolling the dice. Though. Yeah, okay, Whiskey
(33:37):
is not better than Baker Mayfield. But I'll tell you
he's going off of stats because I'm gonna tell you
I'm gonna tell you it's better. I'm gonna tell you
who's better to you. You're all ready didn't know who's better.
This is even better, This is even better. You're already
Isaac Loewen crowed, that's why, come on, we'll actually start
(34:05):
fellows with the Cleveland Browns. Today, they put cornerback Denzel
Ward on the COVID list, so he will not play
tomorrow against the Bengals. The Browns also activated running back
to Artist Johnson from the COVID list. The Steelers put
receiver James Washington on the COVID list, but they also
activated cornerback Joe Hayden and center Kendrick Green from the
COVID list. Steelers can clinch a playoff berth with a
(34:27):
win over the Ravens, a lost by the Colts, and
the Chargers Raiders game not ending in a tie. The
Indianapolis Colts activated receiver Paris Campbell from injured reserve. They
will face the Jaguars tomorrow. The Colts can clinch a
playoff birth with a win or a tie. Jeremy Fowler
reports the Carolina Panthers are planning to keep head coach
Matt Rule for the two season and finally Fellows, the
(34:51):
NBA today has fined New York Knicks forward Julius Randall
twenty five thousand dollars four and I quote the egregious
use the egregious use of profane language during media interviews unquote,
on two separate occasions this past week. This, of course,
(35:11):
as you mentioned, stemming from Randall giving a thumbs down
gesture to Knicks fans at Madison Square Garden, a gesture
that he said meant for them to st f you,
which in this instance did not stand for salutations these
fans unbelievable, not to you. I know what that I
(35:31):
know what that acronyn comes out to. This is New
York City ball. It is New York and skin. If
you want to come up me and perform good or bad,
that is true. Stop listening to with everybody's saying even
though you're in the basketball you got thirty people with
thousand people booing. That's maybe with a different situation, but
hey man, I've been booed. Yeah, don't worry about your fans.
(35:57):
Go out and perform. Yeah, all right, well there you go.
You got that from Plexico birth stretched on throwing himself.
You got Pantine man right there flanking the shoulder, uh
with with good hair. Get that man a pantine deal
or some type of sels in blue or head and shoulders. Uh,
something like that man with this hypothetical quarterback. You know what,
(36:23):
if we'll your head, we're gonna slide right offously at
that thing. You better get some ice cas what gave
and listen. On the other side of this break, I'm
gonna continue my dominant run against the two of you
and some up on game down on game. You're listening
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welcome back, get to the show. Welcome back to the show. Loco, loco, loco.
I'm just going to stall the entire segment so that
we don't have to read off, what are we, LaVar,
what are we? What are we doing right now? What
are we doing right? What are we doing? None? For
some picks? Are you up on games? And let's break
(38:40):
the shop's up down on Yeah? Alright, alright, let's go down.
Let's talk about who's been up on game? Go ahead
and so yeah, last week for your game picks, U LaVar,
you went one into t J. You also went one
in two tacks. You went oh and three on the game,
(39:00):
so I was ahead on that one. We were tired.
There were three over unders on the totals along with
two player props, LaVar, you didn't get any of them.
I was due four down weeks. Yes, yeah, t J,
you went four and one on your total propsacal with
three and two on the totals, but the two that
(39:21):
you missed were the two player props of Blind Squirrel
finds Acorn. Come all right, we're gonna look at the
biggest games in the next couple of days. Here you
guys were talking about it earlier. Chargers at Raiders. The
Chargers are favored minus three here over under a forty
nine LaVar will start with you. Chargers will cover that,
(39:42):
they will win, they will cover that and the forty
nine points. I think I'm gonna take the over on that.
I'm going with the Los Angeles Superchargers to cover and
I'm also taking over bad defenses lots of points. Let mean, well,
you know what, I'm gonna take the Raiders and I'm
(40:03):
gonna take the over into points. I'm not going. I'm
not going with those guys. I'm just not gonna. We
don't want you to come. I'm just not gonna do it, alright,
all right now, looking even more at this game here,
so Justin Herbert and Derek Carr are both at for
passing yardage. Their total is set at to seventy five
and a half. So I'm gonna ask you, starting with you,
(40:25):
t J, simply who has more passing yards in this game?
Justin Herbert or Derek Carr? And is that over or
under the too seventy five and a half. Justin Herbert
will throw for over three bills. So I'm going with that.
I concur absolutely, Justin Herbert, we went over three hundred
yards tomorrow. Yeah, I concur with that. You want to
be with us. I don't want to be with you.
(40:48):
I'm just with I'm just with the defense. Guys want
to go to touchdowns too. I'm with the right I'm
with the right decision making here. That's all. You just
happened to fall on that side of it. What you
got now? Looking at the Steelers at the Ravens, Ravens
are favored minus three and a half over under his
forty one. Both of these teams have a shot at
the postseason. There are a couple of different things that
(41:08):
need to happen, but plaques will start with you. Steelers
at Ravens Ravens minus three and a half over under
forty one. I am taking the steel As minus three
and a half. I'm going with my brother. He's going
out with the win against the arch rivals to Baltimore Ravens.
But I am also going under the points. I'm gonna
(41:31):
take the Baltimore Ravens. I'm also going to take the under.
Big Bend had his Swan song um last home game
in heins felt he wins it. I don't know if
he'll go out with two wins and a Ro'm taking
the Baltimore Ravens and under. Yeah, I think the running
attack is going to be west key for the Steelers.
(41:54):
I don't think that they're gonna be able to run
the ball against the Ravens. I too, will take the points.
Uh well, excuse me. I will take the Ravens and
and they won't cover. They will not cover, So that
means you're not taking the Ravens. I am taking the
Ravens every week, every week, all right, So the Ravens
(42:15):
will win, but they will not win by more than
three points until you're taking the Steelers. Okay, whatever, whatever,
you have to do. This on the total, on the
total I'm taking, I'm taking. Uh, I'll take it the
under alright, perfect. So last one here, we're gonna do
(42:37):
the college football championship game. This is Georgia versus Alabama.
Georgia is favorite minus two and a half over under
is fifty two. Uh plaques, We'll We'll start with you
on this one. Hey, listen, I gotta go with the
old the old ball coach Nick Sabin plus two and
a half. Georgia had probably of the best defence the
(43:00):
lines I've ever seen in college football. But with that
being said, I'm going with Alabama. My my number one
guy that wide receiver Jamison. He's a ceedee Lamb of
college football. I'm taking Bama everything, Bama, Bama, Obama, Obama, Bama.
If it's in favor of Obama, take Obama. T J
(43:21):
is the lone wolf over here. I'm going with the
Georgia Bulldogs and I'm taking over Bama. Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama.
That I come out on top Bama. That's all I'm
gonna tell you, Obama. Guess what, Guess what else is
I'm taking. I'm taking the time to listen to Joey
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(02:58):
talked the whole first hour of Out a B. And
we're going into the final week of of the new
seventeen game season uh for the National Football League. And
even though COVID is trying to challenge things and make
things a little complicated again, it's hair we're here and
(03:18):
and going into this weekend and this slate of games.
One game that jumps out and really really really has
some interesting implications to it is this Las Vegas uh
Las Vegas Raiders game and obviously uh them going up
against well, you know, the Chargers, and and this being
(03:42):
a obviously a a big thing. What do we what
do we make of this? Like, what are you know
to two teams that are on the West coast to
a f C West teams? The Raiders have seemingly beat
all odds to be where they are right now. The
Charger seemed to be, uh kind of like a conundrum,
(04:04):
like you can't really figure out what they are, but
we do know that Herbert is the real deal and
and this is a team that's talented enough to actually
be dangerous in the playoffs. Whoever wins, they're playing for
a playoffs spot. What do you how do you guys
see this playing out? Man? This when when you have
(04:27):
a divisional opponent last came with a season for a
line for a spot in the tournament. It gets no
better than this. Just anticipation. How you prepare during the week,
you know what's on the line football during that week?
(04:47):
I mean you focused, no distractions and you say how
you should have been like this all year, But every
game doesn't have this type of magnifying glass on it
with this type of meaning on it. Uh me personally
to talk about the game. I believe the Charges are
the better team that the Raiders, just what all they've
(05:09):
been through over the course of the season. Just to
be in this position. You have to give Derek Carr
his props. He willed this team. Darren Waller, their best
receiving weapon has been out the last five weeks and
so what they've been able to accomplish has been nothing
(05:30):
short of remarkable. But if the Chargers are playing the
way they play, that the Chargers should win this game.
I expect the Charges to win the game, but I
want to get a Raider's credit just for being in
this position. You lose your head coach, you had a tragedy,
what will happen with Henry Ruggs, and so that they
fought the battled, I mean they had a lot that
(05:53):
that may be something for them to playful. Yeah the
Matt deal, right, Yeah, no doubt bought it. But just
like t J said in a think of you know, say, Jake,
I'm not the Charges are the better team. The Los
Angeles Charges on the better football team. UM. I think
Justin Herbert is a better quarterback in Derek car right now. Um,
he has better weapons on outside Keenan Allen and Mike Evans.
(06:16):
But I think for if the Raiders, if the Raiders
want to have a chance to win this game. It's
gonna come down to two things. It's gonna be ken
Storm Norton the right tackle block Joey Boston and I
believe that's where the game's gonna come down to. And
I think Derwin James Jr. Is one of the most
underrated safeties and all the football be He's a top
(06:38):
three player at that position. Uh, the Charges have the
best team. They should definitely win this game. And I
think I think this is the only time that this
had this this scenario has ever happened the NFL football.
If even if famth the Pittsburgh still is beat Baltimore,
(06:59):
It's the crazy situation that I've ever seen as far
as the playoffs are concerned. If the if the Los Angeles,
if the Las Vegas Raiders and the Charges tied tomorrow,
the Charges and the Raiders get into the playoffs. Yeah,
and is unbelievable. Played first. It ain't gonna happen though,
(07:21):
which they said, everybody was gonna take it. Whatever happened,
everybody's gonna take a knee. Yeah, but you know, both
both teams are playing to win, that is what they say.
But it's gonna almost be impossible for those teams to
both tie to get in, but are definitely taken the
(07:43):
Los Angeles Charges to win this football game, and they
have the better football team. It is Mike Williams to
us us together on this team. We are a team
of teammates. You see how we have each other's backs.
Because some of y'all jump out there and be like, oh, plexica,
say Mike Evans. Yeah, it's Mike Williams, So screw you.
We we got each other and we'll be putting it
together all the time. You know exactly what he meant
(08:04):
by I agree with both they receivers, we related to
each other six better. If you under six four better,
you're not considered a big receiver. And if you under
six two, you consider a small corner. You heard that
anything else. You're a small corner player, don't you? Was
(08:26):
a running back to j you should just stay that
running back, bron. I'm just angry man. Hey, that was
an angry man. Hey. I was. I was watching something
Man the other day and they put a highlight up
of you, and my son was like, he's tass, So
(08:46):
I started showing him your highlights. Here you called a touchdown.
There was showing some Ben Roethlisberger stuff and he was like,
is that who you do the show with? I was
like yeah. When I started showing him your highlights, he oh,
he's good on that at him like he was good.
Crew to crew. Crew, got them long colt legs, like
(09:09):
them them legs that the smacking against each other because
he's so long and growing into it yet come from
but he can run that baby shortcam running. God. I'll
tell you what, It's gonna be interesting to see, uh
in years to come if your kids actually end up
being in a game like the one we're discussing right now,
where if they ball out, they're gonna be in that
(09:30):
next round that they're gonna be in the tournament. I
think that when you think about the Chargers and what
they bring to the table, I really am. I am
really looking at this team. I would be blown away
but not surprised if if Vegas wins this game for
one for two. If Vegas does win this game, I
(09:50):
now have to shift my attention to them the way
I've shifted my attention towards Philly. A lot of people
are sleeping on Philadelphia. I made the Bowl prediction. And
I know this sounds crazy. You might judge me on this. Um,
we will get the up on game, up on game,
down on game during this this this hour. But I
(10:10):
think that Philly is gonna win their first round playoff game.
And and when I said that, people are like, well,
it's gonna be Tampa Bay. I believe that Philly is
going to win their first playoff game in the playoff
in the in the first round. I'm looking at these
two teams and I'm saying to myself, whoever comes out
(10:32):
of this game, which I fully anticipate and expect it
to be the Chargers. But if for some strange reason,
Car gets on fire, he's one of the best in
the game when he's on. The problem with him is
he's not always on. He's not consistently on, and neither
is this team. But if they can put it together
on this game and then get their selves into the tournament,
(10:55):
I don't look at them as a Super Bowl contender.
I don't think they come out of the as but
I think they're dangerous. I think that they're dangerous team.
Whichever team comes out of this game is a dangerous
team to send home. I'm telling you, I am telling yes,
I I do, I do, and and and listen. I
(11:16):
would say the same thing about the NFC for any
team that's gonna be a team that sneaks into the
playoffs that isn't really considered to be a dominant team.
But with that being said, one, they have a defense
that travels with the Chargers. If I'm looking at the Raiders,
they have a defense that's good enough with the Raiders.
(11:38):
They have a good enough defense with the Raiders, and
they can do some things. Now. I don't think they
have as obviously as much weapons as they need on
the outsides to be able to go deep into the playoffs,
but I think they're actually good enough to be able
to surprise some a team or so to get out
of that first round. So, looking at this game, I
(12:00):
think that this is an opportunity. Here's two things I'm
looking at in terms of the quarterbacks and the teams.
This is an opportunity for both teams to take a
ginormous step forward for their franchises. If you think about it,
Gets gets the can and leaves. Both of these teams
both have new head coaches and one has an inning
room head coach. So looking at where they're at right now,
(12:22):
they can take a huge step forward. If I'm the
quarterback and I'm looking at this situation, everybody be hating
on car. Everybody hates on car. Nobody knows how to
really A lot of people don't really know how to
appreciate how good the dude is as a player. I
think people find themselves really looking. I don't think any.
(12:44):
I don't think any just off the off the top
of my head, people well because I think that I
think he plays well. I think he plays well. I
think where people try to place him in terms of
how they look at good quarterbacks versus not good quarterbacks,
or where franchise quarterbacks are, I don't think that they
(13:05):
have him high enough on the list of really really
good quarterbacks. I think he falls a little bit below
that line, and I don't I think he belongs in
the good like a really I would say about I
think I would say this about their Car. I think
it's a good quarterback. I think he's an even better
quarterback on a on a on a better, better team,
(13:25):
like a Matthew Stafford. But just unfortunately for him, he's
just playing in He's playing in Vegas with the Raiders,
and defensively they just really can't get off the football
feeling and stop anybody. He has one of the best
tight ends in in in all the football and Mike
Renfroze and he's he's nine catches from breaking a single
seven single season record receptions. Mike, Hey, look look though,
(13:52):
But then on the other side of it, if you
look at at at Herbert, he has an opportunity in
the young part of his career. This is a moment
that could define him being able to get a m
v P bed for the next season or the season after. Absolutely,
it's super big. They're super big implications. Somebody's quarterback quarterbacks
(14:12):
in the league. Man, it's just her is what is
a top five quarterback in football right now? Wait? Wait
wait wait wait wait wait wait wait name him? Oh,
here we go, because why we gotta do this every
time with you? Because I just thought it was no
question that Joe Burrow was top five. Because if Herbert
top five, so I would say I would say, I
(14:35):
would say, just on Herbert, it's five. Who are we
taking out wrestlest He's not in the top five. Some
people say he's top five. Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady Patrick Mahomes.
Now there's two spots left, so it's going to Burrow
(14:56):
burrow four and I'll take just to her. But five,
So Accent isn't in the top five. He is not.
He is not in the top five quarterback convers Wilson
isn't He is not in the top quarter five quarterbacks
in a conversation who else is? And Rogers Tom, Josh,
(15:17):
I'm taking Josh Allen over. I'm taking Josh Allen over.
I'm not. I'm not taking Josh Allen over Herbert or Burn. Oh. No, absolutely, absolutely, man,
that's tough man, because Josh Josh Allen is nice. His
(15:44):
his game fits the city of Buffalo with with with
his playing style and the and the weapons that he
has in that offense. Is he a pure about passy No,
Colin Noords is not in the top five quotaback conversation,
No way, all right, all right, here's what wasn't even
(16:07):
a pro bowler plex That's right. We're not gonna best.
We're not gonna do our best stuff less until we
get to the off season. So let's let's save this conversation.
Let's table let's back burner. But you know what, we
will talk about. Is Baker Mayfield and what Baker Mayfield's
got going on with the Cleveland media. As Baker versus
the Cleveland media, Who's right, who's wrong, who's on top,
(16:30):
who's on the bottom. Could get real nasty. I don't
know what I just said. Just make sure you stay
safe while you're doing that. It's up on game. That's
t J. Husband's out of plexic coburs. I'm lafar Arrington.
We're gonna take a quick break. But on the other
side of it, you heard what I said, It's gonna
get real, real, real nasty. Whose side are you on,
Baker's or the media? Uh, We'll be right back five
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East nine CD where I'm from, you know, back Withdom Boys,
Bone Thugs by the Thuggas, Ruggish Bone they came from,
you know that that area right there. Uh. I just
I gotta say there has been some very very um
if you're a Cleveland fan, uh, just disturbing developments. As
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we go into this final week of of the season.
Baker will not be playing in the final game. Baker
is a media lead getting that that surgery on the
shoulder to get himself repaired. UH. One of the major
discussion points has been why not finish the season? What's
one week to to getting a surgical procedure and the
(20:15):
healing process. UM. Things have been stated if things don't change,
that that Baker may want to request the trade. Baker
is saying that those reports are untrue. The source of
of the the article is a person that is a
trusted media uh, person that that is a Beat reporter.
(20:37):
I'll start here and I'll say this, if you're dealing
with a Beat reporter in your locker room, I have
never met met a Beat reporter that would ever falsify
what it is that they're getting from from the players
in that locker room. For the simple fact that if
(20:59):
you burn yourself, if you burn yourself in that locker room,
you will never be able to get uh, You'll never
be able to get interviews again, You'll never be able
to get one on one time, and it quite frankly
becomes a very uncomfortable situation for that reporter to be
in the locker room. So I'm just wondering with everything
(21:20):
that has taken place, UM, what do you guys, what's
your guys take on Baker Mayfield coming out saying I'm
not the media's puppet, and you know, it's almost like
they're trying to destroy his reputation uh in Cleveland and
turn this into something that he didn't want it to become. Uh.
Are y'all buying this or is there truth to it?
(21:43):
Because in years past, the the reporter in question has
always been one who has put out good, stand up,
bang bang up uh stories about Baker Mayfield in a
very very flattering manner, and now surprisingly Baker comes out
and is, uh, well kind of upset about it. Uh, Dude, Ryan,
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do we have any sound on Baker? I know, I asked,
but do we do we have sound on Baker? He
didn't specifically address it to the media, but I can
read what his tweet was in response to mar tweet.
What what's the tweet? Because originally Mary Kay Cabots said
Baker Mayfield must resolve his differences with Kevin Stefanski soon
in case they need to coexist next season, and she
links her article on the matter. Baker then quote tweeted
(22:31):
that saying clickbait. You and many other Cleveland local media
continue to be drama stirring reporters with no sources or facts.
Don't put words in my mouth so you can put
food on your table. I'm not your puppet. How y'all
feel about that, don't make me. I mean, for one,
it's off season or soon to beat off season for
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bakerst off seasons because he's not He won't be playing
this weekend. The Cleveland Browns had a disappointing season. That's
an understatement. People expected them to contend for the super Bowl.
They're not even in the playoffs. And a lot of
that falls on Baker Mayfield because the quarterbacks, they get
a ton of credit when things go well, probably more
(23:17):
than they deserve, and so you're gonna take more of
the blame than you deserve when things don't go well.
I mean, the defense played fantastic for the most part. Offensively,
Baker and those guys they didn't get it done. And
he was the first pick of the draft. When you're
the first pick of the draft, you're going to be
under a microscope. That's just what it is. And he's
(23:40):
always been snappy and wanting to go at people because
of his chip on the shoulder. But bro, you were
the first pick of the draft. What chip you have
on your shoulder when you drafted number one man? Not
to where you need to be acting like this towards people.
You didn't play well on up to it. Don't give
me I was hurt. Every body's hurt. Everybody's hurting, like, oh,
(24:04):
you know, I wasn't at a hundred. Nobody's out a percent.
You didn't play well because he was injured. He was injured,
He didn't play up to expectations. The team didn't reach
their expectations. And in our society, in the world of sports,
(24:27):
it's who's the reason why? There's always has to be
someone or a group of people, why why didn't they
do that? Why didn't we had it? And so in
the world of football, for the most part, it falls
on the quarterback, especially when you're the first pick of
the draft, especially after you played the way you played
(24:49):
last year and you beat Pitchburg in the playoffs. Coming
into this season, you had all this hype and these
expectations and you failed to reach them. It comes as
part of the territory and you just gotta live with it.
You know what I think for me, and I think
what Baker is realizing about himself. And as a football
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player and being franchise quarterback for this organization. I just
think that the writings on the wall, and we've had
this conversation over and over again about where he stands
as far as being an elite quarterback and this and
in this business and and compared to the guys that
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he was drafted that was that was in his draft,
Labar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes and those other guys, And
he's like years away from where they are right right
now as falls up from a talent standpoint stands right now,
But he's just not the franchise quarterback that the organization
thought it was gonna be. And you know what, I
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think he's looking in the mirror and he's saying to
himself that, you know what, I'm not as good as
I thought I was. I think that's what's happening with
Baker Mayfield. He's getting chippy. He has rabbit ears, and
he's listening to every everything that everybody is saying, which
is which, which can be a demise for any professional
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athlete if you start to listen with everybody's saying on
the outside, listen. I went to the game last weekend
and I watched him in person for the first time.
He had four completions in the first half fifty eight yards.
He went sixteen for thirty eight and he had like
five football's battered down. I think, what's happening now with
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you know, these these shorter quarterbacks that are coming into
the league, to Colin Murray's and and Baker Mayfield and
you know all this. I think what I what I've
seen and what I watched last weekend is I watched
Pittsburgh and t J. Watt, and you know, all those
guys they are playing the quarterback scramble on the way
to the quarterback. When I'm saying that they are keeping
(26:57):
these smaller guys in the pocket and making them throw
for trees. Because when the Colin Murrays and the Baker
Mayfields get outside of the pocket, they're they're they're highly efficient.
But if you keep those guys in the pocket, I
can almost guarantee you that Colin Murray and Baker Mayfield
probably had the most bad at balls in in the
last two seasons because they can't see over those guys.
(27:18):
And for me watching Baker in person, you know, he
only has one ball and it's a fast ball. If
you're five yards away from him. You know, it got
mustard on it. It's bouncing off a guy's hands, and
it's going in the secondary. They're picking it off and
all those things. He's not that kryd of quarterback with
the accuracy to throw guys open. You know, he has
(27:41):
that laser that fastball that you know if he puts
it right on guys. He doesn't have those touch throws
that you need to make over you know, lineman defensive linement,
jumping up, trying to back the ball down or or
things like that. He doesn't have that for nessing those
those touch throws that you know that that a Ben
has or maybe you know, uh, you know um Tom
(28:03):
Brady where they can just float it over guys and
in different situations. He has one ball as a fastball
and planning in the NFL, that's not gonna get it
because you have to be accurate to the point to
where you know you can place the ball anywhere you
want to at any time and throw guys open. And
for me just watching them, that's what I noticed, and
(28:25):
and and just just sat him playing in person for
the first time. But he's not the guy that Cleveland
thought that they drafted, and he's looking into the mirror
and saying to himself, you know what I am not
as a good as a football player. That I even
thought out was let me get y'all some names. Ben Roethlisberger, Uh,
(28:49):
Matt Ryan. Uh there there there. There are a few
few names out there Russell Russell, Wilson and Aaron Rodgers
and Deshaun Watson will be tradeable possibly after this season nowhere.
But then you start to look at if already said that,
(29:12):
you start to look at the free agents that are
going to be available out there. Andy Dalton will be available,
uh uh, Trabinsky will be available on the free agency market.
There's not one quarterback. See the thing about it is,
(29:33):
it's it's like process of elimination. Unless you're going to
get one of those three off the top Rogers uh uh,
Wilson or or Watson. The rest of the field is
not an upgrade. It is at best a lateral movement
(29:53):
to bring in a different quarterback. So to talk about
where where Baker Mayfield is skill wise and talent wise,
really it doesn't matter unless you believe that karral or
or Hitchens uh is a Hitchens picket pick. It from
from Pitt are going to be guys that can actually
(30:15):
be upgrades in the future. Listen, man, the Cleveland Browns,
they have a roster that's ready to win. Now. Now,
you you can't draft a Ricky and unless you can
get those first three guys that Luval Mitchick. So there
(30:37):
is an upgrade. Who the guys that Okay, I'm gonna
tell you this. It looks like you remember Stefanski? When
do you have his best year prior to come to Cleveland?
His best year Kevis Stefanski, he had his best year
in Minnesota? Who was the quarterback in Minnesota? Kirk Cousins
and that offense, Kirk Cousins and that off offense is
(31:01):
a better player than Baker Mayfield. He's He's proven. Kirk
Cousins makes thirty million. Now do the Cleveland Browns want
to pay that? Well, Minnesota be willing to take on
Baker and nineteen. That's a huge different. So you're saying
Kirk Cousins is an upgrade from Baker Mayfield and that offense. Absolutely,
in that offense, with that run game, that defense, that
(31:23):
offensive line. Absolutely, he's proven. I can't go out there
with y'all on that plank. I can't walk that plank
with Kirk as a state guy. He's a Michigan State dog.
I love the death, but you know, I think they're
right plexical on the same line. Plexical. Look at the
track record that is not that is not a what
(31:46):
you can look at and be positive to yourself as
a general manager and the head coach and say, you
know what, Kirk Cousins is a definite one upgrade from
Baker Mayfield. You cannot say that. You know. Lets you
look if you look at his track and that's that
(32:06):
he comes in and plays better than Baker Mayfield. You
look at the bass with him in Minnesota and you said,
if he had what we have in Cleveland, would he
would we be doing better as a team. If Kirk
Cousins was a quarterback of the Cleveland Browns, would they
be better as a team? Would they be in the playoffs?
You know? You know what I say? Hey, if I
would have played in the Dome? Is I re see?
I would have had more yards too? And how to
(32:27):
played in Pittsburgh, I would have been a Hall of
Famer if I would have played in the Dome and
I would have had more yards. You can't say that.
You can't say that. You gotta deal with the situation
that you every everything is based on um hypotheticals. Everything
we do is based on if this, if that. But
don't sit there and tell me that hypothetically that Kirk
Cousins is a definite upgrade from Baker is not listening
(32:52):
to this. He's sitting there quietly saying, I sure would
when you get the talking d Shaun Wahson and Rogers,
those guys, those are definite upgrades from Baker. Oh yeah, yeah,
those are like not even not even that's what we're
talking about. We're not talking about rolling the dice. Come
on seven with your okay, you know what rolling the
(33:14):
dice is saying, Okay, let's get Mitchell Jobisky over Baker.
That's rolling the dice, the dice. That's that's your left,
your job. Let's take that's taking all mete. Mitchell Robinsky
has been in more playoff appearances than Baker Mayfield. But
it's it's not rolling the dice. Though. Yeah, okay, Whiskey
(33:37):
is not better than Baker Mayfield. But I'll tell you
he's going off of stats because I'm gonna tell you
I'm gonna tell you it's better. I'm gonna tell you
who's better to you. You're all ready didn't know who's better.
This is even better, This is even better. You're already
Isaac Loewen crowed, that's why, come on, we'll actually start
(34:05):
fellows with the Cleveland Browns. Today, they put cornerback Denzel
Ward on the COVID list, so he will not play
tomorrow against the Bengals. The Browns also activated running back
to Artist Johnson from the COVID list. The Steelers put
receiver James Washington on the COVID list, but they also
activated cornerback Joe Hayden and center Kendrick Green from the
COVID list. Steelers can clinch a playoff berth with a
(34:27):
win over the Ravens, a lost by the Colts, and
the Chargers Raiders game not ending in a tie. The
Indianapolis Colts activated receiver Paris Campbell from injured reserve. They
will face the Jaguars tomorrow. The Colts can clinch a
playoff birth with a win or a tie. Jeremy Fowler
reports the Carolina Panthers are planning to keep head coach
Matt Rule for the two season and finally Fellows, the
(34:51):
NBA today has fined New York Knicks forward Julius Randall
twenty five thousand dollars four and I quote the egregious
use the egregious use of profane language during media interviews unquote,
on two separate occasions this past week. This, of course,
(35:11):
as you mentioned, stemming from Randall giving a thumbs down
gesture to Knicks fans at Madison Square Garden, a gesture
that he said meant for them to st f you,
which in this instance did not stand for salutations these
fans unbelievable, not to you. I know what that I
(35:31):
know what that acronyn comes out to. This is New
York City ball. It is New York and skin. If
you want to come up me and perform good or bad,
that is true. Stop listening to with everybody's saying even
though you're in the basketball you got thirty people with
thousand people booing. That's maybe with a different situation, but
hey man, I've been booed. Yeah, don't worry about your fans.
(35:57):
Go out and perform. Yeah, all right, well there you go.
You got that from Plexico birth stretched on throwing himself.
You got Pantine man right there flanking the shoulder, uh
with with good hair. Get that man a pantine deal
or some type of sels in blue or head and shoulders. Uh,
something like that man with this hypothetical quarterback. You know what,
(36:23):
if we'll your head, we're gonna slide right offously at
that thing. You better get some ice cas what gave
and listen. On the other side of this break, I'm
gonna continue my dominant run against the two of you
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(36:45):
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(38:20):
welcome back, get to the show. Welcome back to the show. Loco, loco, loco.
I'm just going to stall the entire segment so that
we don't have to read off, what are we, LaVar,
what are we? What are we doing right now? What
are we doing right? What are we doing? None? For
some picks? Are you up on games? And let's break
(38:40):
the shop's up down on Yeah? Alright, alright, let's go down.
Let's talk about who's been up on game? Go ahead
and so yeah, last week for your game picks, U LaVar,
you went one into t J. You also went one
in two tacks. You went oh and three on the game,
(39:00):
so I was ahead on that one. We were tired.
There were three over unders on the totals along with
two player props, LaVar, you didn't get any of them.
I was due four down weeks. Yes, yeah, t J,
you went four and one on your total propsacal with
three and two on the totals, but the two that
(39:21):
you missed were the two player props of Blind Squirrel
finds Acorn. Come all right, we're gonna look at the
biggest games in the next couple of days. Here you
guys were talking about it earlier. Chargers at Raiders. The
Chargers are favored minus three here over under a forty
nine LaVar will start with you. Chargers will cover that,
(39:42):
they will win, they will cover that and the forty
nine points. I think I'm gonna take the over on that.
I'm going with the Los Angeles Superchargers to cover and
I'm also taking over bad defenses lots of points. Let mean, well,
you know what, I'm gonna take the Raiders and I'm
(40:03):
gonna take the over into points. I'm not going. I'm
not going with those guys. I'm just not gonna. We
don't want you to come. I'm just not gonna do it, alright,
all right now, looking even more at this game here,
so Justin Herbert and Derek Carr are both at for
passing yardage. Their total is set at to seventy five
and a half. So I'm gonna ask you, starting with you,
(40:25):
t J, simply who has more passing yards in this game?
Justin Herbert or Derek Carr? And is that over or
under the too seventy five and a half. Justin Herbert
will throw for over three bills. So I'm going with that.
I concur absolutely, Justin Herbert, we went over three hundred
yards tomorrow. Yeah, I concur with that. You want to
be with us. I don't want to be with you.
(40:48):
I'm just with I'm just with the defense. Guys want
to go to touchdowns too. I'm with the right I'm
with the right decision making here. That's all. You just
happened to fall on that side of it. What you
got now? Looking at the Steelers at the Ravens, Ravens
are favored minus three and a half over under his
forty one. Both of these teams have a shot at
the postseason. There are a couple of different things that
(41:08):
need to happen, but plaques will start with you. Steelers
at Ravens Ravens minus three and a half over under
forty one. I am taking the steel As minus three
and a half. I'm going with my brother. He's going
out with the win against the arch rivals to Baltimore Ravens.
But I am also going under the points. I'm gonna
(41:31):
take the Baltimore Ravens. I'm also going to take the under.
Big Bend had his Swan song um last home game
in heins felt he wins it. I don't know if
he'll go out with two wins and a Ro'm taking
the Baltimore Ravens and under. Yeah, I think the running
attack is going to be west key for the Steelers.
(41:54):
I don't think that they're gonna be able to run
the ball against the Ravens. I too, will take the points.
Uh well, excuse me. I will take the Ravens and
and they won't cover. They will not cover, So that
means you're not taking the Ravens. I am taking the
Ravens every week, every week, all right, So the Ravens
(42:15):
will win, but they will not win by more than
three points until you're taking the Steelers. Okay, whatever, whatever,
you have to do. This on the total, on the
total I'm taking, I'm taking. Uh, I'll take it the
under alright, perfect. So last one here, we're gonna do
(42:37):
the college football championship game. This is Georgia versus Alabama.
Georgia is favorite minus two and a half over under
is fifty two. Uh plaques, We'll We'll start with you
on this one. Hey, listen, I gotta go with the
old the old ball coach Nick Sabin plus two and
a half. Georgia had probably of the best defence the
(43:00):
lines I've ever seen in college football. But with that
being said, I'm going with Alabama. My my number one
guy that wide receiver Jamison. He's a ceedee Lamb of
college football. I'm taking Bama everything, Bama, Bama, Obama, Obama, Bama.
If it's in favor of Obama, take Obama. T J
(43:21):
is the lone wolf over here. I'm going with the
Georgia Bulldogs and I'm taking over Bama. Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama.
That I come out on top Bama. That's all I'm
gonna tell you, Obama. Guess what, Guess what else is
I'm taking. I'm taking the time to listen to Joey
(43:41):
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her thing on the Joy Taylor Show. One of the
hardest working people in sports media out there. Make sure
you stay tuned in, locked in to listen to Joy
and what she's got to say. This is up on games.
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