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Speaker 1 (00:30):
Let's start with the Pittsburgh Steelers, who still to me
are tippy toeing around the quarterback situation. They're three and two,
started three and zero, lost the last two games easily.
They have enough sample size that if Justin Fields was
their guy, they could just say, hey, you know what,
Russell Wilson got hurt.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
He's healthy.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Now we're staying with Justin Fields for the rest of
the season. Russell Wilson will come off the bench if
we need him, if there's an injury or whatever. Everybody's
cool with their roles. Everybody knows what we're doing, and
instead it's just little by little, it's like they're waiting,
like the stealers are waiting for the other shoe to drop,
and I don't think it's fair to Justin Fields.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
I think if you're.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Gonna I know he came here as number two and
he got the job because of injury, not because he
outplayed him in training camp, but if you really feel
good about it, I don't understand what's the worst thing
to give them the job, even Kelvin if they've changed
their mind down the road, like that's to just stop
them from asking this question every.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Week every week about who's going to be the quarterback?
Speaker 4 (01:39):
What if okay, and I can understand what you're saying,
but what if he ain't thinking about what they saying.
What if in that locker room they know what's going on.
What if within that building, that facility, they know what's
going on. And Mike Tomlin's always kind of been, you know,
really straightforward the media, like, hey, I'll tell you.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
What I want to tell you.
Speaker 4 (01:56):
I won't what I won't if you got a problem
with it, So what we got a job to do.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
He's always been like that.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
So to me, I get what you're saying on principle,
But to me, in that building, if they know we're
playing pretty dog gone, well, we had a game against
the Cowboys arguably we should have won. That was a
good win for the Cowboys. Justin Fields played solid. It
didn't play great, didn't play great, but he didn't play
badly either. He's not cost us a game. He's played
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the best football of his career, and I love what
we have going now. I also think he ain't got
to make a decision in the sense of I brought
both of y'all in this offseason. Neither one of y'all
were It was an obvious thing that one was the
guy at versus the other. And again we were dealta
circumstance where Russell Wilson was injured. If maybe he did
have the lead in the starting position, now he's out,
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and as he said.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
We're leaving the door, jar, I actually believe him. We're
leaving the George Jr.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
Because if all of a sudden, Justin Field's at two
bad games, bad games, not you know, solid, but two
bad games in a row, then I would make that
decision change. But I told you from the jump, I
think Justin Fields it's his job to lose. I think
he's going to have to have really bad games in
order from to make a decision. But if you're Mike
tomlindorre Steelers fan, What a great situation to be in
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where we got a really good quarterback or at least
historically has had a really good career in Russell Wilson
as our break in case of emergency backup plan.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
It makes no sense to.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Me, Kelvin, anybody who's played on any team, there's a
first string quarterback, right who's the starter. No one's afraid
to announce that someone's the starting quarterback. And it doesn't
mean that you can't make a change down the road
if you feel apt, if you want to bench somebody,
if you want to replace them. So given justin feels
the job, and even replacing them three weeks from now
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doesn't change anything. The idea that Mike Tomlin can't stay
out of his mouth, that he's just the starting quarterback gives
me pause, gives me reason to believe that he truly
doesn't believe in the kid from that standpoint, because no
one would be mad they were three and oh, we
could have easily done when they were three and oh
and off to a good start and he hadn't turned
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the ball over. Now you've lost two games in a row,
and now if you lose again this week, It'll be like, Okay,
they've lost three in a row. Now you make a change.
If you would have announced when he was three and
oh that he was a starting quarterback and then you
lose three games in a row and he doesn't play
well or whatever it is, and if it's not fully
his fault, but you feel like we need a spark,
we need something different. No one's going to look at
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Mike Tomlin and go, I can't believe that he named
him the starting quarterback and then we lost three in
a row, and now he's putting somebody else in.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
No, No, what's the harm in that?
Speaker 1 (04:37):
And I think you give confidence to Justin Fields. Finally,
here's a guy who was a top pick who was discarded.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
By the Bears.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
So for a confidence level instead of having this guy
like on pins and needles and the idea that man,
you know, I know, I was a top pick.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
I was in Chicago. They didn't want me.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Now I'm in Pittsburgh, we're winning, and they still can't
tell me.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
That I'm the starting quarterback.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
I don't know if anybody else in any other circumstance
where you're not named the starting quarterback, especially if as
you say he's playing, well, what is the harm in that?
Speaker 3 (05:12):
So here's the thing.
Speaker 4 (05:13):
Do you want me to tell you how I feel
about you, or you want me to actually be putting
you in a position meaning you keep starting what is
everywhere else's name starting quarterback.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Everybody else has named the starting quarterback, So you're not
I'm not asking you to do anything different from what
everybody else in the National Football League has done. The
only place they have a named the starting quarterback is Pittsburgh.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
Would you like to tell me another team that has
a situation where two quarterbacks not like this? They either
have a flatout starter or they have nothing else other
than that or a bum.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
Quarterback.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
Zach Wilson went to Denver. He was a top pick
with the Jets. It didn't work out. And guess what,
he wasn't named. I mean, he didn't get to job.
I think he was even named third string or whatever
they put in bow KNICKSAE.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
They just said we're gonna go with the kid. That's
the guy we drafted. Would bring up.
Speaker 4 (06:09):
Zach Wilson in this conversation. This is what I don't
get about you. He was a top pick, he was
a top pay he was a top and then we
talked like Justin Fields and nobody believed Justin Field stuck.
They just wanted to get Caleb Williams. No, nobody he
picks for him. What are you talking?
Speaker 3 (06:25):
Nobody has fourth round picks were top pick for.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
Not a single not a single person in this league
thought Justin Field sucked.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
They just thought he needed it sucked.
Speaker 4 (06:34):
I'm saying that, But Zach Gilson does, yes, get Caleb Williams.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
They didn't give up on him for nothing.
Speaker 4 (06:41):
They got a rhythm because they thought here comes this
all world talent and Kayler Williams, which is still to
be seen if he is that. So Zach Wilson, clearly
everyone's giving up on him. I'm shocked he's still in
the NFL. And I mean that respectfully, meaning how bad
he played. This is a situation where they say, oh wow,
we got a kid with a bunch of talent who
was in a bad situation, as most are in Chicago,
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including Kayleb Williams. Right now, let's see what we got.
But he wasn't even necessarily supposed to start. We'll just
see what we got. Oh shoot, Russell Wilson is hurt,
So why do I have to name it when every
single week you keep starting, Russell Wilson comes back, he
doesn't look He said.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
He's got to knock the russ off.
Speaker 4 (07:17):
Mike Tomlins said it's not just a health thing, it's
also a rust thing, which saying Russell Wilson looked at
a russy even though he was healthy.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
So he ain't gotta name it right now, in my opinion.
Speaker 4 (07:26):
And I don't necessarily need you to name it when
I feel as though I've got your trust within the
locker room.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
I know my teammates of Bien and what we're doing.
Speaker 4 (07:33):
And oh, by the way, I just keep starting every
single week, so I don't have to do that publicly.
Speaker 3 (07:39):
And now he'll do it when he wants to do it.
Speaker 4 (07:41):
And if in a week or two he wins another
game or two, eventually he'll just say, hey, this is
our guy.
Speaker 3 (07:46):
But I think Mike.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Thomlins, baby, yeah, baby, I don't need to marry you.
I could just tell you you're my girl, all right,
don't worry about it. I don't need to make a
commitment to you.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
No, I don't need to make it. I don't need
to you, right, I don't need to. I don't need
to marry you. I'll just just be my girl. Don't
worry about it. We'll buy a house. Well, hey, Ron Parker,
other stuff you didn't know.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
Man, you just met you sugar handed starting quarterbacks. When
you have that caliber and that ilk, if you feel
like you have something, you don't wait. You just say
take to the guy and say, Russ, we brought you here,
but this guy came available. He's playing great. We're not
going to go back. He's the future. It's an easy
thing to say, and no one would be mad at you.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
What are you saying? And you know what?
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Else?
Speaker 3 (08:27):
What do you say?
Speaker 4 (08:28):
You know what else you said? You said you know this?
You want to show your confidence in him? You know
what wouldn't show confidence in him? If he's played very well,
then he had a game or two were solid, not bad,
and all of a sudden you pull the trigger on him. Soday,
you either believe in me you don't. The minute I
have a game or two that we lose and it
wasn't even really my fault, but we lose. All of
a sudden you pulled the trigger on me. To me,
that would show lack of confidence. Oh, I believe it.
(08:50):
You wait, never mind, you had a bad game. I
gotta get you out of here. No, right now, he's
selling them. Hey man, I love what you're doing. I'm
seeing what we got. I don't know you like that,
meaning we don't have this long history, and I also
have a borderline hall of fame if not a hall
of famer quarterback here, let me just date a little
bit and see what we got, and more confidence will
be lost if I throw you in. Say you're my guy.
Say you're my guy. Swear you're my guy. Tell the
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public you're my guy. Tell our team you're my guy.
Oh you had a bad game or two. Get out
of here. Go into Russellilson. We're out of here. We're
getting rid of him. That would show me less confidence
in him.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
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Speaker 1 (09:31):
All right, let's talk about brock perty you're ready to
give him a seventy million dollars.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
You've seen enough.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
He's the greatest quarterback ever explained, all.
Speaker 4 (09:40):
Time, the goat, the greatest thing ever. Pay the manness
money like they said in rounders. No. Look, I just
think he has done everything we've asked of him. It
almost feels like we keep pushing the goalpost, you know.
And I don't mean literally you and I, but just you.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
Hey.
Speaker 4 (09:58):
Well, maybe he locked into it. It was a sit
situation where he fell into a good sitch.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
Okay, cool boom. All I've done is ball.
Speaker 4 (10:03):
Got you to an NFC Championship game, got you to
a super Bowl, and was actually up in the Super Bowl. Well, well,
well it's just a system. Okay, then a bunch of
players go out. This year, he's still balling and putting
up big numbers and keeping them afloat until everyone was back.
And so I mean, this guy, it's like what it's like, Alex,
you got my tyres? What more do you want from me?
(10:23):
That's what I feel like it is for him, Like
what more do we want from him? If you look
at the numbers rob he's put up last season and
end of this season, he set franchise record for passing
yards and a franchise with two of the great quarterbacks
of all time, Steve Young and Joe Montana.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
Has a game changed at all since then? I'm just
just I'm not trying.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
To No, No, I'm not sure the game has changed, right,
I just anybody who plays now are destroying the numbers
that the greats the didn't throw the ball like this.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
Ok.
Speaker 4 (10:56):
But he's doing he's putting up the same He's putting
the up numbers and leading the leading the league currently
where everybody is passing.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
So it's one of.
Speaker 4 (11:04):
Those things where I'm like, I honestly don't get what
more people want from this man.
Speaker 3 (11:07):
He wins, he's there's no drama.
Speaker 4 (11:10):
He seems to be a great leader from all accounts,
and guys love to play for him. You heard Deebo Samuel,
you had your back, you had a great game.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
What was it?
Speaker 4 (11:17):
He said, brock Purdy, that's all he said. So for me,
this guy's about to break the bank. You know me,
I'm not a big fan of I have to pay
the next guy whatever. Okay, that got sixty and I
gotta pay him sixty eight. But somewhere wherever leading him
in the top three or four, I think he's gonna
get that.
Speaker 3 (11:33):
He deserves it.
Speaker 4 (11:34):
And to me, I don't know, in the words of Tyres,
what more do you want from me?
Speaker 3 (11:38):
Paid that?
Speaker 4 (11:38):
To me?
Speaker 3 (11:38):
And his money.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
What they want is to actually win a super Bowl
because they've been a good team even before he got there.
And that's what hurts him. It's not that he's mister Irrelevant.
It's not because there have been other people who have
shown up in the NFL. Right, Kurt Warner is the
(12:03):
perfect example. Everybody keeps saying the reason that they don't
buy into Rock perties because he missed it irrelevant. Can you
tell me where Warner was drafted? Can you tell me
where Kirk He was not drafted?
Speaker 3 (12:15):
Right?
Speaker 1 (12:16):
He was playing a renal football league in bagging groceries. Okay,
And this guy, the reason people bought into him is
he came into the league, he won Rookie of the Year,
he won an MVP, and the Rams won a Super Bowl.
That's why you didn't have to convince people about Kurt Warner.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
The reason that people haven't bought into Rock Purty is
because they went to the Super Bowl with Jimmy g
They've been going to NFC Championship game before he got there.
It's not to take anything away from him, but those
are the facts. Had the forty nine ers been also,
Rams could never make the playoffs, Calvin, you know what
(12:58):
I mean.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
And then he got there and got them to a super.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
Bowl, then you would say, wow, you know what I mean,
you would and they said what they've had, you know,
without him, they've had two appearances in an NFC Title
Game and they've gone.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
To the super Bowl. You know.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
So that's why people are luke warm and the idea
that the forty nine is going to break the bank
on a guy, especially now they went to the super
Bowl last year. I'm just asking you, say they fall
short this year, does that make you still want to
go out?
Speaker 3 (13:35):
Say just say he plays fine.
Speaker 1 (13:36):
I'm not saying you have to be terrible, But does
that make you want to break the bank? If they
don't even get back to the super Bowl this year?
Speaker 4 (13:43):
Man, I'm go get my slaghammer. I'm cracking the bank open,
absolutely because he is playing well this year with or
without the Avengers. Obviously with the Avengers when everybody's healthy
and they're going again, I look at everything because it's
not just about it, it's the full space. If I'm
gonna make you the guy, can I trust you in
the building? Can I trust you? Not going to have
(14:04):
ninety five massuits? Massage parlor ladies filling lawsuits?
Speaker 3 (14:08):
Can I trust? Why does Deshaun Watson gotta get strayed.
Speaker 4 (14:11):
Because he because that's who they chose to give the
most money ever guaranteed to in.
Speaker 3 (14:16):
The NFL history to that guy that one forever.
Speaker 4 (14:19):
Somebody's at the dinner right now, just sitting there like, so,
I can't believe we just did, like what made us?
So what if they massage just wallet? I just don't
understand what the issue is. Yeah, it's a whole bunch
of massage and going on too many that's the problem.
And I look at Brock Purdy and I'm like, man,
everybody can't be Kurt Warner where I'm a Hall of Famer, uh,
you know, So I don't want to judge.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
On that, but I'm just you don't think, But is
that a fair analogy on why there was no question
about Kurt Warner?
Speaker 3 (14:45):
Because I eat all that, you know what I mean?
Kurt Warner? But then again, look, we gave up on
him when he went to the Giants.
Speaker 1 (14:51):
And oh, you know, nobody want to know, is what
I'm saying, Like there wasn't this little prolonged Oh I
don't know if Kurt Warner is the real deal because
because you want to Rookie of the.
Speaker 3 (14:59):
Year, he won an MVP, you know what, and he
won a super Bowl. Yeah, it was immedia, it was
immediate success.
Speaker 4 (15:04):
But I would argue brock Party outside of the actual
last you know, seven eight minutes of the super Bowl,
he's right on track with that.
Speaker 3 (15:12):
I mean, he was an MV But it's.
Speaker 1 (15:13):
Still about winning here though, right, And he was until
Baltimore showed up. And if you remember that game on
Christmas night, brock Party through four interceptions, was it should
have been six? They were like t drop and that
was the bad game that was. It was a game
we lost to the MVP.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
Agreed, Agreed, But I still I still like what I'm
getting out of him. Now I can officially say it's
been year in, year out, meaning it wasn't a flukey
six seven games. You know, two years ago it was
that little running had at the end when when your
boy got hurt and Garoppolo. Then last full season, you know,
oh shoot, he's really like that.
Speaker 3 (15:50):
Then this season he's playing well.
Speaker 4 (15:52):
He's in the top five and most passing categories again
with or without his team. So I just look at
it as again, everybody can't be Lamar Jackson as far
as just that my eyes dynamic.
Speaker 3 (16:01):
He's throwing pass this.
Speaker 4 (16:02):
A lot of guys can't throw, brock perty Is, he's
making plays. A lot of them can't throw, even with
his feet. He's sneaky athletic. Unfortunately, I saw that against
my Lions in the NFC Championship game, and again I
have and it would not surprise any of us if
you had an NFC Championship rematch against the Lions and
then at that point, you know, made the best man win.
So I just think I'm looking at a guy who's
about to get They're gonna break the bank, they're gonna
(16:24):
feel happy with giving the future last paid quarterback ever.
Who is anybody else up this year? Because I mean,
if there's one other guy up, you know.
Speaker 3 (16:32):
What I mean.
Speaker 4 (16:33):
I don't know if Josh Allen, somebody else, not John
all the money, but he's gonna, yeah, he's gonna be.
Speaker 3 (16:38):
Right there to get a contract bigger than that. I
don't know. I don't know.
Speaker 4 (16:42):
He maybe gets fifty eight million, maybe he gets better.
My point is he'll be right there. So I don't
know if he gets sixty and one just to make
it a petty thing, or if he gets right there
fifty eight instead of sixty, but he's gonna be right there.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
I think it depends on what happens this year. I
don't I don't do I don't think that. I think
if they to what you say, franchise, this franchise is
ready to win. They can't hold it together much longer.
So I don't I don't believe that if they somehow
flame out, or we've seen them already a couple of
(17:15):
games this year where they gave up big leads in
the second half or whatever. They did go to Seattle
and they won last night. I'm just saying you got
to take a look at the entire team and where
it is. At some point. They had two holdouts this year.
You know, things are starting not to be as rosy
as people want to start getting paid. They're not just
want to, Oh, it's cool to be on the forty
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nine ers. You know, like football has a shelf life,
like a card and the milk. You can't wait too
long and you can't pay everybody.
Speaker 4 (17:43):
Well, I'm paying him, that ain't a question. I've seen him.
I've seen him play well without McCaffrey without Debo, without
a kittle.
Speaker 3 (17:53):
I've seen what he can do. I'm so this is my.
Speaker 4 (17:55):
Guy, and obviously it's my job is as John Lynch
and the GM and all the folks involved there to
make sure we still keep talent. Every team wants to
keep talent on the field, and it's my job as
Kyle Shan And he keep trying to be innovative, not
blow games for him and start calling some bad plays.
And I think they got their guy for the next
seven to ten years. And I think if you're a
forty nine Ers fan, you should be fortunate because to
(18:17):
me last point, it's an upgrade between having Jared Golf
was playing really well with the Rams and went to
a super Bowl, but then all of a sudden you
get Matthew Stafford. You're like, oh, there's the difference. Not
that Jared Golf was horrible or bad. He was solid, solid,
a really good But you saw the difference with Matthew Stafford.
Speaker 3 (18:33):
And that's the difference between him and Garppolo.
Speaker 4 (18:34):
To your point, Garoppolo let him and they were good
and they were solid, and Groppolo played well. But you
see the difference with Rock Party I'm like, oh, this,
he's that next level up where icking up being on him.
Speaker 3 (18:43):
No matter what.
Speaker 1 (18:43):
Brock Party did, what did what Jared Golf did, he
didn't win a super Bowl. J he did what Jared
Golf did, and they up and at some point the
Rams decided, remember they were in the super Bowl like
they were.
Speaker 3 (18:56):
But I said, he didn't win a super Bowl.
Speaker 4 (18:58):
What I'm saying you see that talent level where you
go all that, but this that moved on from Jared
Golf is my point is that when they went to
that Super Bowl, they had the.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
Like the fifth greatest offense in the history of the NFL.
They averaged thirty five points a game that year. If
you go back, Jared Golf wasn't all was.
Speaker 3 (19:16):
But you saw the limitation.
Speaker 4 (19:18):
You saw the limitations, and then you bring in to
Matthew Stafford, who's just now he's just and again Jared
Goff is really good. I love him for my allions,
but I'm saying, you see everything that I said, he
can't win the Super Bowl.
Speaker 3 (19:28):
For the Lions that were just saying, no, what what's
up with you today?
Speaker 4 (19:31):
Char So you're saying, let me saying, I absolutely can
believe I got him in the Super Bowl this year,
beating the Chiefs, but they got rid of it.
Speaker 3 (19:41):
I'm saying, but.
Speaker 4 (19:42):
Yeah, if you're talking about the Rams yet, because Matthew
Stafford is just naturally tammor talented, that's not even debatable.
No one would argue that. Jared Golf wouldn't argue that.
So I'm saying Garoppolo wild quality. He was really good
for the for the forty nine ers. You also see
all brock Perty is just a next.
Speaker 1 (19:58):
Brock Perty's contract has a lot and is hinged on
this season on how and I'm not saying he's not
gonna get paid on how much, and what the deal
is will be based on how well he performs and
how well the team performs, because they could have signed them.
They don't have to wait because you know what, the
price only goes.
Speaker 3 (20:16):
Out the way throws.
Speaker 4 (20:17):
No, they don't the way his structure deal because he
was where he was drafted. They gotta they can't do
it early, have to wait till the end of this season.
So it's coming. He's gonna and that's when he's gonna
get paid a whole lot of money. Don't even worry
about it. It'll happen and it done. He only got
to win a Super Bowl, Rod Parker, that's crazy to
think that.
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Speaker 1 (20:46):
Rob G, I want to bring you in on this
Tyreek Kill who's openly flirting with Kansas City.
Speaker 3 (20:54):
Uh just Rob G?
Speaker 1 (20:55):
What has he been doing on social media? And then
I'm gonna lay into Tyreek Kill.
Speaker 5 (21:00):
Well, guys, you've heard of the term sliding in the DMS.
This is kind of like that, except he's doing it
on their wall. Like there's nothing secretive about what Tyreek
Hill is doing. This started about a week ago. You'll
recall when there was this speculation that when she Rice
got hurt, hey maybe they'll call Tyreek Hill. You know,
the Dolphins are struggling to us out, maybe Tyreek Hill
might be available. And Tyreek first says, hey, I'm happy here,
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but you know, whatever happens happens. And then he goes
on social media a few hours later and post a
meme of a SpongeBob character like looking back into the distance.
Speaker 3 (21:34):
Whatever that means. We don't know.
Speaker 5 (21:36):
Well, yesterday he took things to a whole new level
when he went on Snapchat, and for whatever.
Speaker 3 (21:45):
Exactly, that's why he can't have it.
Speaker 5 (21:47):
Why it's got to go for whatever reason. Post a
full blown highlight reel of Tyreek Hill plays in Kansas City.
Rob your thoughts on this outward flirt coming from Tyreek
Hill towards the Chiefs.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
It is treeson this.
Speaker 1 (22:05):
It is treeson this and should not be accepted by Miami.
It is a breach of contract. Why in the world
are you flirting with the team that you had to
leave because they wouldn't pay you. They would they didn't look,
they didn't value enough to say we'll do whatever. Clear
the decks, kick the can down the road. You're one
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of the best receivers ever. We're going to pay you
no matter what, because you have that value. Miami came
to the rescue. They decided you are worth it. We're
gonna give you. I understand what's happened with Tua and
what's happened with the money and all that. I mean,
the injury, and it's not going to be the season
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you had hoped and things are going to crash and
burn because you don't.
Speaker 3 (22:54):
Have a quarterback.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
But the first sign of something going awry, you're running back.
You're running back to the place that didn't want you.
And let's just face it. Hill and the Dolphins agreed
right to restructure contract just back in August, not four
years ago.
Speaker 3 (23:14):
Okay, Kelvin in August worth ninety million over the.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
Next three years, with sixty five million of that guaranteed.
Things happen to us heard, we don't know the future.
But to openly flirt, even if that's your secret desire,
keep that public. If I'm a fan, this is why,
if you're a fan, why would you buy the jersey
of anybody.
Speaker 3 (23:40):
I'm serious.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
These players and I'm not saying the owners are all
faithful and they do what they want. They will release you,
they'll cut you, they'll do whatever they want as well.
But once you sign and you're getting paid by somebody,
you shouldn't be openly flirting with another team.
Speaker 3 (23:54):
I'm serious. I think that's treason. I think that.
Speaker 4 (23:58):
I think your last point is why I think it
the heat of this dies down some is that we've
seen over and over where these owners, these general managers,
these coaches put their arm around the next player, he's
our next great this we love them. Wow what a guy.
We can't We're so excited. Any of his cut Wow
what a guy. Then we trade him. Wow, what a guy.
Speaker 3 (24:19):
He's released.
Speaker 4 (24:19):
So I do think there's an element of that where
it's like, all right, they have the liberty to do
that all the time. Coaches leave whenever they want or
if they get fired. It's just it's one of those
things where we see the time made stow up with.
But well, you know a secret. You know, Listen, you've
been covering sports a long time. One thing I've learned
covering it as well. There is a little bit of
especially in football, especially in football, because it's a different dynamic, right,
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you can kind of only control certain thing. And maybe
I'm just a cornerback where it's maybe in basketball it's
different because if I'm Jason Tatum, Jaylen Brown, if we
stick together, maybe we'll get it done. If I'm Kyrie
and Lebron, we stick together, we get it done, Shack
and Kobe, it's different.
Speaker 3 (24:56):
In football.
Speaker 4 (24:56):
I'm just a cornerback, right, I'm just a nickel cornerback.
I'm just a fifth string linebacker. Hey, you gotta do
what's best for you. So it's a little bit different
than football. I do get what you're saying, But what
I take out of this is a little next layer
of what you were hinting at.
Speaker 3 (25:12):
I'm starting to think Rob.
Speaker 4 (25:13):
Parker, maybe we know, maybe he knows something about Tua.
Maybe he's got an inkling that this ain't just oh
he's out a few more weeks, or maybe he's out,
you know, just the rest of this season. But boy
when he comes back next season, because he had already
said he loves it out there, He's from that area,
he's got his family out there, he loves it, and
he put up his two best seasons, not put Patrick Mahomes,
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but with Tua.
Speaker 3 (25:36):
But I think there's something deeper. I think he got
some information. What is he down Brown? No byum saying
you do.
Speaker 4 (25:42):
He's part of the team, And what if he's sitting
around and finding out, Oh, this dude ain't gonna be back,
and if he is, he ain't gonna be right.
Speaker 3 (25:48):
Get me out of here because I'm over here. Can
you do that, private, le On. I don't disagree. I
don't disagree with that. I don't disagree with.
Speaker 1 (25:57):
That he has teammates, and I don't think that's fair
to everybody else to Bail's ship. I just I would
feel funny about a guy who, as soon as something's.
Speaker 3 (26:05):
Not right, you're ready to cut bait and go back.
Let's let's and here's my other point.
Speaker 1 (26:11):
Kansas City didn't do right by you despite what you
did to help them win a super rob.
Speaker 4 (26:15):
But sometimes when that loving is good, brother, when that
loving is good, or that home cooked meal, come on, man,
come on listen.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
She put that on the pot because they're down people. Now,
that's the only reason why they got love for you,
and you don't have any other receivers.
Speaker 4 (26:31):
That's why sometimes Rob, Rob, g Alex, you know, Stephen Steve,
Sometimes it just feels good to be wanted, you know, hey,
right or wrong, it just feels good to be wanting.
But maybe he wants that.
Speaker 1 (26:44):
Bad you want to You want a guy who's gonna
waffle on you and and and blow with the win.
Speaker 4 (26:50):
Jon doesn't bother me if I'm the coach about your lionship,
I'm the forty nine ers.
Speaker 1 (26:54):
They believe guys they're bringing back that they didn't want
to cry Ju Shuster, they didn't want him Kareem Hunt.
Speaker 3 (27:01):
They didn't want him, and.
Speaker 4 (27:02):
That's them, I think, and I think it's the Testaments
to the Chiefs where they might say, look many.
Speaker 3 (27:08):
A none person, but this is business.
Speaker 4 (27:09):
And you know I got to sign Patrick Mahomes so
I can't keep you and go get that bread.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
Y'all know they get to Patrick mahone when he signed
that terrible deal that he's gonna be able to keep everybody.
That's why they gave him that that janky original contract
that was worsed.
Speaker 4 (27:22):
Right, But you didn't know Tyreek Hill was going to
be arguably the one two best receivers, Like, oh shoot,
we really got to pay a different if he was
all he speeds there, we got him and he's nice.
He's like, oh shoot, he's that guy. We can't pay
him that money. And if he can go get that
money from Miami, then go, you know, we'll go get
it if they're willing to give him that, and that's
why we'll make a trade. But I just think, again,
I do agree with you that this is kind of juvenile,
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but you know what happens when this keeps. This is
how you keep getting that that tag of who Jamar
Chase is gonna be the next guy. He's already because
of this holding the holdout this season where I mean,
you are another diva y receiver. Here they go and
Tyreek Hill now doing all this the dry being a diva.
You got DeVante Adams. I want to play with this guy.
I want to play with Derek card No, I want
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to go back with Aaron Rudts.
Speaker 1 (28:06):
And then and then what happened with what would uh uh?
DeVante Adams? You went to play with his college quarterback?
How'd that work.
Speaker 4 (28:13):
Out his Hall of Fame career.
Speaker 3 (28:17):
That's a great point.
Speaker 4 (28:18):
And this is why that that tag and that moniker
sticks with them. And look, there are probably you know,
one hundred receivers in the NFL, give or take. But
the fact of the matter is it's you know, the
star ones where you have this this things, These things happen,
and it just happens to be Antonio Brown. And I'm
sure I'm worried about him in real life, like I
don't know if he's all right, you know, like real life,
let alone football.
Speaker 3 (28:38):
But this is just where it happens.
Speaker 4 (28:40):
Man. The best receivers is always something CD Lamb. Now
he's having issues and you know, him and Dad keep
getting into it, and who knows what's going to happen
this week, a big primetime game.
Speaker 3 (28:50):
With our big game, I should say, with the Lions.
Speaker 4 (28:53):
So yeah, I don't like the open flirtation, especially if
you're a guy. Let's say you're a veteran, if you're
just a guy on the team, like, look, man, I'm
just trying to play my best and get my next contract,
because sometimes I think we forget there's some majority of
the NFL as that, Hey man, i don't know how
long I'll be here. I'm just trying to get my
next contract. I'll play hardest heck. But hey, but if
you're a core guy, a guy who's brought him in,
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maybe you literally have brought him to your family at dinner. Yeah,
look up to you brought him to your family literally
in your house, your home, and you want to build something.
Speaker 3 (29:20):
You guys are talking about the future.
Speaker 4 (29:22):
I think it hurts that guy for sure, Like, man,
come on, we're trying to build something here.
Speaker 3 (29:25):
You out here openly flirting.
Speaker 4 (29:27):
I can understand if we let's say some random text
chain got exposed between he and himy he and Patrick Mahomes.
You know that I can understand cause I'm texting a
friend of mine, but to openly be Kei ki Keyan
and flirting and putting on an end go, I'm just trolling,
he put out there.
Speaker 3 (29:41):
He said, I'm just trolling. Stop it, man,