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Don't forget Brentley Wiseman, Well, the former NFL scout. We'll
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a lot to get to here in our number three,
Rob g any odd mob stuff. Anything we need to
(01:47):
clean up before we start talking about this interesting topic
to me about the NBA.
Speaker 5 (01:53):
Yeah, just a couple of comments related to the Magic
City discussion we had at the end of our two
case you missed it. Luke Cornets backup center calling for
the boycott and end of Magic City Monday, the promotion
coming up in Atlanta a couple of weeks TB seven
four seven. Trust me, not all the women in there
will be getting paid.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
Some will be paying.
Speaker 6 (02:15):
Okay, you're saying customers, yes, yeah, oh yeah, twenty twenty six.
Speaker 5 (02:18):
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah. And then of course
the other side of the spectrum. J W says NBA
games are supposed to be family environments.
Speaker 4 (02:29):
I mean, that's real.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
Family what what what not gonna be scantly clad women?
Speaker 4 (02:35):
I'm saying, happily.
Speaker 5 (02:36):
Clad women at every sporting event.
Speaker 6 (02:40):
No, But my point is, Laker girl, Kobe Bryant, what
I'm saying, what do you expect?
Speaker 2 (02:46):
How?
Speaker 3 (02:46):
How it's not gonna be wascy, It's not gonna be lewd,
It's not gonna be any of that.
Speaker 6 (02:52):
But real quick, why why is not nobody's expecting it
to be literal magic city?
Speaker 4 (02:57):
Duh? We know that.
Speaker 6 (02:59):
But what I'm saying is why you don't know there
might be some some stuff clap, you know, some stuff
going on? Mary?
Speaker 7 (03:05):
You know what.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
You know it's a girl night now, that's like a
normal girl knight. Yeah.
Speaker 6 (03:10):
But I'm saying, my nine year old can sweat me
to take her to a Laker game. Shout out to
my baby, Kennedy, which you know, Kenny, as soon as
she gets your job, she can go to kill a
Laker game.
Speaker 4 (03:19):
No, you're not can get it, you know, you know,
get us in there.
Speaker 6 (03:24):
And my point is, what if I'm in there and
I don't know, you don't circle anybody in Atlanta and
you pull up in there and it's t I what
song should it be?
Speaker 4 (03:34):
Stop?
Speaker 8 (03:35):
Mary?
Speaker 6 (03:35):
What's t I get loose, shorty. Let me say you
get loose and they gonna be off the great goose loose.
And I'm just saying it might be some some things
going on. Have you seen what happens? Have you seen
what happens in the stands? Stop Mary, but thank you.
I'm not saying that, girl, I'm saying what it turns into. No,
but if they sold out, hold on, let me let
(03:57):
me hold on, let me let me walk you through this.
Because you acting like you from somewhere. I don't even
the reason why you had joy on your face at
this night. It's the same reason why there's at least
five thousand of fifteen thousand people who bought tickets that.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
If I took my kids there and they asked me
about Magic City, I would just say, you've heard of
the Magic Kingdom.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
That's all I want.
Speaker 6 (04:17):
Trying to get you in the Kingdom. That's okay, I'm
trying to get you in the Kingdom. Okay, you're lucky.
We all have grace and forgiveness. We just have to
ask a.
Speaker 4 (04:26):
Good response from a father.
Speaker 9 (04:28):
You've heard of the Magic Kingdom. It's just it's just
a cool place to hang out.
Speaker 6 (04:32):
You're gonna have some splaining to do when again, I
get that, I don't think I'm sure the Hawks went
through stipulation.
Speaker 4 (04:39):
Can't can cankin? What? Mary?
Speaker 6 (04:41):
You know what I'm talking about? Have you been to
a brunch in Atlanta? What it turns into?
Speaker 9 (04:45):
How at a Miss Mimosa?
Speaker 6 (04:47):
And what I'm saying is he sure, see y'all, let
me see you're getting loose, and he drops that, and
Atlanta's gonna create and what you're gonna see in the
crowd and you sitting there with your six year four,
seven nine year old daughters like I am. Now again,
you know, I'm I know the culture. I know what
it is. You know your boy was young at one
point time life. Know what it is You're gonna be.
You're gonna be disappointed when this thing turns out to
(05:11):
be fine, no big deal. People with these no incidents,
no issues, people with hoodies.
Speaker 4 (05:18):
That's all it's gonna be. I'm not.
Speaker 6 (05:22):
Saying it's gonna be the raunchiest thing. I'm not even
questioning that. I still can't believe the NBA. Okay that
I gotta give me that. Well, Adam Silver doesn't say
not anything Adam Silver. We ain't even heard from him,
and you're not whatever y'all want. I'm gonna sign off
on it.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
Do we get money?
Speaker 9 (05:39):
Are we getting for a full stadium or we got
a full of a.
Speaker 6 (05:42):
Reena getting no longer his his his contract? The players
play hard in this one, yep, Okay, we'll do it.
Speaker 4 (05:47):
They be they might. Hey what you.
Speaker 6 (05:48):
Say, Joe Rice themselves. You gotta relax ourselves For the
first time and league history, players will actually play hard.
Speaker 4 (06:06):
That's right. How's a good joke? That's good?
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Now?
Speaker 9 (06:12):
Kelvi?
Speaker 4 (06:13):
What's with it? Yo? They?
Speaker 6 (06:16):
If you could just do us a favorite camera man
waste high waiste high, ain't.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
There've been the players? Let me tell you about a
halftime show. Robbie.
Speaker 6 (06:26):
Players are gonna be in the coach gonna be in
a real quick All right, guys, we're going I'm gonna
players all ready break.
Speaker 4 (06:30):
They're gonna be right back out there. You know, I'm
putting this up on Twitter, right, I gotta put this
on Twitter. I gotta put this on They're gonna be
right back up the well. Who gets credit for the joke?
Speaker 6 (06:39):
Me?
Speaker 4 (06:40):
What are you talking about? Subliminal joke that he didn't
even know anything. He didn't to make it that kind
of a joke. I get the joke.
Speaker 9 (06:47):
Wait a minute, we all put it together.
Speaker 4 (06:50):
Everybody had iron team, you know. All right.
Speaker 5 (06:53):
Well, while you're getting speaking of playing hard, two NBA
players that are historically played very hard are Lebron James
and Steph Kerr. They were supposed to square off on
Saturday night on Primetime on ABC. Problem is Steph still
dealing with knee injury. Lakers rolled by thirty. That's not
the story. The story is that before that game, on
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Friday afternoon, Steve Kerr was on the radio in the
Bay talking a friend of ours, Mark Williers.
Speaker 4 (07:20):
Shout out to Mark.
Speaker 6 (07:20):
Willard, shout out to San Francisco. Let's why, shout out
my whole party everybody, Like I've done shows with legitimate
friend of the show.
Speaker 5 (07:31):
So Kerr was on Willard radio show nineties ever of
the game, and he at Willard ask Kerr, tell us
in your opinion, how you think the game has changed
or how these two specifically have changed the game of
basketball in there twenty years or so in the NBA.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
Here's Kerr's response. Take a listen, staff.
Speaker 8 (07:52):
Has changed the game dramatically with the shooting. I mean,
for all the reasons we know. I don't know that
Lebron has changed the game as much as Steph, but
he's he sort of took the mantle from you know,
Kobe and Michael Jordan. You know that guy who is
(08:12):
just head and shoulders above everybody athletically, but he's taken
it to a new level with the.
Speaker 4 (08:19):
Versatility in his game.
Speaker 8 (08:21):
You know, there's just never been a player like him.
Speaker 6 (08:27):
You want to go, you want me to go? This
is one of those Steve Curry is wrong. Steve currs right.
Here's what I mean. If we're talking just the actual
x'es and o's, I will absolutely say Steph Curry has
changed the game of basketball.
Speaker 4 (08:41):
Have you seen a.
Speaker 6 (08:42):
Court, any court, you know, a coach, my daughter's YAMCA
basketball a year or so ago, and what do I see?
Speaker 4 (08:49):
Little kids jacking up half court shots? Everybody shooting three?
Speaker 6 (08:52):
Literally, as I just said that, two different games going
on over here, two different guys shooting threes. Steph Curry
changed the game and got guys had to take bad
shots that they really shouldn't because well, Steph alone and
analytics say three is better than two and I should
shoot this and blah blah blah. So absolutely, Steph Curry
has changed it in that regard. Where I will say
Lebron changed it is more so on the court and
(09:15):
off the court in larger things.
Speaker 4 (09:16):
I'll explain what I mean.
Speaker 6 (09:17):
Lebron brought in the player empowerment movement to for better
for worse. Whether you like it, you love it. Lebron
started the I'm gonna do what's best for me. I'm
gonna do this less team up. People don't like it,
but that's what happened people enough. Lebron had changed the
gag in that he has become very very vocal about
things that a superstar at that point. Lately we started
(09:40):
to have what they didn't say anything, and he's became
very vocal. He was talking about a lot of social
justice issues, in fact, having issues with our current president,
the first administration, going back and forth. So Lebron became
very vocal and you started to see guys right up
under him started to speak out, including the Steph Curry
speaking out from time to time. So I believe Lebron
in a larger scam change things for the broader. The
(10:02):
bigger player, the more independence for the player, the more
beneficial things for the players in the league as a whole,
the actual game play. I do agree that Steph Curry
is changing more because everybody can't walk around rob six
seven six eight six ninety fifty sixty best jumper, fastest
dude in the league, strong as his top five strong
dude in league. That's a freak of nature. But what
(10:23):
I can do is fire up some shots. What I
can do is triple dribble and then shoot. What I
can do, come up some screens and shoot. And that
was what Steph Curry enabled everybody to do in college.
As we watch when another TV has college on high
school down to just pick up games, people are shooting
shots that they never would have before. Those shots would
if you play ball back in my day, you would
have been on the bench. It's a bad shot. Absolutely.
(10:45):
Steph Curry changed the game in that regard.
Speaker 9 (10:49):
But he changed the game in a bad way.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
And people can talk about Lebron and player empowerment and
some of the other stuff that he was involved in
and whatnot that that happened. Uh, you know, he partly
wrecked the All Star Game by not taking part in
it and kind of downplaying it, and people followed his lead.
(11:13):
And there's other stuff, but Steph Curry changed the game
for the worst. Like Steph Curry has a stain on
the game. And I don't care because part of what
you talked about, he was taking ridiculous shots that shouldn't
have been taken under most circumstances. Coaches would have pulled
(11:34):
guys out of games just heaving up three quarter shots,
half court shots, you know, ridiculous shots and in moments.
Speaker 9 (11:41):
And not only did he did those things be bad.
Speaker 3 (11:47):
Other players who had no business taking those threes also
besides right that that, but because he was making them,
and if Steph Curry had missed some of those early on,
it probably could have corralled them men and said, dude,
what are you doing? Like like Steph Curry, you can
talk about all those those big shots that dipsy doodle
(12:08):
behind the back pass in the and the finals was like,
am I right the trophy? I mean, like that was
the most ridiculous thing I've ever in a big game.
Like that he's doing up to Klay Thompson right, that
went out of bounce. But my point is his you know,
Mark Willard, I would have said had Steve Kerr said that,
(12:32):
but you mean in a negative way, in a bad way.
He wrecked the NBA. That's where we are all the threes.
He wrecked the game, the All Star Game. Steph Curry's
mark on the league isn't the greatest shooter of all times.
(12:52):
It's the greatest wrecker of all time. He wrecked the
n B A he he left it for Ruin. That's
what we are see. But this is where I disagree
with that. He's magical at it. He makes these shots.
He has sweet sit up here and marveled at it.
Speaker 6 (13:11):
He's the first guy that shoots seventy five footers that
I stopped from going to the restroom to wait before
the but you know, the buzzer brings up two to one.
Let me go, Okay, he missed it, like He's the
only player I've ever did that for. So he's been marvelous.
He's been arguably the most entertaining player of the last
fifteen to twenty years, and so I give him credit
for that. The issue is people are lazy, and so
(13:33):
they just if he's working for human, working for the Warriors,
I'm doing. What they didn't see was you have one
of the greatest shooters of all time, if not the greatest.
You have one of the other greatest shooters all time,
Klay Thompson, and you have a world class time right well,
shooting the ball they are, and you have a team
that was great at other things, which is what made
them win so many games, seventy three games, win championship.
Speaker 4 (13:54):
They were great. They were always top what was the robbers,
he always top two to three.
Speaker 6 (13:57):
Defensively they were always top two three and assists because
they cut, they've cut back door cuts. So we focus
on just the threes, not realizing this team is actually
playing good basketball. It's just they have two of the
best shooters and then three once Kde came of all time.
You shouldn't do that. Everybody can't do that. I can't
do what you can do. You can't do what I
can do. And you know, everybody has their things. So
(14:19):
the idea that everybody just believed, well, Steph Curry shooting threes,
I guess we should shoot threes, would analytics say, And
it became lazy and guys, just I'm watching this wizard rocket.
They guy just chucking up threes, and so I in
essence blame him for being so great. He was so great,
so efficient, so proficient, that everybody was like, oh, I
can do it too, No, you can't.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
No, but but but it was his success. I hear
what you're saying. But he ruined the game and his success.
Speaker 4 (14:47):
In an indirect way.
Speaker 10 (14:48):
He.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
Ruined the NBA. And the worst part is he can
never make a big shot in the big moment. That's
the worst part of it. But he's still ruining the league.
Speaker 6 (14:59):
It's the analyst. To me, it's easy to say, Steph,
it's analytics. Went to Stephan said, see, look, look what
he's doing. Analytically, it says, if you shoot this and
you shoot, shut up. Analytics ruin the NFL. We and
you've talked about it.
Speaker 4 (15:11):
What do you need to run?
Speaker 9 (15:14):
Thank god they fixed baseball strikeout.
Speaker 6 (15:17):
You just go for it cause technically, at least if
you get a home run this time is better than
kicking hitting the ground ball. SIAT analytics made sports unbearable
and unwatchable at times, and I'm glad things are starting
to shift back and come back in all sports.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
Thank god.
Speaker 3 (15:31):
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the they changed the game in a more positive or
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Speaker 9 (17:36):
Yeah, it's it is interesting, just the stuff thing and
and and we.
Speaker 4 (17:43):
I talked about it. I get your point, you know,
I don't. I don't know if has he ever, because
I know he knows the narrative. Has he ever? Actually?
Speaker 9 (17:52):
But again, he had nothing.
Speaker 4 (17:54):
To do with it.
Speaker 3 (17:54):
He's just doing and playing the way that he was
able to play, but it did have an effect on
the game that was crazy that I had never seen
where people who had no business putting up threes. And
you know, we went through that really bad period. You
talked about it. Baseball's like, okay, just we don't care
(18:16):
if you strike out. Rather, what's the difference between you
ground out or strike out? That's what they would tell
them the hitters, right like, what's the difference? Still an out?
So guys were up there swinging for the fe.
Speaker 4 (18:28):
Rowing in their their their mind of the game.
Speaker 6 (18:31):
And you know, I told you I would sit up
there next to the guys man Jerry Harrison Junior, No
Mark Garcia Para, and they would sit there and just
be baffled, like, dude, that is not baseball. But if
they said they a drinks, you say, I wish you
would line shift with me. I'm getting a single double
every time right up? But what the whole slot of it?
Speaker 4 (18:54):
There was a moment We always always forget it, but
there was a moment in the step.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
The three point thing. Remember was a three on one break.
A team was down by two. I'll never forget that
three on one, down by two. Remember, the guy has
the ball dribbling, the other two guys run to the corners.
Speaker 4 (19:16):
Yeah, that's very that's very twenty sixteen.
Speaker 9 (19:20):
And they pass it.
Speaker 4 (19:22):
They missed the three.
Speaker 9 (19:22):
They lose a game.
Speaker 3 (19:23):
And I tooked Tom, how do you not take the
ball to the basket on a three on one break?
You're down by two? And I thought, that's when that
reached like a point where why wouldn't you tie the
game first?
Speaker 6 (19:35):
That tipping point. And that's the good thing is we're
starting to see teams who are we talking to. I mean,
I think you brought it up as well. I'm not mistake.
I remember if you were hearing it. But we were
talking about the Pistons. We're talking about, you know, teams
like the Rockets getting the paint, I mean almost the fault.
They don't shoot threes, getting in the paint, getting easy buckets.
(19:56):
Obviously the Spurs will hit threes as well, winby will,
but they'll also get in there. They'll starting to see
guys mid range. And again, well, thank god the resurgence
of Kawhi Leonard and him having some success with the
Clippers and kind of getting them out of a funk.
So you're starting to see it now. You look at
teams like the Cavaliers. They'll play big down there with
Mobley and Allen and Donovan Mitchell penetrate getting the whole
(20:16):
James Harden getting in the paint as well timed. So
thankfully we're starting to see mid range guys moving the
ball around again, because it was just a three point
fest and and like it was almost like big dudes
who never got to shoot in high school of college
got the shot shooting now, so they were just jacking
up terrible shots and coaches like, okay, okay.
Speaker 4 (20:34):
Well, analytically speaking, it makes sense that no, no, no, no, no,
can we just get back? Wait?
Speaker 6 (20:38):
Why did I marry sound like the lady from Get Out?
No no, no, no, no, no no no no Rogie,
you felt me on that No no, no, no no,
you in that sucking place. I don't know, Maybe me
start a tea on you.
Speaker 4 (20:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (20:53):
So that's why I think Steph Kurbin I'm be interested
in here. I know he know he's had to spoken
on this. I can't remember because that is a lot
of people's stuff.
Speaker 9 (21:01):
How do you write that in his.
Speaker 4 (21:05):
The history of the.
Speaker 3 (21:06):
History or his open or his open like, you know,
how would you write Steph Curry in the old bit
like who revolutionized the three point shot?
Speaker 9 (21:15):
The all time leading, the all time three point maker?
Speaker 4 (21:19):
Do you know what I mean?
Speaker 9 (21:20):
Change?
Speaker 10 (21:21):
That has to be included in it, wouldn't it. Don't
you think that's unfair to him though? Because no, no, no, no, no,
I'm at it. Don't get me wrong. I'm saying, but
change the game. I'm not saying in a negative way.
I don't think they would write it that way. But
but he changed the game where people started taking more
threes than ever. Do you here's a questions, don't.
Speaker 5 (21:40):
We don't got time for this might be like a
summer topic. Who do you think changed the NBA more?
Steph Curry or James Harden? Because I would argue James
Harden all day long enough because nobody, nobody else plays
like Steph.
Speaker 6 (21:55):
No, but everybody tries to play like take the shots
that Steph dude started taking. Money Bird one of the
great He was the greatest shooter ever. We would always
say until Steph. He averaged like three attempts.
Speaker 4 (22:08):
But but nobody shoots like Steph.
Speaker 5 (22:09):
Like nobody is off ball running around twenty five different
screens the way.
Speaker 4 (22:13):
They may not get the shot off like Steph. I'll
give you that, James.
Speaker 5 (22:17):
Everybody thinks they can play like James Harden my pick
and roll either, I'm gonna go to the ram.
Speaker 4 (22:20):
I'm with you to step back three.
Speaker 3 (22:22):
But my thing is when they started just putting up threes,
it was because of Steph's success.
Speaker 9 (22:28):
And they were like, no, they didn't only shoot threes,
Houston only shot three.
Speaker 5 (22:34):
No, but I get that deep in the weez on
the basketball conference, they played backdoor basketball, they were doing
all kinds of stuff.
Speaker 4 (22:42):
I know, but but it was it was That's what
you know. I always say that.
Speaker 3 (22:45):
I agree, but but it was his shooting where people
started shooting more, you.
Speaker 4 (22:50):
Know what I mean.
Speaker 6 (22:51):
And ignore the back cuts to cut Draymond averaging a
bunch of cis dollar, a bunch of cysts. They got
a lot of easy buckets from their ball moving. A
lot of it came from those running off picks. All right,
Brittley Weiss, been great conversation. Britley Weisman on the way,
former NFL scout. We'll talk to him as we got
the combine going on right now. Steven segerm gonna get
you up dated, hayste.
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Speaker 4 (23:23):
See you have an excellent night, my friend. Thank you.
Speaker 6 (23:25):
It is the Odd Couple Robin Kelvin on a Magic
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joined by Brintley Weisman, former NFL scout. We had a
chance to kick it with Brittley at the down there
up in San Francisco to a Super Bowl week.
Speaker 4 (23:39):
Brittany, what's going on and.
Speaker 9 (23:40):
How you happening?
Speaker 7 (23:42):
Calvin Ar, how do you guys doing? Nice to talk
to you guys.
Speaker 4 (23:45):
Yeah, man, we're doing great.
Speaker 6 (23:46):
We obviously it's a knee deep in the last twenty
games or saw the NBA. However, there's still a bunch
of football.
Speaker 4 (23:54):
We know that, man. So we got the combine going on.
Speaker 6 (23:57):
Start with me with the combine as a scout, we
talked about this, what are you looking for when you've
already seen the tape? Right, You've been watching this player,
You've been scouting his player, maybe even since high school.
You saw through college. Now you're at the combine. What
are you looking for in particular? Is it more so
the man, the young man himself, or is it maybe
intangibles that you didn't know about. He's shiftier than I thought,
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he jumps hired than I thought.
Speaker 7 (24:20):
Yeah, that's a good question. Honestly. The main most important
thing at the combines and medicals, getting your team doctor,
getting your team physicians to be able to get their
hands on, get their eyes on these prospects, really evaluate
to see how they're checking out, how their needs are.
These players are going to be able to see his
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second contract. That's the biggest thing that these NFL teams
are doing this week, the last week at the Combine.
It's definitely the medicals. Then I'd say it's the interviews
with the coaches, with the gms, getting that one on
one time with these prospects. All of those things you
know you don't see on TV, but those are actually
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the most important things that go down at the Combine.
In terms of the testing, guys, you know, for me
when I was scouting, you don't ever want to move
your grade drastically based on as a player test positively
or negatively. You want to use those tests, whether it's
the forty, whether it's the straw jump, vertical jump to
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confirm what you see on tape. Ideally, the tape speaks
for itself. The tape is the gospel the forty time,
the agility tests, all of that is secondary and hopefully
just confirmed what you see on Dave.
Speaker 3 (25:38):
Here's my issue because I feel like the Brentley the
Combine is just a dog and pony show. Well, like
I just if you watch the tapes as you say,
and you scouted them and you've seen them play and
all that, I mean, who is this really for? The
rams don't even show up anymore. There are people who
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don't even don't even come. Like, how much more are
you gonna find out? I understand if you just want
to meet the person and talk to them, Okay, if
you want to just have a conversation and just have
a feel for him. But why would I put on,
I don't know, a running outfit, a skin type running
outfit to run around and okay, if I don't, if
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I do poorly, or you're gonna hold it against me,
you know what I mean. You're gonna hold it against
me because I didn't have a good day running or
I dropped some passes even though I played three years
in college and I won the the uh blittin the
coffee in the situation with Lemon and everybody's trashing the
kid for his interview or whatever it is.
Speaker 9 (26:44):
But this kid on tape was tremendous and should be
a top ten or fifteen pick.
Speaker 3 (26:48):
Why to help me figure out why this isn't just
a dog and pony show or something made up so
that people can have something to put on an NFL
network for.
Speaker 4 (26:57):
A few days.
Speaker 7 (27:00):
Increasingly it has been more of that, you know, just
with the scheduling. It's certainly in you know, creating him
a more of a TV product than anything else. However,
I do think there's still a ton of value from
the combine. Again, the medicals is so key, and that
happens kind of early on in the week, and you
know that that is definitely the first and foremost number
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one thing at the combine. But I do think the
combine has other value. You know, all of a suden
Kay Lemon didn't really work out. He supposedly interview QUOLLI
you never know if that's true, because oftentimes that could
be teams leaking that helping you all fall to their
draft lot, right, So so you never you never want
to take that fully to heart. But you know, for
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your combine, for me, it's like you have small, small
school kids, right and they dominate the lower level competition,
but you don't actually know how good an ethic they
are because they might be might be going against players
that are very much that's not NFL caliber projects. Well,
getting them on the field and getting them to be
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able to work out opposite guides like Makai Lenman, guys
like sunny styles, that's invaluable, you know. So I do
think the combine, Yes, Rob, I agree, it's increasingly becoming
more of a TV show, yeah, you know, just fild thing. However,
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there are real valuable things to get out of it.
I do wish it was less of a media pony
show to your point, But certainly I think it has
a as a place.
Speaker 9 (28:36):
But the idea, the idea that the rams don't go,
that doesn't say anything.
Speaker 6 (28:41):
And it's just had a bunch of successful right and
they don't go.
Speaker 7 (28:47):
Yeah, So that that to me is you know more
of like nowadays there's zoom, you know, and so certainly
like you don't have to go and every team gets
gets some times and you'll have opportunity interview these prospects.
I think, like I'm not going to judge Tam McVay.
He's won a Super Bowl, he's you know, he's brilliant.
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I think there's a ton of value in going. Just
getting face to face in person time with these prospects,
I think is invaluable. And also, you know, outside of
evaluating the prospects, all of the deal making, all the
agent working that happens kind of at night at the
bars in Indianapolis. You know, it's to me, it's all invaluable.
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I don't know exactly why, something doesn't know, but I
think it's definitely worth going. And you know, again, I'm
not gonna not gonna criticize the they, but about the gym,
I would go out scouts.
Speaker 4 (29:42):
How can I coaches Brentley Weisman?
Speaker 6 (29:45):
Of course, form my NFL scot all the odd couple
on a Magic City Monday. I want to stay here too.
When teams are scouting these players, and what we've seen
is a lot of guys come, especially running backs. A
lot of running backs come out of later rounds receivers.
Is there a position in particular now where guys the
teams are saying, okay, we can get that later but
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and still be a very high quality player.
Speaker 7 (30:09):
Yeah, I think running backs increasingly, you know, teams are
feeling they can get a legit starter in round two,
round three. I mean, you saw the Seattle Seahawks Kenneth
Walker was a mid second round player. He ended up
being the superw MVP. Even last year, the Browns quin
Shawn Kins, the Patriots Tavon Henderson, these are all second
round players who were big time players in their rookie season.
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So I think increasingly running back is a position I
think teams can get later on in the draft. Similarly,
I think linebackers are a position I think teams can
think they can get a starter, you know, second, third,
fourth round even in the draft. I mean, we saw
players this year Carson Schwetzinger for the Browns that that
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was staying near an all Pro caliber player as a rookie,
and he was drafted late checking around. So I think
those two position groups teams feel really good about finding
late later on in the draft. That and then also
material offensive landing and think of your center as your guards.
Those are positions you know you can get six year,
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seven year NFL starter in the fourth round, right, and
so That's why I think. You see, you know, positionings
like the sinks event corn a receiver go off to
Born early. His teams know they can get some of
the other positions late.
Speaker 6 (31:32):
Yeah, I mean, and they've they've been able to do
that to some success for sure. Any last thing for me,
any any any player to say, keep an eye out.
I know, you know there's the top few. Everybody knows
there's somebody one or two. You're saying, keep an eye
on these two.
Speaker 7 (31:45):
Yeah, I'm just talking to all my scouting buddies. The
one player I think who isn't getting a ton of shine.
I mean everyone left with Indianapolis talking about sunny styles,
RB Lery, He's in kind of exactly those big players.
I think the under raiders. The under the radar player
is San Diego State's corner Chris Johnson. I was pulled
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by some teams to look like if he casts well,
because that's the one question of teams had on him
was his long speed because again, playing at San Diego State,
you don't know exactly who he's covering to know how
truly fast he is. But what you see on tape
is instinct, ball skills, a level of physicality. All things
you love comes in Indianapolis. Run runs a low four
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four and now, all of a sudden, you have a
player with speed, with length, with ball skills, with instincts.
He's patient at the line. I hear teams think he's
gonna go round one. When entering this week, you know
he was considered more of a late round two player.
So I think back to the player that many people
aren't realizing how how he's going to go, but I
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think he will be helped himself coming out of the combine.
Speaker 6 (32:57):
Shout out to him, Hey, appreciate, Thank you guys, no
doubt Britley weis mcgiven them and follow Brittany twelve on X.
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I'm not gonna lie. It's been over a year and
a half.
Speaker 4 (34:17):
Way.
Speaker 6 (34:17):
We sounded like a little R and B group right there.
To harmonize, my Mary, you've behaving all day, Mary, harmonize, harmonize.
Speaker 4 (34:24):
Had you heard that? Roger sounded good?
Speaker 3 (34:27):
How about Harry in Indiana? All the last caller here
on the couple of Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 7 (34:37):
All right.
Speaker 11 (34:38):
I listened to y'all every single night before I go
to Ben, and I just want to say, you guys
are truly amazing, and you're so hilarious, like every single time.
You know, it's awesome, And y'all were talking about who
trains the game no earlier. Yeah, I just I think
it's on Steph because like he could shoot the ball
so much, and like you were saying, like everybody else,
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I started to like do it too, and like I
mean a Bronca don't. But like I think Steph really
did a.
Speaker 4 (35:05):
Lot for you, know what, Harry?
Speaker 9 (35:06):
I think, absolutely right, Harry? How old are you?
Speaker 11 (35:09):
I'm a thirteen years old?
Speaker 4 (35:11):
All right? Quick? All right? Thirteen carried of mine?
Speaker 6 (35:13):
If one the vibe by to just trying to see
how many more years I got doing this before here
it comes for our job.
Speaker 4 (35:17):
You ain't gonna make it, hey, Harry, I know it, definitely.
But Harry, I was like you growing up in New York.
Speaker 3 (35:23):
I used to listen to Art Rush Junior and John
Sterling on sports talk radio when I was your age,
and I love sports.
Speaker 4 (35:30):
And I used to love to listen and all that
stuff like that.
Speaker 6 (35:33):
So we appreciate I appreciate you ignored the song from
first when you called in. But other than that, we
appreciate you.
Speaker 4 (35:39):
Who are you with?
Speaker 6 (35:39):
Mom?
Speaker 4 (35:40):
And my dad? Who you with?
Speaker 7 (35:41):
Oh?
Speaker 11 (35:41):
Well, I'm calling my song. I just got it a
little bit ago. I'm a but my dad's in the
other room. I run ran downstairs. I was like, ooh,
I got to be the lost call the night I've
always wanted to do it.
Speaker 6 (35:53):
Yeah, I saw especially part of the eye couple, the
odd vib You are all laying, Harry, rob Harry gets access.
Speaker 9 (36:03):
Thank you man.
Speaker 4 (36:03):
Harry calls, Harry gets yeah, I have a great, a
great day. Do you all work? Harry? What time is
this bed?
Speaker 2 (36:11):
Where?
Speaker 4 (36:11):
Where's Harry calling from? ROBBERI you remember from Indiana? What
and the if?
Speaker 10 (36:15):
What?
Speaker 4 (36:15):
And the gets bad? It's going to do that? Are
they central time? They're central? So it's only nine o'clock,
he's not he's not late, all right, right, it's just
that dad starts kicking in My girls gonna be listening
to me anyway, Mary, Robbie, old kids listening to you. No,
he's looking because yeah, I gotta offended. How I know
he was. I'm not gonna lie. I thought I was
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a little soft. Rob g is is like an infant.
So Rob, you well, first of Allisy is not the problem.
It's the baby. Baby's the problem.
Speaker 5 (36:47):
She's mean.
Speaker 4 (36:47):
Why is she mean? She's mean? No, you get the
mean ones. I'm not gonnae.
Speaker 5 (36:53):
I always thought like this, like I always thought with
rim because I group with all boys like, oh, you know,
she's just the girl, right, She's just different. I group
with all boys different right. And then now that I
have Ellie and she's has the person, I'm like, no,
our is just soft because Ellie is gangster.
Speaker 6 (37:07):
You get one me, yeah, so cares for me. My
four year old is the absolute most charming. You're like,
oh my gosh, this she's outso actually will smack your
head off your shoulder like she is.
Speaker 4 (37:17):
Oh yeah, she's just this fitty fitty second one, you
gotta watch out for.
Speaker 6 (37:22):
No cam cam my second one, she's she's she's chip
out the old black with a humor.
Speaker 4 (37:27):
And he's kind of comedian, you know, so Cam kind
of got that one. You know.
Speaker 6 (37:32):
Kennedy Kennedy Me, No, Kennedys just she's just smartest. He
too smart sometimes you go, girl, what I said to
Actually you didn't say it. Technically said it's bed time,
so you didn't really say it's time to go to bed.
Hold on, hold on, now, what Rob, what are your kids?
Speaker 10 (37:47):
Like?
Speaker 4 (37:49):
No, don't say you don't have any We all know
how I know the story were waiting.
Speaker 6 (37:55):
You've been a little too excited about Atlanta. Wait, till
you get delivery to your house. Was gonna say, swab
this swab exactly end of business day. Oh yeah, hey daddy,
I've been meaning to tell you this.
Speaker 4 (38:08):
Marry.
Speaker 9 (38:09):
You came down and it's so sad.
Speaker 4 (38:11):
You know what's really sad, it's how many.
Speaker 3 (38:14):
Of those shoulders where you see it, where the court cases,
where it's not their care.
Speaker 4 (38:20):
Now she just now, she's just pulling strong.
Speaker 9 (38:22):
And it's like unbelievable.
Speaker 4 (38:24):
And they raised them for.
Speaker 9 (38:25):
Eight years, six years.
Speaker 4 (38:26):
How long do you raise yours? I'm just saying