June 1, 2023 • 33 mins
In today's NFL, is a passing or running offense more dominant? Nate an Zai go down the rabbit hole to place some friendly wagers. Also, learn some nicknames the guys had over the years.
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Your boy as their stand back backin the building for another episode of
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let Me Tell You Something? Yeah, yeah, yeah, y'all hearing y'all,
y'all hear my boy. That's mybig dog, big Nate dog in
the building. And we always comein here to try to bring y'all some
fire. You gotta see, y'all. No go on there, y'all.
When y'all clicked on the podcast,listen to order, why y'all see the
helmet, So you know, we'realways gonna talk a little bit of put
the ball. And that's not footballwith the you, that's football with the
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Okay, the two olds right there. Okay, So that's what we're here
to talk about. We're gonna letyou guys know a little. It's a
little something about the Dallas Cowboys.Boy, you guys have two two vents,
one one amazing vent. And misterNate Newton that the boss hug himself
the road, the road greater,the road greater. That we said,
the big nasty Yes, sir,Yes, that's how we do it.
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But I wish I was built likeyou, Isaiah, like a Greek warrior.
You know what I'm saying. Youdon't want to look like a coat
hanger right now, Nate, That'sall. I looked like a straight wire
coat hanger off the dry clean.But what was your nickname back in the
day, Nate? They call yourtime. Whenever you want to get so
get you know, get me reallygoing, just call me big time.
They just called me big time.My high school coach, Calvin Perry,
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named me big Time man. Otherthan that, I was Newton, Newton
growing up Newton Newton. So andthen yeah, the nickname big Time.
How did your high school coach giveyou that name? I used to be
always messing around, playing around,not taking things serious. And I think
one time distillers players, guys likeLC Greenwood, A couple of Distiller players
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came out of school back in theseventy eight, seventy seven, seventy seven,
seventy eight and instill of me goinginto the auditory where everybody else was
listening to the pro players talk.I'm out of the halls, jacking around,
having fun, look and see whatI can scheme up on next.
And the coach caught me out thereand he said, man, you're not
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in there listening to these pro athletes. And I'm like nah, I'm like,
okay, coach, you caught me? Did he say? Son?
He looked me. Run in myeyes, I'm talking to this high school
coach. It man. He said, you can be something special. You
can be big time. What doyou mean, he said, man,
you know the pros. You canbe big time. I looked at me.
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I said, I hear you,coach. But from that day own,
every time he saw me, what'sup, big time? What you're
doing? Man? Man, youcould be a big time Then a couple
of the players like, what's CCcalling you? That's what we call him
CC. What's big times? Big? He called me big time? Oh
yeah, okay, yeah, okay. He thinks, you know, because
they always think I was the favoriteto the coach anyway, so they started
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to call him me big time.Guess what, Yes, what, Yes,
sir see baby, that's what's up. Stories around as cool as George
Nay. I had a few nicknamesgrowing up back in the day. I
want to know how you got zeus. Okay, I'm gonna tell you how
I got the word. I gotthe name zeus. But back in the
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day, I don't know that youknow the world. The world's a little
sensitive nowadays, Nate. But I'mgonna tell you the game that we used
to play. Okay, and I'mnot going to sugarcoat it because we're on
our podcast. We used to playthe game called smear to queer back in
the day. You remember that game, yes, And the game was you
would get the ball and it wasliterally you versus the rest of the guys
that were playing on the field,guys or gals, whoever was out there,
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and your goal was to get fromwherever you were all the way to
opposing end zone without getting touched orwithout getting tackled. And I would always
shaking bake, you know, Ialways had this little vision of Barry Sanders,
So I would, you know,give everybody to make nast season.
I didn't want nobody to tackle me. So after a while, Nate people
wouldn't chase me. I would literallyget the ball and they would say automatic
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touchdown and again, and it gotto the point where it wasn't fun anymore
because nobody was chasing me. Thewhole thrill of playing the game was that
somebody would chase you and try toget you, and then you got the
gratification from shaking and baking everybody.So they started calling me a chicken chaser.
What they called me a chicken chaserback in the day because chicken chasers
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were always they would not stop running. They had to have a lot of
agility in order to get the chickensbecause the chickens can move. Everybody called
me a chicken chaser at the house. I could never get you really used
to chase chickens, Yeah, chaseand never man. I used to try
to jam them up in the corner, you know what I'm saying. So
that's how you get your hands,right, ok, man? But wow,
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chicken chaser. Wow. So chickenchaser was the original name that I
had, and then it transitioned onceI got to high school. I had
I had one of my basketball teammatesnamed Marcellus, and this dude was a
complete clown. I grew up playingwith a lot of really good basketball players.
He was one of those just smoothcasts. Man. He was just
just just shot. Was butter naturecrossovers from smooth and Marcella used to always
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say, man, this dude couldthrow the ball so far. You throw
the ball like like like like Justhrows lightning bolts. Your name is Your
name is zu Side. I'm like, what, he's a union is Zeus
Side. So every time I'll beon the on the court or on the
on the football field, Marcellas willsee me. He'd be like, Zus
Side, okay okay, And everybodyjust picked it up. Everybody picked it
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up. So that's how I gotthe nickname Zeus. They said I was
throwing footballs like lightning bolts. Man. Okay, okay, Wow, that's
pretty neat right there, man,that that's pretty neat. Well, you
always you're always slipping up on something, man. It turned out to be
pretty good in the end. Yeah, it's all good. Man. Now
everybody just calls me Dred because ofmy hair. But when I when I
decided to cut this, cut allthis stuff off, and they I don't
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know what they're gonna call me nomore. I don't think they can call
me Dred no more. Hopefully theydon't call me fade away hairline like some
people we know. I ain't gonnamention you made. I'm not trying to
have a fadeaway hairline. Man,I hear you. Man. Hey,
so you mentioned back in the dayat the house. Did you have anybody
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that ever came back in terms ofyou mentioned there were some pro players in
there talking. Who was the oneperson that came and spoke maybe, I
don't know if you're in elementary,middle school, high school that came and
spoke to you that it really kindof resonated with you're in that you kind
of held them in high regard andlooked at them as a Hey, you
know what, I could be thattoo, you know. No, to
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be honest with you, my mymy, my stars are always distant,
you know, and it was itcould be guys like like Tony dor said.
I used to look at Tony Doorsaid when he was with the Pit
Panthers, and I should be likeWow, to see the things that he
do because he was running back,and you know, everybody was infatuated back
then with running backs, believe itor not. Bob Lily and Super Bowl
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against Miami. You know, myguys were always distant guys, Randy White,
you know, because I was aCowboys fan. But then I also
liked the distillers, which I learnedto hate distillers, you know, me
and Joe Green, you know,and just and then for me to look
back and say, wow, theseguys were at my school, and then
I didn't have that that love forhim, you know what I'm saying.
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Uh, But Larry Little came toFlorida and then when I was there and
I looked at him, and thenand then they had a Miami had another
great center, Stevens I think,and I was like, wowed. I
looked at how small he was andplaying center, and I'm like, man,
you don't have to be big.I'm fat and slopping to play football.
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Even though I was on that roadto that very same thing. It
just now those guys amazing because LairLittle went to Bethune Cookman stevens Man,
he came from Alabama, but justto look at these guys and for them
to come to our school and justto speak to us. Man, I
thought that was real special. That'spretty dope. See, you know you
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already know this about me. We'vetalked about some of the earlier podcasts.
I wasn't a football guy growing up. I was a baseball, basketball,
track guy. Those are those weremy sports that I played prior to picking
up football. So I didn't havefootball guys that I looked to. I
mean I admired both Jackson because ofhis absolute just athleticism and his versatility.
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Yeah, I mean that's still inmy opinion, he's still the greatest athlete
to ever grace God's earth in myopinion. I don't know if you were
different on that, but that dudewas special. He was special. He
was special, man, he wasHe was unique in what he did.
Man, did you play at thesame time as boll Uh? Yeah?
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We played. Yeah, we playedat the same time. We played at
the same time. Then he gothurt. Let me played for the Raiders
and get blew is when you watchedthem, when you watched him playing in
person? What was that like?Man? Just like but ever I saw
any special player and and and I'mwith you. I only so a few
special players. That was Barrius Sanders, that was Bow Jackson, that was
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Dion Sanders. And I mean theywere just so unique. They were always
on a different level, and theyjust kept your blood at a high.
You know. The doctor said,I got high blood. I think I
got that from Barius Sunders what heused to do to the cowboys. Uh.
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And when you see guys like that, and you'd be like you being
awe, you being awe of them, because you know that if you slip
and don't you know, like Jordanhad his rules, Barry had hiss,
Bull had hiss, Dion had hiss. But you never know when you don't
stay in your lane, you don'tput your hands on them, or you
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don't feel your gap. It wasgonna be a big play and it was
scary. Man. It was exciting, but it was scary. Yeah.
In terms of just amazing, justunfathomable guys that were in their own category
of specimen. There was only oneguy that I faced in my entire career
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that I could really put on thatpedestal physically in terms of the athleticism,
and this was in college, andI consider him to be the greatest college
football player of all times. Andthis is always obviously disputable. Reggie Bush,
Brigie Bush was, I mean,oh my goodness, I think he
in college he had to be theclosest thing to what Barry Sanders was in
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the league. Yeah, And andI would like to get your opinion on
it in terms of when you wereplaying for the Dallas playing against those those
tough battles against the Detroit Lions,and you had a chance to sit there
on the sideline and watch Barry Sanderswork against your defense, what was your
mindset, because as a quarterback onoffice, obviously I did not do it.
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Yeah, But like you're caught inthis weird dichotomy between you, like
I want our defense to stop thisdude, but at the same time,
I want to see what he's gonnado next. And I remember watching Reggie
Bush do this and just simply justrun circles around our defense, and I'd
be like, man, we needto stop. But at the same time,
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this dude is freaking amazing. Thatwas dope. Like, did you
find yourself doing that? Berry?Matt Berry, Uh, Joe Montana,
I never sat down when he whenhe was quarterback I never sat down with
Damn Marino, played against him.I never you know, the coach like
they get back here every time wecome up the field. I want you
behind playing their own. This beach, he's hands nice. I was saying
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it, I'm saying it, butI'd be like, all right, coach,
all right, coach, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Did we come
out the field? I walked rightto like the thirty yard line, and
I'd be looking back like, doyou want us back there? Because if
you want to say something, I'mwatching this game. Yeah. My coach
is looking at me, like,coach, you don't get to see great
players, not all the time.Yes, I used to watch this cat,
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this kid, this cat special.That's wold. Yeah, that's the
closest thing. I guess I cancome to the athleticism now. Obviously in
terms of just amazing players, obviously, I was blessed to play with what
I I think we all probably consideredthe gold at quarterback in Tom Brady and
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find yours. That was very unique. And I think I've mentioned this before,
but like mine, you made itmovement was when we were playing a
Sunday night football game in Indianapolis againstPeyton Manning, and I'm in the huddle
during the TV timeout. In thehuddle while we're waiting for you know,
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the TV timeout seemingly take forever,Nate. We're sitting there looking at each
other and just having a regular conversation. And I'm talking with Randy Moss and
looking at Tom Brady in the samehuddle, and I'm like, this is
a movie. And I'm literally I'mlooking I'm talking with Moss, I'm looking
at Tom Brady. I'm looking acrossthe way. I see Peyton Manning standing
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up on the sideline, just waitingto see what's gonna happen. I'm looking
around Lucas Oil Stadium. I'm like, this is a movie. It's it's
literally a movie. And we endedup losing that game. They came back
and beat us at the last second. Is another movie. I think it'll
go down in one of the bestgames probably in NFL history, but unfortunately
were on the losing any of that, but like, that was my I
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was in amazement of what Tom wasdoing in terms of his drive and his
determination. But at the same time, I couldn't sit back and watch because
I was a part of it,right and I had a responsibility. So
part of me wanted to sit onthe sideline and kind of watch this dude
work, but a lot of butthe other part of me was like,
all right, dude, you gottabe locked in on this game plan and
don't let this guy down. Man. I'm gonna tell you something. Man,
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it has so been so many greatplayers that it's come through this league.
That's why I don't play the greatest. That's why I don't play the
greatest game. I got guys whereI ranked high above everybody else, But
I don't play could this guy dothis? And could this guy in this
eraror this era, this era becausethe rules have changed and it is a
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freed up a lot of players tobe great. You know, well,
Damn Marino could do it. Ohmy god, if if Joe Mintown know
they played in their era and theywere great and they're great now. So
when I when I when you talkabout great players, uh, and you
talk about a true top one hundredman. And I knew the change with
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every person, but it ain't buta few, you know, Like when
I look at when I think ofdefensive lineman, what Randy Reggie White?
You know, wow, what hedid. Was he just that nasty Nate?
He laid hands on you. Hewas a pastor. He laid hands
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on you in a very physical way. You know what I gonna remember?
Yeah, good God say fear me. I mean he brought that field of
God tell you, bro, Andit don't matter who. The only person
that can slow him down was EricWilliams. The only the only person can
slow him down. He doesn't getenough respect, Nate, who think he
does not get enough respect? Man? BIGI Bigie changed the way you talk
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about heat culture beat my Celtics.You talk about teams that have culture,
like the Patriots at one time hadthat culture and probably still do. They're
just waiting on the quarterback. Youknow, teams with culture you'll you'll Seahawks.
I think they have a culture becausethey know how to build teams.
Distealers with a culture and uh,working hard, blue collar bow your name.
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Yeah, that's who those guys.That's who he was, man,
That's that's that's what it's all about, bru. That's that's dope. That's
dope, man. All Right,we went down memory lane. All right.
One thing I want to hit onreal quick today, Big n offense.
Hey, we're both offensive guys.You were down there with the with
the big Nash's and they're moving bigguys out the way. I was either
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behind center or running around on theoutside, running away from men and tights.
Okay, what I want to know, if you had to pick a
dominant offense, would you much ratherbe dominant on the ground or would you
much rather be dominant in the airin this twenty twenty three realm of football,
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if we're talking about now, Isaiah, if we're talking about now,
I would probably be a sixty fortyguy sixty past forty run, Yes I
would. I would because coach McCarthysaid something that is so unique. Coach
coach Jimmy Johns, you just saidtoo par sales two. It's not how
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many times you run, it's canyou run that ball when they know it's
coming thirty short red zone gold lineto close the game out, to close
a half out. Because if youlook at the quarterbacks that are winning Super
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Bowls, they throwing it, man, they throwing it. And then I
look at Kansas City and the waythey came out of the second half of
saying okay, we're not doing weneed to do pass it now they started
running it. So in today's game, I'll take a fifty five forty five,
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I'll take a sixty forty. Youknow. But back when I played,
fifty fifty was the only way.Fifty fifty was the only way because
the defenses was so much more dominantwhen I played, because the game was
more physical. So if these rulesthat we have now were in effect back
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then, a lot of coaches wouldhave been dumbfounded, ain't. I ain't
saying they wouldn't wouldn't have called onbut they have been dumbfounded because they wanted
to pound your head in. Andthat's came from Pop Warner Elementary, junior,
high, high school, college.That's how we were told. Even
if you could throw the ball,you were zoos. Throw the ball like
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boats and light. But what dothey want you to do? Hey,
man, he's getting at you.Take off and run. That's how we
was drilled in to win games today. You're talking about today from maybe you
probably about ninety five to now yougotta you gotta chunk that thing, bro,
You gotta No, I didn't.I didn't expect you to say that.
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I didn't expect. Sorry, man, if we can't evolve we can't
evolve, man, do we becomeNeandrew Thalish? I don't like that.
Well, tell me what you feel, zoos feel. I'm about to go
down the line. Go down theline. I'm about to tell you the
top five passing offenses from last year, and then I'm gonna tell you the
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top five rushing offenses from last year. Yes, sir, and I want
you to tell me which side again. I'm gonna ask you again, which
side would you rather adopt? Ifyou had to adopt an offense right now?
Nate Newton was a head coach,which of these teams systems would you
adopt? Okay? So, topfive passing statistical teams from last year?
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Who you think is number one?Uh? Probably Miami somebody like that.
Okay, you close, You're close. Kansas City? M hmm, Kansas
Cities number one, number two,Nate dug Tampa Bay. Yes, but
that was it. See you know, I'm watching these games and listening to
you. That was a need thing. They could not run the ball,
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could not run the ball. Yeah, much so, I don't I don't
disagreeing. This is just just backfrom last year. LA Charges are at
number three, Miami Dolphins at numberfour, Minnesota Vikings at number five.
Okay, you feel good about thosefive? Those are that's the top five
pass No, no, no,I don't because you know I know them.
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The running back was not one hundredpercent in Minnesota, so you know,
I know the inside like you'd betelling me these things, so I
know you know what I'm saying.So I do not take those top five.
Nah. Where do you think Dallasranked at the top thirty two teams?
Where do you think Dallas ranked interms of passing offenses last year?
Probably about five or six? Fourteenmate, fourteen? Okay, team mate,
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Okay, they're behind in Vegas.I have five or six first games.
We weren't trying to chunk it factsbecause because your man's was out right
all right, Here we go.So those are the top five. Just
reminder Kent's city, Tampa Bay Chargers, Miami and Minnesota. Remember those are
the passing offenses. Okay, nowhere we go. Here goes the verses.
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If you had to choose, areyou sticking with the passing teams or
are you gonna go with these fiverushing teams? From last year? Chicago
Bears number one, and they hadtheir quarterback didn't didn't know the game.
The game got to show down fortheir quarterback. Yes, facts, okay,
Baltimore Ravens, their quarterback was inand out of the lineup, and
he really he got paid though,but he was out of the lot.
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Atlanta Hart Falcons that they had tono quarterback, no system. They had
to run. New York Giants,man, a team that's up and coming
and learning. Got a good offensivecoordinator. Yeah, they offensive coordinator.
Yeah. And then number five,the Philadelphia Eagles. That's that's remind you
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now, Nate Ka on one side, Okay, it's like nbajms. You
got pick what squad you're going with. Okay, based upon the offensive system
that they have, passing offense orrushing offense. If you had to take
the best offense from one of thesesides, that's what you're rolling with.
Rushing takes the quarterbacks out. Becausethis got Drew name the Philadelphia quarterback and
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the Kansas City quarterback. They reachedit. They top five and they reached
their goals. Come on, I'mgonna tell you something, man, and
I gotta stay with this in today'sNFL. Man, I got I gotta
roll with the pass and then youjammed me up. Yeah, in today's
NFL, your team and what youhave in front of you is gonna tell
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you, Isaiah that Kansas City,if they had the offensive line that Philadelphia
has, they would have ran.They would have ran the puppy stream up
out of that thing. Man.It'll be like a puppy with with the
runs. Man, I'm telling you, if if they would have had more
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games where they were to rush fortwo or three hundred yard because I'm telling
you, Philadelphia officsive line was thatgood last year? Huh? You know
the guys that you named, wasit Atlanta and the guys that they had
to run the ball? Lack ofquarterback? I mean, I see what
you're trying to say. And Iknow you like the run game. I
love the run game. But tohave the ball thirty five minutes and to
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be down by fourteen because they connectedon two bombs, that ain't night.
Ain't night. But you got youyou you you went in. Time of
possession only counts when you have adominant defense. And all of these guys
that you're naming did not always havea dominant defense. Because when you have
a run game, and I'm tellingyou, they go hand in hand,
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a dominant defense with a run game, what would catapult you like Philadelphia where
you need to be. And evenin the playoffs, if you go back
in check Kansas City, Uh,their defense stepped up big. The big
Jones kids step up b and andthey go hand in hand, and that's
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what got Philadelphia in the second half. I'm not gonna ever tell you I
don't like running the ball. Ilove them like ball, but it's to
have the ball and to possess theball, you gotta know that you gotta
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always be pushing it down field.I gotta keep you inside of your thirty.
I gotta keep you inside of yourthirty. And if I'm not doing
that, I'm hurting my defense becausethe run game just requires so much more.
Yeah, you know, keep WhenI look at this, I so
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I hear you. I see yourpoint. Okay, But when we talk
about culture and we're talking about typesof offenses, you're talking about being when
I'll see where you're going. Goahead on man. The top rushing teams
that I mentioned, the strength otherteam team I would have to say his
defense. So you look at ChicagoBears, the strength of their team is
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what is defense? And a rungame. Baltimore Ravens. Oh yeah,
yeah, when they when the Baltimoreis at their best, their defenses dominated.
Okay. New York Giants, Oh, they came on strong Man the
surprise of the NFC East and theNFL itself. Their d line is nasty.
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The Falcons, you guys much aboutthem? I don't know much about
them. I know they didn't havequestion marks. Yeah, alright, so
we got Chicago defense, Baltimore defense, Atlanta question mark, New York Giants
defense, yes, Philadelphia Eagles whomaster defense. They got a University Georgia
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defense. Okay, so you knowwhat I'm talking about. Possession of the
ball, Nate session of the ball. Four out of the five top rushing
offenses have deep enses that play complimentaryball with them, and they're able to
control the ball and put them insituations where they can win ball games.
Yes right, yeah right, becausethey're they're arrested. All right. So
now let's flip it over to thepassing offenses. KNA City Chiefs. Which
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one is more dominant? Offensive defense? The offense? That mean, yes,
absolutely, quarterback in the league.You know what that that ain't fair?
Oh way, you gotta oh Oh, come on, man, they
aged out. How how your computerdo this? Say? Timed out?
They timed out. Don't do that. So, yeah, we're gonna.
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We're gonna Tampa Bay defense, Yeah, timed out, all right. Uh
La Chargers offensive defense. The defensewas nice, the defenses loaded. Their
offense was hurt all year. Yeahthey didn't. One of their main receivers
was gone. Miami Dolphins, theygot to be their defense because their offense
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strong. Their offense started strong,but in the end they put some defensive
too. It broke. They broketheir offense. Yeah. Two, but
he couldn't stay healthy. So we'regonna go DEFENSEI Miami. Miami's putting together
one heck of a roster. NkeNo ways, paid attention to them boys.
Them boys are nasty, all right. And then the last one,
Minnesota Vikings offensive defense. They offense, man, they got to be offen
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because they did Their defense was they'vebeen suffering since Zim left them. Them
didn't lead them in good hands?Man. Wow, all right. So
we have three out of the fivepassing offenses top five. Our defense the
defensively stronger than they are offensively,right, all right? And then we
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have four of the five on therushing side that have stronger defenses than their
offense. Right, So I askedthe question again, Nate, we got
to hop off the air. Wouldyou much rather have a dominant passing game
or a dominant rushing game in thisNFL? I'd rather have a dominant passing
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game. Story. I'm sorry,man, I'm sorry. And today,
if you ain't throwing, you ain'twinning. Bro the run What the run
does? Listen to me, people, What the run does? It gives
you a chance to reset when badthings has happened, our interception, whatever,
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your defense get it back, yougo down, and you settle your
offense. Now. It gives youthe extra downs when you're in the third
and short. It gives you theextra downs, you know, so you
can continue to move the ball whenit gives you in the red zone,
when it's so tight down there,the ability to run it in makes you
stack the line even closer to giveyour gass that a little bit of space
in the in the end zone tothrow the ball. I'm telling you,
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you have to run when people knowyou're coming. Dad, It's the type
run game I know, when peopleknow you're coming. All San Francisco.
He did not mention San Francisco.When San Francisco made their run in the
playoffs, they had eighteen different quarterbacks, but what remained the same as a
great defense and a hell of arun game. That remained the same,
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and then you knew they was comingat you, and then you still couldn't
stop them. Bring you down toyou, Zus, I'm giving you.
I'm giving you the lightning boats.Hey, I need to make sure everybody
out there listening. I need yaif you guys have a printer, a
printer and a T shirt press athome. Okay, I need you guys
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to make a shirt. What side? What side we need? They don't
whatever. I'm gonna get a triplebecause I know they're gonna be way down
with love from these people. Yeahall right, I arty y'all to make
a triple X shirt that says NateNewton, all right, or my fault
big times passing over a russing.That's all I need to say that A
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quarterback, a quarterback Zeus who throwsballs like lights of boats, loves a
running game. Okay, yeah,yeah, all right, man, Well
we're gonna we're gonna see all thisthing plays out there We're going to bring
this conversation back up by the middleof the season. We're gonna re ask
this question because I don't agree withand I believe he's got to be a
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caveat what is best for the DallasCowboys. See, it may be different
for each team. Okay, realquick, real quick. We'll get into
this another day, but before asa prerequisite to another episode. Will Dallas
with the Dallas Cowboys be more ofa passing team this year or a running
team with Mike McCarthy as officer acoordinator now or he's the head coach slash
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Shotneimer is an officers a coordinator.I'll tell you what. Until I know
who they is, they better bea run team. I don't know who
the team is. I don't knowwho the five starters is. They better
be a run team to balance thisthing out so the defense can be dominant
and give them the ball back thatnow, each team carries his own flavor,
you know, I mean, comeup if you have Patrick Mahomes,
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but you're gonna say, hey,Patrick, we fin we find running this
thing for the times. Hey Okay, so hey Nate. So the analytics
are saying and it sounds like NateNewton saying, if your defense it's the
strength of your team, you betterrun. You better be a Russian team.
That's right, all right, betall right, hey, virtual handshake.
We're on the same page now,virtual HANDSHAKEE there you go, hey,
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exactly way man the bushwhackers, Baby, Hey, Nate, what do
we always say at the end ofthe show? Man, we did what?
We flushed another one? Y'all alreadyflushing another one? I thank you
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let Me Tell You Something? Yeah, yeah, yeah, y'all hearing y'all,
y'all hear my boy. That's mybig dog, big Nate dog in
the building. And we always comein here to try to bring y'all some
fire. You gotta see, y'all. No go on there, y'all.
When y'all clicked on the podcast,listen to order, why y'all see the
helmet, So you know, we'realways gonna talk a little bit of put
the ball. And that's not footballwith the you, that's football with the
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Okay, the two olds right there. Okay, So that's what we're here
to talk about. We're gonna letyou guys know a little. It's a
little something about the Dallas Cowboys.Boy, you guys have two two vents,
one one amazing vent. And misterNate Newton that the boss hug himself
the road, the road greater,the road greater. That we said,
the big nasty Yes, sir,Yes, that's how we do it.
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But I wish I was built likeyou, Isaiah, like a Greek warrior.
You know what I'm saying. Youdon't want to look like a coat
hanger right now, Nate, That'sall. I looked like a straight wire
coat hanger off the dry clean.But what was your nickname back in the
day, Nate? They call yourtime. Whenever you want to get so
get you know, get me reallygoing, just call me big time.
They just called me big time.My high school coach, Calvin Perry,
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named me big Time man. Otherthan that, I was Newton, Newton
growing up Newton Newton. So andthen yeah, the nickname big Time.
How did your high school coach giveyou that name? I used to be
always messing around, playing around,not taking things serious. And I think
one time distillers players, guys likeLC Greenwood, A couple of Distiller players
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came out of school back in theseventy eight, seventy seven, seventy seven,
seventy eight and instill of me goinginto the auditory where everybody else was
listening to the pro players talk.I'm out of the halls, jacking around,
having fun, look and see whatI can scheme up on next.
And the coach caught me out thereand he said, man, you're not
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in there listening to these pro athletes. And I'm like nah, I'm like,
okay, coach, you caught me? Did he say? Son?
He looked me. Run in myeyes, I'm talking to this high school
coach. It man. He said, you can be something special. You
can be big time. What doyou mean, he said, man,
you know the pros. You canbe big time. I looked at me.
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I said, I hear you,coach. But from that day own,
every time he saw me, what'sup, big time? What you're
doing? Man? Man, youcould be a big time Then a couple
of the players like, what's CCcalling you? That's what we call him
CC. What's big times? Big? He called me big time? Oh
yeah, okay, yeah, okay. He thinks, you know, because
they always think I was the favoriteto the coach anyway, so they started
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to call him me big time.Guess what, Yes, what, Yes,
sir see baby, that's what's up. Stories around as cool as George
Nay. I had a few nicknamesgrowing up back in the day. I
want to know how you got zeus. Okay, I'm gonna tell you how
I got the word. I gotthe name zeus. But back in the
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day, I don't know that youknow the world. The world's a little
sensitive nowadays, Nate. But I'mgonna tell you the game that we used
to play. Okay, and I'mnot going to sugarcoat it because we're on
our podcast. We used to playthe game called smear to queer back in
the day. You remember that game, yes, And the game was you
would get the ball and it wasliterally you versus the rest of the guys
that were playing on the field,guys or gals, whoever was out there,
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and your goal was to get fromwherever you were all the way to
opposing end zone without getting touched orwithout getting tackled. And I would always
shaking bake, you know, Ialways had this little vision of Barry Sanders,
So I would, you know,give everybody to make nast season.
I didn't want nobody to tackle me. So after a while, Nate people
wouldn't chase me. I would literallyget the ball and they would say automatic
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touchdown and again, and it gotto the point where it wasn't fun anymore
because nobody was chasing me. Thewhole thrill of playing the game was that
somebody would chase you and try toget you, and then you got the
gratification from shaking and baking everybody.So they started calling me a chicken chaser.
What they called me a chicken chaserback in the day because chicken chasers
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were always they would not stop running. They had to have a lot of
agility in order to get the chickensbecause the chickens can move. Everybody called
me a chicken chaser at the house. I could never get you really used
to chase chickens, Yeah, chaseand never man. I used to try
to jam them up in the corner, you know what I'm saying. So
that's how you get your hands,right, ok, man? But wow,
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chicken chaser. Wow. So chickenchaser was the original name that I
had, and then it transitioned onceI got to high school. I had
I had one of my basketball teammatesnamed Marcellus, and this dude was a
complete clown. I grew up playingwith a lot of really good basketball players.
He was one of those just smoothcasts. Man. He was just
just just shot. Was butter naturecrossovers from smooth and Marcella used to always
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say, man, this dude couldthrow the ball so far. You throw
the ball like like like like Justhrows lightning bolts. Your name is Your
name is zu Side. I'm like, what, he's a union is Zeus
Side. So every time I'll beon the on the court or on the
on the football field, Marcellas willsee me. He'd be like, Zus
Side, okay okay, And everybodyjust picked it up. Everybody picked it
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up. So that's how I gotthe nickname Zeus. They said I was
throwing footballs like lightning bolts. Man. Okay, okay, Wow, that's
pretty neat right there, man,that that's pretty neat. Well, you
always you're always slipping up on something, man. It turned out to be
pretty good in the end. Yeah, it's all good. Man. Now
everybody just calls me Dred because ofmy hair. But when I when I
decided to cut this, cut allthis stuff off, and they I don't
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know what they're gonna call me nomore. I don't think they can call
me Dred no more. Hopefully theydon't call me fade away hairline like some
people we know. I ain't gonnamention you made. I'm not trying to
have a fadeaway hairline. Man,I hear you. Man. Hey,
so you mentioned back in the dayat the house. Did you have anybody
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that ever came back in terms ofyou mentioned there were some pro players in
there talking. Who was the oneperson that came and spoke maybe, I
don't know if you're in elementary,middle school, high school that came and
spoke to you that it really kindof resonated with you're in that you kind
of held them in high regard andlooked at them as a Hey, you
know what, I could be thattoo, you know. No, to
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be honest with you, my mymy, my stars are always distant,
you know, and it was itcould be guys like like Tony dor said.
I used to look at Tony Doorsaid when he was with the Pit
Panthers, and I should be likeWow, to see the things that he
do because he was running back,and you know, everybody was infatuated back
then with running backs, believe itor not. Bob Lily and Super Bowl
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against Miami. You know, myguys were always distant guys, Randy White,
you know, because I was aCowboys fan. But then I also
liked the distillers, which I learnedto hate distillers, you know, me
and Joe Green, you know,and just and then for me to look
back and say, wow, theseguys were at my school, and then
I didn't have that that love forhim, you know what I'm saying.
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Uh, But Larry Little came toFlorida and then when I was there and
I looked at him, and thenand then they had a Miami had another
great center, Stevens I think,and I was like, wowed. I
looked at how small he was andplaying center, and I'm like, man,
you don't have to be big.I'm fat and slopping to play football.
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Even though I was on that roadto that very same thing. It
just now those guys amazing because LairLittle went to Bethune Cookman stevens Man,
he came from Alabama, but justto look at these guys and for them
to come to our school and justto speak to us. Man, I
thought that was real special. That'spretty dope. See, you know you
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already know this about me. We'vetalked about some of the earlier podcasts.
I wasn't a football guy growing up. I was a baseball, basketball,
track guy. Those are those weremy sports that I played prior to picking
up football. So I didn't havefootball guys that I looked to. I
mean I admired both Jackson because ofhis absolute just athleticism and his versatility.
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Yeah, I mean that's still inmy opinion, he's still the greatest athlete
to ever grace God's earth in myopinion. I don't know if you were
different on that, but that dudewas special. He was special. He
was special, man, he wasHe was unique in what he did.
Man, did you play at thesame time as boll Uh? Yeah?
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We played. Yeah, we playedat the same time. We played at
the same time. Then he gothurt. Let me played for the Raiders
and get blew is when you watchedthem, when you watched him playing in
person? What was that like?Man? Just like but ever I saw
any special player and and and I'mwith you. I only so a few
special players. That was Barrius Sanders, that was Bow Jackson, that was
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Dion Sanders. And I mean theywere just so unique. They were always
on a different level, and theyjust kept your blood at a high.
You know. The doctor said,I got high blood. I think I
got that from Barius Sunders what heused to do to the cowboys. Uh.
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And when you see guys like that, and you'd be like you being
awe, you being awe of them, because you know that if you slip
and don't you know, like Jordanhad his rules, Barry had hiss,
Bull had hiss, Dion had hiss. But you never know when you don't
stay in your lane, you don'tput your hands on them, or you
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don't feel your gap. It wasgonna be a big play and it was
scary. Man. It was exciting, but it was scary. Yeah.
In terms of just amazing, justunfathomable guys that were in their own category
of specimen. There was only oneguy that I faced in my entire career
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that I could really put on thatpedestal physically in terms of the athleticism,
and this was in college, andI consider him to be the greatest college
football player of all times. Andthis is always obviously disputable. Reggie Bush,
Brigie Bush was, I mean,oh my goodness, I think he
in college he had to be theclosest thing to what Barry Sanders was in
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the league. Yeah, And andI would like to get your opinion on
it in terms of when you wereplaying for the Dallas playing against those those
tough battles against the Detroit Lions,and you had a chance to sit there
on the sideline and watch Barry Sanderswork against your defense, what was your
mindset, because as a quarterback onoffice, obviously I did not do it.
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Yeah, But like you're caught inthis weird dichotomy between you, like
I want our defense to stop thisdude, but at the same time,
I want to see what he's gonnado next. And I remember watching Reggie
Bush do this and just simply justrun circles around our defense, and I'd
be like, man, we needto stop. But at the same time,
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this dude is freaking amazing. Thatwas dope. Like, did you
find yourself doing that? Berry?Matt Berry, Uh, Joe Montana,
I never sat down when he whenhe was quarterback I never sat down with
Damn Marino, played against him.I never you know, the coach like
they get back here every time wecome up the field. I want you
behind playing their own. This beach, he's hands nice. I was saying
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it, I'm saying it, butI'd be like, all right, coach,
all right, coach, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Did we come
out the field? I walked rightto like the thirty yard line, and
I'd be looking back like, doyou want us back there? Because if
you want to say something, I'mwatching this game. Yeah. My coach
is looking at me, like,coach, you don't get to see great
players, not all the time.Yes, I used to watch this cat,
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this kid, this cat special.That's wold. Yeah, that's the
closest thing. I guess I cancome to the athleticism now. Obviously in
terms of just amazing players, obviously, I was blessed to play with what
I I think we all probably consideredthe gold at quarterback in Tom Brady and
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find yours. That was very unique. And I think I've mentioned this before,
but like mine, you made itmovement was when we were playing a
Sunday night football game in Indianapolis againstPeyton Manning, and I'm in the huddle
during the TV timeout. In thehuddle while we're waiting for you know,
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the TV timeout seemingly take forever,Nate. We're sitting there looking at each
other and just having a regular conversation. And I'm talking with Randy Moss and
looking at Tom Brady in the samehuddle, and I'm like, this is
a movie. And I'm literally I'mlooking I'm talking with Moss, I'm looking
at Tom Brady. I'm looking acrossthe way. I see Peyton Manning standing
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up on the sideline, just waitingto see what's gonna happen. I'm looking
around Lucas Oil Stadium. I'm like, this is a movie. It's it's
literally a movie. And we endedup losing that game. They came back
and beat us at the last second. Is another movie. I think it'll
go down in one of the bestgames probably in NFL history, but unfortunately
were on the losing any of that, but like, that was my I
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was in amazement of what Tom wasdoing in terms of his drive and his
determination. But at the same time, I couldn't sit back and watch because
I was a part of it,right and I had a responsibility. So
part of me wanted to sit onthe sideline and kind of watch this dude
work, but a lot of butthe other part of me was like,
all right, dude, you gottabe locked in on this game plan and
don't let this guy down. Man. I'm gonna tell you something. Man,
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it has so been so many greatplayers that it's come through this league.
That's why I don't play the greatest. That's why I don't play the
greatest game. I got guys whereI ranked high above everybody else, But
I don't play could this guy dothis? And could this guy in this
eraror this era, this era becausethe rules have changed and it is a
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freed up a lot of players tobe great. You know, well,
Damn Marino could do it. Ohmy god, if if Joe Mintown know
they played in their era and theywere great and they're great now. So
when I when I when you talkabout great players, uh, and you
talk about a true top one hundredman. And I knew the change with
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every person, but it ain't buta few, you know, Like when
I look at when I think ofdefensive lineman, what Randy Reggie White?
You know, wow, what hedid. Was he just that nasty Nate?
He laid hands on you. Hewas a pastor. He laid hands
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on you in a very physical way. You know what I gonna remember?
Yeah, good God say fear me. I mean he brought that field of
God tell you, bro, Andit don't matter who. The only person
that can slow him down was EricWilliams. The only the only person can
slow him down. He doesn't getenough respect, Nate, who think he
does not get enough respect? Man? BIGI Bigie changed the way you talk
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about heat culture beat my Celtics.You talk about teams that have culture,
like the Patriots at one time hadthat culture and probably still do. They're
just waiting on the quarterback. Youknow, teams with culture you'll you'll Seahawks.
I think they have a culture becausethey know how to build teams.
Distealers with a culture and uh,working hard, blue collar bow your name.
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Yeah, that's who those guys.That's who he was, man,
That's that's that's what it's all about, bru. That's that's dope. That's
dope, man. All Right,we went down memory lane. All right.
One thing I want to hit onreal quick today, Big n offense.
Hey, we're both offensive guys.You were down there with the with
the big Nash's and they're moving bigguys out the way. I was either
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behind center or running around on theoutside, running away from men and tights.
Okay, what I want to know, if you had to pick a
dominant offense, would you much ratherbe dominant on the ground or would you
much rather be dominant in the airin this twenty twenty three realm of football,
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if we're talking about now, Isaiah, if we're talking about now,
I would probably be a sixty fortyguy sixty past forty run, Yes I
would. I would because coach McCarthysaid something that is so unique. Coach
coach Jimmy Johns, you just saidtoo par sales two. It's not how
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many times you run, it's canyou run that ball when they know it's
coming thirty short red zone gold lineto close the game out, to close
a half out. Because if youlook at the quarterbacks that are winning Super
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Bowls, they throwing it, man, they throwing it. And then I
look at Kansas City and the waythey came out of the second half of
saying okay, we're not doing weneed to do pass it now they started
running it. So in today's game, I'll take a fifty five forty five,
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I'll take a sixty forty. Youknow. But back when I played,
fifty fifty was the only way.Fifty fifty was the only way because
the defenses was so much more dominantwhen I played, because the game was
more physical. So if these rulesthat we have now were in effect back
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then, a lot of coaches wouldhave been dumbfounded, ain't. I ain't
saying they wouldn't wouldn't have called onbut they have been dumbfounded because they wanted
to pound your head in. Andthat's came from Pop Warner Elementary, junior,
high, high school, college.That's how we were told. Even
if you could throw the ball,you were zoos. Throw the ball like
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boats and light. But what dothey want you to do? Hey,
man, he's getting at you.Take off and run. That's how we
was drilled in to win games today. You're talking about today from maybe you
probably about ninety five to now yougotta you gotta chunk that thing, bro,
You gotta No, I didn't.I didn't expect you to say that.
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I didn't expect. Sorry, man, if we can't evolve we can't
evolve, man, do we becomeNeandrew Thalish? I don't like that.
Well, tell me what you feel, zoos feel. I'm about to go
down the line. Go down theline. I'm about to tell you the
top five passing offenses from last year, and then I'm gonna tell you the
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top five rushing offenses from last year. Yes, sir, and I want
you to tell me which side again. I'm gonna ask you again, which
side would you rather adopt? Ifyou had to adopt an offense right now?
Nate Newton was a head coach,which of these teams systems would you
adopt? Okay? So, topfive passing statistical teams from last year?
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Who you think is number one?Uh? Probably Miami somebody like that.
Okay, you close, You're close. Kansas City? M hmm, Kansas
Cities number one, number two,Nate dug Tampa Bay. Yes, but
that was it. See you know, I'm watching these games and listening to
you. That was a need thing. They could not run the ball,
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could not run the ball. Yeah, much so, I don't I don't
disagreeing. This is just just backfrom last year. LA Charges are at
number three, Miami Dolphins at numberfour, Minnesota Vikings at number five.
Okay, you feel good about thosefive? Those are that's the top five
pass No, no, no,I don't because you know I know them.
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The running back was not one hundredpercent in Minnesota, so you know,
I know the inside like you'd betelling me these things, so I
know you know what I'm saying.So I do not take those top five.
Nah. Where do you think Dallasranked at the top thirty two teams?
Where do you think Dallas ranked interms of passing offenses last year?
Probably about five or six? Fourteenmate, fourteen? Okay, team mate,
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Okay, they're behind in Vegas.I have five or six first games.
We weren't trying to chunk it factsbecause because your man's was out right
all right, Here we go.So those are the top five. Just
reminder Kent's city, Tampa Bay Chargers, Miami and Minnesota. Remember those are
the passing offenses. Okay, nowhere we go. Here goes the verses.
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If you had to choose, areyou sticking with the passing teams or
are you gonna go with these fiverushing teams? From last year? Chicago
Bears number one, and they hadtheir quarterback didn't didn't know the game.
The game got to show down fortheir quarterback. Yes, facts, okay,
Baltimore Ravens, their quarterback was inand out of the lineup, and
he really he got paid though,but he was out of the lot.
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Atlanta Hart Falcons that they had tono quarterback, no system. They had
to run. New York Giants,man, a team that's up and coming
and learning. Got a good offensivecoordinator. Yeah, they offensive coordinator.
Yeah. And then number five,the Philadelphia Eagles. That's that's remind you
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now, Nate Ka on one side, Okay, it's like nbajms. You
got pick what squad you're going with. Okay, based upon the offensive system
that they have, passing offense orrushing offense. If you had to take
the best offense from one of thesesides, that's what you're rolling with.
Rushing takes the quarterbacks out. Becausethis got Drew name the Philadelphia quarterback and
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the Kansas City quarterback. They reachedit. They top five and they reached
their goals. Come on, I'mgonna tell you something, man, and
I gotta stay with this in today'sNFL. Man, I got I gotta
roll with the pass and then youjammed me up. Yeah, in today's
NFL, your team and what youhave in front of you is gonna tell
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you, Isaiah that Kansas City,if they had the offensive line that Philadelphia
has, they would have ran.They would have ran the puppy stream up
out of that thing. Man.It'll be like a puppy with with the
runs. Man, I'm telling you, if if they would have had more
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games where they were to rush fortwo or three hundred yard because I'm telling
you, Philadelphia officsive line was thatgood last year? Huh? You know
the guys that you named, wasit Atlanta and the guys that they had
to run the ball? Lack ofquarterback? I mean, I see what
you're trying to say. And Iknow you like the run game. I
love the run game. But tohave the ball thirty five minutes and to
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be down by fourteen because they connectedon two bombs, that ain't night.
Ain't night. But you got youyou you you went in. Time of
possession only counts when you have adominant defense. And all of these guys
that you're naming did not always havea dominant defense. Because when you have
a run game, and I'm tellingyou, they go hand in hand,
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a dominant defense with a run game, what would catapult you like Philadelphia where
you need to be. And evenin the playoffs, if you go back
in check Kansas City, Uh,their defense stepped up big. The big
Jones kids step up b and andthey go hand in hand, and that's
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what got Philadelphia in the second half. I'm not gonna ever tell you I
don't like running the ball. Ilove them like ball, but it's to
have the ball and to possess theball, you gotta know that you gotta
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always be pushing it down field.I gotta keep you inside of your thirty.
I gotta keep you inside of yourthirty. And if I'm not doing
that, I'm hurting my defense becausethe run game just requires so much more.
Yeah, you know, keep WhenI look at this, I so
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I hear you. I see yourpoint. Okay, But when we talk
about culture and we're talking about typesof offenses, you're talking about being when
I'll see where you're going. Goahead on man. The top rushing teams
that I mentioned, the strength otherteam team I would have to say his
defense. So you look at ChicagoBears, the strength of their team is
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what is defense? And a rungame. Baltimore Ravens. Oh yeah,
yeah, when they when the Baltimoreis at their best, their defenses dominated.
Okay. New York Giants, Oh, they came on strong Man the
surprise of the NFC East and theNFL itself. Their d line is nasty.
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The Falcons, you guys much aboutthem? I don't know much about
them. I know they didn't havequestion marks. Yeah, alright, so
we got Chicago defense, Baltimore defense, Atlanta question mark, New York Giants
defense, yes, Philadelphia Eagles whomaster defense. They got a University Georgia
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defense. Okay, so you knowwhat I'm talking about. Possession of the
ball, Nate session of the ball. Four out of the five top rushing
offenses have deep enses that play complimentaryball with them, and they're able to
control the ball and put them insituations where they can win ball games.
Yes right, yeah right, becausethey're they're arrested. All right. So
now let's flip it over to thepassing offenses. KNA City Chiefs. Which
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one is more dominant? Offensive defense? The offense? That mean, yes,
absolutely, quarterback in the league.You know what that that ain't fair?
Oh way, you gotta oh Oh, come on, man, they
aged out. How how your computerdo this? Say? Timed out?
They timed out. Don't do that. So, yeah, we're gonna.
(27:40):
We're gonna Tampa Bay defense, Yeah, timed out, all right. Uh
La Chargers offensive defense. The defensewas nice, the defenses loaded. Their
offense was hurt all year. Yeahthey didn't. One of their main receivers
was gone. Miami Dolphins, theygot to be their defense because their offense
(28:03):
strong. Their offense started strong,but in the end they put some defensive
too. It broke. They broketheir offense. Yeah. Two, but
he couldn't stay healthy. So we'regonna go DEFENSEI Miami. Miami's putting together
one heck of a roster. NkeNo ways, paid attention to them boys.
Them boys are nasty, all right. And then the last one,
Minnesota Vikings offensive defense. They offense, man, they got to be offen
(28:26):
because they did Their defense was they'vebeen suffering since Zim left them. Them
didn't lead them in good hands?Man. Wow, all right. So
we have three out of the fivepassing offenses top five. Our defense the
defensively stronger than they are offensively,right, all right? And then we
(28:48):
have four of the five on therushing side that have stronger defenses than their
offense. Right, So I askedthe question again, Nate, we got
to hop off the air. Wouldyou much rather have a dominant passing game
or a dominant rushing game in thisNFL? I'd rather have a dominant passing
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game. Story. I'm sorry,man, I'm sorry. And today,
if you ain't throwing, you ain'twinning. Bro the run What the run
does? Listen to me, people, What the run does? It gives
you a chance to reset when badthings has happened, our interception, whatever,
(29:36):
your defense get it back, yougo down, and you settle your
offense. Now. It gives youthe extra downs when you're in the third
and short. It gives you theextra downs, you know, so you
can continue to move the ball whenit gives you in the red zone,
when it's so tight down there,the ability to run it in makes you
stack the line even closer to giveyour gass that a little bit of space
in the in the end zone tothrow the ball. I'm telling you,
(30:00):
you have to run when people knowyou're coming. Dad, It's the type
run game I know, when peopleknow you're coming. All San Francisco.
He did not mention San Francisco.When San Francisco made their run in the
playoffs, they had eighteen different quarterbacks, but what remained the same as a
great defense and a hell of arun game. That remained the same,
(30:22):
and then you knew they was comingat you, and then you still couldn't
stop them. Bring you down toyou, Zus, I'm giving you.
I'm giving you the lightning boats.Hey, I need to make sure everybody
out there listening. I need yaif you guys have a printer, a
printer and a T shirt press athome. Okay, I need you guys
(30:42):
to make a shirt. What side? What side we need? They don't
whatever. I'm gonna get a triplebecause I know they're gonna be way down
with love from these people. Yeahall right, I arty y'all to make
a triple X shirt that says NateNewton, all right, or my fault
big times passing over a russing.That's all I need to say that A
(31:03):
quarterback, a quarterback Zeus who throwsballs like lights of boats, loves a
running game. Okay, yeah,yeah, all right, man, Well
we're gonna we're gonna see all thisthing plays out there We're going to bring
this conversation back up by the middleof the season. We're gonna re ask
this question because I don't agree withand I believe he's got to be a
(31:25):
caveat what is best for the DallasCowboys. See, it may be different
for each team. Okay, realquick, real quick. We'll get into
this another day, but before asa prerequisite to another episode. Will Dallas
with the Dallas Cowboys be more ofa passing team this year or a running
team with Mike McCarthy as officer acoordinator now or he's the head coach slash
(31:48):
Shotneimer is an officers a coordinator.I'll tell you what. Until I know
who they is, they better bea run team. I don't know who
the team is. I don't knowwho the five starters is. They better
be a run team to balance thisthing out so the defense can be dominant
and give them the ball back thatnow, each team carries his own flavor,
you know, I mean, comeup if you have Patrick Mahomes,
(32:12):
but you're gonna say, hey,Patrick, we fin we find running this
thing for the times. Hey Okay, so hey Nate. So the analytics
are saying and it sounds like NateNewton saying, if your defense it's the
strength of your team, you betterrun. You better be a Russian team.
That's right, all right, betall right, hey, virtual handshake.
We're on the same page now,virtual HANDSHAKEE there you go, hey,
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exactly way man the bushwhackers, Baby, Hey, Nate, what do
we always say at the end ofthe show? Man, we did what?
We flushed another one? Y'all alreadyflushing another one? I thank you
Niagara. Hey, y'all, we'llsee y'all next time. I want to
let me tell you something then gottenabout toilet. Hey, we'll see y'all
next time. Man, we gonnatell you Amos t
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