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Nick Wright reacts to Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, and the Kansas City Chiefs' dominant 37-20 win over Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry, and the Baltimore Ravens in Week 4 of the NFL season. Nick breaks down why he's not surprised to see the Chiefs offense come back to life with Xavier Worthy's return, what's wrong with Lamar in big games, and how he feels about both AFC contenders moving forward. Next, Nick reacts to Shedeur Sanders' "silent interview" following the announcement that Dillon Gabriel will be the Cleveland Browns' starting QB ahead of their Week 5 matchup with the Minnesota Vikings after the team benched Joe Flacco. Is Shedeur sabotaging his own career? How has Deion Sanders impacted the early stages of Shedeur's career? Later, Nick discusses whether the San Francisco 49ers should regret signing Brock Purdy to one of the largest QB contracts in the league. #Volume
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to the best of the week for What's Right
with Nick Right the best takes and moments from this
week on the show. Enjoy where I am, though Demons
is fully relaxed and comfortable and relieved about the Chiefs.
Let's get right to the game of the weekend.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Yeah, so we all saw what happened on Sunday. Your
Chiefs crushed my Ravens. We were obviously riddled with injuries.
Our quarterback went down very early into the third quarter.
But she said after starting and two, that is not
hold on.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Your quarterback did not go down early in the third.
He went down at the end of the third quarter
when when he tapped out when they were down seventeen.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
But go ahead, all right, you said your Chiefs had
the chance to rewrite history after starting oh and two
after this game, do you think they did so well?
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Listen, they studied themselves and the ow and to start,
what they had to do was beat the Giants. That
was an ugly game that obviously turned on the tackle
that turned the tide. And then they had to go
take care of business against the Ravens. And take care
(01:16):
of business they did, and not shockingly, the moment the
Chiefs had close to a competent receiving corps. The offense
looked good again the last And we don't have to
do this full history in depth, but it is worth
(01:37):
mentioning that the Chiefs traded away Tyreek Hill mahomes snap
in an offseason changed the way he played based on
the receivers. They had one league MVP. The very next year,
dealt with more drops than any quarterback literally in modern
NFL history, figured it out by the playoffs, won the
(02:01):
Super Bowl. The next year, dealt with the most injured
wide receiver and running back room in the NFL, got
all the way to the Super Bowl. And the next year,
which was this year, walked into the season with his
number one receiver suspended for six games and his number
(02:22):
two receiver knocked out of Game one three plays in,
And it looked shaky for a bit. And I told
you guys that I knew real like I guess insight,
that that Chargers Week one game plan, Xavier Worthy was
the ePIE center of it, and him being knocked out
(02:44):
three plays in threw everything off. But this the fatalism
surrounding the Chiefs from almost everyone else in the media
was and I don't want to be a scold, and
I don't want to be more knowing than I naturally am.
But it was embarrassing, and it was so fickle and
(03:10):
so myopic, my opic, pardon me, as if they don't
have a Hall of Fame head coach, a Hall of
Fame caliber decoordinator, and the most talented quarterback to ever live,
that they couldn't figure it out and it was as
(03:31):
if they were getting boat raced in these early games,
or as if they were playing terrible teams and losing.
Neither were true. Now, I want to make this clear.
I don't think the Chiefs are, you know, quote fully back.
If back means being the highest scoring team in the league,
(03:52):
I don't think that's who they're going to be. I
don't think the Chiefs have solved all their issues. I
still think the running back room leaves a lot to
be desired, and their ability to get pressure on the
opposing quarterback without sending a blitz at the moment leaves
a lot to be desired. But you look, if you
(04:15):
going into the Baltimore game, if you looked around the AFC,
the only team that really you could say had no
holes to poke at it was the Chargers going into
Week four, but they already were dealing with some potentially
(04:38):
mounting injuries that sadly, they dealt with more of during
Week four in a game they had no business losing
but lost, And so the Bills were undefeated. But the
Bills defense had looked shaky, and they they had and
have played three consecutive games against just bottom feeders. The
(04:58):
Ravens were even this huge benefit of the doubt despite
having the same record as the Chiefs, and then every
other team that had a good record, like the Steelers
or the Jags, you had real reason to be concerned about.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
And so who's first? I mean, I don't know if
this matters who's first slay the games? Who do you
think has had the tougher schedule through the first four
weeks between the Ravens and the Chiefs.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
I think it's been almost identical. Okay, So like they
played each other. So if we want to call that,
like I so call the Chiefs Ravens game, you know,
a wash so to speak. The Ravens played the Browns.
The Chiefs played the Giants, which is the I think
the Giants are better than the Browns, but the Browns
have a better defense, you know what I mean. Call
(05:43):
that a wash. And then the Ravens played the Bills,
the Chiefs played the Eagles. The Ravens player, I guess
we could do Bills, Chargers, Eagles, Lions, you know what
I mean. Like, I think the Bills are a little
better than the Chargers, but I think the Eagles are
a little better than the Lions. So to me, it's
very very similar. Like as far as what the opening
(06:06):
slate was, now, you could argue the Chief Ravens game
being in Kansas City, like the Ravens having to go
on the road for that tilts it. But the other
piece of it that was maddening to me and has
been even more maddening in the after There have been
two things that have happened in the aftermath of this
game that really drive me crazy. And I had kind
(06:28):
of a rough moment near the end of yesterday's show
on TV with Wilds yesterday. I'll apologize to him when
I see him today. It's not really the tone of
our show, but I got angry when I shouldn't have
the And I mean I don't think he took it
like terribly, Like I think he might be surprised when
(06:49):
I apologize to him, but maybe not. But it Two
things have happened that to me are so frustrating. The
first one is I understand the Ravens during the game
lost Rokwan Smith and late in the game lost Humphrey
and once the game was over over over lost Nate Wiggins.
(07:14):
But they went into the game missing four starters. Everyone
and the defense already had been bad all year. Everyone
knew that and picked them. That's fine, by the way,
like you can pick whoever you want. And I'm not
acting like that game was a lot for the the
way it played out, the Chiefs had full control, but
(07:35):
you know, something goes differently. Maybe not, but to know
the team has those injuries going in and then afterwards
be like, wow, of course Kansas City did that. Look
at all the injuries on defense. It's just bullshit. It's
the if your handicap going into the game was I
(07:59):
think the Races at full strength or better, but they're
not full strength. Therefore I think the Chiefs will win.
And then you see that game be like, yeah, that's
what I thought, so be it. But that wasn't anyone's handicap.
The handicap was even with the Ravens defensive injuries, the
Chiefs offense, with Patrick freaking Mahomes on it and Andy
(08:21):
Reid calling the plays, is so broken that they're not
going to be able to move the ball. I mean
Vegas had as underdogs as well. Correct, Yeah, like which
it's so again two and a half pour underdogs at
home to a one and two team that the two
(08:44):
competent offenses that they had played moved the ball at
will and so to then Monday morning quarterback be like, oh, well,
obviously this was gonna happen. That's not what you believed.
That wasn't people's picks. That wasn't people's opinion. The conversation
going into the game was who needed it more? Kansas City?
(09:06):
Who do you trust more? Baltimore Good I watched Orlowski?
Do the Ravens are built to beat the Chiefs? What
it's like? No, they're built to beat the Chiefs and
the Bengals. They're just they they're not built to beat
the I think you said the Chargers in the line
something I don't know I it was. And the other
(09:29):
piece of it was, and this is my other level
of frustration because while Ronnie Stanley did go out during
this game. The Ravens offense is healthy, and it was that, well,
the Chiefs aren't gonna be able to slow down a
Ravens offense that no one's been able to slow down.
They score thirty plus in every game, and that, of
(09:54):
course is not what happened. And so that frustrated me.
And the other thing that frustrated me, I had nothing
to do with Brewer Wilds, but it had to do
with me listening to Simmons Pod as I do every
Monday morning, listening to Greg Rosenthal's NFL Daily Pod, as
(10:16):
I do every day, listening to you know a lot
of them, and watching the Monday morning shows and all
of it. And I was like, I could not believe
that I was going to once again have to be,
(10:37):
I guess, the bad guy in pointing out the obvious
fact that this game turned on a totally predictable, yet inexplicable,
horrific Lamar pick and then we're up seven to three
(11:02):
with the ball on first down around midfield and Lamar
pedaled backwards and then threw up a prayer for no
reason whatsoever. A guy who has he and again people
(11:24):
can be mad at me, but here are the facts
of it. And every year people get mad at me,
and then every year we get another piece of evidence
that I'm stone right about this, and then every year
I have to listen to folks stick their fingers in
the ears and be like, nope, actually wrong. Lamar's the
(11:45):
greatest passer of the football we've ever seen, is Iyer's
passer rating. Ever, never turns the ball over and all
the big game, playoffs, games against the Chief stuff is
just dumb random luck. In the last thirty games Lamar
is played, he has multiple turnovers in three of them,
(12:07):
the AFC Championship game against Kansas City, the Divisional round
against Buffalo, and Sunday against Kansas City. I guess that's
a coincidence. In the last thirty games Lamar has played,
he has thrown seven interceptions, which is remarkable that he's
(12:31):
only thrown seven. He had like a fifty to four
touchdown interception ratio. You know, in this stretch he moved
the playoffs. It was crazy. The interceptions are as follows.
Four regular season interceptions prior to Sunday, three of which
we played the video hit his receiver in the hands
(12:51):
and then either got like bobbled or stolen, one of
which Bateman just stopped running his route, but four passes
that did not need to be picked, the only three
in the last thirty games, the only three interceptions Lamar
has thrown where it's like, what the hell was that
(13:12):
AFC Championship game into triple coverage in the fourth quarter
against Kansas City Divisional round game, early against both against
Buffalo and the one Sunday. He also in those three
games had inexplicable fumbles out of nowhere. To pretend like
(13:36):
that is coincidental when we once again saw Lamar throwing
his helmet out of sorts, it's just dishonest. And I
know Bill Pollion was mean in his commentary towards the
guy eight years ago, and I know some of the
(13:59):
world first actors in media, sports or otherwise tried to
pigeonhole him as a wide receiver in a pretty nakedly
at times racist way. I get that, and I understand
because of that there has been a almost protectionism and
(14:20):
a want for folks to see him succeed at the
highest level. I don't disagree with that, but why do
we have to pretend what is obviously true is not
(14:41):
Why do we have to pretend that this is a
unique thing we haven't seen across sports Our whole lives
the all time great, legendary player who sadly gets tight
in his biggest spots and plays his worst in his
(15:01):
biggest moments. That's part of sports man. And nobody was
going back and taking away Peyton Manning's MVPs and his
records because he struggled massively in the biggest spons But
we weren't pretending it was coincidental either, talking about the
(15:24):
Peyton Manning face, talked about how he got anxious, talked
about how his brother was like the bizarro version of him,
a holy mediocre player for giant expanses of his career
who somehow, in the biggest sponts played his absolute best,
And for some reason with Lamar, we got to pretend
(15:46):
it's not happening. I gotta and listen. I don't know
this guy, but I think he does good work. I
think he's a smart commentator. But I Deontay Lee at
the Ringer. I before the Lamar fumble, I tweeted Lamar's
(16:10):
basically gone two years without making that this was on
the pick, without making that exact type of mistake except
for in the twenty three AFC Championship game, of the
twenty four Divisional round and just now against Kansas City
probably a coincidence, and Deontay Lee quote tweets it right.
Nobody can identify the intrinsic traits of a winner and
(16:31):
loser like Nick Wright. He is the seer. It's like, no, bro,
I'm not trying to tell you. I'm not trying to
act like I look in at guy's eyes and can
determine whether he has the IT factor. I'm just trying
to act like I've watched this guy's whole fucking career,
(16:53):
and from day one, he has been a guy who,
in the postseason or in these instances now when he
sees Patrick across the field, plays his worst football. And
we can act like it's a small sample. But he's
(17:16):
played the Chiefs seven times, He's played i think ten
playoff games, like it's not a small sample. And my
frustration is and again, so this is the other thing, Demonse,
and this well, I'll say before we keep it moving,
and maybe Demondse, you'll tell me this is unfair. I
(17:39):
don't think if I'm a Ravens fan, I don't think.
The thing that I came out of that game most
disheartened about was the defense. And the reason for that
is obviously, if the defense is this bad, they are
(17:59):
drawing you know what I mean, They can't have the
worst defense in football. But what to me was so
disheartening about it if you're a Ravens fan, is you're
now gonna have in the back of your head, even
if we get the defense fixed by when we get
to these moments against Josh or Patrick, are we getting
(18:22):
MVP Lamar Or are we getting throwing his head back,
slamming the helmet, taking terrible sacks, throwing off his back
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or Virginia. I did not think we would be starting
with the Browns third string quarterback. However, because of the
last twenty four hours and because this show loves itself
some meta media discussion, we are going to start with
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the Browns third string quarterback. Go right ahead, pal.
Speaker 2 (20:54):
No, I'm kidding.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
Jack stricked me. Hold on, I was about a say, hey,
Demanzi's Mike's not working. I just want I went to
see if my headset got disconnected. That was really good
mouthing of the words. You totally tricked me. All right,
good job there. I mean, that's for watching watching on YouTube.
You got the bit. If you're the if you're listening
(21:18):
to us on podcasts, it doesn't really play. But good job,
all right, go ahead.
Speaker 2 (21:22):
So Joe Flacco has been benched and Dylan Gabriel is
the new quarterback. One and a shadeur responded to that
news and oppressor and maybe Rex Ryan with a little
bit of meme or mimi action thoughts on this.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
Okay, So let me let me give the audience the
very short history of this. Okay. A week ago, Shador
gave a somewhat innocuous but probably poorly worded comment when
he said, you know, I'm paraphrasing, but I think this
(21:59):
is going to be to an exact quote. You know,
I watched the league and I'm better than some of
those guys out there starting. I didn't think it was
a huge deal. I think it. I think that one
of the reasons demonse that I thought that comment was
(22:22):
uh likely to not go great for him was because
one could argue these starting quarterback in the league playing
the worst was his own, you know what. I so
if he had if he was third string for the
(22:43):
Bills and said, you know, I watched the league, and
you know, I feel like I'm better than some of
the guys starting, I think the exact quote was, if
you see the quarterback play in the league, right now
I know I'm capable of doing better than that. Then
I think it's less of a problem. When a lot
of people felt like and feel like the Brown starting
(23:06):
quarterback was playing the worst of everyone in the league,
it could have been construed as an unintentional shot at Flacco.
I don't think it was that at all, but it
was just a little trickier of a spot. Does that
part make sense what I'm describing there? Yeah? Okay. Then
(23:26):
Rex Ryan goes on TV and makes a fool of himself. Yea,
Like every time I see Rex Ryan, he's just talking
about how much someone sucks. It's like the whole bit.
It's that Russell Wilson can't play dead in the Western
it's his career's.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
Over people like they're the reason, you know, every problem
in his life that he has.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
Like, yeah, I don't personally like that his style. I'm
just gonna be transparent on this. I don't know Rex personally,
I'm not I don't want please awful announcing. Don't make
this a nick right offict rates. I'm not trying to
do that. I'm just being honest. I think Rex like
goes on TV, it's like this guy sucks, this coordinator
(24:16):
is an idiot. I do a better job with that
bang I'm out here, and so I just don't love that.
Let me put it like he would it just it.
He would not fit on first things first, you know
what I mean. But I mean the different styles are
different folks, and I wouldn't fit on other shows whatever.
I'm really trying to be kind here, but be honest
(24:41):
with my opinion pretty clearly. Oh and one of the
things he said, he said two things that really struck
me with the Shardor commentary. One was he basically reported
that Shadoor is not doing the work. He was like,
(25:02):
get in there and study. If I know this, the
whole league knows this. It's like wow, like Rex Ryan
elbowing Schefter off the breaking news beat, Like I hadn't.
I had not seen that reported anywhere that Shador has
been lazy or not paying attention to meetings. That would
be news. But the other thing he said was, you know,
(25:27):
shut up and dribble. Not quite shut up and dribble,
but shut your mouth. So Shadoor yesterday was asked about
Dylan Gabriel being named the starter and about how he
was not elevated to second string because that's the other
piece of news here. It didn't go flat. Typically if
(25:52):
a veteran quarterback, not always, but I shouldn't even say typically.
Sometimes when a veteran quarterback is benched, he then goes
to the bottom of the depth chart. He wasn't a veteran.
But last year when Bryce Young got benched for Andy Dalton,
that that first game, Bryce wasn't the backup, you know
(26:14):
what I mean, Like it was he went all the
way down the ladder. And then so there was an
opportunity that was going to be Gabriel one, Schador two,
Flaco three that ended up not happening, just Gabriel and
Flacco flips your door stayed three. He was asked about
all of this, and he smiled and in my opinion,
(26:36):
looked like he always does, which is charming, and seemingly
talked without talking, moved his mouth and I actually wonder
if a professional, I wonder if he was giving real answers,
you know what I mean, Like, yeah, I mean he
was clearly he wasn't like, you know, just speaking gibberish.
(26:57):
I now, I don't know if the sentences were you know,
a inaudible. I was told, you know, on TV. They
told me not to talk, so this is me not
talking or I don't know if it was an inaudible.
I'm happy for Dylan to be getting this opportunity. I'm
still working hard. But he was clearly saying sentences, but
they were dead silent. And the reason I wanted to
(27:22):
start the show with it is because this is just
a perfect, just perfect moment for today's media and social media.
Because if you want, which I don't want to do,
(27:44):
to kill Shador, it's an example of just want and immaturity.
I don't want to kill Shador. And if you want
to blindly support shaudor the criticism he gets from this
(28:06):
will be an example the kid can't win. He talks
and he gets yelled at. He literally doesn't talk, and
you kill him anyway. I don't want to do that either,
because I'm not an idiot. What everyone, every adult has
(28:29):
a responsibility to set down for a moment, their priors
and to ask themselves this honest question. If Shadoor was
(28:49):
your best friend, if he were your I don't want
to say son because Prime has I think, not helped
him on this, and I'll get to that in a second.
And if he were your godson or your nephew, or
you were his high school guidance counselor who he stayed
in touch with. And he called you up and was like, hey,
(29:16):
do you see what Rex Ryan said about me? Yeah?
I saw, And you saw that Gabriel's the starter now right, Yeah?
I saw. So when they asked me about it, listen
to what my plan is. I'm going to answer their
questions silently. What you're gonna like, write it down? No,
(29:39):
I'm going to stand in front of the cameras and
act like I'm talking, but not make any sounds. How
awesome does that? How awesome of an idea is that
all of us would say, don't fucking do that. Man,
it's a bad idea, fair or not bad idea? Why
(29:59):
they He's told me I shouldn't talk, buddy, Here's all
you got to say. You're asked about Dylan. Really happy
for Dylan. You know he and I obviously same draft class.
We've been working together this whole time. Joe's been great
to all of us. You know, it's coach's choice to
make a change, and you know I'm Dylan works hard,
(30:22):
He's a really good player. I'm excited you know I'm
excited to watch him. Well, are you upset? You know
you didn't get bumped up to second straying? You know,
do you listen? I I believe in myself. I'm not
gonna lie to you guys act like I don't. I
believe that I will one day be a starting quarterback
in this league. But my job right now is to
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keep doing what you know, what I've been doing, studying,
working hard, being a good teammate, and hopefully, you know,
we can get back on the winning track this weekend.
That's all you have to do. Everything else is foolishness.
And anyone acting like acknowledging that him doing a bit
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in the locker room in front of the media as
the third string quarterback is good for him or smart
or productive is a liar.
Speaker 2 (31:31):
It's also not the third string quarterback. Apparently, what do
you mean what? It was Joe and then it was Dylan,
and then they moved him down below Joe again, like.
Speaker 1 (31:41):
That he is still third string? Like no, yeah, no,
he's yeah, he stayed third He didn't know they listen,
I don't. I don't know how he's looked at practice
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at this point. I don't know how he is in
film study. I know that he played one preseason game
looked awesome, played another preseason game looked bad. I like
all of these. So I don't know if in that
building there are different camps, like Stefanski is deeply invested
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in Gabriel, but the owner wanted Shador. And so I
don't know any of that. I don't None of that
is relevant to this piece of it. Just control what
you can control. Bro. You are not right now getting
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the opportunity to show what you can do on the
field publicly, So all you can do is show that
you can be a true professional privately or you know,
(33:07):
in your role as backup quarterback. And this is what
And I did Cam Newton's show a couple days ago,
and Cam has real, excuse me, sympathy for Shador, and
Cam feels like a lot of what he det like that.
You know, Cam had a real hard time when he
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had to be a backup and Cam felt his celebrity
and aura worked against him at those things. And I
said this to Cam, and I'll expand on it here.
One is, while I respect the I respect folks who
believe Shador does have starting caliber talent and traits and
(33:53):
will be a good NFL quarterback. I'm not the A
lot of people I respect have that opinion and fair
no problem Cam was talking about him as if Cam
and Shadoor were at all similar prospects. They weren't. Man
(34:15):
like Shadoor is whether he should have been or not.
He's a fifth round pick. And the other piece of
it that I really wish somebody close to Shador would
(34:39):
really explain to him, as this man you have, maybe
it shouldn't be this way, but it is. You have
one of the only jobs left in modern America where
(35:03):
celebrity works against you. In almost every other job, I
don't care what it is. If it's like, hey, I
can do the job well. Also, oddly, I'm very famous
on TikTok. That doesn't hurt you, It usually helps you.
(35:26):
The only job where your bosses want you to be
as anonymous as possible is back up NFL quarterback. And
now maybe the the organizations are too stodgy. Maybe that's
(35:46):
stuck it, you know, maybe that'll change. It ain't changing
this month. And I do think we have seen over
the course of these few months some of the reason
that once teams and this was the seminal moment. Once
(36:12):
he was not greted as franchise quarterback coming out of
the draft top ten, top fifteen pick, and he was
greated as backup who could one day compete to be
a starter. That his job description changed massively, and he
(36:38):
is still carrying himself as if it hadn't. And I
am not asking for the kid to be humbled. I
hate that commentary. I'm not asking for him to change
who he is at a personal level. I am asking
(37:03):
for him to recognize that this ship works against him
and his dad, who everybody loves, myself included instagramming in
response to this video, all these laughing emojis and writing
(37:25):
good one son, you did that is not helpful. Go
to Monte. Go ahead, I can tell you I want
to see.
Speaker 2 (37:34):
No. I didn't know that. I didn't know that happened.
But at the end of the day, you were a
one step like I guess he was still third on
the death chart, but Joe Flapp was getting pinched. You
were a step closer in the direction that you wanted
to be added. So there it was unnecessary.
Speaker 1 (37:50):
And this is what's frustrating to me, And this is
why I wanted to leave the show with it because
it is a my favorite topic. Are when sports a
sports discussion is a microcosm for a bigger, worldwide, you know,
holistic discussion. There are going to be so many disingenuous
(38:14):
fools that today try to act like see, damned if
you do, damned if you don't, you tell him to
shut up, and then when he literally does, you criticize
him for that too, as if we we can't hold
(38:34):
multiple thoughts in our head at the same time, and
as if we're not all functioning adults that recognize this
was he was running a bit. He is doing forty
five seconds to stand up in the locker room as
the third string quarterback when all you've got to do
(38:56):
is not not do a single thing. That is going
to add to the questions the media is going to
ask Stefanski and then by your time, bro, because Gabriel
is not going to start the last thirteen games. I
don't think he's good enough. Listen, if they are going
(39:17):
to give Gabriel a real opportunity, there's no question about that,
and Gabriel, you know they have a real investment in him.
I just don't think Gabriel's good enough to run the
table the rest of the way, so he should get
a shot. He just has to be ready for it.
I just I really think he is getting And people
(39:43):
thought that this was patronizing when I said he's getting
bad advice. They're like, he's a twenty three year old
grown man. Shut up. Monse's twenty seven. I give Demanse
professional advice all the time. I'm forty. I call my
dad for advice on Like the idea that because right
he's almost old enough to rent a car without paying
(40:07):
the extra fee, he's beyond advice is just idiotic, Like, yes,
he's allowed now at twenty three, he's his own man.
He can make his own decisions. He can take the
advice and throw it in the garbage. I and so,
But the idea that you shouldn't have people in your life, like,
(40:30):
hey man, that's a mistake. It's and I really like him.
The thing is this, I think. I do think he's charming.
I do think he's talented. I do think he is
well intentioned. But I think there is a protectionism. He
(40:55):
right now, to me, is in a really and they're
not similar player, but oh he is risking entering the
tbow zone of your biggest fans hurt you where because
(41:18):
you are such a celebrity and because they have more
you are. You are not only a person anymore. You
are like a vessel for their own wants and desires.
That that works against you professionally. And Dion, and the
(41:39):
last thing I'll say is this, and this is where
like it's tough because you see your own kids through
a parent's eyes, you know what I mean, through the
and I get that. Dion's gotta recognize, man, you could
(42:00):
do this. Your son can't. Why because Dion's one of
the greatest players in the history of the sport and
your son is not. And he doesn't. And you'd be like, well,
Dion wasn't that until no Dion was. Dion was a
(42:20):
Dion going into the draft, was talking about this team
better than not draft me or bankrupt the bank like that,
Like I guess what people are like. All right, he
might be a lot to deal with, But did you
see the forty yard dash time? Did you see him
locked down in the side of a field for two
years at Florida State. Deon's like, I might play baseball too.
(42:43):
They're like, we'll fly you out there, buddy. Whatever you want.
Dion had two things going for him that are very
important that you'd ordered not. One is he was a
super superstar on the field, and the other one is
he wasn't a quarter back, because as great as Dion was,
if he were a post quack instead of a cornerback,
(43:08):
it would have been trickier. And so Cam was a
quarterback and dealt with some of this. But he's the
he had was coming off the single greatest season in
the history of college football, and so like he can.
I just I don't know, man, I I legit worry
(43:31):
that he is.
Speaker 2 (43:37):
He's he's hurt, He's like wounded like all the time.
Oh yeah, feelings are always hurt. And I think he
kind of does it not to deal with it sometimes
since I don't know, man, But like you know, with
that type, no, I think.
Speaker 1 (43:50):
That's a great take, the idea that he is for
the first time in his football life consistently being told yeah,
you're not good enough right now, and when not only
was he not told that before, he was the best
player or second best player on every team he ever
played on. Yeah, And so I think there is something
(44:14):
to that. I think the whole thing though, I just
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course do apply. Hugely concerned about Perdy's health, I would
also be furious with my medical staff. Once again, if
I'm the Niners, I it's not like the NFL spinds
(45:19):
a wheel to determine who's playing Thursday night each week.
You if you're the Niners, you knew that you were
playing Thursday this week. Purty clearly was not one hundred
percent this past Sunday. They let him play anyway, the
(45:41):
injury got worse. He now is definitively going to miss
this game and he's not even healthy enough to be
like the emergency quarterback for them and could miss more time.
I don't understand, especially because they did go to and
zero with man Jones. How they don't hold party out
(46:04):
demons this past Sunday and then he gets four extra
days before he would be playing against the Rams to
heal up that toe, and then ten days before the
next game. You know you could get you could have
eased him back in three games off and then he
(46:25):
plays the Rams, then a mini buy before they play
the next week. Now, this is probably going to be
a problem all year, which brings me to the bigger
party conversation. Man I, I said, all off season, why
(46:49):
would you be in a rush to pay this player?
He struggle at his worst year yet last year has
dealt with some injuries and has no leverage whatsoever. Just
wait and see. They gave him fifty what three million
(47:18):
dollars a year and now like it has been four
games into the contract, if they could wipe it away,
would they? Of course? And I know that there is
it felt unfair because he had made no money at
(47:42):
all as the final pick of the draft, and they
had been to a Super Bowl and been to a
conference championship game and two of his years he had
played really well. But you're not in the fairness business.
You're in the football business. And the other had they
not paid him, and then this, you know, we see
(48:05):
this opening month of the season. It's like, oh, Mac Jones,
who is basically on the minimum, can be dropped into
this offense without all the weapons and it can function.
Are we better off spending our money elsewhere? Are we? Like,
(48:26):
do we need a fifty million dollars a year quarterback
unless he's a true difference maker? And that's that's the
other piece of this, is it We have so much
evidence that that Shanahan system is relatively quarterback proof. Now, listen, parties,
(48:49):
a healthy party is better than Mac and raises your ceiling.
But does he raise your ceiling more than having three
separate Pro Bowl level players that you could get with
fifty million dollars a year. I don't know that he does.
So I have been there are very few opinions that
(49:11):
have spanned the course of five six years that have
aged better than my I do not believe the Niners
quarterback is as good as his numbers suggest. It's about Shanahan,
the weapons and the system. Then that take. But once again,
(49:31):
I think that takes going to age quite well. It
also should be noted because people are putting out there
the Niners wide receiver room, and I'm like, oh, I
recognize those guys. Patrick Mahomes won super bowls with them,
DeMarcus Robinson, Sky Moore, Mark wes Valdez, Scantling. What do
you expect anyone to do? I don't know. Patrick Mahomes
(49:52):
won Super Bowl. So like the there is that? All right?
I know you want to ask me about Pooka.
Speaker 2 (49:58):
Uh yes, Where would you rank him amongst wide receivers.
He's number one in yards receptions and yards by a lot,
by a lot. Stafford loves him.
Speaker 1 (50:09):
He's on pace demons through sixteen games, not even seventeen
game season, for more than one hundred and sixty catches
in the first ever two thousand yard season. So here
is all right? Here is the It's weird to say
(50:36):
he has almost an ironclad case that he should be
in consideration as the best receiver in the NFL. Yet
I cannot wrap my mind around the idea that he's
(50:59):
better than Justin Jefferson or Jamar Chase. And I feel
like he could have a two thousand yard season and
I still would not be able to wrap my mind
around it. But you know, he's doing it with not
great quarterback play. He's doing it under I shouldn't say
he's not great quarterback play. He's he's doing it when
(51:22):
he's not fully healthy. He's been able to just do it.
And it's I think he's playing at a higher level
than Cooper Cup did. And so some of that is,
you know, when we saw Cooper Cup do it, now
we're saying pooka do it. Stafford and McVeigh gets some
of the credit, but Pook is an unbelievable player. He
(51:44):
is really an unbelievable player, and he's certainly demands has
to be in your top five. Certainly, I still think
Jefferson's the best receiver in football, but man, Pook is
an unbelo levable player. He doesn't unbelievable.
Speaker 2 (52:03):
Seems like a solid teammate as well. I mean, yes,
Jefferson as well, but you know.
Speaker 1 (52:08):
Yeah, but he doesn't. It doesn't seem like he has
the like wide receiver curse. But it also helps that
he gets fifteen targets a game. I think all the
series will be pretty happy with you know what I
mean with with those types of targets
Welcome to the best of the week for What's Right
with Nick Right the best takes and moments from this
week on the show. Enjoy where I am, though Demons
is fully relaxed and comfortable and relieved about the Chiefs.
Let's get right to the game of the weekend.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Yeah, so we all saw what happened on Sunday. Your
Chiefs crushed my Ravens. We were obviously riddled with injuries.
Our quarterback went down very early into the third quarter.
But she said after starting and two, that is not
hold on.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Your quarterback did not go down early in the third.
He went down at the end of the third quarter
when when he tapped out when they were down seventeen.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
But go ahead, all right, you said your Chiefs had
the chance to rewrite history after starting oh and two
after this game, do you think they did so well?
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Listen, they studied themselves and the ow and to start,
what they had to do was beat the Giants. That
was an ugly game that obviously turned on the tackle
that turned the tide. And then they had to go
take care of business against the Ravens. And take care
(01:16):
of business they did, and not shockingly, the moment the
Chiefs had close to a competent receiving corps. The offense
looked good again the last And we don't have to
do this full history in depth, but it is worth
(01:37):
mentioning that the Chiefs traded away Tyreek Hill mahomes snap
in an offseason changed the way he played based on
the receivers. They had one league MVP. The very next year,
dealt with more drops than any quarterback literally in modern
NFL history, figured it out by the playoffs, won the
(02:01):
Super Bowl. The next year, dealt with the most injured
wide receiver and running back room in the NFL, got
all the way to the Super Bowl. And the next year,
which was this year, walked into the season with his
number one receiver suspended for six games and his number
(02:22):
two receiver knocked out of Game one three plays in,
And it looked shaky for a bit. And I told
you guys that I knew real like I guess insight,
that that Chargers Week one game plan, Xavier Worthy was
the ePIE center of it, and him being knocked out
(02:44):
three plays in threw everything off. But this the fatalism
surrounding the Chiefs from almost everyone else in the media
was and I don't want to be a scold, and
I don't want to be more knowing than I naturally am.
But it was embarrassing, and it was so fickle and
(03:10):
so myopic, my opic, pardon me, as if they don't
have a Hall of Fame head coach, a Hall of
Fame caliber decoordinator, and the most talented quarterback to ever live,
that they couldn't figure it out and it was as
(03:31):
if they were getting boat raced in these early games,
or as if they were playing terrible teams and losing.
Neither were true. Now, I want to make this clear.
I don't think the Chiefs are, you know, quote fully back.
If back means being the highest scoring team in the league,
(03:52):
I don't think that's who they're going to be. I
don't think the Chiefs have solved all their issues. I
still think the running back room leaves a lot to
be desired, and their ability to get pressure on the
opposing quarterback without sending a blitz at the moment leaves
a lot to be desired. But you look, if you
(04:15):
going into the Baltimore game, if you looked around the AFC,
the only team that really you could say had no
holes to poke at it was the Chargers going into
Week four, but they already were dealing with some potentially
(04:38):
mounting injuries that sadly, they dealt with more of during
Week four in a game they had no business losing
but lost, And so the Bills were undefeated. But the
Bills defense had looked shaky, and they they had and
have played three consecutive games against just bottom feeders. The
(04:58):
Ravens were even this huge benefit of the doubt despite
having the same record as the Chiefs, and then every
other team that had a good record, like the Steelers
or the Jags, you had real reason to be concerned about.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
And so who's first? I mean, I don't know if
this matters who's first slay the games? Who do you
think has had the tougher schedule through the first four
weeks between the Ravens and the Chiefs.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
I think it's been almost identical. Okay, So like they
played each other. So if we want to call that,
like I so call the Chiefs Ravens game, you know,
a wash so to speak. The Ravens played the Browns.
The Chiefs played the Giants, which is the I think
the Giants are better than the Browns, but the Browns
have a better defense, you know what I mean. Call
(05:43):
that a wash. And then the Ravens played the Bills,
the Chiefs played the Eagles. The Ravens player, I guess
we could do Bills, Chargers, Eagles, Lions, you know what
I mean. Like, I think the Bills are a little
better than the Chargers, but I think the Eagles are
a little better than the Lions. So to me, it's
very very similar. Like as far as what the opening
(06:06):
slate was, now, you could argue the Chief Ravens game
being in Kansas City, like the Ravens having to go
on the road for that tilts it. But the other
piece of it that was maddening to me and has
been even more maddening in the after There have been
two things that have happened in the aftermath of this
game that really drive me crazy. And I had kind
(06:28):
of a rough moment near the end of yesterday's show
on TV with Wilds yesterday. I'll apologize to him when
I see him today. It's not really the tone of
our show, but I got angry when I shouldn't have
the And I mean I don't think he took it
like terribly, Like I think he might be surprised when
(06:49):
I apologize to him, but maybe not. But it Two
things have happened that to me are so frustrating. The
first one is I understand the Ravens during the game
lost Rokwan Smith and late in the game lost Humphrey
and once the game was over over over lost Nate Wiggins.
(07:14):
But they went into the game missing four starters. Everyone
and the defense already had been bad all year. Everyone
knew that and picked them. That's fine, by the way,
like you can pick whoever you want. And I'm not
acting like that game was a lot for the the
way it played out, the Chiefs had full control, but
(07:35):
you know, something goes differently. Maybe not, but to know
the team has those injuries going in and then afterwards
be like, wow, of course Kansas City did that. Look
at all the injuries on defense. It's just bullshit. It's
the if your handicap going into the game was I
(07:59):
think the Races at full strength or better, but they're
not full strength. Therefore I think the Chiefs will win.
And then you see that game be like, yeah, that's
what I thought, so be it. But that wasn't anyone's handicap.
The handicap was even with the Ravens defensive injuries, the
Chiefs offense, with Patrick freaking Mahomes on it and Andy
(08:21):
Reid calling the plays, is so broken that they're not
going to be able to move the ball. I mean
Vegas had as underdogs as well. Correct, Yeah, like which
it's so again two and a half pour underdogs at
home to a one and two team that the two
(08:44):
competent offenses that they had played moved the ball at
will and so to then Monday morning quarterback be like, oh, well,
obviously this was gonna happen. That's not what you believed.
That wasn't people's picks. That wasn't people's opinion. The conversation
going into the game was who needed it more? Kansas City?
(09:06):
Who do you trust more? Baltimore Good I watched Orlowski?
Do the Ravens are built to beat the Chiefs? What
it's like? No, they're built to beat the Chiefs and
the Bengals. They're just they they're not built to beat
the I think you said the Chargers in the line
something I don't know I it was. And the other
(09:29):
piece of it was, and this is my other level
of frustration because while Ronnie Stanley did go out during
this game. The Ravens offense is healthy, and it was that, well,
the Chiefs aren't gonna be able to slow down a
Ravens offense that no one's been able to slow down.
They score thirty plus in every game, and that, of
(09:54):
course is not what happened. And so that frustrated me.
And the other thing that frustrated me, I had nothing
to do with Brewer Wilds, but it had to do
with me listening to Simmons Pod as I do every
Monday morning, listening to Greg Rosenthal's NFL Daily Pod, as
(10:16):
I do every day, listening to you know a lot
of them, and watching the Monday morning shows and all
of it. And I was like, I could not believe
that I was going to once again have to be,
(10:37):
I guess, the bad guy in pointing out the obvious
fact that this game turned on a totally predictable, yet inexplicable,
horrific Lamar pick and then we're up seven to three
(11:02):
with the ball on first down around midfield and Lamar
pedaled backwards and then threw up a prayer for no
reason whatsoever. A guy who has he and again people
(11:24):
can be mad at me, but here are the facts
of it. And every year people get mad at me,
and then every year we get another piece of evidence
that I'm stone right about this, and then every year
I have to listen to folks stick their fingers in
the ears and be like, nope, actually wrong. Lamar's the
(11:45):
greatest passer of the football we've ever seen, is Iyer's
passer rating. Ever, never turns the ball over and all
the big game, playoffs, games against the Chief stuff is
just dumb random luck. In the last thirty games Lamar
is played, he has multiple turnovers in three of them,
(12:07):
the AFC Championship game against Kansas City, the Divisional round
against Buffalo, and Sunday against Kansas City. I guess that's
a coincidence. In the last thirty games Lamar has played,
he has thrown seven interceptions, which is remarkable that he's
(12:31):
only thrown seven. He had like a fifty to four
touchdown interception ratio. You know, in this stretch he moved
the playoffs. It was crazy. The interceptions are as follows.
Four regular season interceptions prior to Sunday, three of which
we played the video hit his receiver in the hands
(12:51):
and then either got like bobbled or stolen, one of
which Bateman just stopped running his route, but four passes
that did not need to be picked, the only three
in the last thirty games, the only three interceptions Lamar
has thrown where it's like, what the hell was that
(13:12):
AFC Championship game into triple coverage in the fourth quarter
against Kansas City Divisional round game, early against both against
Buffalo and the one Sunday. He also in those three
games had inexplicable fumbles out of nowhere. To pretend like
(13:36):
that is coincidental when we once again saw Lamar throwing
his helmet out of sorts, it's just dishonest. And I
know Bill Pollion was mean in his commentary towards the
guy eight years ago, and I know some of the
(13:59):
world first actors in media, sports or otherwise tried to
pigeonhole him as a wide receiver in a pretty nakedly
at times racist way. I get that, and I understand
because of that there has been a almost protectionism and
(14:20):
a want for folks to see him succeed at the
highest level. I don't disagree with that, but why do
we have to pretend what is obviously true is not
(14:41):
Why do we have to pretend that this is a
unique thing we haven't seen across sports Our whole lives
the all time great, legendary player who sadly gets tight
in his biggest spots and plays his worst in his
(15:01):
biggest moments. That's part of sports man. And nobody was
going back and taking away Peyton Manning's MVPs and his
records because he struggled massively in the biggest spons But
we weren't pretending it was coincidental either, talking about the
(15:24):
Peyton Manning face, talked about how he got anxious, talked
about how his brother was like the bizarro version of him,
a holy mediocre player for giant expanses of his career
who somehow, in the biggest sponts played his absolute best,
And for some reason with Lamar, we got to pretend
(15:46):
it's not happening. I gotta and listen. I don't know
this guy, but I think he does good work. I
think he's a smart commentator. But I Deontay Lee at
the Ringer. I before the Lamar fumble, I tweeted Lamar's
(16:10):
basically gone two years without making that this was on
the pick, without making that exact type of mistake except
for in the twenty three AFC Championship game, of the
twenty four Divisional round and just now against Kansas City
probably a coincidence, and Deontay Lee quote tweets it right.
Nobody can identify the intrinsic traits of a winner and
(16:31):
loser like Nick Wright. He is the seer. It's like, no, bro,
I'm not trying to tell you. I'm not trying to
act like I look in at guy's eyes and can
determine whether he has the IT factor. I'm just trying
to act like I've watched this guy's whole fucking career,
(16:53):
and from day one, he has been a guy who,
in the postseason or in these instances now when he
sees Patrick across the field, plays his worst football. And
we can act like it's a small sample. But he's
(17:16):
played the Chiefs seven times, He's played i think ten
playoff games, like it's not a small sample. And my
frustration is and again, so this is the other thing, Demonse,
and this well, I'll say before we keep it moving,
and maybe Demondse, you'll tell me this is unfair. I
(17:39):
don't think if I'm a Ravens fan, I don't think.
The thing that I came out of that game most
disheartened about was the defense. And the reason for that
is obviously, if the defense is this bad, they are
(17:59):
drawing you know what I mean, They can't have the
worst defense in football. But what to me was so
disheartening about it if you're a Ravens fan, is you're
now gonna have in the back of your head, even
if we get the defense fixed by when we get
to these moments against Josh or Patrick, are we getting
(18:22):
MVP Lamar Or are we getting throwing his head back,
slamming the helmet, taking terrible sacks, throwing off his back
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or Virginia. I did not think we would be starting
with the Browns third string quarterback. However, because of the
last twenty four hours and because this show loves itself
some meta media discussion, we are going to start with
(20:49):
the Browns third string quarterback. Go right ahead, pal.
Speaker 2 (20:54):
No, I'm kidding.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
Jack stricked me. Hold on, I was about a say, hey,
Demanzi's Mike's not working. I just want I went to
see if my headset got disconnected. That was really good
mouthing of the words. You totally tricked me. All right,
good job there. I mean, that's for watching watching on YouTube.
You got the bit. If you're the if you're listening
(21:18):
to us on podcasts, it doesn't really play. But good job,
all right, go ahead.
Speaker 2 (21:22):
So Joe Flacco has been benched and Dylan Gabriel is
the new quarterback. One and a shadeur responded to that
news and oppressor and maybe Rex Ryan with a little
bit of meme or mimi action thoughts on this.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
Okay, So let me let me give the audience the
very short history of this. Okay. A week ago, Shador
gave a somewhat innocuous but probably poorly worded comment when
he said, you know, I'm paraphrasing, but I think this
(21:59):
is going to be to an exact quote. You know,
I watched the league and I'm better than some of
those guys out there starting. I didn't think it was
a huge deal. I think it. I think that one
of the reasons demonse that I thought that comment was
(22:22):
uh likely to not go great for him was because
one could argue these starting quarterback in the league playing
the worst was his own, you know what. I so
if he had if he was third string for the
(22:43):
Bills and said, you know, I watched the league, and
you know, I feel like I'm better than some of
the guys starting, I think the exact quote was, if
you see the quarterback play in the league, right now
I know I'm capable of doing better than that. Then
I think it's less of a problem. When a lot
of people felt like and feel like the Brown starting
(23:06):
quarterback was playing the worst of everyone in the league,
it could have been construed as an unintentional shot at Flacco.
I don't think it was that at all, but it
was just a little trickier of a spot. Does that
part make sense what I'm describing there? Yeah? Okay. Then
(23:26):
Rex Ryan goes on TV and makes a fool of himself. Yea,
Like every time I see Rex Ryan, he's just talking
about how much someone sucks. It's like the whole bit.
It's that Russell Wilson can't play dead in the Western
it's his career's.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
Over people like they're the reason, you know, every problem
in his life that he has.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
Like, yeah, I don't personally like that his style. I'm
just gonna be transparent on this. I don't know Rex personally,
I'm not I don't want please awful announcing. Don't make
this a nick right offict rates. I'm not trying to
do that. I'm just being honest. I think Rex like
goes on TV, it's like this guy sucks, this coordinator
(24:16):
is an idiot. I do a better job with that
bang I'm out here, and so I just don't love that.
Let me put it like he would it just it.
He would not fit on first things first, you know
what I mean. But I mean the different styles are
different folks, and I wouldn't fit on other shows whatever.
I'm really trying to be kind here, but be honest
(24:41):
with my opinion pretty clearly. Oh and one of the
things he said, he said two things that really struck
me with the Shardor commentary. One was he basically reported
that Shadoor is not doing the work. He was like,
(25:02):
get in there and study. If I know this, the
whole league knows this. It's like wow, like Rex Ryan
elbowing Schefter off the breaking news beat, Like I hadn't.
I had not seen that reported anywhere that Shador has
been lazy or not paying attention to meetings. That would
be news. But the other thing he said was, you know,
(25:27):
shut up and dribble. Not quite shut up and dribble,
but shut your mouth. So Shadoor yesterday was asked about
Dylan Gabriel being named the starter and about how he
was not elevated to second string because that's the other
piece of news here. It didn't go flat. Typically if
(25:52):
a veteran quarterback, not always, but I shouldn't even say typically.
Sometimes when a veteran quarterback is benched, he then goes
to the bottom of the depth chart. He wasn't a veteran.
But last year when Bryce Young got benched for Andy Dalton,
that that first game, Bryce wasn't the backup, you know
(26:14):
what I mean, Like it was he went all the
way down the ladder. And then so there was an
opportunity that was going to be Gabriel one, Schador two,
Flaco three that ended up not happening, just Gabriel and
Flacco flips your door stayed three. He was asked about
all of this, and he smiled and in my opinion,
(26:36):
looked like he always does, which is charming, and seemingly
talked without talking, moved his mouth and I actually wonder
if a professional, I wonder if he was giving real answers,
you know what I mean, Like, yeah, I mean he
was clearly he wasn't like, you know, just speaking gibberish.
(26:57):
I now, I don't know if the sentences were you know,
a inaudible. I was told, you know, on TV. They
told me not to talk, so this is me not
talking or I don't know if it was an inaudible.
I'm happy for Dylan to be getting this opportunity. I'm
still working hard. But he was clearly saying sentences, but
they were dead silent. And the reason I wanted to
(27:22):
start the show with it is because this is just
a perfect, just perfect moment for today's media and social media.
Because if you want, which I don't want to do,
(27:44):
to kill Shador, it's an example of just want and immaturity.
I don't want to kill Shador. And if you want
to blindly support shaudor the criticism he gets from this
(28:06):
will be an example the kid can't win. He talks
and he gets yelled at. He literally doesn't talk, and
you kill him anyway. I don't want to do that either,
because I'm not an idiot. What everyone, every adult has
(28:29):
a responsibility to set down for a moment, their priors
and to ask themselves this honest question. If Shadoor was
(28:49):
your best friend, if he were your I don't want
to say son because Prime has I think, not helped
him on this, and I'll get to that in a second.
And if he were your godson or your nephew, or
you were his high school guidance counselor who he stayed
in touch with. And he called you up and was like, hey,
(29:16):
do you see what Rex Ryan said about me? Yeah?
I saw, And you saw that Gabriel's the starter now right, Yeah?
I saw. So when they asked me about it, listen
to what my plan is. I'm going to answer their
questions silently. What you're gonna like, write it down? No,
(29:39):
I'm going to stand in front of the cameras and
act like I'm talking, but not make any sounds. How
awesome does that? How awesome of an idea is that
all of us would say, don't fucking do that. Man,
it's a bad idea, fair or not bad idea? Why
(29:59):
they He's told me I shouldn't talk, buddy, Here's all
you got to say. You're asked about Dylan. Really happy
for Dylan. You know he and I obviously same draft class.
We've been working together this whole time. Joe's been great
to all of us. You know, it's coach's choice to
make a change, and you know I'm Dylan works hard,
(30:22):
He's a really good player. I'm excited you know I'm
excited to watch him. Well, are you upset? You know
you didn't get bumped up to second straying? You know,
do you listen? I I believe in myself. I'm not
gonna lie to you guys act like I don't. I
believe that I will one day be a starting quarterback
in this league. But my job right now is to
(30:45):
keep doing what you know, what I've been doing, studying,
working hard, being a good teammate, and hopefully, you know,
we can get back on the winning track this weekend.
That's all you have to do. Everything else is foolishness.
And anyone acting like acknowledging that him doing a bit
(31:18):
in the locker room in front of the media as
the third string quarterback is good for him or smart
or productive is a liar.
Speaker 2 (31:31):
It's also not the third string quarterback. Apparently, what do
you mean what? It was Joe and then it was Dylan,
and then they moved him down below Joe again, like.
Speaker 1 (31:41):
That he is still third string? Like no, yeah, no,
he's yeah, he stayed third He didn't know they listen,
I don't. I don't know how he's looked at practice
(32:02):
at this point. I don't know how he is in
film study. I know that he played one preseason game
looked awesome, played another preseason game looked bad. I like
all of these. So I don't know if in that
building there are different camps, like Stefanski is deeply invested
(32:26):
in Gabriel, but the owner wanted Shador. And so I
don't know any of that. I don't None of that
is relevant to this piece of it. Just control what
you can control. Bro. You are not right now getting
(32:47):
the opportunity to show what you can do on the
field publicly, So all you can do is show that
you can be a true professional privately or you know,
(33:07):
in your role as backup quarterback. And this is what
And I did Cam Newton's show a couple days ago,
and Cam has real, excuse me, sympathy for Shador, and
Cam feels like a lot of what he det like that.
You know, Cam had a real hard time when he
(33:28):
had to be a backup and Cam felt his celebrity
and aura worked against him at those things. And I
said this to Cam, and I'll expand on it here.
One is, while I respect the I respect folks who
believe Shador does have starting caliber talent and traits and
(33:53):
will be a good NFL quarterback. I'm not the A
lot of people I respect have that opinion and fair
no problem Cam was talking about him as if Cam
and Shadoor were at all similar prospects. They weren't. Man
(34:15):
like Shadoor is whether he should have been or not.
He's a fifth round pick. And the other piece of
it that I really wish somebody close to Shador would
(34:39):
really explain to him, as this man you have, maybe
it shouldn't be this way, but it is. You have
one of the only jobs left in modern America where
(35:03):
celebrity works against you. In almost every other job, I
don't care what it is. If it's like, hey, I
can do the job well. Also, oddly, I'm very famous
on TikTok. That doesn't hurt you, It usually helps you.
(35:26):
The only job where your bosses want you to be
as anonymous as possible is back up NFL quarterback. And
now maybe the the organizations are too stodgy. Maybe that's
(35:46):
stuck it, you know, maybe that'll change. It ain't changing
this month. And I do think we have seen over
the course of these few months some of the reason
that once teams and this was the seminal moment. Once
(36:12):
he was not greted as franchise quarterback coming out of
the draft top ten, top fifteen pick, and he was
greated as backup who could one day compete to be
a starter. That his job description changed massively, and he
(36:38):
is still carrying himself as if it hadn't. And I
am not asking for the kid to be humbled. I
hate that commentary. I'm not asking for him to change
who he is at a personal level. I am asking
(37:03):
for him to recognize that this ship works against him
and his dad, who everybody loves, myself included instagramming in
response to this video, all these laughing emojis and writing
(37:25):
good one son, you did that is not helpful. Go
to Monte. Go ahead, I can tell you I want
to see.
Speaker 2 (37:34):
No. I didn't know that. I didn't know that happened.
But at the end of the day, you were a
one step like I guess he was still third on
the death chart, but Joe Flapp was getting pinched. You
were a step closer in the direction that you wanted
to be added. So there it was unnecessary.
Speaker 1 (37:50):
And this is what's frustrating to me, And this is
why I wanted to leave the show with it because
it is a my favorite topic. Are when sports a
sports discussion is a microcosm for a bigger, worldwide, you know,
holistic discussion. There are going to be so many disingenuous
(38:14):
fools that today try to act like see, damned if
you do, damned if you don't, you tell him to
shut up, and then when he literally does, you criticize
him for that too, as if we we can't hold
(38:34):
multiple thoughts in our head at the same time, and
as if we're not all functioning adults that recognize this
was he was running a bit. He is doing forty
five seconds to stand up in the locker room as
the third string quarterback when all you've got to do
(38:56):
is not not do a single thing. That is going
to add to the questions the media is going to
ask Stefanski and then by your time, bro, because Gabriel
is not going to start the last thirteen games. I
don't think he's good enough. Listen, if they are going
(39:17):
to give Gabriel a real opportunity, there's no question about that,
and Gabriel, you know they have a real investment in him.
I just don't think Gabriel's good enough to run the
table the rest of the way, so he should get
a shot. He just has to be ready for it.
I just I really think he is getting And people
(39:43):
thought that this was patronizing when I said he's getting
bad advice. They're like, he's a twenty three year old
grown man. Shut up. Monse's twenty seven. I give Demanse
professional advice all the time. I'm forty. I call my
dad for advice on Like the idea that because right
he's almost old enough to rent a car without paying
(40:07):
the extra fee, he's beyond advice is just idiotic, Like, yes,
he's allowed now at twenty three, he's his own man.
He can make his own decisions. He can take the
advice and throw it in the garbage. I and so,
But the idea that you shouldn't have people in your life, like,
(40:30):
hey man, that's a mistake. It's and I really like him.
The thing is this, I think. I do think he's charming.
I do think he's talented. I do think he is
well intentioned. But I think there is a protectionism. He
(40:55):
right now, to me, is in a really and they're
not similar player, but oh he is risking entering the
tbow zone of your biggest fans hurt you where because
(41:18):
you are such a celebrity and because they have more
you are. You are not only a person anymore. You
are like a vessel for their own wants and desires.
That that works against you professionally. And Dion, and the
(41:39):
last thing I'll say is this, and this is where
like it's tough because you see your own kids through
a parent's eyes, you know what I mean, through the
and I get that. Dion's gotta recognize, man, you could
(42:00):
do this. Your son can't. Why because Dion's one of
the greatest players in the history of the sport and
your son is not. And he doesn't. And you'd be like, well,
Dion wasn't that until no Dion was. Dion was a
(42:20):
Dion going into the draft, was talking about this team
better than not draft me or bankrupt the bank like that,
Like I guess what people are like. All right, he
might be a lot to deal with, But did you
see the forty yard dash time? Did you see him
locked down in the side of a field for two
years at Florida State. Deon's like, I might play baseball too.
(42:43):
They're like, we'll fly you out there, buddy. Whatever you want.
Dion had two things going for him that are very
important that you'd ordered not. One is he was a
super superstar on the field, and the other one is
he wasn't a quarter back, because as great as Dion was,
if he were a post quack instead of a cornerback,
(43:08):
it would have been trickier. And so Cam was a
quarterback and dealt with some of this. But he's the
he had was coming off the single greatest season in
the history of college football, and so like he can.
I just I don't know, man, I I legit worry
(43:31):
that he is.
Speaker 2 (43:37):
He's he's hurt, He's like wounded like all the time.
Oh yeah, feelings are always hurt. And I think he
kind of does it not to deal with it sometimes
since I don't know, man, But like you know, with
that type, no, I think.
Speaker 1 (43:50):
That's a great take, the idea that he is for
the first time in his football life consistently being told yeah,
you're not good enough right now, and when not only
was he not told that before, he was the best
player or second best player on every team he ever
played on. Yeah, And so I think there is something
(44:14):
to that. I think the whole thing though, I just
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course do apply. Hugely concerned about Perdy's health, I would
also be furious with my medical staff. Once again, if
I'm the Niners, I it's not like the NFL spinds
(45:19):
a wheel to determine who's playing Thursday night each week.
You if you're the Niners, you knew that you were
playing Thursday this week. Purty clearly was not one hundred
percent this past Sunday. They let him play anyway, the
(45:41):
injury got worse. He now is definitively going to miss
this game and he's not even healthy enough to be
like the emergency quarterback for them and could miss more time.
I don't understand, especially because they did go to and
zero with man Jones. How they don't hold party out
(46:04):
demons this past Sunday and then he gets four extra
days before he would be playing against the Rams to
heal up that toe, and then ten days before the
next game. You know you could get you could have
eased him back in three games off and then he
(46:25):
plays the Rams, then a mini buy before they play
the next week. Now, this is probably going to be
a problem all year, which brings me to the bigger
party conversation. Man I, I said, all off season, why
(46:49):
would you be in a rush to pay this player?
He struggle at his worst year yet last year has
dealt with some injuries and has no leverage whatsoever. Just
wait and see. They gave him fifty what three million
(47:18):
dollars a year and now like it has been four
games into the contract, if they could wipe it away,
would they? Of course? And I know that there is
it felt unfair because he had made no money at
(47:42):
all as the final pick of the draft, and they
had been to a Super Bowl and been to a
conference championship game and two of his years he had
played really well. But you're not in the fairness business.
You're in the football business. And the other had they
not paid him, and then this, you know, we see
(48:05):
this opening month of the season. It's like, oh, Mac Jones,
who is basically on the minimum, can be dropped into
this offense without all the weapons and it can function.
Are we better off spending our money elsewhere? Are we? Like,
(48:26):
do we need a fifty million dollars a year quarterback
unless he's a true difference maker? And that's that's the
other piece of this, is it We have so much
evidence that that Shanahan system is relatively quarterback proof. Now, listen, parties,
(48:49):
a healthy party is better than Mac and raises your ceiling.
But does he raise your ceiling more than having three
separate Pro Bowl level players that you could get with
fifty million dollars a year. I don't know that he does.
So I have been there are very few opinions that
(49:11):
have spanned the course of five six years that have
aged better than my I do not believe the Niners
quarterback is as good as his numbers suggest. It's about Shanahan,
the weapons and the system. Then that take. But once again,
(49:31):
I think that takes going to age quite well. It
also should be noted because people are putting out there
the Niners wide receiver room, and I'm like, oh, I
recognize those guys. Patrick Mahomes won super bowls with them,
DeMarcus Robinson, Sky Moore, Mark wes Valdez, Scantling. What do
you expect anyone to do? I don't know. Patrick Mahomes
(49:52):
won Super Bowl. So like the there is that? All right?
I know you want to ask me about Pooka.
Speaker 2 (49:58):
Uh yes, Where would you rank him amongst wide receivers.
He's number one in yards receptions and yards by a lot,
by a lot. Stafford loves him.
Speaker 1 (50:09):
He's on pace demons through sixteen games, not even seventeen
game season, for more than one hundred and sixty catches
in the first ever two thousand yard season. So here
is all right? Here is the It's weird to say
(50:36):
he has almost an ironclad case that he should be
in consideration as the best receiver in the NFL. Yet
I cannot wrap my mind around the idea that he's
(50:59):
better than Justin Jefferson or Jamar Chase. And I feel
like he could have a two thousand yard season and
I still would not be able to wrap my mind
around it. But you know, he's doing it with not
great quarterback play. He's doing it under I shouldn't say
he's not great quarterback play. He's he's doing it when
(51:22):
he's not fully healthy. He's been able to just do it.
And it's I think he's playing at a higher level
than Cooper Cup did. And so some of that is,
you know, when we saw Cooper Cup do it, now
we're saying pooka do it. Stafford and McVeigh gets some
of the credit, but Pook is an unbelievable player. He
(51:44):
is really an unbelievable player, and he's certainly demands has
to be in your top five. Certainly, I still think
Jefferson's the best receiver in football, but man, Pook is
an unbelo levable player. He doesn't unbelievable.
Speaker 2 (52:03):
Seems like a solid teammate as well. I mean, yes,
Jefferson as well, but you know.
Speaker 1 (52:08):
Yeah, but he doesn't. It doesn't seem like he has
the like wide receiver curse. But it also helps that
he gets fifteen targets a game. I think all the
series will be pretty happy with you know what I
mean with with those types of targets
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