08-22-24 Hour 2 of Broncos Country Tonight

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Five, six, six nine. It was a text line.

Speaker 2 (00:01):
I see plenty of you text in there, Brian, I
did see you and asking about Office Space, one of
the most quotable movies ever.

Speaker 1 (00:08):
You remember Office Space? I could burn the uisiting down. Yeah,
I love it.

Speaker 3 (00:14):
I went it's funny.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
I saw that movie in theaters, like, it did not
become popular until it was a rental.

Speaker 1 (00:21):
I saw Office Space in theaters.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
It was me my buddy and like this couple that
was making out down front, not even pay attention to
the movie.

Speaker 1 (00:28):
That was all that was in.

Speaker 2 (00:28):
There was nobody in this theater on the one weekend
it was even in theaters I think.

Speaker 1 (00:33):
And uh so me and my buddy thought it was hilarious.

Speaker 2 (00:35):
And we're out there and we're quoting this thing and
people do not understand what we're saying. It's like quote
an anchorman to somebody who's never seen anchorman, and people like,
what are you talking about? You know, sex panther, what
do you mean? And so like we're sitting there quoting
these lines from Office Space. And it wasn't until it
became a rental, like I don't know, two or three
years later, then all of a sudden it blew up

(00:55):
and everybody started thinking, uh started having.

Speaker 1 (00:57):
The lines from from that movie, uh, you know, out
there or whatever. We looked.

Speaker 2 (01:01):
We were like, we thought it was hilarious and we're
saying this stuff, and then we just looked like idiots
to people.

Speaker 4 (01:05):
What are you talking about? Yeah, at that point, no
one had seen in the theaters. I didn't see it
until it came out on a movie rental. But after
I saw it, I mean, you look at it. It
seems kind of cheesy in the kind of way, but
I think it spoke to so many people who were employed.

Speaker 1 (01:25):
By office like that.

Speaker 2 (01:28):
I haven't worked many office jobs, but I did work one,
and man, is that movie all the nose?

Speaker 3 (01:33):
Yes? Exactly.

Speaker 4 (01:34):
So is those movies like that actually are relatable to people,
and that's why they don't do great in theaters. But
when they come to rental at that time, that's what
it was. It became really popular.

Speaker 2 (01:48):
Guy Sunday Broncos Country joins the KAWA broadcast by texting
Dave and Rick as the Broncos host Arizona. One Texter
will win a pair of tickets to the home opener
against the Steelers and to listen to KAY Sports five
pm Monday for the winner. Nick, you said that there's
kind of a twisted view, with all due respect to
our friend Lyland Conway who used to work over at
our sister station, on bow Knicks.

Speaker 4 (02:10):
It is and it is based on what people's interpretation
of expectations for Bonicks.

Speaker 3 (02:17):
And here's what I mean.

Speaker 4 (02:19):
There was someone and I will not name this person
who said to me that they spoke to a well
known coach, coach who I knew, and they were evaluating
Bo Nicks and was just like, well, the problem in
training camp was the fact that bow Knicks wasn't throwing
a lot of exposive plays. And in the preseason games
we haven't really seen him exhibit his or display his arm,

(02:41):
as though we've seen a little of.

Speaker 3 (02:42):
It in college.

Speaker 4 (02:43):
But when you go back to the college tape, both
didn't really have as many exposive plays as some of
the collegiate quarterbacks who came out in his draft class.
The one thing that made him great and this is
why I told people to pump their brakes because he
was really efficient. And that's what you and the games
we've seen are bo so far, he's been efficient. Has
he had the forty yard throw down the field. No,

(03:06):
but my idea, and I know this because it makes
it really difficult when you coach against it. Explosive plays
are not just thirty forty yard plays. Explosive plays are
ten to fifteen yard plays because that's the first.

Speaker 1 (03:19):
Down, chain mover.

Speaker 3 (03:20):
It's a chain movie. So what fans just started to
look at is is he staying or keeping an offense
on timing, on rhythm.

Speaker 4 (03:28):
And this is why I say there is a twisted
view by certain people who evaluate the talent of bo Knicks.

Speaker 1 (03:34):
Yeah, I'm with you on that. I first of all,
I agree bo Is.

Speaker 2 (03:38):
I've compared him to Derek Carr, and I hate comparisons,
I do, but if I need to explain who he
is to somebody as a pro, I think he is
Derek Carr, the guy who's gonna take what you give him,
and if you give him the deep shot, he'll take
the deep shot. But he's gonna take what you give
mo Otherwise. He's got more athleticism than people think. He's
a bit more of a winner than Derek Carr was.
But Carr was an underrated quarterback, a top half of
the league, top third of the league, kind of guy,

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and I think by Bow was right in love with that,
right in line with that. He's got the quick process
or I'm gonna get out quick. I'm not gonna take
negative plays. Carr was a guy who led the league
in sack percentage, you know the right way in sack percentage.
He also live the league or was close to the
league in the wrong way. One year when the Colts Arabiculets,
the Raiders had that bad offensive line. Think it was
twenty eighteen, they had been twenty sixteen. I have to
come back to check, but I think you know, he's

(04:21):
a guy that can get you eight eight yard plays
on pass plays at an efficient rate. And that's what
made Drew Brees. Drew Brees Breeze could get you eight
yard because that puts you in second short. If you're
throwing on first down, that puts you in second short. Well,
the whole playbook is open.

Speaker 4 (04:36):
But see members of Broncos country, they love the comparison
of b Nix and Drew Brees. They don't like the
comparison when you started saying the Raiders and Derek Carr,
that doesn't excite people. It should though, Well THEREK Carr
was a good quarterback. Yeah, it all depends on who
you asked. They may they may and may not feel
that way. But for me, is is that quarterback on

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timing and on rhythm. And you want your veteran quarterbacks
to possess that skill set, but more importantly, you want
your young quarterbacks because now you can stack possessions because
there's a sense of confidence that Sean Payton has in
Bo that he didn't have in Russell last season, that hey, listen,
whatever I call the kick and execute, and even if

(05:20):
he doesn't execute, he still has the ability to get
positive plays.

Speaker 2 (05:24):
And we've seen that he's not going to take negative plays.
This is a scheduled offense. It is Sean Payton's offense
is very much a schedule based offense. You take negative plays,
it's probably going to take you out of position to
be able to be able to continue to extend a drive.

Speaker 1 (05:38):
And you know, if you go back and.

Speaker 2 (05:39):
You look at what has made Sean payton offense is successful,
it was the mind of Drew Brees. I'm gonna get
it out quick. I'm not going to take negative plays.
We're going to get these six eight yards you know,
on pass plays, and we'll take our shots when they
give him to us down the field, But most of
the time, we're going to take these six eight yard
plays and go from there. And that that formula worked
very very well for a long time in New Orleans,

(06:02):
and so I think they're getting back to that a
little bit. We've seen Sean Bayton incorporate a few more
things than what he did, some RPO type stuff and
taking advantage of Bonex's legs. Not that Drew Brees couldn't
pick up a little yardge here there with his legs,
but they just didn't really design that very much. The
only quarterback he really designed for his legs would have
been Taysom Hill when he was playing quarterback for him.

Speaker 4 (06:21):
Well, yeah, and there's a I have to tell you
the story off air, but there's a story about the
whole Taysom Hill situation. But the belief that the Broncos
are now in the paths of success has a lot
to do with the head coach's confidence and the guy
that he just drafted as his guy. Right, even though

(06:44):
Drew Brees wasn't drafted, he would the Saints traded for him.
But knowing as though you have your guy at any position,
but more importantly the quarterback position.

Speaker 3 (06:54):
It helps coaches sleep well at night.

Speaker 4 (06:57):
What will that be or end up being outcome of
the season, we don't know, but it's still the exciting
time because you now have your quarterback.

Speaker 1 (07:04):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (07:05):
It's funny because back then Sean Payton wanted to trade
for a different quarterback. He was trying to get Tony
Romo from Dallas. Tony hadn't started yet, and so he
was trying to get Tony Romo, but he was the
heir apparent there and the Dallas Cowboys were not willing
to give him up. And so what they did they
ended up pivoting because their quarterbacks coach, a guy by.

Speaker 1 (07:23):
The name of Pete Carmichael, later became the off It's accorded.

Speaker 2 (07:28):
Was the quarterbacks coach along with Brian Shanneiber who have
developed Drew Brees with the Chargers, and so Pete Carmichaels
said to Sean Payton, a Drew's the guy, He's the
guy who could run this. Then they bring in Drew
and the rest was sort of magic in history. But
Sean Payton's offense needs somebody who can make quick decisions,
concide to see what's in front of him and just
make the right decision within the framework of the play.
Called Sean Payton, plays all have a there's a solution

(07:49):
built into the play. If you run through the progression right,
there's a solution for whatever they're thrown at you built
into that play. And so if you understand what you're
seeing in front of him, then you should be able
to theoretically able to execute the solution.

Speaker 3 (08:05):
Well, yeah, you think that is the case.

Speaker 4 (08:08):
And sometimes you have to overcome coaching because the progressions
you practice those, and the coach showed you here's where
a receiver one, two, and three should be. But at
some point you got to pull the ball down and
you have to utilize your feet, which Baul was being
criticized for going back to that twisted view of Bow
and others who are evaluating Saim. Well, I would have

(08:30):
liked for him to stay on this read a lot longer,
and I say, to hell with that, because if you
have yards in front of you, you go ahead and
to take it.

Speaker 1 (08:38):
It's a give and take.

Speaker 5 (08:39):
For me.

Speaker 2 (08:39):
I do want to see him morph into the guy
that will hang in there a little bit more as
time goes on, but for right now, I'm okay with
him taking the yardage with his feet. As he gets
more and more comfortable and the game slows down for him,
as the game slows down, he'll naturally become that, right,
You'll naturally understand the feel for the pocket and get
more comfortable with that.

Speaker 1 (08:56):
But for right now, I'm okay with it.

Speaker 2 (08:57):
I mean, I like, I do gripe about him baling
on the pott a little bit quick, you know, but
I'm happy that he's going out the front door and
at the back, you know what I mean.

Speaker 1 (09:05):
Like for Russ.

Speaker 2 (09:05):
You know, Russ liked to go out the back door
and try to extend plays and all that kind of stuff,
and you know, it worked for him. He would he
would have high he would have success on some of
those plays, but he would also have some failures and
that's where the high sack rate comes from, and you know,
and those kinds of things. So I like the fact
that that he's willing to go pick up yardage with
his legs and just you know, keep the offense on
schedule and moving forward and all that.

Speaker 1 (09:25):
I think that's going to be valuable.

Speaker 2 (09:26):
In fact, if there's a bonux rushing prop out there, anywhere.
I'll probably take the over on it, but I do
eventually want him to settle in and become a guy
who primarily operates from the pocket and then runs as
a last resort when there's nothing there.

Speaker 4 (09:40):
Yeah, And speaking of settling in, I mean next week Thursday,
the start of college football starts for the CU Buffs. Yeah,
on the twenty ninth, and they're playing North Dakota State.
I had a chance to sit down with a coach
prime and I wanted to share some of that with
you guys, because the program has been under a lot
of pressure and he has had to deal with adversity.

(10:03):
But I want you guys to listen to what he
had to say as far as how he's able to
deal with the adversity and the pressure that he is
seen thus far.

Speaker 5 (10:11):
Well, a lot of people run into adversity and they stop.
I keep going. I ain't got time for that where
I keep going. I keep moving. And I'm not a
hunter and I don't kill. But I've known hunters and
I understand how they get down. They say they're really
accurate when the target is still and I'm not gonna
be a steel target for the enemy to shoot at.

Speaker 4 (10:32):
Me.

Speaker 5 (10:32):
I'm gonna keep it. I'm gonna keep it going. I'm
gonna always progress, I'm gonna always go to another level.
I'm on the third quarter of life. I talked about
the second quarter early on, but now I'm in the
third quarter. It was prime time, it was prime Now
its coach Briant and we're still with it. I'm a
happy gentleman, and they cannot take the smile and this
piece away from me that I have.

Speaker 4 (10:52):
And you know, I love that perspective and that viewpoint.
Life is going to present a lot of challenges to
us all, but you have have to look at those
and face those challenges and continue to press on and listen.
This is gonna be one of those seasons where everyone's
gonna be looking to see what CU does in their
second act. Can they get to seven wins? Can they

(11:13):
get to a bowl game? The distraction of anything that
happened last season? Is that going to make things really
difficult for the program this year? What's the offensive line
going to look like? Your dude, Pat Shermer, Is he
gonna do a better job this season?

Speaker 1 (11:26):
We don't know, But what the evil about?

Speaker 3 (11:30):
That's your guy punt?

Speaker 2 (11:32):
Shermer screaming at me and that very hallway over there.
Don't call me punt shermer anymore.

Speaker 4 (11:36):
Yes, yes, So we'll get a chance to see that
starting next Thursday, and once again the eyes of college
football will be on Boulder once again.

Speaker 1 (11:44):
Yeah, I think so.

Speaker 2 (11:46):
It's it's funny because we saw the comments from Pyle
Fine bamb earlier this year talking about you isn't relevant,
and I'm like, well that that's not the right way
to phrase you. You might not think they're relevant for
the national championship picture, and that'll have to play itself out.
But the idea that see you is in relevant. They're
the most bet ticket in any sportsbook over or under.
They are the most bet sports. Everybody's paying attention to Colorado.

(12:08):
Whether you like them or you hate them, you're paying attention.
It's it's a Howard Stern effect, right, you love them,
you're tuning in for an hour.

Speaker 1 (12:16):
You hate them, you're turning in for two hours.

Speaker 4 (12:18):
But yeah, it's kind of a love hate type of relationship.
And if you don't think that the cu Buffs are
relevant despite being four and eight last year, all you
have to do go to a game at.

Speaker 3 (12:31):
Fosam Field, you can get a ticket if you can
get it.

Speaker 2 (12:34):
You can't give tickets away two years ago.

Speaker 4 (12:37):
Now you can't buy them, right. And then you look
on this sideline and once again when you look at
Fosham Field, they don't really have a very large sideline
between with and length, right, but it's very narrow. But
it's who's who of sports and entertainment on that sideline
because they want to absorb whatever the atmosphere is on
game day.

Speaker 2 (12:57):
It's it is fast to sort of see how that
has evolved, how CU has evolved into must watch, must
get a ticket, you know that kind of thing. It's
the circus and the side show. You know, it's all
of it all.

Speaker 3 (13:11):
At the same time.

Speaker 1 (13:11):
Just the football.

Speaker 3 (13:12):
It's you know.

Speaker 2 (13:13):
And so I mean, if it puts them on the map, fine,
they just this year. You got to start backing it
up with some winning like that. That's I think the thing.

Speaker 4 (13:21):
Yeah, they definitely have to do that. And that goes
back to Pat Sherman. Offensive line, an offensive line that
had a lot of issues last year. Put a lot
of pressure on shador and I got a lot of
respect for Shadora Sanders. I don't know where he's going
to be drafted in the twenty twenty five draft. But
to know that that kid, you know, had like hip

(13:41):
or back injuries and he took shots to get back
into the game, and they still didn't want to me.
You know, as a talent evaluator, that's what you want.
You want a guy who is who's a warrior, who
you know you can count on. He's going to play
both injured and hurt.

Speaker 2 (13:54):
Yeah, anybody who's got that kind of mentality like I
need to be out there on the field. I got
to go and make the play. You know what does
it take to get me back in there.

Speaker 1 (14:00):
I love that.

Speaker 2 (14:01):
I love that mentality, and that's the kind of stuff
that inspires guys in the huddle, that inspires him to
dig a little deeper. You know, hey, look, you be
ones out here. He'd be ones out here gutting it out,
taking the show. I gotta go out there and get open.
I gotta go out there hold that block. I gotta
go out there on the rock that much harder, so
that you know, I think that carries over.

Speaker 4 (14:18):
Would that encourage you to get out there for QB sneak?
You see you see another.

Speaker 1 (14:23):
I'm here to run the ball. I'm here to run
the ball. It's just the getting hit part that sucks.

Speaker 2 (14:28):
I was talking about we were talking I was talking
to Bruce arians earlier today, him and his kid Jake,
and uh, we were talking about that was again being
being small and fast is real fun until big and
fast catches you, then it's not fun.

Speaker 4 (14:39):
But the whole idea of being being short and quick,
with the fact that you could outrun the defense, that
was the idea.

Speaker 2 (14:44):
There were guys that I was high school fast. There
were guys that were college fast.

Speaker 3 (14:50):
So there it is.

Speaker 4 (14:51):
There's a differ was between high school fast college fast,
and and.

Speaker 2 (14:55):
Then the it's and it's exponential too, Like you don't
you don't think that it is, but you know how
it is. You know the guy who's a run a
four in high school, okay, you ran a five, you know,
and and really a five two.

Speaker 3 (15:06):
And you know that this is so it's the thing.

Speaker 2 (15:09):
And I'm like, dude, I ran like four seven, right,
I ran like four seven, four eight, four six in
that range, right, And there were general guys that were
gonning to catch me. But the dudes went on to
play D one coll you know, sec ball.

Speaker 4 (15:21):
Yeah, but you would be great for those plays where
you can run the whip route when you go.

Speaker 1 (15:25):
Somebody years ago, you're doing great.

Speaker 4 (15:27):
You can just let's go outside right now and I
bet you can do a whip route right now.

Speaker 1 (15:31):
I'm not gonna return around Trampa hips.

Speaker 3 (15:34):
I can do it, but this, no one can do that.

Speaker 1 (15:35):
During the break.

Speaker 2 (15:36):
This is brought this country night five, six, six, nine

(16:00):
zeros the text line. But it's going to get the
NFL six pack.

Speaker 1 (16:04):
It's time for the NFL six pack.

Speaker 2 (16:07):
I'm gonna train the year to insight and insight information
you can't find anywhere else.

Speaker 5 (16:12):
No.

Speaker 1 (16:13):
Six the top six NFL headlines.

Speaker 2 (16:16):
One Kansas City Chiefs center Creed Humphrey has agreed to
terms on a contract extension that Adam Schefter of ESPN
reports will make Humphrey the league's highest paid center. The
Freutz Frank Ragnow previously topped the list, and an annual
average of thirteen and a half million and guaranteed money
at forty two million. I'm free with scheduled to make
a four point eight one to five million dollar base

(16:38):
salary in the final year of his rookie deal. His
four year, seventy two million dollar extension includes fifty million guaranteed.
Humphrey has made the Pro Bowl last two season, second
team All Pro in twenty twenty two. He has never
missed a game, starting all fifty one possible game since
the Chiefs drafted him in the second round.

Speaker 1 (16:56):
He's not playing tonight.

Speaker 2 (16:57):
Kansas City currently taking on the Chicago Bears and our
old friend Brett Rippon leading the Bears. Right now, what
do we think about creed A. Humphrey breaking the glass
ceiling on center pay at a four year, seventy two
million dollar deal.

Speaker 4 (17:13):
I know it's not sexy to talk about centers or
even an offensive line, and then usually we don't talk
about them unless something tragic happens like holding or your
quarterback gets injured. But I think this is a great
thing that Brett Veach is doing because the chemistry between
the quarterback and center exchange, it is so valuable and

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it's really underestimated. So I think they're doing a great job.
But it always, you know, the conundrum for me is
when the hell is it that Brett Beach and they
can't see the Chiefs continue to get this money from well.

Speaker 2 (17:45):
Pat Mahomes's ten year deal has yearly reups that they
allows them to move up and down and accelerate some
of the money and keep the thing flowing. It's one
of the most team friendly deals in the history of
sports and still guarantees the player a ton of money,
and that's what's allowed them to manipulate the cap in
the way that they do.

Speaker 1 (18:01):
Next story two.

Speaker 2 (18:03):
Coach Prime and the Buffalo's staff but at the forefront
of innovative business ideas during his tenure with Colorado, and
as it turns out, ANIL funding is no different. After
resigning is CEU Special Teams Coordinator. On August first, Trevor
Riley went on the record about trying to pull in
funding for the school's fifty.

Speaker 1 (18:20):
Four to thirty nil collective.

Speaker 2 (18:22):
The Express to Sports illustrated there was no bad feelings
between anyone with the program, but rather he was in
odds with a few people in Colorado's administration.

Speaker 1 (18:30):
Riley said he spent time.

Speaker 2 (18:31):
In the Middle East this past holiday season lobbying Saudi
Arabia's Public Investment Fund for name, image and likeness funding
on behalf of CU football. A copy of what Riley
says was in his resignation letter to CEU Athletic director
Rick George and Sanders was reviewed by Sports Illustrated. The
arrangement was that I did all the ANIO work at
Jackson and that got us through. You guys would pay
me a modes salary and make me the special teams coordinator,

(18:54):
which should have freed up time for me to handle
ANIL activities. Riley wrote, he paid me ninety thousand a
year and let me handles special teams. I did all
this work in your name, and I was told to
pursue it. I burned through all my contacts in my
Mormon community, which is worth about three trillion dollars. Now
I can't get these people to answer my calls because
I just found out today that none of my endeavors
will happen.

Speaker 1 (19:14):
I even went to Saudi Arabia.

Speaker 2 (19:16):
I got a meeting with the Saudis who were interested
in pursuing business. I have email receipts to prove it.
You guys, let it fall flat on its face. Riley
said he acted on his own accord trying to pull
it Donors. I did nothing illegal. Was trying to help
Colorado the best way I know how. Colorado's Athletics has
not had a comment on Riley's trip to the Middle East.
Some of these outside the box concepts are small. Earlier

(19:36):
this week, ninety nine year old see U legend Peggy
Coppham received a one of a kind NIL deal for
I ain't hard to find two blenders sleeve. Seems like Prime
Staff's been busy looking for ways to compete with larger
nil deals. It would seem normally unlikely from Colorado, but
if they can get more money in, then all of
a sudden, now you can compete with the big boys
in terms of in terms of this nil stuff.

Speaker 1 (19:57):
If it sounds crazy, it's not.

Speaker 2 (19:59):
A Saudi government owns multiple international professional soccer clubs outright,
including the Stakeholder Rights and many others.

Speaker 1 (20:04):
Chelsea Newcastle United, that lead backer for Live.

Speaker 2 (20:07):
Golf, previously attempted to buy the PGA Tour partners in
the ATP and Formula one. I can't even begin to
imagine what shad Door and Travis's NIL valuations would be
if it'd Saudi money in behind him.

Speaker 4 (20:20):
Yeah, in that case, Ben, there was no need to
just kind of leave to go to the NFL, because
you'd be paid handsomely like a king being at CU
Here's the thing. We knew nios were going to create
this type of pursuit of a large endowment, and with
that that meant that you're going to go to outside sponsors,

(20:42):
and in this case the Trevor Riley, he's going to
the Saudis.

Speaker 3 (20:46):
Now, unless you know something, I don't.

Speaker 4 (20:48):
I don't know any NCAA rules that prevents you from
doing that openly.

Speaker 1 (20:52):
Now, there's nothing. He didn't do anything illegal.

Speaker 2 (20:55):
There are people that object to how much Saudi Arabia
has their hands in sports already, but I don't really
know what to say about that. I mean, it seems
like that everything he did was buy the book. It's
just nobody done it before.

Speaker 4 (21:08):
Well, yeah, and as he said, he listed out of
several things that he wasn't satisfied with that the program.
But he did say that he went out on his
own accord to try to pull in this NIO money.
So as long as he didn't do anything wrong, and
no one within the cu buff's organization knew of him
doing wrong doing, well, what's the big issue.

Speaker 1 (21:30):
I don't think there is one. There's nothing illegal, ill advised,
or even frowned upon him what he did.

Speaker 2 (21:35):
When it comes to anil, the money just has to
come from somewhere. In this particular case, it just so
have us not to come from someone inside of Colorado.
Would it be better if it were CEU Alums, boosters
or other Colorado interests with the one funding the deals?

Speaker 1 (21:47):
It don't be any different.

Speaker 4 (21:48):
Look if it was funded by Benjamin Albright and his
big coin collection, I mean, who cares.

Speaker 1 (21:54):
They didn't come to me.

Speaker 3 (21:55):
As long as it spends right.

Speaker 1 (21:57):
They didn't come to me, I'd have some stipulations.

Speaker 2 (22:02):
Next story, three Atlanta Falcons were willing to trade for
past rusher Matthew Judon without a contract extension.

Speaker 1 (22:08):
Chicago was not.

Speaker 2 (22:10):
In the aftermath of the trade that said Judon to
the Falcons, multiple ports indicated that both the Falcons and
Bears offered a third round pick in twenty twenty five
for Judon, and that Judon chose Atlanta. Based on the
most recent episode of profanity free Hard Knocks, it became
clear that the Bears were doing the deal only if
Judon agreed to a new deal. Ryan Poles sent our
language is basically saying if contracts not signed, then he

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reverts back to New England.

Speaker 1 (22:35):
Narrator Leave Schreiber made it more clear.

Speaker 2 (22:37):
Saying quote, Poles has met New England's asking price of
a third round pick, but unless Judon agrees to a
contract extension with the Bear, Chicago won't make the deal.
Judan has said he was to earn a new contract
from the Falcons. More specifically, it's hoping to play well
enough to get more from the Falcons than whatever the
Bears offered.

Speaker 1 (22:52):
On the long term deal.

Speaker 2 (22:53):
Now, I was told that Judon had his choice of
which to go to and chose Atlanta, and that would
seem to be passing over whatever Chicago's offer was in
terms of a contract. Is Matthew Judon betting on himself
with the Falcons better than perhaps being on the Bearers
opposite Montese Sweat.

Speaker 4 (23:10):
Absolutely, I know the idea that if you're playing opposite
Monties Sweat, your numbers have a chance of going up.
But once again, you still have a rookie quarterback in
Caleb Williams. And what is that going to look like
in the NFC North where you have Green Bay Packers
who are going to be great, also the Detroit Lions

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who are going to be great as well.

Speaker 3 (23:32):
So why don't why don't you just go down to the.

Speaker 4 (23:35):
NFC South where it's an easier capewalk to actually seed
in that particular division, and you got a veteran quarterback
and if he doesn't work out, guess what that's Michael Pennix.

Speaker 2 (23:47):
Yeah, it feels like Atlanta and the sales pitch and
what they've were able to put together post Matthew jud
Andre certainly validates his decision to go there.

Speaker 3 (23:54):
D First of all, Okay, you leave New England and
you have to.

Speaker 4 (23:58):
Choose between the Bears, and how that's not a difficult decison.

Speaker 1 (24:01):
Chicago in Atlanta. I'm white and i know what I'm
choosing there. Next story four.

Speaker 2 (24:10):
Form Teahawks coach beat Carroll revealed this week, then he
set the teaching class at.

Speaker 1 (24:15):
USC in the spring.

Speaker 2 (24:17):
Carrol, who's seventy two, won a pair of BCS national
championships at SC before coaching the Seahawks from twenty ten
to twenty twenty three, and only said he's not desiring
to return to coaching at this point.

Speaker 1 (24:26):
Current USC had coach Lincoln Riley. He said on Thursday that.

Speaker 2 (24:28):
He is more than open to having Carol involved in
the football program once again, saying quote, I'd love to
have him. Ryan Kartchy of the La Times. It's a
great coach. Coach has been great to me. We've had
a chance to catch up pretty often, check in with
each other. He's but a great resource and a great person.
I'm excited he's going to be here more. We'd be
crazy not to take advantage of having him around. Harold
could conceivably being coaching candidate in other spots in the NFL,

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or College for that matter. USC compiled a ninety seven
and nineteen record with Carrol as head coach for one
to nine. Carrol is going back to USC to teach,
not even about football.

Speaker 1 (25:02):
I'm not really sure. It's some kind of leadership course,
that's the question.

Speaker 3 (25:06):
What is he teaching?

Speaker 1 (25:07):
Some kind of leadership course? He wouldn't give specifics on it.

Speaker 4 (25:09):
So, but it's really kind of ironic returning back to
USC almost like returning to the scene of the crime,
because it wasn't there like some kind of uh Jim
Harbaugh like sanctions against.

Speaker 2 (25:23):
Oh there was a show calls on it for paying
players and the Reggie Bush scandal or.

Speaker 4 (25:27):
So what is he going to tell the kids? And
in the curriculum is he going to go over that
chapter of leadership. I mean, that's gonna be really a
fun class, don't you think?

Speaker 3 (25:38):
Yeah?

Speaker 2 (25:38):
I mean I would sign up for a Pete Carroll
class just to see what it is. He's high energy guy,
and I would I would definitely take that if I
were a you know, prospective student.

Speaker 4 (25:46):
Is that like past fail or is that you know,
grading on a grading scale?

Speaker 2 (25:51):
So I don't know, I don't know how Pete Carroll,
you know, grades on all that. I'm sure gum chewing
will be allowed in class though.

Speaker 1 (25:59):
Next five.

Speaker 2 (26:01):
Since acquiring Justin Fields, which came after they acquired Russell Wilson,
the Steelers have placed Wilson in the pole position to
win the starting job, and coach Mike Tomlin has said it.
Offensive coordinator Arthur Smith has said it, questions do they
believe it?

Speaker 1 (26:13):
The team still is Leilsons QB one on the depth chart.

Speaker 2 (26:16):
In two preseason games, Fields sixteen to twenty three hundred
fifty nine yards, no touchdowns, no interceptions, three sacks, no scoring.

Speaker 1 (26:23):
He's rushed for forty four yards on eleven carries.

Speaker 2 (26:25):
Wilson, who battled a calf injury, since to start a
trading camp with eight of ten for forty seven yards,
three sacks, also no touchdowns. In last week's preseason game,
Fields directed all questions about his status of the depth
chart to Tomlin, saying, I think I've shown what I
can do. I think the time that I did have
with the first team, I think it would well. I
think we grew a lot each day, But at the
end of the day is not.

Speaker 1 (26:43):
Up to me.

Speaker 2 (26:44):
Steelers have not specifically named a starter for Week one,
although they've said that Wilson.

Speaker 1 (26:49):
Is their QB one.

Speaker 2 (26:50):
Russ will start the preseason finale in Detroit on Saturday.
Fields is also expected to play. Tomlin wouldn't estimate the
number of series for either quarterback. The Steelers first teams
scored any points through eight preseason series.

Speaker 1 (27:03):
Fields has played three, Wilson's play five.

Speaker 2 (27:05):
What do you make of the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback competition
thus far?

Speaker 4 (27:09):
Well, it is nothing to be overly excited about. But
at the same time, I still feel as though the
Steelers are in a good position because they have two
capable quarterbacks, and at this point I know Phils, like
any guy, feels though he should be the starter.

Speaker 3 (27:27):
He's had enough time with the first team.

Speaker 4 (27:29):
Russell's been hampered by somewhat of a calf strain, so
I understand why Tomlin wants both quarterbacks to play. More
importantly Russell and I think if they're able in their
first two possessions to go down and score, he'll pull
Russell and then throw Fields in.

Speaker 3 (27:45):
But this is a great position for the Steelers to
be in.

Speaker 2 (27:48):
Yeah, I mean, I think Russell is going to get
the start of the season, and if he's unable to go,
then at some point they'll turn it over to Field.

Speaker 1 (27:55):
I think that's the direction that this thing is kind
of headed.

Speaker 2 (27:57):
Russell, We'll get the opportunity to quit himself and if
you don't, and you know, that's why it goes.

Speaker 1 (28:01):
It feels sort of smart. I mean, they signed us first.

Speaker 2 (28:03):
He is the veteran, all that kind of stuff, and
it allows Fields a little bit more time to get
acclimated to what it is they want to do. I
don't think either has been particularly impressive in the preseason,
but you know, Arthur Smith's offense is a bit of
a departure for both quarterbacks. It'll be interesting to see
what they ultimately do next.

Speaker 1 (28:17):
Story six. This one is fascinating to me.

Speaker 2 (28:22):
Randy Gregory never spent any time with the Tampa Bay
Buccaneers after signing with the team this offseason, and he.

Speaker 1 (28:28):
Officially became a former member of the club.

Speaker 2 (28:30):
On Thursday, the Bucks announced that they released the veteran
as rusher. Gregory has been placed on the reserve did
not report list after failing to join the team for
the start of trading camp in July. Gregory skipped the
team's mandatory mini camp in the spring as well, and
it's unclear why he decided not to report. The broadcast
team for the Bucks' second preseason game said the team
will recruit the signing bonus they gave Gregory when he

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signed back in April. Yaya Diabi, Joe Tryon, Chianka, Chris Braswell,
Anthony Nelson, Marquis Watts, Zei Ramirez, Daniel Greziak, Sean Peterson
j person still on the roster as remaining edge rushers
for the Bucks where they have to cut to fifty
three players coming up on Tuesday.

Speaker 1 (29:06):
Why do we do we have any inkling.

Speaker 2 (29:08):
As to why Randy Gregory signed a contract with the
Tampa Bay Bucks to go play with them and then
just no showed no, called ghost to the team and
hasn't been hurt from since.

Speaker 1 (29:18):
No.

Speaker 4 (29:19):
I really can't say because I'm not close to the situation,
but he hears my speculation. Sometimes with certain guys after
they've been in the league for a while and they
made a certain amount of money. In the case of
Randy Gregory, he's made a significant amount of money and
he was able to go to the Super Bowl and
appear in the Super Bowl and make cup plays on
a half of the San Francisco forty nine ers. Who

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knows what's going on with him. It could be something
relative to his family. Wanted to be close to them.
But I mean, I was just reading something earlier today
that he may be exploring retiring, So that may have
something to do with I'm not sure, but we'll see
in the coming days.

Speaker 2 (29:56):
Yeah, he signed a one year, one point one billion
dollar contract to play for the Bucks this year and
then just just didn't show.

Speaker 1 (30:02):
I mean, and I get it.

Speaker 2 (30:03):
If you want to retire, you want to retire, that's
that's fine. Randy Gregory, of course, didn't really work out
that well here in Denver. He was a high price
free agent of the Denver Broncos and didn't really I
think deliver on the contract that he signed, which is
why he got traded in the first place to San Francisco.

Speaker 1 (30:16):
But you know, and that's probably if we think.

Speaker 2 (30:19):
About it's probably George Peyton's biggest miss I think as
a general In my opinion, that's his biggest miss as
a general manager was trying to bet on on Randy Gregory,
who just wasn't healthy when he was here.

Speaker 1 (30:29):
Honestly, that was part of the problem. When he was
down there in Dallas.

Speaker 2 (30:32):
He had some issues with the you know, the league
substance abuse policy and all that kind of stuff, but
those appeared to be behind him.

Speaker 1 (30:37):
I don't know. I was just concerned for him, and.

Speaker 2 (30:39):
It was just interesting to see a guy like normally
somebody'll come out and say, you know what, this just
wasn't it. I got out here at my heart's nodded
and num that kind of thing. This was just a
no call, no show, no nothing. Nobody's heard from him.

Speaker 4 (30:50):
Yeah, It's it's something that we typically don't see that
works out in this particular way. Ben, But for me,
I'm always the type of person aer on the side
of caution, give the story time to breathe, give that
person an opportunity come out and tell this story. But
it's gotta be a very interesting one once we actually
hear from the words of Randy Gregory what actually transpire

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and what led to him not showing up with the bucks.

Speaker 1 (31:15):
I've got his old number. I don't know if he
still answers.

Speaker 2 (31:17):
I'm gonna shoo him a text SAE if he wants
to come on the show. We'll see what happens. You
see what happens Broncos Country tonight. But we've got the
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