Brackets, Brackets, Brackets. Two-Five delivers his picks as promised with a wild championship game. Justin Fields to Pittsburgh? Mr. Logical wants to know why? (50:50)
[00:00:00] Yes, you are now listening to the sound of sports reports reports is ordered.
[00:00:11] So, yo tonight, you know what it is, the official brackets, it's time.
[00:00:21] The CBS.com is here and also here with me is the even Hill Virginia born, New Jersey's
[00:00:32] own stand up team that brick city, Nillville, Paterson everywhere in between term, Pike
[00:00:39] and even down the Philly.
[00:00:41] Lean on me to Prano's all that.
[00:00:44] All that don't bring feelings to a fat fight.
[00:00:47] You see, you see no device.
[00:00:49] He is Mr. Logic.
[00:00:51] I am your unorthodox statistician.
[00:00:56] I am Mr. Get your shit together and keep it together.
[00:01:05] I am Mr. I said what I said not what you think I said.
[00:01:11] I am too far.
[00:01:15] We're also going to talk about a little Justin Fields tonight.
[00:01:20] So let's check it and we usually started off, get it off my chest but not tonight.
[00:01:26] The madness is in.
[00:01:28] The brackets are too important.
[00:01:29] So, that's hot right to it.
[00:01:34] So Mr. Logic.
[00:01:35] I'm listening.
[00:01:37] Last year we started off sports reports as ordered.
[00:01:43] Right around, we were in the middle of the NFL playoffs and I had my eye on one thing
[00:01:50] in one thing only and it was the madness.
[00:01:54] Just keep throwing everything else.
[00:01:56] Just keep throwing everything else.
[00:01:57] I came down with it.
[00:02:00] Everybody brackets went kapoot because for some reason they were still trying to believe
[00:02:04] in Arizona last year even though I told them not to.
[00:02:09] We got to the elite eight.
[00:02:11] I had four of the elite eight so I was smelling myself.
[00:02:16] I just knew I was going to bring this thing home and all four of them lost in the elite
[00:02:23] eight.
[00:02:24] All four of them but I still took I still took solace in the fact that I did better than
[00:02:32] me.
[00:02:33] I did pretty solid last year.
[00:02:36] I did a poll with good friend of mine that I was in tech school with back in the day.
[00:02:42] My boy Rob and Villa called Rob to Mexican so he hits me up for these tournaments $10
[00:02:48] by end it was like maybe 17, 18, 20 people and so were in that range.
[00:02:53] So put my bracket together.
[00:02:56] I think I got first because it was so chaotic that at the end it was like I think I think
[00:03:05] we divided up like a bunch of top three people.
[00:03:07] I got my 10 bucks back and I think I got like maybe 70 or 80 more dollars or something
[00:03:15] like that but it was crazy.
[00:03:17] I said you and I were having conversations and like I said you are the resident college
[00:03:21] sports, unorthodox statistician all that goodness.
[00:03:26] So I just always followed you lead sometimes when I pick my bracket they get to the point
[00:03:32] where it's like I do a little stuff like I'll just pick a team just because I'm Virginia.
[00:03:39] If it's reasonable like long way right now against Houston I've been in Longwood I had
[00:03:44] a couple summer field trips there.
[00:03:46] It was dope at a great time.
[00:03:48] I watched it do get fired on his day off after Friday came out.
[00:03:51] Yeah.
[00:03:52] Yo that was that was right one of the funniest like things I've witnessed in my life but
[00:03:59] I wouldn't be clung with the beat.
[00:04:00] You know one of my favorite NBA players of all time went to Longwood.
[00:04:06] Who?
[00:04:07] Jerome Cursey from the Portland Trail Blazers.
[00:04:13] Oh stocky dude.
[00:04:14] No biceps just always.
[00:04:16] Yeah.
[00:04:17] I remember 25 yeah that was my guy he went the long day when George is not the reason
[00:04:22] the person I have.
[00:04:23] Yeah that's the only reason I know who Longwood is the Lancers by the way.
[00:04:27] My rock rough and stuff from my afro.
[00:04:29] Yeah.
[00:04:30] Yeah.
[00:04:31] Yeah.
[00:04:32] I didn't know that.
[00:04:33] Yeah you know.
[00:04:34] Yeah it was pretty.
[00:04:35] No saying you learn something new every day on sports reports is ordered but so I was
[00:04:40] looking at the bracket this year yesterday after selection Sunday and then I felt like
[00:04:45] everybody else last year because I was like I have no idea what's going to happen here.
[00:04:52] Like I was trying to look at the bracket and I figured out that being the overall number
[00:04:57] one seed is not an advantage because I would think that if you're the overall number one
[00:05:04] seed you would have the easiest bracket.
[00:05:08] You con does not have the easy as bracket as I look at their two three and four seeds you
[00:05:14] got teams that one near conference tournament.
[00:05:17] They're eleven one there conference tournament.
[00:05:21] Their five was in the final four in the national title game against Yukon last year their eight
[00:05:27] who they could match up within the second round was in the final four last year and they
[00:05:32] bring back their top six scores.
[00:05:35] You know I look at number ten, number ten before the season even started.
[00:05:40] I got on two five daily and I said look out for Drake this year.
[00:05:46] Drake is going to be the FAU of this season there in Yukon's bracket.
[00:05:51] Iowa State as that too that I mentioned just beat Houston by about thirty so if Yukon
[00:06:00] makes it back to the final four this year it's going to partially be because of home court
[00:06:06] advantage because the first two rounds are in Brooklyn.
[00:06:09] But I don't know if that home court advantage outweighs the the guard.
[00:06:16] I mean the good news is they don't have to play all of them but it's possibly you can
[00:06:22] play a couple of them.
[00:06:23] Yeah, so possibly you could play a couple of them if you play the regional final the regional
[00:06:29] finals in Boston.
[00:06:32] So when I was looking at this bracket I thought to myself okay.
[00:06:39] I got FAU against Yukon in the second round and FAU is averaging eighty three points
[00:06:45] of game like I said top six scores are back from their final four run last year.
[00:06:50] I think they slept through the season this year, they were bored, they made it to the
[00:06:55] final four, they changed conferences into the American and they were just like let's
[00:06:59] just get to March.
[00:07:00] That's what I think FAU did this year.
[00:07:03] So I think the best of FAU is yet to come.
[00:07:06] But then when I look at the sweet 16 if it all holds up the way that I'm thinking that
[00:07:10] it holds up, Auburn reminds me of last year's Yukon team.
[00:07:17] You know with the athleticism you know just straight domination like this season Auburn
[00:07:24] has twenty seven wins.
[00:07:28] Twenty six of them by double digits.
[00:07:31] So that's very.
[00:07:33] Four seed because they have time to losses.
[00:07:37] Seven losses but if you think about it like I said you're a statistician and the person
[00:07:43] kind of looks at it like just you know logically.
[00:07:46] I got a team you said 27 and seven.
[00:07:50] The 27 is seven and 26 of their wins 26 of their wins by double digits.
[00:07:55] Yes.
[00:07:57] As I looked at like I said we look at the brackets one through 16 and it goes so.
[00:08:03] Right.
[00:08:04] The two seeds essentially are your five six seven eight teams out of the 68 what the
[00:08:12] first four all in you know some will get into later right.
[00:08:16] So at Auburn that's so they're like 13 14 15 16.
[00:08:27] So that if you rank and want to see what you would think you would like to think that
[00:08:31] they're the lowest four because they're in Yukon's bracket so you would like to think
[00:08:36] that they're low as probably like there but 27 and seven.
[00:08:42] Well you know also and there's all 70 losses are by like double digits.
[00:08:48] What is also like the schedule and stuff like that factored in as well so so like looking
[00:08:54] at Auburn they went 13 and five in the SEC finished second and their fourth their four
[00:09:00] seed Kentucky on the other hand tied with them 13 and five beat them head to head you
[00:09:07] know there are three seed South Carolina 13 and five Auburn beat them by 20 twice.
[00:09:16] South Carolina's a six seed you know Alabama 13 and five in the SEC they're a four
[00:09:24] seed so like there's no method to it as far as this is where you finished in your conference
[00:09:30] or anything like that a lot of it still incorporate strength of schedule and incorporates the net
[00:09:36] ranking and incorporates a lot of other factors non-conference schedule so on so forth.
[00:09:41] Seems like they let AI seem like they put into some kind of program and they kind of spit it out
[00:09:47] with some man they didn't use chat GPT because they probably use Grammarly.
[00:09:51] Grammarly year so yeah me chat GPT is legit you know so I read my emails with it so as I was
[00:09:58] looking at this you know I think Auburn could give Yukon their first resistance if you will
[00:10:06] on the way to the final four you know later down in the bracket I got Duquesne upset and BYU
[00:10:14] I got Drake upset in Clay Thompson University and the crazy thing about it is that this is
[00:10:22] Washington state's first time in the tournament since 2008 which is the year before Clay Thompson
[00:10:31] so Clay Thompson never even played in the NCAA tournament.
[00:10:34] 16 17 years yeah and they won the pack 12 this year you know the regular season so so there you go
[00:10:43] you know I got Iowa State advancing so I got Drake against Iowa State in the second round
[00:10:51] so Drake is your so you got Duquesne and Drake is your double digit seed advancing
[00:10:59] that bracket again and then I have Drake by the way in Des Moines Iowa meeting up with Iowa State
[00:11:08] in the second round and I got Tucker DeVree you know leading his team to the sweet 16 but it doesn't
[00:11:16] stop there you know said I got him knocking off Illinois and get you got Drake as the
[00:11:24] this year's one quarter in Dorella yes last year you don't really like this Cinderella
[00:11:30] you like this going to go up to the sweet 16 right no I love this Cinderella no America
[00:11:35] hands don't like yeah America wants Cinderella the first
[00:11:38] look here and they're like all right now you can all right I just say step on the basketball
[00:11:44] quarter whoever wins wins and I'm good with that but everybody else was doing the whole we don't
[00:11:51] want San Diego State we don't want FAU and then you know unless you and Iowa came through and
[00:11:58] crushed the buildings and everything so thanks kind of one of the tournaments really set the tone for
[00:12:04] to it's just kind of combat the argument that whatever sporting organization is rigged
[00:12:11] because if I'm NCAA and I'm like okay what's the best outcome for me the best outcome for me is
[00:12:21] Yukon playing Iowa State it's North Carolina plan Arizona it's one versus two in every bracket
[00:12:31] what you know what's crazy is one bait one or two upsets and then it kind of plan out like
[00:12:38] chalk all the way through because the idea is your lot of teams get could you talk about the
[00:12:43] regions where they play we talked about okay Yukon's plan in Brooklyn and then they're plan
[00:12:49] their regional if they make this 16 which likely is possible they're planning Boston so the NCAA
[00:12:55] set it up to where for the most part three or four of the number one seeds are going to be playing
[00:13:01] close to where their fan base is so it is set up deliberately it's not right but it is
[00:13:06] set up deliberately so when you have sender relatives that kind of come through and crushed the
[00:13:11] buildings you know like Snoop did in New York New York you can kind of like that's the part that
[00:13:19] the people who feel like oh this is a set up this is a setup if you get Drake pushing through
[00:13:26] an East and their plan Yukon it's like okay that's what you want to prove okay this isn't rigged
[00:13:33] this is real people you roll the ball I think you jump it off and you see who can really win these
[00:13:38] games I think I think that's what NCAA tournament is probably one of the aside from the NFL playoffs
[00:13:44] I think the NFL playoffs because they they go for so long there's so many times right right
[00:13:48] and people are already kind of inundated and locked into the NFL already throughout the season but
[00:13:53] for from now until April 8th this could be the talk of every office all over the country water cooler
[00:14:00] talk yeah this is my conversation yeah so Drake is my big upset if you will you know I got
[00:14:07] them going to the regional final against Yukon where they're gonna get absolutely smoked but uh
[00:14:14] but last year you know Drake played Miami in the first round Miami who ended up in the final four
[00:14:20] you know and they had a eight-point lead with about five minutes left Miami you raised it because
[00:14:26] Tucker D'Virée who I just mentioned went one for 13 in that game so you know as long as he
[00:14:32] doesn't crap the bed I feel pretty safe at least that they'll get out the first round but looking
[00:14:36] at this bracket um you know you also like I said you have FAU and San Diego State who joined Yukon
[00:14:43] in the final four the selection again we've been ready to score final four teams and one bracket
[00:14:48] this year yeah and and they said the committee said not this year you know uh Miami wasn't good
[00:14:55] enough to make the tournament this year or else they probably would have been in this bracket too you
[00:14:59] know so uh so yeah I got Yukon coming out of the East region so what you got you got Yukon
[00:15:08] it makes sense like I said uh I'm still like kind of piecing my information together
[00:15:13] yeah um I probably make my like final choices
[00:15:17] tonight before the tournament starts it just is so much information and I always want to do
[00:15:26] I always tend to go with a couple like different philosophies that like right now as you see me
[00:15:32] looking up to the left I'm looking at the bracket I always pick a 12 versus 5 I think a 12 to be
[00:15:38] to 5 probably in every bracket but this year is like do I have that match up do I
[00:15:48] is it chalk is it set up to where we don't get the Cinderella because some like I said I don't know
[00:15:55] if I think it's captivating TV for a team like granite no other than Iowa isn't an alternative
[00:16:01] this year but when they when they earn an alternative they pick these teams I remember like
[00:16:06] South Dakota state the jackrabbit so that's why that's why I know what they are because like
[00:16:11] 12 years ago they had the guy catch fire we talked you know in our premium we talked about
[00:16:15] North Carolina they're leading the score is their point guard and this one and done scenario
[00:16:21] I think the coach says you know what we not worried about the offense your hot
[00:16:26] get him to the hoop get him to the line get him open let him do his thing and I think that's
[00:16:32] one of those like one of these elements that like always kind of determine it as far as I'm picking
[00:16:38] last year we had the 16 beat the one shout out the fairly thickinson at the UT neck majority
[00:16:44] we in the building yes sir I don't see in the east I don't see stats in beating you got no
[00:16:51] even though black men did have 43 in the conference title game like that 43 still ain't going to be
[00:16:57] enough you got like in order to like if you can catch fire because you know this is the name
[00:17:04] that's you only really hear during a tournament he was in an NBA for Wavualis or Vyak mine
[00:17:10] of Ohio when he caught fire obviously Steph Curry caught fire um he was dropping but this is before
[00:17:17] I remember exactly like the year after Davidson caught fire
[00:17:22] I remember seeing a lot more of these smaller schools on TV and to me I felt like the NCAA was like hey
[00:17:33] we can't have Oakland feeding Kentucky in the tournament right to put Oakland on TV
[00:17:43] we need to let the Kentucky coaches and players and they we need to see these schools we need to see
[00:17:50] act when we need to see you know not you know St Mary's and Grand Cains and stuff they were
[00:17:56] just putting their regular conference games on TV and I think what it did was it kind of limited
[00:18:03] the surprise so now usually with the transfer port and everything else you got to get us
[00:18:09] you know he's at Kentucky he's riding the bench well I'm a transfer to Kentucky state you know
[00:18:15] hypothetically some other school and it's like this dude's just dude's cable up in 40 on you
[00:18:20] and they make the tournament they're gonna get run so I think a lot of it is because they do want
[00:18:26] they they want the traditional one two three four to advance and the ones and so forth and so on
[00:18:32] we talked about it for last time all ones made it was what year you said it earlier uh 2008 was when
[00:18:39] and and also back to your rigged point uh I'm pretty sure we would have got a North Carolina
[00:18:47] Duke Final Four matchup at some point you know we got it the year that coach K it was his last year
[00:18:54] but prior to that those two teams that never met in the Final Four that we would have definitely
[00:18:59] gotten that so that's the that's the beauty of one and one and that's and that's this a testament to
[00:19:08] like how tough it is to be a top collegiate program yeah but the one definitely got a rough very
[00:19:15] do you time definitely got a very difficult bracket even if it's not even if you did the math
[00:19:22] because you're gonna you're gonna bring up a stat later we talked about it that kind of supports
[00:19:27] the fact that Yukon is in a very difficult bracket and the punish that I've been watching
[00:19:32] to get kind of you know collect information they said the same thing it was like for number one
[00:19:37] overall seed to have this bracket is very tough if you look across it's just three out of four previous
[00:19:45] teams in the Final Four to include the number one seed and then you have teams that like how many
[00:19:51] one their conference hit for yeah there two three and four you know one near conference championship
[00:19:59] there 11 11 one near conference championship and then obviously you got your lower seeds that one
[00:20:05] their title but I'm not even counting them so then now I'll go to the West since that's who
[00:20:13] the winner of the Eastwood play in the Final Four so let's just keep it standard there so no
[00:20:19] Carolina is your one seed you know with Arizona as the two Baylor as the three in Alabama as the four
[00:20:28] you know so when I look at this side of the bracket I'm interested in the second round
[00:20:34] uh so I got Mississippi State winning the eight nine matchup against Michigan State
[00:20:40] I don't know why Michigan State is a non-seed 14 losses I know we talked about strength
[00:20:46] of schedule and all that kind of stuff they have a very strong strength of schedule but you still
[00:20:50] lost 14 games. It's the name what it's the name on the front of Jersey. That's probably what it is
[00:20:54] and that's why I'm interested in the second round because if if Tom is on Michigan State can pull
[00:21:01] this out they kind of got the Miami Heat thing going on where they lose all regular season and then
[00:21:09] when March comes they scouts. They can wrap it up yeah they wrap it up and they bring back everybody
[00:21:14] so originally when the season started I had them in the Final Four because they brought back
[00:21:20] everybody from the sweet 16 run lost in double over time the Kansas State last year but um I
[00:21:27] just don't see it this year um but it would still be an interesting matchup because they're
[00:21:32] they're the one team that's as experienced as North Carolina you know looking at this bracket
[00:21:40] yeah experience does count because sometimes like the lights shine big because everyone knows
[00:21:47] everyone saw Virginia loses and I want to see this all produced lose last year
[00:21:52] they they they we you know these guys were alive when VCU and George Mason made their runs so
[00:21:59] they know how important the one and done is Tom is though it's been coaching for
[00:22:07] multiple years so he should be able to he should be able to keep his team you know together
[00:22:13] not a lot of deep championship runs and is resume though
[00:22:19] great jim behind kind of legacy where it's just your costume you put not a good product all right well
[00:22:27] you know what since you brought it up win did Tom what year did Tom is a win his only title
[00:22:36] between cleaves yeah and with the forehead I remember the shape of was always great
[00:22:42] clean cleaves what mopee mopee I'm gonna say man that was like oh six oh seven so we're in that time
[00:22:53] I think mopee was on leave with Kobe early when Kobe dropped the 81 in
[00:22:57] in LA on Toronto I think mopee was in that game so yeah I'm taking like oh six oh seven maybe
[00:23:06] the correct answer is 2000
[00:23:11] Jesus I was way off you know oh six actually is a very relevant year for Yukon because the last
[00:23:18] team the repeat was the Florida Gators and oh six and oh seven you know joke but they brought everybody
[00:23:24] that they brought everybody back yeah all those guys with me it was like was it Mike Miller was it
[00:23:29] Mike Miller I don't know if he was a horror joke in with no what Corey Brewer yeah Corey Brewer
[00:23:39] yeah Torion Green was the point guard and he didn't really have an NBA career
[00:23:44] Donna Billy Donovan head coach yeah my my how times have changed right
[00:23:49] yeah that's yeah we talk you know we talked about Butler making it back and back to losing so
[00:23:55] yet I think the NCAA tournament is it's it's like a purest it's like the time this three weeks out
[00:24:01] of the year where he's like literally anything can happen right you have to roll champion is pretty
[00:24:07] much the team you probably picked them in the preseason the NBA champion a bunch of people probably
[00:24:14] picked them in the preseason your MOB champ you know World champ a bunch of people probably picked
[00:24:21] them with really old these guys have the best left hand yeah not a lot of people had Yukon last year
[00:24:27] they were 14 years they finished third or fourth in the conference last year
[00:24:33] you know but the right in the middle of the bracket this is where I have the madness happening
[00:24:39] it's in the West region so I got I got Grand Canyon knocking off St. Mary's and one of those 12
[00:24:48] fives that Mr. logical was talking about happens every year I got Charlotte beat Nala Bama
[00:24:56] in the 413 matchup like not even Brandon Miller could save them because we saw what he did
[00:25:02] last year I got New Mexico knocking off Clemson and I got Nevada knocking off Dayton so when you get
[00:25:14] to the second round I was very tempted to take New Mexico over Arizona but I'm gonna just let
[00:25:24] cool ahead's prevail I don't know I don't want to hold last year against Arizona.
[00:25:28] The thing with the brackets like you know you can pick that 11 seed at that 12 seed
[00:25:33] then go but you're like you know what I think really don't you like now I'm gonna go ahead
[00:25:39] don't think I will say the one thing I will say and you'll appreciate this I am excited about
[00:25:45] New Mexico you know because they got my guy ready Jamal Mashburn Jr.
[00:25:52] Playing for you know who New Mexico's coach is?
[00:25:57] You know I don't know that Richard Patino not Rick Patino Richard Patino. Yeah the son
[00:26:06] so there you go. That that coach star player combination can make it that can be your leverage
[00:26:12] there you go that can be that that can be the 30 point guy you need that just gets high
[00:26:19] yeah so I got Grand Canyon going to the sweet 16, losing to North Carolina, setting up
[00:26:25] the regional final in Los Angeles between UNC and Arizona the rematch or not the rematch I should say
[00:26:36] the rematch um in Arizona they have Caleb Love who transferred from North Carolina last year
[00:26:46] was a part of the national title run two years ago so there you have it you know there's
[00:26:51] your storyline for this bracket can we get to Caleb Love versus his former team and if anybody knows
[00:26:59] anything about me and college basketball you know that I don't trust Caleb Love
[00:27:06] so if Arizona whenever Arizona loses in this tournament if they do
[00:27:12] I'm on record it's because of Caleb Love he's like what six three six four Julius Randall
[00:27:23] that's how I feel about he's like he's a guy yeah but the difference is that I actually like
[00:27:31] Julius Randall but I just feel like I got to be objective I got to be objective and tell
[00:27:36] the truth about him I got no use for Caleb Love at all I can't tell I can't tell that you just
[00:27:42] just ran nothing you just said I can't even with the Kentucky yeah that's it you know what I'm
[00:27:48] saying maybe that's it if you want to live you wouldn't care about it at all no but like I'm like
[00:27:53] you're pretty about my nowhere I like Julius Randall I just got to tell the truth man I just got
[00:28:00] that's how the truth so I got so I got UNC coming out of the west to meet Yukon in the final four
[00:28:08] we're saying now let's take it over to the south
[00:28:12] two number one seeds I got two number one seeds yep
[00:28:17] and that's where it stops okay so so I go to the south
[00:28:25] I'm interested in Nebraska and that eight nine match up with Texas A&M
[00:28:30] Texas A&M is the number one offensive rebounding team in the country so they're obviously trouble
[00:28:37] and I'm actually paying Texas don't you paying tuition to Texas A&M
[00:28:41] I am and that's why you know that I'm objective because I'm actually picking Nebraska ball to
[00:28:46] them you know that I'm actually picking Nebraska ball so to play Houston in the second round
[00:28:56] a lot of people have that Japanese kid they do he he looks like he he's one of those players that's
[00:29:04] like hey hop in his book bag one and done kind of tournament we're gonna ride and die with just
[00:29:12] that yeah Houston better be where Houston better be where the last time we saw Houston as I
[00:29:18] mentioned earlier they were losing by 30 so Houston better be where they try to play this four
[00:29:23] guard lineup especially if they get A&M they're not going to be able to play that four guard lineup
[00:29:29] because A&M is just going to bruise them on the boards Texas T physical yeah Texas team has a
[00:29:35] bunch of dudes that played football and then that's fresh from years and high school they decided
[00:29:40] I'm gonna simply be basketball because Baylor's one of those teams that just I remember the year
[00:29:44] they wanted you know even the female Baylor team but like I remember when Baylor wanted
[00:29:49] they just were just their physicality on the ball I think he just kind of resonates through Texas
[00:29:54] school they just they just have like a different kind of athlete what they also like they know
[00:29:59] each other too so you know what I mean like it's just like college football with Miami and Florida
[00:30:04] state play Florida state and Florida like a lot of these kids went to high school together so when
[00:30:08] you get those Texas teams together like a lot of union those in-state tournaments was A&U tournaments
[00:30:14] growing up like I said I think the Texas physicality like just the state of Texas not the school but like
[00:30:20] right right right right to include Houston obviously but I think that physicality is like
[00:30:25] the thing that's gonna push a lot of these teams over the edge especially in the tournament because
[00:30:30] you know a lot of times the refs I don't think the refs really want to get into it because it is a
[00:30:35] one and done it's it's essentially a bunch of games sevens and we know how to rest swallow the
[00:30:40] whistles and NBA during game seven it's not a lot of referees want to be like the reason why
[00:30:46] a team like Drake doesn't get a run because they're called in tiki taki taki because they understand
[00:30:52] like the magnitude of this I listen let them cook let them do their thing and we'll be here to
[00:30:59] keep it regulated keep it you know no I don't see keep it under control but it's they're gonna allow
[00:31:05] some physicality because it's like listen these kids are playing for 40 minutes for the rest of their
[00:31:09] lives you know hashtag varsity blues like they're they're playing like that yo this is it this is all
[00:31:15] we got we right we're done and I think the referees kind of allow that kind of energy to resonate
[00:31:22] that's why a lot of these top schools lose like these upsets happen is because we talked about
[00:31:29] the superstar calls in the NBA and you know some some extent to NFL games Kyle is back well
[00:31:36] listen y'all out here you're you're the fifth-ranked team they're 12 you should be able to beat him
[00:31:42] you should need my help if he hacks you I got you but if he's bumpy on the perimeter and you
[00:31:48] night passing the ball and you scrapping for the ball and it's a loose ball I'm gonna let it go
[00:31:54] because you you have the advantage they set it up like it's you can you plan them there 25
[00:32:01] miles from your crib you should be all right no if come on in number one C you should be all right
[00:32:06] you should be able to handle Howard or Wagner if they're scrappy we go let him scrap and of course
[00:32:12] speaking of Howard we forgot to talk about Seth Townes who's Jason Tatum's age yeah like he was in
[00:32:20] Jason Tatum's class and here he is back in the NCAA tournament for the second year in a row
[00:32:29] he's like the black van wilder yo look at when he'd about your van water
[00:32:38] the best Ryan Reynolds film any film he's in van wilders number one everything
[00:32:43] it starts to two all right so I know a lot of people are gonna pick the dukes James Madison
[00:32:51] over Wisconsin in the the Dredits 12-5 matchup I'm going with Wisconsin I like the way that they're
[00:32:58] playing right now they had a mid season stretch where they lost five in a row they came through
[00:33:03] a beat Purdue the other day so you know that's the other odd thing that happened this season is that
[00:33:08] all the number one C's lost in their conference tournament you know which was kind of odd you know
[00:33:15] because they already do they're gonna be number one C's no I think that the other teams were just
[00:33:20] desperate to either make the tournament like NC State for example we'll get to in a second Duke
[00:33:26] I got Duke over Vermont I got NC State over Texas Tech you know loving burns right now the way
[00:33:35] that he's playing he dominated against North Carolina he's ready for the big stage
[00:33:41] but in the second round I got them running into this machine called Kentucky so Kentucky is
[00:33:49] in a place where they haven't made the final four since 2015 that would be the Carl Anthony Towns
[00:33:55] year you know the 38 or they were they were just started out 38 no lost in the final four
[00:34:02] so yeah lost this rank for tank yep and uh but this is the first time since they won the title in
[00:34:10] 2012 that they've had the talent that we became accustomed to with Calapari at Kentucky so
[00:34:20] you know you started it off with like the John Wall year they made it to the final four shot
[00:34:25] three for 34 so many NBA players came out of that factory yeah shot three for 34 from three in that
[00:34:33] West Virginia game who went on to the national title game to lose the Duke uh then you had the 2012 squad
[00:34:40] with Anthony Davis Anthony kit or Michael K. Gilchrist and then this team is the next one as far
[00:34:47] as like the mega talent uber talented team that the difference is they don't have an Anthony Davis type
[00:34:55] like that level of superstar but collectively they either can lose in the second round or they
[00:35:04] can win the whole damn thing win the whole hit all yeah so um then in your seven matchup 17 matchup
[00:35:12] Florida you know um Holgo's 10 got hurt yesterday and the injury that Mr. Logical won't let me
[00:35:18] sense on no I'm not a surgery I'm a surgery I'm a surgery I don't want to know how to sausage is made
[00:35:26] but in this region I like the winner of the of the first four game Colorado or Boise State
[00:35:35] to make a run you know coach Leon Rice at Boise he has them in the tournament three straight
[00:35:41] years for the first time in school history um Colorado has a guy by the name of Cody Williams that
[00:35:47] hopefully America gets a chance to fall in love with you know he's probably gonna be in three straight
[00:35:52] years and watch Mr. Edmadi says before Clay Thompson correct um and uh but Cody Williams is gonna be
[00:36:02] in Kai Simpson you know Kai Simpson I like him a lot but Cody Williams in particular is probably
[00:36:07] gonna be a top 10 to 15 draft pick so hopefully we keep an eye on him because you know I know we
[00:36:15] always talk about how nobody knows these kids well they ain't gonna know him if he only plays in the
[00:36:20] first four either so you know this is a chance to showcase yourself because Marquette as the
[00:36:27] two-seed Tyler Colick has a oblique injury you know he's he's supposed to play the pain is gone
[00:36:36] according to coach Shocka Smart but I'm just gonna go ahead and pencil in Colorado into the sweet 16
[00:36:44] and have them fall to the mighty wild cast that we just talked about I think Kentucky puts
[00:36:49] the extinguisher on NC State um and I think that Duke will beat Wisconsin get to Houston and then
[00:36:58] I think that's where it all ends for the blue devil so I got Houston against Kentucky in the elite
[00:37:03] eight with Kentucky making the final four that's not a homework call no that's not a home recall
[00:37:11] that's not a homework call not a home recall not a home recall but I will say if you want
[00:37:16] a home or I will tell you watch out for western Kentucky in that 15-2 matchup just because you
[00:37:25] get your master's degree from it doesn't mean no no I'm being serious because like I said like I said
[00:37:30] Tyler Colick has the oblique injury he's Marquette's best player they still made it to the biggest
[00:37:35] championship game so you know they're effective without him but you know he'll be back but western
[00:37:41] Kentucky also little known fact they have four power five transfers you eye out on that they're
[00:37:49] not your typical 15 seed so when you think of when you think of the 15 scenes that have pulled
[00:37:58] upsets it's just been teams that you take it lightly with fast guards or a big center like
[00:38:03] north of state with Collo Quinn you know but in this scenario you have guys with power five
[00:38:09] experiences all I'm saying I'm not saying that they're going to pull the upset I'm not
[00:38:13] trying to transfer portal probably has level the playing field up yeah while a lot of the
[00:38:18] lot of the we talk we've had multiple conversations on the show about the NIL and how the coaches
[00:38:23] feel about transfer portal and NIL kids feeling entitled but I think what it what it has done
[00:38:31] it has given us more entertaining matchups because in basketball like that five on five matchup
[00:38:42] it can really be taken over by a couple of guys in the in the right mood a couple of guys either
[00:38:49] either head-to-head matchup with your number three seeds best guard versus the number 14
[00:38:55] seeds best big man and it's a back-and-forth thing or you happen to have like you said Wes
[00:39:01] Kentucky three or four power five transfers that you know really make an impact because essentially
[00:39:09] the talent level is just the depth that kills a small school right that's my football that's why
[00:39:15] football games that's why rice probably is always going to lose a Texas just because they don't
[00:39:20] run the debt in tournament basketball you're running out seven eight guys if I got four guys
[00:39:28] that could have played at Tennessee that could have played at Louisville that could have played at Kentucky
[00:39:32] but I have them here what's Kentucky and one of them catches fire or our system is really like being
[00:39:40] the coaching staff they're kind of in line like they're walking and locked step right think you
[00:39:46] you could catch you could catch a team that's expected to win sleeping because it's like
[00:39:51] this six eight guy and when the ball is like where do you come from? Well he was on the bench at
[00:39:57] Kentucky now he's starting for West Kentucky thank him right and so that's what I'm saying what's
[00:40:03] the Kentucky I'm not picking them the podium said I'm not picking them to keep it close I'm just saying
[00:40:08] I'm just saying so then we take it down to the Midwest region who a lot of people think is the
[00:40:14] easy or the yeah the easiest region of them all you know so Purdue is the one seed obviously coming
[00:40:21] off the loss the FDU last year I still don't trust Purdue not they're going to lose to another
[00:40:27] 16 seed but I just feel that you can't do it yeah I just feel like in tight moments they don't
[00:40:34] give Zach E the ball they don't run the offense through him enough you know especially considering
[00:40:39] that he's seven four he moves like a statue though he does move like fluently he does like if he
[00:40:47] was six four he wouldn't be on the basketball he's got hands like Andre the giant you know but he
[00:40:53] you know but he also you know when Virginia lost a UMBC a few years ago you know they came back
[00:41:00] the next year won the national title so no pressure Purdue no pressure they can't the breaks
[00:41:06] speed off the number UMBC it would be good but they were for like 17 18 they can't score they still can't
[00:41:13] score you know what I mean like that's just the last ball was my mind what I how many you don't want to
[00:41:18] give about that to the season 40 minutes and you average 64 to 66 points and you know it's funny
[00:41:24] about that is that Virginia's head coach Tony Bennett was that last coach that took off he was
[00:41:32] that last coach that took Washington's head to the government yeah so there you go and that's
[00:41:37] you know that's how you got to Virginia job you know but uh Purdue you know they're gonna have a
[00:41:42] touch tough match up in round two either way whether it's Utah State or TCU I think they don't
[00:41:48] want to see TCU or I'm sorry they don't want to see Utah State then you got a 512 that's going
[00:41:56] to be popular the 30 and 3 McNeigh State Cowboys going up against the original Cinderella Gonzaga
[00:42:09] so mystical I'm listening another one of my favorite NBA players went to McNeigh you know who it is
[00:42:21] 19 year player 1980s player we've done with the 80s oh we don't with the 80s I'm so sick I'm so sick
[00:42:29] and I love the internet watch the show it is world champion Joe Duh Mars you know when some
[00:42:41] McNeigh State you know back when it was McNeigh State uh for school of Carmelon I remember seeing
[00:42:49] here in the story that him and Carmelon was supposed to go to college together they grew up together
[00:42:56] right like plan was for them to go to school together yeah right so I'm in college basketball team
[00:43:01] so a lot of people are going to pick McNeigh State um over Gonzaga I'm not going to do it but I will
[00:43:08] just shout out the return of will wait for those of you that don't know who will wait is he was the
[00:43:15] head coach at ls u that got caught up in the whole recruiting scandal and got fired so here he
[00:43:23] is back at McNeigh State you know 30 and 3 on the season I do have Samford you know and for those
[00:43:32] of you who don't know where Samford is it's in Birmingham Alabama uh 53rd ranked out of 68 teams
[00:43:41] and they're going to beat Kansas you know because they're going to play a little something we like
[00:43:46] to call Bucky ball you know I know Mr. Logic was familiar with Beamer Ball but you know Bucky ball
[00:43:54] takes you back to the days of Arkansas 40 minutes of hell with the full court pressure Kansas best
[00:44:00] two players Kevin McCullough and Hunter Dickinson both coming off an injury both didn't come or
[00:44:06] did both didn't play in the big 12th and the best boyhandlers like the point guard and bring the ball up
[00:44:12] like how are they gonna are they gonna be the big man so Dickinson is the big man you know 7th word
[00:44:18] McCullough is a 6667ish guard you know but I think that the problem for Kansas they just don't have
[00:44:26] death you know it's not a matter even if Hunter Dickinson and McCullough are at their peak health
[00:44:34] I just don't think Kansas has enough death to survive the onslaught so you got Kansas who
[00:44:41] look at this one now uh I got 14 14 out of 68 yeah losing to Samford 53 out of
[00:44:50] 20 29 and 5 you got to admit the 29 and 5 that Samford's overall record they know how to win
[00:44:57] games because you can you know you can lose games but close-knock games we've seen it uh we're
[00:45:03] gonna talk about what like Akron and Kent State you know sometimes you know a mental area here
[00:45:10] blender here brain far here can cost you a game so it's 25 they definitely they definitely put
[00:45:17] it together but they'll suffer me he's he's one two national titles but he does have a habit
[00:45:26] there's some can there's some Bradley and there's some butnell on his record so keep that in mind
[00:45:32] but then also I got Oregon taking out South Carolina you know South Carolina with head coach
[00:45:38] of the year Lamont Harris you know and also obviously Don Staley on the women's side so both
[00:45:45] SEC coaches of the year reside in Columbia South Carolina so you got Oregon
[00:45:52] taking out South Carolina so I'm doing I do they're big man has been out all year I had his name
[00:45:59] written down but I ain't got my notes so I'm just doing this off the head now
[00:46:03] I got Oregon at 43 23 and 11 so their level losses yeah it doesn't scare you off
[00:46:09] no because a lot of that was when he was out yeah I think it's uh in Folly yeah he was
[00:46:15] out you know so he came back they went off they weren't even on the bubble they came through
[00:46:22] him when the Paxwell tournament you know so impact and and being presence and then being hot
[00:46:30] yeah that one and done that one and done aspect of this game does really change a lot so yeah
[00:46:36] yep I got 33 overall in 1914 so about the same thing with Texas A&M
[00:46:42] mm-hmm I got three feel like they just want to get these teams in
[00:46:46] I got Creighton um taken out Akron I got Texas over Colorado state because I don't trust Virginia
[00:46:55] um I got Tennessee over St. Peter's New Jersey stand up I'm sorry you know but in the second brown
[00:47:02] the most conflicting game out of the whole bracket that I've had is Tennessee and Texas because
[00:47:06] which choke artist do you trust so I decided to go with Tennessee you know said I decided
[00:47:14] no he ain't there no more he had Marquette oh yeah you know say as I decided to go with Tennessee
[00:47:20] uh but then that's where it stops I got Creighton taken out Tennessee and I got Purdue taken out
[00:47:25] Gonzaga to reach the elite eight where Creighton upsets Purdue gets to the final four
[00:47:34] so now final four to wrap this thing up I got Yukon and gets the UNC
[00:47:41] and I have the buck stopping there UNC is going to end the repeat chances of the Yukon Huskies
[00:47:52] and then just to let Mr. Logical know that I am not a Homer I have Creighton taken out Kentucky
[00:47:59] in the final four so my national title game is North Carolina winning the national title against
[00:48:08] Creighton that sounds adventurous I like it I like it's like it's always always love you
[00:48:20] you break down so let's let's give you flowers I want to round the applause
[00:48:25] everybody likes this show that was extra analysis by one thing one thing I just forgot
[00:48:32] I got to know he's gonna give me some more information I'm telling you yeah yeah one thing I
[00:48:36] forgot to say when you listen to this show what Mike comes off the head with this stuff and
[00:48:42] this information it's remarkable a lot of these conversations I just sit back and just I'm like
[00:48:48] I'm enamored with the amount of information that he can retain the any conversation we have a
[00:48:53] pre-meeting he didn't bring up any of this stuff in the premiums like he's not like he's regurgitating
[00:48:59] information yeah man I typed the full of my notes and I forgot the send them to myself you know what
[00:49:05] I mean so I didn't have any notes this time around because I had stats and stuff with me but I just
[00:49:10] just this is that that 40 that 49 minutes of conversation was him without his notes I want you to
[00:49:16] think about how difficult it is so when you watch in a TV show tomorrow and they got put they got
[00:49:22] cars they have monitors there's four people there saying the same thing I want you to think about
[00:49:27] how this man went essentially at the top of his head for 49 minutes of what these stats these
[00:49:33] name I got two more things for you real difference and he has more shot yeah yeah yeah that's
[00:49:38] the Michael Wilson's you five or so I forgot two things to mention so keep your eye on Duquesne
[00:49:44] because it's already been announced that their head coach is going to retire you know at the end
[00:49:48] of the tournament run and this is their first time making the tournament since 1977 1977 and then
[00:49:58] you'll appreciate this one I wanted to say this one just for your benefit so against Arizona
[00:50:05] there are two seed in the west plan against Long Beach State their head coach is Dan Monten
[00:50:12] which happens to be the guy that started the Gonzaga run he was the head coach back in 99 that you were
[00:50:22] talking about well man and tangelo yeah but but even better than that even better than that
[00:50:29] they lost their last five regular season games Long Beach State said you're fired at the end of
[00:50:36] the season and then he went in one to conference tournament so it's gonna be awkward for about another
[00:50:41] few days right so there you go UNC overcrate and that's my pick so then real quick you know we'll finish
[00:50:50] off there is a new field in Pittsburgh you know we know that Russell Wilson was already Pittsburgh
[00:50:58] bound Kenny Pickett said no way I'm not backing up this dude get me out of here so they sent them
[00:51:05] across state because you know Philadelphia I mean Pennsylvania's a whole lot of
[00:51:10] Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in between yeah it's it's far it's yeah five hour drive I make
[00:51:17] it every few months I'm doing it this weekend yeah so so so he's over there and now Mr. logical is like
[00:51:26] I don't even know why Pittsburgh just in fields and no clue why do you feel that way
[00:51:35] I've heard this before from sports pundits and it said if you have two quarterbacks you don't have one
[00:51:43] sometimes it's important for everyone to know their job first and foremost and to do their job
[00:51:52] I give you this example if you are at a sporting event we'll say F1 race event in a car crash
[00:52:02] is that car is assigned to a team then you have emergency personnel who respond to the crash
[00:52:13] if every team sent people out to the crash before the emergency people got there it would just be
[00:52:21] convoluted and congested to the point where the people who are supposed to do their job can't get
[00:52:26] to it if I have a starting quarterback that I just brought in and I'm paying them $1.2 million
[00:52:32] why would I bring in another starting quarterback with essentially an expiring contract
[00:52:40] who's young who's waiting on his fifth year option which first run quarterbacks the 2021 first round
[00:52:49] quarterback NFL draft is not looking great it's not looking great but neither is Kenny Pickett's
[00:52:57] draft because Malik's benched pickett's trade he's benched ridders trade he's benched who
[00:53:05] else got that draft that year it was like five of them so bringing in just a feels to me I don't know
[00:53:15] if it benefits Pittsburgh as much as they hope because you need something to go wrong
[00:53:22] for feels to be a benefit to your team either an injury to Russ or poor performance so if you
[00:53:32] play as poorly that means you lost some games so it's like I don't know what you're hoping for
[00:53:37] if you're a Pittsburgh because Russ I think Denver is paying this salary so I think Pittsburgh is
[00:53:45] paying 1.2 million Denver is paying 37.8 some of our own lines well Russ is like if I play well
[00:53:56] I want to get paid I want an extension because I don't think Denver's on a hook for next year they're
[00:54:02] not on a hook for 30 40 million next year well if Justin feels doesn't play where does he go
[00:54:11] like he has no leverage next year so for him to go to a team next year they got to pay him
[00:54:17] like real money Baker Mayfield it's people use Baker Mayfield's example Baker Mayfield got that
[00:54:23] fifth year option from Cleveland and then got shipped out so he was getting like some chum chains
[00:54:29] here and there and now he's only getting 35 million or so from Tampa Bay where if he still
[00:54:36] was in Cleveland he would have had some of that Justin Herbert money so I'm not sure where Justin
[00:54:40] feels long-term how it fits for Pittsburgh considering that I think Russ is going to be good because
[00:54:49] Russ doesn't he doesn't write himself an injury he's always available they have a good tight end
[00:54:56] good wire receiver they're probably gonna be able to pick up a wire receiver here in the draft
[00:55:01] maybe a free agent maybe turn the guy it's already on the roster to a title lock it kind of
[00:55:08] player for Russ was like available in the slot so I think Russ is going to be consistent enough
[00:55:14] to where you won't be able to get Justin feels on the field so I'm just I'm not I'm just not sure
[00:55:20] like the benefits for the team in regards to bringing Justin feels in so these are my thoughts
[00:55:29] obviously quarterback is a crapshoot you know Justin Fields came into the league he shone flashes
[00:55:36] but you know as I got into it with somebody earlier you know everybody's been making excuses
[00:55:42] for Justin Fields because as much as he showed flashes we have to tell the truth about his subpar
[00:55:48] play at times now with that being said if I'm the Steelers and I have the number 20 pick in the draft
[00:55:59] there's no avenue for me to get into the top five to get one of these quarterbacks if I want one
[00:56:07] right because you got Caleb Williams is going number one you know Washington's taken a quarterback
[00:56:13] New England's more than likely taken a quarterback or at the very least trading down to get a
[00:56:18] different quarterback but still taking a quarterback you know you got Minnesota potentially trying
[00:56:23] to come up to get a quarterback Minnesota I mean Atlanta has their quarterback now the Raider still
[00:56:30] need a quarterback Denver needs a quarterback so there's a whole lot of congestion right there trying
[00:56:38] to get up into that top five now this is where you have to trust your scouting department
[00:56:47] and your player personnel people is Justin Fields better than a quarterback that you could get at
[00:56:56] number 20 or is he better than a quarterback that if you are able to trade up somehow
[00:57:06] he's better than an unknown commodity that's not named Caleb Williams Jaden Daniels a Drake main
[00:57:14] so those are the questions that you have to ask yourself as a franchise the second question is
[00:57:23] do you think that Russell Wilson
[00:57:26] is a professional professional now I know you know people bring up that Richard Sherman talked about how
[00:57:36] Russell you couldn't even get a hold of Russell Wilson back in the day you had to go through like his
[00:57:41] people to get to him I would like to think that since that was 10 years ago we've gotten a little bit
[00:57:49] better at that so maybe if your Pittsburgh I don't think so because in Denver it's the first thing
[00:57:55] he wanted was like his own office his own park and spa so yeah what a pretty short
[00:57:59] friend I was probably getting scared yeah yeah that's what I was going to say I don't think
[00:58:02] that's odd you know what I mean but if you're bringing in someone like Justin Fields it's not a
[00:58:08] talent thing it's a in between the ears thing it's a what's his confidence like thing you know so
[00:58:18] I think that having him behind somebody like Russell because remember we talked last week and I
[00:58:24] brought up is it worth Seattle this was before they got Sam Hall is it worth Seattle grabbing Justin
[00:58:31] Fields and having Geno as that bridge I thought that would be the case because Geno was the established
[00:58:37] starter in that system when they're bringing a new coach right that changes some things but
[00:58:42] you have well Pittsburgh has a new office coordinator too so like it's a
[00:58:46] it's not a Smith yeah it's art Smith yeah it's not super dynamic with his playfulness and we
[00:58:53] beat that dead horse and revived and beat it again but with Justin Fields if I'm in his camp
[00:59:03] I'm thinking like I'm 10 years younger than this guy
[00:59:06] and I saw something on first things first essentially after Justin Fields rookie year him and Russ had the same
[00:59:16] like record I think Russ is 11 and 19 just to feel this 8 and 20 touch on interception ratios
[00:59:26] is pretty much the same like 45 46 touchdowns to like low 20s and exceptions yards per game
[00:59:37] so if I'm Justin Fields I'm looking at it like yo I'm 10 years younger than this guy
[00:59:42] I offer a very dynamic aspect to my game by being able to run
[00:59:49] being being big being athletic so I don't know if Justin Fields walks in there like yo I'm
[00:59:55] definitely number two it's very similar to Mac Jones and Cam Newton when they drafted Mac Jones
[01:00:02] in New England I don't think Cam Newton walked in like I'ma be number two to this guy like I'ma be
[01:00:09] this quintessential mental bridge to help Mac Jones over the hump and I don't know if Justin
[01:00:16] Fields is walking into Pittsburgh thinking like oh I'm gonna be that I'm gonna get tutored by this guy
[01:00:23] but you got both of these guys in a new system so how many reps can like you got to determine who's
[01:00:31] the number one guy and if you don't you're giving so you got it so you got 100 snaps.
[01:00:36] Well a horn 12 to 45 just a report 45 and then the third string guy got to get 10
[01:00:42] according to all the reports Russell is the guy but that was the report with picket
[01:00:49] that was the report once they got fields too that came out as well but if you but if you're
[01:00:54] but if you're just in the field as you walk and it's like I'm five inches tall in this guy
[01:01:00] I'm 20 pounds 20 25 pounds heavier muscle I'm more I'm a better I'm a better future prospect for
[01:01:09] these teams and I think and I think that Pittsburgh knows how does he come in and just holds the clipboard
[01:01:16] considering how the narrative surrounding him in Chicago like I don't know I don't know if he can
[01:01:24] and it's not a maturity thing is just a competitive thing.
[01:01:28] I'm a better option for you going forward than Russell Wilson right now Russell can probably be
[01:01:36] the he's probably more mature he's more seasoned he's the veteran but as far as like what he has over
[01:01:43] me all he has over me is this these theoretical intangibles on the field have a better option
[01:01:52] this is this is my problem this is my problem we talk about how these guys are entitled and we
[01:02:00] talk about how these guys never get told that their shit stinks and everybody kisses their ass
[01:02:07] right correct this is an opportunity for Pittsburgh not not that Pittsburgh's doing it per say but
[01:02:12] they're just like look we got a vet in here that we want you to work with we want you to learn some
[01:02:19] things there's some intangibles there's some of this that could rub off on you like there's
[01:02:25] something that your game is missing but like I said it's not talent it's not talented because he's
[01:02:30] obviously talent way more talented than Russell probably ever was in some ways but you know it's
[01:02:36] right here so like how do you overcome adversity when things aren't going well how do you not
[01:02:44] get frustrated or as a quarterback how do you stay even killed you know what I mean how do
[01:02:52] how do you galvanize and you know like I said we can get into all that yeah but
[01:02:56] we're just teaching that as a never two quarterback too that's what I'm saying so if you're just
[01:03:01] being a footballer if you're just in fields you look at it like okay I can learn all that from him
[01:03:06] while being a starter because in my opinion like like if I'm speaking in Justin feels like I am a
[01:03:15] if you look around the league there's not a lot of 30 plus your old starters with 20 something
[01:03:23] your old young starter level talented backups and Rodgers and with the jets his backup is
[01:03:32] Zach Wilson whatever they figure out what his deal his backup is Tyrod Miller but that
[01:03:38] Natalie because they brought on the veteran but we'll use lashes example Zach Wilson was not
[01:03:45] he could not walk into the building and say I can be air riders for his spot
[01:03:50] whereas I think Justin feels physically can come and beat Russell Wilson for the spot
[01:03:58] so if you're just simply telling me as Justin feel like yeah you're going to sit behind him and learn
[01:04:05] what's in it for me and I know it's not a selfish thing he's like you only get a select number
[01:04:10] of years to play this game you get about what what if you're going to quarterback you get you get
[01:04:15] you get a four five year peak where you're great like Joe Burrow's fight Joe Burrow Justin Herbert
[01:04:21] you'll see Josh Allen yeah these guys Lamar Jackson you got about four five six years maybe seven to
[01:04:28] be considered top three to five in your position it's at some point which MVPs will be one my
[01:04:36] homes has it he's been shafted that's just they shafted he hasn't had a great set of circumstances
[01:04:45] in Chicago for his first three seasons so now you want him to kind of sit tight because Russell
[01:04:52] tears it up no team is going to call next year and treat for Russell Wilson so he's staying in
[01:04:58] Pittsburgh so if he if if Russell Wilson gives you 32 touchdowns and seven picks next year
[01:05:05] 44 hundred yards he's staying in Pittsburgh I'm just I'm just don't know that
[01:05:13] it's bigger like four four thousand yards is an abnormal for a quarterback we'll say 4,000
[01:05:19] no 30 touchdowns eight picks four thousand yards and he rushes for two or three more
[01:05:25] well I think that the thought I think the thought behind it is Justin Fields needs a reset to get
[01:05:32] the Chicago stench off of him you know that's number one you know number two you haven't shown yet
[01:05:45] that you can lead a team on the field as talented as you are you haven't shown it like number 86
[01:05:53] and the and the fell top 100 by his fellow players like so people see the talent yeah
[01:05:57] people see the talent yeah but just like just like say for instance
[01:06:03] like Jordan love was talented you know there was already established star no no I know I know I know
[01:06:09] yeah but they but they didn't come off of Aaron Rogers off of we got a talent to do waiting in
[01:06:19] the wings you know they were like hey we're trying to win a championship now you know whatever
[01:06:24] the case may be now if your Pittsburgh you look at it like Atlanta to some degree where as
[01:06:28] Atlanta was like we don't need Patrick my homes we just need somebody that's better than Desmond
[01:06:34] Ritter you know so when you're looking at Pittsburgh who won 10 games last year you know you got
[01:06:39] Cincinnati Cleveland Baltimore in that division you're like I don't need Josh Allen I just need
[01:06:46] even kill somebody that's not going to fold under pressure yeah but I think you're still
[01:06:51] get those same 10 wins except that a few of those wins it might be 27-20 we're like
[01:06:57] it's definitive he threw like he kept you guys in the lead the whole time where some right
[01:07:03] can't even pick it it was like some last second drives here the defense would get a scoop and score
[01:07:10] of pick six and you were just kind of winning games 20 to 17 23 20 stuff like that um
[01:07:18] yeah so so like if I'm Pittsburgh I'm you know if I'm Pittsburgh it was a sixth round pick
[01:07:22] that they gave up with the potential to become a fourth if he plays like 47% in distance
[01:07:29] so arbitrary number like that yeah so so like Pittsburgh is just looking at it like
[01:07:35] those old Wu Tang movies you know you are now watching a master at work you know watch this do
[01:07:41] pick up on his habits his work ethic whatever it might be and then you just bench and rest half
[01:07:47] way through the season you're gonna go with Justin Fields well it depends on how the season plays out
[01:07:51] I'm sure if Pittsburgh is sitting there at three and four that's a conversation or
[01:07:56] I'm not talking took a while to put Kenny picking on the bench granny you had Trabisky and Mason
[01:08:01] Rudolph as your backups right right and you better and also pick it was their first round pick
[01:08:10] he like it's it's if Justin Fields behaved
[01:08:19] and the local Pittsburgh dude you know what I mean it was a local pick guy where I went to
[01:08:23] there I went to pit spring game no I went to Pittsburgh during like their spring game and I went
[01:08:29] to a bar right next to the stadium and everybody was wearing a pick here this was the year after
[01:08:34] Kenny picking like that was but it was like it was a buzz and people were there they were in a
[01:08:39] pick here they went to spring game it was at Heinzfield when it was called Heinzfield uh
[01:08:45] but he ain't not wanting to just back up Russ that would made more sense to me I know it has
[01:08:51] still been kind of rough for him to have to do with it but having Kenny pick it learned from Russ
[01:08:57] and then kind of bringing Kenny picking back but there's a there's a different
[01:09:01] Justin Fields is like Justin Fields probably has the expectation that he can start because this is my
[01:09:08] new this is my new start Kenny picking was like he has to look at himself and we go I've gone 13 000
[01:09:15] two years well the problem is though is that if the reports are to be believed
[01:09:23] Justin Fields specifically want it to go to Pittsburgh I think this can
[01:09:29] could be I'm just saying that's why would he why would he why would he want to go to Pittsburgh
[01:09:35] what does Pittsburgh have that's beneficial to the court without without trying to piss off
[01:09:41] cups or being controversial Pittsburgh has a winning culture you know they do have a winning
[01:09:47] culture I can you have a win and they also have Mike Tomlin who is a black kid coach on top of all that
[01:09:54] so like so maybe like to to Justin Fields it's like on the field it's just in just in fields
[01:10:02] after Chicago trade at Fakena, Nallan had DJ Moore they signed
[01:10:10] Swift out of Philly right and they have commit and I think Tongue might still be on the contract
[01:10:16] but I don't know how the works you get too much I want to say he's gone
[01:10:18] cup of water I was talking about gone um the number one pick the number nine pick
[01:10:28] how is Pittsburgh a better landing spot for him Sanlegal I want to stay here
[01:10:35] because Stan and Chicago was better for Justin Fields and I thought he had one trade or something
[01:10:42] no I think that he's right that's why I don't believe reports of him wanting to go to Pittsburgh
[01:10:46] because what you gotta remember you back up like think about it like this though you gotta
[01:10:51] you gotta think about it in New York New York is probably the same boat as Pittsburgh as far as
[01:10:55] you gotta you gotta think about it you gotta think about it from what's available and who's
[01:11:02] interested so Minnesota went out and got Curt Cousins I mean I'm sorry Atlanta went out and got
[01:11:07] Curt Cousins you know he should have been banging on the table for me if he wanted to leave
[01:11:12] Chicago he should have been banging on the table to send me to Atlanta I agree but I do not believe
[01:11:20] that a guy from Atlanta or Georgia and that's the Sarangas suburbs would choose to go play
[01:11:28] eight or nine home games in Pittsburgh when it gets cold as shit up here in this this
[01:11:33] lick effect what do you see in the Buffalo games we see how cold against no high with seeing a
[01:11:39] cold against Cincinnati you have a quarterback who likes to run doesn't throw it a lot you mean
[01:11:45] to tell me you'd rather play eight or nine games in Pittsburgh versus eight or nine games in Atlanta
[01:11:53] with B. John Robinson Drake London a don't a don Cal Pits and a number eight pick but it could have
[01:12:00] got another one your boy Moody Moody and Moody just went there and they just got Ray Ray
[01:12:05] reclawed McLeod from San Francisco they are loading up the offense to just go go go go go go there's no
[01:12:12] way he saw that and say you know what I want to go to Pittsburgh when not you hear his who couldn't
[01:12:18] hit a hole with a dump truck maybe him and Pickens have a relationship because you know Pickens
[01:12:22] went to Georgia so maybe they have some pickens has an attitude every single week he's I mean like
[01:12:28] there's I don't believe the reports that he wanted to go to Pittsburgh or any other of the third
[01:12:34] well no but there's no he didn't have 31 options that's the problem but if you went to a team
[01:12:42] like I'm saying if you're going like he was like you're I want to go to Buffalo like like Buffalo
[01:12:48] I would trade for him because they signed they signed for biscuit early out Buffalo makes more
[01:12:53] since then Pittsburgh because he never seen the field Josh Allen plays the same way just
[01:13:00] to feel yeah but just but Buffalo but Josh Allen is there for the next eight years Russell Wilson
[01:13:05] is not going to get scrambled Russell Wilson barely misses I don't think he's ever missed a game
[01:13:09] because injury I know he did he had the was it a miss no he yeah he had a couple of games with the
[01:13:20] he should have missed five weeks I think he missed two that's what I'm saying he should have been
[01:13:24] off for five weeks he came back in two he struggled for three weeks and then he kept going so like
[01:13:29] it once again if I if I'm Justin Fields camp I'm like oh though Russell's not leaving a field
[01:13:34] he's not scrambling he's not gonna take a hit he'll take the sack and lay down and pun it go to
[01:13:40] the sideline but he's never gonna lose that's what he feels needs to see maybe to Pittsburgh
[01:13:46] it's like the things that you're saying right now maybe Pittsburgh is looking at it like
[01:13:52] this is what you need to see to preserve yourself and I'm talking about the report Sandy he wanted
[01:14:00] to go to Pittsburgh like I can go to school and learn I don't want to go and just play in Pittsburgh
[01:14:07] if that's the case he could have gone to Atlanta and sat behind her cousins and learned and then
[01:14:15] gone to another team why am I gonna go to Pittsburgh I just I think I think they're
[01:14:20] important to just trigger coding because I think Chicago I think Chicago had better deals
[01:14:26] in place and they thought they were gonna get the next one I think Chicago for the fact that Atlanta
[01:14:33] in the upper the deal and they like it and the fact that Atlanta ended up with Kirk cousins makes me
[01:14:43] think that Atlanta said what's the next step to get us the closest just some fields would have
[01:14:53] been the next step to get you closest I don't believe that it would have been she first it would
[01:14:57] have been cheaped on 180 million dollars it would have but in next two years I would have been able
[01:15:02] to figure out is do we have because you got to think about this Calpis is gonna be up for money
[01:15:10] Drake London is gonna be up for money B.J. Robbs is gonna be up for money after two the next
[01:15:15] one London but London and Pitzer on evaluation period right now that's what I'm saying so
[01:15:21] right now you got Kirk cousins for four years I think it's pretty much a two-year deal
[01:15:28] yeah yeah yeah I would have rather had just some fields for that two years
[01:15:32] because at the end of that two years I know fully I'm doing a full rebuild
[01:15:38] so I could trade pits I could trade London I could not re-solve it but Atlanta might be viewing it
[01:15:44] like look like we talked about it all last season look at that division so so in Atlanta's mind if
[01:15:51] we get Kirk cousins theoretically we could be the favorite in this division if we get Justin
[01:15:58] Fields we could be the favorite if he got a shit together which we don't know if he has his
[01:16:05] shit together yeah I just I don't know I just I feel like I would have taken the guy in his mid-20s
[01:16:12] with something to prove over the guy in his mid-30s coming off of the Keeley's injury
[01:16:17] and you also you also probably talked about how Lord leg powered it's throw the football
[01:16:22] but you also talked about like and I don't know if teams think about this for real
[01:16:29] but you talked about like sending them back home and
[01:16:32] but he's not a behavior problem Jaylen Carter had he had pending stuff from
[01:16:38] right real issues that George and I was like I don't know if you want to keep around
[01:16:43] so that's different for him might not have behavioral issues right now but if you put them back home
[01:16:48] you know you don't know he's hanging around the wrong people or what like
[01:16:52] but you know it you'd have been hanging around the wrong people in Chicago if you don't know
[01:16:57] you we wouldn't know we would have known we would have known we know everything we know jump
[01:17:02] jump ransom Memphis Tennessee East from South Carolina we knew what he was doing in Denver like we had
[01:17:07] CC camp footers hold on him before we would know Justin feels think about how many people
[01:17:12] you know who are six foot four two hundred and twenty five two hundred thirty pounds
[01:17:16] in your lifetime that's have walked in your life those people stand out right in a bell quarter
[01:17:22] back stand out so if he was hanging out with the wrong crowd in Chicago or any of these environments
[01:17:28] you would have known I just feel as at granite I'm just speculating I think Chicago had
[01:17:36] deals in place botched it and got bailed out when Kenny Pickett decided I don't want to compete
[01:17:47] with Russell Wilson because if they don't trade Kenny Pickett Justin feel just still on their
[01:17:54] roster and they got to figure out where are we sending him because we're taking Caleb Williams
[01:18:01] they're trying to act all clandestine and like they have like this whole secret Jason Bourne
[01:18:06] kind of conversation we all know you messed up we took Drew Biscuit you passed on to Sean Watson
[01:18:14] and Patrick my homes you're not going to do it again we all knew that there was no smoking mirrors
[01:18:20] that you're gonna fool anyone with saying we're gonna keep mill you're not we knew you were getting
[01:18:26] Caleb Williams they should have just been upfront like sometimes like I like to play poker
[01:18:32] and sometimes you can slow play your hand but if I'm holding pocket kings and the flop is king king
[01:18:39] seven you know what I got time to bullshit I'm betting big and you can trust it on you could
[01:18:46] think I'm bluffing or not but I'm gonna get what I want out of it so I'm not gonna be like oh
[01:18:51] Chicago tried to slow play their hand and it ended up backfiring because they could have gotten
[01:18:56] a couple of picks out of Atlanta because they have a young core players think about the age of
[01:19:02] all their players think about green Bay in the success but they had with the young quarterback
[01:19:07] and the young core see if it works you got to like my floor had a couple of years as a coach
[01:19:13] I already with Aaron but you got the young court young quarterback with the young wire receivers
[01:19:19] yo let's see if this works Atlanta could have replicated that yes the vision is up for the
[01:19:25] taken I feel like they would have been in a better position to do that um I'm trying to think
[01:19:31] anybody else was available Arizona was off the table if you was gonna be a backup I think Seattle
[01:19:36] would have been a good move because Gino's controversy expiring so he's gonna go on his way
[01:19:43] maybe takes over there and they play similar and Gino had the same kind of rise where
[01:19:48] he started out one team did he went to another team and it was like he was getting shafted and people
[01:19:53] thought he wasn't any good I think he would have gotten more from but every shake that you know
[01:19:58] it's not lost in Gino like you know as far as I don't think Russell believes that
[01:20:06] he fell off because we could look at Sean Payne that how oh you fall off his last album was the
[01:20:13] chronic yeah like that's what I'm saying I think Russ looks at it like oh my last two head coaches
[01:20:19] were terrible and my last three head coach were terrible one just got two got fired and one is
[01:20:25] Sean Payne who's proven nothing about drivries so I think he could walk into the room like oh
[01:20:30] I'm still nice I'd be Kansas City and Kansas City I came back from 21 down against Washington
[01:20:36] I did all these things it's still lost wow my coach the other way around was sorry
[01:20:43] you have 21 to 3 my bad so while my coach publicly publicly does it like me I still persevered
[01:20:51] I'm five foot ten I want a super bowl like I'm I'm that guy I don't think Russ is gonna be in
[01:20:58] the market or in the position of want to teach Justin feels he's like out here like yo I'm still
[01:21:04] that guy I'm I'm light skinned Tom Brady I'm playing ten more years I don't think Justin
[01:21:11] feels in the position but he's gonna get a lot of information from Russell clap it all up but
[01:21:16] we he has people in his corner can tell him it wasn't your fault that the last three years didn't go well
[01:21:23] because you've had three terrible coaches Geno can let your dog just leave you up this is how I got
[01:21:30] over it I think it would have been better for him but yeah that's why I'm putting it up they should
[01:21:34] kind of overplay their hand I think she kind of overplayed their hand and it just so happened
[01:21:39] that Kenny Pickett not wanting to compete goes to Philadelphia where he won't play so yeah exactly
[01:21:46] so you know but you know but this is why sports is sports and this is why we love it you know because
[01:21:54] 100% it's always surprising it's always an orthodox it's always out of the blue
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