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"It just seems weird. It seems like a very odd decision to move off of Zappi and risk him getting claimed and everything else when, what is your backup plan? It's not even Malik Cunningham. You waived him too. It was interesting. I don't know what your thoughts are, but I was surprised at the way New England handled that. Yeah. You know, I know he came back on the practice squad, and maybe that was kind of like, you know what, we could risk losing him. But that says a lot, right? You're willing to risk losing Bailey Zappi and for the entire off-season, we're all wondering, will he take over for Mac Jones? So I'm probably going to give away a little sample of my story next week. I'm doing winners and losers for the preseason. And I wrote Mac Jones is a winner. He hasn't really done much, but it's all set up for him to succeed this season. I feel like Bill Belichick wants to make sure this guy has a fair shake. Yeah, last year was a disaster with the coaching hires that I made. But Mac, I'm going to do you a favor here. I'm going to give you a dominant defense. I'm going to give you a reliable running game, a competent OC and Bill O'Brien, and we're going to make Zappi on the practice squad. Like, what else do you want Mac Jones? If you can't win with a good defense, a good running game, and you can't improve the passing game. Yeah, I get the targets or the weapons are not as good, but it's all set up for you to do something. And, you know, Trey Lance will kill for the situation, right? Like even as Zach Wilson, the same guys from the quarterback 2021 draft class. So I just view Mac Jones as a winner, but does he deserve to have all this kind of, you know, success around him? Yeah, no, it's a good point, man. And if Mac Jones is smiling ear to ear right now, because Bailey Zappi is on the practice squad. And Mollie Cunningham, by the way, also got added back to the practice squad. So you end up getting them both back. But to your point, like anybody claims them, they're gone. I mean, you know, it shows New England's not too in love with either one of them. But if I'm Mac Jones, I'm like, look, both those guys just got cut. So I know I'm clearing away the number one guy. Number two, I don't have a defensive coordinator as my offensive coordinator anymore. So that's a nice change of pace. I actually have a coach who's on the offensive side who's running the offense. And Bill O'Brien, who said what you want about him as a head coach, he's a good coordinator. And they added, you know, they went out and got Kasicki and they added Juju Smith-Schuster. I'm sure they lost Jacoby Myers. But all told, like, look, I don't think the Pats are going to be the greatest show on turf this year. But they're better set up for success than they were a year ago on offense, where a year ago, Matt Patricia, who's a defensive coordinator who can't even coach a defense, was coaching the offense. I don't know. Bill Belichick, maybe the greatest coach ever. It's an interesting decision, to say the least. Yeah, no, I'm with you. And I'm really intrigued to see what, like, you know, last week we were talking about, like, it's a bad year for the pesky teams to make a noise in the AFC because it's just so low in the AFC. I really want to light the Patriots. And we're going to get into it right now with their AFC bracket predictions. But it's going to be tough, man. And it just, again, all eyes on Mac Jones. And, yeah, you know, even a guy like the wide receiver from last year, the second-round pick, the surprise, Taequann Thornton, right, the speedy wide receiver, he's kind of struggling. So it might be a tough uphill battle for Mac Jones. But, again, like, when you have a good defense and you have a good running game, all you need is, like, maybe 17 points to win a game. Yeah, I canned the ball to Armandre Stevenson. Don't turn the ball over and hope you can score, like, on one or two key drives in the game. All right, look, let's get into it. So we got the AFC preview. We'll do the NFC after this. You and I differ on a few of our playoff teams, not that many of them. Why don't we lead off with this? Why don't you give your division winners in the AFC, and then who are your three wildcards as well? Okay, for the AFC West, I have the Chargers. The AFC East, I have the Jets. AFC North, I have the Bengals. The AFC South, I have the Jaguars. And now my AFC wildcard teams are stacked. I got the Buffalo Bills, the Kansas City Chiefs, and the Baltimore Ravens. I'm telling you, man, you wrote the story about the quarterbacks in the AFC. They're just dominant quarterbacks. So for me, I can't pick the teams who are the underdogs right now, but those seven for me are pretty loaded. Okay, so I know the big question under that is, why the Chargers over the Chiefs? Yeah, I know that's going to be the big question I'm going to get for that one there. And it might not be the best reasoning here, but I know it's only one year of a sample size, but I saw the Rams firsthand covering them a year ago and trying to be a defending Super Bowl champion for the longest season in NFL history. They got to that mountaintop, and they lost that urgency. It's a different scenario because they don't have a Patrick Mahomes, and they just unloaded everybody after a terrible 5-12 season. But I just saw the fatigue, and maybe they parted too hard, Sean McVay, and everybody seemed injured. I don't know if I'm ever going to see this again, Matt, but the offensive line had 11 starting offensive line combinations in the first 12 games, and I could not keep track of who's who on that roster. So part of me kind of feels like, well, they've won. You might be right here. I forget what it is. AFC West six or seven consecutive AFC West division time. They've been the big hosted five straight AFC title. That's a lot, and at some point it's like, two Super Bowls in four years, I think we kind of let off a little bit, and that's the only reason I have. I'm not even worried about the wide receivers, Matt, on the Chiefs. I think they have some good players, but it's just kind of getting back to that mountaintop, and it's been two decades since the team has repeated, and I keep looking at the Chargers, and I shouldn't put my faith in the Chargers. I've covered that team for four years, like I mentioned on the top of the show. They're always having high expectations but always falling down in Jacksonville, falling down in Las Vegas. They just can't seem to get out of their own way, but they're talented. They're stacked, and maybe I was out there too many times in Costa Mesa watching Kellen Moore and Justin Herbert operate. They look pretty good, and I feel like eventually you've got to take the opportunity and take that division from the Chiefs, but I don't feel confident about it, but it kind of feels like, okay, there needs to be some type of change eventually. Yeah. Listen, they're to a point where, and the Chiefs I mean, they've won seven division titles in a row. The only team, I believe, that's ever won more division titles in a row are New England with Brady and Bell. At one point they won 11 in a row. I think the Rams in the 70s also won seven. Yeah, they've been to three Super Bowls out of the last four years, won two of them. You're right, at some point you would think there's just going to be a year where maybe they have some injuries or they step back. The one thing I will say with the Chargers here before I get into my pick, they are super talented. My concern with them is always the same two things, their coach and their injury history. They just get hurt every year and then Stanley does things that I just can't understand, although I do think Kellen Moore is a big upgrade over Lombardi and Herbert's fantastic. Hey, this is Paris. I downloaded all my favorite things into my new Roblox experience. It's called Slivingland. Sliving. It's got everything I love. Discovering. Shopping. Collecting. Partying with my friends. Live. Slive. And now celebrating her new podcast series, The History of the World's Greatest Nightclubs on iHeartRadio. Come sliven up and jump through the portal to iHeartland for a quest to unlock a limited edition UGC item. It's going to be epic. Now you're sliven. Slivingland on Roblox. Loves it. It's today. So, my seven playoff teams, so the same teams that we have, I'll give my division winners, we both have the Bengals and the Jaguars, so we were in lockstep there. I had the Dolphins winning the AFC, so basically all this ensures is that we're going to get a lot of hate mail from Buffalo. And I had the Chiefs winning the AFC West. I'm just a big, like, you've got to prove it to me. So the Chiefs have proven it so many years, I'm sticking with them. My wildcard teams, as you have, I have Buffalo, I have the Jets, you have them going in the division, I have them as a wildcard team. And instead of the Ravens, I'm going to go with Pittsburgh. I went back and forth on that, because that division I think is the best division in football. All those teams are solid, like, you could even make an argument for Cleveland if you want to, I just think Cleveland's in the wrong division. I just, man, I love the Steelers' defense and I love Tomlin. So my whole thing is, if Pickett's just decent, that team should win a lot of games. Now, I don't think they have the ceiling that Baltimore does. Baltimore, if it all comes together, I think is a team with a higher ceiling. I just wonder, you know, different offensive coordinators, is that a good thing, is that a bad thing? And then you have, like, Beckham, that could be great for them, that could be he plays five games. It's just, it's a weird, I feel like I know a little more of Pittsburgh, so I went there. And with the Chargers, they always ended up putting them in. I'm just wondering after last year, after that loss to Jacksonville, is there any kind of a hangover to that? You know, and then you have a lot of guys in that team that are getting a little bit older and you have a huge cap crunch coming up. I mean, Allen, Williams, Eckler, Mack, like, this could be the last year for all those guys here. So maybe that plays in their favor and there's an urgency and they play great. Or maybe if things start off rough, it becomes almost like, well, where are we going? So I had them at 10 and 7, but just losing a tiebreaker, they were the next team in for me. But yeah, I think the AFC is ridiculous. There's going to be two or three teams that aren't making the playoffs that are legitimately good football teams that just can't get in. Yeah, and you know, I guess with the Chargers, I am banking on that urgency for them to kind of do something. And to even add to your point, man, the GM's been around 11 years, man, and he has never won. Well, I think he won a division title, actually, no division title, no division titles, no AFC championship game appearances. He won like one or two playoff games with the Los Costa Jam. Yeah. And then the head coach, Brandon Staley, might be on the hottest hot seat right now. And you know, a lot of people want that job, too, because of Justin Herbert, so it puts a lot of pressure on Brandon Staley. So, you know, I'm going to say they're going to put it together for at least, you know, a good run. I don't I don't know how far they're going to go, but I think they might win a division. Will that be enough to keep everybody intact? I don't even know that that's going to be enough. So we'll see. I'll tell you what, man, if you're right, though, and the Chiefs, the Bills and the Ravens are wildcard teams, that is going to be an insane first weekend of play. You're going to have these teams at home, having Mahomes come in and Allen come in. And you covered the team, you know, better than me, like if the Chiefs go play the Chargers on the road in a playoff game, it's going to be Arrowhead Stadium out there. I mean, it's such a weird or if like the Bills go to Jacksonville, it's going to sound like Buffalo. I mean, it's just such that to me is everything with the Chargers. It's so hard. Every game's a road game for them. I mean, very rarely, you know, maybe once a blue one, they'll play some game like whatever. The other fan base is not large either, but it's just tough. They play the Cowboys at home this year. The place is going to be Jerry World. It's just, it's so, that's got to be so defeating. You have a big home game and you come out and there's 70,000 people rooting against you. I'll never forget covering the Super Bowl at SoFi and there were as many Bengals fans as there were Rams fans. You're like, how, how is that possible? I mean, since he's a tiny city in any event, it is weird. All right, so who, who's the team in the AFC that you think is not going to live up to the hype? That is a team that maybe is getting too much shine. And you're right about the whole LA being all over the place, man. I've lived there all my entire life and, and I even grew up a Vikings fan. I don't even know if I ever told our boss, John plume that, but I was a big Randy Moss fan because there was no LA team for three decades here. So that, that, that, that makes sense for why it's a, it's a very unique situation, a very unique town. And I'm sure Chargers are probably tired of talking about it. I used to ask all the time, Matt, so I could tell you about how I know they get with that. But as my my disappointment, right, that is a question here. I didn't, you know, for you, you know, you didn't have the chargers and that's surprising to me. But for me, it was the dolphins, you know, you have the winning division and the way I look at the dolphins is like, man, losing Jalen Ramsey is going to be tough. Like, you know, he's supposed to be this big piece that, that you got on the off season, you know, helping out with Xavier and Howard and they have a good defense. But Jalen Ramsey is supposed to be a big part of that defense and he won't be back until December. So that's a long time. What if you have a rough start there and you're already, you're already in the stack division, you're playing the Jets, the Bills and the Patriots twice a year. So why don't you fall behind there? And then I feel like every time I see a big fan, Joe defense, it's always year two. Year one is kind of a transition year and they don't really take off until year two. So if you don't have Jalen and that really kind of hinders, hinders your progression a year one. And then on offense, like it feels like, yeah, they got Jalen Watto and they have Tyreek Hill, but then it's kind of like, well, no tight end. And I get Mike McDaniel doesn't really like to feature a tight end. And then the three running backs, they're really fast, but is one of them really good? I can't figure that out. I know they have the rookie from Texas A &M who, you know, he can't really stay healthy. And then you have Jeff Wilson also going to be an IR. That's also concerning to me. And then two, can he stay healthy? So I think a lot of focus is on the big two there. And I'm not even sure I'm, you know, there might be the best to do on the NFL. Some people are higher in general water than, than I am. I still see some concerns there with drop balls here and there, but Tyreek Hill is amazing. Everybody knows that. So I feel like the dolphins are a little, even with Jalen Ramsey, maybe a little overrated for me. You know, it's fine. I pick them in the division because I like Fangio being the coordinator there and Ramsey I thought was a good get. Obviously he mentioned he's hurt most of the year. Of all the teams I picked to win the divisions in the AFC, they're definitely the team I'm the shakiest on because A, the division's good, B, all the things you just mentioned are fair. Like I don't know if Tua is going to play a full season. I mean, what happens, obviously nobody wants to see it, but God forbid if he gets hurt like week one, what if he gets a concussion? Like how long is he out for? Is he out for the year? Like I don't know, you know, I mean, it's a scary thing. So I do hear you. There's a lot of concerns. My team is Baltimore. I kind of laid out why, look, Odell Beckham's a great talent, but can he stay healthy? Rashad Bateman's a good talent, can he stay on the field? I believe in Lamar Jackson. I am curious though, if they ask him to throw the ball as often as Burrow has to throw it, Mahomes has to throw it, Allen has to throw it. Can they play that way and still have that element of being unique? Because I think the hardest thing to defend about them is how unique they are. And Jackson is such a freak, you know, with his arm, with his legs. Are they going to take that away a little bit because he's been hurt the last couple of years? I don't know. But I'll tell you the truth, my biggest fear with them is just defensively. I mean, you know, Marcus Peters is gone, Kaleis Campbell's gone, Jason Viera-Paul is gone, Justin Houston's gone. I mean, I'll tell you, I was doing a piece that was coming out next week for us where we're kind of looking at everybody's strengths and weaknesses, and you're on the NFC side of that, I got the AFC. I was looking at their pass rush. Who the hell is going to sack the quarterback? It's a problem. So in this conference, I just feel like, man, the AFC, if you can't get pressure, you better be able to score 30 plus because I don't hate stopping anybody. I think Baltimore is good. I just don't see them as like a Super Bowl contender, which I think is kind of where the hype has gone this year. So I love hardball as a coach. I think that they're always going to be a playoff contender. It's partially the defense, it's partially the new offensive coordinator, and it's partially being in a conference where they can win 10 games and still not make the playoffs. Yeah, you know, for me with the Ravens, I'm not going to defend them too hard because I feel like I could easily flip them with the Steelers. They're kind of even for me, but maybe just hearing you right now, Matt, you might have been higher. Lamar Jackson pushing that ball down the field, he's a good downfield passer. I know he hasn't stayed healthy the last two seasons, especially in the back of the schedule. That's brutal. For him to miss that playoff game against the Bengals a year ago, imagine he was playing, they might've won that game. But if you can't be reliable, he hasn't had the MVP year since 2019, which feels like a long time ago, but I just like that they're trying to bring that modern game of pushing the ball down the field and utilizing Lamar Jackson's strength as a passer. I think he gets overlooked in that area. But then we were just talking about Vic Fangio and how everybody's trying to counter the Vic Fangio inspired defenses by running the ball more and who runs the ball the best, the Baltimore Ravens. So maybe they're going away from it a little too early when it, yeah, so, and they were ahead of the, they were ahead of their time maybe with these defenses. And that's the way you counter them is by, you know, you know, doing the quick game and the running game, but sometimes it's good to be ahead of the curve. So who knows? Maybe now I'm going back, back and forth, now I'm going back to the Ravens because if people are all going to start doing the running game and do run heavy to counter these Vic Fangio defense, then maybe the Ravens have something brewing that could be special down the line. But again, I don't, I don't like, can I trust Rashad Bateman being healthy? Will Zay Flowers turn out to be a good first round pick? How about OBJ? Will you turn back the clock? So there's a lot of question marks where like eventually made it, they're going to be like, you know what? We tried it that way. Let's go back to all reliable and throw it to Mark Andrews, whatever, 10 times a game. Yeah. Yeah. Andrew, she's underrated. He's a fantastic tight end. Look, we're going to get nowhere surprises all leagues off. Be quick with this. I already told you. I think they're a playoffs team. Pittsburgh's my team. I kind of laid out why. I mean, I love Tomlin. I think Tomlin is a top three coach in the league with Andy Reed and Bill Belichick. Defensively man, like people don't even know how Alex Highsmith is got 14 and a half sacks last year. They have TJ Watt, they have Cam Hayward, they brought in Marcus Golden, who's a supplemental, like a good rotational pass rusher. They added Desmond King, who the Texans cut. It was one of the biggest surprise cuts of the day on Tuesday. They bring him in. They've got Joey Porter Jr., Patrick Peterson, Minka Fitzpatrick. That is, that's a damn good defense. They have guys. I mean, now the question, of course, is offensive line, how good is it? And can Pickett play? The one thing I can't stand is like false confidence. There are so many people in Pittsburgh, if you tweet out about the Steelers, or just, if you say anything bad about Kenny Pickett, or you question him in any way, the brigade comes out. It's just like, you don't understand the greatness of Kenny Pickett. It's like, I got to tell you, I watched every throw he made last year. He was a guy. He threw five touchdowns against seven picks. He spent five years in college, four of which, by the way, he was mediocre to atrocious, and then one year he was unbelievable as a senior. Fine. I obviously believe in them as a team. I think he's going to be better, but is he going to be more than a game manager? I don't know. I wouldn't go there. Now, look, he's got George Pickens, who I think you pretty much just wailed the ball downfield to him and let him go up and get it. I think the Steelers' weapons are good. Offensive lines are concerned. Pickets are concerned. I think Tomlin, who almost got duck Hodges to the playoffs years ago, can just massage it. Now, I will say, when they get to the playoffs that they do, I think a team like Cincinnati or Kansas City or Buffalo is going to put a number on them, but I think they're better than people think.
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"malik cunningham" Discussed on The MMQB NFL Podcast
"So it's going to be an interesting year for Kyler Murray, to say the least. So here's the thing. So I was going to talk about the Cardinals here in a second. We can just get right into them because they're somehow oddly fascinating. Look, what kills me about this is you gave Colt McCoy first team snaps the whole offseason, the entire offseason. It was like, yeah, Colt's the guy, Colt's the guy, Colt's the guy. Then you get to this point in the year and you cut him. And like, look, I get it if you're like, all right, Clayton Toomes are going to be the guy. He outplayed him. I don't think there's any argument that Clayton Toome at this point in his career is better than Colt McCoy. But OK, fine. If you want to go young, fair enough. But then you bring in Josh Dobbs and everybody's like, well, yeah, he knows Drew Petzing's system, who's a first year offensive coordinator with Arizona. They spent a year together in Cleveland. Dobbs was sitting on the bench. It's not like Josh Dobbs throwing 700 passes in this offense and now he's going to come in here and everybody's assuming he's going to get this job. If I am a player on the Cardinals, I am asking, pleading, begging, get me out of here at all costs. There was a presser the other day, they showed Zach Ertz and there was like a still photo that one of the reporters tweet out. Zach Ertz looked like he would have left if he had to pay his way to get out of there. I've never seen somebody look so depressed in a press conference. I don't know if I'm going to play week one thinking, yeah, bro, you probably don't want to play in any of these games because you're going to get a couple of hospital balls thrown to you by Dobbs or by Toome. Do you think, I think we probably both agree pretty safely they're going to be the worst team in football. Do you think they're going to make a real run at 0-17? I know that's really, really hard to do. But do you think that they're going to be in the ballpark? They'll be around the area and, you know, you get an extra game now to go 0-17. We haven't had that before. So it'll be pretty historic there. So, yeah, you know, like I mentioned, man, I was a training camp for the Cardinals. And if it wasn't for Buda Baker being on the field, I would not recognize anybody on that roster. I kept bringing out the sheet. Okay, who's that guy? Who's that guy? Yeah, James Conner and Marquise Brown are there too. But the way I look at this roster, it's like outside of Buda Baker, you don't really have anybody who's going to be a Pro Bowler or an All-Pro. Just be in the conversation to be a top five playmaker. So they were lucky to at least get Buda Baker back and say, you know, I forget that trade and come back. We need your leadership. But outside of that, man, it's a bunch of young guys, unknown guys. And that defense, I think I could say without hesitation, will be the worst in the NFL. But they do have Buda Baker at least. Jonathan Gannon is set up quite nicely to be one and done. That team, and look, the Cardinals have been the Cardinals for quite some time. I mean, this is an original NFL franchise that has mostly been horrific, its entire existence. The Bidwell family, not exactly the Rooney's or the Maras. So, yeah, look, we don't need to spend any more time on them. On the AFC side, there weren't too many like shocking cuts. See, the only thing I kind of wanted to get into is just the Patriots. So they cut Bailey Zappi, who got a cup of coffee with him last year as a rookie. You know, there was that brief moment in like October, November, I guess. You can actually get the job over Mac Jones, and then he obviously doesn't. Now he gets cut. Then there's Malik Cunningham, who was a rookie, who was at the Senior Bowl this year. A lot of people thought, OK, they might put in like some packages for him, super athletic guy. Cut him too. So now you're sitting there going, OK, well, what is the plan with doing it? I mean, obviously, Mac Jones is the starter. But they were the only team to be sitting there with one quarterback on the roster after cut-down day. It was bizarre. I mean, I understand you always bring guys back to practice, squad, things of that nature. But you look at New England, and it's not as though they went out and then just immediately signed the guy right away. And you go, OK, well, that's what they were doing.
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"malik cunningham" Discussed on The Bill Simmons Podcast
"Football coaches, Bill Belichick, up on a lifeguard stand. Ground level is too short. The offensive coordinator literally has binoculars sometimes. They put him in the cheap seats past the bleachers. No, man. Happy medium, lifeguard stand. Pop up, see everything. First person to do it, immediate advantage, 100% work. I don't know. I'd be like, well, I don't know if it would work. Well, lifeguards do it and they save people's lives. I think you could call a blitz. I really like where you went with that. My fear on that one would be the sweep left where the guy's running where he gets tackled and kind of out of bounds and then flung and gets thrown into the cameraman. But if he gets thrown into the lifeguard stand, go back to extend. Somewhere there's a booger mobile. There is a booger mobile somewhere in a deep warehouse in Bristol. When you said the lifeguard thing, I thought you were going with referees, not head coaches. That's good too, Jacoby. That works too. See, this is what the best half-baked ideas are is to build upon. The tennis umpire sits up on a lifeguard chair so they can get a good view of everything. A basketball referee, maybe like some Mad Max stilts that they kind of swing back and forth on. But like a- No, just for doing drywall. Just an elevated- At the goal line, judges, at the very least, should be in lifeguard seats. An elevated view, there should be an umpire or a referee at a football game that just has a different perspective than ground level. That's fair. I wonder if they're worried it would block the fans. Mm, yeah. I like it. I mean, that was a perfect half-baked idea because it intrigued me. We were able to come up with some counters to it, but there's definitely some there. I like the idea of Belichick sitting on a giant lifeguard thing. What coach would be the funniest to get knocked out of one of those? Probably, I don't know. Probably like Pete Carroll, right? Cause he'd hop up and be like, I'm okay, I'm okay, that's great. I knew that would happen. All right, ready? Yep. We got classic Coke, you got diet Coke, you got vanilla Coke, you got Coke Zero, you got cherry Coke, a thousand different Cokes. You got fountain Cokes, two liters, one liter pans, miniature Cokes. Little glass bottle Cokes. Little glass bottle Cokes. Airplane diet Coke comes with a little napkin. It has a little equilibrium on it. You can only pour it if you're sitting down, you can only drink it if you're sitting down. And it's specially formulated, so however, how your taste buds get affected when you're in the plane, and diet Coke tastes great up there, airplane diet Cokes. It's just a quick idea. Yeah, no one bets a thousand, you know what I mean? No one bets a thousand on these. Okay, this is gonna sound like a gimmick, but you know what? As opposed to lazy rivers everywhere. Just sold a lot of the best ideas ever. Yeah. Basketball, eventually someone's like, hey, let's build the entire offense around shooting three pointers. And they're like, yeah, wow, that worked. How come we didn't figure that one out? That was sitting there right in front of us. And then baseball recently, you know what the big revolution was? Let's build the entire offense around hitting home runs. Like, yeah buddy, try to hit it out the ballpark. That works. Football, we're halfway there. Like, let's throw the ball, sure. What do you think about this? Now Bill, I'll throw it to you. An entire offense, not just part of the offense, this is the first drill we do, it's the 12th drill we do, and we put our conventional plays on the fringe. An entire offense, methodically drilled and based around laterals. Oh, like a rugby offense almost. Yes. Yeah. It's like, all right, now once you catch it, what do you do with it? Travis Kelce was trying to do these laterals on his own. I could see the Chiefs actually doing this. And everyone's so afraid of the people with the best hands in the entire world, and the guys who are the best catching the ball in the entire world, are afraid of having Travis Kelce throw them a two-foot lob. An entire offense. An entire offense should go beyond laterals. So, I feel the same way about this idea that I feel about when Patino tried to do the full-court press, which I still think was a good idea, but he forgot the part that guys making a lot of money or veterans don't want to be in a press, but if you brought in, I wrote about this in my book, the five worst guys on your team become your press guys, and they just come in for four minutes, and it's like, for four minutes, this is gonna suck for you guys, because we've practiced this, these are our press unit. Same thing with the lateral, oh, here comes the lateral package. That's great. And it's like, you're at midfield, it's like, oh my God, the lateral guys are out there. And then it's just kind of a gimmick for five plays. And you know what the gimmick is? When they don't lateral. Like, oh, it's not a lateral! Here's the thing, I'm for anything that makes the other team have to prepare for something during the week, because you always hear about how, oh, they gotta prepare. It's like Malik Cunningham on the Pats. He should be the third quarterback, and they should run a package in week one with him, because then after that, every week, they're gonna be like, fuck, it's Wednesday. You know, they got that Malik Cunningham guy. We gotta at least, all right, so when he comes in, we gotta practice with it. Now it's like another thing you have to worry about. I'm offering more things for people to worry about. You're just burning hours of footage. Yeah, more preparation. Belichek mentioned Taysom Hill. Oh, Belichek mentioned they did this in 1947. Can someone go to the microphone library and see if we've got that game film? He's gonna be able to pull it off. Love it. Wow, so what's your next half-baked idea? This is a big, this is too boring, but it's, you know what, it's not too boring. It's a great idea. It's a, it's so stupid. Just, it's just a chip brand called Too Much. Salt and vinegar, too much. Too much salt and vinegar. Oh, barbecue sauce. Too much barbecue chips. That's it, Too Much. Hold on, Kevin, can I say one of the greatest things you've ever taught me? Wow, sure. Is that one of the stories was that your, I think it was your grandfather would order like Italian subs and say, give me more oil and vinegar than you think I want. I say that all the time. I'm like, give me more than you think I want. It's just kind of like piggybacking on like the Too Much. Like, it's just like, sometimes I'll order something and be like, give me more Dijon mustard than you think I want. Because that's how much I want. That's exactly right. People are like, like, Wiles, are you good at basketball? I'm like, I'm a little bit better than you think I am. Like, ah. So we were working on ideas with this person who every time they came in, they would bring food. Like they'd bring like cupcakes or whatever. Really nice guy. And one time he brought in these gourmet chips that I'd never heard of. And they were like the best chips I'd ever had. So I went and bought a bunch of them because there were these different flavors. And one of them was a barbecue and it was actually Too Much barbecue. It was the only time I've ever had potato chips. So I'm like, wow, this is just an overpowering amount of barbecue on my barbecue chip. My point is that's the only time I've ever been overwhelmed. Yeah. Where I was like, wow, that's actually Too Much. I don't think there's too much salt and vinegar on a salt vinegar chip for me. There's a lot of room for growth, let's just say. There is, there really is. Because I was like, how could I just make the saltiest vinegar-ist chip? But then you gotta be careful. You're like, wow, we put 200 milligrams of salt on each chip. Someone's gonna come in, you know, a Disruptor brand and be like, we put 210. So you just go over the top with Too Much. Whatever the competitors got, Too Much. We were putting Too Much on. Cheez-Its came out with Extra Toasty. You didn't even realize that Toasty was a variable in Cheez-Its, but they have Extra Toasty now and my kids go crazy for it. Extra Toasty Cheez-Its. Mine's the most toasty, the most toasty. You know what my Starbucks afternoon order is? No. If I'm near a Starbucks, I get the Trenta Ice Coffee with Extra Ice.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
"malik cunningham" Discussed on The Bill Simmons Podcast
"Malik Cunningham is Taysom Hill. Oh, wow. Yeah, she goes, get focused on that. Oh, yeah. Those things got a little toy this year. We got little, we got packages. Yeah, what position does he play? I don't know, all of them? Quarterback. You know, he plays football player. Ever heard of Julian Edelman playing defense that one game? Doing everything. And Pop Douglas, hello. This guy looks like the steal of the draft. Everybody's a steal of the draft for another Patriots. He's fantastic. So I feel oddly optimistic. Oddly optimistic in the AFC East. Go ahead, Jacoby. Jacob, is Mac Jones' comeback completely unrealistic to you? Semi-realistic or realistic? Oh, my God, don't get me started on, go ahead, Jacoby. I know that you two don't believe what you're saying. You want to believe what you're saying. I do, I've already bet on multiple bets. You do not believe what you're saying. Career is tied to it. They're the worst team in the AFC East. Why? Why? Yeah, tell me why. Because the other three teams are better, right? They have the worst, do they have the worst quarterback in the division? Well, we have a quarterback that's gonna play for four months. Do they have the worst quarterback in the division? Are you saying Tua, you'd rather have Tua than Mac Jones? Yes. When Tua, one more hit from, we might not see him play football again. Like, I just don't understand how that variable is not discussed when people talk about the offense. He had three concussions last year. I mean, it's sad. I feel bad for him, but I don't think. One more bad season for Mac Jones, we might not see him again. He's had a really good training camp. Oh, he's had an amazing training camp. And he only had one off-season because he had a defensive guy calling his plays. The playbook was half of the size. When they showed up, they were like, where's the rest of the playbook? That's it, that's all Matt has gotten to. Like, oh, my God, Matt, Patricia, what are you doing? Jacob's last year was an all-time organizational disaster from a coaching standpoint. It just, it was one of the craziest situations I've ever seen in all my years following Boston sports teams, what they did last year. Who was the head coach? The aging Bill Belichick. Hey, the maverick. Okay, so here's the thing is, when we're discussing who's gonna win the AFC East, the question shouldn't be why isn't it the Patriots, okay? It shouldn't be like the lead question because I would say that I would pick the Patriots just to finish last in the AFC East. And I would pick the Bills to win the AFC East. Because let's not forget a year ago, how did we feel about the Bills? They were like top three teams in terms of Super Bowl. They got their asses kicked in the playoffs. Okay, let me tell you why. Because Josh Allen got hurt in the Jets game and was not right for the whole second half of the season. Like, he just not was himself. And we all saw it on the field. It was one of those things where it's like, oh, look, he got a little hurt in this one game and it completely changed for the rest of the game. You said they haven't added anybody. Jacob, does Josh Allen play defense? I forget. Oh, wait, he doesn't? So when the Bengals just completely manhandled them offensively and just overpowered them and everybody was like, whoa, the Bills defense, man, they look really small. They look, they just got overpowered. And then they fired the defensive coordinator and now this year it's like, the Bills defense, still really good. It's like, is it? With Von Miller coming back, I am a little bit nervous. Is he gonna come back? He's in his mid-30s and he had a serious injury last year. Losing Edwards is a bigger problem for the Bills defense than the health of Von Miller because he was a big part of what they did in linebacker and they're leaning on Milano a lot. And their cornerbacks aren't the best, but their safety, I'd say high employer, that's one of the best safety combos out there. Cool, that's the least valuable position in football.
WFAN Sports Radio_FM
"malik cunningham" Discussed on WFAN Sports Radio_FM
"Berg teams Dick Lobo, Bill cower 19 nineties They get to the Super Bowl in 1995, ultimately losing to the Cowboys, but they were great. They were in the championship game a bunch of times those years. He was so intimidating as a force. It is time for the Navy Federal Credit Union defensive player of the week sponsored by Navy Federal Credit Union who proudly serves the armed Forces, D O D D veterans and their families. Their their members are the mission. Learn more at Navy federal dot org. Corner. Riley Moss, two pick sixes and Iowa's 34 6 Blowout win over Indiana. Oh, Was the Hoosiers last year a fraud Saturday. The defensive standout also didn't allow a completion to six targets in coverage. Trash. Tuesday. Eric in Central Cal, send Cal tweets. I'm trashing parents who forced kids and theme parks rides If your kid is screaming and crying through the entire line, and while on the ride, let them sit this one out, not only ruining it for everyone else you're there, mainly for that poor child as well. Trash bee beep sanitation just arrived. Transito tweets. I'm trashing cooler. Since when do you have to decide your future When determining a purchase on the nearly $500 Yeti. I now have to decide whether or not to get a car or a cooler trash of so frustrating. It is amazing the price wars and the cooler wars now You know, you used to go to target or dicks or whatever. And pick up an igloo cooler for like 13 bucks. 27 bucks. Maybe the really big ones. 42 bucks. Now you're like, uh, cool. There's only 270 bucks. That's a good deal. That looks really heavy duty there and don't get me wrong. I get caught of this. Every single time. I was walking through dicks not too long ago, And they had this big stack of yeti coolers than the other coolers that are like, you know, trying to be the yeti cooler, something look at him like Do I need? I've only got six coolers. Do I need 1/7? That one looks really good. That's got like that pocket, and it's got that extra spaces guy like that with the levers and the latches, huh? Maybe I need 1/7 cooler. Andrew Bogus has our headlines. Bogue's what we got. D a week one of college football ended with all miss putting a 43 24 hurting on Louisville and Atlanta last night. It was 26 nothing intermission. Cardinal QB Malik Cunningham had just 17 passing yards at that point blank if and feeling good after his guys took care of business while he was home with Covid. Just really proud of our players and coaches to handle a curve ball like that, and go play on the national stage really well against a quality team gave people a lot of problems year ago. Giffin says he feels better and expects to coach Saturday against Austin P. Randy Edsall is out now as UConn head coach. He first said on Sunday he'd stepped down after the season after losing to Holy Cross Saturday. UConn is six and 32/4 plus seasons in Edsel's second stint as coach, Steelers pass. Russia T J want may stay out through Sunday's opener still looking for a new contract, what has been at training camp and practice but not doing any team drills. Seahawks left tackle Duane Brown returned to practice yesterday with his agent and a team about to agree on some contractual adjustments. Brown will play Sunday's opener with the Colts Raven's tight end Mark Andrews. As a new four year extension, reportedly guarantees in $37.6 million. His team, meanwhile, worked out Levian Bell and Devante Freeman yesterday. Things got a little tighter in the N L East on Monday. Here's the pitch and a swing and a drive Well hit left field. This one's got a chance yell..
WGR 550 Sports Radio
"malik cunningham" Discussed on WGR 550 Sports Radio
"Touchdown, old mess a great pool. David. Obviously, Snoop Connor was the workhorse. Got us all the way down inside the five and then Matt Corral. Great read. They're on the defensive end. Just simply pulls it one guy to beat. He did it right in the end zone, another touchdown for the rubbles Corral, 381 yards passing and a touchdown. He was 15 of 20 for 280 yards and a touchdown on play. Action is third most play action passing yards in a game in his career 10 of 11 Including the touchdown against the blitz. Ole Miss Cruises past Louisville, 43 to 24 in the game on Monday. Louisville quarterback Malik Cunningham ran for two touchdowns past for another, but context is key. Those came in the second half of the game already decided first half Cunningham was held to 17 yards passing Old miss with a convincing went over Louisville to cap the opening weekend and put an end to what was a brutal week for the C seven losses, including all three ranked teams. All three were on the top 15 1 of the losses. Of course, Clemson falling to Georgia. ESPN reporter Chris Button. I sat there in the mock selection playoff committee in Dallas and, like watch them put three resumes on the board and the strength of schedule plays huge. So unless Florida State can start moving up the rankings unless North Carolina can rebound back and gives them someone else to have some ranked winds over. It's going to be really tough. I'll tell you who probably loved watching Georgia win yesterday. I was Cincinnati because where they sit in the rankings right now, and if they can go undefeated because they have an Indiana team, which didn't look so hot yesterday, and then the only true true test to me will be Notre Dame. They can go undefeated. And if a one loss Clemson team is out there with no ranked winds. Maybe this is the year we see a team from the American and outside the power five find their way into the football playoffs, either. Clemson her Georgia had to lose this weekend, and it's lost for Clemson. Lost to equality opponent but still a loss and Doesn't mean it's not an uphill battle the rest of the way. And not just for Clinton, ESPN Mac Chick the A. C C was eliminated from the playoff yesterday. This is this was not a good weekend for the A C. C. Okay, Here's the problem now for this league. Your three best teams all lost, okay? Not only that, a team, the Clemson team that is supposed to be the best team, which probably still is I mean the gap between Clemson the rest of the A. C. C. I still think it's very sizable, and they could probably went out. But who might they be competing with for a playoff spot? Mean Clemson officially needs help to.
WGR 550 Sports Radio
"malik cunningham" Discussed on WGR 550 Sports Radio
"Get my from California less than just love this so much you guys next week that I feel about it. Love us some Beaver Game Day on ESPN Radio, ESPN app series. XM Channel 80 Shake Cornette Jordan Cornette here with you Happy Sunday to everyone your last Sunday before the NFL regular season is off and running, So I hope you are enjoying it. And if you need something else to help you enjoy it. Perhaps some plays. Well, that's what we're here for. But most importantly, that's what poodles here for poodle is my brother in law and Jordan, I guess and his family nicknamed him poodle because he looked like a poodle growing up. And so we call this poodles plays and we bring in Jonathan Cornette to give us the very latest on what he is playing. And I am nervous to ask this because I am sure both you and my husband have got way too much money on this game. But nonetheless, here we go poodle. What do you got? Hey, I've been thinking about this all morning, going back and forth. Seven points just doesn't feel right to me. Notre Dame beat Florida State like 46 to 20 last year. I know they're missing some pieces, but get out of town or taking Notre Dame were given the point. I know. I know. We got offensive line holes I don't agree with. We got some wide receiver holes. I don't agree with that either. Take them. Notre Dame. Give the point. We got a winner tonight. So if you're telling me to take the points, which, by the way I have done as well like a loyal alum. But tell me what you envision the score being in Tallahassee. Uh, when the final seconds tick off that clock I am calling 31 14 Notre Dame. I don't see how the issue is Jordan Travis and is running running ability. I think the linebackers have enough speed to take care of it. They took care of it. Last year when they played, he went through. I think 96 yards and a touchdown when he played him last year through for 2 10. I think before we put on hold the phone. We don't know. For certain of George Travis is going to be the quarterback. It might be a two quarterback system with Mackenzie Milton see an accent for the first time since 2018, formerly of U. C. F. Jordan. If you have two quarterbacks, you don't have one Jordan Travis plays into it would be more effective for Florida State to play Jordan. Travis we have issues with I'm sorry we Notre Dame has issues with go in and get into it. Lead up to it the week Alright, but we we Bottom line is the cornets are taking the points and all this just makes me nervous. The only other question I want to stay with that Shea. Is it because I'm just flushing this out For all those? All those other ones who are on the line of if they should take Notre Dame to cover seven points is the quarterback. I just got done bombing on Wisconsin and their lack of an offensive identity and explosion for so long, and Notre Dame's quarterback. Is a Wisconsin transfer and Jack Cohen. We don't have the playmakers on the outside. As you mentioned. We do have Chiron Williams in the backfield who might be the most talented player on the field? But does that offense concern you at all from Notre Dame? Listen, Jack Cone lead He was he was top 10 in Q B. R for Wisconsin. He's not. He's not a slouch. He can move a little bit, and he loves to push the ball down the field Braid Lindsay. He's a burner. Kevin Austin is a slot wide receiver who can make plays. I'm telling you I am not worried about this offense. Chris Tyree Kyron Williams. We didn't We haven't talked about Michael Maria, who's Who's guarding that man across the middle. There's a lot of weapons there. People are missing. He's a star tight end. I expect to truly truly a breakout season for him. All right. We got time for one more play. We look to Monday night. Louisville Cardinals looking to redeem the A C. C. If Florida State can't do it tonight, verse, Notre Dame They head down there and they play old Miss in a neutral site game. What's the line? What do you thinking in this one? Line is 10 points. Now know Wayne Kiffin for old Miss, but I don't think that matters there. Resulting 21% of the you know 81% of their team production. I mean, Malik Cunningham could have a better year. He had a horrible year last year. I just don't see how the cards can keep up with old Miss. Take the 10 points all day. Take the time like old Miss to cover the 10 points an hour one. I do? Yeah, he said he doesn't think link it and not being there covered is going to be an issue at all, which I actually tend to agree with. I don't think it's a problem either. At that point, you set your team up. You have half scripted plays anyways. Heading into the first Matt Corral is one of the best quarterbacks at the nation doesn't seem to fully know about he'll be on full display in that one another stat worth, noting Louisville a season ago. Oh, in five away from home last year. It was a team two seasons ago with coach Scott Satterfield. In his first season at Louisville. They went eight and five. Took the nation by storm expected double figure wins the season after they were only able to garner four because they could not win on the road. A neutral site game. A true challenge. Poodle thinks old Miss roles in that one interesting, You dude. Agree with him or to screen I would have to agree. I just I'd saw enough of Malik Cunningham last year to say this guy plays too inconsistently. That defense, I think has some holes. I think all this could be a team that surprises this season. So I'm on board with both of poodles picks I think we go to And so I would advise everybody go to take Notre Dame to cover at minus seven old miss to cover it. Minus 10. I like it. All right. This all makes me very nervous Poodle. Thank you So much for the inside. I hope you win for the sake of my sister in law and also my household as well. Thanks, guys. See you pool. All right, so he's taken all miss and he's taken Notre Dame. Why are you looking at me like I'm just I just hope you know, it's a It's a holiday weekend. We got poodle late to jump on the radio. I just hope there wasn't any outside forces that are affecting his decision making. That's all I'm worried about. Agreed with both of his pigs, which is scary as well. But yes, I am riding with Notre Dame to cover it. Minus seven. I'm also riding with old Mr Cover in minus 10. All right. Fair enough. That is what's going on here. Over the next two days. Our house is preparing for Notre Dame in Florida State and Jordan. Obviously you're taking the points to cover in this one. But I think it's worth noting. Since this game is kicking off in just a few hours here, What are your concerns for Notre Dame as they get ready to take on Florida State in Tallahassee? Just the environment is also going to be rocking down there. They're honoring the late Bobby Bowden, who meant everything to that program also meant everything to college football. There's gonna be a lot of emotion down there and For a team at Notre Dame to have their first game of season be on the road with a new quarterback, an entirely new offensive line. There could be a breakdown in communication there, but ultimately, I think Notre Dame with their defense, Notre Dame with the outlet, um to relieve some of that pressure, and Karen Williams in the backfield, how they use him should be enough. I mean, you're talking about Notre Dame winning this game by more than one possession. Florida State's in the middle of a A really difficult rebuild coach Mike Nor Bell without question. Is the guy there? It's just a big ask in the first game of the season to go out and be a top 10 team..
WHAS 840 AM
"malik cunningham" Discussed on WHAS 840 AM
"Wait, 40 w A. J s. They're unafraid, but they're not shock jocks like me. I was labeled a shock jock in a legal proceeding. About a little bit later on the show Shock. Jock. Does that mean Worked on the electrical equipment. I'm not a shock jock. That's like Howard Stern telling people to get naked in his studio and do things to each other in front of him. That's what shocked DJs to. Are you going to have some kind of sidekick that likes to make bodily noises? Oh, that's right. When you have one of those guys, your sidekick pistols for food, Everybody goes. Oh, my God. So funny. Oh, he all will give Hayley that job. She She would like that. I think so. I think she would. She makes extraneous noises while she's in here, but they're usually Based in rage. Yeah, gutter all very angry noises. They don't know what that's all about. Mark Stoops speaking today at the U. K lunch in the football lunch and kick off lunch whenever they call that a lot of folks showing up Hey, coach Stoops. Yeah. Football, football. Football. What about those guys? What about those dudes? Well, yeah, We got troubles. We got trouble in the river city. Well, not really, Stoops says. We're gonna get through all this. I know there's a few things going on out there right now that we will get straight. I promise you. I love this team. I love these players. Um, you know, none of them are perfect. That's for sure. We don't ever pretend to be. But you're gonna love this team. It's a fantastic group. We'll get through a couple little hiccups that are in the road right now. But I anticipate we'll get through those just fine and get everybody back on the football field playing. I guess everybody's reading between the lines that the hiccups. He's referring to these legal issues involving six players, But it could be something else. I guess it could be. But I mean, that's the big story going on right now. So you would think it would be top of mind. We're we're going to have to see how it gets resolves. As to what his lineup is what his strength is Some of those guys on there pretty good. Yeah, because and they're all over the field to you had a few defensive backs the linebacker correct running back so It could really impact different position groups for the University of Kentucky. Oh, here in a couple of weeks when they get started, let's say so. So one week from tonight, will be the first of Mark Stoops, his radio shows throughout the course of the season. And that's Monday nights at six. Typically, Monday, night six here on news radio, a 40 W H A s And he may want to talk about Darien Kinard that is Kentucky's representative and ESPN College football 100. They ranked the top 100 college football players used all of their college football experts. No big surprise. Alabama leads the way with 10 of the top 100 players. I'm surprised that's all. Yeah, I mean, is it really only 10? Number one Spencer Spencer Rattler The QB at Oklahoma. He's going to be getting a lot of love for the Heisman Trophy number two Derek Stingley. L S U quarterback Avian Thibodeau from Oregon. Evan Neil, the first Alabama representative coming in at number four offensive linemen down there in Tuscaloosa, Number five Is Sam How the University of North Carolina quarterback Indiana actually had three guys on the list, the highest ranking. Their QB Michael Pinex junior at number five, both Louisville and Kentucky with a single representative Louisville's Malik Cunningham at 65, Kentucky as we mentioned dairy and canard at 67. On the pro side bad news for the Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Josephus I going to have surgery for a torn meniscus later on this week. Remember in the first preseason game, he got a sack on Tom Brady. People were very high about Joe aside. He left that game with a wrist injury, felt the meniscus injury the next day. Now he's going to have surgery. Probably be out the entire season. The Bengals have signed defensive end Noah Spence to try and take his place. We talked about it a few minutes ago, Carson wince Quentin Nelson and Ryan Kelly all back on the practice field for the cults. Of course, both wince and Nelson had that kind of freak foot injury surgery within a couple of days of each other. They both were 5 to 12 weeks to come back, but it looks like they should both be back in uniform. Four week one. Another guy who may not be in uniform for week one for the Packers. Former UK Wildcats A Darius Smith, he got an injury over the weekend could potentially missed the week one opener with that back. That's been bothering him for a while. Smith has not missed a game in nearly four years, so that would be really odd for Za'darius. Not to get to suit up there in the first week for the Packers. I did see Randall Carbon Street clothes on the side there. They're going to use him some because yeah. Aaron Rodgers wanted them back. Yes, Another guy. I don't We didn't mention it. Last week, Aaron Rodgers kind of flexed his muscles got Randall car back another guy that Aaron Rodgers kind of flexed his muscles but didn't get Clay Matthews, both Rogers Cobb. Bachtiar in a few other Packers were all tweeting. And I guess speaking with management about the possibility of bringing clay Matthews back to in his career in Green Bay, and, uh Matthews and Management, I guess thought better if that one so he is not going to be a packer this Yeah, and got many shout outs. Right. Let me give you the Northern Trust updates you on that That's this is the golf tournament that spilled into Monday because of all the rain over the weekend, John Ramos in the lead. This is around four. And this top 50 or so advanced in the FedEx Cup. Jon Rahm 17 under Tony Females two strokes behind, along with Cameron Smith. That's Ian's boys. The guy with a mullet mullet power and Justin Thomas is 1300. So it's just a few strokes off the lead, and that puts him tied for sixth and kept a and D shambo tied right now, at eight under, You know those two love each other, Please put them together in a pairing sometime soon. All right. We've got Andy coming up at the top of the hour. Andy, who you say he's our governor, Andy Beshear is going to do his weekly conferences back to doing those again and Andy's feeling a little sting. In the end the nd.