In NFL front offices, a player's production determines the level of tolerance for their off-field behavior.
In every single GM's office, they have one mathematical equation. Production equals tolerance. ... You want to have standards, protocols, and culture. But you know what? Hey, if Tiger Woods is not in the offseason program, he's still going out there as one of our guys.
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View episodeI'm taking the over on the Hall of Fame game's 32.5 point total.
I think the over-under was like 32.5 tonight. Take me over. The Hall of Fame game has changed where it used to be you'd get maybe like a series of the starters. Now we get nothing.
I'm taking the Cowboys to win the Hall of Fame Game because Mike McCarthy wants to set a tone for Hard Knocks.
For that reason, I'm going to take the Cowboys in the game tonight just because I think that McCarthy, he knows that Jerry Jones has his, like, Emperor Palpatine breath breathing down his neck all the time. So he wants to set a tone, and he knows that he's on Hard Knocks.
The US men's 4x100 relay team is terrible.
So our four by 100 team sucks. And there were like a lot of people who were like, this is a debacle. How are we so bad at this? ... I really just don't care. Like, I want us to win, but if we don't, I don't lose any sleep over it.
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View profileIf Justin Herbert had played in the SEC, he would have been the number one overall pick.
I scouted [Justin Herbert] for two years. I go to ESPN, and I'm standing on the table like, I want this guy... And I said it, which was if Justin Herbert played in the SEC, he would have been the number one pick in the draft. But he's quiet. He's in Oregon.
It is way too early to call Tua Tagovailoa a bust and he needs more time to develop.
Tua had major hip surgery a year ago. Basically an abbreviated offseason. Like we got to give the guy a chance to see like what he has. ... Obviously this is a consequential year but I think sometimes like we move on from guys way too fast.
The Packers will not blink in the Aaron Rodgers standoff until he actually skips a regular season game.
Green Bay will not blink or even think about blinking until [Aaron Rodgers] doesn't show up. Now, when he doesn't show up, now they're going to take a half a step back and say, hey, can we get three ones from Denver? ... But until then, they're going to assume that, hey, he's bad like a lot of us are at his boss, but when rubber meets the road, he's going to show up.