Joe Flacco is a lock to win the double revenge game against the Steelers
We're gonna start Joe Flacco. Rare double revenge game. Baltimore and Joe [Burrow] in the building.
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View episodeJustin Fields is not a viable starting quarterback in the NFL
Until you have [Justin Fields] on your team, you can't fully, in theory, he's got everything. But then you watch him and you're like, okay, there's something. It's just, it's just not there the way it needs to be for a starter in the NFL.
Josh McDaniels deserves more respect as an offensive coordinator and will eventually get a third shot as a head coach
I think Josh McDaniels, he needs more respect. I've been saying that he's, he is a great offensive coordinator and we definitely, we whiffed on Wednesday's show when we talk about retread head coaches... McDaniels is, he is that guy that got the second shot, he's gonna get another shot.
The Commanders defense will be energized and more competitive with Dan Quinn taking over defensive play-calling
I actually liked the Commanders this weekend... Because we've got Dan Quinn taking over defensive play calling. I don't think he's gonna be a difference maker enough to make the defense good, but I don't think they're gonna be historically bad like they've been in the past month. And also, if you have an embarrassing performance overseas, that's when a coach can get fired.
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View profileThe Knicks won the title because they have the most 'grit'
I said, Charlie, that's her name. I said, they have grit. They have grit. It's like in that game four, when when, when Brunson went into the huddle, he said, Hey guys, smart basketball. This is, we can do this... They don't [give up]. That's when they say, alright, we can win this thing.
Former sports agents are the best choice to run professional teams
I don't know much about the business side of like basketball, but I know that the, the GM or the president [of the Knicks] is a former agent [Leon Rose]. And I know that that Golden State run was run by a former agent too [Bob Myers]... I think this is gonna be the, the beginning of, we're gonna start to see sports agents start to run teams a little bit. I think they know things that about money and about all that stuff.
Winning a championship feels better than the 'emptiness' Joe Mazzulla describes
Coach Mazzulla in his press conference said something about feeling empty when he won and feeling empty when he lost. ... I'm not a psychiatrist, but winning feels better. It's just my take.