
Set 1: Mike Tomlin Calls, What Do You Do? (w/ Brady Quinn)
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I felt so bad for Archmaning playing so poorly. I was saying to myself he doesn't have it. He's not a man. Everyone is a fraud. This is Steve Spurrier, former Gatorhead ball coach. And you've been listening to Stu Gotts and company. Everyone is a fraud. Surprise Guda. It is two Gotts and company presented by Fandall and the Fandall sportsbook Brady Quinn coming up in about 15, 20 minutes or so. Last night the Atlanta Falcons get a big victory. They needed it 35 to 14. I'm not certain what's the bigger story here. Is it the Falcons getting a much needed win? And that team is talented. And Michael Panics played good enough for the Falcons to show. Just how good they are offensively. What's the bigger story for you Taylor? How the Falcons played or how the Packers played? I think it's the Falcons. I think the Falcons might have saved their season because it felt like last night we entered the game thinking the Falcons season was the one on life support. And we left that game feeling that the Packer season is now on life support. The rare switching of life supports.
With a single game. How do you have this life support thing working? It's like they came in with they needed help breathing. They had like how do you imagine that to look life support for football team. It's like that. It's like that meme where it's like somebody called the ambulance and the guys like crouching over and the Falcons the Falcons were crouching over and they were like somebody calling ambulance and then the Packers let their guard down and then the Falcons lift up and go not for me. And they call out a gun on the on the packers. I was so impressed with the Falcons of Michael Panics. I put his little flyer on the Falcons to win the Super Bowl right after the game. How about that? I mean, this feels like what we've been talking about like this Falcons team though. Yes. You look at Drake London and you look at B. John Robinson. It was great. Yes. There is so much town at those skill positions. Right. You just figure out the quarterback position. That team B. John Robinson by himself should be able to carry you to seven eight wins. I do not watch Barry Sanders.
But I have a hard time believing that B. John Robinson isn't the closest thing we've had to Barry Sanders since. Different kind of runner, right? Yeah. Different. Yeah. Different. Different. It is beautiful when B. John runs. But Barry was so low to the ground. It was different. Barry would like scatter. He'd be in one place and then he'd be gone. B. John's more power, I feel like, right Mike? I've convinced Barry Sanders could teleport. Like he would be over here and then you think I got him. And then all of a sudden you blink and he's three yards down. They feel the other way. B. John does have an element of that to his game where it looks like a hole is closed and he cuts back so fast where it's like. Yes. It looks like B. John, like the game is moving in such slow motion for him to where he's able to process like a juke move or a spin before the before the defender could even comprehend what's happening. And my favorite part in that game, my comparisons is on the sideline and the sideline reporter is telling what my car passes the team. She's like, my car passes the town the team just break down
and tackle B. John Robinson. Not the easiest thing in the world. Right. They've won one game since Mike Parsons went down. It was against the jets. All right guys settle down and win the lottery. Okay. That's what you need to do right now. Right. The most basic advice, the most obvious advice that Mike Parsons could be could give. Hey, wrap up B. John Robinson. They're going to give him the ball. I mean, Jesus. It's funny that you say B. John Robinson could carry them to seven, eight, nine wins. He's going to have to he got the ball. He was handed the ball 29 times yesterday. Yeah. That can't keep up all season. Like it was it was fun to watch you at 194 yards on the ground. He also had two catches for 19 yards. But like you can't you need to have an offense outside of one guy getting the ball 31 times in a game. I understand that, but they did have two guys getting the ball drink London also in a big game. But I understand your larger point. You can't give B. John a really any running back
these days 29 30 carries per game. Yeah. Atlanta was averaging 5.9 yards per carry where the run game was working and they were establishing themselves at the line. And when you have as talented a running back as B. John Robinson, I'm here for the Michael Penix redemption story because that first couple of drives for him looked about as bad as a quarterback could play where he starts one for five with an interception. After that, he was 17 of 20. Amazing. 239 yards one touchdown. No interceptions and Atlanta finishes the night with 500 plus total yards of offense. Yeah, got off to a shaky start. That's why I said quarterbacks would leave their current situations to go be the quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons Drake London is the ultimate just throw it up to him and see if he can catch a guy, right? I'm not even certain he's open half the time they throw it. He's that big. He's that good. But Michael Penix, the redemption story is is so interesting because we had him written off because they're like, oh, they're bringing it to him because they know Penox isn't
going to be any good. And he's showing right now that he could probably lead this team to a couple of wins. Yes. And when you have B. John Robinson, when you have Drake London, you should have a good amount of confidence. And I thought Penox was was surgical after that rough start throwing across the middle of the field. And I have this stat from Michael F. Florio that highlights how good Drake London is. Right. When he when he plays with Michael Penix, is it Michael F. Florio is that I mean, it's a different. It's a different Mike Florey. Michael F. Florio. A better Florian. A better Florian. So this that is Drake London has now played 15 career games with Michael Penix Jr. Yeah. In those games, he's gone for a hundred catches. 1480 yards. What's in nine touchdowns with Michael Penix? He's as close to a wide receiver one as like a Jamar chase, the Pukinakua JSN. Right. And with Michael Penix in that division where you have no idea who can win that to all four of those teams can win that division.
Why not the Falcons? Why not us? The dirty birds. That's why I put a little flyer on him. I mean, if you're ever going to put a flyer on him, you put it, you know, you put the flyer on after an impressive win. A quarterback comes back. He has a redemption story. They're off life support because now Green Bay is on life support. That's when you put a flyer on the one and two Falcons. How about that? When is the last time you guys watched a Packers game and you came away impressed by a Matt LaFler team? I'm tired of him. I'm serious. LaFler. I wouldn't say like mid to early last year. Yeah. Probably because they were bad at the end of the year. Yes. And they've been, by the way, Stu, how upsetting is that Jets loss to the Packers? Of the words having watched them. Yes. Now just completely shit the bed against against this Falcons. It's all I was thinking about last night. I mean, I took a little stroll around the block. I was thinking about it. Seventeen seven. I was also taking a stroll because I had the Falcons on the money lot. And when you're up 24 70, you just smoke a joint walk around the block.
I mean, Mikey, there is an element to it where the Jets come away, disappointed that they blew that game against the Packers. But in the back of the Jets mind, they're like, Oh, the Packers should be a good team. We had a really good performance. We looked like a competent team. We looked like a competent team for what 95% of that game. And then you're watching Thursday football yesterday. And if you're now the Jets going up against the Detroit lines, you're like, Uh-oh. We might have our work cut out for us. Yep. Taylor, I am fully invested in Jets Twitter. And one of the funniest things was a Cowboys fan tweeted, and we've got the Packers first round pick. How great is this? And everybody's like, No, you don't. The Jets have it. Yep. By the way, the Flare said, uh, this is after the game right now. I don't know what we're doing well offensively. You're the head coach, man. How about you figure it out? Why is, why is he regarded as one of the great head coaches in the NFL?
I will never understand it. His teams get to the playoffs fairly consistently. Once they get there, they get bounced out pretty quickly. And for a coach to say, I have no idea what we're doing well offensively after a game. It is your job to know what you're not doing well offensively. And then go out and fix it. Laflah. I have a floor getting to the coaches meeting and he just sits down at the table with the coaches and he just goes, Any ideas? Yes. I mean, can you guys have something? Can you guys help me? No bad ideas. Why does he make me so mad? Matt Laflah. No, I don't think it's the name. I mean, he's a good looking guy. I just think people regard him as one of the great coaches in the NFL and he's done nothing. I think it's nothing because he ran Aaron Rogers out. I think part of it is the packers have been such a pillar of stability in the NFL that it feels like any coach that goes there should have a good amount of success with that ownership and with their history.
And Laflah constantly feels like he underachieves there to where he gets to the playoffs and normally it's shenanigans bouncing him out. That's his number. Yes, he does. Let me run a scenario by you. Tell me what you think. Okay, please do. Packers miss the playoffs. Laflah gets fired. Jets miss the playoffs. Glenn gets fired. Jets call Laflah. Wow. Are you happy? I mean, I just ripped the guy. No, I'm not happy. I know. Okay, just making sure you're going to keep that energy. Right. I will. I have a question for you guys. Mike Tomlin calls the packers today. What do you do? You pick up. You pick up and you ask him, when can you be in Green Bay and when can he start? Really? I think Tomlin at least has the reputation of getting the most out of his teams. The last couple of years, he was hamstrung with with an Aaron Rodgers at quarterback. That was pretty disappointing. You would assume that Jordan Love is an upgrade from what Aaron Rodgers currently is at the
quarterback position. Yeah, Mikey, what do you do? I mean, of course you answer the phone. I mean, it, you don't let it be known that you answered the phone, but you answered the phone. And what do you, you hope? Yes. Yes. What if Laflah is in the office when the phone rings? So you still pick it up and have that conversation with Tomlin? How do you do that? I mean, hey, I got to take this. This is my sister. You know what? He hasn't earned the benefit of being kicked out of the room. I have the conversation with Tomlin right in front of Laflah. So the way I have the situation playing out is Laflah is in his like weekly meeting with the owner. And the phone starts ringing and you could see the caller ID on it. And it just says like Tomlin and like a Pittsburgh area code number. Well, do you look at the blurring? You say you want me to answer that? What do you want to figure out when our office is doing wrong or what do you want to do? Yeah, Laflah is just looking at it like, are you going to pick this up? Because it's now feeling uncomfortable here. Good. Chris Anches the phone.
Mikey T you think about what I said? All right. He initiated the conversation. Yeah, it's even worse. Stu, the biggest problem that I had with this game yesterday. was Packers tied in Tucker craft. They asked him yesterday about fans booing at the home opener shut up. And this was Tucker craft sound. Yeah, that's pretty tough. You know, like everyone pictures Nambu field and the not booze. I don't picture booze. I picture my home stadium. That's tough. It's pretty disappointing. Especially for a home opener. Especially for home opener. It's pretty disappointing. Zach and I help us win. I got to know. I don't know what. People think that's going to rally us or something like that. But that's we're growing. And we're mentally strong enough capable enough to get back on the field and play ball. But probably much easier with the 70,000 people behind us rather than opposing us. Them cheering is also not going to help you win. How about you just play back? About help.
Yes. Sorry. That was me getting a little flustered. I'm choked up because I'm at the flood. So where Tucker craft loses me is when he says it's not going to help us win. I think you could be disappointed that fans are booing. No. But you can't then turn it on the fans. Like the reason they're booing is the reason why you're losing because if you're a Packers fan, you know what's disappointing? Spending all that money to go to a game, spending all that money on parking, spending all that money on concessions. Right. And then you get to your seat and you get a garbage product like they put out yesterday. Right. The foul kids. Right. You're on life support now. Yes. You find out. You pay all that money. You go to the game to find out your team. Before the game is now on life support and he's helped with oxygen. Yes. Although, if I'm a Packers fan, I know your team lost. I think B. John Robinson is worth the price of admission at this point. Um, yes. They got their money's worth when you could sit at that. Then he ran for nearly 200 yards. What do you know what's the matter, Mikey? This is the same guy that said he wouldn't want to see a no hitter.
It was thrown against the Yankees, but he's okay with B. John Robinson running for 200 yards against the Packers. If you're a Packers fan, come on, man. He's wildly inconsistent and so it sports radio. And that's why I'm proud of him. I mean, whatever he said the day before the week before the month before, it doesn't matter. It just doesn't matter. You're the only one who remembers. No one else does. Good. So sports radio. I'm glad you just mentioned sports radio. I have a classic for sports radio today. Can I, uh, before you do that, can I just talk about Tucker craft for a second? Yeah. Those aren't normal fans. Correct me if I'm wrong. Those are owners of the team. They own a small percentage with your seat license. You get a small percentage ownership. They don't have an owner. This is one of the best fan bases in the NFL. They show up the games. They sell out every single game. They don't care if it's 15 below the Green Bay Packers mean everything to those fans and those fans are also owners. And if they want to boo because you're not playing well, get the hell over it.
And who is Tucker craft to call out the fans? I mean, it's not Jordan love. And if he did it, I'd have the same opinion. Leave the fans alone. I've said this forever. Fans pay a price to get to the game. They make an effort to get to the game when things are going well. They will cheer for you when things are going poorly. They have every single right to boo you in your home stadium. Play better Tucker craft. So whoa, whoa, whoa, Tucker craft was four catches for 26 yards on eight targets. How much better can you play? Well, now he's on life support. So if I'm a Packers fan and I hear this quote, I'm making sure I'm going every game and booing for the rest of the season. Yes, before it even starts, right? Play better and I'll stop booing. So my sports radio staple today. Sorry. Yes. I've got a who says no for you guys. And I think I'm the first person who's bringing this exact who says no to the table. Really? The Packers send the Giants, Jordan love.
The Giants send the Packers Jackson Dart of first and a second because Mikey, you mentioned they don't have a first round pick next year. You recoup that first round pick if you're the Packers and then you could also start the quarterback cycle over getting somebody like Jackson Dart. You're taking a flyer on Jackson Dart coming back next year and basically just punting on this season and saying it's a lost cause. And then the Giants, you're getting a franchise quarterback where the question was, is Jackson Dart a franchise quarterback? Jordan love is a franchise quarterback and maybe putting him in Harboss system gives him more structure to kind of elevate his performance. I would say there's questions as to whether or not Jordan love is a franchise quarterback. I understand what you're saying. Who does say no in that scenario, Mikey? Because you're saying doing it right now. Right. Right now. Okay. So Jackson Dart goes to the Packers. The first and the second goes to the Packers and the Giants get back. Jordan love. I don't know if Jordan love is good enough for the Giants to part ways. Good Jackson Dart with the first with the second where Harboss is going to feel confident that if I get Jordan love, I have a great shot at winning that division and a great shot
of going deep in the playoffs. I don't think Jordan love is that guy. I think the Packers are closer to saying no in this scenario than the Giants. I think Harboss closer to saying no. I do. I do. Mike. I think the Packers say no. You just don't know what Jordan love is. To hunt on a season is really hard to sell to as you said, owners of the team who are also fans. Give me a break on owning like 0.07% of the team. I have a matter of, but it matters that much. They frame that certificate. Yes, because he know what that would say. It is 0.7. How much that would be 0.07? Okay. Do you know how much money that would be if you had 0.07% of the Yankees? I'm just, it's just such like a, I'm just so tired of always hearing about Packers fans owning the team when it's like, okay, you owe, you owe like a $50 share of the team. Okay, congratulations. Sell that stock to somebody who actually cares. Get over yourself.
Yeah. But Mikey, if I'm making the argument for the Packers to make the trade, there's three scenarios that you could potentially enter next season if you make this move and you ship Jordan love to the Giants. You enter next season with one of these young quarterbacks, Darryn Ments of Preferably from Miami and Jackson Dart in a quarterback battle for training camp. And at the worst case scenario, you probably have the best backup in the NFL. And we're seeing the importance of having good backups when you know, six, seven teams right now are playing their backup quarterback. The second option is you draft somebody with that first round pick that you now recoup four Jackson Dart and kind of strengthen that team with him coming back from getting his knee restructured. Or if you really love one of those quarterbacks, you flip Dart because you're telling me Dart wouldn't be in demand as an asset around draft time. He would be. He's really held that on this trade. I mean, I think it's a good trade for all parties involved. He really is. He wants this to happen.
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Oh, no, I guess I'll tap and take it as a compliment. That's a good thing. Some people when they see me, they're like, man, do you play linebacker? I'm like, no, me used to be as quarterbacks a lot bigger back in the day when you had the planter center. You didn't get the protection. These guys are getting nowadays. So no, but I appreciate that Taylor. It's a nice compliment. Who looks most like a quarterback to you, Brady Quinn? Oh, man, I'm going to go. I mean, I was a big top-ready fan growing up. He's a little wastewatered of me. I obviously say him. But Danny Marrito. I'd say Danny Marrito just looks like that guy. He's like, that's the leader of the team. You're like, grab, you want to go grab the beer with. Just looks like a gun. It looks like a quarterback, you know? Yes. Brady, who's the college football team? And we're early in the season, obviously. But I'm wondering the team that has surprised you the most in a good way. Well, we'll have all spent one that I really wasn't anticipating thinking that like,
all right, mine might have some competition in the ACC. Lincoln Keenholes has been phenomenal for them. You know, I think he's a great fit for Jeff Brahman. And Jeff Brahms got such a propensity as being a former quarterback. But for developing them, helping those guys play to the best of their ability. He just runs a very quarterback-friendly system. It feels like every year, whoever they've got there, like when I put on a tape and watch, like they're always maximizing what they're capable. The Keenholes is a really good athlete. You know, he's more of a dual-threat quarterback than people probably realize from seeing it on a higher state. So that's a team that I think defensively has been pretty solid. It's been a better debut so far for Louisville and Lincoln Keenholes that I anticipated coming in the season. Is there a player that has surprised you the most where you thought, well, you think of yourself, wow, I didn't know that guy could do that? Um, I don't know that I would say it put it that way. There's been probably two, one good, one bad. The Kamario Taylor has just been phenomenal. Like it is his tape and it was fine but last year.
But like this year, just how much more efficient he's been, accurate the timing, rhythm to the offense. Like he just feels so much more comfortable and poised in the pocket. He's special. Like that young man is incredible. And he's got to have people at the next level drooling over his upside and what he's capable of because he's big. He's got a cannon for an arm. I'm the bug neck. I don't know if I've seen a ball come out of a guy's hand and spin it the way he does and make it look so effortless. I mean, I don't even want to say. I was going to say maybe since Jamarcus, like Jamarcus. I was going to say, I said, Marino. Marino. Well, maybe Marino. I was just saying, I was young when I watched Marino on the back. He's the pros. I would say like, and I know that comparison is going to be a lot of, you know, mixed reviews because of what happened to Marcus. But I just mean as far as the ease in which he throws and the velocity. That's on that ball. And how when he, like, when you throw a go route, especially with there, if there's any trajectory on it, something that's have to worry about the middle
field safety, maybe making a play on it. His is, it's like, it doesn't matter. Like that guy's never going to get there at time. It gets up and gets down. It's right where it needs to be. It's perfect. Like he's, he's been incredible to watch so far. I know that I've got a big one this week. And then probably on the, on the negative side of the same material, like I really was looking forward to a healthy job. It's here. He's been in that system with Ben Arbuckle for really four years, dating back to the time in Washington State. And he looks at times lost. I mean, even there a time he's touched down past this past week. You know, he was searching all over the field and kind of admitted. Like he heard the crowd react to Isaiah, it's hanging big wide ass open in the middle of the field. Right. And by the way, that's your number one receiver. Like that's the guy who they look to, you know, more often than not with his first read or almost on any play they've designed in their past game. So it's just a bit surprising to see him struggling at this point, the way he has the Michigan game is tough, tough environment, tough defense to go up against. But you know, since then, really, it's just, he's just not really recovered. Ready with Ole Miss traveling to the swamp to take on Florida this weekend.
How worried would you be for Ole Miss with the emotional hangover after that lane kiffing game? I think it'd be a lot harder if you were favored. But I think, you know, Pete Golding can just turn on Look at his team and say, you know how much people value that with you at last week? Yeah. Zero. Zero. Because they've got you as a dog on the road now, three and a half point last time I looked dog going to the swamp. So that's how much they care. And that's how much they believe in you guys being able to be one of the top teams in college football. So go prove them wrong. I mean, I'm arguably the biggest stage with all the drama that was, you know, went into that game. I understand the theory behind the let down. I just feel like this team's built the fabrics, you know, stronger than that. You know, with the way Trinidad Chalbos has played so far and led this year, the way that defense has, as you can respond to which, you know, Pete Golding obviously remains. So I wasn't overly concerned about what they look like defensively. But then here's a skip to Pete. And he's making a case for being the best quarterback in college football. With a handful of other guys.
How do you think his game translates to the NFL? Extremely well. He's got such a strong arm. He can create, he can hurt you with his legs. The way he's throwing the ball this year too, in particular, like at all three levels, that's where I've seen a bit of that development. I mean, he's, he's putting balls in spots in that intermediate range, you know, from, you know, 10 to 20, 10 to 25 yards, where you've got to be able to throw balls into windows or up and over in a fender, but in front of the next one, he's displayed that a lot more this season too. And it's just, it's fun to watch because he's kind of coming into his own. And you could tell he's playing with so much swagger and confidence. It's, it's, it's a, it's a pleasure to like watch his tape as, as, where's that, as where does that sounds to admit? Brady, it's such a great weekend of college football. I'm just going to go through some of the big games here and just get your thoughts on him. Quickly, Texas at Tennessee. This is a test, obviously for Texas because that environment is one of the toughest I replayed on my college career down in Nealin. But I also think it's a test for Josh Hyapon system, you know,
their quarterbacks, a young player taking on a Texas team that's already got a pretty big win. And I was able to kind of eliminate or at least shut down on how state enough to find a way of beating him. You know, in Austin, but I also think it's like a, hey, can this scheme, can this offense really like surpass what people view and who they look at as number one team? Because it seems like there's a ceiling there. And so it could be a pretty big win for Tennessee fans, really Josh Hyapon, kind of put his stamp on, you know, what, what the ceiling is for this Tennessee ball of beer scene. I will miss you again. What are your thoughts there? A lot of, a lot of punting. What's more, no one's afraid to point in that game. It all serious this two very well coached teams, very sound teams. It's going to come down to who makes the most mistakes. I'm worried for Michigan because of the youth on offense, but we've already seen them in a really big game earlier this year. And you know, the way they ran Bryce on your wood, their game plan, they put together for that.
It makes me think you're going to see a heavy dose of him again in the run game with some shots mixed in. And he's developed chemistry with James and Buchanan, who's become their kind of go to receiver. But Marsh is very capable to get behind secondaries. So I like Michigan and that one. And I think they, you know, again, it being in an arbor to me makes all the difference in the world. Because that defense is one of the best. If they're hard to throw on, it's hard to get to edges with the way they kind of kind of pin that pin it in, it's on down. So I think the advantages there is to Michigan for sure. This game is so fascinating to me. USC Oregon. It's one of those narrative dictating games, right? For Dan landing, they've been building towards something in Eugene. And obviously they stumbled this year versus Oklahoma state and there's no way of getting around it, but you're on the road again. And your defense hasn't been as good as you have hoped. Your offensive line has struggled a bit too. You know, Dante and more to me as made up for some of that, but it's going to be a test. And I think it all comes down to the physicality. This SC team is more physical than they have been in the past.
However, there's some concerns for me or their defense. You know, the Gary Patterson edition, I thought was going to be lights out. And this was going to really catapult them up into one of the top teams of college football. But when you allow ruckers to keep that game close last week, and I get it, it's a West Coast team on the East Coast. You know, it's hard to get up for that, especially in that environment. Well, there's not many people there for it. There's just a bunch of excuses. You know, if you're as good as you think you say you're going to be with Lincoln Riling, that window is open. This is a game that you need to dominate. You need to be the more physical team running the football, stopping the run in your house. And so that's really what's a stake here. Because if they don't win this one, it's like, what's it ever going to happen? Right. We'll speak into two teams that need to win LSU and Texas A&M. Yeah, it's a bounce back game really for both quarterbacks. I thought Marcel Reed looked a little bit better, you know, game one this season. And since then, he's kind of falling off a bit. Just doesn't seem overly comfortable. Seems to throw much better to his right than his left and breaking down some of his tape.
And I'm sure the LSU defensive staff is very aware of that. But on the flip side, you know, Sam Levin, you know, it hasn't been a great two, two games swing for him. Basically after Clemson, which there's even some, some throws and some things you saw there that made you a bit concerned. But that first half of Lotte's tech versus Lotte's tech was awful. And then watching back last week's tape, it's like he's leaving clean pockets, missing some throws. I mean, he's, he's doing a lot of what I saw. He was on a state where the first reads not there. He struggles a bit to see the field and stay patient with the progression to find number two, number three. And I get his an athletic guy so he can hurt you with his legs. But there's also a point in time where when you do escape the pocket and you roll to your left, you're cutting the field in half. And you're throwing on the run to your left. That's a right handed quarterback, which is a much lower percentage, you know, completion throw. So you're almost playing in the defense's hands. So he's going to get more confident with his protection and more confident with Charlie, otherwise junior and late kid from the system, they have formed because the plays are there.
Yeah. Yeah. Charlie, why's junior doesn't get enough credit for being the brains behind that tire operation? It's just Sam Levin has to trust it and has to go on execute it. And you see, you see glipses of that. It's almost like he needs to be tired out a little bit and just settled down at the beginning of games. And once he settles in, he's fine. But it takes him a little bit to find that rhythm. I'd ask you about Notre Dame, but we're still waiting for them to play someone. I mean, let's go. Oh, come on. Don't go watch Wisconsin. Who's Miami playing? Do we want Notre Dame to go play 4 and a half? Is that what we want? Now you're the soul things going? You're 100% right, but I didn't play it, Miami. Nor did I go to Miami. You don't like care about Miami. I just say I know where you live. I know where you live. Look, I would say that they've done exactly what they're supposed to do. I always felt like last week, I know there are people who are frustrated with, you know, not covering the spread, which now is like, that's like a thing now. It's like a team under a cheese if they don't cover the spread. If they don't win you money, I get that.
But that game that was an inflated line. You knew Pat Fitzgerald will come up with the plan to limit the amount of possessions that Notre Dame got. The weather forecast played a bit of a factor in particular. A second half, like all those things, you're trying to like, that's one of those. You go win. You get out of there with a double digit win. Be happy with it. Move on. Like there's too much of this box score. What was the spread? Oh, we didn't, we didn't appease the odds makers that are, that's going on right now in college football. I think for a lot of us who've been in it and played it, it's just one of those things where like a wins a win, man, like take it and move on, right? Like there's some things to clean up. But that wasn't one where I can't wait overly concerned about Notre Dame. I think they played a little better schedule than people want to give them credit. Brady, as a former Browns quarterback, I'm curious. You're take on their quarterback situation where D'Shan Watson came out yesterday and said, he's ready for support from Browns fans this weekend. Well, that's nice to hear. I mean, the last time you came out, it says about Browns fans, it was the opposite, right? So it feels like someone, someone gave him the Clifnets to how to respond to the fan base
before your home opener. And that's good. But we got that book. Maybe that was like the, yeah, the book for dummies, whatever it is. It's like, here's what you do. Read from this. You know, can respond. No, you know, you want to take shots at your fan base. Right. And for season starts in the name of the starter. I would say this, what's concerning is everything that came out before the game last week versus Tampa. And how that comes out, why that comes out, you know, nothing is, is random. There was obviously someone leaking out messaging that, A, if things don't go well based on how they went in week one, how they might look week two, we're going to reevaluate the quarterback position. And you have to say to yourself, if you're a Browns fan, so we spent the entire off season with these two in a quarterback battle. And then we get into the season and name one of them. And after base to be one or two games, both on the road, which is hard to win in the NFL on the road. Yeah.
We're just like thrown in the town saying, well, we got to go reevaluated again. I mean, I just, it seems like the Browns organization can't get out of their own way at times. And this is one of those instances. Like if you want to play Shadour because you're curious what you have in them, then let him go play. Right. You know, if you already feel like you have what you have in the Sean Watson's, what you have, then you're kind of looking more to the future, then let it be the backup. I mean, just none of it makes any sense to me, either be behind the guy who's quarterback one or don't, but there's, there had to be something to a lot of the reporting that came out. And so like I think Browns fans will support him, maybe until the first incubation reception. Right. You know, they want to win. Browns fans are some of the best in the world. Like they want to win. Yes. And so you know, as a quarterback, you don't need to give many reasons to not, you know, want to cheer for you. And obviously there's a lot of things in the Sean Watson's past, whether it's four player, or things before even got to Cleveland, that were given the reason not to you. But I think they'll be supported to a certain extent. And if things go, you know, sideways, that I think they'll be kind of back going again.
I don't think they'll all be supportive. Yes, fans want to win. Not all fans want to win at all costs. It's going to be interesting to see when the entire fan base gets behind them. Like let me present this scenario. If they beat Carolina, then Pittsburgh with the Sean Watson, he plays well. There's three of one. That entire fan base is getting behind him, right? Oh, yeah. And that was again, like why when they initially brought him in. There's a lot of people who was like, ah, I don't feel great about it. But hey, he was talented in Houston. So let's go like he's our guy. You know, we give this contract. So, you know, again, fans are willing to talk themselves into rooting for their team or their player despite, again, maybe some character flaws. And that's where that's that's part of sports. So I'm with you on that. I think if things go well, and I don't be very honest to I think this is a really good pairing between Todd Monkin, the type of system he can run for the Sean Watson and really Watson skill set. But this is a very, you know, a match made in heaven for the Sean Watson to resurrect
his career. You know, with what's Kevin Stephansky wants to do? How he thinks to do things more with the outside zone scheme and some of stuff, maybe more in the center like those sorts of things kind of I always thought were going to be difficult to get the best out of the Sean Watson with what they want to do and what Watson does best to pros and a cup of Joe weekday, six to nine a.m. Eastern here on Fox Sports Radio. The great Brady Quinn with us. We appreciate the time. Man, we're quick today. We kept it. We kept the sports man. We did. You proud of us. There's a lot of other things we could have talked about. We kept the sports. We'll do it next time when we have more time. I appreciate your time though. Thank you, buddy. Sounds good. All right, man. Hey, it's the Sean C plumber from Futter out and find out coming out of the draft. It's been a special time for us here at Futter out. I want to thank everyone from the fans to the sponsors, especially Geico, not just for supporting AZ, but for showing up where it matters, like the business of Women's Sports Summit. That kind of thing really moves the needle. And now that AZ starting a new life in Dallas, we don't know what next season is going to
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