Transcript of Chris Long's Favorite NFL Trades and Ones He Wished Happened, Plus Life Advice!

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The Ryan Rizillo Show presented by DraftKings. Chris Long on the show, breaking down the trade deadline. He actually went for it. He started doing trades he wished had happened. I'd click on that. So luckily, we have it for you right now. So we talk a bunch of that. I ask about some of the stuff that Buffalo did against Kansas City. He gets into the Josh Allen Mahomes stuff. So Chris Long just crushes it, and we were psyched to have him on in the first week. And we were a little longer on life advice. So there you go. And some more marathon feedback. Don't be discouraged. We get through it rather quickly. Nfl fans, what's your favorite countdown? I was asked this recently, and it actually got me thinking because it's a great week to ask me this question, because if I've said numerous times throughout my career that the 2008 Texas Tech upset of number one Texas is my favorite thing I've ever attended live, then I think that Crab tree countdown in the right corner is probably in the running. Caleb Williams to Lovedland this year, this past week. Historically, I don't know if that one is going to hold up the same way.

Maybe the 96-yard drive by LSU after a Bama fumble, a 92-yard drive to go up 7-0 in Tuscaloosa in 2019. Because as I've gone to LSU, Alabama, almost every year since 2008, that was different. That was different being in Bryant Denny Stadium and being around the LSU staff and the way they came out of the tunnel, I'd never, ever seen them that confident in my entire life. I had been around people, not like the team or the coaches, but I think you understand the point. The traveling brigade from Baton Rouge coming in and just the malaise of like, Now you're going to play Saban and Bama here, so this is going to be fun. But that 2019 team ultimately winning a national championship, they were really feeling themselves. Remember, Bama drives, they fumble, LSU goes 92 yards the other way. Clyde, Edwards-Alaire, three touch downs on the day. So that first touch down, that first 7-0 touch down in a place where everybody loses all the time is probably one of my personal favorites. I also had a couple of intramurals, undefeated back-to-back seasons, but I don't know that any of those exist on tape.

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We couldn't start the first week without him. Really excited to have my guy Chris Long, the host of the Green light podcast. I was checking out last night, so make sure you subscribe to that and subscribe to his YouTube page. Awesome breakdown. It's good to see you, man.

How It's good to see you. A little step and repeat behind you or whatever that is, a little background. You know what's funny?

Yeah, we got a background now. I didn't know what the term step and repeat even meant. So when I had that Kentucky Derby party back in the ESPN days, the wives that were involved in some of the planning were like, Hey, where's your step and repeat going to be? And I was like, What are you talking about? I had the concept that it was even a thing. And so they were like, You need some backdrop so that we can all take pictures. I was like, Well, there's a horse race, and then there's going to be drinking, and then I'm going to DJ a late set. So we have entertainment. We're getting a pony. And they were looking at me like I was going to be a wedding planner without flowers, just going like, how could you possibly not have a step and repeat? And I was like, well, whatever it is, just send me the bill.

So we have it. That's what I was going to say to you. I know you haven't been married yourself, but others around you have been. And a lot of the times, at those things, they have step and repeats. That's the only reason I know.

I didn't know. I didn't know anything about it. And we put some... It was the vibe that we were looking for, although it's tough to pull off in West Harvard, Connecticut, that time of the year, we were trying to go, when you walk into the Soho, Miami, especially what it was really cranking. Actually, no, no, no, no.

It's probably still cranking.

No, no. You know what I meant to say?

We were young. Is that what you were saying?

It's still cranking.

We are not. Remember You remember when it was awesome to be there? Yeah, it's probably still fucking awesome.

Right. That is the Vegas rule. Whenever anybody says, Vegas has changed, it's like, well, it may have, but you also changed way more than Vegas.

That's me, dude. That's me.

I meant the Delano because the first time- I love the Delano. Right. The Delano is the best. I don't know if it still is. It's one of my favorite hangs. We had a really good run there during the Super Bowl, you and I. And I said something to one of your teammates that I probably should have said, but you laughed. I laughed. He didn't laugh as much.

Who was it?

We're just going to leave it between you and I'll text you.

You can't do that. You're like Jerry Jones, made a trade. I'll tell you tomorrow.

But he did.

He made a huge one. He did.

But when you first I think the first time I ever went in there, and I wasn't wealthy enough to be staying there, but the flowing drapes, just this idea that this ocean wind was coming in, and then it was like, Is that even a wall? Is there any structure? Where are the studs? And it's like, No, it's just we want flowing drapes. We almost want it to be make believe. And that first experience with the Delano of that was like, That's amazing. I want that in my house. It doesn't make a ton of sense, but at least for a day, we had that. This is why everybody tuned in.

Well, you can get that because you get the gentle sea breeze. Me, not so much. I like it better than the Fountain Blue. Was the teammate that you were referencing Steven Jackson?

No, no. The Steven Jackson Manhattan Beach picture thing was rough for me. I think it backfired because I was sending it only to you. He was like, Are you seriously stopping me for a picture on the street? And I was like, Well, yeah, because of Cee Long.

And then did he soften up at that point?

He softened a bit, but we have that picture. It's not something I would normally do. I don't think he had a blast.

No, he probably didn't.

Okay, I want to ask you about the trade deadline this way, first and foremost. As a younger guy, I would read a lot of sports stuff. I I was like, Hey, I'm the guy that knows. I'd be at the bar arguing with customers, bartending, being like, Now this walk rate's this, this walk rate's that. And one of the common accepted practices was that the NFL trade deadline is boring because it's just too complicated. Be like, Dude, route trees? Can you imagine? You can't do it. Terminology systems, all this different stuff. And I would repeat it because that's what I had read, and it sounded really smart, and I would just say it for... I think the NFL, finally, whether it the activity yesterday, but it's coming around in that maybe it's not impossible for a guy to be playing for a different team midseason, maybe tough run a quarterback. But certainly, I think those restrictions were a little overstated, historically. Your thoughts?

I think a lot of the time it's about two languages and the terms meaning the same thing. But it's about downloading certain terms that are, this is like what you did here. I'm sure for receivers, it's a lot like that. And for receivers and quarterbacks, obviously, it takes time. And maybe that's why we don't see... I don't know, do we see a ton of blockbuster receiver trades at the deadline? That's a tough deal to get on the same page, like laying it down, scramble drill, understanding how to sit in the zone, what a quarterback wants, especially a veteran quarterback. He has a way of doing things. So I think sometimes that's one of the tougher positions to transition on. But from a standpoint of, can I download the playbook? A lot of things in the NFL are same as, same as, same as. For defensive players, grunt's like me up front. It's show up, put your hand in the dirt. Like, we're playing over defense, we're playing under. For the most part, it's a lot simpler. And for a guy like Sauce Gardner, who's going to show up in Indy this week and probably play, you've got a guy like Lou Annaruma, who has a very complicated and versatile defense, but he's the perfect guy for it.

And I'm sure they're going to tailor things to his talents and to wherever he is, especially considering they've been down Ward and that thing. So I actually enjoyed this trade deadline because something actually happened. There were some teams that I was surprised they didn't make a move. But I thought- Like who? Okay, for one, the Tempe Bucaneers, I think they could use help at linebacker. I thought, can't see leaving at detackled with the injury earlier this year was a huge loss. Now, The Bulls can dial up pressure and that thing. But I have been concerned. And I guess I'm partial because I put the Bucks in the Super Bowl in the preseason. And so I love for that dart to hit professionally. But it's one of those things where I watch the linebackers and David, who's stall work for a long time there, he's slowing down a bit. His mind knows exactly where he needs to be, but his body doesn't get him there the same way it did a couple of years ago. And Dennis is lost in coverage at times. So I would have thought they could have made a I would have thought one of these teams that needed a guard would go out and get a guard.

I thought the Tucker Kraft thing, unfortunately for Green Bay, there wasn't enough time, maybe to do your due diligence and say, okay, we're going to spend a mid-round pick on a David and Joku, but I would love to see that. I think it'll help when they get Jaden Reid back. There were plenty of trades that I had. And part of this is like, you fall in love with the concept of some of these trades because it works, because we're all playing fantasy football as media members, and we need something to talk about for a month. And then they It won't happen, and that's okay. I would love to see Zack Seeler get rescued in Miami. So I could go on for days about the trades that I would have made, but I did like the Colts trade, wasn't as crazy about the Dallas trade. And the receiver trades for me, Seattle aced it, and Jacksonville did what they had to do.

Okay, so the Jacksonville thing, I want to touch on that because it's just what we're looking at receiver-wise with the injuries that they have. But again, it's the least speculated at this point. It's not necessarily long term. So maybe we'll get into some of that Jacksonville stuff. But I want to start with- You don't want to talk about Jacobi Meyers? I do, actually, at one point, because when you look at their debt chart right now, to your point, it was necessary. They had to do something.

Yeah, we'll get there. We'll get there.

We'll get there. Do you still keep in touch with him?

I don't know. Yeah, I never played with him dating myself here.

No, but I just meant the alumni stuff.

Oh, yeah, the alumni. I do. I FaceTime with Jules for 40 minutes two nights No kidding. Basically, me and Jules' relationship is now this. My dad FaceTimes me at work, and Jules is like, he's got to put the phone down towards Jules, and Jules is just fucking talking shit and berating me. And then he'll call me randomly, and we'll talk for an hour like we're best buddies. So I still talk to Jules a lot. I still talk to Ninko. A little bit of high tower, a little bit of McCordy, a little bit of braided. You know, I'll DM him every once in a while. He DMs back.

Are you getting braided on? You're going to talk about this dog cloning thing?

I'm waiting. This is the perfect time, dude. This is the perfect time to talk about this.

This is made for you.

Ryan texted me last night. Seruity, he's like, Hey, what do you want to talk about tomorrow? And I sent him back the Tom braided dog story. Not into it, dude. I'm anti. Anyways.

I just don't like anything I mean, I hate the giant Super Bowl losses. I hate the Super Bowl loss that he has. I don't even count that as a loss. You throw for 500 yards.

We didn't win that Super Bowl on defense. People were like, You beat braided. I'm like, No, I didn't beat braided.

I seriously would like some petition to be signed so that when he's induct to the Hall of Fame is that they just don't even count that one as a loss against him in that case. So anytime, even last year, and I thought people were a little hard on braided on the broadcasting thing and be like, Can you let this guy get the reps in? Don't expect him to be thrown up 225, 10 times, year one. Let him get the reps in. I think he's been awesome this year. And so when you said the dog honing thing, I was like, I don't want this for my guy. I don't want this for my guy, even if it might, maybe he's just ahead of us. Maybe he's just smarter than the rest of us.

Is this going to be us in five, seven years? I don't know. I don't think I'm going to do it. I don't think I'm cloning Tony. There's only one Tony, the Bulldog, dude.

I don't even have a dog to clone.

I know you don't. That's why it's an interesting story for you. I don't know what your take would be. Man's best friend, a good book and a boat.

Yeah, that when you look at the accounting part of it, at the end of the year, you start going through the slips. You're like, what is this? Because somebody was on a call the other day. They were like, how is that? Is it that bad? I was like, yeah, it's the worst. It's the worst. But that's fine. That's all right. I love it.

I love it right there. Three hours a week.

Malibu, Mountain Jam, extended cut. People are afraid of Mountain Jam.

Oh, really?

Yeah. It's too long, right? And I'm just saying people Socially? Yeah.

You know, there's a couple of those Alma & Brothers songs that if you put them on the river or on the boat, after about eight minutes, people start looking at you like, This is intense.

I remember a road trip with a girl I was dating up to Vermont, and we were going song for song. It'd be like a little bit of this, maybe a little bit of that. A little Dianjolo in the car.

Oh, RIP, dude.

Yeah, big time RIP.

How does it feel? One of the best songs ever.

Yeah, I went to see Freddie Gives, and they were coming out with Devil's Pie.

Can you stop with this Freddie Gives stuff, bro? You make me so pissed off. You know I'm a big Freddie Gives fan, and all of a sudden you're like, Yeah, I'm with Freddie. I'm with Freddie. I'm just with Freddie tonight. Just hanging out.

This one feels real, too.

He's the man, isn't he?

Yeah, he treated me great, man. You know the difference between you had this encounter with a guy, and then you come into his world, And then it's immediately you're like, Oh, okay, that was simply the encounter. And I'm overestimating the connection here. And instead, Freddie was the other way, brought me right in the dressing room. And then I was posted up the whole time. I mean, it was tough for a Monday. I was like, this cannot go deep.

You got to go see Freddie on a Monday. I just remember him coming on the show and being so fucking down to earth and cool. And the fact that he played football, Bowling Green, there's an athlete in there somewhere. And so that, to me, was where the cool the whole factor came from. But he came on the show, and I had been waiting intently to get Freddie gives on the show. And we booked him somehow. And I'm sitting there waiting on the Zoom. He's a little bit late. And all of a sudden, I'm like, here we got Freddie. And you know that moment where you're like, what's the shot going to look like? What's the background going to be? Is it going to be on his phone? He's on his fucking phone in the car. And I'm like, damn, this is going to suck, dude. I'm like, what are you doing? He's like, I'm at the airport picking up my and she gets in the car. I'm interviewing him and his mom, dude, and it couldn't have gone better. Shout out to Freddie Gibbs. Thanks for being friends with my buddy Ryan.

I was so excited about it. Then I saw the Red Rock show, and I went, I should have just gone to Colorado for Halloween night just to go. That would have been sick. He comes out as frozone, and he's just good. He's just so good. I got to hook you up. I'll see if I can talk to the guys and get you the Alfredo hoodie, double XL.

All right. I got some results on the Micah Parsons splits. When we get there, we can talk about it. But let's get into the trade, shall we? We're doing the thing.

All right. Well, no, I love the Bucks Super Bowl pick. I hope people like this. I'm having fun. But when I was talking to Racine about this yesterday, she was just like, do you look at the cult? And I was like, the cult's problem is that I'm going to have the same hesitation that everybody else does. Is this actually real? They're going to be in the playoffs. Am I going to pick them against Buffalo? No. Kansas City is probably going to find a way back into this. I'm not going to pick them against them. I think this Baltimore schedule sets up for like, they could go on some run and be like, hey, they're not a great seed, but they're back in this thing. When you look through all the top seeds, the AFC, I could throw some stealers thing at you where they were a split safety alignment, like season high against them, and they barely play it at all. Is that something that happened with them? Give me the football players take of the 25 Colts now with sauce of what you actually they're capable of.

Well, I think, number one, it's a deal you make when you look at the guys they have under contract over the next couple of years, the windows open, right? As a player, the player in me is always, I want to make a move, and I want to cover a deficiency. Personally, I'm not a fuck them, pick sky, but I do see the challenges of drafting, especially late in the first round. And there have been some good corners taken late in the first round, but it is hit or miss. And what you're getting is a former all pro guy who I believe is going to be a perfect fit for Lou Annarumo. You bookend him with Charvarius Ward, who's also a big physical corner. You're going to have to play man to beat the elite teams in the AFC. You saw what Buffalo did in the first half the other day. They manned Mahomes up, and it worked. Now, they have a tackle issue there, and the rushing coverage, they're out of whack. The protection and the routes for Kansas City are out of whack, but you're going to have to man up Buffalo. You shouldn't be afraid of the guys they have outside.

You got to Be careful about Josh Allen's legs when you play man. But I think this gives them flexibility to do whatever they want. And you can manufacture coverage. You can manufacture rush. You cannot manufacture coverage. So I look at this group and I see really good tackles inside. I love Grover and Buckner. Those guys are studs. I look at the edges and I see some pretty good players. I think Latou is going to start going off because he's a very good handsy rusher. He's a good counter rusher, but he's like me, where he's going to get a ton of pressures, but maybe he doesn't have a lead athleticism. So these pressures now turn into sacs. And so I like the move on three, four different levels. And yeah, the first thing you do this off would be to find that second corner, right? You look at the holes on this team, there are many. Offensively, they're fantastic up front. I think they had some leaky issues at guard at the non-Quentin Nelson spot inside died last week. And they can beat you when you play man. They can run the football on you. The game script got away from him last week.

And I also think Pittsburgh playing Jalen Ramsey at safety was a good move. We'll see if that continues on the Pittsburgh end of things. I don't know if you notice this, but when you watch Ramsey play, I think the best thing he does at this age, at this stage in his career, he's always been great at it, is top-down plays, like breaking downhill, diagnosing somebody dropping into a spot or a crosser or like a screen pass and blowing guys the fuck up. That's the vantage point he has, is safety. And it was a perfect game plan for that game. Six turnover is not sustainable. Indy's not in trouble. They're a contender. This is the move you make when you want to get better and cash in on a window.

Yeah, Ramsey lined up at safety, 84% of snaps in that game. And I can still think of him just decleeding Wilson at the end of that week one game. Exactly to your point.

Come down, make the play. That's what he does.

Yeah. And I love Pittsburgh. I feel like that's such a Pittsburgh thing to go, okay, fine. You're not this guy on the outside anymore. But I love just all pro corners, extending it and becoming a different player at safety. And I feel like it doesn't happen as much as it used to, or maybe I'm just-Well, I don't know.

I haven't kept the tally, but there's always that thing when Martellas Bennett used joke about, I'm going to put a '70s number on and finish my career as a tackle. The big tight ends that say, Do that thing or guys that late in their career just shift positions of responsibility because of athletic deficiency He's been like, I don't know, honestly, if this sticks or if it's something they do down the road, but I really like it. They need the edges to play really well in that defense. And those guys haven't played really well. I also think they match up well against Indy. I'm not exactly They have buyer in Pittsburgh because they got to force so many turnovers to damn win. But I think they actually match up well against Indy. They have big physical guys on the back end. They get Ramsey for Warren. They have edges that can make plays, and they got fast linebackers, which you need playing Indy?

Probably just thinking about Rod Woodson a lot, too, as I'm thinking about Jalen Ramsey.

Maybe so.

All right. That was a lot of good stuff. Let's talk Green Bay, because I watched them, as I mentioned on Monday, I watched them with one thought. Can this team win the Super Bowl? Is it going to look like that team beginning of the season where it's like, Man, you guys just beat the shit out of a really good Detroit team? They put together this really good offense. They were the one seed on Sunday morning. They lose to the Panthers, who are a lot better than people realize, certainly defensively. I know there's all sorts of guys on the Panthers side of the ball. But you were going through on your podcast a lot of stuff with the packers that isn't about personnel. It's not about concerns about the pass rush. It was just a lot of really good stuff on just who you think the packers are that frustrates you.

Yeah, I get frustrated with their offense. Listen, at the end of the day, they didn't come up with a bunch of sacs Sunday. I thought, Bryce got the ball out of his hands. I also think like, Aquanu, not take anything away from him. He played really well against Michael Parsons. Sometimes The matchup just doesn't work out, and you don't get enough reps as a rusher. He made that point after the game, right?

Yeah. Can you hammer that point after the game? Because he had zero pressures in what? Like 21 dropbacks? He had a point, and then You hit... Just share that with us because I think it's really important because it can get lost. It's like, oh, Micah didn't do anything. And you're like, well...

Yeah, it totally gets lost. I mean, it's the same thing where the week leading up to him having three or four sacks against Arizona and basically winning them the game. People are talking about what a whiff this trade has been. He hasn't had a sack since whatever. But when you watch them play, he affects the game in so many different ways. It's like people talking about Jalen Carter in Philly, who did not play his best early in the season. But every time there was a pick, every time somebody had a sack on a Tee game or a twist, he's the penetrator. He's the guy that's getting the slide. So you affect the game in that way. But also, team set the table to control the clock, which Caroline did run in the football, right? And they've been a good running football team. So they're controlling the clock. They're slowing rushers down doing that. And Michael Parsons is not in on just third downs. He's going to be on some first and second downs. And when you play a team that's getting the ball out of their hands and running the football, you're not in pin-your-ears-back mode every time.

And then when you're in pin-your-ears-back mode, you might get a slide, you might get a chip. It's a mystery deal, and it could be under two seconds out of his hands. So I thought Caroline did a very good job. I don't want to take away from them. My worry about Green Bay is the offense. Now, Tucker Kraft being down is a big deal, right? I thought Jaden Reid was a huge deal, and I picked up on a pattern with them where they play slow at home, and They play down to opponents, especially early in games. And I don't know if it's a thing where they come into games and say, they're top five in the league in yards for play. Why aren't you running more plays? Why aren't you trying to run more plays than an inferior opponent? And to me, when you go out and you go on an eight-minute drive that culminates in Saviynt-Williams fumbling in the flat, it's a perfect encapsulation of who they are, which is their young team. They're not always great on details, and they play slow at times, and they play conservative at times. They run a lot on first down.

And what happens is, and the protection has not always been great on Sunday, second down, they give up a ton of pressures. When you don't do anything on a first down, and then you shit the bet on second down, then the warts come out, man. And they end up in those situations a lot. And when you go on long drives, that one mistake that if you're going three downs at a time, that one mistake can really screw you. So I'd love to see them play faster. I'd love to see them getting some lighter personnel and pass the football. If this guy is who we think he is or who they say he is, you made the trade for Michael Parser. You think you win the fucking Super Bowl, that says something about your quarterback. Give him the keys to the car a little bit. And I know Jacobs is a beast, but this is a better pass protecting group than it is a run blocking group. And I know they need the run game, but I'd like to see them speed up a little bit. And when you're playing an inferior opponent, put the knife to their throat, man.

Early in the game. Make them play on a Razor's Edge. You played in the Carolina's game plan, and you played with fire against Cleveland as well. And that's what happens. At home, it seems like they sleepwalk early in these games.

There's a lot of games in college football. They're like, okay, what does this game mean? What does this outcome mean week two? And how is it different? And if I look at Detroit, the overall stats- I want to point something out.

I'm not saying Cleveland was at home, but a lot of these games at home, they end up sleepwalking. Go ahead, Ryan.

Yeah, no, That's the Stefansky thing where it's like, Hey, huge underdog at home. It's like, Okay, no problem. I'll take care of it. If Cleveland could just play the best teams in the league at home, they might go 500.

No, you know what? Cleveland's got a nice, like a sneaky Very nice roster with a lot of good young players. They're drafting well. They just haven't figured the quarterback thing out.

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Go to Shake Shack and order the Big Shaq. Sounds familiar? Made different. Detroit, here's a layman's approach. I mean, number nine in offensive yards per play. I think they're number eight in defensive opponents' yards per play. They're number two in scoring behind the colds, the whole thing. But are they more match-up-reliant than the other Super Bowl contenders?

I I think they have issues that they're not used to having. The interior three for them has been fine, but not dominant, not like last year's offensive line. It's okay to acknowledge that they're not as good this year as they were last year. I see them as an elite NFC team. I love the lines, but I don't think they're as talented as they were last year. I just don't. And Mahogany left on a cart the other day. I Honestly, I'm at the point in the week where I haven't gone back and checked on the aftermath on the injuries and whatnot. So I don't know what's going on with the injuries they have up front. I love Ratledge. I think he's a heck of a player. Glasgow is not what Ragnar was. And I think the concerning thing for me is that's a team in the division that might have gained a little ground on you. And I think maybe it's a subtle scheme thing where the Ben Johnson effect early in the season, they lose the packers, and they hop back on, and they beat the shit out of the Ravens and that thing. And we're like, yeah, it wasn't the scheme.

It was the players. And I think that's true to a degree. But you see what Ben is doing in Chicago. And I wonder I'm not sure if part of it is when you look at B-Flow on Sunday, it's like you have a little edge there from a schematic standpoint in Minnesota, where B-Flow is like, he's working against the new coordinator. And if you can't run the football, it really does make them play left-handed. And B-Flow hit the nail on the head with the game plan. A lot of cross dogs, a lot of A-Gap blitzes. Jamir Gives gave up seven pressures. So if you can get them behind the sticks and their first down efficiency is shitty, they're just not the machine that they were last year. I also think the obvious thing is, they got to play. They decide to play so much man coverage, and they've got a lot of guys who are competitive as fuck. And they play Tampa, and they man up all game, and Baker plays the worst game of his life. And people are like, yeah, they did it again. They did to Sam Darnal last year, who had no offensive line in that game.

At the end of the season, we're going to blitz the fuck out of him with a bunch of guys that don't play a lot on the back end. Then they play JJ, who honestly just put the ball in the area of his his receiver and hit a lot of outcuts and beat man coverage. With third and five, with the game on the line, he beat man coverage. So that'll happen. Detroit is going to get in some matchups where you might have good interior pressure or They're guys that can manufacture pressure the way B-Flow does. Another thing about Minnesota is this, Ryan. Andrew Van Ginkle is one of the most important, underrated players to his defense in the league. As far as MVPs on his own defense, when he comes back in the football game, How much thicker do you think the playbook is for B-Flow with him relative to Dallas Turner? And I'm not saying Dallas Turner is not going to be a good player, but Van Gincal is a Swiss army knife. And you see the way they shut down the screen game, the whole deal. So I'm not calling Detroit paper lions. I'm not calling them fakes.

I'm just saying they just might not be as dominant as they were the last couple of years.

You said something that I always want to learn more about, and that's manufacturing pressure. You said it earlier in this, is like, you can manufacture pressure. You can't necessarily manufacture coverage. And I think it's a really astute point. But what is it about Floris? What do you see over the course of... I don't know if it happens to you halfway through the game, at the end of the game or whatever, where it's like, man, he is on one right now as far as play calling.

Well, I think he's consistently aggressive. So you come into the game plan, bracing, right? You're in a mindset of, here he comes again, here he comes again. And I don't even think they blitz more than their average Sunday, but it was the timing of the blitzes, and it was the personnel-specific people that he's going to attack. And I think Sunday And not to mention the fronts and coverages, the coverages that he plays behind certain fronts are like... People have talked about this before he got in the league, you'd only see it in college. He does a lot of very creative things. He has very versatile, smart players. From a personnel standpoint, I don't know if Minnesota is drafted that well, generally. But one thing they've done really well is they're bringing John Grinard, they bring in Van Ginkle, they get Cashman from Houston. There's a host of other guys that they brought in on defense, but they're smart players, and they can do versatile things. Like Josh Mantellus is a perfect example of that. So it's the type of guy that he wants that can... I played in New England's defense. B-flow was there. B-flow is a great coach.

He's a tough coach. There's also a lot that goes on at the line of scrimmage and a lot of late pre-snap checks. You got to have smart players. You got to have versatile players. And game plan specific shit for him is Sunday was to tack the middle of that offensive line. And I thought Wilson had a tremendous game, 55, dude. He played his ass off. But he's a perfect example of a guy they bring in. They're like, he's got something left in the tank, and he's a smart player. He can play in this defense.

The edge stuff for Philadelphia. Nolan Smith looks like he could be coming back. By the way, Mahogany, it's suggested that he could come back in December, but he's going to be out a decent amount of time.

It's a tough one.

Right. So they make the trade for Jalen Phillips. He's a name He's a first-round pick. When he was healthy, he was good in Miami. It was actually one of those things a couple of weeks ago where I was making funny that the NFL like, rumor mill. It's like, Jalen Phil. This is the best thing I can do. And then we get an absolute blockbuster of a day with the trade deadline yesterday. But I give Howie credit for being like, okay, this is something that he's invested in. And maybe we're losing track of like, look, it's the tackles from Georgia that he's really loaded up here. And he grabs Campbell. They've done an unbelievable job with Zack Bond. But are you surprised or maybe are we missing the point of, doesn't it feel like they put resources in this? Now they have to flip a mid-round pick here for Phillips, who just... The high end of it is enticing, but it's far from a certainty with his history.

Well, you're getting calm It's for guys that left in free agency. So it's nothing like the NBA, where I don't know, the second apron and all this shit. But I'm starting to learn the business of the NFL, going from being a grunt to a media member. And the comp pick thing is Very interesting. And those guys that they lost in free agency last year, Josh Schwet included in that, they didn't replace them. And so now they have comp picks lined up. So I think they're not hurting for pics. They're not hurting for capital. They, too, believe that the windows open. They would like to repeat. It's the hardest thing in sports is repeating in the NFL, in my opinion. So they're seeing this window open. Why not spend a three on Jalen Phillips, who I think, if he's not hurt, is one of the second-tier rushers in the NFL? And by second-tier, I mean, if there's a blue chip and whatever the next chip is, that's him. I think he's got that potential in his body, and I love his game. He's just been hurt a lot. And so he's a personal favorite of mine, so that helps.

I thought probably it'd be more like a four. I think three is a little rich, considering his injury history. But when you have a ton of pics and you have coming down the pipe as well, you make the pick, and they do need pass rush. They've through Michael Carter more so than Jire Alexander, who I think is just like a dart. They're throwing a dart there. Carter, hopefully, you can play him in the slot. You bank on him having been out of position and injured and playing better. And then maybe you move to Jean outside, because if they keep trotting out any number of these second corners, And maybe they think Johnny or Alexander can be the second corner. I don't know if he can.

That felt like a reach a little bit just because a lot of the stuff from Baltimore didn't necessarily like. And here's a Baltimore defense that can't put 11 healthy guys out there at all. And they were like, we're fine.

But I would argue that Baltimore has a scheme issue for the better part of two years. And now they're fixing it in Baltimore. It's funny. Last year, they fixed it by moving Kyle Hamilton to safety.

This year-He's not even playing safety now.

Put him in the box. And we called for it on Green light. Dude, I was like, just fucking put your best player around the football. And I don't know how sound this is, but tell him to do whatever the fuck he wants. And he's that good of a football player, Dude, I was looking at DPOI odds last night, and it's a funny year for that. But I looked at his odds and I'm like, these should be a lot shorter. I know Baltimore sucks defensively, but watch them turn it around. He would be the catalyst two years in a row. I don't know how he got on Kyle Hamilton.

No, I don't know if this is going to come up. I mean, Google's just on it. It drives me fucking crazy.

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It's had a bad year.

What do you want me to do on Google right now for you as you host this?

No, to emphasize the Kyle Hamilton shift of where he's lining up on Snap counts, because I was watching one of their games recently, and I was shocked at how overwhelming it was that it was like, Hey, he's playing a little safety. He's playing a little nickel, but primarily, he's lining up at edge. He's lining up at Linebacker. I know what you could say are all baked into the same thing. But as much as it felt like there was a shift from where they were lining him up. The numbers were even more like.

Yeah, backs it up even more. I mean, he's great. I saw him a week ago come from off the ball and pick a guard, like he's a backer. Remember the Caleb Williams grounding. I don't know if you saw that, but he comes from depth and picks an offensive guard, which is usually a job that's reserved for big guys. And then the acceleration he showed to get to the passer was like, insane. You're just not used to seeing it. Somebody could do both those things. Pick a guard and then accelerate. It just looked fake, dude. He looked computer generated. He's one of the best defensive players in the game every year.

I met him at your place at the New Orleans Hang, Super Bowl week. He was an impressive What a nice guy.

Not very nice on the field. I love that.

Yeah, you wouldn't think. You'd be like, this guy's one of the biggest badasses out there. Can I just ask you a lane containment question? Not about Lane Johnson when he comes to vacation with you.

It's hard to contain him.

Yeah, there is no containing Vacation Lane Johnson. But I want a better understanding because as we know, if you're playing man, then you've got to worry about the quarterback rushing, right? What I saw Buffalo do, and granted, the Hoyt injuries, you're going to change the calculation a little bit because I thought it played so well in that game. But I'm watching what they're doing. They're dropping into coverage. They're not blitzing. I don't think the overall blitz numbers from Buffalo against Mahomes because part of it's... You can't blitz. The best quarterbacks I've always felt like, if you want to live with the blitz against the best quarterbacks, they're going to be so psyched you keep doing it because eventually they're just going to burn you. So they're actually getting a ton of pressure on Mahomes, but I don't know that it was just overwhelming numbers that they were sending at him. So they did this unbelievable combination of great pressure rate against Mahomes, and yet also maintaining this lane integrity of not letting him escape out on that third and seven that's annoyed every other fan base in the NFL the last five or six years, where it's like, he's not the fastest guy, but third and seven, it breaks down.

He escapes, he runs out to the sideline, he holds the ball up, first down, move the chains. And this is why this guy is the best. How is Buffalo able to do both Both of those things, which seems impossible against him?

Well, you talk about the pressure rate, 52. 6 % of their dropbacks, which is this is the part that is encouraging if you're a Bills fan, plus 14. 3 % higher than the pressure rate in any of their other nine matchups. And I thought coming in the season, and I still think the Chief's offense could be as scary as any offense that they've engineered post-Tyreek Hill for the very reason of Josh Simmons. And if he gets back in town and he was on the first thing smoking, they're going to be a lot better because they had a tackle problem Sunday. I mean, they still have a right tackle problem no matter who plays there. I just always believe that. But the guy they've had in a left tackle has given up some pressure. And as I said, coming to the game, the way that Buffalo could wreck this game is to dominate those tackles. Well, they also played pretty well in coverage. I thought Cole Bishop taking a big step- Big time. And playing his best game. You got to realize a game between these two teams, all It takes a couple of stops, even in the 28-21 ball game, which for a long time is an under.

And you feel like, Oh, the scoring is not there. It just takes... The possessions are so important because these offenses are so good. And for me, what I was so impressed with, and McDermott has taken over play calling the last couple of weeks, and it shows. I thought Cole Bishop playing big on third and then fourth down, running with the motion on third down, making a play at the end of the first half, and then on fourth down, sitting in zone off a film study. He saw that same concept in Chargers game week one, making a play before the half. The next time, Kansas City gets the ball back there down 11, two possession game. They drive into the low red, And the defense stands up, including in that goal line stand is Cole Bishop taking the ball off Kelsey. I mean, the ball is on him, but he just blows up Kelsey, arm, torso, the whole thing. Then you come out of the half, and he makes a big play on third down to start the third quarter. Just one guy. I mean, if you ask Bills fans at the trade deadline, where do we need to get better?

Like, safety is high on the list. Hopefully, this kid continues to play well. I thought they came out early. I know they came out early and played more man than people expected. So maybe that was a curve ball. I also think the hope for Buffalo is that in match up to this Maxwell-Harriston kid who I saw run with worthy on a go route. And that was very encouraging. Forget to pick. I think if he's in a place where it's him and Benford and the safeties are playing better, and the big if is always health with Buffalo, they finished that game last year with Kyrie Elam playing corner. That's why they lost that game. So when we do the thing every year where we're like, well, Josh can't beat Mahomes, I'm with you. He's got to beat Mahomes. But Kyrie Elam in the fucking defense, if you look at the splits between the defense, the way they play in the regular season, the way they play in the postseason against this Chief's offense, it's easy to see. The Bills offense, the output increases in the playoffs. So the defense needs to stay a step ahead of Andy Reid, and they did that on Sunday.

But can they do that in match up, too? When Reid has the tackle back, hopefully, the Bills, they're up a corner, and the safety is a totally different player than last year. Those would be big deals. Hoyt would have been big for them down the stretch, but you bring Bosa in for this mercenary safe shit. It doesn't matter what he's doing any other week. How does he play in the Chief's game? He was fantastic this Sunday, and I thought Epinesa and Ruso were very good. I thought they would make a trade at the deadline for Malik Collins from the Browns. I would have done that in the heartbeat. They had the space for it. They must think their young draft picks are going to be able to develop or Ogen Jobe is going to be able to help. But I'm encouraged by that performance. I really am. And I know it happens every year, but because of the thing you brought up, the pressure rate, which, of course, could be better for the Chiefs if they get Simmons back. But I thought it was an encouraging win. I just think Josh Allen is the best quarterback on the planet right now.

And that shouldn't be like something I have to whisper.

I'd like you to whisper it.

Josh Allen is the best quarterback on the planet right now. I'm not saying... Now, you got your boss in contingency. I'm not going to tell you it's Drake May. I want to see more, just like with anybody. I think the kid's amazing.

I'm not sitting here arguing with Drake May. I just feel like the Mahomes belt is an unchallengeable one. No, it isn't unchallengeable.

I don't care what the stats are. It is unchallengeable. It's unchallengeable for a standpoint that he's the greatest quarterback of our generation. He is the most accomplished quarterback of our generation. But if you woke up from a coma three years ago and you just started watching football, you would probably say that Josh is the best quarterback on the planet. And I don't know why people are so afraid to say that just because he hasn't beaten him in the playoffs when we outlined all the reasons that they haven't beaten him. How many points? And I said this on Inside the NFL with Ryan, Clark, my other Ryan. Ryan with a A. How many points would Josh Allen score on his own defense?

Yeah, he'd have 31.

I mean, I just pens-31? He'd be 40. So it customarily- Is that the non-player in me? I don't know. What I'm saying is... Yeah, no, that's a good one. What I'm saying is... No, you got better hair than Schrager.

I don't think Schrager's got some size to him. Can you come on? Can you promise to come on once we see where UVA is in the committee rankings? We get a little bit closer to this thing because I got to wrap up.

Yeah, absolutely. But I'm not saying that Josh is more accomplished. I'm saying that right now, when you watch football, who's playing the best quarterback on the planet at their best?

I'd like to see the tackle situation get worked out for Mahomes before I'm ready to give the bill to Alan. But, dude, this is unbelievable.

He's throwing the ball to Tyrell Shavers.

More is out there getting a little separation.

Yeah. It's not good when Steve Smith is talking about you as a receiver and Their second-year guy. What's his name? Fucking numbers. Keon Coleman. Keon Coleman. He can't separate. Luckily, they get the tight ends. And another thing is, last thing, I'm leaving. Kansas City is not going to be able to cover those tight ends. That's the one thing they can't fix, Ryan. Reid left, and he went to New Orleans. How do they cover those tight ends? In the second matchup, they need an answer for that.

That is Chris Long. He is the man. Check out the Green light podcast. And the YouTube page, what is the title?

I think it's Green light podcast. I don't know. Evidently, a lot of people can't find it. But yeah, maybe-Let's get those subs up.

I'm going to make it my homepage. Thanks, man.

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I drive a Ferrari, 355 Cabriolet. What's up?

I have a ridiculous house in the South Fork. I have every toy you can possibly imagine.

And best of all, kids, I am liquid. So now you know what's possible.

Let me tell you what's required. Life advice. The email address is lifeadvice@rr@gmail. Com. So Rudy and Kyle are with us. We got a new backdrop for Kyle, so I feel like it needs to be addressed just a little bit.

What are we talking about here? I did the wood paneling for you. Yeah, I'm just a man on a mission, just wandering the Earth looking for the right place to do this. I might be in a different spot on Monday.

That's a different wood paneling, though, right?

Yeah, I think different parts of the same room has been updated at different times. I'm in a wood burning stove house right now. The furnace is a backup. That's been fun. Making sure we keep that going. Forgot to open the flu yesterday. Got motherfucked a little bit. But I'm just learning how to be back here.

This is a dumb question, but you got to feed that thing with coal and wood?

With wood, no. With wood. Bring it in from outside, stage it. Then you got to make sure you open the flu just enough. Otherwise, the smoke will fill the house in two seconds. Then I start hearing footsteps, and I'm like, Fuck, I just want to crawl into a hole and die. I didn't mean to do that, but that's okay.

Welcome back to the Northeast. Yeah, I'm figuring it out.

I wouldn't trade it for anything, guys.

I always thought Cord would be a good name for a boy.

It's a great name. Cord Jefferson.

Yeah, there you go. That's a guy. Oscar winner. Yeah.

I feel like if your name's Cord, you have to be famous, though.

I liked his movie, too. I wasn't just acknowledging Cord winning I watched that on a flight and I was like, You know what? Good job. Yeah, I think you're right, Sruja. I don't know if it's Fame, but I just don't know that you can be from Westport and be named Cord. Although actually Westport That's what they're doing. I was going to say that.

But you understand what I'm saying?

You understand what I'm saying? Maybe an Upper Side kid, which good luck raining that in. But Cord feels like a better fit in Montana. Yeah, totally. If I met a kid from Montana named Cord, I'd be like, damn, they're probably awesome. Okay.

What's your middle name? I don't even want to know. It's probably way better than that.

He doesn't even have one. Cord is so strong. He didn't need it. He didn't even have a last name. It's just Cord. Just a million follow-ups on marathoning. Damn, I knew it.

Yeah.

I guess if it's ever getting slow, we know how to drum up a response. Anyone can literally say anything.

On Monday, we're going to do P. Rose. Should he be in the Hall of Fame now? Marathon Girlfriend, why can't she run faster? I thought the guy was just being a dick when he sent this in, but he was actually earnest about the whole thing. If the girlfriend has already run multiple marathons and he never has, chances are she's got a big advantage on him from the start. Why does she have to take five hours? If they train together and his goal is to do better than that, she should have no problem keeping up. I don't know. It feels like there's maybe a murky chapter we could open here if we really wanted.

I got to dip my toes in those waters.

I'm not going to say anything about it.

Yeah. Yeah. Is he trying to be a dick with that? Why can't she run faster, if she's the one that's training the whole time. Some people have different limitations of whatever. You can't just sit there and say, Hey, you should lift more because you've been lifting longer. That doesn't really work out. Let's see. Some people thought we missed the mark on this. Oh, yeah. Here we go. Usually, you guys give out sound advice, but in the case of the girlfriend wanting the guy to run a marathon at her pace, you guys really flush the mouse. Have you heard that one before? No. I like it. You can start using that. See if you can use that this week. I like it. Get back to us.

I'm going to my buddy's son's freshman football game today. Maybe I'll see if I could work that in the stands. There'll probably be no one there.

What do you got? This is going to be a foreign thing. It's going to be overseas.

Flush the mouse is to take a rash action viewed in hindsight as stupid. Tony really flushed the mouse when he picked Kentucky to win the NCAA tournament. This is from Urban Dictionary.

It's probably from some fable or something, right? It's probably actually not. It'd be a weird storybook, I guess, if there's a mouse getting flush.

Yeah, but who knows, man? Fables? Those things go hard.

Yeah, the Grim Ferry, the Brother's Grim, it's a lot worse than you think than the movies you've seen. Anyway.

She invited him because she wanted to do a couple of things, yet he wants to turn it into an egotistical thing, and you are all behind it. If he wants to go all out, just run another one with her. It's easy. There are marathons all over the fucking place. Damn, Ryan. There are. No wonder. No wonder you're still single.

It's definitely not a shortage of marathons, I'll say that.

I guess to this flush the mouse guy, I would say this isn't apple picking. It's not like you just suffer through it. It's five hours of this. If he wants to do it his way, I think that's okay to try to find a way. You're not suffering through a bad rom-com that you're just like, you want to get points for doing something nice. This is a big deal, I think.

I mean, this This is like a month long month of commitment. You're going to have to train to get to a certain level, and you might as well try to get to your peak level.

We're not adding crate and Barrel to the Sunday run down here. This is a whole day.

I'm with you guys on that one. All right. Okay. All right. Let's get you a couple of emails here. An NBA note-taking question. We've never had one of these before. Thierry Lundegard. My wife wants to know about the legal pads. 58168. Player Comp, Ray Allen in Miami during rec league. '06, Paul pierce in pickup. Okay, so you understand your role in organized basketball, but in pickup, you just game. Got it. Ryan, love the show. I've always admired how detailed your NBA breakdowns are, especially when it sounds like you've caught every nuance of the game. I'm trying to get better at taking notes while I watch, but I'm curious how you actually structure yours. Do you use multiple legal pads for different aspects like team flow, player notes, random thoughts? And on a related note, my wife wants to know where you keep all those old pads because my desk is starting to look like an evidence board. My first question to you is, why are you taking notes? In a way, I love it. I used to take notes for Sunday Night Base with the old, I don't know if it was Stats Inc. They would come out with these scouring report books, and as soon as it would come out, I'd be at borders going, has it come out yet?

Has it come out yet? I'd be like, oh, here's the 1998. This is when I had this pivot in my head of what I was excited about. I also had nothing else going on. So I would sit and read the scouring reports and then take notes while I was watching Sunday Night Base. That is years before I even had a job. I mean, it's insane behavior.

Don't you feel like that guy has come back into being cool? It's so niche now if you're taking stats when it's just a click away that it's like, dude, look at this guy's like a superhero.

You should be talking about going analog and everything.

Yeah, you see a guy out there in the stands filling out the card when he's up there.

Keeping score?

I feel like that's come back around. That's come back around to cool again.

Maybe. I don't know. I don't know. This is different.

Maybe in a erotic way.

I'm taking notes because it's my job, and it's also a better way for me to be able to watch because, again, I'm not asking anyone to be like, Oh, you poor guy. But when you watch as much as those of us that watch have to watch, you can... It's almost like driving a car when you don't realize, Hey, I haven't paid attention for 20 minutes. I've just been my brain is kicked in an autopilot. That's weird, isn't it? Yeah, right. The last 20 minutes, I don't even know what happened, but you locked in. And when you're watching sports constantly, you can have those moments. And then I'll realize you didn't really pay attention the way you need to pay attention to. And so I know if I stay on note-taking, that it just keeps me more engaged with it. I don't know. This just sounds like... If there's one thing I've definitely learned is no one gives a fuck about the notes. No one wants to hear about it. Nobody wants to hear about how much I watch. I actually get shit on more for being like, yeah, I watch all this stuff. So the note-taking.

I usually look at substitution patterns. I usually try to figure out who's attacking who. I'll try to see when Cooper Flag had a game recently, he was pretty good last night or on Wednesday night, but He had some matchups where I thought he could have attacked more, but he was apprehensive. And it's just something I noted down. I was like, okay, we'll look for this in the second half. If he's getting a switch into somebody that should have no business because of size and lack of athleticism staying in front of him, why is he... This is his possession he needs to attack, and he wasn't attacking. I thought he attacked a lot more against the Pelicans. That would be something I would write down and be like, hey, Cooper looks like he has the matchup and he's not going for it. Then a big thing for me is I'll pay attention to closing groups because I think that's really what the team wants to be in those last five minutes of the close game. And then, yeah, in the right side, I can't believe I'm doing this, but in the right side, I'll be thinking about topics.

So there'll be a section where it's topics, and I just rapid fire throughout the night, whether it's a Saturday or Sunday or basketball at night. I'll be thinking about different ideas that I think could be decent segments. And it's funny because it's a lot like writing. I'll think something is terrific, and then I'll review what I went through the night before. I'm like, why did you think that had any... That's an awful idea for a segment or a topic or whatsoever. Sometimes, yeah, you're right. But then sometimes you wake up and you're like, okay, this is good. And then I'll just go through it all again. With football, it's a little different because I'm not sitting there going, oh, it's 12 personnel. Oh, it's 21. Oh, it's three left. It's all these different things. It's like throws that I like when we were talking about Caleb Williams on Monday, where the Kamehat throw, which was a completion, but Kamehat got hurt on it. I was like, God, it's a complete miss. And then second of the three roll out, hits Loveland to the left side. And you're like, this is like two completely different people back to back snaps, considering how annoying the first throw was and how impressive physically the second throw was.

Those are just There's little things that I would do. But I would tell you, I think it's great that you're that into it and you want to do it. But if you're not getting paid for it, I just wonder how long you're going to want to do that.

Do you have different pads for different sports? Or you just fill her up and start a new one?

No, I mean, There's just pads everywhere. I mean, it's just...

That's the second part of the question was like, Mom, spaghetti, dude.

Hell, yeah.

Yeah, big time.

Is there a 2022 binder somewhere? If you're just your notes in a bin somewhere, you don't throw these out, or are they gone after your season?

It's a great question, Sruti. I have gone through whenever I move, and I've moved so much now. So since, what is it? 17, 18? Yeah, it was technically 18. I moved in 18, I moved in 20, and I moved in 23. So there was a lot of notepads. And when you're moving is when you start chucking stuff because you get so annoyed with yourself. You're like, I didn't need these sneakers. Why? How do I have this suit from John Varvedo? It's like, who the fuck are you? You're going to some premiere?

I bought a pair of sneakers off TikTok about a year ago.

It was the single...

You don't have to say that. Yeah, we're always thinking it's just the trust tree we're sharing.

This is what we do. Yeah, you're right.

I wear them one time. Like, these look stupid. They just sit in my closet for a year straight.

Were they smart casual shoes or were they like-They look way cooler in the picture.

I'm shocked.

Sounds like it.

And they were like, 20 bucks, too. I'm like, what's the big deal? Can't afford not to. To get them. And it's like, yeah, this is why. So I got duped by China and TikTok. Sorry.

And nothing against Johnny V. But I don't know what I was thinking that day. I was in Soho for a few days and I was like, you know what? I'll get a a different look here. I bought the suit, the whole thing. And I was looking at the other day. It was like, you've worn it zero times and you will never wear this. And I was like, who did you think you were that day? Who did you think you were? This is an outrageous purchase. So think of that, but they're notepads and they're just... Every now and then, there'll be a note that I'm desperately trying to find, this book that I've been writing, but I haven't really liked it. I didn't think it was good enough. So the whole project is stalled. And I went through. I had this perfect description of how I was trying to relay this point. And I think I had to search through 40 notepads, page by page by page, because I wrote this whole thing down that it popped in my head, and I couldn't. I was like, I have to find it. I have to find It's like the Seinfeld thing, although he's more successful.

I just was like, I can't find it. And then when I found it, man, holy shit. I think I might have gone out that night. I was so excited just to celebrate. What do you got going on? A new job? No, I found this paragraph that really put this point together in a succinct fashion. I couldn't say that word right there.

Really put the iPad guys ahead of the game when you can just keyword search for something like that.

Yeah, I guess I could do with that. There's probably no It's too big.

No, you've been doing it. Yeah, you've been doing it this way for too long. I'm a ped of paper guy.

But there was a general Rosillo database that I wanted to keep going through the word documents where there was these things that I was always coming back to, whether it was the quarterback bus rate thing that People have only heard that segment 700 times from me. There was a time when I used to get really mad at Calherd for calling Aaron Rodgers essentially a loser because he had all those one-score losses. And then I decided just one day, I was so annoyed by Calherd segment that I went through all of... This was the first 17 one-score losses and how bad his record was. And I went through the 17 games and how many times he actually got you the go ahead, TD, and then the defense lets you down or the other team kicked the game winning field goal and he never got the ball back. It was so clear that it wasn't on Aaron Rodgers, but it looked really bad. So I always felt like there were these talking points that anyone on the air should have memorized. So I used to have this database that I would go back to and be like, No, that's wrong because of this or this.

Or like the FARV. I'm talking packers QBs here. But whenever I would say, Hey, look, FARV was super annoying at the end, and he would say he was going to retire, and then the packers were just over it. And then the line that I was told is that the packers wanted their franchise back. And that's why the Favre exit was pretty understandably narcissistic, because he's like, I'm fucking Brett Favre. But it had gone on for years and years and years. And then it was just funny how people argued that years later. They just didn't remember the timeline of all these things. So I would keep these quotes, and I'd have it at the ready whenever we were doing. And I don't know. I think once I got locked out of ESPN's thing, the Racilla database no longer exists. So I've talked about updating that. I've talked about it myself. Maybe you could legacy box this shit. Yeah, that would be quite the book.

Do you legacy box it? Just send it all away.

Just get it digitized. Imagine a publisher going like, do you think we can move any units of that?

There was a little book.

Segment structures. It's not even structured. It would just be like, hey, I I keep coming back to these things time and time again. So let's just all have them like an essentialized database so I can pull it up whenever I need to. And you also start realizing, too, when you talk for a living and do this, it's like, hey, why don't you just make a point and then hammer it. Then don't worry about it. Saree is bored by this already. So let's take a quick break. These are quicker. So why don't we bang these I love this one. All right. Movie theater etiquette. Did I go too far? Good day, sir. It's 31, 61210. You got to ask.

Maybe it did. That's all I'll say.

Bench 225. Basketball comp is a kind and passive Draymon Green. What is that? That's funny.

I don't know, but it's funny.

Utility player, I guess. Yeah, who's a good teammate.

Esbn. Com earlier this week, it was like first story was an NFL trade deadline thing like Soss Gardner, Quinn Williams. Second story was Draymon Green calls Dack a Bum. Was the second thing. Anyway, here's the deal. Nothing more ESPN than that. Yeah. Over the last couple of years, I have to I have the habit of going to the movies once a month, often on my own. I told my buddy that. He says it's weird. No. No, it isn't.

It's the least weird thing you could do, dude. Keep doing you.

Yeah. Tell him not to be so dependent upon society. Walking in the woods.

Go your own way, man.

And bring some water. I think it's weird. He thinks it's weird. We agree with you. I'm going there to watch a movie, not socialize. Anyway, I walked over to my local theater to see the new PTA movie, One Battle After Another. Hell, yeah. You saw Kyle? Loved it.

70 millimeter IMAX. God damn. Still thinking about it.

The road scene?

The road scene.

They must have known.

They need to say anything else. I know.

They must have been like, Hey, whatever we're doing this movie, let's just have a killer road scene that in theater, you have to see. So, Rudy, have you seen it? Do you hear that, Rudy?

I have not. I was supposed to see it a couple of weeks ago.

Heard your compromise on it.

We compromised and saw a different movie. I don't even remember what it was called. It wasn't bad. It was the one with Keanu Reeves. It's like an angel. That sounds really good. It was funny. I don't know. It was... Actually, Keanu Reeves was very good name. I don't even know. I got to figure out what the name of this movie is. But no, I will see it. I hope it's still in theaters. I'll see this.

It'll be on HBO in three months. You'll be fine.

That's also true. No road scene in that one.

I was going to say, I won't get the good road scene.

It's such a good road scene. All right. What are we doing?

I'm trying to look up this movie. Hold on.

Keep going. Yeah. No, let us know. I might want to check it out. It It was fine. I sat in the back row, smack dab in the middle. It's usually a poorly populated theater. So by the time the film started, there were maybe 10 people watching. About 30 minutes into the movie, two teenagers, 15-ish, walk up the stairs to the back row and sit in the two seats right in the corner. No big deal. Immediately, I see one instance of flash photography. And odd, I think, maybe it was a mistake, but there continues to be a lot of talking coming from them. And another two instances of flash photography. At this point, I'm looking over at them. They're huddled over their phones, laughing and talking oblivious to the world. Obviously, that movie etiquette is atrocious, but here's where I'd like some judgment. After enduring 15 minutes of this, I waved in on calling out to them or getting a staff member or loudly, shushing. But I thought it'd be funny if I just mozied over them and plopped down right beside them. So that's what I did. Hell, yeah. Didn't say anything when I got there.

Just looked them both in the eyes and sat down beside them. Sat there for a good 10 minutes watching the movie. Eventually, I looked at them both and said, Just keep it down, Canadian. That's his call. Then walked back over to my seat. They left the theater a few minutes later. Now, no matter your verdict, I'm still going to think that that was hilarious. But did I go too far? Is this a story I keep to myself or share when it pops in my head? Cheers. That's awesome.

This would have been the third thing we came up with and all agreed that was the best thing. I'd say, Hell, yeah, man. Way to make You're already going to the theater by yourself. You're building a case for most interesting man in your town. Hell, yeah, dude.

I don't know that I would have even thought of that. That's pretty incredible. Because the easy thing to do is just tell them to shut up or shush. That's what they want, though, right?

Because they don't really care about shamed. Now you're opening the Pandora's box of teenagers. 15, they're fucking wild cards, man.

But how do you make them uncomfortable? You did it. Congrats. You fucking nailed it.

It sounds like they certainly didn't buy tickets for that movie. If they're going in there not caring and then leaving right after. They probably just walked in and you're like, you're the new sheriff in town. You just awkwarded them into finding something else more fun than disrupting your movie. I don't know. I think you're a genius.

No notes. I have nothing for you other than praise.

That reminds me of Ryan's noodle thing. Remember it was a hot tub or something? You were just poking with a noodle. You have to outstrange them. It's just like, they don't know what the hell they're at. I feel like that was... I always remember that one because I was like, I never thought of it, but when you're dealing with teenagers, I think you have to throw them off kilter. They want you to be upset because they can do upset better than you. That was really genius.

Yeah, it should also be said, you could just yell, Shut up, Virgin, and then see how they react to that as well.

Not very Canadian.

No, the A, Shut up, Virgin.

Yeah, I always feel like Well, I don't know. I don't deal with a ton of teenagers, but when they're ever trying to step it up to make you feel uncomfortable because they just don't have any concept that we already know every move. When that's the thing about being a teenager, you think everybody's so stupid and it's like, actually, everybody knows everything you're trying to do because they've already done it. When you can outweird them, it freaks them out. I mean, it's like using their powers against them, and they tap out pretty quick. Although, the man Beach. There's a Manhattan Beach crew I'm afraid of. I don't know if they're the Coin Boys, but it's 12 to 14. You see a little quicker on their feet? Yeah, four of those guys coming, I cross the street.

Yeah, dude. Yeah, because if you're not getting into that weird mode, it's just like anything that you do, they're like, Oh, look at this fucking idiot. And now that there's four of them, it multiplies. It's like, damn.

Oh, they feed off each other.

I know that they're wrong, but the majority says they're right because there's four of them and there's one of me.

Because it doesn't even matter. You just be like, Sweet pants, loser, and you're like, They're pants. All they are is pants.

These are Lulu Lemon, dude.

What did he say? What did he So, yeah, I don't- Aren't those for girls? I'm just trying to get a smoothie. It's like, I can't. 16, you can start saying 12 to 14. I can't. That's a level I can't conquer. All right. I think that'll do it for us. There's a couple other here. Somebody else followed up on the marathon thing, but I'm going to save this for a little bit later.

We're marathoned out, yeah.

Are you? All right. Maybe that'll be a rule. He actually included an old NBA Today trade that you really like, or trades that suck Deep down, you know you really like. I think, I forget what the title of it was. He sent in the trade that he had sent in to us over... I mean, shoot, I don't know. That was like 15 years ago we were doing that pod, maybe longer, 17 years ago, I think one season when I did it. Seventy-five bucks an episode. It's crazy when you say it out loud. That was after I got zero dollars an episode. The first year was, This is a great opportunity for you next year. Then it was like, So what are we doing this year? We're giving you a raise from zero to $75. You're like, Holy shit. I get to talk about my favorite sport. Thanks.

Yeah, notepads.

Yeah, tons. I mean, that was big time. If you think I wasn't coming home with a few extra legal pads after making zero dollars an episode.

We were writing a little smaller in those days.

What's your pen situation?

Are you a big gel pen? That's a good question. I feel like that's got to be it.

Heavy, dude.

Okay. That's not really a gel pen, though. That looks more like a ballpoint.

That looks like if you left that somewhere, you might go back for it.

Yeah. But the great thing is that it's a nice pen. It's heavy and it costs 40 bucks, so it makes me keep track of it way more than just whatever. But we've got a whole box of Bicks down here ready to go at the ready if you need it. I don't like a medium... I need a fine point. I don't like the medium one. I don't like the chunky ink thing where the lines are thicker and all of a sudden there's ink everywhere. I won't buy a white couch because of the pens. That's another thing that I had to learn. Even leather, it's going to be a little bit darker because there's just going to be pen lines all over the place. If you're out there, if If you're one of the note takers, just think about that next time you're looking at the restoration. This is what it takes. Yeah.

Take some notes.

When your wife wants to wash belgen, linen, white finish restoration hardware cloud, you're going to go, Hey, I'm taking notes. Are you going to go cream or darker? I'm taking notes. And yeah, to the movie theater people out there, and hopefully... Oh, by the way, if you do want to hit us up for our NBA good 10 It's our NBA mailbag. It's nbamailbagrr@gmail. Com. Different than life advice, rr@gmail. Com. But Sari has not seen the new PTA movie. He's not seen the road scene. To quote my roommate from college, when we came back after Jurassic Park came out that summer, he was like, You didn't see Jurassic Park at the theater? Honestly, biggest mistake of your life, Chris McGirt. The Riders Solo show.

By the way, really quick, the movie was Good Fortune that I saw. Not bad, but I do wish. I also got an attempted pickpocket that day. It was a tough day for your boy overall.

You haven't told a story about somebody... You only told me that?

I think so. I've told other people, but I don't think I told on the pod. Yeah, some guy tried to steal my wallet in the bathroom after the movie.

In the bathroom?

Yeah. That's insane.

Yeah, so this is... I'm walking in and...

Let's not save it. All right. Well, next pod. No. Yeah, that's a good tease. That's a good tease. All right. Count up next.

Closing counter in the bathroom.

It was. And what that means for the Cowboys defense. Get up. All right. Thanks to Cerruti. Thanks to Kyle. Thanks to everybody here. Ryan Rusillo show part of the Barstool Network.