Full Transcript for Hour Three | Nick Underhill Talks Saints, AJ McCarron's Sam Leavitt Comments & Ask the Bench

different to the players and the 79 00:03:39.800 --> 00:03:43.020 people around the program, franchise, whatever it might be. So, like, 80 00:03:43.060 --> 00:03:46.280 that to me kind of asks the question, well, why'd 81 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:46.860 you do it then? 82 00:03:48.300 --> 00:03:50.259 Yeah, I mean, that's kind of the thing that's strange 83 00:03:50.280 --> 00:03:50.449 to me. 84 00:03:50.500 --> 00:03:54.349 Like, typically you don't see, like, the assistant tight ends 85 00:03:54.409 --> 00:03:57.490 coach getting fired because the tight ends aren't performing well. 86 00:03:57.509 --> 00:04:00.240 It's usually the tight ends coach gets fired and then 87 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:01.879 somebody else takes over the tight end. 88 00:04:01.919 --> 00:04:04.300 Like, that's usually just kind of how this stuff goes. 89 00:04:04.360 --> 00:04:06.219 It's not usually, like, the sidekick. Yeah. 90 00:04:06.879 --> 00:04:09.919 From everything I've heard, you know, it sounded like he 91 00:04:09.979 --> 00:04:12.729 was second fiddle in that room would kind of sit 92 00:04:12.770 --> 00:04:15.090 in the back of the room. Like, you know, Nugent 93 00:04:15.129 --> 00:04:17.550 was doing everything. You know, I think he had some 94 00:04:17.709 --> 00:04:19.769 input into things, but even the stuff he brought here, 95 00:04:19.810 --> 00:04:22.490 like they've kind of gone away from this year. And look, 96 00:04:22.529 --> 00:04:24.439 I like, I want to be clear. Like, I don't 97 00:04:24.449 --> 00:04:26.240 think anybody involved with that run game is doing a 98 00:04:26.259 --> 00:04:28.420 good job. So, you know, to me, this kind of 99 00:04:28.459 --> 00:04:32.660 feels like maybe there was something between, you know, Nugent and, 100 00:04:32.899 --> 00:04:36.850 and Paganetti where, Maybe they didn't work great together. And 101 00:04:37.089 --> 00:04:39.370 for whatever reason, Callum feels like clearing out one of 102 00:04:39.410 --> 00:04:41.910 those voices maybe empowers. 103 00:04:41.370 --> 00:04:42.209 The other guy to do more. 104 00:04:42.250 --> 00:04:45.899 But like, boy, man, that's like a promotion for kind 105 00:04:45.920 --> 00:04:48.360 of the offensive line coach who doesn't really seem to 106 00:04:48.879 --> 00:04:52.199 be doing, you know, like just judging the offensive line, 107 00:04:52.250 --> 00:04:54.089 not just in the run game, the pass game, like 108 00:04:54.490 --> 00:04:56.750 doesn't really feel like that's the the. 109 00:04:57.319 --> 00:04:59.019 The thing you want to hang your hat on right now. 110 00:04:59.180 --> 00:05:00.579 So I don't know. 111 00:05:00.620 --> 00:05:03.069 It's kind of like being a, every, everything's cynical. 112 00:05:02.750 --> 00:05:04.189 When you're losing and it's not working. 113 00:05:04.209 --> 00:05:06.870 And, you know, maybe this is a thing that changes everything, 114 00:05:06.910 --> 00:05:08.490 but like, it's hard not just to sit here and 115 00:05:08.509 --> 00:05:11.949 be like, was this not just a cosmetic change? Like, 116 00:05:12.009 --> 00:05:15.079 is this actually, are you just doing this to placate? 117 00:05:15.300 --> 00:05:17.600 Is it, is it actually going to lead to better results? 118 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:21.540 Just kind of, kind of a weird, a weird setup here. 119 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:22.540 Let me ask you this though. 120 00:05:22.699 --> 00:05:25.189 Like, Even if it is a move just to placate, 121 00:05:25.269 --> 00:05:27.410 even if it just is like a move, like a 122 00:05:27.509 --> 00:05:30.740 PR move, don't you want them to at least do 123 00:05:30.819 --> 00:05:34.560 something like it's something right. It's still like, you can 124 00:05:34.600 --> 00:05:35.920 kind of hate on it and be like, is it 125 00:05:35.959 --> 00:05:36.819 going to change anything? 126 00:05:36.939 --> 00:05:37.160 Yeah. 127 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:40.300 But like, at least there's an acknowledgement there that something's 128 00:05:40.339 --> 00:05:43.399 screwed up. Um, I look at it as a little 129 00:05:43.439 --> 00:05:46.180 bit more of, you kind of said it a second ago. 130 00:05:47.079 --> 00:05:52.259 Does this, does something changing in that workflow? that empowers 131 00:05:52.319 --> 00:05:56.579 somebody else to be more creative or to stand on 132 00:05:56.600 --> 00:05:59.459 their idea a little bit more firmly because maybe there 133 00:05:59.500 --> 00:06:03.410 was a bad relationship and somebody was creating plays and 134 00:06:03.449 --> 00:06:05.790 getting vetoed or they didn't fight for it enough. Does 135 00:06:05.850 --> 00:06:09.509 it change the workflow in the slightest? Cause it can't like, 136 00:06:10.370 --> 00:06:13.589 it can't continue the same way. Does that workflow within 137 00:06:13.649 --> 00:06:15.910 the coach and in the game development and the running 138 00:06:15.939 --> 00:06:19.879 game development, maybe somebody now steps up a little bit 139 00:06:19.899 --> 00:06:23.920 more and trust their gut, trust their creativity, trust their 140 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:27.120 film work to stand up for like a play here, 141 00:06:27.139 --> 00:06:28.920 a play there that they normally wouldn't have. 142 00:06:29.819 --> 00:06:29.959 Yeah. 143 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:32.079 I think you said a few things there that are like, definitely, 144 00:06:32.639 --> 00:06:34.490 you know, on the head, like some, one of these 145 00:06:34.550 --> 00:06:36.569 two guys had to go, like you rushed for 12 146 00:06:36.569 --> 00:06:39.829 design yards, somebody involved with the run game has to go. 147 00:06:39.949 --> 00:06:42.329 Like, there's just no doubt about it. He picked his side. 148 00:06:42.370 --> 00:06:43.810 He went with Nugent. That's the guy. 149 00:06:44.470 --> 00:06:46.949 Um, I think when you're losing everything you do is 150 00:06:47.250 --> 00:06:49.750 everyone disagrees with everything. It's just the way it is. Like, well, 151 00:06:49.769 -->

00:06:51.750 is this actually going to change anything? Well, I mean, 152 00:06:52.430 --> 00:06:54.810 probably not. Cause if you're firing people in the middle 153 00:06:54.850 --> 00:06:56.589 of the season, when you have two wins, you probably 154 00:06:56.610 --> 00:06:58.879 don't have a lot of answers in your building. So, like, 155 00:06:58.899 --> 00:07:03.220 I doubt there's a magic elixir here, but maybe there is. But, yeah, 156 00:07:03.399 --> 00:07:04.839 I think the thing here that you take away from 157 00:07:04.879 --> 00:07:07.639 this is that he brought a guy he worked with 158 00:07:07.819 --> 00:07:09.839 in Los Angeles over. He brought a guy over from 159 00:07:09.879 --> 00:07:12.360 Philadelphia that he worked with over. He put those two 160 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:15.480 guys in a room together, and something about that dynamic 161 00:07:15.540 --> 00:07:18.639 did not work. And he picked a side. He picked Nugent. 162 00:07:18.699 --> 00:07:21.029 Maybe Nugent's the guy to, you know, go ahead. Maybe 163 00:07:21.069 --> 00:07:23.310 it's easier for him to get to where he needs 164 00:07:23.329 --> 00:07:26.120 to go without having to go over, you know, If 165 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:28.000 TJ's like, well, no, I don't want to be an 166 00:07:28.040 --> 00:07:28.860 outside zone guy. 167 00:07:28.920 --> 00:07:30.660 Like, I think we should be doing this. We should be, 168 00:07:31.139 --> 00:07:33.199 and Nugent has different philosophies. Yeah. 169 00:07:33.240 --> 00:07:34.899 I mean, maybe you have to clear somebody out and 170 00:07:34.939 --> 00:07:36.379 maybe that is the thing that fixes it. 171 00:07:37.209 --> 00:07:38.889 You just, you know, I think we're beyond the point 172 00:07:38.930 --> 00:07:40.990 of like, well, oh man, he did this. 173 00:07:41.029 --> 00:07:42.850 So it's going to work. Like, I think they're beyond 174 00:07:42.889 --> 00:07:44.490 benefit of doubt. Like kind of got to see it 175 00:07:44.509 --> 00:07:47.740 proven right now. I will say this though, like it is, 176 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:52.639 is cynical and negative as everything is. I don't, think 177 00:07:52.699 --> 00:07:54.850 it's impossible for an NFL team to figure out how 178 00:07:54.870 --> 00:07:57.410 to run, run the ball. Like I think at some point, 179 00:07:57.470 --> 00:07:59.990 like other teams do it. Like you see other teams 180 00:08:00.009 --> 00:08:00.610 do it every week. 181 00:08:00.670 --> 00:08:02.550 They can run the ball. Like they have successful plays. 182 00:08:02.569 --> 00:08:05.350 They, they rushed for 20 yards, you know, like they, 183 00:08:05.389 --> 00:08:07.629 they actually do it on purpose. Like, I think there 184 00:08:07.670 --> 00:08:09.860 has to be a way to, to, to figure this out. 185 00:08:10.160 --> 00:08:12.759 And maybe this is it. It's just kind of hard 186 00:08:12.839 --> 00:08:14.339 to see it. And it's kind of hard not to 187 00:08:14.360 --> 00:08:16.889 feel like, well, boy,

this doesn't feel like a huge 188 00:08:16.970 --> 00:08:19.829 change was actually going to happen. But I think you're right, Flynn. 189 00:08:19.850 --> 00:08:22.980 They had to do something. And if they hadn't, we'd 190 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:24.759 be sitting here being like, I can't believe you don't 191 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:28.339 do this. And maybe firing somebody gets everybody's attention. Every 192 00:08:28.379 --> 00:08:29.579 now and then, I think you do need to make 193 00:08:29.620 --> 00:08:30.259 a move like this. 194 00:08:31.800 --> 00:08:36.370 On a normal two-win team, we wouldn't really worry about 195 00:08:36.519 --> 00:08:39.549 rushing players back or reinforcements. But because you play in 196 00:08:39.570 --> 00:08:42.509 the NFC South, it is a gift that keeps on giving. 197 00:08:42.690 --> 00:08:45.830 We're looking at who the Saints could get back from injury, 198 00:08:46.350 --> 00:08:49.490 Travis H and Jordan Tyson, two names that have been 199 00:08:49.610 --> 00:08:52.830 on the IR. What's the latest with those two players 200 00:08:52.889 --> 00:08:55.330 or either one of those players close to actually being 201 00:08:55.350 --> 00:08:57.730 back on the practice field, much less the game field. 202 00:08:59.090 --> 00:09:02.090 Um, I think with, with HN is probably a week 203 00:09:02.110 --> 00:09:05.169 or two away. Uh, still at this point, Jordan Tyson, I, 204 00:09:05.549 --> 00:09:07.200 I would hope so. Like, I think it's gotta be 205 00:09:07.340 --> 00:09:09.360 at the point where, where he's about to get back 206 00:09:09.440 --> 00:09:09.799 out there. 207 00:09:09.820 --> 00:09:14.070 Um, I was a little surprised yesterday. Like if, if Jordan. 208 00:09:13.830 --> 00:09:15.850 Tyson's ready to go, like, why doesn't he just say like, yeah, 209 00:09:15.870 --> 00:09:18.629 he'll probably start practicing this week. And maybe in other 210 00:09:18.669 --> 00:09:22.460 situations I'd read into that. But like, I think sometimes 211 00:09:22.509 --> 00:09:25.100 Kellen just doesn't take the, the easy PR wins that 212 00:09:25.120 --> 00:09:26.960 are like right in front of them. So I guess like, 213 00:09:27.059 --> 00:09:31.200 we'll kind of see on that one. Is that even 214 00:09:31.259 --> 00:09:33.299 rushing back at this point? Like it's been an incredibly 215 00:09:33.320 --> 00:09:34.100 long time with them. 216 00:09:35.279 --> 00:09:35.940 It's November. 217 00:09:36.889 --> 00:09:39.279 Yeah i mean holy crap like it should be it 218 00:09:39.299 --> 00:09:41.620 should be going at this point like so they've been 219 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:44.440 sending him to like one of those outside facilities like 220 00:09:44.480 --> 00:09:46.100 and they put them in machines and they really test 221 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:47.379 it and they go through it so like if you're 222 00:09:47.419 --> 00:09:49.980 taking the time to actually if this is like a 223 00:09:50.019 --> 00:09:52.230 christian watson thing or whatever like where you take the 224 00:09:52.269 --> 00:09:53.889 time you figure it out you get on the other 225 00:09:53.929 --> 00:09:55.350 side of it and then it's no longer an issue 226 00:09:55.389 --> 00:09:59.649 like okay cool who cares um if it's not i 227 00:09:59.690 --> 00:10:02.450 mean that that's alarming um you know taking the time 228 00:10:02.490 --> 00:10:04.549 i think isn't necessarily a bad thing if it's actually 229 00:10:04.570 --> 00:10:07.340 the solution but you know i think i think the 230 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:09.629 thing with him is if you end up missing on 231 00:10:09.649 --> 00:10:13.509 the obvious red flag like that's an unforgivable like miss 232 00:10:13.610 --> 00:10:15.750 like you can't draft the hamstring guy and then like 233 00:10:15.789 --> 00:10:18.940 his career is forever altered because of hamstrings like you 234 00:10:18.980 --> 00:10:20.360 actually have to figure it out so if you're taking 235 00:10:20.379 --> 00:10:23.320 the time to do it good um need to see 236 00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:25.500 him though like i i think that would be a 237 00:10:25.519 --> 00:10:27.720 huge boost to the team too like bryce lance hasn't 238 00:10:28.259 --> 00:10:30.090 been the difference maker you know they need all the 239 00:10:30.120 --> 00:10:31.909 help they can get i think you know if you 240 00:10:31.929 --> 00:10:34.190 give kellen more more talent i think it helps him 241 00:10:34.330 --> 00:10:37.090 figure out everything else like as he goes along it 242 00:10:37.110 --> 00:10:39.909 buys him time at least yeah uh he needs to 243 00:10:39.929 --> 00:10:41.169 start getting out there pretty quick here. 244 00:10:42.620 --> 00:10:45.179 Nick, it is November 3rd. 245 00:10:46.200 --> 00:10:49.620 If you had to reset all the records to 0-0 246 00:10:49.779 --> 00:10:53.779 in the NFC South, and you played the rest of 247 00:10:53.820 --> 00:10:56.360 the schedule, who's the best team in the NFC South 248 00:10:56.960 --> 00:10:57.539 right now? 249 00:11:00.559 --> 00:11:02.039 I mean, do you go Tampa because they just got 250 00:11:02.059 --> 00:11:04.360 their quarterback back, even though they just won a game 251 00:11:04.379 --> 00:11:05.299 without their quarterback? 252 00:11:05.539 --> 00:11:07.639 They didn't complete a pass. I mean, Bucky Irby is 253 00:11:07.659 --> 00:11:09.919 playing as well as anybody in the division. Yeah. 254 00:11:11.230 --> 00:11:13.950 It's one of those two, yeah. I mean, it's not 255 00:11:13.970 --> 00:11:17.570 the Saints. It's probably not Atlanta. 256 00:11:17.590 --> 00:11:19.409 Atlanta's got the best win in the division. 257 00:11:20.549 --> 00:11:20.870 Yeah. 258 00:11:21.509 --> 00:11:24.169 They're so inconsistent. I know. It's crazy. I mean, same 259 00:11:24.190 --> 00:11:25.330 thing with Carolina. 260 00:11:26.889 --> 00:11:28.350 From here on out, like, if you played, like, a 261 00:11:28.450 --> 00:11:30.889 neutral schedule, everybody,

like, you do, like, a round robin 262 00:11:30.929 --> 00:11:35.070 or whatever going forward, I would probably, like, I just 263 00:11:35.110 --> 00:11:36.750 think I have to go with Tampa, even though I 264 00:11:36.769 --> 00:11:37.230 don't really know. 265 00:11:37.649 --> 00:11:40.009 Believe in them um i i got. 266 00:11:39.889 --> 00:11:42.669 Some block with carolina man like i just for some 267 00:11:42.710 --> 00:11:45.269 reason i just can't see them for for anything else. 268 00:11:45.190 --> 00:11:48.720 And like untrustworthy man like they i i was singing 269 00:11:48.740 --> 00:11:50.440 their praises a couple of weeks ago saying like they're 270 00:11:50.460 --> 00:11:54.740 the real deal like they're for real they are untrustworthy yeah. 271 00:11:55.360 --> 00:11:56.820 Yeah i got i got something yeah i mean there's 272 00:11:56.840 --> 00:11:59.399 just something i can't get on like this other side 273 00:11:59.460 --> 00:12:01.759 of like bryce lance like it's just one of them 274 00:12:01.779 --> 00:12:03.919 things man like and i'm i'm probably wrong like i 275 00:12:03.940 --> 00:12:05.600 just have trouble seeing them kind of for for the 276 00:12:05.659 --> 00:12:09.029 upside so I would probably pick Tampa right now. 277 00:12:10.409 --> 00:12:15.129 I think in those four teams, I think Tampa is 278 00:12:15.190 --> 00:12:18.490 the most trustworthy. Now, I don't trust that they're going 279 00:12:18.509 --> 00:12:21.710 to win every game. I just trust that they have 280 00:12:21.750 --> 00:12:25.299 an identity, at least, of some sorts, and they're going 281 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:29.139 to play consistently, and they're always going to have an opportunity, 282 00:12:29.659 --> 00:12:32.179 I guess. They're kind of like a dumbed-down version of 283 00:12:32.220 --> 00:12:34.039 the Steelers to me. They're just going to be. 284 00:12:36.750 --> 00:12:39.029 They're just always going to have an opportunity at the end. 285 00:12:39.190 --> 00:12:40.889 It just might not be as good of an opportunity 286 00:12:40.929 --> 00:12:41.870 as the Steelers are going to have. 287 00:12:42.490 --> 00:12:47.399 That's where people from Pittsburgh go for vacation. There you go. 288 00:12:47.799 --> 00:12:50.759 I mean, we're talking about it. We're kind of joking 289 00:12:50.779 --> 00:12:53.559 about it. But, I mean, the division is so bad. 290 00:12:53.860 --> 00:12:56.220 Is there any way, is there anything that you can 291 00:12:56.320 --> 00:12:58.559 point to with this Saints team to say that they 292 00:12:58.600 --> 00:13:01.679 can do anything of note that matters, even in a 293 00:13:01.860 --> 00:13:02.840 very bad division? 294 00:13:04.320 --> 00:13:06.399 The division kind of disgusts me because it's going. 295 00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:08.539 To allow them to do the thing where it's like, well, 296 00:13:08.720 --> 00:13:11.460 like we were, we were a game back in week 14. 297 00:13:11.460 --> 00:13:13.580 Like we were in

it in the, in the December. 298 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:15.419 And like, so we're just, we're going to run it 299 00:13:15.440 --> 00:13:16.899 back and we're going to try to win the South. 300 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:19.240 It wasn't that far off. There were, you know, two 301 00:13:19.279 --> 00:13:21.379 games that were one score away and it had this 302 00:13:21.419 --> 00:13:23.610 happen like that. That's what's going to happen here. Like, 303 00:13:23.950 --> 00:13:26.210 and I think the division has allowed them to hide 304 00:13:26.269 --> 00:13:29.350 some of their like incompetency for, for quite a while. 305 00:13:29.429 --> 00:13:32.210 Like it's, it's been a, like a nice veneer on 306 00:13:32.250 --> 00:13:34.970 top of, uh, where they can kind of, you know, 307 00:13:35.129 --> 00:13:37.570 smile and pretend that they got like the real enamel showing, 308 00:13:37.590 --> 00:13:39.769 but like, it's not. And like that, that's going to 309 00:13:39.809 --> 00:13:43.070 be the problem. I hate this division, man. Cause like 310 00:13:43.230 --> 00:13:46.149 they got two wins and they just fired coaches, which 311 00:13:46.250 --> 00:13:49.360 usually tells you everything's about to implode. And then in 312 00:13:49.389 --> 00:13:52.759 the same press conference, he can credibly say at the 313 00:13:52.820 --> 00:13:54.720 end of it, well, there's a great opportunity. 314 00:13:54.799 --> 00:13:56.419 And we like where we sit in the division. And 315 00:13:57.299 --> 00:13:59.039 it's like, that's, that is true. 316 00:13:59.340 --> 00:14:02.909 I can't call him like a liar for it, but, boy, 317 00:14:02.970 --> 00:14:04.190 it sucks that that's the truth. 318 00:14:04.230 --> 00:14:06.409 Cause like it allows them to kind of get away with, 319 00:14:06.470 --> 00:14:07.090 with where they're at. 320 00:14:07.330 --> 00:14:11.250 Um, yeah, I mean, there is a credible, like if they, 321 00:14:12.250 --> 00:14:14.169 if they win their division. 322 00:14:13.889 --> 00:14:15.710 Record, you know, they got a lot of division games left. 323 00:14:15.750 --> 00:14:17.809 Like they could clean a house in the South and 324 00:14:18.870 --> 00:14:20.990 be close at the end of the year. Like, yes, 325 00:14:21.049 --> 00:14:23.009 there is a, a, an actual way to do it. 326 00:14:23.230 --> 00:14:24.350 And I hate that. It's true. 327 00:14:25.850 --> 00:14:29.090 Uh, I talked about this at the, after the, after 328 00:14:29.129 --> 00:14:32.179 the Steelers game in Paris, um, But I don't want 329 00:14:32.200 --> 00:14:36.200 to know your opinion because you cover the Saints every 330 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:41.470 single day. But your read on the temperature of the 331 00:14:41.629 --> 00:14:44.470 fan base, or at least a portion of the fan base, 332 00:14:47.909 --> 00:14:49.409 do you think there's any part of the fan base 333 00:14:49.429 --> 00:14:55.059 that wants everything to look so bad that they have 334 00:14:55.139 --> 00:14:57.240 no

option but to blow it up? 335 00:14:58.389 --> 00:14:58.750 Oh, yeah. 336 00:14:58.850 --> 00:15:01.330 I think that's definitely a thing where people are at. 337 00:15:01.669 --> 00:15:04.929 I think there's probably more of that than not at 338 00:15:04.950 --> 00:15:07.210 this point. I think people have kind of given up 339 00:15:07.389 --> 00:15:10.269 on the idea of this thing turning around. I mean, there's... 340 00:15:10.850 --> 00:15:14.500 But there's, you know, everything's like politics nowadays now. Like, 341 00:15:14.509 --> 00:15:16.559 if there's one side, there's another side. Like, there's another 342 00:15:16.580 --> 00:15:18.860 side where every day they're like, well, why are you guys, like, 343 00:15:18.899 --> 00:15:22.000 saying this about Cowan or whatever? It's like, hey, look, like, yeah, 344 00:15:22.019 --> 00:15:24.039 they are starting games fast. And then if you're like, well, 345 00:15:24.100 --> 00:15:26.269 I think they can... find a way to cure the 346 00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:27.799 run game. People are like, well, why would you think 347 00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:30.299 he can cure the run game? So, I mean, like 348 00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:33.240 there's no right answers ever for anything, but definitely there's a, 349 00:15:33.299 --> 00:15:37.820 there's a portion of people that I think were actively 350 00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:41.340 hoping they lost to New York and lost to Pittsburgh. 351 00:15:41.580 --> 00:15:43.720 And they felt like that was the eject button. 352 00:15:43.740 --> 00:15:46.820 And if you're out on this front office, I can 353 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:50.389 understand that point of view of people because for a 354 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:52.450 long time, it never felt like, you know, there, there 355 00:15:52.470 --> 00:15:57.220 was actually the real, metrics of like how other teams 356 00:15:57.340 --> 00:15:58.120 view their front office. 357 00:15:58.159 --> 00:16:00.360 It felt like there's a lot of untouchable people. 358 00:16:00.379 --> 00:16:03.299 And then Gail Benson says the name and it's like, 359 00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:05.559 you know, you know, someone's in the mirror saying like 360 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:07.679 candy man once. And it's like, wow, can this happen 361 00:16:07.700 --> 00:16:09.879 two more times? Like, is this actually a real thing now? 362 00:16:09.940 --> 00:16:12.850 Like you're, you're tempting it. So I think, I think 363 00:16:12.870 --> 00:16:16.429 that definitely brought about a segment of the fan base 364 00:16:16.529 --> 00:16:19.330 where they were desperately kind of hoping, you know, it 365 00:16:19.350 --> 00:16:23.210 gets to the end. I still don't, as we sit 366 00:16:23.230 --> 00:16:25.590 here today, I struggle to see the, the, the outcome 367 00:16:25.629 --> 00:16:27.070 where the whole thing gets blown up though. 368 00:16:27.129 --> 00:16:31.039 Like I really do. On the other hand, I don't 369 00:16:31.059 --> 00:16:32.820 know that you can let, let him, you know, make 370 00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:35.039 a third hire. Like you don't get three shots at that. 371 00:16:35.100 --> 00:16:36.820 Like that would be really crazy to kind of see, 372 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:38.940 you know, you get 10 years to kind of dig 373 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:41.139 your way out of the post Sean Payton era of it. 374 00:16:41.710 --> 00:16:43.750 But I guess it's, it's, you know, kind of one 375 00:16:43.769 --> 00:16:45.850 of those blocks, man. Like I just, I'm not going 376 00:16:45.870 --> 00:16:48.049 to believe that it could actually happen until it does happen. 377 00:16:48.070 --> 00:16:52.029 But yeah, man, There's definitely a thirst for blood, I think, 378 00:16:52.049 --> 00:16:53.529 in some corners of the fan base. 379 00:16:55.190 --> 00:16:58.529 All right. There he is, our guy, Nick Underhill, NewOrleans.Football. 380 00:16:58.549 --> 00:17:01.049 Good enough to join us every single Tuesday here on 381 00:17:01.070 --> 00:17:03.950 the show. Go check out the work at NewOrleans.Football. Nicholas, 382 00:17:03.990 --> 00:17:05.650 we appreciate the time as always, sir. 383 00:17:06.430 --> 00:17:07.170 Yeah, take it easy, guys. 384 00:17:07.569 --> 00:17:13.869 Thanks, Nick. Other than that, how was the play, Miss Lincoln? 385 00:17:15.349 --> 00:17:17.119 Sheesh. 386 00:17:17.150 --> 00:17:20.869 Nick did a nice job there. Yeah, he did. And 387 00:17:20.920 --> 00:17:22.170 it's a tough reality. 388 00:17:22.589 --> 00:17:22.829 It is. 389 00:17:22.930 --> 00:17:24.690 It's a tough reality, but I'm so glad that he 390 00:17:24.750 --> 00:17:26.690 is real with it. It's not easy for him. And 391 00:17:26.710 --> 00:17:29.329 that's the thing. He's in that building every day. It's not. 392 00:17:29.490 --> 00:17:32.369 And we kind of asked him that a couple weeks ago, too. 393 00:17:32.430 --> 00:17:36.009 It's like if they had– there's a balance there between 394 00:17:36.430 --> 00:17:39.710 people that have to report on the Saints and objectively report. 395 00:17:39.750 --> 00:17:41.319 Like you have to report the news and the things 396 00:17:41.339 --> 00:17:42.950 that are actually happening, but then you also have to 397 00:17:42.990 --> 00:17:46.140 be in that building. And that's kind of the job, 398 00:17:46.180 --> 00:17:47.759 and it's a hard job. But as long as, like, 399 00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:51.579 you're speaking truths, you're not really speaking opinions. And the 400 00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:54.839 truth is it's not close to good enough. 401 00:17:55.099 --> 00:17:55.279 Right. 402 00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:58.400 And the truth is, is that the way fan bases 403 00:17:58.579 --> 00:18:04.160 feel and how is that they don't really, there's given 404 00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:05.880 them no reason to see a light at the end 405 00:18:05.900 --> 00:18:06.359 of the tunnel. 406 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:06.920 Right. 407 00:18:07.140 --> 00:18:10.549 There's nothing to be hopeful

for. So like, that is honest. 408 00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:13.509 Like you have to be honest. And like, he just 409 00:18:13.529 --> 00:18:15.210 said it. I don't see how you get to hire 410 00:18:15.250 --> 00:18:18.549 a third one because, and you say that because it's 411 00:18:18.670 --> 00:18:19.309 nobody does. 412 00:18:19.829 --> 00:18:19.930 No. 413 00:18:20.279 --> 00:18:23.400 Not because, like, we're saying, like, you are terrible, you're trash, blah, blah, 414 00:18:23.420 --> 00:18:27.259 you can't do it. But that goes against everything everybody does. 415 00:18:29.119 --> 00:18:31.960 The other GMs that have been GMs, you know, as 416 00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:34.900 long as Mickey's been there, have been owners of the team. 417 00:18:35.059 --> 00:18:37.539 He's the fourth longest tenured in the history of the NFL, 418 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:39.039 and two of them are owner GMs. 419 00:18:39.200 --> 00:18:39.420 Yeah. 420 00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:46.039 So. And it's nothing against him or that, like. It's 421 00:18:46.180 --> 00:18:48.180 just not. It's been good times. It's just not. It's 422 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:50.930 not been. It's just not the norm. 423 00:18:51.390 --> 00:18:51.529 No. 424 00:18:51.670 --> 00:18:54.970 And if you're going to go outside of the norm, 425 00:18:56.109 --> 00:18:56.809 it's got to be good. 426 00:18:57.190 --> 00:18:59.230 Yeah. 427 00:18:59.349 --> 00:19:00.750 And nobody can make the argument. 428 00:19:00.769 --> 00:19:04.380 I don't care what ESPN's got the matchup predictor this weekend. 429 00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:08.039 It's still not good. No, it is not. All right. 430 00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:12.539 We are going to step away and we'll come back 431 00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:15.880 and talk about the Saints matchup with the Browns or 432 00:19:15.900 --> 00:19:20.269 the more exciting. I don't want to talk about that. 433 00:19:20.289 --> 00:19:22.609 We've been talking about that since Moby Dick was a minnow. 434 00:19:23.069 --> 00:19:24.569 We'll be back more OTB. 435 00:19:24.809 --> 00:19:25.470 Off the bench. 436 00:19:25.490 --> 00:19:26.869 Everybody shook their heads. 437 00:19:26.910 --> 00:19:27.109 Yes. 438 00:19:27.809 --> 00:19:31.750 Every child needs somebody in their corner. Capital area Casa 439 00:19:31.789 --> 00:19:34.650 trains volunteers to advocate for children in East Baton Rouge 440 00:19:34.670 --> 00:19:38.220 parish foster care because of abuse or neglect. You don't 441 00:19:38.299 --> 00:19:42.220 need a law degree. Just consistency and about eight to 442 00:19:42.220 --> 00:19:45.240 10 hours a month. CASA provides the training and support 443 00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:48.549 so you can help a child's voice be heard. 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480 00:22:14.269 --> 00:22:17.609 connecting Louisiana energy to the world. 481 00:22:18.430 --> 00:22:19.259 To the world? 482 00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:19.930 The world. 483 00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:20.950 No. 484 00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:22.400 World? 485 00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:25.079 Which, as far as we know it, everybody in the 486 00:22:25.140 --> 00:22:25.799 whole universe. 487 00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:33.460 We haven't talked about it yet because, well, it's LSU 488 00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:39.029 Bama week and Saints stink right now. But last night's 489 00:22:39.069 --> 00:22:40.450 game in the NFL was pretty good. 490 00:22:40.789 --> 00:22:42.390 Oh, yeah. 491 00:22:42.410 --> 00:22:47.109 Two good football teams. Really good football teams. The Bears 492 00:22:48.470 --> 00:22:52.410 traded two first-round picks for Jeffrey Simmons. Pretty damn good. 493 00:22:53.029 --> 00:22:55.509 At least for one game, it worked out real well. 494 00:22:55.529 --> 00:22:57.150 Three tackles for a loss on the sack. 495 00:22:57.170 --> 00:22:59.390 He opened up everything, too. I don't know if you 496 00:22:59.410 --> 00:23:03.240 all noticed, but every double team went to him. And 497 00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:06.940 it was leaving the edge rushers one-on-one, and they were eating. 498 00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:10.400 Well done. I'm okay. Go for broke. If you got it, 499 00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:11.779 try to win it. 500 00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:15.940 I think the argument to it, the counterpoint, the counterargument 501 00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:20.460 to it is, has it ever worked out? Well, at 502 00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:23.339 least for one game, it certainly did. And that guy, 503 00:23:23.380 --> 00:23:25.839 I was not familiar with his game. I think they 504 00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:29.240 said that's the first time in, I think, three years 505 00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:30.339 he's played on primetime. 506 00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:32.339 Yeah, because he played for the Titans. Yeah. 507 00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:36.490 So I got to be honest with you. When the 508 00:23:36.509 --> 00:23:38.710 trade happened, and I don't know a lot of names, 509 00:23:38.750 --> 00:23:40.049 but I had no idea who he was. 510 00:23:41.349 --> 00:23:45.750 I do now. He's been that guy, but he's been hidden. 511 00:23:45.869 --> 00:23:46.470 And you know what? 512 00:23:46.650 --> 00:23:49.779 I was impressed with him, his interview after the game. 513 00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:56.759 He was interviewed, and he did not. He found a 514 00:23:56.799 --> 00:24:00.279 way to talk about how excited he was to be 515 00:24:00.339 --> 00:24:02.519 playing relative and meaningful football. 516 00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:02.900 Yeah. 517 00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:06.339 Without throwing shade at Tennessee. 518 00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:09.980 He was actually very respectful to the ownership, to the coaches, 519 00:24:10.140 --> 00:24:13.400 to the organization. At the same time, because he could 520 00:24:13.440 -->

00:24:16.880 do it. He handled it very well. He was like, 521 00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:20.279 but I'm so excited to be here playing at night 522 00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:25.019 in a primetime game, meaningful football in November. You could 523 00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:27.400 see it written on his body language. 524 00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:28.339 No doubt. 525 00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:32.170 But at the same time, as a professional player, stud 526 00:24:32.230 --> 00:24:35.130 football player that someone just traded two first rounders for. 527 00:24:35.150 --> 00:24:35.490 Yeah. 528 00:24:35.650 --> 00:24:38.200 Like he was found a way to be respectful to 529 00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:40.019 a team that he dedicated seven. 530 00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:42.839 Years of his life to. So I like those stories. 531 00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:46.660 I like those wins from a human standpoint, guys doing 532 00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:48.849 seemingly at least doing things the right way. 533 00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:50.109 I don't know his backstory. 534 00:24:50.170 --> 00:24:52.329 Again, I didn't know who he was until this trade, 535 00:24:53.309 --> 00:24:55.869 but seemingly doing everything right way, at least saying the 536 00:24:55.910 --> 00:24:56.849 right things afterwards. 537 00:24:56.930 --> 00:24:58.650 And Seattle, a. 538 00:24:58.769 --> 00:25:03.039 Really hard place to play, especially at night. It's just 539 00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:04.839 got a really good fan base, and they get it. 540 00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:06.799 They're a smart fan base. They know when to be loud, 541 00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:12.670 and their defense feeds off of that. And Ben Johnson 542 00:25:12.910 --> 00:25:16.349 and that offense, the way Caleb Williams is playing, they're 543 00:25:16.390 --> 00:25:19.410 just efficient. They don't do anything crazy with the ball. 544 00:25:19.430 --> 00:25:24.529 Their creativity, they're so creative. It's hard to be simple 545 00:25:24.950 --> 00:25:29.130 on offense, and the things they do just consistently seem 546 00:25:29.190 --> 00:25:29.990 so simple. 547 00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:35.160 But they're creative. And everything's set up by the run. Yeah. 548 00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:37.640 They got answers. Hey, they got Caleb Williams. He's a 549 00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:40.049 pretty good quarterback, huh? Oh, my God. He's so good. 550 00:25:40.069 --> 00:25:42.029 They got Colson Loveland. He's a pretty good tight end, huh? Yeah, 551 00:25:42.049 --> 00:25:44.250 except he fumbled. They got Luther Burden. He's a pretty 552 00:25:44.269 --> 00:25:46.670 good receiver, huh? Pretty good. But everything's still set up 553 00:25:46.910 --> 00:25:51.210 by the run. And Swift is playing. Can't run it. 554 00:25:51.349 --> 00:25:54.130 Can't win. Has anybody changed his style of play more 555 00:25:54.170 --> 00:25:56.950 than that guy? I mean, he's had good years in 556 00:25:56.970 --> 00:25:59.670 the NFL, but this is the best he's been. He 557 00:25:59.730

--> 00:26:00.140 was a. 558 00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:04.519 He was a great value version of Jameer Gibbs. That's 559 00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:08.200 how I envisioned him as a player before. 560 00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:13.500 Ben Johnson. For him. That's how I kind of envisioned him. 561 00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:17.140 They literally moved on from Swift when they grabbed Gibbs. 562 00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:19.240 But that's the type of player. I thought he was 563 00:26:19.289 --> 00:26:21.809 going to get to the edge type of guy. Not 564 00:26:21.829 --> 00:26:25.769 an A, B gap type runner. The guy is, I 565 00:26:25.789 --> 00:26:27.230 don't know. He looks thicker. 566 00:26:27.450 --> 00:26:27.910 He's. 567 00:26:28.970 --> 00:26:32.650 Delivers a blow he can take a blow like it's 568 00:26:32.670 --> 00:26:37.789 um i've been very very very impressed with swift this season. 569 00:26:37.789 --> 00:26:41.579 Yeah chicago bears second in the nfl 151 rushing yards 570 00:26:41.630 --> 00:26:46.220 per game only behind tampa bay who's at 167 again 571 00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:48.599 tampa bay won a game where they didn't complete a 572 00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:51.559 pass to tell you how good their running game is 573 00:26:51.619 --> 00:26:58.289 going uh the saints are not first or second They're third? 574 00:26:58.329 --> 00:27:01.220 They've got to be. 28th, I believe. 86 yards per game. 575 00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:05.400 I mean, that means there's people that are worse. The Texans, 576 00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:08.720 the Bengals, the Raiders, and the Packers. The Packers are 577 00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:11.559 the worst rushing team in the NFL by 17 yards. 578 00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:17.569 They're coming. They're salty. And they're still finding a way 579 00:27:17.589 --> 00:27:24.799 to win games, which is remarkable. Can't win games if 580 00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:25.839 you don't win them all. 581 00:27:26.509 --> 00:27:31.829 It's going to be so funny if the Packers or Lions, 582 00:27:33.910 --> 00:27:37.559 when one of them doesn't make the playoffs and the 583 00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:42.039 Buccaneers make the playoffs. 584 00:27:42.099 --> 00:27:43.039 Oh, no. 585 00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:44.400 Oh, man. 586 00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:48.069 That's the way the rules go. Those four teams in 587 00:27:48.089 --> 00:27:50.450 the NFC North, they're all really good. They're all really. 588 00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:53.799 No doubt about it. They would be winning the NFC 589 00:27:53.859 --> 00:27:57.319 South by four games. If you had to, since we're 590 00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:59.200 kind of in the halfway point, if you had to 591 00:27:59.319 --> 00:28:01.440 kind of hit reset on what we thought coming into 592 00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:03.339 the season, and you got to pick a team in 593 00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:06.420 the NFC and a team in the AFC to make 594 00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:10.490 it to Los Angeles for the Lombardi Trophy, I think 595 00:28:10.549 --> 00:28:12.849 I would go the Bears and the Bills right now. 596 00:28:13.970 --> 00:28:14.930 I feel that strongly. 597 00:28:14.990 --> 00:28:18.269 I'm going Bears for sure. I don't know. I don't 598 00:28:18.309 --> 00:28:20.049 have another. I guess the Bills, yeah. 599 00:28:20.569 --> 00:28:22.119 There's three in the NFC for me. 600 00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:24.650 Well, yeah, that could do that too. But I'm saying like, 601 00:28:24.670 --> 00:28:25.460 you only get to pick one. 602 00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:29.799 I mean, that win over the Seahawks last night, just really. 603 00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:32.900 The way they won. I'm taking, I'm taking the bears. 604 00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:33.640 I'm taking the bears. 605 00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:36.359 Is every team fully healthy or are we doing current? 606 00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:38.619 Like, I mean, I think you're looking. 607 00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:42.299 A little, no, I mean, it's a question. It's hard 608 00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:45.539 to pick against the 49ers. However, they're banged up. 609 00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:47.240 That's a part of their story though. So I'm being 610 00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:50.289 banged up always, you know? So it's like, I'm not 611 00:28:50.450 --> 00:28:52.430 counting on them being healthy. Yeah. 612 00:28:52.990 --> 00:28:53.630 I'll still go 49ers. 613 00:28:53.650 --> 00:28:53.970 All right. 614 00:28:55.029 --> 00:28:56.849 It's a team that won 12 games, and they were 615 00:28:56.890 --> 00:28:58.150 beat the hell of a year ago, too. 616 00:28:58.170 --> 00:28:59.430 I'm going Bears-Bills. 617 00:29:00.950 --> 00:29:04.460 I'm going Bears. I'm not going to choose the Bills. 618 00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:09.079 I still think it's part of their DNA to blow it. 619 00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.140 Bengals. 620 00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:17.140 The only team that's won more games in a row. 621 00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:23.619 in the AFC is the Pittsburgh Steelers, who've won four 622 00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:26.609 in a row, and the Denver Broncos, who have won four. 623 00:29:26.470 --> 00:29:26.869 In a row. 624 00:29:26.970 --> 00:29:30.609 Since Sean Payton's dipped back into offensive play calling. 625 00:29:30.390 --> 00:29:32.410 A little bit more. The numbers haven't been great, but 626 00:29:32.430 --> 00:29:33.029 they've been winning. 627 00:29:33.069 --> 00:29:34.349 No, and Bo Nix has been a lot better. 628 00:29:34.769 --> 00:29:35.990 Bo Nix has had his two most games of the year. 629 00:29:36.009 --> 00:29:36.569 The Bengals have won. 630 00:29:36.549 --> 00:29:37.250 Three in a row. 631 00:29:37.269 --> 00:29:40.390 Hell, Bo Nix could not be worse. He was averaging, 632 00:29:41.089 --> 00:29:42.490 I think, three yards a throw. 633 00:29:42.950 --> 00:29:44.930 The Bengals have won three in a row. I'm going 634 00:29:44.990 --> 00:29:45.849 to go with the Bengals. 635 00:29:46.630 --> 00:29:52.579 I'm going to go Bears-Chiefs. Chiefs? Okay. 636 00:29:52.970 -->

00:29:54.539 If I've got to choose it. If I've got to 637 00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:57.339 pick it, yeah. They've made the Super Bowl. 638 00:29:58.180 --> 00:30:00.099 I guess so, yeah. It's funny. With the same people 639 00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:02.369 with a worse record at this point. My second team, 640 00:30:03.730 --> 00:30:05.589 I thought for sure one of y'all would take them. 641 00:30:05.670 --> 00:30:07.829 And none of y'all. In the AFC? AFC. 642 00:30:08.210 --> 00:30:09.250 I think I know where you're going to go. 643 00:30:09.250 --> 00:30:09.470 Chargers. 644 00:30:09.809 --> 00:30:11.130 Jacksonville Jaguars. 645 00:30:11.210 --> 00:30:13.670 I was just about to say the Jacksonville Jaguars. They 646 00:30:13.690 --> 00:30:16.400 got the best kicker in the league. Cam Little's awesome. 647 00:30:16.420 --> 00:30:16.680 They're 5-2. 648 00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:19.000 They always say the kicker's going to take you to 649 00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.579 the Super Bowl. 650 00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:23.619 They're plus 85 right now in points difference. By far. 651 00:30:25.170 --> 00:30:27.289 By far the most in the NFL. Not even close. 652 00:30:27.509 --> 00:30:28.789 I know they just blew out the Colts, but I'm 653 00:30:28.829 --> 00:30:31.329 just saying they're plus 85 right now. 654 00:30:31.710 --> 00:30:35.970 The Jaguars have to prove it to me. They got 655 00:30:35.990 --> 00:30:37.609 to prove to me that they can get over the 656 00:30:37.650 --> 00:30:39.289 hump and make it to a Super Bowl. 657 00:30:39.329 --> 00:30:39.990 They've done this. 658 00:30:41.130 --> 00:30:43.200 I'm not going to say a lot, but they've done 659 00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:46.440 it multiple times where they've had a really good team. 660 00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:48.460 They can make a little bit of a run, make 661 00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:50.759 some noise in the playoffs, but we're talking about getting 662 00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:54.250 to the Super Bowl. We're talking about hosting a game 663 00:30:54.309 --> 00:30:56.829 maybe in the playoffs, going on the road in the 664 00:30:56.890 --> 00:30:59.230 cold weather. They got to prove to me at some 665 00:30:59.269 --> 00:31:02.019 point they can do it. And the Buffalo Bills are 666 00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.759 the same way to me. 667 00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:06.559 What I like about Jacksonville, though, you can look at 668 00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:10.390 every team we have mentioned and said, I can 100% 669 00:31:10.390 --> 00:31:12.660 tell you what their weakness is right now. You can't 670 00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:16.140 really do that with Jacksonville. Like Buffalo, their defense has 671 00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:20.539 given up some big plays. Other teams have gone through kickers. 672 00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:23.640 Other teams are turning the ball over. Like all three 673 00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:28.230 phases of the game, Jacksonville's been really, really good. Like 674 00:31:28.250 --> 00:31:32.470 what's

Jacksonville's weakness right now? Their worst area. I don't know. 675 00:31:32.490 --> 00:31:41.380 I agree with you. They can make it. They just 676 00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:43.609 have to– they got to– like, waiting for a Duval. 677 00:31:44.329 --> 00:31:45.289 Waiting for a Duval. 678 00:31:45.609 --> 00:31:46.170 Sorry, guys. 679 00:31:46.269 --> 00:31:48.069 Duval. 680 00:31:48.710 --> 00:31:48.990 Thank you. 681 00:31:49.130 --> 00:31:49.869 He's such a nerd. 682 00:31:50.529 --> 00:31:51.670 He can coach his ass off. 683 00:31:51.789 --> 00:31:52.910 He can coach his ass off. 684 00:31:52.970 --> 00:31:54.210 God, he can coach. Man, he can. 685 00:31:55.089 --> 00:31:56.650 But that first time he hit us with. 686 00:31:56.549 --> 00:31:58.289 The– Duval. 687 00:31:58.309 --> 00:32:01.049 I was like, ooh. Duval. Guys, it's Chiefs Bears. Y'all 688 00:32:01.069 --> 00:32:03.410 know it. It's not the Chiefs. The Chiefs don't have 689 00:32:03.430 --> 00:32:08.079 a receiver. In the playoffs, they don't have a go-to weapon. 690 00:32:09.059 --> 00:32:12.339 They don't have them. They can get one. They should 691 00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:14.140 get a couple of days left in the trade. 692 00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:16.440 Let's just say let's replay the game from this past 693 00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:19.150 weekend because the Chiefs without like a twitch of a 694 00:32:19.180 --> 00:32:20.769 right knee on the right tackle. They win that game 695 00:32:21.369 --> 00:32:26.329 in Denver, right? If they've they're playing in five degree weather. 696 00:32:27.410 --> 00:32:29.710 I don't care if it's in Denver or in Kansas 697 00:32:29.730 --> 00:32:34.029 City five degree weather AFC championship game on bills. 698 00:32:35.549 --> 00:32:40.069 I didn't that's not part of this question. Chiefs Broncos, 699 00:32:40.130 --> 00:32:43.849 who do you think wins the game? Five degrees. 700 00:32:43.930 --> 00:32:44.509 Five degrees. 701 00:32:44.950 --> 00:32:50.789 The Broncos are a really good defense that does enough 702 00:32:51.430 --> 00:32:52.789 on offense in the regular season. 703 00:32:53.029 --> 00:32:56.990 Well, this year, Josh Allen, he's not young. He's not 704 00:32:57.029 --> 00:33:01.380 a young player anymore. He's got a lot of skins 705 00:33:01.410 --> 00:33:06.059 on the wall. He's got to do something that he's 706 00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:07.359 never been able to do before. 707 00:33:07.990 --> 00:33:15.680 So he's got a prove-it situation for me. In tight games, though, 708 00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:17.099 the Broncos. 709 00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:17.619 Have been really good. 710 00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:22.440 And he played nobody, Paul. 711 00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:27.380 Bo Nix, since entering the league, has 12 fourth-quarter comebacks 712 00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:31.079 and 15 game-winning drives. That's most in the league since 2024. 713 00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:32.859 They are really good when the game's. 714 00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:33.099 On the line. 715 00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:36.640 And that's even when he's been shaky throughout games. He's 716 00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:37.519 been good late in games. 717 00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:44.759 Jonah Coleman does kind of change a little bit of 718 00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:46.480 my feeling for them, but no, Denver's not going to 719 00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:50.329 do anything. Denver needs home field advantage for sure, and 720 00:33:50.349 --> 00:33:53.650 if they don't get it, they're in trouble. I agree 721 00:33:53.670 --> 00:33:56.069 with that. All right, we've got to take a break. Wow. 722 00:33:56.329 --> 00:33:58.890 I've still got to tell you about K-Z. K-Z, Interiors 723 00:33:58.910 --> 00:34:01.609 and Outdoor 11. Been in the game since 2004. Brandon Barton, 724 00:34:01.650 --> 00:34:03.230 come out to your space, know your space, learn your space, 725 00:34:03.450 --> 00:34:05.670 change your space in a matter of minutes. They've done 726 00:34:05.690 --> 00:34:06.930 it for me. They're certainly going to do it for 727 00:34:06.950 --> 00:34:09.030 you as well. It's inside, it's outside, it's outside, it's inside. 728 00:34:09.050 --> 00:34:12.559 It's a combination. We call that an amalgamation. of both 729 00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:16.210 have them come out. They can customize your job. They've 730 00:34:16.230 --> 00:34:19.030 done it all. And again, it's inside and it's outside. 731 00:34:19.070 --> 00:34:21.329 And for me, I had no idea, but it was 732 00:34:21.510 --> 00:34:24.550 both K to Z interiors and outdoor living K T 733 00:34:24.699 --> 00:34:27.440 O Z blinds.com. K to Z blinds.com more OTB. 734 00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:28.880 Off the bench. 735 00:34:48.250 --> 00:34:51.530 Off the Bench with Jacob Hester and Matt Flynn. Presented 736 00:34:51.630 --> 00:34:52.650 by Community Steel. 737 00:34:53.510 --> 00:34:57.010 All right, we'll go back in. 738 00:34:57.289 --> 00:35:12.929 OTP. I do want to remind you that November is 739 00:35:13.010 --> 00:35:17.090 Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and I share MD Anderson Cancer 740 00:35:17.110 --> 00:35:20.219 Center wants you to know the facts. Lung cancer can 741 00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:24.039 affect people who have never smoked, too. If you've got 742 00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:27.900 a cough, shortness of breath, or unexplained weight loss, those 743 00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:31.119 are signs to discuss with your health care provider. Know 744 00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:33.849 your risk and ask whether lung cancer screening is right 745 00:35:33.929 --> 00:35:37.420 for you. You can learn more about prevention screening and 746 00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:43.699 treatment at Ochsner.org slash in cancer BR again as Ochsner.org 747 00:35:43.739 --> 00:35:48.489 slash in cancer BR. All right. Uh, Tay Tay, do 748 00:35:48.530 --> 00:35:54.610 we have AJ McCarron, former Alabama, long time NFL quarterback 749 00:35:55.349 --> 00:35:58.050 breaking down the quarterback matchup this weekend in

Baton Rouge? 750 00:35:58.070 --> 00:36:01.170 I think it comes down to quarterback play who takes 751 00:36:01.230 --> 00:36:05.139 care of the football the best. And, um, who can 752 00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:09.300 create some explosive pass plays. I think it favors Alabama. 753 00:36:09.510 --> 00:36:12.789 I think Keelan's so much more talented than Sam Leavitt, 754 00:36:13.329 --> 00:36:17.230 and I think Sam's a one-read guy, and then he's 755 00:36:17.289 --> 00:36:21.750 just running around trying to make things happen. If we 756 00:36:21.769 --> 00:36:24.610 can find a way to contain him and keep him 757 00:36:24.670 --> 00:36:27.179 in the pocket to where it's almost creating like a 758 00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:32.239 wall effect that's just around him. It's not always having 759 00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:37.090 to get to him, it's really creating a wall and 760 00:36:37.130 --> 00:36:39.750 then kind of staying in those spots to where you 761 00:36:39.789 --> 00:36:42.980 might keep a backer as a spy and that backers 762 00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:45.820 got to play well, but keep him in the pocket 763 00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:49.199 and then make him make throws on a consistent basis 764 00:36:49.239 --> 00:36:52.260 to beat you and don't allow him to get outside 765 00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:55.610 the pocket and escape and create things. Um, I think 766 00:36:55.650 --> 00:36:57.409 that's the key to this game. 767 00:36:58.349 --> 00:37:03.489 What an idiot. All right, Matt Flynn. Hey, Our QB1 768 00:37:03.530 --> 00:37:08.119 here on the show, break that down for us. You 769 00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:10.940 guys got to know, I'm not just some guy. 770 00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:13.460 My QB1 can beat your QB1. 771 00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:17.960 I've said a lot of dumb things. Most of it's grammatical. 772 00:37:19.719 --> 00:37:21.980 It's not one I have to speak of substance with football. 773 00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:26.219 I don't say a lot of bad, dumb things. But 774 00:37:26.239 --> 00:37:29.480 that 45 seconds of listening to that dummy spew whatever 775 00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:33.769 he was just spewing made me dumber. That's saying a lot. 776 00:37:36.690 --> 00:37:38.670 I don't think he's watched any. I don't think he's 777 00:37:38.710 --> 00:37:41.070 watched LSU play. He might have watched one game. 778 00:37:41.230 --> 00:37:43.269 He might have watched LSU versus Ole Miss. 779 00:37:43.429 --> 00:37:43.909 I get that. 780 00:37:43.949 --> 00:37:45.750 Sometimes I got to talk about things on here that 781 00:37:45.789 --> 00:37:47.219 I really haven't watched or seen. 782 00:37:48.239 --> 00:37:49.260 So I get it. 783 00:37:49.260 --> 00:37:51.460 Sometimes you got to find something and you got to 784 00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:53.639 play Kate to your audience every now and then. And 785 00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:57.360 that's what he's doing. He doesn't know what he's talking about. 786 00:37:57.380 --> 00:38:03.480 You know, that scene from Billy Madison. At no point 787 00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:06.019 during that were you even close to the truth. 788 00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:06.320 Right. 789 00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:06.860 Was it right? 790 00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:08.750 And we are all dumber now for listening to it. 791 00:38:08.760 --> 00:38:11.219 And I feel like that's what we just did with A.J. 792 00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:11.539 McCarron. 793 00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:13.880 That was a really dumb answer. Well, I do feel 794 00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:17.760 like to Alonja's point, it was a breakdown of somebody 795 00:38:17.780 --> 00:38:21.590 that watched Sam against Louisiana Tech and Ole Miss and 796 00:38:21.670 --> 00:38:26.329 hasn't seen him in A & M and Mississippi State, Kentucky. Yeah. 797 00:38:26.369 --> 00:38:28.789 Good in Kentucky. He lost a game. He played well. 798 00:38:29.820 --> 00:38:32.789 At Auburn last week. Yeah. It's been a different quarterback. 799 00:38:32.829 --> 00:38:35.329 And he had flashes of brilliance in those games, even 800 00:38:35.809 --> 00:38:37.449 where he, you know, air quotes, struggled. 801 00:38:37.769 --> 00:38:37.969 Right. 802 00:38:39.090 --> 00:38:41.329 But this version of Sam Levitt doesn't look like a 803 00:38:41.389 --> 00:38:45.840 distant relative to the version that he's talking about that 804 00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:46.340 he saw. 805 00:38:46.380 --> 00:38:48.579 You've got to create a wall, Jake. It's not about 806 00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:50.920 getting to the quarterback. You create a wall around him 807 00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:54.760 and make him go through his progression, I guess. 808 00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:55.619 But guess what? 809 00:38:55.659 --> 00:38:56.300 He's doing that now. 810 00:38:56.340 --> 00:38:57.710 So he wants us to have a good pocket? 811 00:38:57.730 --> 00:38:57.909 Right. 812 00:38:57.929 --> 00:38:58.130 Right. 813 00:38:59.269 --> 00:39:01.150 I think if we create a plan, like if the 814 00:39:01.210 --> 00:39:04.429 offensive line plays well and blocks well, Sam Levitt is going. 815 00:39:04.329 --> 00:39:04.650 To show up. 816 00:39:04.750 --> 00:39:07.010 Kane Womack needs to listen to AJ McCarron. 817 00:39:07.150 --> 00:39:11.050 It's filled with irony because he literally described Keelan Russell. 818 00:39:11.329 --> 00:39:15.179 The last three weeks, Levitt, nine TDs, one pick. He's 819 00:39:15.239 --> 00:39:17.699 turning the ball over a lot less than Keelan Russell, 820 00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:20.769 who's at four touchdowns, three picks. Sam takes off and 821 00:39:20.769 --> 00:39:24.250 run too much. Last two weeks, Keelan Russell, 20 rushes, 822 00:39:24.250 --> 00:39:27.570 Sam Levitt, 12. Sam Levitt's been forced to get other 823 00:39:27.570 --> 00:39:28.539 guys involved. 824 00:39:28.539 --> 00:39:28.699 Right? 825 00:39:28.719 --> 00:39:32.139 Like we've talked about Jackson Harris getting more involved and 826 00:39:32.380 --> 00:39:35.510 the tight ends with Trey Des being out.

Dylan Jones, 827 00:39:35.730 --> 00:39:38.710 the last three weeks, he's caught more passes this year 828 00:39:38.750 --> 00:39:40.670 than a Lane Kiffin running back has the last two 829 00:39:40.690 --> 00:39:43.880 years in three weeks because he's Sam's finding him more 830 00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:47.420 as his check down, right? Seven catches for 84 against Kentucky, 831 00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:51.239 eight for 58 against Mississippi State, four for 27 last week. 832 00:39:51.659 --> 00:39:53.900 He didn't do any of that the first couple weeks. 833 00:39:54.219 --> 00:39:56.420 Sam's gotten better at this. Oh, and by the way, 834 00:39:57.659 --> 00:40:00.039 Keelan Russell being more talented and accurate, Sam Leavitt has 835 00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:02.880 a better completion percentage on the entire year than Keelan 836 00:40:02.900 --> 00:40:05.579 Russell does. He described his own quarterback. He didn't describe 837 00:40:05.619 --> 00:40:06.099 Sam Leavitt. 838 00:40:06.619 --> 00:40:08.059 Well, it's also just uneducated. 839 00:40:08.079 --> 00:40:15.420 Yeah, no, it's an ignorance. comment and take by him. Look, again, 840 00:40:17.500 --> 00:40:21.039 he probably someone asked him to come on a show. Hey, 841 00:40:21.059 --> 00:40:24.320 talk about the game. That's his show? 842 00:40:24.380 --> 00:40:25.590 I think so. 843 00:40:25.639 --> 00:40:29.010 I'm pretty sure but I don't want to give out 844 00:40:29.050 --> 00:40:32.309 false information. I just don't know how you say that 845 00:40:32.329 --> 00:40:33.309 with so much conviction. 846 00:40:33.610 --> 00:40:36.469 He didn't even look good when he said it. No. 847 00:40:38.409 --> 00:40:40.469 I'd argue with what he said. So much more talent. 848 00:40:41.210 --> 00:40:45.110 Sam Levin's pretty damn talented. Are you confused? No, Russell's 849 00:40:45.210 --> 00:40:46.289 talented as all get out. 850 00:40:46.309 --> 00:40:49.469 Sam's a better runner. And again, the wrong numbers favor 851 00:40:49.510 --> 00:40:51.710 Sam in the passing game. So what is Russell better 852 00:40:51.829 --> 00:40:52.550 at at this point? 853 00:40:52.730 --> 00:40:55.449 I get placating your audience, but that's just like you 854 00:40:55.489 --> 00:40:58.980 can placate your audience without being straight up uneducated about 855 00:40:59.019 --> 00:40:59.619 what you're saying. 856 00:40:59.659 --> 00:41:01.320 He's just one read guy. He's just one read guy. 857 00:41:01.340 --> 00:41:01.880 No, he's not. 858 00:41:01.940 --> 00:41:04.699 You created a wall around him. All right, we got 859 00:41:04.719 --> 00:41:06.280 to take a break. We'll take that break. We'll wrap 860 00:41:06.300 --> 00:41:07.579 it up with a little Ask of the Bench brought 861 00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:09.360 to you by Dos Equis when we come back here 862 00:41:09.599 --> 00:41:10.019 on OTB. 863 00:41:10.949 --> 00:41:11.590 Off the bench. 864 00:41:12.050 --> 00:41:17.789 Go to getgordon.com. Gordon McKernan, injury attorney. Throughout the state 865 00:41:17.809 --> 00:41:20.489 of Louisiana. From the top to the bottom and everywhere 866 00:41:20.510 --> 00:41:24.409 in between. Everywhere. Every area code. In fact, no matter 867 00:41:24.449 --> 00:41:27.570 where you're at, just put your area code followed by 888-8888. 868 00:41:27.989 --> 00:41:33.179 Have a conversation with them right now. Also, if you 869 00:41:33.199 --> 00:41:35.199 want to have it online, guess what? A little live 870 00:41:35.260 --> 00:41:37.280 agent is going to pop up when you go to getgordon.com. 871 00:41:37.730 --> 00:41:39.269 You can have it right there on the website as well. 872 00:41:39.389 --> 00:41:41.239 A lot of ways to get in contact with the G-Team. 873 00:41:41.280 --> 00:41:42.820 Get Gordon and get it done. There's a lot of 874 00:41:42.840 --> 00:41:44.079 ways to get in contact with them. 875 00:41:44.199 --> 00:41:47.079 So if you have been injured, if there is an 876 00:41:47.260 --> 00:41:50.530 accident that has happened, it's, well, these things are not 877 00:41:50.630 --> 00:41:52.630 planned for. You're not planning on it. You don't wake 878 00:41:52.670 --> 00:41:54.769 up one day, ninja flip out of bed and be like, 879 00:41:54.789 --> 00:41:55.230 I'm going to get in. 880 00:41:55.210 --> 00:41:56.929 A car accident today. It just, that doesn't happen. These 881 00:41:56.989 --> 00:41:58.920 are accidents. They're unexpected. 882 00:41:59.159 --> 00:42:01.260 You might not know exactly what to do, but we're 883 00:42:01.300 --> 00:42:05.239 telling you exactly what to do. Call 888-8888 anywhere in 884 00:42:05.260 --> 00:42:08.530 the state of Louisiana or go to getgordon.com. Start that conversation. 885 00:42:08.550 --> 00:42:10.469 Get the G guarantee, which means they will fight for 886 00:42:10.489 --> 00:42:11.710 you and you don't pay unless they win. 887 00:42:11.750 --> 00:42:12.570 Go to getgordon.com. 888 00:42:15.929 --> 00:42:19.269 Off the bench with Jacob Hester and Matt Flynn presented 889 00:42:19.309 --> 00:42:20.230 by Community Steel. 890 00:42:43.070 --> 00:42:49.579 All right, welcome back at OTB. A little ask of 891 00:42:49.599 --> 00:42:53.449 the bench. Brought to you by Dosik. 892 00:42:55.829 --> 00:42:56.969 Look, look, look, look, look. 893 00:42:58.289 --> 00:43:00.820 Marla could never. Uh-oh. Hashtag Ask the Bench. 894 00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:03.460 Did you like the. 895 00:43:02.519 --> 00:43:07.059 Jaguar uniforms this past weekend? Looked a little like UCLA. 896 00:43:07.280 --> 00:43:09.039 Hated them. No, I didn't like them very much. Just 897 00:43:09.059 --> 00:43:10.840 go back to your old ones, like the Mark Brunel days. 898 00:43:10.880 --> 00:43:11.320 Those are awesome. 899 00:43:11.340 --> 00:43:12.480 Yeah, didn't like the teal helmet. 900 00:43:15.159 --> 00:43:16.340 You got to sound like you had a lot of 901 00:43:16.360 --> 00:43:16.969 fun at parties. 902 00:43:18.130 --> 00:43:19.650 Their

old uniforms are almost perfect. 903 00:43:19.670 --> 00:43:20.510 I don't think I saw them. 904 00:43:20.949 --> 00:43:21.650 I don't think I saw them. 905 00:43:21.670 --> 00:43:22.650 So the helmet was teal. 906 00:43:22.710 --> 00:43:23.150 They're bad. 907 00:43:23.170 --> 00:43:23.449 Okay, I. 908 00:43:25.289 --> 00:43:32.389 Don't mind that. Didn't look great. Hashtag ask the bench. 909 00:43:32.550 --> 00:43:36.340 Rouse's has a new liquid IV hot chocolate flavor. 910 00:43:36.659 --> 00:43:37.619 Oh, that sounds nasty. 911 00:43:37.639 --> 00:43:40.820 For the holidays, when is the My High releasing their 912 00:43:40.880 --> 00:43:42.639 Christmas flavor? I'll tell you. 913 00:43:42.860 --> 00:43:45.679 I do like peppermint, but hot chocolate doesn't sound like. 914 00:43:45.480 --> 00:43:47.960 It'd be good. No, that stuff will kill you. 915 00:43:48.139 --> 00:43:50.079 A peppermint one actually might be fire. 916 00:43:50.099 --> 00:43:51.500 Drink My High. DreamMyHigh.com. 917 00:43:52.380 --> 00:43:53.599 I don't really have an issue with those. 918 00:43:54.579 --> 00:43:56.949 I mean, it's one time. I mean, yeah, I'm not 919 00:43:56.989 --> 00:44:00.550 like old man, but I really like their throwbacks. 920 00:44:00.610 --> 00:44:01.710 They're kind of cool. 921 00:44:01.909 --> 00:44:03.449 I wish they would wear their throwbacks. 922 00:44:03.469 --> 00:44:04.130 I like the numbers. 923 00:44:04.210 --> 00:44:06.150 I'm looking at one picture. I got it. It's a 924 00:44:06.190 --> 00:44:07.449 nice filter. It's the helmet that I don't like. I 925 00:44:07.449 --> 00:44:09.130 like the jersey. Yeah, I don't like the teal helmet. 926 00:44:09.150 --> 00:44:11.429 I like the helmet. The jersey's nice. I kind of 927 00:44:11.449 --> 00:44:14.449 like the helmet. Certainly not the worst thing, but it's 928 00:44:14.510 --> 00:44:20.960 not my favorite. Hashtag ask the bench. Am I a 929 00:44:20.980 --> 00:44:22.880 bad person because I want to see the women's basketball 930 00:44:22.900 --> 00:44:24.280 team win one of these games by 100? 931 00:44:24.260 --> 00:44:24.320 No. 932 00:44:24.320 --> 00:44:24.460 No. No. 933 00:44:26.039 --> 00:44:26.739 Why would you be? 934 00:44:27.599 --> 00:44:33.579 Cobra Kai mentality. Punch first. Strike first. Strike first. 935 00:44:33.599 --> 00:44:33.869 There we go. 936 00:44:34.239 --> 00:44:36.739 Ask the bench, did you know Styx is the greatest 937 00:44:36.780 --> 00:44:40.239 American rock band and that they only caught a bad 938 00:44:40.320 --> 00:44:45.289 rap because most critics are cynical a-holes? I don't like Styx, 939 00:44:45.650 --> 00:44:48.530 and not because their music's not good, but because I 940 00:44:48.570 --> 00:44:50.769 had to live through this song as I lost in 941 00:44:50.789 --> 00:44:55.829 the playoffs in Pittsburgh. Multiple times in Pittsburgh did I lose. 942 00:44:55.869 --> 00:44:57.670 I was 0 for 3 there. And one time they 943 00:44:57.690 --> 00:45:00.260 were playing this song live on the field in the snow. 944 00:45:00.739 --> 00:45:02.300 I'm kind of mad Alondra picked it, to be honest 945 00:45:02.340 --> 00:45:05.619 with you. I don't know if I agree with that. 946 00:45:05.659 --> 00:45:06.780 I'm kind of pissed off right now. 947 00:45:07.699 --> 00:45:09.199 I don't know if I agree that they're the greatest 948 00:45:09.380 --> 00:45:10.219 American rock band. 949 00:45:10.519 --> 00:45:12.500 They're great, but. 950 00:45:12.739 --> 00:45:15.519 This song was good before I went to Pittsburgh. 951 00:45:15.960 --> 00:45:19.039 Underrated great American rock band, the Black Crows. 952 00:45:19.719 --> 00:45:20.219 Black Crows are good. 953 00:45:23.050 --> 00:45:25.070 My little girl, Hemi, loves Come Sail Away. 954 00:45:25.170 --> 00:45:28.739 Hashtag Ask the Bench. It's election day. Who's got your vote? 955 00:45:28.880 --> 00:45:30.900 OTB or AFR? 956 00:45:31.059 --> 00:45:33.159 OTB for life. 957 00:45:33.219 --> 00:45:35.980 We won't even text you. Sweet. We love you. 958 00:45:36.820 --> 00:45:37.579 Off the bench. 959 00:45:39.099 --> 00:45:41.449 We won't even. We might email you. 960 00:45:41.670 --> 00:45:42.150 Maybe. 961 00:45:42.730 --> 00:45:50.610 Soft maybe. Go to GoTommies.com, G-E-A-U-X, TommiesWillowEye.com, Tommies Windows, Doors, 962 00:45:50.829 --> 00:45:56.079 and Siding, where you'll clearly see the difference. Award-winning difference, actually. 963 00:45:56.300 --> 00:45:59.059 Every year since 2016, Angie's Super Service Award, that's gone 964 00:45:59.099 --> 00:46:02.119 to Tommy and the team. Best Windows in the Abacate 965 00:46:02.219 --> 00:46:05.429 in 2025. You guessed it, Tommies Windows, Doors, and Siding. 966 00:46:05.449 --> 00:46:07.690 They can customize your job. Go check out a gallery 967 00:46:07.710 --> 00:46:11.130 of work as well on their website. Again, that's GoTommies.com. 968 00:46:11.420 --> 00:46:13.699 They had a trophy room for all their trophies, but 969 00:46:13.739 --> 00:46:15.900 they had to build another one, a whole bigger one. 970 00:46:16.739 --> 00:46:19.099 They had to renovate, and they used their own window 971 00:46:19.119 --> 00:46:21.800 stores and sign-ins in that renovation. Go Tommies. Go Tommies.com. 972 00:46:21.820 --> 00:46:24.300 They win awards every single year. So if you have 973 00:46:24.340 --> 00:46:26.679 a project happening, maybe you've got an old house, you've 974 00:46:26.699 --> 00:46:28.239 got to replace a few things. Maybe you're building a 975 00:46:28.280 --> 00:46:30.340 brand-new house that's from scratch. Well, make sure you do 976 00:46:30.389 --> 00:46:32.369 yourself a favor. Call Tommy and his team. Let them 977 00:46:32.409 --> 00:46:34.090 show you why they win awards every single year. 978 00:46:34.110 --> 00:46:35.110 Go to GoTommies.com.