[00:00:20] And welcome to episode 621, I can't remember, of the Pittsburgh Nerd Podcast. I'm Sean. And I'm Ian and this is the only podcast that says, Thank God the long national nightmare is over. Oh God, yeah. Oh. Seriously. For those who don't know, like what's the long national nightmare? Is it Trump and Elon? Like no, no. Aaron Rodgers has finally signed with the Steelers.
[00:00:51] Yeah. Yeah. Trump and Elon is fascinating, but we're not going down that road. It is fascinating. It is. But no, the long national Pittsburgh nightmare has finally come to an end. And Aaron Rodgers has signed a one-year deal with, I think it's, with incentives that totals $19 million, but he's guaranteed $10 million.
[00:01:18] The base salary of $13 million. I don't know. It's just that thing of like, what the fuck are we doing? Yeah. Like really, what are the Steelers doing? Best they can know for us, you know, what's his name, we'll learn a little bit from Rodgers. Will Howard? Yeah. I think that's your future. We'll see. We'll see.
[00:01:47] Well, we'll see how he does in some preseason. I want to see this kid play. Yeah. He's tall. He's big. He played really well in Kansas, Kansas State. And then he had that amazing playoff run with Ohio State. Yeah. And it's that thing of like, there are a lot of people, John Gruden is infatuated with him.
[00:02:16] Which sometimes makes me nervous. Okay. Because John Gruden has become infatuated quarterbacks that have stunk. Yeah. But it's just, it's that thing of like, with him, I do see like a ton of potential. But I got, but I watch his bad plays. I'm like, fuck, that was a horrible throw. Like, what the fuck was he thinking? Man, I can see why he dropped like he did or didn't drop, but was slotted where he was. Like, it's a sixth round pick.
[00:02:49] Like, would it be great to find your franchise quarterback in the sixth round? Absolutely. Yeah. But there is that odd thing of like, and I'm not saying this is what I would want. But you have the bad season. You've got the draft here in Pittsburgh next year. You've got a better crop of quarterbacks next year. Yeah.
[00:03:14] Like, and I'm sure right off the bat, many of our listeners, mostly named Thad, would tell you that the kid from Penn State's the guy the Steelers should have. And I want to tell you now. No. No. He's not as good as you think he is. He's, it's that, it's that funny thing at Penn State where like, you're like, well, okay.
[00:03:43] When was the last time Penn State had a good quarterback? And you have to go all the way back to Todd Blackledge. Yeah. Yeah. 1983. Yeah. When was the last time Penn State had a quarterback worth talking about? And like this, so their bar for like, this is a great quarterback is very, very low. Yeah. You know? Yeah. And it's that, that, there's just that odd thing of like, everybody, cause he's big, he's
[00:04:12] strong, but man, he, he makes some decisions that make me go, yeah, you are not an NFL quarterback. Yeah. You know? Yeah. We'll see. I mean, we all know what Aaron Rodgers can do and what he can't do. You know what I mean? Like you're getting what you get. Right. And so there's a, it's almost like a 50, 50 shot. What are you going to get? You know? Well, it becomes that question.
[00:04:42] Here's the question you end up having to ask. Can he go into Kansas city and win a game? Yeah. In the playoffs. Can he go in the Buffalo and win a game in the playoffs? Can he go to Baltimore and win a game in the playoffs? Right. No. Like if you're the Steelers, like you were, and this is sad, but like you're hoping, hoping against hope that they can be good enough to get the fifth seed. Yeah.
[00:05:11] So they play whoever comes out of the AFC South. Yeah. Yeah. And you go to Indianapolis or you go to Houston and you've got a better shot of winning that game than you do. The big dogs. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I mean. Like there are people out there that are like delusional. They're like Aaron Rodgers. This team's a Superbowl contender now. I'm like. No. What makes you even think that?
[00:05:39] Like you look at the construction, you look at the construction of this team. What needs to happen? Well, you, you need Jalen Warren to step up and be your top running back. You need the kid you drafted from Iowa to step up and be a top, your top running back. Yeah. Cause Jalen Warren can't do it. Yeah. I know you need Broderick Jones to move back to left tackle.
[00:06:07] And all of a sudden remember how to play football. Yeah. Because he was awful last year. Yeah. He was amazing as a rookie. And then he took a massive step backwards and you need him to take two steps forward now. Yeah. And the other side of that, you've got your defense is this amazing defense we're supposed to have that has been gashed time and time again. Yeah. In the run, you know, and I don't even, you didn't even say, well, I mean, it's Derrick Henry and it's Saquon Barkley.
[00:06:36] And it's, I don't care. Our defense is shut down. Yeah. Massive running backs. You can't give up 150 to 200 yards rushing again. That Derrick Henry game was unbelievable. You know, so can the young guys, like, I like the draft. I like the direction they went. But so the question becomes like, can you rotate six to eight guys? Right.
[00:07:01] Like, can you, can you start rotating guys in so that TJ Watt, like you start using the other kid from Wisconsin, the one that you like a lot. Um, I can't, I want to say Hedwig, but I know that's wrong. Herbig. Herbig. Nick Herbig. Yeah. Like you start putting Nick Herbig in, in the second quarter and the third quarter for TJ Watt. So come the fourth quarter, when you need TJ Watt, he can be TJ Watt. Right.
[00:07:30] He's on the, he's not on the field for 60 snaps again. Correct. You know, you can, can you rotate guys in so that in the fourth quarter, when you need Cam Hayward to be Cam Hayward, he can be Cam Hayward. Cause he's not on the field for 60 to 80 snaps again. Right. Like these are the things that like you, you, you, you're praying. We also need a developed receiver. Yeah. You've got DK Metcalf and Calvin Austin, the third.
[00:07:58] And what's his name that was injured last year. Yeah. Then you're hoping he comes around. Right. What's his name? Um, you know what I'm talking about. Cause they had Roman Wilson. They had high hopes on Roman. Right. But I mean, you can't do it with DK Metcalf all by himself. Right. Well, he's not going to do it. Like the rumor becomes that like, do the Steelers trade with the Jets to get Alan Grisard? Who's a, an Aaron Rodgers guy. Yeah. Like, well, you already got that guy.
[00:08:28] You got Robert Woods. Yeah. Like a journeyman wide receiver who's been around at one point was a very good wide receiver, but now is just met. Yeah. Like, well, they've gone through those guys over the years. Like, you know. Yeah. I mean, it's like, it's just, it is that thing of like, you almost want them to say, let's just do a rebuild.
[00:08:51] Like you almost want them to like fail this year, not, not be a 10 win team or a nine win team. That's that. I saw a stat that astounded me. The Steelers have not picked in the top five, the top five since 1969. Wow. That's when they drafted Terry Bradshaw.
[00:09:21] Yeah. The only other team that comes close to that, the only other team that can say we have never picked in the top five in the 20th century is the Baltimore Ravens or the 21st century. I mean, like every other team has had a top five pick like since the year 2000. Yeah. Except for the Ravens and the Steelers and the Steelers haven't done it in my entire lifetime. Right.
[00:09:48] So it's that thing of like, like even when they drafted Ben, like they were six and 10 that year, they drafted 12th. Yeah. You know what I mean? Like they don't draft to the top 10 ever. Right. And I get it. It's like with the draft being in Pittsburgh next year and every like next year would be the year to find your, your franchise quarterback. Like, I hope it's Will Howard. Yeah. Like I really do.
[00:10:16] Like I was ready to ride with Mason and Will Howard this year. Yeah, I was too. Not, and not just cause it's like, well, let's screw the pooch and get a high draft pick. No, because I feel like, well, let's find out what you've got. Yeah. He kind of needs the year. Like Mason showed me enough. Like there was a point in my life where I never wanted to watch Mason Rudolph throw a football in anger ever again. Yeah. And then he came in for those last three games.
[00:10:42] And with Matt Canada's playbook looked good. Yeah. They went in the Buffalo and got spanked, but that's expected. Yeah. Like, but he still looked like he made Matt Canada's playbook look usable. Right. So now here's Arthur Smith, who's a much better offensive coordinator, supposedly, that should be able to like take a guy like Mason Rudolph.
[00:11:10] And then you throw in, you know, Darnell Washington, who's dropped like 15 pounds and looks slender and fast and like everything they're talking about with him and, and Friermuth. Like, like you're looking around, you're saying like, man, Mason Rudolph could lead you to a nine win season. Yeah, for sure. You know what I mean? Like what's Aaron Rodgers going to give you? Like what's the upside of Aaron Rodgers? Maybe one more win, maybe two. Yeah.
[00:11:38] Like, you know, can he get you to 11 wins? Possibly like, can they, with Aaron Rodgers, can you avoid the bottom falling out? Like it did last year in the month of December where they, they lost all of those games and then went into the playoffs. Just they limped into the playoffs and got smacked. Yeah.
[00:11:58] Maybe like, you know, but at the same time, it's, you know, I'm looking at, I'm never going to look at Cleveland. Like, I'm sorry. If you're, if you're a Cleveland fan, I'm never going to Cleveland. I'm never going to go, wow, the Browns, they're, they're the team to watch out for. I wish they would have given Will Howard the same chance that they gave Pickett. Well, they never work. Pickett got his chance because he was a first round draft pick. Yeah, I guess.
[00:12:28] You know what I mean? Like, that's the reason. And you're like, I'll tell you now, like, I don't think Kenny Pickett was worth the first round draft pick. I understand that. With people who will tell you like, you know, he should have been picked in the first round. I agree wholeheartedly, you know, as a Kenny Pickett fan, I can admit that.
[00:12:52] But like, I still feel like he got so fucked over by the Steelers when it, when it comes to like, okay, who's your offensive coordinator? Well, it's Matt Canada. Oh, shit. He's not going to develop a quarterback. You know? Like, that offense was ass. Ass and a half. And he didn't have anybody around him to develop him. Now, I feel like if he would have been under Arthur Smith, maybe he develops.
[00:13:18] Like, I mean, Arthur Smith took Ryan Tannehill and made him look good. Yeah. You know? Yeah. Like, no, not Ryan Tannehill. Marcus Mariota. Like, made Marcus Mariota look good. Like, so if he could have done it with Marcus Mariota, I'm sure he could have done the same thing with Kenny Pickett. Right. You know what I mean? Like, I'm not saying Kenny Pickett would have been a franchise quarterback and led you to the playoffs. But I do feel like if he had a better offensive coordinator than Matt Canada, he would probably
[00:13:48] have been a better quarterback. Right. Like, a lot of it was the offense holding him back. I think a lot of it was the Steelers telling him, you know, don't make the big mistake. I, you know, at this point I'm thinking to myself, like, we would have been better off keeping Justin Fields. And Justin Fields is putting up Kenny Pickett-esque numbers as well. Yeah. You know, it's just... I still think we should have probably kept Fields. Yeah. Don't you?
[00:14:17] Or no, are you against that? I think we should have kept Fields, got rid of Wilson, and just called it a day. And then we wouldn't have to be going through all this Aaron Rodgers bullshit. I do agree with you. Like, and I never thought I'd say that because I was very much anti-Fields coming here in the first place. But, that said, he showed me last year that he can play within the system. Yeah.
[00:14:46] No, I think he also suffered from that problem of, I can't make a big mistake. Right. I think a lot of times his throws were too short. Like, he wasn't... He has a cannon for an arm and he was afraid to throw it downfield. Yeah. Because he was afraid to throw the interception. He felt he was playing for a job, which he probably was. And he was looking, okay, I don't like that throw. I'm going to throw it short. Yeah.
[00:15:16] Like, that's a lot of what he did. And I feel like if he had... Was allowed to have settled in, and especially with a guy like George Pickens, who, you know, he has the time, throwing it down the field and letting him go get it. Well, I mean, there's got to... With Rodgers on this year, I mean, there's got to be more involvement from the tight ends. Yeah. Because he's quick release, right? Yeah. As memory serves and what he does.
[00:15:45] So, you've got to get your tight ends involved. Because, I mean, I don't know. We'll see. My problem is, it's like a one-year solution. Yeah, I know. Well, so was last year, really. But it should... But, like, last year shouldn't have been. Last year should have been... Like, I hate to say it. It should have been, like, the Justin Fields audition. Yeah, yeah.
[00:16:12] And, like, he should have been the guy that they re-signed. Like, I agree with you. Like, it pains me, because I was not a fan of his beforehand. Yeah. But it's that thing of, like, he's younger than Kenny Pickett. You know, he's a guy that you could have... He was still developable. Yeah. You know what I mean? Like, he was still somebody that was, like... Because he wasn't developed in Chicago.
[00:16:42] He was, like, this giant lump of clay that you got that had three years of experience in the NFL. And you could say, okay, I can work with this. Yeah. You know? When you signed him to, like, a $20 million contract. And you've got your guy for the next three years or something. Like, there were more possibilities with Justin Fields being your quarterback of the future than you have right now, obviously, with Aaron Rodgers at the age of 41. Right. Right.
[00:17:11] But then the question becomes, like, you've got that giant lump of clay that you drafted in the sixth round where you're like, well, is that the guy or not? Yeah. Like, and it's that funny thing of, like, we in Pittsburgh are, like, enamored with him. Like, we are. Like, Pittsburgh is enamored with Will Howard. Yeah. And it's that thing of, like, why? Like, he was good in call.
[00:17:39] Like, sometimes you're drafted where you're drafted for a reason. Yeah. Most of the time. Like, the NFL is smart enough to know most of the time. Yeah. Yeah. This guy. We, we, he, this is where he should go. Yeah. Like, the weakness is outweigh the strengths. Mm. And you draft a guy hoping, like, maybe you can develop him. Like, I don't know.
[00:18:09] Like, it's just that weird thing of, like, I like him a lot. But at the same time, like, I'm looking, I'm going, like, well, he's a sixth round draft pick. Yeah. And he was drafted in the sixth round for a reason. Yeah. Like, there's a reason he wasn't in the first round or the second round. You know? No, I know. I, I agree with you. I mean, it's like Cleveland fans are like, well, we got Shador Sanders. He should have been a first round draft pick. Well, should he really? Like, again, like. How many quarterbacks do you have now?
[00:18:39] Well, okay. Jesus Christ. So they've got Shador Sanders who they drafted. They got the other kid that they drafted, like, in, like, the third round. So they drafted two quarterbacks this year. Joe Flacco. Yeah. Kenny Pickett. And, you know, technically they still have Deshaun Watson. Jesus. Yeah. Yeah. Makes our situation look a lot better. Oh, yeah, it does.
[00:19:08] I mean, like, if you want to feel better about the senior quarterback position, you just look to Cleveland. Yeah. You know. You get a laugh, you know, and then you move on because it's fucking Cleveland. Yeah. I mean, like, Jesus. Yeah. Yeah. So. Yeah. I mean, it's a thing. It's a, the thing I'm sick of hearing about is like, well, when's he going to sign? When's he going to sign? When's he going to sign?
[00:19:37] When's he going to sign? When's he going to sign? When's he going to sign? Now that he signed, I don't. I just did that. That circus is coming to town now. You know? Yeah. That's the thing. Oh, I know. The circus is coming. We'll see how he plays it. Well, yeah. That's the thing I think is most intriguing because it's like. You sat there.
[00:20:05] Even before, like, a few years ago, like, he talked about, like, you know, he likes Pittsburgh because he's been around Pittsburgh people, like, almost his whole career. And, like, you know, this plus, like, his respect for Tallman. So you do wonder, like, does he steal his bullshit back? Yeah. Because, you know, of where he is.
[00:20:34] Like, with the Jets, it's like, well, fuck it. It's New York. Who cares? You know? It's the fucking Jets. I don't respect Robert Sala as a head coach. You know, the only reason I decided to come to the Jets is because they had my buddy who was the offensive coordinator. Yeah. You know, like, there were. So it's like, it's like, if you don't respect the Jets organization, I understand why you don't. Like, do you come to Pittsburgh and you're like, well, wow, I have a high level of respect for Mike Tallman.
[00:21:03] You know, is this Pittsburgh? Is this someplace I've kind of always wanted to be at? I'm not, I'm going to scale back my horse shit because it doesn't work here. Or, you know, it's just my level of respect is high enough that I'm not going to do my normal hijinks. Yeah. Because Pittsburgh fans just will not deal with it. No. No.
[00:21:27] Like, the second you go on McAfee and you start bad mouthing the organization, you might as well just pack up your bags and leave. Yeah. Like, right then and there. Yeah. Like, because the next time you come out of AccuSure Stadium, they are going to boo the fuck out of you. Yeah. They will. They'll run you out of town. They will. Ask Neil O'Donnell. Yeah. You know.
[00:22:02] Yeah, they will. So we'll see. We'll see what happens. Yeah. It's going to be an interesting season. Yeah, I'm curious about this running back from Iowa. I think it's Iowa. Yeah, Iowa. The thing I read was, and the reason, one of the reasons why they didn't re-sign Najee Harris is, is Arthur Smith prefers a zone blocking scheme. Yeah.
[00:22:31] Which they ran, like, I think they said like 70% of the time last year. Mm-hmm. And Najee is a straight ahead runner. Yeah. He's not a, because with a zone blocking scheme, it's kind of like you see where the hole is and you go to the hole. Yeah. Where, with what Najee wanted was, okay, we're running a 32 trap, which means I'm going to run to the two hole and it better be fucking open. Yeah.
[00:22:58] He's not looking around to, like, cut it to the outside or whatever. Like, he is running straight to that hole. So running behind a zone blocking scheme does not benefit him. At Iowa, they ran a zone blocking scheme. So he is more suited for running behind zone blocking than Najee was. I see. Which is why Warren excels, because he is the type of back who he's looking where the hole is and then he makes his cut and goes to the hole. Yeah.
[00:23:27] As compared to just running straight to where the play is called. Right, right. So it is a, I think he's going to be a better fit from that standpoint. Plus he looks like he's got, I mean, he's an Iowa running back, so you know he's got power. Yeah. You know, like, he's got all the elements that you want in a running back. You just hope he can do it. Delivers. Yeah. But it is, like, it's just how they want to block now as compared to what Najee can do.
[00:23:57] Yeah, I read some article where, I read something where he's very Le'Veon Bellis-esque on his running style. Yeah. Like, that type of, like, it's almost like, think back to, um, the running back Denver had when they won the Super Bowls. Like, with Elway. Meggett? No, not Meggett.
[00:24:26] Um, Denver. Oh. Uh, the guy is saluted. I can't believe, I can't think of his name. I can't remember. I'm going to have to look it up now because. I'll look it up. Keep it up. But anyway, Denver made that zone blocking scheme popular.
[00:24:53] So if you, like, watch how he ran behind that line, kind of like starting one way but then cutting back the other because that's where the hole ended up being. Um, like, Le'Veon Bell made it popular because he kind of, like, floated. You know, then, like, cut to the hole where, like, he probably does kind of the same thing. But. Terrell Davis.
[00:25:23] Terrell Davis. Yeah. Like, you think about how Terrell Davis ran. That's more what I'm thinking of. Yeah. I forgot about Shannon Sharp, too. Not running back. Oh, Shannon Sharp. I'll. That motherfucker runs his mouth. But. Like, I never. Like, it's that funny thing. Like, I never liked Shannon Sharp. Like, as a player. Like, when he was at Denver and when he was at Baltimore. Obviously, Baltimore, like, you know. Yeah.
[00:25:53] My sister could be playing for Baltimore, not Boer. Yeah. You know. But it's that thing of, like, I just, I was never a Shannon Sharp fan. And, like, you know, he goes in the media and he's, like, running his mouth. And I'm, like, the worst part is, like, sometimes he, like, he does an interview. Like, I do enjoy watching him, like, conduct interviews on, like, his, like, club Shay Shay. Yeah. Because he's actually kind of good at it. I mean, that Cat Williams won a year and a half, like, a year ago. Like, that's still making shockwaves today. Yeah.
[00:26:22] You know. Like, you know, so it's, like, he talks to interesting people. I find that interesting. But, like, overall, like, I said, he just drives me nuts. I prefer Sterling Sharp, I thought, was the better player. And, like, the better. Sterling Sharp. Oh, yeah. Sterling Sharp, like, back in the 90s when he was in Green Bay. Yeah. With Favre. Oh, shit. You know? Yeah. Even, like, before Favre, when he was with Don Magikowski.
[00:26:53] Yeah. You know, the magic man throwing the sterling sharp. I was, like, damn. Kid's good. He got injured, right? He did. Yeah, yeah. I think it was a neck. Like. He only played for, like, five or six years. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, he didn't play long. I mean, that's why, like, he was, like, held out of the Hall of Fame for so long. Because it was, like, he was that good of a wide receiver. Like, he was right there with, like, Irvin and Rice as far as, like, how good of a wide receiver are you?
[00:27:23] He was, like, right there in that conversation. But then he got that neck injury that forced him to retire. And so, it kind of became, like, Terrell Davis. Terrell Davis didn't play very long. And, like, are you really Hall of Fame worthy? Because you don't really have the numbers. But you don't have the numbers because of your longevity. Yeah. Like, if you look at the body of work, like, he was a top, like, it's the same argument you could have with Antonio Brown.
[00:27:52] At one point, Antonio Brown was the best wide receiver in football, period. End of sentence. Yeah. You know? But is he Hall of Fame worthy? Well, if you look at his body of work, yeah, he kind of is. It was the same thing with Sterling Sharp. Same thing with Terrell Davis. Like, if you look at their body of work at the time that they played, yes. It's just, with an A, B, mental illness, cut his career short.
[00:28:17] But with Davis and with Sharp, they were cut short because of injury. Yeah. But if you look at how good they were at the time, they were considered one of the best in the business at their position. Yeah. And that, to me, is what makes you Hall of Fame worthy. Like, I always hear, like, people talk about, like, well, Heinz Ward should be in the Hall of Fame. Heinz Ward was never considered one of the best at his position. Ever. Yeah.
[00:28:47] I'm sorry. Like, I know I'm going to piss at least one person off by saying this. But he was never considered the best at his position. Ever. Yeah. He was very good. And if you're a Steeler fan, he was phenomenal because of the other things that he did. Yeah. Like, his blocking.
[00:29:09] Like, that's something that nowhere else in the NFL people enjoy except in Pittsburgh. Yeah. He used to destroy people. Yeah. I mean, there's a rule named after him. Yeah. You know, about how you can block downfield. Yeah. He did. He destroyed people. But as a wide receiver, he was never in the conversation of being one of the best at the time. Yeah. Ever.
[00:29:38] And you have to hold that against him. Yeah. Like, I'm sorry. Like, that's just a fact, in my opinion. Right. Like, there are other players I will tell you, like, James Harrison should be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Yeah. Okay? Consider one of the best pass rushers at the time. NFL Defensive Player of the Year. You know? Yeah.
[00:30:06] But he didn't have a long enough career. Like, like, this first five years of his career was, like, practice squad guy and cut from Baltimore. I think the Steelers cut him twice. Yeah. You know, like, he wasn't. And then all of a sudden, like, he put the pieces of the puzzle together, got his chance, you know, when Porter was injured. Yeah. And the Steelers were like, okay, this is our guy. And just destroyed people. Right.
[00:30:32] But if you look at, like, what that sample size becomes over his career, it's very small. Right. But still, there was a five-year period where James Harrison was considered the best pass rusher in the NFL. Yeah. And that makes him worthy, in the Hall of Fame, in my opinion. Hines Ward was never in that conversation. Right. Hines Ward get in? No.
[00:31:02] Troy did, though. Troy did, yeah. Yeah. I think. Which I agree with. Yeah. Again, if you look at what my criteria is, at the time. Yeah. He was in the conversation for best safety in the NFL. The other two guys were Bob Sanders and what's his name in Baltimore? I can't remember. No, no, no.
[00:31:31] He played at the U. Yeah. Yeah. But it was like those three guys were, like, in the conversation for best in the NFL. Yeah.
[00:31:47] I mean, I think it was like, I don't know. I think it was like, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Yeah.
[00:32:17] I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.
[00:32:47] I don't know. Yeah. I don't know. I don't know.
[00:33:10] I don't know. I don't know. Yeah. And he was good at picking.
[00:33:41] No, I agree. I mean, his hands were good. Yeah. Remember that scoop catch he did? Oh, yeah. Where they were, like, the officials were like, I don't know if you can. You know what I mean? You know what? Yeah, I think it was San Diego. Yeah. Where he scooped it, like, right here. Yeah. Crazy. Yeah. Ed Reed was the guy. Yeah, Ed Reed. Yeah, Ed Reed. But, yeah, I mean, he was just, God, he was good. Yeah. And just fun to watch.
[00:34:11] Absolutely. And just turn a game like that. I mean, he would, like, you talk about those spark plays. You know what I mean? Right. Like, those plays that just make a difference in a game. You're down, I don't know, 10, 17 points, and here comes Troy. Yeah. Massive play. You know what I mean? And we're going down the field to score a title. Because of Troy. Yeah, be it an interception or a hit. Oh, yeah. Or. His hits were brutal. Yeah.
[00:34:40] It's amazing that much, like, brutality can come out of someone like that on the field. Do you know what I mean? Yeah. Like, just brutal. Klein's working in some people, too, man. I know, opposite side of the ball. But what I'm saying is, like, I've seen Ward just fucking level people. Who else did that, too? Was it Shazier? Oh, yeah.
[00:35:09] I mean, Shazier was a stone-cold killer. What was that guy's name? Hmm. We can't think of him. Can't think of the name. Just crush people. I don't know. I miss those days. Yeah. I miss the defenseless receiver hits. Oh, yeah. Oh, I mean.
[00:35:37] I love when I saw people just get bent backwards. I love. And the Steelers were known for it. I loved. And it was. It was James Harrison. He was on Ryan Clark's podcast. The Pivot. And he was talking about, like. And this is, like, the hit that, like, completely. Like, this is, like. Okay, we need to take this out of the game completely.
[00:36:06] And this is all James Harrison's fault. But it's also Ryan Clark's fault. It was a game against the Browns. And he had already knocked out Muhammad Mastiquai. Okay. And he knocked out this other guy. I can't remember the guy's name. Just completely. Like, he was out before he hit the ground. Yeah. Like. And, like. If you watch the hit. And, like, the dude's body. He, like, drops to his knees. And then, like, falls backwards. Like, you know. Like, it was, like. Just, like. This, like. Brutal.
[00:36:36] And he's, like. I probably would have gotten away with it. I mean. It was a nasty hit. I wasn't trying to kill the guy. But, like. I. I. I got him. I. I know. He's, like. But Ryan Clark is dancing. Like. He's doing an Indian rain dance. Around him. He's, like. I got fined. He's, like. And Ryan got fined. And. The. Monday. We go in.
[00:37:07] And. Colman's, like. Ryan. Ryan. We can't dance around dead bodies. Like. Ryan's dancing around. Giving him laughs. Rites. And everything. I'm, like. Oh, shit. Would you fucking stop? Right. You know. We can't dance around dead bodies. I. I. I like watching this. Those interviews and stuff.
[00:37:36] Especially with Tomlin interviews. When he comes out of his shell a little bit. He's funny. Yeah. Like. When he comes. When he comes out of Mike Tomlin. Yeah. And he's just talking. Like. I just watched one on when Ben broke his nose. Yeah. Oh. That's tremendous. So. I couldn't look at him. Couldn't look at him. Ben's, like. Is it that bad? His nose. I mean. His nose was on the other side of his face. I mean. I remember that. I watched that game. Oh. I remember that game. Yeah. And there he goes back in with two tissues stuffed up.
[00:38:06] Isn't that his fucking play in the game? Yeah. He had some grit, man. I have to say that about Ben. He just. He fucking played hurt. He didn't give a fuck. He did. He. Well. It's that old. Like. He always played hurt. He always got fucked up. I'll never forget. And it. It was shocking. Because. Especially later on. Like. After. Like. Watching Ben's career. Like. It was like his second or third. I want to say it was his second season. Maybe. I think it was his second. Yeah. Yeah.
[00:38:35] Because it was like. Tommy Maddox had to play. Yeah. But. And we lost that game. And it was like. One of those ones where it was like. Shit. This may cost us a chance at the playoffs. Yeah. But. Ben got a concussion. Yeah. And he opted not to play. Oh yeah. Yeah. He's like. I. I don't feel right. I. I shouldn't be on the field. And Heinz Ward was like. Fuck that shit. Like. If they ask me how I feel. I feel fine. You know. And that was before like the concussion protocol.
[00:39:05] And everything else that came in the. And I think Heinz Ward has kind of come back. And be like. Yeah. I was a bit of an asshole. But it was like. It was just that thing of like. The fact that like. Ben as a younger player. Was like. I don't. I'm not going to be able to perform on the field. Like. You need to keep me out of this game. Yeah. And. I think. Charlie Batch was hurt. Or got hurt. And so they had to run with Maddox. Yeah. And you know. Maddox goes out there. And it's like. Through like three interceptions. Yeah. I remember that. Pissed. Ward was pissed about that. Yeah.
[00:39:35] And like. Charlie Maddox's house got. TP'd. Yeah. Like. True Pittsburgh fashion. Yeah. But yeah. Heinz Ward. Like. Like. They're interviewing him. Like the day of the game. Or like the day before the game. They're like. Well how do you feel about. Roethlisberger stepping aside. Because of a concussion. Like. Yeah. Fuck that guy. They ask me. I feel fucking fine. That's crazy. Holy shit. But that's. You know.
[00:40:05] You didn't. You never saw Ward get that pistol off. That much. I mean. There was always a smile on that dude's face. Yeah. But it was like. He knew. Like. It was an important game. Yeah. They were in a must win situation. And now we're trotting out Tommy Maddox. Yeah. Yeah. You know. And it's like. Oh fuck. We are screwed. Yeah. You know. And he didn't get. He was pretty. I don't know. But I mean. Like you're right. Like. If you think back. Like. How many times did you hear. Like. Yeah. Well. Roethlisberger's in a walking boot. It's Thursday.
[00:40:36] You're like. Well. I guess Byron Leftwich is in. Here. Here. Here. Here comes the old number seven. What was the game that he got hurt. And he came back. And won the game. That was the Cincinnati game. Was that? That was the one we went to Buffalo Wild Wings to watch. I was at. Yeah. That was the. Yeah. I mean. That was the one. He gets injured. Like. Goes off the field. And you're. And you're. We're both like. Well. I guess this is done.
[00:41:06] I went to take a piss. I came back. You're like. Ben's back. Yeah. And then they got the. That's when AB got knocked out. Yeah. Perfect. Knocked them out. Yeah. They get the 15 yard penalty for that. And somehow Joey Porter was end up on the other side of the field. And got another 15 yard penalty. So they got him 30 yards. And that put him in field goal range for Boz.
[00:41:36] Crazy. Yeah. But he did play injured a lot. I don't know. I guess that's why Pittsburgh liked him. He just went and got it done. Yeah. Do you know what I mean? No. You're. You're 100% right. And he wasn't real flashy. Like he fit the mold. Do you know what I mean? Like he wasn't this flashy. I didn't think he was. Did you? When he played? No. He wasn't like these high caliber quarterbacks. Flashy. And. You know what I mean? No. Because he.
[00:42:06] He wasn't like. For him it was like. Shrugging off that hit. Like. Okay. Here comes the defensive end. And he hits Ben. And falls off of him. And Ben like just like recalibrates and throws. Yeah. You know. But when he couldn't do that anymore. That's when his career ended. Right. Like he also had that ability. He had the best pump fake I've ever seen. Yeah. Like.
[00:42:36] You'll never see a pump fake. Like Ben would like. With all of his might throw the ball and hold on. Like he. He has to have a grip strength of like. Right. I don't even know what. Because the way he would hold on to that ball. After like a pump fake. And then like immediately. Like just like reload. And pump fake again. Yeah. You know. You're like how the fuck is he holding on to the ball? Yeah. And then it'd come up. And then all of a sudden he hits. You know. Keith Miller.
[00:43:05] 30 yards down the field. What do you think his best throw was? Thinking back on his throws. Well. I mean. Any. I mean. What Super Bowl 43. Yeah. I would say. That. That throw. To the back of the end zone. That was perfect. I mean. And that was threading the needle. Yeah. You know. He just like. Tell him he's going to make the catch. Yeah. I mean. That throw is nuts.
[00:43:35] And that catch is nuts. I had to catch. Everybody remembers the catch. But that throw was insane. Yeah. You know. And that was off of a pump fake. Yeah. You know. So. Yeah. That. That throws. Probably his best. But. There was one. It was his rookie year. And it was like a thing of. You're just like. You can't be doing shit like this. And. But it was like. He. He got away.
[00:44:04] And he was rolling out. And he just. Thrills one. Like. And. Plexico Burris. Catches it. Takes it in for a touch. Like 60 yards down the field. Yeah. Like. You can't do that shit. But he could. Yeah. You know. Yeah. He was fun to watch. He was.
[00:44:36] All right. So. Let's. Let's move away from football. I watched something very interesting. That I would highly recommend to you. Okay. It's an animated movie called Predator. Killer of Killers. Okay. This was phenomenal. Really? Yeah. It's. It's three short stories. That are entangled in the one story. Okay. And it involves. A Viking maiden.
[00:45:06] A. Ninja. And a World War II. Fighter pilot. Okay. Like. And so. Each story takes place in their. Their moment. Yeah. You know. So. You have this story with the Viking maiden. And. The predator. And then you have a story with this. This. Ninja. And then a predator. Predator. Okay. And then the World War II. Fighter pilot.
[00:45:36] And a. Predator. A predator. And then at the end of it. They're all entangled into the same story. Okay. It is fantastic. Really? Yeah. Like. I really enjoyed the shit out of this. Okay. And. It's. It's directed by the same guy. Who directed Prey. Okay. And. I think it's written by. I think he wrote it too. And.
[00:46:09] Like. It just. Feeds into that. Predator mythos. Even more. Okay. You know what I mean? Like. It is really. Really good. I. I enjoyed the shit out of it. And I'm hoping they do more stuff like this. Like. I'm kind of happy. Like. Disney's kind of let. This guy. Kind of like. Go. I. I know there's a Predator movie coming. Oh. I can't remember when. But I know there's a Predator movie coming. And.
[00:46:39] Like. Like. It's just. This is the type of stuff. It's like. And this is what you want from Predator. Yeah. Yeah. You know what I mean? Like. Fuck. Okay. Here we go. Yeah. And. I can't recommend it. Like. I don't want to ruin it. Like. I don't want to. I don't want to. I want you to watch it. Because it was that. That good. Okay. Like. It was like. I know like. The last few times I've like. Watched them. I'm like. Yeah. It's just meh. You know. This was fantastic. Okay. You know. And.
[00:47:09] Highly worth watching. Like. I'm like. Like. It almost like. Like. There was a point where I was like. Man. Let's just put the Predator franchise to bed. Because it. Like. They did that one movie. Predators. That movie was fucking awful. I paid good money to see that in a theater. Yeah. And I was like. This is fucking horrible. You know. Like. Let's just put this franchise to bed. Let's leave it alone. And. I think his name is Dan Thackenberg. I think it was the guy who wrote in Direct Prey. Mm. And who did this. And it's like. This guy gets it.
[00:47:39] Nice. Like. He really does. Like. I'm glad they didn't put it to bed. Because this guy's figured it out. He's got the. The code. Yeah. You know. And. Like. Oh shit. Here we go. Hmm. I'll. I'll watch it. Yeah. Highly recommend it. And then. Then Hulu released a trailer for Alien Earth. Okay. Did you see that? No. I didn't know that guy.
[00:48:09] I may look up for it. All right. So you just watched the trailer for Alien Earth. Uh. Like. To us. Like the Predator franchise and the Alien franchise are kind of connected. But. Because they're both owned by 20th Century Studios. Which is owned by Disney. Yeah. They. Like. What did you think of the trailer? Let's just start there. I liked it. Yeah. For sure. Uh. It looks good. I'm kind of interested in what else. What else came down.
[00:48:39] Exactly. Yeah. I think that. I think that's the biggest pull. Yeah. You know what I mean? Like. Yes. I meant. When they. When he said that line. He was like. They've collected the five. Whatever. Yeah. For the darkest depths of space. Yeah. Right. And so. And Aliens won't. I mean. I'm sure the alien is the prominent. But. What else is going on with the other four. Right. Or whatever was released. Yeah. That's what I want to know.
[00:49:07] And how are these things interacting with each other? Right. I hope I don't go into it. And it says. Oh. The alien killed everything. And it's just alien. Yeah. Like. I want to know what these other things are. And that's what's intriguing. To me. There's a lot of things that are intriguing about the trailer. Yeah. Like. I mean. I find it interesting. Like. The whole. The whole thing interesting. Like. Again. Kind of reviving this franchise.
[00:49:37] Yeah. Alien Romulus was phenomenal. Yeah. Yeah. You know. Like. That went back to like. The horror. The horror. Yeah. The first alien movie. Yeah. And was extremely well done. Yeah. So there's this kind of like. I don't want to say the same vein. But like a continuation of that look and feel. Yeah. Like. You know what I mean? Like. Like. I appreciate what.
[00:50:06] Ridley Scott tried to do with. Prometheus. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The other. Like. I got it. Like. It worked for me. But like. At the same time. Like. I just want like an alien movie. Yeah. You know. Like. So I. I. I. I'm watching this trailer. And I'm like. Okay. I got a good feeling about this. Yeah. Yeah. You know. Like. It. It. It excited me. And like. And I was excited anyway. Like.
[00:50:35] You know. An alien TV show. Alien Earth. Oh shit. Yeah. Here we go. But. Like. Watching this trailer. I'm like. Oh shit. Yeah. Yeah. It's. This. This looks intense. This looks. Dark. This looks deep. This looks. You're right. You know. And it's shit like that. Like. That's what an alien movie should be. That's what an alien show should be. Like. It. It should. Feel. Hopeless. Right. Right.
[00:51:04] And this definitely felt hopeless. You know. So. I'm. I'm really looking forward to it. I'm. Very intrigued by what. What they have in store for us. And it's. It's that thing of like. You hope. Like. These two franchises. Predator. And now. Alien. Are kind of seeing a. A return to prominence. Right. Yeah. Yeah. You know. Like.
[00:51:33] I want them to be. Like. Cornerstones. Of like. What sci-fi can be. Yeah. Yeah. It looks good. I mean. Like. I'll definitely watch it. Yeah. Yeah. It's good to see the alien back. Always. Yeah. Is he. Is he full involved with it? Ridley Scott. Yeah. I think he's just executive producing it. Okay.
[00:52:03] Like. I think he's just kind of like. I think he's at a point. Like. Like. Like. It's like. It's his franchise. But. Like. I also think he's at a point where he. He's kind of like. I've done all I want to do with this. Let me let other people have. The helm. But I want to be. Involved with what they're doing. Right. I want to give them like. This is why this looked this way. This is why we did things this way. This is why. Like. You know what I mean?
[00:52:33] Like. Yeah. That's what he. Is kind of like. At. At this point. With that franchise. I. He's too busy making like. You know. Gladiator 2. So like. In a way. I'm glad. Like. And I hate to say this. Because this pains me. I'm glad he's not directing this shit. Yeah. I'm glad he's just the executive producer. Honestly. Like. It hurts me to say that. Because like. I love Ridley Scott so much. Yeah. But. You know. Like. After Gladiator 2. I was like.
[00:53:03] Man. Maybe. You know. Time to. Ride out into the sunset. My friend. It was bad. Anyway. Yeah. It was bad. I haven't watched anything. Yeah. I haven't. No. Not really. I'm trying to think. If I watched anything. Yeah. I haven't really sat down and watched anything. Yeah. This week. Well. For a little bit there.
[00:53:33] It was like. The first like. Decent week of the year. Yeah. I completely understand. You were probably. Very busy doing. Country shit. Country shit. You were put up a fence. You were. I did. That's them. Yeah. Yeah. I finally finished that. Got some stuff planted. Yeah. Cleaned out the garage. Because it looked like a construction zone. With all the wood and stuff.
[00:54:03] Yeah. I mean. It's all that. I'm not surprised you haven't watched shit. Because you've probably been busy. You know. Doing that type of stuff. Yeah. I have been. Yeah. I have been. Yeah. It's been pretty busy. Just. Yeah. I've been. Forte Aaron there. Goodbye. Yeah. They will. Powerhouse everything. Of course. So.
[00:54:33] Yeah. The fence is up. So. That's good. Yeah. That's a good thing. Yeah. Yeah. But other than that. Yeah. I cleaned out the garage. I know. Boring shit. But. You know that I'm working. Yeah. I was fascinated. I know you're not on Twitter. Or X. As the kids call it. Yeah. But.
[00:55:04] Friend of the show. Meow God. Who. I don't want to say for sure where he lives. Because I don't. I know. It's like. South Pacific. Okay. Like. I don't know where exactly. I don't want to be like. I don't want to miss. Just put him someplace. And end up going to war with a country. He doesn't. Yeah. I don't. But anyway. He. He was reaching out. And he was like. You know. For the Fantastic Four. They have.
[00:55:33] They announced. Like. The. The. The popcorn bucket. Like. This has become a thing now. Like. You know. Every. Tentpole movie has to have its own special popcorn bucket. Right. And it started off with. It was just like a regular popcorn bucket. Okay. It's just like. You know. I have a few. Like. I've got one for the Force Awakens. I've got one for Aquaman. I've got a couple others around here. Like. Yeah. Because it's just like. It's a tin. Or it's plastic. It's just like. You know. It's a special. Popcorn bucket for the movie. Right. Right. Right. But now.
[00:56:04] Now. It's got to be like. Like a. A centerpiece. With. That is a popcorn bucket. Uh huh. And. The one they released for the Fantastic Four. Was. It was Galactus's head. Right. Like. You know. Like a bust of Galactus. And the top. I guess it came off. And that's where the popcorn went. Yeah. It went into the. Into Galactus's head. Yeah. It's impressive looking. Like. Wow. I mean. I know last year for.
[00:56:37] Like Wolverine. Deadpool and Wolverine. Like they had them. Like where. Like you had to reach into their mouth. To pull out the popcorn. It was like. It was like dirty. Yeah. You know. Well this like. It looked phenomenal. And he's like. You know. Hey. I don't get this where I live. If anybody could get this for me. And send it to me. I'd greatly appreciate it. And I'll pay you for it. Yeah. Then. We started doing the research. We found out. Like 70 bucks for that fucking thing. Oh God. It's fucking plastic. Like fuck.
[00:57:06] And even he's like. Yo. Fuck that shit. Yeah. You know. Yeah. But then. Then we also found. Like they're doing like a. A Herbie. That I guess holds your popcorn bucket. And your drink. And like. You know. It's like. And it's Herbie. Yeah. That thing's a hundred bucks. Damn. And like. I get. And I was like. Like. Like. I think one was like an AMC exclusive. And. And one was Cinemark exclusive or something. Like. I get it. Like. Like.
[00:57:35] Movie theaters are in dire straits. Still. Yeah. Post pandemic. Trying to recover. And like. Like. Like movies are doing good. But they're not doing that. That great. Yeah. You know. Like you get a movie like Sinners. And you say. Well wow. That was impressive. Because they needed that. Like kind of. Out of nowhere. Blockbuster. Yeah.
[00:58:04] That nobody saw making. That much money. Yeah. But at the same time. Like. So I understand. Like. You know. Man. We need to make extra money. Like. You know. The souvenir cups. The popcorn buckets. But like. 70 bucks for a fucking popcorn bucket. You can kiss my ass. Yeah. Like I. Ridiculous. I don't know who's. Who's showing out that. Who's stupid enough to show out that kind of money. But. God bless you. Better have free. Yeah. Better have free refills for life. For life. Yeah.
[00:58:34] Like. 20 years. And I'll just be able to show up with that fucking Galactus bucket. And still get. Get bogged. Yeah. So. So I get it. And then. This is on the heels of. AMC and Nasta. They're showing even more commercials now. Mm-hmm. Before a movie. Oh. Jeez. Like. Ad revenue.
[00:59:03] Is extremely important. Yeah. And I mean. It is at a point though. Like. Right now. I could show up 20 minutes late to a movie. And still be on time. Yeah. Yeah. I mean. Yeah. Like. If I. If I. If I see a movie starting at one o'clock. I'm not actually going to see it until 120. Yeah. Well now. With. AMC saying. Well we're going to be adding in more commercials. That's not going to start at 1.30 now.
[00:59:35] Like. You know what I mean? Like. That's the thing. And like. I guess you could say. That's the benefit of like. Like being able to like. Order your seat in advance. Like say. Well I'm going to sit here. Yeah. So now you don't have to like. Get to the movie theater. And like get in there like. A half hour early. To make sure you get your seat. Right. Because you've already reserved it. But. They're.
[01:00:05] Like. You and I have been. Going to the movies. Our entire life. Mm. Like. Do you think like. This. This helps or hurts. The movie going experience. Like the way. Like even like the popcorn buckets. Like. Is this helping or hurting. The movie going experience. Well I mean the popcorn buckets. I mean. That kind of shit's going to be there. That doesn't really bother me. As much. As much as the commercials.
[01:00:36] Because I swear. I think the last movie I saw. I think. That was. The Marvel movie. Thunderbolts. Thunderbolts. Yeah. There's a shit ton of commercials. Yeah. I'm like. Oh my god. Are we going to start the movie? Yeah. Yeah. Like I get tired of it. I was like. At least get to the trailers already. Yeah. You know. Like I. It was just too much. Yeah. Like I just. I was like.
[01:01:07] I'm just bored with it. Like. You know. It was like 20 minutes later. We're finally starting to move. Yeah. Right. No. I agree with you. I mean. I do think it hurts. The movie going experience. On that aspect. Yeah. Yeah. The special popcorn stuff. Yeah. I just choose not to buy it. That's all. You can sell it while you want. Just choose not to buy it. Yeah.
[01:01:37] Like I'm trying to think. I guess the last movie I was going to see was. Was Captain America. Mm-hmm. Brave New World. Which is on Disney now. Yeah. Oh I did watch that. You did? Yeah. It was alright. It was alright. It wasn't as good as the Thunderbolts. I did watch that. It's. It's that. It is that thing of like. I mean there was a time where like. You went to a movie theater. You sat down.
[01:02:08] You watched three trailers. And you got into the movie. Right. You know. And now. I want to say. 1984. Like I remember it was like a big deal. Because it was like. It was for Top Gun. And. Like the. They announced. That they were going to show a commercial for Pepsi. Before the movie. Yeah. And. It was like.
[01:02:39] What the fuck? Like. People were up in arms in like 1985. Like. This is some horse shit. Yeah. Why would you show. I go to a movie to not see commercials. Yeah. You know. Well now. I mean. It's like. You know. Yeah. I see five commercials before I fucking see a trailer. Yeah. And you sit at home though. And watch a movie. You're seeing commercials. Now. If you don't have. Like. I think it's what. If you don't have Hulu Plus or whatever. Yeah. You get like. You just.
[01:03:09] Yeah. You watch. You know. 30 minutes. And all of a sudden there's a commercial. Do you know what I mean? Yeah. What is that? Was that Pico? No. Not Pico. Yeah. Well. I think they all have it now. Like. Even Netflix. I even. Like. You have to subscribe to a certain level. Yeah. To like get like. Commercial free. The live stuff. Yeah. Yeah. Like anything that's live. You have to like. Like. I know. I think with Raw. It's like. If you don't. Get to subscribe to a certain level. Then you're going to be watching commercials. Right.
[01:03:40] Which. You know. Whatever. Whatever. Because otherwise. If you're just watching. You're watching WWE commercials anyway. Yeah. But. Like. I will say. Like. I watched. Last week. I didn't talk about it. Because it's like. It's an old movie. But I watched Ladyhawk. Okay. After you. After you bought me the record. Yeah. Which we didn't talk about it. Ian bought me a soundtrack on album for Ladyhawk. And it was like. It was like. I was like. What's Ladyhawk on? And I was like. I could rent it. Off of like.
[01:04:09] Apple or. Goku TV. Yeah. But it was like. With ads. Yeah. Well no. Honestly. The ads didn't bother me all that much. Yeah. Like. They were spaced out. Well enough. Except for the last one. The last one hit. Just at the wrong spot. Yeah. Because it was like. Right after he had killed the priest. Yeah. And it was like. And you go to a commercial. And I'm like. Fuck. Yeah. You know. This whole scene needs to play out.
[01:04:39] But. Otherwise. I wasn't bothered by the commercials. And they were usually like. A minute. Like. It was like. Two commercials. And you're right back to the movie. Yeah. You know. So like. It was like funny. I'm like. I have no problem doing this. This does not bother me one bit. And it's funny. Because like. You go to streaming. Because you don't want commercials. Right. You know. Yeah. Like that was the. The word of your choice. Of like. Cutting the cord. Like. I want to be commercial free too. Right. Well. I got to pay for it. Yeah.
[01:05:09] But. I think more importantly. It does. It's that thing of like. Especially in. In this day and age. Of like. Like. Like. We have no problem giving you a three hour movie. You know what I mean? Like. Yeah. Here's the next Marvel movie. Here's Marvel's. The. Avengers. Doomsday. Yeah. Three hours and 20 minutes. Plus. A half hour of.
[01:05:39] Trailers and ads at the beginning. Yeah. Yeah. What the. Fuck. Yeah. It's like half your day. Yeah. Like. Like. You are. You're settling in for four hours. Right. You know what I mean? Like. That's what you're doing now. Yeah. For like something like that. Yeah. And it is. You're right. It's like. Half your day. Like. And I think that's hurting the movies. I do. I mean. I don't want to go to a theater for four hours. No. I can sit at home and watch.
[01:06:09] Yeah. For four hours. Take breaks. Come back to it a half an hour later. Eat dinner. You know what I mean? Like. Here's the prime example. Zack Snyder's Justice League was four hours long. Yeah. The first time I watched it. Me and the answer were like. Well we'll watch the first two hours. Then we'll watch the next two hours. Like tomorrow or something. We got through the first two hours. I hit pause. We both went. You know. Went to the bathroom. Came back.
[01:06:38] I'm all in. You know. We were up to like three in the morning watching that. Yeah. Didn't care. But it still required a bathroom break. Yeah. You know. In a movie theater you weren't going to get that. Yeah. You know. And I think that's like. It's almost that weird thing of like. If you're going to give me. 30 minutes of commercials before a movie. And it's a three hour movie. You should give me a 10 minute intermission. Yeah. If it's that long. Because. Because you do.
[01:07:08] You have me in there for three and a half hours. Yeah. Like. I don't want to miss any of the movie. But I need an intermission at this point. Let's bring back the 10 minute intermission. Yeah. Because. You know. I need it. Yeah. You know. My bladder is like. Especially when you have kids too. It disrupts the whole theater. Because they have to go out. Yeah. You know what I mean? Like. Not just with the kids. But what I'm saying. Older people need to go to the bathroom. You know what I mean? Like. Now you got people going up and down. Through this entire movie.
[01:07:38] Right. Like. I don't. Like. To go see Avengers. Um. End game. Yeah. Which was like three and a half hours. Uh huh. I literally. Had to like. Fast. Like. No. No food or drink. Two hours before the movie. Yeah. To make sure I didn't have to get up and go to the bathroom. Because you know you're in a crowded theater. Yeah. Like even seeing it like a week later. Like you're still like. Yeah. Packed theaters. You know.
[01:08:08] So. In order for me to not inconvenience the people around me. Yeah. I made sure I like didn't have any food or drink. Two hours before the movie started. Yeah. Before I went into the theater. Like I forced myself to pee. Yeah. Yeah. Because I'm like. I want to get everything out. So that for the next. Three and a half. Four hours. I don't have to get up. Yeah. You know. And then. Then you're trying to. You're trying to space that drink out. Like I got that. You know. My cherry ice. I'm like. Man. I got to make this motherfucker last.
[01:08:38] You know. I got. I got. We've got a long time. I got to make that motherfucker last. Yeah. You know. So it is. One. I don't think we need three and a half hour movies. And if you are going to give me that. Like I do need an intermission. Right. But also like. If you're giving me like. Extra commercials at the beginning of this. Like it is. Like really.
[01:09:07] Really like a bummer. Like you know what I mean. Like I don't want that. Right. Like I just want to be able to sit that. Like I think. I can't think of the name of the movie. That hurts me. Because it's. The one with the cartoon. Cat. And the flood. Yeah. I mean. Like there were. Like I sat through like two trailers. And. Right into the movie. There were no ads. There was nothing. It was like. Nothing. The lights went down. The trailer.
[01:09:37] The two trailers played for movies. Like I will never fucking watch. Right. And then we went right into. The movie. And I'm like. Okay. Here we go. Nice. You know. Like. And that was fantastic. I loved that. You know. Yeah. But I understand. Like with a major blockbuster movie. You know. You as a movie theater. Trying to. Like. Generate as much revenue as possible. Sure. But. Man. I get. You're making it hard.
[01:10:07] Right. You're making it hard for me to justify. Spending the money. You know what I mean? Yeah. No. I get it. When if I wait. Like two. Three months. I can watch it at home anyway. And that hurts. This is a. Because like. You and I have always professed. Like. We love going to the movies. Right. I love that experience. Of. You know.
[01:10:37] The lights going down. Like. Everything is. You know. The old school. Like the curtain opening. Yeah. You know. Like. That was always amazing. Like. You know. Yeah. But it's that. It is that thing of like. I hate. I don't know if I sound like an old man. Like. Being like. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Like. It just. It feels like. Like. It's taking away from the experience. Yeah. I agree. I do. I agree. I think.
[01:11:06] Just sitting that long in a theater. Is just. Too much. It is. It's. It's hard. Shit. So. All right. Let's. Let's see if that had anything to say.
[01:11:40] Oh. My two favorite hosts. Who are the doo doo podcast. Like the famous doo doo kitchen guys. I don't know what the doo doo kitchen guys are. So. I love it when Sean smells Ian's farts. And then says. Did you have corned beef? Well. It wasn't a fart. It was a burp. I don't believe TJ Watts should be paid as the highest player.
[01:12:10] What has TJ done to deserve this? I mean. Playoff game says he won and been relevant in. I think he should be paid as a good player. But not the best. I will say this to you Thad. I don't think he deserves. Miles Garrett money. Right. But I will also tell you. I don't think Miles Garrett deserves Miles Garrett money. Okay.
[01:12:37] I deserve TJ deserves to be very well compensated. Well. No. They have not won a playoff game while he's been here. I will say this. Listen. There have been playoff games where he has been the only one that showed up. Yeah. I think back to a few years ago. The Kansas City game where they got off to like a 10-0 start and blew that lead. Yeah. And I think like they got those 10 points off of TJ Watt being an absolute terror.
[01:13:06] I believe Watt scored the touchdown. Yeah. If I remember correctly. Yeah. It was a strip sack that TJ took in for six. So like I do believe football is a team game. You know. Yeah. I don't hold any one particular player unless it's like you can't. No.
[01:13:30] Because I mean even like I always hate like well this guy cost us a game because he missed a field goal or he didn't do something at the end of the game. Well there were 59 other minutes in that game. Right. You know what I mean like you know so it's that thing of like no one player can really cost you a game. Right. In reality because of the entirety of the game.
[01:13:50] But at the same time I think at some point you have to like stop playing defensive players as much as you're paying defensive players. I agree. Like the NFL is not built this way. The Steelers are doing things in reverse. They have the highest paid defense in the NFL. Right. And the lowest paid offense.
[01:14:17] Like even though Aaron Rodgers 10 million guaranteed $13 base salary with incentives going up to 19 million. Right. That's unheard of. Like the only team paying their quarterback less was San Francisco. Right. You know what I mean like I don't want to say like so it's that it is that thing of like at some point they have to start playing offensive players. Right.
[01:14:48] They have to start. I mean obviously I think the offensive players have to be worthy of being paid. But but still you've got to start spending money on the offensive side of the ball. You have to. Yeah. You know it's and that so that it's like that odd thing of like we're just completely in reverse of what the rest of the league does. Right.
[01:15:13] And in all honesty like overall what has that defense done. Right. Like everybody talks about like oh well Michael Fitzpatrick's overpaid. Well I think he's just because he has an interception. Well he's playing safety. I think he's playing safety the way like he's playing a too deep safety position now.
[01:15:37] This isn't the Dick LeBeau defense where you know it's all cover this cover that you know the the renegade. Yeah. You know zone blitz. He is playing a Tampa 2 style defense where the safety is playing deep off the ball. Yeah. And being just that a safety valve. Nothing gets past you. Yeah.
[01:16:01] You know I mean like he's not playing in that style of defense anymore that he's doing what they want to do and he does it very well. Yeah. Cam Hayward like. He's another one. You know you love the guy. He he's the epitome of what you would want a stealer to be. Yeah. But at the same time. Got his ass handed to him. Last five games of the season. Didn't he? Yeah.
[01:16:30] Like you know I mean like like you're talking about an overpaid defense that you're expecting to stop people. Like how many times last year did they have a lead? Like they were in the lead and now here comes the opposing team and they go on a 75 yard 10 play four minute drive. Well. And they say they now the ball back with 30 seconds. Yeah.
[01:17:01] You know I mean like that's that moment is what you're paying that that defense to do. You're paying a defense in that moment to stop that offense and they never did it. Yeah. Agreed. Like the Cowboy game. Last year. Yeah. That's what it sticks out in my mind because the Cowboys stunk. And that was the game that they should have won and they had the lead going into the last possession. And the Cowboys went right down the field.
[01:17:29] Like I said like a four minute 10 play drive. Yeah. That ate up all the clock. And now Dallas wins. Right. Inconceivable. Yeah. You know like you know they're losing one score games because they didn't have the last possession. Right. So.
[01:17:52] I agree with you to a certain extent Thad but at the same time like greatness does need to be paid. I think TJ Watt is still great. Yeah. Like I guess he had he didn't have an. A 21 sack season last year. Yeah. You know. But at the same time he was still a disruptor. Yeah. So he's a guy much like we talked about earlier with Troy Palomalo.
[01:18:22] TJ Watt is a guy that you have to know where he's at at all times. Yeah. Where's 90. Yeah. Like that's. Now I have. You know I mean like that's just how the like when you have a player like that that you have to point out. Even when they're having a down year you're still like yeah where's 90. Because if we let him go that down year is no longer a down year. Yeah. You know. You can't let him go. No. Yeah. So.
[01:18:51] But like I also get like. Like. It's that problem like Cleveland like overpays Miles Garrett. Yeah. Like overpays. 40 million dollars. Like that's ridiculous. Mm-hmm. But yet. So now. Trey Henderson in Cincinnati who I think is a better player than Miles Garrett. Mm-hmm. Like the problem in Cincinnati is they spend so much money on the offense they probably don't have anything left to pay Trey Henderson. Yeah.
[01:19:21] Like they spend all their money on Joe Burrow and the wide receivers. Yeah. That now it's like okay we've only got breadcrumbs left. Yeah. You know. But he wants T.J. He wants Miles Garrett money. T.J. Watt wants Miles Garrett money. Well. Miles Garrett shouldn't be making Miles Garrett money. Right. Like they over. And. The funny thing about Miles Garrett is like he's like yeah I want traded. Cleveland. This team stinks. You know they're never going to contend.
[01:19:51] They spend all their money wrong. Yeah. You know. We go and get the show on Watson. Like what's. I want out. Well if we give you $40 million will you stay? I will stay for $40 million. Yes sir. You. You know. Right. So. All right. Anything you'd like to add to the proceedings there sir? No I'm good man. Well remember there are a number of different ways you can reach out and touch us.
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