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Outta Pocket with RG3
The Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots are BACK + Super Bowl Rematch and Deion Fining players
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
The New England Patriots are back and so are the Seattle Seahawks. And they got it done with Drake May and Sam Darnold in a new way of playing quarterback. New age football people. And we're going to let you know how they got it done in 33 minutes or less. You ready to do this?
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Greta Griffin
I'm ready.
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
All right. Welcome to out of Pocket with RG3, hosted by your boy and the lovely, amazing 108 Time All American, Greta Grrfin. Make sure y' all like and subscribe to our YouTube channel. Okay, go ahead and move that mouse click, click. Get it done. And then leave in the comments what you want us to talk about and who you want us to talk with or bring on the show next. And we will make it happen. You ready?
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Greta Griffin
I'm ready.
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
We got 33 minutes. Let's roll.
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Greta Griffin
Opening drive In a full blown snow fight in Denver, the Patriots outlasted the Broncos 107 to punch a ticket to their 12th Super Bowling franchise history and win their NFL record 40th game in the playoffs. Second year QB Drake May didn't light up the stat sheet. He only threw for 86 yards and added 65 rushing yards. But. But he made the only touchdown play on a QB draw and in New England cashed in on two Denver turnovers to survive a game where every yard felt like a fist fight in the snow. So did Drake May drive the bus in this win or did he just ride in it?
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
Drake May didn't mess it up. That's what he did, okay? He drove the bus, he stayed within the speed limit, and he got everyone home with the AFC championship safe and safe.
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Greta Griffin
I mean, the weather was absolutely horrible.
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
Yeah, it was so bad that once the weather went cold, like a woman's embrace after you tell her to calm down. This wasn't a quarterback duel anymore, people. It was a who can play ugly better championship. Everybody's gonna beat the drum of defense wins championships. And the Patriots have a crazy good defense. And trust me, defenses do win championships. But the Patriots won because they weaponized. Boring. They only threw the football six times in the second half. They held the ball for 21 minutes of a 30 minute half. That's what you call not being afraid to win by any means necessary. Especially when you couldn't even see the lines on the field in the second half because of the snow. But I told y', all, everyone that could hear it her you at home. I told y', all, Drake May had to get jiggy with it in the open field in order for the Patriots to win in this game, he had seven rushes. If you don't include the kneel downs at the end, seven rushes. Six of those rushes went for a first down or a touchdown. Seven rushes for 65 yards. You want to talk about efficiency, six first downs or touchdowns, that's how you get jiggy with it, baby. Come on. All right, now the. The real truth here though, is that in snow games, the MVP really is discipline and not highlights facts. What I mean by that, I played some snow games in my career. Balls hard as heck and you know, no one really wants to be out there getting hit. Don't look at me like that. Balls, the ball is hard, okay? But the real separator, turnovers, situational football, not talent. Drake, Drake May. May didn't carry the team. He simply avoided losing. And that to me, is how you steal a championship on the road. So for Drake May to win a AFC title game with only 86 yards passing, that is scary, people. Everybody's going to say the snow and defense and grid and Drake May listen. He didn't play quarterback in this game. He simply played closer. He didn't chase the style points. He hunted game ending decisions like the first down he ran for at the end of the game.
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Greta Griffin
Let me read the transcript about Drake May's decision to keep the ball in the last play without telling anyone. So at the snap, May turned right into the backfield, but never took his hands off the ball. As Stevenson opened his arms, May peeled the other way and broke from the play design. I hit my block and all the defenders started running the other way. Pat center Garrett Bradbury said. I'm like, what? Oh my God. Four seconds and seven yards later, May cross the first down marker on the Patriot sideline. His little secret had clinched AFC title. After the game, Drake's like, I debated telling you guys if I was going to keep it or not, but I just decided not to.
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
Bradbury said, I can't lie. I could listen to you read that transcript 75 times.
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Greta Griffin
I've read too many books to my kids.
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
Does Granberry sound, does he really sound like that? He's like, oh my God, what? But here, here, here's how I feel about that quote. What they going to say now? What they gonna say now? Drake May showed you that he has the guts to call his own number in crunch time when the team needed the most. Hey, we can, you know, sit back and let the defense try to win it for us, or I can take the game into my own hands. And that to me is the definition of what a game changing franchise quarterback would do. There's a lot of people out there, Cam Newton, who like to hate on Drake May because they feel like he doesn't do enough. But all I know is I heard a lot of MVP chants at the end of that game and I know what they've done to change that franchise around since going 4 and 13 in back to back seasons. I mean this NFL playoffs has been crazy. Most fourth quarter comebacks, most fourth quarter lead changes. But Drake May himself did something that even the legendary Go Tom Brady couldn't do. He won a playoff game in Denver. That's right. Tom Brady's 0 and 3 in the playoffs in Denver. And now Drake May is the second youngest quarterback to play in the super bowl in NFL history. Only Dan Marino was younger.
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Greta Griffin
Did Drake May and the England England New England Patriots surprise you this year though?
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
No, I would say surprise. They didn't surprise me, but they sure did surprise the Tennessee Titans. And if you don't know where I'm going, you better check your receipts and truckee history. All right. Tennessee had Mike Vrabel, who is now the head coach, New England Patriots as their coach. And now they're eating crow. This Patriots team's identity, what would you like? They weaponize field position, they force mistakes, they play hard nose defense, they're gritty, they're tough and they allow their quarterback, just like Mike Vl used to allow the quarterback at Tennessee to be the most efficient passer and the most efficient runner on the field. Tennessee has to be kicking themselves right now because they had this in their building. Yeah, and they undercut him. At the end of the day they said they felt like he was too strong of a presence. Well, now the Patriots are back because of it. If you're an NFL fan and you didn't want the Patriots to be back and you don't like their fans online talking all this message, blame Tennessee for not having Mike Vrabel's back. This could be us. All you fans, all you Titans fans. This you got. Is that meme? This could be us. But you played yourself.
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Greta Griffin
That's a bar. That's a bar. I bet you playing.
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
Exactly. Not to mention that also Mike Vrabel, he, he has a chance to be the first person ever, ever in NFL history to win a Super bowl as a player and as a coach for the same team.
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Greta Griffin
Oh, that'll be so sweet.
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
Talk about sellers remorse for Tennessee.
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Greta Griffin
Let's shift gears here to the Seattle Seahawks, who outlasted the Los Angeles Rams in a Complete shootout. Seattle survived a classic at Lumen Field, beating the Rams 31 to 27 to reach their first Super bowl since 2, 2015.
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
Crazy.
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Greta Griffin
Sam Darnold threw for 346 yards and three touchdowns. Jackson Spit and Jigba went off for 153 yards and a score. And the Seahawks defense overcame mistakes to shut the door with the late 4th down red zone. Stop after the Rams went for it all instead of taking the points. Do you think Sam Darnold has proved his haters wrong this season?
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
Absolutely he has. I mean, I'm hearing crickets. Crickets. No, no, no crickets from his haters now. And Sam Donald, like you, you have to call a spade a spade. Sam Donald had his best game of his career on the biggest stage of his career, and he wasn't even fully healthy. He's dealing with oblique injury the entire time. I better not hear a negative word come out of any analyst's mouth about Sam Darnold for the next two weeks. Not only, not only was he an upgrade for Seattle, a lot of people said, oh, there's no way Seattle can get an upgrade over Geno Smith. Not only was he an upgrade over Geno Smith, he showed you that you can win games because of his play. It's true. Not just with his play. You know, there's people, ah, you can win with him or you can win because of them. Well, guess what? Seattle is where they're at right now because of the way that Sam Donald played. So put some respect on that man's name. Scrap all the negative narratives. He has the pit now.
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Greta Griffin
What did, what did this game show you about the Seattle team?
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
I mean, this game, you know, this game in most games, in my opinion, are decided by one dirty truth. People, come here, let's listen. Let's. Let's have a little time here, a little time here, okay? Championships are usually won by the hidden plays, not the superstar plays. We see all these highlights and all this stuff and it's like, well, sometimes it's about being efficient as a quarterback and getting the ball to the right guy. Sometimes it's about not making the mistakes on special teams. So when I watch this one, most shows are going to talk about, hey, Sam Donald, he proved his doubters wrong. Oh, Stafford battled, but he couldn't overcome it. But this game was one with clean offensive play from the Seahawks, a trip on special teams that completely flipped the entire game. And Tariq Woollen recovering from a terrible lapse in judgment when he got the penalty that turned would have been a fourth and 12 into a four, a first down for the Rams, and then they bombshotted him for a touchdown right after. Their ability to recover from those mistakes and play clean on offense is why they won the game.
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Greta Griffin
That's true.
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
I mean, you talk about the muff punt and Seattle being able to score immediately after that, that changes the flow of the game. It changes the momentum of a game. And Donald didn't just, you know, make throws. He made a lot of great throws and Jackson, Smith, and Jig, but went off. Right. But he had zero turnovers. He was a zero turnover CEO. Two games in a two. Two games in a row in the playoffs when his team needed him the most. And he forced Matthew Stafford to have to play hero ball. And he just didn't have enough heroisms in him after that. Yeah, I think in these two games, we didn't get. We didn't get the two games that everyone expected. Right. You saw the first half in New England with New England versus Broncos. The Broncos. You saw the first half, the weather was good. It seems like the people were moving the ball. Second half, it became, you know, the elements won that. Right. But both games proved to us that now in the NFL, the Super bowl and those big games are usually won by the team that makes the fewest dumb mistakes, not the team that makes the most wow plays. I would say that the Broncos had the most wow plays in the game, but they lost. I would say that the Rams had the most wow plays in the game, but they lost.
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Greta Griffin
What do you think is on the line in this super bowl matchup?
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
This is a. I mean, listen, this is like a. A Debo Friday game. You know what I'm. You know what I'm saying? You seen Friday, right? Yeah. She got that culture, though. Don't worry. Now, Debo and Friday, he stole the bike, right? So this is a get your bike back game for Seattle because the last time they were in the super bowl, who they play? Last time Seattle was in the last time Seattle was in the super bowl, who did they play? Oh, my goodness.
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Greta Griffin
It was the New England Patriots.
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
Patriots. They played the New England Patriots and they lost. Not only did they lose, they kicked off the start of another Patriots dynasty. So when you look at this from out of stand. From Seattle standpoint, they're gonna be like, oh, no, we're not worried about that. That's the past. Well, guess what? Your fans ain't worried about your fans is worried your fans. The fans don't look at it like it's the past. They want that lick back. They want their bike back. So for Seattle, that's what it's about. Are you gonna allow another Patriots run? I can tell you right now, half of America, more than half of America, is gonna be rooting for Seattle because they do not want to see another Patriots dynasty kick back up. But for Sam Donald, he doesn't have to win with magic, and he has to understand that keep playing the clean ball that you've been playing all year long, and you will be fine. In the NFL today, clean is rare, but it can become legendary.
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Stefan Diggs
It's true.
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
Donald didn't just prove his haters wrong this year. He proved that the league was wrong about what wins big games. It's not highlights, it's possession value. And Donald's super bowl isn't about being the best quarterback on the field. It's about being the cleanest quarterback on the field. Because right now, Mike Vrabel and his defense, I mean, they are creating turnovers. They're great in situational football. And if Donald protects the ball, that offense in Seattle becomes impossible to ignore.
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Greta Griffin
What do the Patriots have to do, though, to win the Super Bowl?
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
I mean, the first thing they got to do is, is protect Drake May better. You know, I mean, five sacks in each game in the playoffs, he's been sacked 15 times in three games.
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Greta Griffin
Does one of the sacks counted when he just. It fell in the snow? That's like that kind of as a snack.
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
Snack? It just counted a snack. It counted as a snack for the defense. It dang sure did count as a snack for the defense. What you mean they ate it up? Oh, my God.
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Greta Griffin
Did he count as a sack?
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
No. I mean, yes. I mean, it was on a run play, so probably counted more for a tackle for loss. It wasn't a pass play.
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Greta Griffin
Okay?
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
He was trying to hand it to the back, so I don't think they counted that as a sack. To get sacked 15 times in three games. No. No quarterback is going to say, hey, this is a good idea. But what I do know is going to happen in this super bowl, Seattle, Mike McDonald, they're going to do everything they can to turn Drake May, who has been, you know, a closer of. Of such this year, into a composer. They're going to make him go from closer to composer. They're going to force him to have to win the game, throwing the football and to be the driving engine, not just the one steering the wheel, driving the bus, but to actually be the engine that makes it goes. They're going to Try to take away that running game and say to him, can you beat us through the air? We will see if Drake May can get it done in the Super Bowl. But I'm excited for this matchup.
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Greta Griffin
All right, baby, finish this sentence for me. If Drake may and the Patriots win the Super Bowl.
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
If Drake may and the Patriots win the super bowl, they'll do it from a standpoint of playing boring. And if they win boring, the league will copy it. All right, so I thought you were.
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Greta Griffin
Going to be like, I'm going to stop wearing cowboy hat. No, I'm going to cut my hair off.
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
I'm not letting them control my swag. Listen, every, every team wants a quarterback who can win games. When the, when the game plan breaks down, when, when the weather is terrible, when the box score looks ugly, you find a way to win those games. Games. Every team wants that. But there's this misconception that, that as a quarterback, when you get paid or if you're going to be that truly franchise changing QB, that you have to go throw for 350 yards. Yeah, that you have to go throw for four or five touchdowns a game. That's just not the way the game is played. Especially today. Defenses are getting better. Defensive linemen are becoming more, increasingly harder to block. I mean, we're seeing all these ferocious pass rushes. The running game is coming back. I don't think it ever left, but to many people it's coming back. And running backs are becoming more valuable. You just need a quarterback that can, when the game is on the line, you trust them.
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Greta Griffin
Especially in the NFL, like in college football, you still see a 450 yard game like every, you know, every other game. But like in NFL, it's like you said, just play, play boring. As long as you can win.
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
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Greta Griffin
All right, finish this sentence for me. If Sam Darnold and the Seahawks win.
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
The super bowl, every analyst who doubted Sam Darnold would be an upgrade for Seattle and has trashed him should have to quit their job. That's all I got to say about that. You can't. You can't be that wrong. You can't. You can't be that. You. You just thought that Sam Darnold wasn't gonna be a guy that could help you, so you felt good about jumping on him and. And you felt good about, you know, not believing in them and trashing his name and attaching negativity to it. But you know what? This man went the whole. The long, hard way. I'm excited for Sam Donald because he is proof, living proof that the NFL has a quarterback development issue. They tried to castrate this man with New York Jets. They tried to destroy him with the. The Carolina Panthers. Then he goes over to the. To the 49ers, sits on the. Sits on the bench for a year, and then he wins 30 games in two seasons. One with the Vikings, one with the Seahawks. Yeah, Sam Donald, man, he's gonna cost people the jobs.
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Greta Griffin
Feel a good. Moment of the week. Stefan Diggs played in a championship game for three different franchises. Minnesota Vikings, Buffalo Bills, and now the New England Patriots. Now he gets to play in his first ever Super Bowl. What a journey he has had. Watch for yourself how much this means to him.
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Stefan Diggs
For me, man, I've been in the league 11 years, man. I just. I fell short so many times. It's. I can't say nothing but perfect timing. As of right now, I was coming off an ACL injury. I'm saying, new team, new situation, new coaches, new teammates. It all happened exactly how it was supposed to. So I'm just appreciative.
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
And I mean, wow, you can just. You can just feel the emotion from him. A guy that has been at the pinnacle so many times to finally break through. You can feel how you want about Stefan Diggs. Everybody's got a different opinion about him and, and all of the baby mamas and cardi b and everything in between. But that emotion you hear from him is from a player who knows how hard it is to get to a Super Bowl. Trust me, you're looking at a player right now that never got to a Super bowl, let alone won one. It is so difficult. It's the ultimate team sport. It takes so many things to fall into place. So when you hear that and you hear him give thanks to God, that's what I see from it. This man, through all the troubles and the trials and tribulations that he's been through, all the drama, he still looks to one person to give thanks to. And that's God and his teammates. I love to see it.
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Greta Griffin
Also, check out this video of Stefan Diggs in pregame before the game.
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
Warrior identity, undefeated away from home this season. They feel like they have play style that travels. They know this place is loud. Oh, my goodness. Hey, this man is wilding. Tripping wing. You doing headbutt video.
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Greta Griffin
He wanted the concussion before the game started.
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
You remember that, that video with Baker Mayfield when he was head but his his offensive lineman? I mean, you got to be real. You got to have a couple screws loose to be going out there, heading button somebody with no helmet on. But I will tell you this, the braids do help a little bit because it does reduce the impact. So. Hey, Stephan, you got your boys amped up and it really worked out for you guys. We're happy for you.
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Greta Griffin
Viral spiral number one. Justin Gaethje put a beating on Patty Pimblett. Justin Gaethje and Patty Pimblett went to war at UFC 324, but it wasn't one shot start. Gaethje won a unanimous decision in a brutal five round fight, snapping Patty's UFC streak and taking the interim lightweight Javisher belt. Did Patty Pimblett get exposed?
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
No. But Justin Gaethje gave him an elite level reality check. The headline was the damage 100%. But the real story is what this does for both men's trajectory. Let's be accurate before we be loud. Gaethje didn't just flatline Patty. This wasn't a 30 second meme. This is a five round tax audit. And Gaethje made Patty pay every second of the fight. But in a way, Patty's stock still might have gone up in the loss. And you ask yourself, well, why is that? Well, because there's losses that expose you and there's also losses that certify you as A contender. Patty showed he belonged and he fired back. Despite getting put down multiple times, he never quit. And no matter how much his face was beaten up, he seemed like he was still game to keep going. But over the course of those five. Yeah, five rounds, Gaethje really established himself again. The guy is a walking highlight reel. He's tough and he never has boring fights. I really feel this way about Justin Gaethje. You know, we've gotten. Gotten to know him a little bit over the years, and when he walks into a ring, it's almost like every time he walks in there, he has a mission. And that mission is to prove to the guy that's standing across from him that he got into the wrong profession. He's. He's not happy to see you. He's not wanting to shake hands and giggle with you. He's not. He's there to fight. And I love that about Justin Gaethje. But Patty showed that he can't be broken. So the question I posed to you guys in the chat is, would you rather be undefeated and untested, or would you rather be battle tested and believable? Because to me, Patty showed that he's believable. And that's how you flip a loss into a launch. You don't run from it. You build on it. And I think Patty Penlit, depending on how he responds, can do that. But I can't get away from this because the way that you were saying Patty Pimblett reminded me of the scene from Friends when the guy was telling Joey to over pronounce the name like the. Patty. Patty Pimblett. What paper now. You spitting on me now? Come on now. Come on now.
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Greta Griffin
Oh, my God. Patty Pimblett. All right, Viral spiral number two, Taipei 101 climb by Alex Honnold live on Netflix. Alex Honnell just did a ropeless ascent of Taipei 101 in Netflix's skyscraper live. An absurd endurance climb up 101 story building. I think they said it was like 17ft up in the air.
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
17 what?
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Greta Griffin
1700Ft.
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
Oh, okay. I was like 17ft.
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Greta Griffin
But the viral, viral wrinkle is the money conversation over here because reports say. Reports say he called the payout embarrassing. It was $500,000, which sparked the entire conversation about risk versus reward. How much money would it take for you to free climb Taipei 101?
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
Oh, no, no, I'm not doing that. Oh, no. Oh, no.
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Greta Griffin
I'm a billion dollars.
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
I mean, I'll try, but I'm not doing that. Listen, my life we Got. We got four daughters, man. Like, this guy is an expert climber. I wouldn't even attempt to climb Taipei 101 for a billion bucks because my life. Because you would die, my kids is not worth me doing something that I am not an expert at all right? So there is no amount of money that I would take to climb that. So congrats to him. I'm so happy for you, bro.
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Greta Griffin
Why does the risk always get the smallest check?
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
Because danger gets views, but ownership gets you paid. Now let's come to my TED talk real quick. People are arguing about the wrong things when it comes to Alex Honnold in this climb. Yes. Climbing Taipei 101 without ropes is insane. All right, Netflix turned it into an event. Global watch along Skyscraper Live. And it pulled. They pulled it off.
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Greta Griffin
My heart, my heartbreak heartbeat was like 250 the entire time.
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
Yeah, you were completely locked in. And they made history. That was a history making moment. But the reason this is going viral isn't just about the climb. It's the leverage conversation when you talk about how much he was paid. Hond reportedly said he was paid an embarrassing amount. Right? Somewhere around $500,000. Half a million bucks. And everybody's like, how is this guy risking his life for that? I don't disagree. But here's the true take. Honda didn't just get paid. He didn't get paid for the climb. He got paid for the spectacle. And in 2026, the spectacle is business. But ownership is what you want. All right? Netflix owns the distribution. Correct?
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Greta Griffin
Correct.
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
Producers own the show. Correct?
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Greta Griffin
Correct.
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
Sponsors own the ad value. Correct. The climber, he just owns the danger, but none of the upside. All right? That's the angle. In a creator economy that we are in right now, the biggest check goes to whoever controls the pipeline, not whoever takes the biggest risk. And it's the same lesson athletes learn when they go from paid talent to equity talent. If you want the biggest bag, you don't just show up. You produce. You negotiate. You control the ip. So, yes, let's celebrate the climb because it was incredible. But don't miss the real message, people. The most dangerous part of that climb wasn't the building. It was the business model. Because the world still pays for your courage, but it pays way more for your ownership. Way more.
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Greta Griffin
Viral spiral. Number three, Fernando Mendoza. And the number one NFL draft pick. Fernando Mendoza just cleared for the 2026 NFL draft after winning the Heisman and leading Indiana to a national title. And he's being talked about as the likely number one pick. He completed 72% of his passes through for 41 touchdowns to six picks and adds mobility. Do you think Fernando Mendoza is the safest number one pick in this year's NFL draft?
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
There is no such thing as a safe number number one overall pick. Think let's be very clear about that. But the real argument isn't highlights and measurables. It's why his style translates on Sundays. Fernando Mendoza should be the number one pick because he is a problem solver. All right, Everybody's going to sell you on Mendoza. Oh, the highlight reel. He's got the completions, the touchdowns. He's got the size, the arm strength. Cool. But let me tell you why he should be the number one pick in a way that actually matters. All right? Mendoza isn't just a talent. He's an anti chaos quarterback. All right? Look at his profile. You talk about the completion percentage, the yards, 3,541 touchdowns, six interceptions. Plus he. Plus he has the running value. That's not yolo ball. Some guys go out there and they're like, hey, you only live once. Somebody's got to be over down there somewhere. That's a. He is a quarterback that consistently chooses the right answer on the test. And the NFL right now is not a highlight league. We just talked about it with Sam Donald and Drake May. Yes, they can have highlight plays, but they're not out there playing YOLO ball. It's a mistake punishment league. Defenses are too fast. Right. The windows are too tight. Coordinators are too smart. The quickest way to lose in the NFL is giving the defense free possessions. Mendoza's biggest superpower is protecting the football while still being aggressive. That's what I love about him. And here's the unique thing about him as well. The number one pick isn't always the best athlete.
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Greta Griffin
Facts.
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Robert Griffin III (RG3)
It's the best problem solver in a broken environment. If he goes to the Raiders, is that a broken environment? Yes, that's a broken environment. And if you're picking number one, your environment is going to be broken. Can you bring a guy in that's going to help you fix it? Put the pieces back together right now. Accuracy under stress is what Mendoza has. And on third and seven, that's where the NFL lives. He's phenomenal there. Decision making speed because you don't get college open in the NFL. Ball security and situational football, he has all of that. The margins in the NFL always come down to one drive. Did we see that in the AFC championship game?
- [29:51]
Greta Griffin
Yeah.
- [29:51]
Robert Griffin III (RG3)
Do we see that in NFC Championship game. Yep. All right. And he brings enough mobility to turn a bad play into 6 yards and not turn it into a disaster. So for me, Mendoza proved he can handle the moment Heisman Trophy national championship turned around. Indiana made them go from the worst, the worst team in college football to a national championship team. Not a one year, obviously. Signetti did it in two, but took them from a laughing stock to the team that now is the standard. So for me, the argument is simple. If you're drafting number one, stop chasing the prettiest traits. Draft the quarterback who reduces your risk and raises your floor on day one while also maintaining an extremely high ceiling for you. That is Fernando Mendoza. He is a franchise fixer, not just a passer.
- [30:43]
Greta Griffin
And if. If it doesn't work out for Fernando Mendoza on the football field, this man has a career on TV if I ever seen one. That man's media training is top level. I don't know what they do in Indiana, but good God.
- [30:55]
Robert Griffin III (RG3)
Fact. Facts. That's facts.
- [30:57]
Greta Griffin
All right, let's get to these NFL coaching hires. The NFL coaching carousel went full chaos this season. The Falcons hired Kevin Stefanski. The Giants hired John Harbaugh. The Titans hired Robert Salah. Steelers hired Mike McCarthy, and Dolphins hired Jeff Heffley, and the Ravens hired Jesse Minter. What trend do you see in these NFL head coaching hires?
- [31:19]
Robert Griffin III (RG3)
The NFL is hiring for stability. They're no longer looking for the new hot shot play caller who's gonna wow you with how whimsically smart he is. And I think it's time for a reality track.
- [31:32]
Greta Griffin
Who are you checking today, baby?
- [31:34]
Robert Griffin III (RG3)
All right, I'm gonna check everybody's perspective on what the NFL coaching carousel is really telling you right now. Let's connect the dots on all these hires, because on the surface, it looks like it's random, but it's actually the NFL telling on itself. Atlanta, you talked about, they went with Stefanski. They go. The Giants went for Harbaugh, and so on and so on. The NFL is done falling in love with scheme. It's not just scheme. Everybody spent the last few years chasing the next offensive wizard, the next viral play designer like Sean McVeigh. And a lot of those franchise franchises ended up with beautiful playbooks. Oh, the highlight players you can imagine in broken locker rooms. All right, these hires, to me, they scream, we want someone who can build a program. Him, Harbaugh, stability. McCarthy is a guy who's held a building together when there was a lot of instability going around with him. Salah is discipline and identity. Stefanski, although he hasn't had a ton of success over the last two years. Is structure in an offensive mind who's a two time NFL head coach of the year happily is reset the culture, fix the defense, stop the bleeding like it was in Miami. And mentor is a modern defensive mind, but also has this way about him that says this is how we run things here type of leader. We are literally watching the NFL in the league admit that the newest market efficiency is leadership. Quarterbacks are expensive, receivers are expensive, pass rushes are expensive. So what's the cheapest way to gain wins? A coach who eliminates self inflicted wounds, penalties, busted coverages, chaos in the building, staff turnover and accountability problems. So if you're a fan, this is what you need to pay attention to over the next few months. Who do they hire as coordinators? The teams and the coaches that hire the best coordinators will be the ones that have the most success. Who wins the off season, Culture war, strength, staff, training room, communication. How do they take care of their players? Do their players have each other's back? Does the coach have the players back? And number three, who can develop their quarterback without ruining him. That is what's going to determine the success. These hires are all basically franchises saying we don't need to be cute, we just need adult supervision. And honestly that might be the smartest trend in the NFL today. I love it.
- [33:49]
Greta Griffin
All right. Our out of pocket take of the week is Deion Sanders is finding players for breaking team rules. Coach prime just brought the NFL to college football. Deion Sanders rolled out an entire fine system at Colorado tied to team rules, late to practice, missing workouts, even public and social media misconduct. The headline is taking nil money. But the real debate is whether this is leadership or a slippery slope in the new pay for play era. Watch this.
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Deion Sanders
Wear your old team's gear in this facility. That's disrespectful. That would be like your lady that you have currently wearing her ex stuff. How you feel about that? She sitting up there with a shirt on that has an extent while you taking and feeding and booing her up. That's how I feel about that. When I see you coming to the cafeteria, you eat our food with your last teens on. Obviously if you want to stay there, you should stay.
- [34:51]
Greta Griffin
Do you think college athletes should be getting nil fines?
- [34:56]
Robert Griffin III (RG3)
Yes, I do. Oh I do. I'm a big proponent. I believe that college athletes should be getting paid because I feel like they are responsible for the industry being as successful as it is for the most part in no One is showing up to watch a coach, coach on the sideline. They're watching. They're showing up to watch those players play on the field, court, wherever they may be on the pitch. So I do think that they should be fine. And I think this is Dion's way of doing what most coaches will only talk about. He's creating accountability in a tangible way. All right. In the NFL, the fine system is built into the collective bargaining agreement, the cba. So if you are late to a meeting, if you don't wear your socks the right height, if you don't. If you don't talk to the media after the game, those. You get fines for.
- [35:41]
Greta Griffin
Those.
- [35:42]
Robert Griffin III (RG3)
If you. If you hit someone illegally break the rules, you get fined for those things. Well, Dion is trying to create a structure now that allows his players to understand you don't just to come up. Get to come up in here wearing the wrong gear, not showing up to class, not being on time to meetings, not getting your lift in. In the past when. When we were in college, you didn't do that stuff. You. You lost out on opportunities, you lost out on playing time. They could hold that against you. When it came time to go pro as a football player and in track, they could hold that against sponsors who potentially want to bring you on to be a part of. Of their brand. Well, now all that's gone because the players are making money. So how can you hold them accountable? You. You have to hit them where they actually hurt the most, and that's their money. That's why they do it to the pros. So I look at this as an opportunity, and I think other coaches will. Will follow suit with this because there are no bylaws that structure it. There's no universal fine system. So coaches are going to start coming up with all types of fines to claw back some money that maybe to a guy that's not performing the way that they thought he was going to.
- [36:53]
Greta Griffin
Perform, you missed class. Thousand dollars.
- [36:56]
Robert Griffin III (RG3)
You missed class. One million bucks. Sorry. Sorry, sir. I mean, it is what it is, but I think this is a way for coaches to try to claw back some power to hold these players accountable. Because if you want to get paid like a pro, then you have to perform like a pro. You have to be held accountable like a pro. And I think that's exactly what Deion Sanders is doing. What do you think?
- [37:15]
Greta Griffin
No, I. I mean, I see your point. Then.
- [37:17]
Robert Griffin III (RG3)
I.
- [37:17]
Greta Griffin
And I guess I kind of agree. It's just our. When we were in college, the system was so different. Like if anybody would have fined me for anything, they would have never seen that money because I didn't have enough money for a Subway sandwich. So, like, completely different system. But I do understand it. Like, you know, the whole system is gearing closer and closer to the NFL system. So I guess that's like a natural next step.
- [37:38]
Robert Griffin III (RG3)
Yeah, and it's. This is the thing. There's a lot of people out there that do not like Coach Prime Deion Sanders, but what they will find to love about him is that he is forcing the ncaa, the college football commissioners, college football as a whole, to make a decision. All right, are we gonna. Is this is college sports professional now? Because if it's not, or because if it is, the standards have to come with it. College football is being forced to look at itself in the mirror. And if you can't hold the guys accountable because now they're making money and they feel like they have all the power, well, you should hold them accountable to why they're making that money. You're making that money because you're supposed to be a pillar in your community. You're supposed to be a representative of this school, representative of your family. We can't lose those standards. There's got to be some middle ground. And Deion Sanders is at the forefront of constantly pushing the envelope to make college football have to answer the questions that need to be answered.
- [38:41]
Greta Griffin
Beautiful, baby.
- [38:42]
Robert Griffin III (RG3)
All right, well, that does it for our show. Clearly, we went way over 33 minutes, but this was just such a juicy conversation, such a juicy week of topics. We had to get it done. So if you made it to this part of the video, we appreciate you leave a comment, give us a thumbs up or salute. And we appreciate your time. Make sure you, like, subscribe to our channel, make sure you follow us on social media, and we'll see you guys next week. Deuces, God bless you.