GBF - Top 5 Super Bowls of the Year

Summary

Podcast Summary: "GBF - Top 5 Super Bowls of the Year"

Podcast Information:

• Title: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
• Host/Authors: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, Billy Gill, Mike Ryan, Mike Fuentes
• Episode: GBF - Top 5 Super Bowls of the Year
• Release Date: April 14, 2025
• Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami

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1. Introduction to the Episode

The episode kicks off around the 01:18 mark with Billy Gill welcoming listeners to another edition of "God Bless Football" presented by DraftKings. The hosts express their excitement for the upcoming NFL Draft, which is just two weeks away.

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2. Ranking "Super Bowls" Beyond the Actual Game

Billy Gill initiates an unconventional ranking system for "Super Bowls," not limited to the iconic championship game but extending to other significant NFL events. He suggests:

• NFL Draft
• Opening Night
• Thanksgiving Day Games
• Free Agency

Mike Ryan humorously contests this approach, ranking events like free agency as his personal "Super Bowl."

Notable Quote:

Billy Gill [02:51]: "Can you rank football's Super Bowls... these are the rankings I want to know your Super Bowl."

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3. Interactive Segment: Here's a Headline

The hosts engage listeners with a game called "Here's a Headline," where they present news headlines related to NFL teams and discuss them to guess which team is being referred to.

• Example Headline:

  Mike Ryan [05:25]: "Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson is using doubters as comeback fuel."

  Discussion: The hosts debate Deshaun Watson's future and performance, questioning his commitment and effectiveness.

Notable Quotes:

Billy Gill [05:14]: "So, who could go back to college and completely rebuild his stock?"

Mike Ryan [07:40]: "Justin Fields could go back to college and try to convince everybody he's better."

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4. Hypothetical Scenarios and Player Analysis

The conversation delves into hypothetical scenarios where NFL players return to college to enhance their careers. The hosts discuss potential candidates like Justin Fields and John Ross, evaluating their abilities to dominate in a college setting and improve their draft stock.

Notable Quotes:

Mike Fuentes [08:34]: "John Ross ran a 4.22 at the combine. He could burn past college quarterbacks."

Billy Gill [10:21]: "Trey Hendrickson would absolutely dominate and be a first-round pick."

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5. Rule Change Proposal: Draft Auctions

Mike Ryan proposes a radical rule change for the NFL Draft, suggesting that the first overall pick should be subject to a live auction where all 32 teams can bid, with the bid amount allocated to the player against the team’s salary cap.

Discussion Points:

• How this would transform the draft process into a televised auction event.
• Potential for game manipulation if teams bid strategically without intent to win.
• Impact on player salaries and team strategies.

Notable Quotes:

Mike Ryan [29:09]: "The first overall pick should be up for a bid so all the teams can bid on it."

Billy Gill [30:12]: "Draft auction sounds like such a good idea. Why aren't you running the NFL, Mikey?"

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6. Interactive Segment: Anonymous Sources

The hosts return to another interactive game, "Anonymous Sources," where they present quotes from anonymous NFL executives about NFC teams. Listeners are encouraged to guess which team is being referenced based on the provided clues.

Example Quotes and Discussions:

• Quote 1:

  Mike Ryan [36:38]: "They are putting a lot of trust in their ability to draft. They are keeping the true difference makers and letting go of those who they feel are overpaid or resting on their laurels."

  Guesses:

  • Billy Gill [37:09]: "49ers."
  • Mike Ryan [37:19]: "Chicago Bears." (Correct)

• Quote 2:

  Mike Ryan [39:29]: "There would be a lot about them that scares me, but it's not the players..."

  Guesses:

  • Billy Gill [40:00]: "Lions." (Correct)

• Quote 3:

  Mike Fuentes [43:42]: "It's like the 2015 Colts all over again. Signing older guys who have been hurt..."

  Guesses:

  • Billy Gill [48:47]: "Falcons."
  • Mike Fuentes [49:05]: "Minnesota Vikings." (Correct)

Notable Quotes:

Mike Ryan [35:17]: "The San Francisco 49ers, baby."

Billy Gill [46:02]: "New York Giants." (Correct)

Mike Fuentes [50:18]: "Dallas Cowboys." (Correct)

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7. Hosts' Top Five "Super Bowls"

The episode concludes with the hosts sharing their personal rankings of what they consider the "Top Five Super Bowls," which intriguingly includes events beyond the traditional game.

Mike Ryan's Top Five:

1. The Draft
2. Opening Night
3. The Super Bowl
4. Thanksgiving
5. Free Agency

Billy Gill's Top Five:

1. The Super Bowl
2. Opening Night
3. Thanksgiving
4. Free Agency
5. The Draft

Notable Quotes:

Billy Gill [52:43]: "My number one Super Bowl is the Super Bowl."

Mike Ryan [54:52]: "My number one is the draft. It is."

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8. Conclusion and Final Thoughts

As the episode wraps up, the hosts reflect on the dynamic nature of NFL events and their unique perspectives on what constitutes a "Super Bowl." They encourage listeners to engage via social media by sharing their own rankings and participating in upcoming interactive segments.

Notable Quote:

Billy Gill [55:14]: "All right, that’s what I was just checking to see if everybody had them, not just going to start going."

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Key Takeaways:

• Unconventional Rankings: The hosts redefine "Super Bowls" to include major NFL events like the Draft and Free Agency.
• Interactive Engagement: Games like "Here's a Headline" and "Anonymous Sources" actively involve listeners in identifying teams based on provided clues.
• Hypothetical Discussions: Exploring what could happen if certain players returned to college or if draft rules were revamped.
• Personal Insights: The hosts share their personal favorites, offering diverse viewpoints on NFL traditions and events.

This episode offers a blend of humor, strategic discussions, and interactive fun, providing an entertaining take on the NFL landscape beyond the traditional Super Bowl framework.

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Transcript

[Billy Gill]

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[Mike Ryan]

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[Mike Ryan]

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[Billy Gill]

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[Mike Ryan]

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[Mike Fuentes]

God Bless football. Billy Gill.

[Billy Gill]

Friends, family, loved ones. Welcome to another edition of God Bless Football presented by DraftKings. DraftKings. The Crown is yours. If you love God Bless Football. If you love us, follow us on our feed. Check out God Bless Football exclusives that aren't there yet, but maybe one day will be. And you just follow the feed there, then you don't have to go to the Levitard show feed. It's a whole thing. And you can get God Bless Football moving forward. So how are we all feeling? Welcome to the first week of April 2025. We're getting close friends. We're about two weeks away from the draft.

[Mike Ryan]

I. This is, this is my Super Bowl.

[Mike Fuentes]

Really?

[Mike Ryan]

Draft is my Super Bowl. Yeah. As a Jets fan, this is. When we win, we win because everybody's going to tell us how good of a pick we had. And, and, and few years from now, that person will be either on another team or out of the league. But for right now, we'll win. And I'm looking forward to that feeling.

[Billy Gill]

I mean, you win up until actually draft night, right? And then once the pick is in, you guys usually shift your attitude to you've lost.

[Mike Ryan]

No, no, that's, that's, that's kind of an early 90s thing that kind of stopped late 90s. They stopped booing the jets draft pick. And every year now, it's, it's the best player that's ever been in college. And the only reason he's on the jets is because we're divine and we're gonna win the championship, but we never do.

[Billy Gill]

Can you, can you rank football? Super Bowls. And I'm not talking about, like, ranking like, Super Bowl 3, Super Bowl 4, Super Bowl 51, whatever. This is how I want to rank Super Bowls. And it's really, I think three or maybe four. These are the three that I'm going to suggest for your super bowl. So, and we can put them in the proper ranking. And if you want, you can, you know, tweet at us.

[Mike Ryan]

Sure.

[Billy Gill]

Tag us, hashtag gbf, whatever it is. Right. And, and these are the, these are the rankings. I want to know you, the listeners. Super Bowl. So your football. Super Bowl. Is it the Super Bowl? Is it the draft? Is it opening night? And is there any other things that we might want to throw in there? I don't think free agency falls in there, does it?

[Mike Ryan]

The, the, the, the first day of free agency could definitely be in there. Thanksgiving football could definitely be in there.

[Billy Gill]

Trade deadlines?

[Mike Ryan]

No, that, no, the NFL trade deadline isn't as fun as the NBA or the MLB. 1. I would put the, I would put free agency. I would. Because it's like starting at noon on the legal tampering period, you know, the first time they actually start talking to anybody, wink, wink. You just start refreshing Twitter. You just keep going until, until you see something, and then you panic. So I, I, I'll definitely put free agency in there. As a matter of fact, that might be my number one.

[Billy Gill]

Really? Okay, well, don't, I'll, we'll get, don't spoil it. This is what we're gonna do. Yeah, I like that. I think. Fans, if you're listening again, follow us on our feed. God bless football, and you can get us moving forward. I think that what we should do is we now have the five out there, NFL draft, opening night, the Super Bowl, Thanksgiving Day games, and then free agency as our five. And if you stay listening to this episode, later on, you will get my top five Super Bowls, Mikey's top five Super Bowls, and Mike Fuentes his top five Super Bowls. So that's an exciting thing. You want to play a game that I like to call Here's a Headline.

[Mike Ryan]

Absolutely.

[Billy Gill]

So for those of you who are new to the program, here's how Here's a Headline works. There's news all the time, but headlines are boring. So we play a game called Here's a Headline, where we just throw out a headline and then we break it down, not just tell you the headline. So we're going to go around the room. I've started the last couple times, so I'm feeling like I don't really want to start today. I want to pass the ball a little bit. I feel like we should start out with Mikey today. So, Mikey, do you have a headline for us? And here's a headline.

[Mike Ryan]

Hey, here's a headline. Browns quarterback deshaun Watson is using doubters as comeback fuel. That's right, folks. In a video he posted on his Instagram, he said, quote, everyone's doubting me. Everyone don't believe in me. Everyone don't think I can get back to where I was, but I know, and I believe the work that I put in what I believe in myself. So he thinks he's coming back to, I guess, play football at a mediocre.

[Billy Gill]

Level at some point where I don't.

[Mike Ryan]

Know what he thinks he's coming back to.

[Billy Gill]

Where is he coming back? Not even. What. Where is he coming back to? Because Cleveland last week essentially said, we regret ever making that decision. Vision.

[Mike Ryan]

Sure.

[Billy Gill]

So where are we going?

[Mike Ryan]

Desean Houston, Clemson. Is that where he's going back to?

[Billy Gill]

Wow. Did he leave early?

[Mike Ryan]

I. I don't.

[Mike Fuentes]

No. I think. I think he was a senior. I think he was done. Yeah, I'm pretty sure he was done.

[Billy Gill]

All right.

[Mike Ryan]

Is desean Watson just kind of, at this point, a guy that you just kind of want to go away? I mean.

[Billy Gill]

Yes.

[Mike Ryan]

Like.

[Billy Gill]

Like, I think. I think everyone says good enough.

[Mike Ryan]

He's not good enough or exciting enough to even, like, get past all the stuff, and then there's all the stuff, and it's like, just kind of go away. Like, I don't. I don't. I don't want to see it. Like, I'm good. I'm good. If I never heard from you again, I have.

[Billy Gill]

I have something that I want to ask you guys that I was thinking about. I don't disagree with any of what you said, by the way. So you were saying that we think that he was a senior when he left. I have a hypothetical game to throw at you. It's a real game. It's a hypothetical situation. So who in the NFL do you believe? NFL player. Do you believe that left early or was granted one extra year of college, let's say the COVID year. Right. Even if they weren't in college during COVID so they get an extra year of eligibility even though they've already played in the NFL, which isn't how it works. But for the sake of this game, this is how it works.

[Mike Ryan]

Sure.

[Billy Gill]

Who do you think in the NFL presently could go back to college for a year and, and completely rebuild his stock and make himself a sought after player?

[Mike Ryan]

This is a fantastic question. Wow. I'm gonna go. Justin Fields. Justin Fields could go back to college right now, run a college offense, rebuild his stock and try and convince everybody that he is better than he was drafted the first time.

[Billy Gill]

Do you think that he would like if he went back to college? You think he would die if they allowed that? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Yes. I mean, listen, he's, he's still, I mean as much as I don't want him to be the quarterback of my team and he is, he's still a grown man playing in a college sport like. Yeah, still, he still has five years of NFL experience to bring to a college game. But yeah, that's, that's my answer.

[Billy Gill]

Justin Fields, do you have one? Mike Fuentes?

[Mike Fuentes]

I do actually. I just thought about him right now.

[Mike Ryan]

And my pick, Is it another former jets quarterback?

[Mike Fuentes]

No, he's. I think he's a former NFL player at this point because I think he's out of the OH form. He was on the. He last played in 2024 with the Eagles. But I'm going to say John Ross. You don't remember John Ross? John Ross ran a 4 2, 2 at the combine. It was the fastest in history. And I believe just based on the speed he can go back and just, you know, let's be real, he's on a lineup against a bunch of future accountants and he's just going to burn them and he's going to, you know, get a million yards and touchdowns and he's been on NFL way programs and I think he would just ball out one more year of college.

[Billy Gill]

So you think if he went to college after retiring from the NFL he would then convince people in the NFL that he was someone that they should go after in the first round?

[Mike Fuentes]

I didn't say he retired, he just said he was, he was on a team last year. He's not officially retired.

[Billy Gill]

Well, okay, so he'd go out there. Hold on a second.

[Mike Fuentes]

He would burn a bunch of college level quarterbacks, score a bunch of touchdowns and then they'd be like, ah, why not a former first round pick, 2017?

[Mike Ryan]

I don't know. I don't know. Kids are getting faster. I don't know if you've seen the combine.

[Mike Fuentes]

He ran a four.

[Mike Ryan]

Kids are getting faster.

[Mike Fuentes]

He's the fastest ever. The fastest ever.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, Xavier ever would disagree. Xavier Worthy might disagree.

[Mike Fuentes]

Yeah, Xavier Worthy's in the NFL.

[Billy Gill]

He's playing right now, so I have one. But I feel like it's not the spirit of the, of the game entirely.

[Mike Ryan]

You made the game, so it is the spirit of the game.

[Billy Gill]

It's not because it's just like this guy's good and better than we thought he was and it's not fun. So I apologize. So I think friend of the show, Trey Hendrickson, if he went back to college, would absolutely dominate and be a first round pick. Where he was taken, I believe in the third round.

[Mike Ryan]

In that vein, how about Brock Purdy? Brock Purdy going back to college.

[Billy Gill]

Wow.

[Mike Ryan]

Now all of a sudden, maybe he's drafted first overall.

[Billy Gill]

Where would we put Brock Purdy if he went back to college? What conference would he be in when.

[Mike Fuentes]

You put him back in the Big 12? Right. That's where he came from.

[Billy Gill]

Well, you could place him anywhere. You could go anywhere. I don't see him in the sec.

[Mike Ryan]

Maybe.

[Mike Fuentes]

Okay, so in this hypothetical, he's still Brock Purdy. So people know that he's coming back from the 49ers. Correct.

[Billy Gill]

That's a great question.

[Mike Fuentes]

Because if that's the case, there's definitely an SEC team that's going to drop an nil bag for him to go play.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah, no, but I don't want, I don't want him in the sec. I feel like he's not SEC breed.

[Mike Ryan]

I think he could have been a Saban Alabama quarterback. I think he could be that, that random.

[Mike Fuentes]

An AJ, LSU. AJ McCarron is what you think he is.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, yeah, like AJ McCarron.

[Billy Gill]

I was thinking honestly, more like McElroy. I was thinking more like a Nebraska. You know, like you have them at Nebraska and you're like, oh my God, that quarterback out of Nebraska. I mean, I guess in this scenario, you know, he's Brock Purdy.

[Mike Ryan]

Right.

[Billy Gill]

But he's like the, wow. That quarterback out of Nebraska, that quarterback out of Wisconsin, Brock Purdy. He might be the steal of the draft.

[Mike Ryan]

Where.

[Billy Gill]

If it's Alabama and it's Nick Saban coaching, you're like, Brock Purdy. How much is it him and how much is it Saban's system in Alabama?

[Mike Ryan]

Are we not sending him out west? We can't see him at USC guy. Like I could see him at Oregon.

[Mike Fuentes]

No. A cow Golden Bear. A cow Golden Bear.

[Mike Ryan]

Golden Bear shirt.

[Billy Gill]

How about Oregon State? State.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. But I don't think he's going to get drafted number one overall. Even if he is Brock Purdy. And we know what he is.

[Mike Fuentes]

The problem, the problem with him going to Nebraska.

[Mike Ryan]

Texas.

[Mike Fuentes]

No, Texas N. Sec team, sec.

[Billy Gill]

Too much pressure. Yeah.

[Mike Fuentes]

But the problem with him going to Nebraska is we all know there must always be a Martinez at quarterback in Nebraska.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah, yeah. So, yeah, that's why I threw Wisconsin in there as an option. But west coast makes sense for him, I think. I think West Coast. Yeah. All right, well, that was a fun exercise if one does you have a headline?

[Mike Fuentes]

Oh, yes, my headline. Give me one moment to pull it up here. It's a very, very stunning headline from sources that Jets Alan Lazard will take a Pay cut to 2.25. Sorry, a 2.25 million dollar base salary to stay with the New York Jets. Very sad for the Alan Lazard free agent market.

[Billy Gill]

Well, is it, is it that there's no market or he's such a great team player? Because I would say it's because there's no market.

[Mike Ryan]

He specifically requested a trade and they were like, yeah, okay, go find one. And then here we are weeks later and not only is he staying with the team, but he's like, listen, you can pay me less. Oh, that's, that's what we call overplaying your hand. Yeah, you overplayed your hand. You went out, you thought, oh, everybody's gonna want me, especially wherever Rogers.

[Billy Gill]

Well, that's, that's the thing, right. I feel it's. Right now it's kind of if you're the jets, right, and you really want to mess with both him and Aaron Rodgers, you wait for Aaron Rodgers to sign and they're like, you know that minimum salary? You wanted that base salary. Here you go. Dare you to sign it. And then you, you, you either get Alan Lazard for cheap, right. But you also keep him away from Tom Brady who he's hoping would have ended up on a team by now and he was just going to follow him around.

[Mike Ryan]

You just call Aaron Rogers Tom Brady.

[Billy Gill]

Did I call him Tom Brady?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, you did call him Tom Brady.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah. Yeah. It's been a week.

[Mike Fuentes]

So apparently, yeah, apparently Alan Lazard was going to be a casualty, a cap casualty of the jets, as he was slated to make $11 million in base salary this coming up year. It was non guaranteed.

[Billy Gill]

Oh, wow.

[Mike Fuentes]

So they basically said, hey buddy, listen, either you're doing that contract or you're out of here. He then reduced it to 2.25 million and he gets 1.75 million guarantee.

[Billy Gill]

Wow. Do you think he spins it? He's like, you know what? I was talking to Coach Glenn. I'm in on this team and. And I want to do what's best. I want to give you guys some money to go out and make the team better.

[Mike Fuentes]

No.

[Billy Gill]

And, yeah.

[Mike Fuentes]

And he's probably like, my wife loves it here. The kids are in school. I don't want to move them again.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah, it's not right. Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

I mean, the jets win one. They win one here.

[Billy Gill]

Do they?

[Mike Ryan]

Sure, sure. They. They. Here's a guy who thought he was gonna go out, and the only reason that he was having trouble was because he was a Jet, and that's happened to a lot of people. But now everybody's like, no, you're just. You're just not good. He's like, okay, I'll. I'll take a pay cut. I'll stay here.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah. All right. Well, now I'm thinking of more people that could go back to college that could really dominate after you. I didn't like my Trey Hendrickson. I felt like. I felt like that was cheating a little bit, you know?

[Mike Fuentes]

What about Alan Lazard? Where could he go?

[Billy Gill]

Oh, Mac team.

[Mike Fuentes]

Yeah. Somewhere.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, he went lv.

[Billy Gill]

He could go to. Yeah, he could be like. Like a Lobo or something, you know, and he's just out there and, you know, third rounder, I think if he went back, you think he'd come out as a third rounder.

[Mike Ryan]

Now everybody's favorite third rounder, though.

[Billy Gill]

Really?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, that's what he'd be. He'd be the one that everybody goes, hey, watch out for this guy Lazard in the third round, you know.

[Billy Gill]

You know what I think he would be? He'd be the third rounder. That when your team is four picks away and I'm talking like your team, the jets, is four pick picks away, you're like, man, I hope Lazard falls to us. Like, we got it. We gotta trade. Trade up for Lazard. Trade up for Lazard or. Oh, God, I hope he falls for us and he's still on the board. Yeah, it's good spot for him. He should re enter the draft just to go back to the exact same.

[Mike Fuentes]

Team and you get him in the fourth round. You think, man, we got a bargain. Yeah, we got him. Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

One mulligan in your first three years, you get to go back to college for one year and get redrafted.

[Billy Gill]

Wow. So it has. Has to be within your first three years. That changes everything. When we come back, we play a fan favorite from Last week, anonymous sources.

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[Billy Gill]

Guess what, guys?

[Mike Ryan]

What happened?

[Billy Gill]

In all the excitement of all the games we were playing, I forgot to give my. Here's a headline.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, we need a headline from you, Billy. It's. Yeah, it's your show here.

[Billy Gill]

It's the rules. And I'm sorry for not obeying the rules. I just kind of forgot. I assumed that I had. Had done it already and I didn't. And then I called Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady, and then everything was thrown off and we were sending Alan Lazard back to college and figuring out where he'd be drafted. So here's a headline. Panthers quarterback Bryce Young is ready to, quote, grow and build in year three.

[Mike Ryan]

There's a lot of directions to take.

[Billy Gill]

Is year three the year that Bryce Young grows and builds with the Panthers?

[Mike Ryan]

Yes and no.

[Billy Gill]

He didn't look bad once he got his job back after losing his job because Andy Dalton, I believe, got in a car accident.

[Mike Ryan]

We're also going to have to point out that one of the biggest knocks on Bryce, Bryce Young, is that he was a smaller. A smaller diminutive fella.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

For the quarterback position. So the fact that he's talking about growing and building is kind of ironic in and of itself.

[Billy Gill]

Well, but I'm gonna wait, you know.

[Mike Ryan]

Sure. But I'll take it the direction he intended. And I do think. I do think I've seen enough of him at the end of last year to think he could take a big leap. Now the problem is I don't know who's catching the ball over there. It's. It's Xavier Leggette, who is everybody's favorite mind included player in the NFL to hear speak, and the ageless Adam Thielen. But like, you got to get that guy somebody to, to, to, to throw the ball to. So he's got to get him a whoopi. Somebody that no matter what, I'm just going to give it to him. And they don't have that. It's hard to. It's hard to take that leap without that security blanket.

[Billy Gill]

What's a woobie? I don't think I've ever heard that.

[Mike Ryan]

No, it's a security blanket.

[Billy Gill]

Really? Did you name it your will be or is that a known thing that people call it?

[Mike Ryan]

That's kind of a thing. Yeah. Really?

[Billy Gill]

A would be. Okay. I don't think I had a woobie. I had a stuffed animal, like a stuffed bear that I would take everywhere.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, that's your wooby.

[Billy Gill]

My wooby. Okay. Did you have a blanket, a bear, stuffed animal?

[Mike Ryan]

I did, I had, I had a. I had a blanket. Do you still have, I think was a towel.

[Billy Gill]

Really?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Billy Gill]

You still. Do you still have it somewhere thrown away at some point?

[Mike Ryan]

It's. It's somewhere. It's. It's somewhere.

[Billy Gill]

Okay.

[Mike Ryan]

It's. It's in, it's, it's in the premises.

[Billy Gill]

It's in that closet behind you.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, well, it's the one over there. But yeah, it's there.

[Billy Gill]

All right. How often do you, do you whip out the woobie?

[Mike Ryan]

Every time I have to go. Because I never go in that closet. You know, it's one of those like. But like when you have to like get your passports out, you know, every. Like you have to go in that closet and then. I can't go in that closet without going down memory lane.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

And then the will be makes an appearance.

[Billy Gill]

What else is. Is down memory lane for you?

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, there's things like articles and yearbooks and wow.

[Billy Gill]

Ticket stubs and you know, back when you were happy.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

I was married with kids.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah. If, if, if Bryce Young, now that we. Now that we're in. In the year three of the game, if Bryce Young went back to college, I mean, he was, he was the number one pick.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. I mean he's so.

[Billy Gill]

He can't, he can't get better than number one. But do you think there'd still be a feeding Frenzy for him. If Bryce Young. Okay, how about this? Bryce Young, Cam Ward. Titans could pick one of the two. Who do you think they take?

[Mike Fuentes]

Cam Ward?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, I think they take Cam Ward.

[Mike Fuentes]

Just because of his body size.

[Mike Ryan]

Knowing what they know now. But I think if you were to put Cam Ward in that draft, I think they, I, I think they take Bryce Young.

[Mike Fuentes]

In Bryce Young's draft.

[Mike Ryan]

Yes.

[Mike Fuentes]

With CJ Stroud.

[Billy Gill]

Okay, how about this? Next year, Cam Ward and Bryce Young are in the draft.

[Mike Ryan]

Is, Is Arch. Is Arch coming out?

[Billy Gill]

Arch is in this scenario. Arch is coming out.

[Mike Ryan]

No other Manning came out early.

[Billy Gill]

He will be.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. He know, by the way.

[Mike Fuentes]

He knows what's up with the money.

[Mike Ryan]

Speaking of all this, our friends over at the Athletic, they, they did a lot of research. They crunched the numbers.

[Billy Gill]

Oh, I love crunching.

[Mike Ryan]

And they, they came up with this. Out of the last 25 years, 15 times the quarterback who was taken first in that draft wasn't the best quarterback in the draft. So only 10 times in the last 25 years was the quarterback taken first. The best quarterback from that draft.

[Billy Gill]

Who were the quarterbacks that were, that.

[Mike Ryan]

That were taken first and were the best?

[Billy Gill]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Trevor Lawrence, Joe Burrow, Kyler Murray, Jamus Winston Carson Palmer, Andrew Luck, Cam Newton, Sam Bradford, Matt Stafford, Matt Ryan. Those are the 10 that were considered the best. Now, they used a lot of different metrics to.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah. Who was in the Jamis draft?

[Mike Ryan]

Marcus Mariota was number two.

[Mike Fuentes]

I know that.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Now there, there are times where so like Jamarcus Russell was taken first, but they have Trent Edwards listed as the best quarterback in that draft. In other words, hopefully your team did not draft a quarterback in 2007.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah. Interesting. So we're not saying that Zach Wilson was the best quarterback in the Trevor Lawrence draft? Yes.

[Mike Ryan]

No, we're not.

[Billy Gill]

Yet. Yeah, there's still, there's still time. Also, Justin Fields is in that draft. We thought that he might be the number one pick. Mac Jones, too. That was a, that was a big draft for current quarterbacks. I mean, I guess it was only 2017, so they wouldn't all be out of the league by now.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah. Anyways, was it. I mean, it's. We've joked about this and I saw that Trevor Lawrence is now on a quote unquote pitch count so that he can get ready for this coming season. It seems like every year we're saying it's a make or break year for Trevor Lawrence. They've signed him to the extension. He's their guy. They're not Going to get out of that contract after this year. But is this the year that Trevor Lawrence makes that step? Is. How about this? Is this the year that Trevor Lawrence, in the words of Bryce Young, grows and builds?

[Mike Ryan]

No, I think this is what he is.

[Billy Gill]

Really.

[Mike Ryan]

I think he's, I think he's a very high floor and very low ceiling guy.

[Billy Gill]

Is he good enough?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, I think he's good enough. I, I, and I, I, I, I say this as a Jet fan, so please don't get mad at me, Jacksonville Jaguars fans. He's good enough for Jacksonville.

[Billy Gill]

Okay.

[Mike Ryan]

That's just what he is.

[Billy Gill]

Who is Justin Fields good enough for you?

[Mike Ryan]

No.

[Billy Gill]

Oh, who's good enough for you? Who's the, who's like the quarterback that is like, yeah, this is, this is the quarterback that jets deserve.

[Mike Ryan]

Last year's version of Aaron Rodgers. That's really, that's, it's just perfect. It's all headline and no substance.

[Billy Gill]

Were you ready for another year that like, would you have signed up for another year?

[Mike Ryan]

I, I was hoping for it, yeah. I mean, considering other options. But by the way, side note, on that list that the Athletic came up with made me, made me think so in 2018, the first quarterback taken was Baker Mayfield. And they have a tie for who the best quarterback is.

[Billy Gill]

Okay.

[Mike Ryan]

Josh Allen or Lamar Jackson. And I don't know who's better.

[Billy Gill]

I mean one is a two time mvp, the other one's a one time mvp. Sure, but, but, and, and you know, some thought Lamar should win his third MVP and then Josh wouldn't have had any MVPs. That's a good question. That's it. That's 2018 draft, huh?

[Mike Ryan]

That's a good 18 draft.

[Billy Gill]

Good little draft there. Yeah, I know.

[Mike Ryan]

Sam Darnold.

[Billy Gill]

Did they, you guys, I'm gonna go through here.

[Mike Fuentes]

You guys want the list of other quarterbacks drafted in 2015 with Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota? I looked them up.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah, sure.

[Mike Fuentes]

Okay. In the third round you had Garrett Grayson.

[Billy Gill]

Oh, okay.

[Mike Fuentes]

Remember that name, stud? Yep. Then you had Sean Manion. Sean Manion of, yeah, of. Manion of Los Angeles Rams. Well, St. Louis Rams, I think at the time, backup quarterback status. Then a Jets legend, Bryce Petty.

[Billy Gill]

Wow.

[Mike Fuentes]

Also in that draft. And Brett Hundley. And then to round it up in the seventh round, probably the best of the bunch, Trevor Simeon.

[Billy Gill]

Trevor Simeon.

[Mike Ryan]

So James Winston is the best of the bunch?

[Mike Fuentes]

Not by a mile. Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

So no, it's close.

[Mike Fuentes]

Trevor Simeon has an argument.

[Mike Ryan]

Does he though, like. Yeah. I mean he kicked around a Few years in Minnesota, you know, Denver, Chicago.

[Mike Fuentes]

But out of all these quarterbacks, the only starting caliber 1 quotation marks is Jameis. Right. I guess Mariota had a. Had a season there, right, with the Falcons.

[Billy Gill]

I kind of want to redraft the 2018 draft.

[Mike Fuentes]

Oh, my God, that was 10 years ago. 2015.

[Billy Gill]

I mean, it was seven.

[Mike Fuentes]

No, no, I'm talking about 2015.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah, yeah. I mean the 2018 draft. Okay, so it was Baker, then Saquon, then Sam Darnold, then Denzel Ward, Bradley Chubb, Quinn Nelson, Josh Allen, Roquan Smith. So the first eight picks, right? First eight picks, all Pro Bowlers. So so far, everyone has hit on. On the draft. Well, I mean, Sam Darnold, so.

[Mike Ryan]

But they hit. They just didn't hit there.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah. Yeah, okay.

[Mike Fuentes]

Yeah, somebody hit. This wasn't them.

[Billy Gill]

Michael Lynching, Josh Cleveland didn't hit.

[Mike Ryan]

I mean, they did, but just not with Cleveland. Baker.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah, I mean, they. We don't need to redo this so many times, but man, they messed up Baker so badly, he. He should have sat out that year that he played hurt. That ended up getting him sent away from the Browns. I wonder, what if. What if Baker was still on the Browns and they didn't have this whole desean Watson situation? Anyway, you want to play anonymous sources?

[Mike Ryan]

Sure. You want to. You want to save it or do you want to. You want to get one or two out there? You know what I want to bring up? As long as we're talking about the draft, let me talk about. Let me, Let me bring up one thing. I want to propose a rule change, all right. For the NFL when it comes to the draft.

[Billy Gill]

Okay.

[Mike Ryan]

And I think the first overall pick should be up for a bid so all the teams can bid on it.

[Billy Gill]

All 32.

[Mike Ryan]

All 32 teams. And here's the catch to it. The money that you bid goes to the player. All against the cap over a four year deal.

[Billy Gill]

So I have a lot of questions. Not a ton. Okay, so when you're figuring out the draft order every year, then the worst team gets the number two pick. We start at number two.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, unless they bid for the.

[Billy Gill]

Well, no, you could. No, the number one pick is up for grabs. So. So you have 33 picks in the first round.

[Mike Ryan]

No, 32. You just move up your spot.

[Billy Gill]

I don't like that. I like the idea of.

[Mike Ryan]

It's.

[Billy Gill]

Everyone still has their pick. It's an extra pick.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay.

[Billy Gill]

And the number two pick could be the first two picks if they really, really wanted.

[Mike Ryan]

They want to spend the money.

[Billy Gill]

So you can have a year where the number one and the number two pick both go to the same team and they really fast track rebuilding their franchise.

[Mike Ryan]

Now, I'll. I'll make this even bigger for you, okay? This becomes a live auction event. Televised, televised live auction event. We'll call it. We'll call it the day before.

[Billy Gill]

No, let's do a day of. So Draft day is coming and you have no idea where the number one pick is. And you only hear little whispers about who it is that made who's gonna bid. There's no cap. There's no cap. Right. You can go as high as you.

[Mike Ryan]

Want, but it all goes to the player against the cat. And it's all on the cap.

[Mike Fuentes]

Yeah. That's how you have to. Yeah. If you don't do that, Jerry. Jerry Jones just buys everything. Like.

[Billy Gill]

But does this go against guaranteed money? So, like.

[Mike Ryan]

Yes, yes, it's on your cap.

[Billy Gill]

So this is like a signing bonus. This is like a signing bonus.

[Mike Ryan]

If you don't have the cap space, you can't do it. Now, you could get into some. Some Tom foolery, some gamesmanship. And. Now suppose I know that my. The team in my division wants a quarterback, but I have all this cap space. Maybe I bid them up. Maybe I just keep raising the bid with no intention of winning it.

[Billy Gill]

I love this idea.

[Mike Ryan]

We can have fun with this.

[Billy Gill]

I really, really love.

[Mike Ryan]

It's a televised event, all 32 owners, and they have their little paddles. Get a celebrity auctioneer.

[Billy Gill]

I think that you. I think right before the first team goes on the clock, you have like a five minute auction or you just open auction.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Billy Gill]

And. Oh, gosh, I really kind of like this idea, man. This is a good idea, Mikey.

[Mike Ryan]

This is a good. It was a good idea. This is. This is a Billy idea.

[Billy Gill]

Well, hold on. Would you. Would you do it? Night of the draft, I feel like what ends up happening is that then you, like, you. You move it up like the NBA ping pong balls. You know what I mean? It becomes its own thing. And then it becomes eligible for NFL super bowl that we're going to be ranking later on today, which is the draft auction. Draft auction. Draft. Oh, this draft auction sounds like such a good idea. Why aren't you running the NFL, Mikey?

[Mike Ryan]

I. I keep applying. They keep. They keep rejecting me. I've been getting a lot of that lately, though.

[Billy Gill]

Stick with it, though. Eventually one of those will go through. You know what I mean?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Billy Gill]

Maybe Golic gets on a committee now, you know, Seems to Have some spare time on his hands, joins a committee and then he can appoint you to like something and then you work your way up. You just need a foot in the, in the door at the NFL. You know, that's what I'm an ideas guy.

[Mike Ryan]

As long as I get there, I'll, I'll make it work. You'll figure you should do some anonymous sources.

[Billy Gill]

All right, when we come back, we play our new favorite game, Anonymous Sources.

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[Billy Gill]

God bless football is presented by Smirnoff. We do game days. Please drink responsibly. The Smirnoff Company New York, NY I am going to come clean. I lied to you two segments ago. I didn't intend to lie to you. Yes, I lied to you and I told you that anonymous sources was coming up last segment and we didn't get to anonymous sources sources. I also told you the segment before that we were going to do Here's a headline and then I forgot to do my Here's a headline. So we're having a great episode so far but last segment I told you that anonymous sources was coming up this segment and that is in fact the truth. Because right now we're going to play a brand new edition of Anonymous sources presented by Smirnoff, the world's number one vodka. Please drink responsibly. Mikey, take it away.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, for those of you who listened last week, you remember anonymous sources is I read just that, a quote from an anonymous source about a team in the NFL. Last year we limited it to only AFC teams. This week we're going to do all NFC teams. Okay, so these are all quotes from an anonymous source about a certain NFC team. And you guys are going to tell me you guys are going to guess which NFC team they're talking about.

[Billy Gill]

And you can get along at home as well if you want to. And if you want, you can follow our feed. God bless football. And if you're playing along live, just tweet your guesses at us, hashtag anonymous sources. And then we'll know right away if you were right or wrong. Because we're doing live at the same time, together, all of us. Whenever you're listening to it, we're doing it. You know we're doing it.

[Mike Ryan]

That's exactly when it's happening.

[Billy Gill]

I like to think some people will say, you're prerecorded, you're taped. This isn't live. And you know what I say? No, this is a live show. To you, the listener who is listening right now.

[Mike Ryan]

Exactly what he said.

[Billy Gill]

Yep, Right now. First, I'm live right now. You're live. We're in the moment anyway.

[Mike Ryan]

We're in the moment.

[Billy Gill]

Anonymous. Well, isn't. It doesn't go like this. You give an anonymous source, and then we have to guess which one it is.

[Mike Ryan]

Sure.

[Billy Gill]

Okay, cool. Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

All right, here's, here's, here's the first quote.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Quote. They are putting a lot of trust in their ability to draft. They are keeping the true difference makers and letting go of those they feel were overpaid now or resting on their laurels.

[Billy Gill]

Wow.

[Mike Ryan]

Which NFC team is this anonymous executive referring to when he says, quote, they are putting a lot of trust in their ability to draft. They are keeping the true difference makers and letting go of those who they feel are overpaid or resting on their laurels.

[Billy Gill]

49Ers.

[Mike Fuentes]

O. I'm gonna say Los Angeles Rams.

[Mike Ryan]

Billy Gil is the best at this game because he got so many right last week. And he's already won for one today. The San Francisco 49, baby.

[Billy Gill]

That's why they call me Mr. Football. No one calls me that.

[Mike Ryan]

I. I do sometimes.

[Billy Gill]

Okay.

[Mike Ryan]

Sometimes at night.

[Billy Gill]

Oh, am I there or just.

[Mike Ryan]

No, just.

[Billy Gill]

Okay.

[Mike Ryan]

You Know when I'm talking to my woobie, I said, you know, Billy Gill, that Mr. Football.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah, me and Mr. Football had a great recording today. If only two guys showed up.

[Mike Ryan]

Anyway, he's on assignment. All right. Whoa. I like what they have done. They have gotten better. I do not know how much we will see it in their record, though. If they win eight games, is that progress? Which NFC team are they referring to when they say that one more like what they have done. They've gotten better. I do not know how much we'll see it in their record. If they win eight games, is that progress?

[Billy Gill]

Bears.

[Mike Fuentes]

I will also say the Chicago Bears.

[Mike Ryan]

You both are correct. It is the Chicago Bears. I don't believe how well you're. I. Do you have it? Billy? Do you have.

[Billy Gill]

No, I don't.

[Mike Ryan]

You have all my sources. Well, my anonymous sources.

[Billy Gill]

I. It has to be someone obviously that had less than eight wins. So it was a team that wasn't that good. And the options. The options then become the Giants. The Giants better.

[Mike Fuentes]

I mean, first.

[Billy Gill]

At first, the Giants may be, I guess because of quarterbacking, but didn't feel like a Giants thing.

[Mike Fuentes]

When he first said it, I thought the Giants and I go, have they really gotten that much better with Russell? And then.

[Billy Gill]

And then I was like, five game jump is a lot.

[Mike Fuentes]

Yeah, that's a ton. Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

All right, next one. Quote There would be a lot about them that scares me, but it's not the players. I'll be curious with role players if there is a drop off because you have to have a vision for on how to deploy those guys. Quote There would be a lot about them that scares me, but it's not the players. I'll be curious with role players if there's a drop off because you have to have a vision for how to deploy these guys.

[Mike Fuentes]

You have to have a vision for how to deploy these guys. The role players.

[Mike Ryan]

There's a big hint in there.

[Mike Fuentes]

Give it to me one more time, Mike.

[Billy Gill]

It's not gonna help.

[Mike Ryan]

There would be. There would be a lot about them that scares me, but it's not the players. I'll be curious with role players if there's a drop off because you have to have a vision for how to deploy these guys.

[Billy Gill]

I have a question. Are we doing the same rules as last time? We're not repeating.

[Mike Ryan]

Yes.

[Billy Gill]

Okay.

[Mike Ryan]

No repeats. We'll save repeats for. For the players. One, because little, little, little spoiler. We're going to probably play this at the draft.

[Billy Gill]

Really good ones.

[Mike Fuentes]

I'm going to Say the min.

[Billy Gill]

The draft in Nashville.

[Mike Ryan]

The draft in Nashville. Come join us.

[Mike Fuentes]

I'm going to say the Minnesota Vikings.

[Billy Gill]

I'm. I'm somewhat stumped. I think it's not the players, role players, how you deploy them.

[Mike Ryan]

Why would there be a drop off?

[Billy Gill]

I. I mean, it could be. It could be the Vikings. It could also be the Seahawks if you get rid of your quarterback.

[Mike Ryan]

Or maybe your coordinators.

[Billy Gill]

Well, I was thinking it could be the coordinators.

[Mike Fuentes]

It could be the coordinators gave it away. Yeah.

[Billy Gill]

Could be the coordinators in Detroit. Or it could be. There's a new head coach that's trying.

[Mike Fuentes]

To figure out, can I change my answer event?

[Mike Ryan]

No.

[Mike Fuentes]

No. Okay.

[Billy Gill]

I'll go with the Lions.

[Mike Fuentes]

Yeah. Well, you know, Billy got it. Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Billy got it.

[Mike Fuentes]

Yeah.

[Billy Gill]

Damn, I'm on fire.

[Mike Fuentes]

No.

[Mike Ryan]

I love that you cursed to make me pay for it.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah.

[Mike Fuentes]

Oh, sorry.

[Billy Gill]

There was. There was also. There was also cursing in the background behind you. Fuentes in the last.

[Mike Fuentes]

I know I had. I had to yell at M. Because he was very emotional or something.

[Mike Ryan]

I know.

[Mike Fuentes]

That's.

[Billy Gill]

I heard Mike Malley, of all people.

[Mike Fuentes]

He's back there. Hey, buddy. Hey, Mike. Mike.

[Dan LeBatard]

Wave.

[Billy Gill]

Wait till they come out.

[Mike Ryan]

There we go.

[Billy Gill]

Hi, Mike. Good job.

[Mike Fuentes]

Yeah.

[Billy Gill]

Anyway.

[Mike Ryan]

All right. Ready for the next one?

[Billy Gill]

Yeah. I'm a fire right now.

[Mike Ryan]

They are going for it. One executive said their coach is like, let's go. I do respect that. It's a boldness that is not afraid to fail. Kind of like how Howie Roseman in Philly pouncing on Saquon Barkley. They are going for it. Their coach is like, let's go. I do respect that. It's a boldness that is not afraid to fail. Kind of like how Harry Roseman in Philly pouncing on Saquon Barkley.

[Billy Gill]

I'm gonna say Rams.

[Mike Fuentes]

I love how this guy likes the coach saying, let's go.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah.

[Mike Fuentes]

Yeah.

[Billy Gill]

I'm thinking a coach that would say, let's go. Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Actually, Sean McVeigh is a let's go.

[Billy Gill]

That's why I said. Yeah.

[Mike Fuentes]

So I'll to say the right.

[Billy Gill]

I. I didn't give this one much thought.

[Mike Fuentes]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

But it's not him.

[Mike Fuentes]

No, it's not me.

[Billy Gill]

Oh, well, I'm not locked in yet.

[Mike Ryan]

Yes, you are.

[Billy Gill]

I didn't say final answer.

[Mike Fuentes]

Double or nothing. So it's not the Rams. We both had the Rams. So we'll guess again. Their coach is like, let's go. One more time, Mike.

[Mike Ryan]

They are going for it. Coach is like, let's Go. I do respect that. It's a boldness that is not afraid to fail. Kind of like how Howie Roseman in Philly pouncing on Saquan Barkley.

[Billy Gill]

So did we sign an older player?

[Mike Ryan]

Their coach is like, there's a hint.

[Billy Gill]

All right. For those commanders, I was gonna explain it.

[Mike Ryan]

For those who were just listening, I turned my hat backwards.

[Billy Gill]

And yes, the commanders, I didn't get to guess again.

[Mike Ryan]

The commander, I didn't get to guess again. You got it wrong. We know it.

[Billy Gill]

No, I'm not gonna give myself credit for that one. Dan Quinn.

[Mike Fuentes]

Quinn's a let's go guy. Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, Dan Quinn's a big let's go.

[Billy Gill]

I don't think so.

[Mike Fuentes]

Me neither.

[Mike Ryan]

Quinn's a big let's go.

[Mike Fuentes]

I feel like I was misled there.

[Billy Gill]

Can I tell you something? Not a fan of the whole let's go thing. I don't like people that just say, let's go at the end of everything.

[Mike Fuentes]

Weird trend with the kids.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah, weird. Yeah. Anyway.

[Mike Ryan]

All right, let's go. All right. Quote is a long one.

[Billy Gill]

Oh, no quote.

[Mike Ryan]

There is a big push by the owners to stop firing people and eating all the dead money with coaches. Some owners are paying credence to that. If you have the most stable ownership, you come out and say, I believe in these guys. It's been a weird set of circumstances, but they are the right people. There is no way you can run a franchise going from a bad year to a playoff mandate.

[Mike Fuentes]

All right, so this is a team that has a long standing coach, obviously. So.

[Mike Ryan]

There is a big push by the owners to stop firing people and eating all the dead money with coaches. Some owners are paying credence to that if they have the most stable ownership. You come out and say, I believe in these guys. It's been a weird set of circumstances, but they are the right people. There is no way you can run a franchise going from a bad year to a playoffs mandate.

[Mike Fuentes]

Okay, so it was a team that was bad coachman around, huh? Nfc.

[Billy Gill]

Well, I don't know if we're interpreting this the right way, because it could be a team like the Panthers that fires people every single year.

[Mike Fuentes]

Yeah, I don't know. Mikey's eyes perked up when he said that.

[Billy Gill]

So I'm gonna go Panthers. Yeah.

[Mike Fuentes]

I'm gonna go Saints.

[Mike Ryan]

You guys were more right the other way.

[Billy Gill]

I'm gonna go with the Cowboys.

[Mike Fuentes]

No, they just got a new coach. We're right the other way. What the hell does that mean?

[Billy Gill]

With the last question, someone that's been there.

[Mike Ryan]

Someone that's been there. If you have. If you have a more stable ownership, the owner can come out and say, quote, I believe in these guys. It's been a weird set of circumstances, but they are the right people.

[Mike Fuentes]

Weird set of circumstances. No.

[Mike Ryan]

There is no way you can run a franchise going from a bad year to a playoffs as a mandate.

[Mike Fuentes]

The Giants. Yeah. Dable's been around a while. I'm saying Giants.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah, sure.

[Mike Ryan]

You got it.

[Billy Gill]

Wow.

[Mike Ryan]

That's the New York Giants.

[Billy Gill]

I'll give you a point, Fuentes.

[Mike Fuentes]

Thank you.

[Mike Ryan]

You get a point there, Fuentes.

[Billy Gill]

Just to make things interesting, because my, my Lions one was not great. Let's do one more. Let's do one more.

[Mike Ryan]

One more. Okay. Quote they got a little better, but they are still working from a deficit. They were a three year reset from last year, so this is just year two for them.

[Mike Fuentes]

This sounds like the Giants again.

[Mike Ryan]

It's not.

[Billy Gill]

It's not.

[Mike Fuentes]

Okay.

[Mike Ryan]

They got a little better, but they're still working from a deficit. There were a three year reset from last year, so this is just year two for them.

[Mike Fuentes]

I'm gonna say the Arizona Cardinals.

[Billy Gill]

I was thinking Falcons maybe, but they got Kirk Cousins and that wouldn't have been a three year rebuild.

[Mike Ryan]

They got a little better, especially at the end of last year. A little better, but they were working from a deficit. They were in a three year reset. You know, year three, Big year.

[Billy Gill]

Big year for the year. This year.

[Mike Ryan]

Year three is, is. Is when you'd grow and built. They were a three year reset from last year, so this is just year two for them. It got a little better.

[Mike Fuentes]

Yeah. Panthers.

[Mike Ryan]

I was, I was spoon feeding it to you guys. I gave all the Bryce Young quotes in there.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Yes. It was the Daddy V turned around.

[Mike Fuentes]

And he was telling me, small guy got bigger.

[Billy Gill]

I'm like, hey, you're cheating.

[Mike Ryan]

He's.

[Billy Gill]

Danny B.

[Mike Ryan]

Gets a point. Danny B. Gets a point.

[Billy Gill]

Wait, you guys are cheating.

[Mike Fuentes]

No, no. I don't know what you're talking about.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah, one more, One more, one more.

[Mike Fuentes]

Sure, fine.

[Billy Gill]

One more.

[Mike Ryan]

I got. I got two more if you want two more. I got two left.

[Billy Gill]

All right, let's do one quick and then see if we can sneak the other one in. Heads explodes.

[Mike Ryan]

Quote. It's like the 2015 Colts all over again. Signing older guys who have been hurt, who are on their third or fourth contracts. You cannot build a team with old players, especially old players who have been cut because they were hurt. It's like the 2015 Colts all over again signing older guys who have been hurt who are on their third or fourth contracts. You can't build a team with old players, especially old players who have been cut because they were hurt.

[Mike Fuentes]

The New York Giants.

[Billy Gill]

No, we already did the Giants.

[Mike Ryan]

We already did them. We don't repeat.

[Mike Fuentes]

Oh, I thought we just.

[Billy Gill]

Is it the Saints?

[Mike Fuentes]

Hold on. Give me one. Give me a second. Guys that are hurt all the time.

[Billy Gill]

This is the part where I start overthinking and I'm gonna say Falcons.

[Mike Fuentes]

I'm gonna say Falcons.

[Mike Ryan]

Neither is correct. Playoff team from last year.

[Billy Gill]

Playoff team. I meant the Rams. I meant.

[Mike Fuentes]

There he did the Rams.

[Mike Ryan]

No, we didn't.

[Billy Gill]

No, we didn't. I didn't mean the Rams, though. I meant the. I meant the commanders. No, we did the command this time.

[Mike Fuentes]

I mean the Rams, though. Not the Rams.

[Billy Gill]

No, it's not. He told us. It's not. I meant the Seahawks.

[Mike Ryan]

And Seahawks were definitely not a playoff.

[Billy Gill]

But I meant the Buccaneers.

[Mike Fuentes]

I met the Buccaneers.

[Billy Gill]

It was the thing.

[Mike Ryan]

No, think. Think further north.

[Mike Fuentes]

Further north. Packers.

[Billy Gill]

I meant. I meant the. Yeah, that's what I meant.

[Mike Fuentes]

Green Bay. I love Green Bay this time of year.

[Mike Ryan]

No, I think.

[Billy Gill]

Think I meant the West. The Vikings, maybe.

[Mike Ryan]

That would be. That's exactly where you should be.

[Billy Gill]

That's what I meant.

[Mike Ryan]

Minnesota Vikings.

[Billy Gill]

That's what I thought. Yeah. All right, one more. One more. We can't end on that horrible note.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, that was pretty bad. Well, considering what that quote was. Take a listen to this one quote. They are a well run team. Blue. But what they want to do and what their fans want them to do are two different things. Right now, they are more serious about staying relevant and keeping that brand up high than they are about winning. They are buying low on former highly drafted picks. But how often do those guys really pan out?

[Mike Fuentes]

It sounds like the Dallas Cowboys.

[Billy Gill]

I'm going to say the Rams just have a different answer than you.

[Mike Ryan]

It is the Dallas Cowboys. Way to go, Danny B. Wow, Danny, you did it.

[Billy Gill]

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[Mike Ryan]

I do. I'll run through them, and then you can run through yours.

[Billy Gill]

Well, no, no, you don't have. You don't have to take your time.

[Mike Fuentes]

Because I didn't do mine.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah. Yeah. Okay. All right. That's what I was just checking to see if everybody had them, not. Not to just start going. And as we do with our top fives, you start at five, not number one. Don't tell us what your number one super bowl is right away.

[Mike Ryan]

All right, fair.

[Billy Gill]

All right. Do you want me to go first? Do you want to go first?

[Mike Ryan]

You go first with your number five number fives.

[Billy Gill]

Oh, okay. We'll do fives across the board. All right. My number five super bowl is free agency. Yeah, free agency. My number five Super Bowl, Mikey. Your number five Super Bowl.

[Mike Ryan]

My number five super bowl is Thanksgiving. Very rarely do we get good matchups, and I'm always guilted for watching it.

[Billy Gill]

Okay.

[Mike Ryan]

By certain members of. Of my family.

[Mike Fuentes]

Faster.

[Billy Gill]

Let's go faster, Fuentes. Your top five super bowl don't have it keep going.

[Mike Fuentes]

It's up to you.

[Billy Gill]

Okay. My number four, Thanksgiving. Yeah. Yeah. It's my number four because I get excited about it. I like the idea of it, but I also get taken away from the games. Oftentimes by the time we get to the late game, I'm kind of tired. I don't really pay attention. So my number five super bowl is Thanksgiving or my number four Super Bowl.

[Mike Fuentes]

Too much. Gotta be faster. Gotta be faster. Let's go.

[Billy Gill]

We're good.

[Mike Ryan]

My number four super bowl is the Super Bowl. Very rarely lives up to the hype.

[Billy Gill]

Really. My number three super bowl is the NFL draft. Your number three Super Bowl Free agency.

[Mike Ryan]

It's exciting. It's exciting for a while.

[Billy Gill]

Okay. My number two super bowl is opening night.

[Mike Ryan]

I agree with you. Number two, opening night. Opening opening night.

[Billy Gill]

See, Fuentes was worried about us. And now we still have 4/40 to each give our number one.

[Mike Fuentes]

Really went for a long time on Thanksgiving. I was, like, worried about it.

[Billy Gill]

Don't. I'm a professional. I'm looking at the clock here. I wouldn't waste time for no reason. Just filling in time with unnecessary words. I get right to the chase. Boom, boom, boom. You say hurry it up. I hurried up. I don't delay. I don't waste time. I get right to the point. You know what I mean, Jelly bean? My number one super bowl is the Super Bowl.

[Mike Ryan]

My number one is the draft. It is. And it's also next.

[Billy Gill]

Next week on the calendar.

[Mike Ryan]

Next on the calendar.

[Billy Gill]

Next on the calendar. Hey, see you next week. God bless football, everyone. Folks, listen up.

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