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The Herd with Colin Cowherd
3 & Out - Trades in the NFL, true first-round talent in the draft, The Ravens and Lamar
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Nancy Glass
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John Middelkoff
the Volume. What is going on everybody? John Middelkoff three and Out Podcast Hope everyone is doing well out there in the real world, in the streets, avoiding head colds and getting sick. A lot of people I know are sick. It felt like it was coming on, but my body is has done a valiant job fighting it off. We'll see if it holds over the course of the week, but today I said, you know what? Let's Do a mailbag at John Middelkoff. At John Middelkoff is the Instagram. Fire in those dms. We're hitting the offseason free agencies right around the corner. Fire in those dms. Get your questions answered here on the show. Tomorrow we'll have a big guest on and probably some more football stuff as well. Who knows, maybe mailbag as well at John Middlekopf is the only thing we're going to do today. So fire in my DMs questions and get your questions answered here on the show. You guys know the drill. Subscribe to the three and out podcast. If you listen on Collins Feed. All of our video is up on this little site called Netflix. It's an app. I don't know if you ever heard of it, but all of our video up on Netflix. Appreciate everyone that went and checked that out, watched there and I think we're doing pretty good. So we'll just keep firing and let's talk some football. You know, there was David Montgomery was traded today to the running back for the Detroit Lions. Was traded to the Houston Texans, which I like to pick up. I, I think everyone's kind of waiting right now on some news. One thing Howie and Spy Tech are doing a pretty good job of at least by the time you're listening to this. It, it may, there may be some stories, but there haven't been like, you know how he has two offers on the table for a first and a third. Spy Tech, the best offer he has so far right now is a first, a second and a fourth. Right. There hasn't really been any of that with Max Crosby and AJ Brown, which all signs point to. I, I think those guys getting traded
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but it's they did a pretty good
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John Middelkoff
job of keeping under wraps, which I think shows you, you know, this notion I was wrong about this. And this is what I found out of the Combine. Eagles like AJ Brown a lot internally as a player. Like he they don't view him as some problem child now. He's emotional but it's not viewed. This notion of like they're all on the one guy side. I they got a lot of love for A.J. brown. So if you're going to want A.J. brown to be on your football team, it is going to be an expensive endeavor to trade for him. I think Albert Brer wrote today in his SI article that like if you're gonna get A.J. brown, they ain't giving them away. And I originally where I was wrong. I thought well it'll be like a third round pick no, they would never trade him for a third round pick. They trade him for a first. Yeah, I mean they traded a first forum. So it's basically be like you got to use AJ Brown, win a Super bowl and then get rid of them for the same price. Okay, let's start with Gene. Absolutely love the pod. I appreciate it. Keep up the good work with Jack. Need some words of encouragement? It's been, he's got the sniffles today, so it's been rough. We'll probably talk about that in the dad Diaries. Maybe I'll do the dad Diaries in the middle of this mailbag. On the Super Bowl, I think the players that win it get 188k and the losers get a 133k. Shares are pittance compared to the financially Normandy in the Super Bowl. The players and the teams are the main attraction and the NFL puts out zero money for the halftime show. Your thoughts? The halftime show. What you get in return has proven to be well worth doing 15, 20 minutes. I don't isn't even that long for any artist. Whatever genre you're in, it is well worth it to do that thing for free because of the amount of people that watch you now. The players. I remember Richard Sherman telling me this before when he was still playing. We were dming and he was part of, you know, the player union group that was negotiating against the owners. And one thing was we were talking about the, the playoff salaries. If you're a player and you're making 20 million or 30 million or hell 10 million you make, you take a huge pay cut in the playoffs. Yet we see these playoff ratings, 25, 30, 40 million people watch the first round. By the time we get to the championship games, you have 50 million people watching. So you could argue they are getting completely scammed on the playoffs. Now, a little bit like the halftime show, you, you get value as a player from the playoffs, right? Turned out my AC is a little hot in here. It's like 90 degrees. Today is if you win in January, you up the value of yourself as a player, but you are still taking a calculated risk because if you get injured in the second round of the playoffs and your contract is up or you don't have any guaranteed money, like you're kind of out of luck. You're taking risks that other guys that are at home are just simply not taking. So I've thought this for a long time, how the players union doesn't fight for more money in these playoff games where like you said, they are worth a ton of money. Congrats on all the new success. Do you think the new blueprint of a successful super bowl winning team is quarterback on a discounted rookie contract with a great defense? It seems over the last few years this has been the trend and the best way to go about building a contender. The Chiefs are outliers, but they paid everybody. Now, the defense and the offense is not strong. So the question is really, will teams continue to pay $60 million a year to a quarterback or, or trade and try to find one every four years? Whenever you have a top guy, you're never going to trade them. I think the problem teams have made is paying like 2 is making $55 million this year. Like, that is, I don't even know the proper adjective to describe how crazy that is. I mean, that's. Even when he was decent a couple years ago, it's like he should have been Relative to the other quarterbacks. Why do you get to match the previous quarterbacks? Like, if Josh Allen signs, if Lamar signs, if Herbert signs, if some of these guys, if Dak Prescott signs, why does Tua get to match them? Like, okay, you sign. Like, why do you get to make a percentage of what they made? You know, in terms of like one to one, why not? Like, yeah, you probably, you know, they're
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Whatever happened to that world? It happens in basically every other industry. But for what, whatever reason, with quarterbacks, it not only stopped happening, that these contracts got way out of whack, that you see this Kyler and TUA situation that are complete anchors and disasters for their franchises. So I, I listen, I, you got to sign a quarterback when he's good on your own team. But like the Texans, they're not giving C.J. stroud a contract extension this off season because they don't know if he's good enough now next year, if he proves it, maybe next off season. But like, what about playing it out? Pick up his fifth year option. Like, what's the, what's the impatience by all these teams? I, I don't understand the, the lack of patience with these quarterback contracts. I, I never have and never will. You have nothing but patience with every other position. Yeah, with quarterback, it's like, oh, Kyler Murray, three years in the league, give him $150 million. Like, are we sure? Has he ever won a playoff game? No. Has he ever won the division? No. He had like a great 10 games. Great would be strong. He had a good 10 game stretch. Think how crazy that is. Because Tua threw some touchdowns in September and October. I just think it's bad business. It's just bad business. What about Al Davis on Collins show? I heard you talk about Howie and Schneider have gone to the super bowl with different coaches and quarterback combos. But you forgot to mention Al Davis and he did it with four different coach and quarterback combos. Maybe well before my time, but he's only got three Super Bowls, right? He's got the one with Madden in the 70s. He's got one with Plunkett and one with Flores. Or were they both with Plunkett? A little before my time. Born 84. I know Plunkett was. Would they win 82 and 87 or something? I don't know. I'm a little out of it, but I thought it was. Was Plunkett the quarterback for both? Could be wrong on that one. Also I, I just. Howie and John schneider are the GMs. I mean, Al Davis owned the team. So I hear what you're saying. To me, Al's comp is like Jerry Jones or Paul Brown. Like he was the owner, coach, a little bit personnel guy. I, I wouldn't compare Al Davis to Howie Rosemary. Al Davis signed the checks. How? He doesn't sign the checks. Jeffrey does. So it's. I hear what you're saying, but I don't think it's like an apples to apples comparison. Hear me out. Why is Nick Sirianni criticizing? Why is Nick Sirianna criticized? But Hard Boss celebrated. Both of had elite GMs, great players picked by those GMs, elite coordinators, great ownership, but Nick is always laughed at and John is celebrated. It's a great question. I mean, I think there's a branding thing with the Hard Boss. When you look and think and talk about the hardballs, you think kind of football royalty. So I think that's part of it. I think John has done it longer. John's had multiple GMs technically because Ozzy retired and he's had DaCosta for a while. I tried to talk to DaCosta, but you know, he's a little cold. You know, I didn't really have many ins or a way to start conversation. And as someone told me he's not a huge bullshitter and we didn't. There wasn't really any. I just tried to start a conversation like Casario, who's pretty serious, too easy to talk to. DaCosta was not which he's a good GM. I mean he knows what he's doing. So I don't know That's a great question. Sirianni's done it a lot. Like, I mean Harbaugh coach for 18 years. If Sirianni goes on to have his career for 18 years with the Philadelphia Eagles, he will get as the kids would say, mad flowers. But I think that's part of it, the branding thing. If his name was Nick Harbaugh and he was like the, the stepbrother of those guys, Jack had like some, you know, some affair and had, and had Nick in Ohio like in the 80s, I, I think we would probably discuss him differently. I think that's fair. Congrats on your baby boy. Welcome to the old dads club. I'm 40 with a 2 year old of my own. We're not old now, but when our boys are in middle school we'll be in our 50s and you know, he'll have a classmate with a 30 year old dad, but it'll be a deadbeat with a neck tattoo. I'm not worried about that guy. But they'll also be a 33 year old good looking dad with his shit together making seven figures. Fuck that dude. You know what's funny is I don't necessarily think like age in relation to my kid in the sense of like I don't feel I have more energy now than I did at 28. I, I'm more willing to spend time and do things with family that I would not have been at that age. Like I was not equipped to have a kid in my 20s or even the majority of my 30s. I probably could have had a kid starting around 35, 36, but before that I would have been a complete disaster. There would have been an auto divorce, there would have been an auto, it would not have worked and it would have been a shitty spot for the kid. So maybe some of you guys are more mature. We all have different paths in life. But like I am completely unfazed, you know, about age when it comes to my kid. I'm an energetic. So I, you know, I, I got no worries about my, my age. But I hear what you're saying. Anyways, my question for the bag is why don't we see more tag and trades? Most teams don't use their franchise tag and let solid players walk for nothing. I feel like it used to happen a lot more because I think if you tag a guy, one, if I tag a guy, I haven't even seen all the concrete tag numbers, but if I tag a guy for $30 million that first day of free agency, $30 million, I have to have salary cap space for $30 million. So if I'm going to tag a guy, I have to be prepared to keep the player. Right? So it's, it's, it's not really a mechanism. I'm recording this 12 hours before the franchise tag deadline. I guess you could trade the player over the course of the next week before free agency. That assumes that he signs his franchise tender. But I think it's gotten really complicated with the size of the contracts would be my guess. I think Howie, those type guys would have more of like a concrete thought out answer. But my kind of macro view is once I tag a guy, more than likely I'm keeping him because I have a lot of the cap space which is really, really big. Even you know, Kyle Pitts, George Pickens, like you play on a fully guaranteed one year salary. Pitts is cheaper than Pickens, which is, which is kind of crazy. They're kind of similar players based on last year. I know they're different positions but like Pitts is cheap because of the position he plays. But if you franchise tag a tackle or a guard, you know, or a, or a pass rusher, they're pretty expensive. And obviously quarterbacks. It's why the, the Daniel Jones situation is kind of interesting question on something Greg Cosell said. No disrespect to this guy. He seems like he definitely knows what he's talking about. But saying Amon Ra does not compare to Chase or Jefferson is something I can't let slide. And the type of toughness that he plays with is something you can't teach. But not only that, the great run after catch and route runner, I don't know what is your opinion? Also, do you think Makai Lemon is a top 10 kind of prospect? If you were doing a draft with a 32 GMs and there were three wide receivers and it was Jefferson, Chase and Amon Ross A. Brown, I think Jefferson and Chase would be a little in the eye of beholder. Some guys would like Jefferson, some guys would like Chase. I probably prefer Chase, but talking to Jefferson at the Super Bowl, I mean he's, he's a pretty impressive guy. Chase's physicalities, you know, in the prime of his career is pretty unique. I mean I, and, and I bet on him on some props and some games he's come through, but they're both elite players. I think Amon Ra would be last in all 32 GMs. But whoever got Amon Ra in that like would not be disappointed. So I don't think he's viewed as good as those guys. But what he brings to the table, toughness, leadership. Like you said, run after the catch. I mean he's basically like the team leader you're or one of them for the Lions. So yeah, I have I don't think you're wrong in what you're being offended. I'm sure you're a Lions fan, but or maybe a USC fan. But he's not wrong. Greg, is it when he says those guys are bad? Better than Amon Ross ain't brown, but Amon Ross ain't brown. When his career is over, his statistical sheet is going to look like Jerry Rice. I mean, how many balls does he catch every year? So I I hear what you're saying. The Makai I I had some people say that they didn't think it was like a top 20, top 25 player. So I know there's some stuff going around. I I haven't personally heard about his interviews. You know, there was the one clip of him talking to the media, which was a little weird. I don't know if he looked high or something, but he's definitely going to be. Some people are going to like him and some people are going to not like him. And when you compare to Amon Ra and when you compare to Puka Nakua, those guys weren't top 20 picks. So part of like what makes them so special is like where their teams got them. Which kind of complicates the matter. I think this wide receiver class is kind of viewed as average at best. Foreign. To you by our presenting sponsor, Hard Rock Band. Florida's Sportsbook March is here. That means college basketball takes center stage. Stakes are rising and the shots are falling. Get it? All your action you need on Hard Rock Band hoops is on every night. That means you get same game parlays going every night. 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John Middelkoff
What up? Love the pod. Been listening for years. Totally random. But I heard you mention Peptides in one of your pods not long ago. I just started taking this one Called Retur Church and Holy. It's a game changer. Yeah, I officially started taking them today. So I. I got one. Like, a part of it is I feel like I got fat. You know, I gained, like, probably 20 pounds over the course of the last several years. Now, some of that is my diet is not ideal, but I. I work out. I. I mean, I would say most weeks, seven days a week. And part of it, as you get older, it's just your body, I don't know, it dramatically changes. And then I had buddies, my brother included, that use these things and, like, this is incredible. So I was like, listen, I don't necessarily want to take a shot every day. So I went to this clinic where I got the allergy test, the food allergy test, and they have dissolvables for your mouth. So I have one that's like, for your gut health and skin and just kind of body. And then another one that's more like muscle slash fat burning one. I. I don't have them. They're in my. In the house. But I'm fired up because Jackson talked to McAfee. McAfee talks about this like he loves them. People live by him. Everyone I know that that uses them looks fantastic. I'm not a GLP1 guy. I don't necessarily need GLP ones, but I just need to tighten up because it's not. It's not like I don't work out. I work out all the time. And I feel like my improvement in the gym just stopped. And my. I. I just gotta dial in more of the diet. That. That's going to be a huge point of emphasis the rest of 2026, because, you know, you can't outrun a bad diet, especially when you're a guy in his early 40s, white guy. The Raiders are now moving to a 34 base defense. While I like the move to a 34 because I feel like guys like Tyree Wilson could be naturally moved to a big 34 end, and Mal Koontz may be a great outside edge. I feel like this move gets us away from Crosby. I don't see Crosby's success as a 34 end, and while he's explosive when standing up, I don't think he has the hips for an outside linebacker in 3 4. Could the Raiders have hired Crosby's buddy as the new DC only for him to implement a defense that is not in Crosby's best interest? Is his time in Vegas really done? I would expect him to be traded, and I'm adamant. I Think they get two ones for Max Crosby because of the amount of people bidding on him. But could Max Crosby play in the 3, 4 defense? I believe he could. He's not a 34 and I think he would be a stand up pass rusher. I think he could be good. I mean James Harrison is exactly Vaughn Miller bending the edge. Ahmad Brooks, you know when he played for the 49ers, like he Max Crosby be good in any defense. But my expectation over the course of the next six, seven, eight days is Max Crosby is unofficially traded. So yeah, I, I didn't see. Honestly I didn't even know they were running a 34 defense. I think what the Raiders are going to need to do is go all in on offense, the offensive line, the quarterback, and then figure out the defense with time and cap space. What I mean they made that move, it wasn't their fault when they signed Christian Wilkins and then he messed up his knee and he was never the same. That that hurt. NFL Draft question How do you explain when draft analysts say things like there are only 15 to 20 true first rounders in the NFL class when by definition 32 players will go in the first round? Isn't that kind of like complaining that houses in your neighborhood are overpriced? Even if you wouldn't pay that much, someone will. That becomes the market price. I get that scouts grade players based on past drafts or quote true talent, but at the end of the day draft value is like anything in business. It's worth what someone will pay. So isn't this whole not enough first round talent thing more of an NFL scouting snob take than in a market reality? I think where you're missing the boat on the housing analogy. Let's say I'm in a nice neighborhood and every house is between like two and a half and five million. Well, your five million dollar houses are going to be nicer, right? Maybe it's a golf golfing community. Maybe your nicer houses are obviously bigger, more modern on the golf course and some of your other ones are not on the golf course and maybe not as big. Well, If I have $5 million to spend on a house and all the nice houses are taken, I would just wait. I might not buy one of those two and a half three million dollar homes if those are the only ones available. Well, if you are the Baltimore Raven, they're a bad example. Let's use the 49ers and you're picking pick 27. If, if you can't trade back or trade up, you have to Make a selection. So in your analogy of a market, you know, it's supply and demand. Well, I have to make a pick even though the guy I'm picking I don't have a first round grade on. That's what it means. In a given draft there's 20 to 15 guys with first round grades, but there are 32 selections and you have to select in the 20s. Now sometimes one of the guys that you have a first round grade on falls to you in the 20s, but you don't have a choice. There's no walk away price. Right. If you have a widget, supply and demand and you want me to pay X for it, and I think it's worth Y, we won't do a transaction. If I want to sell you my computer and I say here, $5,000 for my computer and you say I'm only willing to spend fifteen hundred dollars for your computer, we would not do a deal even though you need a computer and you would just figure out and you'd find a place to get a computer at the price you want to spend. Well, if I'm at pick 26, I, you know, I can't trade back into the second round. I'm stuck making a selection. So it's, it's not apples to apples that way. It's not, they're not being snobby. They're simply just saying that on this given year, on average there are 19 players with first round grades. So there are going to be guys that get drafted that are not viewed as, that are second round players. But you have to pay them a first round contract. Like part of the power of the first round contract is I get the fifth year option and your contract's fully guaranteed once you get past the first round. Contracts aren't fully guaranteed for all four years. I hear what you're saying, but you're not crazy or anything. It's just not snobby. They're just saying that. There aren't 32 players like the Chiefs. When they took Clyde Edwards Lair, they didn't have a first round great on them. But they got to pick someone at 32. Now Simmons last year when the Chiefs take him at 31, they probably did have first run great on. So you just, you never know year to year. I just watched Colin call the Cardinals a stinky pile of garbage and said their ownership and franchise is just as dysfunctional as the Browns Jets. I do not follow the team and live on the east coast. Do you believe it's really bad in that building? If you're owner. One thing that's crazy to me in the NFL, Bashadi probably be an outlier because he's buddies with some of these guys. But most owners don't spend that much time with the players. Hell, even spend that much time with the coaches. Owners are out of sight, out of mind, just cashing them checks for the card. Now what happens in your building is a reflection of the owner. But for the NFLPA grades that got leaked, Michael Bidwell got an F. Do you know how shitty you have to be? It doesn't even have to be a football team if you and I just work somewhere. And for most of those people that give him an F, I, I would imagine they don't have like some crazy relationship with the guy. So you would be working a place and you know who owns the company and you say he's that bad to give someone an F. I think that speaks to everything you need to know is they, the players think that poorly of the guy that owns the team that they gave him an F like that to me is very, very difficult to do. C minus like you get a C minus. I think you're kind of a loser as an owner. An F. Everyone's always said, I listen, I, I've never dealt with the guy mo all of my life they've been viewed as a cheap franchise. It's just kind of a clown operation. I mean if you're a Cardinal fan, you just pray to the day that he sells the team. Which doesn't feel like it's happening anytime soon. Love the pot. I had a kid six months ago and absolutely lost it when you called the too many clothes fugazi. Rookie mistake. Somehow they go through three outfits before noon. It is. I used to think we had too many diapers. I used to think we had too many clothes. Little dad Diaries right now, while, while we're on the subject, my extended family. So my brother in law, his wife, their child, my mother in law, all were here last week a little before I left. And then when I was at the combine and I think their daughter was sick, I came back sick. Jack has the sniffles now and it sucks, you know, and you don't realize, which makes sense once you're around a little infant. They can't blow their nose. So there is snot in his nose and he can't blow it. So they make these tools like a suction cup type thing. Well, the, the one we have is too big. Like his nostril isn't big enough. She also has this like plug in electrical power. One that you put up his nose press a button and it sucks. You got to hold his head because you know he doesn't love it. But this thing was just ripping snot out of his nose. It was incredible to watch the the amount because you could hear him. It's you feel so bad for him. He doesn't know how to do snot rockets. He just lost no man's land. I try to tell him he doesn't speak English yet so you can't tell him to breathe through his mouth. It's rough. And I got this saline thing you put over their face and it like mists. It's supposed to make clear them up a little bit. So we got all the devices going. But when you hear him just congested you feel for the little guy because there's nothing he can do. Doesn't know he can breathe out of his mouth. Doesn't know how to blow his nose. Doesn't know how to do a snot rocket. Beside when he sneezes and he's on your shoulder and then he got crap all over you. But things you learn as a dad. My question As a Chiefs fan living in kc I stopped doubting Brett Veach. He's playing chess while I'm yelling at the board. But I keep seeing Jordan Love mocked to us. You always say the draft is an economic value exercise. So is the value actually there. I'd rather invest in the trenches especially if Bane is still on the board. Am I crazy? Love really good? Love's really good. But he's not Adrian Peterson. I don't think he's a franchise altering back. He's pretty good. I think there would be a lot of people that would say he could be like an Adrian Peterson in terms of impact. He's not. I don't think he's going to be there at nine. So we had this conversation yesterday when I talked about Jeremiah Love. I would not expect him to be there at pick nine. So I I think this conversation that's been going on for a while with the Chiefs actually take a running back in the first round. I don't even think it's going to be an option. I think it's possible that Jeremiah Love doesn't make it out of the top five. Is there any world in which the Ravens would consider trading Lamar Jackson? Say he indicates he wants to leave or the new contract negotiations are difficult. Does three first round picks from the jets or the Raiders offering you their first pick in the 26 Mendoza get your attention to me The Raiders, you're so in with Mendoza. The rookie contract, you hired Kubiak, like you're just going that direction. The jets, the contract negotiations I would imagine are going to be difficult. Like they have had difficult contract negotiations in the past and they don't have a choice. Right. Because it was his cap number, like $72 million. I would see no world in which Lamar Jackson is traded. So my expectations would be. They said it at the combine. Lamar Jackson's not only going to be on the right, he's going to get a contract extension. Buati said it the day that he fired Harbaugh. It's just going to be interesting. What do they do? Do they give him like a three year contract extension worth like a $170 million every penny guarantee? Like I, I don't exactly know the mechanisms and, and how they're going to do this but you know, I think Jesse mentor took the job. Like they're going all in on Lamar. I know. It kind of went viral last week with the offensive coordinator saying because Lamar has been skipping OTAs, I would imagine Lamar part of this contract negotiations, hey, we want you to be around in the spring. Which I totally don't blame them. Like I would rather be in Florida in the spring than Baltimore, which I, I kind of never blame players. Wait, it's not mandatory and you're in a city that I don't want to be in right beside when we're playing. So I'm at home training and I've proven that I'm, that I'm good and we're going to be ready. But like once you start losing that that changes a little bit. I would expect a multi year deal worth a lot of money for Lamar Jackson. What do you think would get a better TV rating? A regular season, NFL game, Chiefs versus the Bills, full pads, usual rules. But flag football, not tackle. Or the NBA finals between the spurs and Toronto. I mean that wouldn't even be close. I don't think a casual sports fan could name one player in the Toronto Raptors. Not one. I, I think the, the one thing being at the combine, you know, my wife has really got me into Bravo and reality television. Love is Blind on Netflix. I feel like I've watched like the last four seasons which if you go on Love is Blind, you either truly and we've talked about this before, like want to get famous or just pretty desperate because listen, for whatever reason I'm not the best looking guy. I've never had that much trouble getting a date. I can't imagine going on Love is Blind if my number one goal wasn't trying to, like, gain followers and be famous. Because some of these people are truly going on to try to find love. Like, you're not gonna find love on Love is Blind. But like that show, I'm sure it does really good numbers for Netflix, right? And football. All it's become now is a television show. It's all about media. When it comes to football. They have done such a good job of making everything matter. Like, what was the most important thing that happened at the combine? I'll tell you what it was all the coaches and GMs talking that was 100. The most important thing, because all those clips go viral. It's a really big deal. It's why the combine, even if it changes over the course of time, that element of it will not. If you're the NFL in the middle of February or late or, you know, early March, you want those guys making some headlines, saying some shit. It's why this league generates so much money. There's interest and, you know, some of these guys haven't talked since December. So the, the television aspect of this sport is. No one could have envisioned that in the Al Davis, you know, Lamar Hunt way back in the day, Pete Roselle days. I'm sorry, no chance. What it has become, which is the amount of people there doing kind of what I do in the digital world that can run their own businesses or companies built around digital stuff around football is pretty eye opening. Like, one takeaway I had, like, if I ran a radio station and I went to that, I'd be like, we're, we might as well double down and start a digital company if we have some talent on the radio. Because we got no shot to compete with these digital companies that are so fluid they can pivot at any moment. And that's one takeaway I had from the super bowl and the, you know, they call it Radio row. It's, it's. It's digital drive is what I consider it. And it's all because of this massive television show, which is the National Football League.
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John Middelkoff
Segregation in the day Integration at night
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Nancy Glass
when segregation was the law, one mysterious black club owner had his own rules. We didn't worry about what was going on outside.
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John Middelkoff
It was like stepping in another world.
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Nancy Glass
Inside Charlie's place, black and white people danced together. But not everyone was happy about it.
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John Middelkoff
You saw the kkk. Yeah, they were dressed up in their uniform, the KKK set out to raid Charlie, take him away from here. Charlie was an example of power. They had to crush him.
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Nancy Glass
From Atlas Obscura, Rococo Punch and visit Myrtle beach comes Charlie's Place, a story that was nearly lost to time until now. Listen to Charlie's place on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.
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John Middelkoff
Question for the Mailbag I'm always intentional to listen to your show for your from your direct feed versus the same show distributed through Cowards feed because I assume it's better for you economically with how listeners and metrics are used for your advertisement sales. Is this true or I'm wrong in your assumption? I get credit for the listen no matter what. Obviously the Collins feed from a distribution standpoint has changed the amount of people that have heard me. But in terms of economically, we're on business together. So when we sell, you know, an ad to Hard Rock or to you name the company Reef Reef makes fantastic shoes. They, they sent me a couple free shoes they've been advertising. You know, I've always had their sandals. They send me a pair of sandals too. But their tennis shoes were just like kind of nice like all white shoe. I wore the combine. I wore the Super Bowl. It looks good, it feels good. No, no free ads here. But like it all goes under the same umbrella. I just put you to my feed because this all could end tomorrow. Like who knows? Like I'm not, you know, cocky and arrogant enough to think this just lasts forever. That's not the way the world works. So that feed is mine. The three and out feed. So more people that are just subscribed there for the health of the business long term. But in terms of the ad spend and the dollars, it it's all under the same umbrella. Any interest in doing a full mock draft doesn't have to be full in depth or even a whole round one. Could just be the top 10 either. I. I could do a top 10 one as we get closer. I could definitely do a top 10 one. But it was like some of these like random offensive linemen and safeties like you just the unknown in doing a mock draft right now to me feels a little crazy. Like we got a lot of moving parts. It's like that's who they're going to take and pick 24. And then the packers select Jordan Love. I mean that happens all the time. Players are taken that no one saw coming and that's what makes a draft so fun. Like I've never, I used to love mock drafts. When I was a kid, since I've been doing this, I'm not the biggest mock draft guy cuz I think it's. I understand why people click on it and it works but I, I just think it's like you could do an educated guess in the top 10 once you get to like pick 15 like you. You got no clue. Was listening to pod and you talked about Jack not sleeping. It may sound crazy, but we started taking our boy to the chiropractor and it worked wonders. Definitely worth a shot. Our boy sleeps 9 to 11 hours with minimal waking up in the night. I hear what you're saying. You know, when they're at the age Jack is, he has to feed every three, three, three and a half hours. So even if he is sleeping and he kind of gets up like clockwork, like if he, if he eats at 11, he will get up 12. One, two, you know, 2:30, 3 o'. Clock. I'm ready to eat. Have a bottle or the boob, you know, from the milk lady. So a milk lady. I. I need another round. Hey milk lady, another round. So that's part of it is the sleeping element is he's just naturally gets up and there are sometimes in the middle of the night when he's excited or whatever, you know, the milk or maybe goes to the bathroom. He just hard to kind of calm them back down. So it's just, it's a challenge. And at the end of the day like a six, seven week old, you can attempt to get them on schedules and stuff but they kind of, they beat their own drum a little bit in terms of the feeding and there's no. He couldn't even have eight straight hours if he wanted to because he has to eat multiple times in that those eight hours has to. And one thing about Jack, when you're feeding him, he's got I would say minimum one, one gigantic diarrhea, potentially two. I mean no human being. I'm sure many of you would agree with this. It feels like no one can go through more diapers than this kid. I mean he goes through I feel like thousands of diapers. And it's not like just a little pee. I mean it's just constant. Just expl a Birds fan. But Andy Reid still has a soft spot in my heart. Head coach from when I was a child. All these mock drafts have Reed and the Chiefs taken love at Notre Dame at 9. You've said it previous pods. In what world do the Chiefs not take a star edge like Bane or One of the offensive linemen, Andy Reid's been taking lineman high forever. When you look at what round was Shady McCoy was second round. Brian Westbrook out of Villanova was the third round. Jamal Charles, who he inherited, who was freaking awesome. If you don't remember Jamal Charles with Andy Reid, you might want to just like 13, 14, 15. Jamal Charles was sick. He was a third round pick. So I think a lot of the running backs that Andy has been around the value for that player has not been super high even the last couple years. Macheco was a seventh round pick. Okay, last question here. We'll get out of here on a serious note and I'll go back to dealing with my crazy son. Got more of a philosophy philosophical question for you. I'm starting a new job and have some serious imposter syndrome going. It's a big change from my current role in quite the pay bump. As well as more responsibilities. The role had over a hundred applicants and I was selected. Congratulations. Have you ever had imposter syndrome as part of your rise? Do people act like I'm at the top of the mountain? I mean I'm just podcaster here. You currently have and how did you deal with it? I have been overwhelmed before and I've been nervous. I heard actually a recent line that I thought would just anyone can relate to is Scott Van Pelt. I think I was listening to his podcast and he said someone once asked Tiger woods is what? Why can't you ever hit the first fairway at the Masters? Because I think Tiger notoriously was like always in the right bunker. He was always yanking the left. He never hit the first fairway at the Masters, which obviously he's won the Masters a bunch of times. And he looked at whoever asked him the question. He said because I'm nervous as shit. So the point is that Tiger woods gets nervous. Tom Brady, Josh Allen throws up before every game there. It's human nature. And I can relate more to. I don't think I've ever had imposter syndrome. Like, I shouldn't be here. I've always felt in the room I'm in, I belong now. It doesn't mean I don't get nervous before that moment or while I'm in there dealing with whoever. Your nerves are high, but that's human nature. Like you clearly did something to earn the opportunity. They they offered 100 people. You get a big pay raise. Like they believe in what you did previously to earn this spot. And you can make the argument as like, is anyone truly ready for their role. Probably not. You know, if I bet if we. Mike McDonald walked in here right now, like, were you ready? That first couple months of being a head coach, he said, no chance.
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Toyota/GLD Advertiser
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John Middelkoff
No one expects you to be, whatever your role is, Warren Buffett, day one. So I think the easiest way I know for me is I'm a big, like, to do guy. I try to write out my tasks. Like, I'm. I'm very visual that way. I need to, like, check things off that that's how I operate from a professional standpoint. Like, I got these seven things to do, you know, I do. To do lists, wherever in my phone all the time, and I just bang them out, like, if I have to do something, you know, in the morning. So whatever your process is to help alleviate some of the stress. But I can't. Like, I've never felt like I shouldn't be here. Now if you, like, threw me on the an NFL football field and said, hey, play linebacker, like, yeah, I have imposter syndrome, what is going on? But you're in a situation that clearly you were chosen for, for a reason. Now, are you gonna be able to handle it or not? Who knows? But you get better with experience. Take it day by day. I mean, all the cliche, but it's true. Like, you can't think about, like, what's it going to be like in a couple years? Just like, hey, how am I going to handle this week? What am I going to do the next couple days to make this go. And at the end of the day, right, the. The money thing, it feels good at first. Whenever you get a quote unquote big pay raise, you start making more money. But, like, it's not unless I'm by no means some guy that, like, I'm still very worried about finances. It does not change your life, honestly. And if it does, then I can't really relate to you now. It definitely helps whatever you're doing for kids, schools, buying homes, whatever. I'm not acting like money isn't important. And even if you're like, I'm. I value, you know, ambitious people and driven people and people that want to make more money. But then once you start, you just, like, go on with your day, you know? So I would say just keep your head down, start grinding, and try to do a good job. And you're gonna be nervous. That's pretty normal. And just, I don't know, it'll come with the territory. That's a good thing. So good luck to you
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Nancy Glass
the volume.
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Nancy Glass
I'm Nancy Glass, host of the Burden of Guilt Season 2 podcast. This is a story about a horrendous lie that destroyed two families. Late one night, Bobby Gumprite became the victim of a random crime. The perpetrator was sentenced to 99 years until a confession changed everything.
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John Middelkoff
I was a monster.
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Nancy Glass
Listen to Burden of guilt Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts this Women's History Month. The podcast Keep It Positive Sweetie celebrates the power of women choosing healing, purpose and faith. Even when life gets messy, love is not a destination.
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John Middelkoff
You have to work on it every day.
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Nancy Glass
Keep it Positive. Sweetie creates space for honest conversations on self worth, love, growth, and navigating life with grace and grit, led by women who uplift, inspire and tell the truth out loud. I have several conversations with God and
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John Middelkoff
I know why it took 20 years
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Nancy Glass
to hear this and more. Listen to Keep it Positive sweetie on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.
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John Middelkoff
It's the new me and it's the old them.
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Nancy Glass
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