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It's the herd. Wherever you may be and however you may be listening, thanks for making us part of your day. We have had a very, very, very strong week of shows. If I may say it yesterday, I don't know if we could top that with Nick Wright and Urban Meyer. Man, we were delivering the goods. Great to be here today. You know, I was thinking, you know, sometimes JMac, I'm driving to work, I don't listen to anything. I just, I stay in my own thoughts. That's a dangerous place to be. Dangerous place. And I, and I, because when I get up in the morning, I usually sit for about 45 minutes to an hour and I kind of perus some websites. I want to see the headlines. And so when I drive to work, I'm thinking about, you know, trying to kind of assemble stories. And I thought about this when I saw a story, will Aaron Rodgers end up with the Steelers? And if not, it'll be Russell Wilson. And I thought, I mean, Aaron Rodgers has been reduced to that. Think about this, you know what Aaron Rodgers has become, what I compared him to the last four years, he's become Kevin Durant. Think about it. Both left incredibly stable organizations, Green Bay and Golden State, all they do is win. They got into their feelings, little bit of ego. They want to play with their buddies. So they go to unstable places. The jets in Brooklyn, and it's a mess. Very quickly they stoke flames with the media. Can't trust the media. Hot take people. Clickbait. Can't I do my own homework? Both if I, I've mentioned this for years. They're both single guys, rich single guys that get older. Nobody at home to hold them accountable, you know. You know, it is kind of doing their own thing, whatever they feel like. Surround themselves with people who agree with them. And now both the great Kevin Durant and he's great. And the formerly great Aaron Rodgers. He was great. Have been reduced to crossing their fingers, hoping they can latch on to a team that can make the playoffs. Both can be funny, both can be charming. Both are all time talents. I think they're both kind of interesting guys. I think, I think in terms of professional athletes, they have a lot to say and they're interesting. But we have to be fair about Katie and Aaron, both of those kind of people. And you probably know somebody like this in your life. They're always searching for something. You could have a sister or brother like that. They're always sort of searching for something. Just being successful and winning, it's not enough. Both also, sometimes to a fault, push back on authority. Golden State was good for kd. Green Bay was really good for Aaron Rodgers. And both of, in my opinion, hurt their own careers based on poor decisions, the inability to realize how damn good they had it at Golden State and Green Bay. In life, if you can't tell how green your grass is, then everybody else's grass looks really green. And now, because, you know, Katie's been banged up a few times, he's getting older, he's not going to be anybody's leader. They've tried that in Phoenix. It doesn't work. Okay, they tried that in Brooklyn. It didn't work. He's got to be an accessory. He's got to be a piece. And Aaron Rodgers is probably 13th best quarterback in the league. Maybe 12th, maybe 15th, some would say lower. But you can't build around Aaron Rodgers anymore. And the moral to the story or the lesson in life is, at least as a pro athlete, winning a lot. If you're being compensated fairly, it's enough. You got to know how green your grass is. Golden State, I mean, you could. You could show up, have a bad night, and the team wins by 20. That's. That's a good life. I mean, that's like for you and I, having a bad day at work and you come home and your kids are so great and your wife's so great. You have a great day and yet you had a bad day at work. That's a pretty good life. And I think that's. Reading that this morning, that it's down to Aaron Rodgers. This is. Could be the New York Giants, it could be the Pittsburgh Steelers. And I'm like, man, we're talking MVP a few years ago with kd, we're talking a few years ago, is he better than LeBron? And this is what it's been reduced to. Okay? You know, I grew up in the Pacific Northwest. That's up in the corner of the country for the uninitiated. And so this story just cracks me up. And you also know I like Sam Darnold, and I don't want to criticize any media people by name, but the Seahawks signing Sam Darnold and, and letting go of Geno Smith, some of the takes by you media people have been awful. Geno Smith last year had 21 TDs and 15 picks. He's 34. Darnold's more mobile. Darnold signed an incredibly Seahawk friendly deal. Darnold was better than Gino last year. What's all the hysteria like? I understand the media falls for stories, but the story has gone from what a great comeback story. Hey, Chino Smith is irreplaceable. What, 21 touchdowns, 15 picks. And he had two good running backs. And he had three good receivers and he had a capable tight end. Speaking of comeback stories, media, how about we come back to reality? Darnold, seven years younger, had a much better year, much better athlete, mobility wise. And that deal Darnold signed with the Seahawks, Sam gave away money. He knows the value of being in a good situation. Darnold, that's an incredibly Seahawk friendly deal. It's like the Buccaneers Baker deal. It's incredibly team friendly. And in both cases, John Snyder, Seattle, Jason Light. In Tampa you have an elite GMs. This is very much Tampa. You kind of got a quarterback who's B2B plus and you got him for like a C minus contract. So I mean, think about this all the. How did you let Geno Smith go? Russell Wilson right now can't really find a job. And in the last two years he's had more touchdown passes and a higher passer rating than Geno Smith. You people are. You're all freaking out. Like the media just latches onto stories and they can't let go. I'm going to make a guarantee. This is Collins personal guarantee or your money back. Darnold will do better than 21 touchdowns and 15 picks next year. I don't know how much better, but he's younger, he's a better athlete. He'll make things happen off script. I mean, Seattle last year, third down's a really important down, right? We would all admit that. You, me, everybody, J. Mac, you'd admit this. Third down's important. Seattle had Locket, the Ohio State kid we all like. DK Metcalf, legit left tackle, two decent backs. The Seahawks were 21st on third down and oh, by the way, the sixth most drives ending in a punt with way better than average weapons in a division where the Niners were falling apart. Arizona's Arizona and the Rams are a year away now the Rams are the best team in the division. Rams are better. San Francisco, rebuilding. I mean, good God, if you go to Geno and Sam Darnold's comps last year across the board, Darnold significantly better. So I understand the need by writers and bloggers and media people to latch onto the story but the Geno Smith leaves Seattle has gone from cool comeback story. Let's come back to reality. 21 touchdowns, 15 picks 34 years old. Not as mobile as Darnold. There's an argument and I like Gino to the Raiders because he's an adult. He's a grown up. He's accurate. He'll move the chains. There's an argument Seattle squeezed just about everything Gino's got. He's probably got one or two decent years quarterbacks hit 35 and 36. It just looks different. Except for Tom Brady it kind of looks different. I'm not anti Gino but JSN, DK Metcalf, Tyler Lockett two capable running backs Noah Fant six in the league and drives inning and punt 21st in the league on third down like come on now. I mean Bo Nix considerably better and and was throwing to Cortland Sutton and then just crossing his fingers as a rookie. Take a deep breath Darnold. Gino, I've said you can argue they're Both somewhere between 13th and 16th best quarterback in the league if I get the guy that's seven years younger, more athletic with a better friendly team deal. Remember Gino wanted 45. Sam's got like 33. I can get two more players like they're not different enough. Sam Darnold is not going to give you the Vikings year. He's also not going to give you a Jets year. Seattle's got a good GM and Sam's going to play with four more new starters that John Snyder drafts. Think about that as well. Do not, do not undersell Baker signing a team friendly deal. That's why Tampa's got so many good players. Brady didn't break the bank. Baker didn't break the bank. Gino for his Skill set at 34 wanted a lot more money than Sam got. All right J. Mac, we have oh I've got an interesting Micah Parsons shot at Brock Purdy. You're not gonna hit him with more you people. I heard a couple of those in the opening rant that's a little combative to start the show by the way. Bo Nixon, Cortland Sutton 13th on third down in a division with the Chargers defense and the Chiefs defense. Okay. As a rookie 13th on third down in a division with two of the top four defenses in the league. Not bad. Can I already take you up on your your money back guarantee that you just made? So you said I guarantee you he'll he'll go better than 21 touchdowns in 15 picks. Okay, so I just looked at Sam Darnold's career. Other than last year's outlier with the great Kevin OConnell. Sam Darnold has never thrown 21 touchdowns in the NFL and now his top receiver is JSN. They got rid of two other guys. I. I don't think he's going to hit 21 touchdowns. Do you think they're going to all of a sudden air it out? No, he's going to go 24 and 8, which is way better than 21 and 15. He'll go 24 and 8. By the way, they have a number one receiver fant two running backs. We know you can find receivers in college. You can find receivers, by the way, because Sam Darnold's deal is friendly. You can find receivers at the trade deadline. What if a team is a mess in week seven? Then go find. You know, the Darnold deal is so team friendly it allows you moves potentially at the trade deadline. You also said they're between the 13th and 16th best quarterback in that whole ballpark. I hate to break it to you. Yeah. But I recently went through all my podcast. Yeah. And they're. Neither of them are top 15. I mean, there's 15 better quarterbacks in the league right now. Like Tua. Would you say two was better than both those guys? I would say two has been more consistent with both those guys. But small, not good. Deep concussion issues. And if it's windy, he's not the same player. I'd take Darnold. I'm just saying. Okay. And I also look at tua. How much you have to pay Tua and how much you have to pay Sam. That factors in. I mean, there's only a couple quarterbacks in the league where you're like, what's the weather like? And if the answer isn't what you want to hear, you don't get the same player. So Dak or Geno Smith or Sam Darnold, like, it's got to be Dak. I don't love him. Especially not at 60 mil after a second lower body injury. We sure it's Dak.