00:00Browns tight end and fan favorite Harold Fannin jr. John believes that he might
00:04have let the cat out of the bag about the starting quarterback year Cleveland
00:08Browns. I got a couple of questions about that but let's hear Harold Fannin
00:12here talking about adjusting to Todd Munkin's offense. Listen closely.
00:16You know it's a lot more information so you know I definitely say that being
00:21able to adjust on the fly like as you guys probably seen you know it's a lot
00:25of quarterback control so it's a little bit different in that sense like
00:28Deshaun can call whatever you want more or whoever playing quarterback but I
00:32mean you know it really ain't that much different from last year. Okay John you
00:37can you have the theory you go ahead and explain it. Yeah so first of all that is
00:41obviously edited it's very edited there's that's not as quick as you'd
00:44think right that that that little pause. Well then why didn't you leave the
00:47original in? You think I cut that? I don't cut those. Well yeah but if you want to make
00:52a point you need to leave. The argument's coming up you make the cut. Exactly you're
00:55the one who's supposed to do that. Well he said uh anyway so he's
00:58he's like oh go or any other quarterback who. Well I need to hear the original clip
01:03John if you're going to put it in there and you want to make the argument you
01:06need to hear the I need to hear the original clip. I think he uh does does
01:09exactly what you needed to do in there anyway. I don't know if it does. I don't know if it
01:12does. I need something to compare it to. I need a baseline. I then need you to
01:16compare all of Fannin's previous answers where he's been asked about the
01:20quarterbacks to see does he struggle to remember both names in a it remember
01:26these guys it's not like their life is getting interviewed. This is such a small portion of
01:31their life. And does he have to every time he talks say both quarterbacks? Does he have
01:36to say Dylan Gabriel? I think they all have. Every time we talk we have to talk about both
01:41quarterbacks. Sure. Good, bad, whatever. And this is not Fannin just doing this. This is
01:46every other player. You have other examples? Yeah we've had not. Could you please illustrate
01:51those with a steady dieting catalog of clips? No no you didn't. First of all when I was at
01:55training camp two Saturdays ago Todd Monk you know when we talked to Mike Bajakian and
02:01they asked Mike Bajakian about Chador to try and he's like oh don't forget Dylan don't
02:04forget Dylan. So they're just they're trying to keep every quarterback in mind. Which when
02:07someone says that it makes me immediately want to forget them. Yes exactly but they're
02:11still saying. If you have to say don't forget somebody then they're planning on forgetting that
02:14person. Yeah and probably planning on trading them post haste. I'm just saying this is what the
02:20Browns have been doing the entire offseason. Todd Munkin's done the exact same thing.
02:24Again if you can back that up with a catalog of clips to demonstrate uh that you are saying
02:31something that has any kind of weight behind it as opposed to you coming into this debate half
02:35caught. Oh John. Which is what I believe you've done. You walked into the dragon's lair over there.
02:40It's tone you're dealing with. He's still hovering around his probationary period. I get he has a
02:44busy weekend. He was at the feast enjoying himself. Yeah he was. So he's still recovering. It is
02:48more enjoying yourself. I love it. It's time to get back to life in your career
02:52John. Take this seriously. Now wait a minute. Hold on now. John's getting upset. You're making
02:56John upset. John boy's mad now. Hold on. Do we have the original there in there Owen?
03:02All right. Owen's working on something there. Because listen. You know where I stand on it John.
03:07I think it's a done deal. I think it's Deshaun Watson. So I want to be with you on this.
03:13Okay. Okay. I want to join you. I want you to take me by the hand and lead me on
03:19hopefully not down the primrose path but down something nice. But you know I when he says it
03:25and it's that quickly and then you immediately go well it's edited. I'm like well I got to hear the
03:29original. Because the other the other quarterbacks fan base all they do is accuse us of lying. So we
03:34have to tell the absolute truth as best we possibly can. Let's play what we heard already. Okay.
03:41This is what we heard that has been edited. Hit it. I have a portion of what was unedited.
03:47Excellent. Thank you. No it's a lot more information. So you know I definitely say that
03:53being able to adjust on the fly like as you guys probably seen you know it's a lot of quarterback
03:57control. So it's a little bit different in that sense. Like Deshaun can call whatever he want more
04:02or whoever playing quarterback. But I mean you know it really ain't that much different from last year.
04:06Now that's quick. That was quick. Sounded like he was it was one clear thought. Now here is the
04:12original. Now this isn't the full of that but that's just getting the original. Here we go.
04:19Here we go. Stop saying here we go. Sometimes the button gets stuck. Well being able to adjust on the
04:25fly
04:25like as you guys probably seen you know it's a lot of quarterback control. So it's a little bit
04:29different in that sense. Like Deshaun can call whatever you want more or whoever playing
04:35quarterback. A couple seconds. Champions pose. That's champions pose. That's champions pose right
04:41there. That was a pause. That's an oh crap I can't give this away. There's not that much
04:47difference in the editing. There's there's a difference. There's enough of a difference to
04:51edit out a pause in the cut. Listen to Mike Lindell trying to declare victory. They left the same
04:55amount of stuff. It's Wednesday. It's 650 not Friday. Okay I think I think there is a bigger
05:00of a bigger angle here and I'm curious what you guys think. What's that? I know he said at the
05:06end
05:06it's not that different from last year but this is not the first time and I've heard guys say off
05:11the record stuff about this but since he just validated it I'm going to just bring it to light
05:15that the quarterback control thing he is saying that Deshaun and he didn't say Shador in the clip
05:22but let's focus on Deshaun for the sake of it. All right. He's saying the quarterbacks in this
05:28offense have a little more control to make their calls which was something that Stefanski maybe was
05:37a little more reluctant to. Do you think that matters for this year? Do you think that's that is
05:43an interesting talking point or do you throw it away and say ah it's not that big? Well that's going
05:48to
05:48be a trust factor and if you want to treat him like pros you're going to treat him like pros.
05:51That
05:51means they're going to have to be able to can calls and check into whatever your audible is going to
05:57be
05:57like you can do something like that. Now are they capable of doing it? It to me that kind of
06:02sounds
06:02like Kevin Stefanski thought they weren't right including Deshaun Watson. I did have a a source
06:09that I think would know that had told me that Deshaun was more excited about the opportunities in this
06:16offense because he did have that ability which Fannin is alluding to in that clip and I haven't
06:22heard it be a big talking point so far this year and you know let's let's be fair they just
06:27played
06:27their first preseason game. It's not like they've had a lot of time to kind of talk about the
06:31differences as much as the media. I always try to ask Mary Kaye what do you think of the way
06:36Todd
06:37Monk and his coach? You can ask her this tomorrow at 820. Yeah so I do think this will be
06:41interesting
06:42to see because also what do we know about coaches if they think they've given a little too much leeway
06:47and it hasn't been effective and the quarterback is not demonstrating the capacity to operate at
06:52that level they may rein it in a little bit. They are control free. Sure. And so it's very hard
06:57to
06:57hand over control to people especially if you don't fully trust them as I try to throw something
07:01away. That was impressive. Thank you very much. Thank God I didn't get it on the banner behind us or
07:05you know this will be my last day on earth. So I think that that that is something to notice
07:10but I think what John is trying to specify is whether or not that Harold Fenton might have
07:15accidentally left the cat out of the bag. I want to know from you and really the biggest thing is
07:20I think Deshaun Watson is going to be the starter. I think you feel the same way. Do you think
07:24that
07:25matters to anybody or do you think the general population is starting to look at and go yeah it's
07:28going to be Deshaun Watson. I've definitely seen more concessions even from even some of the
07:33Shador people and not everybody's nasty about it. Everybody I think also has to understand
07:37Shador is going to play. He's going to get his opportunity. That's okay. You don't get your
07:42bragging rights that he won a competition yet but it doesn't matter because once he gets a chance to
07:48play he has a chance that if he comes in either the quarterback's been injured or the quarterback
07:53hasn't played well. So that still does not that doesn't put Shador in some kind of a box where he's
08:00a
08:00failure. Yes. Like he still has a chance to recoup something out of this experience. Well because I
08:06still think he's going to play a significant amount of time so that's still going to be an effect to
08:10that because I still don't have well I think Deshaun Watson is going to win the job and I think
08:14he
08:14probably already has won the job. I don't think that that is with a lot of confidence in how I
08:18say
08:19that. Just ask yourself and ask the fans who's going to play in more games this year. Shador Sanders
08:23wants it. I agree. So I don't think it's the end of the world. So that's all I'm saying. So
08:30why are
08:30we getting all bent out of shape on it? I don't think we should hear that a lot of us
08:34just want
08:34to be right. Unless you just think Shador is way way way way better than Deshaun and maybe he just
08:39couldn't demonstrate that yet in just two or three weeks. It's not like some big revelation. I think
08:46day by day reports were there was some more struggling again from number two yesterday.
08:52Daryl was non plus to say the least. I think day by day a lot of people are like yeah
08:59Deshaun's
09:00going to start the season but I think you just hammered it home. You're like if you were to ask
09:04people who's listening who they think is going to play more games this year I think we'd all
09:08immediately my answer was Shador. Immediately it was Shador. Like three seconds in that you asking the
09:15question it was Shador. So is it is it it does sound like a loser's lament I'll tell you that
09:22but it also is the truth I think. I think that Shador is going to play in more football games
09:27than Deshaun Watson this year. And obviously part of that dynamic part of the arithmetic there for me
09:31is that I I'm assuming Deshaun's going to have trouble staying healthy unfortunately. I hate doing
09:38that with athletes but I just especially with a quarterback that doesn't have great pocket
09:43presence. I imagine he might get himself into some some tough spots might take some big hits
09:50might be a trouble. You know we still don't know if he can cut and run the way I know
09:55people are
09:56saying he looks better but in NFL game speed situations you start reverting back to things you
10:01used to be able to do a Clemson and a Houston and you try to make a cut and then
10:05your body is not
10:06ready for something like that. That's the first part of this. And obviously the the other part
10:11of my traits are so important to NFL scouts because if you have the traits it's easier to pick up
10:18the
10:18good stuff and to leave back the bad habits like the I'm sorry to cut you off but the whole
10:23Tim Tebow
10:23thing like was it the Jets that he had went to or no maybe it was no it may have
10:28been when he was
10:29actually drafted they go oh man he's cut out all those habits you cut out habits in three months just
10:34overnight just like and Mobley and his dip in his shot and no actual games you cut those habits out
10:38in three months because when you're under duress what do you usually go back to right old habits
10:42and so if your old habits start out better than the other ones they're going to give you a better
10:46chance. Yeah the the other part of this is you know if they are just losing games and he's struggling
10:54it might not matter if they think Shador is better or not like they're just going to go to the
10:58backup that's what all NFL teams do that's what all coaches do especially when it gets heated
11:03especially if the fans are booing if he even makes it to game three then that all adds to it
11:09you can
11:09say that that stuff doesn't matter but these guys do pay attention I mean Todd Munkin we had him in
11:15studio he knows what's being said about his players he knows to a T he might not have an active
11:21Twitter
11:21account or anything like that he knows what's being said about each and every player and they can take
11:25the temperature of the situation and when you're losing games what does it matter
11:29you
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