00:00And the question of the day is going to be what is going on with Drake May,
00:05and we certainly can talk about that.
00:07Wiggy, I know that's got you bummed out a little bit
00:10or questioning whether the guy is regressing as opposed to progressing.
00:15Right.
00:15I look at this and my expectations for this offense coming into the season
00:19with Through the Roof and just the way he's performing,
00:23a lot of it obviously being on his performance
00:26because that's how we judge offenses nowadays.
00:28It just doesn't look good.
00:31I mean, they're going to win football games because their defense is tremendous
00:35and they can make plays kind of all over the field.
00:37Defense is great.
00:38Yeah.
00:38I mean, and again, I don't know what's going to happen
00:41with the rest of the season for Aaron Rodgers,
00:44and I feel like he's going to get killed,
00:46like literally get killed at some point during the season at 42 years old.
00:51But it seems like Drake lacks confidence.
00:56Like he's not, it's not the same, Sean, cover your ears.
01:01Not the same, like not the same confident guy that he was last season.
01:07I don't know how you watch that pick that he threw.
01:10I mean.
01:11Yeah, that one was bad.
01:12Like that, that is horrific.
01:16It's a horrific pass.
01:17And we all know what he's capable of.
01:19Nobody's doubting that he can't be a great quarterback.
01:22He literally was a great quarterback.
01:25But I think that's to Greg's point, because last year when he was that great quarterback,
01:28it was even if he had a boneheaded move, he didn't let it spiral him.
01:32And now I just feel like, I don't know if the noise is too loud,
01:35if he's holding some blame from the Super Bowl last season
01:39and knowing what the conversation was around his good season last year.
01:43It brought that into this season.
01:45But it does seem like it's more of a mental thing than anything else.
01:48He's a talented, athletic, young guy.
01:51Right.
01:51And we've seen what he's been able to do.
01:53It just doesn't look like the same one that's out there now.
01:55And the unfortunate thing is talent, athleticism, speed, power means nothing in the NFL.
02:01Bill Parcells told me this once before.
02:03Football is 90% mental, 10% physical.
02:0715%.
02:07And when you start to look at where Drake May is and some of his decision-making
02:14and just the way he kind of looks, and you're right, Courtney, a lot of this is from the neck
02:20up.
02:21And, you know, we've seen guys get through, like, some of their struggles
02:25and, you know, continue and have, you know, great careers.
02:28And then we've seen guys that deal with these struggles
02:31and never kind of, like, live up to the expectations people have.
02:36Okay, I mean, it's two weeks in.
02:37No, no, no, I know, but my expectation was MVP, Greg.
02:41Yeah, I understand that.
02:42I mean, there's a lot of time left.
02:44No, I know that.
02:45I mean, I think it's...
02:46You're shocked by how he's looked, Greg.
02:47You could...
02:48Exactly.
02:49Listen, I don't know who to blame.
02:51I don't know whether you blame Josh McDaniels for some of it.
02:54I don't know whether you blame him.
02:56We're going to have...
02:57Mike Vrabel's going to be in here in 20 minutes or 25 minutes,
03:01and if he feels the same way he did post-game yesterday,
03:05he's going to tell you that they got a win here at home,
03:09and he's going to be delighted with that,
03:11and that's how you win games in the NFL.
03:12So, I don't...
03:13But you're consistent, at least,
03:14because when Mack played like this, you still defended him.
03:17Yeah.
03:17No, I...
03:18I mean, Shyam, on the other hand,
03:19said that Mack was the worst quarterback of all time.
03:22We have had two Mack interceptions the last two weeks.
03:24This was not a Mack Jones interception.
03:26What are we talking about?
03:27It was Mack-esque.
03:28No, it wasn't.
03:29He just didn't step into the throw.
03:31Right, and that's what Mack did,
03:32and then we blamed him.
03:33And we said he was the worst quarterback of all time.
03:35Mack threw it seven yards with a receiver
03:37who was 15, 20 yards down the field.
03:39This was right in front of the receiver.
03:41He is...
03:42But you would acknowledge
03:43he's underthrowing the football at times
03:45when he should not be.
03:47Yeah, on that one, absolutely.
03:48Like, I think, Greg, I think you nailed it.
03:50Like, there's no confidence in the footwork.
03:51Like, none.
03:52And it's constantly...
03:54I feel like there's a lot of toe-tapping.
03:56There's no confidence whatsoever
03:58just in his ability.
03:59Like, then you see him roll out
04:00and hit Romeo Dobbs down the field.
04:02I'm like, okay, there's that,
04:03but why don't you do that more often?
04:05Like, where is the rest of that
04:06on every other play?
04:08Because I feel like a lot of the time
04:09there's just a lack of feel,
04:11a lack of confidence,
04:13and the ability's there.
04:15Like, you can see it.
04:16It's just...
04:16He's just not, like,
04:18stepping into his throws.
04:19I don't know what's going on.
04:20It's easy to hit a guy
04:21who's wide open
04:21when you're rolling out
04:22and there's nobody within 30 yards.
04:25I give him some credit
04:27for that play on that scramble.
04:29I mean, he had to hang in there.
04:31Yeah, but I'm not saying...
04:31But the play got extended.
04:32He got outside the pocket.
04:35The receiver was able
04:36to obviously be completely uncovered.
04:39But what plays has he made
04:40while, like,
04:41actually operating a play
04:43that was called?
04:45Not doing something
04:46that he's great at,
04:47which is adapting,
04:48get outside of the pocket,
04:49extending a play.
04:50Like, within the offense,
04:51and I think we'll have
04:52plenty of time for this,
04:53there is plenty of room
04:54for Josh McDaniels
04:55to get criticism.
04:57And within the offense
04:58and the play calls
04:59that Josh McDaniels has called,
05:01it has not met
05:02what Drake has been able
05:03to do thus far.
05:04In the actual offense,
05:05you have the one play,
05:06which was the flea flicker,
05:07that led to the offensive touchdown
05:09against the Seahawks
05:11in Week 1
05:11with the defensive pass interference.
05:13And you have yesterday,
05:14you have the broken down play,
05:16which even Drake May said
05:17after the game,
05:17he should have had
05:18a touchdown pass
05:19because Romeo Dobbs
05:20had to wait for the ball
05:21at the 40-yard line.
05:22So, I feel like
05:24the Raiden was good.
05:25Yeah, Raritan.
05:26Raritan, yeah.
05:27Raritan.
05:27I feel like when there's
05:29a level of comfortability
05:31with whoever's going
05:33to catch the football,
05:34like, for instance,
05:35Hunter Henry,
05:36like, I feel like
05:37he's spot on
05:38and feels comfortable
05:40with that wide receiver.
05:42I don't...
05:42But that's when
05:43he threw the interception.
05:44Yeah, but in the case
05:45of Romeo Dobbs,
05:46like, maybe he has
05:47zero confidence in him
05:48because he, you know,
05:50dropped that ball
05:51opening night
05:52and fumbled one
05:54out of bounds yesterday.
05:55Like, I don't know.
05:56Yeah, but the interception
05:57he was throwing to...
05:58He wasn't throwing
05:59to Romeo Dobbs.
06:00Yeah.
06:01I thought Romeo Dobbs
06:02had a solid game.
06:03But I think that what Greg,
06:04and I don't mean to speak for you,
06:06but I feel the same way
06:07and going into this game,
06:08I felt this way,
06:09that maybe he was going
06:09to favor Hunter Henry
06:10moving forward
06:11instead of Romeo Dobbs
06:12because of that drop,
06:13because it is
06:14a confidence thing.
06:15I'm not talking about
06:16individual, like,
06:17who he's choosing
06:18to throw to
06:19or where the picks
06:19are happening.
06:20I'm talking about
06:21mentally what he is
06:22going through
06:22throughout the game
06:23seems different
06:24than last year.
06:25And to me,
06:26it's he's letting
06:26the noise,
06:27whether it's social media,
06:28whether it's sports radio,
06:29whether it's the news,
06:31dictate how he is
06:32handling these games.
06:33But isn't that
06:33an issue for you?
06:34Yes.
06:35That's what I'm saying to you.
06:36I want to be clear.
06:37I think it has nothing
06:37to do with sports radio
06:39or social media.
06:40I think it has
06:41everything to do
06:42with if it is
06:43a confidence thing,
06:45maybe it goes back
06:47to the Super Bowl.
06:47Maybe it goes back
06:48to the way they looked
06:49week one and maybe
06:50or or or maybe he
06:52maybe he planned on
06:54having A.J. Brown
06:55around all season
06:56and that's like,
06:58I don't know what
06:59I have no idea
07:00what's causing it.
07:01And I don't even know.
07:03But maybe he's
07:03moping around, Greg.
07:04Maybe Romeo Robert
07:06Robert Splane saying
07:07stop beating
07:07your effing self up
07:09is a guy that's
07:10saying you're
07:10act like it.
07:11Stop acting like
07:12I don't think
07:13that's the issue
07:14of him at
07:15moping around.
07:16I think the issue
07:17for Drake May is
07:18I'm not in that
07:19locker room,
07:19but just hearing
07:20from Splane
07:21and some of those
07:22guys in there
07:22and then being
07:23around guys
07:24who've kind of
07:25maybe dealt
07:26with this before.
07:26I think he's
07:28putting so much
07:29pressure on himself
07:30because of the
07:31year he had
07:32last year
07:33and saying like
07:34this is who
07:36I am as a
07:37quarterback.
07:37I'm a top
07:38five guy.
07:39And when you
07:40put all that
07:40pressure on
07:41yourself and
07:42you're not
07:42playing like
07:43that, it's
07:44not you're
07:44hearing people.
07:45You just know
07:46from your
07:47performance.
07:47Well, a win
07:49is a win.
07:49I'm sure that's
07:50what Mike
07:51Vrabel will say
07:52and he will be
07:53in here in 15
07:54minutes, 20
07:54minutes at
07:55630 and a lot
07:57to talk to him
07:58about.
07:58And you brought
07:59up the defense.
08:00Defense looks
08:01incredible.
08:02So you really
08:04like you were
08:06worried about the
08:06pass rush.
08:08it seems like
08:09they're able to
08:09get one going
08:10and it seems
08:10like they're
08:11able to scheme
08:12some stuff up
08:13and look pretty
08:14good there.
08:15I don't know
08:16where you stand
08:17on this.
08:17I've seen
08:18some, speaking
08:19of social media,
08:21some calling
08:22the, when it
08:23came to the
08:24on when you
08:24injury, calling
08:25that a 30
08:26play by, by
08:27TJ.
08:28No, no, no.
08:28That was just
08:29friendly fire.
08:29TJ Watt came
08:30around, try to
08:31make a play.
08:32And as he, I
08:33think he was
08:33diving for like
08:34Drake may and
08:35kind of swung
08:36around.
08:36He just
08:37unfortunately
08:38landed on the
08:39back of Michael
08:39and when you
08:40was legs, that's
08:41just you friendly
08:42fire being in
08:43the pocket.
08:44They were pulling
08:44a play from last
08:45year where he
08:45had a similar
08:46situation.
08:47So they were
08:47saying that TJ
08:48Watts done.
08:49But if you
08:49watch the play,
08:50he's just coming
08:50around like I
08:51don't like he's
08:52throwing himself
08:53at the quarterback
08:53like whoever says
08:54that's a dirty
08:55play clearly
08:57knows Jack
08:58ish about
08:58football because
08:59he didn't do
09:00that intentionally
09:00and Michael
09:01and when you
09:01was just standing
09:03there blocking
09:04and guy rolls up
09:04on the back
09:05of his, his
09:06leg and like
09:07dirty play,
09:07that's just
09:08dumb.
09:09Who even said
09:10that?
09:10Listen, I wanted
09:10to get you right
09:12off the bat on
09:12that, Wiggy.
09:13That is just
09:13stupid.
09:14You know
09:14ball.
09:16All right,
09:16chime, no
09:17concern whatsoever
09:18when it comes to
09:18Drake.
09:19I didn't say no
09:20concern.
09:20I mean, there's
09:20slight concern.
09:22I mean, like
09:23Greg, I said
09:24you were right.
09:24Like he lacks
09:25confidence.
09:26I don't know
09:26what it is.
09:27I don't know
09:27why he lacks
09:28confidence.
09:28This is a dude
09:29who finished
09:29runner-up in the
09:30MVP last year
09:30and at times
09:31looked like the
09:32coolest cat on
09:33the planet.
09:34And so, look, I
09:35agree.
09:35There's a lack of
09:36confidence going on
09:37here.
09:37Speaking of
09:38confidence, you
09:39had a lot of it
09:40going into pick
09:40talk this weekend.
09:42Unfortunately, I
09:43believe you were
09:43over six on your
09:45picks.
09:45One for six.
09:46One of six.
09:50I got to tell
09:53you, I've never
09:54had less of a feel
09:55for an NFL season
09:55of my life.
09:58I mean, the
09:59pick talk exuded
10:00confidence.
10:00Teams I thought
10:01were good, not
10:02good.
10:03Teams I thought
10:03were bad might
10:04be good.
10:05Teams I thought
10:05were in the
10:05middle, I don't
10:06know where they
10:06stand.
10:07It's wild out
10:08here.
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