00:00We have breaking news from Mary Kay Cabot.
00:04She is reporting that Deshaun Watson will be the starter on Sunday
00:10versus the Texans over Shador Sanders.
00:15Is that the right call? I think the show is on record.
00:18I think we would say yes.
00:19It is of course the right call. It is of course the right call.
00:22It's what I imagine was the case when the Jeremy Fowler leak got out.
00:27I do think that was not from Watson's people.
00:30Or if it was, it's because he was told.
00:32So either way, it either came from the Browns
00:34or it came from Watson based on real information.
00:36And I think it was a combination gamesmanship,
00:39but also more importantly, what happened yesterday at 4 o'clock?
00:42The trade deadline.
00:44This wasn't because they had to pour over the film to decide
00:46who should be their starting quarterback at this stage of the season
00:50when they are 5-4 and we just talked about it's really between them,
00:54New England, and Houston for at least the next month
00:58on who should be the starting quarterback.
01:00I mean, on who should be the last playoff team.
01:02You were dead ass.
01:03Okay, let's go to the Wisehart Wright.
01:04We make a right call, Kyle Wright hotline.
01:05Ladies and gentlemen, Mary Kay Cabot joins us right now.
01:08Hello, Mary Kay.
01:10Hey guys, how are you doing?
01:11So this is, you've been,
01:12the sources have told you that he will start on Sunday.
01:16Deshaun Watson will start.
01:17Yes, Deshaun Watson will start the game.
01:20And when we get out there,
01:22we actually have locker room first before we have the coach.
01:26So when we go into the locker room,
01:28obviously Deshaun Watson will be the quarterback that we talked to.
01:32And he was selected ahead of Shador Sanders,
01:35despite Todd Munkin leaving that door open on Monday.
01:39So it is Deshaun against his former team.
01:41How tough of a decision do you think it was,
01:44or did you hear it was?
01:46You know, we don't know that yet,
01:48but I don't think it was that tough of a decision.
01:51I know he was very, very proud of what Shador did,
01:54but when you watch the film in its entirety,
01:57I think you can see that Deshaun probably down for down,
02:01gives them a better chance to win,
02:03just in terms of overall operation of the game plan,
02:07the team, just everything, you know, down for down.
02:13So, so many people, especially Shador fans,
02:16said that the offense looked the exact same.
02:19He did the same thing in terms of fourth quarter heroics.
02:23So why not just go with the younger guy?
02:25Was that a legitimate perspective, do you think, inside the building?
02:29Well, I think what happens is the explosive plays are very dazzling,
02:35and they make a huge difference in the game,
02:37and they are the reason why Shador Sanders was able to bring them back
02:41and almost win that football game.
02:43And those are tantalizing plays.
02:45And unfortunately for Deshaun, he hasn't made,
02:49I don't think, enough of those plays.
02:52I think that the explosives,
02:55he really could use some more of those explosives.
02:58There could be a little bit more,
03:00or better timing and accuracy on the deep ball.
03:03And so I think that's the thing that makes it a little bit tricky,
03:06because even though Shador still needs to come up the learning curve
03:10in a lot of ways in just the overall operation of the offense
03:14and just understanding what to do on any given play,
03:18but then he'll go out there and he'll hit a 64-yard touchdown
03:22or a 60-yard pass or a 30-yarder while he's getting drilled
03:25or the 39-yarder to Harold Fannin.
03:27He made nice plays in that game, really, really nice plays.
03:30Those four were highlight reel plays.
03:34But just from the opportunity to function efficiently
03:40and effectively from minute one all the way to the end,
03:44Deshaun still has the edge there.
03:46Mary Kay, the building, that's one thing I wondered about.
03:49The players in that building that got off to a 5-3 start
03:52and were all partying over at Deshaun's house,
03:55and it seemed like pretty clear who the starting quarterback
03:58of this team was.
03:59How do you think they feel about this decision?
04:03Do you think there was any dissenters wanting to rally around Shador,
04:07or do you think they all knew internally that this was Deshaun Watson's job
04:12until they went on a real losing streak over time?
04:17Well, these players really, really support and appreciate
04:22and like both quarterbacks, all of their quarterbacks.
04:25So it really doesn't matter to them if it's Deshaun or Shador.
04:30They just want to go out and play winning football,
04:32and these are really young, good guys, high-character guys,
04:36and they support both of these guys.
04:38If this decision today went towards Shador Sanders,
04:41of course they would feel bad for Deshaun Watson,
04:44but they would get excited to play with Shador.
04:46So either way, they were all going to be fine.
04:49They don't – this is not a divided locker room by any stretch of the imagination.
04:54They're all in unison, and this decision will sit just fine with them.
04:59I won't ask you about any of the – sorry, that was my computer.
05:02I'm not going to ask you about any of the other things about the team
05:05because we're going to talk to you tomorrow still.
05:07I hope so.
05:07I hope you'll join us, Mary Kay, as you're wont to do on a Thursday.
05:11You know, we had a big discussion today about the A.J. Ross report
05:15during the third quarter, late third quarter of the game.
05:18Did you hear that report by any chance, Mary Kay?
05:22I did hear it, yes.
05:23I heard it.
05:24Can we play that for everybody in – and Mary Kay, she heard it,
05:28but let's play it for everybody who wasn't listening earlier.
05:30Go ahead.
05:31Oh, Andrew, it was interesting talking to Todd Munkin yesterday
05:34in that he said Shador Sanders, of course, has a ton of confidence.
05:37He has an aura about him, and he is not someone to mince words
05:40as far as what he likes and doesn't like when it comes to plays.
05:43And Munkin also was laughing when he said he asked Shador,
05:46you know, what do you want to go through with the opening script?
05:49And Shador was actually suggesting plays they didn't have in her playbook.
05:52He was like, no, no, no, some of the plays that we like,
05:54that we already have in our system, what do you like?
05:56And that's the type of guy Shador is, guys.
05:57So I didn't hear that live.
05:59Audio courtesy of CBS.
06:00I had the game on, but I always listened to the guys on the radio.
06:03And Lima's brought it up to his credit.
06:05He brought it up Monday and Tuesday.
06:06I didn't really give it any thought, any breath, anything.
06:10And then I heard Colin Cowherd ripping him up and down yesterday.
06:12And I said, well, yeah, this, I didn't hear it.
06:16And so I hear Colin Cowherd taking it seriously.
06:19And I thought, man, if this is true, if he just doesn't get it,
06:22like I got to wash my hands of him.
06:23Then I hear A.J. Ross.
06:24I'm like, well, I think it's, now that I hear the context,
06:26I think it's a joke.
06:27I think they're joking around.
06:29I think they're kidding around.
06:30What did you think of when you heard this from A.J. Ross on Sunday?
06:36What I thought was the fact that Todd Munkin, you know,
06:40likes to have little anecdotes and stories.
06:43He's good with the media.
06:44He likes to have a little something to tell and to give those guys.
06:47And I don't think he meant it literally.
06:52I think he was kind of tongue-in-cheek, joking around,
06:55just maybe giving a window into what Shador is like to deal with,
07:00because he's a, you know, he's playful.
07:02He likes to goof around and joke around.
07:04So we don't know the context in which Shador said that.
07:09He could have been kidding around with Todd, like, hey, give me these.
07:12I don't think that he would be, before the game,
07:16actually trying to change the script or the game plan.
07:18So I think it was all in good fun, just knowing the two parties,
07:22the way that I do to this point.
07:25I don't think that was a serious topic.
07:27Okay, thank goodness.
07:29All right, Mary Kay, thank you so much for the time.
07:31We'll talk to you tomorrow morning.
07:33Sounds good.
07:34I'll be there.
07:34The great Mary Kay Cabot.
07:35On the Wise Heart Right, we make it right,
07:37call call right hotline.
07:38All right, so if you're on hold for two-second trivia,
07:40I apologize, we will do it at 9.45 unless something crazy happens.
07:44I hope it doesn't, because we've had to push it back twice.
07:469.45, we'll do two-second trivia, okay?
07:48I want to know whether or not you guys think it's the right call.
07:50I think it's the right call.
07:52I think the show is kind of in unison that they think it's the right call.
07:55I'll ask John his opinion later on.
07:57I want to know your guys' opinions on it right now.
07:582-1-6-4-7-4-0-92.
08:01According to Mary Kay Cabot, Todd Munkin has picked Deshaun Watson
08:05as the starting quarterback for Sunday's game.
08:07Is it the right or wrong call to you as a Browns fan?
08:11We'll get to you guys coming up on that in five minutes.
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