March 8, 2026

Celtics Surge, Sox Questions, NFL Rumors

Celtics Surge, Sox Questions, NFL Rumors
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March turns into a sports crossroads, and we lean right into it. We open on the Celtics’ post‑All‑Star surge and ask the real question: is Boston’s depth finally built to travel through four rounds? From Keta’s 27 and 17 against Philly to Hugo’s two‑way punch, we break down how unexpected minutes are reshaping matchups, why the Lakers beatdown meant more than the score, and how to reintroduce Tatum without tripping the rhythm that’s working.

Then we switch diamonds. The Red Sox suddenly have the kind of rotation you can sell in any ballpark—Crochet, Suarez, Sonny Gray, Bayo, and Oviedo—but a lineup with more questions than thunder. We unpack the outfield logjam, make the case for Roman Anthony as an everyday middle‑order bat, and get honest about what happens if Trevor Story can’t give you 140 games. It’s not just talent; it’s sequencing, protection, and the courage to let a young hitter learn under real lights. Along the way, we tip our caps to the World Baseball Classic and why staging it during spring training actually sharpens edges for players and fans.

Finally, the NFL refuses to sit quiet. With a thin free agent WR class, we explore why true number ones will cost draft picks, not just dollars, and what that means for New England’s chase for a field‑tilter like AJ Brown. We also dive into quarterback musical chairs—processing versus raw talent, Kyler versus Mac in the right system—and why structure plus stars still beats star power alone. If you want a candid look at where Boston teams can separate and how front offices can finish the job, this one’s for you.

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Hosts: Mike Marcangelo, Dave Clarke, Rayshawn Buchanan, Bob Kelly
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00:06 - March Sports Heat Check

01:20 - Celtics’ Post‑Break Dominance

05:16 - Role Players Changing Boston’s Ceiling

09:59 - Statement Wins And Schedule Lookahead

16:24 - Al Horford’s Exit And Frontcourt Fit

25:48 - Red Sox Rotation Optimism

29:26 - Outfield Logjam And Roman Anthony

37:13 - Lineup Gaps, Story’s Health, And Front Office Trust

44:00 - WBC Buzz And Timing Debate

45:18 - NFL Free Agency Ripples And WR Market

52:40 - Quarterback Musical Chairs

56:06 - Patriots’ Path And Final Takeaways

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Welcome into the team of 1915 itself.

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Mike Martin alongside another OG, yeah, another OGM real DK Bob LE.

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It is the right just before the start of March Madness, just the start before the start of uh baseball season.

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We have uh NBA season is swinging and obviously the NFL is trying to dominate year-round.

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So we do have some off-season NFL news.

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But before we get into everything, Bobby, how are we feeling on this March 4th episode?

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Good, man.

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You know, basketball is really kicking into full gear.

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Celtics are looking great.

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March Madness is right around the corner.

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We both know how much I just live for those first two days of March Madness, man.

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So I'm feeling good.

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March is such an underrated sports month when it comes to like, you know, ranking of all the sports months.

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You know, obviously we have like January, we got September with World Series and like the start of football.

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But March having all the basketball just I feel like it's such an underrated part of the month.

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Plus, you get like NFL free agency mixed in there too, which is kind of cool.

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I don't know.

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It's a good, it's a good sports month.

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You know, there's there's not a lot of football, but there's a lot of other shit going on.

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They do try to dominate, uh, and we'll and we'll get to some of the latest NFL news, but I I figured we'd start off with our our Boston Celtics, fresh out of the all-star break right now.

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They are 6-1 post-break.

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They're 8-2 of their last 10 with their most recent win coming against the Bucks.

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They dominated the Bucks 108-81.

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That game was without Jalen Brown.

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I was at the 76er game, and I placed a parlay.

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Tyrese Maxie scoring 25 or more, Jalen Brown scoring 25 or more, and Peyton Pritchard having three threes.

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I would have never guessed that Peyton Pritchard was gonna score nothing, and that game was gonna be the Cada game.

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Cada went for 27 points, 17 rebounds.

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That was like his Marcus Blount game.

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Yeah, that was crazy, man.

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That was wild.

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So we talked a couple weeks ago, like just during the all-star break, right?

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And what our expectations were of the Celtics coming out.

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Tatum's not back.

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We don't know if he's gonna be back, and we've we kind of already kicked, you know, that dead horse.

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But if we have the bench and role players participating the way that you have like Kata dropping 27, Derek White, obviously always dropping 21, Baylor, you know, Shireman, 12.

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Vusevich is always good for 10 to 18 points.

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Are are we are we overhyping ourselves, or do you actually think, just to follow up on like our last conversation, is the east really this wide open that it could actually be the Celtics?

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Yeah, man, so I wasn't as sold the last time we talked, but I don't know if that wasn't because like I wasn't as dialed in yet, maybe.

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But our this team, man, I just really like the way that they're built at this point because like they they put together a team that has so many unsung heroes and so many dudes that are just happy to be playing at this level and happy to be getting a the minutes that they're getting, and B to be doing it on a team that's like at the top of a conference.

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So these dudes aren't just getting minutes, they're getting high impact minutes and they're thriving in that situation.

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I just think I don't know if it's the coaching or what it is, man, but the fact that like you have Shireman starting almost on a nightly basis now.

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You have Harper playing significant minutes on a nightly basis, and this guy was on a two-way contract, like what at a couple months ago.

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Yep.

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You know, you have what's the other guy's name?

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Oh, uh Hugo.

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Hugo playing huge minutes, getting getting serious, serious points and rebounds and playing just top-level defense.

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Like he might be in consideration for an all-defensive team.

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And then Keda to me, man, is just you know, we we even talk about Vuoch, but like Keda is the X factor to me, and I think can make such a big difference if he actually develops a real offensive game like he had that night against Philly, man.

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Like that's that's something next level.

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Because then Vucevic can stretch, he can be at the three, and Keda can just be like in powerhouse down low, man.

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It just and this is all we haven't even mentioned Derek White, Peyton Pritcher, Jalen Brown.

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Well, or I didn't mention well, you I didn't mention Peyton Pritcher because I met on him.

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He did nothing.

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You did, yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure.

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But I'm just saying, like, the there's so many contributions being made from guys that like you just wouldn't expect.

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And the fact that we're doing this without Jay, well, we did it without Jalen the other night against the Bucks.

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Granted, it was like C-class Bucks, but you know what I mean?

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It just it it it it bodes very well, I think, for the future.

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Because obviously, like listen, Jalen's had his time, he's done great this year.

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He's MVP candidate at this point.

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You know, it's he's done exactly what you wanted of him, but so have all these other guys, man.

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And the fact that like Tatum still could come back and add to this team.

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I don't know.

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I'm feeling very good about what I see from the team.

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I am, I'm feeling very good about it.

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Yeah, I I gotta tell you, I was at the garden uh on Sunday.

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I just expected Tyrese Maxie to show up and be a Celtics killer because that's just what he does.

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Like he's he is the real deal.

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I love I I hate every 76er, but I love Tyrese Maxie.

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Like he's he's he's the real deal.

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I didn't expect to hear uh over the over the PA system Andre Drummond for three, you know, twice.

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I didn't I didn't know that he had that in his in his fucking bag.

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I didn't know that he that he would that he would make two more three pointers than fucking Peyton Pritchard just took away.

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I can tell you're I can tell you're salty, you're salty about this bet, man.

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I mean any night of the week, any any day of the week, Peyton Richard three or more threes.

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Yes.

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But I you just you just assume he's going to he's gonna jack enough up that he's gonna hit.

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I mean, he he he took four, missed them all.

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But what I really loved was was Kato.

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I mean, again, 27 minutes.

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I love that, man.

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Yeah.

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27 minutes.

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He put up 27 points, 17 rebounds.

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I mean, that that that's not to repeat myself, but that's the Marcus Blount game from all the from all those uh all those years ago.

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Yeah, yeah, no, for sure, man.

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And it's exactly I don't know.

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I've always loved Keda is is the way I say like I really liked the minutes he gave us, but like if he actually adds, like I say, if he actually adds real offense to his game, it it adds such a different element to this team, and it really, really does.

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Like, I couldn't agree more that like that's such an X factor moving forward because we already know we can shoot the we already know we can shoot the threes.

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We already know Jay Lincoln cuts as a hole, we already know Derek White's got his floater, and like all these things do work and they can bring you to a championship, but like something that was definitely missing is a real inside presence, and it's been missing for years.

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And if that's something that Kada can actually bring on even a semi-consistent basis, you know what I mean?

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Even if he does that one time in a in a series, the fact that he's actually capable of dropping 27 points on a night is just that's great.

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That raises the ceiling of this team moving forward so much.

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Like there's so many things that that raise the ceiling of this team moving forward that we can see in the very immediate future.

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It's great.

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I love it.

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So, one of the things that we talked about in the last show is that you know, I begrudgingly said, listen, if the Lakers are fully healthy, like Austin Reeves is back, LeBron's healthy, and Lucas healthy, uh, they could be a team to be worried about.

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The Celtics heard me, and then they went and and beat the beat the Lakers by 20 by fucking 22 points.

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I mean, again, that was the Peyton Pritcher game.

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38 minutes, 30 points.

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You had Jalen Brown, 32 points, and you were going against a team that was fully healthy.

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LeBron, Luca, and Austin Reeves all played over 33 minutes.

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So, well, since our our last conversation, they obviously they beat the Warriors, they beat the Lakers, they beat the Bucks with Giannis without JB.

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What's been the most impressive win for you?

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I don't know.

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There's been a few impressive ones lately.

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I I think it's the Lakers one, though, because it was at full strength.

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I mean, the fact we listen, we've been we've been just beating the shit out of teams the last week and a half.

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We literally have.

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So I think I think the Lakers one is is the best one though, because primetime in in with on the national stage against a fully healthy team that has been playing much better lately.

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Like the Lakers have been playing much better.

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I think it's the Lakers one for sure.

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The but the Bucs won, you know what I mean?

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You're playing uh C League Bucks.

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Who did they play last night again?

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I forget, or two nights ago.

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They played the Bucks.

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The Bucs, yeah.

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And who does the Sixers the night before that, right?

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Yeah, so the their run since since the all-target break has been Warriors, Lakers, Suns.

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They lost the Nuggets, Nets, Sixers, Bucks.

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Yeah, it's definitely the Lakers.

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Definitely the Lakers, for sure.

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I I just like the I I like the caveat of them beating the Bucks by almost 30 points with Giannis playing without JV playing.

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It was new first game back, Giannis, but yeah.

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I mean, Hugo dropped 18 points and 16 rebounds in 35 minutes.

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Yeah, that was the most impressive part of that game, for sure.

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Hugo is definitely the most impressive part of that game.

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He's been unbelievable, man.

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I love Hugo.

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He's been he's been everything you could ask for him even more, without a doubt.

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So I'm coming if we just want to look at their at their schedule.

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Obviously, they they play the Hornets tonight, but here's what their schedule looks like in the next couple of days.

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You got Hornets, Dallas, Cleveland, San Antonio.

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Those are two tough ones.

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Those are two tough ones.

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Okay OKC.

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Like those are next.

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Those three games are huge.

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Word on the street, just throwing it out there, is that we could see a possible return.

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I mean, it hasn't been announced, so I feel like it's not gonna happen at this point.

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But we could see a possible return from JT in that Friday game, is what Bill Simmons came out and said.

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I mean, you know, believe what you want out of Bill Simmons as well.

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But against against Dallas?

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Against Dallas.

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So then you bring him back against Dallas, so then you have you rant, you know, give him a couple minutes of that game, and then you have him for that stretch against OKC, against Cleveland, you know what I mean?

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So you have him against those guys.

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I'll be so pissed if if they delayed his comeback by five days.

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Because at home, start of a three-game homestand or three out of four at home against Philly was I mean, the and they even moved, they flexed that game to prime time.

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But listen, I think if I'm them, I probably wait until the 14th.

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You're you're back at home against Washington, then you have Phoenix, Golden State, Memphis, Minnesota.

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Because if you bring them back, if you bring them back, it's Dallas, Cleveland, San Antonio, OKC.

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That's tough.

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That's tough.

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That's a tough, tough couple stretch.

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Right.

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And I mean, I think San Antonio, obviously the Spurs have gone, they're they're they're doing amazing this year.

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They're what they're second in the West, 44 and 17.

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But they're the biggest downfall for them is they if if they get into a shooting match, they can't keep up.

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Like obviously, Webby's gonna put up 30 and 20 for sure, obviously, right?

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But I don't know.

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I I I like my chances against that team.

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Great.

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I like our chances against anyone that can't put up 120 on a consistent basis, essentially, because I know that we can do that if we're shooting the lights out.

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Jalen's cutting like he has been.

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Offensively, it's it's pretty tough for us to go what under 110.

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Like I can't remember the last time that we scored less than 110.

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But yeah, I I I I guess San Antonio to me, it's pretty recently, isn't it?

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Yeah, I mean, it was the loss to Denver uh like last week.

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Okay, but 10103.84.

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That was rough.

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Okay, yeah, that was a tough game.

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We gotta escape that game.

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I understand why I don't remember it.

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I don't I wouldn't want to remember that either.

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Yeah, that was rough.

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But yeah.

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I don't know.

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I I I definitely like this against San Antonio.

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I mean, you should all you gotta do, like you said, you just throw all your bodies at Wemby.

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You throw your you you body Kate Kata on Wemby, you make him muscle him, and then you have White shut down Vassal, and that's pretty much it from there.

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You know what I mean?

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Hope is great.

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Do you put Kata and and Vucevic in at the same time against Wemby?

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I would.

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Yeah, I would.

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I would throw everything you have at Wemby when he's on the court.

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You have to, you know what I mean?

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Because he's just I mean, he's he's everything to them.

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I mean, even though the other night they absolutely beat the shit out of the Sixers, and Wemby only had 10 points.

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So that's that's a little scary to me that they can do something like that, but you know.

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If he if he dials up his his game to to Joker level, where you know Jokic can put up 30 points, but then he's he's also gonna get give you like 18 assists.

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And it's not the 30 points that kills you, it's the fucking 18 assists.

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Right.

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100.

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100.

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That's why that's why the nuggets haven't been what they were a couple years ago because you took away all those pieces that he was feeding the ball to, and now it's just Jokic without those guys.

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So agreed.

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And you fire the head coach a week before the playoffs start.

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That definitely didn't help.

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That definitely didn't help.

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Cleveland's won nine out of their 12 games with James Harden.

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How do we feel about this?

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Are are they for real, in your opinion?

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No, no, because we know what James Harden's gonna do in the playoffs, you know what I mean?

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Listen, yes, it's great that he's doing this right now, but we know what he's gonna do in the fucking playoffs.

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You know what I mean?

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So, like, I'm not worried about regular season James Harden.

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I'm not, you know what I mean?

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He's gonna put up his numbers, he's gonna his team's gonna be in the top four, whatever conference he's in.

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It happens every single year, and every year everyone's like, oh, this is the year.

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It was the same thing with Philly, same thing with Brooklyn, same thing with Houston.

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You know, everywhere he goes, it's been the same exact thing.

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So no.

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I'm not that worried about it.

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I mean, it's so you took a team with Cleveland.

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Like I I love Donovan Mitchell, Evan Mobley, Garrett Allen.

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I think I think they're all great players.

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But you took a team that already has consistently underperformed in the playoffs year in and year out, and then what you did as the solution was bring the player who underperforms in the playoffs year in and year out.

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And he's gonna be the savior.

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Like, I'm sorry, no, I just don't, I don't see it.

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You know what I mean?

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I just don't.

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But what about what about the the notion that he doesn't have to be the savior there?

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Like he is option number three and not one or two.

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Does that make them more lethal?

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Because that was one of the things that you talked kind of talked about a couple weeks back, is you know, obviously we both know that James Harden's a choker in the playoffs.

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We we we know it, we've seen it.

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Like, that's death taxes and James Harden not showing up the playoffs.

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However, that's always been when he's been the one or two option.

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What that's true.

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That's that's true.

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I I definitely get what you're saying, but for the Cavs to make the deep run that they're that you know we're we're hypothetically setting them up on, right?

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They're gonna have to get at least two to three of those big James Harden games.

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So it's really our can you can you bet on that happening?

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Because you know, Donovan Mitchell's not gonna be able to save him every night.

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We know he's gonna miss at least three, four games in the in a playoff run.

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He's gonna he's gonna get an ankle injury.

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Something's gonna happen to him where he's gonna miss a game.

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And James Harden's gonna have to be that number one option.

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So it's it's yes.

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I I think it definitely helps that he's not the number one option, that you're not relying on him to be the scorer, to be the shot creator, to be the passer, to be whatever.

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He's he's the secondary guy.

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Definitely helps.

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But you're gonna have to rely on him to be that at some point, you know what I mean?

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Like it's it's gonna have to happen.

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And in that moment, it do you actually think you can rely on him?

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Do you do would you actually bet on him showing up in that moment?

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If if you had a caller, no, right, no, right.

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So definitely not.

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So it's like uh it it kind of does.

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It looks great on paper, it does, but and I mean they they did just c have one hell of a game against the number one seed in the east, the Detroit Pistons, and beat them 113-109.

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And again, Detroit, Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duran, uh Duncan Robinson, Thompson.

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I mean, that's a formidable team.

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That's one of the teams that I would say is the most I'm the most fearful of in the east because they're they they're too young, they're too young to know what they don't know.

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You know, like they they don't have a they don't have a fucking care in the world.

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Oh, and and I love, but I do love the fact that they just beat the piss out of the Knicks whenever they played them.

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But I thought that the Cleveland victory against the Pistons was was a hope builder.

00:18:24.559 --> 00:18:30.400
But if you're saying that, Mike, we've seen this story before, Harden's gonna choke, then okay.

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Well, it's not it, it's the combo of like Harden's gonna choke and Mitchell's gonna get hurt, and Moby might get hurt, and Allen might get hurt.

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You know what I mean?

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It's like there's so many different things that could happen to Cleveland.

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Whereas, in my opinion, with a team like if we're talking about teams other than the Celtics, right?

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With a team like Detroit, like you said, this is so new to them, and I could I think they have that like Celtics or around them from a few years ago, where it's like they don't fucking know that they're not supposed to be here at this point, you know what I mean?

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And and this isn't the first year of this run.

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I think that helps them a little bit too, where last year they already overperformed.

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So it was like this year they were kind of ready to take that next step.

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Where you know what I mean?

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Because it was was it two years ago they won like 13, 14 games.

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Then last year they came back, had a really good year, and then this year is like the year where they're he, you know what I mean?

00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:33.519
So I feel like that gradual progression is definitely gonna help them out.

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And then, bro, Kate Cunningham is just a dog.

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That's that's he he just is, man.

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And I mean, Greg, we haven't seen him perform in the playoffs at that high level yet.

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Like, he could choke, you know what I mean?

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We he could be a joker, we don't know that yet, for sure.

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But I definitely feel the upside there is higher than anything that we've seen in Cleveland because we've already seen that, I guess.

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So, like, I guess the unknown makes it a little bit it may it makes it easier to to see, you know what I mean?

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Because we've already seen the other thing fail.

00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:03.839
Yeah.

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No, I'm no, I'm with you.

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Listen, I think the east is right for the fucking picket.

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That's why it's like, man, like if JT does come back, there you know, this team could be unstoppable.

00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:21.599
And we'll wait to talk a little bit more about that.

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But I want to, you know, move out to the West because over the last since since the last time we talked, Nuggets Thunder.

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That was like the big game, you know, the two MVP candidates, you had Shay versus Joker.

00:20:35.119 --> 00:20:43.920
And I mean, Shay dropped 36, 36, 36 and 9 on him, and Joker put up dropped 23 and 14.

00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:45.119
So he ousted them there.

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Obviously, Jamal Murray had a had a hell of a game too, but OKC's now nine and one in their last 10.

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Are they?

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Yeah, are are are they fixing to repeat?

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They're definitely the fate.

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They gotta be the favorites.

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They have to be the odds on favorites.

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And they've only had one hiccup so far this year.

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I think there's one point in the season where they had one stretch where they lost like four out of five, five out of six, something like that.

00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:18.319
But other than that, man, yeah, they've looked like the best team all year long.

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They've lived up to every test.

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And you know what I mean?

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STA is definitely the best player in the world at this point.

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I think he's shown that very clear as day.

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The only team, in my opinion, that can take them down is the Celtics.

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They're the only ones I think that are set up to do it.

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You know what I mean?

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Like, listen, I think the T-Wolves are good in the West.

00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:38.720
I think the Nuggets are good in the West.

00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:40.640
I don't think the Clippers have it anymore.

00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:42.079
I don't think the Lakers are there.

00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:42.799
You know what I mean?

00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:49.920
So, like you go down the list of teams out there, and to me, I think they're queer far and away the best team in the West.

00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:53.599
It's just a matter of who in the East do we think can take them down.

00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:54.559
You know what I mean?

00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:56.960
So what are the standings right now in the West?

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Read 'em off.

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Is it it's OK C.

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Yeah.

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So we got OKC, OK Denver.

00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:03.279
Nope.

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Sunset.

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OKC.

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Okay.

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OKC one.

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Spurs two.

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Rockets three.

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Wolves four.

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Nuggets five.

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Lakers six.

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Suns seven.

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Warriors eight.

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Clippers nine.

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Trailblazers ten.

00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:21.839
Yeah.

00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:25.599
I mean, they're definitely the best team out of that group, for sure.

00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:26.640
I mean, the Spurs.

00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:29.680
We don't know when he's going to be in the playoffs, man.

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.559
I I don't know.

00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:33.599
Do you think when we can put them on his back and carry them to the ship?

00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:38.720
I mean, I guess, I guess that's that's the team that you would look out for in the West.

00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:39.440
Yep.

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.640
For sure.

00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:44.559
One another team I want to talk about in the West for different reasons.

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Obviously, Golden State is not turning in the right direction.

00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:49.359
They're four and six in their last ten.

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:52.240
We did welcome Al Horford back.

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And I think I was a little surprised by his press conference.

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Did you happen to catch that?

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:02.240
I did not.

00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:02.960
Okay.

00:23:03.359 --> 00:23:04.720
So we were at the Warriors.

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:04.960
Sorry.

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:06.319
We did not welcome him back.

00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:09.359
But Horford said in the press conference.

00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:13.839
The decision to leave Boston involved factors beyond basketball.

00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:20.799
He also indicated the choice to move was personal, and in his words, something that at some point I'll share with people.

00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:25.359
Why did we force Al Horford on?

00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:29.200
Wow.

00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:34.720
I can't imagine.

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:38.640
I mean, I I can't imagine what kind of riff he would have had internally with the Celtics.

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:40.640
I literally can't put anything on it.

00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:42.960
Is there is there any kind of speculation out there?

00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:44.559
Do you have do you have a theory?

00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:53.200
Well, they they said also he said like following injuries to the key players, you know, specifically Tatum, uh, and a shift in the team structure.

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:57.519
Horford felt it was, quote, simply time for me to go elsewhere.

00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:00.559
So let me ask you a question.

00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:07.759
Do you feel better about this team if Horford is the backup center instead of Vusevich and then Kata starting?

00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:09.519
Or do you feel better with this combo?

00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:16.000
I think I like this combo better at this point.

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:22.880
What I've seen from Al so far this year, I just think listen, Al Al's amazing.

00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:25.759
And I love everything that he did here.

00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:28.480
But he was very clearly and still is.

00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:32.960
I mean, he's not putting up the same kind of minutes that Boots and Cater are putting up.

00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:39.200
They're not, he's not giving you as much impact on a night-to-night basis as you what you need from those two guys.

00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:44.319
So I I I like what we have right now, technically, currently, in my opinion.

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:49.039
I am very interested to hear what the deeper stuff was, though.

00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:52.319
Because you just felt like Al's 39.

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:55.920
You know, obviously they were probably gonna offer him a veteran minimum deal.

00:24:56.000 --> 00:25:01.119
Maybe he'd like that was a slap in the face because again, we've talked about it endless times in this podcast.

00:25:01.359 --> 00:25:05.519
He is the most significant free agent signing that the Boston Celtics have ever made.

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:07.440
Like, honestly, he is.

00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:08.240
Yeah, yeah.

00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:10.000
Yeah, he was the first one.

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:12.319
Literally the first one.

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:13.920
He was the first one, right?

00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:16.640
In a in our 90-year history.

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:18.960
But yeah, I'm I am intrigued.

00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:21.759
It it feels like there was something going on behind the scenes.

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:25.680
Anything else you want to talk about on the NBA before we move over to baseball?

00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:40.400
No, just uh, you know, I'm very excited to see what the Celtics team does moving forward and the depth and everything around those star players are what's going to carry them forward.

00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:41.680
Very excited to see.

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.920
MJT better come back.

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.240
All right.

00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:47.440
So moving on to MLB.

00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:49.920
So we are in the midst of spring training.

00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:55.680
We have the world baseball classic that that'll be uh taking place, and we have you know team USA stacked roster.

00:25:56.480 --> 00:26:05.359
Bobby obvious obviously wanted to talk a little bit about that, but the heart of this is the expectations for the Red Sox heading into the 2026 season.

00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:16.400
It looks like they have a top pitching rotation with Garrett Crochet, Suarez, Sonny Gray, Brian Bayo, Johan is it Ovito?

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.440
Is that enough?

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:21.759
Let's just put let's just start with the with the rotation.

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:27.599
Is that enough to be a top rotation in the east or in the eighth?

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.720
Yeah, for sure.

00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:30.400
For sure, without a doubt.

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:37.599
I mean, the those top three are 100% a top five, top three in the league.

00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:38.319
You know what I mean?

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:43.119
They are Suarez is is a top 10 pitcher in the league, and Crochet is a top 10 pitcher in the league.

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:45.359
So obviously, you put those two guys in one rotation.

00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:46.480
That's top notch.

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:48.000
That's exactly what you're looking for.

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:51.440
Sonny Gray is a perfect number three starter, man.

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.000
He just is.

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:55.519
At this point in his career, that's exactly what you're looking for at Sonny Gray.

00:26:55.680 --> 00:27:02.640
Is 13 and 10 or 14 and 9 and like a 3.8 ERA.

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:05.039
Like that's exactly what you fucking want from that guy.

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:08.480
So I think he's gonna fit right into that slot perfectly.

00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:22.079
And then it takes so much pressure off Bayo now, man, because last year you were relying on Bayo to be your one or two, and he just wasn't that guy yet.

00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:24.960
Yeah, I I don't think he, I don't know if he's ever gonna be that guy.

00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:25.920
You know what I mean?

00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:29.440
Like he he folds with that kind of pressure on top of.

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:30.640
We've seen it time and time again.

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:36.000
So I think putting him in that four spot and putting those other guys above him is gonna be perfect for that rotation.

00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:38.240
So I'm I'm excited for the rotation for sure.

00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:40.079
Well, I know we'll talk about it.

00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:45.920
But yeah, it feels like they short they showed up the rotation, but is did do they have do they have a bit of a log jam in the outfield?

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:52.319
Because it as it currently stands right now, uh, they have Jaron Duran, Roman Anthony, Oyer Abreu, and then Rafaela.

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.480
What do you do?

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:56.319
Like, do you do you trade one of them?

00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:58.640
And if you do, who is the most valuable trade asset?

00:27:58.720 --> 00:28:00.240
Like, I what would you do?

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:02.160
You have the keys to the kingdom, Bobby.

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:05.599
You can do anything you want with the Red Sox outfielder situation.

00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:10.480
Well, so obviously Anthony's off limits.

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:11.519
He's off the fucking table.

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:13.440
He's he's he's he's off the fucking table.

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:17.359
Roman Anthony is the guy right now, so he's off the table.

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:25.519
I mean, I feel like the most valuable is probably because of what he gives you with his gloves and his bat, Abreyu.

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:27.039
I love what he, you know what I mean?

00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:28.319
I really like Abreu.

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:30.000
Raphael is great.

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:32.400
I just think he's too inconsistent with the bat.

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:35.839
So I don't know how much you're actually gonna get for him.

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:37.599
And who's what's the other?

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.559
Who's the other one more than that?

00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:39.920
And Duran.

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.079
Right.

00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:41.440
And Duran, obviously.

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:44.640
I guess Duran's the guy you ship off, right?

00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:48.480
So in your opinion, you're rolling with Duran, Anthony, and Abreu.

00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:49.680
Like that's your starting outfield.

00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:51.920
Yeah, that's my starting outfield for sure.

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:52.559
Okay, yeah.

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:58.640
And then Raphael is your your utility, you know, come in when Raphael can play a little infield too.

00:28:58.720 --> 00:29:01.119
So I think you you wrote rotate him in the infield.

00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:02.720
So I think you keep him around.

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:08.160
But I if you're gonna train any of them, I think you train Duran and put Raphael in center.

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:08.880
You know what I mean?

00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:09.359
That's what you do.

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:11.279
Because you're gonna get the Duran.

00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:17.680
And I this team is obviously clearly missing a corner infielder at this point.

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:23.039
We went from like a riches of corner infielders to none.

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:27.200
So it's very clear what's missing.

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:28.640
Yeah, it's very weird.

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:30.960
It's weird, so annoying.

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:33.839
But yeah, that's that's that's what you gotta do.

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:39.680
But yeah, if right now that's the starting outfield is a Brayu, Duran, and Anthony, for sure.

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:48.400
So if you're the GM, right, do you make a trade or do you just ride the ride the wave right now?

00:29:48.640 --> 00:30:00.960
I mean, analysts in Boston are calling this outfield surplus situation, reminiscent of the bullpen by committee and all that other crap that we remembered from the oh uh, you know, 0203.

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:06.720
But knowing that it's a long, it's a long season.

00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:13.039
Do you do you keep four outfielders and like you say, like you just you know, you just platoon Raphaela when you need to?

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:17.519
Yeah, yeah, I mean, for for the time being, that's what I would do for sure.

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.319
100%.

00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:23.119
That's that's what's gonna get you the most effective lineup moving forward.

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:26.480
That's what's gonna get you the best out of that, those guys, for sure.

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:30.480
You gotta find a way to keep Anthony in that lineup every single night, though.

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:32.799
Roman Anthony cannot rotate out of that lineup.

00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:34.960
That guy is too valuable, and he's obviously in the future.

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:36.720
Did you see that bomb he hit the other night?

00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:37.359
Oh my god.

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:37.759
Yep.

00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:41.200
Yeah, that brings us to my next uh topic, and that is Roman Anthony.

00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:44.079
My question to you is it's actually twofold.

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:47.839
Is Roman Anthony the next superstar of the Boston Red Sox?

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:54.880
Uh, and does that mean that in four or six years he will be the star player for the LA Dodgers?

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:58.480
That's so fucked up.

00:30:58.559 --> 00:30:59.680
I knew exactly what you were gonna ask.

00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:01.680
I'm like, oh, he's gonna ask me who's gonna be a Dodger.

00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:02.319
That's great.

00:31:02.400 --> 00:31:03.519
I can't wait for that.

00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:06.799
Yeah, so obviously he's the star.

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:08.640
He's the guy we build around.

00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:12.640
And we've been so traumatized at this point, man.

00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:16.319
It's just every fucking time we have a star, he gets fucking traded.

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.440
Oh yeah.

00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:19.119
So he's gone.

00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:21.759
So it's just we're just counting down the clock at this point.

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:28.000
Yeah, he he is your he is your 2031 World Series MVP with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:29.920
That's so fucking frustrating.

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:32.079
But yeah, no, he's the guy, man.

00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:38.160
And that's that's clearly why they they were clearly paving the way for him with they when they opened all this up.

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:40.160
I don't know.

00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:57.759
I just I just don't know how they actually let because you could have had so when you have Roman Anthony at the level that he's gonna be at, if you actually ponied up and got Bregman and you have a Bregman Roman Anthony, middle of your order, yeah, but with with Contreras in there now, like come on, man.

00:31:58.160 --> 00:31:58.799
Come on.

00:31:58.960 --> 00:32:00.880
Yeah, no, listen, I'm with you.

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:02.319
Let me ask you a question now.

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:05.279
Is he a middle of the order ready right now?

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:07.119
Yeah, I think so.

00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:08.480
I mean, he's gotta be.

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:12.799
He has to be for this team to be successful, he has to be.

00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:14.079
So I have to say yes.

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:19.359
Because I I want to see I want to see them hit, you know what I mean?

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:24.720
Like they need to the pitching rotation is too good not to put a good lineup behind it, man.

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:29.440
It just is, and it's like, I don't know why we have to flip-flop every year from like one to the other.

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:30.240
I feel like it's fine.

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:36.799
So you're confident I know that we're we don't just focus on stats, but for the sake of this argument, I'm going to.

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:46.480
So you're confident that that a man that last season, who in 257 at bats, batted 292 with eight home runs and 32 RBIs.

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:50.799
You you we we think he's middle of the order ready.

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:03.839
Those are Pokey Reese numbers, for fuck's sake.

00:33:05.839 --> 00:33:13.759
No, I mean they're not they're not as exactly Pokey Reese numbers, but I mean, dude, he he literally has Pokey Reese numbers.

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:19.200
When you look at the when you look at the lineup though, who else do you have to put three, four, five right now?

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:19.920
You know what I mean?

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:26.640
You have Contreras, and you have, I mean, Duran, I guess, but he's gonna be top of the lineup.

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:32.559
You have Raphael is not gonna be in the middle of the lineup.

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:36.079
Fucking Meyer's not gonna be in the middle of the lineup.

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:40.240
Abreu, I guess, but he's not a three or four hitter.

00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:42.000
He's like a six or seven hitter.

00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:42.640
You know what I mean?

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:44.640
So like you don't have a three or four hitter.

00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:48.400
So you you literally are relying on this guy to develop into that.

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:49.839
So can he do it?

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.680
We need him to, though.

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:52.240
I'll tell you that.

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:53.680
We absolutely fucking need him to.

00:33:55.200 --> 00:34:01.200
It just seems like you're more confident in a 292, 8 home run, the I being your fucking four.

00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:06.799
Now, my question to you is let's say that he doesn't have a great season.

00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:10.000
Let's just say he replicates what we did last season.

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:13.360
How like how patient should we be with him?

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:17.760
Do you think, like, are are you convinced he is the next guy?

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:21.679
Or is he Jacoby Ellsbury?

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:28.159
He shows flashes, but maybe not worth it.

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:32.639
I mean, I'll take that one Jacoby Ellsbury sees that.

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:36.000
He could be that this year, we're okay with that.

00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:37.920
But yeah, then he'll be a Yankee next year.

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:39.039
It'll be great.

00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:40.880
I hope.

00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:45.760
Um he he's not Jacoby, because Jacoby was different, man.

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:48.000
Jacoby wasn't he wasn't a hitter.

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.559
You know what I mean?

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:50.960
Jacoby had like one season where he developed into that.

00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:52.639
Like this guy is either.

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:58.800
But he he was it was his rookie year, and he had the flashes, and like he's on the world baseball classic.

00:34:58.960 --> 00:35:00.000
He's doing great there too.

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:01.280
He had a bomb the other night.

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:03.360
So, like, I think he can develop into that.

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:04.000
Yes, I do.

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:05.199
Yeah, I truly do.

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:09.039
Yeah, he went like three for three against fucking Norway, so we should make him his number four.

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:09.519
That's great.

00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:11.840
He was actually against the Giants, but whatever.

00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:21.920
Another linchpin of the Red Sox season is can Trevor Story actually play 140 games?

00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:32.480
And if he can't, does that mean that this team is no longer a 90-win team and they're more like a 75 to 80 win team?

00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:35.519
Like, what what are your thoughts on his ability to do so?

00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:38.239
And and what does it mean if he can't?

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:44.800
Well, you're definitely relying, so that's that's here three here, is the Trevor Story.

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:48.719
So, like that's without him, yeah, we're we're in a lot of trouble.

00:35:50.159 --> 00:35:59.760
Because last year, even when he went down, like like I said, we still had Bregman to carry us through the trenches of the season and be that big hitter, and that's what he was.

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:04.079
So you're literally relying on a guy who's never done this before.

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:05.119
So I don't know.

00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:13.599
So we could have had Kyle Schwarber, Alex Bregman, and Roman Anthony and Trevor Story in our lineup have we just not been douchebags, is what you're saying.

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:14.800
Yes, exactly.

00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:17.039
But now we you know have Trevor Story.

00:36:17.199 --> 00:36:20.880
So that's well, no, and we have middle of the middle of the lineup, Roman Anthony ready.

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:21.840
Roman Anthony.

00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:22.000
Right.

00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:22.719
No, that's great.

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:25.440
I've never I never thought you'd be that guy.

00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:33.679
Is do you as a fan expect the Red Sox to be a deep playoff team in 2026?

00:36:33.840 --> 00:36:37.840
And if they are not, is this is this hit for Alex Corr?

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:39.840
Like, should they actually move on from him?

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:44.000
Or are they just is the argument that they're not they're not giving him enough?

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:48.079
I feel like they're not giving it to him, man.

00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:55.920
I mean, the lineup is I just feel like they keep investing in one area and not investing in the whole team.

00:36:56.079 --> 00:36:56.719
You know what I mean?

00:36:56.800 --> 00:37:00.239
Like last year the lineup was great, the pitching staff was severely lacking.

00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:01.119
So what did they do?

00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:17.119
They let their best hitter walk, brought in a guy to replace him that was at two notches below him, played a position that you already have, and went into the pitching instead, which is great.

00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:18.480
Awesome they did that.

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:23.280
The pitching rotation is now top notch, but like that's now all you got again.

00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:26.239
So now we're just like, I feel like we're just flip-flopping here.

00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:28.079
So I mean, I don't I don't know.

00:37:28.239 --> 00:37:37.199
I I I will I would keep him personally because I don't know what else is out there, and I know I'm I'm I'm being serious.

00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:38.719
Like, who else would you bring to the place?

00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:39.599
You know what I mean?

00:37:39.760 --> 00:37:42.400
Like, he's definitely still one of the better coaches in the league.

00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:58.880
So I just until unless it's a disaster of a season, if they're win like 70 games, and obviously he's out of here, but like if they're like 85-90 wins, well, the argument that I would just make is that to like who else are you gonna go get?

00:37:58.960 --> 00:38:07.119
Well, if if you're not actively trying to build a World Series roster, then you don't need a World Series manager.

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:09.119
You know?

00:38:10.800 --> 00:38:14.239
Now I'm not advocating for mediocrity, but they're giving it to me anyway.

00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:29.840
I mean what I hate most about the state of the Red Sox as it's currently constituted in the last 10 years is that you know that they might sign one or two guys that are gonna hit and then they're gonna let them go.

00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:48.079
And if they develop a farm system and they bring those guys up, your window is four years because they will fucking trade them to the Dodgers every single time, or the Padres, like that's where they're going, or the Giants, really to California, they're going to the NLS.

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:51.519
I'm okay with I'm I'm okay with Devers though.

00:38:51.679 --> 00:38:52.159
Fuck them.

00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:54.559
Yeah, that's fair.

00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:56.239
You know, yeah.

00:38:56.400 --> 00:39:00.239
No, I was okay with the Devers trade, and especially because we have Braggman.

00:39:00.320 --> 00:39:01.199
That's why I like it now.

00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:05.199
I'm like, all right, but like it hurts more now, that's for sure.

00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:09.039
Because now we we have a huge hole at third base, so it's like, come on, guys.

00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:10.159
And our and our fourth hill.

00:39:11.920 --> 00:39:14.480
There's no foresight with the moves, man.

00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:18.960
They just are like, all right, let's do this, and then we'll react and we'll figure it out from there.

00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:24.320
This this works into the budget, this this fits what we're trying to do financially.

00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:27.280
So then we'll figure out the baseball portion of it after.

00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:30.079
And it's just it's it's frustrating to see them do that.

00:39:30.239 --> 00:39:31.039
You know what I mean?

00:39:31.119 --> 00:39:36.079
It's like, or they think about the baseball, but they're not thinking about all the you know what I mean?

00:39:36.159 --> 00:39:49.360
Like bringing in Suarez, definitely thinking about the baseball because you're you're you're fixing what was broken last year, you're you're putting a stud back into the pitching rotation, which puts people back into the spots they belong in.

00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:51.039
Bay was no longer a two, you know what I mean?

00:39:51.119 --> 00:39:52.639
That fixes that instantly.

00:39:52.960 --> 00:40:08.239
But then you at the same time make a financial decision where you you you get rid of Bregman, which was a hole that we need, and creates a massive hole in the middle of the lineup and replace them with Contreras, who plays a position that we already have depth and too many guys at.

00:40:08.400 --> 00:40:09.119
You know what I mean?

00:40:09.280 --> 00:40:13.199
So it's like, okay, what the fuck are you doing, guys?

00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:14.000
You know what I mean?

00:40:14.159 --> 00:40:18.480
You're you're you're you're eliminating holes here, but then you're creating more fucking holes here.

00:40:18.559 --> 00:40:21.920
It's like it's like a football team, you know what I mean?

00:40:22.079 --> 00:40:30.880
Like picking up a stud running back because their running game was shit last year and it fucked them over, but they got rid of all their star wide receivers because now they can't fucking pass the ball anymore.

00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:33.039
It's like, all right, guys, well, what the fuck?

00:40:33.519 --> 00:40:33.840
Yep.

00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:50.800
It's like you we we don't know this, but we know it that in all the meetings at the beginning at the at the end of a regular season, we know that Red Sox ownership says, what is the least amount of money that we can spend to put an 88-win team on the field?

00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:54.000
To make sure that people still show up in the seats.

00:40:54.559 --> 00:40:55.199
Yep.

00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:55.840
Yep.

00:40:56.000 --> 00:41:00.400
Get give them a competitive August and September, and then you know what?

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:01.360
Anything can happen.

00:41:01.440 --> 00:41:03.039
And we listen, we bought in last year.

00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:04.400
I mean, I don't I can't speak for you.

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:05.360
I bought in last year.

00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:07.920
Like, oh, uh we with that series against the Yankees.

00:41:08.000 --> 00:41:14.159
We're gonna fucking wait till wait till we take two out of three, and then and then we just get fucking spunk.

00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:14.559
Right.

00:41:14.800 --> 00:41:16.159
So I get it.

00:41:16.400 --> 00:41:34.239
They they had me, but now it's you're you're kind of fall, you're kind of falling back into the the trap, which is you know, I'll believe it when I see it, and I don't want to do that to a a team that is responsible for one of like my the great my young adult life, you know?

00:41:34.719 --> 00:41:38.480
Yeah and Ray says this all the time, and I agree with him.

00:41:38.639 --> 00:41:42.719
When they're on, this is still a baseball town.

00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:51.360
Boston is a baseball town and city, and it's just a damn shame that these own the ownership doesn't care.

00:41:52.159 --> 00:41:58.079
They really have arena, they have because every time you think there's promise, you think it's there, man.

00:41:58.159 --> 00:42:02.320
They they just got it, and they've done it multiple times now, which is very frustrating.

00:42:02.639 --> 00:42:03.599
But yeah.

00:42:04.559 --> 00:42:05.119
I don't know.

00:42:05.199 --> 00:42:06.800
I I do have hope for this year, though.

00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:07.199
I do.

00:42:07.280 --> 00:42:09.199
I I think the rotation should be very good.

00:42:09.360 --> 00:42:10.400
I you what you're saying.

00:42:11.840 --> 00:42:15.599
I agree with you, but I believe that they're gonna be good.

00:42:16.079 --> 00:42:17.679
I don't believe they're gonna be good.

00:42:17.760 --> 00:42:22.239
I just think they're gonna be good enough to be, like you said, in the hunts in late September.

00:42:22.320 --> 00:42:22.880
You know what I mean?

00:42:22.960 --> 00:42:25.599
They're they're gonna be hunting for at least a wildcard spot for sure.

00:42:25.840 --> 00:42:26.719
Let me ask a proposal.

00:42:28.320 --> 00:42:30.239
The pitching rotation is too good not to be.

00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:31.119
I agree.

00:42:31.280 --> 00:42:35.840
What what would have to happen for the Red Sox to break your heart again?

00:42:37.199 --> 00:42:39.679
No, they I don't know.

00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:45.599
It's it's gonna take on the field, not not trading Roman Anthony, who's an all-time for you know, 800.

00:42:45.920 --> 00:42:46.159
I don't know.

00:42:46.320 --> 00:42:53.039
Listen, I don't know if they can do it anymore because they already like I already walked in on them fucking my best friend.

00:42:53.119 --> 00:42:53.760
You know what I mean?

00:42:53.840 --> 00:42:55.360
Like by trading Mookie bets.

00:42:55.760 --> 00:43:01.039
So and took them back.

00:43:01.199 --> 00:43:05.360
So like at this point, anything they do, you're like, well, you know.

00:43:05.599 --> 00:43:06.239
Yep.

00:43:06.880 --> 00:43:09.039
I mean, we had me, I guess.

00:43:09.280 --> 00:43:12.960
You had Mookie, you had Devers, who what was it?

00:43:13.039 --> 00:43:13.840
Who was the shortstop?

00:43:13.920 --> 00:43:15.119
I already forget him.

00:43:15.360 --> 00:43:15.920
Xander.

00:43:16.239 --> 00:43:18.880
Xander, I mean, that was your core.

00:43:19.760 --> 00:43:24.480
I mean, Benintendi less so, but like, you know, yeah.

00:43:24.800 --> 00:43:25.599
It hurts.

00:43:25.760 --> 00:43:27.840
You know, I'm still hurt by that.

00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:40.639
So, like, anything they do at this point, whenever they bring it back, I'm like, oh, you know, it's cool, it feels good, guys, but like they're waiting for the other fucking shoe to drop still.

00:43:40.719 --> 00:43:44.639
So Bobby's like the you look at the girl, you're like, Man, she she does still look pretty good.

00:43:44.800 --> 00:43:45.679
Maybe I should nope.

00:43:45.760 --> 00:43:46.880
I remember why I remember.

00:43:47.119 --> 00:43:47.360
There it is.

00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:47.920
Yeah, there it is.

00:43:48.719 --> 00:43:49.440
There it is.

00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:54.320
It's exactly what the Red Sox are at this point.

00:43:54.480 --> 00:43:55.039
Exactly.

00:43:55.119 --> 00:43:57.760
This is the perfect parallel to draw for them.

00:43:58.559 --> 00:43:59.760
Give me your world baseball class.

00:44:00.159 --> 00:44:06.719
Classic tidbit because you care about our our we're like the monstars in this exhibition.

00:44:07.119 --> 00:44:09.599
This this this lineup, man, is just so good.

00:44:09.760 --> 00:44:19.519
The fact that you have Bryce Harper, Alex Bregman, Aaron Judge, all right in the middle of that lineup is just gonna be so fun to watch.

00:44:20.000 --> 00:44:24.480
Terry Scovel's a little bitch because he's like, I'm gonna throw 50 pitches and I'm going home.

00:44:24.559 --> 00:44:25.840
It's like, all right, team.

00:44:26.880 --> 00:44:27.920
Represent the USA.

00:44:28.079 --> 00:44:28.559
What's that?

00:44:28.880 --> 00:44:29.360
I don't know.

00:44:29.440 --> 00:44:30.800
I I'm just very, very excited.

00:44:30.880 --> 00:44:32.320
I think they're gonna dominate and win.

00:44:32.639 --> 00:44:36.559
Them in Dominican Republic is the matchup to watch for sure.

00:44:36.800 --> 00:44:37.760
It's gonna be fun, man.

00:44:37.840 --> 00:44:38.719
It's gonna be good.

00:44:39.039 --> 00:44:48.400
Should do you think that they should keep the timing of this, like to have it during spring training, or should it be more like the Olympics are for hockey and you have it mid-season and like a two-week stretch?

00:44:48.559 --> 00:44:49.840
So like get rid of the all-star.

00:44:50.639 --> 00:44:53.280
I like where it is because I think it ramps up really well.

00:44:53.360 --> 00:44:55.280
And like I guess you're ready for baseball season.

00:44:55.360 --> 00:44:55.840
You know what I mean?

00:44:55.920 --> 00:45:00.159
It's like, all right, we're a baseball class week, and I know the players love it.

00:45:00.400 --> 00:45:03.440
So I think you uh you can't change it in my opinion.

00:45:03.519 --> 00:45:07.119
I I think they love it where it is, it it ramps them up really well.

00:45:07.280 --> 00:45:11.920
Well, it gives them competitive baseball at the beginning of the season, and it gives us something to watch.

00:45:12.000 --> 00:45:14.480
Like I say, it adds to that march, man.

00:45:14.639 --> 00:45:16.079
It makes marks so much better.

00:45:16.159 --> 00:45:17.119
It's great.

00:45:18.639 --> 00:45:26.960
All right, so we're gonna move on to the NFL because they dominate year-round, and there has been some news for the fifth straight year, it feels like, uh, heading into free agency.

00:45:27.039 --> 00:45:38.239
The New England Patriots are without a number one wide receiver as they just cut Stefan Diggs after deciding that that they were not gonna pay him$26 million, which I completely agree with.

00:45:38.960 --> 00:45:49.199
Um I mean, again, a year after uh coming off of an ACL tear at 32 years old, he he he brings in a thousand yards and helps lead that team to a Super Bowl.

00:45:49.440 --> 00:45:51.920
The Steelers are cutting John New Smith.

00:45:52.159 --> 00:45:58.800
We see that uh uh the Chiefs traded a corner to the Rams, who they desperately need.

00:45:59.599 --> 00:46:00.320
Yep, yep.

00:46:00.400 --> 00:46:07.519
Uh and George Pickens has been uh looks like he's gonna be franchise tagged.

00:46:07.599 --> 00:46:08.639
It has been franchise tag.

00:46:08.960 --> 00:46:11.599
So Bobby, where do you want to start?

00:46:12.400 --> 00:46:14.880
I mean, I obviously want to start with Pickens.

00:46:15.039 --> 00:46:30.000
Um I just I really hope they come to some kind of agreement there, man, because that offense last year was just so electric, and I just feel like they're actually gonna try and build towards a little bit of defense in the draft.

00:46:30.239 --> 00:46:35.360
So if you have any possibility of bringing that back, you absolutely have to.

00:46:35.519 --> 00:46:39.199
I don't care if someone matches it and you get and you can get two first.

00:46:39.519 --> 00:46:40.079
I don't give a shit.

00:46:40.159 --> 00:46:41.360
I don't want two first-round picks.

00:46:41.519 --> 00:46:42.559
I want that offense back.

00:46:42.719 --> 00:46:43.440
That's what I want.

00:46:43.679 --> 00:46:46.559
So I just hope Jerry actually ponies up and does it.

00:46:46.639 --> 00:46:48.880
He already ponied up and gave Javante his money.

00:46:49.039 --> 00:46:59.440
Javante Williams is coming back for, you know, we actually don't need a running back for the first time in like fucking 10 years going into the uh right since going into the offseason is great.

00:46:59.840 --> 00:47:00.719
I don't know.

00:47:00.960 --> 00:47:02.639
I just want pickings back, man.

00:47:02.719 --> 00:47:04.719
I I really hope they come to an agreement with him.

00:47:04.800 --> 00:47:07.519
And it seems like that's what they're working towards.

00:47:08.000 --> 00:47:09.920
And then from there, she's building defense.

00:47:10.079 --> 00:47:10.639
What do you think?

00:47:10.719 --> 00:47:13.360
Do you think AJ Brown's going to going to New England?

00:47:13.519 --> 00:47:15.679
That's that's what the rumor is.

00:47:15.840 --> 00:47:16.960
He wants to go there.

00:47:17.199 --> 00:47:18.320
He wants to go there.

00:47:18.800 --> 00:47:21.840
And there's and there's no guaranteed money left on his deal.

00:47:22.239 --> 00:47:24.719
So listen, I would love that.

00:47:24.960 --> 00:47:33.360
I personally believe that with a guy like AJ Brown, it kind of looks like he's given up and quitting on the on the Eagles, right?

00:47:33.599 --> 00:47:37.199
So bring him into a situation where he loves the head coach.

00:47:37.440 --> 00:47:44.480
I mean, he's he's gonna get a hundred plus targets with with Drake, and that's a real number one.

00:47:44.559 --> 00:47:49.199
Like you have a real number one now for the next two to three years, and you and you have to do something.

00:47:49.280 --> 00:47:56.000
Because I do think like we're in a situation right now where if we have a number one, we have I would argue we have three number twos.

00:47:56.800 --> 00:47:59.280
And that's a really good wide receiving core.

00:47:59.840 --> 00:48:05.440
Now, if you have just three number twos and no number one, we've we've seen kind of that story before, right?

00:48:05.840 --> 00:48:09.840
What do you think about about David Montgomery going to the Texans?

00:48:10.960 --> 00:48:12.159
I think so.

00:48:12.559 --> 00:48:16.079
It instantly makes Jameer Gibbs the top three fantasy pick next year.

00:48:16.159 --> 00:48:16.800
I'll tell you that.

00:48:17.039 --> 00:48:18.320
So he's gonna get he's gonna get hurt.

00:48:18.400 --> 00:48:18.960
It's great.

00:48:19.039 --> 00:48:21.360
Yeah, he's getting yeah, he's getting hurt for sure.

00:48:21.679 --> 00:48:24.800
I I think I don't know what I don't know what the Lions are doing.

00:48:24.880 --> 00:48:28.960
I don't know what the fuck they're I I is Mont Montgomery wasn't even up for a contract.

00:48:29.039 --> 00:48:35.199
I don't understand the thinking behind it because I I thought that duo was electric in Detroit.

00:48:35.360 --> 00:48:38.000
So I my takeaway is what the hell is Detroit doing?

00:48:38.079 --> 00:48:39.199
What are they thinking?

00:48:39.440 --> 00:48:47.679
Obviously, uh they're thinking they Gibbs is gonna handle more of the boat more of the carries, but good move for the Texans, though, for sure.

00:48:47.920 --> 00:48:49.760
Montgomery's a workhorse man.

00:48:49.840 --> 00:48:52.480
He can he can be your RB1 a hundred percent.

00:48:52.639 --> 00:48:55.119
He he he's I mean he's a bruiser, you know what I mean?

00:48:55.199 --> 00:48:55.920
That's what he does.

00:48:56.079 --> 00:48:59.360
So I think he can handle uh the workload in Houston for sure.

00:48:59.519 --> 00:49:05.440
And we also saw like in that scheme, Joe Mixon was having a great a great season uh two years ago.

00:49:05.599 --> 00:49:12.880
And I would I I I would say David Montgomery is is a little bit more of a of a touchdown threat than Mixon is.

00:49:12.960 --> 00:49:20.000
So like that that could really change the offense that obviously needs some overhaul down in down in Houston.

00:49:21.599 --> 00:49:27.599
Do you think Aaron Rodgers is going back to Pittsburgh?

00:49:29.920 --> 00:49:34.480
I mean, it doesn't seem like Mike McCarthy is ruling the idea when he was asked.

00:49:34.639 --> 00:49:38.719
So I I mean, I think that would be hilarious if he went back to Pittsburgh.

00:49:38.960 --> 00:49:40.480
I I don't think that's what they should do.

00:49:40.559 --> 00:49:42.159
I think that would be fucking stupid.

00:49:42.320 --> 00:49:47.760
I think you're throwing another season away if you bring back Aaron Rodgers to be your quarterback.

00:49:47.840 --> 00:49:50.079
He's obviously not getting you to a Super Bowl.

00:49:51.039 --> 00:49:54.800
Aaron Rodgers is not a Super Bowl winning quarterback anymore at this point in his career.

00:49:54.960 --> 00:49:56.159
I think that's very clear.

00:49:56.320 --> 00:50:04.719
Uh at top level, Aaron Rodgers wins you 10-11 games, and that's like at best, and gets you to like the divisional round and then you fizzle out.

00:50:04.880 --> 00:50:06.719
That's like best case scenario.

00:50:07.039 --> 00:50:10.480
And you're not gonna be averaging more than 23 points a game doing it.

00:50:10.639 --> 00:50:11.599
I can guarantee you that.

00:50:11.760 --> 00:50:13.199
Like, there's just no way.

00:50:13.519 --> 00:50:17.280
So do you go if you're Pittsburgh, do you go and take a look at Kyler Murray?

00:50:18.239 --> 00:50:20.719
I think he's a better option than Aaron Rodgers is.

00:50:20.880 --> 00:50:21.199
I do.

00:50:21.280 --> 00:50:23.920
Well, that's ringing endorsement.

00:50:24.239 --> 00:50:27.920
No, it's not, but I mean that's that's what we're that's what we're doing right now.

00:50:28.000 --> 00:50:30.639
Is would you rather have Aaron Rodgers or Kyler Murray?

00:50:30.800 --> 00:50:34.000
So yeah, I think he's better than Aaron Rodgers for sure.

00:50:34.239 --> 00:50:34.880
I do.

00:50:35.840 --> 00:50:44.880
Because right now it's the thought is that Kyler's going to Minnesota, and if that's the case, then you literally let go of Sam Donald.

00:50:45.519 --> 00:50:46.639
I can't believe I'm saying this.

00:50:46.880 --> 00:50:53.920
Super Bowl winning Sam Darnold to to keep JJ McCarthy just to go get Kyler Murray the next season.

00:50:54.000 --> 00:50:55.599
Like, what the fuck is going on?

00:50:56.079 --> 00:50:57.360
Very crazy.

00:50:57.760 --> 00:50:59.519
I have I have a good one for you.

00:50:59.760 --> 00:51:01.840
How about Kyler to Atlanta?

00:51:02.000 --> 00:51:03.039
I think that would be cool.

00:51:03.199 --> 00:51:09.039
I think he would look good in Atlanta, but then Mac Jones to Minnesota.

00:51:10.800 --> 00:51:20.639
That that that is the one I feel like Mac Jones can make some real noise in Minnesota because I think O'Connor would do great with Mac Jones.

00:51:20.719 --> 00:51:24.159
He's pretty much Sam Darnold 2.0, if you think about it.

00:51:26.559 --> 00:51:31.679
Oh if first of all, I don't like that Sam Darnold 2.0 is now a compliment.

00:51:31.920 --> 00:51:36.639
Do you know that like it is at the expense of the fucking Patriots?

00:51:36.800 --> 00:51:38.400
However, I don't hate that.

00:51:38.559 --> 00:51:41.920
I mean, I think there are some listen, you have Justin Jefferson.

00:51:42.239 --> 00:51:43.280
Like, what are you doing?

00:51:43.440 --> 00:51:48.880
You have to like JJ McCarthy is well, who's the better thrower of the football?

00:51:48.960 --> 00:51:50.800
Is it Mac Jones or JJ McCarthy?

00:51:51.920 --> 00:51:52.880
Mac Jones is.

00:51:53.119 --> 00:51:55.119
I don't think there's a question in my mind.

00:51:55.199 --> 00:51:56.960
Mac Jones is a better throw of the football.

00:51:57.199 --> 00:51:57.519
Okay.

00:51:58.079 --> 00:51:59.039
Which is insane.

00:51:59.599 --> 00:52:02.880
So would you rather Kyler Murray or Mac Jones?

00:52:06.800 --> 00:52:07.360
Wow.

00:52:07.679 --> 00:52:10.320
Because you've always been you've always been big on Kyler.

00:52:10.880 --> 00:52:21.119
I have been big on Kyler, man, but he's he had he has had one good stretch, which was like that nine, nine or no, ten or no run when he had DeAndre.

00:52:21.920 --> 00:52:24.800
But ever since then, man, it's just been so up and down.

00:52:24.880 --> 00:52:26.159
He's been so inconsistent.

00:52:26.400 --> 00:52:28.480
He has he has moments where he's fucking amazing.

00:52:28.559 --> 00:52:34.719
He makes amazing plays, but he's just not he's not a winning court.

00:52:34.960 --> 00:52:41.440
He he's not gonna put together a 29 for 36th game for 378.

00:52:41.679 --> 00:52:42.159
You know what I mean?

00:52:42.239 --> 00:52:46.079
Like that's just not who Cowler is, and he'll never be that guy.

00:52:46.480 --> 00:52:48.400
So I think I would rather Mac, man.

00:52:48.480 --> 00:52:56.320
I think you have a better chance of winning over the long term and over the long haul of a season with Mac Jones.

00:52:56.480 --> 00:52:57.119
I do.

00:52:57.599 --> 00:53:00.159
With the right scheme and everything like that, I really do.

00:53:00.320 --> 00:53:00.880
Don't you?

00:53:00.960 --> 00:53:02.639
I mean, do you do you disagree?

00:53:05.039 --> 00:53:06.400
It's crazy to say, isn't it?

00:53:06.559 --> 00:53:09.199
Remember, Kylian was the number one pick, man.

00:53:09.440 --> 00:53:17.920
I think Mac Jones with the right offense, as you've seen, with the right offensive coordinator, head coach, will make better decisions than Kyler Murray.

00:53:18.639 --> 00:53:20.800
Who has more raw talent is Kyler Murray.

00:53:20.880 --> 00:53:22.800
But at the end of the day, right?

00:53:23.039 --> 00:53:28.320
Yeah, I to your point, I I do think, yeah, Mac Jones there could be could be very interesting.

00:53:28.559 --> 00:53:29.840
Could be very interesting.

00:53:30.400 --> 00:53:34.960
In 2026, raw talent just isn't enough anymore.

00:53:35.119 --> 00:53:36.000
You know what I mean?

00:53:36.079 --> 00:53:48.719
Like, I feel like I in in past times it had, but like there's so many smart schemes now in the NFL, and there's so much good coaching and so much athleticism, all there's so much raw talent now.

00:53:48.880 --> 00:53:51.679
Where it's like that's just not enough anymore, man.

00:53:51.760 --> 00:53:52.559
It's just not.

00:53:53.039 --> 00:54:01.039
If if you just have are relying on raw talent and you're not breaking down the game in ways like other quarterbacks are, like it's just never gonna be enough anymore.

00:54:01.119 --> 00:54:02.079
It's just not.

00:54:02.880 --> 00:54:05.440
Is uh before we go, let me ask you a question.

00:54:05.599 --> 00:54:09.679
Is Alec Pierce is he a number one wide receiver?

00:54:10.719 --> 00:54:13.199
No, Alec Pierce is a deep threat.

00:54:14.159 --> 00:54:19.840
Because he is the highest ranked free agent wide receiver according to ESPN.

00:54:20.480 --> 00:54:21.440
That's crazy.

00:54:21.760 --> 00:54:23.199
Who else is on the list?

00:54:23.679 --> 00:54:28.000
So we have Alec Pierce, and then by the way, number four overall free agent.

00:54:28.239 --> 00:54:29.760
Number 12, Mike Evans.

00:54:31.840 --> 00:54:34.079
I don't I love Mike Evans.

00:54:34.400 --> 00:54:34.719
I do.

00:54:34.960 --> 00:54:35.920
I love Mike Evans.

00:54:36.480 --> 00:54:37.599
He's 33 years old.

00:54:40.880 --> 00:54:42.239
Alec Pierce over Mike Evans?

00:54:42.320 --> 00:54:42.719
That's crazy.

00:54:43.360 --> 00:54:45.840
It's Alec Pierce, Mike Evans, Romeo Dobbs.

00:54:45.920 --> 00:54:48.880
Like that's your top three wide receivers in free agency.

00:54:49.039 --> 00:54:49.519
That's off.

00:54:49.840 --> 00:54:51.119
That is off, man.

00:54:51.280 --> 00:54:53.679
And then Rashid Shahij, he's not a one.

00:54:54.239 --> 00:54:56.079
No, no, he's just a speed guy.

00:54:56.159 --> 00:54:57.440
There is no ones available, essentially.

00:54:59.360 --> 00:55:01.920
I mean, there's yeah, there's no ones.

00:55:02.320 --> 00:55:07.199
So you're either going after if you're trying to get a one in New England right now, it's Ari Brown.

00:55:07.599 --> 00:55:08.320
Or Mike Evans.

00:55:08.559 --> 00:55:10.800
Or or Mike Evans or Iuke.

00:55:11.440 --> 00:55:13.599
Also, you could try and go get IUK.

00:55:13.840 --> 00:55:14.639
You're all set with that?

00:55:14.719 --> 00:55:14.880
Yeah.

00:55:15.119 --> 00:55:15.760
I'm all set with that.

00:55:15.840 --> 00:55:17.679
I think I think we dodged the bullet there.

00:55:18.960 --> 00:55:20.400
I think we dodged the bullet.

00:55:20.639 --> 00:55:21.440
Yeah, for sure.

00:55:21.599 --> 00:55:22.800
I mean, it seems like it.

00:55:22.960 --> 00:55:25.840
And honestly, based on what I said, it seems like it's a big piece of shit.

00:55:26.079 --> 00:55:29.920
So it does.

00:55:30.000 --> 00:55:30.480
He quit.

00:55:30.719 --> 00:55:33.760
He he they literally paid and he's like, bro, fuck you guys.

00:55:33.840 --> 00:55:34.480
I'm out.

00:55:35.280 --> 00:55:41.039
Based on what I saw, I do think that if the Patriots draft a guard.

00:55:42.639 --> 00:55:45.280
Or they sign an offensive tackle or a guard.

00:55:45.360 --> 00:55:48.960
You know, I if you want to give Will, you know, T-Rex another shot, whatever.

00:55:49.119 --> 00:55:52.719
So if you if you think that Will Campbell is your starting left tackle, great.

00:55:52.880 --> 00:55:55.519
Get it go ahead and pay for uh pay for a guard.

00:55:56.719 --> 00:56:03.199
I think Drake can spread the ball around enough, but you can't do that if you're gonna lose digs.

00:56:03.360 --> 00:56:06.960
We don't know what's gonna happen with Hunter Henry, and you now you have three twos.

00:56:07.440 --> 00:56:10.559
So go get AJ Brown.

00:56:12.239 --> 00:56:19.039
Because it's not like it's not it's not like the Patriots to overpay for Mike Evans, and you're gonna have to at this point.

00:56:20.000 --> 00:56:23.039
Yeah, yeah, because there's nothing else out there for anyone to get.

00:56:23.119 --> 00:56:28.800
So wide receivers are gonna be they're gonna Mike Evans is gonna cost someone a pretty penny to take him back.

00:56:29.280 --> 00:56:30.800
That would be sick, though.

00:56:31.039 --> 00:56:33.199
Just to say Mike Evans in New England.

00:56:33.599 --> 00:56:33.760
Yeah.

00:56:34.400 --> 00:56:37.119
I wouldn't love it, but yeah, it would be yeah.

00:56:37.360 --> 00:56:40.239
I fucking love Mike Evans, so it looks like it.

00:56:40.960 --> 00:56:41.840
This is good, Bobby.

00:56:42.000 --> 00:56:43.840
Anything else you wanted to talk about before we go?

00:56:44.079 --> 00:56:45.440
No, I think that's it, man.

00:56:45.519 --> 00:56:47.599
I mean, I can't wait for Mark's madness.

00:56:47.679 --> 00:56:48.880
That's gonna be amazing.

00:56:49.840 --> 00:56:50.480
Yeah.

00:56:52.000 --> 00:56:52.960
Best two days of sport.

00:56:53.440 --> 00:56:54.960
Maybe we'll do a breakdown of that.

00:56:55.599 --> 00:56:56.960
I probably won't do that, Joe.

00:56:57.039 --> 00:57:01.760
But uh, for the real BK Bob Kelly, this is Michael Marcangel saying thank you for listening to this point.

00:57:02.079 --> 00:57:03.360
We'll talk to you next week.