Bricked for Nix

[00:00:00] Welcome to another episode of The Blucifer Brothers

[00:00:03] The Broncos did dumb things

[00:00:06] The Nuggets did smart things

[00:00:09] Are we stuck in Groundhog Day?

[00:00:13] Dan, play that funky music

[00:00:16] It is beautiful here

[00:00:23] In a land of clean water

[00:00:25] Not that dirty tap water

[00:00:27] That they tried to feed Jamal Murray

[00:00:29] To bring him down

[00:00:31] But nothing would keep the Nuggets away from him

[00:00:33] Keep the Nuggets away from 3-0 victory

[00:00:36] The Broncos got their man

[00:00:38] In bow-nicks

[00:00:39] Ryan, it's been a whirlwind

[00:00:41] We're broadcasting during the Aves game

[00:00:44] Which is inevitably going to lead to some guttural sounds

[00:00:48] During this podcast

[00:00:49] But we've decided to risk it for the listeners

[00:00:52] So the Aves are currently losing 2-1 at home

[00:00:56] So just to give the listeners an insight into our process

[00:01:00] But Ryan, how does this whirlwind of a 2 days find you?

[00:01:05] Yeah, it's been fun sports

[00:01:12] Nothing really to complain about

[00:01:15] I think... well there's lots to complain about

[00:01:18] And I think I will throughout the podcast

[00:01:20] But there are lots of interesting things going on

[00:01:25] Which is always exciting

[00:01:27] This is sort of the last... it's like the death rattle

[00:01:30] Of the sports season

[00:01:32] You know, it's the last time where you have really all sports operating on a real level

[00:01:39] Until really September

[00:01:41] So enjoy it while it lasts people

[00:01:44] Because outside of the Olympics it's going to be a quiet summer

[00:01:48] Yes, absolutely

[00:01:50] Important to be appreciative that at least we had a lot going on

[00:01:57] Some good, some bad

[00:01:59] So I wanted to start with the Broncos draft

[00:02:03] The people on this podcast know how I feel about Bonix

[00:02:07] They know how Ryan feels about Bonix

[00:02:09] You were not high on Bonix

[00:02:12] Bonix is two months younger than Zach Wilson

[00:02:18] We got two vats in the room

[00:02:20] We got two vats in the room

[00:02:23] We have the oldest quarterback room in the AFC West

[00:02:28] What's not to be excited about

[00:02:31] When you're right, you're right

[00:02:34] But I'm curious I guess where you swayed at all

[00:02:41] I saw a lot of media personalities talking about

[00:02:46] You know after listening to Sean Payton about seeing some stuff

[00:02:50] They really do like the pic

[00:02:52] And if you like the guy, go get your guy

[00:02:55] Something you were talking about

[00:02:57] I said that on the last podcast

[00:02:59] I said if you like the guy, go get your guy

[00:03:01] Rate your excitement here on a scale of 1 to 10

[00:03:07] My excitement is at a 2

[00:03:12] Tell me what excitement means

[00:03:15] Like I'm excited for this year

[00:03:17] I'm excited for the next five years

[00:03:19] For the Bonix era

[00:03:21] You think that this draft pic will be a meaningful moment in the Broncos franchise

[00:03:26] In a positive way

[00:03:27] There is no Bonix era

[00:03:29] This is a fraud

[00:03:32] There is nothing resembling a Bonix era

[00:03:37] You're right to frame it that way

[00:03:40] Because we just spent whatever top 15 pic on him

[00:03:44] And it's quarterback so it's a value position

[00:03:46] You're right to frame it that way

[00:03:48] But that is not what's going to happen

[00:03:50] Bonix does not have the talent to make that happen

[00:03:53] So I'm disappointed

[00:03:59] I feel very strongly in my heart of hearts

[00:04:03] As a person who watches football

[00:04:05] That I'm right on this

[00:04:08] I'm also willing to be wrong

[00:04:12] I kind of hope I am

[00:04:13] I'd be thrilled to be wrong

[00:04:14] I kind of hope I am

[00:04:15] I feel like I'm going to get attacked on this

[00:04:18] Like Dave Chappelle was attacked when he went on Saturday Night Live after Trump was elected

[00:04:24] And said, I'm going to give him a chance

[00:04:27] I feel like Dave Chappelle at that moment where he was like

[00:04:30] I'm going to give him a chance

[00:04:31] And then 30 seconds later

[00:04:33] Trump did something wild

[00:04:34] And Chappelle was like, alright, well, I tried

[00:04:37] That's how I'm going to treat the Bonix era of Broncos football

[00:04:41] Like the second he throws some crazy inaccurate ball downfield

[00:04:47] I'm going to be like, well, he was protected

[00:04:52] And people hated him and Auburn

[00:04:54] And then he went to the school, the college

[00:04:57] That I probably hate the most in my heart of hearts

[00:05:00] Like I'm really struggling to come back on the bandwagon

[00:05:05] You know, we've been through the Russell Wilson debacle

[00:05:08] You got out of practice, Ryan

[00:05:10] But come on in, buddy

[00:05:12] I don't want to

[00:05:14] I don't want to

[00:05:16] I want to go back to the tour

[00:05:17] Producer Dan

[00:05:19] No, that's not allowed

[00:05:22] We negotiated with Terrace

[00:05:26] And we got Russell Wilson out of town

[00:05:28] Me and Dan specifically

[00:05:30] We got him out of town so that we could have you back

[00:05:33] You said you'd be back

[00:05:34] There was no Bonix clause

[00:05:36] There was none of that

[00:05:37] You're back

[00:05:38] There should have been an Oregon clause

[00:05:40] It's not even Bonix

[00:05:42] Although we have to say something about his hairstyle

[00:05:46] I mean, that does not inspire confidence

[00:05:49] What you're doing with that hair

[00:05:51] You mean the White Freddie Prince Jr?

[00:05:53] Dude

[00:05:54] Like where is this guy from?

[00:05:58] Where has he been?

[00:05:59] I mean Eugene

[00:06:00] Clearly he's been in Eugene

[00:06:02] And the Eugene has taken hold of Bonix

[00:06:05] And that is not a good thing

[00:06:06] That's not a compliment

[00:06:07] That's not something you want in a franchise quarterback

[00:06:09] Nobody wants any part of Eugene on them ever

[00:06:13] So just be careful out there, I think

[00:06:16] And the team is...

[00:06:18] The tips are wild

[00:06:19] It's not good

[00:06:21] But...

[00:06:22] There's so much gel, Kyle

[00:06:24] Yeah

[00:06:25] He means to do it

[00:06:27] He means to do it

[00:06:28] It's not like he takes off a hat

[00:06:30] No, no, no, no

[00:06:31] It's not frazzled

[00:06:33] It's like he spends a lot of time

[00:06:37] Yeah

[00:06:38] Time could be spent watching film

[00:06:41] Or working on his arm strength

[00:06:44] Yeah, I'm concerned

[00:06:47] But a man who texted us as we were preparing for the show

[00:06:51] And said, you know what?

[00:06:53] I'm gonna choose happiness

[00:06:55] I love Bonix

[00:06:58] You know, he went so far as to say

[00:07:01] Dix for Nix

[00:07:03] He went right in there

[00:07:05] And he also is still giving Trump a chance

[00:07:09] He's still giving Trump a chance

[00:07:11] Yeah, he's been consistent

[00:07:16] Dan, we wanted to bring you on here

[00:07:18] Because we knew we were gonna be

[00:07:20] May saying kind of negative Nancy's

[00:07:23] We wanted to provide time for the other side

[00:07:26] What has given you hope?

[00:07:28] Was it the Sean Payton press conference?

[00:07:30] Was it Bonix's availability today?

[00:07:33] Because Sean really put on the full court press

[00:07:37] That guy, anyone who would put a mic in front of him

[00:07:40] He was telling them what a genius he is

[00:07:42] And how good Bonix is

[00:07:45] This is a big swing here, Dan

[00:07:48] But you decided to find joy

[00:07:50] He was comparing it to when the chief swooped in

[00:07:53] And took Patrick Mahomes

[00:07:55] That's how he feels about Bonix

[00:07:58] I guess, tell us more about

[00:08:01] How you and your friend Sean are feeling about this

[00:08:04] Yeah

[00:08:06] Look, I was big on Penex

[00:08:10] That's who I wanted

[00:08:12] I need bigger Penex in my life

[00:08:15] But he went to the Falcons for reasons unknown

[00:08:20] They're gonna convert him to tight end

[00:08:22] But like, we knew this was gonna happen from the beginning

[00:08:25] He's been the betting favorite for a month

[00:08:27] For the Broncos

[00:08:29] I don't know who was blindsided by this

[00:08:31] I want a bunch of money because I bet on it

[00:08:34] We knew it was gonna be Bo

[00:08:36] We've been miserable since 2016

[00:08:40] Miserable

[00:08:42] Why chew?

[00:08:43] We just got rid of Russ

[00:08:45] Who made us more miserable

[00:08:48] Why choose misery?

[00:08:50] No one knows how these draft picks are gonna work

[00:08:52] No one does

[00:08:54] I don't think anybody is really good at picking these people

[00:08:58] None of these guys could work out

[00:09:00] These are the words of a truly broken man

[00:09:04] You have to respect it

[00:09:06] Why choose misery?

[00:09:08] This is Broncos nation at its core right now

[00:09:11] It's just like, well, we all know it's gonna be bad

[00:09:15] But I'm gonna choose to be optimistic about it

[00:09:18] Until I see this guy be worse than any other quarterback

[00:09:21] We've had in the last few years

[00:09:23] Vic Lombardi is gonna go on the radio tomorrow

[00:09:26] And be like, I actually think we have John L. Wayne and Patrick Mahomes

[00:09:31] If they were together

[00:09:33] That's stupid

[00:09:34] That's silly

[00:09:35] Okay, Dan, here's my only problem with your theory

[00:09:39] If I knew that Ryan a month from now

[00:09:47] Was going to ring your doorbell

[00:09:51] And the moment you answered it

[00:09:53] He was gonna punch you in the dick as hard as he could

[00:09:56] And I had this information, Dan

[00:09:59] Wouldn't you want me to tell you that Ryan was coming to punch you in the dick in a month?

[00:10:05] And wouldn't you think I would be a bad friend

[00:10:08] If I said nothing to you and just allowed your genitals to get rocked

[00:10:13] By an uppercut from Ryan

[00:10:15] Putting your testicles inside of your body

[00:10:18] In an uncomfortable and frankly disturbing way

[00:10:21] Yeah, but you don't know that he's coming to punch me in the nuts

[00:10:24] You can't tell me that

[00:10:26] You don't know 100% this guy

[00:10:28] This guy could be Trevor Simeon

[00:10:30] Okay, terrible

[00:10:31] But not like anything worse we've had

[00:10:34] If he was Trevor Simeon

[00:10:36] That would be exceeding my expectations

[00:10:39] That would be great

[00:10:41] Stop it

[00:10:42] Oh, stop it

[00:10:43] Hold on

[00:10:44] That would be unreal

[00:10:45] Remember when they did that interview

[00:10:47] Okay, hold on Kyle

[00:10:49] With the Brady

[00:10:51] Because we were like three in one or something

[00:10:55] I do remember that

[00:10:57] But let's get realistic about this

[00:11:00] So we have it

[00:11:01] We're not gonna turn back time

[00:11:03] Unfortunately, Sean Payton's neck can't take back what he said on the Pat McAfee show

[00:11:09] Um, I...

[00:11:15] Let's just pause there

[00:11:16] It was a rough looking interview

[00:11:18] Oh my god

[00:11:19] And someone from the Broncos should have stepped in

[00:11:21] That's how you know Sean has been too powerful

[00:11:23] Who let him answer that call on his iPhone?

[00:11:27] What are we doing?

[00:11:29] Everybody else is like

[00:11:31] Actually has a conference call room

[00:11:34] Yeah

[00:11:35] Alright

[00:11:36] Well, let's get to it then Kyle

[00:11:38] You brought up power

[00:11:39] So let's talk about who made this pick

[00:11:41] Let's talk about who we get to blame

[00:11:43] If this goes poorly

[00:11:45] Sean Payton made this pick a hundred percent

[00:11:48] Everything George Payton did leading up to this was like

[00:11:51] We don't have to force it

[00:11:53] Here I've taken Zach Wilson

[00:11:55] You know, please God, don't waste this pick

[00:11:58] On this 50 year old man out of

[00:12:02] Who flunked out of the SEC

[00:12:05] And then went to community college in Eugene

[00:12:08] And lit it up

[00:12:10] It's uh, yeah

[00:12:13] So I think Sean Payton a hundred percent loved Bonix

[00:12:18] All the reports were out there

[00:12:19] He put it out there

[00:12:21] Um, he continued to really do all the press

[00:12:26] Right? Like for it

[00:12:28] George Payton wasn't as vocal

[00:12:31] Um, as he has been in the previous ones

[00:12:34] I literally just googled

[00:12:35] So I think this is definitely a Sean Payton

[00:12:38] Laid his penis across George Payton's forehead

[00:12:45] I am, I just googled to see if George Payton had said anything

[00:12:52] Like I can't even find a quote from him after the draft

[00:12:55] This guy got absolutely John L. Wade

[00:12:58] He is sitting in a booth in L. Wade's steakhouse

[00:13:03] Not doing a single thing

[00:13:05] Uh, I mean John L. Wade was a figurehead for that entire time

[00:13:09] And honestly the, the Penner family just seems too proud to say that they made a mistake

[00:13:15] And they had a little bit of new owner syndrome

[00:13:18] And they just couldn't quite figure out who to make the general manager

[00:13:23] And they liked what the Vikings were doing

[00:13:25] And they thought that we were going to get Aaron Rodgers and all these things

[00:13:30] So that's all fine, you know, it's all fine

[00:13:34] I, you're absolutely correct though

[00:13:38] That this rests with Sean Payton and his neck

[00:13:42] Um, and we can't let the latter half of that get off scot-free

[00:13:46] Because honestly I think there is something that has taken over him

[00:13:50] Uh, this is not the Sean Payton that we saw in that wonderful Disney film

[00:13:55] Uh, this is, this is a different man

[00:13:58] And I think we have to get to the bottom of it

[00:14:00] And I think the bottom of it begins right here

[00:14:04] I, uh, I think there's more Sean Payton from the Disney film than when I saw him on The Saints

[00:14:11] I'll tell you that

[00:14:12] This current Sean Payton, Payton could eat that Sean Payton

[00:14:16] It wouldn't even be full

[00:14:18] He actually looks like a tire

[00:14:20] He looks like he's carrying around a tire

[00:14:24] It's, it's incredible

[00:14:26] Like I've never seen anybody gain weight in that specific way

[00:14:31] I mean honestly Michelin needs to consider a sponsorship

[00:14:35] Uh, I know that they have the fives or the stars for restaurants

[00:14:39] Like I think there's an obvious collaboration

[00:14:42] He could wear a tire in

[00:14:44] He could sit at the nice restaurant, have his meal

[00:14:48] It'd be a wonderful thing

[00:14:50] Honestly he, you know, um, when you can see more than his neck

[00:14:55] He seems like a relatively interesting person to talk to

[00:14:58] So I think it would be a nice show

[00:15:00] It'd sort of be like a Peyton's Places

[00:15:02] You know, you could even name it Peyton's Places

[00:15:04] It could be on the Omaha Network

[00:15:06] Um, but I'd do anything to have him

[00:15:09] You're giving away too much right now

[00:15:10] I'd, I'd do anything to not have him coach this team

[00:15:14] I think he's just one of the most unlikable people in Denver right now

[00:15:19] The smugness of this man is truly just

[00:15:22] It's unreal

[00:15:23] It's like, listen, I've back on it like when the Saints were good

[00:15:28] And I was like, did I just never listen to a Saints press conference?

[00:15:33] Like did he become this way?

[00:15:36] What's going on?

[00:15:39] Sometimes I think it, well the Saints probably feel this way too

[00:15:44] Where it's like, you all just didn't realize what we were having to deal with

[00:15:49] Because we're like kind of a mid-market to everybody else

[00:15:52] Like everybody in New Orleans really cares about the Saints

[00:15:55] Everybody in Denver really cares about the Saints

[00:15:57] But it's not like you're watching a, a Sean Peyton, a Saints press conference that often

[00:16:03] You know, when they won that Super Bowl it was all about breeze

[00:16:06] Or, uh, not, not breeze

[00:16:09] No, breeze?

[00:16:10] Yeah, breeze

[00:16:11] Yeah, yeah

[00:16:12] Well he had Katrina, like he had pretty likable things to my top

[00:16:17] And those teams were super likable

[00:16:19] I always loved those Saints too because they just aired it out, it was fun

[00:16:25] But, yeah

[00:16:27] Not likable here

[00:16:29] I think we all agree on that

[00:16:31] No

[00:16:32] He, well, I think again his neck is not likable

[00:16:37] I'm not sure about the human being

[00:16:39] I think we have to just get to the bottom of the neck

[00:16:41] And then we'll figure out what's wrong with Sean Peyton

[00:16:45] Just honestly terrible work from the Broncos PR team

[00:16:48] Like someone's gotta be like, hey you're gonna go on this with what?

[00:16:51] I'm just gonna hold it

[00:16:53] Not if you're gonna, you cannot

[00:16:55] Underneath your, underneath your jaw?

[00:16:57] You're gonna hold it underneath your jaw?

[00:17:00] Nobody in person thing to do

[00:17:02] Oh 100%

[00:17:03] Like that's just

[00:17:04] It's like a grandpa talking on FaceTime

[00:17:06] Yeah

[00:17:07] It's likable if it wasn't the person who's in charge of your football team

[00:17:11] Yeah

[00:17:12] It's like, oh you should have seen what grandpa did

[00:17:15] You know, unbelievable

[00:17:17] Grandpa on the FaceTime at Christmas

[00:17:20] His jowls

[00:17:22] Like we would be endlessly making fun of him

[00:17:25] Dad is still in high school

[00:17:27] And just keep drafting him to play quarterback

[00:17:30] Yeah

[00:17:31] John's in the corner like

[00:17:33] I'm actually

[00:17:34] Time for a match

[00:17:37] Valorantchewskiin just scored

[00:17:40] We're just updating you

[00:17:41] We just have a 3-2 victory

[00:17:43] Well, not a victory

[00:17:45] But a lead for the ass

[00:17:47] But it's gonna be a victory, it's fine

[00:17:51] But anyway

[00:17:52] I think that the power structure in that franchise is screwed up

[00:17:57] And I think that they wasted an opportunity here

[00:18:00] I think the more

[00:18:03] Hindsight being 20-20

[00:18:05] Okay, so we drafted this edge

[00:18:08] From I think Utah on day two

[00:18:11] Who seems like he's kind of athletic

[00:18:13] And meant to sort of keep up with the AFC West

[00:18:16] Like that makes sense

[00:18:17] That's a draft pick that I don't know anything about this player

[00:18:20] Like I'm not watching Utah football

[00:18:22] Nobody is watching Utah football

[00:18:24] But if he's good, that's great

[00:18:28] It seems like a need

[00:18:29] It was definitely a need

[00:18:30] And it seems like the type of player that you would want

[00:18:33] In a spot where you're in the division with Patrick Mahomes

[00:18:36] That's fine

[00:18:38] But

[00:18:39] Hindsight being 20-20

[00:18:41] To not trade out of this pick seems like just a massive miss

[00:18:46] And I think

[00:18:48] True Hindsight being 20-20

[00:18:50] You would have done it before the draft

[00:18:52] And tried to bait the writers or somebody

[00:18:54] Into thinking that they could have got pennex at 11

[00:18:58] And just pick up a boatload of second round picks

[00:19:01] Because you need talent on this team

[00:19:03] Like you need offensive linemen

[00:19:04] You need these things

[00:19:05] And it doesn't matter

[00:19:06] You should suck with whoever stood them at quarterback

[00:19:10] If Sean Payton actually believes that there was no problem

[00:19:13] In the quarterback room before this

[00:19:15] Then there was no problem

[00:19:16] So go with stood him

[00:19:18] What are we talking about?

[00:19:19] I just like

[00:19:21] It seems incompetent in just all the wrong ways

[00:19:25] It seems like he has an incredible pro day

[00:19:27] And Sean Payton got a boner

[00:19:30] And unfortunately the tire did not slow that boner down

[00:19:34] It went straight to his brain

[00:19:40] So anyway

[00:19:41] We're gonna give the Broncos draft a B plus

[00:19:47] The third round pick

[00:19:49] You're right that the position sounds good

[00:19:51] Athleticism sounds good

[00:19:55] I'm gonna reserve judgment

[00:19:58] Not until the actual season

[00:20:01] Or anything like that

[00:20:02] Until training camp

[00:20:04] If he fights Garrett Bowles

[00:20:06] Immediately upon getting there

[00:20:08] And he's like

[00:20:09] You're a disgrace to Utah

[00:20:11] You corny goofball

[00:20:13] Then automatic A

[00:20:15] From me

[00:20:18] Will love him as a player

[00:20:21] I didn't even know they went to the same school

[00:20:25] D

[00:20:27] Because then he might like Garrett Bowles

[00:20:29] And we can't have two of these

[00:20:31] I think Garrett Bowles is probably in our draft for him

[00:20:33] Now that I know that they're from the same school

[00:20:36] I wouldn't be surprised if Garrett Bowles

[00:20:38] May have pulled the trigger on that pick

[00:20:41] There's nothing that would surprise me with this franchise

[00:20:45] You know who's

[00:20:47] Number two in my Broncos power ranking here

[00:20:52] Tony Schaeffler

[00:20:55] The X-Tide N to announce the Broncos pick

[00:20:58] Number one came out in a sweet jacket

[00:21:02] Number two called to put Mike Shanahan in the Hall of Fame

[00:21:06] And then

[00:21:08] Was just

[00:21:10] The most Bronco of Broncos

[00:21:12] Out there

[00:21:13] And looked cool

[00:21:14] Had kind of a little half-mullet thing going on

[00:21:17] It was awesome

[00:21:18] So he

[00:21:19] I want him involved with the franchise in some way

[00:21:22] In whatever role he'll take

[00:21:23] Honestly

[00:21:24] I'd be like

[00:21:25] You can have whoever's job you want

[00:21:30] I would

[00:21:31] I'd be directing him at Sean's

[00:21:33] Honestly

[00:21:36] You can coach the team Tony

[00:21:38] Seems like you're a pretty chill guy

[00:21:40] Honestly

[00:21:41] Like what is coaching at this point

[00:21:43] Like if Mike McDaniel is really a genius

[00:21:47] You know

[00:21:48] Like he's basically playing Madden

[00:21:51] And seems like a cool guy to hang out with

[00:21:54] So like

[00:21:55] I feel like I'm qualified then

[00:21:57] Like I'd have to brush up on my Madden

[00:22:00] To be fair

[00:22:01] But I think I could

[00:22:03] Be fine in an NFL locker room

[00:22:05] But just be like

[00:22:06] Yeah man

[00:22:07] You guys are really cool and big and strong

[00:22:09] You should do more of that

[00:22:11] Be cool and big and strong

[00:22:13] And really believe in yourself guys

[00:22:15] That sounds good

[00:22:16] Offensive coordinators

[00:22:18] You got this?

[00:22:19] Yep, every coordinator

[00:22:20] I don't know jack shit about football

[00:22:23] Just here to be vibes

[00:22:25] Vibes coordinator

[00:22:26] I think that's all head coaching is really

[00:22:28] You're the Ted Lasso of the NFL

[00:22:31] Yes

[00:22:32] Limited game knowledge

[00:22:34] But just great vibes

[00:22:35] I actually did have a moment like this

[00:22:38] If we want a little Ryan storytime

[00:22:40] I did have a moment like this

[00:22:42] In when I was working at a university

[00:22:45] For a soccer team

[00:22:47] And they left an assistant coach

[00:22:51] At home and took me on the trip

[00:22:54] Mostly as like the logistics guy

[00:22:57] You know I was picking up food

[00:22:59] And doing all those sorts of things

[00:23:01] But we were at this like shared workspace

[00:23:06] And their game planning

[00:23:08] They just played Stanford

[00:23:13] And they were about to play Cal

[00:23:15] And you know I'm watching the games

[00:23:19] You know I played some soccer growing up

[00:23:21] We were pretty decent soccer players growing up

[00:23:23] You know I know what's going on in a game

[00:23:25] And they just sort of shooting the shit

[00:23:30] And one of the assistant coaches

[00:23:34] Looks at me and goes Ryan what would you do

[00:23:36] And I was like well

[00:23:38] Love me tell you I've been thinking about it all day

[00:23:41] And I was basically just like

[00:23:43] I'm gonna play it like I'm gonna play FIFA

[00:23:45] I'm gonna put my fastest guy on the outside

[00:23:47] I'm gonna run at that defender

[00:23:49] And just tire him out like

[00:23:51] I'm gonna be playing deep balls

[00:23:53] I'm gonna be playing diagonals

[00:23:55] I'm gonna be playing chip shots

[00:23:56] Like I'm just gonna run that person to death

[00:23:59] But I really do think that at a certain point

[00:24:03] You can't command a room like Sean Payton

[00:24:08] And be good at the job

[00:24:11] Like you can't be not throwing out wild ideas

[00:24:17] And receptive to change

[00:24:19] Like you can't be stuck in the mud

[00:24:22] And also seem like kind of an asshole

[00:24:27] It's just not a very good strategy

[00:24:31] And to be a smug asshole is particularly not a good strategy

[00:24:36] So I'm

[00:24:38] To be a losing head coach who's a smug asshole

[00:24:41] It'd be one thing if we went 12 and 5 last year

[00:24:45] It'd be like dude you should talk a bunch of shit

[00:24:48] Like that's unbelievable

[00:24:49] You kind of called your shot

[00:24:51] You made fun of the previous coach

[00:24:53] And then went out there and crushed

[00:24:55] One of the talking points I heard today

[00:24:57] I had a flawless season

[00:24:59] And one of the talking points I heard today

[00:25:01] Was about how it's like

[00:25:03] Oh he's got somebody he can believe in now

[00:25:05] Like I don't care if you believe in him

[00:25:08] It is your job to make that person better

[00:25:11] And to optimize whatever they are

[00:25:13] Like this is not the Sean Payton show

[00:25:16] Like this is the Denver Broncos at the end of the day

[00:25:19] So you have to work within the bounds of what you're given

[00:25:24] And unfortunately like nobody including me

[00:25:27] Obviously I'm not defending Russell Wilson in any way

[00:25:30] But it was clear that Sean had given up on him

[00:25:35] Like he wasn't even trying to scheme him

[00:25:37] To be successful

[00:25:39] So I think it's a very frustrating time

[00:25:45] To be a Broncos fan yet again

[00:25:48] Yeah welcome aboard

[00:25:51] Dan and I will fill you in on the

[00:25:54] How to hype yourself up during the off season

[00:25:57] It's the best part of the fan

[00:25:59] Fandom honestly

[00:26:00] I was talking myself into Broncos talent

[00:26:02] We'll show you some of the finer points

[00:26:05] I was uh I've been moving

[00:26:07] And I went through some of my cards today

[00:26:10] And I found a couple of the um

[00:26:12] Certain rookie cards that I invested in early

[00:26:16] And I was like ah man I'm so excited about these

[00:26:19] So yeah it's alright

[00:26:22] I'm also gonna be putting up a Super Bowl Champions

[00:26:25] Poster in my office from the

[00:26:29] The 1998 win over Green Bay

[00:26:33] Shannon Sharp featured prominently

[00:26:36] Yeah he's center

[00:26:38] He's center and John O. is right above him

[00:26:41] So yeah

[00:26:43] It's a beautiful thing

[00:26:45] Speaking of a beautiful thing

[00:26:47] Let's move on to the nuggets

[00:26:49] The nuggets are up

[00:26:51] Three to nothing on the Lakers

[00:26:55] Last night I was watching game three

[00:26:58] In my living room

[00:27:00] My wife had just gotten home

[00:27:02] From a work trip and was sitting there

[00:27:05] Clearly communicating that she was a little bit tired

[00:27:08] And would not mind going upstairs early

[00:27:13] It was at this point

[00:27:15] That Michael Porter hit the step back

[00:27:17] Over Anthony Davis

[00:27:19] And I just started laughing

[00:27:21] In our living room

[00:27:23] Because the Lakers were trying so hard

[00:27:26] We rested Yokoch

[00:27:28] And they were like we'll play LeBron and AD through

[00:27:32] Like clearly being like hey we're gonna get this 10 point lead down

[00:27:36] Like we're gonna gain ground here

[00:27:39] And then you know hopefully put pressure on

[00:27:41] For him to come in early or something like that

[00:27:44] And then they just lost ground

[00:27:47] Dude I forgot that Yokoch wasn't in the game

[00:27:50] I honestly it slipped my mind

[00:27:53] When he came back in the game

[00:27:55] I had the same laughing moment as when you

[00:27:58] When MPJ hit the step back

[00:28:00] He came back in the game and was like oh no

[00:28:03] I thought he was out there this whole time

[00:28:05] You guys are so screwed

[00:28:07] Like this is done

[00:28:10] So yeah it was a fun game

[00:28:13] So my biggest take away from this series

[00:28:21] Is that I still think

[00:28:27] That sometimes the nuggets are a little reluctant to take low hanging fruit

[00:28:35] As far as teams are obviously doubling

[00:28:42] And trying to do things to take away Yokoch in the post

[00:28:46] Everyone doubles Yokoch

[00:28:48] But they still double you

[00:28:53] And like in the first half

[00:28:55] There was one time the Lakers just came a little early

[00:28:59] Or something and then it was

[00:29:03] Oh

[00:29:06] KCP just gets to walk into a wide open three off a kick out

[00:29:10] Or you just force so many rotations

[00:29:14] And so many things to go right

[00:29:16] That it just feels like a pretty obvious

[00:29:20] Way to start your offense

[00:29:23] And too often the nuggets have had them in different places

[00:29:31] Do you think that's something that's this matchup specific

[00:29:34] Or with potentially Minnesota coming

[00:29:38] Is that something that concerns you

[00:29:41] That the nuggets are going to get kind of too cute

[00:29:45] In staying away from the Yokoch post ups

[00:29:48] Because it doesn't like get you direct points with Yokoch

[00:29:53] I'm not, well

[00:29:56] Okay so I think there's two separate questions

[00:29:58] I think it is somewhat matchup dependent

[00:30:01] I think AD, like

[00:30:04] They're just going to double him immediately

[00:30:06] So I think that changes the way you play the post

[00:30:10] And I think Yokoch knows that we're best when the ball is in his hands

[00:30:16] So he wants to stay out of the post a little bit

[00:30:19] To avoid the easy double and make them hard double onto him

[00:30:24] And sort of just make that like it's

[00:30:27] That's my impression at least

[00:30:29] I mean I watch every game but

[00:30:32] Who knows

[00:30:34] So I think the but

[00:30:37] I am worried about that in the Minnesota series

[00:30:42] I think Yokoch is going to have to take over a series like that

[00:30:45] I don't think that

[00:30:47] Well MPJ is a problem for them

[00:30:52] Because they don't really have anybody tall enough

[00:30:55] But MPJ is a problem for everybody

[00:30:59] But I don't think we can rely on him like he's been playing

[00:31:02] And I don't think we could rely on Aaron Gordon in the same way with Rudy Goubert

[00:31:06] The rim, like

[00:31:07] I think Minnesota is a very tough matchup for the Nuggets

[00:31:10] And I think

[00:31:12] I'm hoping that the Suns can sort of give them a little bit of an issue

[00:31:19] But it doesn't necessarily seem like they're going to be putting up much of a road block at this point

[00:31:24] So I think the Nuggets are going to be looking at the Timberwolves

[00:31:28] I do want to rewind a little bit because we haven't talked since game

[00:31:33] Since game 2

[00:31:36] I want to know how you consumed that shot

[00:31:45] It was at home

[00:31:50] In my bed alone

[00:31:53] On my phone

[00:31:55] The way God intended it

[00:31:57] And then I have since consumed it

[00:32:01] About a million times

[00:32:04] So

[00:32:06] For those that don't know, Ryan and I do have season tickets

[00:32:09] I couldn't go

[00:32:11] Wife was out of town

[00:32:13] Single parent in it

[00:32:15] And so

[00:32:17] Ryan was at the game

[00:32:19] And for a long portion

[00:32:21] I was like, thank God I didn't go to this game

[00:32:23] Like I'd have been so pissed the whole time

[00:32:26] But instead missed out on a Seminole Nuggets playoff memory

[00:32:33] Honestly though

[00:32:35] I was going to

[00:32:37] Unreal moment

[00:32:39] You stole my thunder a little bit because I was going to say

[00:32:42] It was just a brutal game to watch

[00:32:46] Both of those teams were trying to lose actively

[00:32:50] And it was just tough for most of the game

[00:32:56] And when that comeback started happening

[00:33:00] I was like

[00:33:02] We're winning this game

[00:33:06] And even in the moment

[00:33:08] It was a little bit, I mean

[00:33:10] I will say I don't think I've heard

[00:33:12] We've been in some big moments in that arena

[00:33:15] I mean we've seen some huge shots

[00:33:17] I still think that the Embiid Sixers

[00:33:21] Game winner essentially over Embiid

[00:33:25] Is probably the biggest pop in the arena I've ever heard

[00:33:29] Live

[00:33:31] But I think that this is second

[00:33:34] And the just sheer joy of like

[00:33:38] Ah, it's the Lakers too

[00:33:41] Was, yeah

[00:33:42] It's perfect

[00:33:43] And you know

[00:33:45] Part of me hopes that we sweep them

[00:33:47] Part of me hopes that we

[00:33:49] Lose this next game so I can sell my Game 5 ticket

[00:33:53] But

[00:33:55] Because we're definitely winning in 5

[00:33:57] There's no way

[00:33:58] I mean the body language of these Lakers

[00:34:01] Are so dejected

[00:34:03] Did you see that they listed

[00:34:06] AED as questionable

[00:34:08] With a left wrist sprain for Game 4

[00:34:12] The Bron is probable with tendonitis

[00:34:16] But they want you to know he's injured

[00:34:19] And AED's been playing through it too

[00:34:22] So it's just two heroes

[00:34:25] I can't wait for Yokoch's first act of

[00:34:30] His top three NBA career ever

[00:34:35] Being retiring LeBron James

[00:34:40] Just

[00:34:41] Ah, yeah you couldn't

[00:34:43] You just literally couldn't beat me

[00:34:46] So

[00:34:48] Sorry buddy but

[00:34:50] Have fun in Cancun

[00:34:53] Yeah this is

[00:34:55] It's not a divisional team that we've retired

[00:35:01] Which the Nuggets have retired AED

[00:35:03] The Jazz

[00:35:05] The Blazers with Lil Air

[00:35:08] We've taken out some conference

[00:35:11] Fos along the way

[00:35:13] I was literally there when we retired the Blazers

[00:35:16] It was one of the happiest moments of my life

[00:35:19] It was awesome

[00:35:21] So it's not divisional

[00:35:24] But it does feel very personal still

[00:35:27] With all the history with the Lakers

[00:35:30] And how many times

[00:35:31] Just kind of big brothered

[00:35:33] The Nuggets

[00:35:34] I haven't told you about this

[00:35:37] They can't bring this team back

[00:35:39] No, no they can't

[00:35:41] But I do have a little

[00:35:43] You want anything but to live in LA

[00:35:45] You can't resign with the Lakers now

[00:35:48] No

[00:35:49] We do need to pause this because

[00:35:51] I do have a crazy little story time from the game

[00:35:54] So we have our four seats

[00:35:56] And then the two seats next to us

[00:35:58] So Sophie and I were there

[00:36:00] And these two kids are sitting next to us

[00:36:04] And they're probably about the same age

[00:36:06] As when we went to that Lakers Nuggets game

[00:36:10] For the playoffs

[00:36:12] And I just remember all of those fans being insane

[00:36:15] And everybody cursing and being like

[00:36:17] This is awesome

[00:36:18] Like I want to be here all the time

[00:36:22] But those kids

[00:36:24] They just reminded me of us

[00:36:26] Little

[00:36:28] But there were no parents to

[00:36:30] Just like

[00:36:32] 15 year old brother

[00:36:34] And probably like 8 year old brother

[00:36:36] Going nuts the entire time

[00:36:39] So props to those parents

[00:36:41] Sending their kid

[00:36:42] And props to me for

[00:36:44] Not saying some wild things

[00:36:46] About LeBron James during the game

[00:36:51] Not all heroes wear capes, right?

[00:36:53] Not all heroes wear capes

[00:36:56] So

[00:36:58] I think

[00:37:00] Looking ahead to this

[00:37:04] I think the next series at this point

[00:37:08] And it really looks like it's going to be the Timberwolves

[00:37:11] As we're recording there

[00:37:13] About 18 on the

[00:37:15] Sons

[00:37:16] They're gonna win

[00:37:17] It's gonna be

[00:37:18] It might be a sweet

[00:37:20] So

[00:37:23] This feels like

[00:37:25] A classic

[00:37:27] Old school

[00:37:30] Does great defense beat great offense

[00:37:33] Because the Timberwolves have stretches

[00:37:36] Even against the Sons

[00:37:38] Who are not as good

[00:37:40] Defensively as the Nuggets are

[00:37:42] They have stretches where they just do not score

[00:37:45] And they're really good defensively

[00:37:47] So it doesn't blow them out of games

[00:37:50] But

[00:37:54] If these games are played in the hundreds

[00:37:57] Consistently

[00:37:59] The Timberwolves are hosed

[00:38:01] That means that

[00:38:03] They're having to hit a lot of shots against this team

[00:38:07] So

[00:38:08] How do you feel heading into that potential matchup?

[00:38:13] Obviously Minnesota at full strength smoked the Aves

[00:38:17] And then the Aves were able to beat them

[00:38:20] Without towns

[00:38:22] I'm sorry the Nuggets were able to beat them

[00:38:25] I'm watching the Aves

[00:38:28] So how are you feeling going into this series?

[00:38:31] Obviously we both have the Zons coming out of this

[00:38:35] No I did not

[00:38:37] Oh no you had the wolves you're right

[00:38:41] This is the series that makes me the most nervous

[00:38:46] I don't think that there's anybody

[00:38:49] That can physically match up with us

[00:38:52] As well as the Timberwolves do

[00:38:54] They're just long

[00:38:56] They're not as offensively talented

[00:38:58] But they are long

[00:39:00] They've got Nasrid

[00:39:02] They've got Alexander Walker

[00:39:05] They have a lot of length on that team

[00:39:08] Outside of obviously Rudy Gubar and Carl Anthony Tafts

[00:39:11] So I think they physically match up with us well

[00:39:15] But I do think over a seven game series

[00:39:19] They probably just can't quite keep up

[00:39:22] With what the Nuggets have to offer

[00:39:25] So yes I'm worried

[00:39:28] Anthony Edwards is also like

[00:39:32] Coming into something that is not

[00:39:37] I don't think that the casual NBA fan

[00:39:41] Truly realizes how good Anthony Edwards is right now

[00:39:46] So it could be a series like those Blazer series

[00:39:51] Where there's a young team going nuclear

[00:39:55] Against a team that's a little bit more seasoned

[00:39:59] And I think I'm still confident

[00:40:03] That we'll win this series

[00:40:05] But I think it's gonna be a six or seven game

[00:40:09] Yeah I think that

[00:40:14] This wolves team struggles to execute at times

[00:40:19] On offense which can be a problem

[00:40:22] And they just don't get as consistently

[00:40:25] As good of shots

[00:40:28] And Edwards can at times

[00:40:30] Allow himself to kind of be taken out of the game

[00:40:34] Who do we have guard one?

[00:40:37] I mean he had 13 points

[00:40:39] And you're not gonna get those games

[00:40:42] Also I think Edwards

[00:40:45] Teams just for whatever reason

[00:40:47] Don't really seem to bark at the Nuggets

[00:40:50] I mean the Nuggets are not like a big crap talking team

[00:40:53] But that doesn't stop

[00:40:55] Teams from talking stuff to each other

[00:40:58] I don't think Edwards is gonna be able to kind of fire himself up

[00:41:02] Against a KCP or an AG

[00:41:05] Or whoever's going against him

[00:41:08] And if he tries to do it

[00:41:11] Against the Murray

[00:41:15] Then we've seen how that worked out for

[00:41:19] Other players you do not want to talk stuff to Jamal Murray

[00:41:23] He will flambe

[00:41:27] On the other end

[00:41:29] The biggest thing for me though here

[00:41:33] Is how is this game gonna be officiated

[00:41:37] Because

[00:41:40] If they allow McDaniels to play

[00:41:43] Insanely physical with Jamal Murray

[00:41:47] That is bad for the Nuggets

[00:41:51] But if you get even a somewhat normal playoff whistle

[00:41:58] Then I think he could get in foul trouble very early

[00:42:02] I don't think we can rule out

[00:42:05] Jaden McDaniels punching a wall

[00:42:07] And not being available for this series

[00:42:09] They look like they might allow the Suns back into this game right now

[00:42:13] So I'm hoping against hope that Jaden will

[00:42:17] Find himself a wall to punch

[00:42:20] Because that was extremely helpful last year

[00:42:23] When we had to go through the demo walls

[00:42:26] I agree with everything you're saying

[00:42:29] I do just want to say that

[00:42:33] Anybody who is going to come at the Nuggets

[00:42:38] About their road in the playoffs

[00:42:41] Over the last two years

[00:42:43] Needs to really reevaluate what they're looking at

[00:42:47] Because this Lakers team is good

[00:42:50] I actually think that they're a little bit better than last year's team

[00:42:54] And they can't score against us

[00:42:57] Our defense is underrated

[00:43:00] The Nuggets defense is underrated at this point

[00:43:03] They were a top 10 defensive team in the league this year

[00:43:09] This is not the Nuggets of old

[00:43:13] People do have to reevaluate a little bit about what we're looking at

[00:43:18] Anthony Edwards just provides a little bit of a matchup issue to me

[00:43:22] Because KCP is an unbelievable defender

[00:43:25] But he's a little bit too small

[00:43:27] And AG is an unbelievable defender

[00:43:29] But he's a little bit too slow

[00:43:31] You kind of have to

[00:43:33] I mean it's like a yokich

[00:43:35] Anthony Edwards is approaching that

[00:43:37] Where you have to build your game plan around him

[00:43:41] Yeah

[00:43:43] It's 100%

[00:43:45] If you lose this series as the Nuggets

[00:43:47] It's because Anthony Edwards went nuclear

[00:43:50] And you just couldn't quite match it

[00:43:54] But

[00:43:56] The other thing I wanted to mention

[00:43:59] About this series

[00:44:01] Is that

[00:44:03] For me it's hard to analyze this

[00:44:06] Because we've seen a C plus

[00:44:13] Version of the Nuggets so far

[00:44:16] And this C plus version won't be enough

[00:44:21] To get it down against the wolves

[00:44:23] But

[00:44:25] The A plus version

[00:44:28] And even the A minus version of the Nuggets

[00:44:32] There's no one in the NBA who can beat that

[00:44:35] So that's what to me has

[00:44:38] Made this playoffs a little tougher

[00:44:40] To handicap with this Nuggets team

[00:44:42] Is we haven't seen A or A minus from them

[00:44:46] As much as we did last year

[00:44:48] During the regular season

[00:44:50] Where there were some prime time games

[00:44:52] Where

[00:44:54] I mean the Nuggets just brought out the A

[00:44:56] Minus game and blew good teams off the floor

[00:44:59] Like Clippers, Memphis

[00:45:01] When they had John

[00:45:03] And the other guys healthy

[00:45:05] Not this year's Memphis

[00:45:07] So what do you think

[00:45:10] I guess what's your grade

[00:45:12] For this Nuggets team so far

[00:45:14] Like what do you think they're playing at

[00:45:16] And what encourages you

[00:45:19] Or discourages you about them

[00:45:21] Maybe reaching a higher height

[00:45:23] Yeah, I think it's

[00:45:25] Probably your grade

[00:45:28] Probably isn't wrong

[00:45:30] I'm not a huge fan of the Ude on one end of the floor

[00:45:33] So I'd probably give them a C plus

[00:45:36] Because I think the defense has been unbelievable

[00:45:39] I was looking at some offensive numbers

[00:45:43] Right, because I was trying to figure out

[00:45:45] What's wrong with the team

[00:45:47] And it's pretty much just born out

[00:45:50] In 3-point percentage

[00:45:52] Like that's it

[00:45:54] The only thing that we're missing from

[00:45:56] This entire team is 3-point percent

[00:45:58] They're shooting 27% from 3

[00:46:01] In the playoffs right now

[00:46:03] That's going to

[00:46:05] Regress back to the mean

[00:46:07] It's just like 30

[00:46:09] They're gonna shoot 35, 36, 37% from 3

[00:46:14] They just are

[00:46:15] You know what happens

[00:46:17] That's just the way basketball is

[00:46:19] They're too good of a team not to do that

[00:46:21] Especially from 3

[00:46:23] But the real point of this is

[00:46:25] I think

[00:46:27] What Yokochi is doing is sort of getting lost

[00:46:30] In the offensive struggles

[00:46:32] Because he's not struggling

[00:46:35] He's averaging 27, 15, and 8

[00:46:39] It's almost 28, 16, and 9

[00:46:43] If you round up it's 28, 16, and 9

[00:46:46] And he's doing that while he's shooting

[00:46:49] 61% from the floor

[00:46:52] Or 68% from 2, sorry

[00:46:54] 68% from 2-point range

[00:46:57] Like this is a man who we were just talking about

[00:47:00] Who isn't posting up

[00:47:02] And he's shooting 68% from 2, like

[00:47:06] It's...

[00:47:08] He is absolutely unbelievable

[00:47:11] And on a different planet

[00:47:13] And it just doesn't really matter

[00:47:15] What everybody else is doing

[00:47:17] Like KCP is shooting terribly

[00:47:20] This series

[00:47:22] He's shooting 26% from 3

[00:47:24] Like, I...

[00:47:26] You know, we need those things to increase

[00:47:29] But I think the point of this is that

[00:47:31] The stars are gonna...

[00:47:33] Are playing really well

[00:47:35] And in the playoffs

[00:47:37] I feel like at the end of the day

[00:47:39] Most of these series come down to

[00:47:41] How well did your stars play

[00:47:43] And I believe in

[00:47:46] Nikola Yokochi to play very well

[00:47:48] So everybody else just sort of has to

[00:47:51] Find their groove throughout the playoffs

[00:47:53] I actually don't...

[00:47:55] I hope that Phoenix can make a series of this

[00:48:00] A little bit

[00:48:01] I would love a couple extra days' rest

[00:48:04] Get some guys in the gym

[00:48:06] Get them shooting open shots and feeling good

[00:48:09] But I...

[00:48:11] I don't know

[00:48:13] I think that's...

[00:48:15] The defense is what makes me confident

[00:48:18] Because I think that that's replicable

[00:48:21] Those others

[00:48:23] They have to play a little bit better right now

[00:48:26] Aaron Gordon is carrying the rest of the team

[00:48:29] Besides Tramal and Nikola Yokochi

[00:48:31] So we just need some other people to play

[00:48:34] A little bit better

[00:48:35] And I think we'll be bumping that C-plus

[00:48:38] To an A-minus by the end of this Timber Wolf series

[00:48:43] That would be delightful

[00:48:45] Speaking of kind of others

[00:48:49] You mentioned him

[00:48:51] But I did want to give him his flowers

[00:48:54] Is Michael Porter Jr. went absolutely nuclear

[00:49:00] And, you know, Aaron Gordon was unbelievable

[00:49:04] But that game was one with...

[00:49:09] I mean, Michael Porter losing his mind in the second half

[00:49:13] Because...

[00:49:14] Well, he's shooting 48% from 3 in the plow

[00:49:18] Well, but he was aggressive going into his bag

[00:49:22] To get mid-range

[00:49:23] He was going at Rui

[00:49:26] It looked like he was very aggressive

[00:49:28] It was a weird game 3

[00:49:30] Because Yokochi was as uninvolved as I've seen him

[00:49:34] In a game plan

[00:49:35] There were just long stretches where he just kind of screened

[00:49:38] And, you know, absorbed a lot of attention

[00:49:41] Like, didn't really touch it or do anything special

[00:49:45] To just...

[00:49:46] No, it was just like Jamal and Porter picket roll

[00:49:50] Like, unstoppable

[00:49:52] As unstoppable as the Yokochi and Murray picket roll

[00:49:55] It was really fun to watch

[00:49:57] And he looked so much more comfortable on the court

[00:50:01] Like...

[00:50:03] Yeah, it's sort of baffling honestly

[00:50:06] Yeah, I think that...

[00:50:12] When it comes to an X factor in that series

[00:50:19] I think a Porter from game 3 of the Lakers makes...

[00:50:24] You have to make a lot of tough choices now if you're the Timberwolves

[00:50:29] Because then...

[00:50:30] Well, he...

[00:50:31] The obvious thing is to put Kat out there

[00:50:35] Because you go, okay, he has this...

[00:50:38] The length and he won't, you know, get shot over or whatever

[00:50:42] But then the problem is...

[00:50:44] Gordon's gonna torture you

[00:50:45] You're unlocking Aaron Gordon

[00:50:47] Because now you're guarding Aaron Gordon with someone undersized

[00:50:50] And he's gonna lurk

[00:50:52] And the help can't come off a Porter anymore

[00:50:55] So it's just, you know, you're gonna get murdered inside

[00:50:59] You could maybe take...

[00:51:04] McDaniels off of Murray

[00:51:07] But now...

[00:51:09] Do you have Mike Conley on Jamal Murray?

[00:51:11] And...

[00:51:12] You probably have Anthony Edwards

[00:51:14] He's supposedly taking defense more seriously

[00:51:17] I do want to bring up the bench guys a little bit though

[00:51:20] Like, I do think that this is a big Peyton Watson series

[00:51:23] Because we're gonna need some of that length coming off of the bench

[00:51:26] Like, we can't be leaving, you know, Reggie Jackson out there for very long

[00:51:33] Like, those minutes are gonna get shrunk because this team is big

[00:51:37] They're not gonna play Mike Conley very much

[00:51:40] Like, they're gonna go bigger, play Cat at the five

[00:51:45] And technically be playing small because they're playing a four at the five

[00:51:49] But they have five guys out there that are huge

[00:51:52] So I think Peyton Watson's gonna be big

[00:51:55] I also think Justin Holliday is gonna keep sneaking these minutes

[00:51:59] He's just kind of reliable

[00:52:02] He's good on defense, he gets rebounds when they're necessary

[00:52:05] He took a couple of questionable shots early in game three

[00:52:10] But I like that he feels confident enough in his role on the team to take those shots

[00:52:18] Because he was open

[00:52:20] I would have preferred them later in the shot clock

[00:52:23] But he was open

[00:52:25] So I think that those bench guys, you know

[00:52:29] They're gonna need to, like I said, they're gonna need to step up

[00:52:32] It's not anything drastic, it's just you do better

[00:52:38] Yeah, it's gonna be a fascinating series going forward

[00:52:45] Do you think that the Nuggets sweep the Lakers tomorrow?

[00:52:51] Final prediction

[00:52:52] Yeah, I do

[00:52:53] Yeah, I think so as well

[00:52:55] I mean, I think you saw some quit from the Lakers in game three

[00:52:58] And then you have the game was over with five minutes ago

[00:53:02] Now we're getting the BS injury report

[00:53:05] Like it's all lining up to a this team just going

[00:53:11] Hey, you know how those reports leak that you're coming back, Darvin Ham?

[00:53:14] We're gonna get you fired

[00:53:16] We're gonna lose by 50 on ABC in prime time

[00:53:20] And let's see, keep your job after this, buddy

[00:53:25] I also think that there is like, I mean

[00:53:29] Now the Nuggets might deny it because it feels like piling on

[00:53:34] But there is a little bit of something where it's like

[00:53:37] Nah, we don't really like you guys very much

[00:53:41] You were sort of standing in our way

[00:53:44] And you beat us in the bubble and you probably shouldn't have

[00:53:47] Like if AD doesn't bank in that miracle shit

[00:53:50] Like you probably don't

[00:53:52] So actually you are the reason we don't already have a championship

[00:53:57] On top of the one we won last year

[00:54:00] So I think there's people underestimate that factor of it too

[00:54:05] You know, they always talk about the pride of not getting swept

[00:54:08] But there's the pride of being like, nah, you guys can't mess with us

[00:54:13] And I mean, like

[00:54:15] This just seems like a team that doesn't believe in their coach

[00:54:19] And then with this age and all this stuff

[00:54:23] There's like no reason that they would want to play

[00:54:26] Their bench is also terrible

[00:54:28] Like they can't play the bench at all

[00:54:33] And you saw it, I mean you talked about it

[00:54:36] They tried to match the minutes with the Bronad AD out there with our bench

[00:54:41] And they couldn't make up ground there

[00:54:43] It's like, I was joking at game two in the fourth quarter

[00:54:49] There was a Lakers fan behind us and with like whatever

[00:54:54] Eleven minutes to go in the fourth, he's like, I'm not worried

[00:54:57] I said you wait till the Grand Rapids gold gets out the game

[00:55:02] You wait, just you wait until the Yokoch come back in this game

[00:55:06] And you will be worried then

[00:55:09] So I think we're in a very good position

[00:55:16] And I think this series is about to make me very stressed

[00:55:20] Yeah, it's

[00:55:22] There's going to be some unbelievable battles going on here

[00:55:28] Because these teams know each other really well now too

[00:55:32] I mean people talk about how we played the Lakers

[00:55:35] Well, we played the Timberwolves in the playoffs too last year

[00:55:38] Actually in one more game then we played the Lakers

[00:55:42] And we see the Timberwolves one more time than we see the Lakers

[00:55:46] And Tim Conley was the GM that drafted Nikola Yokoch

[00:55:51] Like what are we talking about?

[00:55:53] And then Bill's the team

[00:55:54] They have Montemore, he's playing right now

[00:56:00] I'm watching him on the TV

[00:56:02] He's really going to piss me off the root against him

[00:56:04] But I'm going to

[00:56:06] Honestly, I helped a lot of people

[00:56:10] It makes me feel a little bit better that Montes is getting real minutes in there

[00:56:15] Because arguably he shouldn't have been getting minutes when he was in our playoff rotation

[00:56:20] So I'm happy he's in theirs now

[00:56:24] But I do love Montes

[00:56:26] I have his number

[00:56:29] Famously

[00:56:31] See if he wants to come on the pod

[00:56:33] Talk about throwing the series

[00:56:35] We can make some offers

[00:56:37] Yeah, we don't need any more of that in Denver

[00:56:41] Hey, no, no, no

[00:56:43] We're trying to get him suspended

[00:56:45] Just being involved in the conversation

[00:56:49] Maybe get him out of there

[00:56:53] Alright, well

[00:56:55] I think

[00:56:57] We covered everything we wanted to with the Broncos and Nuggets here

[00:57:02] The Avs got a big victory here

[00:57:04] Shout out to the Avs, they're now up 2-1

[00:57:06] Came back, they were down 2-1

[00:57:09] Headed into that third period and then 1-6-2

[00:57:13] So great work by the boys

[00:57:15] Did McKinnon score?

[00:57:17] Toes and gorge

[00:57:19] On our way to collect the cup

[00:57:21] Go ahead boys

[00:57:23] So that's all for this week

[00:57:26] We'll be back next week

[00:57:28] I want one more question for you

[00:57:32] Do you feel more or less confident than you did last time we talked

[00:57:37] Which was actually, I think, before the series had started

[00:57:41] So do you feel more or less confident?

[00:57:44] So

[00:57:46] The low point of confidence was in game 2

[00:57:49] When the Avs proceeded to get 1 shot

[00:57:54] On a 4-minute major

[00:57:56] And then give up a goal immediately after

[00:58:00] This, that felt like to me

[00:58:04] I was like, oh my gosh

[00:58:06] Like, okay this isn't meant to be

[00:58:08] But you know, we're going to fall apart

[00:58:10] And so then once we put in a bunch of goals again

[00:58:14] Because quietly the Avs scored 6 in game 1

[00:58:19] So it wasn't like a frustrating kind of what we were talking about

[00:58:24] Of like, oh this guy stood on his head and we lost 2-1 or something

[00:58:28] Like they're putting pucks in nets

[00:58:31] I was telling Sophie earlier

[00:58:33] She was like, oh what game is it?

[00:58:35] And I was like, oh it's game 3

[00:58:37] And she was like, is it tide 1-1?

[00:58:39] I was like, yeah

[00:58:40] And she was like, oh I couldn't remember if they won game 1

[00:58:43] And I was like, no, no they got their asses kicked

[00:58:45] And she was like, wasn't it 7-6?

[00:58:47] And I was like, well yeah

[00:58:49] I mean, I guess it was

[00:58:51] But technically

[00:58:53] It did feel like they got that

[00:58:55] But you're right, the offensive production has been there all series

[00:58:59] So as soon as I felt like, hey we're going to be able to score 4 or 5 a game

[00:59:06] I was like, I don't think Winnipeg can keep up with that

[00:59:09] And so then I felt a lot more confident

[00:59:11] And now I'm fully on to just hating

[00:59:16] The cheating golden knights

[00:59:20] The Dom warned us about those filthy filthy cheaters

[00:59:25] Are on the horizon

[00:59:29] And I for one hate it so much

[00:59:33] And I hope nothing but success for the abs in a series against them

[00:59:40] Because they are once again dirty, dirty cheaters

[00:59:44] Yeah it seems like they're probably going to sweep potentially

[00:59:50] Yeah, I mean they're unbelievable

[00:59:53] Because they skirted the cap

[00:59:58] But yeah

[01:00:01] Alright, well I just wanted your quick little bit of

[01:00:06] I'm confident we're moving past the Jets

[01:00:08] And that's a good thing

[01:00:09] Yeah which I was in calm

[01:00:11] We were feeling terrible after Dom talked to us

[01:00:15] So that's good

[01:00:17] So we're all aboard the Gorgian Toes train

[01:00:22] So thank you

[01:00:25] Yeah

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[01:00:47] Adam Ottervinu says bye