Are the Cubs going to have a Jameson Taillon problem? (Hour 2)
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What insights does Mike Florio share about the NFL's future?
Ladies and gentlemen, joining us now is a man who's got a massive brain. Mike Florio. He used to be a lawyer, then he decided to take his talents to the internet. NBC Sports. I'm sorry I'm late. I was talking to Robert Kraft. That isn't the time for an airing of grievances. Pro Football Talk. I got a lot of problems with you people. No, you're going to hear about it. On Chicago Sports Radio, 104.3 The Score. I want to keep talking Legos. We like talking Legos, too, and football with our guest, Mike Florio. He joins us on our hotline, and he is on Twitch, twitch.tv slash thescorechicago. He is the creator, the editor-in-chief of Pro Football Talk. He is at Pro Football Talk on X, and he joins us now. Oh, he got the fireworks going and everything.
And NCAA Tournament 4, Mike's got his West Virginia quarter zip. Mike, how are you? Doing great. Yeah. Not in the tournament that counts, but in one of the made up made for TV tournaments that I won't watch. But, you know, my wardrobe choices go like this. Whatever is the closest and the cleanest is what I put on. That's always a good choice. But, you know, I know that the Mountaineers are no strangers to March basketball, so I still think it's appropriate and timely. And you know if they get to the finals of that tournament, you'll jump on the bandwagon. Probably. Probably. If there's nothing else on that night. I will say this. They're playing for $500,000 of NIL money out in Vegas. So there is something on the line.
So I feel like you might get a more spirited effort from the Mountaineers in that tournament than maybe some of these other teams and other tournaments that exist and have gone by the wayside. Oh, they're in the crown. We were just talking about the crown. I remember when the NIT was actually something people cared about. Now, I think I saw that in the field, they only have four major conference teams. So it's, hey, for the people who like college basketball, there's plenty of extra college basketball to watch. This is a really bad segue, but unfortunately it works. Mike, speaking of crowns, we find out that J.C. Tretter is now the head of the NFLPA and a circuitous path, to say the least, was taken to get the crown of the Players Association.
What do you make of this? And it's funny that you mentioned Crown because when he talked about his resignation as chief strategy officer from the union last year to CBS and also said, I have no interest in being executive director, he made some sort of Game of Thrones comparison to the situation. It just shows me once again, how detached and I hate to use the word apathetic, But I feel like the players at large don't pay attention. They aren't troubled by things they should be troubled by. Tretter was the president the last time they hired an executive director with a top secret process that gave them Lloyd Howell, whose tenure was a disaster. And then Howell had hired Tretter to be the chief strategy officer, and on their combined watch,
things happen that don't reflect well on the union.
Why is there concern about Jameson Taillon's performance this spring?
For example, the collusion grievance that the union One, kind of. They caught the NFL with their hand in the collusion cookie jar, and they hid that ruling for more than five months. It wasn't until Pablo Torre and I locked arms and found the thing, and Pablo was the one who uncovered it, where we were able to read it and say, why in the hell did the union hide this? They could have used it as a cudgel against the league at every turn. So there is some strange stuff happening. that's in the background that the players didn't seem to really care about when it was time to, more importantly than picking the winner, putting together the current list of finalists because the executive committee picks two to four finalists, they pick three.
There was one former player and guys like Dominic Foxworth, Jeff Saturday, Matt Schaub, they couldn't get to the final dance, so if anybody wants a former player, the only former player they have is the guy who said eight months ago, I have no interest in being the executive director.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What insights does Mike Florio share about the NFL's future?
0:00–3:25
2
Why is there concern about Jameson Taillon's performance this spring?
3:25–9:30
3
What specific mechanical issues is Jameson Taillon facing?
9:30–14:10
4
How is Taillon's mental state affecting his pitching?
14:10–16:31
5
What adjustments is Taillon trying to make for better performance?
16:31–20:28
6
How do the Cubs' pitching depth options impact Taillon's role?
20:28–24:39
7
What are the implications of Taillon's struggles for the Cubs' season?
24:39–29:40
8
What key moments from the NCAA tournament are discussed?
29:40–41:46
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