Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?
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Listen to Tom Izzo calling out one of his players' defense.
You can't guard my mother.
My mother. Tom Izzo is 70 years old. We're to that point.
Dorothy Izzo, his mother, 99 years old.
Tom Izzo was asked about it in the post-game press conference. Has to be.
I'm hoping that it ticks him off and maybe he'll play better angry because check USA Today tomorrow, him and my mom will be going at it in a nursing home and a gym and we'll see how he does.
I'm glad he added the gym part. Nursing home?
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Chapter 2: How do the hosts react to the NFL coaching carousel?
As you mentioned, Bill Belichick, you can end up a Hall of Famer and never win Coach of the Year. Yeah, and that's why it should just be called the best turnaround coach. Okay, that's a difference.
That's how Nagy won it, yeah.
Absolutely. Yes, and maybe that's why I'm gun-shy about it, because I've seen Dick Geron, I think, won it in his first year. Matt Nagy won it in his first year. I might be missing somebody.
Dick Geron, I think that was 11, right, for Dick Geron? So my list has, at least for AP NFL Coach of the Year, which is what I go by, 11 was Jim Harbaugh.
2011? Yeah. With San Fran? Yes. Yes, okay.
And then it was Bruce Arians, then it was Ron Rivera, then it was Bruce Arians, then it was Ron Rivera. Jason Garrett won it in 2016.
Oh, see?
So has the award itself, much like other awards... That's where it broke you down?
That's what I'm trying to do here, because I understand, and I've done that before, too. If I had a vote, I probably would have voted for Matt Nagy because of the turnaround. But the point I'm trying to make is to give respect to the actual best coach. Do you guys disagree that Kyle Shanahan is the best coach of the bunch?
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of Caleb Williams' performance?
Then it's Matt Nagy. Then it's John Harbaugh. Then it's Kevin Stefanski in 2020 because the Browns went 11-5. Then it's Vrabel for Tennessee, 12-5. Then it's Brian Dable, 9-7-1 with the Giants.
The new flashy thing.
Because of the turnaround.
New flashy guy, turnaround, everybody wants that.
Then it was Kevin Stefanski again, who is now no longer, well, he's looking for a job. And then Kevin O'Connell last year. Oh, he's got a job. Yeah, oh, that's right. Atlanta, we're trying to figure out if Ian Cunningham is going. And then Kevin O'Connell is with Minnesota at 14-3.
So like last year, right, that was clear, right?
I thought so.
Can we agree on like last year's Coach of the Year, you really didn't have a problem with that because Minnesota, with a quarterback who had never done anything, Sam Darnold, is doing things and they've got a 14-3 regular season record in what is arguably the most difficult division in all of football with three teams from that division making the playoffs.
Yeah, I'd have to go back and look at the rest of the season and the other candidates in there. But on the surface, no, I don't want to argue with you about that. I'll tell you right now. Dan Campbell was second in voting. Andy Reid was third in voting. And they were the only ones, those three coaches, were the only ones to get more than one first place vote. Did the Chiefs go to the Super Bowl?
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Chapter 4: How does the conversation shift towards the Bears' coaching staff?
I mean, but again, it's... Yes, I give him a ton of credit for what he has done with the Bears secondary this year. But again, I am not going to lose my mind over losing assistant coaches. I'm just not.
Well, here's the thing about Al Harris and when he leaves the place. Like, for example, his last four years in Dallas, they had the most interceptions in the NFL with a total at that time of 72 for the combined for four years. 23 here. And then he had Trevon Diggs, who led the NFL in picks. He was an All-Pro. Deron Bland, who led the NFL in picks and is an All-Pro.
And now Kevin Byard, who led the NFL in picks and is an All-Pro. So there were multiple issues in Dallas, as we know defensively, involving a guy we all know in Matt Eberflus. However, Al Harris is a coach of consequence when it comes to how his team performs.
Absolutely.
And he might go to Green Bay.
Now that's a problem. That's a different topic. But Al Harris, the possibility of him leaving is not exactly leading the show. You know what I mean? That's great information. Al Harris had a huge effect on the Bears this year, and that's what happens. Coaches get promoted, they go to other jobs, and then you have to fill those spots.
So that's a valuable coach, but I just can't get that worked up about losing assistants.
We have a caller on the line from Washington.
Uh-oh.
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Chapter 5: Which player is considered the frontrunner for NFL MVP?
Which player do you think will win NFL MVP?
I mean, I don't know why this is a discussion. I guess because it has to be because that's our job to discuss sports. But it's Matt Stafford. What are we doing?
Chapter 6: What are the arguments for and against Matthew Stafford as MVP?
If this is a quarterback award and Christian McCaffrey, who unfortunately has also had his share of injury issues because that happens in life. It's Matt Stafford. He's 37, and the season that he's put together and the wins that he has been a part of, you know, the Rams have a... I know that their record wasn't perfect, but when you consider that...
His lieutenants on the offense in Devontae Adams and Puka Nakua, for example, were also two of the best receivers in the league by numbers of yards and touchdowns. I don't know how it's not Matt Stafford. And the only reason I think it would be Drake May is because of East Coast bias.
And I know that sounds silly, but that does matter because there is a lot of discussion on the national networks about Drake May and Mike Vrabel and how Vrabel might get coach of the year and
the jump that may has made but to do this at his age this consistently into that volume it's matt stafford old coat drive himself you make it sound so simple and it should be simple because matthew stafford was voted first team all pro and yet i don't have to go far When going back in the annals of history to remember a guy winning MVP but not being first team All-Pro.
Is this like when you smell the butt coming?
Well, something like that. You know who first team All-Pro was last year in the quarterback conversation? It was Lamar Jackson. Do you know who the MVP was last season?
Josh Allen.
It was Josh Allen. Those two things still don't make sense to me at all. But in the spirit of the Mark Grody, what kind of career have you had? Maybe you need a Lifetime Achievement Award thing. In the career? Yeah, for the career.
I love Rome for that.
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Chapter 7: How does Caleb Williams' performance impact his future with the Bears?
Is that good? Unbelievable. So I think it's Matthew Stafford. I will give some honorable mentions, though, to things that were outstanding about the other guys. Drake May, and this is what we want for Caleb, 72% completion percentage. Woo! Pretty good. Trevor Lawrence got himself over 4,000 yards. He was the only other of the candidates that was over 4,000 yards this season.
Josh Allen had a nearly 70% completion. He was 69.3. So I just wanted to make sure I mentioned some of the outstanding things that some of these other quarterbacks did. But I will not go off the Matthew Stafford. So I think we're all in agreement on this one. Number three. This is Five On It on 670. The score with Laila Rahimi, Marshall Harris, and Mark Grody.
We've got more Bears talk coming up when Jarrett Payton joins the program at 1225. This week, Patriots owner Robert Kraft revealed the NFL's upcoming priorities during an interview with 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston.
I want to tell you guys, though, we're going to push like the Dickens now to make international more important with us. Every team... We'll go to 18-2 and eliminate one of the preseason games. And every team every year will play one game overseas. And part of the reason is so we can continue to grow the cap and keep our labor happy.
That's Patriots owner Robert Kraft on 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston. What are your thoughts on the idea of this version of an 18-game NFL season?
Why does he say our labor happy? Like it's some sort of like unit out of the Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. What was that?
Why did he say push like the Dickens?
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Chapter 8: What are the potential implications of the Bears' coaching staff changes?
That was what got me.
Yeah, all of that was very compelling.
Because he's 84 years old.
Did he also say in Switzerland that it wasn't for him, if it wasn't for us, that they'd be speaking German, except they do speak German? Did that also happen? Because it kind of veered in that direction. Wrong old guy. Uh, they've wanted this forever. They've wanted an 18 game season forever. Like think of the Sandlot forever.
It was, it was only a matter of time and they can use all these excuses and dangle all these carrots and try to make it make sense. Like, well, we can't pay you unless we have this 18th game. Oh yeah. Okay, cool. Except we've all seen the TV contracts. We've all seen them. So like, yeah, you can blame your employees because you guys wanted an 18-game season since time began.
It's going to happen because they want it to and they're the owners. It's just a matter of how. So I think Marshall said this the last time we talked about this in the offseason last year. Two bye weeks is the best way to get it done. But we talked about it with Mike Florio this morning. That's not necessarily going to be the case. It's just a matter of how.
You talk about keeping your labor happy. a.k.a. your assets, a.k.a. your fantasy players.
Players?
The guys on the field? How do you want to say it? He sounded like a fantasy owner right there. Hard labor. Happy.
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