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It'll be a good laugh for all of us. And uh he said, Jalen hurts , tough to coach , not well liked, stubborn, and Howie Roseman is very aware of it. Well, what do you know? People are talking. Jeremy Fowler, ESPN, it's finally coming out. The truth always does. I think largely because there are butts on the line going into the season, including the head coach Nick Seri ani, according to Fowler, and multiple sources quote Jalen has pushed back on changes that would diversify the scheme, including when it comes to him coming under Centermore. He's shown a reluctance to let it rip, particularly against zone coverage. He diverts from the game plan. He changes play calls to what many feel is an excessive degree. This is exactly what I was told. And when does the truth come out? When people think their jobs are in trouble, when people get replaced, when people are somewhere, get blamed for something and they're out of town, they move to another job, then they'll talk. So, and this is a reporter that I tr ust. So this is what I was told is that it's starting to feel very Russell Wilson in Seattle, where the quarterback who has critics is getting all the credit and the rosters stacked. And when they do infrequently lose, the roster gets the blame and the quarterback doesn't. If you go back two seasons, Saquon Barkley carried the team, the offensive line was stacked, and the defensive line was setting records. But it was Jalen Hirsch getting the tush push, Super Bowl MVP, even though we now know over the last two years, off by s, the Eagles want to throw less. So Barclay didn't get enough love. The D line and O line were dominating, but who got 2 55 million? Who's getting the commercials? Who's getting the magazine covers? It feels very Russell Wilson in Seattle and GM Howie Roseman, very reluctant. Have you noticed to trade AJ Brown? I've been saying this for two years. I don't get it. Now I do . A AJ Brown , the general manager is like, yeah, that's not the issue. So the truth comes out, we're going into a season where if Nick, I mean, last year he was coming off a Super Bowl win, Nick Seriani's job was not in jeopardy. But in Philadelphia, they move off quarterbacks and they move off head coaches that win trophies, that get to Super Bowls. So this is really, really interesting. And and and the Eagles, despite a completely stacked offensive roster, were below the Saints last year offensively. Yards per game twenty-fourth , three and outs next to last in the league , punts tied for twenty seven. You can't do that with that O line. AJ Brown, Saquon Barkley, Devontae Smith. I mean, what is it about this thing about Jalen Hurts where he's always being protected? Look at those numbers. That's worse than the Saints who are starting a rookie quarterback. And never forget, remember Derek Gunn, the Eagle reporter, in November went on Seth Joyner, the former Eagle Show. He was way ahead of this. A month later, excuse me, several months later, I started hearing things. Then in August, I really heard stuff. But here was, here was um , you know, in August I heard it. In November, I'll get my month straight. Here is Derek Gunn, the Eagles reporter on Hertz. Those things that dissected on film during practice, those things that talked about among the quarterback coach, the offensive coordinator, the head coach. It has been constantly discussed all season long, yet when they transition to a field on a football game, he plays his game. Not the game the coaches want him to play. That's not his game. That's why he stands back there a lot of time. He's patting the ball, patting the ball, and it throws the timing of the offense off. The rhythm is thrown off. I don't think at this point they can get they can't get him out of There you go. That's Derek Gunn . That's the article. So it really does have a Russell Wilson Seattle feel where you've got a very talented guy, probably a better runner than a sit in the pocket guy, and getting a lot of credit, getting commer cials, getting the big contract, getting the love. And when they lose, eh, it's not really his fault. Truth always comes out. And I think this year, Philadelphia has always been hyper aggressive on moves with quarterbacks and coaches. And I I think enough guys have gotten fired, coordinators have gotten run out. They're talking now. And never forget this in pro sports there's so much money, uh people protect themselves and their reputation And when they get let go as a coordinator and uh they get all the blame, they start talking. That's the way the game works. Okay, so the Lakers won last night. Clobber, Cleveland, 15 and 2 in March . And I know we J Mack and I talked about this. First of all, it does seem like the Lakers play almost all their games at home, but I don't want to get into that. The only NBA team that played uh, you know, like uh seventy- gfamesour at home and six on the road. What whatever, I'm not gonna get into that. But uh they won again, they're red hot in March. So let's look at the Western Conference standings before we look at the highlights. The Western Conference standings. OKC, Spurs, Lakers, Denver, Minnesota, Houston, Suns, Clippers, and you know, also Rens. Okay . Here's the key on this thing. Look at the T-Wolves at five and the Rockets at six . Both forty-six and twenty-nine. You do know who the Lakers want to play . Because the best matchup of any of these teams, and I you can go all the way down to the Warriors. Maybe. The best matchup for the Lakers are the Rockets . Because the Rockets don't have a legitimate scoring threat at guard. I mean Thompson's great, but he's not a refined offensive player . So that means Luca and Austin Reeves will not be attacked in the series, which leaves Luca and Austin Reeves to spend their energy on the offensive end. You do not want to play Minnesota, who clobbered the Lakers last year. Now LA's played them better this year, but a couple of the wins are in October. So Houston is the perfect team for the Lakers to play. And you saw it, you know, last n ight. The Lakers do a remarkable job to get into their offense. Why? Because LeBron, Austin, and Luca can all do it equally equally well. They're all great ball handlers. They're all play initiators. They're all good at creating foul shot opportunities. Lakers are half-court offense, as good as anybody in the league at getting into their offense and scoring clutch points. They've got like three point guards, all different dimensions. LeBron's size, Austin Reeves' grittiness, and Lucas brilliance, especially in scoring. So the Lakers are a very unique offensive team. It's well documented, their defensive issues. Houston has no true point guard. They're terrible in clutch situations, third worst in the league. They're third worst in the league in one possession games. I think the Lakers may be the best team in the league in one possession games. Lakers are great in clutch scoring. Rockets are not good in clutch scoring. That's all about who's got the ball. Who's your quarterback? The Lakers have three. The Rockets have none. So Houston's a perfect matchup for the Lakers because clutch scoring matters in the playoffs. Getting into your offense late in possessions is key to the offense. Lakers are masterful at it. Meanwhile, the T-Wolves are not a good matchup, despite the Lakers w having won the season series this year, because Ant forces Luca and Austin Reeves to spend so much of their energy on the defensive end in that series. Plus, I think they have the better head coach in Chris Finch. So So last night's fine. March is amazing. My take is this 15 and 2 in March, if they play the Rockets, that 15 and 2 is going to feel pure and truthful. But if they play Minnesota, that 15-2 in March could feel like fools go. Like, well, what did I watch? What you're watching is a Lakers team that is lobsid ed. Brilliant in a half-court offense, majestic in clutch shooting, maybe the best team in the league, three-pronged at initiating foul opportunities , good looks, ball rotation. I mean, they are just a lobsided team . Their strength is the Rockets' weakness. The T Wolves strength goes right at the Lakers' weakness.pp Stoing great guard scoring. SGA SGA. Thank God the Lakers have Luca, because if they had to guard him, they'd be in big trouble. Here's JJ Reddick on the win and march Starting with health. Um I think it's much easier when you have a consistent stretch of health to sort of s not not buy not even buy in, but settle in to roles and minutes and rotations. Um we never found that throughout the season? Uh you know, we we've this happens all the time. Uh great styles make great fights is a term that's often used in boxing. Uh but that when you have a team that is gifted in one area and incredibly lacking in another, the Lakers, who they play in that first round. That this last 10 days of the NBA season are going to be fascinating. They are a perfect matchup to beat the Rockets . Yet the T-Wolves could give them huge, huge problems. All right, J Mac, I know you have for years been a Jalen Hurts advocate, devoted Jalen Hurts fan. What do you make of the story that is coming out? I talked about it in August, November, Derek Gunn. Now here we are in March, where r again, when multiple coordinators take the hit for Jalen Hurts, and I'm not in any way saying they're a source, but you know how the game works. I I I remember years ago, um I I had I broke a story in Portland about Bob Whitsit being let go, the GM. And the way I broke it was a former Blazer employee that Witsit fired. Right? Like that's the way to break stories. So whenever you see a team making multiple changes in multiple years, if you wanna if you wanna find a source, go talk to people who are gonna protect their I mean, these are great jobs, they're seven figure jobs, they're gonna protect their reputation. They're gonna r protect their career. And there's been a lot of movement in Philadelphia, and people are obviously talking to Jeremy Fowler. Yeah, clearly it's not a great story, Colin. Doesn't look amazing for Jalen Hurts. Uh it is interesting. This is the second quarterback we've seen in the last four months who a lot of negative stuff has come out about. Remember the Lamar Jackson story in the Baltimore Sun? Baltimore. Next thing you know, local reporters. Or local reporters. Maybe it wasn't the sun, but uh ended up Harbaugh gets fired. We'll see what happens. I I'm a I'm a Jalen Hurts truther, um and I got you all hot and bothered before the show when I said there would be a robust market for Jalen Hurts should the Eagles want to move off of him. I just jotted down uh thirteen teams who could be interested at the end of this season. But you can't this season. You can't count UFL teams. And I know you cleaned seven teams in that league. Wow. Wow. Yeah. You are anti Hertz, anti Purdy. I do like this little little game we got going on. I like the underdog, you like the elites. Yeah. You you love the favorites, the big guys. Yeah. Okay. Okay . So new technology is cool and it can be scary. People are talking about job displacement with AI. Uh this ABS system in baseball on several fronts is utterly fascinating. And um last night , another regrettable moment by a singular umpire. That is next in the herd. 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But he butchered a call so badly last night in the Brewers game, and you will see this, that both managers started laughing. And that you know, managers don't laugh much , uh, especially when their team gets screwed. Um, let's play what happened in Milwaukee last night. It is hard to unsee. Just watch . Bowers. Oh, and it out of the glove of Williamson. Throws the first. It's wide. It's backed up by Fortez. That should be a base hit for Bowers. Runner did not touch first base and then was put out. So the call from C.B. Buckner is that Jake Bowers missed first base and then was tagged out. Not that he made a move to second base. Right. And was tagged out that he flat out missed the bag. And I think that is the a horrendous call. Where is C B Buckner looking at? He's not even looking at it. Why would he even say that? C B Buckner was not even looking at the play. I'm not sure what C B Buckner's looking at there. That's ridiculous. Well, I'm really excited for him to have the plate tomorrow. Everybody laughing at that call . I've never seen anything like that in my life. Here is . Here is Jake Bowers should be furio us. Here he is after the game . You guys are trying to get me in trouble, man. I I don't know. Just thankful thankful to get on base . Okay that I'm not trying to pick on him, but that professional sports is the best of the best. If players can be demoted and managers fired, CB Buckner cannot be a major league umpire. Uh by the way, there's an online database that every day in the baseball season, grades umpires . In the last five years, C.B. Buckner has been the worst in the sport. It's not fair to the players, it's not fair to the managers, it's not fair to the fans. And by the way, that database no longer just lives on the World Wide Web, some obscure domain. It's all of us every night are seeing it. National television, regional television. Um it's just it's not personal, but listen . People age quickly, people get out of step, people are inefficient, but this weekend C.B. Buckner had twenty six missed calls . Six because of the ABS system, thank God we're overturned. That's still twenty missed calls in Saturday's game . Not the weekend series in Saturday's game. You know what? There's gotta be um I mean listen , some jobs go away. I mean A I reportedly the Houston Astros are thinking of replacing the guy who bangs the garbage cans . A AI is going to eliminate that job. So I mean some jobs just go away. But this is just this is when the managers and the players are laughing, like that's that's sad. Let's make a move baseball . J Mac with the news . No, no, no, no, no. Turn on the news. This is the herdline news. Yeah, any any time you know the names, like readily know the names of officials and referees, not great, Colin. Not great in any sport. All right, let's start with the NBA. Also, not great. My Knicks. Colin, they lost to the Rockets last night. Third straight loss. It wasn't particularly close. Something's going on. I was hoping this was just like a late season funk that they're in, but there could be bigger issues. They were down fourteen to one from the jump. Yeah. Uh got back in the game, but then, you know, wasn't close to the end. Here's Josh Hart calling out the team afterward. I just think we're not uh we're not going in the right direction. Um we're not trending upwards. Uh you know, and so we gotta figure it out. Um , you know, it was three tough ones, we got another one tomorrow, you know. That's uh the must win for us. That effort, the uh attention to detail, the discipline was uh was was pretty embarrassing. So um we gotta figure it out. Um make sure we're all locked in, you know, mentally to getting to where we want to go. Listen, they're not, J Mac, I think you're on to something. They're not just losing. They've lost three straight by double figures. Yeah. And for Josh Hart, who's a smart kid, you know, he Josh is not a guy that's going to pull punches . He he is a, you know, this team's got some really this is a high IQ team. You got Villanova guys everywhere. You got a veteran coach. For Josh Hart to come out and say that, there is something wrong on the plane in the room, camaraderie, uh, chemistry, there is something wrong. The Knicks have too much talent to be getting hammered like this. So uh the easy guy to knock here is Carl Anthony Towns. He doesn't fit, and then there's the Giannis stuff. Um, I do want to go a place I don't think I you think I'll go. I love Jalen Brunson. I'm a huge fan of Jalen Brunson. He was extraordinary last year, Colin. Yeah. His numbers are a bit down this year, and and you watch the way people are defending him. He's not cooking everyone like he was last year. Last year he was dominant. I don't know. I'm not saying the book is out on Earth on Brunson and how to slow him down, but it does feel like: hey, we don't care about the other guys. Go get yours. We're not letting Brunson beat us. And you know that whole knock he's a small guard and sometimes small guards can't win championships. I just wonder. They're not gonna move off him. He's not the problem, but it feels like he was their best thing going. Well, and he's been shut down now. Yeah, he's still great. Let's still great. Let's say this. Would you and I both agree that because of his size and he is incredibly ball centric , that he will age quickly . That he will and you can attack him. So teams attack him. He needs the ball. And that has always been a problem in this league with high usage rate. You know, the last person to be a top high usage rate guy and win a title was MJ. He was number one in usage rate. It was like late 80s or something. What was it? What year was it? 919. 98, my bad. 98. Yeah, Jordan. 98. Um, so my my take here is that this is why the ros ter needs some reconstruction. This is why, by the way, if Jalen Brunson had Giannis behind him, well, so what if you pick on him? If you pick on him now, you get exposed. If if if you if if you pick on Jalen Brunson now, you will be productive on the offensive end because they don't have a defensive stopper because they need Carl Anthony out there for most of the game because he's their second score. Right? But if you had Giannis behind him, so what? Go ahead and cook Jalen Brunson. They got a rim protector. Teams would attack the Knicks differently. So he gets attacked in the pick and roll. He gets attacked now. You're gonna play the Knicks differently if Giannis was on the court. That's why I think Giannis fits here. Brunson, you got about could I argue you got three great years of Brunson left based on his style. And then another two or three really good years. That's what Giannis has. Listen, I think the Knicks are gonna be fine. I'm not selling them. I do believe, yes, I mean I picked them to go to the finals before the season. I think it's still possible. Um, I just don't know that I don't know what's going on here, Colin. Now they've they have played three playoff teams, yeah, and they've lost them all. But you see a team like the Lakers doing the opposite, beating a bunch of playoff teams. So I I don't know. It just doesn't not a great feeling in New York right now. Um Carl Anthony Towns on the trade block. We'll see what happens. Fun off season ahead. Uh let's move to the NFL, Colin, where uh Jim Harbaugh on the Chargers, they brought in Mike McDaniel as their OC. I think you and I agreed this was probably the best uh coordinator hire higher. Yeah, yeah. So the pairing of interesting personalities, shall we say. Um makes for a fun combo. Harbaugh is recognizing the benefits of having him on staff already. Awesome. Awesome with Capital A. Really been doing a lot of listening, a lot of learning, a lot of a lot of leaning into how he sees football, because it's uh it's really brilliant. And it's a and it is what I really thought it was, uh just a perfect combination of Mike McDaniel and Justin Herbert. No, I think you know this is what I love about Harbaugh. He he's he's really grown so much as a guy and a coach. I mean, he's always had a certain dogma and belief. But I mean for a guy like him to bring in Mike McDaniel, he's like, Yeah, I'm just sitting learning from him. I'm a sponge. I'm soaking it up. And the other thing about Harbaugh, there's no ego here. He loves Justin Herbert. When they lose, Jim Harbaugh feels guilty that he didn't get his Superman in the right spot. Because Jim's got the money, the legacy, the national championship. Only thing miss ing is a Super Bowl. And so you can sense with heart but sometimes you get the coach and the quarterback who's taking credit. It's not always perfect. You know that Andy Reid, Andy Reid is very secure in his resume and legacy. He wants what's best for Patrick Mahomes . That's why this hire is great. I think there's a lot of head coaches that maybe would have been intimidated by Mike McDaniel's intellect and unique and creative offensive vision, Harbaugh's like, bring it on. I I think this is gonna be an absolutely a plus plus season for the Chargers. Totally agree. Colin, you know a lot uh us guys, we think we know everything. We can fix everyt everhingyt.hing, solve That's what guys do. But the smartest guys realized their weaknesses. And I would guess Harbaugh said, damn, we couldn't move the football in the playoffs this year or last year. I mean, Herbert had five picks last year against a Te xans. We didn't do jack squat against the Patriots. I'm not touching the offense. I'm bringing in an offensive mind who's gonna fix our offense. And it sounds like that's the game plan. Hey McDaniel, this is your show. Run your stuff. Fureig it out. I'm not gonna meddle. That's what smart guys do. I think this is just a home run higher. I'm with you. I think Chargers are one of the best teams in the NFC uh heading into this season. Let's go to the final story, Colin. That's Jesse Minter in B altimore. Very interesting timeline setup. Voluntary OTAs are approaching on April 6th. Will Lamar Jackson be there? Lamar has skipped a lot of voluntary work in the past. Here's Jesse Minter on what is gonna happen next week. about opportunities in the offseason program. Um and again, we'll see on April 6th, you know, see who all walks in the door. What's that look? What do you mean? He's like, uh Lamar's excited about the offseason. He's about it. We'll see if he walks in the door . Like I again, maybe I've never done OTAs, I don't know, but I can't envision a scenario where it's voluntary you, you could be there or not, and your coach doesn't know if your star player, franchise player, most expensive player is even gonna be there. Yeah, I don't know. Is that is there not something weird about that ? Listen, uh Lamar's not always hasn't Lamar missed an OTA before? I don't think it's I don't think it's necessarily his thing. I don't know. Not his thing? I mean it's a play. He's the most he's the highest paid player on the team. He's the leader, he's the franchise guy. I know I think not his thing. It's supposed to bother me. It just doesn't. Okay, what about Aaron Rodgers when he skipped the Jets? Remember he just got to the Jets. Well he skipped it to go to Egypt. Yes. Well, that felt different because Aaron was way out of his prime. They had a number one receiver who was a kid. You had an entirely different environment. I thought at that time you probably need new you know, you had knew everything with the Jets. I'm like, bro, I'd I'd show up to that one. Yeah. Lamar Jackson is the franchise. The team knows him. They're not gonna change the offense radically. Uh wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. They got a new head coach. They got a new O. C . Like, what do you mean? Not that this is a total. They missed the playoffs. Like, I your leader. Colin, you just don't show up one day. We're here looking around. Where's Coward? Oh, it's a vol untary show. He may not show up today. What? Really? I that's you know what? That's not a bad suggestion. Out of the football season. Voluntary shows. I just you know I just call the guys upstairs. You know, guys, uh, I'm in Egypt. May I all catch you next week. Okay . J-Mack with the news. Well, that's the news. And thanks for stopping by. The Herd Line News. We have a developing situ ation . Turkey qualified for our group last night. They're pretty good, so our group just got tougher in the World Cup. And Italy lost last night. Third straight World Cup, Italy not involved. There is no amount of Chiante and Bolognes that will heal those wounds. But the bigger problem is we lost the eighth stra ight friendly to a European team. We lost to Portugal. We are currently sixteenth in the FIFA rankings and not that good. Mauricio Pochettino is our coach. There are those that say he is distracted. There are rumors in the soccer world that other clubs are very interested in him. And Christian Pol isic and Mauricio may not see eye to eye. We also have another issue. Pol isic is in a major slump. Well, I looked it up this morning. Um, for both club and country . He hasn't scored this calendar year. So I you know I know a lot of the soccer purists , we've got more depth. I hef's not scoring, we're not good. He is easily our most dangerous lethal skilled soccer player. And there is a gap between Pulesic and everybody else. We don't have anybody that skilled and creative. Ball on foot. He is it. So he is in a major slump. He's still young. What is he twenty-seven? Is it a series of nagging injuries and small injuries he's had, but club and country, AC Milan, Team USA , he's not even getting assists . So is it the new system? Is it the coach? Is it nagging injuries? Um and and we haven't not uh really we failed to identify our top goalie. That's always been a strength for team USA, even when we were average. We were good in the net. We're not. So I don't know if it's injuries. Um eight straight lost to a European team. Lost two nothing. Can't score . So I to me , we're we're pretty close to panic time. We have two more friendlies coming up. Um Turkey's now in our group . May thirty first . We are playing Senegal . It matters. Here's the coach, still upbeat after the eight straight, eight straight loss to a European team Today I think we compete well like was again Belgium first half and twenty minutes or fifteen minutes on the second half and in details in small detail I think we lose the Details that we need to improve. So for his club team, AC Milan, Pulisic has one assist since September. And um for both the club and the country hasn't scored this calendar ye ar . Not great. And I know we've got a lot, you know, it's like you can say what you want about a team has depth, a team ha Pol isek is our guy. It's just different. He's by far and away our most creative playmaker . That doesn't put me in a great mood . Or C.B. Buckner . I mean, today is just weird. The stories we have. We have an umpire that needs to be demoted. I mean it's really, really bad. Can I can I just show that one that is one of the craziest things I've ever seen. I'm I'm trying to think . I mean, again, there's bang bang plays at first. I'm not saying umpiring is easy. I I I I know. Watch this. Jack Bauer's foot stamps the bag . It it it he lands on the bag . And the umpire says, I missed it. And you can see , I mean the player's in good spirits . Just play the sound of it one more time for the audience. Bowers oh in and out of the glove of Williamson throws the first it's wide it's backed up by Fortez that should be a base hit for Bowers runner did not touch first base and then was put So the call from CB Buckner is that Jake Bowers missed first base and then was tagged out. Not that he made a move to second base and was tagged out that he flat out missed the bag and I think that is the a horrendous call. Where is C B Buckner looking at? He's not even looking at it. Why would he even say that? C B Buckner was not even looking at the play. I'm not sure what C B Buckner's looking at there. That's ridiculous. Well, I'm really excited for him to have the plate tomorrow. Everybody laughing at that call. Yeah, that that is. I mean I that you know major league baseball is the best of the best. And there's never been more talent. So the ABS system is uh has illustrated lots of things, how how good these batters are uh on the fly sensing the parameters of the plate, but i this has been a bad weekend and you don't want it to get sad and maybe we're there, but it's just it's not working right now. Um okay, I I've got it did you see what Otani did last night? I mean, it is he's back to pitching , starting pitcher, and going to the plate, and it's just unbelievable. There I there's never been anything like this now Next, the herd . Be sure to catch live editions of the herd weekdays at noon Easter 9 AM Pacific. With Grubhub, there's no fees on restaurant orders over fifty dollars. You eat the food, Grubhub will eat the fees. Wait, Grubhub is gonna eat the fees? Wait, like the receipts? It's a metaphor. No delivery fees, no service fees, only on Grubhub. 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