00:00Interestingly enough, on Twitter, over the last couple of days,
00:03there have been kind of hypotheticals.
00:04It's that time of year, man, where if you're thinking about football,
00:07you're either thinking about it in a kind of ethereal way
00:11or just, you know, you get into hypotheticals to have a little fun.
00:14And I found this one to be interesting because they put a million dollars
00:17in line, and shout out to John Hickman of Locked On Texans,
00:20who I very much saw this one.
00:21That's my guy, man.
00:22Yeah, great dude, great dude.
00:24And then he said that there's one million dollars on the line.
00:27You.
00:28Me.
00:28You, John Lopez, me, Reginald Atula, you, Figgy Fig, and you, Listener.
00:32You have to do one of these things for the million,
00:35which is the place that you take.
00:36Are you ready?
00:37I'm ready.
00:38Option number one.
00:38Okay.
00:39You are lined up, and you have to stop Nico Collins on a deep dig route.
00:44One foot back, buckle your knees.
00:45Yep.
00:46Elbows back.
00:47Well, you said buckle.
00:48Don't lock your knees.
00:49No, I mean, just bend your knees.
00:50Okay, I was like, if you lock your knees, you've lost already.
00:52One foot back, bend your knees.
00:53Before we get going.
00:54Elbows back, ready to start pumping.
00:56You will be on your keister.
00:56Look at me.
00:57This is perfect form.
00:58Right here, right here.
00:58That's not going to go the way that you want.
01:01That's how it would line up.
01:02Yeah, I know.
01:03But your knees locked.
01:03Then what would happen after?
01:04No.
01:05What would happen after you lined up?
01:06I'd start backpedaling, and I'd turn around and watch him run.
01:08Yeah, okay.
01:09All right, so that's option number one.
01:11You're going to pull a Jose out Tuesday.
01:13Not even walk the first base.
01:16All right, so that's option number one.
01:17Option number two.
01:18You are somewhere in the front seven, and you need to tackle David Montgomery on third and
01:23one.
01:24Remember, you're bringing in David Montgomery as a battering ram to hopefully help you in
01:28the red zone, right?
01:29So that's option number two.
01:30Hand in the dirt.
01:31That's right.
01:31You've done that before.
01:33That's where I'm leaning right now, but keep going.
01:35All right.
01:35Option number three.
01:36You are 1v1 as the wide receiver versus Derek Stingley on third and five.
01:40You got to go and get this.
01:43Get what?
01:44First down, baby.
01:45Let's go.
01:46I mean, getting squat.
01:47At least you got to get it to fourth and short so that we can get David Montgomery in here
01:50to push it.
01:51Yeah, yeah.
01:51All right.
01:52Or option number five.
01:54You are the left tackle blocking Will Anderson Jr. on third down.
01:58No, I'm not.
02:00Okay, so that was on the table for you.
02:02That was my first question.
02:04Which of these are just absolute no-goes?
02:05I mean, just one forearm shiver to the face mask, and I'd be, you know, in a coma.
02:10Yeah, this is the thing.
02:11Will Anderson Jr., like, the speed to power is his favorite pass rush, and he is already
02:17exponentially stronger than pretty much 98% of the people who are going to be answering
02:21this question.
02:22Right.
02:22He don't even got to break out any of the fun pass rush moves.
02:25Yeah.
02:26Just into your chest.
02:27Mm-hmm.
02:27Get a little bit of that chest plate, and boom, you're done.
02:30Yeah.
02:31I think I'm going to try to tackle David Montgomery.
02:35You know, stay low, set the edge, dive at his feet.
02:38Just try to trip him.
02:40Right?
02:41I think you're right.
02:42I think that's...
02:42Yeah, just try to just, you know, just stay low.
02:44They're going to squish you like a grape, but, you know, just...
02:47You think that's easier than one-on-one with Sting?
02:51Yes.
02:52Yes.
02:52Really, yes.
02:53What was your really dumb nickname for Sting?
02:56Oh, yeah, the closer.
02:57That's the thing that I thought.
02:58I was like, I played wide receiver, not at any level that matters.
03:02I think that I could put together a route that would be somewhat passable, but I'm like,
03:08there's no way that my technique is going to be good enough to where, even if I can,
03:12you know, through the nature of one-on-one, get a little bit of an edge on him, there's
03:17no way by the time the ball gets there that he's not breaking that up.
03:20There's no way in hell.
03:21But see, I just don't see you stopping David Montgomery third-and-one.
03:25You can just run into the backfield as fast as you can.
03:27This is one yard.
03:28You're telling him to get one yard on you.
03:30Yeah, he's falling four.
03:30Well, I don't care if he gets a first down.
03:33It just says the third-and-one.
03:35Well, the implication is you're stopping him, right?
03:37No.
03:37I'm just going to try to tackle him.
03:39So, if that's the case, I'll just hold on to his ankles then.
03:41That's what I'm saying.
03:42Just go for the feet.
03:43Just go for the feet.
03:44I thought the whole point was trying to stop him more.
03:47It is.
03:47I was trying to game the system there.
03:48Yeah, if you're gaming the system, I'll line up one versus Sting.
03:51Nothing is happening.
03:53It'll be fourth and five when we're done here, if that's all we're doing here.
03:56In descending order, the one I would least like to do is try to block Will Anderson Jr.
04:02Agreed.
04:03Second would be Nico, because I would pull every muscle in my body, and then he would embarrass me.
04:09And here's the not fun thing about the Nico Collins thing, right?
04:12Let's say that you happen to be someone with supreme athletic ability for the average human being, for an average
04:19Joe.
04:20I've always said that about you, John.
04:21And you stick with Nico Collins on this deep route, which already, like, we talk about this, right?
04:26When you get deep digs, things like that, it's already unfair to the defensive back to try and cover them
04:31without some level of help shading on the inside.
04:34Yeah, yeah.
04:34Let's say that you manage to do the impossible.
04:36You see the route.
04:37You read it.
04:37You stay with him.
04:39Nico Collins is a big boy that's going to catch him over you anyway.
04:41Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
04:42I was trying to think of something where I can actually get a million dollars.
04:46What's my best chance to get a million dollars?
04:47That would probably be last on the list, to be honest, because I'm already short.
04:51And all he got to do is just say, yep, yep, yep.
04:54Now, here's the thing.
04:55I don't think I'm going to get that.
04:57There is, Nico Collins is not a, he don't drop the football that often, but we've seen a few instances
05:02of, like, just, oh my goodness, how did that happen?
05:04Just start screaming, hey!
05:06Right, because if you do get to, depending on how you feel, I think I'm with you that tackling David
05:09Montgomery is the best option.
05:11Of four terrible options.
05:14No.
05:14But if you get to a point where you go, damn, what is the percentage chance of me hitting this,
05:18stopping this?
05:19Is it, like, 15%?
05:20If it gets low enough, I might just go, I'm praying for an accidental drop or a bad throw versus
05:25Nico.
05:26Oh, yeah, just hits him in the chest.
05:27Right, they're just, they're just, it's too low for him and he can't get underneath it or, you know, the
05:31ball sails or something.
05:32Yeah, that's fair.
05:33That almost might be the best play here on a prayer type, you know, situation.
05:38Okay, so, oh, yeah, and just to finish up, my third least one, the one I'd least like to do
05:45would be Sting.
05:46And then I'll take my chances on grabbing those shoelaces.
05:50But it's very, but you're going to feel it for a very long time.
05:54Yeah, yeah.
05:54See, with Sting, I feel like, because you see it all the time in camp where they kind of line
05:59up and, you know, go one-on-one with kids.
06:02And sometimes some kids be getting the best of them a little bit.
06:05So, I'm kind of, I'm praying, I'm banking on that.
06:08No, I'm not trying to tackle Demo.
06:10Just real quick, both of you guys.
06:12Third and one.
06:13This, I think this would, this came from Underdog, you know, the underdog, the whatever it is, the prediction market.
06:21But tweeted this yesterday, what would you do on these?
06:25For a million dollars, Underdog tweeted, tackle Derrick Henry, make a layup on Victor Wimbenyama,
06:32make contact off of Paul Skeens, or save a penalty kick from Cristiano Ronaldo.
06:39Sneaky, the toughest one is the Ronaldo one.
06:42And funny enough.
06:43Because those things are rockets.
06:45Yes, it's very, it's very short distance.
06:48But the thing that I would, I would take that one, because again, no chance.
06:51Maybe he misses?
06:52Not even maybe he misses.
06:54Even for the best in the world, it is a guessing proposition.
06:58Right?
06:58You're not reading and reacting.
06:59You would get knocked cold.
07:01I don't have limp wrists.
07:03I can stop the shot.
07:04Sometimes.
07:05Not always.
07:06Some of these might just blow through my fingertips.
07:08But it's a guessing proposition either way.
07:11And so I'm going to guess, and then hope, one, that maybe he misses, or two, that you just
07:14happen to guess right, and it hits you in center mass.
07:16The impossibility is Wembenyama.
07:18I make a layup on Wembenyama.
07:19The impossibility is Tackled.
07:21Have you seen any of these videos, Rick, from his point of view?
07:24He did one before he was drafted in the run-up, where he had the camera at his height.
07:29And it was just like, what?
07:31He had a staffer kind of, you know how when they're warming up, the staffer will drive
07:35on you to like, hey, force you to do a little bit of blocking?
07:38He was reading the staffer's thoughts.
07:40You could see the little, you know how, you know, you get to a certain age, about 35, 40,
07:45and the sunroof start opening up a little bit on your top.
07:47You could see that spot on the staffer's head from his vantage point.
07:51I was like, there's no way you're making a layup on this.
07:54No way.
07:54I would, I might, I know this sounds crazy, I might take my chances off Paul Skeens.
07:59Hell no.
07:59I would just start swinging.
08:01Hell no.
08:01I would start swinging.
08:02I'll swing early.
08:02When he's in his windup.
08:03I'll just try to swing early.
08:05And just close your eyes, like the old baseball saying says, you know, close your eyes and get
08:09lucky.
08:10Yeah.
08:10Somebody said contact against Skeens, I can bunt.
08:13Maybe so.
08:14Man, if he throwing 99 miles an hour and you're trying to bunt.
08:18Yeah.
08:18Might throw it through your back.
08:19Knock your face off, man.
08:21Your back might curve around the baseball like it's Looney Tunes, if we're being honest.
08:24Hit your hand and be swelled up like a grapefruit.
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