00:00It's time to go around the entire NFL and dip it in some gridiron gravy.
00:06N-D-I-P!
00:09Dip it, rip it.
00:10By the way, Alec, it's not exactly a shout-out, but if you want to make that person's day,
00:15they would love to hear our six-second ad for beer.
00:19Oh, yes.
00:21Where Corey jumps in.
00:22Twins!
00:23That would really make their day.
00:24All right, so I told you about the next Hall of Famers list from NFL.com.
00:32We talked about the sad case for Fred Taylor and the Jags, Eli Manning, Phillip Rivers, all that stuff.
00:38Who will be the next Hall of Famer elected from the Dallas Cowboys?
00:44Maybe you think it's somebody who's waiting.
00:46Maybe it's somebody who's on the team now.
00:48What say you?
00:49After this year's Super Bowl, Dak Prescott.
00:54That will still take five years.
00:56Okay.
00:57Yeah, he'll be the next one.
00:58Wouldn't you think Zach Martin would get in before that?
01:01They're going to go in at the same time.
01:02Zach's going to say, I'll wait until Dak gets in.
01:05Kyle Yeomans.
01:06Okay.
01:07Well.
01:08Dude, that's the best option.
01:10Yeah.
01:10Kyle Yeomans.
01:12Mm-hmm.
01:12Okay.
01:13He's in my Hall of Fame.
01:14So, I think...
01:16Yeah, sure is Zach Martin, Kevin.
01:17I think Zach Martin is a lock for the class of 2029 first ballot Hall of Famer.
01:25He's a seven-time first-team All-Pro.
01:29Two-time second-team All-Pro.
01:31So, he played 11 seasons.
01:32Nine of those seasons, he was an All-Pro.
01:35Tony Buscelli was fantastic.
01:37And remember how...
01:39True, but not this fantastic.
01:41I don't know how to judge that either.
01:44Other than the Pro Bowls and All-Pros.
01:46Like, I don't know what stats you can go by.
01:48Tony Buscelli, for example, made the first-team All-Pro three times.
01:52Right.
01:53And Zach Martin is seven.
01:54So, I think he is a...
01:56At tackle.
01:57Two.
01:58That's true.
01:59Guard's weak, dude.
02:00Oh, man.
02:02I'm just joking.
02:02I want you to tell Zach Martin that.
02:03No, he'd punch me.
02:04So, he should get in for 2029, but will there be somebody...
02:09Darren Woodson.
02:10...before that?
02:11Who do you think is going to get in?
02:13Darren Woodson.
02:14Darren Woodson or Jason Witten first?
02:17Jason Witten.
02:18I hate it.
02:20I hate it.
02:21But Jason Witten, like...
02:23Jason Witten is a very well-known...
02:25Right.
02:25...Cowboys player across the country, too.
02:27I mean, the dude lost his helmet and ran for 84 more yards or something like that.
02:32He lost his hair, too, and then it came back?
02:34Stop it.
02:36You remember that.
02:37There are lots of things people can do nowadays, Kevin, if they want their hair back.
02:43I think he should have chosen somebody else.
02:45This is what I'll say to that.
02:48But, yeah, like, I think...
02:51If I was choosing, and it's not because he's not in yet, it's because I watched the dude
02:56play, and I know what he stands for.
02:59It would be Darren Woodson.
03:00I just think the way that things have gone so far, that they are...
03:05They're like, we refuse.
03:06And I'm like, why?
03:08They're like, just because y'all won it so badly.
03:10Now, this is a different person than the person who texted in pushing this yesterday.
03:16There is no universe in which Fred Taylor belongs in the Hall of Fame.
03:24It does not exist.
03:26If not for the years he was injured, he would have had, like, 15 straight years of 1,000-yard
03:31running game seasons.
03:32I mean, that would have been awesome.
03:33But also, if you get 1,000 yards, that means you average, like, 63 yards a game.
03:38That was back in the day, though, Kevin.
03:39So...
03:401,000 yards was important.
03:41I don't think it was that important.
03:44I think we over...
03:45Then why did we always talk about it?
03:47Because it was a nice round number.
03:49It's not as much fun to be like, oh, he's part of the 1,200-yard club.
03:53And you're like, oh...
03:54I do not understand why you've got to attack Fred Taylor like this so much.
03:59Because there's multiple people saying he belongs in the Hall of Fame, which is laughable.
04:03There is never a time when anyone for years in a row thought Fred Taylor was one of the
04:11best running backs in football.
04:14Just, it didn't happen.
04:16He was a highlight reel.
04:17He was a human highlight reel, Kevin.
04:19Sure.
04:20His first three years.
04:2317th all-time on the rush top.
04:2520 rushing lists.
04:26That's awesome.
04:27Was there ever a time when you thought, man, Fred Taylor's the best?
04:31Yeah.
04:32On that highlight that I saw him run for like 64 yards, I was like, holy cow.
04:36He almost got tackled four times.
04:39And then, obviously, they came back to our game and I forgot about it.
04:43Exactly!
04:44Because that's what Fred Taylor was there for.
04:47Because it was Jacksonville!
04:47Nobody cared about Jacksonville!
04:49Exactly!
04:50If he was on your team, great.
04:51If not, you forgot about him.
04:53Four, six yards of carry, dude.
04:54Yes!
04:55Good job!
04:56Better than Frank Gore, who also belongs in it.
04:58I also do not think Frank Gore belongs in the Hall of Fame.
05:00You can think what you want.
05:02Fred Taylor was a second-team All-Pro one time.
05:07So there's that.
05:10You put too much weight into All-Pros.
05:12The Hall of Fame voters put that weight...
05:15You put it in there.
05:16...on All-Pros.
05:16You told the Hall of Fame voters to put the weight on it.
05:19Frank Gore also was second-team All-Pro once.
05:23And it just makes sense.
05:24Have it up.
05:24That's two second teams or one first team.
05:27But what you're saying is a running back who was never considered among the best at his position,
05:36or one time in his entire career was considered top four in a season as a Hall of Famer.
05:42He was considered the top running back in the heart, Kevin.
05:45He can be the top running back in your heart, just not in a physical building that represents the actual
05:51Hall of Fame.
05:51I just love trying to stomp on childhood dreams.
05:53That's what I feel like is happening here right now.
05:56No!
05:57What's going to happen...
05:58Accept it!
05:59...is I'm going to buy you, for Christmas...
06:01You're not getting a pony!
06:02...a dual autograph Frank Gore and Fred Taylor football for $7.
06:08Because that's what it will cause.
06:11In what universe does a top 20 all-time running back stop it?
06:16Stop it.
06:17Fred Taylor is not a top 20 running back.
06:21And before...
06:22All yards!
06:23Technically, he was 19th all-time!
06:2617th.
06:27Raw awesome.
06:2817th.
06:28So you think he's the 17th best running back?
06:32No, he has the 17th most yards.
06:33Yeah!
06:34Great!
06:34Because you were around a long time, and at the end of your career, you stuck around to
06:39build up a bunch of spare-ass counting stats.
06:41Give me Terrell Davis over him every single time, and I know he doesn't have anywhere near
06:47as many yards as Fred Taylor, but he was infinitely better.
06:51But his headaches kept him off the field.
06:56What?
06:57Terrell Davis.
06:58Migraines.
06:59He had migraines, and there were games he couldn't play because of.
07:02Okay.
07:03He had...
07:03You know what?
07:04In three years at the end of his career, I had 500, 200, and 100.
07:08Yeah!
07:08That's not padding stats.
07:12He had three years that he didn't get to 1,000 yards, or 1,200 yards at least, in his
07:18first
07:19like 10 years of his career.
07:22That's really good.
07:23So, you're here to tell me you believe Fred Taylor's a Hall of Famer.
07:30Yeah!
07:31All right, let's go through this real quick.
07:34Mm-hmm.
07:35Emmett Smith.
07:36Yep.
07:37Walter Payton.
07:39Yes.
07:40Why?
07:40Number three, Frank Gore.
07:43No.
07:44All right?
07:44Barry Sanders.
07:46Yes.
07:46Adrian Peterson.
07:47Yes.
07:49I'm skipping Curtis Martin.
07:50LaDainian Tomlinson.
07:51What?
07:52Hold on!
07:52I know your answer.
07:53Hold on!
07:54You hate Curtis Martin, too.
07:55Yeah, you can't do that!
07:56You hate Curtis Martin.
07:57No!
07:57All right, so that's three that you think or knows at this point.
08:02Mm-hmm.
08:02Or two, at least.
08:03Mm-hmm.
08:03LaDainian Tomlinson.
08:05Yes.
08:05Jerome Bettis.
08:07Oh, yeah.
08:09Played for a storied franchise.
08:10Yeah, that probably...
08:11Barely hung on to a championship game.
08:13Wow.
08:13Eric Dickerson.
08:16Yes.
08:16Eric Henry.
08:17Yes.
08:18Tony D.
08:19Yes.
08:20Jim Brown.
08:21Yeah.
08:22Marshall Falk.
08:23Yes.
08:24The Edge.
08:26Not the wrestler.
08:27Edrin James.
08:30I'll think about that.
08:31Marcus Allen.
08:32Yeah.
08:33Franco Harris.
08:34Actually, I think maybe Marcus Allen's case should be re-evaluated.
08:37What?
08:38Look, you're not going to take him out of the Hall of Fame.
08:41Dude, Marcus Allen walks in this room right now, you're like, hand him the football.
08:45Yeah.
08:45Right now!
08:46He'll get three and a half yards for you.
08:48Yeah.
08:48That's all that that offense called for.
08:52Franco Harris.
08:53That's a great point.
08:54Uh, no.
08:56But that's...
08:57Because he didn't catch that ball?
08:58I mean, that's also probably at least a little bit because of the Steelers thing.
09:02Thurman Thomas.
09:04Yes.
09:05Right.
09:05So you said no to three of those guys.
09:10That's right.
09:10And maybe to one of them.
09:12That's right.
09:13And then Fred Taylor's next.
09:14Yeah.
09:15Fred Taylor.
09:16Now, that being said, the next one is Steven Jackson.
09:20Do you think he's a...
09:20No.
09:21Do you think that John Riggins is?
09:25Uh, that one I'll have to pass.
09:28Corey Dillon.
09:28Uh, no.
09:29OJ Simpson.
09:31I mean...
09:32I mean...
09:59What?
09:59I'm looking at it.
10:00One of his standout seasons.
10:02Hey.
10:03Great job, Fred Taylor.
10:051,572 yards.
10:07That was sixth in the NFL.
10:10People forget.
10:11This is at a time when 20-plus running backs per year were having 1,000 yards.
10:16Fred Taylor is not a Hall of Famer.
10:19Fred Taylor had 14,079 all-purpose yards in his career.
10:25You know where that puts him, Kevin?
10:27Where?
10:2855th in all-purpose yards.
10:30That was not...
10:33That is not as compelling.
10:35All right.
10:36So, Darren Woodson's not in the Hall of Fame, but you want Fred Taylor in the Hall of Fame.
10:40I argued Fred Taylor's side.
10:42And I think it is time to concede that he was a lot of fun to watch.
10:46There you go!
10:48For anybody out there...
10:49Thank you!
10:50...loves Fred Taylor just like I do, hates Kevin now.
10:54I mean, you can love him all you want.
10:56What about hating you, though?
10:58Based on the fact that you're so excited about Fred Taylor not getting in.
11:01I would prefer that you did not hate me, but to be fair, I get it.
11:06Crushing our dreams, dude.
11:07I'm sorry.
11:08Also, Joe Shane signed a multi-year extension with the Giants, so people can continue to make mistakes.
11:15Matthew Stafford agreed to a one-year extension for 2027 that can have a base value of $55 million worth
11:23up to $60 million with incentives.
11:25And Brendan Sorsby's injunction hearing is set for June 1st.
11:28Look, there was a lot of stuff.
11:30We got caught up on Fred Taylor.
11:32And if you want to bring that back, fine.
11:34Good night.
11:34Good night.
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