00:00Let me start here.
00:01Todd Munkin comes out and says, here we go.
00:05Deshaun Watson is your starting quarterback.
00:07And at first on Saturday, I think a lot of people were led to believe he was just going to
00:13name the week one Jacksonville starter.
00:17And just kind of see how things go from there.
00:19Yeah.
00:22Inherently, that to me is truthful for any position on any NFL team.
00:28Because, look, if you don't live up to your expectations in a game, you're always, you know, five seconds away
00:35from getting hooked.
00:36Right?
00:36So that's the reality.
00:37Except in quarterback, we look at that position like it's, you know, you're a prophet.
00:43And you've been sent down from the heavens to illuminate your team to just this magic chemistry to end up
00:51in the end zone.
00:51Which doesn't happen very often.
00:53Well, we always say, and it's true, Andy.
00:55Can't win in the NFL if you don't have one of those guys.
00:58Well, it's true.
00:59Right.
00:59So, but my question for you is, Jeff, do you, it's, it's not that I don't believe Todd.
01:04I'm not calling Todd Monk a liar by any way, shape, or form.
01:072-1-6-4-7-4-0-0-0-9-2.
01:11Are you going to say that?
01:12Because I'm going to jump over the same punch in the face.
01:15I'm not calling him a liar.
01:17Andy Baskin calling Todd Monk a fabulous human being.
01:20Yeah.
01:20What I am saying is he is telling you Deshaun Watson is our starting quarterback and I really
01:28don't want to have to make a change.
01:30He didn't say, he said it's not week to week.
01:33It's not week to week.
01:35Those are the words.
01:36He didn't say it's not month to month.
01:38Did he say it's quarter to quarter?
01:41How about snap to snap?
01:42Look, if the first drive doesn't go well, we're making a move.
01:52Andy, if Deshaun goes out and plays poorly, they'll make a move.
01:56We all know that, right?
01:58We'd all be disappointed if he doesn't.
02:01And if Deshaun goes out and plays well, they won't make a move.
02:05Can I quote Todd Monk?
02:07I don't decide who plays.
02:10The players decide who plays.
02:13Is that not the greatest coach line you've ever heard?
02:15It sure is.
02:16Hey, don't look at me.
02:19Honestly, I think that's a great line.
02:21And he's actually true, you would think.
02:27So, we'll see where it goes.
02:28I would be really impressed if Deshaun is still the quarterback in week four.
02:40I'll be impressed if Deshaun is the quarterback in week three.
02:44How's that sound?
02:46After the first two road games.
02:48Because they know if they come back 0-2, it's not going to be good.
02:53Those are two teams that are considered better than the Browns.
02:55To start the season?
02:56Yeah.
02:57Yeah.
02:57Jacksonville and Tampa Bay, I think most everybody would tell you they're both better teams than the Browns.
03:02The other part of the story is, because I've been spitting out these words too.
03:05What if they come back 2-0?
03:07What if they come back 2-0?
03:08Dan.
03:10Dan.
03:10Did you put something in his water?
03:14Not today.
03:15Why are you asking?
03:16Because I said that?
03:17What if they come back 2-0?
03:19Weird things happen week one all the time.
03:21They've only happened three times since the team came back in 99.
03:24Okay?
03:25And, you know, that 2-0 start for the Browns has been elusive for this franchise since they've returned in
03:3199.
03:32They have not done it.
03:34They have not gone 2-0 since they came back.
03:3693 is the last time they did it.
03:39So, I keep saying to them, I say, what if they come back 2-0?
03:42And I'm just like, wait a minute.
03:44History tells me you're an idiot for even speaking those words.
03:47I yell at myself.
03:49Idiot's a little strong.
03:50No, I'm good at that.
03:50I look in the mirror and I go, you are an idiot.
03:53Why would you think they're coming back 2-0?
03:54A good way to start your day, Andy.
03:56Well, you know, the power of positive thinking, Jeff.
04:01I keep reading these books.
04:03Thank God for Instagram.
04:05Yeah, Andrew Carnegie.
04:10I don't want to.
04:12This is going to sound way too simplistic and I don't want to sound more stupid than usual.
04:18So, I'm an idiot and you're stupid.
04:19Now we're off to a great show.
04:20Let's just see the guy play.
04:22Deshaun?
04:23Yeah.
04:23You know what I mean?
04:24I mean, this is what Todd decided to do.
04:27Let's just go see him play.
04:28Jeff, Browns fans saw him play on Saturday and were not very happy about it.
04:31It doesn't matter.
04:32It was a preseason game in the third quarter with guys who were going to be selling shoes.
04:38And, you know, not that we all can't use a good pair of shoes, but you know what I mean.
04:42You just don't see enough good cobblers out there these days, do you?
04:46Cobble, cobble.
04:47I don't think Deshaun outplayed Shadour.
04:49I don't think Shadour outplayed Deshaun.
04:51And that's a shame.
04:53We needed somebody to look really good and neither guy did.
04:57They each had a good half and they each had a lesser third quarter.
05:06So let's see what the guy does in the regular season.
05:09And if he doesn't do well, they'll make a change.
05:11What should the threshold be then?
05:14What does Deshaun have to do to make sure he keeps this job every week?
05:19He's got to make the offense hum.
05:20Even if they go 0-3 in the first three games, if the offense looks significantly better and they're scoring
05:26some points and they're moving the football,
05:29Todd said he gives us a better chance to move the football and score points.
05:32So Todd told us what he needs to see.
05:35Move the football and score some points.
05:38Less than three picks per game?
05:40No, I'm not putting anything on it other than what Todd said.
05:45Because we'll all know it if we see it.
05:47Hey, they really moved the football.
05:49Hey, and they scored 26 points.
05:52If they come back 0-2 and they can't get to 20 points, and you're talking about three interception games,
06:01I don't know how he can sit here and try to say, okay, Deshaun is where we need him to
06:07be and he should play quarterback.
06:09Well, the question's going to be, and I think you have the time frame, right?
06:14Do the Browns.
06:16And I think this is accurate.
06:19You tell me if it's not.
06:21Do the Browns have the courage to put him on the field in game three at home?
06:28Because you know it's going to happen.
06:30Even if they go 2-0, if they beat Jacksonville and Tampa, you know it's going to happen when Deshaun
06:35takes the field.
06:35I think if they go 2-0, it's tampered.
06:38I mean, like, all the heat is tampered down.
06:40Might be.
06:41I'm not saying there isn't going to be heat.
06:43I didn't agree with the booing.
06:45I'm not going to tell fans how to behave.
06:47I don't have a problem with fans booing bad play.
06:49That's not a problem.
06:50Well, they booed the guy before he ever, you know, did anything.
06:56So, based on past things, I can see where Deshaun, you know, Deshaun's probably thinking, man, I have fought my
07:03way back from two Achilles.
07:05I haven't played in nearly two years.
07:08I'm pumped.
07:10Gosh, I hope everybody knows how hard I work to get back.
07:13And then he gets booed.
07:15I can see, you know, we all know the past things that got him into trouble.
07:23Even with that, he had to think, man, I'm excited, and I hope I'm welcomed back.
07:28And he wasn't.
07:31And I don't think he will be on game three either, especially after his comments.
07:36Yeah, the other thing is, I mean, the stadium was at 10% capacity.
07:40The problem that I have with it is, that's a 10% capacity problem, or, I mean, it was pretty
07:49empty by the end of the game when he was playing.
07:51By the third quarter?
07:52Yeah.
07:52After a weather delay and everything else?
07:54Yeah, I mean, there's reasons why people left.
07:57And, again, you're not watching the starters play, so you knew that going into it, that they had played on
08:02Thursday.
08:05And those are supposed to be games that are normally like family fun days.
08:09Preseason games are normally like the old scrimmage.
08:12You know, the old scrimmage was great, right?
08:14They would do the orange and brown game, and they'd come down there, and then they'd have fireworks afterwards.
08:18I don't even think that was like a food donation, I think, to get in, or maybe five bucks to
08:22get in the game.
08:23And you would go out and watch the team play.
08:25And it was just like, it was always a great place to bring your family.
08:28Most people weren't all liquored up when they got there, or got liquored up while they were there, or just
08:33lost all sense of reality.
08:36Those games are normally like, if you have little kids and you're worried about what people are going to say
08:41around you, you know, those are the games to take them to.
08:44So that's the other hard part.
08:45I'm like, it was a small crowd, and they were still booing.
08:48But, I mean, the offense looked horrible.
08:51And Todd was just beside himself after the game on Saturday, talking about how bad the team was in the
08:59second half.
09:00Just bad.
09:01And pre-snap penalties.
09:02He wasn't real happy, was he?
09:04No, and pre-snap penalties are probably, you know, the number one thing that'll light a fuse on a coach.
09:09Because you just don't have to have them.
09:11Yeah.
09:11So you find, we're just such a, this is such a weird spot.
09:18You're either playing for next year, you're playing for Sanders to elevate and have the opportunity even to be the
09:25starting quarterback that he could win the job,
09:27so you don't have to draft quarterbacks next year.
09:30But nobody believes that path.
09:32That's like the path of delusion.
09:34The one that I want to be on.
09:36And, hey, Shadour Sanders, you've got a really good contract-friendly situation with the team.
09:41If you can come on over and just get this job.
09:44I just wish he would have outright won the job during camp.
09:50It just didn't happen.
09:51It didn't happen.
09:53So, and I mean, I'm also a return on investment guy.
09:57Like, I think I'm giving Deshaun every chance in the world to make me think that some of the money
10:03I may have spent has gone to good use.
10:06So far, none of the money that they spent on him has gone to good use.
10:10That's a fact.
10:11So, it's a rough place to be.
10:15Your thoughts?
10:17And then, you know, Munkin says fair.
10:20Like, what is fair?
10:21Like, in what world in professional sports does the word fair exist?
