00:00As bad as it was yesterday for the officiating league-wide, and certainly the commanders got the brunt of it,
00:06one of the more egregious, lopsided, incomprehensible, how is that not a penalty on them,
00:12and how is that a penalty on us, and why is this going 10-1 against us?
00:18As bad as that day was, there was so many fascinating, amazing, interesting, shocking things that happened
00:27in any given week in the NFL that it's the best reality show going.
00:33Unscripted, real-life reality show.
00:36Totally.
00:37And now we've got four games of data for most teams, and we're starting to figure some things out.
00:42Like, the offense in Philly is junk, still.
00:47The defense in Detroit is shot.
00:51The Giants, even though they don't have a quarterback, or they got Jameis,
00:56patching them in, they're 3-1.
00:59They're alone atop the division for the first time in over 10 years, B. Mitch.
01:03Yeah.
01:05Weird.
01:06Speaking of the first time in a long time,
01:09Ethan Kaliak-Manus.
01:11Kaliak-Manus.
01:12Kaliak-Manus.
01:13Kaliak-Manus.
01:14Manus.
01:15Manus.
01:15Manus, not Manus.
01:17Yeah.
01:17Ethan Kaliak-Manus is the first Rutgers quarterback to complete a pass in over 21 years.
01:27Who was the last?
01:28I saw this.
01:29I forget.
01:31Oh, Mike McMahon of the Eagles.
01:35Mike McMahon?
01:36Never heard that name.
01:37Stallion, look that up.
01:38I'm pretty sure it was McMahon for the Eagles in 2005, 21 years ago.
01:45Last Rutgers quarterback.
01:49Baklava is a rich, sweet dessert made of many thin layers of flaky pastry.
01:53It is known to be a Middle Eastern-style dessert delight.
01:59Not particularly Greek, but certainly the Greeks make it.
02:04What do you think of the term, the Baklava Bomber, for Ethan Kaliak-Manus?
02:11Manus.
02:11Minus.
02:13We've been calling him Cadillac.
02:16Cadillac.
02:17Yeah.
02:17Okay.
02:18It just matches.
02:19Would you tolerate the Baklava Bomber?
02:22Because he had some deep throws.
02:24Hey, look, man.
02:25He can let him go, bro.
02:27Yes.
02:28And he throws a pretty deep ball, man.
02:31So, I will say this.
02:32Kaliak-Manus is now the first Rutgers QB to throw a pass in an NFL game since 2005, and
02:38that was Mike McMahon for the Eagles.
02:40So, you're right.
02:41So, that's what it was.
02:42Okay.
02:43Mm-hmm.
02:43What is his realistic current situation if Mariota's out for an extended period and if
02:52Daniel's not ready to come back?
02:54And what is his longer runway future in your eyes, B-Mitch?
02:58I think he has a great future in this league because once they see you can at least handle
03:04and play, you're going to get a chance.
03:07I think if that kid had better blocking yesterday, I'd be amazed at what he could have done.
03:13Okay.
03:14You know, I watched him in our preseason where he doesn't panic in the pocket.
03:22He climbs the pocket.
03:23He does everything you ask a great quarterback to do.
03:26I'm not calling him great.
03:27I'm just saying he does the things that the great ones do.
03:30And then he throws the ball to spots.
03:33He don't throw the ball to players, which is the one thing most young quarterbacks do.
03:37Don't care what level they are.
03:39Peyton Manning was big pick, top pick.
03:41Peyton Manning threw the ball to players when he first started playing this league, not the
03:45spots.
03:46That kid throws the spots already.
03:48So, he's going to end up being a backup at least 10 years.
03:55Wow.
03:56Okay.
03:57So, you don't think he's just a flash in the pan.
03:59You think he's a genuine QB2 in this league.
04:03I'll say this, Dave.
04:05Look around the league right now.
04:06I guarantee you, you'll probably take him over some of the starters and some of the lower
04:09level teams.
04:11Well, it depends on who you define as a starter.
04:14I did see a stat that said, we now have had, I think, 46 quarterbacks throw a pass this
04:20year alone in the NFL.
04:2446 already.
04:25You can't find me 32, that's a seven or better.
04:30I know.
04:30I know.
04:31We're now in overtime by 14 different throwers, and the season is barely four weeks old.
04:38Not quite.
04:39So, there's that.
04:40Yeah, I think that when I look at him, I'm like, all right, he's got exciting athletic
04:46traits.
04:47He can throw a good deep ball.
04:50The game is coming at him very fast right now, which is to be expected.
04:53Totally.
04:54The blocking could be better, but then again, it's the NFL.
04:58The blocking is never going to be perfect, so you have to deal with imperfect conditions.
05:03Yeah, but getting hit in the chest and hitting the side every play, it's kind of a little
05:07hard to deal with.
05:08Right.
05:09And it is shameful how the NFL does not protect the no-name quarterbacks the same way it protects
05:15the stars.
05:17Oh, yeah.
05:17You're going to have rules for landing on guys.
05:21You got to earn your stripes, bro.
05:22You believe in that?
05:23Earning your stripes?
05:25But if you're calling a body weight foul one week on one guy, shouldn't that apply
05:30to every quarterback?
05:32The body weight foul?
05:33It should, but if you lose Pat for a week and you lose eighth in for a week, you lose
05:38Pat for a week, it'll always lose and wait eighth in for a year.
05:42That's the way the league looks at it.
05:43I know.
05:43You have to look at it.
05:44I know.
05:45It's just very frustrating.
05:46But you know, that's in every profession out there.
05:51The top dogs get way more benefit of the doubt.
05:56Okay, we'll know more today, tomorrow, as the week gets going.
05:59But my hunch is that for sure Daniels will start against the Giants.
06:04What is your hunch right now?
06:07That Jaden will start?
06:08Yeah, Jaden will start.
06:09I think he will.
06:09Okay.
06:10I think he will.
06:11So going under that assumption, if there is a wrinkle, or if there is a, you know what,
06:16let's wait one more week, are you comfortable with starting the Baklava bomber versus some
06:23veteran guy you bring in off the street?
06:25Assuming, by the way, that you're not going to have Mariota this week.
06:34I'm actually thinking on the mindset that Jaden is going to be starting, and nothing after that.
06:41Because I just think it'll be hard as hell to ask that kid to go out there and be a
06:45starter.
06:46Okay.
06:47So you would not be comfortable starting, Ethan.
06:51No.
06:51No, because like going into that game yesterday is one thing.
06:54Yeah.
06:55Having to deal with it all week is a different thing.
06:59Well, and also, the Giants and Harbaugh are going to come up with a specific game plan.
07:05You saw once he came in the game, they had stuff coming to him every play.
07:10Oh, yeah.
07:11They were like, listen, okay, we're going to speed this thing up on you.
07:14Mm-hmm.
07:15And the guy coming to them, when the safety came off the edge and hit him, I'm like, oh,
07:20they're really throwing everything at him right now.
07:24Yeah.
07:24And, you know, teams do this in the NFL.
07:26They're very good at getting free runners at quarterbacks.
07:30Oh, yeah.
07:30The Packers closed out their game against...
07:31You're going to take advantage of it in experience.
07:33Yeah.
07:33Packers closed that game out against the Buccaneers by getting a free runner on Jalen Daniels' three
07:40straight plays with the game in the balance.
07:41I'm like, you got to block that.
07:43Or you have to read it as the QB.
07:46If you're reading the free runner correctly, there ought to be a receiver or a back releasing
07:50that is wide open.
07:52And you have about 1.2 seconds to throw it about.
07:56Yeah, but you know what they do?
07:57They always give you some eye candy on the other side.
08:00They get you looking over there.
08:02They get the candy and then they take the candy away.
08:05Then they send it.
08:06Give it a candy.
08:06Then they send something from the back where you never look.
08:08So, yeah, it should be there, but you rarely ever see it, especially when you're a young
08:13guy and don't know it.
08:14If that happened against Tom Brady yesterday, Tom would have thrown that ball right where
08:18that damn guy left for him because he knows what's happening.
08:21He's not at that point yet.
