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Ask the speaker to play the Infinity Sports Network. And we talked about a lot already. We just heard from Michael Parsons.
He's like, yeah, I'll get paid soon. Must be nice to know that you'll get $34 million, probably 35, 36, maybe 40 sooner than later. We talked about some disappointments in the NFL now that week one is done. Jets, disappointment. Bengals, disappointment. Falcons, disappointment.
And then we talked about some some positive things. Dallas Cowboys looking good. Kansas City Chiefs looking good. And even the Steelers, well, they're not looking good. They just beat the Falcons. Sorry about that.
Also, thank you so much. Armando Salguero joined us last hour. NFL writer for Outkick and Fox News gave us some positive news on the Kansas City Chiefs.
Of course, they look good. Best team in the NFL. And then he said when it comes to Tyreek Hill and his current legal situation, his two citations, but the police officers are still being investigated. That story is not going anywhere.
It's not. It could be a legal matter. I don't know why Tyreek Hill would decide to sue. His agent Drew Rosenhouse said that I hope the officers are fired or at least taken off from duty. But this is it's not going anywhere. We just have to wait and see what takes place. And that's not the only legal issue going on, potential legal issue going on in the world of sports. I'm going to tell you about something that kind of crossed the pipeline today. And then unfortunately, we have to talk about Deshaun Watson as he is now facing an additional legal issue. And how about this?
May be some legalities here or not. In about 20 minutes, we're going to have a conversation with Jake Trotter. Jake covers all things college football for ESPN. So we'll have that that chat with him in about 20 minutes. So is a team like Notre Dame cooked? Are they done?
Yeah, that's going to be one of my first questions I ask. Jake Trotter coming our way in 20 minutes. But speaking of college, you thought the the current you thought the current state of college athletics was screwed up, right? Transfer portal. NIL. But what happens when the former players say we want in like this is basically what we got one of the impetus to MIL, NIL was a lawsuit by UCLA years ago and their players saying, Hey, y'all can't have us in video games. Like you don't own me in perpetuity. You can't put me from 1990 in a video game and make money off of me. You got to pay me.
That's one of the precursors to what we have today. And we're not done. Now that the players have been able to start making money now that NIL this whole NIL deal was approved back in 2021.
The players allowed to make money off of their name, image and likeness just like everybody else on earth, for the most part, at least in America. We have we have four new players. We have four men, four former Michigan Wolverines who are saying we want back pay. We weren't able to take advantage of NIL and we want our money. Let's go to Local 4 News in Detroit.
And I want you to listen to this very carefully. A group of prominent former Michigan football players want a piece of the NIL money so many college athletes are today getting. Braylon Edwards, Dennard Robinson, Mike Martin and Sean Crable have filed a class action lawsuit against the NCAA and the Big Ten.
They want $50 million for the continued use of their name, image and likeness on television. The lawsuit calls the NCAA and Big Ten have made money off the performances of each player through broadcasting, advertising and merchandise sales without the players consent. A landmark 2021 ruling allowed student athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness. And this lawsuit hopes to extend that to former student athletes whose achievements were featured in replays, promotions and the like after their graduation.
This this is the beginning of the end. The NCAA has already tried the kind of run away and we don't have anything to do with anything. They've allowed everything to be the Wild Wild West as long as they were able to kind of keep their hands in the pot and the pie to pull out whatever the hell they wanted to. That's how they wanted it. And the minute that the players were able to start making money, they didn't give a damn about regulation because that money was no longer going to them. That pie has been split and granted that the schools are not paying out directly to the players yet outside of thinking about these collectives.
But damn, NIL is what really brought the house down. And when you have four former players who are saying we want back pay. Y'all used us, Denard Robinson, Braylon Edwards, Mike Martin, Sean Crabill. They're like, hey, we were in a video game. Hey, y'all used us for marketing and we didn't get no money. We should get some of the pie now. I mean, Denard Robinson was on the cover of the video game NCAA football in the last edition. I think there's justification.
I mean, what does it take? But one judge? I'm not no judge, not a legal expert.
I can imagine it would only take but one judge to help set a precedent here. Just like, yeah, these these men were taken advantage of their rights were exploited. They were not able to make money. They were not paid.
And what is now commonplace and what should have been pay up. Is the NCAA going to be around to just start cutting these checks? 50 million dollar lawsuits specifically against the NCAA.
In the Big Ten. It's a class action lawsuit. Their attorney, Jim Acho, said he wanted to be very clear. This is not a suit against the University of Michigan. None of the many former players wanted to sue University of Michigan, and neither did I. It is the NCAA that perpetuated this wrong for decades. They knew it was wrong to prevent players from capitalizing on their rights. It was wrong to prevent players from capitalizing on the most valuable thing they have, their name and image that has been rectified for current players.
But the NCAA needs to correct the wrongs of the past. Today is the day to be compensated. Wow. OK.
Damn. These guys, look, these guys from Michigan, Braille and Edwards is probably the biggest name here, wide receiver, former wide receiver. They may not get a penny. They may not get a dime.
Somebody one day is. That's if the NCAA isn't just kind of gone by the time it happens. Like, what are they doing right now besides, I don't know, organizing and setting rules? I mean, in college football, they don't even run a championship. I think the NCAA, they're going to try to run for the hills. They're going to try to dissolve and try to leave things into some new, new superpower with all of these new leagues and what have you. And forget the big four, power four, throw all that out the window. We're going to have a new entity. Well, the NCAA ain't going to have to pay back pay because they don't exist.
That's what I believe is going to happen. Hickey, what are your thoughts on some of these former players saying we want our peace? I mean, number one, good for them. They're right. I mean, it's not their fault. The NCAA, they were the only, you know, only group of people in this, at least in this country that were punished for making money on their talents.
So I think you should be compensated and rewarded for that and have a wrong righted. I guess what I keep coming back to is I just don't know how I don't know how it's going to happen. Maybe you're right. Maybe the NCAA dissolves and that just kind of ruins any sort of lawsuit going forward for any other player. Like Dennard Robinson was a really good player. Like you said, on the cover of the video game, Braylon Edwards, big name, great, you know, Michigan legend and also really good NFL wide receiver. Like there are plenty of like, they are worthy, right, of getting paid. There are plenty of other players out there though. You know, Reggie Bush, Tim Tebow, Joe Burrow, like I guess what I'm interested to see is how far this goes because it's going to open up the floodgates to where players of bigger statures will then come knocking to get theirs.
I don't know if a court would allow that. I just don't, I don't know where this like. I think for some of the bigger names that you mentioned, like Joe Burrow looks like a, a you know what if he goes, hey, hey, I want my money. You know, like dude, you're making 55, just relax.
Braylon Edwards, I don't know. Has he, has he run through all his money? I don't know. I'm not mad at him. I guess if I'm, if I'm looking at things from, from their perspective, these are four guys collectively suing for 50 million bucks. This is not, not a bad cut.
You figure the lawyer makes his money and then the lawyer can get additional clients. It's not bad if you want a couple of dollars, right? I don't, I don't know if anybody like active and currently playing is going to care. Like we're looking in the sweet spot right now. It sounds crazy, but these guys played 20 years ago.
And so I don't know, maybe they're looking at it like, Hey, we're, we're close enough to say, I need minds. I need what I got. Talk about Denard Robinson. Come on.
Now that was 10 years ago. So I think we're right at that line. Older guys who have been older, like they're like, Hey, I got what I got. Dudes who are currently active. They're like, man, I'm making crap, tons of money.
What am I suing anybody for? But I think this is the sweet spot. I don't know if we're going to have more people get on board. I wouldn't be surprised though.
I just, I just feel strongly and it's going to happen one day and Hickey, I think we touched on this one time. There's going to reach a point where the schools are going to have to do a cut with the players. Like revenue sharing? Yeah. I mean, we're doing it right now, but it's kind of veiled under these collectives, you know, like the collective is almost a buffer and a shield.
So it is not directly from the school. Um, but there's going to come a point where the players are going to just say, Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Yeah. Yeah. I can make money off myself.
I should have. That's, that's not a wild concept and an idea like that's pretty normal. But if you're making money off of me, I need my cut. And I think that that'll happen at some point, I think over the next 10 years. I hope sooner rather than later, because like you said, not only do players deserve to get paid, they also get deserve, they deserve, I should say, to get paid from the pot of money that's coming in the largest, which is these TV, you know, these massive TV deals. Like why are you and I responsible for paying players right now? Like that to me is backwards and doesn't make sense where you're looking at like the rest of the pro leagues, which basically now college football is the money comes from TV networks, paying the NFL to broadcast their games. That's where the money is split down the middle should be the same way in college football. Cause the money is very similar that these conferences are getting from ESPN and NBC and CBS compared to what the NFL is getting. Use that money to pay players. Then on the side, if you're a booster for Georgia and you want to give Carson Beck a thousand dollars cause you like them, then go for it for sure. But NIL shouldn't be like the primary source of income for these kids. It should be where the, the biggest amount of money's coming from.
And that is these TV deals. I need Arch Manning cause he rich, right? He ain't rich, but he got money. He don't got a care in the world.
I don't think you think they got a trust. Hey, you can't touch any of this until you're 30. You think hickey? Probably. I think Arch Manning, if, if NIL was, was not allowed, uh, in this current age of college football, I think you'd be okay. I need Arch Manning to lead the students to unionize. Oh, I need that. I need one guy. I need him to do it. I need him to do it. The man with zero starts under his belt. You lead the revolution. Well, this is last name.
Forget his starts. This is his name. Let him do it. Uncle and brother be like, nah, bro, sit down. Let somebody else do it.
Like you heard about throwing the ball, let somebody else get involved there. Hey, I'm waiting on the day. And it's just a shame that this, the NCA fought it for so long and they fought it for so long because they were greedy, you know what? And it has led to the wild, wild west system we have now. It's like, it's like a lot of things. It's like, I'm going to regulate this for my own benefit. And the minute that it doesn't, I don't give a damn what happens after that.
And that's, that's equally as disgusting. Uh, I don't know if these guys are going to get money assuming the NCAA and the big 10, uh, what this is another shot into the NCAA legs, which is like, y'all going to get chopped down until there's nothing left. It's the JR sport re-show here with you on the infinity sports network. We're going to take a break. Speaking of Michigan and speaking of college, we're going to have a chat with someone who covers it all on the college side for ESPN. Jake Trotter is going to join us on the other side of the break. I'm going to ask him about the current Wolverines.
I'm also going to ask them about Notre Dame. We have so much to get into with Jake Trotter on the other side, the JR sport re-show the infinity sports network. You're listening to the JR sport brief. It's the JR sport brief show here with you on the infinity sports network. Right before we went to break, we talked about this story for former players from Michigan, looking for some of that back pay of $50 million lawsuit filed against the NCAA and the big 10 to talk about all things college football, a little bit of the past, more so of what's going on right now.
We're being joined by someone who covers all things college football, senior writer from ESPN, Jake Trotter. Jake, how are you? I'm doing well. How are you? I'm amazing. Thank you for taking the time to join us.
I know that this is something that you covered and shared as well. What are your thoughts on these four Michigan players looking for back pay from the NCAA for NIL? Yeah, well, listen, I mean, the student athletes haven't been able to generate revenue from NIL since it's only started happening since 2021. The NCAA house lawsuit, which created opportunities for athletes of the past to earn money, that only goes back to 2016. And so these Michigan players, which played before 2016, kind of in the, you know, Braylon Edwards was there through 2004, through 2004, Dennard came after him.
All four of them were kind of in that decade. And they're claiming that the big 10 network and the NCAA profited off of iconic moments that they generated for Michigan, and they are seeking $50 million in damages in restitution. So we'll see what happens next.
It'll be interesting to see if we have more of these lawsuits come out. But yeah, it's a different world in college athletics than it was when all these guys played. And most definitely. Well, Jake, if we take a look at Michigan right now, we saw them take that L to Texas, not a surprise, not a shock. Based on everything that's surrounding Michigan and has surrounded Michigan outside of winning the national championship, Connor Stallion, Starhaba and suspensions and what have you, is this too uphill a climb, not just for this year, but following the years for Sharron Moore?
Yeah, it's a question. You know, Michigan is not the team it was last year. It doesn't mean they can't get better. But there were some major question marks coming out of that Texas loss, especially like, what are they going to do to generate points offensively? They just have not been very impressive to this point. You know, they've rotated quarterbacks. The offensive line is not what it's been in terms of controlling the line of scrimmage.
There's nobody at the receiver position that strikes for your opponents. They have a fabulous tight end in Colston-Lovland, but just not much else going offensively. You know, they were counting on being able to win games with their defense. Well, you know, that went out the window in the first half when Texas scored on four straight drives and really should have been up 31 to 3 at halftime if they weren't for a holding penalty on a Quinn-Ewers touchdown pass.
So where do they go from here? You know, they're going to have a couple of weeks to regroup. They've got USC coming to town in two weeks. You know, you lose that game and all of a sudden the season started to look a little bit different for them. You know, the 12-team playoff, you've got a chance to bounce back and get back into contention in the past. You lose a game or two and you're pretty much toast. I don't know if this Michigan team is playoff caliber, but you know, the thing to keep in mind long-term is their best players are all going to be draft picks next year. You know, Mason Graham, the defensive tackle, Will Johnson at corner.
I mentioned Loveland. I mean, these are first-round picks next year. And what do they have coming in after them? I mean, I don't know.
You know, I don't know. You know, we haven't seen much from those guys yet. So this is a fork in the road moment right now for Michigan with everything else you outlined. New head coach and Sharone Moore.
You know, how are they going to respond? You know, this USC game is going to be really interesting. Now, every game going to be interesting for Michigan. This is going to be a wild ride. Jake Trotter joining us from ESPN.
You talk about Texas. We know that they're going to get into the playoff unless something crazy happens. Quinn Ewers, is he kind of leading the way for the Heisman? And on a side note, man, I'm just waiting to see Arch Manning, not in garbage time. Yeah, they might have two first-round picks at the quarterback position. Only one is playing right now.
I would put... It's early. We've only had two games. If I had to vote for the Heisman today, I probably would vote Quinn Ewers, number one. He was that impressive in that game. He's the only quarterback since the start of last season to throw three touchdowns with no interceptions against multiple top 10 teams. Remember, he led Texas to that win in Tuscaloosa last year. I mean, clearly the guy, when he's on the road in tough environments, it brings out the best in him. You know, we've seen that multiple times now.
And it's not just Ewers. I mean, they've got talent everywhere. They have an offensive line that's ready for the SEC. In a way that Texas hasn't had lines in the recent past.
So yeah, I mean, I think there's a lot to like about Texas. And you go into the big house and you play the way that Quinn Ewers did, you gotta be on the Heisman tour list. Well, you wanna talk about someone who had some big expectations this year as well.
And we saw him fall into a bunch of coolers. Cam Rising, what's the status on him? Is he gonna be available to play versus Utah State? Or is he gonna get a game off? What does it look like?
Yeah, I don't know the answer to that. But he, you know, he's had a great start to the season. And it's good to see him back out there again. And, you know, the Big 12 is super interesting this year. It's probably the most wide open conference of the Power Four.
I think Miami clearly is the class of the ACC. You know, it's looking like Ohio State, Oregon in the Big 10, maybe Penn State, you know, Georgia, and maybe Texas, or in the top tier in the SEC. Big 12, you know, we'll see what happens. Oklahoma State and Kansas State both looked a little bit shaky in their wins over the weekend. I think right now you've got to consider Utah to be the favorite. Right now I have them winning the Big 12 and making the playoff. And, you know, it'll be interesting to see how they adjust to the, you know, the offensive and the big 12 week to week.
But, yeah, I think that they're a very good team. Jake Trotter is joining us, senior college football writer for ESPN. Thinking about the Big 12, it's hard for me to listen to the teams that you rattled off and not think about your Mark, who is now a commissioner. He has always been about money in every business aspect that he's in.
And that's what it's about. Is the Big 10 real, excuse me, the Big 12 really going to lead the way with some of these, you know, wacky, dare I say, money making schemes, QR codes, sponsorships? Are we going to have the Big 12 sponsored by Dr. Pepper?
Is this what we're looking for? Is Big 12 going to lead the way in that? You know, when I covered college football, before I covered the Browns in 2019, you know, I was based out of the Big 12 footprint in Oklahoma City. And it was always very frustrating to watch the Big 12 be stagnant and kind of reactionary instead of creative and proactive.
You know, they thought, well, we've got 10 teams, we're going to be okay, let's just ride it out. And, you know, if you're not the SEC of the Big 10, you know, you got to be aggressive. And the Big 12, to its credit, under your mark, you know, they've been aggressive. And that's why they are still around and probably better positioned than anyone at this point outside the SEC or the Big 10. And the Big 12, especially after losing Oklahoma and Texas, but even before that, you know, they're just not going to generate the TV revenue that the Big 10 and the SEC is going to command.
And that gap is probably only going to widen moving forward. So if you're the Big 12, you've got to get creative, or you're going to get left too far behind financially. And that's why you've seen them look at, you know, things like let's rename the conference and get a sponsor. You know, I think at this point that the Big 12 as a brand is not that strong, given the programs that have left the league over the years.
So that's one idea. QR code was open the state, the NCAA vetoed it, vetoed it, but that's the type of thinking you're seeing in the Big 12. And that's what's allowed the Big 12 to overcome a lot of obstacles and position itself to be like their premier alternate conference to the Big 10 and the SEC, despite losing programs to both those conferences over the years. So the Big 12, you know, they're guaranteed a playoff spot, they might get two. And I think that they have a chance to be maybe not the best conference, but year to year, among the more interesting ones, especially with the number of programs, I think year to year that can win the league. No, you know, Jake, let's talk about an independent that is raking in tons of money, and is no longer guaranteed a playoff spot. I'm talking about Notre Dame. I mean, after losing to Northern Illinois and now falling what about 13 spots? Yeah, of course, there's still an opportunity for them to get into the playoff. But aren't they going to be looked upon at last if they get into that back end of the 12? Well, they have two problems. Number one, that is probably going to be the worst loss of any playoff contender.
All credit to Northern Illinois. But you lose to a Mac school, especially one that wasn't projected to even win the Mac. I think that's going to be tough to overcome. But also on top of that, like their schedule is not a normal Notre Dame schedule. It is a pretty soft schedule in comparison to the schedules they've had in the past. I don't know how good that A&M win is going to look at the end of the year. A&M kind of feels like a seven and five type team to me at this point. And then you look at the rest of their schedule, and they really don't play anybody, at least anybody ranked, other than USC. They need USC to be like number one in the country when they play them. Otherwise, their resume, especially compared to some of these Big Ten and SEC teams that maybe don't win the conference, but are going to have two, three, four really good wins, that's going to be really hard for Notre Dame to stack up again. So they need USC to be good, but even then, like you said, if they do get in, they're not going to be in the 5-6-7 range.
They're going to be toward the bottom. But I think at this point, I don't know how their resume is going to stack up. They've got to be very impressive going forward, and we'll see how they bounce back from that NIU loss. But that was pretty catastrophic for their playoff chances.
Oh, big time, big time. I want to ask you about Miami. The Hurricanes are kind of climbing there. I'm not all that enthused about who they've beaten so far. They were supposed to beat down an HBCU in Florida A&M, and they got Ball State coming up next. They beat the Gators, and I guess by default, they might win, probably are going to win the ACC. What are your thoughts on the Hurricanes? Well, Florida is not very good, but to go down to the swamp and beat them down the way that they did, I thought was really impressive. It has the look of a different Miami team.
They've got experience at quarterbacking Cam Ward. And then you look at the rest of the ACC. I mean, who are you picking to beat them? And if you win the ACC, you're guaranteed a top four seed in the playoff. And I think right now, they would probably be the three seed given how they've looked so far.
So there's more work to be done, but because of the new playoff format, if they just win the league, they're going to be in really good shape. And again, you look at the rest of the ACC, Florida State, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech loss. We'll see what happens with Boston College. They have an impressive quarterback at Castellanos, Bill O'Brien there, but North Carolina has got injury issues.
You just go down the list, and I don't know who's beaten them. I don't see anybody in the ACC, even Clemson, as great as they are defensively, they just, I don't know that they're going to be able to move the ball enough this year. So yeah, Miami to me is the clear pick in the ACC right now. And they've been impressive too.
But Jake, last question for you. Is there a team that you think could win the national championship, get into the playoff for, or make some noise that you haven't heard a lot about? You know, one team that I did not have a lot of optimism for, but was really impressed with in week one was USC. I think LSU is a good team.
That was a really nice win. USC with Lincoln Riley is always going to be able to score points, but last year, and really since he got to USC, they just haven't been competent. Forget good or average, they have been incompetent defensively, and they look competent in that LSU game. Like, you know, if they could just have the 60th best defense in college football, instead of the 110th, you know, they got a chance. I don't know that I'm ready to say, you know, they're a playoff team, or they can win the national championship, but that was a team I was really impressed by. And, you know, Texas to me, Michigan, again, is not the same team, but the way that they look, I think you got to put them right now in the same tier with Georgia and Ohio State in terms of teams that should be favored to win the national championship.
So, you know, we'll see what happens. You know, the great thing about the 12-team playoff is, you know, more teams have got opportunities to show what they can do. Another team that I think has been really impressive is Tennessee. Keep an eye on Tennessee playing some good defense there, too. It's going to be a lot of fun to see what happens in the next couple weeks.
Hey, Jake, I appreciate the time I lied. One last question. When the hell are they expanding the playoff again? They got to move from 12, so what do we get?
They're going to make it bigger again. College football ain't done changing, so stay tuned on that and other issues. Oh, my goodness. Hey, Jake, where can people follow you and all of your amazing work with ESPN? Yeah, Jake underscore Trotter on X or Twitter and ESPN.com. Hey, we appreciate you, Jake. We'll catch you on down the line, OK? OK. Thanks, buddy.
No doubt about it. That Jake Trotter, senior NFL writer, excuse me, his senior writer, college football, all things on ESPN. It's the JR sport reshow here with you on the Infinity Sports Network, eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven.
That's eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven. I always I enjoy hearing about how Clemson is kind of behind the eight ball right now. Makes me happy. I'm sorry.
It was right up the road from me. Give me a break. OK, I'm in Georgia Bulldog land. Anyway, when we come back on the other side of the break, let's let's talk about a former Clemson quarterback.
Things aren't working out so well for him right now. I'll tell you who it is on the other side of the break. You're listening to the J.R. sport brief, the J.R. sport reshow here with you on the Infinity Sports Network. Eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven.
That's eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven. Thank you so much to our guests in the last break. Jake Trotter for joining us covers all things college football for ESPN and for a little while. Well, not for a little while. And he didn't do it.
I certainly thought about it in my head the whole time. Every time you mentioned the ACC, I just got to thinking about Clemson and Dabo Sweeney and all the words and comments that he has made over the past several years about the transfer portal. And now he's kind of left behind.
You better get with the times or you gonna get left behind. Because let's be real, the last time that that Clemson was able to go out there and field a team worth a damn. Come on now. We were we were out there looking at Trevor Lawrence. We were looking at Deshaun Watson. And now these are two of the highest paid quarterbacks in all of the NFL. And in the case of Trevor Lawrence, yeah, he got some hope in front of him trying to turn things around here in the NFL with the Jacksonville Jaguars started off with a crap coach and Urban Meyer. And now he gets to have a new lease at life. Deshaun Watson has gotten his new lease at life. And it still seems like his past is following him.
You know, we shared with you yesterday not only did the the Browns get smashed by the Dallas Cowboys this past Sunday. We learned yesterday that a new lawsuit, a new sexual assault lawsuit was filed against Deshaun Watson completely unrelated to, I don't know, the 25 plus that he was kind of hit with and settled a couple of years ago. And now this year, Deshaun Watson is back from his busted up broken shoulder from last year. He's back from all of the sexual assault allegations.
And he just stunk flat period on a football field. His father passed away on Friday, had another tragedy on Saturday, and now he's just being beat to shreds because he stinks as a quarterback, can't deliver the ball to save his life. And so an update here on Deshaun Watson, a former Clemson Tiger, the NFL is monitoring his situation.
It is an open lawsuit, an open case. The NFL is not going to suspend him. They're not going to throw the hammer down on him.
They're not going to move him to an exempt list. But the NFL is watching what's going on with Deshaun Watson. And I know the Browns and their fans, unfortunately, they have to watch what goes on with Deshaun Watson, even though he's been bad. He's been terrible. He's only been able to suit up. For 13 games, the Browns knew when they acquired him and decided to give him two hundred and thirty million dollars guaranteed, they knew he was going to miss time because of the suspension. That's one thing that they knew. But it doesn't it doesn't stop there. He had the shoulder from last year.
And so. He has only played 13 total games with the Browns. Seventeen touchdowns and eleven interceptions. No playoffs. None. Not for him, at least. None.
Zero. Meanwhile, and the most Browns thing ever. Baker Mayfield is on to his second season here with Tampa Bay. What was supposed to be a reclamation project for his career.
He's played himself into a new contract with the team. Last year, they go to the postseason and upset the Eagles, smash them 32 to nine. Baker Mayfield has only played 18 regular season games here. He already has a 44 touchdowns to go along with 18 interceptions.
He's been to the playoffs. This is a wild situation if you're the Browns. I mean, was Baker Mayfield going to do this with y'all? I don't know about that. Maybe bringing in Mike Evans and saying, hey, go jump over somebody and get the ball or getting the ball in a slot to Godwin.
Maybe that would change things a little bit. But Baker Mayfield has found a new lease at life. I mean, this past Sunday to open up the season, he threw four touchdowns. Count him four touchdowns against, yes, the Washington Command is that it still has to count for something. Baker Mayfield is very comfortable in this Buccaneers offense.
Don't take my word for it. Take his really didn't have to do too much. I thought Liam called a great game. You know, there were a few protection adjustments just based on what they were doing a few few times and we were checking to play.
They'd flip the pressure and things like that. But yeah, didn't really have to reach into the toolbox too much today. Yeah, Liam called a great game. Oh, come on. Wow. This is the most brown thing ever. The Browns and the Jets are just like kindred spirits. They know how to screw up a good thing. Could have kept Baker Mayfield said, no, let's bring it to Sean Watson.
This is what you call karma, right? Let's bring in a guy with 24 or whatever, you know, sexual assault cases. Let's bring him in.
We need to win football games. Oh, now he sucks. Someone who is happy that Baker Mayfield is down in Tampa is Todd Bowles. And let's be clear, Todd Bowles has the enthusiasm of a mayonnaise sandwich, but he loves Baker Mayfield.
Listen, I think the heck of a job. He was good with his throws. He's good with his reads, with his checks. Everything was on point. He was excited. He ran when he had to made some plays with his feet.
He played a good overall game. Hickey, was that robot nonfunctioning? Was that was that what happened? Yeah, that that microphone out of the microphone, the person in charge, they were not on top of their game, unlike Baker. No, I thought Todd Bowles was malfunctioning him.
Well, that also could be true. He's the robot. I mean, that guy. Have you ever seen him smile? Ever seen him crack a smile? Once, twice, I would say my football watching career twice, I think.
Damn. Surprised when he played football at. I wonder if he smiled when he played football. I mean, damn, that guy played. He played cornerback, by the way.
Anyway. And congratulations are Todd Bowles. Congratulations for Tampa. Like you would think Tom Brady leaves.
You just go and hit the dumps. You go hit the skids and you end up actually being pretty good. Now, are they going to turn the corner and win something? I don't think so.
Not at all. And speaking of winning something, this guy might lose something. Mike Florio, he was actually talking about this latest lawsuit against Deshaun Watson, and he says it could cost him his his contract.
Listen to this. Brown scored back. Deshaun Watson was sued yesterday in Houston. Another plaintiff making very similar allegations to the 20 plus plaintiffs who flooded to the courthouse in early 2021.
The incident was October of 2020. And one of the big questions, what will the league do about it? Will the league view this as something that hasn't previously been addressed in the discipline of Deshaun Watson? And secondly, and I've got the Watson contract with the Browns. There's language in there that basically says as long as he disclosed these things to us, the ones he disclosed to us in writing before he was signed, those can't be held against him.
If there's something he didn't disclose, if this is a case that he didn't share with them and he would get suspended, there's a way the Browns could rip up the rest of the contract and avoid the 92 million he's owed after this year. Oh, hickey, that's called the pervert clause. So he has in his contract, karma clause, karma clause.
I'm calling the pervert clause that does a bettering to it. Man. You got to sign a contract. Wow.
Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. We don't have no contracts like that over here with us, do we? No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Just wouldn't have a job, right? That's right. Yeah. We wouldn't get hired if that was our past.
Twenty four cases? What a world, man. A good luck to the Browns. Good luck to the Browns. I don't even know. I know.
I can't say anything about Deshaun Watson in this and it's improving guilty, right? It's the J.R. sport we show here with you on the Infinity Sports Network, eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven. That's eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven. I'm going to take a break when we come back. We'll take a look at everything that's taken on today. I'm going to go read my contract. I'll be right back.
