Keanu 0:01- Hello Falcon fans and welcome to the K and D sports talks podcast. I’m your host Keanu
Derrick 0:06
I’m Derrick, do you want to start us off with the AAF
Keanu 0:12
Yeah, well I actually watch the watch the Salt Lake City and I forgot who was it ? it was one other team too. Salt lake city man, they they couldn’t get anything together going on offense, now their defense though was doing pretty solid but there was three and outs every series and then the kicker cannot make a field goal to save his life. It was really sad.
Keanu 0:45
Really sad
Derrick 0:48
Okay
0:53 Keanu
The TV film producer and hall of fame NFL executive punished pancakes in a diner side of Cape Cod and discuss how to make the monday after the Super bowl less sad.
Keanu 1:05
This how football league is born if you can raise the money it’s viable
Keanu 1:11
Bill Polian told Charlie Ebersol during a five hour meeting last summer, Ebersol the least CEO and son of former NBC sports chairman Dick Ebersol started working the phones and developing the business plan. Wow. Tech companies and former NFL stars got behind the product, calling in who was staying in his role as an analyst for ESPN helped assemble personnel and coaching staff with nearly 500 years of combined NFL experience. A year later, the Alliance of American Football has a February 9, 2019 launch day, which already happened. Right.
Keanu 1:47
The vision is clear, keep the good times flowing through the late winter and spring with a league run by serious football people, while learning from the failed attempts that came before it
Derrick 1:58
Let’s get to the scores. Oh yeah.
Derrick 2:04
There should be some there right? Yeah
Keanu 2:06
Just looking
Keanu 2:14
actually, no, that’s all right though. Can you talk about some, some former NFL players that are playing in the AAF or about to
Derrick 2:25
Yeah
Keanu 2:27
The new orleans, the new orleans saints backup quarterback Taysom Hill
Keanu 2:34
I’m guessing he won’t play behind Drew Brees this upcoming year. Wow. he’s going to be the face of Alliance franchise for a year or two, before he goes back up to the pros. Now I like I like how he contributed this past year for the saints you know
Keanu 2:52
He really he really made that saints offense a lot more dangerous when he’s in because you don’t know what he’s gonna do, he could he’s pretty much like a madden all player, you know I’m saying like he could run, throw.
Keanu 3:10
It’s crazy how he’s built and everything, it’s super crazy. Pittsburgh has three backup Landry Jones, Josh Dobbs and Mason Rudolph
Derrick 3:20
Who are who are fighting for two spots behind
Keanu 3:22 starting quarterback Ben Roethlisberger which will probably be a position battle for the alliance. I think both
Derrick 3:33
Probably
Keanu 3:36
I think I got Landry Jones or Josh Dobbs for the backup Pittsburgh quarterback.
Keanu 3:44
Okay, yeah. I think Mason Rudolph will go down to the alliance and play
Derrick 3:50
Or maybe Josh (Dobbs) and Mason Rudolph could go down
Derrick 3:53
I mean, even like Kaepernick, you know he said in his lawsuit, him and Eric Reid I mean, he got a bit of money. Yeah, but he said he still wants to play.
keanu 4:08
He can play, he might in the Alliance. You might see him down there but I don’t I don’t think, I don’t think Kaepernick will bring a lot of attention to the alliance. Nah, I think everything is died down now. So yeah. I think he’s gonna
Unknown 4:23
we’ll see how that goes, focus more on playing
Derrick 4:28
yeah
Keanu 4:28
Do you think Dez Bryant is gonna play in the Alliance or nah?
Derrick 4:34
Nah
Derrick 4:35
I don’t think so.
Keanu 4:36
Why you say that?
Derrick 4:39
Well, I mean it all depends if he gets money
Unknown 4:40
It all depends if he gets money money greedy on that
Unknown 4:43
Yeah that is true, that is true
Keanu 4:46
Because I think he was asking too much, when he was still a free agent. And still is actually, but nobody is willing to pick him up. It’s not he’s not like he’s super old. I mean, I think he has a couple more years in him
Derrick 5:00
like Antonio Brown.
Keanu 5:02
Yeah, I’m surprised the raiders haven’t haven’t signed him yet.
Derrick 5:07
I think there’s a time that they have to wait for free agency. Or is it?
Keanu 5:11
That’s true, that’s true because I forgot they have uh, yeah they have three first round draft picks, three first rounders and they all have to contact
Keanu 5:26
Has to be ridiculous
Derrick 5:30
Those first two years
Derrick 5:33
We’ll see
Keanu 5:34
Yeah
Derrick 5:36
Actually I have some of the scores
Keanu 5:37
Okay cool
Derrick 5:38
The stallions against the Iron. The Iron took that one, 12 to 9
Keanu 5:45
Yeah, yeah
Derrick 5:48
(Arizona) Hotshots beat the (Memphis) express 28 to 18
Derrick 5:53
Apollo’s against the commodores, that was you know 37-29
Derrick 6:04
(San Diego) Fleet, yeah against Legends, 24 to 12
Keanu 6:12
They all of them were actually pretty good games especially the birmingham and who was it? Who did Birmingham play?
Keanu 6:24
It was 12-9, oh Salt Lake City.
Derrick 6:27
Yeah
Keanu 6:29
That was the game I was telling you about where Salt lake City was missing field goal after field goal, I think the first time the first time the kicker missed it, the laces are facing towards him
Keanu 6:42
In football, the laces are supposed to be facing away from him, but somehow the snapper and holder or actually it was the holders fault. He’s supposed to spin the laces facing toward away from the kicker’s foot
Derrick 6:58
Okay okay
Keanu 6:58
Yeah
Keanu 7:02
And then Trent richardson, he punched in the go ahead touchdown
Derrick 7:08
Oh he did?
Keanu 7:10
Yeah that’s his third touchdown, his third touchdown of the year
Keanu 7:15
Actually, history was made in the AAF. Zac Stacy I believe he’s the Apollo’s.. Apollo’s running back. He’s the first running back to rush for over 100 yards in the AAF, first running back
Derrick 7:32
And he’s probably not done yet
Keanu 7:34
Nope, I don’t think so either
Derrick 7:36
I don’t think so either
Derrick 7:43
Should we do um, what else do we have there ?
Derrick 7:56
Should we go over some of the roles? What else we have there?
Keanu 8:00
Actually there’s no kickoffs, there’s no kickoffs in the AAF, which I think the NFL wants to do. They want to do that to know kickoffs only a punt and punt return
Derrick 8:15
I think
Keanu 8:17
Honestly that kind of.. I’m kind of both sides. I want to see Kickoff because that’s such a big part of the game
Derrick 8:28
Right
Keanu 8:29
But also the majority majority of concussions come from kickoff
Derrick 8:35
Okay yeah yeah
Keanu 8:39
You know I think that takes away a lot of the players time to shine you know, plays that are second or third stringers that uh, that you know those are their reps.
Derrick 8:50
Right
Keanu 8:51
On special teams
Derrick 8:52
Right
Keanu 8:52
Now their reps are getting cut down to only punt and punt return you know I’m saying. I think I think they still keep kickoff and kickoff return
Derrick 9:04
Oh yeah because I think it’s only field goals right?
Keanu 9:08
yeah , yeah
Keanu 9:08
And it’s only field goals, there’s no PAT. Once you score a touchdown, you have to go for it
Derrick & Keanu 9:17
Go check.. I think I was reading there that with that, it helps with going into overtime
Keanu 9:25
Mhm yeah and what also sucks is too about being now that there’s no kickoffs is that.. Lets say a team scores and they’re down by three, and you know, in the fourth quarter, you can’t do an onside kick
Derrick 9:44
Damn
Keanu 9:44
No onside kicks. So you have to force.. The defense has to force the offense to get a turnover if you want the you want to get the ball back to score
Derrick 9:53
That’s a little bit of
Keanu 9:53
possibly winning the game
Derrick 9:55
Thinking for the coaches
Keanu 9:57
Yeah, yeah exactly. That’s that’s pretty crazy
Derrick 10:01
It’d be kind of good would do something like that in.. junior college football?
Keanu 10:08
Yeah, I like the idea of that. In overtime, the AAF is like is like NCAA where both teams geta chance to score a touchdown
Keanu 10:27
But let’s say one team, one team actually scores, and that defense stops the other offense and that team wins
Derrick 10:36
Oh okay
Keanu 10:37
I like it. I actually like how this this overtime works.
Derrick 10:41
Oh yeah
Keanu 10:43
You know I like it. I like college football and AAF overtime lot better than the NFL because you know NFL, if you score one time and that’s it
Derrick 10:50
It’s a It’s a wrap
Keanu 10:52
Yeah I want to see both teams go at it, kind of like a shootout with kind of like in soccer
Derrick 10:57
Okay yeah yeah
Keanu 11:02
I guess there’s
Keanu & Derrick 11:03
Also
Derrick 11:04
One of the things that we didn’t really talk about is that in in this(AAF) they have what is called a sky judge
Keanu 11:15 oh yeah a sky oh! Yes. I seen I seen they have a they have a drone
Derrick 11:19
Really?
Keanu 11:19
Yeah
Keanu 11:20
They have a drone flying over but you know, it’s kind of like NFL red zone or the HD
Derrick 11:31
Okay
Keanu 11:32
Yeah because you know how in the NFL they have that big camera flying across the field?
Derrick 11:38
yeah yeah yeah
Keanu 11: 39
Well in AAF they have a they have a drones, they have drones
Derrick 11:42
Damn
Keanu 11:44
So it was pretty cool
Derrick 11:45
Yeah
11:47
Yeah I think all the AAF stadiums are.. There in inside see
Derrick 11:53 oh..
Keanu 11:55
Weather can’t affect it, actually I think San Diego, I think San Diego stadium, their own stadium is the only stadium that has open has an open field
Derrick 12:04
Nice
Keanu 12:07
But yeah. There’s stricter defensive rules in the AAF
Derrick 12:12
Oh really?
Keanu 12:12
Yeah
Derrick 12:13
What are some of those?
Keanu 12:17
There’s no more than five players that can rush on a single play, players also aren’t allowed to blitz from more than two yards outside the defensive line or from five yards back at the line of scrimmage, players lined up at the line of scrimmage count as rushers regardless of whether or not they go after the quarterback
Derrick 12:38
Hm that’s that’s pretty interesting, that makes the game a lot more uhh you have to think a lot more
Derrick 12:43
Yeah which I mean it would be, it would be.. Especially coaching at that at that level, you have to be more like *snaps fingers*
Keanu 12:55
Yeah you have to know
Derrick 12:58
What is going on
Keanu 12:58
Yeah. And any violations of these rules will result in a 15 yard penalty for illegal defenses
Derrick 13:09
Wow
*Keanu chuckles*
Keanu 13:13
Can you imagine though like you violating those rules and like getting 15 yards every single play
Derrick 13:20
Jesus that’s crazy
Keanu 13:25
That’s that kind of, the new players who, a lot players will forget about that you know?
Derrick 13:32
Yeah
Keanu 13:32
So actually players that been playing in the NFL for so long and more college football
Derrick 13:36
Yeah
Keanu 13:37
And then they go to the AAF and then there’s more rules
Derrick 13:41 oh yeah yeah
Keanu 13:42
They added you know
Keanu 13:44
This will make it safe for quarterbacks and likely give them more time in the pocket which should create better offensive action. On the other hand, defensive coaches could have a tough time being creative enough to stop top quarterbacks around the league. Yeah, I said it right there
Derrick 14:00
yeah , thats pretty thats pretty
Keanu 14:01
That’s a lot easier for offenses but a lot tougher for defenses.
14:06
But still, it’s first week
14:11
Mike Bercovici, the San Diego Fleet quarterback, did you see that when he got his helmet taken off?
Derrick 14:17
No. I mean I saw a picture of it
Keanu 14:20
Yeah
Derrick 14:21
That was crazy
Keanu 14:21
Yeah
Derrick 14:21
Just went *makes noise*
Keanu 14:23
Yeah just came off
14:25
I don’t think, I think that define the this paragraph right here where it says which would give quarterbacks more time in the pocket *laughs*
14:37
Because man that that defensive end came up to came off the the end , and just drilled Bercovici into the ground
Derrick 14:46
Damn
Keanu 14:47
That was not a pretty sight to see
14:53
But anyways folks, that’s it for today, I’m Keanu.
Derrick 14:56
I’m Derrick
Keanu 14:58
And we’ll see yall next time
Transcribed by Keanu Ruffo
