Hour 2: Ravens HC Jesse Minter, plus Joe Brady’s Bills Intro & McDaniel-Herbert Anticipation

20:22And then and then by being there, you know, it just allowed me to get on a track, allowed me to connect to the Harbaugh's. They've both given me wonderful opportunities to grow and be ready for this moment. They've both been very influential and so really just blessed and thankful to them. And that really would have been the main thing is just, wow. You know, if I really work hard and I put in the time and I grow and I listen and I evolve, maybe one day I could walk back into this office. And you have.

20:49Rich Eisen:And you will. And I appreciate the time and I look forward to seeing you. By the way, you're aware the Chargers are on your schedule next year, right? Are you aware of that? Very, very aware. That'll be quite a moment. Jesse Minter, I'm so happy for you and your family and everything going on with you, man. And I look forward to seeing you maybe at the Combine with your new gear. I appreciate that. Much love, Rich. Enjoy and love and respect our relationship. And can't wait to see you again soon. Right back at you. That's Jesse Minter, the Baltimore Ravens' newest head coach, right here on the Rich Eisen Show.

21:24Rich Eisen:I love you said that about Jim. Did I tell you the story of Jim calling me back on the phone after we got off of Zoom? Recently? Yeah, prior, you know, with the broadcast Zoom prior to the Chargers and Texans. Oh, okay, no. I didn't tell you that story? Nope. Okay. let's take a break and i'll tell you that story it's it's classic man okay we end the zoom and then i look down and it's him calling me and i'm like what what is this about uh-oh what i do and it dovetails into what jesse minter just said and then we'll talk about joe brady and then we got her phone calls and then ted mcginley joins us from shrinking we're gonna talk love boat back in the day with him i almost broke out in the song but i didn't please don't please don't the The last person I want on my ass is Aaron Spelling.

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24:23Rich Eisen:when you talk football games with him that you're about to talk with him about strategy or this or that, the other thing. He just is not going to tell you, oh yeah, this is what's going on with Herbert. We're trying to work on this. We're trying to work on that. You need to ask questions that'll get him going about just something to do with football, tangential. That's the stuff you're going to get. Maybe tell a story during the broadcast, right? like when Belichick, when we interviewed him before his last win, we did that game in Denver, Kurt and I, just talking about the development of what happened with Mac Jones and what's going on with Bailey Zappi, nothing.

25:10Rich Eisen:Talking about the old days with him and the Rams, oh, it was on. Special teams, long snappers, all that stuff. All that sort of stuff, yeah. Story after story after story. so kurt asks jim harbaugh because this was right after christmas what his favorite football related christmas gift he ever got whoa and harbaugh talked about these bed sheets that he and john had had gotten as a christmas gift that had all the football logos and football teams you know logos on it i remember seeing and i remember having them myself and i gotta get those for cage you i whatever they are today like i just remember waking up and like the buccaneers logo the buccaneers guy would just be right in my face right and and um and we were just all talking about it and he was just fired up about it and then we were done with the zoom and i looked down at my phone and it's him calling harbaugh calling and i'm like um hey jim what's up he goes i forgot to tell you there's one other one that i got there's one other gift that i got talked about he's like dad used to be real good friends with gil brandt you know one of the grandfathers of the combine and and talent evaluation long time um uh dallas cowboy front office guy and he said my dad got two Cowboys jerseys from Gil Brent with our names on the back.

26:55Rich Eisen:And we opened them up and we got these jerseys with Harbaugh on the back. So there is a Harbaugh Cowboys jersey that exists somewhere. Okay. And he's like, we put them on and we went right to the backyard and started playing football and we got them all messed up. and it was awesome it was an incredible day my name's on a cowboy jersey from Gilbrand John had one, I had one we played football in it and I'm like that's amazing and then he goes alright good talking and that was it it was like a hit and run Hurricane Harbaugh and it's one of those things you look at your phone and you're like that was awesome that's pretty amazing like Kevin Pollock anybody else see that anybody anybody else I was yeah like nobody else saw it he just like I had I had to tell you alright bye Rich you know that he just I forgot there was even better than the bed sheets

28:10Rich Eisen:that's That happened. Oh, man. And then it was as fast as it happened, that's how fast it ended. All right. Well, good talk. Good chatting with you. Okay. All right. Bye. Big gulps, huh? Damn. Yeah, big gulps, huh? Got to go drink some milk. And now his OC is Mike McDaniel. And we were having fun with it being the odd couple the other day. you know but i think they're going to get along just fine because as jim said in that broadcast zoom at pre-broadcast zoom that we had he he gets along with people who love football if you love football we're going to get along because i love football and you love football we all love football and people who love me love football and i love football like it was just it sounded like a john madden sort of caliendo bit boom you know yeah i love football you love football tough acting ten acting boom yeah right you know and they're ducking and i i i think they both just love ball and love talking ball and mike mcdaniel was introduced to uh the media the other day and it was just across the street one of those two drinks what's the setup for this one mike Hoskins oh what was Jim Harbaugh's selling points because you know this guy had many options yeah head coaching interviews he well not just that I mean I think anyone wanted him like as their OC I mean again we're gonna talk Joe Brady later on um because he just got introduced as the new HC of the Buffalo Bills and if they didn't choose him um there was word that he would be Jesse mentors choices the oc in baltimore but at any rate mike mcdaniel was um a hot commodity and this is what he said harbaugh's selling points to him were i think what was cool um jim wasn't trying to sell me anything and i felt that he he i think he recognized that yeah he was excited about you know the the prospect if and only if it was a a marriage that was consensual you know and not hostage situation so I feel like you know just us organically talking about you know what we're looking for and and what was on the horizon I think that was the biggest selling point because I didn't feel like he was overselling me he wanted it to be a fit and I think recognized he made sure to lean in for the old Harbaugh handshake as soon as he could see that I was swoon on my own regard.

30:46So I would say the not selling authentic nature of his, of our communication was probably the biggest for me.

30:54Rich Eisen:And for those on the radio, he's wearing his glasses. He's got the quarter zip sweater underneath what looks like a Bottega Veneta jacket. Yeah. Mina Kimes sniffed that out. Is that what it was? About a$12 ,000 jacket. Did I get the jacket right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. By the way. Well done. Susie Schuster. Look at me. Yeah. Look at me. Mina Kimes pointed that out. I had no idea. Like it looked like it. I didn't see what Mina had to say. Was that on X? Yeah, yeah. She posted on X. Okay. Rich Eisen is right. Thank you so much, Jim Jennings. Dang it. But look at me. Susie Schuster doesn't even know who I am anymore.

31:26Rich Eisen:It's all you, Suze. So that's a$12 ,000 jacket, right? Yeah. Very expensive. All right. So how does this work into the Harbaugh world, right? I have no idea. This is the odd couple. Harbaugh's wearing Costco jeans. This is the odd. That's the hard. You know, Felix Unger walks in with a Bottega Venative,$12 ,000 jacket, and Jim's wearing his khakis. Yeah. You're like, how's this going to work? Hit it. Your guys' personalities are going to match. I feel like the same guy. He's just taller. You know, that's the only way that you'll – no, I think that's the cool thing is, you know, like everybody else, I think we're excited for that because I don't think – I think one thing we share is that Jim has never patterned himself after somebody.

32:08He's his own person. and I would say, you know, hopefully I would be described in a similar fashion. So, you know, who knows? I might be 100 % Dockers coach, you know. Right, you know, the options are unlimited. But he's already tried to get me on transition lenses, but I've held off. I'm not 50 yet. I'm not 50 yet.

32:37Rich Eisen:can two head coaches get Justin Herbert to the Super Bowl without driving each other crazy? You know?

32:51Rich Eisen:I think this is going to be great. I do. Don't you? I mean, this scheme is not anything like what Greg Roman's been running, I don't think. No, health obviously. You know, I'm not an X's and O, all 22 guy. They're going to need to upgrade at wide receiver, and then this offense can really click. Well, Slater and Alt coming back. Yeah, so I mean, health-wise, you get the line intact. But the run game, like this is what Jim wants to do is control the line of scrimmage and run it. And I know McDaniel was known for, oh, there's Tyreek Hill, and there's Jalen Waddell, and Matua would, you know, at one point when it all first blush started, they were putting up, what, 70 on Sean Payton, right?

33:37Rich Eisen:and pre-snap movement and all of that stuff but but it really is predicated on the run and the run game and getting those angles this Kyle Shanahan way of getting that extra advantage when you're tossing the ball instead of handing it off or you're putting this guy in this position or you're you got the pre-snap motion here and you're going to start getting a better running game going there this is what Jim wants and this is what McDaniel is going to provide for Justin Herbert. With the proper protection, I think you're right. What do you get another receiver? I mean, that kid Harris was coming on strong at the end of the season.

34:15Rich Eisen:Aranda Gadsden Jr. was getting it going. But, you know, Keenan Allen is, I think, kind of near the end. And so it's like, you know, upgrading the slot there. I think, you know, what you do is, you know, Quinton Johnston was hot for a while. If I'm the Chargers and we got Daniel Jeremiah on tomorrow, we'll ask him about this. like is there another A-Chan in the draft don't forget A-Chan wasn't the top drafted running back no get somebody who's really fast and can compliment Omari and Hampton when healthy and get that guy being a game changer field flipper big game you know chunk play guy home run hitter A-Chan fell in the draft because it you know know injuries but he was a third bounder i'm saying like if you can get that guy in this offense for mcdaniel to employ then it doesn't have to be justin herbert protect him maybe get another receiver i guess i don't know replacing jesse minner is going to be significant i'm telling you and in that regard in baltimore i mean if if if they if he brings the significant scheme that he's been doing.

35:33Rich Eisen:If he brings that to Baltimore, and he will, and the people can run it, and I think they should, and his M.O. is 17, 18 points a game given up. That's it. So if Lamar and Derrick Henry provide, give me three touchdowns. Two. Give me two. Two boogles. Okay. Let's split the uprights. Sorry. Wow. maybe a special teams defensive turnover. Okay. Good luck. You better protect Joe Burrow if you're Cincinnati, and you better, you know, hope that Mike McCarthy is that upgrade that you're hoping in terms of results in the playoffs. And then if you're Cleveland, you better hope that Todd Munkin can dial it up for whomever.

36:24Rich Eisen:Chargers did replace mentor. Chris O 'Leary. Okay, there you go. The Western Michigan D.C. is now Chargers D.C. Oh, so Jim. That was late yesterday. Jim went to Kalamazoo. You went shopping in Kalamazoo, Michigan, huh? O 'Leary worked with Minter as the safety's coach two years ago. Okay, very good. All right, there you go. I'm just too busy watching my daughter ball out to focus on the news, I guess, of the D.C. being signed. As you should have been, Rich. As you should have been. I'm just trying to be father of the year. I thought you were booking Chris Paul for this show, but, you know, it's okay.

36:58Rich Eisen:Oh, I'm on that. Come on, you know he didn't. What do you think? After he complimented Taylor, I didn't say, hey. Want to come tell your side of the story? Sometimes dad's taking care of me. Tell your side of what story? You know, every story has two sides. No, he just needs to tell his story. Lots of stories. Okay. At some point, we'll get him here. I believe it. Not when you're talking that way, I won't. Yeah, I mean, I'm just saying. Okay. Joe Brady just introduced as the Buffalo Bills head coach. We'll get to that. Ted McGinley. And I've got my power rankings of top Super Bowl 60 storylines.

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42:21Rich Eisen:Folks, we just have no idea what these guys are dealing with. You hear it every time. Nobody's 100 % this time. Well, I mean. So, Vrabel said. So, Vrabel said about May's shoulder. Which was apparently banged up before the Bronco game. Unbelievable. He'd figure out a way. So he's on a crotch in a walking boot right now. He had surgery Monday. Man. So eight days after the end of his season, he has surgery on his foot. He'd figure out a way. Good Lord. Well, he was there in support of Joe Brady, who had this to say about the high expectations of the job. I understand that I'm walking into this role in a much better position than Coach McDermott did.

43:17I am not naive to that. I also understand that the expectations are higher as well. I didn't take this job to shy away from expectations. I sure as hell did not do that. I'm embracing it. I'm understanding it. And I'm meeting it full on. I know what I signed up for. and we're going to embrace it because no one rises to low expectations. I want what the city wants. I want what Mr. Pagula deserves.

43:44Rich Eisen:Okay. And now the inevitable what are you going to do with Josh Allen question, which has to be asked, although the answer could be like what I've been doing with Josh. Keep doing what we're doing. What are you talking about? Why don't you tell me the name of the movie you want to see? Every decision this organization makes, it's with the thought of Josh Allen and the players at mind. I'd be crazy not to. I was a part of incredible organizations in New Orleans surrounding around Drew Brees, and there wasn't a decision that was made without Drew Brees being thought about, talked about, and making sure you understood it.

44:25It doesn't mean it was always the decision, but it was important that he was involved in it because he is the leader of this organization, and the weight that he has on his shoulders is something that I can't even imagine. everything I think about is trying to find ways to put him in a position to have success because that's all I care about with him. Josh Allen is the best player in the NFL and I have to grow, right? And part of me growing is that that's going to allow him to be a better version of himself. And I can't, I'm so excited to be able to continue this journey with him. I have so much love for that man right there.

44:58And all I want is him to get everything that he deserves. And that's what, that's all I do for.

45:03Rich Eisen:Man, that sounds like somebody who just won the Oscar looking right at their spouse in the audience and talking right to them about what they mean. I mean, honestly, that's... Well, Alan did get him hired. Well, listen, I am not surprised by that answer. It's a great answer. And just what I had to chat with Jesse Minter, you know, earlier this hour, he gave great answers. And these are all new, fresh faces for two organizations that are basically get us to the Super Bowl, new head coaches. And it really is, there's nothing that they can say that can make you go, oh, that's the guy that's going to get us over the hump.

45:48Because when it all comes down to it, just like the Rams point, you know,

45:54Rich Eisen:showed us all, when it's third down and fourth down inside the five-yard line in a championship game, you know, how's it going to go? You call a play and, you know, there's been a lot of back and forth between Seattle and Los Angeles of Sean McVay saying they lucked into their coverage based on the play call we had for Kyron Williams. Two guys got on him and that's not the way they normally play their defense. But these things happen, right? Sometimes your kicker misses a kick. in a way that's part of the reason why Jesse Minter was hired a week earlier than he might have been otherwise. Who knows?

46:35Rich Eisen:You've got a 36-year-old guy in Joe Brady who's never done it before at the head coaching level. And then you've got a 42-year-old guy in Jesse Minter who's never done it before at the head coaching level. And two longtime head coaches who have got a track record of terrific success. John Harbaugh in Baltimore twice as long as Sean McDermott in Buffalo. And the guy in Baltimore won a Super Bowl. So the owner there has been to the Super Bowl and won one and had a parade based on one year of what John Harbaugh had to do. But these two guys get us to the Super Bowl. And what's going to happen? Are they going to get the team in an opportunity to have one game get them to the Super Bowl, even get that that far?

47:24Rich Eisen:No one knows. Just got to take a guess, which is why, you know, some teams just hang on to their head coaches because they know that this person's track record has gotten them close before. But if they don't get them closer or to it, they're fired.

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