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Anywhere fans go to cheer on the team behind the scenes, ensuring his name was Joe and Ellie keeps her stadium running smoothly. Ranger the ones who get it done. We are pleased to welcome Armando Salgado who is a longtime NFL insider from out kick and Fox News and Armando. I'm actually interested in moving the story forward a little bit we know the NFL, PA is investigating what happened with two and an investigator whether or not his health was compromised. The NFL is doing its own due diligence.

What outcome do you think might be a positive step to ensure this whole situation isn't a waste that it didn't play out for nothing right so clearly when people hear Amy there is an investigation and a joint investigation by the NFL and the NFL.

There thinking someone is going to get fired and people are going. You know, teams are in trouble, players are in trouble. Paying staff is in trouble and I don't believe that to be the case. Obviously, it was announced over the weekend that unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant was fired that person that is chosen by both the NFL and the PA players Association to be the independent person in the room and to have no agenda and to be the one that could say independently.

You Go back into again because you're displaying concussion symptoms. Well, apparently that person you know didn't meet the requisites of whatever the PA and the FL looking to accomplish.

Obviously, because by law went into halftime of the Buffalo game to be examined for head trauma, head injury, and came out with a back injury made so that was problematic for everyone who saw the optic. The thing about it is that I mean the Miami Dolphins from what I can see are very comfortable with having followed. You know all the rules and having followed the guideline and eat it like what Mike McDaniel has said so we follow the guidelines we do with the doctors color and you're going to somehow think that were in the wrong that's not how it works and they realize that the optics are bad and they realize that they got really bad when they play the somatic angle into suffered a concussion and so he's not playing against the jet on Sunday I wouldn't be surprised if he misses the couple again leave an investigation goes forward, but as far as you know, finding the team and things like that.

I don't think that to be the result.

I have a hard time believing as much. As this was the narrative that Mike McDaniel would put his star quarterback at risk.

He genuinely seems to care snow. I can be naïve sometimes and take people at their word. But it doesn't seem like this was something that he conspired to do so, then, does that mean the independent neurologist did this on his own two was somehow convinced him that he was fine. That's crazy because he also stands to lose a job right now I don't think Julio was trying to convince him of anything other than you know. Go through the and I don't know exactly what mistakes were made by the unaffiliated consultant because the Association and the NFL have not outlined those but as far as Mike McDaniel, you know, so history had sort of a way of of predicting what's going to come in the future, the Miami Dolphins have a player on the concussion protocol name is Stephen Carter and tightened and he suffered a concussion in the first game and he hasn't played since so this guy, this coach has a history of when there is something tangible and medically provable that the player has a concussion. The players benefit and that's what you've done with the kind and that's what you do with the quarterback is not one of those situations where you pushing anybody to get back in again and and and what's really weird is that what seems to be an otherwise tight fraternity of coaches and coaches. A lot of these guys are coming after McDaniel, for whatever reason, when the history of handling concussion in the concussion protocol is questionable in and of itself, I saw the quotes in which you describe the Dolphins as having made themselves an easy target right so the reason I said dolphin very targeted contract with third investigation involving the NFL or the NFL PA or both. In the last you know like my. They were investigated this year for pampering and in in the last 6812 years as well with Tom Brady and Shawn Sean Payton of the New Orleans Saints found guilty of pampering and widespread pampering to the point where the owner, Stephen Roth is splendid, they had to yield a first-round draft pick.

As a result, and they were also investigated for Hankey in 2019, which brought away from all visual evidence they didn't some of the reporting that I did back then they absolutely did, but they were exonerated for that by the concussion protocol investigation. Is there bird in recent memory. And oh by the way there be to just live former coach Brian Florez for just you know, racial discrimination is also doing multiple other teams and the NFL. The point that I'm making is when you have a new coach without a huge reputation. When you have a recent history of being investigated, and maybe running afoul of some rules you yourself, you lose the benefit of the doubt in many respects, yes, and I think that's what's happening to some degree with the dolphins now have Armando Salgado back on the show with us from out kick and Fox he's a senior NFL writer and insider and I whenever we can snag a few minutes. It's awesome. After hours here on CBS sports radio out-of-the-box and she's did play in Tampa.

The Buccaneers defense maybe displaced a little bit Duckworth.

That's what happens a lot of time when you face a locked-in Patrick Holmes want to ask you about the Buccaneers offense.

The little bit I they do have playmakers. I know they've hi guys on and off the field. Still they have plenty of playmakers around Tom Brady and yet they have struggled to put the ball in the end zone and this past week only bothered to try to run the ball six times what's going on there. Armando well. So part of it to the game and opening kickoff a fumbled the opening kickoff rights and so you go home and went on a 20 yard drive for a touchdown and their leading and is great but now you're playing catch up if you're the Buccaneers and Chiefs were in think and lock into stopping Leonard Cornett and the running game. I think they rest reminded regard.

Meanwhile, Brady threw for 385 right so it was a combination of use playing great upfront. The situation of the game and the buck needed yeah but needing to play from behind Armando. We seen a bunch of moving parts of our the first month, but this one may be anticipated by Steelers fans but also by NFL analysts around the country. Hearing about Kenny Pickett. This rookie who is first game and had two touchdowns, but also had three interceptions what you hearing about his opportunity to take over for the Steelers more than the opportunity.

I think that Mike Tomlin is just looking for something to light light up in a little bit. They especially on offense, a black energy of a black consistency for Shirley like point, but it hasn't felt like there is urgency and a high degree of you know motivation and so I think that what Tomlin is looking for is for Kenny Pickett who is a hometown you know here O'Connor kinda guy the fans love them. He played it. So they love their familiar with them and it really did kind of work in the Jets game because they were just kind of slogging along and pick it comes in the game and they scored a couple of touchdown.

He scored a couple of touchdowns running the ball so there was life injected in there and I think that's what Tomlin has been looking for now have to live with the decision and the intensity was well because you don't put in the rookie and then decide you're going to put out the rookie is one there. You don't want to mess with his head in and go back and forth. You don't want make decisions as the wind blows quote Tomlin to get his chance to grow a little bit and we'll see where that goes to the rookie. It's one thing to have a game at home in front of your amazing fans who obviously went crazy when he came on the field in the second half is entirely another thing to head into Orchard Park and take on the bills you have one of the best defenses in the NFL entirely like night and day and night is coming. Young Kenny Pickett, but I would save it.

You know the bill have been kind of like an interesting situation as well. I know I found them in a game where their entire secondary was injured and out and the law. You know the results or not. As a result, but they lost to the golf and obviously if your entire secondary is out, you're likely to lose it in the past, happy NFL but there often.

That little out of whack a little bit it just just hasn't been right. It had been cohesive unit, you watch the Maybelline on Josh Allen and well they should balance amazing and great but they had no running back. Other or running game rather other than Josh Allen and that's not good. Josh Allen, in my estimation should be in addition in addition to the running game right shouldn't be the running the running game exactly and yet that's what he's been the last couple weeks and feels weird and I feel dangerous because eventually if you're expecting Josh Allen to carry the ball 810 times again and be that guy you know are teeing off on Josh Allen and I know that he's big.

I know that he strongly nobody's bad, but I also know that he's human yes Armando Salgado is with us after hours here on CBS sports radio okay quickly. I'll just tell you couple of unexpected storylines that I have appreciated from the first month, first of all, Cooper rushed taking over for Jack and know there's no quarterback controversy, but the fact that the Cowboys have won every game that Cooper started is pretty amazing. The defense is been great and I love the turnaround in Jacksonville with Doug Peterson and the Jaguars. So what are couple of unexpected headlines for you Armando. After the first month of the season right by the way good. Been doing a great job you really need a better code now than he was when he won the Super Bowl. If you can believe that you understand I I visited with him during the preseason during training And he understands that he is not a complete teeing yet.

It's not up a ready program yet, but they've made stride and a couple more strides in there going to be a team to be reckoned with in in that vision. As far as surprises this year. I expected more from Matt Ryan in the cold. You know, I think they've been kind of what what I don't know what would what the problem is there. Matt Ryan Atlanta Matt Ryan even last year on a middling team is way better than he is now with the Colts and he didn't fumble nearly as much and how to know that that feels weird to me. I'm surprised that Justin Herbert is playing with it all fractured rib cartilage because our 10 fractured rib cartilage is was nothing until two weeks ago I heard a tractor structured Cartledge number two I realized that it's painful to the point were at one point it hurt him to call out the signal bar got the line of scrimmage and yet he is bawling as though God bless him for that. That's a little bit surprising to me before you go. You are a pro football Hall of Fame voter obviously Brett Favre is already in the Hall of Fame.

He went in back in 2016. It's been a few years but in light of some of the accusations against him.

I'm interested in your reaction because you're one of the members of the voters that cover tax that institution.

You are the one, so a couple of thing Amy number one, we are told that what we should do as selectors. Gage by a player or coach or contributors contribution on the field and in the locker room, you're not gauging his lifestyle gauging his you know is his record only, or other law enforcement agencies were on his record with rope football. Okay, so two different records that were one of them were the other one not an you note number two. I don't think we know everything that that needs to be known with the Brett Favre thing. I'm sure could get uglier and you know there's nothing that I know of that the Pro football Hall of Fame can do to change anything, you know that O.J. Simpson is in the Pro football. Oh yes, it's not like were talking about all angels, but that you point out, though, that you are specifically instructed not to consider what they do away from football exactly so away from football is away from the locker room as well because there are some players who you know on the field did amazing things, and yet were kind of difficult. On 13 and ultimately, you know, a lot of things moved on from Mammon. A lot of players had problems with them and even a lot of coaches had problems with them, but and that is indeed something that we are allowed to think about what as far as you know trouble with the law trouble with law enforcement. Ray, that's a different matter what I always feel like the Hall of Fame voters in football take the not only the honor very seriously, but they take the process seriously. With the number of rounds that you will go through. I appreciate you sharing that insight you can find Armando Salgado on Twitter with exactly that.

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